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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
- Saturday, April 18,- 19
(Incorporated)
AO Independent Newipapef
P. B PIN LAY
Editor tud PublUner
HABOLD M. FZNLAT
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Published evenings- except Sunday. 1710 Blxtb street U
Grande. Oregon.
Entered at the Postofflce of La Orsnde. Oregon, ss Second OUs
Mai) Matter under act of March 2. 1879
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Everyone who believes In the Ameri
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play Is invited to enroll In this league
either with Mrs. Walter Pierce, chair
man, or S. T. Ballle, secretary.
Whether you enroll In the league or
not, let the county court know that
you approve of the propcel tlon to
have a complete survey and appraisal
of the values or trie county for equal
lzatlon. Insist that thU be done.
C. W. CLARK, i Of the committee to
co-operate with the state tax com
mission in the equalization of as
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And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day
when I make up my jewel; and I will spare them, as a man
spareth his own son that serveth him. Malachi 3:17.
By Herbert Plummer
WASHINGTON Random notes in
A Washington Day Book:
Senator Wagner of New York ad-
i mlts that he got a tremendous kick
I the other day when he stood before
j a microphone at the capltol and
I spoke in German direct to listeners
' In the Fatherland.
Wagner Is German-born. He was
; born In Nastatten 63 years ago and
i was eight years old before he came
i to the United States. He sold news
i papers on the streets of New York
i while attending school, and worked
I spare time through his courses in
high scnooi and tne college 01 me
City of New York.
But 13 years after leaving Nastatten
he was graduated with honors and
bachelor of science degree, two years
later was graduated from the New
York law school with second honors
In New York.
At 27 he was elected to the New
York legislature. His seat in the
United States senate Is the highest
public office he can ever hold, be
cause he is foreign-born.
WHY WE GO TO COLLEGE
A college or a university is generally believed to be a sort
of warehouse where innumerable facts are stored, to be sorted
out and delivered, in proper quantities, to aspiring students
who come in search of knowledge. But Dr. Ernest M. Hop
kins, president of Dartmouth College, told middle western
alumni of Dartmouth the other day that this conception of
a college is entirely wrong.
Indeed, he asserted, the prime function of a college is not
at all to give knowledge to its students. It does its part if it
merely imparts to them an inquiring and understanding habit
of mind. "Nothing is more useless than a fact by itself," says
Dr. Hopkins. "The only thing a liberal arts college can da
is to offer the atmosphere and environment in which, educa
tion can be secured."
All of this seems perfectly sound, and educators all over
the country have been saying it for years ; but since it runs
counter to the ordinary conception of higher education it is
worth looking at a bit.
During the last two decades the ranks of college students
in the United States have been enormously increased. A
far higher percentage of young people is going to college
today than was the case a generation ago; and back of this
increase lies a fervent hope, on the part of hundreds of
thousands of parents, that the colleges will somehow con
trive to give their youths, a knowledge that will bring larger
pay-checks, finer homes and a more comfortable station in
life.
Unfortunately, it does not always work out that way ; and
a great deal of disappointment would be prevented if there
could only be a wider understanding of the truth of Dr.
Hopkins' remarks. 'i
The college does not exist primarily to enable young people
to make more money when they get out into the world. It js
not supposed to load their brains with facts so that they will
be walking encyclopedias. The most it can hope to do is to
put them in contact with the thoughts of great minds, and
teach them to maintain an inquiring and unprejudiced atti
tude. As Dr. Hopkins says, it aims not so much to teach
the students to do something as to teach them to be some
thing. , But it probably will take us a long time to realize this.
We demand tangible' results when we put our money on the
line. When we send our son off to college we fondly expect
that he will emerge, after four years of it, ready to become
a captain of industry or a highly-salaried professional man.
It is hard for us to understand that a broadened horizon can
be, in itself, worth the expense of a college education.
NEEDS NO HELP
Oklahoma's blind Senator Gore
spurns attendants as he moves about
In the capital. The senate provides
him a page to guide him around, but
as often as not one encounters him
picking his way around alone. Only
a heavy cane guides his steps.
When he travels he carries a book
with him. Books are his hobby and
he owns a fine library which he se
lected himself. He Is also fond of
the theatre. Long before talking pic
tures he went to the movies. He en
Joyed listening to the music.
He is also fond of prize fights and
wrestling. When attending such af
fairs he grabs a neighbor's arm and
asks what' Is going on.
The senator once owned a pair of
fighting cocks. With much enthu
siasm he followed their battles. He
could tell by the flapping of the
wings, the clash of spurs and the
screeches of the birds which one was
winning.
CAPITOL OLIMPSKS
Former Secretary of State Prank B.
Kellogg visiting old friends at the
state department, telling them that
he Is still playing 18 holes of golf
every day. that he was never In bet
ter health. ...
Secretary of War Hurley, tanned
from his tropical cruise with Presi
dent Hoover, swinging along the cor
ridors at the war department early In
the morning on his way to his office.
AMERICANS ARE
GIVEN MESSAGE
Longworth Death Breaks Grip
Of Hoover's "Four Horsemen"
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Poland Sees New Coup In Making
As Pilsudski Quits Island Retreat
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WARSAW m The vigorous and
evidently, refreshed Marshal Joseph
ptiniiriKki who came back recently
from the Portuguese Island of Mlt
I deris, brought with him- on ulr of
electric uncertainty for Poln-na't po
litical circles.
I Persons who work with the mar
shal say that whenever he has to
settle important questions, uc
ways seeks solitude.
1 So they couple his sojourn in a
I monastic-like retreat off the African
coast with the fact that his last I
press Interviews, before his depar-1
Hire, deal with constitutional ques-1
tlons. They predict that changes In
the foundation of the Polish repub
, 11c are In the making.
$ a q e 'e, (, t v -i ii $
Health
Few more colorful groups ever dominated the house of representa
tives than the celebrated "Four Horsemen" Speaker Nicholas Long
worth (upper left), John Q. Tllson (upper right), Willis C. llawley
(lower left) and Uertrand II. Shell.
onlliixMn rroin I' Htf
I Colonel Marston's patrols, reconnolt
InHncr vpRtrdAv near Cabo Oraclas a
Dloo. captured during the week by In- I
surgcnis, capiurea la oi wiu uuimno
and returned with them to Puerto
Cnbezas.
Three American naval vesselB are on
duty In the Blueflelds-Puerto Cobezas
vicinity and a fourth will be there
with arrival or tne u. a. a. itocnesier.
ordered to Blueflclds last night from
the Canal Zone. The cruiser Sacra
mento Is also at Blueflelds, the Crui
ser Ashevllle at Cabo Oraclas a Dlos,
and the Memphis at Puerto Cabezaa.
The four cruisers carry 174 marines
and 1.800 sailors.
Mr. Jay Franklin, writing in Vanity Fair, under the head
ing "Political Earthquake Weather" makes the statement
that "new men, new times, new measures, new methods, new
policies and new philosophies are on the way. . . Something
is about to happen. It will happen in its own time and in its
own way. For the first time in a decade we are in the grip
of political forces which are bigger and stronger than any
man, any party or any nation."
Another task for the young inventor is to devise a method
of removing the wrapper from a tightly rolled magazine
without massacring the magazine.
THE OPEN
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SIRE LETTERS PRINTED.
Covo, O rep on,
April 13. 19J1.
To the Editor, La Orande Observer:
The meeting of the Tax league with
the county fuwetutor nnd the members
of the state tax commiwlon yesterday
development the fact that there wu a
misunderstanding as to the purpose
and program of the league. Borne of
the business men and owners of La
Orande property who were at the
meeting were under the Impression
that the farm owners of the county
were trying to shift the tax burden to
La Orande property. That la not a
fact.
The Union County Tax Equalization
league was formed for the purpose
of equalization of assessed values and
has a membership of more than a
thousand taxpayers. It Is still an In
fant and will make a quick growth.
The state tax commission has ap
portioned the assessed value of the
public utilities and the amount of
the state tax to Union county on an
accepted ratio of 07 per cent of real
' value. If all the tangible property of
the county Is assessed at this ratio
we have cqunHmtloii. If portions of
the property of the county is assessed
for a Bveater vnlue than this ratio,
that property is unjustly assessed.
Likewise if some properties are as
sessed (or leas than 67 per cent of
their real value, those properties arc
escaping their Just share of our heavy
tax burden and all taxpayers who are
i now paying their Just proportion of
1 taxes are also paying taxes for the
j owners who are under -assessed,
j A preliminary survey made by the
league brought to light the fact that
many of the buildings in the business
district of La Grande were assesst
lor much less than 40 per cent of the
real value, and that there were many
other hidden values In the business
district. The number of hidden
values found would Indicate that a
complete survey might add 2.000.0OQ
to the assessed valuation of l,a
Orande. If this proves to be a fact
then all of the small homo owners,
and others who may be assessed at
the cqualtfd ratio, will save 1100
on every i) 000.00 of assessed value.
The La Grande levy would be fll.37
mills instead of 02 4 mills.
The league is confident that the
vast majority of La Orande taxpayers
will be benentcd by an equalization
of taxes. It feels sure of the support
of everyone who has been paying
taxes for the benefit o( the tax dodg
er who Is always more able to pay.
Hv T. S. Adnms
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
ABOARD STEAMSHIP CEPALU.
April 18 (By rndlo to the Asso
ciated Press) Terror-stricken with
memories of fierce Jungle flRhtlng In
Nicaragua. 30 refuses reached Am
erican waters early today headed for
New Orleans.
All flags of the Ccfnlu were flown
at half mast and all aboard ship was
sad and still out of respect to Cap
tain Harlen Pefley. of Philadelphia,
Marino corps officer, and William
Sesler. of Jackson, Miss., who fell In
battle with bandits at Logtown. Their
bodies were being brought to America
for burlol.
They said nine Americans were
killed and that the Sandlno forces
won several victories over the native
troops.
"The lives of all non-Nlcaraguans
In the interior are in Jeopardy now.
said Dr. George Eugene, of the Canal
Zone, a passenger.
He said the Cefalu passed Cabo
Oraclas a Dlos and saw the settle
ment burning and Amerlcon planes
dropping bombs on the bandits' boats,
loaded with loot. As the Bhlps passed
out of sight, he declared, they saw
the airplanes displaying the American
flag. Indicating victory.
KIM) ANCIENT SKKYK.TON8
ROME, Apr. 18 Workmen en
gaged tin restoring the ancient pan
theon, built In 27 B. C, discovered
thirtv skeletons beneath the ruins.
Kalsomine
Best grade hot water
Kalsomine 9c per lb.
Brushes to rent.
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"Good Service Quick"
By Frank I. Weller
(Associated Press Farm Editor)
WASHINGTON iJP) The death of
Speaker Longworth has removed the
leadership of the celebrated "Four
Horsemen" Longworth, Tllson, Snell
and Hawley who rode down every
farm Issue thot president Hoover dis
approved and helped pass the agri
cultural marketing act.
Pew more powerful groups ever
dominated the house of representa
tives. It combined the Influence of
Longworth as speaker, Tllson as floor
leader, Snell as chairman of the rules
committee and Hawley as chairman
of the all-Important ways and means
committee.
Fight Makes History
Under Ita tight rein the house
majority three times sent back to the
senate the export debenture, flatly
refusing to Join that body on a mea
sure it had passed by three record
votes.
