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lng rubber gloves when dressing
rabbits. , . ,
. Tho Jackrabblt, . cottontail. - and
snowshoe rabbits, as well as wood
chucks and opossums may become
Infected with tularemia.
In Washington
Fabricating the Skeleton of Akron's Sister Ship
Ily Herbert PI u miner
, WASHINGTON While the rest of
tlio country has had Its attention
centered on war debts, attacks on
President Hoover and the like in
congress, residents of the capital
find themselves concerned with
problem of their own.
And this particular problem Is
causing more racket In the confines
of the District of' Columbia, per
haps, than all tho rest of the doings
put together,
A move is under way In the house
to impose new taxes on the resi
dents of Washington.
For a long time a special commit
tee of members of congress, headed
by tho tali and bald Mapes of Mich
igan, has been studying the fiscal
relations between the federal gov
ernment and the city of Washing
ton. The committee made its report
soon after the opening of congress.
Briefly, It recommended that the
budget be reduced and that new
taxes affecting Incomes and auto
mobiles,, among other things, be Im
posed. A WAIL STARTS
- Loud was the wall that went up
that congress was trying "to soak"
tho District. And slnr Woshliurton
'' Finallv. brethren, whatsoever th intra are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever j voteless, the out cry of -taxation
, , . ix , , . i . i. t- .... without representation" was heard
uuiigs ure pure, wnatsuever uunga tuu luveiy, wiiiitsuevci
things are of good report; if there be any vhtue. and if there
be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8.
on all sides.
' The people of Washington con
tend that a comparison between the
city and other capitals is impossi
ble. They arguo that Washington's
position Is unique; that it exists
only becauso the government de
cided to build here the world's
LIMITING CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Every voter can agree with the general principle that
nolitical camDaiim exnenditures should be limited and those most magnincont copitoi.
limits rigidly enforced without giving blanket approval to 1 WMhmgton'nos no'ind'cdent
the limits proposed by Senator Nye's special senate campaign tetonce; that its resources are iarBo-
, , , . ,. ... ' I ly devoted to supplying tho needs of
funds investigating committee. u tho government.
Here's the liCKliinlng ol another Rky queen tlic size or the II. S. S. Akron. In tlio liuse dock of the
lco(l)Kir-'.e)Cllu company at Akron, O., the Ilrst main rliiR of tlie new dirigible ZIIS-5 luis been raised
into position i:ml Is visible at the left. Ill the foreground arc two other niiiin rlnps now Hearing comple
tion. Girders for nearly half tile ship also have been fabricated.
The committee's recommendations bear the Nye stamp
T1KI1ATR IS HOT
and were manifestly dictated by his personal experiences, j, on the other hand, congress in
While these recommendations may be just the thing for TTnZl uZ' Z T
the thinly populated state of North Dakota, it is possible idonts of Washington oomo say too
that other specifications may bo necessary for larger and , " c'eMmen ore ,oud ln thclr
more densely populated States. " statements that nothing should bo
, . .. mnn nnn . i. ' i i i 'e dono to delay or mar tho progress
i Limits of $250,000 for presidential nomanations and ox 0 tno capitai, but at the mmo time
$5,000,000 for presidential elections seem adequnte enough, "ey think the people of wasning-
f . ii- ton should sharo more ln civic, ox-
although the reported expenditures for the previous election ,mcs.
were considerably above that figure. '.. jJb newspaper, lead the tieht for
' Provisions of the Nye proposal which are likely to draw i Mombcro of congress reply in
'most fire are those limiting senatorial candidates .to $50,000 nTU' Tied ZZZ
and candidates to the house of congress to $10,000 for both guago fuiiy as colorful and bristling
nomination and election.' And further limitation to allow "3 " t0"tl th """r
.for the difference in population between the states and dis- 't,A4.t.-m-mmA-.-
tricts would forbid spending more than two cents a vote
ij.: . ...,,, ... tl...!.l '
lor every vote cast lor an canamates in a aunaionui cuui-(l
paign and four cents by a candidate for the house of rep- ,
jl'esentatives. Neither of these would pay tho cost of Qn'c
Chats With
Parents
ltllKAKS IN KOUTINE
By Alice .Tmlsou I'eale
Regularity of routlno is necessary
'mail distribution of campaign literature among the qualified
electors.
; Senators do well to discourage excessive campaign expen
ditures,' which always suggest offices bought and paid for, "niJno cMWs onlth nd i""
sbut any reform in this direction must come from the parties i But breaks m routino are lmpor
and candidates and those who contribute to their war chests. ant; to Thy R'vo opportunities
-mmmmm loarnlng and for adjustment.
