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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
CORBETT WOULD
BOX Ten ROUNDS
Writes Friend in This City That
He Is Willing to Meet Jack
johnson.

= = = 2 ' y ' =
\ ION the level, VIII, II / thought =
: could get a contract with johnson for .
4 ten rounds to 2 decision on points, y
/ I'd start training tomorrow. y
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The above statement was made 70 VII
lard Mack. leading man Of the Bungalow,
in a letter received from James J. Cor
bett. dated at Rapid City. S D.. where
Corbctt Is now playing. and goes to show
that CoFbett believes he has a chance
with the black man at this distance. Cor
bett and Mack are personal friends. and
Corbett has just accepted play for next
year which Mack has written especially
for him. It is entitled Harley OF Har-
ward. and the leading part Is built around
a man of Corbett's temperament
Corbett discussed his chances with
johnson at some length, and admitted
that over the Marathon route be would
stand but little chance against the hard
hitting and punishment-absorbing negro
Corbett insists that Johnson would be IN
able 10 feel him out inside Of ter rounds
and BIZ that time he would nave 50 Tar
o5Jtboxed the negro that any fsir-minoed
referee would have to award him the de-
cisiOu. 49,,
Corbett SAYS his physical condition
would surprise many, and That ne BE-
Iieves he would be as fast as ever IN
limited number of rounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
SECRET OF SUCCESS.

y Frank Bowerman and Roger Bres- =
= nahsn recently had a talk over a y
y possible trade between Boston and y
= ST Louis, in the course of which y
= Bowerman said: Make men love TO y
= work for you. Get them to a fight =
= ing pitch all the time. Keep them y
\ on their toes and let them know they y
y are playing to win more than playing y
y for the salary and they'll play pen y
y nant ball. 1t hasn't failed in Hugh =
= Jennings case and that New York y
= morally won the National league y
y pennant last year is proof that it y
+ hasn't failed in the case of John Nc y
= GraW- +
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
TO EXTEND LINE.
Railroad Will Be Built to penisen In
Texas.

Muskogee. Okla. Feb. Authoritative
announcement was made here today BY
vice President and General Manager d
= Dewar of the Missouri. Oklahoma &
Gulf Railway company that this new line.
Which has just been completed from WagI
oner to Calvin, Okla a distance of III
miles, will be Immediately extended on
from Calvin TO Denison. Tex, ninety-twO
miles further. This announcement was
based on a cablegrsm received yesterday
by A NJ. kenefick. president Of the road.
from the president of the Franco-AHeTi-
caine bank Of France. which. with the
Societe Centrale Gu Province bank, both
located in Paris. has financed the building
of the road from Wagner to Calvin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

TO HELP UNEMPLOYED.
Bureau Of Commerce and Labor for
Means of Transportation.

Washington, Feb. An official of the
bureau of information of the department
of commerce and labor said today that
within the last ten weeks fully 1900 Ia
borers could have been sent out to differ
ent parts of the country If they had had
the means to travel. Thousands of appli-
cations are being received for work from
the unemployed.
One suggestion that has been put forth
is that some of the fund be set aside by
congress for the division in Transporting
laborers, with the understanding that the
money should be repaid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local o.
fee Of the Weather Bureau.

Temperature at p. m, 81 degrees; max
imum temperature IS de grees; minimum
feuperature IS degrees. mean tempera-
ture. Il degrees. which is 10 degrees above
normal Total excess of temperature
since first of the month. 81 degrees. Ac-
oumulated excess OF temperature since
Jan. 1. s45 degrees. Total precipitation.
trace Total precipitation since first of
month IS inch. which is .02 inch below
normal Accumulated excess since Jan.
1. Is3 inches. Relative humidity at D.
m - per cent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
RIFLE SCORES.

The strong wind blowing across the tar
gets interfered with high scores at the
rifle range yesterday The old war
horses were out just the same and piled
up pretty fair scores. Letchfield was high
average and high single score gun for
the day. The results:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
peNM4N THOMPSON ILL.

