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Behold; at evening titje trouble; and before the morning
he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the
lot of them that rob us. Isaiah 17: 14.
OUR PRIVILEGE
The pcoplo of La Grande worked hard and long to win the
Eastern Oregon Normal school for their city. They realized
that such an institution would bo an asset of great nmteroil
and cultural value to the community.
IX any action, wqre to be taken now to discontinue opera
tion of the school, or in any way impair its value and Im
portance, notacitix.cn would hesitate to voice indignant pro
tests.
But, as the grass i. always greener on the other- side, of
the fence, we have fallen into the habit of crying abput what
we have lost, losing ourselves in fond dreams of what the
future may bring us, and forgetting entirely the many ad
vantages and opportunities which are ours for the taking
right now.
As a community we ha.vo not yet lennied the true, value
of the. Eastern Oregon Normal school; oi; if we have, we
have given very little indication of it. The crowds that pack
the high schooler L. D, S. auditoriums, on, the occasion of
high school plays, operettas, special programs, and , bac
calaureate and commencement services have been too obvi
ously absent from similar events at the Normal schools
The reason, perhaps, may be merely habit or custom, La
C.Ymiders have always loyally supported high school activi
ties, and do so now from habit. Hut they have not yet foni$d
the habit of, attending Normal school functions, in spite of
the fact that the latter are of superior quality and cultural
value.
The coining week will offer us a splendid opportunity to
get the habit. The baccalaureate service on Sunday after
noon wiU offer us the privilege of hearing llov. Raymond
B. Walker of Portland. At the commencement exercises
Wednesday afternoon Ii. F. Irvine, one of the finest speakers
in the Northwest, may be heard.
But, above all, we should be interested in the big Even
song pageant which the students will present, especially
for us, Tuesday evening on the grand stairway at the head
of Ninth street. This is something entirely new to La
Grande, an attempt to portray in song and ceremony the
natural beauty of the Grande Rondo valley, and the develop
ment of culture and education.
The faculty and students of the Normal school urgently
and cordiallv invite us lo nHonrl nil nf llmun n.m i, (
They want us to feel at home up there to feel that we are
a part of the institution, and that they are a part of our
community. We shall pro it greatly by taking advantage of
tial privilege.
Ritchie Iiuh sought to travel that 40
mllca of road ' which lies between
Maryland's cuplto hero and ' the
White House at Washington. ;
In 1924 ho was a willing compro
mise candidate when the Democrats
were trying to break the historic
McAdoo-Smith deadlock at Madison
Square Garden, but John W. Davis
got the nomination.
In 1928 he was a potential candi
date for the nomination but with
drew in favor of At Smith Just be
fore tho tloUBton convention, being
the first of the candidates to do so.-
In 1932 he Is an avowed cundldate
who Is bent upon capturing the
nomination at Chicago.
"Of course, I would like to be
president; who wouldn't?" says Gov
cmor Ritchie, with his characteristic
frankness. Others may talk of being
"drafted" and of "accepting" the
nomluutlon. Iiltchio doesn't; ho wants
it, he says so and he is out to get It.
His friends bollcve his chance
finally has come. Thoy Bay they
arq sure hp can stop Roosevelt, If
anybody can.
They plcturo the possibility of a
convention' deadlock. : with Rooso
velt finding It Impossible to get the
uoccssary two-thirds majority after
futile balloting. In such a picture
they see Ritchie's stor begin to rise,
with Smith and Raskob remember
ing Houston and 10.28 tlu-owlng
their support to Ritchie. They feel
that this support plus the votes
that Ritchio is able to muster from
other sources, will bo sufficient to
put him over. ' - .
And so, under these conditions,
apparently far more promising, than
those m either 1924 or 1928, Mary
land offers hor favorite son as a
presidential candidate In 1932 for
the third time. Tho fact that ho
will enter the convention with only
la votes (Maryland's) doesn't dis
courage his followers In the -least.
Many' 'party nominees have entered
conventions with none. 1
Oovernor Ritchie Is Maryland's
Idol. Before his day the state had
never re-elected a governor. It has
elected Ritchie to office four times.
His slender majority of 105 votes in
1019 leaped to 41,000 In 1023. 60,000
ho Is not wetter than Smith, Roose
velt or Baker, ' He 'stands merely
tor what they stand for return of
prohibition control to the 'atatos.
