PAG3 srx -
Tuesday. January 20, 1925.
THE LA' GRANDE EVENTNO OBSERVER "
Germany Made Progress
Under Sound Money
Progressive Steps Taken the Past Year Indicate
Eventual Normalcy; Much Money
Was Borrowed.
27 YEARS
AGO
BERLIN (AP) The yiar 1 924 corniblf 12 months nno. w hen the
tn Germany was one primarily of tlnanrlul eil nation of ho republic
llimwMul adjustment. Economic j seemed very black In Hpilo of the
qui-Hlions havo overshadowed every - at able, renlennmrk
tlihtff else. 8lrlvo as they would to I J)onu Htif Inter -Kt ratea arc still
create party (amirs, politicians worn bo IiIkIi thut internal business Is
Never able lo K''t away from the
reparations question, which under
laid all the financial uneertalnty
that was holding hack the new re
jmhlle,
The year opened with sound mon
ey. The renlenmnik banished Hie
upeetru of worthless paper money
and Germany was ready to start on
the hrnt year II hus had since the
close of the war. There wuh lultli
In t ho rerileninark: The money
prllilliiK press- hud heeu slopped,
and Germany wuh In line wilh na
tion which hud flinhlllxi'd their ex
change. Flection Il1 Mill. .
The general election In May
brought few changes. Dr, Marx
Btill remained as chancellor, al
though he headed n coalition which
dod not have a majority In I lie
Kelrhstufr. 1 1 liad. however, the
confidence of the public and handled-
the German Inien sis In the
London conrcrwicc in sueh u man
ner that ho not. only won world
'confidence, hut also retnineil popu
lar support at home and wan able
to grrt the Helchslng lo support the
plan evolved In London for putting
the. Dawes plan Into effect. . i
Heymour l'arker (illhert, general
ngent for reparations puyments, ar
rived In Merlin In November nnd
the piUfm worked nut In London for
iho settlement of entente repara
tions claims against Germany are
gradually being put Into effect.
- The Kronen nvneunted seel Ions of
the Ituhr nnd ol her parts of Ger
many which they had Invaded In
protest against Germany's failure to
comply with treaty terms. This
rrueuatlon came a few weeks after
1h London conference In August
and helped lo clear the atmosphere
Along the Ithlne. Hallways wern
again able to operate moro freely
th the tthlne dial riots, and workers
returned to their homes.
v Capital, so much needed by In
dustries for the purchase of raw
material, has been coming Into Ger
many rnpldly since the acceptance
of the Dawes plan. It is estimated
In bunking circles that the United
Mtati-s hus loaned a tola! of $100,
000,000 to Germany within the lost
year. This includes loans to n Mu
nicipalities us well as to corpora
tions. Tho total amount loaned by
Knglfind to Germany during J 0-4
is estimated at $ I fiO.OOO.OOO,
HonchilitCHH Nwn, '
Living costs aro high and sadly
out of proportion to wages. There
isiuuch uneasiness and uncertnliity
In industrial circles. Nevertheless
there Is a hopefulness in the bear
tug of tho average German not dis-lfuluro wars.
hopelessly cramped, and prices In
the local markets on staple urti
eles stand well above world figures
Loans from abroad are gradually
bringing interest rales, down, but
many firms with good security f re
fluent ly pay from 20 to 'ii per cent
a year for money.
Foreign financiers have predict,
ed that the 1'niled Kiaies and Kng
land euch will have 1 ,11(111, OOO.tHM
loaned in Germany wilhln another
12 months.
All eyes are t iirncd toward I he
United Htates for money, nnd the
government has been compelled to
take steps to prevent wildcat con
cerns from negotiating loaiiH which
are not In the Inter l of sound
business nnd might prejudice Amer
ican leaders against legitimate en
terprises. ,
ftfii decisive step has been la'ken
In Cbriiiany t It If; year about joining
the League nf Nat Ions. Overtures
were made throiiKh Hie Mac I Kiltabl
government In KiiKlund to have
Genua ivy enter t h' league, and
then has been much discussion of
the subject, but no concrete re
sults.
Friendship Increased,
The flight of the Zll-H to the
United Stales, mid Hie good fee.
Ing eretifed between Germany and
the United, Slates by tho hospllal
lly shown Mr. Kckner, commander
of the uirHhlp, have been outstand
ing; features in the foreign rela
tions of . tho Germany republic
With the adoption of the Dawes
plan and better relations with na
tions to the wesl, Germany Is ap
parently looking less, and less to
ward Kussla.
