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Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Saturday, June 11, 1932 (Incorporated) An Independent Nfmpapet Phone Main 800 HAROLD It. FINLAY . Bualneu Manager Published evenlnge, except Sunday, at 1710 Slxtb itreet, La Orande, Oregon. Entered at the Postofrioe of La Grande, Oregon, u Second Olaaa atall Matter under act or March 3, 1870. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND THB CITY OP LA ORANDE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aasoclated Press la exclusively entitled to use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise cerdltedlf pub- llshed herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches In this paper and also the local news herein also are reserved. National Advertising Representative -M. 0. MOOENSEN CO., Ino. Ban Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland. Chicago, Detroit, New York By; J. R. 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To the Editor: The time of year for the annual argument over home grown and Khlpped-ln berries has arrived and there aro several thlngu that tho local consumer should take Into consid eration. Several of the local organ izations aro working for Increased acnuigo 111 berries and altnilar crops that will, they hope, bring In more people. This will not come about until there is a market for the crops of this kind that arc grown locally. It Is the local grower who Is helping hire local labor, buying from local stores and paying taxes to care for county - expenses, schools and roads. It costs the local grower using white help some 50 cents Just to pick, pack and grade his berries and furnish his crates, not counting the care of his crops for the rest of the year. The greater part of the slilpped-ln ber ries are of tile softer varieties. Local berries are picked ripe and delivered fresh every day. A largo Increase In acreage could be secured If all local consumers would assist In getting the local products marketed. Irrlga- j tlon and more home owners then I wilt come without extra promotion. W. H. CJEKKLER. Because It's Belter At Falk's It's Cheaper Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13 :10. THE BONUS CRUSADE When hundreds of unemployed veterans began their march to Washington a couple of weeks ago most newspapers car ried editorials to the effect that such a course would bring pubic condemnation upon the war heroes because of their selfishness in milking demands upon the federal treasury when the deficit is mounting daily. Many people expressed! indignation that the veterans should expect the public to provide their transportation to Washington and then support them after they arrived there. But in each city they visited, as in La Grande, food was fur nished by people of mixed sentiments some being in abso lute sympathy with the bonus crusade, and others acting merely out of the realization that the men could not be left to starve. So the trek to the capital gathered momentum. Where the railroads refused to carry the men, public officials made arrangements for national guard trucks or any other means of sending them along to the next place on their route. Now there are' ten thousand veterans in Washington, and more are coming from every corner of the nation. u The one great object of this army of occupation is to influence congress to authorize cash payment of their bonus certificates. The measure is scheduled for a vote in the house on Monday, and the whole nation is wondering what will happen. Will congress be afraid to refuse the request of the veterans? There is the danger of the whole situation. If an organ ized minority can march into Washington and intimidate congress into granting its requests, there is something radic ally wrong with our system of. government. There may be some question, however, as to whether the veterans aro in the minority or not. It may bo that they are supported by a majority of the citizens. The payment of the bonus now would put nxire than two billion dollars into circulation, and that, according to many economists, would pave the way for a return to prosperity. At any rate, the veterans say they are going to stay till they get their pay. And while they stay, there will be gen erous souls throughout the nation that will send food sup plies and money with which to support them. So that is one problem solved; the veterans will be taken care of in one way or another. Now perhaps someone will devise a plan for taking care of the unemployed who are not for tunate