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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03
COMPLETION OF fine
BUSINESS BLOCK.
MOUNTAIN HOME, THE ELEGANT new
HOTEL, Will BE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC, MONDAY.

Mountain Home can now boast
of possessing hotel accommoda-
tions second to none in the state.
Mr.. j. E. Williams has leased the
Bengoechea Block and for the
past two weeks has been engaged
in furnishing and completing ar
rangements for the opening Of a
hotel which will be known as
Mountain Home.
In the selection of furnishings
lavish expenditure of money and
careful consideration have com
bined to bring about a most ar
tistic and satisfactory result.
The light and airy guest rooms,
twenty EIGHT in number, are beau
tifully furnished with satin fin
ish iron beds which are supplied
with hair mattresses and bedding
of the best that can be bought.
Each room is also supplied with
a dresser, writing table and chails
in Colonial style, running hot and
cold water, electric light and tel
ephone. A number of the rooms
are arranged in suites and have
private baths in connection.
The floors of all the guest room
and all corridors and stairs are
covered with body Brussels and
Wilton carpets.
The wood work is natural oak
and the walls are tinted in col
ors harmonizing with the furnish
ings. The lobby which is large
and conveniently arranged is fur
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03

nished with oak in mission style
while the dining room furniture
is of silver oak. Handsome cleo
iris light fixtures ornament these
rooms. The kitchen is in charge
of Fred Knudsen, a chef recently
from Glenwood, Colorado. The
service will be on the Am
erican plan.
The large room at the south of
the building will be used as a sam.
pie room for the accommodation
of salesmen. The tower room at
the top of the building is cozily
furnished with chairs and writ
ing table and from it's windows
a most charming view of the city
and mountains may be obtained.
A hot water heating plant sup.
plies every room with warmth
and comfort.
The travelling public will no
longer find it necessary to pass
up, or work Mountain Home be-
tween trains in order that they
may catch the next train for
Nampa, Caldwell or Boise that
they may have a warm comfort
able room in which to spend the
night, but will find it a pleasure
to remain at the Mountain Home
Mr.. Williams is an experienced
hotel man and understands thor
oughly the art Of catering to the
comfort of travellers, his guests
will enjoy all the advantages to
be found in many larger city
hotels.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03
Company Elects Officers.

At a recent meeting of the
j. E. Wilkins Live Stock Com
pany, the President, j. B. Stan
field, rendered his resignation
and sold his share In the com
pany to Mrs. John Pence and her
son, James.
James Pence was appGnted a
director and elected president of
the company. The transaction
involves the sum Of $10,5a0.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03
Death Of Former Resident.

Mrs. McGinness, formerly of
Mountain Home, widow of the
late Daniel McGinness, died yes
terday afternoon at Salt Lake, af.
ter a short illness. The body is
to be brought to this city for bu-
rial and will arrive Thursday ev.
ening. The funeral will be held
at the Schneider q Sidenfaden
chapel at 80. Service with high
mass at st. John 's cathedral at
10 o'clock, Burii | will be in st.
Johns cemetery News.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03
R3turns From Extended Visit.

Mrs. Geo. Hall returned Mon
day from visit Of seven weeks
ia various cities of Iowa and Kan
sas. Mrs. Hall was called to the
bedside Of her sister who was in
a critical condition but is now i'm
proved somewhat. While she was
IN Emporia, Kansas, occurred the
death Of Judge Fergson, the hus-
Jand of another sister.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03

Life does not present a smooth
road for any Of us, and that is
a blessing. The man who is
always looking for the line of
least resistance will never develop
a strong character, neither will
he be Of much use to his fellows.
It takes a road sometimes rough,
and rtoep climbing to bring cut
the best that is in man.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03

