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Saturday, March 7, 1931 LA. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.- Page Five 11DCAIL ;r. Bruce lias Part Tern Bruce, a local boy,' will play tho role of Cadaux In the operetta 'The Two Vagabonds" which will be presented by the Madrigal and Glee 'clubs at O. S. C. March 13 and 14. Tho presentation is under the super vision of Paul Petri, professor of music. The Madrigal and Glee clubs ore made up or those having un usual vocal talent and the best of the two groups are chosen for parts in the annual operetta. P. T. Study Group Meets The value of Boy Scout work waa pointed out by Elmo Stevenson at a meeting of the Greenwood Parent Teacher study group last evening at . the school. Next Friday MrB. Hallle Williamson will discuss 19 ways of being a bad parent; and Wil liam Stonebreaker will speak on the laws of discipline. Mrs. J. R. Wil liamson Is president. A group of Greenwood' Boy Scouts will demon strate their work at the meeting of tho Greenwood Parent Teacher asso ciation next Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the school. i Fined h s W. R. Blankenship and A. R. Nel son each paid a fine of $5 In muni cipal court last night on charges of speeding. H. Longner and Harry Zanvoult were fined $2 for parking within the fire limits between 2 and 6 a. m. Attend Tournament Among the hundreds of La Granders who attended tho cage tournament at Union yesterday and last night were: Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Rosenbaum, Dick Claycomb, E. D. , Towlcr, T. J. Scroggin, Walter Reuter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finlay, Mrs.' Nolan Skiff. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reynolds, E. A. Sayre, and scores of students. To Portland Doyle Zimmerman and Dallas Jacobsen left last night for Portland wnere tney expect to spend the week end. Both have many friends in Portland which they plan to visit as well as transact business. They drove to the Rose City. Visits In Portland Mrs. W. F. Parks left yesterdaV I for Portland after spending the past 1 two months at the home of her par ents, Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Kirby. She will visit with friends and former school acquaintances which sho made while attending the Oregon State col lege. Mr. Parks is an officer in the United States Marine corps ln Nicara gua, and Mrs. Parks expects to join him there as soon as hostilities cease. She plans to visit for a indefinite time In Portland. Plants Garden As a warning to all gardeners to take their rakes and spades out of winter storage and start softening the ground for spring garden plant ing, Oscar Crossorl Is spading dili gently ln his garden at his home on Cedar street. Mr. Crosson Is always among ,tho first to spade up the ground. He plants his seed "by the moon," and ho always has one of the best gardens in town. BOWLES MURDER . TRIAL ADJOURNS AT NOON TODAY (Continued rrom Hatru One) t forward to consult with one of tho attorneys. The state's contention had been that If the death was a suicide the sweater would have been pierced by the knife, but that the garment would have been disarrangd in a struggle. , To Resume Monday The trial adjourned at noon until Monday morning. State witnesses testified during the morning session that neither the cor oner nor police had been notified of the woman's death until the body reached a mortuary, and that Mrs. Bowles was dead when tho ambu lance reached the apartment in wmch she -was stabbed. Fay Horned, ambulance driver, was the first witness called today. He was asked to complete his testi mony, part of which was token yes terday when ho, established that Mrs. Bowles was dead when ho reached the apartment. ! He was admitted to the apartment, ho said, by Dr. Paul B. Cooper. A figure lay on the bed, he said, a sheet over tho face. "Tho patient seems to be gone," Harned said lie observed. He testi fied Dr. Cooper did not reply but pulled a sweater down on the wom an's chest, disclosing a wound ln the left side. "Were you told it was a suicide?" the stato asked. . "No." tho witness responded. "Wero you told anything about the manner of death?" Again tho answer was no, and the samo reply was given to the state's question as to whether any mention was made of the