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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-15

abilities of the American and National
league pitchers forms an interesting
chapter Of diamond reading.
1t Is claimed that the pitching in the
American league is away above the
National article. but / do not believe
the difference is so great as is imag-
Ined." begins Tim.
chesbro. Dineen, Young, Etc.
The best pitchers in the American
league are CHESHIRE. Dineen. Young,
Plank. Waddell. Bernhard, Donohue.
Owen. Smith Powell. Glade. Donovan,
Mullin ami Case Patten. 1 believe
have named fourteen Of them and tax.
en- about all the cracEerjacks. although
I have omitted Joss. Moore and posi-
bly, one or two more.
Now. let me pick fourteen from the
National league and the best, In my
Judgment combining myself TO four
teen. are as follows: McGinnity. Dunn
my Taylor. Mathewson, Bob Wicker.
Harper, Hahn. Philippe Lever. Jack
Taylor. Nichols, Jones. Willis and Pit
finger. Every one Of these is first class,
but some OF them have not the reputa-
ton the noted ones in the American
league have. but are every bit as good.
Bob Wicker.
There isn't a club In existence that
can beat Bob Wicker when he is right,
and his feat Of letting down the Giants
with one scratch hit and "A shutout,
think II was. has never. considering the
circumstances. been surpassed. We all
remember that game at the Polo
grounds, New York, last summer be-
tween Chicago and the Giants on q
Saturday afternoon when they had that
record breaking crowd. the largest
crowd that was ever assembled to sec
a professional baseball game. Wicker
was as cool as an icicle and his per-
Torrance was simply marvellous. The
Chicago club has three others In
Brown. Briggs and Weimer that are
almost as good as Wicker. and. In fact,
in naming the fourteen representatives
! have omitted several that are almost
as good as the ones have named.
"In catchers and out6elders the Ma
tional league Is also well supplied, and
only. AS said before. at the left ham,
Continued on Page Tenn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-15
GOSSIP OFPLAYERS IN BIC LEAGUES:
FACTORS IN THE RACE JUST BEGUN

jump. hurdles. pole vault. dash, four
mile relay and perhaps In the two mile
relay. Though the men dil not qualify
in all these events. that was 4 Isuch
larger tryout than has been held be
fore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-15

Pop Arson was recently elected city
clerk OF Chicago AZ the annual election.
The city clerkship pays $4,000 year.
That beats any baseball salary Arson
ever earned playing first base for Chi
cago
Talking about Ills election Pop says.
Twas a home run. %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-15

other for drawing and industrial art, an
assembly room with a seating capacity
for 700, a gymnasium and bath rooms,
large manual training room fitted up
with work benches and turning lathes,
and a library which is now well equip
ped with reference books for all lines
of study. Individual lockers with sep
arate keys give each pupil a place for
hats and wraps apart from others. Few
cities the size of Rock Island have as
complete accommodations for their
high school pupils as are now avail
able to ours
The courses of study offered to the
students include all lines of work
scheduled in the best high schools,
with liberal opportunity for choice
through the elective system The
methods of instruction and of discip-
line all tend to a complete develop
ment and rounding out of character as
well as thorough mental training.
The course in manual training
which was introduced when the new
building was opened, has now been
supplemented by a course of work in
industrial art and manual training in
the graded schools. beginning in the
first grade and carried through all the
grades, and furnishes a fitting founda-
ton for the more advanced work done
in the high school,
VIII Accommodate 900.
The building was designed to ac-
commOdate some six hundred pupils,
and no doubt it will do so should oc-
casion require. The total enrolment
for the high school for the current
year is an even 500, a very creditable
number, in fact, a large number for
city of this size. surrounded by as
densely populated a community as we
have and one offering to young people
so many opportunities for work at
good remuneration.
1t has been the purpose of the school
administration and the board of edu-
cation to induce boys, so far as posi-
BILE. to spend a portion of their time,
at least, in the high school after they
have completed the eighth grade work.
With this object in view, the board has
established a very full and complete
four-year commercial course, which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-15

