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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1912)
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JIBiBVIiBC JX4B' IB 'jKSymEHII HiSiifli'ii' HLiP''l a aH v.jAX AHDOWT ATHLEIB u iACK nt play Ib quito na chnractcrlBtlo n follow na when buck of u 12-lncu gun HciitlliiB a Uttlo pleanuntry to a hontllo foo. Not tlint ho takes Ills ploasuro porlously; qulto tho contrary, but ho does put tho Bamo vim Into It whether, In tho momorublo words of Fighting Hob Kvnnn, "It's n frolic or a fight.'" "Whatever ho does," tho fleet athletic oHlcor, I.leut. g. C. Hooper, remarks In summing up tho situation, "ho does right." It Is this determination to bo Batloflod with nothing short of tho beet that makes tho Amer ican Bailor such a power to bo reckoned with, whether afloat or nflhorc, at work or nt play. In athletics alonu tho Amorican sailor Ib an expert, though many are not awnro of tho fact, and a footbnll team mndo up of jucklcs lu cjulto tho equal In phyiilquo and prowess of tho avcrngo col lego outfit. No nation in tho world has devel oped athletics In the navy to tho extent wo have done, and no Important does Uncle Sum consider the development of sports among tho enlisted men that now every ship has Its specially ap pointed athletic officer to direct recreative amusement; to encourngo It thero is no need.. In contents with sailors of other nations In foreign ports, whether on tho Chlnn station, in tho Philippines or oleewhero, tho Amorican Bailor m o r g o b trium phant. Hut Jack hns to lmvo tho equipment to begin with. He must have tho Bplko nail shoos for baseball and the up-to-dato outfit that g o o b with each sport, but given that ho is then ready to be utow his whole at tention on gottlng there, and that ho Bucceeds beautiful ly every athlotlc officer aboard ship will convlco you. With great pride they will tell you bow tho men un der their command compare profes sionally with col- w T J r i lege athletes not only in football but in wrestling, rowing, boxing or any othor Bport. 8o to further this specialty thoro Ib in the navy a regularly organised fleet athletic, commit tee composed of flvo oftlcors. Lieut. S. C. Hooper of the flagship Connecticut Ib at tho head of it. This committee exercises a general oversight over all sports and arranges dates for regattas and Bportlng events. Outside tho dally participa tion in sportB, there nro four distinct seasons when Jack is put on his mettle so far as athletics go. They are when the games are pulled off at Guantanamo, Newport, Bar Harbor and Boston, when the fleet Is togethor. At such times interest ashoro Is quite as groat as aboard ship. If rooters for college games think themselves the acme of Infectious enthusiasm It Is because they haven't seen a navy contest. It takos a bunch of Jackles, effervescing with tho excite ment of an tntershlp contest, to give tho former cards and spades in emotional pyrotechnics, for the games aro always vigorously contested, the various ship's crews being represented on the side lines, howling encouragement in their own peculiar fashion. As a rulo competition in tho events is cllmina tlve, tho shlpB first contesting by divisions In championships playing each othor for fleet cham pionship. For tho last two years the Connecticut team has won tho football trophy a wooden football, gilded. It Is when tho fleet is in southern waters for aerial target practice that baseball is particularly enjoyed. "Then," says Lieutenant Hooper, "baseball par ties are landed each day and tho games are as hotly contested as those of tho major leagues. The men are as rabid 'fans' as those ashore and keep as sharp tabB on the official scores as any landsman. Each evening about 8 o'clock the scores of tho various games in tho National and American leagues are sent from tho flagship by radio "When It comes to tho boat races," says the chief athletic officer, "tho sailor is naturally In his element and tho races are highly spectacular. The courso is usually between tho line of ships and as the boats