Friday, February 14, 1!)30
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVE LA GRANDE, ORE.
(lnoorported)
All Independent Neirapapfli1
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Uh firm. He, Ori'Kon. Tho Observer-Star published every Frfdny.
Kntercit (it llio PfM of (U:ti of I iriMl Oregon, uh tieuond
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WIT.NKHKHH When t tic- t'oliifiirtor Is t-iimo, whom I will
Hi'nil until you mini Hip IVillur, ovon tho Hilrlt of triilli. which
! prtii'Pi'ilotli fliiill tin' Kntlior, hi .thall tpsllf)- if mo: Ami '( nlmi
shall hour m-IIiipss, hop.-iusp yo have boon with mo from llio lio
, Mln nl in.-. Inliii 15:2ii, 27.
V The groundhog may not be us efficient as a weather pro
phet im he used to he. Tulips have already pushed through
the soil n half inch or more and yesterday's snow disappeared
with a nice spring- ruin.
.-'Portland has discovered that several thousand dollars in
fines have not been collected following criminal convictions.
It has one advantage over Chicago, however, and that is that
it got the convictions. If that famous city of crime could get
both convictions 'and fines, maybe the present financial dif
ficulties would hot be quite so serious.
Building activity is not only going to be ahead of last year
iti volume In La Grande but it has s'tarted off much earlier
than usual. Two business structures are already well under
way with concrete work started. Three more, not including
the new railroad Btalion, will be begun within the next thirty
days. The station should be started about the same limfc.
Several other structures will go up before the summer is
over. All of which points to u good year for the building
trades and constitutes new evidence of .wide-spread confi
dence in the future of La Grande and its rich territory.
1
A elm.mUaiiifiWHuwwi 'nK'nbewliipiet)HU 4 wim . two to
ten dollars a nionth, depending on the estimated benefit of
the individual business firm. No business or professional
mana and no property owner can fail to receive benefit from
the work of the chamber. Even in the minor role of a
community clearing house, the chamber of commerce saves
ntkmey every year for every business firm in town. In its
community development work it makes money for its mem
bers in protecting present advantages and providing new
ones. Yet some firms, according to the secretary, are reluc
tant to pay dues enough of them to make several hundred
dollars on the books lit past due accounts. And the Union
county chamber of commerce is financially efficient. It cut
its budget this past year nearly fifteen hundred dollars while
dying excellent work. It spends less than neighboring com
munities for similar work. Surely failure to belong or failure
to. pay dues promptly is a thoughtless policy that most firms
will be glad to correct.
CITIKS HAVIO CKED1T PHOHLIOMS, TOO
Municipal finances have nnny angles that make running
the city's business anything but a picnic sometimes. Most
people tiike it very much for granted that there is nothing to
it except collect the taxes and keep expenditures within the
approved budget, f'.ut it isn't that simple. Taxes are like
some merchandise bills. They are paid when it is convenient
and neglected when not. That applies especially to the
assessments due from improvement district in which prop
erty owners owe for sidewalks, paving, sewers, lighting
improvement, etc. Under the law bonds are issued to itermil
(he property owner to pay for his share of the improvement
over a period of ten years, the theory being that the city
can pay off the bonds as the property owners pay off their
assessments. The difficulty arises when the city is forced
to pay tho bonds while the property owners allow their
assessments to become delinquent. Ootids are paid readily
enough, the money being appropriated temporarily from
other sources. Then the city assumes the position of the
merchant who has accounts receivable that are past due.
The city must carry the delinquent property owner on the
books and try to get the assessments paid as rapidly as
possible. If the municipal authorities are persistent collec
tors, tho money comes in slowly. And finally the property
owners that are slowest in their payments are advertised
and the property may finally be taken over by the city to
satisfy the improvement debt. The whole process, however,
requires much bookkeeping and no snfall amount of effort
to see that the bond owner is paid promptly and the property
owner allowed the convenience of extra credit. In most in
stances the delinquency does not indicate an inability to pay
but can be blamed on carelessness. If the city is not actively
soliciting the delinquent property owner, it is easy to over
look the obligation. When they go after it, the money conies
in quite readily. Which indicates that a definite and con
tinuous system of collection on delinquent assessments would
not Iw a bad thing. The successful merchant employs such
a system and keeps his old accounts to a minimum. Perhaps
if he had a good piece of real estate as security, as the city
does, he wouldn't be so careful of credit, but careful collect
ing is good business in any event.
