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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1922)
TO niUNTVTC FVENTNO OBSTCTC'VT'iT VKQV, TTTE 3 Saturday. Mnv 13. 1022 '...( Reverse English Recommended Levying of Taxes in State Roy W. Hit nor Says Way to licduce Taxes is to Make 10 Pci' Out Slash Kadi Year to Overcome Six Per Cent Jumps of' Past. United States is gradually moving Westward. "In 1014 New England produced 53 per cent of all the shoes made in the United Statin, this decreused to 48 per cent in liU'.l and the latest figure shows that production of ull evades of shoes during November 11)131 was only 37 1-J pcent of the total United States production. The western manufacturers have T creased their share of total business . . , , , ,-Jby producing medium priced, Rood As taxes have increased about 2;0, ,t which can be ' made per cent in the past ten years let us t markcu,a in qUttntUy. I ca,loll see If we can discover just who have he bu, M (hat thjs comueti,i0ll' been responsible lor the excess oyerj wilh 0,1er 8CC,ion5 of the country pre what the legislature is responsible, sfllts mr (lf the m0.t slM.ious pl.oll. ior. PBNDI.ETON, May 13. Editor Observer: Have been so busy with spring work on the farm that I have, nut had the time to write for you a very long article, for your political ' :. .' .. lenis that the New hngland mnnu- mis country m present is suiter- who voUi the millaee tax for the future must oroduce better good. Jng imm the effects of a prosperity atute schools, tho bonds for the lower prices, and more efficient or jag and is now experiencing thelKtate highways and market roads and ionizations, jheadache of the morning after. We t ,e tax for the soldiers bonus? The; -The paper industry is experionr- (ii. an iyiiiiiik iu viiiiiu uu m nut,"" uvar people. In fact overycent spent ing a marked improvement, bat is ''Fundamental conditions have set I at 2:30 and 4 p. in. Tuesday. Reg. tho stage. New England -is ready to ulnr choir practice nt the Tabernacle come back. It is up to the business Thursday Kt 7 p. m. Regular Kpst I'ay men of the northeast to take the ag-1 services at t P. in, the Kirst Sunday of gressive course and go ufter their! each month. Tho public is cordially individual problems. I invited to uttend any or all of our scr- "General business throughout the! vices. David I. Stoddard, Bishop. count-y is still following the,hum- . . drum sidewise movement char- j lt) s A The locnl class of ln actcristic or this season of the year. t,.,mtj,ma students' Associa- The index of the Kabsoa .chart shows ;. iuI1 H1.e ,,,.IlBCd tl) ifu, m their brelh- geneial business li per cent below , in a Grande and Vicinity that normal, the same as last week., lliis urMwr stark' of Santa Ana, Calif., month ordinarily mains tnu, ""! will 'be -with us Tuesduy, Jlay liith point in the seasonal movements., am Thursday, May lXth, and will March will refle.-t a quickening." find say -"never again!" The sweet rcfiain of all candidates who crave lo serve the people is "Economy on Earth! Lower Taxes to. All Men." As one who has , served in every session of the legislature since li)l: desire to 'offer no alibi for the in- in excess of the six per cent limited now in the trough of a slight o'-'-by law must pass by a vote of the dine. Heavy stocks aio still prov- people. It looks like that both the' ing a handicap to this industry VM' ' sneak at the home of Brother F. M Wright, 1318 V Ave., 7:45 p. m both of the above dates. Ilis theme will he of special interest to all 'I'ible Stud ents and Consecrated Christians only, all of. whom are welcome. . "The IVayer Perfect," by Ervino J Stenson, in the evening service. The words of this beautiful song wem th composition of James Whitconib Riley. 'Die Sunday school attendunco last Sunday was very encouraging, hcep it up! Claude Cooper, superintendent Epworth league at. 7 o'clock, to which all young people are invited. Harvey Carter; president. A cordial invita tion to attend any or all of the ser vices of the day is hereby extended. Strangers are especially invited. (j II. Quigloy, minister. rilsv iiuixii Ol v in -isi, u-iiiini.. 1 . ... , .,, . . . ,t,5,l . ,., . , ... J- I mil t liurch will be the speaker in the legislature and the people must ad-- However, conditions are a gieat deal;1-0" ol "sl a"u. "usniiigion. oun- , fo.