La Grande evening observer., March 05, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 1

EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAYi
CITY
EDITI ON
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND (AP) Ore
gon; Cloudy and unsettled
tonight and Friday.
VOLUME XXIII.
MIS MB Ell ASSOCIATED PItESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 126
muifttittn
RAILROAD
BANQUET IS
SUCCESS
Large Crowd Witnesses
Presentation of the
; Safety Banner
Band Dance
Enjoyed By
Many People
Proceeds from Benefit to
Be Used in Purchasing
New Uniforms and In
struments for the organization.
A large crowd attended the beite
flt dance given by the Ja Grande
Muutclpul bund laat evening. The
music was excellent, the floor was
,7000, everybody was happy and al
together the L'UO or so dancers hud
a most enjoyable lime,
A concert was played on th
street by the entire bund preceding
the dunce. The band then marched
to the hull where it pluyed the mii
hln'for the dance fnr the 'firHt hour,
after which an orchestra composed
entirely of band members took the
stand. ,
As the dunce was a benefit affair
Kiven to raise money for new uni
forms und Instruments the large
turnout wus very gratifying und
encouraging to the members of the
bund who feel thut In surh ways
the La Grande public shows lis up-
8 TEAMS TO INCREASE III
COMPETE AT BUSINESS IS
UNION TODAY INDICATED
16 SPEAKERS ON
DINNER PROGRAM
Much Praise Given Work
. crs and Officials of
O.-W. Second Division
for Achievement. .
i ..
Atf ended by u large crowd of
railroad and business men, the
huniuet given by the Second Divi
sion Kafety Committee of the Oregon-Washington
Uuilroud and Nav
igation company in the Odd Fel
low? tempi' here last night Is
..luvmiil ii u Ann nf I tilt ItinHl HtlC-
t-ensrul mid Interesting of Us kind inrecV.tloii or the music furnished
in t by the organization.
'Pin. ;.-o,islnn. the formal lire- Approximately f 175 us irrossed
Huntatlon to the second division "t "' dance, and us Hie music was
if n softv banner, reflected (Treat- all uonulou uiu net. reiurns win run
Iv upon liic carefulness and alien- somewhere In the ne iKhboihood ol
lion 1,. ilulv of Hie railroadmen 150. This sum will lie expended
In Ihls district! Their efforts, that ;'y the hand for new equipment.
n.siill..fl in l he sicnal honor, la A pulillc statement was Issued
widely appreciated and cities and nils mornillB uy Aiiurew i.oney. jr..
towns In this division urn proud of .leader of the band, and lru A. Sny
tlie record that has resulted In tlioidcr, secretary expressing the np
lowcrliiK of casualties to a remark- prcetatlon of Hie or(,'Hiil.atiun for
ublo deirree. Jlhc support of the l.a Grande pub-
The proBiuin betran about 0:30 j He and Ihunklnp the merchants of
o'clock when O. I- Iiullon. pre-thls city for their help In making
aiding: as sone leader, launched the.thc dance u success,
crowd Inlo the strains of "Amer
ica." Following Ihls the orchestra
played several numbers und the
dinner was served.
Win. W. UoIIoiih presided lus
chitirmau of the meeting and C
l- lloberla acted as toastniaster.
Aniunir tile rirst Introduced whb
Vm r. rolcman, pussonser . liruko
' 'limn, who Kavc a splendid Imper
sonation of a Kcotch singer and
dancer.
A solo dunce wus then given by
little Miss June Wells, daughter of
the nieehaiilcal foreman at llielb,
whose. efforts' were highly appreci
ated. Trior to Ihe reading by the
loiuitmustcr of telegrams und let
ters from J. 1'. O'Brien, general
manager, and other absent of
ficials, tin' chamber of commerce
tiuurlct (Messrs. 1 Milton, Klmer
Hluddurd. tl. S. Ulrnte and Hher
wood Williams), and the I .a
llrniid" band, two musical organ
izations that have done much to
place l.a Grande In Us present
lilgll ranking in northwestern mus
ical circles, appeared. Much ap
plause greeted their renditions'.
