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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1922)
7r m mvwuht VOI, U MR XXV SEOTIOX TWO LA fJUANDK. OUFCOX. S T1 ' 1M). Y. .III ,V lf'J- MIOMHKH OF ASSOCIATKI) I'liKSS Xl'MHKIt 248 o o o O Dtfjl C C T A T C ut i ii ri. inn Hi Wili LUUIfl mm X'dtmJ Hiiuiin.w ,Kiiit' Ssdiwl iTJli'JW U- ail luui rTato. WfcU-tSlfV HU.I.S, Mu t., 3yly 22. koKr 1ibnsii, uiwisor V ov er levfmwn luuii.-irm o tf.e tvun ii y Irai'mg t.LUuvt-i, tvas tiUej unvtfccr tr. ru in a jo-awnient isnutd today be out line cvniintf conditio, it- the rem ' estate lmti and advises tne jurehttjc 01 vuuurhuft i-iupt ri ttclote it s too lAtCE. jiie big munrneiit in ival eHtate Viualiy pv. will uroitr way' St. Htn, "uetore anyone twill wnt is ffvmjf on." Ikcause they have at"-''! land unu(i tut yvuis mom jmoil think it will uiwa.i cofr.inuc to. Inis u why the oi igmal holder scllru makes any tirolu i torn real e.s title The value is .so cUimj to his mt.ie ttr.it ft doe1! not see it. "A fundamental change in real e.t latc values is taking Hare. tar it has proceeded ijuiciiy without muc-i publicity, r rw people have realized it. The fact is that jieople aie loos ing to ihe cuutr. A lew Wise ht-ai.i have discovered the hut gains in eou:i try homes and they art; quietly buy ing: up all the land ll:y want !-s themselves and us much a.-i Uicy ea;i curry for a Hpeeulation, "My advice to tno.su who want suit urban leal estate is to huy at onee J'or the past deeade or rmne, pmpie have been cniwditi;' to the cities. Now however, a rever.-e niovi-nieni to 1 1 country is htieinninu whi;h proniim-.i to be the jcreat'.st sniftii:; in popula tion since the institution of the rail road. Within the next ten or more years the building of suburban home nhould rival the growth of lne aut mobile, (rood nmils, the movie.-', the phonoKraph or radio! "In fact, these inventions make po. -nible the suburban movement. A few ears atro country homes were limited to the rich or to those employed i i the eountr" because only surh jieople could afford means of transportation Now automobiles have come within reach of ' the f i eat middle class of people. They are increasii.jt at the rate of more than a million a year Ten 'years atfo theiu were 1,0(10.0(10 pHHsentgeT automobilt s in the United Wtnten. TodHV there ave about te-i million, which is an average of one to about every ten people! They are briiiKinK" new mm belt er roads and opening up millions of acres hereto fore inaccessible land. Th" more ca-'s purchaseif, the more families tiure are who can have n .lUouioan home, eve'i though the bread-wimier must work in the city. Wage earners during th-1 last period of prosper it y spent their' money lor motor cars; in the ne:;t period of pio.spciily tluy wi!l buy country homes! liie motion picture has put t'ie lo eal town hall on a par with th rity! theatre. The motor iriu l; U irivin-r the rural or suburban dweller neari the pnme freight and express faeil ltics s ha-i the eitv a n m auk ssrSsBCHTy HOURS Motor bus 1 which never lev cms- Aut the school bouses and within a few minutes t.f the country home, ('lain stores are carrying t every community the same efficient! mefchandi.sing as the city dweller en joys. Last but not lea-t trie radi 1 esecially if developed m tiwuT.il; Siuire's wired h.i-is. gi.-e l- subur-' lan h thi li!i't ivly M-i-iarcH an.l music. I "Thf ri'HMin to'- siil.ui l.nsi rvpan-j " however. i .:.,t . mc uiir... cMiKv.-ticn of jwfllinit h..us ! ' irthw-.