La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 23, 1914, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1914. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE SEVEN I i Th Beat Laxative I Knew Of." "I have sold Chamberlain's Tablets far several years. People who have used them will take nothing else. I can 'recommend them to my custom ers as the best laxative and sure for constipation that I know of," writes Frank Strouse, Fruitland, Iowa. For sale by all dealer. This is Certainly Uood lNews- A Gossard Corset A $2.00 There are many women in La" Grande who have hesitated in the selection of a front lace corset be cause they did not care to invest $3.90 in a Gossard. The objection to price has now been removed and we are offering a new and distinctive model at $2. This corset has a medium bust. flat back, long skirt with ample fullness and is designed to meet the requirements of the average figure perfectly. Office women, who of necessity must wear their corsets throughout the day, will find this garment ideal. It is made In a splendid Everlast cloth and, like all Gossard Corsets, it is guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction in both wearing ser vice and design. Priced at $2.00. Mrs. Robt. Pattison, COESETIERE, Res. 1702 Cor. Spring & Oak- Phone Red 3221 mm mi VIVIDLY BY FOHMEB LA 6RANDER (By L. F. Ivanhoe) Written for Neighborhood Club. " When the Isthmus of Panama was discovered, the natives told the Span- I Ish explorers there was a strait can I necting the two oceans and many ' a fruitless search was made along the Atlantic side for the mythical strip I of water. When it had been proven I that such a strait did not exist the ' Spaniards conceived the idea of build ing a canal. It is said the proposi I tion was favorably looked upon by the Spanish King, but his priests prevailed upon him not to attempt to divide what God had joined, so the matter was dropped. trips of the Oregon around the. South American continent for ours! Once ii enough. . The canal will be adequately forti fied to protect it from any national enemy. It is to be the "Gibraltar of America," and will be practically im pregnable. . TU. . . .history of Panama, in order that you' 1 T " tne ,f "a na" I . been principally accomnl Uhiut l.v may know of the part played by the 8team shovels and dredges. United States regarding the independ-1 Regarding the canal itself, I believe ence of the little southern republic. , ( ninety-one in every hundred people Panama, prior to November 8, 1903, Bre of the erroneous impression that was a province of the Republic of Co- j h ater '1th? At'antic fnd Paci,ic , T. . , . I will be actually Joined at the Iathmup lombia. The seat of government was with the completion pf. the pnan,a at Bogoa, and those in power had canal. This, however, is not the case, little regard for the welfare of the. as the canal will be eightyrflve feet people in the northern province. The 0Dve mean sea level betweon the people in' Panama and Colon wanted I"kal From the Paciflc to , -Ti , ... . MiraHores, a distance of about three a canal. It is poss.ble those at Bogo- milM( and from ta and throughout other parts of Co- to Gatun about seven miles, the canal lombia wanted it also, but they con-' is at sea level, but for the interven tented themselves with trying to hold 'nS 'orty miles between' these points I up for many millions the people who 8 ve,sse1' in Passing from one ocean iu mo umur, win De raisea oy tne locks to the surface of Gatun Lake, which will always be between eightyr five and eighty-seven feet above the sea. The massive locks are the greatest things in the line of concrete con struction ever attempted, and are suf ficiently strong to withstand any strain they may be called upon to During the early history of the United States, when the Pacific coast ' ,,,,. . ... . .. u.,. was just starting to command some j . .' 6 6. attention, the matter was brought to concession. During the fifty years congress, but nothing was done other ; prior to the American occupation of . than an investigation made as to the the Isthmus there were some fifty- feasibility of the construction of a four of fifty-five revolutions m that canal somewhere along the Jsthmus section, but Panama could never, gain of Panama,, or at Nicaragua or Te- her freedom. huantapec. In the early eighties a! In 1898 came the Spanish-American French corporation secured a conces- war, and the memorable trip of the s ion from the Colombian government now famous battleship Oregon from bear. . The gates are controlled by for the construction of a canal be- the Pacific shores of the United States electricity, the power for operating tween Panama and Colon, and com menced work. The company soon ron out of funds and was succeeded by a second French company, which latter company was. eventually bought by the United States. . . I will dwell a short time .on the j How's your sole j I Need Fixin I Bring it to us, we'll fix it while you wait. With our modern plant we are turning out a class of work that's different. Turn sloes a specialty. Modern Quick i Shoe Repair ft. L DUIGNAN Prop. Opposite Newlin's Book Store Phone Blk. 81. 1115 Adams Av. D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO. CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES Cures Bodily Disease With Root and Herb Treatment Phone 762 Free Consultation La Grande 1412 Adams Ave. Ore. Sanitary Pressing Machine Dry Cleaning Done Right around the Horn to the fight at San- them being generated by hydroelec tiago de.Cuba, emphatically pointed trie power plants which utilize the out to the United States government power of the water passing through the desirability of the canal from a ' the spillways. In case of emergency naval and military standpoint. every part of the apparatus can be The last French company was bank- operated by hand. A liner, in passing rupt, and could never have completed through the locks will not do so un- the ditch in one hundred years with der her own steam, but will be towed the machinery and methods it fol- by electric towing locomotives which lowed by it. The United States gov- will keep her from fouling the walls, ernment was willing to pay the gates, etc. The locks are constructed French company a good figure for in pairs, and vessels going in oppo- what little it had accomplished, but site directions can be passed without did not care to pay Colombia the high - delay or hindrance, figure .it asked for the canal strip. At the upper end of each set of The Panamanians organized another locks there is built an emergency dam I j revolution in November, . 