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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1904)
THE OMAHA IMXSTRATED BF,E. KoTMubcr 20, 1004. SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK Formation cf laiket Ball Leagn Big Efent Locally. BASE BALL PEOPLE WATCHING TEBEAU Twt B( Gasnee f rot Ball let Down for Tbaak.glrlsiK Par a Other Matters Art Lively. The organization of a city basket hatl league last Tuesday avar Ing at the Young Men'a Chrlitlan association room mark! a rew epoch In the annals of that enjoyable Indoor game. Besket ball hs ben grow In In popularity year by rear all over the country and the newly organized local league J looked upon with much gratifica tion by votaries of the game. Th Toung Men'a Christian association gymnasium, lha present headquartera for the game In Omaha, was the arena of many practice gamca during the last week. Both the high ehool and sssnrlatlon player art going at It with a vlm.the eagerness to get a plase on the tegular teem hclnj vrjr ttoen. TCvrry Thursday afternoon Cap tain Karl Cooper of the hlh school team puta hla men through, a thorough training, and at different times through the week Physical Mrertor Pentland of the aasocla tion trie his basket ball team candidates. It Is expected that anon after Thanksgiv ing the high school and association teams will be selected and the city league achedule started In earnest. Aarherlul committee of the city league Is now at work mnkirg out the schedule for the season. Figuring on first nnd sec ond tenms In both the Mgh school and as sociation, there wlil tie In all at least ten tenms In the league. There ,wlll another meeting of all the captalna apd officers of the teams at the Young Men's Christian association rooma on Tuesday evening, when matters) of gen eral Interest to the teams and leaguo will be considered. About tho only topic that Is being dis cussed In Western bono ball circles Is the ascendency of Tebeau. All public utter ances are along the lino of condemning the action taken at New York that gives this admitted danger to the game such promi nence, while locally the fact that he la In a, fair way, through the transfer of De Moines to Joe Cantlllon, to have control of the Western league, Is admitted to be any thing but encouraging. Nobody objects to Tebeau us a factor In bane bail so long as he attends to his own Interests, but the trouble with Tebeau Is that lie has made himself as far as possible an absolute dic tator and conceives It his business to con trol the affaire pf all the other teams In the' league as well as his own. lie Is looking out for Tebeau all the time. It Is much to be regretted that politics has been Introduced Into the affairs of the National association, but It Is there, and nil the little fellows can do Is to combine for their own protection and take the earliest steps to overthrow Tebeau. Here In tho Western league he Is likely to meet with such op position as will be of service In bringing him to Ms senses. It la absolutely certain that Omaha will not patronise a league such aa Is proposed by the Colorado com bination. The circuit tor 1904 was bad enough, but If an effort Is made to put four Colorado towns Into a leaguo against four river towns, the local patrons of the game will certainly rebel. Omaha ha proven it self the best base ball town In the coun try, and can easily be kept so, but Te beaulnm is no more popular here than it Is In Ktinsaa City, and any effort to establish tho dominion of the dictator over this city will very likely result just as It did at the mouth of the Kaw, In a deficit In receipts. President Rourke Is hopeful that Can tlllon will hold himself aloof from the Te beau combination. If Jo proves firm In his announced determination to not tie up with Tebeau and Burns, a circuit may be arranged In which the river towns will have something to aay, and In which each team will have an equal rhanoe with all others. At present Pea Moines Is allied with gt. Joseph, Hloux City and Omaha. and It is to be hoped that the alliance will not be broken tor another season at least. It ts vital to Cantlllon that It la not, for ha will be risking too much to enter on a sea son tied up with an arrangement such aa has prevailed; n the. Western for the last two seasons, when all waa for Denver and Colorado Springs and nothing for anybody else. Crelgthon unlveraiiy will close the foot I bull eeasou by a game with the Iowa Stale ! Normal school on Thanksgiving day. BVct ! ball