O b s e rv e r M pRO. NATIONS OF FAR EAST TO EXHIBIT IN IB IS . O R EG O N , FRIDAY Tbe Rapid Reader*« Review of VIIL—THE COMEBACK Recent Reporta Rewritten ' Josephine, Douglas, Klamath and Jackson counties w ill cooperate IB In* stalling a display St the Panama-P*. A M E Is S shadow, reputation Is clfic exposition at San Francisco. a bubble, sod fifteen years is Outlook for the walnut crop In the a long time. but there may be some wbo recall Solomon Iae. McMinnville. district is exceptionally wbo pitched the Corsairs to two pen good this'year, one tree which Is 14 years old haring a crop which w ill Santa before the bright lights got Into his eyes and bliuded him. produce |40. I>ee came up from nowhere with a Attorney-General Crawford, In an good right arm. a steady nerve, a opinion, holds that delinquency certi­ strong body and an Individual style ficates could not be issued by county which set tlx* laiseball world a blase He tax collectors until the expiration of copied no pitcher ihat ever lived, and six months after taxes became delin­ every move he made was hallmarked with the pecullur Individuality of Solo­ quent. M in x -led and chained, H. A. M iller, mon Ia*e. lx*e was n sensation for two seasons, mayor of Bend, was inarched through and theu bright lights got him. He the streets and later escorted to the made the common mistake of thinking •ta g * of a moving picture theater and that youth, strength and nerve feme there exhibited to a crowded bouse as are Imlestnicilble qualities. The sput­ a prospective bridegroom. ter of the limelight was ntesk* tv Solo- Stats Forester Elliott announces the moiKj-ee. He loved to have men point privately-owned stumpege of the state h|iu out na he walked along the street. Is 9.641.645 acres and that 4,100,110 The "»|«ort»'’ flattered him. and be acres are owned by non-residents. He swallowed tlie tiattery with the drinks which ibey were proud to buy for him said that 94 per cent of the timber Solomon Lee wua “a good fetier.” owners have holding of about 640 which nn-an a Hint he was u com bios acres each and that they amount io thin of a bad feiiow and a fool An 29 per cent of the total privately own- athlete does not lust very long after ed forest acreage of the state. i the bright lights begin winking at hhn Solomon la*e hegau to fade coring The poultry department of the Ore­ I hla tlilnl season and snuffed out eo gon Agricultural College shipped to the poultry department of the State tlrely during hla fourth. Ed T errill the veteran manager of the Corealre. Insane asylum 100 pullets of the fa­ found that he could not trade Lee mous egg strain to be nsed partly for The once great pitcher was an explod demonstration work in poultry breed­ eil skyrocket—an empty shell. Nobody ing. These pullets have a pedigree wanted him at nuy price. He bad a declared to he better than that of any reputation as a demorn User, and no mauager wants that sort of a player other flock of pullets In the world. A M. Oooch. a Hood River orehard- on hla pay roll. Holomou heard the muttering» of the ist, has obtained record returns from approaching storm and paid no atten­ his strawberry crop this year and tion to them One morning be picked heads tbs list for production among up bis ravorite sporting pegs, and the those skipping through the Apple first paragraph which caught his eye Growers’ association. From a five- stung him until the red crept Into bis acre tract, with berries planted be­ neck: tween apple rows, Mr. Gooch shipped Solly Lee te all through as a btg leaguer 'He w ill go-to the minors next Meson. It 1117 crates, receiving 61500. seems a pity to say It, but he w ill never SU9N Forester Elliott has an­ be tniased. H e has been an evil influence nounced that the federal government on the team and has reflected no creAlt on the national gams. Hla eonduot Aaa would cooperate this year with his de­ been a reproach