La Grande evening observer., November 23, 1916, Image 4

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, mcK
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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lisher; J. D. MEYERS and H. B.
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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1916.
C"R ! EARLY CHRISTMAS MAILING.
Early Christmas mailing is urged
as well as early Christmas shopping.
: hrc to four days or a week longer
than the time ordinarily given for a
letter or package to reach its destina
tion ought to be allowed. Early
Chrismas shopping relieves the strain
upon clerks and storekeepers, while
early Christmas mailing will relieve
the congestion in postoffices and rail
way mail cars. We have no doubt that
to many in the United States postal
frrvice the approach of Christmas U
regarded with dread rather than gladness.
NEW MONEY
STRUGGLE AND STRIFE.
With the organization of an as
sociation of employers with 'millions oy
dollars of capital with the announced
purpose of carefully scrutinizing all
industrial legislation, with the an
nouncement that the American Feder
ation of Labor that it will go down
the line for an universal eight-hour
day, with the assaults upon the Adam
non law pending in the courts, the out
look in the industrial world is not
flood. It would not be surprising if
an era of strikes were inaugurated.
The regular industrial and financial
cycle in the United States seems to
be: Prosperity, cheap money, indus
trial expansion, speculation, high
wages, short hours, high prices, car
shortages, over-crowded railroad
terminals, strikes, commercial fail
ures, contraction of credits, panics and
depressions, low wages, long hours,
low prices. .
Somehow or other we wish we could
avoid these crests of feverish specula
tion and these sloughs of ague-like de
pression and travel more serenely up
on a quiet sea of good times.
We wish the ranks of labor well,
and we hope that an era of bettor
and protracted disputes between cap
ital and labor will not come,
if they will both try to understand
each other better the threatened trou
bles may be avoided.
New money coming into a commun
ity nuickens business activity. The
shipbuilding industry is bring a flood
of millions into Portland and eventual
ly this money will percolate into every
nook and cranny of the state.
Just one week more until Thank:;
giving.
LECTURES FOR YOUNGSTERS
Sunday Afternoon Addresses by Sit
Prominent Men Arranged
All parents are urged to send their
boys between the ages of 12 to 15
years to the Y. M. C. A. building Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock sharp. The
occasion will be the first of a series of
talks to be given to the boys of La
Grande by six leading business and
professional men. All boys are
cordially invited. It is not necessary
to be a Y. M. C. A. member, but the
Scout, the public school boy, and the
Sunday School boy are especially
urged to attend. The first speaker
will be Mr. A. C. Hampton, principal
of the high school. Mr. Hampton will
have something of interest to give
the boys, and parents should interest
the boys in this course.
PRAISWORTHY ECONOMY
NEW EMPEROR IS CHARLES VIII
linHnn nv 23. (United Press)
?ernaP3. The Austrian emperor takes the
name of Charles VIIL He has issued
a proclamation retaining all of Franz
Josefs ministers, and promising to
continue the war until the allies arc
defeated.
Governor Withycomoe was given a
, 17000 appropriation. . for special
agents. This was in the nature of a
secret service fund. ''The governor
could spend it as he pleased, pay it
to whom he pleased. Out of the $7000
appropriation, Governor Withycombe
has turned back $3000 to the state
treasury. Four thousand was spent
for necessary investigations. At the
THE PRISON SENTENCE GIVEN
Bad Check Artists in Portland In
clude Woman and West Point
Graduate. '
Portland, Nov. 23. (United Presr,)
Elsie Vedder, aged 23, and W. P.
Williams, a West Point graduate, were
sentenced to one to five years today
for passing bad checks. The worn-
next legislature he will ask only $5000 an's sentence was suspended becaucc
ior cms iunu. isucn economies are
very pleasant to read about and Gov
ernor Withycombe is to be congratu
lated for such vigilance in looking af
ter the state's money.
'ANOTHER YEAR OF WAR.
All of the observers of the Euro
pean war agree that the war will last
another year. Strange as it miy
seem the war has brought the
semblance of prosperity to Italy, Eng
land and France. Business is good,
unmobilized labor is employed at good
wages and money is plentiful due to
the rapid expenditure of government
funds. The lengthening of the war
by another year should give the
United States ample opportunity to
study the European trado situation
and prepare for European competition
after the war.
she is about to become a mother
They passed bad checks in Portland
and many other coBBt cities,
Bazaar at Island City.
