DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
CRACK ARMY ATHLETE
PLAYERS' RETURN WILL HELP BASEBALL
Ollphant Is Only Cadet to Win
"A" in Four Sports.
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Size Pictures of Indiana Lnd
In Hall of Farno.
If Cadet Elmor Quillon Ollphant,
tho dashing halfback of tho Array
cloven last fall, gains promotion and
farao in tho Army after his graduation
from West Point two and a half years
benco as rapidly as ho has attained
rank and prominenco in athletic pur
suits, ho will bo tho recipient of words
of commendation and tho liko from the
vory start of hlB caroor as a soldier.
Cadet Ollphant is ono of tho best
tthlctca that ever ontorcd tho Military
academy, la fact, ho is tho only ca
det who over won tho coveted "A" in
four Bports slnco tho beginning of ath
letic competition at tho Point, 26
years ago.
No West Point man has ever been
graduated with tho ''A" won in moro
than throo branches of sport at tho
Bcadcmy. Thoro aro upward of 400
"A" men among tho alumni of Wost
Point, too, and most of theso men
were tho cntiro four years accumulat
ing tnolr "A's," Oliphrnt has boon
there slnco June, 1914.
Ollphant is a son of Marlon E. Oll
phant of Brucovlllo, lnd. Ho was
bom at Bloomflold, that stnto, twenty-two
years ago. Ho was a Icador in
athletics among tho boys of his town
Bt an early ago, and attended tho
Washington (lnd.) High Bchool for
thrco years. Ho loft Washington and
went to tho Linton (lnd.) High achool,
from which institution ho was gradu
ated in 1910, and wont to Purduo uni
versity at Lafayette. At Purduo ho is
classed as tho greatest athloto who
over graced that university with his
presence. Ho won letters and nu-
Elmer Q. Ollphant of West Point.
morals galbro, and llfo-slzo pictures
of this Indiana lad hang in Purduo's
athletic hall of famo, showing him
dressed in various athletic costumos.
TO UPHOLD HONOR OF COAST
At Least TWenty Athletes to Tako
Part In National Championships
at Newark, N. J.
When tho track and flold athlotca
from all parts of tho United States
strip for tho national championship
at Newark next oummor, tho Pacific
coast will bo roprcsontod by tho larg
est aggregation that over wont out to
-uphold tho honor of that part of tho
United States.
Plans aro being laid far in advanco
by tho men of athletic affairs on tho
coast for tho raising of a largo fund
to finance n team of not loss than
twenty men for tho Newark games.
Tho Olympic club of San Francisco,
tho Multnomah Amatour Athletic as
sociation of Portland, tho Soattlo,Ath
lotlc club and tho Los Angolcs Ath
letic club will tako tho lead in tho
work of organising an all-Pacific coast
team.
It Is expected each of theso organi
zations will contributo funds to bo
added to tho nionoy that will bo al
lowed tho Pacific coast by tho cham
pionship commlttoo for tho transpor
tation of tho team. Added to theso
funds will bo tho profits of tho Pa
cific coast national championship try
outs, which will bo run on a largo
ecalo In ono of tho coast cities.
Tho victory of tho Olympic club In
tho 1915 national championships at
tho Panama-Pacific oxposltlon has
brought about a flno, healthy boom in
track Bports on tho coast, and tho
natural rosultMa a defllro to maintain
tho prostlgo won nt tho Frisco meet
in tho championships at Newark In
191C.
Attantlo Coast Bowling Tourney.
Washington, D. C has organized a
etock company to flnanco tho tourna
ment company which will hold the sec
ond annual tournoy of tho Atlantic
Coast Bowling association, tho east
ern governing body ' which includes
small ball as well as tho largo stylo
of bowling among Us championship
events Tho tournoy will bo held
noxt April, and it is estimated tho
cost will bo about $8,000.
Cornell Holds Coach Experts.
The.ro is ono thing about Cornell
athletics that might well be copied by
other institutions ambitious to achlovo
success on tho fields of aport. Whon
tho Ithaca university finds a coach
who can deliver tho goods it makes a
business of seeing that ho stays at
Ithaca. Courtnoy, Moakloy and Sharpo
can bo quotod o examples
Army Loses Coach.
LJeut. Qharles Daly, V S A , has re
signed his position as coach of th
Mwr fcxKJwU testa.
