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cert, sticks fast in my memory. AL
lowing for the variations that inter
pretation from another tongue might
produce, his words were:
II do not agree with those who
maintain that the successful have no
luck. A person with a talent has luck
and attracts luck.
Chaliapin as a little child lived in
a, humble home in the provincial Rus
sian city of KaZan. Chaliapin today is
The greatest dramatic singer of all
opera-a world figure, a supreme
artist. His statement is the expression
of a philosophy as generous as his
stature-he stand feet inches-and
as big as his genius.
. In Russia the people sing as they
work-to cheer themselves. Chali-
apin's mother sang as she seweda 1t
was just an unpretentious voice, but
the boy paused to consider it, and HIM
self felt the urge to sing.
perhaps the conditions
which obtained in the Russia of that
day-stirred even little children to con-
temptation and reflection. Feodor gave
serious thought 10 this matter of
music and singing.
One day, when he was seveu~Y1nRrs
old, he went into O chusaks r.
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have Commissioner West do the
honors." The Commissioner, how
ever, was careful not 10 arrive at the
ball park until after the contest had
started. In other years. however,
Mr.. West was more prompt.
*
THAT base ball is a product of
evolution is seen in the following
extract from an account of the open
ing game of the 1903 season:
Yesterdays game gave the Wash
1ngton rooters their first chance to
see the. workings of the foul-strike
rule in championship game. 1t
took the crowd some time to get used
to hearing the umpire yell strike"
when a ball went sailing into foul
territory. That it shortened the game
cannot be gainsaid.''
This shortening of the game was
apparently an important considera-
ton, for they did not start until 4:30
in those days, and darkness often
threatened to curtail them. One
opening game was called for this rea-
son, that of April IA. 1904. which ter
minated at the end of the eighth
inning with the score, Philadelphia s,
Washington 8.
For a number of years it was Gus
tomary for the players of the two
teams, In uniform, to parade the
streets headed by a band and followed
by a multitude of fans" before the
opening game. This feature con-
tinued as late as 1906.
The Washington team is now
known all over the country as the
Nationals" but that name is of COM
paratively recent origin. Previous to
1905 it was known as the Senators"
1t was decided to "christen" the club
Nationals" at the opening game
April IA, 1905, and large gathering
of "old timers who had played on
the nine in former seasons, turned
out for the occasion. The "christen-
ing party" was somewhat of a failure,
In that the New York team won
the game, 4 to 2. And 1t may be
added that the Gotham team, known
as the Yankees today, was called the
Highlanders then and did not have
any Babe Ruth in its lineup.
To go back a bit further, the pro-
fessional team that represented Wash
ington was once called the Olympics,
at another time it was known as the
Jeffersons, and at still another time
it went under the name Chesapeakes.
These teams have, at various times,
been members of several leagues.
In. 1884 the Washington club was
in the American Association. The
following year it joined the Eastern
League. and from 1886 to 1900 it
played in the National League. In
1901 it became a member of the
newly formed American League, In
which 1t has since remained.
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umpire. That game, by the way. was
battle between two Johnsons;
Walter. who pitched for the locals as
usual, losing to Raymond, who twirled
for Boston, by the score of to 0.
X \
PERHAPS the most spectacular
opening game of recent years was
started by Gen. Peyton C. Marsh on
April %, 1919. 1t lasted 13 innings and
Washington won from Philadelphia
by the smallest possible score, l to
0. The heroes" of that thrilling base
ball battle were Walter Johnson and
Mike" Menosky. the latter an out
fielder who had just returned to the
club after having served over a year
in the A. E. f. in France. 1t was
Mike who scored the winning run.
A sight that later was to become
familiar to all who visited the ball
park was witnessed for the first time
that afternoon-a couple of hundred
khaki clad, disable veterans from
Walter Reed Hospital watched the
game from a vantage point in the
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1t was an unprecedented event for
youth of seventeen to be singing
principal part in opera. No other
such instance is known. Chaliapin's s
success-a success that has made his
name a household word throughout
the world-dated from that night.
But, strange as it may seem, up to
this moment his voice had never had
the slightest training.
Semeonov Samarsky and others,
learning Of this circumstance, We're
astounded.
You have wonderful voice -
they told him, but hereafter you
must have a teacher"
Feodor Chaliapin found an in
structor and began preparing for the
career that obviously was now be-
fore him.
tCopyright, 1e25.D
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tosses To the pitcher in191e.

