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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1906)
Aurelia Reports from the mines . during January has warranted a raise, consequently stock has gone , up to 7 cents, and this is not all, it will keep going up as long jas the property gets better, as it is you should buy" before another raise in price, or you will miss a good ; investment. You should consider this as being a home enterprise and help the matter . along, thereby helping yourself. . ' V.; ;. AURELIA MINING CO. J. A. THRONSGN. ? MM. -- T'lt? WftAT 10 EAT O ! Is the question that preplexes the housewife these days. Call at our store and select a menu from our choice) line of canned goods. Or, better yet, we haye on hand vege tables and other delacicies that will relieve the monoty of the usual spring menu. Remember, our delivery is at your service whether the order is large or small. j NEBRASKA GROCERY j i MRS. MAGGIE SHEARER, Prop. Milk Talk No. 2. . CLEANLINESS As milk is the natural food for the young, containing within itself all the requirements .of the body, and as any adulteration is injurious to the system, (either from absorp tion or otherwise) therefore the health of the consumer, and espec ially the young, depend to great extent upon those who handle the milk. And as, there are so many ways in handling the cow as well as the milk after being drawn from the cow. Every consumer should visit the place from whence he gets his milk (no matter if it is surrounded by a high board fence) and- see how the cow and the milk are handled before using it as a food for the baby. '-, : SPRING BROOK DAIRY , t always open for inspection and J ' invites you to come and see Practical .Gunsmith Repairs Strictly Fi"stclass Guns re-stocked Kyrs fitted to door Lo ks WA. AGNEW A da ml Amos LA GRANDE SCHOOL . OF MUSIC PROF. DAY, PRINCIPAL. "-'MRS. DAY, ASSISTANT. This is one of the best musical in institutions m the state, and. that . people in this city and valley are . oegininng to discover the advantage of this schooL The system i the latest and most practical, and in cludes all the latest discoveries in the art of teaching music. The school ie divided into two depart ments; No. 1 is for beginners from 6 years or more and are taught the first three grades. Pupils come one hour each day. This is no kin dergarten system but far superior. In No. 2 the grades are from 2 to S. Here they graduate. Pupils take one or two lessons a week as they desire. No scholars will be permitted to remain in this school who do not study. Opposite the Foley House over the candy store. Phone. 475. Stock M M if : LODGE DIRECTORY EAGLES La Grande Aerie 289 V. 0, E. meets every Friday night in Red men Hall, Lewis Buildingat B p. m. Visiting brethren invited to attend. I. R. Snook W. S Dr. 0. L, Biggers W. P. " I. 0. 0. F. La Grande Lodge No. 16. meets in their hall every Saturday night Visiting brothers cordially invited to at tend. . Cemetery plat may be seen at Model Restaurant. H. E. Coolidoe, N. G. D. E Cox, Sec STAR ENCAMPMENT, No. 81. I. O. 0. P. Meets every first and third Thurs days in the month in Odd Fellows hall. Visiting patriarchs always welcome, O. E. Fowler, C. P. D. E. Cox, Scribe. M. W. A.- La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets every first and third Wednesday of the month at 1. O. 0. P. hall. All visiting neighbors are cordially invited to attend. C. S. Williams, V. C. John Hall. Clerk. FORESTERS OF AMERICA Court Maid Marion No. 22 meets each Thurs day night in Redman hall. Brothers are invited to attend. Fred Hon Chief Ranger L. L. Snodorass Financial Sec. Board of Trustees Dr. G. L. Biooers John Hall and C. S. Williaml FRIENDSHIP TENT No. 81, K. 0. T M.Meets second and fourth Wednesdays each month in I. 0. O. F, had. Visiting knights welcome. - H. C. Ball, Com. Mox Bloch, Record Keeper LO. T. M. HIVE No. 27.-Meets every first and third Thursdays in the after noon at the Redmen hall. All visiting ladies are welcome. Maude Lono Lady Commander. M. C. Vessby, Record Keeper. B. P. O. E.. La GRANDE LODGE No. 433 Meets each Thursday evening at eight o'clock in Elks hall, on Adams Ave nue. Visiting Brothers are cordially in vited to attend. F. 5. Ivanhob. Exalted Ruler G. E. McCully, Recording Secretary. LA GRANDE LODGE No. 169, WOODMEN OF THE WORLD-MjoIs every f nday ' of each month in the K. of P. hall in the Corp building. All visiting memoers welcome. N. L. Ackles, Consul Commander J. H. Keiney, Clerk. RED CROSS LODGE. No. 27-MeeU every Monday evening in Castle Hall, Corp building. A Pythian