La Grande evening observer., February 18, 1928, Image 4

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EX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
(Inrorporalrd)
An Indppenilrfit .NVnrspapw
FRANK B. APPLEBY .
. Editor and Publisher
HARVEY F. MATTHEWS
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Stocks Decline;
-Market Weak At
Close of Trade
MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY.
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NEW YOKK. Feb. IS .U' jr
fleneral liquidation continu- ! in I '
In, stock market to.l;ty. most or I.I Vl-:ltl'4nj Wllr.Vr
the leading- Issues making nur low J . VKItl'l lU Feb IS (ATI
prices for the decline, which Kained Wh.. ,-lum., M,irch 10s. ti,,- May
headway yesterday: I'. S. St.el,,,,, , j. July ,
common dinned he!ow- $M" fur the I '
J first time this year but rallied j PORTLAND Wlll'Vr
jsliBhtly and Midland Steel Prod-j l-OltTI.ANI). Ore.. Feb. 1 S (AP)
nets prererre.l .Iroppe.l 113. .'S lo wheal HHll hard u-hito tin.
AM. losses of 14 to r..5il were!. d h,. i,,..,,, ' , ' '
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- I.OVK NOT THi: WORLD Ive not tin uiirl.l. neither the
thing that are In the world. If nny man love the world, the lnve
f the Father is not In him. I John 2:1'..
(iin't mix politico will,
noihln but offiit gittin. Alcrrfiol
-arx an' llwr king aro ih' slinrt
(4 Hicil of nil ruler, rarHy II in
half as long it a Mei-a.i pnl
.lent.
name rnas.
Itald win I.neomotlv w hh h has
been rather Inactive of late, broke
S point. M hi land St-el Pi
preferred collapsed C'-j, Vanadium
Steel i'2 and Oreene t'anunca 'op-pt-r,'
Frcport Texas, and faiumet
and Arizona sold 4 to & points !-
lw yejdcrday'ti. fi,
irif nosing- was weak. i otai. .
sales a p p r n x I ni u t - i I. "..- 1
iu haroa. ' I
t ; : ftdf ration 1 1.2 7 4 : soft
fUvhftf, 1..'T': wemprn white.
inter, 4l.l'2;-nortn-
w extern rfd.
at No. 2 white fw and No.
2 ftay, $43.
Toduy'd ear rerelpts Wheat. 75:
,rkj fi.37i: hard win
roduns ,.rn nIirinjffi i. 3
lour. U; corn, 3: hay, 1.
Wheat Recovering;
Higher At Close
NORTH POWDER
PERSONALS
. Well, we're not jroinp; to have a war with France, anyway.
You can tell where our money goes by the frequency
with which bandits hold up gasoline stations.
; Now that Herbert Hoover has been awarded a gold medal
for "distinguished achievement in mining," what reward shall
there be for eminent republicans now engaged in counter
mining? -, Approval of the Columbia River Basin project cost esti
mated nt three hundred million which would be paid back to
the government over a long period of time and of the Dcs
' chutes project north of Dcnd has been reported by the senate
committee on irrigation. The Deschutes project is particu
larly attractive, already enjoying improvements and already
under cultivation for dry farming. The Grande Ronde Val
ley has the same advantages. Some of it would lie equally
attractive as an irrigation project. There are two obstacles:
A little too much rain and a preference for the existing type
of farming.
TOO MANY MINES, TOO MANY MINERS
The senate is going to investigate coal strike conditions
( in Pittsburg. Most of the cuiintry bad iorgiUii-4t coal
strike existed until Hiram Johnson described horrible con
ditions before the senate recently. Now people are being
roused. Relieving starving women and children, taking
them out of dirty one-room shacks where they have lived
through u winter in dire poverty will be accomplished. Rut
it remains to be seen if the cause of this condition le
remedied. .
Miners are striking because operators broke a wage
ajjreement. They have refused to accept work on lower, non
union wages. Evicted from company-owned houses, they
built shacks and there they remain receiving 3 a week
from the union on which they must support families,
. ,' Operators say they faced bankruptcy under the old union
agreement, that they are remaining solvent through the em
ployment of cheaper, non-union labor. Which is hardly an
excuse for the breaking of a wage agreement. If they could
not operate profitably under its terms, they should not have
signed it. Making miners suffer for poor business judg
ment of the operators cannot be excused. Similar conditions
might have followed refusal to make this wage agreement
in 1921, but at least one moral obligation on the part of the
operators would not now be present.