Half the ills that man is heir to
come from indigestion. Burdock Blood
Bitters strengthens and tones the stOm-
ach makes indigestion impossible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-15

was Kept off the indoor team only by
the unusual number of good distance
men.
In the two mile Michigan has the
freshman Rowe, who has been running
the indoor mile. in which he has done
4 80 in spite of his heavy outdoor build.
There l., also the veteran Stone, for two
years point winner in the conference
meet;
Annis Second Hahn.
Trainer Fitzpatrick says that NIichi-
yan's new sprinter. AnniS. may cap
ture nearly as many points as did Hahn
last year He says that Annis is an
unusually slow starter. but that he
works up his best speed in the final
sprint at the tape He covers the forty
yards fully as fast as Hahn did.
In the hurdles last year there was
one eligible athlete, Nicol. while there
are three this year. Besides Nicol.
who scored in both hurdles last June,
there is Hodgen, the new hurdler who
has equaled the indoor record. and
Fishleigh. one of the best hurdlers OF
the 1902 team.
In the high jump, in which the
w SNOItu OllH punt ioSl ' rt2ir
there are two unusual new men-Cox-
the FRESHMAN who did 6 feet in his
first indoor meet. and Leete. the mid
get. who is clearing ; feet II inches
consistently Cox has been kept out
of all work for a month by a sprained
ankle. but is now able 10 walk again
and will be In the outdoor jumps.
This Year and Last.
The track team this year is strong I'm
two more events than was last years
team-that is, il is better balanced, and
IL has been solely due to this balance
to the seconds and thirds that such n
team can win. that Michigan has won
four consecutive conferences. Besides
this. IN the other events, except posi-
bly, the dash and the weights. the team
is stronger than last season. In all
events except the dashes and the two
mile there are more good men for each
event than last year.
What Trainer Fitzpatrick thinks Of
this team was shown by bis announce
ment that the candidates for the Penn
sylvsnia games would receive tryOuts
In the shot uut broad iump. high
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-15
Walter FishIeish.

has done A feet, aud Alderman. with
a record of -
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
NORTHWEST NEWS.

Julius Baer, one of the best known
mining engineers of the northwest, is
Head at Hunters Hot Springs, Mont
An effort is being made to secure
me next biennial convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union at Spo-
Eane-
At North Yakima 0,OOO pounds of
Eool has changed hands during the
past few days. Prices ran from 16
70 II cents.
A. T. Rush, cripple barber, blew
his brains out with pistol in an
Olympia saloon. Busted and out of
employment.
The millers of Washington will
meet at Tacoma July 2, to perfect a
state organization. Preliminary COM
nittees are now at work.
The offer of the Moscow, Idaho,
Electric company, to pump city water
Tor three cents per 1000 gallons, was
tabled by the city council.
John L. Sullivan, now in Spokane,
wants to fight Charley Mitchell, not
more than 10 rounds, at either Spo-
kane, Seattle or Tacoma, and will put
up a forfeit to back his purpose.
United States Attorney N. NJ. Ru-
lex, of Boise, has declared immedi-
ate, vigorous and implacable war on
AL who sell or give away liquor to
Indians on any reservation within the
ztate Of Idaho.
During broad daylight two men
held up Ed Schinke, on the bridge
Beading to the west side of Olympia,
and relieved him of $40. They made
clean getaway in spite Of a close
description of both by the victim.
william Barrett is in custody at
Portland charged with the theft Of
$1,000 cash from the First National
hank at San Francisco last Septem-
Der. Barrett dropped the entire
amount in his flight, and 1t was re-
severed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11

The East Oregonian is in receips
of the following interesting letter
from L. H. Lee, who is now located
at Eagle Point in the sawmill pusi-
ness.
Mr.. lee was formerly school su-
perintendent of Umatilla county, and
left here two months ago, looking for
a location:
Eagle Point, Ore, May 9.-(Editor
East Oregonian) Since my last COM
munication 1 have invested in a saw
mill and planer a few miles from
this place, and Within two and a half
miles of the route of the Medford &
Crater Lake railroad. We have about
100000 feet of good timber, fir.
pine and cedar, convenient to the
mill, which will keep us busy for at
least two years or more.
Eagle Point is quite a small village,
located in the eastern part of the
Rogue River valley, on Little Butte,
stream about like the Umatilla at
Pendleton. The nearest point on the
Southern Pacific to us is Central
point, 10 miles west, and the country
between here and there is mostly
prairie, but a good deal of it is very
thin and not of much value without
water.
A company is now putting in a ditch
which is expected to cover all of this
land. The M. & C. L. railroad passes
directly through this so-called desert
and when they once get plenty of wa
ter on it the land will be valuable.
We expect the railroad to reach this
place some time in July.
The hills here are covered with
scraggy oak, both white oak and
black, madrouno and a kind of brush
that looks much like greasewood, and
1 see large numbers of hogs in the
hills everywhere, and 1 am told they
do fine on the mast and wild feed.
Corn does we'll and 1 see people
feeding it not only to their hogs, but
to horses and other stock. This is
not much of a wheat country though
it does better here than in the Will
lamette.
There are large numbers of cattle
hogs and horses raised here, but very
few sheep. 1t is brushy on the range
and the wolves are plentiful and hun
cry.
OF course. every one raises fruit
but in this locality it is mostly apples
Small fruit does not do very wei
without irrigation. Land is high ant
I going higher all the time. an
pleased with the climate thus far
warm days with cool nights an(
mornings.
This is a wonderful country foi
flowers, especially roses; every yarC
has been full of all kinds of rosei
for a month.
Two brothers of Jack Childreth o
Pendleton, were here a few days ago
and are coming in to run a blacksmith
and wagon shop. If any of thu
friends up there think of comint
down here, shall be pleased at an!
time to give them all the information
in my reach. l.. II. LEE.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
GENERAL NEWS.

