The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-10
Spokane Letter


ciftc Railway company who "butted
in" with coin borrowed from other
players. after losing his own. swept
the boards and thus again added sun
port to superstition generally ac-
cepted by the sporting fraternity.
Senator Carter, of Montana and
Elliott started the game by placing
Jumps of sugar on the seat OF a
camp chair. Each deposited a dime
under the cube and waited for the
flies to pouncc upon the sweets, the
argument being that the first fly
alighting on cube declares its own
er the winner of the pot. Carter was
trimming Elliott to frazzle when
Thomas Cooper, assistant to the aril-
way man, Joined. still Carter con-
tinued to win. Elliott offered to bet
big red apples, but the Montana SEN
Gtor declined.
Senator'S Payntcr of Kentucky. and
Chamberlain. of Oregon, then took
hands and the former cleaned up
81 1.50. Judge Reed. of Tacoma, also
played In his loose change without as
much as look in, when Elliott came
back. Borrowing 80 cents from Sem
ator Paynter. he won from the start
and ended by taking all the money In
sight.
1t is hinted that the secret of Ell
liott's uccess was due to soaking
his cube in clover honey, also that he
daubed his opponents Jumps with
ammonia; but that's another story.
One hundred thousand dollars in
cash prizes and adequate fields for
trials are guaranteed by the Spo-.
kane chamber OF commerce to- the
Aero Club of America to, have the in
ternational aviation meet of 1910
near Spokane or I'm any part OF the
Inland Empire. provided the Wrights,
Curtiss. Bleriot, Paulhan and bird
men of equal note are entered In the
contests.
l.. G.. Monroe. secretary of the COM
mercial organization, who has just
submitted q proposition, embracing
the foregoing, to the board of di-
rectors of the Aero club, said;
"The fact that New York does not
appear to. have a. 'cinch' on the COM
ing meet leads us to believe that
Spokane's proposition will receive
careful consideration. Many of our
900 members are willing to subscribe
to the 100000 fund and we have as
surance from others, so there will
not be the least difficulty In raising
the amount In q short time. Spo-
kane Is ready to make good"
Declaring the law of heredity TO be
one of the unimpeachable truths OF
science and expressing firm belief In
the theory that ''our lives are shaped
generations before we ar born" Rev
DR.. Henry Irving Rasmus. pastor OF
First Methodist church of Spokane,
created stir when he gave voice
to the following course of n sermon
upon "A Magnificent Failure" citing
Solomon as a type:
Some of our ministers and hold
ers OF chairs In our universities re.
gard the marriage laws being more
of civil than a spiritual contract.
To these ] would say that, had my
way. would sentence them to bo
taken some dark night and dumped
ON a lonely volcanic isle with so OF
the meanest women on earth and
there compel them to live for 40 years
wit hno one but these women as COM
panions."
Indications are that DIR. Rasmus
has started something which will
make the Pinchot Ballinger squab-
BILE appear tame in comparison.
Ten thousand acres of farming.
grazing and timberlands near Star
buck, Wash. have been set aside by
DIR. Marcel Pietrzychi. philanthro-
pist living at Dayton. Wash. to es-
tablish a cooperative. and Industrial
colony, TO be Incorporated under the
laws of this commonwealth. He will
furnish stock. seed and implements
to produce the crops, and plans TO
lease the tracts to colonists. taking
his rentals in products OF the land.
Applicants for land must be under
30 years OF age and where able they
will be required to contribute $500 TO
the working capital. However. this
ir not compulsory. the idea being
to supply homes for deserving per-
sons who are willing 10 work on a
cooperative basis. The affairs of the
colony will be administered by d.
rectorate of Is members to be select
ed from among the early applicants
DIR. Pietrzychi announces that so
families are ready to Join the colony
and that as many more will be taken
in before the close of the year. Some
OF these are carpenters. machinlsts
and other craftsmen.
Nelson Il. Pratt. 10 years OF age.
has Instituted an action In the Spo-
kane county superior court hero
through his father, Elmer E. Pratt |
against the Great Northern Railway
company, asking s25, 900 as balm for
alleged disgrace and humiliation. The
roy ana four pIaymates Of similar !