Conditions resemble a fire or flood disaster. It's an op
portunity for the Red Cross and other agencies to do worthy
. relief work. Terrible living conditions such as were found
near Pittsburg should not le tolerated in this country. Yet
the only way they can be prevented is to change the present
system of coal mining.
Since the period of production for war purposes, there
has (seen too much coal. Too many mines, too many miners.
There is no demand fur the amount of coal that present fa
cilities will produce. In order to keep going mine owners
have to maintain a wnge scale too low for adequate living
for the workers. Oin-nttors will not shut down enough to
Curtail production. Miners will not no into other work. Con
sumers will net buy surplus coal.
There's a problem for someone but it is doubtful if legis
lation can help muttei-s. The senate inquiry will disclose
sorry conditions, may blame operators for r hroken wage
t'greement, but it can't change wrong basic conditions.
CHICAGO. Pel.. IS (API-Open-
linnhonm..) In I' ('.veer uMie.lt'
sutijeiuent!y scored tfaina all
around. Corn standi um-hunKed
to c off and later snowed a mod
erate ireneral setback, hut tliendis-
i played power to rally. Oats were
firm, provislcns tended to saK.
Wheat closed firm, t to c net
'.c otf to an eouai advance anili""s
provisions varyinK fin ac decline'
CiilCAtiO cam:
; CHICAOO.' Feb. IS (AP) Wlu-.it
i No. i hard. $1.S4S.
j Corn No. 4 miied. 91 4 : No.
' ynllow. ttC i !Kc.
I Oats No. ! white. Vlftt"
No. I whit. 57c.
Itye No. 2. l. i;
Itarley S'o !!c.
Timothy Heed il.itiiu J.6.r.
Clover seed ls.754i
U 14; best Ions' yearllntrs ll!i; ship
per vealers ruuehed II V freely ut ;
i"f IT.r.0; IlKht kinds ll.vjaul
IS. 2fi: shipper kinds close at !!:
decline on nteoty feeders stimulat
ed weekend country demand: num
erous sales II I.S'isi 1 1.75: best
115.75: most liKht offerings well
cleaned ut lll.au downward to II".
Sheep S.ut'O; practically none on
sale: for week, si doubles from
feeding stations: S4Ji"" directs:
llffhter welfrht lambs clostl'K
steady to 25c lower: heavies 251
35c .down: sheep and fceiiiiiB lambs
Htfi25c hipher: week's tops: i'ed
western lambs lfl.:pt; native lumlR
I16.2u: slaughter yeailinK wethers
115; feeding and shearing lambs
115.25: hulks: fed western lamt-a
N. K. West & Co., Inc.
LEADING STORE OF LA GRANDE
, For Over 30 lears
to a risr of 20.
COVE PERSONALS
NOllTU I'OWDKIt (Special)
I. It. Snonk. of Haker, was In
ill' city Thunwlaj morninjc look-
Inrf for his tloir. an Irish Sottcr,
which he lost Wednesday.
tHaf Olwn and family of lfcilnm
visited Thursday with hiit parents, j
Mr. and Mrs. NVnl Olsfn. j f'OVK .Wpeclal) A f.-v
The Mctiraih family i enjoying people attended the riot.
a new radio In their home thi j U t Tuesday evening
week, which was put in hy It. K, unable- to secure seati.
Williams and Hess. Win. Hradner, Mr. and
Henry I.. Hess, one of Ln ! Duncan and Mr. and
I'OUTIjAMk LIVESTOCK
rOHTI.AM), Ore. Feb. IS (AP)
Friday's rccelptu: Hogs S "0, alt
direct. Tot .'i Ik for week (approxi
mate): Cattle Snlft; calves 210;
2b; sheep S!5: cars 114.
Cattle Compared with a week
ngo: Mostly around steady: tin Ik
dc.slraljle slaughter steers $11. 00?t
t 12.50; off quality down to $8.75
and under; fairly good
tl5 15.TS: natives $14.7Wl5
yi to 1m0 ll. ColnradM $ I i lf..7.':
fall clipped lambs $l3.2f.r 1-1.7S;
slaughter yearling $13i(14.S5; fa!'
ewes $9i!t.75: feeding and shear
ing lambs $144. 14.75.
