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THE GITATTDE EVSKIITa OBSEHYEK
Safin-flay, April IS. 1035.
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An Indiiiilent Newspaper
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La Grande, Oregon, Tho Olmerver-Hiar published every Krldiiy,
Kntered at tho I'ohI offlco at I,n (irnndo, Oregon, uh Hcxond
Clans Mull Mutter under act of March 2, 1879.
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A NO JPHIH VVIA'T AlidIT llAUI.Ci:, learhhii: in lloir
flyiuiffOBii.-H, iiihI pr.-ni liiiiK I lie K-isprl of Ihe I in- ami
In-ulimr all iiianuir fir' sh -lines mid nil limine r oi d.N.a-i:
unions I In- people. - .Mil it hew A
THE OLD HOME TOWN
liy Stanley
that J(M YZZ, 'vmW'Wfyt,iM
CUOtTLSHAP "
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ByJvnhcs
Yesterday In
Washington
School News
comlnie wfelt If the
in Its.
weather pt-r
Tlie followlntr students Kiteeeeil
fd lu ma k inff over I iri y w m-. a
mlnole 111, typi wriltnir: l.n l:;
lianlmr, KrMlu ImhlHtroiu, (leo'v
fiarlMiiu and t.ll.i lt an.
The reward for IhU in hront,
uiedttl.
Th oh who nmdi' over fifty word
and reei-lved H nilver emttleni are:
II-U n WlllianiH, l.lla lill.- Kileli.
en, l.uellle k and (mIh Ho
Cray.
Th'H medalH are In the form of
sorority ditn and uro prewnted hy
the I n. I. r woo-1 Typ'-wrlier cum
I'itny. '
The cyclone which In reported
un having pawed over the town
Wednemliiy afternoon canned a
fft-eat ileal of exeiienieni around
Hie l.llH.ljpit;. .'or u Vw Illilltllefl
niiio.iniK- whs lorudtlen uh ewry
one u.n. tIP rain nmi
The Hpaniah IV cliuw 1m enjoy
ln Itf atury Kl i'aphan Veiifii
very much,' Ahonl half of tin
hoolt hiut hi eu tranitlated Ij t he
MtiidetltM,
The time for the Junior-Senior
ha n) net I hastily approaching. The
hanniiet will he held May 2.
Airplanes Cost Little
Uut Carriers Expensive
(Continued from Pif t)nt.)
veraely. they oil mhiii in coin
from wofflaw. rather than from
cellar itmcller sourceH. The unit
refuses to male ttieoi public.
clarlriff them Billy at heal, and in
aome enwa downright outraKeoiis.
I he Ji;llce Depart nt Ih fet
tltiff xtuckH of tippealM for mercy
lor poor old Doc i'ook. HiH -
the tr'vnl 1,1 '-'"veiiuoiih. petmih sn.
havoc the wind w.ih nu.Ltn.r if I'TOK.-n oown and pittrul. wtlh IiIh
t-r the Htoroi Home of (he HltidcntH
prrted that ihey had He.-n hur
Hen and hoya elnK Mown about
the trail. Heveral wrecked lmr
dh.H were found hut i.o ,ovh have
reporlt-d their lojurleH.
paiheitc himdle of fancywork under
tin arm, J nut uh the oil iii.Ilrlm.-ni..
aifaiimt Allrt H. Kull. the v
henys and Harry Sinclair were )e
iUK nuanhed. 8-emn to hove Hlrnck
a pood many people lis a Utile urn
raw a coincidence.
During the past Week, the hiKh
school lain at all houra of the day
heen overrun Willi ifiil.s ,sy pre
parlritf or the annual April An-
j tilts. odl mrains of music were
" "iimiF I rl'lli IIITiereni
pariM of the hiiildhm'. Kreallv
whetlinif Iti,. einlo.siiy of those un
initiated into the mysleih-H of hc
si si li I .show.
There is one telephone for every six Amei tenns. Vhen
it comes to UilKiiiK, we have the facilities.
When a man feels ashamed to tell his banker what lie
is considering buying in stocks he had better let them
alone.
Of course there are a lot of tourists use the La Grande
Tourist Camp every season but we are inclined to believe
it is because they are trained by long experience to find
isolated spots with poor directions. There is compensa
tion, at least, in the beauty of the place when they finally
arrive.
1 INSANITY COR K KS POX I) KN CK COl'KSK.
Perhaps you saw a recent cartoon in a humorous pub
lication in which two thugs were talking over their busi
ness, one of them saying, "I'm layin' off these murders
'lil I finish my correspondence course in insanity." And
so successful are defense cases when insanity is the ple-i
" that the American brand of justice is jJiiiaga'ting just
that attitude among our criminal classes.
