La Grande evening observer., May 30, 1929, Image 4

Thursday. May 30, 1920
EO. LP SERVES
: THREE COUNTIES
With u payroll that averages
$35,000 u year, the La Grande
Bakery, located In a modern, ape-
dully built structure on Mr street
Juat across ho O.-W. fucka, alande
out aa one of the Important Indus
tries of thla district.
Prouresslvenesa la one of the out
In thla present day of tiiergera, Istandi; i? fi-aturea of the entire
amoves toward conaolldauon, etc., buslm nnd there lan t an ouao
many of the public utltltlea have leto plorn of equipment In the
Vntered Into some combine, but the place, ', J. McWIIIIama. propria
Kubtcrn Oregon Light uml Power i tor, kcui . ronstamly abreaat of all
jroinpany, uhleh Is the Inreesl In- .changca and aa aoon as aomo equip
Company is Largest Inde-
pendent 'Utility Operat
J ing in the Northwest
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La Grande Bakery Has Capacity of $
18,000 Loaves of Bread Per'Day
'dependent utility now operating In
the Pacific nort Invent, l strictly a
local Institution, serving Union, j
Jfakor and Grant counties, i
- Incidentally, the K. O L. &, iV
ijCo. enjoys the reputation of giving;
oitf good or oeiier service man uny
iiient Ih put onto the market which
la superior to some ho Is using, the
new equipment Is pure huso d and
installed. . , .- 1
Already this yenr three new
pieces, worth about $6,ooo, have
been delivered to the bakery an
taller and a
hither similar utility In the entire I uutomatlc proofer,
jturthweat. Realizing; the high sealer. Ah" he bakry has Juat
standard must be maintained, the crt $1 u" iuauMlng oil burners,
mnnanv la exercising every tw.s- Uht v ..rk b. ii,g completed last
lh)e means toward continuing this
reputation for service.
The light and power company,
mow In its 20th year, employ a
total of about 100 people. The
regulur payroll dooa not always
leach this figure but there la
enough extru work so that the uv
rage holds good. Figured In doi
Jars, these 100 people receive ap
proximately JIGO.Ouu each year In
salaries all In the three Kustern,
Oregon counties served.
Pays Heavy I'nx
week. Linked with this are stor
age tanks for oil that can store
i2,t0 gallons at one time.
J'crniil Continuous Baking
The oil burners permit continu
ous bak' a In tho three large ovens
und Kin ' away with tho Jnterrup
lions i' le necubflftry under the
fon.ier ilm.
'J. ovens, each capable of bak-
r t 4h0 loaves of bread at one
I".-, have a capacity of IH.uuo
lo;v a day, although the average
baking la only 6,U00 loaves, of
flour, of different types. Is kepi In
tho basement und Is blended down
stairs.
The next step la elevating (he
flour to the flrat flour, where It to
aieved and then automatically
dropped into an automatic scaler.
All of the work Is done by time and
temperatures dough mixing, bak
ing, etc., all being regulated by the
clock.
Kix minutes are required for -the
next step, the mixing, and the
dough then goes Into steel troughs
to mature, which takes about five
hours. The dough Is then wheeled
Into a nearby room where each
loaf la scaled In exactly the same
proportions. Then It is carried to
the molding machines and then to
the pans. After going Into tho
proofs, the dough la placed In the
ovens, where 80 minutes are re
quired for tht baking. The bread
goes through wrapping machines
as the final step before being ready
for public uae.
Many Products
Manufactured By
Local Company
J'ructlcally everything in wood
working, from niaaalve doora audi
aa have been made for the Kaat-
rn Oregon Normal school, to fin
ished cabinets la manufactured by
the Lu Grande Construction and
Supply company, located at Green
wood and Madlaon and owned and
operated by Charles K. Harris.
The business la housed In u
mitlern building, constructed -of
brick and having a floor amice
of nearly 3,(00. feet The proaent
structure was erected In 1924 and
a lame part of the 40 by 85 build
ing Is taken up with the workshop,
which is equipped with modern
machinery adequate to supply tin
I demand. In addition to the work
shop and the office, there la also
a considerable apace devoted to
the gluaa department, where win
dowa are made and where glass Is
set In cabinets, etc. At present
the company la selling the glass
lu the normal school building.
