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3 Thursday, February 19, 1931 Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, ORE. i J, i : ! - ii ii (Incorporated) An Independent Newspaper P. R. FINLAY HAROLD M. PINLAY Published evenings, eacept Sunday, at J710 Sixth atreet La Grande. Oregon. . Entered at the Postojflco of La Orande. Oregon, aa Second Claaa Mall Matter under act ol Marcb 2. 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND THB '. CITY OP LA GRANDS ' MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The, Associated Press la exclusively entitled to use for publlca i tlon of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited t If published herein. All rights of republication of special dla I patches In this paper and also tna local newa herein also are reserved. " National Advertising Representative J . M. C. MOOBNSEN CO., Ino. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland, Chicago, v - - Detroit, New York , suBscnipnoN rates Ily Carrier Dally. two. weeks In advance Dnity, six months In advance uauy, single copy . Ily Dnlly. per month rn advance . Dally, per six month In advance . Dally, per year In advance ...... ADVERTI8INO RATES Display, foreign, per colum Inch Display, local, per column Inch . Time contract prices on application The kingdoms of this world our Lord, and ol his Uhnst; ever. Rev. 11:15. ( - . A FUTILE GESTURE : Resenting the loss by his state of a representative in con gress under the new re-apportionment law, a Vermont legis lator is credited with suggesting that the state legislature ; nullify the Volstead Act, as far as it affects Vermont, as a gesture signifying state sovereignity. Ho takes the position that a state, denied the representation in the federal gov-' eminent it claims, can stand on the sovereignity of the state. I ; This is merely a gesture of protest, without meaning or I effect. This question of nullification was settled many years ' ago and it is not likely that one state, especially one of the smallest in the union, will get very far in opening it up again. - t . ','" It has been generations since the individual states claimed the right to nullify an act of congress or to disregard a decree of a federal court. That right was asserted as early as 1798, when tho Virginia legislature adopted a series of resolutions drafted by Thomas Jefferson setting forth tho view that the federal union was a compact and that each party to it had the right to judge, when it had been dis regarded and to decide how to obtain redress. The Ken ; tucky lawmakers took similar action the next year, protest ing, as was Virginia, to the alien and sedition laws. But' ' there the movement ended and, oddly enough, it was Ver ! mont which expressly denied the compact theory of tho union. . f ' South Carolina brought the issue to a head in 1832 when it declared the federul tariff acts of 1828 and 1S32 null and void and warned the federal government that secession from the union would follow interference. Chaos would follow nullification today. Prohibition would be in force" in some states and federal agents driven from others. The Boulder Dam controversy would find at least one state in revolt. Pennsylvania and Illinois would have refused to obey all federal legislation enacted during the period when their senators-elect had not taken office, creat ing a vacancy. And so on down through the whole list of federal issues over which there THE WAYS OF CONGRESS Reviewed as a whole, the attitude of congress toward un employment and drouth relief has been a case of pennywise and pound-foolish. While they have been squabbling over a $25,000,000 dole, a budget calling for the expenditure of !$ 1,000,000,000 has been gathering dust on the shelf, delayed by too much talk and too little action. Enactment of the departmental supply bills would make billions available, and provide employment for incalculable numbers. But some of the senators deemed it more import ant to make an impression upon the folks back home than to provide jobs for the jobless and food for the hungry. They have defeated the very thing for which they professed to be working. So much time has congress frittered away that every one of the appropriation bills must now be considered an emer gency measure. Had every congressman been true to his trust those bills would have been considered on the opening day of the short session. Every appropriation bill that fails to pass before March 1 will mean the loss of an opportunity to give employment to the itile, mid probably will mean unemployment for many now at work. A sign of progress is the planting of trees in front of billboards where billboards were formerly planted in front of trees. Success is nut measured by but by the kind of sen-ice he Income Tax Facts NO. Ifi StUnrles pnld employees constitute one of the Irj:e5t items ot buMncxs expenses. To be allowed as n deduc tion such clarnvt must conftwm closely to the wording ol the statute, which provides for the deduction of "a reasonable allowance for per sonal services actually rendered." The tv of deductibility is whether the amounts paid are reasonable and whether they are. In fact, purely lor perscnBl services. Monev paid an of tlcer of a corporation for which no service, or fcertces inadequate lo the compensation, are rendered is not deductible as "saiarv. Keuson able compensation i held to be an amount that ordmajilv is paid by lite enterprises in like circumstances lor like services. Bcnuses to employees may be rie- Editor end Publisher Bualneu Manager 85o ..