SATURDAY, JAN (TAR V 6, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 0, 1917
OREGON'S IRRIGATION PROBLEM
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Oregon has a big irrigation problem
and outside of the Oregon Irrigation
Congress there is no body of men in
Oregon who are doing much witn it. j
With the wutcr available for water- ,
jug three or four million acres of tho
state, it is strange that more atten
tion is not paid to it.
The United States reclamation de- j
partment is overwhelmed with re
quests for the investigation of new i
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Entire Stock Wool Dress Goods, Silks and Velvets Reduced ,
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ONE CAUSE OK FAILURE
Congressman McArthur is to be
commended for making a fight for the
national guardsmen. Congress ap
propriated four millions of dollars to
ts and it fun ds so tieplctd of dependent guards
J ' . ... mon hut. fVip wnr Hennrtment was so
slow that the wives and babies almost
that it can hardly mn'iage to take cars
of its existing project" ,
The fact of the inntter is t(mf the
present national and state reclama
tion systems were started by indirec
tion. The national system was start
ed from the proceeds of the sale of
national public lands; the state sys
tems by the donation to the states of
arid land, provided that the stales
would .eeiaim it.
What is needed is a national recla
mation system, whereby funds arc
raised by the sale of national bonds.
This money should then be carefully
expended upon the irrigation works,
which should be built for all time.
After the irrigation works are com
pleted, the land should be made ready
far settlement so that the settlor
would not have to spend three years
in an uphill fight to clear his land of
sage brush, build his houses and barns
and raise a little crop. In Australia
the government assists settlers in this
preliminary work, and as a result tho
settler has a hotter chance to suc
ceed. Here we say to the settler,
here's n piece of land. We'll bet
you tt dollar and a quarter an acre you
can't make a go of it," and we go off
blithely on our way and let the settler
toil and sweat and go crone. ,..., ,,,.,.(,.,...,., K- . v
Too much help is bad. But if wo srAlfc I RLASURKR h.
want to get our western country set- I State Treasurer Kay has aroused
tied m and producing, we can at l" opposition ui w. inrnws oy tie
lnt ,l mn.-h f.,r our own noonW laying the operation of
as the Canadian government can to ,
entice some of tho best of our Amor-
ienn farmers away, that is make it I
reasonably possible for settlers to win .
out when they tako up government i
land. This means that they should j
not he ovcriiunionen wnn too nenvy
starvefl before they got any help and
then as a rule they got it from pri
vate ,-chnrity. No wonder the, boys
at .the 'front wanted to come home. If
wo over have a real war, we will have
to devise some scheme of feeding the
women.and children left behind by the
boys'who go to the front to fight
their' country's battles.
"PARLOUS" TIMES
What a contentious lot we arc, ho
hard to get along with.
Hero is Villa on a rampage,' Allies
refusing pence, Lawson fussing about
an alleged leak from Washington to
Wail street, Colonel Roosevelt open
ing his adjective box, a row in the
senate over the endorsement of Pres
ident Wilson's puce note, Carrnnza
refusing to ba neighborly, Colonel
House butting in on the world peace
movement, Sena.jr Lodge denouncing
foreign entangVnants, Senator J.
Ham Lewis ..unslinging his 42-centimeter
voice against money madness.
Representative Wood repeating hear
say and scandal about Secretary Tu
multy. Truly these are "parlous"
times.
Island near St. Joseph, Mo.; $600,000
at the Omaha shops and terminals;
el-out $200,000 at Grand Island for
new power house, coaling station and
terminal improvements and the re
mainder will be distributed through
the various divisions for terminal and
motive power improvements.
This is good news.
We hope that some of this money
will be spent at La Grande. ! .
CHANCE FOR LA GRANDE BOYS.
There is a chance for two bright
Ln Grande boys to go to West Point.
The examination will be held here
February 1 at the postoffice.
The examination, which will be the
same in tvery city, will be written in
form, and wil embrace the following
subjects: Algebra, English composi
tion and English literature, geography,
plane geometry, history, and English
grammar.
Usually there is but one vacancy at
a time for each district at West Point.
The increase in number of cadets mak
ing two at this time furnishes to the
toys of Eastern Oregon the best op
portunity to get in the Academy ever
c ffered to them, with several weeks in
which to prepare. Any one thinking
of entering the contest can .get full
information about the Military Acad
emy and sample questions by writing
to Congressman N. J. Sinnott, House
of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
the state
iTrnl credits amendment.
At Corvallis the following resolu
tion was adopted:
"Whereas, The people, on November
7, HHli, amended the constitution of
the state of Oregon providing for n
i:stem of rural credits, and
EDITORIAL COMMENT
STILL HERE TO FACE CUSTOMERS .
