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Page Four fiA GaAftDE'EVENift Fridayl July 8, 19,32 (Incorporated) Ad Independent Newipapet Phone Main 800 BAfiOLD U. FINLAT . , Buelnew Muuger Publlebed evenings, except Sunday, et 1710 Sixth (tract, Lo Orende. Oregon. Entered at the Poetofflce of La Grande, Oregon, aa Second Clue afall Matter under act of March 3. 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND TH CITY OF LA OBANDB MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRB68 The Aasoclated Press la exclusively entitled to use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise cerdltedlf pub lished herein. All rights of republication ef special dispatches In . this psper and also the local news herein also are reserved. National Advertising Representative M. O. MOOENSEN CO., Inc. Ban Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago. Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier Dally, one month In advance Too Dally, sli months In advance ., -84.80 Dally, slmcle copy , . 6o By MaU Dally, per month In advance . Dally, per six months In advance . Dally, per year In advance , -83.50 -88.00 ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch Display, local, per column lnoh Time contract prices on application Other Papers Say: THIS CURIOUS WORLD - And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare themtas a man spareth his own son that servetk him. Malachi 3 : 17. UNSOLVED MYSTERY This morning we received through the mail another in stallment of propaganda from Henry Zorn, who is so gener ously struggling to secure the passage of the now famous school moving bill in spite of the fact that it would demoral ize higher education in Oregon in a vain effort to save the taxpayers money. We have been receiving almost every day for several weeks these neatly mimeographed "news releases" which paint a pretty picture of the state system of higher education which would inevitably result from the passage of the proposed legislation. But today's release is a masterpiece of dramatic literature ! Unfortunately we lack the space necessary for printing the entire story, but we shall quote some of the choicest bits. Jit begins this way: "Surviving the most dramatic career of any initiative measure ever offered to the voters of Oregon, the bill to con solidate the state's institutions of higher education reached the Secretary of State at Salem today. The bill will be on the ballot in the November election, and because of the last incident in its preparation the holdup and stealing of 20,500 names at the point of a pistol it, is. .openly asserted that ifgoes before the people with the support of thousands of voters who would probably have been against the bill' in the election, had it not been for the employment of thugs to obstruct filing the petitions." About the sensational holdup we read that on the night of Independence Day the signed petitions "were reposing in a safe in Slocum's office. A watchman was on guard. Not withstanding, a pair of gunmen got into the office, wicked eyes gleaming through holes cut in handkerchiefs worn over their faces. They got away with 20,000 names." "On the morning of the 5th of July the news of the robbery spread like wild-fire. It kindled such u wave of indignation na Portland has never before witnessed. It spread to the state, and from every direction came offers of volunteers to and a half days the names were secured. Nothing like such a n half days the names were secured. Nothing like such' a campaign was ever before seen in Oregon. As yet Port land's detective force has been unable to solve the mystery of the holdup." However, one detective is reported to have said that it looked like an inside job, and common sense leads most people to agree. Had the financial backers of Slocum's campaign for signatures been willing to reveal their identity at the start, the people might have some confidence in thorn ; but their under-cover methods have caused many to suspect them of n put-up job, calculated to give the initiative meas ure sensational publicity and cast reflections on the Char acter of honest citizens who oppose it. It seems strange that the watchman Slocum had hired to guard the precious petitions did not hear the wicked-eyed gunmen ascend the rickety, squeaky staircase and pass through two locked doors which afforded the only access to the office. It seems strange that this armed guard should meekly allow two men to walk in and relieve him of his gun, and even more strange that one of the thugs promptly opened the locked safe, the combination of which was not known to the guard. The whole story sounds very much like the fruit of a fertile imagination. The police have so far been unable "to solve the mystery of the holdup." Hut the affair demands the most careful