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The Lamar register., 1910-07-27
LEFTY" LElFIELD TELLS
HOW HE GOT HIS START
AS A BASEBALL PLAYER
BY LEFTY" LEiFiELD.

Copyright. 1910. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The first ambition | ever had out
side of owning a new breech-loading
shotgun was to become professional
pitcher. | used to play hockey from
school in st. Louis and lay for balls
outside the fence in order to get into
the grounds and see the old Browns
play ball. From the time I was nine
nears old l was playing ball all the
time. and hardly had time to go to
school. The only reason. think. that
l decided to go to the academy was
that they had good ball club and
thought might get a chance to pitch
for them. or play the outfield. I played
with half dozen boys teams before
! finally got to be q pitcher on the Red
Stars. which was one OF the best ball
clubs | ever saw. That season ! won
20 out Of 81 games and learned more
about pitching every day. had
good curve and some idea OF how to use
1t. think I learned more watching
The" Breitenstein pitch than in any
other way. used to study what he
was doing and then go out and try the
same things on the boys against whom
was pitching. When I wasn't pitch
ing played the outfield. for. although
no one who looks at my average will
believe 1t. used to be hitter In those
days. After a time I got into some
Trolley league games and began really
to learn something about pitching. I
guess felloy learns more by making
mistakes thai ne does in any other
way. That was the way with me.
Whenever anyone beat me sat down
and figured out how 1t happened. and
never forgot those things. Iu 1902 !
got to Joplin. Mo-. as a pitcher. There
was lot Of opposition to my going out
before l escaped. but | went and. hav-
ing gone on my own responsibility. I
was doubly anxious to make good. SO
that the boys at home could not laugh
at me when | got back.
That summer think was the hard
est work Of my life. No one ever
studied anything as hard as studied
baseball. There were times when
was ready to run home and go to work
at anything else. but stuck to It.
Sometimes ! thought I never would
make pitcher. To my surprise be-
gan to get better. and get away with
things because I was doing more think
ing about what was doing had hit
upon the secret of pitching. had
learned that curves ard speed are not
everything. and that everything de-
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27
LAJ0IE, WITH 400. LEADS
HIS LEAGUE IN BATTING

Following Its annual custom. the
American league has issued midsum-
mer Official averages In batting. giving
a correct line on the standing up to
and including games OF July 4. La
joie held the honors with an average
OF 403. with Cobb second at $40. In
the race for base running laurels the
Tiger held the lead with 102 stolen
bases. In the individual batting rec
ord 80 players have an average OF $50
or better. They are:
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

The turkey crop of the United
States could easily be doubled. and
still be profitable. II the farmers Of
the country would give this branch Of
poultry culture little more attention.
So many have the idea that turkeys
are hard to raise that they hesitate to
make the venture. During the first
ten days or two weeks of their lives
they are more delicate than chicks of
the same age. 1t is true. but aSser that
period they are as hardy as other
poultry.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

Milk is mostly waterfall milk. not
just the kind the milkman leaves at
the door. Cows cannot make milk
without plenty of water, and they like
good water. too.
At the old home farm the cows
used to wade right through the creek
to come to the well to drink. The old
man educated those COWS to an appre-
citation of good drink.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

The open front fresh air poultry
house has been found best for laying
hens. The same principle of fresh air
will work with chicks. They of course
must be kept warmer than hens. but.
they need plenty of fresh air Just as
much as older stock. Muslin curtains
instead of glass in the brooder will
furnish the fresh air. and the chicks
will thrive and grow strong
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

for victims that never come. Doc
tor Kagy" has more business than he
can conveniently attend to. and Doc
tor Paine-Dentist" stands ready to
infiict his name on all hapless appli-
cants in search OF relief.
Doctors Good, Goodkind. Goodfel-
low. Maydwell. Caldwell, Going and
Gone" should never lack for custom
ers. and "Yeurs-The Undertaken"
gets there with both feet
Faik. Failes, Barr. Court. Stack.
Short. Long, Lyman. True and Pig
Rott are devotees Of Blackstone.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27
Again, What's in a Name?

