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J ,LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. Thursday, March 31, 1932 i . (Incorporated) ' Ad Independent Newspaper Phone Main 600 HAROLD M. FINLA . Publlihed evenings, except Sunday, at 1710 Blxth (treat, Ia Orande, pregon. , . entered at the Pqetofflce La, Orande, Oregon, as Second Olaaa Mail Matter under act of March 3, 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNT? ANB TOT , ' . . CITY OF LA ORANDE . MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRBSB : ' The Associated Pleas Is exclusively entitled to use for publication of all new dispatches oredltet) to it or. not otherwise cerdlted-if pun- llshed herein. , All rights of republication of special dispatches in' tbts paper and also the local news herein also are reserved. National Advertising Representative M. C. MOOENBEN CO., Inc. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES . By Dally, one month In advance Dally, six months In advance Daily, single copy. i;.y...,............ .!,,, ., W M" Dally,' pet mont In advance ............v.:.'.;-.., Dally, per six months' In advance i.;i.::,r....;. Dally, per year In advance imiV,v,v,v,,,v...,, , , . . ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, pe column Inch ,,',',,;, Display, local, per column men Time contract prices on application Ma'ke a joyful no'l?e unto God, all the' earth : Sing forth the glory of his name : Make his praise glorious. Psalm 66:1, 2. S$ " ' DECLAMATORY CONTEST ;;'; a : The people of La .Gr'ariae and tinldii cbjjrity will have the opportunity, next Saturday evening, to witness a type of entertainment which has become almost u'hcb'mtion in the ' past decade or two. Pupils of the several high schools, out ' side of La Grande, and of the grade schools, both rural and ! urban, outside of La Grande, will appear on the platform of r the Normal school auditorium in the' annUal county flectem- ? atqry contest. . S Saturday evening's prOgrarii wiil be the result of niany ! weeks of hard1 work on the part otf both teachers and stu j ' dents; The fiict that such contests deniahct so much time and effort may be one reason that they are becoming rare ' in this busy, modern age. Each grade school held its own ' : contest in order to select its best talent; then all the schools i in the county were divided into thyee zones, and cqntess in i each of these zones eliminated all biit the three best cohtest ! f ants in each class. The' High schobia have held separate coh ! tests and each will enter Its two best speakers, i The young people who are taking part in these contests ! fire doing so mainly from the natural desire to excel find to ! ' attain recognition for honest effort find worthy talerit. But j the parents, , and iteachei'St who have been co-operating in, the preliminary contests, assure us that even those who do not, excel are certain to obtain great benefit from; the de- clamatory work. ... ' nut r- ii learning their declamations these school students be come familiar with really good things in literature, providing the teachers made wise selections of material; and they, receive the very best training in the interpretation of litera-' turd training which Will help them td feet more enjoyment out of their reading and tlieii-personal experiences in later ; -life.. ' : ''. :;.'; -The contest also teaches the yoUHgsters that Hot all ctiri' be; winners; and one cannot learn too early how to put forth every effort to ..win and then take a . loss philoabphically. People who witnessed last year's contest were impressed by. the modesty of the winners and the cheerfuirtess of the losers, And winhers and losers alike receive benefit from the op portunity of appealing before a large audience and learning to exercise poise, self-control, and stage presence. 