Friday, June 29, 1928 '
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Page Seven
EAST OREGON
. CITIES UNITE
FOR HIGHWAY
; (Continued from Page 1)
HJJoTlo N'J'hhu nd Vlc(".i"Not
river the John n"v -Highway" and
Xtrt u WelHor."
Tli Invasion whs the cause of
much applause nnd lit Hint point
.h Ontario visitors took harge
f (he meeting "nd presented uu
fare) lent progrum of winging and
dpnelwr.
Iiiln1, iMiiii liiff lroicrum
Mm. Douglas Sleep sang "My
ppjir SimiI" and "I Lov the Aloon"
nil Miss i-ia wAiniui iiuvouucea
uiM Velda Hone, attractively! Kfirli-
i in impropriate comume, dunced
t ip:inih step find thlH wan ful-
ilnwed " 11 "k .11 m. twsumnn.
wltli II'HM ose uaiH'wiK ine cnurus.
Then Al"1" eien laruinan pre
rtnied a nunei uujiub iinu later
followed with the Intricate "Hindi
Bottom." An Ontario men's sextet
fang ,wo foniedy numbers : and
jIIhh Hose danced a final mini her
to the melodious strains of Schu-un-s
"Song of l-iove." ; Her rndl-
fut personality added much charm
lvfrher interpretation.
.Mayor DoollHlo Speaks . ,
. Then I lush K. Ilrndy,- president
df the Im (Irande chamber, resum
ed charge of the meeting and In
troduced Mayor 1 lenry' Doolittle nf
Ontario, who told of the pf foils at
)in tuWitKinen -to "play fair1 with
the old Oregon 'Trail. "We have,
beta 1n a difficult position'," . he
KiM. "we have had too many, ronds
In i ji way and although we consider
ourselves only on one. -me ,ionn
n.iv Highway association .doesn't
rVeoRni.e Oniiirio an being- on the
John Hay. Highway and it route
tourists Ity XyHHa and Boise sends
A-m Into OreRon through Wale,
jjere 100 per cent for the Oregon
Trail."
i r. J)onIitlle said that hi' in
VfI 1f?.i 1 1 1 ti haft shown that propa
fffliida directed against the Old Ore-;
eon Trail caine from elsewhere.
.gome from Idaho and some from
John Day sources and that in urn
of thin mlHlnformntlnn was, given
tourists nt oil stations along- the
Oriirnlj'Oregon road. ".last Why
Holse i ko Interested' I do not
know," .he fluid, "hut I do 'know
thin Idaho people' nre working for
thp North and South highway. V
. The speaker said that a meet
ing, had been railed In Ontario and
every man who cornea Id conlnct
with tourism was told where they
could get correct Information' that
hour stories of the Rlue . mountains
Were lnrgely propaganda nnd, that
fve would fairly route tourists"
iml that Ontario In "on the Oregon
Trail." .
I . Orriron Trail Khorirr
, lie' pointed out ihnt the Oregon
Trull is 23 miles shorter, is wider
fliiin the John Day highwaysafer,
to travel and that more frequent
communities give closer touch .to
tourists In the event of mishaps.
t Inclosing, Mayor Dnolittle snld
lal'onU weuy 100 .Ontario men
alio went to Portland, unless for
Same special reason. 98 .went via
e Old Oregon Trail. . .
WInoii SK1lkM .
i A. W. Xelson wus the next
upeaker. Jle told of aduncating
the principle of giving true facts
nnd getting the tourists 1o turn
W'stw'iird, then choosing their own
V.. :-:,., of travel, ."Idaho
.-ii.T-M . m-1. f'ri'if: tf it. Idea he
!.--- l. t a 'nwv.a -'' ft -u ' keep
t'jr. in Ine -m irj . .d, add
;.a :t a rtiueii the i.'.!.i travel
.-.r it.- N-'i'lh and
,ni r. '.'(: got Inlo
lent hotel facllltlos olonjr the Ore
KMU Trail, and, then introduced
George Merrltt. ctnnn
:Ker, who touched a responsive
chord when he wdd "A. far u we
concerned in the future the
John Dav hivWun.t. i - ...
lmv Irted to he niue t .h,m.n(
... mrvu oauiy. v Ha mentlonwl
thut m. of ih, reiwriH iwuin
the Oremin Tn.n
Ti..i . - lumr iroin
T 01 1 land.
