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Saturday, March 17, 1923.
T11K LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE THREE
CENTURY OLD
HOUSEGLOSED
Old Neil House Passes Into
History; New Neil House,
to Cost $4,000,000, to Be!
. Built.
rOM'MlUS, .Mar. 17. The Nrll
Holism which for innru limn u ct'ii
tnry linn liotirii'il famous mi'ii an I
women of Ohio ami the nation ami
whose n'KisUTK are vt-ritaltle panes
or history will close Its doom loi
ever Mnrch 2m. April 1, work of
deiiiollsliimc the old Kiriu-turo W.
start. Jk rpew Nell house In to l0 ,
coaHlrit(tel on tho Kite. It will cost
M.muu.OOO, und t expected )lo lie
opened late In 1 ti 2 4 .
The present ttntldtiiR Is about i.r
years old. but William Nell's flrsi
tavern was built lu 1S22, on the
same site. In 1X39 a moro preten
tious hostelry wiim erected; Charles
Dickens on his American tour was a
Knest under its roof and huil hoiih
tiilnf? to say about It .In his Amer
ican Notes.
November li, lSfiO, the niht of t li
day of Lincoln's first election to the
presidency, the ncenmi Neil House
was destroyetl byi fire and shortly
afterwards the present building was
constructed.
Fifteen president of tlie I'nttcd
States have written their nanus on
Neil rcKlslers. Andrew Jackson was
the first. The signature of A. Lin
coln can lie seen on the old books.
William Jlenry Harrison, I. .S. tirant.
Hutherford li. Hayes. (1 rover Cleve
land. William MeKinley. William 11.
Taft. Theodore Koosevelt, Wood.ow
Wilson and Warrrn (. Harding are
some of the other chief executives
of the nation who slept under the
Neil's roof. Five of these presidents
mitdo the hotel their home tin ring
lesser terms of office.
Additional famous signatures on
the old registers are of scientists,
authors, actors, artists mid theolog
ians. William Mean Howells was
frciuently a guest. Other names In
clude Jenny Liml. Louis Kossuth. Ad
miral Furrugut. Salmon P. i 'liuse,
f'.cnentl Win field Scott. I'hil Sheri
dan, llorac,, Crecley, Adellna Falti.
Artetnus Ward. Henry Watterson.
I'hoebe l.'ary, Kllen Terry and Mark
Twain. '
The New Nell will attempt to pre
serve some of this historical back
ground. There will be a hall of (he
presidents, In which will hang oil
paintings of all the chief executives
who have stopped at the hotel. Fac
similes of the registers are to be
prominently displayed.
Fresident Harding wrote a letter
of regret to officials of the company
at Ihe passing of the old hotel. He
said among oilier things: "If win
dows were eyes and walls hal
tongues what a story the old Nell
House could tell of the public life
of Ohio ami (he nation fot; iwu gen
alions." A J Ynnn.vlv;inlii niiin pulled his
own tooth tun! IU'ii. An Wii-. lie lunl
the Hutist'iu'tluil of killing thu dcll-tist.
JIM BR1DGER TAUGHT !
KID CARSON TRICKS
(By Associated Press)
HALT l-AKK 1'IT Y, I tah. Alar. 17.
What is believed to be one of the
few. original photographs of !iin
Undjjer, western trapper of the early
mtrt if tlw 1-ict- nAntnrv iu iti I tin
-Mormon church museum here. It
was taken about IK-rj when fori
Uruljrer, Wyoming;, was established.
unuVers exploits are chronicled in i
all western histories and he is said
to nave inujriu aii Larson nis iirsi
lessons a Frontiersman,
Hridger, so history tells us, trap
ped in the intermounUiin country
anil explored a great Part o what
is now Utah in about 18'Jo. -
IS
MOOKSTO, Calif.. Mar. 17. Don
I'edro. the world's .highest Impounded
lam. located mi the Tuolumne river,
aboe li (iiango, will be completed
.March M. according to f-Vrcy F.
Jones, engineer of the Modesto Irri
gation district. The dam, which is
owned jointly by the Modcsto-Turloek
Irrigation districts, cost, together
with the power plant, approximately
$5,000,000.
The only construction work re
maining for the dam proper, Kngf
neer Jones says, is the filling of a
hole near the center. This hole is
about ten feet deep and thirty feet
wide.
The power hous( has been com
pleted and workmen are engaged nt
present in cleaning up the construc
tion refuse, and are preparing for
connecting up the henvy transmis
sion lines which ure completed with
in reach of the power bouse. The
regular operating crews arc being or
ganized and two of the large gener
ator milts are being operated con
tinuously for lests before connecting
up to the districts distribution lines.
A total of fiOti men have been em
ployed on the project, the ground
for which was formally broken June
2L 1921. This districts are to have
the benefit of Ihe I'KOJHifl uric feet
of stored waler which the dam will
impound fur Hi,. 19 23 crop season.
The bitse of the dam In the river
is 17; feel; the dam Is 2Sil feet high
and t.nofi feet long across the crest,
which Is an are. The dam was con
structed below Uu $3,snn,000 esti
mate of the districts' engineers and
hp power plant cost $1. 200, 000.
CANAL WORK KBSU.MKI)
KLAMATH KAI.I.S. lr. 17.
Constmction of the west side canal
in Iangell valley, wihich was sus
pended duiinc the winter, has been
resumed, according; to II. 1). Newell,
project manager. Plans call for the
completion of the canal late in the
fall. When finished the canal will be
'i miles lone;, with cnpacily adequate
to supply 111,00 acres. Excavation
of the canal will necessitate the con
struction of several highway bridges
and perhaps J 7 farm - bridges.