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Four Players
That tho quality of baseball that
will bo played in tho National and
Amorican lcaguos noxt season will bo
much bettor than that of last Is as
sured. Tho return to tho "fold" of tho
stars who jumped from organized
basoball to play with tho Feds and tho
advent of tho mnny young players de
veloped to major leaguo ability by tho
Fods will mnko tho gamo hotter.
In tho layout thoro aro four who aro
worthy of prominent mention. Thoy
aro "Bonny" KaiifT, tho hard-hitting
outfielder, who led tho indopandont
organization for two years; Leo Ma
gco, who Jumped from tho Cardinals
to manago tho Brooklyn Feds and
wIiobo playing at second baso stamped
him aB ono of tho leadlug second baBO
men In basoball; "Tom" Seaton, who
whllo with tho Phillies was u capablo
JOE SHUGRUE TO COME BACK
Jersey Lightweight Fighter Is Ready
to Make His Reappearance In
the Roped Arena.
After a long rest, Joo Shugruo, tho
popular Jersey City lightweight Is
nearly ready to mako his reappear
ance In tho ring nt a Now York club.
Joo has had a tough tlmo of It, but
his manager, Poto Fitzgerald, la con
fident that ho will como back to tho
fray as good as now. Joo was forced
to rotlro when ho was noar tho top
of tho treo last February, duo to a
Joe Shugrue.
cataract that had formed on liiu oyo.
This has been removed and ho Is ablo
to sco as well as over.
Joo rested for eight months boforo
ho took on Eddlo McAudrowa and Jim
mlo Murphy In Philadelphia. Ho de
feated both. Ho has been doing light
training in tho country and is pro
parod to tako on any of tho light
weights. r"-
Great Record at First Base.
It Is a question whothor there was
another first baseman In the gamo tho
past season who had as good a field
ing record as Joo Judgo, whllo playing
tho Initial bag for Buffalo. Judgo
played In 140 games, had 1,345 put
out, 64 assists aud eight errors, giv
ing him an avorago of ,994 a phenom
ena! feat for a first basomau.
To Promoto Sports,
Oklahoma City's Business Men's
Athletic association has been granted
a charter, and will promoto Bports.
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K'ls s-i ft
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"Come Back."
working mate for Grover Clovoland
Alexander, and Claudo Coopor, who
whllo being developed by John Mc
Oraw slipped away to perform with
tho Feds.
Coopor has developed into a fast
outfielder, as McGraw predicted he
would. Ho Is a young player and still
has sovcral years of major leaguo
basoball ahead of him. Somo doubt
has boon expressed as to tho ability
of Seaton to como back. Ho did not
havo a very good year. In this regard
"Dick" Carroll, ouo-tinio Ynnkeo
pitchor, Inter of tho International
league and most recently business
manager of tho Brooklyn Feds, said:
"There Is not tho slightest doubt
Seaton can como buck. Ho needs a
Iittlo rest, that Is nil. Ho will pitch
good basoball for somo tlmo to como."
SMEffiSTOG
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PARAGRAPHS
Somnnmbullst walks In Ills slcop,
but somo ball players sleep In their
walk.
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.Major leagues mo as btiong against
wintor basoball as tho colleges aro
against sununor basoball.
John W. Overton of Nashville,
Tonn., has boon elected as captain of
tho Yalo cross-country team for 1910.
Well, anyway, tho now Yalo coach
will havo a strong nucleus for tho 191G
olovon. Tho stadium didn't gradu
oto. Christy Mnthowsou has subdeltoid
bursitis of tho arm, doctors say.
Now Is thoro any wonder ho Isn't r )
good as ho used to bo?
Earl Schatzmnn, signed by the
Browns, Is a printer, but what follow
prlntorn do to his nnmo whon they put
It in a box scoro will bo a sin.
Yalo probably will order a radical
rowing Innovation noxt spring, in
transferring its crows for practice and
racing to tho Housatontc river.
Goorgo Gray, tho Australian, defent
ed Molbourno Inmau, tho English
champion, by a scoro of 18,000 to 1G,-
988 recently at Sliolllold. Euglnnd
Unlvorslty of Chicago undergraduate
council plans to mako every man In
tho Institution an nUiloto. Director ot
Athletics Stagg approves the Idea.
