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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Tuesday, January 29, 1929.
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lABEJJARTlNl
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Here and There
In Legislature
Governs Swiss
Sclent Mh ore a 111 lie Into pro
it. Uin' lo niukc wood rdiblc. for
1 know folk Hi: lit now Iliat wmiltl
eat m croquet lml I K It had vine,
irar on It, Ike Solm Jm Mill enn
flneil t IiIm bed will. flu. hut lloot-
Itiiator Ik l-afk reKrt Hint 1h"h yallowa counties.
taicrinH off ft ik) au' will he bark
at tlie mi wml II In a few clayn.
(Oregon Voter Service)
HA I. KM; Jan. 23 Three men In
the house of representatives ans
wer yea or nay when the name
Johnwn U called. From widely
separated parts of the state, It la
curious thut these three men all
derive their living from the soli,
and In the main their chief In
terest are the same. Unknown to
each other until the first meeting
or the 1123 session of the legisla
ture now In session at Halcm, those
men have cast their votes for the
same side every time but one. They
deny having tulked matters over
before hand, and If there Is a
"Johnson Jiloc" It Is not with con
scious intent ..'
The first to answer the roll call
is Hert W. Johnson, of Monroe,
representative for Benton county.
He Is the manager of an apple or
chard and owner of farm lands.
He Is followed on the roll by Mark
J. Johnson, of Astoria who stands
for Clatsop county. This Mr. John
son Is one of the leading dairymen '
In the state and Is found to "know
his stuff very well Indeed along
such lines. Completing the 'John
son roll-call is T. G. Johnson, of
Wallowa, member for Union and
He also is a,
i
c'nse fee to be paid tho state,
which as now proposed, will be
from t'Jl to a maximum of about
160.
It was voted to recommend a
flat Us of tl Instead or 16, firxt
proposed, for small trailers such
us are used by farmers.
Here b Robert Haab. the new
Swiss president for IS!.' Ha
was chosen In the recent elections
It China must learn to fight, let us be thankful that it
Keyes Trial Now
. a home work.
i Yes, beautiful weather wVrc having! Let it snow. What's
'a few feet, more or less, liutween friends? .
In Fourth Week act w
the proponents of the building act.
and speaker on that side of the
question were applauded frequent-
-
I In the course of his remarks
Senator BaUey averred that Kay
Defeat of Senator J. 6. Bailey's bill - of lh tors pledged to
to repeal the atate office building rinx B1 P Thw
dairyman and a farmer.
as forecast after a public
remark was the ba for the pre-
Clean you walks. The kiddies in the first grades who
? must trudge to school each day will appreciate it, we know.
f ' BAKER IS GOING AHEAD
? Beginning on February first the Baker newspapers will be
'.consolidated. After years of effort and urging on the part
' of Baker business men and the community at large, it is to
1 be a one-newspaper city, eliminating a waste and extrava-.
: gance that has long been obvious there, and laying the way J
i for a greatly improved newspaper that will render far better
'- news and advertising service than could have been possible
under the previous arrangement.
r , Baker is an excellent city and has long deserved the bet-
i tcr newspaper that a consolidation will make possible. Prac-
'k tically equal with La Grande and Pendleton in many respects,
with an enterprising group of business men and a good sur
al rounding territory, Baker has for years been forced to be
satisfied with the type of paper found usually in a town half
its size. " - '.. 1
fs ' La Grande and Pendleton, each served by only one news-
paper, have provided their respective territories with Asso
S dated Press leased wire service for several years. . By. means
I of suchdirect and constant contact with the outside world;
these communities have had news service many hours ahead
'i of papers entering from the outside. Baker, because of the
handicap of a divided opportunity, hns received only a "pony" j
service and the difference has been all too obvious to Baker
I people. Now, Iwginnmg next week, leased wires of the Asso
I ciated Press will lie installed to serve1 the consolidated news-
paper and its readers will at last come into their Own.
The advantages of wire service are only a few of those
't that Baker will lie able to realize. Before the consolidation,
: advertisers there were forced to pay twice the rate in exis-
tence in La Grande in order to reach as many families in the
'.; Baker territory as Hie Olwerver reaches here. Now Ihey
,'. will buv comnlete coveraire at an ponnnmin nnH pmiitiihla into
t By the consolidating of local news staffs, news of Baker and
its territory will be covered far more completely than ever
before. Better sen-ice in every deartment will be a natural
result
It's a tendency in the newspaper business that has long
been evident and one that should have been felt in Baker
years ago. Cities of that size have as little a need for two
daily newspaers as they have for two telephone systems,;
two water systems, or two libraries. And it is significant
that the situation has been brought about, in hundreds of
cities throughout the country," through the demand of the
reader and the advertiser who saw the good sense of having
fewer in quantity and higher in quality.
