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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21

every face depicted amusement and
doubt, and declared it was no Patti
affair. he was through with base
ball.
1t was Minneapolis and the brok-
er's office for him-but only for a
short time. Harry is now referee
Ing roller polo matches in Canton,
Ohio, and is anxiously awaiting the
signal to begin work for another
season on the diamond.
Base ball is like the fight game !,
they seldom quit until i'll health or
old age compels them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21
@My Best Fight Was With Big Hank Griffin Jack johnson
Sport SPICE
BAT IS STRONG FOR ADVERTISING.
Battling Nelson Freddie Welsh. PIace-EnsIs

Battling Freddie Welsh PIace-Ensland Time
February 1910.
you?
1t doesn't bull too
much like the abnomay
bump Can't believe it.
"shunshne other
with the Baer. That
Sporting stage
the ghtweghts without
his Colma
Then, Welsh-Neson affair."
possibly rs if could
which
When Nelson fights Welsh he
than 20 Welsh about
would
the large end of the from the Hedgwch product.
The only which
of belief 100000
WHO LICK?
That's question the
that is by fight where
didn't "Who did he lck?"
This
Corbett Sullivan
beaten Choynk Kan fought 61round
had old Peter Jackson sleep three rounds
decision Sharkey
They asked when Kid Mccoy fought
the Kid had licked bunch rummes he cleaned Ryan
in great shape.
They Young eayed to stop Terry
The nothing
the only knock
Terrible Terry"
mediocre
brought
They with
Joe Thomas Marysvile champ.
the licked
Burns Kaufman and Ketche bunch of smokes and econraes is
the
Johnson land the
This is not the rule; 1t is rather the exception
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21
RESOLVED: THAT WILL QUIT
BASEBALL. DOES 1T STICK?

Postseason resolutions by a ball
player are TO be classed with the
average New Years resolution
don't take IL too seriously.
When Harry 0stdiek. the popular
backstop OF the Indians, finished
the season last year. he solemnly
informed the writer. together with
u crowd OF his fellow players, that
base bali would zee him no more;
lie had quit the game. i was Min
lleapolIs and a brokers life for him.
Harry felt much injured when
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21
!. N. c. A. "a,
v. s. c. Is

Y. M. G. A, "a; w. 5. g., ~.
With less than minute yet to
play, Johnson, star forward of the
Y. NJ. c. A. basketball five, robbed
w. S. C. of another victory when
he tossed the winning goal at the
Association last night.
With the visitors leading IL to &
at the close of the first half, the To-
Gals forged steadily to the front un-
til it was nip and tuck, first one
team in the lead and then the
other.
The game was much rougher
affair than that at the S. A. A. c.
Friday night and more feeling was
displayed by both players and
spectators. Rough him." Slug
him." are a few of the outbursts
of the Y. NJ. c. A. partizans, who
thought that the collegians were
needlessly rough.
The lone official provided for the
game, George Varnell, has his
hands full watching the ball and
was unable to detect the numerous
fouls committed. Had an umpire
been on the floor to penalize the
players a much better exhibition
would have been witnessed.
The lineup and score:
Y. NJ. c. A. w. 5. Z.
Forward
Johnson .................D alqulSt
Forward a,
Uzzell ..............M omb, Lowry
Center
Brain ............... Englehoi1i
Guard &"
Abrams ....... Anderson, De Witt
Guard
McGinnis ................ Crane
Goals-JohnSon 6, Brain 3, Nc
Ginnis, Englehorn 6, Dalquist 3,
Momb 9. Free throws-Uzzell 4,
Englehorn /. Fouls called-On AS
ISOLATION 6. on w. S. G. Z. Referee
-Varnell Timer-Zercher.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21

Hank Griffen, a cOlored man,
at Oakland, Cal, in 1902. We
went Is rounds, the decision
going to me.
Griffen was a man about
six feet four inches in height,
and at that time he had the
longest reach of any man in
the boxing game. If he were
fighting today he would out
reach any man in the bust
ness.
This same Griffen fought
Jim Jeffries II rounds of
hard milling, and afterward
Jeffries acknowledged that
if it had not been for Billy
Gallagher, Griffen might
have hpen hailed as the win
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21

not fight men heavier than himself
in the future puts the quietus on
the proposed match unless he
changes his mind and decides to
give Bracken a chance in an ex-
hibitiOn.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21

