La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1928, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextEA GRANDE EVENING OPSERVER Tuesday, January 31, 1028. Paw Four (Incorporated) An Inliiemlent Newspaper FRANK B. APPLEBY Editor and Publisher HARVEY F. MATTHEWS .............. Business Munugar Published evenlnKS. except Sunday, nt 1418 Adamfl Avenue La Orande, Oreiion. The Observer-Mar pulillHliril every Friday. Entered at the Pnntofflce nt La Urunde, Oregon, aa Hocond Class Mall Matter under uct of March 2. 1870. OFFICIAL PAPER OK UNION COUNTY AND THUJ CITY OF LA OlIANDE y MEMljlCR ASSOCIATED PRES8 The Associated l'reroi Is exclusively entitled to use. for publica tion of ull news dispatches credited to It or nut otherwise credited If published herein. All rights of republication of special dls ' patches In this papor, uitd also the local news herein also are reserved. ' . " SUUSUniPTlON RATES lly Carrier Dally, per month In advance - 7Go Dally, six months in advance 14.611 Dally, single copy o ' lly Mall Dally, par month In advance - ..-.60o ! Daily, per Blx months In advance ., , f2.t0 Dally, per year In advance $5.00 Weekly Observor-atar, per year .. $;i.00 ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, por column inch t. 42o Dlspluy, local, por column Inch 40o Time contract prices on application. .... GOD'S RESPONSE If my people, which uro called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, Und tui-n from their wicked ways: then will I hoar from lieiivon, u'nd will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Cliruii. 7:14. V ' community or state that believes it is the best in the world has a tremendous advantage over any other community or ! state merely in the jxjssession of that belief. The battle is half won! Eastern people wonder at the universal enthusiasm of western people for the west. , It's the west's greatest as set. With it as a starting: point, the other obvious advant ages of the Pacific Coast area do, indeed, make it the best country in the world. Oregon too contented, conservative, and slow by comparison with its two coast ncighlxjrs can well remember that this starting point is essential. Wo not only need to avoid Iowa's inferiority complex but we can ! profitably seek to acquire the opposite which has too long been an exclusive California possession. EGGS AND BUTTER MARKET STEADY Trade Slow on Portland Wholesale Exchange Price Changes Few ABE M MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY Wlicnl Mlti-rli .May .... July .... CIIK ACO (.ItM.N MII ...t-m i:m ...i;wy, v.w ...I2H Mlltli 1:1(1 tilY, Mill Closo mil? 401:10' ' i siH, &;m y , l,l KltPOOl, WHEAT LIVERPOOL, Jun. 31 (AP) Clraln close: Wheat March Ids. Hit: May l()s. l3d; July loa. 1 1. POIM'LA.l WHEAT P(ltTLANI. Ore, Jan. 31 (API Wheal HI1II hard white. SI. 4:!: hard white, bluestcm, baart. V 1.27: fuilerutlon, (1.27: son white, (1.27: wentorn while, $1.27: hard winter, $).22V6: northein spring. $1.23; western red, $1.22. tints No. 2 white feed and No. 2 Bray. $40.00. I Today's car receipts Wlleut. 12b: barley. 3; flour, 8; corn. 3; outs none; hay, 10. '. -'-.. The selection of Fred E. Kiddle as manager of the Ore : goii flower campaign does credit to Hoover supporters. Mr. 1 Kiddle has a wide state acquaintance among former service men, among politicians, among business'nien and others. His ' candidate will need no apologies and a successful primary ; campaign is practically assured. . . . ' Some Observer' reader, lacking the courage to make a ' comment over his own signature, sends an anonymous post card calling attention to a death reported in this paper in 1922 as being due to antitoxin. We tiave not investigated, ', since the date given was three years before the present pul Iisher purchased The Observer, but the incident, if true, is to bo condemned equally with similar reports in other papers. , 'J ho value and success of innoculations when properly admin '; i.ilered is obvious to anyone who will study government and private records. Anyone discrediting that fact,. dnlcntion ; ally or otherwise, does an injury to .society and to the pro i tuition of health. CIIK'ACO CASH flllCA'JO, Jan. 31 (AT) ('lull wheat No. 2 red, $1.45. 