German cities, especially Tterlln,
took on renewed activity during
UiM Motor traffic has increased to
a marked degree. There lias been
little tourist business from outside
countries because of the high prices
but hotels are crowded wilh Ger
mans, nnd there Is a general air of
hopefulness In commercial circles.
The. creation of the so-called Re
publican army In Germany has
l been an Interesting development of
tho year. This Is an organization
designed to offset the monarchical
forces and combat the efforts to
upset tho republic. General von
Schoenaich, one of the prominent
leaders In this army .attracted
much attention during the World
I'eane Congress in licrlln this your
by appearing on the' platform with
General Varan x uT the French army
In support of (he general strlke'oh
the part of military, men to prevent
Naval Experts Planning
To Improve Baldeships
WASHINGTON (AP) Naval
engineers would hesitate today to
predict what the military charac
teristics will be of tho first Ameri
can batlteshlps in be built In re
placement under the Washington,
limitation treaty, Aside from Urn
fact that they will be SB per cent
bigger than tho present naval
Icvinthons, 't st Virginia, Colo
rado and Maryland, nnd carry not
larger than KMnch guns, they aro
unknown quantities.
The first two replacement ships
may be laid dawn in lflfll, to ho
mptfd ( fl0a4.fWhen Om 12
lrnrh.jiieW FWlda amt Utah will
o )o ;tlioj scrap 'heap. They will
be ac.oofi tons trenly measurement,
which means almost 40,(uo tons,
pro-treaty rating. Tho West Vir
ginia class of battleships, now the
biggest nnd hardest hltttng vessels
afloat, are ss.nun tons, old rntlng.
Hineo the rirst post-treaty bat
tleships will he the Ilrlllsh Hnd
lley and Nelson, to be completed
In 1920 when four ships of the
present Itrltlsh fleet of the King
George V class will go to the junk
man, wide interest prevails In
tiavnl circles everywhere as to
what their armament, speed, cruis
ing radius, protection, method of
propulsion or other characteristics
will prove to be.. Little Is known
renerally as to the llrlttsh plans,
developed since tho Washington
conference.
But no naval officer Is likely to
forret that the dreadnnught. first
ftU-hlg-gun ship to bo built, vir
tually rendered obsolete every ex
isting pre-drendmtught battleship
of any navy. Nothing then afloat
could compete with her on any
thing approaching equal terms, and
tho feverish building of dread
naughts on both sldea of the At
lantic began.
American navnt designers are
storing away information on which
plans for their own new ships will
M baiwd. Kxperlnients Incidental
to the sinking of the hull of what
was to have been the battleship
Washington were cunCmtnl r,.r
this purpose, to a large extent, and
much valuable data resulted.
Kor one think, navy experts
wanted to know just how wl iv
they had plunned the increased
dck protection of the WahtnKton
doss of ships. It has not been
revenle.i d. rintt. Iv whether ihe
Washington deck armor withstood
high angle fire, but Hecrctury .
bur announced (tt the time that re
sults of the experiments had justi
fied expectation.
That th new Ilrttlsh ships will
have ample d'k protection a
well us a nw type of U-lnrh Hiui
more powerful than any yet tiflont
In any navy, It taken tin a foregone
rsnclualen, TUvy wilt bt th tt
product of tho post war years of
study by Itrltlsh experts of bitter
war experience with fighting ships.
It is to be expected, therefore. In
Ihe Judgment of naval experts, that
they will outclass even the West
Virginia class in tho American
navy by a margin beyond that of
their 2ft per cent larger size.
Hlxe alone would permit their
carrying heavier armament, prob
ably allowing them lo carry twelve
UMneh guns each lis ngainat the
eight gun batteries of the Ameri
can first line trio, nnd the Itrltlsh
guns, gun for gun, will be better
because of Hewer .rcsignf' -phut
would mean at the very lea;. I, If
Ihe guns were of equal power, a
S:i per cent superiority in broad
ldo wight for the new ItriHshers.
I'hnenW nstur lo l.cnvc.
MRDKOnn, Ore. Rev, and Mrs.
J. W. Angel nnd son will leave
Thoenlx this week for Glendale.
Ore., where Mr. Angel will be pas
lor of the Uresbyterlan church. For
four years he was pastor of the
PhoenU church and prominent In j
nit-i uii ii.-n?im mi i uii w ui k oi i lit1
I'.ogun river valley.
, Dally Morning Observer, Janu
ary 19, lSUli K. I. McDanlel of
the Cove, proprietor of the Cove
flouring mills, Is registered at the
Hotel Foley.