H, ., Life, except ln an Institution, Is
t ' NEAR EAST HARMONY ' novcl' wh0"y 'ot'"o In character,
Good things come in small packages and from unexpected llf0 ln "n institution,
places. For example, there is that lesson in international ' holes" wl'th noJa".
peace and good will the world is mow getting in the little nceln .tl,C3 variations, too, lest ho
Ttnllran of., (no ' I become bored and mentally Inactive
UillKUIl states. through tho eternal sameness of his
S, Wliilo in some of the larger eastern countries there are . tla,v,a-
,. . , - . ,. ., . ..... ,, ... Ho needs them to glvo him a
conflicts and frictions, in that little corner of tho world I sonso of occasional festivity ond
known as the Near East there is concord of nations, neigh-' """""y- to ncut th0 vcrs of '
.. , ..... . growing up with memories of spo-
Juorhness and peace on earth, good will toward men. "". oiai joys.
' This.is indced f wclconvo and promising turn of events. mgorV
.Centuries of fighting and mutual distrust and hatred among an occasional party an these should
the Balkans, the fact that they produced the match that "'n' th0 normnl col,rso ot
.touched off the World war, and their geographic location Dllt t'wy should bo judiciously
had nearly convinced tho world that they would be tho last rt JXTV
to enjoy the blessings of permanent peace. ' ' I nflor nn niesa or when, for somo
What a picture of international confidence and good will
is presented by the Balkans today ! Tho prime minister of
Bulgaria is a welcome and honored guest at Angora, the
.Turkish capital. The foreign minister of Turkey recently
visited Athens and was received with acclaim. Greece and
Bulgaria have linked hands in friendship. Bulgaria and rrp"t tired"'"110 """ b0l"B"
Jugo-Slavia are co-operating in settling the Macedonian ques-1 such observation win indicate
lion. Albania is treated as an ally on terms of parity aiidjl t'.rt,"'''
honor, and Roumnnia is cntcrmsr into inter-Balkan con-1 n schedule,
ferences.
Much of the credit must go to Premier Venizolos, the grand
old man of Greece, and Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the president
of the Republic of Turkey.
roason or other, homo has been up
set.
Children vary much ln the amount
of excitement they con stand, even
of the happiest sort.
Watch your child carofully after
thcro has been some departure from
his regular schedule. Notlco whether
It is not the easiest thing to understand why the members
of tho proud white race use the most paint on their faces.
Health
4
ti i,.hi;mia
The winter months are open sea
sons lor wild rnbblts, and In con
ocquenco too tho season (or tula
remia. Tularemia is a disease primarily
jAlfocting wild rabbits, ground squir
rels and other rodents.
But It may also affect man, who
usually contracts It by handling
dlsoascd animals.
Hunters, market men, ond cooks
are particularly prone- to become
.infected.
Tlio Ulscaso Is caused by a germ,
present In the blood of the affected
animal.
Man may contract the disease by
coming in contact with the blood
or tissues of the Infected animal.
Breaks In the skin appear to en
Jnanco the chances of becoming
nfected.
Hut there nro many rases on rec
ord whero tho dlsoose developed in
an Individual whoso skin was ap
parently intuct.
Tularemia may develop In from
two to five days after exposure.
Cure should bo tnketu however,
not to make breaks In routine the
rulo even with the youngster who
seems to stand them quite well.
, For this makes him difficult to
manage and Rives rlso to unhappy
disciplinary situations which may
otherwise be avoided.
uumsii joritNAMsT hies
LONDON, Jan. 2 on The world
of British Journalism mourned to
day tho death or C. P. Scutt, editor
of tho Manchester Guardian, be
causo during 57 years ho showed the
heights to which Journalism based
Idealism and humanltarlanlsm
Its development Is sudden. Tho 1 cim attain. Mr. Scott was 85 years
patient suffers headache, chills, 0lil.
body pains, vomiting and fever. j h0 took the Guardian, then a
There commonly develops at the fllttlo provincial newspaper, and
place of Infection a hard, painful ;nade U into a, great editorial med-piinple-llko
swelling, which soon , mm whoso voice reached dally
softens and breaks down, leaving a , around the world. From Scott and
punched-out ulcer.
his paper the saying grew up: "What
Thi tvmnh trinniia lit th rnitiftn (Manchester does today, Hngland will
ci the Infection become swollen and , tnlnk tomorrow."
