La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 28, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday. March 28, 1925.J PAGE SIX TUB EX OTOTCTOE EVENING OBSERVER ROAD GRADERS on mm rtTurbine for Muscle. Shoals MKMCAT SPRINGS .(Hpcclul) l-'mnk TurniT la out with tin road cruder at work on the roudB from the rounty line 1o Powilfr river. The roadH huve been rough mid llii- Rrader will help to put them in a belter condition. "Mr. nnd Mrw. A. .!. VandevnnU-r were 'Monrtuv fiU'lM at the home or Mr. an,l Mrs. J. K. Kenne'H. tieo. South Iff! Mntuta ' V ha J rnnrh at lluniiiiKlnn on . 1 i .Mr. und Mr. ('. o. L y Mill at linker, f Mr. ami Mw. W. l.ani moved lo linker last rail nnvrt moved hurk to Med feu I Hprlnyn. They will live on Ihu J.eu WIIhou i.'tnrh. Mr. Wonl.son went to ICiitfle val ley Monday lo look ul'tt-r the cai 1 1t he has tiicii feeding there. Medlml HprliiKs Krnime. met re cently. After tin hiwincHH meet ing a hocI.'iI hour wax enjoyed und r.-fi't'Mli iiun Ih wer nerved. t.'y Turner and Win Imncaii mo lond to linker Monday and hm-ii( For Sale Or Trade 104-nrrn farm ono ntlln from ttltfin, well iniproveil; fiTt nfnB In rult ivat Ion. Wilt t rati" for 1 ,fi firand property. 1fif ac.ros, three miles from I.n Orande, well Improved; Hloek nnd equipment, ffoen with t tin plar r. Klue dairy raiwli. Will trndo fur Apartment or Rooming lloisn in ,n (Irande, VOTl RAT12 A pmnll proeory Atom In J.n (Irande dolnjf a good IniHlneHH. AIko llio Htore. building nnd residence. Six fine Tmlldlnjr lots within ono hloek of Stangc'H new linine, t&fill.nu each. Will (,'lvo good leriiiri. PYRAMID LAND CO. MAIN HI.".. ' . r l . A v i Y-z ; u tons in lo iKM'ome jmit ol This luihinu ru.HliiiK. 17 lt'-l iiy.U Wfighlnij the glKantlc power plant ut WllHon Uaiu, Muself Shoal. riom ttir fouit fliy lit WlieeliiiK. W Va., lu lt ilCHtlnutlon the route wits tarufully uulul In led and tunnela mi'umned lu avoid thON that wt too aruall. , Hie ilav, returning home In Die J evening. Mr. V'erna lioggApenl the week 4-nd a( Hakcp viHlitng n-lnlivi-B, Mia. I.ee WU'on Ih on tin: biek ll.it (IiIh wdt. I'M ward Wolf, of (lie I'ark. waH :i giti Kl of hianuiii, Mrs. Oeo. I.ook l,.v repi-ntly. N'fHilon 1'liye !h helping !,er Wli Kon with fits iiiriuiug. Mr. and Mrs. (Iiih pi'lern wern giH'HiH h( Mr. and Mrs. Winn luin ean one lay hint week. Mr. peierH wa getting blaeliMiilt h work done. Mr. and Mi.m t'hei .lohiiKon ol" Powder river, wern guesiB of liiajtho slate parents. Mr. nnd Mr.s. (.reo. .lolii-I loo); tin GRANGE HALL MEET NG SITE li;m li.'-i-n liaulilHr H. Wlnl h riiiuii In Willi li E Wo carry a complottx Block of Builders' Sup ; ' plios. won, recent ly. T. It. Waiike hay from tho 1.. H feed his cntlh. Mr. uml Mrs. I at Palter recently. Mt.ss Miiim IMinejin was an over night guest of ,IHs Kdlth Turner rceenlly. The l ans from Powder river spent Monday evening at the fol iage visiting whji Mr. and Mrs. p. .1. POW-'IH. The report Ih that Mrs. Ilulhk I and son mi, wtil leave kooii on a i motor tiip lo iVtliloruia. Jl Miss Ulliloe Kennedy, who has I had her leg In a cum for the pas) hk weeks will luivi I ho c;ist re I moved Saturday. I .1. I'. K'ennedy has turned some of his rattle on the hills. The I I'.niNft Ik growing fast mid pastures I " are. getting good. J! Mrs. . ,. Powers Is veiling at Our Specially ia inan J ufactuiiii"; TiUnilmr. I Mudson of foi I ami drove. motored t. Mrdh-n) i In.ik after I hiislness inli-re.Hts here. Ho will he here ahout ten days. l Mr. and Mrs. Steve Panel! have 'moved 1 4 the Mall Ivan mneli Jl Where Steve will help -Mr. pean I t h lu summer on Uw ruin-h. Geo. Melmw was a linker vlsllor ! .Salurihiy. l; (leo. !.oo.s!ey waa a visitor to I'nlon Moriilay. ' II o. Woi dson of foliage drove. It. Wanker and Vivian Kenneily , worn husine.4s ;dloi's at l.a I (irande. Island flty uiui I'nlon n ; few days Hlgo. ,1 Mrs. Winn Punean wan shopptnj al Itaker Saturday. 