Wednesday, January 15, IfflO
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THE TESTIMONY OF SCRIPTURE Search the Scriptures;"
for In them yo think ye huvo eternal life: and they are they
which testify of me. John S;39.
It is easy for nations to be friends; the hard part is to get
the people to like one another.
There jircre men who went on reducing diets in the old
days, but posterity calls them poets.
A cynic is one who, on hearing that someone has been fined
for disturbing the peace, asks, "What peace?"
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 1 .1 f.W)
A thoriiUKh rriKijus lutein nf Hie
basis of taxation its the firM step
toward an equitable division of
state tuxes Witt mlvtK'ateil yeslor
liny by Charles (biliowny, member
of the Oregon tux commission. In
n iUncuhsIou at tin iwenty-Coui-th
annual runvi-nttoti nf county JioIkom
and eotiunisstoncrs in ttession lirrc.
(inlluway usM-itrtl thut Oregon 'm
Ki t ii tent iireit Ik Hie etUltahlo tlivi
soon of taxation without tllm-i im
(nation or favoiitism to any rlass.
lb siild that while such improve
tiieftltt as the slate income t n X and
hy on Intanwtl'lrM relieve the sit
nation to u certain extent. Oregon
could not hoe to urine at a tafe
ami Mtne volition until the enttre
tn mi (ton basis lunl been g en u
reinotletititf.
'Tax levb-.i have leapr.l from
$ 1 3. eon. ami in to iuoti,utut
In f 2 :.' Calloway Kalil. "Mean
while the at.ito labors to collect the
UicrcuMc by the tain old utitiqiiat
tU ;;(idiiuuy. Ib it uny wuuUiT
Abe Martin
THE NEW MOTORS
Each year in January there are unveilings, private views,
open salons and formal "showjngs" of the newer niarvels of
the American automobile industry. The new machines are
in some ways different from all that have preceded' them.
They are cars for a young, optimistic and joy-loving- nation.
. There isn't any of them that doesn't look extraordinarily
bright and cheerful. They sport plenty of gay color.
The American motorcar has moved swiftly through three
stages of development in the last twenty years. It, began
us a sporting machine, with the temperament and the whims
of a race horse and a tricky way of doing unexpected things.
Perfection of mechanical detail was approximately a decade
ago, and tljen, thg, nutomobjl.took; jts place Among; the recog
nized utilities and assumed a sedate appearance. It invited
your confidence. It became more docile and easier and easier
to manage. It went about in dark and unobtrusive colors,
and every one who had anything to do with its future frowned
upon the earlier sporting character attributed to devil wagons
in general. Now that automobiles are so finely developed
in a mechanical way that they will do everything but mind
the baby, their makers have again gone in for what you
might call expressionism in color. The car of today is a
really beautiful thing, and there are sophisticated and trained
obsorvcrs who hold that it is actually a brilliant expression
of an entirely new art sense in America. Europe at the
present time produces nothing to compare with even the
lower-priced American machines in outward grace and gen
eral proportion, to say nothing of mechanical efficiency. .
The drift in American automobile design is to fleetness
with added ease of control. More efficient and powerful
braking devices have naturally increased the essential
safety factor to a point which permits faster driving on
open roads. Steering devices have been improved, and engine
designs have been in many ways altered to permit the quick
pick-up which is compensated by the four-wheel braking
systems. The belter grades of gasoline now being marketed
permit the most efficient use of high speed, high-compression
engines of the sort which for some years have performed
most efficiently and economically in light cars of European
make. Tho American car of today is lighter-fooled in pro
portion to its weight than any car of European imunifncture.
In the new models now being shown by the important
American makers the efforts of designers to make driving
easier even under traffic conditions that are becoming in
creasingly difficult is always apparent. Some of the most
powerful cars may be hail on shortened wheel bases. Altera
tions in chassis design make for easier turning in narrow
spaces. The woman driver seems never absent from the
minds of ihe automobile engineers.
