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PAGE FOUR LA GBAWDB EVENING OBSERVER. , THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1917. EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Ail Independent Newspaper. Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J. p. MEYERS II. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER President Vice-President Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. ROM On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand.. Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of : United Press Associations. The Observer carrier boyt are instructed to put the papers on t'je , porches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects gett:r.g ., the paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instruc tions. Phone Main 37 before T:80 o'clock and a paper will be tent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. f By Carrier. Daily, single copy 5c Daily per week 16c Daily, per month . . . 65c Daily, per six months in advance.$3.50 Daily, per year in advance. .... .$7.00 By MalL Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Daily, by mail per six months jn advance J Daily, by mail per three monuu in advance .. Daily, by mail per monut W- The Saturday Eveninu Utmtrva per year in advance ...... . Weekly-Observer-felai, pat in advance $1.50 HONOR THE PIONEERS. - r Today is the day we honor the pioneers of Union County and vicinity. Many have come many miles to meet with their old friends. AVe take off our hats to them and give them the praise and the honor that is their due while they are still living; we carry .them the flowers now while they may appreciate our respect and good will. It is hard for the young people of today to realize the hardships and the perils of the pioneers. Today we have everything .that makes for speed in transportation, the locomotive and transcontinental trains that hardly hesitate on their long and speedy journey. The automobile is another distance annihilator. The telephone makes many long journeys un necessary. So it is hard for the young people to realize that.tr.ips across half of the continent with ox teams oft"n required six months. It is hard for them to realize the dangers from the Indians, from drouth and famine. They should learn of these things from their sdhool books, but the best way is for them to give respectful hearing to the stories that the pioneers will gladly tell them. And thus they will leam the epic of the winning of the west, the most picturesque period in American history. U LETTERS F THE FRONT (Mr. and Mfs. E. J. Conrad, who live near La Grande, have received the following letter from R. E. V'ikes, who enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps:) Mare Qsland, Marine Barracks, June 25. Dear Friends: Heber Conrad and I have got parted again. I am in the hospital with the measles. Although I feel fine I wili be ':nder quarantine j tor two weeks. Was only in bed one day. My two weeks will be un the fourth of July. I hope I get as fat as Heber did when he was here. For his father did not have much over him except on the waist line. We were all ready to go, to the East coast, when the doctor inspected us and six of us were caught with the measles. Gee, I was sure sore. I suppose you have all your spring work done, and thinking about haying. They have all kinds of flowers and tropical plants here. It sure is a nice place to be around. We get the best of everything to eat and plenty of it. They have just called chow (which means dinner) so will close. Yours truly, R. E. FIKES. P. S. Heber tried to get out of the company and wait for me, but they would not let him. I think I will get to join him the latter part of July. R. E. F. A MERITORIOUS PROJECT, A correspondent writes The Observer, "Why are you boosting tflie drainage project?" This is a proper inquiry and deserves a prompt answer. The Observer is advnnn.t. ing the drainage project, because it believes after investi gation that the project is for the best interests of the property owners and farmers who will come under the project and because it believes that the improvement will wuen completed oenciit the whole community. The Ob server's interests are wrapped up in the community; anv tning which helps the communitv will (help The Observer; anything which injures the community hurts The 'Ob server; ,Tlie drainage project in brief will if completed auuauim iiuoui zo,uvv acres ot lana. The difference be tween conditions with this land unproductive on account of high ' water and floods and with the land producing good-sized crops -would be felt bv every person and busi ness man in the valley. Tt would mean prosperity for tJile owners and would diffuse prosperity over the whole county. The cost per acre will be paid out of the first year s crop. "We hope that our correspondent will not imnic anyone is trying to tax him needlessly but will put his shoulder to the wheel and push. A Commercial Bank is- a great business convenience. Every check you draw in payment of a bill is its own receipt It makes )-our bookkeeping simpler, and gives vou a sense of security. We shall be glad to have your account. La Grande National Bank (Letter received from their son, Heber W. Conrad, by Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Conrad, of La Grande, R. D. 1.) 