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but none of them feels absolutely GER
tain that it will
Poor old Rickard is tearing around
like a Bakersfield jackrabbit just out
of the slips at Ingleside. He has in
structed Mclaughlin to go right ahead
and build that arena without losing
any more time about it. 1t makes no
difference to Rickard who gives his
consent or who the lumber is bought
from. He wants an arena, and he
wants it quickly.
II have troubles enough of my own
without getting tangled Up in this
mess" said the much tossed about pro-
moter. Il want them to get to work
on that arena in the morning, and If
they don't then there will be some-
thing stirring around here It's too
bad that this has happened, but
really believe that we can settle 1t
without further loss of time"
Rickard feels certain about every
thing else. He feels better now, in
fact, than he has at any other time
since Governor Gillett forced him to
leave San Francisco. If he only had
that arena on its way, then he would
take off his worrying cap and toss 1t
into the Truckee river. If all goes
well it looks as though Tex viii make
a nice clean up for himself.
Men. women and children are pour
ing into Reno from all parts of the
country The town never saw such
crowd as it holds tonight. The hotels
are all filled the restaurants are deal
ing from the elbow from one sunrise
to another. and everybody is talking
fight. 1t is nothing but fight. They
serve fight cocktails in the saloons and
they have boxing glove salad on the
bills of fare in the restaurants and
the hotels. Tt doesn't make any diff
ference if you never saw a fight. You
have to talk about it all the same. and
also YOU must stand for being talked
10 about it by everybody you meet.
NEARLY ALL JEFFRIES
lis nearly all Jeffries here at the.
nresent time. Practically everybody
likes him. There may be Johnson
sbouters some place, but they don't do
tI,eir shouting from the hilltops or on
the main street. The Jeffries rooters
GRO on the job all the time. They never
So, Jeffries UP here. It's Jim all the
time This goes for them all. They
would fire Governor Dickerson tomor-
row and give the job to Jim II he only
MAYBE some of them will turn john
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camera men take shot at him, and
every time he goes out for a walk at
least a couple of hundred natives are
at his heels
SEVEN WORDS TO TWO
But for all this he is in a cheerful
frame of mind-that is, cheerful for
James j. Jeffries. He will say six or
seven words now where he would say
only two month ago. He has also
very frequently when he manages to
get rid of the crowd. But. in public
the same old look he reveals. There
is no change.
Manager Sam Berger and Jim Cor
bett and the rest of them are delighted.
At least they say they are None of
them has a kick coming. though the
Corbett-Sullivan clash this afternoon
threw a cloak of gloom over the camp
for while Jeffries was sorry that
Sullivan came out, but he is willing
to stand for what Corbett said to him
Jeffries did not forget his road work
this morning. He was up just as early
as he always got up at Rowdy Dow
five bells in the morning. The first
thing he did was to call UP Farmer
Burns to map out a course for him.
The farmer Immediately suggested
that they go through Reno, but there
clared he would not face the crowd
again.
Finally they got started in the op-
posite direction and the big fellow
just tore right at it. The farmer kept
well up with him and explained all
about the Nevada deserts and the al
kali and the gold mines and everything
else. though he never was in Nevada
before in all his life. jeff told him
this. too, but it made no difference.
The farmer kept on talking.
KEEPS ALL HIS WIND
The road work did jeff lot of good
He did not even think about the high
altitude. Maybe he does. not know
how high it is, but at all events his
thoughts ran in a different channel once
he hit the old pike He showed plenty
of speed and he did not do any putting,
either If there was anything wrong
jeff surely would have told Burns,
but he held his peace.
The former champion sprinted the
last 200 yards and he came down the
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a vacation instead of going to engage
in the fight of his life. 1t was a smile
for everybody and "Goodby, Bill"
''goodby, Jack See you Iater,' with
the black champion.
If the coming fight is worrying John
son any he certainly concealed it by
his actions He appeared like a
schoolbOy and he seemed to be think
ing more of having good time and
spin in his buzz wagon than about the
coming battle.
Johnson was accompanied by
small army of trainers and friends,
and his special Pullman car was filed
when it left the mole. Accompanying
Johnson were his wife, Sig Hart and
wife, Rawhide Kelly, Doc Furey, Joe
Cotton, Frank Sutton, Dave Mills, Al
kaufman, Johnny LOTUS, Walter Mon
ahan, r. ]. Cumiskey, Sergeant Ma
gee of the local police department and
Professor Burns.
Il am glad to get to Reno so L can
get settled, but | am sorry to leave
San Francisco said Johnson. Every
thing has been so pleasant here, except
my little trouble with my former man
ager, George Little However, I have
settled everything with Little and there
will be no more trouble on that score
Little was out around Johnsons
camp yesterday afternoon. and he
talked in a tone which indicated that
he and Johnson had made up again
NO. 1 am not going TO Reno to-
night replied Little in answer to the
question whether he was going to ac-
company the champion. Il will leave in
few DAYS. however. I have little
business to attend 10, and as soon as I
settle it / will so to Nevada I may be
in the Johnson camp during his train
ing
Johnson's tone in referring TO Little
Indicated that his former manager was
as welcome around his camp as a skunk
is at a lawn party.
No WELCOME FOR LITTLE
There might have been a chance for
Little and myself to come together
again. said Johnson, 'Sbut he ended
whatever chance he had by deliberately
lying Now / have no more use for a
liar than l have for a thief. and Little
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son hackers tomorrow when the big
black champion rolls in on the morning
train. There has been some talk of
giving him a reception, but it's better
than a to 2 shot that he won't be
received with open arms as Jeffries
was. No man who ever invaded Nevada
got what the big white man got.
G. f. Reynolds, the man who runs the
Casino gambling house, one of the
largest places in the state, is booking
on the fight. He started in this morn
ing and he is laying to on Jeffries
and take your pick. He is also hand
ling bets on commissions and the wa
gering there is just the same. He
looks for a lot of action within the
next. few days. It's not altogether
souped up yet, but Reynolds believes
that it will break all records not only
for Nevada, but for any other state in
the union.
AS was expected, all the large gam
blers like the Jeffries end of it. Any
body who has $1,000 to wager wants to
get it up on the big white man. Any
man who feels that he can risk a five
spot slaps it up on Johnson.
SCRAPES UP JOHNSON BET
One of the very few wagers thus far
registered was this morning, when
Hector Mckenzie went for a $1,000 bill
into the $500 Johnson pot Mckenzie
is looking for action He says that he
still has $4,000 more which he wants
to gamble with just as soon as some
body will lay him $1,000 against it.
lot of them have been shouting
that they will bet even money that
Jeffries wins the battle in 10 rounds
However, this is more talk than any
thing else. Nobody has yet seen any
of these wa gers recorded. The chances
are that most of the betting will be on
the result and that the price, will drop
down to 10 to 4, unless the johnson
money starts to flow in.
Johnson wired Tom Flanagan this
afternoon to be there to meet him with
two autos. Autos are not as plentiful
around Reno as they are at the St.
Francis hotel, and the visitors are
playing them strong, so Flanagan will
have to do the best he can to accom-
modate his black fighter. But he will
be there, even if he has to meet Jack
with two coal wagons.
All is ready for johnson at Lawton
springs. They have moved in two more
roulette wheels. another faro bank and
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whole flock of crap tables. Johnson
can rattle the bones or he can play
the wheel or buck the tiger between
rounds if he feels SO inclined. They
are just killing it out at Jeffries' place
The whole camp is liable to go broke
any minute
JohnSons camp is nearly 10 miles
away from Jeffries' and it is not likely
that they will meet one another. even
on the road unless johnson takes it
into his head to pay visit to the man
he expects to beat up on the fourth of
July. 1t is cinch that Jeffries will
not go wandering around trying to re-
new old acquaintances or make new
ones. Just as long as they let him
alone he is satisfied, but with black
Jack things are different.
RACING BUG A DANGER
1t is to be hoped that johnson will
pass up the automobile racing bug
when he settles down in his new. quar-
ters. There are no speed laws in Me-
vada and he is liable to run through
one of the big brick buildings if they
can't find some way to put the crusher
on his scorching mania.
Already everybody in Reno has either
bought his ticket or spoken for it. The
tickets are expected to arrive with
Jack Gleason tomorrow and then there
promises to be more scrambling and
scouting around. AS in the past. the
demand for the high priced seats is
heavier than it is for the lower paste
boards. 1t looks as though everything
in the house will sell for $50.
All Nevada drew a sigh of relief this
morning when Sid Hester announced
that he had called off the proposed
Ketchel-Lang gford match for the morn
ing of the fourth. Ketchel, it is under
stood, can not possibly get into condi-
tion on such short notice and this is
given by Hester as his reason for can
ceiling the match. He would be taking
an awful chance if he attempted to 60
throu 9Th with it.
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JEFF LIMBERS UP AND
WIND SEEMS ALL RIGHT
SoecioI Dispatch To The Call

