EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
I'orllund, (AP) Oregon:
Cloudy on the coast, fair In
the Interior tonight and Fri
day. VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 234
n
AT SCHOOL
Q
uarter Thousand Wom
en Present at Session
Yesterday
DEMONSTRATION
WAS INTERESTING
Complete Menu and Oven
Methods of "Canning
Fruits and Vegetables
Scheduled for Friday.
Over 2(i women were in atten
dance tit the Observer Cooking
Sehool in I he basement of the
Odd Fellows building- yesterday
nfternoon, the second day of the
week's sehedule tind the first ut
which M i'H. Wiswell, the instruc
tor, gave aetuul cooking demon
stration!;. If attendance growth
continue!, over oOU can be antici
pated tttis afternoon.
Ta king t lie pineapple ca ke and
meat loaf from the luncheon an 1
dinner menus announced for yes
terday, Mrs. Wiswell gave an In
teresting demonstration, tier reci
pes were copied down careful'y
! practically everyone present and
her Ideas on getting better results'
with oven cooking were heard
with close attention. Although
handicapped somewhat by break
ing In a new range, the finished
products wcru. received with gen
eral appreciation by the. school.
Illg Friday Program.
This aflernoon Mrs. Wiswell
will devote the time to a nut
bread, u baked Mt. Kmity ham.
and a chocolate enke. She has.
announced a complete menu fority
Friday but u majority of Friday
1
.ultcrnouirs session ) will. . bet given j v iison. district manager, ,vun
over to Ihe canning of fruits "and ' hi Hd'iuarters' at La Grande ul the
vegetables the oven method. This present time, wus present,
should prove one of the most ln- The first of August u joint meet,
tetesting piogrunm of the week, pug of the same order will be held
Following tli main denionstra- ul Da Grande. Next Tuesday, Ju
tina yesterday the attendance ly M. the l.a Grande camp will
pri.e:i were awarded, with the fol
lowing women among the winners:
Mrs. Martin King, Hazel Volswink
ler, Mrs. liena A. Palmer. Mrs.
Grace Snyder. Ada F. Clark. Mrs.
Ittyan Harlow, Mrs. J. C, Nloderer.
Mrs. It. P. Green, and Mis. Ida
French. While the aw aids we v
being made a delicious strawberry
cream sherbet, on the luncheon
menu for the day. w as serv.-d
through the courtesy of the Blue
(Continued on Page Eight.)
The city commission meeting
last nig lit w as brief, lasting le.s
tlniii an hour.
i 'ommissiuiiers A. T. Hill and
Charles Plnyle were in attendance.
A communication front 1.. II.
Stockman, who is preparing the
plans lor the new septic tank for
I. a I ii ande, reported that SO per
cent of his work had been fin
ished. Last night was the time net for
u hearing on Improvement district
No. II, which callH for sewers lit
blocks IT, is, Uiverside addition.
No remonstrance, objections or
claims of grievances were entered
so Ihe reeorder was authorised
to advertise for bids on the proj
ect. Several minor matters. Including
passage of t he monthly bills und
orders that they be paid by war
rant, were attended to before ad
join nment.
SEPTIC TANK
IRK MOM
$19, Nine Days Given To
Prevent Case's Appeal
Whether or not Ihe city court
can give a sentence too small to
permit an appeal to u higher
court, yet sufficient to punish the
offender. Is an interesting develop
ment in t he municipal court. The
iinsw .-r w III undoubtedly be ur
llrd at within a few flays.
The first sentence of this kind.,
Its and nine days, was Impost J
deviTal tin ago.
Yesterday aiternuon, after the
court had found Jack I m I line
guilty of possession or liquor m
lits n Mini rant on Jefferson ave
nue. Judge J. D. Slater Imposed it
like sent, nee on him. Attorney
Hess, defense counsel, is attempt
ing to - find a loophole w hereby
the case may ! appealed to the
circuit court, officers any. adding
that they b-.-lievc that LttUln will
Concert To
Include Two
Specialties
Paul Knautz, Baritone, to
Appear in Vocal Solo:
Satranek's "Atlantis"
to Be Played.
The program for the third open
uir summer concert by the Lu
Grande Municipal bund, directed
by Andrew Joney, lias been pre
pared. The concer,', will begin ut
o'clock back of the New Foley
building and a crowd, fully us
large us the one that uttended the
second one of the series, estimated
at I,60t. is expected.