CAN.VMAN STOHM SKVKUK
TORONTO, Jan. 3 (-31 Struggling
painful. Fever may last two or
three weeks. ,
Tho patient 1b weak, and recovery
takes place slowly.
The disease is practically never jn tho slush and Ice-strewn path of
fatal, and appears to leave no per- ' a 300.000 sleot storm, repair gangs
mancnt after affects. sought today to patch up western
One attack appears to render the Ontario's incapacitated communl
suffercr immune to the disease lor cations system.
llf- j A furious galo yesterday levelled
There Is no specific way of pre- more than 1.000 telephone and tele
venting the disease. graph polos. Automobiles skidded
Hunters, cooks and market men on slippery roads causing scores of
should protect thtMii wives by wear- tuvtitents.
Oregon Has 278
Standard 4-Year
Schools, Report
By C. A. Howard
(Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, written for the Associated
Press)
SALEM, Ore. (PJ Oregon has 278
standard four-year high schools at
tended by 40,000 students and i
taught by 2000 teachers. One nun- ,
dred fifty-eight of these high schools 1
are small institutions with 75 stu-
dents or less. Since the effective
and economical administration of
these small schools calls for a d!f- j
-ferent typo of organization from
-that usually found in the larger i
.schools, tho stato department of cd- I
ucation prepared and published a 1
,manual for officers and principals
,of small high schools in the spring
-of 1030.
Tho manual pointed out that
(whllo some of the small schools were
effectively handled, many of them
on tho other hand, were carrying
unbalanced courses and were being
.operated at a per pupil cost that
could not be justified on tho basis
of the educational service rendered.
It was shown that whereas' high
schools of 200 students and over
wero being operated at a cost of
approximately $140 per student, half
the high schools of 75 students or
.less wore costing over 8185 per pu
pil. Twenty of them wero actually
-costing over $300 '.per- puplK . re
In tho manual, for small high
rschcols, the state department set up
a limited but vital course of study
and presented sample programs . for
handling this course in schools, in
.which tho classes are small. Corre
spondence or tho department with
theso small schools is definitely .re
lated to tho proposals in the man
and the publication itself is
.now .used by the colleges and uni
versities training new high scljool
teachers. Reports for tho school
-year closing in June, 1031. the fjrst
full year in which the manual hns
been in use, show a very definite
Improvement In tho organization of
,tho programs of tho small high
schools, ond visits to nearly 100 of
them show that a hotter type of
teaching is being done".
On tho financial side the reports
are no less encouraging. Of the 158
schools falling ln tho classification
for which the manual was designed,
10G, or almost two-thirds, show n
decrcaso lu per pupil cost of opera
tion. Among tho 106. the averago
decreased os compared with tho
preceding year was $42 per pupil.
Tho state department of educa
tion will continue to work on this
.particular problem in the belief that
through helpful counsel and super
vision, tho cost of Operating many
,of these schools can be further re
duced and tho educational service
hnproved at the same time.
Utilities Fare Better Than Other
Industries During Year of 1931
v How Incomes Compare Since 1927
Tho following table compares estimated net Incomes of American
Industrial concerns, railror.cfs ond utilities for the year3 1927 to 1931.
The Income is shown both in dollars and In percentages, the 102D total
being used as 100 per cent: J
RELATIVES
J5STIMATEI) NET INCOME 12I00
VjO 2-1 MO 2G 84
Yrar Indus. Kails I'tH. ; Indus. Kails Vtll.
1927- $2,302,000,000 $498,000,000 $260,000,000 60 77 07
1028 2.968.000,000 51G.0OO.G00 336.000,000 86 84 85
1929 3.458.000,000 C47.000.000 397,000.000 100 1C0 100
1930 ; 1.872.000,000 414,000,000 407,000,000 64 64 103
1931 - 1,018,000,000 148,000,000 392,000,000 29 23 09
I'lltST TASTE OF Olt AND Ol'EUA
WEATHERFORD, Okla. T) The
first grand opera to bo presented in
Western Oklahoma was sponsored
recently by Southwestern State
Teachers rollego bore.
By Laurence II. Sloan
(Vice President. Standard Statistics
Co., Inc.)
NEW YORK on When the In
come reports have nil been made
out ond it becomes possible to draw
! up n composite account, it will be
found that corporation profits were
lower in 1931 than in any recent
perhapr. lower than in any year
year since 1921.