The Ladies' Aid society of Island
City will hold a bazaar and cafeteria
supper beginning at 6 o'clock Friday
evening, Nov. 24. Adv. U-23-lt.
Card of Condolence.
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father, in
His divine wisdom and mercy, has
called homo our esteemed neighbor
and friend, D. M. Clark; be it
Resolved, That tho members of La
Grande Camp No. 169 extend to his
bereaved family its sincere sympathy
and express the sorrow which is felt
individually by tho officers and mem
bers of this Camp thnt in the death of
our Neighbor we lose a most valued
friend and worker, one whose friend
ship and work will be missed. We
each feel and know that we have lost
"Life's Seven Ages"
Tliroujrh all life's seven ages there is the
need of a 3ank Account, but not through
life's seven ages will there be the chance
to save, there is today. You can start a
bank account today and keep it alive,
and feel that those dependent on you are
provided for.
There never was a better time to save than
today, and every dollar you place in this
bank is fully protected: always acccssable,
. and acts as an ever-present inspiration
to save more
COME IN TODAY
Deposits
Assets
$1.0-10,000.00
....$1,305,000.00
a Qrande National &ank
Notable Suit
Reductions
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Your choice of a wonder
ful variety, the season's
newest models, both nov
elty and tailored in all siz
es and colors at a reduc
tion of 133 1-3 per cent:
All $12.50 Suits Sale
. Price $ 8.35
- All $15.00 Suits Sale
Price : $10.00 .
All $20.00 Suits Sale
Price .... . $13.35
All $25.00 Suits Sale .!
Price $16.65
All $30.00 Suits Sale
Price :.::.:.:.;...: $20.00 .
All $40.00 Suits Sale
Price $26.65
All $30.00 Suits Sale
Price ...... $33.35
Remarkable Coat
Values
Every ladies coat is guar
anteed perfect in work
manshipEvery fabric is
the best to be had and the
selection unequalled. 'All
marked at a rcrice which
means real economy.
Tn all styles and sizes ...
......$12.50 to $60.00
Dresses
For
Every
Occasion
For street and calling
.for evening wear and
At
$12.50 to $50.00
doming.
NEW WAISTS JUST RECEIVED. CR EPE DE
BROIDERED WHITE, FLESH, MAIZE AND
CI 1 EXE AND SILK, PLAIN AND HAND EM
NAVY. .SPECIAL VALUES $3.75 to $10.00
t
a warm, personal friend. v I
"They never quite leave us;' our
friends who have passed, ;
Through the shadows of de-ith to the
sunlight above.
A thousand sweet memories are hold
ing them fast
To the places they blessed with, their
presence and love."
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be spread upon our records and
that a copy be sent to the sorrowiAg
family; also that a copy appear; tn
the La Grande Observer. 1
, E, W. EASTMAN, - i
OLIVER M'DOWELL',
JOHN SCOTT,
Committee.
room Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Music, dancing, cards, refreshments.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE.
Adv. U-23-3t.
CHAUNCEY
DEPEW'S
PHY.
PHILOSO-
Chauncey Depew has announced the
following philosophy:
David's ninetieth Psalm (the one
mentioning three-score years and ten;
as man's allotted span) has killed
more people than this war, ten times
over. They believed they had to die
and died.
Just because David said "Seventy"
needn't prevent you from going on. to
eighty, ninety or one hundred.
Don't retire at sixty or seventy.
Keep on going. Have interest in life.
If not sport then public service.
Have an'eye for a pretty girl and
tell your wife all about her.
You needn't be a mollycoddle or an
insipid Pollyana when you're seventy
or older. Enjoy yourself. But do
your little charities as you go along
and you'll be glad to have lived this
glorious life.
Mir. Depew ought to know. He has
lived long and we hopo wisely. Per
haps some day Mrs. Depew will an
nounce her philosophy.
TAX LIMIT NOT SOLUTION.
State Treasurer Kay Says Measure
Will Prove Embarrassing
Salem, Or., Nov. 17. (To the Edi
tor) Inasmuch as there has been
considerable discussion pertaining tc
the 6 per cent tax limitation bill,
which was lately passed, I desire to
make known my position on thi.-
measure.
I ppposed this bill before the elec
tion, on the ground that it did not ap
ply as was intended by its makers
and under its provisions the state
could not raise within 1583,000 of as
much next year as was intended it
should raise by the makers of the biil.
