Vagii Four
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Saturday," January 13, 1931
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Personals
mu nbtidUllan ,.v.7 ...
; Pleasant' prov grange hall m the
scene -of a very Interesting meeting
Saturday evening wrien'grniigb rhem-
tdWor'Mtfwbm;' cove: Blue Mt;,
near L& Orantttf'tind Keasnfnv Grave
met for Joltitt lristflllaUdn of office:
0rtVigd'wa&'talteri'i lh'TegalM form
tty the'orflcers ox-Pleasant Orbve'.'the
Installation -belrig ijeld ,at the close;
Charles Wlcklander, district deputy,
actea Bs'lnsttlllh'oWlcW.'Veata Prlz
ol!"as'marsHai, Mert Lewls,fJemA)lem
bearer and'"' Merle'' Friztetl, regalia
tiearel1. ''Tlireo'-cifflcc'rsl-i-ono "from
eich' grangel were Installed ' atr ' n
Mm. ."-.Forty-three"' visitors and ': 29
membeiu of the receiving grange witnessed-
the''' exercises.1'' PhthK Jasper,
nwr' master ttf "Blue Mt.J gave ah'lrt
tertstlhg'' tol1t; ' ahtt. Frank 'Wright,
mostler 'of Pomontf," announced' that
Vh county"' ter&rfee' 'iourtfefl'1' would
meet "at Pleasant "Orovo, 'Jan.' 17 at
o'clock. .Mr.' Wloklander' explain
ed -the' necessity for a county council
and urged all members to attend
these meetings, especially the masters,
-lecturers, and members of executive
oommltteec, . . . .
"Ht ihe"oloS8 of the meeting, tho
JJ. U. d of Tleasant Grove, sorved a
tasty lunclC then all enjoyed vloltln
and'danclng tor an hour or'io! Music
was. furnished by the PJeaoant prove
orchestra. Officers Installed for the
new year, are:
- Pleasant drove. Master, Frank Mc
Kennon; overseer, WT A. -ffull; lec
feref.'' Gaston 'Slbn; 'toifard';'1 jtewaM
FottratB! assistant steward,' Virgil
Sanderson; chaplain, Vesta Frlzzell;
treasurer, Hoy 7TnlgW';B!rotaiy,'J. J,
MurclMsori; gatekeeper, Wayne Frlz
zell; tje, Vorh4'''lfhlgRt; Pomona,
MarJoWWoddeJM Flora?' ClallBuii:
lady assistant steward, Inez Fries;
executive committee, John Lewis, J.
D. Woodoll,' Wayne Frtiawll. ' '
Mt. 'Fairnle. Master, B.' S.' Comstock;
overseer,'". - M:! Gardner; ''lecturer,
Margaret Becker; steward, J. B. Love;
mulstaht Steward, E. Bi Miller; ohap-laln,-
Annie (Miller; treasurer, Lydla
Lantz; -secretdry,' "Jessie Fisher; gate
keeper, 'X ;"A. Richards': bores, Helen
Becker f Pomona, 1 Miu-lorle ' Miller:
. Flora, . Grace " have;- lady assistant
steward, Amelia Borteoji: executive
committee, juDerc ieuKur, uiiii mu
ler, George Ooloy.
BloSs'-HMt.1 Master, Frank Jasper;
overseer, ' Tom- Bates; leoturor, -Clarence
Oarteri steward, Jay Broshoars;
assistant ' steward, Prank" Wright;
chaplain, Loolali Bedhead! treasurer.
Minnie - Holrniui; ' -secretary,"' Laura
Bates;- gatekeeper, Albert Hamanni
Ceres, r Jessie Masterton; Pomona,
Laura Taylor; Flora, Carrie (Spencer;
lady assistant steward, Cecil Dodson;
executive committee. Clarence Carter,
Jay Breshcars and Frank Wright.'
R ( it: i.' rrp1 '; tv." '
To California
'Merm and' Virgil Conloy, of the
Shanghai'' district, havo' - been In
Southern CalSfdrnla, making "the trip
pnrtlculttr'.y to witness the Now Year's
game in -the-Hose Bowl. ,
Enroll
' Darcy McCool and Miss Thclma, An
derson, bbtll: of the" 'Cove;' artf new
students enrolled this term at the
Eastern Oregon Normal school.
