La Grande evening observer., July 08, 1916, Image 6

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
; SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916.
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LONG TRIP DESCRIBED.
Address all communications to THE
OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street
VITAL FOREIGN TRADE,
R. iW. Leighton Details Intensely In
tereeting Auto Journey.
Concerning the long ride R. W.
Loighton and family finished last
Saturday, Mr. Leighton has written
an interesting sketch for Observer
readers. He says:
If you are contemplating a trip
this summer and wish to see the most
beautiful scenery and travel roads
that are good, bad and indifferent, get
a Maxwell and go from La Grande to
Seattle via, Pendleton, Walla Walla,
Spokane, Ephiata, Ellensburg, Snc
quulmie Pass and return on the Pa
cific Highway via Tacoma, American
lake, Olympia, Vancouver, Portland
on the Columbia Highway via Fair
view, Troutdale,' Bridal Veil, Bonne
ville, Hood River, The Ihilles, then
Wasco, lone, . Echo, Pendleton,
Meacham and home again.
. From La Grande to Pendleton the
scenery is beautiful. Looking ahead
are the farms on the hills and valleys,
back the snow covered mountains of
Powder river. The macadam road
was splendid from Pendleton to Walla
Walla.
From Walla Wallr. to Pullman
where the Palouse hills are farmed
from top to bottom, the road wound
around, back and forth until in one
place you can see the road in five dif
ferent places at. once. You cross
Snake river on the Central Ferry.
From Pullman to Spokane the roads
were fairly good. We made good
The scenery all along was
i Our foreign trade bulks $6,300,000,
000 for the year ending June 1, of
which $3,555,000,000 was exports.
While tJhSs seems to be a very large
sum, still our total export and import
trade is only a little over 5 per cent
of our national trade, the remaining
95 per cent being domestic.
One's first . impulse is to wonder i time
why so much excitement is caused by wonderful; the hills not quite so high,
such a relatively small item of our j large farms and good buildings. We
national activities. Furious political 'passed through Steptoe, Thornton,
battles have been waged over that 5 Rosalia and North Pine which was the
per cent and many persons are in- first pine trees we had seen since
cined to believe that the nation's life 1 leaving the Blue Mountains. From
and death depend upon this item of , Spokane to Reardon the roads are
foreign trade. jhard surfaced about 41 miles; went
Practically our entire foreign pol- through Harrington, Davenport and
icy is stoped to meet this 5 per cent Odessa a town of about . 1000 when
of our activities. Navies are main-1 we counted 32 autos stand in the
tained to protect and promote it. '. street while the fanners did their
Armies are raised for its furtherance. (Saturday's shopping. The farms are
Wo certainly consider it worth while. 'miles and miles apart and comprise
We can get into no similar state of 2000 acres and more. The road from
excitement over domestic trade which Wilson creek to Ephiata was dusty
varies not 5 per cent but from 10 to and full of ruts. They are working
30 per cent every year. ; the roads so had to muke a few de-
la there not some fallacy here? tours. You cross Vantage Ferry go
Does 5 per cent reully represent the ing to Ellensburg that is, if the water
value of that foreign trade ? I and wind isn't too high, in which case
On examination it is discovered you just wait till the wind goes down.
that this portion of our trade is of 25 The road is very crooked, lots of gul
per cent importance. For upon it de
pended tlhe enormous inrush of for
eign capital for investment here when
when such capital was necessary for
our development.
And now that we are about to be
come in a large sense a creditor na
tion, our investments of capital in
foreign lands are conditioned upon the
development of export and import
traae witn tnose lands.
The export is the refined surplus of
our activities. If it be but a bushel
of unmilled wflveat, still it is a re
fined product inasmuch as it has al
ready contributed to and is already
included in the 95 . per cent of do
mestic trade having been handled re
peatedly and having entered into the
domestic score in production, in trans
portation and in financing.
The 5 per cent surplus for export
trade involved enormous sums of
money in transportation and in port
and sea activity. It calls into play
banking facilities and finally becomes
the very agency through wthich we
maintain our monetary values.
wo could get along without our
foreign trade, but the deprivation of
it would wound us very deeply in
every part. The mere bulk of it is
insignificant; but the vital nature of
it is important. ,
lies and sage brush and road being
good we ran the 38 miles in two hours
at night. The roads to Easton were
fairly good but had to ship to Hana
sat a distance of 47 miles as the Sno
qualmie Pass was not open. They
had a crew of 300 men working on it.
