May 20, 102T,.
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An IntltTMxIcnl Xrwpaper
FRANK R. APrr.EflY
HARVEY V. MATHEWS
. Eiluor and PutjlUher
li'jn. Manager
p-lbllahed evening, tlcept SunJar. at !U Adaml A""lt,
1a Grande. Orpicon. The Olarvr-t;ir published every Friday.
Entftrd at the Pontofllce at 1a Gran. J. Orison, aa gecoDd
Claaa Mall Matter uo-ler act of March 2. 171.
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THIS 13 THE f.'ONKIIiENCE th.-.l
If we ajk anything according to His
1 John S:U.
. have In Him, thst,
v il I. He h'.ari-th us.-
rr, aoov fet t. tf l m v f-
I Orr rr Tmj t.v": y 1 'jiv ' 5r.-.i,
"tX (C fXjMpLUS
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CAT
(NEW MAYFLOWER
HOTfcL .MAY I'AY
'We wondrr If 11m Prrihnt of
l-'raiH hail Part iiiijKiTtrr.
irontlnued from Pice On.
A bird on the hat is worth ten on the dollar.
Additional paving of streets north of the tracks canno:
be undert:ikenf we understand, until the storm sewer prob
lem for the city is solved. Hasten the day when that is
accomplished. La Grande has a beautiful city park and
tourist campground on the banks of the Grande Hondo
jCiver but the street approach must le paved if either local
citizens or motoring visitors are to be enticed to its entrance.
.iroLjh th
Aa l! ro.irtit 'J off Into spac-
tii'-n nilti hts tl'
lit' i n-rrt,-
A.i'l ht.H l.l i xjtrvs-tivr ts
An-I h'.' vvor- his Utv h: wouiJ t'tr
dt vot-r
Tj eupiiiyins h r 'with rtl
V'm. lu .-t- uurBhijp"ii li i -
liOOdltKi, VMM''.'
Th ottv rii. anl jhj ! liiit-J- Inn
hoi- j
Of fj oti' Jt j n J in? luv
!;
that
HARD TIMES AND SOFT TIMKS.
Iere in La Grande and throughout the Valley you hear
frequently too frequently, probably alout times l)eing a
little hard and business dull. On one side you hear tho
plight of the rancher and farmer who ha. experienced th
agricultural depression, on another side the dismay of th-.'
b'jine.ss man who misses the old-time railroad payroll and
peak crop prices that made maximum volume, and on still
another the lament of the tailoring men at layoffs and
rlack industries. ......
All of which is more or less true. The man who de
pends upon the soil for his livelihood and profit has had
too iittle of one and nothing of the other for a stretch of
four or five years now. His buying power has locn re
duced in proportion. The raihoad payroll is lower thin
it Used to lc in the day when Miiall engines and many
r.hoit trains were the rule acioss the Illue Mountains.
And due to readjustments from the peak pc-iiod through
out the country industiies have suffeicd, railroads have
not had as large a volume of freight to cany, and there
fore unemployment hna Income a more serious problem in
a city .is industnal in chaw.cter as is La Grande.
IIumiicss is dull ano conditions aie bad but only i.?
comparison with the business and conditions of the pe;k
war period. Considering Hli5 mid the futuie, lx,th business
i nd conditions are good and every indication points to
greater improvement next fall and the following year.
Things might In Utter or voi:-e. Certainly ciop pros
pects arc most encouraging and industrial activity promise
10 Ik? tiemendously improved by fall. And with bettered
conditions over the nation, now indicated for the lattcv
p;!it of the year, iailit.ad lalfr dt niands will 13 consider
nbly increased, ilusiness exr-i-rts of long experience antici
pate a period of pn: polity within the next few yeais that
will rival the pot-war lecoid.
J le.'ien. iiusines:-; and icudui al conditions in I
(fiaiide and t'nioti county aie not peculiar to this aiea.l ou my oi. j.n
The same, and wone, eonditinn-i pievail in Maker, in Ten-!
(Meton, in Walla Walla, in Portland, in Spokaneand prac
tically throughout the ni'tinn. The .Middle West is jut
iK'gimung 10 reeiver iioin an a'rncuU'ual Heiu ession. t(i ' "'i o. a in
depths of which we can liMle ronn ive without close con
tact with those state. No maU'M' where he may go, tltej
pessimist will find cau. e for ciiu.vMn and destructive com-'
I, lent.
