La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 20, 1912, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textw 20.1912. V LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, JANUARY PAGE 6 1 T4VITE locals I FEBRUARY SCHEDULE m PfRmrv, - 1U ULIIULLLIi XA GIIAADE HIGH SCHOOL TO GET . " "BID" ." Slggrst InlersfhoUsOc Ever Held on - Coasts la Han. Berkeley.' Cal., Jan. 20. (Special) " High schools throughout the state, .;n4 a number in Oregon and Wash '" viSngton, have accepted the invitation of 'fine University of California to com pete in the second Pacific Coast inter- ' -scholastic meet to be held on the - campus April 26 and 27. The meet, to which the La Grande school, among - others in that vicinity, will be invited, will undoubtedly be the most import ..juit event on the coast in the realm or high school track athletics. This '.meet is an annual event. Special , preparations have been tmade by the Big "C, society of tie mnlversity for the entertainment and "Saouslng of all the visiting athletes during their entire stay at Berkeley. The fraternities and house clubs have -offered their houses for this purpose. The evening preceding the meet the University Glee club will give iU 'annual .big show in the Harmon gym nasium. The visiting athleteB wjll be ; j juvited to attend.. The monster Inter . wcliolastic circus will be ield Saturday anight at California field. This wljl be the largest affair of its klud ever at tempted on the Pticinc coast. At this circus the visiting fueil and teams will be awarded their medals and -cups. The new university swimming jiool will be open 16 the use of tho thletes at all times while they are ..on the campus. Teams will be limited to twelve men, Including the relay team. The .jueet will be a two-day affair, the beau taking place on Friday, April .26, and the final events on Saturday. .Jill of the usual track events will be on the program, with the exception "Of the two-mile run. Medals will be awarded to all tak- ; Jng places, in addition, several hand--soine cups will be awarded, a perpet ual challenge cup for the winning team, a perpetual challenge cup for ' the winning relay team, an individual cup to be kept by the highest indlvid ' ial point winner, and a challenge record cup for the record holder In each event. The medals given at this .- meet are the most handsome and cx- pensive given at any high school . meet on the coast. They are made by i-Shreeve & company In San Francisco. 'Open Season for Ducks. Xui (Clatsop, Columbia and Multno mah counties the season closes on January 15, but in Umatilla, Morrow, (Union, Grant, Harney, Malheur and Wallowa, ducks remain unprotected until April 1.' After that dato until September 1 it will be unlawful not only to kill ducks but to take, Injure .or have in possession any mallard, mood, widgeon, teal, spoonbill, gray, Utock, sprlgtall, canvasback or any .other species of wild duck. ' ' SNAKE KOAD IJOOMINU. 'uSald Construction of Mist Liip Is S"'v Assured Fact. "News comes from Lewlston, Idaho, 4hat the survey of the O.-W. It. & N. company's line from Homestead to Xwiston Is expected to be completed within two weeks, and the Information that drifts to the engineering depart :ieut from the Short Line offices is lihat construction will be comnieuced .an the spring. Homestead is the lower termiuus of the Snake river line constructed out t Huntington three years ago. The gap between Homestead and Lewlston is but 120 miles. Engineers were .placed on the permanent survey early iin the fall, and during tho winter xmonths three crews have worked trtbtwt the cliffs and Wuffs In carrying t4he grade line through the box an iryon sections of the river. rrohlem Jn Englneerlngr. ' The construction of the Snako river -oad will represent a gigantic engi neering problem, and will gKe tne TIarrlman ByBtem tho longest water grade route in the world, and one over which nn engine can haul as "heavy leads as It Is posstblo to Btart on a level track. , The Lewlston bench mark Is 741 foot alove sea