Accounts of the opening games
beyond so years ago are brief
and make no mention of ceremonies.
They were played in several localities
about the city. The first fenced
grounds were at 18th and streets.
A record crowd at this park was be-
tween two and three thousand per-
sons, each of whom paid twenty-five
cents admission Some years later a
diamond was constructed at New
Jersey Avenue and c streets, which
included a kids gallery, where
youngsters were permitted to watch
the game for the modest sum of ten
cents.
The first ball game played in Wash
ington-not the first of any particu-
lar season, but the first and original
game of which there is any record
was played on the White Lot. the
grounds between the White House
and B street. during the Summer of
1860. No admission fee was charged,
of course, as there were no stands.
The contestants were the Potomac
Baseball Club and the National Club.
The Potomacs won, SO to 80. 1t is
hardly necessary to state that the
rules under which that game was
played were vastly different from the
ones which govern the national pas
time today.
Previous to the coming of Walter
Johnson, win" Mercer and "AI'
Orth were the stars of the local
team.
Orth was known as the "curveless
wonder" who, in addition to being
able to pitch proficiently, was consid-
cradle of a Slugger, as his batting
average of .318 in one season shows.
Mercer is described as having been
a natural athlete AS a ball player
>he is said to have been very fast on
the bases, a dangeIdns man at bat,
and difficult to hit when pitching. He
held an imposing number of records
until Johnson came along and shat
tered all of them.
Since joining the local team John
son has started II opening games
here. He has won eight of them and in
five of them he did not allow his OPP
ponents to score a run. Ainsmith
caught him in five of these games and
Street in two. His other battery mates
at inaugural battles have been Agnew,
Williams. Charity and Ruel, each of
whom has held down. the "Old Mas
ter's" shoots at = beginning of one
year.
me game whic ohnson pitched to
open the season e last April was
one of his best. rs the 25,581 spec
tators who saw it may remember, he
allowed the Philadelphia batters ex-.
actly four hits and struck out eight
of them. The score was 40 in favor
of Washington. and the shutout was
the 1o2d Of Johnson's career.
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| when Washington won a hotly con-
| tested game from New York. , to /.
1 On April ii, 1915, the war President
| saw Walter johnson pitch a two hit
game in the seasons debut, and the
| following year he was present when
the local team established something
of a record by making II hits as it
defeated New York by the score of
! II to 4.
A little over month after their
Inauguration in 1921, President Hard
ing and Vice President Coolidge par
ticipated in the ceremonies incident
| to the first game of the season in
Washington. After getting "all set"
TO toss the ball to the umpire, Presi-
dent Harding shifted and threw the
sphere to Johnson, who promptly
pocketed it as a souvenir. The Wash
lnSton pitching ace, was mot right"
that day, however, and retired from
the game after the fourth inning.
Mr.. Harding kept score during the
entire game, and at it's conclusion
Boston having won, 6 to 3-gave his
card to Byron Bancroft Johnson,
President of the American League
who still treasures it highly. ~
The. Presidents notationS were said
to be neat and readily transcribable.
Another noted guest at this game
was Gen. John J. Pershing, who raised
the flag on the big pole in center field
prior to the start of the. contest.
d The following two seasons were also
begun by President Harding, and last
year President Coolidge gave the
sporting writer's an opportunity to
make alleged humorous comments on
his speed and control by tossing out
the first ball to a team which was de-
stined to make history by establishing
Washington as the premier city in the
base ball world.
4 X
THE presence of a President at an
opening game seems TO bring good
luck" to the local team as seven of
the nine games started by Chief Ex-
ecutives of the Nation have resulted
in victory for Washington.
Almost all OF the Presidents have
been close followers of the national
pastime. Grover Cleveland was an
exception. He felt that he would be
wasting his time if he attended a
bah game and declined all invitations
to watch one.
None Of the Chief Executives were
more dyed. -the-wool" fans than
James A. Garfield When Mr.. Gar
field was in the House of Represents
tives, it is said, that he never missed
a game.
1t will not be necessary to go back
near so far to tell of the opening
games in which Vice Presidents have
participated.
America had barely entered the
World War when Vice President
Thomas r. Marshall was called upon
to pinch hit for President Wilson at
the opening game on April 20, 1917,
but the spirit of patriotism was al
ready sweeping the, land. The players
staged an infantry drill on the field
prior to the beginning of the contest,
using their bats as rifles, and march
ing in more or less military cadence
to the flag pole in center field, where
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Franklin d. Roosevelt raised Old
Glory. The unusual spectacle of the
flags of two of Americas allies, the
French and the British, flying over the
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Decoys for Tsetse FIy.