-t arc wrvwl on l.nakfast t and hirh n'n limit hav : tii lircw- l.l in ('hicaco cik'ht hnurx later as :: ing diwmiK'iit. rr ni"Ti' tl.an livi-.,,.,ut oi' thu inauirur'Hion by tht' yrars n..w ihcM- c.n.t.. i..s lipv Nurth(.In ,.B,.ifil. Iaiwuv f sl..j nil liilu inn mm tnt Tblt'E uf T te It1'!! navvr i.. teaching tiie i.o t.t ..f expio- j so'ii. Almost any koi-i of a chang xoubl 1 attractive. nce the a'.ei aire citv wo'-lar reah.ts i .at won Jt-w hundieti dollar. and ran get a house of his" hum with all ; the land he needs, the c nances are; or m-y o"- " - i " ' " two to one he will move! Cars by express to eastern markets, it th effiris of lir.-f eitunin b;.d "The city no longer lias a w.iil'was i-taff-d. In the )at few rs the built thenisuUts up as iniotiaTtt art-uud il- Kailvonds made the first development of the (wiry ir.du.lr" ha.- centers, no the ih uh arteries of bff-ach. but tii' railroads opened u: i-een so rapid in the Soithwcrt th;l motor travel jn. tifing deferiniii Mi onlv narrow stmw along their lineadilitional markets had to opt nrd-1 today.", added Mr. Wil'liains.. "Th r-'idiating from the city. In mo.-1 can-1 To meet the emergency the Northern man who tjuve's in his oivu n.t the iai!r'ail followed the vaitt ! I'acifie this spring arrjrig-d ffr .-pe ii tiinH Ik following the rnii s over and lowiarris, whu h are Ti 't tf.p hi-.L ria( fruit trains, which arc now oper - which it i easiest tor him ti find building loiatnn. Il.'te.r these. atinir daily. 'IN-frigi-rator. iars were hi. way."- line.-? ate miles of lai:d much mre de- designed to travel on the ji:-e:ieer CouiiminiMes are beeoining known siiable for Icailduig but w.'-.ieh have schedules. t for their servieo and t real ment . r been inaecessioie to the commuter be- Tho fruit snecials are brinaiujf' jaek of it, lie said. The proposal cause nun had no ni-ai- of get tin jsti a-.vlierrie. eherrie. r.ispbtn u s. nationwide service, hn eontiiiuod. to within a radius nf 1 ' er 20 milej blackberries and Inicanherrie fro"CW0U, lltv,, T,ttl... fur c.,i of the citie,-, which th mol-r car Jiml White Siilnion, Yakima. Puyallun "ii-J munitv "which is out lo uone- and good roads hn e open, d up. that th--Walla Walla. Washington, valb-vv otherwise mistreat the tiansb nl mot spectai ular i"Vclr,pment in nw ashon I -land. PuR.-t Sound, and Lew - s,ti t iiini I1.-t " buildir.g shouhi tJikefvla'"'- 1 i.-ton, Idaho, country. j , Mi,M.snta. Cm infunnaiion i. you are iiuv:i-m-... . . - tatr tiif Mtu;iti"n .if'nar.i- ; niriiiis that if t,u v;t:it I nlilf suimrl.iin j;in-i ll ;ir " i''" -tit pl'ocnt Uv .ri, ''S. y"-.l v. ii! h:i (t g. iX' U - at una1 nln s'-'l'' -; :MI ri(iu.-rtv, a K'M'.t p!;i:i usu: (t fnllero) out thu icest 'Slt,('t und liuy whrrc laiifi ittiiil sfll ly tht' ucie tnstfi',1 nt i (C'Ti the cilht-r hai.ff) if 'tv! 'dvfl !!i( nio(sty (8)ii-h t rntll i l.u-ir, . 0i iimo t li UlrKCr ,$t n.l .git tin 3Th- ti- rmt p:ty t.i iu-i!if B" o '" l'lll beller 111 .H'Tll.lIW a-Ulfli' ll'J.IIHS .f th.' city .xi-O'l" 't l" to other city owi ftTlr hntts whi'Wuch etravagai:t ren'-- ar iio.v ('emar.ded. Ueniemiier that while th-1 ,rtA uiut.iustna'nt in industry O1'11 -'b' the readiu.