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LA C.KANnrc, OI?K(iON, SUN DAY. MARCH '2:1.1919.
NUJUBKRI-tf) .
TH'E'b
ENGLAND IS A FRIEND TO AMERICA '
DECLARES MR. CHARLES E. KING
Hot Lake, March 20, 1910
Editor, La Grande Observer,
Dear Sir: In your editorial of
March 17th entitled "Why should
England be feared?" you said more
In that half cc lnjnn than I have seen
many metropolitan newspapers ana ; r-ic-e against me worm, rne sonir
magazines achievo by days and was accompanied by action entwin
months, of columns mid pages of iing the Stars and stripes and the
rhctoiic, both friendly inclined anr j Union Jack and as tho chorus swell'
abuBive. So, may !, an Englishman fed out the love England bore ,fot
residing temporarily in your midst America, the English audience, nevet
bo allowed to thank yuu for not only
the good will of what you oxprofes
but for the righteousness of the
stand you take in regard to the "un
neccossary grief voiced over the
presumed hatred ot England"
against this country.
Mr. Editor, I herein state, affirm
and ro-afiirm that there is no hat-
red in Englantf or in the hearts and
minds of Englishmen against this i democracies of the world as a mag- was, ana Js, and ihuuks to its be
country or against American citizens, 'net attract iron filings, they stand I ing ready at a moments notice, and
and I denounco any, no matter whattoirpther and in time .will crealo ojabiB to proceed, with its nliuosi
their station in life, who would tra-: super-stale which .vill net as the In-countless details, to previously work
duce the fair namo ;,nd fame of Eng- tei prefer of those common - nspira- ed out, aid ' planned stations, tltu
laud. ' i lions for peace aud Justice to the
In the days of "7G" when this! world,
country was in Its embryonic stage.' "Why should England he feared?"
passing through the pains of birth jSnmo senators in Washington raised
to emerge into the full light of theia cry the oilier Jay thnt the con
world as the land of the brave and Terence at. Paris had made their cliar
the free as the "United St:iles of , tor out and had made it so thai,
America," there were no greater ! America's groat Monroe doctrine
friends nnd supporter to the usjiii'-! was placed in jeopardy. At once
ing young lialion,, than were Eng-jtho London "Tiinei," ,the lliitlsh
llsh nin in England. j government's official newspaper
You do well lu your editorial to i( March 8) came out with n. state-
ask your readers to study the appeals
of freedom of the great Wllllr.ni PiU
and Thomas Burke.
Compare those champions or lib-
erty of that day with any of the best i
b . - j 1. .n ... a tin. ...AT. ,iF :
of today and belie.e me. the men of
"76"' lost nothing by comparison. ; in Kurope are grateful for A inert
And ever since then thoro has beeujea's assistance in winning the war
a warm glow in the heart of' Eng-land
land tor America.' 1 Know mat
Irom our earliest letsons In school I
and all through our school days we
were inculcatod with the ideas 01
the highest regard for America and
all things American.
I remember, distinctly, that our
school history books taught us
"George Washington was the father
of his country and headed the rebel
lion against tho "tyrranical Hanover
ian Kins Georgo."
I never know a 60 at school, Who
as he became older in his studies,
hail not set his mind on "someday
iin going iu
as often occurred in the cky
I tvpt-
in when a boy, any American boy
who came over to England on a
visit, wny ne was to us .uBu....
hero, and ore whom we took to be
somebody whom wo would cmulato ;
in years to come.
It was always with feelings of
deep regret wo'sald goouhyo to them
but always with tha admonition that
"we'd come over to Yankee
some day to see you."
land
To my knowledge this feeling ha?
not diminished with Ihc years sped
end gone and today there is a big
ger und warmer place for Americans
111 the big hearts of the English peo
ple. It was not a necessary incen
tive, but t lie war lias, if possible,
brought about evil a greater re
proacfinient between the two great
mil Ions, who speak tine mcthei
tongue. 1 shall nev?r forgot a scene
which took place nightly In a hie
theatre in London just after the bat
tle of Manilla bay. It will be re
membered, though not appreciated
by some (of which more anon), thai
the English admiral anchored lib
own ships, stripped Tor action, along
side those of Admir.nl Dewey, ami
WE HAVE THE LATEST
MODEL HOT-PCINT IRON
ON DISPLAY.
