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Saturday, November 5, ii)32 LA. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Pan tfirea Nothing Venture by Patricia Wenlworih SYNOPSIS: The tragedy of lean's first hiss from Jervls 1b that she feels it was given light ly. Everything Is wrong; Jervls demands proof that her father Is Nigel Forsyth, famous explorer, and believes she has mercenary motives In accusing Robert Leon ard oi murderous designs upon : Jervls., Nan Bends proof to her cruel husband, the letters wet with her tearB. Chapter 24 . . FIRHT OVERTURES . Jervls. sorted, out the letters Nan had Bent him, and read them through. They were the rather stiff letters which a man writes to children with whom be baa no other than a for mal relation. X hope you and Cynthia are do ing well at school. There's noth ing like a good grounding. Your aunt says Cynthia is very back ward and does not try to learn. I am very sorry to bear this. You will both have to earn your liv ing some day, as I tiave nothing to leave you. Life out here Is precarious. Jervls bad a tenderness for chil drcn. He frowned at the letter as he read It. It was dated July, 1010. Nan would have been eleven. Good Lord! What an exhilarating letter for a kid of eleven to get from, a father on the other side of the world I It must have been about the last letter he wrote her too. He turned to another: My dear Nan, I have had your letter, and the snapshots of you and Cynthia. In ' answer to your questions you are hot at all like your mother. I am afraid you take after my side of the family. Your mother was very -lovely, and everyone loved her. She took love and admiration as a right, Cynthia has a look of her. And the letters' were signed in the same way: Your affectionate father NIGEL FORSYTH. , Somehow Jervls found them pa thetic. Outside of the signature there was not much affection In them. He got a picture of the man worried and without an idea of what to do with two little girls In America. And he had a picture of the child who had. hoarded these letters a child who wanted to be like her beautiful mother, and wasn't; who had to shoulder the responsibility which Nigel Forsyth was laying down. It was Nan, obviously, who had to placate "your aunt," to manage Cynthia, ' and to bear in mind that she had got to earn her own living. He was prepared to bet that she had to earn Cynthia's liv ing too. He put tbe letters back in their envelope and went upstairs. He stood listening at the door be tween1 his room and Nan's, and then knocked upon it. There was no answer. And yet he was quite sure sho was not asleep; he had a feeling that the whole room wus waiting to hear him knock again. I ni tend, ho tried the handle, and found, as he expected, that the bolt was fastened on the other side. As the handle moved with a faint creaking sound, he heard the soft padding of feet and the merest ghost of a growl. Next instant Bran was sniffing at the crack. Ho knocked again, a good deal louder, and became aware of a movement that was not made by Bran. It was a very soft. Inaudible movement. It suggested to him that Nan was sitting up in bed putting back the bed-clothes slowly, slow ly. Bran pushed against the panel and snuffed the key-hole. With lips against the crack, Jervls said, -. "Nan are you awake?" ; She said, "Yes," in a whisper. It was an uneven whisper, and it told him for certain that she had been crying. "I didu't mean to wake you." There was no answer to thlB. "I've brought your letters." Again no answer. He knew that she was leaning against the door. He heard her hand, slip on the panel, but she did not speak. He wondered why her