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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Wednesday, April 6, 1932
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Neither shall they say, Lo
the kingdom of God is within
"CIVILIZATION" i
' A large group of prominent Oregonians have recently or
ganized themselves into a society called "Civilization" de
voted to the prevention of destitution due to involuntary
unemployment in our state. ' ' ' .
In the group are such men as 0. D. Adams, state director
of vocational education; C. II. Gram, labor commissioner;
James W. Mott, corporation commissioner; Max Gelhar,
director of agriculture; Emmett Howard, state representa
tive; and J. M. Devers, assistant attorney general.
Their scheme is to create a new state department of public
employment and instruction which would take over all public
lands and acquire such additional land as might be necessary,
and put the unemployed to work on this land in raising the
necessaries of life. The workers would be paid in certificates
redeemable only in the necessaries of life produced under this
department.
The program would not only provide worthy lut unfor
tunate citizens with food, clothing, and shelter, but such
, persons would be instructed in the methods of gaining a
living from the soil, assisted and developed to a status of
self-support, or reconnected with private industiy where
possible.
Undoubtedly the principle is sound. It is a fine thing
to help a man, but it is always better to help him help
himself. This method of self-supporting relief is materially
and morally superior to any form of outright charity.
But, of course, there has been considerable criticism of
the scheme, and especially that portion of it which would
ive the neAtf department power to purchase additional
lands, to make improvements thereon, and to purchase or
acquire such machinery, equipment, implements, and tools
as in its judgment would be required.
The "Oregon City Enterprise" says, "Departments have
the habit of expanding, and this would be one where there
would be no end to the irresistable demand, for all private
charity would practically cease as soon as the relief of
unemployment officially became the duty of the state."
Another objection is this: The lands of the department
would have to be concentrated into six or eight groups in the
various sections of the state in order to be used efficiently
and avoid excessive duplication of equipment. This would
mean that the unfortunate citizens would have to leave
their homes, and the state would have to provide living
quarters for them on or near the state-owned lands, which
would involve great expense.
Many other flaws can be detected. But the sponsors of
the plan readily admit that their scheme is not perfect, and
they invite criticisms and suggestions. It is certain that
our present methods are not satisfactory. The expenditure
of more than five million dollars for relief in Oregon during
the past year has accomplished not one thing toward per
manent solution of the problem.
Sometime we shall have to take steps for permanent meas
ures of relief, and it will be easier to accomplish something
now than after the return of prosperity has dulled our sym
pathies again. Instead of condemning the "Civilization"
plan, let's help iron out the wrinkles and see if we can evolve
a dependable, pennanent cure for unemployment in Oregon.
THK CUI.T OK DKSPAIK
From the lips of thai oracle of business, Kojjei- V. Hudson,
never came truer or more pertinent words than these spoken
n few days ago:
People now look on the man who has a job as an exception.
As a matter of fact, eight out of every 10 men are employed
today, and in most cases their wages and salaries will buy
more goods at present low juices than they did two years
ago."
The undue stress placed upon unemployment has given
the impression that nobody is working, a dangerous mis
conception which is responsible for business not showing its
wanted energy in seizing the opportunities present.
It is time business shifts its thinking to meet the changed
conditions; time that it focus its vision that it may clearly
see the possibilities that arc undoubtedly present even now.
Business must quit moping over the two lost customers and
let itself be galvanized into action by the thought of the
eight that can still buy.
The noted statistician's advice to the manufacturer, mer
chant and salesman is to find the eight out of 10 who still
have work and income and show them how it is their advant-
, Business Manager
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Mall
50c
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-$5.00
here! or, lo there! for, behold
you. Luke 17:21. -:
age to buy now. This cure for sick business involves some
initiative, energy and ingenuity on the part of the business
man.
Other Papers
)ay:
WHY CAN'T THE TRUTH BE TOLD?
George Putnam the New York
not the Salem George Is going to
publish a true photographic history
of the World war, entitled "The hor
ror of it."
Higher-ups In the war deoartment
do not favor such action. They main
tain such pictures showing the hor
rors of war would destroy the pleas
ant memories of gold star mothers
and in cae of future hostilities would
retard recruiting.
