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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1915)
la o&Attftfi ft V&titf g observer TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, WIS, THE FORUM Where Every One Has His Say - Immei, Kan., Jan. . 18. (To the ditionH, and feels safe in Raying the here undisturbed, with a fair demand worj wunng the recent campaign prosperous condition of Kansas now. tor his services the year round at m uregon we Heard much said about at a time other states are struggling Kansas and perhaps it will be inter- with depressed conditions, is due in fating to readers of the Observer part to the recent large wheat crop' at this time to know more about and present high prices, but mainly Kansas. ;:: -. 'r-:':i-to the economic" habit of the peo- Kansas, as nearly every school pie. Kansas people are good buyers, children knows, is situated Shout the During drouth years they have center of the United States, and one been forced to reduce their expenses oi the largest wheat producing states to minimum in-order to exist and of this nation.' ..The 1914 crop was through this manner of education about 170 million bushels, and the they still cling to the habit of mak average yield per acre for 1914 was ing a dollar buy one ibunderd cents' -about' 15 bushels per acre. To the worth of wares. It, is very. notic-J Oregon farmer this looks small, how- able in the grocery stores that buy ever gith 80,000 square miles of prac-' ing is largely done by the housewives ! tically level land in the state it can in person and not by telephone. Veg-J traveled . easily be understood why the heavy etablcs are carefully examined before The farming population from the production.. . purchases are made. In cigar stores middle to the western part of ' the Kansas certainly' has her share of you will ' observe merchants, clerks, state is made up of Germans (Dutch drouth and one dry year is frequent- in fact men of all stations of life, Minonites)-,- Bohemians, Swedes, Rui- ry followed by two or three more, usually buy five cent - cigars. - In jsians,' and Missourians with a small The same may be said of good crops, hotels and boarding houses you will : per cent from other states, when the citizens have experienced observe that people eat heavily on j; Notwithstanding their foreign birth two or three dry years and are about vegetables and fruits and little meats, i these people have grasped the west ready to go into bankruptcy, nature . For meat much poultry is used, asiern spirit of . civilization and manner about the same prices paid for the same work in Oregon. A very large proportion of the day laborers have families, hence it is up to them to stick . to ' their jobs, consequently a fair job with regular work is con sidered . worth sticking to here and 'they stick. : Vv ' '. -v;-.,.. . No Public 8oup Counters. I have not seen in the papers or heard of any public soup counters in the state, and have not seen a tramp or beggar. No doubt such may be found in the larger dities but; not in the smaller ones where I ha e . smiles upon them.. Plenty of rain comes, and bountiful crops, is the re sult. The citizens again take cour age, improve the farms, ' villages ; grow into towns and 'towns into cit- ies. . Thus it is the population, of Kan sas struggle along with uncertainties always facing them, : yet in spite ;p.-of all . these 'conditions Kansas people are plucky, enthusiastic and happy. Considered from all vie points, her people as a whole are better 'fed, better dressed ; and better educated' than those of a majority of the states. Morally, among the young genera tion now growing, it can be said Kansas can boast of having no super ior and few states' that will equal. With all her ups and downs it is something of a puzzle to know how he has forged .ahead and built up such a tremendous wealth within her l borders in the last' few years. ( ;; Having spent more than one month in the state, stopping two and1 three days in towns of 2000 to 3000 people the writer has had a very good op portunity to study the general con- TWO SIDES to a Senior Member ship in the Y. M. C. A . of La Grande, Ore. YOU GIVE $5.00 and your influence as a good live booster. That helps nicely. both beef and pork are more expens ' of doing things . and . now actually ive. v; V ";.; .' , ; form a part Of the best citizenship , Plain But Well Pressed People. in the state as they are truly loyal, In towns of 3000 and less you will i "W". i industrious and pro not observe so much of the up to i re83ive' and yu find in the colleges late costumes is worn hv r, laHing :BS many or more students from the In the West and while thev. flo a rulB. , ,amilies of tn foreign born citizen are neatly dressed, it is plainly evi dent that when: an article is pur chased it is used until worn out re gardless of the style Both have it bad as the state paper say there is now 62,000 automobiles in the state ' and there will be by May zi,wu more acuea to tnts. t- The Farmers and Producer, ' ; .,- Poultry, butter and eggs are the valuable assets to the ujl-keep of liv ing expenses. Every town as a rule has