JIG; OUR TLEASURI TO.
DEMONSTRATE
.lilt' UHTits Of
, Iron, tl , cltoiri
two millyni woi
ono for vou
Nash Electric Camparfy
lrA nr It... O .........
jflt-et to "firj low aud be damned tc
iyou." Well, each night Just aflei
Unit occurence, the late Charles
Godfrey, a. great vocallst-sunK a song
entitled "Its the English speaking
prone to lavish applause, broke out
into a pindemonium of cheering, the
like of which I have seldom seon, and
believe nie, Mr. Editor, the feeling
of love and cihnira'.ion in England's
heart Is none the less today.
Today Uicmo two great English
speaking commonwealths, the United
Slates of America, and England, are
'drawing to themselves, the other!
inert, from which I quote verbatim:
"It Is not for outsiders to take
sides in the American party con
troversy, hut one or two points i y
be made from this side of the A.
I a ti'..l..wl.j ..r 1 ilwie 1 v anil Tina. .I
.tie. , Friends of liberty and pea.
for that very reason would 11''
xa have that assistance continuea. 11
jB recognized that it is not an Eng
nsa wish only, but French. Italine
and nerhans even Russian
in laci.
without this assistance there can be
no real "league.
"Once more in Canning's words we
have to call in the new world to ro
dress the balance it the old. Can
nlng was the first hegetter of thu
Monroa doctrine and now we are
acting in the spirit of his old maxim
There is loss foundation for susplc
Ion so frequency expressed in Amer
ica that her adhesion to the league
will endanger that doctrine. Let an
rtiffwitv ahoni
t"1" -
1 tho Monroe
doctrine and mako II
clear, the league dors not impair the'
Monroo doctrine, but extends its
Kurope.
,., et t)l0 covenant be
rewritten
language,
. c,,.lr0,i in bettor
which could easily he done by a
'drafting committee. Above all, lot
jit be nude clear the league makes no
'infringement upon national sover--
eignty wmi any umeia.
1... .., will not he a parliament ln
which the majority rules.
This will bci done, don t doubt II;
tho amendment will bo added to the
covenant. Now, sir, if 1 have not
already trespassed on your good na-
Jure too much, allow me 10 note .connection between English national
that much has been said and written j pi-Jdo and good manners, for ho can
on England's "Mastery on the i,"imi evidently, understand the one
and on this mailer t siiouio pmc
be-n dumb, but for the fact that one
jot your
correspondents, corporal
Shellon has aired his grievances on j
several ot-casions since he returned
from Europ?. 'Tis easy to see li
has no love for Enclahd or English-
men and really I don t dotii.t mm 11 ,
he practiced In tiu-'lanu wnai 111
preaches here.
I'p complain1
'I hat the fuel feed-
till
1 Iiit'iilt
Ot llf't'C
mV We
limn "
Ing the ideas of an Englishman is hi
ego," then goes on to statu in the
next sentence (and this of Co lira
wmiout anything egotistical on his
part)' that ho grams -that ceilaii
people are "in harmony with tin
iiuiuuultailuu and idealistic views si
beautifully expressed In words and
lived by tho Aiuuricud people." Well.
Corporal Snellen is lining up prett
strong for a place in the tanks ul
the egotistical himself, and 1 don't
imagine thure are ninny ot his com
patriots who will thank him foi
muting themselves in such a llghi
obviously undesirable.
Air. Editor, 1 belle.o Corporal She',
ion is Just consumed by the exuber
.iuce ot his own verbosity. Corporal
Sheltou doesn't like England beim
mistress of the seas. Well, thank:
to the British fleet being what
Coriuau navy was rendered power
less to carry out its program of
ruthless murder on the high soas.
The gTeat British fleet thai saved
England, and III lact civilization.,
from the monster system that was
in the act ot bllglitlnt; nnd destroy
ing everything that the human mind
and human soul his heretofore held
dear, tills was the llritish mastury of
the sea which yo'ir correspondent
complains of.
Surely Corporal Shollou is well
posted enough to kntuv that had the
Iiiillsh fleet been Inferior to that ofiflucnt republication, and is worthy of
Germany, then, before Christmas,
1914, Now York. i'Mlodelphia nnd
n.. ...
