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' LA GRANDEUNION COUNTY. OREGON.';-, .THURSDAY, JULY 6 1911
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monly known as Bedford stone It is,
in fact, to sympolize stone as a great
industry, but this 1b simply a minor
phase, and although of much import
tan ce in Its erection, is dimmed by the
great idealistic purpose of its being.
The "Temple of PeacV, above which
will rise the statute of Lincoln, is to
be semi circular In form, about 35 feci
in height, rtfk 200 feet across frpm end
to end. ,It will face the westward sun
from a vast ledge of stone, probably
near the edge of an old -quarry, one
of the dominant hills which abound
in the midst of the rugged. and wild
scenery of this quarry district. How
much of this ledglc will be rought hewn
in the face of the stone hill or will
have to be built up m the form of huge
stone blocks will be determined when
the actual site is selected, but wheth
er hewn out or built up, this base, and
the broad winding road leading to its
top, will be a great undertaking in
itself.
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ask iiotbiniwiinteviT of thf liiri-r-exwpt
mat encli xliall build n graui
tlrbic sidewalk in front of hi premise
I asked tncintwrw 'f the commission
JlOW ' it 'Stttn' Nt;M -to llleet Hfh
heavy exenseji. nnd the reply wan. "We
save so iniifb n the former expendi
tures of thf Hty "' 1 ranked jwlint tpey
meant by pri'ving tand they-; paid tjtinr
tliey tbouCbl 'they Jwot h rmu.l now
for .r0 reutii of expenditure as 'the city
bad formerly .got for
VThe pecuniary' renult af Houston
are jthe, most striking n along tbe Tex
an pities outside of Galveston. But
there has been 4 similar experience at
Dallas. The city is growing rapidly,
and all the municipal work seems to
be done with economy. Tbe people
are so well satisfied that when It came
time to have another election of tbe
commission no available citizen would
ran against tbe commission, and all
five members are therefore be reelected."
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Sew SollvYaiue Found.
BAYING AT THE MOOX.
ELLIOTT OX CITY GOVERNMENT.
ATTENDANCE AT CHAUTAUQUA.
It is decidedly refreshing to note the
Increased attendance at Chautauqua.
Last evening the beautiful park was
alive with peopte who, appreciative
, not only of the talent in entertainment
hut of the effort to give La Grande a
ycTDicircnt !"3st!t'j!o; of h's k't"', urn.
: ed out to spend ah evening away from
business.
Thn Chautauqua will grow. The
. first few yearg are always recognized
as the "nursing" period for such a
movement after which it becomes
strong and able to carry Its own
weight without assistance. La Grande
In taking the lead, in this movement
, for the Eastern Oregon country has
made no mistake. In years to come
this city will be known to many who
live a distance away wholly for the
. Chautauqua it carries leach year. And
It will be gratifying In the extreme to
every resident to know that each year
. will cause the circle of Chautauqua
; friends to Rnlarge until finally it will
, reach the circles formed by the same
gatherings 'n Western Oregon. For
permanency, for benefit, for advance
ment in ewry way the assembly will
be a factor in La Grande's development.
LINCOLN'S PEACE MEMORIAL IS
PLANNED.
A great Lincoln memorial and "Tlem
ple of Peace," beautiful in conception,
with a ruggedness and strength of
outline In keeping with lt8 idealistic
personification of peace and the uni
fication of tM' nation, will tower above
the rutcged stone hills somewhere be
tween Bedford and Bloomington, Ind.,
if the present plans are carried out.
The Idea, more vast than anything
of thl1? kind hitherto ssriously con
templated In America, Is described by
Frank Maynard In the July number of
Popular Mechanics Magazine, and a
page. Illustration forecasts something
of its magnificence.
The conception is unique as well as
beautiful, nnd no precedent whatso
ever, In either the architectural or
Bcnlptural features, has been follow
ed. It is to be built entirely of In
diana oolitic limestone, more com-
Now that La Grande has a commit
tee appointed to investigate different
forms of city government it might too
well to consider the opinions of dif
fent men on What has been accom
plished by the commission form. The
Observer Is not ready to admit that the
commission form, as now commonly
used, would be a good form for La
Grand!-?, but It is well to consider at
along with other forms in use.
A few years ago Dr. Charles W.
El!nt. former rirewWleur. of Harvard,
made a trip tnruugn tbe south and
west. "In discussing at borne the ques
tion of municipui government," said
he, "1 found it necessary to acquaint
myself with the new city charters
which hare been issued by legislatures
in Texas. Iowa and Massachusetts, and
then 1 wanted to get more than a rend
ing knowledge of those charters. So
I have been to Texuo and bave seen
the men administering the new gov
ernments there.