'How .. many adults now wish they could have learned in their youth to face hh audience withbut becoming nervous; excited find ill at ease? " i . siioitT selling ;:; The question whether or not a mlan ought to be permitted to sell stock that he dobs hot own is evidently about to be come one of the leading issues of the day. ' The administration nt Washington wants the light re stricted; officials of the New York Stock Exchange oppose ' this plan. And the ordinary man, vaguely distrustful of both Politicians and stockbrokers, does not' always hilve a very clear notion of what all the shooting is about. ' Short-selling is one of those ingenious devices that only a ra'ce of very clever trader's could ever have thought pf, it works like this. You order your broker to, Sell for you a - certain quantity of s'olne stock. You own none of the stock, aild, on the following day ybu must deli'ver the quantity sold to" the purchaser. To do this, you shnpiy borrow it from - your broker, who is holding it for some unsuspecting third party. You have now fulfilled your obligation to the purchasel1, but you must make good on your borrowing from the broker; so you go into the market -and buy stock in order to make delivery to him. DbvioUsly, the only way in Which this is going to be profit able for yo'ii is for the price of the stock to decline between the time you make your original snle and the time you have to buy stock to cover your borrowing. If the price does go down, you make money ; if, as now nnd then happens, it goes up, you lose. If it goes np far enough, you lose your shirt. The short-seller, consequently, is interested in seeing prices decline. He thrives on calamity. Frequently, when ho sells in large enough quantities, he brings about the very decline that he is looking for. Stock market experts insist that this custom has its uses. It tends, they say, to keep prices from rising above a rea sonable relationship to real values; it tends to keep declines from going to undue extremes, since the "shorts," sooner or (ewipaper 600 -. . . , Buloe Manager Cornet ..-M-S0 "00 ..3 80 5.06 ..43o 50 i , later, rhust biry heavily. ' It bility. , , , ' 1 . But its possible abuses' are f reasoned defense can be set ably agree that a curb s needed. ;' : i . .. A self-made man is 6ne him W01'k, i.:. . ..J ; Other Papers ' Say: 1 .' f fig SIMSTEIt tE.yfiki. j ! The Lindbergh ktdnaplng case. re Veals a most amazing breakdown ol tbo administration . of Justice, with the federal, state and local .police running- around- impotently- In circles, with every move . recorded and ho results. .' And at the same time sinister willingness to compromise with crime prevails.. The distracted father appeals to' the underworld with "contacts" es tablished through .' gang ' leaders; clergymen volunteer: as go-betweens to assure Immunity with, abductors; racketeering - kings - like .Al Capons' offer : assistance from behind prlsori. bars; degenerate slayers like! Loeb and Leopold offer from Jollet their "In sight Into .criminal minds''; , .C.o vlcted murderers at. Sing Sing offer the benefits of their experience Jis kidnapers; a woman under death sentence volunteer her "woman's IntUltlbn''; even e'x-Secretdry Fall 'Id welcomed as a master-mind . in "handling under-cover financial -of fairs"; the Indiana grand dragon of the Ku Klux. $lqn, serving life, sen .tence for killing a girl offers to rally the forces, of the. '-'Invisible empire" to Beek trie baby, etc.,, etc. Arid rid results after a month of 'fren2ld antics. : As the Toronto Olobe comments: .'-'The Police a.ro being crowded out Of the picture. They are coerely. of ficials of the state, . nominal agents of the iaw; but helpless,. The . de plorable aspect of this whole' business is thai It Is being seriously dis cussed In the press and by the pubf 11c. Compromising with crime does not seeni to be regarded ob a leirlble thing.