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Won der Abe as a Fortune Teller.

Won Ger AQe as u OTIuuc 4cASA'
Cliff Carroll. who played several years in
Washington in the eighties. was at one
time a crackerjack outfelder on the st.
Louis club. When going well he was one
of the best men who ever held down a
center field position. He was also great
''kidder." and enjoyed nothing so much as
pulling of some such affair at the expense
OF his eccentric employer, who used to fine
Cnf most of his salary, on account of his
habits. and then good heartedly remit all
the fines when Carroll would make one OF
the sensational plays for which he was
noted
With all Carrolrs faults Chris loved him
still. and very frequently he used to be one
of the party that partook n the hospitality
at Won der Ahes farm. which was located
about twenty miles outside OF st. Louis.
One Sunday morning. as Cliff used to tell
the story, just before the opening of the
base ball season that year, he, In company
repaired to the farm to spend the day.
Now. this particular year Chris had
rounded up bunch OF ball players who he
thought were the genuine pennant winning
article, and his talk all the way out to his
farm was the manner in which his team
was going to make the rest of the clubs
look like kipdergarteners.
Arriving at the farm, the first thing that
attracted Chris eye was a gypsy encamp-
ment, which was located just On the out
side OF his possessions. Won der Abe was
Va oupciSu(louS NATURE, ana no sooner
had he espied the gypsies than he declared
his intention of having his fortune told in
order. as he explained, to find out exactly
what kind OF showing his club was going
to make that season.
Here a chance for Carroll to play
one of his jokes. and he Immediately took
advantage of II with the conntvance of the
newspaper man. who agreed to hold the
attention of Chris while the ball player
would put the gypsy next to tearing up the
81. Louis team when the owner came in to
be told that he possessed pennant win
ners.
Carron gave the gypsy queen all the
piece of money to do his bidding which
the dark-complexioned one cheerfully
agreed to do: and when Chris came In to
the tent and took his seat there surely was
q deal framed up against him.
Carron and the newspaper man were al
lowed to stand on the outside of the tent
where they could see without being seen
and when the seeress predicted to Won der
Ahe that his much prided team would be
the laughing stock OF the league and that
they would finish far behind that 1t
would be impossible to see them, the chang
Ing expressions on Chris face and the
srimaces he made were of such a character
that Il was only by stuffing their kerchiefs
IN .aeir mouths that the two listeners were
able to suppress their mirth.
Now Chris had paid considerable money
TOR his team that year. and what was hand
ID TO him by the fortune teller certainly
I'D not improve his naturally hasty temper.
20 Then she had finished he was almost
axe wild man; so much 50, In fact, that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
CLOSE 4 GOOD. SEASON.
Naval Academy Marksmen Win From
New York list,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, May 18.-The Naval
Academy rife team defeated the team Of
the list New York Regiment this after
noon by high score Of 2.4S3 points to
2424. 5000 being the maximum. The match
was the second annual contest for the
trophy offered by Lieut. Col. J. Hollis Wells
Of the list. the New Workers winning last
year. BY winning from the strong team Of
the visitors the midshipmen close a season
Of victories and show that they have made
creditabie progress under the coaching Of
Lieut.. Harris Laning, coach OF last years
Navy team. which entered the national
matches. Sergt Doyle of the visitors had
the highest score, 216 points. and Midship-
man E. e. Wilson Of Seattle. Wash, was
second with 215.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
The Original Senators"
BY W. Y. KIRK.

BY W. v. KIRK.
When Julius Caesar was kid and Brutus was
another.
And each imagined he possessed a spear that knew
brother.
These noble Romans chose up sides. all on a sum
And hurried to a corner lot hard by the Apsian
Way.
Tiberiu- Dooiey played first base on Captain
C.-e.'s team.
Herminius Clancy covered short and did 1t like
dream.
Horatius Flanagan played left-that garden was
his home
And Marcus Shay in center field tore up the Latin
loan.
pitching kid"
And with his Roman spitball most astounding
While Ciaudius MCKINNEY. a twrler tried and
true.
truck out the mighty Julius and a number OF his
crew.
The game was nearly aud the score wac
three to three, -
When Caesar. aiding Into third, splhsa ssvtus
In the knee:
The game broke up and Brutus snarsed, ..soms
day I'll get you, kid,
Which history informs u that n later ysau hs
01os
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
Race From Peking to Paris.

