Monday, October' 11945
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Page Six Section B
More Farmers to Get Electric Power Soon
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Ptaciical applicaiion of elcclronics in ill is automatic dishwasher.
Experimental model operated by Gole Idle. Wcsiinghouse engine
er, is fororunnor of a now device in which the housewife will place
dishes, glassware and silver, and then simply press a button. The
machino then sprays dishes, washes them, rinses thorn twice,
cleans and drains itself automatically, and then shuts off.
End of War Assures
Priorities End Socffi
The dreams of many farmers in this area for electrifica
tion of their farms may be realized sooner than they had
imagined only a few months ago.
With the conclusion of the war and consequent release of
many materials which had been Under priorities expected
shortly, the power companies and projects of the nations
will be able probably to begin much sooner that process of
extending the electric lines to farms which have not previ
ously had such service.
Many Usses
Diversity of uses of electricity
on the furm has bnen consider
nble. Where it formerly was used
mostly for lights and for pump
ing or at most for turning smaller
machinery, the last few years has
Seen its use in preparing and
curing seeds for market; for heat
ing and lighting livestock and
poultry sheds and incubators and
for scores of other uses.
The scores of farmers which
have not pioviously been served
with electricity because of the
scarcity of materials may look
forward soon in the Grande
Rondo volley to extension of lines
which will bring them into the
electrical fold, according to Ray
mond Gray, manager of the
Grande Rondo division of the
Eastern Oregon Light and Power
Electronic to Offer Handy, But
Costly Gadget for Post War Use
By S. BURTON HEATH
NEW YORK (NKA) Just
around the corner is the age of
electronics. It won't he long now
until that marvel of electrical
science which has contributed so
heavily to defeating nazis and
Japs can be turned toward your
home.
You have heard much about
what electronics can do for you.
You may have built up high
hopes. This seems to be the ideal
time for a word of warning. It
is tliis:
Electronics can do tilings so
wonderful that electronically
controlled gadgets seem to pos
sess human brains. Kleetronirs
could make your home so com
fortable, your home-work so
easy, that the maid problem
would disappear.
But unless you are wealthy
you probably won't have that
sort of electronically - operated
home within your lifetime. Your
children may see it.
On a stunt basis there seems to
15-46 Taxes
To Be Due Soon
In Union County
Valuation This
Year Lower Than
For Last
In anolhrr s i x weeks or s
l!H.r)-'l(i taxes will be due mid
payable in Union enmity.
Lee Reynolds, county assessor,
has announced the total lax val
uation this year for all properly
is $17,HI5..rilti, which is slightlv i
less than the assessed valuation
of all taxable properly last yrar.
when it was fixed at $l7.H7.ri.iti:i.
Total taxes levied tor all un
poses in this eoiinly ihis year w ill
be $!)li-l.fi75.IIH. I -iM year the Hu
me was slinlillv higher, .-;i;ii, -1II.7U.
One of the greatest ilrereasrs
was in the school taxes of Klgin,
where the rale (hopped (roiiiiU.l
last year to 7!l this year. This
was due to several eonsMliil.itnins.
which brought oilier disliicts inlo
the Elgin district.
La Grande Listed as
One of Safest f or
Traffic in State
La Grande, for the thud year,
is listed as one of the satesl Ini
traffic in the state according to
its size, it was staled by Clyde
C. Lund, chief of police.
La Grande, listed as a "H" city,
one having a population ot 111.
Olid or less, was lop city in I lie
state again this year, with no
. traffic fatalities within the city,
''Lurid staled.
Most of tin- traffic accidents
involved parking maneuvoi s, and
nlm'oM half occurred on Satur
days and Sundays.
Columbia llaxin
Project to Show
Model Irrication
COULKK DAM. WASH. (UP
Six pre-dcveloplilellt larms will
be established on the l.UHii.tMHi
rro Columbia basin project in
giinlh cnstei n Wa. hington. The
lai n Will be designed to demon
8tt)0 ir'igatlnn methods and
ijave thi way for more efficient
$ use of land. They will be placed
In ieiii$ ntative are.is on v;m
ous types of soil.
be almost nothing that electronics
can not do. T h e electric eye,
opening a door or turning on a
water fountain; the electric ear,
opening a garage door when your
horn (or one of the same fre
quency) is sounded; radar. These
are familiar applications already.
Magic Eye
Popular science writers have
evoked the picture of a house
wife busy in her kitchen. The
doorbell rings. She looks up at
n screen to see whether it is the
neighbor coming with a cup to
borrow sugar, the insurance man
coming to collect premiums, a
vhite-beartled youth selling mag
azines to pay his way through
college and there'll be such
even in the postwar world or a
tramp who, having discovered
there is no wood-pile and the
lawn already has been mown, is
asking for the chance to earn a
crust of bread and a glass of
waler.
