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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
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Henry Ford Made Railroad Pay
By Disregarding Expert Advice
' By DAVID .r. wiuui:
TJETItOIT, (AP) When JliMiry
I' ord uold the Detroit, Toledo mid
Ironton rullrond lie iKhpouch of u
property ho hud tuken virtually
from the junk head und converted
lnlo a puytn? proposition.
For tho 30 years beforo Ford uc
qulred it in 1520, the road had
limped along from one receivership
to unother.
The suece.s that altended Kord'H
Miry into the railroad field par
alleled, in a smaller way, the in
dustrial epic he wrote In the crea
tion of his automobile husineSN,
in the case of the automobile in
terests he started with $28,0110 In
Jy03. Koine twenty odd years lat
er he wns reported lo have refused
ft, 0(10,000,000 for his property.
With the railroad property Ford
Ntnrtpil In l'J20 with $0, 000,1100.
Six ycurs lator the Interstate com
merce commission placed a tenla
tlve valuation of 1 1 1,820 300 on Ibe
property und Ford himself prolis
ed that for rale-making purposes a
"fair return' wus $23,001,208.
Ford performed the Hue-mlmf
miracle of multlnK the. dylna- mil-l-oud
pay him handsome profits by
a procedure that was contrary to
all economic logls. The profits
cunie not because "Ford Instituted
economies, but because, be in
creased expenditures for mainte
nance of way and for equipment
and also, J10 believed, because ho
paid railroad employed I lie same
scale of wuR-es lie had instituted
in his factories.
The road, under Ford owner
ship, wus a thorn In the side of
the railroads of tho eounlry iten
crally; first because of tho (II a
lay minimum wage und. lallerly
on account of the electrification of
u large part of the rifc'ht of way,
which Ford Instituted In defiance
of tho ndvlco of most railroad en
gineers. l'urchuso of the D. T. .t I. was
not merely a whim on Ibe part or
Henry Ford: II was a shrewd busi
ness deul. It was to cut the time
ljclwcon raw rnuterlal to cash In
the bank that Ford took It over.
The importance of the road to
tho Ford interesls wus (hat II
crossed nearly all the lurircr east
and west trunk llnew between De
troit and tho Ohio river. Ford was
uhlo to cut from two to tlirco
weeks from tho time normally con
sumed in ull!pp'ns raw materials to
Ihe Detroit plants. Moreover, tint
road assured the Ford Interests an
llllllllerrtipled supply of coal from
southern Ohio, West ViiKlnla and
.Kentucky.
Ford ofriclcncf inelhoils wore
put lnlo operat'on all ulomr the
line. Fmployea received hlKher
wanes, but they did work that rail
road employes normally left to
11I hers. FiikIiic crews carried a
repair kit and luado many minor
repairs that kept Ihe loeiimut'ves
out or the shops. CrosslliK watch-i
men were cxpceled to keep erns-
Iiikh clean anil In repair without
calllnjr In a carpenter. As far us
possible Sunday work wuh ellml
nntel. When Ford piirchused the road
lis iu'leaite was 408 the main line
oxlendlnir rrom Detroit (0 Ironton,
Ohio. Spurs unci additions durlnK
Ihe Ford operation brought the
IlllleiiKe lo 629.
Much of the financial success ofi
D. T. & I. under Ford ownership
was due to tho fact that it Kot
business in exchange from otber
roads to which Ford interesls
awarded contracts for hauling their
freight after it onco left the D. T.
& J.
Celery's Good Qualitie.
Hociiiise of lis iippcli.ing llnvor
and crispness, celery Kliuiuliites Ihe
nnpc-llto. It Is rich In mineral sails
and vitiimlnes and has, therefore,
somewhat of a tonic nellon. In ad
dition It contains 11 hirco nmoiuit of
cellulose or roiiirhtii:e which makes
It valuable as n regulatory food.
The nciual fuel value of celery Is
very low, so that II can he freely
used by them who are dieting for
reducing purposes.
Australia Exports
Hard Wood To U. S.
Tncludoi Everything
Overheard In (lie cljjar store:
"What Is thnt doj; of yours an
nlrednle?" "I really don't know.
An a miitfpr of fact wc have nuincd
Jil in 'Ktcelmi.' "
KVUNIi;, AUHtralia (AP) Kor
many yearn AiiHtrulia lias Import
ed lui-K uuuntltles of aoft woods
from tho United Htaten rind Can
ada. Now In return she Is sending
shipments of hard woods back to
theso countries.
Although this export of hurd
wood in comparatively a now trade
tho demand for the timber in no
Kreat that lumber caroe8 aro
reckoned in thousands of Iors. Tho
Canadian JOxplorer Hailed recently
from CalriiH, North Queensland,
with 1,400 loffs Tor New York.
Tho Kteumer Arcturus took 1 , 0 0 0
Iokm from the name port to ports I
on tho eastern coast of tho United
.States. Shipments consist princi
pally of the Australian varieties of
maple, oak und walnut.
Fireplacci Once Taxed
Ilearlh-inoney" wns n tax put
upon every hearth or fireplace In
Kiitflnnd. Charles II wns responsi
ble fop Its In! rod net Ion I n 1 (KM).
It existed for over n quarter of u
century find yielded SI.OiHUVK) ti
year. William III abolished It.
Road Builders
Disappointed In
Supply Of Rock
Jty a C. MI IKK
(Observer Correspond vO
WALLOWA, Ore. (.Special)
According to reports, county road
building officials have been some
what disappointed in the matter
of securing shale rock for surfac
ing a stretch of road between Par
snip creek and Whiskey creek.
Work of putting In bumpers and
a screening plant, at Ihe foot of the
hilt near the Jl. IX Hechtel farm
was recently completed ' It was
thought that the material htwc was
present In sufficient quantities to
complete t he stretch, however,
when work of hauling was started
it was found that not enough could
be hoc u rod for the needs there. It
is expected that surfacing material
for finishing this Job will be secur
ed at the C. W. Alumford place
eust of town.
ir. 1). Hechtel and U W. Minor
wero busy the 1 at tor part of the
week moving their sheep to the
Whiskey creek section where they
e.p4x;t to range them for the next
two months. Kuch of them have
lf0 or 2ou ewes with lambs and
they have, hired a herder to look
after the band. The sheep will be
ranged on soveral hundred acres
of pasture land which Mr. Minor
owns in that section.
John Coach and family were
I, a Grande visitors the latter part
of the week. Lydla Jtoberts of
Enterprise, Is staying with Mrs.
Husio Meek at present helping with
the housework. Mrs. Meek re
cently returned homo from Port
land where she was a patient at
Dr. Coffey's hospital for four
weeks.. She is gaining strength quite
rapidly since, returning home.
Karl Kurchfieid and Hay and
Cecil Hechtel were at Knterprl.se
Thursday attending the 4th of July
celebration at that place.
I.. W. Minor and George Cussins
and Irvln (last in have been busy
the past several days putting up
nuy.
Mr, and Mrs. G. IT. Keese of
Portland arrived here recently for
a short visit with friends In this
community. Mr. Feese, served as
pustor of the Methodist church
here for eight years, having been
placed on the retired list last fall
after which he and Mrs. Keese
moved to Portland. While here a
picnic dinner was given In their
honor at the head of the Wallowa
canyon and was attended by a
large number of local people.
Friends In this community wore
raddened to learn of the sudden
death of Ira Litchfield, at his home
at Lewiston. recently. Mr. Litch
field and his family lived here for
a number of years before moving
to Lewlston about two years ago.
lie was a graduate of the Lostine
high school and was well liked by
all who k n e w him. H e lea ves a
wife and two small children, be
sides other relatives at L-viston.
A large number of people from
this community attended the cele
bration at Enterprise July 3 and 4.
The outdoor sports are reported to
have been very good, also the
parade. A very large crowd were
in altendasce on the 4th, with
many persons from Union county
being present.
Sam Me-ek and Karl Hurchfleld
of Ieap were visitors in town the
last of the week.
Kd Hell has been busy the past
several days working his summer
fallow Into condition. The greater
part of the land was plowed fol
lowing the June rains and turned
over in fine condition and is work
ing up well. The dry weather of
the past two weeks has caused the
surface of the ground to become-
quite dry and makes an excellent
lime in wnicti io kiii ine weeus
and other vegetation. A number
of other farmers n this commun
ity who have large tracts of sum
merfallow have found it necessary
to be on the fields much of the
time with weeders and harrows in
order to keep the weeds down.
Some of the early varieties of
cherries on the orenards of this
sect'on n.!v beginning to tern, and
some will be getting rlps during
the nrxt week or ten days. Iteports
from several of the farms state
that the cherries do not seem to
be very plentiful this year.
Mrs. Harry Hearing who has
been a patient at the local hospital
here for the past f'vo weeks fol
lowing an operation for appendi
citis is reported to be gaining!
strength rapidly at this t'me and!
will soon be ready to go to horl
home.
Mrs. C. A. Hunter and daughter
Virginia returned home recently
from Willamette valley points
where they have been visiting for
the past two weeks,
Oscar Maxwell recently finished
working down his largo tract of
summcrfallow at the U, G. Couch
ranch in the hills east of here.
Muilcrats in Many States
The widest nulling wild animals
on the North American continent
nre the muskrat and the raccoon,
accordlns to the Kami Journal.
Kach is found In 47 states of the
Union, The muskrat, for some
strange reason, is not native In
Florida, while tho raccoon chooses
to avoid Montana.
Organ's Humble Origin
It Is believed probable by an
tiquarians that the huxc modern
pipe organs used In churches and
thenters owe their origin to n small
Chinese mouth Instrument, In whk'h
bamboo tubes were used fur pipes.
Tho ancient Instrument resembled
In appearance the modern saxophone.
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because it is fresh to begin with
The world's only fresh tea fresh
and fragrant as they enjoy tea in
the Orient. Iced tea that is chilled
fragrance. It's a Schilling secret.
Try it .just once t Moncyback I
Coffee Baking Powder 32 Extracts 47 Spires
fill;
LowniwjMlli
The new Firestone OKI tic I.I U truly an outstAnd.
inn tire. RufjRcd, powerful and of rooJ appear
ance, it provides extremely low priced mileaK
A carefully dciigned tread wiiK non-skid
edit" amires safety on ilippery streets. A
remarkable tire at an nmaxingly low
Pr'c die etpial of other "first
hne"hYavtii.dtrtt! The Courier
another real value ii rvcog.
niiej as the ml economical
tire of the low privc clav. '
Continent long mileage i
tlic remiltof Kientilicdeiitin
ami hicli -tirade raw mato
rub. (J Note the low prices
clo uihcr ti:c corre
spondingly ow.
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As Broadcast Via Radio Sweeping Price Reductions
6'S Radio Stations, From Coast to Coast, are Broadcasting a New Low Pricing Policy in All Ward
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Golden Crest Nu-Point
All of the dominant colors so smartly new for the
season are included during; the sale. Wanted sizes
the splendid longwearing Golden Crest quality.
All Silk
Chiffon
Service
Chiffon
at $1.00 pr.
A ! 1 full-fashiuncd.
shi in m c rinK silk
f nun top to tot! with
fine lisle reinforced
toe. Service weight
with Hide and hem
of mercerized lisle
for louder wear.
.V a r v o w pointed
heels.
Others
73c to $1.73
You'll Like These
Straws
Above, a vool cun.servintf Sen
nit Sailor becoming to any
man. lioulur $3 value.
$1.98
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$2.98
Silk and Cotton Fabrics
These are materials that will inspire ways to use
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Printed Crepes
and Silks
Aow Colors New Motifs
At.
Yard
$1.49
Kashinn favor thein women love
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Cotton Prints
l'lisl ('(dors
17.390
Including the f a in o u s
Ciloria prints and Pinnacle
prints, the style leaders in
the cotton family. An al
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Old field
:)x3':. ci. :. y. $5.7r
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2!)x i.io $(;.rr
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:0x3K. CI. K. S. $1.00
:wx-i s. y $s.75
-".'xl.lO $5.05
:'i-vvj.-) $10.15
Perkins Motor Company
Clearance of All Summer Frocks
This Croup
at
$6.95
(;ny .silk it ml cotton wiisli
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wtNir In prints, .solid pastel
Minie with sun tan back.s
sleeveless disentitle most
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retliti'ed!
rf
This Group
at
$8.95
llcdci thvss and business
frocks in crepes, chilfoii.
(argetlt ami wllk crejM dt
chine (ho attractive minted
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will find place hi ynur smart
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Very Prettiest Wash
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Specially Reduced
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98c
ilhiLThanvs and novelty cotton
print.s. voiles, organdies trlm-mini-s
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HkIu for midsummer wear!
Hiz.es 2-14 years
Rayon Lingerie
Serviceable as well as smart
. . so easily laundered. , (
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ir" : $1.49
$1.98
79c
69c
Uayon Dance
Set
Uayon
Itloomeis
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Vests
ill! !FJ
Work Shirts
69c
A great special purchase from
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La Grande, Ore.