La Grande evening observer., September 24, 1925, Image 1

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. VOLUME XXIII.
MEMHKR ASSOCIATED PKKSK
LA GRANDE. OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 301
ISLAND U1TV
WINS PRIZE
Cove-; and Cricket Flat.
. Take Second and Third
r at Elgin: Fair y '
JUDGING STARTED ;
AT NOON TODAY
Mrs. McGoldrick's Exhib-!
it Most Unusual: Mrs.1
; Turtle's Pickle Display
Attracts Attention. t "
KUGIN (8peclal to The'obser-I
vor). The Union County Fair ' Is .
biRjrer and bettor thhryear than
ever b?foro everybody auya ho, i
Both the pavilion and the. stork I
dinnlay nre Inrerer thuh ever bo-'
fore. The most attractive display'
1s the flowers, where asters ns
larg-e and varicolored as chrysan-l
themums are shown. The frost
cut down the farm display in
1024. tint this year it is complex.
The boys and girls' club projects
it--- 'unlrentiv. displayed and are
receiving a great deal of. .attea-!
tion.
Several prlr.es were awarded b-?-foir
noon today, Tslnnd City win-,
ninT first prize for the' Jiest com-'
mnnity display.. This display is
large and attractively arranged
w'th a horn of plenty in the cen
ter and the vegetables and other
product around it. . Features of .
Jnnibo squash,; weighing .nearly
100, po inds, grown by George Gib
son and a 22-pound cabbagti,
grown by Ertra Kennedy. - -Cove,
which won first prize 'last year,'
was awnrded second place th's
year: The Cricket Flat display
Of grain won third iprUje.A. . t-v. i
Individual liplftyH p
Of the Individual" d is p ays Mrs.
Mis. Wattle' McGoldrlck, - who
mnkes her home at the Grande
Hon df1! fnrni. near linbler, was the
most unusual. Resides - the com
mon products on display she has
peanut, watermelon, soy beans
and patchwork ; quilts. Mrs. Kd
Tuttle of Elgin, who started a
home canning i factory this year,
has. 18 varieties of pickles in her
d-aplay. Kd. W. .Hiickmnn, of lu
Grande, has the only backyard
garden display. He hus one Chili
tiqiutsh which weighs 86 pounds.
The second prize for Individual
dlsp'ays went to Bernel- Hug, of
Klgln, and the third to H. J..
ilardwlck of Alice!.
H. H. Weatherspqon, who owns
the largest apple orchard In the
valey, won first priae for a lull
(Continued on I'ge Five.)
The iiripallon rommltters of the
chamber of commerce and the la
Gmndt; realty board met yesterday
evening at five o'clock at the
chamber of commerce offices to
make arrangements for the t'ara
vii n to Yakima October 8 and 9.
Itcports of the two commiltecs
were given and plans were made
to niCct villi the Union commer
cial club fiext Monday evening at
nix o'clock and ask their co-operation-by
sending five or six car.
The cOmmittets also plan to meet
with the Cove and Klgin conimer
ctal clubs sometime in the near
rniture fnr the sume purpose?.
J'lntis have already been made
ut Yaklum for the entertainment
of the car.-ivun to tour the Irriga
tion project,
A KncrHl Invitation in extended
to all inrmers and buittneMs men of
the valley to accompany Ihe cara
' tiii. providing they trtftke arrange,
inents with the secretary of the
chamber of commerce.
Oil DISPLAY
MAKING PLANS
FU!-1 CARAVAN
Rooming House License
Revoked By City Dads
Mrr:il eon'ittlon In I Oran-le
rnmn'nir houses anU In the m-irro
rt-rtton of fh city were (.tsctiftserl
kt some lenirth last evening hy
tho city commfMlonera. who
(tati.'Tiifnt8 werp augment tl
ity Manaicr W. Crews and
Tolief Chief cilnt Hayn.-.