hand had moved. It was not to open the door. - . . - . An impatience of her silence gave him a touch of bravado. "I've come to ratify the apology. Aren't you going to open the door?" . Sho said, "No" or he thought that she said, "No." Afterwards he wondered whether her silence had said it for him. . "Won't you open the door and tako the letters?" . : , Nan had wept until sho could weep no more. Those scalding tears seemed to have washed everything away, like a flood that obliterated all landmarks and leaves behind it an even desolation. There, had. been a moment when she - could have killed Jervls for that light kiss. The hot rage was gone. There had been a moment when she could . have flung herself into his arms; and that too was gone. There, remained . a grey, , desolate loneliness, and she woo very tired. ,. She was not sure whether she had spoken when Jervls asked her to open the door. Bran pressed close to her In tho dark, and when his warmth touched her she know that she was cold. Her silence and the' darkness touched Jervls with a vague appre hension. He had come into his room without switching on the light. The windows stood wide, and un curtained, and there came from them a faint, dusky half light in which tho accustomed furnishings of the room took on a strange aspect. The sky beyond the windows was pale with the rising moon. . AH at once the strangeness was in his own thought. He had for an instant tho sense that all. this had happened before In a dream In some strange place. He and Nan, with darkness between them; and Nan weeping In the darkness. It touched a deep unknown spring and released a ruBh of some emotion (continued on Pane Eightl Vote308XYes on a Bill Prohibiting Commercial Fishing Notice of Hearing of Midget Estimate Notice ! hereby given that the following budget estimate for 1833 ha been adopted by the budget committee, of the Olty of La Grande. . All persons are hereby notified that on Wednesday, the 16tb day of November, 1939, at 7:30 P. M at the commlulon ,room In the city building at ta Grande, Oregon, the following 1933 budget estimate for the Olty of La Qrande. will come on for discussion with the Olty Commission, and at said hearing any person subject to such proposed tax levy will be heard in favor of or against said proposed tax levy or any part thereof. . i The total amount of money needed by the. pity Commission during the fiscal year beginning on January 1st, 1933, and ending December 81st, 1933,; la estimated In the following budget aa prepared, by the budget committee, and tncludea estimated receipts from all, source liuiioET NAME .OP DEPARTMENT 1933 : 1932 1931 1. OFFICIALS: ,, a. Commissioners (3) .......I..'......'. Manager In Rogue River 43,500 residents of the Rogue River Valley are directly affected by the passage of this measure. At two previous elections the people of Southern Oregon have expressed their desire for a closed river by a vote of more than three to one. We ask the voters of Eastern Oregon to be guided by the expressed wishes of the majority of the residents of the counties directly interested. Vote 308 X Yes on a BILL PROHIBITING COMMERCIAL FISHING ON ROGUE RIVER Save the Rogue before it is too late. Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce, By H. L. Wilson, Vice President By J. R. Harvey, Secretary Ashland Chamber of Commerce, By B. O, Barkwlll, President By R. E. Detrlck, Secretary Medford Chamber of Commerce, By W. S. Bolger, President B? C. T. Baker, Secretary (Paid Adv.) Attorney v.......... Judge. , ............ Recorder Treasurer BcrnHs Supplies Stenographer 780.Q0 3.000.00 900.00 70.00 1.000.00 900.00 600.00 Recorder-Treasurer ...... .... Judge, Deputy, Recorder -Treas. 