La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 01, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'f r EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. - I C I T Y EDITI O N The Weather .1 Portland. (AP) Bnow tonight, Fair and coldorl Wednesday, '-'.Ms VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, . TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 69 . V i", V o he hnnir-, v y - Inter Haying I ii I I ,h,y Kart or niiTLoriK hot, m LEADING STATISTICIAN Holds That the New Year Will Bring Rewards tp the Foresighted PROSPERITY CAN BE HAD BY ALIJRT Review of Past Year's Business arid Probable Trend in 1924 Given. Wcllesley Hills. Mass. (Spcciel) Kogcr W. Habson, internationally known statistician, reviewed devel opment during the past year nnd outlined tho prohahlo trends for JP24 in a special statement issued today. "A year ago," says Mr. Habson, "business won still improving nip Idly. Nearly everybody turned' to 4 he new calendar optimistically. The boom which started In the , early full of 1922 was well under way and carried on to March of 1923. Then It collapsed! , It witness fell off during the 3umnier and thin past full failed to come up to the jxpectutions of those who looked for a continuation of tho up-swing. As a result, the business world is facing- 1924 with a confused mind. It Is sufe to suy that tho majority of business men toduy tire hoping for a boom year, but If they are strictly honest with themselves they must admit that they are not very confident of seeing these hopes realized. "Many prominent men tn indus try have prophesied ureal prosper ity. At the name time, the nunier- ous blocs represented In the new ongress uro ovioenco inai cerium Huuuons or me couiury, ai icasi, are not satisfied with things they urf, Many, business men. If asked If they are mailing money. will shake their heads in a disturb ed way. Kuropc is still sick and we cannot expect to proceed re gardless of conditions across the Atlantic. "Then there is the psychology of lhe presidential year. Dot s it mean better business or worse business? Home people contend that things are always unsettled previous to u nationat election. Others point to the fact h at t h e ad m 1 n ist ra t ion will do all that it possibly can to help between now and next Novem ber. "It has been proven stull.-iticully. to my satisfaction nt least, that elections have very little effect on business one way or another, pro vided both sides nominate good candldal"s. The evidence shows rather that hnsinoKS bus a derided effect upon the elections. When ever we have chosen a president during a period of business depres sion we have usually changed par ties. If the election has fallen dur ing a period of business prosperity we have usually kept the previous administration In 'off lee. This time neither condition really exists. We are In a period between these two extremes. Thive Kinds of Ititslness. "It s?em3 to me that the things to watch are In an entirely differ ent direction. "Business activity my lie ii'-td-ed Into three zones or belts. t) An I'uper Zone, such as we were In durinj the war end post-war pe riods, when everybody is optimis tic, excited and extravagant. t (.) A Lower Zone, when the reverse hi true, wheji many are discouraged, and wherm eadjusiment such as we hud in ,yJ-1 and 1922 Is taking , Wheji nii whcrl-eat in .fyl (Continued on page 5) OillSS M Commercial Club Gives Watch Party at Union Hotel; Delightful Eve ' ning Spent. 