Here in OifRon the one-newspaper fields are typical:
Baker, La Grande, Pendleton, The Dalles, Bend, Klamath
Falls (morning and evening combination), Ashland, Grants
Pass, Roseburg, Albany, Corvallis, Oregon City. A total of
'.v clve daily newspaper towns with only one paper, while
I.cre are two or more in the remaining five cities including
Portland. In Washington there is a similar situation with
only one ownership in Yakima, Wenatchee, Ellensburg, Kelso,
Longview, Alcrdecn, lloquiam, Ccntralia, Bremerton, Olym
pia, Mt. Vernon, Port Angclus. Vancouver. A total of thir
teen with the six remaining di.ily towns having two or more,
Including Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma.
A newspaper's life end i iwperity, like that of any other
business, is dependent on its capacity for service and fur
betterment. In Baker, as in pnu tieally all similar commu
nities of the Northwest, the consolidated newspaper will have
a far greater capacity for service and betterment than was
possible !efoie. Baker is to be congratulated on realiiing
this goal in community progress, lmler the guidance of
Mr. Arant and Mr, Maimvaring, owners of the consolidated
paper and of the Baker Herald, we can only anticipate a
highly successful future for the paper and its service in the
community.
hrarlnr but nlrht Ixlnr. K. Llt dlctrd drfrat Of the bill.
1 public buildings committee, of toe Both ,h morl nJ ,h ''K11
LOS ANOKIJX Jan. J (API j houxe and senate. J aspects of the rmjw rnr discussed.
The trtrl of Asa Keyes. former di- I The sa nste chamber aj iamaied ,h Proponents of the building; act
trtct atlorner. Ken Oetioff antl EJ ; (a ,hB indow -sills by a crowd declaring that inasmuch as the act
Horn-fiber, chanted with bribery ; eager to hear debated the question ! bad been aphekl br the Oregon su
and conspiracy, was la Us fourtrl ' whether tteo.oo of the state la-: pretae court and the I'nited plates
wee today. Superior Judge Kd- j dustrtal accident funds should be supreme court the legal questions
win I. Hutler announced that night i borrowed for cocstractkm of the bd been settled,
sessions may be held in order io ' bulkling. The crowd, mainly Satem : "A peculiar situation in this
finish it early Beit week. ' townspeople, stood solidly wita .' case. said Mr. Kay. addressing his
': remarks to bfcs opponents, "is that
SPEECH WITHOUT USE OF LUNGS ! V2 XZZ2L
; Miast K. low rot to court vnn
a. a 1-. la a. iha rnitsul
I wJts supreme court and were
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OR CORDS IS SHOWN POSSIBLE
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KltU:l CAI.I.Klt Tft CArlTAIi
NJ-IW YOItK. Jan. 2 (Af)
Captain George Fried of the rescue
ship America has been called to
Washington . and when the liner
sails for Europe tomorrow she will
be In command of Chief Officer
Harry Manning, who was in charge
at the lifeboat that saved the
Klorldu's crew It wus learned today.
. 4 The RED CROSS SHOE . ,
Fits the Foot in Action or Repose - - - And Is
Exclusive With Us. '
N. K. West & Co., Inc.
"La Grande's leading Store for Over SO Years"
Look Over Our Want Ads for Bargains
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R. R. lilrsse (nliove) of the Hell Teleuhone laboratories, u
shown demintrntlug urtlflclal lung power, supplied by the bellows
under his arm. This la nn addition lo tho nrtiririul larynx, or voice
box. which makes It unnereMury ftr n speaker to use either his
throat or lungs to talk, lilessc. who has a normal voice, learned
artificial speech to further Htmly of voice reproduction. The artifi
cial larynx or voice box Ik xhuwn Jiixt above his left hand.
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Charged with Mcainr ahd irjury Jos-!h M B ntuu b4vat-old
blind I'VntvnrMal avitirr. s Jitiled ml HtTTiu 111 . iiUcr bn mT
rlse to art.Uc l'hiid-iih II rr tiitl, hw f had bwn ivprv
vrntrd u IK ll - rbi-rictd Ibt lirniva had wittj m Ar
ktDMi. AU'Vt: nrr l. i.H u hud ht .hild bnrtt who tm uu tmth
to hr parrhtK Kt- briiitiii t-bliiid irvut cvviwiit tu th
veddUieS iivH tiv ttd thm fct bd had t is kit. hkUi dirtrcttd Lh
lL UlU 4ixi UAuiutj 11 vUtt.
Oeaua. Now you wy?rs appeal
It to tfc cxnEuttc o( eight men.
S1 otf feom are lyiwen but one
tocr aiiortiT. Afer you have heen
ta:ea by the lt:jght court in the
lurd it wyna lo m you arv damn
poor sports if yoa cn"t abide hy
iXmi 6ncs80x
Tit nate reciamatlofi comniis
dmi Yritxj worivd for deposit
S t ra bonds ot tbo Grants Pass
irrsr3oa dtsxnct. thereby taking
xxtr sep towards reoixanixa
XMm aad refUianciag of the li
vart. More than it pr cent of the
Vi-r-iioVJors,. or those holJins 91,-ii'J.-w
of the bond, have now
ciMed the plan of reorganization.
1 The district has been in .UfauM
since January 1. 192$. but will be
able to resume interest payments as
noon as the reorganization plun has
been accepted by a sufficient num.
Hbar of bonilholdarsLv iSo xvduclion
in the bunded indebtedness Is con
templHtod, buf u rt'dui-tion to 2 per
ctnt In thu interest rate, for the
j first five years and 4 per cent af-
' lit live U "i a uiv uuiiit.-iiiJiiiLt.-u.
Over a fight waged by Senator
Bennett, who challenged the spon
sors of the proiisoal to group all
of their anticipated increase meas
ures Into one and submit them to!
a vote of the people of Multno-1
muh county to determine whelhoY
he or they are right in their con
tention, the Multnomah county
delegation bill to increase . thu
salary of the constable for that
district from 2Ki to $-75 a month
wafl approved by the senate Mon
day afternoon. Senators Brown.
I Ilutt, Jones and Htrayer joined
I Bailey tn voting against the bill. '
of the highway com
. mission to agree to the issuance of
'utiisis hiphn uu listmlu tn t ha ovt..nt
of $t.(iuiMoo a year for new con
struction was made known about
the legislative halls lust night fol
lowing conferences between t K.
Gates and Hobert Sawyer, members
of the commission, with Governor -
Intterson and members of the
legislature over the proposal that (
tne commission ie uirectea oy tne
legtstaturo to issue bonds to tho
constitutional limit, which would
increase the present outstanding
road bond indebtedness by J 12.
(HHi.fiuo. The commissioners quali
fied their agreement ' with the
statement that they must be shown
where revenues to carry the addi
tional bond load are coming from.
j however.
Representative Carkin. chairman
J of the property tax relief conimiH
sion. announced at a meeting of the
committee on assessment and ta&a-
Hon last evening that the commls-
Islon's excise tax bill, which had
leen scheduled for introduction
j Monday, had been held up for
I minor revisions but would drop Into
J the hop tier this morning. Aside
1 from discussinr tht eenfral seooe
of the tax reduction and readjust
ment measures sjtonsored by the
tax commission the committee took
no action.
Itour Bill Introduced by
Srott of t'nmiilki, which would
have raised the age of consent of
feuiah-s from l to 17 years mas
lost.
House bill 17$ which eliminated
clerks of election in elections in
water districts and provides for
boards of election of three mem
bers. w pasNed. Chlnnock of
Joat-phine introduced this bill
Tompkins bill, H. U. l9. requir
ing a corn r to g't certain per
mlTOioa brforv an autopsy may le
I held, wus taken from lhtiie
and re-referred to the committee
on jndicUry.
That all !h policing of motor
vt-hirir traffic. Including that of
trucks and b u lfJcd with
the secretary of Male's office, will
be one of the rveotunieodatMina of
the spectal senate coenmittev on
motor vehicle Irrrrmt-n. Another
will be removai of the per mile seat
tax on baa-ra and Miahlishins; In
stead of a. fUl tax of $34 per pas
senger seat. This Is la ad-lit low
lo ths Utcrewsa in tho regular U-
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More than 300
increase.... the
greatest firowth in
all cigarette hisioiy
' AND OJsXY 2 YEARS OLD!
CThat&whaismQlier's
3n Your Radio, old cold paul whitrv an hour,
Paul Whlteman, King of Jazz, and his complete or
chestra will broadcast 'Hie' otD"cOLrt 'tidnrVHH?"'" '
Tuesday, starting Feb. 5th, from 9 to 10 P. M., East
ern Standard Time, over entire network of Columbia
Broadcasting System.
O r. UrWrd 0. ZU. ITS
NOT A COUGH ; A CARLOAD
NEWS!
An alert newsboy, on a day when news was dull and
sales were few, turned to the advertising pages for in
spiration. "Read about the big department store sale," he
shouted. "Fine quality suits at $22. Beautiful furni
ture on sale. New shipment of neckties just received."
His stock of papers was sold out very quickly.
The case is, of course, exceptional. But it points to
the fact that advertising is news and important
news. It is the news of daily life, the news of the fur
niture you sit in. the books you read, the bonds you
buy, the automobile you use, .the flashlight, talking
machine and food product that give you satisfaction
News that 'concerns' you more vitally than anything
else you read. News that is essential to you because
whether you purchase a piano or a pin, you want the
best your money can buy.
and you can always be sure you are getting the
newest and best when' you read the advertisements.
The advertisements contain
poeketbook neicsand that's important!