'oin(new) No. 2 mixed, Kile: No. 3 yellow. 8714 'I KS !c: No. 2 white. !)4c: No. 3 white. niir. Oats No. 2 while, 66 Vi ftp 57 Wc: No. 3 whllo, 64 'i 67 J4c. Ityo No. 1. $1.I0!4. Parley RO'ii 6c. Timothy seed $3.10 it 3.83. Clover seed $2 l.60i 29.50. Wheat Unchanged To Lower Today CHICAGO. Jan. 31 (AP) Open ing H c up, corn scored an all around advance which, however, was not Well maintained. WhoM started '& rtr -'Hi c down - and later held, near to. Initial fifrurcs. Oats were firm. Piovlsions likewise tended Upward. , Corn closed nervous, ut the- same as yesterday's fln!sh .to c higher, wheat unchanged to Vfcc lower, outs ' to-' 'o up, and provisions vary ing from 5c decline to a rise of 2c. Our would think wo belonged V Hi' league o' lintimiK frint III' ivny "our' boys" arc belli' mowed 4loun In Xlcnrmifi-y. "Oh, ' it wuy, so h;aincj cold Sunday we Jest stayed t' home an' played, 'ui-tls t' see- . who'l ull lir divorce," said Airs, lim '! Moots' niece t'tltty. IOWA VS. CALIFORNIA Conditions in the agricultural middle west are not, one gathers from a brief visit there, to be envied. In Iowa, which is regarded as typical, the residents admit the charge. Busi ness is rotten, jlicy!vvcv,i;yj,jy. has! gono "liuxledl' r Hits lost money in bank' failures or business slumps the last few years. The state has about' two hundred loss banks than it had five years ago. Business districts are marred by loo many empty store buildings in good locations.' '..Building, ex cept of ft public nature, has come practically to a standstill. In one county with a population of .20,000 people only three houses were built in 1027. In two county soul towns one 5500 and one 6000 we are told that not one new house was constructed in 1920. The same record would be found in other communities, no doubt. In spite of this discouraging condition and obvious busi ness inactivity, one discovers that many Iowa, people made money in 1027. Numerous farmers encountered admit that il. was a pretty good year. Some of them who were not guilty eu speculation tell you they have made money every year since the war, right through the slump clean, cold cash ;iul lots of it several .veal's. In most of the state's ninety nine counties the total bank resources and deposits exceed Iho totals of the boom years. What s the trouble? Surprising as il may seem, most I people close to the facts and intelligent enough to make a true analysis of the situation will give answers that arc much alike. "Land and blue sky speculation durimr the nosl-war I worn cost Iowa millions of dollars. Due simply to bud busi ness judgment, millionaires woke up to find themselves penni less, landlords woke up to find themselves tenants. Not every body was hurt di recti ybut everybody was hurt indirectly or thought they were. Two million people lost temporary con fidence in Iowa, was in bud shape. Iowans agreed and diouted the fact from the housetops. The depression became magnified as unreasonably as the boom had been. Todav Iowa's trouble is largely menial the result of the wrong kind of advertising. runners are making money but, re membering the crash with a shudder, are hanging on to it. i ho great majority til people are spending much less in pro 1 ortion than they used to. Money turn-over is too low. The Mily thing the state needs is either a good doctor of mental .1. incuts or a large dose of California enthusiasm." - And therein lies a lesson for any state or any community. Ik-onomic