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fage Four- LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. UA GRANDE, ORE Wednesday, May 20, 1931 Pa? U ! out ; will Hlgi ; tloa ' clas i ROS; : life ': CUB '- rai Wol . Mil ' ner).' Eldl 0; nncoroo rated) An Independent News pi per P. R. FIN LAY HAKOLD Hi FINLAY . Published evenings, except Sunday, at .1710 Btxth street 'La Grande. Oregon. Entered at the Postofflce of La Grande, Oregon, as Second Class' Mall Matter under act of March 2, 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND TBM CITY OP LA GRANDE MEMBER OP AESOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited If published herein. All rights of republication of special dis patches In this paper and also the local news herein also are reserved Nations) Advertising Representatlra M. C. MOOENSEN CO., Inc. Ban Francisco, Los Angeles. Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New Y.ork SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier Dally, two weeks In advance ., ,, Dally, six months in advance ... , Dally, single copy By Cally, per month In advance' , Dally, per six month In advance . Dally, per year In advance .. ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per colum Inch . ; uispiay, local, per column Inch , Time contract prices on application Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than them selves. Phil. 2:5, 3. UNEXPECTED CRISES No matter how prosaic and well regulated a human life can become in an organized society, the possibility of a sud den, life-and-death emergency can never be removed entirely front any man's pathway. The daily newspapers which - contain, week after week, the skeleton outlines for scores of novels, if you know how to look for them emphasize this fact again and again. A man goes his way through the routine of hs daily life, and never so much as rubs elbows with excitement; then, suddenly, and without warning, a situation arises that tests him, usually in a fraction of a minute, and compels him to render an accounting, by his instinctive actions, of what he has made of himself For ; instance; you will occasionally -find, in your paper, some little story of, let us say, a street car accident one of those mishaps whereby a loaded car goes careening down a hill out of control. And at the end of the article there will be some such sentence as this: "Prompt action by Motor man John Smith brought the car under control and prevented a disaster." .' , " Or it mny be a story of a fire in some hospital, office building, or hotel, and -you will learn that some telephone girl struck to her switchboard, as cool as a veteran, and noti fied everyone in the place of the impending danger. There is a fascination about those little news items. They are so common and so revealing. Over and over aguin they tell how this or that ordinary mortal, confronted by an em ergency, rises to meet it and proves that he has the right sort of stuff in him. The most interesting thing is the fact that when such thmgs happen one has no time to plan a course of action. Whatever one does is done instinctively. The man who loses his nerve in a crisis loses it because, through the years be fore, he had permitted himself to become a coward. Tho man who comes through with the deed that saves the day, likewise, does it because, through all of his life, he has practiced the habit of doing his best in every situation and meeting every responsibility squarely. Day by day we go through the same old round of duties and diversions, never thinking of danger. Then, someday, if chance wills it, we may lie dropped into a crisis; and tho way we meet the test will be determined by the countless numbers of almost insignificant thoughts and actions of the previous years of ordinary, every-day living. MODERN BRIGANDS America; onco went to war with an African brigand rather than pay tribute to hinn to guarantee safety for its shipping. More recently it has sent military expeditions into foreign countries to scatter bandits preying upon American owned property and American citizens. Equally drastic, action is demanded by the intolerable con dition under which racketeers are exacting from domestic business hundreds of millions in tribute each year. Under the guise of labor organizations and business associations they take heavy toll in exchange for protection