La Grande evening observer., January 12, 1916, Image 2

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916.
THE, FORUM 1
LETTER WRITING WEEK JAN. 17
La Granders Should Advertise Won
ders of . Blue Mountains.
La Grande, Jan. 12. (To theEdi
tor) Portland's Chamber f Com
merce has declared a letter writing
week, for all of Oregon. January 17 to
22 asking every citixen to write at
thing: for the accommodations of tour
ists including: many cnurcnes, iraiorm
ties, Y. M. C. A. Library, paved streets
fine mountain water, a good sight see
ing climate and will someday have a
first class hotel. All this ! goes to
make up the general setting, but we
must pick out our special objects of
interest to tourl-its and wake thorn
known. When you write your letters
i.o.f in lotfar tn eastern friends and next week .do not fail to mention
business connections setting forth : sor.':o of our best,
business connections setting rorta sorco oi.our Desi, special maun v
the attractive wonders oi uregon xor ; tourist, oraor Baracuuns. rmwumi
the tourists, California every year in-; are a icw:
creases its resources Dy $zuu,ww,uvu
Only ou,uuu
tnknn from tourists.
tourists to Oregon will leave at least
$6t000,000 of new money in circula
tion. Oregon is so favored by nature
that she can keep herself by produc
tion and has long overlooked the pro
fit gained from a large tourist traffic
The best way to attract homeseekers
and capital is to first stimulate tra
vel. Seeing is believing, and the rest
is easy, i But it is the tourist we are
after now. , 1 ,
Oregon Is NatureV Wonderland
Nature's Wonderland for the ideal
contrasts of symetry and ruggedness,
and combinations or curious and in
spiring freaks and great natural and
useful resources is Oregon and the
tourist world will learn this as fast as
. va Orepohlnns tell them about H
and induce them to come and behold
for themselves. The Portland Cham-
' ber of Commerce has prepared form
: letters telling of the wonderful Col
umbia Gorge and the highway Amer
ica's finest of Crater Lake and the
beauty of Mount Hood, of Oregon's
unsurpassed sea coast, the , Willam
ette valley, and the Caves of Joseph
ine county, the Portland climate and
the City of Roses itself, all of which
is great and grand and true; but nar
ry a word is found about the .Blue
Mountains, the Mecca of the great In
land Empire from the time of the
first emmigrants to the present day.
.. Blue Mountains Will Be Famous.
Surrounded as thoy aro on all sides
. for 'many, milec ' by, sagebrush and
sand hills, . tho. ber'utiful, inviting
timbered and .rich BJue 1 Mountains
: with tl'.eir many productive and homo
like valleys present a contrast that to
the tourist is never forgotten. Grande
Ronde valley, the largest and central
: vale of the Blue- Mountain section is
according to Gov. James IWithycomtoe
"the largest :ind best singln body of
cultivated Itnd in Oregon." Surround
ed and protected on all sides. by hilb
and mountains (his valloy has dotain-
ed travelers who were bound for "far
ther, west from the er.rly 60's to this
day. The Mountains are wealthy in
minerals, rich in the famous Blue
Mountain pine, and valuable for the
thousands of aoroo of bunch grass,
the -most nurishing pasture on earth.
The city of La Grande is the metro
polis and centor of this Blue Mountain
country comprising Union, Wallowa,
Grant, and parts of Baker r.nd Uma
tilla counties. La Grande should
take the lead is attracting and enter
taining tourists, -
Tourists Are Profitable
10,000 tourists stopping over in La
drande spending an average of only
$10 will bring $100,000 of real new
money Into circulation. Is it worth
while T .
La Grande as a city, offers every-
natural roads uro iceal, una TSeToTSl
long it is hoped that a system of per
manent roads will be completed cir
cling and connecu-ig tne vaney, ; , .
- Lower uranae nonae
Leavinir Elgin the O. W. R. & N.
follows the Grande Ronde River to
Hnndowk. whore the Wallowa flowes
into the River. Tnia , roaa iwisung
and windincr with the bends of the
river, its grade often cut through
cliffs of solid rock is to those who live
far enough away to appreciate it a
trip worth the taking. Elgin people
are working for the improvement of
the auto road to Walla Walla and to
i Wallowa i.nd are doing thoir share to
prepare for the tourists, for more
and more are tourists coming by the
gasoline route nnd we must have
good roads to attract them.
Wallowa county
Union county's sister Wallowa real-
lv excels the whole field of natures'..
contestants lor real wonaers. xne'-e
is the uoner and lower valleys, the
Wallowa canyon, the streams where
is the best fishing for salmon and
trout and white fish. Thero is iWal-
lowa lake, a deep gourgo in the earth
made bv thousands of years of glac
ier activity many, thousands of years
ago. . A perfect example of a termin
al moraine forms the lower end of
.this wonderful four milo lake nested
at the very b-ise of high and ruggod
mountains.