enough to have risked their lives in the war. To Give Program At Lake June 13 It Is conducted on a co-operative basis through nn incorporated organ ization. Orderly planting is tho first factor. This feature Is one of the public market Improvements made at La Grande. In orderly planting, members of tho co-operative grow those products best suited to their conditions and In reasonable quantities. Orderly planting also involves distributing tho production of small-lot stuff for tho homo market and working In conjunction with the Pacific Fruit company in marketing car-lot quan tities. Under tho program It is planned for certain truck growers to produce principally car-lot shipments, while others, more suitably situated, will concern themselves with home pro duction for home consumption. By this process It Is hoped that there will bo no ovcrsupply. At present each member of tho co-operative operntes his own stall In a La Grande building supplied him practically without cost. The La Grande Chamber of Coinmcrco Is helping finance tho original ex pense. Covo, IS miles away, Is in tho arrangement and pools Its prod ucts and provides a manager to su pervise the marketing In the La Orando public exchange. Because the farmers begin wUh Orderly planting and t havo car-loU shipping arrangements through ex isting marketing agencies, backers of the plan believe it will bo suc cessful In spite of the law of aver ages against It. The barreling of surpluses Is 'to be added to the pro gram as soon as that feature can bo financed. Tho more country ond town get. together, the more co-operation of that kind there comes about In tho world, the better the dayi, on this earth will be. Oregon Journal. i;jh;cation uvnu; A valiant defense Is being made by Eugene, newspapers against the threatened loss of the University of Oregon through consolidation with tho Oregon State college plant at Corvallis. Both the Eugene Guard and Morning News are quoting stat istics by the column, many of which aro angrily denied by the Corvallis Gazette -Times. At this distance it looks as though Eugene Is unnecessarily alarmed. Even though sufficient signatures may be obtained to place the merger on the ballot, the state as a whole Is unlikely to consider the proposal seriously. For one thing the Idea is so drastic that even rabid opponents of higher education would hesitate to indorse it. It is obvious that, In stead of effecting an economy, such a consolidation would cost millions for new buildings to accommodate the combined student bodies. This would Increase taxes, rather than lower them. Thus far we have failed to note nn Oregon newspaper that favors tho consolidation Idea, Even the Cor vallis newspaper admits that the plan, would bo a mistake although' It re sents Kugene Inferences that O. S. C. does not rank very high among col leges of the nation, and that the cost of teaching agriculture Is pro hibitive In view of the number of students taking this course. Tho most economical set-up pos sible without sacrificing efficiency is being provided by the board of high er education, In its elimination of duplicating courios and general re arrangement or subjects. University and college partisans would do well, to cease their constant bickering and unlto In support of the board of higher education., other commun ities throughout tho state already havo adopted this course. The Dalles Chronicle. HOT LAKE, Ore. (Special) Miss Florence Johnson, teacher of dram atics at Monmouth Normal cchool. ! who Is spending a part of her vaca tion at Hot Lake, has consented to ; give the sanatorium jwople a pro- , gram of selected readings next Mon day evening, June 13. La Grande friends who ore Inter ested are cordially invited to attend. .misninu itii.Ls auk iio.iuh:i Tho old-fashioned, large-sized bills which -constituted the paper money of tho .United States until a few years ago have practically disappeared from circulation. Most of us do not se,e one of those bill from one year's end to another. It eoines as a surprise, therefore, to learn from Representative Coch ran of Missouri that no less than $538,000,000 of this large-sized money Is still in circulation. .. ( . That, perhaps, is hardly tho way to put it. It isn't in circulation; it is being hoarded. If it were in cir culation It would vanish, for when ever one of those bills lands in a bank it is retired ond replaced, .by. a smjillTiilzod note. ;; ,, , a,. i ,T he. i campaign against... . board jiig; evidently, still hs quite a. way tp yo, if half a billion in the old-fashioned