La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 09, 1917, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextSATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. PAGE NINO INCREASE IN RATES ay Officials of O. W. Are in Pendleton Conferring with Business Men. Pendleton, Juno 9 (Special) Wil liam Bojlons, division superintendent of the O.-W. for this section of the system, with H. W. Hioks, freight and passenger agent, was here Wednesday taking up with Pendleton business men and shippers the request of the railroad for an increase in tho freight rates. A 15 per cent incease is asked, to be come effective on July 1. "Such an increase will only partly compensate the railroad for the ! amount that is now being expended in increased costs of labor and equip ment," Mr. Bolions exlpained. "Recent reports will show on increase in the gross revenues but this increase is more than offset by the increased cost of operation. This cost for the pest year on the O.-Wi. will represent at least 25 per cent of the gross freight revenue. If the request of the com pany is granted and the rates raised 15 per cent, there will still remnin 10 per cent of this increased cost, a mat ter of a billion, three hundred millions in money, to be borne by the rail roads. This amount must be absorbed by the company or offset by economies such as reduced train service, curtail ment of betterments and improve ments and restricted expansion of the property to meet tho needs of the country's development. Not Seeking Additional Profit. "In asking for this increase, the companies arc not seeking additional profit. They are merely trying to meet the needs of tho times. They are receiving no more for their ser vice now than before the general in crease in expenses but are paying much more for what they buy than 4 ynion Livestock Show Union. Oregon June (3. 14, (5 RACES r STREET PARADES PRIZES Best horseflesh in the West on exhibition and in action Round-Trip Fare $. 1.00 via ' UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Tickets on sale June 11 to 15; return limit, June 18 J. H. KEENEY Aaenl Wm. McMurray. General Passenaer Aaant. Portland ever before in the history of the road. They ask the shipper, to bear a rea sonable increase in rates in order that .the roads may take care of his busi ness in time of industrial activity." I As an instan coof the way in which oosts have piled up during tho past year alone, Mr. Bollons showed that locomotives havo increased 90 per cent in cost; freight cars, 50 per cent; passenger cars 50 per cent; taxes, 15 to 20 per cent; wages and labor, 17 1-2 per cent. There has been $12, 426, 587 allotted for the purchase of freight cars on the Union Pacific sys tem this year. For locomotives the sum of $5,52'J,G18 is set aside. The sums at first glance seem large but a second's thought will reveal tho fact 'that 50 per cent of the first sum and 90 per cent of the latter will go in increased costs. New Equipment Coming. This division will receive as its por tion of the new equipment six freight locomotives and two passenger en gines. Three thousand freight cars 'leave been put on the Union Pacific lines just recently and there by hangs & talo that has made railroad history. The cars were ordered in' the east. Free transportation was offered by the connecting railroads on the condi tion that the cars should be moved wset loaded. Tho Union Pacific sys tem needed those cars for its own business and rather than accept the offer of the connecting lines and take the loaded cars, trusting to luck as to the time when they would be avail able, $17.50 freight toll was paid on every car from tho factory to the eastern terminus of tho Union Pa cific lines in order that the cars might be available for the shippers of the U. P. system immediately. LIBERTY LOAN MESSAGE TO PURPOSE OF LIBERTY LOAN IS TO SUPPLY FUNDS TO END THE WAR SOONER BY MRS. ANTOINETTE FUNK. (Vice Chairman of the Woman's Lib erty Loan Committee.) Washington, June 9. ((United Press) Since the government has called upon the Women to give their Sons for Our Country's Life, the Woman's Loan Committee dare to call upon them to help supply the money to sustain those Sons. The purpose of the Liberty Loan is to give funds to tho government so that it can conduct this war for Lib er ity and Democracy in an efficient manner. The quickor this money is supplied, tho quicker will come the end of the war with its consequent saving of human life. The denomina tions of tflie bonds are as low as $50 and the payments ore easy. A sub scriber can pay cash if she wants to, but she does not havo to. A Liberty iBond should be in every home. Because so far we have been remote from the scene of war, we are in clined, like the foolish ostrich, to hide bur heads in the sand, not realizing, not believing, closing our eyes to the i. actual threats of danger that are here, j No man liveth to himself alone and I the time is here when no nation liv 'eth to itself alone. Wo are bound up I in the wnirp and woof of nations, a jport of the fabric. The welfare of lone is the welfare of all. I The gigantic struggle that has been going on in Europe for almost three years is not a strugglo to settle 'boundaries, not to gain revenge for old disputes. It is a war to establish the right to life and liberty. . It is a war against awfqlness. It is a war against the cread of hate. It is a war in defense of weak people. It is a protest against the savagery that sent the Lusitanin to the bottom. It is our notice served upon the world that tho high seas are free to the world. It is a notice to the wold that we and our neighbors in t.is hemisphere will not tolerate that the oppressor's foot be set upon our shores. It is for the honor and safety of our women. It 13 for a safe and free home for our children. The only nation unde the sun which was born 'a democracy is carrying her doctrine of democracy to tho uttermost parts pf the earth. As women have always helped, they must help now. Their first great task is lending out of their fulness that the war of righteousness upon which 'America is now emerged shall result in a glorious past and a glorious free dom and that the generations that come after us may indeed call us blessed. Every woman's first duty is to buy a Liberty Loan Bond. If a woman, cannot buy n bond, it is her duty to persuade some other woman who can do so. The vaue of . pineapples exported from Hawaii during the year ending June SO, 1915, was 6,319,000. 