La Grande evening observer., June 22, 1932, Confidence Edition, Page 5, Image 5

Wednesday, June 22, 1932
RAILROAD CAUSE
OF DESERTION OF
OLD 'LAGRANDE'
When O.-W. Came Here
in 1884 It Resulted in
Change of Location
152 HOMES WERE
ERECTED IN 1890
Construction of the Elgin
Branch Started Same
Year Extended to Jo
seph in 1908.
Not 20 years niter tho Old, Ore
gon trail was blazed through, a
sturdy pioneer by the name of Ben
jamin Brown crossed overland and
settled at Umatilla. Reflecting on
tho trip, he decided that a more at
tractive Bpot had not been seen on
the lournev westward than the
Grande Ronde valley. J
He returned In 18C2 and erected
the first buildings In the original I
town of La Grande, with his wife j
making this their home. Mt. Fannie j
In the eastern end of the county was
named after Mrs. Brown.
In the same year Providence M. '
Currey, whoso grandson George H. j
Cuney, Is now In business in tills
city., taught the first school In a j
log cabin In Old Town. The Rev.
H. K. nines, a Methodist minister
prominent in the early history of the
state, was the first man to preach
the gospel to the pioneers of the
Grando Rondo valley. James Mc
Clure, and Jnke Nlbler were before
the railroad came, freighters driving
earns iroiu uuiuwua hhuub.. v... .
valley to the Baker and Idaho mines, !
Mr. McClure being at that time 14 j
and Mr. Nlbler 17 years of age. These !
bovs were with a party of freighters ;
who were attacked by Indlons west
of the Blue Mountains In 1878, when
a number of white men were killed.
The two boys and several men es
caped by hiding In the brush and
timber, and later made their way
rnctf to La Grande.
Railroad Comes
The railroad, when It came in 1884
took a bee line across the valley from
the gap at Oro Dell to Pyle canyon
on the eastern border.
And La arande, finding Itself a
mile off the line, reestablished it
self and created n "new town" be
side the rallrood, though the Old
town as It Is still known locally, Is
an Integral and populous part of tho
olty of La Grande at present.
The old B. W. Grandy, Joseph
Palmer, and C. V. Harding home
steads covered the present townslte
and the old Grandy home, which
was razed to permit the building of
the, La Grande hotel, woi the first
residence in the new city. Mrs. Lydla
Grandy, widow of the late B. W.
Grandy, Is the mother of Mrs. Sher
wood Williams, the first white child
born In La Grande.
W. J. Snodgrass, tho Ilrst mer
chant and mlllman at La Grande,
translerred his business from the old
town to the new site as soon as the
. railroad came and the rest of the
Inhabitants quickly followed.
First Passenger Train
The first passenger train pulled
Into La Grande July 20, 1884, with
Engineer Dick Knight at the throttle
and Conductor Robinson taking the
tickets. Both of these men are now
dead.
La Grande became at once a divi
sional point, and through the gener
osity of Its business men, who do
nated land for the purpose, it be
came the location of the present
railroad shops.
Tho dispatchers' office for tho line
from Umatilla to Huntington was
established here, with C. W. Taylor
as chief dispatcher.
In 1890 La Grande's oflice was
given an assistant superintendent,
D. W. C. Perry being the first Incum
bent, and J. P. O'Brien the next. A.
J. Borle. the third, was made super
intendent but under the receivership
of 1894-6 the office was removed to
Pendleton. In 1900 M. J. Buckley,
who was In 1887 a freight brakeman
running out of La Grande, was made
assistant superintendent with head
quarters here and the oflice thus re-
If any segment of the Spine
is in an abnormal position
(subluxation) pressure is
produced on the nerve
trunks at that point
disease develops.
To HEAD
To FACE and NECK
To THROAT
To UPPER LIMBS
To HEART
To LUNGS
To LIVER
To STOMACH
To SMALL INTESTINE Vp
To BOWELS
To APPENDIX
To OVARIES
To LOWER LIMI
To BLADDER
To GENITALS
TheChiropractor
uijuMi ue ubiuxBtion
and health reappear.
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X-RAY LABORATORY
. DR. F.L. TRIBE
Palmer Graduate
Foley BIdg. Chiropractor
FJRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Thls lieniitlful brlek structure is the home of the First Presbyter
Ian church, situated on the triangular lot enclosed by Sixth street.
Spring avenue, and Washington avenue, on the edge of the busi
ness district of 1,0, Grande... A fine organ Is one of the features of
the commodious building. A small house next to the church serves
as additional quarters for the Sunday sfliool.
stored was continued until on Aug.
