La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 12, 1929, Image 7

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    Friday, July 12, 192'J
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Page Seven
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Bobby Jones Greatest Miracle Man;
Stewart Maiden Taught Him to Play
BRITISH NAVY
BIDS GOOD-BYE
l TO DEAD CREW
Ity .lrnn Allnn
(AsHorlHtMl I'ivbk Sports Writer) f
ATLANTA, A1 A miracle
rliild I'oi-fvor in entering the temple '
ol HportH mi! remiiinhitf to grow
up. iin Idol of the faithful.
The Ktoekyunls nf rhieapo turn '
tliem out: the MuniH m" .Yw York,
tlx- u i'lt. roo! Ht let-is of tint olil t
.south. A lumpy, overgrown hoy in 1
a Baltimore (rphiimtKo ritw into '
Hahe liulh. Th. tutifrh kid of u
Mormon Ht'ith'tnent tM-cunii' JnHt
li nipwey. Waller Johnson's api-i'd j
first was apparent when In was u
sand tot urchin. j
And in Atlanta a skinny, unwell
Iml swatted a wolf hall about with j
a wnhhly inaslile .sceklnK the
. health whleh lu found and IitytnK ,
the foundation lor a same he hud
no need to suk. j
Atlanta had one golf eourse and
elllldren were not cneiiuraged hut i
liohhy Jones had within him Urn '
Fpnrk of KdiiiiH whieh had mi need
for -environment, Hjbb had a i
innshie and a handful of halln. He
played aeross the "bark lot" nnu
holed out in a ditch. He watched
others ami particularly he watched
Stewart .Maiden, a Scot from Car
noustie. The boy rew older and
was permitted to play Hast Lake.'
ills swintf, which was the .Maiden
switiK, in miniature, attracted at
tention. H Interested the Scot.
Maiden taught ami the youngster
practiced. He had a comrade in
Alexa Sterling, who beat him to
a championship. At 1- his hondi
cap was near the top uf the hoard.
At M'Iip was champion ot the south.
That sum i year he entered the na
tional amateur.
Bob Jones is twice as old now
as when he played al Merion. II"
Una won three national opens, two
Hrillsh opens and the nnmtcur
title four times. He has et cour.se
records and tournament records;
almost every round he plays is ii.
record of some sort.
Itut he is not a professional golf
er, not even a Roller whoso entire
Interest is golf. It. T. Jones, jr.,
has a law practice of considerable
Importance. I'Yom September to
May his devotion Is to Ills office.
He scarcely plays a round n week
l'or beside his legal work arc
weekly articles on golf which are
written in painstaking longhand
which finally he has trained a typ
ist to read.
Two years ago with O. U. Keel
er he wrote his autobiography.
The south Is a scattered area and
there are no championship courses
below the line. Nor are there many
golfers able to provide stiff oppo
sition once the Young Marster oe
chlos to go into training. East
Lake is a fine course and a hard
course hut the climate is not kind
to fairways and greens. The club
members are capable golfers, but
they must have their handicaps.
Lst Lake taught Bob to play
and Kast Lake keeps him In shape
He travels little except In the tour
nament season. His genius holds
his game, even improving it each
year in spite of his opinion that
tournament play grows harder
each year.
And when all is said. Boh Jones
plays one sort of golf the rest ot
the world, aiv-ther.
P KM IIUOK K Wales. July 1 J
(Al) The British navy has said
Hs good-bye to the SI men who
went to death in the sunken sub
marine, H-47.
Just at sunset hist night the
mighty battleship Koduey led six
destroyers and five submarines
over I he spot where the suhmer
aie went down Tuesday, after col
lision with the 1.-12, and rendered
Impressive last honors to the men
ltd feel below thelil.
A whort memorial service, was
con 1-ictcd aboard the Uodney,
wreaths were cast Into the sea, and
the big guns of the hutllosh:p and
her auxiliaries boomed In final sal
ute to the gallant dead.
The admiralty announced that In
view of the certainty all the men
were dead further salvoge efforts
would be abandoned.