32 YEARS IN LA GRANDE
KNABE
IVERS & POND
POOLE
BUSH & GERTS
SCHUMANN
SCHULZ
HADDORFF
BENNETT
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO
BORE A BIG HOLE WITH A
SMALL AUGER. HOWEVER,
WE ARE HERE WITH THE
GOODS. THE BEST LINE OF
PIANOb Kfcl KtJ.it,v i We are nQ annex tQ any Portland n0USCi thU8 you do not have
ANY ONE FIRM. THIS IS (0 contribute to outside houses, nor do you have to accept of
WHY WE STAY WHILE OTH- culls from other towns, or worked-over second-hand pianos. We
ERSCOME AND GO. ' do not open' up and close out so often, that we do not know .
whether we are opening up or closing out.
WE INVITE COMPARISON WITH ANY LINE FOR PRICES AND QUALITIES.
This is what appeals to the customer making a life-time purchase. Buy of the dealer that is here to
stay. Others claim to stay, do they?
Call and examine goods, find fresh goods from the different factories, thus eliminating chances of
being loaded up with goods that would discredit an y house. , , . .
RICHEY PIANO HOUSE OPPOSITE SOMMER HOUSE
KNABE
, IVERS & POND
POOLE
BUSH & GERTS
SCHUMANN
SCHULZ
HADDORFF
BENNETT
SEVERAL. OTHERS
must be devised, or all posterity will
be paralyzed with debt. The method
proposed is so revolutionary as to
make conservitive Englishmen, rich
and poor alike, gasp in amazement. It
is the use of the same methods to re-
interest payments for the first five
years and should not make any pay-
incuts on the principal for several j
yenrs.
The settlers should be aided with ;
soil tests, marketing advice and j
should be helped in every possible way j
until community spirit and co-opera- j
tive enterprises developed.
Oregon hr.s no need to look to the
federal government for very much
aid in solving its irrigation problem, j
nn.l uin.'n wn hnve lis a stllto not tllk- I
"Whereas, The state land board was
('i signaled to can y into effect the
provisions of said amendment, and
"Whereas, There are now on hand
i.niiieious applications for loans under
Ire provisions of this amendment, and
"Whereas, The stale land board up
t ) the present time has made no ar
:angeinents for taking care of such
loans, nor for the sale of bonds as
provided in said amendment, to the
retriment and financial ""loss of tho
whole people of the state of Oregon;
refore be it
'Resolved, by a
The Two-Sided Shield
A friend comes to me and says: I
ion, these playgrounds, and soup kit
don't believe in all this-socialized rehg
chens, and institutional' churches
! Christ emphasized the individual spir
i itually, the community will take care
of itself."
Another one says: "This individual
ism in your churches, this ilotiona!
business, prayers and singing hymns.
does not. anneal lo me. i nnsunniry
Favor Bulk Shipments. defense, his attorney waived argu-
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor: 'ment, and the case went to the jury
vallis, It.', Jan. .(Special) A de- at noon. The first ballot taken was
c'ded impetus was added to the move- unanimous for conviction. The jury's
ment for the general adoption of the deliberations covered two hours. Life
bulk system of handling grain imprisonment will be the sentence pro-
cruit wealth that Lord Derby so sue- throughout the Northwest yesterday, nounced by Circuit Judge Davis Mon-
cessfullv used to recurit men, not con- ;vhen resolutions were unanimously day morning.
! scription, except as a possible last re-: adopted by those in attendance at the
sort but all those other metnous or monnwesi grain convention ueing huki milieu oi uie oca.
shaming "slackers" and "shirkers" I at the Oregon Agricultural College I
which were employed after all the this week, declaring that hereafter in : I am tired of streets and pavement,
millions of volunteers were enlisted all grain transactions all quotations Crowds and lights, and smoky inns
and still more were needed. 1 of wheat prices in the, Northwest shall And the smileless stares of strangers.
If life is given freely else vio- be considered to be for bulk grain For my heart is in the winds.
lentlv commandeered, why sliouia ; unless oisuncuy specun-u uincmiw.
culled
wealth be merely loaned nnd at five I Realizing that rules relating to grain , 1 here's a sweetness in the sea breeze
per cent per annum, reckoned at com- trading are generally formulated by , That is blowing in to me.
pound interest? That is the search-J merchants' exchanges and boards of There's a Gypsy in my thinking
ing question that War and Peace very , trade, the resolutions committee dis- j That has sent my thoughts to sea.
iw.rtinont.lv nsks in view of the recent . tinctly declared that the producer has
instance of a large contractor of title i 2" equal authority to establish rule3 And those white gulls in the harbor
and good social standing, who, having
. -,.111,1 kuwi nwii
should be a service. Jesus went aheul 0fflire,i nt the opening of the wnr to
doing good, i ne community, noi inn
individual, is the thini; for religion.''
