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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Monday; January 28, 1929..
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EX-KAISER HAS
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Hohenzollern Clan Gath
ers at Doom, Holland,'
for Anniversary
IOOHN, Holland, Jan. 28 (AP)
Former Kaiser Wllhelm arose at
7 o'clock this morning as usual,
read, the Hi I) If. had breakfast and
walked In the garden. Kervants
wild he showed no signs of strain
on account of the exhaustive pro
gram of yesterday when the Ho
lienxollern gathered to celebrate
his seventieth birthday and to hall
him as king und emperor. During
the evening the guests partook of
a repast more elaborate than at
noon. I'.uch guest was given a
menu card with a gold border and
lieurlng a golden Hohenzollern
crown anil a picture of tho kaiser
In the uniform of a field marshal,
under the' picture was printed:
"Evening repast on the all hlgh--sl's
seventieth birthday: his birth-'
notliin' more or MWn a i-liaiivc: day: his majesty, the Kaiser and
o1 venue. Tim lute Tex Itlikanl 1 king." , I
gut aa good pni iiotlivw an any The menu was mushroom soun.
FOCH IS IMPROVING
"buddy, f.r It don't make no lif.
ferrate In tliU fount ry wluu your
bwttncisi Im if ymi're iK-cc-rul.
ooli lobster, you nr turkey with
vegetables, national pudding and
fruit. The party adjourned at J I
STl'OKXTS All Hlti:ll V
j There are those to whom "Ee yourself is the worst pos
J sible advice you can offer. .
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There's one good thing iilwut a bad cold. You don't have
to take' all the advice your friends give you.
ABII.KNB. Tex.. Jan. 28 (AP)
Students w ho lived in three ilurmi-
torles helped firemen save furni
ture and supplies frum the Abilene
Chriatlun collcxe ' administration
building when it was burned today
wfth a Ions of (75,01)0.
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rtx ii is lMi'itin i:i
: Five thousand carloads of grapes came east out of Cali
fornia in six days, as indicatinc a nressinc demand. ' !
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WHERE RURAL TAXES CO.
Pointing out that the taxes paid by the average American
farmer have increased 160 per cent in the last 15 years, while
the value of tho average farm is a scant 20 per cent higher
than it was in-1913, the bureau of agricultural economics of;
the department of agriculture has undertaken a survey to.
lind out Just what the farmer s tax money is being spent for.
Its findings are interesting. , -
The biggest item in the rural tax budget is for schools.
From one-third to one-half of all public money spent in farm-'
Ing districts goes for schools. Consequently, the rise in the
price of education must be largely responsible for the rise in j
! i taxation. , . ,
In the first place, the bureau points out, prices have risen
so that if the farmer were only supporting exactly the kind
of schools he was supporting in 1913 he would be paying more
lor them than he did then. But the rural school has expand
ed greatyK. The iiumbcrQf children, attending such .schools
has increased by one-third. The average school term is in
creasing in length. More farmers' children are going to
high school than formerly. In addition, rural school equip
ment is on a much higher level than formerly, while educa
tion standards havo been raised so that higher salaries' must
be paid for good teachers. . ,l ; ,r
Thus, in respect to this major item, the farmer' seems to
be getting value received for his money. .",
The second item in rural expenditures is for highways.
Probably a fourth of all rural tax moneys are suent for them.
Here, too, there is no denying that the farmer is better served '
than he was 15 years ago. Nothing breaks down the isola
tion of the farm, enhances land values and brings the market
closer to the production point like good roads. When the
farmer's tax money goes to provide better highways it is
being well spent.
It is apparent, from this,' that major reductions in rural
taxes cannot bo had without cutting off viUil services. What
is needed now is more business-like management and careful
economy, so that every cent of tax money can be made pro
ductive. !
; i WHEN COURAGE IS WASTED
V I , If human beings would turn to worthwhile ends the de-
: votion and courage they sometimes put into anti-social acts,
; tho world would move forward a good bit faster.
The other day three rum runners set out to cross Lake
. Erie from Eiieau, Ontario, to Cleveland, in a 50-foot boat
: with 1000 cases of whisky. Lake Erie is a violently stormy
; place in the winter, and such a trip, in so small a !xat, is an
extremely hazardous undertaking; and when the engine of
r this boat went dead throe hours out of port, the men were
! faced with a critical situation.
, ,; For threo days a storm drove their helpless craft across
i f tho lake. Then, one morning, they found themselves drifting
ill- JP . M .l ...
I a iuw inuos on me l'ennsyivmiu shore. You would imagine
; j that by that time they would have been willing to dump their
; wmsn-y oveiinmni ami jump at the chance of saving their
. skins but not. this crew. Instuid. one of them donned a life
belt, jumped overborn d, and swum ashore. Then he went t
nvui... hi,., unci M-creiiy arranged lor a tuglxiat to go out
and take the disabled eiaft to a sheltered haven where it
could lie unloaded.
