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o o o 0 o e fvATI'Ti Y. TAXU 4 1 Y 1-1, 191 . . e LX fiRAXTlft IT.YPXO. OBSERVER. TTTREE iims. rmr' i nnn LI UL I I ILL i L LUuu CALIFORNIA'S CRA.NDK KONDK GARAGE AND CONTENTS DAMAGED , ' New Officers of ". O. W. Ihstalled-'Mt-mbrrs of 11 Council Take Oath of Office. process to obt tin to.f coustltAitoms of coimnwcial value. The "drr" pro- KELP INDUSTRY i""" tii,u:iipi.-, aa is snowed . (when thj plan is to nko u ii , . i, . it ifurtilhter; .the kelp. iiv lone Following storm dlsturganco. at la,,h, , 't.A ,,',.. ,. ., se-a, ciuaiitlMes of kelp, oaieaweed. as t- - . ' . ! . It la more commonly knowu. wash uti . . ., ' v . ,..,. . ' . ., jUaed for the same purpose. This is , T I ' 7 , ' " 1V"" the chl.if work of tlis plant operated fornl. ,. having been Ion, i loow ,s , CmpaBy , ',..,. rtfn the numerous beds onshore The .v from San Uleao nor hwarj. These ,an(, , lhc , , J, kelp beds are the basis o a new and , livrcuifH 1)(nvilur Cl ,,,, Important Cl ifornm Industry, and .,,,. ,,, , , , , . j ,. , , . .where the raw product, ground to the pieces that wush ashore are. , , . " ., , ,v , . a pulp. Is mixed wlili certain chuiul- wotlh money enough so thitt Usher- i . ........i,,., . . , , . ,, . . ., . -.. ,cu's, permitted to feinieut. and then mon and others I v iik In the south-, . . . . ' , ' UNION, Jiwi. 11. (Special) About 6:15 Tuesday evening a fire broke out in the work room of tho Grande Kondc Karnye, and resulted in u loss of approximately $2000, including par tial luss.of two autos. a Grant belong ini? to U. S. Blacker and an Overland owned by Ed Wulf. '1 he proprietors. coust towns and beach resorts gath er them when liio waves cast up suf ficient qualities to in Lite such employ ment seem worth while. Iprocess of. evaporation, crysialltjaj tion and fractlonulliiiition. The per fected harvesters of the Hercules j Icoinnanv. each of wliich cost uiim-.iv. While a picturesque leatiire. me ; unalely 7r.000 and has a dallv : neacn giennor is 01 comparatively iu-:picliy of 1000 wet tons, prepare the llnltesijnnl Importance la kelp-liar-jkolu for this process, machinery vesting; he does typify conservation abroad the craft grinding the kolp 1 in its best sense, howevor, in that he illlo g nulp before il Is detiosited in I lellinlnates w-jste saves from loss !llla hoIll (f the er.ift. in h inm. that which otherwise would be left to n-.-,,.,..,,! i,,. , i, ..., i . -i kk a.m , u.e .op rot away. Admittedly, ins acuvmes, lhem puml,ell lllto ,1)e mientaUon for the day and had gone home when or ,h03e of u,e hand-pickers, who ;iu.lks i,.t.atoll on tho bIuko Kela the alarm was turned in. - giUiler kelp from the beds in small vu to ,he ,,nl8hed VTOliucta , ,he J V. C I.urwell of San Francisco bollls, are negligible quantities when 'Hercules piallt, a writer , .Mall.ir-: onj Mrs. Louise Gooclbrod of this c.ty compared with the methods employed ,, ohemi-nl Knglneertng were married in Santa Cruz, Cal., onjby the big operators in harvesting '..... ... f,...,r i,.i, i, January 5, WIU. - Mr. Burwcll was at;Ttuip; for this Industry has resulted : , miri,v Qf .i,.., ki,. ,' ' iin uie invention o. uue u. u ''.ducts. The potash is all used (interesting machines the sea-going . chemicaI plposu3i owlnR la 8 ' I kelp ba:vester. UI1riue purity, and there Is . not i Lime, was.and only a few1 years' ago. .onough of it to sunnlv this demmid ' when prictlcally the world's supply of lT),e total quantity of the pure pro- I 'potash came from German mines. I ,uol i9 not ai-eul 'o.iough to be con-: Ishlered seriously fur ftrtilizir itnr. lieu nere luesuay wun .miss oyivm fi rtll or tho enure output, tnoro man Hughey. Ihalf of the amount exported. Soefc- Mrs. Hilda t'ullis, who has been vis- ing a new source of supply for potash iting her sister in Endicott, Wash., nr-ito meet now requirements for ferti rived in this-city Monday on a visit I liters and a growing market, the to relatives. Mr. Bullis is stationed Injurem of Soils of the United States at Camp Lewis. I Department of Agriculture in 1910 Miss Lena Shaw, day operator forldirerted the attention of the public the Independent Telephone company, i to the kolp beds of our western is "very sick with pneumonia. 