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I,A-GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY, MAY 16, 1910 M
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A RIDE WITH CLEAVER.
The man who has no knowledge ol
the Grande Ronde valley only what
he has picked up' here and there,
, should tke a ride with G. W. Cleaver,
". as the editor ot trim -paper uiu,
ceutly through what is without doubt
one of the choicest sections of the
universe. .. ,
Tom Richardson, Mr. Miller, Mr
Cleaver and the writer left La Grande
In the afternoon, ; traveling through
Frultdale and out to iBland City,
then to Imbler and back by way of
Alice.
. It is a wonderful district we vis
ited. People are fast putting their
lands into orchards and on either
side of the road for miles the scien
tifically planted tracts present that
magnificent appearance showing fruit
culture has come to stay In the
Grande Ronde, and each year , will
did frame of mind.
We found the ranchers In a splen
did mind.
There is optimism and happine s
in the rurni d!Btr,cj of 0w(K,
Rontl(j, There la progression and up-to-dateness.
Farm houses are paint
ed, barns aro well arranged and live
.stock Is cared for Jn the best way
possible. Fields hate not been per
mitted to become Idle. In sections
where wheat Is nlanted it lov r
class. The alfalfa is remarkable con-1
slderlng that practically no Irrigation
enjoyed. On every hand the farmer
shows his genuineness. ..
The country around La Grande Is
head of the city. This may not be
a popular remark to make, but it is
the truth and the Observer under this
management Is going to deal with the
truth no matter how it sounds.
But the price of land. Ridiculously
iow. we were told that good farm
land could be purchased" for $75 an
acre. And this is land that will nm.
duce good fruit If net to orchards.
mink of It. Seventy-five dollar land.
And the new comer does not know
it. Simply because no one has told
him.
This land will produce at present
sufficient crop to pay interest on
three times the price asked. This be
ing true, why should it remain at $75
an acre?
There Is no reason In the world,
and It will not stay at that figure
long. The orchard land, we are told
vary in prCe, but it also Is very
cheap as . compared with young or
chards in other sections.
It is easy for anyone to go out and
find fault with , conditions, but the
remedy is what counts. Senator La
Follette came west with his lecture
telling of irregularities In congress,
but he offered no remedy and there
fore his argument fell short. So
with the man who goes out with Mr.
Cleaver or any other citizen, and finds
fault with prices if he fails to offer
a remedy his talk amounts to little.
But there is a remedy. An easy
remedy. The change is to be broug.it
about through concerted action on
the part of the farmer, the land own
er and man liging in La Grande, El
gin, Union and other towns.
The Interests of all these Individ
uals are mutual and each must do
his part. By uniting and following a
plan of action this Grande Ronde val
ley land can be raised in price in
three months time. And not only be
priced higher, but will be selling.
Every real estate man, especially
owes it to the community to do a
little extra thinking and acting. And
If there is anyone found knocking the
trade of another send his namo to
this office with proof and we will take
pleasure in publishing all the circum
stances. For there is only one class
of men that should be knocked the
dishonest fakir and promoter.
Many business men in thiB city
have fruit lands in the valley. Sev
eral, Portland and Seattle men have
seen the opportunity and grasped It,
and now the thing to do is to get the
farmers together for a campaign, of
higher priced real estate.
No one will believe this valley is
good until a price is asked for
the land. In this day of continued
land hunting- you cannot make people
believe you have something good un
less you ask them a fair price for it
Remember this and act with some
concerted movement toward a better
valuation.
of eight thousand people It was high
time all should know it Then the
circuit court unheld the contentions
of the ditch owners, and the steam
roller and rock crusher of the paving
company were silenced and now
stand idle on the streets of Baker.
This may be law, for law Is a funny
thing you know, but" it is not pro
gress; it Is not making a city when
the time was abundantly ripe for so
doing; it is not taking advantage cf
opportunities, and if the ditch owners
win a final victory In this matter Ba
ker City's name will go over thel
northwest as the home of the worst j
lot of moss backs that have ever went !
on record. X
La Grande is apparently more for-
TlfttA than nnlrA nn . .'. . i
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tnnate than Baker. On every na.id
here can be heard a good word for
laving. Not aproperty owner Is ob
jecting to it. And listenwhile Ba-
lY
ker people are fighting among them-1
selves over their riparian rights, '
which really do not amount to a
proverbial thinker's mill dam, La
Grande Is going to carry off that 'pos
sum on the back of which is printed.
"La Grande, the metropolis of East-
em Oregon." ;
The Pendleton Tribune has ceased A
a semi-weekly newspaper called the j
"Live Wire." G. A. Robblns is editor
and announces that his paper will be
what i!: rr.ne implies lively to the
limit. . '
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BAKER'S MOSS BACKS SCORE.
By Winning Relay Handily, Cove Lays
Claim to the Meet
Over in Baker City the paving has
teen impeded by a bunch of old "Well
Enoughs" who cannot prove that
moss Is not clinging to their backs
Id huge chunks. When the vlty-lid-'
mintstration had exerted its efforts
to turn Baker from a' village into a
nice little city there came along the
''old timer" with his hammer. . lie
ft.d paving was too expensive, that it
did not bring any more business;
:hat the expense was greater than Un
benefit, and all . that kind of argu
ment we have heard In every c.t.'
that tried to grow.
But the Well Enoughs did not stop
with this. A bunch , of them owned
an irrigation ditch which ran through
the principal part of the city. It was
necessary to pipe the water through
some of the streets in order that pav
ing might be done. The city ordered
the ditch owners to do the piping,
and the ditch owners stood on their
riparian rights. They said they had
been there before 'there was a city;
they had rights prior to thoBe of any
city In eastern Oregon and they would
do no piping, at the same time throw
ing out the warning sign to anyone
who saw fit to tamper with their ir
rigation ditch. The matter got into
court, which is a thing always to be
regretted. The city stood its ground
and demanded a show down, claiming
If there were a few be-whlskered
brethren going to run the remainder
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uitais PALMED, Pres W. i. BEENHOLTS, list Cask.
' n0LES, Tlee-Pret KARL ZUKDEL fi Asst Cash.
F. L. METERS, Cashier.
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OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
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Capital and Surplus $180,003.00
DIRECTORS
GEORGE PALMER
F. J. HOLMES
W. J. CHURCH
F. L. METERS
W.K. FIERCE
C C, FEMNGT0N
Q. L. CLEATER
F. M. BTRKIT
W. L. BRENH0LTB
IFIth oar umpU reioirees aal faculties we can reader yei efficient
errlee aal hands year baskets to yoar entire italsfaeUea
L.irrTmf .
I'ntil an appealed decision is 'set
tled, Cpve stands the winneij in,, the
dual nieet held at Cove last Saturday
afternoon. At the present way A
rating. Cove won the meet by taking
the relay handily, placing herself
four points in the lead, final score
Cove 58, La Grande 54. - La Grande
lost but three firsts out of the entire
meet, but lacked the men to take sec
onds and thirds. In the broad and
high jumps Cove took all six points,
which brought her up to and ahead
of her rivals. Every La Grande
athlete acquitted himself with honor,
Peare, Heidenrlch and Carpy being
the big point winners. However the
local relay squad had striven hard to
win points previous to the relay and
was easily bested when the deciding
race came.
Hundred Yard Bash In Dispute.
When the hundred was started,
Starter Johnston of the Cove schools,
well known In football coaching clr
cles, said he would fire the gun the
second time if a poor start was had.
When the gun was fired, Bolton au'.
Carpy and two Cove runners ran out
the race, believing the start had been
legitimate. The Btarter protested the
event however, as two Cove sprinters
had been left sitting on the mark.
Johnston claims he tried to call the
runners back by re-firing the gun but
It failed to snap. He did not shout to
the runners to return but disputed the
event when it was completed. Later
the event was disqualified until action
can be taken by the board of appev.s
of the Eastern Oregon Athletic association.
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Notice to Contractors
Notice to Contractors
Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office of
ine Recorder of the City of La Grande
Oregon, for the construction of 43,920
square yards of macadam pavement
to be constructed according to the
plan 8 and specifications now on file
in this office. Bids will be received
until 4 o'clock p. m., May 25th, 1910
ind must be accompanied by a cer
tinea check of 6 per cent of the
amount of the bid. The Council re
serves the right to reiect any and
all bids. D. E. COX,
Recorder of the City of La Granda
May 12-23.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION ISO.
LATED TRACT
Notice to Contractors. "
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office of
the City Recorder for the construc
tion of 7930 square feet of cement
sidewalk and 1686 lineal feet of ar
tificial stone curb, 4o be constructed
on Fourth street, between "O" Ave
nue and Depot Street and on Penn
sylvania avenue between, -Washington
avenue and Fourth atreeb Said walk
and curb to be constructed accord
ing to plant and specifications now
on file in the office of the City Re
corder, bids to be received until 4
o'clock p. tn.. May 26th, 1910, and to
be accompanied by a certified check
of IV per cent of the amount of the
bid. The Council reirvM ttia rlM
to reject any and all bids..
D. EL COX,
Recorder of the Citr of La fir..
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Fiblic Land Sale. Department of the
Interior, C. S. Land Office at La
Grande, Oregon, April !(tk, 1910.
Notice Is hereby given that, as di
rected by the commissioner of the
General Land Office, under provis
ions of Act of Congress approved
June 27, 1906 (34 Stats., 517), we wttl
ofTer at public sale, to the highest
bidder, at 10 o'clock a, m on the Sd
day of June. 1910, at this office. th
following descr!led land:
The S 1-2. SE 1-4 Sec M: aw 1.1
SW 1-4 Sec. 33, T. 2 S. .and the NW
1-4 NW 1-4 Sec. 4. T. 3 S. R. 37 E,
W. M. Serial No. 0C729.
Any persona claiming advtrtery the
above-described Iad are advised to
file their claims, or ohlertfofi m
before the time dMirnatMt n
F. C BKAMWELl Register.
COLON R. EBERHARD, Receiver.
The George Palmer
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