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m tram Wkwtm VOLUME XXVI SECTION TWO LA' GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1923. mi:mui;r oi associated riucstf NUMBER 35a fctiite ONE DAY EACH WEEKMUST60 TOPAYTAXES Babson Says There is No Way of Dodging Burden Now Upon World ONE SIXTH TOTAL INCOME REQUIRED Evading Tax Collector Will Prevent Anyone fro m Paying Because Taxation . is Now in the Overhead. Famous Deutscldand Sold for $800 The hletorlc submarine which eluded tho blockatm ana reached America has just boon cold at auction to London (or SaOO to a .French concern which will use It (or exhibition purposes, BAKE RUNTY WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., Jan. 0. (Special). How much of your productive time during 11)22 was used in paying taxes? Roger Uabson, the statistician an swered the question, today, in a statement that shows the equivalent of one day each week spent to meet the direct and indirect taxes that na tion, state, county and city levy. "One hour and twenty minutes of each business day or one entire day a week is demanded of every able bodied person in the United States to maintain government," says Mr, Uabson. "That is the lesson of a re cent analysis showing that one-sixth o our national income goes for tax es, federal, state and local. The amount divides almost equally be tween national taxation and the ex penditure for state' and local- pur poses. The question js not, there fore, one of any particular, party politics. Costly Method. "This habit of 'getting the govern ment to do something about it is one of the most costly and wasteful ideas that we Americans have de veloped. It has grown upon us since tho war. We became accustomed to things then that would not have had consideration before. Now we are exceeded by one nation only, Great Britain, -in our cost of being gov erned. There the 'unemployment doles' and other legislation put for ward by a tstronger labor vote have exceeded any thing attempted here as yet. Cut this tendency must be checked abruptly if American busi ness is. to survive-in the competition which it 'faces over the next five to ten years. . 1 "Because' any :t one' jhdividukl?'do'es not .see;, the .tax - collector,-; he t (links perHfips; thaf.he does not pay, but hit 'docs pay: just the, same. Taxation costs represent aft'item' of !6vcrKoad lit,-everything that any one buys, consumes or uses in process of work-1 ing ,up to a finished product. Tho tx burden is inevitable. There are a! certain number of potential labor hours represented in the individuals making up any community. The number of these labor hours which it takes to protect his property, make afe his home and educate his chil-' dren are just so much taken away! from the possibility of-establishing that surplus of wealth upon which the community thrives. . Same as Road Work. . "The truth of this situation was perfectly clear in the old days when every man in the .community was called on for five days' work on the roads a year in lien of taxes and when the 'night-watch was maintain ed by periodic service of the towns men. How would you like to go out and Patrol a police beat one day each week, year in and year out? Or how would you like to take your turn as a member of the fire depart ment one day in every six? This would le our lot if we . paid our taxes in the old way today. Or, ap plying it to road work nearly sixty days' service on the roads would be required instead of five. "What wonder living costs are high when this toll, comes out ahead of the productive capacity for bene fit of the community. The actual taxation does not tell the whole story. Costs of collection, partic ularly under our system of- Federal taxation, sometimes treble the amount actually received by the gov ernment. Any move to . restore ex cess profit taxes or .special classi fied levies on trade is bound to make the situation worse. Fads' Cost Money. "We should be able to make the people understand that fads and frills all cost money. It is all right to be progressive in our ideas but it is not right to be progressive in our ideas but it is not always true that 'pro gressive' legislation means an im provement over the old way of tend- : ' ' .. i tl.. uiK iu uur uusiinr.is hi inline. i in country was swept by the cry 1W 'more business in government' and Mess government in business.' We have not as yet succeeded in edging government very far toward the door of the business office. "A step toward remedying the con dition of burdensome taxation