PAGE SIX
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER'
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1916.
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Rubor Ancr 7 Tha T)nbii ki.,i,Kn
-- r - - n " I ' .w Ji.ni.i uiv,iiiif
. O .. i. 1 ' 1 H .
team outuraay evening aeieatea L.a
Ciranda nn the F!lit nllnva nv u ma-
frin of 204 Tlind. thA Inpnls tnfnllinrr
2526 and the visitors 2322. For Ba
ker, btoddard won the ihonors, scoring
high average of 190 and his mark of
193 beincr the hiph wire hiino nn fnr
the home team. Jokers of La Grande
miilo hio-H amiw fif t li n motnli i ri l.U
212 and the best average. made by the
visitors was 193, credited to Scott.
The locals bowled a steady game in
all three of the contests, winning the
first two and La Grande taking the
third.
The score:
La Grande 1nfc 2nd
Scott 205 142
Roesch 1.34 147
Van Fleet 121 1KB
Gardner 152 150
Jokers ....164 130
3rd
170
120
161
159
212
T'l.
517
401
.437
,461
Government May Cut Expense
506
724 822 2322
Totals 776
KaW.r
Stoddard 190 193 187
Baldwin 195 1456 171
Stromr 159 182 124
Jones 167 162 169
Lewis 172 184 125
570
512
455
498
481
CITY GROCERY ft BAKERY
Home of Fancy Groceries . . . Phone Main 75
E, POLACK, Prop.
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GO THERE
D. Putman and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
' Hammon, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ham-
mon, Mr. and Mrs. R. Coddington,
Mr. and Mrs. Spinning, La Grande;
Budd Long, A. B. Cody, C. A .Bur
I -bank. Mrs, C. G. Andoi 'Son. Pnrt.liinil
'Bert Cartau, Chas. Brown, Athena;
,iwanaco liana, K. Maxwell. J. R.
Johnson, Wallowa: Elsa N
Mamie Gary, EUbel Nowley, F. G.
Henning, La Grande; L. R. More
lock, Wallowa: John A. Hoi Jin nnrl
Fhinff Onlv mIi c.,r... w l.e-. ''a .VraJ"le; Ward Emig and
. , A . ' """'' who, Walla Walla; Mrs. F. G. Have
Totals 883 867 776 252b
Thp T.n nrnnrlf hnu.-la' i-nlni-noil
Sunday and renort a nleasant inurnev
and splendid entertainment at Ba
ker's hands.
At All . Points
Pleasure seekers, recreationists and
Sistiermen seem to move in schools.
iAfi keep close tab of fishing condi
tions in various streams and as new
-waters become popular the crowds
'Clock that WHV. fThni-fifni-n if
Wallowa river that drew yesterday
-and probably next Sunday some other
.'Stream will be the mecca for success
es in Wallowa river yesterday were
only in moderate measures. Great
: flocks of auto parties and another
"delegation 'hv train onnnf Cii.inn
'ithe Wallowa, along the canyon prin
"CBpalJy. Some went to the Lostine
ttuhtry' but the canyon was the more
nyopumr. wnne tncre is no definite
wayorieaiming the exact number, 50
iii?r,m,rA :
ties in a conserva
tive estimate of the number spend
ing Sunday on that stream.
'OtSy in rare instances were any big
ffenows landed, and similarly scat
tering were well-filled baskets. The
rrivur is a trifle high for best re-
sulta. Among the best catches made
-"was that displayed by Frank Bram
we!l who landed close to a dozen fine
fellows averaging about 12 or 13
i inches," with some as long as 15.
Joseph Lake, Catherine creek, Up
iriviT points and other streams also
drew a liberal quota yesterday but
s nothing like the Wallowa country.
man, Mollala; Mr. and Mrs. W. T
Davis, Salem; Olga B. Cranston, Ba
iwt , ii. j. a run mm wne, ivirs, n
Trull, La Grande.
Advanced To Be Recognized.