The American stock growers con-
vsntion at Denver elected Murd Mac
&snzie president.
A cloudburst flooded a coal mine
1t Cisco, Texas, drowning seven men
aherein like rats.
The Carnegie company is building
HeE blast furnaces at Youngstown,
o, which will employ 5000 men.
May the percentage of sickness
Rrong Panama canal employees was
H. among whom were II cases OF
yellow fever.
An earthquake developed a land
SI5de at Benger Abbas, Persia, which
Killed. so persons. overwhelming them
In their homes.
Adelbert, the third son of the en-
peror William of Germany, is suffer
mig from blood poisoning following
ne sting of a fly.
At St. Joseph, Mo-, an unfinished
fEe-story building with walls up full
Aight, was crushed and badly wreck
Cd by violent windstorm.
John G. Smith was killed and JACK
Chambers fatally injured by the col.
azpse of a grain elevator at Elwood
Kan, during a violent wind.
DR.. oliver W. Nixon, for many
years identified with the Chicago In,
'asrocean, of which he was editor ant
part owner, is dead at Biloxi, Miss.
A Minneapolis syndicate is buyins
mp many valuable lumber milling
properties in the northwest Tn,
latest to be taken in is the Fox Mill
zng company, of Seattle, for 5000, 900
The Y. NJ. C. A. at Pittsburg, Pa.
refused to admit as members two ac
tors because of their profession
Whereat Bishop Henry C. Potte
-Toasts the offending Y. NJ. C. A. bod,
70 crisp turn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
FORTUNE IN HAND.
Idaho Man Sells Homestead for $1,000
After Seven Years Work.

AlIcI StNCu i ctTS NOTh.
Cyrus w. Leasure and Della Fl.
Leasure have sold their fine 160-acre
farm located about six miles east OF
Nez Perce, to Thomas Haley for ST.
000 says the Capital News.
The transfer shows the remarkable
advance in the price of agricultural
land in the vicinity of Lewiston. Sew
eral years ago at the time the Nez
Perce Indian reservation was allotted
and thrown open for settlement, Mr..
Leasure and his wife came down
from Moscow and went in with the
rush They acquired this 100 acres
in section 80, township "a, range 2
east. by homestead entry and have
since then proved up on it.
Land in this vicinity produces about
an average of 20 bushels of grain to
the acre, so that during the seven
years he has owned this land, Mr..
Leasure has made thousands of dol
lars out of his crops. He now re-
ceives $1,000 for the farm or at the
rate of $44 an acre. One acre has
more than paid all his cost of filing
and proving up his homestead.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
The St. George.