HAROLD LLOYD
MAKES LOCAL
BOW IN TALKIES
hohhip of the" imitn office of tlw
W'lMit in rnion Te)Knih coinjmny
at Couj-'rcsH nm Shelby utrettH,
A lIlllOlllUlll U'lHI HttUU'llt to hnlt
the fl.M-lnj; nifti wiih unumlcd twlco
'IViilny ii Idler liln uH u lank
full o' fins, (wo lifiiiilMti'Kcr Niml
ulclicM, put IiIh nir In n ilmvil
(mm K'liriw. nil' lithe Ills xh't to
a luiiHlr.tl mm eriil, UilUo, fcr hit If
o' lint we uscil l pay to m-i a
"Xciv Vork mic'W "I'vo uali
...I II..T rnocs .in' rn.il,.., . UK-.- N v om(.UNH H (Ap)
hull', tilll. I li.ll.ll icour l ho ,,. ,.., ,,.
...ll,o I in' i.imi..' 'm ",,,.,,,.,,.,,.,. ,.ri,., ,,vi
x-limil tins," suhl Mm. l-.il AllltW, ,,..,,,,, ..,. , l.
. , . . 'Hint tlH- Of I be Hil'oc rnliliiq'H who . day,
A itvltn' fwapi d iiImu in bci'v.il tt iinv
, Ifinold l.loyd iiiinlc IiIh inlllnl been shoi.
.ii.f.irilin' hi Iji (liandi y. Mtcr-, Tho men encaped wllh aboiil
day III a Inlklf, and Iilx fan T'oIIcp fny they arc tho name
and they are many are more eon- oiii-h who held up the office in :
vjnei-d than ever that he a the day a'n. j
Tiintf of tailKh-hiakerH. He look The dead an- .D'HM I,. ratlin, 3S. f
tho leading part In 'U'elcoin an operative nf (he Amerieati SUM i
I ifiiiKer" it the' A i cade and hU an- 'A larni company; .(ohn- K. Scott,' AH;
Hen, titiun, and excellent ha ml Hut alio! her opcrallve of the eumpany
of dlfflcuH HfliiatfonH kept the ami the unidentinefl robber wlm
dudleiieo In 'ii hllal-lmiM uproar police way took hhi own Jiff wllh
niilieli of the" (iine. tho film he had lined lei shoof Scott
The comedy klutf ha Hie repu- and t'atlln a moment' befure. The
t.i ton of FrlrKUx more mlKlnal man had been woundfid HeVbniHly I
untot than any othrr, and hi' up- by the KirardK. , I
held IIiIk ;ih( nit'ht ulfh a iiiinib.r The wounded patrolman in .To
of new HinntM. t-ejih II. Kails, 'i, of cMilral ta- i
The play kIvph him the role of I ion.
tho won of a famniiK police chief '
and he trlea to live up a hix f,-,th- f IIOIihKllS Uh?r ir C'KNTS
1-nitTLAXIi, Ore., Feb. 14 (AI'J
Four ii n iib-nt Iff ed men enterod
the home of Alike FcIiihIc early to
day, bound two of Km occupantH
hand and, foot, hmded the re,s
denen, then lefl with )ut Iffl contM.
I'eter .Milla.s, a roomer and John
I'eriiHle 'u'l'i't.' tied wllh their be!in
after .MillaK went to (lie door to
find a revolver shoved into hl.s midriff.
beach, and lliij;h".s wan denounced
an an exponent- of the name vb-w.
Thcfr Hlrelljilh J nrrcafdnu. Ihft
oppOHitlon iinivi'i first of al) III
carry the ileUite over mil II to i
u'k reputation and how. IJoyd
Is Kiiiporled by an excellent ca-a.
Much of 'the action Jk In the
rhlnatotra of a Ifirtfo Faclflr
oily.
A motion by Senator Norrf
to iveew over niulit wan di l'eatt-il
il to j. Then a motion to xend
the nomination buck to the judic
iary commitleo was Ion! 4!t to .'ft.
and immediately alteruard tile
nomination wtin confirmed.
Tile final roll call Oil UllKlieh'
confirmation follmiH,
l-'or cont'irinallofi. ItepublicaiiM
!llen, Maii't. HiiiKli;im. ('upper.
Dale, Denrcn. i.ch, (Kllett. (flriin.
(luff, (io'd.vbOro. (lonbl. fheene. ;
flrunilV. Kale. Hastim-H. Hnlfied. "
Herbert, .Tones, Kean. Feyew, .Mc-l UU'ltHS OF A ItOMANTlCIST
('ulloeh, .McXary. Oibfle, Falter- ! f there were tlo romance, there
oit. I'hipp. Fine. Schall. Short- ! would be no 'millinery bill and no
rhlKe. Smofit, stelwer. Sullivan, I money Hpent for powder and per
Tboma.s of Idaho. TownKend, Van- f fume,
den her,. Valcntl. Waterman and- If there were no roiuanee, then
Watson :iS; deruocratH, AKhiirsi, would be no Milk Iio.se, no plucked
I lark Icy, Itroiisyar d. ( "opeland. eyebrows, no beauty parlors. '
Fletcher. If'irrlKon, K e h d r I c It, 1 . f tfre were no romance, there
liamsd' if, stecli,-Stephens. Swan- would be no fawclnatim; smiles, no
son, Tfaniell. Va-,'iier and Walsh of ! Hitai'kllntf (-yes, im tenderly yearn-
Successors to N.K.WEST & CO.
NEW CURTAIN PANELS
2!4 yards long .
$1.00 each
Coolidge Has To
Buy a Nigh tsh irt
Id her lii.shiiiuf IIiIn liloi-uiiiK', i.h III
Imi'.l Mii.mloil 111 rem. I i'.. Iut
liit.no.
MYSTERY OF OHIO
BOY CLEARED BY
TWO STATEMENTS
Woman Races South
In Chartered Plane
(Continued fn,n Fago One)
Hleepintf snrment was left out. j
After HpondfriK a resilesH nlt-hl j
trying to Kleep ih ii,(arnas in a
New Orleaim hotel, the former i
president called ' fr bell boy and appeared, lioth aur-cd that M,-l-sent
hltn; out shoppln-,'. The boy via was whisked into the aiitomo
r'efiirneil with a bundle. bile ami either choked or beaten .o
MV. Coolldfxo opened il and i death, but each laid the blame on
proudly lifted. out an old fashioned t the other,
nltfht hlrt. , : , .
BANTA IS FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
FRANCE'S CLAIM
i IS BEING FOUGHT
I'OltTI.ANIi. tin'..' !'. H (Al')
Hji.M-illiii; hy nil- li- Sun. Kran-
I'lHCO WlHTIt Hill' IKIJU'H rPCI'Ilt lltM-
I'livi'i-li',: in t:iiniM- tronlini'iit rimy
hiivp hor tiff. .Mr. Ii-vlnir Kclwlni, j
viftfnf n l.lik" ClU'lnn, WiikIi., or-!
rl.urdlHt, left I'liplliilnl nl nonn tn-
tin y In i l-liiiiti'i-Pil iilrplnjip. ' l
, Mra. HilivinH III .hi' .(n-iitnl hy
Iii-k. Wlllpr H. colfoy "nil .Inlin II. , i)lin J. Kcmiy. of t'orttiinil. iuiil thi-rn mi' rerttiln .-ii-Kiimi-ntH whli h
llliuuhi-r who nn- UHlnif aill-i'linl ox- Itoherl V.nV.n rl-prcsi'lH tlm plain- will ho mlvnncod ti Kniiu-o. ThOHe
traclH -lii: ciinror In'iitmf-nt. Hlio tll'f. anil I'oohran nml Khoi-hard will lie londorpit not only for tho
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j r.owIilPM those hai-Knintnt.' points
was ni'pnnipanlPil hy hor IiiisIkiiii!
In tho piano pllnloil hy ('Iiiii-Ioh A,
Itortor. -Aliotl.or stop will . 1.0
inailo at MonlnKiio, fnf kiiho-
Hno and till.
l-il'lii- mild Ills wlfo was In' a
most sol-Ions t-oiiilltion.
Girl's Sobs Are
Under Control
(he defendant.
CHICAGO KILLED;
ATTI,Kt!OKO. Mass.. . Feb. 14
( Al') A few monb'nlH of llf,ht
fobbhm at Intervals of several
hours wtiH thn Htdo reinlmlef today
nf (he violent spasms of unenn
tiollable HOliblllk' which AIImh Violet
Miguel, suffered for several ilayM from the. police weapons dropped
llils week. The yniinic woman was Um, dend. i
to leave her bed today for the first
, purpose of eonviiieinK' the French
1 : , delegation but with Ihu Idea of
fitVKS iW 1AVS ' Klvintr I'l-emicr Tnrdied material
' In the: county court. Jodife V. with which to pernuado bis country
O. Couch yesterday afternoon sen- tt lower tonnage flurca ara pos
teneed William. Iturpess, charged Hlble.
with possession of Ihiior, to. :to ' 'For example the Uriand-KelloKK
days in Jail. Muvkvhh was arrest- Fact will be presented as an unru
ed earlier In the wetdi by county nfont. It will be stated that
officers. lranco has niore allianecs than
: . 'any other Kiiropean country tll
'f WO "HA XTHITC! TV 'eluding the Important Locarno
Massachusetts I I. Total itt. j hearts,
Against eonfinnation: Hepult-.' If therew
UcaiiH Ula trie, llorah. Ilrookhai t,
','ouV.ehK. Frazler. Nnrbek, John- i
son, l.afolie.tie, MeMVistei. Norrl.s
.iinl Nye 1 I: democinm, UlaeV ;
Illease. Ilr.itloa. . Coiinally, Il!l, ,'
Oeitrjje. (rlass. Harris, flawes. Mc
Ale liar, Overman. Sheppard, Sim
mons. Walsh of .Molilalia and
Wheeler 1 U. Total 20.