'coast, whose commercial possibilities Mrs. W. W. Stevens gave a birthday !h:id hitherto been Ignored. Four surprise party for hir husband Tucs-iyears later activities had progressed day evening. The evening was spent so far that Californium began spcak i,i playing five hundred, with enough ini? wilh Pril10 ,)f l,'c nation's new piesent for four tables. At a late Poiasti-Keip inuusir. one time a resident of this county nnd is remembered by somo. of the older residents. Mrs. Goodbrod hod lived in Union a long time and has a host bf. friends herd who wish them the best of luck nnd hnnoiness. iMjss Alice Wright of Hot Ijike vis-1 The L'Jilted Htates received about one- poses. Tboro are, however, a num ber of residues produced which con tain potssh amounting to quite a tonnage, and these oiler Interesting and attractive possiblltnes In which fertilisers aro to bo cousldered."' Accoiding to tho writer above quoted, the Hercules plant at Potash. Cal., developed i the result of a de mand for acclono Tor uso In muni tions. Presumably the business out look in this regard has been altered by the cessation of the war, with the prospect of tliiB plant's becoming more prominently idi.ntifled with the hour lunch was served and after wish-1 Several of tho giant kelps which i ciK,n,icai industry along diiTeront mg Mr. Stevens many happy returns.under certain treatments yenu, u. of the day the guests departed for sides potash acetone (used in the their homes. jmanuf Jcture of smokeless powder), J. W. Pntterson is reported ill atjlodlne, nitrogen and other by-pro-his home in South Union. ducts of value, grow in beds at nuiii- T. T. Coch and Family will occupy : emus locations along the west coast the Thompson place in North Union.Ur North America, clear up to Sitka. Saturday night the new councilmen I Alaska, but ts yet !t Is only those took their oath of office at the city jolf-shore from San Diego northward hall. The new officials are M. F. Da- to Point Concepcion Sm Barbara vis, mayor; W. Wigglesworth, W. H. county) that are concerned in the Vogel, G. A. Scibird, M. S. Levy, Tony Callforna Industry. Of these M,icr Smith. rouncilincn; D. A. Vanhouten, eystls pyrlfera, or ribbon, kelp Is the .. J . i..... it.,, Vino nntvuil ItWtHI. mai'shul: L. Z, Tcrrnll, recorder; Kit 1 vunuiy int 1 " ininnrtiiiu cninmcniiiuij. n tSherinan, stj'oet conimiaionor. Mr. ami Sim. W. II. Voj;el anil K(iy rhillipft motmecl to I..a Grande .Tue&diiy on business. Kine Citv Cami) No. 80, W. 0. W., lntnl- south coast Macrnryslia led the following officers: C. C, John . control of the Fish and Came Com Reeves: adviser, W. W. Stevens; bank- mission, which reports that during er, N. A. Vanscovte; ' clerk, L. A. "17 the amount of kelp used wis Wright; escort, Uoss Badger; sentry, nearly '" "" a" John Donivan; guard, Geo. Brown; about 1.5 per cent Per tot. .of potash, managers. D. A. Vanhonten and W. O.I The beds from San )ieg to San Miller. Refreshments were served af-" 1'0,1"t1' and , n Zr t- ter the installation. Nicholas and San a innJc wpr harv!8tml by tno lleii u- wielust diHtrihution. and tfioww m gieuKmt gu -ntlty. Tho California legislature at Uk most recent meeting iilaced thcKu hedH under lines than thoao resulted In it be- ; Ing established. ! As previously ntnted, tb Cnlifor- j nia kelp beds are now under the