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Cleanest and Fastest of Western Stampâ€"His chderfu! Games Against Shamrocks Clifford Spring, famous home player a of. the world’s champion New West- mmster. Club, has been prominent in came East and defeated the Sham- t E athletics since 1908, when he Royals" t l I rocks at Montreal for the Minto Cup. ' nly 18 years of age, '21. but he received his chance in the first game and made such a good showing that he became a regular. His wonderful speed and stickhandling made him a target for Howard Kavanagh. -u(.' men, but Spring was ruggeu enough to take all the punishment due him. and it was largely through his mag niflcent work that New Westminster captured the cup. None of the Shani- rocks could hold him down. Spring divided the individual honors in that series with the veteran Alex. Tumbull. HIVIOQO L116 luuleuuu. ..... 7. series with the veter . Battered But Game In 1909 when Regina gathered an all-star team and went to the Coast in quest of the Minto Cup, “Cliff" Spring was at his best. Regina as- signed Billy West to hold him down. but Spring ran wild on West and Jack: Shea, who had gone from Ottawa for the series, was moved out. Shea and Spring had a great old battle. honors about even. Springs remarle lepartment able fielding soon shot that t of the Regina team to pieces, however. and he tallied the goals that put West- minster ahead after Warwick. Murton and others had been forced to retire. Spring was also badly cut in the memorable game between Regina and Westminster, but doctors sewed up two cuts in his head and the fair- haired home fielder was able to finish out the match. In the second match Westminster smothered the Regina team, Spring himself scoring enough goals to retain the cup. __ . ~nv-..4.....:na+or qpripg at. guano vv - v---_, The Regina-Westminster series at- tracted the largest crowds in the his- tory of lacrosse at the Coast, and Cliff Spring was then the idol of the West- -.. “Annie (‘liff nlaved in the Sham- UYL AAAO v- ern crowds. - Cliff played in the Sham- rock-Westminster series without ‘ gloves or cap, and it was not until his ‘ to pieces ‘ that he consente . lets, which he claimed interfered with his stickhandling. Spring was per- haps the cleanest member of the Royals. He took all his punishment without a murmur, and sympathized, with W'arwick and other Regina men. who had_been put out of commission by the Westminster defence men. Model Athlete Spring figured on the Westminster team steadily afterwards, except in 1914, when he came East and played for the Torontos in the Big Four. in 1915 he played for the Royals and was again a star. Spring. in fact. figured on championship teams in the West ever since 1908. except in 1912, when Vancouver imported “Newsy” Lalonde. Billy Fitzgerald and the pick of the East. Con Jones paid Lalonde and Fitzgerald $5,000 each that year and L __ -1..."nrc 90min .I.‘ ‘hubv. “A“ Y - , the New Westminster players again worked on the co-operative basis. Spring’s jump to the Torontos in 1914 is said to have displeased officials of the Westminster club. Spring is married and brought his wife and in many ways nor drinks, and was one of the clean- est men that ever figured on the\ Minto Cup team. Cliff is said to have received $3,000 from R. J. Fleming when he played with the Torontos. The late Emmanuel Tasse was a great admirer of Spring. to whom he fre- nuanflv referred as his “ideal of a wuwd .