Grffen had an awkward punch and one that carried
plenty of with it. 1t would puzzle the best of them
to get away from that punch and combined with Crit
fens ability to take punishment and keep fighting,
made him a dangerous man for any fighter to monkey
with
In that fight Grffen and fought toe to toe, give and
take and want to say right here that had travel
rmy best to win did not knock out Grffen, but de-
elared the winner
\Afterward fought Griffen in Los Angeles, CAL for
Tom McCarey, who at this time handling the big
fellow then under the management OF Frank Carl
aIlo of Bakerfied. This fight like the first was a
winner
In this fight l able to avoid that punch Of Crit
fen's, which had bothered much in the first fight.
AT that time | not well developed nor did [ have
the physique have and it is probable that men who
in the earlier days gave me considerable trouble would
not bother much now.
Among the battles have on my record is one with
Jack Jeffries, brother of the man signed to
fight beat Jack Jefries just the as intend to
beat Jim Jeffres when meet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21
CHAMPIONS STORY
OF HARDEST BATTLE
Declares Hank Griffin Had Longest
Reach of Any Man in the
Game.
BY JACK JOHNSON,
HEAVYWEIGHT Champion of the World

One of the hardest battles and one which | consider Of
the best in my career the prize ring fought against
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21
HARDEST AND BEST.

Tomorrow The Press will publish this page the
and story by Jas j. Jeffres in which he tells of his fight
with that piece of rawhide Tom Sharkey Jeffres
plains how he forced to wage one-handed battle
against the sailor champion and how he outgeneraled
SharkeV.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21

The above shows the why must sell
stock of pianos in few days
New ianos now being sold in Spokane store 11S Post
street, at less than cost to make them, if you have
manufacturers check you give that may
obtain the advertising allowance entitled to as
per our contract with the manufacturer ,,..,.,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21
Mems $500
Shoes $2.48

Work and dress styles in a
great variety of different pat
terms and weights; $500 and
$3.50 values; all sizes in the
lot; per pair ...... $2.4S
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-21

Teaspoons, 6 for .,$1.4S
Pickle Forks, each .75f
Olive Spoons, each ..75t
Baby Spoons, each $50
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
CkW CsRAVzS RO0lH >AZ HhvHeGQECO2 (ooo

tiOn of the forest surrounding the Grant cottage was brought to the at- tention of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation society, and a movement was set on foot for the pur- pose of raising, by voluntary subscrip- tions, sum sufficient to meet the pur- poses for which the aforementioned bill was introduced Henry Clay Weeks, member of this society, was appointed chairman of a committee to take this matter in hand, and he Is now engaged in bringing it before the public. The scope of his activities however, has been somewhat enlarged, and it is now his intention, if possible, to raise sufficient funds to purchase MT. Johnson's entire holdings on the mountain. The sum needed to do this is s10.000. Should he succeed in mak ing this purchase it will be complete ana ample protection against any fu- ture destruction of the forest on Mount McGregor.
 The lawn surrounding the Grant cottage is now covered with a beauti- full growth of pine and oak. The 100 acres of land which it was proposed to take into the forest reserve are thickly covered with oak, chestnut and hemlock, intermingled with scat tering trees of other varieties, and make very beautiful spot The view from the summit of the mountain is grand in the extreme. To the east, when the day is clear, one may see the peaks of the Green mountains of Vermont, and to the south long stretch of the valley of the Hudson spreads out in panoramic view as far as the eye can reach.
 To purchase the 100 acres will re- quire the sum of but S4,750. About four acres of land adjoining the Grant cottage property on the north side and for little distance on the west, on which stands a cottage and barn. can be purchased for $1,700 more, making the sum necessary to acquire a perfect title to all of the surround ings of the cottage only $6,450.
 The high estimation in which this memorial is held by the public at large and the wide interest already shown in the preservation of it's scenic surroundings seem to point to the ulti- mate success of the present patriotic movement.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
The Best Food for Workers.

