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REPORTER
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1 MV0NLVJAU6HTtH, GRAND 0f- kg.
MsJlLl I ry 1 mow to
Christy Mathewson, the Idol
Of Baseball Fans Everywhere
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Photo copyright. 1911. by American Press Association
BASEBALL enthusiasts everywhere mil niui Matty." hut tie I nal'
Clirlfitopbpr Mathewson. aud It In tv tliat o;t tn- he In known In tn.
inKuninoe btisiuewi, at wblcb he works wIm-ii hi- i- not playing h'li
The nix month be puts Id as ai. uthirti- inn him ppilmps f'.Tm
wblrh la doubtless considerably more tbnii he nmkiti tlin rt of the year Hell
ine inK;irawe- Miitty waa born In IKSii. and nil his liatelmll i-areer. except al
KucLiiell university. .bere be waa graduated mid a few months with small
towns, baa leen stit wltb the New York .National ipairne team. Iietter known
la tbe (Jlanta Small Ihivs everywhere rt-turd Matti- oii as the greatest man
alht There la uiueb In his career that Ihivk - an eumiaie with protlt He has
always playe1 the game the best be conhl. he na ! n life, and he baa
Sever been ordered from tbe diamond hetaiiM id a dispute w ith an umpire.
Heart toHeart
Talks.
By E2WLN A.. NYE
EVEN AS fOU AND I.
I had been lectiirins the carrier boy
rather aharply. He had lieen miss
ing the delivery of ui.v evening Dews
paper almut half the time.
The '.xiy was new In the route and
when I spoke to tiim once before tie
appeared rather lndendent But
thla time be was a little tearfid when
be looked up and said:
"Don't you make mistakes. Ulster?"
Tbe shot went straight home. In
deed. I hsve made a lot of mistakes
both of bend and heart and some one
mleht properly lecture nie for them.
We are apt to ( slow In making ex
cases for the other fellow. If th
newspaper Is not on the front porch
when we look for it. If the mail carrier
should ehnnce to come but once In
stead of twice a df T. If the telephone
(rlrl at central falls to rescind nt once.
If the waiter at the cafe is delayed, we
foiwt that these i.erson are fallible
human heln-'s
"Even r.s yon and I."
For many years I edited newspaper,
nd. like all editors. I Insisted upon
accuracy In tbe news, perfection Id
the composing room and punctuality
In tbe muiiliiB department.
NeTertbel4-s-
Despite my innatatit nriring. tbe re
porter would fall to get both sides
of story, and wbere tbe facts are
lacking utilized their fertile fancies:
linotype alujrs would persistently get
Id upside down; and mall editions
would occasionally be missed. The
boys made mistakes
ETen as you and L
And sometimes when 1 traced a
piece of "pi" to Its source I discovered
that perhaps the floor man bad sat up
all night with a sick baby or wife
and waa "dead on bis feet" Ha was
human
Tren aa 700 and t
cub
X a;
t i.' '
;? ;
Vt Is always proper to Insist on the
service for which you pay. That la
exact Justice. Rut
Mercy Is above Justice. And the
quality of mercy la not strained. It
blesses botb him who elves and hi ill
! who receives. We should reineml-r
! that service Is rendered by people lie
! Bet tired, who have headaches and
heartaches, who foriret
"Even as you and I."
j The newsUiv tauuht me a new l-
ison of tolerance nnd charity. The
boy really desired to serve me. II
paid hltn to do so Merely he had
1 not been ahle to j:et my location
: straight In his head,
i Since the day he floored me by his
ad homlnem Interrocatory he has not
missed a nninlier of my paer. He
was only human not a machine
"Even us you aud I."
The ,ly Kind He Knew.
One of the lessons at an east end
school was reading from the dully pa
per. Recently one pupil put the sen
tence. "The king and his escort pass
ed by."
"Now. boys," asked the master, "do
any of you know what tbe word 'es
cort means?"
The class thought deeply, and then
one grubby little paw was waved vio
lently aloft
"Yes, Jimmy," said the master, "tell
me what It Is."
