La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 15, 1930, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextI I: ta 2 Si t I, ;t'j ?! . Jl u; . fa i 9' I f, Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Friday, August 15, l93(j (Incorporated) An Independent Newspnpfr P. R. FINLAY Editor and Publisher HARVEY P. MATTHEWB , Business Manager Published evenings, except Sunday, at 1710 Sixth street La Orande, Oregon. The Observer-Star published every Friday. Entered at the Postolflce of La Orande, Oregon, as Second Class Mall Matter under act ot March 2, 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER 01 UNION COUNTY AND THB CITY OP LA ORANDE v MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED 'PIIESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited it published herein. All rights of republication of special dis patches In this paper and ulso the local news herein also are reserved. National Advertising Representative M. C. MOOENSEN CO., Inc. Ban Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES lly Carrier Dally, per month In advance Dally, six months In advance Dally, single coupy . liy man Dally, per month In advance Dally, per six month In advunce . Dally, per year In advance ......... Weekly. Obierver-Star. per year . 760 ...4.50 60 . 60a ...$2.60 ,.5.00 ..2.00 memory recalls thein you will find that your native town has made considerable improvement, to say the least, so has the country at large. The moral standard has been raised with the passing years and the world is better than it was in those times of the ' "good old days," but we will not make the most of our oppor tunity if we do not raise the standard still higher, and this is a job in which we may all have a part. New figures have put the world's population at something over two billion, divided among the Continents as follows: Asia, 950 million; Europe, 550 million; North and South America, 230 million; Africa, 150 million; Australia, 7 mil lion. These estimates show an increase in the world's popu lation during the past three years of about 100 million people. If the sun was to disappear, it is estimated the temperature of the earth would fall to something like 300 degrees below zero. ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch Display, local, per column men - Time contract prices on application. 42o 60 DROUTH DISASTER STORIES TOLD AT . GOVERNORS' MEET (Continued form Page One) pects of feed 3,000 people starving tthlla winter." While many other counties report ed conditions almost as bad, a major ity were more op torn 1st ic. In Washington Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Gal. 6:2. GOOD OLD, BAD OLD, TIMES ' Tomorrow is usually a little further off than yesterday. both have a perspective which in some ways shows them up in more nearly their true relations and in some ways distorts tho view and makes them look grotesque. And yet the yester days were once the present, pulsing and important, and im perative in demand. Tomorrow, too, will be just the plain present one of these days. And they are all alike, more or less, in the essential elements that compose the conditions of any period. , There are dreamers who are continually visioning the brighter day ahead, crystalizing it into the acme of perfect conditions in a moral way, and probably also in a physical, economic and industrial way. And the dreamers have always had to announce from time to time a postponement, more or less indefinite, of the glad and perfect day when all the wrong will be righted. So, loo, there are the retrospective dreamers, forever living in the past and investing the departed days with a glamor and glory that was never quite justified by the facts in the tima when these past times were prosaic and practical pres ent. These reminiscent experts harp upon the "good old days" and deplore the decadence of the new! the deteriora tion of the manners and morals of the day In which we live. , It does not require an enthusiast or a. professional optimist to find the actual facts of the record and learn that the "good old days" were: not a bit better ttyun the todays we live' through and wrestle with and glory in. We find George Washington writing some aphorisms upon the subject of comjnon etiquette, in which ,he advised some of his followers to refrain from spitting upon the floors and into the corners of the roonte of polite homes. Manners of the people as a whole today are better, gentler, more courteous, more unselfish than they were in those hazy, good old days. And while the newspapers now and then carry considerable news of crime in these days, the general moral conditions in this and in practically every country are, in the main, better today than in those days to which some are harking back forever for comparison and contrast. , There are more people now than in the less populous days of the century ago, and there are more papers and quicker communication, and therefore more thorough publicity of the remissness and delinquencies of the more people now than when Benjamin Franklin started his little gazetteer two hundred years ago. If you will back some old timer squarely up .against the facts as his serious and honest lly Herbert I'lmiimrr