to ell decent bell piay- partment by appropriating 610,00 for sra. hla dissipations have become a scan­ and. na a result. Solomon Lee. who use In petroling timber lands at the dal. might have Continued on as a great pitch­ headwaters of navigable streams. The er for years to come, te a ll dene when he forester said that the money would should be beginning bla career. T he mem ary which ha leaves behind him la In tbe he used when the danger from fire nature of a eyafnlng. Men like Solomon appeared to be greatest. It w ill pro­ Lee add nothing io the dignity of clean sport and leave nothing bet a bed name vide about 60 fire-fighters behind them when they go Frank Meredith, secretary of the That night at tbe hotel he re Oregon State Fair, enounces that the ecivrd do lees thaq fifty letters, all special prises for the dairy exhibits InclOatng the same paragraph from this year would be much more costly the morning paper Two or three of and numerous than ever before in the the writers, friends of tbe bright light history of the association. The prises district, urged Solomon tv whip the were obtained by A. H. Lea, superin­ newspaper man. but all the rest were on tbe other side of the fence. tendent of the department, who has One anonymous fan wrote: written to Mr. Meredith that he ex­ Tou*ve been a drunk and a bum, and if pects to add more prises to the Hat •t hadn't been for you we’d have had an­ which already has been forwarded to other pennant thia year. 1 hope they tie eg+we s e son «ree oe » • • « • • » » • • • < e e e e e o g pin« L b U u x I e eaw p eo ea a a a w a eeeeeeg p o a a a a a eea e^ ep a sa P a a a a a eesseefa eee« eeaeae kVn F !he can on you eo tight you'll never be able tp get « off The postoffice department hay ac­ cepted the proposal of the Southern Pacific company to carry parcel poet by boat between Portland by North Bend to Marshfield and back aa often oa tke contractor may operate the boats at tbe rate of 2 cents per pound. The proposal of Oscar F. Jacobean to transport mail by boat between New­ port and Yaqulna station has been ac­ cepted. The Benton county court has au­ thorised Sam H. Moore, of Corvallis, to represent the county at the Good Roads convention at Medford tbe last of thia month. Mr. Moore la tbe orig­ inator of a plan to use convict labor in the manufacture of road materials, state roads also to receive state aid In materials and convict labor, so ter aa available. H a advocates tbe pur­ chase by tbe state of a abate and rock or cement deposit, tbe building of a cement plant and tbe operation of the plant with convict labor,- H e believes that the convicts w ill be doing labor not likely to be done by paid labor. In addition to Increasing by 660.000 tbe cost lim it of tbe Pendleton poet- office building, tke senate baa paaaed the MU appropriating 6106,000 for two flak eultnre atetiona on the Columbia river In Oregon. Tbe senate also paaaad the M il appropriating 660,000 to establish a fishery experiment eto- tlon nt some point on tbe Pacific nonet to be designated by tbe secre­ tary of commerce, and the bill appro- gristing 61200 for Thomas Coyle on ascoun t of the death of hla child Mar. 16. 1687, canoed by a blast of powder at tbe Cascade Locke. Incident to the construction of the canal. A blU was paaaed authorising officiate of the Otalla diking district to Olalla Slough, Lincoln county. Oregon. All efforts of the general assembly of tbe Presbyterian church to wage a tight for prohibition in the northwest w ill ba «entered to Oregon next tell. Another: Read thia, you big stiff. on to you In this town. W e're getting Solomon I^ee wag not strong oa logic, and when forty flye men aided with the pttragrapber be changed bla mind about revenging blmaelf. H e reed tbe itrtide over and over again, and some of the sentences burned themselves into his memory deep enough to leave a scar. “ M e * like Solomon Lew • • • leave nothing but a bed name behind when they go.” Nothing but a bod name! That was the phrase which hurt the most. Never once had ba looked the situation fairly In tbe face, and now, at tweoty-alx. Just whea he should have been on tbe crest of the wave o f IMgHjIarity, be found himself la the breakers with the rocks beyond. Before he west away be had a long talk with Billy Bigelow. Billy was the clever shortstop of the dub. the brains of the Corealr Infield and tbe only reel friend Lee had on tbe teem “They say I'm all done.” said Lee bitterly. “ l t ‘s a dirty lie, Billy. Don't you believe I t I ’m as good as I ever was In my life, but things haven’t been breaking right for me this seeaen Von know that. Terrill never had any nee for me, and those stiffs on the bleachers have been after me all sen- son. I'm going. Billy, but 1*11 ba hack again Bat your shirt on that. And I'm going to come hack stronger and hatter than ever. I f would serve Ter rill right If some of throe other man agere gut me. and what I ’d do to this team would be a shame! Oh. I'll be ’ heck?* "Fm | m Id ng fur you.” said Bigelow "Get wi shape as early as yon can In the sitting, cut out the bouae this win ter and show them that you're stll« there. I'errili trnan t got It in for you. Solly You know you've been stepptua Some pretty fierce beets, and that row ! yon had In Ht. l-ouls didn't help mat , tore any,” “They eay I’m ell dene,” said Lee b it­ terly. (Poesd by Morse of the Phlllles.l In paying as little na possible, for be was the owner aa well aa the mauager of the Fremontvllle dub. In the win ter time be gave hla attention to bla Millard parlor and bowling alley and when perfectly sober waa regarded aa n keen business man. His playera fiad to respect film, for be knew more base­ ball than any man In the Tillamook league had any right to know, but they did not love him. for he was a hard taskmaster. He would not have a drinking man oo hla team, and hla mot­ to waa. “ Do as I say and not aa I d o ” A fter Bigelow waa well to his stride aa manager tbe fat man aubacribad to several eastern impera and watched the progrese of tbe Corealre with aa Interest which waa alaaost painful Several times he was tempted to write that letter, bot always stork after the trot paragraph. The fk f man Bad boried a past aad waa not aaxloos to dig it op. Three y e a n later Billy Bigelow waa pounding away In tbe first division aad praying for one more good pitcher. In Truck Chapman be had the great­ est left bander of tbe period, bot even a glutton Ilka Truck could not pitch enough winning games to cinch a pen­ nant The rest of the pitchers were “ Yea," said Solomon Lee. "G ive a only ordinary performers. “Get me one more cracking good deg a bed name and then everybody pitcher,” M id Bigelow, “and I’ll walk takes a kick a t Mm. I'm down now but 1 won t stay down 1*11 make Ter away with tbe pennant next year. Get are a man who can win twenty games rill send fo r m u ” and back np old Truck, and It'll ba a I “That's the staff r said Bigelow. shame tbe way we go through this Solomon lu e really meant It at the bunch.“ time, but ba found the minor league a Pitchers, like gold, are where yon little faster than be bad expected. AM leagues are a trifle test ter the Dali find them. There Is no telling where player wbo dose not take care of him­ tbe next great pitching atara may coma self. He did not even finish tbe season from. They rise out of tbe m ist Yon look op. and there tbby are. tell fledged, with the Clans A dob. Next year there was a Lee pitching born overnight Scoots know thia, and In an outlaw league oa the Parific that la why Hank Bladdln. dropping coast, but not for long. It to many Into Tacoma on bin western trip, dkl miles from tbe Sierras to the bright not acorn tbe private tip that a area fights, but weffd drifted beck-bad named Bmltb at Fremontvllle to tbe news will always find Its own meeaea- TlUamook league bad a timber wotf gere—that this Las was the once cele­ who waa setting tbe forest afire “B la nsme ta Bod Merab,” aaM Blad- brated Solomon, all to. down end ant dto» toforaanL “find Bmltb ba« |pd and drtuklnx Ska a Bah. i • • ae one s e n n as s e ed* s e e s • • a a a e e s a p e e I n d f t M e»a a w a a a > S e ea a sa a ^ WONDERFUL TOWER OF JEWELS ANO SOUTH GARDENS. la shows the Tower e f Jewels. 