- But there must be 'in the republic a strong If silent sp far element of the population that Is shocked by such action; such yield ing to a power tha.t works under ground, jn the dark. This capitula tion to. the agencies of evil may be what Is required to arouse the na tional conscience. The republic li In the midst of a crisis, anc In such' circumstances there generally . Is ah unmistakable assertion of the com mon sense of the people as a whoie. For the sake of the reputation of. great country there must be action -7-and at once." Salem Capital 'JouN nal. lltlVEKS Sl'EAK tiH AlVRltTlSlNO Anxious to learn at first hand what kind of advertising was most, effec tive, tho Chattanooga, Tenrt., charfa ber of commerce conducted A surVey by sondlng out questionnaires, to lo cal families. The questions covered preference between the various ad-, vcrtlslng mediums. Each One jSros asked to vote for a first, second ahtl third choice. The returns foilovi: -. 1st 2d 3d Chattanooga newspapcrs..l58 27 14 . :''.. Circular letters Handbills Blllboa'r'ds ....;.:..:..;......:...A..j Kall' orders catalogues.-'.. Frlonds suggestion -...;:.'.'. Window displays - ;..v...,i..i.. nildio H ;91.4B ,7 .18 , ' tt' will be noted thjit iiwspd'rs received about three times as: miny first tjpdlco votes As AH othera com bined; wlillo most of those who did not vols for newspapers Xor first choice voted for window displays; a spiendld means bf advertising which Is hi no sense competitive with the papers. Almost ivory merchant who Is wide awake' enough to prepare fine window displays also advertises in tho newspapers, it will be noted that the media competing with the press got very, very low first chdlce, votes.: Tlib falluro of radio to Impress the Chattanooga pebplo was especially significant. Baker Democrat-Hbral. Teachers employed In the fechdttls at The Dalles are to be required to abstain from the use of tobacco in any form, according to tho Chronicle: In the past, contracts with the school board at The Dalles haye had clause forbidding teachers to use In toxicants but this year the anti tobacco, rule has been added. Pen dleton East Orcgohlan. . V ills defeat is almost certain, but In fairness to Mr. Hoover It should be Bold that the some fate woijld be in store for any other man un fortunate enough to be president it this time. Weston Leader. In Washington BY Herbert prnnrtner : -I WA8HiMaTO.N brt tho day that i the veteran of the housa -'whlte-jholred, kindly. 73-year-old Gilbert h. lliumon broke all records ior con tinuous service hi the Mouse at Sa years and 20 days hd 'revealed how near ho eamo to missing tire distinc tion ho enjoys today. It was bock lh 1808 trhefi Haugen. then 39 and fresh from six years to treasurer of his home county and two jterms In the Iowa legislature, went ,to tho fourth district Republican cdh jvontlon at New Hampton wtlh 'as pirations to corTTe to Washington. I There opposing him was Thortias updegra(t. who had represented that aisvrict lor lour uniiu ill vnv iiuum, as well as another candidate by the namo of Blond. I "in s three cornered rce,:' . said .Haugen, "almost anything can hap- pen. This wns ho exception." ... ''Tho convention started balloting. .They continued all day, through the night until 3 o'clock Kn the momlnr. By that time 385 ballots had Men . taken without a selection, so an std Journment was ordered. gives' the rftarliet' a needed flexi ' ;., . , .,- , pbviius. , Unless a very ,well- up1, the general' pubn'c vIll pVob-; Whd selected a Wife , ;. made ;.."Tf next morning I went in to the corrventlon confident. I was, not to Be' disappointed. When the 308th ballot .was 'Counted, 1; had 'won- and started oh' convreeaional career that was1 to' ; bring me. 17. successive re-' elections.' dean. op the house ana thq chimplon 'hous; sitter' 6t all time." ti was tvnieai'of Hauieh' to sav ori Nh'e da'y' he broke thei housW sfervlci on the farm now oa