La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 25, 1916, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextSATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1916. . I .X GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGETHREI1 . TENNIS BOXING AUTOS BOWLING S PO RT NG WANT NEW TENNIS COURT INVASION TESTING TRUCKS y. m. C. A. MEMBERS TO HAVE NEW FACILITIES. - Formation of Court on Vacant Down town Lot Seems Feasible.. ' . , " ' ' Tennis is another branch of physical exercise and recreation that is to be added to the, field and Scope of the La Grande Y. M. C. A. A half-score of tennis flans who have no tennis court home, now that the Wonzel court is being demolished to make room for lawn purposes, have already agreed to a proposition of contributing $5.00 toward the pool for the construction of a tennis court on, ithe. vacant property owned by the Y. M. C. A. adjoining the building. Thtr is yet room for a few farts who . haven't signed . up but expect to. Any Y. M. C. A. mem ber is eligible to the tennis depart ment and becomes a member by (the . payment of the $5.00 fee, while the Summer membership to the Y. M. C. A. and to the tennis club too, can be had for the sum of $7.50. The initial fees will be used to build and equip the court and thereafter members will likely have no further expense, un less probably a small assessment for current repairs from year to year. It is not the purpose of the promot ers to make the club exclusive, but must draw a limit m numbers, hence those who apply first will get the membership cards. The central location of the proposed courts, and the Y. M. C A. facilities in the way of locker rooms, shower baths and plunge, -will appeal to fans who have mo other court connections and Secretary Clark has no doubt but Iftlat there will be an overabundance of applicants. Mr. Clark will receive any application for membership with, in the next few days ait the Y. M. C. A. "We feel that this co-opcraition be- tween tennis players who belong to the Y. -M. C. A., and the institution itself, will serve to keep the member ship engaged during the hot summer when gymnasium work and indoor games are out of season'' said Mr.' Clark in speaking of the plan. To top off a day's strenuous work, it will be pretty nice to come to the Y. M. C. A., slip on tennis togs, play a set on two, take a shower and jump into the plunge." ... Blessed with concrete courts upon which play is possible and practical nine or 10 months of the year, the La Grande Tennis club members are al ready at it and the twig of racquet and whine of the (tennis ball are every, day occurences even in the middle, of March. It is probably that there will be' some arrangements made this year on various courts of the city extant and prospective for women who have (ten nis fever. . If ambitious plans now under way to that end come to a full fruition, there will be three or four dozen good racquet manipulators of the faminine ex in the city soon, in stead of a bare half dozen or dozen. The sport is rapidly gaining a tre mendous foothold in La Grande in cir ' cles of both sexes, and while a liberal number of men are becoming really proficient, a couple score of women will be taking on good "know-how" this summer unless present plans fail. ' If the Y. M. C. A., courts mature, volleyball sharks are to have the privilege weekly of staging outdoor volleyball games, and Y. M, C. a., women (members the same in fact hours are to be set aside for both men and women who might want to play either volleyball of tennis upon the courts at sudh hours las would not I usually interfere with the rank and file of the tennis club membership. . WlasMngton produces approximate ly 8 1-3 million linear feet of poles and piling, and consumes about six million linear feet. MEXICAN TROUBLE PUTS IN BIG DEMANDS White Trucks Instantly Ordered For Service Into Mexico W. E. "Ruckman, White agent (here, reports that G. A. Urquhart, Paci f ice Coast nlanager of the White com pany, is lin (receipt of telegraphic dis patches, facts which are furnished by Captain James W. Furlow, U. S. A. Cleveland, Ohio, Mardh 17th, as fol lows: "The speed wdth whsHv American industries can be .mobilized to supply the sudden needs of the United Stat es army, was demonstrated yester day when a ions distance telephone call flrom the war .department to. The wirjita Company