WASHINGTON Uncle Sam cm ploys 200 people every year because letter writers' have not yet learned how to use tho mulls properly. Last year some 25.OOU.UUO pieces of mail found their vuy to the dead letter offices located In five differ ent parts of the country. Of this number, l&.uoo.OOO carry ing correspondence only had to be destroyed becuuso no. clueH to the identity of either sender of intended recipient could be found. Here In the capital is one of these five sectional receiving oflloes for undellvcrable mail. And every day It Kets about 200 ubsolulely blank envelopes. This is the most valuable class of dead mail, because it contains u hlh proportion of checks, drafts, money orders and the like. It, was only recently that one such envelope was found to contain a check for 1 106 ,000. A Canadian rail road was trying to send the amount to a Mississippi lumber firm. By the time the error was adjusted, it is es timated that more than $1,000 lu In terest was Involved. At another time there came a I scries of letters full of hundred dol lar bills. They wero addressed to a girl in the middle west, who presum ably had left town after getting me llrst three. Postal authorities have on idea that the girl's lover staged a profit able holdup. Tho money will be turned Into the treasury unless a lawful owner can be located. Tho pustofllco department prides Itsell on Hie fact that more than 09 per cent of valuable paper Is eventually returned to tho careless senders. CI'KIOI'H .MISCKI.I.ANV Theso blank envelopes contain all sorts of things. There are legal pa pers of every description, photo graphs, kid gloves, silk stockings even, locks of hair. A $10,000 bond found in an nn- PENDLETON, Aug. 15 (A1) A tem- adUrisscd envelope recently turned j pern lure of 107 degrees was ex perl -out to be a part of the loot lu a ' enced hero yesterday. There was a mull robbery. slight breeze. IMCK.WiK.S Al CTIONKO Everything more valuable than a five-cent poctago stamp is kept. Last year property worth I5.425.000 was found In dead mall, but the govern ment realized only (250.000 from It. It received S81.000 from auctioning undcllverable parcel post packages. Thero were taken from letters $48-000- In cash. Postage stamps to the amount of S32.000 were salvaged. And $80,000 In fees for delivering deud lettel-H was realized. Three cents is charged for the de livery or return of dead mall for which an owner can be found. Tho postofflcc department has In Its possession a pretty wooden Christ mas box as a prlxe exhibit. It con tains a gun. attached to the latch which probably would have killed the recipient If It hadn't goue off In tho postolflce beforehand. 107 AT PENDLETON HKlMCEII KATES EFFECTIVE SALEM. Ore., Aug. 16 W Reduced commercial and residential electrlo lighting rates', resulting from an or der of the public service commission on July 18, became effective today. The order of the commission affected only the Pacific Northwest Public Service company in Its Portland drea, extending from the north city limits of Portland to and Including Salem, and was estimated to cause a saving of $840,000 a year to consumers. BILLINGS DENIES FATAL BOMBING (Continued from Page One) , i .t..rnr. ; lustml romnpriRiitlnri . " short, and found disconcertingly little citizen ;the l"' TOT m-i in... - , 00 f tloiial constitution eek, Sept. M-jiu "Closlnt dale for application, Ll: observed., an oe cos m n which the .Tjjjg . ?. 930 r . ,,.,,, ,,uMt llf mil Will . .1.. i JCHIUIUt." VVU CbClUIJM tlltxn . TiZ SorT VanaoTumark of the people's coyenan one . no reosono, other, nod fsTQ stock for tale. U. B. Bteel ahot up 7 points, one of tho sharpest advances in vnw hj Amittu;i uojim, , v.. pnPh,n Air Reduction. I lilU.tUlHUtt 01 ;.r i white a.!..'..., ,i,i all veterans to ; the time up on J up e 6, the Hawu, mounted 111. Profit taking by traders , comrades who have not yet I bill wo pufclnto law . extending u,, who bought at lower levels for a turn urge their con n time to -January a, 1935." . caused some recessions from the best applied for the benellts 01 ll'j-. . levels. maxe application.'? me coinm,.,,,... said. "The legion eought to eiu ne anil on June 6, the Rai ThR mnrket closed strong. bales I approximated 1,650.000 shares. CORVALLIS IS :- TO BE LEGION HOST IN '31 (Continued form Page One) role of saboteur. Last night Billings j cmpnaiicany aemeu xiuving oeen at 721 Market. Chief Justice Wlllam H. Waste an nounced the hearing would resums in San Francisco Monday and an effort would be made to bring the case to a close at once. The Jurists recommendations will guide Governor Young in deciding whether Billings shall receive a pardon. BULL MARKET RULES DAY IN WALL STREET NEW YORK. Au'g. 15 P The over grown bear faction clumsily stumbled Into a trap in today's stock market, and was forced to pay fancy prices to get out. A long list of Important shares shot up 5 to 12 points in the final hour of trading, as tho bears, after three days of unsuccessful efforts to send prices lower, fell over each other to buy back the Hhnres they had sold some 4,500 beds. Never before In the history of soldier legislation has a measure of such importance been pushed to such a prompt conclusion at the beginning of u