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Saturday, March 1, 192-1.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SEVEN
BABSON SEES
GREAT FUTI1R
IN THE SOUTH
Southern Opportunities
Explained by the Not
ed Statistician, Roger
W. Babson.
Bauson park, fiu. (Spe
cial.) Ilotfr W. Itubson. the stut
iHlicianirrfljniinB to liU winter
heudMutJrtcrs here, utter a second
tour of Investigation through this
-Beet Ion, loduy issued tho following
stulemt-nt of findings for thu
Bout h.
"I urn convinced moro than ever
that it Is only four o'clock in the
morning for tho new South." nays
Air. Buhson.- "Although this sec
llou is prosperous now, its real
day of opportunity is only begin
nlno cluwu. The states of Flor
Hla, filtUmnut, Mississippi, O-eorgla,
TenncsHce, and the Curollnus urn
on the threshold of a new era.
What has happened in the West
during the past fifty yearn Is about
to take place In th0 South. Ju
thfl past this section huu been
handicapped hy northern prejudice
and being dependent ulmoii en
tirely upon cotton has not prog
ressed an it should. I do not mean
by this to belittle an important
crop, hut nny Miction dependent
entirely upon one product ia hund
lcapped. Now, however, with in
thislrlal development already under
way the South should (fain by leaps
and bounds. Almost every south
ern state and city offers distinct
opportunities to mien who urn wil
ling to work or Invest capital in
this seel ion.
Hull Ye4'U Drawback
"Current agricultural figures do
not show up ho . well for these
states uR for those or the North,
largely because of the boll weevil,
but even so, if cotton continues to
hold up In price even these, agri
cultural sections should prosper in
Xit'4.
p ''Potatoes, an important crop In
Florida, figure 34 per cent less
than last eur. This loss, how
ever is more than off est by the fol
lowing advunces In the value of
agricultural products of this state.
Corn, 0 per cent; sweet potatoes,
88 pur cent; peanuts, nearly 00 per
cent; hay, &0 per cent, and tobac
co. 88 per cent. For Florida the
net result In an Increase of 5 p.-r
cent over the combined value of
lust year.
, "Of the urban localities of Flor
ida, statistics btigKCi.t tiiut Tump",
Jacksonville, Orlundo, . and Altuma
Willi orfer relatively the best oipur--tuuitleM.'
The clirous situation is
temporarily suffering' from very
low prices; but if thin results In
strengthening J he Florida Citrous
C! rowers exchange, it muv provu
to be u blessing In disguise.
(Bolton, Coin Lower
"The cotton and corn crops of
Mississippi are about 15 per cent
under last year in value. Kweel
potatoes and hay turn to an lu--creiuir
of about 11 per cent, and
ou1s show a gain of II per cent.'
potatoes lost over L'O per cent. The
combined rennP of crop values, as
J'ur us Mississippi is concerned
'.show h drop in value of about 1H
per cent compared with Just year.
The lumber industry, however. Ik
'today proving to. be the sulvulion
of Mississippi. For purposes of
this Harvey 1 am Including liOtiis
iana in u group of Western South-'
vrn slates.
"Turning east to Alabama wo
find the corn crop showing a gain
in value of about. 1 r per cent.
Other- crops, however, show losses
in (he following percentages: cot
ton. ;;; sweet potatoes. 4; hay, po
tatoes it ml oats. S; peanuts, near
ly an. The total value of the agri
cultural products of Alabama.' Is
practically the .sarnie as last year,
industry Is responsible for morn
favorable conditions here. Our
steel and textile plants are active.
With Its naturaf advantages, Ala
bama may some day heroine the
WW
Broadway at Star it'
Portland, Ore.
AUK ASSURED A FEUSOf
IinsriTAl.ITY AND 1XJ
Ul. ATTENTION
,
Ahrouirh trumnbined efforts of
T i lnfli Tin niter years ol train
ins, understand tho needs of the
traveling public.
MUSIC, DANCING and the BEST
TO EAT
AT
Arthur H. Meyers Manager.
greatest Industrial blattt In the
count rv.
(Georgia Is Proaneriiitf
"The cin.uu crop u Georgia U
about lo per cent grenter In value
than last year. Corn has advanced
1U per cent, and sweet potatoes 14
per cent Hay is of less value by
about 7 per cent than last year,
uuts show an Increase of 25 per
cent and peanuts 30 per cent. Win
ter wheat increased 13 per cent;
potatoes, 4 per cent; and tobacco
..v.-r loo per cent. In the aggre
gate the crops of Georgia are
bringing about 13 per cent moro
money than they did a year ago.
