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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

There was no practical metnOd of ap-
plying weights or force sufficient to
restrain the great pressure coming up
from the depths Of the earth; and had
1t been possible to do 80. the destruc-
ton Of the casing and the ruin Of the
we'll would probably nave resulted.
Such a problem had never been pre-
scented to oil men before. But. after
many efforts. 1t was solved, and the
solution seemed as simple as it was
efficient
Working in a shower of oil, large
number of men built rapidly around
the top of the we'll huge bank. which
was buttressed with stones and with
sacks of sand and earth. This tank
filled quickly with oil. into which the
stream of petroleum from the we'll was
shot With all its speed and force
the outflow could make its way but q
few feet above the springy mass OF
impounded soil.
Thus the monster was fettered. The
conquered pressure now expands Its
final energy in kissing and writhing
making the oil tank boil like some
huge caldron. A small river Of oil
flows as gently as a brook from the
we'll to the reservoirs.
At first 1t was impossible to ap
proach the we'll nearer than a mile
without being spattered with OIL PEG
pie who Travelled from all parts of the
state to see the gusher watched Il
from adjacent hills. Now visitors car
go within few feet of the well. They
are watched constantly by more thar
score of guards, whose princiI.a
business 1t Is to see that there are n.
lighted cigars or matches that nigh
start conflagration.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
DAIRY NOTES.

The dairy cows ration should be
governed by her ability to turn 1t to
profit
Strong, thrifty calves cannot be ex.
pected from cows that have been fed
starvation rations for a few months
before calving.
Certain foods known to possess lax
alive qualities should have a place in
every dairyman's ration for his cows,
especially II dry foods are largely
utilized in feeding them.
The mixer who will thump a COW
for sQuirming under the attack of flies
ought to be hoisted out Of the barn
on the toe OF the dairyman's boots.
Why should the hired man be ex-
pected to work ten hours or more in
the harvest field and then while hot
and dirty. tackle the milking Job?
In some states, the law is that all
milk after July / must be pasteurized
before leaving the creamery. In Den
mark, milk Is pasteurized at all times.
Need not expect cows to keep up the
milk flow during the tail-end of sum-
mer unless you have plenty Of soiling
crops to feed. Dead grass does not
produce milk
A f1ve-dollar bill will buy a detec-
tive in the form of Babcock tester.
which will show up every COW in the
herd that does not earn her keep.
After the roasting ears have been
picked the stalks and leaves will taste
mighty good to the COWS.
Keep the calves clean and comfort
able. They are the cattle of next
year and animal comfort means ami
NAL growth.
1t Is just as wasteful to feed too
little as 1t Is to feed to much. and
wasteful methods cannot be afforded
now by anyone.
The dairyman who takes his money
out OF the savings bank to build a silo
makes a good investment of idle can
ital.
The chemist cannot find that silo
adds anything to the nutritive ele-
ments In cornstalk, but 1t does add
palatability and this counts for a
great deal.
II you have six COWS and no senara-
tor, sell one of the COWS and buv a
separator. You will save work ana
make money by the deal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

The new postal savings bank sys-
tenn will soon be in partial opera
tion at least. The government has on
hand 100000 Of the stamps which
can be sold at ten cents each, with
the cards to which they are to be at
tached. The cards also cost ten cents
each. 80 when a card has nine stamps
amxed the whole may be turned in
TO represent = deposit of one dollar.
Such an arrangement encourages
small savings, the aggregate OF which
may become very large.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

