Friday, August 11, 1922
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAG2 THREE
AUSKA II
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FURNISH WHEA
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T
whu-h will cover a' period of thrvo
weeks, wns imide flirmuth tho Rtv.
Charles N. Lntliron of NVw York
jelly, exccutiva st'trHury of the- so
cial service dartmuiit of thx'
I church.
A special room Is bIiic ronsinnt,
ed In the convominii hull Iutm fur
'the exhibition.
HONOLULU IS
SHIP HOSPITAL
!
-"Within Twenty Years Alas
ka will i'urnLsU Hard
wheat to United . Slates.
safK Lincke.
(By AKHnclnled Pretw.l
ANOHORAG R, Alaska, Aiifl. 11.
"Wltbln the next fiilfHii or twenty
yetvra Alaska will be supplying the
hard wheal necessary for patent
flour In the United State." in the
opinltin of C. J. LI no lie. secretary
of the Anrhorae chamber of com
merce. . "That this is not a vision
la 'amply supported by th history
of tbeCnnndian west where condi
tions are no better, ualie from iwt
works of transportation, than ia the
wheat belts of Alaska," he said.
"There are lG.OOO.OOO acres of
arable land along the Alaska rail
road,, and. last year It was demon
st Bated by actual results that fine
h ard w hetil ma v be Kro wu. A n
proximately ,tluO bushels oC wheat:
came off the land ,nd this repre
sents a few homesteads that have
been developed while the railroad uujr stricken vessels,
was ouuoiug. wnce i ne auihku
railroad effects colonization policy
and settlers are secured, the areas
farmed will be sufficient . to supply
wheat, for all local purponrs and
have a turpi im left for export.'
(By Associated Pt)i)
HONOLULU. T. IT.. Aug. 11.
Honolulu's position tit "the cross
roads of-the 1'ncific" has led to the
rttcoKitition of this pert as "the
emergency aut 1 permanent hospital
of the I'ai'iilc" a evidenced by the
fact tliat eiht vessels In distress
have ptjt into. Honolulu for repairs
during the past Ihree inunths, ac
cording to a report by Captain V.
R. Foster, harbormaster, who recom
mended further dredging of the
harbor In order to provUe- accom
inodatiojis . for crippled ships.
Captain Foster pointed out that
Honolulu Is the only port between
the Pajcific coast and Manila and
Australia that can dry dock and re-
Five' Dead and Fifty Injured in Rail WrecK
4' '.V. H- -.I:--? :- MH ,
What Babylon Handed U.
The urw system of dividing tho dn
Into 21 tiuurg. Invented by Ui btiby-
.T,'! ' ""V"' J" l.,?"Ur'n.g tbU. U tl.B It. 1... been hun.leu
low n from generation to generation
already steps are being takes to
encourage wheat growing. A Binull
flour mill will be built at Anchor
age nert sprlny to serve the Ma ta
il u agricultural field and follow
ing tli is will come creameries and
exuporating plants. A local can
nery is to supply the- nucleus of
a vegetable and berry canning in
dustry and within a dunen more
years Alaska will eat rrom her awn
soil- and have a surplus to ex-port.
"An empire builder is all that
i 8 needed to make of the Alaska
railroad a monirmeut eQual to that
created by 'James J. Hill in tlu
G reut Northern railroad and the
common projects of the Canadian I
Pacific.
"Alaska has shed her swaddliiiK
clothes and l emerging as a great I
commonwealth ortering everything
for hardy pioneers and , especially
for young man and women with
courage t take up the work where
the gold huiuera left off."
without any alteration, because no
budy has dared to change It. Even
the French revolutionists, who intro
duced n large mid elaborate series of
innovations in the system of weights
it nd measures, and went so far as to
change the names uud order of the
days of the week, did not uttempt to
ulter lie dtLY's division into 114 hours.
Working Man
BLIGHT HITS
EASTERN TIMBER
(Ry Associated l'ress.T
MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 11 That
the national toreats' of Montana and
northern Idaho will be called upon
within the next toxr yenra to fur
nish the majority of. telephone anil
telegraph poles used In the cast,
Is the belief of forestry jofflrlule,
as- a result of the Inroads made by
the chestnut lillcht on the timber
supply in that section.
