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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1925)
Page Two THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER . Thursday, December 21, 1!)25. i 2M S , . 5 ' Says: Candidate . Itaifii) OHl'ls from tlic possibility of !Klllne bctltT wath!r. The Hhortt-r HILL'S "A Good Place To Trade" ' (Itv llllly :vuiin) III Iiroiiuillnjc niiurlK nt liny klllil A IIm-i-i In ii iDimlnnl kiiimMh iwth j tlv wcullirr. I'l'liiiiiHIy I hi' irir urlltliiT Hull J i"i tap iIiiiImk the- Inst wcirlil lMrii't Iihh i'uiimnI tin titii ninjor T . Imjrm'M In Miortrn their m'Iimiii. 1,1 ' warting Hie bir tWh one w(fH I earlier lliun Is cnsiomnry will be no guarantee iiK"inst bad wither. JJ"It is a matter of record that on the whole, the bin event of the wy"iir In baseball him been furnish- ed with excel lent plnylnir eondi- ; iIoiih, w However. I feel thnt tin- m:iff- miles iiuifle a wise move 111 their , decision to play- the I.H-Kamo W schedule ill one chm week's time. Starling seven days curlier cer- I tatrily will not handfeup weather 1 conditions, hut Hie big advantage Jj Is Hint the si-rliH will he finished Ijiiefoff the big fool hall, games or 7 the year get under wny. X- .v'v. .'.V rfT:'. I I'm several years tin- orhl w J , l ies untl Mime of (he IwM football en n U nl (he year lime overlapped. SPORT NEWS Mioin i it si;.vso.v. k Cleaning house one week earlier than usual will enahle baseball to do away with most of the con. 1 1 If '1m. I IiIh is uh It should he, lor Hu8on fllmlnutrs a week of firatfjry play tliu la lh uaual hrand unless lht rare In very clos inrlrli-ntully It floi-H ayvuy with tlu 1 fuotliull cla-sli, . I.i-lil-,itullv. tin- funs who like iloiili.V lii'Hili'rs an- certain of at leant Keven each year, for Ihey are 1'ejtllhlrly .selxilnletl In nriler to make i(lhle the shorter elohii; ilate. im:i:i: ixx; ti:aik timi.v FOIl IDAIIt) FAI.!,s JCAl'K ... left's - - f I, TW4X KAM.S (AT'). Winners of lim-e or the annual Ashton t)o ruees, Kinoky (Jaston. Harry Ken nedy and Warren Cordlnjfly will euiiiKte in a doj; race to he liei-l on January HI, In connection with the annual convention of the I (Vi no Wool (irowcRM' association to be he 14-1 0, kaii,a.k m:vri:sT di:n:i;i aiihixtmi:nt to wait SAL KM, Ore.. Selection of n NEW VOHK iAP). The Nw successor to Kl liand. deputy mate York Htute Atlilctic commlsslcn 're marshal, will not he detrmui Weilnesduy denied a request hy e,i "mi" tomorrow or Thursday, ac I.OUU (Kid) Kaplan of .Merldan, ; cordins to Will Moon; staw fire Connecticut, worm's feutherwelKlit murMmll. .Mr. JtanU dleil soddenly campion, to enffajre In mutrhea (ut lt Sunday. aKalnst ttoxers of heavier dlvi- j Mr. Moore said he had received slons. Kaplan hased hlB petiti'm a I art? number of applications for on a claim that a dearth of li'i- the position. Ainontr the apptf pouiwl contenders would compel 'canis are aeverul resldenis of l'ort him to remain inactive. j land who have had experience in . j police work. m Komi ('routing Vennit Asked j Mr. Itapd has been rmnloyed ,s J arson . inve.Htljrator by the s ale SALEM, Ore.. The Woodard hln "cshall's department for tv Lumber company, with headiuart- if ru' yean. r at rottaKe C trove, has petition- j puiiiic service coiuiin.si(n ed tin: for piTiuission to construct a lot; King railroad across a county road Coujriir Sliot Near .Mai'sbffeltl M A I !SM KIKI .1 , Ore., WHIi.im Axe of th Mvtrlc I'olnt district 8 richer by $50 atfter coUectlnu ilui stale bounty on two cougars, shot in one tree recently. Mr. Axe hid the Moyd Jaivis hound pack, nul ed for havtiiK trailed more !inhii:i: than any hunting dos in this set . tion of the state,, The nvo killed hy Axe made five the Jarvis dos have taken In the paft month. 