"Please, sir," cried Jimmy in tri
umph, "It's a feller what's got a girl,
an' 'e takes 'er out walkinT Boston
Post
Wise Lightning.
"H'a strange." said the major, "that
Bghtnlng Is forever striking cburcb
steeples, but who ever beard of it strik
ing a moonshine distillery?"
"Tbe reason's plain, major," aald the
temperate man. "It can get away with
a church steeple all right, but the bot
stuff In tbe moonshine distillery would
put thunder and lightning out of busi
ness In a Jiffy ."-Atlanta Constitution.
OHEOON CITY
That's Right, Scoop, Take Her Out to See
M "MRJ
"TEDDY" AND
I THE "TRUSTS'
Theodore Roosevelt Is said to hare
stated when President, that there
were two kinds of trust, "good
truats" and "bad trusta." but he did
not dollne In words whut the d I (Ter
ence was between these two sets of
law breakers. Ills actions, however,
while President and since, have shown
that he classifies the trusts on the
following basis: "Naughty trusts;"
these include trusts which do not con
tribute to the campaign fund of a
national ticket headed by Theodore
Roosevelt and which have no close
friends of Theodore Roosevelt, who
are officers In such trusts.. "Nice
trusts." These Include, first, those
violators of the United States laws,
which, like the steel corporation, the
harvester trust, and (In times gone
by) the standard Oil company, have
dropped their mite (?) Into a fund
to further the political ambitions of
Theodore Roosevelt; or second, trusts
which have on their board of directors
some close personal friend of Roose
velt, like Paul Morton, the rallrdfid
rebater, or Medill McCormlck, the
harvester trust manager.
Thus Theodore Roosevelt, as Presi
dent, allowed personal friendship, or
campaign contributions given with a
secret understanding to blind his eyes
to violations of the anti-trust law by
great corporations.
President Taft, on the other hand,
has fearlessly prosecuted all trusts
against which he could get evidence,
whether they were political friends
or political foes.
During the administrations since
the Sherman anti-trust law was pass
ed,, viz: those of Harrison, Cleveland,
McKrnley and Roosevelt, there were
sixty-two civil and criminal prosecu
tions of the trusts under this law.
That number was equalled by Taft
in two years and ten months, and to
date, his administration has handled
eighty-three cases under this law, or
twenty-one more than were handled
during all the time previous. Time
considered, the suits brought by Taft
against Ylolators of the Sherman anti
trust law, as against those brought by
Roosevelt, have been In the ratio of
more than four to one. Do we need
to Inquire any further why Messrs.
Perkins, Gary and Munsey, all stock
holders in the steel trust, and Mc
Cormlck of the harvester trust, and
magnates of the other great trusts,
are pouring out their mpney In great
sums to elect Roosevelt, with whom
they seem to have a mysterious secret
understanding, and prevent the re
election of President Taft, who bas
prosecuted all trusts without fear or
favor?
LaFollette No. 1.
ROOSEVELT TACTICS
"It Is characteristic of Roosevelt
that while he seizes upon Issues
that make good propaganda and
gives them publicity, he has not
the patience nor stability nor depth
of conviction to prevent hlB sacri
ficing essential principles and per
manent results to personal consid
erations and temporary advantage.
It was this that made his adminis
tration as President, although a
time for reform agitation, barren
of constructive legislation and a
period of growth of evils that may
have been avoided under wiser
leadership. The third party move
ment promises to illumine this In
herent weakness of Roosevelt as
has no other phase of his political
career. He completely dominates
its policy and the real significance
of his tactics is revealed as it could
not be in the more complex politi
cal situations in which be has been
a conspicuous figure." Part of edi
torial from La Follette's Weekly,
Aug. 10, 1912.
LaFollette No. 9.
LA FOLLETTE PRAISES TAFT.
Under the caption "Taft Protects
the Civil Service," La Follette's
Weekly Magazine of August 24,
1912, says: "The proposition to
limit the tenure of government
clerks to sven years can not be
defended on any basis and was a
very reasonable ground for the
President's veto of the legislative
appropriation bill. While the am
endment left all the government
positions at the expiration of the
seven year period to be fll'ed
throug the Civil Service, the
change was a backward step In
the direction of the old spoils sys
tem." Should Be Intrusted to Taft
Upon the strength of the record he
baa made, and in view of the material
KNTKRPUTSK. VIM DAY.