plicable and applicable names. gone
home and consulted your telephone or
city directory for further amusement
In this interesting and instructive di-
version?
You will see that Doctor Kill
Chronic Diseases Specially" enjoys
a lucrative practise. and Doctor Kill
chemist" thrives equally as IA
mously. Doctor High still waits pa
tently for victims that never come.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

ponds upon the time OF doing IT. was
surprised when ! was drafted into the
major league and discovered that pitch
ing in the big leagues is Just the same
as In the minors. and that fellow
must keep working and studying all
the time. never loafing and always put
ting something on every bail pitched.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27
CLUB BATTING.
Pitching Not So Good This Year.

In ten weeks OF the major league
campaign. 81 games were played.
marked by score of to 0. In the
same time last year "a such contests
were run on, which shows that the
pitching in 1910 hasn't been as good
as IL was in 1909. for the excellent
reason that many star hurlers have
been slow in rounding into form on
account of the execrable weather con-
dittions.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

BY careful observation you can de
termine whether the crop you have
been growing on your land this year
is adapted to 1t or not. If 1t is not,
plant a crop that is adapted to It.
Much time and money is wasted In
trying to grow crops that are not
adapted to the soil.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

Goldman. Golden. Feingold. Rich
and Poor are bankers. and Goldsmith
Is an assayer.
shoemaker is a shoemaker. Dray.
man runs dray. Baker is a butcher
and butcher is baker. Cheep and
Deere are jewelers.. SO take your
choice
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

If you are to begin a more progress
sive system of farming. II you wish to
increase the profits OF the farm and at
the same time improve the fertility of
the soil for future crops. attention
must be given to rotation. Now is the
time to study out your rotation so you
may begin to execute your plan next
fall.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

Close application to details. a desire
to know the why's and wherefores. and
years of experience. are essentials to
success. The man or woman with a
small flock OF chickens can get that
training and experience by giving
close attention to details. finding out
where wrong treatment is given. and
the remedy, and by studying the needs
Of each pen. and treating them accord
ingly
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

adopt the Roosevelt policy of getting rid of his
VISITORS because the two men are constitutionally
different In at least respect. II must be said.
however, that the Roosevelt plan of receiving
guests has done good deal to save the tempers
OF White House visitors and the time of Mr..
Taft
AZ everybody knows. an addition was made
to the White House offices some time ago. In
the Roosevelt days callers went into the cabinet
and from there either ushered into
the adjoining room where the president sat.
waited while Mr.. Roosevelt came out and
made circuit OF the cabinet room, speaking to
one caller after another and getting through with
his work quickly and yet without giving onense.
Now President Taft has a circular all
To himself. and while the visitors allowed the
two big rooms outside. II is from these rooms
they find there way to the presidents presence.
being let In eight or ten at time and not
at time. the when Mr. Taft first
took Office
The president has adopted the Roosevelt
method OF passing from visitor to visitor learn
ing the wants Of each and trying best he
Ia suit each caller and to get rid OF him quick
Iy AZ courtesy will permit. President Taft how
ever is so good natured and is SO humanity inter
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27
Hero Are Some Anomalies Of Nomen
cisture and Some illnesses
Recently Noticed.

Have you ever wandered leisurely
along the business streets of city
and observed the great variety OF
suitable and unsuitable names that
adorn the business and professional
signs displayed? Have you become In
terestcd IN these old. familiar. map
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

The man who is able to do the right
thing at the right time and in the
right place may be q genius. but 1t IL
more likely that he's lucky.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-27

TITLE BY LITTLE President Taft
has come Into direct line with
enc of the Roosevelt policies. and
he will follow 1t In the future as
he has been following 1t for some
weeks. II will be the rule at the
summer capital at Beverly. Mass.
as 1t is today the fixed rule of
procedure in the White House.
The Roosevelt policy which
President Taft finally has adopt
ed as his own is the method of
receiving visitors which was In
force during the colonel's tenure
OF office. It is possible that Pres
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
LOCAL A|RSH|P
NEARLY COMPLETE

