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L'A' fl RAND ft EVENTNY. OBSERVER
For Sale
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A "Mina Taylor" for Every Woman!
MANY of these Dresses have .just been unpacked.
Thvy are as eno! and1 colorful as an. early Spring
day they arc! delightfully made in the very
newest niniU'ri find are notablW .lur their diiinK' tritn
niiiigs and artistic combinations of material. Each
tells a woman she can "look pretty all the time"!
We invite yon to see the collection 'while it is at
its f'reshe'st and best while sizes and styles are here
in complete, assortment. The Wash Dress Section is
gay with the Minn Taylor displav and we are confi
dent you will count your visit here time well spent.
For Home, for "Dress-up," for
Slim Miss orMature Matron
There is a Minn Taylor TS(s for every woman
nnd wen occasion! There are pWticularly youthful
slyles, with ruffled sleeves ami bonn
seem a-flutter with joyousness; made
and 20 vears.
jit skirts that
i's Hi, IS,
Lovely "Dress-Up"
Mina Taylors
Madoi of the finest ginghams, relieved with ap
plique motifs, with novelty girdles, or with contrast
ing fabrics, pretty enough to wear aivywlioro!
There are Mina Taylors of equal loveliness, cut.
in sizes .'!( to 4i; and' larger sizes most skilfully de
signed to give length of line and a slenderized sil
houette for women who wear the extra sizes to "2.
Mina Taylor for
"H
ome
w
ear
The earliest breakfast takes on a gala air, ih?
dullest day starts cheeriiy. when the home-maker
weais Mina Tavlor "Home" Dresses.
' . SEE THEM ON DISPLAY IN' Ol'U WIN'DOWS
HILL'S DEFT STORE
ATTACK ON
Ml POWER
(.'asp Now liefore Stipivlme
Court of IT. S. lias Vital
Points Involved.
(lie Annoruitefl ITcrh)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7. The
constitutional extent of the taxing
power of the government is at Issue
In tlio supreme court In an attack
brought by ulitlit numbers of the
Chicago board of trade upon the Fu
ture Trading Arl. Tho case, with
throe others involving llio Child
Labor law. presents, ' from the view
point of tlm government, nto of the
most vital constitutional questions
to reach the .court In recent war's
Tho government won the Future
Trading case In tho Fulled states
district csurt t Chlciro before
Jllilgu I.xmlls, hut lost In th Child
Lnbor i'iuii In the loner Federal
courts In Ntirth Carolina. The two
acta bring before t h criirl, on
somewhat different farts, nhatnn
tlally 8hllnr ronton.tloui. rtpiioii.
nts c1inli'u,cl tho Tliiht 4 Iti"
Federal rovi Twiiont, id th rterrlan
of lt taxlliK nom r, In . rnl!h
by what they tcrin "tulitef ne"
Tesnlatory oOntrol of matlcti wh
In the police Jurisdiction of tint
nuteji. The eoveriunent contenif4
that llio Fiituro TrmllnK Ait ei
pool an excise tax which conitrM.
under the const 11 11 1 Ion. 4 aiatliiu tftf
to lar and'coiloct not only "i pa"
tho debts urd provide for to4' fMtt
mon defense," hut a;.or lbv(n
tr&l welfare of Tt O'M1' Stat."
Contracta foe the "futuro" de
JH-Vrjr pt jraiu frit i;,iio
years, tho Kovernntent 111 the nrtsu
tnents before tho Hupreiui' court ns
sertod, to more than 20.000.000,(100
hushclH, or three tinic.4 tho quan
tity of craln produced In all coun
jti'ioa ulthouuh the amount of grain
inchially rhaninK handn In (?hlcaKO,
herc five-slxtha of tho "futuro"
Itr idlni; Is done, belli small frac
tion of one per cent of the total.
;"Futuro" transactions In Chicago In
I 11119 amounted It was stated to 51
itliuea the amount of wheat pro
duced In thin t'nltod Slates.
The Future Trading Act Imposes
jainotii; other provisloim a lax of
110 cents a bushel uipon ;ill trnmv
iactlona known as "puts" and "calls"
iwlierrtver mailo, tile object being to
liroliiblt audi trading, and in slni
; liar tax upon nil contracts for "tu
j'Mure" d ili'Ilverlts except those
'made upon a "contract" market or
I by the owner of grain. Certain
diulnlatrallve provisions for the
keeping of records nnd the uiak
,lng of reporte, and for govern
mental supervision are also embod
ied In the law. Designated grain
renters, to become "contract" mar
kets, must, among other conditions.
