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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1916)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER RACING In LA GRANDE HORSE SEPTEMBER 6, 7, 8, 9,-1916 Wednesday, Thursdsy, Friday, Saturday. Fastest Horses West of the Rocky Mountains The La Grande Racing Club has booked, contracted and Pos itively guarantees the following extraordinary program. These horses are now entered, the races are filled and every day will be true to program. Each day the populace begins to digest more fully the weight of the statement that over 150 horses are entered for the race meet to be run here Se ptember 6-9 inclusive in conjunc tion with the Inter-Mountain Trotting association. This week each day of the races were designated in honor of some valley town hut it is doubtful if any one day is better than any other. The various days, the horses entered and the purses for each race, are given below: ; WEDNESDAY LA GRANDE DAY 2:14 Pace (10 starters) Purse $400.00 2:17 Trot (20 starters) Purse $400.00 Run, one-quarter mile ::. Purse $100.00 Run, La Grande Derby, one and one-sixteenth miles . Purse $200.00 THURSDAY WALLOWA COUNTY DAY 2:30 Pace (29 starters) Purse $400.00 2:18 Pace (17 starters) Purse $400.00 Run, four fourlongs Purse $100.00 Run, six furlongs .. Purse $100.00 1. 2 3. 4. FRIDAY, UNION, COVE, NORTH POWDER DAY 9 2:10 Pace (14 starters) Purse $500.00 10. 2:24 Trot (19 starters) Purse $400.00 11. Run, three furlongs Purse $100.00 12. Run, five furlongs - Purse $100.00 SATURDAY, ELGIN, IMBLER, SUMMERVILLE DAY 13. 2:25 Pace (33 starters) - Purse $400.00 14. 2:14 Trot (8 starters) Purse $500.00 15. Run, four furlongs JL Purse $100.00 16. Run, one mile Purse $100.00 Relay Race (Pony Express) Four horses; change horses ery half mile; four days, .two miles a day; ten per cent entrance fee Purse $250.00 Entries close Saturday before the meeting. Purse divided as follows: $150.00 to first, $60.00 to second, $40.00 to third. Special Train out of Wallowa County on Wallowa County Day Reduced Rates on railroad from all points during race meet, Huntington on east and Pendleton on west. We present this Racing Program with Real Race Horses entered believing that Eastern Oregon People are like ourselves, still love the greatest American Sport, Horse Racing. LA GRANDE RACING CLUB OFFICERS: N. K. West President Dr. A. L. Richardson . . Vice-President Fred J. Holmes Secretary DIRECTORS N. K. West, Dr. A. L. Richardson, Fred J. Holmes, G. L. Larison, T. J. Scroggin, Albert Hunter, F. L. Meyers, C. D. Emahizer, A. T. Hill and Bruce Dennis. LEIGHTON'S GARAGE La Grande, Oregon. The Garage of Satisfactory Service TheColdWeather SHOULD REMIND YOU THAT "the Good Old Summer Time'' is about over, and that Jack Frost will soon be here. Time to put up that stove, clean out the furnace, ditch your Summer clothes, and prepare for Zero weather. You will need some of our REAL Coal. Coal prices are highoi than in .Tunc and July, but you can st ill save some money, by getting jrour fuel now. Coal and Wood will be higher this winter than last. Our Coal must be GOOD or we couldn't have sold 20 cars in the last month. Shoot some of our famous HIAWATHA or ROCK SPRINGS in to that furnace, start her up on high and watch her go. COAL, STOVE WOOD, CHAIN WOOD, FEED, HAY, STORAGE, DRAYAGE. LYNCH and STEWART Jefferson Ave. One Block East Depot Phone Main 10 IMBLER NEWS OF I LETTER FROM TOURING PARTY RECEIVED. Personal .Mention and Generul News Items from Imlilcr District. Imbler. Aug. 21. (Special) Mrs. Walter Wood and dmnrht who spent the summer visiting in th iniciuie west, arrived home Sunday. Mrs. Ed lioylen of La Grande va visiting in Imbler Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. WiNnn mi.) mni Lyle and Clove were pionickinir and fishing on Indian creek Saturday. A troop of Hawaiians furnished a very interestinir nitmirnl nivurrntM in connection with the Saturday