investigation, and it is to bo hoped that a complete revelation will be made before the bill comes before the voters in NovoiiiIhu-. If it proves to be a singe-play the bill will not have a chance to pass. And if the robbery was actually the work of opponents of the bill, straight-thinking voters will not approve demoralized education and increased taxation just for spite. AND NOW IT'S HOimWtY Until yesterday, every sort ol under. handed tactics except downright thievery, had been charged by the pushers of the Zorn-MucPherson school-moving bill against Eugene and Its companion cities which had the temerity to defy the initiative machine gunners. Yesterday the list of charges was rounded out and made complete by the final charge. Mr. 81ocum, veteran political manipulator who has been on the firing line for the Zorn-MacPherson coterie, added the touch ol melodrama. According to his graphic account, petitions bearing thousands of names had been placed In his Bale Monday preparatory to filing yesterday. Plans had been made to charter an armored car to take them to Salem. (Don't overlook the armored car). A guard had been placed about the safe. Dur ing tho night two masked men held up the guards and, while one man kept a gun trained on them, the other rifled the safe of the petitions. The only clues Mr. Slocum has to report are this. Borne time ago he was approached by. "a Eugene edi tor" who tried to persuade htm to drop the initiative campaign. Re cently a man offered him money to step out of tno campaign. One wonders if Mr. Slocum ever dabbled In campus politics. Did he, for example, ever paint the name of a rival candidate for student body president prominently on campus sidewalks, so that the student voters were aroused against Buch vandalry to the extent thnt they voted heavily for the candidate whose name did not appear on the sidewalks? It's a gag that any active student politician knows to make It appear that your opposition has violated law and de- j cency to harm your cause. On the 1 face of It, one would think the SIo- I cum story far too thin. But let's look at four possibilities: (1)) Suppose today (tho last day) the petitions are mysteriously re turned. They are filed at the last minute. The Implication Is that the marauders got cold feet. A state ment would go out saying that they had evidently decided the business , WATER VILLE, Wash.. July 8 IIP) was bringing too much 111 feeling up- At a special meeting of wheat grow on the community blamed (by In- ers and farmers of .the Big Bend sec sinuatlon) for the theft. tlon of the Columbia river this week (2) Suppose there is a wild scram- wage scales for harvesting were set. oie iur niBimiurea pi..uiiu.ui, lu fe- , It wa3 ae:Moa to Issue a Warnlng placo those stolen. At tho last mln- to outsiders that there Is plenty of ute enough signatures are filed and local nel available to handle the mo siuiemeut goes uuv mill, me peu- harvest plo rose to circumvent an attack on . Its expression of will. No one can The sc":e "doPd follows: Drove that the "stolen" petitions were ' Haying, $1 a day and board. . not renlaced bv new ones circulated Combine drivers and crews, 8150 to Just before tho deadline. Anybody 2-60 a aaV nntl hoard. can see that these first two nosslbll- I Tractor drivers, 82 a day and board lties, if believed would make splendid ! Horses, 81 a day each team plus leeu. HrW Off THE COjSt Of NEMDIANQ . A S-ACLl CT OCOAIO V SHIP POLLBO UP A BROKEN C481E 'AND rouHO A WMMI on iT THE CA61E HAD PIERCED THE WHUE-S MouTH AND WAS Thoroughly looped APPOriO IIS The 05AGE OPANGG TQEG. IS STricTlYW AMERICAN, VVpTH ITS CENTER OF DSIRl8uTiON NEAR THE OZAPK MOUNTAINS, YET (TS NEAR EST RELATIVE IS THE 6REAPFRUIT TREE of THE SooTH SEAS. VICE. INC. f-Sfet- : J y Of A PROBOSCIS MONKEY CAN BE T"LD BY THE LEN5TH OF ITS NOSE THE OLDER THE. AWMKEY..THEWN6ER THE HOSB. TIIK W'llAI.K pulli'd uV by fnptniii do (jfiirterel's table repair sliip was 00 (cct lii'iiu, anil had In hi ili iiUr,t luce days wheii found. JiiViow it imin.iiifd t" liu'ok iiBcli oiiio tiie broken cable is a mys leiy. bill, H had dour- n k-i l'jcl job ol lyhiK itself up. i'liOliOSCIS MONKI'.YS aro natives of LturiKjo, and have one ot i Ik- most ni'olpsiiue laces in lnoniii-ydoni. Haying Wage Is Set At $1.00 A Day Plus Board Combining, $1.50 to $2.25 an ncre Header puncher, $2.50 and boavd. Loader, $2. Header box driver, $1.50. Spike pitcher, $2. Cooks, $2. (', r' CLEARS HER NAME (Continued From Page One) political fuel, (3) Suppose that you had been tendered a sum of money to get an ! initiative proposal on the ballot. You had spent part of the money, but , still had a long way to go and the time was growing short. How would ) you go about making It appear that your failure was no fault of yours? GOPTl?TV WHAT A TV Wouldn't It be logical tomnke it ap-v0,-',1L, 1 x " UlUiVlN pufir 'till? uiijunibiii iiiiu iiuiiu yuu mr (4) Suppose for some reason the backers wanted to drop tho initiative bill without honestly admitting that such action was being taken. Ap- out of England for ti connl nr nm jmieiib biiuiu ui iiuKu miinuer oi to let the affair blow over, mid the petitions would effectively cover the hint comes from a quarter which iiiuvu. 