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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913.
THE " OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS Editor and Owner
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indeed is' the community that does
not boast of a Methodist Episcopal
church. .Usually when . a new town
starts about the third building erect
ed is a church of this faith and a min
ister is at once placed upon the town-
site where ho supervises and nurses
the .Methodist congregation until it
grows to considerable size.: , '
These men who are coming, to La
Grande are- well seasoned, well in
formed men. The Methodist preacher
of today is decidedly a, sensible man
willing to listen to others and refrain
ing from what may have once marked
a desire to force creed upon all ac
nuaintances. True, even today the
Methodist creed is never overlooked,
nor is it treated as a secondary mat
ter by the ministers for as a matter of
All j fact there is nothing to be ashamed
of nor are there apologies to make for
this form of religion which has been
r
ad appears.
"J accepted by so many thousands of
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THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St,
La. Grande, Oregon. 1
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THE FRUIT BUSINESS.
There has been a few ups and a
few downs recorded in "the Grande
Ronde fruit business, but for the Age
of industry the downs count for little.
The gold digger of forty-nine really
expected to remove a few rocks be
fore he could pick up the gold nug
gets, so the fruit grower in this val
ley muBt expect to encounter to some
reverses before he can have every
thing come his way. , -f x
Those reverses have consisted of a
large crop yes, too big a crop which
resulted in low prices last year and
a blight which appeared during the i he can do and do well to force upon
I people.
I . With no-desire to discuss the Meth
odist religion and with less desire to
opeq the subjects of creeds in any
form, we wish to impress upon the
people of this city the . importance
of the conference and the importance
of the visitors who will be here.
When Bishop Lticcock and men of
his class speak, the man who will not
reverently listen is lacking in' reason
and judgment, for such speakers be
long to the very, very big of the na
tion and it is a treat yes, a rare treat
for La Grande to have the pleasure of
hearing such men. :; "'.
Then try and do something to assist
in making the conference people know
they are appreciated while here. There
are many things to be done and each
person is his own best judge of what
FENAL CLEARANCE PRICES
Now in Effect in Every Department
"SsBSijp
$5.00
Takes your choice of Women's
Tailored Suits, Coats and Dresses
worth up to $30.00 s
K ti vVW For your choice of all
ft I ft III 9 Men's Suits
yr A ouvrvr Value8 up t0 mw
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Sale Lasts Until September 1st OnlyDon't Delay.
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WEST'S REMODELING SALEM
fur the work done as. in other lines of
Lusiness.
PROPEBTY HOLDERS ASK
. fTnnt'nuea imn 7aee I,
As it is likely that the work will be
done at once, it is hoped that the work
will be rushed as frost' and thaw is
just as disastrous to cement paving
paBt few months.
as a hot sun to a cake of ice. Condi-
Other fruit sections flie Methodist ministers that feeling of tions must be right to get the best
have had blight, fought it and quit . welcome which is always so admira-
talking about it, : but the , Grande
Ronde valley when ; the first plight
- appeared, threw several fits and the
pulse of some of the growers is hard
ly normal yet.
But what is the real fruit situa
tion nowT ..-.,,".'.. .
As near as we can get at it from
an honest pursuit of every particle
of ? evidence along fruit ' lines, this
- year will show a good profit to the
grower. Especially the grower that
has the choice varieties will the profit
be certain. One orchard we have in
mind will probably pack out twenty
thousand boxes which is not a big
crop, but the fruit will, command a
higher price and therefore the net
returns will be far greater than last
year. . '.,;.--' 7:!.
There is positively ; no cauge for
alarm, except among that class of hu
manity known as the quitter and the
business coward. He. will probably
sacrifice a great deal to get out of
the business and when he is signing
his last papers to relieve himself from
orchard property his ' neighbor will
et returns from this year's cretf
hioh will more than pay the quitter
for the entire price of his lands, ' i
COMING OF, THE MINISTERS.
will only be a few days until La
Grande will have for guests nearly
three hundred Methodist ministers.
They will come from every nook and
corner of this district because small
ble in any community of people,
THE LOCAL BAND.
results, and it is argued that if de
fects occur it. will develop in the first
six months' and therefore, can be re
paired by the 10 per cent held out as
per contract. Others declare that :jf
first six months will "not disclose all
defects but that the first four or
five years will, and that it was abso-
winter and spring due to the excesr
sive undercurrent of moisture and
seepage, and believed .that a cement
form would bridge over the soft plac
es more satisfactory than' any other
method of paving. . .'
Bond Issue Is Started.
Mr. Meyers started the discussion
that lasted for two. hours when he in
quired if the company was under the
same five-year maintenance' contract
that the Warren people "iad been. It
developed that it was not and then
developed the real issue of the "even
ingnot should it be concrete, ,but
should there be a bond. I" , .,, ;, "
". Roscoe A. West who owns one
twentieth of the total property to be
assessed, found he could save several
hundred dollars and believed that the
soggy nature of the street demanded
concrete.- He was willing to take the-
chance for he had been advised by
friends that cement if correctly put in,
made excellent paying, citing sever-
company. He wanted only fairness
done to his company. He finished by
saying if new bids were asked for
his bid would remain the same" ,and
pointed to the fact that others would
undoubtedly have to raise their bid,
more especially the cement people. .