that Jacks pastimes are Q
wholesouled, healthful sort
refresh him In mind and
as well as amuse him.
plays a most important part
ilghter side of life in the An
navy, both as the accompanim
the frolics of all kinds and as
tertainer In itself.
The foremost factor In the 7
resources of a U. s. warship
course, the ships band whic
number anywhere from a dozen
teen pieces and Is made up {
regularly enlisted as musicians
bandsmen. perhaps because IL
vote their entire time to the I
vocation and have ample oppo
for practise are almost inv
skilled musicians and their en-
work Is excellent. Not only
play on all festal occasions O
board and In the parades on sh
their music Is also brought
QUESTION at times to hearten j
his work, notably on the occa
the always arduous chore Of "
ship" While the bluejackets,
grimy. are hosting the fuel
the band Is stationed on de-
coursing the liveliest airs to
their spirits from tagging.
The band also gives daily c
on board. sometimes several
day. but probably the one that
joyed most by the Jackies Is
cital at the noon hour for half {
following the midday meal.
lections are almost always of IL
enlivening character,-waltze
two steps,-and numbers of IL
dance on deck during this inte1
deed, there Is no more pict1
spectacle in the routine of ma
than that afforded by the tars
white duck uniforms circling
md round the cleared space
forward deck, the smooth boz
which make an ideal dancing
The bluejackets have their O
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
Best Garden Soil,

After all the market is more i'm
portant than the soil. II an ideal soil
(sandy loam) for gardening purposes
is far remote from a good market 1t
IL difncult to be financially successful.
If. on the other hand, the soil is quite
unfavorable, but near a good market
and available supply of manure it is
comparatively easy to make a flnan-
cial success Of market gardening. 1t
is important. however to select soils
which are naturally loose and friable
II mixed line Of gardening il to be
followed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

well known to the world. 1t Il
as Lakeview No. 1. For some
It has been spouting forth a.,
erage Of $4,000 barrels of oil, worth
IS cents a barrel where 1t gushes
from the earth.
This extraordinary well has an in
teresting history. Its sinking was be-
gun In the summer Of 1909. and by
October a depth Of nearly 1900 feet
had been reached. At that point the
drill encountered an enormous pres
sure. which forced earth, gravel, and
rock upward In the hole for a dis
lance of several feet. New wells are
often filled in that way. the matter
forced upward in the tube being so
loose that 1t can be removed with q
bailer. In the present case. however.
the well was packed 30 tightly that
redrilling was necessary.
Sometimes the drillers would gain
on the pressure In the earth; at other
times they would lose. The result
was that In Eve months, or to March
IL, 1910. the net increase in depth
of the bore was only so feet. The
we'll had been sunk into an oil sand
but 1t was believed that by going
to a greater depth the chance OF
securing large flow Of oil would be
increased. Finally. however. when
Ave months work had accomplished
no greater result than Is often gained
in single day under ordinary. cir
cumstances. the directors Of the com
pSny owning the Lakeview we'll de
cided that 1t would be unwise to try
to drill farther. The local superin
tendent, accordingly, was instructed
to stop drilling and to permit the wei
to begin producing at the deptl
reached.
OIL Came With a Roar.
When the message was delivered
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
Necessity for CIeanIIne.s

The pen of breeding fowls should be
furnished with clean nests and the
eggs gathered with clean hands. No
grease or oil Of any kind must touch
them. Eggs should be gathered fire.
quently and stored in mild and not
too dry place to prevent them from
chilling and losing moisture. They
should be turned daily while held a I'd
set as soon as possible. Fresh eggs
are most fertile.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

France is to equip It's army with a
new rife at trifling cost Of 1920, O00,-
900. Meanwhile the military authori-
ties are carrying on experiments with
airships, which are expected to play
an important part in war hereafter. II
battles are to be fought high In air
Of what practical value will be the
costly new frearm7
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Uncle Sam Is going to build a barb
wire fence 1000 miles long on his
southern border. For a respectable
lady smuggler such a device would be
oven harder to beat than a pier full
of custom house inspectors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

when . time comes lot reia'
and diversion. That they nav
ability to play hard as well as to
hard is most apparent to any
who watches the bluejackets c
their leisure moments either afl'
ashore, and the best part or
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

A woman In New York cut on her
Husbands ear because he annoyed her
By talking too much. That shows the
illogical and inconseQuent nature OF
woman. II man had been in her
place. he would have cut OF the Of
Tending tongue
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

