La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 05, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text0v 1 NUMBER 59' VOLUME NO. 16 LA GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1912. SUFFERING IN BELT BSD THIRTY - FIVE BELOW ZERO AT DULUTH , BUSINESS STOPS CHICAGO, IOWA CITIES, WIS CONSIN, MINNESOTA SUFFER J)eatl Ju Wisconsin and Suffering by ' l'oor mid Unemployed Terrific .-. Clmrlty Uiwblo to Copo With SItuu tiun Blizzards Sweep Kansas mid Nebraska vtitli Serious Riesults. Chicago, Jan. 5. Gripped In the se verest winter weather of the season with the coldest record of five year3 In many places, suffering between the great lakes and the rockles is In tense. With 150,000 unemployed here, the thermometer five below and due for another tumble tonight, charity agencies are practically overwhelmed and helpless. Some of the below zero towns are Dubuque, Iowa, 16; Minne apolis 28; Winnipeg 24; Wllliston, N. D., 18; Devils Lake 22, A terrific bllzmird Is swooping Ne braska and Kansas. Three Dead in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 5. Three are known to be dead In Wisconsin on ac count of the cold The average tem perature for Wisconsin Is 20 below. 11 Relow Four Days. Minneapolis, Minn.. Jan. 5. Mlne sota is In the throes of zero weather. For the last four days It has been 11 degrees below zero. Different on Coast. Portland, Jan. C. Summer weather prevails on the Pacific coast. Despite a snowfall yesterday the temperature here Is 32 above, San Ifranclsco 41, Tacoma, 37, Vancouver, B. C 32, San Diego SO, and Pasadena 00. Record Reached nt Dulutli. ' Duluth, Jan. 6. This is the coldest place in the United States today. The thermometer is 35 below at 9 o'clock. Business is practically suspended and thousands are suffering. HUSH IN MASS MEETING. Object to Separation From the United Kingdom Strenuously, Dublin, Jan. 5. A gigantic mass meeting liere today at Omagh county, Tyrone, at which resolutions were adopted protesting against the efforts by the home rullsts to separate Ire land from the United Kingdom, ad dress the assemblage, Ulsterman Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Irish conservatives or Orange faction, said, "If my determination to fight agalnsr Ireland's separation from the United Kingdom is treason, I plead guilty. Let the government do its worst." MISS IDITH PULITZER. Whose Marriaga to William S Moors Ib Set For Dec. 21. Photo niertcan Press Association. iv"v, m k V&J MONSTER SUM EXACTED U:.:ON COUNTY'S SHARE OF STATE TAX MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THAT OF LAST YEAR TOTAL TAX LEVY FOR CITY OF LA GRANDE OVER 4 PER CENT COUNTY COURT IS ASTON ISHED AT STATE LEVY. ' - ' TAXES PAID TO STATE BY UNION COUNTY DURING PAST TEN YEARS 1901..:. . $24,104.00 1902..... 19,912.00 1903 27,317.50 1904.... 22,857.50 1905 13,937.50 1911 - ' : The' greatest business shock that has occurred to this county since the days when land sharks grabbed the lands of settlers for taxes occurred today when a telegram from Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott at Salem announced. that Union county's part of the state tax for the year 1911 is $71,573.75 as fixed by the Board of Tax Commissioners. , It was unbelievable at first and County Clerk Wright acting as secretary to the county court wired for verifica tion, believing that some error had occurred in the mes sage. The answer came back quoting the same figures. A few minutes later the county clerk of Wallowa coun ty called up the court of this county and asked what Un ion county's state tax was for the past year, claiming at the same time that the figures sent to" Wallowa county seemed out of reason. When he was told of the Olcott message he said that was in proportion to what Wallowa county had been taxed. 