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Bigned ' article will be revised sub
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CORRECT HA.ER 0J'4 ASSESSING
This la the time of year for the .as---esor
to call upon you, . Ills call will
J a trifle different this year, for be
has orders to assess all property at
.fall valuation a thing . that should
,fcave been done years ago. It Is the
nly correct way to assess property,
: and the only fair way. ' V-;.
Under the old system Striking In
equality was In srldence In every
ommunlty. City property and farm
paads never , were properly balan-
-4mA fk .m
7' Ffiin.n',' is . --..--.tip
-en more or less of a
sliding scaje.
I soma' instances assessors played
favorites, but ' that has seldom oc
curred la recent yrs. ;
By the ,f tate tax board taking the
1U In its teeth and demanding that
,. trae statute be. observed to the letter
there will be an entirely new com
plexion to the assessment '.rolls t?i
year. '. 'v ;;V,''V::
" One place, however ; the law a--pears
to. be very , lame ' and that !r
the taxation of notes and ..mortsages..
Tears ago Oregon had a mortage
law which required' all mortgages to
be taxed. It will be remembered that
It operated detrimental to. the wl
fare of the country and caused cap
ital to leave the state In large Bums.
v A legislature. In . attempting to re
peal 1 the law made a statute that
repealed that - section pertaining , to
mortgages but left' In force the, part
t of the law that provide for tattlor
cjf notes, Now as afmatter of com
mon knowledge a. note la the essence
of a mortgage, so we are still work
ing under the law that taxes notes.'
The Injustice of the measure is .tec
apparent ' to need discussing, ' If c
man buys a . ranch and has fln in
debtedness upon It, he will paytax
upon his ranch the same as 'though
it were clear of incumbrance.' Thc.i
the man holding notes represent lui?
that indebtedness, according to ; tii
statute Is forcedVtO .pay. a, ttx.-ev.
the notes,' cousins , nothing recrcx.
less than double taxation. t ; -
In many sections of the state this
has been argued freely, but so- far
as known there - has ', been, no plan
outlined to overcome the unfairness.
- - It la a case of where antother Incom
petent legislature did some tamper
ing and not being able to , frame a
proper law left a load upon the gen
eral , public. ? But,, legislatures -.fre-
quently do things like thnt. Not vrj
long ago a special session of a leg?
Mature was necessary , In Orogm to
patch up some of : Its , own" laws so
they would stand , the test of n su-
, premie .court. Aiid the supreme court
was apparently , a, friendly one, at
.. ;. that.,. "; V'."-C. '
IIEACOCK'SThe only place. H
Union County where ri itvt
v now lpns exr.ctly like , .yours'.' In less
.. than three or four days. Office over
; Newjln's fitmr Stor.
KILL TO C02IE TO CIZGOX.
Thre should be nothing reznsrk
sb'.e about Jsmea J. Jlill ccnilns (-J
Oregon for a stay of several days or
weeks were it not for the prawat;
railroad construction, that Is la prog
grt.' ' But with so muck railroad
biudding already the, visit of this
famous old empire builder is ef de
cided Importance.
. There Is no denying the fact that
Oregon points that hav knows no
railroad at all, and many points that
have never known railroad competi
tion will soon be connected by the
Hill lines. This ont only holds good
in the Deschutes country, but In
Eastern Oregon as well., '
If Hill lives he will have a rail
road through Eastern Oregon, and
he is a healthy man with good chance
for a long life. That the Grande
Ronde valley is one of his objective
points is proven by each day's de
velopment. When Hill visits Oregon
he may, not personally ; visiU this
part of the state, buthe will have
all the Information about the route
from Walla Walla to the Snake river
at bis command and In all probab
ility there will be a great, deal of Im
portance attached to that visit, in
sofar as Eastern Oregon Is concerned.
It Is stated that Plnchot Is loaded
for Balllnger, and ' will . await until
he gets . on United States soil be
fore he begins to discharge his guns.
Plnchot forgets that the American
public Is a restless body and, wants
'"mmmmmm waw -
This being true, it would seem that
the Balllnger-Pinchot matter has had
about the usual "fifty weeks i sue-
icessful run" aBd -the audience is
clamoring for a change.''.' Plnchot al
so forgets that Teddy, will soon, be
home and then hla; controversy with
Ballinger will be e.bnnt k Irafortrr
ns a game of morb'les coTipared w'.t
circus. TfMy wMI . dpmaT?rt h-
will h.v to Ay p.5!d-;.
