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JuA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, MAY 30, 1910
NUMBER 179
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RECHHISTEfJ OLD
THOROUGHFARE
EFF0ET8 OX FOOT TO GIVE NEW
NAME TO NORTH SrRCCE
AND IMTEOVE THE PARKING
PROVIDE A PARK APPROACH
f Flans Being Formulated for Parking
I - and Making Beautiful the Thorough
fare Leading from City to Riverside
ZJ& Park Would Give Third Popular
" t lrlveway and Boost Uty as liana
seekers Pass Over It Alawys. '
I Efforts to rechrlsten North Spruce
; street to make the name of the thor
oughfare connected with Riverside
! park, ; and to make it a . fashionable
driueway,wlth attractive parkings and
well aligned treellnes from the bust'
ness district to the bridge at River
side park, have been set in motion
and are meeting with popular favor.
Long and handsome driveways have
become the popular demand of auto
owners, horse owners and pedestrians
alike, and though Adama avenue is
I providing much In this respect, and
J Fourth Btreet Trill before long be fit
ted up nicely, there is need of a sub-
stantial Btreet from the city to the
park, , and if the movement now on
foot materializes aasoon as Is believ
ed, the city will have a fashionable
ighway to the river. The movement
is certainly a commendable one not
only for the reason that this street Is
thepark approach, but the fruit -cen
ter lie, beyond and real estate men
and Jboosters In general agree that
more strangers are taken over North
Spruce to reach the valleyHhan over
any other thoroughfare1 leading from
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the city. , ,
Aa to the new name,' Riverside
Boulevard, Riverside Way, and va
rious other names ftave been suggest-
i ed, all connecting the street with the
fpark in some manner. ' .
W. F. Chase, the landscape archi
tect who made the plans for the im
provement of Riverside park, returned
to his home in , Portland ' Sunday
morning. All plans are now In the
hands of the association. '
The buildings throughout are to be
of a rustic nature and the" 'same is
true of the bridges to be built over
the waterways. The driveway Is now
staked out through the entire park.
This is to be sixteen feet wide and
completely encircles the park," allow
ing glimpses of the water here and
there. One walk follows the water
way and winds in between the trees
!n a charming manner. A vast amount
of work will need to be done to put
even a small portion of the park in
shape but all. work will be of a per
manent character and will be done
as rapidly as funds permit. ' ;.
The Chautauqua will start , their
fence about the grounds tomorrow.
IN TIPOVER
HIS. SOX CHARLES ALSO BADLY
CUT IN RUNAWAY.
fhile On Way to Cemetery Team
Becomes Frightened and
Buns Away.
An accident somewhat similar to
that which proved fatal to Mrs. Rice,
end Injured Mrs. W. D. Grandy three
weeks ago, yesterday came near hav
i 3 fatal results to W. B. Grandy and
! a son Charles. The two were driv
' t0 the Odd Fellows' cemetery
"icn the team shied and ran away,
to arles Grandy was thrown complete
ly over a nearby fence and sustained
quite serious injuries but the most
painful hurt fell to the lot of the
senior Grandy. He struck on a pile
of rocks bruising his face terribly
with skin and, surface wounds and
though his looks have been materially
marred his attending . physician, Dra
C. T. Bacon, asserts no critical situ
ation is likely to 'ensue. The escape
was a narrow one, and will, even as
it is, will require considerable time
for full recovery. 1
DIFFICULTIES ACCOM.
PANY PLEASURE.
Fishermen Catch Fish But meet With
'V Experiences. .
' The old story of fishermed and
their experiences was revived last
evening when T. J. Scroggln, cashier
of the United States National ' bank,
returned with Fntuk eutiweti trom a
"day in the woods" and had plenty
of fish but admitted a soreness sup
posedly, from along walk. It 'de
veloped that Cashier Scroggln did not
walk but rode and rode horseback at
that He was not used to it.
Frank Conners and Forest Ivanhoe
were also among the anglers yester
day. According to a well founded
statement, after catching fourteen fish
it became necessary to part with the
price of their day's sport in order
to obtain .information from a High
school boy where' the road could be
found leading to La Grande.
BEY.
FORD ELLIS DISCOURSES
HEROES' MEMORY.
Draws Picture of Laying Foundation
And Building UponIt Now,
A fair sized audience was in at
tendance at the Central Christian
church yesterday afternoon to make
the Memorial services of the G. A. R.
and the W. R. C. a success. Rev.
Ford Ellis delivered the sermon.
Rev. Ford A. Ellis took for his sub
ject for the Memorial address, "Loy
alty.".. He said In part:. The soldiers
of the past wars laid a foundation
and we are the builders of that atruc
ture. The laying of the foundation
called for the Bheddlng of blood, phy
sical resistance, but the building of
the structure demands .the" exertion
of the mind and the soul of men.. We
would not be true to the memory of
the heroes of the Civil War if we4id
not demand that our differences be
settled by reason and love.
EXPERT FROM 0. A. C HERE TO
STUDY CONDITIONS.