Prom Caldwell""'""
Mra. Christ Bertsch, of tho Mill
Creels canyon- road nenr Covo, has re
turned from Caldwell, Ido whore she
visited for somo time around tho holi
days' at tlie homo of her nephew and
niece,' Mr, and Mrs. Paul Muegglor.
Entertains i
Mrri. A. V. Fisher, of tho Frosty
district, was the hostess to tho Frauen
Verelri; home economics group bf -tho
Mt. (tannic grange Tucoday. '!
Makes lluiior Hull
Kan Coad, of Cove, Is one of 31
students In tho law school at tho
University of Oregon who were namod,
on 'silo honor roll. The honor roll
lists the names of tho lilghcst soven
students In each threo classes of tho
law school In order of their cumula
tive grndo point average rank.
NUOAH AND FI.OI'll
PORTLAND, Jan. 13 WV-Sugarcane,'1
granulated, $4.3S; frult'or per
ry, $4.00; beet sugnr, $4.30.
Domestic flour selling price, mill
delivery, 25-bbl. lot: Patent, 40s.
$0.40-7.10; blended flour. $5.00-0.00:
bluostem, $0.00-6.10; soft white pas
try nflour, $5.60-0.70; bakers' hnrd
wheat flour, $5.75-5.70; rye, $5.00-0.10;
whole wheat, $5.45-5.70; graham,
$5.40-5.05.
Complete
Winter
Service
For
All
Cars
mffnm
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AT.THl?
Why does' Mae West ; apijoar Irr 1
modern, modish garments Inlher new
picture,. Tm No Angel," When sbe
was suoh'a success 'as the 'qiieen of -the
Gay Nineties In her last picture,
''She ne HjmlAfroiig"? ; ".''
"Aren't you' tempting the fates a
little' Mt";the wise-boys asked. -i'by
not repeating the characterization
that made you famous?" ,
Mae West Isn't tempting the fates
a bit, she declares.-.- . n- ;t-
I dori't Wuht people to get tho
Idea5 tha:,I'!m tttf dld-tlnw'-type
of girl," the curved1' beauty of 'I-m
No 'Angel' whlch opcrt"a' four-aay
run at the Liberty ' theatre Sunday,
says, -rm right -up to-the minute,
and Just now I am anxious to dispel
any mistaken Impression that I- can
play only the hot mamas of tmrty
years ago. " 1 ' 1 '' ' r ', ' i
On the stage, Miss West created
a remarkable record 'for versatility. .
As a dramatic actress, she played
everything from Little Eva and -Little
Lord Fountleroy " to' "Sex", "Zaza" ;
and '"Diamond -Lll."r -: .
She was- a- vaudeville headllner for
a number of years, doing comedy and
dramatic sketches, singing "Scoroiv
songs and dancing. '"She' orlgtriated .
th famous shimmy dartce, hlle she .
was In -vaudeville.- - She also was- fea
tured In New York musical comedy
as "The Baby "Vamp." ' '-'-,-
In "I'm' No Angel," a story writ
ten by Herself, Miss West reveals f his
flair -for versatility. . Besides her
dramatic characterization of Tlra, the ..
lion tamer, she exhibits her ability as
a comedienne; also she will sing . .
series of torrid songs, and dance UV
mjaway.'. u'nisaance is penormeu
with'uili uiiy -.jnoveiitent Of 'tliG - fvt,.
Cnry1 draiit' As Hlsx West's''' lead
ing Tnam wrm No Angel," which
Wesley' ftuggles1 directed, '
Budget MeeHs And
-Uncle Sam s
By Fnmk 1. Weller
WASHINGTON 'W -i-' What effect'!
feder'fll budKOt tequlrcnientfl of 10,
000.000,000 within tho next r six
months' lo going to have on the
"danjte of the dolinr" Is a vexing
question on 7ttpltol Hill. ''. ; ' . .
On January' 6 theRPO gold-pur-;
chasb prloe had completed ltt twelfth
day nt ?34.08 an ounce compared witn
tho statutory 30.G7. Tho previous
high had beeii $34.01 for an ovn
longer tt mo on pocomber 7. Betwcon
the two dates the gold valuo of the
dollar 'declined from 04.1 cents to 03.8
cent. -'.:'-' ' '-. ' " i
--' Clold Content I'tmiproiiilse?
