Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 23, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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Holiday
Gift Suggestions
For Tardy Buyers
Here's but a few of
the many sugges-
tions that this store
furnishes to those
who have not yet
determined upon the
matter of GIFTS.
There's something
here to interest ev'ry
member of the family
Huyler's Candy
Liggett's Candy
Fenway's Candy
in Boxes of Various
and Coovenient Sizes
Brush and Comb
Sets
Manicure Sets
Shaving Sets
Toilet Sets
Books Gift Pic-
ture and Latest
Fiction at sea-
sonable prices
Bibles all kinds
Vases
Bric-a-Brac
Hand-painted
China
Briar Pipes
and a thousand and !
one other useful and
pleasing gifts ior
Big and Little.
Our prices are right
to start with and
there can be no re-
duction of them in
justice to the goods
we sell.
L 0.
Thompson
& Co.
DM SI III
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Many Prominent Figures
Removed During Year
Now Nearing Close
Sml p til)r New..
New York. Dec. 2. Man) prom-
inent figures In the world of (port
and athletic have been- removed by
leath durlnc the year now drawing
to a clone. In the baseball world
the National League In particular
was a heavy sufferer havlns lout
Stanley RoMnson. owner of the St.
Louis club; William Hepburn Russell
president and chief owner of the IU s-
ton Vint and Frank S. Elliott. !ce
president of the Philadelphia club.
The active players who passed
away durlne the year Imludfd "Ad-
dle" Joss the well known pIMterof
the Cleveland Americans; Oeor-e M.
I "Left?") Cralp. pitcher cf the In-
dianapolis club of the Amri'an as-
rorlatlon: Napoleon ("Pen"! l.ess-
ard pitcher of the Columhns Anier-
'Ican Assoilatlon tnm: Michael Smal-
Hn!. f'rst ham-man of the l-aaster
I Kisterii leaci'e club; 1'ermaii
I I'rlepke second I'nsrman of the ft!-
ca team of the New York State
j league: Arthur Prown first bane-
man tif the Mminy team of the New
Yoark Ptute Write and Harry Ham-
imond who had played 'Uh various
! teams of the Southern league and
( American association.
J In addition to the active players
;many former stars of the illamonl
and others who had figured promi-
nently In the national Fame In days
jron bv passed away dxrlnr the vear.
Amonp these were Robert Carriithera
(anions as n pitcher for the St. Louis
Prawns In the '80s and later an um-
pire In the American and minor
leagues: William ("Dad") Clarke at
one time a star pitcher of the New
i York Nationals: "Jack" Ttowe. who
was one of the lSfi "hie four' of
the Detroit team: John Y Radrllff.
!no plnved with the oM Athletics of
Philadelphia: Chiles Provn at on
time -a pl.iver on the Protherhood
team of Poiton and later w'th th
I.vnn ter.ni iif the New Fnyland
leactie; pert Prlcits. formerly pltch-
ir for the Chic tec Cihs; Marshal
' I'ev Kwt a famous Miter end out-
fielder In the early dm of the Na-
tloivtl lenctie: Arth'T Clarkson. who
had plnved with New York. St. Louis.
IVilMmore Milwaukee and other
cl'ib; Pr John Prsper vlio or?an-
hed the famni's Pod Stock'ncK In
ClnHnnatl In the 'fifts: Cavlos Snil'li.
ho Tins known ns the fr-timler of
or"np7v1 tnselmll In Connect icitt.
Sinmr Vlerearx. an old-time Pacific
Com phver. and TJeiman II. Vander-
l rrst. ho wis secretary of the Pal-
tlr"ore rub when It wfs threMlmes
Pennant winner of the Notional
Tli'Tc xvore no rl'v? fialiif
(r nrpf. i:tnro n"il!t it ir'mj
im rear ne'ther wore rny d: 'h"
rr(i.i'i n" T? f:"".t"TS of nro"M-
? e. I.ni'ls T.nns. of OaVland
il.. vns the ni tv fi"if.r of nnv
pete tn ill'1. Sc.-nl rM-t'nicrr P""m-
eil aw -iv an'onir tcii (''""'Ii' V'-
Keever. Bt due tpn cpo of thr lirt
'-f PMHdrlnh'Vs ll.-htve-ht t I
Tt-V Or!'"n. tlir known
rolo'fd reavyovht.