Industrial conditions here are
Mowing up a bit, but Atlanta Is
destined to Nome day become a
very large and prosperous city.
On t.avcmog north into 'ien
ncsseo we find tho value of the
loi n crop 17 per cent greater than
a year ago. Cotton, however, nu.
lost ! per cent, hay, C per cent:
tobacco, & per cent; and, winter
wheat, (i per cent. Sweet potatoes
oaiH and potatoes average g-ulna or
about 17 per cent. The agricul
tural income has a lass of but 2
per cent compared with a year ago
and l picking up Industrially. '
"The value of the cotton crop
in North Carolina is moro than &o
per cent greater than a year ago
and corn also shows a healthy in
crease. Tobacco, sweet potatoes,
and winnter wheat are' averagint,
& per cent above lust year's fig
ures. The potuto crop is about
the same and hay full a slightly
below. peanuts are - more, than
double lust yeur'a figures and oats
show a 22 per cent gain. From an
agricultural point of view the state
of North Carolina is- 30 per cent
better off than It was a year ago.
Industrial tendencies, in tho mean
time, continue favorable although
some few' recessions in textile
tuillH may be noticed.
"The increase In the value of
tho cotton crop also holds good
for South Carolina, where It was
more than double that of a yeui
ago. Corn hero showed an in
crease of 32 per cent and tobacco
43 per cent Sweet potatoes and
outs have Increased In valuo 16
to 3d per cent. Hay shows a de
crease of about 8 per cent. Three
crops of lesHer importance show
Increase as follows: potatoes, GO;
winter wheat, 4 3 per cent, pea
nuts, 70 per cent. For all crops
Hie combined result is an Increase
in value over last year of about
per cent. Agriculturally ttouth
Carolina has shown the greatest
gain In this group.
Oiii Per Cent lielow Normal
"Compared with the rest of the
country, where business as refleS
ed on tho Bubsonchart Is running
at one per cent below normal, we
find that general conditions in
the southern slates aru fuvorablo
Florida, for instance, shows a gain
of 1 per cent in general business
over a year ago; Mississippi is
running 13 per cent uhcud of lust
year's figures; Alubuina shows a
gain of J4 per cent; Georgia is
lending by 'j per cent; Tennessee
In 7 per cent ahead of last year's
figures; - North Carolina has in
creased H per. cent .in-, .twelve
months; and South Curolina shows
a gain of 31 per cent. Failures In
these stales show a decrease with
tho exception of Georgia which
registers no change.
'At all American riorln foreign
trade lias been weuk during lOUS,
but ligures show that Southern
ports have more than held their
own. I am very optimistic as to
the future of foreign trade possi
bilities of Charleston, Jacksonville.
Tain pa, Pensueola, Mobile, Nor
folk to the north, with New Or
leans and Galveston to the south
and west. Heretofore, the great
trade routes have been bet wen
New York and tiuropo.. In the fu
ture we "shall develop new paths
for he vy international trade be
tween the south and Kuropiv and
in the Pacific. - -
Coiisiructloii Active
"Construction work of all kinds
Is very active throughout this en
tire section. Koad building t
booming, ferllll.er companies aro
coming buck to their former vol
ume of business even though co
operative purchasing by the farm
ers is reducing profits. Super
power projects are spreading over
the entire south und large and
small industrial plants are spring
ing up everywhere. Practically
every good southern cotton mill
Is making money.
"The railroads of the south are
looking belt-r than ever before.
'From Belgium -to Italy.
Henry P. Fletcher, who has been
take over the pout of ambassador to
The Atlantic Coast line securities
uro now chussed s gilt ' edged.
Southern Itailway bonds slioulil be
perfectly safe Us Investment and
even tho Keubourd which was
headed for a receivership two
years uko may now pull through.
"Southern investments arc. look
ing better every day."
DEVICE ISA
TO SUill.
Italian Inventor Claims
to Have Overcome the
Laws of Refracted
Light.
UOMK. (INS)-r-Submarine war
fare of the future will be revolu
tionized by the discovery of n
Italiani nayuf . expert who,, claims
to havp dlsvov.eri-d a irpit'ja Which
will overcome the law of retrac
tion nl enable ; people to see.
under water. " , - -
Thft discoverer of the process
is ProieMsor leuudro Criiglieimotl i.
scientist and navul expert, ol Cir
v.tavewhia, who maintain:! that by
the use of his process submarines
would be ablft to delect the
ereseiiCD of obstacles even' with
their periscopes totally submeiged.