Says General Carr of the army slg-,
nal corps:
"Only those photographs which
show the pleasant features of war
can be released."
We agree with Dr. Harry Emerson
Fosdlck that this admission is the
strongest argument against war ever
presented.
i When high army officers who know
what war is, admit the truth about
it can't be told, the rank and file
who must do the fighting are going
, to ask why.
j And when they secure the answer
' to that question, they are going to
I have the answer to the question,
why those who know the most about
the World war, from actual partici
pation in it, are most strongly op
posed to having another one.
As we have always maintained, pro
fessional pacifists are never going to
end war. Too much of a stigma is
attached to that term, the suspicion
Is too deeply grounded, that the
"pacifist" is merely a polite eupheu
lsm. for the thin-blooded idealist
who Is "too proud to fight."
Wars will only end when those
who fought in them, and know what
war really means. Join In the fight
against all war, as a barbarous mad
ness, which is not only morally, but
economically, out of date.
In his admission that from the
standpoint of the professional soldier
the "truth about war can't be told"
General Carr has unconsciously open
ed the way to an anti-war campaign,
along these very lines.
The publication of "The horror of
it" may well mark the beginning of
the end, as far as wars on a large
scale are concerned. Medford Mail
Tribune.
MOTOR WAR AM) PROSPERITY
On the financial horizon one of
(the meet Interesting signs Is the re-
p-oriea war oeiween Mr. ford. Mr.
Chrysler and General Motors over the
low-priced car market. It is rather a
characteristic Americanism that this
"war" should be hailed as a harbinger
jOl prosperity. .
j Business rivalry oftn takes on
the aspect of war. The processes of
financial extermination can be Just
as ruthless as those of the battle
field. We doubt if it Is "war" the
'great motor markers are oontemplat-
ing because if It were little long-run
f good would come of it because war
In any of Its more aggravated forms
I is waste in men and materials. .
What has happened in the motor
Industry probably is something much
-, more significant. The motor indus
try apparently has tired of waiting
for prosperity to turn the corner and
has turned the corner itself. Pos
sibly the motor magnates have been
reading back In the book which their
i cousin Mr. Harvey Firestone wrote
i shortly after the 1921 "crisis."
( Returning from a long vacation,
1 Mr. Firestone found his tire business
in terrible shape. High powered
executives were wringing their hands
and hoping "something would turn
up." Mr. Firestone turned up and in
two or three days evolved these in
iterestlng Ideas:
1 1. Cut out two-thirds of the or
ganization red tape (he said anybody
evolving a form, blank, questionnaire
; or Intcr-offlce report without his
personal consent would be fired on
sight).
a. Cut down production and sell
ing costs.
3. Cut prices to fit the public
pocket book. ,
That apparently is what the motor
Industry has decided to do In the
present crisis. This Is not necessar
ily war. It's common sense. Actual
war in the great motor Industry
would be a disaster. Determination
to get business Is something else. It
will put millions to work in the In
dustrial region, and us they go back
to work they will be able to buy our
lumber and our canned goods and
visit our mountains and spend money
with us.
Railroads and other Industries
which have been counting on credit
HiibMdles and price stabilizing do
JlUKcrs to keep them In the style to
which they have been accustomed
might take tlio tip. Eugene Rcgls-tcr-Guard.
When some one stops advertising
Some one stops buying.
When some 0110 stops buying
Some one stops selling.
When some one stops selling
Some one stops making.
When some one stops making
Some one stops earning.
When every one stops earning
Everybody stops buying.
Keep going.
Western Druggist.
In Washington
Ity llcrhcrl IMummrr
WASHINGTON Democrats In the
hmisc especially those gentlemen
among the leadership and thoso
holding chnlrmnnfihlps of commit
tees are looking to their sartorial
nppcarai.ee more these days than
they have In a long while.
Not that they were careless in
tlit-ir drcas before they came to
power. But now they add the little
Jixtn's" that before they gave Utile
thought to. 1
Speaker Garner, for example. Hack
when he was merely the Democratic
lender of the house, he never took
itio time nor the pains to see about
things like that. Now, he comes to
the capltol rather frequently wear
ing a wing collar a concession to
sartorial elegance indeed for "Speak
er Jack."
