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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1911)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEftVEii, NVEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911. THE OBSERVER '1! BR UCE DEN N i S Editor and Owner. ;'.',' Catered at the postoflice at La Grande as second-class matter. suBSCiurnos bates Daily, 6lngle copy Dally, per week, DiJy, per month. ... 6c .......... J5t .......... 65e 11911 AUGU5TIMl JVpQ. Wj T I F S 11 2I314T5" 079 10 II 12 13i41516l7 1819 20,21 ummM 2TOO3031I t fcg. This has caused the Harrirnan. interests to get busy just as Hill caus ed them to get busy in Central Ore gon. .. ' Poor old Oregon. : If the had had the Santa Fe or the Hill interests in here years ago there likely would not be nearly as much undeveloped coun try, but the railroads in-this state have known only one thing dividend 1 Building for fu:ure wag' not in their line unless they were forced to do so.. They are similar to the mine owner who takes out the: rich pay streak bu refuses to spend money In . develop ment work. Luckily this stats is so full of re sources tbt o her railroads are Inland to come unless the pnsent sys tem reaches out to isolated points, and In time Oregon will have trans portation. But each mil will be forc ed, all of which makes a splendid feeling among the people for the railroad. CKEDIT TO W1IO.M IT IS DUE IS JIE KIGHTI,. The Observer is in receipt of a let. ter from a young man who writhe, stating his plans for the future and asks the opinion of this paper. Here ; re his plans: ' . "I have worked around towns on sal. , ary ; have made what many would cay is a good wage. I have few bad habits, yt I find It impossible to save any money and gel a start in life. Asking myself what I should do and determining to do something I have pent considerable time in forming my decision. But flnally I have come to this conclusion I am going to the slate agricultural college of Oregon and learn what I can of farming on economic lines. ; What do you think -of the idea?" - Our answer to this young man's question Is: "Do it, and do It now." Do not delay such a good intention; carry It out to the letter, and .when you attend the college specialize on hogs, alfalfa and potatoes. Raise something the people have to consume Hetty Green, in her advice, alwayi urges one to deal In life's necessities, and when you get ahead of Hetty, you havft got to And another world to live ln."; v- '.' y' Yep, attend the X A. C. and put your ""' whole soul Into your work. You will And plenty of help of the right kind If .you show you have anything in you. for Oregon's school is hard to beat. Learn to make a hog develop In the best way and you have solved -the problem of iistence. ' It is a matter of regret that there re-not more young men bent on doing what this young correspondent alleges he is going to do. We- need more pro ducers, and must have them. , Some of Portland's newspapers made a hard fight against the election of Mayor Rushligh:, but he was elect ed. Those papers told of his connec tion with vice, and his promises to the underworld. ' But toe. nrst iuui ' iut Rushlight did was to put John Coffey I at the head of the police department. Everybody nows John Coff ty to be on 'the square. Now, Ccffey and Rush light together are shaking down po licemen who have been grafting, weed ing out gambling dens and putting to ' flight all manner of ; criminals who 'had expected from newspaper talk I that. Portland was to' be a wide open town if Rushlight won. But, strange to say, the same newspapers who fought him for mayor fall to give cred it for whati he is doing in the right direction. Continuation of his policy. w(ll win out. and when back by a lieutenant such as John Coffey that, policy will , very likely be continued. Apparently ,the Rushlight administration, though quite young, has more laurels already belted than did the Simons adminis tration with twice the age on It. Union county has no disposition to abandon the plan of working county prisoners on the public roads. It is a good movement as all; officials of the county, will agree. Yesterday Sheriff Chllders took several prisoners to Elgin to improve certain portions of county road. In that district. As a re suit the county will receive some value for money paid to feed prisoners and the public, will readily appreciate the bstterment of roads. Thus far this county has had good luck with prison ers put on public work, and It would i seem that Union county Is 1 several roads in advance of Judge Webster, Phil Bates and all the rest of the good : roads advocates for this Is one of their pst ideas. . y With Cecil Galloway as fire war den for this section of the country it is believed by all lumbermen that less destruction will rollow from for est fires. Mr. Galloway has been in the saw mill business himself, he knows the value of caution in and around saw mill and logging camps, and with his instructions carried out by all operators Eastern Oregon will not be burnt over this yar as in the past. Porland has just awakened to tin need of a public market. Nearly eve ry city in the United States half the size of Portland has had uch a"mar ket for years. But Portland is usual ly content with what she has. ,With her Willame'te valley egotism she sits tight, grasps what is in sight, and is afraid to make a move lest it affect some individual interest. THE CHOLERA SITUATION. Notwithstanding the ; somewhat alarming headlines in the newspapers regarding the presence of Asiatic cholera in the United States, there is no causa for alarm. In the first place those, in charge of the quarantine' sta tions are thoroughly alive to their re snonsibllity. and. consequently, there is little fear of many caseg coming To this country. In addition to the usual methods for preventing those suffer ing with infectious diseases from .land ing In thl8 country, the United" States public health and marine hospital ser vice has made additional regulations for the present conditions, in that all steerage passengers arriving from the ports that are likely to be irifected with cholera are subjected to bacteri ological examination and detention until such examination proves that they are not cholera bacillus carriers. The period of observation has also been extended from ne to ten days It should be remembered," further, that medical science