TOIcCdst Lively VlntcI
Washington, Nov. 27,19l0,-Be-
cause many of them will not
come back after the short session
beginning in December and end
ing on March 4, fewer Members
of Congress than usual will bring
on their families and enter into
the social activities of the winter.
1t has been suggested that this
will make things dull in Wash
ington, but as partial offset
there will be more brilliant sea-
son, perhaps, in diplomatic circles
than usual There have been sew
eral additions to the diplomatic
corps, all of whom will make
their bow to society this winter,
so that in official circles things
will be quite gay despite the COM
parative dulIness in the Congress-
ional set.
The session itself is likely to
be far from dull. President Taf
has let the word go out that he
will redouble his efforts to force
thru Congress legislation which
was stalled at the last session,
and which he would like to see
enacted while the Republicans
are still in control of the House.
In consequence, he will try to
keep all of his congressional ad-
herents in Washington in order
to get his various policies enact
ed into laws.
This is not at all agreeable to
the Democrats or to some OF the
Insurgents. Now that they stand
on the threshold of achievement
after wandering sixteen years
in the wild rness,' as their dou-
ghty leader, Champ Clark, ex-
presses it, they feel disposed to
grumble when a Republican Con
gress, whose policies have been
repudiated by the country at
large, settles down to work with
the express purpose OF enacting
mass of legislation which the
Democrats asset the Nation does
not want. The Republicans, on
the other hand, do not concede
that the action of the voters in
returning a majority OF SO DEM
ocrats to the House Of Represen-
tatives really repudiated the Re-
publican policies. The Admins
tration is disposed to believe that
this is merely one of those unac-
countable spasms which OCCASION
ally gripe the country, and that
possibly a year will be enough
to make the great mass of the
voters sorry. that they did it.
However this may be, the Demo
cratS are already muttering and
suggesting that they have it in
their power-with their half-bro-
theirs, the Insurgents, to help
chem to be suge--to force an ex-
ira session which may last all
sumner and play havoc with the
carefully planned program which
he Republicans have been years
in carrying out. Whether the
Democrats will conclude that it
is better to await the natural or
der Of events and not take up
their legislative program in earn
est until the winter of 1911 will
not be determined for some time,
but it may be counted as GER
tainty that the coming short sess-
ion will be as full of interest
and action as almost any one
could ask.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03
New Corporation,

The Coltharp Park Company
was recently corporated, capital
lzed at $24, 900, all of which has
been subscribed.
The principal place of business
is Hagerman, Lincoln county and
the three directors are William
IL. Coltharp and Ii. A. Stroud
OF Hagerman and j. w. Morton
of Mountain Home.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03

Wyandotte: 81 am feeling very
uncomfortable" Minerca: "What
ever is the mattor?" Wyandotte
MY pin feathers are sticking
me, "
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-03

Many a man who almost hat
= fit when his wife pays "A TO
4 bonn t, will think n thiay 0.
jas much for a box of
cigars with Which to pollute the
atmosphere,
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
Harness Races ThI. week.

state fair track for about 400 horses
II is expected that the stalls VIII all
he filed by Aug. /, the day the meet
ing commences.
Racing Secretary Moone has been 0
busy man for the last few weeks put
ting the finishing touches on the al
vance preparations, but now every
thing is ready a week In advance
The big entry list shows the CROWNS
popularity of harness racing. Whlle
the runners are having hard time
hanging on in few spots. the harness
horse fiourishes as he did in what the
veterans choose TO term the good old
days" This condition is not only true
In Detroit but in every city In the
country where they favor the trotter
and PAGER.
At Kalamazoo this week a number
OF entrants in the Blue Ribbon meet
ing will meet strong fields, 80 the
dopesters can get somewhat OF line
on a few of the NJ. & NJ. and G. or q
candidates. A lot Of horses remained
in Detroit and are being given finish
ing touches at the state fair track this
week.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
PLAYERS ARE TO BLAME.
President Lynch Says Rowdies Keep
Good Men Away As umpres.

CINCINNATI. July 25.-President
Lynch, of the National league. is
closely observing the work of his UNI.
pires. He is fairly well satisfied with
the way they are performing, but is
anxious to improve the stan as much
as he can. Next year he expects 70
have two or three new men of inte!ll-
gence and good judgment
"In order to get high-class men for
the position" states Mr.. Lynch, 1T is
necessary 10 make the work attrac-
tive. Intelligent men will not stand
for constant daily abuse on the field
and | am doing my best to eliminate
the use of bad language by players
If we can hush up the rough fell
lows II will be easy to get fine class
of men to do the umpiring. for II is
interesting work. think we are
making progress along that line.
Every case OF profane or obscene Ian
guage used to an umpire calls for a
fine or suspension. and this rule is
being rigidly enforced"
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
DAVIS (H|tf PROP Of Till TRIBE OF MACH BIG

