Wouldn't This Shock You, Mr. Fan?

THE INTRODUCTION OF SHIN GUARDS AND HEAD GEAR BY ROGER BRESNAHAN, GIANTBACKSTOP, MARKS AN ERA OF INVENTION IN BASEBALL. ?NEWS ITEM.

SHE HANDS HUBBARD SOMETHING HOTBY JESSIE M. PARLTON.

"East Aurora, N. V.," as ElbertHubbard mystically remarked,Some time ago, "is not a place; It'sv condition of mind!" That beingtiie case, will some expe.it alienist\u25a0kindly swoop down on East Auroraend squelch the brainstorm ragingthero? He would do humanity alasting good nnd lie eligible to re-ceive a Carnegie hero medal.

The other day we were compelledto hark to a new and decidedlyunique ful mi nation from the Roy-qulvering, wondering nation thiscroft shop. liuooard sent out. to themessage:

"My wife. Alice Hubbard, is men-tally, morally and spiritually thesuperior of any woman in history,ancient or modern."

This, from rra Elherta of the

MISS JESSIE M. PARLTON.

flowing locks In praise of the wom-an who destroyed his first wife'shappiness and bore him children Indefiance of all social and morallaw, is a little more than the womenof America can swallow.

Elbert Hubbard follows up thisfervid statement by poetically com-paring his wife to a certain brandof soap warranted !)'J.44 per centDure.

Comparisons, as tho copy booksteach us, are odious; in this in-stance they are odorous.

Attached to the panegyric on thiswoman who was named by Mrs.Hubbard No. 1 as co-respondent inher divorce suit I* this bill of par-ticulars, quite In the manner of athoroughbred put up for sale:

"Alice Hubbard excels as moth-er, housekeeper, economist, meth-odlser, diplomat, financier, orator,writer, reformer, inventor, humani-tarian, teacher and philosopher."

Shades of Aunt Sanianthy andthe family cat! What woman doesnot excel in all Ihese lines, withthe added virtue of a clean do-mestic record?

The wife of any tendollar-a-weekclerk can give Mrs. Hubbard No. 2

points on economy; as a flnanejershe can knock the spots off anyRoyerofter ever turned out.

I know a frail little widow whobends over the washtnb daily tosupport :'> children. She could tellAlice Hubbard a thing or two aboutphilosophy.

Mrs. Suburban is a star diplomatwhen she entertains the uninvitedfriend hubby brings home with apleasant smile and a can of corn.

Every mother Is a reformer whenshe wields the slipper; exery house-wife an inventor.

The woman who rescues the fam-ily cat from the baby's moist em-brace and hides Rover where theboys can't tie cans to his tail is ahumanitarian.

Every wife must perforce be anorator when her husband conieshome at 2 a. m. speechless.

There is not a married womanliving who does not exercise liter-ary talent of the first order whenshe writes to her husband's rela-tives and manages to keep them allin a good humor.

"Many women have done well,"as can be verified by a reference toproverbs, but Alice Hubbard hasoverlooked a bet. Logic loses its'power and intellect its brilliancywhen pure, child eyes gaze ques-lioningly at the mother who hasstained them in the world's sightby her own sinful weakness.

THE CITY LEAGUEPowell-Sanders met defeat once

more at Natatorium park last even-ing. The Varney Mfg. Co. winning7 to 4. Tracey, the good lookingtwirler for the grocers, couldn'tcontrol the mysterious things hetossed, and when he did control one

the manufacturers straightened itout.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

New York 7, Cleveland <>; Boston4, Detroit 3; Washington 6, St.Louis 5; Philadelphia 11, Chicago 1.

COAST LEAGUE.

Portland .1, Los Angeles 1.

PLOWS STREET BY STEAM

Plowing with tho aid of a hugetraction engine was inauguartedIhis morning by Contractor H. L.Lilllenlbal on his grade job onMadison si. between Shannon andMontgomery ays. The ground isso stony that it is almost impos-sible to plow with horses, or pickit. About half a block was plowedsuccessfully this morning, whenthe plow, being too weak to with-stand tbe strain, broke, Lillien-thai then purchased a heavier andstronger one and resumed thework.

