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Page Twelve
Professional Cards
DR. L. 0. KIMZEY
I Office nt White's Drug Store
Residence 1508 Star Route St.
Res. phone 36. Office phone 126
J. L. GILLELAND, M. D.
Res. Tel. 62 Office Tel. '.
Office on Alder Si
Diseases of Women and Obstetrics
Specialist
DR. M. J. BEISTEL
Physician and Surgeon
Large X-Ray for Diagnosis
Special treatments for eye, ear, nose
and throat diseases —Glasses fitted
H. F. NEWBROUGH, D. C.
Doctor of Chiropractic
114-15 First National It.ink Bldg.
Calls Answered
Otfice phone 32 Res. phone 17.'14
From November 1. 1921
DR. LOIS M. FEAR
Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon
Office: Realty Bldg.* Phone 66
Residence: Roth Apts.; Phone 2561
D. C. Dow Neal E. Dow
DOW & DOW
Attorneys at Law
Realty Bldg., over Corner Drug Store
Titos. \ciii F. E. Sanger
NEILL & SANGER
Attorneys at Law
First National Bank Bldg.
DR. A. A. ROUNDS
Dentist
Office in Emerson Building
Phone 63
DR. A. E. HUDSON
Dentistry
Dental X-Ray Equipment
Office ,New First National B'k Bldg,
'£ Phone 166
DR. FRED D. JOHNSTON
Dentist
Office in Emerson Building
Phone 333
DR. ISABEL E. BUDILOW
Dentist
Suite No. 1, Emerson Bldg.
Phones: Residence 1283; Office 377*
W. H. STRAUB f2^m&
Optical Specialist Of _Ll_*sV'__
Strictly Correct S_d__S___^
Glasses Guaranteed Via^f****-'
Room 3, Emerson Building
Phono 3681
DR. FREEMAN L. BALL
Eye Specialist
•*__J**_§rl§N-. G raduat^ McCormick
dW\AlrCmam\^ Medical College, Cbi
***^Es____* ',:'""' '"•• for Eyea and
JwsP**^ Nerves.
PULLMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION
To provide a systematic and abso
lutely safe plan for the investment
of savings, and to aid its members
to acquire homes of their own Is the!
object of the Pullman Savings and ;
Lean Association. The Association -
Is lv every sense a HOME institution. I
Who It's For
It Is for (tie Practical Man. who
realising the uncertainties ol busi-l
cess aud health, and of tbe folly of
spending all his money as fas as;
ha gets it, provides for an emer- ■
gsrey.
It i«. for the Prudent Woman, who
out of her earnings or allowance, de
sires to put away a little money
monthly, where it wll' be securely
and profitably invested, and give her j
the least trouble and where she can j
gel it when needed.
It is for the Young Man possessm**
the manhood and determination to
save something every month from
his earnings as a reserve fund, to
draw on when sick or out of a posi
tion, for providing a home or for a
start in business.
It is for Boys and Girls, to help
them to be economical and industri
ous and to encourage them to ac
-o.t*lre the habit ot savlug, provide a
fund to educate them and to make
them independent.
It is for Soci.iß«s, Fraternal and
other Organizations wishing to in
vest their income for tha purpose ol
creating a,reserve fund, or for build
ing.
It is for all Seeking * Home or
who want to improve their property,
or pay off a mortgage or to provide
a fund tc any other worthy purpose.
Call on or write
M K. SNYDf.K
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FEDERAL TAXATION
MERITS ATTENTION
Edwin •'. Dutimieler, Instructor In
Sociology and Economics, talks
to Taxpayers of the
County
One of the principal addresses be
fore the meeting of taxpayers of the
county held last Saturday at Colfax
was delivered by Edwin F. Dummeier,
Instructor in sociology and economics
at the State College. Mr. Dummeier
said. in part: I
"Federal taxation merits our at
tention as much as state and local I
taxation. Where the state is (pend
ing millions, the federal government
is spending billions. Most of this is
to pay the expense of the war, so the
matter of expenditure to that extent
is beyond our control, bin the ques
tion of how revenue is to be raised
to pay these billions of dollars is a
matter of most vital interest to every
taxpayer.
"At the present time, mostly be-1
cause of our constitution which was I
adopted over a century ago, it Is
possible for persons of enormous In
comes running into millions to en
tirely escape paying any income tax
by investing in so-called 'tax exempt*
securities. These 'tax exempt' securi
ties Include all securities of state and
local governments, and also federal
farm loan bonds.
High Income Rate*
"Our federal government has plac
ed very high Income tax rates on
these large Incomes, under the old
tax law running as high as 73 per
cent, and under the new law recently
passed as high as 50 per cent of the
total Income. But because people
who are supposed to pay these high
'rates can invest in these 'tax exempt'
securities, they pay no income tax
on the portion of their income from !
that source, whatever.
