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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1916)
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1916. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE NINU amy PUHS FOR RAILROAD LOCAL COMPANY BEGAN ACTU AL WORK Old Steam Navigation Line Pioneer . In Transportation Business Railroad progress in the early days in Oregon was slow, but perhaps no more tardy than in other sections of the United States. Ben Holladay was the prime mover in getting railroad work under actual construction to i connect Portland with California. From Portland eastward the means of transportation were confined whol ly to the Oregon Steam Navigation company, organized in December 1860. Tfoiis company ran steamboats up the Columbia river and bad rail transfers at the Cascades and above The Dalles. Twenty dollars a ton was the uniform rate of freight on all commodities from Portland to Umatilla and the original projectors of the old O. S. N. company, cr at least those who stay ed with it, became immensely wealthy. Early Railway Projects It was not long after people began to settle on this side of the Blue Mountains when they began to discuss the prospects of having a rail road to "connect with the outside world." Jn the early part of 1870 there was the proposed Portland, Dalles and South Pass Railway, which was pom pous in title but barren of results. . It was to pursue a course up the Colum bia river and then proceed by some imaginary line through this valley of course to Salt Luke. Work Actually Done None of the proposed schemes for a railroad outlet for Grande Ronde giv ing much promise of success, a num ber of the most energetic of . La Grande and Union people conceived the idea of building railroad from Umatilla over the Blue Mountains to Grande Ronde. The company was incorporated and was "known as the Columbia River and Blue Mountain Railroad company. It was entirely a "Grande Rondo enterprise and money was put into the project. Those who could not give money subscribed work. Teams were sent over the mountains in the season of 1877-8 and several miles of grade was constructed from Umatilla up tfoe Umatilla river. It was believed, that this much of a start would-be a final incentive for some of tihe big concerns to take, up the enterprise and that this much of grade construction would be an in ducement and finally bring a much sought railroad whether the loaal pro? jectors ever .received any pay for what tfttey had done or not in fact, they did not care, just so long as there was the promise of getting a railroad. This Thing Did Happen Scarcely a year passed when there was a railroad undertaking which met "the hopes of the Grande Ronde Com pany. Not a single mile of their grade was utilized but the railroad came just the same. It was built un der wjh'at was known as the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, the successor to the former Oregon Steam Navigation company. .' Succeeded Steamer Line The origin iand development of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com pany, the forerunner of the existing corporation, forms a large part of the transportation history of Oregon end Washington. At the outset the Oregon Steam Navigation company, was organized to conduct the com merce of the Pacific Northwest over its inland waters. Men in control of tlh'is company, including Captain John C. Ainsworth, William S. Ladd, Henry Failing S. G. Reed and Henry W. Cor bett, were fathers of the Oregon Rail road & Navigation company.- Later Henry Villard came on the scene of action. The railroad between Portland and Huntington was built by easy stages. For several years its eastern termi nus was at Umatilla. Between 1881 and 1884 it was extended successively I to Pendleton. To Meacham in the Blue ! mountains, La Grande, Baker and finally to Huntington, where connec tions were made with the , Oregon Short Line. Its History Full of Reverses Its crude beginnings, halting pro gress, financial difficulties, losses through washouts of roadbeds, snow blockades and disappointments be cause of slow development of the tributary country, mark interesting chapters in the history of pioneer rail road building in Oregon. Construc tion of branch lines and feeders into tho grain producing districts of East ern Washington and south of the Col umbra river brought success to the -struggling railroad. With Henry Villard, representing the German Bondholders in control, the old Oregon Railroad & Navigation company held . the Northern Pacific in check several years in its effort to get an outlet to Puget sound from east of the mountains. Then the tables were turned and for a time Northern