La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 04, 1925, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextThursday, June 4, 1925. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pap:' Fives'; Local News In Brief COMING EVENTS Union Live Stuck Show at Un ion. Juno 10-1112. Regular school election from 2 : to 7 p. m. Juno 15. On business ' O. i. initlon wan ut Cove nnd Union Tuesday on insurance buai nesa. He returned lliut evening. nent. with hetulHUarters ut Salem, va In J,a. Grande lust evening on iUHim ss. Ufi for salt likiw Mm. Klino Clegs und children left th(H morning for Halt Lake City. Utah, where she will visit her slater, Mrs. Jean Wale also attend the M. 1, there. coinpanleil by Mrs. IHek HejiHon, re vltfitorn to Ln Grande yeator- day from Union. L. A. Wright, druggist from Un ion, win In Uu Grande yealerdnj; on bnsim-Ha. W. V. HteveiiH. county commis sioner, was a IhihIih;h visitor to l.a Grande yesterday from his home at Union. Mrs. Jonas W'ehuer, of Cove, was shopping In 1m Grande yesterday. SAVE tiiia eS2 DRUGSTORE T. l. Smith, proprietor of the She w llli Miller hotel t Wallowa, was a A. Juljllee.ju.siius4 visitor to Lu tlrande yes terday. Holler ,lnsHt'tor hero 'I'lie state boiler inspector Is in the city today. In addition to in specting the hollers of business houses and residences he Is also in lA'ft for .southern Oregon Karl Woods, employed by the Warren Construction comHinyt left last night by auto lor Southern Oregon on business connected with the company. Jit Model Shup - ltay Wuison, formerly of Aber deen, Washington, is nof employ ed ut the Model liarber shop. l,euo tomorrow ,W I'iAliss Jlelen McDonald and Geo fge McDonald, accompanied by their mother, will leave tomorrow morning, by auto, for Portland on a business trip. They expect to return to l.a Grande Tuesday. two m;v signs j Two new electric signs to add to j the appearance of Adams Avenue; were hung yesterday. One was put up by the W. H. ISohne nkump Co. specling those at the county court advertising Goodyear Tires and the other by the r.ggly Wiggiy store. Letters in both are of while opaque glass und present a very uttruetive appeitrunce, particularly utlei dark. house und the school houses. Home tomorrow Miss Blanche Whiting will ar rive home tomorrow from l'rovo. Utah, where has been attending college. Miss Whiting's home is at Mt. Glenn . She has secured o school and will start teaching in tho fall. Ill Portland , M- .k.i.l t.-L n I I iirlusin ii nil son, John Spencer, are spending aj few days In Portland on a business and pleasure trip. They 'motored down Tuesday and will return the lU.st of the week. Guests here Mrs, Karl McPherson and small son arrived In l.a Grande last ev ening from Seattle, Washington, and will remain here several days the guests of Mrs. I.ynn Wright. Mrs. Wright and Mrs. McPherson were students at Whitman College together. i Here from Pendleton Mrs. Sam Hargett und I wo aught ers, Melissa and l-'rancls. nd Miss Dorothy Hurtle motored to Ua Grande last evening and icpnt the night at the Hargett home here. They returned to their Jioim ut Pendleton this morning. Hero yesterday Frank Wade, of Klgln. was in La Grande yesterday. Mrs. Wade was recently operated on at Hot Iake Sanatorium and Mr. Wade was en route to his home from there. She is reported to be get ting along nicely. Here tills iuouihi il Judge William Duby. chairman of the State Highway Commission, Svas in l.a Grande this morning from Haker. He and It. H. Hal- dock, highway engineer went to J'endlelon today on business. Attended lmneo Mr. and Mrs. Klmo Oegg. Mr und Mrs. Lester Stoddard and Mr. und Mrs. Holger M. Larson motor ed to Cove Tuesday evening ami intended the farewell dance given there for the quartet, which will lake part in the M. 1. A. Jubilee ut Salt Lake City next week. Jlnvctl Mrs. K. G. Ilickniore