MONDAY MARCH. 13, 1916.
PAGE SIX
LA ORAXDE EVENING OBSEKVEB
ItEFKKEK FOB THE $2,333 !
mum
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mi.n vte fight. 1 mmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
FIVE BEATEN
PACK El) HOUSE AT COVE SAT-
UKDAY NIGHT.
"Lynx" Larson Next High School
Captain Game This Evening.
Won Lout
5Lu Grande . 3 1
Jmbfer 3 3
Union .....2 . 8
Cove .2 3
Hurh Valloy, a. team near
which has trimmed about everything
it met thus far, itched for a game with
the La Grande M. I. A., and got it
Saturday night. The game was play
ed at Cove before a packed house and
, the score was 76 to 36 in favor of
the 1m Grande team. .
.
This evening the strong Cove M
I. A., team meets the La Grande M. 1
A. team at the L. D. S. amuscmen
' Jmll for one of the last games of the
Union stake league which has re
suited in some great games, this win
ter, and close .Interest everywhere
The L Grande M. I. A. team in this
league ban Lars en and Petersen,
an effort to hold each team to about
a par. The contest tonight will
draw a large attendance it is antici
pated.
i
Peppiy basketball with such
speed that few mature teams could
keep up with it, was played at the
Y. M. C. A. Saturday evening be
tween the Union M. 'I. A Juniors and
the La Grande all-Star Junions. The
Union team won. "While a few of the
ipkiyers approach maturity all but ia
couple were midgets, and though
young, have greater speed than most
adults, and demonstrated youth can
threw baskets from long angles as
well as fullgTowns can. Union pull
ed away in the second half and de
served to win for they have the bet
ter team. The Union squad included
TVnxlice Wariigam, Roy and Ray
Scarborough, Eastman Metcalf and
Norman Compton. The La Grander
consisted of Clifford Horstman, Park
Taylor, Joe Corbett, Fred Kivette,
Junius Ken-in, "Judo" Ash, Grant
redde, Snider and others.
. ...'
l-nrsen Basketball Chief.
' The final ending of the high' school
basketball season came last Friday
owning when the members of the
team met and elected "Lynx" Lar
son, captain for 1916-17. "Lynx" is
Junior in school and one of the
ipopular members of his class, lie
played forward on the team the first
part of the season but later was
switched to guard and f illed both posi
tions creditably. He is also a foot
IbniU and track man, and is rated as
one or tne ibest all around men in
school. Prospects for a good team
next year are bright, although Huff
nd Bean, two of the mainstays of
this year's team will lie lost by grad
uation. Besides Oapt-elect Larson,
McDonald, Adcock, Reynolds, Miller
dng, Rosenbaum, and Johnson will be
on hand to uphold the blue and white.
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Cove ' V, 1 V I J I
n II 1 3 V S f -w3 - -1 I m
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'" '. Charley White in Two Poses in the Ring.
White has counted out many, but foe
never before had an opportunity to
count out a man who was fighting; in
a contest which cost the promoter
$2,333 a minute, as this one will. The
men will, battle 80 minutes or less
if one is knocked out for $70,000.
These photographs show Charley
White, referee for the WiHord-Moran
ten 'round bout, promoted by Tex
Rickard, in action in the ring. One
picture shows his usual attitude when
watching the fighters and the other
shows him counting out the man who
has gone down. In his long career
f fc. AUTOMOBILE NEWS.
Two officials of the 0-W machine
shops and roundhouse have purchased
Maxwell fours nnd anotlher employee
there has entered the auto-owning
clans by purchasing a Dodge.. J. M.
Burley, general foreman of the loco
motive department in the La Grande
shops, and A. S, Duryca, foreman of
the roundhouse, each looked over the
uftomolile field and applied t'heiir
utechanlcal knowledge to prospective
buys. Agent Bob Leighton closed a
deal with both of them. The two of
ficials each bought a Maxwell four,
' Australia .is probably less affected
in a business way by the groat Euro
pean war than any part of the British
Empire, according to Robert J. Lewis,
who arrived in 'San Francisco the
other day on his way to Detroit. Mr.
