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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13
FIRST CONVERTS
TO MRS MUIR he AID
EVANGELIST SUNDAY. HAS NOT
YET EXTENDED INVITATION
WILL STAY SIX WEEKS.

Although Evangelist w. A. SUNDAY
has not yet extended the invitation
for converts, five people in Spring
field have expressed their desire to
lead the Christian life, the first to
respond to the true purpose Of the re
vivals. Mrs. Muirhead, who conducted
the Tuesday afternoon meeting a. lh4
tabernacle for Mr.. Sunday, extended
the invitation which met with ac-
ceptance by the first five converts.
Sundays assault on his opening
night in Springfield. which resulted in
the evangelist spraining his ankle as
he leaped from the platform. is now
regarded by the Christian people of
the Illinois capital as a kindly action
Of fate--for instead of staying the
regular five weeks in Springfield, Mr..
Sunday will extend the REVEALS over
six weeks and will put in some stem
uous licks during the municipal cleo
| ton campaign.
The decision has been made by the
| evangelist because, he asserts he was
not at his best the first week owing to
the sDrained ankle. The decision,
when made to the ministerial associa,
ton, was gratefully received, especial
Ily so as the city election comes on
April and bitter fight is on in the
capital city between the two forces.
| Many Want Sunday.
Probably never before has the evan
| gelist and his work been under such
close scrutiny by other cities, as il
is right now in Springfield, the far
famed Sodom of Illinois. The Interest
he has aroused in Springfield has at
tracted more than state wide notice
Daily delegations from other cities are
waiting upon the evangelist, bearing
! him messages to hold REVEALS. Peoria
! Centralia. and Carrollton delegations
called on Sunday Tuesday and in az
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13
TRIBUTES TO j. w. BLYTHE.

w w. Baldwin of Burlington
have been closely associated with Mr..
Blythe for the past thirty years. |
think that he had more influence than
any other man in Iowa. This was not
because of political station. He never
held an Office He declined the ap-
pointment of United States senator
which Gov. Shaw rendered him. His
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13

Jacob M. Dickinson, the new secre-
tary of war in Tafts cabinet, says that
when he talked the matter over with
Taft both Of us agreed that neither
Of us could afford to consider the mat
ter If 1t had not been true that votai
against him." Evidently those other
gentlemen who whooped for Taft with
their eyes on a cabinet job as a re.
ward were on the wrong tack. They
should lave whooped for the Ne.
h~eska bill and then reformed af.,;
the election.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13

A dispatch from Chicago states that
in an argument over the qualities Of
the German and Irish races in Brien !;
saloon, Edwin Bergsten, who argued
for the German, stabbed an Irishman
and was arrested. A man by the name
Of Bergsten who would take the Ger.
man side OF an argument in Brien j
saloon ought to be arrested.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13

If the freak bill introduced by Sena-
tor Chapman yesterday was now law
the reader might have to go some 20
find the story dealing with the quick
finish of the late lamented Harry
Jones, in the Muscatine jail last night
Senator Chapman would have the
newspapers print accounts Of suicides
without headlines and in an incon.
spicuous location on page other than
the first page
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13

After viewing that picture Of Harry
Jones, the alleged Muscatine mlr-
derer. one wonders just why he found
it necessary to tear up the bel
clothes to hang himself. There are
enough suspenders in the picture to
make an ideal moose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13

The cocaine seller and the cocaine
user are just as undesirable citizens
this week as they were last week.
There is no place In this community
for them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13
An American i<lnn

Is the great king of cures, DR.. Kings
New Discovery, the quick, safe, sure
s100. f. 3. Clark. ]. II. l.. Swenson
s. Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13

The bootiegger. male and female, I.
another undesirable citizen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13

State Treasurer w. w. Morrow-Mr.
Blythe was one of the great men of
this generation. A man who was al
ways loyal to his friends, and while he
represented great corporate interests
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-13


urdaM March M b of Top Buggy be give
FREE a M a he h o gu m IN street.
no b pc o bggy be prsen a
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
W.P.WILLOPEN
AUGUST |