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&OT VENUS
LOOKING
f III llll I I I
J I I i (I I I I I I I
I II I I I
condition he has been largely Instru
mental In bringing '".bout, it is emi
nently wise und proper that the. wel
fare of the country should again be
Intrusted to President Taft. Denver
Republican.
Song of the New Party.
My country, 'tis of Me,
Sweet land of mostly Me,
Of Me I yell.
Land to which 1 am sent.
Beyond all argument.
Choose tue for president.
Or go to well.
Hartford CouranL
BUSINESS IS BRISK
Local Merchants In th Towns Find
Receipts Increasing Each
Month.
Vnder the heading, "Business la
Brisk this Fall." the Kreeport. 111..
Journal says that local merchants are
optimistic and that "autumn displays
In local windows Include great variety
of high class goods that will sell
well." The Journal then says:
"Recent reports from shipper tn
almost every section of the country
give one the idea that the only fam
ine we will have la one of freight cars
rather than of produce. The condi
tions In the harvest fields of our great
gTaln sections this year have demand
ed more labor than they could get.
and that condition has not existed for
several seasons. Waftes are at the
top notch and there Is plenty of work.
Factories are working full force and
many of them overtime. And the
farmer Still buys automobiles.
"Among local merchants business
has been good this summer and each
month has shown an Improvement
over' the corresponding month one
year aco."
WILL DEPENDUPON ELECTION
Politics Unfortunately. Will Have an
Influence Upon Contlqued
Prosperity.
In an Interview published In New
York, Mr. James S. Alexander, presi
dent of the National Bank of Com
merce, said:
"Merchants have been increasing
their stocks. I ahor Is well rnploved
Tremendous crops are assured. The
outlook Is exceedincty rood."
But Mr. Alexander added that poll
tics, unfortunately, were a factor In
the situation and that tr present con
ditions were chanced by the election,
the buslnesa world would naturally
suffer.
Business Continues Good.
From the lackson, Mich., Patriot,
Sept. 11. 1!12:
As to the general business of the
country, although wl'hln less than
eight weeks of election, with condi
tions growing feverish among candi
dates, there ran he no two opinions.
It Is large and teni's to become larger.
In some rases showing a volume nev
er before-recorded.
This is especially the rase with
those Industries which Imtdy a large
volume of business In other lines and
directions, such, for example, as the
Industrial demand for fuel and the
Mi-ect c"riit ever known In manufac
tured steel.
At ro t'me In the history of this
cotintrv has the production of steel
been c'ont. srd H relation to oth
er Industries la shorn In the large or
ders r""'i from the railroad equip
ment companion.
j Erlcht Ruslnss 8lqns.
I From the Rending. Pa., Times:
It gratlfes th Times to be able to
bring to the attention of Its readers
i the many evidences of business 1m
j provement appear'ng In all sections of
the country. These come from the
west as welt ns from the east, and
affect the agriculturist as well as the
Industries and financial and commer
cial houses.
Let Welt Enough Alone.
! From the Qnlncy, III., Whig:
! It strikes us that we should be sat
1 Isfled with our present prosperity nn
' dcr President Taft and not be misled
by thjse who ar trying to create a
spirit if unrest throughout the country-
Dutch Mil'tary 8erviee.
In the Netherlands every male citi
zen la liable to. fifteen years' military
service.
TEMPER.
If a man has a quarrelsome tem
per, let him alone. The world will
soon find him employment. He will
soon meet with some one stronger
than himself who wiO repay -him
better than you can. A man may
fight duels all his life if he is dis
posed to quarrel. CeciL
OCTOBER 11. 1012.
HOW AN UMr tuntu
AN IRASCIBLE MANAGER.
