La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 14, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextI'ap-e Pour LA GRANDE EVENTNO ORSPPVFR Monday. January 14, 1920.. 11 ( lnrMraifflt An lml-K-iii'iM -wwwr "HANK B. AHHLKBT tfidtior fend fublUhr HARVKV V MATTHKWH Hubltwhec) wrninKH, except HunfJity, at 1418 AAnmm Avenue), Im Orttndn, Orcituii. The Oinwrvwr-Htar puhllnhert evry Krtdny. - MnrarHi ! the pout off ice at Ia (Jruude. Oricon, ft Heconrl Class Mail Mutter under act tit March I. 1R7B. OFFICIAL I A I'KR OK UNION COUNTY AND THE CITY OK A OK A NOW MHWHKH AHHOCIATiCD PKK88 : The AtwociHtfd Pre in exiilualvely entilttl in um for piihllc tlun of uti fjcwM iliMpuUriH urdilrrt to It or not nthefwiM iiredltexl If (iiiollKhHii herein. All rtKhlH uf republication of iclal Jta pat Chen In thin paper, and uIko the local news hesaln alwi are reserved. " V HUBHCHII'TION HATKB , ' ' liy Carrier Dally, pei month In arlVHiica .M ....,....-........- 71c , Daily, mx mitiulis Itt advance ........,.,..,....,............... I4.it Dally, alnKle copy ... , fio ' . -'- Hy MH Daily, per month In advance j in,iiy, perm iiiuiun in wuiuiil-o . DHlly, per yeur In advance ...... Weekly Obaerver-Htar, per year IH, 60 $8.00 :,5ij ADVWHTIHINO HATICH lt Uiitplay. fcrelvn. per column Inch ,( tFlrilitv. Inc.Hl, per column Im-h ..... Tim contraot prices on application. - 410 If new TWO KILLED IN PORTLAND CRASH Young Man Held on Man slaughter Charge Ac cident Toll Four . I'OltTI.ANft. Ore.. Jun. 14 (A!') I.yln WIlBon, 20, wan In Jail , here toiluy enlarged with Involun tary iimnHtsufrhter, a ftirl and a '. youth were (lead, and three others were In hoitpitale. the result of an I automobile ride following a week j end dancing party. The automo- bile, driven by Wlliton. crashed j headon Into a telephone pole at 2 Mm. Ilerniee Seymour. 31. and Theodore Bunkuhl. 21. were killed. The Injured were: Kffle Gibson 17: Catherine Patrick. IB: Walter Lord, 19. All suffered broken legs, cuts ami bruises. Their condition wne reported todity to bo fair. ' Police mild Wilson hud been drinking. A feller him to he mlirlity orn ery or mliclil) irront lo lie iiikMtMl iIii-hu itujra. Dr. HrlMluiiM- lulu Mllliilrnun rrom III' Kluic Ueonse CHM. John Coolidgc, i;o we icn'd recently in dispatches from New England, has been elevated to the rank of major in the state militia, special action being taken in his ca.se to insure proper giado for the Hon of n president and the future scn-in-law of a governor of Massachusetts for some state function. If there arc no other considerations, such action puts both stale officials and young Coolidge in a ridiculous light. Even though the rank is nothing more than a title, jt is a sad commentary on our modern democracy, If John Coolidge has done, anything worthy of special reward or precognition beyond being the son of a mediocre president, ;ve,have yet to discover it. He has, we are ghfd to say, been 'properly modest in the past. It is a quality he can well culti vate in the future. ' . - HOME RUN KING'S WIFE IS BURNED (Continued from Past t) PROPERTY TAX REPORT w TJio report of the Property Tax Relief Commission, which has just liecn printed and which will be put before the gov ernor and the legislature, shows a comprehensive study of those subjects iclu(ed to taxes on real property. Further, it makes its recommendations on the basis of that study and on the basis of what iiimilar laws have accomplished in other states throughout the nation. Provided for by the last legislature, the commission was headed by John Ciukin of Medl'ord, rpeakcr of the house, and included thirty-five representative citizens of the stato who gave of their time and energy for two years that an intelligent Burvcy might bo accomplished. There were busi ness -men and farmers, lawyers and lumber