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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
TUESDAY; JANUARY 2 .1914
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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 . ''''..'
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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.
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.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
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