With i; unprecedented ' peace-time
borrowing ahead, thore seems to bo
more sentiment among conservatives
and inflationists alike for the presi
dent to call their spokeamen together
on a common ground namely a
compromise 'bn 'the gold content"' of
the dollar1. They say that to remove
uncertainty would bring "roar-frozenV
depOHitB 'out foV Investment.
benhtor Thomas -of Oklahoma says
them Is a possibility of Mr, Itooaevolt
cutting ho gold value of the dollar
to 60 cents by increasing tho price
of gold -to 41.U4 an-ounce. "For tho
sake of stability, James P Warburg,
a former monetary adviser to the
president, and other champions of
"orthodox money." have indicated
with willingness to go along with a
CO-ccnt dollar. " ' y-
b'eonoiiiy Ah Credit (liiaruntee
At present one of Mr, Roosevelt's
closest advisers appears to bo Prof.
Ooorgo F. Warren who would tlo the
purchasing power of tho dollar to ;
the rise and fall In tho general com-j
modlty prlco level. The president's j
messago to congress wns Interpreted j
as Indicating he had no Intention of
steering away from tliit course.
Rather,' It appeared, he sought to
entrench It by making federal statu
tory 'economy a guarantee for gov
ernment credit. He hoped to borfow
more by keeping normal expendi
tures at a minimum. Some believe'
ho hoped, too, to' heod;xff congres-i
slonal. action lor 'an increase ln voi
erans' compensation or full payment :
of the bonus which might neces
suave some outrigm. uumuun.
Tlie approaching congressional
campaign' is1' aotislderod ft Strong' lnL
duoemcnt for those who will bo enn-
dUtatos to rid vac uto riaymont or the J
bonus. --j
'A' TroJit' From luflatloii
In that event, some Inflationists
sny, Mr: Roosevelt could - declare' n
50 -cent? doll nr. Impound n 'treasury
"profit" of $3,600,000,000 on 'reserve '
bank gold and issue $3,000,000,000
of greenbacks agattiBt It.
Thcro is a much different attitude
at the treasury. 'In the first place.
It Is going to borrow $0,000,000,000
and not $10,000,000,000. That other
$4,000,000,000 represents maturities
which1 usually ore wiped out by trad
ing tho bondholder new paper for the
Old. : i -, ,
Nor Is It anticipated that tho $0.-
000,000.000 will be borrowed air -tit
once. Tho practice Is to Issue bonds.
notes or bills as money actually Is
needed.
Tho last Issue wns for $950,000,000
and was oversubscrliwd three times
nt 3V por cent. " Tho "public"' Is
chiefly banks and cororatlohs with
Idle surplus reserves. Such reserves
are said to be stacked high In finan
cial institutions for lack of com
mercial outlet.
How lluiiktf liny I kinds
Banks buy government bonds by
subscribing at tho treasury and ear
marking currency In their own vaults
for govuriimfnt account.1' If is drawn
upon as needed, frciptcntly months
alter it was nubscrtbed.
i1 Oh Dioember B7- the federal re
serve bonks hud $3.433 000,000 of gov
oinment eecuritlos,: -nearly two bil
lions more than In December.
and member bunks had well over an
additional si. 000,000,000. They ore
counted upon heavily to support any
new issue lest failure to absorb It
lessen the value of those they already
own.
Federal reserve member banks had
an excesis surplus of $800,000,000 on
January 3. Member banks In 00
cities on Decomber 27 hod $10,8(i(l,
000,000 of demand deposits, $4,330.
000,000 of time deposits and SH'JC
ooo.ooo of government deposits. Money
ip circulation totals around $,U00,-000.000,
LIBERTY
I jut si i? i
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fe? , 4 f s- H vf ? , , .
I takf i r t
fx J m t i A n ft,,
f(f t .Ss f AA it 4 i r
....;v
fuc West, the mlslieliavlll' Inily
of ''Hlie hone Him Wrong." con
timicK fuKclnudng hi Piimiiioinit's
"I'm No Angel." ' which opens
8ufHlay"'at the' I.llierly thwilre.
Dollar Value
Big Balancing lask
All these sources could contribute
to the purchase of federal securities.
Halth
' NP-CltASTilHNlA '
When a physician says that a pa
tient is suffering from neurasthenia,
nervous debility or nervous exhaus
tion, usually he means a form of
psychologic disorder with which are
associated a variety of symptomsi
On the physical side the neuras
thenic may complain of a whole cat
alog of diseases.- Most commonly he
prcsentB a picture of debility, or
weakness at time amounting to true
exhaustion.
Since this condition was first de
scribed moro than 00 years ngo, the
tendency has been to charge neuras
thenia to what is vaguely called "clv-
llt.atlon." ... .
That hurry, bustle, and tho drivo
of the present day do consume our
energies to a greater extent than did
the relatively quiet life of our an
cestors Is not to be donlcd.
But beyond thisi there Is behind
tho neurasthenic either a deflnlto
psychologic problem or else there Is a
true- physical condition - which ex
hausts him constitutionally.
Tho neurosthentc who fatigues
readily, Is depressed, discouraged,
complains of indefinite pains at the
base of his skull or over his eyes, of
a vague senso of 111 case throughout
his body and Is a sick person even
though no definite pathology can be
demonstrated.
' Tho neurasthenic needs, to begin
with, a very careful physical exam
ination to exclude the presence of
foci or Infection and of Infectious
diseases. ' . "
Where no physical causes adequate
to account for tho neurasthenia are
discovered, It must be assumed that
tho neumsthenlc is a victim of psy
chic disturbances such as unconscious
fears and anxieties, cravings for pro
tection and sympathy, on inborn
sense of guilt.
True fatlguo may be- doveloped by
tho neurasthenic from uncontrolled
worry. In fact, tho neurasthenic finds
himself In a' vicious iclrclo .In which
anxiety drives, him to a stato .of
"nerve exhaustion" in turn fostering
his "anxiety." .
A milk war In Washington, Iowa,
brought prices, to as : low aa three
cents a quart for a few days.
Wynekoop Case
Witness Hunted
W (. 'I
Declared by tho defense to ho an
Important witness In tho Wyno
koop slaying case, John Van Pelt,
69, nbovo, has been missing for
two weeks, and Is sought by Chi
cago police. Van Pelt was "handy
man" nt tho death mansion and
Is said to havo loft tho homo of
friends with two men who unlU
tlioy woro detectives. Ilo has not
been soon since.
ANDREWS FRANKLY
DOUBTS THAT SEA
SERPENTS EXIST
liy Homer McCoy
NEW YORK' W 'Don't anybody
try rto Interest the American museum
of natural 'history In tho purchase of
sea serpents, dead or alive. t a .
Particularly, museum lei a Is want
nothing to do with Amy or Bob, those
alleged monsters which are disport
ing themselves as effectively aa any
tourist trade association could wishr
off the coast of British Columbia and
in Luch Ness; Scotland, respectively,
Dr.' Roy Chapman Andrews, emin
ent scientist and director, of the mu
seum, Is frankly skeptical. Amy and
Bob, he declared, are Just pink ele
phants on the ceiling to the. world of
science. - -
"As a scientist," said Dr. Andrews,
who has spent eight years .probing' the
ocean depths, "I don't regard such a
thing as the existence of Amy and
Bob aa utterly Impossible,. .
"But it's a very remote possibility,
based on the fond hope of man that
somewhere in the world a parcel of
prehistoric earth, with Its , comple
ment of animal life, has continued
through the ages. That couldn't nave
happened." . ...
Amiable Amy of the North Paclfio
has been described as the convention
al sea serpent of old salts' tales. Amy
Is distinctly unlovely, having a camel
face. ''
Belligerent Bob of the Scotland
lake is suspected In some quartern of
heinous deeds, including the slaught
er of livestock; and the deaths; of two
peroons. . i. , - . - ,"
"Both of the creatines are the re
sult of faulty observation," Dr. An
drews declared, ''perhaps on the parte
of sincere persons who saw Just what
they hod hoped to seo. - ' . - -
"As for Amy, the ocean's depths
havo ibeen pretty thoroughly explor
ed at least aa far down as any large
form of animal life could exist. Noth
ing like 'ner has ever beeh found;"'
MAKING GAINS IN
PARALYSIS FIGHT
lly ICayiauml Crowley
NEW YORXlVP) A young doctor
sat In a laboratory room, his ear
drums buffeted by the chattering 'Of
j monkeys 'dedicated to oclence, and la
bored on an!experlment that arouses
bright hopes for eventual victory in
tho -fight against Infantile paralysis.
