The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-09-30
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Thursday, September 3Oth, 1915.
Officer Philbrook is away on his vacation;
during his absence his department, which
is the laundry, is being cared for by Officer
O. B. johnson.
Warden c. S. Reed left for the Coast
last Monday to attend the coming session
of the Prison Congress, which convenes
at Oakland, California, on Oct 4th. The
Warden will be absent for about fortnight.
If you want to read a story with punch
in it,-one that will carry your thoughts
back to the vast wilderness,-read Lost
Cloud-Good Indian" in this issue, for it S
one of Jay Ell Els, best and that is saying
considerable.
In our last issue we suggested to our
readers that they shop early and prepare
for the expected cold snap and just as gen.
tie reminder as it were; the weather-man
on order day gave sample of the weather
to be looked for soon. Some hint all right,
but we don't need a solar plexus blow to be
wised up.
Last Sunday at Athletic Park, Stillwa-
ter, the New Richmond, wis.,, baseball
nine played fourteen inning contest with
the Saltwater Simonets. The game ended
a tie, as both teams failed to tally. Now,
the New Richmond team are the pennant
winners in the Wisconsin State League
this year, so they are some team. Yes-but
wait, what about our prison team, we have
played the Simonets team twice this season
and got an even break-a win apiece.
Now, if we can win the deciding game
we would have team superior to any in
Wisconsin.
AS farewell token of goodwill to the
boys herein Count Gran Ella put on spe-
cial bill last Sunday noon. In addition to
regular orchestra selections rendered dur
ing Tic uiHHCi hOuIs IuC SOuul SOuIi iOuICu
two vocol selections: ''Back to the Farm
and the Orchestra Rag Gren Ella is
blessed with many accomplishments and
the least of these is his voice. He render
ed the numbers in really pleasing and eff
fective manner. The Count left us last
Monday and while we will sadly miss him
from our midst, (for he was able, could
play most any instrument and as well was
n bornleader), yet we are pleased to see him
regain his freedom and have an opportunity
to put his many talents to good use.
On Monday, Sept. Goth, the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
held their thirteenth bi-annual convention
in St. Paul, MINI. There was large at
tendance of delegates from all corners of
the continent, and from all reports availa-
BILE the convention was a most successful
one from every standpoint. Ofcourse, the
Brotherhood paid a visit to our model insti-
tuition, for as well as being one ofthe sights
of the state, there was the added attraction
in this case of our extensive and up-to date
electrical appliances and equipment. 1t
required the services of the Deputy War
den and all the spare officers in addition to
the regular ushers, to conduct them over
our plant, for they were over a thousand
strong. The prison band under the leader
ship of Count Gren Ella furnished musical
selections for their entertainment which we
understand was highly appreciated by the
visitors.
As the various leagues close their sea-
son and each individual club looks back O.
yer its past performances, we note that
from first one corner of the globe and then
another, comes the report of some team or
individual player having broken world S
record. Now, this is always interesting to
the immense army of fans thruout the coun-
try. Therefore, while we are only in the
MINOR class it seems to us that the infor-
nation that our club boasts of over doz-
en- men who have batted better than 300,
may be interesting to many. On looking
over our team batting percentage for the
season, we find that we have not only
a player who has established new record,
but several who have beaten all previously
known records. The following are some
of our top-notchers who have all competed
in six or more games:-Laff, .537, Hans,
500, Saxo, .483, Van, .47O, Lovely, .465,
Red, .455, Pat, .407, CART. 400 Harry,
1893. and Fanny, 1856. We would like to
hear of club with better showing. No.
we have no fear of the Feds taking any of
our STARS for their contracts are IRoNcLAD.