; The facts are that -Ritchie la the
foremost modern advocate of the'
old-fashioned ' Democratlo ' doctrine
of states' rights. In that,- the prb
hlbitlon' Issue is tho moat colorful
and, therefore, stands out. The pub
lic at large " forgets, or perhaps
docBn't know, that' Ritchie Is for
states' rights all down the line.
! "Our government." he says;' "has
become the most regulatory In the
world except Russia and Italy, ih-
epectatora and spies and official regu
lator follow- the 100 per-' cent
American- from the day he ; draws
his first nourishment from his
nother's breast until ho Is laid
away in an Inspected grave.
"The citizen la told what he may
Oat, what he may not drink;' what
ho may read or- write, what he may
aoe on the stage. Not content with
this, the government advises him
how to hang curtains In his home,
what meat- to cook for his dinner
and, under the auspices of the de
partment of agriculture, It has even
distributed a government treatise en
titled 'A Pocket Essay on Kissing'."
; Ho is 'the foremost champion of
Home rule. Ftrlmwuy). tills grew
out of Maryland's refusal to -enact a
atate prohibition law ' concurrent
with the Volstead act. If is the
only state which has never done bo,
although several others have re
pealed their enforcement statutes.
Governor Ritchie explains:
"No state Is called -upon to pro-
vido .enforcement machinery for the
rederai income tax law, or the nar
cotic act, or -the Mann act or any
other federal - .enactment -that I
kuow .of. They - are the laws of
tiie federal government. and the
federal government - sets - up Its own
machinery to enforce its own laws."
His record as ' governor of Mary
land has been Interesting. He re
organized the atate government
and swept out of existence endless
state boards and -bureaus and sine
cure offices.
' His central purchasing agency
has saved much money and low
ered taxes. The benefits accruing
V&-yjlijSK-'ft, If CANDIDATE FOR PRgUOSNTIAI
FALKS
BROTH ERHOpb
Overalls
FOR MEN
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Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie
from his . reorganization of the
state's school system have caused
many to say that he has done his
best Job there. His record for busi
ness efficiency has been a bright
one throughout.
The greatest vote-getter in the hls-
llory-of Maryland was born the scion
of aristocratic Virginia-Maryland an
cestry which traces back 300 years.
His father was a Baltimore Judge; his
mother a Virginia beautv whose
that state from 1805 to 1808.
Ho was graduated from Johns
Hopkins In 1806, studied law at the
University of Maryland and en
tered politics In 1903 as city solici
tor of Baltimore. He held this post
until 1910 when he was appointed
people's counsel to the public serv
ice commission.
He won local fame by forcing a
reduction in gas rates after a furi
ous battle. At the next election he
grandfather had been governor of became attorney general of Mary-
reached the ocean, of course, but ut least they can 'always
rememoer mar, tney started.
Sis forefathers royoHf iij
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land- and from there he passed . to
a-ne governorship. .
i Plfty-sllt years old. tall, well pro
portioned.' gray haired -and with
steel 'blue eyes. Ritchie has been
called ."the handsomest man In
politics,";-. He married as a young
man, -but was divorced some years
ago; and' has never remarried. Until
her death recently, his aged mother
lived' wtth him at-the Maryland ex
ecutive - mansion and was his
hostess. This position Is now taken,
on- 'state: occasions, by a married
cousin.
Ho cares nothing for golf or
cards, prefers reading and the so
ciable companionship of friends.
He Is a good atory teller and, what
Is more, a good listener. Courtly
of manner, he Is the embodiment of
the southland with all its fine old
traditions.
He Is the living symbol of states'
rights, and this Is the banner he
will carry to Chicago. Whether he
Is the reor guard of a vanishing
procession or the herald of a move
ment for return to early American
iunciameutals remains to be seen
A strictly high grade
union made overall
heavy weight 220 denim
full cut an excep
tionally good overall foi"
89c all sizes. .
for religion come In Mexico." " Y
Ho said he has protested to Gov-V
cmor Fllibcrto Gomes against this
"new violation of the rights of the
Catholic faithful", and had tempor
arily ordered the priests to remain
at their post-3. ' '
The new law restricted the number
of priests in the state to 34. -
Sleepy on Track;
Train Bumps Head
ROSEBURG, Ore., Juno 2 OP) Go
ing to sleep with the rail of a rdll
road track for a'p'llow Is a hazardous
thing to do, as Raymond W. Fry, a
transient . from Doubs. Maryland,
found out last night. With two
companions. Fry boarded a freight
train at Roscburg last night, only
to bo ejected by the train crew In
Cow Creek canyon. The trio sat down
besido the track to rest ond fell
asleep. Fry resting his head upon a
rail. Train 32 came along and bowled (
him into tho ditch. He suffered a I
bruise on the head and was rendered
unconscious for several hours. ' He
was rushed to Glcndalc by a section
crew and then brought to the Rose
burg hospital. He is expected to re
cover.
