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Show DUGDALE LOOKS TO BUTTE 10 HQflU i : ! Now that the Northwest league magnates have 6igned a new ten-year , agreement safeguarding themselves against possible desertions to the Coabt league Moke), D. E. Iugdale. of Seattle, Seat-tle, is looking with covetous eves toward some of the smaller fry who haven 't shown su--h remarkable acumen, acu-men, says the Portland Oregoniau. IXig thinks the Northwest league heads ought to go out and gobble up Butte and Helena, of the Union Asso- , ciation. next year. He wants to get as much benefit as possible from the heavy influx of tourist fans who will lump through this section after viewing view-ing the isan Franoisco exposition. kaoes pur ball ' ' or. the blink ' in Montana, but this is said to be the last year of the bangtails at Butte. Both eiti'-s are what are termed "50-cent tow ns ' ' double the admission prices paid elsewhere on the must so Butte and Hidena ran be rated almost on o par with ."-i-ohane and Victoria. Butte's bopulution is 60. '' now, end Helena. 3.Uui'. ' ' -Spokane is the tail of the Northwest North-west league kite a' ruest-nt. ' ' said Magnate Mag-nate Pugdnle to Por:-:- jitter, in the Seattle P-I, ' but this proposed enlargement en-largement would make it the center of the league, and make a mere compact eirruir with n combined population of ''." "J. Wo could get an A rtttii:-within rtttii:-within a couple of year- then without using Portland 's pop.dat ion. ' |