La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 15, 1915, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915. L GRANDE EVENING OBSERVES PAGE TT llffl "HOPE" ;l MOilER WALTER SMITH, HUNTER, KILL ED BY CANADIAN SOLDIERS. coin HELP JIM COFFEY COMPARATIVELY NEW TO RING. s Defeat of Gunboat Smith, Brought " Him Prominence. James Coffey, the lilu li-Mitiuiu o recently won a vU-ttM on ohiIk i GuiiIhihi Smith, la-called hi- I ititu 3 In nt. tliouich he never miw litiiiiin ui lie ik a true mitivtj ill Hie nlil h Hint hit , (uitrif cry t "Kiiiich-w hai lni;li M, vli')i niPiiDN rlfiir the wuv. unit -- ift ihiiIi 'thereby unit It Mill nt l;i libelous tur IIIIV Dili to Inlcrtt'i't vtli his iiinlililiiii to Iwi'uiiif Mlit' Iii-iiw wrlulK I'liiinii'iiui nt. tin' worlil. ' ; t'liflryu . rTin (titi'M ut ;iiiiliiil Puittli in New "r iirmiulit nun mli tln pulilii' eve. M hi li ntntiv put run 'lit iMixinii.'' Know Unit' the lilu i Irish L'Ji;mijloti Dn -iti'iiiKlv cllmtiiil up Hi" AUTOMOBILE FRATERNITY HAS ROAD PLAN.- See in- Convict Labor, Solution for Old Oregon Trail Road. f v ,f v V , J " Waiter Smrai Is trie' young man of Buffalo,', who was shot to death by Canadian soldiers while he was hunt ing ducks on the Niagara river near Fort Erie, Can'. International com plications with Great Britain have teen suggested as a result, but - of ficials of . both governments insist there will be no serious consequences. Smith, with a friend "Charles Dorschj according to accounts of the affair, were out early in the morn ing. They took, their, boat ovter into the Canadian side of the river. .The Fort Erie chief of police"rushed to the bank to warn them off because it was closed season for hunting ducks in Canada. Later he called members of a military company from the fort. They fired on the two men in th lir boat, instantly killing Smith and wounding Dorsch. " - Union County's Automobile club is proposing that uovernor witny? combe's plan to work state convicts on the roads of the state be accepted in promoting the Lincoln highway through Eastern Oregon. The Auto mobile club will confer with the Com mercial1 club in a few days and at tempt to get before the present leg islature a. small tax levy to cover the It. is understood ' here that the Multnomah delegation is In favor of such a tax in spite of the! fact that Multnomah county has already built its share of the Lincoln highway up the Columbia; river .The Old Oregon trail is to be followed by, the highr way when it is built through Eastern Oregon, and maps showing the loca tion of the road through Union coun ty' have already been filed with the state highway commissioner, , ' The automobile people believe the license fees will be collected and ' '11ie7 -nous Uoy I'hoto by JIM OOf'KKT American Press Association THK" DUBLIN 1IANT : puKlllstlc liiildHt. very few are aware of this fa.f-tlmt he only arrived In America on April 14. 1010. and that in fciess tlinn three years be bus fought all f the itnuortact boxers except Jack Johnson and Jess Wlllard.- . Coffey is twenty-four years old. He was bora in Castlerea, Roscommon, Irelnnd, He stands six feet two anil ae-balf Inches and weighs 108 pound? & Bghtlng trim. His reach Is eighty two inches nu unusual length. It Is not often that a policeman serves as tutor to a boxer. But it was a cop who was directly responsible for Coffey's advent Into the game of fisti cuffs. How Coffey became a ring gina lstur is best told in bis own words. "I landed In Boston on April 14, 1010.:' feaid Coffey. "I hnd some friends 1u fawtucket, R. U, and that was my reason for taking the route to the Hub of culture. ' 1 wns a big. green Irish lad at the time, with youth, health and strength as my chief assets 'In the struggle for a livelihood. 1 worked In a hleachery in Rhode Island until January, 1911, nnd then went to New York. ' In March of that year 1 ot tntned a Job as a motorman on the . Broadwav trolley line. I worked as a ' motorman without the slightest thought of any other Job nntil after Carl Morris and Jim Flynn had their memorable battle in Madison Square Garden.'''"" .-:-.! ': "Jumbo Wells was the first fighter I ever boxed with In a gymnasium .We put the gloves on at the New Polo A. A. Wells did not know much about i the game, and 1 knew less. All 1 knew was to swing my arms and bang away. I was so wild 1 nearly smashed my fingers. Then 1 put on the gloves with Carl- Morris, who was trainings there, and be poked me in the face eo often that I thought my head was -on a swivel. But Newman liked my work, and he agreed to give me a bout jvith Nick Muller on Jan. 20, 1912 Jlhls wns my first match in the ring. "The New Polo club was packed the night of the bout. The tip had been passed around to come up and see a wild Irishman in action. Everybody took it as a Joke, and it was one. 1 tosed