Harry Davis, veteran first sacker
OF the Athletics. is sharing with Con-
ME Mack in the adulation OF the
Quaker City fans for the great show
ing the Athletics have been making
all season. Davis is a veteran who Is
not fiashy or SNOWY player, but he
knows the inside of baseball. uses his
head. and according 10 Philadelphia
critics Is right now playing the best
baseball OF his life.
As ball players go, Davis is old, he
having passed the thirty-sixth mile
stone OF I.ife's league. He has been
one of Mack's mainstays since the
Athletics landed in Philadelphia, and
he appears 10 get better each season.
Davis takes excellent care of himself
and is always At 10 give his best SER
vices 10 the team.
Hal Chase is about the only first
sacker in either big league who has
anything on this quiet captain OF the
Athletics. but Hal Chase is credited
with being the most wonderful first
baseman in the business. Davis ap-
pears 10 be good for many more years
and Philadelphia fans are just begin
ming to appreciate how good he is.
When Mack was III this spring, the
critics looked for the Athletics TO
blow up, Davis took charge and the
team cleaned up against Detroit and
other western teams.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25

II was rather unfortunate that the
manufacturers should endeavor TO I'm
grove baseball at one OF the points
where II was beyond Improvement
In the ball. The other possible point
that Is beyond Improvement 10 the dis
lance between bases. In these re-
CARDS baseball has been perfect.
Last year the company which manu-
features almost all the balls used In
the United States undertook 10 try a
tall with core made OF cork com
position. The old rubber core some
times split and hurt the ball and II
was felt that the cork-rubber-yarn
composition would not possess this
defect. So the composition-cored ball
came upon the market and was adopt
ed by the great leagues.
The baseball is the jewel OF all
sporting appliances. A baseball bat
10 a crude club. compared TO a tennis
racket, a golf club, a cricket bat or
a lacrosse racket. The mask is a hor-
ror. But the ball was a glory and a
crown. Only those who have played
with cricket balls, hand balls, billiard
balls, tennis balls, etc. can really APP
preciate the virtues and beauties OF
the baseball. Only one-fourth OF an
ounce lighter than the cricket ball,
IL seems to be but one-third OF the
weight The cricket ball is heavy as
lead, where the baseball Is light as a
feather. The cricket ball flies like q
bullet and drops like lead, whereas
the baseball takes wings In its fight.
scars. sails, poises and drops slowly
and softly. A fielder can cover ground
on baseball and make grand catch.
es, while with the cricket ball. which
Is almost as light and OF the same
size, fielder cannot cover ground al
all The baseball falls softly into the
hand. where the cricket ball tears the
fingers like a ball of iron. II takes
the strongest mans hands to hold q
hard-driven cricket ball, while q child
can grasp a baseball hit much harder
The cricket ball is hard and dark and
ugly; the baseball is white and light
and airy and beautiful.
II seemed that II was In every way
perfection. II was lovely to throw
which the cricket ball Is not You
can't get shoot" on a cricket ball
TO save your life. Throwing a cricket
ball would ruin pitchers arm In one
game. The baseball flies Just faI
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
LANGFORD'S START CAME
AS JANITOR FOR A CLUB

