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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1925)
Monday, May 4,-192.r. - FACE SIX tite i;a gkande evening observer irildin M mprovemeii mmmm 5 JC CEMENT MILLS SUPPLY STATE OrfCOll. filthoiich th first ft' ate nn Ih' Pacific coast to Minim fac tor pnrtkiiid f-itn-nt. produced no cement from 1 S'io nut tl I t I 'i run I only recently Im nm Mine an amount In i-x mh of Mm- n'ate r -'piirenientH. according in r put in ol llin t'llited KiiilfH Cenln-rlcal S'lr ey. Oregon port land f im nl ihHIh however, are now v t able to mip pi" th iieed.s of tttts Male and lo provide flection ol' IP -or by Male With thin building m: ri:i. Oregon 1m n slate of diver?!fled nhiHtriH and practically Independ ent. Hniin'Mi fish In? :uid im'iiiiih.', fruit, e'.-i.jil, and stock niiftiiur. nil have irn iilcd h'-r with valn.i Id-niiii-H (if Income, Ami Willi 1 1t establish nn lit of pol l land cement Mi:iinM';t I in jnjr on ii linn foot in if I hi HUil" Ii.-ih added ;itiolli-r linpor (;tni lii'hiKi ry to h'T Il-nt. 'I lin e MHN Oprialinz. Three poril.'iii'l ct iiictit mills are III operation and have ;i tntut esti mated yearly capacity of about I. I'Hi.mio ham-in of ciiinnl, fir 4. 4 I'll, II IHI H.M'kM, i .icll ( li;hinK : ponii'iM. Ksliinalini,' the Ort-K'H) popukilion of In Ihls slod- had it p- r c:iul;i US'- iti (iiir ;inl -m vt'lil Ii torn Is for t h ; I jt:ir. in 'oniiitfr lo tti- ii.ttHt Kov-j SPEND $15,000 ON ICE I NORTH 'klslt?rn Hidden Systems Great Til POWDER u Factor In Residences NOCTIf I'OWDKIt, Or.-l r ninn I'. White, miperlntemlent of Hip 1. I. K. lee plant, htm I" -n a vl.sid tliiit tin- company will sp'-n-l ipproiiinitt ly f TVoito for improve iti. ulH this siHntiMT. tite work to Miirt somt-litiie iti .Inn'. Improv inentH Inelmle :i 4'iti-fnni l;itl(jlhl t-telitih. Il;er-:ise Of t'- jier.H.- iii lit'- poii.is, tnil'liit r pnirs. riiliV. yoiH, poi;.J vli:irviK. te. Th- l':ieilie l'o:.M W.'IH lillilt III On t;. ill itl ISM, Willi eoilipmeJlt h fur tthe;el of mreHf mi Mm at ii:it 1 : i T -th:il ft :h mil 1'wn mlly (clopled hy iiiln-r phi ni s tint ii soim1 years laii-r. 'i'iie O'llplll of platil v:m t'-'i l.i-r. is of trui' rhst plant' IWnldintf Materials -it v. Cost Less This Year WApmXf.TfiN -iP'ee.ssary f'ir the Tiie ninii ri:!!' onnfriH'tion of i (My f.mries ll. Millrr) A huihliliK Is u Klruclnre to hoiise a tiii.iiinf or people; i( is an r.lifif "-; ll i.n a xirijeture huilt up f r'iii raw mat erials ina mil '.it I u r-'I into (illier in siiap'-s mi'l foin.s to til ilifi r-r.i pans of a ..inicnii -, i Mir tiiM Mi- a of a Mmhiin was unmet liiiij- which wonhl m r.i as a sli'-lx r to prol. et us from tin- i-h Ilien'.S. We put lip (OUT Walls an a roof thai k-pt out lie- rain ami wtml. hut wt, ri we w.niii .l to make 1h- Imil'lilti,- eoinfoi rani'- W'- ii.Til to Itrin tl to work lor us, I iirl e' meitis io'loo (Dlw-nyfi tliink nbout thrn unlit they K've I'i-m trouhle. Then he be 'Kins to woiim r what in wronp They ! are liiiieii .sy.sieni.s and lie finals lie I ns fnitrntleli to look :;fler Diem laii'l k-ep lh rn in rep.-iir an-l. a.n I i-i siiH, the SV.-.!.'tlS h Kip Iii (lilt ! uorkltitf. I M is just the fame with a bulhl liii'.'