Fifteen feet of snow and lots of
slides to get rid of. We went through
six tunnels one two miles long. Af
ter unloading our cars we started for
Seattle. Passed through Afllmrn
where we hit the Pacific Highway. It
is the home of condensed milk. It
seems Holstein milk is used exclusive
ly as we saw herds and herds of Hol
steins. Then we followed the Pacific
Highway Bhrough miles and miles of
truck gardens, to Seattle which is
built on hills and water. There are
miles and miles of Boulevard and
sight-seeing enough to keep one busy
a month. Out of Seattle through Ta
coma titoe highway is paved for 61
miles. At American Lake the militia
were drilling. I think it was the
business Men s militia. We reached
Olympia and went to u park where
they have cement stores and wood
all ready for the use of the public.
The' scenery is grand. All along th
way catching sight of the water then
loosing your way in tho heavy timber,
where ferns, wild cucumbers, trees
and wild flowers grew in such wild
profusion. Here we met the first
washout; the water' had - risen over
the banks and had back watered over
the road to the depth of 18 inches.
We encountered lota of rain and slip
pery roads. At Vancouver we made
fine connection with, the ferry (the
wagon bridge isn't quite finished) and
had fine roads to Portland where we
hit the Columbia Highway. For
beauty and pleasure the Columbia
Highway can t be beat in tihis country.
The road is paved to Bonneville and
they are working from there' on,
which makes it hard to travel. It
was closed from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
where tlhey were working. You pass
the Bonneville, . Horsetail, Bridal
Veil, Multnomah Falls. We pasted
through Hood River the home of the
famous Hood River apple, on to The
Dalles and Wasco where we got into
our second washout. One house was
washed away and four adults were
drowned. After crossing the ferry a
man stopped us and said it was im
possible to get through that nigfht on
account of slides and washouts. Wo
tried it and got through. At lone and
Echo we encountered the results of
a former one and 10 miles from Pen
dleton we hit tho fourth one. We
crossed a creek a block wide and 18
inches deep. The water was coming
down in torrents and had washed one
side of the road out so we sat in the
car all night. In the morning tlhere
wasn't enough water in the creek ,to
put in the radiator. We went on our
way rejoicing reaching Pendleton in
good time. The roads were dry af
ter we reached Meacham. We trav
eled 1543 miles at an average speed
of .23 miles using five pints of oil
and 80 gallons of gas.
THE FORUM
j ! J
WHY WASTE WATER?
Taxpayer Wants to Know Why City
Doesn't Permit Use of Waste.
cuvtauev ot
La Grande, July 8. (To the Edi
tor) Thousands of gallons of water
are going to waste every day in this
city, with the new dam there is art
ample supply, yet, with dry and hot
weather coming on tH'.e city has thus
tar retused to allow use ot the sur
plus water we have. Lawns in many
instances are going to dry up be
cause many with big parkings and
large lawns, cannot afford to properly
water them. I realize that the city
should not be deprived of any revenue
from its water department, but why
allow water to go to waste .' Pendle
ton, with an ample water supply, is
making radical reductions in water
charges that the lawns and gardens
may profit. Why not La Grande
Why permit the volume of water
to run down the creek to the valley
and at the some time deny lawns and
parkings ample moisture?
As I understand it,' each water
user is charged for 5000 gallons
montAiilv whether ho uses it or not.
Now why,' during the dry months like
July and August, not allow the user
bUOO gallons tor the same price he
has been paying for ouuu gallons .'
This would not reduce the revenue to
any great or appreciable degree, but
would increase the consumption of
water about W per cent and corre
spondingly reduce the amount going
to waste. It seems tlhjvt this is im
portant enough to demand attention
immediately. Another slight relief
to property owners who are anxious
to help beautify the city and can t af
ford to, would be to remove the 25
cent charge for meter rent during this
period. I believe the taxpayers would
like to know why the city hasn't
done some thing of this sort.
TAXPAYER.
H MEMBER FEDEBAl RESERVE SYSTEM OF BANKS.
OUR NATIONAL BANK IS A MEMBER OF f HE "FED
ERAL RESERVE" SYSTEM OF BANKS.
THIS MEANS JTHAT OUR BANN IS ONE OF A "VAST
ARMY" OF BANKS WHICH STANDS TOGETHER TO PROTECT
EACH OTHER AND THEIR DEPOSITERS.
WE CAN TAKE VALID SECURITIES TO OUR DISTRICT
"FEDERAL RESERVE" BANK WHENEVER WE WANT TO AND
"GET MONEY."
YOUR MONEY IS SAFE IN OUR BANK AND VOU CAN GET
IN WHEN YOU WANT IT.
COME IN AND "TALK BUSINESS" WITH US.