2l.th)0 TUKKI'S St M. I .OH AXdKLKS (AP). Approx imately 21.IHH' tickets for the foot, ball game New Year's day nt l'u. adena bt'tween the Universities of Alabama and Washington, hft 1 la-en disposed of up to noon Tu.-. .lay, the fifth day oT the salu, ticket sellers announced 'Wednesday. I In Jdaho l ulls, January ltl,f? 1 nivori- "ow ,mi1 affording to Donald Klgurefl given out by the. rural economies department of the Ohio the . average Ohio farm horse works eurf. secretary of the assoeh.l ton. omr ,wo "our a ,lav al 0 cot)' r who returned Tuesday from Idaho u littfi mo" ,hnn 35 rt'nts an Kntrauts In the race ulreadv aa"(MiiwwsjMSMBBi have established training kenn is at Idaho l ulls and are for the run practicing! which Is to be ov.ri a course of 1ft miles extending iH'.ihJmiiw Harms." f .M,.us u,M wcHiwuri from tho , court ho ise' man and nhvxlcal -.iliur.. ..vu.n ..f 'iw'iming taok over the mimv Voun-.Miown.' o.. is a e.ru.hdai (oi . In,!l tw ,hft nhl,', of l Kinnlng. ! mayor of th.it city. II- can im-.- ;i 1 ' ; man nl hi v.. bin head with one h;nid. J ''htHjuieaniata )n I'hlle is the! "i; as shown hi tin photovniph. can jlieart of tlM greatest copper-bear- , benitt lallioiid hpiko with his baiejlnB "r,-a ' ,,M world. The lar- hanii - (nest slngli North American in-1 j--" -I vestment, souttf of I'anama em-. It Im national iKistime should exfsL ""''J h (he ilwlillna; Hash nf Ihn I1K ffldlliilll Ilillkt'M lift ImtV (letting back lo the weather con NEW FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION INS I MOW YOIIK .I'hlel l,n liar ba llerlshcly deTejUs Lew ler fettl. MOW YOIIK MiUe McTlgue wlim Judge's dcHsioti over Tiger l-'hiwei-s, I'olored. card of three 10-round bouls for a show to he staged In Maitlson Hiiuro Garden on New Year's day. (he mil In event of which will btlngl together Have- Khade, rallforniaj worst welterweight, and Itoland Todd of guine should i-.igiani. played. rtanor r rieumiin Of nicago will i opposii Wllllo Harmon of New' York In the semi-final. .. mi kkii;' bi;ats khi:aui:u HEATTIJ-J A 1'). After taking! the count of nine himself in tliej I lirHt round of a six-round Heinl-i final hern Tuesday night, "Will" I McXenztc, Vuncouver Island log i ger heavyweight, knocked out Ai t world scries. ployH here $ I.OiMMHio.ooo. .The fhl- 'ms are the Yankees of Koiilh Big JAZZ DANCE A I The Kaales' Hall . T-O-N-I-G-H-T Six-Piece Orchestra I Alwrien. Safsltj wt (umfurfuLfy Travel hy .Muloi Stage Safelv - C'oiuforlnhly. MOroit 'IKA.NSIT COMPANY. The Grey Stages. Oiuie l our SI ago liefait nt 1 1 II Jefferson Ave, All Modern and Heated Singer. i.kavk h oitA.Mn: rou Joseph o a. M. - I I. M. - 4 I'. M. Siindny, 9 A. M. - 4 P. M. I'eiullelon 1 1 A. M. .- 1 I. .M. Dally. Con nee Is to Walla Walla and rurllantl. Cheap liatt h Depot Plinm; We Carry Kxprrss On Special Trips Main T!ll And 'lliinks NKw OIU( (AD. Kldel La HineeBslve knockout- In as many ii nt ui i ,u(i sniK''jei, new i ly- welght champion, marked his Tint oppearanee in an eantern ring Wednesday night, hy seorlng an impriiRHlvii triumph over l w I'er leltl of New York. J-a llarbu tvu:i awarded a Judges declnion in ln six-round semi-final to a light heavyweight fight between Mike Merigue and Tiger Ilowers, fen Hiring a Christmas fund show In Madison K(iiare (iarden. Im liar ha went to the canvas in the firBt round under