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Saturday, February 16, 192-1. PAGE NINE THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER BAB50N SEES ACTIVITY , EAST STATES Statistician Finds Michi- gpn Leading Busy Sec tidii; Conditions on the . Whole Bright. BAUSON TAItK, Flu. (Special) -'Tim Kust Central m'ctlion is inoio aetlvo and la distinctly In a -better position bUH.ncss--w.se than either New Kiifflund or the North .'Atlantic group,' according to ltoff or W. Lluhson, statlKticlun. The third tioclion of his detailed report on tulmKH conditions In the Uni ted States and Canada, Issued to day, give hit findings In the six stuti's comprising this group. Mi hlunn lxads "Michigan 1h leading." says Mr. Iiubson, "with a gain of 23 per cent as compared with business a year ago. Kentucky comes sec ond In the group showing a guln .of 17 per cent; lndinanu, follows 'with a gain of 1(J per cent; Ohio also shown a gain of 10 per cent while' WlaeoiiKia 'figures 11 per1 cent better than last year.. Illinois Ih running an even lu- per cent ahead of the figures of twelve months ago. This section as a whole shows an increase of 13 per cent over last year. "The fact that Michigan Is lead ing IhiH section, with Illinois trail ing may possibly bo duo to the fuel that Michigan manufactures .the greatest number of automo biles and Illinois purchases the ;grcatest number of new cars. To day Illinois has the cars and .Michigan has the money. It Is too curly lo decide which is the belter off, this will depend, of "course, upon the use to which ears and money is put. Conservative bankers In the tueuntime are fav oring Illinois because of its diver sified sources of income. -Jiicit'nscd Diversity "Twenty-five years ago this sec tion was it I most entirely agricul tural. But since that time I have been moro and more. Impressed on each visit with tho increasing diversity of Interest and the changes that have taken place In the sources of purchasing power. Today we find Income derived from tho following sources: "Illinois, manufactures 61 per t cent, crops 27 per cent, mineral "products 7 per centj live, stock products 6 per cent. "Indiana, manufactures &2 per cent, crops 3fi per cent, mineral ! products U per Kent, live slock products 7 per cent. ; "Ohio, manufactures G9-- per cent, crops 19 per cent, mlQcrul products 7 per cent, live stoi-k prod net -i 5 per cent. Dodee Brothers TYPE--B SEDAN 1 I.j.o f. . "Kentucky, manufactures 24 per cent, crops 52 per cent, min eral products ltf (per cent, livu stock products 8 per cent. "Wisconsin, manufactures 52 per cent, crops 33 per cent, inin erul products 1 per cent. live stock products 15 per cent. . "Michigan, manufactures 71 per cent, crops 18 per cent, min eral products 6 per cent, live block products 6 per cent. "These statistics show that 5o per cent of tho Income of these six states Is Industrial rather than agricultural. Tim crops of coum -are still Important uml It is In teresting to compare returns on this sou roe of lucomo with lust year. Indiana, for In.stance, shows a gain of lti per cent in 1923-1924 crops over 1922-1 Illinois, shows an Increase of 11 per cent in return; Ohio. 15 per cent gain; Kentucky, 6. per cent gain; Michigan 13 per cent gain; and Wisconsin a 3 per cent guln. Dairy Business prospers fWiNconsin, however ,is dolntf exceedingly well with its dairy In tercsts. During the' downward swing of business which began in It 20, one of the most spectacular features was the relalive'strengih pf the dairying regions. It was shown not only statist icully, but by personal observation, that bus iness in the dairying sections re mained relatively good even when sales were at their worst In oilier agricultural territories. The resis tance which the dairying regions shows to business depression is worth bearing in mind, allho it may be dangerous lo go entirely on precedent, it is probable that that certain business men who farming regions an unfavorable market may do relatively well by concentrating their sales et torts in the dairying localities of Wis consin, Ohio, Illinois and Michi gan. "In all of these Kast Central slates, with the exception of In diaiia 'and Ohio, I find a distinct decrease. In full tires, running from u 4o per cent decline in Kentucky to uround a So per cent decrease in Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon sin. . Further, u diversified Inter est represented In this section promises to keep H In fair shapo regardless