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Pago Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Friday, April 15, 1932 Cafomb? gating oratea) nt Newf lain 600 BsS. (Incorporated) ' -v An Independent Newspaper Phone Main 600 mchiir A BOLD M. FINLAY . Business Manager Published evenings, except Sunday, at 1710 Sixth street, La Innde, Oregon. Entered at the PoBtofflce of La Grande, Oregon, as '8ecdnd Clasr till Matter under act of March 2, 1879. B . . OFFICIAL PAPSR OP UNION COUNTS AND THE '' " I) CITY OP LA GRANDS - J MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS yhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for publication All news dispatches credited to1 It or not otherwise cerdltedlf pub ited herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches' in us paper and also the local news herein also are reserved. National Advertising Representative - M. C. MOGENSEN CO.. Inc. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland,' phicago, Detroit, New Yorlc SUBSCRIPTION RATES - - By Carrier lily, one month In advance .. illy, six months In advance Uy, single copy -4.60 . 6c By Mall lly, per month In advance - ily, per Blx months In advance illy, per year' In advance ..$2.60 -5.00 ADVERTISING RATES (splay; foreign, per column Inch splay, local, per column Inch Time contract prices on application' OUTOURWAY- that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and lis wonderful works to the children of men. Psalm 21. HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC . je "high school band left this morning on its journey to allis where it will enter the state high school music hamient. The excellent performance of the musicians in jarsing their contest numbers at the assembly yesterday ling was ample proof of the careful training they have ved and of their worthiness to enter the'state contest, id the (large numibe r of townspeople who packed the toriiim to capacity at that assembly was unmistakable ;nce of the popular appreciation of the value of music id public schools. t are high school students are participating in tKe band, estra, and glee club activities this year than ever before le history of the school; and they are accomplishing too. The young people enjoy their musical training 1 but they will realize its true value only in later life; they will find'that music was'one of the most important js of their education. 1 the face of this ever increasing interest in music, dis- fed by students and parents alike, it is strange indeed that in members of our school board propose to eliminate c from our schools next year. ,: ch action is dictated, they say, by the necessity of pj;ac- econbmy in school administration. But all of the ion's great educators are warning us that there is great ger in eliminating entire departments from the school jjjram; that if we must economize, we should cut a little each department, thus keeping our program well'bal e'd and able to serve the best interests of all students) "even ugh the facilities are decidedly curtailed. ' ie majority of the school students and the majority of r parents are emphatically in tavor oi continuing' tne rtment of music in the schools next year. And even the pie who have no children in the schools have expressed et at the elimination of that phase of education. he citizens of La Grande refused to allow the municipal d to disintegrate. Hundreds of them were willing to pay 'ft cash to prevent it. The people of La Grande have rid that they can get what they want if they only get to iler and go after it. It is almost certain that they will to it that the opportunities of musical training are not hied our young people next year. By J. R.' Williams .1 ' J T, TABLE. FOR f HAL,F V ' Nc HOUR; AMD ME VELUWO f PaaQ Y ' ' WfWl' HEAP OFF FOP? VCXJ- n (3,D ) P.m II Potatoes are. ruined, r'rnpV Af. nnsTV 'MA THE PORK" OtoPs ARE X (X V'tMNM COV.D .AND Ti-VE ice cream W ' fx np.iA Ton, ,:( ,)lvS I reg. u. s.' pat. off." IHfe lOUGH t?WtAV. g law BV Nr. service, mc. 