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BASEBALL.
Arkansaw League.

Arkansaw League. Fort Smith, 3; Jonesboro, 6. Hot Springs, 8; Monroe, l. Texarkana, 9; Helena, 9. Argenta, 3; Alexandria, 8.
 Southern League. New Orleans, g; Atlanta, 0. Mobile, o; Montgomery, l. Memphis, f. Nashville, ). Little Rock, 3; Birmingham. 7.
 National League. New York, 0; Chicago, 6. Brooklyn, 10; St. Louis, 4 Philadelphia, ,; Pittsburg, Q. Boston, I; Cincinnati, 2.
 American League. Boston-Detroit; New York-Cleye. land; Philadelphia-Chicago. Nc games. Rain. St. Louis, ,; Washington, f.
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LIST OF CONTESTANTS
Contestants will not be allowed to vete any of the yel ten days.

Contestants will not allowed to any of the vau ten days. wy Harvey Mu;kn k. Martin nAve................. Cecil Sparks, Barraque. ue...................... Frank Byrd, Olive. Wm Roe Brewster, BOA w. 17th h.................... Bernice FTnkelstein Roy Smith, w. N Jack Baldwin, w. 2nd nd........................... Doris Byrd W. Fifth. Dorothy Matthews, 12h and Main. .................. Clyde Dxon E. Sixth. Frank Tomlnson w. Fifth. fth..................... Josephine Martin w. Fifth. ...:................. Kathleen Collier A1themer Ark saria Strauss, and Oak. Ruby Puddephatt, Olive ve..................... Helen Esenkramer w. Barraque. .............. Helen Trigg, 4th .......................... Clifton Gammi ................. Woodbridge, 1920 $. Olive ................. Mary Elm. .................... Martin Ave. .................,...t t\ Eughlet Cherry. rry....................t| Margaret Fox S. Olive. ...................... Mildred Wither, 1928 w. 9th h..................... Taylor Roberts, 617 W. Second. ................. Gillespie, 3o7 w. Sixth h.................... Lucille Simmons, 321 w. 9th Martin, 617 Pine. Atwood, W. Phpot 1902 w. Robt. Buckner, SO2 w. 2nd E. 18th Mary Smart, All w. 4th ,....,............... 211 w. 2nd. 523 w. 9th Francis Cherry 306 w. 9th.
 
 Prentis Dickey 6lo Texas Nichol, 1903 w. 5h. Dorsey 1901 w. 6th Mary ....................
 
 Barraqne. Annie Rosenberg. 9o2 w. Bar1aque. ue................ schober 12o5 .................. Vrgnus Robinson 21S W. Barraque Ferguson Barraque Beatrice Ezell 1916 W. Fifth. w. Barraque Fulton Murphy, 302 w. Fourth. Williams, Hastings, 1908 w. Sixth.
 
 
 
 Herman Herring, 1901 w. Sixth. w. c. K Caruthers 1902 w. Sixth. Leonard Jones' 14O2 w. Sixth. Bessie .Ppkng1p4zI Sixth James 9O4 S. Main. Jafe, Sixth. Gurey, 1915 E. Seventh Estele ". Barraque e................l,. Haley 1901 w. Fifth.
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The city basketball championship was decided last night at the Merrill Institute when the High School team won from the Stars by score of 2S to 13. A beautiful trophy, a silver cup. was awarded the winning team by the '. M. c. A. Each member of the team was also awarded a silver medal.
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HONOR ROLL OF X
 RIVERSIDE SCHOOL

Room 1-Luella Haynes, Ada Hen dricks, Ralph Clark, Nina Barnett, Ethel Simpson, Nodie Simpsonf and Edwin Hercher. & Room 2.-Eula Calvert, Maxie Swift, Zelma Thomas and Lena Full.
 Miss Edith Gaunt. PriAfipal.
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ROCKEFELLER
 HOME AGAIN

(Hearst News Special to the GraphIc.)
 New York, May 14.-William Rocke- feller, who returned from Europe to- day predicted an era of prosperity for this country. He said he would not know whether the tariff was a good bill until it is put in operation.
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CYCLONE WRECKS
 KANSAS TOWN

fHearst News Special to the Graphi"'
 Concordia. Kan, May 14.-Threo were killed and dozen hurt in a tornado which wrecked the town of Holis this afternoon. Every building in the town was wrecked or badly damaged.
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BATTIiESHIP
 NEARING NATCHEZ