The best food for those who work with hand or brain is never high priced
 The best example of this is found in Quaker Scotch Oats. It stands at the top among foods that supply nourish- ment and vigor, without taxing the digestion, and yet it is the least eX- pensive food one can eat.
 This great food value and low cost make it an ideal food for families who want to get the greatest good from what they eat.
 Laborers, factory or farm hands, fed plentifully on Quaker Scotch Oats will work better and with less fatigue than if fed on almost any other kind of food. All of these facts were proved and very interesting information about human foods were gathered by Pro lessor Fisher of Yale University in 1908. You'll find Quaker Scotch Oats in regular size packages, and hermet- ically sealed tins; the latter is best for hot climates. 8
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

So Across the Open Space He Shot. Michigan street, his purpose being to cross the bridge Now the bridge is one which opens in the middle and swings skyward to let vessels pass under. 1t was just giving way to one such rising tendency when Morrissey came pedaling along on his bicycle. He felt that he could make the op- posite side if he tried hard enough While the bridge rose he scooted up the incline.
 When he reached the top he saw a small chasm opening onto the river. The other side of the bridge was sev' eral feet distant, and the distance was increasing. Morrissev couldn't have stopped had he wanted to, so across the open space he shot-an imitation, it was, of the leap for life in the melo, dramas-and he landed on the decline of the other side of the bridge.
 This decline was sleeper than the incline he had just surmounted, so that it was unfamiliar travelling to him. The consequences arrived I'm mediately, for he overturned and rolled down, with the wheel, not as a bicycle should normally roll, but side ways. He thinks the city ought to pay $5,000 for Its part in the affair
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
Tyinq ShoeIace Saves Him.

Darby, Pa.-His action in leaning over to tie his shoelace saved the life of Walter Salisbury while he was working out a blast in Squire Harri sons quarry. As Salisbury was work ing below an over hanging powder weighing about 400 pounds it became loosened and crashed down toward him. By a remarkable streak of good fortune, just at the time that the huge rock began to fall Salisbury s shoelace became loosened, and he leaned over to tie it when the rock crashed over the place where lis head had been only moment before. He was slightly injured otherwise, however
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
Model Dwellino for Women.

An apartment house exclusively for women in London was filled with ten ants a week after completion. The house is operated on plan which found favor immediately with femi- nine workers, and the idea might be adopted with profit in this country. Every woman enjoys possession of an apartment all her own. The building forms a quadrangle and consists of two three and four rooms. All the trouble of the kitchen is avoided by a common dining room, and this is the most popular feature of the house. Servants are provided at a small week ly charge, and there is a long list of applications for vacancies not likely to occur It is planned to build sey. eral others on the same model.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
POET FINALLY GOT TIRESOME
Tennyson's Pronounced Egoism Made Him Something of a Bore to
 Royal Ladies.

Tennyson's egoism showed itself in his inordinate fondness for reading his own poetry aloud to anyone and every one who would listen to him. There is a story of his having been invited by the princess of Wales to be her guest on the royal yacht. A sister of the princess, the czarina of Russia, was also one of the party. Tennyson was much overcome by the high rank of the two royal and imperial ladies and could do nothing but fidget about, except when they asked him to read aloud to them; whereupon he would take out a volume of his works and de claim by the hour, gesticulating and now and then moving backward and forward from sheer joy at the sound of his own words. This was ell very well for a while; but after time the cZarina tried to get him away from his poetry and into general conversa- ton. Then the laureate grew very awkward He felt that he must bow to each of the royalties whenever he replied to one of them, and he became badly tangled in his efforts to address them with the proper forms of speech. Finally, the czarina, who was then rather lively girl and was tired of too much etiquette, hinted that the poet need not concern himself so much with forms.
 But how then, madam-that Is to say, your imperial highnes-am I to address you?" stammered Tennyson.
 Oh" returned the czarina with little moue, just call us Minnie and Alick."-The Bookman.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
Hated to Take the Money,

