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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-25
Coming Events.

Montana Arbor day, April FL.
Washington State Camp, M. W. A.
North Yakima, May 6.
Montana Sunday School association'
Butte, May lib.
Livestock show, Corvallis, Ore. May
1916.
Washington State F. o. E., Spokane
May 2S.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-25
OREGON ITEMS.

Lucille burst, 9-year-old child of
j. Frank burst of Portland, was acct
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

Luverne Herald: James Gibson
formerly proprietor of the Handy
grocery, went to Sioux Falls Monday
to accept position as travelling rep
resentative with the Sioux Falls
Fruit Co. The Herald stated a few
weeks ago that Mr.. Gibson had pur-
chased a grocery store in Sioux City Z.
At the time that announcement was
made Mr.. Gibson supposed the deal
had been closed, but later develop
ments induced him not to accept the
proposition and he accordingly ac-
cepted the position with the Sioux
Falls concern. Mr.. Gibson's terri
tory will be tributary to Luverne, and
at this writing he expects to make
this city his headquarters.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

Some of the editors who praised
Governor John as the friend of the
''peepur' now find him accused in his
own party of being the candidate of
the "intelests." We hardly know
what they mean with this sort of dem
ocratic talk. Bob Dunn insisted four
years ago that it was the Interests"
that elected John in November, 1904,
and have dictated his policy ever
since. His supporters called his
words '|mouthings' and 'maunder-
ings," but Bob shot true to the mark
all the same. We now find his every
word verified by charges of Johns
party associates. Bob gay have
been beat but he knew we'll the Gin
fooence" that elected John.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
The Editors Birthday,

The editors birthday passed off
very smoothly. Large crowds of peo-
pie were in the village to celebrate
the event, but the large corps Of ex-
ira police preserved order and de-
corum in a very creditable manner.
Notable among those present were
John D. Fellerrock, Andrew Farnegie,
Reddy Roosevelt, B. j. Wryan, larry
Haw, and others. Speeches were
made by prominent anarchists.
Among the presents we received was
a nice dish of bean soup presented by
the culinary department Of the Wom-
ans club; recipe to cure beer guz-
zlers, from the Loyal Temperance le-
gion; a pleasant look of our wife
Every, very rare) and the merchants
all Clipped in and presented us with a
z lib. beet labelled A dead one" To
show the public that we appreciate
their liberality we marked up our ex-
changes a year ahead-Pleasant
Plains (Ill.) Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
EDDY on Corns."

Frank Eddy, former congressman,
delivered good common sense talk
to an audience that packed the opera
house last Sunday night .
It was different in many respects
to the average temperance lecture.
free from appeals to the emotion,
from vituperation, yet full of facts,
and delivered in Mr.. Eddy's charac.
teristic style. Eddy is a standing
testimonial to the fact that even a
politician can quit the whiskey habit.
But recently reformed, he is now an
uncompromising foe to the evil and
is doing what he can to hamper, if
not prevent, the traffic.
He held that there is little differ
ence between the man behind the bar
selling the stuff and the man in front
of the bar buying the stuff, only that
the man in front is the bigger fool of
the two. He would suffer the same
penalty on the one who buys of the
blind-pig or boot-legger as on the
bllnd-pigger himself. No mercy
should he shown the one who sells to
the minor, neither should any be
shown the minor himself-the old
fashioned spanking machine should
be creased up and used literally. The
years between Is and 20 are critical
years for the boys, because three
fourths of those who are addicted to
the use of liquor get the habit in that
PERIOD Windom Citizen.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
BY the Nav. :.

A st. James, Mo-, newspaper office
was shot into with buckshot by the
local grocer because Of his ad, which
should have read: "a fresh stock of
dairy butter daily" The printer used
an III" instead Of "d' in the word
dairy The printer takes more
chances than any other man on earth.
In Babylon, about five hundred
years before Christ, the unmarried
women were disposed Of by auction.
The prettiest was sold first for the
best offer. The uncomely and the de-
formed were sold with purse in their
hands, the buyer naming the smallest
sum accountable with each woman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

Minneapolis Journal: The Amer
lean Economist, the organ Of the pro-
tective tariff interests, indicates that
the interests that benefit from the
tariff are ready to accept Bryan, be-
cause he will be blocked by q hostile
senate for four years. The Nebraska
State Journal foresees that if the rail
roads, insurance people and the big
business intere SITS generally hold to
the same theory-as they plainly do
the possibilities of the election of Mr..
Bryan may become probability be-
fore the summer is over. Not neces-
sarily. There are more people than
there are interests"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
Copyright: 1907: by Byron Williams.

