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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 bl<n breathlessly
remlnda urn of him.”
“ Where did be get I t F said Bigelow
“ Now. I'll tell yoo something etaa,”
said Smith quietly
“ 1 knew thia fei “Look at that wtndop! I f It wasn’t for
iow Lee. knew him better than moat this gray hair of mine I ’d tM nk 1
anybody. I know all bis stuff. I've ought to be out there behind him at
seen him work wbo» be waa good. I abort ’
“And ma behind tbe.beL” aald Mltoe
tell you as sure aa you live this kid ta
"D've mind the way he kind
Soloroou f^ae right over again-Solo- softly
tnon Lee nt hto boat He's gut every e f e&ucts tbe bell out from bto. cheat
before ba winds op? Holty used to da
trick that Lee used to have.”
th a t Don't It give ye a chill to aaa
' Where'd he get tom?” asked Siad
Mm? Tea; I thought eo Could It bo
din.
a ghost he to?**
“1 taught him,” said Smith. “1 took
Tbe Beds found the recruit pitcher
that kid whea ha walked into thia
no gbuet and after he had fanned five
town looking for a Job. and 1 saw
of them nutl sueaked the return strike
right away that ha bad everything bot
over ou the dangerous “ Kaos** Kenne
the navvy Pve worked with him win
dy they began to take notice. How
ter and summer. I ’ve taught him
ever. It Is not with tbe game that we
everything he kn ow * I ’ve made of
have to do. hut with something which
that kid tbe living tmnge and doable
happened after It waa over.
of the giro trot pitcher that ever lived.
Marsh woo by a score of 4 to ft and
Every time that kid works I can aaa
Billy Bigelow, still under the spell of
old Solly Lae In tbe box. He's got
memory, started across the field to
everything Ix?e e r w bad. I tell yoo.”
ward the ctobbouse. A fat man with
“Hob!” said Bladdln. ” ls he a boose
a slobby mostacbe dropped out of the
fighter t o e r
“Don't know what B tastes tib o r
marled Smith.
“ What do yon what-for him?” asked
Hinddtu rarefcroly.
w
“Not a red eeutr enepped Smith.
W h a tr
“Not a root rm .te a lp e d that kid
ter just one th in g - I o wro a petto n nt
ter Rlllr Bigelow. Bd» going to tbal
• lub or he won’t go ag/W bar* riotiy
was up. Doeing arbti od for the Reds,
and tiinttery of tbe Pink Sox waa
here last mooth. I ataored ’em both
away
I'm going to make Just one
««Iputotlou- »o; tw o ” 2
“ Name 'em.” mid Blfiddln.
*
“ In the first pbu-e. yoo'ra not to tall
Hlll.v Bigelow anything about what I
»aid a I «out training tltfB kid ter him
In tlw oecoud place. I want yon to
la k e ihi» I m » v at the end « f our season
here Hint'» early In September—aud
|truint>M- me that you w ill see J hat he
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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
<eoHjr. “ Doo't think any more about
t t You’ve made good, ire alt right
now. Come on; let’s get out Into tbe
sir W e're bed enough of this stuff.
An Original Oath ef Altopiano«.
IB the old days when the Spanish
province of Aragon was a prond and
when choosing tbete Mqg tbe following
-dpguipr form of etieflong*
“ W a tbe freetxArn inhabitants of tbe
»octant kingdom e f Aragon, wbo are
eqnal to yon. Don Philip, and somo-
thing more, elect yon to be o ur king
en condition that yon preserve to oa
our rights and privilege* I f ta tbta
A n OM Caddie*» Retort.
H e la an old caddie on an east coast
course, and being a noted figure on tbe
links ba endeavors as te r aa paaalblf
to caddie only for thoroughly alBctent
golfers. Occasionally, however, be find«
blmaelf accompanying a “Tooaler.” and
on these eecaatone bto dignity to In
jured.
One day recently be found blmeeli
coddying to aa old gentleman whe
waa out, ctooriyT more ter anarctoa
than for tbe love o f tbe game and wbo
waa playing shocking golf.
By tbe time tbe tw elfth bole war
reached be bad been la most of tbe
bonkers en route end bad succeeded tn
breaking a dob. *T think I »hall give
op this hole.” be remarked a t last to
hto Indignant caddie. “Na. na.“ re
torted tbe old worthy M ttarly; “feeo-
teh tbe cooree. air—feentoh the eooree
Ye’re gotten other four dobs to smash
yet an* nine bankers tee dae It t a r —
Glasgow News.
Ceuregs ef Oeepalr.
Professor McCoy of Meltioarae nal-
veralty In a Imok about snake experi
ments tell» n «trange story Illustrating
the c<Min«ge o f drops:«.
Putting a
mouse Intn n l*»x that contained one
of lil» en|«tlve cobra», he watched the
reptile glide slowly toward I t
Tbe
mouse shrank terrified Into a corner,
and theu when the cobra's flattened
bend waa within' an inch of It It sprang
Into the sir and alighted on the beck
of the neck of Its foe. I t sat there end
clinched Its sharp little teeth to the
reptile's flesh. Tbe cobra conld not
shake It off. and It M t deeper and deep
er until tbe cobra lay dead.