from them selves. The contractor or small merchant must pay or fight an interminable battle with rowdies and gunmen. A case before the interstate commerce commission has just revealed that receivers of freight in New York are compelled to pay "public loaders" for handling their freight although they maintain employes and facilities for that pur pose. Victims of the racket pay three cents a hundred pounds for service forced upon them against their will. The commission places upon the railroads the responsibility for protecting their shippers from racketeers, but that hardly solves the problem. If they know how to provide that pio tection, the carriers would certainly have driven out the racketeers long ago. Is it possible that the costly and well organized police forces of the cities are powerless against this modern version of J)irate and bandit? t In Washington ll- Herbert I'liiimuer WASHINGTON Uncle Sam takes ft real pride. in his "detectives" .ttiruu. VMtni. men nn whnm lie i-lt to combat the modern criminal with his hlgh-pressuro methods. And young men they are from tho keen and youthful director to the lowest man in tho ranks. . The service bureau of Investlga- tirn the of department of justice, to give It Ha proper naino has the iMMii.tion of being the hardest branch of the government service to Editor and publisher . Buslnesa Manager . "So 4.60 . 60 . 600 3.60 -6.00 Mall 42o 4So Into and the easiest to get let ; An applicant must bo between 25 and 35 yenrs of ace. J. KdRnr Hoover. the director. Is IHmsrU umler .lo. i Twelve years no he was a minor clerk In the fllliiK depnitment ot the bureau. He studied law In his Miam lime and In lx years climbed to the ' directorship. succeedlliK Wllllsm J. StirnS ill 1U24. at thi nirn nf !lO Ho lft typical of tho service where steel trap brsins are the rule and ability raUwr than seniority governs promotions. Know legnl Kvldeuee These investigators must have lpal training, for it is essential that they know what constitutes evidence In a court of law. Often they tko tho STEEL 'MAIL- ORDER' HOUSE OF I ADVANCES NOVEL CHURCH t 'I , h Ifefll I'M mp'vv&n Thftt steel and fclawi church, first built in Munich, f.ermaiiy, was dismantled ami transported piece by piece to Ekkii, the Kteel manu- ' fticturiiif; center of the Itelch, where it wan nguln bolted and riveted Into a complete whole. THE OPEN COURT CORRESPONDENTS MUST 8UI1MIT 'I'll El It NAMES TO THE KI)ITOK IP THEY DE SIRE IdCTTEKS FRUITED. La Grande, Ore. Mny, 10, 1031 To the Editor: In your issue of May 10 you print tho nolice court record riirht on the frr.nt. nAvi nf thp arrest, conviction i and fining of two young La Grande men of good character. They have the record of being steady, hard work ing boys with no previous charges of misdemeanors ever being brought against them. Yet for this first trif ling offense of which they are mor ally Innocent, you blazen tholr names on the" front page of your paper. A shor time ago a prominent citizen 7. rJT- ririuin t,i .!. under the influence of liquor but ho was Mr. So and So. and you did not print it. A short timo later a man was prevented from heating his wife. the ponce were caneu ana inc mu left home In his car In a beastly stato of Intoxication and was appre hended for drlvlngwhl!c drunk, fined one hundred dollars and released. But you didn't have room enough In your paper for It. rhe pumic is .gcvung sick oi huh favoritism. If you print police court news the nubile demands that you should print all or print none. Kcspecwuny, W. G. MacGregor, Editor's Noto In answer to the above statement by W. G. MncOregor, It may be well to state that the Observer has not withheld any names of ordinance, or law violators from Its columns unless requested to do so by Judge, district attorney or other officers of the law, or unless the names do not appear upon the court records. In tho latter auto, If the names do not uppaar upon tho court records, the Observer Is powerless to print authentic information. witness stand to convince- a Judge and Jury that they are telling the truth. Their responsibility covers all fed eral laws except prohibition, narcotics and counterfeiting. One day an agent may bo called on to interview tno president of a great Industrial con cern and the next day ho may be dealing with a ptrson in the slums of a largo city. cooperation ih inn Koynote. iiie division of identification and infor mation, for example, which now con tains some 2,400,000 fingerprints and is in communication daily with hun dreds of police departments, is solely tho result or voluntary cooperation oi nolico chiefs with the federal govern ment. Tho friendliest relations aro main tained with such organ iwit ions as tho royal northwest mounted ponce, hcoi land Yard and the French national police. .lah Is To (let Fat fn i As a result., a man recently arrested ln South Africa was found to have u police record in Detroit. When working with local author!