COpyrlght: 1907: by Byron Williams.
The Old Straw Bed.
They don't make beds that sleep today
Like mothers beds o. yore-
Somehow, they've lost thu knack q
things
And don't know how no more.
Now. I recall that in the Fall,
Tn ticks was brought by NAV
And Bill and me would stuff 'em full
o. clean, sweet smellin' straw!
Then we would carry 'em gist so
And hist 'em on tn. bed,
And nav would fix tn straw all smooth
And sloping frum tn head
Then clean, white sheets wuz spread
above
A comfort on tn tick. -
And frum tn patchwork quilts our NAV
Would let us take our pick!
TIL time to go to bed cum slow,
But after while it cum
My gracious, but that bed wuz high!
I boosted William sum,
And next he took hold O. me
And helped me climb tn side
Then in that bed of smelly straw,
We broke 'tOld Morph." to ride!
All! Sleepin' in those days meant rest
And gittin' UP all fresh,
Not KNOWN where a bone wuz sore
Err feelin' aches O. flesh.
TIL hull night through we never woke
T. worry err t. fret
I tell you I would like to be
A sleepin' like THAT yet!
But, no-they amt no beds like them,
No dreamin' in tn straw
Beneath them old log-cabin quilts
Pieced up O. nights by nav.
They don't make beds that sleep today
Like mothers beds of yore-
Somehow, they've lost the knack o.
things
And don't know how no more!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
Republican County Convention
OFFICIAL CALL

A Republican Convention for the
County of Mobiles will be held on
Thursday, April 9, 1908, at the Court
House in the village of Worthington,
at one O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of
electing eleven delegates to the Re.
publican State Convention to be held
at the city of Minneapolis on April
Is, 1908, and also for the purpose of
electing eleven delegates to the Re-
publican Congressional Convention to
be held at Mankato on April Is, 1908,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may come before said con-
vention.
All voters without regard to past
political utilization, who believe in the
principles of the Republican party,
and who desire it's SUCCESS in the pre-
sent campaign, are invited to parti-
cipate in the selection of delegates to
this convention.
The basis of representation of the
various precincts for this convention
shall be one delegate at large and one
delegate for each thirty-fve votes or
major fraction thereof cast for Julius
Schmahl, Secretary Of State in 1906.
The several precincts will be entitled
to the following number of delegates
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

nature were being imposed upon
rushed in tried to size and bind Mr..
cat but the beast being on a different
scent would not be bound so he made
free to catch Ferree, by the thumb
causing him to fall over on the ground
and bruising his shoulder so that he
has been compelled to pack his arm
In a sling this week. Moral darn a
skunk anyway!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

Once more Minnesota has demon
strated that it can maintain the pres
tige which it has won in the butter
making world. Not only did the
state win the banner for the highest
average scores, but her buttermakers
were easily first for the highest indi-
yidual scores, and for the second
highest individual scores, at the An
nual Convention OF the National
Creameries and Butte kers' Asso-
citation. a desperate effort Was made
BY Iowa 70 improve the position Of
Of that state il the buttermak king
world but without success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

Cannon Falls Beacon: If the John
son democrats are playing national
politics it is of brand not heretofore
known to this region. If they know
where they're at their sense of loca-
ton must be strangely acute. For
fear of challenging the hostility of
Bryan they held off when there was a
chance to beat him, and now when
there isn't ghost of a show they
hand him as hard bat as they know
how to give and ALLEVIATE from the
party every Bryan man in the state.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
BREWERY WORKERS STRIKE

Thirty-five Hundred Men Go Out at
st. Louis.
st. Louis, March 18.-Twenty-four
breweries in st. Louis and East St.
Louis were almost completely shut
down by the walkout of nearly $500
union brewers, masters, bottlers, fire.
men and freight handlers, allied with
the brewing interests. The employ.
ers declared, however; that there is
no possibility of a beer famine and
that the strike would soon be ended.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
A "Varment."