'"It took an umpire In the Vir
ginia State league Inst year to
hang one on to a Hery ninuiig.'r.H
Frank Slmugtiuessy said In tell
ing a atory he was In on. "We
were Dlnvlnc In tiichimuul and
Just before the game the umps
came to t for the batteries. 1
told who would work fur Ron
noke and he went over to the
Itk'hmuiul lieiich t get that
club'a batteries. 1 knew the
manager was sore on htm and
was aurnrlxed to see him walk
away a few seconds Inter seem
ingly aatlstled. as I thought the
malinger would give bliii a rat
ting. "He announced the Honnoka
batteries to the grand stand and
bleachers and then shouted, The
batteries for Richmond today I
don't know. I asked the man
ager and he told me to go to
blnies. Play bull.' "
5 SPICY SPORTING CHATS.
By .TOMMY CLAKK.
This year's variety of football rules
hns been accused of being everything
from a return to the old eat 'em alive
mass piny rules to being a slight modi
fication, which will have llltle ertect
on the style of play. Actually a sur
vey of the new football laws lends tu
tho belief that the gunio that will de
veUip under them will le a close cousin
to that played In l!X!an Invitation
to the tackles to stand up and l
killed.
Last year's rules favored the defense
to such an extent that scoring
almost luiMsslble nud tluky lu the ex
treme. Irnpieiirs that lu their effort
to strengthen the offense the rule mak
ers have gone to the other Uuimliiry
and that muring this year Is likely to
be enormous aud that any defense de
veloped will 1 helpless against a
heavy, fairly fat back field, working
to gain ten yards In four dowus.
The mass play died when pulling
and pushing a man through the line
was alMillshed. Put the tackle now
will have to stand the shock of his
opposing forward nnd then of a henvy
man lient on making two or three
yards, tie will not In all probability
get much help from the secondary de
fense. To weaken the defensive Isick
line unduly will lie simply nn Invita
tion to the offense to work the now
unrestricted forward pass to Ita heart's
content
Baseball players are frequently crit
icised for taking long chinices on the
hnses, when, lu fuel, the percentage Is
In their favor. Let n player try to
take nn extra base on a play, nnd If he
Is milled he Is blamed for having been
too daring, nnd Jet It took n perfect
throw ami perfect lumilllng of the ball
to make the play mmsI Ic
A ball I in will 'li docs nut take llli
erties on the ha-es hasn't n chance to
be winner If every man who reaches
the sin ks would wait until In- was but
ted around the circuit erv few runs
would he s -oreil. nnd the mine would
deteriorate into an iinlnteiesiliiL' exhi
bition of w'iMi the public would soon
tire Curt in -more, there are more ball
gallics von I e -inise of ilarliiL' base run
ning til l) are in't hi It. fur the very
good i-ia-on that any time n bull has
to he thrown, caiiL'ht mill the runner
tola I ed ti e cp eiitnge u favor of
the runnel
England's First Lightship.
The lirst lightship oil Hie const of
England was placed at (lie Nore. Kent.
Ill 1S2.1
wnere lov is,
A little girl was lost on the street
and was brought Into the illce sta
tion. ' The officers tried In every way to
learn ber name. Finally one of tbe offi
cers said:
"Tell me, .little girl, what name dues
your mother call your father?"
"Why," responded the child Inno
cently, "she don't call him any names;
she likes him. "Youth's Companion.
LOVE YOUR WORK.
Work thcu for pleasure; paint or
sing or carve
The tlung thou Invest, though the
body starve.
Who woiki for glory misses oft the
goal;
Who works for money coins his
very souL
Work for work's sake, and k weO
may be
That these things shall be added
unto thee.
-KenyoaCoi.
SWIH? -
r 5HOOUO
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i ssi v. s i i
Mike Murphy snys that Pllly Kramer,
the American cross country champion.
-.Ill - . -....I.. M I..M,,t,M
I will iiiMi-r run niiiiiu, nun a" ni'ii'j
never misses the mark when It comes
i to telling the extent of an Injury It
seems (hat Kramer's days as an athlete
are over. It now Appears that the ten
don of Achilles of his left leg Is se
verely Injured.