SCENTED decoys for the deadly
tsetse, fly are now employed in
up-country districts by Government
entomologists, says Science. In order
to trap and destroy the insects, which
cause sleeping sickness, dummy ami
mails are being erected upon which
the flies light with the intention of
biting the animals, If animal odors
cling around the dummies the flies
will Enger about until killed. Images
of donkeys with brown paper legs are
commonly employed.
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April u. 1e ~.

Most Presidents Have Been Enthu-
siastic Fans Taft First Chief Exec
utive to Throw Out Ball at Beginning
of Season-1arding Kept Score as an
Expert and Presented His Gard to Ban
Johnson-Admiral Dewey Received
Ovation at Inaugural Contest of 1901.
The "Original' Opening Game Played
on White Lot.
Evening star., 1925-04-19
BY PRESTON WRIGHT.

STATEMENT made by Feodor
Chaliapin,, during a meeting in
New York in January, when
he had come on from Chicago
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29
tuberculosis Germs Not Inherited.

Most anybody nowadays can
write or speak intelligently of tu-
berculosis. My little neighbor, a
lad of ten, not yet in Junior High
refers gravely to "T-B" when CON
versing with his play-fellows; the
learned scientists and the statisti-
clan bewilder US with technical
facts What to do with the oisr
ease hoWever-to combat it sue
cessfully--remains dark and I'M
fashionable secret. We have found
out to certainty that its cause is
a definite bacillus, a living, virile
organism, shaped like rod, mutt
plying by dividing itself into short
er sections when each individual
reaches maturity. Colonies assem-
bled produce peculiar growth
--tubercules, nature trying to
ward off the intruder. When the
baccili develop destructive power
within the tubercle, its walls break
down, and general tuberculosis re-
suits.
The outstanding fact to be re-
membered in tuberculosis is, it is
communicable. People do not in
herit germs they are acquired. a
child may be infected, and harbor
the bacteria for years without
symptoms. Let him get influenza,
or pneumonia or even a severe
"cold" and the tubercle baccilli
awaken to do serious mischief. This
brings up a positive conclusion:
All tubercular patients should be
subjected to rules of quarantine.
They should be taught to save and
burn all expectorated matter, and
should sleep alone, using individu
al bed-linen. Their towels should
be kept separate and sterilized by
boiling.
The germs when dry, blow every
where! A dozen school children
racing along in their glee inhal-
ing millions of these deadly germs!
If there is an ordinance in YOUR
town against splitting on the side
walk, make it include the entire
street at your next meeting!
Next Week.
More about Tuberculosis
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29
ONE DAY ONLY
They Come Many Miles to See Hin
No Charge for Examination

DR.. Doran is a regular graduate in
medicine and surgery. He visits pro.
fessionally the more important towns
and cities and offers to all who call
on this trip free consultation.
According to his method of treat
ment he does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of the
stomach, goitre, tonsils or adenoids
He has to his credit wonderful re.
suits in diseases of the stomach, liv.
er, bowels, blood skin, nerves, heart,
kidneys, bladder, bed wetting, catarrh
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg
ulcers and rectal ailments.
If you have been ailing for any
length of time and do not get any
better do not fail to CALL as improper
measures rather than disease are
very often the cause of your long
standing trouble.
Remember above date, that consult
alton on this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Married women must be accompan-
led by their husbands.
Address: 1886 Boston Block. Mime.
apolis, Mimi.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29
Agricultural Exports

Agricultural products exported by
this country each year are valued at
81. 800 900. 900
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29
PRIZE STORY