Oscar Lund, the fruit man of
the Cove, brought a load of choice
apples to I .a Grande yesterday.
Gus Johnson, who has been sec-
t ion foreman for I he past f on r
years on tho O. It. nnd N., will
leavu this morning for his old home
In Sweden.
The fool hat I game umpired bv
KmHt Mahaffay, between the F.n
lerprtst) and Lostlnc teams, w i:
won by the Kiitcrprh;c team. The
game was a warm number, nr. will
be seen by. the score which was
to to l.
The Observer Is one editor shoit
this morning as George II. Curr
left for I'orLlandi to attend the
Male I'opulist committee rnecing
which Is being held there today.
Dr. LcUoy.wlll start in Chi
cago in a short time, whither be
goes on a lecturing tour of the
great prairie west. Ills lhem. wit!
be Union county. Its portil-dllll
and opportunlliee. Ills long resi
dence in Union county will enabb
him to truthfully tell nf this land.
He will binr tho gltul tliltr.f.s of
Iho sugar factory lo Invest or,
bomeseekers ,and labor hunters.
There is lift) and. activity about
ihe tall pine trees about llKard.
From tU tu 30 'Wood chopper and
teamster are up there pllug their
oca t ion. The teams a:'- illicit i
to ImmeuKo sleds nnd on those
huge pllt a of wood aro placed and
hauled to t he railroad. Them Is
rivalry among the. men to see who
can put up the most wood per day.
and among the teamwtoM as lo
who can haul the bUgest load. No
far Hilly cantrell drives the bell
team. i lis four horses haul U '.
on Is at. a single load.
Wallowa The Klondike fever
rages and It now looks ilk' sev-
ral citizens of Wallowa county
will bo curried off with it.
It has now been nine nonllis
.since there lias been a prUonei in
the county jail.
Tho stages In "Wallowa countv
are now sleighs.
Kummervllle If Hummervilte
gets a fire fighter, let us have elec
tric lights for they am bndly need
ed by some of the boys who coin
lo town at night. . We think it
would bo well for some of the par
ents whose hoys corno to town
often to Inquire , why they come
and take a peep at the young gen- i
tlemen in tho ."wee smn" hours of!
the night, for some of those boys,!
for lite want of proper assistance I
to get home, have to sleep in old,
stables, hou; pens and under thol
sidewalks. X'arentH, give these
young gentlemen the proper ulten-
Hon while u is yCt tlmo enough to!
save them. I
Footlights Call Her
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ISrllfsli (ilrl I''cni'Ml Ai'ivi'Mliim IMB sliru in Tral'nlKar Kiiur.rn,
. JlliflU C'npliire I'i'Iiut of Wales l.iuly Trw Fnlil nho, heard u fi'l
Hay to lier man friend:
T.ONDON (AD. Tlie 1'iinop of "Tho pilnw Is (folng to visit
WaleH wub tininset ut a meetinKj Arsentina. Wlint's lm goinff tu
of tho I.eaRim of Mei-ey reifently :seo her for?"
when fjidy Tree told a story il- -n,,. disdainful reply was: "IIk'k
luslralinij tho iKiioraneo in some ot. tt h(. he's captain of the
riunrterH of I.ontlon of parts orjAu niaeks."
the earth outside tho, Ilrltiah em-j yi,,, ah p.h.rks nri a vls'tlns
plro. and all-eonitlerliKr team of New
Whlln ' looklnK nt nil eleetile Zralim.l foolhull iilnyers.
I'l.OATINti ItOTTI.H Kl ItVIVI.S
11 ItOt'lill VlwMtK AT si:a
IM.YMOI'Tll, Klllf. ( A('). Kiev
en years uko C'upt. J. It. Moore,
tho landlord or a lorn! hotel hero,
was in ohai'Ke of tho motor Itetch
l-'ort t'hnrelilll when tho vessel
was caliKlH in n lill.zard ut Port
feirlqlio Hay, on tho I.alii'udor
oonst. '
'I'll In l 1 1) ir ' that his ship was
loomed und thut tho crew wo'.ild
perish, tho fuptnln oneloseil faro
wtdl messiwres -tn-jk hottln nnd
threw them overlioard. After ho
hntl flonn this It was found pos
slhlo to heurli tho vessel und all
lives wero saved. m
('apt. .Monro has now received
word from tho Hudson liny com.
puny l tho effect that tho bot
tle with the mcHsnffes has hoen
washed up on nil Island Hi Lau
ra dor.
