La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 04, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text-l CITY EDITION VOLUME XXIII. Bowman - Hicks' Opera tions in Union-Wallowa Counties Extensive ABOUT 1,200 MEN ON ALL PAYROLLS Logging Operations Cen tered at Maxvuie, tne Thriving Town Built by ; Company. editor's Xole 'litis is the third of a series of. weekly stories touching uMm the.tiidu 1 rin I, agricultural and com mercial resources of la Grande, t'nkm find 'Wallowa counties being published In 'J'.iv livening Observer. . The Bowman-Hicks Jaimber (output) operations Pi ous'ern Oregon, with, headquarters In liii Grande, with a plant here and at Wallowa, and with MaxvllU the center of the logging operations. are among tin- most extensive of any cumpuny that lias operated.in Hits purt of tin- Inland F.mpirc '. Tlu- total combined monthly pay roll of the operation in both Vu iou and Wallowa counties runs uhout flLMi.iioo und the force of em ployes ranges from UHH to- 1200 men. From those figures one is aide tn grasp the Importance or thr company to la Grande. Wal lowu und I'niort and Wallowa coun llen. Figuring $120,000' as the uv- erase payroll per month, a year's steady, operation would mean $i. 44i).ouo put in .circulation in wages ulonu by liio company. , Ioggiug Operations. Maxville. a town established by the company at what won formerly known as Illshop Meadows, be Wallowa and Promise. 1h the head quarters for logging and railway operations. Tin; town has one geti eral ntttre, a hotfl. a two room ueltool house, is a votlnK precinct, und has a population of approxi mately tioo people. 'I'liu company has 62 mile of rullroud and bus under construc tion miles of grading, tiehie done i Morrison and Kmnlson, conlracloiv. Ineludeil In the roll ing stock arc seven locomotives. I.UKClnir machinery at Maxville )nelu4l'N three Clyde skldders. The eompane also relics upon caterpll lar and leum loKSitiK and eontrnct IokkIuk. The loading machinery ronslHtn of four slides and a com bination sklddcr loader. Olllpil Iff IjOKB. The output of logs per month runs ui'intnd seven and onc-lialf million .feet which are delivered to ,the Wallowa and I .a Grande mill, r The payroll at Maxville approxi mates Sfio.MiMi per month. About 500 men are cm ployed in around Maxville. and Another feature there Is the eti eral repair shop, which attends io Oil classes of repairs of locomo (Continued on Page Five.) w PUOO SECTIDHSlHftHCEf PUFFED PEftGE PACT I YEAR'S PAY iy STATE JOIN OF FIGURES A(fW SUPPORT IS TOIIEIISlsl AT DINNER ACCENTED IW PROMISED Im Grande Pirates Play Two Walla The l,a Grande Pirates will play Wulla Walla on the home field to morrow afternoon. That much Is common knowledge but the Issue of (he game is still more or less tn ' doubt. From the time the first Walla Walla man plants his splkew In the butter's box until the usl ball is pitched the Pirates will hae their handy full, there is no doubt about that. The Ibarj are hard men to le.it at the grand old Auteriiun paallme of baseball. With purrls in the box no one will g i u chance ,o run u round the buse micks ut ran dom. It Is not difficult to recall the luM Walla Walla game, pluyet) on the Hears field, when the Pirate vyu but lliviu wcrt kuiuu uuxlous 5Ea iottite MEMBER ASSOCIATED rnESS IMans arc practicaly complete for the free Cooking School and Home Economics Demonstration to be gi ven hy Th Observer sturtlng next Tuesday ofternoon. Mrs. WIhwcIi, of the WestinKhouso Klectrlu Coin- puny, Chicago secured through th Kaslern Oregon Light &. rower Co.. will arrive In La Grande Sun day evening and programs and nus lor each day will be an nounced Monday in the&c columns. The platform in the basement of the Odd rVllowR Hall, where the school will be held, has been con- strutted and wiring Installed " for thr oneratlou of several electric runges to be used during . lh school. A completely equipped kitchen will be nrovided and tho food products to : used will be furnished through local compani es, the iM Grande Grocery Co.. the .a Grande Milling Co.. mo uranue Hondo Meat Co., etc. nrticulur attention is being giv en the comfort of the room ho that those attending will be cool re- gardless of heat outntde. l-'ans v be