Yalo crows will appear In a large
number of races noxt spring, accord
ing to tho announcement madu by
Manager 13. C. Elkln of tho spring
Hchodulo,
Pitcher Jack Wnrhop, who received
his unconditional release from the
Now York Americana last season, will
bo given n trial by tho St. Louis Na
tional club.
John F. Nicholson, formerly captain
of tho track team of tho University oi
Missouri, has signed a contract to be
director of athletics at tho I'nlvorslty
of tho South, Sowanee, Tonn,
Wooghman wants Leo Mageo, who
was with tho Feds. So do McGraw,
Stalllngs, Moron, Itoblnson, Callahau,
Horzog, Hugglns and eight Amorican
leaguo managers.
Ono of Now York's Blx-day bikers la
named Walter Egg. And ho robbed 82
paragraphers and colyumnlsts of 82
chance? nt tho samo thought by riding
snfoly through tho entire weok.
Tho Pittsburgh club donlos having
made Captain Eddlo Malum of tho
Harvard football team an offer to piny
basoball next season. Mahau declare?
thoro Is "not a chanco in tho world'
for him to play professional ball.
((copyright, IVI4, by the McClure Newspaper byndicatc.)
HE KNOWS ONE THING WELL.
Several years ago Tom began as of
fico boy in a wholesale grocery house
Ho learned tho business, and In courso
of tlmo was sent out on tho road.
Ho returned crestfnllen, without an
order.
"Did you call on all tho storekeep
ers In Blanktown?" asked tho mer
chant. "Yea. sir."
"And you received no orders?"
"No," replied tho embryo salesman,
"not ono."
"That'B strango," said tho mer
chant. "Most of tho storckeopors In
that town aro good customers of ours.
What did you say to them?"
"Woll," drawled tho young man, "I
told 'em who I was and hcro I came
from."
"Did you display your samples or
ask them to purchase ?"
"Oh, no. If thoy'd wanted to buy
anything, thoy'd havo told me,
wouldn't thoy?"
Tho merchant looked at tho young
man In allcnco for a fow moments.
"Tom," ho said, "I'm afraid you'll
novor mako a salesman. I'll put you
on tho books."
So Tom became an assistant book
keeper. Ho was proficient and re
ceived a fair salary.
Tho years rolled on. Tom became
middle-aged, and no ono thought much
about him any way. Ono day ho
knocked on tho door leading to tho
firm'B offico and was admitted.
"What can wo do for you, Tom?"
asked tho merchant.
"Want a partnership," said tho book
keeper.
"What!"
"Want a partnership," repeated Tom.
Something In the man's faco at
tracted tho merchant's attention.
"Sit down. You say you want to be
come a partner. Havo you any capi
tal to Invest?"
"Not enough to mention."
"Then how do you expect to got
what you want?"
"Well," said tho bookkeeper, quiet
ly, "half of your business is molasses,
and I know molasses. If you don't
want mo, Smith & Jocc3 do."
"What!"
"Woll," said Tom, calmly. "Thoy
mado mo an offer ot a tenth Interest."
Tho merchant Investigated and
found that his obscuro bookkeopor
know moro about molasses than any
other man in tho trado. Tom was ad
mitted to tho firm and died worth a
quarter of a million dollars.
Tom know ono thing well. Quietly
and persistently ho had perfected him
solf, dovelopod his natural talents,
and had becomo an oxport of exports.
I am awaro that tho avorago young
man, try as ho will, may not bo ablo to
perfect himself sufficiently in any ono
branch of trado to obtain a command
ing position in it; but I bollovo that
90 per cent of those who are at tho
bottom, or holding subordinate posi
tions, could riso from tho ranks If thoy
dovotod tholr onorgios persistently
and consistently to tho porfoctlng of
thomselvcs In somo ono thing which
Is ,au important pnrt of business. Tho
troublo with most men is that thoy
do not uso what thoy havo. Thoy
soom to bo satisfied to float.
Young man, find out what you aro
host fitted to do, and, when you mnko
this discovery, go to tho very bottom
ot it and learn It so woll that you will
bo an authority upon that subject.
Then you will havo In you a market
ablo commodity,, which stands for a
llboral salary or for something hotter.
TO PARENTS.
Lot mo dlvergo for onco from my
policy of nddressing young peoplo di
rectly, that I may say a fow words to
fathors and mothors.