ups and downs can hardly be avoided. They never last long or have a permanently disastrous effect without 'i'onerous mental encouragement in that direction. Iowa got t bad bump from speculation. Instead of catching new en thusiasm and new confidence on the rclxmiid, it proceeded Lo leel sorry lor llsell and to tell the world what a bar jiu'iip it was. '""'A year or two ago (it was too brief a period to register ffectively) Tas Angeles suffered a slump. Building dropped iff i unemployment reached a new hie,h peak. Conditions I'ei'd not good; due 'somewhat, it is said, to Florida's rivalry, 'lit if you met someone from Los Angeles, did (hey bemoan heir fate and cry hard times? Not flt nil. Thev told von lie' depression was over before it had time to get started, or hut it was caused by such-and-such "unusual" condition hat it was already going far ahead of old lvcords. By sheer ptimism and enthusiasm the' California spirit thev over- nine the depression and made their predictions come true. I 'anta Barbara's earthquake was a terrible disasterbut they nine back. stronger because of it and have built "bigger ami better than ever." . '' Progress and prosperity exist finst in a state of mind. A Stock Brokerage House Is Closed PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 31. (AP) Overbeek and Coolie company, stock lirokeniKU house of Port land, fulled to open for bustncKS this mnrnlmr. A notice on lite door advised ciislomers Dial Ibc firm was MiiHitMiilliifr. It said: "owing UroilorB 10 i 1111111:1111 iiikm'h iiimi reverse:!, rendering present continuance bus iness operations impossible, we are cuiupellcd to announce a sttspeu- s.on olsll liusiuesu, commencing will; this morning and conlliuiiutr: unlll further notice, and until an uudltor's check bus been made POKTLA.M) PltOIH'CE POIITLAND. Ore., Jan. 31 (AP) Wholesale prices: Uutter steady. Portland Dairy, Exchange net wholesale prices: Cubes, Axtrns 45c; standni-ds 44c: prime firsts 43Mic: flists 43c. t'reamory prices: Prlnta 3c over cube standards. Eggs - Undersized 1c lower. Krcsh slumlord extras 3oc; fresh stundard firsts 21)c; fresh medium extius 28c: fresh medium firsts 28c; undersized 26c. Prices to re tailers 3c over exchange prices. As sociated selling prices: Extras 33c: firsts 32c; mediums 31c: under sized 28c. Hay steady: buying prices: East crn Oregon timothy $20.5i''u'21: do valley $18 5;i 18.511: alfalfa IS'ir 18.60; oat hay 1 4.50 0, 15; straw JU per Ion. Helling ' prices $2 a ton more. . , Poultry steady; -"heavy hens 227 lie: light I5 2llc: springs 211 m 21c;' !!fu'25c: pcklu white ducks 30c; colored nominal; - turkeys, alive, "26fi 27c. ' " Onions unotahly 25c higher; I movement nominal; onions, local, i $1,554 2.5U, Potatoes steady, 7."icf'l $ 1 .25 sacl; lilltterfal sleady. Illds to the I farmer: 47c station. 48c track, 50e ' 54o f. o. It.. Portland. . 1 ...hi POItTLANIl. Ore.. Jan. 31 (AP) Trading on local wholestle mar-' kels was slow early today wllh pilce changes few und compaia-j lively small. I Eggs were sleady at yeslerday's' UUfilations, except for a cent de-) dine in the price of pi-ewees, 1 uh:rh dropped lo 25c on the dairy -exchange board. A similar reduc tion is ituntrd today by the poui-j try producers' association. ! Hotter prices Hre likewise steady ' loday with no changes In uuola-i Hons. Offerings are light und trad-j I iiu; moderale. j I Pountiy dressed meats are weak' with an easier tune In all dlrce-i I tlons. Ileef offerings are large, with demand slow and prices de- cldedly lower, following drops in! bids ut the North Portland stock-: I yards yesterday. Vrat juices are also weaker, with most sales today: around I7fu'18c, with an occasional' sale at l!ic. Pork and lambs ore not 'tuotubly lower, lut the mm ket Is weak. Apples uro moving well, with .plenty of good offerings iu " : - " ' 'market. Best