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Wednesday; July 17, 1929
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
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" An Independent Newspaper
FRANK B. APPLBBY:. Kdttor and FubHeher
HARVRY P. ; : .Bnwlnwa Manager
Published evening", except Sunday, at 1416 Adama Avenue,
La Grande, Oregon. The Oh.server.Htar puhllKhed every Friday,
Entered at the 1'OHtofTlce (it Ia Grande, Oregon, aa Second
China Mail AJiitter under net of Mareh 2, 1870.
-OWICIAL l'APKR W UNION COUNT AND THH
CITY OJJ LA GKANDH '
MKMBMH OP ARSOCIATRD PRKHH
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tion of all new; dfujiutcheM f.rr dried n ft or not otherwise credited-'
If published herein. Atl right ul vepuhllcaffou of en eel at dln
patoheN In th).i paper, and uIho the local newt herein a ho are
reserved. -
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r M. C. KOOlONfAOtf A' CO., Inc.,
Ran FronclHeo, I-om-Angelea, BenlMe, Porllund, Chicago;
' Detroit, Nevr York ' '
81RSCKll'TJON RATIOS "
lly Carrlrr .
Dally, per month In advance..... ... 76a
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Dally, single copy . Go
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T(illy, per. month In advance....,..;..... .... 50o
Dally, per hIx months In advance: 2.60
Dnlly, per year In advance ,...16.00
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ADVI0HTI8TNO RAT158
DlHplay, foreign, per ciIuinn Inch .'.,..mM. ...... 42c ,
Dltmluy, locul, per column Inch.,, .. ... 40o
rime contract priced on application, '
Oirrt DIKK I nay unto you, Take no thought for your' life,
what ye- Hhall eat, nr what ye tduill drink; nor yet for .your
body, what ye shall put on. In not the life more than meat, '
and the body Hum ralnment ? Matthew- G:jfl.
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CLOUDBURST
IS CAUSE OF
FATAL WRECK
(Continued from Page 1)
Men who make it their business to worry with ways and
means of improving or changing present methods of govern
ment have drafted a new charter for Portland with the man-
ager-tI;tn featured. It. m-V -'iiot he wasted effort. Other
cities of metropolitan size have, adopted the plan with suc
cess. In Oregon there are numerous smaller cities operating
under the city manager with . greater economy than was
previously experienced. Hond recently approved such a
change and has made great strides already in better finances,
more satisfied citizenship. Klamath Falls people have talked
of such a change, find the system attractive, but haven't
yet had nerve enough to bring it to a vote.
Regardless of the differences, between Russia and China,
which appear to divide the blame for the present crisis, no
- one can contemplate a great war in Asia without horror.
Such a thing now seems probable. Although the nations
, are old, both governments are comparatively new. llandi-
, capped by inexperience and youth, they haye not learned the
m folly of war even as well as European nations.' And lack-:-
ing the stability and permanence of a national government,
both nations lack the ability and the inclination to trust any
form of international government. Important as the Chin
ese Eastern railway is to both Russia and China, it is not
important enough to cost the lives of thousands of soldiers.
With the memory of the world war still vivid, western na-1
tions would spend more energy and time finding a peaceful
settlement of the controversy. The new Soviet and the young
Chinese republic have forgotten. Or they think that national
destiny is still to be gained by force of arms. And it makes
one wonder if there has been any real progress the last de-1
1 cade toward world peace, y ''."'" - !
OPPOSITION TO TARIFF j
Passage of a new tariff by the sjecial session of congress;
is now regarded as dubious in responsible quarters. Since the
close vote in the senate on the .question of confining changes
to the agricultural schedules there has been an abrupt
change in sentiment which progressive business men are hail
ing as an indication that the absurd rates jammed through
the house will be either considerably moderated or dropped
altogether. . i .
A last effort is being made to argue that the increases
proposed on manufactured goods are only to compensate for
the advances put on raw materials from the farm, but in
the end it should be made evident that the agriculturist loses
more than he gains by such procedure even if the rates in
his favor actually are effective.
President Hoover's recent statement that he wants a
"sane and sensible" tariff schedule is accepted as a rebuke
for the house, for it has placed its stamp of approval on a
measure which by no stretch of the imagination can be
placed under that classification.
From the very beginning of this session of tariff making
there have been three highly important factors at work to
produce either a very lukewarm sympathy with increases or
vise a positive dislike of them. They are the fact that pros
perity has been general enough to yield very little reason
for boosting rates, and the known fact that overproduction
at home and not imports is the cause of distressing competi
tion. Also, the increased importance of export trade since we
have become mass producers and a lending nation. We can
not well afford to offend and estrange our customers in
Europe. They import far more than they eXort and Amor-1
icn needs neighbors like .that.
Ill-fated ' pull man car, drowning
several pniwengorH. ' '
( Hospital Train IUilcd.
A hospital train wan ruddied from
fiohtinnn, Kan. The train was due
In Denver at 7:2f o'clock this
morning, officials wild.
