LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2.-,. lUir.
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THE OBSERVER
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, Grande, Oregon, by the
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PUBLISHING CO.
J. D. MEYERS, President, H. B.
LEITER, Vice President, CLARKE
LEITER, Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the
Grande, Oregon,
matter.
Postofllce at La
us second class
buyeis at tho 1)Cginning of 1918.
These figures are decidedly
been established by law; it is a part)
of our scheme of national govern-
scrvative because they take no con- ment. If there is any advantage to be
suit-ration of (1) any export outlet, obtained from organizing a loan nsso
(21 the nconle who hnve or will have ciation for the faimers of Union coun
ty, Jl it win HShisi ill ine uevviujjiiienv
of our country, we want to see that
Union county is not overlooked and
tiiut its iiitt rests are hot neglected.
The fact is that farm loan associa
tions nrc being organized all over the
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two or more machines, (3) increased
population, (4) increased prosperity,
(5) a million or more town and city
families who do not own the homes in
which they live, but are well able to
hnv nnd maintain ii motor car. (6) the
business houses, retail and wholesale j Unitod States. Union county will be
merchants who use thousands of road- represented in this national movement
stern for salesmen, and many thou-j and we hope and predict that it will
sands more of delivery cars (regular i result in great benefits for all.
automobile chassis with commercial - V-
body), (7) tuxicabs and other cars fori Did you ever notice how some per.
! public hire. ' sn clothed with a little temporary
An important and noteworthy fact autnority DeeomoB over-omcious : ma
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917
. THE FUTURE OF THE AUTO
MOBILE INDUSTRY
is vouched for by the editorial depart
ment of Automobile Topics, a well
known trade authority, which has
been making a careful analysis of the
comparative nature of automobile
service. They state that of the 3,000,
000 motor cars of all kinds in service
in the United States today, they can
conservatively say from their investi
gation that over one-half of the mile
age of the 3,000,000 cars is used for
business -. purposes. Literally, this
means that of the 3,000,000 automo
biles running in this country today
one-half, or 1,500,000, are used for
business purposes. This leaves only
one and a half million in use for pleas
ure or social transportation purposes.
In considering the 1,500,000 auto
mobiles in use today, which may le
gitimately be classed as "pleasure
cars, an important tact snouiu De
borne in mind, namely: the so-called
pleasure car of today has a distinct
economic use, it being only reasonable
to deduce that the time and money
spent in motoring for pleasure or so
cial intercourse almost invariably
takes the place of some other form of
expenditure of less actual economic
value. Motoring is a pleasure that
makes for broader vision, saner and
more helpful diversions, and a more
sympathetic social life. A nation
without its sane pleasures is hopeless.
Therefore, it is far from logical to
consider the so-called pleasure car of
today as an added luxury.
If production increases at the aver
age rate maintained for the past five
years which is unlikely, due to
you also ever
blows up?
notice how soon he
The people have a right to expect
public officials, even police officials,
to be courteous. j
Don't forget the Elks show tonight j
and tomorrow night.
Are you enjoying these nice, balmy
days?
Now watch out for the thaw.
S3
I January
Clearance & Clean-Up
SALE
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Look in the Mirror. I
People who complain when ncws-J
papers publish news that may .not be
pleasant could with equal logic com
plain at a mirror when they look into
the same and see something they do ,
not like. Pendleton East Oregonian.
Signs of Spring.
Some of our local weather prophets
can see signs of spring already. They j
say that the California folks are be
ginning to return, which of itself is a
forerunner of spring. An automobile
or two has been heard to honk lately.
The days are getting longer. It is
predicted that just as the snow now on
the ground is all gone we shall have
spring. Pine Valley Herald, Half
way.
Ends Saturday, January 27th
SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS FOR MONTHS TO COME
Koilwed Prices and Real Bargains in every department.
Unusual Savings on Silks, Velvets, Dress Goods, White , Gpods,
Blankets. Comforts, Pillows, Sheets, -Sheeting,; Pillow Cases,
Gloves. Shoes. Dresses, Suits, Coats, Skirts, Sweaters, Hats,
Caps, Shirts, Underwear, Mackinaws, Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases..
The season's newest Coats and Suits, values up to $27.50. Your
' Choice : $6.49
Men's and Young 'Men's Suits, all styles and colors. .Reduced
33 1-3 per cent
Clean-up Sale Boys' Clothing 1-3 off
So much has been written relative years which is unlikely, due to me coal ueaier b Motto. .
to the development of the motor car i greater manufacturing problems and A car, a car, my kingdom for a
industry and so many prophesies have ito inability of the selling and distribu- car," might be the coal dealer's motto.
