LA GRANDE WEEKLY OBSERVER
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS. Editor and Owner
Entered in' the post-office at La
yesterday's election is probably the
first one ever recorded in La Grande
when some faction, or line-up, was not
out to assist certain candidates. It
YOUTHFUL AUTO DRIVERS.
Recent heavy death tolls in the
larger cities have prompted city coun
cils over the entire country to enact
Grande, Oregon, as second claawas a free, open vote yesterday with ordinances that young children should
matter. , t K not a string attached, and ..the men not be allowed to drive motorcars on
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elected will assume their offices with
out a single obligation except to the
general public and the best int rests
of the city,
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La Grande, Oregon.
THE FIRST COMMISSION.
Today is an important date on the
history of La Grande. -. ,
By their votes yesterday, the peo-
pie of this city elected three first
class citizens as commissioners. Three
men who not only are honest and car
ry the respect of everyone, but they r needed
. are aliio men of ability. And this
does not reflect a particle on the
; other candidates, for La Gr untie was
blest this time with men as candidates,-
any of whom would have do
livered the goods under the new char
- ter in a most satisfactory manner.
Those who were elected would have
When the fire alarm was sounded
last Saturday night the streets of the
city were thronged with shoppers. In
the hurry on the part of the fire de
partment to get to the scene of trou
ble, and in the hurry on the part of
pedestrians to witness the action of
the fire fighters, several persons came
near meeting with severe accidents.
In the event of an accident some would
have been shouldered with the respons
ibility. Who? Could it be the fire
department charged with the obliga
tion to make the most possible speed,
or the volunteer department charged
with a like responsibility? Hardly. A
high power car was bought for the ex
press purpose of getting to the fire,
and is useless to' say that the depart
ment has not proved itself able and
willing to respond to this duty. Many
of the volunteers possess cars that
enable them to be on hand when they
All this is as it ought to
be. Who then would be to' blame in
case of an accident? Usually those
over eager to see the) fire.. For this
reason it behooves those who are mere
lookers on' to make room- for the de
partment proper and those of the vol
unteer department who have a duty to
perform as important as that of the
( preferred to have seen their oppofc- Pa'd department.
' ents successful, and those who failed I" plain English it means for every
in election are doubly pleased with one not connected with the depart-
results. There was not a more hurmon- ment to off the. street and stay off
ious condition in any city election ever until tne venicies nave made their run
held here before.
A life is worth more than a wooden
the streets. Many of the accidents
occurred while mere youngsters were
in charge of the cars. If anybody
knows the overstepping' eagerness of
young boys to outdo a comrade in a
run of any kind they can readily see
that the. ordinance has a wise foun
dation, r If a youngster. cannot wait
until the arrival of his first pair of
long trousers,' or if he cannot go to
the grocery without racing against
time he will not, generally speaking,
exercise the same moderation in the
driving of a car. It's the natu of the
boy and can be guarded against only
by withdrawing from him the privi
lege of operating such an instrument
of speed.'.. . ''.'.''
The young lad hasn't the imagina
tion to foresee possible accidents. It
Is therefore up to the parents of the
boy to put a lever on his energy. Give
the boy the car and his eagerness will
overcome any parental directions to
be careful in its operation.
La Grande has no ordinance to this
effect. A near accident on our streets
yesterday would . not have found a
youthful driver in control of a big
machine, had such an ordinance been
placed on the ordinance book and rig
idly adhered to.
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To Mr, Wood, Mr. Russell and Mr. j building, but it muRl not be forgotten
Gardner, the Evening Observer ex- that there are lives at stake in a blaze
tends congratulations' and in doing so ; and for this reason the department
we feel that we voice the sentiment
of at least ninety per cent of the peo.
pie of La Grande.
must have the clear right of way in
order to lessen the danger that may
envelope those not as able to help
Intense loyalty to these men is now themselves.
the watchword.
, i They need the untiring support of
every individual for the task before
them is no small one,
And while the business public of the
city has no disposition to thrust it
self upon the new commission, we
believe every man in business stands
ready to meet with the new commis
sion whenever called and give these
men who will wrestle with city prob
lems the benefit of their ideas and
judgment relative to municipal mat
ters. All such judgment will be only
in the suggestive form, and no effort
will or should be made to exert in
fluence. Such an effort would be fu
tile with this commission, but at that
it should never be attempted.
A decidedly and refreshing feature
of this, campaign which closed with
yesterday's election was the luck qt
organized work in behalf of any can
didate. No one came around and ask
ed for assistance "because it would
mean the favoring of some certain in
dividual for policeman, or water sup
erintendent or any other office." And
The tolling of the fire bell is not
only to apprise the citizens of the lo
cation of the fire, but it is to give
them warning to get out of the dun-
ger zone.
The best course to follow is for
pedestrians to stay on sidewalks and
ell vehicles to hug the curb as soon as
the bell rings or the siren whistle of
the fire engine is heard.
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MULISH
JOSEPH AGAIN
MRS. M'CULLY DRIVES CAR LONG
( . DISTANCE. . :1'.'..
Interesting Recital of Trip Given by
Portland Paper. .
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. McCully, of Jos
eph, are Just completing an unique
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La Grande, Oregon
COUNTRY AIR.
Though 1 dine amid the splen
dors Of a palace day by dny, "
Where the lights are softlv glow
ing And the music throtis uway:
Wiiteh tile people till around me.