skim over tho waters all the men 'man the rails' and chcor their favorlto team to the echo." For this competition tho regular twelvo-oared service cutter of tho navy Is usod, that is, unless, as sometimes happens, the men of a special ship get togethor and buy one of their own. Such a craft Is generally termed a "tnilor-mado" boat because of Its superior style and finish. The Battenberg cup, presented by Prlnco Louis for the crew races, is most desired and all efforts aro bent at winning It. A largo number of other cups have at various tlmos been put up for com petition, among thorn ono by August Ilelmont. Monoy prizes aro Bomctimes offered, too, and a ship will somotlmoB win as much as $5,000 In purses. Ono yenr tho Indiana won that sum, and the Maine $2,800 in n special event, a thrce-mllo race, which was pulled off in 2C minutes. On tho Bamo occasion tho marines on tho Indiana won a purso of $3,000 besides tho Dutch challongo cup. In Guantanamo also occurs tho final bouts to determine tho floot championships In boxing. For thlB tho men train na industriously as though thoy woro really tho "whlto hopes" of tho pro fcR3ioual class, and in splto of the fact tlwt their dzao&aeir. s&wap t&Dfwm 2t? cE&zpr aay2?frj4MM:vf training facilities are limited tho navy has turned out some of the best men in tho boxing world today. For example, there are Sailor Burke and Tom Sharkey, both graduates of the navy prize-fighters, and Sammy ilobldeau, lightweight champion of the navy, who is considered one of tho best lightweights in the country either in or out of the navy. "Tho constant change in tho personnel of the men," says Paymaster Bowne, "not only means constant work on the part of tho officers to mold them Into shape, but it also means that Uncle Sam is just so much rlchor by every man who leaves the navy after serving his apprenticeship. He has just bo many moro to call on In case of necessity, for a man never forgets the A B C of the war game once he learns It. So for this reason, as well as because it contributes to the health and plensure of tho men, nothing thoy can get in the way of training is thrown away on them. "And, too, the sailor's life is a pleasant ono. Thoro is lots of hard work, to be suro, but there is plenty to eat, a clean placo to sleep and a good sharo of recreation. In the matter of athletics, as well as in other ways, the government does more for its sailors than any other country. Whero will you find it a matter for activo educa tion and concern it Is with us? Certainly not In the British navy. "Tho superiority of tho American sailors in athletics has been demonstrated often. Our men aro satisfied with nothing but the best. Thoy want to bo oxpertin whatever they underako; thcroforo thoy train systematically and are fur nished with every-facility in the way of equip ment they need. This is provided for from the canteen profits. It is arranged that tho profits of tho ship's stores can be disposed of for this pur poso, bo tho men lack notlflng in tho wny of paraphernalia that will conduce to their succobs in nthletlcs." "As an Illustration of tho aptness of tho Amer ican sailor Inathlotlcs an officer tolls this expo rlcnco of hts when on the China station. The Bhlp was stationed at Hongkong and ono day n group of American eallors tried to induco Bomo nrltlsh sailors to Join thorn In a football gamo. Tho latter preforrcd soccer. Finally, however, tho Britishers agroed; thoy would play football if our men would learn soccor. This was accord- lngly dono and the American sai lors beat tho Britishers at their own gamo. One of tho newest amusements provided for tho sailors Is tho moving plcturo show, and this thoy enjoy hugely. Tho films aroS rented for tho most part, though tho navy recently bought a set which Mr. Edison took depleting tho' life of the sailor. This Is very popular. How often exhibitions aro given depends on tho weather and whero the ship hnppens to be. If In port 'where tho men can get ashoro, thero Is little need of spe cial recreation. But if on a cruise or tho weather Ib bad, then tho "movies" aro given two or three- exhibitions a wcok. Apropos of this feature Capt. H. B. Wilson of the North Dakota is considering a plan to introduce tho Kinomacolor pictures soon. Another innovation which Cap tain Wilson is nlso responsible for, according to Paymaster Bowne, is tho setting nslde of ono of the gun compartments on the ship as a reading and writing room for the sailors. Though small, It Is a great boon to them, for now they can write comfortably at a desk in stead of on their ditty boxes. More over, there aro provided between thirty and forty magazines with two or three copies each of the dally papers, so the sailors, when at leisure, can pass the time read ing if they bo elect. "The sailors like dancing," adds Paymaster Bowne," and though thoy may not alwayB take advan tage of the band concerts given every noon and night, if a popular air like 'Groat, Big, Beautuui Don or something that especially appeals strikes up, the Impulse will move them to take a turn around the deck. ...... Vn Personally Jack has a lovo of betting. Gambling amounts to a passion with him and at tho big athlotlc events a considerable sum of monoy is apt to change hands. But Jack doesn't confine himself to big events, for as ono Bailor says, ho bets at the drop of a hat. He carries his propensity for wagering to the possible destination of the ship, whether he will have Bait or fresh water in which to wash his hammock, and a thousand and one things be side. You see ono of Jack's duties is to give his hammock a thorough scrubbing once a fortnight, and sometimes when tho vaporizers that turn salt water into fresh fall to work he has to ubo salt water for the purpose. Every minute of Jack's day has a correspond ing occupation for him, and from reveille, when tho bugle's "I can't get 'em up" penetrates to every part of the big battleship, until taps is sounded the sailor's life is a busy one. First of all Jack arises at 5:30. His first duty Is to turn to and wash down decks and slick up things gen erally. Mess gear comes at 7:15, which interpret ed means letting down the tables for breakfast. Then comes "plpo down" for moss. ThlB is a long drawn note on tho bo's'n's whistle. Mess lasts half an hour usually and then fol lows tho call for colors, quarters, prayer and drill, and before ho knows It Jack's morning is gono and it is a quarter to twelve, whon dinner time has arrived. "Stand by, scrub and wash clothes," Ib th next order from tho bo's'n, and this comes at tec minutes past one. This arduous duty over, there Is drill until 4:30, whon tho bo's'n calls "Pipe down clothes if dry," for meanwhile Jack's clothes are swinging on tho line. Now the "smoking lamp" Is lit nnd for a while Jack is lost In contemplation of tho delicious weed. "Lighting tho smoking lamp" is ono of the pic turesque customs that have come down from tho old nnry and at this time tho men aro prlvlloged to enjoy their pipes and cigars. In earlier years tho smoking lamp, an ordinary copper affair,, was brought up 'from below decks at otated intervals during the day, nnd it was tho signal to "smoke up," but while in moro rocont years tho nctual operation has been nbandonod tho term remains GETS POWER PLAN? $4,000,000 TO BE EXPENDED ON LOUP RIVER. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Under tho decision of tho state board of Irrigation, Governor Aldrlch, dissenting, H. E. Bnbcoek, backed by tho Interests of Dohurty, the New York law magnate, can commence tho construction of u ? 