Thus far he has failed to show up
in the frock coat that gossip has
Mrs. Garner made him buy when he
was elected speaker. Not even the
day he was sworn In did he wear it,
nor has the persistent talk about his
being a possible presidential candi
date had any effect.
The wing collar Is as far as he
will go
RAINEY STRIKING FIGURE
There's Ralney, the floor leader.
and McDuffle, the whip. The former.
has added to his familiar black.
flowing Windsor tie, a van-colored
assortment of shirts. Blue seems to
be the favorite, and with his shock
of snow-white hair he presents a
striking appearance.
McDuffle carries a stick most of J
mo nine now. ax, wo, one ox xne
most physically commanding men
In the house, has a fondness for
shirts preferably green of a light
shade.
The prolonged fight on the sales
tax, drawing as it did to the gal
leries thousands of people each day.
seemed to have had an effect on
Dough ton of North Carolina, an out
standing opponent of such a levy.
His black - gray suit, perfectly
tailored, was so in keeping with his
general appearance that he looked
much like a well-groomed bishop.
BEAU BRUMMELS
Of course the Democrats have had
always their Beau Brummels. These
have changed little In appearance
since their accession to power.
Slrovlch of New York, foe of dra
matlc critics, remains perhaps their
candidate for one of the best
groomed members of congress. His
red boutonniere, a daily fixture of
dress, his pince-nez affixed to
black ribbon, and tailored blue
suits put him almost by himself.
For sheer sartorial splendor in the
house, however, the two delegates
from the Philippines Guevara and
Osias put all to rout. No one can
compete with their elegance :
peel ally Oslas,
STRIKE CAUSES
DISORDER TODAY
AT COLUMBIA U,
(Continued From Page One)
"flat refusal to reinstate Reed Harris
or to allow a student Investigation of
John Jay dining room means the
only course left to the students is a
real strike. This is the only way
to guarantee full academic freedom
Harris was ordered expelled last
week by Dean Hawkes. He first at'
tracted attention last autumn with
bis editorials denouncing the univer
sity's football team as being "profes
sionalized." Recently he waged an
editorial campaign against food ser
ved in the John Jay dining room
408 FILE FOR j
' NOMINATION-. !
IN PRIMARIES
(Continued from Page One)
Eight Candidates For Senate
Five candidates for United States
senator on the Republican ballot and
three on the Democratic were entered
before five o'clock yesterday after
noon. Robert N. Stanfield, former
senator, and Kenneth Harlan; Port
land rate expert, were added to the
names of Senator Fred crick Stetwer,
Alfred E. Clark and Robert Gordon
Duncan for Republican nomination.
Elton Wat kins of Portland filed in
the final minutes to compete against
Marshall N. Dana and Walter Gleason.
All senatorial aspirants are from
Portland.
In his filed statements Stanfie'
said that he favors repeal of the 18th
amendment, and amendment of the
Volstead act to permit the manufac
ture and sale of four per cent beer
under supervision and control of the
federal government.
Martin Unopposed In Primaries
In the race for congressional seats,
Charles H. Martin, of the third dis
trict. Is the only one without com
petition in the primaries. He Is
alone on the Democratic ballot. Pour
Republicans, Including Congressman
W. C. Hawley, and two Democrats are
listed from the first district: Robert
R. Butler has competition for nom
ination and election in the second
district, while four seek the Republi
can honors in the third to attempt to
wrest the position from Martin.
Among the iate filings was that of
J. W. Maloney, Democrat of Pendle
ton, who will compete in the general
election for state treasurer. Rufus C.
Holman and Milton Scherptng aro In
the contest for the Republican nom
ination. Hal E. Hoes, secretary of
state, competes against George A.
Pnlmltcr for nomination, while Ray
H. Wlsccarvcr, of McMlunvllIc, is
alone on the Democratic ballot for
that office.
Attorney Gcnerni I. H. Van WInklo
has a young Portland attorney to bat
tip for nomination which in this case
will be election, since no Democrat
filed for that office. Earl C. Bron-
nugh Jr., entered his name against
the veteran official late yesterday.
