La Grande evening observer., May 12, 1923, Image 3

Saturday, May 12, 1923.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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Welch and Bus
Will Fight 6
Rounds May 17
Ktl Ponl promises iho local flk'lit
fans today that the boxlnc curd .to be
iu-iti lii io litxt Thursday evening In ;
i no Mar llieah-i, will be evi-n better
than tlu- pivctMilnjf om-r-thut Ltulrlu
utul Young Wright topped off. Mr.
J-'crd has been in Portland for hev
cral days und has lined up u card
that Uiok:; ood,
Kreddh- Welch, of Portland, who
tuchles llus llMirie In the final six
round Hpeeiut event, is rated aa on
of the classiest tlMi-wongem in tho
i tate of Oregon, lie Is supposed to
pack a punch Unit could floor a giant
and is rated as fast and shifty. Uus
lias walloped several pood boys since
h h is been in Ui Grande, among
them being Kddie .Shannon, of Port
land V.. ii.... W'.-i.rl.i ,.r V..1..
' """B n if,'", wi iHRIIIIUi ItllU .
olhei:;.
ilike 1H-Pinto, who fought here on
the last card against Kid Sarp, looks
awiully good to the local boys. He
will bo givn a chance to niak tin
even better showing next week as
Kord has matched Vie Adums, the
Canadian streak, against him In a teu
round evenl. Kiltie need lit bu said
about Hepinto he has shown his
wares here before, but as for Adams,
heru is what one of the premier
northwest sport writers hud to ejacu
late: "A Canadian lad, by Iho name
of Vic Adams, with the Mulekitess of
a wildcat full of turpentine had HMmi
i'tght fans silting popeyed on the edge
of their chairs swaying Adams' body
as thc wallops from his paws reach
ed home on the body of Kuhe Weav
er, who tore In like a bullet to meet
the diminutive wildcat."
Preliminary bonis are. -being nr
ranged and will be announced next
week. Tickets Tor the event will be
on sale at the Imperial and the Home
Plate.
Boise Wins
Field Meet
. MOSCOW. May 12. Boise hih
school won the eleventh annual Idaho
state interseholastic track meet here
Friday afternoon with 31 pcJnts. Ru
pert, favored as the winner, took sec
ond place with 27 points. Lewiston
Was third with 17 points, and Twin
Falls, fourth with 11 points. Longf of
Rupert, sensational high school
sprinter, was high point man, annexing-
18 points with firsts in the 100
and 220 dashes and the broad jump,
and secern! in the 50-yard dash- Ku
pert won the 880-yard relay.
One state record was substantially
smashed by Cleaver of Caldwell,. who
et a new mark in the mile run of 4
minutes, 44 8-10 seconds. This time
broke the Idaho hitfh school mile rec
ord of 4 minutes 47 2-o seconds, set
by Rosenbiium of hurley in 1014, by
27-10 seconds. Kyle of Kooskia, wen
thc high jump with a lean one-half
inch below the state record of 5 feet
9i inches. Kyle took the event with
5 feet 9 inches.
HOMERS FLY 60
MILES IN 1:27
(By Associated JYchs)
; HAVWAUD, t'allf.. May HV onu
hundred local birds competed in a
nice from Sacramento to this place I
recently. The homers were taken to
the capital and released. The flying j
time of the leaders was one hour, -7
minutes and :i 2-seconds. 11 was the
first test of the season und the spec 1 I
w as considered good. The air I in
distance is approximately sixty miles.
WETHERED WINNER
(By Associated Press)
HKAL. Kng.. May 1 Wither
ed today won the British Ama
teur golf championship, defeat
ing Uoberl Harris at seven und
six.
COAST BASEBALL
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Pacific Coast League
Tct.
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.541
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324
Lux AnicrleH 5, Portland 2
Los Angeles ' It. H. E.
Portland 2 9 1
Los Angeles -.5 8 0!
