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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1914)
i . ' PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY; JANUARY 2 .1914 THE OBSERVER ESUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owier. I totrd fai tfc port-e t La Craade, Ottgcm, as mcmhI elas Advertising rates on application. All . fr display advertising annst , teach fce Bce day before the : Ml appears. :rv .''v'i- " Address all communications te THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dally, stagfe copy ....U Dally, per week . . ..... .1S Daily, pr month 5c Dally, pet ate nanus la ad- tum ....... ;.i-..i..UM 9dSf$ P" 3" ha a4ra"a , 9JM4 Dally, by small per year la ad vaaee .$4.0 Weekly bssrver, per year in...... advance lUO LAW ENFOREMENT THAT COUNTS. . There is. but one kind of law en forcement that counts, and that is the eteady day to day enforcement. In other words, the officer who does his duty each day is the man who does much for society, but he does not deserve great praise for so doing, as that is why be is elected. ' "'.". No one deserves praise for doing his duty, but that officer or person certainly deserves censure who fails to do his duty. Because the chief of police of La Grande in his routine duties finds a ; gambler and arrests him, finds a sa l loon .disobeying the state nd city laws and arrests the owner; finds any man breaking the state law or city or dinances gives no reason for the toss ing of bouquets, for that is what the chief of police i supposed to do. He 1j supported by society to render that . -,: , ., '"; service. . : ' " : ': , 1 4 ' . Were it not for the dally grind of law enforcement, Oregon would be a poor place to live in, and it is the 'daily grind that '"geis 'results1' rather than the spectacular way of ' doing things. .'. As the Observer has ever said, "Law id the only king we have; its enforce ment is positively essential." '.".;''.; . This does not mean a law pertain ing to vice any more than it means any other law on the statute books. What laws are written upon those pages should be enforced without fear and without partiality ; '"'," Sometimes it makes a great deal of difference whose ox ia gored in this law enforcement matter. But be that as it may the law is supreme. and no condition should stand in the way of t. t i. . AROUND THE VALLEY. I $ 9 , fc 1 The editor of the Observer recently made a trip around the south end and east side of the valley. It la worth while, just as it is always worth while to get out and look across the Grande Ronde valley from a different angle than La Grande permanently and continuously eees. No person, regardless of the num ber of times he has been across the country from La Grande to Union and Cove, can fail to be impressed each time with the possibilities of this great and glorious stretch of country. The term has often been used thut "the valley has hardly been scrat ched" and it is very appropriate. What can be done with this land as compared with what is being done the imagination cannot stretch itself to fathom. ' For. instance take the tule lands be tween this city and the Lake, and they reach toward Ladd canyon and beyond the Lake think of what a jmrvclcms drainage proposition there u for capital, the results of which are just as certain, as wheat in the bin. For no one' can doubt the merit and richness ol- fWs land, if once defin ed hence the tremendous increase- in , V ",';': 1 tiff value. But' how to drain it seems to have worried those who have tried. Expert engineering will ' . solve -y that problem in' time. In fact, to the naked eye it does not look as though it was a great engineering feat as it stands,' but it does look as though it i a problem for big capital to eelye. This low land in the Grande Ronde, is, however, the best bonding propo sition we have ever seen. We mean by this that nothing would pay such returns as for the owners of the land to bond for drainage and canal pur poses, for there il large areas where the ten acre tract man could make good and would undoubtedly buy h at a good price because of the cer tain production and the land's capa bility of intensive cultlvalon. .If you will notice tnere is an abun dance of such rands. We are told that a fourth of the valley needs drainage to get the best results and apparently there is no reason to doubt thie es timate.' 