Professor (ruglielinotti's appa
ratus fitted lo nuhmariues would
It Is claimed, projeet shafts of
Imislble light through the wat-v
which would Illuminate uny bndy
comming in the direction and ra
dius of their ras and would no'
within a radius of Irani i-.even to
nine hundred feet and at a d-pt1i
of firty fret.
"Thp, first .id "it of this discovery
came to inn- in 111 Hi, when sub
marine warfare was at Its heigh 1,"
sufd the prnfefisor In an Interview.
"f realized how helpless subma
rines become once tlrey are totally
sub'mergfd; and It oteurred to ni"
how" greatly their naval and slrute
gle jmwer would be increased if
only a tiu jiiim could be found to
enabb' the crews to see under
water.
"The law of refraction of l'nhl
presented an almost innumerable
difficulty to this poi'sihilitv. I
had tn call in lh- ;iid of e.uotluT
element. and after long K(ndi-s
and patient r'-st-areli I devised a
method by watch a line .r MHi'
coilld bo madn to piere- the water
ami ft lt. Fimif li!it- b" iMv'tjisp
to .,rleraft wa'rh ov iiie;nl.
''I am cnnfrtflent that T huv
solved the tiroblfin which ha-i been
balfling sei'mlirt' for yejuv.."
Gormanrlizin? Kinfs
Of Old Recalled 1)V
Republishing Mcnitu
M'm.lN. (AP) The bill which
proposes to abolish In the Fn-e
State the traditional le-rul HysfeTi
of centurien and Ret up in lis place
n iiiin modern system, has passed
through the Ida! and now Is In the
Senate. In the latter body rniHh
of the preliminary disecssion of
the bill had to do with the (" sMon
whether wigs and gowns sb 'M con-
In be worn. Th" bill pro
vides that the de:sjons es Ut
whether the judges and ni'inhera
of the bar shall wejr any speeial
cost umc and what that cfsi ume
shall be rest with the niinisNT for
home affairs acting with a commit
tee representing the legal Int' rests.
The b'gal profession is si rotiKly
attached to its wigs and gowns and
the subject is likely to bad to
heated discussion becausv the gov
ernment is in favor of some digni
fied costume that will liiipnsM up
on the popular mind the realisation
of the change from Pritish e'.idrol
i of all law to th" i orttrol of tie
Irish people. The power ptopnS'd"!
lo be given to the minister for
; home affairs is challenged us an
. undue Interference with tie inde
: pend'-nee of the judiciary. H If
expected that the Senate will uiaUe
several umendiuents to the bill.
About all I hut s hupp'-ning is
I that the lower tiuss is b-t ouu ig
I a naughte as it outt tiiOUbb. ti?
i upper lIjaa. , (
U. S. ambassador to Belgium, will
Italy, succeeding Washburn Child,
LIS ISLAND
ISLE OF TEARS
Is Unworthy of Civilized
Country, Swiss Visitor
Tells Germans.
P.KI.IN (INS "Kllis Iiiland.
the 'i-ne of tears. Hie wort place
I ever got to. It's unworthy of a
civil ..id country. The Cut left
.stales government's reputation is
at .slahu unie.s.i conditions be im
proved there."
With these wordu a Swiss nurso
described her experience on Kills
ltiland in an. arLcle published in
the Neun Zuerit-her .eilung.
"When -we first caught sight of
the barrucks," ,shn continues, - 'it
did not seem to be so bad. but the
moment we stepped Into one of the
buildings we could pot help feci-;
iiig: , Jtke.,. enturUig ,n, prison.
At I he enl ranee largo Iron gates
were locked behind us ad soon od
we- h;wi .pussed .through them. On
eiitiu'lsig the enormously large r
ceptiuu hall we were actuallv
seb-.eti w'.tli jinxlely. We otumbled
Iti cud.' of tho-'J long benches and
tat down lo wait, for our turn,
one niter ;i not her was culled up
and had a blue ticket fixed, on his
breast by a negro. It was the per
mit foe our meals
Air Is Stuffy
'ilenafler wo were escorted up
hi n not her large room. The hlr
in there wius impenetrably sultry
yi.d stuffy. There' are. windows
on both sides, but strong Iron bars
1 revented us from opening them,
I hardly dared to move. I was
afraid of netting., roiled by the dirt
covering floor, wafts and benches
of this room.