New York. Feb. News was re- y
ceived in theatrical circles today that =
Densnan Thompson. IS years old the y
! veteran actor Of The Old Home y
) stead" is dangerously i'll at his home y
in West Swansea near keane. N H. y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
LYNcHiNG is THREATENED.

Houston. Miss. Feb. 7.--Surrounded by a
mob Of 500 Roby Baskin, a ne<ro boy Is
wears old was arrested here on the charge
of numbering Rev. Dr.. ". T. Hudson.
whose body was found Saturday night in
Houston There was there at the time
cnlv Deputy Sheriff Wilkinson. who man
aged to set the prisoner to jail II Is
feared that an attempt at iynching will
h. made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
CANS HAS HEART DISEASE.
His Scheduled Bout With Young
Erne Has Been Called OF.

Baltimore, Feb. 1.-The proposed six
round bout between Joe Cans and Young
ETne, scheduled at Philadelphia for Feb
10 has been called off, owing to the Ill
ness of Cans who has neuralgia of the
heart and has not been out of mis- room
for nearly & week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
"AII WELL"

Cape ST. Vincent. Portugal, Feb. THE
American battleship fleet. under command
of Rear Admiral Sperry, homexard bound
from Gibraltar. passed this point at 10
o clock this morning. The flagship sig
nailed Ali we'll
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
Among the WeIters.

Tradition says that 1f5 Founders. or well
terWeights should stand feet inches,
or nearly five inches taller than Walcott
who held the title in this class for a long
time. Yet 1t is a fact that few OF the
best known WelterWeights were as short
as ) feet inches. Tommy Ryan was ;
feet 10 inches; George Dawson. feet IL
inches: Tommy Tracey. ; feet "a inches;
Mysterious Smith, ; feet siz inches; Matty
Matthews. ; feet IA inches: Mike CTwin)
Sullivan. the present title holder, feet
10 inches: Honey Melody. feet inches;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
MANAGER STRlCKLETT.
SpitbaII TwirIer TO BOSS"
San Jose, CAL, Team.

Elmer Stricklett. spitbaI1 twirler for
Brooklyn last season, will not be seen
with the eastern team next sessin. having
signed a contract to manage the San Jose
team of the California state league.
Manager Ebbets has been endeavOrlng
to sign Stricklett. but after an exchange
OF kilograms yesterday the pitcher an
nounced his intention to remain in the
west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
DIED

BUTTS-In this city. on Feb. :, 1909. infant
son Of Mr. and Mrs. W. II Butts, age
Il days.
Funeral will be held from the residence.
1853 Lincoln avenue. today monday at
1880 a. m. InteFment in City cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
sAIooNkEEPER ARRESTED.

William Strcm. keeping a saloon at 81
Commercial street. was arrested yester-
day by Officers Eddy and Yeaser on
charge OF violating the Sunday closing
law
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

The Levan basketball team defer Nd the
Gunnison team at Gunnison ght,
The game was played at the -. use
and a good-sized crowd was present. The
score was p TO IA. A ball was given after
the games were played and a pleasant
evening was spent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY.

Large and DigBified UHcle-why don't
you get up and give one of the ladies' your
seat, Tommy
Tommy-why don't you get up and give
them all your seat?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
AGAIN SKI CHAMPION.

EaUclaire. is, Feb. John Evsnson of
Duluth is again national ski champion.
He Won the big professional run Of the
National Ski association today. His two
jumps I'm the championship run were lis
and 1T feet. He jumped 1875 feet I'm long
distance jump. but fell
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
SPRINGVILLE, "a; NEPHI, 10.
Lsvan Defeats Gunnison by Score of
81 to "a,
Especial to The Herald.)