The Clarke airship, being con-
structed in Spokane by the Grove
Archer Brass works. and of which
one of the propellers is being ex-
hibited at the White House, on
Riverside avenue and Howard
street, is almost completed at Min
ehaAa park, where a large tent is
being used as workshop.
Mr.. Clarke, the inventor, is a
Spokane man and the first man in
the city to enter the aviation field.
He is practical mechanic, and has
worked on his present airship for
the last 90 years. The dimensions
are as follows: Length, 60 feet;
width. so feet; height, "a feet. 1t
is constructed of steel aluminium
and waterproof canvas, equipped
with two 70 horsepower motors. 1t
has four driving propellers making
$50 revolutions per minute when
in action, and is also equipped with
two sets of lifting rotary propellers
capable of raising several thousand
pounds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

The dalai lama, the deposed ruler
of Tibet, is still rusticatjng at OAR
Jeeling, India, to which place he
lied when the Chinese troops en-
tered Lhasa, the sacred capital of
Tibet.
Before the English invasion. in
1904. Tibet was the only UNEMPLOYED
inhabited spot on the globe, and
the dalai lama was held in awe by
both the Chinese and the Tibetans.
He was regarded by them as the
living reincarnation of Buddha, and
Buddhists believed that he held all
nations in awe by reason of his
spiritual power. Although Tibet
was a dependency of China. the
dalia lama had full civil and spir-
itual sway.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
Only Trouble With Baby
Was Bean in Her Nose,

Bella Manse, years old. of No
1925 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn n.
Y, was playing with uncooked
beans yesterday morning and fore
ed one into one of her nostrils.
Her cries brought her mother, who
took the child to the eastern dis.
trict hospital. Drs. Cohen and
Leibovier worked for nearly half
an hour before they removed the
bean. Then Bella was taken home.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

board of public works from the
East Sprague Avenue Improvement
club asking that the general fund
pay for the blunder the city made
in grading and sidewalking Spokane
street from Sprague to First ave-
nue.. The purchase price is esti-
mated at about $4,000. The COM
munication was signed on behalf of
the club by DR.. Edward Pittwood,
president; D. H. Dwight, vice presi-
dent; Edward J. Johnson, secre-
tary; d. Alderman, treasurer; c. T..
Diamond, assistant secretary.
The advertising men Of Spokane
have com Melted arran Pemanfs for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
ODDITIES IN THE
NEWS OF TODAY

Charles Thomas, of Hampstead,
l. l., refused to sell his three-year-
old colt Contrast for $500.
Just then the animal wheeled,
broke his halter, stumbled and fell,
and, as its leg was broken, it had
to be killed,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
At 80 Man Is Sent to
Prison on Friday, 18th.

Friday, the 18th. was an unlucky
day for Henry P. Gilbert, aged so,
at Washington.
He was sentenced to the Atlanta
prison for year and a day on
charge of misappropriating $4,000
of an estate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Ada Harris was given a decree
of divorce from Fred Harris by
Judge e. H. Sullivan in Judge Hin
kle's court yesterday. The two
were married in Butte, Mont, in
1899. She alleges her husband left
for the east on a business trip two
years ago and that was the last
she heard of him.
The Great Northern double
tracking between Hilyard and Spo-
kane is being put through rapidly
A steam shovel will soon be in
stalled.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
Says Husband Spends Too
Much lime Before Mirror.

Mrs. Charles Lazare caused the
arrest Of her husband at Cincinnati
for non-support.
He loves to spend his time in
front of the looking glass massag-
ing his face" she said. and he
reads stories of love and romance"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
Stole Cornerstone From
a New CHICAGO Seminary

Chicago is searching for its mean
est thief, one who stole the corner
stone from the Lutheran Theolog-
ical seminary.
He got only tin box containing
newspapers and cards, there being
no coin in it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
Uncle Joe's Cat Diets
Daily on Rubber Bands.

