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The next annual reunion ot the
North Platte Valley Veterans' nssocia
( tion will be held at Minatare.
Ilwana Tumbo, fautial naturalist,
finds great difficulty in keeping ott the
front page these Polar days.
As the controversy grows hotter look
out for charges by the Pcaryitcs that
In his earlier occupation Dr. Cook used
to water the milk.
The question, "Who really discov
ered the North Pole ?" may now take
rank with that other long-unanswered
one: ."Who struck Billy Patterson ?"
By a recent ruling of the post office
department, mail carriers may refuse
to deliver mail where there is a vicious
dog, or even where the dog is annoy
tag. .
"Some papers nn so incurably par
tisan," says the Hastings Republican,
"that they never take the trouble to
find out whether a party declaration or
plank is right or wrong. Ttaev are
ready to editorially howl for everything
and anything that bears the party
label."
Lata news from Washington is to
the effect that' under the "basket"
section of the Aldrtch bill a duty of 45
per cent, is to bo levied on aeroplanes.
That settles it; we will postpone buy
ing our flying machine until a Demo
cratic congress revises the tariff.
The Democrats of Cleveland have
for the fifth time nominated Tom L.
Johnson for major. That honor comes
to him as the result of a primary elec
tion in which all voters of the party
wcte entitled to participate, and is
therefore conspicuous proof that the
Democrats of Cleveland are staunch
. in their faith In the "fighting mayor"
and fully appreciative of hia high civic
ideals and his courage to put them
into action.
"Looking After His
Constituents."
We notice by a number of our Ne
braska exchanges Ihut ttie Hon. Moses
P. Kinkaid has been circulating
through these parts since the adjourn
ment of the late lamented special ses
sion of congiess, "looking after the in
terests of his constituents." A pecu
liar feature of the6c editorial notices is
the similarity of phraseology, suggest
ing that they may have all been written
by the same person. However, this
may have been due to telepathy, as we
understand that our astute congtess
man returned from the effete east sur
charged with occult influences.
But we did not notice any satisfao
tory explanation of his vote to place
Uuclo Joe Cannon in a position where
he did more than auy other one man,
except perhaps one, to prevent the en
actment of good laws and secure the
passage of iniquitous legislation. And
we haven't noticed nnv pviilnnntinn
that we thiuk will be satisfactory to his
constituents, why he voted for the Al
drich tariff bill, which leading reform
republicans, as well as democrats, de
nounced as "infamous."
We shall be pleased to see these
matters explained, if possible, at an
early date.
C. H. Hall was his name, so he
said. Ho served as night cook at
Hu8s" restaurant for a while, but that
was too slow, so he adopted the plan
of opening boxes in the post office,
taking out the mail and after extract
ing anything of value found therein
throwing the letters into the waste
basket. The plan worked for a while,
but he worked it too hard. The vigil
atit eyes of the po3t office employes
discovered him iu the act, he waB ar
rested, and now awaits the arrival of
the United States marshall from Oma-
ha. who is expected tomorrow.
COBB A FAiRPLAYER,
Detroit Star One of the Squarest
Men on Diamond Today.
THE RECENT SPIKING INCIDENT
Tigers' Outfielder Never Injured a
Player Intentionally Jealousy Given
Cause For Recent Accusations
Against Cobb.
By TOMMY CLARK.
The recent Baker-Cobb spiking In
cident and the subsequent threat of
Ban Johnson, president of the Amer
ican league, to remove the Detroit star
from the same forever If ho docs not
refrain from Injuring rival players
have caused considerable of n rtlrapus
In the baseball world.
Of coursu the Incident was splendid
music for the nnvl! chorus, and many
rival players because of professional
Jealousy are devoting n good deal of
their time to nushlntr unreasonable
and senseless invectives against the
Detrolts mannger and the Tiger play
ers ami to making particularly vicious
attacks on Tyrus Cobb, one of the
greatest bull tossers that ever lived.
