La Grande evening observer., January 31, 1914, Image 4

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1914
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
A TD A 1H1R The Famous players
Mary Pickford in CAPRICE tgtJSST .
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charging 10 and 20 Cents
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
Entered in the poet -ffice at La
Grande, Oregon, aa second class
nutter.
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LOANS ON INSURANCE POLICIES
Borrowing on insurance policies is
a habit -which is growing in this coun
try It should be discouraged.
In the beginning that clause in Jhe
policies which permits the insured to
borrow an amount in keeping with
the amount of insurance and the time
for -which? it has been carried was in
serted to prevent lapses4 It hod f re-
"quently happened that a man tempor
arily was unable to pay his perm-
iums. To hold the business the com
panies gave loans on policies to en
able those who otherwise would have
to drop out to keep thecprotection for
their families.
It has happened, though, that this
primary object has been loBt sight
of by policy holders? Today loan
sharks are asked for many reasons
other than retention o$ protection.
Many lonns are secured for the pay
ment of debts that never should have
been allowed to accumulate, for
business expansions of questionable
wisdom and even for the purchase of
luxuries.
In the spending eracat which we
have arrived few think of the solid
advantages of an intact insurance
policy as compared with one loaded
up with loons. The habit of borrow
ing from the most convenient avail
able source a symptom of the financial
heedlessness of the day. Cities, states
and notions are borrowing almost up
to the limit of their interest paying
powers, and individuals naturally
think, they can do likewise. 0
The insurance companies can do
nothing in their official capacity ex
cept to draw attention to the un
wholesomeness of the habit. The
clause which makes loans on policies
is too popular to be eliminated by
fact, the statutes of certain Btates re
quire the agreement to loan as part
of the policy contract. On the other
hand, it is found that Oiis load-
ing of the policy with interest char-
Kes in addition to the premium often
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results in the policy being dropped.
mi . i 1 1 a
x ms means vnn me compan.es must
spend money for commissions to get
new business and from a social view-
point it means that more men face
, . ,f. ,!!..,
old age and death without carrying
adequate protection for their families
The object of insurance being to
equalize the shocks and multiply the
incentives to thrift any question in
volving it is of general interest. .
WHERE AMERICA LAGS.
Considering that the United States
ranks about twenty-second among the
nations of the earth, large and small,
in the matter of military aeronautics, I
and pretty well down he column in
aviation in general, there is a little
jolt in store for those who contem
plate the newly compiled statistics
of 1913 aerial casualties.
According to a compilation by the
Chicago Tribune there were last year
a total of 209 deaths in the world due
to flying accidents.
Of that number, Germany sufTered
47, France 44 and the United States
29, while England lost but 15. Other
nations trailed below these figures.
When one reflects that of the Ger-
man total nearly half were lost in divided into three lots. One lot is
two Zepplin airship disasters, while 'beinIT fved alfalfa hay: another bald
o . barley hay with pigs following; and
France has an army corps of 2,000othe third ,ot wj,d hay A f(?ed ja
birdmen, to say nothing of the scores weighed each day and the cattle and
who operate privately, it will be seen .hogs are weighed at the end of each
that America ratio of aerial fatal-
ities, in proportion to the number n
gnged, was many times too large.
alt can hardly be set down to un
usual misfortune that the tragedy of
cloud conquest should have laid such
a heavy hand on this side of the At
lantic. Rather, it nfust be recognized
as a logical result of American back
wardness in aviation matters. 0 If
America does not fly, it cannot be ex
pected to possess the greatest degree
of proficiency in the manipulation of
flying craft. Neither can it be ex
pected to have kept pace with the
most modern methods of construction.
For a nation to which, but a few
years ago, the entire world lifted its
hat as the originator of the heavier
than air machine, it is a natural dis
grace that it should now be the last
in the development of its own brain
child, the aeroplane. The death list
for 1913 can but emphasize the fact
It is well that tho United States is
again beginning to raise its eyes
above tht ground.
SEWING WANTED--$1.50 a dajf
Phone Red 3821. 1-31, St.
Your Job prtatMg. Have ft done at
tho Observe? office.
AROUND THE COUNTY. I
s
Ex.Mayor Robert withycombe WM
the last man we saw and he was as
full of splendid information that the
! county needs to hear as a dog is full
1 of fleas on a hot summer day. "Bob"
. . . ,.W(ril, fino ' hllnM.
... 4 ...... 1 -...a
low on the experimental farm near
Union. His old domicile burned some
time ago. . The only depressing feat
ure of the new building is that the
contractor agreed to furnish the new
home with a wife for Bob, but now he
has renigged on his promise and as a
result the man of the house will have
to continue devoting all of his time
to the state's work, for that is what
! ne doeS-
When we asked how those beef cat
tle were getting along which he pur
chased last fall from William Poll
man of Baker, Bob gave us the fol
lowing interesting data on cattle:
"Beef cattle are very important to
the live stock industry of. Oregon.
There are 350,000 beef cattle in the
state with a valuation of $14,000,000
Eighty-six per cent of these cattle
are in the counties east of the Cas
cades. There are 60,000 beef cattle
in Boker, Union and Wallowa counties
and from these three counties there
are approximately 9,000 head mark
eu 0ei,cn .ye" olxly m.
those marketed are erass fed and
. i. I i a i r
f orty per cent have been f ed jn feed
. lots,
"Ai present we are feeding at the
experiment station three carloads of
2-year-old range steers. These are
month. Steers are fed in open yards,
which are very similar to those used
by any feeder.
