EA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Thursday, April 29, 1926.
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FRANK a APPLEBY
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NAT!ONAI, ItEr.ATIONSIIH'ft "Yo hIiuII not IllPiHnro op
prfxH on another; hut thou Hhiilt fi'nr thy (lotl; for 1 aui thu
lxrd your God." I.cv. 26: n.
, Wealth may be a burden, as some of the country's rich
tnen insist that it is, but lack of it is quite n heavy load,
too, when you cany it around for a while.
' 5 J-.'!!. .- u rrtr '
! The primary election business is rather quiet these days,
but it won't last long. The democrats will burst forth soon
Kinst Steiwer because he is looked upon as the only
republican senatorial candidate who can win, and the re
publicans will pick all the flaws possible in lie it Haney
liecause ho is considered the most dangerous democratic
aspirant. There will be a little fire and much smoke
with the promise of cool visibility again after May 21st.
H' , an every-other-yenr sensation that voters have to
endure. -. ..' - '
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LA WLKSS CHICAGO.
The killing of a deputy prosecutor in Chicago yesterday
fcy mnchinogup gangsters is a crime that appalls the normal
citizen. ' It is .true that Chicago is' a long distance from
Oregon and that it is a big city confronted with tremend
ous problems of government created by masses of popula
tion, but it is difficult to realize that such crimes can be
Committed In u civilized Americnn wimmnnitv. . !a tint fho
Hint time tnnt tho machinegun killers have operated in
Chicago, . On two previous occasions the gangsters have
resorted to the same means and nearly a hundred mm
dors are on record for the last throe years in the gang
und rum-runner wars. How long will the respectable, law
abiding citizens of Chicago allow such u condition to exist?
How many such crimes need be endured before the public
becomes aroused? . What nro we coming to? It is not as
if these were crimes of crazed minds, of incapable individ
uals! mentally unfit to be at large. They are crimes of
cold,, relentless gunmen, paid a big price to do their "jobs,"
without consideration or care for the law or law enforce
ment.' Their killings serve to terrorize agents of the law
and to place gangsters before the law uncontrolled, free
to do as they wish. It is not a condition that has just
come into existence in Chicago. It is not a new thing for
Chicago. It is something that has been apparent for sev
eral years and it is growing steadily worse, not better.
Chicago people certainly possess the power to cope with
the situation but they seem loathe to use that power. If
they continue in such lnxity, if they refuse to clean house
tor are afraid to clean house, the rest of the country should
force the issue. The safety . of society is in the balance,
the success or failure of future citizenship. If Chicago
can't change the present condition, the federal government
can and should.; If it's necessary to deport several thous
and suspicious characters to rid the city of a score of
killer? who cannot be convicted, the deportation can be
made. It wouldn't seriously hurt Chicago to undergo that
experience.
OUT OUR WAY By WILLIAMS
j -tHli VERV , -1K1ERE ARE VNE DOWf . NK. WMmfl& fW
PtACE FtX? FISH I M This OWDERSTftMO, if -Atf
US, R,SH-r- SPOT! .LOO wMW W CM TWl
THIS WONAJ MAW".' 1 WM, , IfcSL ! fi-lj
, . WELROES ARE. MADE - MOT BORM. " JfJ ''""3
AD AGENCIES
OFFICE
CAT
TMAOB HAMK mQ.
& Junius
COMPARE OUR TIRE PRICES
With Mail Order Prices.
FIRESTONE
"Oldficld Quality" are good tires priced low.
' PRICES REDUCED BUY NOW.
Perkins Motor Go.
lYi'lmp you Imvc nmUcd Unit
very h'w voiihii who Imisn (Im-Ii-1
1 iii I in i ii Ik let ilicni kiuiw II.
A man's "huIimI ijaytt" uro , the
iUxyn ulicn ho uacd to niaku a loh
HliT ol' liiniHcir.
rOETttY
A Ktiy 1 Ilko
- In Hilly HU'w .
Hi) ni'vcp Hiiyu
WH1, well, whnt'H now?