The department of justice is
threatening to get an injunction
against Speaker Cannon's cat. I'm
Gle Joe lives next door.
The cat has a voracious appetite
and on its daily visits to the de-
partment eats all the rubber bands
1t can find. One day the clerks
counted % at a sitting.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
Bursting Engine Boiler
Blows Two Men From Cal

The boiler of New Haven.
Conn, railroad engine burst at
Green Haven and blew two men out
of the cab.
George Sauter, the fireman, was
hurled over fence and Arthur
Hibbard, a trainman delivering
message, was blown into a ditch.
TIE engineer escaped injury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
One SO Cent Dog
Costs Man About $3.50,

A dog neighbor had paid so
cents for disturbed the sleep of
Albert N. Etna at Pittsburg and he
threw brick at it.
With the brick went his $3.50
ring. which he has not found. and
the brick broke a 81 window, which
he had to pay for.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
No Carfare, Students
Take a u. S. Mail WAGON.

Having no carfare, two Harvard
students took a United States mail
wagon outside the central postof-
flee in Boston and drove to Cam
bridge in it.
The government has assigned de-
tectives to identify the students.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

local democrats Of meeting to be
held by the Washington state demo-
cratic central committee in the
Hotel Olympus at Tacoma on May
~, at 2 o'clock, Friday afternoon.
The British navy burns 5000, 600
tons Of coal a year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

their benefit matinee to be given
at the Orpheum theater on May 81.
A luncheon will be given for about
SO at Davenport's on Wednesday.
The committee of arrangements are
C. H. Larkin, L. Darbyshire, F. H.
Lloyed and A. F. Ahrens.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

This coupon is good for $40 II pre-,
scented before May 10 as first pay
ment on tuition at Standard Com
mercial College, Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

The Washington Water Power
railway is pushing the work on the
automatic block signal system on
its Medical lake line. A large crew
has been at work stringing the nee
essary wires, and steel masts and
other equipment has arrived on the
scene of action. Ten new cars ar
rived Wednesday and these will be
that will soon take place to the
lake.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
$1,000

We guarantee positions to our
graduates. Catalog is free. 602 Col
umbia building.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

fill and destroying that amount of
the company's property.
The Spanish-American War Vet
erons and the G. A. r. will call a
meeting of their committees at the
Armory hall Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock to complete arrangements
for Memorial day joint celebra-
ton.
Residents of Brownies addition
are much incensed to learn that
Stauffer & Cook are to build a barn
for about rs horses on Riverside
avenue and Chestnut street.
Mrs. Sarsfield of Windsor station,
who was struck over the head with
an axe welded by w. r. Windsor,
is steadily improving. She is con-
sidered out of danger.
A letter from the Spokane County
Medical society was received by
the chamber of commerce yester-
day afternoon, asking that the
movement be Endorsed now being
discussed by congress to form
department of health and santa
ton as a part of the national gov
eminent.
Dectury No. of St. PauIs Meth
odist church will hold safe at the
Kemp & Hebert department store
all day Saturday.
Myrtle Weston, who was a wit
ness in the case of Blanche Melon
aid, arrested for allowing a girl to
live at her resort on Front avenue,
was also held as a witness against
Horace Chandler, who is charged
with criminal assault. She had no
sooner finished in the second trial
when she was arrested lor perjury
and was led away to the county Jail
by Constable George Murphy. She
is now held in default of $3.50 bonds.
Tony ScarceII, an Italian, hurled
a shower of rocks at his employer,
J. B. Mitchell, who told him to
come for his money the next day.
Tony, however, wanted the money
that very day, and, being refused,
the fusilade began. He was fined
$40 in the police court yesterday.
Get the habit. Watch for
the comet.
Large speckled trout may be
caught on the S1.50 rod, reel and
line sold by the Tyler-Little Hard
ware Co., 10 Washington. ***
George Loucks, E1O11 Ermina
avenue, has received a notice from
the Rev. Michael Loucks. of Mari
eta, Pa, that a reunion of the
Laux, Loux, Lauck, Laucks, Loucks
families in this country will take
place at Brookside park, York, Pa.
June 49,. The occasion will be the
celebration of the two hundredth
anniversary of the establishment
of the Laux family.
I'VE, the jury, find the defend
ant, Hugh l.. McKelvey, guilty of
manslaughter." Such was the YER
dict brought in by the jury against,
Hugh l.. McKelvey charged with
the murder of Oscar Johnson, at
$50 o'clock last night after ALE
liberation of so minutes in the
juryroom. The punishment is from
six months to 20 years in the peni-
Tertiary.
McKelvey sat without stirring
and took in every word. When
the jury filed out of the courtroom
he also arose and was led away to
his cell by Deputy Sheriff ]. T.
Logan.
The Home Telephone company
will let loose their automatic sys-
tenn ON Spokane in about three
months. Such is the statement
made by General Manager Charles
L. Fam. A good deal of the wiring
is underground. and 10000 feet OF
aerial cable has already been
strung. One of the company's auto
matte switchboards has been in
stalled at it's main office on How
ard street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Ladies lingerie, taffeta and pom
gee dresses at wholesale pSices. Flor
ence Waist House, $40 Mohawk. **+
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