We have no doubt that every murderer, from one point
oi view, sutlers from mental derangement that can easily
?e oramied insanity if one is inclined to be f.entimenl::!
eui Items arc Rcllln lo he
feailiilly alif.ie Intnl. An Ohiliiiii
ui hllied in ail exchange read;
Musi- Smith, l.-i. died Thursday.
I'lnl or Wii lilla uhM.y."
. MAIilT
1 f-!l for :l Nhop y,v
.And Hlie was a quern
Am lovrly a maiden
Am my eyin have Heen.
Hill im.w that we're niarrled,
I Hunk I w:ih ra.sh
'heilever !)( Heefl 111 C,
She aluoy.H y' lls, "(,!ih!"t ,
The youiijr ladles who nrc ih-tiT-m
(tied iio to nini-ry n ninn until
(hey find their cuict ppille. lire
itcsiimd to Iho and die old maids I
Tlicic arc no men mi perfccl. I
m
Ih-ftdH of preKpiratloit tood out
on the forehead of I In- Kline clerk
jih he rose to IiIh fer( alter trylntf
on praetlcalty every No. S ahoe In
.the store.
"Shall I wrap up pair for you
I lady?" he anlied.
I "No, Ihaiika," replied the laily
! shopper. "I wan just trying t ln-in
! on for a f rlmd."
a
A I "nloii farmer hunt? out n
sli;n: "llimry for Hale." A passer
hy went In and a.sliid. "How much
do you want for her 7'
The ft'ipt-i-m
r arj?uiin nt
income tux list
court he:rd fuilh
ill t he neusprtp r
political ion e.-r-te:!.
The woman who doesn't heln to
use roiine iinlH nhe Ih forty year
old iff tiialiinr up for Inst time.
1'rshlent - eleel Mach.'ido i.f
("Uha vifiiled ihe tombs of C.oi;;e
Wiishintrlon and the I'ni;nm n Soi
dler. The Nickel I'lnlo merger har
Inf; wan recessed until Thurd:iy
by the Intersliite couimerce eoi-l-mls.son.
t
The shipping board filed In dis
trlet mipreme court a di h nsi- oi
itH award of riv J'residi-nt ships;
io mi' jjoiiar interests.
A Hubcommittei' of the aennto
land committee prepared for art
Investigation this aumnter of ad
iniiilstration of the public (lotuai.i.
.
The lEiimnnian legation an
nounced a Hettii nteni wit h tin
Standard nil inltnstH dispde n
suitinff from Kuinaiiia'.s m w niln-
inp law. -
Thf In t erst ale commerce com.
mission urdrred rallroada to re
duce nite.H on Iron and steel arti
cles from l'iit.sbuiK- to St. I.ouiv
and points in illinois and Indiana.
An assembly was held Kriday
mornhitf for Hie purpose of work
ins up pep for (he linker track
me. f Saturday. A number of the
boys spoke and a f w .yells wr'
lven. Mr. Towler announced that
I In- .htnlor-Kriilnr nra.sent flht
would be I, rhi .Monday noon.
Iralc Diner: ",ood hcic waller!
jThcrr' a fy hi my hiillei'.'
I Waller: "I hat in'i a riy It's n
inolh, and thai Kill huller Unit''
, I - i l ii , - , ., iniitTHiM' your iimtuihi
, iuiu MH.V. Luiumiiy mo laKmp ot Iuiiumii Ii lo is not a nor-jK inmn"
:' mal, natural thiiiff for anyone to do. To kill is to cniici I- , , .
a lit I I'railiiin voters are now eniriired
ence somu almorimil and (lc;vcn(Malo mental slate lliat is; in ..n,,,,- nir ih,im (r ..
. Iiclow the nveniRO and contrary to the established sclieni.
of life. !ut iiTes))onsihility should not become the basis I u worry nii,.n P.o,.i.. ti.m. im
for the operation of justice in every instance. '"" .-xiiisiiii 1 1 . . c.inm i .iins-
Tl,o in. ',)..., ; t' i., ...i "y "" ,tt"1' '"
"-' J vimi ii;im;;l'u uie oilier isl'inl ly wmryliu; iihnni.
. ay lor the takinir of twen! v-five livns -n M iilw.ni .,nn. " '!
lion, a dejienerate in some way. Jlen do not kill scores ol'
their fellows and no to the jtallows "joyfully" and still re
main normal and sane. Vet the (,'ermau court did not con
cern itself with the question of sanity in dealing justice
to this man. lie was a murderer, a menace to society, and
ne paid the penalty provided by law. lie may have
I'm-pcr Mill t IcmmI.