its poultry and egg shipping' sta tion and they are kept pretty busy receiving dressing and shipping thj product for which cash is paid to the farmers. I am told that large part of , the . family expense is kept up through this one medium which is largely produced) by the housewife and children, to say the least these con modities return millions of dollars to the state and is a source of produc tion that should be encouraged in Oregon among the farmers of Oregon. The OM Dairy Cow. - All towns of any consequence, have their ; cream shipping stations and this branch of industry while not so large as in Oregon brings vast sums of mdney into the state. From the I writer's personal experience all the . . . i 1 1 gooa cream is smppea away as me go-called cream served in restaurants and medium priced hotels is a bigger joke on the real article than Bill Hanley's campaign for "United States senator in Oregon. Siting up state conditions in Kansas no and comparing with 20 year ago when the writer lived in Kansas can realize the greatness of the bet ter conditions naw and can also fore see the change that will naturally come to Oregon and the Pacific North west in the next few years the be ginning of which is 'now. ; We must slow down ' to a gait that we can keep, fight for the good and eliminate the bad, learn to be a more hospitable people, which is the strongest invita tion to emmigration and the surest road to happiness and success.. Kansas is a great state and should climatic conditions prevail that will give the people good crops two or three .more years in succession more keys will have to be put on the adding machines in order to enumerate the increased wealth. . Notwithstanding the present prosperous conditions the beautiful and fertile land.sthe well improved and - delightful villiages. towns and cities, the education and culture, the "mafte you feel at home" as the native. Very Little Waste. The silo is reducing the old time old andi'arm waste m tne state to B mini" vounir men dress in about the Mmelmum an(1 so,ves 8 ver3" serious, here- up to date clothing as is wori by 1 tofore problem in drouth years as progressive citizens all of which goes the Oregon people. : forage can be saved at almost any jto make up any great state, my home The people do not seem to require i staKC tnrouf?n this. medium. i9 in Eastern Oregon in the moun- the expensive entertainments here as A vi8it to blacksmith and retains, to me the beauty spot of the In the West. As you ' well know a 1 pair snops reveal the fact that no j world and I have yet to find an lo town in the Iwest of 2000 or 3000 sup- j waSon KRy P'ow or other imple-cality where good results come - with ports two or three picture shows me.nt ' is ever broKcn beyond repair as little effort as in Oregon and once seven days in the week and two, or janJ never Warded until actually j we have formed the "economic" habit three travelling performances eachjworn out To the farmer this means. we will naturally slow down to the month, and Fourth of July as well as!a great savinff over our methods as proper pace and. for the amount of county fair days are scarcely recog- we quick,y discard wagon,: buggy,) "area" the people of the Grande nized as being a howling success Un-plow or mowin8 machine when they,Ronde valley will became the most less something of a very exciting nat-besrin to look bad aBLKive us a little prosperous and happy of all, as we ure is pulled off. : Reminding tho writer of a five cent show he onct attended in Kansas City when every one was invited to attend the per formance the next night as they were going to kill a "Bull" on the stage. Then he remarked' "we want the peo ple to help pay for the animal" Thus it is with us in the West, we seem to demand the excitement and it is ex-. pensive. '.' ' I''- ' .,'.. '' '" Towns of 2000 to 3000 people in this state have usually one picture show ;and they give erformances ah . r ... j , . i ' unree nignts in me .weeic, nunc on i trouble. : We Use Better Farming Methods. Oregon farmers as a class Use bet ter methods in farming than is prac ticed here and as a result get better results, due, I believe, to continued reminders sent out by our agricultural college encouraging farmers to get to the front. Prohibition. have the climatic conditions . that never fail to bring us health, wealth and prosperity. . . . ,,' H. H. WEATHERSPOON, . Home address. Elgin, Ore. -r- and dn-ys told truths about Kansas nnd both parties told things not true. If you really want a drink in Kansas at a certian hour of the day the best Sundays, and traveling shows find a lf,an ,s 10 l a money order send verv weak aunnort whn thev annear. to a wholesale house in Kansas City Stage or Car Fare Paid. To students enrolling for the mid winter term, payingfour months tui tion in advance Write for narticu- In the recent campaign both iwets !,a;1Po''niTciiiPcio' mnwi, W. P. KINOM, Prop. Adv. . 12 26 e o d tf. Young men and women content them selves with their little societies, lodge and in three or four days you will get your package at the express of- l. You Receive 1. Tho privileges of a sen ior, member in Lobby, Swimming Pool, Gymnas ium, and Social Room, un til Sept. 1, 1915. 