EphTaim, Feb IA very interesting
game OF basketball was played yesterday
afternoon at Nephi at the Arlington pa
viiiOn between the Nephi High school and
the Springville team. The game COM
menced shortly after 4 o'clock and was
interesting from start to finish, and re-
suited in a victory for Springville, the
Sprfn zVillo Eephi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
DELAYED BY STORM.

Queenstown, Feb. loving to a he4sy
storm the Cunarder liner Lusitauia from
Liverpool to New York. which was due
here this morning, did not arrive until to-
night
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

II is TuEfored that a coast promoter is
trying to get Stanley Ketchel and Jack
o. Brien together for twenty-five-round
bout, to taxi place in Colma, on Wash
ington's birthday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Willie Lewis the American middle
weight pugilist who is in Paris now has
been matched to meet Tom Thomas the
English middleweight in a twenty round
bout before the National Sporting club OF
London, some time in March.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
WILL ENTERTAIN NEwssoYs.

A. H. Birrell will be the host of the
newsboys at the Orpheum Tuesday even.
ing. The boys may have tickets by cali.
ing at So South Main.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

who was sold to the Philadelphia Ameri-
cans last fall. says he is not going to jump
organized baseball TO be manager for an
outlaw club. He is willing to catch for
the Athletics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Manager McCloskey OF the Milwaukee
A. A club has signed another good out
fielder for his team. Jack Barry is the
man and he will add much strength to the
Brewers outfield- McCloskey secured the
player from the New York Nationals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

HuEhey Jennings, the clever leader IF
the Detroit Tigers. made 5000 on Ira
Thomas for his club. Detroit secured the
heavy hitting catcher from the Highland
ers for 81 .ooo and sold him for $500. Incl
dentaly let US add that Hughey won the
pennsnt ON Ira-s timely hits. too.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

The Omaha Western League team has
contributed three third baSenen to the
major leagues in the last few years
Shipke to Washington, Perring TO Cleve-
land and Austin to New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Joe Corbett. brother OF the great
fighter, who was a good pitcher several
years ago for the Bsltimores. has signed
a contract with the San Francisco Pacific
Coast league club for the coming season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
Have Been Exception.

But successful short men in the middle
and heavyweight classes have been an
exception to the prevailing rule. JEFF
fries, for instance. is six feet one and
half inches tall while Johnson is six feet
and a quarter inch. Corbett is taller than
johnson by threc-uuaTters of an inch. Al
kaufman, the California pugilist, meas
ures the same as Corbett. while Gus Rub
lin is six feet two inches. Peter Jackson.
the great Australian fighter. was six feet
ope-hslf inch, the same height as Jim
Hall, with Paddy Slavin an inch taller.
Joe Goddard, the Barrier champion. was
a six-footer, and Peter Msher measures
five feet eleven and three-quarters inches.
This is Choynskis height, and Mccoy is
five feet eleven inches. John J.. Sulii
van stands five feet ten and One-half
inches without his shoes.
IL is said that the middleWeights who
scale 154 pounds should be feet inches
tall. while those who weigh i5S should
measure three-quarters of an inch more.
Yet Fftzsimmons. who held the middle
weight championship and was never de-
feated for the title. is feet ff2 inches.
Ketchel. the present middleweight cham
pion. measures feet ss4 inches. Phila-
dciphis Jack o. BTien, who fights at about
1e5, is feet 1912 inches, and Jack CTwin)
Sullivan. who got a decision over Burns
once, is feet inches. Charley Mitchell.
once EnElands best boxer, is > feet 8
inches, too. Billy Papke, former middle
weight champion. is 5 feet So inches, and
Dan CYeedoll, once holder of the Austria
liam title. is a quarter of an inch shorter.
Jack Dempsey, who lost the title to Fitz,
was feet inches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
Tableoueen.