evening movie snow. Verne Deny is rapidly recovering from a light attack of appendicitis. KeV. Chnnmim W.TS lin fr.m l.'lnrin to till his appointment nt the M. E. church Sunday. His next visit will be tne last of the conference year. Miss Georgia Horry conducted the league service. r. Moore went to Cove Saturday to meet Dr. McCowan in a consulta tion. " According to a recent letter the Wostfall-Wade party nre yet visiting in Idaho but will soon proceed to Yel lowstone park from where they will legin their homeward trip. William Hull, who has been in the I.a Grande hospital for the past week slowly recovering from an operation died Monday morning. Walter Stringham has "added" an adding machine to the bookkeeping department of his general store. A call mooting of the Social Aid so ciety was hold at the home of Mrs. Nellie Williams Friday afternoon. Harold I Moss will be here Sept. 1. from Guthrie Center, Iowa, to take charge of one high school mom. Game Is Plentiful. II. 11. Culter. manager of Hidnway Springs, was in town this morning. He says that game is plentiful near the resort. George Boddow and Mr. Footer brought in the first deer of the season yesterday. They shot a seven point buck about a mile and a half from the Springs. Mr. Culter says that there are about 150 campers there now and that the Sunday crowd numbered 300. Indicating a general plentifulness of deer ;n the Blue mountains may be taken several items from Pendleton papers yesterday. Note some of them: Hal Corby, well known Pendleton man, bagged what is thought to be the biggest buck of the season, yes terday at Fiddlers Hell Basin ten miles this side of La Grande. The an imal weighed 350 pounds and was brought to Pendleton this morning by the proud hunter on train No. 17. R. Alexander and son Roy Alexnnder were treated to a venison feed today j noon upon the arrival of Mr. Corby. ' Elmer Thomas, ranger nt Duncan, in a spirit of jest, told Mr. Corby thnt he would pack out of the basin all of the big game that the latter would bring down and he was much surprised to ' be called at his joke this morning, j Fred Hoskins of Echo and Ase Bow man accompanied by Mr. Corbv on the ! trip. Door aplenty are reported in the Bear Hollow section according to re ports received here. According to Ves Matlock who was recently in that section he saw a herd of nine animals, 1 four of them being bucks. He says he shot at them but failed to bring one down. j I i Regulations designating open sea-, sons for hunting migratory birds un der the new Federal migratory bird law were promulgated by Secretary ; Houston of the Agricultural depart ment. They apply only in cases whore equal protection to the birds is not provided under state laws, the state regulations governing where the open seasons they designate begin later or end cr.rlier than the time stip- 1 ulnted in the Federal designations. All insectivorous birds nre protect ed indefinitely under the secretary's order and protection until September 1. 1918, is provided for band-tailed pigeons, cranes, wood ducks, swans, curlew, willet. upland plover and smaller shore birds. Open seasons for other waterfowl, ! coots, gnllinules, jacksnipes, black-' breasted nnd golden plover, greater ! and lesser yellowlegs, rails and wood cocks, are designated state bv state. IS YOUR CAR INSURED, OR Should A ITT (Th Catch Your -nl U M KJ Fire And be totally or partially destroyed would you have to stand the loss personally? WE CAN INSURE ANY CAR MADE Let Us Insure From Fire, Your Home, Furniture, Piano, Garage, Merchandise, Business Property, Barn, Implements, Grain, Hay, Etc., Etc. We Also Write Life, Accident and Health, Bonds, Plate Glass, Hail and all kinds of INSURANCE If It's INSURABLE Currey Can Insure It" George Huntington Currey Manager Insurance Department Geo. H. Currey Opposite Y. M. C. A. Phone Black 2001 HE WHO MOTES REAL ESTATE 108 Elm Street La Grande, Oregon One Word, One Cent, One Time. A
