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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1932)
Wednesday, June 22, 1932 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Three "I I tN " HOSPITAL IS ONE OF BEST INSTITUTIONS IN THE NORTHWEST A source of pride to La Orande citizens is the Grande Ronde hos pital which, has, in the 25 years of its existence, become one of the lead ing institutions of its size In the northwest. Always under private ownership and management, but al ways without commercialization, the hospital has been successfully con ducted since 1007 when : four La Grande- doctors, realizing the Immin ent and vital demand for a hospital in the rapidly growing city, asso ciated themselves and built tho hos pital which, except that it is twice as largo and has doubled its equip ment many times over, is the same institution that exists today. Of the four original doctors, who launched the enterprise, two'. Dr. G. L. Blggers and Dr. A. L. Richardson, who has for the past 13 years been manager and controlling stockholder i of the hospital, still retain thslr in to nita. Dr. N. McfUlter ajid Dr. Bacon were succeeded by Dr. Klrby and Dr. Ralston. - Up to the time the hospital was built, the only Institution of Its kind was one conducted on a small scale by Mrs. Cora Joel and Mrs. E. Marks, who converted a homo Into an eight room hospital for a few years. In the period of construction, the old Judge Robert Eakln home on Penn sylvania avenue wits utilized to take care of patients. With the opening, tho hospital, then equipped to take care of 30 patients and containing the modern facilities of that day, be gan an existence that has always been marked with efficient manage ment and up-to-the-minute equip ment and methods. Size Doulileil With the growth of La Grande and with the Increased demands created by the steadily widening field from which the hospital was constantly r drawing, It became necessary, in 1915, to double the size of the hospital, c Improvements at this time Included ( changing the capacity from 30 to '65 patients, the addition of complete standard X-ray equipment, a modern laboratory, and general offices, as well as increased store room and nurses' quarters. With these Improve ments with its nurses' training school, and with the expenditure of 925.000 on Improved equipment, the hospital has become equal to any df itc size In the Paxlflc northwest. Tho building Itself is an impos ing brick structure four stories high, which, situated at the crest of Adams avenue hill, looks over the whole valley. Beautiful lawns and terraces made bright with summer flowers add to the attractiveness of the lo cation. On the first flbor of the hospital are the offices, the x-ray room ; In cluding the entire 'x-ray equipment, a dark -room '-for x-ray developing, a j largo storeroom containing" the diversified and heavy stock of equip ment, the nurses" dining room, a lounging and music room for the nurses; large modern kitchens, laun dry. Janitor's quarters; beating plartt and large laboratory. ' 1 The second floor,- or the accident antV medical department, contains some 30 rooms all furnished with standard Bteel beds; installed only a few years ago, and other modern equipment. On the third floor; thd surgical department, are the remaind er of the rooms.. Accepts No Charity One policy always 1 maintained by the institution has been that of ask ing or accepting no charity or outside financial assistance In the mainten ance of the organization.' ;:l At several times during the exist ence of the hospital, the association has been changed. At present It Is composed of Dr. T. Ralston, who is president. Dr. E. G. Klrby, who Is vice president, 'Dr. A; Lv Richardson, the secretary-treasurer; and Dr; Q, L. Blggers. ;:t " '' THREE' FOX FURS LINK K I) IN SCARF PARIS (Ft Three 'silver fox scarfs Instead of one are the latest offer ing in fur fashions. The hew scarfs are attached by two gold tings and may be draped about the figure td suit the wearer. They are generally arranged so that1 two scarfs hang down, the figure in '' front,;;-'; "Presents" Thrown Away A tribe of Indians oh the Alaskan const bnve an odd wriy of paying com pit men t& When a distinguished vis itor appears he Is Invited to a feast, after which the tribal chief goes to the edge of the cliff' and solemnly costs into the sea as many of 'his possessions as he thinks he cart af ford. Tills Is held to be the high est form of compliment; "and' much superior to merely giving presents to tho guest. ' v - - Dittinct Species lints and mice are two distinct types of rodents and are not differ ent In sizes of the same Individual species. True mice belong to the genus Mus; true rots to the genus Rattus. 1 ...... Crusoe's Islanol The scene of Robinson Crusoe's exile Is one of the .Tuim Fernando)! Islands, which ore In the South Pa cific, about 400 miles due west Of the coast of Central Chile, The Southern Interscholastlc discus throw record of feet, fa Inch, has 'stood since J027. .;. ''.'r ..... We Klav (2imSMim( Hon La GRANDE RONDE HOSPITAL n h vi j &'i .. ?Wr, J ' "'' I iffi'H This large struct lire, located on West Adonis menuo where the OUV Oregon Tnill inters iJi tirniule from the west, Is the home of tiio' Gmnde Ronde .hospital, whlWi s" equlpiml with approximately fifty beds iahtl modern operating rooms and surgical facilities. ' DOCTORS ARE ORGANIZED TQ " SERVE COUNTY The Union County Mjedlcal Society Is an drganlzatlon composed of the qualified physicians and surgeons of the county, who are thus able to exert co-ordinated effort in any proj ect for the general 'welfare' of the people.' 'r'1'-- "' . All "matters pertaining! to the pub lic health receive the prompt 'atten tion: of the 'society,' and citizens are offered authoritative answers to any questions concerning sanitation and preventive medicine. The society also stands ready to' provide speakers on medical subjects for meetings of any organizations desiring such 'service. Meetings' of the' rnjedlcal society are held each month, for the purpose of ' considering various subjects of medical, scientific, or community in terest. Recent advances In the prac tice of medicine are studied and dis cussed by all of the members. ' Following is the membership list of the society: 6. L. Blggers", Lee B. Bbuvy, J. J. D. Haun, W. K. Ross, Lewa Wilkes, A. L. Richardson, P. L. Ralston, C. L. Oilstrap, 0. B. Moore, O. E. Branner, Mark T. Phy, P. Gill Edwards, George Lee. ' TURKISH SPEED MANIA " '' HITS ISTANBUL FyERAL ISTANBUL (iP) Things go fast in Mustapha Kemal's new Turkey ' ftecently the Grand Rue of Istan-. bul was startled when one of tho city's new motor-hearses tore along at 46 miles an hour towards a ceme tery, while mourners In the iaxls that were trying to keep up, yelled for the police. ' ' Gendarmes managed to halt the hearse;" They arrested Its chauffeur and carried the Casket on their shoul ders, in bid Turkish style, the r&3t of the way to the cemetery. Linen rags, strings, old netting, j flax tow, and hemp are usea as basic biwrs uy. yne vTcngn, ,cigarei . paper industry. " ' " " Good communities are to be found n eqery corner of America but the advantages found in La Grande mark U os a city far above the ordinary. La Grande has good churches of varied denominations, an en? viqble school system and an uprtp-date library. It has many miles of paved streets, a surplus supply of rnountain, spring and artesian Water q most rnodern sewage disposol plant and first class fire protection. This expression of confidence sponsored by the members ot 'the UNION COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY SOCIALISTIC SPANISH CITIES ,; 'VEWOLISH W'HUC HllKINES ZARAGOZA. Spain (fP) ' Jn a de sire to' carry out' the lay constitu tion of the republic to the letter, many socialist mayors are ordering tho removal of crucifixes and holy Images from streets and public build ings. '' I' - i-- j This city, for example decided to take "the Virgin of Pilar" from tho council chamber, although tho Imago was' widely regarded as miraculous and regular pilgrimages were made to the shrine. " ' "',t The "Knlght3 of Pilar" protested and were finally given, the light vo Install the image in' the cathedral. " ' Similarly the city of Huelva took away from Enmedlo street a crucifix which" oh,- certain religious holidays was decorated with flowers by fisher men and other humble folk.' CHEAT GOLD HUNT BRINGS HEIRLOOMS TO BANK OK itALV ROME VP) A gold hunt unprece dented In many years is going on In Italy. '-' "'-- ' It seeks not so much hidden treas ure a3 forgotten treasure. ' In consequence old gold watches, bracelets, earrings, battered 1 ' coins, chains and brooches have come to light from musty cases. ' All are flowing in' a growing stream to the Bank of Italy. " . , . . . This government bank Is offering the high rate of $300 o, pound for the precious lhetal. All tho gold received will be added to Italy's reserve back ing up her currency. She now has a 40 per cent coverage. FELT HEADGEAR GAUGES PATRIOTISM IN AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE (P Australians, both men and women, are being informed that they are unpatriotic If they go bareheaded; they should wear felt hats. Felt hats are manufactured irom rabbit fur; rabbits are a ' pest'1 to farmers; every rabbit killed is regard ed as a worthy national effort, and, Si felt hate ae worn,' it is, more prof, itable to trap, shoot or poison' bunhy. II Coast, Mountain States, Pave Low pjrtalty Rate Tho lowest Infant mortality rate ever attained by the cities of this country was that or 1930; according to' the statistical report or Infant mortality, based on the records of 680 cities In the birth registration area of the Urttted States, recently Issued ' by the" American " Child Health association. -.The 1930 rale 62 a deaths tor every thousand live-births Is- four' polnta-'' lower than that of the - preceding year, when it was QO'i' i' '"'- -- . Inclusion ' in the birth registra tion aroa' ' doponfcls' ont 'regl5trii;lon laws accepted -as 'satisfactory-' by: the United States census bureau' and on assurance that at least 90 'pet cent of the births are registered. All but two states are within this area'. The 860 cities reporting from this area had a population : of-10,000 or -over In 1030.' The report gives-'also Infant mortality rates tor 14 cities ' outside the birth registration' area', eight of thent In Texas and six In South' Da' kota.- " " ;.:' ".. v... .. . .. Seattle lleads List Seattle, with an infant'' mortality rate of 37, heads the' list of cities with a population of over 260,600. San - Francisco - rahks- iiext; with; 40, and Portland, ' Orev Is thirds With a figure of 41.' In the preceding: year, i020, Portland led, Seattle Was sec ond and Minneapolis' third. ' " ' Among tho 10 largest cities In the country in 1930,' two are tied for first place, Chicago and S Ltiuis,' each with a rate -of 04-Cleveland stands next with erf, and rew York follows with 87. Boston and Pittsburgh foot this group with 69- as their1 figures'. Nine of these ten cities, 'however, show lower rates In 1030 than In 1029. "" '''"' '"' ' ' '" - 11 Long Beach, Cal., with a rate of 43, leads the cities 1 In the 100-25b,000 class. Oak Park, til., stands at the' top of the 50-100,000 class i- with1' rate of 28'. Alameda,' Cal., ' with -21 as Its figure, ranks' first in the 25 50,000 Class. '-" ''- ;" ' " Among the smallest cities, with populations froih 10-25.000, Shore-Wood,-Wis., is ht the tdp' 'with "Its Infant mortality rate of 0t '' .. As In other years, the states on the Pacific coast artd in' the' Rock mbunthlris dffer ti 'Babies their best chance tor survival. "The ldw est urban infant mortality rate is in the state of Washington, where the figure is 41. Idaho comes second with a rate of 44,' Oregon third with 48, and 'then three states each with 60. Utah, Nebraska and Montana' Thd purpose ' of this' statistical report, prepared under the direc tion of Dr. George TrUmah Palmer, director of the association's divi sion of research, Is to stimulate public oplnian to support the' work being done by the health officials and " voltlhtaty health agencies of the country in endeavoring' to re duce tho hum,ber of Infant deaths. , Several hc fecdrds vere set at the slvtit aiihiial "TUskegee relhys. ' -J ' :i 4 " VVfrlfiN C ANI TKKTII Vitamin 'O Is termed the antiscor butic vitamin primarily for tht, rea son that deficiency of It in the diet Is likely to:lnduee the painful and destructive disease' known as scurvy. ' This disease has an Interesting his tory behind It.'' 11 ' tiong -before vitamins were known, scurvy was found to be preventable by the Inclusion of citrus fruits in tho diet. ' ' ' This accounts for the popular name of ' "lime juicer" as applied to tho BrltiBh sailors. "' -" '' ' Vitamin O Is widely distributed in natural ; foods. 1 being " particularly abundant in oranges, lemons, lettuce, tomatoes and certain berries. ' Recent studies on the effects of the lack of vitamin O In thd diet BUggest that the absence or the lack of this vitamin' may be responsible for de fective development of the teeth and their lowered resistance to decay." -This relationship - is explained as follows:' '--' - '' ' : ' The deficiency of vitamin O In the diet leads to the injury of the body's endothelial cells, which line tho Wood vessels and - capillaries, the lymph vessels and other structures In the body. '4' ' - ;l ' ' ' Their injury leads to hemorrhage or escape of1 blood from tho vessels Ihto ' the surrounding 'tissues a characteristic symptom of sotirvy. ''Such' : hemorrhages interfere with nutrition of the body's- tissues, and thua the bone cells also are affected. fixperlmeriW with gulned pigs, in which scurvy has bcon' Induced by a diet lacking In' vitamin 6,'have shown that certain-cells of the teeth, tho sowcalled -odohtoblasta,' 1 whldh form the dentiile, suffer 'severely when there Is a def icloncy of vitamin C. The teeth' do- not grow normally and' they have a lowered resistance to infection and to decay. '' ' This has led to the surmise that dovltallzed teeth may' be the result, lri part af least,' of the lock of vita min - 0 In diet, particularly during the tooth-forming age. ELEVEN TO. III! TWKI.VK MOBAQA, Call VP) If Edward "Slip" ' Madignn goes through with his intentions -this fall, the Oallop ing Oael football team will become fit. Mnrv'n tttrnlva Uarilnn to use two regular quarter-backs in eacn game, while ono of the boys in In ttini-A Tallinn tit- .Tnni. one Will be sitting alongside-"Slip" iiBiening to tne coacn's analysis or play. Quarterback 6ne alts out tho second quarter. NEW CAMl'IIOIt SOUItCK RENO, . Navaq ' tM " Oil cxtroct ed''fr6m sage brush contains 40 per cent camphor, chemists of tho Uni versity ' 'of" Novada have dlscovarad Its presenW in the desort Bluub Serves as a protection against exces sive evaporation, ' tho unlvorslty lri vestlgntors' beflovo.1' ' '' " '" ' Health Lien Action Defined By Oregon Lgy This article rotates to tho risk of loss to mortgagors and persons soiling real property on contract, through liens of mechanics and material men making repairs td tho property, ' Section 01-101, Oregon Code pro vides tpat evory mechanic or mater ial man shnll havo a lion on the building and Innd occupied by the building for repairs or alterations made. A mechanic or laborer 1b not required to give any notlco to the owner. A material man Is required to Hlvo written notlco to tho owner within five days after ho commences to deliver matorlalB or Bupplios. The material man Is not required to glvo any notice to tho mortgagee. Section 51-103, Oregon Oodo, pro vides that a lien created by the act upon any parcel of land shall bo pre ferred to any lien, mortgage or other encumbrance upon the land upon which tho building or other Improve ment shall have been constructed or situated when altered or repaired. Fonvlitsuro INtsslhle If tho owner or other legal occu pant of ltiul causes repairs or Im provements to bo modo upon tho land and tolls to pay for tho labor or ma terials, the laborer or material man Is permitted to file a notice of Hen with tho county clerk of the county where tho property is situated and If (Jio lion Ih not paid, tho same may bo foreclosed by suit In tho circuit court and Is superior to the lien of any mortgago on tlio property. Section 01-104, Oregon Codo, pro vides that overy building or other Improvement mentioned In the act constructed upon any lands with the knowledge of tho owner shall be held to havo been constructed at the In stanco of such owner and the In terest owned by such owner shall be subject to any lien filed In accord ance with tho act, unless such owner shall within three dayB aftor he ob tains knowledgo of tho construction, alteration or repair, glvo notlco that ho. will not be responsible for tho samo by posting a notlco In writing to that effect In sbmo conspicuous placo upon tho laud or building. , When a person sells tho property on contract and tho purchaser causoo alterations or repairs to be made, the laborer or material man may, by com plying with the provisions of the act, onforco his claim against the' prop orty to tho exclusion of the seller'. Tho seller of tho property has tho right to protect himself by posting his notice on tho' property within throo days aftor ho obtains knowledge of tho work. Notlco Necessary A laborer 1b not required to give notice to tho seller, but a material man Is required to send tho seller a notlco In writing within five days aftor he ntarta to c'ellvor materials. No notlco is required to be glvon the Inortgageo and he Hob no way of protecting himself against repairs or alterations to tho property on Which ho holds a mortgage. i?aimdle r This' often ' amounts' td'iubjeotln ' ft mortgagee to' the payment of his mortgagor's -debts -lh ordor to protect -iilB mortgage'.'' The 'mortgage should provido that In event tho mortgagee is required to pay any such Hens, the same may be added ' to' the- amount claimed' Under the mortgage, artd in ' the event the mortgagor falls td pay -the same, the m6rtgage may be rm ' mediately foreclosed! '' ' The supreme court of Oregon has held 'in many cases that the- Hon1 of .. a' mortgago on land taken after the commencement of the erection - of a ' building thereon Is subordinate to ItenB for labor-and material uaed In " tho construction of the building. -- -Preference Stilted- Section 61-104; referred to, provides .; that all Hons created by the -act upoil any building or- other' Improvement shall be preferred .' to prior liens, mortgages or ' othor - encumbrances Upon the land uport which the build- ' Ihg or- other Improvement- shall have been constructed or ''situated when . altered or repaired. - . ' -i ' The purpose of these statutes Is . to protect laborers and material men. Such laborers and material men- aro -. required to strictly conform with the provisions of the act in order to per fect their Hens. An original con- . tractor or laborer is one who deals directly with an bwhch " This owner may be the ' purchaser under a coh-ti-act wild has'ah equity sufficient to obllgote' the 'property. A 'tenant may also obligoto thd' property If tho own or has 'knowledge of tlio repairs or at', tei-d'tloris, ' " "'' -1 ' "'" ' Ah ''original contractor or laborer dealing directly with art dwner or ten ant, has 60 days Within wntdh to file his. Hon With the county clerk. A sub-contractor Is one who deals or contracts ; with original contractors. Such' sub-contractor '' has '30- days within which to file his' lien with the county clerk. Oregon Journal. "'! FOUR AUBURN TRACK MARKS rtKTTKlt CONFERENCE RECORDS ATiTiTiuw Ala 'JP1 Wiiir Alabama '' Polytechnic Institute track and field records exceed southern' conference nna rillfllff thllt 'flf thft COn- ferche'o arid another Is' the confer- once record. ' " Jack" Stewart holds the conference wWrH frtr' tiuv hiohJ lumn 'at 8 feet 2 Inches, which is aljo the school record:- Carson' QrOenT pro-meaioai student at' Alabama,- ran the century In 9.8 In' 1926, the time that is -now the;'cortforencb record. - " . The Auburn record' for the Javelin . i nn taut-. - VtnM htf Atm Rnhlnsotl. against the conference record of 195 feet moh! Auburn's beeV for the 440' Is 48.8, held by Bull Snider; . against the conference 49 flat; Jeff Hanrri'n rilVlM'thmW Of 147 feet VA inches better the conference 142 feet nlno Inches, while - Weems Baa Kin 120-yard high hurdles record of 14.6 hoi peyer been equaled official In a conference meet, .the record now' standing at 14.9.. ' ' . ,. ;' " '?r. North Carolina has only tour muni-. . clpaV golf courecs. They are at Ashe-, vllle; Ohorlotto, Jilgb. Point and Wil,-,, mington. "' '' - ; - ' . .