The upshot of the dtscusnion ,
M-aji the revoking of a room In :
honfip lirnre hpd by Mrs, Blnlie J
N'lekle upon unanimous vote of t
the. roniniiKf ton. The niemlM-rs '
hear! report of Immoral cotrlt- j
tlona In reference to the place 1
before final action. j
Hveral other matters were
tukvo up Before a Jjuurniut-nt In-1
GrovesVBody
Brought To
. La Grande
Veteran ; Railroader Met
Death as (Jars Massed
Over Him After Jaiito
Tracks:
Harry S. Groves, 'veteran rail
roader .of La ' Grande, -met l.'ia
death Just west of the Mcachum,
Ore., tunnel- - yesterday at 12:15
o'clock- when' he fell onto tne
tracks from the car on which- U:
was ; riding and was cut In two
by - the train, ;accoi ding to. infor
mation available, here today,' It
is said that the train "broke, in
two," . causing the full, and tliut
five cars ran overinis body. The
freight on. which he was riding
left here at' 6:30 a. m. , .
; First' reports of, Mr. Groves'
tiagic death were broadcast by
the regular edition of Tho Eve
ning Obseiver yesterday about 3
o'clock, about half an hour after
word was received here of tho
accident. At that time details of
his deuth had not been received.
The Uohnenkamp nmbuiuiuro
was . rushed to Meacham Unme t
lately and brought Mr, Groves'
remains to La Grande.
The deceased has been n res1
dent of La Grande for the past
seven years, serving as freight
conductor on the O.-W. railroad.
Ho is survived by his widow, who
lives at Flie family home on Hum
lock street.
Mr. Groves was 56 years of age
at the time of his death and was
honored and respected by all wno
knew Mm. He was a "member of
the Christian church and the Ma
sonic lodge. His fcody will be
forwarded to Illinois for burly.!
and Mrs. Groves will accompany
the remains east.
Before coming to La Grande
Mr. Groves worked f rnm Juno,
1913, to November. 1917, on the
Oregon Short Line and from Jan
uary to May, 1018 on the Santa
Fc. - Prior to that time he was
with the Mexican Central railway.
It is said thut hu owned several
mines n Mexico, . v t t v
HT - DADS MEET
TO PLAN PROGRAM
The first regular meeting of the
Ht-Oads organization will be held
i tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at
the Security Land and Savings com
pany offices, it Ik announced today
by Granddad W.' P. MeAdory, who
ur""s that all members, be present.
Several questions, including en
teri .iiiment. date of pgnl:ir meet
lngs und others, will bu liKcuKscd.
Statutory Offender
Must Face Grand Jury
G,lorgo Wilson, of La Grande,
charged with a statutory offense,
wai bound over to the: grand
Jury from Justice Hugh K. Hru
dy's couf Wednesday afternoon.
T'nable to raise his bond of $ I.
Wilson was committed to the
cpunty jail.
Walla Walla Company
Buys Wrecking House
The Garden City Wrecking com
pany, of Walla Walla, Wash., bus
purehi'S"d the I.a Grande Wreck
ing IfotiKp. It is announced today
by W. K. Hodglu, new manager.
The wrecking com puny Is locat
ed at the corner of Jefferson and
Hemlock streets.
'fedford Will Attend
Portland Convention
J. A. Tedford. manager of the .1.
( '. Pen ney com pn ny at ore here,
loft yesterdHV for Portland where,
on Krlduy anil Kiiturday. he will
attend a two-da v convention at
the Miiltmimuh hotel of flie ninn-
lagers of the hint itutfon from Ore
I gon. Washington. Idaho and Mon
j tana.
j - Kor eight days following the
. convention the niiinagers will r'-
imaln In Portland buying holiday
and spring merchandise.
oludlnp the refer rhifc of a peti
tion to grade Klrrt ftreet from
K to H avenufi to tlie elty man
ager; hearing of regular repoiti. ,
ami authorlzinjr the city munnff'-r
to make lniulris to rhiimhT of
oomtnerc; officials aa to th'lr
w lanes In regard to what shall
be done with the "Welcomp" arcri
n-ar the O.-W. depot, which Is
leported to be weakened und to
have' about served Its uaefutmaK.
C. W. rtuntinr, prewnt at Ihe
nuTtlnt suggested that the arm
be eradicated and that arches he
placed at the highway ntrmnocs
into- Ijl Grande. 1
ARMISTICE
O ff I)
Committeemen Named by
Legion Uoard at Meet'
;. nig Last JUyeniiig
BAKER, PENDLETON
WILL DE INviiD
Lieut. Oakley Kelly and
Squadron of Airplanes
Expected; Geneiai vo-
gram Like Last One.
Definite plans were laid for the
annual l-niun County Armistice
day celehrution which will be neia
hero under the aubpleuH of the
Ainericun. 1-eglcn on November 11. i
11. K. ltra'iy, general chairman,
presided over the session which j
was held in his oft ices.
, In general, the program of events
will follow that of last November ,
The parade and the sounding oi
taps throughout the city will be at
11 a. m-. tollowed by services at
the cemetery and a noon luncheon.
In the aitcrnoon the Pendletor.
and La Grande high .school foot
ball teams will meet on the loeu
gridiron and hc fireworks dlRpln
and dances in every hall a vu liable
will feature the evening. , 1
Major Huron, represent 'ng the
committee, will extend an invita
tion to Lieutenant Oakley Kellj
and his squadron of airplanes, uta
tloned ut Vancouver Tiuri tu ks, u
attend und bglnminlres feel cer
tain thut the invitation will be ac
cepted. The squadron was to
have been here last year but weath-
i or conditions prevented und Lieut.
Kelly promised to attend this year
According to in rornin t inn i
(Vitetl licrc this uriciiiMin Mrs.
lit'nskc.v'.s iu;s(t was lYnchm-il
nint a Mrs. Infld, riil nv in the
ithei car, was bruised in the ac
cident near the Con Icy wui-i.aliou.',.
Two automobile wrecks that oc
curred near La (Irandu lu;e yes
lerday resulted In slight lnjurl-
to one woman und cun.sidcruijlr
da in it e to four i:urs.
A louring car driven by W. A.
Moore, of North Powder, and ,u
touring car driven by Mrs. K. K.
Johnson, of Hot Uikn, cnlllfled at
the Lone Tree crossing. Moore
was driving without hit operator'
license und Mis. Johnson uar
speeding onto the primary high
way from the tidd Canyon roa''
according to State Ti uff c Offi
cer A. O. Inind. A woman pns
sengcr was slightly hurt in the
collision und taken to Hot Lkr.
Holh cars suffered from the Im
pact. A touring car driven by W. M.
McCloskey und t u rniall tourlni:
car driven by W. W. Khine col
lided on the li Gi unde-Wuilo-.vn
lke highway early hist evening.
No one was hud. Both ram wen
damaged and officers report that
McCloskey's machine Is Itierally
wreck. Officer C.. P. llolbroo1
Is of the opinion tliut the re
bponrdhllity should be aNSijuiet.
jointly by the two drivers for the
damages done to the two auto
mobiles. 1061
Rural
Boxholclers
In I'ii.'oii ami ull'mn fiim
lle llM-rr am- fnuf fnijiHV n
cffviinr their inrill h rural
rirr tlminrli tlieif nr? many
rural fnmjllec uliu niH-hr tl:tnr
mail dlif'l at vuiMhih Ht of-fii-e.
To n-af!i Im-m KKll Ihiiii) hy
ilirfct-niriil mi'llififN rn ttdwr-ll--
mtit M-ii'l intt lrv lf)Hii
RLum rnr imis1. i; amj.m:.
Tiie' witn;v amourit mm nt for
adwrlfvm In Tlx (lTer
will buy nearly a ha'f fa ;o nf
paee on a dally rm trai t bal
and ulll rricti marljr
Til It I V. T I M I :s A S M A , Y
HOMIX That imrtrn-lvf Im-
Imw nun appriiatr lhi mi
nsitillv tow reader roM t
hImwti in 1 Ih tilRN-ncr ri:i
la4ly. 'Obenrrr A I vrrt Kin a
A lierciuuidlsln 8rrrk.M
(Continued on Tagp Five.) '
CARS DAMAGED
CALIFORNIA
WELCOMES
AVIATORS
Commander Rodgers-anu
Four 'of PN-9, wo. l's
' xe.v in I'risco
; ... . - . ,
BULLING TO TRY
: AiNUi'lliiR I'lIGHT
3heering Crowds and
Fleet of Airplanes Pay
High Tribute to Intra
piu Flyers.
SAN FRANCISCO . (By , A30
:iuU'd IJruya). -Ooinnuindor Joiin
Itodgors' .and' four men comprta-
njr -the crpv pf.. tlie- acuplano
l'N-8, .No., 1, wliicli. left tlir.-e
A'eeks ago on an attempted flight
o Honpluiu, uu-ivedi at Ban Krua
: sco tliis moin.n aboard: the :j.
i.r. S. Idaho. . . .
The" Idaho was convoyed, by. m
fleet ..of small craft while over
head circled und dipped a fltMt
of airplanes. '
.The Golden Gate was lined with
cheering ' crowds, rager to Jkiy
tribute' to tlio Intrepid flye-s.
Aboard the Idaho Commander
Itodgeis declared: "1 can't stand
:ny kind of a boat now but an
air-boat. I don't know whether
they'll let me try again, but I
surely want to go." --
A parade and numerous r
cciptH marked the program for
Ihe rivers here. - Present pinna
all for their departure for Wash
ington, D. C. early Saturday.
Miners Near Baker '
Nearing Rich Vein
HA K Kit Ore. (Special). - Tho
big . 64-fool -lecohed-out ' quarts!
vein tn the Mother Lode prop
i;ty, which in believed to contain
millions of dollars'' worth of cop
per , ore. is oitly '1 Zli- feet ahead
of the crews which" are pushing
steadily toward It, J. I. Crary,
president of the Mother Lode
company, believes.
The men are mak'ng five fe.t
a day now. At this rate they
will reach the. vein on Us lower
level in 24 days. Mr. Crnry be
lieves that the big vein will be
tapped between October 15 - and
20.
First Scrimmage of
Season Last Evening
The Ui Grande j,igh echooi foot
li;tll silind, under the direction of
Coarh Mai'TavlHh. held Its first
scrlmninge yesterday afternoon.
Another irrimmnge will be held
this ailernoon. beginning at about
four o'eloek.
GETTLXG READY FOR THE DEBT PAYMENT PARTY
TOPS- .
IfflF
' l.ieliteiinnt A. ,1.
nepieniner ih. wneu
jiflniH,
lie lien at
rtlllter nice trinis.
Wllliiuns,
Ooi; Henlnniln Foulols. On IiIb left ai-e Maj. t;eu. .Ma.'.on .M. Patrick, cliler of tho army air serv
ice (In civilian clothes) and Menlenniu Junies Dullttlo, Tlio inaclilno Is Williams' new (Jurtlss aeod
nlane lii which he mode the record, . ' . ! , '
XTRA
(AP). ;rKo H. X or
ris, it'lty engineer, was bound oven
to tiiH'ror court- on a cliniw of
ixMi.s) riuy - to. nmrtlcr Tltonin
uovoiy, Kelo etiltor. nl a pru-
Unt'nary hearing Inst niglit before
JiiMt.ce .William McCoy, nt Vnstlv
fltovk, . Noixis was ivh'aMNl on
IO,0(Ml IhUI. Mrs. Julia Trleo,
who iimtlucls an auto camp, wan
Kruo's priiivipal witnestt last
nlffht, testifybiK that after l.eai
inir the wliot which killed Dovery.
bc naw Norrs run through her
prtrk although she did not know
IiIh iisnM at the time. So dem
ocrat Ion ninrked the hearing.
Large Bribes Offered ,
To Federal Omcers
4a N VHAKCIBCO (By The An-
enqloied press) The offering of
bribes; running Into tne tnousanas
of dollars for the 'release of whls-
key. from government warehouses
was aired-in federal court here
yesterday during tho trial of Char
les Daniels, and Charles Gollnghen,
formerly of - the Great Western
Products corporation, and George
Appcll. attorney. .
They are charged with passing
an jsino bribe 'to Prohibition
iCTun WlllUn, T Int-ilnn In, thn
wllhdrnwnl of wlilskey from bond- I
ed warehouses. :
Mount Ansel Manufactory rile
RAI.KM. Ore. The Double War I
Manufacturing company, wlth'Jweek end four dnvs. The room
lieailfi'jarters n Mount Angel und oeculih'd by the store Is now being
e-iiiltiil stock of $20,000, hns been rebuilt anil an entirely new stork
Incorporated by David II. fai r, will be Installed by Andrew llro
V. A. Johnson and T. II. Ilulld- j llii rs. proprietors or the store,
ley. The Plerce-llarrlaon Motnrj, A crtmi'lelelv, new end modern
company, with capital stock . of front Is being built and Ih" lntor-
12.0IKI and hendiiuarlers In Med- inr is being remodeled aixl new
ford.
hns tieen Incorporated by ( .
H. Pierce,
N. 11. Harrison and W.
W. Allen.
MEule'5 MMtf I CH05C
y
Travelled The Fastest!
of tin- American navy, travelled
I lie rule or u:.ii m an hour
fdiirn'rly a li t leugiu- buxeball slur,
Blaine Hits ,
At France s
Undertakings
Wisconsin Governor Se
' VerelV Scores LafaV"
offo'o C- Aot-a
ette S ' ( ''tyi ASKS
Uoondge to uail n&iz.