PARIS, May 1s.-Great interest is being
taken In the coming race Of automobilists
from Picking to Paris. There are eighteen
entries, representing several countries. one
of the most prominent being Prince Borg
hese, who will drive his car himself and
seems determined to win. The start will
be at Picking on June 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

TW0nase niLs-Bufkett, HecOX Matthews Three.
base hits-Qison, Burkett. Stolen bases-Martin
20. Kemp 81. Michael. Hubbard t2, Boernstcin,
Olson Wilson. Heco1. Double pinys-McGifin to
DOnnelly: Boernstein to Olson to Hecox First
BY pitched baii-Donueliy. Struck out-By Good
man, 8; by Burkett, 2. Time Of game hours
Umplre-Mr. Barr.
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Wisconsin Crews Training Hard.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis, May 1S-Wiscon-
sins crews are getting practice twice
day. Coach Ten Eyck has them out at
8 o'clock in the morning for a four-mile
row, and puts them over a six-mile course
late in the afternoon. He expects to have
them in winning shape for the Peugh-
keepsie regatta.
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STORIES OE BASE BALLPLAYERS

Carroll said afterward that he was afraid
something serious might have resulted.
What did happen was this:
Chris rose from his chair, shaking with
rage. and pointing hts finger at the gypsy
he literally shrieked: Now den you pack
piter you tried to make me so belief dot I
got a punch of junk, instead of der
champeen Club of der league. You call
dot delling my fortune heb. Now den I'm
going to dell your fortune. You listen; If
I miss any of mine chickens or ducks, or
any of mine oder animals. I'm going to
have der whole punch of you peggars
pinched. and der chudge is bosom trent
Of Chris Won der Abe. Now vot you tink
OF mine fortune telling. HEIR
When Fred Clarke and Dreyfuss Went
Automobiling.
Fred Clarke Of the Pittsburg team and
Barney Dreyfuss started out for an auto
mobile spin the day before the season
opened last year. Fred Is great motor
car fancier. and In the Off season he thinks
nothing Of taking a two or three hundred
mile spin through Kansas, in which state
the popular outfielder lives.
Now this experience as to the chug-chug
cars has caused Fred to learn a lot about
the ways OF an automobile. and has also
caused him to become witty and cynical on
the subject of these machines.
So when he and Barney started out to
IohS q oilNcs IL DclilS W tii0 HOuT VI
O'Clock, and Fred being blessed with a
fine appetite. he inquired of Dreyfuss as
to where he expected to take supper?
oh. anywhere we happen to stop" care
iessly replied Barney.
But" answered Clarke. as he lit CT
gar. we won't be able to eat as often as
that. will we?'
Haunted by Killed Balls.
The day after Ed Delehanty had made his
unequaled record Of knocking five home
runs in one day. he came out to the ball
park. looking as IL he had been I'D all
through the night and when Chick Frazer,
| the pitcher, called his attention to this fact,
| the big fellow replied:
And that's no lie either Chick: I couldn't
| sleep a little bit last night / dreamed of
base ball all throughout the night: nv
| room seemed to be filled with them Talk
| Ing about being haunted. / was haunted
| last night"
What more can you expect. Ed" thu
witty pitcher inquired. but being haunted
| oy base ball when you kill as many as you
| did yesterday"
Nick Altrock's Bon Not.
Nick Altrock of the Chicago club 10 one
OF the merriest bali players In the profess
sion today. as well as one Of thu most origi-
aai among the Jolrists. He and I'd Walsh,
the big pitcher. are continually joshing one
anoth n in good natared way.
The s'her day they were talking about
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some mutual acquaintance. who is famous
for his knocking proclivities. and Nick
said to Ed
"Why. that fellow, Ed, has a regular au-
tomobiie tongue"
How Is that?' inquired Walsh. puzzled.
''Why, he Is always running somebody
down." replied the merry Nicholas.
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Totals. Is u II 10 OF Totals.... II IA q
s.ftSnsls: ..:: .:... s-iS
Earned runs-Nationals, 2. Bases on balls-Tier-
ney, Lyach. Eiiiek. Struck out-By Lynch. Z; by
DaIls1s I. Passed balls-Kenny, q. Three-base
hin isnn. hlIiek. baker, Kenny. Two-base hits
-Mccieiiand. Meyerie, Baker, Left on bases
land, 8; ElHek, :. Unp4re-D. Seliman. Time Of
Eamel hoer iAa 81 minutes.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

