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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
TUESDAY, JUNE 24. 1913
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rrsonal Mention and News Items
From Joseph District.
Joseph, Ore., June 24. (Special)
The pioneers of Wallowa county held
their second annual picnic Saturday
June, 21 at the Wallowa Lake park.
Col. F. S. Ivanhoo of La Grande, ad
dressed the crowd. The program con
sisted of simrinsr, : music and short
speeches. Everyone had a very good
time and those who did not attend the
picnic missed a rare treat.
At the annual school meeting Mon
day F. F. McCully was re-elected
clerk for one year and Geo. C. Gow-
ing re-elected director for three years.
The school board was instructed to
expend $500 for the purpose of im
proving the school grounds an im
provement badly needed.
The socialisto of Wallowa county
will give a picnic July 4 and 5 in Hur
ricane canyon. Speaking, music, races
and athletic sports of all kinds will
constitute the program.
Mrs. Jess Mullis was thrown from
an automobile Saturday and struck
an iron fence, cutting a large gash
in her forehead. Dr. Mount dressed
the wound taking eighteen stitches in
it. :. :;).- :;
- Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Walt Doak
on June 16, twin, girls.
Mrs. J. S. Davis and children, of
Elgin are here visiting their relatives
the Requa family.
Misses Lucile Dunbar and. Getta
Jennings, who have been attending
the Willamette University at Salem
returned Friday to spend their sum
mer vacation.
Harry Miller of Upper Prairio
creek, and Miss : Bessie Ashby, a
school teacher of Bend, were married
at Enterprise Saturday. -
Miss Alriha Christy, a student of
the Monmouth state normal school
arrived home Tuesday for the sum
mer vacation. V
3. F. Eeensnercrer has returned
from a brief business visit to Port
land.
Attorney and Mrs. A. M. Runnells
and Mrs. Anna Leslie have returned
from Portland. Mr. Runnels went as
a delegate to the Masonic grand lodge
and Mrs. Leslie as a delegate to the
O. E. S. grand lodge.
PENDLETON MAY HAVE BEATEN
BADE OUT.
Condition of the. Finance of Tri-Statl
Crop Out Sunday.
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Bade After Spuds.
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$ Pendleton, June 24. (Special)
Manager August Bade of the 3
Walla Walla team took the first
$ train for Pendleton after he had
$ heard the news which meant that S
$ the players of two clubs had $
J been made free agents. His ob-
S ject was to secure the signatures 3
S of Jamieson and Fitchner, La
$ Grande's two star twirlers, to
S contracts but there '-is some prob- $
ability that the local officials
S beat him to it in the matter of
S securing the former. Both of
5 the men were rated as two' of
5 the league and would strengthen
any one of the remaining four 3
teams.
Woods has wired, several clubs and
is awaiting the best' offer; Clayton
Coleman will probably remain in Ba
ker, while Dean,. West, Rock, Sells
Krause and Miller are undecided what
they will do. ,, -s
RAIN, COLD
ARE GENERAL
THE HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSES
, SOME DAMAGE HERE.
Swamps Water Soaked, Lowlands Are
Flooded Riiin Is General.
Rain seems to be general over
Eastern Oregon. The prolonged ses
sions sandwiched in with cold and
p-loomy weather, is not a local propo
sition. Pendleton has had more than
its share, and Baker has been under
a cloud much of the time the past 10
days. Locally, there is considerable
Baker. June 24. (Special) Some
thing about the finances of the Tri-(
State league clubs came out at the
meeting of directors in Baker Sunday
night. Further particulars about
that session are. contained in the Bak
er Herald:
It took two meetings of the offi
cials to determine what action should
be taken. Nothing was accomplished
at the afternoon meeting, the com
mittee adjourned to watch the game.
They re-assembled at 7:30 o'clock;
when the motion to strike Baker from
the list was made, and carried. C. A.