But not iii'lni! Tor the fare.
For I'm longing fur the open
And a breath of country air.
With mi appetite that's laded
Day by tiny I wonder through
All the stuff tint's placed before
me.
Caring not Just what I Mo
All around me folks are liuigh-
inn
It's i heir way to deaden rare:
While I'm longing Uir the open
Anil a tireath of country air.
Take me hark Info the country.
Where the winds are Plowing
free
Where the sunshine a nil the
SllMllHV4 y
Mingle :ntii nivstery
There I'll east aside inv frippery,
l-'or the out hill 'trail prepare.
And I, Know that I'll he happy. '
Drinking in fhe country air
-Harry M I lean.
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COME IN TODAY.
auto trip through Oregon. The Ore- today he'll go out of his way to re
gonian ' recites, among other things i move stones. What is more, all along
about this trin.' the following nhnnt :' the road the hospitality off ered to mo-
.. T . . ., . Itorists struck me as little short of re-
u,,, i.maj, . . markable.
What makes Mrs. McCully's per-j "Another thing: All over the coun
formance all the more remarkable is ; try districts the man who is given to
the great distance that she drove. On ' noticing these things will find a won
the dav thev set out thev made wW is oelTUI cnange in sentiment and an in-
considered an arduous drive even for
tense interest where formerly there
was nomine hut slothful nmoraivTR
.... eApcnenu man, wnen mey went and lack of any desire for betterment,
from Joseph to Huntington, a distance All seem imbued with the desire to
of 176 miles over roads which are noti make Oregon as famous for her roads
all that they should be. She also drove
from Roseburg to Salem.
THE LONG DAY CLOSES.
No star Is o'er the lake
Its pale watch keeping.
The luiMii is hall' awake
'J'tiroiigh gray ipist creeping.
T'ho last red leaves fall round
The porch of roses
The cluck hath ceased to sound;
The long day closes.
Sit by the silent hearth
111 culm endeavor
To count the sounds of mirth
Now dumb forever,
lived not how hope believes
Anil fate disposes;
Shadow Is round the eaves;
The long day closes.
The lighted windows dim , .
Are fading slowly.
The Ore that was so trim
Now quivers lowly.
Go to the dreamless bed
Where grief reposes
Thy book of toll Is read;
"The long day closes.
Henry If. Ctiorlej.
as she is for her scenery, and with
that spirit abroad it will not be long
irrv; a j. , . ' B 1 vx
vrn.ie nut ar.v.ng every day, seeing the gtate to the other hardsurfac
that the party stopped when so in- ed, well-graded roads. . 'That may
clined, yet there was hardly a day at (sound optimistic, but you can take my
the wheel when Mrs. Mr-Poll Hid nnl word lot It.
drive at least 130 miles.
Included in the party when they set
out were Raymond and Luctle Mc
Cully, who were being taken to school
in the Willamette valley.
On the second day out they went
from Huntington to a point beyond
Hums, camping for the night in cots
and tent built to the sugestipn of the
woman at the helm.
From Burns to Plush was another
long drive and sandy country, and then
from Plush to Lakcview, and so on to
Klamath Falls, Fort KlanVath and
Crater lake. On this leg of the trip
Mrs. McCully had some hard driving
'to do as she took what is known as
i .
the Buzzard creek road not only dif
ficult and badly graded, but rough
and hard on cars.
New Road Is Traveled. '
"After leaving Crater lake we took
the Willamette valley route to Port
land, and now we are going back via
the Barlow Toll road, so that in this
way we shall be traveling over fresh
ground practically all the way.
"The roads in Douglas county are
frightful. Practically over the entire
state what astonished us more than
any other thing was the great desire
there seems to be to have good roads.
The questions we h;;ve been asked
were innumerable."
"Yes," broke in Mr. McCully, "and
you can notice the change in another
way. Not so very long ago a farmer
was inclined to roll stones on the road
because of the 'abominable' motorists;
"By taking the mountain road home,
we E-hall only have to traverse 60 miles
of old road in our trip around the en
tire state.' Those were the final re
marks of Mrs. F. D. McCully, wife of
a prominent banker at Joseph, Wal
lowa county, who, with her hiisband,
had passed a fortnight in a tour of the
state. Mrs. McCully probably achiev
ed the record of being the first wo
man to drive around the state in this
way, for no other hands but her's
guided the wheel on the whole of the
long trip. Throughout the entire trip
they found that great interest was be
ing manifested for gyod roads.
"As an example of the amount of
motoring done in Oregon this year
compared with former years, one can
not do better than judge by the num
ber of cars to be seen at Crater lake",
said Mrs. McCully. "When we got
there, on Saturday, we found cars
from Oregon and Washington, of
course, but there were others from Ok
lahoma, Wyoming, Colorado, New
York and Washington, D. C, to say
nothing of a number from California.
Both Sides
of the
TRAVEL SUBJECT
The Road and What It Gives
Steel Coaches
Block Signals
Courteous Employes
Good Meals
Modern Equipment.
4 Trains to the East Every
Pay.
4 Trains Daily between Port
land, Tacoma and Seattle, "y
EVERY ESSENTIAL COMFORT. ANY AGENT WILL BE PLEAS
ED TO HELP YOU PLAN YOUR TRIP.