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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1913)
'All ( T7 FRIDAY. JUNE 13t 1913. WflLU WALLA'S FLOAT PENNANT riff A UDIAMC! W t A OT VP A ft Tf HOMAGE TO PENNANT GODS Bears Make Three Good Meals of Spuds Yesterday Game 5 to 2. With the 1912 Western : Tri-State League pennant," the firRt champion ship flag ever won by a Walla Walla team, floating: proudly over the park, where It was raised before the game with appropriate ceremony, the Bears administered the third consecutive de ; feat to La Grande, again demonstrat ing the champion calibre. It was not too much Leonard end it was not too little Fitchner that won the came. It was simply the aggres sive offense and the wonderful, spec-1 tacular defense of Manager cade s machine. After both teams had been photo graphed in a semi-circle in' front of the grandstand by a revolving camera, the players formed two lines in V shape from the flag pole on center field fence, and Umpire Richardson gallantly bore the pennant down the field to the pole; assisted by three little girls, the Misses Brown and , ChildeW. .., . .-v ... -mmtm: Prolonged cheering from the 800 fans present followed and arriving at the pole, the flag was attached and run up on the halyards, after which the little girls pulled the string which allowed its beautiful folds to waft upon the breeze.. ', ;m ;' r Then the game was off.'La Grande ' came near scoring in the first inning Druhot walking with one down and being advanced to third or Nadeau's tit, but Corbin failed to deliver. Harmon bowed to the flag in the Bears half and promptly lifted the ball over the left field fence, much to the discomfort pf one Fitchner. The Pen nant Gods realized then that they had . Don't Miss Satur day's White Goods Bargains GEE IT 9 Wonderful bargains in Women's Coats & Suits all reduced made no mistake in honoring the Bears. There was little doing then until the fourth," when the Bears earned an other run on Johnson's single and Brown's sacrifice fly, Johnson steal ing two bases meanwhile. : . In the fifth the Spuds tied the score, but the situation was not critical be cause the locals could not be dented victory on his occasion. Walters opened the inning with a single, but was forced out at second, on Fitchner's grounder. The latter then stole sec ond, took third on Martini's error of Beck's fly.iand both men came in on King's hit. . The Bears : scored another, in the sixth, Martini singling and Johnson hitting for two bases. ' They got two more in the eighth. Fitchner hit Mar tini and Sheeley hit. Both advanced on King's passed ball and scored on Johnson's second two-bagger in the game. ',... The score:' . ''$ ?1 .- ..... U Grande. i . i. . I . - - m , ' a ai am. l-Z i MAUD 1 I , m i a " ; ' . . im n rm rm - alter ms iwciiii uuiwo. When Dealing With J.H. PEARE& SON La Grande's Leading Jewelers and manufacturing Opticians. Ton are trusting yourself to a store of twenty-two years' standing which should satisfy you that you will be treated right. Call when you desire anything in the Jewelry line or are in need of glasses. TnE BEST FITTED OPTI CAL PARLORS IN EAST ERN OREGON. ' . We Grind Our Lenses Own J. H. PEARE &SON AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Beck, rf ..........5 10 10,0 King, c ............4 0 1 8 2 0 Druhot, If .,..3 0 1 2 0 0 Nadeau, 2b . .;. 4 0 2 0 1 0- Corbin, ss ......... 4; 0 1 1 10 Peterson, 3b ...'....4 ' 0 0 2 0 0 Lewis, cf 4 .6 1 4 0 0 Walters, lb .. 4 0 2 6,0 0 Fitchner, p ....... .4 1 0 0 1 0 Totals 36 2 8 24 5 0 Walla Walla AB. R. H. PO. A. E Harmon, cf . . . Childers, 3b . . Davis, 2b Martini, If Sheely, lb . Johnson, rf . . . Lundstrom, ss Brown, c Leonard, p . . . Totals ..3 ..4 ..4 ..2 ..3 ..4 ..4 ..3 ..3 HFIEE 13'S HEP TODAY SUPERSTITIOUSS HOULD WORRY THIS DAY. Not for One Hundred Years Will One Write Dates '13-13-Fri. If any La Grande citizen got up this morning with a peculiar forebod ing that something unpleasant was going to happen; if you had the bad luck to get out bed this morning of all mornings with your left foot first; if you intended popping the question to the lady of your dreams today be ware. This is a bum day to start any thing you want to have luck with, for it's Friday the Thirteenth. .That isn't such a rarity in itself, for there have been numerous other Fridays the Thirteenth in the past few years. This Friday the Triteenth of today, how ever, is peculiarly potent for evil in its make-up. ' "" Today is the only day of the pres ent year when the thirteenth of the month will fall on a Friday. It will be at least 100 years before you will get the combination of Friday the Thir teenth in the thirteenth year of a cen tury, so when you write June 13-13 to day, be careful to cross your fingers to keep off "de conjuns." SURER HAS REINED POST NORTH POWDER TO LOSE PRES ENT POSTMASTER JULY. 1. Several Applicants After (Claude) . Scheurer's Job. North Powder, Ore., June 12. (Special.) Postmaster G. C. Scheur er' today sent in his resignation to the postoffice department at Washington, to take effect July 1st. All will miss the genial postmaster and wish him success. He has not yet announced his plans for the future. ; v ' ' , The applicants in the field for the office' at the present time are: Mrs. Breedlove, J. R. McLaren, and Volney ("Doc") Lee. '" ' ..30 5 9 27 7 .3 On Pugislistic Map' Again. Butte, Montana, June 13. Montana comes back to the pugilistic map again tonight when two fights are staged here. Fighting Bob Moha and Jack Dillon meet at the Copper City club and Eddie McGoorty and Jimmy Clabby fight at the Treasure State club. Both scraps are scneauiea 10 k" 12 rounds. There are the first; two matches of any importance to be staged in Montana since the passing of the law legalizing boxing by the last legislature. Today is Miners Union day, the biggest holiday of the year in Butte and both matches are expected to draw capacity audiences. , , Bishop O'Rielly of Baker City ar ; i n r.rnnde this morning for a brief visit here as the guest of Father Driscal. Walk a Block and ! Save a Dollar DUTY. I slept and dreamed . that life . was beauty. I woke and found that life was duty. Was ttie drenin, then, a shadowy lie? '. Toll ou, and heart., courageously, And thou shalt Bud the dream to be A noonday light and troth to thee. Ellen Sturgts Hooper. S$ $$ 4S 3 f q . .