welcome to all visiting Knights, N. L. Ackles, C. C R. Pattison, K. R. a S. IN A HURRY? THEN CUb WH. REYNOLDS THE TRANSFER MAN He will take that trunk' to the De pot or four' bom in less time than it take to tefl ft. Day phone Red 761 Night phone Black 1792 Wagon always ai your service III! is i SIDE Editor Observer: The perfunctory manifesto to the citi zens of La Grande (really a tip to his po litical henchmen to defeat the bond issue) from the facile pen of the Hon. J. W. Scriber, followed by the "me too Pete" article of one Seitz, of rather unsavory reputation, in the Observer on the eve of the city election, so grossly unfair, incor rect and biased, should not pass unchal lenged, hence this communication. That the city is in need of an increased and bettor water supply is universally con cededand in fact has for yeatjdemand ed the same, is patent to every one save those with private grafte in store or nursing selfish and pet policies. The dis interestedness of the gentlemen in ques tion is not quite apparent to the average reader, hence the question arises: What motives had they to get mto print on this occasion? It is a well known fact that in Mr. Scriber' past connection wit public affairs, he determinedly opposed improv ing the present water system, both as to economy and sanitary demands. Hi was a councilman, with power and influence, at war with Mill Creek, which could haye been obtained at a saving of over one hundred dollar a month during nearly half of the year in fuel and labor alone at the pumping station, beside its improved water condition. Why now hi convertion? and why now his published appsal. The answer 1 short and decided Morgan Lake. It wa exploited pedilly for La Grande, all other system bjng held in abeyance until it completion. Even thi Folk springs were viewed a a menac to this scheme, and the promoters of Morgan Lake had in view their absorption into this great monopoly but the late Hon, J, M. Church preserved their title for th city' option, in case of demand. After the chemical test showing the unfitness of the lake water for domestic us, it Owner sought to utilize the same for a power and light plant, but the fear of competition and defeat of monoply forced a trust absorption and retirement by th present electric light system of both the property and it owner hence Morgan Lake is on hand with no prospect of util. Ity av to force it on the city a an ad ditional nauseating water upply with out consideration of either expense or sanitation. Mr. Scriber' financial inter est in this schem blind his sight as to any good in the Folk springs system, hence he greatly desires that the voters next Monday shall adopt hi views, vot down th bond, so that th increased de mands for a water supply will then fore as an ultimatum the purchase of hi pet project, hence his easy figures, sophistry and pursuasive language in print. - Following in the same wake came the Seitz inspiration on behalf of the Octopus which ha monopolized all the electric lights of the valley and now seeks to control all the water supply, who, with their surveyor sneaked up last Sunday to the springs, broke through the City's protective barriers, and by means of the scientific barrel" eystem of measure ment, gave birth to the estimates and conclusion appearing in print, without consideration of conditions of previous knowledge of daily exhaustion of reservoir supply or measurements or management For fear that the public would con sider his estimates with proper suspicion and the same credence it did hie street surveys and estimates when City Engine er, he swears that he actually believe his belief, and that the figures are to the best of his knowledge, however limited that may be. Now what interest has Seitz in LaGrande's prosperity or the wel fare of its tax-payers, that he should have fade his exhaustive (?) investigation at his own expense? His philanthropical claim hardly accords with his disposition and conduct when it costs the - tax-payers $10 per day say nothing of the fees On the side, for irrada atakaa hafnra ha ! was deposed as City Engineer. Seitz is ex gratia with our citizens and nothing but extreme vanity and gall (besides a consideration) prompted his appearance in the columns of the Observer to advise the people of La Grande as to their duJes of the hour. But now for the figure in th case in question. When Scriber was a member, the council never estimate the cost of our pumping sys tem at less than nine (9) cents per 1000 galions-as the record will show-hence his present estimate of but four (4) cents is