PAGE SIX
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21," 1915.'
LA GKANDE EVENING OBSERVER
IIIGII5W
Oil SK1EII
MECHANICS CANT KEEP PACE
THEY SET.
Although Defeated, They, Fought; to
to the Limit for Baskets.
ii Standing of the Clubs. .: r
W. L. Po.
' High School . .. . . . ;.l 0 1000
M. I, A X 0 1000
Shopmen ...,,.0 1 '.000
Clerks '....0 1 .000
' Seekers after learning who play
with the high school quintet in the
Amateur Basketball league ; in this
''' city, yesterday evening walked on the
Shopmen, winning 51 to 8. Although
the story might not indicate it, the
game provided thrills aplenty; albeit
, not as dashing as the, opening; game
of the league a week, before. The
shopmen lacked physical stamina and
wind, to cope with the highs success
. fully. For five minutes at the start
. the Geddes prodegies played the high
jbchool to a standstill viciously;' were
cn the offensive and were playing
: rings around the high school., Then
. their, pace slackened and the highs
speeded up and before the first half
was over, the scholastics had a good
lead that .increased toward the end
as the team got its old time Bnap and
rpeed into smooth running. .-, Coach
Olsan'a men found, the basket with
. more accuracy too, toward the , last
and had the Shopmen , completely non
r hissed, for they couldn't keep i the
pace. . The high school quint has the
advantage over all the other teams
. in the league in the matter of phy
. sical fitness and this advantage was
manifest last night. ; v ..
The ' splendid form shown while
they were steamed up at the start,
convinces the, fans, of whom mo.iy
were out last night, that the shops
will be in the race at the finish for
the building; though largely inexpert
enced, they have determination and
ambition that is bound to win for
them in the end.
' f The 'Wore; , ' - -High
School.
Field Free Total
v Goals Throws Points
Carpy, f 4 , 0 - 8
M. Larsen, f 3 0 ' '6
Bean, e ,9 0 18
Woods, g . : 1 0 2
E. Rosenbaum, g-f 4 ' . 3 ' 11
J. Rosenbaum, f . .8 ' , 0 . ' 6 '
Larsen, g 0 ,0 . 0 ,
Totals .. .24"" .. 3 61 ;
Shopmen. ' ' -v
1 , Field Free 'Total
Goals Throws Points
'Crawley, f 1 ; 2 4
Read, f 0 4 4 ,
Horstman, g-c ... .0 - 0 0
Courtney, g . . .. . .0 - 0 ' 0
i StanBfield, c ... ...0 0 . 0
.-. Robertson, e . . . ;. .0 . 0 0
Geddes, g ........0 0 0
Total ,...1 .v 6 8
. Referee Williamson, Umpire
Spiker, Scorer McEachron. Fouls
called On High School 16; on Shop
.. men 17.
Hereafter the league games will be
played in the Y. M. C. A, gymnasium
making slightly mor convenient for
: the fans. . . , V
Monday night of next week the M.
J. A. and the M. I. A. girls will jour,
ney to Union by special train to meet
the teams at Union. In many re
' spects this is the climax of the M. I.
A. schedule, for Union and the M. I.
.A. . have rivalry by the acres, and
every team in the state which has
played at Union dreads the contest
on the slippery court A big attend
ance la needed to pay expenses on the
special train which the M. I. A. have
contracted. ' t .
... i , ' ' ". 1 ' ':, '
The high schoo. Ave pots to Cove
tomorrow night to pley Cove high.
The Cherry, Pickers gavo Union a
v:ft run and it will likeiv be a stood
gi-me tha! will res.i't Friday night.
Next week the locals expect to play
Wallowa, Enterprise and Joseph, in
the order named. . ,
FOREIGN TRADE
PLANS DRAFTED
MEN OF INTERNATIONAL RE
PUTE TAKE PART.
CITY LIEH PRIORITY SUIT
(Continued irom rage 1.)
"Near East" , Trade and War Prob
; s lems Discussed by Many.
' Clabby Vs. Glbbw Tonight.
Milwaukee, Wis., I n,. ..Jimmy
t Jibby and Mike Gltbous are tched
i ' to mej. mti.t ' a -i round
.t. A di isive i I cithr? "inn
wi'- do muci to clear up thi question
o suprema.u tu middleweight di-
Sen. ". - , - ' ' '
... 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
the Gardinier building. Adv. :
Stage or Car Fare Paid.