Ragweed Pollen Blizzard In East
Described By Botanist In Portland
Rebel Chief lain,
11 Soldiers Killed
. BOUTLANl), Ore., July - .1AI1)
i-A ragweed pollen IdtxKiml which
fll!s the air of (he eastern half of
billions of toxic particles was de
scribed here today by o. i lur-
hnm. a botanist of Indianapolis, be
fore the American. Association for
the Study, of Allergy.
The study embraces bay fever,
asthma and kindred ailments,
.Mr. Durham presented ' surveys
on this leader among the demons
( which beset hay fever ' victims,
which ho obtained from . lii cities
in the United Slates. They showed
that the air of Oklahoma "ity dur
ing the ragweed season carried SI 4
pollens per cubic yard, whereas
New Orleans air contained only 75
per cubic yard ami Phoenix, AHy..,
atmosphere was almost entirely
free of the pollen, showing only
,0.1.
! t'ltles located on great bodies of
j water-showed much less pollen, as
a rule, than inland places. Ann Ar
bor. Mich., had a score of r.'.tO,
vhereas Detroit had only 11.1, Uugo
cities showed less pollen. New
York shmving only 50 and Phila
delphia 15.
j .Mr. Durham said the invisible
storm lasts from 1T to 50 days.
During this time thousands of tons
'of pollen are picked up by the sum
mer winds and held in Mispension
In ciinsta'nlly varying quantities in
the lower several thousand feet of
air.
Due to the shorter season of
plant growth, he added, the storm
begins, earlier and is of shorter
duration In the northern states
than it Is In the south, the climax
sweping In about four weeks from
Minnesota to Texas.
Oregon Fire Loss
Low Daring June
SALKM, Ore., July 12 (AT)
The Oregon fire loss, outside of
Portland, for the nmnih of June
totaled $11)7,144. says the month
ly .report of flare A, Lee, slate
fire marshal. Only two of, tit fires
were of incendiary origin.
lias anybody recommended for
the t'arnegle medal the Washing
ton woman who recently made the
courageous Innovation of serving
u patty without liquor?
j Lent Day In Far North
; From May i:t to Jul.x IL' the sun
never sei on the village nf Hum
1 merfesl. Xoiway. eoiililfifil Hm
! uorlhcrmuo-i limn in the world The
1 inhnhhitms lake ndvimiage n the
hum day hi nutklns cod-liver oil and
iHHlini h .for eonuuoi;iies from
soul hern purls.
Mothen, Don't Yell
The woman who let I ho com
mon sense to (all; id her children'
misdemeanors In low: coin rolled
tones has .(ul iwico the chmieo of
making Iheiu come to Iho desired
end, American Mag::ziue.
Gen. Hammond
Named Editor
Of Philippines
WASHINGTON, JJuty 12, (AP)
President Hoover announced the
appointment of Major General
freed ( Hammond of Oregon as
auditor nf the Philltppine. islands.
Oeneral Hammond, formerly 1
chief of the militia bureau of the
war department succeeds Hen l'
Wright, whose resignation has been
accepted1 by the president.
Although nearly all of the state
governors, had urged General Ham
mond's retention In the post he
held here, the war department In
sisted that officers should rotate In
the plant.
Washington and lias un outMand-'.
log record in army affairs,
ltecently when . he completed
lour years ns enter or tne miuttu )
bureau, governors of many western
states and civic organizations peti
tioned the secretary of war to ro-:
appoint Major General Hammond.
Hoe rotary of War Good announced
that he" would be ruled by a de-
cision made a year ago that mili
tia bureau chiefs serve only a four
year term. .'
Major General Hammond was
born In Lam county, Oregon, Oc
tober it, lf74. Besides being a dep--my
sheriff of that county, ho ban
served in important bank positions
and Is a member of various mili
tary organisation. He is a Spanish
and, PhilllppluY war vetaran. a
member of the military order ot
t'arahao, scabbard and blade, o
Journers, heroes of '76. army. and
navy club and the army, navy ami
marine club, .
