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SPORT
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l'ut Chicago at T(ip of
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rhintKO could retard her Cuba
ihiiuntly tottiiy. ii h liny apparent -'
IiikI picked up -Hm rlKlit trail
i t ret-in; fl"' National Ii-ukiM' pt'ii-
SI consecutive Vicloi 1 hree
ill) i u clean Hwci'p over Hit flashy
r;iV-, pushed the HrnillS in f mill
V two full Kl'H.
Percy Jones polished off I hi
i sum warriors by u five In lun
iiiifl before a Indies' day croud
nil in if Nome 32,00(1.
y WHHiiiiiH went it luiitt ways in
reeking I hi I'lrutt-M by lashlnc
ut a homer, il triple Ulltl double
inl a Hlitfcle lii four official time
il 1 1
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I. as Hit- Phillies liunif up :i
7 victory. f'
(.hints Shutout
Adolfo Kuque. Cincinnati's Cuban
niter had Hie (iinnln helplesw
htle Hie IteiH finished 111 f i on I ,
lo II.
HrimUlyil Iroonrrtl I lo- ('aril IlltilH
lo 2, KivlHK III'' KobliiK tllf K'-rli'K
v : lo I.
lUil.f Until Nhnwril tin, Hladluin
inn lie Htlll was In I In lionn. run
IMliil. Iiy yx'W'Ji.', yl'l ,'.all Jnl", (
(Kin. flvlil rilt.nrinTM lor inn aiiio
l tin' year us MM- Yank wliipi-il
n' Ur-niriilii into nnlniili;ion h lo 2.
In' Heiuilom wuiIimI thronicli 17
in ilonatfd Iiy St. I.oiila linrli-r
ir a 17 lo trilllllill.
i 'arrlKitlin Ki'il Hon Hloppi il tin'
alt Iipt9';4 lo I lor thi-ir fourth
H-alKliI v.-idlrl.
Til, Indian!, I'ray al I'llila
aa uaslo-d out Iiy ralu.
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Tl AMI JACK IIIIAIIV
Vi:W YHHK -Ti Ulrknrd nnd
:n-k Sliarkt-y l.utli an' n-a.ly fur
ii v inislitip Ii!i-Ii inlulil pr vi-nt
iinni y or I ii-inpra-y fioto tiiinlnir
p at t'hiriiKO S,-pl. "2. Ti lias
t no. ("Hi tiisiiram-i- poli.-y and
liarlii-y has tin- rolt- ol siihslll ill .
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W RAY JOHNSTON
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JACK PERRIIs
md MIS WHIRL WIND RIDER.
i '.,!p. -ly
"N I I I III 11"
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NEWS
; Portland Back
In Fifth Place
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By 5 to 2 Win
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Oakland
I San Km ueisco
! Seattle
J Sai'Iil lllf 111 O
i Portland
Hollywood
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Kos Allele
;t tin
My I lip A-sm iule.( Prcs
Poi I la mi i-finie from behind In
Hie I'lo.HiiiK JnniiiKH to ilrlve I'iiHt
lon mf the hill and malic It three
mil of four from Hollywood hy
winnliiK, t-2. Halt'-iic I''renctii.
HiiKheH and Yttlle; I'uHerton, V
Murphy und Conk, l. Murphy.
The Missions lapHeil hack Into
their old form, dropping u one
Hided kuiiIm tf Dip Seals. K'l-4. Mal
lei -leu; May and kejco: Kudoiph,
Pillelte and Wallers, Wales.
Tin Oaks made fi four struiKht
from Kom Atiiceles hy nosiiiK out i
the SerilpllH til I he eleven I h In a- I
ins :'.. HallerUs: Weal hersby. j
Cardner, Pie icy and Kundhertf;
Cooper itmi Huol, Kornhardi.
Tin a n lent "Speed" Mart In
liiuhed Sacramento to six hit
while Seattle coasted to an easy
I l-:i win lo even up Hi serieM. Mat
it rits; Martin und Schmidt; Kalllo.
Keele (Mid KeVereid.
Oil Company Uses
j y .
AlV L OrnmitlUCQtlOn
niti:'Ki:Nimirii:. t-xu (api
HiK hnsliif-as hHH tiirni',1 to Mi,'
rii'lio as a ini-aiiH or rhi'ttp und r
llal.li. I'oiiiiiiniilriillon In tlio nil
art-u of tin- liroail plain or Ti'Xuh
h Iiiti' otliiT mi-ana soini'lltin-ft nro
i-riiinp'il.
