Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1908)
.y,i EIGHT PAGES. EVEKIXG OBSERVER, LA GRANDE OREGON', WEDNESDAT, JULY 8, 1908. page: FIVE. K ' 4 v LOCAL ITEMS. ' Seven Palmer mill logging cars are , on the rip-track for repairs. E. C. Devis, the monument dealer. Is In Union today on business. ' 8. R. Haworth left thts, morning for a two weeks' business trip In Wallowa county. . Judge Knowles has vacated his of fice In the Loftus building and has moved to the court house. Julius Fischer and Gussle Fischer of La Grande, are registered at the Hotel Bowman. Pendleton Tribune, j Mrs. R. Rounds, who has been vis iting ner sister, Mrs. L. M. Sullivan . for the past week, returned this morn ing to her home In Boise City. Volney Lee, rural route carrier out of North Powder, Is taking his an nual vacation and spent yesterday In La Grande. t Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Wright, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Wright for a few days, left this morn- ln for Raker Pity Prof. Hicks, the balloonist, left this morning for Cove, where he will make an ascension Friday, during the Woodmen's picnic. . Earl Zundell today received an In cubator of the latest design, from the east, and will soon be supplying the market with poultry and eggs. s ' Engineer Henry Henson is laying off from his east end passenger run, due to the serious Illness of Mrs. Hen son. 1 Mesdames C. E. Davis and L. J. Da vis, came over from Union this morn ing to attend the Eastern Star social functions tonight. Waldo Geddes Is now representa tive for the Spokesman-Review, cov ering, the counties of Union and Ba . ker. He left for Baker City this morning. Mrs. Albert Allen and children and Miss Zella Hope, of North Powder, came in yesterday from Elgin, where they spent the Fourth, and returned to their homs last night. J. M. Byrklt went to the Pnlmer lumber camps today. The new skirt ding machine which was taken out there some time ago has not yet been put Into service. Jack Young, son of John Young, formerly a resident of La Grande, now of Clackamus, arrived In La BANKING Banks are becoming more and more the custodians of the funds of the people, of both large, and small means. This is due to a wider appreciation of the value of banking service as its usefulness is extended and its methods better known. In the case of The Farmers and Traders National Bank THE BEST service is assured. Its officers aim in every way to protect the interests of its pairons,making use of every means of precaution. Its up-to-date system of accuracy promptness and the same careful attention to large or small depositors. If you have any banking business to transact! ccr.e to our bank. .The Farmers and Traders Hational Bank of La Grande : CITY LIVERY AND FEED STABLE Cor. hth 6 Adams Ave., One Block West of the Foley Hotel All New Rigs Well Matched Teams Single Horses For Ladies Grande this morning end will . visit friends for a while. An error was made In this column yesterday when we said .' that Hal Bohnenkamp would visit his uncle, William Ericson, In Colfax. Mr. Erleson now lives In Spokane. Mrs. W. H. Stafford came over from Union this morninr to stten.i the Eastern Star gathering this eve ning. She will remain for a day or two as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Lewis. j J. H. Hlllman, the upholsterer, ! today moving his second-hand stock I and upholstering outfit Into the Jack Chllds building on Fir ""street, Just across the street from his present lo cation. Robert Haines, accompanied by Mrs. Haines, came down from North Powder this morning to attend the ball game this afternoon.- Mr. Haines is manager of the North Powder team. Master Mechanic- J. T. Langley and Assistant Superintendent Campbell, of the O. R. AN., returned last evening from an inspection tour of the road ' ... . w n vuuuif, 1U It' 1 1 this morning for Huntington. ' Engineer Luke Ferguson will take 208 out tomorrow as a passenger en gine. That locomotive has had freight service for a short time, but this la the first time that the new engine la to go out In passenger service. George Cleaver, F. M. Slagle, W. a Slagte and E. M. Hendrlcka, the last three gentlemen recently from the east, drove out to the Palmer lumber camps this morning for a little out ing. ' They will be gone for two or three days. R. A. West, the well driller, went over to Pendleton today to look after the work In progress there. Mr. West completed a well yesterday for R. W. Layton, the O. R. & N. machinist. He has a lot of work ahead In Athena, and he may remain In Umatilla coun ty for a considerable time. Mrs. J. Mallory and daughter, Miss Maud, E. W. Davis and daughter, Miss Ethel, returned this morning from Union where they have been vis iting friends for a few days. Mr. Da vis and family, accompanied by Mrs. Mallory, leave In a few days for Cali fornia to spend the summer. Misses Eliza Coles, Irene Horton and Miss Tula Harkey are the guests of Mr. nnd Mrs. A. L. Morse. MIks Coles and Miss Horton are from New SERVICE i Tork, and with Miss . Harkey, of Birmingham, Ala., are