"The only way to change this sit- i
uation is by an amendment to the
federal constitution. The only way
to get such an amendment is for
the people to. let their congressmen
know that they want it. It is there
fore a matter of education.
"It is true that, the fact that these!
.-■.' entities are tax exempt makes it
possible tor them to be sold at a
somewhat lower rate of interest than
they would otherwise bear. In oth
er words, farm loan bonds under the
system now in vogue i in be floated
a little more advantageously than if
they were not tax exempt, but the
advantage in the better market for
these securities resulting from their
being tax exempt does not begin to
make up for the loss that Is Buffered
by the federal government in thai
'the income from them is not tax
able
Libert) Honds and Farm Loans
"To anyone who doubts this I
would say it is only necessary to
compare the price which liberty
bond:., which are not tax exempt, are
bringing on the market, with the
market price of the exempt farm
loan bonds There is certainly no
gain sufficient to make up for the
loss suffered by the federal govern
ment being unable to colled any in
come tax from income derived from
these securities.
'Attention has been lied in this
tax meeting to the m id of greater
economy in the expenditure of our
public moneys. That there are op
portunities and that there is need
for such economy, no one can well
deny. However, it is impossible to,
escape taxes.
"It we are to have good schools
and good roads we must have taxes.
For myself, I can say that I have
lived in sections of he country
where people were so unwilling to
tax themselves as to have very poor
roads and very poor schools. I have
also lived in parts of the country
where people were sufficiently de
sirous for good schools and good
roads as to be willing to tax them
selves reasonably in order to have
them. And I can very positively say
that with the equal resources the
country which is willing to tax itself
reasonably for the support of good
school* and good -roads is the more
prosperous. The increased intelli
gence and productiveness resulting
are worth the cost.
Genera] Property Tax
"Practically all tax money in the
| past has been raised by the so-called
general property tax. Presumably
i this has been levied on all kinds of
i property; real estate, stocks, niort-
I gages, cash on deposit in banks, cook
j stoves, cats aid dogs—at a uniform
J rate.
"As a matter of fact, practically
[all this tax has fallen on real estate.
| There nre reasons why this has been
i true. One Is that the taxing of such
| thing-- as stocks nnd bonds has
I meant double taxation, because by
I taxlnp* a farm and again taxing a
mortgage loan which represents the
money paid for the farm, we are tax
ing thai farm twice as compared with
another farm which has no mortgage
on It.
"Furthermore, stocks, bonds, bank
deposits and similar types ot prop
erty yield generally so small a re
turn on the investment that if they
I are taxod at the rate that Is neces
sary at th*- present time on real es
tate 111 order to support such schools
ami roads as the public demand, the
tax will often take almost the whole
income from such property.
Pullman Tax Kate
"For Instance, the tax rate in
Pullman now is <;.;' per cent. .Mom;,
in, banks Invested 111 bonds often
yields only about lour per cent or
,tive per cent. It such property, then
j were assessed at its lull value and
•jtaxed at such a rate, the owner
I would have to pay more in taxes than
j he got from his money he had saved.
ii is plain that a system of taxa-
I tion which would work like this
I would encourage pople to extrava-
I gant spending, and discourage sav
j ing .ml thrift. Moreover, suppose a
i person were taxed at this rate in
Pullman, and not in another town,
lie would evidently move to the town
where he would not be taxed, would
he not?
Intangible Property Tax Fails
' "Thus there are at least three reas
ons why efforts to tax intangible
j property, like that referred to, at
the same rates as real estate have
tailed wherever the plan has been
tried. Thes reasons are:
First, such property can not bear
as high a tax rate as can real estate
"Second, such classes of property
are easily concealed.
"Third, such classes of property
can change their places of residence.
"Because of this failure of efforts
| to tax intangible property at the same
rates as real estate, practically the
whole tax burden litis been borne by
real estate.
"Rut while intangible property can
not bear as high a tax as real estate,
! there are many persons who have
I real tax-paying ability in income who
; have no real estate, and they should
| Contribute to the public welfare in
| taxes. The logical and scientific way
of having them do this is through an
, income tax.
Slate Income Tax
'More than 20 states in the United
! States now have a state income tax,
! but the state of Washington does not.
Persons who have large Incomes from
intangible property or other sources
should not entirely escape taxation.
What the state of Washington needs
more than anything else in the tax
! line is an income tax.
"Because tie- federal government
; levies an income tax, the state Income
tax should not be too high. In the
state of Wisconsin the maximum tax
i on incomes is six per cent of the in-
I come. In New York it is three per
(Cent. However, please note that this
; is quite different than three per cent
j or six tier cent of the property value
|of a bank account, as such a tax
would be taking practically the en
tire income."