Mir mid her loved Hir liml Iki'h
sltitntf in Hui iliirkciifd iwirlir for
mvcml linurs. Ihc hour has be
roinliijf tNirly, wlirn it sl'pl.Mh
villi h fii in iilHtvo hmktt I ho sll
fiivv, "Yoiiiitf man, yon may leave
(llH liirtiw." - w . 7 :
Thrn Hi" IiivimI one replleil,
"Ves Mr, I illilu'i menu lo take It
wilh me." s i
THE OPEN
COURT
COnnEHPOVDENTS M IT ST
81'HMIT THEIR NAVIES TO
VWfc) KOITOK IP THEVIE
KIHE LETTERS PRINTED,
One of the utranfrest thltiKH In
111 Ih world Ih vliy a man Jiket) Tor
hlH ehihl to be lnulsl1lvu and kcIh
mad when IiIh wife Is.
3IOHE swEirr Tiiixc.s
Hanker wlio Hiiyu ho will o:m
all the money' you need at 4 per
cent.
Yotlr Bweeteat plrl who prefers
(lie street car to u taxi.
An asaesnor who reduces the val
uation of your properly, fin per
cent.
Paved road nil the way and no
let ours.
"Mummy, can't ro to school
toilny."
"Why?"
"I ilon't feel well."
"Where, ilon't you fir.! wcl.,'
"III M'll(H)
ox imon Hicai s iiRoi.s
KvenhiK Ohcrvor:
Will you give Hpace In your pa
per to answer Sir. Coo of the Cove
high Hehool In r'trarl to the meeting-
at KroHty Hchool Iiouho there?
Several people! were out that night
lo hear the dlncuaslon on the sub
Jeet or forming a union high
Reboot at Cove, conxollihttltitf Cove,
Shanghai. Lower Covo, Klver View.
Krosly and North High vulley iIIh-
trletH. -
Mr. Coo was tuklng the ifrirma
ilve side onrt I the negative.' Now
from hi remarks hn In very nntch
rhufed and peeved over 1i1h ilefeut.
In all bin talK he only touched the
school law twice, spending most of
IiIh time playing the Koft pedal, ap
pealing to the public for ympathy
for the hx high cbool of the
county. He then touched upon a
part of section 605 telling tho peo
ple that the budget syHtem applied
to paragraph two of that Hectlon
Jand.lt guvo them a. right to vote,
jthlfl being a mandatory paragraph
linn urn mmn nuiuiiiiis amitH.
school dlslrlctH do not apply to this
paragraph In the union high school
law. He then referred them to. sec
tion f08: All laws governing regu
lar bchool districts und officers
shall apply to union, high school
dlHtrlctH and officers so far as ap
plicable. Now. Mr. Ooc. you have struck the
keynote. In section 60S und I would
say to you look up the union high
school law and jcc what sections
and pnragraphs are subject and ap
plicable to the regular district
school law. Yon know thero are
whole sections and many para
graphs that are not subject to tho
regular district school laws. Instead
of waiting until tho union high
school Ih created and then enforce
; It as. printed in tho school law of
i the slate, 1 think it better for every
I taxpayer to know the union high
'school law who lives outside of ills
itrlcts No. 1. fi. 8. H. id und 23.
The property outside of those dis
tricts Is the property of farmers
of 1'nlon county valued. at 15.43(i.
021 und the six high schools of
l;nlon county are trying to devise
some method or means to get the
privilege of tuxhig 1 the farmer's
property for their ov interest, to
keep tho poor farmers from organ
izing county high schools so that
higher grades may be taught In all
school districts und paid fur from a,
tax levied on the farmers. !
. Now If the six high school dis-
trlets get (he privilege of assessing j
a 3- lo 10-mUI tax on this prop- i
erty they can tell the farmer to go f
homo and milk the cows, feed the!
hogs, feed, the chickens and -water!
the sheep, then bring all of his
years of hnrd labor in taxes und j
give It to us. We, as tho six high )
schools, are the tux eaters and you j
aa farmers, are. nothing but tax1
diggers. Now If any fanner comes
out to defend their hnrd earnings!
you all set up n howl of protest.
You call mo a lawyer I have not,
taken on that degree yet. I am
only looking ufter the Interest of
the common people and to protect
their Interests, and the Interest of
good schools, as I am Interested In
getting ull tho education for our
money we can from a tax payer's
standpoint.
A I am a tax payer of Union
outity and you are not you agiiale
mor tuxes for the farmer to pay
and 1wj for tho six towns or six
high school districts. We. as tarm-
trs, nro paying this year to the
high schools of tho county the
sum of $:!, 242. 25, tho full cost of
education of all students above, the
eighth grade outside of the high
school districts, plus elementary
school fund.
