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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA' GRANDE. ORE.
Thnisday March '17, 1932
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than the Patrick of fiction. We all could derive benefit from
. the study of his writings, which are the oldest documents of
; Christianity in Ireland. They have a ring of unmistakable
I sincerity, and show St. Patrick to have been a man of un
, usual reverence and spiritual insight. The Irish do well to
i honor him.
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A good musician is one who can hear the new songs and
recognize the old scores from which they were stolen.
Other Papers
. Say:
. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto
have I declared thy wondrous works. Psalm 71 : 17. t
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT t
A new industry for the valley, and one which has been
COMPETITION IS TAXATION
A vigorous protest by the Ameri
can Petroleum Institute against the
proposed plan to levy a Federal tax
on gasoline focusses attention once
more not only on a much abused
source of taxation, but also upon the
more important Issue of competition
In taxation between the Federal and
state governments. In some states
the gasoline tax has come to be re
gerded not as a legitimate revenue
pioducer within reasonable bounds,
but raiher as a cheap and convenient
method of solving the common
wealth's financial problems.
rnis explains why some of the
states assess a tax of not more than
two cents per gallon while some other
states levy two and three times this
amount. A reasonable tax Is both
morally defensible and economically
Justifiable. It rests upon a broad
base, affecting as it does a very
large percentage of the population.
It entails no burden disproportionate
w tne anility to pay. But once it
becomes exorbitant It loses both Its
moral basis and its economic merit.
' We see the proof in the fact that
It has given birth to a new form of
racketeering In those states where
the tax Is so high as to encourage
ana even invite evasion of payment.
receiving much attention and study of late, is the production jBuegging of gasoline is taking its
. .... . I place with bootlegging of liquor be-
of maraschino cherries. Anyone who is well informed about cause the taxing authorities have
sweet cherries knows that the fruit produced in this valley ' l"? :TZ
is not excelled anywhere; and those familiar with the local stat U3! ln ,hose ,ta,cs where -the
situation realize that some of the conditions responsible for Tourse TncoLgement t' ,
the size and flavor of Grande Ronde cherries are also respoiW cr'mlnal element that Is already find
sible for the rfiffinnlrv in finrlino. tV,o l-af ,.f A tut ln? -MO'"" market a profit-
j ... ..v .o aim nj sole field for operations.
fairest price. Weather and soil conditions which make our; ! In the Pren' demoralized state
cherries so large and luscious, also make them later to mari TXnrln more
ket. j than prices for other basic commodl-
rm. !! tlM that are suffering from depres-
ine possibility of converting valley cherries into the fin- lon. abnormally tow. Yet gaso
ished maraschino product was given attention three years ",ne ,fXM- whlch contribute a sub-
,u u r n-ur : t. .... . tanlla to the price paid by
B mien uucio iium .iuuiiiiu puicnaseo. quantities 01 the ultimate consumer, are showing
Royal Annes for that purpose. Reports received later were a 'end,en'7
-. uiiy is io nuiiny me economies
that the cherries from this section were more than satisfac- introduced by producing and refining
torv. More rerenr.lv wo hnvn hnarH mr.nl-tc of .i,i..u companies ln their intensive effort
.. . . not only to meet the eeds Qf a
cheines from different sections had been subjected after era of depression but also to enlarge
they had been barrelled or frozen for a year or more Those thelr market- We have a uon
... , , ' xoany, for Instance, wherein the tax
tests proved that Grande Ronde valley cherries excelled those " gasoline levied by some states
from all other localities in retaining their color, flavor, and SSSS., lVJrLZ
XUIIIIIC-O.
never have happened. But since the
Republicans were ln the saddle on
the executive branch and the Demo
crat occupying the same position on
the legislative side, there was nothing
else to do but get together.
Democrats ln the house simply had
to bring ln a tax bill. The Republi
cans, with a president In the White
House, had to come to the rescue of
the treasury.
So the bill is out with neither
seeming particularly anxious to take
credit lor It or assume responsibility.
STORMS AHEAD
But no one doubts that there's
trouble ahead. The senate will get the lowest bidder. These included th
Paradise Creek-Elkton section of the
malnder will be advertised for sale
at the next meeting. The money Is
to be used to carry on the highway
work as budgeted, the bond Issue
terminating Oct. 1. 1927.
Lack of new requests by the score
of delegations -was noticeable, the
same delegations as have appeared
before former groups again present
ing the same requests and program
proposals, with few changes, to the
present commission which has been
In office less than a month.
Lindstrom and Feigenson of Port
land will be awarded the largest con
tract, that of construction of the
three-span steel arch bridge over the
Clackamas river on the East Portland-Oregon
City thlghway. Their
bid was for $1&4,475. The award
was referred to the state engineer
with power to act. The commission
suggested the bid be delayed several
weeks ln the hope of securing funds
inrougn tne proposed federal aid
emergency measure now before con
gress. This was also done with sev
eral other contracts, - awards to be
made to the lowest bidders later.
Two contracts, for which bids
were opened at the Mar. 3 highway
meeting were announced as going to
CHINESE ARE
MARCHING ON
MUKDEN CITY
(Continued From Page One)
a whack at it before it becomes law
and a. battle royal may occur there.
Some of the most outspoken op
ponents of the plan to wipe out the
deficit by taxation are senate Demo
crats. They have been loud in their
contention that the government can
well afford to borrow money and
spare the taxpayer.
The so-called progressive group, in
the senate will also be heard from
when the bill gets there. There are
several Items that they object to. Re
duction of personal exemptions from
the Income tax Is one. The sales
tax on manufacturers and some of
the excise taxes, too, will draw fire
from that group.
Senators like Nonis, of Nebraska, j
and LaFoIlette, of Wisconsin, believe J
heartily that tampering with the In
come tax should be restricted to the
higher brackets, letting the burden
fall on the wealthy.
J Institute contends that the average
The results of these two tests have figured prominently
In the recent a&itatfori' for the promotion of this new indus
try, and the marketing advantages also deserve serious
tax on gasoline for the entire United
States now equals the wholesale
price
It would seem, ln the clrcum-
j i . . , auiiiii's, Limit bins .uuireie -tuse ui
kuimiux-rauun, since me marascnino cherries would find a gasoline offers an exceptional oppor-
steadier market and bring a better margin of profit to the 't!l,?-
growers. their mutual problem of competition
The Royal Anne cherries are the variety which would be S. Tn"Z, S,
turned into this channel, it is stated. In The Dalles where 10 60 tiult,0'e and fair in its treat
the industry has already assumed fairly large proportions, ST-S ,"
xne tsiacK Republicans are also used, but that varietv come I of inheritance levies by both Federal
on so late in our valley that there is usually no difficulty
in finding a market for them.
In an average year 125 tons of the Roval Annes are re
duced at Cove, about 50 tons at Union, and 75 tons at La
and state authorities. The Income
tax has come to be regarded by more
than half the states as a field open
to competition with the Federal Gov
ernment. The tobacco taxes for
decades acknowledged to be the spe-
uranae. If the growers can find a more satisfactory outlet lmcn' are no longer hew by some
for these rhorrina anA l,Vn.. ,.t,., j. i ,,. . states to be an exclusive Federal
..., Ifi6v:1 iiB lu iipijeara to us mat
the project should have the enthusiastic support of every
cnamoer ot commerce member, every business man, every
property owner, and eveiy capitalist in the valley.
me utciiiua vu tut? iriarascnino marKet, we are
tola, requires only a Very small outlay of capital. The equip
ment is simple and inexpensive; the barrels are cheap; the
cost of bottles, if the processing were completed here, would
not reach a considerable figure. The biggest problem now
confronting the cherry men is that of seeming financial as
sistance enough to carry them through the picking and pack
ing season and until the returns come in.
The cherry season is rapidly approaching, and it will Ikj
well for us all to co-operate in boosting the new industry. It
can easily be made the source of thousands of dollars of
added income for the Grande Ronde valley. Paraphrasing
the old slogan of the Rose City, this is the time to remcmlier
that "What Union county makes, makes Union county."
privilege, And now we have the
Pederal Government proposing to
widen, the competition through a
gasoline tax. The time has arrived
for the Pederal and state govern
ments to divide properly the various
source of taxation and to confine
themselves to their own sources once
they are allotted. Keokuk (la.)
Gate City.
IT'S A WISE FATHER
Acting Chairman Charles Crisp of
Georgia and his ways and means
committee, fathers of the bill, might
not recognize their 297-page child
by the time It completes its Journey
around the hill.
But then Crisp has said publicly
that all his bridges have been burned
behind him and that no matter what
the personal political consequences
may be to him. he Is determined to
balance the budget.
His bill Is calculated to do that
very thing.
And who can tell?
In the end, the house ways and
means committee and the Democrats ' gene
who ctmirui it. may -gei a lot or
credit and benefit by taking the bull
by the horns as they have.
Umpqua river highway, 8 miles of
grading, which went to Earl L. Mc
Nutt of Eugene for $62,006; and the
Doyle mu-Nimrod section of the Mc
Kenzie river highway, 14 miles of
surfacing, to go to J. W. and J. R.