paper money Is still reposing in pri vate caches. Klamath Falls Her-J aid. NATIONAL GUARD UNIT TO ENTRAIN MONDAY AT, 6:50 (Continued from Pago One) duty for one day, but Captain Bean feels that the local company Is espe cially honored in being chosen first. Mess Sergeant Fred Wells, First Cook Judd Smith and Second Cook ; Vernon Pat-ton left this morning by automobile for camp and will have ! dinner ready for the remaining mem ' bers of the company on their arrival, j Camp will be established as rapidly as possible to enable tho company to ; lie ready for formal guard mount. Practically every member of the com pany has been assigned to on espe jcial duty attendant to establishing ( camp, Mr. Bean odds. Lieutenant Colonel II. R. Huron will leave for Camp Clatsop at the 'same time. i. WIN A CHEST OF SILVER! , ;; in Hie Enna Jeltick Word Contest FIUST I'HIZE: ; i 60 Piece Chest of Onolcln Community Par Pinto Silver ware 35-ycar uuaranloi;. SKCONI) PKIZE: Beautiful Oneida Community Par PKlc Steak Plater. THIRD PRIZE: ... your choice, of any pair of Enna Jcttlck Shoes. HERE'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO Come In and get a free entry blank and explanation! Then see how many words you can make from this slogan: Wear Enna Jettick Shoes Entries must be left at our store before closing. June 25th. Tlio prizes will lie awanied as soon as it is possible to check care fully all entries. SEE THE WINDOW DISPLAY Hef program abandoned last April normal seasonal work, he said, has not absorbed surplus labor; the new plan will give full value for the dol lar while extending relief; federal aid in substantial amounts can be ob tained; tho new plan will hasten the commission's five year program; and the new plan provides against waste and extravagance. oi l or vy "KiX? In Washington HIGHWAY PLANS , FOR RELIEP WORK I ARE ANNOUNCED : (Continued Prom Page One) sons for resuming the emergency ro ily Herbert I'liimmcr WASHINGTON The familiar ques tion raised every four years of "What will Borah do?" has cropped up again by the Idaho senator's declaration that he will not attend tho Repub lican national convention in Chicago. It Is no secret that the gentle man sontetlmes referred to as the "lone lion' of Idaho" has been off the Republican reservation for o long while. Hta departure dates back to the old farm debenture fight shortly 'after President Hoover took office. J' Borah. ,who had counseled tho president to convene congress in special session, broke with him then and has since refused to return. The breach' seems to have widened even further by,,, his insistence that the federal government appropriate money , directly or relief of the un employed. , Whether his refusal to be present at Chicago in June means that he will not take an active part In the presidential campaign remains to be seen. In 1020 the dominant part he played at tho convention In shaping policies made him a powcrul figure In the Hoover campaign. It's difficult to concelve'of a presi dcntinl campaign without Borah play ing a leading part one way or the ot her. If for no other reason, the ques tion of prohibition would seem to insure his activity in the campaign. He has long been known as one of the foremost defenders of the 18th amendment. Any attempt to tamper with that perhaps would draw fire a-plenty from him. How Party Bosses From Days of Jefferson Have Run Nation's 'Bip; Show' TALK OF 'IIIIKO IMIITY Of course, there is tho tolk about him leading a third party When he referred to that Idea In the senate the other day, political writers pounced on it immediately. Letters by the hundreds filled his mall urging that he take the lend. But thus far there has been little to indicate that he looks with favor on such a proposition. ,,,,, What his course will be only Borah knows. The. only surface Indications are to be found in his record. They aro that he has never followed a Democrat nor shown any real tend ency to desert the G. O.. P. ANANIAS Three years ago everybody with Hie -credit was borrowing money at 9 per cent to buy stocks at prices which capitalized earnings on a basis of from 1 per cent downward. Today, although money is to be had at half the 1i)2i) price to buy stocks at prices which capitalize earnings at from C to 10 per cent or more and bonds which are still paying interest at prices that virtually discount bankruptcies which are not likely to happen, no one is borrowing. In other words, the ticker tape, which all trusted to their sorrow in 1020, is being depended upon by everybody today for wise