The first speaker of Ihe evening.
,t. G. Grod.kl. general safety agent
Tor the tj.-W. company, spoke,
briefly, giving praise to the divi
sion workers who were responsible
fur the winning of the safely lian
ner. Following him It. Appleby,
owner and editor of Hie Kvenlng
District Basketball Tour
nament Begins This
Afternoon
LA GRANDE PLAYS
ENTERPRISE FIVE
Three Other Interesting
Contests Drawn Up for
Opening Round: No
Team Has "Cinch."
today's ;a.mi:s
:t p. in.: Wallowa vs. Muddy
Creek.
1 p. in.: .losepli vs. I'rnlrie
City.
7::io p. in.: Ia Grande vs. IOh
U'riirlse. H::t(l i. in.: linker vs. talc,
ltnlpli Coleman, referee.
Sixteen Sets of Twins!
RED GROSS TO
BE ORGANIZED
11 wan decided when Miss Nell
Holsinger. dislrlcl field n-presenla-tlve
of the American lied Crows,
was here two weeks ago thai a
public meeting of Im Grande chap-
ler of th" Ited Cross would be held
at the City Jlall Thursday even
ing. March f. Because ihe l.u
Grande chapter has not been very
active during the pust year and be
cause the annual roll call has not
yet been taken all Interested In
lied Cross work will meet, tins
evening at 8 o'clock and reorgan
ize ihe chapter and elect officers.
ll is required by the constitution
of the American lied Cross organ
ization that roll call be taken an
nually and a this lias not yet taken
place in the local chapter. reor-
gan I stat Ion is necessary to retain
the chapter.
(Continued on Page fi.1
flADIKERSTO
COl'.VTY t'Ol ItT IX NKNSIOX
LOCATE HERE
Mnvity ,. T. McKay, who has
ben In chargn of the local Salva
tion Army sine Adjutant und Mrs.
I'.-lermin were called pou1h. will
Ifuvo here I Ills week for Maker,
where he will take charge. A
Cure well In honor of Knvoy Mc
Kay will be . held this evening at
the army building.
Captain and Mrs. lladiker will
) ihe new officers In thin city.
I loth are experienced In the nrmv
work. Corps Cadet Kathleen l'ar
itiptcr will ably assist them as vocal
soloist and the captain's two chil
dren will also take part In the
meetings.
"The new officers expect to con
w tlnue the work of relieving the
- needy poor of la Grande,' Knvoy
McKay stated today.
The Union county court convened
(his morning In regular monthly
session. I. O. Couch und Commis
sioners V. V. Htevenm of I'nlon, and
John Wells of Allcel, were present
at roll call.
No special business is scheduled
fur the session, according to Judge
Couch.
When Referee Coleman losses
up the caliskin' globule between ,
the W-allowa and Muddy Creek
centers this afternoon at !t o'clock !
in the Cnion. Ore., gymnasium, the!
second annual district basketball
tournament will officially begin
with eight teams: Wallowa, Mud
dy Creek, Joseph, prairie City. I, a
Grande. Enterprise, Raker and
Vale, competing for the honor of
representing Wallowa, I'nlon. 'lin
ker. Harney, Malheur and Grant
counties at the state tournament
at Haleni next week.
. Wallowa. Is favored lo win the
opening contest Inasmuch us the
dope sheet shows two victories
over liaker" by the branchllnc, qulii-
Haker is conceded to be
stronger than Muddy Creek ul-
ullliough Ihe line Is not loo wide.
. .Joseph to rinjr.
