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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, I91T.
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HONOR PAID MEMORY
OF JUDGE EAK1N
WHY THE LIBERTY LOAN INTEREST RATE
WAS CHANGED.
The first issue of Liberty Loan Bonds bears 3 1-2 per
cent interest and are exempt Irom all taxes or every kind
except estate and inheritance taxes. Liberty Loan Bonds
of the second issue bear 4 per cent interest and have the
saame' tax exemptions as the first, except that they are
liable to supcrincoinc taxes and excess-profits taaxes, as
well as estate and inheritance taxes. They are not sub
ject to the normal income tax. The reasons for the change
of interest and taxability are stated by Secretary McAdoo
1Q Jlis speech before the American Bankers' Association
as follows:
"We can not sell boiidn in billions on the basis of what
they may be worth to the very rich. They must be offered
to all the people alike at one price and should appeal to all
alike and upon equal terms. The result of selling a bond
which bears a low rate of interest and carries exemption
from graduated and superineome taxes will be this: The
poor and the people of modest means will buy them for pa'
triotic reasons' but will be unable to hold them because the
return is too small. The tendency will be all the time for
these bonds to be purchased from them and accumulated
by the very rich without any adequate consideration mov
ing from them either to the United States or t) the origin
al subscriber. In these circumstances the value of the tax
exemption depends not upon the bonds themselves but
upon a wholly extraneous fact the extent of the wealth
of the holder. ...,
"The principle is now firmly grounded in our national
policy that graduated taxes shall be laid upon wealth in
order that the burden of taxation may be equitably dis
tributed and made to hear more heavily upon the rich than
Rippling Rhymes
By WALT MASON
Somewhere in France.
Somewhere in France I would
like to be fighting, putting in
licks for the land of the free;
oh, it is woman's work, scrib
bling and writing, when there
is scrapping across the blue
sea! But 1 am fat and my
whiskers are hoary, and they
won't give me the least little
chance; others must harvest
the laurels and glory, somewhere in France,
somewhere in France. When the war's over
the boys will be telling, telling of valorous
feats they performed; stories of marching
and shooting and shelling, barricades taken
and cities they stormed. I must be silent; I
can't tell a story, T cannot boast of a dauntless
advance; I am too fat to be gathering glory,
somewhere in France, somewhere in France,
anger appeals to me, deeply I love it, but I
must stick to my rusty old lvre: oh. slender
Boldier, your fortune I covet, here in my slip
pel's, my feet at the fire! Gladly I'd go to the
field red and gory, gladly I'd flourish the shot
gun or lance; fat men, however, are barred
;( from, all glory, somewhere in France,'' some-
v't. '. VM'-t v, us ,i 'i aucc, , . . .
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following resolutions for yo vr ap
proval: Judge Robert Eakin was born in
Elgin, 111., on the 15th day of March,
1848. He died at Salem, Ore., on the
1st day of October, 1917. He came to
Oregon with his parents in 1846, at
tended the Willamette University at
Salem, where he graduated in 1873.
Studied law in the office of Judge
Dorris, at Eugene, Or., and was ad
mitted to the bar of this state in 1874.
Came to Union County in lf15 and
opened an office at Union,' where
he remained in the practice of his
profession until 1895 when he was ap
pointed to the office of Circuit Judge
of this district, to which office he
was re-elected and continued to hold
until 1907, when he went uron the
Supreme Bench of the state, where
he remained until illness forced his
resignation in 1917. He married
Mary Walker, in Eugene, Ore., to
which union was born five children,
namely, Ethel, who died in infancy;
Georgia, who died in early woman
hood; Robert S. Eakin, of the law
firm of Crawford & Eakin, of La
Grande, Ore.; Gertrude Eakin, of Sa
lem, Ore.; and Harold Eakin, with
the Ladd & Bush Bank, of Salem. Or.
He left surviving his wife, Mary Eak
in, his son Kobert S. fcakin, his
daughter Gertrude Eakin, his son
Harold Eakin, and brother Herbert
Eakin, of Cottage Grove, Or., his
brother Walter T. Eakin, of Astoria,
his brother Judge James A. Eakin, of
Astoria, and his sister, Mrs. Colvin
Hannah, of Eutrene, Or. He became
a member of Grande Konde Valley
Lodge No. 56, Ancient Free and Ac
cepted Masons, at Union, Ore., July
28, 1877, of which lodge he remained
a member in good standing at the
time of his death. During his entire
life among us he was an active mem
ber of the Presbyterian Church, one
of its elders, clerk of its sessions, and
active in promoting and extending its
influence for the betterment of his
fellowman. He was an able lawyer,
devoted to the interests of his clients,
a just, conscientious, fearless, but
with all a kind Judge, courteous to
the members of the bar, administer
ing justice with charity to all, a de
voted husband and father, and ever
an ideal Christian gentleman. Wo
feel and assert that the world is bet
ter for Judge Robert Eakin having
lived in it, i
Thereore be it,
Resolved, That in the death of
Judge Robert Eakin. the bar of this
state has lost an able, conscientious
advocate, the bench a just Judge, his
family a loving father and husband
and the people at large a good citi
zen whose whole life was consecrated
to the uplifting and betterment of hu
manity.