The stern school principal frowned
over his glasses at the two girlish fig.
ures before him. They must be twins
they looked alike, acted and dressed
the same Each was bobbed of hair
and both were dressed in pink crepe
frocks that reached-not quite to the
knees. And what is your name?" he
asked indicating the child on the left
Slowly he wrote, as she spoke. "And
what is your twin sisters Manner
Sir" spoke the other in a husky
Voice, Il am this child's mother!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29
Legal Notices

First pub. Oct. I; last Nov. 5; wks.
STATE OF WISCONSIN - IN CIR
CUT COURT = Villas COUNTY.
Frederick Keller, Plaintiff,
VS..
Paul Fuderich, Mrs. Paul Fuder-
ich, whose given name is un-
known, and Peter Janos, Defendants.
TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of
the judgment of foreclosure and sale
made in the above entitled action on
the 25th day of September, 1924, the
undersigned, Sheriff of Villas County.
State of Wisconsin, will sell at public
auction at the front door of the court
house, in the Village of Eagle River,
Villas County, Wisconsin, on the 14th
day of November, 1925, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, the real
estate and mortgaged premises de.
scribed in said judgment and ordered
to be sold therein, described as fol-
lows
Lot Three go of Section Four
teen (14), and the North half of
the Northwest Quarter of Section
Twenty-three (23), all in Town
ship Forty (4O) North, Range
Eleven I'D East, Villas County,
Wisconsin, together with all
buildings and Improvements stu
ated thereon;
the above described premises being
mortgaged by the above named Paul
Fuderich to G.. F. and Mayme e.
Sanborn on the 10Th day of July,
1919, and received for record by the
Register of Deeds for Villas County
on the 21st day of July, 1919, at 400
O'Clock in the afternoon, and recorded
in Volume 80 of Mortgages, on page
439.
Terms of sale: Cash.
HERBERT G. BOWKER, Sheriff.
Villas County, Wisconsin.
ALEX HIGGINS,
Eagle River Wisconsin
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First pub. Oct. %; last Nov 5-3wks.
NOTICE
State of Wisconsin, Department of
State-ss.
Villas COUNTY
Farmers Welfare Cooperative AS
sociation, Eagle River.
Radcliffe Mfg. Company, Eagle Riv-
er.
Notice is hereby given to you and
each of you that you have failed to
file in this Office the annual report
provided for by Section 1S0.0S of the
Wisconsin Statutes.
Now, therefore, in compliance with
law, the corporate rights and privi-
leges granted to you will be forfeited
on January I, 1926, provided such an.
nual report is not filed in this office
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29

What Becomes Of Red Cross Sweaters
What becomes of the sweaters
which the American Red Cross has
asked for? In the first place, they are
needed for the 10000 disabled veter-
ans still in hospitals this winter, the
garments being in great demand. The
surplus left from the war has been
exhausted since the Armistice, hence
the new call for the sweaterknitters
to resume their needles, call already
being met.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29
VILLAGE OFFICIALS

President-N M. Emmons.
Supervisory. M. Emmons.
Trustees-A. J. DeNoyer, R. r. Ewald
Mrs. Ruby Radcliffe. E. d. Richmond
j. e. VanDerheyden, R. White.
Clerk Walter Gander Jr.
Treasurer Thos. MacQuaker
ssessor-Robert Persohn
Cons table-Max Ewald.
Justice of the Peace-Frank Adams :
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-29
prior thereto and payment made OF
forfeit fee and costs of publication as
herein provided.
FRED R. ZIMMER MAN,
Secretary of State.
First pub Oct. %; last Nov. 53 wks
NOTICE


To the owner or owners of land with
in Section Is, in Township 40, NJ
of Range 8 e. of the 4th P. NJ, in
Villas County Wisconsin:
Take notice that in accordance with
the provisions of Section 1888, 1854,
6O.37, 6O.38, 6O.39, 6O.4O, GOAL and 6O.42
of the Wisconsin Statutes of 1919, l
will on Friday Nov. 6, 1925,at 10000
in the forenoon commence to make q
survey of said section Is, in Township
40 North of Range E. Villas County
Wisconsin, commenting at the North.
west corner of said section.
w j. WALSH,
County Surveyor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
New Farm Bureau