3, 1913, the second division of the
unit was created with W. Bollons
as superintendent.
From 1885 to 1888 and 1890 to
1892 J. F. Graham, for many years
superintendent of motive power in
Portland and now deceased, was em
ployed in La Grande, first as a
machinist and afterward as general
loreman of the Bhops. A. Buckley,
too, "grew up" in La Grande, being
successively dispatcher, chief dls-.
patcher and assistant superintendent,'
between 1000 and 1917.
Jacob Gulling, conductor, A. J.
Martin, storekeeper, George Hanson,
engineer, were among the first rail
road employes In the Grande Ronde
valley.
The first blacksmith foreman In
La Grande's Bhops was A. Floyd, now
dead. In the blacksmith shop with
him were Frank Brookler and Andrew
Anderson.
J. E. Foley, who has left
hls name attached to the first hotel
and modern office building here, was
the original B & B pile driver fore
man working out of this terminal.
Coinimrlsoiis
Within two or tnree years after
tho completion of the railroad. La
Grande had the appearance of a
growing and prosperous town; In
1889 thirty-five residences were built,
In 1890 a total of 152 and In 1891
tho number of new residences com
pleted was 183.
Tho construction In 1890 of the
Klgin branch, running 20 miles north,
opened up tributary . territory and
gave an Impetus to the development
of the valley. .
In the year 1908 the extension of
'.this branch as far as Joseph, 84
, miles from La Grande by rail, open
i ed up one of the most prosperous
j valleys in the state and the scenic
I wonderland, Wallowa- lake.
E'dtor's Note The above mater-
al Is taken from a story entitled
"La Grande . In Early Days" which
wos printed in tho Union Pacific
Magazine In December, 1925, and
prepared by S. C. Smith, of the Old
Timers' club, second division, O.-W.
R. & N. company.
What Money Won't Buy
An English Journal once offered
n prize for the best definition of the
word money. The winning defini
tion rend: "Money Is nn article
which nmy be used ns n universal
passport to everywliere except
heaven, and ns n universal provider
of everything except hnpplness."
Knnsns City Star.
Purely American Idea
The high school Is distinctly nn
American Institution. The English
I high school of Boston, founded In
i 1821, was the first of Its kind oud
gradually, ns free elemenlnry
schools were established through
out the country, the high schools
followed.
Feathered Robbers
Bold robbers are the shenth-bllls,
pirate birds found In the cold Ant
arctic regions. Traveling In two's
they visit the nests of the penguins
and while one engages the attention
of a nesting bird the other enjoys
a meal of penguin eggs.
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LA
EX SOLDIER
WON'T QUIT
PENITENTIARY
"Mad. Artist" Adorns the
Oklahoma Capitol and
Prison by Talent
With Brash,
McALESTER, Okla. A "mad
artist" depicts Christ and nature
scenes In oils behind penitentiary
walls rather than accept his free-
dom from Oklahoma authorities.
Charles Matthew Conrad Maas,
German, has spent 33 of his 77 years
In prison. In 1890 he was sentenced
to life Imprisonment for murder of
his wife. Martha. Records snow
Maas thought he detected poison In
his breakfast food. He fired tnree
charges of buckshot through his
wife's body.
Tried at El Reno, the court found
him guilty.
Early Talent
Many think he Is Insane. Others
say he Is a genius, for behind pris
on walls he has developed early
talent with brush and canvas. His
paintings decorate the penitentiary
and state capltol,
Years ago Interested persons took
his case before the clemency board
In session at the prison. Maas was
called to appear In the Interests of
a pardon. ,
"This Is my studio," the German
replied, without pausing at his can
vas.'; "If they want me, I am here."
Finally prison guards took him
by .force to the audience.
Sixteen of his paintings, the largest
12 by 18 feet, decorate the prison
mess hall. Included are the Resur
rection of Christ, Mother and family
groups, Warren Harding, a copy of
Gftnsborough,'B "Blue Boy," ubio-
homa Indian groups and others.
Maas' Christ
The Christ depleted by Maas Is
square-headed, with heavy Jaws and
blond. Teutonic hair, his animais
and landscapes are considered nis
best works.
A life term murderer, the old man
Is a favorite with prison officials
and fellow prisoners. The mule barn
loft, outside the prison wans, nus
been made his studio. He goes to
the trusty building, also outside the
walls, for Irregular meals. He sleeps
on a cot In his studio. The convict
artist mokes no report to prison offi
cials, does no work except with his
brush.