of what may huppe'i lo other sections of the country. If business, for Inslance, slackens In certain manufacturing centers during 11124 It should pick up in the agricultural regions. What will be lost In one Held for these states will ho gained in another. In addition 1 feel that the man ufacturing Interests of tho cen tral west are In a stronger posi tion than those of the east because they nro 'protected' both from foreign and home competition Jjy high freight rates. Itullna Ijcfrislntluii , "When In Washington recently I spent considerable time studying the prospects for railroad legisla tion by tho present -Congress. r am convinced of two things In Ihls connection; First, that the Kseh-Cuiumlngs Act will not bo repealed as the railroads need more rather than less credit at the present time. In tho second place, freight rates on farm pro ducts arc too high rompan d with ins u u fart ii red goods mid some re Probably no closed car has ever been received with equal enthusiasm the nation over. This is unquestionably due to the fact that in spite of its acknowledged beauty, and exceptional riding com fort, the Type-B Sedan is as sturdy as an open car and costs but little more. 1. '. SMITH 0 1 x SI. o b.t J.a (;riinlu adjustment will bo made. With the farmers getting only pre:-war prices for their products and be ing obliged to pay about To per cent higher freight rales. It is fairly certain that un adjustment is due and that freight rates on farm products will probably b lowered while tho freight rates on manufactured goods will be slight ly increased as far as this section of (he country is concerned. Such a readjustment should help th business interests of these states in two ways. First, by saving the furmera u part of tho money that would otherwise gi out of the EhsI Central states In form -of higher freight rates. Secondly, b giving the manufacturers of this section even more protection than they now enjoy In the form of high freight rales on manufactur ed goods which effectively handi caps outside competition. Such a, change In railroad tariffs will do much to build tip tho Indus trial centers of tho middle west, the. Mississippi Valley, and tho l'aelfic Coast." . .Mr, Bubs on ulso noted the fact that tho. six states comprising this Kast Central section contains the three economic centers of the 1'nited Stales. "The center of population," He says, 'is today located in south western Indiana, tho center of manufactures Is located In west ern Ohio, while the center of ag rleullure will full In the southern part of Illinois. "With general business In the 1'nlied States running at about 1 per cent below normal as Indi cated by the Index figure of the iiulisoncharr the six slates com prising this Kust( Central section certainly enjoy uri unusual advan tage." . -v , TO GIVE LETTERS -FOR SCHOLARSHIP WAHH'ri'CNA. WASH. (A D i Thi- im-vutllni; und ironorallv n'c. c ci. toil iiloa of iiwunlinir letter i U. Mur.ents only for utlileyc m I lulily i-i'uclveU Homcwhitt of a Jo I lii-rr wln-n It wa.s tinnounccd tlill ; luTi-aru-r tho inHignla; wlll( 'be Riven hIho to thoHi- who excel ,hi sc'lHilnr.shiii. 'rim announcement wtui maUe ilnrinij tint inlit-yt-ur ' ti.;wmbly wlii'll tlin liltil m-liool iuhletel ivi-uivcil tliflr li-ttcrs. According to Hiipt-rlntrniK-nt jof Schjool liiinnlnu. Mm iiwurda wlll ' be KriiiUM'. u. iho(. who avenigi 0 or in:tti-r In u 1 1 HiibjccU for the i in ii'd yi-ar. ' Jir.sitlt-.s t-clioliirtiliip, (he- let ti'iji will in- uvulltililo to tho.se Htu'li-nt.s who ri-nn-scnt the school ai tin- county meet and win jioinl.-j in fli-clniniition, sewing, .-.I't'llliii,-. cooking und penmanship. I n;i; M(;n n;iis ni:sr ; I'oit a.n i:.vrnu; ti:ak ItllHKMH. Pa. (I.N.S.) During the year l!t3 the Ilheems fire de partment established a record. The eompaiiy was not culled out to. hingli! fire during the entire twelve months. The biggest thrill was tho annual I) an (put and election of ot- llr.-n;. STRAW DEMANDS MAY RESULT-LW NEW PULP BULL SPOKANE, Wash. CAP) In creased demand . throughout the Inland. Kmplre for straw board, straw. egg holders,, and other ar ticles mude from straw wnrranta the establishment of a pulp mill In Hpekane, Mark F. Mendenhall. head of a local power company, told members of the Chamber of Commerce Industrial committee here recently.. Ho urged establish ment of a mill at an estimated cost of fsno.ooo to n.uoo.ouo. "There is enough straw on hand betwern .Spokane and Walla Walla to keep a mill operating for moro than a year," Mr. Mendenhall said. Much of the straw In tho lu louso and Big Bend wheat dis tricts Is destroyed by fire in order to get It out of the way he said. With the establishment of a plant this waste material could bu utiU Ized, he pointed out. nOI, LANDS QVKV.S HIXIUVKK DIKTRKKK OF THIS BCHWARTZUl'KG. CAP) The Queen of Holland, WUhclmlna. and her consort. 