Readjustment of Basis Of Oregon
Taxation First Step, Calloway Sajs
that many eUi:.ns ht- dev. '-
an Interbn ity eom(ih'. w h. n to.--Kn
taxation .strut is spi'U- r, n '"
The lax eotmiKsfnuxr sat.) u t
the ettlxen who ooU with h'M
eye Upon iiny t;lv levy iUid th..n
Who riisb the ;!;.(. ,U vxpendi-
litres ft cannot utloni an tU.en
whleh should v jdtmineti.
Ilullouiiy .tid nie t.i e.-miuH-Hen
was stuit!ii; ih- ,-en diMtl
btlt ion Of t ( . Hi tii ML-.iM.MI vi
bodie-1 Of titX M'f I '!( m-. in it
raitk'i which d'i. rinire the iru-s
Viiliif of jtKi'leilltncil )Ui,j ,,r m
berliind ulid the efi't i ,,j ,. ,,, ,.,-iu-tlon
upon nil building its, n
dolu mueh to ieliee t!si- iueiml.
Illex. be .said.
Morn than I "o vomih.v iutU-K
ami eiinimlflonet . i'-pt ry. -nttnn
nearly every county oi On iimi,
w ere reKislei-t'd. The convention
of county eleiKs ami fomlirv,
.ilt In Ne.sslon at the courihon.se.
hail - reiier d VHiloiw. have
O' Mil m. deputy mi't etury if Kt ite.
UiicuwU thv law "vlectli'.ii Uw
"Well, I hoio no iuu'krnklii'
biographer coiim. nlon an' hikjIIh
Junlel IkMtuu fer me," wild frnii'
maiv INi.hIi, totlay as nIjcj flnlshetl
mullu' n new llfo o' IVtirr the
(rent. Constablo I'lum iuw juiil
liH'keil Joo MtuiiiK auto till lie buy 8
tioino coul Jin' hIhh'H fcr hbt family.
and ('. ('. Chapman, editor of the
Oregon Voter, dlHUUHm'tl tho bud
get adopted by county clerks.
Skating Enjoyed
On Grande Ronde
River At Perry
lly Mrs. .Mary It. Hull
( Iik(i ver Coni'Hpondent)
PKUItV (Special) The yountf
IM'itpti! of this community urn en
joying .skatlnc on the river thee
clear, cold nlKhlH.
J I. 1 i Ih nd ra n, w ho ban been
woikimr on the highway at lliilf-w-ny.
Ore., Hpent the weekend here
with bin family.
Mr. and Mrs. K.ra HIayloek and
two daughters, I.ula tind Iva, and
Kvan HIayloek departed by car last
Krlduy for Canyon City, Ore.,
where they expect to make their
home. The men will work In the
logging woods nenr there.
Tho Perry Hewing club held Us
flrt meeting last Friday at the
school house w ith !i of tho I
inmnbora 'present. The girls work
mi upon breakfast cloths and the
boys on hot dish holdcm,
Afrn. Joe Smith, who accompan
ied Mr. and Mm. Williams to Port
land last week, Is expected to re
turn to her home here Wednesday.
Kldi-cd ilallmark and Milton
SmJth were absent from h.lgb
school last Friday on account of
Illness. i
The children of the school here
have been busy taking tcsltt the
first of this week.
Miss Norma. Handran recently
visited friends in town.
Clarence Sinclair. Ueba Kail,
Stephen Proctor, Patrick Handran
and tleorgo Carlson are among
those who have been absent from
school thia week on account of se
vere colds and flu.
Miss Clara Carlson visited her
father in I .a Grande one day last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Olo Mathson arc
having as guest h this week Mrs.
M'athsou's mother and ' brother
from l.a flraudc.
1. ora ino and Wesley Smith are
absent from their high Bchool dut
ies this week on account of Illness.
Miss Opal Heickel recently visit
ed her brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. John Heickel, of this place.
P. IT. Handran departed for
Lakevlew recently where he has
employment with a highway crew.
Miss Ada Sinclair wus a recent
visitor at the Charles Whilenian
home.