On the hottest day Of the year New
York authorities received bids for the
removal Of snow. II 1t had been put
to a vote Of the sweltering citizens.
they would have unanimously re-
solved. II only snow would come Just
then. to let It stay.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

New York chews more gum than
any other city. we are told. II it's
really true. New York must know how
10 chew and talk at the same time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

A Pennsylvania woman found 5000
pearl In an oyster she was eating in a
hotel dinner. From which 1t Is to be
inferred that the pearlhshery season
= fairly opened.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Good old authority says that it's
impossible to tell all the stars, but
Uncle Sans experts have catalogued
them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

A New Jersey rag picker in one
week found $1,000 worth Of jewelry
In old clothes. Moral-sift your old
clothing before sending 1t to the rag
picker.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

For some time to come, however.
the popular way of crossing the Alps
will be by means of the tunnel under
them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Having discovered and excoriated
he meanest man, what shall be said
q the woman who Is charged with
appropriating and pawning her neigh
boris false teeth?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Somebody suggests that the United
States should go into the business of
coining half pennies. They might come
IN handy to put into children's banks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

A New York lunacy commission is
stumped by the question: Is a man
insane because he reads his paper up
side down. Well-er-was it a New
York paperf
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

The average driver of sprinkling
cart, as perhaps you have observed,
always becomes fiendishly active just
before a heavy rainstorm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

american women make poor
wives" says an English writer. Yes.
= foreign husband can make an Amer
acan wife poor, in short order.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

A Wyoming girl recently killed a
coyote by beating 1t with a riding
whip. II you meet a Wyoming girl
With a riding whip be polite to her.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Occasionally, when the weather
man predicts partly cloudy" he is
breaking 1t to you gently that rain
tall Of an inch or more impends.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Sometimes 1t does seem that every
body in the world Is calling every
body else liar, and nobody knows
whom to believe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

We have read the new football
rules and have arrived joyfully at the
conclusion that the grand old game
will still be the antithesis of a pink
tea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

And II you do find baseball in heav-
IN. and II the umpires manage to
get there, too, how do you expect to
express your opinion Of them?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

1t is reported from New Jersey that
= COW wrecked an aeroplane. 1t must
have been the same COW that jumped
over the moon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
The FISH is the real father of lies.

weather than aeroplanes In the high
or attitudes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

1t may be old fashioned. but never
theless we cling to the notion that a
revolver is something that no man
carries for any good purpose.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Now we are told that fiat life will
cause us to round out existence In
lunatic asylum.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Cincinnati surgeons are going to
amprtate a citizens six-inch nose. but
not by keeping 1t on the grindstone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
r1uSil in the United States NAVY

HE enlisted men in the
United States navy
work hard upon occa-
sion and it Is conse-
auently only right that
they should play hard
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

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use of
but with
possible.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
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vitality gone despised q saxIr
Wit 49,
fighters brings the benefit 80 re pox
spending the that during the days
when the stress q batlo
other wo4o
ticket Cn HoW 49,
place ~ feaa
iminary for
lightweight the world has L.
type other
receive
Fighting Dick" Nelson who refused
the sixth round
from the ring with the conviction last forced
m battle fought @5
Lavign the who ell but knocked out Joe wslcc n ns ps1
school He ready for another benefit
when Nelson's manager
victory Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
LIVELY Time At
ELKS' SMOKER

Sparring six lively rounds with
his training partner. Hume Duval,
Vic McLaglen, the 200-pound boxer
and wrestler, who fought six
lcunds with Jack Johnson at Van
cOuver year ago to a no-decision
draw, was easily the prize attrac-
ton at the Elks' smoker last night.
Aside from the sparring match with
rounds lasting two minues each,
McLaglen and Duval struck poses
Under the spotlight in several of
the famous boxing positions and
and wrestling holds.
Other attractions at the smoker
were the Orsie-Bracken bout; a
two-round go between Wild Bill
Mccarthy and Charles Carman;
four rounds by Noel Smith and
Bob Bake; weight lifting, boxing
and wrestling contest between
Frank Roth and George Labst, (the
Gold Dust Twins), and Pauline, the
famous hynotist from the Pantages
theater,. put on some of his work.
Referee Bob Lee stopped the
Mccarthy Carman bout before the
end of the second round, when big
Wild Bill, from the East Side Ath'
lctic club, was on the verge of put
ting Carman to the bad.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10