J'Vutures at this recital will be
u vocal solo by Puul Knuutz, bari
tone, with band accompaniment,
and the suite "Atlantis" by 8a
f i allele, in four parts, by the baud.
The program follows:
-March, "leather of Victory" Gmuic
Scenes from "The Wizard of the
Nile" Victor Herbert
Idyl, "The. Glow Worm" Lineke
(a) Kxcerpts from "lilossoni
Time" Franz Schubert
(b) Popular "No Wonder"....
Duvls-Hurkr
Jntermlsslon
Suite, "Atlantis" Hafrun rk
1 ) Nocturne and Morning
Hymiutof Praise
I'D A Court Function
Ci) I love Thee
(4) The Destruction of Atlanta
Serenade, "lovo in Idleness"
: Macbeth
Vocal Solo, "Kashmiri Song"
from "The Garden of Kama"
Amy-Wood forde-Flndcn
Musician I'uul Knuutz
Overture to "Stradella" Flotow
W. 0. W. of La Grande
Attend Meet at Union
A large number of members of
ty.c local camp of the Woodmen ol
lehe World went to Union Monday
e vening and participated in a joint
meting of the l'nlon camp and the
Da Gran do camp W. O. W. Twen
cundldates were Initiated. Utter
which a banquet was Herved. C.
have a social entertainment ut the
regular lodge meeting.
Longfellow to Speak
At Men's Forum Here
J. T-i'l.ongfellow , superintendent
of the la Grande schools, w 111
give his first address in this city
w hen, next Sunday morning, he
appears before the Men's Forum
of the Methodist church ut 10
o'clock.
Mr. Longfellow has chosen for
his subject "High School Curricu
lum," An invitation to all men
of the city and specially to the
HI I 'ads. to attend, has been ex
tended by the forum members.
"This address will be concluded
In time for ull who come to reach
t heir own places of Sunday wor
ship by II o'clock," I''. Jussmaii,
forum president, said.
F.IGHT tOI-AlK l'lltF, IiAWS
KI'GKNK. Ore. Among the sev
eral thousand persons In the Cas
cade national forest, over the
Fourth of July week-end, oniy
eight were found violating Hie
state and national fire laws, ac
cording to Nekson I'. Macduff, und
these men were placed under ar
rest, Herbert Wesl was arrested on a
charge of smoking in the close 1
area. Including t he Suit creek
watershed ubovo. Oak ridge. A
Harder und son were uceused of
shooting firecrackers In the for
est in the McKcnzie bridge section
and the follow-in? were arrest d
on a charge of shouting across a
i oad on t he Soul h Fork : W. J.
Dorhon and Kurt V. Dorhon ol
Salem; F. 11. Lyon of l'errydale.
C. it. Writes and S. II. Crltcs of
Springfield.
be forced to serve t he nine days
und pay the $19 without recourse.
Lalline is an old offender und
was mixed up in some liquor ur
rets several years ugo with Mike
Woodurd, officers say.
The concensus of opinion In ct'y
etrcles seems to be that It would
be better that IjiHIne serve the
sentence given, although it se run
small, rather than appeal the case
and possibly win out in u high r
court.
If Attorney Hess can find some
way by which the case can ie
appealed It m-etiiit likely, officers
Ih tieve, that the S I 9-und-nine-d..y
sentence will ttccome popular here.
Ii Mine was gltn until tomorrow
morning ut 10 o'clock before lie
v!ll start serving Lis sentence.
MADE
FOR PEACE
Communist Deputies
Threaten French Gov
ernment with Strike
ELEMENT IS LED
By MARCEL CACHIX
Native Women and Chil
dren, Held Hostages by
Riffians, Freed by the
French ForcesToday.
PA It IS (Uy the Associated
Press) Communist deputies, led
by Marcel Cachin, began an attack
on -the French government for con-'
ducting warfare hi Morocco against
the invading; Kifflans, when debate
commenced today on Premier
Pulnteve'n bill for the application
or 1S3 million f run cm for Moroc
can operations.
Cuchin threatened the govern
ment with the possibility of a gen-
erul strike of ull French factory
workers to compel France to cease
the Moroccan war and offer peace
to the Kiffians.
FF.Z. French Morocco (By the
Associated press) Several hun
dred native women and children
wdlo were being held by Abdel
Krim's Kiffians as hostages were
released by the French today when
the latter, by u quick drive along
the Ouergha river, captured several
villages from the enemy.
BLOOM TRIAL
At 2 o'clock tills afternoon
Bloom lilmMdf wiw on the Mjh1
to testify In his own behalf In
reply to the tpics! lon-i put by
his attorney, Henry li ess, 'Mm
ca.se will probubly go to the
Jury ubout 1 o'clock this nfter
noon.
A Jury was selected und 'the re
trial of the case of State oT Ore
gon vs. Clyde Bloom in the jus
tice court before Judge Hugh K.
Brudy wus opened this morning.
Testimony wus given oil during
Ihe morning session with Henry
Bitter. Spanish War veteran und
Plate's chief witness on ,he case
ivhleh charges itloom with desecra
tion of the American flag, on the
stand most of the Torenoon.
The jury for the cuse. composed
of six" citizens, was selected with
less difficulty than had been an
ticipated by the attorneys yester
day. Trial of George -Noble, arrested
on the same charge, will follow the
Bloom case.
According to announcement this
morning from the stule highway
offices here bids will be received
for tin construction of the me
morial house to be built at Immi
grant Springs park ul t he next
meeting of the state highway com
mission at Portland on July 28.
This structure will be erected
on the Old Oregon Trail In mem
ory of the pioneers of Oregon.
The building w ill be made of
logs and will be 40 by f0 feet.
Dennis Files Suit in
Ts'ampa Against Paper
BA K Kit, Ore. Special) Suit
lor foreclosure on $lti,0oo worth of!
bonds Issued by the 'unpcratlvc
Publishlng company of Nam pa, !
Idaho, won fie(j by Bruee Dennis,'
of Ial Grande, who claims to hold
(he bonds. As soon us the coin-'
plaint was filed, U was withdrawn,
and sent to Kd I-.. Bryan, district!
Judge, now ut Caseude, tor un or
der to shnw cause why the
bliould not be tuken.
The action was taken. It wus
Mated. In :)! Interest of Mr. Den.
nts und other. The Cooperative
tompany Is near a slate of buuk
rupuy. It Is alleged in the com-
plulnt.
'J HASH IIOV It I It N S
A (rush box. lociit-d In-hind Ihe
Knlug Observer office, was burn
td up Tuesday evening. it is re
ported thut Wiiite Htnall boy. look
ing through the (rush, dropped a
lighted match, which IgntUd the
contents of the box.
111
CALL FIR BIOS
ON IIOIAL
Bryan Declares Defen
dant Is Deing Harm
, to Teachers
DAYTON PREPARING
FOR LARGE CROWD
Attorneys, Witnesses and
scribes Greeted by the
Clang of Carpenters'
Hammers, on Arrival.
DAYTON, Tenn. (By the Associ
ated Press) t William Jennings
Bryan believes John T. Scopes, de
fendant in the Tennessee evolution
trial Is : dolng more harm to
teachers of the country than to
any other elass."
"This hann would be Indefinite
ly Increased if-Scopes' views as to
the independence of t he teacher
were established, " he declared to
day. Daylon today is making flnul
preparations for the trial.
Attorneys, witnesses und news
papermen nre arriving on every
train and bus and are greeted by
the clang of hummers as carpen
ters completed the concession
stand in every alley way along!
the sidewalks. I
"Jf the evolutionists can estab
lish a doctrino that the teueh'-r
can teach anything he pleases, und
the teachers disregard their em
ployer's "wishes, it will become
necessary to find before appoint
ment what the teacher thinks on
disputed questions, because people
who employ teach era will be Just
as certain to prevent teaching
what Is objectionable to those who
employ touchers us bunkers lire to
prevent clerks from running bunKii
contrary, to their employers in,
strugtions," j Bryan declured.
PAST MATRONS
OF O. E. S. ARE
GUESTS IN BAKER
Twerlo members of the Ijt
Grande Past Matrons Club motor
ed to Buker yesterday to attend a
luncheon given by the Baker club
for ull Pust Matrons and present
Matrons from l'nlon und Baker
counties. Luncheon was served ut
the Masonic hull of Baker ul one
o'clock und In the afternoon bridge
and "600" were nt piny, l-aier m
the afternoon a business meeting
was held.
Those atending the. luncheon
from l.a Grande w ere: Mrs. Kd
Kiddle. Mrs. Florence Bacon, Mrs.
( '. M. Humphries, Mrs. J. J.
Broughton, Mrs. C, W. Noyes, Mrs.
Pete Beaver, Mi's. Marjorle Fran
cis, Mrs. Kngljnd, Miss Carrie
Hunter, Mrs, Wells, Mrs. Colon It.
1-Jberhurd and Mrs. Frank Jackson.
Fee Demanded from Flyer.
M AltSH Fl ULI , Or e. Traffic
Officer Williams may have been
(out of his line of duty w hen he
asked an itinerant flying machine
operator. I. MeKlnney for a fee
of $10 us license for operating in
Oregon, but MeKlnney will not op
erate ut Bandon 'intll the license
is presented, unless he should
hop-off when Williams Isn't look
ing. MeKlnney has ben doing f'
commercial business ut Myrtle
Point for several days. Officer
Williams' duties ure on the ground
or highways, but he looks utter
the ulr routes, us well.
Sandy alng Contract Let,
SANDY, Ore. H. C. Frace of
Greshaut has the contract for
building 2&o feet of cement side-
walk on Main street. The n
walk will begin Immediately east
of the local bunk.
Use
Local
Products
Ilcliidie iiv of local iirmtiifM
hi all Instances possible in lite
ruin at The OhMTtcr (M)klttg
Snwd ibl-s wiik ilfitmM.strai-
tbf tpinltty f tocifU tro
u.. at home in a nun lin ing
liuutncr.
It payn lo bur and iw thing",
maile lu la randc and 1 it too
iiMinty. Tltcy an- tiunlly a-
rimnp or cJiea(Hr In prtce, and
llm quatlly l gtiarnt-ad. And
ft ltclw home ciitcrprl-c.
''Obaertpr Adtcrtlflng
A MercliaudLslng bcrfkie
FY7 til
Grcltlr Algarwn, the well-known explorer, will attempt to break the "farthest north' rcctmt
with a ship, ilp omh'Ih to reach thin point ami return to ljiverool within six months. I )Kt photo
slums Algarssoii Mntel with his mascot ollce dog among his uvw, all of whom are volunteers for
this expedition. Ivower photos hows AlgaiKson's bttut, Tho Island.'
PASTOR URGES
UNITED YOUTH
INDIANAPOLIS (By the AkhocI
aled Press) -Consolidation of all
youis people's denomlnal lonal or-
ganiatlons . In America und the
formation of a Chrlstlun youth
movement of America was urged
by Itev. Mark F. Sanborn, of De
troit, before the llaptlst Young
People's Colon of America today.
Sanborn Is president of the l'nlon.
The speaker held Hint such un
organization would be one of the
mlgtvttasi forces for good in the
world.
Organizations mentioned by San
born which should become allied
included the Christian Kndcavor, .
the Fpworth league, the Lutheran
League, the Y. M. C. A. and the
Y. W. C A., the Student Volunteer
Movement und the Baptist Young
people's Colon.
"I tell you the gates of hell would
not prevail against that power,"
Sanborn declared.
c. I-;, i k.mis moonsiiim:,
POBTLAND. ore. (AP) I !e
of airplanes directed by radio, pow
erful automobiles and many fast
vessels by bootleggers, all tend to
make t he enforcement of prohi
bition u world problem, mi id F.rn
cst II. Cherringtou or Westervllle,
Ohio, general secretary of - the
world league Agninst Alcoholism,
In an uddres at the thirtieth In
ternational Christian Kndeavor
convention, lie urged the Chris
tian Kitoenvorers to become more
active in the world-wide prohibi
tion movement.
- "The lltpior problem Is it world
problem." he asserted. "The
Klghteenth amendment received
the strongest official sanction ever
given a constitutional provision.
yet never before has there been
arrayed ugainst any such provision
mi h a powerful and aggressive
minority as thai which today op
pones national prohibition. That
minority, moreover. Is being sup
ported and reinforced not merely
by slate und nal ional Ihi'ior or
ganizations but also by a gigantic,
weal I hy, politically In fluent tut In
ternational liquor traffic.
"Knowledge of I In truth will
eventually nmke be ve rune alcohol
an Impossibility In modern clvlll.n-
llon, because it Ih ut viiriancc with
Ihe Inexorable economic law of the
new uge.
'The mcrnl and religious forces
iif A merlcu must lake I he gospel
of prohibit ion to the rei ir i he
world. In order to make pi rmtui'-nl
Amerietin prohibition at home."
121 Convicted During
I A1.nr Kir W(..iA Atmniu
1
SALKM, On, f A P I . Depoit
. front ':i din'rtet attorneys u nd
sherlffK or the r,'i couniieN in tie
1 allile, received by W. H. I.even.4.
.state prohibition commissioner. rot
May shov that of i.'i arrests, ll
J convictions were obtained. Htaic
! operatives cooperated in u great
1 niuny Instunees.
A totni of Jj'.l.tr. in lines wus
aHsesKcd and $:.G71 paiil. Twenty
nine stills were w-i.ed mid It I
gullons of liquor dest royed. Juil
' sentences ranged from JO duya to
six years.
Another Polar Expedition
ar
Jurist, Held
In Bank Mess,
Killed Today
JAMSoM 'IVnn. By the Ah
aoctntrd Press) Judge J. W. Bosk,
of the Western Tennessee district,
of the federal court, who was in
dicted yesterday in connection with
the full u re of the people's Having
bank of Jackson, was killed in un
automobile accident today.
His automobile ran off a bridge
near here and turned over In thu
creek, pinning him underneath. i
Moss was under $6,UU0 bail on)
charges of robbery, fraudulent!
breach of trust und uccessory lo
embezzlement, returned In Indict
ments by the grand Jury yester
day following its investigation of
the bank's failure.
The bunk was closed a month
ago when un examination by tho
btato bank examiner showed a de
ficiency in funds of more than
$300,000.
XTRA
TKNSION CiftOWIM;
CANTON AP) liirrcused mili
tary activity here is adding lo tho
teuton already felt by foreign resi
dents. A Chinese general bt re
porled lo have housicd to lay lai
he could cupture the fondgu set
tlcment til spite of fortification.
Airplanes dally circle the conccs'
slou with lite apparent purpose of
spotting Its fortification.
co.m idi;.nck voti;i
Illtl SM LS (AP) The Itelgl-
an senate tislay otwl ifcnfldctice
.it Ihe Pou I let government, 1 lo
with HI not toting.
Tit FAULK CO.NSIDIItl.D
I'AHIS (AP) Two Washing
ton arms conference treaties relat
ing to China wen ratified Tues
day by the chamber of deputies
und favorably rcorted toduy by
the neita I e foreign affairs com
mittee. They Mill lie presented to
the senate for ratification tomor
row.
Mlt KlvV WALK! It Wild, l-f;ilT
DAVi; KHADi;, OF 'AMI OHM A
NKW'YIIIIK (AP) Mickey
Wiilker, world welterweight
t liampion, will liglll Dave Klmde,
of ( 'till Torn ia, a I .'(-round fleet -hiou
mutch in New York slate it
a reliable promoter run . be ob
tained to stuK' Hi! match, the
state at hictle commission an
nounced today.
PAItOlj; Itlil AM It JAILI D
Lt t.FNK, Ore. Tom Llojd.
u wus sentenced here to serve
two yt ara in the state pi (son for
burglury III U store at I 'ottag'
Grove, and paroled, wus taken to
tialem to serve out Ills term. Liny I
broke his parole when he und his
brother. George Do)d, aie al
leged to hae net lire u a tiirin
er's barn on the upper HI islaw
flier, stolen a gooiie and colli
mltti'd tit her depredut Ions,
(leorge Lloyd, who hail If. it
committed to the slate Industrie I
..n.l .. i... .. ..I., ..i.. 9
I w us taken to the school.
s
UTK
1
' WAHK1KUTON (My tho Associ
ated Vrv,al,,uTlh.eT negotiations
for the. sale of 200 vessels for
scrapping wus ordered today by the
shipping board which rejected tho
recommendation of PresidentPal
mer of thu fleet corporation thut
the bid of the Jioston Iron and
Metal company, of Halllniore, of
ll.37O.0U0 for Ui'i ships be ac
cepted. .
Inquiry Seeks Price
Regulations on Grain
CHICAGO ( AP). commission
appointed by President Frank I,.
Carey of the Chicago board of
trade yesterday sent cpjestlonalres
to Its 1800 exchange members ask
ing their views on how to prevent
wide price ranges In grain. The
questionalre submits u number of
proposals und states (he commit
tee desires lo learn "If measures
cun bo taken that would not In
terfere wit h t he function of the
open market and with thu great
national service such a market
rendern to producer und consumer
as well as to milling and grain
trade."
rity Sees (iood Crop
NFAV YOltK. (AP) Carl U.
Gi uy, president or (he Union I'aci
llc. looks forward to heavier truf
fle and higher rail earnings in the
(vest and northwest for the second
half of year In comparison with
i as i year. -fliosi tanners in our
territory will have it good year
he said here Wednesday, "which
means t he ( 'nlon Pacific. should
enjoy a heavy movement of freight.
later. Winter wheal in Kansas and
Nebraska will be about one-half of
the DilM crops, but Idaho and ( t
ah will have much more. In Ore
gon and Washington winter wheal.
Is below last year's standard, but
spring wheat prombies to exceed
greatly any recent year in those
two states and the combined crops
will exceed lust year's totals.'
Income Tax to Again Be
Big Problem to Solons
(liv Churlc p. Stennrl)
WASHINGTON (N KA Special
-The tillth emigres. of (he I'nlted
Stales, scheduled to convene in e
ei niber. Is it read v rolling up Us
slii-w., ttglileiiitiK Its belt, and
prepuiing to hickle onee uyuin its
ei r irt Ht-nl problem, the Income
'Tax.
To nturt with, U w 111 consider
! tliecc fuels:
Th' number of inconi1' taxpuycis
is inereasiug.
Their net Incomes u whu'lt
the tax Is levied are increasing.
I tut die- lo (ax rate reductions,
both Die average individual tax
and the total lax collected hae
dec reused.
In llt:i. pcrtiotuil Income tax re
turns were ninde ,y ti,"s7,4Sl per
sons ti.20 per cent of the country's
SIOilOLL
IS 4 TODAY
Terrific Winds, Accom
panied by Rains, Deal
Much Damage,
PERSONS INJURED
NUMBER EIGHTEEN
Property Loss Is About
$100,000; Streets Flood
ed and Blocked by Up
rooted Trees.
MINNEAPOLIS (Al Press Tinio
Flash) Luke Harriet immiclnal
pavilion collapsed on 50 persons,
killing: Mrs. liinina Miller ami her
three-) cur-old daughter, and In.
jiirlug sl others.
l4ls llalgren, Itellovcd to 3iao
been with Mrs. Miller, lias nut
since Itecn Keen.
diaries . Fiesler illeil of heart
disease. afttr escaping from a wind
wrecked store.
W illnrd J. Ford. 30. was killed
when hurled from a traveling
crane.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mlnu. (By tho
Associated Press) Four persons
wore, killed and eighteen in lured
ami another Is reported missing as
me result or a terrific wind ami
rain storm 'here last night.
lroncrtr damage Is estimated nt
$ 100,000.
The streets are flooded and
blocked by uprooted trees.
t)KH MOINES. Iowu (By the As
sociated Press) Five persons were
Injured in Iowa Inst night by n
storm which swept tho northwest
ern part of tho statu, destroying
crops and wrecking number of
furm hound-"'
C1IICAOO (By tho Associated
Press) 1-; lev en killed and a num
ber of others pr,ostrnted or Injured
wus tho result of heat waves and
violent storms In various parts of
tho country yesterday.
One mun was killed by lightning
(Continued on Page Ftv.t
MOSCOW (Uy the Associated
Press) Trans-urctin air routes be
tween northern Kurope and Pa
cific countries using dirigible bal-
loomi is considered feasible by so
viet officials.
A special committee has report
ed favorably on the plans present
ed to thu council or commisara by
Captain llrouns, of Germany,
through Dr. Frldtjof Nansen, noted
arctic explorer.
C. i:. AiiAIN.ST COMMJblKt'lAb
bPOKTS ON SUNDAYS,
POKTLAND, Ore. (Hy the As
sociated Press) The United Ho
clety of (,'hrlstlun Kndeavor went
on record ut the biennial conven
tion here today ugainst commercial
ized Kunday sports und amuse
ments. The Generul assembly the
morning adopted a resolution de
claring itself "unequivocully in
favor of Sabbat li observance, And
pledging Itself to work for such ob
servance. The assembly culled on members
everywhere to use their Influence
to mtike Sunday a day of rest,
worship and home life.
The assembly, by resolution,
commended President Coolidge.'d
action refusing to sanction Armis
tice Day us mobilization day.
populalion.
These reported u total net in
come of ll.SSO.bSn. t'OO for the
preceding year nd puld u total tax
or NK i.f7.sis.
The averagt; net Incoiun was
):i 1 4:t.4i and Ih" average tax
I Si n rate of 4-M per cent.
In l24. returns were filed by
7.'i;3S..tJI persons nearly 7 per
cent of thi' population who re
ported a total net Income of $t,-;i::-;.3:t7.M:(.
but who taid a total
tax of only $713.y3,K5.
The average net income had
Hue it to $:M-1.or, hut the uveragu
t.ix had fallen tto ?91.44 a rate of
2.i7 per cent.
Compilation of 1U2K figures U
not yet entirely completed, but tho
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