touring the western part of the country. They have already visited most of- the show places on the southern roads, and are now on the way back to New York. Were Mismken In Locality. About 10 days ago the Wllllumson boys, Lowell and Joe, and "Heine" Heldenreich loaded up the Williamson carriage with grub, guns, etc., and gave out that they were going up to Beaver Meadows for an outing: They were supposed to have enough provis ions to last at least a week, but about three days after their departure they returned, minus grub and fish, and with appetites that appalled 'their mothers. It transpires that the boys passed three days exploring the wilds around Morgan lake, and falling to catch any considerable amount of fish, came Jiome, saying that they would not bite In Beaver creek. The fact is, the boys either gulled Tho Ob server reporter, or, what is more like ly, were lost. Will Go FUhliur. Ben Zurbrtck, of the Golden Rule, and "Red" Van Fleet of the Golden Rule, will leave on the Elgin train to morrow morning for a 10 days' fishing and hunting trip In the canyon of the Wallowa. The boys have spent a good part of the afternoon in aelecttng fishing tackle of the latest Improved pattern, and such as is warranted, as far aa "possible, to oaten everything that bites mosqultos excepted. "Red, whose real name by the way, is Ar thur. Is going to pack hla share of the catch away for winter use. Ben is going to divide his up among friends when he returns. Bert Pattlson and party slipped away to Flzs springs this morning. ! Boosters vs. Cove. The "Boosters" aggregation which played the Business Men to a stand still on the Fourth, will again cross bats with the Cove boys on Friday forenoon. The game will take place on the Cove grounds, and Is held In the forenoon In order that the Butte Woodmen team may play the Prater nals of Cove In the afternoon. The two games are a rart of the entertain ment planned for the visitors to the Woodmen picnic on Friday at Cove. STILL HOTTER TODAY. Tli('riiiiini-tr Reaches 98 In the Shade During the Afternoon. Every day this week has been warmer than the one preceding. The themometer this afternoon registered 98 In the shade, and the government machine records that during the night paBt, the mercury did not drop below 80. This Is the record heat of the summer. I'liev-Iximatch. August Pike and Miss Bertha Lo- nintch were married yesterday after noon at the court house by County Judge Henry. Mr. Price Is a prosper ous resident of Enterprise, and his bride arrived in La Grande yesterday morning from Omaha. Neb., where she Is well known and has many friends who will be glad to learn of her. hap plness. Itlrtli Record. Born, in this city this morning, to Dr. nnd Mrs. Hmned, a son. Born, to Mr. and Mr. Harry Dial In this city, yesterday morning,' a son. Kuffce klulcli Meeting. The afternoon Kaffee Klatch will I be entertained next Friday afternoon ; by Mrs. C. A. Vurplllat. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Ore. June 30, 1308. Notice ts hereby given tli.it CHARLES HANSKN, of Htarkey, Oregon, who, on Septem ber H, 1801, made homestead entry No. 10617. for K HE',4, Pec. 14. NE NE'iSec. 2.1, NW14 NWtf. Bc. 24, Tp. 4 Bouth, range 14 E. W. M has filed notice of Intention to make final commutation proof, to establish claim to the land above described, be fore the register and receiver at La Grande, Oregon, on the ITth day of August, 108. Claimant names as witnesses: An drew J. Sullivan, J. B. Ayres, Peler Evanson. John B. Robertson, all or Sarkey, Oregon. F. C. BRA M WELL, Register. 7-10-1-14 DEKTIST. Dr. W. D. McMillan. Red 161. Pair less extraction. Expert golO work. 8peclat attention to children's teeth. La Grand National Bank Building. The Bargain Basement has Crown to be one of the Strongest Departments in 0uf Larg Store. A Few Suggestions will Show the Immence Stock of BARGAINS IN OUR BARGAIN BASEMENT . IVorfc Shirts Dress Shirts Imbroiderys Calicos Lawns Muslins Ginghams Outings Hosiery Corsets Dolls Trunks The Place Where Coupons are as Cash. , Eveaythlng at Manitously Low, Prices. Others Take Advantage of of These FREE OFFERS, WHY NOT YOU, A Trial In OUR BARGAIN BASEMENT and YOU WILL TRADE NO WHERE ELSE ; i The BEST STOCK SMALLEST. PRICES specucular A panorama was enacted on the La Grande baseball park yesterday after noon that stands a peer in baseball dom In this city tor the season, when Welser put a crimp in the La Grande Babes In the first of a two-game series for a side bet of R00. Though It may sound as a duplication of the old song that the- team was crippled, still tho line-up shows such was the case, and even as It was, Welser was given the race of Its life to win. It was a game highly Interesting. It was repletei with spectacular plays, always teeming with steady and heady playing, but also marred In two or three Instances by rank sins by locul players. Welser shoved a man over, or rather scored In the midst of a comedy of errors In the first. From thin tiftll the ninth inning, when the real sensation of the gumo occurred, It was as pretty a game ns has been seen In