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Ol GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE.
Wednesday, June 22, 1932
P. 0. Receipts In
1931 Show
Only
cured mail bu also ben Installed.
Tbe locreaae In volume of parcel
pott during tbe rear 1930 nude it
Dfcetsary that a special parcel post
Slight UpPrPflP The tnitaUauon of theae nev type
kJlIglit ttti?tfo( eouipmeni has nude It posilble
i to handle the mad in a more effi-
'rtent and thorough duiumt.
KCW Equipment Installed and ) Another department of tbe post
Service Improved ConSld- jcttlec & shorn a steady and
era y thiririff Latter Part
f I. - :u'",fi established 20 years ago. H bat abown
01 riCal I ear Ju uiett increases during the pxaf
two fears.
, ; Mail collection boxes are placed in
i convenient location throughout the
Le, Grande has not been affected In ,m p!lf( m tbea h(nm
as Urge a measure as other comma- j to coated regularly. Special pro
bities of UUs country is Indicated , u mu& for collection of
by sutlstlcs complied from tbe rec- j mAlJ Saturday Sunday and boU
oids of tbe Cnited Slates post of-;d4yB ,t . boxe
lice department located here. j Al tbe present tune La Grande is
Tbe Ut calendar year ending De-; not farored with a direct air-null
ceznber 31, 1S31. shoved total La &p. Air mail to tbe east Is car
Grande postal receipts amounting to ' ned to Roue. Idaho, by fast mall
M2.se. For the same period end- train, where It is transferred to gor
ing December 31. 130. total re- ' ernment air mall planes, usus al
celpu were 145.147, or a oompara- j fecung a considerable a Ting in tune
tire loss for the year IMl of 44 ' to points east and south of Chicago,
per cent. Total postal receipt for Liiewue. air mall to points in C li
the entire country shoved a loss of I era la and other southern stales is
33 per cent orer the same penod. transferred at Portland to mall
There should be considerable satis- plane.
faction in tbe comparison of the j The Federal building not only
loses of the entire country with tbe ', bouses the post or fx, but other
postal receipts losses of La Grande. gcremment departments. On the
Grande. ) second floor offices are provided for
: Tbe present Federal building the navy recrutttg station, govern -which
bouses the L Grande post it ment foret ranger, county agrtrul
office was built In the year 1911. tural agent, as well as offices for
In that year tbe postal receipts 'internal revenue and postal lnspec
amounted to 118.632. tors.
This comparison of figures indl- j
cites the steady growth of the post I
Pioneer Trucking
Concern Continues
Expansion Program
office since lis removal to the new j
building- ,
The postmaster. B- R- Huron, has
been in his present capacity for the i
put 10 years. With the growth of
the post office. 17 employes are now
reoulred to distribute tbe null, in
addition to Claude Maciey. assist
ant postmaster, there are seven
clerks, six full-time carriers, and
one half-time carrier within the city
limits. Two rural earners distrib
ute B- P. D. mail through Mount
Glen and Lsdd Canyon road districts.
During the past few years new
territory has been added from ume
to time. Increasing the limits about
35 per cent and taxing in many
people of tbe city who previously
bad no carrier serrice.
. The post office department ' has
continued it policy of replacing old
and obsolete equipment with that
of a more modern type. Just recent
ly several new carrier cases were In
stalled which are used In sorting
the mall for each route and placing
It In order so that It can be han
dled without difficulty or waste of
time by the earner while be Is on
his route. There are places for both
letters and papers, arranged accord
ing to the street addresses, and i
when the earner n through sorting
be places the null In his bag in
perfect order so that it Is easily
handled on the route. Additional
equipment for the handling of in-
COBKECTIOS
,We wish to maxe a correc-
Uon in a news article appear- 4-
Ing on Page Six. of Section
One of our Coot tdence Edition
relative to amount of taxes
paid to the state of Oregon 4-
for tbe year 131 by the Con-
soiidated Freight Lines on mill 4
per ton per mile basis as be-
tng M.&asi35. This amount
should be HJt?3.S0.
La Grande Has New
Transfer Company
On October 1. 1&31. the La Grande
Transfer Ac Storage company started
In business prepared to give com
plete and satisfactory service. They
have specialized In the transfer and
hauling of lire stock to the sur
rounding markets and have been
very successful. They operate two
one and one-half ton trucks. In
addition to transfer and hauling,
tbsy also conduct a storage ware
bouse, having ample space for stor
ing large quantities of merchandise
or household goods as well as crat
ing and par king goods for shipment.
Their warehouse is also the freight
terminal for an auto freight line.
Our Careful, Complete
SERVICE
Inspires Absolute Confidence
In Line With Our Desire
to Continually Improve that Service
WE NOW ANNOUNCE
Free Ambulance Service
Anywhere Within
A Radius of 300 Miles!
SN0DGRASS
& ZIMMERMAN
MORTUARY AND AMBULANC E SERVICE
Just 31 years ago. Frank Cleartn-
ger saw the need for a transfer and !
baggage business In La Grande. So
he started in with two teams and
two dray and during that length of
Ume. the business has progressed ;
until at the" present time he has
eight trucks, tbe largest or a 3-
ton. His large trucks are specially
equipped for long distance hauling. -
white his smsiler trucks are used
for light ftellrerte about the city.
During the early part of Mr. 1
Oearmgers ? trucking career, his .
headquarters were in the old Lilly ;
Hardware store. About fire years '
age bowerer, be moved to 211 De-
pot street, but since, business has
warranted another move and be Is j
now located as 20t D?pot street,
where his headquarters are larger I
and with storage space in the rear. I
The CleaviEger Transfer 4c Bag-!
gage company operated the first
transfer truck In La Grande In 191-1.
That was before the present large
trucks were manufactured and the
truck; used first was a Ford touring j
car from which the body had been j
lifted and a truck body built on.
Two years later Mr. CVavltzer pur-
chased his first truck, a three-quar- j
ter ton truck. The following year
a two-ton truck was purchased and
since then the line has been added j
to at various times. j
llr. Cleavinger owns a large gar- j
age on Third street, near his resi- ;
drxe. where the trucks are stored
when not In use. (
The CleariEger Baggage & Trans- -
fer company also handles crating
and packing of all kinds and they :
make shipments to other cities, Tbe
large moving truck, is seven feet
six inches wide, six feet and two
inches high and 15 feet and eight
inches long, gin eg plenty of room
for packing furniture In securely.
In addition to transfer and bag- :
gage, storage, crating and packing. '
the business hauls box and chain
wood from the Mt- Emliy Lumber
company mill. i
The offices and warehouse are lo
cated at 1506 Jefferson avenue and
are owned and operated by G. E.
Ocbeltree.
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Specializing
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LICENSED FLKCTKOLYSkST
(Rrmoral of Suptrnuoun Bu. Wasu.
Central Mannello Shop
MRS. J. C. NIEDEREIl, Prop.
1209 Fourth ' Main 610
Across from High School
yet only
COME IX AXD
INSPECT
REFRIGERATOR
5
Terms as Low as $5 Monthly
H. & S. Electric Co.
I'nnk U Rublwon, Prop.
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CONFIDENCE
-turns Athletes into Champions!
-turns Defeats into Victory!
turns Depression into Prosperity!
CONFIDENCE is the basis of all credit and
credit is the life-blood of our economic struc
ture. The confident patient is the one who soon
est recovers his health and the confident
community is the one which blazes the trail to
piosperity and happiness. We believe that Union
and Wallowa counties constitute the most favor
ably situated region of all Eastern Oregon, and
that their natural wealth and human resources
amply justify the utmost confidence in their
future progress.
LA GRANDE BAKERY is a strictly home
owned institution with an enviable reputa
tion for progress in serving the needs of the
people of Union and Wallowa counties. Here is
a sample of our weekly food values at the Dutch
Shop:
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY
Fresh Strawberry Pie ....20c
Date Nut Cup Cakes, doz. 15,.
Daffodil Cake 34,.
Boston Cream Pie : ; 3qc
Braidtd Tea Rings, 2 for.. 25c
La Grande Bakery
.4 STRICTLY HOME-OWNED INSTITUTION
K. J. McWilliams, Prop.