'i'lj Other Papers Say: i , THE MORAL SIDE When Dr. William Oxley Thompson, president emeritus of iio State University, told an audience of college men the her day that the real issues facing the country today are t economic but moral, a good many of his hearers probably Sated themselves to a skeptical "Oh, yeah?" Industry is stagnant, agriculture is on the rocks, millions ! men are out of work and there are breadlines in every city and the main issues are not economic? It is easy to be ieptical about that statement. ... . ... . i. !And yet, when you stop to think about it, there is a whole t of truth in it. We are reaping, just now, that which e sowed. during the decade following the Armistice; and we p the sowing with both eyes fixed on the main chance, Sth economic issues uppermost in our minds, with all moral sues utterly forgotten and look what it' brought us! In a material way, civilization took a long' step forward iring those years. Men learned how to produce more things lan ever before. They learned how to sell things more nickly and more widely. They learned how to let machines d the hard work that human muscles used to have to do, ley learned how to move from place to place faster than ver before, they learned how to increase profits beyond nything dreamed of before. ' But no one took the time to wonder just what the spiritual nplications of all of this might be. Production, sales, profits -these became ends in themselves. We never asked our- jelves where our absorption in economic issues was leading I Now we are paying for it all. We are discovering that Schemes which boost sales and profits can be horribly wrong if they do not make allowances for the intangible human values. If we are told, now, that it is time for us to give bur attention chiefly to moral issues, we ought not to be surprised. i It is probable that the country will never again be as com pletely, absorbed in material things as it was during the past 10 years. That attitude, inevitably, leads to a blind tumble ALFALFA BILL RUNS OUT ON US Governor Murray of Oklahoma didn't make much political hay In Oregon. In fact he didn't even try. After two speeches he suddenly . left for home without a word of explana tion and was missing for many hours until finally located' last night in Pocallo. . - . . The governor came to' this state without . making the necessary ar rangements. He had no advance agen to rent halls or. -put out suitable' publicity.' The latter was hardly needed for the newspapers gave him yards and yards of It but without definite announcements of when and' where" he would speak it was some what ineffective. Some of the speak ing dates were made clear enough but others were left "up in the air." For instance the date here was an nounced first for 2:30 locallv and for 3 p. m. from the Murray head- ! at last are ' really empty. 1 1 of our friends out by Vaughn chooses to call It)' continues 'to be a set of algebraic signs. : Here, however, is an opinion in plain English, from a man not an expert but a fairly keen observer of business conditions. He is the gen eral manager of one of the largest newspaper syndicates in the world. He has just passed through Eugene on his annual tour of his customers throughout the nation. He has been a month or so on the road and ex pects' to spend a month or so more Just ' sizing things up with a view to future plans. Saye he: "I didn't hear any serious calamity talk till I got to Seattle. All the way across the country I found more optimism than I have found at any time since the big smash in 1929. I found business actually better than at any: time since 1929. This was not a mere personal impression. . "When I left New York I con tacted a frlend of mine who was mak ing a similar trip in an entirely dif ferent line of business textiles. I arranged to meet him at various cities, and at every point he reported the' best sales his company has had in several years. Merchants shelves They are publicans have the right man. Bachmanh, just appointed to'suc-' ceed the late Albert ' Vestal of In diana as minority leader Shell's right hand man in the house, is physically capable of doing Just what his title Implies. Tall, bald, broad shouldered and aggressive, he would have little trouble in getting 'em on the floor at any time. It was not until this session that Bachmann ' showed much activity on the floor. He came up to Wash ington., from Wheeling. W. Va.. In 1925 as a member of the 09th 'con gress, served two terms, then made a race In 1928 that shattered some election precedents In his stnte.: He succeeded in returning .to con gress by polling the largest major ity of votes ever given a candidate for congress In West Virginia. BABY ALIVE , ACCORDING TO LATEST WORD (Contlnud from Pago One) ... wen. Regret we cannot give any further Information at this time." Rev. H. Dobson-Feacook, third of tho Norfolk men--who.'; have been dealing with' a person; they believed represents the