Tho selection of a vocation is usual
ly mado elthor by tho boy himself, by
his parents, or by both.
Theoretically, at least, tho parent la
supposed to bo tho best adviser for his
son, becauso ho has soon moro of him
and should bo ablo to diagnoso his
ability with somo dogreo of accuracy.
Whllo tho paront undoubtedly In
tends to adviso tho son for his good, it
Is obvious that nolther tho father nor
tho mother 1b infalllblo, and that, be
ing human, thoy aro likely to err and
influence their boy to his detriment.
Wo aro all moro or loss swayed by
prejudice. It a fatber, for example,
has mado a failuro of his work, ho is
likoly to adviso his son against it,
oven though tho latter may bo adaptod
to it. Conversely, if a father has
achlovod success in his vpcatlon, ho
Names of the Months,
Tho names of tho mouths aro Latin
in their origin. Tho particular deriva
tion of each namo la aa follows: Janu
ary, in honor of Janus, who presided
ovor tho beginning of ovorythlng; Feb
ruary, from tho word "fobru," to
purify, bocauso tho purification ot
women took placo In that month;
March, from tho namo of tho god of
war, Mars; April, from "aperio," to
open, because that is tho mouth when
tho buds shoot forth; May, from tho
namo ot tho goddess Mala, mother of
Mercury, to whom sacrifices wero of
fored tho first day ot this month;
Juno, from tho namo of tho quoon ot
tho gods, Juno; July, named by Mnro
Antony la honor of Julius Caesar, who
was born in this month; August,
namod by Augustus Caesar in honor
ot himself, bocauso in this mouth be
eolebrated threo distinct triumphs, re
duced Egypt to subjection, and put an
end to civil war (in Gaul aud tho
moro remote parts ot tho Itoman em
pire Uio month wos known by its au
clent namo of Eaugt or Aust, tho word
for harvest), September, Octobor, No
vember, Docember, tuoiieventh, eighth,
quite naturally assumes that what ho
has dono well his boy can do equally
well.
Tho parent often forgots to study
his boy, and ho is qulto likely to as
sumo that his son ia fit for this and
unfit for that.
I do not consldor that tho advlco of
any ono porson, whether ho Is a par
ent or not, is sufficient to detcrmino
tho vocation for a young man.
Composito counsel is far bettor than
individual opinion.
Tho parent sliould begin to study
his son when tho boy has passed his
fourteenth or fifteenth year, porhaps
boforo; ho should watch him care
fully, talk with him in a friendly way,
and bring to his attention tho advan
tages and disadvantages of tho sev
eral callings, especially thoso for
which ho thinks his son is fitted.
Tho father should go further, and
consult with his friends, thoso who
como in contact with his boy, that,
from composito counsel, ho may be
ablo to adviso him moro definitely and
moro carefully.
To push or to force tho boy Into a
vocation, without careful thought and
considerable study, is as wicked as It
Is to rob him of his birthright.
Thousands upon thousands of boys
have been started wrong bocauso of
self-opinionated fathers, who, without
consideration, forced their sons Into
vocations against their Inclinations
and ability.
Many a dovoted mother and over
ambitious father, wholly from self
pride and without any real regard for
their offspring, havo attempted to
cocrco him into somo profession, when
tho boy had absolutely no liking for It
or ability to practico It. They would
havo their son a lawyer when the boy
would mako a good business man.
They would forco lllm to becomo a
teachor when he lacked tho power to
Impart information. Thoy would mako
a business man of a student who
loved his books moro than money.
Kemomber, parents, that your boy,
on tho threshold of life, Is soon to bo
his own master, and that you havo no
more right to forco him under your
will than you havo to steal his over
coat or shoes.
,Tho boy of today Is tho man of to
morrow, and what you do with him to
day may mako or break him tomor
row. Shaping of a Career.