The Hiihmerged car carried Hcven
pannenger., and a pullman porter,
the company imid.
A cln:dburt loosing seven to
eight inched of water in the region
lnt nljrht. swelled dry creeks to
raging torrenin nnd covered low
lands beyond ' drainng-A fapneily.
The water wiih ' Hlowly receding
from higher ground thin morning
but gullies and cutK were mill full,
(toads were washed out In every
direction aril highway hridgen
I went-out before the torrent, de
i laying rcwuertt In reaching the
j wrfCK. .
po ininrmaiion wax avaiiam'
regarding condllionH of the rail
road at other poinlH In the vicinity
whether there were any other
hrldgcH out on the line.
Victims Asleep,
The vIctlniH were trapped In one
car, aKlerp.. Thin car wa pitched
(Into I he water at a 4ft degree angle,"
and eHcape'wna Impossible. :
No tnrnrmatinu . regarding , the
speed of the flood water at I he
place 'Of the 'wreck waH obtained
and It could.-nut 1 be b-orned If any
bodies bad. been swept away. Depth
vurioiisly cut I muted at from seven
;to,ten Ve,t of wulur lit, tli wreck-
ago wfm reported. ' "
Until the water recedes, rescue
work will be difficult said tele
phone reports, It was. estimated
that It would take four hours for
the water to lower sufficiently to
begin opernllons.
Only the train crew meinbera
were awake when the (rain plung
ed Into the raging torrent. Ap
proximately 5(10 passengers on the
train were asleep in Ihelr berth.
" Dr. Henry t. WIN In run of l'lag
ler, 2fl' mile rronv the -wreck was
the flrst to, reach the seen". Dr.
O. IV Kerincy, coroner of Burling
ion, f'olo., 'ame shortly after and
the two, ,wilh passengers, ' began
r.eseuo work.
I'UfMeiiKerN Help,'
PulliiMin passenger, clad only In
nlgbl clothes, gave whnt.nld they
could In rescuing others caught In
cars and tossed about by the flood
waters. ' -.(
- One report nf the accident ald
that Mcreanm of -wnintm und child
ren lose above the roar of tho
rushing flood water. That Indi
cated the flood' was moving lit a
high rale: of speed and may have
been the, cuime : of other deaths
when persons were caught In tho
rushing wator.
The bridge which was swept ,
away was about 7T feet lung. II
was a wooden'' si ructure and was
across a snnd .draw on a, straight
Hlroifh.of track.. -Tho wutor ut tho
wreck "Was rephrtc4 rurutlntt- J '"
yards wide. "
today In Maker,. returning here to
morrow to take port in the annual
farm crops tour of the county.
J nt crest Ing J n fo rrr a t io n - regu i d -Ing
the tourist travel In this sec
tion was given this morning by
Mr. Hunter, who said that the.
tourist travel l greater this year
thun last, with most of the move,
ment west through l.a (Iraieie.
.Since the. first of this monih irn
tourists have registered here, and
only about 2 or 3 per cent of the
toiiristK register In li Grande, be
cause of its location.. Moht of 'the
registration ,1s done ut border
points, such a Ontario, efc.j This
would Indicate K.oao and more
tourists going through l.a G ramie
each month during the summer.
.Mr. Hunter, referring to the
problem' discusxed at I 'end let n,
wilil that another question is how
to entice more of the visitors at
the ' Yellowstone to come farther
west. He said that It is estimated
that !fP en cent of the tourists
who come west to Yellowstone,
park, return to the mbldlewest or
east afterwards without going in
to Idaho, Oregon and Washing
ton, j
Highways loosing Identity
Mr. Hunter also said it was
pointed out yesterday that high
ways, such as the Old Oregon
Trail uro losing1 their Identity to
some extent In the other sections
because of the fact that advertis
dng associations nre using federal
numbers for tho highways Instead
of the nnmes. f
Another interesting bit of infor
mation In reference to the tourist
problem Is that reports say that
the great majority of vacation
motorists plan their trips before
leaving home, and usmi lly main
tain their schedule,
Jn reference to reports of mis
leading stories, Mr. Hunter said
today that he regularly asks tour
ists who .register here whether
they have been misinformed its to
the Old Oregon Trail highway,
and finds, that they usually reply
that they have not hecn - a p
proached in tin attempt to InMu
e.nce them to avoid this highway.
N. 'K. West & Co. Retires!
ONLY
m - mL. jll
.D)AY
This Quit-Business Sale Ends
Saturday Falk's Take Possession
On August 1st
Obituary
I todies Taken l-o Union.
COI.OHADO Sl'ItlNOS, t'olo..
July IS (AD Ueporls from Lint
on, folo., X0 .miles east , of here
said eight ' bodies have been
brought to t hat place from the
Uock Island-wreck nenr Rlraltoh.