Will Ferree saw some kind of q
varment around his place the other
night and upon going out he discov-
eyed cross between pole cat, civit
cat, skunk and son of ask him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
SHOCK FELT FOR. MILES.
Number Of Lives Lost in Powder Viii

Number Of Lives Lost in Powder Mill
Explosion. 81 s
Linton, Ind. March e ~ Three mon
We're killed and four aj.,rsd, two Ia
tally, by the explosion Of one of the
ten eelhouses 0f the United States
Powder company at goalmpnt, four
teen miles from here. Nothing is
known as to. the cause The force Of
the explosion was heard and felt for
miles. y wind oWs II Coalmont we're
DESTROYED and several buildings were
damaged. Plate windows Id Linton
were broken.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

And still another critic takes a
fling at our sailors at Santiago. May
be our gunners were all to the bad,
but somebody's ships and somebody's
sailors certainly got hit and they
weren't Uncle Sans.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
Another Banker Arrested.

!, New York, March 16.-Daniel Leroy
Dresser, who was president of the
Trust Company Of the Republic, which
went into liquidation several years
ago, has been arrested on warrant
charging him with misrepresentation
of $4,000. He was arraigned in court
and paroled in the custody Of his
counsel 0 S Ezz s'.= &
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

According to Chicago scientist,
every man is his own electric battery
It is strange Under the circumstances
how few men are shocked at their
own acts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

The Ohio republican convention
ground up Senators Foraker and Dick
as if they had been sausage meat in
a sausage machine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

The way Taft has gained strength
in New England is enough to make
even Fairbanks turn Geld.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

1t is not a case of too much John.
SOL" with the Minnesota democrats
but one of too much Bryan.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

Speaking of invertebrates, where
has slippery Peter been alternating
all his life?
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
BioWinu \. Itself.

&. A Kansas town council recently pre-
sented the local brass band with a
gift Of $50. Some Of the people say.
It was hush money, but our idea is
that the council merely wanted the.
band to blow. itself for a good time.
.Berthoud Co1o.) Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

The primaries for the election of
delegates shall be held at 7:3O p. m.
and the polls shall be kept open for
one hour "Wednesday, April 8, 1908.
By Order of Committee,
F. D. Lindquist, Chm.
r. L. Morland, Secy.
Dated March S, 1908.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20

And the no-license statistician had
to correct his figures also.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28
Jack johnson Is in England
Chasing Tommy Burns.
Other Fights.

Jack Fitzgerald and 'Unk' Russell
faced each other at the West End Ath-
letic Club in Philadelphia last night,
and "Unk's'' wildness resulted in his
fouling Fitz in the second round. The
bout was stopped for two minutes.
When it continued the slam-bang
methods of Russell resulted in a second
foul in the fourth, and Fitz was un-
able to continue. Referee Crowhurst
admitted both fouls, but said they
were accidental.
Gable dispatches from England tell
of Jack Johnson's arrival over there
and his hot-footing Tommy Burns for
a match. johnson offers to stop Burns
in twenty rounds, and further agrees
to let Tommy take the major portion
of the purse,
Cecil, the son of Jake Kilrain, beat
Harry Jones in a siX-round bout in
Baltimore last night, and his clever
ness demonstrates that the young nan
is a chip of the old block, and that he
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28
BIG SIX" AND
CHESBRO SHOW
OLD TINE FORM
MathewsOn Allows Doves One
Hit and Happy Jack Gives
Red S0x Two.

