La Grande evening observer., August 22, 1913, Image 1

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VOLUME XIII.
Property Holders On
-Spring Street Ask For
Concrete Pavement
TEH BLOCKS ON
SPRING WILL BE
1ILTIT
QUESTION OF A MAINTENANCE
. BOND BECOMES SOLE ISSUE
WITH COUNCIL. -
um bibs m
, After Hours of Discussion Council Fin
ally Closes With Geiger Company of
Salem With no Guarantee Other
Than 10 Per Cent for Six Months
Will Rush to completion.
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For the first time in paving history
of La Grande a contract has been let
to a company other than, the Warren
Construction company and for' the first
time in the same period a contract
has been let for paving without a five
year guarantee bond, when, last night,
on recommendation of abftut two
thirds cf the property ' holders on
: Spring street,' ten blocks of paving
were let to the E. W. Geiger Construc
tion company of Salem. ' The bid of
that company was the lowest one dol
lar per yard and the contract that
will likely be entered into at once,
-introduces ' concrete pavement ;to La
Grande. " " V
The council may or majnot have
acted indiscretely;. the property own
' erg may or may not have overlooked a
needed requirement and may or 'may
not be sorry in the future; concrete
paving may or may not be suitable for
La Grande; The Warren people may
or may not be out of business in this .
city,- but the fact remains just
V., h
: same that concrete pavement is head
ed for La Grande and furthermore is
' cheap paving.
For two hours the legality of put
ting in or striking out a maintenance
bond in the corf ract held the atten--;i
tion of the council and property own-
: ers. No vote was taken by the prop
erty 'owners,
but two petitions were.t;a to meet and entertain the
'presented with names of property (
owners expressing their desires fori
Mtulithie or for Geie-er concrete, no,
other paving having a look in. Lit-
IS HAMMERING OUT HIS MESS
AGE TO CONGRESS. l
Detests Dictation and Therefore Uses
" Typewriter Himself.
)' Washington, Aug. 22. The presi
dent today shut himself in his study
. and personallylegan the typewriting
of the message he will send to con-
' greas on the Mexican situation. The
: president dislikes to dictate and will
do all the work himself. It is believed
that the president will make addition
al recommendations toV'ngress con
cerning America's aitittftle and it is
possible that a new Mexico policy will
be obtained. The message will be the
longest the president has yet written.
WILSON WORKS
roWN 'MACHINE'
tie discussion arose as to the grade of
paving wanted, it was an out-and-out
fight for and against the bond that
guarantees the pavVg for a period of
five years. It was pointed out by ex
perts that if there is weakness or de
onceFIRE rages at quihcy ill
Quincy, Ills., Aug. 22. Fire threat-1
ens the destruction of Quincy's busi-
j. . j , , . . . ,, -
ness district, this, afternoon. One block
in the heart of the retail district is
PROTECTION DEMANDED OFHUERTA
. Washington, Aug, 22. Secretary of
State Bryan has warned President
Huerta and General Garranza the reb
el leader, and the local officials at La
boquillo that they were held respons-
A. L. Westgard, vice president and
director of the transcontinental High
ways association and representative
of the National Highway association,
who is' blazing the trail for the pro
posed national trunk highways, was in
La Grande today, leaYfig at 3 o'clock
this afternoon for his trip eastward.
He will have traveled 17,000 miles in
picking these routes when he has fin-
2-1 1 l : .t 1.. i i. - 5-..
uineu, luiviiiK aucauy vwn w on
Frflnniwn. north tn SeAttla. then down
through Washington and is now on
his way to Ogden, where he joins the
Midland traif already inspected and
pnyaianiy iuu wireo dhoti
moil v& AUMwa aucMu n tt t j .7
trunk
and ling highways. The city of La
Grande will be on the trunk
highway if the present recommenda
tions are carried out.
With Mr. Westgard is his wife and
his driver, Mr. Perkins, of San Fran
cisco. They arrived after midnight
in their Premier car, and spent the
aayt-nere. quietry, tne committee ap-
.Ai-i.J k k. &uhaUU a1.W Inmo
inspector having not been apprised of
his presence until just before he left
cny. ne stayea at tne roiey an
day and did not (all on any of the
automobile men while here. While in
the city, however, he met Dr. Mc-'
Callv of Boise, who is president of the
International Highway association and
the two conferred for some time as to
the plans of the national highway
schemes. The Boise man is on his way
west in an auto. : 1
No accident of any-consequence had
befallen the party up to qte and good
roads are always muchly welcome.
