La Grande evening observer., July 14, 1917, Image 6

8AftmtAy, JULY i4, i9i7.
AGE SIX
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEHVER.
Military Training Camps and AS- lives in defense of the country should
fcraries ! De driven to such extremities. It
t Oils time when a million of our , will be said, Why give new books to
wung men are. entering the military men when they cannot and will not be
service of the federal government, well cared for. Books will cost money
one of the difficult problems present- and these books will not be returned
ing itself is that of recreation and es- to "civil life." But what of that?
pecially the collection, organization Many of our young men will not come
and distribution of reading matter, back either. Let us not be niggardly
Doubtless the Y. M. C. A. will be the with our books and our money. There
chief agent directing all sports, en- will be plenty of both books and
tertairunents and reading facilities. money when the crisis is past. t
The theme, however, that I wish to . Many clean second-hand books can
emphasize here and now is that this be used, but let s not insult our de
Ja not "charity work." We should voted brothers by offering them what
render much aid, especially those of no one else can use. They wear the
oa who live near the great camps and best of wool clothing, much of which
our largest services will be to direct will be blood-stained. They wear the
the collection of reading matter. ' best of leather shoes, many of which
What we are likely to do, however, ' will not be worn out, but they will
and I have slroady heard it proposed, , have done their service. Give the soi
ls to "donate" discarded books from dicr good clean books and late maga
our public libraries to be used In the zines, Vhatever may ultimately be
eamps. This is the one form of the fate of this material. From ar
"charlty" that I want to oppose with tide by W. E. HENRY, in Library
whatever power I have. There are Journal.
hut two reputable uses for discarded j
books; one is for fuel, and the other is
for waste paper.
Lot us kindly and generously re
nombcr that these are not defectives
-rot dependents who "desire to be fed
V?th the crumbs which fall from the
rich man's' table" and dirty, filthy
GIBSON'S COMEBACK ALMOST
AS STRIKING AS WAGNER'S
By H. C. HAMILTON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New York, July 14. "Thoy never
come back" is a phrase that applios
i only with reverse English to the per-
mabs at that-but they are rather ; formances of George GibBon and Hans
our sons and brothers who are giving
Wagner, two surviving members of
their time end service and risking th(jb Na'ttonal , mogt famou8
uimr . M ur pennant winners. Both, after having
00 not deserve the "left overs" but f . . ... ' . ?
""l . "v B ."". been voter! out of the frame, are hack
new fresh, clean books Iitted to their , . ,, .r ' ... .
p mule, unu aia uaca bucio wiui dui'
a vengeance that they have rooted
taste, occupation and environment, b1-
80 fresh up-to-date magazines, not
tke castaways of years past.
It has been said that men in such
youngsters out of the lineup,
Gibson's comeback was delayed
situations will read anything; that is somewhat more than Wagner's. Hans
perhaps true. In Alaska men walked was playing regularly for the Pirates
ten miles to borrow a magazine, while Gibson wbb still doing 'bench
Starving men will eat anything. But duty for the Giants. The need of a
our, young men who are devoting their catcher to help Bil Rariden and the
unwillingness of McGraw to use Ernie cooler head and is much better quali
Kreuger, a youngster, in the import- fied in every way except one to step
ant games the Giants were then play- into Willard's title. Morris is the
ing brought Gibson back to the box proverbial glutton; for punishment. He
scores.. never knows when he has enough. En-
Gibson was turned out of the Pirate durance would be the only thing to
fold almost a year ago by Jimmy Cal- commend him should he succeed in lur
lahan. Under the .rules of baseball ing Willard into a match. Fulton un
he was entitled to an unconditional doubtedly would outbox Morris should
release, but McGraw refused to waive they meet in a legitimate ring under
and Gibson was sent to New York, the direction of a referee who would
For a time he refused to report, but enforce real rules.
differences were patched up last The elimination probably will come
spring. before long, but it is doubtful if even
Gibson is 37 years old now an old then Willard would consent to a bout
man as baseball players are rated. He '
began playing baseball in 1903 with WEINERT-FULTON
the Kingston club of the famous old I MATCHING GROTESQUE
Hudson- River lenfnjfinn nrtrnnl. BY H. C. HAMILTON.
tion that took in towns along the river-, ' (United Press Staff Correspondent.)
and whAr the n nvnra worn mmnnaoil JNew lorK, duly it. rrai c uiion
to make the jumps as best they could, recently got through winning another
Then Gibson got into the old East- reierees decision over v,imny nvuv
em league, now the International . e alleged heavyweight from
league and did service with Buffalo. New Jersey, and this was the signal
He played only twelve games and r Harrv P"k tu i?se on tho
nmn. wincr nvBrncro nf -R7 poor fans of New York state a ream
He was dropped by Buffalo, however, ' of statements concerning the
and Montreal took him on. He took , shortcomings of.Fulton.
nnrt. in Mtrhtv frames in 1904. and . ' Fulton won his fight in the second
batted .204. Two years was his limit round of a scheduled ten-round go
in Montreal and then he was pur- when the referee stopped the bout af
chased by Pittsburgh, where he stayed . ter continually warning Weinert
until last summer. j against fouling. At the very start of
OihsnniwaH a retrular almost to the the melee Weinert sank his fists low
Inst Hnv nf his enrrarremnnt with tho into Fulton's abdomen, He was warned
Pirntoa f)n vnnr hi. nnnfhi- 1 no repeatedly, yet he finally lost his
eames. and that was the Pirates' Dig hout just for that reason.