â€" the Ottéwas. He is a in many ways as he I nor drinks, and was on est men that ever f. Minto Cup team. Cliff received $3,000 from when he played With July 6, 1916. A golfing group wa hardest shot in the g was a high pitch to brassie shot from 3. iron across windâ€"or deuce. Cleveland’s “Amateurs” Joe Birmingham, former pilot of‘ Cleveland. thinks there is not a better ; ball town in America than Cleveland. f Their amateur games draw between 20.000 and 25,000. which shows the intqest. A few years ago the salary list of the soâ€"called “amateurs" in Cleveland was around $1,200. In 191.") the salary of the champion team reached the $6,000 mark. These “amateurs” have been bringing in his A Detroit sport writer. in an effort to compare the records of Tyrus Cobb .bei 3 home “we: I and willow will Stanu the ploy--- _ . n New Wes? g headmg back more than others, and pr mincnt 1:1 3 the poplar IS a tree that must be out ‘ an be lrovals ‘: back every few years to keep Its ” " ' ' ‘crown from becoming too tall and d the Sham- g unsafe l -» ° - ‘. . ‘ ' "b Hm“) (“up *1 When shortening a branch, leave a d to draw the sap $13315 fifitagfg E few twigs at the en . M’ '1to the freshly cut wound and thus r the t ‘ . St - ; 150125171"??? I enable the growing layer unde ‘11; Wijfdewfj: , bark to heal it over. ‘ ” "“‘“ In trimming small I in V }:w\ c g: made 3”“ ‘1 i shoots, the cut mus ts 50 yards from the: 1 put his second shot‘, While Walter J. was? ,ge. The professional’s g on the top of the: ing in up above Qis‘; and Keeler again at- “When several brancnes UUu-lc v... . tom the trunk in a whorl, trast noted the beauty and enCIl'dLlL' I of even a humble cottage, cover- 2 est the tree be irdled. This ar- . . rangement of brangches occurs most ed With beautiful vines, and surround- ed with lovely flowers and well kept ' frequently in the coniferous trees. --â€"â€"--â€"""'""’ It is hard to give any in laying out one’s COST OF LOG FIRES 23:31:15: {2:311 the best advantage as of grass. beds can be cut in an may dictate, and borders 1 damage done by! th fires in the logging “'00‘15 are, first can be dug around the house, or along and foremost, lost time; then, the cash . w ‘ ction or reduction in the leading to the l.o.1se, en- ' well rotted stable anure, if deficient in fertility, pul- ds, trestles, 01‘ camps; ‘, verizing the ground thoroughly. e fancv as donkeys, chutes, railroa ‘ last, the value of the product is lower-X _ . , i ed when logs are damaged. *1me the UHS'th'Y Take the element 013 lost time. A! As soon as all danger of frost is fire is usuall ' ‘i n le b the railroad . 3 ‘a d d y lover, sow such annuals as stocks, section crew. It is not unusual for a: , ‘ , . to work a day on an { asters. plllOX, (trummondi, marigolds, ‘ leaving one man to ‘. godetia, mignonette, cosmos, candy- '1 watch itofor 48 hours afterward. Thisg tuft. etc, all of which will give a l. ignieifir? 31032;??? aAcaarlxli 38:12:: ; good disglay of flowers throughout the - - “M- am“, It is not summer and until frost. A good many ' “*‘n kn Churn in DOLS ordinary fire, account lost Upcsuuluc sive equipment or the : overhead charges Whi< while the plant is turI duct. If it is expensive to not let them burn? good business if it w fact that it would ve " still more expensive 1 ' A fire p ruins a donkey engin but $500 or $600 darn: ging cable is easily d loss of the lines or d say, 1,300 feet of yard feet of back 1ineâ€"â€"-co: ing a line burned in down at $5 per split HORSES cm Careless City Driver Heavy in _____ Hi: “A 'tearnster vvas 2 nd oourt this morning. )in tully damaging a c ate Dall‘20u51e Street hy f agaitizr‘, 1:. Magist res «iding‘ that an ex an-x 111;“; )f the offend .118‘ "o “:11: 9 fine of 35 s‘ Euullllux GLAu u--vâ€"_ _- may require ‘a. dunno,” or the whole camp crew. It- is not ‘ at all unusual for a part of all of of these seeds may be sown in pots .the millkcfrew ti? tlurn out in in erlrllell'w' or boxes, and planted out as the . . 1'9 W 1C1 requires t e W 0 e‘ weather becomes warm, and all dan- ' geney. logging crew of an ordinary double. _ , p , - 10-hour shift.