resulted in the des patching of a special trainload of White army escort trucks to tho Mexican (border wathin twenty-four hours after the order was - placed. This special train is now speeding to ward the border under special ord ers land full wight of way, carried 28 trucKs wmcn wiu compose tlhe first motor truck company of the United States army. Twelve hours later, The wmte company toad supplied the per sonnei or tnis trucK irom a large number of employes anxious to serve. Thirty-four picked men were enlisted to aot as drivers, mechanics and truckmasters. and the comtnanv left Cleveland in a special car under command of Captain Jiames W. Fur low, U. S. A. Although the ultimate destitoatiion of the company is un known, due to the censorship, the trucks will be unloaded at El Paso and begin their active service .from that point. - ' The organization of the first motor truck company wftlioh mark the last stand of the army mule, not only dis closed the speed with whitoh military emergencies can be met, but revealed the degree of preparedness . main tained by America's largest motor truck manufacturer. "Following the telephone order for equipment, the White Company was able to put the 28 trucks under a se vere road teat, load tihem on freight cars and start the train in less tnnn 24 hours. Almost simultaneously, the bodies for these trucks were shibned from the Quartermaster depot of Jef fersonville, Indiana. The bodies to be mounted on these trucks are the reg ulation army field wagon bodies that tyre familiar to most people'and simi lar to ttniose used m Cuba, the 1'hil llpines, Alaska and Ohiina. They are to be mounted on chassis of 1 1-2-ton capac'ty and will be fitted with .the reirulation bows and canvass covers which; have been characteristic of the filed wagons heretofore) drawn fay mules. ' ' , ' ' "THese, trucks will catey three times as much as a six mule team under the conditions to be encountered in Mexico and will be particularly valuable on long marches, inasmuch as they do not have to carry the great quanti ties of fodder (required toy mules. . "Each of tile three assistant .truck masters will haye ctiarge of nine trucks. To facilitate the supervision of this equipment the truck-masters will be equipped wiilth motor cycles." . TIGERS-GIANTS MEET DEALER HAS FIVE MAKES AL DANIELS GOES INTO BUSI NESS "BIG" Cole, Marmon, Ford Truck, Reo and Chevrolet His Lines . Ty Cobb and Kauff Will Meet For First Time In Years Dallas, Tex., March 25. Every fan in the country had his eyes on this city today. The New York (Slants and Detrailt Tigers opened a two-game ex Ihiib&trion series, and incidentally pro vided the means fotf one of the most interesting events in baseball, the first meeting of Ty Cobb and Benny Kauff in actual play. After the final game tomorrow, dopesters will have something definite with which) to compare the two great luminaries. Members of both clubs and visiting newspapermen will be entertained at (a smoker tonighlt by the Newspaper club. v TWO WHITE FOURS Will be received in La Grande shortly by W. E. Ruck--dan, Union, county distributor. These cars are the latest word in automobiles, and before buying your machine, " call up W. E. Ruckman, Alice! Oregon, on the Co-operative line and he will give full information, data and speci fications, or such other information as is sought. Be sure and see these high-quality cars before placing your order. W. E. RUCKMAN Alicel, Ore. Union County Distributor for the White Company. Al IXtniels, formerly Cove business man and baseball promoter, is going into the automobile business on an extenslive scale. The bringing in to day or a carload of Keos, consisting of two fours and two sixes, is but the beeimnintr of his campaign for 1 has had a can-load of Chevrolets here already, (has the Ford Truck agency" witn. a demonstrator coming soon, and in addition will have the big Mar mon here soon, with its 136 inch wheel base, and furthermore, the big Cole eight is due to come far his dis tribution during the Spring months.' : With all these cars .on his Hands We figures he will be a busy person. The Ford truck agency is the only department of the Fork makes that he will handle, H. H. Hug having the oth ers in charge. The truck feature is r.n attachment to second hand Fords or applicable to now cars which may be had with the attachment. . W. E. Ruckman at