OhurleH A i..n.,.a.. :
or .the ji (irunile chuniher. out
Ined Ji nrande'N plun. f,. un.
a wt quantity of exact
UUlllleltV Cllll-. ln . I,., .., ',
"lid he, too. urited for n unity of
wtlon Jiy cities d towns con
Give Throo.A Position
In phaiiie of the Three-A offloes
there, told of one A i i 1...11..1..
illrentluK traffic over the John Day.
IllKhuilV nlmut tl...aA
1 We will tell Jhem the truth and
Ale neutral," sle ..hllt , af
m me .inrorniation we can Klve
them In conceined. there In everv
ieaon why they ahould take the
Old Oreiton Trail in preference to
the John Day hlBtiwny."
She called attention to reports
that the North and 8011th hlKhwny
111 Idaho WI1R llaInK II. s. Sil sIkiih
Wllh 11 jimall MN." to denote north
bmncji, and snld that she believed
this nn infringement on the Hunts
nf .the Old OreKnn Trail. The trail's
slmrls tf.-H. 30. while (he North nnd
South hlKhway Is supposed to he
placarded. as V. H. 9S. Kite pointed
outJthal the tourists overlooked the
snioll "Tir nn lhA.uL.-n n.i
'of continuliiK over the Old Oregon
(Trull; took, the' North and. South
n.Kii.iyr ininainR. 11 , was the (lid
'-MfKon 1 ran... . . : . -
1. 8Miiks of ArlliiKton
' AV. O.. Perkins, nf 1 -i ni-.in.i.
fmnlro it n uiul. n a-ii.....
cently and. said that he found that
Ariineinn people were mainly for
jthe'old Oregon Trul hecnuse of
an effort he nrndf to keep the tour-!
Isls on the trail ns long ns pnssilile'i
and urged that Inlaid cities route,
i tourists through Ontario Instead j
iiinniKo eiser. lie also sain
count V 7 . r
off would he of nmrq lieueflt to
Idaho than to Orexon. and would
tend to put I-n ( irande, i'endle
ton, Itaker nnd othpr towns and
cities on u brutich-line statun."
-Following tha meeting the On
tario delegation, consisting ' of
Mayor Doollttle. James Davenport,
the Hev. Al Mroyles," Tom Junet.
Mr. and Mrs. August Young. Hay
Wilson. George Allddleton, Mr. nnd
Mrs. iHniKlas Sleep. I'aul Von Pat
ten, It. JoneK, Kohert K. Lees, Dr.
Oastlernan. W. J. Plnney, Idoyd J.
Kinney, Mrs. Jennie Taylor, Mr.
Merrill and the singers and daw
ers. drove hack to their home city.
Elections Fail To Affect Business
Average For Period of Years Shows
What this country needs la fow-'
t endurance contests on tuW'r
phono lines.
NEW YOUK (AP) It would j
seem to be a fair conclusion, snysj
tiie National Industrial Conference!
board, that business in presidential
ywra Is not nfreclt;d In any definite
or regular way by the fact of presi
dential elections. Other factors.
such ua are In operation at all
times and including such excep-1
tlonal events as wars, are the bualo
determining influences. . , . j
The chart, prepared by the
Xo wonder capital hate t pay A
llvlti' wuge wlicti we consider how
most folks live. Ii must ln flno t
live In n coiiiilri Hhoiti fli! itilmlil.
lams can't i-end an' wrllr -eKie-
ciaiiy m-mic. ' i .
the proposed Lewlston-Hnmesiend
railroad, which Kant em Oregon
cities are fighting. Ho pointed out
that as far as assessnhle wentth . is
concerned, the building of the cut-
CONVENTION
QUITS AFTER
FINAL VOTE
(Continued from Page 1)
speech he started a tremendous
Smith demonstration by quoting
Jefferson nnd the constitution In
support Of religious equality.