‘ and outbuildings may be covered, and . of beauty during the lost time, about $400 per ing such climb- ,1 direct labor: made a thing These figures refer to charges only and do not take into; summer months by sow account lost operating time of expen-g ‘ 1 . ‘ sive equipment or the supervisory and, ers ‘15 scanet runner beans (Whlch but edible), overhead charges which are a while the plant is turning out no pro-I nasturtium, l duct. ; If it is eXpensive to fight fires, why; peas, tropeaoleum , not let them burn? This w . convolvulus major, all of which are e easilv grown from seed sown in \good business if it of rudibeckia golden fact that it would very probably be spring. 'Plants ' still more expenswe in damage to glow, may be utilized to advantage to equipment. A fire practically never, , s . but $500 or $600 damage ins a height is a frequent: v Burning the sled out from i of 6 to y " e, for instance, would; from seed plants c I vnrd no logs for several days. Log tained from florists . ....3 am mrrv a stock of all suitable bedding occurrence. Burning the sled under a mac , mean a loss of about $400, and it Will‘-: yard no lo ging cable is easily dama loss of the lines on 0 say, 1,300 feet of yarding , feet of back lineâ€"costs $375. Repair-l ing a line burned in two may be puti1 1 down at $5 per splice. __.- I» , r,’ \ 3 City Drivers Discouraged by tter, While tin-3' Heavy Fines ‘; l .. ' . Carelc'> ssoon as tne ground can we "V. t he earlier the be still in a dornant condition. it you 1'“ .- . r‘ 1 ”f ? “ I \... . . - Jay») 11. “A 'teamster was arraigned 1 p ' . a ’th wilm desue to grow flowers t 3' ‘shade tree 011! btflbs, such as dahiias, glanlo’d, iiinnis, “" ‘ I . V . o ‘ . street bv bacnmg hlS wagon! or Montbretlas. mes‘e can be Man/uni Magistrate Askwith, dew , , , ‘to advantage in tne sprng. mum: against it. «icing that an example should be much- )f the offender. sentenced him‘bulbs sucn as hyacmths, tulips, nar- cissns. should be pig.-;.'i:‘. 1.: the -. -i to p.121: 9. fine of $5 and $2 costs, with the al‘ernative of serving one week‘ auv ti‘ne hef re he £1.04. R, g, 11 ' “ " The foregoing report from ' , " ' , " ' f case or a severe waiter. =3 gm: in 3am. the ”Dttawa Free Press” demon- ‘ ~ ' that an interest is being taken I tection is aforded {use 12;: a (:3. ‘ ' '1 c:.;.1 1;. " in Cit? shade trees. In every city “ of coarse stable manure, ’n'i’..CL \treos have been damaged by drivers . L" -.\ . . . removed in the sormr. Nomi: horses to them and allowmg; ’ "’ them to bite the bark. Electric Wire! men also cause much destruction of W skimp trees. Interference With the' 5,: -- , .. . m... stringing of wires is the only excuse mapfifimfi T03 bah“? for lapping off large branches, thus {WWW ' (1' ‘. ”:V‘ . ' . ‘ . - . .s “mm-Wm and, m many mStagces’ Spring planting makes tne me I i _ ___A11 nnrnhiici‘opd J mung. the trees. (‘ity authorities are responmble also trees. Thev construct sidewalks rey :erdless of whether a valuable shade tree is. crowded at the roots by con- crete. The trees are thus stunted in their growth and are deformed. Several more progressive cities of Canada have appointed tree experts to care for municipal shade trees. Appre- ciation of their value as a civic attrac- “- -â€"~ "Anni-91 .rfl. o1. tion is becoming - uuuctlbuu. a cuts on a slant. Some linden the elm, sycamore, will stand the process of .ck more than others, and is a tree that must be cut 5* few years to keep its m hpmming too A concrete worker was asked by a farmer to build a concrete basin for watering the poultry. Having no form: at hand. h'flfiwrv washbasin and a wood box off-“‘2 ~QLU~ VT ‘â€" .- .- Wfi O . -‘ ' -.I '.'."â€" â€" ‘ ‘ 1 Where Forestry is Easy as SllO'Wn in the illustration. The 1 “Of the fOI'GStS Of muy there re- ‘)-.s‘ "as reased bef re 11: was: . ’ ‘3 m “ g 0 'main but a few mutilated trunks. It placed in the concrete. The com- pleted concrete basin was buried with t is a field of desolation, levelled by face level With the ‘: diens.” This was written of a French ‘ its upper sur . ground~Popular Mechanics. 