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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1921)
4 r-m4-' i 4 PACiF, TWO WHln.'sdi.y, rViiK-nst Id. I?)2I LA GRANDE EVEN7.NG OBSERVER , V" t ( ... " f SILK HOSE Women's SHU 1 use in colors l' white, liiVwn, jfniy nttd ).a'k, vmIucs worth up to .f 1.50, jier nir 98f WOMEN'S VESTS ."Women's Sleeveless Vests, summer weight, all style?, values' worth up to -15c, all sizes, on sale ea. CORSETS We offer your choice of a lot of Women's Corsets, .Warner i jros. make, made of white and pink cou til, nil sizes, each si. as f Hill's Dep't Store i.nrerDunimie : ; USED TO HANDLE I : EXPORT COTTON; FIRE SWEEPS GRAIN FIELD THE OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE hj Condo.j Kxiiaust Fiom ';it i pillar I 'ires 2U0 Aero- U:,in (Jonfiilential Kcpoi't-s P'roint New York-Show I'loof . PBNliI.KTON, Aug. 10 I'ire which Klll'lli-shcd .Moliev to t he ht'"' r"" '-he exhaust of a gasoline caierpmar on me w. 11. t apuugcr nunc at Spring Unlluw,, southeast of Soiitli for Musinc.xs. Ladies I You will find your favorite Face Oenni or Jlowder at our store no matter what hvand or sliade of powder, we have them all. Ask to see our I'. I). S. Cream of Henoin and Almonds, especially good for rough skin, tan and suuhurn. . PUTMAN'S DRUG STORE THE REX ALL STORE WASHINGTON, t Auk. 10. New York bank.? which ohtnincd , ureal sums in federal reserve loans dur ing the money Htriiifrency lust fall were closely supervised, (iovernor Ktrenff of the New York rKerve bunk testified Tuesday before a congreri sionnl eommihsiuii. lit inlromicd lh conlidential and almost daily reporV at the time upon "Hank No. II" which he identified uk an institution whir') kept SIMH.oOO.OOH in reserve loan- and was "enaed largely in speeula live operations." John KkHtnn Williams, furniei comptroller of the currency and chief uf the reserve ny:Ucm'.s critics, when culled before the commission recently referred to such a bank as having been uiu.'uly favored. "We usl-ej taiiied the cause of credit demands because we wanled to know whether loaH were justified,'' (lover nor Strong Haiti, "and it' the nmney wus necessary to legitimate needs ;f the business of the country, we fur nished it if the stock exchange loan accounts of banks npp"aieo to lie ris ing we would warn hankers that re serve money was hot lent fur thai, purpose. One of these institutions e titwitcd for us that it might need as much as eighty million dollars merely to -handle export shipments of cotton "Now the comptroller (Mr. Wil liants), didn't know these things. It didn't concern him, and I, for one never (.'iscused it with him.' Governor Sti'ong said he "hesitated to make the statement that slock ex change loans would be restricted in the emergencies, "hec'iuse it isn't our function to control slock exchange movements, and market places where speculative risks are assumed have a place in the great, economic fabric of the country." Pendleton, - Monday noon, Tftvept over 2lm acres of stubble and burned be-1 twem 1700 and 1800 sack of threshel wheat belonging to N. K. Humphrey, on adjoining land owned by Mrs. K. 'W. Mct'omas. The wheat was all in sured. It was estimated by Mr. McComas that puKHibly half of thn sacked wheatj burned would be salvaged", but th" damage inflicted by the blaze would total $Hm or $2000. Humphrey had leased the place. from Mrs. McComnV and had nis harvest wll unoer way, 1 the wheat consumed consisting of sucks stacked in the field. j ,The hhre is said to have jumped ovei;jacked wheat on the CapHnger plue 'iiyith but small damage other l hurt twy niny off the stubble. Only u fewa'ckH of wheat belonging to Cap linger were burneo. Kire' of an unknown origin shortly bt fori'-'noon yesterday also destroyed if hu'nT'house ami blacksmith shop be longing to Frank Curl on his ranch about; I:!: miles east of Pendleton,, to gethVrwith some valuable tools stored in the shop. The damage was esti-1 matd Jy a local man who visited the) s're jd'ltjie fire.to(have been close to . $;T.lMM)M Siisurande iiartlv covered" lh'" !,- m itotlj-.lifie blacksmith simp and the hunlf house were burned to the Knmaid. kmployos prevented the fire fiim vrtuding. The blaze was dis covered as some of the men were eat ing their, noon meal. NAwes thc- pcx.r-Tm -Iims we've H to i it's -Vims. fon. a. smouoown TWI3 STOp;; na line ' " r .. '1 L gKiaiwe I i CUT EXPENSES c o p Ull I V ov Th look 3 at TM"-jiS too Ntvew okcm "THC HOOD TIC SOMtTHINd liOta fweRe'S 30 MUCH DT ,4MD PCTrilFiev cs5e i cm't see mow iianv cYci'v'Dei?.5 Shf'S GOT" T 5 ikou'M.c, ow mc III APPLE GROWERS USE JUDGMENT READ TIIH OHSKKVKK WANT ADS I THE TELEPHONE! 