The bread of taste and economy
Crown label.
ROYAL BAKING COMPANY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Atteli and Driseoil are squabblinE about
the weight, and so are Walsh and McFar-
land. Do any of these champions want
TO fight?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

be real contender for the heavyweight
championship. The way he disposed Ct
Thursday night makes one think that he IS
some grappleT.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

William Taft. president-eiset of the
United States. has son at Yale who is
trying TO make the Eli rowing crew this
year. Kennedy. coach of the Yale crew.
says the presidents son has the making of
q great oarsman-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
ENCOURAGING A FAINT HEART

tMeggendorfer Blsetter.)
Young Man-Ycur twin daughters seem
absolutely iusepsrsble, don't they?'
own efforts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Manager John NIcGraw Of the New York
Nationals says he expects to make George
Schlei his regular catcher the coming sea-
son. The backstop position at the Polo
grounds will not be as strong as 1t was
last year. Do you remember Roger Bres-
nahar. ''Muggsy"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Christy Msthewson and Ed Walsh will
each add b 3. P" to his name b 4
P stands for Base Bali Professor.
Christy viii get his degree from Harvard
and Walsh from Yale.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Look out Here comes another foreign
wrestler Ernest Siegfred Is the man and
he halls from the land of Germany. He
weighs close to the go mark and is said 10
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

Demand Coal sold only by Citizens
Coal company. Both phones 40.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

P" stands for Base Bali Professor.
Christy viii get his degree from Harvard
and Walsh from Yale
Charley Cox, who made a big hit as
twirler with the University of Georgia A
few seasons ago. has been offered con-
tract by the White Sox- This bos is
live one and is sure 10 mako good in fast
and Old Roman may have hard job Sc
curing his signature to a contract
Packey Mcfarland, the stockysrds
champion. viii be accompanied on his trip
east by Eddie KennealIy, his sparring
Harry Gilmore They expect TO make
cleanup here
The bill to permit boxing in Minnesota
has been taken up by the state authort-
ties and Il IS more than likely that six
round, no-decisiOn contests will be held
there shortly.
Clark Griffith manager Of Cincinnati,
claims he has landed the sensation of the
coast I'm Cakes of Los Angeles, Yho will
play right field fer the Reds Griffith may
think as he picsses. but Connie Mack viii
stick to Heine Heitmuller, California
outfieldsr. At any rate, Heines maine
sounds good.
It can be taken for granted that II JACK
Johnson took u ito himself another wife
across the water then we VIII not see MN
in any Of the rings Of this country for
some considerable time
Nick Altrock. the southpaw pitcher of
the Chicago White Sox. has signed his
contract for the coming season. II was ru-
mored for awhile that the German would
play with Mike Cantillon's Minneapolis
club. out the deal fell through.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
MANY BOXERS OF
SMALL STATURE
Ring Statistics Show That
Short Fighters Have
Made Cord.

When Joe Wslcott, the giant killer was
knocking out middle and heavyweigfts,
although be did not weigh more tnan 10
pounds rlany critics argued that weight
snd height did not figure as important
qualities So long IS q pugiist could hit
hard ana take punishment. WalcOtt was
only five feet one and a half inches tall,
vet ne def, ated six-footers, notably Joe
s,hoynski. with remarkable ease. He also
took the measure OF Kid Carter, Billy
Smith. Frank Cnids. Sandy Ferguson and
George Gardner, all Of whom were al
least a head taller than the Black Demon,
as ring followers called him Further
m ore, Walcott defeated Mick Dunn, Jack
Bonner, Dick Moore and Dan Creedon.
who we're bigger in every way than this
phenomenon OF the ring
Their are several fighters in the ring at
the present time. who like Walcott, are
understood, notably Tommy Burns Sam
Langford. who will probably meet Cham
pion Johnson next May, Is half an inch
taller than Burns. Young Peter Jackson
is about the same size, while Tom ShaT-
key, who gave Jeffries the hardest battle
of his career, stands five feet eight and
: half inches IN his socks
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