Boston would huvo shared the lute I
of Louvain, Liege aiiu Rholins. I
1 have had many nenliews and 1
cousins,
English nnd American,
fighting In Europe in both army and
navy, some right from the first
week of the war. One went through
Mons, and another was. in the great
Jutland Bea light nr.d afterwards
was wounded in the Zeebrugge raid,
and I care not -whether I be rated
egotist or not. I accl-ilm thein u
heroes, and neither of them twenty
years old a year ago. '
If Corporal Shultcn's experience
had been placed more with men
like those In the trenches. Instead of
being "up in the air" most of his
time In Europe, 1 fnean England, I
rather fancy he would have had a
different tale to telfat the Trades
men's Tuesday luncheons. I have
never yot heard Englishmen as a
body speak or seen w here they have
written dlsparagingiy or their com
rades in nrms or civilian American
acquaintances, yot 1 have, more than ! pensation for your heroic and trium
once, soen vituperative articles Inil'mint services. If you permit the in
certain sections of the American surnnce to lapse, you lose that right,
press, probably paid for with German i and you will never be able to regain
nionoy, ancnt Englishmen. it. But if you keep up your present
Meanwhile, it is sufficient for us, !
ourselves, to know that our lack of
retaliation Is due In our 'inherent
good manners, and our cultivated
qualities act in restraint of natural
rcEentment. Perhaps It Is difficult
for Coropral Shelton to realize the
',, - because ' he does not
j,i'a,.j nle other.
j,, lm, nuole for Corporal
glutton's benefit I hope, the last
,lu,asape f Vice Aalinlral Rodmano
(i ,is offiteis and men 10 Admiral
1(.a,,y wn,,u llp i!otts,p
K() tmU rpn was leaving the grand fleet!
:for A,(,,.i(. on lt.. The -last
input age Jlasheil-. tit'oiifih the wi un
less from one dnjrship to the. other
was the following:
"Your friendly mi l hrothit'i'Iy fdg-
nr r.rnl.gni.i.,1 iu .lriii-.1v. ntinrori.
ated lv th nrrirnn and men or (
your Sixth flattie Kojiadmn. ei
will never forget the hosnit IlitV. !
which lias made us ft el a part of I
your big family, .ind we intend to
maintain that relation for all tim. j
We uV: hope to Herve under your
command."
In conclusion, Mr. Kditor let nie
thank you for your courtesy in al
lowing me to iiy my little piece."
and lo thank Cor:'raI Sheiton for
having given me the c:nise, or a;
lei-'st the Initiative ;o pbue before
yonr readers ope. KnplishiuLn'B iewa.
whilst at the Bam? time: nsreeln
(womRj-lul you will nay) with the
Corporal thai one i wallow does -cot
make a Hummer.
May God's Mesai.vg ever ret on
this fair land of Aph tIch and on the
mother country, dear tild Kncland.
Yon.-i faithfully,
CIJAS. K. KINO.
DEATH'S EXCEED IllRTHS
. . . .
. . IN KMiLAM .
time since tte citaliiishmr'. t
Kv?ttm of reistratinn, 'ifiiths exrool
i birth, in Cnclif fl and waieii in in
Uist quarter nf'KUM, rroriini to tr- wifh ,,, ,v,f,, ,fin! siSirl. al
report of the rltr:ir-.-ji'ral, g-tg" r(, .,,v (Hn on f. roiint of (frnxral
public Jues-lay. In fne last r.iiirrt - ,i.,ri.-.mlatlon. C.-inll. -i cot elalit
of 14' 18 the. birth n vTtre 161,773 ru' ;r,lM, apeca anrl r dlfll-iilt to
the death 241.218. The .f.-nth.
eiied tin? fr the
.cedi&J
ter hy 127t.
fn a&ti..i,j wo.
,tne
ary or cuntnhu y caue '!
HE'S WATCHING YOU .
4'1"
HOLD ON TO UNCLE
SAM'S INSURANCE
As the men lire coming home from
camp and battle field, the problem ot
life insurance is a vital one to each' of
them, and to the families of each.
The following letter deserves fre-
careful perusul by soldiers nnd sailors
and by the dependents and advisors of
soldiers anil sailors.
