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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-18

and anon. I'd hate for my mother td
know | was skinning these weak.
minded ones. She raised me better"
us there a crush already in the wait.
ing rooms OF the old doctor that does
skin grafting?" / asks.
well. no" says Silver; "you needn't
back Epidermis to win today. I've
only been here a month, but I'm ready
to begin.
I've been studying the town." says
Silver, and reading the papers every
day, and | know it as we'll as the cat
in the city ball knows an O'Sullivan.
People here lie down on the floor and
scream and kick when you are the
least bit slow about taking money
from them. Come up in my room and
III tell you. Wen work the town to-
gether, Billy, for the sake of old
times"
Silver takes me up in hotel He
has a quantity of irrelevant objects
lying about.
There's more ways of getting mon
ey from these metropolitan hayseeds."
says Silver, than there is of cooking
rice in Charleston, S. G. They'll bite
at anything. The brains of most of
'em commute, The wiser they are in
intelligence the less perception of cog
nizance they have. Why, didn't a man
the other day sell J. p Morgan an oil
portrait of Rockefeller junior for An
drea del Sarto's celebrated painting of
the young st. John.
You see that bundle of printed stuff
in the corner. Billy? That's gold min
ing stock | started out one day TO
sell that, but | quit it in two hours
Why? Cot arrested for blocking the
street People fought TO buy it.
sold the policeman block of it on the
way to the station house. and then |
took it off the market. don't want
people TO give me their money.
Now, there's another little scheme
that worked so easy ! bad to quit it,
You see that bottle of blue ink on the
table? ] tattooed an anchor on the
back Of my hand and went to bank
and told 'em was Admiral Dewey's
nephew. They offered to cash my
draft on him for thousand. but |
didn't know my uncle's first name. 1t
shows. though. what an easy town it
is. AS for burglars. they won't go in
a house now unless there's hot sup
per ready and q few college students
10 wait on 'em.
Monty" says when Silver had
Stacked ND. s.you may have Manhat-
tan correctly Disseminated in your
perorative. but / doubt it. I've only
been lii town two hours, but 1t don't
dawn upon me that it's ours with a
cherry In I'll There amt enough rus
in urbe about ii to suit me. I'd be a
good deal much better satisfied If the
had straw or more in their
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-18
The BABES IN
The JUNGLE.
smooth CRATER From the West
Gets Rapid In New York.
Ry o. HENRY
BY .. HENRY.
copyright 1870 by Doubleday, Page &
Company.l

40AVf ny rage q
CompanyI
Montague Silver. the finest street
man and art CRATER in the west, saws
10 me once in Little Rock: IF you
ever lose your mind. Billy. and get
TOO Old to do honest swindling among
grown men go to New York. In the
west a sucker is born every minute.
out in New York they appear in
chunks of roe You can't count 'em"
Two years afterward | found that |
couldn't remember the names of the
Russian admirals, and | noticed some
gray hairs over my left ear. So |
knew the time had arrived for me to
take Silyer's advice
| struck New York about noon one
day and took walk up Broadway.
And / run against Silver himself, all
encompassed UP in a spacious kind of
haberdashery. leaning against hotel
and rubbing the half moons on his
nails with a silk handkerchief.
"Paresis or superaunuated?" | asks
him.
Hello, Billy" says Silver; I'm glad
to see you. Yes. it seemed to me that
the west was accommodating little too
much wfseness. I've been saving New
York for dessert. / know it's a low
down trick to take things from these
people. They only know this and that
and pass TO and fro and think ever
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-18

Europe to buy just thought about
it. He cabled me today that it amt
to be found in all Italy. I'd pay $780,
600 tomorrow for that picture yes,
$4,000. | give the agent la carte in
purchasing it, cannot understand
why the art galleries will allow De
Vinchy to-
why. Mr.. Morgan" says Klein. Il
thought you owned all of the De
vinchy paintings!1'
What is the picture like. Mr. Nor
GAM" asks Silver. 1T must be as big
as the side of the Flatiron building"
I'm afraid your art education is on
the bum. Mr.. Silver. says Morgan
THE picture Ii ~ By AZ inches, and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-18
Mayor pahIman Of Omaha.