this city. That ninth Innlng was fatal as fur as the size of the score was concerned, Cotteman was In the first real bud hole of the game ami was not pulled out of It. Willi bunching of hlnglcs and a wnltz-me-around-Wlllle the score was shot up from one to four. Ehvell's "home runner was a Pippin, crossing the fenco within the (3 but limit. In tho first canto Henri's wallop was manipulated to throw him out at first; Kochln soaked one over to Houston, who fell alt over It, and af terwards let the runner to the' key stone bag by a tremendous heave to Lortcll that went wide by a mile. Harper walked and Rochon came In on another wild throw. Meats was thrown out, catcher to first, and Gheen went back "stung." Lodell and Childers went down before the assort ment of twisters put over by Hen dricks, and 'though "Zip" got a hit It availed nothing, Hoffman flying out to deep garden. Childers' error In the second, In losing an easy grounder, ended the particularly bad sins. He atoned for all shortcomings soon after by pulling down a foul which he got by hugging the fence close. This was one of the pretty plays of the game. The only time that La Grsnd w stain threatened was In the first of the seventh, but Zimmerman nailed a FTTs Toiletware Glassware Brooms Baskets Overalls Soaps Dishes 'Shoes Hats Toys ; , And other things to numerons to mention mm fly to middle garden that retired the side and let Cotteman out of a sorry straight. La Grande's chance camej and went In the eighth Inning. For the second time this year, poor judg ment In coaching met a shut out, and many declare defeat, for the only time that Hendricks gave the least evidence of being loose-Jointed and some watery-brained, was when the La Grande hitting eyes were focused and Lodell got to third. Fans swear that a score would have meant more runs later. Lodell took a bruise pass, went see ond on a pretty sacrifice by Childers and went to third on a passed ball. With only Childers down, Iwidell sig naled for a suueexe play. He erred In Judgment. Though La Grando has worked this spectacular play tlmo and attain with effect, It failed this time, as Z:,i,mcimnn failed to connect with a bunt. Loric!) died an easy death. Hut Zimmerman swatted out a two baiwr Immediately afterward. In the first of the ninth Itochon fnnnol. M..ats got a. hit, but was thrown out at the pan later; Gheen landed on the probnsi is of the best thing over, and then cutiio L'lwtll's home run, clean ing the bnses. The pimo ended with Van Hjrat, Hounton and Murrll Chil ders striking out. . ht-n Through a Knot Hi do. Fiif-hel Is a daisy umpire. Not a word of protest was heard yesterday. Hoffman, the Maker City man who wore tho mask for Im Grande, has a peg iual to Koiirnler's, plays a steady game always, but lacks the hitting qualities of our own buckstop, Houston got a high flyer yesterday and redeemed himself with, the fans. It was his day off, such as the best ret. . . , One error In center garden was the only costly thing Welser did yester day. Shorty Logue heads the grandstand rooters yesterday. Somebody said it was Patrick O'Rourke, but It wasn't It was a game that holds rapt at tention throughout. O'Brien's headwork was needed twice yesterday, . Cotteman threw the bst game ht has on the local bailiwick. Merrll Childers didn't get a chance Golden FT Tinware Graniteware Shopping Baskets Notions t Wire Goods Matches Clothespins Tablets , Toilet Paper Shelf Paper - Buttet Paper Napkins 1 . In the field yesterday. Hence, ha didn't how himself, ', Van Horst played a good game do spite spiked ankles. Lodell la always there wag thero again yesterday. , . , . .. , Fournlur's sticking yesterday would have meant victory. The smallest crowd yet, practically, saw tho best game. Kooser and Zimmerman took every thing coming their way. Fan Ram(sey) and a Welser rooter had a game of their own yesterday. Score, Ramsey, 21 points; Drummer, j. Welser Head, ss . . . , , AB R H PO .400 Rochon, 2b ,.....,4 Harper, lb t Meats, c , . .4 Gheen, if , 4 Klwell, lb ........4 Patterson, cf 4 HIgglns, rf .1 Henrlcks, p ....... I Total 33 4 t 27 10 4 La Grando Lodell. lb .... W. Childers, 3b Zimmerman, cf Hoffman, c ... Van Horst, 2b . AB R HPO Houston, ss 1 Kooser, If 4 M. Childers, rf ...,J Coltctnuti, p ......3 Totals .32 0 4 27 14 4 Iltins by Innings. 1 2 3 4 t I 7 8 I ' Welser 10000000 34 La Grando ,...0 000000 0 0 -0 Tho Hiiiiinmry. First baso on errors Welser 2, La Grande 4. Two-base hits Zimmer man. Home, run Klwell. Bucrlflco hits Ments, W. Childers. Rases on balls Off Hendricks, 1, off Cottemun 1. Hit by pitcher Lodell. fetruek outIly Hendricks 11, by Cotteman i. fitolco bases Houston. Umpire, Fuchell. Moves Into Nnw Horn. Dr. J, H. Hubbard today moved In to his new bungalow on Fourth street. The residence has been under process of construction for some time, but is now finished and occupied. . Will Mako Xoar Beer. SchulU Strieker, proprietors of the local brewery, expect to have soma near beer on ths market next Friday, Pendleton Tribune, Nagging people are always praying for peace In glory. CO 6 r ! v , 1 i i f