To the soldiers and sailors of Amer-
icn: ' Anoroximatelv 4.0110.11110 nffi. erc
and men of the armv nnd navu are now
insured with the United States gov
ernment for a grand totnl of almost,
thirty-seven billion dollars.
You owe it to yourself and to your
family to hold on to Uncle Sum's in
surance. It is the strongest, safest,
and cheapest life insurance ever writ
tin.
"Eor your protection Uncle Sam has
established the greatest life insurance
company in the world-r-a company as
mighty,, us generous' nnd as demo
cratic as the United States govern
ment itself. Just as Undo Sum pro
jected you nnd your loved ones during
the war. so he stands ready to continue
this protection through the days of re
adjustment and peace.
This privilege of continuing your
government insurance is a valuable
rlKht given to you ns part of the corn-
insurance by the regillur payment of
In, num. tvlll l. 1,1,1., 1.. .1,., ,,,,,,
it into a- standard government policy
without medical examination. Mean
time you can keep up your present in-
surance at substantially the sumo low
rate. The government will write ordi
nary life insurance, twenty-payment
lit'o, endowment hmturinur ut age (12
and other' usual forms of insurnncc.
un,ior"This will be government insurance-
at government rates.
Tho United States government
through the bureau of war risk insur
ance of the treasury, department -p-ill
5nfeguard you- and your loved ones
with .the spirit nnd purpose of n rl-
ipnhlif grateful to its gallant defend
ers. To nvnd yourself of this protec
Ition, you must krep up your present
; im.uranrc. Carry hnek with you to
'civil life,- as an aid nnd an nset, the
Iconiiniinl insurance protection of th?
nUed States government
Hold on to Uncle Sam's insurance.
W. G. McADOO, Secy.
'
LIGHT IS THE
GREAT
NEED-
I Hunting' of Eleel lie riant at ftiiNk .
j CituM'H ircut H-int-hip, j
I OMSK, .Slh'eila, Mireli 1. Kind
In; the neces:-i!leK or life for the peo-:
iple Is one of tin (neat prohleutH of
! All-It iissi;in government, hftvlnf? Itn j
headuaiters 'her. Uchl Is one of;
Uhe most Jirgent needs. Electricity i
(t'vihis , Kpasmodieaily in les than '
jlfilf tho city. Tiu; lnirnin f an
electric power plant caused a bit!
'section to depend entirely on pftro-
leum.'or kerofne, c-d candles Tin'1
the stock of pt'trilo.m is almst ex-!
' haunted and cuivll'tt' are becoming :
iTtre. i i
; The of Sm.nM linn provvH '
i (Treat blow In this respect fot; :
1 1 hrtniish Kanmra fr ei the rich pet ro-;
.,lin ,,u,rl,,r. nf th, CaUKasuH.I
l ime IIkUiiikk niilipi- 01 firui ;
oil and fills.. Th lJ':k ofryiB fo
. .,...
Ui whi-'-ln or tho ruilwny rar la
H,.rtm mat'-tr in ennnlon
find.
XI;
hi Ik C'-nllal in the dad of
Arler-lK-re Ix'dUse ftfht heiillia t
orliwli In the aflfrnnon and ron-
iinnra iinlll H o'clo in tli)niorn-
'! ...4,
berles and occasionally to more ser
ious Incidents. It Is unsafe to go out
tit night alone, especially in dark,
llh frequented thorough Tares.
Tho only public attraction at
pmsk is the thealro mid a few
moving picture auditoriums. Thero
are 0110 or two largo restaurants
where one may dine for fitly or
sixty rubles.' llut, generally Bpeuk
lng, Omsk at night is dusorted and
mournful.
PLAN BIG AIRSHIFS
British Order Dirigibles 800
Feet
Long, Carrying 80 Tons.
LONDON, March 21 After suc
cessful trials of new British dirigible:!
of the rigid typo of construction, the
government, according to the Mail, hn
ordered the building of two enormous
airships. Each will be 800 feet ill
length and will have a capacity of
3,000,000 cubic feet. They will be
driven by six engines, wnich will gen
eruto a total of 1800 horsupowor und,
it is said, will have a lifting powei
of 80 tons, 'Compared with 29 tons,
the largest load carried by any known
to be in existence.
A'lh
Ay jyz . !