1'NION. (Kpcclal) The new year uas i'shere.1 In Willi ft-asHm: nnd other furies or enjoyment al Itcturiis to I', of (). the rnlon Hotel, which lhe Vm- j, Koblnson, or I Grande. Iiurclul club worked out. Kach;h.rt last evening tar Kugvne to re inemher of lhe i-lub came aiid;:n,uie his studies at the rnlversity lroiiehl not on!y his wife or ladyiof reion. arter spending the hol friend. but i'No unollier couple id.iya at home. from the vicinity of I'nion. Tlie . liielidcrs and other gutsls ass' in-', I.. 0. fonby was among the bled for a dinner early .Monday t'nlon guests who were registered evening, and after this isirt of the at the rSomiucr last evening. . prognim was over, dancing, music. S games and a general sixl.il time, Mr. and Mrs. A. I.. You:ig and were in order. The advent of; Mian J. i.itllefleld of Wallowa. Yuung r.'-3 v. .is weicomed before ;stopH-d In this city last evening us I ho mui melius :artid totue. Svt at Ibe fouima-. :, I .J SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF READINGS OF R. BABSON BAROMETER IHIJdSH , Now L! ul tiling J'ermltti Aro running 82 per cent above last year. This activity spolla busl he:iK for the building Industry, and the thirty allied Industries. Certain government contracts which were postponed will bo brought forward during the com in; months. High Crop Vulue Total Crop valuo neatly $900,00", DUO above last year. A largo factor in our economic problems. Hank Statements Most re cent reports for both Federal Hcservc System and National Hunks Indicate, a sound position. Plenty of credit available lor legit Imnte enterprlren. Money Hales. Ample gold re serves point to n continued eas ing of money rates. Tho lev 1 of Interest charges should work downward and , bond prices profit thereby. Jtallroud learnings. The rail roads, with sonio exceptions are In better shape. Gross earnings per mile -are running 17 per cent abovo last year, whllo the not Is more than 27 per tent better. This Is the best showing In more than ten years. Tho railroads should continue- to- buy equip ment tho on u smaller scale than In 1923. . ItKAIOSU Failures. While allures for 1923 ran below , thoso of 11122, they Increased rapidly' during the lost quarter. Liabilities of 7fi.S66,7GJ( In Oolobrr for In stanee. aro compared with 137 JD.1,474 for the same month in 1022. January will lie rather ht'avy both in number oC failures und liabilities. A retarding fac tor. Hiiropc foreign Conilietltloii Is bi'coiiiintr un inereaalnt; men iiee. I'roduclnp cost abroad are much lower than ours and we must exteel Increasing com petition frotn foretg-n goods. Labor. Iilior costs are not .vet readjusted? War time wages are still tlio rule in many lines. I in 'initi al ion restrictions and the power of the unions account for much or these conditions. Uuslriess Profits in spit0 of lllcreuued mauufactul-InK activity hbrh labor costs and Increasing distribution costs have-cut deep Into Induslrlal profits. I'roflls are a more accurntc barometer 1 or true conditions than mere ac tlvitlc:'. , t'ommodity l'rlce.i Agricultur al prices and general industrial commodity prices have been ilitc. thoroughly derailed. An analysis 0f I OS raw materials at present Indicate that. 40 ale In fairly liable positions, 45 tro obviously loo high and should sell lower, and about 23 are well Ihtuidaled and may work higher. Cod of manufactured product!, however, has seen no such readjustment. The farmer has i:een the price oi hi.l pro ducts drop 4a per cent from the high of 11)20. As a result, lhe farmer's real purchasing power la luulcrially reduced, and he cannot I xpecled to buy freely until there Is a more equitable adjustment between what he get and what he pays. A dis tinctly bearish factor until some readjustment Is made. GIRL TRIES TO I'OltTI.AMI (AI') Annln Kos nick. 17, shot herself In the breast and ii in a serlourt condition. iler rattier, a Greenbur farm J cr, reproved her on receiving ; report that she had been drlnklnK Hack To School Harold Loekwood, of Knlerprlsc. pasted through