HIIKIICES OF OLD ELGIN FOREST FIRES
" Hv I-ee Tuttle in Elcln Recorder
To write reminiscences one must
1 be in a reflective mood, and to con
trol one's feelings , and force the
brain cells of memory buck to evenU
; that are remembered or are reiateo
by others is no easy task on the day
before a circus comes 10 wwn.
Likewise, when in a state of reflex
tion one's thoughts revert to so many
events some to childhood days and
of schoolmates; borne to our own per
sonal lives; some to sensations that
have happened in tne community or
town murders, suicides, robberies.
Then again we may reflect upon the
success of some and the failure of
others, but in all these thoughts one
cannot tail to recau events in
tended to build up or retard the
growth of a town or community.
. There is ho town, no community but
what lives a life and leaves a history.
What that life and history is de
pends upon the people who constitute
the citizenry thereof the decline or
advance is what th6 people have
made. .
It has not. been more than a doz-
; en years when at the arrival of each
morning train in El?in from one to
a dozen arrivals would be recorded
of people from Minnesota, Michigan,
Wisconsin, in fact from nearly every
Btate in the Union. There was wonder
ment for a time and the "natives," if
-i you will pardon the slanp expression,
were at a loss to know the meaning
of the daily incoming of so many
strangers. It was but a few days, how
ever, until It be ame noised about
town that at the head of ecah party
there was a timber cruiser. "What
are they doing?" asked one, "Why,
its just a bunch of tenderfeet going
to the Looking Glass to take up a
ouurter section of the tall uncut un
der the Timber and Stone act. They'll
stung. Them locators and cruisers
. are eettimr from SfiO.OO to SI 00.00 a
. claim for showing the suckers the cor
ner stakes and lines. It's a darn graft
so it is." ,
Well it might have been a graft
from the standpoint of the one who
succeeded in obtaining a claim, or for
thel umber syndicates that finally ac
quired all the claims, but the tide of
travel still continued Elginward. The
tenderfoot( ?) was a daily arrival and
time sailed on until practically nil
the timbered area covering the sec
tions known as Cabin creek, the Look
ing Glass and the thousands of acras,
lying north and cast had been bought
for an average price of about $500.
00 per quarter section to the one who
filed the application, and sold for
from $1,200.00 to $2,500.00.
All this time Elgin citizens and busi
ness men to the number of a hundred
and fifty or two hundred, each of j
whom could easily command the pur
chase price of a timber claim, sat
idly by and ere they realized the fact
thousands of acres of virgin timber
had been patented by the government
. to people from all sections of the
United States. A few claims were
left, 'tis true, but so scattered that
to consolidate an extensive area wa
impossible. Thus was the control of
our largest resources was lost.
Then came extenive purchases by
the Grande Rondo Lumber Co., fol
lowed by the gigantic deal made by
the Geo. Palmer Lumber Co., in which
they became the owners of thousands
of acres and which they have been
logging for the past eight sears.
Naturally, the talk of a sawmill
with a daily caplcity of 100,000 feet
soaked its way into the understand
ing qualities of Elgin's brainiest citi
zens. It was known beyond doubt that
it would bo a mill of large capacity;
that the installation of the industry
would mean an expenditure of at
least half a million dollars. What
transpired then is known, or thought
to be, to the readers of The Recorder.
It is only necessary to state that El-
i gin did not secure that important in-
dustry.. .
1 I stood near the railroad crossing
on Wallowa Avenue Tuesday night.
It was a dark and cloudy night, and
I was attracted by the headlight of
nn engine to which wns attached u
long tram of cars. The engine was
taking water at the tank. Soon a
trainman's lantern signaled to go
ahead. I heard the throttle open by
the hand of the engineer. There was i
a low dull chugs, followed ty numer
ous others in quick succession; a
black column or smoke arose heaven
ward from the smoke-stack; the
drivers whirled, the couplings of tho
cars clunked and slowly the engine
nosed ahead. With ail increasing
speed, during which the heart beats
of the iron monster echoed a sleeping
and peaceful town. The engine wns
now passing the point where I was
SON'S LIFE SAVED
Grateful Mother Makes
Public Statement
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o4coltk.
"It saved our son's lire." tars Mrs.
Edna Cramer, In 'speaking of Polity's
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we ever used, Foley's Honey and Tar
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It has been our faithful friend for
several years and wo . rely upon It
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tliouirlit ha would surely dlo from
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Do you know the aooihlnR, reller
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healing In every dose.- It spreads
a eool coating over the rough In
flamed throat slops tho rocking
rough does all this In a natural way,
containing no opiates and nothing
harmful.
Good druggists are Tied to sell
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound be
cause they know It la reliable and
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SOLD EVERYWHERE.
standing. The furnace door was open
and rays of light emitted from the
seething coal flickered across the face
of the fireman who was feeding the
flames with additional fuel. Then
passed seventeen carloads of native
pine logs, destined to factories to be
manufactured into finished lumber an 1
shipped to the markets of the world.
