LA GKANW3T EVEXLS (1 OBSERVER. V ' TUESDAY, JANUARY 21,
1
is
ORGANIZED
by a general headquarters staff - in
Portland but the Indlrldual shoots
will be governed by one man In each
town. The competing teami need not
necessarily shoot the same day. For
Instance: Medford's club shoots on
Friday; La Grande Is matched against
Medford and on Friday the Medford
club holds its shoot and the score Is
sent both to La Grande and to head
quarters. On the following day or on
Sunday, whichever day La Grande
ndopta as a shoot day. her score Is
uKtabl'shed aud the winner determin
ed. In this way the match Is shot
j off, each team under a competent and
Since thi emiiloyment of Ed War- fair JtidKe. but being several hun-
VTI.L PLAT JIIGII SCHOOL 1'ITE
TOWWRROW.
Jrocfcds (o Uevwt to the V. M. C. A.
Funds Saw 1'Uyers,
jmr n physical director of the Y.
W. C. A.. Interest In the Institution
If vastly Increased and one of the
dfroet fruits Is hei 01 gan'zatlon of
T. V. C. A. baskotba'I team (sen
Iwr tntroduclng Ui Grande's best
stnrj vi4 on or two new ones. The
died miles apart. Both teams might
shoot ou one day.
Wlcli Five Count.
There Is no. limit to the number
or men that may shoot for each club.
In Portland 100 may be out at each
shoot and In I-a Grande 40 or 50, but
tea. ,a teen organised and makes only the five highest score. In each
It '-ut tomorrow night against the
tvni high ?hool qulnUt. All the
aroceda of the Y. M. C. A.s share
ties direct to the Y. M. C A funds
which are depleted under the pur
chase of equipment and the employ
rrnf of an Instructor. The city's
!)rt!:t will be represented n the Y
Scum. Larsen. a recent arrival from
c'nli are recorded. Each contestant
hvn Kft birds, making a total of
2"fl birds In each match.
"La Grande, Baker and Pendlet?
are going to give the western half
of the state an awful run for tnelr
money." said Mr. Peret last night af
ter receiving warm, support for his
mnn from the local club. "Portland
I" "
SOT Lake. Is captain and 1. touted. " Eugene have stiff team, and In
to be all that a star Is required to
S and his team's announcement has.
oeir tentatively given out as fol
Ts: Forwards, Larsen and Lind
ner; center, V. Besn; guards. Woods.
Cottes or Star. This combination
should rip oft the best kind of bas
ketball and the little shavers from
Ok school of learning will have their
amrf f i'I. The anie Is called for
r o'clock and as It Is the home pro
duction proposition entirely and
gives the Y team Ms first Introduction
to La Grande fans this wnter the
tow(T will no doubt be large.
IIS BRUSH FOR NIB
(CoaUad from Page 1.)
to transmit 11)0 scores between jcom
Dotlng teams makes the 'proposition
vp to the minute In every respect
Cos Peret. the Peters Ammunition
oompany agent In UiIb territory Ib
snllnr uti Eastern Oregon In the
achemo. and other cracks are al-
nadr llnlnig up Southern and West-
am rtreenn. Yesterday the officials
of the La Crande Gun club entered
terest is keen but there will be no
denvlng that La Grande and other
Eastern Oregon towns are going to
'cut considerable mustard' In. thl
race. The league will continue un
til ench team has shot against every
other team."
Trophies Are Many.
Trophlos of exceptional-nierlt will
ba hung up by the Dupont, Peters
Winchester and U. M.. C. people. The
Bhootlna will start late In February
and the league will be composed of
Portland, La Grande, Baker, Pendle
ton. Camas. Vancouver. Sslem, Eu
gene, Albany, Roseburg, Ashland and
Medford.
Publicity Manager CGorman of Ba
ker la hopeful of bringing the Baker
fans into line and It is very evident
that North Yakima la already as
good as In. It appears to be up to
Baker to say the word that means a
six or a four-club league.
The schedule for the coming sea
son will be made up at tne noise
meeting. This cannot be done until
the matter of the membership In
the league baa been determined, of
course.