-tiiK-nt in reai estate hn beirun. Sttnio n'v hv Oregonian Writer is Enraptured with the Scenery of Wallowa (Jam ftt'iiv in (eeftion.) PENDLETON. July 20 Kin- seen- er' and rods today's run of the high way commission was especially not- able. D break found K. A. ltooth, the coinmittion and Wnlernor Olcott mzinp at on of tw lifts t lantilul outdoor oieun in (hM: Wallowa 1V. neatling- at Ik feat of .mi-circle of la vtotti moun tains, preM-ntM an entmneiny piclurt. With the )9tfcit .riow-pai line and the ylaeid lakr mirroring th eruKf it H bkf a bit of acfnfi'y from the Swin.1 Apn. It in aurpatavd only by the (rrandcur of i rater LLic Few tourists pencUate to Walluwa lake, a few mile out of Jiph, Ore-, because Wallowa county has iMthinf but a d'-ad-end hix'hval' and tourut object to back-traekirr f!ttraioa in rropod. Oil result of. this inapection tcur of the highwav commisnion i the pi us pec t of d-velo-inp an extension from Flora- to the Orefrun Hnet to con nect with a Mich way cumiiift down from I'wialttn. If thin road in com pleted and in time it mut be con structed tourists will flock through Wallowa until there will be such :rBf K n t r d r i "J lj u t i l. the' r t- wM,k V -.rh, aC.O.o IM., i Vi . i in . v-..-., ui tkif1' huve In- r ull l l ZL" A highway extending from Flora to U'wiston would, to the lay mind, be more advantageous than th ? talked of WalluU cut-off. The members of the commission . iw Me vpsurdv. from Ontario to Knterprise, arriving- nenrnmu nmu i"'"1"""1"- """""'vijrs, n midnight. This morning they huck-j.wr. tiaeked to La Grande over tne nist cla-s highway wnicn me siaie aim ouiu hu-hm, e.mMm-.. ...i. , county have co-operated in building- jsnving of for every car traveling The highway is now graded around I the Columbia river Imrhway and Us Minani mountain, ascending on a fiveextenion. the Old Oregon Trad. not move to the country. Before many years have passed we probably shall ee a strong tendency in that direc tion. Many businesses can be carried on in the country far more efficiently than in the city. This idea that all of fices and factories must be locuted in the population centers is simply a no tion handed down through generations. In the old days industry was confined to the city and the country was left for agriculture. That was befoie the age of modern transportation- Of course, it must continue true in tV ease of distributing houses. Whole salers. Jobbers,' merchants. etc., wjta group together according to their in dustry in a certain part of the city greatly facilitate buying. "Manufacturers, however, fir.rf bet ter labor conditions, lower rents and 'letter power in the country. Hence I would not disr.ute the point withlna travel and resort bureau. Is de- anyone that business eventually may! veloping the p!nns, which include tend toward the suburban sites. "."For; the establishment of information the present, however," concluded Mrjslation in every stato1 having wImt I'abscn, "the main movement will bo ever possible no greater disCnoe confiiud to th buying of count -y res- than 1L 'to f)h miles between stu idences. Those who are planning 1 1 ions. eventually to own a country homej "it is ponsible to place more than should get busy at on-e. for every I week vou delay is iikci io cost you mont Ql "! A-.-l.i.-.i IT.-. CHIt'AtiO. luly - - llrrii-t pic jn l(u. 8ound ,roi, !n lh(. fr express ref rigerator train operatin ion piis-rnger schedules Pel ween ih. 'Pacific Northwest arid Chieago. ! lU retofim- these f?esh f i nils have TO CONSUMER1 fliwer heieither tteen ntarketed in tr.e ip'.median neighboi'liood where they were rise, ........... . 'V een un'o' ae'iu- n"i. uiiu v mcago ;;.-id make no other stops. I At nresent soecial tramloads of red 1 raM'h"i rie- me being brought into St. l'a.i! ;ipd Mii'tieaml'- 'd Chicago ev- btw dav bv tri" -rlhern raeii In h' production (enters, the her n....