'According to forestry officials,
Montana and Idaho now tare ship
ping , larg quautltle of poles, to
the Atlantic seaboard. There 1 con
siderable cedar In Montana and the
supply Is as yet practically untouch
ed, it Ib said. The forest service
is making a study of the taper and
growth of cedar In Montana and
Idaho, the data to be- Usui as fu
ture basis for cutting western red
cedar pole stands.
CHURCHGOERS
TD SEE MOVIES
(By ABsoctated Press.)
PORTLAND,' Aug. 11. To show
church people what kind of films
ought to be exhibited on the screen,
, Will (Hays has selected a group or
general films to be shown at the
general convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church, which will be
held here September 5-23.
Arrangements for the exhibition.
This fellow Is just ono ot the
26,000 who took part In the great
est workingmen's carnival ever
held In Germany. It required 110
special trains to take the contest
ants to Leipzig. The one shown
here was the smallest.
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Thil photograph wa taken a few minute after two C. L a N. train. Inot head-on at Cincinnati, o
tr u carrying Sunday school v'cnlc crowd Five were killed and 60 injured
"Mt. Emily" Products
la your assurance that you are getting th
Best in Cured; Meats
The Grande Ronde Meat Co.
WHEAT VRTT.T) showed some Improvement during In small sized fruit (nnules. nears,
Is? lAV'P'RA'i, '"'8 mon111 of J"'5' 1,16 11,32 Pr""el- A ninnth ugo woPBtl-ljgl
i ;i:nii n hww niiivuaieu ui u.ujo,- maieu ine L-rcgiiu commercial app111
19 BiJSHELS !951.nuo bushels, compared with crop at !i('.45 carloads, and the com- I
:i,xu,:i72,iiu buaneis last year, ana meivhil ipoar rrop at about llliiil
(Continued Irom Page One.) !th flvg year average of 2, SIIIS, -'carloads. The pri'vuillng weather
. '(1:11.000 bushels. CondltlotiH will (piite likely reducn
five year average is !l,37f,OU0 bu- i,,fnioe. Ithijw i rons. Prunes contlnua to
shels. ' . ' . . .'drop, even In some of the best cul-
Phe United States oat crop con- I " ,hnth Fof 7,v. ,ha ,Mti. "vate l orchards, and the small sUos
init liiitii-nirnrl al v-litlu illlftntr ' "
dltiou improved slightly during the
III uu in ui j u J y , unu me i ; - - n i , r ... .., i n,.nni.a
now forecasted at 1.261,158.000 bu- "'" J" V. ' ni,,,,,f
It" J Hi U1IJ lllll Clioo lit inc "' h,v
llaih'y- Jductioti over 1921. Mulhnnr coun-
rnii.KHdn of tho Oreiron barley ty reports about 3,000 acres In
crop, Is estimated at 78 per cent or eariy crop, con pareu w.u. .... r((buUlllf; , fnit (r ntrioP qimi-
uormai. imiicatinK a prooauie pro- irat yi. m...u. vy- lu, HI,.i ..hiiurnml itomand for
duction of about 2.000.000 bushels, jwere ready for market about July j(llil.kei.Hi riw IUrkott yield nor
will doubtless predominate at bur
vest time.' The production of chiT
rles was much below normal, par
ticularly the uoyul Ann crop in
the western part of the Htute. The
Lane county Uoyal Ann production
has beju estimated at only about
one-third that ot last year. Logan-
IterrieH ripened, very quickly, duo to
the hot dry days at picking time.
The 3021 crop was estimated ut
2,240,000 bushels and tho rive year
average fs 3.17G.OO; bushals. : '
The United States barley crop
showed practically no ehange in
condition during July, and is now
forecasted at 191,507,000 buehels.
compared with 151.11.000 bushels
last year, ami nva year nverfigti
of am, 02, 100 bushels. .
; Cocn, t
Continued 'dry weather reduced
the condition of the Oregon, corn
crop to H5 per. cent of normal on
August 1, and a further condition
decline will uoubtless occur during j
20. but the demand; was very light,
The Hermiston district began sell
inr about duly 15.