1‘! t following a deluge of German Scraps For Fowl ; artillery. It might as easily have been lwrlzten of thousands of square miles For a small flock (six hens and 3i . ere there will be more '.‘n 811 parts of Canada following 1th or less table scraps, it is best to feed the scraps (bread, . potatoes, meat, ietc.), in the morning, and in the ‘torests but an I ard ijnstment 3 evening give a grain ration of a. miX' "’d the trenches No such grim neces- ' Lure of equal parts of corn and wheat, _- -allowing a handful to each fowl. ‘- , however, faces the Canadian d supply 0f : . cial and Federal Governments ‘3 Where there is not a goo .table scraps. substitute a morning in the relatively simple task of keep- 1 oats soaked f at ’ maSh 01 Who 6 . and thin 33:31. :3 our ready-made wealth of timber as from needless conflagrations. No it; no life need is required is g1! rin FOW L MEN, PLEASE NOTE r Basin is Good For Poultry more general. Q 3 ‘ GARDEN ADVICE FOR a + THE mum com Others Will These H a morning tn the 1 :ed for about ‘93 16. than after “I 1th sumcient free fro me. Tothisl army!) per Out- “I be 83C! as follows: expression used that there is 110?1 money in a flower garden, but who has not been at some time or other impressed with their observations, and j 'noticed how dreary and desolate is the mansion, with grounds uncared for, and uncultivated, and then in con- noted the beauty and enchant- trast I ,1! ----- n hiITY‘h‘p POttage. cover- If you care to go to the e; of roses, or shrubs, these can tained at reasonable prices various nurseries, and I would V “0‘ ‘9 v '1!“ , (~.. ‘3 b‘:. l planting same in the s l ' 1 Esoon as tne ground can be V ' t he better, While ti ‘ *0 V \still 1n a dormant condition. carrv a stock plants. [1‘9 51].}! 3;. vvuvm 1 to adVantage 111 x.‘9~ \bulbs such as 11331‘in111s, tulips, ’ 'a issw should be 1111 i.: $1.1,- 1 k. ‘3 Q 1 :; remoxed in 1.16 spring I ;\ â€"â€"-â€"â€"----â€" . NW” ‘1 3 11591111116 F0. 11.1111 } SKWMW “‘ “‘ 0 makes the 111;; .3 _ 1 ” Spring wanuna grass to become well established b s arrive, but fall planting 11:5 ‘11"‘5’ o e tore frost =â€" this adV anti; ge that any \V eeds co: Le . up W111 be killed before they can seed. n. in ' Of the two plans sprmg seedmg 15 the- Before puttmg i I up will be killed i Of the two plans spring seeding i ‘ most reconmlencled. Before putti ‘, the seed on the ground it answers ‘ l. i l l K I l l S Ill" '-J V! rv "3.3 to thoroughly well prepare the soil. All weeds, roots. stones and rubbish vallent . .must be removed. it is an e..-.e Eplan to put the surface soil thr ug so as to get a dressing iof an inch deep or so, clean 5011 all over. If the soil is a 'very poor one, some well rotted imanure must be mixed in with the ',‘_ sifted soil or at any rate kept near . ,' the surface. After the soil has been [1‘ carefully levelled with the rake it i‘ should be rolled, or carefully trodden ‘or beaten down. It must then be iraked over gently again. This raking lmust be very carefully done, so that ’the surface is left absolutely level 23nd free from even a single small u Do well Also to Heed Hintsâ€"Fall and Spring Planting ' Roses Early LL " a to the expense aese can be 0‘.)- prices 31711": I would adi'iz"? (I: LOSUIDDIG UL “PIIVrhnvâ€"uu' _ quarters, 365 Soraurcn Ave. Canadian Factory and Head PAGE SEVEN. Durham, Ont‘ me â€" top 0 A oelVed the chat win: doing 3"” 1 est 0D1l13~~ as his sun in the strict considered and treatuc was not (-3" A fan? lurked it! 1 before th- experience hibition 01‘ rushed up 1 in her thri‘: found it cit posure to Tears were of her 63'6"S tnde. The F arm’s told rejoiced. “Nous 12-3" announced change her .1 go pretty, moment. please '110 sun if youd H see me as 1 real plumage.” 1 “I'd like am sure : Lydia." her rejoinder. She returtze the upper fi~.=C the upper a work 0 0. very la '0! jade. ' little mor' remarkab' was pleas or on occ ventured except b} Ranjab. 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