1
CALL SCHOOL DIRECTORS
TO MEET FEBRUARY ■_.->
The county-wide meeting held at
Colfax last Saturday recommended
that each locality organize a tax
| payers' association a' once and send
: delegates to Colfax Saturday morn
ing; February 25, for the purpose of
j .organizing a permanent count] as
i lation,
It is now squarely up to the people
: themselves to demonstrate their In
j telligent Interest in tax reduction by
[organizing locally and attacking the
| problem all along the line, beginning
iat home. In the interest of clear
thinking we should think in terms of
, expense reduction, rather than tax
i reduction, licause tax reduction may
, follow, but cannot precede expense
i reduction.
Adequate reduction in public ax
penses—state, county, local road dis
trict, school district and town—can
iconic only as a result of intelligent
(planning to that end. It is impossi
i ble to accomplish anything in con
nection with public matters without
I organization.
Uniformity in the salaries paid to
< teachers in the public schools is de
sirable from the standpoint id' the
public and the taxpayer as well as
i of the teacher.
It will be impossible to obi .in uni
formity until the school directors
are organized: therefore, resuming
upon the authority vested in me as
. temporary president of the taxpay
ers' association, I hereby designate
Saturday, February 25. at 1 o'clock
|p. m.. as he time and Colfax as the
place for all school directors in Whit
man county to meet and organize a
' permanent county association.
E. \V. Wagner of Rosalia, who has
been a consistent advocate of county
.organization for school directors, is
; a member of the committee on per
; nianent organization of the. taxpay
| ers* association and will gladly as
sist the directors in perfecting their
■ organization.
RALPH COMEGYS,
Temporary President, Whitman
County Taxpayers'. Association.
Time. money and health are gained
by having a garden, plan one for this
year
THE PULLMAN HERALD
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lyP^Pafc 312 DEPARTMENT STORES
PULLMAN, WASH.
IT is not the amount of money you spend
for what you buy that makes a store of
real service to you, but it is the store
that offers merchandise of real value for
your dollars that gives you genuine service
i*
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We are pleased to announce that we have secured the ser
vices of Miss Beth Bolsinger as an acquisition to our already
efficient sales force. Miss Bolsinger for nine years has been
known in Pullman as an efficient and congenial saleslady and
will prove a valuable addition to the J. C. Penney system
Table 9 Jap
Damask Stylish Spring Pon
72-inch ■* ST ° $1.19 to $169
89c per yard T"^
UTCSSCS CANTON CREPE
LATEST AUTHORITATIVE MODELS $2.98 to $3.69
36-inch
BURLAP There is an air of refinement to the new
„ Dresses for Spring we now have on (lis- CREPE DE CHINE
Brown and Ureen play which add materially to their win- . $149 to $1 69
19c per yard someness. The crisp rustling Taffetas 9
and charming, Canton Crepes are de
servedly popular at it
Gay $19.75 to $34.75 Muslin
Cretonnes '',"' Spring models chiefly feature the BLEACHED
<rt __ Fashionable new effects in neck lines, mi ■
19c-63c sleeves, trimmings; and the combina- / !ls ,Is .°. ur. A 7
,■ -i .-iii •* 1 itnind and is hichlv
Handsome Cretonnes tions of-colors are particularly bewitch recommended. Yard
in rich color* and nig, The styles are refreshingly differ- recommended, laid
designs suggest at- "ilt- while the values are unmistakably 15 Cents
tractive decoration of a kind that will quickly instill < bnfi- The exceilen'f q.utl
. for the home; popu- donee. ity make this the
lar widths. 3_—36- ALL LATE NEW YORK STYLES ' l'"' muslin on the' .
inch. market at the price.
'. THE LARGEST CHAIN DEPARTMENT .
STORE ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD ; ■
SEVER HUNDRED SEE !
SIZZLING SMOKER
!
Event Staged by Legion and Guard ,
Brings Out Record Crowd —Box*
Ing, Wrestling, Basketball
on Program
Seven hundred fans jammed the
National Guard armory last Thurs
day night tor the smoker staged
<
jointly by ..-. nard-Pi post, Amer
lean Legion, and Company K. Na
tional Guard. Seven wrestling bouts
and two boxing bouts and a Guard-
Legion basketball game comprised
the athletic card. The event was
free to the public. The basketball
game was won by the Legion team,
23 to 13.
Tie feature of Ihe wrestling bouts
was the go between Coach Frank ,
Glahe, world's champion at; 115
pound and Miller, of Spokane.
