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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY.
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The Weather
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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
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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
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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-.
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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).
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