800.00 9,100.00 i, 800.00 345.00 800.00 3.100.00 1,800.00 780.00 3.0O0.00 1.300.00 . 800.00 9.100.00 1,800.00 170.00 850.00 900.00 . .. . TOTAL 2. ENGINEERING! a. Engineer . ...8 9,380.00 10,325.00 9 13.000.00 9 600.00 600.00 300.00 400.00 TOTAL 800.00 ' 1,300.00 3. FIRE DEPARTMENT: a. Chief :...;..... .... 1.860.00 b. Firemen. (7) .:.,..,,.. , 10.880.00 0. Volunteers (Maximum 30) 1,700.00 d. Miscellaneous -...rT. 800.00 e. Equipment and material , 3,000.00 . ... TOTAL , 4. HEALTH DEPARTMENT: a. Physician b. Supplies 0. Caretaker d,. ' Inspector .. 16,340.00 .. 300.00 100.00 9 1, 880.00 10.380.00 2,000.00 300.00 3,845.00 $ 18,385.00 300.00 1,800.00 10,560.00 1,000.00 300.00 2,880.00 9 16,600.00 $ 380.00 060.00 600.00 1.380.00 , . TOTAL 6. RIVERSIDE PARK: a. Caretaker b. Equipment c. Supplies , , , TOTAL 6. CONNORDALE PARK: a. Labor ,. b. Suppllea 360.00 3.000.00 .. 460.00 . , 750.00 350.00 .. i.606.66 9 1,250.00 9 1,800.00 750.00 150.00 350.00 9 900.00 250.00 650.00 6.00 5.00 $ .100.00 100.00 TOTAL 7. POLICE DEPARTMENT: a. Chief - $ 1.860.00 b. . Patrolmen (5) ... 7,000.00 c. Suppllea 2,140.00 10.00 $ 300.01 SUMMARY" OF EXPKNDITI'KKS FOIt THE VEAIIH 1020, 11)30, 1031 AND KIHHT SIX MONTHS OK 1H84 Name of Department 8mo1932 1031 . 1930 t 1998 1. OFPICIALS: . , , , . , ' V a. Commissioners (3) 9 300.00 9 780.00 9 760.00 770.OO b. Manager , 1.600.00 8,060.00 3.600.00 3.000.00 c Attorney 450.00 1,300.00 , 1,200.00 '.' .1,200.00 d. Judge 300.00 600.00 600.00 OOO.pO e. Recorder 2.450.00 B.1O0.0O 2,100.00 f. Treasurer 1.536.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 g. Bonds, 243.00 244.35 183.00 15900 . h. Suppllea ,. 40.40 306.08 454.63 .. 844.73 1. Stenographer ........ ' 333.08 900.00 900.00 j,' Recorder-Treasurer 1,050.00 k. Dep. Rec.-Treas 900.00 i . 1 9 1.880.00 8.000.00 P.600.00 9 ' l.soo.oo 8.000.00 2,600.00 TOTAL 11,000.00 12,360.00 9 12,360.00 8. LIBRARY: . . " ' a. Salaries .9 6,490.00 9 8.000.00 8 8,000.00 b. Supplies 2,906.00 3,500.00 c. Street assessments 600.00 600.00 d. Insurance 104.00 TOTAL ..... 8,600.00 $ 8.600.00 $ 10,100.00 , STREET DEPARTMENT: a. Superintendent I 1,860.66 9 1,880.00 b. Salaries .'. 7,000.00 7.000.00 e. Supplies 3,800.00 3.800.00 d. Equipment .. .. 600.00 600.00 o. Patching 700.00 700.00 9.000.00 4.000.00 500.00 TOTAL , ... 18,060.00 9 13,960.00 13.600.00 SEWER DEPARTMENT: a. . Salaries 3.000,00 . 9 . 3.000.00 $.3,000.00 b. Supplies 300.00 600.00 760.00 c. Electric power 1,800.00 2,000.00 , 2,000.00 TOTAL .............. WATER DEPARTMENT: Caretaker Salaries , ,. 12. CITY BUILDING: a. Janitor b. Suppllea ... c. Fuel 13. BAND: a. Leader b. Supplies c. Salaries . TOTAL 14.. STREET LIGHTING I 14,000.00 15. INT. ON GENERAL WARRANTS 8 2,300.00 16. PRIN. GEN. BONDS & WARRANTS.. 24,000.00 17. MISCELLANEOUS : ' Miscellaneous ( 4,055.00 Officials' bonds 246.00 State Industrial Accident 1,200.00 Insurance Premium 500.00 Emergency Health 500.00 9 14,000.00 9 2,300.00 8 24,000.00 9 2,500.00 8 13,760.00 9 2.472.23 9 24,000.00 b. 9 2,600.00 9 2,600.00 TOTAL 9 6,500.00 9 3,000.00 8 3,000.00 18. ADVERTISING , 8 100.00 9 100.00 9 200 00 19. RETIRE STREET ASSESSMENTS 9 8,000.00 8 8,600.00 9 8 600 00 20. FOURTH BTREEr PARK: a. supplies $ 00.00 8 00.00 9 b. Caretaker 120.00 120.00 , TOTAL 9 4,882.40 2. ENGINEERING: 1 a. Engineer ............9 330.00 b. Chalnman c. Supplies , 8 10,569.28 9 894.64 307.10 8 11,687.53 8 11,973.73 9 787.10 9.60 304.10 183.60 100.00 393.07 , TOTAL . 3. FIRE DEPARTMENT: a. Chief , ... 930.00 b. Firemen - 5.190.00 o. Volunteers 073.50 d. Miscellaneous .