(4.60 . 6c . 600 .43 .80 ..6.00 Mall ..43e 45o are become the kingdoms of ; aim He snail reign lor ever ana is any difference of opinion, tho amount of money one gets, gives. ducted by employers when such pay ments ure made In good faith as ad ditional compensation for services actually rendered, provided that, when added to the stipulated sal aries, the total does not exoet "a reasonable compensation for services rendered. " When the amount ot a wiliuy of an oltioer of cmplovoe is p.ud for n ltmitrd time to a widow or heirs in recognition of srrvn.-rs rendered by the titveaited. such pay ment may be deducted. Amounts paid to retired emtiiov. thelr families or others dependent ' upon them, as pensions, or on no-' count of injuries received by ' ployees, ore deductible bv the nv plover. Such deductions ere limited to the amount not conpens.Hted fori by lnsunuice in luvor of the em- pic-yer, or oiiierwise. Salaries paid by envplovers to err plcyees who arc nWni ln nultUrv naval, or other service of iht 1 i ThJ ? concL. o ?r l ,h "'" are a fcwT"le d AmcuH b? i'"1- m, deductions b5 the r:n. SYNOPSIS: The search lor mo tive in lite murder ol Annabells Ouerrlllna taxes the ability 01 Jimmie hfaawell assisting polite Superintendent Itichntond. Thev are told that ilartorte lllake and Or. Ketherlon had heard the old tcoman her aunt threaten to dis inherit Iter should she ued. Short ly alter Uariorle returns to the iult:h aarden and finds her aunt killed bit a stone imnae pushed over on her This is confirmed bv M-irtorie's sister Kveluu alio sous she and her fiance Lionel Puck worth, irers slnatna in the house at the time. Ainauo others susuected ate Oreen chant teur Joe Allen discharofd oar doner, and ilaior fjresham who explains that he was near the house about to call on the spin ster. Setherton's slorii ol his in terview with Uiss tjucrdlhiQ is evasive and thouah he denies lots tor the oirl his secret 'phone call to her arouses suspicions. Allen's disappearance rotuiitcea fAe vil lagers ol his ouilt. Chapter 11 A ONE-ARMED MYSTERY JIMMIE HASWKLL, with Donald and Nancy, arrived early for the regular services next mornlnc In the crowded little village church Looking around blm. he was not surprised at the absence of Evelyn and Marjorle, usually present on Sunday, but today shrinking from the gaze of the curious. The bouse hold was representee by Ben Acree nna his wifo and Major Crosiiura was one of tho ushers. Mrs. Nctherton was there alone, "Captain Stirling lost his hand intl Jimmie caught a glimpse ol utiiey i-otnitig In wi- uei mother. ..aily lirme Wininn. ill listened i ,seiy in ute evliii-ntly siiu-ero i;uiie oiilil Hie Ui'i'cui'eil by the ti-viMeud !iiihe.4 il.irne ivhf did not lei h. lite -itHrlrlfHit. against III it, ii nny, Ji-e Allen Mli'i the irlei services. Mrs iiii'iii-n i;ti'ilit'.i Niinry DnnnM 'nil lIuiiMe mid stuiu'slOil thnt mi ine nm eili ivltli Amirev ih.n iTti'i n- n. a.- lift 4i)li could nut lilt tl iMiuiuetuenl Atitltey nsrr-pil iliiii tttev tvmitri meet amiln at H rtu mil nlny partners anlnst thp i Hies iHiev pn veil to lie n wonderful 4ilet. Nnui-y kept lite mil tmt ot n-,iitiit and lintinlf' was at tnr r un: vet even wlih ll;e came'? ii,r,-r--t ii vva.i itn)i.!!hle t fir -ei the lopli' nl 'he linur Murine ;i w:iil nn a tee .nney turned sml I tfiilv In .lltiitnle 'ini: said. "Do you I telipve J.te Allen dirt It?" '111 v lilly.- lie replied "Ji-e iiimi if simple .itid I lie leaslnc ol mIs friend? itiUhi have m:ule hlni re k!(vs. Then ne inlaht ride off f piaunnm in hltle nlmsclt Hut the sticyesled wall In the garden make? u,e ilmthtru! He would have had lime In cool d"wn II he is a very low lype. he might have done it Hut he Isn't Audrey put In There's not mu.