hag omo to ba regarded as a feaiuie ; almost as lndlspeni.ut.li s the Inevitable j luiBey in me observance of tha day, and Manager Fltiglbbons has resolved the oc casion will be made an event for the foot ball fans of Omaha, The Iowa Slate Nor mal has one of the strongest team of tho west, having run th Iowa State, tinlvsrslty a close chase for foot ball supremacy In that state, and may be relied upen to put up the real article pf foot hall. The local team has put In one of the most success ful seasons In Its history. Na( a game haa been lost save the one with the Uni versity of Kebraskt, and heroo efforts will be m la to sustain the record already made. Omaha will have, an oportulty of witnessing on of tha fastest games played on the local gridiron. Cpach William ".:h his squad Is puttlnf In the hardest kind of practice of the season preparatory for lha final game of (ha season. Foot tIJ haa been played on all of tha fields surrounding Omaha, but the newest ' uw AUUllurium on Thankssl vtnr dav Tha nnj.. i i-t.. Guards of Couacl! BufT and the Omaha iummrcaJ college teams will be opposed. The a rent wi: be especially prepared for the big event; boards will first be placed over the who! eurfrc end afterwarda four Inuhea of clu will ba rollej thereon, making the surface just as good for foot bull aa If t waa In tha open. Clay wis) pack muoh belter than tan bark, which the association has on hand, and the seats In the balcony and boxoe will furnish a most excellent vew of the whole game. The spectators will be near (he field Of Piny at all times and there will be no vest In the hug building from which a Nane fclter MaJt, Noae , HAVE YOU bony hi your hat (.-,- Ml and win tar wear? If Dot, look at the genuine MfKibbin Hatirpn Shape It Is nil tlio rage la the Kant, In tl'p niw k!id's f brotiie and also uluck. Jt sella tt X and la shuwa by Ml ti t; leading UraWra. splendid view of the whole game can not be had. The Ouards will have practically the same team that they had last season when they wen the championship cf the Missouri "alley by defeating Crelghton Thanksgiving day. Dcltrlck and Richmond will be on deck with their furious line plunges and Dick Rutherford will play quarter and run the team, as he did last fall when the Guards won all of their games. Poole, Oreen and all of the other eld favorites will be seen In the moleskin at the big Auditorium Thanksgiving day and all the gridiron fiends are on the tip toe of expectation. The Omaha Commer cial college team haa been coached this year by C. U Thomas, and although It did not have a borne schedule It has been very successful in the games which have been played in Iowa and Nebraska's smaller towns. Pike, Thomas. Stein, Bills. Gregory, Benson, Schnai-te, Johnson and others who played last fall will be in me lineup Thursday afternoon. An Interest ing wrestling match haa been arranged to precede the foot ball game and two of the top-liners In Omaha will give an exhibition of that sport as a curtain raiser. The game will be called at 3 o'clock. Ten more days for Rob White, and all of his tribe who escape the hunter's aim dur ing the next week and three days will have earned their liberty according to the Ne braska law. But Judging from the num ber of sportsmen who have already gone end expect to go In quest of the toothsome little bird. It Is thought there will be much mourning In quaLldom ere the morning of December 1 shall have dawned. Mr. White has the reputation of being a plucky little fellow and to whatever,, extent his ranks may have been depleted by the hunter's gun he will continue to sound his merry call to the passerby. And Mr. Prairie Chicken Is sitting up and noticing things these days, to say noth ing of dodging bullets, tie, too, will be a bird of freedom on December 1, when he may sit up on a rail and make faces at the men who carry destructive instruments Having been In durance vile a month longer than hf friend White, Mr. P. C. feels his position the more keenly and Is chafing un der what he believes to be the law's de lay and the hunter's appetite for broiled grouse. And so on the first of next month the surviving prnirlc chicken and quail will hold a mutual admiration meeting and tell each other they are glad they came to Ne braska and that they are alive. Detective McDonald of the city jail has just returned from a hunting trip to Cal houn, where he succeeded In bagging one 'po.HHum. Before embarking on the outing McDonald borrowed Ole Jackson's hunting coat. Jackson