BVNK WITH US
WE PAY HJPER CENT INTEREST
6Vk- Money for Improved Farm Loans
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resource $1,000,000.00
Fred J. Holme, President: C. C Penington, Vice President; F. L,
Meyer, Cashier; E. Zundel aod H. E. Coolidire, Assistant Cashlsrs.
DIRECTORS
Fred J. Holme, !. G. Soodgrasa, J. F. Conley, C. C Penington, H.
R. Brownton, F. L. Meyer. A. BlokJaud, A. T. HIM, a E. OooUdf.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The State Bank of ImMer, at Imbler
Ore., in the State of Oregon, at the
close of business June 30, 1916.
481.41
319.50
No. 92
Resources
Loans and discounts $ 77,700.39
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured Bonds and warrants
Stocks and other securi
ties i. 600.00
Banking house 6,500.29
Furniture and fixtures ... 2,148.75
Other real estate owned . . 2,500,00
Due from banks (not re
serve banks) 17.00
Due from approved re
serve banks ... 12,124.95
Checks and other cash
items 261.35
Cash on hand ,. 3,876.15
Expenses 2,698.13
Other resources 10.12
..$109,298.04
25,000.00
2,500.00
2,480.87
40.00
960.78
Total
Liabilities
Capital .stock paid in . ..
Surplus" fund ...
Undivided profits
Dividends unpaid ... ....
Due to banks and bankers
Individual deposits subject
to check : 58.248.32
Demand certificates of de
posit 256.00
j Time and Savings deposits 16,487.07
.Notes and bills rediscount-
ed 3,300.(10
Other liabilities 25.00
Another Great Shoe
Offer
200 Pair Women's Pumps Reg. $1.95
$3 to $4 Value July Clean-up Sale Pair
Short lines, odd sizes, etc., from our large stock
of Women's. Fine Dress Piimps patent leather, kid
and suedes newest. plain toes, Louis heels Utz &
Dunn, Pingree, and Dodge makes which sold regu
larly for $3.00 to $4.00 a pair. 'July Clean-Up Sale
at only ....:......:. - $1.95 pair
Summer Days Bring Oat New Parasols July
Clean-Up Sale Now on Our Entire Stock
Everyone included. The materials the best to be had, the colors and
styles are the latest and most desirable; actually you must see tJhem to
appreciate their splendid quality and styles. . :'
Regular $1.00 Parasols Clean-Up Sale :...75c
Regular $1.25 Parasols Clean-Up Sale 95c
Regular $1.50 Parasols Clean-Up Sale ...$1.15
Regular $2.00 Parasols Clean-Up Sale . . . $1.50
Regular $2.50 Parasols Clean-Up Sale . . .$1.85
Regular $3.50 Parasols Clean-Up Sale . .
75c Children's Parasols Clean-Up Sale
85c Children's Parasols Clean-Up Sale
$1.00 Children's Parasols Clean-Up Sale
$1.25 Children's Parasols Clean-Up Sale .
.$2.65
..57c
...64c
..75c
..95c
COOL WASH SUITS FOR LITTLE BOYS
Newest Styles Now at July Clean-Up Savings i
Our entire stock featuring every
new style introduced this season for
little boys, 2 to 7 years old. Suits of
galetea, percale, drill, repp, poplin,
etc., in white, plain colors, stripes and
combination effects. All the new
styles Billy Boy, Tommy Tucker,
Norfolk, Middy, etc.
Regular $1.00 Wash Suits now ...75c
Regular $1.25 Wash Suits now 95c
Regular $1.50 Wash Suits now ...$1.15
Regular $2.50 Wash Suits now ...$1.85
Boys' 50c Straw Hats, now . . 40c
Boys 50c Summer Rah Rah Hats 40c
DIMM
HOME INSTITUTION RICHEY PIANO HOUSE HOME INSTITUTION
PLAYERS
Ivers & Pond
Estey
Lester
Knabe
Bush& Gerts
Schulz
PIANOS
I vera & Pond
Estey
Lester
Knabe
Bush & Gerts
Schulz
Sterling
Huntington
Other Good Makes. A real collection to select from. '
A slightly used Ludwig Piano, Walnut Case, as good as new for $200.00.
All pianos .bought direct from factory.
No cull or shop worn pianos shipped from other points.
No worked over pianos to mislead customers as I am here to stay, and do not buy of retail houses.
Your paper and contract kept here at home, and not sent to some foreign concern.
Call and get prices which will convince the most careful buyer.