predicated upon no fact or rea sonable baais-butfor the occasion onlv. He complains about the City's expenditure Of S700 last vur (n H.w.Un h. .nn. . f wyuiHW- but is careful not to disclose the ad I ditional benefit and increased water suo- ply-obtained for the information of those i having their purchase in view, and his j only authority for his assertion of their i oaiiy water discharge is a statement a leged to have eminated from one E. W. i vumming-wno is saia Co nave made an "estimaU" thereof, not a measurement I If "audi a man ever authorized such "as ti mate" that these springst discharg ed but 60.000 gallons of water per diem he either was incompetent to Judge-or wilfully.-barren of the truth." The writer with four good responsible and trustworthy citizens carefully meas ured the water discharge of these eprings during last august and September-the drsest season of the year and in the dry est year of the period, and there actually flowe. 144,000 gallons of water every twenty four hours. How the money to be expended in obtaining their water would be wasted, aa mornfully claimed by Bro. Scriber, he does not suggest, only that it would be desirable to mix their good quality with the polluted water on hand, hence the inference that Lake water should be obtained that it might be "all of a kind.". Haifa loaf is not as good as none is his philosophy. From experience it certainly is reasonable to suppose that the amount of the springs' supply can be increased many fold dur ing the average year and the average season of the year. It is also reasonable to supose that as La Grande increases in population, other springs and sources of water supply will be developed and ob tained as needed and by men just as com petent aa we. It is poor policy to run in increased debt for a large supply for the future not needed now. That was the policy of the bond issue of 1888 describ ed by Scriber'e article and the money for four year wa kept out of water pur chaseand devoted to developing a pri- "- to nvii aiiuwn ov uie oiaar citizens. Had the monev been invested the same and other sorirurs aou&llv obtainable and desirable, then, instead of the non-business and expensive system pn nands the city need not now be in debt for water bonds, but the averag layman then a now, know more about theory than any practical results. Th estimate by neither Scriber nor "hi man Friday" of th water daily consumed by tn patron or th present system is cor rect, nor are they based upon measure msnt or the record. Th fact are; that taken from th meter measurement in us, U Grande used th past year in house with modern plumbing from 30 to 25 gallon per capita, per day, and no more, oounting all leakage., watag and xtravaganoa an additional 16 gallon only war used, aggregating 40 gallon per diem actually used. There average 460 water tans based upon an estimate of five persons using ach, how 90,000 gallon of water per capita daily, and thi is not a low esti mate by any mean. In "Ogden's Sewer Designs (a pre-eminent authority on the supjecw en page iu is a tattle showing the average daily consumption of water per capita in five leading cities of Massa chusetts) Boton-87.84 gallons;' Worcester 14.8 (rations: Fall River 1 8 S ol!nn- Brooklin 44.5 gallon and Newton 8o.5 gallon. The author observes that Boston contain a laree number of Gener al apartments, and boarding houses hav ing an average number of persons per L. Aft l ' . from 69 gallons per capita in the modern ana expensive nouses, to 16.6 in the cheap apartment houses. In Nawton with 490 families averaging five persons in th family, th per capita being but 26 5 gallon for th reason that the ground are email although th houses are modern. The lower rates in Fall River and Worcester are caused bv the manufacturing character of the cities and tne resulting class or resident LUMBER 65 RETAILED AT WHOLESALE PRICES Better Lumber and Cheaper than is sold in La Grande. We deliver it to your building I Grande Ronde Lumber Co f PERRY, Ready For Business WITH A FULL LIME OF FEED, HAY AND GRAIN W are ready to buy all kind of hay and grain, and pay th highest market price. V.OLIVER Slater Buildine IEFFERSON AVE Certainly La Grande with it. nm.tn saloons and unpalatable condition of the water supplied should not be excessive water drinkers. ' Concluding we are up to th problem: Whether to absorb the Spring with acknowledged purity of water, with a gravity, hence economical, system and concentrate the upply in deep tank free from sun and dust, or preserve our present expensive and un desirable water supply and