Is head jnnltor at police headquarter and a famous 'possum hunter of the southland. Whlie wearing the coat, Jaskson says, he has caught 632 'pos sums. Detective McDonald reports that no sooner had he reached thi woods near Calhoun than a 'possum came out of the timber und rubbed his nose agalnar. Mc Donalds nether garments. McDonald tied a rope arounl the nnlmul's neck and brought him back to Omahn. The 'poum Is now playing with tho jail cat at the police station. Bowlers are looking forward with Inter est to the coming match game betwee-.i a local picked team and a San Francisco team, 'me games will be played at home by each team and the results exchanged by telegraph. It is thought the game will be played early In December, nnd the Omaha team will be the same one that will attend tho Unltel States Champion ship Bowling tournament at Milwaukee. February 18 to 16. Tho last week has been an active one on the local alleys. There has been nothing of a special nature, but a steadily' growing Interest In the alley Is noted. W. -H.' MoCord, the popular horseman, added two horses to his stables during the week. As Mr. McCorl has been In the east for several days and. Mrs. McCorl did not care to talk of her husband's cqulnj family while he Is away, it Is not known just what nlcha this latest acquisition will occupy In tha MoCord stables. But as Mr. McOord aroea in for the heat there la In the way of horses his friends say the j pew steeds will be watched with Interest when they "come out" In tha spring. Tho horse have not yet been christened, so it Is reported from the McCord stables. ''Did I ever show you this photograph?" asked BUI MoCune, western manager for the Buffalo Bill show, at the Merchants hotel the other day. McCune was looking over several trunks of relics, souvenirs and other presents of personal and historic vajuo. The photograph referred to was tnkrn In Owen Swift's famous rendezvous In London, April 13, 1862, and was presented to McCune by Jim Mace, the now re.lred .mv welrht pugilist, during 1887. when Mo Cun.i spending the jubilee season, In Knglan.l. The photograph shows Mace In t, e center, with Keenan and Bayers, also pugi.Ists. on either side. Mace la holding In una hand a challenge offering to fight the winner of the Keenan-Sayere fight for fc.OOO. Mr McCune values tha pic ure highly. "Colonel Cody and I visited Mace during our recent trip across the water," said Mr. McCune. The colonel remarked on meeting Mace that ha was the best preserved and strongest man for his age the colonel ever saw. Mace Is now 78 years of age and wonderfully hale and hearty. He made hay While the sun shone for him and Is well establish d In business at Birmingham. England. Ha haa two aona, one it years of age and the other but TH, an unusual disparity tn tha ages of children. In. con versation with Mace not long ago he said ha considered Sullivan, Jefferks and Fitz simmons the only bona fide champions since his day. He thought there was too much hlppodromlng In prize fighting of today arid referred remlniaccntly to the day of bar knuckle)." Mr. McCune expect to go to tha Pine Ridge agency during February and mulce a canvass of his redskin constituents for next season. The Wild West show will sail direct for Paris some time In March. If there Is any one clusa of outdoor sportsmen that has enjoyed the beautiful weather of lust week It Is the chauffeurs, who have been whizzing over the hills and far away, to aay nothing of riding over the finished portion of the new Six teenth street pavement. The open weather has caused the hearts of the dealers to be exceedingly glad and the faoes of aulolst.t to beam with pleasure. Many little trips were made during the week by local own ers and a number of out-of-town parties were reported as having visited the Gate City. Thus In charge of the garages say they have rented quite a few machines to visitors during the week and In some Instances have furnished chauffeurs to drive parties around the city. The Powell Automobile company Intends to build a two-story and basement garage In a few months on a Furnam street sits and have tha place open in time for next season business. It Is tha intention of thla firm to have a number of experienced chauffeurs on their staff and to have thi most thoroughly equipped and best garage In th midwest. Vim Powell company is slao considering the Introduction of a "Seeing Omaha" automobile, which feat ure, u member of th firm said the othtr day, Is warranted by the