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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1911.
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Adams ....
Athena ....
Baker City
Durkee
Elgin .....
Enterprise .
Gibbon ....
Haines
Hllgard .. .
Hot Lake . ,
Huntington
, Tmbler
Kamjela
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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
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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
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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.
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ROTBIK BUYS FARM.
Lee Ferguson Place Sear Elgin Sold to
E. W. Rumble.
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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
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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-
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FINE WATCH WORK
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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.
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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
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AU Emmons Says He Ran a Resecta
ble Place in Enterprise.
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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
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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 '
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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.
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