La Grande evening observer., May 13, 1922, Image 5

Saturday. May ID, 1022
cm'AKTW itTNTa nnsirRrFrR
PA'ffTC 7TYT!
Pcop!
c Must Awaken
To Save State
J ln. Diiiihtint Wright, of Medical Spring, Calls mi
Voters to (live Government Earnest Thought.
JOSEPH FISHES
Killtiir of thn t.u OninrtB KvinlnyHnt In mliii'MIti tliPin.
Oliaiirver'.- An the cnluiunH of tin
lcrir urn alwiiya open to opin
ion nml nuittpi-H of Interest to the
)illlli may venture 1111 opinion iia
to what lum brought uliout these
hlph taxes we are go Jtmtly pom
plnlnlnit of? To net right down to
the niuilsilla of tlio wliolw affair, It
Is tho voter, anil the voter that
don't vote, iliut Ih respoiiKlhlo for
the whole. l)i 1 u k .
Don't try lo shift It to tho legis
lature. They enueleil all tluwa -tiMvunant
lawn, yet they had your
periniKnlon to do mo hy your dule
KntlnK them our power through your
vote or reterrliiK to vole. While the
iloetlvo friinehliio ix a wwipnn In
the Jiands of tho votem that they
can use (or their own protection
unil to protect themselves they must
Intcllipeutty use tho franchise as
KOod Kovernmt.nt can only come
throiiKh and by the Intelligent uae
of the elective franchise, no when
yifii go to tho polls the 10th or
jluy to select your candidates foT
ofi'lce, or kve'ii to elect them In
November, nsk yourselves this iiues
tlon when you no Into the booth
to mark your "x": Are .they ca
pable and me they honest?
Don't resort to the old yaller
doff system of shutting your eyes
nnd koIiik her straight. This is not
the intelligent use of -the elective
franchise, hence w cannot he Kiiur-antei-d
uood Kovemmeiit.
Tho primary is for the purpose
or chins the voters the opportunity
to select honest, finable candidates
for office. It is tha duty of every
voter to so to 'the polls and use
his best Judgment in casting an In-.
tolllKoni vole. ln t forth an extra
effort to -be. 'Informix). A free peo-J
pin to be capable of self-government
in list be informed (or monarchl.'s
flourish on ignorance. There should
be no stay-at-homes oa election iluy
Willi thoso who have a right to vote
without justifiable excuses. Those
BUy-at-honms put forth 'no efforts
to remedy 'existing evils and are
loudest -in criticizing thoso that do
act in thoso slreuuous times of
high taxes where many homes are
in jopardy and al the .door of con
fiscation. There should be nothing
but honest, capable, 100 per cent.
red-Hlooded Americans put on guunl
and as retil estate is hearing 85
per rout of the tax burden, there
should be sent to our leglsl-jtlve
halls n reasonable number of real
dirt farmers, women us well 11
men, for women wherever tried
make good conscientious lawmukevs
for It is thn law of the country and
the -people that tell of their con
dition. Is It not a discreditable
thing for our chief executive In his
wisdom .to have to veto nearly CO
per cent of the laws enacted by a
short session of the . legislature?
This is evidence of Itself that tliost
who delegate their power. It should
be to those who wil reflect their
sentiments as the levying -of taxes
Is tho paramount issue before the
people of Oregon today and how
to do It Is tho question.
We must do us we did in wnr
times, consent to make sacrifices
along all lines of liuslness, cut all
salaries to where they were before
tho war, elect a governor pledged
to veto nil appropriation bills that
carry the emergency clause without
an emergency, abolish many costly
state and county commissions. W'e
have gotten along without them and
can under the" stringency ot the
times do so again. Here is where
tho real emergency comps in. Do
away with all unnecessary clerks In
legislative sessions. This thing of
furnishing ninety 13 a day mem
bers for 40 days with clerks at $5
and Jl" .a day for 40 days runs
Into money fast when the hardest
work these clerks have to do Is to
paste bills and resolutions into an
Invoice.
I know whereof 1 speak, for I
have 1 en theie for lo years and
never li id the need of a desk clerk.
