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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1926)
Pafffr Pour Saturday. January 16, 1926. "LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Jm (Iworporatml) An ImtefMniilriit. Agw-hwiki FRANK n. ATPI-Enr.. ..Editor ami Publisher 1IAUVKY Y. MA'l'THIiWfl... ..... Business Manager published evenings, except Sunday, at llltl Adams Avenue. La Grande, Oregon. The Observer-Star published every J'rlday. JCalored at the rontoffk'6 at J.u Urandu. Oregon, us 8econ4 CluaM Mall .Mutter under act of March 2, 1S79. OFFICIAL. PAPKR OB" UNION: C.OVHTX AND THE , . t-'ITlf OF LA ORAND15 ( ' . .. . MEMIIKR ASXOCIATKI) PMKH8 TUe Associated rreiw hi exoluglvcly entitled to use for pub- ' Uratlnu of ull ni'ws dlsputchf-H credited to It or not otherwise credited if published therein. ' All rights' of republication of spciul dispatches In tltts pupcr. unci ulsu the locul new here. In also urn reaervea. SUUSCIUPTUIN JlAI'Kb ",'!"."' ' lljr CutUv ' Xtally, pr month, in advnr.. lially, per six Juontbs In ndance KaUy. (finite copy Pally, per month In advance lJalty. per six month In advance ijally. per year In udvunc Weekly Observer-Htar. .per your ...... 7"t0 4.:.0 to ; r,no Ji.io $.'..00 J2.00 ; . , ', AUVKHTIfUNQ KATKS tlsplny, foreign, per column Inch.......... ...... Display, local, per-coliuun Inch... .'. Time contract runs on application.. 4:'o 4'ic l'ltlK.VDf.lN'nSf! "And the J.ord came down to see the e" which the children of men hud bulhlcd." din. Mti""11 ""TTTYrra' trtMMTWtiiin . OUT OUR WAY By WILLIAMS msgw'r- iipiii; im fi ffl CM y ' - i! i 1 . A '; .i.'il ' ' : T-" " ;' VZTii '-'St'.;' I MV-rWyf ',! II'-' ;'. 'A.Berlin modiste predicts that ekii-ts will entirely dis appear., Maybe she bases her prediction on the fact that they;'are now going in that direction. , The interior department, in writing off over $14,000,000 - of j deficit on reclamation projects, should remember that ut least half of that amount can be blamed on poor poli tics while the other half is blamed on poor land. ; Action by the City Planning Commission is now all that is required to get the street lighting improvement in the business section definitely before the people. That body is expected to take the necessary steps in the near future and the; new system should be installed by early spring. It will, mean much to the city in improved .appearance. The proposed apiwintment of Marshall Dana to the shipping board from the Northwest is receiving the sup port of both major parties in the state and would be a happy .solution.. If there is anyone in the two states who is more loyal to the interests of the Northwest, who is more keenly' interested in its needs and its possibilities, who is more sincere and . straight-forward in his purpose than ( Marshall Danawg do.ny kjitijji him. The North westxauiu try is a hobby with Dana he thinks it, talks it, dreams it, works it The very nature of b,is activity for many years would make him familiar with its requirements from a bhippjng standpoint. Although a Democrat in. politics, Marshall could be counted on to be loyally devoted to the i-ntire section he would represent Partiality for petty rea sons is foreign to his ideal of service. His appointment would be increasingly popular ns time goes oit. ' .. u.iii i .1...J.1.LI u it ; . THE MOTOR LICENSE! LAW. Jj, To the motor car owner who hasrt't yet . applied for his ' 1926 license tag and to the owner who lias decided to keep his car in 'storage until ho can get a half rate on n license next summer, it has possibly occurred that a regulation that permits delinquent application or.ajlows complete ex emption from part of the tax is wrong. In many cases, the automobile is the only property possessed that is sub ject to taxation. It is personal property in Which several hundred of a few thousasd dollars have been invested. Yet the state gets no tax return from the owner in case that Individual wishes to keqp his car in disuse for a year. ' If the motor vehicles of Oregon are to be taxed by re quiring a license fee, every car owned by a resident of the fctate should be required to have n license every year for the complete year. If he doesn't use it, that is a matter of his own concern. The stale should not