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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1911)
if LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1911. I A! UJ YY Him i m nHLLUWR Adams .... Athena .... Baker City Durkee Elgin ..... Enterprise . Gibbon .... Haines Hllgard .. . Hot Lake . , Huntington , Tmbler Kamjela BE SURE PARK. ciDir i FLOOD CAUSED NEW LAWS Caltestoa Plan of City Government Is Outcome of Dlsnstrons Floodwu Rrs Wf iking Principle, tif 'Jonin.lsslon Government. By JAMES A. EDGERTON.' Americans tire lonn Kiifferliig uudfr Ki'iiiiuit; niui, Uist'itu-e. Now ti ri Iii-.tIUjIIIU Mil lull le i'HU wiiii i ht-m mi louufi'. Hie lll.-.f TV'U tl lllililti.ii ltni . I... ibusw. but when the limit Ik reuctifd '1be? g after the evil wl.hm.t Kloves. " " Z"JZ )-0nr municipal icovernuirtiM .rent a therefor the coumiisKiou plan -f ... .....if h ir imllovnMnltil wa - mi . . CaSC I T - uuiqui . lur UIU Hl'lIttUltf have stood their rottenness inettlcien- , past the meiidlng jjoliit. It W-riTT'CUAPO i vv i jnuiio at REDUCTION We will not carry them over AL ANDREWS. Special Excursion Rates of $4.25 for the round trip La Grande to HI "The Beauty Spot1 of the Northwest Rates from following points -.$7.80 8.00 .'. 6.30 . . 7.40 . . 3.45 .. 1.20 .. 6.40 ,. 5.90 .. 4.eo . . 4.60 .. 8.2C .!. 3.80 .. 5.00 La Grande ............... 4.25 Lostine .......... '. .... V. . 1.60 Meaeham 6.25 Milton 8.70 North Powder ......... 5.50 Palmer Junction 2.90 Pendleton i, ...... . . . , . . ... . 7.25 Pleasant Valley ........ . ; . 6.85 Telocaset ". . -. '. . i ; . . . . .'. . . . 5.10 Union ............ 4.70 Wallowa 1.85 Weston 8.10 Walla Walla, Wash, 10.10 TO ASK FOB TICKETS DIRECT TO WA110TTA LAKE RATES at Park 1 Tent with I bed ........... 1 Tent with 1 bfid and 1 cot . 1 Tent with two beds 1 Tent with I bed ...... 1 Tent with 1 Bed and 1 Cot. . 1 Tent with 2 beds .......... ..X...$1.00Per Day . . $1.50 Per Day ......$1.75 Per Day ; ....$5.00 Per Week .,...$7.00 Per Week ....$7.50 Per Week MEALS are furnished at the Restau'rantand Lunch Counter at reasonable a. $5.50 meal tickets can be pu chased for $5.00. ' PlrlU. iIa.U.i. 1. Vt. IV.t. hwh n.itfl will Kn mnnA space FREE. ' ;,. .,,-'-,, - Burros and Saddle Horses for mountain climbing 25c per hour. Special rate hj the day. . , 7 edne'.days and Saturdays and on special occasions if desired. For Further Information Address the Wallowa Lake Amusement Co. JOSEPH, OREGON come boneycuinbed wltn ward ana partisan politics. To ourselves It was a reproach, to other nations a standing Joke. It was c combination of Tnm niany and Unity Dink. The exio sures in St. Louis. San Francisco. Pittsburg and elsewhere only scratch ed the surfufe. It was tluie for a new deal, and tbe new deal bus come. Now tbe cities of the entire land are tailing over each other In their baste to try on . the commission system. Wherever inaugurated It has worked like a chnriu. Everybody Is bnppy over It except the professional politi cians and tbe grafters. The commission form of government in America is only a trifle more than ten years old. It started In liKK) as a result ot the Galveston Mood. So stag gering was the catastrophe that the old form of government was unable to meet the crisis Alderman McMas ter proHsed that the couucil resign In a body and call In business men and experts to deal with the extraordinary situation. This was done. A commis sion of five wa9 formed, two of tbein elected by the people and three ap pointed ly tbe governor. Afterward the supreme court decided that the governor bad uo right to appoint, and all tbe commissioners were elected. Prior to the hurricane and tidal wave that so ueiirly swept her off the map Gaiveston iiad the, usual discouraging history of ; municipal misgovernment. As a result she was iu debt, her bonds were below par nnd her treasury on the verge of bankruptcy. -Cnder the riiiiiniu.i.... r.: -i"'-""- w - re - ? tliej nut uo result Is ..14 . of gov- IllIU gOl had be- built, the crude raised Hevnnil feet, the Streets itvuved., a retaining en wall construrt i. tbe debt , rut down. ex, penditures kept within the revenues city , employee; paid in ensh. tmuds brought to a premium, streets kept cleaner, sanitation improved, saliMin? kept Out of the resldenre dlstrli ts. poli tics banished from the -lty li.s'.i. public gambling anollsned .Ivlc spirit awak ened and a condition of harmony and prosperity begun such as iSnlveston had never before known. In other words. hood's event uver crop. the new government did better tu tbe face of the calamity tban the old bad done in times of tranquillity. One most significant fact Is that, despite tbe ex grain penditures required to rebuild, raise and protect the city, the tax rate was kept down lower than that of any large city In Texas. To show the contrast between the old Galveston