'r . - r :' . ":;'. . ( The hot water from the different springs will some day be utilized in various ways and the heat of which Dr. Tape justifiably often remarks, will prove a benefactor in many ways to the people who live here in the fut ure. .. It is riot out of reason to pre sume that by development and careful conservation of this hot water it will some day be used to heat La Grande during the. winter months. . Such a problem is not at all difficult to solve once it gets in the right party's hands. For health resorts its pierit is now too-well established to ever take a backward step, but there are other things commercially ' which will yield returns from the hot water, bo much oi which is novgoing to waste in the Hot Lake country . ''''..' '" ? I 1 ; Report ef the Condition of ' v THE COVE STATE BANK, --at Cove, , , .... Ia the State of Oregon, at the close of boslneaa January 13, 1914. , 4 ; v RESOURCES: Loans and discounts. . . .f 54,937.33 Bonds and warrants ...... 41.25 Banking house 8,718.47 Furniture, and fixtures '. , . 1,461.17 Due from approved reserve v . banks ......... 2,676.62 Cash on hand ". 6,010.92 Expenses . . . . : 121.94 Under the new management ; the Oregon Central railroad, which runs from Union Junction to the city of Union,- is brushing up a bit : and while we always liked Bob England, the former manager, we believe it has been a good thing to get some new blood in charge. The rolling stock is looking better and the rail road has been repaired to a consid erable extent. Its train makes better time, does tis work with more ease than in former years and impresses one with a substantiality that at one time did not exist. We remember one time when an excursion was being run from this city to Union the weight of one fat man made a great difference to the little . engine and when that fat man was induced to walk the train got along fairly well. But it would take several fat men now to make any difference for tho motive power is in much better shape. (To be Continued,) Perry Service. " A preaching service will be held at Perry tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 7:30 by Rev. W. C. Drahn of this city. ' , . S ADDITIONAL LOCALS. Revival meetings are still in pro gress at Island City with about 20 conversions. The church there is looking for a big result to come. Rev. Archer is still assisting in the meetings. Jamee Miller, traveling passenger agent for the O.-W., left this noon for Huntington, where he will board No. 9, bearing the secretary of agri culture. He is the official represen tative of this system. Total .... 86767.70 r LIABILITIES: Capital Stock paid in..... $15,000.00 Surplus fond 1,300.00 Individual deposits subject ? to check : . t ........ . . . .' 83,179.28 Demand certificates of de- ' posit,.. 684.42 Time certificates of de- -' posit ................ 11,767.85 Bills payable' for money ; ' borrowed .... '6,000.00 Reserved for taxes ...... 36.15 Total .... ..........$67,967.70 : State of Oregon, County of Union, SS." :; , v.. I, Hugh McCall, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that' the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. ,' ; HUGH McCALL, Casnier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of Jan., 1914. : , Samuel G. White, Notary Public. Correct Attest: J. F. Conley, C. M. -7 , ! .mJ-AST WEEK OF.. West's 16th Annual :;Sale Final Reductions Placed on All Lines Here Are a Few of The Many Pinal Price; v 4 $9.90 four Cholctot any Ladles Ta ilored Suit or Coat Half - Price For a Large Line of New Silk Dresses Greater r; Reductions on all ' VJool Dress Goods Last Chance to Save 4 on Men's and Boys' Clothing AIIIBrbken Lines Reduced Still Lower IS GREEN Rare Arctic Spectacle Seen Twice by Russians. BIG MOGULS IN U S. English Engines Can't. Compare With Those in America. Read the advertisements tee. Discoverers of the New Polsr Contl nent Brought Back a Very Large ' Collection of Specimens From ; Lsnd and 8ea. ; St. Michael, Alaska. The Russian polar expedition which arrived here with the news of the discovery of a new Arctic continent, witnessed a splendid occurrence rare in the Arc tic, the phenomenon of a green sun, lasting 90 seconds each time at sun set July 30 and September 14. ' The spectacle waB sketched in colors by Lieutenant Polosen, chief engineer. The vesselB haye a barograph record of the Bering sea storm and photo graphs showing the extreme Inclina tion of the vesselB during the tiorm with mountains of water apparently about to overwhelm them. The Russian officers are very cour teous but reticent regarding scientific data and results obtained, furthur than the facts already cabled. The expedition left Vladivostok un der command of General Sergiell, who was stricken with apoplexy In Bering sea and returned from Plover bay on the Russian cruiser Argon. The com mand developed upon Lie jtenant Wilt kuzky. The ship brought back a re markable collection of polar marine animal life, mafine plants found about the new land and which are micro scopical and a large geologic collection Nicholas II. land was discovered Au gust 21 and possession taken August 22, Russian calendar. St Petersburg. Confirmation of the discovery of 'new land in the Arctic ccean was received by the Russian admiralty in a brief ofllcial tireless re port from Commander Wlltkuzky