Doora, windowa, screens, floor
sanding, cupboards, etc., are somo
of the things which the company
specialises In. - Aa an example of
the many products that are being
turned out, the compuny la now
flnlahlng a large washing machine
tub to bo used by one of the local
laundries. Wood repair work on
automobiles la also taken care of.
The company waa sturted in
1020 with three men aa purtnera
but later Mr Harris, one of the
trio, assumed complete control.
At present from two to six men
ure employed, providing a payroll
of several thousand dollara a year.
Contracting work la also a part
of the business, although tho com
pany has been taking leaa of thla
each year, turning more and more
to the work Inside the ahop.
Aa la the case In practically all
of the local - companies, tile pro
ducts made here are on pur with
outside products and also compete
aucceasfully in prices.
Lack oe the Lookout
l.uek Is nlunys on the l.tfiknut
for the fellow wlin bus n conscience,
nnd ene enuugh to olwv It. This,
However, does not wholly :itlsfy
the tickle goddess. The young nuio
must lie eager lo flml his place, and
generous In the work It demands.
American Mncnxine.
Invented Mstal Eyelet
France celebrated recently the
centenary of the hlrlh of rlie metal
eyelet. Fniiiciiis-tiiiilhimiie finhln
fiuude was the inventor. The lirat
Application of the eyelet waa tn
roraeta nnd It gnve Hint Industry
great Impetus. Eyelets later were
out ou shoes.
350,000 Loaves
Of Bread Output
Of Local Bakery
Turning out an average of 850,
000 loaves of bread annually, all
of which are marketed In tho La
Grando territory, the Gwllliunia
Ulectrlc Bakery ranks aa one of
the leading buainesa placea that
come under the heading of "mak
ers of home products."
The bakery, managed uy K. S.
Clwllllam. Is located at 1409 Adams
avenuo In the new Lot tea building,
and Is operated entirely by elec
tricity. The equipment, thorough
ly modern In every respect, in
cludes one of the latest typo elec
tric ovens, that can bake 448 loaves
of. bread at one time. In addition
to the bread the .bakery makes
cakes, all kinda of pastries, special
orders In fact, anything that ia
desired In tho bakery line. The
company has put up numerous spe
cial orders baked from speclul
recipes for individual domanda. v
Fancy pastry of alt kinda la one
of the fcaturea of the bakery,
which cators to pastry trade, etc.,
In addition to the regular baking.
Prompt service ia assured by tho
efficient equipment and experi
enced bakers employed. :-,
The bakery purchases Its sup- '
plies, whenever possible, In the
Grande Hondo valley. For ex
ample, the bakery uses on an aver
age a case of eggs a day, all pur
chased from local farms.
The bakery, which opened hero
five years ago last January, hoi
six employes on tho payroll at
present, and these men receive ap
proximately.. 11,000 annually In
salaries. ,
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Married worive'n touchers are pre
ferable, says Prof. I. D. Weeks of
Aberdeen, S, . !.. because women
want a home of their own.
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Another Interesting fact In Ma.!''1;""11' " "r cenl mar
liuled in this territory and the re
nuilnd'T ahipped to out-of-town
points. Shipping of the bakery
products la done tn trucka, parcel
poat and cxpresa. t
In addition to the 6, otto loavca of
bread, the bnkery turns out on an
averuge 260 dozen rolls, 360 cakea
and 76 plea dally, bcsldea other
bakery products.