'I'hi- t'tillllpN l'-troli-iilil roinpany
la lii.stalliiiK it l.ntiii-wntl radio Hta.
tlon to In- nsoil In li-ananilttlliK ri--portfi
to ttnd ri-i-elvliiK onli'in I'roin
i-ooipaliv iiailiiiartit'H at Hartli-a-VHP-.
111.1a., anil' tor ronimiMili-a-lliin
ln-twon thin anil ollti-r ills-
,11-lrtN of 1 lit i-iitiipaliv.
Till- malrfin'ttin 11'.- oift or lliivo
opi-rati-il hy Ihi- 1'hlilipn Poinpuny,
th.' olhiofi h'.-lnif at HorK'T. also in
Hi.' T.-mih oil Hilda, and at tin-Point-
ollii-i- lu Itarlli'Hvilli'.
.lark Hinltll. a rolllP dot of t.ln
Ipiiln Ni'lirnska, Is u most rousi',
li n oh nri'liKO.-r. l-.'nt'li Siinilay
i nioi-nlnir. rain or shin,'. hi dppnrta
;ior i-liiiri'li, six hloi'ka nwuy. K'-ttlUK
Jllii-r,. in llini' to wi'li'onm iiii'in-
.-. ui ,ne .,oor, u....uuK.. ne r-
Midi's i ii k iiwiiue. wnen service
are over, lie relurnH lo his home.
This sum-
oid In the
Wonderful creatures!
nier (hey are kecpiuM
same skimpy clothes
thai kepi
them warm last inter.
! InibarrassiriK Simpson :
she loit her equilibrium
course I was too much of
iii in to mention It,"
- ind
1
Kentl-.
COSH!
Cl4i" vAV--sH a - - I
?L cM fi I L 1 ! Creamery .
i. ( 1 xWiJ - 1. !- Plue Mountain Ice Cream
s : ' k:;.fe lvr Blue Mountain Butter
Li :jm lue Mountain Milk
jrX , -'"hS' K1! SALE OF BERRY BOYLS j)
: Vvv1 1 X"- '-r. L:)& I? Social 3f)c Each S
S j3'.: oO-'-ifCX The Oregon Hardware & i
.'CVfgeg? f first M
I JACK DEMPSEY GIVEN OVATION ON
Hi 'kt sr- Ulu
, -tr'hj -:h-J,
I ,n T7, p, r;Vi,'
L i , r '; n
TIhm iIiohn rniitei bitiK .f the
I vast crowd ot Hi.iMMi which mii -
1 l (Minded Jin k I fem put-v nil bin
, triumphal return . tii Au-
iKelHN liome alter Iiin vietory
nver Stiai-key, licit. w in I em-
sey. sh.iwiiiK Utile hIkiin of the
battle ami wiiii a hapiv Hiulle
on his face, surrounded by i !ie
reeept ion com mil I ee.
Urges' Kansas' Plan to Bar From
Ring Undesirable Leather Pushers
TOPKKA, Kas AP The Kan
sas plan lor ralinK boxers may be
pri st riled io l he National HoxhiK
assoctutlon at its uieeiinK in Tole
do. Oct. 17. The plan is propose. 1
by Leslie i:. Kdinollds, executive
wcretlu y of I he Kans;is At hletlr
i 'o m mission and ctiairma n of t he
It-Kislalive committee of I lie asso
ciation. i ue iau.t(s piail. ii auopicu ny
the National MoMuk asMxiatiun.
; would make available an oitii'iul
record ol ev-Vy homer who appt-ais
In any of the L'o states ami five
fore ik u count ri s i eres-uled ill
Hie association.
The hiKKcst hamlicai to pro
moters slaKNiif boxing' exhiidtions,
uecord I iik t Kdmonds. Is lack ol
knowbdKe of the ordinary run of
tiKhlers. ICecord looks now pub
lished do not contain the names of
more than in percent of the fiKht
ers wtio appear in the riiiKs. Pro
moters must rely on too much
"siKht-unseen" employment of fist
cutters, Kilmnuds says.