L -
RENO, New, June 23.-Jim Jeffries
batted in his usual form the first day
at his training camp. He disappointed
the big crowd which made the Pilgrim
age out to Moana springs with the eX-
pectation of seeing him box. The word
was not officially passed out that he
would, but at that everybody in Reno
was quietly told that the former cham
pion would go through eight or ten
rounds with Armstrong and Choynski
and Corbett, so it looked like big day
to them all.
But Jeffries was satisfied to go right
ahead with a little bag punching. rope
skipping and general limbering up
work. This was the best the crowd got,
so it was fairly satisfied The big fellow
did not relish his great reception bit,
all of which goes to show that he is
the same old bird he used to be. The
high altitude and alkali dust of Ne
vada have not altered his disposition
or his feelings single bit.
But he looked great, according to all
the war correspondents and trainers
down boys and affidavit men and
the rest of them for which, the
camp is noted. They were all .unani-
nous in their belief that the white
mans only hope will bring back the
championship on the fourth of July.
They can't see where the change of
training quarters has done him any
harm
Jeffries is fairly we'll situated His
new quarters are not as picturesque
as Rowardennan. or so wild or so ro
mantle as Harbin Springs, but they are
positively the best he could hope for
in the state of Nevada, where green
grass does not grow on every sidewalk
He is very well satisfied with Moana
springs.
If they would only leave him alone
and cease trying TO make a national
curiosity out of him. Jeffries would be
more satisfied. This is about all that
is troubling him. Every time he sticks
his head out of his window a bunch Of
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BIG CINDER
On WAY To
R T n D
Jack Johnson Separates Himself
From FightIess Precincts of
San Francisco
DENIES HE MADE UP
WITH GEORGE LITTLE
Present Champion Says He Paid
Former Manager Simply to
Be Rid of Him
-
THINKS ALTITUDE VILE
NOT AFFECT HIS WIND
DENIES HE MADE UP
WITH GEORGE LITTLE
THINKS ALTITUDE VILE
NOT AFFECT HIS WIND
By JOSEPH MURPHY