ment at the club and the janitor asked
the chance to participate in the place
OF the absent boxer. He made his plea
to Woodman, but Joe disliked the
idea OF a good janitor being bum
fighter, so he waved him away ana
told him TO go down TO the amateur
tourney and get fair start there.
where the game would not be SO tough.
On the next Monday morning Joe
Woodman nearly keeled over when ne
saw the janitor OF his club wearing a
gold watch, the first prize In the tour
ney. Woodman had staked his tanitor
TO quarter as entrance fee to the
tourney and had loaned him hghting
togs TO wear, thinking he would re-
turn 10 the club sadder boxer but
sllcker janitor.
The janitor staked himself TO the
next tourney fee and asked Woodman
TO be present and watch him knock
the novices spinning. A series OF sue
'cesses followed the janitor until Wood.
man gave him his first professional
fight. which he won. SFenteen dol
lars and fifty cents was the share OF
this fight. For two days after the
fight, the ianitor of Joe Woodman }
club was not TO be found, and when
he did appear he was logged out in
ralment which would have made Bert
Williams stage front look as silent as
the catacumbs OF Rome.
IL was so distinct In the riot OF
colors that the weaTer narrowly es-
capped arrest for creating unnecessary
noise The janitor played no favor
ties I'm his collection OF hues and no
color was neglected. but with all his
glad attire he did not forget the fact
that he was the ianitor of Joe Wood.
mans club. and he was back on his
first lob In Boston.
WoOdman was more amused at the
climb of his ianitor than he was seri.
GUS in the thought that he would evef
20 higher in the glove game but when
he beat Joe Cans and the rest OF the
ltop-notchers WoOdman knew he had
n wonder and prepared him according.
lly Sandy Ferguson. Jim Flynn. jim
| Barry. the Dixie Kid" and many oi
I the maryels OF the ring fell before the
I fist OF Joe Woodmans ianitor, and
/ from a lightweight he grew into the
| middlcweiEht class, and while az this
weight he met Jack Johnson and gave
that fellow one OF the highest tussles
| the Texan has tackled since his entry
| into the game.
! The ianitor Of Joe Woodlands club
visited California twice and he WAS
the sensation OF the Pacific coast.
! Then he went 20 England and France.
where. because az his effervescent
smile he was acclaimed a second Peter
Jackson. And that janitor was sam
! Langford
! The pride Of England. Ian Hague
md Tiger Smith. smmhercd when no
smote them on the law and he re.
turned TO America determined To try
and capture the middleweight cham.
pionship.
/ Dangford is ranked as one OF the
greatest mlddlewoights who ever drew
on glove. lie Is a puncher and n
lnhantom, as the occasion demands,
and he Is sure that some day the sun
viii shine on Sam Iangford when he
Is the middleweight champion of the
world. ~
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
DETROIT CREWS WILL GO.
Boat Club To Send Men To Canadian
National Reaattas.

Considerable interest Is being taken
in rowing and Detroit probably will
be better represented at the big re-
gattas this year than ever before.
Just now the senior and junior
crews OF the Detroit Boat club are
busily engaged in preparation frst for
the Canadian Regatta at st. Cath.
crimes and after that the national
events at Washington.
The Canadian regatta Will be held
Aug. s and 7. The Detroit club will
send both senior and junior crews
and upon the showing made there
will depend the representation In the
National. The latter event takes place
Aug. IL and l3, under the auspices OF
the Potomac Boat club, Washington
d. c.
Arthur Webster, OF this city, IL a
member OF the executive committee
Of the National Association Of ANA.
ed by the showing OF the Detroit
clubs.
Rowing has taken decided boom
here within the last year" Mr.. Web
ster said. The club has endeavored 10
improve It's crews and think has sue
ceeded Rowing has, attracted good
class OF young men and enrolment oil
a number who followed various
branches of athletics In college has
helped raise the standard Of efficiency
The crews work out each evening
about 6 o'clock.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
A FEW IDEAS ANENT THE
MAKING OF BASEBALLS

enough. You cannot lift a cricket ball
very far, not at all so far as base
ball, nor cover ground under IL, nor
catch II nor throw II as you can q
baseball. Yet in allwise save In the
inner construction the balls are rela-
lively the same. The cricket ball has
q big center made of cork and the
yarn is mixed with some compound.
In allwise the baseball seemed
to be q perfect thing. You could i'm.
prove the bats and the mask and the
shoes and the clothes and the out
fielding pnd the pitching and the sys
tenn and scheme OF play, but II surely
did seem that you could not improve
the baseball as Il has been for the
past rs years. Yet In that point the
manufacturers chose for attempt at
Improvement II seems that they
went wrong. No great harm has been
done. II the composition center 10
not successful the manufacturers can
go back TO the rubber core. All this
only goes TO show that when the man
ufacturers attempted 10 improve the
implements with which the game -
played they chose the very one that
they should have left alone.
II was too bad that II was not the
mask and the bat that the manufac-
turers chose TO try to improve. The
present mask Is 80 years old. heavy;
gross, an interference and abomina-
ton. A new mask with metal facings
on pneumatic pads. mask which VIII
lie close to the face and which the
catcher can retain when pursuing
fouls and taking throws. is In order.
A smart superstructure OF steel or or
aluminium, laid on pneumatic paus,
with the weight OF impact falling
I'm on the forehead, cheek bones and
chin, leaving large, free eye apertures,
and having long. strong gorget 10
protect the throat should be on the
market now.
But the baseball as II has been used
In the national and American leagues
for 20 years has been n dream OF
beauty and a Joy TO all connoisseurs
In sporting goods. II was the one
perfect ball All others were i'm
perfect: cricket, polo, golf, handball,
croquet, foot, basket. II has been tho
perfection OF the baseball that has
made the game. Had the ball been
less perfect there would not have been
any baseball.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
ARE HIGH-PRICED YOUTHS
WORTH PURCHASE PRICE !?