(,)om) st,lvk.e. i thc evening ser- mlt that thev ' hnvn tnina nrertv- better than thev were a year "'"""" "-.; i vt.. strong in the past few years and and 1922 should be better than 11121. The First Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Cartes K. Swiirtz, rep resenting the Woimin's Home Mission- j ary Society of tho Methodist Episco- u,.l ,'. -,,..!.,, uilnr. "The labor conditions in New hng- ffrease of taxes durinir that time. I i .i. i:u . 1.....I ...rn..i.imir innsiilir. lead cuiitv to'm'y share. I alsol ' , hi.. ,..u.iii,imoi.t Most industries Reading room open to the public ev- iish to explain just what I consider! The remedy : which 1 suggest ii to have had at' least one cutt The man-! y Monday, Wednesday and Satur- iiy share. j - ; put the "reverse English" oh the ix ufacturers are also taking the s:.nie ;d'ay from two to four. All arc wel- I Ever since I have been a inembei per cent limitation amendment 1 and; view of the situation and arn do-ng jconie to attend our services. of. .the- legislature the six percent teduce approp: iatious for a few years; everything that .is possible to in-j "I""-" limitation amendment'; to the consti-l not six per cent but ten per cent j crease the efficiency of their , work-1 Latter Day Saints. Regular ser- tution has been in effect. ThisH his should apply not alone t the era. Overhead costs will ilo: I nul vices ai wic laoeniucie. ounuuy . vice the minister will speak on the subject, "Persons of Distinction." Subject, "Mortals and Immortals." ounuay scoo, aU .-o a m. " , g music bolh morning and eVCM nesday evening meeting at 8 . clock. , (.,nn f.iml)r wjn sini pastor is notified. I'lione 308-J. 0. ,W. Jones, Minister. St. I'vtnr'ii Episcopal Church . Corner Fourth street and O avenue. May 14th will bu the Fourth Sunday after Foster. Thoie will be the usual Tjnday services: Holy Com munion, 8 a. m-i church school, 0:4'i; morning prayer and sermon, 11:00; evening prayer, 7:30 pt m. Topic of iho moniing sermon will be "The Wage We tiet." Keep in mind that there are great days Bhead lltogation Sunday, May HI; Ascension Day, May lii, un J Whitsunday, June 4. These, in themselves, arc no different from pther days, but. in the church life they commemorate great facts. Come, out and help us maintain a faith based ou Christian Church Mother's Day will be appropriately observed at tl e morning service. A male quarti ti fucta. Jos. W. Cunn, iliector. composed ot Dallas, Abbey and The I Green Biid Johnny Nnttp .will slug "That Wonderful Mother of Mine.' Mrs Chelf and Mrj, Maxwell Jin "My Mother's Old Ilible." nd' Mr. Cald well in "They Call Them Mothers Here," Will be heard. Ilible school at !l:4fi. Evening preaching . service at 8:00 and 'Endeavor at 7:110. You are cordially invited to all these services A machine will be sent for anyone who cannot otherwise come if th Queer Deathbed Happenings. When (ioetlie lay , dying he iincx peeiedty spoke Orerk anil recited nu merous, verses from Homer and Sophocles, , although It had been oil years since he studied them., (litter, dying men and avouicii have surprised those at the bedside by suddenly bursting Into wonderful soegi or In slstlug on undertaking elalmrate iru slcal (Siiiiimsllhin'. ItnlTnlo l'Tires!. amendment prohibits any legislature from spending six per cent more than the one proceeding. In four sessions this would amount to twenty-four per cent. , In other words the last foui legislatures are responsible for a twenty-four per cent increase in state taxes which amount to about one fifth of all the taxes paid the othei four-fifths being school, city, county, road, etc. legislature but to all tax spending; further throughout the year. He-, commences at 10:30 a. m. bacrnnien- bodies. ' . . ' duct ion of freight rates .will greatly . tal semces 12:15 o'clock p. in. Mutual , In closing I wish to compliment help New England manufacturer.. Improvement Association, Sunday at J Union legi senate li; ken Ih-sn !, n,l vn..rinee.l dividual nlailts in New England will; mesuay, ior cniiuieu, p. ni members on the job. in closing 1 wisn lo compliment nelp Kew r.ngianu manuiu"'.iii v '" -" "".". ( - I Inion countv on the personnel of its1 who have a longer average haul toi7:00 p. m. leachers training class, , I tgislative delegation in both the their consuming markets than any . Monday at 7:00 p. m. Priesthood and J T FT f ll ! enate-and the house. The voters of. other manufactu. ing center in the , Relief Society meeting at 7:30 p. ni. , I I J 111011 I 01111 1 V tX PHI 1 H 1 1 f Z H C ! Inion will make no error if thev country. All in all most of the in-1 Primary association at the tabernacle J M. J Vr 111VA1 J Ull I V IJ U fJ 11 VdllO ! . .w .,i.i .i i.'