Wearst News Special to the Graphiro
 Plaquemine, La, May 14.-The Bat tleship Mississippi, which arrived to- day, leaves tomorrow for Baton Rouge. During the afternoon the or ficers were taken on an auto tour. Six hundred person visited the ship.
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SCH00L DIRECTOR,

The Graphic is authorized to an- nounce the candidacy of Tracy Mills for the office of school director of the Pine Bluff School District, at the en- suing election, May 15, 1909. 4-29 t
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HEAVY WIND AT
 KANSAS CITY

CHearst News Special to the Graphico
 Kansas City, Mo-, May 14.-F1fteen were hurt and several buildings de- molished by a heavy wind and hail storm which passed over the Mount Washington suburb this afternoon.
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NIGHT RIDERS
 IN KENTUCKY

{Hearst News Special to the Graphic
 Marion, Ky. May 14.-Every tobac- co bed in the vicinity of New Salem was scraped by night-riders last night. Bloodhounds are on the trail.
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MAY CONSOLIDATE
 THE TWO ROADS

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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12

Row, Fiatiron. Singer, Metropolitan
Life Insurance, ST. James and others in
New York; the Montgomery Ward
tower, Masonic temple, new postoffice.
Auditorium in Chicago and others too
numerous to mention
And now let me tell of one unfortu-
siate feature OF the steeplejacks trade.
There are men throughout the United
States who regularly defraud the
steeplejack of his hard earned pay IN
order that they may get their dan
gerous work done for nothing For
example, a man will have a smoke
stack that he wants painted. He tells
the painter to report when the first
coat of paint Is on in order that it
may be inspected before the second
coat is applied. Then. when the first
coat is on, the owner will find some
fault and insist upon its being all
scraped off, saying that otherwise the
job will not be accepted The painter
generally throws up the rob In disgust
rather than do 1t all over again without
extra pay. so the owner has a coat OF
paint on his stack for which he pays
nothing. This has happened to me at
least a dozen times.
On the other hand. a steeplejack will
sometimes use inferior material, which
will wash off, requiring the services
of the next steeplejack who comes
along.
One of my toughest experiences was
during the gliding of a cross on ST.
Johns cathedral, Indianapolis. After
scaling the cross found it to be hollow
and filled with hornets I saw 1 could
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
By ]. H. Wilson

n ANY people have asked me why
I took up the calling OF a
steeplejack and why / stick to
it. The fact is that 1 adopted
1t by accident, and have continued to
follow it probably on account of its
fascination. It is gamble with death
from one job to another. but I have
become so accustomed to the danger
there is in it that I DO not mind the
thought Of falling. ] am a frm be-
fiever in fate, and believe that when
my time comes I shall die anyway,
whether It be from the top of a steeple
or while on the ground.
took up the calling by accident in
San Francisco IN 1896. ] was out of a
Sob and applied to the manager Of the
Richelieu hotel. in Van Ness avenue.
who. I had been told. wanted a dish
washer in his kitchen. The job I got
was a decidedly different one. He told
me that he had no place in his kitchen
for me- and I was on my way out. feel
ing very blue and depressed. for
was sadly in need OF funds, when
noticed that the janitor was trying TO
replacethe rope on the hagpole. Watch
ing him for a few moments. soon be-
came convinced that he did not relish
his task / was desperate for want of
work and applied to the Janitor for the
nagpole job. He readily acquiesced.
with the aid Of a stepladder and few
seilces. Will drove into the pole.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12


Though he risksd his life daily old
''steepl slack" Johnson OF Cleveland
could not wait for death from q fall.
but committed suicide. He hanged
himself with piece OF wire In the
Peoples church. Chicago. The police
and coroner had 20 do some tall climb
ing themselves to get his body down.
There are few tall buildings in the
west, as compared with those In the
east. nd very few big smokestacks
that require painting. In some places
owners do not have their stacks paint
ed at all. but let them rust away and
then erect new ones. Around Chicag go
and Pittsburs at the steel mills the
fire WITHIN gets so hot that the stacks
require painting every three or four
weeks. Then the steepIejack who does
the work is in danger of a bad fall
from the burning OF his ropes by the
intense heat. Whether he falls to the
ground or into hot metal it means
death
IT may interest the reader to learn
where the tallest peaks or poles are
located. The tallest hagpc..e / know
OF is at Palm Beach. Fla. near the
seaside drive. The top OF the pole is
260 feet from the ground. The tallest
iron smokestack I have seen is at the
Hygeia ice company's plant. Third
avenue and One Hundred Twenty
ninth street. New York. 1t Is 3S7 feet
high The Metropolitan life insurance
tower in New York is the highest peak
in the United States, being $50 feet.
The Singer building is SIS feet high at
its highest point
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12

