Saturday, January 27, 1923.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE FOUR
La Grande Evening Observer
Br Mill.
lr year. In advance ....$.",.00
momh In advanc fi.SI-
self the pconle of the United States
might, at this moment, have been
numbered amonjr the melancholy vic
tims of misguided councils; must, at
best. hav bten laboring under the
weight of some'oi thorn forms which ' I
have crushed the libertiiti of the rest
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on n.ii in other c(tt-a ort-ton Hotel) man raeetmv pursued a new and
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CITI AS U "H Ml Htl.U,
J'AI'KIC
led a revolution that has no parallel
in the annals of human society. Thev
I reartd the fabric governments which
)ii:itit:it op Assoc! A tku ikkss. have no modVl cn the fac? of the:
The Ao.wciaud itom i xciuivi I globe. They formed a design of a
truiiii.i iu tint rur publication ot in reat confederacy, which it is incum
SZUt? V;X',:,' n',"r;!,-,0pp.;.r "ni' bnf onlh-ir successor to improve
tit.' ti r io ai iu- uubiiithwd therein and perpetuate.
All rights of r-ttutilM-aliuli of u-ci
ilieptit'-bi-s ht-rnii al.su arc reaervt-d.
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aiiother. Cienesl-i
THE OFFICE CAT
Income Tax
Facts
By Clvde G. Huntley
Collector.
Back to America
oiisi:i:v.vrioxs.
We h;ie uierl:
Th;t making mint iki-H .ecm to be
.i ii' !'i.M..;irj purt of a man :t education.
J Thai the h.i-der joii :ir to pleas
j tin? kss our frit nihi will try.
' That more people will accept u
I man's cigars tiiun his alco.
That i tnau cannot become populur
un:f he Is willing to he. bor-d occa-
t that hfe is a prim! i
many a man's wits.
n woman doesn't njo
Back to the 'land that offered him his first opportun
ity to prosper in business and to amass wealth, back fronii-'ujv- f
' the land where his fortune went by way of toll to the Near L,,:i,''",,irriH
Fucf ti'nmifK' has enmo Pii-ic:ici). dreen bv birth and Am- i'h inn
, . i iA u I Un ipLiKii:!,; i;Hint- the n-cds u lontc.
ei-ican by adoption, to make a new start on the road that ! V1:ul it , ,k,., ,,,. ,,,lll(; ,u
he formerly traveled so successfullv. jiiiiiu tn inn-wt o..,- r.-.-is m n. -
' He first came to this country as a poor immigrant. He I Vh" 'rv ' man .io.- i.ur.
retums a practically penniless American refugee. lneian,i,.c K;K ,hll, ,,, h.,& jn axe ,
more than $500,000 that he accumulated here was invest-; r-M.
ed in Smyrna, and the burning of that city reduced him to ,. of p,,,,,,,- ls a f,.ow
poverty, Yet he smiles and comes again to renew. theh". - K-1 ' ii'ic t -
fight against adversity and the struggle for wealth. He-'n"
learned that America is a country of opportunity by eX I A lii Cniiult man from whose car
p'erience, and therefore he knows that he has a fair chance ! 3" '"- 1 ""'n " "'"'
ol repeating his former success. r.i ti-:,t -s. u.i- Muw tn- Kia:.,i .
. ' ji'roai iii I.Uzic."
That opportunity knocks only once at a man s door j -
was not written of the American variety. The name of- . , sl " (,
. , i . fiei MlHMl cloS'? Ujt-UltT OH tilt-
lejieaters in success milus country is legion. What Pir-j.ii. u.- i.r,-.ii.i.u. . i-h- r,..r f
ocaco achieved formerly, he may achieve again. Thenum-"1"' anry, v""'r "
tor or those -in America who have come back, whether : a- m-y n..- rm,, trm.
from the depths of defeat or from wreckage in foreign1 !:""""t- "-n-i sai,ii v.,
lands, runs into figures that warrant the returned victim (.MiM, (u u,.- 1.,-mty a.,mn.i
of the Near Last in hopefully re-entering the game andUll"""lh,y w
i . " ob 'on.- tiilns: the
piaying 10 in.
Clyde G- Huntley, Colleitor of In
ternal Kevenue, the taxpayer should
determine the probable li' of1 the
property, then divide by the (number I
of years it. will hM u-thla in thv
ibuninesn in which employed. The re-!