The attacks arc so snarllngly snap
pish nnd vicious that venom-oozes out
of them. Of course any one can ex
cuse tiro partisan rivalry among the
three leading teams that Is only nat
uralbut It should be healthy. The
attacks on Ty Cobb are made through
pure Jealousy. I have closely watched
Cobb's work, nnd I've heard the opin
ions of a good many fair minded ball
players, nnd not one of us has ever
seen him do anything on a ball field
that could possibly warrant his being
called anything but an honest, fair
minded nnd ambitious ball player.
Should Ban Johnson try to flag, side
track or switch any of the ambition
with which Ty Cobb Is blessed he
would be doing baseball an injustice
nnd nn Irreparable Injury. But Ban
is not so foolish. He Is a diplomat
aud Just called down the Tigers' star
to please the whims of some rival
managers.
The writer premises the discussion
relative to the Bak'cr-Cobb spiking In
cident by Hinting that he does not
think It was Intentional. Had the
Tr coun, HTAit niairr fieldeu op dethoit
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young third baseman been Injured by
the spikes of any other Detroit player
the occurrence would not have re
ceived passing notice. But Cobb the
daring, Cobb the whirlwind, the hard
est hitter, the speediest runner in the
American league, wns so unfortunate
as to cut Baker In doing what he and
every ball player Is paid to do slide
Into a bae feet first.
Cobb Is u winning ball player. Ag
gression Is the dominant strain In his
blood, but no oue hns ever branded
htm ns a criminal. To accuse him of
maliciously spiking Baker would be to
say that he took the coward's means
of depriving a fellow player of his
menus of livelihood.
In the controversy arising from this
incident no statement has been made
that Cobb had any special grievance
against linker, or vice versa. Why,
then, tihould the Detroit player place
Baker iu Jeopardy of serious Injury by
trying to spike him? What had Cobb
to galu by such nn net?
There has been, Is nnd always will
be u sort of freemasonry among base
ball players that Is considerably
stronger In feeling than appears on
the surface. This caste seutlment,
Always discernible when ball players
congregate. Is a powerful argument In
favor of the couteutlon that Cobb did
not Intentionally spike Baker, but also
that no man cuts a fellow player with
bis spikes viciously and with malice
Aforethought.
Even where "l d b'.ocd" existed be
tween two players. If they took this
means of obtaining satisfaction such
accidents" would multiply almost be
yond conception. But. fortunately, this
Is not the case, aud when one stops
to consider how many times players
s'.lde feet first, with the ever present
, spike likely to come In sharp contact
with the baseman's anatomy. It Is
amazing that injuries arising from this
part of the game are so few and slight.
TINKER'S GREAT W0JW..r
Stellar Playing of Cuba' Shortstop
Brings Him Into Limelight.
Should the Chicago Nationals again
land the much coveted gonfalon great
credit must be given to Joe Tinker,
the Cubs' star shortstop for his ear
nest efforts In trying to land the team
at the top. Tinker has won and saved
many games for the Cubs this season
by bis timely batting nnd his sensa
tional fielding. Early lu the campaign
"Scrappy Joe" played very poorly, and
then the anvil chorus began to get In
some of Its fine work. Reports weie
lu circulation that the Cubs' sbort-
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joe tinkelt, chicago nationals' stak
shortstop.
stop had seen his best days and would
soon be relegated to the minors. The
real trouble was that Tinker's back
was very weak, but after a short rest
he was back ou the Job again playing
havoc with pitchers' averages and
robbing the slugger; of safe bits.
HUDSON-FULTON SPORTS.
Races For Motor-boats, Shells and Ca
noes During Celebration.
Arrangements for the aquatic con
tests during the Hudson-Fulton cele
bration have been practically complet
ed. These will take place In New
York, pulling races Sept. 29 and mo
torboats Kept. 30; In Yonkers. motor
boat races Sept. 20, rowing und canoe
contests on Oct. 2. Newburg will have
Its water contests on Oct. 2.
The program will start with a race
between the crews of the foreign war
vessels. The prizes will bo a silver
shield of the Hudson-Fulton design to
the ship of the wlnulng crew, each
member of which will receive a silver
medal. Each man of the second crew
will get a bronze medal. The second
race will be contested by crews of the
American war vessels, and the prizes
will be the same as lu the first race.