' Actual playing sason for the com
ing season waa fixed a 'ng from
April 22. the ope"'-" I .3 Sep
tember 14th. Bec.;i;an t. e ih'.bfc
weathered throu-'i 'c-r
there was conslderaS'..- "j ' '
the general feeling rr"Y!lng a-.es.
t!e delc-M'.T. t'.'at '-
, ,i - that t (. .'-'.:' :
se.-jc:i w.il be more firml !;i ' !
;".:m ever, that better player v i'.'
he obtained, the finance. b o.u
firmer and prestige greater thnu e'
er: In fact, the future was Indee
bright to the moguls.
With little ado the optional player
agreement wag stricken from the by
laws. J.ast year the league worked
three optional players possible for
under, an amendment which made
each club, but this year there will be
none of this. Elimination of the op
tional players was attained with no
words spoken In the agreement's fa4-vor.
Tn nna Intttuncp the salary was
VETERAN GOLD
MINER DIE!!
Baker, Jan. 21. The Herald said
last night:
David Littlefleld, the last survivor
of the discoverers of gold in thla
eountv and one of the most remark
able and most widely known ploneersi
of this section of the state, died last
night at the home of his daughter,'
Mrs. W. D. Hollo way, on Elm street,
at 1 o'clock.
He had been sick for the past
w?ls hut was not considered seri
ously 111 and had been thought tOj
be Improving. Yesterday afternoon
ut 2 o'clock he ate a hearty dinner
but did not feel any 111 effects till
about 3 In- the afternoon. Later he
went to bed and save for a short
vinie when he got up to have his bed
remade, never got up again. Upon
his returning to bis resting place
and without the least warning and
apparently little struggling, he died
before he could even say a word of
farewell. ',
Perhaps In the West there was
a more eventful life than Mr. Llttle
not another personage who has lived
field. Born in Stockholm springs,,
id
A Fresh Shipment of
SWIFTS
PREMIUM HAMS
And Bacon
Full Line Vegetables
in one instance mu "'J
lowered and In another raised. The Maine, on Ceptember 27 1829. he has
ELIMINATE OPTION CLAUSE
(Continued from Pae 1)
merclai club, but about the time that
Queensbury rules of order were su
percedlng Roberts', the other direc
tors took a hand and diplomatically
postponed this matter until a later
date. Once through the turbulent di-
rortni-Bliln sntiall. placid discussion
nre'valled.
The meeting finally agreed to meet
Sato the league and It Is believed thai nl Boise February 7-8 at which time
.in ho started by the last! the clubs muat have their forfeits of
of Febrnary.
Ko Travel Necessitated.
licenses of the league will be
anhor a. there will be no traveling
xpenses. The scores are tabulated
secretary draws down only $73 dur
ing seven months Instead of 12o, and
the umpires may receive $200. The
umpire question was discussed at
length, however, and the added price
Is believed to be a paved. roadway to
for better umpires than were picked
up last year.
Notes of the Moetlnir.
The re-election of Sweet brought
forth explanation of several of his
acts last year. He said yesterday
that he was lenient with players In
the matter of suspension and fines,
but would be more stringent this
year, adding that he feared to use
hammer and tongs-last year on ac
count of the welfare of the club. He
evidently did not consider that phase
of It. however, in his notorious Hap
Smith decison of last summer and
copious others. However, the chances
are that Sweet will administer the
administrative rule with the same
severity on all club In the league this
year. "
In the election of Brown the
nractlcally been one of the exempli
fies of the familiar quotation ''West
ward the course of empire takes its
. 4 A
way." ever since. When anoui n
years old the home life of this ad
venturous boy became Irksome and
he took his flr3t move loward the
west. He enlisted as a sailor ion the
Penobscot river and after an ap
prenticeship there and on the sea
he was urged on by the glowing
tales of California gold strikes and
took passage aorund' Cape Horn to
California In 1849.
Once In the golden west Mr. Lit
tlefleld entered Into the great and
exciting search for gold which he
never really ceased to have interest!