He wears his hair cropped In the
style of the Prussians, in whose army
ho once served. He never was natur
alized and war-time prison records
list him as on alien enemy.
A new alloy, composed of nickel,
oteel. and aluminum, has been de
veloped In Japan for strong mag
netic characteristics.
Kipling's Famous Llna
The phrase "the dawn conies up
like thunder outer China 'crost the
bay," 1 s a geographical liberty
which Kipling took In writing his
famous poem. If you have watched
for the sunrise across a broad
stretch of water you know how sud
denly the sun bursts above the ho
rizon. It comes with the sudden
ness of thunder. This Is an ei am
ple of how Impossible It Is always
to take literally a figure of speech
found In a poem. Washington Star.
The Oregon board of health will
Issue permits for the operation of
public swimming pools this year only
where the water has been chlorinated
or otherwise purified.
Romans Relished Oysters
Excavations at Caerleon, Wales,
discloses a Roman oyster bar. In
the ancient town have been found
beautiful houses having 40 to SO
rooms, and numerous shops. In one
of the shops was a pile of oyster
shells and also a large number of
unopened bivalves.
Important Question
An Important point remains to he
settled about the mule whose kick
Is reported to hove been removed
by evolutionary processes of breed
ing 1 Does the mule understand
about the new quality of meekness
that has been thrust apod him? St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
"Liverwort"
"Wort" Is derived from the Anglo
Saxon "wyrte" and means plant
The plant known as liverwort was
so called from an ancient belief
that It was a curative for liver troubles.
GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE,
Deplores
The Smile of the Vanquished
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Andrc Tardlell, Ju.st retired as premier of France, seems more glad
dened than downcast as he emerges from n conference III the wake
of Kdouard Herrlot, victor In recent election. The bulging brief
caso under Ilcrrlol's arm prnhuhly explains Tunllcu's look or relief.
Game Warden's
Busy Season
"The main work of gnmc wardens
at this season of the year in many
of the states, particularly In the
heavily populated eastern sections, is
not chasing down out-of-season hun
ters and fishing law violators, as
most persons commonly think," said
Seth Gordon, president of the asso
ciation. "It Is the control of cnts and
dogs found running at large In the
woods and fields during the nesting
and breeding season. Wild life in
vestigators have found that not more
than 13 per cent of the young gome
crop reaches maturity, and they hold
hunting dogs and cats to be among
the chief reasons for this waste."
In states where dogs are licensed
for an owner to let his dogs run
loose on other property during this
season often carries o heavier penalty
than any other game law violations,
ho said. He added that efforts to
control 'the large numbers of stray
ing or abandoned and half-wild house
cats aro made the yeor round, but are
considered to be especially Import
ant In nesting time.
With game departments and orni
thologists romping on stray cats as
tho worst of all menaces to bird
life, and the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical association now attack
ing them as disease carriers, move
ments to tax cats arc at present un
der way In nine states New York,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Mas
sachusetts, Vermont, California,
Pennsylvania and Florida. The pro
posed cat license laws would make
the licensed tabbies legal property
and the rest outlaws.
Good Man's Advantage
A bad Minn Is wretched amidst
every earthly advantage; a good
mun troubled on every side, yet
not 'distressed; perplexed but not
In despnir; persecuted but not de
stroyed. Plato.
Sheepskin Business Is Booming
Mi If i r I ' V 3i,'unR fjs-:rrt, . a t., j
Z&A-'&.ti- -i
Here' the Imprwlvc (teene an the nation' largpnt tinltrmlty Rrnilu
nectf Its h'ltl fienlor jmnlentn. iVhllr tVlumlibi's cap-atifl-Kowiuil
graduates (In foreground) listened lo tlifi cornnifiiccimwit adilrewi of
Dr. M( holiv Murray It u Her, university prehlilenl, 2MKX Kpectutoni
looked on.
Shrinkage
In French
AIRMAIL
I'OSTAOE
WASHINGTON, (P) Increase of
tho airmail postage rote within the
country from 6 to 8 cents for the
first ounce and from) 10 cents to 13
fectlve July 6. was announced re -
ccntly by the postoff ice department.
The increase Is expected to yield
$3,000,000 annually In revenue.
Ranked by Foreign Critics
It has often heon snld that the
rank of a living artist can most
fairly be gauged by the esteem In
which He is held by foreign conns
tries. .'
Alaska's fishery Industry employed
nearly 23,000 persons 111 1031.
