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
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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
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