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VOLUME V
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 10. 1906.
NUMBER 107
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
POIHTS OH WATER QUESTIOH (OHTRIBUTED BY GT1ZEHS FOR BEHEfIT OF Ttlt VOTERS
WHAT THE PUMPS ACTUALLY PUMP
Editor of tht Observer: .
Having noticed that the qimtion of a
water supply for the city of La Grande
it being quite widely discussed, and having
as a city councilman taken a very active
yart in investigating the true conditions
of water works affairs, I would like ' you
to grant me space in your paper to pre
sent the matter to the view of the public
as I and others have found them. That
we must have a new supply of water for
mit, and that question being settled, the
first thing to consider Is to get the very
best quality of water in sufficient quantity
and 'the next is to get it at the lowest
amount bf expense to the city. Now no
one will dispute the fact that spring
water is the very best so far as quality
is concerned, and the supply of water we
have under discussion can be led to the
city,' reservoir at no great expense. , So
thV really vital question for us to solve
if these springs will flow a sufficient
quantity or water w suppiy me water
amount bf taps for consumers the city of
La Grande had is four hundred fifty and
i would make 2250. Consumer, now rem-
eillUVr Mil IIIVIUUO B.OI M4
has a record of and includes -those which
are used for irrigation only and are out
of use at least eight months out of the
year as well as those used all the time.
Now allow 40 gal per capita which is
more than is used unless water is wasted
and you are using 90,000 gals, per 24
hours. ; The spring from which the
supply is expected to be' drawn were
measured again by a party whose names
are given below on March 8 1906 and
found to Row 125,367 gallons. Now
the claim made by those advocating the
l,iM rtt th tmrintr AHMtmn In that the
springs will supply the city of La Grande!
with pure wholesome water for from 8 to
9 months of the year with prac'.ica' y
no expense after pipes are installed and
that by using the citys pumps to pump
from the well alone, for the other three
or four months during the irrigating sea
son we would have good pure water all
the year around and plenty of it For
the city well will supply water enough
to keep the pump going from nine
to ten hours every day without
turning any river ' water
into the welU-jnow placing the water
works on this footing, the reduction in the
operating expenses would pay for the ex-
pense incurred in buying the spring and
nminir tha water into the reservoir in
hnnf. three vears. and you would still
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We've a wide variety of these goods for dif?
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dium dress weights, in men's women's and
children's, at a range of prices from $2 00 in
men's and from $1.50 in women's, up.
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have as much money coming into the
treasury available for other purpose as
you have had the last two years. These
estimates are all based o.i what is actual
ly in sight and are not spsculative in the
least The matter of what could be done
in the way of developing and increasing
the supply of water is another question
entirely, but should not bi overlooked. The
tity council has spent some money on de
velopment work with gocd results. They
have taken measureme.it at different
times during the last season and have
found a rood stead v flow of water riffht
up to the present time, and all who have
ved here for any length of time will ac
knowledge that the last season has been
the dryest ever known in this section and
caused many springs to go dry that had
never failed before. The council has had
the advice, all along through this work, of
civil engineer who has had a great
of experience in developing springs in a
mining community where water was very
scarce and at a premium. The - engineer
states that he never saw a better pros
pect for developing a water supply than
is before the city of La Grande today, and
ventures the opinion that the supply can
easily be made sufficient for this city's
needs for all time to come. Have also
had the opinion of mining men who have
looked over the ground and who state
that if a tunnel was driven jrto the bill
side any distance as a mining proposition
that the amount of water found would be
difficult to take car of. However, this
matter of development can be taken up
at some future time as there is water
enough in sight for the present and the
future will take care of itself as w come
to it As the city of La Grand grows
larger it may be necessary to go farther
for a water supply and as the city grows
larger it can afford to expand more money
for development at these springs or can
go elsewhere if they do not find the sup
ply there that is necessary for future use,
and if in the meantime some person or
corporation has developed ' a sup
ply of pure water which they
can furnish to the city as low or lower
in price than the city can funish water
themselves, then it will be simple enoungh
to make a change and buy your supply.
But for the present the only quick and
sure supply of pure and wholesome water
to be obtained by the city of La Grande
seems to me to be from these springs,
and these springs are so valuable to this
city, that if they had been piped into the
city's reservoir when the water works
were built, the difference in the operat
ing expense alone would have paid off
the $50,000 of water . bonds now still
outstanding. I personally, have such
faith in these same springs, that if I ware
the owner of the city's water works and
could acquire that watei right I would
have it as soon as the paper could be
made out ' If the city should continue to
use its pumping plant as it is, ; it ' would
be necessary, or at least good judgement
to install . another pump and boiler, or
pump by electricity because the machin
ery is getting old and is not absolutely to
be depended upon, without some other
supply might leave the city - in a lurch at
a critical moment Now, regarding the
capacity of the city' pumping plant. I
find that the pump new is rated by the
manufacturers at 809,280 gallon per 24
hour, giving the size as a lO inch
cylinder with'a 10 stroke and 150 strokes
to the minute, or over on million gallons
at 250 strokes per minute, at the maxl-
im. But the actuil stroke " bf this
pump is six inches, and the city has only
had one engineer in the last two years
that would keep the pump at 160 strokes
to the minute, and the average would not
reach 150 stroke to the minute. At over
160 strokes to the minute, there would
be danger of the pump throwing itself off
it foundation. Now the average time of
running this pump is nearer eight hour a
day than it is anything els, (this is the
actual working of th pump J and the
average would be still lower if the city
was not furnishing water to the R. R.
