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G ll r tv rr M h ci (Incorporated) An Independent Hewrpapot Pbou Mala 800 . fubllabed wnlnga, except Sunday, at 1710 SUtb strset. La Omnia, Oregon. atatarad at tna FoatoHIca of La Grande. Oregon, aa Second Claaa Btaa Matter under act of Msrch 3, 1878. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND TBI . ;H CITY OP LA ORANDB MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRE68 Tna' Aaaoalated Preaa 1 exclusively enUUed to na for puMleatton d alt nam dispatches credited to It or not otherwise eerdltedlf pub llaned. bare In. All rights of republication of peclal dUpatchaa In Una paper and alao the local new herein also are reeemd. m National Advertising Representative v M. C. MOOENSEN CO, Ine. Ban Francisco, Loa Angeles. Seattle, Portland, Chicago, ' Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Carrier Deriy, one month m advance Ullj. ala month in adrance . Dally, single copy By Dallf, per montr. In advance . Dally, per elz nwnthe In advance . Dally, per year In adrance ADVKRTI81NO RATES Medley, foreign, per column men Display, local, per column Inch Tune contract prices l Hq will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God " will wipe away tears from off all faces ; and the rebuke of . his people shall he take away from off all the earth; for the Lord hath spoken it. Isaiah 25:8. ALL IN THE DAY'S NEWS . .What in the world can be crammed fuller of human interest in one day's time than a newspaper? It would be hard to imagine anything that could compare in that respect .with: the modern journals that are turned off the presses by the thousands every morning,, afternoon, and evening inrougnour, me worm, carrying muir vum-isc biuho nwuv the doings of all mankind. Every single issue is interesting though some days offer a' greater wealth of news than others and that is why the subscriler feels "lost" without his regular paper delivered' ,") every day. Take yesterday's news for example: Luther F. Dunn, former La Grande laundryman and a o -resident here for 25 years, was fatally injured in an auto mobile accident in Santa Rosa. The accident occurred Sat J'urday afternoon, and Mr. Dunn died at 8:30 that evening, ...the same day that death took Joe J. Carr, of La Grande, a "-great friend of Mr. Dunn's. Two of the prominent figures in La Grande's history, just before and since the turn of the century, erased from the list of the living in the short space of 24 hours! ' At Gallipolis, Ohio, a man and his wife were arrested for the alleged imprisonment of an unwanted child in an up stairs room of their home a child naked, half-starved, un washed, and speechless. Upon being released, the three-year-old boy frolicked in the sunshine he had almost forgot ten.' Though "practically a skeleton" from starvation, au thorities believed he would recover complete health. Such things make us wonder at the cruelty that occasionally crops out in the human species. It is an item to read with horror and then try to forget. Reggie Rust, former E. 0. N. and 0. S. C. football star, has signed with the Boston Braves, professional football team. So did Jack Cox, a few weeks ago. Two boys well known here, grasping opportunities to turn their football ability into dollars; which brings up the old "amateur" argument. But we can hardly blame them; if they can cam an. honest living out of the use of a God-given talent, why should anyone object? . Rev. A. J. Starmer, pastor of the Methodist Church South in La Grande, is returned to his pulpit for another year. We congratulate Mr. Starmer. and his congregation. Roscoe Tomer, in transcontinental air races, falls slightly below, his charted speed of 270 miles an hour news item that is typical of the rate at which the modem world is moving. Can you remember when a rate of 15 miles an hour was unusually rapid transportation? An eclipse of the sun will take place tomorrow about noon, visible in La Grande though only about '10 per cent total. And that calls to mind the fact that smoked glass or a fully. exposed and developed camera film will aid you in observing " 'the strange phenomenon. Don't try to watch it with the