legislative ses sion." The national commander announc ed the legion's policy regarding fut ure hospital construction, as follows: "In view of the unfair neglect of the disabled and. in view of the fact that It Is poor economy for the gov ernment to wait until un accute situation confronts It, the legion fav ors a hospital policy which contem plates a government agency to antici pate the need, and to provide facili ties at any future date, as in 1935, 1940 or 1945 In order that a man can get Just and fair care In time, per haps, to give him a fighting chance for recovery." To Promote Education Announcement was made in the address of a fall activity of the legion in the promotion of education and patriotism. "Education and patriotism," ho said, 'go hand in hand, and our 10, 000. posts of the legion, are now en gaged in arranging for certain studies in our schools the coming year to link together these two principles of VIUIIbCUDiii. - c mii i-"-" have every class in every school adopt a regular course in study In flag etiquette and flag education. Respect for the flug. means respect for law ond order, and it calculates in a 1A GRANDfc Q STORE? joN.K. WEST ' ft':. - Silk Moire and Silk Crepe .95 ; C. Each Pouch, underarm and back -strap styles some are trimmed with embroidery all have Individual style, some are zipper types, ond all are fitted with coin purse and mirror. Colors that are in har mony with fall costumes wine, black, navy, brown, and green. We haven't many, they will un doubtedly be sold by Saturday, If you want one don't wait. LA OKANPrc HOOK & STATIONERY COMPANY The Lastest CRIME CLUB DETECTIVE , STORIES Tile largest publishers of detective stories In the world are Issu ing all their newest mystery detective stories at $1.00 each Instead of $2.00 and $2.50. at the same tlmo maintaining tho same high standards of content and form that have made this Crime Club name famous, "ill. I t: It V.I 1 1 .Ml lllllllt" Harold Mctlratll "Till: AVCMilMI HAY" Austin .1. Small "Tin: :iii:i:n hiiiiioN" ,i:cigar Wallace "I'm: HOOK" Mnrv Huberts Itliicliart "Tin: AITUIt til' 'I in: OAI.I.OUS TUKK" Stephen Chalmers "Tit; day Tin: Wfiiti.n i:ii;i" .sax itohmer "STIt ANtn.KIIOI.It" llnllle llcvnnlils "MK.Mtlllts (IK A Ml ItliCII MAX" Arthur Carev AMI M.1W (ITIIi:itS La Grande Book & Stationery Co. "Service Station for Home and (Iff Ice" llll ADAMS AVK. PHONE MAIN 00 MEN Here's a GREAT AQKBQJSir EVENT 'for YOU .0 AO The News Used To Be: IHHIIHMSEBIMIliaaSlBIlBBHSiaEIBIIMI TWKNTV-FIVK Y ICAKS Mm From Observer, Tlmr., Aug. 15, I'MI.". ueo. Miller states that threshing : returns In Ids section of the valley show a heavier yield than the grow ers were estimating. It is reported that Hutchinson Bros, arc about to Hlart u bank lu ! Union. Tho largo cereal crop of Eastern Oregon needs harvest laborers. Har vest hands is the cry from every county. Wl Ilium Smith has purchased 3. W. White's feed etoro on Adams ave nue. Conductor O. J. Uuckman told about seeing the tooth of a mastodon which has been recently discovered In the C rut hers placer mine in Hye vulley. TKX YKAHS AfiO I'mill Observer, Mom., An p. Hi, IM'Ml According to the ctty uuinuKor. Ii Grande now has enough water for n short time. Roy Plcxer Is thp new chief of police for La Grande. Truffle, botli eufit and west, was held up on the O.-W. hum from yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock un til tluls morning by a frcli;ht. train wiiik which occurred Just eiwt of Union Junction. A baby son. weighing 8 pounds, wan born this morning to Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Moore. ONi: YKAIt Ail l'rom Observer, I'rl.. Auk. The Tom Strand home outalda ot the city limits was damaged by fire i at l'J:16 this afternoon and had It ( not been for tthe pumper truck, it j would have been destroyed. Four players were thinned from the ranks of entries in the Eastern Oregon tennis tournament at Union this morning in the first lap of t threo days of play. j Preparations for the numml Labor j day celebration In La Orande swung Into their final phase, with the launching of the Labor day Queen I contest, and completions of other ! arrangements. j Mr. and Mrs. Walter Swatx are the i parents of a baby boy born to thrm ! Sunday. liaised Don kIi nuts, doz 2." Our Scrumptious Doughnuts sugared, doz French Doughnuts, doz Chocolate Doughnuts, doz Lemon Cakes, each Delicious Cup Cakes, doz Jelly Rolls, each Chocolate Kolls. each Mocha Hulls, each GOc A delicious cake for the family GOc WIM) UP AT THE WINDMILL .25c itBMjririftxiiBtt&y Starts Saturday Aiul 16 Only A Few Days Come Buy $28-85 Now buys you Hart, Scliaffner & Minx :15 ?10, ?45 suits for year 'round wear. $22 50.a!p .i- Now buys you extra fine Mich- '. . o ael-Stern 30 suits gol or now and for hill. ' 'l!iV JTIHDIRT Fancy collar attached Q -t -i f Shirts, $1.50 values P-I-1.D 3 FOR ?3.00 Rayon striped collar-attached Q-f OCT Shirts that sold to 3 pl.OD 3 FOR ?4.00 New Showing Manhattan Shirts. . ! Jl J,i- HA Great August Blanket Sale $11.50 OREGON CITY JUS $9:20 $12.50 OREGON CITY&ES $9.95 $13.50 OREGON CITYiLS $10?80 A SMALL DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY BLANKET FOR YOU. STORtFovEPv Man - , : ,1 All Luggage 20 OFF