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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
Personal Mention.

Henry Lewis went to Montana last
week.
W. A. Poleson is absent on a trip
to Oregon.
E. P. Dyer arrived home from
Boise Sunday.
F. w. Bubb Of Athol was 10 Rath.
drum on business Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. r A. Grimes were
visitors from Standpoint Sunday.
Deputy Sheriff Henry ]. Dyer was
over from the county seat Monday.
James w. Peters has opened shoe
repair shop in Remer's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Empey made a
trip to Standpoint last Monday, re-
turning the same day.
Mrs. F. f Melder and children,
aud Mrs. +. A. Parker Of Fir Grove,
were 10 the city Tuesday.
Miss Babe Barto of Sucker lake
was in town visiting friends one day
this week.
II. V. Arndt. merchant OF Ramsey,
was a business caller 10 town last
Saturday.
E. +. Grunert returned to COolin
Wednesday, after two days visit at
bis home here.
RI. Cole OF Coles Hardware COM
pany, lone. WASH, arrived in town
yesterday on business trip.
r. Z. Young, cashier Of the Rath-
drum State bank made trip to
Occur d'Alene last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Anna Reiniger left last Satur-
day for a months visit in Portland,
Ore. and other points on the coast.
For Sa.e.-One young mich COW.
ne.half Jersey. Price $4,000. F.
E. Meder. Fir Grove, Ida.
S24Ol5.
]. D. Conrad started Sunday morn
ing for California to ply his trade as
plasterer 10 the town of Orland.
Probate Judge r. c. Egbers visited
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ.
Egbers at this place, Sunday.
Mrs. r. A. Bell was home last
week from Spangle, Wash, where
she has been visiting relatives. She
returned to Spangle Monday.
j. V. McCold arrived home last
Saturday from the Palouse country,
where he had been working during
harvest.
Ernest Reiniger was mentioned by
error last week in place of Max, as
having returned from a trip to the
coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Schooner of
Spirit Lake spent Sunday with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Geo.
Humphrey Of this place.
Fred Bradbury accompanied f. c.
Gralapp back TO the Hayden Lake
mining district Wednesday, to look
after the mining properties there.
stephen Adams. for 60 years ar
Odd Fellow, left for Seattle Sunday
morning to attend the sessions OF the
sverign grand lodge of that order.
Mrs. w. E. Libby and Mrs. J. A.
rlerson, residing 10 the vicinity OF
hauser, were visitors 10 the city last
Saturday.
VIM. Neustel has had we'll drilled
on his farm on Rathdrum prairie
winch Is said to furnish an abun.
dance Of water.
Miss Maud Steele, accompanied by
MISS Mae Mutt, spent the flrst Of the
week at Pst Falls, as the guests OF
Mrs. John Knoble.
MT. and Mrs. R. G. Thompson, Mr..
ana Mrs. E. G. Bradley and Miss Rose
bralley visited Spokane, taking 10
the fair, Wednesday.
}. 1. Layers, farmer of Colville.
"asn'' was in town Wednesday
while on trip to look after property
interests. Mr.. Layers still owns his
. d place at the Rimrock.
l. D. Martin Of the Rimrock was
III town Wednesday. Mr.. Martin
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
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is urgently requested.
This week Levi Esch has had
sixteen feet of the Pioneer stable
torn away, on account of it oc.
cupying ground recently purchased
by L. E. Kirkpatrick.
The l. 0. O. F. and Rebekahs
had social time at the hall last
Friday evening, the occasion being
the anniversary Of the founding of
the Rebekah degree. A banquet
was served and an enjoyable zen
ing spent by all present.
A hail storm, quite a curiosity
for this section, passed over town
Monday forenoon, lasting about
three minutes. Rain preceded
and followed it, settling the dust
quite effectively and reducing the
temperature. Frosty nights have
prevailed since.
Among the parties from here
who are reported to have taken