4uke Henry of Meck lenberg.iare caring for many needy children In., tho Schwartzburg dis trict. They have been Instrumental in having many . poor Thuringlan children sent to Holland for sum mer vacations with well-to-do Dutch families which could provide them with; fats and other food stuffs which wero lucking in Ger many. T -. ' Duke yHenry recently visited tho H A L L TavriM ... H0AS 9ma(hm . , 1325 SedM .... MVS tj Las Roadster 1195 ' ! Van Tourinf 1220 DaLaaaScoaa . 1695 V; 1 "Don't Worry, Daddy, I Can Get the WOMEN, and men, too, like the con veriient size of the New Jewett Six. Jewett tucks itself into handy parking places that bulkier cars must pass up; con verts parking problems into parking oppor- tunities. Its wheel turns easily, thanks to ball-bearing steering spindles. Yet with all this convenience of chassis size, Jewett has bodies that are as roomy inside as larger, cumbersome cars. Scats are wide and comfortable; lots of leg-room for the tallest. The New Jewett's tremendous power comes from its big 50 h. p. 6-cylinder Paige built motor. Cylinders are 2 x 5, giving 249 cubic inches piston displacement. This is 40 percent more than some "light" sixes. An ocean of power is yours in the New Jewettl And it stays quiet because the . motor is high-pressurc-oiled, like the big Paige and other top quality cars. Two gal lons of oil per minute are forced through all main bearings and connecting rod bear ings. Thousands of miles of marvelous ser vice before overhauling need be thought of ! A Sturdy Six Jewett is a sturdy six, not a "light" six. Touring car weighs 2K05 pounds 401) pounds more than "light" sixes. It has Paige-Timken axles, frpnt and rear; all- teeT universal joints; Prince of Schwartzburg at his cas tlo in this little health r-sort, whoro Queen Wtlhelniliui passed much of Iter childhood. The little Dutch princess, before she becalm of age, regarded Schwartuburg as her second home. Her mother. Princess Kmnm of WaldecU-Pyr-mont, left the child here In the mountains while, she ruud Hol land as regent, Tit.w i i i.im; i,ikk s m.i.v HI AIM Mi lll SSIAXS DFI.OItADK. (AI'J-"The Kus- sian people are rending Unlny as they never have read before." siid H. M. 1 ..yd I'll berg, of the New York Public Library, on his recent re turn to this city after three monlhs spent in observing existing library systems. , Whatever the Soviet government is or Is not (loin;? for I tie Russian people," Mr, l.ydenberg continued. "it ia making it possible for them to read books. And the Itusslan people are availing themselves ' with remarkable avidity of the new opportunities placed In th-'ir hands by the Bolshevik administra tion in Moscow. "I was impressed, wherever 1 travelled, by the moving libraries along the rail lines, from the Po lish frontier to Moscow and from Moscow to the Balkans. The 11 brarli s are installed on trains which make stops of a few days at all stations, down to (he little vil lages. The people take out books for home reading, and (hen return them on a subsequent trip of the library on wheels, The amount of business done by thse ambulant tlliriirh's Is impressive." THE WORLD N O CAR LIKE- THIS Jewett in Here Nicely" 6 - inch - deep frame. I PA KOCH PIONEER IN WORK CARRIED ON TO FIND A CURE DKltl-IN', (AP) professor Hubert Koch, the discovered of cholera and tuberculosis germs, undertook an expedition Into Af rica In I UB, at the request of the Imperial government, to study sleeping sickness In tho hope ut finding Homo chemical product which would eliminate tho disease rroin the blood of natives. The ruinous scientist kept a diary on this trip, parts of which have just been made public by Professor Kiel iu who recently made a trip to Africa to test "Bayer 205,'' which has proved erileaclous In tho treatment of sleeping sick ness. Professor Kiel tie was with Pro fessor Koch on tho trip In lt)0, and has supplemented tho hitter's diary with details of a personal ; character which Dr .Koch omitted character which Dr. Kock oniited was t4 yearn old when ho made ; .the African trip. Do was deter-j mined to find some