After touching Ogden they have to go
west again and then cross the conti
nent on the southern border.
"There has been nothing finally
done in the matter, but at the present
time your city will be on the trurA
road. The plans for these fjslhk roads
is for the government to appropriate
sums of money for a bureau of high
way commissioners," said' Mr. West
gard this afternoon while hastily
lunching to get but of town.
"The National Highway association
estimates that more than $25,000,000.
000 will be spent in the next twenty
five years on the 2,300,00 miles of
highways in the United States. The
wise expenditure of this vast sum is
of paramount importance to the 100,
000,000 people of this nation. The pur
nnsft of the association is to nromote
discussion, disseminate knowledge, and
assist as to the best development of
thise highways. The association be
NATIONAL HIGHWfl
REACHES LA GRAND
OF CLOSE PHYSICAL
LA GRANDE, OREGON,
fects in concrete paving it will de
velop the first five years the first
five months some say and that as
maturity increases, quality increases.
Onrtnin on Paso 41
in ruins. The entire fire department '
"J battling with the fifties, but the
fire is gaining headway. Twenty-five
horses were burned in the livery sta-
ble where the fire started. I
ible for the safety of Shirley C. Hulse,
sori-in-law of Lieutenant Governor
Reynolds of Pennsylvania, who was
captured by Mexican rebels two weeks
aeo. Mo news has been received from
Hulse in 10 days. '
S AGENT
E ON TODD
lieves the most benef icient results will
be obtained by first securing the cre
ation of a "National Highway commis
sion" by the passage by congress of
"a bill" as advocated in the belief that
a proper investigation by a properly
constituted commission will result in
the building and permanent mainten
ance by the national government of
approximately 60,000 miles of high
ways throughout the United States as
a great system of National highways;
and as a result thereof -the nation,
through the . states, will secure at the
earliest 'possible date the building of
'good roads everywhere' is the distri
buting and collecting rnedium for the
traffic of national highways and for
the use and benefit of all the people
of the nation.
For thirteen years (1892 to 1905)
he had charge,, as chief of the work,
of a large corps of engineers, making
state, county, and town maps and at
lases throughout all the states east of
the Rockies. - In these, travels Mr.
Westgard became thoroughly familiar
with almost all usable roads, and was
particularly identified with obtaining
and disseminating information re
garding bicycle tours Information
which became of the greatest value
when the automobile usurped the bi
cycle's place in popular favor.
This was so well recognized that the
first automobile maps of the eastern
states published for the benefit of the
motorists were compiled by Mr. West
gard. The success of these maps was
so immediate, andthe demand for
them so great, that Mr. Westgard's
services were immediately required to
continue the work, and for ear he
made maps for the Automobile Blue
book, the first of such to be published.
In 1907 and 1908, as chief of the
touring bureau of the Automobile Club
of nerica, this much road-traveled
gentleman covered 50,000 miles in mo
tor cars. ' '
Nineteen hundred and twelve saw
;him surveying no less than three
transcontinental automobile routes, as
field representative of the. American
Automobile association. In surveying
these routes, the pass near Goldfield,
Nevada, across the White mountains
into Owens valley, was given Mr.
Westgard's name and is now and al
ways to be known as Westgard Pass.
Considering the location of the pass,
and that it actually does stand at the
frontier' of the eastern trip from the
INSPECTION
FRIDAY AUQUSH22t 1913.
IHK FATE
BRIGHTER; IS
DEEM SINE
GOVERNMENT FINDS IT CANNOT
ORDER CANADIANS TO
" DEPORT HIM.
Several 'Courses Open for Final Oil
posal of Case, But Return to New
York Is Not Deemed to Be One of
' Them Extradition From Vermont
b to Be Attempted by Glynn.
' By JOHN NEVINT. . .
Sherbrooks. Aue. 22. With the in
surance that New York's request for
the extradition of Harry Thaw will
not do granted Dy the Canadian of
ficials, George Carnegie, Thaw's
brother-in-law, is reported to be ar
ranging for having a yacht in Can
adian waters where Stanford White's
slayer will sail for Virginia. There he
will have the benefit of the court's
decision in the case of John Chaloner,
who has lived unmolested in Virginia
for years, although he escaped from
an insane prison in New York.