desert claims or homesteads near
Conrad, Mont, are Ed M. Peters,
John Gaa, John M. Handy, ]. w.
Post, Oliver Trueblood, Mrs. New
land, Mrs. Masterson, Isaiah La
gers and Fred King.
A large number of Rathdrum
people have visited Spokane this
week, taking advantage of the
special rates to the Interstate fair.
There will be no school today, in
order to allow the teachers and
pupils to visit the fair.
The single mill is reported to
have been sold this week by John
Locke to A. A. Sage who says he
will have it removed to his place
near Athol where he has several
thousand dollars worth of cedar
suitable to be worked up into
shingles.
The total tax levy for Rathdrum
this year is 81 mills, as follows:
State and county, 80 mills; special
school tax, IS mills, and special
! town tax, 6 mills. The special
tax of Rathdrum Independent dis
trict No. 2 is the highest it has
ever been, due to the necessity Of
paying off the bonded Indebtedness
besides providing for running
expenses.
The Ladies' aid society of the
M. E. church met at the home of
Mrs. Dora House last Thursday
afternoon. After finishing their
work refreshments, consisting Of
ice cream, nut bread and different
/; kinds of cake were served to the
appreciative company, and PROV
ing that Mrs. House justly deserves
the reputation she bears of being
/ thoroughly skilled in the culinary
art.
The test of the town we'll, ar
ranged for by the board, was made
last Saturday forenoon and the
well, as had been quite generally
expected, was found to be dry, the
water which had filled it to the
top ever since it was drilled last
fall proving to be only seepage
from the surface. W. S. Gentry,
who drilled the well, made the
test under the supervision OF mem
bers of the board. After pumping
for over three hours it was found
that the 3I7-foot hole was only a
hole in solid rock and no water
came from its depth.
Robert Simms, who was in
Rathdrum Thursday of last week
on his way back to Spokane from
Wallace, is now serving sentence
on the rookpile in Spokane for
vagrancy. 1t is claimed he was
converted by Billy Sunday, the
evangelist, but could not resist the
temptation to drink. He is a
youth of 20 and Spokane, where
his mother lives, has been his
home for years.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
COLLEGE PITCHERS
HAMMERED BY
TIGERS
sLUGGlNG BEE FURNISHES LIVE.
~ WORKOUT FOR COMING
SERIES WITH WASHINGTON ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
BY PAUL h. RRuskE.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 10
Just 10 get their trusty bats used 10
action for the TWO games that are TO
be played With the Nationals here
Saturday and Sunday those Tigers
went out To ST. Louis college Thurs
day afternoon and engaged In regu.
lar. cld-time batting spree They
male n hits and could have made as
many runs almost. mad they desired.
A blazing sun and temperature OF
so degrees were factors tending 10
make the quality OF mercy desirable
one and the score was only Il TO al
the finish. Fifteen men took part
for the Tigers and OF these Bush,
Crawford. Cobb, OLeary and Ross
man got three hits apiece.
Suggs began the game and was
touched up for several hits and two
runs right at the start as the college
boys could hit his speed. Willett and
Speer did the rest OF the twirling.
while Beckendorf and Stanage halved
the catching. The team had TO do
lot OF walking and everybody worked
up fine perspiration SO that Jennings
herded them into the Turkish bath on
their return 10 avoid any chances Oh
colds.
A big gate should be the result OF
the exhibition games between De-
troit and Washington. II is not often
that the people down here get a
chance TO see two major league clubs
in action together and they will turn
out strong. IL is believed. Walter
Johnson and Burns, the Nationals
stars. are expected to show for Can
tillon, while the Detroit hurlers have
net-been- picked as vet
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
D. JONES IS ONE
WHO MISSES HACK