coroner. "If you had been told It was a suicide, would you have moved the body," the prosecutor inquired. A defense objection to this question vas sustained. No Cuts ln Sweater - On cross examination Harned said there were no cuts or tears on the slipover sweater Mrs. Bowles wore, nor were thero any cuts in other gar 1 ments. One shoulder strap was broken, he said. Miss Shea Boone, secretary of a funeral director, was the next wit ness. She said Dr. Cooper called her by telephone and said he was send ing a body ln an ambulance. "Did he say to you the cause of death?" "Nc, he said nothing about it." "Did you have any conversation with him concerning the body," the prosecutor asked. , "Yes," the witness said, "I asked him If tho coroner hod been called. He replied no, that he was going to call him from the mortuary." Tack Causes Ripple The hearing was interrupted at one of its most tense moments today when John Collier of defense counsel, sat down on a thumb tack as he settled on the table amid the state's numerous maps and photographs, while examining a witness. With a lock of pained surprise and unspoken accusation he withdrew the offending tack and hurled it at Prosecutor Mowry, bringing a laugh even from Judge Bag ley. COLD IX PENDLETON PENDLETON. March 7 0Pl Tho week, itfST.'i1,6 LI ! tho mercury drooped to IB degrees above. Most Dangerous Disease Conceit Is n ilendly virus, nnd once it pels Into the human system, the victim Is rlo:ie for. American Jl:i?:izine. IBIKDEirjr'l I Dies- Lawrence N. Ford, postmaster of Granite for tho lost 30 years, and one time resident of La Grande, died In tho Protestant hospital at Baker. He has been ill several months and was taken to Portland from Granite two weeks ago. On Feb. 20 he entered the hospital at Baker. At Tournament Max Wilson and wife have been In La Grande and Union attending the basketball -tournament. They left this morning for Union and expect to go on to their home In Joseph thtB evening. In La tint ml e Max Paris, who is Interested in Grain because he Is interested in the International Harvester company was In town yesterday looking over La Grande's farm prospects and trans acting business. To Enterprise Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Horner, Mr. G. Van Proyen, and J. C. Beutley stopped In La Grande last night on their way to Enterprise. They live In Lewis ton. Miss Mullen Here Miss Marie Mullen, of Milwaukee, Wise., is in La Grande visiting with her sisters, Misses Bernlce and Ade laide Mullen. She Is taking a three months leave of absence from her work there and will be In La Grande fcr an Indefinite visit. Marry Miss June Stortz and Elmer Mc Manus were married recently and left Immediately for a wedding trip to California. The date of their re turn has not been announced. Mr. McMauus is connected with the Glass Drug company. Ln Grande Invites Golfers The La Grande Country club golf ers has written the Pendleton Coun try .club suggesting a tournament with local players here April 26, fol lowed by a tournament in La Grande May 17. It is probable that the Invi tation will Via nnnantori R I? Tlinmn. HOni president of the local club states that, nnrlv nnyf. wnoV t.Vm hnnrl rf directors of the country club will meet and committee appointments will be made. Later, the annual meeting of members will bo he.ld. Pendleton East Orgonlan. Attend Funeral Among those- who. attended the funeral of Charles Dooley in La Grande Wednesday- afternoon, were WilViam E. Kratt, Herman White. Judge E. J. Sencerbox and Chris E. Johnson. On Business Mrs. Albert Carlson was a business vUitor in La. Gqain Wednesday. Mrs. Lee Sloan and Mrs. Tom Beau mont went with her. Visits Miss Geneva Willis visited recently in La Grande with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Willis. ' AGED MAN HANGS HIMSELF AT HOME-T- FRIDAY EVENING Continued term Pat One? work at his home. He worked yes terday but appeared despondent In the evening, and officers report that he threatened to kill himself. Ho had made threats of this nature pre viously, relatives said Mr I.oroon nrn a fnnnrt rtmirvilnrr from a smaU nppie tre0i wltn a 6llp. nocso tight about his neck'.' One foot was on the ground. His neck was not broken by the fall, the noose merely strangling him to death, of ficers said. Derby Eligibles Roll $788,840 equipoise ' ( WHITNEY I ? T ir I KquirMiLse, whiter book favorite to win the Kpnftirkv Drrhv tills year, lws been plekcd ivKh slirewtlns--at least so far as winnlncs last year are involved. The C. V. Whitney colt romped away with SISMX", on the turf In IM30. The aggregated u-innlngs of all colts nominated for the blue grass cla-sxlc amounted to $7K8,810. LOUISVILLE. Ky. An agsre- gate purse of S788.840 has been won Kentucky Derby, which will be run at Churchill Downs May 18. J A total of 43 out of the 130 ellgi i bles are non-winners. Seventeen of ; the 42 were non-starters. Only nine , cf the eligible failed to win some , part of a purse. i In a total of 1.118 starts and 113 1 colts, geldings and fillies scored 247 l vlctorlc? ICS ywnrt': r.nrt 111 thirds PHILIP SNOWDEN ILL LONDON, Mar. 7 ( With the dato for presentation of his 1031 budgot only a short way ahead, Philip Snow den, chancellor of the exchequer. Is confined to bed with an illness which probably will not permit him to leave his home for several weeks. ; HEPPNER MAN SUICIDES , PENDLETON. Mar. 7 (ff) Hugh McNerney, Hcppner sheep man, fired a bullet Into his head yesterday at the rodeo grounds at Heppner. He had been despondent over 111 health. PHYSICAL CULTURE WINS PLACE IN FRENCH SCHOOLS PARIS W) Although French edu cators have criticized American school systems for excessive emphasis on physical culture, the ministry of public instruction has taken an op posite stand. In collaboration with the denart- ment of public health, tho educa tional authorities have adopted a program which will give pupils In secondary schools a half hour of exerclso daily. The decision resulted from study of the subject by a commission, i which advised the change. It Is ' tho first official French recognition j of the value of physical education, i Ambassador's Privilege Among the curious privilege thiit tin miibnssador has Is that h Is the only person nlxmi a courl who has the rlpht to turn his back on the sovereign at the end of an interview. Medici Family Honored The mime of the famous Italian family of the Middle ajces, . the Medici, has been perpetuated through the word "motlfeine," a tribute to the skill of the members of this house In the art of healing. Whoopee Makers , , The efforts of many serious, men to jliiRlo hells perhaps are inspired by a fear that the world of actu ality will en toll up with them. Woman's Home Companion. DEMOCRATIC ROW STARTS PREDICTIONS (Continued from Page One) by the free state's legislature. Rumb lings of a split between Alfred E. Soanish Leader mil frc.1.1 l-li'tlit King Alfonso of Spain requesieo Jose Sanchez Guerra, shown above, powerful political opponent, to form a ministry, but he failed. Up Winnings In 1930 Equipoise, winter book favorite to win the derby this year. Is the lead- ing mency winner among tho nomi nees. The C. V. Whitney colt won $158,835 last year to become the ' largest two-year-old money wlnned since Domino. A. C. Bostwlck's Kfnte Is the second leading money winner among the eligibles. The son of Prince 4al KI1 lashandra won 658.650 as a two-year-cld. Twenty Grand, another of the ' frtvnritc:. wan 51I.1HO. AHsnrtn Milady Wears ""3 1 xX I Coiffures of silk threads stitched to resemble marcel Waves are new for evening wear. The coll fu res may match the wearer's gown or her hair. This model uses sliver threads In the back to give the effect of a Spanish Yomb, Smith and Governor Roosevelt in New York, though denied, occupied many. political speculators with emphasis on the bearing such an event would havo on Roosevelt's presidential chances. Hoover's Nome. at Top. Hoover's name was being uttered at Republican rallies all over the coun try ln a not unusual swing towards renomlnatlon of the Incumbent, but heartened by the . disturbance In Democrat's camp. I Several Democratic leaders, active ln trying to head off the.Raskob pro gram, continued their assertions that embracing such an. Issue would amount to throwing away the 1932 chances of the party, though other wise they appeared excellent. , -Somo 'Republicans . agreed with them. Out of a Texas meeting of party leaders came a prediction that the G.O.P. "would have easy sailing as a result of the -Democratic row. That group yesterday endorsed wlh out .qualification , President Hoover's record -and called for his . renomlna tlon. So did the stato convention of tho party ln Michigan. - An utterance, interesting because of Its source, was attributed to Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, Independent Republican, who was quoted ln Phil adelphia' as saying 'Mr. Hoover's re nomlnatlon on a- bone-dry. platform was a foregone conclusion. . ... -i; t H peaks of Coming Cuticim. 