In to the time of his death. After a
few year's he Joined a party of min
ers and migrated to the Fraser riven
In northern Canada where he spent
one season, then came to Portland.
From Portland It was only a step
Into Baker county and In 1861 he
. Joined another party of 60 miners
i nnn the evidence of a certain lead-
have dlscovereo
MAIN 43
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MAIN 43
J. G. Snodgrass
QUALITY GROCER
t.-)00 posted, and Baker and North
Yakima be ready to enter the league.
If they wish to ootain irani:uiea.
neither or but one come to the front,
the lenitne will reniuin p.t four clubs.
or -aihn rlalmed to
league manifestly got a good secre-i . , h ..Biue Bucket" diggings here.
tary. The O'Keefe Joke of last ye1", of an that troupe, he with his part-
cause for comment frequently. ' n'eTa an(j discoverers of gold In this
I county, Henry Griffin, after whom
Griffin Gulch Is named, G. W. Striv
, er and Henry Stafford braved the
! hardships of an Eastern Oregon wln
: ter with few provisions. Their work
; finally resulted In the ouce famous
; camp of Auburn
f What's a Dry Tumbler ? j
4
J
A "Flip-Flop" Artist
that Wants a Drink?
That would be one kind, but ours is a machine that
weighs 2 tons. It has a large cylindrical wire basket
into which the benzine washed garments are put. A
rapidly revolving fan blows heated air through gar
ments as the cylinder revolves and slowly "tumbles
Ulln'a few minutes the last sniff of -That Horrid
Gasolene Smell" disappears and tho garment is both
CLEAN AND ODORLESS.
It cost? more to install a TUMBLER than stretch
a clothesline in the back yard, but you will appreci
ate the difference in service.
We expect to start our Dry Cleaning
and Pressing Plant Wednesday.
Cherry's New Laundry, Inc.
040. OIUWKT. MANAG11H.
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Ji
was
Secretary O'Keefe takes tne
plum no doubt, but Brown, we pre
dict, will be the most conscientious
official In the crowd.
-.inn" nn.Bnnr rpcited how he
broke the news to the meeting of all :
iiigue .managers at Milwaukee, Wis., j
this winter, that there was a West-j
orn Trl-State league, outside of Mc
Credlo and Dugdale. none knew of it.
I low Colin of Spokane "Jobbed'"
Walla Walla last year was told 1Y
Director Crawford. The Tri-iUate
olflclals were astounded last fall to
find that Walla Walla had broken
the optional player agreement by
inking five "farms" from Cohn. This
became known with Farrel s omciai
bulletin. The way Cohn pulled the
wool over Roll Browns eyes waa
somethlnk akin to financiering a la
Morgan. It was explained, however,
by Crawford that Walla Walla did
not Intentionally violate the agree
ment. Grant Lincoln seconded the motion
plae'ng Sweet In nomination for the
presidency and in that way "Turned
the other cheek to be smitten" to
Sweet for past deeds done. Lincoln
and La Grande illrtn t get mr
of the deal last year bnj Sweet will
probably remember that Lincoln vot
ed for him for president Jn 1913. How
ever, the local director can uo long-
complain of Sweet's t reaimem.
GEOt, H. CI-RUEY
(He Who Sells IUal Estate)
every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day tells the public of many rare of
fers that are on his listings of real
estate through a large advertisement
in the Observer. His notices are
large, attractive, Interesting,' and
contain many unusual bargains. Op
portunity for you lurks throughout
their contents. Remember the dayr,
Mo'iday, Wednesday and Friday, and
do not fail to re.id these adds for
they will prove well worth your
while.
(Hedi:cd:i)' Add)
. Tomorrow he will tell you about
the advantages peculiar to real es
tate Investments, and will also de
scribe several exceptional offers.-
GEO. II. CT IsK 1 1
(He Who ;lls ileal Estate)
Xerltol White Liniment.
Should be In every home, aa Its
Immediate application to 'cuts,
bruises, sprains and wounds gives In.
slant relief. It has no equal as a
pan killer and healer. NeWlin Drug
company.