1,000,000 power plant on the Loup river with the point of diversion nt Genoa on the Loup river, and C. T. Boggs of Lincoln, backed by Mr. Mooro or Detroit, can commence the work of construction of u $1,000,000 power plant, with tho point of diversion of water on the Loup' river JiiBt ubovo Columbus, and L. D. Richards of Freinout, backed by Kountze Uro3., capitalists of Omahu and New York, can commence tho building of a $:!,000,000 power plant ut Fremont. Nebraska School Figures. It cost 8 millions of dollars to run tho schools of Nebraska during tho year which ended on July 8, as dis closed by the computations mado In tho offico of the state superintendent., Nearly 11.000 teachcro wore employed nnd tho Item of wages alone rcpre-t jBcntcd an Outlay aggregating more, than $5,000,000. County superinten dents received $114,000 In salaries. iThero are . upwards of 7,000 school, Idlstricts In Nebraska, and 7,365 school, buildings. The totnl vnluo of all! school property in the stato Is almost $19,000,000. It Is encumbered by bonded indebtedness In tho amount of $5,000,000 nnd by othor Indebtedness of $600,000. Tho schools of tho state last year accommodated an enrollment of over as 1,000 pupils between tho ages of 5 and 21. Nebraska a Great Apple State. Secretary C. G. Marshall of tho Ktnto llnrtlmiltnrnl Knclctv lias com pleted a tabulation of tho apple crop ,ror vjvi, tne iigurcs Doing sccuruu from returns of county assessors and from reports mado by tho orchardlBts directly to tho Stato Horticultural so ciety. According to thlB report, 'the apple crop of Nebraska amountB to $7,378,899, being almost twice bb much as the potato crop, which is estimated at $4,S36.255. The apple crop Is worth almost ono million dollars more than ,tho combined crops of spring wheat, ibarlcy, speltz and rye, and is ex ceeded in value only by corn, winter wheat, oats, hay and alfalfa. This puts Nebraska fairly in tho applo belt and entitles her orchard possibilities to recognition not only oy the resident, but by the prospec tive Investor. ' Herd to Stay In State. J. W. Gilbert of Friend will rely no moro on tho stato of Nebraska to aid, Jilm In preserving some of the rare) big game which onco roamed the western plains and mountains. Hej has given his hordB to tho Amorlcani pison association, which In turn hasj provided that they shall be kept, within tho Btato of Nebraska. TIiub uMr. Gilbert has not lost all of his! original plan that a gamo preserve should bo maintained within the state. May Send Patients to Beatrice. To fit up three wards now vacant at tho Beatrice institute for feeble-minded and ubo them for the reception of insane patients, who cannot be ac commodated at tho Lincoln stato hos pital Is a project which tho board of public properties may carry out. The plan will not bo adopted, however, un til the BuporlntendentB of the lnsano hospitals and the Beatrlco institution have been Interviewed as to Its feael blllty. ' t Paid $10 Hunting License. The stato gamo warden's offlce hna: succeeded in collecting from E. E. Johnson of Des Moines, la., the sum of $10 in payment for a "non-nssldent hunting and fishing license for the, current year. Johnson was In thlB state on a duck shooting expedition during October.' He took out a resi dent's license, costing $1, Governor Located for Practice. Governor Aldrlch and his secretary, L. B. Fuller, who will practice law together In Lincoln, have engaged offico rooms In a downtown building and will opon up Immediately, after retiring from office tho first week In January. Dr. Thomas, principal of the Kear ney normal school, will ask tho legis lature to appropriate a total of $159, 200 for tho support of that Institution for the noxt two years. Two yearfl ago tho legislature gave $127,440. Platinum Thief Arrested. No doubt now remains that the man arrested lu Baltimore and held for trial nt Pottsvlllo, Pa., on tho chargo of stealing valuablo platinum vessels from a manufacturing plant atvNov Bethlehem, Pa., is tho same person who obtained similar goods to tho vnluo of $250 or moro from tho labora tory of tho Nebraska stato cliomlst three months ago, Pictures of tho thief havo boon received by Chomlst Itodfern, who says positively that he is tho man. Whenever Yoki Use Your Back 'ttm Picture Tells a Itorj" kr Docs a Sharp Pain Hit You? It's a sign of sick k!(lnc)s, es pecially if ihu kid ney action is disordered, too. passages scanty or too frequent or oil-color. Do not neglect any little Kidney ill for the slight troubles run into Dromv. G ravel. Stono or Brinht's j.' i UiafJiLiC Use Doan'a Kldticv Pills. TJi'i rrr,i remedy cures bad kidtieis. T. II. Wllllama. 