atimlt to membership represents
illves of agricultural cooqicrallvo as
sociations. The government In defending the
.d'l took the position that the only
r,.nututlnna limitation upon the
i power of rongress to levy etilte
itie Is their uniform distribution
geographically, congress heln fnu. burdeini me on.t Invsibt. The Chi
ta seloYt tho lubjirt (or taiitum j' f" UrJ of TriS tist uln thle
Control mas use the t.mn po-!i'el entile twlvngln to Us mem
r. ths t"ornr.rnt Nirther ' bora, t tt an-vteii, and to coni-
,til'Hl, f,w ittl. cctiofiic. andi'"" "1" vch'igo to admit v.pre
,'iBoril purfr pilp put'f, c the , eiUtatP. y of cooperative assocttious
tt levied in tee art In iiuestlon, 1,1 i"'MnheV!hip would be the tak
'i Wjiiiln v th g.erninent. 1 ''" ' properly ltl?,Mit due process
WM lOtJect grain marls:Cig evils o "
(ich aa mnnlpulal! by large oper- In replying: to these objections
iaUirs. Oomlscuous and unr.0rlcted the government ronten$rt that on
speculO on In foodstuffs, desse ft I exchange h h buva an,P sells mon
Inallon of fills crop li rmatlon. I uralu tliaClhe whole world prodi.O'
1 a. r
liainblliiK In "puts" find "cills," and, "must havd a .very reul relation to
other arbitrary Interference with ! interstate and foreign commerce;"
the law of supply mid demand. llt,:,t the state Is free to legislate
was not punitive law. the voliritor WIUl ,.,.rcronco to future" trading;
general assorted, Imposing a tax to i , ,,.lt , Bx W11S , prohibitive;
enforce regulalory measure which nuM,,bers or corporations ht'reto
congress could not legally control rro aimiU,( to niembershlp upon
by fine and Imprisonment, but wasj,tll, Chicago Hoard of Trade had
intended to terminate what he rail- j ctlsirUiutoi among tho stockholders,
ed "wild orgies"' upon grain ex- f Mlrn corporations profits derived
changes. I from transactions upon the ex-
Amoug the objections urged by change, as It la proposed ngrleultur
the members of the exchange bring- jal cooperative associations shall be
lug tho case wero that grain traded : permitted to do; that there Is no
In tin-on the Chicago Hoard of Trade ; compulsion upon the board to ap
had lost Its Interstate character, and ply for designations as a "con
therefore was not within the con-, tract" market, except to enjoy
trot of federal elglslatlon ; that the ' exemptions iprovlded for such mar
government, through Its taxing pow-kets; that representatives of agrl
ers, wan attempting to exercise po-j cultural cooperative associations ad
llce jurisdiction properly belonging j milted to membership upon the'
to the states; that niembershlp up-1 board presumably will be required
on the exchange was a valuable I to pay Initiation fees or to pur
property right, which could not leg-! chase n seat and comply with all
ally by Impaired by compelling the I other terms and conditions nnd
admission to memhershlip of repre that there therefore was no taking
sentallves of agricultural cooper-; ol' property in violation of law.
ntie associations, and that the ex- Counsel for the opponents, in a
change rule prohibiting the rol.al ' r,.,,iv brief submitted after the ease
Inn of commissions should not he :.,, iHVn orallv argued, asserted
abrogated by permitting agricultural tiiat the tax upon "future" trading
cooperative associations represented 1h prohibitive" as applied to such
upon the exchange lo distribute j tr:ues In corn and oats as well as
among their members profits made ! w i,,,.,, mu, ,,,, thp Koveninieiif8
upon the exchange transactions, ii ,
was also alleged that the keeping I
of riford and the furnishing of re
ports, with Federal supervision re
quired by law. would be unduly
objection that the tax should hav;i'
been paid nnd suit Instituted to re
cover It. would not have resulted
In testing the constitutionality of
tho law, because unless restrained
the Chicago Iloard of Trade, under
the "nompulsion" of tho law would
asneipt designation as n "contract"
market.
j FUKSNO, Cal.. Mar. 7. The fed-!
:eral government through agents of,
the postufllcH department has bepi.r :
,nn Investigation of activities o.
groups of armed and hooded n.er
'who have nttucked persons In the j
west side oil fields of Kern co.in
:'ty, J. It. Homey, district attorney
of' J):ikerflelil. said today. Warn-!
lags of attack were sent tlirous'll the
mails.
I'oslng- ns members of the Kit
: Klux Klan, the gangs have wltnlii
th last few weeks taken out. beat
en and tarred or oiled nnd feath
ered three business men, forced
others to leave the district and scat
.warnings to half a hundred others.
Including the mayor of Tatt.
, Activities of the night riders
reached a climax In the last few
days with the disappearance of i:ii
Andrews, Taft rent car driver who
was taken out for a second time
and beaten. George X. liownun.
.Maiicopla druggist, was compelled
to sell his store and leave the city
two weeks after he had been olle.1
and feathered. It was learned.
! nr. J. K. Xlason, an osteopath,
!was taken out and beaten. The
i physician who examined him said
'ho appeared to have been he.iten
with spiked clubs.
. Falling to find at home one of j
their intended victims, who is said
to bavo been a woman, ano' iier ;
gang broke down the doors of a
South Taft homo, last night, accord-1
Ing to H. Tt. Iliggins, acting city :
marshal, who was called to Investi-j
,gat the case.
! Warnings to "lawbreakers, boot-!
loggers and gamblers," which wen::
first circulated here recently in the
.form of a printed page headed "K.
K. K.," have been sent with increas-,
Ing frequency to citizens ranging !
from laborers to business men in!
person, and by letter, so that H has
become necessary for the por.Ul au
thorities to Investigate.