I I 'nder-Hhi ' nystem some repre
sentative of the Kansas athletic
commission attends every fight to
report on each boxer under the
liejidinRH of footwork, speed, accur
acy in hittiiiK', KportsuuL.-iship. con-
j dition. WfiKht and g'ticral re
marks. The standard ol compari
son is lhat use d in Hie army In
rntinK" the ofiieer pei'Moitm-l. II is
set by Klolipinx- 1 he abilities of
t he best, he average. and t he
wornt boxers in the observe r'.s e-
li.i-l.in'.. Al Id..
I h- end of each
line." of the fighters
,,, ,n
are cleartil IhrouKh the slate uftice'
to every promoter and every rep-
reselllalive of e COIIllllisSHMl ill
Kansas,
"Since Its InauptirnTlon six
months ajfo. (lu- Kansas dan has
; prevented the reappearance of the !
;dtib. the has-been, mid Hie over-'
raie.i puuilisl. Kdmonds says.
"unce a man fights in Kansas his
periorinance he. -ohm s a matter or I
official record, which Is available I
10 mii siaie oranialion as well as ,
MKHBE DARWIN WAS
LA GRANDE
f-'Bf V- , -
coiiimi.HHious of oilur iut.-reHtcd
slates,"
rapt. Itaymond P. Waltz of tin
1'litfed Stalis army, stationed with
the IK (l. T. r. nt (he Kansas Hi ale
Aki Iculturul colb-ue, initialed I lie
Kansas Nysteiu tor cu t i n boxers.
The plan has been submitted to the
commissions of member slates of
Hie National Homiik association.
If ciimiKh 'f l he in are fa voraldy
intcn-.sted. KilinnihlN will present
the matter at Hie pet meeting.
l.l.T SIM.OlHl 1 S t ATI'.
POPTKANIi. (ire.. Auk. ' tA!'
"Ctoine . West. Medlord. with
two sisters ami a brother i.: named
heir to t he $ I o.uimi estate of his
mother. Sarah A. West, who died
here recently, w'hen the will was
admitted I o probate yesterday.
The ot her heirs are M innie K.
West, Tacoma; ICnhert Went. Port- ;
hind, and Klk I-'. P'lt ttMi- r, Kenton. 1
Wash.
j Mi l l Its I.IK I ; l ' M ' ItAKK
' WIKKI V.MSTdWN. M.ihn. - Knot
ball has been substhuled lor head-
nuniiiiK ainoiiK some rllipino Iribeji
who report t he k "id iron past ime
; "almost as s;H Isl'ytm:" says ( '. (1.
I Match. ider. -secn-ia i y ol (he In
terior. I Joins: Sorry, obi man. that my
hen fjot loose a ml scratched up
I your Maid u.
.! Smith: That's all tij;ht: my doj;
ati your lien.
! Jones: Kmc! I just run over
your dmr.
Policeman: Tun can't park h
funic alnni;, you're under arr
Prisoner: Wait a niinule, (
timer. IHdu't I meet yon at
policemen's ball last iiij;ht 7
Policeman: The poll
ball ain't till tomorrow
men s
utKht.
i cum- aloiiir Hosl.m (l!:il
RIGHT
EVENING OBSERVER
RETURN 'TO HOMElFIagpole Sitter
( (Hit IU. M KlKKIt!)
i;t't;i:i:. m.
Mil iv in Trapi.
killed ye.-lenhr.
cauuhl under
Itm down wlit n
The body wa ;
.. Auif. C. (AP
. of , 'nhiH tf, W
when he
iani he was
it collapsed
i r-
ml d
covei't
I tin-
l.'nv -
(il evening when his brother.
-nee Trap
s sent to find him
Iter he faileil t
itiuo fu- dinner.
I Ljp
i in ii i' - - a I
BLUE MOUNTAIN ICE CREAM
- Takes 'the Heat Out of a Hot Day!
Tain't no use grumbling about the heat, you
can't stop it. But you can keep it from both
ering you. Just cut
Blue Mountain lee Cream
Really, it takes the heat out of a hot day! "So
refreshing! So tasty!
You can get it at the leading soda fountains
in La Grande.
Blue Mountain
Set World Mark
1500 Years Ago
r'llK'AflO (AP)-ln the iits
tory of flagpole Hit! in if repeats It -
He If.