- ..... riKhm nv nwiTL.r irnt k HUM ir frui tan street car si-rwrc m me i , fraea cars (iw the Nu thern I'a .. ,.v.r) ji(t rntion. The ears are lo;, , e rail!( p en. aCiOi nilirrien on o nct'i- M hoiiuies to spm'''. np-. .vh all nf th' ni fmni :'if e '-! O.iAinir r": i" the I'lit-ilu- '"":' )iMi'.v.-sl0in' ui.i'fd mo a T"'-v; f.uil t: iii.i .V inif W-'hl In lir '' 'early h..ur- M the lni.e the train pulls iiiit cf Sn' kan.' f,.r the fait. O l'i'S.-ri-(j! in Chic-aim the pxpn-..- cvmw ;nuf ii'mhtw'j i'"' ..'nil.. ... ... .r...;.x.,.. r to the commission and whole sale vnriiM's. wrich have pnO:icd tiw 'vQ.r ibeOikiit'O aiafLf.-t. 'o1 per cent grade until it is U'-i-O feet above the Wallowa river, a pictur esque, rushing stream, 'ihis grade is neatly five miles in length. At La Grande this aftrnoon the com mission held a meetiiy with the loct citizens. The latter uiged immediate construction of rtie over-head crossing at Orottell, xplainiiH' that Union county has bonded itseV t the 0 pur ctut limit and can aid no moie. Speak tis i'fu4 that this overhead should h finithed btfoi'e gaps tsewheru in evuntwa whieh hsve not bonded heav ily are provUld for. Stand Hi6 NaffKient. Chaiiman Hooth explained that the bond voted by Union county were suf ficient for tfiu road program, but that w a not jM-opirlv di-itribuied. Tliu- on real has more money under th. tnds than is required :ud' the jn hijrhway rtd is a little ho?t, he Ailiim that if the suru ui on one ch:; ho u-l on t he other this i mnc!:i ! proldem could be solved. Speakers said, however, that u II at torney they had euimulu-d on the mat ter were of the opinion that the trans fer cwutd not h made. (ne eiti.en proponed that 40, . or 1(W individuals paid. wnen ine commission uc- lor l',n.Jl.tn it with th., understandin mat the money MtUU- tion would be studied further. j In the course of his remaiks, Mr! Booth declared thut the saving forj each mile between a good road and a cent. nootn uuoieo r.ngtneer .urivmnin oi in ourtuu oi punm- uw i. (My AsMieliiled I're.vM MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 22 A program of fret tiil'orniatloii to I ho traveling motorist in every American cily and community large enough ' to 'boast a name is beinw pluniud for t.ho Associated Adver tising riubfl of th? World here. I'orry S. Williams, vice president of the community advertising de partment of the organization, and manflger of the M imu aptdis Jotir- one-third of the population of the ; i nitcd states in privit-dy antonio- blios at one time today,' .Mr. in iiimfl declared.' "At least forty mil- ' !.-.,! nf nur unit. I., I li i . t-fiiii. .-Mi ; tour whever and wlieni-ver their ifanry strikes them. "The railroads have built no an extensive s stein ov i r the natioi- for encouraging passen travel and for giving ii enncet nlng ttii mode o t train j Dl'lll it inn i touriim f Crat as the motor t rave) field is f nt the present time, its fulure p--s-sihiliiicM are st up' tidous with auto mobiles being purchased with III" rapidity tliv now are will coininu' to he." Mr. A'f!l iaitiH exibiiii I t bat im' v,fry lion of the (Mtuntry e.ni ho a tou rist terminal but the i sort bureau manati-r port I out that every community can place it self on Hie most desirable' hivhwa. to und from resort or vacation cen ter thtough the establish m'iit of :i station to form tie liaCiotwide chain of sTvice for the Mtoritii. "Just a the railroads in an i-ari-ier day ttk thir rout" by way oniiriniiiUt'H m It it-Ii had putt o e hi n liitilt u : ii rr;i- v me urf.