Kecent guests of MV. and Mrs.
J. K. Hooher were Mr. aii Mm.
Kr.ru HIayloek and family.
pedtto discussion, those attending
tho conference were asked to Htuy
In Washington as long u netfessury
to help work out a plan of action.
Tho mi board listed three
specific points for consideration,-
(I) "Whether It Is advisable to
attempt nn organization of two or
more of these groups Into a na
tional sales organization. .
CO "Whether it is udvlsablo to
organise these groups separately by
commodities. Into national cooper
ative sales organizations.
(3) "Whether some plan of
production may be worked out that
will enable cooperatives to nuctirt
a larger percentage of commodities
which now are controlled through
production financing." T i
in addition to the specific fit-s
lions the board wished to discuss
the problem of making more effec
tive means for removing surpluses
from tho fresh fruit and vegetable
market. That, It was said, would
In vulvo operutlon of cooperative
canning and packing plants.
Tho canneries wero represented
by George 1. Pfarr, president of tho
California Cooperative . Canneries
San Francisco, J. W. Mayo, Stay
ton Cnnnlng Company Cooperative,
Htayton, Oregon; 1 K. I-aney,
president, Sutter Cooperative Grow
ers, Yuba City, Cal., and 1. M.
Hatch, president, Puyallup and
Sumner Fruit Growers usaociation.
Puyallup, Wash.
The apple industry was repre-
Hcnled by Fred Kberle, general
manager, Yakima County llortlcul
ar Union. Yakima, Wash.; Victor
C. Follenius, general manager Ap
ple Growers association, and Ulen
Marsh, president Apple Growers as
sociation, Hood Uiver, Ore.; J. W.
Herbert, general manager Yakima
Fruit Growers association, Yakima,
Wash.; I, II. Loguc, president Wen
atchee-Okanagan Cooperative fed-'
ration; Noel Haklce, manager
Wenatchee-Okanagan Cooperative
Federation: C. W. White, general
manager Wenatcheo District Co
operative association, and K. S.
Gill, managing secretary, North
Central Washington Growurs asso
ciation.
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Vegetable And
Fruit Men Meet
With Farm Board
WASHINGTON. Jan. tfi (AP)
Thirty representatives of fruit and
veKciahlo cooperative associations
met Tuesday with the farm board j
to discuss the feasibility of organ-j
izlug national commodity organ Uu- i
linns,
C. C. Tcaguc and Charles S, Wil-!
son. board members for fruits ami
vegetables said the Invitations nee
ess.u lly had hem limited to ex-
Snow And Below
Zero Weather At
Hilgard, Oregon
Hy Venui Welnier !
(Observer Correspondent)
IlII.GAltl), Ore. (Special) The
thermometer registered six below-
zero early this week, with about
two inches of new snow on the
ground.
.Mr. and Vrs. Sum Furgason
moved back to Hilgard last Thurs
day from l.a Grande where ihe.y
hud been living sinco last June.
Their friends and neighbors gave
them a surprise in the evening to
welcome them back. Those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Young,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanford, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Conray, Mr. and Mm.
Kmory Furgason. Mr. and Mrs. IU
Sailing and son. Marion. Mrs. J. H.
Weiiner. Stowell Weltner, Gerald
Sunford ami Mr. and Mrs. Sum
Furgason. Refreshments of cof
fee, cake and sandwiches, were
served.
Mr. ami Mrs. John Wells and
nephew of Payette, Idaho, were
overnight guests of Mr. and Mm
George Wilson and family recently.
They wero on their way to Tacoma,
Wash.
Mrs. George Wilson's sister, Mrs,
Powell.. of Payette. Jdaho, is visit
ing at the Wilson home at present.
M'rs. Tuttle, of la Grande, visited
her daughter. Mrs. Oliver Kerr for
several days after the holiday, re
turning to La Gande Thursday.
Mrs. Kdwurd Loveless of Mt.
Kmlly camp was called to her ,
home at Durkee Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cantrell. of Sum
merville. have been living at Mt.