'prvnnnr. ho ttmntwl atuay over tnoso posRiouuies and Th iord chief UisUcn Imnomvied a watch this week's events. Also keep copy of tnJ publlct,OI1 containing iiuim ,iig mm, hub uii- jle iihGl. after nolntliiir out thnt. snrouueo. mo iimiouvo proposal s some Jlb,la nre crimea. - backers from tho start. Remember Lord ,-,.. ....,. ,,, ,,,, how It was said several times that It bntten the proceedings. He is " " V V 7 .. , a second cousin or King George. backers of the bill Also remember. lMh A,t.BatI(lIM. kwiu U..U.-. .r. o.ucum Notwithstanding the settlement or been reported to have spoken of char- tne cme Lnd Mountbfttten nnd ncr tering an armored cor to carry the husband both etltered tne mnem petitions to Salem What a good boX( wlUl tne consent of c to deny explicitly the allegations In the ncwapoper article. "This article refera to a colored man,' said her attorney 'Ms then, one syllable of truth In the allegation It makes?" "There is not a single word of truth In It," replied Lady Mountbtttcn Chairman "never ,n tlie whole course of my life Hint: & I1IUU bllV I11U11 U'lumu iu. Please don't understand us as tak ing this business too lightly. It Is serious business to be charged, even by Insinuation, with hold-up and robbery though It does hove Its nov elty. Yesterday, serious steps were taken. The opposition leaders did not bother with useless statements of Indignant denial. State Ammlnn Hf SmlMt nnl linli.a 1 rence T. Harris called upon District',., our " attorney. Attorney Lamilcy of Multnomah hnv? ,n"",,Hl ,the color!d mnn ""P" county and Chief of Police Jenkins ',? bc. rcf,rrCd to" of Portland lo go to tho bottom of 51d tho witness, "but I the mutter. The thing to do Is to lcvcr nnvo ewn met the " rvo rind out exactly what happened and1""'1 "otl""K do with him In any lav the clinics where they belong. sh"po or form- It's propcatorouo U is possible that, in the nrocess ori"10' tllc '1,ole ng." Inveatliiatlng tills alleged petition robbery, the embiirrsssing Identity of the backers may bc brought lo light. Kugeno News. the SCHOOL BILL INCLUDED IN VOTERS' LIST (Continued From Page One) PROIII REFORM ORGANIZATION FOR ROOSEVELT NEW YORK, July 8 W) The wo men's orgnnlr.ation for national pro hibition reform decided Thursday to support Franklin D. Koosovelt for president. The organization claims a membership of more than 1,000.000 with branches In 43 states. The decision was reached after an all day meeting of the executive com mittee attended by 60 women Irom 23 stated. Twenty -nine of those present wero Republicans. The lust paragraph of as adopted read: resolution PLANUS SHOW 'lilUlll LMll UAM'l: The iimount of hamjncrtng modem passenger-carrying airplane grange water power amendment were can stunt! when It has to was splen- among tho last to reach the state dklly Illustrated the other day when 'department. This amendment rc i romuirrelal plane currying two pi- ites to the control and development Uts and seven passengers landed at or water power and water powersltea. Kansas City (ter ,m exceedingly both by tho state and the state In rough flight Horn Albuquerque. (conjunction with the federal govern- Durlng the (light the plane ran In- niont. to what evidently was the great-1 Another initiative measure was grandfather o( all hall atorma. Its 'sponsored by the Oregon Highway shatterproof glass windows were all Protective association, of which Os fH ,' ?! 1 aerv worc ! w'ld W'st f Portland Is president. .' , , '"VT;1"- corrugations Thc m,nsure provides for the clnasl n the wing, had been hammered out ;,ic,loll of b.ae, and trucks, with s ,nv, ..iminML ui rnnunercc in specters who exnmiupd thc plane ex is directed it the 1931 legislative act which prohibits commercial fishing on the Rogue river. Another referendum measure at tacks the 1931 .legislative act provid ing a tax of 10 cento a pound on all in the state of Oregon. The third rererendum Is directed at the legislative act appropriating ap proximately $1,682,000 for the support of the higher educational Institutions. Although Governor Meier, vetoed $500,000 ol the appropriation, the ref erendum attacks the entire amount COMMUNIST WING CANCELS PARADE (Continued from Page One) commander-in-chief of the bonus army. Later, . Waters called upon Vice President Curtis to tell him, of the situation In tho bonus camp. The vice president told newspaper men afterward thot tho veterans' commandant did not discuss