'liowis is lioad of a firm which hand
les an umisunl combination of lines
Automobiles, corsets nnd pianos.
;So far as his businoss is concerned,
Mr. Lewis finds more to bewail in
the Panama Cnrtal slides than in the
war. "When the big avnhincho of
earth hit the Culebrn Cut three
chips, oach with a large numlcr of
antes toboard consigned to Ixw-i.V
firm, were tied up for many weeks
end tiio Australians were almost
forced out of business through in
ability to make deliveries and meet
the heavy demand for the American
mude cur.
"The automobile business is handled
in Australia vary much as It is handled
in the iStates" said Mr. Lewis. "Some
of our firms sell carsv on time, others
demand cash; some make trades, oth
ers will not accept used cars as pnrt
payment on new ones.
"American accessory firms, such as
tire and battery manufacturers, nr
also beginning to see the advisability
of having sorvico stations in the Anti
podes. Over in Australia we have half
a dozen accessory houses far larger
than anything of the kind in this
country so it is natural tljit a full sup
ply of American made goods must be
alwnvs on hand to meet tno demand.
"The principid trouble with all
American made goods right now is in
fretting them. The great scarcity of
freight carrying vessels mis handi
capped us materially, for there is
plenty of market when we have the
goods to deliver."
Gasoline From Shale
In view of the ever-Increasing de
mand for gasoline and the -increase in
price of crude oil, from which it is
obtained, it is important to know that
an almost inexihausMblo supply of oil
may bo obtained from the shale of
'jrthwestern Colorado, northeastern
Utah, and southwestern Wyoming.
This shale contains materials which
Ihcn heated, may be coaivorted into
crude oil, gasiand anioriu. The high
coat of distilling oil from shule as
compared to the cost of producing oil
fliom wells has thus far prevented the
development in this country of such
an industry and may continue to pre
vent it for somo time, but. sooner or
Inter tlbtis great source of supply will
bo utilized to supplement the decreas
ing production from thti regular oil
fialds.
The oil fields derived from the' shale
is simiilar to that which is being pro
duced from wells in the United Stutes
at the rato of more tJban 250,000,000
barrels a year. When refined ordin
ary methods the shale oil yields an
average of about 10 per cent gaso
line, 35 per cent kerosene, and a large
amount of paraffin. The yield of
gasoline from the shale may probably j
be largely increased by the use of,
rofiinmg methods especially designed
for that purpose. The gas, which is
a very good illuminating gas, win
purhivis be sufficient to furnish all
the heat required to distill the crude
oil fiiom the shalo.
Tha ammonia Is a most valuable
by-product of the distillation and may
bo utilized in the manufacture of com
mercial fertilizer or otJher nitrogen
compounds, ns the nuirket demands.
The United States Geological Survey
has examined large areas of the shale
in Colorado, Utah, and Wyomhig and
has mndo many distillation te&U.
Somo beds of shale that are several
feet thick will yield more than a bar
rel of oil to tine ton of shale, and one
bod (i inches thick will yield more than
two barrels of crude oil to tho ton of
shale. One ton of this shale should
therefore present nearly 10 gallons
of gasoline by the present commercial
methods of gasoline extraction, and
larger yields may bo made possible
by new mebhods.
Little attention has been paid to
this shulo because the quantity of
petroleum produced from wells in the
United States has been sufficient to
satisfy all demands, but for more
than 00 years the oil shale indusbry
of Seotlund has been n very im
portant one. In a recent year more
Khan 8,000 men were employed in the
industry in thnt country, yet the av
crago yield of oil per ton of shale
was much less than that which ap
pears possible from tho shale of Colo
rado land Utah. It ia esti
mated that in Colorado alone there is
sufficient shale, in beds 3 feet or more
thick and richer than the shale being
mined in Scotland, to yield twenty
billion barrels of crude oil, ; from
which nt Insist two billion barrels of
gasoline may be extracted by ordin-j
ary refining processes. r
As was stated in the' recent reply
of Secretary Iane to a Senate reso
lution on the subject of gasoline:
"The development of this enormous
resoi-ve simply awaits the time when
the price of gasoline or the demand
for other distillation products war
rants the utilization of this substitute
souSce. Tills may happen in tho fu
ture. At all events these shales are
likely to be drawn upon long before
the exhaustion of tho petroleum
fields."