The expense of carrying on our
publio school system throughout the
stale Is being lessi nel hundreds of
thousands of dollars and Justly so.
The night school Tor nil u Its in Porl
' land has been stopped "t a aavlug
to Hie taxpayers of more than tin.
000. Tho list of the many teach
ers of the agricultural college publish.-d
in I he Observer of a few
days ago, all drawing an annual
salary of from $4.n0 to I1O.00O.
on short hours whereas the. hay-n-vd
is doing as well ut from 12
to jr, hours under a scorching sun.
yet he is fiwying the world and
producing th.it which sustains all
animal life and paying more than i
his share of taxes. lurh of hls
i'ii i .linif" go to pay hiifh sslariedj
oflicers and teachers. 1 have been j
woMil-ring if we might not have;
In our colleges some Daniel Web-j
sli'i-s. Young Daniel was to assist:
his father In saving the hay cropj
during his vacation. Il all had to
ne mown with an ''armstroiiii" mow
er. Dani'Ts scythe could not b.-t
adjusted to suit him. lie was told;
hy the Inipitlent father to hanK It1
l i suit himself. Taking It to a '
tieaiby shade tree he hung It over!
a It in It ami said. "Ta.ere fcther. It.
Inimat in suit inc." I realize v
li.'e in.yiy ?-d M (ys In our
nlleirs and if any of thn make.
leiiis- s o hat th- ,;jnlel we;
speak of made of lilM.Slf, we shall I
feel aply paid f'.r the money we
To lessen taxation ii Is evident
tuut we must in some way curtail
expenses, which should bo done by
ridding ourselves of things we can
best get along without. Whcu,w.
come to renll.e the varied resources
our great sluo has for wealth, which
11 GOOD CLASS
Xl'.iiKS&ffi
interesting Program Marks
Close of School Nati1
Hmior is AVoii.
(Spi-clnl to Ths nhiorver)
JOSKI'ir, Ore., May 13. With
iho hall decorated in pink green
in ei onu III Hunts ui i lie tn Hiairs, ... ., . .,....,
. ' and Dink carnal ons, commencement
then to rea zn ts moi-tunued con- "" r"1" '
Ulllon, Its bonded condition mid til
bonded condition- of county nnd
municipality, aggregating an In
debtedness of over $:io0, Olid, Oiio,
shows there has beJevi bad flntimiug
somewhere, or that the Oregtin, peo
ple have been going rust and living
beyond their means.
Retrenchment ami rifonti should
be the watchword from now on and
ti 1 1 property uud wealth bear Its
eiiual share of taxation. An Income
tax la the most just system of rais
ing revenue yet d iscovere'd. Have
we a dollar's -worth of roads com-1
Minted for the money it has lakeu
to build them?
ull. -women and
Strange Light at S.eancc
exercises nt (the high school were
held last waning mill the public
schools closed for tho summer va
cation. Professor Jory has hail a splen
did year Willi school Work gelling
desired results 1n Joseph. Ho Is
one of the nolo school men of the
uorthwext and the exercises lnst
evening wore the finul words In his, crowd that filled the high school
work here. j iimlltorium.
The class Was coniposeil of Ilnth in the state essay contest for
Yeager, Irene Cuulke, Douglas Wll- fifth, sjrth imd seventh trades on
son, Henry Swnrtwood, Mather KUeii, I , BU,jBrt r denial hygiene, Miss
Korinll Mci:ully. llvn 1'iitteii. TedjMalll churrb of the seventh arml'.'
Mays, Dorothy Smith and Uelva awarded slut honors,
limine. Defore tho diplomas were Joseph people regret very much
i,Pu.uia,l I... VI' n tinner ehilirninn ,1.... i. r. .. i i
nulls on leection duv nnd vote nc- r ' '' i iv"i"ir jury nuiiu im-i-sdeiK-e
and best judgment. "V? , i
DUXHAM WR1011T. J' j,; observer, a vocal
solo by Mra. A. K. I'urker of Kn- , .
talk liy l'rofessor
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Voters, one a nil'
men, to tlit-l
, .,.1 . . i il.u i.lLil.iuinnli u:lm lil't-Bflit 4jlirif.iT iL
1ilrUullStolttUCrMy'b Hcrewaid Cuiiinatun. Conan Doyl.'