S(seph high, which, until Its de
feat by li (irande. was expected
lo win the tournament, will meet
ruiric Clly at 4 o'clock in a gnmo
that may prove more thrilling than
many- expect, mil no uuy unu
Vale onjoy the titles of "dark
horse" this year and unythlng may
be expected.
jl Grande's Tigers will meet
'nlernrise at 7:3 o'clock in the
vcnlng and a Blue and white vie
lory Is expected, inasmuch us the
Wallowa county-seaters have lost
three games to Ut Grande this
year. Kven so, a closo contest
may result, and ihe possibility of
letory for Enterprise is nol too
remote.
The final game of Ihe first
round will follow the Ut Grande
enterprise contest when linker
tries out Vule's wares, Buker Is
undoubledlv one of the strongest
teums In the district and in out to
win back prestige lost last y
when l.a Grande eliminated her
from the first annual tournument
Ijtrge Crowd J;imh;I1
A large crowd, especially this
evening, is expected at Union. Al-
(Continucd on Pago B.)
PUZZLE ANSWER
HpiAil tMt. B BQjj A'LlK'S
bebnol a BncnCB
U!sbp!o i PiaffNDiiaa
IyIqOIp re.en iBSj
pWuB a P?J
grrfAlnMs E. TBriLlPim
.B-I&5
Committee Appointed For
Leqion Ministrcl ShowziJ
! pit. st montl
January and February of
iy5 bhow Large In
crease over 1924
OFFICE HERE
GETS HIGH RATING
Figures at La Grande
Post Office show Per
ceptible Pickup in Total
Transactions During
. Jfcirst Two Months,
' Steady growth In l.a Grande
business Is indlcuted by figures on
postal receipts at the local office,
made public this morning by Kalph
Huron, postmaster.
The amount of business at
postofflco Is an accurate barometer
by which to judge the growth of a
city, thus Ia Grande's showing over
a period of time is particularly en
ooumging. ,
Comparisons of figures for the
first two months of the year with
those of K24 during the same pe
riod show an increase of approxi
mately 1'AVjt per cent In one In
stance and 1 ',4 per cnt In Ihe next.
Total -revenue received at the
postoflice from the sale of stamps,
money orders and by oilier regular
routine business during January,
X'jU. was $:t.4r.N.,i;. The first
month of l'J-'b JltJ-.'C.'i'.i was re
cnlved at the post office thus show
ing and a total increase of
or approximately tier cent In
crease although, according to Mr,
Huron January 11)24 w:ls consider
ed an unusually heavy month at
the time.
The month of February just con
eluded showed u corresponding ku
crease. Kebriiary this year was one
day , shorter than February I'tlM,
but still showed a good pickup.
Last year during February the
l.a Grande post office took in
2,7G7.63, and this year JJ.7'Jfi.7S.
Thus showing an amount of 15
on the credit side of the ledger in
favor of lD2o although February
WUiwsMWiiaiuaasBssisiBiBauB
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PRESIDENT
BE6IIIS FOUR
YEAR TASK
laither Burbiuik's plant creations are not Ihu only things that flourish In San In Itosa, Calif.
Here are 10 sels of twins, residents of Santa Hosu, Calif., ranging in ages from three mouths to
three? years.
(Continued on Page 6.)
EfiEfiT BURIED
00 FIGH
I
EMM
hONhON (By the Associated
Press), A special Cairo dispatch
says thai reports are current there
of fighting near Jurahub between
Itallun troops -and the Bedouins
with Kgyptlan, territory.
Fifteen Bedouins "were- killed
and ih many captured, It was
staled.
'Plm Italians are also declared
lo' have been ' sharply engaged
with the natlveH near Bengaz.1 und
to have suffered considerable
losses.
Italy" and Mgypf are disputing
regarding Ihe . , hitter's , western
frontier. Italy claims Jarabub
belongs to Tripoli.
ill HONORS
AUDIT MADE OF
GUY'S BOOKS
One of the hrst American I-e- I'l he ilir tors and maiiMgerH u( ibis
gioii meetingM of several months show have all been uppointed and
be, ijLst night at the llonan ; aeilve work will be comim-need at
bull. The Auxiliary had a large oftr.