J i suit thus obtained will represent the
J j amount which may be claimed as a
I ; dtduction. j
i r'or example, a fram building, the
I j probable lifetime of which is 25 ''ears
s ;co3t ta.ooo. Divide 15.000 by T- and
---------"" ! claim j-joo e.-K J'car as a deduction.
All the ordinary anJ ncessar' ex-!mle taxpayer may determins
pense paid or incurred in carrying ' tn.e probable lifetime of his property
on any trade, b.ine". I'rofesikn, or-without repard to the follows fig
vocation are aliowab'e tiiductions in!ure- il nas bn estimated that th
preparing income tax returns, acord- j fve;fKe usable lifetime of a frame
nKtoilvde ci. lluir.li v. Collector of : nuildinii is 25 years; a brick builJ
t.....,bi 'u .i, al .vii.n.oe iniT 50 to 100 vcars. Th stimrued
of a mercantile e!i i-shment are' llfe of ordinary machinery, that of
amounts paid for advertising, hire ?utoa)ob:les io' business or
of clerks, and other iw. loyees, rent,' I" Ptifpose and t"im tractors,
lisht, heat and water, telephone, in- iK"" I've years,
surancc, delivery cxpeH-es. the cost. ,.Bctw.tn Fcbruary 1 and March
of operating delivery wagoni and a which is the final day for filing
motor trucks, and incid.ntal repairs '"eral income tax returns, a deputy
to surh vehicles, but n Hie original J,m tne oflc of Clyde G. Huntley
cost of such vehicle.-. The expenses . t-.0Vec,0t of Internal Revenue, will
of a manufacturing luvines include Vl31t ,he Principal towns in nearly
labor, raw materia;. -upplie3, re- evcry unty of the state for the pur-;
pairs, light and heai, ji-.wer, sellinp I P050 of insisting taxpayers in thej
cost, aamir.istratu ii -md similar ePa.ration of their returns. Thesei
charges deputies understand the various pro-j
1 w mr iavr niu
their services will be "available to
To compute the amount of depre- j interested taxpayers at the times and
cation which may I claimed in mak-j nlaces to be announced by Collector
ing out income tax returns, reports Huntley later-
A Prominent Churchman's Opinion
OMNCiulJfi of oiilv
irv of llif uther'A
m :irn'5S.
:hr knew ihtiit hi' w.,s .mtik ;o 1h-
iiimI ii mhUl t xj.i-ctant ly.
-slippcl lit-r arms around tin-
t si at hull; of his MiouuMitk, liftt-l
I up ln-r f.u t-. ant rloyt-d ln-r t- s. Sin
j krew il.at he wtt.n loukin at lir-r.
Ik tr," he Said.
:-hc
f
DtMir." Ik continu. d. " our now
off her shoi-s anil
T-T . .P ... c. n i i i t i I
i I'M 1 1 1 1 1 im in i c .-nt i-"in c cmirf i in i nnc mn 1
know.S as "the gloomy dean,'' generally speaks of us in : klrkc'
Vf-V le,,llH- xiowever, ins laiesi reierence to us is not;
Very flattenntr, . - l:!jMle Islaml woman ehart-es
j ImS'.llit! v. in u l.reaeher wilt: i
'M'Bm;cna?a6bt'6r:UcscTilws us as "a self-complac-ia1;.w,;i- wu,:i.ra
ent, ngfetev..vrop(,A';.(-oiivince(l that ours is the "only'
kultul- worth laving; It is a rather broad, insinuation 'Z r.t
iiiui. aru seii-saiisiieu anu ojnniouaied.
As nations go, we are young. Ye have prospered !'
greatly. We have high ideals. vAiul sometimes it does ap-; .,.1(.aso lnltB , ;ivo w,lllvlh;n.
Jiear ps if our very virtues were leading somewhat to the e.-m. i n.-n- in .iuubi..-ii.vki sue. .
aultjnf believing too much in our superiority. The dqan's 1 ".en' "r'il" XvK
remal-ks deserve tit ho taken iniilei-consiilprst irin fiii't-hp ! :
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Arcade Theater One
Night Only
Thur. Feb. 1
THE VAUDEVILLE COMEDY DRAMA
"THE GIRL and THE TRAMP"
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AITS OF Till. PI.AV
A XOTK T. lr I.MI'OUTANl'K TO I'.VKHV PATltOX. The man
aeiilftil ur "THK diHIj AMI THK 1 KAMI" eoinjuinv Kiiarniilns
that l hi. (- the only slum of kfntl In the norhl. ntid everylhili?
adcttiMt! will 1n It is the h-r--a!m' cntcrtaaiineut now
Iraveltu. at fHipnliir pi'it-e.
i'ltKI
ilakt-uy..