company, which i using at present about
80.000 to 90,000 gallon par 24 hour
Now the city'' pump when kept up to
1 50 strokes per minute, the pistons
traveling 6 inches which is actual, and
the working time figured at eight hours
per day, and th pump U working every
drop of water it is capable of handling,
when every valve is seated Just right and
no air taken, or water worked over, in
other words, every part is fulfilling its
duty to the full extent, then the city's
pump is delivering into the city's pipes
162,000 gallons of water instead of I
000.000 gallon, it maximum capacity,
which it hat never reached tine It was
built , . .
W. H. BOHHBNKAMP.
(HUMAN AGAIN (ALLS
ATIENIION TO SPRING WATER
Editor Observer: Disappointed in the
absence from your columns of yesterday's
issue of reply to my communication of
Thursday from the enemies of good wat
er, to that the tricks and fallacies of their
cotention might be exposed today, I sim
ply warn against the cowardly but usual
methods of politician of "filling in" in
this issue so late that no answer can be
furnished by me and published before the
city election. Probably the public , will
understand such tactics and measure
them for what they are worth. Personal
attacks on me and slurs of my figures will
not worry me a particle my records and
the true figures to be found in the city re
corder's office confirm my publications
and they can better be read and consid-
dea!ird than to rely upon false and mislead
ing statements emamnating from the job
bers. Again, the article from the dis
interested citizens in yo-ir columns of
Wednesday evening must be quite an eye
opener to the trust supporters, who are so
anxious to unload on the city more pollut
ed water, that their . graft may be up
held. It is a silly and stafe contention by
some of their shallow strikers on the
streetlhat the Falk springs furnish too
small a supply, that the Beaver creeks
should be brought over the mountains for
the additional , water demand withou
any consideration of the immense ex-
expense; then they say there are' vested
right which will oppose the spring sup
ply, without taking into consideration that
th Beaver creek are the direct feeder
of Grande Ronde nver where large cafF-
italists are interested and who will "fight
to a finish" any interruption of their ne
cessary use of these waters. Further.it
is contended that the city used last sum
mer the full capacity of the pumps with
double shift and that fully 800,000 gall
ons of water were daily consumed , and
that certainly 150.000 gallons the cap
acity of the springs would be wholly inad
equate for th demand. These fellows
are quite too reckless in their statements
since they are not based on the facts
in reason, The highest demand for water
fAYORS EQUAL SUTTRAGE
the dryest season of last year did not ex
ceed 324,000 gallons per. day counting
the railroad supply and everything. This
comprehends domestic use 90.000 gall
ons; irrigation 100,000; railroad 80,000
and fire and other purposes 64,000 gall
ons. It is a well known fact that the
railroad supply is not "city purposes'
and if we are to forego the pleasure of
pure water for commercial purposes that
w may tax th property owner to keep
up a supply for sale, while our people are
denied the privilege of a water supply,
then another question is presented. Why
not use th pump system exclusively for
the railroad and commercial purposes, if
it pays end the gravity system for other
demands? There is no question but what
th pring furnish ample water for the
domestic supply for all our citizens who
are entitled to good pure water the entire
year then why not cut off the pumping
station to th us of all other demands
where quality is not considered? It is
estimated that th well will furnish daily
200,000 gallons of filtered water in 1 0
hour pumping and that with the 1 60,-
000 of spring water wilt supply more
than the demands and omit the direct
supply of Grande Ronde river, in con
clusion let it be suggested that it is the
water supply that is on trial and not Gil
man he can take car of himself th
voter are desired to concentrate their
sentiment and ballot upon the question:
Shall w bond for good, pure and health
ful water? Respectfully,
H. C. Oilman, Water Superintendent.
ABUSE NOT ARGUMENT
Te th Editor:
You call for fact evidently displeased
the Water Superintendent Judging from
the way in which I am abused for stating
them. In reply to the accuation that my
figures were biased in favor of Morgan
lake interests. I will say it is absolutely
false, v.. I reported the condition exactly
a I found thm, and have every regard
for the committee of citizen and their
measurement of the springs, the fact
that a difference exists in our figures but
prove th irregularity of the springs.