level, while nt Homestead the reading shows 1775 feet, the grade -to he made In the 120 miles being but 1034 feet. The line follows the snore vat the river toe entire distance and SPORTING NEWS AND KINDRED SUBJECTS One of tbo hardest possible sched-nt mo&th Is now before the man ules faces the La Grande high school agement of the local high school boy oulntet next month. To begin with. the slate calls for a game with the Baker five, an aggregation that sud denly blossomed out strong and is going to cut a big caper In the finals for the championship, on February 2. On the 10th of February Columbia college at Milton which once defeat ed Pendleton this year, comes to La Grande to meet, the locals. On tie 16th the La Grande quiniei goes io Baker to play a return game with Ba- j ker To ton off the month's activities,) Pendleton high school comes here on the 23rd or 21th to meet tne locais forthe first game of the season be tween these two teams. It Is prob- able that Pendleton will bring its team here with only one defeat ana as the actual championship of th western half of Eastern Oregon will . probable be decided and allign with Pendleton before then, there will be much at stake. The schedule is a little too heavy for the best results but could be arranged in no other way. - ' ' ; ' t . The matter of making a double .header out of both the Baker games WELCH-HIGH FIGHT GALLED OFF Los Angeles, Jan. 20. The Welsh- Waugh. fight, scheduled for Vernon this afternoon, is called off today by Promoter Carey on receipt of the news that Welsh Is confined to ' his bed with an Injured neck which he receiv ed while trailing. . Grover Hayes has been compelled to call off all of his matches on ac count of a broken bone in his right hand. . It is said that Ad Wolgast and his manager, Tom Jones, are going to part will open a country of wonderful re sources now given only to cattle and sheep raising because of its isolation. .Where the mountains full back rich bench lands, large areas of which are irrigated "from adjacent canyons by gravity systems, but the only crop Is) alfalfa to be fed to stock during the Be- j vere winter. From the Grande Romle valley alone will come a tonnage equal to that of the 'rich Camas and Ne Perce sec tions," Is the statement made by rail road statisticians who have made re ports on the country to be developed by tlie construction of the Snake rlve line. The proportion of bar land along the river which will become valuable for fruit or vegetable produc tion Is equnl to that of the river val ley below Lewlston, while from the mineral districts will be taken an Im mense tonnage, Extension Work Taken Up. Whitman College. Walla Walla, Wn. Jan. .19. (Special) At the faculty meeting of January 13, a plan was adopted which may be of far reaching Influence In widening the scope of the work of tho college among outside people. ' This Is college e.xtenslon work. Prof. Charles G. Haines of the de partment of political science is pre pared to offer a course for those out side of the college present political issues.. It is planned that other departments may make similar provision for out side study, granting college credit un der certain conditions. Several high school teachers and others have sig nified their wish to enter upon such courses. . GAS IN STOMACH AND BOWELS Produces nil sort ot nnnoyinj symptoms, which very often Iwomo nhrminu. Kxcwsive nerrounneMsnci heart prwwirc, difficult nii.l opprtwml hrcnthim?, sklilng, eccms m if patient cannot take a deep brcuth. Lump in the thrml and ohrat, with pressure, pals nnd nnsions tceling around (he heart region. Empty, unaninR nnd norm tccl lnp, nt the pit ot your rioaiach, rcliovod by ruling. 