Hosier, the local member of the
board, asked that action be deferred
until this evening, in order to see
all the stockholders in the associa
tion, sounding their opinions on the
continuation of playing, but in order
to rush the matter to a certainty a
vote was taken for disfranchisement
The vote came in the evening meet
ing. President W..L. Parker of the
Baker association made an address
and asked the visiting delegates how
they stood financially. Pendleton
is about $2,000 behind while North
Yakima and Walla Walla had similar
tales. Boise reported that the stock
holders had to "dig up" $900 at the
last salary pay day.
Caldwell came to the meeting with
$500 subscribed and a possibility, Dr.
Johnson said, of raising $250 more
When the story of the cities along
the line came out Caldwell lost heart
As the city did not have the $600
necessary to deposit to secure the
franchise it left a five club league
Then Baker took the stand of where
to play the coming week and there
was no place to send the Gold Dig-
gers. me oniy move teit was im
the league to ask Baker to quit.
Those present at the meeting yes
terday were, F. W. Bossner, W. N
Sweet, Boise; L; M. Brown, George
E. Kellogg, Walla Walla; Dr. John
son, Caldwell; R. L. Ritner, Pendle
ton; B. J. Kohls, North Yakima; C.
A. Hosier, Baker.
Many- of the former Gold Digger
ball players have received offers from
other clubs, while other are wiring
for positions.
Catcher J. B. Troeh will leave for
Portland and is not yet decided what
club he will associate himself with
Ward
Davis Sold to Portland.
Bobby Davis, Walla Walla's short
stop, has been sold to the Portland
club in the Northwestern league, says
Boise paper. The deal was made Mon
day through Jimmy Richardson,' man
ager of the sporting goods depart
ment, of the Sweet-Teller company,
who acts as a scout for the Portland
club, and who umpired a series in La
Grande recently. ,
This will be the second chance Dav
is has had in the Northwestern. He
was tried last year by Spokane, but
was released to Walla Walla because
he was not hitting at a Northwestern
clip. The Spokane club hesitated
some time about releasing him, for
he was playing great ball in the field.
Davis has been minding his knitting
however, and this season he has blos
somed out into a sure enough .300
hitter. He is the leading run getter
and base stealer of the Walla Walla
club, and is showing something that
is, if anything, above Northwester?
class. The exact price paid for the
youngster is . not given out, but it
is known to have been above the Tri-
State draft price. Davis will report
at the close of the Tri-State sea
son.
ANOTHER 1914
WOMEN
OF WOODCRAFT WILL
MEET HERE.
. How Baker Siza It Up.
The Baker Democrat in writing the
obituary of the Diggers, chants the
appended eulogy to the memory or
nightmare, of organized base ball in
Baker, punctuating the dirge with the
mournful stanza that-La Grande slip
ped over the salary limit, when even
the regular salary limit could not be
met. Outside of that particular, the
Democrat hits the nail on the nose
nine trios out of 10. Here is the
requiem medley: .
There was a chance for the league
to go through the season under the
aereement under which it was organ
ized, but i the larger cities,; Walla
Walla and Boise, have never even
pretended to live up to the Class D
salarv limit. Of course there, will be
a loud roar at this statement and it
will be denied, and we will be chal
lenged to prove it. We cannot prove
it, for the contracts will be offered
in evidence and are within the $1200
limit. But anyone who knows any
thing about base ball players knows
i,t Walla Walla and Boise
VliCtf wiv -
t.PamR cost around $2000 a month
and have cost that much since the
opening of the season. As a matter
nf fact Baker has been the only team
inside the limit, North Yakima, Pen
dleton and La Grande edging over
considerably, although not to the limit
gone to by the two larger cities.
There is the reason for the smash-
up of the league unfairness of the
larger towns, and the inability of the
omallpr ones to compete. We are
out of it, and any proposition for
league ball in the future coming from
Boise, the originator of the Tri-State
will fall on deaf ears as far as Baker
is concerned. ' They are poor sports
and unfair ones, and we have had
enough of them.
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Baker Gathering Well Attended, La
Grande Being Chosen.