. -.il'n of It would liiovn li-'.ci'tulng.
Tha "Libarty" Age.
liberty duy Is usually thouKht of hyjj
Americans M .Inly fourth and liberty i
year Is recalled from our blsiorlra'J
its 1T7D. hut statistics Indicate that tha ji
lll.ei iy year of men ami vvunien differs. 'J
'Jii uverage age of men peek-lug ill- I
vorce Is thirty-four ami the average ;J
Hge of wniuen on the same quest la J
Iwenty-tilne.
ii.i-..ii-'iilu.ih in i. imuwuu J
lliehest nrice paid for clean, larcre-' I terprlse nnd n
sized cotton rags. '.lory, wns enjoyeii
by
large 1 1
IKE PATH
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
FOR
GOVERNOR
at the primaries Friday, May 19,
He it a man of rare pevionality and
proved executive ability. Here,
briefly, ii hie story: Isatfc Lee Pat
terson was born in Benton County
Oregon, in 1 659. Attended country
schools and worked his way through
Christian College. Monmouth. Be
came a successful merchant in
Salem. In 1 894 was elected State
Senator from Marion County. In
1998 was appointed Collector of
Customs at Portland, by President
MctCinley; re-appointed by President
Roosevelt in 1 902.
A Record of Achievement
WHILE he was collector, the business of Mr. Patter
son's office practically doubted yet he reduced the)
cost of running his office by $6,380 a year. Since 1906
has been successful farmer at Eola, Polk County. In
1919 and I 92 I served as State Senator from Polk County,
As chairman of Senate Finance Committee led the fight
against wholesale salary increase bills and defeated most'
of them. In 1921 voted against increasing Governor
aalary. '
Vote for Patterson and Stop this Waste!
Sine 1913 Stat taxes have increased 748.7 per centl
This gross extravagance must be stopped I Mr. Pattcrr
son has pledged that when elected he will make a sub
stantial decrease in your ttata taxes by efficient and eco
nomical administration. A vote for Senator Patterson is
a vote for dean, economical business-like government.
PATTERSON CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
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Sunday
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A TWO REEL CyDKI&T
Turn the Corner and
Save a Dollar
"T " FRESH EGGS 20c
Codfish in bricks 22c
Oregon Milk, 2 for 25c 9 for $1.00
Fresh Peanut Butter Ground While You Wait
Everything in Vegetables and Fruit
J. G. HOLM
GROCER
Quality and Service
FREE DELIVERY
CALL MAIN 43 T?
The Highest Class Talking
Machine In The World
jUTnt HfrttiMim ar ouaiitv..
The Distinctive Phonograph
The nubile jipwer of individuality elins to
every part of Kotiora. The eye selects it instant
ly from hundred's of other phonographs by its
l:t':pifv of line and .finish antl its unskimped
hturdiness of const ructimi.
'Die ear can never mistake its warm, round
brilliant clearness of lovely tone. Soimra stands
by itself. "
1 Viatuu-t individuality is n mark of superiority-.
That is why Sonora brings Hie keenest
nritle of possession to its owners a pride that
is refln'cted bv their friends.
CARR'S
For Credit No Interest
A CLASSIFIED AD WILL DO IT
The Flapper Quality First
That quality- is the ime measure of value has
always been the nloan of this store.
The Bootery
A Paradise for Tired Feet
G rover Smith, Mgr.
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The Wise Man
Anyon can make money, but it's r wife man
that knows how to spend it.
Gainsborough ll-iv 1ft(1
Guinsboivrtigh Powiicr Puffs 10c to 7.c
Shirred Klastie njbbom in Color, D-4 yard 3.")0
Texto Crochet iii white ami colors 18n
Sovt-lty Holts '' an''
New line of Pongee V'aMn W-M
Tn'eolrt BlmiHPS
UBIEn VARIETY StOiE
Superfine
Milk Bread
The Thoroughbred of Breads
MACPHERSON'S BAKERY
Makers of High Class Pastries
and Cakes
Sold by the Best Merchants
in Eastern Oregon
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