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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1914)
mondaV, December 2s. mi. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE TERES. ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' i,m -.J Professional Picgiggy UH1VERSITY WARBLERS EflBH I H C FAVORABLE Ml THIS : YEAlP v?) Vi ,4 ''VS ft If:. IV, FRATERNAL ORDERS. The U. of 0. Glee club which comes to La Grande next Thursday evening. Third person, back row, is Henry Heidenrich, and second person, middle row is Merlin Batley, both 1 a Uranoe 'boys in me ciud, who axe p oimueiiv m. ELLIOT GIVES TIMBER DATA OREGON RANKS FOURTH IN THE THE UNION. State Forester Elliot Points Out" In teresting Timber Data "Oregon ranks fourth among the states of the Union as regards pro duction of lumber. It ranks first in amount of standing timber. The in dustry in Oregon is in its infancy. All that is needed to put the state ' in first place, as regards lumber produc tion is market for lumber." State Forester F. A. Elliott. If, as has been estimated by the highest authorities in the state upon the timber and lumber subject, the present manufactured value of Ore gon's timber supply respresents $10, 800 per capita for the entire popula tion of the state it means-that all of the real money in the United States would! have to pass through the hands of Oregon's citizens more than three times to pay for our present crop, de clares State Forester F. A. Elliott, in his biennial report to the governor, in setting forth the great magnitude of Oregon's vast timber wealth and the urgent necessity of more stringent and generous laws providing for its protection and conservation. In pointing out the tremendous scope of the timber industry of the state, which promises to be Oregon'? ' greatest source of revenue for a great many years, greatest distributor of wealth and only great manufacturing industry. Mr. Elliott urges judicious legislation to protect the state's for ests from fire, not only from the com mercial standpoint as view from the -manufacturing and tax-producing angle, but from the scenic value of the state's forests as an attraction to tourist travel. He calls attention to the vast amounts of public capital that are being expended in nearly every county in the state upon scenic highways, which, without forest-covered mountains and shady drives would be of little value as an attrac tion to tourists, and if stringent for est fire Jaws are not adopted and strictly enforced and a dense pall of smoke from forest fires entirely ob literates She magnificent splendors of the landscape during the most enjoy able months of the year, these scenic highways would be rendered practic ally 'worthless. Burned-Over Lands. Mr. Elliott also directs attention to the 4,000,000 acres of burned over lands and at least half .as muob that! has been loeged over in' the state; I some susceptible to cultivation, but the bulk not A large amount of this . Lund i in private ownership but some owners of rough burned over, or cut over land, are considering letting it revert to the state rather than pay further taxes on it. Much of it Is coming up to a new and rapidly grow ine1 ctod of timber, andt at some fu ture date, if protected, it will furnish raw material for tho mills, and a source of tax revenue to help support! the state institutions. Mr. fcJliott states that the owners of this class of land do not feel inclined to expend much money toward its protection against fire and believes that good, sound, state policy demands that such lands be carefully guarded against fire as a measure looking to a future supply of timbeY. ' Tendency Toward Consolidation. 