La Grande evening observer., December 01, 1926, Image 4

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Wednesday. Decemlei-1, 192(1,
LA GRANDE 1BVENING OBSERVER
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PUBLIC UTILITY
; '.SISYPHUS SECURES SUCCOR
VALUES GREATER
for the entire family
(Incorporated)
An Independent Newspaper
i 1 ' .. , , i
PRANK B. APPLEBY..
HARVEY F. MATTHEWS..
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COD'S I'ltUKHNt'K "Hut will Ciod Indeed dwell on tho
earth? Jlehuld, Hie heaven und heuven of heuveriH cumiut cou
Inln then; how much Ickh this house." 1 King" 8:27.
LOWDEN AND MEREDITH.
. The condition of agriculture is better than it was in
1920. Commodity prices are more nearly on the general,
level of the American dollar. Fanners arc in better shape
to make a small profit. Perhaps the average individual en-
gaged in agriculture is about up to the average engaged in
business but farm conditions are still far from being ideal
and the low buying power of the farmer is the one factor
spoiling what would otherwise be an unusual period of i
nrosDcrity. I
Realization of that fact is responsible for continuous ef
forts for better farm legislation. There is going to be no
let up in the coming congressional session. That is as it
should be. It's a good sign. And equally important is the
effort of men no longer in public office but possessed with
keen appreciation for the agricultural situation and long ex
perience in solving farming problems. Two men are par
ticularly outstanding in that respect Frank Lowden, for
mer governor of Illinois and a presidential contender against
Harding, and Ed Meredith, faim paper publisher and secre
tary of agriculture under Wilson. I
One is a republican and the other a democrat but their
ambitions from a farming standpoint are identical. They
want more stabilized agriculture so that the workers in that
gigantic enterprise have a better chance to make a profit.
They ae not in complete accord on possible solutions. But
they ar& working to a common end, they are spreading the
gospel of more scientific farm legislation to business and
industrial interests of the east with ever-growing emphasis
on the basic importance of agriculture for the entir country.1
Mr. Lowden talked recently at a big agricultural meet
ing in St. Louis and is likely to become the rallying-post of
many middle-western republicans in the next presidential
campaign. Mr. Meredith appeared before the annual din
ner of the Chamber of Commerce of tho.' State of New
York n week ago with an address on the farm situation. In
cidentally ho offered a solution that will win much approval,
urging a federal commission to fix minimum prices in ad
vance of the planting season for wheat, cotton, corn, woo!,
sugar, and also butter, as major farm products. This move,
he said, would be the most practical stabilizer of the agricul
tural industry. Mr. Meredith asserted that price was the
"real thing that governs production," and that if prices wore
fixed in advance of planting it would go a long way to
ward stopping overproduction as well as underproduction.
He further suggested that the commission, through a fund
. collected like insurance from the farmers, should undertake
. to purchase the crop surpluses, but should not pay for them
until a year following the harvest. ..' j
Many similar farm relief ideas will be considered by con
gress in the coming months. Perhaps most of them will be
entirely impractical. Perhaps none of them will do what we
hope for. lint tho interest and effort of such men as Low
den and Meredith is gratifying. With the aid of national'
legislators pledged to faim relief work, some reasonable
solution should result so that the agricultural depression of
history cannot be easily repeated.
6 Escape From
Klamath Falls
County Prison
KLAMATH KAI.I.H. Die., inc. 1
(Al't Krantle pita or Mrs. Kl
Met 'linden, neftri Hs, phoned to lo
cal urru-ern nnt nlKbt, h-d to the
tllKt'uvery 'that her husband and
fivu others had made a sm'M-Mnfu
escape iixim the tounty Jail ly
Hawing out Iron window barn und
Hlldliifc down a blanket )add-r to
ti-ecdoni.
Mrs. Met 'linden phohed police
that her h unhand, awitnttt whom
she liud flh'd divorce proceedings
uim endeaortug to break Into tho
door uf her ruttntte und tuid she
feared for her life.
HlierUf Hurt liawklns, viallm
with t'hlef of I'ollee Unity l-oucKn
heard the meHsaKt with hiiiukc
ment. A quick rhi-ekup of county
jail prtwun-rs revealed nix mlKHtnir
mill ubMuent fnvefftiiratton show
vil the maimer uf escape, -
I p to en rly t his u f t emonn of -
ftrern had no trace of the fleeing
men.
Those who escaped were:
Lee (Irny, n wait dig trial upon
the chaigo of larceny.