You are well aware that measuring a
surface spring after a thaw would greatly
increase the flow of water thereof. ' Now
the parties who asked m to investigate
thi matter are parties who are directly
opposed to the Morgan lake as a water
supply. So am I emphatically so.
Whan advised to publish those facts, I
did not suppose there was anything in my
statement calling forth the unwarranted
abuse accorded me, and to Mr. Oilman 1
Continued on page S .
' We often hear the question, why do
women want to vote; and what benefits
have been derived from women having
suffrage In the six states where It exists?
I will endeavor to answer the latter
question first and as a former resident
and voter of Utah, can speak author it ve-
'y.
The first noticeable effect was in con
ditions at the polls, before women had
the right of the ballot . the newspapers
the day following election, were full of
accounts of quarrels, fights and arrests,
to say nothing bf the foul , language com
mon to many of our American citizens: I
have had the pleasure of casting my vote
at these same polls aod can truthfully
say.' I have never experienced any but
the most courteous treatment and this has
been th experience of all our women
voters, no woman, however fastidious
need fear that having the right to cast
vote will lower her in her own estima
tion or the esteem of men, on, the contra
ry every thinking person respect th
knowledge back of an intelligently cast
vote. -
Before suffrage was granted women
the life of a man had little to do with his.
eligibility for office, but now both parties
know that the chance for victory ar
poor if they put men up whose live ar
knowu to be immoral and on the side of
vice. It seem to me that if woman'
vote doe nothing further than thi (but
it will if given the chance), it is enough to
secure the vote of every husband, father
and brother in our land. '
WHY DO WOMBH WANT TO VOTE?
I have partially answered thi in th
foregoing; but why shouldn't aha want to
vote? Is she not an American citizen? is
she not included whan we read the Con
stitution, "All men, (a collective noun)
are created equal, with equal rights and
privileges." hut does she enjoy equal
rights? True she is permitted to be
wage earner, with a lower salary than
man, she is even given the privileges of
paying taxes the same as man, and pray,
what more can she ask? To have i
voice in regulating the affair which con'
her daily bread or her taxes? Oh, not
she is a woman and consequently not
capable of understanding the complicated
mechanism of politics. She is required
to be able to understand the making of a
home, raising a family, often doing much
more clever financering to ' make and
meet than most men ar called upon to
do, in addition keep well informed on all
topic of the day, music - art literature,
etc., but th hasn t th brains to vote!
When we consider that all any foreigner
howeveiHgnorant debased or stupid, (a
long a he is not n idiot), has to do, i to
come to our. country and bury himself in
one. of the cellar; bake shop in New York
or elsewhere, for five years, and (merge
a full fledged v'oterV is it not an insult to
th American woman that such as that
ar given-procedure over her,
In donclusion let u say with Jame
Russell Lowell: -s ..y-,-,-
We will speak out we will be heard
Though all earth's systems crack,
We will not bate a single word,
Or take a letter back.
We speak the truth, and what car w
For ' hissing and . for scorn, ,
While some faint gleaming we can see
Of freedom' coming morn.
Let liar fear, let cowards shrink,
Let traitor turn away,
Whatever w have dared to think.
That dar w also say.-
DEaARIDJNCONSTlTUTIONAL
(RnrltoDe Newe Association) ,'
' Olympi March 10 T .
pram court or the state of Washington
today deClaretrUrtconstitutional the act of
the legislature requiring a three hundred
dollar license to 'tell farm machinery and
construed to include all articles manu
factured outside of the state. This act
was passed to. prevent California and
Eastern dealer from doing business in
the stale. .. ' '
; ALL NIGHT SERVICE AT WSEOffKL
G. MRiclLj. P. M, of La Grand re
ceived Information this a. m. that he was
authorized, employ an additional clerk
for codtinuout-night service at the post
office, .v -. , '; . "
This wilt bej great convenience to tht
patrons of 'the La Grande post office,
made possibly by the earnest work of
Hon. C. W. Fulton who has been laboring
for the past several month In th inter
est ef La Grande and thi will show that
he is mindful of our needs. Now for a
hard pull, a strong pull, a long pull and a
pull altogether and wt will get a govern
ment building for our post ouice and land
office.
Let all thet citizens put their shoulder to
the wagon and Senator Fulton will do hit
part to helpeia,
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If teeth wer kept perfectly clean the only way to" get rid of ;
them would be to knock them put or wear' them out Wearing
them out would be a very slow process, for clean tooth would ;
wear a hundred years. ;
It is imperfect cleaning that makes work for th dnUt Fiv I
minutes daily attention, supplemented with a good tooth brush,
and the right kind of dentifrice will keep your teeth ound and
whit a long a you will need them.
We have Just the kind of each'th'at will insure thi rult and
the entire tooth-saving outfit won't cost you much either.
Tooth Brushes from 10c to 50c
All costing 25c or over arc guaranteed
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