IOltTI.AM IMWHH CK
POliTI.ANI). Ore., Feb. IS (A I)
Wholesale price: Hutler steady.
Portland I)airy Kxchange net
wholcKsile prices: Cul.est extras
:
1
1
2. aaaaaaaaslssslii
valley is. l.5:. al'allji. 1S''
hay !14.!'"i iv. -
tiiu
1 .5: oat :
pr ton; selling prices -
more.
illds to the farmer: Milk steady,
ilutterfut 4Cc stutiotk 47c track. 4
41 52c Nf. o. b. I'ortland.
1'oultry steady: heavy hens -' - ''
24c; light 15ii2"c; springs 2"'"
21c; broilers 2 :: 'u 2 .".( ; pekin while
ducks :!(; colored nominal: l"r
keys, alive, 25ii27c.
Onions stesdy; locul. 1.3it'u 2.2.'
per cu t. .
I'otatoes steady, 7ci 11
i sack.
Smith and Vnre were denied
seats in the Semite. Well, they
won t have tn listen to lleflin, anyway.
HANK CI.KAKINCS
NKW YORK. IVb. IS ( AP) The
actual condition of clearing house
hanks and trust companies for the
week Ifive dy) shows a deficit
In reserve of t5.534.ea. This Is
an Inojrcnsp in reserve of 12.Gfit.
S2ii compared with the work heln,
when a deficit in reserve of tls.
OK,51l' was reported.
" Maine has n law calling- for in
years' Imprisonment or $1000 fine,
for killing another person In the
woods, mistaking him for a wild
animal. We have mistaken some
people for wild animals, hut never
in the woods.
or our
r ban-
but were-
The Itev.
Mm I'.ay
Mrs. J. F.
i. ramies prommem a..o.es. , oiue, V.,, I scattering small lots early Monday
1 1 ill) mic I iiik ininnit-r..- id iut.i '). I .hi. iimu ..nr.. ut.v
and ulno visited with old friend, turned Saturday from a week's
W. O. Wonll. v is spending a few may In Portland.
days In Idaho. The Ht. Itev. V. P. Remington.
m- . i tt,ni- ....nh-lof Pendleton, bishop of Kastern
are out of town for a few days.
firsts 43c; , firsts 4:ic. t reantery
prires: Prints 3c over cube stund
ardr. Eggs Iniry exchange prices
steady: association prices I to Zr
lower.
Fresh standard extras 2Gv; fresh
standard firsts "he; fresh medlHrn
fresh medium firnts
c over ex-
destrable she stock $7.50i 10; low (change prices. Associated selling
cutters down to $4 and below; bulls price: Kxtras 2So: first 27c; tiied-
heifersj extras 24c;
brought $10; good cows t'.t; hulk'2Jc: prices to retailers :
COATS
For Cii-Is and Small Women
Today at Half Price
NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP
Sunday morning. Ser-ices will e. . n'
at II o'clock at which time the
holy rite of confirmation will be
i.dmlniftered.
The ljidles" Aid was entertain
ed by Mrs. G.-orge McManner on
lAVednesduy. The ladies wi-re busy
filiating and gathered together in
the morning and sp-nt the day in
aisi transacting business inthp old-fashioned pastime of -lUilt-
Hak.r. llnK.
There are a larg" number of j " "
North PnwdtT people planning on ) n J P
taking in the opening of the Saca- i SfJl TP KftHrfl 01
f mostly 4.50t 7; odd head $7.5:
calves $7'rr 10.50; vealers up to $13.
j Hogs Compared with a week
(ago: Butcher classes 10 to 15c low
er; feeder pigs 25 to 50c higher;
(bulk light butchers $:t.25i !.35:
at $9. 4 0 'if S. oil; heavies nnd under
I weights $9 down: extreme heavies
4sj.V5m; packing sows mostly
r 7.5a; choice light feeder pigs
mostly $9.25'i 9.Su; weightier kinds
The second team will play the
..unlor high of Maker. Ttiursday
evening. The first team will leave
l-Ylday morning to enter the Haker
basketball tournament.
Oef i. Cusick was a Haker vis
itor Thursday.