-1 lion's to let tho local man get the j credit tor the arrest. "Our Job," says Hoover, "Is to net the facts. If the facts show some- J boil y h as violated a f ed ?m I law it LS SuVuiUieVnUnrV1' 'V children's page. Doro'thy Jean it, put in the penitential) i Carter and Mrs. J. U. LU.dsev each The cardinal rule Is, "Never un-1 drrrstlmate your opponent." Ho is given credit for bblng as shrewd as the investigator. j The work is dono quietly and se cretly. Announcements concerning euseii are not made until an arrest. "But. wo don't wear lalse whiskers," Hoover smilingly says. Fruit for Royalty Alone "Ump oninne, please" "Ah. no. mo IimIiUo, 'lis king's fun" nml so It was, for wny buck in VM fruits n ml desserls wen consid ered us part of tho food of royalty nlnnp. In tho reign of Kilwnnl i, n Spanish ship brought to Ports mouth n cargo which Included Seville gi, raisins or gropes, "a 1 bale of dales, 'JIIO pomegranates, IS I citrons mil) 7 ornnRes." Ferton.l "I. Q." Tho IntelllKence quotient or "I. Q." of a pvron If determined by multiplying the mental aire by 1(H) nml dividing by the actual ace. Thus tho Intelligence quotient of a nor mal person Is UK). A person with an "I. Q" below SO Is rated ns sub normal, whllo one with an "I. J " nbovo VJO Is rated ns gifted. About live parsons in 1IH) will be found to ha 20 below normal ami about ilvo 20 nbovo normal. St. txmls golf fans am maklnii a determined ellort to bring the liKtl 1'. o. A. tournament to their city. Corvallis Post Preparing For Legion Meeting CORVALLIS. Ore. (Special) Real izing that more ex-service men of Oregon than ever before will attend tho atftte convention of the American Legion this year, the convention com mission of the Corvallis Post is pre- nnrlncr t.h hlpppflt. nrnirram nf on tvr- tainment in the history of the lesion in Oregon. That the crowd will be j the biggest this year Is assured by ' eurly responses from posts oil over the state owing to the central loca tion of Corvallis as the convention city. Convention dates are Thursday. Friday and Saturday, August 6, 7 and 8. With 12 drum and bugle corps en tering, the annual drum corps con- j ' the convention entertainment. Prom ' reuorts of the various corns, oractice i ' DO,nw iwi on account of the program of a trip to Detroit for the wlnnlne corns. With the contest and narade on Bell field, colleae football stadium, un- der the big flood lights installed for night football, the gay coloring of varied uniforms will be seen without shadows and details will be more striking than under a glaring noon day sun. More street stunts than ever before are promised for the delight of con vcntlonera this year. Many . posts throughout the state which do not support drum corps are entered against each other for the best di version of this character. The best of former conventions, and many more new features will be added to this department. And still other posts will bo represented In compe tition at a mldnhmt matinee frolic honoring members of the drum corps, Convention committees comprise more than 60 active legionnaires and memncra or the legion auxiliary, whose convention will be held In Cor vallis at the same time. Prepara tions have been divided Into five groups for admJnlHtratlou purposes, and C. R. Briggs, Corvallis post com mander, is in general command, Every community agency In Cor vallis has promised active assistance to the legion In Its huge Job of enter taining the stato convention. Many organizations are already doing work for tho various comnUttees. Business men of the city have underwritten the budget of expense more than three, times over. 8 GRANGE HALL PERSONALS Hy Mrs. ChurU'M Spencer (Observer Correspondent) GRANGE HALL (Special) The program for Saturday's meeting of I the Blue Mountain grange was In I the form of a newspaper which was given the name ol "The Patrons Times." Mrs. Walter Plorce. mem ber oi tho state board of higher edu cation who had Just returned from a board meeting at Salem, had charge of tho front pago and gave very interesting report of the clarence carter gave the win 1. 1 it-1 it-jwiK iiiiu rut iik. wriyiiv t acted, as sports editor. Mrs. C. B. Spencer had charge of the wit and humor column. Mrs. Edith Gekeler contributed a poem to the paper. Roll call was answered by "What I Rend on D (th kll , f(,.,turo(i ln mnnv nr mu iit-wajmuri f. was cumiucicti. mu- stc by C. U. Spencer and J. B. Lind- bcy concluded the program. When Mis. Edith Gekeler returned homo Sunday a very pleasant sur prise awaited her. All of her chil dren and their families had come with well-filled dinner baskets to spend the day In happy reunion. I'hose present besides Mrs. Gekoler were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Gekeler and 1 two children. Helen and Maurice. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hagaln and two so" Kcrmit and Kenneth, and daughter Kdtth, MT. and Mrs. Clarence Red- head and two sons. Robert and Blllie Mi. and Mrs. Kenneth Gekeler and Hen Gekeler. Mrs. C. B. Spencer accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Harry McClav and Ar- ! thur Huff to Baker last Tuesday to visit Mrs. Leo Winn and underwent a I srrlous appendix operation Tuesday. Mrs. Winn, a former resident of this locality. Is a sister of Mrs. McClay. Mrs. Spencer and Mr. Hutf. i The Countrywoman's club, will have ! an all-day meeting Friday, May U2 ; with Mrs. Ralph Chenautt. There Is to be a potluck dinner served at , noon. j Next Friday. May 32 Is the last day of Liberty school. Mrs. Inee Jenkins, teacher, the pupils and par ents will bold a picnic the following i day at Cove. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. llauchtson made tbrlr first holes-ln-oue In the samel week on the Portland. Ore., golf club WORSHIP ARCHITECTURE By Walter llrockmnnn ESSEN, Germany W The first 'mall order" church In history has been put up here. The secular ready made bungalow has found its eccle siastical counterpart. Tho . church In question is the "steel church," which visitors to the international press exhibition in Cologne two years ago abhorred or adored, according to their response to modernistic architecture. Now it is in Essen, having been dismantled and transported piece by piece. Its steel shafts, glass walls, shiny metal fittings, and modernistic art, were something profoundly new in church architecture. Architects found tho parabolic floor-plan an Interest ing solution to the problem of church acoustics. Professor Otto Bartning, the de signer, has been attempting to carry the Ideas embodied in the' steel church to a logical conclusion, and the most recent step in the experi ment is his "circular church," dedi cated In Essen recently. Its peculiarity Is the central loca tion of the altar. To the front, seats range round the 1 altar in semi-circular rows. The usual backside of the altar Is the front to a segmental section of seats marked off from the rest of the auditorium by an open row of columns which support the organ loft. This section the architect designates as the sacramental chapel. Of profound significance to church architecture of the future may be the fact that at regular Sunday services members gravitate to the back seats as naturally as to the front. This speaks for the excellent acoustics of the circular structure. In an- interview, Professor Bart ning said, "Functional building Is the Bource of genuine art In archi tecture, and a church fully meeting the needs of the congregation it was built for, fully expresses In its char acter those spiritual qualities that are Its source." . Thp use of contemporary materials like brick, steel, glass, metals, so com mon in all new German church ar chitecture, and giving rise to a multi tude of striking artistic effects, is ex plained by Professor Bartning as the contemporary desire - to make the church a seven day a week Institu tion. . ' ' The advantages of' modern mate rials alone Justify their use, he de clares, pointing out that the steel and glass church was built in the dead of winter, and construction took only four months. The cost was less than that of a masonry building, and the steel