MADISON (By the Associated
Press.) Governor lllalne, of Wis
consin, today made public a tele
gram he has sent President Cnol-
idgo declaring that before conver-
laatlons begin with France upon net-1
tleinent of the war ddit, America i the original hull. ' .,
ahould demand a "halt in this , -phu Bnenumlouh fought the line
ruthless wurCar'tv4Ctween t'" ! squall at Je.ust hulf an- hour bf
French and Klfrtans In Mnrnne.n.fSroi.e''rsho Wn; up, Uie barograph
Ilo said "Franc Is Mignged Ih , Instrument showed, -the
competitive undertaking (if , . ' i '
building larger armies and niivles
eMiloltation of the weaker, and;
smaller nations, ; -rne ruuiieas war- i
faro France is making" on inc.,
mountain folk of Morocco is kill
lng non-combatants and women
(Continued on Pgn Five.)
Remodeling of TllC
Toggery Is Started
The fire sale ut the Toggery
Insert hisl I'riduy with a 2ll.lHHi
stork eoiniiletely sold nut In one
flxlures Installed. The store
tho stork were damaged by
more than a month ago.
and
flro
the fastest mile of-anv liiiiimn
at Mitchell Mold, I,. 1 in tlio
Is shown talking with Meut,
F
HP
America for her splendid work to .
end the war vlctorloualy and for"
1,AK"EI1UHST, N. J. (By thethe generous help received by our
Ai'sociuted I'iubs). The wreckage ' people f rom ' the ;0ltlaena of ,. -the
of tliu alrslilp Hnonuudoali wus United States." . ' i ,v
: inspected today by the nuval cou-t
ot ln(lu'ry to form a clearer idea
tl0m tustl"'ony o' the survivors
jU8t w,.at happened to the big;
ship when It broke Up in a storm on the peace o the world, and -over
Ohio September a with the .described the American desire
luus of fourteen oftioei-s and men. jand duty as one In-the direction ;
Tlie survlvois cxp, aiucd to thejof a settlement- that will be fair,
count details of the ship's con- to all and In the practical test
su'uctlon and the Tunction of vu- 'of time,, workable. " ' y " . '
rlous pieces of wieckugo which. The Joint session was foltowed '.
wura aiu out on the floor of
hangar In the relative position of
Jnrian8 Fiffht Fof
Klght 10 USC AleSCal
HKI.IONA (AP)
Whether the
III h le la aufflclunt uuthority for the
i.je of meacal in religious ceremon
IuIh by tho Crow! Imlluna is a ques
tion to lie determined by the Mon
tana Hiipremo Court this full.
Hlg Sheep, a Crow Indian, waa
hi rented and convicted in the dis
Irlrt court for Miff Horn county,
churned with poHae.salon of narcot
ics. Kedernl ngents found in his
pseH.Hion a miuk containing 66
riierteal buttons.
Itljr Sheep explained Unit he la n
lender of the contfreKutlon of the
Native, American church mid that
Ihe decoction from the buttons Is
a neeeHHiiry part nf the ritual of
the church. Htnle und federal laws
miy It 1b a prnhllilled nnrcotlc. Tin
tn diii ii appealed from the decision
of the district court, citlnK three
ncrli tuiitl references which ha hl
h'Ked his uutliorlty tor ponaefwlon
of Ihe buttonn and une of tho liquor
nij.de from them,
Tina1 Include the second verse
of ItnnmnH XIV, und Hcvei.tep.nth
veiro or iievelnt Iouh II, and the
entire clmpter of fnulah fVl II.
liltr Sheep declare that Jm own
ed Ml tnefral iHiltnns before 1023,
when the Mon'rimi law became ef
fective und 1 tint the liquor prn-
pj-red by slewing und boiling the
hMttmiH wiia tnketi only In accord
nnre wl'h teaciiingw nnd doctrines
of the Bible and for no other purpose.
Automobile Gypsy New
And Unstudied Problem
(Hy Chiiili- I', Nlrtvnrt)
W A Hi II N ITON ( N 10 A Special .
Tiie ailtonioMIe poor" -people
wlio have a flivver -uii'l nothing
'.h - entile In for their share of
consideration before the liationul
confei .-in , nf Catholic ehurlties in
W.iHhlllKlfin leceiltly.
I 'lent y of families whole fam
lllea upend their time wandering
iilmlcKflly h round tlie country In
their cms, with nc
living on handouts
other home,
of food and
tniveilng on handouts nf go so lw
M 1 mh I.ouln Mcfiulrc of tlie Lath -
ollco Servica school said.
Homo of th-ae folk stop ncca-
idorvilly. Mi: a Mcdulio ndde I.
while the head of the famMy dmi
a little Hoik, but many of them
ire rniiNtaiitly on Hip go.
A' b nt the fiithep of a filliltly
f iiti'o tiamps" flrtean't get much
f h j(b. for h won't stay by !.
T.ie VH:ihond Inntlnet Is too
it'iiir In him and his dependent.
At noon a he's en rued a fev
lolhus l!iey're on their WHy.
This new kind of gypsVs is so
rerently devl(ipeii that we hard
ly realise we have II with us nnd
It In a-moat entirely unnlndt-d
IIS yet.
I'robahly Mm McOulre, whose
a'tntion was attracted to It
through concern fur tun future of
IS SOUGHT (
American and , French
. Commissions Open Ne
gotiations ; Tfoday ,
mellon expects
workable Draft
Caillaux, French Finance
Minister, v Declares' His
Country Has. Not For-
gotten U, S.?Generosity
WASHINQTON i (By. the v Asso
elated PreBS). The French and
American debt commissions, meet
ing here today to effect, a settle,
ment of Prance's four billion dol
lars war dobt, pledged themselves
to face the Issue as practical man,,
recognising the, problems, of each
other and desirous ot reaohlng a,
q'ilck agreement.:. !'
Joseph Catllaux, Wench finance
minister, ' declared that, ' r France '
has not forgotten, "what we owe
Secretary Mellon," head of the
American ' debt ' commlasloh, de
dared he recognund the Influence
the present conference mlflit have
by an hour's , meeting , of the
merifian' commlasioni 'There la
no announcement of any offer- '
lng of. concrete plana' of s?ttle
ment by either QomtniWlon, Oui
It Is Indtcatad CalHtui fave Um .
Xmeffoan eo'MiWfHIfMi'4 Mmmmit;
aetttn forth iTBci porttipn.' ; : :-
tie negotiations were- tftr be- more
in the nature of a trading propo-
altlon than the submiliton of confr
crete offora and counter . of frs. .
TURK ACTIONS ;
TO
GENEVA. (By the Associated
PreBs). The league of -, nation's
council today dnclded to send a
li'nirue representative to the Mo
sul district of Mesopotamia to In
quire Into British, charges of di
portutlon ot Christians by tha
Turks, :'--.' :
' I'ahhIdai,!-; im i'ils lirnT ::'
' HOOD HIVBR, Ore-A 'cai oc- :
ccupied by five, Parkdulo high (
school students, en route home;
from school collided with a large
slght-soelng car driven by W. H.
Huntze of Portland, on the Mount
Hood loop highway. While, 4lus
sul Curtis, driver of the school
car, escaped unhurt, his compan
ions, Hazel Klnger, Anna Dlm
mlck, Joseph Smillln and Oeorno
Aubert, were cut by flying glass.
Their Injuries were not serious.
The accident occurred when the
school car entered the loop road
from a side road.
children grow In np such utter
vagi anta. is the best authority
relative to the breed. Without
going Into figures, for no statis
tics urn available, she declurea it
numerous and increasing u grave
problem soon to be met.
The treasury department, which
keeps hammering; away on the
idea of the futility of federal tai
I reduction If state and local taxu-
tion 1 to continue to Increase
has figures to prove how serious
, the situation Is.
Three years ago, ' when fedenu
j taxea were higher than they are
now nnd other taxea weru not
so high, of all taxea collected ' in
the country the central govern
ment took 69 per cent nnd Lttte
and local governments 4i. i' Ai
year the federal government t'Wk
2 per cent and state and IocaI
Rovernments 7a.
This,
ficials.
sccordlng to tressi'ry or
is partly becaus." federal
taxrs have been com'ng down but
It Is much more because state
and local taxes have been moving
JP
of course, the slate nnd local
figures are . an average some
parts or the country are wore
than others, but those wheie there
hasn't been an advance are few
and far bstwswt.
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