Ills home is Kngene, Ore,
POUTLAND, Ore.. July 12, (AP
Major General Oreed t Ham
mound nf Oregon, appointed today
bv President Hoover as auditor of II
the Phflllppino Islands, waa form-' thought everything was fair out
erty chief of the militia bureau In there.
woman wns denied a boxing
use tn Hollywood. And wo
' MKXK'O CITY. July 12 (AIM
A war department announcement
today, said Faustina Gonzales,
( "CrispVro" Chieftain and 11 of his
j men, . were killed in a battle with
I federals at the village of Ton. nisi -.
Ian, Jalisco.
First Illustrated Boole
The "liihlhi Paiiporum" was pub
lished hei.ween l-i:i ami I loti. t
was n small work of some I I pages
Illustrated with uood cuts mid so
caMed hecauso it was for ihe poor
ptrnchcrs who could nn tilTnrd to
own n copy of the Itihlo. Ii enn
be seen al llio Itrilish miieutn.
Applying the Moral
Probably I lie funniest llilngabotil
the modern Pharisee is his tiller in
ability to see that wh::t the Itihle
snys about, ihe ancient one applies
lo lifiu al all. Ohio Slate Journal
Term of Reproach
The pxpiession, Indian gift, Is up
piled to anything reclaimed a Tier
helm: given. An imllail giver la
out who makes such gffi. II re
fers to ihe fact thai an Indian, hc
cording In it common belief, when
he gives unyihiii away exptvis lo
receive nil equivalent or lo have his
glfl relumed. The term "Indian
giver" is applied especially lo a
child who wishes Nomethlnu li'ick
itfier he 1ms given ii i.wuy.
The fastest unpneed mile cred
ited to a bicycle rider 's mln-
UtCH.
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High Quality To
American Nut Couce Cake ....25
Dutch Maid Raisin King 25
Dutch Maid Turnovers 5
Dutch Maid Butterhorns 2 for 15
Dutch Maid Doughnuts 25
Individual Mocha Logs 10
3 LAYER BRICK ICE CREAM
That famous Dutch Maid Brand in
three layers, Strawberry, Vanilla,
Pineapple Salad, an exceptional
treat at per quart 50
The spic and span shop that in
vites your confidence and patron
age.
PARTY ORDERS
for cakes, ice cream and other
specials may be placed at any
Dutch Shcfp, for delivery at your
home whenever you are ready to
serve.
Week End Dutch Treat:
Fruited cup cakes, Saturday
Special Doz 15c
Butter Scotch Pie, so rich and
mellow for Saturday 25c
Assorted layer cake's
30c value : 25c
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Special Week-End Values
TJ28 OldsllKibilu Conch Looks like
new, run only 11,000 miles, 5 pood
tires, fully equipped.
1927 Oldsmobile Coach Oriirinal
Duco paint, luMiei-, upholstery .
Komi as new. In perfect mechanical
shape.
1920 Oldsmobile Coach Completely
overhauled, good rubber fully eiiip
ped and full of many miles of unused
transportation.
1!)2K Chrysler fi2 Snort Coupe
Kumble seat, 5 good tires, Spanish
leather upholstery.
A-l mechanically.
Looks like new,
1027 Chrysler "0 Coupe Leather
upholstery, fully equipped, 5 tires
70';. In fine running condition.
.1928 Chevrolet Cabriolet Humble
seat, smart looking, Ji good tires, in
A-l inechunical shape.
1920 Ford Tudor Lois of extras,
;;ood rubber, uood paint, motor in
fine shape.
1920 Fold Coupe New paint, good
rubber, completely renewed in our
own shop.
1927 Ford Ton Truck New paint,
10 ft. sleel body with cab, heavy duty
:S0x5 oversize tires on rear wheels.
1924 Fold Ton Truck Platform
body, Kuxstel Axle. Has been com
pletely overhauled in our own shop.
1920 Chevrolet Ton Truck over
load springs, stake body with cab.
Special Chevrolet Truck Steel bed
body, extra strong, will haul a ton
anywhere, worm drive, practically
new oveisize tires in- rear.
Larison Co
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I'sed Gar Lot Across From Harris Lids:. Fir St.
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