tneuns of J fighting, sleeping sickness. Sanl j tary measures wero employed, sufj ferers from the diseusu wero lo- luted, and Dr. Koch made a test j of utoxyle, a chemical product i which ho hotted would ellininulo .the malady 1U attained no defin tie results, and It remained for i younger scientists to work out the remedy for which he was striving. In tho AXrican jungle tho uged scientist suffered much from the Htlng or sandflens, and his feet be came so swollen that ho wanted his jifisnciates to cut off his lo'i Jewett's rugged dependability has been proved by 65,000 owners in all sorts of hard service. In spite of Jewett's extreme weight and strength, its ample power gives it the ad vantage in power for weight. Power for weight governs performance. Jewett has a cubic inch of motor displacement for every 113 pounds of weight. In certain "light" sixes each cubic inch of motor must pull 13.5 pounds 13.7 12.814.3 not one but will be sluggish compared with Jewett. Match This Performance! This ad vantage in power forweight accounls for Jewett's amazing performance. Drive it from 2 to 60 miles an hour, or more, in high; take most any hill in high; pick up from 5 to 25 miles an hour in 7 seconds, in high. Try that with any other car! The New Jewett Six is unique. In all the world no car like this. It's true. ""'Jewett combines mechanical superiorities and advantages no other car possesses. It is approached only by cars costing $700 to thousands more and then at the sacrifice of convenience and economy. For Jewett sells for but $1065. Drive the Jewett. Let your wife drive it. Women love its easy-acting clutch, its easy gear changing. Come in today, wi-sj Tracy Hollister 1115 Vulillittliin Ate. G E BUILT In order that he might walk fas ter. They refused to do so, and he soon recovered and was able to vary lliu monotony of jungle llfo by hunting crocodiles. Ho was a good shot, but wuK not boastful of his marksmanship. One day he Miocmi crocodile through tho head ut extremely long raivgo and bin entry in the diary was: "A croco dile was shot by tho expedition today." I'nemplnycd Strike, Then Quit. 11A1.I.K. Prussian Saxony. CAP) City officials recently put Coil unemployed men ut work clearing the streets of snow. After two days the men struck for more pay j und when the demands wero re fused they quit their jobs for good. City officials argued to. no avail that tho spring sunshine eventually would complete the task if tho men did not return to work. Communist agltatoru wero blam ed for the trouble. Postal Cards Popular. WASHINGTON. CAP) Many people utilize tho 1-cent postal cards for their correspondence. The post office department Is using 1,53.000,000 this yeur, und Is pre paring to make almost l.aou.ooo, ono in 1U25. They wilt cost $S15, oou lo manufacture and print ut (ho government printing office here. Lust year they cost 60 cents a 1,000 lo manufacture; this year they will cost (34 cents u thousand. Jail Total Iaws. t CONYNHAMTOWN. Pa., 1NS Inasmuch an there humVt been .an arrest since Conyuhumlown ' won made a borough, years ngo 4?H 9 j!" x I'M ji i ti . 1 tho town "jail" lias beon Junked. At tho tlmo the borough wad es ! tabllshed ft lurge steel cago was 1 purchased for 250 to bo used a n "lock-up." Noiv,a single; prisoner , has graced tho Interior ot the cago since. ' . EVER READY AUTO TOP For Fords, Chevrolets, , Dodges The slickest rig you ever saw Mukes a Sedan Out of Your Touring Car in 5 Seconds Easy Payments, to All R0UTH McKENNIN, Salesman For Union and Wallowa Counties Phone Farmers 25X . M6m k . Traffic Advantages Jewett turns around comfortably in a 42-oot itTcrt. Parks easily in a 16 'i-foot sfta'ce at the curb. Enters or leaves your enrage on a 14-oot alley. How Jewett Six Compares With Costlier Cars lileven well-known larger sixes bava ' smaller motors than Jewett. Their prices are SISJ5, $1790, $1185, $1650, $1675, $1 795, $H95, $1335, $1485, $1295, $1590. To Act a oar the equal of Jewett's power for weight you have hut two choices one oar 'costing $120 more, another casting $685 more, than Jewett these choices, or $5000 cars. Furthermore, no other six under 119 inches wheelbasa weighs as much as Jewett. To buy a car equalling Jewett's weight for length, equalling Jewett's 249 cu. in. motor, and equalling Jewett's power for weight all the world offers you but four choices a I'oige a ear at $1750 a car at $5000 a car at $7000. offer Palm and Jtwtll fualilt srrvict and lenmnt Paif and Jewell partu
