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r sm frr V I : . . ........ County News VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1926. TEN PAGES TODAY NUMBER 94 HELIUM TRAIN ; IS DEVELOPED Three Lose Lives as Car Goes in River KOllT WOHTH. Tex. AI'). M'lio "Helium Kxpn-Ha' will bo a plclur'H(iii part of war machin ery, IT plana of built urmy ami n:ilV foi' ImlllJllllir lht liimviinl , I. infill uhm! In HfcliU-r-tlian-alr- i riifl UrvHop uucuriling tu present i Jmllcutluns. . The U-dlouH, laburutury - like equipment now in usis discarded, L tlio onco ruro kuh will bo rushed from ham to butjc in lonp black tnilna oC oinlnuuH-lookln cyllnl-rk-al. tank cum, tlio first of which wiih approved recently by the bur-i-iiu of explosives and Ih due to tirrlvc at 'the I'nlted Slatca helium plant lure wit bin HO duyH. Drawn up far enough behind the Hues 'to be mife from hostile Mtells, for they will be. charged to hitrli-'XploBlVG pressure, a bat tery of nino or ten mich tu will be able to fill a dlrlflble the size' of tlio lll-Hlurred Shenan doah, ' One vlll carry inore than enuuh helium to Influle a blimp of the 'IV typo banmtred at. Seolt Field, ii ml in a Kinall fruetlon of the time required with the ' pnse'lt t botilev wysleni in luuullinff the Ka . . ' , Atlwiiit'c; Is Knpfil. ('.real as t IiIh 8tep itppeln-H. It fe really not- as remarkable as mhunee shown in the production - und liandlin of I lio gas during and since, rhe. "World war. When It .Is recalled that prior to 1DIS less than the content of one "hof. f tie" of 3 78 cubic foot capacity hu 1 been produced anywhere, the con struction of lank cars cupublc of transporting 2 10, out) cubic feet each becomes- less of a feul by comparison. The history of h:lium develop ment in this country is another commercial romance, tinned wUh I the primness of national necessity. ! From .a business enterprise oper- ; ated by two private companies, it Krew to a national monopoly, tlio present'; plant .IntviiiK been built jointly by the army and navy, later operated by the navy alone and now under the jurisdiction of the bureau of mines, with every governmental department privil eged to rcffiisitioii helium for itlmnlc needs. The cost, .ouve' prohibitive, has come ddwn from ? I ruu a cubic foot for. tli e first druniful pro duced to less, 1 hail $1!7 a thousand cubic ffjiU for ;tlio Sr.Ot(MiO feet a f himilh -ttiii:iicted rt-.'tHc" plant. . iit this tliuo. . ' Cost May I Kiirii.sc. ' Hhould tl' tns ullouod for helium development in the. present bud iret before congress prove smTi-cii-nt to double the. toipply of na tural Ka from which heliim Is cxtiaclcd, the cost can ba.broiiJrUt down to $ 17 a thousand cubic feel,' It is poinlerl out by It. A. t.'attell, WashliiKloii, engineer in fluii ri ii f Ih-H 1 1 tn ilevelftliliieii:. bureau of mines, who was hcie' recently for a conference with Says Fiction Exaggerated Attacks of Gold Seekers Three people wcip killed und a sooro were Hurt vlicu ft lomlrU street ear juinpod Hie track and went off a brid-e into Ihc Ohio river at evlllu I.slanU, near IHtlburgli. I'IkiUi shows Hie oar, naif sulHiierf;eil, after (he accident. plant officials. Production on this basis would be ut tho rate of 2.000.000 cubic feet u month, or enough to fill u ship of the Shenandoah's kU-i eveiy four winks. The eust of prodJclni? this amount, arter the expense of laying a new pipeline had been chargi-d off, would be little more than that of extracting the present output, said C V. t.'ook. engineer in charge of pro duction at J'ort Worth. The volume of natural gas han dled would be much greater, how ever for tho helium content of that now available Is only one per cent, varying a few hundredths from day to day, so that a bil lion feet of natural gas would bo required monthly. . Some idea of tho. saving In handling und transportation costs may be gained from the fact that oni of tho new tunk cars will replace 1,267 of the iron ' drinis or "bottles" now In use, making the latter seem primitive indeed. $1,1UK,MJU l'aid for Mill Slock SALK.Nf, Ore. It cost Fred W. U-adhcttcr ? 1 , 1 (i S.ni.nj to obtain control of the Oregon I'ulp t Paper company's properties here, according to persons who are sup posed to bo close in touch with the purchaser. Jt was said that Mr. head better paid premiums of IL'M.KOU above the par value of the stock- The largest blocks of stock were p-Jrchascd from K. S. Collins of Portland and It. Spauldlng of Salem. The Collins stock brought approximately $i00, 000, while Mr. Spauldlng sold Ills stock, for- $H0iOOO, , ... . 4 Oregon Troops Will , - Train Within State SAL KM, Ore. Hy the Associated. Press) For the first tlmo Hlpr.ej the close of tho World war all training cumps for Oregon troops will ha within tho state thin year.; according to Brigadier Genera,! (leoi.