All Judicial candidates arc on the
non-partisan ballot, with two to be
named for each position In the pri
maries. The two will compete In the
genernl election. Those receiving the
highest votes will bo left in tho race.
Seven candidates were named for the
two places to bo available on the Ore-
Ron supreme court, those now held by
Chief Justice Henry J. Bean and
George M. Brown. Both are candidates
to succeed themselves. John W. Mc
culloch. Portland; James T. Brand,
Murohfleld and Roy R. Hewitt seek
Bean's position while Loyal M. Gra
ham. Forest Grove and J. O. Bailey,
Portland, are after Brown's.
One Judge Unopposed
Judge Arlle o. Walker, of the Judi
cial district representing Polk and
Yamhill counties, is the only candi
date for circuit Judgo without oppo
sition. All other eight available cir
cuit Judge positions will be contested.
Of this group only four will have
contests In the primary election, de
partments 4, 0 and 8 In Multnomah
county and that of Lake county.
Outside of Multnomah county, only
five Democrats are seeking seats in
the state senate against Republican
contenders. These are In the Joint
district of Benton and Polk counties.
Washington county. Hood River and
Wasco counties, Douglas county
and , Union and Wallowa coun
ties. Republican candidates In
Marion county, Josephine county.
Coos and Curry counties. Crook, Des
chutes, Jefferson, ICamath and Lake
counties, and Union and Wallowa
counties are without opposition. Sev
enteen Republicans and six Demo
crats are after the five senate seats
from Multnomah county to be filled
this year.
No Opposition to Eckley
The largest filings for legislative
positions were from Multnomah coun
ty for the 13 seats In the house of
representatives. Forty-eight Repub
licans and 21 Democrats filed for
those places. The only Republican
vacancy on the state ballot is that of
representative from Union county,
, KITTY
J by JANE
SYSOI'SIH: Kitty Frew runs
atcay from her husband. Gar, be
cause lit thinks a rich man's son
doesn't nccit to work. His mother
wants the marriao broken off be
cause ot Kittj's tnck of social po
sition and uses Kitttf's absence to
influence Car nqainst his clfc.
He cultivates &arge Crosby while
Kitty works.
Chapter 19
"DON'T BE ALARM ED"
"THAT'S exactly what's been the
trouble, mother." Gar said.
"Kitty hasn't gotten on to our way
of living. She thinks leisure is loaf
ing, and in Bridgewater loaSng's a
sin. Bnt she'll learn."
"Of course, dear. She must learn.
Your father has spent the best part
of his life in building up a fortune
and an honorable place in our com
munity. These will be yours some
day. And we want you to use both
for the advancement of culture and
good citizenship. Kitty must see
that such occupation is worthy a
man's time. I had hoped you would
marry some girl who had been
reared to the responsibility of
wealth, some girl like Margery
Crosby, but as your choice a nasty
choice yoj must let me repeat, Gar
fell on Kitty, we must make the
best of it."
"You're wonderful," Gar repeated
warmly.
"Now run away, dear. I've a very
busy day ahead of me."
"I'll hunt up Pound. Maybe Kitty
left some message with him for
mc."
"I'm sorry, Gar. 1 have had to
dismiss, Pound. I discovered that
he was shockingly dishonest."
"Pound?" Gar stared at her. Old
Pound
"It distressed me to send him
away.. But to have kept him on
would have undermined the whole
service in the house."
"You must have hated to fire him!
How long fourteen years. Isn't it?
, Ho came that fall 1 was getting over
the measles. And he's been putting
it over you all that time, has he?
The old devil!"
"I'd rather not talk about It, Gar.
I do feel very badly over It."
Gar left his mother's room and
went to his own to dress. Half
dressed he called Marge on the tele
phone. She'd wanted him to come
in for tea. Somerset and Dl and
some of the others were coming.
and they were going to talk over
tho casting of the drst play. He'd
told her he didn't think he could
make it; he'd thought of Kitty, that
he'd been leaving her alone too
much. Well, now, Kitty had left
bim.
He Informed Marge, when he
stopped for her, that Kitty had gone
to visit her lamfly. She might be
there a week or more. Her mother
wasn't very well. He remembered,
conveniently, that Kitty had said
that her mother wasn't well.