1 - Of the progressive meeting called to meet here March 11 and 1, he said: . - s "Wo will formulate plans , to force our economic program on the atten tion of the next congress." -"'Backers - of the conference' today were represented-! na well pleased with ' l.l Education and the ' By Or. Arnold Bennett Hall President, University of Oregon Editor's noto: Tills Is the first of a serJrs of five articles written on education by Dr. Arnold Dennett Hall, president of the University of Oregon. Others will fol. low at rcsular intervals, ; The Intellectual and spiritual training of our youth constitutes the first problem and responsibil ity of a stato university. Such an institution is unworthy of the people that it servos unless it can evolve an effective program for the sound development of the In tellectual and spiritual lifo of the sons and daughters entrusted to its care. There are two other out standing functions of a state uni versity the development of re search activities that will blaze the pathway of progress, material and spiritual, and an adequate program of adult education through community centers, cor respondence study and various kinds of consulting service thai will make the resources of the state university available" to all , the people of the land. People bf Oregon will be first concerned with training of their children, and this paper will be de voted to that problem as it is be ing attacked at the University ot Oregon. ' Objectives Arc Told In the first place, the University triC3 to set as its objective the training of men nnd women to meet IntelllKcntly. honestly, and nobly the problems of life. Our purpose 13 not to cram them with information, nowever useful and entertaining. Experience baa taught us all that Important facts soon fade from memory. Every one who attended a college or a university will bave no difficulty in determining for himself that the fact content of many of his courses has long since been erased from his memory by the hand ot time. The things tha-. are remem bered are the habits of study, cer tain points of view, enrichment' ot altruistic impulses, k.abits of cri tical thinking, intellectual lnteg rlty. and similar attributes of mind j and heart which become more valuable with increasing years. Approaching the problem, there-lot- first from an intellectual point of view, we ask ourselves the " question, what kitcllectual habits will best prepare youth f successful living? What Intellec- tusj training will best enable the Silk Coiffure the response. Acceptances from both Republicans and Democrats have been coming in to the office of Senator Norris, of Nebraska. The names have not been given out, but they number awrnt o so lar. senator jooran, Re publican Idaho, Is one who plana to attend If he can arrange It. As to the Smith-Roosevelt situa tion, some commentators predicted there would be a split If Governor Roosevelt sought to avoid further commitment on prohibition ln a bid for southern support. GOVERNOR TO DECIDE FATE OF 142 BILLS (Continued From Page Three) law. - The proposed state building code was withdrawn. The abstractors' bill, . providing for additional equip ment by abstractors and added regu lations for operations was killed on the flooiv Both chain store bills, which would, llcenso branch stores, were defeated by indefinite post ponement. : Other bills defeated by one routo uueu. "WW""- meub oi a mix supervising commis- i . , Dr, ' slon, policemen's and firemen's pen- I S i ,1, P"" depart sion funds on which two bills wore 1 kbuiItUng: P"ng- of Orogon presented, both passing the house and ' omo 6ool;: Pn'nt'ng of former gov both killed by the senate; creation i CInor P1"lts; to maintain and lm of commission to promoto agrlcul- i Prov0 tno publlo soda spring and the tural and tourist development, killed : Improvement of the- University -of In ' the senate; the parl-niutuel rao- Oregon campus. Twenty-six blllF lug, bill; Immediate refund of the i woro Included in the nooiv quota an Intangiblcs tax money collected un- nc-unced as signed by the govornof. der tno -unconstitutional '1B29 tax law; the proposed 'tobacco lax which dm. m Live Discussions state o vim aM. of Oregon Welfare student to marshall all the re sources of his personality, char acter, and ability in an effective attack upon tho problems of life? One of the first intellectual at tributes that will occur to the stu dent of education is the habit of critical thinking and observation Tho recent literature dealing with popular philosophies, with the art of thinking, with tho Inability of the masses to see the Inconsisten cies in modern demngoguery, all evidence tho growing conscious ness of a need for habits of critical analysis and observation. - Training Held Important In a democracy, and particularly in a state like Oregon, where the people, through the various dc vices of direct democracy, havi taken Into their own hands main ! of tho fundamental problems oi j law making, this training In the : habits of critical thinking be (comes a matter ot Immediate tm ! portanco. Democracy docs no necessarily guarantee the condl tions of its own succens. It li only an Instrument through which the popular will tends to becom articulule. Like . all other move mcnls of mankind It requires In tclllgent, aggressive, constructive leadership. But such exalted lend ership cannot survive In competi tion with the demagogue and char latan, save where the people hav learned to distinguish the spun ous from the real. Wo are training men everywhere in the art ot persuasion, tn moth ods of selling. In the mastery ot the technique of suggestion and tn controlling nnd directing the tac tora of mob psychology. We are training experts to control the people in the interests ol com mercial Rain but have left the public helpless victims ot public- ; ity'a persuasive cult. The dema- j goguc haw been quick to seize ni.f opportunity and the triumph of , non-rational persuasion seems now t almost complete. But has not the time arrived when we must think of the con- sumcrs as well as the vendors ol the goods ot life? Must we not think of the public welfare alone with the importance of high power salesmanship? Must we not be gin to think of democracy ns well as of demagogues? Must we not be concerned with training those who seek to guide the' people's choice? was tabled In .the house; . Increasing tho pilots commission; the appro priation for a geological and mineral survoy. In the state, by veto; outdoor advertising tax. which was Indef l'nltely postponed.- - - General runs Bill Kllved The bill prohibiting advertising signs aiong mgnways was inaeiiiuiely postponed, as was also the one pro hibiting destruction of plant growth along highways,- Others killed in cluded measures requiring all moneys of the state bo blaced -ln one son- eral fund, whloh had passed the son ate; regulating powers of the emer gency board; advancing dates of the primary elections: taxing cities to maintain bands: basic science bill: the bill Increasing qualifications of icacners; tne prohibition referendum; 70-car railroad bill; licensing oleo margarine dealers and manufac turers; delay In securing marriage licenses to prevent "gin marriages;" proposal to Issue new state currency; and the senatorial reapportionment. . Among tho bills wlncu died In committees without being reported out on tho floor of either house wero several having to do with state aid for child-caring Institutions; the tax on malt syrup and extract; and raising me gasoune tax to four cents. Tho bill to prohibit unfair competl- uuu among gasoune aeaiers ana otn crs, known as the anti-trust act. woo killed in senate commltteo af ter it passed tho house. The com mon user bill for publlo utilities ln districts, was also killed ln senate commltteo after It passed the house. two inns signed i Governor Meier at noon today signed tho two penitentiary appro priations bills, one which authorized the expenditure of tCO.000 for the purchase of flax straw to be used in connection with the penitentiary flax plant; and the othor for 143,000 for needed repairs within tho peniten tiary necessary to care for the lorgo prison population, number 037. Tho appropriation of tile $60,000 virtually ends the fight over the flax Industry at the penitentiary, which has been carried on during tho legislature, and assures continuation of the Industry at the institution. . '. , These two bills wero Included In othor appropriation bills , signed Just beforo : noon. The total annromla- tions approved was moro than two ana a quarter minion dollars, and ln the measure . for salaries and . ex cluded a wide range of activities. In pensos oi tne supreme court, tho gov ernor vetooa one . item or si.ooo for capital outlays for the court: ine . bins, . in addition to tho two penitentiary. 'Items and the supreme court- expenses Included appropria tions for an underground water sur vey, exponscs of tho hvdro-electrlc commission of $50,000; the Balarler and expenses-of the public utilities commissioner, the Oregon Btate lib rary; child welfare commission; state board of health; departments of state sealer of weights, the tax commission, tho board of control, state market agent .and budgot division of the cxecutlvo department; dairy and food commissioner; board of forestry and horticulture:' circuit Judges and dis trict attorneys,, and state superin tendent of public Instruction. 'Other appropriation Items approved wero funds for control and destruc-tlon- of predatory animals, primary and. general' election expenses;, pay- meat -of Interest on Irrimtlnt. WH. STORMS LASHING MUCH OF WESTERN TERRITORY TODAY irontlniii'tl from Patre OnM . Devon coasts wero swampeU ln places and many houses flooded. FLOOI1S IN FRANCE PARIS. March 7 P) French rivers, swollen by heavy rain and enow during the- past week, have flooded, a large area and today wore doing considerable damage. The Sclno woe rising steadily and had e threatening aspect becauso the tre mendous volume of water rushing Into it from tributaries. At Paris, the Seine has risen more than 11 Inches slnclio yerHorday. The waters havo Invaded tho Ilo St. Louis and ln the suburbs have transformed many streets Into sluggish brooks. Nuar Rheimfl the Murne has become monaclng. .At St. Rem y en Bouue mont and Larzicourt several square miles of Prairie wero flooded, and tho highway wan cut between St, Uemy ond Moncetz. Outside Bordeaux tho Garonne has overflowed, corerlng the 'tramway tracks and interfering with new con struction In the river region. The Khouo was rising steadily near Nlmce and flooding bordering land. PORTLAND LIVKNTOt'K PORTLAND. Mar. 7 (?) Hogs 100, all direct. Wcck'o totals approxi mately: hogs 6800, cattlo 2100, calves 130, sheep 1010. Hogs: compared week ago, slaughter classes 26 cents lower, feeders steady. Bulk and practical top light butchers $H.60 with a part deck Monday at $0.10. Strong weights and heavies 97.86 down to $7.00, mostly $7.26 $7.50. Packing sows 95.26 to $0.60, mostly $6.60 up. A few under 160 pound pigs $7.26(4 $7.60. Desirable feeder pi(js mostly $0.00. Cattle: compared week ago. steers and she-stock 25-60 cents lowor. Hulls and calveq steady. High medium to good steers early Monday $7.05 r( $8.16 but best under 1100 pounds not now quoted above $8.00 nor over 1100 pounds above $7.60. Offgrodes down to $6.50 and under. Strictly good heifers not now quoted above $7.76 nor cows $6.00 with bulk downward CO KPT. 5TU-U lore No. 13 La Grande, Ore. Child's Footwear $1.49 Twenty-three pair child's slippers nnd ties in tan calf. Sizes V- to 11. Bioken'lines of former values to ?2.49 respectively from 87.50 and 85.75. Low cutters and cutters 82.60 u $5.00. Cut ter to fairly good bulls 84.00 & 85.00, calves and vealers 811.00 down... Off grades down to $6.00. - Sheep: lambs 25; lower than a week ago. Yearlings and ewes steady. Bulk desirable lambs 87.00r$7.60, latter price extreme quotable top. . Throw outs 86.75 down to $6.00. Choice yearlings quoted up to $6.60 and ewes to V4.UU. I LAUNDRy CO.j j MAKES A CHANGf iM TUB I IFI-. rttr ' MIT t,,S - BANISH GLOOMDAY THE CLEAN AND SWEET WAY( fTi vim rr i A nnnnv ! " DRY CLEANING CO. I t Many Bargains Listed on Want Ad Page Sassafras Bark "Just arrived a fresh shipment of : NATURE'S OWN TONIC . Spring is here and it's time to remove all the impurities : from your blood .- Try some today. '. Sold in any quantity. ' ; RED CROSS DRUG STORE "In Business for Your Health" Now is the Time. 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