-ru A. White, adjutant general of the ptatc, who has returned frorti Washington. I. C, win-rc h at tended a conference of military u f Iculs. . -- Insti-ad or going lo Fort Barry, San Francisco, tlio Oregon ' artill ery will train at Fort . Slovens, (.'amp Jackson, near Medford, will ugain bo uwd by tho infantry troops. A force of regular army intuntry will also be Rent 'to Camp Jackson and a smalt artillery force to Fort Stevens in addition to tho Oregon troops. It i estimated that 3oo officers and men will train at Camp Jackson. Itqlh camps will be opeu the latter part of June. . ' An Increase ' In ' tho 'national guard units for Oregon was au thorized at the Washington meet ing. . ' . old oitEoox ninn.t;u , TO PLAY l'Olt ItAOIO PKNOLKTON. Ore.If Henry Ford happens to tune in on KOiVW Friday night, January C at Wulla Wallu, Wash., ho will be bble to hear ono of the oldest flddlora in the northwest. Al Johu- son of Athena has agreed to mak- tho trip to Walla Walla to play for' radio Jans. Mr. Johnson has tho distinction of being one of tho oldest pio- nwm us well un one of the old est fiddlers In tho northwest. He Is S!i years old, and tho vlohn on which ho will play Friday night Is an Instrument that was fashiorted by hand. It was -jstm! 03 yeara-ago by Mr. Johnson when ho played for. members of his emi grant- train,, on. tlio Old Oregon Trull when tho westward trek was being made.1 , '. ritoniuinoN Bitovtiirr I Hos m1 Itlver to Ifavo fitsw Suhool JIOOH U1VKH, Ore.' I'lans arn being drawn for construction of I So.ooo new school housov In tb' ilno (irovo district. Tho ulldiog will be 6oxl3C feet, with full base inent which will contuin a play- room and kitchen for provldlnj; hot lunches. Six classrooms will be made available. . Construction will lie of concrete, nnd tho build ing. will have all-steel sash In the windows. The plant , will be ready for occupancy: by ncx ;falj. SKATTLK. Wash. (AT). l'ro- hlbltlon brought on Juaz and the Charleston;' John Phillip Hous-i fumou 'band nuuiter, believes. Souta,; who fa licr on a con cert tour, predicted tho early de mise or the "burlesque in music' and termed the Charleston "mere ly a temporary nb'oerallon." - "There haa never been as poor ballroom dancing ns there is In this your." House, mid. "Many people don't danco at all. They urn like so many eels wriggling in space." ' Modern composers have been producing "harsh blobs of color and complete luck of melody," lie Hold. . .... COLORADO SPK1NGS, Colo. A1'). Historical fiction of the wild west appears to have exag gerated the number of sanguinary uttacks by Indians upon immigrant trains along the old Oregon Trail. Nature, and not tho uborlglnes. furnished most of the dangers on- countered by the pioneers. These conclusions nave boon reached by Trof. Archer It. llul- , bert, director of tho commission on western history, who has just completed tho task of mapping six of the most famous old trails from tho Missouri river tu tho Pacific coast. v in a space of 4 ft miles along tho Carson river on the trail broken by the Forty-niners, 4oou dead cattlu and ItOOO abandoned wagons were left to record the history of tho hardships they suffered in the trek for gold. Miners blilL houses of theso wagon wrecks in the days of the Comstock Lode discovery In Nevada, a decade lat- Grenl rivers were not difficult to cross when "flats or rafts were secured, but the thousands of little "cut-bunk" creeks not more than 10 feet wide, worn the dally terror of tho teamsters un 1 delayed the, caravans more th.111 did the few rivers of width. Trappers nnd gold hunters suf fered, from Indian attacks more than did the great immigrant trains in thf era of mass -migration lo Oregon. Petween 1S42 and 1 K6U tho number of trains that worn seriously moleKtid l. y the Hed Men were few, tho in vestigators found. Information used in tho H'irvoy and map making was obtalue from state and county surveyors' offices, from tho original surveys in the general land office at Washington and by studying the diaries of 160 old time travelers and pioneers. , In addition to tho Oregon Trail tho mail reproduces the routes of tho Mormon Trail fork-from Oma ha tu Ft. Larumle; the Nebraska City-Fort Kearney branch, the California Trail from Yale Post Office, Idaho to the coast; the Salt lake branch of. the California Tint I; tho Forty-niuers Trail on Haft river In Northwestern I; tub; the Salt Lakc-Plncervtllo rout'. and the overland Stage branch of ton main trail from Julesburg, Colo., to Salt Lake City. AivkieutM llriiiff Supervision. PKNULKTON, Ore. V. Btroblo, for many years In