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 10
Davy Jones has taken the absence OF
Charlie Schmidt from the Tiger train
ing camp. more 10 heart than any OF
the -Arkansan,s mates In fact, most
OF the others have quit asking about
news from Hack" Beckendors and
Stanage are delivering the goods. and
Schmidt has been out OF the picture so
long that only an occasion allusion
brings him back Into the picture.
This allusion Is pretty sure TO be
frc ID. Jones. when II does occur.
Davy tried to have Manager Jennings
save the extra bed in the room 10
which he was assigned here. for
Schmidt. but Hughie needed .he room
and Jones drew his brother. the Ok.
ford pitcher.
A peculiar friendship has long been
In evidence between the dapper little
Wisconsinite and the big Arkansas
coal miner. They have roomed to-
gether for two years and more and, II
Schmidt does not report for the regu.
lar seasons work. Jones. for one, will
sincerely regret II.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
BR|CkYARD KID
HAD THE PUNCH

One of those very wicked private
fights which always draw crowd OF
sports who like the sensation OF think
ing that they are just lodging the
law, was pulled of at road house
out Gratiot-ave., Thursday evening.
1t might have been a very brutal con-
test but for the fact that one con-
t"siant was lacking In knowledge OF
ring science and the other had little
steam.
Al Evans. ''the Backyard Kid was
given as the title OF the chap who
finally won in the fourteenth round.
The loser had a name that sounded
like The train caller running on the
stops OF the east-bound accommoda-
ton train. except that II ended In
ski" A well-known baseball man
confegses that he was referee.
One fighter was 5ecomingly clad In
chopped-off overalls, while the other
had a swimming suit. The bout pro-
ceeded without any interruption ex-
cept that occasionally one Of the an
cient gloves burst a rotted string and
had to be replaced. About 70 men
were in attendance.
Among the Americas bicycle riders who
are racing I'm Berlin at the present
time are Floyd Mac Farland. Walter
Demara and James Moran.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
WINTER BETRAYS
PITCHERS UNION
SECRET
Ex-BOSToNIAN TELLS WHY IT
WAS "kING" LAJOiE DROPPED
100, POINTS IN BATTING AND
LOST HIS CROWN.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 10
According 10 George Winter. pitcher
OF the Detroit Tigers, he was the man
who discovered the batting weakness
|of Napoleon Lajoie, and who. by judi
ciously passing the information among
the other members OF the pitchers
union. brought IL about that the one
time kings batting average was alum
ICED TO the extent OF 100 points-a har-
rowing experience from which II has
never recovered.
"The first time / ever pitched
against the Cleveland club was at Bos-
ton" said Winter, Ia telling OF the
nemesis act he played on Larry. Now
I'd always noticed In my college ball
games that when a big fellow came up
to the plate and stood straight up with
HIS feet together. he had difficulty In
hitting a curve ball that broke round
his knees. | didn't know what the
other fellows had been throwing 10
Larry, but he seemed TO demand the
prescription. though the catcher didn't
signal 1t.
Larry missed the first two and
rolled the third one 10 Collins.
my goodness, Spec Collins said
when | came in after the inning was
over. don't ever hand that big fellow
a low ball again. He murders 1t. Just
shut your eyes, say little prayer
and shoot one up. fast and high.
But | got him. didn't II
"'Yes. but you were mighty lucky
We'll, to cut a long story short. |
pitched two games OF one series
against Cleveland and won both of
them. Lajoie didn't get Single safe
hit. and. inside OF two weeks. all tho
pitchers on the other teams were
pitching him the same thing. He hits
liz once In a while and, now and then.
somebody tries to fool him with some
thing else, but usually wishes he
hadn't"
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

Floyd Cutcher, the Armada wrestler,
who has become well-known 10 sport
loving Detroiters through his many
matches here the last Ave years. il
already figuring on the time 10 come
I'm few years when he VIII be known
as the father OF champion rather
than for his prowess. He has a son
growing up now that promises to out
do his father at the mat game.
If you can breed speed in horses.
II stands 10 reason that the same thing
Is true OF human beings SAYS Clutch.
er. That's One reason think have
y champion In my lad. | was wres-
Ting before he was born and he's
been taught the game since he was
Kid In knee pants.
Not only that, but he's bigger than
am How and still growing. The old
man can throw him yet, but In year
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

comfortable seat from which he rare
ly moves until the dinner call.
THIS is THE BIG MEAL OF THE
DAY AND THE TIGERS GO TO II
IN A WAY THAT RECALLS THE
FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS IN
THE MENAGERIE. Soup, FISH and
two OF three condiments; roast beer,
fowl, seafood. three or four kinds OF
vegetables, an ice and salad, pie or
pudding. ice cream, nuts, fruit and
coffee form a sample meal and the
walters lug away little but the we'll
picked debris
Again the party wanders down to
the lobby and out to the sidewalks.
The bright lights OF the unique Texas
city glimmer all about. The daily
tanning bee takes place. the veterans,
together with Manager Hughie lead
ing in the conversation; the young
sters in another group. About $3.50
the party breaks up by twos and
threes again. Some 90 upstairs to
their rooms; others drift out into the
streets for a stroll and visit to the
nickelodeons. II is the one resting
spell of the day. but nobody has much
ambition for anything strenuous and
the horseplay. SO noticeable In the
regular season. after the men have be-
come hardened TO their work. Is pal
pably missing
At IL o'clock Manager Jennings,
Trainer Tuthill and the war CORE
spondents are the only ones not tuck
cd into bed.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
Floyd Cuf0hes', Victorian, Es
71-aIS1iI1u Son To Be Champ

or two he will be throwing me-and
then | will retire and let him have his
turn on the mat\ | try TO go easy
with him now. but he just bulls
into me so / have TO throw him hard
This wrestling game Is about tho
best there is, | figure II. Here | am
over 40 and still IN good shape and
getting the money. They don't do
that in other lines. I've got three
farms upstate that are all paid for
out OF wrestling 80 | won't worry
when I have TO quit.
The best OF II Is that I never rob
bed a man In a match and | have al
ways wrestled on the level. Funny
thing. too, that 7 never got one OF them
tin ears although have gone
against the best OF them. Some Eel
lows get their ears all twisted up the
first time they ever go into match
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
BURNS is READY TO
WRESTLE F. CUTCHER

