La Grande evening observer., March 05, 1914, Image 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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New Jersey, Texas, New York, Okla
homa and Iregon. And the upper
floor was just as badly mixed.
The men who went down to that
great work did not all go for the wag
es paid. It must be admitted the
money was something of an induce
ment, but the hardships contended
with were so numerous and of such
magnitude " as to make the salaries
appear trivial. It was not the money
that called most of them it was the
job.
It is a monotonous life at best down
there, and were it not for the great
work itself, not many would have re
. (BY LYTTON : IVANHOE.) - B - - " v , ,
(Concluded from a Previous Issue.) with Tilm, The men are well taken
,,, . Care of by the government, and are
There are but two seasons at Pan- paid good wages, but they are ex-
aroa, known as the wet and dry seas- pe(;ted t0 do their snare and Bre not
ons of the year. The dry season advanced unless a promoton is mer-
commences during December, and it jted. The commission pays, good
is very dry indeed irom mis time waee, and demallds . hisrh irrade of . u. ti-i n.. is.
i until about the middle of April, when gervice jn return- A man is not kept i
the rains begm to come again, ana more than six monthg unIe8S he can Each man has his share to d0 and the
from then on it rains almost every ,.hit the ball The average length nngt man fa ag much
day for about eight months. The cf jervice on the Isthmus in aU clasg. r rf ..
temperature stands at about 86 de- es of work is about months ton
The "wanderlust" took many men
there, but the job itself made them
stay awhile.
An article on the Canal would not
be complete without a few -words be
ing said concerning the man at the
head of the entire undertaking Col
onel George W. Goethals. He is the
one man who carries the full respon
sibility of the gigantic project upon
his shoulders.
Colonel Goethals is loved by all his ;
o-rees Farenheit, throughout the year, . .
and the humidity is very high. Dur- The married man at Panama has
ing the dry season, when the sky is a much better proposition tj,an the
cloudless, it would be fearfully hot bachelor. He is furnished with quar-
-were it not for the fine trade winds ter8 for hia mtin famiiy j8 given
which come at this time of the W(free lighu water and fuel( and 8n
and keep the air in motion sufficiently his supplie8 at the commis-
to hold the temperature at 86. Once garie3 cheaper than in the States,
in a while a very hot day is experi- Schools are majntained by the gov-
enced, but such an occurrence is the ernme;nt for the education of his
exception rather than the rule. ( children, and he has it pretty soft all
All the streets and roads through- around,
out the Canal Zone are macadamized, The .bachelors are placed in bach-
which allows the rainwater to run off elor quarters, with two or three in a
quickly, and it !b never very wet un- room, according to the size of the
der foot otherwise, during the rainy rooms. One electric light is provided
season, the mud would be knee-deep, jn each room, ore table, and a chair
as it is on the unpaved jungle trails, and a cot for each occupant. The
The weather is quite delightful dur- best thing that can be said of the
ing the dry season, and at this time bachelor quarters is that they, (in fact
of the year outdoor sports are en- both married and bachelor quarters),
joyed. The baseball season starts are well equipped with shower baths,
with the ceasing of the rains, and without which things would be un
continues until -wet weather begins., bearable. J
Christmas, New Years' Day and also A great crowd indeed are the Isth-
Washington's Birthday are great mlan bachelors. In one house which
baseball days on the Isthmus. 1 1 have in mjnd at Gorgona there were
The workers on the Isthmus are in twenty-four bachelors twelve on each
a class by themselves. Golonel Goe- floor and they hailed from all cor
thals says he has the most efficient ners of the U. S. A. On the lower
working force ever gotten together floor the following states were rep
on the face of the earth, and all who resented: Indiana, Minnesota, Penn-
have investigated the matter agree sylvania. California, Maine, Georgia,
ica; others will follow the call of the
"wanderlust" to the f at corners of
the globeend at last the greatest,
most loyal bunch of Americans ever
assembled together will have been dis
banded. Always will their hearts be
with the "ditch". Never will they
forget the friendships made in that
tropic land. And, later on, they will
look back upon those bygone days
with sincere regrets that they cannot
be lived again, but with the feeling
that each did his mite toward the ac
complishment of that mammoth work.
Their niche in the hall of immortality
is well established. Their work will
echo down the corridors of time as the
greatest engineering achievment of
the age. And the sons of man will
forever honor the spirit of loyalty to
purpose and the unselfish labor which
made possible the PANAMA CANAL,
.
MARKET QUOTATIONS .