Columbus, N. M., Aug. 4. Militia
men from western Massachusetts
have been assigned the honor of
guarding the base caniD. A cordon
of troops is thrown around Mi nnfij
camp every night. It is a duty of
great importance. The easterners al-
c. ' ," . . TV" T '1 uuy nave uemonstrated the r ef
Some went to the Lostine ,,:. r-i,,i xxr n v
mt. tii . .,.,,, tu ncioncy. Colonel W. C. Hayes, com
...... .u.,. WiW ocvunu luausacnusects
regiment will testify to that today.
While inspecting the guard lines last
night tho Colonel and his Adjutant
were riainir thmnmh a nmi.. Dtot,.k
of desert in pitch darkness south of
the camp. "Halt." mnw tVio annm
command trom an alert guardsman.
mat s nil rio-ht. mv mn " oniH ri
onel Hayes soothingly. "This is Col
onel Haves insnectinir thn trmir.1 T
. n n .
don t care who you say vou are,
came the menacing rmilv. 'DiTiinii,i
and advance to be irecognized and
don t loiter either." In tihie darkness
the Colonel could see t,h dim nutlinne
of the sentry with his rifle leveled.
"And I didn't loiter," the officer said.
"I fairly tumbled off that horse and
advanced. When the guard recog
nized mo he anoloe-izei! fnr
me the inconvenience. I doubt if any
suspicious characters imt intr, .,..v,r.
through tho lines."
Guests at Wallowa Lake Park.
'.Tfbos. Duncan and wife, Portland;
'Clyde McPhee and wife, Wylie Dalton
:-ni wife, North Powder; W. H.
"Thorpe and family, Walla Walla; M.
K. Straight, Baker; T. J. Scroggins,
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Always at Your Sertice Telephone Main 34
Viliu wrote "Cnsev at the Hat?"
Again tuu fiiiestlon is linliur rnlsoil
Vltll tile fllllllllL' Of thn Innnm-tnl roru
as i: rriaiigle-Ue Wolf Hopper picture
inly.
The rival claimants to the honor am
l-.arnest I.. Tliayer. of Xordboff. Ca..
mil licorge Whitfield D'Vvs. nf Cnm.
bridge. Muss. Statements wore recent
ly l)l Mined from each of them and also
from He Wolf Hopper, who has recited
tile lineiu more times than tliwp nm
base hits in T.V Cobb's batting record.
Say HoDDer:
".As surely us I love my child, 'Casey
at the Bat' was written by Earnest L.
Thayer.
"I taw the imem In the Snii Fmn.
clwo Kxainlner In SS4. It was signed
'iJ. I.. T.' For three years I sought to
find out who 'IS. I.. T.' was. Finally
I finind that tile lnlfinli sitn.id" fni.
Earnest L. Thayer, and on making his
nciiuulntanee I discovered that he had
nuen miiu.v other clever bits of verse.
"There have been many claimants
besides Mr. D'Vys to the authorship of
'Casey.' I have invesllgated some of
them, and the more I Jnvpsflirntpil tba
a. ue certain I felt of Mr. Thayer's iiu-
llmrshli."
' r r r f t f ( f t f
WROTE
i : : Miv r
9
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Says D'Vys:
As I hope to meet my blessed inotli
in heaven, I wrote 'Casev at. Hie
Bat.' -
'Mike Kellr was mv hero In tiio
bnseball days of 1SSC. On the after
noon of Augusl S Huston heat Chlcnuo
to 3. Kelly, Chicago catcher anil
famous slugger, had strni-k out ni n
rltlcal inc niciit. I felt nilirhtv snm-
fur him and so dhl lots of others who
hud seen the game. It was Hint even
ing tllllt 1 .ViOtc ViiKPv nt Mm U:,l
I wrote (he '.Mndvllle Iiallails' Ions
before 'Casey.' Mndvllle was :i pair of
Cambridge. But lei Mr. Thayer claim
the authorship, if lie wants to. 11 ml
let Mr. Hopper believe what he likes.
am tireI of the controversy."
