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LA GUANDE EVENING 0B3EIZVL7J,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1911.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DEN NjS
Editor and Owne r.
Entered tit the postofilre fit La Grande
as seconJ-dass matter.
'SOSCXIPTIOX KATES
Tally, single copy Sc
Titijj, per week, s lit
Dally, pr month . . . ........... : . 65c
- This paper -will not publish an ar
ticle appearing over a com de plume,
feigned articles will be revised sub
ject to the discretion of the editor.
Please sign your articles . and save
disappointment,
oubllc duty For week be was foment
ing discord In Portland by claims
about the ch'tapnees of 'his school
bulldlhsa. that were false. Ha rlalm
j Pd that he has built a building at La
Grande that cost seven cents a cubic
foot and was as good as th9 Jefferson
High school building In this city
which cost fourteen cents a cubic
foot. If this were truYthen our school
board here were grafters or the archi
tects who built it were Incompetent
It was necessary to state the truth or
our people would be deceived. I do not
Know Mr. Gauntt. I have nothing
against him. When we refusedto enter
the contest, If Mr. Gauntt had not been
employed by the board some one file
would. Why should I be' silly enough
to entertain any animosity against Mr,
Gauntt 1 ' . "... -: ' ( -.
i' You are laboring under a mlsaD-
prehebslon about us in regard to our
trying to get the architectural work at
La Grande. When I heard that the
bond Issue had carried in La Grande,
I asked Mr.; Milton Block, a graduate
of the La Grande schools, -who was
working in our office at the time to
make me some crude lead nenril
sketches that I migtt show them to the
I board and thus get their Ideas. Thev
I wtr? not prepared lor competition.
I When I went to La Grande a second
time and learned that a conmptitfon
Mtt JIOCKEXBERRFS LETTER, i wou,,d be held I ordered Mr. Williama
1 ! to withdraw them. I told the board
Portland, Ore., Feb. 11, 1911. To the : that we oW not afford to enter such
Editor of the La Grande Observ-r)-. San?b,e would not do so ns it
I have Just received a copy of your e-Ji- WM not right. To enter such a.comre
torlaL In regard to the -letter I wrote Won would have cost us more tlmn
In reference to Mr. (jaunts '"tii U'X'::1 d other, men, w,ho
er occured to you that merely because entered, made iplans about as complete
you are editor or a paper and can " wouw oe done if one had the build
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abuse a man with imuunltv that it
unjust to do so? You are not acquaint
ed with me. I never wronged you in
any manner. And yet you proceed to '
vilify me about a subject upon which
lng. In addition he had to Day 150 for
a water color or make one himself
which would have coat still more. Af
ter air this he would have about one
chailce in ten of getting the Job No
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you are absolutely Ignorant. Do yrj other business demands that one do
not owe me an apology? Will you make the work first end then run the risk'
ItT If not then when I come to La of being employed. I told the board all
Grande I shall have somothirj to vy ' this and In addition'! told them that
ok'uui reu Diooa; mat mav convince no architect would enter such a com-
you that I am not altogether in ids do- petition. It was unprofessional.- flnlv
ta?0- ' ' t i, bushwhackers enter such a thing. Not
-My attc k upon; Mr. Gaum won a ,a elngle architect entered the La
. : . , I - .y i..v.vm. uu arc menu-
Htt-l-H ed v to dispute this 'please give ' the
. name or the architect, the architectur
al school of which he Is a graduate,
the date of his graduation, 'and after
I have had time to vrify the facts I
shall make, the most abject apology
' I know how to make, if the facts
; prove that I am wrong. If I find that
'he Is no architect, I shall telj you
how you may convince yourself of the
facts.- J :.-.-5
I Please do not make the statement
that we (prepared plans and that our
; plans were not accepted. That is false
We refused to prepare pians. My son
'pever(drew a line In connection with
the La Grande school house. MrBlock
spent only a little while making the
..crudest kind of a lead pencil' sketch
i and that was not entered In the com
petition. . Arthur Williams .will tell
you that. ".