Sixteen farmers of West Bath and
vicinity met and organized farm
bureau last Wednesday night in the
Lowell school house in West Bath
Llewellyn ID. Rogers was elected
chairman and Fred J. Rose secretary.
County Agent G. l.. Eastman was
present to explain the benefits re-
sulting~from such organization and
cooperation which he considers one
Iof the most valuable features tina t
the extension service of the state ex-
pertinent station can do for the
farmers in general.
Mr.. Eastman outlined the purpose
and function of the farm bureau and
five men plan to open poultry ac-
counts on books furnished by him
who demonstrated how men can
study their business to increase pro-
hts. Some surprising facts were
brought out which will be tried and
proved by the members. Other mem
bers are promised. Some men plan
to grow alfalfa under the county
agents direction after he has taken
soil tests.
Joseph W. Larrabee was appointed
GARY project leader, William Fields
poultry project leader, l.. c. Donne,l
orchard project leader, Ernest y.
lose crops project leader, Herbert
CaVanaugh farm management leader,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
Produce Clean Milk

"Milk is natures most perfect
food" says John A. Arey. dairy extern
sion specialist for the North Carolina
State College of Agriculture, land
every person connected with it's han
ding should be clean in his methods.
There are few living germs or organ
isms in milk when it is freshly drawn
from healthy cows and the secret OF
producing clean milk is to keep all
dirt and bacteria from getting into IT
while handling and then to cool the
milk Immediately"
Mr.. Arey states that expensive
equipment is not necessary to pro-
duce clean milk. The stable should
be clean and well lighted. Since most
of the dirt comes from the body OF
the COW, she should be kept clean
SO should the hands of the mixers
All containers used in handling the
fluid should be of metal and the corn
ers filled with solder so that no crev
ice is left for milk to lodge and sour
These containers should be first rims
cd, them scrubbed with a good wash
ing powder. after which another
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
IN The GRANGE
Pomona Grange Dates
(Prices Paid Friday

Nov. Z, Knox. Good Will Grange, SO.
Warren.
Nov. 10, Cumberland & Androscog-
gin.
Nov. TO- Lincoln.
Nov. 10, West Washington.
Nov. TO- Somerset.
Nov. II, kennebec, Rome.
Nov. II, New Century. Rumford
Grange, Rumford.
Nov. II, North Waldo. Sunrise
Grange, Winterport.
Nov. II, Excelsior. Crystal Lake
Grange, Aliens Mills.
Nov. II, York, Ogunquit Grange,
Wells Beach.
Nov. 10, Green Mountain. Mountain
View Grange, West Eden.
Nov. IA, Cumberland.
Nov, II, East Kennebec. Benton.
Nov. IS, Aroostook & Penobscot
Union, Perham.
Nov. IS, Kennebec. Wayne.
Nov. IS, Sagadakoc, Merrymeeting
Grange. Bowdoinham.
Nov. 10, North Franklin, Sandy River
Grange, Madrid.
Nov. ia, East Piscataquis.
Nov. 10, Cumberland and Oxford
Union Highland Grange, Bridgton.
Nov. %, Penobscot.
Nov. %. Yves. Penobscot. Eastern
Star Grange, Hampden.
Dec. /, Oxford.
Dec. 2, AndroscogGin, Stevens Mills
Grange, Auburn.
Dec. 2, Kennebec, Belgrade.
Dec. ., New Century, Mt Sugar Loaf
Grange, Dixfield.
Dec {? PiscataouiS
Dec. 3, Cumberland & Oxford Union,
Frost Mt. Grange, Brownfleld.
Dec. 5, Knox, South Hope.
Dec. 5, Green Mountain, Odd Fellows
Hall, Ellsworth.
Dec. 8, Waldo.
Dec. s, Lincoln.
Dec. 8, Cumberland and AndroscoS-
gin.
Dec. g. North Waldo.
Dec. 10, Excelsior Temple.
Dec. 10, York, Arundel Grange, Ken
nebunk.
Dec. II, North Franklin, Aurora
Grange. Strong.
Dec. II, East Piscataquis.
Dec. %. East Kennebec, Cushnoc
Grange, Riverside.
Dec. &c, Penobscot.
Dec. IS, West Penobscot, Mystic Tie
Grange, Kenduskeag.
Dec. 80, Sagadahoc West Bath
Grange, West Bath.