a left hook but he wuh off buluncM wh"ii struck and Jumped to his feet Ik lorn u count was glvin. tUwtniU'u Jabs and hohka had lilin in troif- ble again in Urn second, h it from then on he carried the light to Hie New York bantam and hi I him covering ami holding und r a furluua uttack in I he last .two rounds. La linrlm welched 114 and Terfettl I Hi. Iltions that have greeted the world , MANY ADVAXTAUKK. series games. Haseball records show that only, The weatlu r was abominable Hiree seriefi sinre the Inmigiira- ! during Hie last sera-s with the :- Hon of Hie classic have been bad- ption oriKissibly two games. The ly liiterfer(d with by rain. final contest was staged under the I The l!Miu series had a couple of condll Ions possible. The rainy days, also some very cold have, never been : wcnlher in the final games at le I troll, overcoats and blatijtets being Had If been" a rcmih.r iriimo ,1nr. ill,l( h ,n evidence, ala football. ing the season It would have never The lOM event waa the worst ol' been started. If it hud. It would ItJiin set In at Philadelphia nnd havn bi-en called long before the 111,1,1 "P Oie final game -of Uie aei regulation period. I rl,M five days. -Vw of-the orig- The fuct Ik ihat It was started, ' in:i' Heket buyers saw that game, plus I he unusual conditions t hat A five-day b-yoff wus too much thn umpins at. once faced In so ,nr ,IV'" 'he dyed-in-Hie-wool Important a conlest, notably thn m-and fan. four-run lead of Washington. I The Inclement weather under Shearer of Portland In the second ",u:v " !" ,oni"- nyni.-n me iza games were played ro-.ind. This-Is McKenzle's' fourth . I is si im t resh in the minds of every mm If nny ball gnine should be nhiv- fan. the last irnrno In nnrtiiMiinf ks. after heiiwr discovered bv " .... .-u.hiuh.iih, mm nc I towever, there are other ad Va n- Honuln Austin of Seattle a month l rowi:its in-: ati-:. v KEW YOltK (Af). -Mike Me Tlgue. former world's light heavy weight champion, Wednesday night won a Judge's decision o. v the Atlanta, (In., negro, Tier Klowers, In a furiously Tonght lo round right at Madimm Square Harden, the feature contest of a Christmas fund boxing show, Hlscnrillng his customary ilefni slve style to trade pinches with Hie southern negro Tighter n every round, MrTlgue m.-t thevlg. o reus assault of his foe wild soil. I lights to the body and load. Mow ers replied Willi terrific hookii which several times tinned Me Tig ue around. They fooi;ht lot to toe throughout and :i! He rnt elusion boos w re inh.nl. . with shouts o( apiiroval om r Hie v---dict. McTlg le weighed 1711; I'knve". ior.4. (Jeorge (iodfrey, J :.':!-pan ml ne gro heavyweight of I'ennsj Kn ni.i, outpointed Martin Murkc of Ne.v (tritium In a second lo-nnmd eon test but failed to Impress a crowd of ir,uoo by his triumph. ntA Di:it ii:i i:ais mavis HALT LAKH t.l'). Ira Hern of Suit Lake threw Sailor Jack l-uis in their mulch here Tuesday n I Tit tit the Hippod route t heater. At , ler 7n loluutes or w; tiling, He.n picked up the. usti i n hea yueigbt bodtly und to:H.d him out of the Ving. l.ewtft crawled Hiiough the l opes le w ).. ri d and d:i;-.nl and the local man gr.-ibbed him about the waist and hilt,! him to Hie canvas u It h ten H e force. The shock ren.len d Lew is . n-irles lltid helpless. A dot tor ft.ibl Lewis suffer d a Might i one ts-ion of tii brain. The match w n; ereedlng )y rough ami both no n -h ull out unnecessary 'unij.hment. 1 e i n was jnuch faster and the pos.