of the wall of the Sprague avenue
fill and destroying that amount of
the company's property.
The Spanish-American War Vet
erons and the G. A. r. will call a
meeting of their committees at the
Armory hall Saturday afternoon at
8 o'clock to complete arrangements
for Memorial day joint celebra-
ton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Mrs. Cora Lee, 1943 Broadway,
Oakland, Cal, who has mourned
her husband as dead, has leadned
that he is alive and well She has
sent a pathetic letter to the local
authorities to find him. She writes
that in December, 1907, he left her
and five little children, and she has
not heard from him since.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Residents of Brownies addition
are much incensed to learn that
Stauffer & Cook are to build a barn
for about rs horses on Riverside
avenue and Chestnut street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20
Like a Crunpled Paper Bag

WRECK OF ZEPPELIN
This picture shows what happened to the largest arshp in the
Count Zeppeins aluminium dirgbe which
was DESTROYED by hurricane mburg Germany The damage
amounts 100000 will rebuild
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

A meeting of the Spokane college
council was held in the Gothic
room at Davenport's yesterday at
which it was announced by the fin
ancial secretary, G. NJ. Fassett,
that the 100000 fund has already
been subscribed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Thirty dentists Of this city have
offered their services and material
free if the city would donate space
in the city hall where all could be
treated free, especially children.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

The William Musser Lumber Co.
is being sued by Charles Bergman.
He asks $4,000 for finger which
was mangled September 7. 1909,
while working for the company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Dectury No. of st. Paul's Meth
odist church will hold safe at the
Kemp & Hebert department store
all day Saturday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Mrs. Sarsfield of Windsor station,
who was struck over the head with
an axe welded by w. r. Windsor,
is steadily improving. She is con-
sidered out of danger.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

A letter from the Spokane County
Medical society was received by
the chamber of commerce yester-
day afternoon, asking that the
movement be Endorsed now being
discussed by congress to form a
department of health and santa
ton as a part of the national gov
eminent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

The campaign for new members
will be started by the Y. M. C. A.
today. Eight separate squads, each
under the charge of captain, wilt
meet this morning at breakfast to
further plans for a successful cam
raign.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

Spokane council drill team Of the
Knights of Columbus, under the
leadership of District Deputy Frank
J. Dorsey will institute council at
Colfax Sunday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

The advertising men Of Spokane
have completed arrangements for !
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-20

1t has been found that the public
fountain is breeder of all sorts of
disease. By close observation it is
seen that very few women and chill
dren use the drinking cup that is
hung by chain to iron work of
the fountain. According to the
statement of DR.. r. l. Newell, tuber-
culosis is spread by the use of the
public drinking cup.
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