La Grande evening observer., April 29, 1916, Image 4

LA GHANDK EVENING OBSJiU. Villi
SATURDAY. APRIL 29, 1916.
PAGE FOUR
FIVE CORNERS" MIGHT
HAVE BEEN AIDED
The numerous triangular tracts ami ' twenty years to erstct poles and wire
points of Mocks and occasional "five, i in the streets of La Grande.
point" street intersections in l.a j
Grande might have been largely j J .J J" I t 4 !
avoided if events could have beee been J .j.
foreseen w.rierv the first plattings were ! O'OL'KTKSY I' AYS
jnane alter inu iwauun ui wiu ran- t, . .
road line had been established.
All there was of La Grande that
time was w!:t was in the present
First Ward, or "Old Town," and now
designated as "South La Grande."
The people of the original La tirandu
very many ot tnem expected we '
main business center to remain just!
us it was and hundreds' of load.! of
gravel were used in the improvement
of Fourth street that now hard sur
faced gnd called 'South Fourth' sheit.
This was for Hfcc purpose of having
a good thoroughfare connecting the
business pm t of town, which was cen
tered on C. avenue, and the raiiroa 1
depot. '
Was Surveyed on Sunday
After Mr. Chaplin had succeeded in
(having the division point established
it was recognized that there would be
need for warehouses nnd possibly h
few minor business establishments
near the depot. -Accordingly Engin
eer D. D. Griffith, who had charge of
one of the railroad surveying crews,
was engaged to make a plat of some
blocks in the vicinity of the "depot".
This was done on Sunday so that the
engineering crew could work without
conflicting with their regular- week
day duties for the railroad company.
The area 'surveyed included two
rows of blocks on each side of and
paralleling the railroad grade -three
blocks in length. The streets paral
leling the ;rado were nanv;d after
the presidents from Washington to
Jackson, which names the- still retain
.with the exception that they have
been civilised to "avenue '. The cross
streets ere named afi'.r species of,
tif-cs nd ran alphabet c il'y c -e.t i
no ' t!u "etter "D a-i '. this w.i iv.'.l-!
' ed Depot street, the name it still re
tains. ,
'ere Tree: i . rl'HM-1
Some of the residents of the "id .
Town clung ir. th belie that thero
would also he a "New Town" so they 1
bought some acre na?ts in 3Ir.
Grnndy's field and tne-o purchasers ,
were made even oeforc the route of t
the railroad had been jstablishcd. The ;
purchases were made on the guess
that the property would he not far
Railroading One Business That
Recognizes Its Virtue rf.
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FARMER
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The value of courtesy to the nub.
lie is 'becoming mare and more recog
nized by railioad officials and thjir
employes. The matter was the theme
of an address by Secretary Rittig of
tne rlarnman "Safety First organt
zation at a recent meeting in I.a
irranue. i ne importance of giving
me public the information desired,
even though the Questions asked may
seem trivial and unimportant, was il
lustrated by a story.
A boy who had just riturned from
school after a severe punislriment eli
cited the inquiry from his father m
to what was the trouble. The bov
sain: -wen. i told tne teacher just
what you told me and I got a lickin' "
'It seems that the teacher had asked
Vr.e children to find out how much is
a million. The bov asked his father,
and without attaching any importance
to tne question the nater had care
lessly said "It's a hell of a lot."
The cost of discourtesy, and es
pecially discourtesy on the part of
nuDiic service corporations, is told by
Fred C. Kelly in the American Maga
zine. Mr. Kelly says:
"The famous 'public be damned."
policy governed railroads for a er-iat
many years and a largo ratio, if not a
majority, of those railroad employes
Who dealt directly with the Dublic were
a crusty lot. They were never told, or
given the slightest incentive, to be
othe -wise.
The consequence was that discour
tesy has cost the railroads in this
country millions of dollars. A friend
of mine analyzes it in this way: A
conductor, brakeman, gateman, or tic
ket agent, is the only noint of con
tract between the stockholders of a
railroad and the oublic. When a far
mer's wife was discourtesly treated
by a conductor, brakeman, gateman,
or ticket agent, she went home and
taught her children to fear God and
hate a railroad. Her boys grew up to
oecome legislators, land
arm raisers.
from the locality of the future "N'ewjcounlv commissioners, jurors, and so
town." How close their calculations , on. Trie railroads know the rest."
proved to ie is shown by t're fact thai
the Anson home is located on the
same acre which the late Henry An
son had purchased. 'So, also is Mr.
Huntington's home. Ha had bought
two acres and subsequently sold a
considerable portion to A. Sommer.
No Streets Were Vacated
On account of these purchases,
which were in practically square
tracts, no streets were laid through
K'tem and for this reason Third
street terminates ot Main and no pro
vision had t-cen made for Spring
avenue which was opened only a
couple of years ago through the ori
ginal Huntington purchase. ,
The New Town Grew
The "New town" of La Grande com
menced to grow from the start and
has never quit. Chaplin's and
Grandv's additions were among the
first to be platted. These were laid
out on the "north and south" plan and
wherever they come up against the
blocks first surveyed there are found
triangular pieces of ground.
Public service corporations by
i means of discourtesy have done more
i to promote socialism than all ths
street-corner agitators.
TO MAKE 1916 BIRD COUNT
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Ball To Save Palace
San Francisco, Oil. April 29. A
Fine Arts pageant and ball were stag
ed here today to raise funds to keop
a permament institution the Fine Arts
palace on the Panama Pacific Exposi
tion piounds.
One of the most beautiful features
was a procession of lighted gondolas
around the lagoon, their illumination
gleaming in subdued colors on the
stately columns of the Fine Arts
palace.
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Toys to Take Place of Firecrackers
Chicago, April 29. The toymakers
association of America closed its con
vention here today followed the adop
tion of a 'resolution to agiate a move
ment to give toys to children on th
Fourth of July instead of firecrackers.
frod S. Atdiley
"Fewer and simpler laws.''
Augment this with the slocan. "A
dollar's worth of service for every dol
lar expended," and you have the plat
form upon which Fred S. Ashley, En
terprise businessman-farmer, seeks
and remarked in the course of a con
versation on the political situation:
"Many of my friends prevailed upon
me to enter this race, and I have done
so. I will willingly give my time and
consideration to the office, and if
the republican primary nomination for elected will endeavor earne.stlv to full
the office of joint representative from fill the trust to the credit of not only
Union and Wallowa counties. About myself but my district. Keeping ever
10 years ago Mr. Ashley came to En- in mind that the desires of the dis-
ttrprise. For the first five years he trict shall be my guide and log book,
was in the furniture business. Then I am coiner to Salem I ronneientmiiK-
he was interested in a general store, ly believe I am with the view of
and' now is engaged in farming and halting the flood of useless measures
sells automobiles in his spare mom-' and to put full weight service into
ents. every dollur that mav be anDronri-
Mr. Ashley is in La Grande today ated."
360,000 Railroad Men Consider Reply
Chicago, April 29. Union chiefs of
the four Tailway brotherhoods met
here today to receive the ireply of the
uailroads in answer to their demand
for an eigf.rt hour day and time and
one half overtime, submitted April 1.
Membership in the brotherhood
number 360,000. The union men also
were expected to reply to the counter
proposals of the railroad managers,
which were given them when the
eight ifcour demands were submitted.
THE WIFE.
10 to 20 acres. In the Northwestern
states, separate reports on the num
ber of biids found in the wilder por
tions of the farms, preferably those
surveyed in the earlier counts, are
desirud.
RIDE FOR CHARITY
Today's Oddest Story
Biological Survey Calls for Volunteers
hxpcciallv in the West
Mi. Anson was the first to estab
lish a store in the "new town". II?
bought the lot where the Anson bus
iness p' opcrty is now locnted on the
corner of Adams and Elm. lie had
one of the very first selections an'i
the reason he chose this lot was be
cause it was ten feet wider than the
other lots in the same block.
Within a year or two nearly all the
business houses that could be moved
were brought down nearer the rail
road. Jack Childs, still a resident of
I.a Grande, was interested as a con
tractor in the removal of practically
every structure that was brought
down to the "New Town.'
I.a Grandors Who Have Scattered
Children of the late Aaron and Ber
tha Sommer. all of whom were bo-n
and reared ir. Li Grande, are widely
scattered. iMh. I-ena Blum the old
est daughter, is living with her mar
ried daughter, Mrs. Francis Wer
theimer, at No. 117 West lJUt.
street. New York City. Her other
daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Marx, lives
in Port'-ndr liilius. t're only son,
lives in New York. Miss F.uui.3 So
Washington. D. C. Anril 24 Thn
third annual bird count of the United
States will he made 'by the 'Bureau ct
Biological Survey of the U. S. De
partment of Agnculturo during the
I broiding season in May and June. In
making this survey the Bureau will
rely largely on persons interested in
Dird life who agree to act as volun
teer enumerators and count the dif
ferent kinds of birds found in a 40 or
80 acre fa'm or woodland tract n"ar
tirleir homes. The counts thus made
by unpaid observers during the last
two summers havr furnished to th
l ujuirunem. vuiuaiue (ii'in on tile char
acter, number, and distribution of the
bird population.
This yem" the ornithologists of the
Department wish particularly to sc
cure a large mimner ot voluteers m
tho West to report on the bird life in
the plains, tlm semiarid regions, the
dossi ts. and the mountains in that
part of the United States. Especial
attention also is to lie given to secur
ing data as to the birds in tho fruit
districts of the Pacific const and in
the South Atlantic and Gulf States.
ine inturmntion collected this year
ic is ueneved will bo ol special valu :
in enabling the Department to test
the tffect of State and National bird
laws and also in determining what re
lationship exists between bird life and
the p:evalenco of locusts, gi'asshono-
ers, and other insect pests in differ
ent localities.
As it is impossible to make an act
ual count of all the birds in anv ex
tended district, each enumerator is
asked to report only upon the number
of birds breeding in u selected urea of
10 to HO acres in country or suburb
an districts. From the figures thus
obtained,, those in charge of the work
miv able to approximate the total
: p- '! '-ml in d:ffe--
mer i "d he- si- er. Mrrv, live toroth- ent section of the country.
er in San Francisco, and Mrs. Rosa , . Enumerators who wish to report on
Rosenthal, is a resident of Spokane. -rn)s a.n, nskd to Vh(?,s.e ,m
I area which includes farm buildings.
Corvullis, Ore. April 29. Dick Kig-
er, a fa rmer, made a mistake atrd mix
ed wall plaster instead of a fertilizer
called "landplaster" with his clover
seed when he seeded a (50 acre field.
After the field was seeded foe discov
e ed his mistake and asked the ex
ports at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege what he should do. " "We
would advise that you now tint the
field or put on some neat, rural design
of wall' paper," was the answer.
Boston Society Women will Partonize
Brookline Riding School
Boston, April 29. With ,a disting'u- j
isned list oi iioslon society women a;
patronesses, the Brookline Riding
School will be the scene of the Annual
Charity Horse Show today.
Led by Miss Dorothy Forbes, Bos
ton's foremost society horsewoman,
many prominent equestriennes will
ride for charity.
The Hillside School for poor boys,
will receive the proceeds. Brookline
society, each year for five years has
contrbuted to it a iairge amourt
through similar affairs. Twenty sil
ver cups have been donated.
Our Want Ads bring results.
A worthy woman who can find ? for
her price is far above rubies.
The heart of her husband doth safa
ly trust in her, so that he shall have
no hick of gain.
She doeth him good and not evil all
the days of "her life.
She sieeketh wool, and flax, and
worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants' ships;
she bringeth her bread from afar.
Sh'e riseth also while it is yet
night, and giveth food to her house
hold, and their task to her maidens.
She considereth a field, and buyeth
it; with the fruit of her hands s"h'e
planteth a vineyard.
She gltdeth her loins with strength,
and maketh strong her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise
is profitable; her lamp goeth not out
by night.
She layeth her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold th j spindle.
She stretcheth out her hand to the
noor; yea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of tho snow for
her household; for all her household
are clothed with scarlet.
She maketh herself carpets of tap
estry; her clothings fine linin and
purple.
IJer husband is known in the gates,
when he sitteth amonp the elders of
the land.
She maketh linen garments and
selleth them; and deliveroth" girdles
unto the merchant.
Strength and dignity are her cloth
ing; and she laugheth at the time to
come.
She openeth her mouth with wis
dom; and the law of kindness is on
her tongue.
She Iooketh well to the ways of her
household; and eateth not the bread of
idleness.
Her children arise up, and' call her
blessed; her husband also, and ho
praiseth her, saying:;
Many daughters have done worth
ily, but thous excellest them all.
Grace is deceitful, and 'beautv e
Absolutely Pure
Hade from Cream of Tarfai
NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHATE
vain; but a woman that feareth tho
Lord, she shall be praised;
Give her of the fruit of her hands;
and let her own works "praise her in
the gates. ' Proverbs.
Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel right
with the system full
of poisons.
Millions of folks bathe internally
now instead of loading their system
with drugs. "What's an inside bath?"
you say. -Well, it is guaranteed to per
form miracles if you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
women who, Immediately upom arising
In the morning, drink a glass- of real
hot water with a teaspoonfnl of lime
stone phosphate in It. This Is a very
excellent health measure. It is In
tended to (lush the stomach, liver, kid
neys and the thirty feet of Intestines
of the previous day's waste, sour bile
and indigestible material left over in
the body which if not eliminated every
day, become food for the millions of
bacteria which infest the bowels, the
quick result is poisons and tcxins
which are then absorbed into the blood
causing headache, bilious attacks, foul
breath, bad taste, co!d3, stomach trou
ble, kiduoy misery, sleeplessness, im
pure blood and all sorts of ailments.
People who feel good one day anil
badly the next, but who simply can
not -get feeling riirht are urgcl to
obtain a quarter pound of limes'tone
phosphate at the drug store. This
will cost very little but is sufficient
to make anyone a real crank or: the
subject of Internal .an!tat!on.
Just as sonp and hot water ait on
tho skin, cleansing, sweetenina and
freshening, so limestone phosphate and
hot water act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. It is vastly more
Important to bathe on tho inside than
on the outside, because tho skin pores
do not absorb impurities into the
blood, while the bowel pores do.
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MONEY at 7 and 8 Per Cent
Twenty Four Years Ago
Tho Presbytery of East Oregon
was held in Union last week.
Casper Wolf, an old resident of
Union county and in whose honor
Wolf Creek near North Powder was
named, died at Summcrville last
week aged 811 years.
Mrs. Ella Higginson. who with her
husband recently removed from La
Grande to Puget Sound, has charge
of a department in Uie leading paper
nt New Whatcome.
A silver club has been organized in
Baker City with a membership of
forty. Party affiliations has nothing
to do with the membership but each
member is pledged to support only
those candidates wo are in favor of
free silver. This is the only o-gani-zation
of the kind in the state.
At the meeting of the council Wed
nesday evening the Edison electric
company was given a franchise for
shade trees, orchards, plowed land,
pasture or meadow or swamp, but not
very much woodland. The enumera
tor begins 'his survey at daylight some
morning and zigzags back and forth
in th;' seUvted arej, counting the mat.?
birds. Karlv in the morning during
the last of May or the first week in
Juno every male bird should be in fuil
song and the efore easily counted.
The count of one day is to" be verified
by observation on several mornings.
Tho height of the breeding season
Should be chosen for this work. In
the latitude of Washington May H0 is
Hlnmt tho proper date for the count,
fin the latitude of Boson the work
should begin a week Inter, snd south
of Washington even an earlier data
should be selected.
In addition to ireports on farms nnd
suburbs, enumerators who can do so
will be asked to report on tho b:,Ttl.s
in a timber area of about 40 acres or
in an isolated bit of woodland of from
La
No Delays
No Outside
No Outside
Appraisers
Auditors
Money in any Amounts! Ready
as Soon as Title is Perfected
Grande Investment Co,