Weinert can t beat t ulton. He
can't make even a half-way interest
ing match for the big fellow. Fulton
simply outclassed the Jersey scrapper,
Harry Pollok's cries have become
too old to be taken seriously by any
one. He never has failed to have an
alibi ready when one of his stable
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FULTON PROVES HE
DESERVES ATTENTION
BY H. C. HAMILTON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
M, Vnvt T..l 1A T?vo,l 1?lton
.11 A-, wv. ',,,, J took a beating. His antics after Fred
.. , .-ij.!.. i, , . die Welsh was derived of his title by
lost on a foul to Carl Morris in New Leonard were in keeping with
York, nevertheless stands out above ?."V W ? T a -aa
n , ,v, inmf f die had been unfairly decided against.
-.,. . ..... , . . , Any one who saw Fulton and Wein
liquid wnu win uo nifiuiv a inaw-ii ' . , ,i j . . . xt
r.. T ,. . ert when they came together in New
W' . .. ., ork last winter while Fulton was go-
..a,.. .u.....- g() we,j coujd help feej
UBt u, uu ,, ""'"-"'k weinert was in for a bad beating
near r.ght when he claimed he had when ,t wag announced Buffalo had
been grossly discriminated against arra for another meetin between
"c """Hi-v-u them When they tangled in Madison
n ,morrl8 " aeclareo j"'"317 'Square Gaden under the direction of
..... ..m, tne iate Grant Hugh IBrown Fulton
Langford, clear-cut at every step of
the game, was the thing that turned
the fight fans back to his side. If
there was a man, including Morris,
who could step into Langford, and
make him quit in seven rounds the
opinion would be just as lively for
him but there isn't. Fulton has
proved he has something besides a
weak stomach.
Post-mortems are objectionable, even
to the post-mortem subject, Ibut it is
a fact, just the same, thnt Fulton was
flung into a small Ting with Morris, v
It is a fact that Morris used foul tac- 4
tics on the tall Nobrasknn all through ! 4
the bout with him. It is likewise a I
truth that Fulton protested in vain
was so much better, so much the
harder puncher there was nothing to
the bout but a joke and a feeling of
pity. Weinert was punched off his
feet.
That's exactly what will happen if
they come together again. Weinert
as a scrapper isn't even to be con
sidered in the same breath with Ful
ton.
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I
What are you going to do with that
to the referee, and it is just as much half bottle of left-over milk in your
of an Iron-bound cinch that the refe- refrigerator, Madam Housewife?
ree didn't wait for more than one foul I Nourishing Milk Gravy.
when time came to award the palm ! (Enough for family of two adults
to Morris. One foul was plenty and and three children. Reduce propor-
it did the work. . Itions if for smr.ller number.)
As a ring 'workman Fulton as a f 1 pint skim milk,
better man than Morris. He is a hard-; 1-4 cup flour ? ,,
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Sugar Cane or fruit, $9.45.
Fruit.
Bananas 85c40c per dozen.
Oranges 2560c per dozen.
Lemons 40c per dozen.
Blackcaps 2 for 25c. . .
Red Raspberries 2 for 25c.
Cherries 15c pound.
Dewberries 2 for 25c.
Strawberries 15c; 2 for 25c.
Cantaloupes 10c each.
Watermelons 41c pound.
Vegetables.
Turnips, beets and carrots 5c lb.
Spinach 8c
Rhubarb 5c
Fresh Tomatoes 15c and 25c.
Green Peas 10c, 3 for 25c.
Green Peas 10c
Cucumbers 2 for 25c.
Radishes 3 for 10c
Green T)nions 3 for 10c
Lettuce 10c
Potatoes $3.50
New Cabbage 6c
Honey 20c .
Dry Onions 5 and 6c
White beans 22 l-2c
Beans Colored 17 l-2c
Butter, Eggs and Honey.
Butter Fancy creamery, 45e, 80c
Ranch butter 40c, 80c
Eggs 35c
Honey 20c.
Flour and Feed.
Bluestem Flour $3.20.
Royal Patent $3.15.
Jersey Cream $3.15.
Best of the Best (patent) $3.15.
Invincible $3.20. ,
Upper Crust $3.45.
None-to-Equal $3,15.
Sea Foam $3.10.
Best of the Best (straight grade)
$3.10.
Flour In 10-lb. Sacks.
Graham, Germs, Whole Wheat and
Royal Patent 80c
Yellow Corn Meal 70c t
101b Oats 75c
Chickens and FowL
Ducks- -Live, 18c
Turkeys Live, 2022c
Geese Live, 1618c
Hens Live, 16 18c
Harry Delaney, an employe of the
O.-W and a member of tho hospital
corps, left for home 'for a short visit
before he leaves for real duty. He
will return soon.
F. S. Newhard and wife, of Port
land, are returning home today after
a visit of about two weeks in this city.
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IN FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
1 Oak Library Table :". ' '. $10.0
1 Rug, Smith Velvet, good as new . .i $23.50
1 Axminster, 9x12, good as new .$21.30
1 Xminster, 9x10, good as new $13.50
Slightly used Ranges $16.00, $26.00, $28.00
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Bargain In
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240 acres of pasture land east of Aliccl, one
half of the tract is extra good soil, watered.
Owner a non-resident and has put a price
that certainly should be picked up quickly
by some farmer in the valley who needs a
good piece of grazing land.
The price is $5.00 per acre. The land is situ
ated in Section If Twp. 26 South Range 40.
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