men, laboring mien fpd home wnp.ra, jt)! every activity of the stato capably represented. I Tho recommendation". ' of the commission fell in eight 'classifications, all specifically related, not lo the question of new revenue or other angles of taxution, but to the sub-j ject of- property' tax relief. The commission stuck to tho job for which it was ci-eated. It considered and discarded far more than it finally recommends. It did not propose any one cure all but, very practically, proposed a reiuljust iinent in eight different phases of property taxation as tho Jo.nly workiiblo means of accomplishing tho commmission's purpose The outline of the leport indicates its comprehen sive quality: ... . ; : i 1. Equalization: (a) Centralized Control of Aa- Bes'mrnt. (b) Full Time State Tax Commission. II. Improved I!udgets and Uniform Accounting: (a) State Acrounling and Budgets, (b) Local Ac I counting and ludgols. . .111. Reduction of Slate Taxes on Ileal Property: (a) Support of State by Indirect Sources.' (b) Ue I ducelinn of Stnte Expenditures,, (o) Consolidation of Stato Cioveiiimriil,, ! . IV. Kediiction of I-ocnl Taxes on Ileal Property: J (a) Improved County Covernment. (I) Abolishing ' I.ficul and Stipni-KK'd Districts, '(c) Applying 'iXi Motor Liceniie lleritnd to Pay off County liomls. V. Contiol of New liond Issues and Tax Levies: j (n) Ihc Oregon Plan of Contiol. (Ii) I'lohibiting Vot j ing of L'oiithj by Minorities, (e) Limitation of liond , Iasues. VI. Exeir.e Tax on Hunks antl Corpotalions. ' VII. 'Jaxntion of lnlagibles, Income, etc. "VIII. . Foiei.t Taxation: (a) Logi-vd Off Lands. , . (b) Kctlrral Forest L; nds. As Chairman Caiiun say;-., the remarkable lliinu about the commission's work and this report is that the recom mendations are the unanimous opinion of the members with the single except ion ol the mromu tax section. That there was almost perfect aceoid iiuiiial,s the i.niount of Kttidy and investigation that was ivqitiud. It indicates the practical natui-e of the lepmt in a majority of its subjects. And it should lend Hiirnifieant emphasis to the need for a revision and improvtnunl in Oiegon's laws on pitrierty taxation. The legislature can well give much time and attention to litis report. Fight Blaze On 'v. it.., it nf 11m Wnolwuith l.llll.ll.... f,..- t.,4..l.l..u . The S-'ith Floor ,h ir "im cm fr t.y ni niKi. i !. Mar.e tlutl I hi New Yorh tUv ilc- ilKiriun-nl whh vvv calli'd iihhi to NiiW Vol IK,. Jan. 14 (AIM fliiM, . hU alj:hl'iMti, i'Ih- h ymtHR wom- ' The file ;tx Ml tlit lvel of Un til., were iiuirmmvd In thy obri- f.Tilh fhnti". TRY AV. K. GILBERT CO. FIRST toKcthcr for tho last throe years,. Dtirliitf Unit tlnip 1 Imve m Idoui met 1m r. I have done all thul I can to comply with her wlahca. Her ilt-uth la a Kicut ahock to me. that; la all J can way now." Hut Knth, throuKh his friend and leffiil advisor, John I'. Keeney, of Mont on, linmedlatcly took atepa to i ace thut a now cerllflcttlo wan la- ! Hin-d that the dead woman 'inlfflit ho hurled na Mra. Uuth rather than', UK Mra. Klndoi. ,", i . ' I'Veney and inembera f Mra.' Itotth'a fitinlly doclded to K to Wellefdey, where the Hahe'a nine year-old duiiKhter Dorothy la a lit u dent In a private acadeufy, nud . break thn news of her mother's death. . I'll litre IjCimIn to IHM-ovcry TMe dlacovery t h til the auppOKed denttit'a wire whh Mra. Uuth came with thn publication luat week of a picture of the .womitn found In the hoiiHc. A friend of thn Itutha IdcntiriiMl It. Mrs. Kuth'a Hlaters, the MIhhcs Cntheiino and Nora Woodford, of Houth ttonton, wero Hiiiumoncd und eatubltshed Identl Hcntlon. Kinder, who whh nttendlnff a boxliiff exhibition last Krldny When . IiIh Iiouhc caiiKht fire, waa paired nt the ahow and returned to Identify the dead woman as hta wife and to make funeral