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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
DAVE GASTON IS
SIGNED BY DObBS

Chattanooga, January 26.-(Special)
Dave CASTOR, the eX-Pel, and more re-
Gently ex-Electric, has been rendered
a contract by Manager Johnny Dobbs
OF the Montgomery Billikens. The in
formation was secured from reliable
sources and the local boy is expected
to sign within the rext few days.
When it was finally decided by Tillis
that Montgomery was to remain in
the Southern league and Dobbs was
summoned to the Alabama capital a
week ago, he found himself facing n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27

titanic task. one of the first persons
that came into Johnny's mind as avail
able in the pinch was Dave Castor,
and the contract was immediately
forthcoming.
Dobbs will never forget how we'll
CASTOR filed in in one pinch and the
remembrance of this no doubt actuate1
him in securing the Frenchman again.
In 1909 when the Lookouts won tile
pennant of the South Atlantic against
Lou Castro's Tourists and followed 1t
with the Dixie championship gonfalon
by defeating he Crackers, who had
just lost the services of Bully Smith,
CASTOR was more directly responsible
for the honors than any other one
man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
! CRACKER PLAYERS |
OF 1913 HAIL FROM |
GOOD MANY STATES

Chattanooga. January 26.-(special)- =
After being in session almost continuous
ly since 10 O'Clock Saturday morning, the
schedule committee of the Southern
league completed its labors tonight ard
the visiting magnates departed for their
respective homes.
Absolutely no information in regard TO
the tentative draft was given out and the
total knowledge which could be gained
was that the work was concluded.
Charles Frank stated before his depor-
ture that the trade between himself and
President Coleman of the Memphis club
ever the services of Willis Butler he'd
failed to mater;alize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
The First Lightning Rcd
n the Indianapolis News.

FROM the lhulanapolls News.
Nearly everybody believes that Benja-
min Franklin was the inventor and con
structor of the first lightning rod In this
particular they are mistaken. as the first
lightning catcher was invented by poor
monk of Bohemia, who put up the first
lightning rod on the palace of the curator
of Preditz, Moravia, June Is. 175l. The
appa ratus was composed of a pole sur
mounted BY an iron rod supporting !.
carved branches and terminating in as
many metallic boxes filed with iron ore
The entire system of wires was united ia
the earth by a large chain. The enemies
of the inventor, jealous of his success
excited the peasants of the locality
against him aud under the pretext that
his lightning rod was the cause of tbs
excessive dry weather, had the rod takei
down and the inventor imprisoned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27

Selma January -(special.)-Art
I.iggs, who was selected by the Selma
Iasebal lassociation last week TO man
age the Selma club III the Cotton States
league during the coming season, has no
tIfed the association that lie has ae-
erpted the berth rendered him.
In the letter which Riggs wrote to the
Selma Baseball association accepting the
managerial berth he also made the an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
ONE MORE CHANCE REMAINS
TOB. A. C.. BASKETBALL FIVE

step has been taken toward the coveted
goal
Can it be accomplished? 1t doesn't look
that way, but as remarked before you
never can tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
Camp Hill Wins

Camp HILL January 26.-tSpecial0-The
Camp Hill High school basketball team
defeated the Auburn High school here
yesterday by a score of 20 10 .. Garrett
,;id good work for Camp Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
A Born Leader

II knew that my boy was born to
Lead
HAS he attained a high position?n
''Yes, I've just got a letter from him
stating that he is now yell master OF
his college class
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
RIGGS ACCEPTS POSITION
TO PILOT SELMA CLUB

nouncement he has already signed a num-
her of players for the club. One of the
players signed is catcher who he states
will prove a sensation in the circuit.
Figgs also announced that he has signed
0 young pitcher that several clubs have
feen after for several weeks Several
other men have also been signed, and
With practically his entire club Riggs
Y. i'll report in Selma on March % for the
training season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
Will Power

Miss Jenks-.It must have taken a
lot of will power for your husband to
give up smoking
Mrs. Jenks-"Yes, indeed 1t took all
| had,f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
by CHARLES W. GREER

However. it would seem by their recent
paying that this defeat sustained at the
hands of Mobile, coming as it did as
an anti-cimax of unbroken string of
victories, has wrought havoc in the ranks
Cf the B. A. c. shooters. They seem
confused nervous, desperate in each play,
while their old time, quick, confident and
fast playing is missed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
ron RENT.