uuallty Newtowns arc moving easily uround ,$2.75 Ji "ml smooth) $CW7.6o: slaughter 3.50, with, other kinds bringing ' Purs ('JO to 130 lbs.), medium io proportionate, prices. choice $S(ii 9; feeder' und Blocker I lteports from the east Indicate 1 o'ks (70 to 130 lbs.), medium, to 1 that a slight rise may lie looked choice, $8 Ji. S.iij. . . . for In . the onion.' market in the Sheep 'and lunibs steady. Utmlis near future. P. 8. No. 1 .yellow ( K4 lbs., down)' good to choice, $11 llunvers.aie ouoted $2.153i2.30 to . c, 12,50; do medium (!I2 lbs. Oow-.11) growers today, but It Ib reported $ 1 0 Si 1 1 do culls lo -common (all that some buyers are 'offering- us weights), $7. 60frj 10; yearllnH' weth hlgh as $2.50. j era lo choice... $8 f 1 0; ew es (120 . - ! II13. down), .medium to choice $5tf POiU'LAM) LIVESTOCK in: do medium to choleo (120 to PORTLAND, Ore., Jun. 31 (AP)jl50 lbs),, $4fir5:. do culls to com- Cattp and calves, steers, bulls.'nion (all .weights), $3j4. she stock, 50 to 75c lower: spots in! 1 r ; : she stock $1 and more down. Steers (I Olio to 1200 lbs.), good. $11 -r 12: do medium (920 to 1100 lbs.), $ll.25ri l2; do (800 lbs. tip), med ium $10f 11.26: do (all weights), common, $8,504,10; heifers, good j (850 lbs. down). $11.50 ft. 1 0; do cominutl to medium, $7.504t 11.50: cows, good, $siii 8.5U; do, common to medium, $tifu8; do low cutters to cutters.. '$3.60f 6: bulls (year lings excepted) $li.75ril 7.50; com- Stock Movement Turns Up; Call Money Lower OTflAR MONTHLY STYLET QM$mkj PROGRAM SHOfejWf Ow"nmg adroitness of line enhancing the beauty of the finest materials . . acclaims the MAX1NE as one of the sedsim s most unique and beautiful shoes. , Rose blush suede vamp, rose blush kid vvv quarter and heel, gold kid piping, Span"-. ' ish heel - $12.50 iV. K. West & Co., Inc. LEADING STORE OF LA GRANDE For Over 30 Years UllVltlK'ed 'J (d ; poiillH. i Oeni'i a I Mutin s inkI I S. Kl vol j erminion, whlrh hail ln-cn luffBin h(-liind the k:-'I)(m-hI IImI for this punt j two days, regained their position us murket leaders in t lie curly aft- NIOW YOKK. Jan. 31 Al) Jle'ivy huyins of the puhllo utili litM, Heverul of which attained re- inmt und niciiiuin $uriru.7.r: calves oni Jiiffii prices, ic-iuurcii ine io- cinoon. (fitio lhn, down), mediuin to choice . suinplitin of the upwunl movement . ,.lc L.0sim; W11S tronir J:f()ft? m.f,u; do ciiIIh lo .common,, of prices In toduy'H stock market. (I)t imjVL.MU,nl of Hlumhud 5l.lify n.uu; vcaici s (inui. leu; i ne recovery whs Mininnaieu uy iiiu choice, $1 l.i'O'i I2.fi(i; do medium, I reduction in the cull money rate CHICAGO UVDSTOCU a lep;ir tinen! nT AKricillllll c-- IIiikh ! 4H,imi(i; eiirly ituii ki-t Renerally ', T to I lie higher; later truilo hIuw: talking uround H'eady; top $8.00 pulfl tor choice I SO to ; Ih. aver iiw; hull; ciiolce Iiokh, l?o to SIM iitH., $x.iuii K.rr; initchei-M, s;i" to -';o 1 1 ih.. mostly $k. M"; heavier-, hiltehers. $S. I Offi K. I !, uccoid inr lo veiht und i(ialily. . ;" Cntlli-!i.riiMi; fed steers Hlendy; weiKhly UmdK showing si rengl h; vi-ilei-M r$n to ?r.e hlKher; one prime ln:d loua led sleeiH sculiltff llhotlt M'HI Wtn. JlS.r.u lo eastern ship ptr; lew' hiiiils heuvles I 7 'Vf 17. 40; IlKhl veali-rs lo hiu puckers $ 1 :t it 14: Hhlppers Ufu i:..f.o. Sheep - Hi.dMii: fat mid feedin- und Khi-:iriii(- lam lis ucrt e, I U to -Tie higher; hulk Rood to choice lumliK, M) II is, down, I 4 . 2 T ft r 14. DO; early lop $l4.7.ri: K'atd mtilium tveKhlH mid hulk, !;i to IH! Iii miIis. i 4 14. -f; lour douhhM KV YOiyi riEI.IT .., VK N KW YOKK." Jun. IU (,V) In led fruits sleady. ' , With Indus- triuls scnuially more confident in ti(i l l,fo; ' do culls to common, ' from i to 4 per cent und prodlc- f Miet- hIihi-cs iwo-nn id fii irt in tile late afternoon. Cousiderublc progress was made hy several leu t her, cement nnd office appli ance Ikkih'M. MhHuurl Sleel Iiod ucts prcfened improved li puiuls. lohull-l. Ifl.llhlir of I I til C.usund People's C.us ull moved up'i ,ns, lwn nnin,M U.11H ' ; the lute fealures. Total sah-s un- 7.f.Ofri 10. 