4- I ft is a servant always at command, that never tires; night or day, hot or cold, snow or rain, it is always ready to quickly, cheaply and' cheerfully perform tasks that otherwise require time, expense, exposure and in cases every day, by its celerity, it saves lives and property of value almost beyond computation. Home Independent j Telephone Co. Welders of All Metals THE DKST KQ'.'UTED IN EAST OK1X.ON Cylinder Ri-Kilmllnif Crankshaft Rrirrlnding Pistons, Cisloii Rinss, Tiston Pins Cars nnd Tntdors of All Maks Overhauled M.chlne Work of All Kinds We are equipped and mv.ned by experts for the uliove work LEIGHTON'S WELDING AND MACHINE WORKS K. W. Leishton, Trop. Body of Miss Hart Picked Up in Ocoan (Continued from rnge One.) missing woman, who hurried to I. a Grande when the news of the disaster came, had received vague messages but W"'re stfilt in douht.: They ,nre Staying at the Jyer home at liluii Con'ar street. liitiie i'uane, me noy oi ine iwms will soon he six, ov would have beer, hud he lived, and he was particularly j fond of his grandmother. The nighi j1 heforn the family left the little fel j low talked incessantly alcut the dan-!' gers of a trip such as they had in mind. ( He hau seen pictures tf 1'ock-' along the shuie line, l-'rom them he! got an itb-a. ! "(irandma, the boat we ;ue goinc. 1 on may hit one of those rinks.'1 Ilej was ijiiieted, hut pei-.iistetl in talking! alxiut it. Later on he said he didn't want to go to (.'alifornia but wanted' to stay In La (Irande. The rocks, ano'l the boat and (he waves wre a con-1 stunt worry to him. His worries1 proved to he well founded. "If two had to be taken, I am satis I fied that if should be the twins," ex plained Mis, Chelf. They were consam coinpani'ins. The faniilyhave several kodak pictures of the family, one in' particular showing the HI tie girt hug j ging and kissing her twin brother. ITO PLATES ! RECGOVED HERE; PORTLAND, Aug. 9 Some con- LI U I Ul WASHINCTOiN, Auu. 10. riedue tions of approximately ifii0U,tW0,0(l0 in taxes and fi20,U(JU,000 in (?oVernmein expenditures this fiscal, year were agreed upon late Tuesday at a eon-i.ieiu-e between president Hunliii(r i Serretnry Mellon, and Kepublieun ! jKn,ers of the house of representatives im ludiiiR members, of the ways and I means . ommittee. I h-'peeifie tax redmtions on which it I wus announced aniTi'ineiit was had ill ! ..In.led: Itepeal of the excess profits tuxes, retroactive to last January $450,(MM, 00(1. , Itepeal of one-half ot' the tran.spor talion t:ix. effective next .January 1, $1:111,000,1)110. liepeal of the higher income surtax es, retroactive- to lust January 1, $!!((,. (100,000. Repeal of the so-called nuisance anif cloHiini; luxury taxes, $riO,000,000. As an offset aitainst this cut of $720,000,000, it was nirrued to in ercase the income tax on corporations hy probably 21 per cent instead' of r per cent us heretofore proposed, ef fective as of Inst January I, to yield un additional $12.-1,000,000. Abandon New Taxes. , Decision was hud, it was said, to abandon all new tuxes suirKCslvd .tn the house rinmiltec last week by Sec-n-tury .Mellon, iilrltiduiir a license on automobiles, a bank cheek stamp uiui an increase of 1 cent i" the first class postage rate, liepublicuns of the. ways ; and meuns cononiltee are to meet Weilnesday to (I raft n new revenue bill I on the basis of the revisions agreed Yakima district will receive 5 eenis; upon and leaders said it was hoped a box for ihe season or 1981. as! to havn.it ready for a conference of ngainsi C cenis. lha prevailing scale; house liepublicuns next. Monoay. llofw for last year. This rai has been ! for its passage hy the house on Auk fixed by the Yakima Valley Traffic! ust 20 was expressed. ' & Credit association, member of Under the agreement reached at the which hi.nrflH about. 85 D-er eenl ofl uue Mouse conie,cmc, Koven.meni the valley crops. wns also adopted ounly farm bureau for Ihe I'rosser, Tho r, com mm ! expenditures this year would be ro- by the Ilentoni l'llci1 M'om tne previous estimate of corn is beii.K expressed by (h; larK- ,,enl0I1 Ci alld Kennewick districts ii.iVij.oiKi.ooo to -.,-,o.'.