which now hampers business would be to let everybody know when they arc paying taxes and how much." General business as reflected in the index of the Jhibsnnfhnrt -hows or tivitv it 1 Hr cent heh-w normal an improveiiivht vl i oil! cvu Ja.t via. AGENT COMING H4KFR. .Tnn. 8. County Judire Dodson today received the follbwingr wire from i'aul V. mavis, airvewr ui the state, extension service. vv. Kadderly, assistant county agent loader, will arrive in idukci- omui day, with Paul Carpenter, selected to fill the position of county agent in Baker county." The county judni and ' commissioners, who previously expressed their disapproval of the county' agent plan, were unanimous in sayinp that they intended to assist in every way possible and sincerely hoped Mr. Carpentier would accom plish much for the county. TW ronntv court announced that the Lockhart-McEwen section of the Sumpter market road, was complete at a total cost of $88,029.56, of which $51,61)2.78 was paid for yard age removal; $11,41)7.7!) was paid for onpineerinir, right of ways, and damages to the Sumpter vnney rail road. $24,838.09 was paid by the United States Fidelity & Guaranty company. The county court louay completed the contract with the fi delity company and announced that the dealing with G. B. Eckles, man ager of the company, had been of a most satisfactory nature. PENDLETON Ho6p SCHEDULE Jan. 26 The Dalles nt The Dalles. Jan. 27 Hood River at Hood River Feb. 2 Walla Walla at Pendleton. Feb. 7 Athena nt Athena. ; Feb. 9 Milton at Milton. Feb. JO La Grande at Pendleton. Feb., 16-Walla Walla at Walla Walla. - Feb. 17 Athena nt Pendleton. Feb. 24 La Grande nt La Grande. March 2 Athena at Pendleton. March 9 Milton at Pendleton. Pueblo Lightweight to Ap pear Against Boise Man on v Boxing Card Here Next Thursday. One of the fastest lightweight cards that Eastern Oregon has seen in some time will be presented to the funs of La Grande by the boxing commission at the Eagles hall on Thursday night, January 11. Allie Nelson, of Boise, and Frank Dean, of Pcublo, Colorado, will be the punch ers in question, both men being near the top in their class. Manager i rord promises an even better card than the one held Thursday evening, which was acknowledged by local fight followers as being a "cracker jack." ' . DADDY'S CAR ; By "Bat" If you hear an awful smash, . ' ' It's Daddy's car; If you hear a frightful crash, It s Uauuy s .aJ , . .. , In thcv.alley,'drj.yo.' or street,;;-; It's not safe . upon itK, feot- ' Other ; cars are bound 'ito moot j ' (f 'you'd be right uuf.to dale, ; . Bump Daddy's, car; If your car will not steer straight, -Hump Daddy s car; Jain his fenders that's the fashion, Rub his paint off then, dash on, It's destruction's the ruling passion, Daddy 's car. , . , liufus Ward. 46. a bachelor, whose home was near New Plymouth, died reeontly-nt a hospital in Ontario ul mysterious form of rabies, the origin of which is not known. He suffered greatly and barked like u dOg; HIE DEI ILL BATTLE ALLIE NELSON west as a game, hard hitting wieldor of the gloves. Like Dean, his record contains many fights with very few defeats. Both boys aro credited with plenty of knockouts and after Dean's showing nKainst Morriscy in tho Ida ho capitol city, fans throughout the Inland Empire arc hoping to sec him in action. The semi-final nnd preliminaries lor Thursday s event has not been announced to date but Manager Ford promises that they will bo good. NI'OltTS.MKN I.WITIO 1'ir.lU'U Mi;ii'OHI), Jan. 0. Governor I'lci'ce lias accepted nn invitation tu be Ihe attest of the Jucltsoll County Game Protective association at Its an nual spring meeting: and banquet here l-Vbruary 3.' The association has sent Invitations to prominent Kportsini'n anil tltoso Interested In umt' prott-clion in the state. Mnm-' hers til the slate tfauic comintsMion and the stale game warden will also attend. . .. GROCERY STOCK TO BE REMOV ED UNION, Jan. 0 Frank Connor is putting on a special January sulo in his cash' store, Conner's Inc. A Poitnnd sales company is handling the sale. All his grocery depart ment is being transferred to the Union Cash Grocery which estab lishment recently bouirht out his stock of groceries nnd at the same time sold out to Conner their dry goods. Hereafter tho Cash Grocery will handle only groceries while Con nor will confine his trndo entirely to the dry goods department. Union was quiet during the holi dnys. Most of the business houses were doing their invoicing end get ting ready for the spring trade. ' Miss Eula Wutkins returned Sun day from Alicel to be on hand for thu opening of the schools Tuesday morning. A wutch party was held in the Methodist church on Sunday evening. The Epworth League services were held at nine, the regular preaching at ten and after having lunch and waiting for the midnight hour to ring in the New Year, the young and older people went home. wrs. Ray Duncan's little boy, who has been ill for several days with a case of pneumonia. Is . reported as much better at this time. The local fire department held n New Year's night dnuco nt Smith's hall. All the proceeds above neces sary expenses were donated to the gymnasium fund. , Mrs. Fred Fox, who was recently taken to Hot Lake for un operation, was brought home lust week and is rapidly regaining her ' health ' and strength. - '' , ' ' ' ' 'Victor Morgan who has been em ployed on the experiment farm is crating his furniture preparatory to;; moving to tho Willamette valley to: make his home. Mr. Morgan and' family will start for their now homo the latter part of this week. Beginning with the new year users of the city water in Union will pay tho odvnnccd rate per month. Tho city dads raised the rate from $1.25 to $2.00 pgr month. As this ia a flat rato with no meters the new rnte is not really any higher than in La Grande taking a whole year as a ba sis of comparison. HIS BOOK M All K how far have Teacher "Tommy, von Htiidiwl"- . . . 1L.. i 1- Toinmv 'just as jar as mu oouiv Is dirty." r ritANK ,1KAN ffnnkic'-Deftn is therp with the hiits and as ample proof a western sports wi-it it declares that, he "Can. Htep with any l3f. pnunaer on me the, coast." no appeareft against Lee Morrisev. who K. O. d bailor Manning here.. Thursday nitfht, in Boise recently and the match resulted in a ten round draw. Dean claims a record of HO fiehts with seven lost decisions, in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah principally. tic has appeared on major events in the larger cities in the west many times and has met with approval from the ringside wherever he goes. Allie Nelson, of Hotse, Nelso Fast Man, is known throu htmt the nn rth- iii:x maki.s mx'oun ASMLAXO, (HO., Jan. (I. I'n.uti sr-ik-H iiixl ri'tfulalioiiH nro unknow.t lo a Wlitto Leghorn pullet which re cently laid -'H eKH In 2H days In trap newt dining the later pari December. Why the lien uclected I'hrtahmiH day Tor the extra break fust "fruit" Is not known. One vttx was round In the nest that mornlnc? nnd another In the evening. Tho sinihitloiiH fowl la the property of Mrs. V. I. Ilooth. JOINT RECITAL Plpe'e 300-Year Flavor. W. J, Humphreys, an antiquary of London, lias a pipe In his. possession that has retained Its tobacco odor for mors than 3u0 years. The pipe was found on a Horufurd building. tlt and Is believed to hare boen the property of a soldier who fought In tlie civil u'urs, many of the battles having been fought around Hereford. .Vagoh , luicuae W.H. Bohnenkamp Co. Emil Eer and Umberto Martucci Tenor Pianist and Accompanist Enlil Eyer Possesses a mire tenoioice onbeautiful oualitv and a wide ranee, and sings with expression and trueiterpiVtative power. Special mention may well be made of his diction in EnglisV French, Jtalian and German, each word car rying its own signification. NeYoik Tribune. ; , Umberto Martucci . . At the Piano, gives a rare exhibition of faultlessi technique, combined., with that soulful interpretation of his art which ever characterizes the mu sicians of musically historic race. He has accompanied many of the noted singers, a few of which are Mme. Matzenauer, Hempiel and Alex. Bond, and everywhere his work has been most favorably received. New York Herald. AT STAR THEATRE THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11TH . AT EIGHT :THIRTY O'CLOCK "Get the facts About Your Eyes" 'Jvicsc facts can be obtained by having your lycs examined hy us. The newest and most modern methods and 'yinstruaients are used, to obtain the very best Vs csulta e. ', -;M hm . You are invited to inspect one of Oregon's finest equipped Refracting ouins. Dr. W. M. Pcare With H J. H. Pcarc & Son -L. Il l U.!HL-JiJi- SHERRY' KDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo William de Mule's ki . v ? u I , i rioductioii , i; l3tlV7nTtTf ' "NECE OPU with Wallace Beid Bebe Daniels Conrad Nagel Julia Faye' Tlie fiensational Jazz-Diania that lirokc Broadway Records Played By a Cast of Stars. Gomcdy .' "THE DENTIST" : Adult's '..L 35c Includes the Tax Children (under 12) 10c t - .. 1 "J I ! , t i1 rd 4 A si