Says Thayer:
"Once and for all time nnd fur thn
very last time I WItOTE 'CASKV AT
THK BAT.'
"All I care to say about the elnlm nf
Mr. D'Vys to tho nilthnmllln nf Mm
'crso Is that he must be sutTorlnu from
a delusion. 1 have heen nnnnvpil tn
death about the authorship. The con
troversy has been the bnne of my ex
istence. I wrote the poem, and there
are many people who know that 1 did.
As to what others may think, or any
one else may claim, I do not care."
Washington, August 5. That dear
ly loved institution, "the leave to
print," under which Congressmen an
nually send, postage free, to their con
sequents tons of imaginary speeches
they never made liberally sprinkled
with mythical "laughter" and psy.
chological "applause" is to be cur
tailed if a bill considorsit fo-UI..
today by both houses, passes.
a pi-partisan report from the joint
printing committee urma tv,OD ti
m favor of the bill:
A million volumes a venr
printed on fine paper and bound in
leather, have to he nM
. - vo naoio
paper because no one takes the trou
ble to frank them out.
Janitors and building superintend
ents complain that whole basements
are literally filled with virtual waste
paper, so that the government has to
rent additional SDace to stm-o -noi ,i
wood.
Private manufacturing firms, act-
ing in collusion with
members, have had printed and frank
ed at public expense "puffs" virtual
ads though described as "expositions"
of their plants, factories and indus
tries. The present rules of both houses
are:
A member or senntni- mm, u.,'.,
the printing of anything as a "pub
lic document." Sixteen hundred are
automatically struck off; thereafter
the senator or the man he is aiding
may nave tne government printing
office strike off as many more as
wisnea ac cost. The senator's frank
will send any number.
On a "leave to orint" in the V.
ord, campaign text books, works on
various religions, medical theories
etc., are inserted as narts nf snnaz-h.
es, technically.
I hen they, or anv excernts nf th..
are frankable. It took an iini'minl
storm in the senate to prevent Sen
ator Penrose from having thus print
ed tne cetniehem Steel company's
anti-government armdr ulate
propaganda.
A member mav sav "Mr. Pi p:bl, r.t
. ..,
i asK leave to extend mv remarks in
the Record," and then write at any
length on anything.
The new bill nrovidns fnr pnttmn-
down of departmental documents, ail
of which are by law required tc be
printed now, and provides that Sen
ate and House committees must ex
amine evei document which it in nrn.
ptsed to yrint. To prevent possible
suppression of reports which the spi,.
ate may w.sh printed it is mvwirie.i
the house mry overrule committee ae
on or inact on.
This bill has passed the hniiFn nt
previous sessions and the senate in
previous sessions, but if both horlioa
ever passed it, in the same session, it
was invariably found the two mono.
tares differed slightly, and a compro
mise never has been reached.
The annual waste is- estimated at
$1,000,000 for printing; that for
franking cost to the postal depart
ment cannot be measured, but it is
said to be much more than that.
at the Hall ranch and is in very foe- m over Sunday returning home Mon
ble health.
Mrs. Maud She ton, of Spokane, sis
tfl. nt Urn iD A VnntlMllan ..fl ir.wl
Sunday night on a visit, and will re-
mum tor HOII1U UIIIB.
Qtnnlai, n n .1 Inna TTatnn amiva
TliaHa, ami will vamr in fnn ttiA uiim-
mer. The former has been at Eugene,
tne later at Seattle.
.Gaimo navonn onf o Ia tuiallanftii
uuiiik jat vii cii vi iu i vaiuuuvb
of Elmer Jacobs Tuesday night last,
and took a lot of silverware and other
articles. The stolen articles were
found on the place soon after.
F. 0. Bradshaw arrived from Eu
gene Sunday and expects to remain
for a month or so.