2. The satisfaction that you are helping to open one of La Grande's biggest and best buildings. 3. The satisfaction that you make up one of many who by supporting the As sociation make it possible for Grade school boys to be admitted until Sept. 1st for only $2.00 and High school boys for $3.00. 4. The satisfaction that the other cities of the Northwest which are wait ing to see what we do will say, "La Grande is still on top." gatherings and house parties while lfice siX"ing two certified state the older classes seem to find all the ments show,ntr where from, who from, social life necessary in their churches, i now muclv and that the same is for Truly the average young man of the your own Personal use. Wst would rail th ntr hiisines a n.iisus people ciaim tnere is no Sunday school affair as it would bePen bars in the state and yet I too tame in character for him. Fineihave not. vlsited a town wJere there board and rooms can be had! in a most every town for $5 per week, l and good meals at restaurants for i 25 cents. J Kansas of today is entirely differ ' ent to the Kansas of 25 years ago. Then it was that our western spirit J prevailed here. When I asked an old friend to explain the great change ' his answer was: "We have in the past made fortunes and spent them and now we have slowed down to a was such. From the writer's ob servation under the present package system there is probably 10 per cent now used as against what would be used tinder the license system. Pasing through the holidays and 34 days all told the writer has seen one real drunk man and five or six par tially intoxicated! men. Have not seen a single street disturbance of any kind. Bankers, merchants, millers, in fact all 1 X ' 11 11 t . m gait we can stand and still have Pc.ici.y an cosiness men romen scmMMno. loft for a dronbh vear." ' asked what they think of the Kansas The last proof of prosperity is the deposits in the banks, as the money is loaned back to the people' for legi timate enterprise and not for wild catting experiments, aVid it is. truly surprising to see the tremendous amount of deposits as indicated' by ( the bank statements. , Day laboring Classes. Since Kansas is largely an agricul tural slate there is not the day wage workers here in numbers to be found in the West True .however, there is a normal supply here all the tinw except in the harvest season at whlcn time laborers from Missouri and Ark ansas flock to the' stit; in great numbers and disappear af if by magic when the. harvest season is ended leaving the permanent day laborer condition will tell you it suits them. I have not visited -ny county yet with empty jails but so far have found none with more than three in habitants and as a rule .. they are bootleggers and petty thieves. Automobiles. : Kansas people have Gasmania and FARM LOANS Reasonable Rates SECURITY LAND & SAVINGS J COMPANY la Grande, Oregon Read the advertisements. x Our Own Grinding .Plant , ' The . mechanical work must foe equally as careful as the examina tion itself. - The prescription must be filled with Scientific Precision. This is done in our own Laboratory on the Premises, where we grind all of Our own lenses. We guarantee our lenses to be absolutely correct, scientifically and mechanically. Fitting and Adjusting.' The glasses must be made up in frames - or mountings that will be suited to each individual case. The appearance of the glasses, when worn, must be considered. We provide mountings to harmonize with the features and give hand some and stylish effects. Specialties. ' We prescribe toric glasses when their use addte comfort. When the eyes require different lenses for ner and distant vision, we supply bifocals with an invisible dividing line, so that only a single rair of glasses is needed. We have all kinds of specialties in frames and nose pieces, shell frames, special designs and shapes to suit and lit all requirements. J. H. PEARE & SON, La Grande's Leading Jewelers and Optometrists ELECTRIC LIGHTS WERE INVENTED TO SUPPLY A NECESSITY. ALL OTHER METHODS OF CREAT-; ING ARTIFICIAL light were unsatisfactory. Candles ........ v.-,.. ...... . - . i ; r : :, ;;. wer dim and unreliable; gas, dirty and dangerous; kro sent, dull, smoky, odorous and also dangerous to health aid property. When elctrie lights were introduced there was bat on drawback. They cost considerably more Mm ' ' ether lights. This, objection has Seen overcome and elec- trie light are new the most economical 'as well as the most satisfactory light: Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. . Telephone Min 34 ( New Shipment of Little Dairy ( ( Farm Sausages j Hot Cake Buckwheat Waffle Flour 1 ( Cleaver's Apple Syrup is Fine. We ( ) Have it in 50c, 90c, $1.25 sizes f CITY OROCEKY 8 BAKERY i TELEPHONES CONNECTED By the use of one of our telephones you ean now reach and be reached directly (over copper circuits) by prac tically eyery other telephone in Union county. 1 , Long distance service to all parts in the Northwest. THE HOME INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY Vi Y