~ came up from Middlefield to
see q baseball game here 18 or 20
years ago." says Jack Thompson. II
don't remember much about it ex-
cept that Jimmy Calvin was pitch
ing for Pittsburg, and that the
score at the end of the eighth in
ming was 8 to against them.
'In the ninth the home team got
careless and the Pittsburgs filled
the bases. With two out and Gal
win at bat, the crowd was in rare
good humor, and called the batter
Dad Papa and even 'Grandpop.'
"'Put 'em over!' the fans yelled
to the pitcher. Calvin had already
struck out three times. He kept on
swinging at the ball in a lazy, in
different way. Some way, though,
in this ninth inning, he managed
to hit it and the ball went to the
center field fence for a home run,
winning the game.
81 trudged along behind the Pitts
burg bus after the battle was over.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
FIVE NILE ROAD
RACE FROM Y.M.C.A.

Another Of the series Of b.
weekly Y. M. c. A. five mile handi-
CAP road races will be run under
the direction of Coach Terway OF
the Y. M. c. A. Saturday after
noon. The Monroe street course
will likely be chosen for the race.
Handicaps are as follows: Peter
Terway must start at scratch, ].
Beauchamp receives half minute
handicap, Lavell, Doris. Cameron.
A. Merrill, H. Merrill, Hoffman and
Wenck receive one minute handi-
cap, and P. G. Hyperion, D. Hup-
perton, Eillmers. Demmer. Marsh,
Lutes, Gibson. Edwards and CLARK
will be given a handicap of one and
a half minutes.
The race will start in front OF
the Y. M. c. A. at $3.50 o'clock
and none but members Of the 7.
M. C. A. will be permitted to enter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
~ ADDIE JOSS

It wasn't SO many years ago that
most everyone. twirlers included,
were under the impression that the
fast high ball was the most effec-
tive delivery pitcher could use.
The old saying, keep them close
and right around the neck" de-
rived its origin from this style Of
pitching and the twirler who had
command enough to put the ball
there was more than ordinarily
successful. -,
In recent years, though, twirlers
have been working on just the op-
posite theory and successfully, too.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
STRONG HOPES FOR
OAKLAND TEAM
(sy United Press Leased Wire)

(6y United Press Leased Wire)
OAKLAND. CAL, Feb. 10.-Harry
Wolverton, who will manage the
Oakland club OF the Pacific Coast
league during the coming season.
conferred today with President
Walters and outlined the campaign
for the pennant the Oaklanders will
make this year.
Wolverton gave glowing accounts
of the ability of the players he se-
cured in the east to bolster up the
locals. He Is sanguine that his club
will finish near the front In the
flag race.
The new manager has the ap-
pearance of real ball player and
has an enviable record as player
manager Following his departure
from the National league. Wolver-
ton led the Williamsport club of the
Tristate league to victory In 1907
and 1908. Last year, with the New
ark club of the Eastern leogue, he
finished second In grueling race
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
TWO WAYS TO COUNT
FIGHTER OUT IN RING