Ford automobile and will ask the bal
ance of the gasoline bunch to "excuse
my dust" for the rest of the season.
Roy Davidson, a former resident of
Union, now of California, was in the
city this week, visiting the family of
Ed Mitchell.
Union's Pythian band delegation
uay iiiui 111115.
Sherilt August nug ana wne were
over 'isunuuy
1 j, 1 i
UOWn IlOm i.U UltWlUO uvci uutiuB;
visiting with friends and relatives in
cms vicinity.
L. A. Stoop and J. W. Rhodes re
turned the latter part of last week
from an auto trip to various points
in eastern Washington.
K. I f-a I.1 R TTnnnaf drnVA
.11 i 1 oiiu t J . " - -" "C - - " -
down Sunday from Telocaset and vis
ited during the day with friends and
relatives. Fred says he has eliminat-
AJ lUd mnvA Aiatania fmm hin dip-
m t-tic nwi uiowii.v ......
tionary since he acquired the new
rora.
r i.UnH 1 A onnnrAa aa Cafili
I Or IllUlt; lIiail AW ocvuiiuo iuow uui.ui-
day, the result of being1 kicked 'by a
U .V!nU Via ufqh oKno i n rr 'PVia
U1UW UtlUglHy lillll U iiftiiw --
nev and was sufficient to render him
ill .. (ima
111 XUI BUI11C tllllVi
rveninp for Seaside to spend a week
WII.I1 JIIIB 1UII1I1.V CUjuvjiie an
j V...V... vhi.u MLiv-uuviuu wi h his tnmiiv pnir
was taken to La Grande by F. G. Wil- i.,' onA u
son Monday afternoon and f,here and chnaien have been at Seaside for
hr h Emer.v.t andnlaughteV, who Uk Denham home.
have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. M, . Fbt. Erack Fjed Garrett, "Rocky"
rwionVi t a j T uVi Austin tna "Sharkey' Moslier re
rortlann SntiirHnv nffpi- a Hnlifhtf,il ...
iit T ifT turned -it evening it -a a lu.i.ng
visit in this city. t- t. . ,.. .n. .
..: i,7 " . -s m , ii,-, ,. )8 oe". ;r cc.i-..t'0n
ai union, at a meeting ot tne school thnn u,uaI
board Tuesday night. ., ;th" u ' ; AnW,. . ...
.'1 1 .1.1 HlflKKtU 1 T . " ' J
, I- -U t tt tt
(From Oregon Scout ) oeen a mera"l!r 01 tne n- nenuerson
Miss Macey Moyette left Monday to household for nearly a year and a
-spend the balance of the summer with ha'f' departed last week for the home
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moyette of of her parents in Weiser, Idaho. Miss
High valley. , Atteuerry is an excellent young may
McMillan, Eugene ' and. wil! be greatly missed in various
Hie-h vallev
JMi ume, Guy McMillan, Eugene a,,lu. w"-' , B
PantAh onA Ek'in circles.