...Vk" ; ln rqtiet St. Ill
Seal- ltaMrvt at :la.-s Dins' More TucsIay.
ilt-ee." n c:.v in
I i ? not nat!ir:ih
Known as Uu- ' (Juhlea
: . is at e-ited wlios.'
assuitption that itis well to know ourselves perfectly.'-.
No Demand for Motor Cars in Gh
It Ls uiwa:.u sitffi. to t)irj
al liMuIom than htlt- worfN.
ina
i.
';;! An investigator of an automobile manufacturer re
ports that there is no n resent m.-u-kct f.n- mnr-liinoa in
China. He finds that the farmer's income is trifling and '
the roads are wretched. ,
China needs farm implements and industrial machin- '
ery, so that it may im,rove its economic conditions. Mod-;
ern business methods will create the demand for motor:
cars and good streets and roads, it was the automobile'
that stimulated highway and thoroughfare construction ;
in this country, and it may, despite the unfavorable re-i
jiort, tend largely to modernize China and Oriental1
A M.SO or .NOTAJ.I.KS.
Anion '!.:'). m hi t!.-;v of :t ii-
j iv. k in lfi (ti -ni-Ji' is when
7 !lv;i"o.Tii thsl hu.shanti i fxhtliHin
-u. m-ivi-- ami t'r.arlle 1 ha plir.'j
j -t v.irv l:-v.iIl) at ;;liolht-r.
The Wl'jil,. k'.-t tnio tvoiihk- only
' u ln ii h slrats to htn-.
'. he moilwii limn ihinKi hi- i
rowiihim; it if he w.ilks in li e purk
wn-hi-c :i .hii Hhtri w.tli the collar
Ol'i'll.
Thrift
. The United Srr.lvs jrovt-riimtMit is Umkimr for a now
design for a lv)-cytlt i-im-. hy not ir lo-ii-al and make
it look like a niekle ?
''tuuate forTurkty tl;at tho Tniiod States
uues. ina nave inc same J.ani n Tiu-l-.- .... r.,..i..... i
A'sses to have in these TniUM
s as Tin-key )ro
It s a san-iune man who ean fiRUiv real
uivuieiio ma nuisl anvne would
chana? to work on the rphlcni for hinisolf.
Editorials From
Over the Nation
THK MKSS UiV, OK Till:
ONS! TITTION
- .lamp MaiiiMin: Why ttu- r-'
pcrimont tf nn evtetitieit r.'puoh:- t,-1
Di ri'jt'ctctl hreiiusi' it may i-oninriM
what is w? !f it nst the u'-'iy'
of (hp people df Anu-rien tlmt whiivi
thy have paid a ile.-u,t i ei;..ri t"
thf opinion of furmer t inn-: : i .i
other iiH!ion, I hey huw tiol mi!
forvil a lilind - npr.-iiion i'it ii'iOifn:v
for I'ustom or for nrnr1.-, to over
rule th- muffre-tiofv-! of thfir v
jroftl nenso, the knowhili: ef their .
own 5ituHtiin nrnl th.- le.oi, of th ': ;
own pxperirnco? To thi mnriiv'
jtpirit posterity will he in ieU'el fm
the possesion, ii tH th,. wot' I f t
Uc pxamnle. of the rnnie i ii rito-
VRtionM rfip'yei on the Anut ir,m
theater in favor of jnivute itt'ht?.'
Hmi nuhlir ItanPtnr. Had no ini-
i tm tun l stin tn :ii taken hy Ihn
ti-i! of tin- if..luliot, t-.r vltieh
Uiid
" h. u ji !.l t-iv v h tiomv to the ih.c -
.miiu. ol'i-t'ine;! a. t.ut e;ese
Si.:ne Oil'-1 ili.a'i ct-iii to hv in air.
Iuhtj to nut oi it.
.hiM mi.t,s,. 14 Were t J :Vmmi "
n-h m in: u ,1 . h I. , i s 1,0 .... ,.r I
! ; :!iii...t Oi.'.v wftv l"'i:r ;.ml ' II
ih, Km,vrslV.
sJ
; ".v 1 , - m.m 1 i i h. (.i t nr.i' j ..,
w.it.i p." x mi-.i-M iiiit- wiisc-.i
j .No. not on tin- ;.,vt aju iron's p.. 1
j HI I. in. till.!.: g
1 ' Ti'ii.oi cow iv auothi-r . c:it- t t Q
profit m a ...n.i ,. ,, -B
be glad of the' '"' T-.-tv.nv.. i.r .,m r x-.
l l'1 lls you how nicely Jj -J
V ''' y"',i'' w,,1'k tan done in i
l'-t"-date plant.
The Highway of Thrift is the sure road to in
dependence andsuccess:The man of industry
' and thrift inspires confidence and he finds his
' banker anxious to'lieliTliiniliecause lie demon
strates his inclination and ability to help him
self. Conserve some of your earnings each day by
opening a savings account with this bank. It is
a safe investment that will earn four per cent,
compounded-every six months. Many are tak
ing advantage of the facilities cf our savings de
partment and the savings deposited with us
have increased nearly one hundred per cent, in
the last year. '
We Solicit Your Account
La Grande National Bank "
'SOUN'D, RELIABLE PROGRESSIVE
1 ' " f
1 ' Showing ihe New Things First! '
I 1NCW . I
1 Spring Dresses ' .
Ijjj Shown for the First Time Today in Our
I French CnsfnniP Tloom ' . i , . .
?'t3',,'J':Kf' "T I i' To ''nil,,l. uu o I"1 llp-lo-.Jut'.. la be Just' a IIUlo ahead nf
( 'V 'fWi-XTOAM MOVIS ' I I the Wyk- C:il mlar, Klin store ulrivm contnl ly lo bt Oio Aral
m. .if .,'s.5V &U i t'f H&i'.- t-. I "' 4ust now -. n l.iisy iiniiackinB. mai-kine and arruneini;. mm
m .f.V' - ''feVA.':j'B r I in o.-k many of what are apt to bo the i-omlnc muMi pret- nn
t.1 III lli-si rrocks. urn
... . j l-ovHy Taffotas anil Crrpt-N. HO ntlracOvcly , mailo anil . J jjl -
II-.AU.S jl trimmed all no n.w ani frnsh that on. nicils but to sru to bi: Ujlj
. jj an enthusiastic udlllirer. Inljj
hocus I . 1 ffiy
or Ft x - ( I
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1 rJl- I
I Ww 1
mill Y-l "" '"
jj :' 1. ' Dresses From
p.... - 'PEGGY PAIGE"- .J""-'
, j ".' " Anioiig Them. . .
l! l'ew women who liave ever vlslteil our I-'rneh co(iimy
: I jl room, wlio U not Know ot the I'ninous "Vvgffy I'Hiffr." I ireswes. ... '( ;
j Fann-il for their imlividn.il rharm, originality and exehislveneas
. jl of style. I'vgsy Paige dresse? aro wold ixeluslvely here, and, ,. ,
.' I Ijj especially In our French room. ...-,, , - . (,
j! Several pleasing . models are union? theae early distdays ,., ,.
H ' and wu most cordially invite women of l,a Grande to see them
'" ;! " now- -!(.!; nn! (il
i New frock &arc addel to our displays every days. , ;
, jji! Trie start at SIB.T." and range upward to Slo.llO. - . .
ijj
: jljj Black "La France"
j ... SILK HOSE
. Of fers Most in Service and Fit ;
! $2.50 Pair .
! ill Few makers of I'ure Silk Hose tan hope to attain the
I trust and confidence of tin- wearers of their product, as is
I the ense with "I-a France" Hose,
i ijj This store has nold them exclusively for years and their I
I popularity n-v.r wans.
The excellent hit ice, the fit and stylish 11 ppearance put
I j them in a class by themselves nnd wo believe their price is j
'jij low v.hm divided by the l-'n-th of service. 1
I ijj 1'rieed $i.5i puir. ,
A CLASSIFIED AD WILL DO IT
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DSmOBILE
Wins By Comparison
WE ASK THAT YOU COMPARE THE OLDS FOUR
WITH ANY CAR THAT YOU MAY HAVE IX MIND
COMPARE THE PRICE. THE PERFORMANCE,
THE APPEARANCE OR COMFORT, AND WE BE
LIEVE YOU'LL AGREE THAT THE OLDSMOBILE
"W 1 NS BY COMPARISON."
Wo
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Bohoenkamp
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Distributors of Goodyear Tires.
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