Our Seeds Grow
JUST ARRIVED
GARDEN SEEDS
FIELD SEEDS
GRASS SEEDS
OUR STOCK IS NEW AND FRESH
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Water Adjudication For Oregon Progf esws
Under La Grande Man As Superintendent
(By George Cochran, State Wator
Superintendent.)
Tho work of the state water board
t Oregon iclosely allied to the de
velopment and progress of Eastern
Oregon to a more direct degree than
any other board in the state. There
are approximately one million acres
of iir.galett land in Eastern Oregon.
During the ten years that the board
had been in existence tho water rights
upon ihirty-two sti earns have been ad
judicated, approximating (i25,000 acres
ot liuid. Ot tins amount of land ap
proximately 10,000 acres is in Western
Olegon anil the tuiWtm-e of the adju-
dicau-d land is in Eastern Oicgon. Of
'the total am. unit adjudicated, the su
peiinteiideuts of .water division No. 1,
I whit-h comprises Western Oregon, ad
judicated approximately 155,000 acres
lot' land, ami ;he superintendents of wa
jter dhision No. 2, comprising Eastern
Oicgon, adjudicated approximately
170,000 nores of land.
Iluring the first years of the work
of the board, this work of adjudication
was the primary work, nnd the work
of the board therefore began to be
considered by ninny people as Jinving
to do entirely with the adjudication of
water rights. However, us the ntljud!
cation of water rights became com
pleted, the board had' the further duty
of distributing the water to the water
users whose rights hnvo thus been de
termined. This is done through wator
masters, wljo are paid by the several
counties in which they work. At the
present time, there is a water master
for Deschutes county, 0110 for Crook
and Jefferson counties, one for Uma
tilla nnd Morrow counties, one for
Wallowa county, one for Buker and
Union counties, one for Malheur coun
ty and one fuY Ilnrney county, in
Eastern Oregon, and one for Josephine
county and one for Jackson county, in
Western Oregon. As tho udjutlica
tiens were completed, the wej-k of dis tributing
became greater and more im-
! portnnt.
1 he success of our system of
water right determinations dependw
upon the success of the distribution,
ami of courso the success of the ilia -tribution
tlepends upon being able to
get competent wator masters. The
success of the distribution produce
many beneficent results, umong which
uro the following:
Elrst. Neighborhood quarrels are
done away with. A water fight la
transferred from neighbors to n prop
O .TV .
oawyprHrioi
Mercuantile .Go;
o
osition jjf the water user presenting;
his rights to the water master, who is
tho constituted authority for tho dis
tribution of water.
Second. Records of the use of water
are kept, and any water user is not
afraid to turn water down to someone
else for fear of losing his right, and '
witter titles thereby become more -stable
and permanent.
Third. A system of distribution is
inaugurated in place of the old chnotic -plan
of "grab water as you please,"
so that the water supply goes further,
produces better crops, und the witter
users improve their system of irriga
tion so as to obviate the evils of too
much water ami sour land. With thi?
hotter system' of irrigation and more
harmony in the neighborhood, cornel
increased acreage, better improved
farms, higher valuations and greater
progress.
Fourth. The last beneficient result
of which I will speak is that the rec
ord kept by tho water master enables
the purchaser of a farm to ascertain
just the extent of the water right
which exists upon a certain piece of
land. Thus a water right, where thi
water fuils in May, does not place thn
value upon a piece of land such ns it
would if tho wntcr lusted until Sep
tember. Therefore when a man buys
a piece of land with 'this knowledge,
speculation in water rights hus passed ,
and he knows what he is buying. Tho
mere fnct that n man has n water right
does not determine the value of his
land. The extent of his witter right
does determine tho vnlue of hla land.
The results of our system of adjudi
cation of water rights and the distri
bution of witter has been specifically
demonstrated in numerous cases. Un
der one stream, where litigation hull
been carried on for ten years or more
prior to the board adjudication, the
dirtribution af water by tho board has
resulted in a harmonious neighborhood
with an increase of irrigated land of
nbout 50 per cent, "with the same water
supply Under another stream, prior .
to the board adjudication some of the
land on tho stream was irrigated once
each year and some of it once every
two or three years. When tho water
master proceeded to distribute the '
witter owiV. the land upon that stream,
nil the hind theretofore Irrigated was
irrigated from once to threo time per
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