"Good!" Marge cried. Then she
laughed. "1 mean it. Gar 1 need
you to much Just now. I'm sunk
whenever 1 think of building over
that barn. And you know so much
more than I do."
He spent the greater part of each
dayhat followed with Marge and
Decker, the architect. He lunched
with Marge, going over with her the
plans and plumbers' and painters'
estimates which Decker sent In.
Somerset usually met them at tea
time and then later the others for
dinner somewhere. Because his
room seemed lonesome without Kit
ty ho spent only enough timo in it
to dress and undress and sleep.
Every morning going down earlier
than was his custom he asked Jones,
tho new butler, If thore'd been a
telegram for him or a letter.
Every morning he stopped in his
mother's room to talk to her. Ho
told her what tho Players woro do
ing. "You won't believe your eyes,
mother, when you see that old barn
Marge suro is an artist She
knows what she wants too. ' We
hunted all over the city yesterday
for soma old lanterns big ones.
She's going to havo them bronzed.
Tho proscenium arch's going tu be
mauvoaud bronze. Decker couldn't
get It at first, hut Marge stuck to it
Of course when it comes to the
plumbing and that sort of detail she
depends on me."
"Ot course!"
Hut after a little shutting him
self out of his room, rushing here
and thoro with Marge and the others
could not crowd down bis hunger
for Kitty. His mother guessed it,
noted his growing restlessness.
Ho sought her out early one morn
ing. Cora had not yet begun her op
erations, and he round his mother
reclining on her chaise-longue, tho
nowspaper spread beforo her. She
knew what ho was going to say be
foro he spoke.
"Mother, I can't stand It any
longer not hearing or anything.
I'm going to Hridgewater. We'll
talk thinss out."
the Democratic candidate, Victor Eck
ley, being without opposition In
either the primary or general elec
tion. No Democrats were listed for state
representative from Tillamook county,
Clackamas county. Marlon county
where four seats are available, Doug
las county. Coos county, Curry coun
ty. Hood River county, Gilliam, Mor
row. Sherman and Wheeler counties,
Umatilla county, Wallowa county. (L.
F. Allen, Wallowa. Is the Republican
candidate). Crook and Jefferson coun
ties, Baker county Deschutes and
Lake counties, Malheur county, Klam
ath county, and Clatsop and Colum
bia counties.
Candidates filing yesterday at Salem
for national party -delegates included
Martin Fitzgerald, Democrat, of La
Grande, who seeks to be delegate
from the second congressional dts-
trict.
FREW"
ABBOTT ' '
Mrs. Frew let her head drop back
against the pillows behind her. She
drew her chiffon neglige . closer
about her throat and held it there,
as if she were cold.
"I know, dear boy, how you feel "
Her voice was a little detached and
seemed by its detachment to put
Gar's loneliness In the background.
She hesitated an appreciable mo
ment "I was going to ask you. Gar.
If you'd go out to' Denver with me.
There's to be a National Conference
on Child Welfare, and I must go.
But I'm not feeling very well. Oh,
my dear, don't be alarmed! It may
be nothing. I've talked with Doctor
ftiggs and he's watching my condi
tion. But I dread the traveling
alone, strange hotels, meeting
strangers. I know It's selfish to ask
you to go with me when you so long
to go to Kitty "
Gar's concern was all that she
could want, his answer prompt
"Mother, of course I'll go! But
you ought not to take the trip, I'll
ask Riggs if you ought to "
"No, no, Gar. He might say I
couldn't go and 1 must It's a very
important couference. And the
change, the drier climate " sha
held the chiffon closer to ber
throat "may help me. If you go
with me."
"And please. Gar, don't mention
it to anyone, your father "
He saw her face pale, her atti
tude fanguid. He kissed her tender
ly. He had d'fllculty keeping boy
ish tears out of his eyes. In all his
life he could not remember a time
when his mother had admitted even
to so much as a headache.
"You're good to me. dear boy. Am
I asking too much? j few days"
"We'll stay until you're set up
again, mother. Kitty'd want me to
stick by you."
A few days later the WInton
Times' Informed Its readers that
Mrs., Dalton iew '.and her son, Mr.