Blair, Jan. 17.-At one time, not SO
many months hence, the Blair mines of
Silver Peak were accounted to be the
second or third richest in the world, the
only leader in the race being the Sim
mer & Jack property of the Rand. Even
if the Mohawk of Goldfield now has
jumped into second place, the third in
the running is certainly the Blair group.
This property was extensively developed
many years age and was a large pro-
Queer. The death of the principal own
ers and litigation over the estate then
caused a tie-up of operations there. The
heirs were not miners. but conservative
stock-and-bond old timers of the At
lantic seaboard and the claims for many
years waited in quiescence for pur-
chasers of the sort that make history
and add to the country's wealth.
Finally the day came when the enor-
nous acreage changed hands at a price
that would ransom a whole bunch of
assorted kings. New life has come to
Silver Peak and the camp now teens
with industry. A railroad has been
constructed from the Tonopah and
Goldfeld line, a new town, that of Blair,
has peer established, and a mill is be-
ing erected for the working of the hun
dreds of thousands of tons of ore that
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
RAMSEY-COMSTOCK IS DE-
VELOPING INTO BONANZA

shaft Is down $50 feet and is following
the foot vail. Every so feet a crosscut
is run into the ore. The results are
beyond expectation and a goodly amount
of the ore will pay to ship.
The Ramsey-Ophir Is a property
controlled by c. A. Norcross and Sam
wheeler of Reno. Three sets of leasers
have been working on this ground and
another lease. tha Of Clark and Pfftch-
EFT, was let on the frst OF January. This
lease Is showing bonanza values at q
depth of six feet. The formation is al
ready permanent there. The Hopkins
tunnel on this estate has been advanced
TO the 20o-foot point, where 1t a en-
countered tho dyke.
'Ore is being sacked on the Ramsey
Comstock and the Clark-Prichett lease
and the richer ore Is being stored on the
Rather No. 2. Three shifts are work
ing on the Comstock, ophir. Bonanza
and star properties. There are 12o men
working in the camp. which has a popu-
lation of about 800 and is new a perma-
nent one.
"The travel to and from Ramsey is
now nearly all via Clark station on the
|Southerp Pacific railroad. which is only
miles away. a. little further
the camp than Churchill on the
Nevada and California road, which was
the first depot and entrepot for the dis
trict. Four-horse stages make two
round trips a dap and supplies are also
brought in over this route. Ramsey is
one of the cheapest camps in the state
in which to live. Wood is $3.50 a cord
and board is 81 a day. Water is plenti-
full and cheap. 1t is of good quality.
"A railroad to Ramsey is one of the
projects to be consummated in the near
future. Merritt brothers. of Duluth,
have taken hold of the Lizard iron de-
posits, which are said to be among the
richest in the world. They have sur
veyed for a line of railroad to their
mines from a point near Dayton on the
Carson river. The mines are only six
miles from Ramsey and the grade is
easy. 1t is given out that the railroad
will be extended to the camp.
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The Ramsey-Comstock promises to de-
velop into a second Comstock lode. This
is the opinion advanced by Irwin @.
Lewis. former owner and editor of the
Ramsey Recorder. who visited Gold
field one day this week. Mr.. Lewis con-
tinued:
Captain Mayne and other Goldield
people are heavily Interested in the
Ramsey Comstock and they certainly
have a big bonanza The surface OF the
entire acreage of the property Is piled
with fioat that has been gathered from
the detritus to the tremendous dyke
which traverses the property and which
stands twelve feet in air. The entire
dyke and all the float thrown from IL
will mill at q profit and the owners
have so thoroughly satisfied themselves
or this matter that they have arranged
for the erection Of a mill with . ca
pacity Of 500 tons Q day.
I'm the center of the dyke is q streak
twelve inches wide which will . ia
ship and as depth is attained on the
ledge the streak grows wider and more
than maintains its values.
The Ramssy-constock shaft is nov
down to the 114-foot mark and is show
ing up splendidly. On the ssO-foot level
a crosscut was run which proved the
ledge to be 73 feet wide with a streak
of four feet assaying from $500 to $500
to the ton. The entire ledge will mill
SIS. Drifts on this level have been
run 100 feet each way and the con-
tinuity of the ledge is proven.
ION the 60-foot level an upraise was
run n the average assays, obtained
were $104. N#shA
"At the 150-foot level another cross
cut has been run and the values are
fonnd to be the same as above, withsthe
exception that oxidation has ceased and
the ores are in the form of sulphides,
indicative of their continuing o W to
great depth.
'The Rather Nc. 2 is another property
that is making a great showing. This
property is owned by Thomas s. Bobi-
son Co.. and associates of Goldfeld. The
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
SILVER PEAK IS A LIVELY CAMP

are exposed in the many openings of
the property.
A pumping plant has been installed
at the valcalda. superintendent Knight
reports that a true assure vein has been
discovered on the property.
Work has been begun upon the sewer
system. A trench IL being dug for the
main pipe. :
The Blair bank has opened for hnsi-
ness.
building operations are lively in the
camp. The tent house OF the early days
is being rapidly replaced with the more
substantial frame structure.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