18th Co., Quantico, Va., June 28. Dear Mother and All: I received your letter before 1 left Mare Island and answered by card to show you where I was at the time. We were 7 days and six nights on the road. We are in the 18th Co. now out of the boob camp. I took my hrst swim in the Chesapeake bay and it was great. Tell Elmer and Tom I thought of them when I was in the water. It doesn't seem that II am so far away from home now, only 40 miles from Washington, D. C. I am going down there this coming Friday as it is pay day and we get 72 hours liberty. I only wish you were all here to enjoy the scenery with me. Poor Ralph had to stay on the Island in the Hospital with measles. I took care of him for a week on the side to try and get him over them before wo were inspected for this trip but he was still broken out a little and they sent him to the hospital. If a person isn't careful the mosquitoes will eat him up here. We have a big mosquito bar to put over us at night. There were 684 came down, all on one train. The Marine-special, it was called. There were 14 coaches and two baggage cars in the middle that were used for grub and cooking. Wo would eat in the cars. At every depot there would be a big crowd to see us and several places they were there with bands. They were all tickled to death. The ladies would wave at us from all over the town and the men would take off their hats to us. The officers of Mare Island said "C" Compny was the best trained company that ever left the Island for the time we drilled. What do you think about that and what would you think if I told you they were nearly all from Oregon, Wash ington and Idoho. The westerners sure known how to do it. I picked my first oranges on this trip. Gee, those orange trees are pretty. Through Mexico and Texas there was nothing but sago brush, cactus of nil kinds, and long horns. We came through the land of the coons and cotton. I was talking to one old farmer in Tex as and he said they only had one lit tle shower in 12 months. Everything was burning up and they had already planted the cotton three times. Ten nessee is sure a pretty state. Those old coons raise anything there. It looked like all the white people had left. All the big houses were vacant and the coons live in little shacks. We crossed the Grand Canyon, the Mississippi River, the Tennessee Riv er, the Red River and there was one more but I can't think of it. We passed through all the capitals of the states we crossed. Talk about hot, it sure is. My arms are red as fire and feel like they were on fire but in a week they will be tough as iron. We will be here throe weeks as near as I can find out and then we will go across the water for business. That's where I want to get. This will be my address now. Hoping you are nil as well and happy as this leaves mc land with love to all I remain vour son, I HEBER W. CONRAD. Coprrlul.t n,rt Schnffneri Mn isbk They've Made Good In Business Just because a man is an athlete, that doesn't mean he isn't a good business man; quite .the' contrary, a good athlete usually is a good , businessman. -,; .,.. , ?, Hart Schaffner & Marx Belted Suits , ;,; , were originally designed for outdoors; they made good there in a big way. The they . , went into business and, like most good ath letes, they're a success. These style are more; than sportasuits men. wear them for work, to baseball games,. " even to church; these suits fit in most any- where. There are any number of variations, fabrics, colorings, weaves, here for you to choose from; we would like to show you. ga t : i sa 9w xvufx j.a. u wi game's greatest repudiator. Fat, in fact, is the recipient of more favorable publicity than any other man in the two major leagues. No but Leonard had gone no further with either idea at last reports. lhe most recent offer came from Seize Trunkful of Booze. Portland, Ore., July 5. (United ("Vtlsirn fl A wVlAVa fVintr tuova ca iriilnwi Pl'OOO Rrnwn lifinisl nnnaA fvnm 4Va one ever writes or says anything bad ' as to offer the two chamDions a $20.- : trunk as it sat on the station ralat- about him. He always is referred to 000 purse for a twenty-round tilt. form. Patrolman Staton, nearby,, as a jolly Irishman, ready to talk and Managers for both men were shocked watched the growing puddles. "I smne wnne ne s doing it. ana then replied there was nothing wonder if it's booze," he mused. Moran's accomplishment this year doing. "We can do better in the East" j Careless but thirsty, a 'bo wandered in throwing his team into a hot race was the unanimous answer they sent 'by. He stopped, then sniffed the air.' with the Giants for the leadership of to the Coloradoans. Meanwhile the the National league is worthy of more fight fans are waiting. They know consideration, perhaps, than any stunt the best match in years is possible, he has pulled since he supplanted They are beginning to feel it never Charley Dooin as leader of the Quak- will be offered them. cr ; men. He has done more with a team of has-beens and misfits than the;New York Giants have accomp-. lished with a high-salaried' team of stas. ' The Giants were expected by a ma jority of critics to have it all settled Klamath Welcomes Strahorn. The Ibo dropped to his knees, and be gan to lap up the liquid, cat-fashion. "Yep", said the cop to himself, "I know it's booze now." He forced tha. 