pluued throuBhout llm l)if room to uceompllsll this, ( hairs will be provided for over Sun housewives v.::ioeli d to utter. ' oacV iloy und tiddilion'ul ueeoiniiioiTtttioti' will he hail as needed. Ice water will al so be nvallnblo each ulternoon. The Observer has invited tll merchants of the city who have anything of Interest to housekecp- (Contlnued on Psge Flva.) l-'rom all points of the compass, lionieueckciH come pouring into Oregon. A total of 1 SO families, desiring to locate on Oregon farms, liavo been reported by the Gateway of fices at Ashland, Oniario. Ore.: Green Hiver. Wyo.; Portland Mu nicipal alio camp, and the l,oi Angeles brunch office of the Port land Chamber of Commerce, since June 1st. Korty-one of these prospective settlers have called personally til the orrice oT the land settle nt department. Portland, and beg given Information and assistance in locating. So Tar for the riioiilfi 6f June. 4 families have already been lo cated on the land In various parts of the state, representing a capl- (Contlnuud on Page Flvn.) Account of Temblor Sent to La Granders It. li. Ford, fath-r of Kd I'ord of the Arcade llienter lias wnt pome very Interesting pictures and accounts of (he recent Santa Bar bara earthquake fiiiKter which Mr. and Mrs. Ford -. and friend have read anil examined -with a great deal of Interest. Mr. Ford's fath'-r Is u. resident of Salit.L Ana, California. . , Bears Sunday moments befote the game was oer with. Outfielder Added. I.a Grande n-lll have unothcr new man expected to stnngl hen the team In its weakest depart -meiit, the outfield. Kay Cox. tale of the Huckaroo squad will be tioneri in right field. This saint Pay Cox has (he reputation of lur ing a tremendous hitter. As to Hits hi record uga'inM Hie Kelso leum at Pendleton rccnM see mi to of fer sufficient vi nfleai.oi:. Thl tad wafted out four blngles In a many Vhaneea at the plate. MANY COMING 1 1 II II I I UUilllllU ((Vntinie on face Biz.) INTO OREGON FDRTYEIGTPf Itay Is long and lanky with a . ' V"'- " manv gnrml wvpetaolnpnpnpnpuu wntl" 1 '" Jv '' many freckbs across his nose us ,lt '"'itysburg. fell back Into Vtr i Iglnlu. From then on tho Confed- tCoutiuuttdvu page Five.) "rucy wa u cause. , EASTERN Portland Visitors Guests Roger Babson Declares Kr ' President Urges Europ. of La Grande Business That Real Value Is ' i M JtfP-! ean Covenants to r Men Yesterday Exaggerated ylf X5' ' Keep from War CARAVAN VISITED HERE TWO HOURS Departed at 7 O'clock for Wallowa Lake . Where Members Are Spending) loday. J'ortrund u 11.1 Iji Urunili- sliool; hunds late yi:tiTiiay ufl-inoon shook hands in a ri-sIuii- tynlcul 1 !of irotlicr Orcfjonlans Insltad of weaicrn and Eastern urrcon real- dents. ' Anil that was the real objective of the euravan that tile iortland AdvertlKinf; club Nent throucrh Kastern Oreffon to Wullowa l,ak( that, and the natural desire to view ut first hand t he superia in the, Witl- tlv( scenery offered Iowa. .Wonderland. ' . . V Ah MarshMI Ouna ;iid "It wus a dream fully realized." A dreuui born In t he minds or Lu Grande and Portland men months ago. possibly years ago, with the idea of linking Kustern and WeNlern Oregon Into a solid unit, one that would not be broken with petty jealousies, sectional strife and the like. j The caravan, a bo it 1 no mcm- Han Cupid was on the job during the month of June lrut from re sults, and comparisons with past Junes, it appears that the 111 lie rascal eased up ti little bit, pre sumably during t he heat wave when il really was too hot for him to work effectively. The number of marriage licenses granted during June this year was- 1H. which Is In excess of the aver age for other months of the year. Five couples procured divorce de crees. And t he populat ion of li Grande was swelled by the arrival of about ten babies. Many Events Picked July 4th to Happen ID IN I Considering the fact that Hie de- present. Governor Pierce, a mem kiratlon of independence was sign- j her of the lodge, has been Invited d on July 4, It's highly proper 1ot(o he (he principal speaker and it regard that day as an important one In tip- nation's life. Put for some reason or other, a good many other fairly noteworthy events in American history have fallen on July 