naked eye! . ' And so it goes! Romance, sordidness, accomplishment, '-'death. Everything of human interest is chronicled in your '"daily paper, and if you miss a single issue you are depriving, "yourself of. a most important phase of your daily contact .with your fellow men. THE PATHFINDER No mtm liveth unto himself alone. All need pathfinders. Newton, the scientist, said, "If I have achieved anything in science it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." ' ,.The younft student takes it as a nuttier of course that he -shall follow the old masters. If music, he sits at the feet of great guides T.aeh, lieethoven, Chopin. If art, he works . for hours before copies of 'the great 'masters ttaphaet, Mi j cbael-Angelo, Alut'ilio. The student not only knows the value of the pathfinder, but is happy to acknowledge the debt he owes those immortals. ,So .it is in business. The man who forges to the front in industrial or commercial life is the man who is closely in touch with everything the leaders in his line are doing. Bus inessmen are not ashamed to follow the pathfinder. The greater the man, the more frankly ho acknowledges ..his debt to men still greater feet of Sacrates, Aristotle learned his art from Angelo, None but a fool feels himself to be self-sufficient. The best of men must acknowledge their masters. Few there ' are in the galaxy of world without the added luster of borrowed glory. It is not weakness to follow a pathfinder, but rather a .mark of good senso lit Washington By Herbert IMnmmrr WASHINOTON One of the prize stories told whenever the older ncwa "pnpermetl start talking about nation al figures and events of the past In the capital Is the scene "on the , Business Managar - 7K HaU ' .oo on application than himself, l'lato sat at the at the feet of IMuto. liaphae and Corregio from Uaphael. stars that shine by themselves 1.111" the night congress voted to enter the World war. And almost alwnys the nsme of Jcanette Rankin, the first womsn evrr to sit In congress. Is heard That night, they relate, Pat Haiti- gan, rending clerk of the house, was calling the roll on whether we were to fight. When he came to Miss Rankin's name, she conldn't answer cries oi -votei voter were mtt mTR WAY . ,i Rv'J. R. Williams SUM V i ' t ' r f.vW S-AVnJSM, a v40e.? voo fellows vieecWt be. , I feoVS -Tv-'S I , AR WOr-t U CASTfuCr OF VOOC? A MOSS SHORE. ? SARCASM AT ME - BECAUSE HE.,SUH, SHORE. fC7 AOOOMO BEStOE &Tnfa ei ', I'lM.-rmew, on a hob&& - tll tellvoo HO-.-.! 77. CAU OW-.TirJ& FTUi. COVNQCMIKI&- A MA4 OM IT vm-LUJES BoSKVE.,c, -VEC? GOE. OM Tf-E V -y a CAose RcxX-s , voo cam -thawK me. n rzrjy -TUaTvoo Know .Mow to do-. I 0SS "T A LVTTLE. SOMeTFuMG- BESIDES ' ' ' - .JRWlUlAMS. Mf&Si . "TmE. STRANtt AnimAL. ""tCiva by mi muvkt. ihc Btfl, III ffi PA1-orT- ' ' hurled lat her by her colleagues. Then with tears In her eyes and In a voice scarcely audible, she voted No." There seems to be some misunder standing about whether she really did burst Into tears. Newspapermen say she did. Miss Rankin says she didn't. . la such a good story, whether true or false, to be spoiled at this late date? 1KB FAME LIVES . Still, even If It Is spoiled, her niche Ip the legislative hall of fame Is safe. She was the first woman ever to sit In congress and In those days rlvsled the highest political llgures In the publicity she received. The Btory Is told that when she arrived to take her seat at the first session, house doorkeepers declined to let her In. thinking she was a lobbyist. And It was not until she said In a bewildered, hesitating son of way that she was a memoer oi the house that they let her In. There Is little of that In the Jean ette Rankin of today. She Is a familiar figure In Washington and "on the hill" where she labors for the National Council for the Pre vention of War. Her title Is that of legislative secretary for the organi zation. The privileges that are' hers as a result of that term In the hduse make her valuable. v ': She wa much In evidence around the capltol in the days before the ratification of the London naval treaty. While the treaty was being considered by the committee on for eign affairs