If IT'S HERE
IT'S RIGHT
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16

finished and pastor and people devout-
ly returned thanks for the divine aid
which had enabled them to construct
a building SO commodious. At this
time was placed in the tower, the first
bell that proclaimed the protestant
christianity Of the people OF North Da-
kora. ct here might be stated that
Mr. White was called upon to first
send the tones OF this bell vibrating
through the air. About this time the
membership numbered 125 and the
Sunday school $50. This old church
building is now used as the Osteopath
hospital.
On Sept. 20. 1881, the Minnesota con-
ference held its meeting In Fargo. AT
this time Rev. ]. b. Starkey, who since
! 1875 had served the people so faithful
", closed his relations with the tiisrict
to assume the work OF another field.
NJ. o. Mission Conference Established.
At this conference the Rev. s. B.
Warner was appointed pastor and Rev.
q. r. Hair was made presiding elder
Of the district. The passionate Of Rev.
Warner closed Oct. 4, 1882. and that
of Rev. M. 8. Kaufman began. contin :
uing through q period OF three years.
or until Sept. "a. 1856. During this
period the general conference which
met in Philadelphia In May. 1884. dit.
vided the Minnesota conference and as-
tabIished the North Dakota Mission
conference. The first session Of the
Mission conference was held LII Fargo
on Oct. 2. 1854, with Bishop Fowler
presiding. AT the second session held
In Wahpetofl on sept. a., 1885. the Rev.
:. w. Inghatn, of the Upper Iowa con-
ference was appointed to Fargo. serv-
ing three years. Rev H. q. Rilbie was
appointed presiding elder.
The third session was held In Grand
Forks Oct. .14. 1885 with Bishop Har-
ris presiding. 1t was at this time that
the North Dakota conference was
formed. The 1887 conference was held
in Fargo, being the first session OF the
North Dakota annual conferences This
gives Farsc the honor af not only hold
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16
CUTICURA CURED
HIS SORE EYES
When So Years Old Eye-BalIs and
Lids Became Terribly InAamed-
Was Unable to Go About Home
Remedies and Professional Treat
ment were Equally Unsuccessful.
TOOK FRIENDS ADVICE:
HAS NO MORE TROUBLE

About two years ago my eyes goS
In such a condition that was unable TO
20 about. They were terribly inhamed,
both the balls and lids. tried home
remedies without relief. Then de-
cided to 90 TO our family physician, but
he didn't help them. Then tried two
more of our most prominent physicians,
but my eyes grew continually worse.
At this time friend of mine advised
me TO try Cuticlra Ointment, and after
using IL about one week my eyes were
considerably improved and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have
never given me any trouble since.
was then sixty-three years old and am
now sixty-fve. / shall never fail to
speak word Of praise for the Cuticura
Remedies when have an opportunity,
and trust that this letter may be the
means Of Others being cured az ] have
been. q. B. Halsey, Mouth Of Wilson,
Grayson Co., Va, Apr. 4, 1908"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16

elder. Many improvements were made
during Mr.. Bradley's pastorate.
Late In the summer Of 1880, Rev.
Bradley received q call to a professor
ship in Hamline university. which he
accepted at the end OF the conference
year, the church being supplied by the
Rev. C. N. Showers of the Wisconsin
conference. On Oct IL, 1880, Rev.
Showers was regularly appointed to
the Fargo charge and served as it's
pastor until the summer of 1881, at
which time he was compelled to resign
on account OF Ill health. The Rev.
Is. B. Warner was transferred from
the Upper Iowa conference to finish
the year,
A New Church Erected.
The fall OF 1880 and the winter OF
1881 were busy seasons for Methodism
in Fargo. The little church, which has
accommodated the society for six
years became entirely inadequate to
meet the growing congregation and it
was sold TO the Catholics.
1t was moved off and in its place was
erected q building better adapted to
the convenience and comfort of the
growing society at a cost OF $1,000. By
Christmas. 1880. the new church was