0 1 1 A Xd 12 11AM ( Specki 1 ) PI in- Mountain gninge held lift regular niceilng March 21 with n large crowd in ni tendance. Mrs. A Met' Hut was elected alternate lo grange. Two candidates obligations of tlm first nod .second degrees. The men of the grunge, served ,i. delicious chick en dinner und provided an excel lent program. The next meeting will be held April 1. )e Smuty.. who lias been con lined to his homo because of ill lie s reported much Improved. M I'm. I :ila ltyneaiaon ami Mrs. fhn:. Tail wero among the grange victors Saturday. William Sherwood, who ban boon III for some time Is Improving. Arthur perry moved his fa nitty to their new home in La (irande last week. Mrs, Clover is on the sick list. Air. and Mrs. Perl Spencer of Ijl (irande spent Sunday at I lie Gcorgo dekeler home. Mr. and Mrs. Pert drout moved Into, their new house Saturday morning, Harmon Sieln ban moved from the Parker place to the place near rmnr blft ratlit'KH. " " ' drango hall district was .well repreH.mted t "Seventeen," the high school senior phiy 1'Ylday umJ Saturday nightH. ' Mr. and Mrs. Krnest PeIonff returned home Wednesday from Portland, where they spent a few days visiting Mr. Pel.oiig's moth er, who is III at that plaeo. LET US HELP YOU-- With your electrical problems. wu Aim aiiK "check skai: contractors AND RETAILERS II. & S. ELECTRIC 107 Oopot St. ' i,one 393-W NO SHORTAG E OF GARS 1W .Buv C3S3 Gftrden Seeds Grass Seeds Field Seeds Flower Seeds FROM Sawyer-Holmes Merc. Co. PHONE MAIN 17 riHPAOO. (Sncrlnl) "Im- ppnvr'mrnis Hint lmvo l-in oml nrn IIiik nindo in tif frclKlit nervier I ri'inliTcil hy ihe riilhvnvn n wni k lilK Nnini'lliltirt nppronehlnHr n revo ' 1 til toll in liiimn. us nnd flnnni'p In ili- rnlii-.l siiiic.i," buIiI finmuil n. :lnnn. eilllnr of llio IMiUvny Ak.. In .'in n.l.lr.'.iH innlKlil .up lUe nnnu.il illnn.r of lhi clilrin.'hJwi.rfooli ji'ounly IliinkiTR' R.sni'lninn. "Tile ixlr.nt of the rhanBe Hint jlirm nrrurreil In fi-.-itrlit nervlee In lll.llenleil l.y the n lmo.it enniplele I -1 1 ti i I ri ii l lo ii or failure on Die part !of the railways pi-oitiptly to fur nlsh ram lo those who nsk for iheiii, formerly, even in yearn of ilcirr sslon whi n the total supply jof freiclit earn rxeeede.l the ile tnriiul, loeal 'ear nliortaefl' vrri reported from varioim pans of Ihr eoiunry. Iieenuse, owlnir tti ltnper fe.'t methoilii of dlslrlliilllon, Ihe earn were not In exnrlly the plaren where l hey were needed. In ltll'o when trallie wan heavy anil the rallvvnyn were mill mirroring from jlhe erfeetn of frovrrninrtit control, , tile Hhortnq-o of ram averanred 81,- ti'iu a day tliroiifrhont the yenr. I. veil In is i, ii year of profound j iii-ireNiou, wneii mute cars nur-pliiH.-n were reported. he 'nhort- imt' of earn reported here and there nverai.ed MM n day. In i'.'... I He year or the great coal tj .irlk tl., ...... i. Rl ed u iiiaxlniutii of I lit. 000 nnd avernued 4 7. SSI for every day In Ihe year. Ill 1 the rar nhort i'Ktn avernited ;s.:i6 a day. while In l:i.'4 It averaired only I.K47 rnrai n d;iv. althHiiih durtni; pnrt of thelRSd v:u- th.- r.illwnvn handled a record : ip "I' i.in-t Mi.tirii-nH. ; 1'V lii. r. in lit,- eiifil r dii',1 i-n.!. BUSINESS PRICES TOPIC HArtSOX PA UK, Kla. (Special) rtces Jinve again turned up- a yar ago. Among" These menilon ed: Krulls, chvmlcala and drngn, textiles, cotton and silk, cool und coke, naval at ores, turpentine, building- muteriuls, "Without doubt the American people need to be ediiruted In con nection with buying. The adver tisement which utiractM ihem Into the store hjs been developed until it can be depended upon for ul most certain results. The . miles done because we and our families quit buying. The peak and val leys of the itahfonchurt are due to the erratic buying habits of the Amerlran people. Hence, I ap peal to buyers to change their present policy of buying every thing In sight one yeur and then instituting great economy the next. Try to both spend and save a rea sonable amount of money every yeur. seeking out those things t IIHIO (1 fell I II mi mil uj--i want. Various commodity Indices . tineo and the cost of living figures show that the average is rising. . The miichI ion iih tn the ettort nf iUlu ,..r,,i.. K..HiA.u ...,, result of iliis 'people buy every h,... A if. iinhunn thing when they are flush, and siutlHtlclan and economist. ' p,nI t,,nlOH, nteiy und buy tii rint pfopi ,t wtuim, ,i-nu I lit t Jo as iiOHsthle. This Is on person is carefully und thoroughly which are the best purchases for The selling of goods nan the time being. - This would lay become a fine science; but very ihe foundation for a real period of little has been done to help the prosperity from which everyone public to buy