"L" club is created
Aimounceinnieinit
. Since buying the store formerly owned by Fred Geibel I have interested
with me & T. Hill and Virgil Bolton who need no introduction to the
people of La Grande and in the future this store will be known oa HILL b
DEPT. STORE. 1
It is certainly gratifying to know the almost untversial interest which is
being shown in the opening of this store and in making this announce
ment vre want to say that THIS STORE is YOUR STORE. Its policy
is dictated and directed by YOUR DEMANDS. It will grow only by
pleasing you and we intend to see that eveiy dollar spent here weighs a
full one hundred cents of value. New Goods are rapidly arriving. They
were never before so lovely, so full of novelty, so interesting. We want
you' to see these goods whether you have a thought of purchase or not.
For Spring dress the new fabrics make varied and beautiful decorative ef
fects and the suits, wraps and millinery give vivid portrayal of the styles
for Spring.
We expect to have some store news in this paper every day this year.
Every article mentioned we want you to learn to know will be as it is
represented and every price a money saver.
We expect to make QUALITY and PRICE the foundation of our business
That HONEST QUALITY that comes with IT the assurance of last
ing satisfaction. One word more WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS.
Hill's Department Store
W. S. PARKER, Manager.
GREAT INSTITUTION CITED
CHRISTIAN CHURCH . PASTOR
EXPOUNDS SCRIPTUKE.
JESS ANDREWS PRESIDENT OF
NEW INSTITUTION.
Mvn Who Have Made Athletic His
tory Are Charter Members.
An organization consisting of ath
letes who have played on the various
teams has been prefected by the local
high schoolers. The object of the
club is for the promotion of athletics
and to give aid to the athletic asso
ciation. The membership consists of
men who have- played at least one
half In footlbull or basketball, and
earned a point in the annul eastern
Oregon track meet. The "L" club is
the name chosen by the members,
and at an election held last week the
following wore chosen for this year's
officers. Jess Andrews, president;
"Hap" Moon, vice president; Ctlenn
Conkey, lsw.retalrytTeaRurer,. The
charter mpmbcrs of the "L" are,
Andrews, Moon, Conkey, Huff, Iar
son, Rosenbaum, McDonald, Chenault,
Bonn, Millering, Reynolds, Adcock,
Forbes nnd Holmes.
WANT QUARANTINE RAISED
Illinois Livestock Inl-rcsts Ask Re
strictions Removed.
Salam, Ore.. March 10. the au
thorities of Illinois have petitioned
the state livestock sanitary board to
lift a quarantine imposed against the
shipment of stock from that state to
Oregon because of the foot and
mouth disease, and the board will
consider it at a meeting to be held
m Medford on March 11.
Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterina
rian, and secretary of the board, said
today that tlhe quarantine had been
lifted as to all other ttates, and thmt
he believed the bo.ird would take
favorable action on the Illinois peti-
ti. However, all suites east of
the Mississippi and north of the
North Carolina and Tennessee boun
dary line, must still obtain permis
sion to moko shipments into Oregon,
and tihis rule will also be made to
apply bo Illinois.
The board will also consider a
draft of a tentative ordinance pre
pared for cities on the subject of
rabies. More or less trouble has
been experienced by cities in passing
ordinances sufficiently broad on the
subject.
Greatest Institution in the World"
Theme for Morning Service.
Mr. II. L. Ford, pastor of the
Christian church, preached to a large
audience Sunday morning; upon the
subject, "The Greatest Institution in
the World." The sermon dealt with
the proposition that Jesus made to
Peter as found dn Mathew's gospel, in
whkh He said He would Build His
Church, and the speaker emphasized
the following points: ,
The church was built on "Apostles
and prophets," not on a single individ
ual for Jesus claimed a. plurality of
stones for the foundations Himself
occupying the chief place.
Also tlhe church was not founded
until after the ascension of the found
er. The church was divinely named and
hence was free from modern titles.