I Dr. Maurlco Brody of Ottawa, who
at '30 has a record of brilliant re
search behind- him, has applied a
I "vaccine of formalized virus" to mon
koys with' good results In protecting
, them against the dlseaoe that Is -to
i blame -far more than half the na
tion's human cripples.
'A -long road Ilea ahead boforo sci
ence will know whether tho new de
velopment will confer tho same boon
on humankind. But Dr. William H.
Pork, famous authority on. . public
health, pronounced Dr. Blody's work
a "definite advance" 4
Dr. Brody,: who graduated from Mc
Olll university 110 longer ago than
1928, is conducting his experiments at
Wlllard Parker hospital under, tho di
rection of Dr. Pork, head of the city's
bui'eau of health laboratories;-' -:;''
Tho young doctor's method, Is to
tako Infantile paralysis virus, a dead
ly Infective agent, and treat It wth
formaline a germ killer, to obtain
tho vaccine. 1
The first step Is to obtain the virus
from the spinal cord of monkeys that
havo Infantile paralysis. This virus Is
then trcntod with formaline (Just the
right amount of formaline to kill the
virus and no more) and the resulting
mlxturo or emulsion is then injected
Into tho brains of healthy monkovs
to determine whether It will Infect
them. Dr. Brody found It' will nojt.
The next step Is vaccination, the
introduction of the vaccine through
the skin of other monkeys .in an at
tempt to render them Immune from
tho disease. Dr. Brody discovered
that many developed what he called
1 "pretty good Immunity." 1
Tho monkey experiment Is its final
I phase. The human phoso lies In the
future.
(iou lmrrK i'nchanoki)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 (Ti The
government's gold price was un
changed today at (34.00 an ounce, i
An airplane altimeter dove'.oped at
tho Univcsity of California at U
Angeles b-dlcates tho height above
ground through the measurement of
the time It takes sound to travel
down to the earth and re-echo. i !
Six hundred feet will bo cut off
tho top of Oregon mountain in Cali
fornia by hydraulic- sluicing, to make
way for the Reddlng-Eureka auto
mobile highway. iv ; .
Sam Wlckstrom of Potter, Neb., has
a cow to which nine calves have been
born in four years. Twice she had
triplets, once twins. i
A tree in the greenhouso at tho
Hastings, Neb., state hospital yielded
10 lemons this your, ono -of them
four Inches In diameter. i
Tod Sloan, tho great Jockey who
died- recently, developed as a lead
ing rider at St. Louis tracks In tho
early nineties and rodn hu insf
mount at the old Elm Ridge track in
Kansas city in 11)03.
GEO. Ii. RICHARDSON
Groceries and Fresh Meats
Open Sundays and Evenings
S06 Adams Ave.
THIRTY COUNTIES
CQRVALLXS. Ore. (Special) We
counties In' Oregon than ever before
will hove' the services - of' ' county
agents this year, reports P. L, Ballard,
county agent -leader, -following com
pletlon 'of county budgets throughout
the state. Thirty of the 36 counties
have definitely arranged for agents,
with Columbia' county still endeavor
ing to raise the necessary match
money by private subscription. Oil
11 am "and Sherman 'counties' have
added agents, while Jefferson has
Joined with Crook In engaging one. '
Because of the vital connection be
tween the extension agents and the
work of the agricultural adjustment
administration, one ' or two ' other
counties are contemplating engaging
agents, following decision of the AAA
not to continue the practice of sup
plying emergency agents as was done
during the wheat campaign.
1 Partly because of the responsibility
placed on the agricultural staff . of
the Oregon State college In bringing
to Oregon thel- benefits under the
various federal efforts In behalf of
agriculture, the complete staff of the
extension service', experiment stations
and instructional division Is holding
a etate wide conference at Cor va Ills
this week. " -;.