Sterling
Huntington
RICHEY PIANO HOUSE
OPPOSITE ELKS NEW HOME
RICHEY PIANO HOUSE
Oregon, will receive bids for the con
struction of an 8 inch lateral sewer.
in Sewer District No. 3, Section No. 4,
in accordance with the plana and
specifications now on file in the office
of the City Recorder. Bids will be
received by the Recorder up to 7:30
m. of Wednesday, July 19th. 1916.
all bids must be sealed. The Com
mission reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Dated at ha Grande, Oregon, this
the 29th day of June, 1916.
By Order of the Commission,
LEE WARNICK,
City Recorder.
Adv. D. 7-1-8-15.
Total $109,20S.04
Str.te or Oregon, County of Union, ss:
I Sherwood Williams, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of mv knowledge and belief.
SHERWOOD WILLIAMS,
Cashier.
Correct Attest:
WALTER STRTNGTIAM,
CLAY W. FOX.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 6th day of July, 1916.
Notary PtiMI
My commission expires 3-4-'20.
Advertised Letters
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in this office for the week ending
July 7th, 1916:
Gentlemen G. R. Archer, L. Phin-
ngor, Bert Coon, Walter Davis. Rev.
W. ferns, M. K. Felts, Paul Gary, W.
J. Kerswcll, Andy Larson, L. P. Mar
tin, J. O'Connor, Martin Poole, Wm.
Reynolds, Jerry J. Stanley. C. C.
Smith, J. C. Tony, F.E. Tomas, Ed- noon.
.win Thompson, B. M. Thompson, John
G. Wray, Tom E. Burns.
Lndiees Mrs. Harrictte Harrison,
Grace E. Hinton, Mrs. L. Morris, Mrs.
I. V. Maxey, Miss Jesse Smith, Miss
Marinda Shaffer, Miss Iona Stone.
Mrs. F. J. Thomas, MissM arie Ward.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter office on July 21st, 1916.
If not delivered befote. In railing for
the above, please say "advertised," J
giving onie oi list,
E. E. BRAGG, P. M.
spent the Fourth on Mt. Harrison,
making a trip to the point overlook
ing the valley, that is most of the
young people reached the point, but
some fell by the wayside.
Manager Wiggans of the local
'movies is running on Wednesdays the
well known series "Who's Guilty?" by
,Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.
Miss Mildred Billings entertained n
number of her playmates Wednesday
afternoon in honor of her 6th birth
day. Those present were Jean and
Helen Williamson, Bernice and Grant
fetrwgham, Ralph and Ruth Cor.nor,
Melvin and Clifford Westcakow,
Mabel Wcstenskow, and Audry Fuller.
July 4th was exceptionally auiet as
i most of our citizens spent the day out
oi town.
Keefer and Lloyd have closed the
meat shop they had conducted dur
ing the past year.
The regular July meeting of the
social aid was held Thursday at the
home of Mrs. A. F. Wilson just east
oi town, jn early forty ladies were
present ann enjoyed a social after-
A short business session was
Tildie Phillips, the last three from
Union.
Attorney Retuma
Attorney T. H. Crawford.
jlnember of the law firm Crawford &
tajkin, nas returned from a visit to
Hood (River and Portland.
Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given, that ' the
Commfosrion of the City of Ia Grande
Imbler New
Tmblor, July 6. (Special) Con.
stAble I. W. Faulk was in Imbler Wed
nesday posting sale notices.
Walter Stringham, Walter West
fall and Charley . Squire celebrated
the 4tJi in Baker.'
About thirty Epworth Leaguers
followed by a two-course luncheon,
consisting oi sandwiches, pickles, cof
lee, salad, ice cream and cake. The
August meeting will be held at the
nome of Mrs. j. H. Kellum. .
Ed. Tuttle's mother is on the sick
list.
"Cap" Tuttle and wife are visiting
: TiT.. 11.. n'n..
.11 IIUUU 1VU11H.
Miss Mildred Weeks
her grandparents at Island City.
,i. w- UBoh Fit2'imnions lectured at
the M. E. church Wednesday evening.
Dr. Moore was in La Grande Fri
day to see a couple of patients.
t rank Arart jl returned to
Imbler Thursday from Fruitdale.
Jteeistc.rin ir at Hfl rv.i n
?vSoTk, 5Wey. caw.; f. s.
Ch'ick" Goodhmnd. Ph. cuim.
ffinidor and family; B. F. Crouther!
The Fine
Flavor
the delicate taste of malted bar
ley Wended with the sweets of
whole wheat is sufficient rea
son in Itself for the wonderful
popularity of
Grape-Nuts f
FOOD
But it is more than delicious
it is the finest kind of con
centrated nourishment to thor
oughly sustain body and brain
tissue a food that benefits
users remarkably.
A Short Trial Proves
"There's a Reason"
Sold by Grocers Everywhere
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