be interested in a question of usage even though the revenue goes for high ways, but merely in a question of ownership. A farmer's land is taxed without consideration as to the amount of use he puts it to, without regard to his income from that prop city. The amount of profitable use of an automobile should not be tlio basis of taxing it. If licenses were required for the full year on all Ore gon care, we would be rid of the present foolish regulation that new licenses cannot be put on until the first of the new year. Possession of a new license would be .absolute proof of previous ownership of the old year's license. A complete check could also be made on all vehicles owned In the state, delinquents could be listed with accuracy, and additional fees for owners delaying the purchase of licenses could be inaugurated. Many states already have require ments similar to these and every motor vehicle must bo licensed by the owner until he can submit an affidavit that it has been junked. Oregon's recent requirement for a certificate of ownership is one step in the right direction: Other changes are needed because the present law is both unfair and inefficient mmm$ -W li -V v ,J.!?'ll.AMV I It, C. i;CA SEHVICC. INC." THE OPEN ' COURT COnnFfiPONDF-NTS MUST SUBMIT THEIR NASI KS TO THE KDITOR IP THF.YIE 11113 LETTERS PHI XT El), OFFICE CAT TNADt MAW K H0. By Junius : Yesterday In Washington Sonic itonplp nra so dumb that tliry think n l.oiW'lmilur In the -.. Tip to young1 ninn The Awl frot Mh ri'iHitfitlon for wlwlnm not by koopliiff Into bourn hut hy koopinfr hlH month tthnt. . ' If I'VPryhody cpuld ilo oim- t It hi It tiHcful vh;ro would the worhl kH tm Hlfory crlllrB? ItMVAIIK! Sonm pi'opl- tviy Dint talk tHcheiip, tut 'tlH not ttiif" to hrrU them: I've known two Mm pi it words: "Bo mlno." . To cot it tmin his fri'rdoni. , It iimih! to 1h' said "Tlio ItoiiinnM nilr Ihc , world mid tlir lvomni rule lite KoitmiiH." Now Uw women riili?Th'ir ivoilirTin(l"flH incn nn1 iifrakl to Imtt in. , The mont .pulheilc thlnK w run Itlnk 'of l tho limn who choked lo death on a life saver. Town boys lire, greener In the eountry than country hoys In the, town. .... "I was Just rendlnfr about a man who one day trk-d to Imnff hliiiMi-lf and .the. nvxi day he not mtirrled.M J - VYeah! Komn folkH Juftt hnln'l' tUtYl'I'tHUllKflfd," I The ultimate- In futility In Ink Infi ll rolh-tre roursr In Joiirnnllmn and then jolnlnir the Htaff nf a lahlnld luiWdjiftper. , 1 ' A nxr, n hone, n lipntlrk u.'dt "AliH nature jfnwid," b;r Inver ; wild, i XO JlOl llT! . j followed by Saturday." Woutlu r report, JUHInjrs, Mont., Ill a tie. i Whleh do yon think enn tell I (lly AiMMlnted I'ress) The Iioiiho approved the Italian debt settlement, Senator Cole lilense deliver1 1 a licit her iittiirk on diplomatic II-tiiioi- Immunity. Cluii-Kos of monopoly were heard hy the Iioumc committee consld- Ihe bitfffest flHhermen ? lies Kolf players or " wiiil tlio serloUH country is calllnR "Heniember, friend, "your you." " T know that." replied Senator rilldoxen. "but different parts of the country are culling nie diff erent thtnKa." erln rudlo ltri lnt Ion. ebute continued In the sonati on tli wctrld court. 0 ' Harvey S. I'Mrestor.e ifve )ous4 cominittec his views on rubber. Hearing's on the Watson-Park -r railroad labor bill continued bo fore tiie senate committee. The Hntitflien co-ofmrativo mar keting bin was indorsed by tlK house uki'W'mM lira I coin in It tee. , l'ennsylvania boiiHe inembcrR conferred il )i labor department officials on the anthracite sus pension. . 'The co-operative marketing con ference njs'ieed to refr the sur plus question to a committee for study. HI, AMI VKXATIOI'K LAWK Po the Kditor - The. ffunduy Oreponian contain ed communication over the name of August Holm, crltlsliiK the sec retary of state's office for the red tape fn IshuIiik certificates of title to uutomobttes, and the-Question is asked: Vhy should the car owntt-a unawer u, lot of allly ques tions on the application blanks and waste tho owner's und slate's time?" . ' . I have no brief for Secretary of .Statu Koitcr, nor. do I iJelleve that any defeim in his behalf Is neces Kiiry, because he is recognized us one tho most efficient , secret aries of state that this stnio- has ever had. "In juiHice 'to him, how ever it should he stated that the law prejfertbes what the applica tion Tor H-fflslratlon of lltle to an aiiloiiMililli shall contain. And not Secretary of State Kozer (see chuptur 20U, taw 19SB).