2. That we extend to his family,
his wife, sons, daughter, and his
brothers and sister, our deep, heart
felt sympathy in this hour of their be
reavement. 3. That this memoriam be spread
at large upon the journals of this
Court, that copy be furnished the
press, and that a copy under the hand
of the Clerk and the Seal of this
Court, be furnished the wife and fam
ily of the deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
T. H. CRAWFORD,
J. 0 .SLATER.
F. S. IVANHOE,
L. Z. TERRALL,
Committee.
Your Duty
To Your Country
Comes first then to yourself.
You must be careful in buying
your wearing apparel, the same
as anything else, your clothing,
shoes, and dry goods.
When we guarantee our gar
ments we mean that we will
absolutely refund your money
if they do not give entire satis
faction. Do yoa know of a better busi
ness proposition ?
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WAR!
Cannot Dim French
Supremacy
From cut of the smoke of the
battle there comes to us tnis
Fall, the most fascinating de
signs in Ladies' Coats and
Suits it has ever been our pleas
ure to exhibit
Quality is conspicuous in
every thread of fabrin and fin
ish. They look what they ore,
the masterpiece designs of the
great French Couturiers.
Visit our exclusive ready-to-wear
department and see these
new Coits and Suits. We have
them in all prices
Coats from $15.00 up S'n'ts
from $20.00 up.
Neckwear Just In
Your Tailored Suit will be twice as
smart with one of these JABOTS
High-crushed net stocks with fluffy
Jabots attached. All daintily lace
edged. Very trim and smart!
Come in and look them over. We
have a fine new line of all kinds of
collars.
Prices 25c to $1.00
SHOES
Have you seen them? Surely you
have not seen them all every shade
and color combination, in cloth top
and kid top. We want to show them
to you whether you buy or not.
They're not all in the window.
Gray, taupe, brown and ivory are
leading shades now. Many combina-'
tions of these.
Party Gowns
A most gorgeous line of New Party Gowns
are here for your inspection today.
We want 'you to see them while the stock is
complete. "
See our window display and then come in and
we'll show you the rest.
New Party Slippers
Just in! A new shipment of Suppers. See
them in our window come in and try them on.
We're glad to show them to you.
Genuine White Glove Kid Pumps, plain.
Price ... $6.50
White Satin Pumps $3.50 and $4.50
Black Satin Pumps $3.50 and $4.50
Black Kid Pumps $6.00
White Satin, Silver Cloth quar. Price .... $650
All Silver Cloth Pumps $7.50
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the poor. Government bonds, therefore, should be issued
upon a basis which will be equally just to the poor man
and the rich man, so that each may purchase these bonds
upon practically the same interest basis after allowing for
the different scales of taxation.
"The second issue of Libert' Loan Bonds are offered
upon terms fair and equitable to all alike and will make
the widest possible appeal to all the people without regard
to the extraneous fact that the purchaser be poor or rich.
The Government can not finance this war by making an
appeal alone to the rich nor to the man of moderate means
nor to the poor. Its appeal must be to ..all of the people,
and all of the people must respond and hy united efforts
sustain the Government in its great credit operations."
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WHAT FOOD SAVING INVOLVES.
is for some inflated egotists to get the idea that they have
a monopoly of all the loyalty and patriotism in the com
munity. The prudent man and the good patrioat will be
slow to accuse his neighbor of disloyalty or lack of pa
triotism. There are too many baseless rumors afloat in
such times anyway. Disloyalty is a prettv serious crime
Sign the pledge and enroll as a member of the United
States Food Administration, and you will be asked to do
these things:
Hat plenty, but wisely, and without waste.
Buv less; cook no more than necessary; serve smaller
portions.
Preach and practice the "gospel of the clean plate."
Use local and seasonable supplies; watch out for waste
Whenever use poultry, game and 6ea foods in place of
oeet, mutton and pork.
Use potatoes and other vegetables freelv.
Save wheat by substituting, in part, corn meal and other
cereal flours for wheat flour.
Save butter and lard. , Use butter on the table, but sub
stitute vegetable oils for cooking. " -'- ;. j
Save sugSr.-'Use less t"andy and sweet drinks and lefo
The
Woman
Who Pays
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by check instead of in.currency escapes a lot
of worry about money matters. She has an
accurate record of where her money goes
and a receipt for every penny she has paid
out Besides it's so much safer to hpve the
cash in the bank than in the home. Our epf
cial department for women will be glad to
give information.
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