Intelligently. As 0. would ultimately benefit." Copyright 1925 Publisher's Fin ancial Bureau. Mlmuhint lo husluess,' is the statistician. "When things start- to go un the people who have been waiting to buy. Manufac turers also stock up with mate, rials. Ah the movement continues, however, I tie snine tendency be comes a brake on business. When prices get uhovfl the level that mast people consider fair value, they slop buying altogether. As a mat ter of fact the uveruge buyer goes at the tiling Jn haphazard f.ishion. I'm ami Aliimr. "Statistics have ihelr fiseH but. also their abuses.' The cost of liv ing Indices are useful to the statis tician; lull are often dangerous in the hands of the layman. KiRhcr's Index Is probably the bent price In dex in existence todiy being weighted self nllfleally. Kven this, however, must he used with dlscre t.lon. When the Kisher. the lirad street, or any other, price Index shows an Increase it Hho'uld be re membered thai this only applies to the average of. nil commodities. When we. purchase ' commodities we do not buy tho average list, hut we buy specific . nrlleh.s., There fore, aitho It in well to watch Tish er's Index, yet the Important thing when purchasing Is to study the position of the upecifle commodity or article which one is purchasing. Numerous illustrations might bn given showing that although the general Price Index lias risen, all prices have not risen. Knr Instance, ope can obtain more actual value ''or a dollar today when purchas ing an Automobile than at any pre vious time In history. Not only are tho automobiles lower priced. but the quality, durability, and cf- iency are being materially in creased. This does not mean that automobiles may not be further reduced In price. They probably will bo as time goes on. but even at the same price one will be get ting more lu actual value In than In' any previous year. This same fact applies lo tires, nil, gaso line, batteries, and practically all 1 accessories connected with this ! growing Industry. , j "Another Illustration of lowering! prices is tho electric current which we use for lighting, power and oilier purposes. While tho secur ities of light and power companies lnivc been going up, llio price of the commodity Itself has been go ing down. In this respect, the elec- trie power business Is Just the op ! poslteJ of the telephone business. The cost of the latter iuereuaes per unit ns the telephone subscrib ers Increase lu number; but the cost of electric power decreases per unit as the amount used Increases. Klectrlclty for power and light is being bought for less today than In any time In Its history, and even lower prices will he introduced in many commodities during 1 02.1. Among the household commodities there Is sugar which everyone uses and which if veiling for less lo- day, with the exception of lute 1 02 1 and early 1922, than It has for nine years. Other Illustrations might lie piven such us these to show the point In mind. ItcAKOtl fJfVCII, The above products are cheap er owing lo definite fundamental tendencies, but In addition there tiro many commodities thatj nrc lo,Wer today because of seasonable and other temporary reasons. When taking a list of loft commodities which are the basin of one of the price Indices, we find ii commod ities selling for ej than they did HUVg j cause of our successive periods of nmsnpriti- unit ilnnrcsxlnn. 'Clin nv- ri:ii'oin mks in fight MKHFOItlk. Ore. - Two prom I - iiont rtltivnrw I r I r f.,.nl,ll rruBo buyer, whether a man or a j prMlll(,nl of e j,arrni.r, ,, ,,,.,; woman, is a ood deal 'Ike tho brnkemun on a railroad train. Jf some lone passenger suggests that the car is loo cool the hrakcmnu turns on all the heat und shuts the ventilators. The car stays that way until someone suggests that tho cur Ih getting too warm, then tho hrnlccmun turns off all the heat and opens wide the ventilators. I teaches Kxcrtiiies, "There is always some commod ity or article that Is too high anil co reful buyers restrict their pur chases of Hitch u product until it comes down In price. On the oth er hand, there Is always Home art icle ihat is selling around normal or even below the cost of produc tion. Certain lines of shoes are an illiHrnf inn of such nil article, to ddy. When Hiicb .i condition exists t arefnl buyers wilt purchase all