PID TOTJ know
THAT VF! had apples
i on SAl.n at price
TO KIIIT anyone's '
l'l!HHi:r
A I I Ml ftradn of
HO.HKS nnd Jonulhnnn
IfHt OM.V Mc per hot
II' VO1 furnish
Tlll-S KOX or snek.
ALSO so.HI) laklnff
W'.i:S wnipped In pnpnr
ANO PACK Kit In sizes
AT Ji.r.n psr box.
Kirby
La Grande
Warehouse 8l
Storage Go.
Jefferson and Hemlock St.
I'liooo Rlalii 7M
ERICESON A VVKLAWD
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Lure nf the stage' hns won ever wenlth. home and family with Mrs.
Murjorle McLticaj" Hutting.-.wealthy 'Kansas rity (Abi I sueirty inatmn
the is playing the lending role In l:nek I'cmbvvtun' new play. "Th
Marionette Wan." whti h probably soon will get a clunn'e nn Hrrmdway
Mrs. Hurting the daiigbter of Walter H. MeLucns. Kansus oty bunk
president. Uer diverted buslaud iu tiiv fun uf anuiher banker.
'1Kb
30 - ,' . A
Southern Califor
nia Express to
I.os Angeles, also
carries thronjrh
sleeper to San
Francisco, leaves
lirtland dully nt
9:JiO n. m.
lo San l-'mnclifi
"Oregonian"
I,:(i0 n. m.
"Rhnsta'
(1:30 n. nt.
"Rsn Frnnelscn
Kx press"
Jr.'in p. m.
through the warm
SOUTHLAND
to the East
Planyoiirwlnter trip east via Shasta route to suiv
swept California thence via the scenic Sunset
route to New Orleans and the East.
Enjoy the comforts of the New Sunset Limited
through the romanticSouthwest to New Orleans.
See this year's colorful Mardi Gras pageants.
And you'll like Southern Pacific dining car ser--vice
highest quality food drliciously prepared
sad served at your accustomed meal-time.
Low round-trip excursion fares; full stop-over
pri't fljes.
For iif inormation, ask
J. M. SCOTT. Asst. Pass. Tiaffic Maniigpr,
Yctm IJIiljj., rortlantl, Ore.
Ju-Mnh kill., i,0 ..,uvtl , t1n.,
land ,n 1 1 1 wiih u n , hi. poikm
... ,, OI h
input in l:..l hraiM erm invcM
input .nwruue eoniiwiiles deum
milllom of dollar norin of bmntM
1 under liidi. iiih nt nn i hai nv. (
uin Hi. mailt to o.-f,Ud. ,,
lis. own Imlietnl in the list, count
Kuuy. denMn .11 .harm. h rt.
iuiikkI fioui Iaii Ann,.),., (, ta
HARNESS
Repairing and Oiling-.
Now is the time to bring
in your harness ani
have., it- repaired., and
oiled. .
'e use NcaLsfoot O'l.
Skala Hdw.
Company
rnoae Mala 83
.Safety -"Swiftly (bmfoiiahlif (
LA t.UAMIi;-JDSI I-H KTACE l.l.VC
Hnnrs A CoMlnon, l'nips.
StaRes Leave La Grande for Joseph Daily
8:H0 12:30 3:H0
Arrive: 10:50 1:50 5:50
Suits Cleaned and
Pressed
$1.50
Wilson Bros., Tailors
Ct.EAMNC. I'RKSSI; AM) HAT BLOCKING
New Foley IJIdi;. ' ' llinne M;iin Sl.'i
BUSINESS IS
CALLING t
LOKDON ( AP). London hoa-
U'ssoi are complaining that youiiR
nif'n and women are tukliiff Jtt'v
loo "nerlously und thut they uro
not as canity available for merry
Aveck-cnd purtlen ua thoy were
berime l-y usuully have r.-
xpotisime enfcattemenu to fulfill.
KUfrihlc hachrloin who one'
eoild ulwuya be relied upon to
eontrihuto to week-end feutivitU-a
now fieouently refuse sueh Imi
tntiona on tho plea of business,
according to the hosl esses, who
uaaert there la no truth in the
aeouanlion often made by men
and women of the older genera
tion that modern youth la care
li'HH, irreaponaililo und Uvea onty
for pleuaure, .
