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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Tuesday, April 12, 1932
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I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the
Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil And ye shall
seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all
your heart. Jeremiah 29: 11, 13. i .
INADEQUATE POLICING?
A few months ago, when slippery streets and bad weather
were curtailing the automobile traffic of our city, the' city
manager and commissioners decided to cut expenses byl re
ducing our police force, and the position of traffic officer
was eliminated. ;
There was no serious objection to the move at that time,
for it seemed the logical thing to do in view of the financial
situation of the city and the comparatively light traffic.
And those that did drive in bad weather usually drove care
fully and obeyed the rules. 1
But with the coming of real spring weather again hun
dreds of cars are driven around the streets of the city every
day, and a considerable number of the drivers are in J:oo
much of a hurry to observe the speed limit or the stop street
rules. ' . ;
It appears to us that the time has come to put on another
traffic officer. Of course most drivers guide their cars
carefully and need no supervision, but there are a few
harum-scarum drivers that are a menace to all the others
and to pedestrians, too.
It is naturally impossible to make every driver obey the
law all the time, but when a traffic officer is roving about
town continuously traffic violations go" into a sudden slump
and accidents do likewise. The presence of the officer is
a restraint upon carelessness. 1 ,
Violations are not numerous on Adams ave., for a policeman
is usually on duty in the business section. But there is plenty
of speeding on Fourth street, or over on Second, or most
any well-traveled street outside of the business district. And
all too frequently irresponsible drivers usually of the
youthful class become engaged in a race or a game of
follow-the-leader, and make the streets unsafe for everyone.
The city manager states that another traffic officer may
be hired this summer if the tax money comes in with enough
volume to warrant such action, which we hope will be the
case. But our streets must be made safe for our citizens
budget or no budget.
We should keep in mind the fact that tourist traffic is
going to be heavier than ever this year, and that last year
more than thirty thousand people were killed in auto acci
dents in the United States. Let's keep La Grande's record
clean this year!
Oregon advertising ore regarded by
members of the chamber's advertising
ana promotion committee as respon
sible for the greatly Increased inter
est in Oregon this year.
Prom January 1 to April 6 of this
year, total of 18,340 inquiries, the
great bulk of them asking for rec
reational Information on the state,
were received by the chamber for an
swer. The total of inquiries for 1031
was 32,487. Hence, in Just a little over
three months this year, more than
half as many inquiries have been re
ceived as during all of lost year.
The inquiries received as a result
of the On-to-Oregon advertising are
turned over to the advertising and
promotion department of the Port
land chamber of commerce to answer
with literature, letter or other means.
In each day's mall around a dozen
requests for recreational literature
and other facte are from persons in
far corners of the country who ex
plain that they are planning to at
tend the legion convention at Port
land In September. Others explain
that they are planning to attend
meetings on the Pacific coast and
want to know what to do and see In
Oregon. The great bulk, of course,
simply sign coupons appearing with
the advertisements and calling for
recreational literature. It is an ob
vious conclusion that hundreds of
these are from persons planning trips
to Portland for the Legion conven
tion, to some other meeting at Port
land or to conventions at other Pa-,
clflc coast cities.
In each day's mall comes a sprink
ling of requests for information on
farm opportunities In Oregon. Dur
ing March, 123 were received as a
result of On-to-Oregon advertising,
although it is primarily recreational
in appeal. During the same month,
140 were received by the Portland
chamber direct. These inquiries of
an agricultural nature were handled1
through the state development sec
tion of the chamber, all chambers
and communities over the state being
glvon the names that they might en
deavor to Interest the- prospect.
The recreational and general In
quiries are not only answered with
the chamber's pamphlets and book-.
lets covering allurements of all Ore
gon. Those which particular sections !
of Oregon would bo concerned In are1
sent to the chambers of those sec-!
tions that all possible means may be
used to sot forth the attractions the
inquMcrs are Interested in as indi
cated by their letter, card or coupon.
Thet there will not only be a heavy
Increase In au torn obi lo visitors, but
also In those coming by railroad is
tho opinion of members of the cham
ber's advertising and promotion com
mittee. Removal of the fare differ
ential on coastwise travel In connec
tion with transcontinental tickets Is
expected to have a marked offect'on
increasing rail traffic up and down
tho coast. Many who In tho past
would only , have bought a ticket to
California and back to the east are
Feeling Loggy?- Look at This!