he ever did. ; Both tri h(s p'uDllo and private' life : agriculture' - has exerted at alt times' a nrofound 'Influence oti him. At the' age of 9 he hired out tct wuiii. lyr, ilia uiui.ii A ua iiuu m mahv dbliartt month is1 he old; This' .rare .'pf ;'pay continued until Iwj wai 1: when he begori ilie tisk -of supporting Wmself ' anbi getting an! education. . , . ' ' , Battles For former: ," ' ;' Before he was lO be had bought a farm of his own. Frugal oabiti hod enabled hlra' tp gay. Wp apd ,-hi lent ilils biit' at mterest;- This transaction lmDreased him .with the'' Dosslbllltlea of; bohlcln. 8o lat$f he:'becarhe one 6t -the'orgahfzerd of & banking com pany and has since served aa president.- " - ;' ' ' . .. In consresa': his ttctlvltv has been marked by uriceaslhg battles for the fdrme'r and farti' relief. Hd hall de voted mbs't of His attention ia forni ieglslitldri: ... ' i ;. . , The McNary-Haugen bill, ooritoln intr the famed equalization fee; boss ed by . congress twic6 and - vetoed as thahjl; tlrrfea by President 'Cbolldge, 1 Evidence of his ; abiding Interest In this stibjeet.' - ' ,. , , ' Whlie bhalrniAii bi tHe (igricuiturol ebmniittee he' sponsbted much legis lation relating to the farming indus try, Including, besides the: farm re Uef bill, the packer control and stock yards ct.",. :.-... "... ; .-. BONUS, MEASURE IS EXPEjCTED TO PASS UtE HOUSE ' Uddhtiriuea frbrn i'aga bhi) roseirtdtltes Patm&n.- Demdcrat; Tex as; arid Ranklrl. Dempcrdt, Mississippi, new, bonus payments- as. 'itbo absurd tb' discuss' :.:.:.. .''...,: ....- . ."I; understand, the secretary of the treasury has suggested if such note? are: issued, they carry the picture bf Representative Patrnan on one side.',' Flkh Said. ' "My .amendment would be that tri.y; place Rankin's picture Oil the . other side. '. ' ;"Ranklh's; statement, that all; that li ttecessary is ,.,td :issiie hew .' paper money Was inconceivable to' m. The sdmd tpfihoipla Would dpplytb bai anclfig the budget;: and if .his argu: merit bb8 any weight we would only havd. td isstie. hew rhbney: to balance the budget." . .:. '-.'..,.' i. . ,'ti'sH : KiidlhS. Ua'd: tblu'. the preslf, acnt it was- nis opinion tnat over one-half bf the yeterahs In the house were- oppotsejl 'to; . 'afldltlohal 1 bonus lelsiatlbn, .adding hev helieve that 'kfii- attempt., to appiqrlriate f2.400,r OOO.OOd fbjr. this ' purpose In "trip preB ent national, emergency, 'would khock the ptopi from:under the eriVfre proj gram br 'ha.ubnai pbhbms Bn( would destroy, 'eojjonilo' xdriildence.". .';.";. , . ::' ; ii-iSsotheili..- , WhSli ,gy,Bliieiro rdb)bef lis added to SjnHiellclB'ilft.iill, we. wttl lieeq ls a syrithfetic'i alibrtiobiie. fhllaael- pliia B wBi.Hs . hvHetin.; .. v ;. Pre!dent!al Adviser , . , . . The... nttdrricy -gehferal of.' tliei ynltcdt States Is' the p(ncial hbse duty it 18 .13 advise kiie President, Wheit requested, 'dn, , this legdli'ly e( any actions lie runy desire to take. f '. : ;'. - FtnM id 'r.wiii'b' : '.-.:. ' T.lio' trin "gns'v';''ii8 inVohfci'by : tiio choraiM von Hclin,ont, of Hnis plilsa, It to a auppbsed, Wpot .fSro diioed; from vj'titor byewti.': Its .form f"jw"f4'P'tortfcS ivbrd chabsl; ' . . . ; . V ;f.: -': Cattle Swiri WU ' fciiUlifc llkb hiost hjibfe'd 'ikritmnjs, are gbb'd sivliilr8,.hn'i!i hhvb often bceh Knqwh itf swim: sovenil hunT dretl yird4. Tlji! vllfdarjce: would de pend somewhat oV iVid curreut ot roughness pf thb Xvntj - ", :. i i Man'i' GrV'l ,Uyenib? Xho art lot Biali'ttbillcAl wHtlAk li itlon ninde by hitih.. ; ,.y. . : , . c 3 TOOLS ". It's time to check j"our K-eiiremeiits. SEE USt BOHNENKAMP'S Alter Irish Reply To British Note DUBLIN", Mar. 31 VP) The Press association reported today that a seri ous difference of opinion had develop ed In the Free state cabinet over the 'Irish!, .reply to the, British note re gaJdlAg the oath to the crown and the land