In 1834, Lord Molbourno, then still
homo secretary In tho reform cabinet,
and Disraeli, a beaten candidate for
parliament, wero talking together
after dinner, and tho typical British
peer, tho friend of Victoria, was at
tracted by tho clovorness of tho Ho
brow aspirant. "Lord Molbourno," as
Disraeli told tho story, which is con
firmed by Melbourne's biographer,
"asked how ho could advanco mo in
life, and half proposed that I should bo
his private secretary, inquiring whht
my object in Iifo might bo. 'To bo
prlmo mlnistor.' " Tho condescending
Whig tried gently to nrguo tho young
man out of what must havo seemed to
him puro infatuation; but ho did not
forget tho remark. When, in 1848, as
an old man, ho learned of Disraeli's
success In parliament, ho was heard
to oxclalm: "By God! tho follow will
do It yet." Paul E. Moore, in tho At
lantic. Ways of the Hopper.
"Do you know," says tho Mankoto
Advocate, "a feller tried to mako us
bollevo tho other day that a visitation
of grasshoppers such as wo had in
1874 wouldn't do much harm now, as
thoro is so much vegetation thoy
couldn't cat It all? "When a man talks
that way wo know ho novor took
tho grasshopper degree. Why, If tho
corn had boon 15 foot high on every
aero In tho county when those hungry
migrants lit down thoy'd eaten It
clean, licked tho plnttor and kissed
tho cook boforo noon tho next day."
Kausas City Star.
His Method.
"How is it that you can tell with
out timing htm whether or not a mo
torist is oxceeding tho speed limit
fixed by your local ordinance?" "If l
can't count tho spokes in his gosh
darned wheels I'm pretty suro ho's
breakln" tho law," ropllod Constablo
Sam T. Slackuttor, tho woll-known
slouth of Skoedeo. "And if ho looks
liko a KanBas City feller that's got
tho money to pay his fine I know
blamo woll ho Is!" Kansas City Star.
A plmonto is a red poppor that has
got into society.
1 ninth and tenth months (names from
tuo Roman numerals), so called be
causo previous to tho addition of Janu
ary and February by Numa in 713 B
C, tho calendar year began with
March.
Attractive Night Lamps.
So-called "Damascus shrino lamps'
como from tho far East and are now
being used In Amorlca for night lights,
or In rooms whoro only candle light
is used. Tho baso of tho shrino is a
fluted shallow braBS pan four inches in
diameter, which holds a candlo. It
hangs at tho bottom of a wreath oi
prettily-wrought leavos. Tho wreath
is tho size of a tea plato, and at tho
top it holds a domo over tho candle
Hamo. In tho top of tho domo tliora
Is a heavy hook to swing tho light by
Thoso lamps aro particularly decora
tlvo, lending thomselvcs to their back
ground harmoniously, espoclally in
rooms with black paint and yellow
woll coverings.
Optimistic Thought.
Humility is tho first of virtues
other peoplo.
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Mission San
EVERYONE who thinks of Cali
fornia conceives a mental pic
turo of Its old missions and its
big trees. Tho Franciscan Fa
thers built 21 missions in California,
extending from San Diego, at the ex
tremo southern limit of the stato, to
Solano, 30 mlleB north of San Fran
cisco bay, a distance of almost COO
miles. Ten of these missions wero
placed in central California, extend
ing from Monterey county to Sonoma
county, a distance of about 1C0 miles.
Of tho ton in the central counties, fivo
wero established around San FranclB
co bay and the remaining five In San
ta Cruz, San Benito and Monterey
counties.
Tho Franciscan pioneers, knowing
California, selocted with great care
the fruitful valleys and the spots
whoro tho climate Is mild and equable
tho year round. Of tho fivo mlsslons-
around San Francisco bay, the one at
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Ban Rafael, Just across the bay from
Ban Francisco, and the one at Santa
Cruz on Monterey bay have entirely
disappeared. Mission Dolores in the
heart of San Francisco, Mission San
Joso at tho little town ot the same
namo on tho main motor boulevard
from Oakland to San Joso, and Mis
sion Santa Clara in tho town of Snnta
Clara, four miles from Son Joso, aro
kopt in fairly good repair, and aro vis
ited annually by many tourists.
In Midst of Great City.
Missipn Dolores, built In 1776 and
cow In tho midst of tho residence dis
trict of San Francisco, is tho only ono
of tho old missions which is surround
ed by a largo city. Mission Santa
Clara has been incorporated Into tho
buildings of tho University of Santa
Clara, one of the largo educational In
stitutions of California. Many inter
esting and valuable mission relics are
carefully preserved at tho university
In a room set aside for tho purpose.
Solano mission, in the town ot So
noma, some thirty miles north of the
Bay of San Francisco, was built In
1823. It was tho last and tho farth
est north of the chain of old missions.
