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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1929)
ttW8suifiiS,iu PawFour LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE Monday, A'ij 22M929. (Stamite gating Wrbcr (Incorporated) An Imlepwidont Newwpaprr FRANK B, APPLEBY Editor and Publisher HARVEY P. MATTHEW ,. Biwlnww Manayor Published evenings, except Bunday, nt 1416 Adams Avenue, La Grande, Oregon. The Observer-Star published every Friday. Entered at the Poatoffice at La Grande, Oregon, aa Second Clawn Mall Matter unrti'r apt of March 2, 1 879. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND THE -i , CITY OF LA GRANDE . ti MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aaaooiated Preaa U exrluttlvcly entitled to uae for publlca- Uon of all cewa dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited If published herein. All rights of republication of special dla patchea In this paper, and also the local news herein also are reserved. , : ; ( National Advertising Representative . ' M. C. MOOENHEN A CO., Inc., 'inn Francisco, Lou Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, : n, t Vrvc York ot JlJ-.'-ltM-TioN HA-i'i ity Currivr f luily, iter month In ativuurn 7fc - IXilly., mix inoiithM In udvunce w...w....w .....$4.60 !uily, niiiKle copy 6c By Moll Dally," per month In advance 60c Dally, per six months In udvunce...................... ........,. .$5. 60 Dally,' per year In, advance ........ ........... $5.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year...........M .....$ 2.00 4 ADVERT I HI NO RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch - ......... , . 42a Display, local, per column Inch 40o Hme contract prices on application. Inmans Snapped at Divorce Trial ran J ii im . 'm continually mulln' o' fellers who'vn made ikhhI In tint city, but liiaklu' goHl in a llltln town In the real Uwi. 'I'cxluy, when I relas an' look buck. 1 utu't lulu Uiliikln1 what a nliv, clean kIhiw "TIic ItUu-k irook" WU2. MANY SIGN TO BRING INCOME 10 Foot Health Week April 22nd to 27th Discount will be given on all Arch Support Foot- O wear this week. ' . - APRIL is the month chosen for this event, in view of the fact that a great percentage of foot ills arise during this month. In order to acquaint the women of La Grande and surrounding community more familiarly with our FAMOUS RED CROSS and TRIPEDIC ARCH shoes we are allowing this discount this week only. . . PORTLAND. Apr. 22 AP) V- sbpuse somc'-iM.Hii.le are chronic invalids because tJS-jTSSSTASZ that's the only way they can attract or demand constant at- to h personal income iux rern.n- iiiini pennons circulated hy Dm Un-ater Oregon atufoclutlon. fluid I today nine thommmi HtRnaturua hud Indian affairs will be handled differently under Secretary j iuUl Jimlo btn di! Wilhur. ' Tribe members on inivm'nmpnr. vpxprvn t inn will ' missed. u- t .tin J e-u I. ...:n u .:. I. of "10 "'"' on Ilia i.clltlonH o JlUb UC WCUbCU I1IVC DbCJ'tllllUICIIf OCIIUUili win iiiive Jctl licu- T A Y 7Y1 lrtVI? Mrg' He'ene Inraon anif.Walkar P.'Innian, an heir to the Duke tobacco V r Ul lU I millions, are shown here as they appeared at one ot the sessions- ot ineir sensational divorce suit at Reno. Nevada. Countering her hus band's charges ot Infidelity, Mrs. Inman launched a. determined battle to win the decree herself, accusing him of drunkenness and cruelty and alleging be broke her - nose. tentlon Hoover on Law Enforcement lar attention and Indian children will be treated like other children, discontinuing the methods that have made Indian schools too much like institutions of reform. There is much opportunity for improvement and the government wil do well to go out of the way to provide better aire for these true natives of America. NKW YOHIv, Apr. 22 AI)--Hcre aro aorrio nuniri.'nt pxnroH iur cnt-cKccI by the county clurk's alons used by 1'rvnldcni lloovor In , A successful plan of farni relief, according to Bruce Dennis : in the Klamath Falls Herald, will be one Important means of promotingthe sale of pine lumber in the middle west. There's no question 'about the truth of that theory. Middle western fanners,, and the townspeople dependent on their buying povcr, . have not been buying lumber and neither have fatinci a generally. Their places have been allowed to run office, 86 per cent Imvo ui-en i-ckIh- lerert votei'H, The work or oljlulnlnR five thou. Kind fllKliiituros in other On-non fltu-s Is proKn'iwJiiif more slowly, Ky In nil it wil, I. The slKiiiituri s of 0.722 registered voters mo required to hold 0iitu tlon of the tin hill In abeyance un til It can lie voted on by the iieoph: in November, ly:lll. Bulldog ginq Auto Is Difficult Job W0t Imvo his luw