James Charles Dahlman, ex-cowboy.
twice elected mayor of Omaha. who
won the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination at the recent primaries.
has been picturesque figure in poll
tics for many years. Formerly he was
warm supporter of William j. Bryan.
but they have drifted apart on the
liquor question. Mr.. Bryan is an ad-
vocate of county option in dealing
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-18
More Civic Rivalry.

Squire Durnitt- We don't have any
burglaries in LonelyyiIle, and you've
had half dozen or more in your town.
Uncle Welby Gosh of Drearyhurst-
Their amt nothin' ID your blamed old
town that's with stealin'. an the bur.
glars all know 1t, Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-18

Rather peculiar chain Of cfrcum.
stances that placed Ray Bowerman In
the executive chair of the state of Ore
gon. His elevation came about In this
way: Governor Chamberlain, a Demo
crat, was elected four years ago. Sub
sequently he was chosen United States
senator and took his seat In January,
1909. The constitution of Oregon pro-
vides, there being no lieutenant gov
ernor, that the secretary of state shall
become chief executive in the event of a
vacancy. the next in the line Of success
sion being the president of the senate.
On the retirement of Mr.. Chamber
lain Secretary of State Frank w. Ben
son became governor, but few months
ago his health failed, and Mr.. Bower
man, who was president of the senate,
became acting governor Recently he
was Endorsed at a conference of the
Republican party for governor. but his
candidacy is subject to ratification at
the primaries
Mr. Bowerman began his career as a
farm hand. following that vocation
until he had accumulated enough mon
ey to pay his way through Willamette
university He took up the study Of
law and was admitted to the bar at
the age of twenty. 1t is possible that
after the next election he will be the
real governor instead of only acting in
that capacity.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-18

It Is called Loves idle Hour 1t rep
resents number of cloak models do
ing the tWostep on the bank of a pur
pie river The cablegram said it might
have been brought to this country Ny
collection will never be complete with
out that picture Well. 50 long. gents.
US 1nanciers must keep early hours"
Mr.. Morgan and Klein went away to-.
gether in a cab. Me and Silver talked
about how simple and unsuspecting
great people was. and Silver said what
shame it would be to try to rob a
man like Mr.. Morgan. and said
thought it would be rather imprudent
myself Klein proposes a stroll after
dinner, and me and him and Silver
walks down toward Seventh avenue to
see the sights. Klein sees a pair of
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-09-29
Looks That Way

While the occasion is not one for
fippancy, says the Whitehorse
Star, the fact that two big gold
dust robberies, one from the Alas
ka-Pacifc express and the other
= =.
from the mail, took place practic-
ally simultaneously, it might not
be out OF order to suggest that the
:. Gold Dust Twins had been busy.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-09-29
Ketchikan Term OF Court

The announcement is made that
the Ketchikan term of couft will
convene, Monday, October a..
This will be the first regular term
of court for Judge Lyons in this
district. The bind over cases from
WrangeH will be Tied at ketchi-
kan.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-09-29
Board Of Equalization
Meeting

Notice is hereby given, that the
assessment books Of the Town of
Wrangell, Alaska, for the year
1910, have been completed by the
Assessor, and are now open for in
spection at the office oil, c. Pate
naude, Town Treasurer
The Common Council Of the
Town of Wrangell, District of Al
aska, will sit as a Board of Equali-
cation at the Council Chambers,
Patenaude building, in said Town,
on Monday and Tuesday, October
3rd and 4th, 1910, from o'clock
p. m, to 4 o'clock p. M, of each
day, and again on Thursday and
Saturday, October 10th and 22nd,
respectively, at same hours as on
preceding days,
Anyone desiring a reduction on
the assessment of his or her prop
erty shall make and file with the
Board of Equalization written ap-
plication therefor, verified by their
oath, showing the facts upon which
it is claimed such reduction should
be made.
Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, this
22nd day of September, 1910,
E. WoRDEN,
Town Clerk.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-09-29
FISHING TACkLE---the. salts