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t.it entry Ccv.
The Newlin Took
has , donated free of charge r. a?v
Star piano which Avill be used during
the production of "The 'Mikado" next
Saturday .night by home talent. .This
production was given' with great suc
cess two weeks ago, and will be. re
peated '.by 'popular request
A NEW ONE-PIECE COMBINATION
Wash Dress for CMdreii m3,
We have : on sale this splendid ' Innovation . in ,
children's dresses. V
THE
- With this ingenious little dress, a child can be
r quickly and comfortably clad. : j ' , "' y
k Skirt, waist and bloomers all joined to onV bett
Bloomers are concealed by, the full plaited skirt. .The '
dress opens all the way oyn ; the; back,, permitting it to.i;
be laid perfectly flat when ironed.-. ; s ;'. ''y
They are made of cbambrays percales and ginghams thiooinglUtls .
: models - the selection of patterns and colors Jj extremely wide and varied- .
7 we all especial attention to these beautiful plaids-all . ; , '
latest desigoa-most remarkable values.... K v . 4'.?
The two "pzi" ar new la tralr-1
ng.. Jvffria In ' seUlsd down t
t-D.- un:! r'res the aasap,it
a t( :.: I "ilLh" Johaaa is JuH
to. lUr bio Lai
as Ttr.tfol carr since his rersnt
victory, kot - lacking the balaaee
whesl ,ke H Toab'y .' I oa ; t.--'
tiong. Ht ks. to aay-'tNe ls
made everyone tlrei of kins and the
saatlmcnt for Jeffries' success, whf
ttere is seathneat, la-largely featel
n the . kept tbat the black glaat
may be. cleared from tha deck thus
protecting the reading public from
his unpleasant personality. ;
MIL SCOTT HERE TO STAY.
, The Obsercer announces with con
siderable -pleasure the arrival of G.
R. Scott, whose newspaper; training
was obtained on the . Denver Post,
Rocky Mountain News, and other
Colorado and middle states newspa-.
pers. Mr. Scott will have charge f
the advertising and circulation : and
will call on. the business firms reg i
larly. Ilia long career in the bar
aess Justifies us. to say that be la in
every way worthy :'of the honor ' of
being called a 'citizen of La Grande,
and like the editor of the Observer,
be will expect to earn the friendship
of the people of this community,. ' ;
Gradually we are getting organise
fo business and Mr. Scotfs arrlvo"'
will haBten lrfatters so that It twr.'
spt be many days before the Observ"
er will take Jte place aloagside th
high , grade country papers of t.V
TBAM OFF ON TEP. ?.
Baffb.iU EssVbs Lefl Tl:v,Heni'-
W(Jlh City Superintendent " Stout t
school Fatuity guide j-md tutor, V,'.'.
high school basehaU team deparf
today for Wallowa county inn a t-incl-.tdinj;
two games. Joseph- seV v;i
to be backing out of (ha comb,'
Uon and the locals ' will prc'ja! ;
play two games at Enterprise, ?rr'.
tonight and one tomoriowj, Th'.i".
will likely be some arrangement w)i .;
the team reaches Enterprise,, as it
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the games to be played, but two wil"
be the most., The players to M;
the trip are.: .Pidcock, .cV'Cblldara
; p; Irwin, "as; F. Ralston '(Mgr.) lb:
Blystone, r2b; Oliver . 3p; ,Bohnen-
Icamp,' cf ; Grady, If; . R..,Ralston -rf ."
Meyers and Garrlty, extra J pltchefs
mm
ri9tSBl 7t A '7 M tl
iiasily
Laun-.
dered.:
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S1 Ite QumySlore
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Absolutely
la Grtaie Isoks Gaed t Zlm.
II. Oliver, a resilient of TitIi
kaat hat 'algal is. La Grands.. r
waaUe gsest of bis frisai. G rr
Lamreau. Mr. Oliver has l.ved
Iiho a loag time and witnessed t
trasforc'ftlop.ef .sage brush lato t.;
growing fields. "H hA aa abiding
faltk la tbat country, bat ke also
sayii the Grande' Ronde valley bi
merit that .even the'Twia Palls oun
try does nor possess. . .EUluing crops
without lrrlgatloa here appealed to
II r. Oliver for there are sucb a few
places that can be doae In a mouc
tkil country.1' ) ; t Jf i t ' '
:7ILLC0CK:;
BROTHERS:
Quick Transfer :
7. iUM irrt.