la Grande lust evening on his way to (.'orvullls, where Is a student in tho Oregon Agricultural College. Ei M LIFE Fair Damsels Will Attack "A.O.ofC.B." Bachelors' Organization to Be Warred on by Members of Fair Sex, T.OItAIN. O. (Hy NKA Service) ! This little Ijike le city 13 tin scene of a spirited fi,ht between the sexes. Its on account of Leap Year. Kecenlly, with tho coming of 1924 but a few weeks off, a num- Iiit nf l.nrntiiR vnimi itwn luitirlifl togetlier. resolved to forswear tU, deadlier species during Leap Year und formed the Amalgamated Or dcr of Confirmed Hachelors. Among Its byluws aro the tng regulations No member shall flirt; the club rooms shall be barn of all pictures of girls or women; no member shall whistle any song containing tho word "love;" no member shall marry dining 1924. I 4lrls Orgniilc. Too. jfcy'his was nil right ns far tin it wWit, but tho girls quickly resotv ea not to let the man get away with It. "If a girl wants n man, nil the rules of the Amalgamated Older can't hold him," said Miss A leer. McGrady ,ln the first broadside laid down by the fair a;x against (Continued on pace M Birthrate Foe Held To -Be The French Gowns Livestock Shows Upward Trend on Portland Market 1'OHTLA.ND (AP Htoero wore it quarter high on Monday's mark et. Cows and heifers were 25 to 50 cents higher. Hogs wero a quarter to a half dollar higher, medium to choice (160 to 200 pounds) were 8 to $8.60. Uuiibt wero 36 cents higher, yheep were steod.. Kggs and butter wero steady. Hard whllo wheat was quoted at OS cents and western red at 94 eenL Prominent Pioneer Passes on After Din ner Yesterday in His La Grande Home. No doubt if I. W. I'.iulk, veter an Grand Army man and an orrl cer of the law here for many years could have hail his way about p:is lug on it would have been no dif ferent that overlook him yester day at the noon hour when, fol lowing eating lunch with his wile the old timer stepped Inlo the liv ing room of bis home und as ha seated himseir comrorlably Ills ,tcart tilt work and he was no mere. ' ' Tims ended the life or a man who had lived on thb: earth M (ears, forty or those years bavltiir bcen spent in Oregon around l.a Grande. 11,. was born in 'an(n:i, Ohio, later In lire lived In, Indiana and rrom that stale he ea west In the eighties. t(. was married In Mrs. I' J. Itaydon ot Missouri thirty-four years ago. The mar rluge took place at llllgard. Tho deceased vas a veteran or the Olv vll war. and ror 20 years hail been commander or the t. I'. .Morton l'ost. Grand Army or the llepublic. He was deputy sherirr of rnlon county for a nunib-r or years anil then became a comdable which o:'- rico he held uliuosl a nuarter of u century. Mr. Faulk leaves a wire and son. Orland or Sacramento, raltrornla. who is coming to allend the run. erul, a brother Adiim Faulk of I'orlland who l SH years old: Iwo slep daughters Mrs. II. A. Mr. fauluy of I'orlland v.ho will be here tomorrow, end Mrs. t'barles iMiruug of Mliklletown. t.'ounecli- cut. I"un'ral services will be an nounced as soon ay It Is known w-hen his son, Or'and, will arrive in Iav Grande. Miss Arllne Hart of "i U'i"lon a s!iorl relurned to her home urb i visit in Iai Grande. Mr. and Mrs. (. M. DhIIui: o." Ha. ker, wn reiristiTt-d uniuni; 1 1n- KUoBta at the I'oley nt veuins. Ml-fntn Z..h und Kiiih I trow n. and Klma Johnson of Knlerprlse. " ,"" y tvcnnif ui iimi). DEATH GOMES QUICKLY TO 1.1 FIK ROY TOBIN, Lr GRANDE rKNl'LKTON. (Uy the Associa ted 1'ress) A search was started here hit Monday for Hoy Tobin, of La Grande, who lu-s been mlss- lng since Suturdav I i til) sneriri s omc ri'ported thut he had threatened to take hla own Iif'' ",ul fr8 "ro llllu thul " ai1 take such action. I. GOVERNOR ASKS MRS, K.ELS FOR WRITTEN PLEA KAl'KAMK.Vro (A l" Governor Itirluirdson. after being asked by Mrs. Kels. wife of Alex Kels fac ing n- sentence of doath, to com mute Ills sentenco to life impris onment, requested Mrs. KelM to." submit u written .statement of any extenuating clrcumstunces . that, would just'f)- him commuting 111 death sentence. - The governor added , that Kels at the trial expressed his desire to pay for his crlm. (!ty Hurry 1. rlorj) l'AHIS (INS) As long as Paris ilresamalters Insist on lnnkina "dolls" out of French women by fabricating "HptrUlKsH, sexless gownn? Iranco's hirthrutv will bo low. contends Madame Aurrl, in ft recent book In which she calls upon the, . Government to tako Im mediato measures "to liisur. it France us populous us "urter-tho-wa.' revengfu! Germany." Amon;: . other laws, ' Mndama Aurel urgeo the udoption of, the following: Fifty per cent Income tax' on bachelor.'. T vvenly-flve per cent tax ,on the incomes of households without children. Limitation of the right to hold public olficeu to futl'.ers. Installation of chlldron's nuser tes In all factories employing wo men. ' .State pensions for unmarried mother.', Maurice, do Vu.lctTo coniinentlng on (he book in the I'nrls Mldi, i.) not so Burc -Madame Aurora sug gestions can be carried out and points out that Mudamo Aurel hcr- selr has no children: that J, H. Itosny, of the Academy Goncourt. who wrote the preface for. ll.n book. Is not u father, and tl.,.i I'remier I'olneare. inton u.-bnn. IjoHi .Madame Aurel and M. UoBn - 'all to "s-tve l''rance." likewise Is not a rather. Hut .(o Wuleffe iloes visual W.j in 1 !(4S a Franco with only 35.00(1,-1 oiin inhabitants against a Germany with Kd.dlio.lKKi and lhat the meri 1 fact that Franc., holds the lihine. land and possibly the Itllhr will avail nothing ir Germany really desires to overrun France. i So l- Walerre does some aug grsling of his own lhat It bo made compulsory tliat every fore igner living In Franco be natural-I 'zed. Such a measure would make I l.'.d.imo additional Flench citizens in one swoop in I'arls alone. There are that many foreign residents In the capital of the world." "There strangers are 'Pn!'usMs" lie WalelTe charges. "TriiO, their naliualli'iilio:! Wiu'd Inix ,,r hlood a b;t. Ihit when we haven't thrushes we'll have to be content with blackbird:." Some idea, o flhe dirricully. of pusslng such leg'slation u lhat inigResled by Madame Aurel and ie wnicrie was gained recently in (he Senate when Henalor Massa-1 buau Introdeeed a bill providing that only riiihers of J href child ren should be eligible to hold pule 1 l!c offlc Kenalor .Mnsstll.nuit demande I ' an Immedlale vote. A eolleagui ' Sllggei.ted ta him ih Htlrll u ,n,vj would make many present office ! ("""era i igllile at lhe noM el. tlfiu:l 1. The I. Ill has gone on Its wa oblivion In the Kenule ri.leii. to lar of fuliiru iiualneiM, DFORD IR IQU MlitiKMiU 1AV) -f.oatnl Oood II I'lllKhiii-y. who waM a aaHur on ; tin' I tl.t'd Hlute ImflliNhfit Minn. ; eiiot.t v.hh h uruundod tlie niht j I" fore ,c hl.iloilc haltlc l.ctwecn kiu Mini inn iii'rrim:ii nrrnig tn.- th il war, 1 dead at hij 'ici::i hi ASTORIA AGAIN VISITED BY BIG DA ASTORIA (AP). Six tures were swept by fire (last night. The loss, said ance, is estimated at $18,000. The Liberty theater was threatened. It filled with smoke and the audience was hurriedly dis missed. The fire started in the Handlcy billiard parlors, wrecking the interior of that structure. It de stroyed the stores of Krohn Brothers,' Cline Music company, Style Shop, Ahrcn's Cloak and Suit Store. The Reed & Grimberg store suffered from Bmokc and water. I Late News Flashes WASHINGTON (AP). This is how the presi dent of the United States started the New Year. He arose about 6:30, used his usual hour to walk aound the White House grounds, had breakfast, went to office and found no mail. . None of the White House attaches except Ed ward P. Clarke, private secretary, had reported. Coolidge signed some papers, cleared his desk, returned to the executive o'clock to receive the first of thousands . of New Year's callers. NEW YORK (AP). 