government and the new, public Improvements had Mopped under the former "rinir . rule" and public buildings ,were deteriorating, finances were going behind at an aver age of $l(X).t.too every year, city em ployees. Im ludlng even schoolteachers, were paid In scrip, nnd the bosses, who were gruwins rich, had :ich i ;Tlp It' was Impossible to stuiKc ttii'tii 'cose. All that is now t liMiiL'tsl. Die flnr.t int! detii lias l.ei-ii iriiivu. a sinking fund started. iiitl- iiiijirovpnuMiis are going .forward. iillN are jevldjn cash when due. it tut the political . lwvo have iifcnnie ' nii!asaiii ., nn'iiiones That thesf and iiticr iiciii-ilceiii re sults are due in tlu- cuiiiiiihsiuii sys tem of governnient Is proved by' the fact that other cities adopting the commission plan have had a like ex perience. v Under what came to be known as the Galveston plan each of tbe commis sioners took charge of some branch of tbe city government. For this be was responsible to the commission ' as a whole and to the people. So success story Mr. wth f ul was the system In the city of Its i origin that other municipalities tn all parts of the land began to study It with Interest. . . , ; j To one who does not believe In uni versal ; panaceas nnd ! cure-alls the working out of the commission form of government Is little less than mnr telous. It hns agreeably surprised both its friends and enemies, is It the long looked for solution of our municipal government problems? An unqualified affirmative answer Is al most too good to be true, and it Is too early to go that far, yet the more one studies what has actually been accomplished under tbe new system the more enthusiastic be grows. My own prediction la that as soon as the bulk of American cities realize Just what has been achieved In the com mission towns there .will be such a Scramble to make the experiment for themselves that it will result In vlr tnsJ municipal revolution. 2 ROTBIK BUYS FARM. Lee Ferguson Place Sear Elgin Sold to E. W. Rumble. c-i it prlc i " tk E. W. Rumble has purchased from Lee Pereuson 40 acres adjoining the Sprlngdale fruit tracts and will plant it I In apple trees this fall or net spring; ana we uncrersiana mat Mr. rerguson will plant trees on the adjoining 40. whnrh he retains, savs th Elfin Tte fl corder. The, price paid for the land . - -. : , i ; was one hundred dollars per acre. The A finrlnrdfle seonle will set the rees J and cultivate them for three years, at J the end of which time they will be In fcesrlnr -and will be worth In the 'neighborhood of $400 per acre. The tract adjoins Sprlngdale and will be planted to conform with their trees. Eighty acres added to Elgin nelghbor- I SI EGRIST k FINE WATCH WORK Jraniril O H Ill XII ls , nil n v x. 3 and be a schedule man. The Waltharn is the most ac curate and reliable of time-pieces. ; It is the preferred watch on all the great railroads. "Id Time You Owned a Waltharn" We are leadqtiarters for Waltharn Watchw. Com plete assortments in all grades and styles. Sv-c u about a Waltharn. O 5o SIEGRIST CO.f Jewelers arid OistiddnS l) 4 nnrpT irtirn rnv ctadc im cuctcdw ftDrrnM Jt orchard tracts Is. an Important Wn In full bearing It will take fdu,uuv can; w u..iww In wheat, under the most favor- j f able conditions, It might bring l-30th of that amount. That's why this coun try cannot afford to depsnd entirely on crops. SO 1YOMT2S IS HIS PLACE 1 AU Emmons Says He Ran a Resecta ble Place in Enterprise. I 6 foot The Observer la in receipt of a let-Ji ter. signed by Al. Emmons ot Enter-j prise in which he objects to a news at only from that city under date of July if now 18 In which it was stated that "liquor , and girls" were taken from a Joint at Enterprise. Mr. Emmons says the girls wens products of Joseph and sent to the county Jail by the recorders' court of that city; that he never allowed wo men in his place and It was his endea vor to always run a respectable plaoe. He asks that thlfl paper make the cor 11 IE rection which is done herewith, for If , Emmons had no women connected; v: his place the publc should know It. 3SS NICE LEVEL LOTS LOCATED TWO BLOCKS imHOF THE RAILROAD SHOPS. We are offering these lots at from $160. to $200. each, on the most liberal terms We furnish you an abstract of titl e, When yov have paid for these lots. Not a poor lot in our whole offering Better call al our office and learn more about these lots. LA GRANDE! Bell Phone Main 752. Independent phone 262. Foley Hotel Block. COMlPAMYl! IS OUR SPECIALTY VERY man should carry a rclir.blc watch. For traina must be caughtv engage ments kept, and busi ness attended to on schedule time." Carry a WALTHAM ' WATCH o a Best Grade 1 2 feet wide 6ft Cents per sq yard wide 54 cents. Inlaid Linoleum 95c per square yard. Buy )l you never got it for less. iiaist&h ' : TH So NVESTMENT CO. LaGrande Oregon if n n it I w X