The object of the bill was to prevent
the state or any tax levying district
in the state from spending more
money one year than it had spent the
preceding year, plus 6 per cent, but
the bill was made to read that neither
the state nor any tax levying district
in the state can raise more money one
year than it raised the preceding year,
plus 6 per cent, which is quite a dif
ferent proposition. '
Note the difference between the
word "raised" and the word "expend
ed." For instance, the state of Ore
gon. required to pay the running ex
penses of its departments and institu
tions for the year 1916, $3,100,000, in
addition to money raiBed from in
direct sources. The state carried over
an unexpended balance from 1915 of
$550,000, and after deducting this
amount from the amount required.
namely, $3,100,000, it raised but $2,
550,000 for 1916, although it spent
$3,100,000. Now, under the provisions
of this constitutional amendment, the
I state can raise but 6 per cent more
than $2,500,000 next year, or $2,703,
000, which is $400,090 less than the
amount expended in 1916.
Robert Smith, secretary of the Tax
payers' league, which body drafted
this bill, admitted, in a discussion with
mo before' the Chamhcr of Commerce
in Portland, on Monday, October 29,
the committee did not know, when
drafting this measure, that the state
had carried over a balance of $550,000 I
into this year's budget.
Therefore, they thought they were
placing the state on an equality with
other municipalities by permittng it
to raise for 1917 as much as it spent
in 1916 and 6 per cent move, which
would be $3,100,000 plus 6 per cent.
Call for City Warrants. lthan it aotuni, .an Tnia mA.r ih.
Notice is hereby given that all war- I provisions of the bill. As proof of
rants issued on tho General Fund of this, Mr. Smith, secretary of the Tax
payers league, saw in his argument
in the voters' pamphlet, referring to
the bill: "It means that Oregon can
continue to spend all the money sh-.
is now expending and can increase it
6 per cent; but if our public officials
wish to increase it at a faster rati!
they must get the authority of the
voters."
Now, as a matter of fact, this meas
ure does not mean anything of tho
kind, but in the way it applies, it
means thnt the state can raise $2.
550,000 plus 6 per cent, or $2,703,000,
which is $400,000 less than it is now
spending and that it cannot raise
within $583,000 of what Mr. Smith
and others thought it could raise and
intended it should raise when drafting
! the bill.
i Therefore, instead of permitting the
(state to spend as much as it has
spent heretofore, and 6 per cent more,
the bill, on account of being improp
erly drawn, through lack of knowledge
o.i the part of the committee drafting
same, prohibits the state from spend
ing within 17 per cent of what it
ppent last'year, and, of course, wilr
seriously embarrass the state or other
municipalitbs which may be caught in
ihe same condition.
Since the voters of the state have
expressed their desire to have the ex
penditures limited to an increase of
Uritannic's Victims Few.
Indon, Nov. 23. (United Press)
The admiralty has asserted the
Britannic carried no wounded when
she sank. The regular crew and the
hospital staff were the only ones
aboard. Survivors have landed at
several Greek ports.
Official surprise is expressed at the
small number of casualties. The
number of dead remained fifty. Ath
ens reports indicated the Britannic
was torpedoed. Over a thousand were
saved.
6 per cent, I shall seriously oppose
any act that, by subterfuge op, other
wise, will thwart the will of the peo
ple expressed by their ballots at the
recent election. ' ' .
THOMAS B. KAY.
Reply to Mr. Garrick.
La Grande, Nov. 23 (To the Edi
tor) If Mr. Garrick will refer to my
previous letter, he will see that the
question discussed was "Whether the
names Elohim -and Je'aovah-Elonim in
the creation accounts as given in the
Book, of Genisis, referred to one and
the same Being?" The identification
of Jesus of the New with Jehovah of
the Old Testament was not necessarily
involved.
UPTON H. GIBB$.
Return of The
National Stock
Company
Monday, November 27 In
MRS. E. O. E. N. SOUTHWORTH'S
Beautiful Story
"ISHMAEl"
A Great Four-Cornered Political Scene
the City of La Grando, Oregon, and
endorsed March 31st, 1915, or prior
thereto, are now called for payment
and all interest on said wnrranU
censes from this date, November 23rd,
1916.
JOHN COLLIER,
Adv. ll-23-2t. City Treasurer.
Notice to Knights.
All Knights of Pythias and visiting
Knights and their wives and lady
friends arc invited to be at the lodge
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