Monday, December 6, 1926.
Page Four
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
WARNING NMTIN J
THE WAR IN THE AIR
DAVIS' REPORT
- (Inoorporated)
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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