factory kind, everything needed,
rods, reels, lines, hooks, leaders,
baskets, ETC., at Patenaude's.
Cheney is prepared to do photo
work of all kinds.
Dave Lewis and. wife arrived ov-
cr on the Uncle Dan from Klawok
where they have been during the
fishing season.
Virginia Clark is attending the
Juneau high school.
Patenaude carries the best in
Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, and
Smokers supplies in general.
For first class pictures of your
self or your best girl, see Cheney.
STORAGE BATTERIES, guaran-
teed not TO sulphate. Cheaper than
dry cells. Come in and see us
about 'em. Wrangell Light and
Power Company, at Power House.
Monday was steamboat day this
week, four vessels being in during
the twenty-four hours.
]. A. Mason and wife are over
from Metkoff. They are guests at
the Wrangell hotel.
The Uncle Dan took out a big
crowd of hunters to North Arm
yesterday.
Fred Leonard and his fishing
outfit have been in port the greater
part of the week making a ship
ment of fish.
Jack Mantle reports good success
halibut fishing. He made a ship
ment of five boxes of fish on Mon
day.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-09-29

Barrow, the most northerly vii
lage in Alaska, has a population of
$50, all native with the exception
of eight whites. The native school
has an attendance of S..
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-09-29

The phone line between the
Wrangell, Hotel and Moen's dairy
is up and ready for business.
Harry Gartley, Cash Coulter and
Orval Palmer report fair luck dur
ing their hunt on the flats last
week.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-09-29
I!|)T(.z]EE'::sS TO

impaired or poor diees-
ton is responsible for pro-
badly IS per cent of the
ills of human kind.
BY removing the cause
Digesto cures the ills.
You'll never regret try
ing a bottle Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Departmental League standing to date
MATCH FOR TURNER.
Joe Takes on Lynch at Baltimore
Next Friday.

Joe Turner. the local mat artist. and
Frank Lynch. a grappler of reputation.
who halls from Baltimore, have signed
articles for bout to take place in the
Monumental city next Friday evening.
Pat OConner of this city was selected
from a large field of entries to act as
referee, and as both men are reported
to be in the best of condition rafting
good contest is sure to take place.
Joe returned to the city yesterday after
a very successful tour of the neighboring
states He looks to be in the best of
health, and says that his physical con-
dition was never better. He stated that
as he has defeated such wrestlers as
Harvey Parker, Young Monday and
Swanson, he stands ready to meet any
of the middleweight mat artists of the
country.
Turner. according to newspaper re-
ports, made quite reputation for himself
down in Lynchburg, Va, where he met
and defeated a number of the wrestlers OF
that city and vicinity. His only defeat
was at the hands of Ed Adamnson, but
in a return match Joe proved the bet
ter man.
His ability and sauareness made big
hit with the sporting fraternity of that
Virginia town, and he stated that he is
booked for several more bouts to take
place in Lynchburg after his go in
Baltimore this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
RIVERDALE ATHLETES.
Harvey Smith to Look After the
Runners in Coming Meets.

RIVERDAI.E, Md, January 29.-At a
meeting Of the Riverdale Athletic Asso-
citation held in the old Calvert mansion
here Tuesday evening. Manager Harvey
E. Smith Of the track team was further
complmented by being elected captain of
the team. Manager-Captain Smith served
in the same capacity during the season
ers from practically green lot of men.
The outlook this year is exceptionally
bright, Notwithstanding the fact that
Harry Knight. member of last years
relay team, has gone to the Washington
Young Mems Christian Association, and
Causey Morris, one of the associations
sprinters, has gone to the Maryland Agri-
cultural College. The men who are re-
lied upon to do good work this year are
Harvey E. Smith, Fred Tansill, Walter
Middlekoff. Edwin Morris and James Ket-
ner. These will try for the relay team.
Louis Knight and Allen Hobson are being
groomed for the distance events, and
Smith, Tansill and Middlekof are ex-
pected to take part in the sprints. Man
for the various events, and will not do
SO until he can get a line on several
youngsters upon whom he has his trained
eye. Some of the Riverdale athletes will
be entered in the George Washington.
Georgetown and Federal games. A new
feature of the association is the addition
of a cross-country club, and there are
several men who give promise of making
good showing in these runs, several
Of which are planned as soon as the
weather breaks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
said he would lay $50, 900 to s.. ZOO against