-ssor of a more vai led ansoi tment oi hoM:. ItOUSOV tills TC, RAN KliAN'ClSfO t Al'i. I'ran kle t'arnphe)!. local lu-ht heiivv xv Ight, and Mickey Hi.ekson or Itolse, Idaho, have le en innln J for a 1 o-round bout hete New Year's day. This will be tlu sec ond meeting of the pair. in their first encounter they weht 1 h rough 1 0 fast rou litis to a di ; w . ADi;ltSO MOPS MlAV KANSAH CITY. Kuiim. (Al). -Wayne "IHg" Munn. heavy weight wrehtbr and former l'liherslty of Nebrnaka football !;ir, essay in for tha scon.i time a ring career, was knocked out here in the tint round of n sched'ib d 10 round bout hy Andre A inlet son of chl riiKo. Munn lasted only two mm u lea. HICK Aim AKKANOrs ItOITS NEW YOIIK ( A P) . Promoter T Rickard Tuesday comph tt 1 a ago. McKenzln dropped Shearer for the count of six In the first loutid and laid him out cold 4 ft seconds after the start of the- second. A!- ter waiting for the referee to ad minister the count the Canadian carried Hhearor to his corner where h,j WUM revived." MrOKOW lll,ATS VIXCKXTKXM NEW YORK (Al). JMill Mc (Iraw of Detroit received the de cision 'in a "1!! Ground bout wl'.h Lul Vincent cnnl of Chllo here Tuesday flight.' " McOraw weight d Htr and Viuc.cnlcnul HM 1 . It w is McOruw's second victory over Hie South American. orti'ii i'Ikm i v; rou iioit. PriTSlUritO, (a. AI'). Hurry flreb, nilddleweight champion of the world, has another bout with Cietio Tunney in (irospect. In an no iuced Just beforo taking I he train for New York Tuesday i'ght. (Ireb mention Miami. Ha., uh lh. riossiblo seerie of the proposed bout, am) Kebruury 22 as the dale. ffl DliltHY TO Hi; MVS MAY IX CO V I ( 1TON, Ky. ( A I L The t tt Utl Kentucky derby will be run nl Churchill I low ns, May Id, Cm. M. J. Winn, general manager of Hie , Kentucky Jockey cl lb. an nounced Tuesday. "Just what dale we will ask Ironlhe Knluclty lacing com mission has not been determined, but it Is probable we will race nl t he usual time of ye:ir," said i 'olonel Winn. IF YOU have never been to California it- Knntrl K uJ effort of your life to go. Representatives o, the Union Pacific Will gladly furnish you illustralml booUcts giving complete information about thi land where the sun shines most of the time and where you can enjoy out-of-dour life all the time. Convenient train connection either via Portland or Salt Lake City at very reasonable round trip fares. Let us help you plan your Mineral y, quote you fares, and make all your arrangements. J. JI. Kcfiioy, La (Irniulo, Ore. & if if if M if if if if St lf 9 M V M if Ml it if One pf the Greatest Joys of Christmas Is "the opportunity of expressing to our Friends our appreciation for their patronage. To you and yours we extend sincere wishes for a Joyous Christmas And A PKOSI'EKOrs NFAV YEAR Perkins Motor Company Corner 1th and Adams. Thonc M-oOO to m ft to ft to to1 to to til (V V to, to1 fi: to to' i to i i i vises I -. Ill aOSr5Sa&SjSiS-5sr5j&3 rdr . s Christmas GIVE Johnston's ;'Box Ranches We are showing the finest and largest assortment of Box Candy in Eastern Oregon' Fruit and Nuts Mixed Chocolates All Milk Chocolates Hard Centers Chocolate Cherries Swiss Style Chocolates . Bitter Sweets " Etc. WE THANK OUR MANY CUST0- MERS FOR THEIR LIBERAL PAT ' E0NAGE AND WISH THEM ' . Merry Christmas v. A Delightful Place To Eat ASH BROS. "The Store That "Pioneer Keeps Faith" Clothiers" Caty-corner from La Grande Nat'l Bank Basket Groceteria AND MARKET Next to Arcade Theater To All Our Friends and Patrons We Extend the Heartiest Greetings of the Season. TWO STORES The same goods at the same prices. La Grande Groceteria AND MARKET Ts'ext to Black Cat