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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1915)
MC kii'iWVtiSil0,'iJI SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1915. PAGEbU LA GHANDE EVENING OBSERVER FRED GILBERT SHOOT DRAWS SUMMERVILLE TO SEND IN A, DELEGATION Cup Is Promised La Grande, Though Supply is Exhausted Tomorrow at 1 o'clock, all Ln Grande contestants who wish to par ticipate in the Fred iiilhert anni versary shoot at Island City wili find transportation awaiting them. These jitneys will leave the Bert Hughes" store, on depot street at that hour and the shoot beings at 1:30 o'clock. A crowd is coming up from Summerville too, so that thare will be an inter-town color to the shoot. ' ' Big Cup Awarded. : The winner of the big shoot will be presented with a fine trophy from the DuPont people whe are arra ig ing the anniversary. Claude Macitey has receive 1 word from the facto: y that cup will be prrvided for La Gran!- thiouih a special order, unci also Informed Mr. Mackey that the demarrl for hese cups was so great the original supply was exhauster long ago. These shoot, are held in i rnptirallv c ery town where bi'io- i " ' a sum i. Mil l.-V' ami mm I KiW A II II nun i i ii ii Immm UK UK . lift . mm : t v r s I rocks .are shot av, either, tomorrow or the week following. A conservative estimate shows there .are at least, ur.e-r'ulf mil, Ion trap shooters in tne country and it U safe to say :!:st h luory wj H cords of Fred U'ljert, ihe great eit trapshot who e.'ir onterod ihe fcume are famili.:'1 to all. Twenty years ago, in October 1895, to be exact, Fred Gilbert, a product of the prairies around Spirit Lake, Iowa, and entirely unknown and unheard of outside his own precinct, made his debut to the shootine came at Balti more, Md., and in the contest for) the World's Championship he van quished a field of the best shots ever gathered together, and instant ly ascended the ladder leading to the topmost ' niche . in the hull of trap- shooting fame, from which, it is c: reeded by all, he has never bsen removed, as, in all the years that have past, his equal has not ' been produced, and very likely never will be. -. - ' '. v..::- To properly commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of Mr. . Gil bert as a shoo er, a gigantic nation wide celebration has been arranged in his honor. 6n Ma.ch 17th he will attend a complimentary shoot and dinner in Wilmington, Delaware, at which a large 'number of pronun ent trapshooters will be present from all sections of the country. To give the eun clubs throughout the coun try, where Mr, Gilbert is so popular. an opportunity of participating in the affair, a silver loving cup, suit ablv inscribed, has been offered as prize to clubs that will hold a "Fred Gilbert" shoot on any date during the period from March 13 to March 20th, both days inclubive, and have at least ten shooters, and the local gunners have made application for and received one of these trophies gnd will hold a shoot for it, as 500 other clubs throughout the United States and Canada. ' Mr. Gilbert has long been known as "The Wizard of Spirit Lake", and a wizard with the shoigun he has been. His records covering the twenty years he has been a shooter iiave never bear. .equalled, and for si consecutive years he won the high average for the year, ever thousand of Oiiier shooters, sn unapproachable feat. ' THEY SAY THE BIG FEJ LOW WILL BE GREAT THIS YEAR. "A rood tira in like a man' who la fit. If he's too fat he can't be rlght That's the way with a . I tire. Hit has more than Just enough rubber, it is like a man who Is too fat. If it has'nt enough rub ber it is weak ened. Dia mond Tires have just the , right amount of good tough rubber neither too much nor too Utile to make them right The wonderful record made by Diamond Tires la?j ""year- proves that they are right structurally. It proves that the materi-, als we put into Diamond Tires! have the weight, strength and wearing qualities that combine ito give the most economical mileage in actual service. Recently we conducted a test by mail to find out what jobbers and tire dealers had to say about 1914 Diamond Tire records. The hundreds of let ters received from them show that Diamond Tires have more than made good. - These letters from dealers in all parts of the country, show that Diamond Tires in 1914 established a service record which stands supreme. We have put these let ters into a book. They furnish con crete evidence of the big mileage Diamond users get and the free dom from tire troubles they enjoy. Write to Akron, Ohio, for this : remarkable book of-letters. It's a wallop! and we want you to have a copy. SPORT NEWS W. C. Kelly was last evening elect ed captain of the 7:15 business men's volley ball team at the Y. M. C. A, Mr. Kelley will next week pick the six men who will represent the claS' the following week in a match game with the. 5:15 business mens class, Both teams have good material from which to draw and no one is willing at this time to make o guess as to the winner. Anvone who has watched either class at play knows that good time will be enjoyed by both players and spectators when the two picked teams meet. It is expected that the 5:15 class will select its captain next Tuesday. .. , ' . "Admiral" Dewey, trackman, bas ketball fiend, baseball and . football player at O. A. C, has been employed by The Dalies high school to take charge of athletics. That he will make a go of it, seems assured. He quit college to take the work. BOWLING NOTES The Junior board's challenge the senior board of the Y. M. C. to take the youngsters on in a bowl ing match, has to date gone unheed ed ihe youngo. Lwiu is still con fident that it may bring about i match. luesday evening