Another proof that thy ar iht-taikativ-r;
in, t that you nevr mw
a oinan pantomutiist.
"Thrr'a very little jrolnff on hrr
Uxiay." rfrmarkd the life ffuard on
the crowded hathlng twach oX a
fashionatfte a-Biij- rraort,
Too nuknj Hiblk- offk- arc lo
l fit ate.
a
M (H IS MFK.
The tadpole friskttl In hi chthlisii
!-
AnI wtni'-d hia M(il- t ill
And dr
h"n h
With his iii'ific would roya
A awe? thwart
bank
nd casflni; h r vtanc-- fonI
At hT lovf ihvre in thtr r-fu
dank
O'tT lokmff the Utile pond.
W'hf-n tim
do apaxtriwrna like riw cost?" I
ask--!. th- y-r." Jlrry re
plied rart-lt-Mly. -'f '".' "And
this." I connived, follow in ir hut
into a consid'-rahiy larT oilf
a r;iruUtr Kucktnffham tal:ir. h
fart. "Tvnty-fivt thousand."
Tli'-w? prices aren't hiKh con
pared lth th- prirf-a of e.xnA.n
accomniod..uonB in Niv Vork. far
instanc1. Itut N Vork ta mot
than M timn lar?-r tnan W'as.i
inrton. and th:re arc mighty (,.
Nw York hot'Ss thru couidn't !
set down lr thf Miy;:owcra !o0!
for th pofttfra to a'.-p out.
W aahington for ita aiz is a
jrood hot1! town. Lots of tran
sients, nut $i5. '''! or Sve:
And the Mayflower in lift have lot
of customer at s-ich rz.ua.
(IJoomHy ihe fconiiioidors sousiit
turd of the tinio to com--) - "
tor. in torx. lie unaenoo'i
to pull the Mayflower out of the
listening on the 1 " ",3 ,r8,
J the kitchen, already finished an )
fitted up. "Tear oil that our.'
Ihe ordered. "It's badly arranged
URr.cn nMfir." "(irat S?ott. wail
ed the bondholders. "It v. cost
$ 1 m;. '"'." '"It'll cos; a henpmoit
had i iss.-rj and hia tailtin3n lSMl lo.run 11 liC " "
. ruled Mt.'rrj'.
h tn- kitet.en n is yanked u.
by the ro! and re tainted
nay. Through tv whole houet
w rnt Ift the same faiahloU
Goh' but it cost.' Hut when n
had f:nuhed he had a hoti!. r;
"Now yo:ivtf sot to stay-ai
tun . it.' the tondhohl4rs an
nounced. "Oh ino," object d M "
had split
And his springy I' ffs had
ifro n
10' nould a a and mn; and sin?
and ail
WiCi thi: sv.f.fst pirl r
knnvi n:
Thi n his piping voice was rounded
out 1
r.ii i. .-..i ,:...k k a.M...rr"- "( r-tv 'Jt Of coa-
about
ti uction. n t the daily grind gf
iiianatrement." N'vert l-as t!:
bondholders Hisiicd trie joi un
him.
Us! !?;' found
!o ' wis dMm-d
My a rathr h-arll-ss Kate.
I'u," on- diirk niCnt uliile his d '-p
'iier booim d
In a love soni, to his iu.it'
H' wns sna'.iind, on, uo-! from
h r loving t'l,-
In a ntrh' rr uH w a !
And lu ilai h- nt - h- was dr s..
f l an.l fn-d
And s-rvt-d in a st-ll cifv.
S'till, "Vou n- i r c mi in;ik- U
pay." s!'ptl s w ;uriiil l;i in. t
i a. in. of a r ( f-nt s'inir tiy
out of th' pe croakers, cuiiwl
ar!y to catch a train. pas. I thi
Slay flower.