structure requires a minimum of fuel for heating. Soviet Likely Ally For U. S. On Wavelength WASHINGTON m Radio experts 53 bWdctlnr?SttoS moH. Powe."Ui oroaacasting siauons ; in tho world, will sit across the con- j rwcfe ,ta5leeiIr?n tBdi0 Ineere of United. States at Copenhagen . J0 ' J " meeting 01 the International technical consulting committee on , radio communications will assemble radio officials and engineers from all parts of the world. Technical prob , lems which will have a bearing on i the proposed reallocation of wave 1 lengths and on conflicting national Interests in communications will be i discussed. t i Recommendations of the committee ; will be presented to the international radio conference at Madrid in 1032. The last congress was held in Wash lngton in 1927. Ainlcnhliity Sought. While the United States govern ment does not recognize off Icially the Soviet government and did not invite its representatives to the conference ?ere' African radio men have en- deavored to maintain amicable rcla ttons with the Russian, experts, j Representatives of Ceutral Euro pean countries, whose proximity to each other aggravate tho Interference i problem, have considered urging the committee to recommend a rcuppor I tionment of channels among the vari- ous nations, The Rueslan engineers arc expected to line up with tho American dele gation In opposing any action on re allocation until the Madrid confer ence. Important Question. One of the most Important ques tions to be considered at Copenhagen is the technical feasibility of reduc ing the separation between wave lengths used for radio telegraphy. Manv encrlncers belle vr that mviner j to the Improvements in transmission the separation between channels can be cut Into half without causing In terference. This would result in doubling the number of channels available for ra dio telegraph services. Fragrant Sassafras It wns the Indians who first dis covered the stimulating (junUtii'S of the fragrant hark nud roots of sassafras and passed them on to the early French and Spanish set tlers. Legend tells us that the sas safras odor was wafted to the nos trils of Columbus on his llrst voy age and convinced Itlia Hint hind wns near. Thoreau wrote of the plant: "Jhe green leaves bruised have the fnigrauce of lemons and 1,000 spices." Egotism's One Value Egotism Is the anesthetic which nature gives us tn deaden the pain of being a foot. Herbert Shollelil. 'Herman Hlckmnn. Tennessee's all around ethletc, h.ia turned to golf. No turned m o 97 for nls first 18 noics - ' Tne seventh annual Mississippi stnte tp,lis tournament will be held nl Jnclww. June 0 ' i N i , 1 - UIFTOOT THAI CHOICEST ORANGE ,JiPpr ' Exceptionally low price groups of ; ''LADIES' bk':';:' :tSH0ES ' ' JP s"" TJese Prices $0.63 This group comprises short lines of our regu lar $4.95 and ?6.00 shoes you'll find arnongst these the famous Enna Jettick arch shoes; in colors of both blond and black, medium, and lo'w heels. Wallowa County Schools Close For The Summer !iv Mm. William Wlggans (Observer Correspondent) LOSTINE. Ore. (Special) Mrs. Minnie Thorpe closed a very success ful school year at niinam iasi rn- day. She is now at the home oi ner mother, Mrs. Anna Nolan. . Mrs. Ella McKinzie spent several 'days last week at the home of her son, Kenneth McKinzie. at Wallowa. He has been very ill for several days. Mrs. Francis Craig and children spent Sunday at the home of her mother Mrs. McKinzie. Rev. Max Cook preached Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Instead of In the evening as lie delivered the bac calaureate sermon at Wallowa Sun day evening. Miss Edith Nolan, who has closed n very successful term of school hero, will leave soon. for Monmouth where she will attend summer school. She will teach the Leap school during the coming year. M. and Mrs. Vic Searles of Enter prise, and Miss Julia Marvin were visitors at Lostlne recently. C. L. Allen accompanied his son, Maiiey. on an auto trip to Pendleton, recently. Clifford Winnings worked Stanfiold and surrounding country for Mr. Allen while he was away. Mrs. Addie Fleenor arrived from; Walla W;a recently to attend the graduation exercises of her grand daughter, Esther Fleenor. Walter Mopps is assisting C. L. Al len with the" farm work. Mrs. James Funk, of Parkdalc. and Mrs. Sadie McCubbin, of Enterprise, spent the week with Mrs. Nellie Womack, t Mrs. Cecil Chlldcrs and children, of Joseph, spent Thursday and Fri day at the home of George Chllders. Marie Carter accompanied them home for a few- days visit. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Templeton and children, of Enterprise .spent Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mi's. George Chllders. J. N. Nestle, of Wallo Walla, ar rived last week and is visiting friends. Mrs. C. W. Harvey and small son, of Sparks, Nev., arrived last week and will spend n month visiting friends. Mrs. Harvey Is a sister of Mrs. Ques- enberry. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McArtor and1 daughter. Vera, of Eneterprlse. vis-. ited friends in Lostlne Wednesday, j While tho year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.. Charles Willis wns at play last week he caught the end of a spring j in tno na oi nis leu eye. The little fellow Jerked the spring and tore the The incomparable warm weather refreshment Upton's Tea, iced in vigorating, cooling, deli cious is the summer Leverage of millions. PEKOE & PEKOE $o63 All shoes in this group are this spring's styles shoes marked at $6.50 and $7.50 regularly oxfords, pumps and strap slippers in black and a wide variety of light shades medium and high heels. lower lid so severely that it had to be sewed up. Enterprise commencement exercises were held Monday, May 18. Dlpolmas were given di graduates, rne speaK er was Dr. T. W. Parr, of Oregon Stato college, who spoke to the Joseph ciass May ii. , R. E. Stivers and Keller Stringham went to Imbler to fish for catfish and carp. They returned with a catch of 39. Catfish are something new in Wallowu county as they do not live in tho swift waters of local' streams. A son of W. P. Hambleton caught ins second turtle . in Prairie creek last week. This turtle was about the size oi his hand. The Neighborhood club met Thurs day in the basement of the Presby terian church. There were several members and three visitors present. Mrs. Bessie Lloyd served some de licious refreshments, assisted by Mary Douiis. Commencement exercises were held In the High school auditorium Thurs day evening before a large audience. W. T. Williams, head of the civil engineering school of the Oregon In stitute of Technology, gave an In spiring talk. School for the next term will con vene on Monday. Aug. 31. Tho Lostlne eighth grade graduated six pupils this year. They were Otis Fischer, Marvin Wlggans, Harold Olsen. Frank Wagoner, John Bidder and Verda Chllders. Superintendent and Mrs. J. H. Wil- nnms leit frittay for Berkeley. Cal Luggage j! Reduced j 25 per Gent if !l ; This Week J Only ! $7.63 Our highest quality shoe such as Selby Alxh Pre servers, Peacock, Arm- ' strong and Rice O'Neil are i nc 1 u d e d in this gtfoup shoes selling regularly from $8.50 to . $12.50 colors of black, brown and beige med ium and high heels. where they will, attend the inter session and summer session of the University of California. They planned to make the trip by auto ln two days. 9 The High school has just received r, new set of an encyclopedia. This, together with a supplementary -text to be purchased, will make the Lbs tine library one of the best, in the county. " Lostine has been getting its share of the stormy weather. While it has rained and hailed ln tho valley and high mountains have been eottine snow. The rivers during the warm days were bank-full but the cold extent cked the water to a Great Mrs. Floyd Leonard and Mrs. Floyd Hammack spent one day last week visiting their daughters, who are go schoo? thC Eastern Oregon Norrnal I)NKER 'arm (;rtori NOW tlfi YEARS OLD PENDLETON, S. C. W WhatUs claimed to be the oldest farmers' so ciety i the United States was or ganized here In 1815. There wns no co-operative market ing In 1815. but even then the farm ers seemed to see the advantages In organization. Purposes of the society are given by the constitution as "promotion and Improvement of agricultural stock and mechanics." The society still meets regularly. Congratulate the Graduate with a Useful Gift Graduates of all ages nave earned the right and will be proud to own one of these handsome desk sets. There is a lifetime of pleasurable writing in. each set. Self-filfing, guaranteed pens and deco rated bases. All styles and prices. 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