To students enrolling for the mid
winter term, paytngfour months tui
tion in advance Write for particu
lars. , BAKER BUSINESS COLLEGE.
W. P. KINOM, Prop.
Adv. 12 26 e o d tf.
All accounts owing to the Geo. A.
Anderson company are now in the
hands of M. V. Mefford for collec
tion, and parties owing the company
can pay their accounts at the old lo
cation of the company in the Gardi
nier building. Adv. 1 2 tf .
St. Louis, Jan. 21. With-considerable
emphasis placed upon the sub
ject of interference , with American
congress, the National Foreign Trade
Convention begins today the first, cf
a, two days' Constructive conferonce
upon foreign trade conditions. Com
mercial, industrial, 'financial, . and
transportation men are . represented
among the delegates and speakers.'.
John Bnssett Moore, formerly com. ,
sellor to the State Department;; will
speak' on "Problems Arising in, Wai
and Commerce," an address based up
on a close study of the subject a.ii
dealing with the present controversy
between belligerent' toou:ries .-' and
neutral shippers. ;; His address will be
discussed by men1 like D, W. kpmp:
nai of the Galveston Cotton Exchanj,'.
and, Henry Howard, vice-president of
the Merrimac Chemical Company of
Botton. '
.; Trade opportunities with the Nenr
'ast . will be described by J. . Wy"i
Brown, executive secretary - of i, the.
American Chamber of Commerce for
the Levant at Constantinople. Brown
i.l making a special trip to the Uni
ted States to organize branches . of
the Levant Chamber in cities of the
rank of New. York, Boston, Detroit,
Chicago, Baltimore, :. : New. Oreltan3,
and this city. Brpwn' says that con
ditions in the near future will furn
irh aCl unusual chance, for American
exporters. 1 ':y.:y:y? ; :
; The difficulties of the smuller
manufacturers, and producers are to
be considered at the conference by a
discussion, "Problems of the smuller
iranufacturers and merchant in de
veveloping foreign trade," with W.
C. Downs . United States commercial
attache for Australasia, , as leader.
He will be followed by such experts
ab H. C. Lewis, manager of the Na
tional Paper and Type Company and
C. D. Mitchell, of the Chattanooga
Plough company. .- "' . -V
Tha merchant marine is on the pro
gram for discussion by James J.- Hill
and Welding Ring, ex-president of
the New York Produce Exchange. v
Educators like Prof. Edwin F. Gay,
Dean of the Graduate School of busi
ness administration at Harvard Uni
versity, Prof. J. . W. . Jenks of New
York University and ; Prof. . G, L.
Swiggett of the University of Ten
nessee and bankers . like , James B.
Forgan of Chicago, Benjamin Joy of
Boston, James K. Lynch of San
Francisco and A. W. Ferguson gen
eral manager of R. G. Dunn & Com
pany are on the program.
The opening address will be de
livered by Secretary of Commerce W.
C. 'Redfield and James vA. Farrell,
president of the United States Steol
Corporation will speak on genoral
foreign trade conditions. ', Other
prominent men will be heard in short
speeches and the conference will be
divided into small sections for prac
tical, .work..
NOTICE.
I want to imform the public that I
am the manager of the Palace Res
taurant and aU bills must be approv
ed by me.
LOW YOUNG,
Adv. 1 21 tf.
High Grade Job Printing cost no
BMra than the other kind. Observer.
pointed to handle the Beaver Creek
sinking fund, were discussed by the
commission, . Within a short time
there will be close to $50,000 in bonds
and warrants in that fund and as. it
is now being Handled by the ;lty
treasurer, it is impojaible to handli
the account in tho most expeditiouc
manner. . ..( ;
The cost of providing bonds for u
trustee or added bonds for the civ,'
treasurer to protect the fund pruppr
ly, is about equal but. under a tr.is
tec system, the accounts could '. be
bandied much more easily, it is said,
und the auditor points out, more sys
tematically. No final action was tuK
,en by the commissioners, all of whom
were present and discussed the sit
uation. ';''. ;.:.:.:, '. ':
Reports from the city library, filed
iby Miss ' Ivy Head, librarian, were
read,;, showing, the work of the year.
