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W«r« In It. and It Wm *ere
«f a Prm ri|M Than a Ml Mate*
and RwirrtrtiM a the Qame
fiwlnilril
to oo-operatinf nth Mm 1
of Vtttr Engineers of (1m )
eI Tens ia investigating the
of tht Slot*, provision for!
tha work having baeo made by the
State Legislature
Bratos and Colorado rivers, the
Concho and its North forh, Frio,
Guadalupe aad Llano rivers, North
fovfc of Llaao, and Nueces, Pecos,
to aaosrtaia the qnaatitjr of
that the stream carry aad the meth-
od by which it mav be utilised. The
adequacy of the stream waters for
storage, for irrigation, or for the
development of water power will be
determined, u well as the nscsssity
for building fl iod prevention w>rhs
by which human life and property
may be safeguarded. Considerable
worh has already been done in study-
oish valuable
new data.
The results of some of the earlier
studies of Tesas surface waters are
represented by the following water
supply papers of the United States
Geological survey : No. 71, Irrita-
tion systems of Teaas, by T. U.
Taylor; and No. J58, Water re*
sources of the Rio Grande Basin,
1888-1913, by Robert Follansbee
A.
Gray, the district angmeer in charge
of the work, will be glad to gi«a
aay information ia regard to its do*
hy
W. W. Toilet,
A. Gray.
Copies of these reports amy be I ^ _
obtained free of charge by applying ^,7
to the Director United States Geo* I — •
logical Survey, Washington, D. C. j Hall will keep your wiateill well
There are also several reports on greMed ud well tightsned for 45
! underground waters, aad a list of t moath. Phoae MO. ltp
them will be furoiehed on appliea*
tion to the Director.
(Tootball waa played In American col
I**, *R early a* IMUU The tram*
ware matlv up froui nil (tie student*
who ba|>|**ned tu Im> «u band- The ol>
jKt 0f ettcb aide waa to drive Uw l*H I
aeroea a given line. The player* could
aat carry the ball In their bands, but j
bed to kick tt.
In the year IMA the flrat football
1— at tlarran! waa played on the;|
a email triangular ptece of
Tha con teat waa between all!
mambera of the two lower claaaae
proved not so much a football
as a Sgbt. Whan. In 18B0. the J
faculty forbade that eort of contest
the students beld a aoleiuu burial wrr
Ice over the football Over the grave
they erected a tablet that bore thejj
renewing tnacrlpUon:
liter Jaral |
root ball Pl|blum I
Obllt July t ISO
Art t.X Tears
Kaaurgal
And In twelve year* football "re
•urged." when, in 1872. 'he <iaaa ot
*74 played the claaa of '7.1 ou Hoaton
common.
Oddly enough. the history of th«*
game at Yale wn much the same an
It waa at Harvard. The *i« rt. which
had Iim*!) abolished there in 1MHD, came
to life again In 1872. when the Yale
Football association wna founded and
■ game was played with Columbia.
In 1WB I'rtniet'in and Hutgera play
«d the Hrst luterc.ileglate game In
America. It wna not until 1872 that
Oxford and Cambridge. In England, ar
ranged a couteat
In the game played at Harvard lie-
fore 1X74 there were no goal posts To
make 11 goal one side had to strike <>r
kick the l>all on the fly over the end
line of the field If the opposing side
caught It no uoni resulted A "lurkcr"
or offside player could uol kick the ball
A player could not run with It unless
be wns chased by an opponent. Iitit
could strike It or kick It. The luill was
made of black rubber cloth Intluted
Into a sphere
In the aprlng of 1H74 the students
at Met Sill university In Montreal. Can
ada. came to Cambridge t<> play liar
vartl university a game of Utiuhy foot
ball.
According to the llughy rules, a play
er could run with the ImiII and any
opiHiiient could tackle him. A goal waa
■cored when one side kicked the ball
over the goal poala. A score was also
made by a touchdown when a player
carried the ball liehlnd the opponent's
goal line and there touched It to the
Krouud.
The Canadians hud forgotten to bring
the oval pluskln football that Is used
to Itugby. and that tlrat game of Itug
by In America wa-. played with an In
<!ta rubber football I'erhnps thnt ac
counted for the fact that the pupils
were able to defeat the teachers.
All Harvard took Interest In the new
same Football enthusiasts ipdckly
realized thnt the old American game
did not have the |ioa>dhllltle* for devel
opnieut thnt Itugby had Pitting the
aprtng and fall the Harvard team pnic j
tlced dl'lgently nnd In October went to
Montreal to play n return game with
McUIII Posters and window cards ad
vertlsed the game throughout the <• ty
and a crowd of 'J.'Mi alienators was
attracted to the Add
The Met;111 players wore red and
black striped Jerseys slocking* anil
white kiilckerlMM-kem The Harvard
players wore mageutn handken hlef*
and Jerseys and old t weed tnaisera
Neither team had any protective pad
(Has.
The Hoatou Advertlaer of Oct 'A.
1M74. give* the following account of '
ttaegame:.
"The gam* waa called at 3:.1U. and ui
5 Harvard waa declared the wluuer.
having secured three touchdowns. In :
rea|ionee to the 'tiger' of the McOllla
tha Harvard ralia were delivered with
a via, and every stranger on the Held
seemed much astonished at the style
«r the cheer, many being disponed to
<hluk It a Joke The small boya yellel
for another, aud a second was given j
for the umpire. The Victoria Imnd 1
then managed to get through 'Yankee
I iisalle' unite respectably' -John T
Wheelwright In Youth's Companion.
Don't Gat Thair Share.
Washington statistics show the per
capita consumption of wait In thw coun
try ia nearly 1" |*>uiid 11 year; but
Judging from the number of fresh
• haps one meets, there must lie many
who aren't consuming their full share
- Milwaukee Sentinel
a Crying Need.
"A tady can only wear a certain
quantity of diamonds 00 her lingers
and arouad her neck."
'Yea: there's a fortune Itt It for the
inventive gentna who can perfect t
way to Inlay people with asms."—Kan-
sas City Journal.
Retort Matrimonial.
He-Don't hare any more of those
-oafounded pickled beats when I in-
vite ciiests She- Then don't Invite
any more of them to dinner.-Haiti-
more American.
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Guthrie, B. F. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 15, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1915, newspaper, November 12, 1915; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253830/m1/6/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.