Mr. juitl Mrs. Horned. Mr. and
Mrs. I .vie Cut. I. and Mrs. Oibbs
jawa hotel
night.
Several of the
fans will alt.-ud
at ItaUer.
I ji Cirande Sit.
North Pnwdi-r
I he tournament
Control Okehs
Building Plansi
Khet p steady: Iambs steady to
2;c higher than a week ago; strict
ly choice handyweight wooled
lambs quoted up to $13.25; year
lings up to $l; ewes $7 down.
fcrrr
ELGIN PERSONALS
KMil.V (Speciali Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Heven, nf Flora, were Sunday
utients of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. .Men
son. Mrs. Ileven, who ha been In
podr health fir some time, went to
Iji flntnde Monday to consult a
lii-uiin UKo n-ill .me u li ti V.
,lnier. Mi',s lainche Hansen for a Modification and to confer with
.t...... heads of departments that arc
Ike' ita'umgardner returned home ! tw Uo hmi in t!?e bl,i1;1'
b,.t m.k fi-r MnnrfinL' vr..ii relative to their requirement.
months in Idaho where he ban a
CIlICAfiO IJVKSTOCK
CHICAGO, Feb. IS (AP) IV R-Oi-partment
of Agniculture Hogs
I2.0(m; mark-t closing 15'o25c
higher; all weights sharing ad
vance; top $S.4f: hulk good and
choice 17o to 210. Ih. weights $.30
'o 8. 4 .
Cuttie 2oo; comparel week ago:
Weighty gootl to choice fed steers
Jl.au to $2 under.Iast week's high
time; general stet-c decline 50c to
$2: better emde heavier off most:
light yearlings, common and med
ium steers fully Sue lower; sharp-
(est decline of year; larger runs
I unfavorable eastern dressed trade
I permitting buyers to hammer steers
I' which had worked to excessively
high levels; weighty feeder steers
shared killer decline, losing 25 to
iums 26c: undersized 2oc.
Hay steady; buying prices: Fjist
ern Oreiron timothy S2.&o ' 2 1 : do
rlousehold
)ultcs
SAL KM. Ore.. Feb. IS CAP)
The state board of Control y-ster-dny
voted Its approval. of general
plans that have been nutde for the
proposed tlev Mate office building
whlrh was pronounced legal by a
mi prime court opinion last Tiw-b-.Uf
Timlin iicliiil. tho outside
InlansnnJ the B.neral floor plans. ": ''. replacement steers
scarce, sieany: wwk . e.iniiit? im
i.hlfed steers $W.ait; only few loads
plans and the general floor plans.
W. C. Knighton, tht- arthit
wa slnsrfucted to proceed w
H.KI WOltk M.WK M(;HT
io one can do efficient work
with an aching back. Every
household duty is a burden to
the woman who suffers pain. If
"you wish to enjoy good health
and make light of hrd work,
the way is open to you. I.ei us
tell you about the work chiro
practors are doing in general
and what we are doing in. par
ticular. We(knqw we can:help
Xou.
Blood pressure reduced. 'Flat
feet and fallen archer -corrected.
Call for trf-e consultation.
Dr. J. E. Woodell
Chiropractor ami Naturopath
2t) Somyicr Itldg.
Phone 497-W. Pa-s. 1!0-W
Hours 0 a. m. tn 5 p. m.
I above $15. 5u; bulk week's crop $ : 2 i "
145
Purchased in 17 Days
Regular Vnlno
$ 1 3.110 hVlirw
' N'('lal 9.s:
ini
irjr X X
X mis
I-:: A 3 nr.
fit Dip tlcllcl
Knowslioc Ta
ble syrun.
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co
Anyone - Anywhere
Anytime
This is your opportunity!
It us make your connections for you.
Home Independent Telephone Co.
I
logging contract.
Charles. Wright came home Sat
urday from the Mt. Ktttlly camp
and w III remain here Indefinitely.
Ills father came Sunday to visit
him for a time. He is past &0
years of age and is in very poor
health.
Mrs. Carl Patien who lias been
quite ill is some better at present.
Her sn-lnlaw, Morris Tee I. of Kn
terprise. arrived ltse week to visit
her and his ttahy son.
Mrs. (iuy Cummin returned Sat
urd.'ty from HHcard where nhe has
been visiting her parents Mr. am)
Mrs. Jack Keffer.