Observer Will Publish 'Authentic Re
. port on Destrnctloa of Blight
That fire bllgjht of pear and apple
is making Inroads Into Union county
and that in a more or less satisfactory
degree the orchardiats are fighting it.
is the statement of H. 8. Jackson
professor of botany and plant pathol
ogy at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege. -:r v.;.; .
Mr. Jackson and P. H. Splllman
hortlculturallst of the Union experl
ment station, completed a tour of th"
valley today. While the valley is .now
less pestered with pear blight than
other valleya of the Northwest, still
the pest must be fought unrelentingly
to avoid general destruction of or
chards; the blight works in apple anf
pear trees alike. -... ;;'
The Observer -has made arrange
ments to publish dally thiB week r
portion of a circular, number S. which
has been compiled by Mr. Jackson.
Pil PKT 1AIAR
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BITULITHIC FOH
SIXTH STREET
MACADAM TO BE ABANDONED FOR
MORE SERVICEABLE PAYING
SAY PROPERTY OWNERS.
EASY FACILITIES FDR PMfiY
Street Holding Situation for Easy
. Reach of Court House, and for Easy
Entrance to City by Large Farming
District, will Be Paved With BIthu.
leae II JBovement - Aow - on - root
Takes Shape Only Few Object
That bithuletlc is to replace Macad-
j am in the pavjng of Sixth street from
its intersection with Washington av
enue, to South La Grande where It
will connect 4 with the county road
leading out to the valley, is the poe
tically' certain outcome of a move
ment commenced today by property
owners along tj. at street. Macadam
had been originally adopted by every
property owner on the street, but
the blthuletic fever has seized them
and with the exception of one or two,
all are in favor of the more costly
but far more durable sort 'of paving.
' This street will,'' whijjin completed
and the hill near the court house is
leveled give the entire business dte-
trict of the city a more direct route
to the court house. To those residing
or doing business east of Fourth, the
route to the court house is circuitous
in the extreme and poor sidewalk fa
cilities are also a detriment. With
Sixth Btreet paved all this will be re
moved and a straight and excellent
thoroughfare to the court house will
be possible and a large farming dis
trict will have easy street gradss acf.
good "surface to""rea"ch ' the' b"usinesf
sections of La Grande.
The movement Is but another indi
cation of the advancement fever in
the city of La Grande In a very virile
form.;.' . ;
PINCHOT HOME AGAIN.
Intimates That Lemons Will Be Pasty
ed Freely When Colonel Returns.
. New York, May ; 30, Frankly dis
cussing several features of his visit
with Roosevelt, while In Europe, Glf
ford Pinchot arrived home today. 'lie
said in speaking of the . visit with
Teddy - that they ; saw no lemon
trees in Italy.: "Some people think
there will be lots .of lemons here
when , Roosevelt returns," he Bald. :
AT
DEAD HEROES HONORED IX SONG
WORD AND ACT BY LOCAL
GRAND ARMY TOST.
ALL PUBLIC OFFICES IDLE
Business Cares Laid Aside, to pay
; Tribute to Those Who Fought for
Their Country's Sake Old Soldiers
Drive to Cemetery Rather than Enact
Tiresome March March as usual
Cochran. .Addresses , Audience
;La Grande today laid aside business
cares on a large scale to pay tribute
to the soldiers dead and to honor the
memory of loved ones. Public of
fices, county and city offices and sev
eral places of business were closed
all day in honor of Memorial day, The
reason that the business houses as a
rule were not closed Is that all places
of business will be shut up tight next
Friday when the businessmen are go
ing to Union to attend the stock show;
therefore, the less strict observance of
the day here. . '' ; ..' ' ' '
, Th.e local post of Grand Army mem
bers drove to the cenieteryj,hi morn
in ' at TlO "'o'clock o decorate'; the
graves of the dead soldiers who have
found their resting' place f- in La
Grande. The old vets have abandoned
the practice of marching on account
of the old age of many. V
Memorial Services Today.
This -afternoon at the Central
Church of Christ, songs were sung,
recitations delivered and an address
spoken in memory of the dead. The
pretty W.: R. C.' drills were carried
out with good effect, c, e, Cochrea
was the speaker of the day. r '
Taft Appears In Parade.
New York, May 30. Memorial daj
was a quiet one. for President Taft
today who with the . exception of r.
public appearance at the Grand Arm?
parade, spent the day in rest. Tat?
rode in a carriage at the head of th'
marching veterans. , .
KILLED BY GASOLINE.
Sandpolnt Ballplajers died While Re,
turning From Ball Game.
sanapoint, Idaho, May 30. Fred
Gaynor and Harold Stackhouse are
dead from inhaling . gasoline flames
while sleeping aboard a launch whilo
returning rrom Newport. . Another
man. is . sick. ' They were members
of a ball team. - r
LAST.
Minor in St. Louis Pott-Dispatch.
McCarter In Trouble.
Stealing registered mall to finance
the publications of his musical com
positions and Incidentally" to bestow
valuable gifts upon his men compan
ions led to the downfall of Bishop B.