Outside u .is M rry Itiprctin
his hoslr ry a f.u ud thi outjri .n
op-r;i fti.isa. to mak' ire ew-rv-
i thing w us cot nine il fit ul. "IK.
th-ir'you ',, ttimc! Ok-- this rtt;iit
r alone'.' in-i'io'd tin- asf intsii--J
pii-fu-rliy. "Sure. Kitd Mt rry. "I;'n
fhr wiiy to run a hotd. " I lri
you It w as a iniitf a irrin 1." "Wti it
I said I lake lr.uk. th.- sk.p'ic
assured hUn. "This hotH's
to In- a h'tulinc nin-cc.is." "I'M
haw H p;iiMK by nxt ytar,"
M-rry told inc. iie spok'f like a
iimn ho kn-w.
; ti linn li m
" h ilu jon
i.fti-n
"Man. It i a ln-niitlfnl -llil l'i!,UJ,t
itiie man k'-vp t itian nmn-
eii ipiM-t Itir ,-in li a Ion; Dine,"
Aiii' iu.4 it.is :
or'd's Kld und
a t,t irl fo'il h-vnc.
i mi 1
of thl..
.J-nnn: I'm fte and uioih- r s,t)
If I tui Kuu-I ;md t tt Utn ol ' r
aia I'll b! , my ii- Sat btrthdny.
0 Ions of irold U' a
ii'." nut- rudp's S.ivi
1 li;lil'T tetn air to
pro
KM (.11 I.I ( K.
"piiie: Did oii Im ar tttMiiii tlu
uonmii wlni bail Mipleto one d
the Iwitfb' fur nw(,i.i mi! 1... r---
ied in a pil:;i it.pf.Kv to M-mn '
:inff pln-, u trip to i:-.ons-
boro. his fni t. i - ri-moiiy ;;t
TrunKylvutita, inivvmit y. w lo-re
tifiiett vir-ttv I hi May. t
II ti t HTll'4'K in IMl'lt. or-.- lf
p.n.nt of itV,n (rtK.;(nt addi-ews" Ht.d d- ii-
of laid 's.
1 llotm. . u ho bl.isi d .i fio.it
(tin- Atliiitie eoHj-t thr.i:jj:)t thr
( w ll'l- rn. M to K. llt.n k. w II! I.-
. t Ik i no ai rictiH' l omni-ifioriit. 1
;o , w. J in ited "
I itK-ndM i s of t ti- M.mtic l'iiini:y ;s-
f Mftflulion. lfC.lttt.fi r tlcr t tit' tl.J.
I lion, to l'o!d its fir;t r.imll
union lu n- and William Konc
I uf,'.tf. W'.inhinKton. 1 i "., ar.
.ins r. si but, arcpted K.iUii(k"s
.eordi.ililv.
Yesterday In
Washington
PORTLAND. On?. Spclal)
"irther and sharp dciine in the
demand for help from nearly ail
industrl on the west coast sras
noted at employment centers last
week and labor turnover reached
th lowt-at point of the season, ac
cording to the 4L. weekly employ
ment service letter published here
today. Heporbf from the wcrious
fir lojfsint districts Indicate that
many companies are preparing for
a shutdown in the n-ar future.
Kmplomenta in the pine dis
tricts eat of the Cascade has
reached seasonal height, the letter
sratea. and there will be little new
work offered there until harvest
b- ffins. Condensed reports from
tne various centers follow;
POKTi-AND I tut to a laree
aniount of down-loirs In the woods
and with the seasonal fire hazard
approaching, several faliinjr and
bucking cr:ws hae been laid off
at the Long-Bt-lt camp at P.yder
wood. i"onie commercial logger
of the Columbia rivrr and ailjacenl
districrs are making preparation.-!
fO cioai camps nxt wtrek- .Nearly
ail i'ortland sawnuHs have return
ed to the six-day w-k- High
'.-r n the Wtliantr-tte river today
caused an enforced shutdow n of
tJ PRin-utl Lumber company's
jiau-rtiiil here. Culls for mill hHp
,tre f w .and thr are few 'iieri
ncd initltii'-n now unemployed.
HihiTay w'jrk is aetivf and Rianj
men who have be'-n laid off at
NtRi'S hav hind out in road rrews
aitnoutrh there ;ire .sfill many un--ir.p:o'-d
logger. in th:s city.