The train rolled on until the chug
of the black monster became less aud
ible and became fainter and fainter,
A black trail of smoke remained over
head, and I thought: "Every time that
agency of power, passes tnis point
drawing its heavy tiainload of logs
iha in,i,iufiHul Ufa of Elirin is robbed
of .one heart beat reminding me of
the worst blunder' committed in the
history of Elgin's industrialcareer. It
serves to snow me wnat miKni. nave
been. -
The tenderfoot has come and gone
its a reminiscence."
COAST DEFENSE
Portland. June 2. Through the in
strumentality of the Pacific Coast De
fense League, an organization of pro
minent citizens or wasnington, ure
gon and Colifornia, which has head
quarters in the Chronicile Building,
San Francisco, several Congressmen
and Senators of the three states are
pledged -to bring before the next ses-,
sion of Congress facts and figures re
lative to the military unpreparedness
of the coast should any trouble arue
with a foreign power.
The league officers claim to be in
possession of positive information to
the effect that, ' should the fortified
harbors of Puget Sound, Columbia
River, San Francisco Buy and San
Diego he invaded by hostile fleets
only sufficient men of the Army and
Orgunized Militia combined could -be
mustered to man half of the direct
fire rifles and the mortars of the for
mications, and should it be necessary
for all the batteries manned to main
tain a continuous fire, there is suffi
cient ammunition on hand or avail
able anywhere on the coast, to last
but a few hours. ' '
With . but (5,700 officers and men of
the rcgulur Army and but 8,318 offi
cers and men of the Orgunized Militia
in the Western Department, which
includes six states and the Territory
of Alaska, practically every man
would be obliged to get behind the
coast defense guns from the land
side by troops landing without the
zone of artillery fire from transports
and warships.
The League while demanding no
radical Army and Navy increase, is
insisting that the Pacific Coast gets
its share of troops and ships of war,
that Middle West "political posts" be
abandoned and that the Organized
Militia of the Coast States be
strengthened.
FROM OVER THE STATE.
(From Pacific Coast Manufacturer)
- IBanker E. L. Thompson of Port
land protested against the Portland
handicap of $3 a day minimum wage.
He said the time hud come when
those who run a city government
should be compelled to treat business
men fairly.
Mr. Thompson is a bunker, oper
ates a big woolen mill, a big dairy
farm and heads an irrigation project
in Mnrinn f!nnntv.
. The Portland city commissioners'
put through the ' political deal to
give common city laborers $3 a day
for eight hours when they know
that contractors and business men
were hiring such labor for much less.
.A business man, whether he luns
a peanut ronster on the street, or
n steam railroad, is a human being.
He has a right to protection from
unfair treatment even at the hands
of a labor organization or a politi
cian. The whole program of the kid
glove political experts and labor agi
tators to buy votes at the expense
of other people is nn outrage that
reacts against those it seeks to bene
fits. ,
Baker, May 27. Baker may have
baseball four days in n row if the
present plans of the management are
carried out. Elgin is scheduled to
piny here next Sunday, and as
Bnkor has a postponed game with the
Indians, effort will be made to ar
range to piny it next Monday, tlecor
ntion Day, giving the fnns a holidnv
game. Definite arrangements will
probably be made tomorrow.
. If these two games are played, the
two on June 1 nnd 2 will complete
four dnvs of the national game in a
row, taking us back to the old Tri
stnte dnys when we had a--game every
day. i
When to Cut Hay
Oregon Agricultural Colleire. Cor-
v.illis, June 3. "Cutting the crop at
t: j proper stage for hny is important.
If crt too soon, a light wr.shy hny will
result and if delayed past the proper
stage, a course unDnlntable and indi
gestible product. Cut clover when in
URGED
lull t)loom and with one-tenth to on
Mrd of the blossoms turning brown.
For cowsit may bee ut slightly earli
Cut alfalfa when coming into
blossom, but better still watch the
hnsul shoots at the crown of plant and
cut when one to one and one-half
inches long. This is your second crou
coming on. Don't wait to cut until
those are long enough to be clipocd
off. Vetch should be cut for hav
when first seeds appear in pqds. Tf
crowing with gr.iii. the grain should
be in milk or Roft dou -h stage."