If it's a friend, Milady turns on
her own televisor so that the call
er can see her, and tells her to
open the door and come in. If it's
an undesired caller she just keeps
quiet or, if he "is loo persistent,
tells him to go away.
It is possible to cook a pound
of roast in two seconds. 11 is
possible to have an electric eye
lorn on the lights when you en
ter a room and turn them off
when you leave. It is possible,
every tune you light a match for
a cigaret, to have an electric eye
start a fan to blow out the match
for you.
Several experts agree that,
though it would be tricky, it is
possible to devise an electronic
setup so that when Daddy comes
home from the (i:14 and enters
his aulomatieally-opening front
door, loud speakers would an
nounce softly in every room in
t he house:
"Hi, Mother here I am. Hot,
tired and hungry. Where are my
slippers? How about a drink?
What's for dinner?"
Electronics Now
The end of the war finds you
already living in an electronic
home, if you only knew it. Every
electric light bulb is an electronic
tube. Your radio is an electronic
device. So is your-sun-tan lamp,
your home movie projector. Af
ter the war all of these will be
better than ever.
Hut those stunt gadgets? For
get them, for years to come.
To roast your prime ribs in
two seconds would require a
$!)I,(M() range that would be 13
feet long, five feet deep, seven
and a half feet high and would
use 150,1100 watts of current.
The electric fan probably
would blow out your match be
fore your cigaret was lighted. In
stead of slaying on until you left
the room, your lights might go
out when somebody else entered.
And so it goes.
company.
40 More
Already, the company has 208
miles of distribution and trans
mission lines and has about 650
farm service customers, which is
nearly 40 more than at this tlmo
last year.
With.' seven miles more line
built in the last year or so, 25
more farms were added to the
system, which operates in Union,
Aliccl, Elgin, Imbler, North Pow
der, Cove, Summcrvillc and Per
ry, and in the vicinities of these
(owns as well as at La Grande.
50 Miles
There are plans for construct
ing 50 miles of line to supply 0
percent of the ,175 farms left
which do not have electric ser
vice. This will be. made possible
through the release of materials
and manpower.
The . company has 3,894 resi
dential customers in the county
and 4,818 meters.
At present there are 22 em
ployes of the La Grande division.
Average length of their employ
ment there is 14 years.
1944-45
aiioraitia
Dec. 20 Navy training unit,
one of three in the state, has been
allotted to La Grande . . . Wal
lowa county grand jury compos
ed entirely of women was empan
eled in Enterprise . . . Glenn Wag
ner was elected king of La
Grande chapter of Royal Arch
Masons.
. Dec. 21 C. E. Millering was
installed worshipful master of La
Grande lodge No. 41, A. F. and
A. M. . . . Mrs. W. M. Pearson
was re-elected president of the
W. S. C. of the First Methodist
church.
Dec. 22 Mrs. Walter Apple
was elected president of the Jol
ly 600' club.
Dec. 23 Lii Grande hoopsters
beat Ontario 32-29.
Dee. 28 La Grande's basket
ball team won a 35-34 victory
over Nyssa.
January, 1945
Jan. 1 Loora Sue Pierson was
the first baby to be born in La
Grande in the new year. She was
born in St. Joseph's hospital at
3:42 a.m. new years day.
Jan. 3 Herbert J. Spcckhai't
took office as the new Union
county commissioner. He rc-
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AN EXAMPLE OF THE USES to which electricity can be put in rural areas is to be found in this modern dairy farm, the Enkay
dairy, farm operated by K. W. Sicgrist, two miles south and west of Summervillo. About 25 to 30 cows are milked here and the
milking is done with machines. Separators, grain choppers, wood saws, the cold storage plant, shop machinery and other farm
equipment is also operated by electricity. In the farm home itself, electricity is used for cooking, lighting, refrigeration, and for
operatng fans, mixers, iron, washer, radio and other devices. Sicgrist. with a crew of four or five men, operates 840 acres here.
In the picture are shown the lounging sheds, dairy barn and silos, hog barn and horse barn.
placed W. C. Condit ... La
Grande cagers won easily from
North Powder, 42-20.
Jan. 4 Jear.ette Isabelle Bcne
fiel was appointed director of
nurses at Grande Rondc hospital
, . . Sgt. Earl Hopkins of Imbler
received a presidential citation for
his participation in the baipan in
vasion. .
Jan. 5 College enrollment
was up 56 percent for the winter
period . . . Rainfall deficiency
marked the valley weather for
1944, with only 10.61 or 2.47 be
low, average . . . D. E. Richards
was honored on retirement as
head of the experimental farm.
Jan. 5 Mrs. Anton Freisinger
was honored as Oregon's out
standing bond saleswoman .' . .