Pacific interests controlled the 0. R. & N. system. Trackage Now Is 2027 The mileage of the O. W. R. & N. system has grown to 2027 miles, and each few years it is increased by extension of 'brancftl lines or new feed ers. The main line has been practi cally rebuilt and modernized. On Christmas eve, 1910, the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation company came into existence, taking over the properties of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company and of the various allied corporations, in cluding the Orogon & Washington, or ganized to effect an entrance into Puget sound; the Oregon, 'Washing ton & ildahoj the Idaho Northern, the Ilwaco, the Columbia Southern, the Columbia River & Oregon Central, the Snake River Valley, the Umatilla Central, the Spokane Union depot, the Lake Creek & Coeur d'Alene, the North Coast, the Malheur Valley, the Northwestern and the "Deschutes Rail- A Page PEACOCK PARADE READY Several Thousand To Gage on Fash ionable banter Hat Show , Atlantic City, N. J. April 22. One hundred and forty thousand persons from all-pirts of tho American con tinent, are camped in 800 hotels und boardim? houses here today waiting for that gorgeous and magnificent event, Easter Sunday on the Board walk. Railroad and hotel men are prepared to care for 30,000 more ex cursionists who will flock here dur ing the next twelve hours. Senators. Congressman, millionaires, working men, dandies, sports, nooies anu ex miiRitRs with .their wives and thoir women are here, ready for Dame1 Fashion's perennial I'oacocK raraoe. From earl v this morning the great crowd lias Deen moonizca. irum mi er train and :.n endless string of auto . . . i -i- ' ny .J. mobiles whirled into the resort. I he thousands who marched and counter marched on tho Bonrdwalk in tibeir staggering motley of color and fash ion indicative of a nation's prosperity, were only forerunners cf the brilliant demonstration of wealth and fash ion lomoi-jow. An hour before mid' night the Boardwalk in front of the amusement piers, theatres and lobs ter palaces was as congested as a vil lage street on circus day. From the Shelbourne up 1iVe wooden way to the Rudolf, a solid mass ot numamty elbowed along, bent upon every var iety of pleasure.' Perspiring waiters dashed about the hotels and cafes while obdurate special guards at the doors held back late arrivals begging admittance. Prospects tonight were for ideal wer.thcr, a trifle windy but warm enough for the pa-raders to .morrow to -shew tfceir fashion crea tions to the best advantage. The b:g- gost affair cf its kind ever held out side of Now York will be the "white breakfast" to bo staged in the moan ing at one of the new hotels. The big American dining room which ordinar ily scats 700 persons, and which oc cupies more Ifttm one-fourth of the main floor cf the structure, will bo used. All the women guests at the breakfast will be garbed in white frocks, shoes, hose and hats. The men will wear white silk roses in tlheir coat lapels. . To enchance the color sd-iome, wnite silK lotys nowevs, trie lotus, symbol of discarded cares, will he distributed in largo bouquets to the women. After the brerkfest, which will present a never-to-be-forgotten scen, there will be an Euster morning musical at whidh the star will bo Mrrie. Gadski, tho prima donna. . Must Tell Hew He Annulled Marriage Amsterdam, N. Y. April 22. Elean or Pendleton Davidson, once chorus girl and former wife of Louis .Mar shall Ream, heir to one-sixtlvt of the estate of his millionaire father, the late Norman B. Ream, gained the f h-ot. noir.t in her cttomct to win bad; tier marriage name. -Tt',rl(r Rnrs.' liplft tho vnnnp- man must appear today and submit proof in answer to tne allegations maue uy Mw, T?rt.iM frVinl- iTiio nnnnllmpnt of her marrige was obtained by fraud. The girl claims Keam anu sne sun love each other, but that his people in fluenced him to leave her. Women Offer $100 for Playlet Boston, April 19. A prize play for children competition, open to every writer in the entire United States, is being conducted by the Red Stock ing Community, of Brookline, an as sociation of Massachusetts' society women. One hundred dollars is offer ed as a prize for the best play, which 'ihie Red Stocking Community will produce in connection with its Christ mas pageant. The play is to be pre sented by young- society children of Boston's fashionable suburt). The Community Committee therefore wants a simple play which can be easily given by the youngsters. Plays already have been contributed by au thors from the Pacific coast, and widespread interest is being shown in the plan. Authors from various parts of the country may send their con