Increase In thla ulass of business the last few months. The repaving of Sixteenth street and other proposed Improvements in the slreei ml loud of the cty and cuuutiy will give w life to the use of autos next aa- ne son. C. L. Wllkins. one of the best known automobfle men In the city. Is now a mem her of. the firm of the Powell Automobile company. Mr. Wilkins has already rolled up his sleeves and Is actively engaged In selling machines and exploiting particularly the merits of the Wintcn car, to which line he will devote his particular attention. Mr. Wilkins hus the reputation ot being a practical chauffeur. It will be remem bered thut he made a 7.f-niile tour of the country during the summer with Louis Bostwlck. During the last week Mr. Wil kins made four trips to Fremont and re turn In his Wlnton. 1U says he now makes the thirty-eight miles to Fremont In two hours without winking an eyelash or thinking if the folks at home. He rode 110 miles to Beatrice In five hours one day lost week. Referring to Barney Oldfleld's recent record-breaking ride at Denver In his Peerless racer, tho Motor Age has tills to say: "When the crowd was made aware that a dozen world's records had fallen, there was a sudden outburst of cheers and yells. Oldlleld hod come an a favorite and had made good that which was ex pected of him. It will take a rea! mon arch to dislodge Barney from the hearts of Denver motor-racing enthusiasts." The exhibition has been described as a fent of speed and daring that was almost ap palling. Oldfleld broke the two, three and eleven to twenty (inclusive) mile records, making the twenty miles In 1S:4H. Automobile Xotes. Dr. C. H. MuUint of Broken Bow visited tho city In his mnrhlne last week. The doctor remained here a few days to view the nutumivil beauties of rural Omaha in Ills car. Clark Q. Powell Is visiting the Wlnton factory at Cleveland, O. A IfJu model tit t lie) White steamer is on exhibition In the windows of the Pow ell Automobile company. The new model is of fifteen horse-power ns axaJnst ten of this year. The new pattern is also heavier and larger. (J. W. W'ntii.-H, wife and party made a trip to Lincoln and return during the week in their car. In the comtieiiiion carried on by the Motoring and Boating magazine, the Cadil lac Is now In first place as the most pop ular motor cur, with a majority of twenty three votes over its nearest rival. The rtundlng in popularity of the first ten cars H ns follows: (lidlllnc BllreepIofis 40 Rambler 61 Wlnton 36 Oldsmublle 47 Plcrcs 81 Wifie tf IMl'KllM xu Hiinkllii 4f lHjo-Toledo 28 Carpenter's Letter (Continued From Tage Five.) year after year. In coming to the fresh water to spawn they go In a body and wlil not allow anything to turn them from their cour.H.i If they possibly can. We know just whero the course la, and, where It lies along the shore- of the island, we build out breakwaters with these heart-shaped traps at tho end. The ItHh strike the break waters and swim out Into the traps, going on nnd on mill! they land in the great net," "It must take a strong net to hold them,'' said I. "It does. We drive down piles about. 100 feet long and fasten the nets to them. When the final net is full, the fish are emptied by pulling up one end of the net and rolling them out into the scows. In deed, we haul fish much as you haul dirt in scows from tho dredging boats. Steam ; tugs drag the scow to tho canneries. In emptying the nets, we sometimes ladle out the fish with great dip nets which are worked by a Btcam engine just as a dredge is worked." j Death Journey of the Salmon. "Do all salmon come trom the salt water to the rivers to spaw.. "Yea" replied Mr. MUlin. "And so ' far as we know In abou uie sumo way and ' at about the same age. Sliver plates bear ing the date have been fastened to baby aalmot. going down the river and those same salinou have been caught on their return. In all cases the time is four years, so thut we know four years to be the age of the salmon. "4 ne saiinun makes this last journey to die. The swan song la nothing to his deutli pilgrimage. He tights his way througli salt water, and fresh, stemming the tido and seemingly going fastest where the waters ar strongest. In the rlverc he Jumps the rapids and makes his way over stones and rubjish. He often bruises himself, tearing his skin, until at last he realities the spot where the young salmon are to be born. There he stays to die." j "But, Mr. McMlllin, why do you speak of the salmon aa 'he.' It Is the female