Frank I. Cobb, the chief editorial writer of the New York World, was on a vacation in the Maine woods cnce when Joseph Pulitzer, owner Of the World, wanted to communicate with him. MT. Pulitzer sent Cobb a cipher message.
 Presently a country operator drove in to the Cobb camp and handed Cobb the message, which read something like this:
 Simplicity-agg aggrandzement- - grif- -gerald-roderick - hopscotch - hamfat-publicity.
 There's a dollar to collect for de- livering that message" said the opera tor, but l hate to take it. Somebody along the line got it all balled up, end they ain't no sense to it."
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
THE DIFFERENCE Coffee Usually Means Sickness, But Postum Always Means Health.
THE DIEEER a

Those who have never tried the ex- pertinent of leaving off coffee and drinking Postum in it's place and in this way regaiuing health and happi- ness can learn much from the expert ence of others who have made the trial.
 One who knows says; q drank cof- fee for breakfast every morning until had terrible attacks of indigestion producing days of discomfort and nights of sleeplessness. I tried to give up the use of coffee entirely but found it hard to go from hot coffee to glass of water. Then I tried Postum.
 Tt was good and the effect was so pleasant that I soon learned to love 1t and have used it for several years improved immediately after l left of coffee and took on Postum and am now entirely cured of my indiges- ton and other troubles all of which were due to coffee. l am now well and contented and all because changed from coffee to POstum.
 'POstum is much easier to make right every time than coffee, for it is so even and always reliable We never use coffee now in our family. We use Postum, and are always weu.'
 There's reason" and it is proved by trial,
 Look in pkgs for copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Melville"
 Ever read the above Ietters A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of hUman interest.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

table. 1 will never be "1IhouI thiS medicine in the house. Mrs; SAM'L LEE, 3523 Fourth St., Louisville Ny.
 Another Operation Avoided.
 Adrian, Cal suffered untold misery from female troubles. and my doctor said an operation was my ohly chance, and I dreaded it almost as much as death. Lydia E. .Pinkham's Vegetable Compound completely cured me without an operation. LENA V. HENRY, R. F. D. 3.
 Thirty years of unparalleled suc- cess confirms the power of Lydia E- Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to cure female diseases. The great vol ume of unsolicited testimony constant ly pouring in proves conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is remarkable remedy for those distressing feminine ills from which 80 many women suffer.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
An Authors lnspiration.

My inspirations for Quo Vadis, ," that early and most popular of all my productions, had their source in my study of three famous masterpieces First of all, in the works of Tacitus, with whom of all the Latin classics | am best acquainted. Then I was deep ly influenced by Chateaubriand 8 Genie du Christianisme," especially by what he has written about the early Christian martyrs. But I owe most of all to the English Cardinal Wisemans "Fabiola; The Church of the Catacombs," an able and pictur esque story which exercised over me a pow >rful fascination from dawning boyhood. - Sienkiewicz, in .Lendon Chronicle.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
PUTS VALUE OF S5. .O0O
 ON HIS LEAP FOR LIFE
Buffalo Man Who Jumped Chasm of Jackknife Bridge on Bicycle
 Seeks Damages.

Buffalo, N. Y.-City Attorney Ryan took a little walk down to the Michi- gan street jackknife bridge a few days ago simply for not health. The main purpose was to look over the situation there and get the picture in mind so that he may more easily defend the damage action brought against the city by James Morrissey for injuries said to have been received in an accident on the bridge on July ', 1908
 According to the complaint, Nor rissey was riding his bicycle down
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
Waste Material.

In process of time it was observed that the multi-milionaire philanthrop- isl had ceased giving costly library buildings to towns and cities.
 Why is this, MT. Canaggy?' the re porters asked him.
 Young men," he said, what is the use of building great houses for Ii. braries when all man needs for an education is five feet of books?"
 Whereat they marveled but they eouId not answer him.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS.