Churches of God and Christ were
the original names given to the congregations.
Terms of admission into the church
were Faith, Repentance, Confession,
and Baptism.
The Elders were the ruling power
in the church.
No Conference or Convention could
exercise control over tlhe local church.
JOHN DAY ROAD PLANNED1,
Grant County Senator Wants Road
From Columbia Highway to Ontario
Salem, March 11. A through road
from the Columbia River highway up
John Day river to the Idaho line near
Ontario, is the plan of Senator L. V.
Stewart of Grant county.
He has written State Engineer
Lewis to ascertain the cost to the
various counties for making a contin
uous survey by the state department,
following state standards. The same
information was asked, by C. Douglas
Taylor, secretary of the John Day
Good Roads association and by W, W.
Wood of Ontario.
H. K. Donnelly, connected with the
irrigation work of the state engineers
department has left to take up work
on Burnt river and was directed to
go by .way of this proposed route and
report upon the length of proposed
road in each county, its present con
dition and how much new road is re
quired. Interested parties were in
formed that an estimate would be fur
nished immediately upon .receipt of
this report. This will result in a con-
Sign of Good Digestion.
Wlien you see a cheerful and happy
old lady you may know that she has
good digestion, ilf your digestion is
impaired or if you do not freiish
your meals take a dose of Chamber
lain's Tablets. They strengthen the
stomach, improve the digestion and
cause a gentle movement of the
bowels. Obtainable everywhere, ..
Help for Bronchial
Trouble and Cough
"Pol' Honey and Tar Compoaatl
act mac lite a food than a nodiciae."
Mr. Will G. Iiicliniond, InKlewoo,l.
Cnllt., sy: "I wish to rwommeni
olnys Honoy .-nid Tar (.'oinixjiuul us it
lias greatly benellited uia l'ur bronchial
trouble and cousli- tt iictx mo well in
harmony with nature that it H moro
lilti- iv food tlinn a medicine."
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has
a wondnrfully quick way of, Mithin;r
and healing the raw tickling sm lace -r
the throat aud bronchial tubes. It
eases the tightness over the rho-,i
raises the phlegm easily, and helps th
stubborn'. rackinK coubIi that is so ex
hausting and weakening.
It is the best medicine vo'i can lmv
and better than anything von can malt
for couBhs, colds, spasmodic croun:
whoopiiiK coupli. la urippe and brm'
clilal eoliRhs. hoarseness, tickling
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A Tribute to Grass.
The following' classic by the late
Senator John J, Ingalls, of Kansas,
has been published many times, and
is always new and fresh like the grass
that comes with the spring.
"Lying in tho sunshine among the
buttercups and dandelions of. May,
scarcely higher in intelligence than
tho minute tenants of that mimic
wilderness, our earliest recollections
are of graos r and when the - fitful
fever is ended rjid the foolish wran
gle of the 'market and forum is
closed, brass heals over the scar
which our descent into the bosom of
tho earth has made, and the carpet
of ",he infant becomes the blanket
of the dead. Grass is the forgive
ness of nature her constant bene
diction. Fields trampled with bat
tle, saturated with blood, torn with
the ruts of cannon, grow green
again with grass, and carnage is for
gotten. Streets abandoned by traf
fic become grass-grown, like rural
lanes and are obliterated. Forests
decay, hnrvests perish, flowers van
ish, but grass is immortal. Be
langy-ered by tho sullen hosts of win
ter, it withdraws into the impreg-
noble fortress of its subterranean
sideraible saving to the road depart-! J1 contains no opiates, and is acceiiubiu
ment wccnrlW t.n Mv Iwl lV,o I ?i"f"' stomach.
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additional expenses oi
Mr. Donnelly
going by this route will be small com
pared with sending an employe from
the 'highway department for this
work alone.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
WANT A FIRE TRUCK.
Enterprise Feels Need of
Means of Protection.
Better
TN'OPSIS OP THE ANNUAL STATEMENT
OK THE
British and Foreign Marine
Insurance Co, Ltd.
?,' -lvrpol, England, on til 81t dn. nr
, . " I . Capitol.