Frank Burns. OF Boyne City. writes
10 The Times that he is willing to
meet Floyd Cutcher OF Armada. He
incloses a clipping describing match
in which he threw Clyde Bleakley
twice in an hour. The agreement for
the Bleakley bout was that each should
weigh in ar las in the afternoon. II
Burns insists on this weight for Cut
cher. there will be no match. George
Baxter. editor,of the Boyne Citizen. is
Burns manager.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
sPALDINGs AID
TO FIT OELTAS

A practice game will be played be
tween the ID. A. c. basketball team
and the Spaldings Friday evening.
This Is in the nature OF final work
ont for the game which the Deltas
play with the Y. NJ. c. A. five Mon
day evening.
There Is a great revival OF basket
ball interest at the II. A G. gymnas-
1um. and all the members who have
played the game la this and other
pears are out and taking part In the
practice. r. MacUarmid. Richards,
liddington. Busch and others are max
ing II lively for the men who have
been playing on the first team. II Is
moro than likely that ID. A c. viii
MAKE at least one change for the next
game and will have plenty of substi-
tutes ready.
There Is some bitterness felt by the
Deltas over the way they have been
used by the champion Y team this
year Ii Is complained that they have
not been given consideration with re-
gard to fixing dates for the games.
xelecting officials and handling tickets.
The date which the Deltas wanted for
the final game was Tuesday, but they
have to play Monday. which will be a
great Inconvenience to some members
OF the team.
The reason for the insistence OF the
n management on the earlier date is
the imminence of the A A. u. tourney.
which comes on the latter part OF the
week. the preliminary games starting
Thursday.
There will be seven games in the
preliminary, three In the seconI
round, two In the semi-final and the
last and most important game which
viii decide the Central association
championship. The winners will thus
have to play four other teams.
\ qtastern and Pontiac High schools
play In the state championship con-
test at Western High gymnasium Fri
day evening. One of the preliminaries
viii be between the Eastern high girls
and the Paragon girls.
Central high plays Muskegon high
In the Central gymnasium Friday
evening. while ID. y. 8. will play at
Saginaw.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

The morning baseball team call.
aside from particularly early ones
when trains have 10 be caught. is al
ways at 7:30. and athletes are sup
posed To be In the dining room at s
o'clock Such human yeast cakes as
Crawford. Summers and Bumpus
Jones are always down stairs before
the call comes-in.
After breakfast time for an hour or
SO. the athletes wander around the
lobby of the hotel or sun themselves
outside. Mail Is digested and the
morning papers thoroughly gone over.
AT ss2b there wouIN be no difficulty
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
Johnson Signs Up To
Meet Stanley KetChel

CHICAGO, March 19.-Jack John
son Is full OF fight and his Willingness
to battle under suitable Inducements
Is very pronounced. The colored won
der OF the heavyweight division made
his first step toward q match today,
when he and Stanley Ketchel agreed
to do battle before the club that Of
fered such terms as Johnson believes
would warrant him to cut OF his the
atrical dates. The yconqueror of Tom
my Burns and the hero OF the middle
weight class discussed the signing for
battle over the telegraph wires this
morning, with Johnson at this end and
Wtillus Britt, who manages Ketchel,
In New York.
No articles have been signed nor
have any been drawn up. but each
man has posted $1,000 as forfeit or
good faith, this amount to go as part
of $1,000 side bet. Johnson put his
money in the hands of local sport
ing editor and Ketchel posted his In
New York.
No terms were discussed and Jack,
though champion, did not ask for any
thing unreasonable. He said he was
ready to fight Ketchel from 10 to A
IOuuo8 anu Wouiu aCCcpt ctthci Ne"
York or Frisco. but he insisted that
since no club has agreed to give a
guarantee. the percentage must be
such AZ will net him enough TO with
draw from his many theatrical en-
gagements.
s. Jack Johnson did not even consider
the offer of an $4,000 purse for &c
between himself and Jeffries al
Nashville.
Il would not think OF considering a
Tight with white man In that part OF
the country, but I would fight color
I'd man In any part OF the world You
can say for me that l will not night
IN the south. n I can't get match
before club where / know my life Is
perfectly safe. whether win or lose
] Will not tight at all"
johnson practically has closed a
contract with local theater to ap
pear twice a day I'm sparring exhibit
zion and has no intention at prescvt
III returning tn his home In Galyest6I
Tc-
eAs long "a have chance to
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