annuities. As' a result, It was said. President f&mon. De Valera's original draft of the reply hod been entirely remod- eueu. . WALtOWA ' '. By o. c. Sieek Observer Correspondent)' WALLOWA. Ore., (SpeclalJ Judg ing from reports heard from various potts, ifr ttib community the stormy, fcackwardj weather has not had any s'eriotis Effects on the ground squirrel iop'ulation. fany of the farmers lh the hill Sections SBV thA rnrli.nt. nn. ear to hi more plentiful than, for a' number of yiars. A considerable Amount of poisoning was done at many.tff the farm's a few weeks agb when,- ihe; first squirrels began to appear, arid, fairly good success was experienced in getting many of them. However, ' sirice the ground has be come"', bare in many places thev do riot .sefem to be taking to the poi soned, grain very readily. , L. W. Minor, .who has part of his sheep on range in the McDonald pasture a few' miles east of town, roports the loss of several lambs re cently when coyotes get into' the band during the early morning hours. Frank Walker, of Leap, was an Enterprise business visitor the latter part of the week. He made a trip to the' Alder slope section looking over a ranch with view to leasing it this year. ,: , , ( Charles McOituly, one ot the pio neer residents of the Troy section, liaa been visiting at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marlon McCrae, dtjrihg the post few days. Mr. Me Couljr has been at Enterprise part of the past week- doing Jury duty. He reports feed becoming quite short with many bf the stockmen of Troy and says grass has been rather slow In getting started on the brakes, but that much of. the stock has been turned out at this time. Mrs. Kate Gastin spent the week end visiting at the T. M. Oastln home Miss,. Olivia Burch field, who has been visiting the past week at the Meek home m Leap, returned to La Orande the latter part of the week, being called there by the death or- her uncle, William Eckstein, of Elgin. . - Bob Walker arrived here recently from Idaho for a visit with home folks. . He Is a son. of Frank Walltcr, of the Leap community. . Pete and Bill Cramer were making preparations the last of the week for having their band of sheep to range in the Bear creek section. They re port the grass beginning to get start ed -fairly well on the range there. . Frarik Mlngel, of La Orande; has been'heiplng p. W. Marshall cut and load wood at Wade point. A number of cars bf wood have" been loaded out front'- this camp during the past few. weeks. The wood Is being shipped to La Orande. , '", '.. Old formula Jrhe Manchester Guardian quoted ''tlie editor ot one of trie earliest ot Sputli African newspapers" on how td bag Hons In the Kalahari desert, ns follows! ''The Kalahari Is prin cipal! composed of sand and lions. First sift tile, sandl through a large slevey when only the Hons will re main. These you place In a, bug citrlipd for the purpose,. : - : : Action ot Dynaniite Dynamite explodes under certain lohdltlons even though no spark or Sarrle be present. It is sensitive to Blows,, and this sensitivity In creases with tlib tiiinperiitilre So that, hccbrdlrig to Eissler, nt 300 do tVeei Fahrenheit-, the fall on It of i ulm iyiil expidde It. 'j. ' " ' ';' Chtheie Fancy. '.' The fibs 'of tiibVliito shark, most vlclotS bf . nil siinrks nnd most feared hy mhn, nre prized by the Chinese, who use them In making soli p. ';' 't 'bartohVs Error '" Mr. Darwin couldu't have been right.. Ko matter how much you pet it 'monkey. It doesn't try to boss you. Hamilton (Ohio) .Tnurnnl. EXTRA MONEY YOTj cah use it cant you? Why hot sell some of those things you no longer have use for . . . you can do It with a Want-A4 In the OBSERVER Want-Ad Columns PHONE MAIN 600 PRESBYTERIANS HOLD MEETING (Continued From Fag One) years who are to serve together with those whose terms have not yet ex pired are Lynne Bohnenfeamp, Harley Stoneklng and 8. B. Morgan. W. O. Perkins tendered his" resignation as a. trustee and Walter Llesman was elected to fill the vacancy. Due to a system of rotation ad opted for the board of deacons and board of elders two years, ago, those who had served a full term of three years were not eligible for re-election for one year. Mrs. Lynne Bobnen kamp. Miss Hulda Anderson and Mrs. O. A. Blngaman were elected deacons. C. E. Anderson. H.