8n-.nU quantity ol find makes ymi feel ns if n heavy med hail Iwea uiett. tettewiw rnmMinj in ubduc en and stomach with lMmi3. Sleepy feelin "her mtinJ- 8l.irtin durirj sleep with it sort ot a frar anil apprehension, l'ln-ers, hands or liir.la feci nun-.b nnd pi t" sleep, especially on rijht side. Pain in lock nnd (opot head nnd constitution. Tint's all trotn a ncrvmu stomach full of O.is, nnd nil permanently douo aaay with by BAAI-MAN'N'8 CUH-TAIil.irr.S. Thrw peculiar tohtetaaro milil for 5flo by every druggist, "j:'r I direct (a HiWinann rhiruary, 330 Sutler St, ILE Mi Bll!lJ)!n trtis .wrliR:; J t and Eirls' teams. The expense for such a venture will be enormous for both Baker and La Grande and It is probable that the girls will have their two games with Baker at some other date than on that which the boys play. Nothing daunted by the defeat of a week ago by Union, the local "quln tetess" continues Its practices and will be rounded out nicely by the time the next game is around. As with the boys, so with the girls, for they have profited by' the lessons learned j in past games and will Bhow a better strengtn at me next corneal , Last Saturday the Union boys went , vsith PawiIai tn iilnv the town - . were ! t,,.ed out from tbe,r trip to La Grande and were compelled to play without j pQsMoQ a8 forwardi they ' lost by a score of 18 to 20. North Powder has a fast team. Union Scout. This Is -the team that defeated ho. Grande a week ago, when on the oth-j er hand, La Grande defeated North 1 Powder about 40 to 8 this year. company.' In the future Jones look after the interests of Frankie Conley. . , ' The defeat of Pal Moore at the hands of Matty Baldwin was a big surprise to New York fans. Matty has been coming along in great shape of late. '.. Dan Morgan, manager of Knockout Brown of New York, has turned down an offer of $4,000 from San Francisco for a bout between Brown and One Round Hogan. Pres Montgomery Shut.1 Reports of the shooting of Pres Montgomery by James Tibbets reach ed Los U tie Tuesday afternoon. The shooting occurred on Joseph creek wnere Montgomery was herding sheep Tne an-ray was the cul range dispute of long st mination of a standing. Mont- gomery was hit by bullets twice in the I head and once in the abdomen, and, the last report obtainable was that he could not survive. Lostlne Re porter. TO CCHE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If It falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S sig nature 1b on each box. 25c. S $., Butter and Eggs. Butter fat 3ti cents. Cheese Hazelwood and Tillamook, 2ti cents. Butter Creamery, 45 cents, one lb. 85 cents two lb. roll. Eggs Ranch eggs, 45c; storage, 35c. Virctablcs nnd Miscellaneous. Potatoes Per cwt, $1.50 Cabbage Per cwt, J2.00. Onions $2.25 per cwt. Cabbage Per pound. 1 and 21aC Celery Per bunch 15c, two for 25c. Sugar cane, cash price $6.80; 30 days time, $7.20 per cwt., beet sugar, cash price $6.60; 30 days' time, $7.00. Beans White. 8 l-3c: lima, 10 cents Fruits. Home grown apples $2.00 to $1.50, per box. Grade establishes price. Cranberries 20 cents per qunrt Bananas 40c per doz. Oranges 40c to 50c. Feed and Grain. Alfalfa Hay $13.00 (retail). Timothy $15.00. Grain Hay $13.00. Snowdrift Flour, sack $1.40 Bran and Shorts $1.30 and $1.40. Oats $1.60 per cwt. Rolled Barley $1.70 per cwt Cattle, nogs and Fowl. Cows 3 to 4c. Steers 4o to 6c. Sheep 3c and 4c. Light hogs $5.75. Henvy hoss $5.00. Chickens Hons, 10o; old roosters 8c and Bprlng fries 10c to UHc , Turkeys, live weight, 17 to 18o. Ducks, live weight, 12c. Oeeso, live wolght 10c. 5$S$$5j$$SS! - illf WS THE WORLD OVER AMKRIOAX AXD NATIONAL ALIKE 'jfflvlllf iK J) For its splendid hostelries. its varied at- CHANGE LEADERS. j 'lw 1, tractions, its fins beaches, hot springs ; and I ' I Mr&iV 1 ' V jSil P'easur8 resorts all these can be reached t. Fred Merkle of Xew York Giants, Is '" 'jBYT with ease by the 1 Skilled Bowling Shark. V Al Oregon-Washington Railroad & Five clubs in rteTmerlcan and two WkgSm NV ' Naviat'0n .C. mA j in the National league have engaged 10 Southern Pacific Company ill ! new managers for next season. A tfiNftwfjQ5 7r''- ' ' '"Railroad ' Thousand Wonder" : ' C. complete list of major league mana- , -t$wCIJFs $55.00 '' gers of 1911 and 1912 is as follows: -Osa! fs&CZa r .1 j . 