jur- ; isdii-tlon of the state's Fish and Game ', Conimlsslon,' ar.d tho acleiitlllc t.udy of the plant in in tho hands of Hie; Seripjis Institution for Uiojionieal Ho-j sfach of the University of California. A system of opening and eloniiiK the ' beds has-been worked oat; it Is plti.n- nod that one of California's newest .Industries shall not bo liter tlly "nip- j iVid In tho bad." OITieial reports j jnat,o that the beds reepperato lii ; about ninety days ayer a euttiuK. j n.nd, that "with proper conHorvation 1 rcKifIatifns observed the bnsiB of this industry proiaiHes to remain as per- manen oh anythliiK that grows. ;CAPT. DOUGLAS E. DISMUKES : 253v ! 6 ' r . ii i i los Coniinny. Swft & uompan humorous hard-piekeis: the Long lWeh and Wilmington beds (l-os Angeles County) were used by the Diamond Mateh Company, the Pacific toducts Company; in the Mimmer- Innd regions (ofr Santa lraoara county) tlvo United States Experi mental riant, tho Lorned Manufac turing Company, and the California Chemical company wtie operating. It is intcrestins to note that potash is not the chief aim of the largest of the works, that of tho Hercules Pow der compmy. at Potash, -near San Diego, erected In acetone was the main reason for establishing this plant, while potash and many of the chemicals that are produced may be classed as substiary products, al though large In tonnage, according to Metallurgical. and Chemical Engin eering, which apppars to speak au thorltlvelv. Over $5,000,000 Is said -to have been spent by the nercu 3 i imwrlnr ConiB'inv at its Potash & a plant. It cover about' thirty acres T 1 finnrnTtinalcW one i ana cuiimujcb thousand men, including one hund- nHr nn thn harvesters at i i sea. 4 l nvQr a hundred natents have been t iken out by Inventory of kelp-cut-1 ters and harvesters. The general scheme of operation of the success-! ful ones is about tho same, and is : Bimilar to that of the more familiar ; CAM VOH CITY WAIillANTS Notice 1 Js hereby given that all warrants Isvmed on the general fund of the city of La Grnndo, Oregon, and endorsed December 31, 1!17, or prior thereto, jito now called for pay ment and interest on said warrants ceases from tills date, January 10, llil'J. AGNES M. RUSK. Treasurer City of La Grande. 1-11-tf. Wilson9 s Fourteen Points Tor the fst few weeks IVesduU Wilsons ''Fourteen Puiftts Ks Bential to a Lastfny Peace" will lit the subject of vorld-ie di?cu-sion. For the convenience o rendered f The Observer who may not have these jeao ptnpusitions clearly in mind the fourteen pointy as uutl ned by the President In his addivss ni Januupy lUh, 11HS, Ami as accepted by Ueiyiar y and Austria before the sifmtnrr of 4 he armistice, nre here with reprinted in full: . I. Open covenants "of peace, open- government of their relations with ly arrived at, which say there shall one another. Without this healing be no private international under- uet the whofe Mruetuie and validity sUtnding's of tiny kind, but U plo- of international law is forever im- ' mftcy shall proceed always frankly paired. and in the puiilic vkw . H. AH French territory should 2. Absolute freedom of nuviga- he freed ami the invaded portions tion upon the seas, outside tenlto- restored, and the wrom? done to rial waters, alike in peace nnd in Franco by Prussia in IS? 1 in the war, except as the'1 seas may be matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which closed in whole or in part by inter- has unsettled the peace of tho national action for the enforcement world for nearly fifty years, should of internataienul covenants. be righted, in order that peace may II. The removal, so far as pos- once more be made secure in the srble, of all economic barriers and interest of all. the establishment of an equality of 0. A readjustment .of the fron- tradc conditions among all the nu- tiers of Italy should be effected tioiis consenting to the peacu nnd along clearly recognisable lines of associating' themselves for its nationality maintenance. 