Seeking ' to give Enterprise better I A'"""'n ot caai paid up.
fire protection, the council Monday ry """""".ae;; o.ooo.o.
evening discussed a plan for buying '"'ll 'miums received during
and operating a light auto truck for ! in"V.0uTviUe,',d;',;;,;r .'-'.887.50
i , . , . . .. I relvoil .1.,.., . ... .
tne .nose, cneimcai uinir nnri nriHa t ".""",s
A move also was made for establish
ing a small fire department ,says the
Enterprise Chieftain,
The plan for the auto truck con
templates the purchase of a light car
and the construction of a box or !
bed at the back... On this the hose
could be carried, folded, as is the
practice in the hose trucks now in
use in the erties. A second hand
Income from othir n. 'J--.
cflved duriiiB the year.V....
Total Income
-IO.U'J.32
017.502.41
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v lbiluremeuts.
--. . ,.,...-n paiu Qur ii? the voar f
I Tax,. iK-cnsi-s and ' 'fe,V '
Amount of oil ,i,L-";." ' ' .'.; 33,284. S
tures
Total
18,721.72
178.730.54
1.071.477.2S
expenditures ....
Ahm.Ii,.
,. (1,801,229 78
'tie or ren p',ii,t
... . ... iic.uu ' iiunrKcl value) .... .
Ford car has been offered for $250. 1 " m'krkiri,0J'fu'(V'd '""ld owned
The truck box could be construct-! ' ' ui"r'0'iiipaniVi 'tor 1
paid louses already
I'unh In 'banka' and on hand.' .' .'
ed for around $100. Thus the in
vestment would be only about a third
of what the fire appliance manufac
turers ask for a Ford clr specially
converted into a hose and ladder
truck.
This fire truck, it was Dronosel.
should be kept in one of the garages.
The garage would see that the ma-
hmery was kept in running order.
giving it a brief workout every day
ITemluini In course of enii..ir..
lnt.-rest
crued
c-optember 30.
and routs due 'and 'ac-
,010,12000
72..H1.VS4
277.707.ril
S2T.7SB.7a
13.a37.40
vitality and emerges upon the first ; or two. The parage also would f ur-
solicitation of spring. Sown by the nish the driver.
winds, by the wandering birds
propagated by the subtle agricul
ture of the elements which are its
ministers and servants, it softens the
rude outline of the world. It bears
no blazonry of bloom to charm the
senses with fragrance or splendor,
but its homely hue is more enchant
ing than the lily or the rose. It
yields no fruit In earth or air, and yet,
should its harvest fail for a s'uigle
year,! famine would depopulate the
worW."
By this arrangement, the ohiec.
tions raised against former sugges-
tions of similar kind would be met '
and overcome. There would be no
uncertainty about the auto being in
working order when needed. It I
would be somebody's business' to see I
that it was kept in perfect order.
There would be no bungling, in case
of fire, by some inexperienced per-!
son trying to start and operate the
iniai nstetK ti t,., - . '
Total a,f(.u admitted In bra- ' ,H3'M
r t""' Uabilliie;'.- "
. ,'' out.tandln, rP.ka? " ,,,, , ,
All other liabilities " :H'?'J2
Surplus ... S.1.4M.6T
T,r,8,2
Total liabilities. Including
urplus. exclusive of di.
noflt of J2U0.00O " .,...
be; in Dwim-1 -8M-M
llnMne..' i'o Orei;,;,- ur' ,h. v ' "
Total Insurance written durin, W
'"in" .CSSV"" " d"
I'reminm, returned during' the
l.o'se paid 'during' the" 'rear' '
t-J lururred duTlngV. Jeir
Total amount of insane"
;cand lag Oregon December
111(1 1IMI
.138.071.00
48.103.2s
1SS 51)
8.630 82
S.S40.1T
MIKPIi;v
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MA RINK
a. I li.
car, as the garage would furnish the j st.l'utor? ntlSSnt1?
driver, and ha would know how ",r"" vi:nl ten""
t. C. NICHOLSON
4S7.46600
Rl'StlR-
w- 1 H. SIMPSON,
ager.
and at
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