1 1 the soldiers' bonus, announced today that he had sent his resignation as a member of tho Washing ion Post, American Legion. Lieutenant Benjamin Moore, of New York, recently resigned for the same reason. ... nvwirv r iri tuntu ). tl.iwiuiil ivicu nijuuia, iJit-ai-he 1 r ,perty which Is owned by dent privy council, today was summoned by Prince l,vy " ot,cl'iied by Mr Regent Hirohito to form a cabinet to succeed that!""!,, damagV'was '"to'tho'ceiN of Premier Yamamoto which resigned following thcljjjf "o"v';,0r0C 3ljlth".h0,,"J ttmounr httempt last week to assassinate Prince Regent "r i7tL to'savohodwemng! TI ROBBERS E Tom Murray and Eddie. Walker Sentenced to 20 Years in Pen for Robbing the Florence Bank. GET SENTENG l,ftfttt tu uio AHonan.(i,fll Hotniwhl l-low that of I'tliL'. I'rt'MB) -Tom Murnty and Kddiui ti Im nth.;ii ...i ti.r.i iti.iif rrff. Walkt-r pleaded KUilly to roblflntf . tho Florence bank licrc late yen tcrdfty nnd wero sentenced to 2-J year:! imprisonment. IMurntrli.; from Ttakcr whern they InvcHtirfiiti'd very t horouKhly tin- nifin held aH tt pruhiihlr nun peel of hoing tho holdup man who operated at the HIM. I tcpartmcnt Htorc tu thin city a week hko last Hundav, t 'htef of I'olico llaynerf and II. I-;. Watklie.t Ktated ponitivo !y today thn the mai Ui-U it Uaker wu not tho party. ft will ho recallid that Mr. Wat It iim wan Hugged hy u ciiHtomer who nnked to purchui tiornu un derwear on Kunday. lluvin;; wen the criminal while ho waji walllnt; on him Mr. Wat kin a cannot t eiinily fooUrd relative to his appear-aiu-.r. fHrrercni theorh-T r helii;.' eo;i ilanlly iidvitneed an to wltlt Ii wn:, the man wont when ho left l,i (Jrande, what ho did with (he w-m an ho had with him who wore Hie elegant fur coat, und would !' ho expected that he would Htop is neur ws Uukcr urter having Kr.ib Ind a coo thoUMuud In cat;li i'ro;. iilll'i Kioro eafe. Today it would noein U.at no duo Hiiffhes and that tin. man ban for tho preuent ut I -i;.; iadu aOCtlj lli-i ctVil n nnrm ipi BAKER IS NOT HOLDUP M temporary frame struc of undetermined origin to be covered by insur mansion. Began at 11 Colonel J. II Proctor, foe . ... . I ir: Tr:.. : 1923 FALLS SHORT 'IN NEW FINANCING Review of 1923 Invest ment Market Compiled By Expert Statis ticians. NKW YOItK. A!' Whlln ac cural n com idlulioriH will not he imi.llabln for houh.' t)nn yH, fl;rurrn in tlio lumdH of h.-niUrrs how thai tho W'', Inlal tif rn u rin.'ini Itiff will tnKH ((f klnU,1i ,J(jfh ,Ri;v f,;ilUnl land refund I njf nprra(tfnM, will to tal iipproxiiniil4-ly (4,7M),(HtO,0(tO nn coni)arrd with (m 's22 fluurc nf jr,.HX(.3Hr.0',t. AvafiHl.lf Hlu tiHtirM, luiwcviM. tli.-i'Mom' lliiil In- VI Hi 1 1 lent of imw CM pUrlt dlirlUK l!i-'.'t i-xt'fi'dctl tha' nf !hi pri'Viotm lyi-ai1. win n nearly $ 1 ,iM)f),0'Mi.(iiMl of tho total cousiHtcd of rWumliiiK 1- Mxci-pl fitr orif or l -vo hr'mt pr i'loiJw wIm ii new ol f"rili,;M witr thrown on tin- iiiinkvl loo ntpldly Tor ready nhs:il-pllon, I i t Tt- dlffl eully wjih cin'onnlcn-d i: di:pef:lnt of new liondH. and tho wide dintrl builon olilulnc) in iiiom( cutcs wnti atloflcd later when oi'JVrlnif ttyndl- eatiH dissolved with Hcarooly (i ifraotlonal chunKO. in tho price of the twine concerned. ; Prirea of Unfed bondu have ruled a point or more holow Hie IhkIi point reiie.iied diirbitr the flrnl wee! of the year. On .funwiry 4, lhe average of it hoivls Icitilnd K0.;,!l. The HtlhH',i)U"Ilt