HlUstrom of Marshfteld for $73,170.
The latter bid was referred to the
highway engineer and the bureau of
public roads with power to act.
Gilbert and Goodwin of, Portland
were the successful bidders in the
Vesper section of the Nehalem high
way in Clatsop county, for 23 miles
of grading and surfacing. They were
awarded the contract on their alter- i
nate bid on concrete culverts for J
$33,698. Knute Lien of Portland was'
awarded the 30 mUes of light sur
facing of the Valley Falls Okerman
Ranch section of the Lakevlew-Burns
highway in Lake and Harney coun
ties for $16,850.
ed to Changchun.
INSURGENTS ANNIHILATED
HARBIN, Manchuria, Mar. 17 ()
Two hundred Chinese Insurgents who
attacked the Japanese garrison at
Ninguta have been "annihilated," the
Japanese commander reported today.
NO FURTHER PROGRESS
GENEVA, Tar. 17 JP Dr. W. W.
Ten, representing China on the
League of Nations council, told the
assembly's committee on the Par East
that there had been no further prog
ress ln negoeiattons for an armistice
at Shanghai.
Naotake Sato, however, reported as
the Japanese spokesman, that the
negotiations were proceeding hope
fully. Dr. Yen disclosed that a tentative
agreement had been reached at
Shanghai yesterday . providing the
Chinese troops would remain where
they are and the Japanese would
withdraw to the position they occu
pied at the end of January.
One of the Japanese conditions,
said Dr. Yen. is unacceptable. It is
that the Chinese government under
take to end the boycott against Jap
anese goods. This amounts to a po
litical condition, he contended, and
therefore Is contrary to the ouroose
of the league assembly. i
Moreover, he said, China cannot
accept the demand that a commis
sion composed of Chinese. Japanese
and neutrals supervise the establish
ment oi aa evacuated zone between
the two armies. He described the
situation at Shanghai as still "un
certain and dangerous."
BULLDOGS DROP
SECOND STRAIGHT
GAME AT SALEM
(Continued from Page One)
ORDER RAIDS ON .
HITLER FORCES
(Continued from Page One)
longer would tolerate the mobiliza
tion of an army like Hitler's storm
troops. i ;
To Extend Raids
The raids throughout Prussia were
under the direction of Karl Severing,
minister of interior. . , , , ; , , -, . ,
A report was current that ihay
would be extended also to other parte
of the roich.
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basketball teams from Oregon City,
Burns and Baker may either return
home or watch the remainder of the
state tournament here from the
bench as .the result of tournament
contest during the morning.
On the other hand Sllverton high
school players as well as those from
Athena and University High of Eu-
still have an opportunity to
place fifth and eighth In the state
finals. MareWield and Klamath
Falls, the other two losers from yes
terday's contests, start the after
noon's program and will be followed
by the series between winners for
championship honors. Either Marsh
field or Klamath Falls will be out
of the tournament later today. All
other teams will play again tomor
row. The scores of the morning's games:
University High 22. Baker 18.
Athena 33, Burns 15.
Sllverton 27, Oregon City 25.
The Silverton-Oregon - City con
gest provided the closest game of the
tournament to date, with the two
teams tied consistently during the
entire second half. Oregon City
HARRY GIBSON i
PASSES AWAY
II
Your Easter
SUIT
for
$22.50
"Club" suits combining
every new style detail
point lapels, stitched edges,
patch pockets, raised sleeve
heads, two button various
shades of platinum grey,
promenade tan and cedar
wood brown all with two
pairs of trousers some
with extra knickers.
EXTRA PANTS AT $5.
"JUDY" ASH
IS BACK!
Yesl Judy Is back with us
In the Men's Store and asks
all of histoid friends to drop
in and see him.
I
(Continued Prom Page Onel
dleton. On June 25, 1808 he married
Eleanor Nicely, daughter of Mr. and
Thomas Nicely, deceased. To
Mrs.
this union were born two daughters.
Following their marriage they moved
to Wallowa county near Joseph where
Mr. Gibson engaged ln farming for
several years. In 1915 he moved to
Baker county, living on a farm nine
miles northwest of Baker for eight
years. He later moved to La Grande
where he resided until taken to Hot
Lake a short time ago. While ln La
Grande he followed the carpenter and
contracting trade.
Mr. Gibson was a member of the
"Latin-Am erica
Latin-America includes all coun
tries of South America except the
Gulanas, all countries of Central
America, Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo
and Porto Rico. Latin-Americans
are people mostly descended from
a union of the so-called Latin races
of the Old world with the native
races of the New world.
Valuable Honeybees
Honeybees are so helpful ln cross
pollinating fruit trees that In many
W. O. W. lodge for 30 years, being; sections they are kept for this pur
affiliated with the Baker camp. j pose rather than for the produc
He is survived by his widow and tlon of honey. State bee special
two daughters, Mrs. Frieda John- iSts sav that in Orocon. which is
son. of Pendleton, and Mrs. Lenore , a good honey-producing state, it has
been estimated that bees are from
Camel Schedules
Caravans of a thousand camels,
carrying loads of from 400 to 1,000.
pounds per animal travel at a regu
lar. speed of about two and one-half
miles an hour, for ten hours at a
stretch In ankle-deep sand between
water holes.
Thought Is Ensential
Rending only furnishes the mind
with the material of knowledge; It
Is thinking that makes what we
read ours. Exchange.
Anderson, of La Grande, "and one
sister, Mrs. Mamie Cooley, of Burns,
and two grandchildren, Lois and
Maurice Waltz, besides numerous
other relatives and a host of friends
in Baker, Wallowa, Umatilla and Un
ion counties.
four to five times more valuable to
fruit growers than to beekeepers.
ThroURhout Prussia from Koenles-
vM -i i. -1 . ... , i trailrd but t n rw-ilnf k at. tho half
vsuge puuee fteitu aa. ine 1 " "
correspondence they found ln the ! ana from then on equaled Silverton's
Nazi headquarters, packed it up and- 1,C1U Buai lor "eia s01" um"
took it under heaw euard to oollce xne nnal tw0 minutes when two
headquarters for examination.
There were raids ln Cologne, Ber
lin, Hamburg, Koenlgsberg, Aachen,
Duesseldorf, Frankfort-on-Maln, tand
many smaller places. .-.,
Nazi headquarters protested vigor-
free throws gave the game to the
Marion county aggregation. A long
shot by Oregon City failed as the
gun was fired.
; University High had difficulty ln
overcoming Baker, as the heavier Eu
ously to WUhelm Groener, federal Rene PlaVre found their equal In
minister oi tne interior, and to Albert
Grezeslnski, Berlin chief of police.
Headquarters spokesmen said the
wholesale seizure of documents. In
cluding membership cards and daily
correspondence files, was entirely unwarranted.
VOTE AGAINST
BOND ISSUES
FOR RELIEF
(Continued Prom Page One)
the light but last Baker squad. How
ever Baker could not overcome the
four-point lead maintained and In
creased early ln the fourth quarter
after a tie score ln the third and &
lead at the half.
Athena had little difficulty ln send
ing Burns back home, taking the
lead from the first and holding It
throughout, although the Central
Oregon quintet came within one point
oi tying it at the half.
STEVENS, DAVIS
SEEK NOMINATION
(Continued from Page One)
ination. Neither has as yet made
further statements to the Observer,
and there have been no late reports
of any others In the Republican
party in the county aspiring to this
position.
The office of County Commission
er W. R. Led better, of Allcel, does
not expire until 1934 so that only
one commission post Is open.
A. H. Perryman. La Grande Repub
lican and a former school teacher,
filed his declaration yesterday for
county judge and is now circulating
his nominating petitions. Mr. Per
ryman would oppose County Judge
IS. G. Couch In the primary election.
Judge Couch, although he has not
filed as yet, is expected to do so ln
the near future.
Time's Reversal
As Grandma IVayback remarks:
"The band that used to darn the
husband's socks, today socks the
darned husbsad." Boston Tran
script Classified
-. A New York editor and educator
says there are three kinds of peo
ple who don't tell the truth; those
who don't know It; those who know
It but don't want to tell It, and
those who know it and want to tell
it, but don't know how. In this
last class Is many a dub bridge play
er who gums up a partner by a pri
vate and unconventional system o(
bidding. Arkansas Gazette.
Tennessee
homemakers.
has 25 master farm
There are no law enforcement of
ficers ln Chlco. Tex., a town of 1000
population.
Mocking Bird No Traveler
The biological survey says that
the mocking bird Is practically non
migratory. Neither the males nor
the females go south, but they are
usually solitary In the winter.
Beneficial Health Rays
The ultra-violet rays and the Infra-red
rays are supposed to be the
most benofictal to honlth.
EXTRA
MONEY
YOU can use It can't you?
Why not sell some of those
things you no longer have use
for . . . you can do It with a
Want-Ad in the
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Want-Ad Columns
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CIIKKKtTI. MtiNS
If one reads the newspapers close
ly and keeps his ear In touch with
business leaders, he cannot help bo
lng impressed by the fact that the
upward trend ln business has arrived.
Activity is slow, of course, as must
bo expected after so long a period
of Inactivity. But the patient, though
weak, is stilt alive. He Is breath
ing. If we I Lite n closely, we discover
that the breathing Is growing more
regular and gaining tu strength every
day.
The end of the depression has
come. The bottom has been reached.
Kor several weeks now. there has
been no mention of bank failure.
Sporadic cases of manufacturing
plants opening their doors to their
workers are being reported. Trade
is reviving.
The movement Is going to become
more marked ln a short time. As
credit loosens up there are going
to be more buyers. And stocks of
merchandise of all kinds arc so low
that factories must be enlisted soon
to supply new goods.
We have stuck through the hard
are about to taste the
sweetness of the reward that comes
to all who hold fast. Albany
Democrat-Herald.
SAINT PATRICK
I This is St. Patrick's Day. Everywhere on earth the scat
tered memlers of tho Irish race are wearing the green to
honor the patron saint of their native land. Fourteen hun
dred years ago the preaching and teaching of St. Patrick
changed Ireland from a pagan land to a Christian nation.
Unfortunately, our modern age seems to know more about
the legends and folklore of St. Patrick than the actual life
una woi-K ot that great character. According to tradition, tlmc and
i ne mug oi me serpents had collected all his progeny in the
Irish isle, and St. Patrick determined to try his powers!
against them. He succeeded well enough on the lesser'
snakes but the one big serpent resisted all his efforts until
the good man resorted to trickery. He made a box and
invited the serpent to enter it. The serpent objected, savintr i
enZh r'11, bfUt f - inSiStCd R W!,S qUite la,'C I wabhISoISS -7 u" that a
enougn to be comforable. After a long contention the ser-',ax b"' measure carrying uch
uown xne lid and threw the box into the sea. Legend says pp"i ot the house waya and
the waves of the sea are caused by the writhing of the soi- S?ta"pl 8 am "
pent, and the noise of the sea is the serpent imploring release. I Such in the pat have been
This is a wonderful tale, indeed, but truth is stranger TZIt V?" the country
than fiction, and the Patrick of history is more interesting H.d ,tlth" par,y bMn complete
" control, probably such a thing would
In Washington
commission and view the situation as
a resident of Portland.
Scott said he could not do that
as his first duty Is to protect the
credit of the highway commission.
To vote more bonds, he declared,
would be to impair that credit.
The commission announced it fa
vored the practice of using six-hour
shifts in contracts wherever prac
ticable. The emenrency neca irons asked
tho commission if it had asked the
attorney general for an opinion on
tho legality of the Issuance of bonds, i
The commission said no such opln- .
ion had been received. Dan J. Mai
urkey, of Portland, said that "as a !
poor lawyer making a horseback :
opinion," he was satisfied the issu-1
anco of such bonds was legal. He as ,
well ns other members of the com-;
mittee warned the commission not
to worry about the legality or the
act, nnd that if anyone wanted to go
to court and enjoin the commission, '
tho responsibility would not then be I
the commission's. i
"We'd like to see the color of that
fellow's hair," said Anron M. Prank. ;
one of the committee menibers, "if '
he ever tried to stop the program." ;
Reorganization matters aa a result '
of the economic program recently
launched by the new highway com- j
mission will be considered later.
Some changes lu departments at ,
Salem, merging several under one
head were in tho offing, while the !
matter of changing the headquarters ;
of division h-o. 2 from Grants Pass I
to Hoscburg was also listed. j
Contracts Awarded
Contracts totaling 396.332 for '
highway and bridge projects were ;
awarded by the commission late yes-
wrua. itrms from Portland. En. i
gene. Marshfleld and Seattle sccur-
ing the awards. Several of the lareer .
projects were referred to the state 1
engineer for study, but will be for-'
many awarded to low bidders with- I
In the next week or two. )
The million dollar bond issue, ad- '
vertlsed for bids, fell short short of '
the required amount by 173.0OO. but 1
the S8U8 ooo bonds bid were sold at :
Dar bV thn r-r. l... i
Notice of Meeting
A L,Li wno signed waivers on checking and savings
MM.
accounts in the
United States National Bank
of La Grande, Ore. - .
are requested to attend a
meeting to be held at the
Sacajawea Hotel, Monday evening
March 21 at 8 o'clock
rpiIE object of the meeting will be to organize and
X select a general executive committee to look after
our interests in these waivers.
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