and by the senate itself she was on the ground watching. WATCHES l.EOIt-TIO . Prom a seat of vantage in the com mittee room and In the gallery of the senate she followed every move eagerly. It Is her Job to keep an eye on alt such legislation before con gress. . She has changed In appearance since the days she. sat as a member of the war congress. Her hair has grown a bit gray and her face bears evidence of the lapse of years. But those who know her say that she has lost none of the enthusiasm sna had then. Jcanette Rankin from Missoula. Mont., has the same Ideals, thoughts and enthusiasm as Repre sentative Rankin had back In Uie days of '17. Other Papers Say: Fl Tl ltB I.Kll OK. CONTROL One of the favorite arguments of the prohibition repeal Is t 1b that legalized liquor will drive the boot- legRera out of business. Mny be It will nnd mny bo It won't. What will prohibit the chief boot loggers of totlny from brewing beer and nle or making gin and whisky? Won't they stand Just aa good a show the Pabats, the Jlusch family or other members of th- prc-prohlbitlon day liquor hierarchy? Aa a matter of fact. It will make no difference whether the ma.uifac uire of liquor will be carried on by the old-time brewers and distillers or whether the work will be done by prei.cn t day bootlcKiers or both. The effect of repeal will widen the scope of both; and the brews and dlMllta uons of the one will be Just ft In toxicating as tha products of the other. So long aa liquor Is consumed, the making of It will always prcjeut prob, lenu. Persons of middle age will re member the da-3 of the open saloon. They will recall that the liquor busi ness then wa& a racketeering butilues. Ask any . person who evor had any experience in city politics or muni cipal administration In the "gvxKt old days" and he will tell you. If he Is honest, that the saloons controlled city fleet ions. Chicago was as much in th hands of the liquor Interests in the day of Illnky Dink and Bath House John as It was under Al Ca- pone. The on'.y difference Is that racketeer in was not as upoctacnlar j tend. The meeting had its inception In the Wi as It la in 1039. jnt a gathering of a doeen farmers In The Issue In the cnmpainn for and a Polk county school house Saturday atralnst tho eighteenth amendment la' night when a committee wng appolnt w nether we are going to hold to pnvjed. Instructed to arrange for Wednea hlbltton long enough to educate theiday night' meeting and to get every people up to it: or whether we are 'prune grower to attend If possible, going to give lip the fight. This ls-j Prune growers aay that the price of sue will be before the coming con-'CO a ton will no more than pay cost gress and the legislature of the sev-Jot picking and hauling and they want cral ataUa. Albany Democrat-lie raid, nt least $10. Leaders in th move- L'VEMLE CHIME the mums for crime have dwelt at considerable ! i.k th. nrrmbi that nov- erty la the chief breeder of crime In this country. Not all persons have ( been In full accord with that theory , and the recent report of the chll- drcn's bureau of the united states to urL-iie uwwu v me " ' the effect that Juvenile crimes were fewer In 1931 than In 1930 may tend to weaken this poverty theory. Surely there was more poverty and thusj more likelihood of misdeeds In this ; country last year than in ine year previous. If the theory mentioned rs tenable. During the three year period of 1927 to 1929. there were Increases In Ju venile crime, despite the fact that this was a period of general prosper ity. The cumulative ellect or most years was felt during 1930, which wrs not nearly ao strenuous a year as was 1931. But In the time of greater eco- nomlc strcja Juvcnl.e delinquency ahowPd decline "" um.. . It Is not possicjle to divorce pov - crty and crime, but neither Is It pea- slble to lay down a -hard and fast; ratio between them, it seems. Much Juvenile crime may be attributed di rectly to too much prosperity youngsters. When people are prosper- ous. iney tena to oe t..e.