La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 10, 1927, CITY EDITION, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextGeneral News (Stttttfc KtmttttQ GMtBWttW I Want Ads "NOMBER 270 LA GRANDE. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, mi. VOLUME XXV. WORK CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING Employment over North west Takes Upturn, Due to Seasonal Work - rOKTXAND Juno 10 (Kpr-cltil) " KinuloVmcnt throughout tlm 1'itcl- flc North tvi'Ht has taken an upward tilrft durlntr the past 30 duyH, uc conlinir to the Ah employment l-t-tr iubliHlifd here today. Neither (iiritlnff nor lumber manufucturintf act iri ties have been lnrreiiHetl. however, the letter saiil, und the. Improved condltloim- are dun to seasonal work, such 'as farming, railroad inuintf nuncc and cou nt ruction work, and general con struction. The letter reported ber ry picking to be well under way In Oregon, and that there wan u Hlfffht demand for haying help. Somewhat later than is usual. KeporlA from various nort Invent -em cities were quoted in the 4L letter as follows: rorthind and Columbia river . The number of unemployed in tliia "city and district has been greatly ; reduced since early Way. 1ogging : in this section is slightly more uu- "tlvo than it was one month ugo, but lumber manufacturing Is in )ch4 volume rather limn mure. Sawmills Active Aberdccn-llotiuiani, Wn. Tog ,plng In Grays Harbor district 85 Her cent normal. Sawmills very act ire. Labor turnover light. Hlight surplus of men here who nrft not accustomed to cunip or mill work. Thcoiiui Few jobs of any kind offered. Logging and nawmllling less active than last June. StriUo of local laundry workers in pro press. Labor surplus hero made up mostly of transients. Seattle Kmployment conditions improving. City construction in full swing. Logging HO per cent normal; a few concerns have laid off fallers and b tickers. Water front work below normal. More than enough men in this cl'.y to fill any and all jobs offered. HEROES VALUE OF OREGON METALS $334,740 1!)2( Decrease of $1)0,013 Compared with 1925 ; More Copper, Lead employment in this city and dis trict. Much help has been attrac ted hero by reports of largo con struction jobs. Logging has been nelllngham Duo to opening of slow,.,i i.v ... ,r,ounj. Woods helu new logging camp, increased ne- tllli f,. iirili, ..n... am just beginning to be listed. Sawmills. leHW active than a year iiro generally operating. lit nil Kmployment here Is less than average fur this time of year. lants Two logging camps have been closed for ten days. Sawmills not tivity on farms, where beet thin ning on 2500 acres has started, and to extensive buildlnir operations and some street work, employment . J,s In this district is on the Increase, All but one sawmill cutting. Ce ment factories and pulp . busy Western Heroes Leave Legends Amid President's Vacation Scenes i:.tWOOl. S. I). (AT) The lurid days when Dettdwood was the wild we.sl capital of the world and the Itlack Hills was its empire are toast of pcailwnod. Scorning a woman's sluice in the hie of the hills, she often garbed herself as a man and drove one of the ox still Iri sh and dear to nativi-a of j teams w hich piled between Dead wesiern South Dakota among : wood and I'tvrre, S. )., the uenrewt whom I'resident Cboltdge, spends i railroad point. Hut a scarlet fever j seourg, Uf.nL-uiin.Tiilaml Kmnire Sea- ' cutting capacity. Much labor lias snuat work, about one mouth later been attracted here by recent rall- thiin usual in slowiy getting under road developments and there are Yuv. There is considorablo un- l.moro men than jobs. T What docs the conk-back sny about making granyf Aflfr tti flour i.