. If h hum veomli ii w itii veinH and j:iit rie:( tor ;inr, .sie:tni. Kas. air. JelecirieiJy it tfoes without s:iv- UiK thai ltf.iif -jcy.slemH MioitM IK' PLAYLES BUY flnnrDM unwrc lyiUULIII M I iti'ie.i; thii' hi v-rootii hoiiH porl - "r "rM ' 1 l" Hrftfl i in MiMiiit ii"' iniiii- "-rim ')rvHr3 '"" "' '""' '"'"ii' f'i'2(Yt PI mm Iffi:V2 Wlilinui Dhlluiiilim ft h. & s. :i iii Electric WM m mi i i her of t!r est . ih; ;diil lit ilii.H s. ason lanr year, j iltff (O It Mtll'ly inaie hy tiie mi nt of cornini-ree." fran.e u iliey ieeor. I. part- I'iiKf off in a u: h-iit. or i s nsi.s do not I nn imlt-x of m tiave l.ren ll '!.) tliat tliey hiionl-l he t hoi ik tit of an-l prop fly planm-il w hen you an- hnththitr. ,n linjHuiitiit it. Ttl e I liillKK Hi e lll'l'h'll e lenient K of your biiiMiiiK- ami you perhaps h.ivlnr thoiifjlit imn h of ttiem mul nuaits lu tiiine im m anl nta-le ut- ,,Di"r lhint; ou cannot S'-e. A of d'li. r v.a.s oi Ji'-atiiii,- tuel j huihtinir not aHvav-s iihh heeanse cook if IK- jit l.ji.Us f.ooi i roii i tii- el erior; So. one Wy uue. Ai.t.-r. he.il.jn'l atv.ts koo.I heraune the tn li;Mil.s. Mrjni, khh. oil an-l eh etne. j T' Ttnr plaMer."! walls liave ln-n itv ami oih. r convenient-.- i;. v won-leri u lly I'ii.L-lieil nn-1 'i'-corate.l , t-t n lt.v,.,u., Jin, ,U TO work j l!i;iT ls 11 I,;,rt f Th" ',sir t iivnt wlilrh was ituirh (ri!an,i .s,. in t,,.. n,.w i.,,!;,,, ,. in poor planning ana any one of the demand for us- In R.lew:Jk.H andjmUk,- indoors more liv.ahi., and f lii'hlen arteries may he wrong and emit work, and for ntakini; artif I- wa;,.r )4J drink ami wish w-iMii1'""1 ,tH' niite :a ruot urc Then r ial 'orie. The early 4 lr on pro- brought i,eaHti and c-i. an!in.'...H. j our Imiidin is Kick. 1 1 looks food ei.-rnaly hut the trouble Is liiat no liiouf-'ht w i Kiveii lo tiie Th- and ar w h ith laei- of ; f ind" labor J t i i;i is only, j lo v. n in I he j eord l.tiiulliitr. l.i ml I'M I". ''. e put In in1- ait.J k- pt 11 eoim r to cook and ;ve This we lotiiul lo he more ruoe. so wi- found ih he.il. ti etne. j T h;ive ; v duct, was considered 4 better than steam brought us beat, k the Imported buildintr material but , ,-pct n it v brought us itett.-r the p'ant was forcetl to cense op.-l'-'and a heller wav of (-o..kiliir 'I he "Arteries.' ,'hts ..wv GLASS Cnnj tiie lliri;i-,c Mini; hi l.n (Jnilnln WIMMIW l.l..s WIMI KIIIII.K CI.SS SI DAN IlliOli (,l,Ass LMIirnilc) riinilshi'il on nil mIcs fif ilnlp mill Art (.hi'. La Grande Cons(. & Supply Co. CIIAS. ir. II MiUIS, Pnip. riir. n'iiniMMl anil MitilWm atlons because of the failure of the cement rock supply, which at first' w as be h-wit to be inexh.-tustihlfM but later proved to be oniy a tiiin v nei-r of stone on the surface o;'j the mountuhV ftcivc(i m 101ft. fo the renpTit tmlus' ry passed ; out of existence )n ()rron In lS'jo and wan not revived until the n t-nlilishnient of the plant at Oswego in IfHd. Since then the two other plants were huilt ut (oid Kill And l.lme. Tlieuft three mills an thor OiiKhly modern and representative of the :t4 phinlH ncallered thromih out the mttcd HiateH from coast to const. Oregon cement mills are perhaps the chief consumers of fuel oil In the slate; Kuch year ihout :.Mii,mui barrels of this oil are burned In t he h ue kilns in which I ho raw mulcrtal is