SPLENDID OFFICES IN CLARK
BttLDlNG. CLEAN. LIGHT AND
WELL VENTILAri:Ds STEAM HEAT,
w ATER AND JASiTOR SERVICE.
Louis v. CLARK 4 CO..
2Ol-4 CLARK BLDG. PHONE COZ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27

There is still one chance, not Il sporting
chance. but one chance in 100, and this
IL in the Columbus game. Lose that and
all is lost so far rs championship as
rirations are concerned Win, and long
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27

Coincidence for. one thing. forgetfulness
is another They need to forget that de-
feat at the hands of Mobile: they need
confidence in their ability to come back
ii the coming struggles. One defeat
should not alter the PLAYING of team OF
men as experienced and nervy as those
that go to make UP the B. A. c. club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27

With the Atlanta game safely stored
away, the b. A. c. basketball five had
cleared the deck for action in what is
how their most crucial contest of the sea-
son-the Columbus. Ga, bout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27

Something is wrong. The local aggreSa
ton ha- club that individually anu
collectively compares we'll with that OF
any organization in the south. They are
experienced men, thev have demonstrated
their nerve to fight to the end ana thes
are coached by man who has once dem
chstrated his ability by plotting then
through championship career liner
what's the answer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27

On the face of the proposition it must
bu admitted that Coach Nespor and COM
lttny do not appear to have even sport
ing chance. not a gambling chance, al
any rate. But 1t is always relieving 10
bring in the time worn expression that
you never can tel"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30
PREMIUM LIST
TO Be $4,000

North Portland, Ore, April 800
NJ. Plummer, general manager Pacific
International Livestock Exposition, tc
be held at Union Stock Yards, North
Portland, December 8-13, 1913, ad-
vises that the advance sheets of the
preliminary classification are about
ready for the printer The premium
list will cover over $4,000 and will in
clude beef and dairy types of pure
bred cattle, also pure bred hogs,
sheep and goats, as well as fat classes
of cattle, sheep and hogs, both in car
lots and as individuals.
Mr.. ]. w. elise of Seattle, the fam
our Ayrshire breeder, who was at the
head of the Alaska Yukon Pacific
Livestock department and who was
the first to suggest the consolidation
of the dairy and fat stock show in
the present organization, will serve as
president for this year.
The vice-presidents. are VIM. NJ.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30
ASKS SETTLERS TO
WRITE CRITICISMS

Portland, Ore, April 30.-What is
the settlers side Of the controversy
which has arisen over the settlement
Of government lands?
The Oregon Conservation commits
sion would like TO know. Charges
have been made that settlement on
agricultural lands within the forest
reserve Is discouraged, that hardships
and sometimes injustices are some
times worked on settlers in the matter
Of locating mining claims, grazing,
cutting timber, sales of timber and 50
on down long list
In an open letter to the newspapers
of oregon and Washington, Joseph N.
Teal, chairman of the conservation
commission, invites a recital of actual
experiences, and will welcome direct
information from any source. The let
ter follows:
Considerable dissatisfaction and
complaint has been voiced in the pub
lie press from time to time with ref
erence to the settlement of public
lands under the three year homestead
law Of 1912, and with reference to the
administrative policy Of the forest SER
vice These criticisms have been di-
rected at both the existing law and its
Interpretation by the department Of
the interior and charging that lands
included in the national forests, which
should be accessible, are not now open
20 entry: that settlement is discour-
aged on lands open TO settlement with
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30
GRAND OPERA
FOR The PARKS
NTW YORK HAS A NEW
SCHEME TO GIVE MUSIC
First Class Singers Will BE Furnish
ell to Render the Best That Is Pos
sible in High Class Opera-Mov-
able Stage VIII BE Feature of En-
tertainmentS in Metropolis.
(BY Carlton Ten Eyck.l