"There is a longer experience of com
missiou government in Texas than
anywhere else, lu Galveston the new
charter has beeu lu operation eight
years, and I must say that tbe results
there , are extraordinarily favorable.
The pecuniary reuult are remarkable.
"What the city of Galveston bus ac
complished lu eight years under u com
mission of live men is little short of
marvelous.
"Now, as to continuity in the mem
bership of tbe commission, tbe citizens
have kept every man steadily serviug
on that commission, except that the
first mayor died and was replaced by
another respected citizen. That is the
only change in tbe commission for
eight years. The people buve been so
supremely content that there has never
been any question of change.
"Cross to Houston for a moment
There tbey have not bad quite such an
experience of continuity, because oue
member elected at first has been re
placed at a second election, and one
otber member, though his continued
service wax much desired by his col
leagues, was replaced by the popular
vote.
"As to pecuniary results In Houston,
they actually reduced the tax rate
without altering the valuation. They
then built four large brick school
houses out of tbe city's annual re
ceipts; they paved streets at a great
rate 1 the outskirts of the city in or
der that the extension of the city might
be favorably made, and this paving Is
being coutlnued lu every direction.
"The city sets the currjstones, pnves
the streets nnd puts lu the sewers and
Old Friends and New
Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work
of time, and this bank numbers among its clients
hundreds of banks and business houses with whom
it has had close relations for a great part of the
twenty-four.years of its existence.
Our friends have helped to make this one of the
largest and strongest banks in the West. We have
helped in their making, too.
We welcome new friends and will attend to their
wants with the same fidelity which has cemented
our relations with our older ones.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL ... $ 100.000.00
SURPLUS ... 100.000.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,100,000.00
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
' Fred J.lHolmes.JPres. W. J. Church, Vce"Pres.
F. L.lMeyerb, Cashiei Earl Zundel,i4ss't Cashier
IIMMUMIinillUtmiHHhHHUIIHIHUm
"Once upon a time" there was a dog,
not a bad dog, but a canine which did
not believe in doing anything but
scratch fleas and bay. When there was
nothing else to bay at he bayed at the
moon. His habits grew until his
tlmie wa8 consumed In addressing his
gutteral utterances toward the nightly
orb. It was found the dog belonged
to the family that claimed the knock
er, the "do-it-next-week" individual,
"let-well-enough alonte" loiterer.
And, strange to say, some of that
familyr-not many choBe La Grande
as an abiding place. Even this beau
tiful, rich Tslley zv.i nietropol!!"!
tie city of La Grande could not
change their habits. Every once lu a
whllie the baying is heard. If the moon
fails to shine the baying is directed
elsewhere.
When La Grande was tugging away
trying to be a city instead of a village,
there was baying. When the city de
cided to have an entertainment of any
kind, again the baying was heard. New
departures, improvements were scoffed
at. Content to sit in a crouched posi
tion the whining has continued at In
tervals, and probably will continue
for years to come.
But La Grandrs, like the steam roller.
Is proceeding forward. Nothing is
going to stop the onward march. It
is decreed that the villager must
change, his ways and become nat
uralized or be lost in thjo whirl of ad
vancement. And, while baying at the moon may
seem popular occasionally it is not,
nor will it ever be in La Grande again.
"THIS IS MY 64TH BIRTHDAY."
Katherine A. Tingley.
Mrs. Katherine A. Tingley, leader of
the Theosophlsts and founder of the
colony at Point Loma, California, was
born in Newburyport, Mass., July 6.
1S47. After attending the public
Bchools In her native place she com
pleted her education in a convent in
Quebec. On leaving the convent she
took up her residence with her father
In New York. Hera she investigated
spiritualism, with the result that she
openly opposed physical manifesta
tions and seances. Her investigations,
however, led to her becoming a strong
Theosophist. In Now York she spent
much of her time in missionary work
among the poor. Some 15 years ago.
In company with other prominent mem
bers of the Thfosophical society, Mrs.
Tingley conducted a world wide tour
in 'the Interest of tha Theosophical
movement. Since the death of the late
W. Q. Judge she has been the acknowl
edge leader of the? society not only in
American but in the world at large.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
July 6.
1535 Sir Thomas More, chancellor of
England, beheaded In London.
1777 Americans evacuated Tlcondero
ga and Mount Independence.
1802 Gen. Daniel Morgan, one of the
conspicuous leaders in the Am
erican revolution, died In Win
Chester, Va. Born In New Jer
sey in 1736.
1835 The Boston and Worcester rail
road was opened.
1861 Union forces driven back at the
battle of Carthage, Mo.
1868 Samuel Ixver, noted Irish nove
list. died. Born in 17r
1872 Democratic national convention
met at Baltimore and nominated
Horace Greeley for president.