Garfield Frew .were in Denver' for.
the National Conference on Child
Welfare. Aud, less conspicuously In
the column:
"Mrs. Garfield Frew Is spending
November In Bridgewater. the
guest of .Mr. and Mrs. John Bran
don." ' t
It was Kitty's habit to read the
Times while she ate her breakfast
in the restaurant where David had
taken her that first night she had
come to Ketchum Street She al
ways scanned the social page close
ly for any word of Gar or his
mother, Margery Crosby, the prog
ress of the Little Theater.
She read now that Gar was with
his mother In Denver. And almost
at onco thaw she was In Bridge
water. Her first shock and hurl
gave way to puzzlement at that
She stared at the brief lines, stupid
ly. Gar thought she had gone home!
Pound had not told him And then
deep in her heart a little flame of
hope kindled and grew. Gar surely
had written to her at Bridgewater
before he went away He wouldn't
go away without some word.' .
All (he dreary diseouraeeme
the ache of waiting lifted from her.
Of course Gar hadn't worried about
her because he thought she, was
homo with her father and mother.
Ho'd shown himself stubborn but
she could smile even at that, now,
in her great relief. She could think
of his going away with his mother
without any anger. It wouldn't bo
for long conferences that brought
Important, busy peoplo together
never lasted long and then he'd
come back to find her.
But if a letter went to Bridge
water addressed to her. her family
would think that something was
wrong! She considered such a com
plication, a little dismayed. She
had not told her father and mother
that she was alone on Ketchum
Street She had worded carefully
one letter to them lotting it ivo
them the impresisou that she and
Gar were in an apartment of their
own. She'd hated tho deceit but she
hated more telling them all that
had happened. They'd believed so
simply In hers and Gar's happiness.
She could telegraph them. She
pushed her uneaten breakfastaway
from her and went out hurriedly:
! sho could not waste so much as a
j minute. She remembered a tele
graph office near the Times build
ing. "Gar gone to Denver with his
mother. Planned to visit you while
ho was away but round It impossi
ble. Send any mail back here."
Eighty cents, a hole In her sav
ings, but she could not think of
that, minimize words with this glow
of expectancy so consuming her. It
seemed such a thing of certainty,
that Gar had written! This was
Friday; by Monday bis letter would
be back to her.
ICopyi'tpht. Jane Abbott)
Kitty his thought herself hidden
and safe, but Carol crosses her
path tomorrow.
Because It's Better At Falk's It's Cheaper
A COMPLETE LINE OF
WHITE FOOTWEAR
FOR EARLY SPRING AND SUMMER
EVERT type of white shoes from hand made mocca
sins for the lady who goes in for active sports to
' ' dressy afternoon pumps and ties.
X; . Every desirable heel.
Priced very
$4.95
"SEE THEM IN
BOOKS CLOSE;
CANDIDATES
IN COUNTY 35
(Continued Prom Page One)
Iowa county judgeship, but in all
probability their names will not ap
pear on the primary ticket. Under
the new law, when three or more
names appear they are printed on the
primary ticket and the two winners
fight it out in November, unless one
man gets a majority In that case
he is virtually elected, as his name
will appear on the November ballot.
That was the interpretation of the
law here today, pending the certifica
tion of the ballots by the secretary
of state.
The lineup on both tickets shows
no Democratic candidates for the po
sitions of county coroner and La
Grande constable; no Republican
candidates for state representative.
Otherwise the ballots are full.
Several Republican Contests
The leading contests In the pri
mary elections appear slated in the
Republican party ranks for district
attorney, sheriff, treasurer, school
superintendent, assessor, coroner and
county commissioner. In the Demo
cratic party the only contest is for
sheriff.
A number of spirited contests loom
for November, however, with both
parties preparing already for inten
sive campaigns.
Primary Lineups
The primary lineup for Union
county and the Union-Wallowa dis
trict on, the Republican ticket fol
lows :
For.state senator (Union and Wal
lowa);, Colon R. Ebcrhard, incumbent,
La Grande.
For. district attorney (Union coun
ty): Carl Helm, incumbent; Rodney
Kitchen, and Orval Millard, all of
La Grande.
For county judge: U. G. Couch, in
cumbent. Island City; A. H. Perry
man, La Grande.