"HE last link connecting the big
! fight directly with California was
severed last night when Jack
Johnson boarded the Overland Limited
at o'clock for Reno. The smoke was
given good sendoff by many of his
colored and white friends. He had a
big, broad grin on his face as the train
pulled out of the Oakland mole. One
of the railroad yard men remarked:
Il wonder if Johnson will have that
grin on his face when he leaves Reno?"
The champion was in good spirits,
and the way he acted would lead
stranger to believe that he was of on
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SlOl,000 by passing the hat around
among the boys and girls after the
fun is over.
- lit was announced officially this
morning that work would be under
way on the arena by noon time. And
at that they kept their word, for a
prominent citizen packed two pine
boards out TO the site and somebody
else took of his coat and vest and
nailed one Of the boards TO the ground.
Then he put on his coat and vest and
walked away again. That was the
start.
CONTRACTOR DEMANDS COIN
Contractor Mclaughlin wants $1,000
before he starts actual construction
work This demand in measure rlled
lie members Of the committee which
brought the fight to the city. But
faev knew that they would have to do
something and do it quickly, so they
srof together. raised $500 and gave II
10 Mclaughlin. with the promise TO
hand him over the balance very shorIly-
But other complications We're brew
mg IN the meantime fofher State
Senator p. J. FIana gan. the man VINO
OWNS the site. is not quite wiling 10
1ufn II over officially tili such time as
the committee agrees tosbuy its lumber
from him. Flanagan believes that ne IS
:at least entitled to this concession alter
all that he did for the city
The lease 10 the property was turned
over to the committee and Rickard by
peck & sample. prominent real estate
agents. who are alleged to have acted
with more enthusiasm than judgment
They believed that they had the au-
thoritv TO act for Flanagan in the mat
ter. but it is believed that they did not
have Flanagan's written consent TO put
the deal through.
WITHOUT A FIGHT SITE
/. Now Reno is practically without
site for the arena for the greatest hght
of them all. and without lumber to
build the arena, and practically with
out boss to see that the work goes
through without Interruption IT is
hoped by everybody that the business
viii be patched up by this morning,
Imagine so new styles, soft and straw
NJ rrr Cell
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RICHARD AND HESTER IN
PERSONAL ALTEPCATJON

