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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917
CONSTRICTI VE II A I LKOA DING
"Constructive" is a favorite word of
William Hanlcy's. When he says a
thing is "constructive," he means it is
building up instead of tearing down,
building for the future and not a
hand-to-mouth proposition.
"Constructive" railroading is that
which builds up the country tributary
to the railroad, figuring that the pros
perity and welfare of the territory
will bring traffic and business and
propsoprity to the railroad. There is
more of this going on in the country
than people have any idea of. That
is why railroads have industrial ex
perts, colonizing agents, and agri
cultural experts in order to help the
people of their territory. The work
of the O-W. R. & N. in introducing
corn into Oregon is an example of this
constructive railroading, renting the
O-W. R. & N. right of way to farm
ers who will farm it is another, and
recently we iran across an article tell
ing of the recent action of the South
ern Pacific in granting a low rate for
hauling lime rock.
This is an important matter to tho
farmers of the Willamette .valley. The
Southern Pacific granted the rate
with the sole object of promoting tho
use of agricultural lime in the
hope of increasing production. The
railroads are to be commended for do
ing these "constructive" things.
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for ihe success of both enterprise:!
since it must draw its- ctrength mainly
from the development of the back
country. The Oregonian.
This Is Kasy.
A La Grande youth is reported to
huve invented a process for taking
photographs by wireless, but he will
have to demonstrate that he can take
them without the wrinkles before his
invention will be commercially valu
able. Portland Journal.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
OREGON IRRIGATION PROBLEM
Men who have devoted much study
fi) the subject of irrigation realize that
it has many sides, and that the many
failures which sti'w the road of prog
ress have been due to neglect to Iook
at it on all sides.
The way out seems to be the loan
of the Government's credit to guaran
tee bonds issued by districts on proj
ects which arc pronounced feasible by
the Reclamation Service. As guar
antor the Government would, through
the Secretary of the Interior, examine
the whole scheme and safeguard itself
againstloss before giving its guaranty.
Under these conditions bonds should
sell at 4 per cent interest, and a fixed
rate of fi per cent a year should pay
interest and repay principal by amor
tization in fifty years. That is tho
substance of the provisions of the
Chamberlain-Smith bill, which has
been introduced in both branches of
congress. The state can pave the wav
for
Educating the East
The decisive and overwhelming vic
tory of the University of Oregon foot
ball team at Pasadena means more
thnn a mere athletic triumph, for it is
significant of the growin importance
of the west. It is one of a number of
signs that the east must hereafter
take the Pacific coast into considera
tion as an important factor in the na
tion s life.
In the past eastern sport writers
have been inclined to look upon west
ern athletics in much the same spirit
as big league players regard sandlot
baseball. Occasionally they are will
ing to admit that the west sometimes
producos an athlete who is entitled to
honorable mention along toward tho
end of the story, and during the pres
ent season Walter Camp went so far
as grudgingly to accord an Oregon
player a place on his third nil-American
team. To have put a coast man
on his mythical first team would have
outraged all the proprieties, and a
shocked protest would have gone up
mat is, net ore the recent classic at
Pasadena.
The attitude of the sport writers
has been fairly typical of eastern opin
ion ot the west. The east has clasned
to its bosom the cherished theory that
the west is chiefly inhabited by cow
boys in chaps and six-shooters, and has
refused to believe that anything grows
west of tho Mississippi river save cac
tus and sage brush.
llu University of Oregon victory .it
Pasadena will do its share toward dis
pelling this impression. It is true that
an intorsiHtion.il football game is not
nn event of such commanding im
portance that its outcome may be ex
pected to overturn in a moment the
settled convictions of years, but the
west's victory on the gridiron, com-
are emulating in our expenditures the
states with three to seven or cighi
times our population and many times
cur wealth.
The state of Oregon is as large as
the state on New York and Pennsyl
vania combined. It has a population
well up toward 900,000. New York has
rrore than 10,000,000 and Pennslvania
about 8,000,000.
La Grande's New Manager.
The Recorder editor, in common
with hundreds of others, is glad to
note that Fred B. Currey has been
appointed city manager of La Grande.
I is appointment is a just recognition
o his abilities. Fred Currey has been
a live spirit ever since coming to
Union county many years ago; he
has been aggressive in all his under
takings and in carrying out many of
La Grande'a enterprises a lot of the
citizens there always felt pretty much
like "letting Fred do it." And when
Fred started he usually made a good
finish, at least if there was an . end
to the movement. Fred Currey has
spent as much time, and time is I
money, in boosting Union county and
La Grande as any resident within our
knowledge, and when La Grande se
eded him as her city manager it gave
Fred only that which was due him.
The Recorder predicts that Fred
will give his city excellent service and
will more than earn his salary. Suc
cess to you, Fred. Editor L. B
tie in the Elgin Recorder.