Ve'l Vnof Ti to fol'owors cf p'url-P-m
were M.-l.irhl Uonn. the Ch'-
cin rcforoe find "or"? vi-ir:
l''lie St'li. t-e nn Fr-T'l'io r1-
fTCe hn'11 l"Pn!)' roi'lnn f.fr
at-d mnor of Pnntamwelshf Chim-
t'lnp. .'oh'-pv Co-Ion' To' n U C-'f'
i 'k. of P-ook!vn. wo wa J hn I-.
P-Uivan Va'ker. and WI'Mmi A.
Ponne of Ponton. wio had mrn iced
.'ark .Tehrcn Joe Walntt. .'leore-
Plxon M.-rvin Part and othrr notel
lighter.
Tie lns of the Voir In the firf
frlc inrli d"d .iirt "I-It ' ri . cf
Milwa''ke. owner of The lliMci"r
and piir fino' s t'ott'T?" I 1 C.
'oiiron ho af' tved hii wldert
piomlnence a the owner o' Pe..!nn.
tMIs Port ef Flvsh'r?. N. t.. who
lro( : f fiiio"s Flora ie !ii
ti e or'v 'Ton: '.V. S. Vv' n. of
Wai'kc-.'nn. 111. a well km-wn triir-
er cf trot'"5 hnre; ''vln X
; Vi'ls. of ColiT'l'i's. O.. to- nan.-
years a 0-nd Clm-M J- d .Mti P.
M ioIVvi.iM a well known hor-eman
of All-arv. N Y : Fred Clarke of
Pro Idciir e wl known a a falner
on '"rand Ctrciit trark; Myou E
Mdlenry. of Ccneice. 111 . a .t '-n
'ti'rfti'.m i.nd faro is itrlvcr: Pall M
RlnaUo. cf Saratoga a fn o .r d
cr and ow ner nil V. H. herrromMe
of Ciiiam. i.irf eoi rr ar.d . r- of
Acerl .i's a; tt.oi f or. the h.titn i
"jorse.
' Vi t-m-!t'e r;.ci:ic (!s! ed a toll
of n :!') a dn'cll :.;l'is ' Tllif the
year l'.'ll. The noted rarM k'l -I
ln-1'd.'l Ned Cmik. kl'!-d at K n-
iis Cit v April II. Man el Pasl. liill-
ed at Cl'li azo. June 11: IiiiH Strnnc
kil'ed at I. Croie. Inly Ilalj I.
II Iri-Iand tilled : Klein. 111 . x.e
. I . lie 1 k. kilkj at i:i.'ln. .Vie.
.'".; lillh" Piarre. kliv m S:oiit
Oltv. Vt. ! lp p Mr !. k!:!.
at Sa'crnah. o a!er v.t-
T-!!. il'.l at M:la-ke. .h-ve ::
.n i J'.o'v rt W. Pom. Mile ' j.t Den-
er. Vav 2 7.
S-ral finious f'vrotf r.i an I
nlnr n Tro tr l 'd.d a?" n- 'h
'e.Ta ot tKe veir anmne then Ve:n;
( A l e.-arj it f r rr t It waiil'n
champion .rllle .shot: . Captain Fred
Wheal." or rieland. at one time
champion ing hot of the I'ojt!
States; and John Parker of Detroit
and William Haves of Newark both
of whom had national reputations as
marksmen.