LJ iivCUutieu, thuryd with tha
..Editor and Publisher
..BuilneM Manager
70
14.60
600
...2.60
...I MO
...13.00
..430
...400
I
- Ifsuuiu-e of bad cheeks.
' Jaek .Saunders, awuitlng trial
I upon the charge of larceny of a
ear.
J. r. Kekstrom, servlntr one year
upun conviction of ponsewtlon and
trannportaiion of Illicit whiskey.
"Ited"' Henderson. ihurKeil with
vlnhitton of the prolilhltltiit law.
Mlllo KtnliHH O. charged w Ith
violation of the prohibition law.
.iwa vomi:. Aini:it von:
HATAVIA. Java (Al') Juvunexe
women are uWiikcnliiK to the tin
M.rtnnce of pofwtKiun the vole.
" ncn uitnui i -i year uku .Mr.
fin i-ie t'hajnmin Out and her
friend Aletta Jneol.n. a Dutch fm
! Inint. vlhlted the lUxM hid In it .irchl
j peliifjo. "Vute for Vonin" Ho t
I etien Hprant up with k're.u rapid
! Uy. After u while, however, inter
I et fliiKiced utnl the Women uf
j Jua have tunre been M inlaw ttuir
I'hirimeiiti Kklcr-M fur t..r li..i.t....
the mueiueitt atirr lh hud wu
thi-ir right,
lieentty thire ban he-n a not
able revival mid a rorhml drnmnd
Iiiim tiwn imdb urM.ii the Duirh
eolulihil KOYerntite'it Jjr tb trm.
chine. JaVtinfM Momt- n iu pr
tmirllv liticrHtiul ii. ....... i
j hontnl rfrht end the freedom of
i-iiutcc In inuiitHKe.
Hwedt-n voted -t. IYi hw tl-n.-w
jrot aroiiDd that Mutkt a kill, d
lwV iwvut iu iui:a Ul vr.
Increase Is $0,920,286.64
over Last Year, Tax
Commissioner Finds
I SAI.EM, Ore., Dec. 1. AP)
The apportioned or taxable value
of nubile utility property In Oregon
as equalized by tho Btale tux com
mission for the 111211 tax roll on
which the 1S27 levy will bo biiHt-d
la lllil, 873, 9114.35. Karl Mailer,
slato tax commissioner lma an
nounced. This la an Increase of Jtl,
SL'U,2li.li4 over lust year. The ti
liorlloued value la reached by n
plylns the tux ratio of the ro
niectlve countlea to tho full vuluo
of tho utility property. The full
value thla year reached $Jtii,511.
71S.11. while lust year It wtu
$3Sx,G33, 008.02.
The apportioned value of utility
properties in .Multnomah county
this year Is t45.7H7.02U. 88 um com
pared with J43.222.3K3.25 laat year.
The second hiirhetiY In the Hlate la
L'mutilla county with tl 1,341, -960.84,
against 111.057,100.60 laat
year. Clackamas county has 7.
040,3G9.08 against $7,100,392.50 last
year. Douglas 17,581,410 ugalusc
17. 407, 945. 69 u year ago and Jlu
ker S7, 018. 204. 51 ' iiiaiiiutt 18,903.
122.42. In the six million el"" ure
Lauo with I0.027.71 1.84 this year,
Marlon with $0,035, 952. 15 and
Wasco with $0,407,956.02. Jucksuu
hus $5,260,504.93, Klamath $4,736,
493.90 und Union $5,896,872.23.
The approllonetl value of the sev
eral classes vl utllltios ure steam
ruilroudH, $90,825,534.33; electric
rullrouda, $1,831,543.05; car com-'
punles; $1,615,140.07; electric com
panies, $5,674,004.64; water und gas
companies, $8,407,760.74; Joints.
A32.785.642.73; express $339,820.85;
telegraph $1,833,603.81; telephone,
$12,500,431.53. ",
CHICAGO SAFE
FOR VISITORS
RECORDS SHOW
CHICAGO, (AP) Should ono
on visiting Chicago supply himself
armed bodyguard? ' . . .
Spectacular gang murders have
ii.fti.vtst an imifh iit.wMnti nor nnl Ion B
hAlh hpri und nhrniid iinil hiiVA nt.
cuHioned so much comment on tho.chargu of 10 cents a yard would
cliy'n "luwlesBnesB" that there 'be made. A controversy urose for
probably aru thousandai particu
larly In the smaller towns, who Im
utflne that no one visiting the placo
would be sure unless equipped as
for air advance on tho,,, . enemy
trenches. '
Lhc Normal As Klsowlinre
This picture, the ounio as any
picture built upon tho cunuilathe
effect of a number of isolated
examples. Is false, rUy offlclalH
sit y, citing figures showing that
Chicago, for its size has one of (
the smallest crime records of. any !
city In ill-e lnU ht!uoawl-A.
live a life about n normal and
iineventrul as tho average citizen
anywhere, we ho tittle of crJiuir
conditions that they sometimes .
woii'ler if tln-y aro not iniwHlng out
on something.