"This is the beginning of a ser
ies of cattle feeding experiments that
are to be carried on from time to
time at the station. My judgment is
that0 the results obtained by feeding
in carload lots are thoroue-hly reliab
lemuch more so than if fed in
smaller lots, for in this way the in
dividuality of the steer is overcome.
The test which is now under way will
demonstrate the feeding value of al
falfa, bald barley and wild hays.
"At the close of the experiment
each cnrlond will be shipped separate
ly to Portland and an accurate ac
count will be kent of the shrinkage
(hiring transportation as well as the
killine percentage and the general
condition of the dressed carcasses
each carload.
"Future experiments have . been
planned to test the value of the var
ious feed sand methods of feeding.
It will be our earnest endeavor to
demonstrate what can be accomplish
ed under careful and efficient manage
ment." SCHOOL DIRECTORS MEET
Only Routine Matters Come Before
School Meeting Last Night.
La Grande school directors met for
the regular monthly transaction of
business last evening. Passing on
bills and ordcrinsr payment, were the
chief duties transacted, aa there was
little out of the routine to come up.
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handled by Henry & Carr undertak
ing establishment, together with one
other death not reported has made
the week one of much sorrow and
grief.
Mrs.' Lydia Richards for many
years a resident of Union died at
the home of her son-in-law in- south
Union on Tuesday, January the 27th,
and was laid to rest yesterday from
the M. E. church.
Mrs. Richards was born in the
state of Ohio and when eight years
of age moved to the state of Illinois
with her parents, and was married at
the age of 18. She came to this val
ley 22 years ago with her husband a
short time after the railroad was
built and has made the valley her
home ever since. She was 71 years
11 months and 19 days old at the
time of her death. Mr. and Mrs. R.
T. Richards of Joseph, Mr. and Mrs,
Geo. Richards of Wallowa county,
and Sam Richards of Union, and
, daughter, Mrs. Hand Shelton of
Sookane, Mrs. Hattie Richey and
Mrs. David Van Houton, and a son,
Wm. Richards, .of Union survive her.
I The Wallowa relatives passed through
the city this morning on their way
home.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS
BUTTER AND EGGS.
Butter Fancy creamery, 40 cents,
1-lb roll; 75 cents, 2-lb roll.
Ranch butter 1 lb. roll 35c; 2 lb.
roll 70c.
Fresh ranch eggs 35c.
FRUIT.
Apples $1.00$1.76.
Dates 15c and 20c package
Figs 5c and 10c package.
Lemons 40(g) 50c.
Bananas 40c per doz.
Cranberries 20c per qt., 3 for 50c.
Oranges 25 (3) 50c per doz.
Grapefruit 15c.
CATTLE.
Best Steers $6.25$6.75.
Common to fair $5.50 $6.00.
Cows, top $5.00$6.00.
Medium cows $5.24.
Calves $7$8.
Bulls $4.50$4.75.
CHICKENS AND FOWL.
Turkeys 25c2Sc.o retail.
Spring friers 2225c, retail
dressed
nens 18c20c, retail, dressed.
V EGETABLES AND MISCELLANE
OUS. Onions 5c lb. (small lots.)
Potatoes lc.
Lettuce (hothouse) 30c lb.; head,
10c
Cauliflower 2025c.
Honey 20c. I lbe. for Bftc.
Squashes and pumpkin 2c lb.
Celery 10c and 225c
Beans White, 8 l-3c; Lima, 10c.
Cabbage 5c.
Sweet Potatoes 6 lbs for 25c.
Chill peppers 40c
Sugar -Cane or fruit, $5.86 a sack,
cash. $5.95 for '30 days, Beet sugar
$5.15 cash, $5.55 for 30 days.
HOGS.
Best $6.70$7.10.
Common to good $6.00$6.50.
SHEEP.
Yearlings $3.75$5.76.
Old weathers $3.16$3.25.
Ewes $2.25$3.75.
FLOUR, HAY, FEED, ETC
Blue Stem flour f 1.40.
Patent $1.30.
Snowdrift $1.45 sack.
1914FORD
IS HERE
LET US DEMONSTRATE TO
YOU THAT IT IS THE EAS
IEST RIDING CAR ON
EARTH
Smith's Garage
La Grande
La Grande
Organized
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UHITED STATES GOYERXWJHT.
TOTTED STATES POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSIT!.
Capital ....$100,000.01
. Snrplcg .$140,000.00 .
Total Resources $l,06,0OO.M
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For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have0
successfully catered to the monetary wants of the people f La
Graade and the Grande Ronde Valley.
We respectfully solicit your business!
La Grande National Bank,
' , La Grande, Oregon o
&
Sea Foam $1,20.
Barley $1.07.
Timothy $11.00. j
Alfaffa hay (to producer) $12.00.
Oats (to producer) $1.10. ,
Bran $1.16 per cwt. i
Rolled oats $1.46 per cwt . ij ,
Rolled barley $1.35. :
Wild hay (to producer) $8.00. '.
Meat Cuts Retail.
Neck boils 121-8 to 18c; briske
loins 12c; soup bones, 6c to 8c;
Read the advertisement too.
National Bank
in 1887.