I "There! is without any doubt a i
well-organized Ku Klux Klan in this
district, comprising perhaps loO
members, and including all clnssrs
of citizens," Harry Morgan, Tail
mayor, declared today.
, After a ride of 20 minutes Dow
ma was taken from the car with
a rope around his neck, still blind
folded and protesting, and n formal
charge, said to have been sign?d by
a Coalingn woman, was read. IJow
nian was asked to cov.less, but
strongly denied the charge and con
tinued to do so even afte. he was
strllpped, beaten to the giound with
ropes, covered with oil and ieu'.hers.
and returned to 'Alaricopin with or
ders to Mtve town within two
weeks.
A physician treated him lor per
lous bruises. He sold out hi.i basl
'uess and departed for I.os Angeles
iWedne3day, the last day of graco.
G room hull e, modern, full base
ment, plastered, go'Jjl 1 .1 n i.l ll .
built-in features. Everything In good
con on for Terms.
(! room house, mo lern, for f IIOIIO.
floon cash and ?::.' p r menlli.
plant, wash trays, garage, loealed
nlant, was htrays, garage, located
cn paved street, close In. $!")').
;.:i!-ko well ciTstrtictcd S room
house, lit Kexll", trees, garage,
nicely .located, well arrnnKcd for
looniers or light housa keeping
rooms. Owner will consider stniilli r
property as part payment. Investi
gate this on 'either trade or pur
chase basis us the price Is riK'it
and on easy terms.
Lots and small house' on .Madison
avenue, adjoining railroad. Suitable
snr factory or certain lines of busi
ness. Owner will consider trade.
room house, 5 bedrooms, tho
entire place is ill splendid condition,
newly I'uriiis'nci!. bath and toilet on
both floors. Vpstalrs is now renting
for $40 per month.
5 room house In splendid con
dition. A most beaiilifisl liiine, mod
ern, three big lots, ga Yvj chicken
house and i:ark. l'rh-e ?yr. Own
er wiil consider soldier llyJIUS.
Geo. H. Currey
Phone 200J
Ileal Estato Insurance
Exide Batteries
lta((ori4's hi stock,
lintterics fur I ifiil .
lint 1 cries liccharcU
llallfiics WaliMi-tl vct
Ititltci-it's ul nil tii.t K s I i'palred.
Sli unilK'i ui'huri'to S rvlce.
B. & T.
BATTERY STATION
Fred Burgess, Prop.
In l.eibtou'.s 'ilm iiino Works
A Chicken Tamalc or Chilli Con
Cami? only the best possible to make
nnd fresh every day at The Palnce.
I
About sixty boys turned out last
'nijrht for track at the La Grande
high school. The first night was spent
in going- over the lockers, arranging
1 uniforms, ar.d preparing for the com
ins season.
Coach I.odell announces that until
the weather improves no outdoor
practice will be held but he will ex
pect to commence today with indoor
practice in the gym.
the track prospects are very
bright with several last year's cinder
artists back. Those who were on the
team last year, who will form the
nucleus of this year's squad, lire:
Captain Bean, Lynch, Ted Irsen. Al
ston, Smulz, Sandbcrg, llav.es an.l
Heughnn.
The place for the Eastern Oregon ;
track meat will be definitely decide..!
at the meeting- of Eastern Oreiron
superintendents ami principels, to be
held in La Grande on Aprii 1
La Grande
MATTEESS SHOP and
WEAVING WORKS
Mattresses of all hinds clean
ed and rebuilt. Featlior Iteno
vatlnir. Har llugs njid Fluff
Hugs for sa!.. j
Carpet nnil Kus 101111111);
llxia, Ml..-ian up
Chas. Kdward )'rop.
.l'liono 25;;-V'
FORD & GEORGE
1. me with ,1 c, nip ov lllat is
hondeil. Kvery dierl and
""V ear noiiiieil lr I your
protection Willi the rj best
CH I, MAIN' 41
Cet your Zane Grey bcok. "To the
Last Man," at Newlin Book & Sta
tionery Co. 3-4-tf
Automobile Ownfrs
1
We are n, reaty for all
kinds of nntit repllring unjd
ovei 'on nr. :et loir prltes
In-fore going Uvvi)frv.
Ib'onoy Garage
Itflll Jeffetsoil rh?n 511-J J
Just
Arrived !
A new line of Bungalow Aprons in
combination unbleached muslin and
cretonne, Black satlen with embroidery-
design, unbleached
broidery design and
9S.
Don't fail to visit
befoVe purchasrb
Nev Hats arrivi
muslin with em
crepei jumper dres-
fcur Millinery Dept.
your new bonisit.
I every day.
We also have a complete line of the
sehsons newest buckram shapes.
o
Andrew's Variety Store(
i- . 4,
Snodgrass
and
im merman
'iincral St-iie Par-
r, iiot'in-ed Knibal-
i4cr7 Ambulance Ser-
Pay Phone
I Afoin r.o v:..i.i
Phono, Main 7H.
1-105 Fourth St.
La Grande, Oregon.
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