- rati. ai 1 1. ...... i. !
, t h. vll On . inen mere ::ry wib ruai. mm ar.8
J r.A lava beds near Joseph, also the Wena
cs s c.e ; a is.Teve7ATrCT.To!
tne nuy miles to tne-easi xne oeven I(inhltiVii (,,thn moj.. cf tnettl nav. noW
Mount Emllv
Uniaue nmone all the pocks of the
world is Mount Emily, a natural lock
out over the Grande Ronde valley rais
ing almost perpendicular from .its
base a heighth of 1600 feet above the
valley below. Largely through the
e Sorts of Mr. Blumenstien an auto
road was first completed last summer
and with but little more labor can
be made a eood mountain highway to
the very peak. From the edge ' -f
the cliff nrotrudinir as it does into the
valley the tourist sees sprc&d Out on
three sides a checker board of vari
colored fields marked here and there
Devils and their chief Eagle Cap
loom plainly in view, the one favor
ed spot from where the two highest
snow capped peaks of Oregon can be
enjoyed at once. And if the tourist
selects August as the time for this
trip ho may be treated to -the. Blue
Mountain's rarest dolicacy, a pail of
juicy refreshing huckleberries.
. ; The Upper Grande Ronde. ?;
If the tourists wishes to take a
combined fishing, hunting, camping,
and sightseeing trip, an excursion to
the Grande Ronde lakes will equal any
other. There mountains, lakes, for
ests, streams etc abound. And there
are many interesting placer and ore
mines to be taken in. - . . v ., 1
Catherine Creek ,'.; t v ;i-
For good angling for the rainbow
trout and the nicest camping sites in
the west, Catherine creek above Uu
ipn is hard to equal. . .
; Hot Lake Sanatorium
For the weary and unadventur
ous traveler Hot Lake . Sanatorium
offers many' attractions. A fine hotel
and a boiling hot mineral spring eq
quipped with full length bath tubs.
Baths from stickiy mud to the na
tural stream in many varieties re
lax weary muscles .nd comfort ach
ing bones.
Cove and the Minara
Leaving . Cove, one of the most
appealing little home towns - of. the
West the Government trail leads to
Big and Little Minam where real
fishing and hunting abounds. And
onward the trail leads to the Seven
Devils, by . far the . most rugged sec
tion oi tne West. These peaks, all
nearly as high as Mt. Hood, covered
in perpetual snows, are sjirrounded
.by many lakes and streams and cliffs
and canyons in which the ducks and
eagles and mountain sheep are sel
dom disturbed by man. v
Grande Ronde Valley ,
A tour around our own valley, the
garden spot , of . the ' Inland Empire,
never fails to bring forth praises
from either the oldest' settler or the
heard the honk of the jitney. . But
last and ereatest is the truly wonder
ful Imnaha country in the extreme
north eastern nart of the State.
Bounded on the East by the Snake
river flowing in a. deep gorge which
looks like a silver thread when viewed
from the crest, of the hog backs 6000
feet above. .Here where the moUB
tain peaks are covered with snow, the
deeD little valleys but a mile or two
away produce peaches, watermelons
and many semi-tropical products.
This country: has gorges" that excel
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado,
mountains that for ruggedness out
class the best of the Alpine peaks,
lakes that -make the Swiss sigh in
envy, forests of far more wealth
than a Morgan can boast, and besides
all of these, contains large and. pro
ductive valleys supporting four little
cities averaging about 1200 people.
But. How About Those Letters -:
Let us get our dictaphones, and
.typewriters and pens and pencils and
write some letters; Inclose , a pic
ture of Mount Emily or Wallowa Take
and Btart the tourist in the right di
rection. GEORGE HUNTINGTON CURlREY.
JUI. Undo Mam. tl. 8. Hit. OISc.
The one perfect front-lac.
corset with that exclusive
VENTILO back, and VENTILO
front shield. A model for every
possible figure and a price for
every purse.-f2.00 &4 op.
MRS. ROBERT PATTISON
v;- CORSETIBRE. :;
, Other models at (2.00 p. .
Residence 1702 Oak
. Phon Red 8221 .
. . For Rheumatism.
. As soon ts an attack of Rheumatism
begins apply Sloan" Liniment Dont
waste time -and suffer unnecessary
agony. A few drops of Sloan's Lini
ment on' the affected ports is all yon
need. . The pain goes at once.
A grateful sufferer writes: "I was
suffering . for three weeks with
Chronic Rheumatism and Stiff Neck,
although I tried many miedicines, they
failed. .Fortunately I heard of
Sloan's Liniment and after using it
three or four days am op amd well.
I am employed at the biggest depart
ment store in S. F. where they employ
from six to' eight hundred hands, and
Ohey surely will hear all about Sloan's
Liniment. H. B. Smith, San Fran
cisco, Oal. Jan. 1915. 25c at all
Druggists. ' . '
STILL
ON
THE
JOB ;
delivering King Coal to
satisfied users. There is
no better coal on the La
Grande market.