enforcement address toduv ut i no unniiiil luncheon of the A soclated I'i-dhh: No Individual hus the rlitlit to determine what law shall be obeyed und what luw shall be enforced. llespeet Tor law and obedlenee to luw does not ilbllnKiiiHli be tween federal und state laws It Is a common conscience. and the duty to obey It rests upon every citizen. Cancellation of debt explained (Continued from Purq Nine) lu our H'ire to he nuTc-iTu! (he iH-nUuluin has swum? In lu vor of the prisoner nnd fur mviiy from tho pioli'clion uf uoclety. KAN KltANl'IHi'O, A nr. (Al) The hi. lilt of tho olrl In t ill a( ions' hut times cnmiKed. Ucelnv a driverleNB iiiitoiiinl.llc dpun of necessity, and there are thousands of land owners ZZuX'SZJ anxious to build new hotr rten. npw hnnm. now rhirkun 4. tried to bulliloir It In tim i.hi : houses, new barlot fences and other things that would require i".;. u"r lMo lo r;.-...ur,iuri,, cheaper grades or vreslciTr pnle. ATid they II - spend the i f 'l,l"rt" """ M"" ,llr0" ''lider money .for these .improvements just as son as they have it. , mih le'itw aa broken ' Jo one is more anxious to keep up his place than the average! The ear i-mi.-.i ilH ,ii, ,. u farmer when he Is financially able. Vhenever agriculture ""'''Illi;!!1!!: is improved he will get busy at this long-neglected job and Gamblina Resort ...!. ...:n : i . i . . i c:l i. , western pine areas will immediately benefit. FARM RELIEF COMPROMISE Money Car Robbed TORONTO. April 22 (AIM An. 1 tblirlt 1H wei'A eiiiiri-..iiH I. ..I,... i... i The present administration's farm relief program should a variations of the hijacking racket meet the approval of the great majority of farmers who de- !" rnM,vry ' " gambling resort i. ... ' .,... , ., . , i"ioney car carryliiK $56,000. sire ultimate stabilization. In the first place Mr. Hoover) Knur giinnKtera iioi.i up ix men wants harmony on the proposed legislation and he is strictly .'V" ''ll,o;m,nl1'' 'arrying the win- . . j , . , . . . ., . , , , , of a "big money" Kiuc from opposed to a debenture or bounty provision that would tend mo resort on the outskirts of the to permit profiteering among speculators and over-production cUy e::" " yesterday. Among land owners if any benefits were felt by them. , TIZTJ I 1 he president says that government aid should be given to!t'"""ly l''"''"ii Travener drove I I i j i b . . "I. Two of the robbers aimed the handling of crop surpluses in a more orderly and profit-j shotguns t i.i.n, but he escaped able manner but without government subsidy. That any "ml drove ,n, 11 telephone to sum form of subsidy will cause greater surpluses, while ultimate rohnera'aniithelr wtHnsJrhud !is- p. CdUCC a oUIUS and appeared. The sympu'hptic mind of the Aniorican people in Its ovu'r coneern about those who are In difficulties has swung too ftlr from the family of the muriliM-od "If laf can be upheld only, by. enforcement officers, the.iv nur srheiuc of . government is at a.ii ;tj:.::i," Uic I.iiuh lo i.l l:i-r ctup purpi&e6 whote ;i pttifit cuu be iciiRitl. Divtrliiig wheat lands to dairy pruducliuu, loi tjiuinplO, is accomplishing such a purpose, since dairy cows ate not increasing as rapidly as the consumption of dairy products. ! Until a greater diversification can be accomplished, the administration stands ready to use several hundred millions of xederal funds to improve marketing and control the exist ing surplus. It proposes proper protection against cheaper foreign crops with rigid tariff. It proposes to cut transpor tation costs by water way development. Nothing more could ! u evicted if To d-'.sired relief if to be sound and lasting. .v.i' hi.. vii,tl (itc new fa' in lud provides, it must neces . .... in- i he ix.mi1 I ol' nipioimt'. And if it passes it must lust liavw viti'ioub orgitiiisutioiij uiul leglbl.itpt'B discard most cf their pet theories, practical or otherwise, and make a tlui t toward relief as rapidly as possible. Agricultural sec tions are growing tired of the discussion of freak ideas. They want legislation that can be put into effect for the 1D2U crop, U possibkwand much prefer a little progress now-to wait ing indefinitely for some ideal solution that is always nut of reach. Hoover will do veil to bring pressure on congress and get a bill through ns soon as possible. No measure will bf perfect, but as practical improvements liecomu apparent they can be added later. Tho farm relief wagon has boon mired down in the mud for eight years. Put it in motion. No matter how slow, it wil be better than we've had. It Is unnecessary for mi) to aivue Ihf. fact lhat the very es sence of freedom Is obedience lo law: that liberty itself has but one reinitiation, and that is ill tho law. A Borprisuiff