sal mon who lays the eggs, Is it not?" "Yes, but I UfB tho pronoun as Indicating both sexes. The mule and female salmon go togetn. und every femule has her male follower, uiio will fight for his place near her as i.:u bull seal fights for the cow ; on the seal Islands. The two keep together ; until the female salmon drops her spawn, i Boon after thut they die. In some places the dead fish are plied one upon another in such masses that their stench pollutes the country around." I. f t-i A I 1 m v. r ...... ! I W Mill!: in C a ii i' sis wiiir' -i- 'T'lhsi'si-ii 1 r r i '4 JUAKER Mai THE WHISKEY WITH A REPUTATION Awarded the GOLD MEDAL at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition for Superior Quality, Purity and Perfection of Age pod (Ait A x All I A rrwr? nut CAFES AND DRUG STORXS S. HIRSCH 4 CO., Kansas City, Mo. 1 BV . k. t Ti - I l Tli .risen H BriSjT wg TIB irw TsaaT al i 1" TT T sT . . -TaJtJBl 'a. SVTTti U -ti 'UTlr'CI a- ' ir " m t I . . g' m n tV s. V; TT W zTTJiW . Si fttUijfeil - - '"" 't I THE WABASH LANDS YOU AT WORLD'S FAIR. NO OTHER LINE CAN. Round Trip Rates: $8.50 DAILY EXCEPT FRIDAY ANO SATURDAY, $13.80 Sol j Dally Salmon Kot 1'laylnsr Out. "But where so many fish aie caught, 1 should think it would result in the extinc tion of the race? Will nut the saunou soon die out as the buttalo has done''' "No. A single fish lays teni of thousands of eggs, and If only a small part ot the eggs should hatch there would Lie plenty to keep up the supply. We are now protect ing the sulriuii, and the government has established hatcheries at the head waters, Where millions of minnows are produced very year. The slate of Washington also maintains nineteen large hatcheries, which during the last season have turned Into the an earns about ki.UOO.UX) spawn. Those millions are now fish starting out on their way to the sea, and they will come buck at a stated time to enter our traps and be a purt ot toe fish food of the world. It Is a great scheme, Isn't lb lk-4 being able to hutch a Hah and start him out to his pasture lands In the ocean knowing thut he will come back Just four years luler, tut and Juicy and. ready to eat?" "It is not alone man, however," continued Mr. McMlllin. "that Is the enemy of the salmon. Ono of Its greatest pests Is the ordinary brook trout. Thla fish follows the female salmon, swimming under it, so that it may eut the eggs as they drop. Indued, it Is almost Impossible to get trout to bite while the salmon are running, they are sj overfed with salmon eggs. The salmon knows this and tries to prevent It. It often flirts its tall so aa to dig out a hols in the sand, In which It drops its eggs, hoping the sand will rover them. I have often seen this in the shallow streams of Alaska" "Is there much money Invested In the fisheries in Washington T" "Th amount la aumethlng (Ike $6,000,000," replied Mr. McMlllin. "At least that Is what It was lust season. It then gave em ployment to about 10,000 persons, whose earnings amounted to mora than 3,0u0,0uo." "is Washington the chief salmon supply point?" "Yes; It surpasses Oregon or any other." Wasblagtoa state BooiulBg. "How are tlr.es In your state, Mr. McMll lin?" I asked, "Washington la growing rupldly, both east and west," was la reply. "Seattle and the fuget sound lej-'oii havs b-eti greatly benentrd by Alaska and the trans paciric tradu. fek-attl has now lao.ono, and It U about th must bualncsa-llk tewa ef READ DOWN 7:45 A. M, 6:30 P. M. 6:00 A. M. 6:45 P. M. 7:35 P. M. 7:00 A. M. 7:50 P. Ms 7:15 A. M. FAST TRAINS DAILY Lv. Omaha Lv, Council Bluffs Arr. World's Fair Station Arr. St. Louis , READ UP Arr. 8:20 A. M. 9:00 P. M. Arr. 7:05 A. M. 8:45 P. M. Lv. 7:45 P. M. 0:15 A. M. Lv. 7:30 P. M. 9:00 A. M. Compare Thio Time With Other Lines. We have others. Call at Wabash City Office, 1601 Farnam, or address HARRY E. M00RES, G. A. P. D., Omaha, Neb. there." the west. Everyone is making money ("How about eastern Washington?' V'Tliat part of the st;e is rapidly Im proving. We are redeeming much Ot t by lrrigutlun. I-Jtnd that we used to consider nothing but barren sand has been wgtured, and it Is nuw tha mos; fertile part of the uuuntry, Ten years ugu it waa not con sidered worth taking up on auuount of the Uaes. Now It is valued at from Uuo to 4ou per acre, und several hundred thou sand iicres have been redeemed. We have some excellent wheat Minds in the eastern part of the state. The soil Is deep and rich and it often brings Horn Iwenty-ltve to in ty bushels