ItivA hmnf)ipa tn Voon nnop with DTGflt- iBaker Herald.
oration of vital and controlling fac-ilv augmented manufacturing volume, a.
tors, that a clear and simple analysis' the point of saturation will not be i WILSON MAY TRY
of the subject may serve to dissipate reached for five, six or even seven 'TWO-BIT" DIET
And some of the leaders in
much of the unfounded conjecture.
The automobile market is divided
into two broad fields. First the rural
class, which includes all persons en
gaged in farming and others in vari
ous businesses who live in towns of
leas than five hundred population.
Second, the urban class, which com
prises all people in any but farming
pursuits, who live in towns of five
hundred or more population.. '
In the rural or farming market,
there are 6,600,000 families. One mil
Ion of these now own motor cars and
one and one-half millions are poor,
illiterate, or negroes, who for the pur
pose of this study may be excluded
from the prospective buying class.
There remain, then, 4,000,000 farm
families who are possible automobile
buyers.
In the urban class, covered by 11,
000 towns and cities of more than five
hundred population, there are about
6,000,000 home owners of which num
ber only 2,000,000 now own cars. Ac
cordingly, there remain 8,000,000 pros
pective buyers in this class, or a total
actual unsold market, in both rural
and urban classes, of 7,000,000 possi
ble automobile buyers.
The accepted overage life of an au
tomobile is about five years in the
hands of the original owners; and as
the man who once owns a car will not
thereafter be without one, wo must
include the re-order market which in
the calendar year of 1917 will be
about 600.000, this being 20 per cent
tf the 3,000,000 now in use.
For the year 1917, therefore, the
automobile business will face a mar
ket of about 7,600,000 possible buyers.
Not more than 1,600,000 cars will be
built in the coming year, leaving a
possible excess market of 6,000,000 1
years,
the industry predict that it will be a
matter of ten or twelve years.
All signs point to a continued de
velopment for several years to come
for just how long it is difficult to say,
but as in many other new fields, limi
tations and curtailment of expansion,
arbitrarily predicted, are merely evi
dence of a shortened vision or unfa
miliarity with all of tho facts.
It is true that" material and labor
are more expensive and increasingly
'hard to secure. This condition is not
serious, nor is it likely to be. The
makers of medium and high-priced
cars overcome the difficulty by an ad'
vance in their selling prices. The
manufacturers of low-priced cars
build in much greater quantities, are
protected by contracts until the end
of the automobile year, July, 1917,
and are able to absorb additional ex
pense by spreading it out over a great
number of units and by increasing
their manufacturing efficiency.
RURAL CREDITS MEETING
SATURDAY
A meeting of farmers who desire to
join a National Farm Loan Associa
tion for Union county will be held at
the City Hall, La Grande, Saturday, at
10 a. m. This meeting has been called
as a part of a national campaign to
put the Federal Farm Loan act in
force.
Farmers of Union county who wish
to join n farm loan association under
the new net should be present and citi
zens generally both men and women
who are interested in the subject of
rural credits are also invited to be
present.
The Federal Farm Loan system has
Dead or Alive!
A dead dollar is the one which is hidden
away; which earns you nothing, and
which is liable to turn up missing with
out a moment's notice; or the kind you
carelessly push across the counter, for
this and that; things you really don't
need (lien wonder in a week's time
where they have gone.
A live dollar is the one which you place
in .this bank, where it is always safe.
They will call for company; the result
is, more saving; then when opportunity
arrives, you are financially able to meet
it with open arms, and a bank account.
La Grande National Bank
Washington, D. C, Jan. 25. Presi
dent Wilson was urged to try per
sonally the 25-cent daily diet used by
a squad of New York policemen to
demonstrate how inexpensive fords
may reduce the high cost of living.
Mrs. Eula McClary, agent for ' the
movement, suggests an experiment at
the White House would have a good
effect on the country. i- .- ' -.k
"111 do it if Mrs. Wilson will con.
sent," Mrs. McClary quoted the presi
dent as replying. She said she would
call at the White House again Thurs-
day, bringing tho menu to be pre
pared by experts connected with the
movement, especially for the presj
denf s use. - v
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2S-3SI
Deposits Placed in
Oregon Banks Given
Portland Has Over 48 Per Cent of
Money Held in the . State La
i Grande Well Represented.