Ho ' supported tluv McNary
Haugen hill In ttyo lust session of
congress und voted to pass it over
President Coolldgo's veto. "
80 overwhelmingly was the
landslide to Itoblnson In the voting
today what when his column was
added at tho end of tho first hul
lot, it totalled more than flno of
the 1100 in the .whole convention,'
Immediately his two nearest rlv-
South niK'i.'. ' j t11 t
.'OreRon . ' , '
p,.0iie I'ecommendntlnn he mnde
i-vniR the united effort of Rust Ore
gotila ns to enden vor t o get t he
" highway commission to oil later In word the letter.
ine year insieati 01 enriy in uir
vtour,lNt period. ; .
'i Hotel KncllHloH Ooml . . :
; lr. Prady spoke of the excel-
that the Three-A organization n
Portland has not been supplied ;
With' Sllffleipnt . Inrm-mollnn iu i.. !
the Old Oregon Trail conditions. u !
J Edwin .. Winter, of Pendleton!
vtirged n protest lo the commission'
in reference to oiling methods and
added that the people of Pendle-I
ton are willing to take nn activo
part In Old Oregon Trail promotion
linker Man Speak "
V. V.. North., of Haker. told of,
the work linker Is doing. lie
pointed out, that the John Day and
Old Oregon Trail hlghuitys had'
J once agreed to ndvertlse each road
according to facts. "Hut It didn't
work out," he snld. j
i :. "I believe -one of the solutions to
the problem Is to. he a little more
aggressive for the Oregon Trail," j
he said, indicating that each town
and city must .silence- knockers'
within lis gates.' "Iet us use cnni- ;
mnh horse senslijiwj, go ,nl-ter,j
OiA liiiHlimuu" lia nlomial I
During'' the meeting it vns
brought out that the Old Oregon
Trail oiling would he finished by
Aug, J- and that all repair work
'..t,IH l.a AnnBfa.l kv lulu IT,
The average time for driving from
Jjv Grande to i'enriletnn is now
about one hour and 40 minutes. ..
j I'pon motion of the meeting, the
'president- was authorized to ap
point a committee to draft a rom
imunlcntlnn to the 'state hlglnwiy
nommioulnn 1 lo nnnnlxlail lf
Merritt, Mr, North. Sir. Nelson, Mr.
.Winter onu Mr, Aininneui a no ine
rhamler of commerce good roads
committee. Alter me meeting mis
I committee met and authorized
Mr. Nelson nnd Mr. Malboeuf to
. Cut-Off MciHloned
; During the session. Stale Sena
tor A. K. Hunter spoke briefly of
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Mike Alpert Old Bootery Room
Announcing
the opening of
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Patzy Ruth
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In Rear of 0. K. Barber Shop
Phone MAIN 822
Ruth Fitzgerald Reed, Prop.
board, indlontea that In 12 previous
presidential election years, with
total of 144 months, business was
above normal lit 71 months, below
normal in 71 und normal In two.
Considering the yearly periods, the
board found . that business was
normal throughout tho your In (our
years and prevulling better than
.normal In two additional years.
Business likewise was below nor
mal throughout the year in four
years und prevailingly below nor
mul In two other years.
The average for tho 12 years,
represented by the bottom lino,
shows January, Februury, March,
April. October, November and De
cember, or seven months, slightly
nbove normal. One month, Mny.
Is normal, Juno July, August and
September tire slightly below nor-mul.
TWO AUTO FIRMS
' IN HUGE-MERGER
. (Continued from Pago 1)
Justice Mullan. however, order- "
ed the Dodge corporation to file a
bond to guarantee that all prefer
ence stockholders who have no!
assented to tho merger be paid the
a in mint "wnlch may be u warded tu
them as such stockholders by rea-J
son of such transfer of uHscts." 7
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als; Senator Barkley, of Kentucky,
with 77 votes nnd Mrs. Nellie Tay
loe Ross, of Wyoming, with 33
withdrew their numes and asked
that the votes given them bo
credited to Itoblnson.
Other chunges to the Arkansas
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tally clerks could not keep track
of them nnd Jn the end It amount
ing virtually to a nomination by ac
clamation. He received a 'total of
1032 1-0 votes.
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