Tut-
God's Purpose in Peace
"At a time when an embargo on the
exportation of foodstuffs is under dis
cussion in the public press, one of the
great railroad systems of the country
'has been compelled itself to lay an
.mbargo on certain classes of freight,
being driven to the action by the un
precedented volume of business that
io offered. In the period extending
from December 2Gth to January 7th
the Union Pacific will refuse to ac
cept freight for delivery at any point
that can be reached by another rail
road. It deliberately withdraws it-
seir irom competition and requires
that freight that can reach destination-
over: a competing railroad shall
be sent over that road. It is reserv
ing, all its facilities exclusively for
the service of communities on its
loute .that are dependent upon it ex
clusively. In order to fulfill its func
tions in that respect the road delib
erately foregoes the profits to be de
lived from the carriage of freight to
competitive points.
"We think the Union Pacific has
chosen, wisely, and has net a fine
Mandard of railroad ethics. The per
iod over which the embargo extends
will enable the road to clean up its
terminals, make distribution to all
points on its lines and prepare the
whole system for resumption of ordi
nary traffic. There are railroads that
would not hesitate to squeeze the com
munities wholly dependent upon them
i lather than let even a carload of com
petitive freight be diverted to a rival
railroad. The Union Pacific pursued
exactly the opposite course and sus
pends its fight for competitive busi
ness so that it may better serve the
LLOYD GEORGE'S HEAD
IS GETTING LONGER
Principles of right and justice wers
London, Dec. 15. (United Press by
Mail) Lloyd George's head is a
growing institution.
Prof. J. Millett Severn, a consult
ing phrenologist, examined the Brit
ish premier's head back in 1903 and
found it to measure nearly 28 inches
around the "perceptives." A later ex
amination showed that the lapse of
years had increased the circumference
more than a yarter of an ich.
"This goes to prove that as the
mind is exercised tho brain and head
are subject to a larger development,"
said Professor Severn. "This growth
can continue after the subject has
reached adult age."
When he examined Lloyd George's
head the second time Severn told the
present premier of the development.
His judgment was borne out by tho
man who makes the leader's hats. He
said Lloyd George was taking a larcer
bonnet than before.
Severn has not had an opportunity
to examine the premier's head since
the new cabinet was formed.
tested farther on account of the end
ing of the semester, they thought it
advisable to drop out and devote all
of their time to public speaking.
Pendleton's dropping out of the
league will only leave five Umatilla
towns in the league and it is probable
that others may drop out before the
first debate. The main cause for the
dropping out of many of the teams,
has been the trouble in preparing the
hard question and the failure to se
cure suitable reading material.
, CARNIVAL TO BE ATTENDED
Pendleton Will Send Delegation to St.
Paul Festivities. '
To Protect the Blind.
irterests of the people who are wholly
dependent upon it. Admirable in nrin-
never determined by war. Strength f "pie, this course cannot fail to prove
numbers, equipment and resources profitable in policy. That sort of
may be tested 'by war; trade sun-, railroad management builds up in
remacy may be won by war; domain I ll'ose jt serves an abiding sense of
may be extended and maintained bv , loyalty."
on i pui'ii ny uiaiirig nn img on i no nee s ot t in w om,,..
change in its irrigation law whici taculnr part in the recent election, will
'dart eastern people to thinking.-
geno Register.
l.hing Reload Our Means.
may 1 needed.
There is a cloe relation between
1be financing of irrigation enterprises
jind the success of Mr. Strahorn'n
railroad enterprise. The railroad will
Do largely dependent on the product (Salon Capita Journal.)
ot irrigation land for Unfile and the It js always a pitiful spectacle that
jun ior win oe uepcmient. on the rail-) ,f people with .liort incomes eying to
,.,.,, ....mo. i iii-Mim'is i emulate in '.heir n oilj of living ami e
vi .m-.i mii oonmnuie mmcriaiiy pcndittiros 'hose who ivo abundantly
inuoeu, may ne essental to t,ie j able to live spend as tl.ey do re
mi-cos, oi me oiner. i ne prosperity gcrdless of the sum total so spmt. To
of Portland is closely bound up with , I be person wit r. moderate income such
the success of both, for the state is a course makes life a nightmare, and
top heavy with unban population, j the struggle for show pathetic. For
which is concentrated chiefly in Pori-j M:eh persons tlio av-rago citizen has
land. The walfaro of the city depend; , a feeling of p.tv milled wi'h con
on the restoration of the balance be- tempt. And yet tlies - misguided ones
tween upban and rural population, for, are only trv'i.ig to live lioyond their
which we must look mainly to the j n can.--. All of us ecopt possibly soino
development of Central Oregon. This who are in the eh so referred to, con
is attainable by the combination of idor it silly and inexcusable; and
railroad and irrigation. Tho highest et that is exactly when we, the poo
interest of the city requires it to work ile of Oregon, mo trying to do. We
war; thrones may be seized and held I
by it such issues as these may be
settled by force of skill, of energy, or I
of arms. But principles of right and
justice are above and beyond the con-
tending forces of battling nations, as 1
and beyond the stormclouds. War !
obscures these principles and blinds '
,us to them. Only the calm of peace
can let tho clear sunshine through to
i us.