Their -End in Sight?
The elcphunt, crocodMo and rhi
noceros are among the animals that
appear to be on (ho down grodo of
evolution nnd that will some dny
disappear like the great dinosaurs.
A new five Inch power cablo laid
under tho Columbia river for tho
transmission of power from Ariel lake
to Portland, Ore., will have a capacity
of 115,000 volts.
Wealth and Virtue
Riches, though they may reward
virtues, yet they cannot cause
them ; he Is much more noble who
deserves a benefit than ho who be
stows one. Foltlinm.
Ancient Swiss Industry
The straw braid IndUKtry Ib one
of the oldest In Switzerland, the
llrst commercial organization
lug established In 178.'!.
be-
Europe's Oldest Race
The Basques of Spain nro said tf
bo the oldest race surviving In Eu
rope. 7$. A. -A task jfi,
" iff t& "
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ORE.
Prestige
New Chieftain
Finds Country
Facing Danger
lly Joseph E. Sharkey
PARIS W) France's foreign pol
icy Is In a state of suspended anima
tion, says Edouord Herrlot, France's
new political chieftain.
Herrlot hopes to Inject new life
Into this policy. He realises It is a
big Job. Ho said:
"Tho London conference showed j
that our external policy Is negative,
where are our friends?
"France is in the difficult sit
uation of being able to lean only
on those countries which she her
self Is holding on their feet."
This was deemed an allusion to
such nations . as Poland, Jugoslavia,
Rumania, Czechoslovakia and per
haps, also Belgium,
The husky statesman, for Herrlot
Is a big, almost burly appearing man.
is gentle In manner and speech and
some of his political enemies say he
soft. But back of his quietness is
a tremendous moral force which, be
ing housed In his big healthful body,
permits extraordinary mental and
physical effort.
One can see this -In the handling
of his beloved pipe. Like former Vice
President Dawes and Stanley Baldwin,
ex-prime minister of Great Britain.
Herrlot loves his pipe and Is seldom
without it. But he clutches it be
tween his teeth with bulldog tena
city.
Danger Signals Ahead
Continuing his summation of tho
international situation, he went on:
'We must pursue careful diplo-
macy. Wo must bo genuinely patient.
Our acts must be the outcome of
mature deliberation.
"The forthcoming Lausanno
conference Is the most dangerous
conclave with which we ever have
been confronted.
"How can one epcak of a link be
tween reparations and war ' debts
when, In the coso of tho former, we
aro obliged to Insist constantly upon
! our rights and. In tho case of the
, a clause of safeguard?
"At Geneva the problem Is how to
conciliate the necessary security of
France against aggression, with the
cutting down of military budgets
whose present size the people can not
longer BUpport.
"These tasks have been handed
down by the previous government of ;
France and now we must solve the i
questions of debts, reparations and
disarmament. 1
"It is, Indeed, 'an hour when one
can say with perfect truth that noth
ing has been settled.
No Vain Hucrlflcefl
"I have said It before and I now
repeat It my party (tho Radical1
Socialists) is not opposed to acts of(
good-will or even to sacrifices by :
Franco, provided such acts and sac-;
rlficcs really lead to a consolidation j
of peace."- 1
Getting directly to tho German:
problem. Herrlot said it was the radi
cal socialists of France who first told
the Germans to come and talk with
tho French. The Dawes plan resulted.
It brought to French coffors one bil
lion dollars. Ho continued:
In making peace with Germany
we made Germany pay. If we think
nationalism Is dangerous there are
certain pacifist imprudences to which
wo are opposed.
I am against all "national isms'
and not merely against French na
tionalism. I am against tho national
ism of Hitler.
I Micks l'n'pnmlnpfw
"When my country is in peril I
shall defend It. I am a patriot.
"I have voted for military credits
and shall continue to vote for them.
With virility must wo back peace.
"If Hitler comes Into power I
profer that the shock be felt by
hills of concreto than by tho
breasts of young Frenchmen ."
Many of Hcrrlot's friends think
their leader would prefer bo remain
a historian and lecturer than to bo a
big statesman with grave responsi
bilities. His fad la to analyze tho person
ages of tho past and pick out thoso
who would be radical socialists were
they alive today. Ho Is a stout be
liever In tho llbcrallstlo tenets of his
party.
Pauline
Lederle
HAS
ESTABLISHED
A
REPUTATION
FOR
THOSE
AGGRAVATING
TEARS.