my arms like flails. In one wild 5nllv Muller and lteferee Billy Moore - were close together, aud 1 knocked them both down with a fierce swing. Moore on top. The fans went wild, nnd some of t!iem yelled "Count them tjotli out, .Mm. ' I didn't even know enough about the game to do that 1 won In six rounds.. "Mind, all this time 1 did not know the least thins about boxing. But Newman was satisfied with me. and on March 15 be matched me with Sol- ' dier Eearns. a tough, hard hitting Brooklyn soldier, who was then at his best and one of the climbers in the '; heavyweight division. I lasted only a abort time with him. , "That knockout proved a good les - son to me. I began to spar with men and tried to teach myself something about boxing." GOSSIP OF THE WINTER LEAGUE. YVIIIicrt Knlniisiiti will lull til rookie and resii'iir , io Jiiiyimm. Mil. iK'Xt spring to get Into simie to en tell the Braves. Aiiguxtii wh turned dowu liy the Dodgers " ; v " " :. "''".' ':" ... Unquebtiouiilily the fiii'tiiers will not be able to uiuke their iiiinuiii complaint of tbe dearth of bauds uext suiumer It the different leagues keep cutting down the limit of players ou their clubs Now that Jimmy Austin has Jumped to tbe Federal league, Branch Rickey of the Browns will be under tbe pain ful necessity of finding another sinner who is willing tomiiuage a baseball team on the Subbath. , ' Eleven men in the American league were acutely unhappy for protracted periods during the race last season. One has only to look under tbe bit batsmen column of Walter Johnson's pitching average to confirm tbe tact The White Sox will start out on their training trip to tbe coast on Feb. 12. Comiskey wishes bis charges to get an early start, so as to be in good playing condition for .several exhibition games which be bopes to arrange for tbe be ginning of tbe Panama-Pacific expost tlon.' . i ... ':"'" ' '' Harry Howell, one of tbe best pitch ers in tbe American league when ne was witb St. Louis, has signed to nm pire in the Federal league. Jeff John. ston of tbe American association staff and Louis Fife of the Western league will also- umpire for tbe Feds next season. George Stalllngs, speaking of tbo March 1 training camp rule, said that bo bad extended invitations to most of the Braves to visit bis southern plan tation early next spring and that be could not prevent any of them limber ing'up with a baseball If they felt so Inclined. ' '. ' "' '- '": . There is a possibility that George Stalllngs may give Jack Coombs a trial next spring. Tbe "miracle man" was tbe only manager in the big show who did not at once waive claim to tbe once formidable Athletic twlrler. Coombs, who Is a free agent, is anxious to come back with tbe Braves. ' ; ., tained in each county hereafter,, and these funds thus' accrueing, coupled with a small state tax levy, could pay for construction of the permanent Lincoln highway from Huntington to The Dalles with convict labor. Members of the Commercial club h cogitating on the scheme and admit ( it looks feasible. No final action has been taken to date on the proposi tion by that organisation however. The map," already filed, picks up the road where Baker county leaves off at North Powder and . brings it to Union, then to Union station, follows the foothill road to the mouth of Ladd creek, then across the valley to the McKennon ranch, then west to the Macacam on East ..Adams avenue, then up Adams to Second, North tc the. Rivera school, then up the can yon Kamelaward. . ,;i . "v;V.i ' May Get Goteh to Wreitla. Emll Klimk. fur several years Frank Gotcb'a trainer atid chief adviser, Is spending some time in Buraboldt la visiting the iiamplun He declares th:it It Is merely a visit but those who Kiimv the linlilts i)f Kliuik believe tbut Ue li:isnini' i-hi'lre offi'i up tils sleeve to pre. 111 til linl. ll III llnju-x (if CnaXlllfi tin- lim wiest;,- ii.h'U for conn- nmri1 nlu titoiii'.v. liohli li:i clime li" reill nl! r 1'iT-iir.ii; fm miiih- time, iliimgli mll:inil l.l'i'l'ill:.' Illlll.'l-lf III pliyKlrlll JacK' But 6 i Suif.ene.-d. . ii iH'.-niit .it nu !'f:ii ikiiii tie 'V.i'i'h MlKi' ; i 1 .4 ;:tnl I'.lili Alull.-I Ht :Ii..!.m.i" tt'i.'( Hi'- -(nil- li.'Mii rum :!!i!i.i iii-i iu;-:iil,ri .lin k Knrke !!i!i;.- tliri'.iti-:.''! A!"ii.i witb it ehnll l"'li ;lii. rin el'Mti lii;iiel illiibmo Ho nir.irM'il i' ;i!H-iir iM'tnre the t-oiu ml'KKiii. lint f;:inil t.i l'i so. The sus a'llK.