The Western Pacific will extend
it's commercial service to ElkO on
August l. This has been definitely
settled and arrangements are now
being made to check in tne new
agents and arrange ali the other de-
tails. That statement was made
yesterday afternoon by S. V. Darrah,
general passenger and freight agent
of the road, says the Salt Lake Her
aid.
The new service will be for a dis
tance of about 100 miles further west
than the service at present, which Is
to Shafter, Nevada. Three new sta
tions will be opened, at Wells, Deeth
and at Eiko, and the men now act
ing as telegraph operators will be
made station agents.
Work is now progressing on the
new schedule. The rolling stock for
the new service will be supplied tenn
porarily by the Denver K Rio Grandc
with the exception of locomotives ard
few cars There are in the round
houses here several new Western
Pacific locomotives which are wait
ing for work and these will be put
in commission August 2.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
MATT KYLE ON
IRRIGATION

Surveyor General Matthew Kyle
has novel idea on the subject of
the possibilities in the way of con-
verting the desert of Nevada into a
land flowing with milk and honey,
and while it is not entirely new It
has attracted considerable attention
and may revolutioniZe the ideas OF
the irrigatonists and dry farmers
Of the later days.
The idea is simply that if it is i'm
possible to find much water on top
of the surface of the state of Nevada,
possibly a beniticent providence has
is accessible through tne medium Of
artesian wells. In short it is a pro-
position to dig for rain.
Il have often wondered,' said the
surveyor general in the course Of
conversation, why more arteslan
wells were not bored in the state OF
Nevada 1nere undoubtedly is a lot
of water under the surface in every
section of the state and if wells
We're driven in the arid regions, |
have no doubt that water would
to provide two waterings season.
The waterinSs are ali that is need
ed in this country. The soil is all
that any agricultural soil could be to
raise the best crops, and the clim-
ate is without a peer anywhere.
Now in all parts OF Nevada you
will notice that whenever a mine is
driven deep into the mountains, wa
ter is truck in great quantities. This
is true in TOnopah and Goldtield and
in other parts of the state. If that
is so it should not be a matter Of
great expense to sink wells for wa
ter throughout the state. There is
also electrical power in nearly every
part of the state ayd water could be
easily pumped and supplied for ir-
rigation
Nevada is a great state in its
possibilities for agriculture, Mr..
Kyle concluded. "Wherever there is
water the crops are the finest and
the fruit and grain takes prizes
wherever exhibited.
The problem of irrigation should
be taken up with more enthusiasm
AT FallOn much has been done. but
maintain that the cOndi-
tions surrounding settlement there
are too burdenSOme. 1t is all one
might expect to have a settler live
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
S. P. TOILET GO
OF LANDS

Once more the announcement is
made that the Southern Pacific COM
pany is to dispose of the lands grant
ed the old Central Pacific company
in the 40 mile strip across the state
Much OF the land is agricultural
much is grazing and much is mining
land and most of it is valuable for
either one or all three purposes.
1t is stated the company is classi-,
flying these lands and that when this
work is finished fiat price will be
placed upon parcels in each class
and that then it will be case of first
come first served, without any ad-
vance in price.
These lands in Nevada are con-
servatively estimated to be wort,
around $9,0OO,OOO. The grants CON
tain thousands of acres and lie in a
strip 20 miles on each side of the
old G.. p. right of way, every odd
numbered section belonging to the
company.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
LAKE TAHOE'S CHARMS
FORBIDDEN IN NEVADA

With the completion of the repair
of the old incline road TO Lake Ia
hoe and the nearing of the time when
that route will be followed to the re-
sort in the mountains, Washoe coun-
ty residents are again forcibly re-
minded that We're it not for the un-
progressive policy adopted by the
representatives of the Hobart estate,
great part OF the lakes beauty
might be enjoyed in Washoe county.
Lake Tahoe, as is known, has a
corner of the beautiful shore line i'll
Washoe county. There is as pretty
scenery on the Nevada side as on
that of California, but he tourists
and sigh, seers generally stay on the
California side, because the lands in
Washoe county are for the most part
held by tho trustees of the Hobart
estate.
Conspicuously posted around the
lake in Washoe county, in plain view
of those who may use the incline
road to go to Tahoe, are numerous
signs No Camping Here and thus
the virgin wilderness remains forbid
den to those who would make 1t a
scene of as much reveiry and life as
that on the farther side of the lake.
journal.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
MRS. DAVIDSON RESIGNS