RENO, June 2S.-Following an al
tercation between Tex Rickard and Sid
Hester in the lobby of local hotel to-
night, Rickard showed Hester aside with
sufficient force to jar off the latters
glasses. Friends quickly interposed
and separated the two.
The argument is said to have resulted
from Richards announcement of the
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II EMO. New, June 22.-All that's
n lacking in Reno tonight is Jack
Johnson and an arena. They
are willing TO start booking right now
that Johnson viii be here some time
tomorrow, but 1t Is hard job to find
q man who viii lay any kind of a bet
thar the arena VIII even be on its way
by tomorrow or by the next day, or
even the next day after that. If they
don't begin TO show lot of speed
right away, Jeff and Johnson may
have to fight out on the desert, and
Tex Rickard viii have to get his
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Continued ON Page II, Column
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Wanted: arena for the Greatest
FiSfiC Attraction of the Aoe:
Apply 10 Tex Rickard
LAND OWNER BALKS AND
BUILDER DEMANDS COIN
Outside of These and a Few
Hundred Other Troubles
Promoter Not Worrying
BOXING GLOVE SALAD
IS THE RAGE IN RENO
BY WILLIAM J. SLATTERY

Especial Dispatch to The Call
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sale of his and Jeffries' interests in the
fight pictures.
Hester, it is understood, denied that
Jeffries' interest was included in the
sale and stated that his (Yester's)
partner, Tom O'Day, would secure1t.
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WITHOUT A FIGHT SITE

Imagine, so new styles, soft and straw
hats. Tom Dillon, opp. Call bldg.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-28
WILL PROBE C. p. r. WRECK.
Coroner HOWE Holds Inquest to Find
Cause of Disaster.


Sudbury. Ontario, Jan 26.-Corone1
HOWE of Sudbury began an inquest
into the Canadian Pacific passenger
train wreck at Spanish river His
action was taken despite the fact that
jury impanelled by Coroner Jones
of Webbwood had already returned
a perfunctory verdict stating that the
cause of the accident was unknown.
Jones is employed by the railroad com.
pany, and it is therefore alleged that
he was not qualified to act. The crown
attorney of the Sudbury district will
also take hand in the investigation
Another line of inquiry has been
started by the board of railroad com.
missioners.
That the railroad officials expect to
find more bodies in the river is indi.
Gated by the fact that fresh supply
of rough boxes went from here to
Spanish river.
The bodies of DR., Mcclellan, Charles
Carey and William Lavery. previously
listed as dead, were taken from the
river.
Two others were recovered making
total of 40. They were Frank Nor
rison. Ekoba. Ont. and G. J. Pusant,
Rhinelander, Wis
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-28
COPPER MERGER PUT THROUGH
SO PER CENT OF STockHoLpERs
GIVE AUTHORIZATION.
Exchange of Shares Involving Owe,
S1oo,ooo,ooo Made at
Meeting.

Trenton, N. j., Jan. 26. - Judge.
tanning and Cross in the United
States court here dissolved the pre-
lmlnary Injunction that had previous
~ been granted by Judge Cross, re
straining the stockholders of the Utah
Copper company from holding meet
ing to pass on the proposition of merg
ing with the Boston Consolidated Cop
per company.
Inc proceedings to prevent the
merger were instituted by Colonel
Enos A. Wall and Charles Graham
stockholders of the Utah company
who claimed that the merger would
work an injury to the Utah company
and that it was in violation of the
Sherman antitrust law.
The dissolving of the preliminary
injunction removes any obstacle from
the way of the Utah company carry.
ing out the proposed merger plan
which 1t is understood is to include
the absorption by the Utah company
OF not only the Boston consolidated
company, but also the Nevada Con.
sol1dated Copper company.
$1o0.o0o,ooo In Shares EXCHANGED.
New York, Jan 26-The stockhold-
ers' meeting of the Utah Copper com
pany was kept in session here all day
to await the outcome of the court
proceedings at Trenton. On announce
ment of the decision dssolving the in
junction, the stockholders unanimous
ly passed the necessary resolution au-
thorizing the merger, SO per cent of
them voting in it's favor.
A meeting was called at the Fifth
avenue home of Samuel Untermeyer,
counsel for the Utah and Boston COM
panies, where an exchange of shares
was made, involving over 100000, 900.
1t is understood that Mr.. Inter.
meyers fee of s775,ooO represents over
four years work in accomplishing the
merger, and that this sum was voted
to him by the unanimous consent of
the stockholders and boards of direct
ors of both the Utah and Boston Cop
per companies.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-28
Chester.