Thaw's Sherbrooke counsel, Attor
ney Schurtiffe, returned today from
Ottawa, where Jie interviewed Higgs,
of the immigration service. Schurt
iffe fold Thaw that it was probable he
would have to leave Canada but that
he positively would not be returned
to New York state. Whether Thaw
will be rejected as an undesirable or
as an alien, or be returned to the Unit
ed States by the same route over
which' he entered Canada, or be given
48 hours to leave the country, and al
lowed to choose his own route, is as
yet uncertain. , ;
Washington, Aug. 22.' Secretary of
Labor. Wilson today telegraphed act
ing Governor Glynn of New York,
that he was unable to find any law
under which the United "States gov
ernment can .ask Canada to deport
Harry Thaw. He said: "I am advised
that steps have already been' taken to
bring the matter to Canada's atten
tion through the ordinary diplomatic
channels. -.
Vermont Authorities to Act.
Albany, New York, Aug. 22. Gov
ernor Glynn telegraphed the following
to the governorbf Vermont: "I am ad
vised that the Canadian , authorities
will deport Thaw to Vermont about
Wednesday next, and request you to
have . him apprehended immediately
ana hem awaiting requisition.
Saya Thaw Is Sane.
Sherbrooke, Aug. 22. "Harry K.
Thaw is perfectly sane." This is the
dictum of Djr. Joseph oNel, the jail
physician, after an exhaustive exami
nation of Thaw in his cell. For 45
mihi'es Noel put Thaw through all
the testa. The verdict is expected to
be a vitally important factor in his
fight for freedom. ;. . i
Protecting Against the Shrimp.
Paris, Aug. 22. The French gov
ernment today began the work of fortr
ifying its submarine cables to protect
them from deep sea shrimps and other-destructive
fish. It will take, a
vast outlay of money to do the work.
In the Mediterranean several cable
lines at a depth of from 2,500 to 12,
000 feet have had their insulations
destroyed by shrimps. v The cables be
tween the porta of Naples and Paler
mo have been armored with supple
mentary casings of copper at great
expense.
far west, "West Guard" aeems pecul
iarly appropriate.
The routes surveyed by Mr. West
gard are aa follows:
New York to Seattle via Chicago,
through Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Wash
ington. New York to San Francisco via Chi
cago, through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyo
ming, Utah and Nevada.
New York to Los Angeles, through
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.
Hp is now routing from Ogden to
Seattle, thronrrh Idnho, Eastern "Ore
gon and Washington.
IGI1 IS A HAR5BR
1
CopsOrdered
ToSpeedway
SPECIAL EFFORT TO STOP ALL
SPEEDING ORDERED, s
BEAT TO ALTERNATE
Various Streets to Be Pat roled Coun
cil Businesa SJiort.
Chief of Police McLachlln was last
night ordered to place a policeman on
so-called speedways of the city for
two hours or thereabouts, each even
ing for a while, in an effort to run
down . motorcycle and automobile
speeders. The order followed a discus
cussion of the situation by Council
man Davis, at an adjourned meeting
of the council last night. It was also
suggested that the policeman be made
a special police, but the council agieod
that the present force could do 'the
vork. North Fir. South FourMv East
and Wept Adams and other street i
or. which motorcycle and auto owners
have little regard for life or law. will
be patrolled according to the ordur,
for about two Hours each evening, the
policeman going from one to annth;?
alternating each day. v , -
Sewer Deeds Sucht. : ; r.
Efforts to obtain deeds to rights of
way for the proposed sewer from Jef
ferson to Pennsylvania in the alley
off Alder, were ordered last night.
It will be put up to Attorney H. E.
Dixon who offers to do the work for
not less than $35 there being about
35 deeds to obtain. This work is to'
be rushed so that the paving can- be
built before the paving goes in' on
Spring street
' That general warrants are likely to
depreciate and sink in value unless the
finances of the city are recouped, was
pointed out by F. L. Meyers, cashier
of the La- Grande- National bank, a
buyer of local warrants. - The first and
I greatest remedy suggested was that
improvement district be required . to
! pay ' their assessments promptly so
that the interest on improvement war
rents can be paid from the improve-
ment fund, without drawing from oth
er funds that should not be required
I to pay, for it depletes these funds and
keeps the outstanding warrants away
from liquidation that much longer, it
developed during the, discussion that
followed, that the Denver bank's bid
on the $50,000 time warrants which is
up in the air, is not the only one avail
able, but that a Seattle bank will buy
them if the 95 cents figure is used.