OlrlK whoso minds formerly
were eoueerned tnninly with dune,
infl and dresses now tuku tin tu
tereat In seriotia thinra. Many
dnbutantea uro follow in polities
with . unprecedented entlivitusm: a
larre number of jrlrla keep pnlitU
a I dalrtea nnd have uDuima tar
phot off ra pint of membera of par
liament ItiHtead- of t he fnrim r
olleflfona of a titnffi ajdm uni
photoKiapiia of ffond-lonMiiK uc-
ora.
TflllrilHiro Pupils Cost Xa'M.
HILLHROItO, Ore. Hillihoro,
with a coat for each pupil of f ti9.CS
has the lowfst of the larger schools
In Washington county in the year
l!'tflt-4, according to u compilation
of the county school superintend
ent. Other towns and their coats
are: Tualatin. 1 1 OH. 17;. Henverton,
$'j.7S: r'orest Grove.. $S.4H: Gas
ton, $ltt!iit.80. und Hanks 1K.39.
The total county enrollment waa
51S7 and the coat of teachers sal
aries was 1233.7.16.81.
Kathleen Mills, "county treasurer.
Warrants totaling approximately
$U.mii are included in the rail, up
cording to Alls Mills. Y, ;;
The total outstanding warrants
for the county at January 1, afii
cording to Miss Mills' financtul
statement, was $370,692.67. ,1
I Shock absorbers on autos tronHl
be better if the driver could wear
them.
HOAI) WAKItAXTS CAU.i:!)
Tll.I.AMOOIC. Ore. A cull for
outstanding- county road warrants
indorsed prior to and lneiudinif
April 3't, IHl'.T, has been made lV
I toy TIiIvim Kontcnciil.
OR KG ON riTT.." Ore. - T.loyd
Oennis,. IT), of Portland, and nuaseii
F. Kmerflon, "15-, of Hremerton. Vn.,
were sent to tho state trninlng
school for hoys by juvenile court
authorities. They had been arrest
ed at fan by, January 10, on
h urges of larceny from Iho Vine
yard merchandising store there.
In spite of Old Kinff Win
ter we are selling lots of
building material. Kring in
your estimates and gel our
prices. fUiiltfin"; Paper, Roof
ing and other building ma
terial at voek-buttom price:-;.
The ;
Claude C. Rratt
Lumber Co. ,
"The Poor Man' Friend"
Oppo. Foundry. PHONE 2(8 W
No Similar BuMlnufl
ELECTRIC
Curling Irons?2.00 op
Flat Irons $1.00 up
Percolatoi's ?7.00 up
Toasters .. -..$6.50 up
Waffle Irons....10.00 up
Grills $9.85 up
Hot Tlutes $4.65 up
Boudoir Lamps..$2.00 up
Flash Lights 50c up
Electric Kanses..?10.00
Electric Engines ..$12.00
La Grande
Electric Co.
RABY HOT WATER
BOTTLES
are handy to have, and
a necessity for the baby.
Special 89c
Prescott Drug
Company .
The New Drug Stora
Telephone Main IS
Cor. Fir & Jeff.
Servicing Batteries 2.
We Specialize in
Battery Recharging, Repair tnf and prolonging the lervton
yonr battery was Intended to give reganlless OA the lira or
make. Our prices and terries must satisfy.
8-HOUR RFOHARfiR KEKVtOB EXTDK DUtrltHIMV '
FRED T. BURGESS
XAIN las
1808 JelfenoB At
Have. You Ever Made Your Toast With
Golden Crust
If not, try it for breakfast in the morning.
Gwilliams' Electric Bakery
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iLOQUENCE is the nccpmplishmcnt on which Arabs most
pride themselves. They are continually hurling rhetoric,
proverbs, poetical quotations at each other. Of coui'se,
there are many opportunities for speechmaking, but they enjoy
it most while engaged in buying and selling.
No matter how simple and staple the article may be, fifteen
minutes is the least that can be taken over a transaction. And
then it has been greatly hurried!
Just imagine if we had to bargain for fifteen minutes over
everything we bought. Yet not so very long ago, every pur
chase was a matter' of bargaining. It is thanks to advertising
that it is no longer so today.
We sometimes forget how important advertising is. We do
not realize all it is doing for us. Yet, if it had achieved nothing
more than to do away with bargaining, it would be a boon to
mankind. But it does more. It puts purchasing on a business
basis. It protects you against fraud and inferiority. You can
plan your shopping according to your pocketbook, and not
according to the patience and bargaining ability of everyone
you will have to face. When you think it over you must real
ize that it pays to read the advertisements.
THOSE WHO READ WISELY HEAD ADVERTISING.
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