-i,mt(i,(K)(i ami the income from internal tnxes would NliciilT l.cc Wnriiick N'uw l.isiiiiiir -it j iii ry St;itc Licenses ei- lakima shippers over the possl )llliy of prlceR buing forced loo high at Ihe opening of the apple season.. Tills would, they believe, cuuse a slackening of demand and conse quent slump In prices later. Practi cally every large shipping organiza L ...it ei i:?n mill film in - inr. m , ' 1 ' ' Th otal i.uome frorn i l Nelll Ubby will reopen to handle , ,a ,4,5, pears about August 15 The cannery h,c)u,lin(r $140,000,000 more than IwrMtnl'nvtt illmnliJ mi ihn unto nf but officials announced It would v"i ,-Bl,iWfl ,i tiimmui rum ,i,i;h Isume operations If 2000 tons of pwatnl a fVum j,.,,. taxeSt '(milil h Mrtirpil Th rnmn.'inv Ik ! . - i-. tion in the vallev has uuoted onenlnKl . rn 10 i .11 r-xpenunures, paying a dodus or u.au un eon u.,r cm.,.., .wy. immuiiR i.m. , ,racls of thr(,e yetf-g ag0 al 22.C0 the buying abllliy of the market 1h;r t()n wbe n (h(J mnrkp( mot thwre will be a ateady dt'iiianri' ' nnd good prices throughout the ' f BEAD THK OKSEKVEK WANT ADS Sheriff I.ee Warnick has received :(M) tempoiary license plates to be is-J sihmI by him to automobile license applicants- making their application to 1iinu ThusUi funding . in their applica tions, for a permanent license to the secretary of state directly or through the dealer from whom they purchase cars cannot receive a temporary plate horn Sheriff Warnick. The plates are valid for a period of, not to exceed ten nays and the date of qxpiration mu be written -on th' plates, on both front and rear ones,! No car is allowed, under the state law, to be driven without one of these; temporary license plates or a perman ent one. The applicants for temporary plates are required to deposit with Sheriff Warnick $1.00 in addition to the reg ular license fee. This extra fee is re turned on return f the temporary plates. Alt permanent plates issued to holders of temporal y plates are sent dtrvt to the sheriff instead of being sent to the applicant. A daily report must be made by the sheriff to Secretary of State Sam Ko.er anil nil temporary plates must he accounted for and if the hoi o'er of one of these luxes his plates or for snme other reason fails to return it his $1 deposit is confiscated nnd sent to the secretary of stato's office. i Hunger, the tBtst Sauce. Sauce is used to create an appetite Cuts in expenditures proposed in cluded $:!"j0,00U,0(O for various gov-, crnmeiit departments ana agencies and $17).000,U0D ' .i account of tin public debt. : Department cuts in cluded $r.0,;:o0,000 war department: $10,000,000 navy department; $1,000,- ..y canoao sn.pmenu. fop , 00O,0OO sh pping board; 25,OI0,000 ;i valleys oh limited j (jok Wh u j agneu tural department;- ,000,000 rult crop Shipments' diirestion vou m certt1n, .imscellunuous and .$o.0,0D,000 in the Beasnn. J In the past week there was n rapid! Increase in daily carload shipments of the Yakim .ini-4Uir hiiii i run crop. nmiinieiiiH l i Hltr;tin on - ; i for the week ending VrUlay on all , reVmh fooJ; chamberlllin.g estimated payments of TJf.Wi.OOO.OOO Hues tolaled 1S8 cais. These com-. TllbMj, improve the digestion, create t" 'ho railrom-,s. prise mixed cars of Vlumbs, prunes. tt healthy appetite and cause a gentle $17,000,000 previously estimat- eurly tipples nnd from the lower val-: movement of the bowels. Adv. us ""(','si"T to retire war savings ley Htruigbt cars of pears. Ilorllett'' ' ' securities and ' Pittman ,-act- certifi cates, will be taken care. of through, refunding operations, it va stated the pears will move (.greater quantities! RuI (he Crmui Empi nt of. irom now on una lor several weens, i :ua kdi ii,,10 , i ' "i'1 Packers of pears and a-mles In the service. Phone Hi".,!, ' 8 7 1 ,t"'asu7 ,H.t";n "" ities by . -'1 unrrowing m the open market Last Honors for Air Hero r-'7 " .i t. a . fa f T A V Vtlf La Grande Concrete Pipe Co. PERMANENT AS THE PYRAMIDS CONCRETE DRAIN TI1.B PERMANENT 'AND THE REST. Factory hI Island City. Poatofficc Box 791 Phone, lVJain 120 1 , iji fojaf-u i r awyer-Holmes Mercantile Go. Coal Wood Hay Grain Lime Cement Plaster Building Material Storage 9 Floral off rtns from ml over irre wih-UI were 8nt in honor rf Harry imwkrr, who CRttti norhl applause two yrprm bt Ihe rt-: rjtHiipl to fly acronn th Atlantic in nn irplane. He Ml Into mltlvnn 'inJ wm rcrcitfil hy ik vrr. Icmker killed In a rrnt eshlbtv flight. Plctur hoi hla funeral In SL I'sul'a t"hurrharO at Hook, a l.oD-no uborb iPhone Main 17m 1 I t. . - - r J; -.i-. - J