the $100,000 appropriation, awaiting the president's approval, for sending the marchers 'home. v-;-i ' i -EXPECT 50 CARS OF CHERRIES TO BE SHIPPED HERE (Continued from Page One) Hood River and "Yakima to the east ern states have been under way for some time. . Ky Mrs. A. G. Cuiiklln (Observer Correspondent) COVE, Ore. (Special) Cherry pick ing began Wednesday In some or chards and Thursday in others. The crop Is fairly good though not large. The price for Royal Amies Is so small that growers get very little after they have paid for picking and hauling. There has been no price established for the black cherries. imust Am iNrarannM rw uma urc't (fEELfF VOU FHOWE TUP CACCiii ffmA (MANAGER TO HAVE JJ9 FOLLOW HOU ' lUfl HID MWA 1 rfJK Hf. 1 Leave your vacation address with thc circulation department. Main GOO. prrsMii mmpivic IJOIUT In tlie pas- sengem' statement thnt It had been bombarded by hailstones "as tare us apples." A frw years ogo sm h a storm would have wrecked any pltnte. This plane citine through on sclu'ttulc nnd land ed Its passengers unhutmrd. It is a splftulld testimonial to the substan tial way planes aro bnit tovndys and to the skill with whtoh they are flown. Klamath Falls Hernia. organization, because they are com mitted to the rnuso of repeal, wheth- they bo Hepubllcans or whether they be Democrats, to give their sup port to the nominee of thnt party which favors the repeal of the mth amendment, Franklin Delano Uoose- Two-thirds nf tho neonlo In the Mlchignn peninsula between Sngl-iof any one naw bnv and Lake Huron wore left IuhU'cki nr tu n. - "Wo therefore urge members ol this, hoim-lws In a forest fire In 1071. One of the three referendum bills relation to weight and Increases and fees. Wet Measure on Hal tot Repeat of the state prohibition laws Is provided In an Initiative measure sponsored by Harry B. Crlt ehlow of Portland. Three of the proposed constitution al amendments were referred to the votera through resolutions adopted b the 1031 Jegkdntur. Probnbly the most Important of these ta known ns the taxpayers' voting qtiallficatlon amendment. Tills amendment pro vides that nil persons voting on tax levies and bond issues shall be tax pnyers. Another proposed constitutional amendment referred by the legisla ture authorizes criminal trials with out Juries by consent of tho Accused person. , The third proposed amendment provides that tho 6 per cent limita tion provision .may be applied to levies or three previous years, Ladies' Hosiery Holeproof $1.00 Values, Now 69c $1.50 Values, Now 98c m yHT.n'jjT-m 1 1 1 1 i mm' REPEAL BILL TO BE VOTED ON IN SENATE (ContmuBd Prom Page One) bate on Barbour's motion to dis charge the judiciary committee from further consideration of his proposal and to bring It before the senate It self. - ' . A vote before adjournment on legislation to legalize beer was urged today in both branches of congress. In the senate a bill, by Bingham (R., Conn.), calling for 3.2 per cent beer was the pending business with Its supporters determined to bring it to a vote without delay. On the house side, 77 Republicans signed a petition addressed to Spakenr Garner advocating an Immediate roll- call on legislation legalizing and tax ing beer to bolster the nation's fiscal condition. BORAH SUPPORTS GLASS MEASURE (Continued from Page One) "In my Judgment," he said, "this is a very conservative measure. By , no means can it be assailed as Infla- j tlon In the objectionable - sense in ; which that world is used." The measure Is the Glass substl- ! tute for the Goidsborough- dollar i stabilization bill passed by the house, 1 and would permit issuance of cur- j rency against about $1,000,000,000 of government bonds not now eligible. While this Is a step In the right direction," ho said, "my own view is we will have to go much farther be fore we have passed through the present period of depression. "Any measure to stop deflation,' Borah asserted, "must be of greater concern than either beer or red liquor." FEDERAL AID IS ASKED FOR LUMBERMEN (Continued From Page One) mittcd to the proposal. ' The capital assets of the corpora tion In the lumber industry and the natural resources of the state are be ing dissipated to such an alarming extent that only by Immediate and drastic action to correct matters can the industry, now in bad shape, be saved from getting into a deporablc condition," the governor's message said in part. "I stand ready to give whatever practical aid and assistance that I can. The federal government must do likewise." Just a Few of the Many Savings in ' the Men's Department Air.'$7. Stetson Hats reduced to $5. AIJ jil-aw Hats now reduced 33 1-3 89 Pairs of Men's All Wool Dress Trousers Reduced 33 1-3 All Sizes From 29 to 44 Waist All Florsheim Shoes -and. 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