: Of those not voting It was an
nounced tin followiivwere palrcl
for HuRhes: itepnblicans, Moses.
Uobisoit Of Indiana, Iteeil of Fenil- '
sylvania. Metcall" ami Itoldnson of'
Kentucky; democrats, Kobinsoii of 1
Arkansas and llroch,
Those paired against 11 unites
were: Itepublicans, Howell; demo- I
crats. Kintf, Thomas 'of Oklahoma,
Sin till and TymiiKs; farmer-labor,
Shipstead. '" . . " . -
The following were absent and j ' Ves. hidffd!"
unpaired: cutting, republican; and ! " "Woll. then, would you mind
arawa Ilayden. Heflin and IMUJ lnklntf up a name for my new
jiian, ilelnocrats. : ibK?"
The II reiu'blicnns voting against i
HiiKhc beloiiK to the band of west- ! AVITIIIX THK l,AW
ern Independent k who have been j Owner "Hey, then-, don't you
flirhtiue the Hoover adin inlsl ra -, see the fdtfn'.' It says 'No Fisli
tlon's farm relief and tariff poll- , inff on Tills (Jro.und'."
! "Sine 1 see It, J ulu'l fishing
Senator Joseph Ilcddnson, detjm- nn the ground."
eriit. Arkansas, member of the -trrrtrr " '"
American naval delegation at l,on-
don, cabled his pair for coiiflrma- f
Hon of'Mr. Hughes.
no romance, there
would le no VAI.FNTIXFS.
If then v e'"v no VA LKXTIiVKS
I Ills would never have been writ
ten. o
"I lea rest A una belle. wrote (s
wahl. who wiih hopelessly in love.
"I would swim t he mighty ocean
for one glance from your dear eyes.
I would walk through a wall of
flame for one touch of your Utile
hands. 1 Would leap the wildest,
sti'eain In the world for' a word
from your lovely .lips. As always,
yulir Oswald, ..'',-'
, S. I'll bo over Sal unlay
nlgiil If it doesn't rain."
Your Kiel doesn't get una b of Mi,
kii k out of It win'" y'Mi Ms her i
pirllire. . '.
-
Old Sandy had a cold, and his I
doctor ild: '"Hot milk ami honeyit
every ninlil. Sandyfc" T
A week later the doctor came Iu..j
ask bow the treatment went.
. "Well, doelor." said Sandy wllhl.
a Kila, "Ah'ia a wee bit behind
Willi Die milk, but I'm mix week..'
ahead with - the honey." Ji
FAV.MIF.XT IX AHVAXCI-; '
NolHhltor: "Whal are yon Ihrash-'
irfg your son for?" 'j
Mr. Ifrown: "He's olng to get''
his rejt-t card tomorrow and I'm
goim; away tomorrow."
-
n:
It's safer to drive fast. Tho,
driver mixed up In a fatal accl-.
dent,' never is Koing faster than,.,
twenty mlk-s an hour. ''
Fact with Its guarantee (,f (he
Status Quo. l'reiuior Tardfeu will
DRIVE CONTINUES 1,0 ),slaMl wny 110 ,u'oIs tho 'Kt
has the largest standing army in
(Continued from Pago One)
Kurope.
lime
lAH'Ali MAUKtrrs
Rprlntf IS.i'' -f,c ,h
Hqavy hens 10c lb,
Ught hens Mc lb.
Stags He lb.
I'lonr
Hard Federation (hard whout)
JT.liO bbk
Soft witeat JfMO
.tuufi; Kii.uio is noMi i
fKTHOIT. Feb. I I (Al) Thn
luen, two of them special guards
.ana j,uc,uurjii a memaer or a four
man holdup gang who preferred
ideath to capture, tost their lives
last nicrht in a gun battle during a
HUGHES WILL
TAKE OFFICE
FEBRUARY 21
"Yiiu'ro i. oitllo
loan.
Tomorrow's Observer
Will Tell You!
? ? ? ? ? ?
OFFICE
CAT
' tmaob maun mta.