of the Russian navy. j . The new land, extends in a narrow strip from about 60 miles north of Cape? Tchelyuskln, also known as Northeast Cape, the northern tremlua tion of the Asiatic continent, to 81 de grees north. V The, admiralty expedition on board the transports Taimyr and Waingatch, ' left Vladivostok in July last and sur veyed the coast from Kolyma to Cape Tchelyuskin. Commander Wlltkuzky Is a son of the famous hydrographer, who died last year. He tried to go west to the River Tenesei to winter, but met with soiid Ice and on this account proceed-. ed In a northerly direction, where he I discovered land extending two hun- ( dred nautical miles.. . The expedition was then compelled by the Ice to return toward the east. When passing Bennett . Island in lati tude 76.40 north, longitude 148.30 east, they found the diaries and documents of the ill-starred expedition ' under Baron Toll, which was lost In 1900. i They also discovered a new island. The expeditions under Baron Nor-' denskjold, FrldUof Nansen and Baron ' Toll passed between Cape Tchelyuskln and the newly discovered land without noticing Its presence. The discovery of the now land Is re garded as having the moet Important bearing on Ice conditions in the Kara sea. Monster ' Can Pull Trsln - Weighing 15,000 Tons "Freights" In Great Britain Light Weight Power of an' Ocean Liner.; : New York. Without actually see ing the huge locomotives recently built In America for the , Virginian railway It is difficult to realize their colossal , proportions. Each engine, .without the tender,. Is about equal In weight to . a couple of our' largest ex press locomotives with their tenders. The tender weighs nearly 100 tons, and carries twice the weight of coal and nearly three times the quantity of water that can be accommodated on the biggest express tender in : this country. The length of each engine is greater than our largest engine and tender combined, while the diameter of the barrel part of the boiler Is about double that of any locomotive in use on British railways. The fur nace measured 12 feet by 8 feet, and the floor consists of bars, forming an enormous fire grate. The underbody or chassis of these locomotives looks like those of two separate engines, each having two cylinders with four pairs of coupled driving wheels. There is also a pair of small wheels at each end of the complete arrange ment. ' , .. - ;; I;-,.-. These locomotives are capable of developing nearly 5,000 horsepower, or enough to drive an ocean liner; and one of the furnaces consumes four tons of coal per hour when the en gine is hauling a full load. The engi neer, as the driver is called in Ameri ca, who controls one of these mighty engines is an important personage. He has three assistants two men to stoke and one to oil the mechanism. A train weighing 1,500 tons can be' pulled along by one of these mon sters; but this huge weight represents a comparatively small goods train on an American railway, and it is pro posed to use two of the new engines, together with a slightly smaller 'one of the earlier type, for the heaviest work. The three engines all pulling together - can haul a train . weighing more than 4,000 tons over a very dif ficult track with steep gradients and sharp curves, the rise being nearly 100 feet per mile for a considerable, distance. . . These enormous trains are for car-: rylng goods, or "freight," as the Americans term it; but of course the trucks are huge compared with many, of our ra'Jway wagons, which only' hold about eight tons ' each. An' American freight wagon carries from 40 to 60 tons, and Itself weighs an other to tons, so thnt a train of say,' 60 of these tracks loaded with heavy material such as coal or ore would easily make up the weight quoted.. On British railways coal trucks fully' loaded weigh about 16 tons each, and 15 of them would be considered a wnmrj wain. v The Union Nurseries, Union, Ore. , t i,' ...... Cherry Trees; also a general line of fruit trees, shade trees, or namental stock, small fruits, 49 varieties of roses. Sead for price list. . '-I ." ; W J. B. WEAVER, Prop. t is exactly the same as it has p been for twenty OJSApES five years If you . have not already tried them Call Main 75 We Have Them The City Grocery and Bakery E. POLACK,;Proprietor. Read the advertisements too. La Grande National Bank ' . Organised in 1887. DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UNITED STATES 60TESNXENT. HOTTED STATES P08TA1 SATI5Q8 DEPOMTOBT. CapiUl 1100.0 M Surplus ......$140,000.00 Total Reseercee ...... .$1,000,000X0 For twenty-six years, in an kinds of fiaaadal weather, we have saecessfuny catered to the monetary wants of the people of La Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley. We respectfully solicit your bnsinees. 1 La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon v T ! laVaf