1,09 Hint ;im St., Oil onco. ill., luyi: "I hnil oueli mverc pnltn UirouRh my lclilniyn I roulil' not utrnlKlit. ui up. My llnibn liami io numti I could linrdly wnlk. I tucd many nm tntfs but found tin lnm hi ....tii 1 i.. ... taking Dn.in'H Kidney l'llla They currd ....! i.uiiiiiriiijr uuu k nave nan no irou bio since. Cat Doan'a at Any Drag Store, 60s Dos DOAN'S kp?lnl1y j FOSTCR'MILDURNCO.. Buffalo, New York Some people fall to win because oth. ers do not lose. YOU CAN CURB CATARRH TJy uslnir Cola'n Cirlnllnntvc. It U n men? effective retried,. All Urucr.ir.t3. 2janilC0c. Adv. It Is difficult for u woman to ennct tho dual roio of soul mato and help mato. Constipation causes and Rcrloulv ftjrtrr. Tntes many dljentos. It Is thoroughly cured, by Dr. Pierce's l'ellots. Tiny sugar-coutcd granules. Adv. The Reason. "Mine Is a sunny lot," he moaned. Ho moaned about it because his lot was so Bunny he couldn't sell It. Her Ideal. "What Ib your Idea of nn ideal hus band, Mrs. Muchwcd?" "Ono who will begin paying you nll mony without waiting fdr the Judge to name the amount." Creditors. "Bllgglns saya ho owes everything to hlB wife." "That Isn't true." replied Wiggins' father-in-law. "IHh wife quit lending him nnythlng years ngo ami then ho started In owing me." Washington Star. Old Landmark Gone. Tho Maine schoolhoimo in Mars Hill up on tho hill, the one James G. Blaino honored years ago by giving a bell, which ntlll hangb in the belfry, is no more. It hns been converted into a storeroom and moved to an other site. A good many bright boys and girls, now old men and women, graduated from this historical build ing, and.no doubt there is a feeling of sorrow us the old Bchoolhouse leaves the foundation, it was builded upon years and years ago. Kennebec (Me.) Journal. They Presented Arms. Two very charming young ladles wore chatting in a tramenr tho other evening. "So you've been down to tho camp?" said one. "Yes; and It's splendid down there." "Did tho soldiers have their arms with them?" "Of course thoy did. You don't suppose they would leave them at home, do you?" "I shouldn't liko to be there when they were firing. I hnto firing." "Why, silly, they don't fire." "Don't thoy? What do they do with their arms, then?" "Why, thoy put them round you, of course, and it's over so nice." A DOCTOR'S 8LEEP Found He Had to Leave Off Coffee Many persons do not realizo that at bad stomach will cause insomnia. ' Coffee and tea drinking being such an ancient and respectable form.os habit, few realizo that tho drugcaf feine contained in coffeo nnd tea, in one of the principal causes of dys. pepsla and nervous troubles. Without their usual portion of cof-. fee or tea, the caffeine topers are nervouB, irritable and fretful. That's the way with a whisky drinker. Ho has got to have his dram "to Bottle his nerves" bablt. To leave off coffeo or tea Is an easy matter if you want to try it, because Postura gives a gentle but natural support to the nerves and docs not contain any drug nothing but food. Physicians know this to be true, aa one from Ga. writes: "I have cured myself of a long standing case of Nervous Dyspepsia by leaving off coffee and using Post urn," says tho doctor. "I also enjoy refreshing sleep, to which I've been an ulter stranger for 20 years. "In treating dyspepsia in its various types, I find little troublo when I can induco patients to quit coffeo and adopt Postum." Tho Dr. is right and "thore's a reason." Read the Uttlo book, "The Road to Wellvlllo," in pkgs. Postum now comes in concentrated, powder form called Instant Postum. It is prepared by stirring a level tea spoonful in u cup of hot wator, adding sugar to taste, and enough' cream to bring tho color to golden brown. Instant Postum Is convenient; there's no wnsto and tho flavour Is always uniform. Sold by grocers C0 cup tin no cts., 100-cup tin 50 cts. A G-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's name and 2-cont stamp for postage. Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Dattlo Creek, I Mich. Adv. 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