Grease Wool Brings
41 Cents Per Pound
Pendleton, Ore., Jan. 25. (Special)
Forty-one cents per pound in the
grease! - :
This is the price received for a clip
of wool sold in Kansas City recently.
The C. J. Mustion Wool Commission
company made the sale. The clip is
described as being slightly burry and
of being three-eaghts and quarter-
blood wool of medium length staple.
Needless to say this is the highest
price ever paid on the Kansas City
market for unseoured wool.
The same firm also sold another car
of wool, consisting of a clip of slight
ly burry short staple fine and half-
blood wool from Buchanan, New Mex
ico, for 30 cents per pound m the
grease or $1.03 per pound after be
ing scoured or on a clean basis and a
clip of wool that was burry from La
mar, Colorado, for 30 cents per pound.
this one car bringing $11,034.60.
Haines Man at Hot Lake
Hot I-nko, O-i., Jan. 24. (Special)
-Jesse Palloy, formerly of Wingvillo,
but lately a resident of Haimv. is
at Hot Lake for treatment for rheumatism.
Baker Man Is Hurt
Luther Malum, city commissioner
of Bnkor, suffered a painful injury to
1 is right hand late yesterday wion
he fell on tho sidewalk near the Baku
City hall and struck his hand oi
spike on tho railing that guards tin
1-wii. The spike penetrated to the
bono. M Vnhnn wil' he unnhip to
use tho member for some time
Biggest Bill Ever
Is Reported Out
Deposits.
89,609,467.03
5,868,562.25
5,417,253.04
4,086,477.77
Salem, Ore., Jan. 25. Portland has
$89,609,467.03 in bank deposits, or 48.3
per cent of all of the money banked in
the state, according to figures com
piled by Superintendent of Banks S.
G. Sargent The total deposits in all
of the banks of the state amount to
$164,596, 980.74. Nineteen towns and
pities outside of Portland hold 26.3
per cent of the deposits and the re
maining 26.4 per cent is held fcy the
139 remaining towns that have banks.
' The'-20 towns of tho state having
more than $1,000,000 in deposits, with 4
the number of banks and deposits,
are:
No. of
City or town, banks.
Portland 26 $
Pendleton 2
Salem 4
Astoria ..... .... 4
Eugene 4
Baker 3
The Dalles 2
Albany . 4
Medford 4
La Grande 2
Marshfield 3
McMinnville ...... 4
Oregon City 3
Klamath Falls 2
Roseburg 4
Corvallis 3
Lakeview 3
Hillsboro 4
Burns 2
Heppner 2
Representative Shirley Makes, Favor
able Report Bill Authorizes Total
i t Expenditures of Over Sixty Million
' Dollars. , ...
- Washington, Jan. 24. (United
Press) Representative Shirley, chair
manr of the fortifications and appro
priations committee, favorably report:
ea the fortifications bill to the House,
water superintendent. ,
The police department shows two
arrests for the week,, both on drunk
and disorderly charges; also shows
collection of fines to the amount of
$10.
The fire department report shows
two department -calls.- No damage inf
either, but both; could have been seri-i
ous had not immediate action been
taken. In one instance eight volun
teers responded; in the other; nine.'
I have seen property i owners 'rela
tive to damages on 'Second street,
verbal report. which has beerf made.
Settlement with ' Wi. D,; Grandy 'ha'
u wuiivu iuty-one million tnree nu.i-ij- aftaA t i i vr
dred and ninety thousand dollars, kA'.JZ'
is tho Vrf ,M.fj-s I matter ?Vtne Schilling contract lear-
is the toiggest ever suggested in' tht
V'liWU OWWBi -!' ' t. ''
The , I ill 'authorizes additional -ixJ
Pnaii'jres maKing a grand total o:
over pi::lv millions.
Doesn't Take Commis
sioners Long to Finish
1,003,271.98
Totals 85 $132,907,974.70
INTERESTING SOURCES.
A Paris electrician has made an
cleotroscorK' for detecting the presence
of radium discharged so delicnte that
it is said to measure currents strength
as small as one ten trillionth of an
ampere.
Two sots of revolving rings instead
of ono feature n new double egg beat
er of twice the ordinary capacity.
How Soma of Our Commonest Fabric!
Were Named.
Calico used to come from Calcutta,
India. Sailors would present their
sweet hearts with a pattern of calico
and exoet the laily to be wearing the
same dress when they returned from
their next trip, throe years later. It
would wear three yours, but now any
cotton weavor turns out cnlku that
hardly lasts three niontlis.