-s inol" than tiilions, Mr. Willi no llOUJIC' d. This Hi "a II. :i of mile-j lor th,. lour wry 1 I mll- ii'.Q the slat' III aililltioli ' hlt'liv-ay .. ist on an m Va rd the T.ooo trunk system, 1, each five miles irm Is patvlle, nf Ih I hy alit a sl.iN nt no s et-ps const :iti:ll of Ira i ! ing coin itions th" i mil who (1)1.-1 II- imls r.(d)l to serve ih (t'lr. V(1)lialu T. Ik hi' iiilt m lo k llin.iKli the inlv. rlivin ellll's when .rn fo'ili't. the hiir.-.iii In.m til. tie. la r I xi ir that "iw n niakt. Anieli'a the i-.v-l to ti wori't by to) oniiiliil" MII.I1.S oi- INFDHUHTIOH TO in i- nmr-Ri r- r r- r- 1 Ht b ItN hltt I I'llll.llKI N O now TH I': '!!'!! :Qlr'-ii or moi e. r.RI' Th. niv I'lelli'.-:-! h:viiiL 2') 'nil cJ v lu u i h l.i.. : DEIS ME S H DEIO 01 -y --'..-:U. I'rs.l K A I ISI'FI.L, Mcnt.. .Ltlv j A. Sehak. mother of A I Scli;il. foi in-r K.ili-re!) I' lliverslt v llOV HOW ' ;i tt endie . th of Mon. tana :t vite;tiou.( studfiit, h;ts j machinery. For f.xuinple. "Hloklng au.iin t !i ito'iiii-l hy th x"vern- lli.Ooti lUy-iSiirninx l.ocoiuot i es," nifiil In..! A I is ilerol. However Al j will l the sulijtH-t or an addrews , i":ii's H, to:r is wondering us to 'by Wayne Dinsmore of t'hie.igo, see wliether or not he ii noiug to rn-1 rotary of the Horse Association oi c ive ih.' inMir;mee that ho 1.4 now I Am'erlea, at the 2!ith animal con-: eairiir: with Hie government. ventiou tif the Xallounl Hay Asso-1 A I if at ores j-t busy preparing: elation. Ine.. which is to he hel.i 1 ! a Co o-iiiuary lor use- in case ib!e 'prove that ho is lliIloe--lit o! tl of belnu ;, d ' eeO.l time i-ovenniM iiCs eliargu ad one. This is tho that Hie government I Sehak of being of fl - His eaptalu reported in aetion in ib.; Toule Ai saya tlio captain was has a'Ti' eiallv d h!-n kill. Isenor. hi sliiitly i;si: t siiFit w.w -...'l.,h , 1 "rrmO ' VKI..WD. Ci.l.. Julv 22- O land's iii 'a munieipal golf course will be op.iird January 1. Ifi2:!, it i has b.-en annonneed. The course UKItK KI 'KV, Cab, July 22. F.--eiMiIii be op. -a' d sooner but it is j (be first tinm sinen the ' rnlvorstty iV-ireii to L'ie tin. grass lime lo of California relumed lit the Aimr- ! lake runt. The greens and fair - ways are progressing nicely. - j W II.KCIiSOV COM-'Ai.;) I ! W AS f L( "I i ) ', July 22- The! noaiin it i -ii or .lames J. WMIiersoiC to be te.j.-ra) jml'-e for the north- ! era Mliti.d-i distnei, soect.-ednig form-1 e- .ludi'" Latidis. u as con firmed UtU: Tue-.tl; by Cm .Minte. j - t 'TTT? IT- 'f'TtfTr. TVK''Tctt?ttwjvi&'v?ajirir 1 m:JUSi.tit& JoiVrf iotka.faff i.-V, EE! i i IM MOT" M ,v w. After 24 i ears (:i. n cro.ed Lot for 'i yearn after tfcMr Fep:ir.tle.a u i li'-t at KeoVuk. la.. Mia. .1. .?. !:. r.f Ma-iiaon, A Kankin. Lincoln. Net.. hl not seen ei- h other. Mrs. tianUiir fouml her nister throujili a letter wrttUa ILLTMi M BURNERS Mly Aftroeititrd rrxt CFDAH POINT. O.. Julv 2J N'owadjiys even feeding horsea Is diseiiHhHil In ternm of the aue of bore July 25-27. j Other sneakers will, bo K. D. Van Ainburgli, editor and niamier uf ! -Tho Silent 1'artner.' 'New York , city; charliH ('. McChord. ehalrmaii . 1 of tbo interstate couiinen-n com-' , mission. Wiisbington, 1). , and Frank L. Miilliolhnifl. past pred-i : dent of the, Internationul Assoein-. tion of Ilotary Clubs, Toledo. O. I A dance, a hanfjuot, n card party tor women, and a bathing party I havo been ananged. i i:ksii.mi; to i-l.w ii. s. ladh - i'.y A - s...m;i t.