Notable f'sures In other branches i
if vort claimed hy death during the
year were Captain Charles Ilarr on
of the world's most famous yacht
masters: John Graham for a num-
ber of years the trainer in cbirgo of
the Harvard I nlverslty track and
field teams: Paddy Kelly one of
Canada's best known lacrosse play
en; W. Fred Allen of Ftlcc. Ion
Identified with rurlinc In tho I'nlted
Stat and Canada: William Notch
Wlrter. of Philadelphia known a
the ' father of American cricket":
Merrltt Clffen. former national cham-
pion disens thrower: Alfred Lequesnu
a member or the Cleveland bowling
team which broke the world' record
ut the rtiiffalo International tourna-
ment last year; Jack Smith a'f
mom 1;.rrose and hockey player of
Ottawa: William U. Cat ton. f Chl-
rapo. who for nearly thirty year
had been a prominent flture In the
billiard world; Dr. Jhon H. Mickey
of Philadelphia formerly nitlontl
siiuash raquet champion; FrancU
'Iroilon Prown at one time cele-
brated football player at Yale and
rne l.enini. a fotmer star football
player of the I'nlvernlty of Wtecon
ln and all-Western and all-American
puard.
I'At.K THIlKn
Eouth America tickled the tlraKa
fnder the chin In Abvsslnia and no
ue la rllddlna around o nthe ice field
if the Arctic clrcla.
Dick left Salt l-'ke k) mil Ian vutn
xo The first that was heard cf'
Mm wss as the owner of a great mine
la aouthern California on th. bord-1
rg of Iter.th Valley. Ho sold the!
rune hi our. Then he was the vic-
tim of a forest firv. Then he raised
money In San Francisco to take him
to Alaska and now Is many times a'
millionaire mtcrdlnic to Mn own tes-
timony.
"Got a bir placer ground In Yu-
kon country out from Dawson. Put-
ting in flumes boxes ditches etc. a!-1
o machinery; work full crew this
Inter clean un In aprlns. I camel
down yesterday to meet steamer from
eattle with supplies: also hydraulic
machinery. (t them on thU beat
for Dawson Will sled In oter ice
from there.
"I also got one of the biggest
thlnra In Alaska a tin deposit.
Paid the Indians tere 300 to show
he where it was.
w k Ask Your Doctor
JVe have had seventy years of experience with Ayer
Cherry I ectoraL That make us have great confidence in it for
coughs colds bronchitis weak throats and weak lungs. Ask your
own doctor what experience he has had with it He knows. He can
advise you wiiily. Keep in cl we touch with him. IZXTV
Meat rut Jum as you want them
it our market driffln tlroivrj Co
il-tf-
Oy-lerx chicken and tt.ikeyi-.-in
ur market CrIPIn Crocery V.-tfr
That the proposed amalgamation '
of all the shoe unions In Lynn under i
one head Is the beginning of a nation-
a I movement among the shoe workers 1
to wrest the control of the shoe-
workers' unions from the Ai.ierli-uu
Federation of Labor is the opinion j
of many of the leading shoetuen nut '
only In Massachusetts but elsewhere '
In virions centers of the shoe Indus 1
tiy I
1 nrkey's d reused or allv at TrUn's '
market phone 6:5. i:-tfe!
Onnlae iwteofUii use no druics 1
beware ot fakj. Dr. t'lem-:
J-ttc
Hum up. run meet him at thoj
ate. I'M P. f O Meekenner llov:
hv are never late Rina 113 19-tft
it
E DEM"
IS SECOND SGQTTY
I'reh vesetald.w thai e fret.h
enetable Orlffln Grocery ;:6-tfc
Fill Lake City. I tab.. IVk. 2.
Dare Devil" Dick Wells w wortl"
5100011000. te writes from t'.io
wilds cf Alaska to a friend lu Salt
Lake that he has things coming his
way nr.d that there are no brake
shoes on the vehicle they are com-
InK In. Dick la going to make a for-
tune oi t of tin. He says he owns a
tin mine lu the Yukon country for a
half Interest in which he haa refused
'.'M'.O'in He will be satisfied with
no Umh than ten millions and maybo
he'll ralt-e It to twenty millions
Dick Wells is a character upon
hon- wnni'.erlust bag fastened its
fatal f ines. Nostralgla la a chroul:
malady with Weils although his eter-
nal lonrlttus are net especially for
home but rather for some place
other than the one ho happens to bo
in at the time when the Impelling d-i
tire to move tomes upon him.