L Just here I stopped and reread my
article In last Sunday's Oreeonlnn
t twice and I cannot find a single line
mat m any way reflects upon the La
, Grande school board. ! tmless some
should conclud? that they had not ex
ercised good Judgment in eronloylni
Mr. Gauntt and I think that they Would
acknowledge , that themselves. '
In regard to your challenge to come
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Use either phone ;
! La Grande and tell th r.pnt ia
I know about your h!gh school build
ing I wlt,'h to say that such has been
my purpose for some time. Just as
soon as it is convenient I shall corns
to La Grande and deliver a free lec
ture upon this subject: -"The . High
School Building. What it la and What
it should have been and Who Is Re
sponsible. By the: Sorest of Sore
Heads." At the; close of th?. lecture I
shall give an opportunity to "yourself
or any member of the schoolboard to
refute any statement that I may make.
unless it be, Henry -Benson. If he
wlehes to talk I must have hla
Ise to quit in ten minutes. If one
winds him np he would talk forever.
If you doubt that go to a sehoolbnarrf
meeting, ,. . .
Mt. Editor: I am not 'contimr 'in
La Grande because of your challene
Neither am I coming to be revenged
on the school board. I trust that I am
not that small. My motive is' to make
the completion method of choosing the
school architects so odious that it will
b? a relic of the dark nast in sohont
house building In Eastern Oreton. The
only way to do that will be by show-
tn? its results in the hands of men
so estimable as the La Grande school
board. I think that men will be sur
prised when th?y know all.
Would it not be a rood Dlan to nuh-
llsh an Itemized account of the cost of
your high school building: givine con
tract price, extras, furnishing heat
ing, arcnitect's fees; etc.? !
Yours very truly, , :
' : H- J- H'OCKENBERRY.
WMiT WAV HAPPEX TO J08EPIL
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any time concerning mutual business relations
TVA HEN the Federal Government, the
J county, the city; and a. large and
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depositors entrust their funds to this institu
tion to the extent of $800,000.00 you may
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La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON, r ' '
, CAPITAL . . . $ 100.000.00 ,
surplus . . . . . ,. : ioo;ooo.oo
' ' RESOURCES : . ; . ' . 1,125,000.00
. ' UNITED S TA TES DEPOSITOR Y
George Palmer, Pres. Fred J. Holmes, Vice Pres.
' ; F- L.- Meyers, Cashiei Earl ZundeUss'f. Cashier
I i i m i Mm n 1 1 n n 1 1
There is gold around Joseph some
very excellent ledges.
There is money being soent to uu-
cover i those ledges, and the result
.seems certain to be satisfactory. This
being done Joseph will be In position
or having the goods. That is all fV.t
Is needed for the whole countrv
stands waiting for a gold excitement.
There - has been none since Goldfichl
and Tonopah claimed th unntHyW
and the people want one. But a gold
excitement nowadays must be based
on gold. Goldfleld developed the won-
derful Mahawk and a city of 2t.000
surrounded It In less than a year.
Joseph Is showing eome ledges that
truly, possess picture ore. What then
may ba reasonably expected for Mm
little city at the end of the branch
road? : :. .
Yes, It takes gold as a foundation.
but with that foundation the rest of
the boom Is done by mortal man. To
be a successful boomer of a mlninir
camp is an art. Men have studied for
years learning the game, and many of
them today are adepts. At present they
are out of work because of no sepsa
tional gold strikes. It has been bo
for a few years and the time is about
ripe for a big excitement. With the
right kind of publicity and the proper
method , of handling their ; mining
properties, Josenh mav Inmn Into nn
Monal prominence this summer and
this country will be swarmed with men
who follow the business: Let It come
Help Joseph in her every undertak
ing. If we assist in building a niinin
camp of 20 000 people at Joseph think
of the benefit to be derived by the re
mainder of the country adjacent.' And
bsst of all Joseph apparently has the
goods to make her mining permanent
and profitable.
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tor so long by doing anything worse
than attacking the school board (or
letting Mr. Gauntt have a contract.
, It is therefore but righ and proper
that La Grande people view the entire
action of Professor Hockenberry with
as kindly feeling as possible. Think of
the good things he did while in this
city and throw the "broad mantle .of
charity Over his present acts.
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Illy TALKED j THAT'S ALL. '
USE BROAD MANTLE OF CHAKITV.