Cove bowlers who stood the La Grande adults on their eyebrows in a handicap matcn a lew tiuys ago, will again take on the Clerks, at the Club Allies. Meet at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Mar 13. A two mile relay race beiwcn the teams of Cornell, Princeton and University of Pennsylvania will bo Mio feature of the annual indoor athletic meen of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association at Duquesne Garden tonight. . Pittsburgh Auto Show Pittsburgh, Mar. 13 Under aus pices of the Automobile Dealers of Pittsburgh the tenth annual automo bile show in this city opened today at Motor Square Garden. It will continue for one week, Despite Its prestige in the manu facturing world there is no represen tative Pittsburgh car. In connec lion with the exhibit it is possible that leading Pittsburghers mav eet togeiner in an effort to have Henry rora make distinction between - the curs which he will manufacture shortly in his big new plant here and tnose made elsewhere, so that Pitts lit addition to the extraordinary mileage burgh may have its name carried and freedom from trouble that you get j about by the rubber-tired speeders, in Diamond Squeegee Tread Tirca, you j can buy them at the following f m FAIR-LIST " PRICES : 3u- Diamond SbV Diamond SqtMege Squace 30x3 $ 9.45 34x4 $20.35 30 s 314 12.20 36x414 28.70 32x3)4 14.00 37x5 33.90 33x4 20.00 1 38x54 46.00 PAY NO MORE L mmmm Call for Bids. Notice is hereby given, that the County Court of Union County, Ore gon, will receive bids for furnishing and delivering 100 cords of 3 foot, 'J inch, yellow pine or red fir wood, cut from green timber, free from limbs, such wood to be delivered and corded in the basement of the Court House at La Grande, Oregon, on or before October 1, 1915. All bids to be filed with the County Clerk on or before April 8, 1915. and to be accomirinied by a certified check amounting to five per cent of the bid. The court reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. ED. WRIGHT, , ' County Clerk. Dly Wed. Sat. 3-10, to 4-8. ' .' - s A yy v v 1 ' I : . - f V; V -. 1 II 111 Al 1 I Al 1 1 d to Manager Rowland of the Chicago White Sox declares Ed wVUb, the great spit-baller. will stage a "come-back" this season. Will Itef If ho does, look out. They said that last year and he didn't', bui-tntf big fellow has been working hard all winter and really looks food according to reports from Paso Robles, Cal., where - the team . to training.-. . " "" a ' TRACK WORK BEGINS WITH DATE SET CROSS-COUNTRY Miami Bycycle 9 " This is the newest thing out in bicycles. Come in and see the new band brake. Works like a motorcycle. Fin est machine on the market. Fully warranted. See my show window this week.; F. D. HAISTEN the sole work thus far with special-1 izing stunts to come in due time. .. .. Road Race April 3. On the third of April the first real cross country held here in a good many years will be put on. ihe en tries, and that includes all candi dates for the team, will start from the high school, run. to the mouth of Deal Canyon, back to C street, over to Third and to the high school,, and repeat, making a three mile curse First, second and . third will draw har.dsome prizes, and all finishers are to be recognized in some suitable way. For this event &li are failing at present. " - Eastern Oregon Meet Here. The Eastern Oregon scholasti comes to La Grande this Spring and will be held the first Saturday in May; according to present plans. A Conkey's running and all Oregon in stitutions ' of higher learning art anxious to get their letters on him. It he repeats this year his future will be all the brighter. . Captain Huff, Larson, 'Jimmie Rosenbaum, Earl Reynolds and Jacobson are some of the old-timers who were point winners last year, and these veterans wilkset the pace for the neophytes this spring. Others who - are trying out for the team are:' J. Andrews, V. Adcook, W. Bean, C. Bradley, C. Brooks, F. Clark, L. Chenault, F. Carroll Theo. Edvalson, Carl Evalson V. Forbes, Arnold Ferrin, H. Hortsman, H. Hopkins, C. Ingle, J. Kerr, Lynn Larson, R. Layman, F. Murry,. G. Mc Donald, Eugene Moon, F. Monk house, H. Moon, H. Newton, H. Pier son, Earl Rosenbaum, Joe Reynolds Fred Rees, L. Russell, P. Stafford, plnceo are calling, and 42 students of the high school have answered the greatest turnout for spring track work that La Grands liac seen in its history. Within two or three weeks when the work becomes strenuous. misfits will fall out, but at the still be twice the size, probably, of anything it has ever hoen. -' . " Renolds to Open Season Charles Reynolds, mentor in foot ball, is going to try his hand at train- upon whom the collegiate eyes of the ,"' . n,i . uij ...iii'u reo Kees, : t,. nusseu, r. oh r. ""'T""0'"" "'" Chester Thompson. L. Wright, Mutt ' E Hahn, exlMichigan rLZ, E. versity and Olympic . printer, - will j Williamson and F.. oung. . . L ..i L Ml t-ll. 1. ' - . - nci. us starter unu win prouuuiy m mg jumpers, hurdlers and sprinters, j Northwest is focused this year. Dur He has outlined a course of training ing the intorseholnstic at Wallowa for the early season, and the stu- last year, the writer was - in the dents are already at work upon thu Willamette vallev and his time was height of the season the squad will ; sport diet. Road work constitutes ' kept busy explaining the feature of the referee as well.: The . doughty little sprinter from Michigan . Uni versity, is a Wisconsin man by birth but drifted to ' the Wolverine state and there cleaned up the middlewest along about 1902 and 03. There is a small nucleus of last year's . team to. work on, principally Glen, Conkey the premier sprinter Read the advertisements. 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