kidnapers, was still optimistic He said that "prior, to the futile ransom payment, ,he and his colleaguesr had arranged ' o plan for the child's return without .dan ger of double-crossing. . . .; , "It- is atlll of the utmost Import ance for us and our representatives to move about without being ques tioned and followed." said Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh's statement, which also .expressed appreciation lor past co-operatlpn by the press. Dr. John p. Condon the "Jafsle," who, ' as- Lindbergh's emissary, ar ranged the recent (50,000 payment, made several trips :from ; hla Bronx home yesterday and said the kid napers were an extremely-shrewd band of criminals. - The statement emphasizing the need' for continued secrecy Issued from the Lindbergh home over Col onel Lindbergh's signature lost night reads: . . "Mrs. Lindbergh and I want td ex press our great appreciation to those members of-the-press who In many instances have given us their coop-, oration, ; often- to' their own - disad vantage. It Is still of the utmost importance for us and - our repre sentatives tar move about without, be ing questioned or -followed' and we are - again ' requesting - 'the - complete coopcratlon i of all .members oi the press to this end." dltlon to the penal provisions, for tax evasion could demand the regu lar income tax and an additional penalty tax. on the ransom. As re vealed' today by the Evening' Star, however,. , this . technical right to commandeer a tax share of the 50, 000 would be waived. - - Internal revenue agents have been in touch with Charles A. Lindbergh at Hopewell, N. J,,, for some time. , They were kept advised) of the negotiations centering about Dr. John F. Condon, and knew of the final arrangements for ttye ransom pay ment Apr.' 2. At the reduest of 'Lindbergh', thev regained away from the scene of the actual, transaction. The treasury's activities have been known to the Star for several weeks, but publication was withheld In a aesire not to embarrass the govern ment or Lindbergh. ' GOVERNMENT ACTING WA8HINQTON, Apr. IS (ff) The federal government ' has been . mov ing secret to- Invoke the income tax' evasion'. laws against utae - kid napera of the Infant Lindbergh who reoelved the 50,000 ransom, If they are .caught.:.. .- N1IWBI m is ossumea no income tax re turn would be made for the ransom money, . and in this event the gov ernment .stands ready-' to-y, proceed against them the way It did In jailing Al -Capone. SCIIOEFFKL' COMMUNICATES WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 W Major Charles H. Scboeffel, ' of the New Jersey police, who arrived in Vienna Apr. ' 13 to make Investigations In connection with the Lindbergh kid naping case, has been in touch with the state department but the depart ment refused today to make any statement. NATIONAL FARM GROUP HEAD FOR BONUS PAYMENTS (Continued From Fags One) against the bonus payment at the De troit legion convention on grounds of patriotism were '.'.an insult." ... Recalls Railroad Bill' - Representative Wlthrow (R., Wis.) contended the government '.'dole out a bonus, to th0 railroads for wilful mlsconduot and now quibbles about this payment-to the soldiers." Wlthrow, a former railroad employe, said freight trains deliberately were mishandled during the war by rail road ' officials to increase costs re ceived from the government. : "it is inconsistent' to give' one group a silver Bpoon and the other boy$ amltten, Wlthrow concluded.' -FALKS The new airport at Galveston1, Tex., recently was dedicated on the twen tleth annlversarv of the first air mall Under the law, the treasury in ad- flight Tui .the souths... v.. Stetson Hat 1 . Is Hera ' $7. Everyone knows the quality of a Stetson hat so there's no use In wasting money for ink In .telling you about them . . . step ln..,tO' morrow and. see them, r Other Spring Felt" " Hats at $3.50 and ?5.' "Be sure to bo in town for the Pet Parade Saturday" CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Apr. 16 W)n (U. S. D. A.) Hogs 15,000; active, strong to 10c higher: 140-210 lbs. $4.3504.40. , Cattle 2,000; oleanup market., , Bheep 13,000; steady; wooled lambs $e:75$7.00 to packers; clippurs $6.00 $6.50; . wooled throwouU.: $5.00 ; $6.60. - quarters at Oklahoma City. After Murray arrived in the state he never did make his plans .clear for the Eastern Oregon tour. Tho result was confusion and when the southern candidate learned as he doubtless did that almost all the Democrats out