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OBSERVER
Could You
Eat a
Hippo?
wciii ul ,m like a biH-
potawus meuk fur dinner':
What: You would a lief
eat borv Well. If ibfe
blub price i-tiu; luue fcviu Ik
driven to horse or. veu worse. t a
mule dbt. But. getting back to llin
l)ipf steak, it Is ijuite tbe tliiny in
Afrh a. Come 'to tbiuk ol It. tliere I
nothing so awful about eating a bippu
imtainus eicept the size of b Iwaat;
and tbat would be nothing apiinst li
to a hungry man. Your full trn-un
tolppo welU.t only aliout four tou
Tbe blppo Ijeloiijjs to the pig family
aud ! much cleaner than tbe pis In Its
eatius;. We eat lam and bacon when
we ran, afford to, so why not hippo
There la a serious movement on In
Louisiana to Introduce tbe blppopot
atutis as a table delicacy: also to use
him as a river dredge and alare
mouthed consumer of the overproduc
tion of water lilies. The big brute
can be tamed easily, though hardly
suitable for a household pet. But be
Is a fine river dredge and eats, water
lilies like a cyclone. Thus be Is au
aid to navigation, for he cleans out
the streams, and at low water a few
hippos wallowing la a river would
bring It np bank full.
So serious are the Loulslanians In
their desire to Induce the hippopot
amus to settle In their midst that they
have organized the "New Food Sup
ply . society," with Representative
Broussard at Its head, and have em
ployed Captain Fritz Duquepue. a
noted Boer soldier, who kqows all
about hippos, to look Into the matter.
After a thorough Investigation of Lou
isiana conditions Captain Duquesne
reports enthusiastically in favor of tbe
proposition , and says the plan Is also
feasible for Florida and southern Cal
ifornia. After dwelling at lentrth on
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0APTAIK FRITZ DUQUESNE AND WHAT HX
WiKTS TO rBBO VS.
the pest the water lily has become, Its
hindrance to navigation and its injury
to health he says;
"The water Illy grows in Africa as
abundantly as it does here, but in
Africa It never gets complete control
of a river, and when the hippopot
amus Is suffered, to range unmolested
the streams tire kept clear, for the
Illy and. In fact, all aquatic plants are
the natural food of the hippopotamus.
Then why uot put the big beast in the
rivers, where It would act as a dredge
and remove tbe cause of all the trou
ble by devouring the worst pest with
which the state has to contend?
"The tHppootiinm would fjod no
Purity
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difficulty In living In Looialaaa, -tot
the temperature there Is exactly Ilk
that of Its habiftt Tbe animal Is ex
tremely hardy and very docile when
reared In domestication, as tests made
all over the world hare proved. Mr.
Hornaday from one female la the
Bronx zoological park reared seven
out of eight hippopotamuses born In
I eight years un2er. to say tbe least of
: It, unfavorable circumstances.
"1 can see do reason why the hippo
potamus should not become a part of
the animal life of this continent to the
great advantage, of the human Inhab
itants. Think of an animal that will
tow from birth to four tons In four
years! Some additions to tbe hippo
potamus as an inhabitant would be the
water buck, wart bog. reed buck, dlk
dlk. Cape buffalo, all excellent food
animals. trryinie fine leather making
hides.
This, will give you an idea of what
we Intend to do. Some have said the
animals will not live here. Well, when
one takes Into consideration that every
domestic animal. Including white and
negro, on this continent was Impoited
and has Increased and multiplied, there
ueed be no fear that a few others can
not be found to do tbe same. Tbe cir
cus Is good evidence that It cm be
done."
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I. H. PEARE
LA GRANDES LEADING JEWELER
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When in need of anything In watehes, clocks, jewelry,
cut glass, hand painted China, or any other article carried
by a first class jewelry store, investigate our prices before
buying and you will save money, and be sure of securing
first quality goods.
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cian of experience.
Opposite the U. S. Land
DRINK I
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$65,000
City of La Grande, Oregon
Improvement Bonds
r Notice is hereby given that seal
ed proposals will be received by
the Mayor and City Council of the
City of La Grande, Oregon, until
Wednesday,
October 51b, 1910
At the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. for
the purchase of $65,000 Improve
ment bonds, the proceeds to be
used for the construction of Blth
ullthlc pavement, bonds of the de
nomination of $1000 each, rate 6
per cent per annum to be paid an
nually, maturity ten years from
date thereof, subject to call by the
City Treasurer at any time that
there is money In the Local Im
provement Funds bonds to be paid
In numerical order.
Bids shall be sealed and marked,
"Bids for Local Improvement
Bonds," and shall be "accompanied
by a certified check of $5,000. The
Council reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids. Bonds are se
cured by Hen on abutting proper
ty. : .
La Grande, Oregon, September.9,
1910.
F. L. MEYERS, Mayor.
D. E. COX, Recorder.
D-Sept 9 to 28.
Office, Adams Are.
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