The third race will have as contest
ants crews from foreign vessels. Amer
ican warships, the naval mllltln, the
revenue cutter service and such other
naval branches of American or foreign
rlllelal service as may bo selected. A
race between naval nil'llla crews will
fellow. Then will come n cotitest of
revenue cutter crews. Motorbont rnrcs
In live classes for silver cups as prizes
will end the program. (
The rowing races on Oct. 2 nre to
be under the rules of the National As
sociation of Amateur Oarsmen and
will be over n course of one nnd one
quarter miles stralshtnwny ns follows:
Intermediate single shell, senior sin
gle shell, junior double gig. Intermedi
ate four oared gig, senior quadruple
sculls, senior four oared barge, senior
eight oared shell nnd Intercity octuple
sculls. The canoe races will be over
a distance of one-half mile straight
away for tnndem single blades, tan
dem double blades aud club fours sin
gle blade under the rules of the Amer
ican Canoeing association.
INTERCOLLEGIATE GOfr.
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Students Are Eligible to Bio Tourney
In New York Sept. 13-18.
For the nnnunl golf championship,
which this year will bo held over the
Apawauils links. In Bye. N. Y.. Sept.
13 to IS, the Intercollegiate Golf asso
ciation Is already beglnulng to have
things whipped Into shape. According
to a slight chnnge In the constitution,
nny college In good standing may now
be elected to membership, but the most
Important departure this year will bo
with regard to the scoring for the
team championship. This will nllow of
only one point for a win in place of
the old system of a point for tha match
nnd a fraction for every hole.
The week's proceedings will open
with team matches on Monday and
Tuesday, the whole of Wednesday be
ing set aside for the Individual cham
pionship qualifying play over thlrty-slx
holes. The composition of nil the sides
for the team matches has not yet
been made known. Yale, however, will
have n strong representation In the fol
lowing: IC. E. Mosser. n. G, Logg.
Robert Hunter, B. P. Merrlman. R. Y.
Hnyno nnd W. B. Lnngford. Logg 19
this year's transmlsslsslppl champion
nnd Merrlman the Connecticut title
holder. Capable substitutes have also
been chosen.
Clifford Dunning nnd R. L. Jackson
will form the backbone of the Wil
liams team. The colleges at present'la
membership are Yale, narvard. Wil
liams, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell;
Dartmouth and Pennsylvania, ,
Extra Premiums for Farm Products
For farm products raised in Box Butte county and the counties
adjacent to Box Butte county on the east and south and dis
played in the window of our store the three days of the fair,
September 28, 29 and 30, we will give the following premiums:
o Irrigated Products Can Be Entered)
12 Best Early Ohio Potatoes
I lb. can Chase & Sanborn's
Seal Brand Coffee
12 Best Eareka (Round Whltt) Potatoes
I lb. 35c grade Chase &
Sanborn's Coffee
Largest Squash of any variety
t Carton Loose-Wiles
Soda Crackers
City
Watch for Special Sale Every Day of the Fair
ALLIANCE GROCERY CO.
Additional Railroad Notes.
wuad. rtcitiui la a uctv iuuuu uuuac
man.
J. C. Birdsell went to Broken Bow
in his car on No. 42 Thursday morning.
W. H. Allgeier and family returned
Wednesday morning from their visit in
eastern Nebraska.
M. W. Wood and V. T. Vissinger of
tho telegraph department of Lincoln
were in Alliance on company business
Wednesday.
Fred Licdtke has resigned as flag
man and gone to his claim in South
Dakota, via Dcadwood taking his pup
with him.
Fireman J. J. Malouc, who recently
f I. n .. Li I.Ia. a n n .... (...
came to Alliance from Omaha, ex
presses himself as being well pleased
with this part of the world.
Engineer Geo. Hicks of Ravenna
was in Alliance Tuesday. He inform
ed our reporter that Mrs. H. is home
sick to get back to this city.