Baker nosed out La Grande -Id
to 34 in basketball game.
Jan. 9 Mearns T. Gates ad
dressed the local junior cham
ber of commerce. He is national
president . .. . Little Miss Cosner
of Summerville, daughter of
Otto N. Cosner, was trying to
find her dog which had gone
astray. Or she wanted to know
if he was dad so she could re
place him . . . Aria Larie Lan
nian was married to Howard
Bingaman.
Jan, 10 Mrs. T. B. Lumsden
was re-elected chairman of the
Union county Red Cross chap
trr . . , Capt. John Ferris and Lt.
Jack Lee Riggs, former La
G r a n d o classmates, met and
spent Christinas together in Cal
cutta. Jan. 1 1 Registration at the
, college continued to mount . . .
: EIso Putnam, 8, was shot aeci-
dentlly in the leg by his brother,
I Larry, 13. His injury was not
: serious . . .
! Jan. 12 Union county war
I bond sales beat the quota by 67
percent . . . Roben J. Maaske
was invited to lecture three
1 wczks in the summer at Chicago
! university.
I Jan. 13 Rainfall of the last
I four days had brought the rain
! for the month to 1.83 inches, 1.80
; more than in January, 1944 . . .
i Half a dozen cars parked near
1 the high school during the band
concert were looted the night be
fore . . . H. G. Avery was ap
pointed superintendent of the ex-
perinient station . . .
Jan. 15 Four boys were held
ion charges of ransacking aulos
' . . . Cpl. Sirney MoNcill was dec
' orated with the gold medal and
purple heart.
j Jan. 18 Clayton Fox was elec
I ted president of the South Forty
i'club . . . Christmas seal sales
' in the county were $2,508 , . .
Mrs. Frank German was re-elec-j
ted president of the northsid?
club . . . Edgar F. Willcock, gro-
cer, died.
I Jan. 19 Rev. Mark Talney ex
pressed opposition to peace time
, military conscription, training.
Jan. 23 County quota for the
March of Dimes .wNas set at $3,
500 . . . Rev. Arthur J. Stanley
was re-elected chairman of Boy
' Scouts district and troop com-
1 mitteemcn ...
(Continued in Section C)
We're Awaiting the Day We
Cais Deliver Yon a ew
CHRYSLER or PLYMOUTH
Mnlnr Overhauling;
Ignition Kep.-iirs
l.ulii ieatiun Service
liiillety I'liairjinn
Stop at Our
Nobilgas
Mobiloi!
Station
to ha your rar
Whterproofcd
in the meantime let us keep
your present car in good run
ning condition
Those Ivvi fine automobiles will probably
bo delivered in limited quantities at the
start of production, but as the full mo
mentum is reached there will be cars for
everyone. Therefore, it is advisable to
keep your ear runninjr smoothly to serve
your motoring need. Ve can help you by
providintr expert mechanical service now
and at all future times.
We are the Union and
Wallowa County
Dealers for
MACK
TRUCKS
Mok Truck pmriuction is now in hiffh
Hear. Seme are available now and restric
tions will I lifted entirely IKjccmlX'i'.
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I'hone 5T iet
7 MS... OUR NINTH
IN OREGON AND UNION COUNTY
Is Particularly Important to Us
Being Able to 0!er You the New
SHELL GA
and
PREMIUM GA
S0LINE
Makes it a Double Pleasure!
Serving the oil and gasoline needs of
I'nion county motorists, farmers and
industrialists has been our job fin
nine years. Today we tire pleased
that we can continue that job with
products which are finer and mole
economical than ever. War-time im
provements in quality and octane
ratine- of Shell Casoline and Premium
Casolinc today give motorists t,he
hijrh quality product which they have
been promised for the post-war.
Shell Lubricants and (laxolihc are Sold by These
I'nion County Shell Dealers
RAY'S SHKI.I. SKKVIl'K IUKSI.AX1) (JARAGK H VK l'0 ; R ;K
Second Adams, I, a Cuncle 111:, Adams, Lit (irandc l''cjn
(JKTTI.NIiS-l.YM'H MOTOK ( O. OKK(.(N TRAIL AI TO ( 01 KT MT. l'i;i.;s Vt TO CiMI-
lir & Jefferson. U Urande Ka-t Adams, La ran tic llileud'
YOI M.'S SERYH'K STATION AI.'S AI TO COURT I). ( (J ' TINt S (' ll Vt K
Fir & Monroe.' La Grande Ininn ii . 1 ' 1 ' 1M' ("VK U,L
COUNTRY MARKET
Hand City Road
We have a quality product for every lubrication need of the
motorist, shop, maiuifactunnn' plant
or on the fat 111. Complicated problems can be solved h our Shell iiib'ricntion s
C. M. SHERRILL
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