WyyVf'Wimvyi' v n in. ji.ii.ii - - -
No cutting remarks now! Woodsmen and woodsuomcii were having
their day when these pictures were taken during the 8awlng and chop
ping clumipIoMKliips held recently at Hkytop, Pa. The finals of the
wood-chopping competition are shown above, and left to right are
Harney Muincs, 1!)31 champion who plated third; Jonas Shacffer; Fred
Hlnger, tills year's winner; Floyd Shadier; and Peter Williams, runner
up for the last two years. Meanwhile, the weaker Hex was Kiiwlng wood
and below, left to right, you sec Leila Heller, Mrs. Itriitznian, Mrs.
John Fish, Mrs. Alfred Kecse, und Mrs. Frank Kresgc.
that something good was coming In in that city he was increasingly op-
reply to that question.
Magic Ilcmnlns
"Wo roll It out to the masses as a
Deneuiction or doxoiogy," he continued.
It Is like a lollypop rolled under
tho tonguo for the Joy of taste and
for tho occupation of tho proced
ure
"Even lolling around tho tongue is
the cushioned phrase 'balancing the
budget,' that It might attract the ad
miration of those who, hearing, im
agine it has some fanciful delight to
appease. ..."
On and on he talked in that fash
ion, phrasing more expertly as he pro
gressed. H0 probably talked for less
than 16 minutes, but it was long
enough to charm all who heard. No
expected to take advantage of thft I no dared Interrupt.
opportunity to make tho swing up
through Oregon and Washington,
Generally lower summer round trips
from the east are expected to have a
decided bearing on travel increase.
Portland Commerce.
Oregonlan. showed conclusively in a
recent scries of articles. Many others
could well be merged and operated
with decreased appropriations.
Cuts In salaries Is another field for
governmental economy that congress
thus far has Ignored. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars could be saved
if congress would cut salaries, in
cluding Its own, oven by tho moderate
ratio of 10 per cent. These cuts could
be Imposed only on employes earning
moro than $2500 a year, and would
causo no great hardship. Tho cost ot
living, even In Washington, has de
clined far moro than 10 per cent
during tho lost several years. The
Dalles Chronicle.
FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE
That vote in the lower house of congress to give the Philip
pines absolute independence in eight years is a straw in the
wind pointing toward a growing sentiment in the United
States in favor of deliverance of the Islands from American
suzerainty.
Sooner or later the islands must be granted their free
dom or they will fight for it as they opposed Spanish rule,
so it is well to prepare for it now. Perhaps in another eight
years the Filipinos will be in a position to convince all of
their ability to govern themselves. If not they will have to
struggle along the best they can.
One of the reasons why Washington has been loath to
put the Philippines on their own is the threat of Japanese
imperialism. No one is fooled by the Jap offers to agree
to a policy of neutrality or by their disclaimers to an in
terest in the islands. Unless the islanders are in a position
to defend themselves against foreign control and exploita
tion they will be in immediate danger of transferring their
allegiance from the United States to Japan, Japan has long
had her eyes on the Philippines and lias fostered the inde
pendence movement there.
If a majority of the inhabitants of the islands desire their
independence, Washington cannot morally deny to them that
inalienable right of peoples, even, though to do so may put
them in peril. " Uncle Sam's word must le kept as good as
his bond, especially in the Philippines where there have been
so many betrayals.
Other Papers
)ay:
TRAVEL PROSPECTS
Hon on Oregon are flowing Into the
Portland chamber from every corner
of tho country in nearly double the
volume of 1931. an Intllcatton of a
marked Increase in tourists and new
. millions In Income for the state this
year.
I The American Legion convention to
bo held here In September, other con
ventions scheduled hero and at other
coast cities along with lower mil fares
Inquiries for recreational lnforma- and tho high effectiveness of On-to-
Presldent Hoover has called on con
gross to Inaugurate a drastic economy
program by amending laws and mak
Ing other provisions for the elimina
tion of unnecessary and non-essential
governmental activities. Tho presi
dent estimates that moro than, 200
million dollars could be saved annu
ally in this way.
First would come a wholesale weed
ing-out of governmental bureaus, of
which thero are hundreds. Many of
thoso bureaus have no excuse for ex
istence, as John W. Kelly, Washlng-
And when he concluded with an
apt quotation from what ho said was
a "command of the bard" they camo
back to earth. "
"Jim Ham" had proved there Is still
magic in his voice. "
tlmlstic that the negotiations in
which he Is helping would be suc
cessful. One of his colleagues, John
H. Curtis, boat builder, has been
away from home sinco Sunday on a
mysterious errand.
The "Jnfsie" advertisements were
13 in number. The last, inserted af
ter the money was paid and tho baby
failed to como back, read:
"What is wrong? Have you crossed
me. Please better instructions."
50 Men Return To
Work at Medford
MBDPORD, April 12 m Fifty
men, all former employes of the j
plant, returned to work Monday when .
operations were resumed at the tlm- j
ber products plant here. I
STEAMER ON ROCKS
TOKYO, April 12 Of) A dispatch
to the Rengo news agency from
Hakodate, Japan, today said the
steamer Talsel Maru No. 3, carrying
050 Japanese men and women work
ers to the fisheries and canneries of
tho northern seas for the summer
season was grounded on the rocks
of Murakami Bay, on Paramushlru
Island in the Northern Kurllcs.
The ship also carries 31 men In
its crew. An S O S call brought the
Otaru Maru and the Talsel Maru No.
1 to the scene but the high seas thus
far have prevented a rescue.
The rescue ships were standing by,
the dispatches said, hoping to take
off the passengers before nightfall.
ESCAPE INJURY
BEIRUT, Syria, April 12 ()
Soubhl Barakat, former president of
Syria, escaped injury today, but two
of his companions were wounded, in
an attempt on his life by an assassin
with a knife and pistol.
Tho former president Is leader of
tho moderate party which won In
recent elections at Aleppo. The as-
sasslon was shot and seriously
wounded.
This Game I
of Golf !
SEEK WOMAN
IN LINDBERGH
KIDNAP CASE
(Continued from Page One)
bcrgh bills.'.' she ejaculated. .
Tho womnn tore It from hen hand.
nnd sped away toward New York on
tho Boston post road. Police auto
matic telegraphs clattered tho alarm.
"Woman Is white." It snld. Ago
42. Five feet, six Inches. Good
ton correspondent or tho Morning , looking. Dark complcxloncd. Wore
In Washington
Ity Herbert Pluiunier
WASHINGTON Ever since Sen
ator J. Hamilton Lewis qf Illinois re
turned to cnpltol hill lost December
many observers have been awaiting
tho tlmo when he would again hit his
stride In a speech.
In tho old clays a speech by Senator
Lewis was something to look forward
to a thing to be enjoyed as a work
of art.
His deep, resonant voice was cal
culated to sootho those In tho gal
leries, His ability to phrnso was such
as to delight oven tho most Jaded.
While ho might at times causo the
official reporters of senate debates to
despair by his fondness for Jour sen
tences and abstMico of the proper In
flection In his volco so necessary for
them to punctuato correctly, others
didn't mind.
To them It was enough Just
hear his voice.
to
Hack In I'orni
But for some reason tho senator
was a bit slow in regaining his old
form. Ho was heard quite frequently
on tho floor of the senate, but there
seemed to bo something lacking. One
found It a little difficult to come
under such spells as they were accus
tomed to In former days.
That is until Just a day or so
ago.
Senator "Jim limn" took occasion
at that time to deliver some personal
observations on this much -talked -of
subject of balancing the budget.
He gave n new meaning to that
phraso heard so often during the jwiMt
few months. His description ot It
mnde it appear not half so sinister as
hundreds of others have mndo It.
"What Is meant by this watch tower
call of cutting down expenses and
unlauco tho budget?' he asked, hit
arms describing a majestic arc, his
voice as musical and resonant as a
pipe organ.
Those listening seemed to sense
string of green and silver beads
around neck. Oroy felt hat. ' Gray
tweed coat. Brown dress."
No word from the kidnapers since
tho swindle has been received by Col.
Lindbergh, said Col. H. Norman
Schwarzkopf, head of the state po
lice, ofter a conference In New York'
with Col. Henry Breckinridge, legal
adviser of Lindbergh.
Dr. John P. Condon, aged educator
described as the author of a scries
of cryptic newspaper advertisements
signed "Jofsle" which led to the
thwarted negotiations for the baby's
return, was believed to have attended
tho conference also.