MAItSllKIKI.H. fir,.. Whnt np-pi-ai-H
in iiH-nn Hi,- di-ath kiirl)
of I'roMiwr, In Hi,, mill. In or lln
InlialilliiiilH, was l he nminunci
" m t ny I he- Kiil1i-n .t TtrlMK-uii-on
'iiiip:iiiy of Sun I'YulH'lHi'n
lluil IIk mill In rronp.-r, lvo mil
n-oin iitiniion on Iho roquiiio i-iy-
-r, was olnsc.l unlil Ih.- I imh.-r
muikot rirovfrs. Tho nnnoiinc.'-
mrnt poNlf.l ahout Hip prnn-
l.n-s or Hi.. )'c.n I liy an, K:il. that
I hi' liimln'r mai Ui l .li. I nol iwr-
o"'ianon or UH' rom-
pany mill, ivhloli lin.l licou nu
llum! conslnnlly op.'ratr.l or nny
miwmlll in Coon county for yi'am.
A senior class m.'i'llns was liol.)
I'ri.lay mornliiK. In ihi' InliTi-st of
1'iat hli;h H.'hool "I'lnsslr," Un
miiscol rlKht. Kwryoni' or llw np-
P'Ti'iassiui-n Is )i t)-ruiiii)-, to mak).
iho hi'M ios.sll,l)' shnwini; for his
I'lnsn iinil Is ri-solv.,1 lo liavi- ll,.
iiiayrot In his poss.-sslon ni-xt
lon.lay or )llc In the ntO'inpt.
.Many of Iho l.oys are pr.H'l Irlnc
.lop lir'-nlhliip. so that In rase
I hey happen to lie at I lie holloni of
Hie pile, lu y Wi , ,,. ,,,
thi ir hnatli for the rivo liiliiules.
The Junior hoys also lielil a
meetinc l.'rlday nftcrnnnn, in or
ter to flinl out how they coulil
niosl i-nsily anil painlessly exterm
inate till' seniors. After the nioet
inif si'Veral hoys came up to tliij
.hitilor pri'shli'iit an.l i-ai-h pli-a))Ml
.-arncsily anil sini'er.'ly that lie
mislit hi' ihi' one allotte)) to lian-
illi' Krauii r anil Humios. Allhonirh
thi Juniors an. sure lliat they )-an
tnnster tin- S'-niors. Iliev on- tak
inir every prei-aut Ion aKaillst their
plans Koine astray.
In connection with t ho dismissal
of the inillctmenis aKainst Hie
ex-seeri'lary of the Interior an.l
ihe liiiiltlmllUnnnlrc oil nun
i iis. il w ith hm, Home rut her i
liln, I thlliKH are lieinr sal, I al.ont
the Jltsllce lli'li.-irtmeiit.
I id s), true (,111a were thrown
0,l' 1 "se O. I-:. I'iiKan. il. parl
iioiii'ini.-ni expert, was in
ine Krann jury room whin th.-v
were vnteil on, ileHplte the rait
that the oil Iniiuiiy ha. I l.een
taken out of the department's
hands and turned over to specim
counsel. Now. ir I'at-an's pres
ence Invalidated the Indictments,
why was he there? Didn't he, as
an inilletiiienl expert, know anv
heller? Or did sniiieliody d.lili.
irately want the Indictment to I..
Invalid? '
One or Ihe other or these two'
surmises must rn the situation
In John Kays Haniniond'.
cliatcmi In WushiiiKton Is a
room known us the "den" ahoi.i
30 hy 10 feet .iilire, with a llih
ceitini?. anil all four walls com
pletely lined with the autoKiapheil
pholOKruphs of celehrllles Ihe fam
ous mtnltiK eiiclneer litis known
personally.
II prohahly Is the most re.
murkuhlo collection of lis kind In
existence, ratiKing all the way
.iroiii ine worlds roremost mi-n of
utfairs to Hie world's foremost
imen or li-tters, from kinits nnd
iiuiens and presidents to ho
whlskered fronllersmen of the ol.i
nays when the west was wild nndi
woolly. Hut right 111 the middle!
of the cusl wall Is a blank space
a picture mlsslni;. The visitor
stares nt the place curiously.
The Newest
in Millinery
A
Shotvn
1 iJp 'f Here
a il At
Ak xw- ah
W i Times.
We Use
I N:w STYLES EVFRY WEEK S
N:w STYLES EVFRY WEEK
THE try latest creations of the
Fisk master designers are hur
ried to us each week and no
matter when you feel the desire
for a new hat, you know you can
find here the very latest.