During 12 months 5,115 . children's
books were loaned out, and 10,685
adults loaned' books, making a .total
of 15,800 books taken out of; the li
brary during, the year , The attend
ance for the year 'was 2389. ' It
was necessary to repair 937, books: to
r. greater, or, lesser; degree lif,:::;;;..',
' Reports from 'the various 'depart
ments were filed, one from Superin
tendent . Hoyt showing that it .cost
$222 to thaw out' frozen water pipes
during he year. -..Vr. '.'.;
' General , Manager's report for the
week ending -January . 16th.-
' The police arrested 16 besides four
state cases. Four worked on streets
rnd excavating under the building.
Three fines were suspended, one case
Was dismissed, two women and three
men were paroled and three were in
in jail over Sunday. '" Sleepers 15,
fines $106.00. .The raid on a house
for immoral conduct netted two $25.
fines paid and two suspended. , The
police could do more along this line
if citizens would report promptly,
questionable actions. The police
could then secure the evidence before
those involved could get away.: This
in time would avoid the necessity of
asking the informant to 'testify or
furnish the evidence for prosecution.
.:, The street ', superintendent spent
$87.93 for labor taking carei of the
streets and hauling gravel to . bad
cross walks. Of this $36.00 was pris
on labor. Paid $5.48 for two catch
basin covers, 30 cents nails and 50
cents for hauling tools to, fix chimney
city hall. Considerable work has been
done excavating under the city build
ing for the prospective heating plant.
' The water . superintendent spent
$10.02 repairing phone line to Beaver
Creek intake, $2.88 on shut off work
and $11.50 taking stock.
The recorder collected ? 106.00 fines
and .forfeitures, $47.77 . on sewer
Adams to Jefferson with $5.80 inter
, est on same, $40.00 for an. old hose
I cart and $1.50 for three building per
mits., .The, recorder .issued pop corn
license on treasurer receipt for $25.
two electricians licenses on $40.00 re
ceipts and two plumber licenses on
$40.00 receipts, two dray licenses on
receipts for $45.00. He issued war
rants for $1289.18 for bills allowed
and $55.00 on labor certificates. Also
warrant for $411.64 ; for ; judgment,
costs and interest in case of Ryder
vs. City, $13.50 warrant on Park Fund
per voucher No. 24.
The treasurer received $1.50 for
three electrical permits, $20.00 for
four drays, $25.00 for five deliveriup,
S40.00 for two plumbers annual, $40.
for two electricians annual licenses
and $25.00 for quarter license on pop
corn wagon. He received $551.55 im
provement installments, $344.65 imp.
interest and $476.21 water rent. He
paid $585.00 imp. dist. interest, $97.71
water warrants, $13.00 Park war
rant, $420.64 Contingent warrants,
$3699.57 called general warrants with
$383.98 interest on same and 'bought
two road warrants for $87.00, for
the B. C. ''Sinking fund as pe resolu
tion No. 157.
The city is made defendant in a
mortgage forclosure suit in .'an ef
fort to make the mortgage a prior
lien. If the courts should hold to this
view it will cause some 'loss on a few
liens now on the books and it will
prevent all ' improvement hereafter.
All people would have . to do i.i to
i mortgage their property - to relatives
,or business associates.
.This is contrary to public policy.
Respectively submitted,
F. J. LAFKY,
t ' . . General Manager.
' TEARS, IDLE TEARS.
. Tears, Idle tears. I kuow uot -
what they mean.
Tears from the depth of some
-v divine despair - . s
Rise in the heart and gather in '
the eyes,
In looking on the . happy ait
' tuinn field '.
And thinking of the days that
: ' : are no more.
Fresh as the flrst beam glittering L
. on a sail , r... .
Toat brings our friends up from
the underworld.
-Sad as the' last which reddens '
'. over one --
That sinks with all we love be-
' low the verge; ''
SO isad. so fresh, the duy that
are no more. , ; ;.
r ... .. . .- -v' ', - ,' t. v.. '.:'
Ah, sad and strange as in dark .