pur sure ss a flrtt t-rop. W are doing a good deal of dairying, and are now muKing millions of pounds of butter und cheese. As to irrigation, when the ditches, which are now In course of con struntltin und proposed are completed, we will have more than !,oou,uuO acres of that kind of land." "Are your timber lands not pretty well cut off?" "No," replied the Washing tonian. "They have been only nibbled around the edges. W have about the greatest lumber yard thut Uncle Sam owns, and we have enough to lust for a hundred years, wltti an annual cut of twq billion feel, The geological sur. vey estimates thut we have now standing more than iw,uoo,0uv,0uv feet of timber. You people have no idea of the extent of our foresis, nor th size of the trees. A single Washington tree haa yielded fev.ooo feet of lumber. That would be enough to build, shingles and all, seven five-room cuttuges, and to leave sufficient wood from th clubs and limb to heat the families living In those cottages for one yeur." "What klad of woods have you?" "A great muuy," was the riply. "The Washington Mr Is stronger than oak. It grows as straight as an arrow and bus no limbs for the first loo feel, it Is used us spars and musts by the shipping of the world and Is valuable for railroad work ui.d bi-klae building. Then we have tin ceilur, tilt h makes the shingles which ar. shipped all over the east. Millions of you lopl sleep every night under Washington shingles. The spruce is a white wood, somewhat like pine, which I used for ali kind of boxes, wooden ware and furniture; and we have also pine and. hemlock for the earn purpose. We ar doing a great ! deal of wood working now, and ar ship ping aash, doora, furniture, pall anJ bo.es all over the west. W ar annually paying out in wages J2S,000,uu0 through our mills and. logging camps, and we have about 187,000,000 now Invested. In th lumber In dustry. We are ahlppiug lumber by rail all over the t'nlted States, and by steam boat to nearly every country on the Pacific and also to Europe." FRANK Q. CARPENTER. Th laspertov Was About. August Herrmann, the president of the National Bus Ball commission, Is heartily opposed to child lulmr. "Child Jubor." he said, recently, "is an In teresting subject to me. I like to talk about It to manufacturers and to factory inspectors. I get from these men a good I deul of valuable and striking Information. I "A factory inspector in the south told me 1 once a little episode about child labor that made me laugh. There was also In thla episode, however, food for sober thought. "The man said that he went one day to examine a mill that was notorious for it employment of children under the legal ge. Wind of his coming somehow reached the mill ahead of him, and th little feU lows were stowed awuy In various hiding places. Thus, on his Inspection, he found a number of Idle machines, but no children under age, "He went prowling about auspiciously, for he knew that he wua being deceived. In th atock room he noticed a big pack ing case, and going over to It, he lifted up the lid. Inside sut a little chap of 8 or year. "The Inspector looked down at the boy. The boy looked up at him, and frowned and sho'ik his head. "'What are you dong in there?' said th man " tlhut your mouth, you fuul. and put the lid down,' the boy whispered. 'Don't you know th liiipuctor about?' " ilostvn Post. j A "Hslr Sav.r" thtt grew In popularity NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE Th ORIQINAL r.raedy thai "kill the Dandruff Qerej." GOING-1 G-OXNG!i GONE 111. HEWflDEWILleWErr HERPICIDE WILL IT NOi A HAlK-GUOvvkKl si-alu anatomy to know th t Wie i.atr get lt nourishment direct rrum ins i.uir papllla. There'ore, the only rational tieat ment is to dretrny the cause of the dis ease. Herplotde does this; it cures dan druff, stops lulling hsr and relieves Itch ing. A de ightful hair dre -sing. (Jives ex traordinary results. Try It. pros tier. II.H, s Kk $ Is HflHCIDE CO., D't. H. D:trl. NleV fir i iteieie. SHEKV1AN & MCOVNKl-l. 1JKUO CO., Spaclal Affonts. APPLICATIONS AT PROMINENT BAKB ER HHOPS. Newbro's Herplolrie will not grow hatr nature doe this but by detri y Ing the mlcroblo enemies of hair healtti the hair i bound to grow as nature Intended) except In chronie bldns. It require but a slight knowleg of ? i W snsepsssasjjPf' It could not be 30 good if it were not made right Gold Top AOENTS-Mugo P. Bllz. in Douglas Blieei, (inui tin. 'r,i. ljH. I.te Mitch, ell, Council Bluffx, Til. so. Ol'l'll OM4IIA, 'PHONE 8.