REPAIRING
CLEANING
AND
PRESSING
Phone 3935
Next Door to
H&S Electric Co.
La Grande Now
Is Served By 3
Chiropractors
Numbered among tta boosters and
confident In the prosperity of the
futuro are Dr. Tr.be. Dr. Biggs and
Dr. Woodell, La a rondo's chlroprac-
tors.
Dr. P. L. Tribe, a graduate of the
Palmer School of Chiropractic, lo
cated in Davenport. Iowa, has a suite
of offices In tho New Foley building.
He has been practicing In La arande
for seven years and In his well-equipped
suite of offices, he conducts hlB
clinic and X-ray laboratwy.
Drs. Biggs and Biggs located on the
second floor of the Foley building are
graduates of the Palmer School of
Chiropractic and employ the latest
methods of chiropractic spinal adjust
ments. Drs. Biggs and Biggs havo
been in continuous uractlce for the
luast seventeen veors. with fourteen
yoars X-ray experience, and havo om-
ployed the use of tho neurocalometer
for the past seven years. They have
I Want
I Want
I don't want 'maybe' or 'guess'
Sick people are mnklng these
tlcflnlU demands. The times
wo nro passing through make
people serious, earnest. Im
patient wl'th anything that
Isn't PACT, EXACT, ACTION,
RESULTS!
Sick people want to GET
WELI, N-O-WI overnight. If
possible, and STAY WELL I
They don't want to waato time
or money getting well I
They say: "If you have
: Dr. J. E.
Graduate
West-Jacobson BIdg.
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'A Complete Typewriter
Service Station"
SATISFACTION IS ASSURED
Wc Also Can Supply You With
Adding Machines - Cash Registers
And dther Aids to Better Business .
"See Tuckey First"
E. C. TUCKEY
109 DEPOT ST.
Any Sick Person Can Have a
Free X-Ray
Examination
Tho lnallcnnblo birthright of NATURE Is HEALTH Thnt snme
hcnltli mnt como from within your own body not from with
out. NATURE wnnts you to bo well, but It Is no part of her plan
thnt you should tnko stronn drug's Into your body or hr.vo unneces
sary opernllona thnt you may enjoy thnt dOOD HEALTH.
Ilemember you Imvc everything within your own body thnt you
need to bo healthy, but If you nro sick or nlllni?. It is proof thnt
your NERVOUS 6YBTEM Is In nn nbnormnl condition duo to ncrvo
pressuro along tho spine.
IXAKN TIIK FACTS
Stop the uncertainty locnte the CAUSE of your trouble ns only
nn X-nny will show It. This X-Rny examination will cost you noth
ing but Is our method of helping you to see for yourself, where the
CAUSE of your sickness Ih locntcd. nnd WHY NATURE Is not nblo
to Blvo you bnck your HEALTH. Call at our omco wuiun i uuj.
for this FREE exnmlnntlon. Do It today.
Drs. Biggs & Biggs
l'nlmcr (Irndnnte Chiropractors
X-ltny ami Nenroculomcter Service
Hoconil Floor Foley llldff.
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as complete an X-ray laboratory,
neurocalometer and other equipment
as might be found In any up-to-date
chiropractor's off too. ..
Dr. Woodell Is a graduate of tnt
L03 Angeles College of Chiropractic
and Pacific Chiropractic college of
Portland and bas been practicing In
La Grande tor the past eleven yeara
In addition to his activities as a
chiropractor, he is equipped to give
radlonlo and clectrlc-theraphy tre&tr
ments. He la located at the present
time In his suite of offices In thp
West-Jacobson building. (
Famous Old Vessel
According to Jo shun Humphreys!
statement In regard to the Const It ui
tlon, the frame of the vessel win
made from live 011k and red cedar;
tho keel of white onk; the decks of
Carolina pitch pine. This wood wns.
procured from Savannah, Gn., and
Charleston, S. C Joshua Uunipft.
rcys wns the designer of this ship;
Florida's dne-mtle relay team broke
a 32 -year old record: In a dual meet
with Vanderbllt this year.
Health!
Results!
something more MODERN,
QUICKER, SURER than any
thing I know, lot me have Its
benefits, but I MUST HAVE
RESULTSI" '
And that Is exactly the type
of peoplo that tho BADIONIO
INSTRUMENT Is bringing ;
health, happlnoss and the old
smiles tool Times have changed
the Radlonlc Way Is tho
modern way to G.ET HEALTH
AND KEEP ITI
WOODELL
Chiropractor
La Grande . , Phone 483-J
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