1 ;;'..: :i2!'j'-J-' ' At no time until today did the eountv court thinkit pos sible for the state tax to. exceed that' of last vear which was $33,277.5S, but now it is understood that the State of Oregon exacts more than double the amount of taxes from Union county this year than last. " , A table at the head of this article shows the enormous increase in state taxes which has been going on for the last ten years with a climax of the 1911 tax. In view of the startling Information contained above which adds at leas four mills to the total tax anticipated by any resident of Union county, it is Interesting to know In detail the dif ferent assessments and the amounts of money raised for different purposes. Following Is the budget put up to the county court which body only makes two levies the county and roads. All other levies are made by other parties and the .county court has nothing to do but add them together and submit the total to the public. The Biuliret. Mills Purpose Amount 4.3 State J74.074.4-l 4 County 08,906.45 .03 Library 516.80 2.5 Hoadg -...'.... 43,006.03 2.56 School 41,100.13 .Gl High. School 10,508.23 II Total ....241,172.58 Because of the delinquencies which occur every vear and which cannot be exactly computed in advance there Is a'slleht differene in the amount of the state tax called, for and the amount designated by the court to be raised. This, however, Is something that must necessarily occur each year In order to have enough without the delinquen cies to meet the state's demand. It will be remembered that the valu ation this year is $17,226,613. Of this amount the state board of tax com missioners .fixed the valuation of pub lic utilities at $3,384,478 while last year Union county received tax from the same source at a valuation of $3, 555,740, thus cutting down the asses sed valuation almost $200,000 the pres ent year, which In turn cuts down the source of revenue from the railroads and other utilities now being assessed by the state board, and which were formerly assessed by the counties In dividually. In the budget It will be noticed there Is no levy this year for Indigent sol diers. This Is due to a sufficient sum of money on hand In that fund to carry over the year. As has been stated before the coun ty court makes but two levies one 1906.......... .....$22,857.50 1907.. 25,645.00 1908 29,707.50 1909... ........ 35,825.71 1910 33,277.58 ...:...$71.573.75 for county expense and the other for county roads. The other levies are submitted to the court. The special school fund from the various districts comes In after school elections which determine the number of mills. In La Grande district it is 11 mills thl3 year. The amount to be raised for county school purposes Is fixed by law enact ed by the state legislature and Is now $8.00 per capita for every child of school age in the county. Four years ago this was $6.00 per capita. The high school fund voted by the people of the county last year pro vides for countythIgh schools and the Amount Is fixed by law. In Union county this is apportioned as follows; La Grande $ 3,100 Union 1,17," Elgin 1 ,650 1 .650 : SOO 800 500 Cove Island City ... North Powder Imbler Total $10,575 The budget for general school pui poses as handed In by County Super intendent Bragg amounts to $43,544.17 The library tax which was formed by a law enacted by the legislature requires ten cents per capita to. be raised for every child of school age. In Union county this amounts to $5;6.8(. Tho foregoing information is given in order that the reader may under stand the different avenues of local taxation and further understand what nmouurs ore turned Into the different jannels. La Grande's City Tnx. With the 14 mills added to the city lax.ulready named by the city coun cil La Grande's city tax reaches a sum total of 41 mills. Wallowa County Objects. Enterprise, Oregon, Jan. 5. (Spe cial) When the county clerk of this county showed the telegram received from Secretary of State Olcott today naming Wallowa's part of the slate tax there was general consternation TRAIN ROBBERS LOOT 111 CAR POSSE IN PURSUIT OF DARING ROBBERS ' THIS MORNING UNKNOWN AMOUNTS STOLEN, FROM PORTLAND MAIL TRAIN Robbers Tie Mull Crew and T.tu Rlflo tho Sucks, Escaping Notice Until Northern California Town Is Reach ed Pol Iceinuti 8eeg Robbers but He Cun't Keep In Touch.: Redding, Cal., Jan. 5. The Oregon express on the Southern Pacific which left San Francisco for Portland last night, bearing northwestern mail for points as far east as Montana, was robbed