4. ,J)ere are a few of them: ." lt7fi Kxactly one hundred I ycaVs before the signing, important reform- fegisla ton lookiluc low ard Ihe complete liberty that as even tually gained by Washington w as completed by tho Virginia assemli- '' I 1754 Col. George Washington an officer In the Ft' m h und Indi an war. met defeat at the hands of a superior Toree of French at Fort Necessity. I 7 I Cornwall! evacuated Wil liamsburg. Vu. t he beginning of the colonists' final victory. IhG John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, second and third pre!, dents, died within a few hours of each other. IXrtl James Monroe, author of the famous doctrine that Im uih his njme. passed away. Is4" Texas voted fcr anivxii- (ion lo the Cnlfe.i Slut- s. 1 s4ti Calif or nii.'s independence of Mexico declared by Fremont and followers. ,, ' . , V. T,. OREGON'S LEADING 4r LA GRANDE, OREGON. HAHSON 1'AltK. Muss. (H'cl ul) Uurlng tin- imnt Iwo wim-Lh ftBor W. HubHon has bc-n muklnn a slmly or llic trap slluulion ran u "" s ,"" moaning of lln fcovernnienl'i! crop l report. AHaiiuunK that the kov lOrniuent rlnres ar' rorreel, Mr. Hubsou believes that Uielr import ance is being greatly exaggerated. His complete statement, is as fol lows: "The slock market always reach es its lowest point during 4he'V,V!y portion of a period of depression. After the Insiders have accumulat ed such holdings as they desire at the lowest prices, they begin to gradually talk optimistically. This optimistic talk continues through out the period of depression ami Ik accompanied by rising stock mar ket prices. As these people have! large security holdings, they are naturally Interested in bulling the market. Hence they give, an op-! tlmlstic interpretation to all n ws whenever possible; they endeavor to suppress I.id news and exagger-j ate good news. This nil nation con-! Unites throughout the period of de pression unit) the market climbs to high figures, when these market operators begin to liquidate. Stock .Market Now Hih 'T he stock market usually reaches its highest point al the be ginning of an era of improvement. Statistics Indicate that we are at or upproaching such a time al pres ent. This accounts for the liquida tion which Is going on now. in the stock market and explains why w ise people are now taking t heir profits. Gradually, as the Insiders sell out, they t urn pessimist ie. II. Is an old Wall Ktnet quotation (Continued on Puge Two.) Modern Woodmen PJan Picnic Here July 25 The Modern Woodmen of Amer ica al a- meeting lust night plan ned a picnic for lodge members a I Hive rHldc park, Kat unlay, July AH members in in1 county and their friends are Invited lo be Is understood that he lia.s accepted the invilallon. Committees are being appointed and will be puhliKlic'l later. The picnic was planned largely because of the return of pert fiakmon, na tional deputy, on a vacation. What Do You Appreciate? In athcrlMug, wluil do joti np piexlalc inot new if .'H'-t-lnl bargain", ttniiouncemciil of new line or nclpl of lien tsitn k. eibi'-iitloiiaJ mailer nr qouinllMg jihi w Hb hi tere ting fuel- uIhiiiI lorr-. und product. i;er dn on find fnteii'-Hm IliiitllT III the diltrrlf-tiiz me SHge.H. Tell tlie nditMilM-r wbfi 4lw h't ml; tell him what ni rlety of ndterllslng ymt apre cfiiti iiio-t, what ihi IfKfk Tin' rrgolnrl. lie i liitcrelcd In gitliiR ou I bat tnilel). "Observer AdrertlsliiK A nit rcliamil-liif Hirrvkis' GOOD CONDITIONS fh :A,'' ' BREED OPTIMISM 'V JMIT ..A ' "Without Doubt Winter! 5M7vSflraLI:Sit AC-N&T Wheat Crop Will Be mjm ASnJT a pisappointmeiit This r ' 'ali," Expert Declares. 