Alicel claims that ho will have some especially fine Whites to demonstrate in ia, few days when the first load of Whites comes here for his distribution. An Old Man's Cure For Divorce Evil Cleveland, Mardh 25. There would be no divorce ccurts and more golden wedding anniversaries ir men lived mora in the open and hiroUght home to their wives the romance that nature teaches thorn. That is the opinion of Capt. Henry Brock, 72 ,and his wife SareH Ann, 70, who have jus', cele brated their golden wedding annivers ary. The captain still pilots a lake boat. He was la sailor at 18, "Sailing the lakes cultivates . ro mance," says Capt. Brock. "If a man brings that romlance home it supplies all the happiness of life. Fifty years wedded and (15 years lovers is our record." The railroads of Oregon consume over 18,000 hown ties and the mines 22,000. : Oregon also consumes 66,-. 000 linear feet of round mine ma terial. . - . MID-WEST MEET TONIGHT Big Classic 'Indoor Contest At Louis Set for This Evening St. -St. Louis, March 25; What prom ises to be the biggest athletic meet in the west an years is scheduled for tonight when more than two hundred atfhlutes toe "their marks in the Mis souri Athletic Association indoor cur nival at the Coliseum. Athletes firom Cornell, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin, Notre 'Dame and , all the M&salouHi Valley Conference colleges are ent ered. Among the athletic clubs with big entry lists are the Chicago A. A., Illinois A. C, of Chicago and tine Kansas Csty A. C About fifty Illi nois and ' Missouri' high schools, will be represented ji the various events. In addition to the Usual field and track events, a special "440" toetween Ted Meredith of Pennsylvania and DJsmond, Chicago University's dusky speed demon, has been arranged. In a special fiftv yard dash Loomis, the Ohieago streak, will line up against Mahl, St. Louis fastest dasher. Teams firom Cornell and Pennsyl- vfania will -clash in an all-Amerocan relay championship. I. . STRIKES' AND SPARES . ? Last evening the Y. M. C. A. bowl ing team took a trimming from the All-Stars. The score: Y. M. C. A. 1 2 Tucker . . . ... 174 155 TEE SAXON SIX THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE MANY NEW AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE IS THE SAXON SIX, WHICH WAS UNLOADED FRIDAY BY A. B. HUDELSON & SON, NORTH POWDER WHO HAVE THE AGENCY FOR UNION COUNTY, AND IS BEING DEMONSTRATED BY LOT SNODGRASS LOCALLY. IT HAS A 34.7 HORSE-POWER CONTINENTAL ENGINE, DETROIT SELF STARTER. ATWATER-KENTIGNITION, GENUINE HONEYCOMB RADIATOR, CANTILEVER SPRINGS, TIMKEN AXLES, AND - TIMKEN BEARINGS, THE WHEEL .BASE IS 112 INCHES. IT SELLS FOR $885.00 APRIL 1st AND THEN THE PRICE WILL BE RAISED $30.00. , J3L Plalmer 168 Clyde Bunting 155 Marker ... 159 Franklin . 138 Total. All Stars Scott .. . Orowe . . . Bacon . . . Gibbs .. . Van Fleet . . 794 1 . 187 . .200 . . 186 . 137 . . .153 155 157 122 149 738. 2 . 222 156 193 : 127 194 3 163 143 165 127 116 492 466 477 408 403 miDEIbSON&SON 714 2246 3 189 598 182 ' 538 181560 165 429 144 491 , Total . . 863 892 861 2616 Barr substituted for Marker in the third. " C. WI. Bunting substituted for Franklin in UlUe third. AUTOMOBILE SPARKS. -. . . ..a morninor crrroute"' to ue at El mn: Profs. Aubrey and E. E. AJrant, Hannah Reeves, Et ta Shelton, Josephine Woodell, Mrs. Mrs. W- B. Bach and daughter, Dor riff, teft on today's train for Enter prise to join Mr. Hach and at which place they, will (make their future home. Dan Sommer and son, Henry, re turned to their home in Elgin this mortiinff. Mr. and Mrs. a. n. nug, navegone to Elgin for an over-Sunday visit. . iE. L Bussey is in Union tor a enimlA of riflVR. Mr. and Mrs. Uttas. A. Myres leit today for Haines for a visit of a week. asm Kucreman, oi Aiicei, wain, ovw to Hot Lake today to remain over Sundav with Mrs. Ruckman who has been under treatment at tne mice me past two weeks. ' Mrs. u. m, snore was a passenger on tndnv'a titein for Baker on a visilW ' , li. Li McK.ennon oi union, was in . La Grande between trains today. kr mere pruit M.ru. J TJ. Slater is eXDCCted to T9-1! t : tut to hor home from the hospital p. owllel after having undergone an operation f-you U seuue there recently. Mrs. Herbert Hanna is irapidly re cuperating from a rather serious op ootlon at the Grande Rone hospital, which shle underwent a few