New York fans, followers of both the
American and National League teams.
are feeling elated today. Hope is high
Tor two pennants in the metropolis
since Christy Mathewson is back in his
Old time form, and lack Chesbro gives
evidence of being able to do some big
things in the pitching line this year.
There are few who will doubt but that
big Six is right this year and will
pitch the same brand of ball that he
did for the Giants in 1905, when they
won their greatest honors. Mathewson
has pitched four games this season so
far and has won every one of them,
in the first game striking out fourteen
of the hard hitting Phillies under Billy
Murray n allowing them but four
hits.
Mathewson opened up for the Giants
at Brooklyn and had the Trolley Dodg-
ers standing on thehir heads, the
Slumber City team not getting more
than a look in and never being in dam
ger of scoring, once Mathewson put the
screws on.
1t was Mathewson who greeted the
S~uperbas at the Polo Grounds last week
when they opened the season there
with the Giants. The mighty Matty
was in excellent form and as a result
there was nothing doing for the
Superbas.
Yesterday the Giants met the recon-
structed Doves at Boston, and the Bos-
ton bunch Jared even worse than
Brooklyn and Philadelphia. But one
solitary bingle was made off the Peer
less One. and hat was made by Claude
Richie. II was an old-fashioned
pitchers battle, between young Cy"
Young and Mathewson. AS usual.
MatheWson had the honors, though err
rors by the Doves gave tho Giants the
game.
Almost %equaling Mathewson's stunt
yesterday was that of Jack Chesbro,
who pitched for the Yankees against
the Boston American team. Chesbro
let the Red Sox down with two hits,
one being made by Ambrose Mcconnell,
the former = evidence second baseman,
who was put in late in the game to bat
for another player.
Followers of the H~ighlanders believe
that Chesbro will do great work this
year for the team on the hill. At any
rate. with these two pitchers working
up to form. other clubs in the league
will have to step SOM to beat them
out.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28
Jack O'Brien and Tommy Burns
Are the Champion Squeezers
Today.
BY OLD SPORT.

Lemon squeezing has become ope OF
the most profitable industries in this
and the European countries, and CEN
turtles hence, when you and all OF us
are among the also rams II when
our tombstones will not even hold Cur
memories in their chiseled words, the
generations of those days will be calm
ly sitting around their airship firesides
telling of two great men who invented
the game from which they became rich
without being discovered.
A Recent Invention.
Lemon squeezing is a recent inven-
ton. The lemon is an Anticipated fruit,
first discovered by the early marauders
who came to this country and chased
our forefathers, the Indians, out of the
way. The fruit was found to be con-
ducive to many things, not the least
the stopping of a brass band when the
aforesaid band became annoying. For
who of us does not know hat the little
ragged-pantalooned ragamuf1in stand
ing on the corner with a sucking lemon
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28
TRENTON STARTS TO
SHAKE UP TEAM,

TRENTON, April 2S.-Jack Carney
began the pairing down of his squad
this afternoon, relasing Pitchers Me
Cafferty and BurWcll Internationally.
McCafferty is in no condition to pitch
and Burwell hasn't shown any of the
qualifications necessary to stay in the
Tri-State. McCalferty is in receipt of
several offers, but he has turned them
down. Before he %reenters baseball he
will have to be convinced that his arm
is right. He left today for Youngstown,
o., where he is to be examined by
Bone-setter Reese. Word was received
today by Lefty" Mattern that his
father was dead and he left at once for
his home. Osdick, a catcher. reported
here this afternoon, but he is in no bet
ter condition than the other backstops
that Carney has. With the exception
of Murray, not one of them can throw
a ball to second.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28
SQUEEZING IS
A PROFITABLE BUSINESS

In his nit can chase the best cornetist
to the four corners of the earth?
The lemon was never properly ap-
| preciated until the arrival in the pugi-
listic hemisphere of two men-Jack
! O'Brien and Tommy Burns. They
found the squeezing process so easy
and the people of both continents S o
subject to its charms that they were
ashamed to travel under their right
names. O'Brien isn't known by his
mother by that cognomen.
Josef Francis Hagan is his name given
by his good old parents. Noah Brusso
wouldn't like his family tree to know
that he went about the country squeez-
ing lemons for a living, so he became
known as Tommy Burns.
Ashamed of Their Names.
Sailing under false colors these two
men started out to dc the public, and
ever since they started they have been
doing nothing but squeezing American
and English coins from the public by
their highly remunerative methods.
O'Brien has made thousands of dollars
out of the game and Burns today is
worth something like $50, 1000, if he is
worth a penny. Only a few short years
ago he was cleaning up saloons out in
Detroit.
They Like Dccayed Fruit.
Neither men will attempt to squeeze
anything that does not look like a good
ripe article. Burns has taken on all the
ripe fruit over in England, and so ripe
were some of them that they were on the
verge of decay. O'Brien's list of de-
cayed ones is much longer than Burns's,
because the Philadelphia squeezer be-
gan the game before Burns. But both
are on the same pedestal as far as the
lemon game goes. Certainly the lemon
has come into disrepute ever since
these men have taken hold of it.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28