Italians "Steal" Woman.
. I
In this place In ia ne uian.ru,
Mrs. 'Mary Anna Nuttman and later
took up a ranch near Auburn where
he reared his family and uvea mi
il-out 12 years ago when he moved j. New yorkj Jan 21. Prof. William
to Baker. He became a stockralser : Mansnei,i , i,ead 6( the college of phar
as well as a miner. Mr. Littlefleld macy of Columbia university, is
Is survived by his wife who is now aIarmeil over tne reports that hla
71 years old, his daughters, Mrs-' wfe i,a9 disappeared from Salo. Italy.
V. TV Holloway of this city and ( JIe ga)(J he heanj from his wife four
Mrs. Eva Holloway or seaitie mm davg ag0
of Aunurn
er
i-onslstently.
yir. Gore Hocoverlnir.
Vfter several days of severe suffer
lng from an Injury sustained In a fMl
Mrs Charles Gore, living on North
Second, is able to ba about with the
. of crutches. She threw her an
kle out of Joint with rery painful
results.
!ST. STTUTKl OR STOLE.
ntr do, tolld
nr mar. white maxsle. chest and
o.ii whit tin on tall. AH
nawa. E.LI ni. - r -
llewar'- Mis
1-M 't
I mmnr to name of Dick.
I
$3SSS'S$'$'S'S3$'
,-
? EARN S03IETHIXG DIBIXG
TOl'B SPARE TIME.
Q The Observer has an attractive
proposition for one person
either lady or man In every
school district In - Union and &
Wallowa counties outside of La
8 Grande, to act as correspondent.
3 Space rate will be paid for all
s news, provided at least one news
letter each week Is sent In. .
This work can be done dur- S
lug S'.-are moments. Checks for
S services will be mailed each
month.
Remember, a correspondent Is
S wanted at every postofflce and
t in every, as well as in each
sbhool district. No" previous ex-
perience Is necessary, as all
iimi is reqimyu is lulling mo
news of the community as It oc- i
curs.
Write at once and be the per-
son. Ruins witieiiem i V nrue ac once ana De me per-
John Tarkison of Portland and C. Rome. Jan. 21. Mrs. Mansfield has( son to represent the Observer In
p C.r-int of Baker are stepsons aim disappeared, ine ponce insist on me, - -.".uw,,.,, ....
Lcph.ne Alexander of Baker, a step-; theory that brigands are holding her extramoney youraelf.
daughter. There are also 32 grand- for ransom and that the husband wlll. tf Grande Oregon.
children and a brotner ana a imr. . SOOI1 receive me uemaiuia ui unmej ,
... m..i tor suffer the loss of his wife. Iaa.aaaa,aaaaaa
AGED MAN ENDS LIFE
Muddy Creek M Ket'res and Then
Shoots Himself.
Haines Jan. 20.-(Spcclal) James
Warrleld. who has lived !n this vicin
ity nearly 2:. years, committed sui
cide bv shooting in lm home near
Muddy Creek last n'ght. No cause
tho art can be found.
He lived alone In part of a house ,
on a small ranch, a Mr. Wincoff oc-l
cnpvlna the other part. Wincoff heard
the old, gentleman retire and soon!
afterward heard the shot. When hej
reached the old man Warfleld was
dead and the firearm told the tale.
Warfield's wife died some time ago
an he had three grown sons, each
of which spont part of his time
with blm.
WILL EXCIIANOR-A 1912 model T
rord automobite In perfect condli
tion for La Grand -real estate. Ad
dress Drawer T, La Grande. 1-It-tf
Wo handle the
"PEERLESS
PRODUCTS"
The name "Peerless'
signifies perfection in
Mazda and CJem Lamps
We sell
Westinghouse
Motors
Byron - Jackson &
Gould Pumping outfits
for irrigation, etc.
We sell
American and Westing
house Electrically Heated
Apparatus
Irons, etc. Guarantees
for all time.
"We will wire your
house and take care of
repair work."
La Grande Electric
Co. - ' -
Foley Hotel Block Black 1141
3
f. Stance.