of registered mall by two ban dits who entered the car at Cotton wood early today. They tied the mall clerk, Rholn, and two assistants and rifled the six pouches while the train sped on. It is unknown how much they got but It Is believed to be several thou sands. Jt Is believed they concealed themselves In the car at Red Bluff. When the train passed two small sta tions the robbers threw off and took on: mall so nothing suspicious was seen. They left the train shortly be fore It pulled into the station .here. A posse is out. When the depot attaches discovered the bound clerks In the car, they point ed out the two robbers who were quietly walking down the tracks. One policeman was at the depot but .he couldn't keep the men in sight. They disappeared around a curve. Postoffice Inspectors and secret ser vice' agents were sent rom San Fran clsco to aid in the hunt, ' Pendleton Mull Demi. San Diego, Jan. G. llans Struve, Sr. a wealthy Pendleton rancher, died to day at the St. Joseph hospital. Mrs Day Dead. Canton, O., Jan. 5. The wife of Jus tice Day of the United States supreme crurt died here today A MENTAL COLLAPSE COMES SUD DENLY YESTERDAY. After First Mud Attack, Jabbers la His Cell Like an Idiot. $ $, -i $ $ 3 ! S 3, J .J RICHESON 'A MANIAC. Boston, Mass., Jan. 5. It was ? " learned today that Rev. Rlohe- 'S 4 son's 'mind is gone. He Is rav- ing in his cell this afternoon. Ap- S -v plication will be made to appoint 5 ? a lunacy commission to exam S Ine him. If Insane he will be sent ? $ to the asylum. S Rlcheaon showed his first bad symp toms yesterday while talking with his attorney. Suddenly he leaped to his feet screaming. A negro cell mate threw him on a cot and held him all day and since then he has jabbered at Intervals like an Idiot. around the court house. The county court wan surprised and every busi ness man expressed his objection who heard of the matter. Raker Hears News With Reprel. Baker, Ore., Jan. 5. (Special) While tho exact figures of Baker's part of the state tax are not obtain able at tills hour it is known that there Is considerable excitement about the court house over the tremendous amount as compared with former year amount as compared with former years 1 HIT !38$"j.jS.i THREE-WAR VETERAN PROUD FATHER. ? Veteran of three wars, A, B S Flower, the North side merchant Is today the father of a 10 pound S daughter. Notwithstanding his age is considerably past the 60 5 year mark he Is not too aged to S $ be extremely proud of his daug.li- S tor. Mtb. Flower is reported con- ? vnlesclng rapidly. The little 3 Flower was born: on January 2. $ 3 Under Captain Chas. Keller Mr. "$ S Fiov.er, fought through, the civil 'ww, with the 2nd Illinois Infan try, and when he came west ? shortly after the struggle' he was S- .one of the men who ran Chief Jo- S $ seph, the warrior, to earth and $ In 1878, the year following Chief S S Josephls capture, Mr. Flower 3 fought in the Bannock wars along $ ? the Columbia under General Mer- ? rlam who was . then a 1 colonel. Mrs. Flower Is 42. Though proud 5 $ of his war record, this fades In- 8 S to lnsigniflcance when measured S ? with the elation over the new- ! s born daughter. ; ," " $ "TAPS" SOUNDED ARMY AXD AAVY FORCES ATTEND . FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL. President, Generals, Marine, NutuI and Military Honors Paid. FOR GOB VANS Washington, Jan. 5. With Presl- ( that they must keep tin a.n active cam dent Taft, Admiral Dewey and dener- l'alg" If they would makts absolutely al Miles and other big officials attend-'." of ending a South Dakota, dele- ",, gatloii to Chicago which will favor, the ing the funeral of Admiral, bvan. was ( l,e.ominlllolt:of Taft .. . , held this afternoon. More thitn 1,000 j. The Tart supporters, while profes men representing the army and navy, sing to believe that the La Follette escorted the body to Arlington ceme- j c.andldacy will cause them little trou- tery. Mrs. Evans Is prostrated and was unable to attend. -Taps were sounded at the grave and a salute of 13 guns was fired. Gen- eral services were held at All Souls Unitarian church this afternoon. The line iu front had two companies of Annapolis midshipmen, a battery .... , of light artillery, four companies of, ' marines, four companies of blue Jack- ets and two bands. Reverend Ulysea officiated at the church, and the Invo cation at the grave was by Reyerend Wellborn, of Baltimore, a lifelong friend of the admiral. l'olsoiilnir Affects Lu Follette. Bloomlngton, Jan. 5. When Lo Fol lette spoke here today he was so weak on account of ptomaine poison- Ing that .ho could hardly stand or talk. ' Six hundred heard hlin at the Majes tic theatre. C. C. MOORE. President of the Panama Pacifio Exposition Company. ... 