they need for some time to come, even though the Price Index, which is the average for all articles. Is higher than ever. Such a sensible policy on the pari of I he buyers would do much to cut down the dangerous peaks of over expansion and fill In the valleys of depres sion. Moreover, these erratic con ditions must be eliminated If we are to have business really healthy, happy ami prosperous. "Nearly every week I have re ferred to the llubsonciiart ns t he Ixcl index of business conditions when coTi.siderin; all Heeiions of the country and all lines of busi ness. We, a readers, will remem ber that the It.ibsnnehart was ; per cent above normnl In the spring of Hti3 and was G per cent below normal in the fall of that year. Dpring 1 !24 It lias varied from 9 per cent below normal to S per cent above normal, and today stands at 9 per cent above normal. Letters are continually coming 'to me asking if it is not possible to eliminate these erratic changes. Some of these letters blame the changes on lo t he bankers and others on to the manufacturers. It is wrong, however, to blame either of lb esc groups. No hanker en joys turning down a borrower, and no manufacturer purposely closes down his milt thus throwing peo ple out of employment. This is WE SPECIALIZE ON Generator Starting Ignition All Electrical Repairs To Your Car Guaranteed Service Full Line of Service Parts Battery Electric Service 1311 Wash. M-753 Growers' bank, und Dr. K. H French, realty man and local rep resentative of the State Society for the Prevention of riioliy to Ani mals, engaged in u rough and turn bio flrht in a corridor of the sec- ond floor of tho Medford National oank liulldlnB hue yenterday, it was reporrled here. The encounter wan ulno suld to have lamed until the two men were separated hy of fice tenants, ultracted hy the noise outside. What started the fracas or who struck the first hlow was not re vealed, uh the stories told hy the comhalunts and some of their Mends widely ditTered. Kaeh man. however, hore marks of the fight. Women are good looking:1 bit peculiar. They want their Clothe;, all just alike only different. M And there's the doctor who says, e look like what we eat. We say he must live on piiiurl5trisr" It won't reully lie sprinir until ive ifel the street car windows open. Blue Mountain Oregon Lumber ATe Have Just What Vou Want In ; s LI SinKR, SASH AXD DOOItS AXI SIIIXt'if.F.9 It Mill pnjr yuu to hivetlsato our prices. Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company MAIN 8 CHAIN AND BOX WOOD PHONE MAIN Ml i. lu MVNUAI.Ii L Y S . O V :E RLAND FINE MOTOR C A R S World's lowest triced four door m Steel Sea with Sliding Gear Ttansmissioyi Easily the greatest closed car value in all automobile history . . . sales are break ing all records ... a car of light weight in desirable contrast to cars that are heavy and slow . . . People want the safety of its all-steel body ... its increased driving vision . . . the comforts of patented Triplex Springs . . . the power of its big, reliable engine ... the endurance of. its rugged axles . '. . the ease of driving with its modern disc-type clutch ... the economy of amaz ingly low upkeep . . . and at great saving in first cost. ALL-' STEEL LA BOS Gettings & Hanks FOUR DOORS i:i12-14 JEFFERSON ST. LA GRANDE, ORE. How H any Who Do People Do You Know Not Own An Automobile Bring us your list will explain of these non -automobile owners and we an exceptional opportunity that we are offering during Week f cars and by co-operation j jsi n t lie railways (licmaelv a I PS them und the ship I ilintl IMUIKM1 OI VUTS W M 1 1 i oi iii i country, and u clasa- s . Kl l-i.iiy Lin, and b. I"ts 11 ivr( if Rhti'P'-rs has been Improvrt n-nr it piTfr.tlnn tlwit there ore 1'iui tt.nliy no d -lays In furnishing ;'iipn,rs Ihi curs A hey want. This -unit ts lunrvly due to the ortr;n ir itien. by the shippers nt the ur rtsimn of the railways, of itenlou l Shipper Advisory boards In v. ry p;rt of the country blcb h:ive fri qut nt conferences- with th railways (n a h territory and keep tho titilnuys constantly advised re. n.litirf both tho prcttil and proa i p etive needs of the ihlpprra." Display March 30th to April 4th 1925 Perkins Motor Co. Phone Main 500 Cor. Adams h 4th. ess - m 21 .Miin..V1irtrifitrnii iutiittt(lialiti y tutitt,tti.t.ta;, :-. :,.,...