PAGE 4 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1911. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNtS ; Editor end Owner. . FnhTfd t lhe ifotfice at Ln firande as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES ,fally, single : copy 5c Pally, per week, .......;...;. 15t Dally, per month.;.......'....,.. 65c This paper -will not publish an ar ticle appearing over a nom 4e plume. lgned articles will be-V'svised But Jct to the discretion of the editor. Please sign your articles and save ' '.appointment MAftCFTIM S liWIT1 WT F i s 1 i i 1 12 1314" 12 1311415161718 19 2021 2223M25 262728293031 wood W::iiaius, a voung man in whom everyone has confidence, has a com munication on the fru't indurtrjr of the Grand,: Roade valley that should not be overlooked. He puts the matter in plain language and ask the grower what he proposes to do. Mr. Williams offers a remedy and plan for the ills of this valley, and semingly he Is cor rect in his conclusions, . . Like every other profession or trade the outlaw grower Is the man who brings down the standard of quality in a fruit section and makes It hard for the district to have a good reputa tion. The Grande Ronde valley has had too many outlaw fruit growers men who would not pay attention to the rules of organization and look af ter spraying, pruning and packing.; Apparently agitation has begun now, however, that will r:sult in good an the only thtag to do Is to keep It up eonstanly. When a grower shows in clination to depart from the rules pub lish his name and the history of the transaction. Make the rest of tbr dis trict understand Just what an enemy he is to the legitimate fruit business and, sooner or later such cases will cease to txist. CHAXCE TO IMPllOVE LA GRANDE. ;. We rejoice at our paving this time of year; we cheerfully talk about our cement sidewalks and other civic, Im provements', but there is one thing that La Grande needs and needs woe fully bad. : That simple need is iiu'x- ;:n:'.e and me wonder is that It has not been done ln the past. It Is plain, common sense drainage. No city ever Deeded drainage so badly as does La Grande. A small shower of rain leaves water ln the streets for days, and in the principal portions of the residence district at that. So far as the eye can s-e there has never been a systematic plan of work the city streets adopted. It is not due to lack of road machinery, for mod ern grading machines are to b; seen In the city's possession. Take Adams avenue, for Instance, two, blocks above the Foley hotel and a horse will al most mire down to his belly in the muck and. mud. And this Is only one of the many streets that need fixing. In answer to a question asking why La ' Grande streets have never b; en graded and gutters provided the an swer Invariably Is: The land is too flat where the city is built and noth ing but a sewir system will ever drain It. , Such an answer Is not sufficient Without using a surveyor's Instrument the naked eye teaches that there is enough fall to obtain drainage if the right kind of read work Is don?. But the streets show no work of that kind. Mr, Bussey, who owns the carriage line here, "can point out mudhole after mudhole that has existed every winter for the last ten years. There Is no ex . cuse for this. It we are to have a first class little city we must use some Judgment in street work,, and must do the work. ' Paving is a fine thing, but there is no chance for the whole, of La Grande to be paved for years to come, and during this lira? what are the people to do? Drive bit of a paved street into eight Inches of mud. That is the customthls winter, but we hope it will not be so next srason. j, THE FRUIT INDUSTRY HERE. Tri this Issue of the Observer Sher YES, THERE MAY BE WAR, Many scoff at the Idea of a war with Mexico You will remember, accord ing to history, the same scoffing oc curred prior to the big war tha war of the rebellion.. And wh;n Spain had to be flogged the same Jeering about the possibility was heard. Tf Prw?r.t "D'zz ilem ii is very like ly there will be a war with Mexico. Anyone who is familiar with the nat ives of the sister republic known such a conflict cannot be anything, like the war between the north and south, but nevertheless It will result ln consld erableguerllla fighting. There may be quite a period of time that battles will occasionally be fought and murders and atrocities b; committed. Eventu ally Mexico will be Bubdued and the American protectorate will be thrown around it. This Is, the natural feel ing ' when It Is considered the larg amount of money Invested .In Mexico both by America and England will not stand by and see devastation mark that rich garden spot. And If the Unit ed States is forced, to protect Mexico It will be a good thing for the natives No country on the face of the earth Is farther' behind than is the country of Diaz, when the natural advantages and resources are considered. The people there need education and training. True, the lower classes- are an ' in bred. Inferior class of people, but like th Filipino, when once they know" the stars and stripes protect them, they will gradually fall Into America's Ways and customs. It looks very much like there might might be a war, but It is nothing to become alarmed over. This country can muster a vast army of volunteers who would delight In having a skir mish with some country. The Ameri can blood Is about ready for a small scrap and quite likely Mexico will fur nish it. "THIS IS MY 51ST BIRTHDAY." , Ja,mes A. Hemenway. James A. Hemenway, who was for many years a promin:nt figure In congress, first as representative and later as senator from Indiana, was born in Boonvllle, Ind., March 8. 1860 and received his education ln the com mon schools. At the ag?, of 16 follow- t V THE OFFICERS , of this bank will be pleased to talk with ybi at anytime concerning mutual business relations TV A HEN the Federai Government, the y county,1 the city and a large and growing is of commercial and private depositors emtrust tneir funds to this institu tion to the exte-rt of $800,000.0;, yot may : bo sure that it is a safe one for you to identify '' yourself with. CALL AND TALK IT OVER WITH US La Grande National Bank ' LA GRANDE. OREGON. ' CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00 ' SURPLUS . . . 100.000.00 RESOURCES . . . 1.125,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Fred'J. Holmes, Pres. " W, J. Church, Vice Pres. F. L. Meyers, G&shiei Earl ZundeMss'f. 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A year later he was elected prosecuting attorney, al though the district was normally dem ocratic and Mr. Hemenway was a re publican. In 1894 he made his first fight for congress and was elected. He continued to serve in the lower house until 1905, when he was elected to the United States senat; to succeed Charles W. Fail banks. Mr. Hemen way'a term ln the senate expired In 1909. STATISTICS OF GEKXAX I'MVER SITIE?, (London Globe.) Germany is not only well provid.d with universities, but the seats of learning, 21 in all cannot complain of j tndlffernece on the part of the people, i for there are enrolled for the winter i session 54,822 students compared with 52.407 last year. Ten years ago the number was 34,000, and if we go back for three decade we find only 21,000 matriculated. The distribution given In a Paris contemporary, which is not compete, by the way, shows 15,625 are studying history, philosophy and philology, 1140 medicine 10.980 law and 7.194 mathematics and natural science. There Is a marked increase in th number of women students, 2, 448 at present, against 1,850 a year ago. Of these 2.100 are. Germans; the remainder are for the most part Rus sians and Americans. Of the women 1 370 ar taking philology, philosophy or history, 527 medicine, 356 mathe matics and natural science, 60 consti tutional law and agriculture, 49 den tistry, 8& law, 7 theology and 5 phar AXCESTKT. cestry of Jay Gould'a grand.iauchter It runs clear tack to Adam. Topeka Capital. Vivien Gould's ancestry, the New York society reporters now claim, goes hack further than that of Lord Decies, on her mother's side. 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