-' :. e MOUNTAIN HOME. NEWS $ ... . v $$$ $ $ $ S The crops are looking fine after our recent hard rains, but the roads are in bad ,condition ' yet. v . The G. R. L. Co. are making -very good progress with their new road up Big Whiskey creek. : ' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Snook have returned to their home' in La Grande after visiting P. V. Stiles and family. Ed Stringhanf and man returned to the valley. Sunday from his 'Stock ronnti inn fi rave c reek. Mr. Clint Bartmess is up and about after his recent illness. . Geo. Roberson who has been gutting in his crons on the Sundman ranch returned home the middle of the weeki . Mr. A. Sundman and daughter, Miss Mable, came up last week on business. Mrs. M. V. Bartmess who made a flying trip to Walla Walla-returned, home Saturday. V Miss Mable Ferguson who has been visiting old time friends for the past few days returned to La Grande with P. V. Stiles and family to attend the Sells-Floto show. Mat Anderson was up here visiting for several days last week. Mrs; A. Press is nearly fully recov ered from her painful accident of this spring., . s ; ; ;.; , Mrs. Alex Lindsay was in the city attending to business matters. Mr. Ed Bartmess and family were in the city on a shopping tour last week. Clyde Stults was In the city on busi ness matters last week. . ; casidned surprise as a verdict in fa- .-i vor of the plaintiff was anticipated, x The testimony tended to show the lia- j kilifir nt tha rnmnnnv ' and tha in- j fstructions of the court were of such a nature as to lead to expectation of a verdict for Bowlsby. With the conclusion of the Bowlsby ,' case the federal court cleaned up its ' business here for this session and Judge Bean and others left for Port land on train No. 17 today. - Others in the party were E. A. Johnson, chief deputy district attorney, Marshall Leslie Scott, Clerk Fred Drake and Deputy Marshall Becker. .' VESSEL ON ROCKS Unable to Agree, Jury Dismissed. ; ' (Pendelton "E. O.) After having been out for 12 hours and unable to unite upon a verdict tne jury in the case of Bowlsby versus the Pacific Power and Light company was dismissed at 11 o'clock last night by Judge R. S. Bean, of the federal .nnrt. ' The lurv had been, out since 11 o'clock in the forenoon and late in the afternoon had asked the court if a verdict could be returned by 11 men with the twelfth man dissenting. Thev were informed such could not Ar.no srnH were urered to agree if possible. 'However the twelfth man evidently remained obdurate ana con seuently the Jury was discharged ..,:n,t o vnrdipt havin? been re- ffibi.uuw " ' - o turned. The disagreement of the jury oc- Passengers Safe, Revenue Cutter En Route to Rescue. Unalaka. June 13. A wireless re ceived today by the army station here states that thesteamer Yukin 01 tno Alaska Coast company, en route to Bering sea from Seattle is ashore on Unimak island. : All passengers are reported safe. Vessel stranded on rnMcs Wednesday night, ine Tevenue cutter Tahoma is en route to the res cue. . ' Miller Appointed. ... v - Washington, June 13. President Wilson today sent to the senate the name of Milton A. Miller to be collec tor of internal revenue for the dis trict of Oregon. ' " " ' W. L. Pattison of Baker, is in La Grande today taking testimony in the case of the U. S. vs. Annie L. Mithcell and the Radford Lumber Co., before the U. S. land office today. SAID OF WOMANKIND. An old coquette has all the defects of a young one. and none of her charms. Autonle Dupuy. It Is to woman that the heart appeals when It newls consola tion. Charles Albert . Denious-tier. . ' The brain women never Inter est us like the heart women. White rosea please less than red. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare. Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. Lord Uyron And A woman for n general and the soldiers will be women. Latin Proverb. WE WILL FURNISH YOUR HOME FROM CELLAR TO GARRET nv PASY PAYMENTS. A COMPLETE STOCK OF THE BEST FURMTURE AND HOUSE Fl ;RN1SHINGS L ALWAYS CAJtBMIX WHV PAY THE FANCY PRICES WHEN YOU CAN WALK ONE JlD BUT THE SAME GOODS FOR MUCH LESS WENPAYY CASH FOR USED GOODS. WILL EXCHANGE NEW JoODS FOR OLD. SECOND HAND DEPARTMENT IN BASE MENT. ' ADCOOK & FRITTS PHONE RED 31. 1 STRIVE AND WAIT. Strive, yet 1 do not promise The prize you Ureaiu of today Will not fade when you think to grasp It And melt In your hand away. But another and holler treasure You would now perchance dis dain , Will come when ypur toll la over And pay you for all your pain. Walt yet I do not tell you The hour you long for now Will not corae. with Its radiance vanished And a shadow upon Its brow. Yet far through the misty fu ture. With a crown of starry light. An hour of Joy you know not Is winging her silent flight Adelaide A. Procter. t . - " - ---..".''' ' . . - ; ' " - . --.-'! of life insurance written in . . 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