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 Baptist. In early life Mr. Sunday was a professional baseball player. From 1883 to 1890 he played with the Chicago, Pitts burg, and Philadelphia teams of the National League. He preaches with the same vim and enthusiasm that he manifested in playing baseball — with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up. He was masterful as a baseball player and he is masterful in the pulpit. His career from the diamond to the decalogue has been marvelous. As an evangelist


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parts of the United States; but when seeking rest from his arduous tasks he comes to his beautiful home in the Hood River Valley where he renews his strength and refreshes his energies by communing with Nature in the shadow of Mt. Hood.

Oregon Social Hygiene Society. The glory of a State lies in the strength and purity of her people. In this respect, Oregon is probably pre-eminent. This inference is made from data giving the per cent of diseased draftees in the recent war as taken from a chart issued by the United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C, in 1918. According to the chart of all states in the Union, Oregon has the lowest per cent, and Florida Copyright, Underwood & Underwood "BILLY" SUNDAY