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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1916)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 191. LA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE SEVEN k WHAT OFLE SAY l& I." N vm l&4 Li tafti ilJ jLt JtJ Lfc. Jt .1. .IT. .1-. .1' .T. Jl JL. Jt. Lt. JL JL, iXt itt People who know tell us that our furniture department is the finest and prettiest in ) Eastern Oregon. We are quite proud of it aurselves and would like very much to invite the public in to see just what we have. Our stock is very complete and our prices speak for themselves- Cordially Yours, W. H. Bohnenkainp Co. This Model $110.00 On Easy Terms Others $15 up A notable achievement in Cabinet Instruments. Tone beyond compare. Pay a little at a time for your Colombia Grafonola We have many beautiful models ranging in price from $15 to $350. Select the model you want and have it sent to your home on approval, if you wish ID W. H. B0HNENKAMP COMPANY fruit-raising and Various other ac tivities. ( Two pages are devoted entirely to the schools and the whole paper is embellished with cuts and Yuletide decorations. TOURIST SKKS JAPAN SIGHTS HOLIDAY ISSUE IS GOOD the Oregon Scout was published last Saturday, and to say that it was good Union Scout Trials Creditable Paper would, indeed, be stating it mildly. Boosting Surrounding Interests. Besides containing the usual news and editorials, it consisted of articles A lG-pagc Christmas edition of on Union's business, stock-raising,, Thousands of Little Boats at Yoku hemu Kickshaws Used in Place of Automobiles Ancient Im plements Used on Farms . New York, Dec. 20. (Written for the United Press.) At the end of a 17-day voyage from here we arrived off Yokahoma. There wem't any battleships in sight; nothing but a million little boats culled sampans, looking exactly as though they had sailed out of old prints we saw in school. At long intervals a motor boat passed, a clumsy affair seeming to have a lot of engine trouble. At the customs house, ready to take us to the hotel, were COO rick shaws and two automobiles, the lat ter of the type around which center all the jokes. The trip to the hotel was an eye-opener. We looked around for horses, but didn't see any as all vehicles are drawn by men, occasionally relieved by a sleepy team of oxen. On several corners were men in smart looking uniforms, carrying swords. Ah, our first glimpse of the army we thought, but they were po licemen. As we rode through the streets we strained our eyes looking for the western ideas the Japanese have been appropriating so indus triously, but they were not in sight. Little boys were playing ball in their wooden clogs; women with unfastened kimonos walked through the streets indifferent to the gaze of western eyes; men carried the skirts of the kimonos up to their waists so the edges would not be muddled by the streets. Tiny shops were' every where. All through the day we looked for western ideas, but we saw only two: u member of the court dressed in a silk hat of 1898 vintage, and a shab by Prince Albert coat that came to his knees. That night we read in a Yokahoma paper that the government desired to show the Japanese an aeroplane and that one was being carried throughout Japan for exhi bition in various cities. It would be in Yokahoma the following day. We decided instead of viewing the lone aeroplane to take a trip to Ka mikura, the fashionable watering re sort, and see as much of rural Japan on the way as we could in six hours. We started at 8 next morning, and two minutes after we had passed the city limits of Yokahoma we were in the middle ages. Every man and woman was working in the rice fields or on a farm with implements which their ancestors had used for centur ies. Villages were neat, tidy affairs, without factories. The only western ideas we saw during the morning were picture post card stands ana American cigarettes. We tried to smoke some of the latter, but tho Japanese matches are for ornament al purposes only. When the automobiles passed little children the only sign of future sol diers they waved their hands and shouted "Banzai." We were told that when the motor cars first put in an appearance the children threw stones at them. One day the emperor gave a decree to scnool principals, asKing children to wave their hands and shout a greeting of welcome to pass ing tourists in motor cars. This was read in all schools in Japan. The emperor's merest wish is law. Over night the hostility disappeared and now when you ride in an auto down u country lane in Japan you feel as a king must in riding through the streets of a European capital. Not seeing any Japanese peril in a country of agriculturalists and small shop keepers, we decided to go to the city billed as "The Chicago of Japan," where we must certainly see the thousands of plants that at a mo ments notice could be turned into am munition factories. But, again, we were disappointed. It was more like Muncie, Indiana. Prosperity in Oregon What is Portland doing to get the trade of the Harney valley? This thought is prompted by an article in the Harney County Tribune, telling o? the visit of C. J. Franklin, an ex pert civil engineer of Boise, Idaho, who, assisted by C. B. MeConnell, is making a thorough investigation of resources for a report to Idaho cap italists. 'J f the report is satisfactory, money will be forthcoming to build a rail road into Burns to the end that the rich resources of the Harney and tributary valley may be diverted to Boise. The people of Harney have faith in their ability to satisfy the most exacting capitalist, and the Tribune says they may look for construction work next spring. The Times-Herald advocates a pronosition to start an irrigation ex periment in addition to the present dry farm station. It believes that every foot of tillable land in that valley will one day be under irriga tion, either from a reservoir or a mimnino- station. It is proposed to jask the legislature for an appropria tion to start the irrigation experi ment. The state farm is large enough to conduct these experiments, in connection with the dry farming, and it is claimed only a small outlay for irrigation would be required. Sugar Beet Industry. "If the district plan goes through, there will lie enough land suitublo "or raising sugar beets put under irriga tion to smother the Grants Pass fac tory and eventually placeanothei factory here, providing leases can be obtained for a considerable amount of that land and beets are planted,'' says J. B. Pettingill, field superin tendent of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. The difference in rental value of land will, in a few years, states Mr. Pettingill, pay tho cost of tho water right for that land, in ad dition to taking care of inerest and maintenance charges. Portland Telegram. Japanese Seeking Land. According to tho Medford Sun, a large number of Japanese are at present literally finecombing the val ley in an effort to lease irrigated hind for tho raising of sugar beets. They will take all Uhe suitable iand in the valley; Alex Nibley is also searching for land for the same pur pose and is offering from $1?. to i?20 per acre per year, aconlmg lo tne character of the soil and the distance from the railroad. No land without iirigation is being considered either by Mr. Nibley or the Jiniesc. What Irrigation Would Mean. Should tho district plan of irriga tion be put into effect in the Rogue River valley and tho cultivattm of sugar beets la:ome geiu-r.il there, it will mean that the factory at Grants Pass must run at least 120 days dur ing the main run, with oer shorter supplementary runs. It will mean 10 loading stations in the vicinity oi' Medford, each employing three men during the running seasjn. It will mean a crew of 150 men at the fac tory during tho run and 25 men tho remainder of the year. In other words, it will mean, a payroll tf $100,000 annually, for thut section. There will be nCiV.ent pulu at he factory to fatten for market 3000 head of cattle anl 1.1.005 sheep. That will mean a payroll of men to tend tho stock. The bojt tens are WJith either as cattle iced, or fertia-.er. per acre. But trie big item ot interest to uieu- V.,..I la llmf Mm inrreimed lirnduction will make absolutely necessary the erection ot a plant Bucn as nas ueeii built at Grants Pass, somewhere on the riirht-of-wav between Medford and Central Point. Railroads Torn Up, Rails go to Allies. Ottawa, Out., Dec. 20. (Special) Canada has started to tear up 1000 miles of railway to meet the needs o war on the French and Belgian front. The rails will be shipped to France, where they will be relaid to facili tate the movement of troops, guns, munitions and supplies from French ports to the fighting lines. Laborers are now tearing up 300 miles of government railroad sidings. Two hundred miles between Edmon ton and the Pacific coast, where the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific run parallel, will be torn up next and traffic will be thrown on one line. It is reported one cargo of rails is.now on the way to seaboard. In asking for rails, the British gov ernment said prompt delivery would save thousands of lives. It is impos sible to obtain new rails because of the great demand for steel for shells. Soldiers will be employed to tear up tho rails where laborers cannot bo obtained. Another Fac 'y in Prospect. In addition o ! lie factory payrolls will be the wai'is of thousands of men workers in the beat fields ard huge rental rolls to tin landowner.-,, Knew Little. All ranks of the British army, as soon as they arrive in France, are urgently warned against answering questions asked them b people t'.ey do not know, even if the questioner is a British officer, because enemy agents have been found in the uni forms of all ranks. A certain con scientious young subaltern had re cently been sent up into the front line. A major of the divisional staff came along one day and began ques tioning the boy, with a view of test ing his alertness and efficiency. "What trench is this?" "I don't know, sir." "What regiment is on your right?" "I don't know, sir. "How do your rations come up?" "I don't know, sir. "Well, you don't seem to know much, young fellow, do you?" "Excuse me, sir, but I don't know you." . ; A A A A A V i ! : : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I it It II II vs i f ii i i ms. w mm unen juvemngs Tin unnstmas - : : ! : ! ! ; ! ! ! ! i ' ; ! ! ! ! u,v,.ir tHtr-s j iamonds and Jewels for Christmas at Siegrist Jewelry Store EVERY HEART'S DESIRE MAY BE SATISFIED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL STORE The Gift of All Gifts A Diamond Ring $15.00 to $400.00. 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