arrangcuionta. His' whereabouts ainco then constituted , a mystery loduy. The deiitlHt'a rather, WMIlnln )-'. Kinder; und a brother; 'WiniHm lV Kinder. Jr., aald they believed tho couple had been man Md In Mont real about two y on pa avo. Tho den lint had lorm been n-Kimlod as a cloNe friend of the Itutha. ' Uuth find met Helen Woodford ahortly after he liecame a mem ber of the Itnaton Ited Hox In IlOfi. The Kill had been a waltreaa and was employed at the time In a Hack Hay rcHitturunt near tho all park. Late In llllft or curly In lUHtthcy were i mi cried ami In Heptember, they annotinced that 11 iiiontbH prevloualy a duiiKhter had been born but they bad decided not to announce It earlier, That thn path of their marital life hiu not been u amooth one In the pital few years has been Kciterally known to their rrb'iida. . ' . The Itrol her eplalued t hut I r. Kinder hud naked hlm lo collect tho papers been use he waa too much upfet by the truajedy. l-'lre orflctaiN nniiounced thut the caUHe of the tihie probably wn un overloadliiK ur the wlrea In the liv ing room coupled with badly worn luMUlallon. i I'fll lt KIIJ KI) AT ( ItOKKIN; HAI.TlMOItK, Jnii. 14 AH) Koiir mpiiibera'of a family of flvu are dead and the solo survivor, a child, wua seriously Injured -when their automobile waa struck by a I'ennaylvanlH rullroad train" . near Park ton.' llaltlmore county, early thla iiiornlnfr. ' Mra. Diamond Hannlaun and two children, Itnbert,. fl, and Diamond, 4. wave killed outrltrht; thn hUH band, Diamond Hunnltfan. a Haltl inore policeman, was fatally In jured and died a few hours later at Mercy hospital where phyHlcluns said that Kdllh. U yeara, wua In a critical condition. The two were brniiffht to llultluiore In & jieclul train. i vn it ivirriKO i.v iti;t K : MAItHHKIKLD... Ore;, - Jan.' 1 4 fAP) Kour peranns, were Injured on the Kmplre road near Hanpor laat nlsrht when their automobile slipped from tho Rrudo on "Dead man's V'urve." . : . Those Injured were: Krank KHck und HuRhea Hamilton, abrasions und bruises; lnes Oaedecke, cut Icr and head: Gladys Gordonrpos slble fractured pelvis. , La Granders Help In Entertainment . l.!NI VKItHITY OK OKKOON, Ku Ifene. Ore. Hpeclul) When aevei al hundred hiffh school students, reprnaentlna; the cream of second ary Institutions of learning; from all parts of Oregon, poured Into Eufcene Thursday arternoon for the ninth annual- Hlffh Hrhool Confoi enre, January II and 12, university students from l,a Grande had an ur tlvo part In wolcoiplnfr and direct - , Inu; tho Riiests. MIhb Dorothy Kber hard, sophoniuro and mambur of I'lyilota I'hl, social sorority. . wuh V!"iicnitrer'-of tho general confer en ee committee, befnir clialruuu ff relntration, and" directed a crew of some 60 campus men and wo men In that capacity. AhsIhOiib her were Murjorle t'ondlt and Kdith Kbell, Juniors and inembers of Alpha Gamma Delta, and Dor othy Ann Warnlck, freshman and member of 11 Heta I'hl. Iois Nel son, freshman and member of I'l Itcla I'hl, waa a member of the correspondence cojniultleo. Kranklln Kberhard, sou of Mr, and Mra. t It. Kberhard, of La Grunde, und brother of Dorothy, was the only delegate from the La Grande blKh achool. He was u guest at tho Hutu .Thetu I'l frater-nt- I'roblema of hlRh school student body orRnnlxatlonn, Kiel's IcHmiet' and dally, monthly and annual publications, wero taken up In tlio threo dlvlHlons of the conference, with speukers lncludttiR atittu lcad era In the several fields. l.odRliiR wua provided ut living iiuarters on the cuinpus, Hoclal entei'tulnuu'nt featured luncheons, .a banquet and muslcul and feature programs, .TAX TROUBLE I PUT BEFORE LEGISLATORS (Continued from Paga 11 able state revenues for the blennl uiii. Of - these appropriations I vetoed bills providing for one mil lion, three hundred thousand dol lars, leaving a derlcit of more than two million dollars which I hoped might bo taken cure of by tho In come tux. measure passed by tho loglaluture and referred to Uiu' elec torate "The Income tax meusure waa defeated, and, as a result, the rev enues of the general fund will be insufficient by approximately two million dollars to meet tho obliga tions thereon for the bJennlum end ed Dec. 31. IU2X "No provision has been made to liguldute tho existing .deficit, und It has been necessary to eliminate. ', practically ull requests for sub stantial cupllal outlay, despito tho fact thut many such requests wero for legitimate and necessary im provements which should bo cured for now und which must be. pro vided In the near future if Oregon is to maintain her standing as a progressive and -forward moving commonweulth." Heads CoiiMiiuiiim In view of this situation Gover nor Patterson called to the atten tion of tho legislature section two of Article Nino of the constitution which provides that "Tho legislut Ivu uHsembly shall provide for rais ing revenue sufficient to defruy tho expenses of the slate for euch fis cal yeur, und ulso a sufficient sum to pay the Interest on the stato debt, If there be any." H called to their attention, further, section six of the saute article saying: "Whenever the expenses of any fis cal yeur shall exceed the Income, the legislative assembly shall pro ! vide for levying a tax for the en suing fiscal year, sufficient, with 1 other sources of Income, to pay tho deficiency, us well us tho esti mated expense or, the ensuing fisj cul yeur." DlwiiHKCH Penitentiary , In discussing the status of the state penitentiary Governor Patter son said, "for the first time In tho history of the Institution, every man who is physlcully able Is ut work every day." In his recommendations In con nection with the prison, the gov ernor said: "It Is absolutely essen tial thut additional quarters be pro vided immediately to care for pris oners I havo recommended In the budget un appropriation , of $116,000 for the purpose of remodel Ing the former truinlng rchool (for boys) building to house forty men and also to euro for tho women prisoners " "A fair luxation" on cut-over lands during the growing period of the Umber wus recommended by the governor. This, he said, should be In addition to "a fair annual tax. u yield tax when the timber 1b cut." Touches nil Hea1uiiMMim ; In discussing reclamation. Gov ernor Patterson NiiggcNtpd that the h'glsliitum submit to tho elecloiv nie a 'eonsiliut'-nnl amendment repealing article Xl-b of the stale constitution which authorize the payment by the state of Irrigation and drainage district bond Inter est." These bonds, the governor said, are widely scattered and there la no adequate record of their owner ship, in 'dlfciiHstng water power. Gov ernor Pattei-Hoivsafd: "The present law provides thai all application for perm Its to appropriate water for beneficial use shall be approved by the stato engineer when made In proper rorin, unless the appro priation will constitute a menace to safely and wellare of tho public. Asks Amciiiliucnt "In that event the slate engineer may deny the application r, alter a roll hearing, the public welfare demands. Ills authority to deny applications under this statute has NOT been passed on by the courts, but In. order to protect tho public Interests, this section nhonhl be amended In a manner which will more fully define the duties of the state engineer and the grounds up on which applications may be de nied. Authority over appropria tion of water for beneficial use similar to that of the federal pow er coininlaslon relative to leasing public lunus which are used in power development should be giv en." ('lowing; tenia rk In concluding, the governor said: , "On the subjects discussed In this message or on