"Arter several hours' waiting,
which seemed to us an eternity,
we were released front Mils torture,
but only to be subjected to u new
ono - the cross-examination .be
gan. We went asked every Inuig
imble. iiuestiott iM i w'here we
e(im0 from, where wo wanted to
live, what the object 0r our visit,
was. ete. Very oM en people lied
supposing that Us Is would help
them to wt their passports more
easih. !i!:t lifter a prolonged
cross - eMttniuntlon they ffot per
turbed and contradicted ihHr for
mer Ida lenient t-. Whatever you
ikv h; beinfc: but down in short
band e-d carefully investlguled aT-ter-.-i
i-d.
"At 4 p. in. ve ve directed to
the dln'tig hall. 'Ph'e lable there
vern covered with paper djah
eo;h:i. i-'irst (bin;,' w did was to
tear off a bt nf l-iuier and liavo
our cmpm. plates, knives nd rorks
ee(,n"d v.'itl. it. T'ier vitfl nlentv
of rood, bpt Just I hat kind lo
'feed Ihf ma-ws.'
Wry liUtln ( (tiiifort
''Pa-ssengcru of the second class
enjoy tho privilege of spending
llii-ir dallme ill aepcrate rooms of
rmiaMer :,ly,; N.iMvom of the same
eonntry usually keep together.
There is., a Gertiiau iiuarter, a
I' reach ip'urler, etc.
"on the whole there Is very little'
comfort; u table, two or three !
Item It' s and a lugKUKe stand, als-j 1
ii very prlmtl.ve lolbi. So bedr--!
at huvt in the second and third
c!isS -nut bunks arranged in two
r t tiree row i above eueh other.
Forty-eight peop!0 occupy it room
or about seventy wpiare meters.
"The bunks loive to be cleared
and lidied up at ri;;:a a. m. There,
in a (ally count at C, u. m., before
breakfast. Inning cerluln hours!
p'-oplc are allowed to takM a walkj
on the temne outside, pist the i
air Is tli'ek with the smoke of In-!
ntimesulde boat-i and Hteusners.j
peopp. enjoy the unforget tablo
sight or Mm Movterupera uj fust as:
the iron bui's allow U.
;Tiars what I hhw on Kills I- i
late!. I would not wish my be;:t
friend lo be kept the,,- for more!
ttian an hour. Jl'n utt ugly pluce I
to go lo."
Wllllli.iKton News lllrlmtrh: All
who l.eliev.. in fulrle should insist
upon Wlllhim Jl. And.-rMin tclllin,-th-
imtioiml led-tlm,. Kry here-
Hfter.- V-Hh" Albeit li. l ull 118 lll
uilUe.-itudj'. I
The
PERHAPS the most interesting and practical application
Electricity is Tho Electric Hen.
THE application of Electricity to incubation and brooding
is a recognized fact and the results obtained have proven its
superiority. This application has been in successful use for
15 years and the. incubators have reached a high state of per
fection in producing healthier chicks from fertile eggs. The
brooding of chicks by Electricity continues the good work.
ACCURATE control of temperatures- assures the de
sired end.
ELECTRIC incubation represents a marked advance in
the application of sound, scientific principles, and is a boon
to the inexiferienced as well as to the farmer and fa
'. AN Electric
production. AnljMeniroodcr eliminates the problem of
climate.
THEN too, after the chicks have grown to' hens ' of egg
, laying maturity, Electric Light. 'on .winter days will increase
' egg production. ' .- '
THE largest -poultry producers in this "territory are now
using Electricity extensively in their operations. It is eco
nomical, convenient and correct.
IRISH BAR WANTS
NO CHANGING OF
WIGS AND GOWNS
imKHDKN. (AP) ' Menus ol
olden times when klntcs and rob
ber knights nerved tons of food and
wine to their castle party guesis
during feasts which sometimes
wont oh for weeks, have been np
pearlng recently in the German
newspapers which marvel ut the
capacities to. eat and drink of the
individuals living 30 or 400 years
ago. 8ciehtlBls, and letter writers
to the, newspapers In general, have
taken up the subject of enormous
repasts, ond discuss at length the
appetites of, the nobility of former
times. Tha 'scientists agree that it
is scarcely conceivable how the
kings and their friends could really
consume the quantities of food and
drink which bus been accredited to
some of. the famous. old characters
of history In Furope.
An example of a feast at the
court of Hanover in the sixteenth
century when 13 different meat
dishes were served has been pub
lished In virtually nil of the news
We Offer
Cine 4(1x140 fl. lol oil which
there in ii Eooil K-rooni houBi'. Tt
in tiiodi-rn. In tin- lion th.M-e
Is BOOil furnltiliii Thiru In ulso
good lu rll on I he lot. All (foes
for JI7HU. fMU cash. Iiuluncc ut
335 per month.
i..iu civil!, ri: with a 4-
room hou:. (room for bnlh.) Tho
orop'-rty 1.1 conn.'Ct''! with flower.