Ity the spring of 1!'-1 -water will
be 'available for the irrigation of
several thousand acres of land, on
the westsiclo of Laurel valley.
EMM
M FISHED
NEW
Oregon Hardware & Implement Co
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Beginning March 17, 1923
Bert Hamilton, the Eastern Oregon Agent for Nash and Packard cars, will exhibit
on the above days, the '
Four Passenger Special Sport Model Nash
One Four Passenger Four Door Nash Coupe a duplicate of the car
which took First Prize at New York Auto Show
One Special, Nash Roadster
Two New Model Nash Touring Cars
See This Wonderful Automobile Exhibition
nv irrnn it ml
DIM
'Central Howard Association
of Chicago Helped 27,500
Convicts to Uet Work in
"W22. , .
(Ity Associated Press)
FHir.UiO, Mar. 17. L'leve iiltun
drcd convicts, , discharged or paroled
from penitentiaries, were assisted on
to tho right road by th,. Central
Howard association, ot this city, dur
ing J 922. according to the annual
report niad it public by the associa
tion, lit addition to this 500 bos
under. IS years of age were- guided
anil helped and legal aid was pro
vided for 400 ndditloual men ac
cused of crime but who had no friend
at court or were without adecp,iatc
resources to obtain their legal rights.
This brought the total applicants
aided In the 22 years of the usso
ciatlon's life to 27,500. and the aver
age cost per applicant in this length
of time was J9.G9.
A significant part of th report Is
Uio notation of the earning capacity
of the men uxsisted in 1921. In frh'U
year, according lo the report.
paroled men worked u total of 19.
lilO days and, earned $l2i;,r.sl. an
average of $4.5 a day." In other
words .one-sixth of the men aided
that year earned eight times the (s
sociation's entire income." says the
report.
The Central Howard association
irt named after John Howard who
was sheriff at Bedford. Fug.. In 1773
and who is known as the father of
modern prison improvement. Its,
field is confined to the central and
western stales and its method is moie
DUUIHIIUIl
Monuments
?flemorial. ffoi)
few IIW HilHI!iHlf":i'f
utra i
MAS
individual tlma collective. It ncU us
"first friend" to paroled nun und
orvpa as the mediator between the
public and the man who ha gone
wrong, but who wants to get right.
Practical employment is obtained for
the man. also working tools, clothing,
shelter and food.
Tho objects of the association go
farther than this, however. Jt alms
to obtain modern, wholesome jails;
realize more efficient act ion In
courts; est:tblsli the principle of re-
formation lu correctional institutions
and work for prevention of crime by
better supervision of offenders while
n probation and parole. Tho offi
cers of the association are: deorge
W. Dixon, president and F. Fmory
Lyon, founder ami superintendent,
both of Chicago.
ii i.i si: factouv i'i,xm:d
WALL A WALL A. Wash,, Mar. 17.
John A. Kmigh, manager of the
Walla Walla creamery, announced to
day that his company expects lo in
stall equipment for a che8e factory
within n few weeks, the plant to. have
a capacity of soon founds of milk
daily. His company 1s now making
loo.oOO pounds of cheese annually In
Its Halfway. Ore., branch, this cheese
being distributed from Walla Walla.
When In
Pendleton
Stop With Your Old Friend,
I. M. STALKY,
Former Owner or the Savoy
lu La tirnmle.
lie now owns the Dorion hotel
In Pendleton, which is a thorough
ly modern home, for tho traveling
public and he looks ufter his
rons with the usual "Staley llos
pitaHly."
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ORDER
THAT
MONUMENT
NOW
W h'sT made protonnd
itudy of Duonument buildiug,
and an order placed in oar
hands it lure to receive faith
fil, inUlliint axecutli-n.
We Will Gladly
Frniah Estimati
Blue Mountain
Marble & Granite
Company
1592 S Are- La Graada, Or.
OF
BEGOMESTURK
TD EKTEH U. S.
SAX l-'LA.WIXro, Cnl., Mar. 17.
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jv en;il!il Mi t!v,npia S'lkeinri
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-.nun v 'i
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1 and Ten
of Albania to enter the United States ,She was a subject' of Greece and M
after four months of travel in order j the Greek auota was full, she, wan,
to wed Dill Peters, truck driver of jIlot p'ermitted to enter the Unit!';
ban Manctseo, ! Stated. Before long Albania became,'
Miss Sakelaris spent $125 for aa pIrt 0f tne Turkish domain ami
railroad ticket im her native coun- iaa tj,e Turkish quotn was not full t
try and the railiuad went bankrupt sne was permitted to enter this coun-.
before she jrot far- Finally' she got;,.,, v v
to a port and boarded a' steamship i ' . . . .
in Greece. I he steamship was laid j ' Arriving in San Fruncisco she was -,
up for a month. . 'aided by the Travelers' Aid Society,.
Alter several other hitches me
young woman got to KNN Island,
WILL ytiu still he toiling? Or will happy independence ,
he you rs ? What you are doing now decides what you
will be doing then. Regular deposits perhaps small
plus compound interest mean comfort in old age.
"As ye sow, so shall ye reap." ' Save while you can and
have when you can't save. -
This bank will help yoiu
UNITED STATES NATIONAL.
BANK
i.. ?.'.:.. ' La Grande, Oregon
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
in mining a smier. one is now pra-:
paring her trousseau.