- .. The secretary of -state "simply carries out the requirements of the law, and if there Is any blame- to be utlacbed- to requiring . ownerH of autornobtlca to . answer "Hilly questions" in order to obtain.;-a ecrllficalo of title the blame Hh'ould bo' placed on .the 'enactors of . the law, und not on -the 'secretary ' of slate, who has no discretion, but follows the requirements of the law. . . .v : : 1 People are too prone to blame those w ho execute' a law. that they do not like. Home-people blame the sheriff who collects tho taxes becauHO the taxes nre hlph. when ',ho has notiujiiff whatever to do! with the assessment of . property! or the. levy of. taxes. I think my- j self that there la too much red i nine in ecurliiir a certificate of .title to an automobile, but t-hat Is not the faul( of the . secretary of sin to.- One consolation the' law i i provides: "Said certificate shall be j Kood for tho life of tho cur so lotis utf the samb Is owned or held by the original holder of such certificate and' need not be renew ed annually or at any other time except aa provided." . There- Is no question but that ille laxv 'requlrlns' the rej-lstra-Jion , of title to automobiles is a pood, law and that tt will prevent the i theft of automobiles und assist in their recovery when stolen, us well as enable a purchaser of' u ! srcond-hujid automobile to know: i yhal Uln.l of a title he Is obtain- : : J, v. Knowlefi Ctiamlrrr orriccrs Klreteil ' COUVAI.IJS. Ore., l- T. Whitman, 'prominent merchant of this city, was elected president of the Corvnllis chamber of commerce A-A. Hull was elected vice-president; 71. W... Hand, secretary; H. i. Woodcock, treasurer, and .1. CiauH, AV. V. Kennedy nnd M. II. Meverri. tnmleea Slate Presidtrnti Vlnlnjf delivered an uddnss. Hosiery Three World m Famous Lines PHOENIX " ' i ' LA FRANCE KAYSER' AH the popular costume Hhadra in Hilk, Chiffon, I'ure Hilk and JJsle. ' Fiill-fushinned und mock seam. At Itcrtiiml J'ric, N:K. West& Co. 1a (ramle'ft l-mliiii; fit ore l-'or 25 Vcaw ; ST. PAW. Minn Playinpr -wKh ri, revolver th9UKht unloaded, C-trear-old K tilth Mason . shot her Uunt in the neck, .. . June Ih one of tin1 lucky mouths lo be twelve murrte'd un- n sir.ri ii.wdit r:i:TTi:i I'ALKIC.MO. Italy Before the exi'cutton of (liacomo J'ierri, the "musical bandit," . lie composed violin selectiuu Iti bis cell. Red Cross ; . ; ;Dru Store - The Mast Effective Worker! Monvy Is the most rr.rtlvp woiUpi- In tlip worl.l bicauo It NHVKIt JiKKTS. Dny und nlRht It is u lt task carniMK. intenst, liiinBlnB in Income for Ita owner. Hut It must be. Investeil . before It ran work. I Ami. that Is what tills hunk, dues with your money, sharlnn the earnings with you by puylns you 4 interest on evei-y dollar you let us use. l.uo opins a SuvinKS Account anil obtains u I.llier'y Hell Hank. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon T FtTNERAL DIRECTORS La Crande's Lcadinj Firm Kstablishcd 189fi f If you m"c m hlir Hon inmlntc after yiMi n hipping his tall and lb khiit IiIh iitiHiIh. there is on!) one. thing left, to tli And that U to) run home, rraul Into imt tH-inetit and hm-ii the fiminct door and thoiel Mr. I. ion In. He'll Iumc ft warm time before he ctf mil of ItH-rts Miy m(Ktcr. a Inn mi you. Krom what tin l.imt (VmiI ivmt Jil arrUcl and I look- ii iK m yim.i rTT-m nac inr i.m-i liwnuui rmM It ml be llw ktntc of ihn twU. ltut it the hhm sahi niun Mlhm" to n lic'll think tm nni a hlir lt thr next time h iwih llmnmli lm tiramb. 1 llownvrr, the liinipn are larye ami l'ok nitfrhty ftnr ami hum wll: thrown out tot of heat, ma..iO n-Y Um oVHrrvl. j Claude C Pratt j Lumber Co. i Tka Poor Mas' WmiT Nr KmiKlry. rimmi 41-SW Ha aaad n Hovel - Useful ri i mt 01 - . Completely Ready JAaUt Stamped JrXtnbraideri 5M 353- yhats 'Get Yours Now! They Go Fast On the la-it order. , 12 dozen skl in 10 days. each 2051 See the made up models in our windows Popular colors. Woven, checked, Brocade. Designs easy to work. M Norton's Kiddy Shop . 2053 1) each Norton's Kiddy Shop W. II. BDILNENKAMP CO. 2 1