Women of Woodcraft . of Eastern
Oregon will hold their next annual
district convention in La Grande add
ing to the list of attractions for 1914
in this city. This action was taken in
Baker last evening where the 1913
convention is under way. ; Details of
the Baker meeting are set out in the
following dispatch:
The district' convention of the Wo
men oi , Woodcraft, opened at the
Moose hall yesterday forenoon at 9
o'clock about 50 delegates from va
rious cities and towns of Eastern Or
egon being present when the roll was
called. .The morning session was de
voted largely to reports' and routine
matters. " ,
In the afternoon the delegates hon
ored a Baker lady, Mrs. Mary Dry-
borough, by electing her as delegate
to the state convention of the organi
zation and as the other representative
at the state meeting chose Mrs. Mary
A. Johnson of Pendleon.The elec
tion of the delegates was the prin
cipal item of business of the conven
tion, which was but a , one-day ses
sion. .
Last evening the visitors were the
guests of the ladies of Queen of the
Forest and Mystic Circle at a ban
quet, which was a largely attended
and successful function. Preceding
the social events, the degree work of
the lodge was exemplified for . the
visitors. The following district offi
cers were elected at the afternoon ses
sion: . ' '
Past Guardian Neighbor, Mrs. Di
cey Richen, Sumpter.
Past District Guardian, Mrs. Sa
rah J. McBryan, Pendleton. '
. Advocate, Mrs. Lee, Union.
Magician, Mrs. Ellen Scheer, Pen
dleton. Attendant, Mrs. Cronin, Pendleton.
Banker, Mrs. Hallie King, Baker.
Inside Sentinel, Mrs. ' McNaught
Baker.
Outside Sentinel, Mrs. Robb, La
Grande.
District Managers Mrs. Scott, Ba
ker; Mrs. White, Sumpter, and Mrs.
O'Brien of Haines.
Alternate Delegates to the State
Convention Mrs. Addie Waltz of
Baker and Mrs. Carmichael , of West
on. La Grande was chosen as the next
meeting place for the district convention.
EVERY BUSINESS HAS A SERVICE TO PERFORM AND
THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE VALUE OF SAID SERVICE
TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE TAKE A SUIT OF CLOTHES OR OTHER GAR
MENTS (THAT IN SOME CASES COULD NOT BE USED) AND
BY CLEANING, REPAIRING AND PRESSING THE GARMENT IS
MADE AS GOOD AS NEW SO YOU SEE WE SAVE THE PARTY
SOME HARD EARNED DOLLARS.
EACH WEEK WE WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE
AMOUNT OF WORK DONE SO THE CONTESTANTS WILL HAVE
' A BASIS TO WORK ON
First Prixe of $10.00 Cash
Second Prize of $5.00 Cash
Awarded September 1 st, 1913
THREE LADIES WILL JUDGE AND AWARD THE PRIZES ON
THE FOLLOWING MERITS FIRST THE PRESENT AND FU
TURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE BUSINESS.
SECONDLY: THE APPRECIATIVENESS BY PEOPLE HAV
ING WORK DONE. v
THIRDLY: THE ACTUAL MONEY SAVED THE COMMUN
. ITY PER ANNUM.
THE WARDROBE
PHONE M 64
EAGLES TO GATHER.
$15.00 in prizes for the best essay.
Given by McLeod. See ad. on page 8.
Will Enjoy Picnic Dinner at Park on
July Fourth, and Recreate.
Tailoring, Hat Blocking, Cleaning, Pressing
Those Who Use the Celebrated
Elkhorn Flour
Express unmistakeable praise for it.
Read what a professional cook has to
. say'.".
Oregon Mill & Grain Co.,
Baker, Oregon.
Gentlemen: - - -
Stoddard's Camp,
Whitney, Oregon,
May 19, 1913.
hay down especially of the alfalfa va
riety and that which is not down will
be hard to get at in many instnces : "Shorty" Roben and Jimmie
on account of the high water. Tullies ( wjjj probably go to Dallas, South Da
are water filled, and lowlands still k0ta, Harry Harrod has secured a
soggy w'tn moisture.
Heavy Rains General.