' Fears that the program of the AAA
would brlrig an "army " of ' federal
agents' to put 'the plans into effect
and enforce their provisions have not
been- borne out, largely 'because the
national administration turned to the
existing forces ' cohneo'jed with the
-land grant colleges to meet the emer
gency. .:-' ':: ''
As a result, O. 5. O. officials point
out, touch, time has been and will
be spent with, these emergency pro
jects by Oregon forces, first was the
work In connection wit.h getting em
ergency crop loans -lost spring, fol
lowed by subsistence garden projects,
and then the" wheat allotment cam
palgnV NoW the ' corn-hog" 'control
campaign is on;"whlch In turn la ex
pected to be followed toy the dairy
adjustment'. program.' ;"'
Meaiiwrdle the 'college forces have
been ceJled' upoii to direct -three pro
jects tinder the 'pWAV one concerned
with, surveying rural homo toulldlng
conditions; one with a survey of de
Unqu'ent' tax" and rh6Hgage foreclosure
conditions; and a third with the-Tiast
experience with' subsistence" home
steads in tills state.
r . - J 1 n I
AMATRUK, ARCHITECT; DESIGNS
" ' UUIKUINU I7S STUKlbS H1UU
.'' ;.-.' j.lr V l'
COLUMBUS, O. VP) Many an ar-
chltecd has dreamed of the day when
176-story "skyscraper-- would be a
reality, but a Columbus restaurant
worker has spent) 972 hours design-1
tng onel
A native of Turkey, George Agas-,
slan never naa' studied arohltecture
lnschook' - -
His design, which he calls "NBA
Landing Towers,"' would cover an
area o( six square blocks. . It would
be topped' by airplane landing fields
and a dirigible mooring most.' ' ' '
Illtll'jsrrjtNSIOUS TO 'SUB i
'). MATE IN' ASCOT 'OOI.D
cur
LONDON VD Interest has been
aroused lri racing clroles by Uie en
try of A.-0. Bostwlck's "Mate" for
the Ascot gold cup to 'be run June
21. : . '..."-: : '
His record of wins In the United
States was chronicled when the en-trles-'were-
published, and racegoers
are hoping to see him compete against
this year's Derby and St, Leger win
nerHyperion owned by Lord Der
by. ... '' ...
Another American entry Is "Gusto
II," owned by M. L. Schwartz, while
the International (flavor will bo in
creased toy candidates from Prance and
the Italian champion colt "Crapom,"
owned by M. Crespl. -
CHURCH STAIRWAY YIELDS
LOST rORTUOUBSE CRUCIFIX
LISBON W) The 200-year-old
mystery of the disappearance of what
16th century writers described as "the
most perfect flguro of the crucified
Christ" has-been-solved.
It has been -'discovered In a niche
of a staircase in the ancient church
of St. Anthdny at Colmbra where It
was placed about 200 years ago.
' The figure was carved In Ivory by
Joao dc Ruac. whose' works aro In
many churches In Portugal ond
Prance. "" ' "
, REINDEER OFFERED TO CHILE
SANTIAGO. Chile W An Alas
kan company has approached the gov
ernment here with a plan to estab
lish a reindeer ranch In the bleak
far soutn of this country. The com
pany wants to sell breeding stock to
the government. ' ' n r r -WOODEN
.TOOTH FILLS THE GAP
BUTTE, Mont, (pj ti It's tough to
toot without a tooth. But Stanley
Bowdcn. cometlst In a school band.
found a way. Lacking time lor a trip
to tho dentist before a concert, ho
whittled out a wooden tooth which
"worked swell."
Convictions totalling 279 out of 374
cases of violations at tho migratory
bird treaty act were secured by the
government during the last year.
fJLUS-CHflLMERS-
Track type and Air Tired Tractors.
Combines. Implements,
Road Machinery.
CHANDLER TRACTOR-
KQ.ri""SNT CO.
1312 Jefferson Main 832
rfv V t. ' it V 4 ft il
Phone Main 36
7ms Curious
ARE USED TO DIG HOLES ' '
FOft THE POyg??.' ON A'
fox- farm near. 6lro,
:': neSada. ' ; '" :.
AOST AV3DERN GEOLOGISTS
ESTIMATE THE AGE OF .
THE EARTH AT THREE
&ILUOM YEA3S.'-
6 t34 BY nZA SEHVICC. INC. I ' LV!i 5y-- JT V T-
" CEOLOCISTS 'art ' 'cteffnttg "ini -rtiiiiiy of rirftUn4iItiM3ndr--j .
their ea'lmatos Of the aReiotithe planet on which wo live, by study
Inn the leakage sot Uoliiim from the rock maleriiils - Tly fluurlhi;
the ainoiint'ot radioactive' decay 5h'B'rockrjt is OsslbVd to mtike
a fairly fclose cMlmalc of. Ita age,'; '! ,. :; ,' . '';. f " ' '
LEADERS SEE AN
LINES OF WORK
By The Associated Press
Swiftly moving economic changes
and a realignment of business factors
In the last 12 months turn tlie United.