New York, April 30.-Real grand
opera in the parks with first class
singers, chorus and orchestra, and
free admission to everyone able to get
within vocal and aural range of the
performers is the latest scheme Of
the New York park commissioners for
the entertainment of the masses this
sumner They say it is a logical evo-
luton of the park band concerts
which are held during the summer in
every city of size in the country. Ac-
cording to William j. Lee, supervisor
of recreation parks and Fairgrounds,
! the father of the movement, the plan
has matured to the point where all
that remains is the engaging and re-
hearsing of the company.
TT Is the greatest innovation in
recreational enterprises that the city
has ever known" declared Lee. 1T
/ is something absolutely new and 1t Is
! just what the people have wanted and
needed for many years. At last every
working man and woman will be able
to see and hear the greatest operate
works performed by first class COM
pany with all the accessories of ne
cessary scenery and costume"
And right here is where the graf
est feature of the enterprise comes in.
The performances are to be given on
o new sort of movable stage with
special acoustic propertis, the inven-
ton of one A. Floryn. This stage,
which looks something like the band
stand shells. can be moved easily
from one park to another IL necessary,
and it is so constructed as to carry
the voices of the singers and the or
chestral music far out over the heads
of great open-air crowd The stage
Is fully equipped with scenic appara-
tus and is hooked up, OF course, with
the city's electric lighting system.
I'VE expect to give operas in six
rifferent recreation centers in Man
haitian" said Lee. THE operas will
be in English and Italian. The crowd
ed parks last summer on the nights
of the band and orchestral concerts
proved how working people are, as
a whole, devoted to good music when
they have a chance to hear 1t. 1t Is
planned to have an orchestra of thir-
ty pieces two dramatic, one lyric one
coloratura and two compressario so
pranos; three contraltos; four tenors;
three baritones; three basos; Choir
us of forty and ballet of twenty. La
ter we hope to induce some of the
worlds greatest singers to give their
services once in a while for the es-
pecial delight of the great outdoor au-
diences."
The repertoire prepared for this
season includes Aida" Faust,
Carmen" "Rigoletto," Lucia di
Lamermoor," Ia Favorita," "Cav-
aneria Rusticanna." "Pagliacci," Ma
non" "Il Trovatore," and Tales Of
| Hoffman"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30

Among the local members of tho hoor
| of directors are VIM. II. Daughtrev
president Portland Union Stock Yards
company, c. c. Colt, president Union
Meat company W. P. Dickey, presi-
dent Portland Cattle Loan COMPANY.
j. w. Creath, president Portland Live
Stock exchange, j. l.. Sterret of Ster-
rett Oberle and NJ. j. Gill.
o. M. Plummer, secretary and treas
urer Of Portland Union Stock Yards
company, will again have active man.
agement for the coming year and any
inquiries addressed to him at Union
Stock Yards, North Portland, Oregon.
will receive immediate attention. II
Is the intention of the management to
make the International Livestock Ex-
position stand in the same relation to
the Pacific Coast as does the Interna-
tional OF Chicago to the Middle West.
The O.-W. r. & N. company,
through their general passenger agent
Mr.. VIM. McMurray. have already Of
fered a handsome silver trophy cup
for the Grand Champion Hereford
bull of the show, while w. d. Skin
ner, traffic manager of the s. p. & s.
company has offered a splendid cup
for the Grand Champion Short Horn
bull, and the other rans-continental
lines in this territory have signified
their intention of donating cups for
different breeds. Similar cups given
by railroads last year were much ad-
mired by the people and highly prizei
by the winners.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30

in the national forests; that regula-
tions relating to sales of timber, locat-
ing and working mining claims, graz
ing, cutting timber, etc. are unreason-
able and impracticable.
I'm view of these complaints, the
Oregon Conservation commission, with
the purpose of endeavOring to modify
these evils, if such exist, proposes to
make as thorough an investigation as
possible of the actual difficulties with
which the settler must now contend
before obtaining his patent. What
ever problems arise in connection
with the use and operation Of the lands
within the forest reserves, in the pro-
cess Of settling lands under the exist
ing law and conditions, whether Of
esta blishing residence, cultivation OF
the reuired area, compliance with rules
of the land office, necessity Of cutting
roads, distance and difficulty of mar
ket, scarcity of water, want of land
classification, obtaining an official
survey or permits of absence in which
to obtain funds, or of whatever nature
the commission is desirous Of obtain
ing all direct information available
concerning such complaints. 1t, there
fore, earnestly requests that any one
knowing the facts concerning these
problems or desiring to make sugges-
tions or to ask any questions should
report their complaints relative to the
same freely and fully by letter ad-
dressed to Kingman Brewster, assist
ant secretary, Oregon Conservation
commission, 402-408 Failing building,
Portland, Ore. All such communica-
tions will be given immediate and con-
siderate attention by this commission.
ut Is earnestly hoped that not only
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30