-. ltnwn'tl ai'J a litttr ct 1 Ihnr yri ran Mir up a 5ttixitri mul'Jic N'rtt.ii,; ronrr than control! Hi!U H:r similarly omttol th ra-lin:; of their rvUre by roasting a tc:: p.wrtis at a time, unilinn (I.e. or ii i.lw.iyi luaiiit lined. Controlled; Roasting is Hills Bros1 guarantee of excellence his summer vaeiition. Less than half a century ago. and wit bin t he easy memory of many old timers now living. Wild Itiil Hickok reigned as sheriff, i Deadwood Dick waa a scout, pony ' express rider and dime novel hero, and Calamity Jane was the boist- i erous sweetheart of the camp. Today Wild Mill and Calamity; Jane lie burh d in a mountaluside cemetery near Deadwood, and 1 Deailwoint DU'k, diverted to calmer , pursuits since the winning or the west, is a rancher mar the city under his Christian name of Jtlcli- ' aril Clarke. j Town or 5,000 Seventy-five miles north of the ' state game lodge, the preciib-nt's summer white house, Deadwood Is today a quiet town of some 5,000 inhabitants, w it h only a few of the old landmarks surviving 1o ( hint, the wickedness of Its heyday, i Hut when gold whs found in the j lUack Hills In and when ' Deiidwood was found to be the site j J of the richest ore lodes, it became 'overnight the habitat of all the i gamblers and adventurers who fol lowed the prospetors into the ( hills. Saloons, gambling dens and I streets at the bottom of Deadwood ' jC.ulch. Into this itnrestraiiid Sodom me Wild Dill Mtckok. native of northers Illinois, cowboy and gnn- iis frontier sln rifl. He taught the gospel (,f law and order to the had ne'ti, but not "until lie iiiini I hered by the do.en the notches on his gun, and when lie finally met i death it was at the hands of a foe I who. despairing of beating him in la fair fight, shot him In the back. j Home of Calami) ilaue Calamity Jane, orphan daughter Jof a soldier at l-'ort D. A. Uuswell in Wyoming, was an early comer ; to the hills when gold was found. I tieouth and unmoral, loud of rid - Inir and ."hooting, she became the called Iter feminine na ture to the fore, and she conducted ix pest house and cared for suf ferers when no nurses could bo found. , In one of his own appointments President CoolMge has linked the present with this past. When last year he named I-:. L. Scan an pro hibition administ rat or for South Dakota, he reeogni.ed a reformer who won his first spurs in Dead wood. As editor of a weekly paper there, Senu waged the fight which "cleaned up" Deadwood alter the frontier days had waned. The value of gold, silver, cop- , per and h-ud produced In i Hegon j in 1 was $:i:tL74o, mronliiu to J. M. Hill of the I nited Slates! bureau of mines, department ef commerce, This represents a de crease of $'.m;,oi;!, or per cent,' tts compared with t he value of metals produced In 1 :i Jfi. The output of Kold and silver decreas ed and that of copper and lead Inereas 1. The number of mine operations (4'. lode atid 1"i plac ers) was practically the same as In the previous year. Consider able development and pi ospeet in:; were under way in both Kastcin ' and Southwestern Oregon. The gold production in I'.'i'tiwas 1 3,2411. 1 it ounces, valued at 7ry. Of this amount the lode mine produced 7,3t4.68 ounce, valued et $l&l.tmt. and the plac ers fi.t3S.4 3 ounces, valued at $U',T&S. The yield of gold from placer mini s deeteasi d M per cent and that from lode mines 27 ner cent. Dredges produce per cent and hydraulic mines 2 1 per cent of the gold from placer nnei-Mti.mH. Of the gold product d bv lode mines ti,; HI. 45 vw came from gold ore, ami lii7.!U ounces from copper ore. Thin repiesejitH a di crease In yield from gold ore or 1Mm7.X! ounces, or 1H per cenl, but Die gold from coin ore Increased 2S2.SS ounces or 7't per cent. One silver mine yield 1 a nesliKibb amount of gold. Th- silver yield of the slate was 2It.7:ill ounces, of which the bid" minis prniuttd 2S,SHti ouncesanl tlie placers MK ounces. H t he 2S.K'.mi ounces from lode mEnes, 2 1 .'.mi! (unices, or 7i per ceiM . came fima gold ore, and C.Mi.' ounces, or 21i per cent, from cop per olc. (laker Ships Copper The production of cupper In Oregon in ll2li was 2'.itl..i4 pounds. llta,12'.i pounds more than In DI25. A sinail amotiul of cop per came from gold ore. but the principal output was trout copper ore shipped from llaker, Douglas, (rant and Josephine counties. Copper explorations near Keatim,, Maker county, were canted cu further during lit 20. The b ud nut put tu Oregon 1.1 1 :i2i. was 1 l ,!!.! pnunus. ...i in crease of fi.Mi7 pounds oer the jutitput in D'--r'. (iiant t-imiiij , contributed the greater part of Hi.' l.