'bo to take a hurried retreat and him jself took 'possession of the trunk,. I Which was taken to the police head- - 'quarters, t ' ' j Klamath Falls, Ore., July 5.-1 .And the telk about norny in war Klamath Falls welcomed its new rail- time8 said the .bo to a Burpriseil road the Strahorn line, which will tramman a8 he wandered away, build up into, central Oregon from tt,0 . (; (n ita and laid away along about this date, this city in a two days' celebration ; the Derson to whom the trunk ,? But they haven't done it yet, and in- ending last night. : rnuiWHn ., woa ,oi0j dications right now point to anything Georee Palmer Putman. secretary dui a pleasant journey ror Herzog. et of Governor James Withvcombe. was ' al, the rest of the season. here as the executive's representative. ! rat jworans mtieid, composed or The two-dav - program included nnqient Fred Luderus, castoff Bert speeches by M. D. Cheney, of Seattle; iNienoir, rooKie Mcuattigan or com- Bishop Matt Hughes. Portland: Rob- netent Dave Bancroft, and castoff ert E. Strahorn, the railroad builder, Milton Stock is the main reason why and Putman: flights over Klamath when rated alongside Grover Alex- Falls by Aviator Lyman Doty, of andcr, these two things, backed with San Francisco; automobile and motor the comeback of Gawy Cravath. the cycle races and a 'banquet continued good baseball of Dode Pask-, Klamath Fails Indians took an ac. ert and George fitted are whoop- tive part m ce.cbration. ...K i-i.s. u, i i...i..:a ,u i.ul , . ,A ; tV, l,!t P 1IIC UCDW V. W?U 111 fllG IIIOW1J V L , Rogue River Roundup. be so good in a world's series a3 the Giants, for the Giants consist of men who would be practically unbeatable n a worm's series. But it s going to take a lot of baseball and a lot of hard f'ghting to keep Pat Moran from taking the race right down into the home stretch. Next year Pat will ibe counted a stronger factor. the city was gathered here. Ashland, Ore., July 5. The second annual Rogue River iRound-Up open ed here Tuesday and will end Saturday night. A special train, bringing; scores of Portland business men, ar rived here yesterday. With them, was the Portland police; band of 50 pieces. "Hiyu Hihe,'? meaning "big, time" in Chinook, is the expression, on the lips of everybody here today. Another, special train arrived yester- ' day from Coos bay. LEONARD GOING WEST. Sports PAT MOHAN CONSinr.UEI) ONE OF THE GREATEST BY II. C. HAMILTON (United Tress Staff Correspondent) Now York", July 5. Every once in a while some one wonders why Pat Moran isn't considered one of the greatest of baseball managers, there- BY H. C. HAMILTON. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, July 5. For some rea son not yet given the public Billy Gib son is allowing Benny Leonard, form erly one of the most active light weights the country had every known, to loaf on his laurels and to grow rusty from inaction. With one of the best marches in sight the fans ever , J were known to sigh for Leonard is t holding aloof, and, while Johnny Kil- J wine is eager 10 iorm nis nan oi i'ie I bout he and his manager are goinft no j further than mere statements. Leon- I nrd and Kilbane have been offered ' various sums for their appearance in I a scrap for the world's lightweight ! chamnionshin. i Matt Hmkel, the famous Cleveland referee and promoter, came out with the first offer the very night Leonard was succes-stui in oouneing v reddie Welsh's crown onto his own head. He tame to New York for the purpose of trying to stage a bout between Kil bane and Welsh, but switched to the new champion when Leonard was ! crowned. Hinkcl offered ?25,000 for the bout and offered to stage it over a fifteen round distance in Ohio. Jimmv Dunn was nereeablc for Kilbane to go i through with it, but Gibson held off and is still doing so. Next John Woismantel, who holds ;n license to operate bouts in Ehbets field, Rrooklyn, came through with a wad of kalo to offer for the bout. But Bargain In Pasture Land U'.ii.1. VI nanvuil I II a IWIIII'IS. mere- I. it i . , - t. . t . ., .. . ! cleared Leonard would not sign for by giving Pat more consideration for ,,.. ,;, . . . T im unvu iiv nun viuereu some branch of service in the country's war what he has done than any other man : .....Kn ,..:u u- I I I I i ! i i 240 acres of pasture land east of Alicel, one half of the tract is extra good soil, watered. Owner a non-resident and has put a price that certainly should be picked up quickly by some farmer in the valley who needs a good piece of grazing land. The price is $5.00 per acre. The land is situ ated in Section If Twp. 26 South Range 40. Geo. H. Currey Next to Observer Office Phone Black 2001 HE WHO MOTES REAL ESTATE 1708 1-2 Sixth St La Grande, Oregon Next to Observer Office. ill utiaimtin v nil lilt: Hi.niuie ei:UJI- (pi-many tion of the party who has become the ' . The sentiment was nice, v.