Any druggist can supply these in gradients or will get them from his wholesale house.
 Mix half pint of good whiskey, two ounces of glycerine; half ounce Of Concentrated pine compound. Shake the bottle well each time and use in doses of a teaspoonful to tablespoon full four times a day" This prescrip- ton is said to work wonders.
 The Concentrated pine is special pine product and comes only in half ounce bottles, each enclosed in an air tight case, but be sure it is labeled Concentrated"
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

People who like clean money and who appreciate that the cost of replac- ing old bills with new ones is SO large as to seem overburdensome when the bills are not abraded will be interest ed in the announcement that the bu. rean of engraving and printing at Washington Is in possession of the formula of a chemical solution which destroys the bacteria that accumulate on bank notes and makes the bills look like new, except that they are not so crisp as new bills.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

Sir Thomas Browne nearly 900 years ago wrote a book on the common CT. TOTS of his time There is still a chance for another writer to produce a bulky volume ol the common errors of today One of these errors is that poverty makes for genius. That per sons bred in scenes of poverty may rise to lofty heights cannot be dis, puted But to say that poverty was of any assistance to them in their rise fig mistake The good of poverty may consist in this. that 1t is so cruel that one may rouse himself to great effort to escape from it
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

The good country folks who have the privilege of going to a huskin' bee" and the brilliant prospect of en- toying. this winter. sleigh rides on moonlight nights. are truly envied by their city cousins.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
NOT so BAD.

Nervous Lady-Don't your experi- ments frighten you terribly, profes- sor? I hear that your assistant met with a horrible death by falling four thousand feet from an aeroplane.
 Bold Aviator-Oh, that report was greatly exaggerated.
 Nervous Lady-Exaggerated! How?
 Bold Aviator-It wasn't much more than two thousand five hundred feet that he fell
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
Cheers Liberty Statue, Dies.

New YorE.-Coming up the bay after having been away from homo for three years, Herman w. Ruho. chief petty officer of the North Caro. ina, armored cruiser, was deeply Rt. fected when the vessel passed the statue of Liberty. He barred his head
 and cheered with the rest of the sail. ors, but while doing so fell over dead.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
No Wonder She Struck.

Artist (to model whom he has en- engaged for the winter) why did you leave Fletcher?
 Model (reminisceEtly) Oh, he wanted me to do "A Nymrh in the Pooll"
 Ardst--Well, surely that wasn't
 Model indignantly - Wasn't it? The landlord took the radiators cut of his studio.--The Bohemian
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09
Two Items.

q suppose with all this modern prison philanthropy, abolishing stripes and convict uniforms generally, they will soon introduce dress suits for the well-behaved prisoners in our penal institutions"
 Well, you know, they already give convicts watches and chains"
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

In cases of collisions and accidents at sea, salvage will be paid on human life as well as on property. Life, by this provision, is made as valuable as property, though, on the othe4 hand. some might argue that life is above all price and that its salvage is merely a plain duty, incumbent on all, to hu- manity.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

A railroad In the west. punished for relating. admitted its guilt. but plead ed inadvertence. Things will be get ting serious if the law intends to take up every case of fabsent-mindedness on the part of big corporations in this way
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

The students of a prominent girls college in the east have decided to dispense with puffs and rats. The re- form will give them more time to put more inside their heads than there is on it.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

Minister Wu thinks we will soon be travelling to China by airships. The world is getting to believe that Ameri- ca is trampling on impossibilities merely for pastime.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

ta1nly OOne me q world of good and I cannot praise it enough. l suffered fromirregularities. dizziness, nervous ness, and a severe female troub le.  Vegetable Com pound has restored
 me to rife ct health and kept me from the operating
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

Christmas presents are being brought over from abroad and are being turned out by American manufacturers. Santa Claus is one person who never loses popularity.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

The suppression of phonographs in the entire central district Of St. Pc tersburg marks an interesting use of the autocrauc power in dealing with the noises of a great city A ukasa suppressing the noise made by auto mobile engines would be welcomed in Manhattan
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

The endeavor of the sultan of Nor occo to stir up the other Christian na- tions against Spain showed crude knowledge of human nature. but then they lead too much of the simple life in Morocco to appreciate the subtle complexities of occidental advantages.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

A bridegroom of q in Connecticut was arrested for perjury in swearing that his 70-year-old bride was 36, Which literally was foolish thing to do on the face of it.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-09

A man 23 years old has married a woman GA years old. But then she had s1,000,000