-i.d in I'.tJO. whereas Hie lead output In l'.'2f came from liaUer and Jackson counties. 6,000,000 Cattle In England and Wales !.'.,'( m M. ( A I' I A new record .is established in l!'2ti in the num ber of cattle In I ; upland anil Wales, acct nt ling lo ngrieultttr.il statistics issued by tho ministry nf e;riculture and flshertes, which thou a total of ti.LTiS.Mhi, an In crease of ';."") over 1 1t 1 7, t lie prevbntrt highest. This Is the fifth year in succession In allow an Increase. $Stt ia Prizes Bovdevts is the label g of Purity m Keep plenty of Borden s Evaporated Milk on your pantry shelf. Safe, conveni ent, doubly-rich. For every milk dish. Fine in coffee.too. i orated L ttK I -(NJ 5 a m It $ e.isy to r.ft i dollar bili or two or llirtT or more if you make tempting dainties with 3rame A tall can of Borden's . (with an equal part of water) rive von four cupsof irc.richmilk. ado In Tho Northwest EVAPORATED Just send your favorite roripp to the MrahmalUw Cook Hook lrlitir r;up 1 ru-Hlu Ihwuit. Gtmoanv, SnokniP or I'tittl.inii C.tunprtent tidi;rit will p.i on nil rrnprt submitted. If wc can ur yours in our proposed Mindini.dlnw CtHk Hook, we will pay you ONH DOLLAR for e.irh rrc p- .ind irnd you a full pound tin of Krau:te'i M.ir.thm.nowf KKF.F. Hrtncmhrr th.it on OS2c2aS Esa$Ey Blank mint ai'fomiMny every rrnpe rnlerrd in Ihit conteit. I lipur OffirMl Lnlry Blanks will be found In Every Fu32 Pound Tin of Krausr t M.irlinvilKw Y"ur Conirclioner. DrUR Hist or Grocer ncllit kr.iuse' Ma rah ma I Iowa blue and white containers Full Pound Tiru C0c In UulU. pound &0c Small Thu 20c Smtll Ctrtom ......10c 1 l.lta Orey (hnilin threatiiiH to natni- four proniini-nt 1 lollywoorl aetresscs In h-r an It against Charllf. linaRine the broken henrtfil leRton she'll have to leave off that llt! The man who installs the Royle Dayton Lubo docs so to zive you quicker service. You're back on the highway sooner than before. P No matter when or where you buy Hills Bros. Coffee you can always count on getting the utmost in real coffee goodness. For the st.1nrl.1rd3 of Controlled Roasting never vary. Just open a tin of Hills Bros. What an aronial Drink a cup the flavor reaches the heights of perfection! Ask for Hills Bros, by name and look for the Arab on the can. A copy of "The Art of Entertaining" will be mailed you free. Address Hills Bros., 2 Harrison Street, San Fran cisco, Calif. HILLS BROS COFFEE It's a Tooth! e- Fmh frtm thf original varmim pack. F. in 1 1 f optntda.ith akti. i , .vA : i f t I I I j I I jjjl I ndii !I Our Business Is Growing-Why? Every week our business is growing and we are able to give you better prices on account of our increased purchasing power. Quality First, Last and Always , And with prices we can give quality merchandise always. Saturday and Monday Specials SHREDDED WHEAT BISCUITS Packages COFFEE Thrift Coffoe. Is a Ileal Drink Extra Special :i Lbs jpLaS SYRUP liluc Label Karo n Mi. pail ::; 10 1,1). Pail 7'2;- With the I,uHo you save precious minutes by having motor oil out where you can draw it ijuickly. There's a Boyle-Dayton pump and tank forevcry purpose. 'I hese pumps arc the favorite on the coat. More arc sold than any other kinJ. Specify them when ynu buy or when you talk to your oil company. AO Week Prices I 1 1 Cider Vinegar, gal. Stand. Tomatoes, 2 for. Ilullseye Peas, 2 for P. S. Pumpkin, A. & L. Corn, N'o. 2 P. S. Kidney Beans ... ..2.V ..20- Libby's Asparauus Holly Syriii, 5 Lbs !.'! Citriis I'owder, J'k 2Sr White King, Pkg ! Dutch Cleanser S'' Crystal White Soap P) bars Lit" Creine Oil Soap, (! bars. .. 19c 10 Lb. Sack Sugar ?Jt Lb. Sack SuKar .51.5 P. S. Table Salt, l'kff 1LV A. II. Soda, Pkp I... 9o Luxury .Mayonnaise 12 i liluc Rose Rice, Lb 9C" Crosse H, niackwell's Assorted Pickles 55 The troubles of Joseph William Woods, Jr.. with a dentist hava bPKun early. The 14-day old rfKid'-nt ot Sweetwater. Texas, already has had a tooth pulled. It a vi!rovcretl to b Irritatiag the Daily a lower gums. l.os AN;nl.!-;S, SlwSunt Fc Ave. I,HII-.S1X. 217 S. tntrl Ave. I'lVRl I.ANI. tlf W mhinttion St. SAN nlt:r.O, U.'O third St. SN ! PASCIS(.f). M H-fd St. btATTUE,t)IJ lv l'in!i. A 408 Fir St. 1 -.-'wrr 1 Phone Main 734 zszxsiss&ss: