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Monday, December 6, 1926. Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER WARNING NMTIN J THE WAR IN THE AIR DAVIS' REPORT - (Inoorporated) An Independent Newppef , . ' ' FRANK B. APPLEBY . Editor and Publisher' UAH VET V. MATTHEWS . ... ..BualncM Manager Published evenings, except Sunday, at 1416 Adams Avenue, ' La Grande, Oregon. The Observer-Star published every Friday. Entered at the Postofflce at La Grande, Oregon, as Second Class Mail Matter under act of March 2. 1870. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LA GRANDB MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ' The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to uso for pub lication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise . creillled If published therein. All rltrhts of republication of special (tUpuichi in this puper, and also the local news here in also uro reborvod. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES ! liy Carrier . Dally, per month in advanco .;. 75o Dally, per six months in advanco 14.60 Dally, slnglo copy.......... .................................................. ...tio By Mall Dally, per month In advance too Dully, per six months In advance...... .....12.60 Dally, per year in advance $6.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year . $2.00 ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch.................... .............. .420 Display, local, por column inch ..40o . Time contract rates on application. ; Till- JUOAKT Ol1 (iOIJ "The Lord mild unto lllm, I have heard thy prayer and thy HtMipllcatlun; ... I have hallowed thlM Iiuiihp, which thou hast built, to put my name there forever: ami mine eyes and mine heart Hhull bo thero perpetually." 1 KliiKD 0:3. , ' f; , King George and Queen Mary of England are said to buy their own theater tickets, refusing "complimentaries." But ; that would never do with us. Over here, we'd insist on pay l ins them for accepting free tickets. National Defense Streng thened But Little, War v ; Secretary Says ;: ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 AI') ; A warning1 ugainst "blindly de luding: ourselves" on the -subject of national defense f Bounded by Hecretmy Davis of thu war depurt- ;ment In his annual report. Thoro hus been only purllul execution of the plun of defense mapped out In DlliO, lie mild, mid oven tin maintenance of the unny Ion Its present busls "requires thu appropriation of moru funds each your." , "With the exception of a Blight restoration of thu supply of uniniu nltion iit t he expense of u reduction I in personnel, and the Inauguration of tho so-culled housing proKrum," ! liu continued, "conditions have chunked but llttlo since tho rendi tion of my lust unnuul report." ! IViU'CtliiH t of Army , Thu secretary discussed ut wont length the peacetime uses of the ui iny, raiitflitK from tho runniutf of burgo lines to touch lug enlisted men professions or trades into which they o on completing their "hitch" in the army. Kvon tho uir corps came In for trout in ent from its commercial rut her than lis combat aspects. Jteviewlng tho civil side of thu work of the army engineer corps, Davis f latl'ootedly disapproved pro posals to transfer these, duties out of the unny. ' . , "In the long run the present system of administering our rivers and harbors activities Is the most economical," ho aild. "We, In this case, achieve the end ao often urged of making- our peacetime army more fully 'pay Its way',' As an additional consideration Davis pointed out that tho fact that army engineers "are officers of tho army, whose normal promotion - Governor Pierce, according to Oregoniun gossip, is likely to consider running for congress at the next election, withi""' iy cannot be advanced or an eye on the United States senate later on. lie would make a formidable candidate and experienced and active legislator. V ,, ,. ., . , ,ii , , , retarded by political Influences, leaves (hem unaffected) by such considerations in their ucllons." Uunning in the Eastern Oregon district for representative I 'Ui discussing waterway and imr- 4 hn m.Mif rmilcn lifn nnpnmfnrtnhlp fnv nnv orwirl rnnnlilipnn bor developments, the wur setire- nowl; projects should' h'i held in abeyance until completion of these of $8,315.50 was spent on building construction within thej;ZLZ,n a". T woui'i city of Klamath Falls. Klamath Falls Herald. We know luiie f sas.uuti.uou und ut u-ust rue that Bruce Dennis' newly adopted city is going ahead rapidly Ij;!,-1;,1' but we didn t dream that Klamath was a whole year ahead said, ."even if it were practicable Each and every day of the 11 months of 1927, an average of the rest of the state until we discovered this report of - ' 1027 building permits. , , v i ' Me used as an example the Ohio river development, approximately Kfi per cent complete, but "cup able of only about 16 per cent of thu service which may bo expect ed from the completed project." Davis recalled his previous A MILLION OR TWO. MORE The problem of revenue for the state of Oregon is one that the legislators,' when the show-down conies, will have' ""is on the niH-cssiiy or iviiiovins , ,.,.1. K..I W .,!.. ,.l,l.-., .,.. HI. 1,,.M ft,ll, i"1 '"' Porsoiiin-1 irum oiiupiuim'o about in the meanwhile because every citizen is either con cerned with getting some tax money spent in a certain way or in getting it saved in a certain way. Unfortunately, most of us are selfish when considering taxes and we are slow 1 jbui'rarks und quurtcrs ol' wurtlniu construction. SulTlco it to say tluit conditions arc, nuturully, worse, thnn wus thu 'Case a year ui;o," lie sulci. About J7.0OU. lino lias liceoino liivulluble ror liulldlnir nurnosea to look upon tax expenditures as an investment in better, jrrom saio or surplus properly, hut government, better education, and better, living conditions hJtc:,,ncr' that pay proper dividends in existence that becomes more! to other Bowrnmnit dcpartmcntH. and mOl'O Satisfactory. 'M Where properly Is trnnalVned J ,..''.. ,0 another depurtnienl or the kov- Kignt now uiegon laces a dencit ot nearly a million ooi- ernineni." he aiii. "this oiousihk) l,n-,i thnt iq i. livnet ,Mi,,i.K, r,f ihn ulutu ,..111 !,.,, construction fund should receive , fo nil cillllvulellt transl'er credit trom be paid by additional taxes from one source or another. Ex-nne uppropiiaiion or that depait i)unses continue. We can't have the same things next year i""'"1-" . . ,, , . . . 1 'U! wlu secretary pttl his root that we have this year, without spending a like amount ot down on the return to duty of of ' state money. So there is the problem of meeting the deficit tlwr iralnt,a'10 "-' ktviiiun ...J .... ,1 . .i..r:..:i. l..i.. a i I 1 !"1 nvw tuiu piu'unLii!g iinuiuur iiuticii uuei. v iiiiiiioit or iwv more seems to bo a necessity but how to get it? Tho Eugene Guard is of tho opinion that a polltax would bo a .reasonable revenue method, and says that numerous members of the new legislature are giving serious considera tion to the idea. The Guard comments further: "The poll tax has never been u popular tax, but it is hard to see just why it has been unpopular. U reaches thousands of persons who rln nut ill hi.l-u'isn nnv hn-ni if nnu o,n t Tlin nvnmnlol'"1'' before her deleRales leave . . . . . . 1 '-" .v,. (!,.,vll , ,.,.,,. a definite UKl'cc- mm,: JOraffiC SJsai" MifJ f(SfS - Then two turkeys jrot Into somo kind of an argument niaybo over which one would mako the best K'nvy while they, with tbousiiiulH more, were bclnf,' aucaloned off at llatfMd, I'a. Ho they bad an aerial combat and a photographer caught 'cm ut It, WIIKN TIIM Wlltlfl SADDKXS (H,v lriico Jcnnls in Klamatli Fail- Herald) This forenoon ' the Associated PrcMM wire opened as usual with its wrlut of news of the world. To the A. I', and Its operator, Otto lu lls, news Ih a product, a crop each day t' lo harvested and put away, stories of the