States Into a complex picture of re
covery.. Viewed by. sections, the scene
presents an overlapping: design, punc
tuated toy upward trends and down
ward influences : affected by other
conditions, -v Mi
The automobile Industry In the
Detroit ' area has reached the stage
where leaders are declaring "1933 was
the industry's recovery year."
But while Michigan 'has the major
part of the automobtle'lndustry, em
ployment In assembly plants and al
lied Industries In other parts of tlir
country is affected favorably,
Cotton In Upturn
The south.-Is looking. .i to cotton
growing,, the naval-stores .Industry
and pine lumber trade as leaders In
the business upturn..
E. F. Creekmore, general manager
of the American Cotton Co-operative
association,: says -the- higher price
level, increased yield per- acre, .and
government subsidies of about $110,-
000,000 "have caused a materially im
proved financial condition among the
cotton producers." J
J, E, Lock wood, naval stores con
sultant of Savannah, Oa., says, "Na
val stores conditions in the united
States nave materially improved ...
and tlie outloolc is favorable for con
tinued gradual improvement. . .
' A summary of ibuslness conditions
by the Federal' Reserve bank of At
lanta 'said the Southern Pine associa
tion reports orders received by lum
ber. mills over a given period were 29
per cent greater than production. De
partment Btores in the district re
ported fall sales Increasing.
Midwest Hot ure Clouded .
The mldwestcrn picture Is clouded.
Reports pertaining to It Indicate
there Is no section where business re
covery definitely : has ibecome appar
ent;"' r. i
. Government wheat and corn-hog
payments have ' ibeen- made over a
lnrgo area but these funds are re
ported going largely to pay off. back
debts of farmers and Into retail chan
nels." f ,
Threo industries have been a
measure of recovery ,in the .Rocky
mountain section. They are mining,
Including gold and sliver, the sugar
beet Industry, and -the sheep ana
wool Industry. 1 1 'V
Gold mining, which affects a rela
tively small number of persons, has
boomed, since the government started
buying gold above -the world price.
The sugar beet trade has had a
good year, largely duo to Increased
yields rather than better prices. Wool
prices have virtually trebled, but
meat prices still are tow. 1
. Lumber leods the way in the re
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ALTHOUGH UNCONSCIOUS.
covery movement in ' the Paciflo
north west. with many industries., re
porting advances. " : ; "
, E. Pat Kelly, director of the Wash
ington state department of labor and
industries, . said, an ' Increase of 81
per cent in the' payroll volume df the
state's basic industries was reported
for the first 1Q months of 1933 in
addition to federal compensation, for
civil works projects and the Jlke. ;
Col. W. B. Greeley, of Seattle, secretary-manager
of : the West Coast
Lumbermen's association, said, "Gen
erally' speaking, conditions in several
hundred Washington and Oregon
lumber and tagging communities are
much'ibetter with respect to employ
ment and income to the public than
they were In the winter of 1932, and
the improvement may be attributed
almost entirely to the labor provisions
of the NRA lumber code.?' ; '
Mord Money For Less Work
To .sum ' up conditions,' Colonel
Greeley said; more -men are getting
more money for less work In' the
lumber industry, and conditions ore
better, but costs have increased, and
lumbermen-'hope for a larger volume
of business, as consumption , of lum
ber has been lagging.' -f': v. ,v
The most pronounced improvement
in the -wrfst. Is reported -by -the re
search department of the California
state chamber of commerce to be in
Los Angeles.' San Diego, Oakland, San
Francisco and Sacramento. , 1
Manufacturing has continued up
ward Glnce July in many cities, rail
road officials report . a considerable
increase ih tourist passenger travel,
and crop ..estimates for . California by
the agricultural extension service of
the University of California show dol
lar improvement in almost . every
case. ' ?-v.-r
Southwest Uopnr( Gains
A recovery trend in 'both wholesale
and retail lines in the southwestern
part of the United States is mdi-1
catcd by reports. From 43 member j
organizations of the East Texas cham
ber of commerce came word that
business in the last four months of.