1893 Marriage of the Prince of Wales
(King George V.) and Princess
Victoria May of Tek (Queen
Mary.)
Chicago, 111.. July 6. W. L. Park,
via; president of the Illinois Central
Railway company and a member of the
board of control of the 19th National
Irrigation congress, which meets here
this year1, is directing tfy f attention
of men interested 'in the f congress to
what he joeclare Is: the best concrete
example he has yet found of the agri
cultural value Jof tbtt soil deposits to
the' areas of swamp' and overflowed
lands, of whlci there are practically
80,000,000 acres capable of reclama
tion.
The railway qfflcial'g cage in point
has to do with the South Carolina hoy,
Jerry Moore, 13 years old, who last
fall harvested 228 . bushels of corn
from one acre of ground, establishing
a record for the year that made him
the champion corn" grower of the
world.
"This is a record," Mr. Park said,
"that will do more for agriculture
than any other one accomplishment
of similar nature during tin laBt de
cade. But how did this boy obtain
his enormous yield? Simply by going
into the swamps near his farm and
taking 200 wagonloads 'of the rich
swamp dirt, which he scattered over
his field the first winter. This he did
that winter merely a8 a mleans of fer
tilizing his land. The second winter
he made up his mind to go after the
corn raising record for which a good
prize had been offered, so he took 300
wagonloads of swamp dirt the Second
winter and put it on his field. Fol
'.OTvlr; thfl, i th' unrinsr. he put 45
wagonloads of manure on the field,
then double plowed the field to a
depth of 14 Inches. All that remained
aftler that was for the corn to grow
up, ripen and mark a new record for
acre production.
"The simple method followed by
young Moore makes easily apparent
the crop growing possibilities of our
swamp soils and, what Is far more im
portant, the reclamation possibilities
of our swamp and overflowed locali
ties. There is room in these swamp
areas for thousands of farm homes,
as reclaimed swamp Jand, somewhat
like Irrigated land, is capable of such
production that a Bmall acreage Is suf
ficient for one farm home. Wlo esti
mate that the population of. this na
tion will be 150,000,000 people by 1950
and I believe myself that it will be
more than that. For this reason we
can see th.l'j necessity of furthering
swamp land reclamation, as well aa
all other methods of peopling the lo
calities where fertile lands are non-
producing, for these homes will all
be needed In years to come. The Na
tional Irrigation congress, long of
great influence in the west, now has
launched a far-reaching movement by
its resolutions passed at recent ses
sions looking towards definite hielp
for the states containing large" areas
of swamp lands and by so doing it
further establishes itself as a body of
national Importance, it already having
won that place through its efforts and
results for the wiest.
Young Moore, who was sent to
Washington where he met President
Taft and other government, dignitar
ies after hie had been awarded the
corn growing prize, has prepared what
government experts who visited his
farm declared was the best seed bed
they had rcver seen, for his next years
crop. On this field he is to attempt
a greater harvest next year than the
prize winner of 1910.
Sprains require careful treatment Keep
quiet and apply Chamberlain's Liniment
freely. It will remove the soreness and
Suickly restore tho purtnjo a healthy con
ition. For t?.le by dealers.
Mrs. Llttlepage Coming.
Chicago, 111., July 6. Mrs. Louella
Littlepage, assistant to Clarence J.
Blanchard, statistician of the United
States reclamation service, has Ju3t
passed through Chicago on her way
from' Washington to the- northwest,
where she will visit the various recla
mation projects of the government.
Iter tour will take her to the. Pacific
coast.
Mrs. Littlepage is a writer of wide
acquaintance and she discusses the
economic importance of irrigation de
velopment with authority. The chief
purpose ot her trip is to gather data
from aettlerg on the government
farms for magazine and other articles.
She also lectures frequently, espe
cially to women's organizations, and
the experiences she will gather from
thie settlers no doubt will provide new
and interesting subjects for thlB work.
Mrs, Littlepage is familiar with the
work of the National Irrigation con
gress which meets here In December,
and while In Chicago she called on
Edmund T. Perkins, managing director
of the board of control of the congress
to discuss with him the probable effect
of the forthcoming gathering of irrl-
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Directory of the Fraternal Orders
of La Grande, Oregon
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L P. A A. 11 La Grande Lodge No.
41, A F. tt A. M. holds regula, meet
Ings first and ' third Saturdays at
7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to all
Masons. L. M. HOYT, W. M.
1. C, WILLIAMS, Secretin".
8. P. O. K. La Grande Lodge No. 433
, meets each Thursday evening at 8
o'clock in Elk's club, corner of De
pot street and Washington avenue.