8 fj ' ' ' - f If . 4- fur ' ' XI t& is, i ..-t. ji & s ; n nr. ins ! 15 1 ATT mill LA FOLLETTE GERMS LIE BUT SKIN DEEP IS ADMITTED HARMON TO SWING AROUND THE CIRCLE FEELING PULSES South Dakota Republicans Prepare to Give Tuft Undisputed Swuy and to Offset SupcrllcJul La Follette Rooms North Dukota Not So Certain Vlrglulnu Voters for Ttift, Too. Huron, S. D., Jan. 5. That South Dakotli may 8afely be ;0unted on t0 support Taft for re-el ectlon is h lnou confidently expressed by the .any republica n leaders who rounded ., .,.. to.,nv fnl tM ... f tan'?, ng a .8; ate republloui Taft tensuo. EnthdK'asm appeared to : bo the keynote of the rally, which rcid n 1 ih:y session'? in the opera h'tuse and listened to stirring speeches by representatives of the republican j-.ar-'y from every part of the state La Follette llooni Skin Deep. Tho recent organization of some Io ral -rlu-bB by the supporters of Sena htor La Follette has served to start tha Taft adherents on a systematic ami sggresslve campaign. So far as surface Indications go the La Follette sentiment does not appear to very pro nounced In the state so far, nothing like as strong as It seomg to be in the neighboring state of North Dakota. At the same time the Taft forces' realize 'ouuy iu uuuui umi mo mjw lion of Col Roosevelt's name Into the contest might upset their plana. The popularity of Roosevelt throughout j tni8 section jS generally conceded, -Many prominent republlcahii,' regulars "' jOiul Insurgents alike, freely express tlle beIlet tllat the former president l0"!d c11,t,,re the 8tate dolftlon as. against both Taft and La Foiletto. . . h, . j But aa Col. Roosevelt lias given no ( evidence of apprlval of the movement to bring him Into the race the Taft supporters seen othlng at present to stand In the way of a Taft victory. . The primary election In South Dakota Is not to be held until two weeks be fore the national convention assem bles In Chicago, The state therefore -will be one of the last to elect dele gates to the Chicago convention'. In view of this fact, It is figured out by the Taft men that before the South Dakota primaries are held the presi dent will have captured a large major ity of tho delegates and that the La Follette movemont In South Dakota will collapse. Virginia tor Tuft. Kimnoke, Va., Jan. 5. -Members ot -tlio lepublican state commltta of Vlr- -, i;lnia are arriving here In anticipation of the meeting to be held tomorrow to i&sue a call for the state convention to select delegates to the national on- venlion Congressman Slemp, who Is -chairman of the state committee, de clares that Virginia is solidly for Pres. Taft for re-election and that tomor row's meeting will mark the formal opening of the Taft campaign In tho south. v Harmon to Stump West. Columbus, O., Jan, 5. About tho. time that Senator La Follette of Wis consin, progressive republican leader, concludes his present swing around, the circle, another presidential candi date will take to the road. Governor Harmon ot Ohio, who Is regarded as one of the leading candidates for the democratic nomination, is putting his affairs in shape In order to start ou his western trip before t.be end of this month. San Francisco will be the governor's objective point and the os tensible purpose of the jaunt will b to select a site for the Ohio building at tho San Francisco exposition. Governor Harmon's trip will take hlin over much of the ground covered within the nast few months hy Presi- ' dent Taft, Governor Woodrow Wilson and Senator La Follotte. . ' , In a measure the trip will determine Jcontlnued cm Pagf UlgM.)