Byron Shut was passenger to Aus
tin Tuesday.
Mrs. F. Brown was Leroy visitor
Tuesday.
Mrs Roberts of Lime Springs came
Monday for visit with her daug liter.
Mrs R. Jones of Chester.
Photographer Oleson made trip to
Chester Tuesday.
Mrs. S. G. Mckee and sons of Speers-
vile, Kansas, are visiting their uncle,
George Mckee of Chester.
A number of young folks attended
the party at Ed Princton's Friday night
Joe Richards of York was Chester
visitor Saturday.
John Oslin and wife who have been
visiting Chester friends returned to
their home in Minneapolis, Monday.
Dave Forester, of Spring Valldy,
was calling on Chester friends, Satur-
day.
j. B. Jones was Lime Springs
trader Monday.
Horse buyers were in Chester, Tues
day.
Art. Jones was an Anstin visitor,
Tuesday.
Mrs. A. H. Fairbanks, of Oak Dale,
visited at her fathers, last week.
Miss Hagen and Miss Judd were
LIE Roy visitors Friday, returning Sat-
urday.
Joe Wilhelm and family from near
York visited their daughter, Mrs Lloyd
Sweet Sunday
John Anise of lie Roy was Chester
caller Tuesday
Mr. Mulligan of Cresco was Chester
visitor Monday.
Mrs o. Baldwin and three grand sons
were LIE Roy visitors Monday
Mr. and Mrs Clare Johnson and niece
who has been visiting Chester relatives
since Christmas returned Monday to
their home at Salem, N. Dakota
The Beaver school is closed for few
days, the teacher is having seige of
grippe
Ole Skare was passenger to Aus
TIN Monday, his son who is attending
school there is quite sick with mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery drove up from
DEBORAH. Friday, for home visit.
I. Conklin went to Waverly for a
visit with his daughter Mrs. E. M.
Jones, returning Wednesday.
Mrs. George Thomas was passen-
ger to Cresco, Monday.
Clare Johnson and sister Grace were
Cresco passengers, Sunday evening.
j. B. Jones and wife spent Friday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Thomas
Gladys Lawson was visiting LIE Roy
friends the past week.
Mildred Conklin was an over Sunday
visitor at LIE Roy.
Mr.. Skare and Ole c.. Olson returned
from DEBORAH Friday.
Mr. Hatch left Monday for southern
Iowa.
Hoopman finished filling his ice
house Thursday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-28

Washington. Jan. GA complete
investigation of the cost of living is
provided for by a joint committee of
the senate and house in resolution
introduced by Representative Martin,
of South Dakota.
The committee Is to consist of six
senators and six members of the
house. 1t is prescribed that the house
is to elect it's members of the commit
tee The committee is authorized to
inquire as to whether prices have in
creased and if so what is the cause.
Stress is laid upon the inquiry as to
whether trusts are responsible for an
increase in the cost of living.
An appropriation of $4,000 is car
ried by the resolution to pay the ex-
penses of the proposed investigation.
Wiley Hampered by Evil Influences.
Aside from an intimate discussion
of the American hen and her products,
the feature of the inquiry into high
food prices by the subcommittee of
the house committee on the District of
Columbia was the statements of DR..
Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau
Of chemistry of the department of ag-
riculture. who charged that sinister in
f1uences, unnamed, had accomplished
the repeal of the provisions of law re-
lating to enforcing efficiency in cold
storage of food product.
DIR. Wiley said the elimination of
the appropriation for this work had
greatly hampered his department in
protecting the public from deleterious
food products. AS to just what infiu-
ences had been responsible for this re-
suit, he did not say.
Refuses to Back Down on Charges.
Entering upon collquy in which
parliamentary rules regulating the
language that may be used upon the
floor of the house were frequently
strained to the breaking point, Repre-
sentatives Macon, of Arkansas and
Bennett, of New York. threshed out
their differences in the house over
charges made Monday by Mr.. Macon,
of junketing and extravaganza of the
immigration commission on it's recent
European trip of investigation.
Mr.. Bennett made fyeeping denial
of the charges and Mr.. Macon declined
TO make retraction. claiming that his
informant, James A. Patten, secretary
of the immigration Restriction league,
was as much entitled to credence as a
member of the house.
The house also discussed and passed
bill creating bureau Of mines in
the interior department.
After brief discussion of some Of
the provisions of the bill, the senate
passed the fortifirations appropriation
bill carrying $5,S17.20O. Some time
was devoted to consideration of bill
creating new national forest in Mon.
tana, but no action thereon was taken