3Lv MW His compli'tu DlnU-lm-nt in ua fol- Uri;i I ' V-Vft XE . NEWSPAPER TEN, PAGES TODAY. "T Itpttfttit SATURDAY, JULY 4, 76 (.Nse1- (,eo .1. French, formerly of French and Greene, has taken the Chrysler and Franklin franchises for Ihe m Grande territory and Is now located In the Pohnenkuuip building on the. corner or Jeffer son and Kim streets. At this location the cars will be on display and a competent serv ice man will be on the job to serv ice Chrysler and Franklin cars. Mr. French will also carry a full line of parts and invites all owners to get in touch with him no that the most satisfactory ncrvico may he maintained. On the sales staff, W. K Ttuehauan will be associated with Mr. French. Moth. Mr. French and Mr. Buchanan are widely acquaint ed in la Grande and vicinity and Mr, French in particular has been, located here for the past 14 yeurs. The Chrysler line now features, besides the famous six, a four cyl inder model, introduce to t he local public last week and I he Franklin company has had an en- lire new' II m of cars since hist spring. Mr. French invites all persons interested In fine motor cars to get in toii'h with hi tn at his new j business address. : Large Number People Here Sign for Defense Alt hough no check has been made uh '(. the itcfciw Test pa pers, distributed In the business sect ion ii nd at ot her si rat egic points, for pat riot lc signers 1 his week, are reported to be heavilj subscribed to. . Ksltmabs place the mi ruber of signers a I about. 7 no with more tn come, which is a very creditable showing for a city of 1hlr size. The papers will lie In Ihe pltice-i I hat are open today and Sunday and au horit b-s In charge of the Itefelth" Tesl here Urge ,jil , wtlO haven't signet), to to so at once, HAI.KM. Ore. --Mounting to ov er x.r.iHi.feifr gallons, sabs or gnno tine tn Oregon for May. 1-T, more than equaled thus" of June a M V'ur, mijvs a statement by H-re-try of Hlale Kozer, . . (("ports from dealers show that during May or thin year Ihere wih a tobil distribution of Jt.rtl4.n47 gallons of gasoline and ."'o.ooo gal lon of distillate. The Inxes col-b-cled by the secretary of slate on thesu auK total, 9;'71.4UV.4S. CHRYSLER CAR AGENCY TAKEN wo 1925. MEMHKR ASSOCIATED PRESS i l .... it- j: aa.A w vjv i Rhoades Is Elected By Churchmen HKATTI.Kj Wash, (fly the Asso e hi ted Presji). Kdwln It. Hhoadcp, Toledo, Ohio, law ye r, was yester day elected president of t he Nor! hern Baptist convent Ion here. Judge F. W. Freeman, of l)en ver, led In a renewed effort to inseat t he delegat Ion t rom the Park Avenue church of New York. He offered a resolution to declare tho Park Avenue church "Ineligi ble to accredit delegates to tho convention," because the congre gation supported tho modern! t tenant in calling Harry J-Jmersun Fosdtck to the pastorate. The resolution was made u spe cial order of business for Saturday (today). NKW YttllK (Hy Mm-Associated Press) Iteinova! of "obey" from the marriage fterviee; a shortened form of 'he Ten Commandments; elimination of I he rubric, which forbids the use of the burial serv ice over suicide, and omission from the Good Friday praer in voking mercy, all reference to Jews, Turks and Infidels are recom mendations contained In Hie fourth report of the commission on praer bonk revision nl I he Kpiscopal church. Approval or the recom mendations will be Uhked by the Triennial Genernl Convent Ion to be .held at New nrbaus be.l flelober. ' ( uie of the inspiring cause for J th' revision of Ihe Book of Com mon Prayer, Hald t, (lev. Charles j l,ewis SlaMery, coadjutor bishop of j Massachusetts and chairman or the revision commission, is a purpose to put t he Fplwnpiil church In ! touch with present day life. I "We are comttitf lo look upon I Ihe rights of nu n and women an equal." said Bishop Slattery ex plaining the dropping of "obey" trom t he marriage service. "The. pledge of the man. therefore should be the sum' us the pledge of the woman. The life which Is entered lalo In , marriage i a life of mti I nut conslderal (on ;md obedience, ((.uutiiiuuu on riiB oix.; , REIVE IE, IN-CEHEMDNY WIDOW I II E I.OH ANGKI.KH (SKA Special). If you are u bunko man and If your bunking blfilne.su has been aimed at gullible widows, take. warning! , The widows aren't going to be bunked unymorc. They have de clared themselves; und under the guidance or Mrs. l.llllan Pascal Day, they nro organizing for mu tual protection under the bunnei, of the Widows Protective league.1 "Moro than JI3 per cerit of In surance money hit to widows Ih gone In Iwo years,' says Mm. Iay. "II Is to protect I hem from being victimised In get -rlch-qulel; schemes that we have launched this organization, our main wea pon w 111 lie the law." So he res I ter when a blow's "mite" is- In Jeopardy, or at any time I hat a w blow becomes In volved In a to n t action pertain ing