decline ei.n j lined until Mnreii wii-n (he ,averarro v.:ui STi.77, a rather sharp jdrop of ntore flmtt three poinls. An Ineifiifi" In lln invHtuieni 1 deiuond carried the nverace prjco 1 up IVM points lo 7.M on May UK. jTheii followed a inonlli of rear'ion. itlio nveriHTefl liellllf reconh'd n I on June lit, l"liii:iiiallou ::mhi' Itiaf ilale hnn ln-in pretty j u e m ti iiin I v-o pohitn. w 11 h a ' gradual I ( end upward, j r;urin:in invetftoi'N weif heavy 'huyeiH of Aniei-leiin fieeiirilf Ihrn- out the yi-n r, uiiKi'll led cerxlH ton 'ai.road inf lie nelUK IIm-hi to iratiH fer t heir hold 1 tiffs in'o dolhir tn veMtnienlf,. Secretary of 'onmierce Hoover htiit r ferred Irjih Imlanee afninsi, A morion, ephilntii,' i hut the conaiaiit flow of Koid here in piiyioeni tif AioerUiiii ftiool.H it mi hondu, Jornied thia "Invitiihle" bal uucc. (leiil.iiil' d oil xi,u 3) WASHINGTON Tlio govern mem decision to fiinilsh a "limited iua(illt.v" of Minilus war itiaterial the Mexican gim'mnteiit was cvlariM by ofriHal sikusiiH'n lo ony to I( acting "In tho interest of stability ami orderly procedure." I'iiuU .l.'talls or thu Mile arc be ing is(iisidcri nt tl(o war ihtport mod ami it Is regarded doubtful if ohjciims I'xpniwaM in ismgreH slo((U circles will blot-k Its com I'ictloii, A n'Miliiilon to rorultl tlio s-Uo ly tho government of war equip nuiit to any foreign power, a planned y t(e.rc.ntnllte J nir chllil, ennnot Is. put tlmmgli con gress. It is Ibought, In tlmo to ef iiut (tie traiiMu-.tion. 'ino smis Icinrlnicut lias given no liidlca- miii that any u.'lloii will Imi taken on the protest submitted to it yes. i-.n oj rciircsciimilvc or UI3 lluera ii'voliitlonnry group. LONDON IVu-mer American slenuier, .Minnesota, from New oi K to iiiieiuisliUMii via Azores, Is reported ashoro on Kciior Island in dude Hay off Wll- uoiuhiiiiveii, says Lloyd's dispatch, Tugs have been sent to assist. Tlio American steamer West Kmil, ii-oni mure. ior Antwerp nie went ashore yesterday iirnr FIuhIi lug, llfitlaml, floatitl (winy with out HfwIbtajK-o, RRE TODIT DOES DAMAGE A rirn am- w. thin nwnliw at S:or o'clock at liooS -Tblrd street ""'" " " over neaied stove. to dwelling '.(;, ,..,,1 .. i . ' . FRUIT PACKING lilitA m itfln - cunlary standpoint, although some : Northwestern Canneries TH' no,ttbly !? wlu'ttt ana cot t l -i Arnriwr r ,ton UI,;UH' could not possibly bo racked 4,500,000 Cases jorrset i,y gams elsewhere. - of Fruit Dunncr 1923.1, 'l?lk,'1 UH a whol!' 1110 1,ianfl 1 j -p . 0 ' tilling industrlis. arter tho groat 13 KepOrt. jsurgn forward in the first few HAl.K.M (Hy the Aiwociated PresH) Kour million five hundred Ihou.siind cases of fruit were pack ed by canneries- in tho northwest during 1923, according to figures complied by local cannerymeii Monday. The pack of strawberries was nearly doubled. Weighs 620 Pounds Welcomes Leap Year! (Ity Sieve Ifnmmrraii) NKW YOItK. (Hy NKA Service) "Thank goodness, leap year Is coining." So sighed Jolty Irene, who weighs CHO pounds, hs bleeps three limes us large as Jack liemp- , H y and who would bo a total loss tin n modelling contest. 'it may bo that 'everybody loves a tat man,' hs tlio njgn commented, j but I'M make the weighty Main ,menl I hut 'nobody loves a fal wo iman' und I'm love sltirved," said nho. Jolly Irene, whose oilier name Is j Amanda (.jutnn.'ls Irish and looks with a rpllorn sijill'1 grown In -Now Jersey and as infectious as t ho mofl'iuiloi s reared there, j She stands fi feet II Inches In jlier No. b shoes and Is said to be .the largest mobile, woman in the world. Irene Is a Jolly conversational tnt an Interesting coiupunion, und her interviewer told her so. "Vi'H. but would you marry uvV Bin; flung hack. I blushed my prettiest. "That's Just 11," ehr said eiri