checks were framed and hung over the
desk in HIS Office.
Ten thousand dollars for single
ball player was the high-water marx
until the New York National league
club paid $1,000 for RUDE Marquard
who was purchased from the Indian
apolis club. DO these big prices affect
the player who is purchased for this
amount as he goes in 10 pitch his first
game in fast company?
This Is the question asked all over
the baseball circuit. The White Sox
turned over $500 for Blackburn, and
so far he has been disappointment
So far RUDE Marquard has not been
much for the Giants. However. the
managers OF the high-priced players
think they will be of good service to
the club. despite the high amount OF
money laid out for these players. But
what the fans want 10 know Is, was
the talent" which cost SSl50O
worth II?
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25

Not since the big four--Richardson
Brouthers, Rowe and White-were
purchased from the Buffalo club by
Detroit in 1856 for $4,000 has there
been such sensation as that caused
by the recent purchase of Lefty" Rus
sell for $4,000 by Connie Mack from
the Baltimore club. IL sure sounded
like the fall of Babylon when ii was
announced that Connie had bought a
pitcher for that price who has never
shown In the big league. IL has also
been some time since a story OF this
kind was printed on the front pages of
the newspapers.
In 1878, when Mike Kelly was pur-
chased by the Boston club from Chi
cago for $4,000 and then when Clark
son was purchased year later for the
same amount the baseball fans OF New
England just went dippy. Presidents
Soden. of the Boston club, thought so
much of the deal that the cancelled
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25

Five years ago, In Boston. there ap-
preached Joe Woodman, fellow who
would do anything In the world for a
place to sleep which would accommo-
date him ard his yellow dog. Wood.
man, ever even 10 the goodness OF
the heart, was then running a boxing
club, and he gave the stranger pei.
mission TO sleep In the club with his
yellow dog as a bedfellow.
The stranger thanked him and
Woodman dismissed the matter from
his mind. In appreciation OF the
nights care, the owner OF the yellow
dog assisted in the cleaning Of the
clubhouse the next morning lie
gradually dritted into the graces OF
Woodman until he was the janitor OF
the club. but he never forgot the vel
low dog, which was, by the way, his
first recommendation 10 Woodman.
One night there was disappoint
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
BIC FIELDS SURE
IN BLUE RIBBON
Over % Per Cent Increase in Number
of Horses for Harness Meeting
Next Week.

The Blue Ribbon meeting at the
state fair grounds, beginning next
Monday, will eclipse anything In the
way of harness racing ever seen In
Detroit. Never In the history OF the
mile tracks has such collection OF
fast horses been assembled In Detroit.
The entry lists show little more
than 25 per cent increase over candi'
dates for honors over any previous
year. In the, fast stake and class
events tho best horses In the country
will colpete. while In the slower
races the list OF eligibles Is even
greater
There are accommodations at the
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25

However. there is no occasion Tor
weeping over the position OF the
Tigers. They have done the best
they could, the men have kept in con
dition and have worked hard. Some
body had TO be second. third and
fourth, and the Tigers happened to be
that somebody The writer was the
first TO predict slump when the Ath-
letics forged ahead and in consequence
he was eensured roundly by fans
whose eyes beheld nothing but Tigers
Today that same kind OF fan is loudest
in his condemnation OF the Detroit
team AS for us. we're with the Tigers.
Hughie Jennings Is boss OF mighty
fine ball club. AS we said once be-
fore there il something in baseball
even more desirable than winning a
pennant--to have hustling club. De-
troit has that.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-25
Four Tluers Are Home.

George Mullin. Ed. Summers. George
Morlarty and Jim Delehanty compose
the Tiger squad home In advance of
the others. Summers and Mullin came
along TO rest up, while the others are
injured. Summers said today that
Davy Jones has a very bad knee and
a New~1ork specialist who examined
him feared water would accumulate
and make a serious injury.