has arrived in La Giande from Walla Wallu , Washington, where she. lias been teaching school, and she and Mr. Itlckmore have moved Into the Al bert Currey residence on Spring - street. ; Hen- today ) Mrs. George Gibson, wife of con ; doctor Gibson, came to La Grande 1 this morning from Pendleton to j spend the day. Mr. and Mrs. Gib- I noil formerly made their home , here. 1 1 e i v 40 d u y .M Mr. and Mrt red lirowu and . daughter. I'riedn. and Miss Doris i und Marian Nodine are In La Grim J de today from I'nion. Mr. Brown 1 is st-rvin on the jury for circuit 1 court here. Here from Salem L. P. Campbell, assistant, high way engineer In charge of equip TAX FIGURES FOR COUNTY ARE GIVEN (Continued from Fane One.) Army Inslriii'tor lii-nv .Major McMurray, roRulur army Instructor for tho National Guard, as In La Grande Tuesday inspect- inB Iho local conipany us to Its fitness for cainii. From here he went to Haker. where he Inspected that company Inst uvenlne. Major MeMurruy will be at Medford wun the guard. Traffic AciuUiH ' A collision at the Intersection of Depot nd Adams, believed due to a misunderstnndinR of the traffic law under the new street markers recently Installed, occurred hen In which .Mrs. S. A. I'ursel. of I n- Ion. and Mrs. William Sii'Ki'lsl, of l.a Grunde, limited. Neither car was much damaged. Attended muling - .t'W. 'Kehullni.: 'of JtiSvpH. ""iH trtct deputy Brand master of Ma sons for I'nion und Wallowu coun ties attended the Masonic meetinc at Cove last evening. He stayed In l,u Grande last evening, spent sev eral hours here this morning on legal business, after which he left for his home. Luggage AT CLINT'S 9 ' L. Made Iiy MuUnomah Factory Makers of Orejimi Trunks, Suit Cases, Auto Cases And Traveling fiags Popular Prices Trunks of (Jtialily IteniiMleUtI Thu flub Cigar store has been enlarged, remodeled and several additions made during the pant week. A new card room has been added und new equipment has been added to the fountain. The back room has been rearranged, limiting verythlng more comlortauic convenient. nnd Al Andrews Tho centerpiece which tool; ine prize at the M. F. A. luy celebra tion hee recently is now at And- ews Variety more. me - pieces were nmde by the lire line girls of M. I. A. and the most sym bolical received Ihc prize. The one displayed Is a bee hive made of rope, built un a stand which Is ar ranged on a bed ol moss. GilSed bees are arranged at the entrance of the hive and on pins sticking In the hive, representing bees Hying. Flowers are around the hive. Motored to llakei 1 .iiivil carrlck. accompanied by ii 'llnbla Anderson, Misses lbs 1 (!i:iee Gcthcl and Miss Kalli eryn Moran motored to linker yes terd.y and seld a meeting there 'venlllK al . me i-rcMiiei... h advertising the ririsii.in i- Convention wnien win I'orllaud July 4 to '" complete om- line of the. conveiillon program nnd told of the various people r importance, who will be in atten ilancc. They returned to '-a Grande Ibis morning nnd Mr. ar- rlck left for lone meeting will be l'endletoll previous to 1a Grande. ker or Wallowa counties, the taxes in those counties being 138.44 and Sati-M, respectively. The llllllage rate also is higher In I'nion coun- ey, the rate for linker county be ing 25. 4 mills and for Waltowu county 27.78 mills. In unincorpor ated territory in I'nion county the per capita tax is much higher thun the uvernge for the state, which is JH3.4S. In I'nion county it Is 170.40. For property located with in cities the lax per capita Is $31.66, which Is $14.12 under the average city per capita. Ill cities the millage rate is ubove the av erage und outside of ell lea It is considerably below. The average for cities is 60.H8 mills, while for unincorporated territory of I'nion county it is 2'.'. 