The st. George.
n. A. Faley. La Grande.
Fred Halsted, Rawlins.
Lee Cochrane. San Francisco.
George H. Harvey, Denver.
p. H. Booth. San Francisco.
F. L. Lewis, Seattle.
b. w. Gilman, La Grande.
c. Heath, La Grande.
F. Anderson. La Grande.
Fred X. Fisher. Portland.
]. A. Allison, Portland.
F. j. Gardner, Portland.
G. L. Richardson, Portland.
o. w. Dunn, Spokane.
]. H. Byrd. St Louis.
r. B. Wilson, st. Paul.
d. H. Bayne, Adams.
R. N. Bode, st. Louis.
I. NJ. Bates, Detroit.
F. R. Hanke, Portland.
R. B. Stanfield. Echo.
w. H. Sawyer, Littleton.
G. N. Smith, Pendleton.
G, f. Mosser, Spokane.
]. E. Claughly, San Francisco.
]. H. Blanford, Baker City.
J. S. Willmot, Baker City.
J. B. Smith, La Grande.
The BiclSers.
A. ]. Watrus, Adams.
Fl, E. Ash, Central City.
Virgil Cooper, Baker City.
Tesse Richardson, Baker city.
Cecil Stullu, Baker City.
Ralph Dodson, Baker City.
Stanley Parker. Baker City.
Roy Shirrid, Baker City.
Lewis Fernard, Baker City.
j. NJ. Buker, Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Vudah. Hot Lake
G. c. Campell, Portland.
w. S. Holt, Portland.
]. S. Furnish, city.
Grace Gilham, Pilot Rock.
Dorothy Gilham, Pilot Rock.
William Huston, city.
Ventress, Starbuck.
]. B. Taylor, Echo.
Olive Spencer Welch.
Albert Welch.
Charles NJ. williams.
r. H. Simpson, Los Angeles.
L. L. Davis and daughter, Denver.
F. B. Van Cleve.
Miss E. McBroom, Monument.
Miss McQuilkin. Boston.
Lima Campbell st. Louis.
Alvina Collins, Siletz.
Mrs. Esther Bilinger, Silitz.
Huffman, Portland.
The Pendleton.
c. w. Mount, Denver.
Beorge B. Bent, Chicago.
Fred Wilson, Condor.
E. P. Dodd, city.
F. D. Newberry, Philodo.
G. R, Ingles, Kansas City.
E. r. Silsner, Joseph.
G. K. Patterson, Philadelphia.
w. Scott, Bellfontain.
r. S. Erb, st. Louis.
G. b. Atkinson, Moscow.
w. D. Marks, Spokane.
f. Bragdon, Portland.
]. Jesse, Starbuck.
]. II. Kloeckner, Spokane.
Joe Pluver, Spokane.
p. f. Smith. Tacoma.
William Maher, Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
Minister for IrI'igon.

The minister who will have charge
of the new Presbyterian church at
Irrigon is DR.. E. T. Allen, who has
been assistant to DR.. E. p. Hill, of
First Presbyterian church of Portland
for the past three years. DR.. Allen
will take charge Of the church on
June 1. He is considered to be one
of the strongest men in the ministry
in oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
GUERRmLAs BURIED GOLD.
Colorado People Search for Quar
trell's Treasure.

Colorado People Search for GUAM
trelrs Treasure.
A reputed treasure of gold dust
and United States greenbacks buried
in the mountains just off the old
South Park stage line, again is Turing
searchers into the hills, says the Den
yer Post. A dispatch from Bailey's,
on the South Park line, says that two
strangers have arrived at that place
to hunt for the booty of stage rob-
bers. hidden thereabouts 40 years
ago.
In 1864 James Reynolds, a confed-
crate captain became leader of a guer-
rllla band similar to Quantrelrs. The
gang held up and robbed what was
called the "Buckskin coach" on the
old South Park trail, and secured
over $4,000.
The gang was attacked the next
day, one man killed, Captain Rey-
nolds and John Reynolds and one
other escaped southwark.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
INDIAN WAR RELIC
FORMER UNIATILLA COUNTY
MAN AT EAGLE POINT.

Finds a Congenial Climate, With Pro-
ductive Country, Plenty of Timber
and Good OppOrtunities-Rai
Expected TO Open Up Large Sec
ton of Southern Oregon This Year
-Pendleton Blacksmiths Also Lo-
cate at Eagle Point.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
The Fair Dept. Store, PendIetOn

f. A. Hamilton, Portland.
c. NJ. Smith, Portland.
]. Fred Fisher. Spokane.
]. w. Collins. San Francisco.
Ralph C. Newland, Mojave.
NJ. A. Shirly. Portland.
A. E. Johnson, Portland.
H. NJ. Ogden, Portland.
George F. Roberts, Portland.
H. ]. Miner, New York.
A. T. Cuitchey, Lincoln.
George King, San Francisco.
]. L. O'Brien, Seattle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
Nav oreanize CHURCH at Echo.