We Will Give Away a $15.00 Lamp
It is beautiful with iti hand painted "shade. ' it will b given In
the Observer Pennant Table Cover Contest Whether you win any ;
of the $21 worth of prises or not you will possess the beautiful
table cover you can make out of Observer Pennants, but you cm win
prise if you try hard enough. ( Read about it and see the picture
of the lamp in this paper. You must hurry if you want the beauti
ful State of Oregon pennant. They are going fast ' :
OBSERVER PENNANT COUPON.
This Coupon, with two others of different dates and 15
cents, (to cover incidental cost) entitles the bearer to one
Observer Pennant when presented at the Observer office. By
mail, five cents extra to cover postage and packing.
Nam
Address .......
pAnnfflnt AamivaA
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
Do not ordiT Pennants in advance,
the stipulated week,
They will not be Issued before
Treasurer's Call for County, Scalp -
and Road Warrants. '
Notice The undersigned county S
treasurer has funds on hand with !
. .
which to pay all county and scalp :
other man with half the ; ro11 60.c
La Grande quotations today are:
BUTTER AND ERGS.
Butter Fancy creamery, 35 cents,
1-lb roll: 70 cents. 2-lb roll.
Ranch butter 1-lb roll, 30c; 2-lb. bounty warrants, which were endors-'s
s
D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO.
CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES
Cures Bodily Diseases With Root and Herb Treatment
Phone 762 Free Consultation La Grande
1412 Adams Ave. Ore.
MAKE A NOTE
of the fact that an abstract is an absolute necessity when yor pur
chase real estate.
No matter how well posted y -u might be you don't have a full
history of the parcel, as you d when we make an abstract of it. Ac
curacy guaranteed.
THE ABSTR CT & TITLE C".
Foley Hotel Building
An Electric Sign
Is
A BUSINESS GETTER
Don't - Buy - One
Let us do the Spending
Call Us Up
Eastern Ore. Light & Power Co.
men as no
power is loved. He has more power
than any ruler in any land far more
than the Kaiser or the Czar. Some
one has referred to him as a 'benifl
cent despot," and the title fully de
scribes him. He is a ruler with
unlimited power whom all his sub
jects love. But his secret of success
lies in the fact that he does not abuse
his power, and in all things he is
just. The absolute ruler of Panama.
George W. Goethals, that tall, sad
faced, -white haired man. knows well
tha tinman tionrt Wo Vnnwft man's ! market.
weaknesses and woman's too. He
looks for the good in mankind, and
finds it .
If a person has a grievance against
his lot in Panama, he well knows he
can go direct to the Colomed, tell him
the facts and get entire justice. If
the nerson complaining is at fault,
the Coloned tells him so. If someone
else is in error, the Colonel will call
that party, no matter how high hia
position, "before the throne" and tell
him what is what. '
This great and good man every
Sunday morning is at his desk in
Culebra to hear any person who wish
es to see him, and the corridors of the
administration building are often com
pletely filled with all kinds of "ditch
diggers" who have grievances, fan
cied or otherwise, to bring before
him. In the crowd there will be
Americans, high and low, of both
sexes, Spaniards, Italians, French
men, Hindus, Panamanians West In
dian negroes in fact, all the many
different kinds of people engaged in
the work. At eight in the morning
the first in line walks into the Col
onel's office, and in his' uwn way tells
his little tale of woe to the soft-spoken,
mild-mannered man who is the
head of the whole works, and passes
out, quickly followed by the next in
turn. And there the Colonel stays,
listening to other peoples' troubles
until the last word is heard eve.i
though he must stay until the day is
gone. He does this in addition to
working every day in the week out
upon the job, going from one point
of work to another, keeping his eye
on every phase of the construction.
Justice is done in every case brought
before this man. He has no favorites.
He simply does what is right, no mat
ter whom it hurts nor whom it helps.
There is nothing swell about him.
He wears ordinary clothes like any
other human being, smokes countless
cigarettes each day and when out
on the road speaks to everyone he
passes and takes off his hat to every
'ditch-digger" he meets.
Do you wonder such a man is loved
by all? Would his men fight for
him? Would they die for him? Just
ask a few and see. If Colonel Goeth
als should see fit to run for any Na
tional office, no matter what party's
ilatform he chose, you would see ev
ry man who had worked under him
-n the Canal taking off his coat and
scrapping for the "old man" until the
'ast vote was cast.
The finishing touches are now being
nlaced on this great undertaking, and
he men who put the job through will
soon have scattered to the four winds.
Many will return to the States; a
small number will remain on the Isth
mus; some will go further south, to
Fresh ranch eggs 30c.
VEGETABLES AND MISCELLANE
OUS. Green Onion 5c per bunch.
Onions 6c. lb., (small lots.)
Potatoes le.
Lettuce (hothouse) 30c lb.; bead,
10c. '
Cauliflower 2025c.