to her money, there will be n com in It lee on baud from t le league to see that justice Is done. Another committee will keep on l he trail of those suspected of (Continued on Page Six.) White House Its Annual (My i bnrles P. Slewart) I ' W ASH I NOT N ( N K A Spechi I ). Willi the Coolidges out of the! way, the White House is Undergo-' lug annual overlording, lo l.e, p t he eat her oil! w Im-ii II turns cold enough again so that Us oc cupants need n little shelter from' .the elements, It's cbionically mi lder re pul is, but usually It's dur ing vacation that t luy're under taking Ih on a grand scule. The roof h-alis, for on' thing, and if ne gteeled tn licit longer w oil Id Inn e let rain run through like u sieve, j The t ii t floor rooms, lo w hlvli (the public Is more or less ad mit ted, are tu such slupe t h it visitors would be in danger soon, but for pending repairs, or stumb ling o er loose boards or be law hit by falling plant erf ug, us II hhticUn off ceilings and walls. I ! The Tact Is, tin- While House Is all worn out. It oiiKht lo be prac tically rebuilt, but that would cost tuo mucii, so inc. poncy . is io 111 THE WEATHER Oregon: Generally fulr to day ana Sunday. NUMBER 230 POINTS OUT WAY TO FOREIGNERS Coolidge Reviews Serv ices of Washington, Be fore Touching Upon European Problems. CAMUItlUGK. Mum. (By the As sociated Press) Security pacts to preserve the pence of Europe wero give a pledge of moral support on Friday by President Coolidge, who coupled his promise with a warn ing that on no other terms could America be expected to contribute further to the flnunclal revival of the Old World. "If th people of the Otd World are mutually distrustful of each other, he said in an address de livered here; lei them enter into hVufutif coV6n'rfri"fs,for thefr rnufutit security. , "While our own country should rerraln from muking political com mittments where It does not have political interests, such covenants would always have the moral sup port of our government, and could not full to huvn tho commendation of the public opinion of tho world. "On what olhCr basis can thero be any encouragement for a dia position to attempt to finance a re vival of Europe?" AVabhlugtoti Praised. .The president was speuking at a celebration marking the 1501 li an nlvnrsury of the day Qeorgo Wash ington took command of tho Con tinental army, und nearly tho who! o address hud btJeu devoted to a re view of the public, services of tho Father of Ills Country. His refer ence to the present day problems of Kuropc came just at the end, and was compressed Into a few studiously-chosen words which made no specific reference to de tails of the. security past proposals recently under consideration. abroad. A recapitulation of1 the virtues or Washington provided tho cuo fur the pronouncement which was the first formal statement on tho subject to tie voiced on behalf of the administration. After recounl Ing Washington's faith in the prin ciples of democracy and honesty, Mr. Coolidge continued; "The vigor with which be insist ed n Ihe prosecution of -war was no less thai) ihe rigor which he in sisted on the observance of peace. He cherished no resentments, ho harbored no hatreds, he forgave, his enemies. He felt the same obliga tion to execute the terms of a Ireuty made tor the benefit, of a fotmer foe thai he felt to rcmiirn the observance of those mudo for f. (Continued on Page Six.) Undergoing Overhauling stick on a temporary patch her' and cover It with paint, then an other one thei e, and keep ut it until the first patch gives oit, when It's tinie to start In ull ovr again. By this process of constant tin kering the old pile Is kept Inokkmf reasonably spruce but It's a wrecic underneath. Not that there's any danger of lis actual collapse In a heap, with Ihe preiiidenltut fam ily al the bottom. It's watched too curetuMy for that. It's a prob lem, however, how long It can be kept from disintegrating bv degrees, wheh It reaches a point where It coutdtd of stucco, putty, linseed ull. white lead and noth ing else. Curlosily gtiuws ut Washington's vitals. Who cooked the Coolidge' neuls ovi'f Sunday, Just befo they left for. Hwumpeott? Mm. Julia Jongblvct. White Houtio (Continued on Page Four.) ft?