-l rre 1 b'.'in game of football, tho I tear , freshman this year will play a nia- Jority of its games ngalnst Call- fnmia high school teams. ! The Herltelcv, Saerameiilo, San ! Diego and Lowell . high toiim of San FranelM-o are on the fool bull send - uio oi' the babes here. The flr. t-i year eleven also will play the fr-sh-i men uf Stanford Fnlversily n it tlioj Cniversily nf Southern Calll "Itita . ' i ;tv ill and year out Tlii.- p'ljtillai ity is I'ltiijidi'd piii-.-d ;.. I v ; 1 1- Viiss-I'i'i CS : S )i-irc lliau llii' All-Weal her Curds. I'lie saux and see tliein. . . I .' H. Boh See Ourg'hiladc lpliia Batteries :lf E HAS GOOD OLD RESIDENT ! WATERSUPPLY AWARGARDENER VAiLK J uly -'-. Due to the fact for Vale's new muni : that th pump inal water .system have not arrived the project was not entirely completed yus week. 1 ( - are now exnected at any time and im-lal!ntion requires hull one dn s work so the system is pra: tically jendy to deliver to the city. Thy Mpe has been laid across the rivi r and was tested as laid. Little difficulty va eifcourttered in crossing the rier and tn work wih done in i good tun-. '1 he cfliitract was let to Hnrtenbow I er Itroilu rs f Caldwell in .Marcli aid ; they a.-,.,--! to comn'ete the work ! within 100 ilnys from the date of com numcing. They have fulfilled then contract in goo.) faith and no penalty will be eNacted by ihn slight delay in the arrjv! of tb(. puni unless it is unreejonshlv lor.v, as it was due to no fault of the contriu-liM's. 'Ibr w.-tem will co-d the city 10, ."i'0, and it ia well worth that for Val; o hiv an'adr'tuate supply of jwd pui- atv- Th1 itf UuieMiiTie I'ertilif.er It fu nt at fiold Hill, wtiieh has Ihmi iille tlui laxt year, lias resumed with A daily out pill of Oil ton. ITCHEN OMFORT MAY BE OBTAINED THESE HOT SUMMER DAYS BY THE EMPLOYMENT OP ' Electric Cooking Devices You would lto surprised to know (he size of ;i iiit'nl that may hi! pri'piiivd with a few simple; devires. Tin' cost of opcralioii is trivia in coui jiaiisi n with Hit; convi'iiii'iici' ami' comfort ob tained. Call and Soo Our Line of TOASTERS, PERCOLATORS, HOT PLATES, GRILLS Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company I tic (i oil the '"ive ir liie cent inues unfa Hints' sal i.-f'ael ion 'nrds will fill l!i' iti.t 1 1 i for materials are neiiKamp OliKKLIN, ()., July 22 Mrs. Rach-. el Kd wards who died herd recently at . the age of nin"-eight, was not only the oldest resident of Oberlin, but she was the oldesL, and probably the. best known "war gardener For ninet' venrs nf her lifetime Mrs. Kd wards had her own garden J'nd did all the work herself with the uxception of the plowing. When thu, . war garden movement waH at it : hcijfht she was one of the lenders in , the country wide campaign to increas" food stuffs adduction no meani of chcL-king the work of the ftubmar.- ' iiie. A native of WuKs, where many nf , her roltiivoH mid descendant. live, sft hud twenty-six men of her family :it: the front in the British nrmias- Dur-j ing the last five years of her life Mr.' K'd wards grmluftlly lost htf ue of th.i English laiiKiiage and went bak to, the Welsh of her piilkwod. W.UYSVILL. lul., JrtlV 2:.-4: Let UafAcrly, linenua fr aa lr trie company. tra nllvo TwosdHy, nlr: though titt.00 volts of (!iNtrlrlty: paMMMi through kU anriv lloh3' I'liysielsins said he would roeovfr. lo lead in popular favor. lev Ji'iv. I lie new low ml at a lower th. Come in a-yi used in In Co. I tres o