making steps all the way up, suc-
ceeded in rigging the affair satisfac-
torily and received so cents as my COM
pensation. 1t took me half a day.
This was not vast amount of money
for the work, but the experience gave
me an inspiration and I resolved to
travel the country over seeking similar
work It was my initiation into the
calling OF a steeplejack, which have
followed ever since. During the last
Is years I have painted and rugged
nearly every important fiagpole. smoke
stack, church spire and tall peak OF
other kinds in the United States.
Back in 1896, when I commenced this
work. there were only a few men en-
gagged in it, but they have increased
largely of late years, perhaps owing
to the increase In the number of tall
buildings The result is that the
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12

IL all right though, if I had not been
interfered with. The building is con-
structed in peculiar style, with many
crevtces and projections, and was go
ing up hand over hand almost perpen-
dicularly
OF course, I have had accidents at
various times and have often narrowly
escaped death. partly on account Of bad
judgment and partly on account of de-
cayed material in the structure 1 was
mounting. I have had only one bad
fall. / was painting a sign for the
Delpardo building in Chicago. The rea-
son fell was that was using another
mans rigging, the ropes of which were
old and much worn. / was hanging
directly over the veranda of the hotel
entrance, when the ropes gave way, let
ting me drop. / fell eight stories and
lit on my back, but was not SO seri-
ously hurt after all, and was able to go
back in two weeks and finish the job.
1t is difficult to explain in writing
how / climb tall smokeStacks and tow
ers as I rarely use the same method
twice, but as to hagpoles, / merely
shin my way up to the top and put on
the pole what is known as "catspaw,"
a half hitch with loop in one end for
my foot. This can be loosened and
lowered upon raising myself. The pho
tographs will help to illustrate this
method of working. The photograph
of me standing erect on the top of
flagstaff was taken on wager of $50
between a member of a sporting club
and myself.
1t takes man of iron nerve to
do this work. Imagine yourself at
height of 200 feet above the ground,
clinging to something which you ara
not sure will support you. AS I have
said before. this is perhaps the greatest
danger of the whole business, and
once had the closest kind of a shave.
had been working on a pole on the
Milwaukee avenue bank, in Chicago.
had Skinned up to the top and rugged
it, and left, intending to go back the
next day and finish the work. When
went back found that the pole. which
was rotted at the base, had been blown
down by wind which had sprung up.
Some OF the buildings whose spires
or noles have ascended are the Park
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12

steeplejack's business Is becoming
poor paying one, and ! am contemplat-
ing leaving it in a few years, If | sur
vive that long. / find that. the whole
country over, the more hazardous the
calling and the less the pay the more
people there are who seem to be at
tracted by it, There are at .be present
time nearly 100 steeple climbers in the
United States. They are mostly sailors,
who being expert climbers and riggers
and out of a job, will do this work for
a song, astonishing as it may SEEM
I know of one man who p~ 'nted a flag
pole on saloon building in Chicago.
When he got through he owed the
saloon keeper 80 cents more for drinks
than he received for the job. This re-
minds me of the fact that nearly all
the men who follow this occupation
are hard drinkers. I suppose it is on
account of the relaxation which follows
after a nervous tension they undergo
while actually at work. Sometimes,
unhappily, they drink at the wrong
time and become reckless, and take
risks which result In a sudden awaken
ing In another world.
For my part l am teetotaler, 80
years of age, weighing $50 pounds and
am in the prime of life
The sensations that one has at these
dizzy heights are peculiar, but you get
used to them. Whenever / go up a tall
crowds craning their necks and making
comments. Some call it brave deed,
others call me a fool.
Nor is it all steeple and spire climb
ing. / claim the championship In
climbing up the bare wall of a tall
building. The work l did on the wall
of the Humboldt bank building in this
city was not a circumstance to the
affair Of the big FlatirOn building in
New York. There 1 had contracted
with a moving picture firm to scale the
exterior of the Flatiron building, it be-
ing understood that I was to climb up
from the Broadway side to the cornce
at the top, then down on the other side
into Fifth avenue. ] started all right
and had ascended eight floors when the
police interfered They said I had
blockaded the whole locality. The
crowds watching me from the street
were SO dense that the streetcars and
all other vehicles had to stop. Traffic
was at standstill from Canal street all
the way up to Fifty-ninth street, by
Central park. Besides, the owner of
the building objected, for what cause
can only imagine. 1 would have made
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18