Alit.r:! KKN Two more larg
rurnps have tail off falters and
fjuek'-rs and by June I loesing will
n.'ve c-as'-d at 6i p-r cent of the
-.ipi'ratiocs in this di-ftrict. Labor
;:nov-r during the past we k was
iitrn'T than k ha5 be n at any time
M3 ar.
TAi'nMA lbor turnover has
.een i.-xi remeiy bgni and except
,or short jobs within the city there
:s little new work offer d last
w-'k. Tacoma camps and milb
iutte generally continue the cur
ailed production baa is of opera
tion. SEATTLE With the laying
off of several more lodging crews
at week Seattle's unemployed was
loticfably incrt-aed. The SiiwmilJ
yf "he F'ug'-t Sound Mills - Timber
,-ompany, port Ang'-lfS. has been
hut down ror an indefinite period.,
tin ild ir: s and construct inn In Se
:tt! and district are very active
bur there are more than enough la
orer to fill all needs.
SPoKANK There is a' pre.ni
t ncarcity of skilled pinv sawmill
i:!p anl lumber gra'lpr?. but a
jurplus of all other kinds of labor.
A majority of the larger sawmills
tnd planers in the Inland Kmpire
ire operating two .-hlfts. as bi usual
it this tune of year. Highway
re ws are we.! filled. The demand
'or all kinds of unskilled laboi
1 u n r. g the p ;.. t week h as been
nOm-d P a few rpiac-mnts.
ilKNI Iocal sawmills are ope
rating two shifts six days per we'-k
(.evident mill workers and loggers
in- we! t-ntployi-d. A small ammin'
of highway construction fn being
done this summer. vrel Hm--.rani
workers Jr.avr drifted Into
recent 'y e;fc( i t to g-t
work on (he projected railroad llnet
c-niral On t;n. 'Ids work will
lot begin for some time.
KLAMATH rl.l' Pine s.w
mills and box factories in tnis dis
frift are buy with the season's cut.
A night shift was put on last wivk
;tf t"- C'i: t . k'- l.ov j-f;n' AM nf
Newspapers were upheld by th ;
supreme court In the publication of ,
Income tax llata.
The Nickel Plate merger hear
ings were resumed before the inter- ;
stale commerce communion, j
Further unseasonable we it her
was forecast by the W"uth--r bu
reau for a large section of the '
country.
President Cootidge returned from '
his week-end yachting trip appar- j
ently thoroughly r.-coverfd from his
recent Illness. , t
a
The supreme court ruled that a
fair average value of a corpora- :
tion's assets mu-d be us-d In a-es- '
tng ftderu) capital stoek taxes. '
mm I
July 4 was severed by the war'
department at the suggestion of
President Coolldge as the dale for
the national defense must-r this
year.
Silas jr. Ptrawn of Chicaro ac-r-ptp,
ftppointnif nt as American
commbsion'T to the special confer
ence on Chinese custom provided
for in the nine-power treaty.
The supreme court h la trnr Asi
atics are not entitled to naturahza,
Oon even though they srved in
the army, navy or coast guard dur
ing the world war.
the p.dican bay camps are running.
Lumber shipments for May m
total a good high averag". p.-si-dent
wnodsmn and sawmill help
ar well mp)oved.
The Nearest
Service
18
Ford
Service
Perkins
Motor Co.
Draper
mMmm
Mm !im
Qood Taste With Economy
A TIMELY change of hangings for early
?S1. summer is an artful custom, like keep
ing house out of doors. Use the new Colonial
Drapery Fabrics now here. They will inva
riably make your home more habitable.
A.jt-i.hmiuJIMI.X
Children's Cretonne Parasols
Very well made in sevciiil different colors
at the low price of ?1.50
LADIES' SUJ1MEH PARASOLS
16-iib. Made from colored cretonne.
$3.00
Parasols made to last and givp srAlce, Sflling at the lowest
price ever offered for this grade of parasols.
Norton's Kiddy Shop
i 4th and Adams
It's A
Pleasure
TO Ihi V i u U HANK
ING WITH AN INSTI
Tl Tli.N STIIIVINCJ T)
(11VK KKI'.VIc K.
La Grande
National
Bank
iot"ld - K'
i.ibh-
Progi.-a.dw
LLT I S NOT Kf'Kl.KT-
Cv t- us you i in lo help
the nrphuns of the WoCi
War Vrti-.-.m1.