Old burn .JH'-d ii" purmr.-: on n
IIIHUldlllll MlTil. Ull UKHI'KMIII'lltH
nr.. jmltl 'In full. I 'rice
Terms: fan tiioli, ."",..
nor inoMll. u&fi
If you uulil H new iMiiiirulo.v
come Mee iib ilhotit the new .one
on Second lllieel. It III rood.
La Grande Investment
Company
IlOMED IIEALTOIIS
IeUWo Axeuls fur llullablo
lnsurawa Couipauhn.
IJ01 Adauu Ate. Uam tbi
Electric
Egg TesterjjywiWrtral)ig losses on chicl
Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Company
papers of Germany recently, and
has brought out much comment,
especially by writers who make
comparisons of the fat days of the
past centuries and the "leuu" days
in Germany during the war, and
since.
The menu, compiled from old
court records, follows;
First section -Two kinds of wine
soups, baked singing birds, meat
pie, venison, mull on breast, wild
pork, vial, roust chicken, boiled
beef, two kinds of fish, vegetables
and wine.
A Heacock Radio Phone
Is Superior lo Other Makes in All (ho Following Points:
"Faster tuned" I bun any other only one control, for tuning mid onu
volume t'onlml.
.More selective than oilier niukes. This Is duo to my system of selec
tive wiring. k
Imposslbh! If nui he any Interferem with Ut
in; ( Aitii ii, whi:n yov m v a icapio -
Don't lei niione wil you a net that InU-fen'N with your nelglilHir'H
i-eceptlnu, as Hint lyrs; of radio will mm in be. leglNlntil agaliiHt... AH those
wblslieM mid Mpiawks Hint you lu-ar when llstenlufc In on radio aro made
by regeiierutlve t.vfMi radio.
"I im not Ki:i,!( iu;;i;m:hahvi; itAoio hi;tk as my fifti-ikx
TI'AltS OF ItADIO FXPFItllNCK TFJIK Ml'. TO KFFP THAT TYPK
AWAV J'llO.M Till; Pt HI.IC, AS THKT -AN.OT OPFItATF THAT
ivi'i;f viiiioi T i.Ti;itFF,m.; with otiii;k iifckivi.ng sfts
c iiOtl; iiv."
j' Mil nil make of radio tbnl do iurt Interfere, and If you buy onu
it
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hll l'.oi
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Ml ItAll.
All the nhoie m-i.s except the Atwnler-Kpitt am iilglier priced tli.ni
the lUiAHOCK ItAIIIO.
We luive tested .nit the nhovp line of rmllo atul If you nrn In tlin
iiiurkft for nny or them, give me Itie order, and I will litslnll It. iuniilete
hi our home mill In nililllion w III ulve you a IIDACOt K ItAIIIO I'HOM:
to l.-Ml with It. IIiii Klilmr you n ehnnt-e , to Ret. tlin IIIOST MAIli If you
muiii It. Ill: VM It OWN jrlifil') I want yon to know the ilirrcremv
helneen the orilhuiry ni.llr.. mill I lie lll:AX'K ItADIO I'IKI.M:.
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Second section Lobster, trout,
carp, pickled moats, lamb chops,
roast deer, young roast pig, ox
feet, artichoke, fig cake, dessert,
wine and brandies.
In those days. It. Is claimed, that
even In tho homes of persons of
the middle class tlto dinner usually
consisted of six courses, each
course constituting seven to nine
difrerPnt dishes. '
The old habit of gormandizing ns
practiced by the kings has passed
'forever, most, of the writers agree,
and the scientists aver that the
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n loun speii ner, I will install It free
sell the following niakes of m'Is:
ATWATF.It-kFVT. Itadlo I remienry
I I HI U A), Itadlo I Venneney
KM, K- CIjAICK, Itiulln I'nnuenrr
:, tin. II.. I i iMiiiinii y Only
Itmllo l ieqiieiic y
$9.00 to $300.00
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UM'LKI'IIISU, OHliOON
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peoplo of today. w:ho do not siuff
themselves, are huppier and In bet
ter health generally I han... their
gluttonous forefathers who revwul
ed In feasts of rich foods and strong
drinks and some times died of
apoplexy ut the table beforo the
eyes of all their guesis who were
also stuffed and trying to bo mer
ry. -
We like tho cynical franknesi of
tho department store catalog that
llHts books under tho head of "fur
nlllire." , .
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