Visiting brothei t are cordially In
vited to attend. '
. H. J. RITTCR, E. Rai.
H. E. OOOLIDGE. Rec. Sec.
WOODMEN OP THE WORLD La
Grande Lodge No. 169 W. O. W.
meets every second and fourth Sat
urday! at K. P. hall. All visiting
: mebers welcome. . t
D. FITZGERALD, C. C.
' ' J. H. KEENEY. Clerk.
rjEBEKAUS--ystal Lodge No. 5
meets every Tuesday evening ln'ths
, I. Oi O, F, hall.' All visiting; men,
bet ' are invited lo attend, i I. . h -; :
MRS. . KATIE ARBUCKLE, N. Q. '""
jMISS ANNA ALEXANDER, Sec.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cron'4
Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday '
night in Castle hall, (old Elk's haQ.)
'"A Pythian welcome to all .Tiattiai
. i , jess paul. a a "
R. L. LINCOLN. M. of R. A &
SI. W. A. La Grande Camp No. 7703
ir acte every Monday in the month at
the I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting
neighbor! are cordially InviteJ to
attend.
E.E. DANIELS.
ED. HEATH. Clerk.
O. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. &
C. hoHs stated communications tb
' second and fourtn Wednesdays ol
eaeh month. Visiting members cor.
dlally invited. ,
, CARRIE h HUNTER. W. M.
MARY A.' WARNICK, Sec.
WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT O fix....
Ronde Circle No. 47 meets
first am, rtjird Thursday e
ln the mo -A le I. O. O a ai.
' All visltiag utters are
gationists here. She declared the
meeting, taking place in Chicago,
which has become such a center of
supply for irrigation development,
should be the greatest congress in the
history of the organization.
Fighting Bogus Townsites.
Winnipeg, July 6 The. grand Trunk
Pacific has issued formal warning
against real estate men who are of
Serlng In the name of the railway
company to sell lots In bogus town
sites along its lines in the western
provinces, and has given notice that
all such people will be prosecuted
In the courts. D'Arcy Tate, solicitor
for the company, states that action arc.'
now pending in the courts against
six or seven concerns that are using
the company's name and that all wild
catters will be brought to justice In
an endeavor to prevent the repeti
tions of such misrepresentations as
have already occurred in a number
of cases.
This announcement is official, and
states that the company itself has es
tablished all divisional points and
stations, and that the Bales will be
made through its bona-flde agents.
The authorities cite a8 an example
of fraudulent advertising the exploi-
tation of the townslte of Alix, on the
Calgary-Edmonton line of the Grand
Trunk Pacific. This has been wide
ly advertlsed.as a divisional point and
lots have soldiat correspondingly high
figures. Ag a matter of fact, the ac
tual divisional point Is at Mirror,
somie six miles away from the town
site of Alix, anil the railway company
has no interest whatsoever in the
townslte last named. Other instances
are cited where the Grand Trunk Pa
cific name has beien used to sell lots
in townsites miles away from any sta
tion, and without any authority what
soever from the company.
Action has been brought against the
Grand Trunk Pacific Transfer com
pany of Vancouver, to restrain that
concern from future trading under
the name of the big corporation, and
will shortly be brought against the
Grand Trunk Lands company, which
also is a private concern, scores of
real estate companies, employment
agencies, hotels, livery stables, trans
fer companies and grocery establish
ments throughout the west make use
of the name of the Grand Trunk Pa
cific, and it is President Hays inten
tion to put a stop to all unauthorized
use of the name Grand Trunk Paci
fic by any private concern. .
The uew of the name by land com
panies is described as Intended tj
mislead innocent purchasers, for the
most part those who wish to buy lout
for the Increase in value following the
J settlement) of the surrounding coun
try, and the rapid growth of the towns
themselves. Where there is no station
service there will be no town, and
such sales therefore would be fraud
ulent and lead to loss. The public a
notified that all such intending pur
chasers should communicate direct
with the railway's agency, the Trans
continental Townsite company, at
Winnipeg, and get the facts.
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Iteady for Elks' Convention.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 6. Head
quarters for the national convention
of the Elks wiere established at the
Hotel Strand today by Grand Exalted
Ruler Herrmann and other grand
lodge officers of the ord?r. The ad
vance guard of delegates and visitors
is putting in an appearance and an
attendance of fully 100,000 is expected
when the convention is opened Satur
day. .
Receive Freedom of Glasgow.
Glasgow, July 6. The colonial pre
miers and narliamentarv deleeates to
the coronation, who are making a brief -
tour of the United Kingdom, arrived
In-Glasgow this morning and received
the freedom of the city. Later In the
day a visit was paid to the Glasgow
exhibition.
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