1 As a matter of economic necessity, I Mr. Elliott quotes statistics to show that the tendency in the timber and J lumber industry of this as well as c-incr states is tuwuru uuiiauiiuunvn ui holdings of timber into comparatively : large tracts. "Cost of operating and I first cost of mills, railroads ann logging equipment do not as a rule warrant starting the exploitation of ; timber unless several years of supply oi raw material is assured in art '.nce," he says, "Concentration of ownership in timber heldings will doubtless continue. At present the consumer in the east gets his lumber none too cheaply, but this in no de gree helps the operator who, because of now wholesale prices and high .cost of reaching markets, must cut wages and even snut aown nis piani. The only apparent- plan for correct ing this evil is some better means for distributing the product to the con sumer. . No Danger of Monopoly. "It is not thought, however, that so long as the federal government controls one-half of the timber area of the state, and such a large per centage of that of eastern states, that there is any cause for fear of stumpage monopoly or high prices for lumber as a result of large owner ship. Agitations of this nature can, as a rule, be traced to political expe diency and not to any sound economi cal nrincinal. His statistical report shows that over 16,500 different owners control the 7,981,923 acres of privately own ed timber land in Oregon (outside of forest reserves, there being 2,364,471 acres of privately owned timber with- in tho national forest reserves of the state), making an average of abo .v 470' acres to each owner. One-third of the timber land of the state is owned in tracts of 640 acres or less, and nearly one-half by individuals orj companies having 5000 or-less. The balance of a little over one-half of the acreage of privately owned tim ber is in ownersnips oi over ouuu acres, and non-resident owners con trol about one-third of this latter amount. Approximately one-hcif of the timbered area oime siate is m national foreBts, and in the case of nearly 2,000,000 acres title is ques tionable and in process of adjustment by the courts. . Industry Deplorably Depressed. "At present, due to inability to reach centers of population at reason able carrying cost, the industry ia in a deplorable condition," says Mr. El liott in discussing the industrial fea tures of the timber resources of the state. "Those who are producing lumber are unable to sell their pro duct at a profit, while people who a few years ago invested in stumpage expecting a reasonable rise in price having in many instances been sorely disappointed. .' -, "This depression is reflected in every Qine of endeavor for at least one-eighth of the entire population of the state is directly dependent for livelihood upon the lumber industry, and a much larger number than this indirectly gain a livelihood through forest industry. That the industry is in need or assistance is certain, but just what form this should take is a problem difficult to solve. Shipping Laws Need Fixing. "It is certain that our shipping laws require radical revision, that the system of taxing timber ": land should be changed and put on a yield tax basis, and that in such places as it can advantageously be done, lum ber be given a place as the structural material for our state and county bridges and buildings. ' "In this connection it is of inter est that the federal government, through the agencies of the foreit service and bureau of corporations are now engaged in a study of the lumber industry with a view to ex tending such constructive help as is possible and the study shows . it is needed." 1 Prnmnt Action Will Stoo Your Cough j When you first catch a Cold (often indicated bv a sneeze or cough), break it up at once. The idea that "It does not matter" often leads to : serious complications. The remedy which immediately and easily pene itrates the lining of the throat is the kind demanded. Dr. King's New Dis 'covery soothes the irritation, loosens ! the nhWm. You feel better at once. "It seemed to reach the very spot of mv Conch" is one of many honest tes timonials. 50c at your Druggist . F. & A. M. La Grande Lodge No. 41, A, F. & A. II. holds regular meetingsfirst and third Saturday t 7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to II Masons. C. W. NO YES, W, M. A. C. WILLIAMS. Sec. 1. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D Phyai. aibh an A . Trui. "w outgeuu: vver nine aruff store. Phones: Office, Black 13(2; residence, Main 65. - ' B. P. O. E. La Grande Lodge No, 433 Meets each Thursday evening at 8 'clock in Elk's club," corner of De pot street and Washington avenue. Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend. M. B. DONOHUE, E. RY AUNA B. ROGERS, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD La Grande Camp No. 169 meets every first and third Friday at K. of P. Hall. All visiting neighbors wel- comea. JOHN A. READ, C. C. ; J. IL KEENEY. Clerk. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER ICA La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets on the first and third Thurs day evenings of each month in the K. of P. hall. Visiting neighbors welcome. - ;'.., H. C. BALL. V. C. W. F. LANDRUM, Clerk DR. R. E. L. HOLT. Physician and surgeon; successor to Dr. N. Moll tor; corner Adams avamie and pot street Phones Office Main U; Residence, Main 730.. DR. M. K. HALL Physician' aid sar. - . .W ... , M. . kouu. : umce nest-jacooson Mag. Phone Main 53. Rooms 11-12-13. C. H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Pay si- cian ana Burgeon, special atten tion to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Office in La Grande National Bank Building. Phones: Office Maia 2; Residence Main 32.. ROYAL NEIGHBORS Iris Camp meets every second and fourth Fri day afternoons, every month in K. of P. Hall. All visiting members coraiany invited. NELLIE CHARBONEAU. Oracle. LILY C. KIMMELL. . . Recorder, REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 50 meets every Tuesday evening in the . I. O. O. F. hell. All visiting mem- 1 . . i . ucio rj iiiviieu 10 attend. , LOUISE DOUGLAS, N. G ZOE GOLDEN, Sec. DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Physician , ana surgeon. Diseases of the eye a specialty. DR. DORA J. UNDERWOOD Dis eases of women and children. Of fices Adams avenue, over Red Cross Drug Store. ' EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT SPE CIALIST. , DR. H. M. BOUVY Practice limited exclusively to diseases anr surgery,1 of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat AIm the Fitting of Glasses., Office Wert JacebsoK Bldg. Office Phone Bed 3431. Residence Red 2021. DENTIST. E. P. MOSSMAN Dentist: reema 6 and 7 new West Building. - Phone Black 1521; Office Hours 8 to It a. m., and 1 to 6 p. m. - j' OLD FASHIONED KABAK j Notice to Stockholders. ' The annual meeting of, the stock holders of the United State National bank of La Grande will be hld at their banking rooms in the city of La Grande on Tuesday, January 12th, 1915, at the hour of 3 p. m. for the purpose of electing a board of direct ors for the insueing year and to trans act any other business that may come before said meeting. T. J. SCROGGINS, Cashier. Adv. 12-10-1-11 An old fiiMlilniiiMl nie which Is al ways itmiiKlnj: ui the Christmas gath ering In kfllmk. In this ntourd pas time the leiider my to the one who sits at his rlKlH timid. "My ship has come home from Chinu?" The other then- asks. "W'luit hus It brought you T The lender umkus reply, "A fan." Thereupon with his rllit hnnd be makes gestures us if funning himself. The next player then tukes the place of the lender In stating that his ship hus come home from China. The ques tions and unswers are repented as be fore until the second player is also engaged In faimliiK himself. In tills milliner the round of players is made, ami at the end nil are Indus triously working mi linngluary fna with their rltfiit hands. The lender then lupins the second round with a similar remark, from which is evolved the fact that he has received two finis, mid he Illustrates this by fannliii: himself with both bauds. This. In turn, makes a round of the company until nil are waving both bands to and fro. The leader then begins the third se ries, making three- fans In fancy by swaying his rifrlit foot bncU and forth. Theu he -includes the ieft foot. Final ly the head is nodded. The effect of a whole company engaged in swaying i their bands, their feet and heads Is al together ludicrous. ' There are many Christmas amuse tucnts which depend for their fun on the failure of the players to perform any designated task. Such, for exam ple, is that where each person with blindfolded eyes tries to draw the out lines of a pig. Often the unfortunate subject of the sketch will have an eye in its side and n tail on its head, with a general appearance un'lke nnythlng else in air or ou earth. University of Oregon GLEE, CLUB: AT ' SHERRY'S THEATRE Thurday Dec. 31 Prices: $1. 