Pendleton, June 24. (Special)
Though extraordinarily hard rains
ware received over the country yes
terday, Saturday afternoon and night
here was but little additional dam'
age done to the crops, according to
the best information obtainable and
such damage as was done where the
grain is heaviest, will be more than
offset by the benefits of the moisture
received to the light land sections.
North Yakima berth. W. J. Palmer
the first sacker, will resume his du
ties as assistant cashier in a bank at
Hoouiam. Wash.. "Smokey Joe"
terday and observed but littlie grain
down other than was put down by the
hail and rain of Thursday. Other re
ports from farmers and grainmen are
confirmatory.
The rains of the past two days
seom to be quite general over the
PATIENT RESTS EASILY.
B.
G. Fritts Gives Promising Indica
tions After Eye Operation.
ed. Reports, from the west end state
During yesterday more than a half lnmette valley have it that that coun-
inch of water was precipitated ac
cording to the official weather ob
server, and though the downpours
were heavy, there was not hail mixed
with tho rain and but little of the
growing grain was beaten down. Ac
cording to li. W. Collins, grainbuyer,
he drove out over the reservation yes-
try received heavy showers. All sec
tions of Umatilla county were visit
ed. eRports from the west end state
that a heavy downpour fell Saturday
night and that yesterday a number
of hard Rhowers were received. The
south and north end3 also received
hard rains.
After undergoing an operation for
cataract of the eye, B. G. Fritts, the
local furniture dealer is resting eas
ily. The operation was performed
late last week and his family and
friends hope for recovery of sight.
TTp has been all but blind for sever
al months, both eyes being affected
but the present operation was upon
one eye only.
MORE HUGE BERRIES.
Five and a Half Inches Is Measure
ment of One of Big Selection.
G. H. Chapman of May Pa lays
claim to big strawberry records. He
presented a strwberry box at the Ob
server office today filled with mon
sters, one of which was even-sized and
measured five and a half inches in
circumference. They were grown at
Mav Park and Mr. Chapman claims he
has several boxes of berries that have
this enormous size nearly equaled.
Members of the La Grande Arie of
Eagles have hit upon a novel 'natal
day celebration. They will go in a
body to the chautauqua on that day
and enjoy a picnic dinner in the park.
They anticipate several visitors from
Pendleton and Baker and when the
chautauqua program is not under way
will hold a fraternal gathering on the
park ground. A headquarters tent
will be provided for the Eagles and
during the day the fraternal men
aim to hob nob and rest, enjoying
the natal day with quiet recreation.
The water sports between 4 and 6
o'clock will likely entice some of the
Eagles into competition and the lodge
contemplates making a delighful pic
nic celebration out of the day.
I have been using your "Elkhorn" Flour all winter in this camp
' and find it superior to "Snow Drift" and other brtfnds of Washington
flour. Yours truly,
' A. A. NORTON,
. Cook Stoddard's Camp.
Oregon Mill & Grain Co.,
Baker, Oregon.
Gentlemen: i
Stoddard's Camp,
Whitney, Oreg.
I received your letter, and will say you may publish the letter
if you want to as I have used a good many brands of western flour
and yours is one of the very best
Yours truly,
A. A. NORTON.
ELKHORN FLOUR MAKES GOOD IN EVERY
TEST IT IS A GENUINE ARTICLE.
ARCTIC EXPEDITION READY.
Crockerland to Take Journey of Five
Years Into Northland.
Regular Public
New York, June 24. Preapred forj,
an extended stay on an arctic expe-!J
dition the Crockerland, under Donald J
McMillan, it is announced, starts from i
here July 3, with a crew of 28, tim- J
ber for winter quarters, wireless op-(J
erators, food for five years. The ex-Jt
pedition was abandoned a month agolt
on account of the drowning of George
Borup in Long Island Sound. J
The party includes Elmer Eckblow, i
zoologist and botanist; Prof. Tan- a
quary of the Kansas agricultural col- J
lege, Ensign Fitzhugh Green, Jerome
Allen, electrician and Dr. H. J. Hunt
ance at Dance-
land Tonight
Gallery for Men, 10c. Women free
Come and watch your boys and
girls dances