said he would lay $4,000 to s.. 900 against
Hermit-that he would do so once, twice.
three times, four times. five times and six
times. 1t was as If a thunderbolt had
fallen, and then every one present looked
toward Machell. and after few moments
pause he quietly but firmly informed the
duke that he would take the full amount
that is. 100000 to Sao,oW. The end of
this wager was rather tame. for later In
the evening the duke offered a nice sum
to have the bet Cancelled, but Machell
refused. Next day. however. he took a
different view Of the situation, for he de-
clared the bet of altogether.
generation earlier George, fourth Earl
of Glasgow. fourshed. and though he
was notorious plunger he was the worst
kind of loser and a testy sort of
sportsman at the best. He did Some
heavy betting over the ST. Leger in 1924,
and after he balanced up his accounts. he
found that he was a winner to the
amount Of $4,000. but he lost slaS.OoO
over the Derby in 1927. when he laid
long odds against the winner. Manfeluke.
There is story told of Lord Glasgow
having jumped upon the table at the Star
Hotel. Doncaster the night before the
st. Leger of 1923 and offering 25 to !
against Brutander in thousands. John
Gully getting a big slice OF the odds on
the spot.
Some years later Lord Glasgow and
Lord George Bentinck were constant OPP
ponents in the plunging line. Whenever
the least opportunity arose they wagered
against each other. Lord Bentick had a
horse named Gaper In the Derby OF 1913.
and the night before the race he strolled
into Cockford's to make a few wagers
Cockford's was in st. James street and In
those days was the great haunt of the
plungers. Lord Glasgow who happened
to be there, said he was willing to lay
eco. 000-something like 50,000-at odds
Of 3 to against Gaper. The size of the
bet staggered Lord Bentinck and for once
in his life he had to take water by adj
hitting that the sum was a little larger
than he expected.
The second Marquis of Exeter was an
other of the big turfmen who liked to dc
some plunging occasionally, and he did IL
in the most offnand manner. One day al
Newmarket he walked up to the betting
ring and asked for Mr.. Davies. He meant
Leviathan Davies, a bookmaker. who al
the time handled the biggest bets on the
turf and was well known to all the noble
men. On Davies making his appearance
Exeter asked him how much he would
lay against his horse who happened tc
be running in one of the races. Davies
told his lordship $4,000 to $4,000, and
the figures being satisfactory. the book
maker was told to jot them down, after
which Exeter strolled away to the pad
dock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
NOBLE PLUNGERS
SPENT FORTUNES
English Turf Enthusiasts of
Last Century Were
Mad Bett0rS.

In these days when you hear of man
making bet of $4,000 on horse race
you are apt to throw up your hands In
surprise. but there were times. especially
in connection with the English turf, when
such a wager would be considered mere
chid's play and unworthy of notice. The
sixties, and perhaps for a generation ear
lier, might be characterized as the golden
age of the plungers, for a string OF bets is
on record for that period which complete
ly dwarfs anything since or before.
These were the days OF the Marquis of
Hastings and the Duke of Hamilton. while
somewhat earlier were the Earl of Gias-
gov, the Marquis of Exeter, Leviathan
Davies, Lord George Bentnick and several
others OF this brigade of reckless plung-
ers undoubtedly the most remarkable
character was the Marquis of Hastings.
whose short life was one continuous
romance of the maddest plunging. 1t
could be said of him that he was a born
plunger for he let no event Of note pass
without wagering on it,
When he was about twenty-five years of
age and at the heyday of his career, ne
owned a crack two-year-old flly named
Lady Elizabeth and she held a nomina-
ton for all the big three-year-old classics.
For the first few times she carried SILK
the lilly was ialffy SUCCESSFUL, ana eio
marquis thought he saw in her a chance
to retrieve his waning fortune. The
climax of her two-year-old season came
in the Middle Park plate. Then, as now,
the race was considered the two-year-old
derby. Lady Elizabeth was a splendid
animal to the eye. and for the test her
trainer had her in the best possible fettle,
and at the same time he informed the
owner that she was a sure winner. and.
acting on the advice, he backed her for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
STRIKES AND SPARES.