22 mills. Ibuiil fily I.ey Lowest Island flty has tho lowest levy In the county, the rate there be ing 2(1. U5 mills, but Its per capita tax is only fourth lowest In the county, Kuiumervllle being first with $7.12 for Its tax per Inhabit ant. Only one incorporated town in the slate. Beaver Hill, has u lower per capita tux. lta per cap ita is $5. I'nion has the highest millage levy, but even this rate of t"'4.ti mills Is much lower than In some cities, notably lakeside, with IIS levy of 126.2 mills; llend, llMi; North Ilentl. loo; Seaside, ti4.1; Itedmond; si.t; I'rlneville. 91. 25. and Florence, Ml. 8. l.a Grande has the highest per capita tax in the county. It being $36. lis. Cities with the highest per caplla taxes are Warreliton, $225,511; Gearhnrt. $214.54; West I. Inn. $117.25; New port. $a;l.02; Toledo, $88.74, and Seaside, $85.45. 'laves Show lncreusc. V. ulon county taxes Hhow un in crease this year of 2.71) per cent above those-levied in 1!24. com pared with nn average for the counties of 6.U6 per cent. ' The county tax roll of $764.55!! repre sents 1.77 per cent of the total properly lax levied in Oregon, which is $42,660,781. Of this county total. $303.94:1, or 40.28 per cent will be used Tor high and grade schools, with an addi tional $45,031. or 5.!7 per cent, levied for the support of higher educational Institutions. Itoads will receive $203,013. of which $126,252 Is for road bonds. The levy for county general purposes Is $64,842. for cities and towns, $10(1. 110, and Tor lire patrol. $4085. Colon county's share of the tax levied for slate adminlstral l e purposes is $14,265. or 1.8'J per cent of the county tolal, and for the soldiers' bonus It is $l'J,27n. II ty Figures. Following hit the millage rates and per capita taxes on property in the cities: Hate .30.8 ,.42.:f .37.5 ..26.05 ..52.1 .47.4 ..SK.Vi ...64.6 Individual tastes In personal stationery vary greatly, and to gratify them is un easy matter. The quest for "something different" In style often leads, however, Into a selec tion that Is of doubtful quality. Symphony I.awn and Sym phony Charme Writing I'.i pers cover a wide variety from which you may choose any one of several shapes und sizes white or tints pluln or fancy finish plain or bevelled gold edge. And the quality is always the same always the best that money can buy. Glass Drugs Inc. La Grande, Oregon JURY ACQUITS . 6.1 CARLSON ! AT T. 1SS51T1.1SS FAVORED BY CITIZENS (Conttnurd from rno One.) pates of the tate Krunpe will be heard and inHlruellng of u large china of new im-iulK'iK. Two applieutions for member ship were received and u liter ary proj,ri inu presented yesterday. The elrcult court jury on the case City of l.a (irunde vs. Oul son, found In favor of the defen dant yesterday afternoon. Carlson has bvxn previously convicted in the city court on u liquor charge and applied the case to tho cir cuit court. The case, City of lu Grunde vs. Drunsiutth, unothur uppeul from a liuior conviction which was to have been tried yesterday afternoon did not come up, for thu defendant plt-ad guilty und was finrd An appeal from the justice court, iSli.i e of Ureson vs. Wil liams, was occupy inn the attention of the cuttrt this morning. Wil liams as convicted of the pos session of elk hides. Most of tho morning session was Bpeiit on a motion by me defense to have the evidence re turned to the defendant and not admitted in court, on thu theory that John Walden, the oitieer who mudo the arrest, had no right to search Ills person or premises without a regularly au thorized . tuairch warrunt. After arguments by the attorneys, Judge Knowlcs denied tho mo tion, j John lay, Krank Nelson and 1. A. .t'hase, charged with "rob bery, not in a dwelling hojse." plead not guilty before Judge J. W. Knowles, this morning. Their I trial has not been set. I Fred Spain and K. O. Zcctc, lu I dieted by the grand jury , on ! charges of transportation of ii- tiior were arraigned this morning und plead not guilty. Their trial' will probably be next week. William Hehwehke and Albert Wltkerson were arraigned, charg ed witli manufacturing liquor. They will enter the pleu tonior iov at 10 o'clock. one. precinct w as In precinct No. 7. The lightest was In precinct No. The greatest pereentaic" given any measure was in pre cinct No. 'J. where the sewage disposal plant went over iU to -4. or ::'i to J. One Precinct Aualnst. One precinct Lane Chapd district was the only one to go against any one Issue. Us vote was 2U tor, 31 against storm sewers. The other tiireo usbiics won o'.it, however. Tho city hall precinct waH fitvt to report with Nob. a and i H'-e-ond and third. i,ano Chapel way the last in. The total vote in the city was little more than one-third of Un registered voters. The average vole Is nearly one-half. The commissioners, however, feel thtt I the true sentiment of the city was expressed as It is usually the caw that all opponents to any meas ure vote while many who favor the issues up, fall to (,o to the polls. Iloiul Sales, Work Next What remains lo be done now Is the. sale at the bonds and (he net mil beginning of construction. Since the passing of a charier amendment some time ago bear ing' upon tills, sale of improve ment bonds of l.a (irunde has been easy with several compan- l'OUTI.M MAKKMTS POItTI,ANI, Ore. (Al') Catlle and sheep steady. Hogs weak' to a shade lower, l'irgs and butterfat steudy. Butler 4Je. Markets rMHMffliffiflitMi.riir tV "-' -Hut- SAN ritANCIKCO. AI')- terfal 49 ',6c here today. RECORD MAKING ' SHOW IS HOPE (-puo aHH.l uiojj paiiuiiuool City Cove Klgln Ifllbler Island Cily l.a C.rande . North l'owd Siimiiiervllle I'nion The millage rate of l.a (irunde la higher than I'.aker City, which has a levy of 41.li mills, and the per capita, tax is also higher, this be ing $:;i.4 ill linker. l'er Capita 1'J.74 hi. 4:i j;i.4'.' i 7.4:1 :t i'..:i u 211.42 7.12 ill.'.'S 1 last chill' Kndcavor be held 111 Mr. Carrlck gav MAN SLAYS 8 MEMBERS OF FAMILY (Continued from Pa go On?.) w here anoth' held. He was a. coming to Personal Mention due and that they would have lo move today. 'Til shoot (he pictures off the wall and then surrender," lie told the officers. He then turned about, fired some more bullets into the chil dren's hodje.s and linn shot him self as, t he police iimke (men a door. Attendants say that lie, wilt W. Cherry, attorney oi was here on legal busl- Th Ktnr With (VnwIwiW G'-org Wallowa iiess yesterday. 1 c H- Finn, attorney of Portland was a business visitor to Oiandu yt-sterday. Mr. nnd Mrs. Sam Benson, at- GRANGE WANTS PUBLIC MARKET (Continued from T,nf On?.) General Cords Go a Long Way to Make Friends. Jennings & Shumate (irove grange of Suimiiervllle was present as a d'ligale Troiii the grange with a special invitation to attend its Kourlh of July celebration. A special feature of the pro gram In the Jiitme will be a -unf t to s e w ho can nam: th greatest number of weeds. A committee s to BHeet specimens of all the w e ds in th" county ani tloy are to be on dKpljy witho it being named. H. O. Avery, county agent, is to be ask- J to address tho gram.' on the different. ways of klllinir n and 11 study of the pr--! j.-rank the borsea for the Uound-X'p at 1'endieton every year. Besides a number of lesser llghls. Miss l.orena Triekey, Wal ters and Garrett have agreed to be present at tin- show to ride Mr. Jorv's wild ones. Miss Triekey Is one of the most famous women rld- rs In the world. She hus twice been special guest of the McAlptn hotel In New York and has receiv ed many other honors. I'rizcs for the winners of the bucking conte.xtB are unusually lib eral and include u flail saddle two silver mounted bridles, chapps, of fered by the president If the Kound-I'p association ami $22B In cash prl.e.4 besides numerous spe cial prizes. V. H. B. Sinllh. Joe Cantreii anil two other owners already have chariot teams on the ground. Some of these have made exceptionally fast lime In preliminary tryouts. Among these who have atables of horses al l'nlm now are Joe Cantreii, .Mm Blanton. Btaekie Jor dan of Baker. Mr. Met nil f of Kl- gin, Homer Bid well. Mt. Stevens, Mr. McAllister. Kennbdcr Brothers of IIot-l'e and others. i'eiinixui ilor-e I'iiuhmis A l'ennisier brot hers horse re eenlly v.on the ::no mile endurance race stageii hy the I'. S. guverii ment. The liorse which won this race Is valued at JMMin and Is on the stuck show- grounds now. The seel ions for the draft horses, stallions, two horse teams and colts are already crowded in many ins tances. Competition In the saddle horse class 1m exp'-cted to be much keener than last year. Meteorite, the famous Culled States government horse slatloned at North l'owd-r for breeding pur poses by the Remount Association of AmerlciL Is hi his "lull at the stock show grounds now. .Meteor ite is one of the most ruinous horses In the country and l: rank ed with X'-v. 1'iipyrtis and ol her record makers. Imke or Lancas ter, another humms horse wilt al so be displayed at the show. A number of Meteorite's progeny have been brought in and will be entered in the exhibition: and ulsu in some of ilv races. r.xhlblt to Be Ijirge. The beef cattle division will be double that or last year, according to Mr. Vog l. In the dairy cow di vision 7 T have already been en tercrl. The hovs' and girls' club exhibits wilt be four or five times that of last year. Iian ('lark, livestock agent for the o-V. H. Jt. and N. company and his famous horse will be at 'the show. As will the seerelnry of the Oregon state fair and ol her per sonages In the sreal and n-ar great class. The hog entries include a num ber or each reprcNi ntathe br ed, 1'olund Chinas. Chester Whites, I m me J er.se j s, IlampshireM and Berkbires. Manv f ihe:ie will be ehibit"d hy members i,f the bos anil girls pig clubs a wi as r yu lar owners. In the r'atm of tlie tinuHu.it In the exhibition lm-. Mr. Vogei stat ed that three l. nnels or police dogs li;tu! been entered, three Mil -d- r. Kollowing Mr. Vogel's report. year us secretary of the associa tion, announced that arrangements had been made for complimentary tickets. These tickets are printed specially for the benefit of per sons who desire to give tickets to the show to their friends. At the top of the ticket is a space where the donor may sign his name, nnd the name of the person to whom he (rives the tickets. These tickets will be sold af the sumo price as the regular tickets. Mr. Smith slated that he liad re ceived inquiries for tickets from all sections of the northwest, in cluding Myrtle l'oint, Oregon, Nampa. Wallowa and other cities. Brief lalks went made by Karnest Bell and his brother. Hoy Bell of Cove, it. C. Himiici, neau oi xne Smlth-llughes boys' judging work it I'nion, Gordon Mills of lov nnd I Mayo of I'nion. l' It. Churchill, In charge of the urn tubmen t Rtated that the dances will be given in the i'nion gym nasium every n I hi of the show and that u number of carnival concessions have been obtained. Tom Cock. In charge of the tick et department announced that reservations tor seats are on sale now. The concluding talk of the even ing was made by Or.- W. T. I'hy who expressed the policy of the as sociation and Its ambitions to en- large the show each year until it Ik truly representative of the In land Umpire and i for "ihls coun try what the i'iuifle International Kxposition is for the l'aclfie ( ont. Hall's Catarrh Medicine . . . i j i..nnl and has been sucewsful In (Ik treatment of Catirth for over fortvvea. Soldbyalldtugglsti F. J. CHENEY St CO.. Toledo, Ohio ARCADE TODAY, FRIDAY And SATURDAY ies usually bidding better than par. According to City Manag-r W. C. Crews, all cent racta let for construction work will speci fy that local men he employed as workmen In preference to out siders. This will bo enforced, h" declares. No Organised Optodtion I'Yom the cheek of tho pre cinct votes. It is evident that l here was no organized attempt of any proportions to defeat the bonds. The greuter share of the precincts voted a big mnjority for the bonds and only In two or three precincts was tho vote less I han two lo one on any issue, Kigun's available this morning gave the total votes on the issues as follows: Wat e r bonds: Yes S ;i ti : no 2 0 .1. Sewage JMant bonds: Yea no, l;t. Storm Sewer bonds: Yes 7s 1; no 2 35, I-'ire Kiiuipmcnt bonds: Yes 751; no -i;r. All returns were in at the city office last night, with the excep tion of l.ane Chapel by in o'clock. Unite a number of taxpayers re mained at the city office until the final check was made last night. The clly cominlsMloners today, in addition to thu statement printed on I'ago one to the Clllxens of l.a CI ramie, presented the following: The KvenillK Obaerver, , ltt I Grande, Oregon: At this time we wish to express our appreciation for the courtesy of the Observer preceding yester day's special election and for your interest in presenting the facts regarding the proposed improve ments to the people of the clty. The space you hove devoted to acquain ting citizens with the issues has been of great value In securing the large and Intelligent, vote register ed In the election. Thanking you for your interest and I ho valuable space you have given, wo arc, Bespeclfully, (Signed) A. T. 1 11 LB, I'reshU'jit. It: P. BANlHtf, CM AH. 1'1,AYL.-;. HOTEL ASTOD 2nd & Hill Lm Ant.U. EVERY ROOM has PRIVATE TOILET 50 fi Bath. New, Modern. Close lo Shopping District and Theatres FREE GARAGE Tariff from $1.50 ' so I " '-nV to 1 11" 'lor' Special siiix's wmtk Mimis W hllo 'i'liry 1,111 OltKilNAIi (illl-l'i:VA . Work SImh's l''or .Mtn .t.l)J .Mill's lliull Crnilr ll OHI1S sit.ti:. l.a, lies- Vlcl Mil unit I'utt'tit 1,1'iilhrr I'IMI'S In lliix-o tllffr-H'tlt hlylt'S $2,115 The New York Store 1210 Allium 1 1.1 'usggsmni j i Exchange La Two - family Imtiso H y Two - family Imtiso on I'liNt St., to ex change for a good house in l'ortlaial. 0 l'he-nere tract with evtra rcmmI improe liients in Iay Vtuh. to ex baii;ve for cily pmperly or n giMMl new outu. WEEKS & BLACK iiHAircms Kow I'oli-y lililu. lustu-aiK'o - lnmiis "News" and "Topics" 1 1 iti&mkiMiirtfThttm M Kennon. II. K. Coolblgo pos-u wi-en law. us ieing o m 1 1' 'i i a nd Chuv IJohnenkainp or ia. by the Wingville grange of Uu-; Grande i rhort talks. ReportH . r Is planned. The next rneet'ing will be. June j whtn reports from thu dcM- - by mt-mher or olhr I'onimiltees were gl n aho. Tony L. timtth. serving hi third ARCADE THEATRE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JUNE 10 W. H. Bohnenkamp Company Four Floors of Fine Furniture Est. 1890 , -ut. nit to iii-nini, nil -in 1 in i i iiiii.mii'MJt! 'fn 'Hit 1 m tfH Rubber Sheets hi. outs i-i'itK itrimi.it sm:i;r lti'luriMii'd ('nni'i-s, HI. oil nml ft.i: Vt-ry Sim-HiiI fill 7lli! HI lllllilt I'A.NTS, :ll' tllitl .-.Di: Art & Baby Shop "rcVKKYTIIINO l'OU TIIK BAHY" MEMSTITClllNC Holrl Knmmer RMg. STAMl'INQ Itirri'KItICK rATTKUNS 1. M. O. THMEAU FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Thai famous liileniulloiiHl M'liMttlomil record rim of laugh I'lol, dlieel frnm its 12 weeks in San FninrlM-o. A MENRY DUFFY PRODUCTION OP GEOT2GE M.COMANS "VA'f"' "IT ri,.'?.'w."'1Mi!l XT I 3 A I &' III t .JiVjV V -ADOIPH 2UKOR JliSI t. IA&KVy THOMAS WITH LAWRANCE D'ORSAY a Kin a IfCAST OF UNUSUAL EXCELLENCE mit a Mm i rici i iti; l.i.iji-'i J2.i)ll; 1iwrr I liHir KI.Ml; llil tiny Sl.llll mill "7i (till'. In) H-'llln on H:il- lit I Husk llnilf Htnif. lyiEIGHAN. i i v yammoaiu m f a m Quia LI LA LEE Comedy, "DON'T WORRY"