-tltl t'lllowi'd The accounts of the Geo. A. Ander son company are due and payable to M. V. Mefford who has offices in the former location of the company in High Grade Job ranting eons no y,e Qardinier building. Adv. IS ASKED FOR OUII SEAT WHEN KIDNEYS BOTHER ak a bus of Salts befor brsakftut If your Back hute or Bladder -a troubling you. No man or woman who eats meat rcgu larly can make a mistake by flushing tlit kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. . Meat forms urie acid which excites the kidneys, they become over worked from the strain, get tluggUh and fail to filter the waste and poisons from the blood, then wo get sick. Nearly nil rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, diiszineu, sleeplessness anil urinary disorders oorue from sluggish kidneys. :. ..'', 'lhe moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your, back hurts or If the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi ment, irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get - about ' four ounces of Jad Baits from any pharmacy i take a tablespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast and in a few days your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the aeid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate tbe kidneys, also to neutralise tbe acids in urine so it no longer causes Irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. ' Jad Salts Is inexpensive and cannot injures - makes a delightful efferjfeBoent lithia-water , drink which :;, everyone should- take now and' then to keep the kidneys olean and active and the blood tsvlt.?1 S w r J'j,'.' "Sl"..' ?' sU - 5 , Adv. worth, Nellie Kenneda and Blanch Black forwards. Those who know the efficiency of the M. I, A. girls at basketball do not expect defeat for the team tonitrht. ' GIRLS PLAY BALL. M. L A. Girls to Contest Haines Ah gregation This Evening. ' The girls' . basUetball team of the M. I. A. association left today on No. 6. for Haines. . where they play ithte . Haines Qh sfjhoojl tteam this evening." The lineup or the locals will be: Irma Geddes c; Grace Carbin and Cella Burns, guards; Jennie Ains- Duck Season Closes Today. Today, January 15, is the last day of the open season for. ducks, Under the federal law the migratory water fowl will be given protection from the hunters aftisr January 15. Try This for Neuralgia - Thousands of people keep on suf fering with Neuralgia because thev do hot know what to do for it. Neuralgia is a pain in the nerves. What you want to do is to soothe the nerve itself. AdbIv Sloan's Liniment to the surface over the painful part do not rub it in. Sloan's Liniment pene trates very quickly to the sore, irri tated nerve and allavs the inflnmation Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment for 25-cents of any druggist and have it in the house against Colds, Sore and Swollen Joints. Lumbasro. Sciatica and like ailments. Your money back if not satisfied!, but it does give almost instant relief. i Read- the advertisements, too. LAUGHS CHEAP AT MINSTREL SHOW There is a big treat in store for the laugh hungry of our city, for the Mer ry, Merry Minstrels are coming to town; not the burnt cork, make-delieve iwfhite man imitation but the simon pure article from old Georgia. In oth er words, the oldest and best organ ization in America is nearly due. Not the "best" because the manage ment claims so, but because thirty two years of uninterrupted success proclaim the fact "You know the one we mean?" Of EXACTING Coffee users find in the Golden West ; ; all their tastes . demanduniform flavor and purity. , ffo Dust No Chaff, ust Right Always. Closset & Devers The Oldaat and Large OoffM Bvattosis) ' " the Nortkvwt. , more than the other kind Observer. 1 2 tf . course you do, and your fathers, aye hear. your grandfathers knew before you On Wednesday, January 27, tfhat sterling band of dusky fun makers, Richards & Pringte's Famous Geor gia Minstrels, will appear at the Ar cade Theatre and) more solid fun and enjoyment will be crowded into two and one-half hours than any hah dozen other shows will afford you this season. , Be on the principal street at noon and see the finest dressed minstrel paradb and listen to the sweetest band that it has 'been your good fortune to ELECTRIC LIGHTS WERE INVENTED TO SUPPLY "i A NECESSITY. ALL OTHER METHODS OF CREAT- , 1NG ARTIFICIAL light were unsatisfactory. Candles . wer dim and unreliable; gas, dirty andfdanferoui; kro lent, dull, 9moky, odorous and also dangeroui to health . : ' -.)' - ;;. ).. '-''(.';' and property.' When elcirlc lights were introduced there - was but one drawback They cost considerably more than other lights. This Objection has been overcome and alec -trie lights are now the most economical as well: as the most satisfactory light. Eastern Oregon Light&Power Co. Telephone Main 34 Burnett's Pure Extracts Vev carry a complete line of these high, grade Extracts including: STRAWBERRY ONION' RASPBERRY CELERY PINEAPPLE - GINGER NUT-MEG ORANGE CINNAMON ' , ALMOND ,,T,T,.rm PEPPERMINT R0SE ! SPEARMINT PISTACHIO CLOVE CHERRY WINTERGREEN VANILLA -LEMON - Youf money back if you don't like these goods. J. G. Snodgrass Grocer Quality Phone Main 43 Service 1 Honest Prices 31