When "Shliiwrcck" Kelly picked
out the tallest standard in Ncw
irk. N. J., and awendt-d il lo tuta
hllNli a world record for nonstop
fhiKpole sitt in h. he thotiKht he hud
j devised an entirely new Invitation
to fame.
Anil wh"tl Joe Powers Ret out
to hrwik Kt lly'H record on n staff
lilj:i7 fc.-t ahovH CMeatfo'H pavt
iim ills, lit eyed "Hhlpwrcck"" mark
as the on- he hail In lieat.
They have learmd too late that
the ulKH record for lofty perch-
iriK was made t.f.tKi yea is hko, and
lhat Keslde its :i7-y.-;ir duration
1 ihHr own records of a scanl i oil -
niKht look puny Indeed.
Himcon. a monk, made In Hif
fll'tli century the record for endur
ance HilliliK which still wtands -
I only he used a pillar instead ot a
flaKpole. and he undertook tne leat
not for the vaudeville contracts
and adverllsiiik' testimonials which
hired Kelly und Powers, hut for
ri liioiirt reasons.
Kven more people Razed on
Simeon than peered throiiK'i refil
led teleHcopes at his modern emilta
tors, and umoiur the crowtlr Sime
lon won convert si.
! His world record ha hftn per-.
lied only once. A fellow named
David approached it, hut lasted
only ::t years on top of his column.
So many tiled the fent that they
became a cult, called "Anchorite."
I of "Simeon RtyliteV but pillar
tsitttfiK becatpe u nuisance in the
tenth century ami laws were paus
ed UKuInst IK
' Powers' displays a trace of pro
j fe.i)oiial scorn as he observes that
iSimedn's perch was but. CO feet
I IhkIi, a scant tenth as Kill as his
own.
! "Mill just Hie same," lie adds,
1 "I'm Klad I'm dointf tny act In
jThirat'O ami not under the, hluzinj;
.sun of fonstantinopte."
The tciud of mother who used
' to say her 1 2-year-old daughter
was six, so she could travel on half
fare, now says she's Hi so she ran
drive the ear.
olumbus (O) State Journal.
Aroundjjlobe?
Hilly Hijik tubuvc) unci K. I'
Hi hlce uf Driruli uib on Ihelr wuy
j lo llarliur (.'luce. Nvwrullllillulid.
- lu 'Xurt an airplane r Jtainn'V
j uruund the wurld. Jt 1 Ihyir uf ill
, lo beat lie rccurd or 2S day-
In ('olden (late park. Sun l-'rail-cisco.
si a lids a iltass.sK e nloile cl
iimn ereided in honor of Hie first
three Spaniards to enter Hie city.
On top of the column is a hne
sundial w hie h resiM upon a. lor
tdinf, MiiKKt'SlinK that time crawls
i-altier than IlieM.
j a terrapin will) 'II. K. '.. 1":"
(carved on the sliell was found on
a farm near Salem. Virginia. H. K.
I'aldw. ll of KoanoUe says he re
I members carving hfs initials mi the
back of a fult-;;rown terrapin In
April, is?:t.
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COMING SUNDAY And MONDAY
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A HIGHLY DRAMATIC PICTURE
"THE BROKEN GATE" is from the pen of
Emerson Hough, the author of "The Covered
Wagon." Don't miss this picture it is one
you will long remember!
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Mercantile Co.
Fuel, Hay, Grain, Lime, Cement,
Plaster, Poultry Supplies, Paint,
Roofing Paper, Fire Brick, Fire
Clay, and Fire Place Material.
Phone Main 17
Corner Jefferson and Greenwood Streets
Saturday, August fi, 1027
Velectrjcs
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Snakc.s have killed more Ihuii a
million human beings In the lasl
;,n years. An v;tveraKc '' tl.0ni
are killed eacli year III India alone,
ami rniiii three to live thousand
in the American tropics, besides
t hTmsands in A ust r la ami Africa
where a lai're majority of reptiles
are poisonous. .
Itecausc of the unusual cold
slimmer.' the warmest temperature
so far b. iiiK :Kr. tleKree b.-low .ero.
the natives of northern Siberia,
thinking the tods are nntfry, havrt
Karri ficed scores of prccioiiH rlti-
deer. . 1
Any (ime
Any seat
Any show
Children 10c