480 feet high, and the sooth facade ef tbs moln pal If a mile e f subtropical gardens o f the Panama-Pacific International Exposition la toco te 181A. At the right to the Festival H alt h lm lb ree y< Staddln wi the finit tvaii smith's Mill "From Btl 'Y o u bet you was going to taka him.” said Smith warmly. “if I had to Jam hliu down your throat! 1 wish­ ed him on y o u r ‘ ' Toward tbe middle e f September th e timber Wolf from the Tillamook Bladdln optodooKi a t this, bat pro league dropped In on Billy Bigelow. duceri bto cnrdcoa* Tbe manager bad beard Just eoough “ I goeea li e alt right.” m id tbe rat about him to be totereeted, and be pro­ man sbortiy. “I've got a pitcher hero. ceeded to look the g ift wolf In the I went you to sea film work. I l l send mouth. him In this afternoon.” “ And you're the fellow who looks That afternoon the Mg league scoot on much like Solomon Leu are y o o F sat In the tiny grand stood and chew­ be said. “ I'd give a ales piece e f mon­ ed op two cigars while be watched the ey to know that yoo could pitch like timber wolf shutout nine bosky young that old bores.” men from Booth Yakima. Hladdln had Mike Molroeuey. tbe old time catch­ seen hundreds of bush pitcher» at er. who was la bla prime whan lo lly work, and ho bcMeVed that he knew Lee was burning op the Mg tongue tbe breed, but the first move Marsh and wbo now devoted bto time to work­ made In the box nailed the scout's a t­ ing out with the recruit pitchers, was tention and held It throughout the Instructed to put tbe boy through bto gaaro lucre end report, Marsh had hla first “ Every more s | picture.” thought trial at tbe perk la the morning, and Staddln. “ Moat of three kids work too when Billy Bigelow arrived at the h a rd -te a r themselves to pieces but clubhouse lu the afternoon bo found this fellow Just floats them op there as Mike sitting oa the porch la tbe son If there wasn't a thing to IL Locdy! and talking to blntself. . But that's a awed jsbaoge o f pace! He “Go away. Billy!” said Miks. “ T ta Min t very old - Now. where did be a ghost l*ve area today. Thia kid— ton ro all that atufTF thia M«r»h d'ye know wbo ba tot A fter the gome Bladdln walked back What be ta? Nuoe bat owld Solly LeS to tbe town with Smith, exp rare I ng came back to life. IPs tbe truth I'm hluiself guardedly, aa men do when •ailin’ ye. Killy. Welt till ye ere him they prepare to MU Praise might go. Every little wiggle la that box. have sent the pri»-e ballooning. every move of hto hand», the fanny “ Ha's te lr, Just fair.” M id Bladdln. windup, everything even to tbe return “O f course he'd have to be farmed strike - Solly Lee. to the liter* out” - r - “Bo's good, to her* “ Lay off of that stoff! growled “Oh. man. Imt he'« a sweet pitcher, Smith “ You can't put any of that a sweet pitote*!” over on me. Where do you think 1 “Bat where did be get H f was raised-In tbe wood» here! Now. “God knows.