N. K. WEST & CO.
Obituary
take place in the Odd 1-Vllows rela
te ry. The caii.se of death was
whooping conh complicated wii li
pneumonia.
.MAitrm-rrA aiui:th (.1:01 it:
Little .Marcheiii Ardeth tiroupe.
Hi-tiionths-ohl daushter of Mr. and
.Mrs. .1. Alfred 'ironpe, died here
yesterday morning at about ti : ;t0
o'clock. The funeral services will.
be lirtd tomorrow afternoon at 2
loek at tlie Snotlgrass and ,ini-
m rman clviiprl. Interment will .
1'crry 'hun4' Iik U.
fASfADK I.Ot'KH. Ore. On nc
counl of high water lu the Onlum
bia river, the ( 'ascade-Sleyenson
ferry has been forced to elian?r
the dock, making it aboul one iind
one-fourth miles up Hie river,
above Cascade Locks.
ducn;r
Ib-allh
your u lie
hint: Ni
Whet) Mile
laugh
One wny to run itriiws someone
ou Know In n viiJllim' city. to
Indnl-e in Minicihing uauhly.
J "Well, do you s. ll these shoes?"
llArtmsiU'lta f)r. The citv
council has Issued an order that
the city shall lay four hlnckM of
pavement. Three of these will br
on Third street, beginning at the
corner of Main street and extending
south; the fourth block will lie on
Main street. The stlvtch of three
blocks are along the route of the
Pacific highway through town.
"Albert H. Full's portrait hun;,'
The many friends of Ann Slange there, eplnlnH John Hays Ham-
will he glud to know Hint. he will numd. "Nobody was more Riir-
bc home tomorrow to spend spring ; prised than I when the oil Bcandal
vacation. she is now attending j broke. I could hardly believe it
St. Helens lu Portland. Slic will t in fact, J didn't believe it when
probably he hi .a (Jrnnde a week 1 1 oheny'a nutne alono was nien
or ten diivs. (Honed In connection witii Fall's
jOohcny is just Hie man who reallv
The Kiudents In the KtiRHsh Vl'Wo,1,,l Hl'p an old partner a ino,
class breaihed a igh of r lief when present, as he says he iifd.
Mrs. l.lndaren announced that the I Hut when Sinclair's name beiran
ton, then down cane.
lippenger would 'be studies in
stead of the claswie. Ui nib's Kssav
f Kiln, which hud been sludied n
few days. Il seemed that before
this lime, Ihe HiiuleiiiH did not
welcome the Olppinger, but as the
iyn Hci'ined very difficult, the
students now gave this hook a
hearty welcome.
In spile of the bad weather which
has 1 n prevailing for Ihe past
few days, the h.i.s. ball girls have
misM'd but very few practiceH.
to figure.
the picture. "Nothing for nothing
in Sinclair's motto."
rorux sits in i:.mi:'h;hy
HOOD HIVKU, Ore. Justice Of
the Peace Ithigg, who administers
fines to local violators of traffic
taws. Is also sexton nt Jdlcwllde
cemetery. Several times nine"
spring weather has attracted nu
merous motorists to valley high
ways, Justice Hlagg Ikis been en-
jgaged In supervising the digging of
"" " k"'" " I'asenniija grave when violalors
mis will be In order for the prehended.
SPECIAL
Ladles' silk 111. millers nt Hi.Otl
Scuil-inatli' IIIih r liii'sses mut Hoinpcrs, si)s '2 lit (t yenrs
All nul)lc f .tit liuml work.
( hilili it's I'lny sails and Mile Kuli nt SI. (is an.l SI.'.'.",
lillhy llllliikets rrom HTic In SI. .".II
Norton's Kiddy Shop
Wall Board and Piaster Board
make an economical and clean material
for Sprinff altering and repairing
The Grande Ronde Lumber Co.
ap-
"IIow do yon wish yout
I MiMloliirl'
ilmut radio
"Without one wor 1
Theiti mil milt tl.m.Q (
US a MinUliifc of a male that he N friendly
towards uhKLei-v. j In riiM ihnc l
I... u .1 ...lu.it.rfi,-..)! I... I I
Willi
I tin' Mi'iiiul time Is whi'lt his lii'st
Mlsl li t1- um i complains In wnsn i sluivi'il
Cllls).
'iiiimUl.
Till'. Oi l) oami:
js live r.'lniirUe.l to
'You're so original."
insnn.i iiinlinkle i . .... . . iycllcl the prospective custom. -r.