-t. wrona In him Kor a few moments the subject - was dropped as piny proceeded I Hut Jimmie seemed curious. I "I suppi.se Hill Netlwrlon Is an old friend of yoursX he asked. I She gave nlm a quick glance I "Yes. tie Is." ' lllll had always meant to spe ctallre. stie said, nut his tather bad died, leaving debts to pay off. and ' Hill bad to get through qut.'kly nnd come home A good deal that Audrey did not say was Implied Bill's disappointment, for Instance "Is Ulll Neihertcn particularly Irietully with Marjorle Blake?" "With Marjorle?" There was ob vious surprise In her tone. "1 di uut think 6a Why do you askT" "1 only wondered." he evaded, j The subject was dropped as they I watched a one-armed golfer take nn ! iron and wlih his lelt hand send j t'.ie rail down the airway. Audrey answered Jlmmle-s ques I linn, -"lie's Captain Stirling. Lost Clark Wood Says According to the Orefionlan, "some tvdy should tell tho youni? man in the yellow roadster that the world's jHvd record has already been broken." Tom Heflin still claims he was ; "counted out" in Alabama. If o. this i the onlv instance of election f fraud we would never leel disposed to loudemn. When an Illinois man compelled t his uite to swallow one he found her smokins. the cigarette, for once. ; was down and out. Mark Sullivan torctell. W ln congrw.. Would tliat we too rouW anv aoKn (MIU ndl. caie doush lor so sale a predlcUon. HERBERT ADAMS his hand In the war bombing. He's coming over here to speak to U3." I "Captain Stirling," Jimmie re pented. "You rarely see a. one armed golfer. Can he drive a car!" "Rather. Not much ho can't de stining, a big, dark follow with a close-clipped black moustache and square, high 6holililcrs went over to Nancy, telling her that Evelyn Dlake had asked her, Donald and Jimmie to come over for a quiet time that evening. It was agreed that the three would go over. Jimmie and Audrey should'have won the game, which ended all square. She played well, but Jim mies interest in meeting Captain Stirling had put him off his game. Mad tho one-armed man played any part in tho tragedy? Obviously he was friendly to tli6 Bisters. Was it his car that tho chauffeur bad' seen against the tence? The fact that Or. Netherton bad eeen blm driving In that direction supported tba possibility. That a powerful one-armed man could have pushed over the satyr was obvious, but to conclude that from the mere pres ence of bis car appeared worse tban accusing Joe Allen because of his disappearance. Jimmie and the Wades reached the Querdllng place after dinner. Duckworth and Evolyn seemed con- In the war," Audrey explained. lent together. Mariorie had a bock in her hand but was not reading while Stirling waa trying to mak conversation. They nil brlghlene up when tho newcomers arrived. Kvcl.vn's remark to Jimmie gavi a lead hi (lie direction of the! thoughts. "We -an t believe what they ate saying about Joe Alien It he's Innocent, when do you ihlnv the deioctlvea (rum Scotland Yarr will come?" "Probably nit at nil." he replied adding that Scotland Yard help In provincial cases only when asked. "The local police are ver efflt'li'M." "r-r,coial1y with the aid ot f glfled amaleur." Stirling's tone was not entirely fre from sarcasm hut Jimmie tock it good humor cdly. "Wrong again,' be replied "Tin , nniiiteut ts seldom much- use ln comparison with the trained police man." "Well then I nope that Itichmnnc will soon end the suspense," ob served Duckworth. "Hut." said Stltllng, racing Jim mle, "whoever is guilty, how Is it to be brought to them, tl they den It nnd there are no eye-wllnesses? "All you can do ts to get a cum blnation ot circumstances nnd elf minate reasonable d nil tit. Take Joe Allen. We'll check up on every de tail o! his story and when we find him Question him closely, fife motorcycle must have been seen or heard by many nlong the way. I! his story breaks 'Jowu, he may con demn himself." "Yesterday Richmond told me that someone saw my car or one like it standing empty outside here Must 1 prove an alibi betnu?e ot that?" queried Stirling coolly. There was silence as he sreke broken only by a suppressed gasr from Marjorle sitting behind Jim mle. "1 understand, " Jimmie said that Dr. Nctherton told Uichmr-nri he had seen you driving In ;hif direction.' 1 "It 1 told him i waa Just takln? a run in the evening, as one decs should 1 nave to get someone tc contirm my story?" ICOBVrtoht isso J ti . fun incut I Co. ' Music and cencert h.tllj strange subjects to which Jimmie turns Iht conversation in tomoirc" chap ter. Joe Allen's flight it rco. i I While her Caucasian friends are no doubt willing that China should do her duty, they object when she tries to Increase It. tx!d to have a strangle hold on the uuht lite of New York. Gotham f;mgsters could perform a public service by means of a lethal squeeze. Stock are going up acatn. but the stock speculator who has gone ALICNS TO HK DEPORTED WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 (TV Presi dent Hoover yesterday signed a bill to provide for deportation of aliens rvnTicted and sentenced for viola tion cf narcotic laws. . i J A recry.in nation of the Southeast ern baseball league to Include Hav ana. Miami and St. Petersburg, is a possibility. Timers Will Go To Pendleton Friday Evening The La Orande High school basket ball team will conclude Its Inter-district basketball schedule this wcek- ' end, the Tipera playing at Pendleton Friday night and at Milton -Free -water Saturday nlcht. Both teams , have won from La Orande here, nnd 1 the blue and white cagers are hnrdlv 1 n lit let pat tun victory, although they 4 are determined to make their oppon ents worfc