7 If your teeth .need attention or il
your mouth is not. in a normal con
dition,, ft. will be to your Interest i
..i 7-'. .-
more ways man 'one to see ur. st;:.
,enson. They Bay that Dr. Steveniso'.
reduced the price of extracting in tr:
Grande from $1.00, wbkh it has ir .
ways cost' you. to fifty cents. H
-lets'; a'; fair, fee. ".for hia other wef'
but it Is less than you formerly hnv:
paid. ..The bnsy1 office can afford ' '
give k its ''patrons ' the benefit ; . '
mimn oestalofficc
. 7 ; Xotice to Ccntractors. . '
Jv'otice . la hereby given that seul k
ids will be reclved at the office" is'
the Recorder)! the City of La Grand.-
Oregon, for the construction of 4 :i
'jzv ui. Yds, or macadam pavement,
to - be constructed according to thr-
plans and . specifications now on file
In1 this office. Bids will be received
until 4 oclpck, p, m., May. 4th, 1910,
md must be accompanied by a cert
led cfieck. for 5 per cent of the amt.
j (tha bid. The Council reserves the
right to' reject any and. all bids.
'S:k:f'? ; d. b. cox, yr
Recorder ,of the City of I Grande.
vtvMtvMOM
Merchants! Save
$WfiOQ ,
In t901 Ihe Mcrcians
u Oregon saved ove
$10,000 by carryjny a part
of their Insurance in their
own company, the Oregon
Merchants Mutual Fire As
surance Association, of
Dayton, Oregon. In 1908
they will save $15,000
Puring ' the same period
their neighbors were hand
ing over, $1,500, 000 in
profits.
In the Oregon Merchants
Mutusl you get: r -IHSURMCZATCOS
A UMIZT0 Y0VR UAB1L-
mts -
PR0MPJ SETTLEMENT OF
DSSES ' .
hit
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IF
FIBST W1EDSRS ATK
OTI1L0OKED, IK0K
Iseliaatie ts Seaie Qsartcrs to I'.t
rebari tke (sestkiacrs.
Enumerator W. iL Wcr3ttll la ti
-rst to practically complete hif prv
tlnct, and by tocistt there will hard
ly be an uncounted soul in the first
ward. While he beUtivcs ha tar
counted them all, there may be a
veraon or two who flas been over
looked, If such Ui:re be, jtis . Im
perative that .auoh a eiscn. notify
Wr, Worstell by phone at once.
' Meeting WHb Obstacles.
Some of the enumerators are meet-
lcg' with obst! uctions. 4 Tester Is?'
several were encountered who re
?used to fill In the tommcn if.l Ov':
liat, believing that perhaps ther
might be some connection with th'
list which might not be legally; cor
i act or morally right . -
There Is no compulsory measure tc
make the inhabitants of la Grand?
or any other place in the United
States answer the questions on the
slips sent ont by the commercial club
These are merely gotten -out to aid
uals are at work all day and do not
aturn at night. - .TheecfV slips 'may
be signed and handed to the enume?
ator.and in that way eliminate th-.
necessity of the ; enumerator calliP'
.the person in question. It la not
!ompulsorjr but it is a great aid to the
'overnment, not the cornmerfM j. V
'nolo Fam wants every person in
cuntry to be co'a?d .anl if 5 ..
3rande happens to bold you. , r:
lust be counted as a c!t?ir or I :
Irande. : . -
Don't be iSHOjIcti?, 7
Vesterday, too. sfT"' .'.f-.,'-
who affirmed they wouM rot
be. enumerator. Thi wis? rr-i
n word of warning..''; In. Pollard t."
day there are several in tbf ...teH-Vr-cause
they would not answer th?."
questions. , It Is danpsrous .to.
die with, the ruics.'apd ; regulat'orP
laid down by the federal- government'
and therefore if nnv.Mn La Grani'."
hopo, to' dodee tne ovrt'ens ' .-by ob
ttinacy, they bad b'-st rero.f?'"'
their stand. On the ttia'R. thrirr';
!s progressfna; verv satisfactnri)-'; 7
; aw i. ji. i. ... ii ,
: 7 Notice of Sale. . '..'