1903. On which is simply a great swinging I thfl UrA rtf Mntiomlia. V. n TT C . ffoanr svP .tmiti.! r,i 1 .. a. 11. er in the harbor of Colon landed a walls, so placed that should the gates force of marines to "preserve order," give way and t jie- water begin rushing Panama declared herself a free na- through the opening, the emergency tion, and the United States immedi- dam can be immediately swung out ately recognized her independences over the lock chamber, with which It is not on record that a single per- long steel girders drop down through son was killed or wounded during the water to the floor of the lock, and Panama's la9t struggle, but this steel plates are dropped down in front "comic op'era revolution" marked an of the girders, thus making a very epoch in the history of the entire effective dam to hold the waters until world, and caused the dreams of the the gates could be repaired. There old Spanish conquistadores to at last i3 hardly a possibility of the emergen come true. On the 18th of Novem- cy dams even beincr needed, hnt if ber, 1903, just fifteen days after the their services are at any time requir revolution, a treaty was signed be..' ed they will prove a highly valuable tween the United States and Pana- asset. Without them it would be im ma, granting the Americans a strip possible to hold the waters of tho of land ten miles wide for the pui- lake in case of an accident, pose of constructing a canal, and the The rainfall throughout the Gatun United States guaranteed the inde- watershed and along the zone is very pendence of Panama against the en- high, ranging from sixty inches at tire world. Since that time, needless Ancon to' one hundred and twenty to say, there have been no revolutions inches at Porto Bello per year, and it ana ranama nas remained a free is hot prophesied that any drought country. Colombia has not yet rec- will cause the level of the lake to fall ognized the independence of Panama to such an extent as to interfere with but up to the present time she his traffic through the canal. At the same never attempted to make the United time it is understood the Isthmian C1.1 ? j . .... - otu;a muni us guarantee. uanal commission does not desire to In all probability Panama will rt' take any chances on a continued dry. main a republic until such time as spell, and it is the intention to build, the United States sees fit to take what lumbermen would call a "nnlnsJi. her over. Under the treaty of No- dam" on the upper Chagres river, at vemDer i, laud, tne united States is Alajuela, where water may be held ceded in perpetuity a strip of land ex- for an unforseen tending for five miles on each side might arise. of the center line of the canal, and The Panamanians of the ftmtrlo any additional land, water, or land are a verv nrimntivn n. rvUh f, nuder water necessary for the "main- wants and these abundantly supplied tenance, operation, sanitation, or pro- by nature. They have their own ideas tection ot tne canal, etc," so should about many things, and their beliefs the United States decide that the en- are not easily shaken, tire Republic of Panama wera neces- In the early part of 1912, the spiljl sary for any one of these purposes way at Gatun was closed and the rail- the little country might be entirely road between Gatun and Gorpona I taken over under the treaty. , was taken up. A relocated line of me canal is now almost completed, the railroad was built further south. above the high water level of the' comDleted canal. Prior to the re building or rolocatingof the railioud, it followed the Chagres rivor' from 'Tis a feather in the nation's cap of which we are deeply proud. The conquest of the difficulties encounter ed at Panama is a victory for these Over $2000 in Expert Equipment Operator Auto and Messenger Deliveiy Cherry's New Laundry Inc. Main 56 unuea states tar greater than we yet Gorjrona to Gatun, and was far belcw can comprehend. We hold with it the the Gatun Lake level in the Chatrres river valley. During 1912 the water 1 i key to the commerce of the western 0 world; and, as the most highly ci vil li ized people, it is fitting that we' should. 1 The canal, when finished, will have 4 cost in the neighborhood of four i hundred million dollars, but this sum spillway gates closed it remained only I will seem rather an Insignificant pries a question of time until the native A when we figure how quickly we can livim? in this ariB wnnlrl V, flnnrlo 4 throw our navv from one ocean to out. Before the gates were closed, tho the other in case we should have wp.r 3B with some naval power. No more; fConMnnea P nihf was allowed to rise to about sixty ! feet above sen level in the Gatun Lake region. Most of the towns be tween Gorgona and Gatun were very low in the lake basin, and with the An Electric Sign A BUSINESS GETTER Don't - Buy - One Let us do the Spending Call Us Up Eastern 0re Light & Power Co. Drink jjj QNatoral Mineral and You'll Know the Joy of Living Complete Equipment for Resetting and Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor Complete Machine Shops and Foundry THE TELEPHONE By furnishing quick service in commun ication multiplies a man's capacity and makes it possible' for the business m n to transact more basir. ess. EVERY TELEPHONE A LONG DISTANCE STATION E INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE SYSTEM J. H. PEARE & SON I Manufacturing Opticians and Jewelers Adams Avenue. XV zensessTjRl We have the only lense rurfacing machine between Portland and Boise and the only means of fur nishing customers with any lens they require same' day. as left with us. We are the only firm in Eastern Oregon that can get you and furnish KRYPTOK LENSES same day. OUR OPTICAL DE PARTMENT IS IN CHARGE OF THE ONLY ATTENDANCE GRADUATE OPTIMETRIST IN UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. Don't trust your eyes to self styled specialists without any reputation. When you c n have the services of a firm of- twenty three years standing. We Quarantee all our work and will te here x to make it good. Optical Department In charge of Attendants Graduate of Northern . . Illinois College of Optimetry.