1 " """"niij; I ' "III' Ml'.sciH I'tllllT si;ill(l- "W. ll." said II I clerk.
jUXtarrlmt; lm (jot Uio hiiiiKinnii's notisc just tho snino Anili""'11 "n'i' t' timi too."
vnh'iiiia ,i,.,,fi, ii, '... .. ..: .
i' '" -i-iiii. iii ii.iiniii i'.-,ctiii':i any iitiSMiiiiiu.y narhei
i ins iii'injr (iiTiarcd sniio mill iitinnnl at .siimu I'utnro tinio ":"r
and sot five to poipolr.'ito similar oiiiiics tm n tlcloiisi'loss
JH'nple. KiiKlnntr.s inotlmtl nf liiintlliii.r murder oasos is
eiially olloctivo and oiiially swift so much sn
tor or fart, that tho nuiidors in that ooiinli v aio low ami
f I j r...
jur iiouvoon. inoy are not hotliorod tlioro oither
noquent lianjrmjvs or with ovor-iioHilato(l
lions.
America lias two courses open for the eiiilailiiionl, d'
crime: first, tho onni'tnient of laws that will prevent Uio
propagation ol' tho diseased and the degenerate; second,
swifl justice thai, fails to recognize petty insanity as an ex
cuse for murder. Although we are not an ardent exponent
of capital punishment, we lielieve that fast and I'm ions con
victions and equally rapid hantinos for the crime of mur
der would do much to maintain the sanity of those inclined
toward crime. fs i-cltinj: too easy for'a murderer to oo
inline auor uio (leoil is done, especially it there is a lit
criminal lawyer nt hand to tell him how. .Neither the (.
T it ...
vim, me extreme complexities ol American social life
liny other such excuses can r
in. ne in mis country. As lonj? as our courts and th
-people who should hold those courts responsible retain their
present attitude toward crime nnd criminals, then so l,ni.r
will we ho burdened with an increasing number of murderers.
The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring Tra-L
Ml
it
tl'U'
J so. i.i i; is Hooiti:n.
TllK HAI.I.ns. Ore. Nearly
It-iMi persons greeted Kiister inoni
hi a community religious' service
at Pulptt Koi'k. the historic pot
from which Jason l.ee p reach. M
the gie.p. of t he w hitc man to
the Indians N7 years auo. 'I'rum
p. t. is mo iliib -I the rail to awaken
nt 4::t oVioel;, going through the
ii ideiir,. itisirirt in ears. At r.::"7
Hie set vices brnaii with the speak-I
. . ,-. ... . . i i ui, i ne Miine li;uiliai
ij'lttly llC hlailiod fr tilt' SplVlltl 'Hiaiy of early days.
m ;in pnr
ail local
liclpj
MARKET JOEL'S GROCERIES
Phone Main 7.1!)
Our evor-Kiowini; business moans that mil' service
anil (luiility are pleasing our pat i ons.
Try us for Fresh Meats and cRclaliles.
are Ihe very lies!.
Tltev
omimmity servlei
I In by virtually
j ehnrches and was sponsored by
j Icral Knights Tempiar, who were
ioet in fu'l regalia. Additional r--
j litrioim service.- wcro held In local
jrhun'tns during the day.
s-hid light Mnn.
MAl;SIIIH:i.li, Ore. A school
row has btoUrn o it tn the Peach
Mbool dlsirlet. which is Charles
ton and the war round In t er rite-
y. n-;tr the cojist guai.l station
and the goernment works on
etui. luy. Complaint was made
or the teacher. Mrs, l.lhtan Hmcs.
bv M T, Hiii I Itototm w , a rrslde.it
M the dist rict. charging inefH.
ei.-n.-v. Mr. Hartholomrw Is a di
i' . tor and essayed lo have the
t o.i'd disrhnrgo Mis. Him S. The
:'. it.U aroused n part Kinship
"hi iii the .li-.tiirt nnd it was
-.id she b.ot th snppoit of other
rations of tU tichoob 1
, II
.1 .Mtmxvw0 !
JmOtfjGT
TJOR the benefit and protection of our de
J POftora with checking accounts, we have
installed the Protectu Check System.
With this System, you can write your checks
tor a certain amount and then protect your
check by tearing it at that amount That being
cone, no check can be raised to a higher amount.
Call at our bank and let us demonstrate this
System to you. 1c is free to all depositonv
EQUALLY PRACTICAL FOR POCKET.
DESK AND PAY ROLL USB
V2? VZ&ZZ
(Pwtcctu mm
;-M ORDER. OF 'Ltl222i27
La Grande National Bank