In view of the grave unsettlemcnt
of the economic scene at the pres
ent moment, it does not appear that
any public purpose would be served
by an attempt to estimate, thus far
In advance, the trend of 1932 earn
ings. So-, attention will bo given
horp mainly ( to, .the, pipbabla J931
results. " ' ' " .
One thing can bo said, .however:
it is. difficult to conceive how the
1932 showing can be worse than was
that of 1931, and bases for the ex
emption that somo betterment may
occur, especially in the latter half
of tho year, aio not entirely lack
ing. Eut beforo any validity whatso
ever can be given to such an expec
tation, we must await developments
of the next half year.
Broadly, estimated, we compute
that the net income ( after fixed
charges) of leading industrial con
cerns will amount, in 1931, to
around 65 per cent or the 1930 total
and to somo 30 per cent of tho 1929
total; .
, That 1931 net of leading rail
roads will amount to 35 to 40 per
cent 'of tho 1930 total and about 25
per cent of the 1929 total, and,
That 1931 net of leading utilities
will run much better, comparatively
say fully 95 per cent of 1930, and
almost equal to 1929 results.
Comparative data for a large
group of ' concerns the securities of
which arc actively traded in are
shown in the accompanying table.
Although adequate long term data
aro not available, it seems to me a
reasonable surmise that, excepting
only the 1920-21 down swing, the
collapse which has occurred ln in
dustrial and railroad profits during
tho last two years Is the most vio
lent tn the current century.
So far as 1932 is concerned, there
aro many doubts. But upon one par
ticular point there need be no doubt
whatsoever. That Is:
Beforo business profits can be
, stabilized at even the current low
level, commodity prices will havo
to stabilize and the banks ccaso
J deflating; beforo proflta con begin
to climb upward again, commodity
! prices must begin traveling in the
j tamo direction, and bank credit
j must again begin to expand.
FUNERAL FOR
i MR. HELMS IS
HELD TODAY
(Continued From Page One)
.warning ond without provocation
by two young outlaws October 10.
!'Sinc that- itlme' ''he.l lias : hnn
i fighting for his life in a La Grande
I hospital. At first it seemed that
ho would recover. He stood the ini
tial operation well and. seemed to be
improving, but relapse followed re
lapse, weakening his system beyond
.tho possibility of repair. So he died
yesterday afternoon, as true a mar
t-yr to tho cause of law and order
,ao any man who ever faced the guns
of the public enemy at home or the
.foreign enemy in war.
"After tho reverent tribute that
will be paid by a sorrowing public
cno duty remains. It is to put the
two murderers on trial at once for
first degree murder, secure a con
viction (which presents no difficul
ties slnco the district attorney holds
their signed confessions) and then
hang them with as little delay as
possible.
"Since the murder was commit
ted in cold blood by armed men
who were already fugitives from
: Justice there can be no Justification
: for withholding tho most severe
j penalty the law provides."
j Pall bearers at tho funeral wore
( paptaln K, Loo Noe Sergeants J. A.
i Robertson and Cecil Ltouallen, also
( Oflcer Ted Chambers, a.11 of the
I stato police, and Lieutenant Walter
; Lancing, from stato police head
i quarters In Salem. Honorary poll
I bearers wero Sergeant Houston and
! Officers Tubbs, Anderson, Hartln
: and Walker, Sheriff Jesse Brcshcars
and Joo Zimmerman, federal prohi
bition agent.
FALK. :
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(Monday to Saturday, Inc.)
Of The
JANUARY '
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; By the amount of favorable comment heard
from many of the satisfied shoppers who at
tended the first day of Falk's Clearance, we
..Jtnow we are giving the greatest values ever
offered on high quality merchandise in La
Grande.
; Be Here Monday!
Award of Nobel
Prize to Lewis
Feature of Year
By Ware Torrey
NEW YORK iP) Decorations of
tho 1931 literary year reached high
est distinction in this country with
the award of tho Nobel Prize to Sin
clair Lewis. ...
Whatever Americans may argue
pro and con, European opinion
.evaluates Lewis as a responsible
commentator on American life.
$6,607,058 Are
Available For
Fire Prevention
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3 (Special)
Funds aggregating 96,007,058 for
preventing and suppressing forest
fires have been made available for tho
fiscal year 1932 for the 38 states and
territories co-operating with the U.