All of whirh hh..nll l -lp ,.c :: .0 .-fill planninj;. ,""'"'
Jlltlk'iou.s Itiu illK. : i lisii l
fi'ieadinir prssuni: i
uMi.niv
: h-uitin;:
r 1.1 is a
li.-in.ls.
.iiiii iniili!-(i (nrrKy.
ili.-.ui t'(l i umn; s nf i
I l : r .i... i. ...... i . , . . "
ii. w.i ilium iiuiii im- ii. i-i i.-ui!., tin-..-, nil ariuai ar.d unii'.'C-:! m ..r. m.iit
(ssalV illilllV. Ccltairilv iL ll...s -,i).rit tin- wlmn t.i ill
hishrr I'Vol of jiior-pciity. T.wl.iy (In-jTuii stjdids on tli-.!., ','
llnrshn'rl of ii f' ini'iKlnii ; il -rld uj.'tit. 'Hit- rxtrnt t-i
v Iikh it will loarh is in..l,al.h- l-v.m. our i,wcr to ib-tixn 'N l' r.V.Mlia
IU l.Allll'.K. AT
. rltiinn
our power
lei mine, lint the thue -ciiiii-e. di-pends (i .n its people-
t.irii- vision ami their disne. And ih.-e inialities ran le:
only clouded und stifled hy em tminteilie;!t t-. pi t uhiti' -n '
!! rumoi-s of "hard time.i." !
(i;li;i5Rati().
MARKET JQELS GROCERIES
Til)
Photic Main
Spring Chickens Tor Frying
Special On Catchup
Li.MMJTiiN. L. (API. V. -
-lftiU'g of K.-nl;ek' hl!U..r 1 "i"
.us ..-m iti thi ghtUMi: cast
";" U t.t"(jiii it m vi I 'a nti I
li'"i)- IIm pintii-.-r Ani'rt(..n.
r. l,..v,. (,(,, , t,n i,,n 0V1 .
'eii.Mig (he L ul ii- t. riw I. t
i e , i I, I.(a1ed I he lit t l k i f
-I'tlH .
Nidl'it lire lining atattlp". c.ti"
C- lV 1 '!:..- ;.tl!' of I..- HijttJil.""
to t"1' -'n -ii.t Hi k t' tlii'lce "!
h' I. vincli'ti 5 .(Ul-c. itt- nut. I
1' 'ei.i ., Ill-It Th- ftuMlpfl i-
N'lrd by U.- niv rninrnl tti (u li
!.. i.mi.illun ( Hm Utttle in Mj-
.m hii.- tj. the ".shot li ar 'round
t lie .t u
K -Im. -1 by a K' e.4t 1 1 b brallou
1" th. ii'ij.. 0( K- nttick)
uuriDa- Ui. itilin: -ek ut Juuv. I,
Oregon Life
policies are
incontestable
After one ear Oregon Life poticiei are absolutely inconte.tabl.
lunle.l permitted to l.pte..
In the entire hi.lorv of the Company during which over a million
dollar, have been paid in death claim. not a contevt ha. occurred.
Have you an Oregon Life policy? Send for a ipecimen to4ay.
A. I. Kill I . Mm
C i. (AML'EL. Un..MMan
W. C. KCIUTPEI. Aa. M..t"
H. K- BLAUVELT, lumin Sfwrul
Hme Officti PORTLAND. OREGON
I.. I,. IUI..MI.. lii-uiit Maua.ir. La l.nuulv, .n'.
M
rs. Walzalsky
Mrs. Smith
A little Polish hoy, without telling his parents, changed
his name the first day in an American school. He had
a fine Tolish name, but he was in a new world, and he
wanted a name that would symbolize' his great change.
European women, upon coming to America, quickly
revolutionize the manner of things they buy for their
tables and their homes. An authority has estimated that
foreign-born women ask for goods by their advertised
names within two weeks after they have begun house
keeping in America.
They are quick to sense that in the new world the
good tilings are advertised, and that unknown goods in
unknown stores are likely to Imj of unsatisfactory quality
As the European woman quickly learns, American ad
vertising is for the buyer's protection.
An Ad verliscd Product Hears a Proud Name..
It Has a Reputation to Uphold.
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