1933 was 25 per cent better than the
same period last year.
Dun & Bradstreet's Dallas office
said Texas trade in general was bet
ter than any year since 1929 with an
approximate 25 per cent increase. In
Tulsa, Okla., the unit and dollar sales
In retail stores continued to break
holiday, season-, records , -since 1929.
Kansas C4ty merchants reported gains
in the firial month of the year rang
ing irom 12 to 50 per cent above 1932.
Factory Orders' Increased , i ' 1 .
The branch of a large Implement
company reported more advance i or
ders for cream " separators for. 1934
than It sold in all of 1933. A whole
sale rubber company found spring
orders 60 per cent above a year ago.
One of he largest wholesale dry
goods concerns in the midwest re
ported important gains in recent
months.
In the Pittsburgh area increases
were shown-In businesa activity, iron
and steel production, cool, rail ship
ments, electric power, and department
Store sales," , ., ' i-f
i New England finds wages of the
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average Industrial1 worker Improved
under industrial codes, and. the re
tail furniture businesa has shown
improvement. ' ' -'", ; J
, Wall street : at year-end counted
more dividends, and industrial profit
were reported improved In many case
" in many states diBtilling and brew
ing have, contributed to business ac
tivity. J ;" r: :
ItAMHI.KR COACH KKCEIVES
i .. TVO BKEAKS 'I.V ONE GAME
MINNEAPOLIS m Joe Boland,
new tNotre- Dame line coach, got two
i,breakB"-r-one bad. and' one good
in one football game here.- .,-.,(.
It , was, it -proved Joe'a lost game
as 'a Notre Dame tackle, for in it,
early in the 1926 Ben&onj he broke a
leg;:- That iwas-the .bad; break-- The
Irish were playing Minnesota.
t But while hewas laid up in a hos
pital here a co-ed reporter, then Mar
garet 'Llmburg, icalled to Interview
him1 and Freddie Collins, Irish full
back,1 who received a broken Jaw in
the same -game, forhe student paper.
' The ' co-ed - reporter is now1 -Mrs,
Joe Boland: i. - u: p t
TUHKK FISHER BROTHERS
. ...... . -jq-yrtsr. ON IOWA ELEVENS
IOWA CITY, la. (P) Russell Fish
er, !1034 University of Iowa football
captain, is the third' member'of his
family to staras,n (lawkeye grldder.
A younger brother, Ray, was one
of the fHawkeyes' famed t "midget
ends" this last season, while the eld
est of the trio, Darrell, was a fullback
on the teams of. '22,. 23 and '24 and, ,
like Russ, ) a talented ' place- kicker.
T Russ"is 26, married and from Des
Moines. He ihas only one- more sea
son,'his second, at Iowa; having com
peted' one season at- Western- State
college, Denver. - v h-. r.;v.-
Church Celeb mtes (15tU Anniversary
POY SIPPI. Wis. if?) The first
Danish - speaking Seventh Day Ad
ventlst church . which celebrates its
sixty-fifth anniversary here this win
ter, has sent more than 50 mission
aries to all parts of the world. The
congregation numbers 75 members.'
PORTLAND PRODUCE
PORTLAND,. Jan. 13 (P) Butter
prints, extras 20c; standards 19,c lb.
Butterfat Portland - delivery: A
grade, 16-18c lb.; farmer's, door de
livery, 13-14c lb.; ; sweet cream 5c
higher.
''Eggs Pacific poultry producers
selling- prices r Fresh :-extras,' tl&c;
standards l7o; medium 17a. dozen.
Buying ;prlce' by-wholesalers: Fresh
extras -l7c' doz.;' firsts sl5c;. mediums
18c dozen; 'undergrade llc; pullets
lie cioEen. " ' j n i". -" '.'''
4 Live poultry Portland delivery,
buying prices Colored fowls-under
5fc lbs., 12-13c; over 6 lbs., il-12c;
spring pullets, 2 to 2' lbs., 12-13c;
roasters, over 3 lbs.,- 12-13c; leg
horn fowls, over 3 lbs., 7-8c; -under
314 lbs., 8-9c; broilers 1 to 2 lbs.,
2-l3c; 2 lbs. and up, il-l2c; stags,
5c; roosters. 6c; colored ducks, lie;
geese, 10c lb.: J ; ' - v
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