- e. Equip. As material 3,770.44 TOTAL ., 9 10.868.94 4. HEALTH DEPARTMENT: a. Physician 8 180.00 b. Caretaker c. Supplies d. Inspector 9 330.00 9 1,101.80 8 1,090.70 9 674.07 9 1,860.00 10.402,81 1.624.60 7.00 2,546.09 9 1.860.00 10.271.95 1.476.60 .2)8.75 2,967.97 8 1,890.48 10.451.12 1,485.35 218.76 8,613.10 9 10,340.40 9 16,795.17 9 17,858.70 8 360.00 00000 004.25 1,380.00 9 360.00 600.00 , 771.63 1.380.00 8 380.00 600.00 795.48 1,816.63 . TOTAL 8. RIVERSIDE PARK: Equipment Supplies ... - TOTAL 6 CONNORDALE PARK: a. Labor , b. Supplies TOTAL 7. POLICE DEPARTMENT: b. Patrolmen c. Supplies .. 180.00 9 3,004.25 9 3,111.63 9 3.072. U .9 350.00 1,175.00 9 1.200.00 9 1.100.00 260.00 265.38 108.22 433.67 ' 1,737.61 267.64 ..9 458.33 9 1,608.87 8 3,187.61 8 1,613.92 .. 9 61.60 9 100.00 .. ' 41.16 .. ,. 9 . 62.05 9 100.00 , !. 030.00 9 1.740.33 9 1,860.00 9 1.905.00 .. 3.313.03 8,027.37 7.633.68 7,822.76 616.68 2,347.88 3,008.11 2,034.92 -TOTAL 8 8. LIBRARY: a. Salaries 9 b. Supplies c. OH burner d. Street assessments 4,760.61 9 12,121.58 8 13, 101.1 2.010.00 1.206.08 9 6,671.00 3.078.48 600.00 8 6.760.90 3,609.98 937.50 8 11,762.70 9 6,474.63 3,037.36 868.50 , TOTAL ...8 0 8TREET DEPARTMENT: , a. Superintendent ....9 b. Supplies c. Salaries d. Equipment 4,182.98 9 9,349.40 9 10,198.38 9 6,880.42 030.00 2,114.51 3,414.48 6.936.11 9,408.87 1,080.00 3.747.90 8,405.49 8,038.77 8.894.70 8,873.78 133.78 TOTAL 8 10. 8EWER DEPARTMENT: a. Salaries 8 b. Supplies c. Electric power 6,458.99 9 16,724.08 9 15,182.10 9 12,891.29 1,536.68 41.10 770.53 9 3, 254 5 101.31 1,505.65 9 3.132.70 303.55 1,081.76 8,161.06 672.90 1,762.04 TOTAL .9 2.340.30 9 4.862.11 8 6,108.01 9 6,496.00 11. WATER DEPARTMENT: a. Superintendent ...9 930.00 b. Stenographer ' 000.60 c. ' Caretaker 600.00 d. Salaries 4,256.31) ! e. Equip. Si suppllea 1,116.60 i f. Power 1,359.98 g. K Avenuo ....,.. 1,860.00 1,300.00 1.200.00 11,41601 16,146.14 3,633.04 1.860.00 1,080.00 1,160.00 8,518.42 14,748,34 4,707l6O liooo 1,080.00 M00.00 9,316.07 10,457.67 4,387.80 , 655.56 TOTAL ". .....9 6,761.03 9 39,885,19 9 32,064.18 9 28,007.60 12. CITY BUILDING: ; , ' .., :i a. Janitor ...9 240.00 9 480.00 9 480.00 9 480.00 b. Suppllea,..,.: 229.69 826.68 A ; 781.14 1633.08 0. Fuel 630.09 881.07 J.148.33 1,468.04 TOTAL 8 1,099.78 9 3,288.66 9 2,378.47 ' 9 2,471.60 13. MUNICIPAL BANS: . a. Leader 9 906.00 9 1,200.00 4 l.lbb.OO b. Supplies 138.84 147.05 183.88 0. Salarlea . ... 835.00 1,100.00 1,100.00 TOTAL 9 1,863.84 9 2,447.86 9 2,483.68 14. STREET LIOHTINO 8 7.033.9S 8 13,674.22 9 12,782.19 9 13,812.18 15. INT. ON GENERAL WARRANTS 9 1,331.96 8 4.438.82 8 2,799.80 9 9,796.39 16. SINKING FUND 9 12,617.96 9 20,723.27 9 17,600.00 9 13,506.00 17. ELECTION 8.00 18. MISCELLANEOUS: . ... . a. Miscellaneous 8 1,148.02 8 11,191.49 9 3,748.48 9 2,138.69 b. Dehydrating Plant , . 750.00 c. Emergency Health 11.64. " 60.1S , ,d. Relief , 607.70 , TOTAL ..., 1,667.45 9 11,191.49 9 4,648.81 9 3,136.50 19. ADVERTISING: a. Advertising . 9 60.00 9 852.40 9 -t 126.00 30. NORMAL SCHOOL , , , . 6.080.19 21. STREET ASSESSMENTS ' 9 7,808.37 9 8,500.00 9 8,500.00 32. FOURTH ST. PARK: . , . . a. Caretaker . 9 18.50 9 684.87 b. Suppllea 21.25 .1 TOTAL 8 40.75 9 684.87 : ! ' ' : ' " ' TOTALS ....9 64,080.33 9168,098.70 9182,821.96 9183,184.16 SUMMARY OF REVENUES Water Fines Licenses 081.00 Miscellaneous 140.26 Taxes 46,387.41 Franchlso 1,096.49 9 20,845.60 9 60,837.64 9 60,108.04 9 8T,70.72 518,50 1,882.00 ' 1,930.00 : 4,841.35 - 8,347.96 4,92f).W 978.38 418.40 100,383.60 113,418.92 2,337.93 8.368.32 : 4.074.48 . 706.94 1U.517.87 2,373.46 TOTAL ............ 