here were on' the Roosevelt band wagon, he pulled buying and the public is buying, en couraged by the new buying values. "I was actually surprised to find business still dragging in the North west, but I believe I can understand It for I think you are getting the tall end of the big storm. As busi ness Improves In the rest , of the country, business is bound, to feel temperamental fit and hit for Okla- the stimulus here, b I ause as busl homa on the first tram without tell-. ness Improves in the east it Is bound lng anybody. The Murray Oregon tour was one of the biggest farces a presidential candidate ever perpetrated. A bigger to bring bulidlug activities espe cially home building which will help your big lumber Industry here. "I don't pretend to be an export mvsterv than the one day thriller or a prophet but I believe business caused by his disappearance ,1s howi8 JU8t about adjusted to its new such a fellow ever came to imagine levels and the depression Is over." himself White House timber. If he 1 Take' these observations for what can't even arrange a simple little i they are worth. . This man, having camualEn tour and keen his mind hobnobbed with business men in on the same track long enough to complete it how could he ever expect to handle the multitudinous duties of president? Baker Democrat-Herald. - many different lines in many differ ent parts of tho' country, predicts an upturn in the business curves when the latest sales reports go In. Eugene Register-Guard. . GOOD TIMES ARE COMING? Stock markets continue to wabble. The graphs and diagrams 'of the sta tistical experts continue to look like toboggan slides. The financial prog nostlcators and prophets continue to talk only in parables. Some of them merely stutter. The reconstruction finance corporation- (or-the "re-election romance" corporation, as one WRECKING CREW 'MEMBER During 'the present congress he has been active on the floor of the house. Olven the job of assistant whip, he had entree to the organi zation of his party " , One of his principal tasks Is to sit in on private calendar day that day set aside for consideration of the, many, hundrods of small pri vate bills and watch. He Is a member of what Is sometimes called the "wrecking .crew," because so many minor bills are thrown ( into the discard by this group. Bachmann's appointment as whip in . his fourth .term; is quite a dis tinction., Usually Jobs of that kind go to old-tlmers-the faithful who , have served long and well. Vestal, for example, was serving his 16th year. John McDuffle, the Democratic whip, has been In congress since 1919. : .. j With - the Democrats having at present the largest majority they have enjoyed so far In this con gress, Bachmann's duties probably will not be as exacting as they' would have been earlier In tho session. : mm, ii i muni m rsrrz '.v.awiis jLa (Jrande,0rcgon -- WHY TAKE CHANCES Meats are ensily contaminated if not proievly"cAj;ed for.V-yq-are pleased'tp infornj. the purchasing public that our state sanitation score is 100. We invite you to inspect onV slaughter house and see' hbv carefully your meats are prepared for con-' sunyjtion. , , 1 ' ! In Washington ! ' ' - : ; i 'By' Herbert Pliiiiimer WASHINGTON If size and power of voice are-desirable characteristics of a whip in congress, then In Carl Bachmann of West Virginia the Re- IEMOCRATS IN HAND A few months ago, when the Dem ocratic majority was so slim, tho whips of both parties had to keep on their toes. Absence of members from the floor at crucial moments might have spelled defeat for either side. McDuffle says he has his Demo crats, in hand better now than ever before. From the beginning they have shown an alacrity and willing ness to respond to his calls. AT Your Service Whether it is an emergency case, a trip to the hospital for an operation; or just'a mat ter of moving an invalid with comfort and safety, our ambulance is at the disposal of the people of this community. We have spared no trouble or expense to provide the most up to date equipment and maintain the Service at a high level of efficiency. We are at your Service anytime Day or Night and our Ambulance Service is Free to all. WALKERS FUNERAL HOME FREE AMBULANCE SERVICE phone main 4-2 Lady Attendant yf Jcruicc wdluii Ike means of aLL. Pork Shoulders ' Pork Loins Pork Legs f t LeAv Fresh ( Very Choice. Hnlf or Whole Pound .. .. .... 9c Pound .. . 10c Pound 11c ; 1 : : : : ' .. " : 7T7 . 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