McCarter, 26 years old, the railway
mall clerk who was arrested Friday
night on a charge of pilfering the
mails. He was located In La Grande
when on the Pocatello-Portland La
Grande mall clerk run, . and has a
large circle of . friends ln this city
who are chagrined to learn of his ar
rest. McCarter has confessed to steal
ing registered letters for more than
a year and his thefts aggregate sev
eral hundred dollars, so far known.
' McCarter was well liked In, the
railway mall .'service. ,'He was ex
tremely accommodating, taking extra
rnna for . other men and spending
"much of bis leisure time preparing the
forms and slips clerks are required
to have ready when they start on a
trip. . ;
McCarter was fond of music but
rarely played the piano In his room.
He 'aspired to be a composer and
wrote and published "Holding Hands,"
"Only a Dog," "Just My Style" and
"Dear bid North Pole." ' The last
named composition w.is dedicated to
t)r. Frederick A. Cook. - His room
mates say that after his last effort
he . said little about his music.
POSTMASTER WELL KNOWN
THIS CITY AND STfcTE.
IN
Daughter Married La Grande Boy
Astute and Shrewd Politician,
Portland, May 30. Postmaster John
C. Young died early this morning
from cancer pf the stomach, after a
two-months' illness. lie was sur
rounded by family and friends.
La Grande knows Mr. Young well,
and when he was appointed postmas
ter at Portland in 1909, he was con
gratulated by a large circle of friend's
from La Grande and' Eastern Oregon.
Coming ' originally from Baker City,
he forged his way to the front In po
litical matters, and reached to be pri
vate, counselor , and secretary to U.
S. senator Jonathan Bourne. He was
holding that post when named post
master. A more astute politician,
shrewd businessman and good fellow
has seldom traveled the "tempestuous
road to political glory. ' .,
. Mr. Young's daughter was married
not long ago to Walter Block, son of
Mox BIock of this city. 1
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BUSINESSMEN NOT TO BE ASLEEP
WHEN THEY VISIT UNION.
Meet Held This Morning to Perfect
"' AH Details Regarding Journey.
; -La Grande , is- with you" Is the
slogan that will be embellished on
ribbons carried by every La Grandite
at. Union next Friday when the busi
nessmen here will reciprocate the vis
it of last week by the Union men here.
A meeting of several businessmen
was held this morning and commit
tees were appointed to look after va
rious details of the trip..
That the Chautauqua i will not be
asleep is another apparent fact. Com
mittees have " nobby advertisements
prepared for distribution at Union'
next Friday. ' ''
FDR TOURISTS
iEAT MASTERY
CURTISS FLIES FROM ALBANY TO
NEW YORK WITH TWO
" STOPS TO REST.
FEAT 1ST
Complete Mastery of the Air With
Regular Service Between New York
and the City of Chicago In Near
Fatara la Prediction Stoim.as He
Pleases 'and Is Breaker of Several
World's Records in Alrfllghts.
New Yrk, May 30. It Is predicted
here today that aeroplane flights be-,
tween Chicago and New York, with no.-'
more stops than, is necessary for an
express train to' change engines, will
be a common occurrence In the near
future, following the successful flight
of Glenn Curtlss yesterday from .Al
bany to New York 130 'miles. Cur
tlss is the recipient today - of many
congratulations for his marvelous per
formance. .What was more substan
tial waff a check for $10,000 given by
the New York World for the success
of the journey. ; ,
Among the records which. Curtiss
broke was the world's hourly speed
record, and for long distance flights.
He averaged 54 and 4-5 miles an hour.
He made his first stop at Poughkeep
siev where he rested an hour. He next
lit at Manhattan Island and then flit
ted to Governor's Island. A biplane
was used. ' " v
BALLINGER TAKES LARGE TRACT
FROM THE NATIOAL FOREST.
Will Mean Hundreds of New Settler
For That County.,
"Washington, May 30. Secretary
Ballinger today restored to entry 23,
365 acres of government land in Wal
lowa county, Oregon, and 23,326 acre
near Pocatello, Idaho. - V
The area restored to entry in Wal
lowa county consists .of land that had
been included in the forest reserve.
About one-half of It lies north of the
city of . Wallowa !and the remainder
lies east and northeast of Enterprise
and ' Joseph. It is mostly grazing
landB with an occasional tract of tim
ber some of which is said to be very
good. ' . . ,.
. This land will not be ready for en
try for probably a month Is it is neces
sary for it to go through the" regular
channels of the land office and be
fore, it will be opened ' the land of
fice at La Grande will be given proper
notice and it will In turn advertise
the fact that the land will be thrown
open to entrymen and give the date
it will be subject to entry.
; , Means Much to Wallowa.
" According to .local' people'- familiar
with the land In question the action
of Secretary Ballinger means much
to Wallowa county, for the land will
afford many, homesteads and it has
been watched for a long time by peo
ple who want homes. :
Morning Coast Games.
Portland, May 30. The morning
games played in! the Coast league to
day resulted as follows:
Oakland, 2: Vernon 5. San Fran
cisco 5; Los Angeles, i.
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RESTORED