: . summer dawns i
The earliest pipe of half awak-
ened 'birds -
To dying ears, when unto dying
eyes
. The casement slowly grows a
glimmering square;
Sit sad, so strange, the days that
: are no more. '
Dear as remembered kisses aft
ter death '
And sweet as those by hopeless
fancy feigned, ' 1
On lips that are for others; deep
as love,
Deep as flrst love and wild with .
' all regret :
Oh, death Id life, the day that
are no more!
Alfred Tennyion. -
THE WORD "WINTER."
8aid to' Have Originally Indicated Wet
' . nesa, Not Coldness. -
There is a prevailing Impression that
there is something iu the word "win
ter" that signifies cold, and the sea.
sou Is usually associated with the Idea
of low; temperature, but where .the
word ; originated there was little of
winter as we understand It,' while
there was a great deal of moisture at
the time the earth was nearest to the
sun, so that it Is not the temperature,
but the atmospheric condition that baa
given us the word. : 1 f
The word "winter,"' ntt we use it, is
found with but slight modifications la
nil the branches of the Aryan ' lan
guages, for the Idea of wetness asso
ciated with the .seasou was given to It
before the Aryan family was divided.
. If we go to the root of the word we
flud "wad.", with the slgnlUcattou of to
wash out, or to moisten, or to make
wet Our Aryan ancestors used that
root to apply to all conditions of
moisture, -and ninny words besides
winter have grown out of It, wet and
water being among them. .
This root "wad" Is In the Sanskrit aa
"udan," water. Anglo-Saxon has "wae
ter," and in Latin we have "unda,"
wave, from whleu we get our "Innn
date." . . Y :' -.
' Our Danish and Swedish cousins
changed the "w" into a "v" and have
"vlnter." . In Icelandic it Is "vetir,"
and the old bigb German has "win
tar," and It Is "winter" In German.
Those four words are a11 from the
Teutonic base "wata." which means
wet. So it has been moisture that has
liep.i' Indicated from the birth of the
root on which all of the different words
In a dozen languages have grow.
New York Herald. .. ..
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THE FORUM
Where Every One Has His Say
Haalehurst, Ga., Jan. 12. (To the
Editor.) Have been in the Southland
eight dayB. They've each contributed
in abundance to dairing, adventure
and recreation. We've bagged game of
almost every description native to the
swamps of the South. Every day we
have had a chase with the hounds,
which art) very successful. , .
We leave here 15th inst. going far
into Florida. Ibe weather is un
usually warm. Just outside the win
dow near where I write stands a beau
tiful orange tree. A few feet distant
our eyes pleasantly ' gaze . upon a
sweet jesamine, a fifteen minutes
walk will bring us beneath the shades
of a thousand or more magnolias. The
foliage of the above mentioned, ex
cept the orange, is so thick it is easy
to keep dry in the heaviest rains.'
Here in the land of nature's sweet
repose wa are blessed with Spring,
Summer and Autumn. Three in one,
f o to speak. The landscape is cover
id with green fresh vegetation. The
?wy rays beat down on us like Oregon
Summer, while everywhere we be
hold evidence of Autumn by the fall
ing of the leaves of a great number of
trees in the orchards and forest.
" Indeed it is a pleasure to be alive
in this' country if we judge alone
from what nature has bequeathed to
us.
K. DYAL.
A Good Place to Buy
All wool sample sweaters regular
retail values 4.50 & $5,00 $1 .98
Men's Suspenders of good quality
Men's Hats up to date $1.00
Men's 1 .25 and 1 .50 Sample Dress
Gloves 65c
Men's Felt and Leather House
Slippers $1.00
Women's fur top JulieU alo leather JulieU 65c
Men'g S.00 Dres Shoeg 'Sample and Stock' S3.6S
Men's Heavy and Drew Leather Mittens . ' - 50c
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A NECESSITY. ALL OTHER METHODS OF CREAT
ING " ARTIFICIAL light were unsatisfactory. Candles
wer dim and unreliable; gas, dirty and dangerous; kero
sent, dull, smoky, odorous and also dangerous to health
and property. Whea elctric lights were introduced there
was but one drawback. They cost considerably more than
other lights. . Thai objection has been overcome and elec
tric light are now the moat economical at well as the
most satisfactory light.
Eastern Oregon light & Power Co.
TelephoneMain 34
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