- R. Hanna, John Bennett and Ralph Clark were elected to serv,e three years as elders. A vote . of thanks and apprecia tion was extended to L. B. Moe who retires as trustee after some 20 years of continuous service. Rev. J. Oeo. Walz, who has Just completed his fifth year in the pas torate of the Presbyterian church of ficiated as moderator of the congre gational meeting and Dr. J. L. Ingle as chairman of the -meeting of the corporation. ... WILBUR SPEAKS FOR CHANGE IN TRADE STATUTES (Continued ?rom Page One) Wilbur said the government has a di rect interest In, controlling produc tion as' an owner of enormous quan tities of natural resources. Steiwer proposed an amendment which would more emphatically be stow upon the natural resource In dustries ine rignt to make agree ments for controlling . production, saying If this were Incorporated, he wuum arop a separate measure in troduced by him to accbmollsh a similar enti. The anti-trust laws were criticized by Charles P. Abbott, executive direc tor of the American Institute of Steel Construction, who testified In favor of the bill. He said "destructive competition" In industry has resulted in "ten mil lion working men waiklng the streets looking in vain for work" because agreements to check such competi tion are not permitted. Abbott also charged recipients of government construction contracts are engaging in "vicious bid-peddling" under which they "auction off" sub contracts and by "preying upon the disorganized state of Industry," force sub-contracts through "at prices 20 to 2b per cent below the figure rep resented by what the government was paying for the Job." Mentioning specifically a Portland, Oregon, oostofflec contract, 'Abbott said in answer to questions from members of the sub-committee that the .general contractor 'often Is not contractor at all but merely "a broker" who "sets himself up in a hotel room" and "starts the peddling." bld- -The sub-contractor," he said, "suf- fers the loss.': Wordi Most Ued Although there nre 4fid,000 live words, the, of, that, it, T, is, nnd, to, a and in comprise 25 per cent of nil the words used In spoken and written communications. McGlay's Stores Store No. 1 1704 Adams Phone Main 515 Fresh Macaroni 4 lbs. ...... 19c Kraut Hillsdale No. 212 Cans 2 cang 25c Oysters Gulf Kist No. 1 Cans 3 cans 35c Pancake Flour Sperry's 9-lb. sack . . 53c BEEF ROAST, lb. 15c j Try Our Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Asparagus Cauliflower Bananas 2 lbs. for... 25c p ft ik a nT fruit Per head . .15c ,4 lbs. for. . .19c fjf$t3 COPT1ICHT 1932 - If I SOTHMOOS Thi'nk' of It! R0THM00R AND REDFERN :S;IP R COAT FOE COATS THAT SOLD LAST YEAR AT ?35. & $37.50 These coats are of finest fabrics, smartest furs and flaWless needling' -You'll find coats for all occasions Dress, travel' and sport. Step in tomorrow and select a coat that you'll be proud to possess. ' Because It's Better At Many Bargains Listed on Want Ad Page Home Owned and Operated Meat Special For Saturday S3 Extra Values For Friday and BUTTER Local Creamery 2 lb. roll 49c Pineapple Broken Sliced No. 2i2 tins ' 2 tins . . . 25c 25 CARNATION Oats . Non-Premium Pkg. . . , 21c Soap White Laundry 10 bars . 25c I Palk's It's Cheaper Store No. 22016 North 2nd. Phone Main 109 Saturday Salt Iodized 2 pkgs. . 15c Sandwich Spread Flavor Foods Vz pt. ..... . 19c Coffee McClay's Best Our Finest Quality 3 lbs $1.00 aa If r uvutvi.v3 3 pkgs 33c WEINERS, 2 lbs. 29c j