These arc the views o? J. E. Lar
son. Agronomy Extension specialist
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
on the best time to cut hny. Mr. Lar
son continues ns follows: "
"GrnsL-.es are cut usually at, or just
COME EARLY
According to official reDorts. there
i has been an unusual amount of dam
age done in . the eastern states this
spring on account of forest fires. As
a result, the Government is empha
sizing us campaign, having for its
main object the cooperation of the
I general public in the work of fire pre
vention and suppression. In this
work, the. west has already been" very
j active, for fire prevention west of the
I Rocky Mountains .has reached a well
: established basis.- ,
tor the past five years, the North
west has carried on a live campaign
of publicity, setting forth the results
of forest fires and urging 'the help of
the community in suppressing and
preventing them. Various kinds of
notices have been freely posted, and
circulars have ' been distributed'
among yound and old everywhere. The
campaign has been so effective that
the public has awakened to its duty
and interest in the matter, with the
result that where the Forest Ser
vice once stood alone in fire preven
tion work ,it now has the co-operation
of the States, of private organi
zations, timber owners, and the pub
lic generally. .'.'.-
' every camper who enters the
woods now knows that he must not
throw away a match until he is sure
it is out; he will not drop a burning
cigarette or cigar butt; he will not
knock out his pipe ashes while hot, or
where they will fall into dry leaves
or other inf tamable material; he will
not ouim a camp hre any larger than
absolutely necessary, nor will he
build it against a tree, a log, a stump,
or anywhere but on bare soil; he will
not leave his fire until he is sure it is
out; he will not burn brush or refuse
in or near the woods if there is any
chance thnt the fire may spread be
yond control or when the wind may
carry sparks where they would' start
a fire: if he discovers a fire in the
woods and can't-put it out himself,
he will notify ' the nearest forest
guard, ranger, or State fire warden.
In fact, he will 'be iust as careful
regarding fire in the woods as he is I
with fire in his own home. He will not
only do nil these things himself, but I
his is so well convinced of the wis
dom of hre prevention measures, that
he will urge it upon his friends and
neighbors and thus help the good
work ulong(
before blooming time; the ryo grasses
should be cut before blooming as they
come woody; timothy for market
li; y nt blooming time. It does not de
teriorate so rapidly and may be al
lowed to pass bloom before cutting;
red top also can stand slightly longer
in field than rye or oat grasses.
"Grain hay (oats, wheat, etc.)
should be cut just between milk and
soft dough stage 'for best quality.
Miny try to get grain and h.ty both.
What is gained in grain is more than
off-set bv what is lost in the hny or
for'.ee. The nutriment io in the stalk
end forming grains at tho soft dough
stage nnd passes rapidly into the
groin ns it nears ripening. It will
na'y to cut the grain hay at the pro
per stage."
For Sale, Five Acres Notice
to Bidders.
Notice is hereby given, that the
Commission of the City of La Grande,
has put for sale a five acre tract
of land lying one mile south of the
City of La Grande, between the Clark
and Redhead properties, known as the
Old Pest House property. Sealed bids
to be in and nppnH by the Commis
sion, June 16, 1916, at 7:30 p. m.
Said bids to be acompanied by a cer
tified check for 10 per cent of the
amount bid. The Commission' re
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
Dated at La Grande, this the 27th
day of May, 1915.
By order of the
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LA GRANDE,
LEE WARNICK,
; City Recorder
5-27-lOt.
TAKE SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Eat less meat if you feel Backachy or
Bladder troubles you Salts is
fine for Kidneys.
Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their clTorts
to filter it from tho system. Regular eat
ers of meat must Hush the kidneys occa
sionally. You must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
no ill s, wiisto and poison, else you feel a
dull misery in tlie kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache, diz
ziness, your stomach sours, tongue is
coated and when the weather is bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get lrritnted, obliging you to get
up two or three times during tho night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
nnd flush olT the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before break
fnst for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with 1 it hi a. and has been used for
fenerations to clean and stimulate slug
gish kidneys nnd stop bladder irritation.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless nd
ntnkes a. delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which millions of men nnd
wtmen take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidney and bladder diseases.
Grain Crop" Urge
North Powder, June L (Special
The grain belt of this section prom
ises to break all records this year
in the production of grain. '
The rains have been just the thing
and in every direction looking over
the hills the dry farms are showing
the good effects. ; '.''' ' .
Thousands of acres of new land
broken up last fall and seeded to
wheat will return an enormous yield.
Richard, June 1. (Special) Re
ports gathered from he orchard
ists in the valley show that the fruit
and berry yield will be up to the
standard, the rains and storms of the
past month and in any way seriously
affecting the orchards.
There will be an abundance of
cherries, and peaches. The straw
berry crop is now on.
Thn va11v now nresenfs a most
kpici 'jresque appearance in its heavy
areas oi green, it is a sigm ur mis
artist. . ' -
FARM LOANS
Reasonable Rales
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You "watch this space and from
time to time we will give you
information on the proper care
of your eyes not generally
known. .
We have absolutely the only
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We have the most up-to-oaw
fitting parlors and manufactur
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Oregon. Call and examine our
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The firm that tries to deceive
you with fictitous advertisement
is unreliable, beware of them.
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Rubble and Dimension Stone always on hand. Concrete Blocks
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The new Darland apartment houses on Fourth
Street will be equipped with Hughes Electric
Ranges throughout. The installation of these
ranges will make these Apartments the most
modern and convenient furnished apartments in
the city. ' .
Why not have an electirc range in your home?
Our meter readers are distributing' a pamphlet
of information on this subject, please read it
carefully, then call at our office; where samples
are on display, for further information
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