** sold Mtflroooey sol­ I'm going io tell yoo something I ’ve emnly. “ He says a man named Smith »een all the grant pBrbere of tbe past taught It to him out In the bushes fifteen years. K u*w some of em well somewhere* I-to ll yA.bstil give yo a -M ayberry. Harris. Potter, K lo k a ld - chin the Amt time yo see him come nll that bunch. lrenn»e tell yon that back with that return balL It's like here's a boy that's aa good today aa catcbln* a ghost.” Mayberry ever wga-yee. better. You “You think bo could go In soma day saw tbe way be handled hltneeif. Yon this week?” asked Bigelow. Raw tbe way be oaed that quick re­ “ Anny d a y -a n n y day at all, at all.” turn ball, la Ibero any man to tbe said Mika earnestly. Mg league today wbo can whip a re­ Friday waa tbe day Bigelow selected, turn strike beck Mke 'that? la there? and Bud Marsh walked oat Into tbe No. I guess ooL You're whistling diamond as cool and collected na If be there ain't. I know.” bad been pitching against Mg league "That return bad ain t used much teems all bto life. “Only took at b lm r said Mika Mol- any m ore” aald Bladdln "There was only one man ever bad that down floe, ruouey to Bigelow as the two old and that was a fellow named Solomon timers ret on the bench, their china In Lee. I f he hadn't been a boose hound their Data “Look at him! He takes he’d have been tbe greatest pitcher la It as slay as If be waa bat stepptn' Into the world. 1 a a * hint once over tn a eody parlor,” Then the boy began to pitch, and Chicago, and somehow thia kid's Style tbe two men watched blM- me that you w ill see J hat he OUR WANT ADS. ■-WORKWONDERS Yoo W ant Printing? WE DO PRINTING. T he Telephone W ill Bring V > Together. solas of bto fe a t “Yon’ve got to let me pay my pries for this kid.” mid tbe manager. “1 won't taka him uuiem I can pay what I think ha's worth.” “ Yen’ll tabu hint as a g ilt." m id Boto- mou I-ea, a M t thickly. “ Fur a gift, Billy! Under» tend?“ “ No, I don't understand. W hy would yon want to tom that money off F "Now, I'm going to tell yen some thing.” said Solomon Lee “ Do yon remember wbat they m id about ma be­ fore I went away? They m id I'd beeo a bed Influence— and I bed. They said I left nothing bot a bad name behind am. I t waa true. I didn't aaa It than, bot I bare store. 1 never forgot wbat that fallow wrote about me. I couldn't get, rid o f tt. I t got oo nay nerve. I thought maybe. If 1 could aood op a oMu aa good oa 1 need to bo I conld square myself. Kind o f ploy area somehow. “ Listen! I found this kid out there la tbe woods, and I m w that ba conld ba taught He bad tbe makings of a groat pitcher. A fter 1 got to working with him and m w bow easy ba learn­ ed and bow natural It was for him to do tbe mme things that I used to do. It camo to ma one day that I might make him another Solomon Lea. Ton aaa. Billy. I knew yon and Mika and a tew of the oldtimera would know where be got the stuff. I wanted yon lo recognise IL so 1 started In to make him work my way. 1 wouldn't tot him make a move In the box onleas I taught It to him. You know I used to bo a pretty pitcher to watch, Billy.” Bigelow nodded, and Lee lifted bto glam aud drained It in a breath. “ I t took me more then two yearn, Billy,” be continued. “ I bid him oat from the other scouts. 1 scared them off when they wanted to talk shoot him. I wanted to eave him for you. Imt I didn't want him to go until ha waa ripn. When I had him to ahapo- whan l*d given him all my staff and coached him to oaa tt naturally and assy—I tipped It off ta the right ptaeA and Bladdln came op to look him over. “Thia kid’s got orerythtog that I can giro Mm. Billy—everything hot a thirst for thto”- Botomon Las lifted the champagne bottle and refilled bla glase, watching the tiny babbles curiously an they raced to tbe eortec* “H e’s tbe feMow I might bare bean If I'd got started rig h t bot—yoo know bow It waa with me. I got to travel­ ing with tbe wrong bunch. Be mustn't do th a t Billy He's a good kid. Ha doesn't know wbat boose tastes Ilka, and ba’a got a nice girl back there In the boaba* That'll help noon. F fi hare been better off If L-Xtoll, never mtod th a t« Billy. J're t a k e * a lot et puins with this boy. Bo’n Just Mte a sen to me. and bate got to make good tsbrre 4 «foil down. Bo moot bo tbe fello w Solom on I.ro m ix b t have been bat fo r-tb i» stuff.” Tbe manager nodded hla gray band over bis empty glam. . . / ' - 2. “You’ve squared IL Bolly.” bo mid