Ladd of Portland, whose influence al
ong the pure bred line in the state OF
Oregon, is well known, H. A. Jastro
president American National Livestock
association, Bakersfield, California
Frank ]. Hagenbarth, President Ma
tional Wool Growers association,
Spencer, Idaho, VIM. Hanley, presi-
dent Central Oregon Development
League, Burns, Oregn, Howard Elliott,
President Northern Pacific Railway
company, st. Paul, Mimi, Carl r.
Gray, president Great Northern Rail-
road company, st. Paul. Mimi, ]. H.
Young, president s. P. & S. Ry. COM
pany and J. D. Farrell president o.
w. r. e. N. company, Portland. These
men are all widely known for their in
tense interest In agricultural and live
stock production and their connection
with the Pacific International Live
stock exposition into that association
continued and a more successful
existence.
N. C. Maris, many years a member
Of the state Board of Agriculture
and at present one Of the Industrial
Extension workers under the superin-
tendent Of public instruction and the
Agricultural college Is secretary, L. r.
McGee, the efficient office manager
with the Stock Yards company, has
been elected treasurer, John L. Smith,
the famous Holstein breeder OF Spo-
kane will again act as assistant gen.
eral manager. Among the directors
and advisory committee, are the di-
rectors and presidents of pure bred as
sociations and heads of breed organi-
cations all over the Pacific slope, as
well as representatives Of commercial
interests Of the entire United States
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30
Interesting Stories
from Various Cities

Vallejo, al-Preliminary work on
the U. S. gunboats Palos and Mono
cacy begun at the Mare Island navy
yards. The gunboats will cost $242,-
600 each and are destined for the
China service. They must be finished
| by September and the yard is after
record for speedy construction.
San Francisco.-To construct four
municipality owned crosstown troIly
lines and to pave the way for city
ownership of the entire trolly system,
the public utilities committee OF the
board of supervisors has recommend
ed bond issue for $3,5OO,OOO. The
committee desires to have the new
lines in operation for the Panama
Pacific exposition.
| Los Angeles,-A sacred Indian bull
valued at $4,000 is dead and keepers.
are searching for several animals
which escaped when vandals raided
the wild animal farm Of motion pic
ture company near Los Angeles. NAL
treating the animals and leaving the
doors Of scores of cages open. The
fbull was found dead in his pen, his
head crushed and his throat gashed
Many of the camels bore knife cuts.
Los Angeles.-Hereafte Los Ange-.
les will have two plain clothes police
women with regular beats for night
duty. They will be Mrs. Alice Steb-
bins Wells and Mrs Rachael Schatte.
Their specific duty will be to guari
young girls from the opportunities OF
automobile flirts and what they de-
clare to be other night birds of prey.
Tacoma, Wash.-Richard Roedigor.
formerly owner of the Tacoma Trib-
une, has been named surveyor general
for the state of Washington and his
nomination will be sent to the senate
this week by President Wilson, Roedi-
gor cam to Sacoma in 1884. II has
been Interested in various newspaper
enterprises here and in Alaska.
Seattle.-According to aivices re-
ceived here. the prospectors who par
ticipated in the gold rush to Lake
Teslin district, are returning to Atlin,
B. c., empty handed. They believe.
however, that systematic prospecting
will reveal paying ground this sum-
mer.
Aberdeen, Wash.-Giles Qulmby,
the deputy sheriff who shot and killed
John Tornow, the "beast man" has re-
fused an offer OF $3.50 week for
twenty weeks to appear in vaudeville.
Quimby has stated that he intends to
divide the reward he receives for kill
ing Tornow with the heirs OF Blair
and Lathrop. the two men killed by
the mountaineer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30

the other papers of this state (and
especially those in localities in which
public lands are reclaimed) but also
those of the state of Washington, will
extend this request to the public
through their columns
JOSEPH n. TEAL.
Chairman Oregon Conservation Com
mission"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-30

The East Oregonian will buy your
old rags. Must be large and clean
Bring or send them tn this office a.
your earliest convenience.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
A WONDERFUL STREAM.
The MissIuslppl River, Its Masnituss
 and the Area It Drains-