converl ed into cement clinker at n teni periiture of from I'.firtO to Il.doft dc jTfces l-'aJirenludt. t iregon jirotluccil portlund ce ment in used in constructing con crete rural highways, ut reel and .il Icy pavements, officrt buildings, factories, homes ami Is utilized in numerous other ways. . The outstanding use of porMand ( cement in this state Is being made by Astoria In the rebuilding of the business section burnt over by the fire In December, IHJU. Already Kfi new establish uienin have been erected ii ml (ibnut nine of every ten an constructed chiefly of con crete In order to prevent n recur rence of the disaster, t'oncrete has been utilized niso In tlu rebuilding of tho raise,) streets which facili tated the spread of the fin be cause of their comhustlln nnlnre. j About one-third of the porilnnd cement used In Oregon is moulded j into concrete roads, streets and nl 1 h-ys. This state now has L"J7 miles iof concrete rural highway, of which !l'S miles were built In l'i''4. Thir-Ity-one iMth-M of streets of this typc i'ie built last year and the total Meare is now 1 Tif, miles. h Hilt all t heM" elements ha e s .s;en,jt to work in. pi and fittims to lead and put th art.und the eorm-is and tu plat es of Onvelip nce. fawce-s ; vaiw-s to keep Dm-iu under y control ami at the .vanie tirin- n . for work. Todav you ti.k.- an j couenienc s for framed, in ' ( bulhling of our Jmnie of y r: jiure. and ou wiii not ha. a pi; 1 1 iiat dot a Hut i oataut iii-.- h e.ised eierne!it.H. IJvery person knows that eins and arteries, but be j j;iii-n veins and arteries. j A building can be planned ero o nornieally and yet contain all the conveniences that go to make a :u j good building. Planning should h-;ie tiiought oi In fo many iliffer-fid'i-ut wa.s that thorough stutl.v is ifeivt-n t both the exterior and tho -!y i nidd.-n .--yHteins in orb r ttt muk e ' llH'in vli.it they should be. he j i'ai deprecation ;Jiouhl be conic- i sldered and. In planning, materials 'e j should be used that do not deteri-r- I orate rapidly. The superstructures j should l)e built ami not guc-setl up bastaiitl any building should be well hii't I braced and miih-d. The largest resilient hi 1 t riinsac tion that has occurred in I.adiumb tor some time took place hist week when, through the George II. Cur iey I'.eal Instate agency, the KIiimt I. Stoddard home at Ifla2 I'ourth was sold to Audiuer I'layle ami III I r. Il-rirry Houvy house ;tt H.n4 w as sold lo t'harles Playte. liotti resiliences are lisle, anionR til; finest in this city. The Stod dard place was erected a few y-urs ago and is modern in every detail with five rooms. Yh" residence purchased from fi P.ouvy is a ju v-en-room structure, erect i d last year at n considerable cost. Audtner i'layh- w iii toke poss- ssiun ( )ctoher 1 and t'harles Playi,- will take possession June i. Mr. Stoddard expects to erect a modern home this summer, the lo cation is yet undecided. Xorthside Property Bought by R. Delano H. Delano lias sold his property at iiitifi Greenwood street to K. it. Grclner. Thy deal was made tlirou.h the Pyramid Land company. North Powder Man to Krcct $5,000. Resilience N'OIITII l'i iWni'i:. ;c t 'hris Johnson v i'l . r.-t-t a nue u.-w $"..eiu respb nee. ino-bin in o'-tv d. 1 til. on a Tt-!i"ot mitae to! he pur chase. I r.