jphatlcnlly, "overybody thinks I'm dandy us a dulnty Juggernaut nov- j. lty bm lxu tt ttrt mate I'm as use- h'w " m ordlimry rmi lor chair is BRADSTREET i REVIEW OF 1 YEAR GIVEN Held to Be a Record Breaker Along Many Industrial Lines FAVORABLE 1924 IS HELD LIKELY Industrial Output Is In creased over 1921 and 1922; Year Was "Irreg ular" One. (From Brndstroet'sUevlow) Nlnoleen-twonty-threo was a many-sided year one, In fact,' in; which tho word "Irregular" and Its synonyms becamo outworn from Mln-lmuch use. It. saw tlio lmprovo- ment, first vislblo In tho summer or 1321 and tho calendar year 1922, apparently oulmlnato in the record-breaking Induslrlal output , n, ,., ,u. ... .us won latmu u tuperillg oil OI ac- tivity and an ebbing of optlmUnn which alinont convinced pess'mlst'c proffnoHtlcatora that they had Hue-; ceBrully forecast tho future; but following this. In turn, camp a fair measure of Improvement success Ivo (rains scored In both wholo sale and retail trado over tho pre ceding year, a speeding up of tho Industrial pace In many lines, and u cheerful ending, In a record holi day, trade, of an eventful twclvo months. All In all, the year re sembled nothing so much as n mllltnry movement, at first In tho form of an ndvnncu along1 an en tire, front, later choehed, and suc ceeding this In turn, came detach- 1 od advances or rot reals, according ly ns resistance developed or tho Inequalities of tho torrinn provided obstacles. Individual conditions.-In other words, either called for tho putting forth of renewed efforta at un advance, tho consolidation of positions already won, or In a few' instances made neucsary withdraw als, pending preparations for a new advance. It Is probably safo to suy that the year was a , dis appointment ailku to tho ovor-san-guine and to lhe unduly peusiiuls- itc, although, no doubt, both could . adduce abundant proofs from tho year's happenings or the essential soundness of their varying predic tions. . . Thn year had lis full share of natural drawbacks. Weather con- , ditlons operated to discourage buy- ' ing In tho spring and again in tho rail, stretches of cold and mild ' weather alternating, whlln crop , yields were reduced by excessively ,drjk or wet weather or by insect ravages. Ktill. yiolda to tho farm- , or, these taken collectively,1 wero butler than In lltja , from a no- ! months, had a difficult year to operato in. Tho price situation be came fairly stabilized In tho courso of the your, bui there wore enough exceptions to give serious concern to producers', manufacturers, dis tributors nnd constpners. It was a year of full, In fact flush, employ- (Continued on pago 6) to me." Out ror a Husband. A seteo or divan larire cnouirh to uccommodate threo nerson3 and : hnvlntr the tenalle strenL-lh nf lli.i Woolworlh huildlng Is necussary when Irene piirkH In comfort. "Hut I'm going to have a hus band. Soineljody nicknamed yeura thai can he divided by four (like four Kuzlntit 11(24) us leap year. Thai's Just what I'm going to do 'leap' onlo a husband (luring the coming 12 monthB when, women have the trudltlonnl rlirhl In nn the question to bashful suitors." as a mutter of fuel dolly lreno does have her momenta. I.'nr In. " stonre, she can't i;vt through sub- it.iniii.ieti uiey nuvo to open, the double gates for her: she can't go to the theater for 11 would tako half u row of seats to scat, her; when she goes Into restaurants throngs storm the pluee nnd crowd so closely .she cun't eat: she can't bu.s'ti sed Inlo uny automobile suiuller than a two-ton truck and a block und tuckl.i Is necessary to move her ubuut In bed when 'alio is III. Only the oilier day she sat In a. dentist's chulr and so snugly did (Cuiitiuucd on pago S). f ( iitt-H 151": ! t 3 .;. 'a J.rJL,. J - i