Batteries, Schrocder. Eckcrt and j
Clubs Won I.osl
Vcrn-m 22 H
San Francisco 22 15
Portlaiul . 22 15
Salt Lake 20 1
Sacramento 26 17
Seattle 14 21
Los Angeles i:i 21
Oakland 12 25
Byler; Hughes and Baldwin.
Senators 9, Oaklands 0
Sncramentc R. H. E.
.Oakland 0 5 3
' .'Sacramento i- "
Batteries, Arlett, Murchio. Ely and
Thomas, Read; Penncr, Shea and
Koehlcr.
Seals 2, Indians 0
San Francisco R. H. E.
Srattl- 0 5 0
San Francisco 2 S 1
Batteries, Blaker and Ritchie; Scott
and Ariicw.
Vernon 35, Sail Lake 11
Salt Lake R. H. E. I
Vernon .'15 32 3 ;
Salt Iike 11 15 1
Batteries, Pr 11 and I). Murphy;
("ouir,i:c, Kinney. Shechan anil Jen- j
kir.s, Peters, Anfin.-nn.
rc:rr.t this sentence: "Although I
she '''! w"n " texuty contest, she
xvp n jrreat h"lp to her mother at
!-.' I
Life is just a short sea.-on of dodg
ing jitneys, taxes and jury servicers
Track Meet on
In Baker City
llright und early this morning tho
members of tho Ulutl and White
truck and field team gathered their
athletic paraphatialla together, and
Hopped Into cum, that shortly after
wards Wero on their way to Haker
where the Annual Kasterii Oregon
track und field meet is being held
this afternoon.
'Chances ate good for tho Iji
Crande team winning, und at any
rate, it is a cinch that either - 10.
(iruutlo or Pendleton will emerge
from the contests- victorious.
Many Lu Grande people went to
Maker today io witness the event and
to boost tho lllues on to victory. The
team got an early start, arriving thero
several hours before the opening of
I he meet.
No renorls of lite first events havo
been received as. tho Observer goes to
press.
Kentucky Derby
IXH'ISYIJJ.K, May 12. The for-ty-ninth
renewal of tho Kentucky
Derby already has set several new
records, all hough America's great
est race Is still more than a week
away. The nominees, numbering 145,
far exceed ail previous totals, Hi'
nearest approach being the 1 Ul mark
of 1U20, With u possible 2t starters,
the ruoo will be worth $4,000 in ad
dition to the winner's gold plate val
ued at $7,600.
Kor Hut first time in its history
the Derby will he, run on the second
Saturday or the meet, instead of the
opening day. This change was de
cided on to avoid conflict with the
Preakness. unol her famous race, at
Plmlico, Maryland.
As for the records which may b
established by the horses themselves,
Indications utv than one of Hie most
evenly balanced fields in many yeaiM
will faro the barrier on tho afternoon
of .Muy l'J.
The possible) $ii4, onn purso thfs
year is quite a contrast with that of
Iho first Derby, in 1875, when Arls
tides romped home ahead of the field
to win $2,850.
Seating arrange meats have been
made to take cure of 30, Olio persons.
Standing room where tho Djrby can
be seen from- terraced slops and
promenades can easily take euro of
50,00(1. The others will have to lako
pot-luck from the field or roofs of
adjoining stables and , buildings.
Tho Keene brothers' Alice lHue
down has many followers on tho
strength of her two-year-old record
for speed and gameness.
K. K. Ilryson's Setting Sun hits
come Inio recent notice by winning
the Inaugural Handicap at Howlev.
Thc .Mont fort and H. It. Jon en'
I K'liiy entry this year is Dun K.
o'Hiilliviin, black in color and one of
the' most striking tn appearance in
the history of the Derby. K. It.
lb ad ley's PJ essoin Time 1m another
lilly given high rating by the ex
perls. Ucnjamin lllock. owner of Mor
vleh, the iVJ'2 Derby winner, will try
lo repeat this year with Aspiration
and Better l.uck. ltr. lllock recently
purchased Aspiration by. (Jeorge
Smith, a Derby winner, out of In
spiration. Fish Eggs to Be Planted
ASTORIA, May 12 Matt Kick
man, state supervisor of trout hatch
eries, was here yesterday and with
Deputy Game Warden Smith visited
the hatchery on the Necanicum river.