The fight of the Four Horsemen
for the agricultural marketing act.
made nisiory on capitoi nui. -
The atmosphere still tingled with
the second Coolldge veto of the equal
ization fee when they trotted out
the nebulous form of farm relief pop
ularly ascribed to William M. Jar
dine, former secretary of agriculture.
Skillfully Maneuvered
The president contributed his Ideas
and the plan took definite shape.
From then until enactment tho 'mea
sure was so skillfully maneuvered
through the house that the voice of
opposition scarcely rose above a whls- -per.
!:
So thorough was Longworth 'a or
ganization that he was able to tell
the senate Just what the house
would do. and Invariably the senate
settled back In Its tracks or' was
forced to a standstill.
That situation never was more op-'
parent than In the special session of
congress when the senate, ruled by
democrats and insurgents, lost its
fight to hold tariff revision strictly
within form schedules.
With the starting gun Hawley
opened his tariff bill to revision of
duties on Industrial products, and
nothing stopped the procession until
his bill. Joined with Senator Smoot's,
had run the length and breadth of
the tariff fabric.
Power Is Demonstrated
It was in the closing days of the
seventy-first congress that the Four
Horsemen really showed their power
to strike swiftly and surely.
Mid-western deflections to the dem
ocratic ranks in the November elec
tions had brought cognizance of un-
, rest in that great agricultural region.
It was the heart of the dairy Indus
try, and. there lay before the house a
bill to subject all oleomargarine col
ored in the semblance' of butter to a
tax of 10 cents a pound.
Manufacturers of oleomargarine
put every conceivable obstacle before
the house, but under Longworth's
leadership the bill was carefully kept
off the rocks and it passed with
scarcely 24 hours remaining.
Longworth Is credited with the suc
cessful guidance of the bill allowing
any Joint stock land bank which ab
sorbs another to operate In a total
of five states, a thing farm organiza
tions desired as a means to wider
agricultural credits.
-At the close of congress farm
groups saw In Longworth the devel
opment of a staunch friend. In an
informal discussion with L. J. Taber,
master of the national grange, he
expressed a desire on the last day of
the session to go further Into the
study of the export debenture.
Car Fare Hearing
Adjourned 2 Weeks
SALEM. Apr. 18 (JP) During an
adjournment of the Portland street
car fare hearing for approximately
two weeks Portland officials, the Pa
cific Northwest Public Service com
pany and Carey & Carey & Harlan,
engineers employed by the city, will
have under construction a, recommen
dation for reduced fares made by
Claude R. Lester, chief engineer for
the state utilities commissioner. The
proposed schedule was submitted yes
terday at a hearing before Charles M.
Thomas, state utilities commissioner.
The recommended rates, based on a
7-cent cash fare instead of the pre
sent 10-cent fare, found Frank. S.
Grant, Portland city attorney. In
hearty accord, but W.f H. Lines, vice
president of -the company In charge
of street railway operation, said the
recommended rates were unfair and
would cause the company to lose $80,
000 a month.
The case Is a renewal of the hear
ings started by the old public service
commission.
EATING FOB HEALTH
Long before the advent of mod
ern science It had been commonly
observed that the pastoral races.
I those deriving their sustenance
from cattle, were more robust tnan
the strictly agricultural groups who
lived by tilling the soil.
The niat-eating and milk-drlnk-lng
races were physically superior
to those living mainly or exclusive
ly on cereals and vegetables.
The physical superiority of the
pastoral group cannot be accounted
for entirely on the basis of diet.
Tending sheep or cattle was not as
arduous toll as winning one's live
, 11 hood from the soil. Then, too. It
was mainly an outdoor existence.
None the less, as our recent
dletlc studies Indicate, the diet of
the pastoral peoples, consisting as
it did mainly of milk, milk foods
and meat, was vastly superior to
the diet of the agriculturists.
' Modern science has many times
demonstrated the special food val
ues of milk and its derivatives.
Milk contains In abundance vitamin
A and, to a lesser extent, vitamins
B and C.
Vitamin A is the so-called fat
soluble vitamin, essential for growth
and for f normal procreative and re
productive functions. Its absence
.from diet, or an inadequate amount
of it In the diet, will intlme produce
a serious eye disease known as Xero- '
phaholmia. '
Vitamin A has also been shown
to Influence man's resistance against
Infections. Children whosed let was
deficient In vitamin A were found
more susceptible to infections of
tho respiratory (breathing) tract. 1
Vitamin A Is therefore an essential
item in diets and of particular lm- .
portance to growing children.
The most abundant sources for '
this protective- vitamin are milk,
butter, egg yolk, spinach and cod
liver oil. One or more of these
foods should be In the dally diet of .
every child. I
Adults, too. require vitamin A for
health, and those bent on reducing
should be cautious about leaving
milk and butter out of their re-!
strlcted diet.
- --... Mnv. 1926
$in";j than yr ta W. mod
t summr residence neor Warsaw.
So mi n ol him that pol -tSlans
forgot to Include him In their
calculdtlons." ...
coup Like Clockwork
He came out of that retreat with
every detail of his coup worked out
m advance. Not only the stroke It-
".. . . Mininrmt nn after-
wards move? as II on well-oiled ball
Lasummer the marshall disap
peared again from public view, th s
time spending many weeks at . his
farm near Vllno. Rumors were cir
culated that his health was so bad
that he had been forced to retire.
But in August he Jumped back
Into the political fray. He caused
himself to be appointed premier, dis
solved the Ulet and called new elec-
" So 'his sojourn In Maderla has had
some nervous reactions on the body
P0"Wn'at was he plotting there? Is
he going to give us a new 'magna
charta' for Poland?" These and
similar ' questions are heard on all
""The present constitution Is only
ten years old and has already under
gone some changes at the behest of
Pilsudski. He has always, however,
preached the need for greater presi
dential powers.
".Manipulation" Called For
The government party holds 247
out of 444 seats In the Sejm or
lower house, and 74 out of 111 in the
upper chamber. Constitutional
changes require a two-thirds vote
in each body, and while the Sejm.
Is "In the bag," the upper house will
require some manipulating.
If they could understand what It
Is all about, his two young daugh
ters might be able to answer the
queries. They are privlllged char
acters and burst Into hlB study at all
hours. Sometimes they even break
up the games of solitaire with which
the marshal rests his mental ma
chinery when the cares of his posi
tion weigh heavily.
When he came back from Maderla
NEWS WHILE
IT IS NEW
. . . that Is the keynote of
Journalism. The same can
be carried Into a store.
With fashions changing
nnd new styles coming in
frequently you will wish to
keep In step with what Is
being worn. For that tea- :
son we are ever on the alert
to the necessity of finding
new things for you whlls
they are new I Tou will
find Palk's leading this vi'.'
cinity and never are we be--'
hind. That is Just another
reason for buying from uj.
thero was a big official gathering u
the Warsaw railway station. ' But:ta
the midst of the Bpeech of.welco
the youngsters scrambled 'throurt
the crowd and hurled themKlrei
on their father, clinging to his neck
and effectually halting the lormjll.
ties.
Enoa
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House Committee to
Inspect Umatilla
, (
PENDLETON, April 17 W) George 1
Baer, executive secretary of the Uma- j
tllla Rapids association, announced
yesterday that the house committee
on. irrigation and . . reclamation will,
Inspect western Umatilla oounty.Sept,
,14 in order to gain first hand infor
mation on the Umatilla project.
Find Botticelli Madonna
NAPLES (P) A Madonna and
Child In the castle of the Marchese
Blscarclo at Gragnano near here,
has been Identified by government
art experts as a Botticelli. It had
been long attributed to Flllppo
Lippl.
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but the mortality among horse
drawn cabs in Berlin was terrific.
At the end of 1029 there were stilt
240 of these vehicles trundling over
the metropolitan pavements. Now
only a die-hard dozen hides.
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