bake shop as 1 did see yesterday. I
want to tell you that it is a mighty good
thing hat all them flats up in that big
building in South Orange avenue are
filed. or there would certainly be more
day. l know l felt like going buggy
myself, and only because I know a
couple of Freeholders l might have
gone to the South Orange cage house
too.
What's the matter with them fellows
you are calling the Tigers. They We're
like a lot of lambs yesterday. | don't
blame the two ladies who sat near the
reporters box during the game. They
weren't interested in the game. They
simply giggled and made comparisons
between their dresses and the dress of
the lady who occupied the corner box
in the opera chair stand. You can bet
/ wasn't looking much at the game my
self. l want to see baseball when l
watch a game. and not a lot of fellows
going up to the bat as if they were
going to a funeral.
1t is a mighty good thing the War
rem street guy is out Of town. If he
had been there yesterday | think he
would have called on Jimmy, his plumb
err friend, to get his soldering iron out
and glue up several of the Tigers claws.
If it rains this afternoon | will bet
that the Tigers win. For if it rains
they can't play, and if they don't play
they can't lose. Are you n
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28
WIGGS is STILL ON
INELIGIBLE LIST.

CINCINNATI. April 2S.-In a decision
given out yesterday the application of
Player James A. Wigs for reinstate-
ment was denied by the National Ease
ball Commission. Wigs has beer pro-
mulgated as a contract jumper and has
been held to be ineligible to partici-
pate in games with any national agree
ment clubs except those belonging to
the Tri-State League. He has applied
several times for reinstatement, and
each time his request has been refused.
In his appeal for reinstatement Wigs
frankly declared that he had left the
Toledo club of the American Assoeia-
ton. the club with which he last
violated a contract, without any pre-
meditation.
The commission says no application
from this player will be considered in
the future.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28
FRENCH ENTRANT
IS FAVOR|TE FOR
BILLIARD HONORS
RerOlle Has Shown Great Form
in Practise Since His
Arrival.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-Five amateur
billiardists will begin their competitions
for the international championship at
1872 balk line tonight in the concert
hall of the Liederkranz Club, Fifty
eighth street and Park avenue. All
matches of the tournament will be of
400 points duration.
Lucien Rerolle, the French entrant.
who will be seen in the opening contest.
has ounte an average of a fraction
over 20 and a high run of f27 in prac-i
tise since his arrival in this country.
His careful manipulation and correct
ness, combined with the remembrance
of his defeat of Wilson p. Foss. in
Paris, when the American led him by
more than 200 points, cause him to be
the fayorite.
Rerolle has held the European title
five times and only lost it just before
sailing for this country. j. Ferdinand
~Poggenburg. of this city. who meets
the Frenchnan in the first game, has
held the national title. His best prac-
tise at 1872 has produced an average Of
q 6-14, with a high run of 129.
Posgenburg will meet Charles +.
ConhHn, Oh inc CnlcaSo a. a., ana also
a former national champion, in the first
matinee game tomorrow, at $3.50. Conk-
Inns best practise shows an average of
IL 1898, and a high run of SO, yet his
logged persistency in play is sure to
help him through many hard games.
Calvin Domarest, Chicago, and present
national champion, has averaged II.
inc LOG is his best run. E. w. Gard
me-, Passaic, N. j., also a former cham
pion, has averaged IS and his best run
is an even 100.
Under the direction of Francis Draz.
chairman of the prize committee, the
prizes We're placed on exhibition last
night at the Liederkranz Club.