nuiuher.nf our people, otherwise of miponislbil Ity In the community, have drill ed Into the extraordinary notion that I.iwr are made for thoso who choose to obey them. Twenty times as many piMipte In proportion to population are lawlessly killed In the rolled States as in Great lll-llaln. M In many of our ureal cities murder can apparently be com mitted with impunity. The duty to enforce the law rests upon every public official addition to tills amount Trout other sources which increases this amount well over Cltio.oou. excus lve of the cost of riKbt of ways and fcnciiiK the same, which will Increase tile net cost to I'liion coun ty on the Old Orcon Trail to well over $4110,111111, while fi-oni mail able records I find the state has paid for construction work on this same hlKhway, a little less than $1,1100.0.00, or less tlmn the orlttlnal estimate while the county has paid well over the oriKlnal estl- j mate whllo tho urlKlnal plans were chanKcd In tho construction of this road, which Increased the county's slutro but decreased the state share, ucconlliiK to tho first osthuatc. ' "Inasmuch as tiic iaimateH ww, luado by tho stale etiKlneer and tho apportionments for the county and , state shares were approved by the stale and couny orililals, it seems only fair that I'nlon county has J paid all that be reasonably expect- i ed ror the county's share of this' hlRhway, n rai t. It is all wo havo ' available lor this road "It further appearlnir from avail able records that I'nlon countv bonded ror road construction high er than any other county In the slute uccorillni; to wealth and pupulullun, ii Iso It appears that the road construction on state IiIkIi ways in I 'nlon county, on Iur to tho dirriciilt construction, has cost more accordllltf to mileage und type or construction than any other county: the records further reveal that Union county bus already palil on stato highways us much accord ion to the total cost If not more than any other county, and much more than many or tho counties." After this presentation. Mi. Conch moved the board to cancel the claimed balance, which was dune. ' ld ffrfcj ' ' ' r A Strap Pattern Either Patent or Kid $10.50 OFF this regular price comes $1.05 as your special dis count.. This is an especially at tractive pattern for spring and summer wear suitable for either street or dress wear. A Smart.Tie Style Either Kid or Patent $10.50 AN ideal shoe for street or af ternoon wear, with shapely Cuban heel and Famous Arch tone support, snug fitting arch and combination last heel. You save $1.05 on this style too! N. K. WEST & CO., INC. , La Grande's Leading Store for Over 30 Years Wildcat Plantings Blamed For Trouble t WyVIHl.NCTO-.V, April 22 (A1-) Unwlso expansion of truck crop aci-euKes iiKKiavated by "wildcat" plantings of promotion agencies is held responsible by A. W. McKay of tho department of agriculture, for the most serious over-production problems of the fruit und vegetable Industry. ABr. McKay, who is co-opcrallve marketing specialist of the bureau of agricultural economics, urged in a statement Issued by the depart, nient the orgaulsutiun of strung co operative assdclatlons by growers. Federal Soldiers Head For Masiaca MEXICO CITV, April 22 (AH) iTen thousand federal soldiers un. der General Plutarco Ullas Callus forged northward today across tho southern boundary of Sunorn fur whut may be the last big buttle ot the revolution. , At Misiaca and Hun i.A-nlou1u. . Sonera fifty miles north ot the fed erals'' starting point, are tho rebel army or between (1000 und 7000 men entrenched. i ; . The . magazine .Molor Hoatlng I estimates that there are l.aftti.OlM; I boats on. the inland and federal wuterways Qt the country. If There Must Be Social "Priority" at Washington TRY W. K. GILBERT CO. FIRST TM6TWU6 yjb - You Can Depend On Advertised Products Advertising is the most powerful searchlight known to business. It focuses the attention of a. community or a continent on a particular product. ,' It gives that . product the advantages of a widespread test by the : buying public. But it cannot persuade that public to buy any article it has tested and found wanting. Manufacturers and merchants know this. They know also that advertising an unworthy product does only one thing: it brings magnified attention to its defi ciencies. Therefore, before they undertake extensive consistent advertising, they make sure that their pro duct is right. v Consistent advertising is your best assurance of value and worth. It is fair evidence that the advertiser is offering a good product which has been thoroughly tested and approved. The advertisments in this newspaper have been passed by the highest authority The buying public.