Mellon Appears
In Court Dress
Other Papers
Say:
ADVENTUKK
There is a pathetic touch to the sLory of tho four little
hoys from New York's Knst Side who set out to sea on" a
homemade raft the other day. Police found them as they
drifted down the l'last river. Kor their own protection the
youngsters were ordered off the Iiih seas. They are to be
envied because they slarted, but pitied because there isn't
anything that can be done to satisfy the buecaneerinK Spirit
that would like to chase a pirate and find some hidden jiold.
The restricted areas in which a Kieat many people piust
liye today, due to the present economic system, do not pro
vide much loom for boys to o adventuring. Quito pften
there aren't any woods that they can people with lncjians.
There isn't a pond that can bo magnified into something re
sembling the blue Atlantic. There isn't even a corner lot
where they 'o to but more dexterously than the heroes
whose records they follow wistfully on the sports pages.
When the spirit of wanderlust grew too strong the four
youngsters chose a real river that led to a' real ocean to do
their voyaging. Thoy didn't expect to find Singapore or Hag
dad or Trieste. Thoy wore just names on a painted geo
graphy map. Iiut thoy took it for granted that if you went
down to the sea in a ship even a .ship made out of hoards
that were nailed together something had to happen'.
That streak of adventure, buried in everyone of us, never
quite goes away. Most people wait, day after day, year after
year, hoping that something will happen tomorrow, or the
day after that. When it is too late they blame themselves
because they didn't try harder to make it happen.
The New York youngsters are to be congratulated because
they had the thrill of building a ship and sotting sail. Most
boys don't got that fur today. The amateur seamen never1
MOVIKS ANI MCWSI'AI'iat
..ways, it net1 ins, men must hnvc
scitpuKont. Porhaps It Is lo nvoUl
the disqulctlnK possibility of them
selves Deing ummeu lor unsavory
conditions. Cortnln seventeenth cen
tury reformers clucked knowingly
When six children about to be hnngod
on Tyburn Hill for Ihiavory declared
they had gone wrong beciu. of land
ing Daniel Defoe's "Moll rinnders.'
Only ycHlerycnr thunderous censure
fell on dime novels for leading boys
into the paths of wickedness.
Today tho target la the press and
tho motion-picture. Tt hts become
fashionable to blnmo on thorn the
ulns of our gcneratliu. The stock
market crash? Tho press gave out
falsely optlinl.Ulc Information?0 The
gang menace? Newspapers nnd movies
made a hero of the gangster. . . .
And so tho bill of indictment runs.
Oerhapvi some newspapers did print
Incorrect information about economic
conditions but Is the press more to
blamo than the Institutions which
supplied tho stuff? Mnybo some news
papers and certain films have made
Hob In Hoods out' of gangsters, but
Isn't It an Indubitable fact that pub
lic opinion aroused by a stoady rain
of publicity put nrch-KnngHter Al
phoiutc Capono behind tho bars' -
It would be foolish to suppose that
newspapers and motion-pictures nre
per ut sacrosanct and proper. It is
nal. Engineer McCul lough of the
highway department says that unit
prices on bridge construction1 several
yearn ugo were 40 per cent higher
tlinn thoy aro now. lie cites figures
from the contract on tho bridge over
the Clackamas river which -was re
cently awarded. When the Job was
first estimated some years ago the
computation was roughly $300,000.
Recently when It was redruitad and
careful estimates made the estimate
of the engineers was 9200,505. The
award was made for $105,475, which
is not far from 50 por cent of the
tlrst estimate. M McCullough says:
"Pour years ago thta depart
ment was paying (torn $22 to $30
per cubic yard for concrete, while
the contract price on this struc
ture ranges from $12 to $L0. - At
thii't time we -were' paying $5 to
$0 per hundred- for 'reenforclng
steel as against a contract price'
on this structure of $3.80, ana
so on for othof Items of unit- ,
cost."' ' 1 -1
That Is precisely what tho States
man has been telling tho people for
two years. Costa are lower; which
means that the same amount of
money buys moro miles of road, moro
bridges, more maintenance work,
moro oiling, more graveling, more
paving.