I ' ' ... ' . . -.."J
Economical Heat- Pro
ducingLasting.
LA GRANDE FUEL
COMPANY.
106 Fir St.;
PHONE : : MAIN 700.
Opporite Thorae ft Wilcox
' Grocery. -
Your Eyes
When a man's efficiency is on the d
the mass of work still stares him in th
wrong.
lYequently a lack of certain neceas
lessen mental and physical activity. A
No food supplies, in such splendid
the field grains, for keeping the mental
as ; " -' ' ' '
ecline when after a long day. of effort
e face it's time to find out ' what's
ary nutritive elements, in the daily diet,
prime factor in efficiency is right feed- -.
proportion, all the rich nourishment of.
nd physical forces unbuilt and in trim
Grap
e-Nuts
; Made of whole wheat and malted barley this famous pure food supplies the
vital mineral salts, often lacking in tb e ordinary daily diet, but imperative in
building sturdy mental, physical and n ervous energy.
Then, too, there's a wonderful retu rn of power for the small effort required
in the digestion of Grape-Nuts, which, with cream or good milkv, supplies com-'
. plete nourishment.
"There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts
. Sold by Grocers Everywhere
Their Care
When Normal
Yesj
PROTECT
ENLIGHTEN
ENTERTAIN
You watch this space and from
time to time we will gire you
information on the proper care
of your eyes hot generally
known.
We have absolutely the only
plant in Eastern Oreon . that
grinds and polishes the sufraee
of a loose.
We have the most up-to-aat
fitting parlors and manufactur
ing departments ' in Eastern
Oregon. Call and examine our
plant and compare with others.
The firm that tries to deceive
yon with fictitons adrei Use stent
is unreliable, beware of them.
J.H.Pear&Son
L Grsade's Lsadteg Op tome
ft
otatoes
Are Going Higher
BUY NOW
While our supply lasts we offer choice Sandridge !
potatoes at, per hundred - ....$1.?5
Fresh Cottage Cheese every day, per pound ...........15c
Kippered Salmon fresh every week. , '
HARRIS GROCERY
PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B 192
408 Nprth Fir Street, Cross Track
mm
HIAWATHA,
HIAWATHA,
HIAWATHA,
Not from- Longfellow, but the BEST coal from Utah, hard dur- 1
able, economist! semi-anthracite. The nearest approach to the hard 1
coal of Pennsylvania.
ROCK SPRINGS COAL.
The Cleanest and BEST for cooking. Almost as cheap wood,
everything considered. Will not blacken friend, wife's or t e hired
girl's hands, or soil the cooking utensils, like some coals. A
freeburning heat producer. All coal screened and delivered free of
SLACK.
We sell slack SLACK at $5.00 a (ton.
WOOD Yellow Pine, Red Fir, Tamarack. Good FlMh and DRY,
as we keep it in Sheds, i
DRAY AGE, DELIVERY, PIANO AND FURNITURE MOTBfG.
FIREPROOF STORAGE AND FORWARDING. ' ,
t MERCHANTS' DELIVERY.
, Oh Block East of Depot Phone Main 1.
j( Lynch & Stewart
(( One block east of Depot. . Phone Main 10
The New York Store Is
The Workingman's Friend
LOW PRICES NOW
lien's suits . ... . .. . . . ............... . . . . $S.M to $1.00
Men's hats and caps ....85c, $lJt0, $2.00
Men's shoes and robbers 75c, 15, $2J0, $3.00, $M0
Men's work shirts . . . . . . .40s
- Men's work shirts, wool ,. , .. .$L25, to $1.45
Men's heavy underwear ............................39c
Union suits 95c to $1.75
Cotton glaves and sox and handkerchiefs ............ 5c, 10c, 15c
Cotton gloves and sox wool, .20c, 25c
Overalls, Union 50c, 75c, 85c, $1.0
Suit cases, trunks and bags ........... . . .$1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $S.0
We buy and sell all kinds of jewelry. We keep open until 9 p. m.
214 Depot street, La Grande, Oregon ...
WE BUY ALL KINDS OF RAW FURS IN TRADE.
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The Next Number of the 1915-16 Redpath Lyceum if
course under the Auspices of the Neighbor-;
hood Club will present
William Owen
Ably supported by a complete cast in
"The Servant in the House"
A Full Dramatic Production by America's Leading
Actor, of the Most Remarkable Play in the
- English Language.
9 P. M. Saturday, Jan. 15th
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
General Admission $1.00
(Rear seats in the balcony can be secured at the
door for 50c). V
Reserved Seats on Sale at Van Buk&'s Thursday ,
January 13th.
Season tickets must be presented at door with
Reservations.
Try ur Want Ad Coluinn