business here, liad his driver's license, suspended for six mouths In tho Justice) of the peace court as a result of an accident In which he ran into Mr, and Mrs. Jack Catterall Saturday night on Alt a street. Tho car ran over Mrs. Catterall and ahe was taken to tho hospital for treat ment. Her husband was not seri ously injured . Klto To no CoiuleiiuietL PENDLETON, Ore. Decision was made last night by tho city water commission to bring suit against tho . Liver mora estate to obtain tho use of laud sought ns a sito for a new city reservoir by condemnation proceedings. The decision followed unsuccessful ef forts of tho commission nnd P. I. Tull of Portland and Itobert klveruioro of Pendleton, reprcsun- tutlvfl of tho estate, to Affreo on a satisfactory price.. Tho decision to build tho rM-r-voir was niodo by tho commission several days ago. Construction W expected to start within two week so that tho concrete work can bo completed before tho arrival of hot weather. : , : j ' . The Uescendenla of Confucius aro well known In Chin today. . Home women aro such , social butterflies they want to aeo a new picture show every month. : James J. Crossley Portland, Oregon Candidate for the Republican nomination for United States! Senator at the May 21st, 1926 Primaries. Will aln-ays bo present when tho Senato Is tn Session looking aftor all tho Interests of al) tho people or Oregon Just as loyally as ho did", Uill.n Ulnln Uk...Am II U A It..-.... In Alnubn n n,l n Bn,ll..H n .... -. Itupresents no special Interests. v (l-ata 'Advertisement) . NOW- At Your Grocer's BEST FOODS RELISH SPRED Here's tlio tastiest treat that's coma Into ths mar ket in a Ions, long time. Best Foods Itclish Bprod piquant, delicious. Tou 1 will uso it in a dozen ways as a sandwich sprcsA - to devil eiors or. stuff celery; to serve with cold' rneat or fish, ns salad dressing. Theso are Just a few of tho uses you'll find many mora for your, self. . Vr .... ' Wo cun't describe tho flavor! Oct a Jar of Bnt ' Foods "itollsh Hpred at your grocer's and TAHTB IT. Distributed By Union Creamery Company 1112 Jefferson Avenue La Grande, Oregon. Phone Main 122 It has pleased morepeople than ,1 IT u omercowee an A TltlK VKTKRAN Is "Kiits," iiiii"'"! "I A. ' nnd now slalloiiril llainllti.K. N, V. llr the v ! t nil Ihroiich Hie World Wnr. nnil he cassrd 111 the Algonne. i Kill' 1 m twr ' ever offered for sale this wonderful blend from trie most famous hotel in the old Sou tk i " i'ooi)i,i;s iii;li) iiAN(iijtot;s NKWVOHK AD.V-Tlie. pooillc nolcil fur Its ulinoHt Ulttfnifh up liearnnce, is luoro llltnly to r'ln ritinu-k than ilops of gri'iilrr sin turn und of flerc'ir liiu-al (Ii-mitiiI Tills w as ri;ve:i.liMU T'lewliiy In u repurt liy lir. John OlMTwiiKer if till; llirpnrllllrllt of hi'tllth, who Halil Unit itiiinni; the 71 rahhs eiis-s III New York during HUT,, ther were inure poodles than any other kind of nog. IF YOU WANT A UllUSU for any house hold use, I have llieiii the ; Osborne make, Electric Light . ' . . Clobea F. L. LILLY Hardware Main 85 Groceries s Meats f t t t ? T V- t y ' t t ? T ? t y 'y !? 'y !? if 4MT. EMILY BRAND" Hams Bacon Lard Good as the Best CohIs Ivcss - , By purchasing Mt. Emily BrantJ you save money. Help to build up a Home payroll instead of Portland and other outoide cities. . There are no middle men; you buy at wholesale on prac tically all Cured Meats. V' "A Smokehouse Every Week" ; Grande Ronde Meat Co. City. Hoover and Economy Markets Groceries Heats Good to (he last drop" STI IIIKS ISKIUMI TIIK liAKS. 4a inn hihh. U. l Km FninKni !" s pi'llre man tni hi omlrr arrrl. H' Irxrhrn rmlir In him nrty l.iy and arrp liiin P in his . ilud!c Thr try M rcmrr. t Maxwell Hoxjse Coffee Hoattcdjmh for theWest inour'Paqfic CoaQ plant, Americas laigeft selling high erode ceffee La Grande Grocery. Co., Distributors. Two Convenient Locations to Stop and Shop The Basket Grocery, clean and bright, Knocks high prices out or sight. 2-lb. roll the Best Creamery Butter !)c Cold Medal Mayonnaise 25c value 15c Gold Medal Mayonnaise ."h: Value 27c Gold Medal Mayonnaise (JOc Value 17c Gold Medal Mayonnaise $1.20 Value 'Jlc Basket Groceteria AND MARKET I'honc 91 Next lo Arcade Theater SEE US For all kinds of Meats, Fresh Fish in Season, and Oysters Enterprise & Basket Markets 1 gallon Karo Syrup 67c No. 2'j can Apricots...... 23c 3 bottles Heinz Catsup .....85c 1 Asparagus Tips 90c Honey in Comb ....-l....i..J20c Van Camp's Pork & Beans, 6..49c 3 Loaves Fresh Bread .....25c Package Ginger Snaps Value 10c . ; 5c Package Lemon Snaps Value 10c ... Package Cheese Tid-Bits Value 10c 5c 5c II TWO STORES The same goods at the same prices. La Grande Groceteria AND MARKET ; Next to Black Cat '