It is located in a most attractive sec
tion of central California at a town
which has played a considerable part
In California's early history. Sonoma
1b in tho "Vnlloy of the Moon," mado
famous by Jack London's novel of the
same name. London's thousand acre
Textbooks Sold Each Year.
Tho commerce reports stato greatly
exaggerated i'leas prevail concerning
tho total number of textbooks sold In
tho United States each year and the
annual profits resulting from such
sales. Data obtained by tho United
States bureau of education from 43
toxtbook publishers in tho United
States show that their aggregate total
sales of textbooks for uso In public
and prlvato schools in 1913 amounted
to J17.274.030. Tho nggregato for
public school, elementary and high,
amounted to $14,201,768. Tho total en
rollment in public elementary and
high schools for tho yoar was approxi
mately 18,609,040. Excluding tho ele
mentary school enrollment of Califor
nia, slnco California prints Its own ele
mentary books, tho number becomes
18,213,780. For each child enrolled In
tho public schools In the United States,
therefore, tho total annual sale ot text
books is 78.3 cents.
Force of Rs'n in the Desert.
Tho following description of rain on
ihr desert Is glvn by a writer In Farm
ml Flresldo "In desert lauds v.htn
w
anrannnKMHni
Juan Bautista
ranch Is a few miles north of Sonoma.
No moro beautiful country can bo
found In California than tho imme
diate surroundings of Mission San
Jose, which lies 28 miles from the
city of Oakland on the stato highway.
All around the long, low adobo struc
ture are orchards and vinoyards. Im
mediately back of the mission are tho
beautiful foothills of a branch of the
coast rango ot mountains and to the
westward is tho Incomparably rich and
beautiful Santa Clara valley.
A wonderful grovo of palms, olive
and fig trees planted by tho padres In
1797 lies across tho highway from the
mission. It is now a pnrt of probably
tho most attractivo country home in
California, known as Palmdale.
Monterey the Mission County.
Monterey county Is called the mis
slon county of California, because It
has within its boundaries threo of the
old missions, namely: Mission Carmel
DOLORES
at Carmel-by the Sea, Mission San An
tonio and Mission Soledad. Tho for
mer Is maintained In excellent repair
and many thousands visit the old
building annually. Hero Padro Junl
pero Serra lived and Is buried. San
Antonio and Soledad missions aro fast
falling into ruins.
Ono of tho most beautiful ot the old
missions is San Juan Bautlstn at tho
little town of the samo namo in San
Benito county, 100 miles south of San
Francisco.
Tho original highway, or rather tho
pathway connecting the old missions
from ono end of tho stato to tho other,
was called El Camlno Ileal or tho
King's Highway. The stato of Cali
fornia in laying out its $18,000,000
motor highway, which Is largely com
pleted, followed the road of tho Fran
ciscans stretching from mission to
mission. Tho visitor to California, par
ticularly tho motorlBt, can thus make
a tour of tho old missions over a won
derfully fine boulovard through pic
turesque valleys and mountains.
The California Landmark league
and tho Nntlvo Sons of tho Golden
West aro making a strong campaign
to restore all tho old missions about
which so much of tho romantic his
tory of tho state Is built, and to main
tain them for all time.
Thoro is no closed season for tho
man who hunts troublo.
It does rain, It may como with much
moro forco than anywhere oIbo. In
loss than no time the wholo mountain
side was a sheet of wator running
swiftly down. Soon a great torrent be
gan to pour under tho rock where wo
wero taking shelter, undormlnlng it
and threatening to throw it down
upon us, a rock that weighed mauy.
many tons. We emerged from there
and mado a hurried run to another hid
ing placo, moro secure. Then came
hall and hailstones fell in such fury
and of such Incredible slzo that I
thought thoy would kill old Barney,
who stood exposed to their fearful
peltlngs. In a Iittlo while the storm
passed away and tho water soon
ceased to como down tho steep moun
tainside and wo went on our wu . lead
ing our horse."
Dlrd Law Has Worked Well,
Thoso who wore Instrumental In
passing tho federal migratory bird law
in 1913 may woll feel proud of them
selves, bird census data Indicating an
Increase of from 10 to 100 per cent In
the water fowl breeding In a number
ot specially examined localities,
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