make money in theatrical way am
going TO do IT," Jack said in answer TO
question about going home. II can
send money to my mother at any time,
but will not be able TO make II all
my life"
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

in counting 100000 worth of ball
players in sight of the cigar stand.
At $3.50 there isn't one.
There has been no movement of a
professional nature, but the men have
simply left in twos and threes for the
Turkish bath house three blocks
away. There they don the uniforms
laid out for them by the attendants
and, with each man carrying his glove
and spiked shoes, his feet encased for
the time in slippers. Familiarity known
as "sneaks." they drift TO the street
where, at 9:45 a special car comes
bowling along and takes them TO the
baseball park.
The fan who has come out an hour
early to Bennett park to watch the
practice work Of the Tigers knows OF
what the usual program down south
consists, for II Is a virtual duplicate.
IL lasts. however from $50 till IL: As
and every man Is on the jump from
start 10 finish.
The special car Is waiting for the
men. who. after short run. bundle
themselves inside again, the doors are
shut, the heater is turned on, and the
men swelter In their clothes until the
bathhouse Is reached. where there are
showers. a plunge and a rundown for
the pitchers or those afflicted with any
particular muscular ailment.
Some of the men remain at the
baths through the noon hour, stretch
ed on one Of the low dlvans and we'll
-biaHketed- More than half Of them 90
without lunch. Those who do eat, do
so very lightly, taking . meal that
would scarcely satisfy an invalid.
At LAS the car leaves the bath
house again. The afternoon practice
is the big one OF the day and Is bit
more diversified than the morning ar
fair. The manager gets q chance to
work out some OF his original Ideas
In Hughie Jennings case this means
this year special bunting drill. Once
In a while game is played. The
men are hard at 1t till AIS when the
car takes them back again to the In
evitable bathhouse, steaming with
sweat and well wearied as the result
OF their exertions.
Along about o'clock string OF
weary athletes winds It's way back to
the hotel and each man picks out a
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

CINCINNATI. o., March 1.-THE
National Baseball Commission has
granted reinstatement to Infielder J.
Delehanty. OF Washington. who was
made ineligible on account OF playing
against the outlaw Logan Squares, OF
Chicago. last fall, conditional upon his
paying a fine OF $50.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
MILLER FACTOR IN
PfNEHHRSF TOURNEY

PINEHURST, y. c.. March 1s.-G.
A. Miller, OF the Detroit Golf club. is
one OF the four golfers left In the semi
finals OF the spring golf tournament.
The others are c. l.. Becker. Wood
land: B. p. Merriman. Waterbury,;
John E. Porter, Allegheny Country
club.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
HORSE PARADE
EASTER MONDAY

The Detroit Matinee club will hold
horse parade the afternoon OF Mon
day, April IL. All kinds Of vehicles
from coaches 10 speed carts will be In
the lineup and the horses and equip
ages will be decorated with ribbors.
II is expected that there viii be 200
horses In the procession.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

A Los Ankeles man In bringing To New
York two Japanese boxers. Youns
Togo and Young Oyama. The boys
have been lighting around Los An
geles. and up to date they have not
put up a poor battle. The two little
Japs will be something or novelty
at least as they appear 10 be the
only two Jap bruisers In captivity.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
Schmidt IS Now Weakening.

Schmidt IS NOW weakening.
II is reported from Little Rock. Ark,
that Catcher Charley Schmidt is get
ting ready TO sign his Detroit con.
tract. He has told his friends that
he Is ready to make concessions II
the club will do the same. Pres.
Navin cannot see a concession COM
ing anywhere. Schmidt Is catching
games for the Cumberland college
team, which he IL coaching
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

I'm like the Boston man whom
asked where Bunker Hill was said
gorge Moriarty the other evening.
I've been here IA years" he an
swered. and I've often heard OF the
place. but blamed II I know where II
is. Some time I'm going to look 1t
m"
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
SOUTHERN TRIP OF BIG-LEAGUE BILL
CLUB FAR FROM BEING Il JOI JAU!NT

right on the path between the hotel
and the bath house. Ball players are
always keen for any sightseeing like
that, when the opportunity offers. but
II is doubtful II more than a halfdoz-
en- Of them have yet passed within the
Alamo portals.