FLICK QUITS AND SHOCKS FANSSpecial Correspondence to The Frew

CLEVELAND, 0., July 25.?1t\u25a0one rude person had hurled abomb Into the camp of the Naps itcould not have caused more con-sternation than the announcementof Elmer KHck that he intended toretire at tho close of the seriesWith Washington.

STRIKING POSE OF ELMER FLICK, STAR OUTFIELDER OFCLEVELAND AMERICANS, WHO RETIRES IN HEAT OF FRAY

True, Flick has threatened to de-sert the diamond for the past 2years, hut who In tho world everdreamed that he would quit iv thethick of battle?

He has been playing the greatestgame of his life this season. Hewas the second Americau leaguehitter to reach the century markin iho output of swats, and led Lheleague as a run-getter. In base-run-ning aud in extra base hits.

As an outfielder Flick has no su-

perior, and his retirement at thiscritical stage of the race will sorelycripple the Naps, especially duringthe absence of Manager Lajoie,who is suffering with a lame foot.

"I am tired of the game," saidFlick. "Moreover, I am not in goodhealth. After playing ball forabout 12 years, I feel that I have aright to retire."

Flick Is wed fixed in a worldlyway. He owns a farm, among oU*rthingi*

TAKES NO MORE CHANCES.

Bresnahan Weahs a Head GuardSince He Got Knocked Out.

NEW YORK, July 25.?N0, theabove is not 1 of the ancient guyswho went gunning for the HolyGrail.

It is merely a picture of RogerBrosuahan, catcher of the New

York Giants, as ho appears in com-pany with his new ear mutt andheadgear.

The contraption was invented byRoger to prevent a recurrence ofthe accident In Cincinnati that sonearly cost him his life.

SPORTING SNAP SHOTSTommy Burns will show at the

Spokane theater August 27. He hasthe "picture" of his knockout ofBill Squires. The picture is a mov-ing one and short. Tommy will boxa few short rounds with a partner.

The Infers Ml team won a purseof $10 and the gate recetipts bybeating the Blacks at the park bya score of M to 5. A big crowdsaw the game.

Chick Roadnlght has resigned ashead of the athletic committee ofthe Spokane Amateur Athleticclub. It is understood that hiswork has not been altogether sat-isfactory.

Tommy Burns announces that hiswife is opposed to h.'s fighting ablack. So it appears there is lit-tle chance for a match with JackJohnson.

The Pirates were the first to shutottt Christy Mathewsou this season.

Looks as though every fight pull-ed off nowadays has the fake fringeattached. Johnson says he was of-fered biy money to let Kit/, stay 6rounds.

The most successful pitchers inthe National league are Brown.Overall, Lundgren, Corridon andMathewsou.

Judging by the list of wounded,some exhibition games in baseballare In the same class as sham bat-tles with real bullets.

Walter Christie has returnedfrom Europe and is ready for thonext Vanderbht cup race in the fall.

Swlfe, the Wilkes-Barre twirler,has Invented a prohibition ballcalled the 'dry spitter."

Joss, Hughes and Dygert are theonly American league pitchers with

1 -Hit games to their credit thisseason.

A silly season savant comes for-ward with lhe theory that the hu-man soul looks like an oyster.

That ought to show why so manypeople get stewed.

Only $13For a New and

Perfect

GAS RANGEConnected Free

Spokane Falls GasLight Co.

Heath Building. Tel. 30S.

SPOKANE JULY 25.1907

SPOKANE LOSESLEMONFEST ,

?

Won. Lost. PC-Aberdeen 50 26 .65?Seattle 45 35 .563Tacoma 49 39 .55JButte 39 39 .50tJSflnkane 39 40 .493Vancouver 19 62 .23<f

The latest and most appropriateway of showing ones appreciationof the rottenness of an umpire'swork is to get an armload of lemonsand hurl them at him. at the sametime emiting Infective and froth.That's the way they did at Seattleyesterday, anyway.

Umpire Ralph Frary got a piece,of dirt in his eye (the sort thatfeels like a brick building) and'couldn't do a good Job on ballsand strikes or anything. If hedidn't get the aforementioned brickstructure in his eye, somethingwa3 wrong with It, or else he hadbeen loaded the night before.

So the gang gave him a lemonshower. But the lemons didn'tbother Frary In the least. Hewould quietly kick them away andgo on until he stood in lemons asthick as snowdrifts. If theyweren't they should have been. Spo-kane lost 0 to s?ignominy,s?ignominy, defeat,chagrin, all rolled in 1 pill.