investment counsel. And yet the story of the tapes is no less a lie today than it was during the boom. j When all were borrowing and buying the ticker tape ex aggerated the value and earning power of the securities. It now deceives in the other direction, few if any of the listed securities being worth as little as the ticker tape rates them. ; Stock market quotations are not and never have provided; an accurate, dependable barometer of security values. Arti ficial or forced fluctuations are too common to make them reliable either as an index of business or as an investment guide. The wise investor watches commodity prices, in vesting while prices are rising and unloading when they fall. rural dstricts. It is it rruraru-r uf ( co-oprintkvi that promises giW in an upset world. The La Urande project is n ninr . ketliiK piOKnim. In it. prodm-frs and i consumers me Joined. Public market irooids show that Knh markets are not ui'resful In cities under 10.000 population. The j Oronde promoters undnstwHl thnt tact before undertaking the ' present arrangement. I Hut the experiment curries clmnnos that It is t loped will bring surces ' and a more prosperous community. The new market has Jim opened. Other Papers Say: i 'IIIMll I'HOOltllSS Country nnd town working to gether Is extmpled at La Ornnde. An experiment there is fidl of good omen. It it plan In which a city chamber of commerce co-oprntes with farmers and growers in the Hv ltoilnev Outiher NEA Service Writer (Copyright, liwa, NEA Service. Inc.) WASHINGTON. .June 10 Prom the dayu of Thomas Jefferson and Alex ander Hamilton down to tho present, political bosses have played a major part in the making of presidents. IVndlng events at Chicago this month will prove no exception. Convention delegates may vote, cheer and stage wild parades around tho convention hall but the de cision upon which they act usually ore made In advance at quiet confer ences between the men who pu!l the strlnga from behind tho serin'. It ha been estimated that 1000 of the 1154 delegate-. to the Democratic con vention this year will 1m controlled by '26 or ;i0 men. Such hossvs ivltin supreme in most large American cities today and (pilto a few of them will control full sta to delegations at Oil can o. They usually are the men who nom inate candidates for tho presidency. If enough of them decide to blx'k an aspirant, ho stayn blocked and a man satisfactory to the batrH get-s tho prize. As a (-roup the bosses have national politics so well under their control that It Is ridiculous to suggest that tin voter. have anything to do with choosing the party national candi dates. The Iti'publloan bosses will have little to do til.. year except to go through certain formalities, such as tin, renoiulnatton of President. Hoo ver, and write a prohibition plank winch probably will be iranuM in ad vance. Some of the most powerful Demo crat lr. leaders, however, an oppied to tloveinor l'ninklin D. Itoosrv.'lt of New York, and they hope they can get enough help from other powerful bos.-es whose position is an yet un certain to keep Ho.isovelt. from the nomination and to nominate their own choice. There Is much doubt whether they can do thiii. becauM there I. no (.olid lineup o( umchl tie-con troll.l dele Kate blocs In the northeast mtrh as hits killed off lending oaiulldates In both parties in the piud. The ovally potent figure at the Democratic convention will Im too candidates themselves. It lt accepted, for instance, that Rowevi'lt. with 000 or Hon delcnates, will be aide to havo a wry loud voice- in picking tin nominee In ease he .houIdn't hi nom inated. And Smith, with per Imps a couple of hundred more, also will havo a ay. Speaker Jack darner with t0 or more dolenatos and various fa vorite sons, some of whom can con trol their state delegation to the finish, might also be Influential. Tho loval bows who in expected io have tin largest group of delegate tinder hu hand- Is John F. Curry, leader of Tammany hall. Mr. Curry, a white-hatred, beyond-mlddlo-age man who plays an excellent game of bridge, will have the 04 votes or Now York and thus far ho Is the only ono who knows what ho is going to do with them. Mr. Curry, who has working ar rangements with some upstate New York machine leaden, announced confidently that tho 04 would be voted under tho unit rule. There aro llloiwevolt delegates in the group, but apparently tney won t bo obio to help themselves. Tho unit rule, often im posed by state conventions, requires delivery of the whole delegation voto as a result to the