68,369.32 9169,145.68 9178,649.73 9183,192.80 PAID OUTS General Bonds Paid...... 9 2,500.6o 8 13,606.6o 32,o00-06 9 34,600 00 General Warrants Paid 48,063.27 137,789.46 130,687.32 - 130,803.31 Improvement Bonds Paid 0,600.00 28,600,00 22,692.01 10,179.08 TOTAL ,. ...8 60,063.27 General Warrants Outstanding . General Bonda Outstanding Improvement Bonds Outstanding ... 9178,789.46 9175,6703 9164,488.28 .- 68,044.8 - 836,000.00 . 414.201.87 ' La Grande, bregon, 'October 20, 1433. 1, j. e. STEARNS, do hereby certify that the foregoing Is a 'true and correct statement of the receipts and disbursement ot the City of La Grande, Oregon, according to the records thereof, In my care and keeping, for the periods represented above, to the best of kny knowledge and belief. (SEAL) 3. E. BTEARN3, ' Recorder-Treasurer of Olty of La Orande, 'Ore. ....8 6,100.00 9 6,500.00 9 1,780.00 ....9 1.860.00 9 1.800.O0 8 1,800.00 1.200.00 1,200.00 1.200.00 1.080.00 1,200.00 1.200.00 .... 6.680.00 0.500.00 6.500.00 .... 6.000.00 10.000.00 11.820.00 .... 3,500.00 3,800.00 3,500.00 ....9 18,320.00 8 24,560.00 9 20,060.00 .... 480.00 '9 480.00 9 480.00 800.00 1,000.00 2.520.00 800.00 1,000.00 j ....9 2,080.00 6 3,480.00 9 3,000.00 , 9 1,200.00 200.00 ,9 1,100.04 THHIIK, Mr. Voter of your, OWN interests; and of those of your, neighbor. How A will they be affected by the coming national election? THINK, Mrs. Voter of the welfare of your OWN dear ones and of the happiness of your OWN fireside. How will the outcome of the election touch them? THINK, Miss Voter, of the problems confronting YOU in the immediate future. How are your opportunities involved in the presidential election? Never in the history of this nation was CLEAR THINKING more important. IN a great crisis, it is but natural that individual misfor tune should, to considerable extent, cloud the mental vision of the average citizen. The troubled affairs of our vast agricultural communities and our industrial life have affected the clear-seeing and plain-thinking of great numbers of our people. As a nation, we are PREOCCUPIED! And this upon the eve of an election, the outcome of which probably will have more far-reaching effect upon the future of the United States than any election in our his tory. Sound thinking is imperative! Sane action as a nation is vital! Do not be misled by the appeal of the demagogue! THINK before you vote! THINK before it is too late! THINK what it means to you and your dear ones! His appeal is made to the UN- THtNKING. He has told the fanner what agriculture heeds are lower taxes and higher prices for farm products. That is not news to the farmer. It is not news to the administration at Washington which has labored unceasingly in behalf of the interests of agriculture. 600.00 300.00 TOTAL ..9 180.00 8 180.00 8 800.00 ... , TOTALS 9141,120.00 8160,430.00 9100,812.23 SPECIAL TAX FOR PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST ON BONDS: Interest on bonds , 9 10,400.00 Principle on bonds 14,000.00 8 30,400.00 ESTIMATE!) RECEIPTS FOR 1933 Wotr I 40,000.00 Fines 800.00 Licenses 2.600.00 Miscellaneous ; 600.00 Franchise 2.000.00 Taxes : 06.320.00 9141,120.00 TOTAL TAX . NUMMARY OF Officials Fire Health Riverside Park , Police Department Library Street Department Sewer Department Water City Building Street Lighting Interest on General Warrants , Principle and Interest on Bonds... Miscellaneous Advertising Street Assessments Fourth Street Park - 9126.720.00 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOIt 10:13 0.380.00 18,240.00 400 00 1.000.00 11,000.00 8.500 00 13.000.00 6.100.00 18.320 00 2.080.00 14.000.00 2.300 00 24,000.00 0.500 00 100.00 8.00O.O0 180.00 This is an appeal to the THINKING people of America, on the