neciion with the company is, that ol
'every dollur received, a fraction;
more than 12 cents goes Into tuxes, t
. The taxes for 19211 tutul npproxi-
.inately 170.000 and tho tuxes In
Union county alone this yeur were
'around 127.000. The company has
a value recugnlzed as over three
, million dollars, company offlclula
state. I
About fivo yeara ago the com-1 Installing Dutch stores
pany reallxed that It wna going to , At preaent the bakery la Inatall
i need additional power in a short Ing three new Dutch stores, which
; time, acoording to J. V Lottrldgo, W rotul the bakery products, and
V.vlce president and general man-, thla connection Mr. McWilliums
.agar, and started searching for new says that a superior products will
... Hourcea of aupply. In this quost , Mso be baked. He cxpocls the
. .th company spent thousands of three stores to Inereaso local con
. dollars, examining every possible sumption at. out 26 per cent,
.water power altc in lOuatern Ore- The Dutch store program In-
gon, and in i some cases drilling ) volves approximately lln.ooo, and
' ; lor dam sites to aee If tho project in addition to bakery products, they
In question was feasible, will retail Ice cream, which will be
, s However, because of climatic! "'"do from a prUo winning roclpe
. condition and location, none of the with equipment which will be In-
sites proved adequate, in order tu ' stalled In the window of ono of the
; i supply the quantity of power ner-l Uuteh atores.
.4 essary tho year round, It would Tho Dutch stores will fcaturo n
liuvo been necessary to construct ; windmill which will be illuminated
i. expensive dams to Impound water ut night, und all grounds uround
.sufficient to Inauro a ateady source the stores will be attractively
. uof power the yeur round, as tho lundscuped. -
lowering of Euatern Oregon strennia I 'Making limiit
during the lutter three months of The process of making bread, tho
( the year cut down potcntlul power h ading product of tho bakery. Is
to a minimum. jono of much Interest. All of the
", It was finally decided to buy flour used Is aged from one to two
' power from the Idaho l'ower com-I weeks' beforo It Is used, neccssllut-
puny, the primary r canon being to l"K a stock or from one and a half
; serve Union county, where demand to two carloads at, all times. This
;:had Increased greatly during the --- - -- ---.-.-c-
fluat few years, Klghty-four miles niont. Morgan Uike, Covo und Hak
H of 6(1,000 volt transmission lino with n ouiiuejty of 4030 kllo-
Tfwua InstallcS renchlilg from Dur- watts or C37J horse power, which,
kee to La Grand. In order to servo f course, la augmented to a mark-
I this Mrrltory'a requirements. Tho d degreo by tho power received1
$225,000 Yearly
Circulated By
Union Creamery jj
With a pay roll of around f 15.
000 and with cuatomera' checks.
covering cream and eggs, amount
ing tu approximately $210,000 per
annum, the Union Creamery com
pany of La Grande contribute
I22S.000 tu the money In circula
tion In this county In the course of
calendar year. Manufacturers
of "Meadow Harvest" butter, this
creamery has oa sale In the various
atores and marketa of the county a
products which Is quite widely
known.
The old stand-by the "cream
check", and this term Includes nil
produce purchased throughout the
county (milk, cream, egga etc.),
from the Union Creamery goes to
approximately &00 customers, who
In turn put the money Into circu
lation hereabouts. l'ull tlnio em
ployment Is given tu eight per
sons. One truck covera the three
routes over tho county, making
each route twice each wpek.
Tho annual output of "Meadow
Harvest" butter amounts to half
a million pounds per year, and fur
the surplus over and above tho
requirements n this county, a
market la found In coast cities of
tho west and even tu Boston und
New York CHy on the , Atlantic
board.
Tho Unloui Creamory In (1925
was u sales branch and buying
station und In six years time has
seen Its business Increase tu the
above volume
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Y Ihjrkee line has a possible capacity
of 10.000 hors c power. However
the K. O. L. 1 company's owu
hydro plants in this vicinity havo
; taken care of the greater part of
the requirements and au far, the
"company hut never used more tlmu
$ 1200 horse power from the Dur kee
Hue.
. ' Modern Substation
. In addition to this a new aub-
station, which la at present one of
, the most modern in thu entire
United Htatcs, was constructed in
this city and Is now In operation.
: Iuat year a modern offlco building,
made neennsary hy Inudetiuate
i space In the former building, wus
; erected on Elm street across from
the municipal building,
i In connection with the new sub
station, some of the very latent
equlpmen. waa Insiallcd, Includtng
. j tin automatlu control for the vuri-
ous clrcnlls serving local dintrlctH.
In other words, this mechanism in
su arranged that in case v.( trouble
on the circuit und the switch open.
the mechanism clone; the switch
; und tries to restore service In li
seconds. If the trouble continues
- the device watts SO seconds more
; thne attain cloven. If It still per
' slHla. the circuit Ih automatically
$ closed for a third time 75 si'cmnds
later. Thin takes care of the troti
4 hto in 90 per cent of the cases, and
w when these three attempts Uy the
: machine full. It means thai the
truuble la something that wi!
necessltatM tho sonding out o crc.
of men. 1 hree kilowatt trtmfoi in-
era are In constant use and a fourth
:-(: one remains Idle, kept thee for th4
sole purpoae of replacing any of th
y others in case of etnotKuiu v. Tho
r idle transformer could be put Into
'. use In 30 tnlnutcH time, mo Hint
service could be continued with
V only a flight' Interruption.
$ The hi. O. L. & i cotnpany re-
celvea most of Its power from its
-t own plants, in addition to the Juice
? lhat flown Into the system from the
p Idaho companv, und la In every
' sense of Die word, entirely a homo
A concern, employing and serving lo-
ail people and nt the niiiiv ttnie. In
I absence of ImniiHliate competition,
f malntatnini; aa bluh a HlaiHtnrd nt
service as anv of the larger north-
western companies which nerve
cities far lm-Kcr than Im Crnmio
k r Baker.
I Indicative tf the itune ainiMtnt
over the Uurkee-Lu Grande Hue.
Sums Odd Fare
Among the odd dishes found In
ports of Africa are glrafTu (nil aoiip,
ostrich egga iiiKhrhluocerog toiiKBe,
AtiomMluss flf 8AMhHtif0rJin rffe
parrot pot-pie (which must he
stewed from It) to 11! hours), mon
key stew and doves' egfs.
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of money expended orer a period
j of time by the cotnpany to iusitrv
the brjt of service, are the fol-
Investmenla from
Inclusive:
Hint fHclHtlf.i
l '1 runsmtlun lines
JUntnbuttun lines ........
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t'rsetically a million dollars In
the above three Item i:Kn sone
whttt of nn Idea of t n an.ottut of
new money that much be constant
ly and continuously provided by the
institution. , louring that same pe
riod of time, the purchase of mate
rials amouated to a figure nwtrly
as large, amounting to $ tMiO&S.
Company plants owned and op
erated uitt livu: Kuck Cretk, h'tt-
New Mattresses
and Upholstery
FOR OLD
No need to send away for mattress work
of any kind. We rebuild, repair or make
any size or shape of mattress. Our refluff
;'S process will make your mattress as
smooth as new.
When you have a nitf to clean, send it to
us. We thoroughly clean any size from the
smallest to the largest, both domestic and
Oriental.
We can make your present furniture look
like new. Upholstery on chairs and daven
ports repaired and recovered. New cush
ions for that chair or davenport is one of
our specialties.
Our work on exhibit at the Homo
Products Show.
All work done in our factory is'
under state inspection.
Strictly Sanitary.
La Grande
Mattress Works
Chas. Edwards
Phono 525-W
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Industrial growth, like agricultural growth, "is sound because it cannot be achieved
; without its plant products possesses the quality and intrinsic value to create an in
creasing consumption. Growing payrolls lay the foundation for a growing city because
they come from products well made, from a demand well deserved.
La Grande products arc sold throughout America and Abroad, bringing millions
from the outside into this community. Nothing indicates more forcefully how well they
merit local patronage. With Union county products preferred and purchased by
.Union county people new payrools, a new population, new prosperity will be the im
mediate, benefit.
70 OF' OREGON'S ANNUAL NEW
WEALTH IS MADE POSSIBLE BY LUMBER
. One of Eastern Oregon's greatest manufacturing assets is lumber representing
the industry from which comes 70 per cent of Oregon's new wealth each year. This
section's timber resources are great. The Ppndosa Pine, Red Fir and Larch manufac
tured here lends itself to every construction purpose light, strong, lasting, beautiful
in textuiti. You will be interested in seeing the ood products display at the Home
Products Show tomorrow and Saturday. ; .
Mt. Emily Lumber Go.
Manufacturers of Pondosa Pine
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