Putting It another way, we can do
as much rood work as we wore do
ing In 1027 and 1028 for 40 per cent
less money.
Then why can't the state cut the
motor license foes without Increasing
tho gas tax? ' ; ' '
Wliat wo aro fighting for Is a real
lightening of tho load on the motor
ist, not just picking his hind pocket
instead of his front pocket. Just be-
In Washington
equally erroneous to tar with the same cause the gas tax Is painless, it is no
brush of censure all newspapers nnd less teal. - i !- f!iti
all films. Purthermoro ",lt is unfair j Truo. the people clamor for more
to tho thousanda of conscientious .roads: thev alwavs will. Then why
men and women who are endeavoring
to realize, for the press and the the
atre their proper place In nn Improv
ing social order.
Before indulging In the cheap lux
ury of criticism of others, perhaps we
should a-.Jc ourselves a few auestlojin.
Have we contributed In any way to i nuloinobilM.
tho condition of which wo wnuifi nnl that is
complain? We know the newspaper
man and tho theatre-man must draw
their livelihood from their bu.stnrfws,
but have wo subscribed for the con
structive paper? Do wo nlwnys pat
ronize the show that Is above re
prtmch? The liotorian Magazine.
HOAO COSTS AM) CWK I.U'KNSKS
Our present scale of motor llcenso
feea and gas taxes were set In n day
of abundance. Required were certain
sums to meet fixed charges on bond
ed debt. Tho remainder could be
spent In maintenance. In Improve
ments, in new coiwt ruction and In
the lU'cessury ndmlnkitrntlon and en
gineering. The same scale of fees I
and taxes now prevail. Hut on the
outgo side there Is quite a different
picture.
'I-'lrst, we are now pr.at the peak on
the bonded debt service requirements.
If we refrain from further bond h-
suo the amount of Income that must
go to pay principal and Interest will
progressively grow smaller, 1
Second, and this Is of great Im
portance, n million dollars spent In
rond work now will buy far more
than any year since road work was
begun here on a large scale. In n
letter uppcurh.g In the Portland jour-
not get on a steady basis of paying
for road construction Just what the
state can afford and not try to tele
scope construction into a decade?
People want other things than roads
nowadays; they want food, they want
gas, they want clothing, they want
Also "men want Jobs,
the -only good reason
there Is for continuing to spend -as
much money as we have been spend
ing in road work. - , . . t. , .
Third, there Is otlll another factor
the people do hot fully appreciate,
and that Is the secular growth of
income from these fixed fees. Year
by year more money comes In from
license fees, although the amount at
present may show ft slight decrease
due to business conditions. ' The
amount of income on the gas tax la
increasing own In hard times.
So we have this singular situation:
Under prrseut fees and taxes we have
mnri mony to spend, at a time when
the major projects of tho original
system have been largely completed,
and at a time when the road dollar
buys about 40 er cent more than It
did when these fees aud taxes were
flxrd. AH this too at a time when
the car-owner Is lews able to poy these
charges than ever before.
By Ijcrbert Pluunucr
WASHINGTON Senator George
of Georgia- is, porheps, -one of the
most zealous guardians of the tradi
tions and time-honored ; customs of
the -United States senate.1
He was on the supreme bench of
his1 state before coming to the sen
ate some nine years ago. Habits
acquired there, in the dignified sur
roundings peculiar to the Judiciary
atmosphere,, wore easily retained
when he became a senator.
' It Is not surprising, therefore, that
he should become indignant when a
newocaner such as Senator Huey
Long, of Louisiana attempts to take
him and other senators to task.
The "vitality, vigor and breezlness"
of Senator Huey, as one senator ex
presses It, has been getting on the
nerves of some of his colleagues a
great deal of late especially since
the senate embarked on the task of
trying to balance the budget by pass
ing an adequate revenue bill.
t Despite his "newness" as a sen
ator. Long has projected himself In
to the tax debate at every opportun
ity, and probably has had as much
to say pn the floor In debates as any
one.
if it can even keep Its head up.
This country seems to want a new
deal. Were It a monarchy. It would
no doubt discard the king.
(1EOKGH AROl'SHI)
Long hasn't been particularly con
cerned as to whose toes he has tread
upon In his loquacity, cither. That
Is what rUcd the sedate, serious sen
ator from Georgia.
It wax getting around 10 o'clock in
a particularly trying night session
of tho sonate when George became
really aroused at Long's tactics. The
Louisiana senator had Just read into
the Kocord some of George's votes
in the past on tariff schedules.