Ix't us awake from the hideous
nightmare of "God's purpose in war"
l to the beautiful and abiding con
jviction of God's purpose in peace,
j Let us seek to set above all politi
cal, commercial and financial consid
erations the sacred right of mankind
to be at peace.
I It is nonce the world is i rrv f- '
to strive for, to pray for.
I Peace alone can bind up the wounds
of war and set the world's wrongs
right. The Christian Herald.
WOMAN GOVERNMENT TAKES
OREGON TOWN FROM MEN
Praise For Union Pacific.
In cotveetion with embargo notices
i'sued by Union Pacif:c nnd Oregon
Short. Line, made necessary because of
lertain prevailing v-omlitionr. which
;.:o most unusual, the following odi-
o'nai oomnieni irom n prominent nnd Mailed to attempt.
: present at ivo newspaper on the Pa
cific Coast is quoted:
"Fine Railroading"
Umatilla, Ore., Jan. 8. (United
Press) Umatilla's city government
passed this week into the hands of a
woman administration. From Mrs.
I aura Sturdier, mayor, down to tho
police department all officials are of
the gentler sex except two lonely
r.nles who must serve as "holdovers"
in the council.
E. K. Sturdier, railroad telegrapher,
banded over the robes of office to his
wife. He vacated the little room where
i be has directed the town's destinies
for many months nnd the madam took
the holm. One of Mrs. Starcher's first
acts will be to name the woman police j
force.
I "A woman can do the work," said J
i Mayoress Starehor, "better than any
man. She ndded that if any obstrep
I erous lawbreaker invaded Umatilla
i during the female regime, a man or
something would be designated to
I handle the situation, under orders
i from the chioftess.
On taking offico . Mrs. Starcher
j promised the city a business ndmin
! istration, and said she would effect
improvements her husband's regime
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 8. (Special)
Henceforth the blind men of Spo
kane, several of whom are earning
their livelihood as newsboys or street
vendors, will not be compelled to take
chances with being struck by an auto
mobile or street car. To end the
perils which beset these sightless men
at dangerous street crossings, several
noy scouts have volunteered their
services as pilots for the blind.
These scouts have assumbed a sort nf
a guardianship over the blind and will
guide them each morning to their
places of employment, and see that
they reach home safely each night.
"Do a good turn daily" is the scout
slogan, and by helping the blind the
scouts feel that they have found an
other commendable way of doing
something worth while.
Pendleton, Ore., Jan. 6. (Special)
Pendleton is makin ar. effort to send
a good-sized delegation to the annual
midwinter carnival of snorts to he
held in St. Paul this month. The
Round-Up association has authorized
President T. D. Taylor to attend the
festival as its representative and Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Judd, Dr. and Mrs. Kern
and others are contemplating making
the trip.
R. C. Bishop, of Salem, will join the
Pendleton party as representative of
the Pendleton woolen mills, which fur-
nisjieu several tnousana suits for the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
marching clubs. "
V. H. S. TO DROP OUT OF LEAGUE
Pendleton, Jan. 8. -(Special) The
local high school debating teams have
decided to drop out of tho Oregon dp.
! bating league owing to the fact that
several of the members will drop out
of school with the ending of the se
mester. The teams wore to have de
lated on the 10th of this month and
were studying hard on the debate,
I ut as the teams could not have con-
Cove Mill Not to Run.
Cove, Ore., Jan. 8. (Special) The
new Cove flouring mill is not to be
operated by its new Cove proprietors,
M. J. Duffy and Lieurence Bros. This
mill, 75 barrels a day capacity, was
erected by Edward Reynolds, of La
Grande, on the site of the E. P. Mc
Daniels modernized ni oneor mill
which was destroyed by fire six years
ago. The people within the territory
covered by the Cove mill have been
deprived of the advantages of having
a flouring mill in their own town by
litigation, which resulted finally in the
sale of the mill property last fall un
der forecosure.
The mine output for 1916 was three
billions of dollars. The hen out
classes the mines. Egg production
goes beyond that figure. The Guggen
heims nnd Rockefellers should o
few biddies this snrintr Po,nt
Tribune.
January 10th last day to nnv wnW
rent without penalty. l-8-2t
January 10th last day to pay water
rent without penalty. l-8-2t
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