Neither was able to secure a fall in
the I."J minutes alloted and Miller!
won the applause of the fans by i
working himself out of many dan
gerous holds. Glahe was the ag
gressor but his holds were broken
almost as fast as they were secured. !
Miller's speed and agility being al
revelation to Ihe local fans.
Henry ■yon on a fall from Mo!
Hargue after eight minutes of
wrestling and R. Coi Ilium threw j
Cowell in four minutes. Both bouts
were at 125 pounds.
In the . 35-pound class I). lien '
won a decision over Ft. Leary after
10 minutes of wrestling and Kernan
escured a fall from Kirk in three j
miuutes. W. Rashke won a decision j
over Angel! at 145 pounds and Jim;
Baker secured a fall from Don Ba
ker after four minutes at 158
pounds.
la* Ick (W .S. C.'i won a pop
ular decision over David (GUard i in
a fast three-round boxing bout at
120 pounds and Burnham (Guard)
and Varratd (W. S. C.) boxed to a
draw at 125 pounds. i
IV W. Thorpe refereed all the box
ing and wrestling bouts and Coach
Glahe called holds in several of the ;
wrestling bouts.
Cecil Gholson entertained the
:rowd with Jigs and impersonations
md "Paddy" /.ink gave a clever ex
libition of dumb bell swinging. Mu
sic was furnished by the S. A. E.
fraternity orchestra.
During the program the sponsor
organizations passed apples through
he crowd and in many other ways
ninistered lo the comforts and pleas
are of their guests. It was a 100
per cent successful event and the
members of the two organizations
ire to be congratulated on the spirit,
which prom,- the gratis smoker
and the enthusiasm and co-opera
tion which made it a complete suc
cess.
CHANGES RECOMMENDED
IN WHEAT GRADES
in response to a federal order that
present grain standards used in the
northwest be revised to conform with
he federal stem of grading, a meet
ing was held last week at Olympia
With Director E. L. 1-Yrnch. of the
li partment of agriculture, attended ,
by 15 wheat growers and experts
from all parts of the slate which
adopted a ( set of recommendations
that will 'be submitted to the federal
grain supervision board at Portland
Cor acceptance.
The government Issued an order
rcently that all the Northwest states
mtinue the Portland chamber of
commerce type samples which con
flict with the federal grain stand
ards before July, 1922 The Olympia
conference was the fourth of a series
that has been conducted in other
parts of the state to reach a satis
factory scale. Similar conferences
ire in process in Oregon and Idaho.
Millers, exporters, growers and grain
supervisors have been called to make
the inquiry. The principal speakers
at the Olympia session were G.I.
Levy, -rain expert of the North.
Wheat Growers elation of Port
land, and Walter I. Robinson, sales
manager for the same organization.
The findings that will be submitted
to the Portland federal supervisor
is adopted were: .
1.. Request that the tolerance of
white wheat be increased to five per
cent for No. 1, and 10 per cent for
So. 2. ;
2. Request that differentials sug
gested in the present grades 3, I and'
5 be adopted with reference to mols-
j,
Friday, February IT, log.
lure damaged kernels, heat damage,
and foreign material damage.
::. Request that white club wheat
and common white be consolidated
to make four sub-classifications
(fourth Bub-class for export wheats).
-1. Recommended that a test
weight of 58 pounds be adopted for
No. I Instead of 60 pounds for the
consolidated classes common white
and white club.
5. Recommended that allowance
be made that moisture content for
No. I wheat be reduced to 12 per
cent.
0. Recommended that the public
service commission be asked to pro
cure from i he milling interests proof
that they are justified In taxing what
ever charges they are making for
smutting at this time.
CAUTION TO SIGNERS OF
INITIATIVE PETITIOJ*
Secretary of State J. Grant Minkle
has asked all prosecuting attorneys
to warn the public that those per
sons bo sign Initiative petitions
without being registered voters or
who sign more than once are liable
to prosecution. The law compels
the secretary of state to supply
prosecuting attorneys with the
names of such people and county (**■
ficials, are directed to proceed
against them.
The warning of Secretary Hinkle
is given to avoid unnecessary state
and count* expense as well as to
protect, innocent, though i norant,
signers. After last spring's refer
endum petition were checked more
than 10.000 names of illegal signers
.hid to be compiled and sent to pros
ecuting attorneys. It; cost about
$0000 to check and reject these un
lawful names and several hundred
dollars more to tell county authori
ties about them.
PRESS MEETING AT X A LAMA
Last Friday Dr. F. F. Nalder of
the extension division of the State
College gave the principal address »'
the gathering of the Western Wash
ington Press association at Kahuna;
where the chamber of commerce act
ed as host to the guests from up itM,
down the coast. ■
*' It's too wet to do the spring 0*"
ing. but it's Just right to test that
seed you are going to plant. 1