(rami Jury Tn Take Case
Tho kidnaping cose was to be laid
beforo the Hunterdon county grand
Jury later today. Attorney General
William A. Stevens said.
Dr. Condon was quoted as believ
ing the "situation would adjust it
self" but three Norfolk men who have
been negotiating with a person they
believe to be an agent lor the kid
napers wero represented as pessi
mistic about the return of the baby
by tho person who took tho $50,000.
Tho Norfolk Intermediaries are under
stood to have warned Col. Lindbergh
they wero dealing with the real ab
ductors, and that tho other person
was a member of the gang who
broke away and used his Inside knowl
edge to make $50,000.
According to tho story told pollco
hcadquorters in Now York, tho $50,
000 was turned over by Dr. Condon
aTtcr a series of meetings with a mys
terious emissary, one of them near a
cemetery. The New York Dully News
says that after the baby failed to
bo returned. Col. Lindbergh and aides
returned to tho cemetery scene in
the Bronx, and using surgical plas
ter, took casts of the emissary's foot
prmts to aid in tho hunt.
Safety Pins I'sed
The Dally News says that the tokens
given to Col. Lindbergh during the
negotiations as proof that the baby
really was in the possession of the
persons demanding $50,000 wero two
safety pins such as had been used to
pin the baby's blanket to its crib.
Dr. Condon, carrying two heavy
suitcases and a satchel, made a mys
terious trip away from his home In
the Bronx yesterday, but refused to
say whero he had been.
Dr. Condon still expressed hoje
that the agreement would be kept
and the baby returned. The pollco
theory was that the child Is sttll
alive. Last night Inspector Harry
Walsh of the Jersey City police de
partment said:
Mill Hopeful
"We still hold the best or hopes
for the child's safety and we believe
the child Is still alive. We have very
good reasons for this belief but tho
present Is a poor time to explain."
The Rev. h. Dobson -Peacock, one
of the Norfolk in termed tar ics, said
By O. It. Keeler
In the second round of the recent
North and South open golf cham
pionship at the Pinehurst Country
club eventually won by John Golden
after a play-off with Craig Wood, a
young sprout named Johnny Kinder
you might, from that, call him the
Jersey Kid scored what was, so far
as I know, a record string In a medal
round hi organized competition.
, I , ha ye seen as many as four bird
ies made in a row; and I once saw
seven holes in " 3 each, successively,
which also may be a record for
medal competition on a regular I
gou course.
But consider this performance by
Mr. Kinder, playing with Tom Ker
rigan and Archie Mambrlck. It
may sound a bit Impolite, but I
could not help characterizing Mr.
Klnxler's round in my story next
day as possibly the worst 69 ever
played. Certainly It is the most un
usual I ever heard of.
THREE RAIL MEN PROMOTED
PORTLAND, Apr. 12 Three prom
inent railroad traffic employes of
the Union Pacific in the Northwest
are involved In promotions effective
Apr. 16 and announced today by A.
S. Edmonds, assistant traffic man
ager for the company at Portland.
Promotions Involve W. H. Olln, as
sistant general freight and passen
ger agent at Seattle who Is promoted
to the position of assistant traffic
manager at San Francisco; H. M.
West, district freight and passenger
agent nt Yakima who suceecds Mr.
Olln at Seattle; and H. M. Adkins,
chief clerk In the office of the as
sistant traffic manager at Portland
who succeeds Mr. West at Yakima.
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"SEE THEM IN THE WINDOWS"
Coal in Peru
Peru Is estimated to contain
0,250,000,000 tons of coal, of which
73 per cent is lignite, 20 per cent
anthracite nnd 7 per cent various
kinds of bituminous.
The Chief Cause
Scientists have now revealed al
most every causo of crime except
ornery people. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Not Really Steel Jacket,
There are no steel-jncketeil bul
lets made In the United States. In
Europe there are some cartridges
made which have steel (really soft
Iron) Jackets, with a thin wash of
cupro nickel. Most bullets called
steel Jacketed in the United States
are made with a cupro nickel alloy j
jacKet.
Teacher, and Exercise
Teachers might be able to avoid
many of their ailments if they would
take more exorcise. A survey made
by Frances Ross Hicks and report
ed In Hygeia, the Health Magazine,
shows that nearly 03 per cent of 002
teachers take no dally exercise
other than that required in going to
school. Nearly half of the 002 stnte
that they ride to school.