Stern, his pronounced southern ac
cent almost lost in his indignation.
he proceeded to denounce the Lou
Isianan in a way seldom heard on
the floor of the senate. - -
While not so hectic as is popu
larly believed, Hollywood probably, has
her' star-lit 'evenings,-- 1
Flour Distributed,
He Tells Hoover '
LOM1 lMPKUTl'lUUai
: He chlded him for what he termed
his audacity in attempting to "lec
ture" senators, and advised him to
wait until he had been In the senate
long enough to "respect the convic
tions of his colleagues." He deplored
the senator's "lack of courtesy I
was about to say decency.1"
"Ho Is utterly lacking in tho sensi
bilities which usually, characterize
the Intercourse between men In this
body." George shouted in conclusion.
But It dtdu't seem to faze the sen
ator from Louisiana much. He heard
It all and when George concluded.
he naively asked him what he had
said that was objectionable.
George In futile fashion replied If
the senator was "unconscious" of
what he had done, that was enough.
It was to report that 23.000.000
of the 40.000.000 bushels of flour
turned over to the American Red
Cross had been distributed to the
needy, that Judge John Barton
Payne, chairman of the organiza
tion, called (as shown above) at
the White House, Tho remainder
of the flour will be used to take
care of the poor through the
summer and autumn months, he
announced.
Brevity Keynote
In Swimming
Suits This Year
BOSTON, June 2 Br.evlty Js the
keynote Yn shimming 'suits this tea
son'. The designers have gone as far
as they dare to' make a suit that
affords a sensation not unlike that
enjoyed In the "old swimming-hole".
The almost back-to-nature suits are
designed for real comfort and ease
in swimming as well as beauty In
their attractive lines and weaves.
Rough wools, diagonal weaves, basket
weaves1' all play Important parts
In the make-up of our new suits.
Gone is the old loose unfitted suit
And' presto, " in Its place a snug,
backless,' daring, but oh so com
fortable, suit.
The brassiere model will be ex
tremely popular with those who de
sire real ; freedom In swimming. It
lb a suit pf two separate pieces, bros
niore and trunks. Because of the
separate pieces there Is no pulling
tetween the shoulders and the hips
this being an exceptionally attrac
tive feature for swimming ease. A
model in one instance Is of burnt or
ange. The trunks have a military
stripe down tho sides, a snug-flttlng
waistline and a tiny buttoned pocket
for the keys;
Then there Is a striking onc-plece
suit with basque stripes for the top
and sash and a solid color for the
trunks. This suit has a deep square
cut l-ack.
Another popular model Is the baek
Ipis suit. This has straps coming
together at the waistline in the
back. These straps button at the
waistline, so that when desirous of
a un, onb may unbutton the straps
leaving the whole back exposed for
a nice, even tan. which is necessary
when wearing an evening dress.
Bright colors will relgu supreme at
the beaches this summer. Various
shades' of red, orange, green, blue
and yellow will dominate; although,
'i course, mere win still be manv
navy blue and blacks; these being
good taste always.
LONDON. June 2 (P) United
Statc3 Ambassador Mellon appeared
In silk knee breeches last night at
tho derby day dinner given by Lady
Ellesmere at Bridge wn tor house. ,
Queen Mary and the Duchess of York
were there.
Invitations to the dinner speci
fied court dress. It Is understood
that Mr. Mellon has decided that
when he attends a palace function
as the American ambassador he will
dress as he would at a similar affair
at the White House, but when htO
is invited merely as Mr. Mellon to'
places where court dress is prescribed
he will wear breeches.
Catholic Church
To Recognize Law
MEXICO CITY, June 3 un Arch.
bishop Poscunl Diaz today snld tho
Catholic church "unrortunately will
have to tolerate" the hew law re
stricting the number of priests In the
state of Mexico "until better times
vna is it uu
He who ran aud lost In May won't
Chats With
Parents
The need for action In hrlnirliip
about a sharp, though sensible, re-1 havc to nm another day.
auction in license fees Is so apparent
nnd so praetlrablo that wo need not
point the mora! to adorn this talc.
fialeni Statesman.
Prohibition repeal mlsht Indeed
brine back prosperity for the beer
and liquor lutorests.
The Greensboro Ga.) Herald-Journal
arises to remark: "Money Isn't
everything. It causes crime and
trouble." We haven't any. either.
With Herb and Al both telllnn con
gress where to head In, one wonders
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