? Notice is hereby 'given that th
mderalgned. executor of the last will
of Angus . Shaw. ' will on Saturday
he' 23d day of April.' A.:D. 1910, at
2 o'clock p. m... at the Angu8 Shaw
farm at Summervllle. ' Oregon, sel'
at public sale to the highest -bid-1er
for cash, the following personal
property, jto-wit: 1 mower,--1 butt
try, ; 1- hack, i. surrey, 1 single bar
nc6s,;i range; 1 heating stove, -1; dor
m chairs.- 1 organ.; 2 bed steads? t
stand table, t leaf table.-1 foldin
bedl also numerous other articles 'fu
the way of house1 furniture.- csW
and farm tools and one cow. Also .
sulkey plow. ' :;.'';.;'"'
'.'.". ;V ANGUS SHAW. Jr., --12-t3,
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WE HAVE THEM IN ;NOW
I i Now
i m$0. S W E ET ORAM GES
Asparagus H. H. Lettuce
Rhubarb Radishes Spinach
Celery and Geen Onions
Ik
him
(Continued from vaf one)
which' was bJs frst real "iccop."
After a sU m'ottfca stay t rfain-
ed to California ant! iointi th Quak
er City excursion to J!se llollj Lr;tfl
as 'repreaentaUts; cf Alii Cilifornw
On this, one of tVj Crtt personally
conducted world tours, lie obtained.
the material wh:ca touct! iU f&y '
into "Innocents Atroxd." 'b a fjst
real Introduction to- tbj world or
letters, ;; ' ' '' 77' ' . ' V
. At the outset cf hia fars'er n
mon of family TIa:V Twaty arr'vd
an interest In, tho i:'J??.o S.rp ' r
but Voon retired to the v.nr-i rca
nerative field of fr:e-Ictt-2 irtrru"
efforts. ',, ' .7. . ; ,, .' , , ,
Henceforth Mark , T-rVr. ?'Ie4
steadily to his, Infprr.af'BJ!
I.ti-r-ir-f
fame," HJb impcrtsit wo ts and ic!r,
(late, of 'appeansce' fpI-: , ; ;V':
Roughtnr It. ln'IS'v Tcri
1876, Gild?d Age. fa 2872: PJct.'us..
in 1877; Tramp - Abroa:' 'n ?rr.C;
Prince and Pauper tn. JSP ''c ri ,
the Mississippi ia IS83: IfuV Hfrjrv
Finn, in 1885; Library of Fprccr, h
1888; A Yankee in Kjng Artlini'i
Court In 1889. ; , .-7r'V"
' It waa in the libranr of Af hnA
on ils 70th. birthday! Ibir Bamuei L
Clemens Intervlewe4 Mark Twain for
the enlightenment of his friends tiver
tbe world. , That the ' process 'trai
uninuc detracted not a whit fromtb
revelation of his private ijtrrr. h ;
admitted thct . it bad beea his de-
sire to be nandsome.' ; f
"I am as I was' 'made."f said he.
"Ths is a disaster which I cannat
help.". ,v!':'"77. 7:-:':'
; Many people think I am a happy
man, but I am not; it ia because ray
portraits ' do t not . fio irae , Ju3tice. I
bp've a h'ehly organized mil spps!
tive' constitution and ..an . educat?-!
taste in esthetics and I cannot abide
a portrait which, is , too particular,
t do the artipt no harm. I h?r nf ver
done him any harm, yet he always
exercises thia wanton and maIiciou3
rankness upon my portrait. I , should
like to he drawn once before I reach
70 again, ..as I should look If I had
been made , right instead ' of care
lessly." ry .';'y..;:y 7 'j'-v y' ::,. .
His humor: seems to .have been
something apart form himself, for
he ha9 reiterated many, times . that
he was born Inwardly serious. The
humor was but the froth of b's. deep
er thought. It bubbled out In quaint,
irresistable phrases without effort.
- The character of hlB philosophy has
nevet changed. Whether, he has fought
In the bouyant , certainty of , victpry or j
in the Tresigneid expection of, defeat,
he haB a) ways been on .the same side, i
He has be,en ibe. constant-enemy .of, j
injusiico aua oppesBion. ;. .
The fighting spirit endured to thel
last.' Although sadness, dissolved the 4
humorous note, in hlB familiar drawl,
the author lent 7 his ; 'voice, to the y
cause of ' women's Buff rage only two
days before the death of his daughter .
Jean.: .In fact it ' synschrphlzed his
message to 'the world that his work
was done. . y-v. '. '. .
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