designated candi date. The strongest bass In the nntt Rooevelt group is Mayor Krank Hague of Jersey City, who will de liver New Jersey's 311 for Smith and connlvo as he never did before to de stroy itooM'velt at tho convention. Hi -.ilde such men as Hague. Na tional Chairman John J. Haskob and Executive Chairman Shouso will no of little effect except os they may use personal influence and persuasion, al' hough they also are counted antl-Hoosovelt, Hague is a machine bos-. In the jstricte.Ht sense. He also Is a Detno ; era tic national committeeman and i take- a very actlvo Interest- In na tional conventions. Ho is amiable. ; affable. well-tallorrM and two-fisted. Thev call him tho "Prince of Wales ! of Jersey City." ! He has Ihvu under all kinds of fire, Including graft charges, but al jwaya emerges victorious and smiling, still able to deliver tremendous ma jor I tic In Hudson county. He Is more powerful than ever, having re cently elected a Demix-mttc governor, ! Mayor Anton J. lYnnak of Chi 'raito. the former Hohemlan inunl ii rant hut who hates to be called ! "Tony" by any but hi very host 'friends, probably wilt control' the 68 votes of Illinois. They are pledged to j Senator J. 11am Lewis, but not for : long. ! When the state Democratic chalr jnnm recently said most of them wrro for Itof-wrvelt, Cermak up and told him that ho wiu mistaken that their second choice was Melvln A. Tray lor. It. appears that the mayor i is not well dtsposfd toward Roosevelt , and has some kind of an arrange ment with the other "stop Roosevelt" . boswes, Tom Pondornost of Kansas city haft ! developed lately as the und;-.iputrt ! Democratic lvv ot Missouri and will control ;HI delegates which are lively pledged to ex-Senator Jim Rood. He is said to bo hard -boiled and exirvmely practical. Some of tiio Roosovo'.t ocoule think that h. will conw across for their man. but def-t inito Information la lacking. 1 mSmitMMmD!srmm : Urn mti Saturday SPECIALS YKAST CAKE YKAST Pound steak - rrn Pound : 1 C Haby 15cef Chuck 2c 25c COMPOUND 4 Pounds 25c Grande Ronde Meat Co. Former (iovemor James M. Cox probably will direct mot of tho Ohio delegation. Senator Robinson of Ar kansas and Uovernors Byrd of Vir ginia and Ritchie of Maryland pre nunably will control their delega tions. Roosevelt has many state bosses In hU ranks, but they don't yet include many of the machine loaders in the largest states. Jx tiui'fey. of Pittsburgh. whae political Influence was sup pored to havo b(x-n slipping, appear; to have mad cood hi hoist t hat Of of Pennsylvania's 7t. delegates would be for RcosoveM. Senator Huey Long, undisputed bom of Louisiana, has promised tho statu': unlnstj ucted 20 for Roosevelt. The southern lea.iers, such as tho famous I lows bkl Crump of Tennessee, havo generally lined Up iur sup governor. i Among the Republican leaders you might say that tho be with the i; real est theoretical delegato strength wiu Walter K Brown of Ohio. Mr. Brown, being postmaster general. Is bcs of the federal pie counter. The Republican politicians of the south subsist, largely on federal patronage. mi that there are always i!50 or more southern de'ecatos. many of them neuron, as art several of tho Mote bosses, ready for delivery to the fed eral machine. Charles p. Utiles, who managed T;ifr "s PJU camp.itk;n. L; Ptlll Ro publican bts in New York. After his opposition to Hoover's nomination in l!JH ho wn-i widely consul irrd to l? on the skids.- But Utiles Is supposed to be ft repiTsenUitivo of Wall sireot In tho organization and ho remains on top of the heap, apparently as Important in Ilc-publican couuciis aa ever. Iavh Mutvane. national committee man from Kansas, is another old -line, leader who ahvavs is a man of in iluence at Republican meetings Ana J. Henry Rornbaek of ' Con necticut Mill holds iron sway over the Republicans of his stale. The most, widely known Republican bin city boss who Mill remains in power is undoubtedly William 8 Van or Philadelphia, who was kick ed out of tho senate a few vcars nco h.vause tot) much monov was spnt to nominate and elect him. His poli tical eclipse has often been predicted or announces n Ui0 lfi.a few Vnm but his mhrhty machine scorns as firmly entrenched ns nnvbxiv-t and are rmnin at tho head of it. NEXT: The birth of tho boss evs American politics m tho das of Jefferson nnd Hamilton . . Mar tin Van Buron. tho "Little Marian" of Andrew Jackson's Dr.v . . ' Tluir low Weed of Now York, who made more presnientj than any man has made since. Bostonian SHOES and OXFORDS U New Low Price $6.50