farms, in the villages and towns and in the great metropolitan areas. All have been affected by the economic disturbance which has swept over the world during the last few years. All will as surely bo affected by the action they are to take November, 8 through their votes in the national election. Calmly but resolutely, Herbert Hoover has combated, almost single handed, the devastating effects , upon this country of the economic and political conflagration which has left so much ruin in its wake throughout the rest of the world. He has stood steadfast, in the face of demagogic abuse on the part of rival political partisans. He has fearlessly protected the nation from exploitation at the hands of sel fishly inspired politicians or ill-advised groups of citizens. He initiated measures to check the progress of the economic disturbance. His statesmanship saved America from de struction by saving Europe from complete collapse. He AVERTED GKEATEK DISASTER than has been visited upon our people. His leadership has brought the country through the dark est stages of the trouble and we are now justified in tho belief that the worst is over. Shall we risk a change at the helm of government now? COMPARISON of prices of farm products In America, disheartening as thtty have been, with prices for similar products in other countries of the world should convince anyone of the effectiveness of the present administration's efforts to save the American farmer from the fate of the agricultural population of the rest of the world. Franklin Roosevelt HAS FAILED to offer the THINK ING farmer anything on which to base hope for realization of the improved condition he so glibly intimates would follow his election. ' , , ;! He has SUCCEEDED in convincing the THINKING FARMER that the Democratic candidate haa NO WORK ABLE PROGRAM. He is lost in the maze of conflicting agricultural pana ceas that have been advocated so long by various groHpa, and his childlike attempts' to present a program that would catch the votes of all have resulted in a vague declaration of policy that reeks with insincerity and is so laden With inconsistencies that even the most puerile mind C60ld hot be misled into accepting it as genuine. The day for FAKING THE FARMER Is Hast! The candidate of the Democratic party has presented his case to the people. He has traveled up and down and across the continent. You have had an opportunity to see or hear him. If you have been THINKING, you have observed that he has offered no logical' program of government. THE. New York governor may be able to tell the farmer what agriculture already knows about taxes and the prices of commodities, but he has failed to contribute any thing to sane discussion of remedies. His declarations upon other important questions have been equally vague and unconvincing insofar as present ing a program for improvement. In striking contrast to this, President Hoover's record proves his ability as an executive, his understanding of the problems of the American people and his capacity for con structive endeavor. His unflinching loyalty to the interests of all elements of our citizenry and his broad humanitarian accomplishments should leave no doubt in the mind of any voter as to the safe choice between these two in the presi dential contest. A change now would mean Indefinite postponement 'of economic recovery in agriculture and industry. TOTAL .: 6141,120.00 Approved October 10, 1932. . V. R. MELVILLE, J. j. FOLEY, F. J. LOTTES, M. H. ALLEN, J. D. SMITH, W. M. CONDIT, Budget Committee, Think While There Is Yet Time! Sponsored by Union County Hoover-Curtis Club, La Grande, Oregon (Paid Adv.) 1 1