: Sam Mangun, the Boise contractor,
said Dollarway would rebid the same
as now if a bond was required.'" This
put. up the light that the Geiger com
pany would have to admit that its
work wouldn't stand for the guarantee
or put up a bond on the present bid
Mangun assured the council it was
not right or legal to require the bond
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lutely. wrong not to attempt at least.
to get a bond for the same price that al miles of such results in Michigan,
the oresent bid stands at, if possible, j where his friend was conversant with
Along these two lines of difference, 'the situation. , . . n .:
argument today usurps the fact that A. C. Moffatt vm-ntnfiva tnr h
a new paving has come to town. In , Warren people, raised the bond ques
many ways it was a spirited session of .. . ,r ' . . , M
u u j ., ,. . tion again by affirming that the rea-
r.-r.., .. .. son tnere wag not 0year Dond
not so much as noted, regarding grade his company's work was that no in
but the bond issue. The concrete peo- !demnity company would give a 10-year
pic uttu tut, iiibiuo waiik uiiu a uuwil- bond
from every viewpoint, so let us all
get together and have that "best
band" in the city's history.
TAVING DISCORD ON EVERY
. La Grande is hot the only city that
Via. w tikvine troubles. Nor is she
the . only
parts of Oregon, from Washington
and other northwestern states comes
the universal complaint that paving is
too high, and there is slowly but
surely funning a sentiment to cease
imnrovenvnt unless the paving Busi
ness can be brought to lower prices
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank Is oper
ated are safe. 'V V'. 0". V--- '
This bank has been in business twenty-six years.
It has grown steadily nnjil It has become one of the strongest and
most pros pipmis financial Institutions In tbe West.
The soundness u. ''' policies 1b atteBted by the long list of conserv
ative business men w.. transact their business here; also by an
earned surplus of JiS(f.iiJV.no, the work of time and the resnlt of
oonservative management." .
This bank has facilities for taking care of more high grade buV.
'" noes and offers its services to those who appreciate the best In
:bankti. -
La Grande has a good band; we can
have a better one.
We can have the best band east of
the Cascades, which would be in keep
ing with. the best city east of the
Cascades.
But to have that band we must as
citizens and business people, render it
proper support. .
The members have stood by their
guns faithfully have sacrificed tim
and money to keep the ship afloat,
and it is' now time for the rescue par-
tv to anoear in the nerson of the rank
. . ' . . I LM1 ' I 1 X I 1 , 1 v
and file of La Grande citizenship, mu j.uii anuiw ouier company n aa a . Councilman Sargent attempted' to
Fortunately the boys how have a.fenost a chanc when the final test get a resolution passed by the com-
leader who is Jhe mai for the place came. . . -V - " ' , mittee of the whole, in which capacity
- jms is me iirsi town uui paving ine councumen nad met, tnat would
has been let in the Northwest without ' Pass up to the council a favorable re
a maintenance contract," asserted A. port on concrete. Then came a discus
ft. Moffat of the Warren Construction sion of the merits of the bond now
nffo. macfinn Hfliaa OXlfltinfl- -With tflA Wtll-rM nAhnld' If I
declare that some towns don't require' was said by some of the counciimen
it. "Close inspection and f ulf illment , that it was worthless and that it had
of specifications make the bond really been offered free-will and consequent
unnecessary," 'affirms City Engineer ly the city had received it. Moffatt
'ia U MmnlaininK of :NeaI. :,.-:,,-''- w '. .replied by saying it had been demand-
the hieh tost of paving. From many ' "If concrete is So perfect and stands ed of tho company the first time it fen- j
the wear so well, why not let the reo nere ana tnat the company had
builder give a bond for there is, con-' supplied them since. Th motion was
crete men say, no chance to get poor J passed up however, at that time, but
results? .. " ;'" .the fairness 'of requiring a bond of
"No bond" construction , is easy; the Geiger company when none had
build it to last six months anfl tet cut been covered or provided for in the
of town," is the way Moffat replies. ,-'spelfjcations, was discussed pro and!
The total assessments represented con and at length by several parties,!
by the concrete petition jvas said to Councilman F. D. Haisten leading in !
total $22,000, more than two-thirds of an attack on the question saying there ,
the entire amount of estimated cost, was no need of a.bond for cement He '
$30,000. H had been circulated by maintained that the 10;per cent held .
jNHarry Bookman, F. W. Pattison and out for six months was sufficient. ;. j
others as the consequence of an in- ine resolution deeming me petition
forma! meeting held the night before favorable was finally passed and it,
by a dozen or so property owners on was ordered that a. record of the mm-
Spring avenue. The petition was dis- utes be spread on the records of the
cusaea at some lengxn ana r. ij, xwey- tvuuwn uwno. pai i, jioascu
ers took the floor of the chamber to smoothly and when the council met in
remarked that he, like all the people adjourned session a few minutes !ati
there, wanted cheap paving, the most r, the bond question was the chief is-
i results ior uie least money, out was SUe again.
i alarmed that too much cheapness was When the council met one of the
liable to be disastrous to the final re- first actions taken was to read a s
sults. He suggested that it was an plution . embodying a maintenance
easy matter to obtain signatures to clause in the contract with no stipulat
any petition and ventured the guess ed time. Then came another spurt of
that many who had signed the peti- objections and Mr. Sargent finally
tion were luke warm, knew nothing withdrew his motion admitting that
about the grade of paving petitioned the clause about maintenance was not
for, and would hare signed any other legal,
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petition had it reached them first.
F. W. Pattison said he helped circu-!
Legality at Stake.
It was generally pointed out that it
late the petition and had found Hhat would be improper to demand a bond
of Geiger when none had been asked
for, as his bid would have been high
er from five to 20 per cent it was,
estimated had the clause been a part
' of the specifications. Some talk of
Harrv Bookman expressed the same re-advertisinc was brought up, and
view . relative to the willingness to at this point Mr. Moffat said his com
"take a chance." He pointed out that pany had bid on that basis and as the '
the street was very springy in the others had not it was unfair to his J
the difference in coBt would save him
several hundred dollars and that he
was willing to take a. chance on the
outcome in view of the amount of
money saved.
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