uwi uuu iiuuvau uccumuameu
lha V ef D I. 1 1 - Tl ... 1 1 1 TJnn1 11 A .. .1 ,.1 AHmAHl,r
v.iw ... ,i x. .uunu IV 1 uriiund Wnere ! JaoiclI nuuicna, wnu luiiiiciijr 1 i
the sovereign Grand lnnW holH ita f.ided in Elcin. visited here Friday
session this week. evening He is now residing in Ida-
Arsnur I'urner left Tuesday for ho, being employed by IJon Myers,
Catherine creek's water shed where he who is extensively engaged in buying
will be in the Forestry service for the stock in that state. Mr. Andrews
next two months. He will return to bays that Don, former Elgin and Imb
Corvallis at the end of that time to ler resident, is doing well in Idaho,
start his last year at O. A. C. , Dr. F. W. Whiting's Overland
Cvrus Wl uima ic nnur , ,,.,,. f u. . .- i j,
T 1 u7ii 1.1 1 , """" "l l"c loauster is again in running oruer ai
Jack Hill blacksmith shop and the ter havinc been out of commission
business will continue. several days as a result of a collision
Ghfll-llP Ftnat rutin lira a nnafnJ ,., . ., -
, " " witn a stump on tne aoctor s iarm,
laSt Week fOr a-nnennVltlS ic vorwra,.- 1.: :J t.i j a
- . . r u .v-w.i- icsuitiiig 111 coiiaiuerauie uainuge to
mat t, , , the motive parts. The accident oc-
Mrs. a. L. Haynes left for Spokane curred as the result of the doctor at-
E ni'ms There hor ,dauffhter. tempting to clear the stump, which he
iiidna Oliver underwent a Hniornn ....-u.' .u" j..: '
Operation. nvf.al nlll
7- ' 'BS Bessie Galloway and Miss
j ( j'0 EIf?ln Recorder.) jVura Hudson, returned Monday from
Mr. and Mm n n,,i,.,i . 1 j ...i J:.. , .r . .
. ....u aUtUCU uuwu utteiiuin sunnrier normal scnooi ac
irom La Grande Sunday and spent Monmouth. Miss Beatrice Littlefield,
M-yT.v,sltmfr Plfi:m friends. of Minam, also returned on the same
MlSS Rose Zwnifol i-ntttmif.,1 1VT.1.. i 1 1 rei:
: ; --cu .uunuuy Litiiu mm stuppeu in cigin lor a visit
evening to her home in Summerville, with friends. Miss Schnore, another
mtei a visit witn iMgm friends and Elgin young lady who has been en
M"VeT i m , rolled at the Monmouth normal, is
Mrs. R. W. Tmiclift., J A Li i,..' .. i,, . . 1 '
' t ,r "-"w u.iu uouguiers visiting inenas in western uregon
of iWallowa visited with friends in El- and will not return for a few days.
I
Embargo On White Pine
Madison. Wis.. Aue-ust 5. Wiscon
sin has placed a strict ouarantine on
the importation of all pine nursery
stock, according to an announcement
made by J. G. Sanders, state ento
mologist. ( The white pine blister rust,
a danger pest to forests, which has
been attacking pine forests in the :
east, has made its appearance in this '
Mate. I
"If this disease should escape into
the native timber it would ranidlv
spread and in a few years the growing j
01 wnite pine and tne propagation of
new plantations would he boneless "
said Sanders, who is conducting the
ritrnt aeaints the blister mat. "Rv
the ouarantine order imnnrtntinn nf
wnite or other five-leaf pines from j
uuisiue me states into Wisconsin is
absoultely prohibited."
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M. Arthur Rigby, who was No. 94
in the folville Indian Reservation
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his dairy farm in Pendleton and will
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UNION COUNTY NEWS.
I , Looking For A Chance
To Save a $ And Then Some?
SEE THE REAL BARGAINS IN MY
. SECOND-HAND WINDOW
$ 2.25 Stands 99c
$ 3.00 Stands $1.10
$10.50 Stands $3.98
$22.50 Sideboard $ 9.48
$35.00 Sideboard $14.50
(From Union Republican.)
Dr. Myers is runninir a new Over
land, recently purchased of James
Webb.
Mrs. Woodell left Saturday last for
i minor, wnere she will visit with her
moxner tor a while.
Mrs. Minnie Stnlfnr was -i11t
wallowa county Saturday by the
nuss or ner nnugnter.
W. O. Miller has been marketing
cherries from this section in the
Powdor river country recently.
James Webb has been in Portland
this WPpIt nnrt whan tin ma..mb
bring back another Overland machine
Bmwnlnw Ch
to
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down g S 8mg uP-ffly Wice going
Beds for $1.00, $2.00, $3.00 and $4,00
Worth dollars to you to buy
These are cood TJnds
here.
F. D. HAISTEN iHSVS&SSL
land.
city this week. He has been stopping
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