Highest individual sets: Myers 642;
Jones. GAO. Sherwood, 639.
Highe;t individual games: Jones' z46;
Brosman. "a. Swaggart, pa.
Greatest number of strikes: Field, 1914 +:
Brosnan. 1873: Miller. l57.
Greatest number OF spares: Ward, 2l3;
O'Donnell, los; Miller. US
Greatest number of strikes and spares.
Miller. 1o7-2o5. Field. 164-l93: Brosnan.
1G;-l92.
The big leagues had a week of, the City
Bowling Association tournament holding
the boards.
Warren had totals of 1903 121 and l1S In
the Easterners-Immacula games An
awfully clever duckpin bowler when GO
ing good.
Utz Of the Columbia League had totals
of 113, 10 and 40 in the Indians Buffalos
games. Better watch that Indian, he's
getting bad.
Essex of the Warriors bowled 1873. 2ii
a1-l 173 against the Interiors. That III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
GEORGETOWN GETS STAR.
Flannery of Mount st. Mary's En-
tiers Local School.

Satisfaction was expressed on all sides
at Georgetown University yesterday when
il was announced that Tub Flannery
Of Pittsburg, Pa. for number of years
one of the star tackles of the Mount st.
Mary College foot ball team at Emmitts-
burg, Md, had entered the collegiate de-
partment of the local institution. He Is
friend of skip Wymard. the all-south-
ern tackle, whose work on the Blue and
Gray last fall gained such wide notoriety,
and it is through the influence of the lat
ter that he decided to come to the hilltop
school.
Flannery is big lad. weighing 1SC
pounds, and standing six feet in height
He has had a varied experience on the
gridiron. and should come in handy at
Georgetown for a lineman next fall. His
build Is also an ideal one for rowing, and
1t is rumored that he will imnledia tely
take up crew work in order to keep in
condition for gridiron performance an
other season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
COMMERCIAL DUCKP|N
LEAGUE AVERAGES
Woodward & Lothrop Quint
Continues in Lead-Mar-
shall Best Individual.

BY It's consistent bowling the Wood
ward and Lothrop quint Of the CONNER
cial Duckpin League Is still holding first
place in the race for the 19O9-10 pennant.
No change of much moment has taken
place since the averages were last pub
lished The Peoples Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company's team won its three
games last week and by doing so it
gained several points in the percentage
column which resulted in tie for fourth
position between this team and the ag-
gregation from Kings Palace.
The Woodward and Lothrop five, by
their recent rolling are sure to give the
teams lower in the race long and hard
run. Their good bowling of late has
slightly increased their percentage, and
it requires only the work. of their recent
contests 10 land them at the top when
the final whistle is heard. This team has
lost but ten of its thirty-nine games, and
its percentage of IA is a good one. This
aggregation also leads by a good margin
in the team averages" with an average
of 40. thirteen points better than the
Washington Tobacco Company, which is
Holding second position in this respect
In the standing of the teams it can be
seen that The pin-spillers from the shoe
establishment of William Hahn and Com
pdIS are sui IOlulHS second
and that the representatives of the
Washington Tobacco Company are in
third place.
Marshall, of the Peoples Mutual Life
Insurance Company's team, is the in
dividual leader of the league, and his
teammate, Chiswell, is the next best
bowler. Marshalls average is 1912 for
twenty-four games, while Chiswell has
99.1S for the same number of contests.
There are a number of men In this or
ganization who have good marks. and
each team possesses one or more of them.
NJ. l.. Robey of the Goldenberg team is
still the holder of the high game and
high set marks. His high game. which
has been mentioned before in these COL
umns is 1876 and his high set mark Of
3iI still stands.
The Woodward and Lothrop team leads
III the greatest number of strikes and
spares made by one team. These boys
have made fifty-three strikes and 252
spares. Sengstack OF the Kings Palace
team. and Draeger of the Palais Royal
quint are tied for the individual honors
of the greatest number of strikes. Each
man has cleaned the alleys on twelve
occasions. Geier of the Hahn team has
mace nfty-nine spares and leads in this
respect.
Following are the official averages: