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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916.
HORSE RACING In LA GRANDE
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.
FRIDAY, UNION, COVE, NORTH POWDER DAY
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 but -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: i
WEDNESDAY LA GRANDE DAY
1. 2:14 Pace (10 starters) .. Purse $400.00
2 2:17 Trot (20 starters) Purse $400.00
3. Run, one-quarter mile Purse $100.00
4. Run, La Grande Derby, one and one-sixteenth
miles . Purse $200.00
THURSDAY WALLOWA COUNTY DAY
5. 2:30 Pace (29 starters) Purse $400.00
6. 2:18 Pace (17 starters) Purse $400.00
7. Run, four fourlongs . Purse $100.00
8. Run, six furlongs ....... Purse $100.00
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15.
16.
2:10 Pace (14 starters)
2:24 Trot (19 starters)
Run, three furlongs
Run, five furlongs
Purse $500.00
Purse $400.00
Purse $100.00
Purse $100.00
SATURDAY, ELGIN, IMBLER, SUMMERVILLE DAY
2:25 Pace (33 starters) - - Purse $400.00
2:14 Trot (8 starters) - $500-00
Run, four furlongs Purse $100.00
Run, one mile Puree $loa0
. Relay Race (Pony Express)
Pour 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, .
Dr. A L. Richardson
Fred J. Holmes . .
. . President
Vice-President
. . 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.
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BAINS IMPROVES FARM
CONDITIONS.
North Powder News Items of General
Interest.
North Powder, Ore., Aug. 23.
(jpcciul) This section was visited by
. heavy rain last week which stopped
the harvest for a short time but put
the ground in fine shape for fall plow
ing und the seeding of the grain. A
large acreage of full grain will be put
an this autumn.
Mrs. L. C. Cool, who has been very
sick with typhoid is getting better
Ami will soon be up again. It seems
there are some things for the health
Mrs. Rose Springer is reported. They
were married in Montana some time
ago.
Mrs. John T. Shaw received a se
vere electrical shock during one of the
recent thunder showers. Mrs. Shaw
was close by a window when the elec
tricity came through the window set
ting the floor afire and shocking Mrs.
Shuw. A tub of water setting by the
fire was thrown on it and put it out.
It was a narrow escape from having
the house burned as well as the harm
to Mrs. Shaw.
Oscar Pilchcr and wife returned
from their coast trip the first of the
week. They report a fine trip and
a good time.
A bunch of gypsy horse traders are
in town trying to trade horses. These
outfits pass through this section two
and three times a year and always
seem to have plenty to do.
Quite a number of the people of
this town visited in Union last Sunday.
Oakland Has New Scheme
Oakland, Calif. August 23. Oak
hind is ennsidprinp irninir into nitrtnpr-
-officer of North Powder to look after! ship with its street-car company. The
in the matter of cess pools and other j Chamber of Commerce, appealed to
unsanitary places or there may be
more of these diseases.
Mrs. Keostor and daughter Mrs.
Carmen VunBuskirk returned from
their eastern trip some days ago. Mrs.
by the San Francisco-Oakland Ter
minal Railways to get it out of its
difficulties, both financial and opera
tive, has drafted a charter amendment
which it is planned to submit to tea-
nuvnioi ,m.m u,B ii. mum u oungu- (., ..... fj..,ltnn ,.t !, ,.,;. Nnv.
Mercer leased !i,,,; vus. ; ..;j i. :,..
low on her ranch. Mr,
tho ranch for a term of years last
spring.
Christ Peterson is having a lot of
trouble with his six cylinder car. He
had it in the garage for some time
when they discovered that he had to
Vt a new magneto. He had it hauled
iiomo and will soon have the new
parts for it and have it running again
time in the history of traction cor
porntions that a Chamber of Com
merce has been called in to pull such a
system out of its troubles.
The charter umendmcnt provides
for a resettlement franchise .which is
1 a sort of half-brother to the "Kansas
I City Idea" and the Chicago Thin, but
has.
Will Mills returned to North IW. i nns- us parents assert, none ot the
ler after n hsem-n nf sever,,! ! faults of its older kitlfolk
weeks.
A large crowd was in town Satur
day attending the Forsstrom-Pilchcr
Briefly the Oakland Chamber's
solution of the problem is:
Orant a resettlement franchise of
nale. Music was advertised but failed an indeterminate period on condition
to put in appearance, on account of . matine city may buy out the system
the absence of some of the musician. 1 on sl!t month" notice and may trans
Mrs. Minnie Jacobson's household er its "Kt to buy to a third person,
things were sold recently at a sale at . "rm or corporation.
the home. She received a fair price
for her household goods,
Bmmctt Hill and family and Mrs.
Merritt went out camping and got
aught by the rain. Campers from
tho mountains report lots of rain in
tho hills go that there .is not much
tun in camping.
The marriage of Jim Dalton and
Miomission to the people for a
ratifying vote or resettlement fran
chise itself.
Appointment by the mayor of an
advisory board of seven to cooperate
vnth the city council in drafting the
franchise ordinance.
Division of tho net profits between
the city and the company, the city to
get not less than 55 per cent, the
company to be allowed 6 per cent on
its valuation and a proper amount for
maintenance, operation, taxes, insur
ance and depreciation.
Conduct of the traction affairs by
a joint board to consits of two, one
for the city and one for the company
an arbiter to be called in should thoy
reach an impasse.
In the event of purchase by the
city, the price is to be the valuation
of the property as fixed by the State
Railroad Commission at the time of
granting the franchise, plus the cost
of all additions, extensions and bet
terments as authorized by the same
board and also minus properties sold
and abandoned; the city mny assume
the outstanding obligations of the road ,
subject to the state constitution, up
to the valuation fixed by the State
Railroad Commission, the bonds then
to be secured by the city's credit or
by a lien on a fixed percentage of the
gross earnings.
The Charter amendment, as first
outlined, was intended to apply only
to the affairs of the traction company
but as a special committee of eleven
appointed to unravel the tangle got
further into its investigations, it was
decided to broaden the amendment so
as to permit any public utility to seek
a resettlement franchise. This was
done.
In the final draft of the amendment
the committee had the assistance of
George K. Weeks, President of the
Sun Francisco-Oakland Terminal Rail
ways; W. I. Brobeck, their attorney,
and C. A. Beardr.lcy, counsel for the
stock and bond holders. Weeks said,
after the amendment was whipped in
to shape for submission to the popular
vote, that he considered the plan the
best that had yet been evolved in the
United States for straightening out
street car difficulties.
In additioon to the principal pro
visions of the plan as outlined above
the charter amendment provides that
resettlement franchises shall be let to
the highest bidder, 55 per cent of the
net annual profits to be the minimum
j bid and bids to be raised not less than
I one half of one per cent. It is also pro
i vided that no other street or steam
railroad shall use the tracks of the
franchise grantee except on express
permission of the city.
It is planned to submit the resettle
ment franchise ordinance to the peo
ple for ratification at the spring elec
tion of 11U7.
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WORK S
GENERAL REPAIRS AT
COMPLETE.
RESORT
Dr. Tape Expects to Reach Hot Lake
Tomorrow.
Hot Lake, Ore., Aug. 25. (Special)
A small army of carpenters, plas
terers, painters and decoraters are
just about completing a three weeks'
work at the popular health resort.
The institution is now in A 1 condition
and the number of guests increases
almost daily.
Dr. G. W. Tape is expected to ar
rive here on Sunday for a few days'
visit before going back to Los An
geles. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hedge of
Beaverton traveled overland this week
and are visiting their daughter Miss
Lola Hedge who has been bookkeeper
at Hot Lake for the past three years.
They made the journey in a new car.
Today a party consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. Hedge, Miss Hedge, Miss Jennie
O'Brian and Charles E. King toured
the valley visiting La Grande, Sum
merville, Imbler, Cove and Union then
back to Hot Lake. Mr. Hedge was
much struck with the beauty and im
mensity of the Grande Ronde valley's
resources and productions and de
clares that in all his travels he has
never seen anything just as good.
This Girl "Chauffeurf' Made Friends
and Money
In the September Woman's Home
Companion several persons tell how
their automobile saves them money.
One of them says:
"In 1913 we purchased a five-passenger
car, which has not only saved
money, but more than paid for itself.
Previous to this, I had driven a mo
torcycle, and two makes of cars, so
felt sure I could drive safely. After
driving the new car a few weeks, I
secured a chauffeur's license, and ad
vertised for livery work.
"The first year my earnings were
more than I expected, and I made
friends. The season of 1914 was busy;
I averaged twenty-five dollars a week,
and in 1915 I had so many calls, I had
to turn some of them over to other
chauffeurs. I never worried about
losing my patrons, for they objected
strenuously to giving me up and ac
cepting the services of a 'mere man'.
"Many of my customers wejre
ladies, and sick people who felt safer
with me than with men chauffeurs,
who invariably drive too fast. I also
did a fine business driving for family
picnic parties, and making trips with
high school and Y. W. C. A. girls, in
whose sports I could join, being a
member of the latter organization.
"I always carry one rim and tire
ready to slip on, and on long trips I
sometimes take three. I can change
them easily.
"As to saving money, that is an un
disputed fact. We had owned a farm
ten miles from town, which made it
necessary for us to keep a horse and
carriage. The blacksmith bills, feed
and repairs for these cost more than
gasoline and .repairs for the car. The
time saved is a big item.
"I have driven the car to burg
four times, a six-hundred-mile trip,
which would cost five people five
times as much by train as it did for
gasoline and other expenses. These
are only four of many long trips
where five went for less than the
cost for one. Of course some of these
trips were for pleasure; but many
were for business, and many dollars
were saved in car fare.
"We also saved money in buying
from farmers fresh supplies at mod;
erate prices.
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UNDERweop
UlKlne from adventure nnd Hnrlnfr In tu ma.,u. wi tifm,- -
U - - ... n. HlUTirs MID. TOM1IBU1S.
to appear In high class dramatic subjects, for the Ollver-Moroacft-PollM
organizations. Miss Williams starred In the first phoo-DU
lo this country.
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