Rhubarb 20c.
Spinach 31bs, 25c.
Brussell Sprouts 20c lb. -
Squashes and Pumpkins out of the
ed prior to Feb. 1, 1914, and all road
warrants which were endorsed prior
to Jan. 1, 1914. Interest on the above
warrants ceases on March 4th, 1914.
JOHN FRAWLEY,
8-4-4t. , County Treasurer.
cast their fortunes with the develop-iiublic-
of Latin Amer-
How's your sole
Need Fixin
Bring it to us, we'll flx 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
Shoe Repair
R. L DUIGNAN Prop.
Opposite Newlin's Book Store
Phone BIk. 81. 1115 Adams Av
Celery 10c and 225c.
Beans White, 4 l-3c; Lima, 10c.
Cabbage 5c.
Sweet Potatoes 5 lbs for 25c.
Chili peppers 40c.
Honev 20c. S lbs. for ROp
Sugar Cane or fruit, $5.25 a sack,
cash. $5.65 for 30 days; Beet sugar
$5.05 cash, $5.45 for 30 days.
FRUIT.
Apples $1.00$1.75.
Oranges 2545c per doz.
Bananas 40c per doz.
Dates 15c "and 20c puckag
Figs 5c and 10c package.
Lemons 3540c.
Cranberries 20c per qt, 3 for 50c.
Grapefruit 15c
FLOUR, HAY. FEED, ETC
Blue Stem flour It.40.
Patent 1.30
Snowdrift $1.45 sack.
Sea Foam 1 20.
Barley $1.07H.
Timothy (to producer) $12.00.
Alfalfa hay (to producer) $8.50
$9.00 f. o. b. cars, baled.
Oats (to producer) 95c$1.00.
Bran $1.15 per cwt
Rolled oats $1.45 per cwt
Boiled barley $1.35
Wild hay (to producer) $8 baled.
SHEEP.
Sheep Tip wethers,, $3.25$4.85.
Ewes, best $2.25$3.75.
Lambs, best $3.75$5.75.
CATTLE.
Best steers, (grain fed.) $6.60
$6.75.
Common to fair $5.50 $6.00.
Cows, top $5.00$6.00.
Cows, medium $4.654.80.
Calves $7$8.
Bulls, fancy $3.75$5.00.
HOGS.
Best $6.60$7.60.
Common to good $6.00)6.50.
CHICKENS AND FOWL.
Turkeys 25c2bc, re'ail.
Spring friers 22i525c, retail
dressed.
Hens 18c20c, retail, dressed.
Meat Cuts netall
Neck boils 12 l-s to 15c; Driske'
loins 12V4c; soup bones, dc to 8c:
plates 12 l-2c; Bho. pot mast 18c; arm
cuts 18c; 1st cuts sho steak 15c; good
cuts sho steak 18c; prime ribs 16 t
20c; wholesale 16, retail 20c; flank
boil 12V4c; kidneys 8c; kidney stew.
12c; sirloin stonk 20 to 22c; tenderloii
steaks 25c; T-Bopa steaks 25c; rum
roasts 18c; round steak 20c; hind quar
ter steers 16c; hind quarter oows 15c
front quarter steers 14c. front quartet
cows 13c; hog, hall dressed 13c; pork
loin chops 20c; pork loin whole 16c
comb pork 14c; Rhonlder pork, whole
18c: link and bulk fausage 15c: ham
burger 15c; steer loins 18c: cow loin
17c; mutton legs 18c; mutton rib chop
1 20c; mutton loin chops 20; mutton st
sho. 15c; mutton stw 12 l-2c; whole
mutton 14c; half mutton 14c: vea
round steak 25c; veal loin cuts 25c Phone Main 706,
Announce-ment
Mrs. Robt. Pattison
the Gossard Cor
setiere after Mon
day March Third
will be at the
Geo. A. Anderson
Store.
With a complete
stock of
GOSSARDS
Your Job printing. Have It done at
the Observer ofuce.
Rend the advertisements too.
Complete Equipment for Resetting and
Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor
Complete Machine Shops and Foundry
Retail Department Phone Main 8
For Lumber, Lath
Shingles, Sash and Dors
Ruberoid Roofing
GEORGE PALMER LUMBER CO.
At
The Top
of them all; that its where our flour
stands when compared with others.
In the race for supremacy our brand
bears the standard of excellence In
the van. We wont to prove the truth
of this assertion to you personally,
the next time you order your flour.
If you will specify White Diamond,
guaranteed satisfaction or money r.
turned you wont be sorry.
Snook Bros. Produce Company
Phone Us Your Wood And Feed Order.
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