hill, while sudden smashing OF un-
derbrush told Of the fight of her ter
rified companions.
We both laughed and called out
dinner" as we sprang down toward
her. and in few minutes she was
dressed and hung up by the hind legs
on small ash tree The entrails
and viscera we threw OF to one side.
after carefully poisoning them from
a little bottle Of strychnine which |
had In my pocket. Almost every cat
tleman carries poison and neglects no
chance of leaving out wolf bait for
the wolves are sources of serious loss
to the upfenced and unhoused fiocks
and herds. In this instance we felt
particularly revengeful because 1t
was but few days since we had lost
a fine yearling heifer. The tracks
on the hillside where the carcass lay
when we found it told the story
plainly. The, wolves, two in number,
had crept up close before being dis
covered, and had then raced down on
the astounded heller almost before
she could get fairly started. One
brute had hamstrung her with snap
4 of his vise-like jaws, and once down,
| she was torn open In twinkling.
No sooner was the sun up than q
warm west wind began to blow In our
faces. The weather had suddenly
/ changed, and within an hour the snow
was beginning to thaw and to leave
/ patches OF bare ground on the hill
sides We left our coats with our
horses and struck on on foot for q
group OF high buttes cut up by the
cedar canyons and gorges. in which
we knew the old bucks loved to lie.
It was noon before we saw anything
more. We lunched at a clear spring
mot needing much time. for all we
had to do was to drink draught Of
icy water and MUNICH strip OF dried
yenison. Shortly afterward. as we
were moving along hillside with 81
lent caution, we came to a sheer can
! yon Of which the opposite face was
broken by little lodges grown up with
i wind-beaten cedars. AS we peeped
over the edge. my companion touched
my arm and pointed silently to one
of the lodges. and instantly caught
the CLINT Of bucks horns as he lay
half behind an old tree trunk. A
slight shift OF position gave me q
fair shot slanting down between his
shoulders. and though he struggled to
his feet he did not go 80 yards after
receiving the bullet.
n This was all we could carry. Lead
ing the horses around we packed the
buck behind my Companions saddle
and then rode back for the doe. which
I out behind mine. But we we're moi
destined to reach home without {
slight adventure. When we got t.
the river we rode boldly on the ice
needless OF the thaw; and about mid
, way there was . sudden, tremendoul
crash. and men. horses and deer wert
scrambling together IN the water amid
\ slabs OF floating Ice. However, L w
shallow and no worse results follows<
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18
Bank To open Soon.

Word was received here this week
that S. H. Knisley, who will be cashier
of the Baraga County State Bank, viii
arrive here about January LIST and open
up the bank as soon thereafter as pos
sible.
Mr.. Knisley has been detained by
business relations, making It impossible
for him to arrive sooner. The safe and
fixtures have been here for some time
and are ready to be put in place, which
will only require few days.
This institution will be of great assist
-ance to our business men and farmers.
making it very convenient for them and
it will also help to develop and open up
the country.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18
BARAGA

John Campbell, of L'Anse, was a
Baraga visitor Monday.
John Nyman, of Herman, was in Bar
aga Tuesday.
Township Clerk w. C. Birk was called
to Houghton Monday on business.
j. H. Mathes was Houghton visitor
Monday.
C. T. Mortified arrived from Chicago
Monday.
The tug Reid, of the Reid Wrecking
Co., was in Baraga for shelter Sunday.
Messrs. E. l. Real and j. E. Farr
were copper country visitors Sunday.
Mrs. Nick Stein returned from Chi.
cago Tuesday.
Miss Eva Mayo spent several days in
Chassell this week.
Peter Demgen is having the interior
of his saloon painted. Robert Wilson
has the job.
L. G. Hillyear returned Monday from
several weeks business trip to Ocon.
to and Green Bay, Wis.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Cosgrove, OF
IL'Anse, transacted business in Barags
Wednesday.
Prosecuting Attorney Joseph J % Con
nor, of L'Anse, transacted business in
Baraga Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Proctor, of Pc
quaming, were visitors in Baraga Sun
day.
Miss Loretta McRandle, of Houghton
spent Sunday the guest of Mrs. J. 1
LaBrecque. (,
Alphonse Cote, of Houghton, was I
guest Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
son Cote. several days this week.
H. J. Falk left Tuesday for the Irol
country, to stock up his customers will
his various brands Of cigars for the holi
day rush.
H. P. Dutton~ formerly of CHASED
with the Worcester Lumber Co.
but now Of Chicago, was q Barag
visitor Tuesday.
]. E. Farr, who has spent sewers
days in Barsgs on buLiness. connecte
with the Indian Department, left 70
his home in Phillips, Wiz, Tuesday.
Miss Tsssis Vaughn returned sstui
day from Greenland, called home BY tn
death Of her grandmother, Mn Mar
Cote.
+. L. Esslin. Of Covinftou, arrivs
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couple OF coyotes. possibly frightened
by our approach. had trotted and
loped up the valley ahead Of US, leav-
ing a trail like that of two dogs; the
sharper, more delicate footprints Of a.
fox crossed our path: and outside one
long patch of brushwood a series OF
round imprints in the snow betrayed
where a bob-cat--as plainsmen term
the small lynx-had been lurking
around to try to pick up rabbit or
a prairie fowl.
As the dawn Redeemed, and 1t be-
came light enough to see objects some
little way of, we began to sit erect
In our saddles and to scan the. hill
sides sharply for sight of feeding deer
Hitherto we had seen no deer tracks
save inside the burberry bushes by
the river, and we knew that the deer
that lived in that impenetrable jun
gle were cunning whitetails which In
such place could be hunted only by
aid OF q hound. But just before sun
-ise we came on three lines of heart
shaped footmarks In the snow. which
showed where as many deer had Just
crossed little plain ahead of us.
They were walking leisurely. and from
the lay of the land we believed that
we should find them over the ridge.
where there was brush coulee.
Riding to one side of the trail, we
topped the little ridge just as the sun
famed up, burning ball of crimson.
beyond the snowy waste at our backs.
Almost Immediately afterwards my
companion leaped from his horse and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18
7HEoDORE ROOSETN7