days ago. A sticker question has arisen in con junction with the new traffic ordin ance. Presuming a driver is hugging the center of the street, being on the right of the center, in a lawful wcw. Shall a driver (behind him who might want to pass, violate the ordinance by passing to the left, for in so doing he would get beyond the right half of the street and into forbidden terri tory the passing law requiring the passer to take the left when overtak. ing a machine ?. Taxis which frequent ly have to hug the speed limit in catch ing trains and the like, bumped into that exigency quickly. The official answer is that the man who passes must sound his (horn, pass to the left, encroach on tearitoirv oth erwise forbidden, land take hfe chances of bumping into other traffic. It is presumed that in this instance the man in uront wui give way wwen tne signal sounds, and not force the pass er into the forJdden territory but if he does, that is where the passer must find relief and be responsible for-accidents resulting therefrom. - ..' W. A. Huddleson of North Powder succeeds L. L. Snodgrcss as Saxon agent and distributor. The new Saxou six has been in town a few days in charge of Mr. Snodgrass. The car differs but little over last year's make.. having, however the feature of tunkm bearings throughout and a few added features. The price is going up early in April. www The motor wheel has made its ap pearance in La Grande. It is a strong bicycle with a motor attached to the front wheel, where the traction is,, and has a speed of 30 miles or better. The machine is simply a bicycle, with the attachment on the front wheels: it can easily be peddled ' about tho pavement by foot power. When Hertry Hug returns' from a visit to Elgin Monday he will unload tho car of Fords, for which he was re cently appointed the agent for Union and Wallowa counties. He will open salesrooms on the corner of Fir and Jefferson, formerly occupied by the Haisten, furniture store. nr i f i i I ry Reo Owner Knows f t ! ! 4 4 ADDITIONAL WANT ADS. . ! . $ NOWS and Fifth is the that its pajrta le than any kl bar none. INOWS for ; h his friends ' iakes of cars cheapest car , or inquire (j,. r . 1C06 7th St. AJ mfurnished WANTED To hear from owner of good ranch for sale. Send cash price and description. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. 3 18 25 FOR RENT Furnished sleeping rooms. (Jail Black biuz, or inquire ar lor you reading this autolndtSile of equal pffl&ivger capacity. EVERY REO OWNER KNOWS that Reo the Fifth is the most comfortable car to ride in it is possible to buy for less than $1,200. It's a big oar. Seats five full growtrt adults comfortably you don't have to put them in with a shoe horn. ; ''.,."' i EVERY REO OWNER KNOWS that Reo reliability is worth very many times the difference between the price of this - and other cars because no Reo tour is ever rrxarred by "pesky little troubles" results of careless workmanship or careless inspection, or both. EVERY REO ;. OWNER KNOWS that . the Reo safety factor "50 per cent over- sizein all vital parts," adds immeasur- ably to the pleasure of motoring for you feel safe and secure under-all condi tions of road and speed. EVERY REO OWNER KNOWS he . believes firmlythat his Reo ia just as good as any other Reo ever made which is to say just la litltle better than any other car can be. IF YOU DON'T KNOW if you question' any of tltoe above statements just ask any or all of the Reo owners you know and they will amplify every assertion we've made. THEN CONSIDER that which after all is the most important question at this mo ment how to get one. DEMAND IS TREMENDOUS al ways has been for Reos, but this season is greater than ever. WONDERFUL VALUES is the reason. Just look at Reo the Fifth- "the incom-. parable Four" at $875. Is it any wonder demand is many times the factory cap acity? i ONLY WAY IS TO ORDER AT ONCE Place your order now and we can give you a pretty accurate date of delivery won'tjeeep you waiting after that date. DELAY AND YOU MAY WILL al most certainly be disappointed. XI I DANIEL AUTO COMPANY AL DANIEL, Manager The New REO the Fifth $995 F. O. B. La Grande Servioo Station, La Grande Garage, Johnson & Reisland Ford Trucks Distributors: Chevrolet, . Cole $650 F. 0. B. La Grande SHOO The New REO "SIX" $1375 F. O. B. La Grande Marmon Cars . ' $3,000 F.O. B. La Grande I. I : i I v