1 a 1 J 4 SpYJiy Portland to Los Angles and f a American League. ' ' '-mJEfsWS? . - i l 1911 Philadelphia, Connie Mack; Detroit, Hugh Jennings; Chicago, Hugh Duffy; New York. Hal Chase; St. Louis, Rhody Wallace; Boston, Pat . Tlnnnvsn - Washington .lumps Mfv I . awi-. riavpinml fionnro atmnll I 1912-Philadelphia, Connie Slack; bench; Detroit, Hugh Jennings, bench Chicago. James Callahan, outfielder; New York. Harry Wolverton, bench; St. Louis, Rhody Wallace, shortstop: Boston. Garland Stahl, first, base; Washington, Clark Griffith, bench; Cleveland, Harry Davis, first base. National League. lflll .V. York, John McGraw; Phil adelphia, Charles Dooin; Cincinnati, Clark Griffith; Brooklyn, William Dah len; St. Louis, Roger Bresnahan; Chi cago, Frank Chance; Pittsburg, Fred Clarke; Boston, Fred Tenney. 1912 New York, John McGraw, bench; Philadelphia. Charles Dooln, catcher; Cincinnati Henry O'Day, Brooklyn, William Dahlen, bench; St. Louis, Eoger Bresnahan, catcher; Chi cago, Franch Chance, first base; Pitts burg, Fred Clarke, bench; Boston. John Kllng, catcher. Fred Mrekle, first baseman of the New York Giants, is a member of a crack bowling team in Toledo, Ohio. Rochester has released Charles (Whltey) Alperman, the former Brooklyn player, to the Atlanta club of the Southern league. Umpire Mullen, who worked In the American league last season,' and Umpire Nalland, who comes from the Connecticut league, will officiate In the International league next season. Roy Corhan and Russell Blackburne the two clever shortstops of the White Sox who were on the hospital list last season, have recovered from their injuries and will join the White Sox on the training trip. ' v . Manager Fred Lake, of the Provi dence team, has signed Pitcher James O'Nell, of Arlington, "Mass. O'Neil played with . the Beverly team from which "Stuffy" Mclnness, of the Ath letics, was graduated into profession al baseball. The arrangement for the Poultry show for Union and vicinity have pro gressed beyond the preliminary stages and It is now a certainty that this show will be held sometime next month, says the Union Scout. Accord ing to the rules of the association, the show should take, place the fourth Wednesday In vjiinuary, but on ac count of the impossibility of securing the' proper Judge for the occasion, It has been determined to postpone the show to a later date. Professor . Dryden of the O. A. C, has been communicated with through Robert WJthycombe of the local ex periment Btation, and it is learned that he can be with the people here sometime about the middle of Feb ruary. Professor Dryden Is an expert In the poultry line and his presence here spells success for the Initial show and the people should appreciate his com ing by giving this show hearty sup port. In connection with his visit, he will have stercoptlcon slides which will bo shown and the professor wilt deliver a lecture upon the poultry subject assisted by Illustrations. The only expense the association wlirbo to Is tho local entertainment of the poultry Judge during his stay In Union, which Is a very small mat ter when eompnred with what an out side Judge of his caliber would cost the association POULTRY SHOW UN BilJ3yN. - With correspondingly low fares from all I I ; 1 IICFmISkM W O-W. R. & N. points, cood six months HI KJ I -JtSWf 38& W. f in limit. Handsomely illustrated ntera- ill ? i ' I . -WK-'rTr ture will be supplied upon application to III I II ill 'I I" I 1.V4V n,nar,fe r.r om.o III I Gen. Pass. Agt. Portland, Ore . Ill ' 1 ; .. y i - : " . r , . s; y Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Rubberoid . . . . WENAHA LUMBER CO. Greenwood and Madisonfts. Phcne,' Main 11 2 Steward Opera House THURSDAY, JAN. 25 CarlM.Da.ton R! Presents 1Y1I55 IN TILLY The Funny Swede Girl From Minnesota SUPPORTED BY A STRONG COMPANY. , Direction of Byrl W. Harrison A COMEDY DRAMA OF THE NORTHWEST Played Over 100 Nights In Chicago Own Special Scenery for Each Act PRICES: 25c, 50c, 75c. Seat Sale Tuesday Morning V&i with stopover going and returning with- 1 1 . ; l .1 A-. TVT1 . gntJS leiSOn OLSON .