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LX fiRAXTlft IT.YPXO. OBSERVER.
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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Hifg's Modern Cheery
"PAY ASH AND oPAY LESS5,
Coal, 0 Wdbd, HaylGram, tJtute
CO CO (i v
w .Cferaeftt, "Sforage
0 0
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ti. :.,,..'. re rennrsted U -T r-fnndrd if toy
Wt keip yea.
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