In the Fouthwcn l)lk Wells it re-
if arilt-d as a second Scotty of Death
Valle. albeit Wells has done thln
i hat rVott never dl and neatly all
the things that Scott did. WelU has
I had sexeral fortunes some snull and
tome larcer Ho never kept tlier
Ions. He was a devout worshiper nt
the fhrtne of the poctacii!ar but aJ:
such di'MUce he conjured up lu h )
n.ind inavy things that were calcu-1
l.-ued to startlo the natives. The;;
ti u'lv di when Well didn't form
in put them in oration bt-iorr lie
lot sn'ep !!'. r f'UH'ful notion 'I fit'
i rnn if! even t:iore enrreo'-.s result t
t''.-in th one he Iih I Jest had. '
Thus when Seott hired a t pedal'
train to male hi? fanioas hi-rrv-ui!
f!p from Net a da to New Vcik. "lur.-1
I'evil" D k role on the cnclrg pilc-t
fro tnthe Neiada wild to Salt Lake.'
lie hdd n small fortune then anil w it
.-irplv a t.l. to ri !e In a st.in l.ir !
Reefer but that an't aoordiiu to
Dick's i'l'a o f elehritlm.
In the o".r. ol 1. Is llfetirr.e tln.
'ar t'i.- .ii: it th it moves Di k H'i i.f
h.is nrnvi-d him into and o t of i .u.v ;
' and dMi-rt lai:dn. At vario-.i. '
iiv es ells hag In-inel ai d M:Mere-l
in the Iro'.lins s. n of Afrl.i. love '.
lth the jsraeefui bo.i i-orstri tcr In.
Two Big
Special
Dinners
MAGNOLIA
HOTEL
SI Mi IV iKC. 24.
M yy.W.n and C11ICKK.S
OIKIsTMl 1 1 V
HKAlt MKAT and Tl.'KKKT.
K.t 'h of telM d'.nnets to be
ai-fomtmied by a fea; of good
th!r.i spproririste to Ihe ee.
on without extra chaise
ro I t!t M.A1K.
Il re ciinsi-nt'iii: io a e iTTical ii-
Mtlon let Dr Clements th ott-
opath. examine you. Osteopathy
'revents many n-ed'ess operation.
34-tfc
Trip u I'ansma and Culm.
New (irleans. La. Dc. 22. Attor-
ney Ceneral ichersham. Ambassa-
dor Jusserand of France and Minis-
ter IMdon of the Netherlands ac-i-omponled
by their wives arrived la
New Organs this nornlng prepara-
tory to salllnx for Colon. After an
Inspection of the Panama Car.al the
party will visit Santiago and Kuvana.
returning to Washington the teconi
week in January. The tour. It U laid.
Is entirely personal and has no re-'
latlon to tiovernment hualness
l-liflitnlng kills Feu.
In l0fi llshtnlng killed onl 19
eople in this whole country. One's
hances cf death by llphtnlng are Iihj
hsn two In a million. TI- chanco
if death from liver kldnev or Motn-
icb trouble h vastlv grenter. imt not
f Fle trie Hlrters be esed. as Kobert ;
M.id-en. of West Ittirllncion. In I
roved Four doctors gave him no j
Uter elelit months of suffering from I
Iriilent liver trouble and yellow I
.-I'tnf'l.e Me wis then complete)!
tired bv Flectrb- Hitters Th y're
'he best stomach liver nerve an ! I
kidney remedy and blood purifier on i
artb. Only r.or at Amarlllo Drug
Store
Your CbrlstmiiM dinner will gU
the ;reatest degree of satisfaction If
the provlslens are hontht her (Jrif-
fin (Jrocery S8-tfc
llelnt' .t7
ery.
varieties
Griffin rro-
30-tfc
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to which you will find Club-
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ed for any newspaper or maga-
aine published. Call for on
at once and select your read-
ing tor the coming year and
start with the new year.
Your orders appreciated and
promptness ruaranteed
Gaut's News Agency
First Nat. Hank lildg.. 105 E
4th St.. Amarillo. Texas
Home Bakery
Cakes-Cakes-Cakes
Of Ail Kinds For Your Christmas
Dinner At Any Prices
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ii
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Of
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Proprietor
After hours of perplexing thought you may yet be unde-
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want it to be something he or she will remember long
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