Balkans, stories of. floods, Htorles of iOastern states, Pass Item Without Recommendation HAMCM, Ore., Dec. 6 (At1) The state budget commission hus tenta tively iiffreed to para up to the legislature without recommenda tion an item of $ii(l,00 in Ihe bud get of the estimated requirements tumbling into The Herald of-of tho children's farm homo near camo flee over the wire, which is one nerve of tho greatest news gather ing and dispensing structure ever known to man, the Assuciuted i'ress: . - We scanned sheet ufter sheet as Operator Mills ran them from hi typewriter. I tig news, lots of It, but wait a moment stop for a sec ond let the busy wire through re spect be stilled,' for before us lay tho brief telegraphic statement say- C'orvallis, a new slate ulded Insti tution. Tho money is desired for the construction of an administra tion building, including residence for the superintendent to cost un 'estimated $47.uO und one other building to cost f IIS, 000. The budget does not make it clear whether the instil ut ion is o Hieing this us an appropriation from the state, or whether It is simply mentioned as one of tho iFrocks $T()-75 Pre Holiday Sale Armed "Control Irks Germany; ' Draft Protest IIKNUVA, lec. 0 (AIM -tier-many xi'lll niake u ilelernilned ef- nient upon an early date for cca- the Inter-alllcd military ought to bo required to contribute at least the small amount of the polltax to the cost of the government which protects ! "',','',",", ' vnem and under which tney live. Hie polltax is compara- This declaration a made to tin lively inexpensive to administer and collect, because cm- A!"1"1'''1 iw iminy iiy mcin- , . . , M'er i,r the (lefiiym deleKutlon at pluyeis cverywheie can be required to deduct it from thejii.e cud or the rirt mei.iin or the salaries or wages of their employes, It is so small that it143''1 K, winn or the icacnc or on woi'ks no hai'dship on any individual and yet it would pro-j'l'n"tt!'n,''"a ,niiK the (lerman (luce an amount which would go a long wav towards meet- i'pic "v'''' ""' i"ier-aiiied con ing the deficit with which Oregon is just now faced." . "ZZZTZSZ The suggestion seems to be one ol the sensible ways out hv reckoned with even more of the present mess. If revenue f.xm, a pollU.s were'avail-lllrr''o:,.";:!:.:: ''"In" 'Z able and tho legislature at the same time provided tor more Knim-iami. iw.nitnUU crinnd in.., ! ..4 .Moreover, Germany will Insist lug. "Md. Wright, a nutlve son of "l('fds of the school, so it is not i:nlon county, Oregon, ' former probable, that tho commission will proHCCiitlng attorney und also see-,11 on t. retary of the public nervice com- ' mission of Oregon for everiil vearsi . died at hfs home in La Grande last ' 1 AIJ'h " ISI'I night." lU'fiMNM, Ore.. Dec. (A I') Jlow a shock will change you In 1 Designation of wine as catsup, by an Instant. The hurry and runh of ( cimceallng the whip In eutfup bt a dully newspaper respectK nothing. 1 ties, Is charged to Peter A. Kyllo, but when a friend such us Mil 11 rrested bore Saturday night. Ktfty W right was to Hie wriier passes ,mp bottles tf the allegd Ihiuor were on. u vacuum forms and for u brief , sled by tho arresting officer!, time we know not what is going i I -r- ' ""our mind run a moc,,,,. p,e- i itARSRRIVERS 1 tore film, when ire l eallzed 10 d ASK $00,477,36o Wright wiiH Kone und w itoed ; - amiln on the banka or the Cirandi!'. , ' . Itonde river, or rode throuuh Pro ; ."n'""''.d.if!'0"'i !ee ,":) Dell with Kd WrlKht when he was ' county clerk. proHocutor or com-'"1"1 SSK-1"'": foliinihla. river mlHKlon aecrelarv. IIIh voice seemed ,in'' trlhdluries above Celllo Kails to reaound tluouKh the ennvons u-: lo n",h or Snake river 85.0(10; It did when we visited ull., Snake river $14, Mil). lake and other pointa where he I Second I'nrllund, Ore., district: loved tn point out nature'a beauty ''olunilila liver mill Lower Willu aud plan the days when ho ciiuld "lettc fivers below Portland. M-Hl.