any other mat-V-ra pertaining to state govern mental activities. I shall he happy at uny time to confer' with tho members of the thirty-fifth legis lative assembly. "My experience during the past two years has strengthened my deep interest In the welfare of the state of Oregon. "ItccugnUing that a progressive body of laws la a vital factor In the development and prosperity of uny state, I offer you my fullest cooperation and support in all un dertakings which promise to pro mote the best Interests of our com monwealth und tho well-being of her people." , . V . AH Red Cross Shoes 20 Less N. K. West & Co., Inc; "La Grande's Leading Store for Over 30 Years" LEGISLATURE IS UNDER WAY TODAY IN STATE HOUSE DunniN Kuck. I'ubllc lands Kinder. Mann. Bennett, BllllngHley. Schulmerlch. llallrouU" and utilities I'pton. Kberhard. Bell. Jones Moser. Git liniioi-lflnt I'oidlluiw KesolJtlonK Ebcrhard. Moser, Bell, Kddy, Upton. Hevlslon of laws Murks, Hull. KODAKS i;d Hulley. L'orbett. Htruyer. Iloiuls and lilKhwuys Kddy, O. W. lunn. Kd Bailey, Carnner, Jon Dunne, Hahur, Kiddle, Klepper, I'pton. Hules Marks, Kddy, Mosoiv ' Ways and means Staples, llell, Ulllott, Jones. Kiddie, Kuck, 'Mann, Ueynolds, Htruyer. . - j ' (Continued (rem Pave 1 Ktiei'lurtli Jones, Murks, Miller, Hchulinerich. Oiinit Miller. Kiddle. Cursner, (J. W. Dunn, Hull, Kuck, Moser. Horticulture O. W. Dunn, Kl llott, Itcynulds. - . Industries Butt, J. O. Hullcy, Corlictt, Joe Dunne. Murks. liiHUi'Hnco Kleppi-r, Kd Bailey, Kherhurd, Murks, Muser. ' ' Iri'ls'a'lon , Mann, Blllinicsley, Brown, Carsncr, Coructt, Miller, Htruyer. Jilfllt'lury Moser, Klcpper, J. O. Bulley, Klierhard, Kddy, Jones, Up ton. ' i Livestock HilliiiCTdey, Carsner, Jou Dunne, Kltiolt. Medicine. Ph'armucy and dentis try Jones. Joe.JJlinnu.-jJ. O, (lul cy, KlMh!r,'HtttpvW,'';' ,"' M Hilary : ,uffuliw Kiddle.', "lCd Bulley, Jonm, Klcppcr. .Hluplts. Minlnsr Htruyer, G. W. Dunn. Miller. Municipal affairs Joe Dunne, Brown, Bennett, Khorlutrd. Hull.. Penal Institutions Ueynolds, Joe Dunne, Bllllnttslcy, Brown, Hull. .. , - 1'rlntliiK Kuck, Bunnell,' Klep per. . Public hulldlnKH fleynoULs, Joe Send Us Your Films . Winter pictures, many of them, are taken under pool' light conditions. Unless such films are carefully developed ' and printed, your snapshots will not come up to your expectations. : . " ' ' To make the most of your Winter pictures ' send the films to us. Our experts woi k quickly as well as skillfully. Our prices arc reasonable. ' RED CROSS DRUGSTORE V When Winter f p Comes AMYou Stiff, Achy , fAll Worn Out? , DOES' winter find you lame, tired and' achy worried with backache, headache and dizzy spelU? Are the kidney excretions too frequent, scanty or burning in paisage? Theie. are often algna of sluggiih kidney and ahouldn't oe neglected. To promote normal kidney action and assist your kidney tn cleansing your blood of poisonous wastes, use Doan's Pittt. Recommended the world over. , A $k your neighbor 50,000 Users Endorse Doans: Mra. M. G. Brown, 442 Wachovia St., Wlnaton-SaUm, N. C, : "I iuf trrtd comttntly with wft badtaehs and rotild net do anir houwork. Th artion of my ki(tnri wai irregular and caused ma a lot of trouhl. I utd Doan Pilli and it wai not 'ana. More th b(kfh atopped nd ray kidntyi wtf in ood ordtr." PlI.LS 75c A STIMULANT DIURETIC .W KIDNEYS FbsKr Milburr Co. M(g Chm Buflalo.NY. 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The Pioneer Service Store Featuring Oregon Mammoth Walnuts for Tuesday and Wednesday Jari. 15th & 16th ' Having purchased from the grower at a clean up price the last of his 1928 crop of Oregon Mammoth Walnuts we shall put these on sale at a special price of 39c lb. which is a saving of 6c a lb. over the regular retail price. " a " Our quantity is limited so advice early buying. Call Main 80