The school trustees held meet
ing last night and accepted the resig-
nation OF Mrs. Vera Davidson. 9Th
grade. Miss Nellie Cushing was
selected to fill the vacant place.
The trustees compromised the suit
against the district for the opera
chairs in the high school building
for $l275. The bin sent in and sued
for was $14O0 and costs of the suit.
School will begin on the first Tues
day in September.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
JEFFRiES GETS BUSY

ed he could not get in shape to with
stand Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries has
posted as a forfeit $4,000 for a $10,-
600 bet that he can successfully de-
fend his title against all cOmers in
an engagement of 20 or 100 rounds.
Lii Ahthuh Johnson is not barred
Jeff weighs 235 and goes to Carlsbad
to take off As pounds of 1t. Johnson
weighs 210. The two men will prob
ably fight at 200 or POS pounds, if
Johnsons yaler streak don't show
up.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
is
GETTlNGBUSY

II. a. McCraney, president OF the
more or less defunct, moribund and
inactive Nevada Press Association,
who refuses to let the association
die II he can help it-an1 deserves
support in his efforts, is about to
bring some unique suits in the fed
eral courts, to recover unpaid sub
scriptions to his paper.
Nevada has lost thousands OF doi-
lars by dead beats in and out of the
state. who continue 10 take Nevada
papers from the post office and con-
tinue to ignore the annual bill for
scs in the newspaper business is the
subscription accounts that are un'
paid from year to year
McCraney ran paper in Manhat-
ian. and he ran II good paper. He
says he has something like $4,000 on
his books that he has been unable
to collect from his debtors because
The amounts are comparatively small
and the debtors, or a large proper
tion of them, live without the state.
He has consumed much stationery
and many stamps in an effort to col
lect these sums. without avail.
Now ae is in consultation with at.
torneys who tell him these amounts
can be recovered by proper proceed
urc In the federal courts and Nc
Craney says he will start such pro-
Ceedings.
One case of this kind decided in
MCCraney's favor will open the way
to the newspapers of the state to re-
cover hundreds of dollars they now
carry on their books as lost accounts.
The courts already have decided in
more than half the states in the un-
ion-and the decisions have been
sustained in federal courts-that a
newspaper is entitled to recover
from IL delinquent subscriber, with or
without II written contract to supply
the newspaper by mail or otherwise.
The fact hat the person takes the
newspaper from the post office is
prima facie evidence OF his liability
Tor the Subscription price for AT
least tae period / time he accepts
the newspaper sent to his address.
McCraney declares he will press
the matter ana in his efforts The
Appeal VIA support nlm, advising
hlm 10 bring suit for the subscription
due, together with the costs OF suit
in each case. If he wins, The Appeal
viii proceed to collect few sub
scriptions that have beea outstand-
ing on ,ae mail book, due from per
sons outside the state for 10 these
many ycars-to say nothing OF some
within the state.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
A FORMER COMSTOCkE

Frank Fielding, for thirtyfour years
now located in Los Angles and is
Consulting Engineer Of the Empire
Dredging Company, one Of the i'm
mense corporations OF California.
During the late B. p O. Z. celebra-
tiOn in the southern city he saw to
the welfare of every visiting Com
stOcker and added much to the pleas
ure of their stay
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
PACE WAS TOO GREAT

Harry c. Pulliam, president of the
National baseball league, shot HIM
self through the head in the New
York Athletic Club yesterday morn
ing
Pulliam was one of the fastest and
highest liVerS in the country for
years. For the past few months he
has been subject to fits OF melan-
self yesterday.
there for the first year He has
troubles enough. The payments
should be made lighter and the time
extended"
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
RACING TRUST
is COMING