1 -:T: 1 if Laboratory Tests That Protect You as a Motorist i Prices Effective May 1st, 1917 Light Fours Touring . . . Ko3 Roadster . . . 68o Country Club . IJ95 Big Fours Touring . Roadster . Coupe . . Sedan . Light Sixes Touring . . Roadster . . Coupe . . . Sedan . . Willys Six Touring . tSos tS8o tl4SO tiM3 tiOIO t'rfS t'SS 11413 Willys-Knight Four Touring tlJQS Four Coupe . ti6so Four Sedan . t'930 Fou r Limousine ttoso Eight Touring I1030 All prices f. 0. b. Toledo Subject to change vithout notice "Made in U. S. A." The Willys-Overland factory takes no producer's word about the quality of materials. By thorough tests with most complete apparatus.expert chem ists and metallurgists at this factory determine whether raw materials should be accepted or rejected. All raw material must be proved right before it goes into Willys-Overland cars. It is one of the most important ways of guarding you. For instance, carbon is essen tial to the strength of steel. A delicate operation is required to prove the presence of the right percentage. And this percent age differs in materials for dif ferent parts. Finished parts must then un dergo tests for durability. A machine of incredible power twists and wrenches rear axles to see if they have the required resisting power. With each end of a spring fastened into a pocket, powerful pressure is applied a register tells whether it , has the proper strength and resiliency. These are only a few of the tests that serve as an insurance to owners of Willys-Overland cars. These cars are better pro tected than many higher priced cars. Tests cost money. The Willys-Overland Company can af ford to make the most exhaus tive tests because enormous pro duction makes it possible to divide the cost into small units for each car. GALLOWAY-REES CO. Distributors iff i 'i Pnf The WWys.vhCompany, Toledo, Ohio " I Manufacture of Witlw-Knlaht and Owrjand AutomobUta 1"' . , ' " feiNIii V. a aw COA HIAWATHA AND ROCK SPRING Now is the Time to Buy Coal for Stor age and Avoid Next Winter Shortage and Higher Prices. The J. D. Lynch Co. One Block East of Depot Phone Main 10 ELECTRIC SUPPLY ,CO. AUSTIN BROWNELL, Manager HOUSE WIRING A 8PECTAT.T" Supplies and Heating Device Phone Main 726 Summer Hotel Building, next to Western Unioj MCCARTHY'S IMPERIAL SMOKER Mild Sweet and Satisfy ing. 5c. Ask your Ci gar Dealer. Made and smoked in La Grande. w. d. McCarthy, Manufacturer of Imperial Cigars 106 Depot St. "i ALICEL NEWS ITEMS. Epworth League Convention Closes Farewell Reception Given Mr. and Mrs. ChristenBon Alice! School Has Picnic Alicel Girls Attend La Grande Conference. Alicel, .Ore., June 7. (Special) The Epworth League convention closed Tuesday and was successful all along. Dan Brummitt was a special attraction and the house was crowded at each of his four addresses. A com mittee has been appointed to decide where and when to hold the next con vention. A furewell roception was given Mr. and Mrs. Christcnson by the Epworth ian Friday evening; and a general 'reception Tuesday evening, where they were presented with a large rocking chair by the people of the community. The Alicel school went to Riverside Parke June 1, it being the last school day of the term. Mr. and Mrs. Christenson moved their goods to Imbler Wednesday. Mrs. Christenson will leave for the east soon and Mr. Christenson will attend summer school at Eugene, Oregon. Giles Van Housen has purhcased a motorcycle, and Jas. Moss a new au tomobile. PHYSICAL EDUCATION CAMP AT OAK RIDGE Portland, Juno 8. (Special) -The Eugene Branch National Association of physical Education ha just taken out a special use permit for a tract of land near Oak Ridge, Oregon, on the Cascade National Forest, to be used as a summer camp for the boys and girls of Eugene and vicinity, accord ing to the announcement of District Forest Geo. J I. Cecil, Portland, Ore gon. Tho plans call for the erection of a log lodge and sleeping tents with per manent floors. An athletic field for various outdoor sports will be con structed. Timber for building pur poses and for fuel will be granted free of charge by the Forest Service. Part of the summer the camp will be occupied by groups of girls and at otiher times by groups of boys, under competent leaders who have had ex perience in sociul work. Use of National Forest land for municipal and organization camps is increasing, according to Mr. Cecil. Tho boys' department of tho Port land Y. M. C. A. maintains a summer camp at Spirit Lake, on the Columbia National Forest, where tho boys enjoj wonderful outings in tho mountains. The city of Los Angeles hns spent $8,000 developing a municipal camp site on the Angeles Forest in Califor nia. A ten-day trip to this camp from Los Angeles can be made at a cost so small ns to be within the reach of almost every one. The Physical Education association summer camp at Oak Ridgo will be the first camp of this sort in Oregon MILITARY Drill and Maneuvers: -By-Co. M. 3rd Ore. Regiment Capt. Neer, Commanding At Elgin, Oregon On SUNDAY, JUNE 10 Spectacular Military Maneuvers, consistin of the impressive cere mony of Guard Mount, Battle For mation, Charges, Bayonet Drill and the execution of every command known in the U. S. army. One hour and thirty minutes of this feature. A Rousing Patriotic Concert -By- " The Elgin Concert Band Concert Begins Promptly at 1:30 Good Fasjb Baseball Game Immediately After Military Drill Co. M vs. JElgin Indians All events will be held at the Elgin Baseball Park, opening with Band Concert at 1:30, followed by Mil itary Maneuvers at 2:00 and Base ball Game at 3:30 o'clock. Some thing doing every minute; no waits. AFTERNOON OF PATRIOTIC ENTERTAINMENT Admission: Grandstand Seats 50c Bleacher Seats 35c; Children 10c SPECIAL TRAIN! Leaves La Grande at 12:30 p. m.; Island City 12:38; Alicel 12:50; Imbler 1:00; Rinehart 1:05. Re turning train leaves Elgin im mediately after close of thq program. Elgin Welcomes You I Ovr iwrnnl rvaulta.