hag so advanced that even did the epld'tnic obain a foot hold In this country, it could easily be controlled, and the individual cases managed much better than would have been th case 25 years ago. To repeat, there is no cause whatever for alarm. Journal of the American Medical Association, July 29, 1911. . RAILROAD TO COOS BAY. -J . . . Announcement of a railroad to Coos Bay is; nothing new for it has been an kj,..annual announcement for years. This ..: J tlm however It seems stronger than ''i-y ever bfw "d more, confidence. Is, at yy, tacbedto the statemnt. Another thing which figures Into', the 'matter is'; the story, of an English syndicate that is ready to spend some money on that territory In "the way of railroad build- In demanding that land companies fulfill their-' promises to Investors Governor West will have the entire support of alt people who want to see a square deal in business.' The chief executive refuses so far as he Is able to let companies say one thing and do another.' . A washing of dirty real es tate linen in this state will mean "much and will Inspire a confidence In the state by outside small investors which does not now exist. . ! Old Friends and New 1 " if . , $ i i Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work of time, and this bank numbers among its clients , hundreds cf 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.1 . 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. Holmes.-es. , W. J. Church, Vxe'Pres. ' F. L.lMeyea, Cashiei Earl Zundelss;. Casker ESPERANTO DEFENDED. Writing in a Portland paper, a Port land student of Esperanto points out some interesting reasons for and in behalf of the universal, language, as follows: . -. I would beg a few lines to respond to criticisms made of Esperanto. As to whether or not Esperanto will share the fate of Volapuk and cease to be studied in a few years, I think not. Volapuk failed, not because the world was not in need of a universal lan guage, but because In practice it wsb found to be literally unspeakable. Its grammar wag simple enough, but the body of the language was mads up of words arbitrarily invented; they were hard to learn and worse to pronounce and understand. lit was too stiff. That Is to say many of its primary words sounded so nearly alike that they were not easily distinguished one from another when spoken by different na tionalities. - -.':, Esperanto, on the other hand, not only possesses an exceedingly easy grammar, but the body of the lan guage Is made up from root words se lected, a& far as possible, with refer ence to the maximum of their inter nationality. The root of all Esperanto words may be found in some modern language, generally in two or more. The only change which Is ever made is to adjust their spelling so as to mako them phonetic and to bring them with in the rules of the Esperanto ortho graphy. In short, all parts of Esper anto have been thought out with the idea to make it practical as well as easy to learn. ;' That this aim has been reached has been abundantly proven by the wide use to which it has been put and is being- put all the time. A thousand different titles books and pamphlets have so far been published in it, and one hundred periodicals appear regu larly in different parts of the world. Numerous conventions have also been held, where the language was freely spoken and used by the nationalities participating. The very wide us of suffixes and prefixes and word combinations which is provided for, gives the language great range of expression. This per mits of a much smaller vocabulary than can be got along with in a natur al language. t It Is true that "usually 4hv life of universal language is brief." It is said that 10 or 50 attempts have been made Suggestions for Your Com fort During the Warm Day Cobl Clothing in our From Our Dry Goods and Men's Department. Ladies "Ready-to-Wear,, B.V.D. Underwear Department "Loose. Fitting" . . . r, Both union and two piece suits ,ie Uamty Lingerie uresses Barred Nainsook and Egyptian plaid Showing many of the new peasant Pricq $1 and $L50 Suit ?f kimona sleeve effects with heavy . , . . Bulgarian embroidery. ,. - Porosknit Underwear Prices $7.50 to $23.50 - Union and two piece in knee length o f C a and short sleeves or ankle length and -; rongee Long VOatS long sleeves. : ' .y Light and comfortable for either I $1.00 a Suit : . ' evening or street wear. . 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Esperanto fills the bill, and there is now no more reason for bringing out another international language than there Is for the invention of a new telegraphic alphabet to change the one lnventedby Professor Morse half a century ago. tion of the Canadian ment. , . , THIS DATE IN HISTORY. . . . . August 2. 1684 Treaty of peace concluded at ( Albany between the Colonists and the Five Nations. 1704 The. English and confederates, commanded by the Duke of ; , Marlborough, defeated the Ba ' variant', and . the French ac . Blenheim. 1802Bonaparte elected First Consul for life. ' . .: 1811 William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence died at Lebanon, Conn. Born ,, thre April 18, 1731. ; 1820 The Constitution sailed from ' Boston on her famous cruise. 1820 Sir John Rose, Canadian states man, born. Died August 26, 188K. 1830 Charles X abdicated the throne of France and retired to Eng . ' land. ' 1854 F. Marlon . Crawford, famous American novelist, born in Florence, Italy. Died in Sorren to, Italy, April 8, 1909. . 1861 FetkTal force under Gen. Lyon engaged the confederates at Dug Spring, Mo. 1862 Orange court house. Virginia. taken by Gen. Crawford, of Pope'a army. ' 1882 Reglna made the capital of the northwest territories. 1910 The strike on the Grand Trunk railway was ended by interven- "THIS IS MY 33RD BIRTHDAY.' Princesg Ingeborg. " " " Princess Ingeborg, one of the most popular members of the Swedish royal family, was born August 2, 1878. She is the wife of Prince Carl, a younger brother of the present king of Sweden. Before her marriage she was , a Dan ish prince ss, being the daughter of the crown prince (now King Frederick) ' of Denmark. The marriage of Prince I Carl and Princess Ingeborg took place in 1897. Their union has been blessed with two ' daughters, PrinoBS Mar garet, the elder being now in her 12th year, and Princess" Martha a year .younger.,,. 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