Pitcher Coy gave but 2 hits, lit-tle dinkey singles at that. He alsostruck out 6 and didn't pass a one.Killilay pitched for the Indians, al-lowed 8 hits, passed 5 and pounded2 in the slats. One of them was"Nosey" Schafer. How Killilaycould have missed his nose and hithim in the ribs is a wonder. Car-ney was back in right field anddidn't make his customary fightnoise. Bender, who had been hold-ing down the position, went behindthe bat and did pretty good work,considering.

At Vancouver Butte won 6 to 5in the 11th inning. The Canadiansgot rattled in the ninth and allow-ed the Miners to tie them. Buttescored in the eleventh.

At Tacoma yesterday Aberdeenwon 1 tto 0. Brinker allowed Ta-coma only 3 safe hits.

WOMAN CAPTURES BURGLAR

TACOMA, July 25.?1n her homeon South J st. Mrs. A. Olland dis-covered a burglar ransacking aroom. The man ran with Mrs. Ol-land in pursuit. She chased himdown to I st. where she overtookand seized him by the neck. Whenthe police appeared she had nearlychoked the burglar to death. »?< i

FURNITURE CARPETSHARDWARE #

A. D. McDonaldSupply Co.

212-214 Riverside Aye.

Parisian Dye WorksHas no branch offices noragents. Office 605 fcirst Aye.

Phone 2137. . . . L. A. Lehmann

NATATORIUMPARK

NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS,50C TO $1.00

HOTEL MONICAOPPOSITE CITY HALL

Corner Howard and FrontPHONE 9062

WLEARU SOMETHING ff"ORTH WHILL

Day and Night Classes.Knowledge of music not necessary.Western School of Piano Tuning

and Repairing222'/, DIVISION STREET

Say BUDWEISERwhen you want

"THE BEER"

There le less profitto the dealer thanwhen he sells anyother but?You Get

Quality

25cPer Bottle

Band ConcertsAfternoons 2P. M. Evenings BP. M.

Moving Pictures Every Evening8 to 10 p. m.

Dancing Every Eve. 8 to 11 p m.

Amusements Open Dally From Ito 11 P. M

DUBININ'S121 Howard Street

Also Wall andSprague

PHne 731

CHUTES OPEN THIS WEEK

DON'T SUFFER WITH HEAT. IT'B COOL AT

The PFISTERTHE ONLY FIRST CLASS FAMILY RESORT IN THE CITY.

GRAND POPULAR CONCERT BY

The Metropolitan OrchestraFinest Orchestra in Spokane

The Talented Singer?the People's Favorite, MISS BEBSIETANNEHILL, singing M. Witmark & Sons' latest publications,"The Door of Hope," greatest semi-sacred song ever written."You're All the World to Me," from "The Parisian Model.""Take Me With You in Your Dreams."

Other cafes never have, and never will, offer such a programas The Pfister. Admission free. Private tables for ladies andchildren.

The Pfhter Palm Garden, 815 Sprague AvenueGrand concert every evening, 8 o'clock.. Matinee 3 p. m. Sunday

THE AUDITORIUMtl. C. Hayward, Mgr. Tel. M. 1241.

JESSIE SHIRLEY CO.S? PRESENTING BUNDAYirad all the week, with Saturday

matinee

"THE TWO ORPHANS"Prices ?Reserved, evening: 60c,

40c and 25c.Matinees?Adults, 25c; children,

10c.

WASHINGTON THEATERGeo. C. Blakeslee, Manager

HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE

WEEK COMMENCINGJULY 21, 1907

William H. McCartDonovan & ArnoldMyles McCarthy and Aida WoolcottRedwood and HarveyMabel CassidyMorrisey and Rich

Matinee every day. Two per-formances every evening.

Prices 15 and 25 cents.

Columbia TheatreGeo. M. Dreher, Mgr. Tel. 911.

TONIGHT

And Every Night This Week, Mat.Saturday,

CURTISS COMEDY CO.

In Fitzgerald Murphy's 4-ActMelodrama

"BEWARE OF MEN"

Prices?loc, 20c and 30c. Matinee10c and 20c.

Next week?"Sealed Lips."

CITYLEAGUEBASEBALL

NATATORIUM PARKSUNDAY, JULY 28

CUBSvs.