PRINCE EDWARD
AND HIS BOWLER
AHORSE TRA! LA!
".7 "11" :.'! 11 V
So clenn ff t limbic Ikih been
I't lnee K'lwnid'H rtdtiiK i-ivd of
l.ne that the um ried fitw n he
wmiii-m with III bowler In till pic
tuir of him unw erlim the rail
of the houiHln at the ijunrn Hunt
In NottiuglutiiiHhire the worried
fruw n lit not ultcyrlher undvr-ail-nduble.
Ifl
' i a vi r i J
h
f CAU BE OF SoAt , j sJ-Jy
''fs
LAD liOAHU AC1S
fAI-BM, On.. 1pc. 1
(AT)-
opted a resolution authorizing
State Rnglneer l.uper
to confer
with the Hons Island sand and
gravel company of Portland and
established a line at the Island
above there would be no royulty
charge by the stale for sand and
. . .. ,, ,,
below which tho rogulur royalty
the reason that Ross Inland In
ROMANCE IN GALLOWS' SHADOW
1'iir love of Kvelyn Tuuk. 22,-year-t.ld l.ee llennell. i.f Leulsville.
Kv Killed his HH-year-old Kra hilmother, Mra. Iti.aa llennell. so he
would have em.iicli money hi mlirry. ; llo has l.een eonvleted of
murder i.ml Kiw.tenred.to death. l.utMIss Cook insist slie will
marry, him before ills fc.eeullon. .This lileture was taken In the
l.iiulMVllle jail after Henn"tf Had 1ieen senleneeil.
TO THE
Through Htreels lined with noldler.-. sailors- end thrmiys nf Mi
HiibJeetM, KIiik Gtistaf. f Sweden, with Albert. KIhk of lirUluiti,
(In larotiche, lead the weddltw proeeolott to the Itmtil Palace
In Stwkholtu for the civil nmrrlHte of VrlnceM! Atrld. King
timuiif'ti niece, and frown 1'rlnce'l.etipold. f UelKtum. Aitr the
ceremony, the ynnu couple Killed on m pa rate men -o" -war for
UruwetM where thrir uuiou wus completed with religious serv
ice six du later. ...
owrtPil by tho company, imiklitg un
unnsua) situation.
ItOTAHlA.NS KXTKItTAI
KUGENK, Ore., Dec. 1 (AP)
James Hlieatty, of Vtetoiia, 13. C,
district governor of rotary, was an
official guest of the Eugene Hotary
club at a banquet and spcclul pro
gram hist evening! Mr. Beatty
was on his annual tour of inspec
tion of rotary clubs In his dis
trict. : PALACE
- , ...
I I, , , 1 ! h ii 'J
! WESTERN OREGON
RAIN SLOWING UP
Willamette River Drops
to 9-Foot Level Pre
cipitation .31 Inch.
Kt'GENK. Ore.. Dec. 1 AV)
Because water has been In tho
basement of the new school build
in ir for so lone, but 1 4 days of
school were held In November in
the Bethel district according to
word received by County Superin
tendent K. J. Moore.
Stoves arc being placed In each
room, und the furnace will bo.
abandoned for the winter, as a re
sult. ''ItlVKH FALLING
"KUOKNJK. jure-, ..lAW-,
Tho Wlllajiietto river wvnt down
to the nine-foot levol last night,
dropping from 14 feet. Precipita
tion here during the past 24 hours
wus but .31 of an Inch, and pros
pects are for a further drop in the
stuKo of the river.
Water washed over a new mar
ket road In the Horton district, and
I he Cot I ago Grove-1 .online, road
was blocked for a day or so by
flood waters.
Yesterday the water went over
the prairie road between Kugeno
and Junction City in several places.
Damajin Slight
Damage to roads wus held slight
by county officials who yesterday
surveyed the situation. Only onco
.n the past years hus there, been
more rainfall in November than
the record of precipitation in Eu
sctie for the month Jut past, ac
cording to Gerurd M. Debroekert,
local weather observer. During
the past mouth the precipitation
was 1 0.75 inches. In Nov., 1 y 15,
the precipitation was 11. SO Indies.