They reported that 275,000 cut-throat
try have been hatched there ttns year
and are now being fed. About June
1 more than 500,000 black spotted
trout eggs will be received at that
hatchery, making the outnut from
the plant this season approximately
800,000 young tiout. AH of these
will be planted in Clatsop county
streams and the first ones will be
released about next September.
ACTRESS STAGES
DRAMA FOR U. C.
LOW ANGKLIOS. May 12. Margar
et Angltn, Interpreter of Greek drama,
plans to leave here May 19 for Ber
keley, t'allf., where on May 29 she
will make her seventh appearance on
the stage of the Greek theatre or the
i niversity of California, this time in
the Hippolytus of luripldes.
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Tho bodies of N. J. Caniano and '
Frank Solomoni, last seen alive,
three months ugo, woro found
when this tuxl was raised from the
East River, Now York City.
WILLARD WINS
(Bv Associated Press)
. NEW1 YORK, May 12. Jcsb
Willard wVn from Floyd Johnson
who refused to enter the ring in
thc twelfth round, after receiv
ing a' hard pounding throughout
the eleventh round. Angel Luis
Firpo knocked out Jack McAuliff
in the third round.
NEW YORK, May 12. (-Ring-side).
Jack Renault was awarded the con-
test with Fred Fulton in the fourth j
round on a foul. Tiny Jim Herman'
knocked out AI Resch in the sixth.
Angel Luis Firpo knocked out Jack
McAuliff of Detroit in the third
round of a fifteen round niatch with
a terrific jolt to jaw. McAuliff wont
down at the close of the second round
but was saved by the bell. Jess Wil
lard appeare in excellent shape, as
the fifteen round bout with Floyd
Johnson started. He staggered John
son in the second round. Willard's
aggressive punished ' Johnson who
showed, much endurance. Johnson's
blows did not seem to bother Willard
who laughed under the blows. Johnson-
went down, in the., tenth round
but was up immediately.
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WATERFALL TO
SUPPLYPOWER
(Hy Associated Press)
SACUAMLNTO, Calif., M ty IS.
The G.ooaiooc fall of the 'ftbi nr
systeni bet f ecu liny press valley on
ihu south fork of tho North Yuba at
an elevation of 6.&70 feet and u point
at 276 feet elevation below the pio
posed narrows dum near Htmirlnvlll'
on the Yuba river will be utilized hi
tho proposed power development out
lined by the Yuba Development Com
pany and made public to H. A. Klue
fiu.1, chief of tho division of water
rights of the state department of pub
lic works.
Tho development of 2Ci,lS' horse
power as projected In the develop
inent scheme approved by the water
rights division, contemplates the use
of nine large reservoirs with u com
bined storuge capacity of approxi
mately 600,000 aero feet, and diver
sion tunnels totalling- more than
hveive miles. 1
, Tho working out of the reservoir
and power units is such that prac
tlcully no fall of the river will be al
lowed lo go to waste. Soon after the
water Is discharged from the tall race
of one power house. It will be stored
Spring Coats, Suits
Taffeta Dresses
Drastically Reduced
SPRING SUITS
y4toy3off
Sport Suits, Tailored Suits
Balkan Suits
Two and three-piece suits,
all in the latest styles, most
handsomely tailored and best
material that money can buy.
Each garment is a superlative value, an opportunity,
Next to Star Theatre
Gordon
Across from Hoover
again and diverted for another pow
er house. Coupled with (ho proposed
power development are plans for ex
tensive irrigation projects in tho Sue
ramento valley to be supplied from
tho stored watura of the river and re
sumption of hydraulic mining.