According to the veteran trainer
Kramer received his Injury by running
on the dis k of the Finland without the
proper ninssnte after his exercise. The
training facilities were such that some
of the athletes hud to go without the
necessary amount of attention, and
Kramer was one of those who unfor
tunately had to suffer as a result of this
lack of Bivoniiinslatlon.
Murphy cites the fact that all the
races In which Kramer tried to enter
at the Olympics he proved that he
could not do himself Justice, for after
running part of the distance his tendon
stiffened upon lilm to such an extent
thut be could hardly move a muscle
after ha had used his leg for a little
time.
Garry Fitzgerald. Kramer's trainer,
says that be thinks rest and rare may
bring It around all right, but Murphy
shook bis head sadly nnd said: "I've
felt 'em that way before, nnd I never
saw one yet Hint came aruuml fit lo
work on. No, sir. his racing days are
over. Now see If I ain't r'ght."
Where the Danpsr Lay.
An F.ngllsli clergyman says Hint when
he came to a certain place as vicar he
asked whether there were any sick to
bo vIkKimI.
"Oh, no. sir!" was the answer. "No
body Is ever III lu Herrynnrhor. There
Is an old num. to Ih sure, over ninety,
who has taken lately to his bed, but
there hain't much the matter with him
that I know of."
"I thought to myself." added the
vicar, "of tho story of the Scotchman
who snld to his doctor:
"Ye pif a vara long face, doctor.
D'ye think I'm dangerously HIT
M 'Nn. nn,' was tho reply. 'I don't
think ye're dangerously 111, but I think
ye're dangerously old.
rsns.
Quill pens mine Into use In fst; the
first steel ones In Itn. when the first
gross of them sold for f.'ltl
lourans
i!
Not more than 10 per cent of the
potatoes of the Willamette valley are
affected by blight. Thla la tho opin
ion of those wlio have given the mat
ter considerable thought recently.
While in certain places the dam
age la very heavy, and In some In
stances total Ioks of the crop hint
been shown, the average Is far less
than had been anticipated.
The damage peoma to have run In
streaks. As a rule no loss Is shown
south of Clackamas county, while the
greatest: loss Is In coast sections
where the ground nun been kept cold
all summer.
Entire fields have been destroyed
in Clackamas, Washington, Multno
mah, Columbia and Clatsop counties,
but In Marlon and further south the
1o-b hi nut enough to consider. Ho
far as eastern and central Oregon are
cerned, no damage was shown dur
ing the year. The acreage In both
sections la Increased almost beyond
belief, therefore If every potato plant
ed western Oregon thla season was
destroyed the suite would sllll havo
about a third more a'ock than ever
before In Its history. The fai t that
westorn Oregon potatoes were not
damaged more Hum 10 per cent adds
that much more to tho total produc
tion of the state.
There la practically nothing doing
In the potato market at this time.
Dealers are scared about the blight,
but according to the leading Interests
the s' iation In that regard Is less
damaging than expected.
Fi
Foreign Interests are in the mar
ket for the better grade of Oregon
hops and are freely offering 19o a
pound for whatever will meet with
their requirements. While there la
talk that one grower in the Indepen
dence district was offered 18 1-2 c a
pound, this could not be confirmed.
The trade, while not being able to
confirm or deny the report of a high
price for extra select stock, believes
that It la possible, aa there will be
a scarcity throughout tbe world for
that quality. What are ordlnarllly
considered choice hops are being
quoted by the trade at 18c to IS
1 2c a pound. Some business Is re
ported passing at this figure.
A fair movement of prime bops la
By HOP
WelC
""'itumjl
-w - ' m -
attain reported around Woodburn at
17c a pound.
Dealers ure very busy looking af
Icr their cniitrncls. Rejections are
far leu than enpii-tod "'"I !' ,u"
gellier the cVop Is averaging belter
ipuillot than believed possible this
season, Some of Ihu dealers recent
ly took In contracts as high as Stic a
pound nnd quite a few of ti and 23a
crops have been accepted. Only
where tho quality Is fur out of line
with what the contract rails do deal
ers reject I lie m this season.