down as If he'd been kicked by an
ostrich.
1.-THE referee took his time get,
ting to the fallen man and then be-
gan, WAN He continued a soto
voce conversation with the harp
like this: Fer tn love of Mike get
up, We scalpeen. Amt yez got any
pride at all. at all, lying there like
a hod of mort? Two. We unregin-
crate scut, il We don't get up in a
minute I'll kick in tn Stats of yez.
Three. Get up, We dirthy A. P. A.
Ye disgrace tn County Mayo wild
tn way We act. Here's the loyal
sons of st. Patrick wit their eyes,
on We, and We lay there on the flure
like a sack of cement. Get up, We
mutt. Foor.' ~
''As he counted four the Irishman
arose and rushed into a clinch,
stalling around until his head
cleared sufficiently for him to stand
off his opponent. A.
1.-THE fight was pretty even for
three or four rounds, but all of a
sudden the harp slipped one over
to the other fellows jaw that car
ried the stuff with it, and down
went Mr.. Smoke.
"The referee, who was across the
ring as the fellow fell, skipped over
on the jump and you should have
heard him: Wan, two, three. foor,
foive, and foive is tin he counted,
as fast as he could spit out the
words, while the astonished darkey,
who could have regained his feet,
looked up astonished, as the Irish
mans hand was raised and he was
declared the victor"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
MODERN PITCHING. BARS


When the matter is delved into q
little there soon becomes apparent
few reasons why this should be-.
In the first place the batters were
accustomed to the fast high ball
pitching simply because they had
been up against this style Of de-
livery SO long that they had learn
ed, in q measure, to solve 1t.
No doubt, the one great thing
that tipped the pitchers off to the
fact that the low fast ball was 60
ing to be mighty effective was the
way the hitters stabbed at the
splitter" when that ball first be-
came generally used. .T
The damp fling" artists soon
realized that this style of delivery
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
The HIGH FAST SHOOT

Fas most effective when they sue
feeded in breaking the ball low.
Naturally this tipped off to the
other twirlers that the low ball. was
gong to be, the thing the batters
feafed. And 1t was not long until
very few were using the old fast
high one,
Another reason why this style of
pitching has become so effective is
because it is much harder to see a
low fast ball, especially towards
the latter part of the game, when
1T is beginning to get little dark.
Any time, a team is opposed by a
twirler who has good command
and of low fast ball that he can
alternate with fair breaking
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10
SPOKANE INDIANS may PLAY
'K|0 UNIVERSITY Of JAPAN

President Joe Cohn of the Spo-
kane Indians is considering max
ing the baseball team from the Kio
university of japan a proposition
to come to Spokane for short Sc
ries of games with the 1910 In
.dians during the latters' training
season this spring. When Cohn
was appraised of the fact that Presl-
dent Comiskey of the Chicago
White Sox had signed a contract to
play a series of games with Kio
university in California during the
training season, Cohn said:
well, COmiskey can't put it on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10

curve. it's a cinch he is going to
be a mighty tough proposition to
beat.
When the Athletics and Giants
were struggling for the worlds
championship in 1905 Bender, who
won the only game the American
league champions annexed, used
practically nothing but low fast
ball all that day.
The game was played on the
Polo grounds and from about the
fourth inning on 1t was simply Inn
possible to hit the "big fellow" As
one of the Giants afterwards said.
I'VE had a swell chance to hit the
big Indian. Why, we couldn't even
see the ball, let alone hit it,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10

the Indians bit. I will certainly
be pleased to play a series of
games with the Japanese team
about the middle Of March or the
first of April. There is bunch Of
the boys who would like to meet
them, too, and If any satisfactory
arrangements can be made we will
give them a co."
Some Of the local fans are al
ready enthusiastic with the pros
poets and are urging the Jap
teams manager be communicated
with Immediately for the purpose
of fixing up the meet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-10

Last racing season at Santa
Anita, Pinkerton Detective Sey-
mour received letter from Billy
Pinkerton to drive out three fell
lows who had appeared upon the
scene. Seymour was about to
cdfry out orders when friends of
the suspects vouched that the
men intended to make book only
and would pull off nothing crook
ed. After much persuasion Sey-
mour agreed. I'm just doing this
orE my own hook and you fellows
better keep straight" were Sey-
mour's orders. The crooks had
a vich boob" ON their string and
were making book for him. They
lost steadily. One day George
Rose, Sam Shane, Barney Schrei-