-o-iriy tr-un I . W-i ;it. Pr.'llmiiu.ry wo-k !s Pv-v. in t ro ll. V. MKLSKN i'ikim: ;ini-i: (4'iicral ('(intracloi and Ituihler so., spring si., l.n Grmulc If ho advertis9 it, bo knout It's ood. A7 enit Those Pesky Flies ; are sure to come with wanner weather. You ran Keep them out and i protect your home auaiust all insect pests hy putting screens on your I doors and windows. Our Screens Will Keep Them Out j Screens Made to I ii Any Door or Window. j Sash and Doors, Latticework Cor your flowers and garden. Paints, j Uuilders Hardware in fact every huildiug need for the home. Grande Ronde Lumber Company Out of the woods direct to huilders all grades all prices. Retail Yard across the Tracks on Oreenwood Avenue. Permits ; April L'S It. A, Crawford took out permit to build frame dwell ing place on Tenth slreet be tween m and I.. Kstimnted cost $imi. April 2ft V. Kelly given permit to erect one Htory build ing on Second street between N und O. Kstfmateil cost. $J(H. Owner, Chits. Hingninan. April ilO Huitding permit 1s stliil lo .1. I.. Plam-hapl to build n dwelling place on Fourth Street between I) Olid (' lit till estimated cost of $l,miii. May 1 tl Untitling permit is sued to 1. J. llachtint to build a garage on Cherry costing $i;tt, May 2 Permit Issued lo K. Mcpherson to build on X lie tw fen Spruce and Pine, inti mated cost 7a. Softwood Demands Now Nearly Equal Output Demands now being made on the larger Roll wood producers practi cally equal their production, orders received during April being slightly in pxci sh of output, says the Ameri can Lumberman, Chicago. As spring opens, prices nie firm lug. and should soon advance enough to af lord the mills a fair margin of pro fit. Uetallrrs and Industrial con sumers arc steadily selling or tiding t ho stocks laid in last wl tiler, meanwhile buying very closely tor titling in. so ore muring the time when larger purchases will be nec essary. The general market show a iiruuu'ss thut Justin- buy.ng u little further in advance. Orders booked by Southern Pine Association mills ni,un exceeded production during the week ended April is. Hatns last week in th Soul Invest promise u renewal ol .d'tnaml from that section which should have fl. healthy etfect on the pine market. Northern and eastern yards nr increasing the xoluuiu of their orders. There if good call from railroads and oil t iclds. and a large export move ment to the West Indus. The Douglas tir in 1 Us arc report ing a decided increase in r,iU trade, but business w ith California ami tho Atlantic coast is much below expectations, and the smallntss ot export takings is the market weakest feature. The nulls, aecintt that present prtt't s scarcely meet costs, refuse to overproduce, so that tor April the orders n-ceied Wen I J per cent tn excess of output, An extension of (ho usual sum met shutdown from thirty to sixty das is tullM-d about. The m p nl Is a poor buyer, but revival of Aus tral bin denmnd has recent i brought an lacte.ise In . ss- I sp e I ales. nd buildim; permit f iun s for Calii or nta and the Ai taut n coaf t stati s give Indications ot larger purchases by thi-he markets j Inctvasctl foretKU buy i nt to ' haul w oods Is I ho tcutui e of t h.ii market. The automotive industries