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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.)
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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.)
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