Reno. seemingly unknOwing, is alb
out to be invad by the race track
trust.
A meeting is announced TO open
August II and to run Is Gays. 1t is
intimated that ii there is any bust
ness, the meeting will run longer.
in fact much longer.
The whole thing in a nut shell is
that the racing magnates have been
run out of California, the game is on
the blink in New Orleans and Hot
Springs. President Diaz is throwing
some difficulties in The way of the
establishment of a standard track
Tijuana, below San Diego, and Ne
vada is about to be seized upon by
the trust as a base of operations.
Few know that the income from
race track derived from che paid
admissions is so comparatively small
that the location of the standard
tid'hS Is HOT vi Ilucu moment IL is
the telegraph and railroad facilities
the distance from the nearest stand
ard track and the betting privileges
that count.
In Nevada there is no restrictions
other than Il fee for Il license TO op.
crate race track, or to sell pools,
or conduct betting on a race track
The establishment of a 100 day an.
nual meet in Nevada would bring
would engage in the conduct of the
track, the care of the horje and the
operation of the betting ring. This
ring in Nevada would be comparative
ely small, but would be operated just
the same for the establishment of
betting prices to be telegraphed
throughout the country to 5000 pool
rooms scattered from Dan to Ber-
sheba.
The major portion of the income OF
the track management is from these
poolrooms and the telegraph COM
pany that handles the info" Also
would be the incidental income from
the transient business.
A standard track in Nevada. with
a paid attendance of less than 1000
Il DAY would handle close to 81 .O0O.-
600 the first season. 1t might handle
three or ten times that much if it
happened to be the only track run
ming in the country at the particu-
lar time that it iS opened.
The big track at Fort Erie
is open now and Butte and Seattle
have tracks at which betting may be
done, but in Seattle it must be done
under the rose.
The 10 day meeting advertised in
Reno may be the percusOr OF a reg
ular standard meeting and if the
gambling law is rejected at the next
election, the race track trust is al
most certain to sobble the only state
in the union in which such an enter
prise may be conducted without hin
arance from the law.
The coming meeting IS Il sort oi
try it on the dog affair. If the dog
likes it and the pool rooms fall for it,
the horses will be brought here
that's the easiest part of the busi-
ness, getting the horses.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
ACQUITS SENATOR STONE

u. S. Senator Stone, of Missouri,
has been acquitted of a charge of
assault and battery. He slapped an
impudent niger waiter in dining
car The Judge said he had often
wanted to do the same and dis
charged the Senator
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29

Mrs. Henry burlington is so near
recovered that she may so to Oak
land with her sister, Mrs. Sharp,
Saturday or Sunday.
Percy Bonham is very i'll. SO i'll that
the doctor has little hope for his re-
cOVerS.
Promotion Association meets to
night, regular session, State Bank &
Trust Company building.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-29
sasooo PURSE FOR AIRsHiP RACE

The Yukon Exposition manage
ment offers a purse of $4,000 to the
Wright brothers and to BleriOt, the
to England for race between the
two styles of air machines they are
working upon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-20
JONES ADMITS HIS
PRICE IS $4,000
Comiskey Will Offer Salary Bigger
Than Any Congress
mans.