:.er nlage of their membership in f Anoth-r matter of espeei In
iittendance anil spent Ihe evening , tenut to the business hoiimn of
in dH. ussIng their program forlheili (Irande im Adams avenue and
tale ir th kets for the hopo rhest j I pot street w.is the matter or
that they are going to dispose of decorating on patriotic holidays.
In ihf near fuiiin-. mrwlng also oc- iS-veral towns In eastern Oregon
copied their time. (have adopted the system of plac-
Among th. things dtscuwrf by i ing American flags at regular in
1he post were: a mlnsirel show, tervals on the main street on
which the post has decided lo'thew holidays. This plan was
Plane in the near fnlure. the vro- I brought before tne legion several
ret-ds of which will be used to months ago,
flnane the drum corps trip to
I'rineville for the state convention.
hot the cost then was
(Continued on rae 6 )
Beport by B. . Busey, who has
just completed auditing Inn city
books, was heurd last evening at
the cliy commission meeting, which
was attended by PreSidelil A. T.
Hill and Commissioners It. P.
Landis and Charles I'laylo.
Aeordlng lo Mr. Busey the city
books were found In very good
shape, only a few errors being
found. These were. of a minor na
ture and afftted the cash nol at
nil.
Mr. Busey'H report showed that
the cssh on hiind Jan. 1. 1921 was
ii4.7H8.l7. Itecelpts for VJ'H
totiih-d S.'.iy.27i.tiH making u total
of XitHiMtH.Uu, Id tuirsernentS for
1J24 were $.-.27,670.12 leaving
$('iK.4'J3.i3 on liund Iiecember 31
PJ24.
Warrants issued during the year
totaled $472.62.17.
Several other matters were ban
died by the commissioners. Includ-
apiroal of the fire and
chiefs n'porto for Ihe
month.
A p'-lUJon ior a sew- r on .ur'ii
Birt h, two blw ks in length and
beginning at Y avenue, whs grant
ed, peddlers' and hawkers' HenM'
fees wen- dtftTUKxed to SOIlie length.
C. u Payne In'iulred roneernlng
attempts to widen Hprlng street at
the Fourth street entrance, rity
Attorney reported that Mrs. flolmes
was unwilling to s-ll part of her
property. Th matter waJi refer
red bark to the city manager and
city attorney for further Investiga
tion. The city manager was given au
thority -to use his own judgment.
In handling the flood water con
dition that developed vatterday.
BKItl.IN (By Associated Press)
Germany paid final honors Wed
nesday lo the first chief executive
of , the new republic. Fried rich
iObert, who died Haturday. The
streets along Ihe route for the fu
neral procession were jammed. It
was a sunshiny day Hohenzollern
weather, many members of the
remarked laconically, for It was a
tradition that the deposed house
always had pleasant weather fur
all public ceremonies.
But this procession was itit(e un
like those of the time of the em
perors. There was few soldiers
only a company of cavalry, three
infantry regiments, a battery und
a few policement to escort the dead
Socialist president und then was
little gold lace and little glitter.
The president's body passed
through the central arch of the
Brandenberg gate, a passage which
was open only to the emperor In
monarchiul days.
The seventy-fifth psalm, selected
for use In the private f uncurl In the
executive mansion, was especially
appropriate for a man of KlierCs
simplicity, who cume of a tailor
lather und represented the Ger
man laboring classes by, six trying
yearn us head of the nallon.
Many Hpectators were unable to
lind space In the great circle be
fore the relchstng building where
President l.oebe of the relehslug,
delivered the funeral address ufter
iervices In the executive mansion.
Her vices in the executive mansion
were brief. Chancellor Blither de
livered the funeral oration und the
uody was removed from the man
sion and Ihe funeral procession
started for the rephstag.
Two Hours' Sleep Is
Quite Expensive for
British Hotel Keeper
WINIKKMKItK, Kng.. ( AP)
The proprietor of a leading hotel
in this district will sleep with one
i. ye open for the future, slnco Be
was fined $2fi0 and cohIh by the
county court Judge for failing lo
let u traveller in the hotel for sev
eral hours one morning.
The traveler told the court he
was stranded through his baggage
being lost and tried to obtain lul
mlssion to the hotel at 5 o'clock In
the morning. It was after 7
when he got In and during tlu;
wail was exposed lo rain and cold.
The traveller said that he did not
bring the action in a vindictive
hiilrit. but wished to register his
nrotest against Ihe proprietors' re
lusal to entertain travellers und to
show hliti thai innkeepers had
duty lo the travelling public which
they wero bound to carry out.
The court upheld his views and
lined the proprietor.
Paris Girls
Wear Skirts
Above Knees
.i;W YOIIK (By 1 1 Hi Asso
ciated Press). Skirls, above tlto
knees, curled eyelashes and ml
ear an! the; latest Paris modes,
Now York lias just been In
formed, Koine ' passengers, returning
yesterday ou the Olympic, had
on skirts reaching only to the
knees. - - ,
Mrs. Bertram Parker, Hiiro
penii fashion editor for a New
York publication, wu a pass
enger and was asked If these
were fair samples of tho .Paris
ian designers' latest. .
What! Those skirls?" she
asked. "Why they're way down
to their knees. In Paris they
are above tho knees." . ,
' Minn Nina Boldwin said thn
new Parislun makeup Included
reddened eats and nostrils, bluo
or greyed eyelids und curled
eyelashes. ; - .
coitVAlii.is ro-iihs win
O I; KCrO N" AGUJCI'IlVBAli
( n ( A . I 'M K, 'or va 1 1 is. The co-ed
negative debute team of Oregon
Agricultural college won a 3-lo-o
decision over Ihe co-ed team of
the. CnlveiHity or Brlth h Colum
bia here, but flie Corvallls affirma
tive I earn at the Cniveitdly of Jtrl-
tlsh Columbia Ihi by n 2-lo-l deci
sion of the jiiflgeH. As a result of
the vote, the Corvallis co-eds claim
ed the series, having obtained
four votes to their opponents two.
Th- question debated was: "lie
solved. That the l ulled StaeH Im
migration laws should be amend-
YOKEL BEATS
1
XTRA
POKT,AM (AP) Presenta
(lon of a piigeaut lo uu called "The
Hose," wort divided upon today by
tin rose festival il tree tors. Mrs.
iHuls Smith, n local musician,
wrote tho pagcim!. The music was
i'OiiiHisett by Charles . Wake Held
Cmlmiwi, uiitlonally known com
liosc-r.
JjAboh ij;iii;ATiox grnn
li()M)l)N (AP) The entire la
bor (lelegaUon bwlay, In the House
of Commons, led by former l'rc-
mler Maelioiiuld, walkird out of the
house when the SiH'aker onlertHl
David KlrkwtMMl, Scotch, lolwr
nuMiiber to leave the cuaintH?!' after
having iiilerrupted the mjmih-Ii of
Foivlun KiH-reiury t'liuiibetinln.
iu;comii;matiok ro lit;
"MAltU TODAY
WASHINGTON (AP) The list
from which Secretary WcekN will
recommeml lo President Coolidgc
(he succcMsor to Brigadier (jeneral
MlUdielr as assistant army air chief
has lMen reduced lo llireo offieeis.
Tho final decision will probably lie
inutle late today. None of (lie offb
ii 'i umlcr consideration ranks bo-
low llm grade of LleulenniH-Coloii-
e. MilcheD'H rrleiids nic now en
ileavoiinjc lo help him set'iire a fu
tuio plueu In the air service. . .
Coolidge Was at Office
This Morning Before
Nine O'clock
FRANK KELLOGG I
SUCCEEDS HUGHES
W. M. Jardihe . Becomes
New Secretary of Agri
culture; Gore to Ben
come Governor, : '
WASHINGTON (By the AssocU
ttled Press) President Calvin Coo-
ildgn today took up tho four-year
burden placed upon him by tho
people with no Indication that ho
might change his simple program
of "doing a day's work.
Ho was at Hla 'desk. before nlno
clock this morning and lmmo-'
ilkitely plunged Into routine work.
KKM.OGG SWOKN IX , r
W AHH 1 NGTON (By tho Associ
ated Press) Frank B. Kellogg
wua sworn In today as secretary
state, succeeding kJecretary
Hughes, who has held the post for
tho lust foyr years.
rue outn wus aummisierea ; ac
30 o'clock at tho Btuto depart
ment by Justice' Butler, of the su
premo court.
BFCOMKS SKCKKTARY .
WAKH1NQT0N (By Iho AssocU
uted Press) WHIlaiit M.. Jardlno.
of Kansus, today becamn secretary
of agriculture, succeeding Howard
M. Gore, who retired yesterday to
become, governor of West Virginia, '
STOKES TELLS
PERGANDA5
I'OllTliAM). Orr. (Ilv tlift
Ans(K'lul.y PrcsN) Mlkn Yoki-I,
Knit iJlko Clly wrreiller, ilrfral.
(il IoiiIh rcrKHiHlna, of rlilt-n;;!!,
lien; last iiIkIiI.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF
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Crcrk tllMlrirl, was foiinil Ucail last
i.lltlil nt li,' rani'li ulili a ImlU'l
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liaiiil fm mnliicli n Nliell hml iHi'n
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of llitr Hiilcldd llM'oi'v. Traill waH
of rlircrflll lllsiiMlll liail no 11
iiaiiclal wonii'H mill uu UioiikIi tu
lum no niollii! for Hulclilc, accord
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t.'li Hit iuornlii or liK death.
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nluy In New York. riiliii) nnil
Kiin Krancliwu' III llln" fur pulill-
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sut'iii'tl liliu.srlr.
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Thn plioloKruph of Mr. I'onllilw
M-peatlim Hi" until of offl:i! wus
illstrlliiiti-d lo wultlnit n. itpaii.-r
in.-n at th" coliipiiny's oMi: li"n;
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WASHINOTON Ky Ihe Asmj
elatfd Tress r. -na tor Momm, of
New Hampshire, was d'rted 1o-
day by th nut' KcpublUntin in
their candidate for president pro
tempore of the annate to luccevd
Senator Cummings,
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ACTOUK .M .MI HOOM II KM'
Hi;slol.M (Al) I'our iimiH'
Milk ullb tludr miiiiagers worv r-
irled here tslay e barged with
tumiilng Ibelr hotel bill. The
I spent tun hours in Jail In fore their
mumucerN nilsed $211 due an nma
ha hotel. The arreted liiehidiil
Anna -May Wong, Culleii iJindl
I'lna (.regory, .lark llnugherty, H
I. Tlghe. II. A. Hi'veaiis ntid Harry
Anderson,
Astoria K.mol Iliwl lu Qull
OF TROUBLES
CHICAGO (By Atuiocluted Press)'
W. H. D. Htokefl, millionaire Now
York hotel owner, took tha witness '
stand In his own behalf Wednes
day. Ho Immediately launched In- .
lo testimony designed to provo u
teason for the Investigation or nis
wife, Helen Kllwood Htokes of Den
ver, Colo., which resulted In his
present. trial for conspiracy to de
luino her.
Originally one of seven Indicted
In the alleged plot to mar Mrs.
Mtokes' reputation, tho aged mil
lionaire round htmstdf left lo face,
the Jury with only Ilobert Lee, Chi
cugo negro. Karller In the day, the
prosecution moved to dismiss tho
indictments ugulnst Daniel J Nu
gent of New York, Mrs. Htokes'
former utlorney, und Huttlo John
son, New York n egress, two oilier
persons obtained nepurulo trials
which have not been culled und pno
man never has been apprehended.
Mr. Htokes testified he met tlio
then Miss Ktlwpod while sho was
a guest with unother woman at his
New York holel In lll. Hefcsald ;
they complained of a noiuy rudlator
which he fixed up for them.
The uged wit liens recounted Iho
marrkige, his provisions of tlmm
luboralo homes for his bride und
luxuries and money hu heaped up
on her.
The rirst difficulty, h tupntlon
.d. cume In Kptember. 1916, when
Mrs. HtokcH, he said, lotd him that
she could nol live with him beeuuso
of u question us lo the legality of
their murrluge und she moved to
anothi-r lioti!. Two months later,
suid Mr. Htokes, when he refused
to provide u $:!&.0(Mt teu apartment
on Fifth avenue, Mrs. Htokes at
tacked him with her fingernails
and b'ft scars which ho displayed
to the Jury, .
A Hhort time later, he said, ho
reruaed Mrs. Htokes a divorce be
kuuse of their two children, born
.n 1HI 2 und 1113. .
ASTOIIIA. rr. Clly Huperlii-tend'-nt
of Hchools Htniug, who
hus h'd'd the etly kcIiooIs for th"
(itist flvM years has unnounc'd
thai h" v-lll l.'jid'-r itl ifjilgtu.tioH
to 'b" school liuurd in a few durf. ,
Mr. Hirallg- was pr-'nU-iit of
s. Wl,.t.. TiiurlmrK1 uKNIn-i. .
atioii and oiim or th" best -known 1 Rlnst I n. b- Ham s Iiu oiiiq lax
,dm:ators I., th.- slat". Luring In. the opinion of llepres..n-
tenure here hi- has played an uc tatlve Krnest Ackerman of New
Him Hurt in tlvie ufrairs. r'""'1
States Also "Kick" At
Federal Income Taxes
(Uy Hwry II. HuilO
V.'A.litN',.T(..N (NK.A Hr lull.
Ho;ni. KtiiliH, no l.'Hil llian liotnr
In.llvl.luulii. h.ivo H Kih-vull""
A.-k'Tiiian thlnka th" tax rol-
VIKNVA M It llil.s M Ml:lltH Sil' i'tor l."ur "nllrcly too heavily
ion Ihe liironi.'M of N"W York, Ni-w
VIKNNA (Al') Th" wai of J"nuy. dhlo and IVnnnylvanlu.
,..lr .l.nlriirtlun ol trlliutiil to th" Then" four hUI'-k. h" polnls out.
In.iii.nit dlslnns prnvnlinl In Vl.n- jpny In i"inonal Inioiii" (.
nil r.ii. hid a n"W hlKh p'uk In nmr" than la paid by
.Vliruury. On" hun.ln.1 and luv-.ull th" other 44 Hint's tosi'lher,
i"ntv suli i'lMi ni. fttt"mtil'd ul-. And to a.l.l liiniill to InJ iry. n"
Icldi-s wore reported. jfln.la thut whlln chlpplns In most
heavily to the government reven.
ii.. th..y a. n.t "usitiuv in pro.
i.ortlonal"iy on the money di
peiiaed In the vurlous lines of ted
eral aid.
While puylnit fl4.nfKI.niin luor
than the r"niulntnff states III In
rome taxes, they reeelva $S2.nou.
noa lens than the others Trout th
funds t'nele Ham spends In purl,
nershlp ulth the states.
"This means." says Ackerinm:,
"that these Industrial states ar
larrylnf on Ihelr aitlvltles und"
a tax load that la a brake ok ,
tho wheels of permanent proKK'.o
(Continued ou Tac t-l jjl