.i. riivi,l,,l nhmts in New England will i Tuesday, for children, 4 p. ni. Pri- tf X l Youi-s truly, 'ROY W. R1TNER. Soldier Tells What Was Done " " for Him By R. E.Williams National Committeeman Highly PraiVd i'oi' His Jii Urest in Vetteraiis' Welfare After the AVai'. ......,.; hntinr liusiness n 192' ! mary association on noitn sine at tnc : than in 1021. Thc amount of im- little chapel, for children, Thursday at l provement depends almost entire 4 p.m. Religion class at tabernacb J upon the attitude of the men ii, rt'hursilny at 2:30 and 4 p. m. Re- i chargp. ligion class at the chapel on north sid; , PORTLAND, Ore, May 9. Ejitor activities, the govt; anient ol'ficiaj: Obsen'er: Having met you in connec tion with the Red Cross work I felt that 1 could address you upon a sub ject of deep personal interest to my-' self and many other Oregon Veterans. 1 am a newspaper man by profes-.-. sion, 1 am married, and reside in Oregon, and during my term of ser vice in the late war I contracted tuberculosis which completely in capacitated me for work- After my discharge the rederal RE-ELECT C. H. GRAM LABOR COMMISSIONER decided last fall to take all of the 1 soldiers out of Pierce's sanatorium. To tho. c of us who have families, J iriends and relatives ill Oregon, this was a tragedy.. Efforts were ma.ic to induce highor officials to change i the order, but no results were ac- J complishcd until Colonel Forbes came here last fail, and Ralph E. Williams, J thc National Republican Committee' man from this state, took the mat- ter in hand and personally intor- viewed Colonel Foi bes a number ol Government gave me hospital trea'.-j imcs wUh the result that their de- ment at the Pierce Sanatorium m Portland. This is a moderate sized institution where-the ; -soldiers are given the same high class treatment as is given to private patients. Dr Pierce, as you no doubt know, is one of the leading authorities in this countiy on tuberculosis, his sanator ium is conducted along most modern lines, and his. efforts show a very high percentage of cures. He has a sufficient number of highly trained nurses to insure the men every pos sible attention. After several months' treatment my condition was so improved that on my own request I was given a fui lough in order that I might look tr. I I I I am a candidate for the nomination to the office "f Vmnty Treasurer and will greatly appreciate your sup port. My ability to handle the work as treasurer is known . to you all and my regularity in lepuhliean politics is also well known. All IVpublii'an.s who vote for nie at the primary will have my deep appreciation. HUGH McCALL Present County Treasurer. (Paid Advcrtiscineiit)' He has conducted the office in a fair and Si termination to close thc place to hoi diers whs changed, and un order was J made to continue keeping soldiois in the Pierce Sanatorium, and the num- J betof Oregon men hospitalized there i has been more than double j. . .', When you stop to think that most of us veterans are young men with- out means, and that for our fumjlict to come from Oregon to visit usi at these government institutions in mm m other states means a great sacrifice, you can realize hw grateful we feel; for the good work done by Mr- Wil- N Bai. able manner. One good term deserves another. Paid Adv. - Hums. ! i There are now about TO Oregon j men of whom I am one who are be- J A - r . " i- i init riviin-u i lent a nniiniuiiuiiii I after some of myi affairs for a time. . ;. in lh . adjoining states fjir from our rela- i tivesj. except lor the fact that Ore- J gun had a National Committeeman ' whose standing with the Federal of- J filial was so high that he Could in l Shortly after-leaving the Institu tion the Federal authorities decided to.lose this. institution and take all of th. Oregon men to some of the various! institutions in. Washington and' fliliforhia. :Ki you know there are a number oi gmernim.n ii k ,h 0,,r, bV8 in Oregon. I . .1 ll-hard 1 11 (Mi It'll I II 1" I ' I ais in mese , , ; . Rs R fellow ; veterans are treated . .. .,.. , ,, i,,i .,.!,. I of tnese insii-i , dure them to reverse their plans and J I have visited some tutions and while they are as -e conducted as you could exlhcl :m-rnment institution to be, never theless, they do not anil cannot do as much for the boys as Or. Pierce is' doing, but in the interest of econ omy and in order to centralize their er in the hope that you wih pass thn I word along where other people who ! ,-orJ will appreciate a matter of this kind may hear of it. Yours respectfully, J JOHN E. BARK, I Sgt. L'nd Co. l.VJ P. B .J is much busier than a year ago. Ac- tivity in cotton goods for instance is i 80 per cent of normal at present, j whereas a year ago it averaged 50 j per cent.. Woolen goods were oner- ating at full capacity during the early fall, and are still running neat I it. A year ago most of the woolen J mills in this section were running between :io per cent and 'r per cent of normal activity. Fundamental!; ' (hi. lovlilo inilnstl-v hits titrticif it . ISu'tiro "t" M'-V chart corner and is already in its period of li you wiii i v;. Improvement. The executives oil showing the path of . b"1 Nt En,.,, fttte two problems.' press.on ou would note its ,l, ik ing itMmui.uu. " " " T -jf ,he Unied Staaes is rapidly mov- Where Is Prosperity? linger W. ISali.soii, FaiiKMis Slatisticiiiii, Sl-u North Kast Itcadv Tor It. - A If r' ' V" V ON MY RECORD AS YOUR Si i CONGRESSMAN I ASK iV A VOTE FOR HALL 1 1 ! FOR GOVERNOR is a direct vote for present depression was fiist evident in New Kngland and has spread sputhward and westward until it cen- t,., today in tnc wncai growing 4i.. the middlewest. "New 7-ncland being the first to feel the depression, is according i" the great basic law of action and re ..iio. Oie fiist to show signs of re- ing south. In 11114, 18,'HX),OI10 spin- dies were reported in the norOiern i states as against l'J,'JU0,UUU in the J southern section. At present the re- I port shows l!','iUO,0(K in thc northern o,'.vn,Vix: spindles in the south, an J increase of over 2o per cent- If the executives of these northern mill- J are to keep thc textile center of ' covery. from """y m 'uu1'.'l' the I'nited States in the northeast 5 1 am convinced that the foundation ' v musl mit,t nmpvUtiuB, , of. fuiulamcnUl condil Uons "-" ..Tne ,,, fm.l(,r ,hllt keping ', forth.- period , UN- ,h.m from full operation, are practically complete as far ' ' lh,.r hr,vy imp(ir f ,,., , Kngland I- concerned l)ur wg rt.s Kngland- J coming year manufacturers. mer ( ,(njr f ru11M drptm , chant, and bankers of this -tH. ot U.p.WW,,. th- country will Mruggl th i ,J-mm , f,lMl , Ir.rtivklual problems. ' While not exrect to we anything like of proipenty for thn w"tio.. Lower Taxes Senator Chas. Hall of Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon, was one of tho "FAITHFUL 14" ii II; is a firm believer in the Illinois system of government, naiUcly, 10 departments to run this htiite'u Kfivernment instead of Ihu 70 or.iaoic lc- I djTh iu'est way to m-rt thi flood .nartlllVllt.S IWW. flllletioIlill.' 'Vv--" '.7.C,;V''-;'-'i'..: ' t; t frr-"' meilmm priced loreign maue gooos . ... 10.1 ti'l' '" in' efficiency and produce J ",' :' '"' '' J YOUR SUPPORT For ten veitr.s I have served the Second ('iniKTCKsioiial District of Oregon in the L'nited Stiites congress. During that period great tpiest inns n fleet ing the nation and thc state have come up fur sett lenient. On every (iiestion you will find my vote re corded, and t stand upon that ilceord wholly. .My attitude toward the producer, whether on ranch, in isaw mill or in any other form of work that produces the wealth of the nation, has ever heen absolutely fair. iMy work for the reclaiming of arid lands in Oregon is well known to overyone, and it is with pride that 1 state to you now that. Oregon, after years of neglect by the National government during which time I have fought, constant iy 'for recognition, is now eoniinj; into her own and that, a number of reclamation! projects in this State and in the Second District, have already receiv ed federal aid and aviII receive more. I am a candidate jto succeed myself in Congress and 1 appeal to you fur your support on the briiad platform of services already done, not promises. You have but lo look un my record an I you will know what to ex peel of me in the future. Relieving you wifll, when once you analyze the present political situ ation, see fit to give n4e your earnest, whole-hearted support for re-election, I remain , ; Yiours Must Sincerely, N. J. SINNOTT . (Villi Advert wJiieiit) ? ' T ' . fJ.'Iic Dalles, OiTt'-on.'., :. .'1 . .. . i i -1 .. ::V,I-, He Stands' for 11 - tftrr uuAiitT textiles n inia coun-ii r omi a ; t s - a jw;MrMiMAA;4.Tr s '..:. ..... . - n - . ca .-v' - .' ' . '' IK! I (iolfl wi we uu, v., - ... i - AlUUIl AUieiluau XiUOlllUija nuuilllljuauuil ?;: : v f, tv- iV-X, t"-.-V ."M.J I' " ' . I .11.. l..... -1.... it..l...tf hi. m. . f l J T 't' . . ' . . " " ..O..r.Yln i:.'.., ft .'(tllfl'. . "In rtmty the more InnorUr.t !. l-ns a enrnrf, and it. present , m . G iv; v!.1TI,W,nr Vfi.i.u.ifi.i th't, I r, o o o o . W-!-&HH:WS Q Q O . . 9 . ' o 0 J