WAKMXG ISNU;i)
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1 (AP)
Itenewed rains in the Upper Wil
lamette valley caused forecaster
b:. L. We lid today to Issue a warn-
The great American
institution
Coffee and toast breakfast
The great resultant
malady
Undernourishment and
irregular elimination
The cofee nd rtoait breakfast can be
changed. Improved and made a source,
of both health and enjoyment if Roman
Meal is uied in its preparation four or
five times a week.
And aa for the children, vrybody
knows that hot cereal in some form is
at necensary to their development,
mentally and physically, as sleep and
water.
This cereal contain the whole wheat
berry, and rye, a most enjoyable re
lief from the too-rehnfd cereals and
white flour foods of this day and age.
It contains in jut the right propor
tion, bran, the eliminator, and fUios.
the lubricator, the latter a most neces.
ary accompaniment of bran, which,
when taken un-relieved is often too
harsh and irritating for a delicate di
cestive apparatus. In other words,
Roman Meal is perfectly balanced
food, containing health, strength and
renewed vitality (or old and younj,
for the sturdy and the weak. It even
tually will Da the Great American
Food, and have its place on tht diet
liat of every thoughtful wilt and
mother.
N. K.West&Co. Inc. J
La Grande's Leading
sLimje
Ing to waterfront property owners
hero to prepare for flood stago of
tho river tho latter part of tho
week. The flood atuge In Portland
la 16 feet. Tho water stood at 11.8
feet thla morning. Hoporla indic
ated the river rising abovo Albany.
KEEJf AMONG SOCIETV
Scon at faahlonablo balls and re
ceptions: I-ady Crewe, wlfo of tho
British Ambassador to I'rnnce,
u-nnpiiia a. white satin cown with
crystal fringes and a tiara and or
naments of diamonds and rubles
Tho Duchess of Sutherland in
black with sciiulned fringe ana
wearing diamonds and emeralds
I.".dy MUllccnt Hav.es. tho Duchess
of Alba and Berwick. In white
ntln with Dearly fringes with or-
naments of emeralds and pearls.
TKACHES MOST lTI'ILS
. BUGIiNK, Ore., Dec' 1 A!')
To H. C. How'c, professor of Kng
llsh, goes the' honor of teaching
the largest number of students In
tho University ' of Oregon, accord
ing to a report- from the admin
istrative office. Total enrollment
in professor Howe's clnsses is 361.
- Dr. C. V. Boyer, hond of tho
English department Is second in
structing an even 300. N. B. Zune
Bohnenkamp's Mortuary
.; . Fifth and Spring St.
CMain 42
BOYS' UNDERWEAR
Age 4 to 12, regular $1.50 and $2.23
values, to close out at 98c
NORTON'S
0 i
THE HOT LAKE
SANATORIUM
Where physicians are always in
the house constantly observing
each patient and ready to at
tend his needs as soon as they
arise.
Dr. W. T. PHY
Owner and Director.
Hot Lake, Oregon
, as taught by experience
A SUBSTANTIAL BANK ACCOUNT
IS "SUCCESS ATMOSPHERE" IT'S
ALWAYS AROUND WITHIN CALL
it's a friend that always stands by
with a helping hand . . . when you
find yourself in a corner
.... slippin' ........
this name on your bank book
La Grande National
Bank
is an assurance
of helpful co-operation
and needful accommodation
carry one
store ror m iears s
jr.- &j ,
usslslunt professor of archilccturo
und allied arts, Is a closo third
with 298.
Tho figures do not lake into con',
slderatlon Dr. Wilmolli Osl&rnc'
personal hygleno clusses, which
number 400 students, nor physical'
education classes.
Never B$ J
MntflPf Foley'8 Hone7 nU
AYlUlllClS' TarCompound is just
what your children ought to have for
coughs,fevrishccld3,croup( spasmodic) '
and disturbing night coughs.
Made by ourown speciaj procuss.it com
bines the curative influence of pure Pine
Tarand other healinKinsrediimts,with thfl
' owUifyinedemulcent effect of clearHoney.1
t Itisscientificallyccmpoundodinair tlj;ht '
coiitaii!?T9 under rigid sanitary control.
ItcontainsnoopiatcEorchioiofortn.hh
bland to tho tender throat of a child, and
is effective in stopping the stubborn
coughs of grown persons. - ,
A fine dependable family medicine
Remember (he Name
IOIEY'SKOKEYandTAR
COMPOUND
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