G. /. Wright of Jackson, CAL. is here
for the purpose of looking after the
lease he recently took on the Butler
claim of the Gold Horn group. He is
backed in this enterprise by strong
eastern capital and the work of develop
ment will soon be undertaken on an
extensive scale. Mr.. Wright Is an old
"Mother-Loder' and thoroughly UNDER
stands the work which he has undertake
en-. He expects to get the lease into
the producing class before many months
pass.
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-28
BERT HUFFMAN, EDITOR EAST 0REGONIAN.

from N. j. Levison, editor of the Sun
day Oregonian, saying that although
the Olegonian has been in existence
over 80 years, yet the Lament of the
Umatilla," which MI. Huffman wrote
for that paper few years ago, was
the very first original poem for which
the Oregonian had ever paid.
Another letter from the editor of the
New York Independent asks him to
'dress up" his poem, "Where the Sea
Sings" that it may be used in the In
dependent, and the letter concludes
with high praise for the merit of the
poem.
Another letter which is more highly
priced than either of the Others men
toned is from that sweet singer of the
California cline, James g. Clark,
now dead, saying that if Mr.. Huff
man had written no other poems his
Eagles Flight" written at the age
of 23, would have made him immortal.
While these are but minor things, yet
they show the appreciation III which
the young author has been held and to
what extent his real literary work has
impressed men of literary judgment.
When Joaquin Miller was asked to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-28

force and power, is a locomotive en-
gineer, has ridden the ranges of the
West, has farmed, raised stock, oper-
ated sawmills, trailed horses across the
plains, mountaineered and "rcughed
it" in every phase of western life.
Born at Summerville, Union county,
in January, 1870, he saw Eastern Ore
gon grow from wilderness into its
present highly civilized state and he
has imbibed its changing hues of life
and development and has portrayed in
his poetry something of the spirit of
these changes. Oregon has been the
theme of his best poems. Oregon and
western subjects have inspired his best
flights and Oregon is yet to be glorifi-
ed and exploited by his faoile pen. be-
cause he is just now entering his ma
ture years when real literary work is
possible.
Mr.. Huffman began writing verse
for Union county papers when but Is
years of age and constantly from that
time until tho present his pen has been
employed. He has been urged by
friends for several years to collect his
poems into volume, but has declined
for the reason that he has never placed
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-28

The following brief sketch of Bert
Huffman, editor of the East Oregonian
who is generally recognized as poet
of unquestioned ability, written by
Lula R. Lorenz, is taken from the
Portland Journal
The West is a versatile country and
its versatility is exhibited in the genius
of its native sons in remarkable de-
gree. The sons and daughters of the
pioneers who peopled the West have
imbibed its diversified characteristics,
its myriad -hued views of life.
The diversity of genius is nowhere
more plainly exhibited than in the life
and work of Bert Huffman of Pendle
ton, who is now issuing the first book
of original poems ever published IN
Eastern Oregon. Writing poetry is
but one of his many-sided genius. He
is an editorial writer of recognized
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-28

write poem for the dedication of the
Sacajawea monument at the Lewis and
Clark fair in Portland, be wrote back
to the committee which made the re.
quest, saying that Bert Huffmau's
poem, "Sacajawea," was the best
thing written on the subject of the
Indian girl guide, and that be himself
could not do so well as Huffman had
done.
A Life Romance.
There was a real romance Of the
courtship and marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. Huffman. Mrs. Huffman was
Ellen Green, daughter of Taylor Green,
a pioneer stockman of Union county.
William Huffman, father of the poet.
and Taylor Green were bitter enemies.
having Teen estranged in early DAYS
over a range difficulty. They were
never reconciled and are both now
dead.
When Ellen Green was but 10 and
Bert Huffman but IA their acquain-
tance began and in few years ripen-
ed into love which was kept secret
from the parents. For months and
years the courtship was kept up and at
last their troth was plighted. although
the lovers wondered how the enmity
OF the fathers would be overcome.
When she was 16 and he 20, the we'd
ding occurred, both families agreeing
to the match, which seemed inevitable.
and which has proved to be most hap
py. They now reside in Pendleton,
where Mr.. Huffman is managing editor
of the East Oregonian. Their family
consists of three girls and boy.
The grandeur of Eastern Oregon's
towering blue mountains, clear rivers
and singing forests entered into the
lines of Bert Huffman, for he is lover
and interpreter of nature. In his
Desert" a short poem which has
been widely copied, he gives a COM
prehensive glance of the western will
derness which could not be given in a
volume of prose. In his "Sagetrush"
he brings the perfume of the desert to
sweeten the language and thought of
typical western poem. The San
Francisco Examiner published his
Where the Sea Sings" on the editor
ial page with favorable criticism sew
eral years ago and his nature poems
strike a responsive key in the heart of
the true westerner.