For county commissioner : W. W,
Stevens, Incumbent, and Mcrton Da
vis, Union; J. E. Mills, Cove; J. J.
Murchison, near Summervllle.
For sheriff : Jesse Breshears, In
cumbent; L. H. Bramwell, Both of
La Grande.
For county clerk: C. K. McCormlck,
Incumbent, La Grande unopposed.
For county treasurer: Mrs. Flor
ence Bacon, incumbent; J. E. Reyn
olds, La Grande,
For county assessor: D. H. Proctor,
incumbent, La Grande; H. H. Hug,
Elgin.
For county coroner: F. L. Ralston,
Incumbent, La Grande; James J. D.
Haun, La Grande. j
For county school superintendent: :
J. H. Blunt, La Grande; Bennle
Hicks, Island City.
For constable : James Nelson, La
Grande, Incumbent.
The Democratic party lineup fol
lows: For state senator (Union and Wal
lowa): Henry Hess, La Grande.
For state representative (Union) :
Victor Eckley, incumbent. La Grando
(unopposed in either party).
For district attorney: J. D. Slater,
La Grande.
For county Judge: L. E. Evans, La
Grande.
For county commissioner: Tom
Johnson, Lower Cove.
For sheriff: A. C. "Clint" Haynes,
La Grande; Guy Glenn, near La
Grande.
For county clerk: S. L. Thompson,
La Grande.
For county school superintendent:
E. A. Sayre. Incumbent, La Grande.
For county treasurer: Mrs. Lettle
McGoldrick, Imbler.
For county assessor: Paul Sadler.
Elgin.
Maxwell Flies nt Union
At Union W. A. Maxwell, incum
bent, filed for the Democratic nom
ination for justice of peace. No Re
publican filed for this nomination.
State attention has been attracted
to some of the district filings in
this section. In the Oregon Voter
of Apr. 2 there was a paragraph
quoted as follows: Judge J. W.
Knowles, who has served on the cir
cuit bench with distinction In the
Northeastern Oregon! district, is a
candidate for re-election."
In yesterday's Issue of the Observer.
a regret-able error occurred, when sev
eral lines of the game commission
meeting Wory were mixed Into the
political story, jumbling up the state
ment made by Ernest R. Ringo. non
partisan icanaiaate ior circuit Judge.
In order to correct the error, the
Observer gladly reprints Mr. Ringos
statement: .
'The constitution of this state
provides:
No court shall be secret, but Jus
tice shall be administered openly and
without purchase, completely and
without delay, and every man shall
have remedy by due course of law
for injury done him in his person.
property, or reputation.
'That provision of the constitu
moderately from
$6.50
TO
THE WINDOW"
tion not only shows that the framers
of the constitution recognized the
importance of a judicial position but
it emphasizes the need of keeping
such position entirely above sus
picion. If elected I will strictly con
form to that section of the consti
tution." Mr. Blunt's statement, Issued late
yesterday, follows: He believes In
equalization of educational oppor
tunity for every child in the state.
He says he has faith and confidence
in the young people of today and '
that the duty of the school is to
prepare these young people in such
a way that they will be able to as
sume the positions of leadership
when they reach adult-hood. At pres
ent he is working on his thesis:
"A Comparative Study of the Cost
of Preparation and Remuneration of
Teachers With Cipher Profcfcsslons,"
which he expects to complete soon.
His slogan Is : "Service, Economy,
and Efficiency."
"FIFI" GETS DIVORCE
RENO, Nev., Apr. 6 Josephine
("Fifl") Widener, of the wealthy
Philadelphia Widener family, was
divorced at a private hearing here to
day from Milton W. Holden, her sec
ond husband. Records of the pro
ceedings were scaled.
SUGAR AND FLOUR
PORTLAND, Apr. 6 fP Sugar .
Cane, granulated $4.15 100 lbs.; beet
$4.05.
Domestic flour Selling price de
livered: patent 40s 85.30; do 08s $5.10;
i bakers' bluestem $3.90 p $4.40; solt
wheat pastry flour $3.60; Montana
hard wh &t patent $4.75 $5.00; rye
'$4.20f.i $140.
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