Transportation, conditions east
of Mmon toward the Kansas stare
line, the reporls added, were very
poor and communication systems
were parulyxed by heavy wtorins
which occurred- last nlgbl. Heller
at Union, a .railroad center, was
that rescue work' was Impossible
at Ihe Hlratlon'wrecli, at least for
a lime, be-caunc of (he storm which
washed out roads , a lid bridges. j
: Ai.wtr.n fjArmxF.K
HAKKIt, Ors., July IS (Special)
Alfred Clnrdner, for 45 years a
resident of 1 laker a nd I'nlon
countie. died yesterday at ;the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Wal
ter MeOrnth of North I'owdeV.
Mr. Gardner hail been a resident
of North Powder 25 years. The
body Is at the West parlors.
'''Mr.' Gardner was born . February-'.
ISMMit Kt.' Philip, Que
bec. Canada. He came to Oregon
In 1SII4. Three years later ho was
murried, to Ida (', Jnnn In this
city. Ho followed mining through
out the greater part of bts life.
His death followed gangrene pois
oning In ono of his feet. He had
been III 1 1 weeks. , '.
Tho decensed Is survived by his
widow. Mrs, Ida' Gardner, four
(Iniighteij Mrs. refine, l,Uzor bj;
tint T.1ii Mrs?T.elln McGrath of
North . Powder, Mi. Xoe Talia
ferro of Oakland, Pal., Mrs. Helen
Yardstrom of Hot Lake, by six
grandchildren ' and two great
gra ndchlldren.
Mr. Gardner was a member of
the Odd Fellows and Woodmen of
the World. , ;
Final Price Cuts Prevai
Throughout the Store
Dresses,
Coats at
Sacrifice
Prices!
Men's
Suits
1-3 Off
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Shoes &
Hosiery,
Drygoods
Reduced!
Never before have you had such an opportunity to buy high Quality
merchandise at such prices. There are still wonderful bargains in
every department.
N
Kyery Oernfan sihoke.q nn aver
ago of Hurt cigars and 700 clgarets
a year, statistics say.
SATURDAY IS THE LAST DAY!
. K . West & Co, Inc.
La Grande's Leading Store for Over 30 Years
PROBLEM OF
TOURIST IS
CONSIDERED
I 111 IWKI T MOltl S I
"Of IN THE WEST
Continued from Page 1)
and W. G. Ide, ' manager of the,
state chamber. Mr. Ide was in l.n
Grande last night and will spend
hoy pigs owv ;nvi:
MP.XH'O CITY, July IS (AP
Newspaper dispatches from Cylinui
published today told how a 14-'tain.
year-old Mexican boy, Adolfo VII
laneuvu, was forced to dig hi own
grav before be was executed by
.Manuel Murmolejo, bandit chief-
TRY
W. K. GILBERT CO.
FIRST
How to Help
Your Husband
ISarn More
Mr, 'know tbAt ptr
oaul ppttrc
couati ia butiatit.
h:mplu)ri tr,iloff to pr
mot tluhby aiployt. Yt,
many nito ir cartUti tbuut
liivinf their clothti pffi.
'lhcy "forct," and tb "for
fettintf" prevent tbtn froaa
arain the money tbey are
really worth.
Help your hatband to look
welbilreated, and eara more
money. Send hit clothe bert
to be prened. Our modem
Yalcttir method ol preniof
makei clothinl loek like eew.
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Men's Wear.
Men's
Summer
Unions
All Kinds
5i)c to $1.00
Have You Ever
Owned Ileal
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15 SELL I'OR lJKSS
MEN'S UNIONS
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MEN'S ATHLETIC
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(ei1ifui:i) alue
STRAW HATS
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25C - 35C " 49
MEN'S WORK
SHOES
Fx Ira quality black,
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heels.
$2.05
Destroyers of Illirh Prices
To coiutiat olhi'r. nntl rsp.Tlally
tho fnl'orltoHS ilist-nsi'H of rolil
ui'iithi'i'. i' niu.st tniiki our own
snnltsii v code, npH enrry It nut In-
.ltvt.lll:ill.
Ia (grunip Nat'.nunl
Sank
-t'orty. first Yrnr nf rflomlly
Service"
Ten Years
Ago Today
Judge .1. V. Knowles and
family motored to t'nve to
afiend the Cherry l-'air.
COOLING laths for
'PI IK hoiitcd woatlior.
liATII suits, soiip. tali',
I'OWIti:!;. brushes.
SMIMiC.S,
IITTS ant) tablets.
KN.10Y the luxury of
Til K niodorn .ttibhinp;.
ALL the new things
l'OU bath eomfdi t nt
THK busy I'di'iier.
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j another nreat'stride forward
with thecominnoftheNEW FIRE
STONE SUPREME BALLOON. ,
Here is the ultra quality tire for you
w ho want to match the new devel
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It is larger, stronger, more enduring
than even the famous FIRESTONE
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hold ill records for speed, safety,
endurance and mileage. It is made
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volume, has increased non-skid fea
tures for protection and safety ia
driving.
By all means come and sec this
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your car. We will make a liberal
allowance on your old tires because
you will w ant the satisfaction of rid.
ing on FIRESTONE SUPREME
BALLOONS at once. Come ia
today.
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lib find A.lmn
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