house stood, threading their way def
ly among the clumps Of sagebrush.
A mile of we crossed the river, the
Ice cracking with noises like pistol
shots as our horses picked their way
gingerly over 1t. On the opposite
side was q dense jungle Of burberry
bushes, and on breaking through this
we found ourselves galloping up a
long, winding valley, which led back
many miles into the hills. The cram
MES and little side ravines were filled
with brushwood and groves OF stunt
ed ash. BY this time there was a
faint flush Of gray In the east, and as
we yode silently along we could make
out dimly the tracks made by the wild
animals as they had passed and re.
passed in the snow. Several times
we dismounted to examine them. A
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18
A warning.

Several persons have entered the viii
lage cemetery with rigs and drove all
over it regardless of roads and alleys,
destroying considerable property. All
are hereby warned against trespassing
there, and if the evil doors are caught
they will be prosecuted.
Anyone desiring any work done or
changes made at this place are requested
to call on the sexton, Ira M. Buck, who
will gladly render them all assistance
necessary.
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~
m m was out on my ranch. so
III much work had to be done
ND that It was within week
of Christmas before We
were able to take any
thought for the Christmas dinner. The
winter set In late that year. and there
had been comparatively little cold
weather, but one day the Ice on the
river had been sufficiently strong to
enable us to haul up wagonload of
flour, with enough salt pork to last
through the winter. and very few
tins OF canned goods, to be used at
special feasts. We had some bushels
of potatoes, the heroic victors Of a
struggle for existence In which the
rest of our garden vegetables had sue
cumbed to drought, frost and grass
hoppers: and we also had some Wild
plums and dried elk venison. But We
had NO fresh meat. and so one day my
foreman and agreed to make hunt
on the morrow.
: Accordingly one Of the cowboys
rode out in the frosty afternoon to
fetch In the saddleband from the pla-
teau three miles on. where they were
grazing. 1t was after sunset when he
returned.
II was necessary to get to the hunt
ing grounds by sunrise. and It still
lacked couple Of hours Of dawn when
the foreman wakened me as lay
asleep beneath the buffalo robes.
Dressing hurriedly and breakfasting
on cup OF coffee and some mouth
fuls OF bread and jerked elk meat
we slipped out to the barn, threw the
saddles on the horses. and were on.
The air was bitterly chill; the cold
had been severe for two days. so that
the river Ice would again bear horses.
Beneath the light covering Of pow
derry snow We could feel the rough
ground like wrinkled iron under the
horses' hoofs. There was no moon,
but the stars shone beautifully down
through TIE cold, clear air and our
( willing horses galloped swiftly across
: the long bottom q whioh the rAnch
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18

NE DECEMBER, while /
was out on my ranch. so
much work had to be done
that 1t was within a week
of Chrirtmas before We
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-18

in Baraga Saturday and was guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hid. He returned
to his home Wednesday.
Roy Markham, who has been employed
as druggist in the Real Pharmacy,
left for his home in Rylander, Wis.,,
last Saturday.