Condition of the Unltefl Stales
crop on August 1.. was estimated at
84.3 per cant of normal, indicating
a probable production of about
"""fVu',M,M '. 'i"'- growing districts have drawn
'jUr1'. !LV".r"ge eSUmUtft ' tUe Pt.rt.and labor supply to a
'If GARDENS
Office
Boy
311 NOl
373,000,000 bushels.
I lops.
Condition of the hop
acre was much below the average
this ycar.
Farm Labor.
The supply of farm labor for tho
harvest season has hardly bet'n
oqutil to the demand. The wheat
on
con-
sldorable extent. The Heppuer dia-
. .i Uiict, for Instance, "Imporiod" about
1u,",m J . ", ,100 men prior to August 1, In addl-!
clMied, materially during ; July, a ' (t0, t, oae who cium ln without
la Inow estimated at 80 per cent ( mt Tho w a,.ul
of normal, with further decll. a 1 , ,.,,, ,,,
probable. Tho continued dry wenth-' ' , ,..,. .,,
August. The yield ;er acrri will',01-: , unl tho activities of the re tllhied. common .labor" Is b.-lng
be materially reduced, which will re- Vmur ". paid $3.00 to 3.50 iper day. Sack
ult In a shortage of material toy i ' ' " 1 v 1 sewers, J4.00 on the smaller, and
milage purposes. Practically ncnej Kinit '$5.00 on the lurger machines. The
h( the Oregon corn crop is ripened! ' 'basic rate for ncimrntnr tenders Is
and sold oil the farm where pro- Except where Irrigation Is prac- $8.00 per day. In u row casoa
duced. illced It Is believed that the long $10.00 to $12.00 per lny Is being
The United States corn crop Icontinucd !ry weather will result paid. All these raleH Include hoard.
HILL
MILITARY AGADEMY
A Select Non-Sectarian
Boarding School
Boys between 6 nnd 20 yearB
Social Advantages. Homelike Atmos
phere, Small Classes and Men
Teachers. Detailed U. S.
Army Officer.
OPENS SEPT. 18, 1922
PORTLAND, OltEOON
Ask the Waiter
for
the drink that
pleases 'em all
Columbia.
BlW
Whwwtr good drinks are sold
La Grande Grocery jj
Company jj
Better Than
Medicine
"We have a model to
feuit you ranging in price
from $03 to $750.
SEE THEM
HEAJEt THEM
aiul you will want them.
Terms as you like.
Getting well goes faster by far
with a Brunswick to help pass
the tedious houra. And while
It amuses it trains the ear to
an appreciation of true tones.
Musicians recommend The
Brnnswlck to aid ln the musi
cal education of children.
Brunswick Records are also
hnlque in the artistic beauty
of their interpretation. A
Brunswick, on a Brunswick
this Is the height of musical
achievement.
Brunswick
Eastern Oregon
Music Co.
ijii iuju mhuiih
ian nft imH mini w
.t iJuhl..ihf.
n
ONLY ONE MORE DAY OF
ros.
Ash B
Forced
Out Removal. Sale
Certo
Siirejeij'
, Makes 'perfect Jams and Jellies, without boil
ng away the flavor. ' , ;
You do not need to worry about your juice
not jelling if you use CEttTO. : ,
We"' have OEBTO in Kto.-k all the tiine.'
Try one oC our fine large inuskmelous.
J. G. Snodgrass
109 Depot St. Two Phones, Call Mala 75
NO OIIAKHR FOiR DEUVKHY-- ,
This will end one of the greatest sales ever held in La
Grande
Sale Closes Saturday Night, August 12, 8:30 p. m. Op
portunity has knocked Will you allow it to enter? Come
get your share of the whirlwind bargains.
ASH BROS.
"The store that keeps faith with the people'
rrrrnr 'miifirn
Turn the Corner and
Sa ve a Dollar
White Satin Flour
Every
None better sold in La Grande,
pound guaranteed.
It makes bread that you like to show
your neighbors.
Try a sack and be convinced;.
J.
G. HOLM
GROCER
Quality and Service
CALL MAIN 43
Egmzmzm 'rrSS OBSERVER ADVERTISINO will bring result
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