S. forest service "Under the Clarke -McNory
law. Regional Forester C. J,
Rnnkina hnnv nf tho vr .hnw.Buok has announoed. State, federal,
a tendency toward the writing of 101(1 Prlvate funda make UP the toUxl
colm and thorough commentaries on whlch snowa ft 01 M12.878 over
peoplo and their affairs, rather than tne last fiscal year, ending June 30,
tho splashing out of mannered ori1931, jj
modernistic pictures in book form, j Of this amount, tho federal allot-
Durvuying tne year, wie leading - w-t,. -w,
books fall Into this category of re- t Washington It is $105,503, while state
straint and measured power. Gals- and private owners'1 funds for fire
worthy and Walpole illustrate it ! prevention and fire suppression are
markedly. ,
Tho first novel John Galsworthy
has written in four years, "Maid in
Waiting," again estimates and an-
0315,576 for Oregon, and $389,702
for Washington.
Tho larger share of the state and
private funds budgeted is for forest-
Tho real name of Ed Krause, Notre
flame's . star sophomore tackle, is
Krauczunas. It wos shortened by
hl.i prep ronh m Chicago.
VATICAN LIBRARY COLLAPSE!
ft 5
-rAnn.ks.'.-M i
alyzes England, and adds a shrewd fire prevention. The grand total of
comparison with America. Scenes .state and private funds for both pre-
ana peopie aro aescrmen wun u-ais- i ventlon and suppression for the year
worthy's usual leisurely conviction. I iS fiet by the state forester's budget
"Judith Paris" by Hugh Walpole at $5,034,620, against $5,062,813 for
is the second of a projected series . the last vear. state forest fire nre-
of four novels dealing with an Eng- ventlon budgets amount to $3,000,660,
llsh family through two centuries. and atato suppression budgets to
Characters are very well-rounded. $789,941. Funds from private sources
scenes are thoroughly Staged, and total 972.SG2 for nrevmtlnn nnrt A07I -
as with Galsworthy, we have a defi- 057 for suppression. The co-operativo
nito recognition of the influences, federai allotment to the states
motives and characteristics that amoUnta in all to $1,572,638, which
underlie the, action. ,R MmR mnrrt t.hnn )nRt. wav .
In lighter vein, Margaret Ayer
Barnes, winner of the last Pulitzer A mie P m ea'.
Prize, gives substance and slgnifi- Privato funds budgeted have already
cance to the situations of her newbeea sinco the beginning of
book, "Westward Passage." tne current fiscal year- Part of tha
Arthur Sehnit7.ler. whn riipH fihort- money is used in the winter months
ly before the publication of "Flight ln construction of firebreaks, forest
into Darkness." handled the intense tralls- logout towers, and telephono
theme r of 'a rpanjs t gradual descent . Mnes-
into insanity ' in "so natural a man- " California's bo-bperativo budget for
ner that case history became drama, j forest fire protection is largest, with
Willa . Cather deepens her indi-, $764,940 in combined state, federal.
vidual channel of writing in "Shad- and private funds available. Other
owo on tho Rock," with her quiet states with more than $300,000 avail
strength jand finished writing, as able from all sources are Washington,
Virginia Woolfo in vastly different Oregon, Wisconsin New York, Michl
techniquo develops her analytical gan, Minnesota, Maine, Idaho, and
approach in "The Waves." (Pennsylvania. Nevada and Hawaii
Other novels offering the balanced ! joined the list of co-operators ln fire
point of view characteristic of the ! protection for , the first time this
year include Edna Ferber's "Ameri- iyear.
can Beauty"; A. J. Cronln's "Hat- j ' . i
ter's Castle": Henry Fauconnlcr's
"Malalsle" and "A White Bird Fly
ing" by Bess Streeter Aldrich.
Outside the field of novels we find
less experimentation and more as
suranco ln this year's output of
short stories.
Tho O. Henry memorial award
volume contains work of such pol- j
Steele.
Somerset Maugham has published
a collection, "First Person Singu
lar," that is representative of his
knowlcdgo of human nature,
niograpliics More Conservative
Biography has turned still further
from the extremes of ballyhoo and
rlrtfRiiln tn morn rnnsprvntlve nsti-
matcs. ' J
Ray Stannard Baker's "Woodrow .
Wilson,' Emanuel Hertz's "Abra-;
ham Lincoln" and Clennel Wilkin-
son's "Nelson" serve to illustrate
this trend. Aii unbiased view of the
times and tho personalities involved i
Is found ln the correspondence of :
Ellen Torry and Bernard Shaw. j
H. G. Wells has tried to glvo us j
a fresh consideration of old facts j
in "The Science of Life." which he
wroto with Julian S. Huxley and his :
son. and in "Tho Work. Wealth and I
Happiness of Mankind."
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