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VOLUME XXVI
SECTION TWO
LA' GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1923.
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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."
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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.
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