Rev. w. S. Holt, synodical mission
ary for the Presbyterian church for
Oregon, is in Echo today looking over
the ground with view to organizing
congregation there to be served by
the minister who will be stationed at
Irrigon. If sufficient number OF
members are found there. steps will
be taken to organize in the near fu-
ture.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11

B. C. Cuvellier, a wealthy and
prominent San Franciscan, went to
the roof of an History building to
suicide, which he did by blowing his
brains out with a pistol.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11
Notice tn Debtors.

All persons indebted to me will
please call and settle at once. as
have sold my butcher business ant
need the money.
CONRAD PLATZOEDER.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-11

Sixty acres river bottom land, ad-
joining the city limits. Most all In
an excellent state of cultivation.
Good improvements on the place. VIII
return a big profit on the investment
e. T. WADE & SON.
p. o. Box 324. Phone Black iii.
Office in e. o. Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
'NAUGHT BUT A LEAF" SAID THE DUKE.

people-always my peoples need. never
mine. And l have given up for their well
fare every desire natural TO a maid of
my years. / am the veriest slave in my
kingdom" Tears Of self-pity welled to her
eyes.
The counselor. speeches. before a girlish
trouble for which he dared offer no COM
fort. fumbled awkwardly with the state
papers he had brought to the queens table.
With growing tremulousness the girl con-
tinued: Would that you had ever married,
my lord" To this the old man breathed 4
fervent but inaudible God forbid!''-
which not needing. her majesty went on
And had a daughter OF your own. You
had not then been so ready. mayhap, to
wed me to the Veriest scapegoats in all the
kingdoms-men who have had their fill of
pleasure and now would stretch their legs
on throne and live a life of ease. / am
young; l demand youth in my consort. l
am-beautiful-you have said it.-and 1
will have him straight and handsome. No
handy legs like one of my suitors-you
know whom: no blotchy face like my royal
cousin: no dwarfed, shriveled mummy-oh.
you know what commanding lot are offer
ing me homage!
Your majesty hath looks enough for
two" the counselor interposed, craftily, as
he thought.
The queen laughed aloud
You think TO tickle my newly discovered
vanity? Too transparent even for my
ears. Sir Counselor i have cut my wis.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
GOTHAM OLD AND new
Skyscraper Jostles Shanty on
Manhattan.
CITY OF CON TRAsTs
REMNANTS oF. VILLAGE LIFE IN
OLD NEW YORK.
Department Stores and Palatial Hotels
Still Compete With Country
Shops and Taverns.
CITY OF,S3C0N TRAsTs

Written for The Evening Star.
Behold me the metropolis says New
York, in her pride, to her sister cities.
See my skyscrapers, the tallest and the
most numerous possessed by any city in the
world. Look on the stately palaces of my
multi-millionaires filling street after street
Here is my subway, the latest engineering
wonder and my contribution to the solution
of the rapid transit problem which is both
ering you all. Visit my Wall street, there
catch glimpse of the millions Of money
in my control, and then dare to say do not
regulate the finances of the land. Before
you lies Central Park. To the left, skirting
the Hudson for distance of eight miles,
is my Riverside drive, constructed merely
for pleasure driving, and to the right is the
far-famed Speedway, on which the fastest
horses of the world daily engage in brushes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25

white clover where the honey bees dipped
and hummed low hedges of clipped box
and yew; shade of elms that edged the
paths down to the white dunes where the
lazy tide lapped-it was here that the queen
walked with the duke. Far up on the
terrace a fountain was flinging diamonds
into the May morning, and the ladies in
waiting. gifted with prudence and a presage
of what the air held, fingered there and
chatted.
The queen was radiant as the day. No
robe of state ever became her as did this
clinging white morning one that outlined
every charm OF form and made the tall
figure seem sighter and more girlish than
ever before. Every straying sunbeam that
filtered through the lace work of the
branches seemed to find Judgment In her
fair hair; the blue of the sea grew shallow
and pale beside the depth of her eyes. She
walked slowly. pausing now and then to
gather spray of purple. feathery lilacs,
bending anon to moisten her hands in the
cool dew. or to pluck a clover blossom
They walked in silence to the waters
edge-the world was full of glad effer-
vescence OF which each drank and said not
a word. II was not until the sand and
trees quite hid them from the castle and
lawns that the queen sank down to rest in
a little hollow on the seaward face of the
dunes. nod gave the duke permission to
be seated. and he threw himself at her feet,
his great length half buried In the sand.
Twice the queen essayed to speak. but