This was deemed to be eood business
as it would recoup the market materi
ally. Unless lomething is done to
1 care for improvement district war
rants interest without drawing on the
water or general fund or a time-warrant
bond issue floated, the warrant
market is likely to fall and that soon
tOO.-- '.-' ' r-
Superintendent Hoyt and the water
department will take into considera
tion the laying of ample water mains
' on Spring before the paving is placed
on that street.
If Fire Chief Benham goes to Ta
coma to attend the fire chiefs' conven
tion it will be at his own expense, but
his time here is to go on. according
to the final disposition of the applica
tion of Rescue Hose company No. I
to send the chief to the convention as
has been done ip years past.
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: Jefferson Refugee In Port.' .
Seattle. Auc. 22. The steamer Jef
ferson with the survis from the
wreck of the California, which went
down off Juneau, Alaska on August
17, with an estimated loss of 34 lives,
arrived here early this morning. They
say that the ship sank within three
minutes allowing little time for. es
cape. :
Falls 5,000 Feet.
Hallberstadt, Germany, Aug. 22.
Lieutenant Schmidt, an army aviator,
was killed here today, when the aero
plane he was driving, collapsed near
the end of a six mile flight. The avi
ator dropped more than 5,000 f eet.' '
CANADIAN RATS
That Canadian rata of the brush tail
specie are, to gain a foofnold in this
valley, heretofore practically ratless,
is believed by some to be likely fol
lowing the capture in a steel trap set
for a skunk, of a Canadian brushtail
rat In this city. To Canadians the
rodent is familiar but few have ever
seen a similar animal in the west and
none, that can be found, have seen one
in La Grande. Rats havo always been
NUMBER 40
CURRENCY BILL
OBJEGTEDTO DT
BIG REPRESENTATION AT CHI
CAGO MEETING HEARS BIT. , .
TER ATTACKS. .
ZOKE CLAUSE OPPOSED
Banking Interest of the Country Op
posed to Proposed Currency BUI OS
Many Grounds, Three Principal Ones
Being Advanced Reserve Board la
Given Immense Powers. - v i f
Chicago, Aug. 22. Bitter denuncia
tion of the democratic currency bill -was
Voiced by. A. Barton Hepburn,
president of the Chase National bank
at New York, and chairman of the
currency committee of the American
isanicers- association, at a conference
of the representatives of the, banking
and clearing associations called by the
currency committee to discuss the Owen-Glass
bill.
. Their opposition was based on the
following grounds:
Domination Is Feared.
That the government could domi
nate the proposed ' federal reserve
board because seven "of the nine mem-
land two selected by banks having
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uera are apDoiniea "7 tr.a Eovernmenc -
iwu in wio uuuru ana couia iq van
way coerce the banks and that the
matter would ultimately end. in- such .
coercion: v
- -Because the bankers don't like the
plans of dividing the country into 12
zones because western . institutions
would be made to suffer in view of the
fact there are more than 12 money
zones of power in the country, and the
bill does not provide for geographical '
division and:
Because the government is held re
sponsible for notes : issued by the
banks. . .-. . -. -.; ; . ; -. . ,; -
These reasons were elaborated' upon
by the representatives of 47 states in
attendance at the meeting. ;;'
.. HMHBOWW .7'---'
Power of Press Discussed at Hague.
i
The Hague, Aug. 22. "What the
Press Might do for- the Cause of
Peace," was the main question under -consideration
at today's sessions oC
the 20th annual meeting of the Uni
versal Peace congress which has been
in convention since Monday. Herr
Fried and M. Le Foyer were today's
chief speakers.. Both emphasized the
power newspapers have in promoting
peace among nations. ' Both strongly
condemned those newspapers "which
are continually clamoring, for war or
warlike demonstrations behind a mask :
of false patriotism." Herr Fried de
clared "the jingo press the greatest
menace of the present day to commer
cial advancement" He argued that
the "jingo" press by continually grasp
ing every opportunity for calling for
war could not help but stir up cer
tain amount of unsettledness in busi
ness circles. The congress will ad
journ tomorrow. ; .
Heat Wave Brolea.
Chicago, Aug. 22. The heat wave
which has held the middle west in its
grasp for" weeks, has been broken and
there is a general drop in tempera
tures. ' At Lincoln, Nebraska, the mer
enry fell 40 degrees over night.
INVADING CITY
extremely rare in this valley but this
morning Charles Clements found a
brushtail rat dead in a trap that had
been set for skunks in his chicken yard
in West La Grande on Oak street. It
is probable that it was the rat that
has been getting away with the chick
ens, and it is also probabIS that there
are rats of the same specie in the
neighborhood.
LEADING BANKS