Satin came from Ziiytoun, China,
damask from Piitimscus. Raize could
only be properly made In Unza. Spain.
Cambric was a French importation,
and muslin was made on hand looms
at Mosul, Asia. The valley of Kash
mir, In India, sent us Himalaya cash
mere that Yankee ingenuity can never
Imitate.
Serge got Its name from a Spanish
word, zergo, and jersey doth was llrst
culled sorzey. Foreign countries now
buy their fabrics from us to a groat
extent, and we fool such pride In goods
mado la America that we are ashamed
to sigh for tho real bona tide artlelo
of grandma's day.
Perhaps, put awny In camphor and
moth balls, you treasure "a cashmere
Paisley" shawl, or In a liivonder scout
ed ehost there rests pure I.aou lawn
Imported by your great-uncle from
Lnon, Franco. Lot them stay in their
packing. All the secrets of dyeing and
weaving our tradesmeu have muster
ed, nnd living Is twice as easy for
women today because of it. The old
colors wore well, and tho old weaves
lasted wonderfully but, oh, how love
ly the uew things are!
It took the'eitv commissioners last
3,316,235.87 'night Just 15 minutes from the time
6,ns,n&Al i the recorder called the role until Com-
Al9l,544.d7 1 missioner McKennon moved to ad-
2,140,007.08 jrumi At that, the discussion of the
1,885,460.60 n:inutes of the previous meeting took
i,iii,ii.i,i 'up three minutes.
1,726,305.66 j The city manager's report, as fol-
1,567,104.23 1 lows, was read and approved:
1,544,244.29 La Grande, Oregon, January 24, 1917.
1,524,690.19 To the Honorable Commission of the
1,454,217.17 J City of La Grande.
1,388,267.82 1 Gentlemen: Herewith, I submit you
1,299,027.23 my report as General Manager for
1,087,229.48 the week ending January 20, 1917, as
1,042,262.10 follows:
We are getting some results from
the effort made to collect the past-due
assessments and interest; many have
called and made arrangements to take
care of the accounts, and others have
made substantial payment. The
water superintendent has had his
hands full with freeze-up cases and
he shows an expense on this account
for the work of $32.80. We are keep
ing a record of all such trouble, and
will lower pipes as soon ns weather
will permit of economic work. Sever
al places giving trouble this winter
gave similar trouble last year.
The street superintendent has been
working two prisoners in his depart
ment, and has also been assisting the
ing up his claim for damages on ;aci-
count of the Second St. viaduct, and
pf ,,.the : protection' - of , city's !viiea
against property being foreclosed by
Mrs. J. Gangloff, with the city at
torney. - ' -.iS.i.ii-.;):. (!.: Ik, ft
Reports o!f the-'lcity - recorder " and'
treasurer are as follows: - :
. OITY RECORDER
Received for fines;;:, . y,V,;:. ,,$,2fl',Qfr
Disbursed nothing. , . ,,
Issued Warrants:
Int. on Improv. Dist's., as per
coupons on file ... ... ..$2,383.23
Int. on City Hall Bonds as per
coupons on file . . , ..... 625.00
Jnt. on Sewer Dist. l Sec. 5,
as per coupons on' file . . '. 13.93
(All of above in,fajV.or, of Jno. Collier,
Treasurer.) '
Refund of W. D. Grandy's "'
paym'ts. on 2nd St. ass'm't. 146.10
(By order of Resolution No. 315.)
Issued Licenses
To the amount of $150, as per Treas
urer s receipts on file.
CITY TREASURER
Receipts
Water Rents 5 77.10
Int. on Impr. Assm'ts 612.21
Installments on Imnrov. ..... 2 BSQ A
Electrical Permits 1 5ft
bbl. Tar sold ann
Licenses 150.OO
Water Tap installed 10.00
Disbursements.
Int. on Impr. Bond3
General F. Warrants
Int. on same
Contingent F. Warrants .
$3,396.30
.$
552.49
40.75
' 5.21
101.30
$ 699.75
Respectfully submitted,
F. B. CTJRREY,
General Manager.
AN EARLY. CROP OF SPRING HATS
tVJ ' -""v
- At the lert is a new spring bonnet In lavender straw with erown
Xlraped In gray satin. The knotted tassel is of silver threafl. The other
hat Is of smoke gray lustrous straw with a band and brim faelm of
'fcalmon color satin The ornament is a quaint thing in Chinese design
.and color from which nods a wisp of uncurled gray ostrich