10. Tho s peoples of Austria- 4. Adequate, guarantees given Hungary, whose place anionic the and taken that national armaments nations we wish to sec safevjuanl will be reduced to the lowest point rd and assured, should be accorded consistent with domestic safety. ... the freest opportunity of aulonov 5. A free, open-minded and air- mous development. , solutely impartial adjustment of 11. iKumania, Srbia and Mon all colonial claims, based upon a tencgro should be evacuated; occu strict observance of the ' principle pied territories restored;. Serbia that in determining all such ques- accorded free and secure access to tions of sovereignty the interests the sea, ami the relations of the of the populations concerned must several Italkan states to one anoth have equal weight with the equit- er determined by friendly eounsui able claims of the government along historically established lines .whose title is to be determined. of allegiance and nationality,, and (i. The evacuation of all Rus- iutcruntionnUtguarantees of the pc sian territory and such a settle- liticnl and economic independence' meat of all questions affecting: and territorial integrity of the sev Hussia as will -secure the lest nnd era) Italkan states should be en freest co-operation of the other na- tered into. tions of the world in obtaining for 12. The Turki.th portions of the her an unhampered and unembnr present Ottumnn empire should be rassed opportunity for the inde- assured a secure sovereignty, but pendent determination oT her own the other nationalities which are political development and national now under Turkish rule should be policy, nnd insure her of a sincere assured nn undoubted security of welcome into the society of free life and an absolutely unmolested nations, under institutions of her oppoitunity of autonomous dovel- own choosing; and, more than n opment, and the Dardanelles Should welcome, assistance also of every be pet mancntly opened us a free kind that she may need and may passngc to the ships and commerce herself desire. The treatment nc- of all nations, under international corded Russia by her sister nations guarantees. in the months to come will be the 1:1. An independent Polish state acid ti si of their good will, of their should be erected, which should in- . comprehension of her needs as dis- elude the territories inhabited by tinguished from their own inter- indisputably Polish populations, csts, and of their intelligent and which should bo assured a free and Unselfish sympathy. 0 pecure access to the sea, nnd whoso 7. Helj;ium, the whole world pfdithwl "and economic integrity will agree, must be evacuated and hIiouM be guaranteed, ,)y, interna- rentored, without any attempt to tional covenant. - '' - limit the sovereignty which she en- M, A general association of nn-" joys, itf common with all other free tions must be formed, under spe- nations. Xo other single act will cific covenants, for the purpose of rerve as this will serve to restore Mffonling mutual guarantees of po- confidenee among the nations in liticnl independence and territorial the laws which they themselves integrity to great nnd small state: have set nnd determined for tho alike. CECIL 'I -h W S V E K Puhlk Accountant. Income Tax Advisor. Battle strayed I From pasture neaillot Lake, three yearlings and one cow. Branded lta I 7X on left ribs, split in left ear nnd 12 upper bit in rigth. Reward for infor- A U Main St., lleadleton, Oregon mation. A. J. Elliott. Onion. Or. 1-9-4 1 .J. .J. . 4. .J. J . H now OW ' TO CLEAN YOUR SUITS, OVERCOATS AND ALL WOOLEN GARMENTS. 