-Ilve on. a cuttle ranch in the Snake ''h'lHkanle river $7.llilll: Wil- rlvcr district ami let. the real or l'''tli- ''Iver above I'otlland $tii. the world ko by. ;0uti; l.ew.la - river Ji.liliu: Cowlitz lint, he l none. Ilia nineh llv''r -.ln: Skauiokawii creek dreama will not materialize. His J2.1IIU. usel'lil (lll'e to atate. cuillity and! Seattle district: Wlllupa river nelKhluirs ceases. We .pick up an- nnl harbor $:i'l.lMUl: Grays harbor other message: tills one la rriuii his-"n,l lli,r entlence f .iiii.iiimi; I'liiret uoml wile and she savs. "Your Sound and Us Irlbulary waters I'rleml J'ld. WrlKht paased on lust $'t!l,ll(Ml; waterway, I'ort Townselid nlKhti t'unerul Thursday ut ' to Oak bay S7.5"0: Scultle liar o'clock." i bor $I2.I)UII; SkaKlt river :).tu)0. So, Mil. Is none. Ills work is f I n-! ' Isheil. The years of Moclal. po-! CONGRESS IS iiuem ii on misiuesM aetivily. la' which niaiiy or un playeil our part! in Life's drama along with Kd.j rlt;hl, Imve cmnblned to make upj inai ining we call Itle mi this earth. H Ml 1 1 is. Values to' $35 45 Regular Stock Dresses Priced to Clean-Up! , THIS sale of frocks coming just at the start of the Holiday Season should mean a great saving to the thrifty miss or ' madam. The assortment includes the, smartest of daytime frocks, all up to the high standard of La Grande's Leading Stoic. Satin, crepe, wool and jersey in clever youthful styles and modes of the more dignified type. Altogether, a most attractive and alluring assemblage over which any woman or miss would enthuse. lb , See Them in Our Windows. r . ' Wnr llvni' 'Leadimr Kf If WOQf JRj fin Inf Twenty-Five I "The Store of Christmas Cheer" mi wi 11 y iftnTirnTTnrrrrTr r Store CON VENED IN WASHINGTON How easily the silver chord Continued from I'age One) ; grams prepared fur the senate und , house. G(M.ll(lgi Mrss;mo Tomtimnv ! President Coolidgc's annual mes ' sagr-, which will be sent to tho 'capitol by special messenger this ' year, will not be delivered for reading in the senate mid bouse until tomorrow, to be followed Wednesday by the annual budget 'message. ... As .soon as the latter lias beeif read. Chairman Madden of the appropriations, committee plans to ylace the tofiaury-post of fice supply bill before the house and press for action before the end of the week, making room for a s' in liar measure a fleeting either the Interior department or tho Mgrictitt oral depart meiit. norTi-: ntaxmnj i p Kl tilINK Ore.. Dec. t (AP The new OiiHeade route of the Southern Pud fie railway companv nials Introduced at the reue.st ot various o-ganlzal ions, but many pressing for attention and some body vigorously eolit rnversed issues which portend lengt by debates. Appropriation bills to supply is Mtandlng up remarkably well for; funds for all agencies of the i would not le lackiiiK to keep Oivjron moving fonvard. 1 innon luodlilciiilon ot the prnjeet to It's . invest the league with the right .to wo oilnlinh in ImIW nhnnt rn1iw.in., ,v,li 1 t I Invest ig to t.ermnn armanients - " f- 1 1 1 1 hi i (IIIM LUMI our I)udtret down to pivsont income lovcls, hut suoli iictiun would result in as lug a howl from many sources as a tax increase The presi-nt stamlaid must be maintaind and additional money is needed to do it. XCCIl- ilves branch of the. govern men! must be enacted and advocates i C legisliitton touching upon radio control, prohibition, taxation, alien p-operty. Muscle Shoals. branch banking farm: relief anil rivers and harbors are clamoring for at tention together with several inter national problems. Among these. alien property, radio anil the Mr- I Pudden Mraneii banking bills, the j l.aussane t reaty with Turkey and j "Is he ,dead?" he asked anxl-jlhe treaty to outlaw use of poison- : oiiMiy of the doctor who was at-, ou gas In warfare have been ac ! tending the victim, j corded plan s on tentative pro- u new roadbed, according to K, l King, jnperintendent r j,,, pOPt-; land division, who has returned; from a trip over the new line. Violent siorms have battered the roudbed, but it has withstood the, attack, King said. The plan to In-! augurate paasenger service over the ! route about April 1 of next yeur will in all probability be carried out, he said. I SAFETY: Inhleti It Is alil milmtitutfd ror the I lilM -alileil eoiitrol. wdMloMm Safely Camtmiabiy TItAVEt, IIY MOlXtlt Kl'AtiR It lias liecn rolioii lh;lt a mal-ket. al.le oil can lie luaiie trout cherry stoliea. The .Mooes are llealfil. tin' Midi hroUen anil the oil inaile l'roin the kernel within. The shells are useil tor rtiel. tieftfn lt t.t-iiuilo for .tiiMpph " linker Hint ItlllKfl " " linker oiilj " " I'emllrlmi 1 1 :0tl A. M. :itn A. M. - i.nn i :25 A. SL . ! I. :3fl 1. ' S:50l'. M. . B:ll M. M. M. .M. Connectlrti ot Pen'llflon for Walla Wnlla. Trbco and Port lan.l; at I'ortlnnd all polr.l. Routh ami North. 141 (irnmlR ltpHit IMitmp 7vt Ail Moilcm diair Car Htayr. Koch American pays an average of two dollars a year for the Mip port of the army. Colds Insist on the u'most A cold nmy be stoppfd In hours, the r-'er phecke.i. the bow. es opened, ihe entire fystem toned The way I 11 1 ll,'S a w ay si i ffleleut that we ptl'l $l.iMn,aaa Titr It. Oon't rely on b wr hei, Mnd don't delay, (t the M,nlck. rotttptetc r'iults that 1111.1.8 in bdmrlng mUllons. HlLLS CKr-8rMKt-0umm H Mtrv van tt MUX'S. In ttw r4 hem ilk yortrftlt Al mil diugnt M. INFANTS' STAMPED DRESSES 59c INFANTS SWEATERS Tink, blue or white, fancy trim with handwork collar or down front. 79? to $1.75 NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP DRUGSTORE Make it an Electrical Christinas Consideration of the treasury post office bill be intern) pled Th u rsd a y , h o w eve r. under x a n agreement effected ut the last ses sion for taking up the proposal for increasing th" ."Hes of the fed eral judiciary. In the senate, lee. 14 lias been'ifi-;d as the date for beginning consderatiou of the rivers and harbors bill which was passed by the house at the lust session only after a hitter fight and was the subject of acrimoni ous hearing before a senate com mitlcc. ins Treaty I-'l-'Iit Looms Kxecutlvc ' nominee1.! will fill many of the , one thousand or more vacancies in various federal wr vices will make, the firs! of t he session lively for those Interested it: patronage, while Chairman Borah, of the senate foreign - relations committee, intends to- start the battle over the gas treaty without delay. it and Senator Swansou, of Virginia, ranking democrat on the committee, will lead the fight for Ihe treaty, while the opposi tion, which Is backed by the Am erican legion, will be headed by Senators Heed. of IVim., and Moses, of New Hampshire, repub licans, A legion committee hils been delegated to stay in Wash ington during the fitrbl and to do' what It can to bring about rejec tion of the t reuly. WAKKINCrTON", Hoc. fi (Al) Tlie s wearing in of Senator-Kleei Ciould, of Maine, was interrupted today by Senator Walsh, democrat Montr'iri, who asked an investiga tion of charges of a payment of, SI en, (mo by Gould interests to of, ticials of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Senator Walsh offered a resolute- n asking t hat the senate clecT Hon committee go Into the matter; but the resolution went over for tt day on motion of Senator Curtis. Kauris, the republican leader, and Senator- Moses, republican. Now I lauipshlre, ' nkkks i:i;ri;iti;M)i f WASUINtlTO.V, Dec. (i. (AD A reolut ion proposing a national referendum on prohibition was in i rod need in the house today by Itepiesentative tiullihan, democrat, MUKStirhUscttM. BABY'S COLDS ft q aro soon "nipped In the bud " without "dosing" by usof V Va fo Rub Ovr 17 Million Jar Um4 Yearly ELECTREX Coffee Percolator of S-cup capacity makes excellent coffee 'right on your breakfast table. $3 Glass Drugs lac. T ftcWo Star La Graadc, Orcgoa as taught by experience A SUBSTANTIAL BANK ACCOUNT IS "SlTCCESS ATfllOSPHERE" 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