75c 50c SEATS ON SALE IT RED CROSS DRUG STORE fn I T Miwa. 8PIRIT OF LIBERTY. The spirit of liberty is indeed a bold and fearless spirit, but it is also a sharp sighted spirit. It Is a cautious, Hngui-loiis. discrim inating, furseeliig Intelligence. It Is jealous of eucroachuient. Jeal ous of power. Jealous of man. It demands checks. It seeks for " guards, it Insists on securities, it Intrenches itself behind strong defenses and fortiiles Itself with all possible cure against the as saults of ambition nud passion. It docs not trust the amiable weaknesses of human nature, and therefore it will not penult power to overstep lis prescribed limits, though beneyolcnce, good intent and patriotic purpose come along, with It. Neither does it satisfy itself with flashy and temporary resistance to Ille gal authority. Far otherwise. It seeks for duration and perma nence. It looks before and aft er, and, building ,on the experi ence, of ages frhleb are pnst, it labors diligently for the benefit of uges to come. liaulel Webster. UNITED ARTISANS La Grande As sembly No. SO, meet regularly every first and third Tuesday of eac month in the K. of P. hall. All visiting' members pre invited to g tenn, , ' ' T R. SUVDAM, M. A. NORA M. SHORT, Sec. L O. O. M La Grande Lodge No. 850, Loyal Order of Moose hold.-i .regular meeting every .Tuesday night at 7:30 in Moose Home- on Adams ave. Visitors adways wel come. - ANGUS STEWART, Die. F. A. EPLING. Sec. OSTEOPATHS. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross j Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday night in Castle hall (K. of P. hall). A Pythian welcome to all visiting v Knights. . . H. E. DIXON, C. C. HAL REES, K. of R. & S. K. OF L. OF SECURITY Mt. Em ily Council !o. 2646. Meets sec- ond and fourth Wednesday even ings at 8 o'clock in the Fifth floor of the new Foley building. Wait ing members are welcome. ANGUS STEWART, Pres. - ' CLARENCE E, GRAVES, - Fin. Sec. ROY E. GREEN, Red. Sec. O E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. S., holds stated communications the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Visiting members cor dially invited. MRS. A. C. WILLIAMS. " ." W. M. "Y MARY A. WARWICK, Sec. F. O. E. La Grande Aerie No. 259 on each and every Friday evening at a o'clock in top floor of New Foley building. Visiting members cordial ly welcomed. W. C. HANSEN, W. P. L. F. BELLINGER, Sec. WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT CIRCLE : No. 47 Meet . second - and fourth Tuesday nights of each month at Eagle's hall in Foley Buildine. All visiting neighbors welcome. LOUISE HILARY, G. N. LILLIE ALLSTOTT, Clerk. AUCTIONEERS. TOM JOHNSON Auctioneer, makes a specialty of farmers' stock and machinery sales. "The man that gets you the money." Lave or ders at Observer office. DR. C. H. DAY Osteopath Phv . sician. Over Lilly's Hardware Star Phone Main 63. Reaidence phone Black 761. Successor to Dr. Zim merman, CHIROPRACTOR. MYERS & KELLY Graduates of Universal Chiropractic College of Davenport, Iowa. Offices in New Foley Building. Phone Black 1871. VETERNIARY. DR. H; W. RILEY Graduate Vet erinarian Hospital, ' 1409 Madison -Ave. State Stallion .' Inspector, . Stock Inspector for shipment. Home Independent Phone. Black 41. Farmers Co-Operative Phone, Main 17. '.", .- -;;r ; -m ATTORNEYS AT LAW. COCHRAN & EBERHARD 4ee. T. Cochran and ' Colon , R. Eeerhard ' Attorneys. La Grande National Bank Bldg.,'La Grande. Oregon. T. H. CRAWFORD; ROBT. S. EAKIN CRAWFORD & EAKIN Attor neys at law. Practice in all the courts of the state and , United States. Office West-Jacobson build-, ing, La Grande, Ore., rooms 9-10. R J. : GREEN Attorney at Law Rooms 9-10, Sommer Bldg., La Grande, Ore. Practices in all - tate and Federal courts. . ' ENGINEERS. . INTERIOR ENGINEERING CM ' PANY, Inc. All branches of En gineering and Surveying. Investi gations, Estimate's, Reports. L. D. Howland, local representative, La Grande National Bank Building. UNDERTAKERS. W. H. KOHNENKAMP CO., Wn dertaking and Embalming. Strictly modern. - Day phone, Black 241. Night phone Red 3971 or Red 8412. J. C. HENRY Undertaker and Em balmer; 20 years in business. Dtuy phone, Main 62; night phones, Red 131, Red 6C2, Black 3811. Complete Equipment for Resetting and Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires J- LA GRANDE IRON WORKS I D. FITZGERALD, Propreitor ' Complete Machine Shops and Foundry NOODLE GRILL 213 FIR STREET PHONE RED 1241 The Popular Grill of La Grande. Expert Chef American and Chinese Dishes. OPEN AT 6 A. M. TO 1 A. M. Furnished Rooms Upstairs Win. Eng, Mgr.