system, or be forced Into Morgan lake water with like filthy condition. Fuertes In "Water and Public HMith" observes: A water supply must be considered from the standpoint of oualitv aa wall a of quantity. All natural waters are ool- luted to a greater or lesser extent, the purest, of course, beina- from dean anrincra in mountainous or hilly countries beyond me limns or human habitations. Th nearer the source of a aupply is to a cen ter of population, the greater, a a nil, is th danger of It being polluted. Briefly tated the relative purities of different water may be indicated by the average typhoid fever death-rate of cities using each kind of water. These death-rates, as deduced from the statistics of the principal cities of this Countrv anil Piirnna as follows: Average typhoid fever death rate 100, 000 per annum: Cities using spring water........ '6 Cities using properly tliu ........ V. . ered water .:.' ' ' " .' io Cities using ground water 18 Citie using immunded surface waters . 5U Cities using water of large normal river or Cities using water of large lake ; 59 Cities using waters of larva upland streams ' i Cities using polluted water 70 to 500 i ne author is a member of the Amer ican Society of Civil Engineera and of the Water Committee of New York City, hence i nearly a good authority as the minnt contributors of th article in qmstlon. Haroaurt say: Th upply reservoir should be of suffi cient capacity to furnish a twenty-four nour supply snould be bricked un or cemented, and roofed over to exclude light and dust, This together with depth of at least 16 feet to prevent the growth of aquatic planta. Hence, if such depth of water and the housina of It m. la necessary to maintain its ouritv when tha supply Is changed every twenty-four noure, wnat will be the relative qomoar ion of th purity and healthfulnaaa of water standing stagnant in a pond or lake nine months of the year, where the greatest depth does not exceed 16 feet and the average is but 6 feet, covering many aores of ground exposed to sunlight dust and filth, and the temperature which prevails throughout tha hottest months ana wnon ins conations prevailing devel op plant life to the maximum decree? Such is Morgan Lake, and to a less da gree is our present reservoir supply. Cer tainly we must expect to use more water in case or the spring supply, than is used from the present polluted one, but then the people are entitled to some consider atlon from a healthful, appreciative stand point even if it cost a few bonds extra. I he springs arethe best suddIv avail able and are sufficient for present de mands; the gravity system of obtaining the water is inexpensiue and will greatly OREGON Main 57' reduce current expenses, while th, rh. actor of the water is admirable. Th. change is worth the additional crl ought to appeal to every citizen who ha' the health and welfare of the family am ! city at heart . My estimates are open u investigation and can be readily verified.; f H. C. Oilman, i-i Water superintendent of city of Li j Grande. ; ; i - - " j j Spring is coming; look over your photl supplies. What's needed, we can suppl t f We have all the latest photo requisites al f ! right price. Newlin Drug Company; I LA GRANDE MESSENGER SERVICE u -RATES- Five blocks from fountain ., 10c Seven ... 15c Any place In the city ,2So PHONE RED 261 C. L. SMITH CREAMER? BUILDING .......................... ... .. sMitiuiiiui uatr ana race - - May be had by having scientific ! Shampooing and Massage. The I HOTEL FOLEt j Tonsorial Parlors 'j are prepared to do these specialties ! onu rnuayor eacn weoK will De for LadA customers. Pribate par lor for ladies. Lady attendant in chare. . C. T. COLT Prop. G. L FOWLLR Truck and Transfer Wood and Coal 5 i. PHONE 1611 , : All orders given prompt attention j i v1 THE : OXFORD VflK JAMES FARQUH ARSON, Prop, Couplet, aaaortmaal of WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS -. j . Cold lunches and mixed drink, a I specialty. " Fair and ' impartial treatment to all. , You are invited 2 to call and get acquainted. . eeeeee THE LOUVRE CHRIS WRIGHT. Prop. LIQUGR5 t CIQAR5 Gentlemen always Welcome Fir Street : , Oregon ! Ui10Nl7ir.iPIV I KHAKI Tim. Hrrtul LA (;HAOK, OR KKO Nn. ft.M a m No. I Ulpm Hall lake. Itom.r, ft. Worm, omuha, Ken maClty. Ht. lillla. L I.h nmu aud LaaL Portland, U.U. r-nt- Mo. t Midi. lintou. Wall. Walla. Datum, fmiuirov. Oil- r.a, imtow, Himkanr tna pitiiiia rrai .nil tortk ria .(Hikar. , Vortlaiid, Ialla, l'et tlaliMi. DniKlill. U:. ao tOt p. 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