for every point. Following the trip to Umatilla county, the Tigers will begin train ing for the sub-district tournament I to bo played, at the Recreational hall on Feb. 27 nnd 28 with teams (from Joseph. Enterprise, Cove. Wal- Iowa. 1 m bier, Elgin and La Orande participating. Of these seven teams, enly three will be permitted to play In the district tournament ot Union, '-and four will be eliminated during ! tho tourney here. A double ellmlna I tlon system will be followed, requlr- ing two defeats to put a team out j of play. Wnllowa Is the only team generally ! conceded to be sure of surviving the i sub -district tournament with the j race for the remaining two berths i apt to be of the free-for-all variety. LEGISLATURE I TO CONTINUE IN SESSION Continued from Paea One) product and on other butter substi tutes. Proponents urged its adoption ns on old to the dairy industry rather than as a revenue measure, while op ponents declared it would not only prohibit the sale of oleomargarine, i but would fail to aid the dairy busl i ness. They also argued It would work ' a hardship upon people who could not afford to purchase butter. The Mott resolution to provide that no taxes for state purposes shall be levied upon real property, went down to defeat after hours of debate In the house. It was indefinitely postponed on a majority report, after attempt to substitute a favorable minority re port failed. The vote was 32 to 27. A new traffic code, as a substltuts for the one previously filed, came in to the house, along with a request to lease space and provide for ex hibits for the Century of Progress ex position in Chicago in 1933. A com mission of four members, appointed by the governor is proposed. Appropriations Considered. , Eleven appropriation measur2s ap proximating $1,750,000 covering the biennial expenses of various state de portments were Introduced ln the' house by the Joint ways and means committee.. The bills included: Money for the control and destruc tion of predatory animals, $34,300. Money for a geological and mineral resources survey ln cooperation with the government and creating a state mining board to carry out the act, $30,000. Transportation of insane, $36,443; payment of states expenses ln the transportation of convicts $15,500 and payment of expenses incurred ln the apprehension, arrest and return of fugitives of justice $16,500. Salaries and general expenses of judges of the circuit court and esti mated at $290,000 while the salaries of district attorneys and their depu ties are placed at $147,500. .... E. O. Livestock Show Listed. Payment of premiums at the stats fair. Judging expenses and the print inn of premium lists is estimated at $75,000; a deficit payment for pre miums awarded at the 1930 fair. $16, 403; Pacific International Livestock For Style For Quality For Service Come to THE LITTLE SHOP exposition $75,000 und Eastern Ore-t gon livestock show at Union, $10,000. Tho sup erne court salaries and ex-; prnsea are placed nt $157,020 with those for the office of the attorney; general $63,310. ! Oregon's natlonol guard listed $23i.9tH for salaries, wayes and gen-; era I expenses and nn additional $5707 ' for rent of Camp Clatsop. The atnte board of forestry r.sks r $106,320 for salaries nnd expenses with $25,740 for state board of horticul ture and $10,000 for quarantine nnd combat work against the alfalfa : Weevil. Salaries nnd expenses of the office of the atnte engineer are placed at $61,021 with $ia,000 for the stats reclamation commission. Twenty-flvo hundred dollars is 1 asked for defense of the suit of the ' United States agnlnst the state of Oregon Involving title to Malheur, Harney nnd Mud lnkes. The state dairy and food commis sioner's department will require $59, 191 while tho salaries nnd wnges In connection with the state livestock j sanitary board are $47,513. House Kills Hill. J The house killed a bill permitting! the surplus fees of the state board of i architect exnminers to be used for i educational purposes. The surplus, it ; was stated, aggregates around $150 a j year nnd the board wanted to use this j money ln offering prizes, etc. Mem bers ln general were opposed to the principle of permitting boards to use I funds in this manner, holding that 1 they should be returned to the gen eral fund. . "See Fred and He Ahead" BODY AND FENDER WORK Auto Tops. Glass, Curtains Welding Fred's Body & Fender Shop 211 Greenwood i A..AS3 "each s buy. if yoU 155 if yu5 19 X4-4? Ciantfi Western eaci buy ;yOU -ifyou buyOne Play Safe . . . Buy in Pairs SAVE MORE, TOO... I Generally, when ycu need one tire, you need two. Many accidents are caused by one bad tire, or by trying to squecre just a few more miles out of tires with smooth treads or weakened side-walls.' For Safety's Sake, you need "B-iuinccl Traclion". . . good treads and equal strength in both opposite tires. To in cluce you to buy in pairs, we offer you Extra Sail ings. 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