tributions to Miss Esther G. Barrows, who is in charge of the Christmas Committee at the Coolidge Corner Post Office, Brookline. Acrobatic Period She scornfully) "Men, the most of them, think a woman is ready to jump at them." He fearfully "Well, you know this is leap year." Baltimore Ameri can. road company, which latter was then incomplete. Twenty Four Years Ago The first carload of Milwaukee ber arrived in La Grande this week. Bock beer is now on tap. Wallowa Chieftain: Tho road sup ervisors between Elgin and Wallowa bridge have succeeded in giving na ture "all the chance in the world to make the road as bad as possible. They deserve several chromos for tlhir good work. lAJittle child of Mrs. J. H. Peare fell down cellar a few d:iys ago and suffered the fracture of the collar bone in the fell. Engineer McLuin is putting up n new residence on Washington avenue. A d'ive whist party was given by Mrs. F. T. Abbott Wednesday even ing. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Snodgrass, Mr. find Mrs. Jap H. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Scriber, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Slater. Mr. and Mrs. Jai. Argyfe, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Musterton Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Eckley. There was a tie for first honors between Mrs Stevens, Mrs. Masterton and Mrs. Eckley. J. M. Berry received the gentlemen's first prize while Mr. Scriber ond Mrs. Graham nroundly carried off the boobies. For The SOME FASHION HINTS i New York Correspondent Relates Some Human Nature Gossip 'To have all things harmonious i As mucin as she was able i In homo and dress and everything, (Essayed aesthetic Mabel. And so they'd be in rhythm with Her nifty garden smocks The sole blooms in her garden were Stocks, hollyhocks and , phlox. Near York, April, 21. When you KtsinH in tho miilct nf vnm. irawtan wthoi it be a sunken Iwl afl W or rSS window box do vou wnt to ook the fairert floww of the lot? f vou do it's veVv mnle Maud AU ou" ZtZ 'l?.' Sck oftecKg hue" a wide floppy straw hat and one of A TWO HUSBANDS DIE OF "HER FATAL BEAUTY." f t v . V iv; 5 y " L ' ' ' Cora Mashew Ames Wolter v - Two husbands have killed themselves because Mrs. Cora Maslhew Ames Wolter possessed "Fatal hospital from a slight wound the Frank Ames, a Bridgeport man, who up with the second. Louis Wolter. admirer and he tried to kill Iher. She turned the gun on himself. . -wnpiw 1 a .Grande Observer's Women those fascinating garden baskets rais- led on a long wicker stick. AH your ' zinnias, gladiolus, begonias and cannas will simply droop their heads in the face of such a ravishing combination. man's coat and skirt. Otherwise your Surely Maud Mullor must have been (outfit would not be in perfect accord thus attired when her Judge lingered 1 according to aesthetic ulabel. Thcso u bit ere hie rode by, .Most any good t Chinese effects really ore the very judge nowdays would do the same, newest Spring crop of gardening gear Beginning at the top the crowning and most original. The awning stripe glory of tho garden outfit is the hat; skirts this season are not only, the and its only essentials ore that it be broad stripes of a bright color alter big, flopy and becoming. Those of noting with white, like we had last the cane chair seat weave are smart, year, but .revel in a riotous array of bound in a color to match your smock, ' colored stripes in four or five noetic' ..i . . . i . ...... . .1 i U..- i : I . r.. i...n. mi. it : 11 lwlst l I CPOWI1. ITUIIUl suuwa, ii.vi un, in- !mas and loose grass woven hats are ' 'vel-v: and brimmed ones cov. in flowered cretonne or awning Gripes to match your skirt also are good. If you want to go in for Oner, tal gardening the art.st.c Coolie hate I Beauty." She is now in a Bridgeport second ond inflicted. Her first was killed himself because she had taken Woltd.- found a letter from another ran awny after being wounded and he ays side w m v; No Del No Out No Out Money in any Amounts R as Soon as Tit! 'are perfoot but if you 4op yourself off thus you will have ' to taboo the 1 smock and awning stripe skirt, for garments modeled after a Chinese wo "u" : " . if.r".. J"Ty,.B" vol y euun, unu lull BI1U UUU.OI1 down the front with either yawning j slatted pockets set in either side, or puffy pouched ones set on. The ar- tistic willow baskets set on their long J or. may be . rained to baskets .set on turn coloring or may be stained to suit. They contain of course the most fascinating collection of gardening tools: a trowel whose handle is gay with paint, a pair of shears and your garden gloves. . Adorable watering pots blooming with hand painted nose gays, and rakes wklhi well decorated handles are a few other indispensiblc accessories of the fashionable garden. Oh yes, and there are quaint and practical garden aprons too, the best model of which are tho newest, is of striped material bound in a plain col or with a bib and strops over the shoulders. It is long so thr.t you may stoop in the wet grass, with out dampening your skirt or your ordor and yet at will it buttons up to a desirable short ness and by this act turns itself into a capacious pocket. So open your garden gate Be8mock yourself all up to date And seeds of love will quickly grow In hearts of all who see you so and sow. . , BATHING PARADE STOPPED Ocean Park's Easter Sunday Parade Will be Minim Bathing Suits. -; ; Santa Monica, Cal. April 22. Ocean Park's Enster Sunday p'arade to morrow will be shorn of it's bathing suit girls as the result of Minister- inl nnnnnit.inn -fii-K. vnippH in t.llA T?ov. .T W Hah'a oa,-YVi.nn "ClnnA Pita tm u- I. .."J V. c ..... . 4 1 V. 1 1 1 UW., J I ) I'm going to California." Along the promenade from Santa Monica to Venice the "Coney Island" of the south coast, scores of pretty girls and handsome youths were to have strolled wearing the lastest modes in bath ing suits, lit was to have been a real "riot of color," made up of garb guar anteed to sitock at 100 yards, and built strictly for looking purposes only. When the stroll ended nil participants were to have assembled at ia "bathing suit dinner," following which prizes were to have been awarded the girls in the most striking costumes, r Skyscraper Show for America XT V-..I. A II on nr..l. ..... t. new xui jlf -njil u nuiR was ut- !gun today on a new $1,000,000 twenty five story building at Forty-Second ' street, just east of Brondway, which ' will be called the Merdhlandise Hotel ' and will be a permament exhibition (building for several hundred Ameri Ican manufacturers. The Bush Ter I minal Company will own and operate 8 Per Appraisers s e is Auditoi effected T - .Investment Readers the building upon ; a plan that is a, complete departure, from anything .ever attempted. The company will 'maintain in the building a well trained sales force, which will handle the bus iness of firms all over trhie country who otherwise would be without New York representation. The building will be finished in a year. Manufac turers may get the services of th building's staff, with an exhibition ,room for their products. This staff ,will book orders, and the rest of tho organization will expedite shipments, iwtoich can be sent in carload lots to the terminal and split up and reship Iped. Later branches of this building jwill be established in London, Petro- grad and Moscow. ; A Warning Example OldbatchV "And didn't you anslr- riuge turn out happy ?" Henry I'eck "Not especially. You see, my-wife ipa-omiscd to love, -honor and obey and well, I was a victim of unpreptiredness.' , , Our Want Ads bring results. Hopes Women Will Adopt This Habit As Well As Men Glass of hot water each room , Ing helps us look and feel clean, sweet, fresh. Happy, bright, alert vigorous and vivacious a eood clear skin; a nat ural, rosy complexion and freedom from illness are assured only by clean, , healthy blood. If only every woman und likewise every man could realize tho wondors of the morning Inside bath, what a gratifying change) would take place. . Instead of the thousands of Blckly, anaemic-looking men, .women and girls with pasty or muddy complex ions; Instead of the multitudes of "uerve wrecks," "rundowns," "brain fags" ond pessimists wo should see a virile, optimistic throng ot rosjfc cheeked people everywhere. ' 1 An Inside bnth Is had by drinking, each morning . before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a tea spoonful of llmebtono phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver, kid neys and ten yards of bowels the pre vious day's Indigestible waste, sour fermentations - ond poisons,, thus cleansing, sweetening and freshening the entire altmontary canal before putting more food Into the stomach. Those subject to Bick headache, biliousness,- nnsty breath, rheumatism, cplds; and partieulary those who hove a pallid, sallow complexion and who are constipated very often, are urged to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate at the drug etora which will cost but a trille but ia sufficient to demonstrate the quick and remarkable chango in both health and appearance awaiting those, who praotice internal sanitation.' We must remember that inside cleanliness is more important than . outside, be cause' the skin does not absorb impur ities to contaminate the blood, while the poxes in the thirty feet ot bowels do, - - ;.i' Gent eady Co