By Junius
H'e buys a valentine for a dime,
A lid wants his love, to always shine; j
Such a system would be sublime,,
Now, what in the mischief will
make this rhyme"?
I. -fiffiffiC-WfffTh-F' "
STEVENkN EWGELEN CO
yM&r
REMEMBER
SATURDAY FEB. 22
Doctor. SchoWs Foot Specialist
ALL DAY
I, A CKANDR ItHTAIt, HARKKrS
.Snual- Kill 11). Bliok Jli.'J5. ;
Votfrlnbli'ji
NnllotI Oom potatoos $11 aaclt.
l'ai-sloy do hunch.
CahhaKo Sr. Ih.
I,ottnoo 15i- a hPlld. j
Yellow onions ia lb.
Cai-i-ots (alll'ornla. lap linnoti.
Swoot potnloos n llis. 2!lp.
l'ai-snlpH 4t Ih. . ;
Sitlnnt'h 15c Ih. ' j
Ml-UKHPlS Hpi'OlllS -(10 H.
rninli'i'i'ps....2llo ll.
I'ut-mnliors IITto Mii-h.
raiilll'lowor ITto Ih.
roh-ry I'Oo.
IVloryll t 20o.
'I'nrnlps 1 r.t- a hunph: 2 for 'ific.
n lioiipol-H 4110 Ih.
(it
Arllfhokos-
for 35c.
Itaillslios Tic hilllPll.
lmtry
lt-.ltt.-i-. pti alnory 45p. Ih.. 2 lha
Kkum 4'Jt"'( 45t tloz.
Choose 4(1 Ih.
Ilinioy I'onih, 75o. it stumro.
I 'l ulls
ltunanus 2 lha. tor 25o.
Applos ? I ii 19. Iiox.
I.oinons 5'io tloz.
tlraim'os 45t"ll Slip tloz.
Meats nntl t-'ttl.
tloot lioll--ir.i 20p.
Chops ami sloalts 5n 'i 4 ir Ih.
l-'rosh s.-iltilon 35e Ih.
llallimt :inp Ih.
Oh
Yon ram! gt wrottt "r
im matting hiscnils
if you mlil Ike milk
-littlel
llins Bios. n,ver c wronn;
in developing the ttavtif oi
their matt-lile coffee becitMe
thef roist onlr a few poumli
at a time hjr a rontimiou
procets Controlled Roasting.
No hulk-roaslitiR method can
produce such flavor.
Frrsh from thi original r.icuum
fact. Easily opened with the key.
HILLS
BROS
COFFEE
o too
- j""a"'u11"' " TnTriiCTiirrrTiTifflr ia'iii.'.rToTrmnn
.(i.'oniintipa ti-.om nn .uw . ., .
was i-ilotl as an ovldoupt- of tho " 1 ' ' i ..
i li-ontl nl' opinion on tho supi-i-mo H mlM mmm If 94 I
H Til 1C 1 9 S kdiL woor
Main 759
Corner Cedar and Washington
CREDIT
Another reason w hy our business grows is
that our customers appreciate the service of
having: their groceries and meat brought to.
their door and nay the hill once or twice a
month as they sec lit. This is much more con
venient than going alter them personally and
paying the bill every day, don't you think? And
our meats and groceries are priced right.
SATURDAY AM) MONDAY FEATURES
Grape Fruit
? for 25c; doz 90
Campbells tomato
soup 8?
Powdered sugar, 3
lbs :. 25
Van Camps honi
ing, 2 lg. cans 25-
Lemons are lower
Lnrge size, doz. -15t
Carrots
3 bunches 25c
Veal Ground for Itaf
Pound 30C
Plump hens Rhode
Island Reds fresh
dressed and drawn.
Green onions and
radishes, 2 for 15
Bulk dates, 2 lbs 25c1
Home made chicken
tainalies, fresh daily;
each 20?
Butter
lc
Try our sausage
no cereal, lb. ..:.30c
Chocolate wafers to
make refrigerator
cake; box 35?
We buy Hens Rhode Island Reds.
A SPECIAL LOT OF OREGON CITY
VIRGIN WOOL SUITS!
Men's and Young Men'sall new patterns that would
originally sell for $2100 and $30.00. Some have extra
Trousers at $5.00 more.
WHILE THEY LAST
$18.00
SPECIAL LOT 0VERC0ATS-V
Vi PRICE!
; $12.50 and up
DOLLAR
BLANKET SALE
Buy One at Regular Price
. Take Another for $1.00
Broad '
cloth '
Shirts
$1.00
Jfor x ?
7 '$2.75 1
3
The Stooe Tor Evtnv Man
$5.00
Hats
$3.85
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