Kntily camp, returned to Summer
ville, Sunday. '
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Conroy were
Iji Grande visitors Monday.
Mrs. Furgason's daughter, Yerda,
has been visiting with her for n
few days.
Jick Wilson and Jim Koiney ac
cepted positions feeding cattle at
tho Va ranch while the weather lr.
bad.
Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Weimer. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Hees and Itarbara
Jane drove over to Cove Sunday
Htternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs. y.
C. Hees and Mrs. Will Heynolds. ,
EMM
LA GRANDE
STORE
Successors to N.KWEST&CQ
Pre-Inventory
SALE
THURSDAY FRIDAY
SATURDAY
One-Thir
d Off
MICHAEL STERNS
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
FASHION PARK - CLUB CLOTHES
Your unrestricted choice of any overcoat in
our large stock at a saving of one-third to
you! Think men, right when you need it most
comes this sale! Smart styles set-in sleeves
-raglan sleeves chesterfields in popular
blue, brown and tan mixtures and also solid
colors. Be here tomorrow morning.
3 '-'Dsiys
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Overnight
News Briefs
Cotton Going!
hi i in
I lie poMt ioit oi the soutli
vet Urn Industry is endangered tint
the future may see the king of !h
fouth'9 erops Mippttmlcd hy another,
wurns Or, Karl C. Cnse. asuovlatc
professor of geography nt The Vni
versity of Cincinnati. He clnimi
lhat International trade Is Influenc
ing the development of cotton
trvps In other countrlea while that
iu America is rommcuvlu a Ue-
lly The Aociatetl livss
Washington Public health offi
cials concerned as parrot-fcvT
death list mounts.
Pes Moines- le,s Moines univer
sity. Itaptist fundamentalist Insti
tution, closed last fiill, ordered sold
to satisfy $L25,tioti mortgage.
Washington Hoover sends con
gress Porio Hlco hurricane relief
commission report, asking ?3.0ua,
imii more for its work.
Washington M is. Hoover suffi
ciently recovered from cold to at
tend dinner given by Secretary
.Mellon to the president.
New York Young- woman ar
retted at Columbia university so
rority house on charge of poison
ing IS children last summer at
New Jersey camp.
Washington Allen Worthlng
ton. of Montgomery. Ala., elected
president of American Cotton Co
operative association.
Washington Metlmdist board
in letter to senate cttmmlttve. de
nies lobbying.
I'ttrclgu
S. Georgi- Washington Sec
retary Stlmson to ui k' spirit of
conciliation and patience at Hrit
Ish government's dinner conte.--ence
Monday.
Mexico City Government or
ders consulate at liredo, Tex., re
opened. Purl Pot nea iv chides Gvrmanv
lor acting at The Hague a If al
lies pre Hit did shu always in
Iwd faun.
Drop In Prices
Of Butter Hits
Wallowa Farmer
Hy G. C. Jleclc
(Obnervor Correspondent)
WALLOWA. Ore. (Special)
The recent plunge downward in
the prices of butterfat does not
prevent a very encouraging pros
pect for many of the dairy men of
this community. Feed prices here
during the past two years have
remained at u fairly high figure,
but while the prices Tor butterrut
were running around 45c and due
per pound there was a chance for
a fairly good profit from the herds
which were good producers. At
present most of the classes of feed
retain their standard of prices. In
cluding hay and grains which are
tho best adapted for feeding to
dairy stock and when the feed sit
uation is carefully figured there
does not remain a v-y wide mar
gin on which to figure a profit
front the business. During the
past two years lliero has been a
gradual expansion of the dairy In
dustry In this county, with the ex
pansion being most general in the
Irrigated areas. The decline in
butterfat prices is looked upon as
u hard slam by practically all
farmers1, for- even those who did
not make a practice or dairying ex
tensively have depended to a large
extent, on Income of a few cows In
keeping up their "expenses.
Colder weather and hard freea
Ing of the ground in the timbered
ureas during the past week has
allo.w-cd logging operations to go
forward In good shape. There is
but little snow in the lower parts
of the county and roads are still in
excellent condition for hauling the
Iocs In on wheeled outfits. The
sii3W in the Maxville and Powwat
ka districts is reported to be ubhut
five inches deep with the ground
frozen solid, giving loggers an ex
cellent opportunity to do their
skiddini.-. Several contractors who
are enitagcd in logging in some of
the smaller tracts of timber in this
community are making an effort
lo get as many of the logs In as
pus-lhlr white roads and weather
conditions are at their best.
A eonshb rably larger amount of
feed Is being fed livestock In
this community now. Karim-rs and
stockmen report their stock clean
lllC the feed up in good shape and
with but little waste since the last
snow and colder weui her. WMh
some feeding b ing neeessiry while
the leather vas milder the slock
did not eat the teed readily re
sulting In a considerable waste by
the feed being tramped down. The
demand for hay Is reported to be
uutte steady and prices are said
to rtu.um at uuout tho muic fig
ure as for the past six weeks, most
of those buying recently say that
around $15 per ton Is the cheap
est they havo been able to secure.
Hoy Ga.stln has been" working
for John Couch of Leap during the
past, two weeks.
John Couch wus busy tho latter
part of tho week hauling fOiuo
chopped alfalfa hny from near
Lost i ne to his home in the. Vp,,i
community.
j Sam Meek wag delivering some
j cltickemi to the depot here the
j first of the week,
i Leroy Plass, of Knterprise. was
visiting his father, Giles Plans, of
' Leap, tho first of the week. Airs.
I Plass has been visit inc at Lerov
Plass' during the past ten days
and Is reported to be recovering
rapidly from her recent sick spell.
Cases of colds and flu nre re
ported from various parts of the
community, with sonto being con
fined to the house for several days
in recovering from the uttack.
A rather sharp decline in egg
prices has occurred in this section
during the post week or two. with
the prices at the local stores drop
ping to 3(e per dozen. 4lc porta
from many of the poultry raisers
since the cold weather' has set in
indicate that there has been n
considerable drop off locally in
faco of the slow-up in production.
At no time during the fall and
winter months has the egg produc
tion been up to normal from the
flocks of this community. .Many
of those who are usually getting a
heav; '-y from their flocks be
fore t ne holiday season say that
they havo nut been a bin to get
more than a 2Urr production up
to this time.
PARIS HAS FIT
OVER ENGLISH
TALKING FILM
Money back!" were cries that ilif
i turbed several performances innl
on one occasion started a small
J riot. Police were called and some
j spectators arrested. Two rows of
j seats were broken.
Sabotage by rivals was charged
by the Moulin Kongo manauT,
Pierro Kouerot. Kour of those ar
rested, he said, admitted they hail
been hired to start a row.
It also was explained lhat the
theater tried to get a French talkie
"but there way none." A poster
now warns the-public that the
talkie is in ICnglish with only sub
titles in Kremh.
PAIUH AP) I'Yench resent
ment at American talkies In Kng
lfsh, reached its height at the first
few show ings of the Moulin Uotice,
just converted into a movie house.
The incidents are cited by news-paperj-
as evidence that talkies in
a foreign tongue won't go here.
About all tho Krench fcot XVas a
series of chapter headings. hmj
dialogs and fast, laughable re
partee. These were rreipiently cov
ered by a single sentence in
Krench, flashed on the screen after
the fun was over.
"Translation! Give us a Krench
show! "We ea n't understand it!
You really have been visited by
(ho Christmas spirit if yuU can
smilo when you get that notice,
from the bank that your account
has been overdrawn 35 cents.
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Choose
A Monument
of Lasting Stone
When choosing a monument to murk tho
grave of a, departed loved one you will want
to know that it will last through the ages
that future generations will see and revere
it.
Wc invite you to inspect our stock of both
domestic and imported stones then we will
carve any design you may wish nviking you
a monument that will be within your means
and one that will last indefinitely.
Cemetery Memorial Works
C. 11. McClure
1302 S Ave.
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