POWELL-8 ANDERSUNION IRON WORKS

VS.FAIRBANKS-MORSE

Two Games ?One Admission.a. Grandstand Free*

First Game Called 2:30.

Baseball SuitsSee VARNEY

HE MAKES 'EM

175 So. Howard St. Phone 2456.

GO TO

S. K. RUSH & CO.Dcalerg and manufacturers otHarness and Saddles, Whips,Ilohes, Illankets. etc. It will payyou to call on us for anything Inour line. Let us do your repair-ing.

918 Sprague Aye.

Phone Main tttl

STOCKHOLDERS' NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat a special meeting of the

stockholders or the Ophir Gold ftCopper Mining Co. will be held atthe office of the company, No. 5S. Howard St., Spokane, Washing-

ton, on the 27th day of July, 1907,at 7:30 o'clock P. M., for tbe pur-pose of ratifying and confirming the

sale, exchange, leasing, bonding andmortgaging for the consideration ofninety thousand ($90,000) dollars,to be paid therefor within eighteen

(18) months, and for ten per centof the capital stock of a companyto be organized, to Henry H. Arm-stead jr., made on the 15th day ofJune, 1907, at a meeting of thestockholders and trustees, of all ofthe following described property,theretofore belonging to said com-pany, and situated in Ophir MiningDistrict, Powell county, Montana,to-wit:

The Ophir lode mining claim, sur-vey No. 7501.

The Ophir No. 2 lode miningclaim, survey No. 7502.

The Spokane lode mining claim,survey No. 7503.

The Sunrise lode mining claim,survey No. 7504.

The Katie Allen lode miningclaim, survey No. 7507.

And also to authorize the sale,conveyance, leasing, bonding andmortgaging to and by him of allthe following described property be-longing to said company, and sit-uated iv said mining district,county and state, and which wasIntended to be transferred to himby said stockholders and trusteesmeeting, in the resolutions passedthereat, and by the deed given forthe before-mentioned property tohim, to-wit: Tbe Ophir No. 3, andthe Tiger quartz lode claim, andall leases, bonds, deeds and agree-ments with reference thereto, andalso all of the rights of said com-pany in and to any property orproperty rights, situated in saidOphir Mining District, and

You are hereby notified that theforegoing comprises all of the min-ing property and mining rights ofsaid corporation, and especially allof the same situated iv said countyand state;

And you are further notified thatsaid meeting will be held for thepurpose of transacting any aud allother business which may come be-fore the same, and authorizing thesale, conveyance, leasing, bondingand disposing of, for money orstock in other corporations, anyand all of the property of the com-pany, and the ratification and con-tinuation of all aud every act doneby the stockholders meeting, or thetrustees with reference to the sale,transfer, conveyance, exchange ordisposal of any and all of the prop-erty of the corporation for moneyor siock in another corporation, orIn a corporation to be organized,and the transferring, leasing, bond-lug or mortgaging of the same.

Dated this 25th day of June,1907.

W F. MCCARTHY,Secretary.

SING, FAT & CO.Importers and dealers In Chi-

nese and Japanese Fancy

aoods- Ladles' garments maloto oafier.

612 FRONT AYE.

ClassifiedAdoertisemen ts\Real Estate Inducements4 room Mission finished bunga-

low $1,500

A splendid 5 room place. .$1,750

Stricaly modern 6 room, onSinto $2,000

A dandy suburban home of 5rooms and 2 fine lots, 100x136.51250

Lots Lots$10 down sad $10 a month, with

water In frost; graded schools, tele-

phone* and electric lights; price $150

each.

We can save you money oa city

property of any description.

Beauchamp ft WontingPhone 46. 418 BXTEBSXDE AT.

Extra good relikuishment totrade for city property.

Five acres improved, 4 1-4 milesfrom Howard and Riverside, totrade for relinquishment.

Two good lots in Corbin park;$950; terms.

Five room modern house; closein; $2350; easy terms.

Good farm in crop to trade forhouse; $4500.

Six room modern, to trade forgood relinquishment.

All kinds of trades.

W. E WEBSTER® CO.

412 MOHAWK BLK. PHONE 9277

FOR SAL*.?mm

Will sell you oho** lots m I.W-X" i-w... m); reasonable, email pay-ment, perfect title, or will help youbuild a home.