Chas. Turney and crew have hceu
assigned to the Ravenna-Seneca pool,
making nine tram crews aud nine en
gine crews living in Ravenna.
Mrs. H. G. Bennett left on No. 42
Wednesday morning for a visit with
home folk's in Crete. In the mean
time Harry is "batching" and says it
is fierce.
We have the news that E. E. Terry
of Helena was taken sick about two
weeks since at the home of Danny
Crillcy at Billings. At last accounts
he was able to be moved to his home.
J. B. Kennedy and wife went to
Denver Saturday. While there Mr.
Kennedy inspected the lots of the
Denver-Colorado Land company, and
we are informed purchased two of
them.
Over 20,000,000 passengers carried
by the Burlington during the year end
ing June 30, 1009, without a single fa
tality of a passenger by accident is a
record of which the officials of that
road arc proud.
Mrs. John Strong of Lakeside came
up on 43 last Sunday for a few days'
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Gregg,
wife of Conductor E. M. Gregg. Mrs.
Strong returned home yesterday, ac
companied by Mrs. E. M. Gregg.
Fireman Sam Burchell came in on
41 this morning with a black eye. His
friends were given to understand that
he had not been engaged in a fight and
got the wors,t of it, but that his eye had
accidentally come in contact with the
ash pan lever in the dark.
Express Messenger Oldt brings the
news that he recently met Mrs. Geo.
Mehl at Newcastle and that she in
formed him that Mr. Mehl had proved
up on their claim near that place and
that they will soon move to Billings.
George Mehl was yardmaster at Al
liance for a long time.
Fireman Raby met with an accident
at Remington last Tuesday that was
quite serious but which might have
been much worse. He was leaning
out of the cab looking for signals when
his head struck a switch stand, cutting
quite a gash. He deadheaded to Al
liance, where Dr. Slagle fixed up the
wound by dressing it and putting in
several stitches.
i ANNOUNCEMENTS, f-
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Morning subject, "Christians as Fruit
Bearers " Evening, "Nebuchadnezzar's
Golden Image."
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Morning theme will be, "Christian Pro
gress," or "A Clarion Call to a Forward
Movement." A good day is anticipated
and a full attendance of the memberibip
is desired.
M. E. CHURCH CIRCUIT.,
There will be services at the Fairview
U.ivV. nn QnnrlatT Rflnt. in At ti a. ni.
Rev. I. E. Nolte, the new pastor, will
preach.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHUROH
Services morning and evening at the
usual hours, conducted by the pastor.
st. john's episcopal church.
Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a. m.. morning
prayer and sermon at 11:00 a.m. by the
pastor.
Largest Hubbard Squash (Must bt true to name
aid solid color)
I Carton Loose-Wiles Takoma
Biscuits
12 Largest Onions (2 white or yellow varieties)
i 25-oz. can C. P. Baking
Powder
12 Largest Oiions (Red Varieties)
I 8-oz. can Richelieu
Pepper
Black
STTZEBE, IT'S
J. P. COLBURN
Dry Goods, Clothing and
Furnishings
204 BOX BUTTE AVE.
New Fall and Winter
Goods
-ARRIVING NOW
Some Exceptionally Nice Fall Suits Just Received
You are invited to call, examine goods
and get prices.
PHELAN OPERA HOUSE
ALL WEEK, COnriENCINO
MONDAY.
H. L. Walker
ipedden - Paige Stock Co.
Ladies Free Monday Night
No Ladies' Free Ticket Sold after 7 o'clock
, , Honday Evening
RESERVED SEATS AT HOLSTEIS'S
15 lbs. Navy Beans (Must be true to name)
2 lb. can Chase & Sanborn's
Seal Brand Coffee
Largest Pumpkin (any variety)
I 25-oz. can C. P. Baking
Powder
Best Head Cabbage
I cartoon Loose-Wiles
ham Crackers
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Presents the
in a repertoire of
Drama, Comedy
and Farce
Opening Monday night
in the 4-act comedy,
"THE
GAMBLER
AND THE
LADY"
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