Kxura fancy, lc; choice is and
IS 1 e ; prime to choice, 17 12 and
ISc; prime, 17c; medium, 16 and Pic;
poor, I'J and Ho lb.
APPLES IN DEMAND
The apples grown lu this county
ihls year are attracting attention aud
the merchants who are handling Ihotn
late that (he growers are tuklug
mora Interest lu the fruit and lu the
pnikliig thau ever before. It Is be
lieved that Clackamas t'ouuiy can
produce as fine apples aa those of
Hood river. Many varieties are be
ing brought to this market. Many of
tho growers are complaining of the
scurviiy of pickers. II. 8. Cue, of ( au
by, Is hiring women lo pick his crop
ihls year, there being a scarcity of
male help. Tbe woimu are Piling the
bill, nud some of them are picking as
many as the men formerly did. Mr.
t oe has had M) uushels picked and
wll have in least that many more.
The grape teason is at Us helghtli
and Concord grapes are brliiKlng a
retail price of 4 12 cents a pound.
Never before has the grape market
bcetl better supplied tlluu lit the pres
ent, time. The grapes are largu aud
delicious inn! are tludlug as ready a
market as California grapes.
Tills week will protiuhly end tho
penca buslne-s. Those being brought
here now are mosily from Tlin Dalle's,
The peach crop this year was larger
ihau for years. The lowest prlc
quoted by the merchants was 40 cents
a box.
Tomato plants were somewhat dam
aged by the recent frosts, but toma
toes ar t ill being brought to the
market. Home are green, but they are
ripening In the boxes. There la a
good demand fur good ton toes,
which are ranging from 45 rents tu
00 rents a box.
Tbe four market Is stationary, but
there Ire Indications of nn advance
In price, as some of the mills lu the
valley are cloning owing to a scarcity
nl wheat. Tho wheat was dnmaxed by
tho heavy rains that prevailed
throughout the valley during the lat
ter part of August and the first of
September.
There la a scarcity of eggs In the
market, and those that are being
brought In are selling at ret a IT for
41) cents, the wholesale price being
from 3.1 to .'IS cents a doxen.
The vegetable market is well sup
plied daily with fresh Vegetables for
which (hern Is good demand.
Prevailing Oregon City prices are aa
follows:
DRIED FRUITS (Buying), Prunee
on basis 6 to 8 centa.
HIDES (Buying), Green hides o
to. 7c; snlters 7c; dry hides 11 c to
14c; ehoep pelts 30c to 86c each.
K;ti.-I Oregon ranch eggs 3J and
.18 cents case count.
FEED (Selling), Shorts $27; bran
J 2 .r ; process barley $38 per ton.
FLOUR $4.60 to 6.60.
POTATOES New, about 60c to 60c
per hundred.
POULTRY (Buying) Hena lie;
spring 1.1c, an droostcrs 8c.
HAY (Buying), Clover at $9 and
$10; ont hay, best $10; mixed $10 to
$12; alfalfa $16 to $1C.C0; Idaho tim
othy $20; whole corn $40 , cracked
$11;
OATS (Buying) $2(1; wheat 8.1c
hu.;oll meal selling about $66; Shay
llrook dairy feed $1.30 per hundred
pounds.
Butter, Poultry, Eggs.
BUTTER (Buying). Ordinary conn
try butter 25c and 30c; fnncy dairy
80c role.
Livestock, Meats.
BEEF (Live Weight), Steers ( l-2o
and 6 l-4c; cows 4 12 und 6c; bulls
3 l-2e.
MUTTON Sheep 3c to 6c.
PORK 10c and 11c.
VEAI Calves 12c to 13c dressed,
according to grade.
CHICKENS 11c.
MOHAIR 33o to S5c.
Frulta
API'LES 70c and $1; peaches 60c
and 66c; crab apples 2c lb.
VEGETABLES
ONIONS lc lb; peppers 7c lb; toma
toes, 50c; corn 8c and 10c a dm.
POLK'S-
OREGON and WASHINGTON 1
Business Directory
A Directory of uch City, Tows and
Villas. Sl'lnf dMcrlpllv skutch of
each plsrs. location, population, tala-
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