Some flue lots In Manito on terms.A rood home In Union Park: MM;

oa*y terms.Choice lota Cannon Hill: close) In;

part cash, balance, long" time; 8 percent interest.

GRAY ft MeCUNB.First Arena* and Wall Street

HELP WAMTED?MALL

SHOW CASE MAKERS WANTED,good wages, 9 honr day. Apply

Harrild * Sons, WlO9-1U PaeiSoay. ?14

WANTED FOR V. 8. ARMY?AbIebodied unmarried men between the

ages or 21 and 35: el Ozena of UnitedStates, of good character and tem-perate habits, wbo can speak, readand write English. For Informa-tion, apply to Recruiting Officer.12» 1-2 Howard St.. Spokane.

WE WANT TO UPHOLSTER,polish or repair your furniture.

Prices reasonable Standard Up-holstering and Cabinet Works, 403East Front.

WANTED ?GOOD LADY ORgentlemen tailors and pressors.

Come at once. Highest salarypaid. Olympia Pressing Club, 43Riverside corner Browne.

HORSESHOEING.

Charles Staley, Pacific avenue aatBernard street lIS-M

Positively highest price paid for castoft clothing. N223 Stevens. M. 1711.

Transfer. Freight, furniture, baggage

and parcel delivery. Tel. 399. 210-0

COAL AND WOOD. PHONE 3391.

DRESSMAKING AND SEWING.02611 Division. Phone Main

7327. ?25'

GOODYEAR QUICK SHOE RE-pair, 231 Riverside. Repaired

while you wait. Shoes called forand delivered. Phone 1965.

Spokane Press. 25 cents a month.

$26506 room modern cottage, elec-

tric chandeliers, gas, fine lawnand trees; lot highly improved;Heath's addition; $1,000 cash.

City Real Estate For SaleW. P. NICHOLS

Successor to Carr Bros. Co.$950 ?Extra fine lot on Fourteenth

near Monroe St.; grade andwalk.

$1200 ?A strictly first class, wellfurnished rooming house of21 rooms, well located.

$250 and up?Vacant lots in allparts of the city; terms.

$1775 ?A new 5 room modern;$275 cash and terms.

ROOM 6 GALENA BLOCKPHONE 1723

$30006 room modern house, piped

for furnace, fireplace, best offinish; Corbin park; terms tosuit.

$3600New 6 room modern house,

full basement and furnace, fin-ished in select curley fir; beatl-ful lot, 50x210; terms; Manitopark.

$25005 room modern cottage, beau-

tiful location, North side; $1,000cash.

$90009 room modern house, base-

ment and furnace, large hall,beamed ceilings, excellent viewof city; Cannon hill; terms toJult

Babcock® Moss

829 RiversideTel. 3968

Pioneer EmploymentCompany

Late Peerless Emp. Co.

HEADQUARTERS COOKS ANDWAITRESSES

Cooks, waitresses, dishwashers.Kitchen Helpers, Chaimbermalda,wanted all the time.

512 GRANITE BLDG. Phone 1199.

Don't take "Busy" for an an-swer when you want

469for we have two phones of thesame number.

INDEPENDENT MESSENGERS

The Mason & Hamlin. Ivers APotdKurtzmann, Oabler, Kroager. Starch.Capen and other good pianos; allstrictly high grade, at reasonableprices and terms to suit.

SPOKANE PIANO HOUSED. Li. Bowers, Manager.

Heath Block, 23 Monroe Street

The Press is the only penny pa-per in the Inland Empire.

We carry a full line of trussesand elastic bandages. Perfect fitguaranteed.

$350 Soda Fountain for salefor $100. Good as new; only

used one season.

CLUB PHARMACYSpecial Attention to

Prescriptions

302 Riverside Aye., cor. BernardNew Dessert Bldg. Phone 754.

Spokane, Wash.

You Can Build a Homethat will be of ever Increasing value, one that will mean anincome for life, by making the first payment on an irrigated

tract at

East GreenacresThe first payment is all you need worry about ?the land will

do the rest; the fluest Investment in the Spokane valley isawaitiug the man who grasps opportunities. Your first pay-ment is a small amount, the future payments the land will earn.It is the best investment for your money today. Let us prove

it to you.

Becher & Thompson110 Stevens Btreet. Phone ISSS.