1 Now i i:i;si; ix rniLD lahou Child labor, according to Htutlstics gathered by tho Children's Bureau. I lias enormously Increased during the war. In Wilmington, Delaware, Rix-ty-ono per cnt. m.)ro children hive taken out working permits than Innt year. In somo places in Massachu setts tlie number lifts doubled. oiisorvur advittfrilnij pays. AtllU. IS A GOOD TIME TO SEND THEM IN AND HAVE THEM THOROUGHLY ' . RENOVATED PHONE MAIN 56 AND WE .WILL CALL FOR THEM. ' STANDARD LAUNDRY CO. Treasurer CH of La Grande. ! ty-ono per emit. m.KO children hive 1-1 1-tf. I taken out working permits than Innt ! I A Tx7 A XIT A It ...CTt A I il Pay Gash and I Ij Pay Less! ill We inst. rflofiiverl a shipment of choice Head Rice. . ill, ... j r - ' I Hill I Sawyer olmes ercantile Co. Capt. Douglas E. Dismukes, U. 9. N. is commander of the United 8tate irraln-harvcsJur. Tho Knives or r- tranport Mount-Ve.rnon, formerly th clprooils of the ko'.p-harvcsltr rut , Kronprinzetaln Cecilia, which was tor. the pjnrua from two to six ftwt he pedoed by a U-boat off the coast of )ow the wotcr'a surMee and travel-, France, loinfl 35 of the crow and re- ! inK ncri'i im bring it up and depnait it pairing to a French port with all pa-jnn the harvester M-ssel or tmrpo. tenger, safe. 5"stos-! . iien iThereaftrr this sea hurvest crop Is , ' . subjected to either ono of l'i treat- t . jinenta, accortlinE :o whether it Is Human Fruitage. , m- tl.rouKli tho "et" or "dry" Nfitnre de not hear fruit for tor1 self, but f. innn. The. broach lion not be:ir the rlrh clusters for Its Oivn "Ifih upiietlte. Our fruitage jnast be for ra.iiikfiHl. Your nlm Is a mtsinkea ?ne if you aro seeking spiritual .coso-' firtr quiet s:;C Auction; jvy liere ' Vrenfti t. ji-l f your owo little 'sfX e-(;hn-;lan..1Hernld. J o ANOl St KMKNf. 9 I wi.-h to inform the public that kiive (U ajied ttas furnitm and lcti.e of the Oregon hotel, 10 ttepot street, nr.'l will coh.Ulrt it, in ronneciion it.S the Hsrlan'i Jj.otel. ami k will f knin ai theaiariiind sw.tei i'i . . v'Ti.ur rr. ls le m tiiifrrtif. Tiitir mint. The room? Si. II be p:perly rovnit.1 j .,. rai,iti ..I hard and no's attractive imo piea'ant . Two apartment? it iigni-nouae- THE MEN IN CLASS Al " A ntiod, hltby si.in ii Dnrr t bark' Dumber. A maa run b as Tij'rout and at tntjr aa at ivmrf, 4 vnditkm. tjntnn watnH bj overwork anl car Iffa Itvinc hritiR old axe prr;jjitur-)j'. The tKwhiy fuiHtiotm am Itupn i rl bimI baplpaaiit ayo-i'toum apicr. TUt wak epot la Reara!! ifa kittjn. Kp I thm clan and in prop? worttnjf ct- dittr.n arid you will panarn)ly tirid "nr- : ftf In CU-a Ai T-ire fSOLD MKIML ' liftrm Oil 'a;mui prin'u-al.r aid your i;itm,ill alwaja b in workup orar. lor afirita m b ritiirrnfj. a'tire, Don't wait ut)ti!iSu bar hm r.-ct- ' d. Comotroce to ! a. frVt-claiM 'iunv Dew. ift to ju drViriit S on'-c. if II We just received a shipment of choice Head Rice, Tapioca, Golden Marshmellow Syrup and Pre ferred Stock Jellies and Preserves. Cheese, per lb 40 Sego Milk, large can .. 15 Borden's Milk, large can 15 Tomato Sauce, per can Del Monte Catsup, 18 oz. bottln Zif Pork and Beans, medium can , t..... UO- Eang's Driel Fruits and Vegetables, jWg Si? 10 V ":. ?1.50 ...M.OO1 PHONE Main 17 Dried Prunes, per lb.-.: s Dried Peaches, per lb. 51b. pail Pure l2nd ... k !0 lb. puil Pure Lard .. Sunny (Wonday,cBj'o Wfctte, Ben to f-ouf) drVririit liaarlrm hlApiin!. Ibrjr are atada r to yout drVrKut r rt-t ft trial bns of Gol.I) jiF.UAh .Special JJte-on roo p by the we a kM ,,,5 .trrid(h. SOAPS-- Hur.Sillt j!oap 63 nr. ,v ?H0UE MAIS 35 a sa. & G' 0 er o 0, Hifg's Modern Cheery "PAY ASH AND oPAY LESS5, Coal, 0 Wdbd, HaylGram, tJtute CO CO (i v w .Cferaeftt, "Sforage 0 0 o o o ti. :.,,..'. re rennrsted U -T r-fnndrd if toy Wt keip yea. ....a?... o o .... - " 1 Kl Dr ir pTTd