Dr. P. A. Thompson, synod lea I
secretary of the Presbyterian
ohurch In Oregon, delivered an in
terestlnif sermon In the Presby
terian church Sunday morning. He
told the congregation that a pastor
would he secured for the local'
church, who will probably he here
by the fint of April.
Joe Taylor has been called home
by the Illness of several members
of his family.
Miss Nellie Ouikshank Is spend
ing the weekend with htr. husband
on the Flat.
.Mr. and Mrs. William Crulk
shank, of Coe. wrre vMmrs Friday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. H.
Cruikhank.
An emhi-p'Oind babv ny was
hrn Feb. in t.. Mr. ami Mrs. i;
Koulet.
A timnber f friend of Ralph
Miller Mirptited him at the home
of his parents Mr. and Mrs. William
Miller Thursday. The evening wu
spent at games and vNiting. lie
freshmenis were ?ervei. Thmte
present w ere: MInocs May Smith.
Kitherine Smith. P.n.i Foster.
Mildred lluhhel. I.nell.i Witty and
I..iis MMUr. Mwrv Wallace Wil
son. Ted M ri k. Fi nk tirahuin.
Fr an W iny, Kennet b P.!.ii hard.
tJ..ck iH.wnln. I-(tire Mllier, Iutch
State IVeasurer Kny will confer
In Portland with attorneys repre
senting the Eastern anil WVstern
Lumber company, which sought Ao
enjoin construction of the build
ing and will endeavor to reach an
agreement whereby they will not
appeal the raw to the I'niied
States supreme court.
If nn agreement cannot be
reached wit h the attorn ys the
board will ask the Oregon delega
tion tn congress to have the cas
advanced on t lie docket nt Wash
ington. The hoard yesterday instructed
the nrchiteet to proceed with plan
for the new state tuberculosis hos
pital nt The Halle.
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li.irne. Kalph Miller and Mr.
Mr. William Miller.
Hull Ml Ass ii.i:i
i nd
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. (AP)
Senator p.nrah, of Ida ho. war
eh trued today hy Abram F. Myers,
f the federal tratle commission
with having been "villa inou-ly un
fa! i " in his slat finent s before a
senate Cornmillee In comirctio..
with hctniiUN t-n the bread merger
c.oe.
At the Mine time Miss Alice N
Cienier. his secretary, assumed re
sponlbilitv for a mistake which
Mers Mid had iMU-td a copy of a
letter to be sent to (he sen.te com
j mitt e as coming from him, but
which really ehnuld
Sotno time agt we nmtU tmsitlmi
of the ftu-t tbnt mo wtMiltl banl
lHMLrlmlil gomls ihmn to Portlaihl
In nig Hew Sttl Wngtm for'
a". 10. TIm n-flMin c tt tin ihK;
K Mmw m ic bauliiig a lot f't
liutltlliig nuilrrinl like Imsl mi.
.btr.. vU. r'k. We ilcm't cn
wheihrr e mi jn'l any more- lianl
liMC otitMo of Jnt miw way l
PortlAiitl r iml. Imiim wo arc
hny with Mir inhkt tlcllcring.
but if ni ti haul jiur stuff, wl-
turn rtmpllel with Hie law ami
vmr Muff will fully tinl-lw:(
fixmi lus or lanmg.
. The malli-apcc will In' ln
jhI tlie i;oMl owil will isiHin b.-
out. Mnrv Koal t-onl isniing In
ami nmn- wallwiT gtiig out. It '
kciw ii- binitM-r imii all in ilmiNJ J
Mbetlicr It i wiitKltug lit or wiM'tn
r It i- niggHuR n.
mae a part of the rev
l h te brcnjXear toamlrf.
void. Umm
Claude C. Pratt
Lumber Co.
Ml For Cwb
The foot Man's FtSmWI" !
hone Msia
The La Grande Building & Loan First in Oregon to Abolish the
Membership Fee
i
Every Dollar Invested
Earns' Dividends
f costs you nothing to put your money in and nothing to take your
money out. Every dollar put in is always yoiir dollar.
Guaranteed
This is a home institution directed by home men. If every dollar saved
uas invested in the community where it was earned, that would be the
best community in the world.
La Grande Building & Loan
La Grande, Ore.
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