Thus we have two distinct and dif
ferent views as to what Christianity
should be and do, one aimed at tlu
individual, the other at society.
en much interest in it, there will prob-
....... 1 " 1. ,vflvi..l l.v it i-niiliii'iini'ti
nhly tie notnmg none. . - i ,,nd inavers. but takim? his leaves ff , ...,.;.. , ic..r.!,, intn
This is what we want; not the lonely
individual staying in the gard.u
amongst his flowers of spirituality
such as these.
Batholomew Is Convicted.
build huts nt bare cost, later asked
"" V , ' L . . , " " X". " "a CI Portland, Ore., Jan. 6. (Special)
cunt iiifui: owiuwiiiK uuuucoi inu ua - , . , , . . -
. , . . i , i f mn nnn nM,nAu I Edward Batholomew was convicted of
-The Christian Herald. m',rer f ,"cnd' " ,L
lyesieiuuy, uy wie iuiiuiu ii inu mum
I With their white wings drooping low-
Are the heralds of the harbors
Where my heart has bid me go.
Percy Boatman, U. of O.
Protection of Utilities Urged.
Saiem, Or. Jan. 6. (Special) Re
striction of competition for pulm."
The same old scandals will develop
land will he sold to settlers without
water, and the net result of our sy- ;
tern of irrigation management will ba
to discredit the state.
The solution is: First to odurnte the j
people of the state that it has an ir- '
rigntion problem and to get the best
minds of the state working on it. j
Second: To support the national
campaign for a federal reclamation
system adequately financed.
Third: To start in n small way,
under n state board, to finance meri
torious irrigation districts, by the pur
chase of irrigation districts bonds by
the state, and to suprevso the cor.- 1
truction of irrigation district work
by state officers.
In this way we might make some
progress toward solving (bis vexu
question of ru.nl legislation nt Cor-
vallis. this, the thiiV dnv of January, oiem. me community g.cs we
1017, that we urgo that the state lr.nd iM nd nieamng to our spintup-1.,-ard
shoul 1 not delav longer the put- powers. The life of mercantile traf
t:ng into effect of this amendment." fo gets overgrown with indifference.
State Troasuror K'av'fl explanation 1 it lacks the "twelve manner of fruits"
should lie beard before condemning ; which the individual brings out of hi?
him for bis stand in this matter. I quiet meditation to reanimate it. Ik'
who points his prayer-life, not i invar I
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS. to his own troubled heart, but outwni 1
healing and covering the nations with (hc presi.nt public utilities law . the
'Public Necessity and Convenience
Clause," is a move championed by H.
II. Corey, newly-elected Public Ser
vice Commissioner from the Eastern
Oregon district. Such a clause, he
declares, is now included in the pub
lic utilities laws of nt least 25 states
in the United States, and while they
differ widely in phraseology as they
President K. E. Calvin has an
rounced that the Union Pacific will
si end ?U.1SO.OO( on improvements
tbis year.
Of this amount $1,000,000 will go t.
templet the double track in Wyom
ing, making the road a double track
road throughout. Eight hundred
thousand dollars will be spent on a
. now bridge on the St. Joseph & Grand
to the healing of the town and tV.o ,(,nte to the different utilities, never
nation, is the Christian. The Chri- theless all have the same intnt.
tian Herald. j Under the clause in question, Mr.
( on v explains, the intent is round to
Berlin, Jan. 6. (United Press)
Now is the winter of the taxicabby's
discontent. Recently imposed retru-
of his manufactured story of the slay- l.-.tiotiH provide a fine of $15 for per-
mg to fit circumstances surrounding sons using tnxies for pleasure and
the crime. ibnt includes theater trips, the driv-
He did not take the stand in his own ti's old-time source of his revenue.
Patriotism at Vive Per Cent
To be sure, economy and giving up
posters, nnd extravagant dress n
lu.uries arc urged every where on
posters: but this can accomplish
little. Some revolutionary method
prevent ruinous competition oelween
ltilitii-s, by requiring that new sys
tt ms or extensions of old ones first
obtain from the Public Service Com
mission a certificate that public ne
cessity and convenience reouirc such
new system or extension.
SEE OUR WINDOW
January 8th
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