The Kxcelslor Water und Power
company, the Metals Uxptorution com
pany, with headquarters in New York
city; Hurry Payne Whitney, New
York financier .and Kulkeley Wells,
Novuda and Colorado mine operator,
are umong those interested in the
Yuba Development com puny.
NATIONAL PARKS
, ARE TOURIST MECCA
(Hy Associated Press)
OGDEN, Ctah, May 12. More peo
ple visited tho national forests in the
Inlermountain states last year than
over before and as u result there was
a marked Increase in tho number of
fires, according to It. H. Uutledge,
chief of Hie local forest service office.
Hial'c'ning of additional fire guaids Is
a move that Mr. Hut ledge ha;i under
consideration. He estimated that up
ward of 300,000 persons vlsileu the
forests duting 19 -'2 and said ho cx
'cted that number to be great' in-C'-sed
tills cummer as moto p-?ou e
ore tul; inn advantage of onoo-i ; ntleft
'to camp, fish and hunt on tho fmvst
serves.
EN'S
Y f In Sport Coats, Urcss coats
A 1 - . V 1 ' and Capes
lyiLrfejl l-il I ITN-. Many from such famous 1 1
iml wV'd manufacturers as Wooltex and
' Betty Wales. Your choice of j
I ' 1 these high class garments at
. ' :,.,.. ., this .great, saving. ' " J
1309 ADAMS
Willi the season, lay aside your early spring felt hat and
blossom out in one of the new and becoming models of
Straw Hats
MEN'S
BRITISH RULE IN
INDIA IS O. K.
(Hy Associated Press)
T,OS ANGKLKH. Calif., May 12.
India Is well satisfied with British
rule, according to Itustum Hustumjee,
editor of the Bombay Oriental Hovtow,
who arrived hero recently to deliver
a series of lectures on political con
ditions in that country.
"With tho exception of u Biiiull but
very noisy group of radicals constant
ly ugltatlng for a change," Mr. Hus
tumjee said, "the people of India are
supporting British control for they
know that without it India would
soon become worse thun ltusslu. .
"India Is a very different country
from what it was twenty yeurs ago,"
he added, "when tho farmers, tho
backbone- of the nation, were hope
lessly in debt, living in mud huts .with
out any of the comforts of civiliza
tion. Today the majority of farmer)
live in cottages and enjoy some of tho
simple delights of civilization, such us
shoes and furniture. This Improve
in en t in economic conditions has been
brought about by the British methods
of credit."
The man who boasts that hardship
made him what lie is, is determined
that his son shitU have a much easier
time.
combining style, quality and
WEAR
SPRING COATS & CAPES j
Straws
WEAR
Railroad Men Perfect
Yardmasters Association
Formations of the Yard mast era
Association, Union Pacific System.. an
organization of Assistant General
Yard musters, Yardmasters and Al ;
tunt Yardmasters, totaling about 1&9
men, marked the close of a confer
ence of Union Pacific officials Mon
day evening. Tho Conference. h.as
been In progress at the General Of
fices of the Oregon Short Line Untt
of the Hystem for the past two weeks.
H. J. Olllen, of Council Bluffs, Io
wa, was elected president of the new
organization. C. D. Waring, of Poca,
tello, Idaho, General 8ecretary-Trea-,
surer, and T. J. Grady of Portland,'
Ore., vice-president. . -.
I'nder tho new organization, mem
bers nro made subordinate official
of the company. . A working agree
ment was signed embracing working
conditions and wages with the fouV
unit General Managers, Salt Lake
Telegram, (
T. J. Grady, assistant General
Yardmuster of Portland, Ore., arid
Wm. N. Shade, Yurdmustor at l&
Grande, Ore., were present during
this meotlng representing the Yard
masters of the O. W. It. It. & N. Coi, .
What the traveling men deIre fa
a anubber that will take the bumfs
out of the small-town hotel mat
tress. economy,
and
Across from Hoover
Next to Star Theatre
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