We, as farmers and tax payers
iro satisfied to let well enough
alone and 1 -vlll say to you and
your agitators If you nro not sat
isfled we will withdraw thox $SC.
NKW 'YOHIC, Apr;29. (AD
The Agency commission In News
paper advertising, an gstnullih-
cd. factor for many years, today
eunu' under the scrutiny of , the
federal trudo commission Invest I
Ifuthu charge ol unfair competi
tion in 'letting newspuper udvor-
uxing.
The trade commission seeks to
letermlne the fairness of the pino-
ilce of newspapers ullowing ad
vertising agencies fifteen per cent!
ilscount, wherms the rates iiioted
to direct advertisers ure not sub-,
jeet to this discount. t
The complainants were not
mailt public, although 'represent;!-"!
ttves of several firms using (urge;
amounts of spaco were present.
242.25 and the elementary slnto
school fund for 4U Htudtmtn. our
quota, und esiabllsli - our own
schools under the county high
school law. ,i
I hereby chaltenge you or any of
your agitators to a Joint debate, on
t lie union high school luw Willi n
competent man in the clmir any
where in the six districts compels
ing the Cove union high school.
This will give the people, who nr.1
interested u chance to hear alt of
the good merit and also the de
merits of forming a union lngi
school. I'omc out and we will pre
sent both sides to the people and
tlyy can decide tq suit themselves.
Set the dale and place of meeting
and let me know.
I am not fighting any high school
at all. but I am opposed to the law
governing union high schools a It
is an unfair luw. tuklng the right
ttnd privilege away from tho tax
payer who furnishes tho funds for
operation of tho school.
K. A. WILLS.
'' " ' A licet, Oregon.
CHOCOIATBS I"" MOTKEU ft
doiiANSEN . .
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silver and white together . . . two tones to
temper summer's temperature! White kid,
silver metl-tone adornments Exquisite but
not expensive is Maytime's Calendar Style!
N. K. West & Co., Inc.
La Grande's Leading Store For 25 Years
For MOTHER
on Her Day
Sunday,
May 9th
Make her glad by sending
proof that you are think
Ing of her.
Send Her
Chocolates
We will deliver or mall tho
pnekuge you select.
Leave your order with
us now.
Red Gross
Drug Store
Tho respondents named' were tho
American Advertising Agents' as-
i nptiiHrin. 'I'twi A nwrtrit n Knn'R.
Ipuper Publishers.' usfftjciatlon, ' Tho
Southern Newspaper Publishers'
association, The American J'ress
association and the Six Point Lead.
General objections to the pro
ceedings were made by legal rep
resentatives of the defendant as
sociations. The A. A. A. A. held
there was no public demand In
volved and that it. was a personal
service, while the A. N. P. A. pro
tested It was not n commercial or
ganization for profit. The Six
Point Lead pleaded that it was
not a corporation. Tho Amerf- j
can- Southern associations also,
made blanket objections.
SAILOR NICplCVTS KUI SIO
MKDFOKD, Ore., Apr. 29. AP)
Taking two of the three falls In
his mutch In Grunts Puss last night
Sailor Jack Woods won over Hob ,
KrviBC, wrestling student of Ted
Thyo, of Portland. Krenchy Lcav
Itt; of Portland and Charlie Pavls,
of Mnrshflcld, wrestled 30 minute
to a draw in a preliminary.
CASCADE FOltKKT IIV11NIN
KUGKNJO, Ore. Apr. 29. AP)
Tho first forest fire of the season
In Cascade national forest was re-,
ported yesterday. . An area of tr
acres neur tunnel No. 1, six miles
above Oak Utdgc on tho Natron
cut-off, was burned over Tues
day, according to the. message.
Silk Dresses
' ' Age 10 to 16, slightly soiled.
Regular $15.00 values to be closed , out
Your choice, $5.00
No refunds or exchanges at this price.
Norton's Kiddy Shop
Phone M-500
Cor. 4th and Adams
Fresh Rhubarb and Apple Pies
If you like fresh rimharb, then you ara sum to
like our Rhubarb Ties. Our Applo Pics arc also made
from the fresh fruit.
Call and see usyou arc sure to find somolhinfr
to satisfy your appetite.
Try our new Home-Made Loaf.
G Williams' Electric Bakery
. "Home of Golden Crusf'Made to sen mor .
Open Sundays.
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French Fryer
With Wire Basket $2.50 value only
$1.49
14 QUART
Roll Rim Dish Pan
95c Value only
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