1 I Hut before the tug could get out another storm came up
j ; ana ine nout was driven back out into the lake. For 11 days
! it floundered about in mid-lake, repeatedly on the verge of
;. ; going tiown. i lie men aboard had no food. The launch was
, cold. They could do nothing but wait- for death or rescue.
;j At last one of the big trans-lake cai ferries found them.
And even then the rum runnel's balked at being rescued. They
a asked tho captain to convey news of their plight, secretly,
; .' to their associates in Ei ieau, so that a new lioat could be sent
; out to get the whisky across the lake. The captain gruffly
i refused, and the men Were taken into an Ontario port in spite
of themselves.
i They had Ihh-h adrift for 1 1 days under fearful conditions
yet, to the end, their one thought was for their cargo of
'. whisky.
If such endurance and courage could lie put to work in
the service of society, instead of against it, the world would
be a great deal better off.
j PARIS, Jan. 28 A") Malslwl
Ferdinand Koch pawed such a ood
night and his condition bad so Im
proved generally today 'that his
physicians IhotiKlit It iinnecesKary
to Issue a bulletin. All' vInKh to
him, however, are still prohibited.
Kgg yolks may bo removed from
the whlto by using a piece of the
egg-shell. The edges are shnrper
than a spodn and If any ettg yolk
should get Into the whlto w hen ' Oermany and many other nations,
separating tile whites will not beat! Male participants In the celebra-
up stiffly. ! lion, garbed In the gala uniforms
p. m.
The former kaiser today wrote
Queen Wilheimlna a long letter of
thanks for ten years of refuge. He
dwelt especially on acts of friend
ship or Count Hentlnck and ex
pressed his wish for tho welfare of
the lutch people, '
1'art.of nan Uttt
Today only pail of the Hohen
zollern clan was the kaiser's guests
as many were Invited to tils homes
of liutch noblemen. Count Ileli
tltiik will entertain half or the
birthday party tonight at Ameron
Bn castle, and tho other hair with
the kaleer n an honor gueat to
morrow night. On Wednesday the
employes and servants on tho
lloorn estate will be given a spe
cial feast which the former ruler
has promised to attend. That will
end the festivities. i
)n his seventieth birthday yes
terday the former kaiser stood re
splendent In a field marshal's uni
form of the first royul gunrds. I'p-
un nis oreasi were ine highest dee-
; j : Pied-Piper Shoes
I The Child's Greatest Health Shoe .
' Is Exclusive With Us. '
N. K. West & Co., Inc.
"La Grande's Leading Store for Over 30 Years"
U. Si Treasury Conscience Fund
; Now Totals Over Half a Million
Ferdinand Koch, marshal of France nnd commander-in-chief
of the allied armies In the World war, Is 77 and has been putting
. up u courageous and winning fight against heart disease. Here Is
. one of the best pictures of the marshal taken slnco the war.
Here and There
In Legislature
j ed the privilege of railway fanvor
J one cent a miln within 'the boun
durk'B of Oreffon If a bill introduced
J toduy by Senator -Hall paiwea tho
; h'friHlaturo und in Binned by tho
I governor.
HA1.KM. Ore. Jan. 28 (AP)
Senator Norbtud today introduce,!
a bill to prohibit the opnratlon of
fish traua went of a lino drawn
WASHINGTON (AI) Treasury
officials aru confronted with many
difficult problcnia but one that
never1 haa been solved la just how
much easo is iven the troubled
consciences of thousands of con
tributors to the conscience fund,
which now aggregates $568,604.61.
Back In 1 S 1 1 when Albert Galla
tin of Pennsylvania was fourth sec
retary, serving the longest term
any secretary has had as financial
head of the government, a person
which name was never dlculged
sent $251) to the treasury to pay
for some wrong done the govern
ment.. Whether It was for failure
to pay taxes, for theft or for some
thing else never was learned, but
the money was put In a fund, mark
ed as having como from unidenti
fied persons.
Hince then thousands of c u at
tributions pf a similar nature huve
been, received. f '
Generally- contributions' are ac
companied by unsigned statements
to tho effect that it is for -payment
for defrauding the government oi
for overnight in . falling to make
tho proper payment Occasionally,
however,- the anonymous writer
will admit it i for a minor theft.
A New Yorker sent $500 to the
treasury und to make certain that
It would reach the proper fund he
took five $loo dollar bills and cut
them exactly In tho center, sending
one half of each to Secretary Mel
lon and the other half to the collec
tor of internal revenue. Neither half
could have been redeemed by the,
treasury without the other half as
the treasury requires two-thirds of
a mutilated bill for redemption.
Since 18-7 there never has been
a year in which some sort of an
Increase in tho fund has not been
teceived.
Almonds may be roasted for sail
ing or bonbons by putting them In
an ordinary corn popper and shak
ing thenr over a brisk fire. Al
monds become - bitter if left In
water to cool after boiling.
This influenza epidemic is rath
er hard to reconcile with the heal
thy throats .we're all supposed .to
havo from smoking wonderful ciga-reta.
A robler was arrested after
holding up u crowd entering a
night club, still, you'd hardly ex-
between the range light ut Kort ' leut hlm to wait until they came
orations within tho gift of Imperial Stevens and the range light on
v a'iauiJUiiilHieiiL, wastl.
Senator I'pton introduced a blll
of their military ranks and wear- providing for the organisation of
ing spiked helmets, saluted hint as rural fire protection districts out
side of Incorporated cities and
towns, nnd providing for the levy- j
ing oi taxes nna issuance or bonus
for tho maintenance of the dis-
out.
niayuv uiose w nei lea down in i . ...
, . t """Jwiy. i"e Hitiser una King.
Pennsylvania area I the worst peo- Prim-ess Hermine. whom the
pi' In the world. Most of lhdr : kalxer married In exlie. was not
offenses seem merely those of six present to share her husband's trl-
appeal. umnh or to bo addressed ns "em- trlets.
Tho measure glvea county cour
They call them speakeasies, and 1 1
after a few hours there some men!
have been known to speak hard,1
and others to become speechless, j
TRY
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authority to establish the fire pro-,
teetion districts on petitions from
the people, and if objections aro
filed by H5 or more residents of the
proposed district representing 60
per cent or more of the assessed
property valuation, tho court Is
authorized to call an election on
tho ijlrestibii. ; : " !
The district would be governed
by a board of directors, who,
among other things, would elect a
fire chief, , , : j
Two bills which abolish tho of- -flee,
of county Judge and would.
create tho office of county commis
sioner to take the place of tho
county judge's oTflee were intro
duced to the house this morning
y Itcpresentntlve Anderson and
t'arkln and Speaker Hamilton.
House bill 2(i6 provides for the
appointment of county commission
ers ror counties of Oregon and tho
abolishment of the office of county
! Judge. The act provides that in
each case the preMont county Judges
are nppulnted commissioners to fill
out present terms.
Off to the sunny south, but to work, not plav. went Thomas A
KdlMon. The (ami d Inventor announced Mint In the laboratory of
his winter home in Km t Myers, I'la., he will coiitltuie the synthetic
rubber experiment which have been occupying his scientific at
tention in recent livontliK. rictmvd above n they left Newark. N. .1.;
for i heir anmuij Mojoum in Dlvie hp, lelt tu right Kdison, Mrs.
KdlKoti. tbeti son. Climbs, and bis wife.
House bill SCO would transfer
all Judicial jurisdiction heretofore
placed In the county courts to the
circuit courts. It Is a companion
bill to a!t)&.
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Members or the Grand Army of
the Republic in good standing, ir
residents or the state, will be grunt-
press." The official explanation j
was thai, she was 111 with whut ut
Tlrst seemed to be chicken pox but 1
probably was only grippe. There
was a rumor current, however, '
that she was only diplomatically III i
since the greater ujirt of the Ho-'
heiuollern clan refuse to rerognlxe i
t ner as -ner tmpcriai majesty." con-,
j ceding her merely the title of the
j kaiser's spouse.
WHERE THE HOOVERS ARE RESTING UP
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Aflir th Uvrti. Ir uvl li.itn ncCfKyitateil by the RtKnl will tour of ifcuth Amrrlcn. the prvwi.lent-elevt
h4 wtfn .r KynK ihr;r tiri real nst now, as guests of J. i Penny At Sea ll', his unique winter
h'm af fiiii iu-fH h. Kin. This picture, transmitted by telephone from AtlamtH. t;a.. to H-n l-Ynuciw-o
t th firt (.f jh Iiuur welcome tu rvavq hnr, peuny U shows t U txuu reft, with ih
Your
Financia
Engi
neer
Financial wrecks vary in the seriousness of
the damage suffered. If your total savings
amount to $100 and you lose it all by investing in
. some fake stock, your finances are ruined. If
you own a big. business and it gradually be
comes so involved as to throw you into bank
ruptcy, your finances are ruined.
. . The important thing for everyone who has ac- .
cumulated or seeks to accumulate money, is not
that a few people suffer financial wrecks, but
You could probably name lots of reasons why
certain men fail. Not always, but in many cases
it's due largely to the lack- of sound financial
judgment and advice - - lack of a fi
" heer to steer the proper course. .
Business and money are handled successfully
according to certain fairly well defined rules
provided by experience. Your banker is usually
acquainted with these rules in considerable de
, tail. He knows, from his contact and experience
how some mistakes can best be avoided how
some steps can be taken with assurance toward
success. Your banker should be a competent,
friendly financial engineer, ready to help yoiv
when wanted. ' , . 1
V, hen you wish if, we like to dscuss your busi
ness and financial plans and to be of every jmssi
ble service to you. I , , .
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