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.
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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
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, 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
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Circular letters
Handbills
Blllboa'r'ds ....;.:..:..;......:...A..j
Kall' orders catalogues.-'..
Frlonds suggestion -...;:.'.'.
Window displays - ;..v...,i..i..
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' 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. . : , .
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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