CHICAGO, March 20-A special dis
patch to the Daily News from Los An
geles states that President Comiskey
will offer Fielder Jones a salary '1arg-
er than that given any member OF
President Tafts cabinet" to manage
the Chicago American league club this
season.
Jones is heavily interested in timber
lnads on the Pacific Coast, and has
named $4,000 as the price of his SER
vices, not with any idea that he would
get it, but as an intimation that his
business interests are paramount The
dispatch states that the offer will be
made to James soon, as when the club
starts on it's return trip Comiskey will
come back by way Of Portland, Ore
where Jones makes his headquarters
PORTLAND, March 20. = Fielder
Jones said this morning:
Il did name my price as twenty thou
sand dollars when I came through Chi
cago, but / never gave it to COmiskey
I have no intimatiOn from him that he
will offer it to me, so l cannot say what
will do if he does, because it might
be disposing of something that
haven't"
Although Jones would go no stronger
in commenting on the above dispatch
he has previously told The Telegram
that he had named his figure so high
it would never be accepted, but that if
by any accident it was his word was
given and he would play
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-20
MUCH INTEREST IN
BASEBALL IN IDAHO.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, March 20
More interest is being taken in
baseball than in years in the univer-
sity. During the week so or 60 men
have been on the field and the hearts
uf the captain and coach are delighted.
Among this wea tn of new material
there are men who have had stiff play
ing on high school teams. There will
he hard work for every position, and
The result should give Idaho a team
tina. will make its way to the top Of
the intercollegiate field. Prospective
schedules will allow for a pretty
close judgment of the merits of the
Northwestern teams this year.
The old men who are OUT and who
have played baseban here before are:
Capt. Hansen, pitcher; Appleman,
pitcher; Curtis, first base; Slack, Sec
ond base; Lundstrom, third base;
Johnson and ex-Capt Magee, fielders,
and Williams and Kettenbach catch
erS.
The new men who are making The
best early season appearance are:
Barrett, Walker, Mckenzie, Cleveland,
Albert, Bashor, Gray and Fisk. The
pitchers who are warming up every
night are: Frazier, Haines, Downing,
Burnes and Robinson.
Manager ST. Clair has arranged a
good schedule, which includes severa,
trips and still gives a chance for 10
call fans to see the team in action or
the home field.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-20
Up-TO-DATE SPORTING NEWS

not let them lose. Prof. Merriam, a late
Oxford scholar, will put some real
English wrinkles into the game, bah
jove don't you know. Borleske, of
foo ball fame, says he doesn't know
much about the indoor game, but as
far as he can see thinks his football
training VII enable him to catch the
business men asleep at the post and
put them to sleep for good. Coach
Blanchard, who will also play-th1s
is said to be the poorest man on the
team, but at that was able to make
the all-star American team when he
was back east where The game is not
so classy. The profs surely have a
good team.
But the business men are not 50
far behind. Reverend Samuel c. Fisher,
the center, IS good man. He has prac-
ticed jumping for the ball at center
until it has been found necessary to
take ouc the center light, he having
broken it half a dozen times within
the last week But he scarcely overtops
Milton Jones, who stands many, many
feet high in his stocking feet Ed
Payne is perhaps the real star for the
business men. He had his training in
Chicago-or in a store of that name,
Dick Mclean is another alH-star
and he will not it is said
take water, no matter what the
odds are against him. Dorsey Hill
and H. S. Jackson will also play, but
not at the same end of the floor. How
ever, braces have been put under the
flooring and there is no danger of a
catastrophe or panic in the crowd. Prof.
E. j. Klemme will also appear with
this team, and his deput in athletics
will be the al-athletic event of the
year.
Both teams are out for blood and
win play a fierce, fast game The con-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-20
ARTICLES HAVE At
LAST BEEN SIGNED
WHITMAN FACULTY HAVE
AGREED TO PLAY.
Supremacy of Two-Team League, =
Worry and Puzzle for Months,
VIII Be Finally Settled.

What promises to be the last and
best trotting event of the basketball
season is the game that is to be played
between the Whitman college faculty
and the business mems class of the Y.
M. G. A, which will be pulled Of in the
" gymnasium mex Tuesday night.
The proceeds of the game go to fixing
up the indoor running track which has
lately been installed in the gym, and
for which there are no funds to pay.
The game will be a good one and
closely contested. That no bad lang
uage VIII be used is assured by the
fact thai Prof. N. F. Coleman, head Of
The English department of the col eye
Is on the team. Prof. Bratton. another
member of the team, also professor
of mathematics, has figured out where
by his team cannot lose and will play
his game along scientific and geomet-
rae lines. Prof. Worthingtor, who is
teaching philosophy, has also reasoned
the matter out but in another wav Ha
says the fundamental law of biogensis
In which it is proved that philogemv
recapituiates itself in ontogeny, will