1 los Hlendy to K'c higher. Mv j ceipts IHSH. liicludiiiK 7iS direct. Jletivy welfflit (2fHI to HO0 Ihs.). medium lo choice. $7.7ri 8.7 f; mcilium wci-ht cjmo to sr.o IhH.). i iuediuni lo choice. U; liKht welsht (! to L'lio, h,), medium 1 lo.chim-n 0H y.20VllMh-lU'hts (-Nu, to luu.lhs.), incrlliiiu to choice, S.0Uw H.3.ri; .puckitiK Jiofs, .(rouj;h the end of the week. I ! KurnlnL'S und nicryrer re!iorts' up: ! , parrnlly furnished the huckKrouiid j j for the rise, in tite public utilities.) 1 Montana Power, Itrooklyn Cnion mow, while Kadio.l, r points or tfciilkululphiu Co., Columliia Criis, Internutiennl Telephone, Adams Llxpress uiid a numbvr of others proxlinuteir'.lOKv Vrtii..fcs: ' - IHU'II'IIY t , KAN I-'KANCKSCO. Jan. HI fAV) II. S. Bureau AxHculhirul Kco nomlcs Itroilers: l,ef?hoins, I lo 1 '4 lbs.. 411 4.1c; 1 to i -li lbs., U m 4oc. . .. - 'Fryers: Leghorn, 2 lbs.. 3(iffi3Sc; 2Vi to aVj lbs., IHiflSXc; colored. 214 to 'iVi lbs., ifGrtfllfic; & lbs.,1 3(i fii'A Sc. YoutifT rooslcra-und pullets: Col--ored, 3 V, to 4 lbs., Ilfi'i.'ISc; over 4 lbs., 3:t ft- S5c: siuKPy, showinjf spius Sncfi liuc.. . (.'upoiih: 4oe; drusuud. 43ic 44c. Leghorn hens. 2 to 3 lbs.. 21 22c; i V4 lbs and over, i;3''24c: arse coloied hcn.s iincli ui tsisiern, s : f? 3 ic; lioorcr, 2Sc. Col fiood lo choire around Kfi orHdori, ?H.4't; tneiliiiii to ko1 hm ll.s. ye)irlln:M (I I. fid; sheep Ntronir to fM hif,'hcr; fat owes S 'u s.i'r,; hi-si hehl hlKher: hulk bet- ter KlJldeS feed i UK lambs $13.00 41 11: 7 1 Ihs. mixed fat und feeders Ill TTKItrAT SAX FKANCISCO. Jan. .11 (AP) Hunn fiit f. o. b. Kan Fiauclsco. 8r The New American Edition STUDEBAKER S SQUEEZE tl!g BOTTLE for MORE Cod Liver Oil! Gone is its nauseous flavor and lishy odoi! This nrru k'nd, Coco Con", tastes pn guod that children os!c fi r more! Yet it's full strcnRtht com liver oil with ever in lef athletic COLONIAL The l-'umily Knlertulument TOM " 't ! i -jBS.' 1NSa.- w 5;SS Jf M "? 'HBSSesSK. Vm.-A J&l m 'O' vital, Uc-nmna vitamin le t mSLmSi mrtmBL jF-W . ' hM. 'Ming athletic HESWSas- - , - ::: . afength m cmwing bodies. I Get , ' - A l-rt the ynuiiRsters have all they W''i ' i ' j i A W Den,m,d C,,co Co1 f"r ll?is 'he only J BSSji. COO X & cod 'iver p'' "iih all four necessary Xtejp I .iver X jgr vitamins "A", "B", "C" and "D". ' late! WMMM? , mJy Pj RED CROSS DRUG STOKE i Holds 24-hour cndtirancc and speed record for stock cars under $1000 GOODYEARS The World's Greatest Tire ON THE PAYMENT PLAN little down Balance as vou ride. Kinogiam News Aesop's Fables CLUB SEDAN THlSnewErakinerecently maintained bet tor than 54 miles per hour speed for 24consecutive hours under American Automohile As sociation supervision a record never equalled hy any stock car under $1000. Agile in traffic, fearless on hills, capablcof sustained high speed no other car priced below $1000 can match the Erskine Six in performance. 1 Rpjandoil consumption pnd low upkeep make the Erskine a thrifty car. F.o.b. Factory Doors are nearly a yard wide rear seat four feet wide arm rests shock absorb ers 1 Safe! Amplified-action 4 -wheel brakes multiply your pedal pressure 3',4 times 1 Precision manufacture is reflected in the fact that even when new the Erskine may be driven 40 miles an hour. The new American Edition oftheErskineSixcmbodiesthe most advanced engineering of 1928 and also expresse tradi tional Studebaker intep-ityof materials and workmanship. M. J. GOSS Adams and Fir J'-i.'V-'-.?? 1 A W. H. BOHNENKANP CO. tk Ml REDUCED '0& jy prices COATS . Age 7 to 16 $5 to $15 Off on Each Coat NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP