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Newspaper Page Textp It A, .I tt Cl HI ol m u b HI IS i Pag Eight HENRYFORDWILL BE 70 YEARS OLD SUNDAY, JULY 30 ' lly Willis Tbornton NBA Service Writer : nir-rnrTT .Tnlv Qfl Henrv Ford ; will be 70 years old on July 30. But today Henry Ford reveais en ngiutj ot body, an elasticity oJ mind, nnd n eagerness to lace the future lack ing In many men who have not even approached their allotted three score and ten. Changing times, an uncharted fu ture, the beginning of ft new era, abandonment of the gold standard, a new deal for capital and labor these worry him not at all. The sugges tion that many people are confused and shaken by an unstable present and an uncertain future brought a quick reaction from Ford. "Afraid?" he asks. "What aro they alrald of?" He dropped the foot he had prop pee) against the edge of a desk In an office In his Dearborn plant and leaned eagerly forward In his chair. Opportunity "What )s anybody afraid of? Of course we are now at the end of an era," he went. "But what Is thero about that to be afraid of? There la a place In the world for everybody. That's basic under any system. Why, the changes that are taking place make today evon bet ter as a time of opportunity. Op portunity Is always the same, ex cept that It becomes more numerous. "This talk about the end of In dividualism is nonsense. You'll no tlco that only the strongest kind of Individualists talk that way. Thore will always be opportunity for the Individualist. : "Some things are being destroyed today, but there are some things that ought to be destroyed. The wrecker and the builder both have their place. Sometimes It takes a wrecker to make a place Where the builder can build. But thero Is a placo for everybody In any scheme of things we might adopt." i Money " Many people are worried. I sug gested, because of the world-wide confusion over money. , '.'Suppose we come to an entlroly nan, mnpMiHnn nf lYintlftV. and Of banking? Something all new. with out any connection with gold? What of It?". Ford's quiet voice became more emphatic. "What of It? Nine tenths of all business is carried on by check, anyway, and what Is a, check? The oredlt of somebody who has produced something! I've no objection to letting anybody who wants gold, have It. The rest of us can get along without it." It became clear that Ford regards money not as a solid something to be put away In a sock, touohed, hoarded, handled, but as a sort of llfo-blood flowing through produc tive Industry. I recalled how the net worth of the Ford Motor Co. had dropped more than 57,0OO,00O last year. Money Ford had had, and which was gone. I asked how It felt to lose 57,000, 000 In a year. , HIb unusual view of money came Immediately to the sur face. " We didn't lose a cent," ho said quietly. "Wo Just spent that much more than we took In. The money wasn't lost. It wbb spent. In wages, In material, In useful work. It's still In productive use somewhere In the country. That's not losing monoyl" Employment Signs of the upturn that Is quick ening throughout the Industrial world wore discussed. Ford agrcod that they appear most promising. "But evon If Industry gets back to normal produotlon again," I asked, "suppose It Is unable to reabsorb a groat many of the people It once had Jobs for? What will become of them?" "Industry novor has been ablo to absorb all the people who wanted to enter It," Ford shot back. "It Is a fallacy to assume that indus try can, or should, support all or most of tho people. The purpose ot Industry is to work for tho people, not to have all tho people working for It. "Yet because Industry has causod so many pooplo to leave tholr homes nnd find thcinsolvos strandod In the city. It Is up to Industry to help thorn solvo tholr problem. Iluck to Ijmil "I am doing this by decentraliz ing . . . spreading small Industries throughout tho country, so that pco plo may havo a double security, one In tho land), another in their Jobs. People aro leaving the cities to go back to the land. Tho tidal wavo that swept them thore is receding. But as thoy go, thoy toko with them not only tho same abilities thoy hud when they camo to the cities, but new abilities acquired there. Thoy nrc bettor trained, better thinkers, ' "A Industry decentralizes, which wo havo alroady begun to do, iwople will find a new way of combining native abilities brought from the country with new skills learned In the cities. Then they won't go around demanding thnt somebody give them a Job. They will make their own Jobs. They will bo (roe of the payroll habit. Just because man Is off the payroll, ho needn't bo out ot a Job." Wanes With the government now seeking to enforce as port ot the "New Deal" minimum wage codes In all lending Industries, any conversation with Ford must naturally turn to his own pioneering along minimum wnfic lines. Many hnvo seen a prophvtlr touch In the "revolutionary" Htroke of a fow yoarB ago when Ford ad opted a 95 minimum wage In his ' plants, nnd later raised this to fl and 7. But Ford declaims the role of prophet, and gives a simple, concrete example of how minimum wanes at- Sash, Windows, Screens I and Doors Made to Order Window and Car CHiuu Carpenter & Cnblnct Shop 1406 Jcfforaon D. D. Miller, Prop Three-Yolk Egg Weighs One-Half Pound H en Sick FuawiNOTON, N. J July 2 m A White Leghorn hen owned by W, P. Forner laid an egg with thre yolks, two contained within an outer shell and one In an egg within the egg. Tho egg weighed eight ouncea. But the task of producing an egg of this size, woa too much for the hen and she was sick throe days, Forner reports she Is now on the road to recovery. footed his own workers. "X did It because It was good busi ness," he explained, "It Is Just as good business for everybody." There have been times when high wages at the Ford plant sim ply enabled our workers to go out and! buy the curs of some other maker who was perhaps paying poor wages, while his workers couldn't afford to buy either his car or ours. That Is the sort of thing that can't happen under the Industrial Recovery Act, Good minimum -wages all around will mean good business for everybody. And I think tho govern ment Intends to make It stick," Technocracy , You can't pin labels on Henry Ford. But he Is at least a little bit of a technocrat. He doesn't be lieve In technocracy as a ruling caste system or as a plan of government, but 'they had one Idea, at least," he admits. "The Idea of production for use. That Is absolutely sound. A business ought to make money, yes, but not for tho sake of the money. To put back Into expanding, ' bundling up, research, and the safe guarding of the business Itself." Ford still retains an evident life time respect for the skilled mechanic, i his love for machinery and those ; who design It. "The best work to- I day," he explains with enthusiasm, Is being done on the machinery to make the machinery to make goods. Thoso are the fellows, the leaders, who are showing the real skill these ... : , The Future But aren't those very men by their Ingenuity and skill the ones who are cutting down the opportunity to work, the number of Jobs, and creat ing technological , unemployment? Ford shook his head emphatically. 'So-called technological unemploy ment is largely , a myth," he said. "There aro more men at work build ing automobiles than there over were carriage -makers. Thore are more typists writing letters today than there were writing therm by hand before the typewriter was Invented. There are more men at sea In steam ships than there ever were under I sail. Those inventions enabled more: people to use transportation, more ' letters to be written, more commerce : to be carried at sea. Eventually there Is a net gain." Thus hopefully Henry Ford speaks at 70, after 30 years In the very vor tex of industrial competition. They are the words of a man who has done much to change the world, and who has an evident eagerness to do still more. Stock Exchange To Resume Long Hours NEW YORK, July 38 fl) The govorntng . commlttco of tho New York stock exchange announced to day that the regular hours of busi ness I ram 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. would bo resumed beginning next Monday. Tho exchange- will be closod on all Saturdays up ta and Including Sep torn be r 2, - , ., 1 ' i I'OltlXANI) PROIHICK PORTLAND, July 28 (!') Butter Prints, extras, 25c; standards 24c. Butterfat Portland delivery: A grade, 23c lb.; farmer's" door dellvory, 21c lb.; sweet cream, 6c higher. Eggs Pacific Poultry producers' selling price: ovarslKO, 24c; extras 22c; standards 20c; mediums 20c; pullets 16c do?-en. Buying prico by whole salers: fresh current receipts, 66 lbs. and up, 16(M0o cioKon. Cheese, milk, country moats, mo-, hair, cascara bark hops, live poultry, onions, new onions, potatoes, new po tatoes, strawberries, wool and hay, unchanged. HS!(1AR AND FLOUR PORTLAND, July 28 (! Sugar cane, granulated. $4.85; fruit or oorry, $5; beet sugar, $4.75 100 lbs, Domestic flour - Selling price, mill delivery 26 bbl lots: patent, 49s, $7.80 (fi $8.60; do O&h, $4.00(ji $7.80; bnkers' bluostem, $0.76. $0.85; bakers' blend ed Hour, $6,05 r $U,40; sort white pas try patent, $0.75 $7.50; Montana hard wheat, $5.06; rye, $4 .00 r $6.30; whole wheat, $6.15; graham, $5.90 (i $8.30 bbl. Ground has boon broken on the slopo of Mount Hollywood In Ciillf ornla for a pluncttirium unci astro nomical obNcrvutory, M H .-MM Hed Cross Draff Slore 1 A Good 3 Cross Bar Galvanized Wire Cedar Screen Door Only $2.50 Home Lumber & Coal Co. '.Phone: Main 17 i : MARKET NEWS CMC AO O WHEAT Open High Low Close Jlllv l.OU',4 1.03', .110 .1111 sept, l,mm i.oni4 1.0am " l.wn Kee. 1 .0410.07 l.0K l.0!i l.n May - I.IU',.V 1.13 1.00ft 1.01)74 CHICAGO CORN July - M .015 .(1.14 'M'X Hept. M .17 .57 Deo. ..... .03.oai4 . mi M .IU May - .... .799.70! . , .71 Mi , .0H' PORTLAND WHEAT : Open High Low ' Close July .8(1 .87 ' .85 .85 Hept (MM .87 M M Pro - M'A f Mj MM MV, TRADING DULL IN EXCHANGE TODAY NEW YORK, July 28 VP) Tho stock market almost wont to sleep today In ono of the lightest trading sessions since the start of the 1033 bull market. Prices showed a tend ency to drift irregularly lower from the opening as commodities turned soft and tho dollar gyrated uncertain ty in foreign exchange dealings. The close was moderately heavy. Trans fers approximated 1,400,000 shares. Closing figures Included: Air Heduo 91 Al. Chem. and Dye , .. 117 American Can 85 American T. and T 123 Bethlehem Steel 4014 J. I. Caso 70 Col. Q. and B 2014 Continental Can TO General Motors 30, Johns Manvllle 46 Ubbey-O.-Ford 27 Liggett and Myers B 88 Montgomery Ward - 21 National Distill 76 14 J. O. Penney 41 'A Pub. Scr. of N. J 46V4 Southern Pacific 2b St. Oil of Cal - 38i4 St. Oil of N. J. 36 Union Pacific 114 United Aircraft 3214 United Corporation 10 V. S, Indus. Alcohol 5814 U. 8. Steel 54 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, July 28 ffl Cattle: 9, calves 67; quiet. Steers, best, $4.76$5.50; common and medium, $3.00 & $4.50; heifers, best, $4.00 $4.25; medium, $3.26 $3.75; cows, best, $3.00$3.26; com mon and medium, $1,75 $2.76; can ners, $1.00$2.0O; bulls, best, $3.00 $3.25; medium, $2.76 dp $3.00; calves, best, $0.00(3 $0.25; good, $6.00$5.50; ordinary $4.00$4.50. Hogs: 160; steady. Top light butchers, $5.60 (to $5.75; heavy butchers, $5.00 ( $5,25; sows, $3.00 3$3,60; slaughter pigs 6-1. 75., $5.00; feeder pigs, $4.76c$5.0O. Sheep: 479; fairly steady. Lambs $5; yearling wethers, $3.50(1 $4.00; ewes, $1.00() $2.00. SUPPLIES AND Typewriter Ribbons ...65c & $1.00 Typewriter Ribbons for Portables 50c & 75c Fountain Pen Ink 15c, 25c, 55c, 90c, $1.50 Dennison's Gummed Labels 10c & 20c Dic-A-Doo Paint Cleaners 20c & 40c Paper Clips, per hundred 10c Show Card Color ... 20c, 25c, 65c, $1.20 Boston Pencil Sharpener $1.00 Metal Bond Boxes , $1.50 to $3.45 Office World Globes 85c & $3.95 Photo Paste 10c, 45c, 75c Typewriting Paper, Packet of 100 Sheets 25c Typewriting Paper, per ream ....60c, $1.50, $1.85 Toy Muffin Tins 10c Receipt Books 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c and $1.00 La Grande Book & Stationery Co. La Grande, Oregon FEGMT PECTUJEES BAER SCHMELING The Greatest Fight of the Heavyweight Ring for Years Have a Ringside Seat at the ... PLAYING TODAY and SATURDAY In Addition to Hcgular Program LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, tX GRANDE, ORE. OF THE DAY EGG PRICES ARE ADVANCED TODAY PORTLAND, July 28 Late advance In thei price of eggs was not being fully maintained here although prices were fairly well held by lead ing distributors. Some of the smaller units were shading values to force a movement which was proving more or less unwilling. Trade In eggs during the last 24 hours suggosted that there was again a slight surplus of Iresh offerings and especially as regards everything ex cept extreme top quality and Blzo, . The market was hurt most how ever, by the open selling of short held storage stock as fresh. Market for butter continued, to re flect weakness but this appeared chiefly sentimental rather than any change In the situation. Storage op erations havo practically ceased and this has thrown the held back stock for the open market. Wheat Stocks In Interior Mills, Elevators Given PORTLAND, Ore. (Special) An in crease of 19,030,000 bushels, or nearly 48 per cent, in the July 1 carryover of old wheat in Interior mills and ele vators of the United States, compared with the revised estimate of stocks on hand July 1, 1932, Is reported by the United States department of agri culture. The current estimate of 61, 524,000 bushels compares with the re vised estimate for July 1, 1932, of 41,586,000 bushels. For the- four Paciflo northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, tho estimated carry-over on July 1 , Is estimated at 29,150,000 bushels, which Is almost three hun dred per cent of the July 1, 1032, esti mate of! 10.000,000 bushels. Stocks of wheat on farms In the United States on July 1 this year aro estimated at 79.005,000 bushels, or only 88 per cent of the revised esti mate of 90,284,000 bushels remaining on farms on July 1, 1932. The revised estimate of wheat stocks on farms in the United States for July 1, 1931, Is 37.331,000 bushels, and the five-year average carry-over (1926-1030) is 32, 912,000 bushels. FOR OFFICE HOME UNION MAN HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT THURSDAY NIGHT J. E. Allen, of Union, sustained a ruptured Intestine last night when tho' automobile he was driving col lided with another car near La Grande. He was rushed to the Grande Rondo hospital where he un derwent an operation this morning. Mr. Allen was driving the car and believes he was thrown against the steering wheel. Other occupants of the car received only minor bruises. They were passing an oil truck when another car swung out from behind the large machine to pass and collided head on with Mr. Allen's machine. Identity of the driver of the other car could not be learned. Lumber Output At 120,512,503 Feet During the Week SEATTLE, July 28 P) Produc tion of 120,512,603 board feet of lum ber by 264 down and operating mills In this area Xor the week ending July 2 was reported today by the West Coast Lumbermen's association, an increase of .8 per cent over tho pre vious week. ' The average week's production of this group in 1033 has been 72,004,600 feet; In 1032 the weekly average for the same period was 63.169.466 feet. - Shipments were 8.54 per cent under production and sales 28.8 per cent under production. Orders booked 16.4 per cent under! those of the previous week. PORTLAND, Ore., July 28 P) An Increase of about 9 per cent In orders received by member mills of tho Western Pine association for the year to date, as compared with, the same period In 1932, was reported by the association here today. Shipments were about 1 per cent above last year, and produotlon decreased 1 per, cent, Gold Production Declines in June NEW YORK, July 28 (VP) Gold produotlon In tho United States In June declined to the lowest level since February. Output totaled 142, 000 fine ounces compared with, 185, 000 ouncea In May and 188,000 In June last year, according to the Am erican bureau of motal statistics. : , The figures; cover production which passed directly to the mint for re fining. The California state park commis sion has ordered entrance fees charged at all state parks. SATURDAY KITE IS Admission Effective Saturday Only Adults . . . 15c Until 8 and 25c Until 6 Kiddies . . . 5c Until 3 nnd 10c Thereafter Saturday Matinee Only Chapter 8 'THE WHISPERING SHADOW At Arlington Miss Erla Clark and Miss Ruth Har lan, both of La Orande, were recent visitors at Arlington at the home of Herb C. Clark. They were en route to La Grande from Condon. From tontine . Mrs. E. L. Rucker and brother, L. V. Lath rope, and children, of Lcs tlne, vistied at- the home of their niece, Mrs. O. H. Youngton, Wednes day and Thursday. Visits at Pondurta Mrs. Emmett Strlngham was a re cent visitor at Pondosa at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emmett Smith. County Nurse Here Mrs. Margaret, Huffman, county nurse of Wallowa county, and her two daughters, Beverly and Nadlne, all of Enterprise, were visitors in La Grande yesterday. ChurUw Heard Visits ! Charles Heard, of Pendleton, was a visitor In La Orande last night and today. He Is a former student at the Eastern Oregon Normal school and was visiting friends. Visiting Here Robert "Boots" Rode, of Union, and Richard ' Rode, of Portland, are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. J. D. Rode, of Adams avenue, for several days. From Portland ' Mrs. Martha McCulley has as her guest this week Mrs. W. H. Balllnger, of Portland. CARL POSEY IN CAR WRECK Carl Posey, employe of tho Safeway organization in La Orande, has been working at Joseph this week while Prank Keener, manager, has been on his vacation. Sunday night as he and Carlyle Rounciy were returning from the Safeway picnic at Cove an other machine ran into Mr. Posey's car Just the other side of the bridge across Prairie creek. His machine was badly damaged and the other car was almost completely wrecked., . OMAHA SHEEP . OMAHA, July 28 VP) - (U. S. D. A.) Sheep: 8,500; steady;, feeders strong to 10c or -more higher; range lambs $7.36 $7.60; native lambs $7.75; fed clipped lambs $7.00; ewes up to $2.75; range feeding lambs $8.85 g $6.95. . Calf Has Two Faces ; WATSON VILLE, Cal. (P) Three months after a two-faced calf was born near here the freak animal was still alive. It has two distinct. Jaws, two throats, two tongues, two normal eyes and two imperfect ones. RACE NITE! 125 C.C.C. Youths Of New York Quit California Camp SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 88 (P) Reminders that the sidewalks of New York are a long, long way off Ira. t.hA rarsuasion used by army of ficers today In an attempt to halt the first large group desertion irom a civilian conservation corps comp In. California. ' . . Rides back to camD were offered stragglers from the defiant band of 125, most of them from New York oitv. who deserted the Bear River camp In the Sierra Nevada mountains above Jackson. MT. Uhtirt 1'liHSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Alorisso Gllllham and family spent Sunday at the Luther Hayes, home in Pleasant Grove, j Mr. and Mrs. Grant Struck and daughter, E.'iii'e, of La Grande, visited here Sunday. Clarence Terry returned Sunday from a week's fishing trip ou '.he Minam. Mr. and Mis. Vernon Walte have moved to their 'home hero. Most of the hay crop has be m harvested. It Is reported in Pome cases thai the yield Is better then fur a 1 ri-l:ei' of years. 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