have enlarged (heir I ii kings, buying by spoke manufacturers show lug great Improvement and being espe cially f hcerlng to producers because II usually precedes a cull for lum ber from other brunches of the in dustry. Prices have been depressed ' because threat of inset; damage to lows forced production faster than the market could absorb, but pres ent stocks are eiuul to only about v.. rff- ; , .;s i LjktfTiWrgiiTi " -nil "Man has no moral right to skin the earth ami squander our com mon heritage. . A man who plun ders i he soil, whether it bo plow land or rough and rocky moun tain hind, is a robber. He takes that which does not belong to him and he withholds w'ood from gen c ra t i on s yet to be born," sa ys Gilford Pinchot. four months' output, or approxi mately normal, so I hero is no doubt that, quotations will continue to strengthen. M DOWN PLUS FREIGHT AND INSTALLATION- PUTS IN YOUR HOME A SUNBEAM ' PIPE OR PIPELESS FURNACE EBfti:!ai mm V ltWfei J it ! Only $25.00 down puts this better and more efficient heat ing system in your home. Learn the Comforts, the Convenience and real Economy of Sunbeam Warm-Air Heat ing. Learn how easy , it is to install and to own a permanent heating plant. Your home de serves a Sunbeam. Fred Spaeth Dumbing,, Heating, Sheet Metal Work -I OS Fir St'.' " lMione Alain 586 f 1 A innn rnmc to thp new lum Iht yard Imitifring for a copper Iki1I(i that Mts lined Ith cop per, Willi A copper Hi) and ccn put togi'ther Ith pcr rivclx. Ili said he wniitcd it (or Ids win tn ciMik I'm it In? ? dmrt handle intMuiblucr's supplies ami dtm't expect to. United Mnsrtil Oil, 51.10 pcr gnllini. sbciuin-W illiains While I.cml, 17c per lb. lmie Piiliit. $i.."n H'r gulhut. Cedar Sliin-le-, V.VJO and S.MO .NaiU. S ;.();, ba-c In keir lots Claude C. Pratt Lumber Co. The Poor tdln'l Frltod" Oppo. Foaiiilnr. 1'IIONB tia m tio fctimlity IliiKiOTM Lots of Good, Live Electricity Thit't the pliln American ot what you want in a power and light plant. And that's what the Kohlcr Automatic gives you. Plenty of power for all sorti cf uies. Plenty of light. HQ volt current (city standard): carries long distances -all over your place. Automatic opera tion. JNo storage battery bother. Economy. Safety. Dependability. Come in any time ind see a resl power and light plant at work. Convenient paymenu NATE ZWEIFEL 131-1 Jefferson KOHLER AUTOMATIC 30WE R&LIG HT Inside and Out To Insure greatest wearing quality ns well as nn Attractive appearance, be sure that the palm you use riKht. A com plete ttock of selected pal nt s htMe for you and 2 ." years of tp'Mlence at yo'ir service. We'll gladly help you witli any paint problem. PAINT - YAICAINM - WIMTi: M AP - I.INsl 11) Oil, Bugg Paint Co. J. A. liKid, Mgr. i:n(mucr nn s-dilualoii Ave. Blue Mouniain Oregon Lumber We Have Over 2 0 Million Feet of Lumber From which you may purchase the size and Kiade you require for your building or repairing. You can buy with the assurance that the lumber is correctly milled, correctly graded, correctly priced and correctly delivered. A Size and Grade for your Every Need. SASH, POOHS AND SHINGLES. Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company CHAIN AND lX WOOIl 1'IIONE MAIN u, I. 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