From Byron's Verae
The expression, "On with the
dance" Is a line from "Childe Har
old," by Lord Hyron.
Briefly Told
Hasty Impulse manages all things
badly.
ductlon of navies and air forces.
DISARM PLAN OF
U. S. MOT LIKED
BY THE FRENCH
(Continued Prom Page One)
He proposed a slmtlnr plan for re-
KAMI'AGH
Par on the long No. 2 course, on
which the tournnmcnt was played,
begins 4-4-4-3 and Mr. Kinder
started modestly and sanely enough,
4-5-4-3. a stroke above par.
Then ho lost nil control of him
self. I will Just set down par for
the next six holes with Mr. Kilm
er's score:
Par ....4-6-3-5-4-4 26
Kinder ; 3-4-2-4-3-2 18
That Is to say, Mr. Kinder, after
his calm and collected opening,
touched off five birdies in a row.
and then an eagle. Ho picked up
seven strokes on Old Man Par - in
six holes. The eagle was com
mitted on .a hole of 316 yards,
whcro.ho holed a pitch of about 60
yards.
After this unexampled exhibi
tion of ferocity, Mr. Kinder quieted
down and produced the next flvo
holes In 4-4-4-4-3, which Is precisely
par at each.
This loft Mr. Kinder with thrco
holes moro to play. Tho 10th, while
a par 6 on tho card, is of 456 yards
nnd tho big boys wore getting home
comfortably in two shots. A finish
of 4-3-4 would afford Mr. Kinder a
card of 32-3264. a course record
for the revised No. 2 layout, and
a tie with Craig Wood for tho lead
at the end of the second round, Mr.
Wood having done a couple of very
pretty 60s, whilo Mr. Klndcr's
matutinal card was a modest 74.
AWAKI'NtNG
Having picked up seven strokes
in flvo holes earlier in the spin,
Mr. Kinder now gavo us a phenom
enally apt illustration of Mr. Emer
son's compensation theory.
He dropped five strokes on the
last three holes, most of them putts
which would not drop. He finished
6-4-0. for a 37, and a 69. This score
never can be whnt you would call
a terrlblo round in heavy medal
competition, but it probably always
will seem pretty terrible to Mr.
Kinder, who will not fall to reflect
on the chance he had for fame and
very likely a neat bundle of change.
As It was. Kinder finished in a
tlo for eighth place with Paul
Runyim and Denny Shute. and he
was a stroke ahead of Sir Walter
Hagen.
Which Is not too bad for a young
ster, His finnl score came from cards
of 74-00-75-75 293.
"Scot Free"
Scot moans a tax, contribution or
line. Scot free Is a natural com
bination of words conveying the
Idea of being free without payment
of fine.
Named for Queen ;
The stnte of Maryland was named
as a compliment to Henrlettn Maria,
wife of Charles I, snys an article In
tho Boston Post The original char
ter granting the province to Load
Baltimore refers to the region In
Its Latin name, "Terra Marine,"
land of Maria, or Mary.
World's Olde.t Treet
The oldest tree In the world Is
said to be n giant club-moss, which
nourished ln the Devonian era. It
was restored, natural size, from
the only known fossil found In New
York state, and is now in the New
York State museum.
Reason for It
Whatever Is popular deserves at
tention. Thackeray.
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FRANCE DISLIKES U. S. PLAN
PARIS, April 12 m Pertinax, 4
noted French political writer, said in
the Echo De Paris today that the
American proposal at the world dis
armament conference yesterday, to do
away with tanks, mobile heavy artil
lery and gases, was a maneuver
against France.
Paris morning papers greeted the
American proposals with little show
of favor. They called the plan an
attempt to Isolate France but added
that It was frustrated by Premier
Tardieu.
American .'disarmament proposals
advanced at Geneva cannot satisfy
France, the newspaper Le Temps said
today, because they apply only to
land armaments without taking con
sideration of the relationship of that
branch to the arms of air and sea.
Lo Temps linked the Geneva plan
with Secretary of State Stlmson's trip
to Europe, suggesting these two de
velopments were impelled by a desire
by tho American nd ministration to
achieve a diplomatic success on the
eve of the presidential election.
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