The Misslnslppl River, lts Masnitude
 and the Area It Drains-
 The Mississippi river, lying wholly within the temperate zone, is in this respect more fortunately situated than the more fertile valleyed Amazon, since the climate here, varied and sometimes lnhospltable Hs it ls. offers conditions of human development there denied
 The main stream Is 2,5O0 miles iD length-that is, about ten times that of the Seine. As Mark Twain has said, lt is the crookedest riyeT' ln the world, travelling 1900 miles to cover the same ground that a crow would fy over in 675. For several hundred miles 1t Is mile in width. Back ln 1882 1t wan seventy miles wide when the flood was highest
 The volume of water discharged by lt inso the sen Is second only to the Amazon and is greater than that of all European rivers combined tomitting the yolgnl. The amount Is estimated at l3g cubic miles annually-that Is, it would aT annually a tank l89 miles long, l39 miles wide and l39 niles high With It's tributaries It provides somewhat more than 16.OOO miles Of navlgable water, more than any other system on the globe except the Anna. gon and more than enough to reach from Lake Superior to Paris by way of KamchatSa and Alaska. about three-fourths Of the way around the globe. The sediment deposited Is 400, 100000 tons. enough to require daily for It's removal 500 trnins'of fifty cars. each carrying fifty tons, and to make each year two square miles Of new earth over a hundred feet deep.
 The area which 1t drains Is roughly l,25OOOO square miles, or two-hfths of the United States That Is, Germany. Austria Hungary. Frunce and Italy could be set down within this area and there would stlll be some room to spare.
 It has the strength, for the most part put to no use whatever, of G0,0OO.0OO horses. The difference between high water and low water Is in some places hfty feet, which gives some impression of the rauge Of its moodlness.-Johu Finley in Sc-ibner's Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
A cnnstant Sufferer.

"Is your mother a suffragette, Rob ertT
 "Yep, she's always suffering. If 1t ain't with her shoes or her corset It's because somebody that owes her an invitation had a party and didn't ask her to it."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16

Olympia beer on draft at the Board of Trad9. This famous hrew Is kept constantly fresh both on drast and in bottles. This is the time to drink beer Get it at the Board of Trade Bar, where the eel ebrated Rainier Beer Is also kept ln bottles. tf
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
GREAT CLEARANCE SALE

Sold at a lossl Malt Rainier, 20 cents per bottle. Especially prepar- ed for sick people and inyalids. and excellent for nursing mothers. Only two barrels left. After that, price will be 35 cents per bottle.
 PaSk Train Bar
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
The Root of All Evil.

As a general thing when a man and his wife fall out over money 1t is a sign that he has 1t and she wants 1t, or she has it and he wants 1t, or neither has it and both want it-Galveston News
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
TT IS FOR LADIES, TOO.
They Can Step Their Hslr Falling Out
 W1th HcrpIcide.

Ladies who have thin hair and whose hair Is falling out can prevent the hall failing out. and thicken the growth. with Neubros "Hsrplcide." Besides. Herpi eide is one ot the most agreeable hail dressings there Is. Herpicide kills th, dandrur germ that eats the hair on al the root viii shoot up. end the hair grow long as ever Even a sample win con. vince any lady that Newbro's HerplcId- is m indispensable toilet requisite II cos taiuz no ul or grease, it win not star or d~o Sold by leading druggists. Sen. t0c In stamps for sample Co The Herpi tide Co, Detroit Mich.
 One dollar bottles guaranteed. Wm. Britt, Special Agent, SksEwRy
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
A Holiday Benefit

Skelton-I called on you yesterday. doctor and you were out Doctor-l was taking holiday. How are you feeling? Skcltou-Oh, felt splendid while you were away!-Jondon Mall
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
CRAB MEAT COCK TAILS
 at The Pack Train Restaurant Served a Ia carte.

Bonded whisk,es-Gibson. Noun Vernon and Belmont. The best of Beer--Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and Pale Rainier, at the MascOt. Tele- phone 67. q
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16
GRAND REDUCTION SALE

The Pack Train is now selling a big lot of Good Goods at reduced prices as they are getting too old Co hold and sell at a profit, Yours,
 tf. Herman Grimm
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16

Food cooked as it should be at the White Pass Cs fe." Only the best in the marKot Mrs. Orloff King. proprietress. tf
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16

FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW TO.
 Pebbleford and Gibson Rye. Bud weiser, Blue Ribbon and Pale Rain Ter Beer at the Board of Trade.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16

None better and purer than Gib- Rye, Rainier and olympia Beer Orders by phone promptly delivered
 The Mascot
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-16

S5c for . home cooked meal quick. clean service. Wheref Ai the New Home Restaurant. Fifth Avenue. half "A minute from BroAdwS