Elsewhere will appear a letter writ-
ten by Professor Hockenberry to the
editor of this paper in answer to the
ndltcrlal that appeared regardinar his
criticism of the school board of La
Brandt. "
Wl.cn one . .st rea ! tl.-at lettr
Iinpresson Ik formed that Its wvi.ir
laust Uve many peculiar thougnis
rambling through his mind at once
and. the same time. The second read
ing convinces one of the feeling entcTi
talned by Mr. Hockenberry, toward the
board of education, and a third" read
ing tells" of the cause; which reduced
to a firm conclusion shows the fact
that one man named Gauntt was nam
ed as architect of the new building and
the Hockenberry firm was not nahied.
,You will observe that the nrofessor
makes dire threats in his, communi
cation; that he mentions red blood,
and probably had In mind bowle
knives and pistols. Such talk coming
from one who has spent the better
part of his life teaching young minds
seems rather queer, and might lead to
the belief that the professor has been
misunderstood in the past, and that
he is a bold, dangerous man. Howev-
! er. we hardly think he would soil the
good name he enjoyed : in La Grande i
There was a time when T. Roose
velt talked the whole world . sat tip
and took notice no matter what he
talked about. A few days ago he de
livered an addreess' mentioning the
direct election of United States sena
tors. Many things he said were true,
but the well prepared speech struck
on the cupola of popular sentiment
and bounced off. No one naid much at
tention to his remarks, yet he was
talking on a subject that Is very ipop
ular. . ; ,: -''" J"'- '
All of which goes to show that the
Roosevelt spasm has ended and th
people are ready for the next man who
can claim attention for a short per
km. Even the strongest shall pass
away. Just as the flowers wither and
decay. : 1
Sotlce of Street Improvement.
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Result from disordered kidneys. Fo-
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they will help you. Mrs. J. B. Miller,
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PHls my backache 1 gone and where
. used to lie awake wltlfrheumatlc
pnlns I now sleep In comfort. Foley
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To Whom it May Concern:
NoUce is hereby given that In pur
ttuanre of a resolution adopted by the
Common Council. Of the City of La
Grande, Oregon oa the 16th day of
Demnber 1909, creating Improvement
District No. 12, and designating Penn
sylvania avenue, as such district, and
In pursuance of a resolution adooted
by said Common Council on the 18th
day of January, 1911, whereby said
Council determined and declared its
Intention to Improre all that portion
of Pennsylvania avenue, in said im
provement district, as herinafter de
scribed, by laying thereon BlthulUhic
pavement ,the Council will, ten days
after the service of this notice upon
the owners of the property affected
and benefitted by suoh Improvement,
order that said above 'described Im
provement be made; that the bound
aries of 6aid district to bo so improv
ed are as follows: t
All that portion of Psnnsylvania
avenue, from the east side ofjth street
to the west side of Washington ave
nue.: 1 ': ' w
(A) ; And the, property affected or
benefitted by said Improvement la as
follows:' ' ;-' "'
The north half of blocks 63. 64. 65
and 66 and the south half of block
97. 98, 99 and 100 In Chaplin's Add.
to la Grande, Oregon.
Notice Is hereby further riven th-.t 1
the Council will levy a special ass-
men on all the property affected and i
henefltted by such improvement for
the purpose of paying for such Im
provement That the estimated cost of
su'h Improvement Is the sum ofxia:.
010.30. That the Council will on the
loth day of Feb. 1911. meet at th
Council chamber at the hour of ft
oclock .p. a. to consider said esti
mated cost, and the levy of said as
seesmeent, when a hearlnir will be
Srr.rfed to any person feeling aggrlev
by such assessment. V
J Ginnde. Oregon. Feb. 3. ton '
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDK.
UtEGON,
ny C. M HUMPHREYS. ,
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
Oregon. . : , ;
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TO OUR
CUSTOMERS
There Are Many jf You
That we appreciate yonr pat.
renage, your loyalty and stad
fastness, folly as mock at you
appreciate tha help we have at
times been able to furnish job,
goes without saying.
H0WEYER, we want to take
this public method of thanking
yon for past patronage and,
with foil ( confidence 'that this
patronage will continue, we
Pledge you our best endeavors
'he future as you have had
Nim In the past , 5 . .
Wishing you an . increased
measure of Happiness and Pros,
perity for the year 1911, we are
Sincerely yours,
f The United States
National Bank
W MA WE, OREGON
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