-...uU.6.v with youtn ana youtn, icit kj iw uwu devices, without, the steadying tnflu ence of the home life and helpful In terest of parents, may get Into aUUTe (s ony temporary arid' will "be aincts oi misciui-i. The period through which the world has been passing lately done much to restore some oi tne good, old homespun values. Many a father knows his sons and daughters better today than he would have had the trend. of 1029 been continued in- definitely. Likewise many a mother has a new and greater unaerstanmng and appreciation of the youngsters. The homes of rich and poor alike have been closer knit by the degree of eco nomic adversity which all have felt. Children who sense a bond qf Inter est on the part of elders are far less likely to turn to ml3chlef. Walla Walla Bulletin. Walter M. Pierce Speaks At Grange Gathering Sunday BAKER. Ore., Aug. 30 Grangers snd their families. 150 strong, from Bnkcr. Grant and Malheur counties, gathered Sunday at the Camp creek picnic RTonnds. 12 miles east of Uni ty, for the annual trl-connty grange picnic. Baker county was represent ed by members from the granges of Missouri Flat, Unity, Hereford and McEwen The program followed a bounteous picnic dinner, spread at noon. ' J. E. Johnson of Vale, as chairman of the picnic committee, turned the gavel over to Mrs. Norvall, lecturer of the Malheur Pomona grange, who ar ranged the literary program, which Included, the following: Vaudeville skit by Esther Reed and Elva Denrlngcr of the Hereford grange! talk by E. R. Jnckman. farm crops socialist of Oregon State col Ickc; reading by Mrs. H. B. Murray cf the Unity grange; group of songs by a double quartet from the Mal heur county granges; limerick con test; reading by Mrs. Nellie Carroll ot the Vale grange: skit by members of the Hereford grange. Ex-Governor Walter M. Pierce of La Grande, addressed the gathering, and among other things told of his experiences at the Democratic na tional convention In Chicago. - t : The grangers present voted to hold tho trt-county picnic, each year, on the second Sunday In August. 1 PRUNE MEN IN WEST OREGON PLAN STRIKE BALKM. Ore.. Ail. 30 i&i To launch a prune growers strike against tho announced price of (6 a ton which some local canneries have plac cxl on nrunes for this vear'a canned j puck, is the avowed object of a meet- Mug called to be hrld m Salem wed hesdny night which alt prune grow- ;t!ra of iho district are asked to at- ment declare tney will urge au prune growers of the valley to let their prunes rot on the tfees before they accept the cannery oners or o, Canneries have announced that they expect the canned prune pack; to be the largest single Item of the local . mill pace inis year. j Wss ' ' ( Mqii Ivllllf' Prli'A ; ll C Vf illllll. A 1 llC Adopted Today By Co-operative PORTLAND, Aug. 30 W) A Hat wholesale price of 81.50 a hundred weight for 4 per cent milk, and 30 cents a pound for butterfatr In sweet cream Is the basis of a new agree ment between the Dairy Co-operative . assoclBtion Portlana and mUlc ate. trlbutors o thl5 alattict. bulletin issued by the co-opera- . uw Monday announced the details tof the wnoleea:e price agreement ; . h juumtnt said, became ef- ' rectlT AuK . ig The new price for milk Is about 30 cents a huntrredweight less than the price effective under a schedule es tablished after prolonged arDiirauon , (ajt winter foiOWing the wide-spread mlli war New Price Temporary The new price, according to Will rr n.nn. mnnnmir of the co-ortera- 1 rpnri lusted when general conditions ( Improve. Meanwhile"' the reduction . will mean a cut of about 15 cents a nundred p0Und3 on the pool price to j farmcr3 j , The .opctive bulletin said 'the rcadjUstment m price was necessary becauso of lne large spread between ,actorv grad3 B mi prices. This Idifference Wft3 91 a hundred pounds for tfte Unt half of August. Factory shippers were attracted Dy tne nig spread, which would eventually result In lower prices ror all oecause oi we Increased surplus." 1'OIITI.AND CASH PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 30 OPI Cash wheat: Big Bend bluestem 69"Ac Soft white 54c. Western whlto 64c. Hard winter 54c. Western red 6214c Oata: No. 2 white S17.00. Today's car receipts: wheat 141; flour 4. ; WINNIPEG WHEAT WINNIPEG. Aug. 80 OP) Wheat close: Oct. 67iii 574; Dec. 58',4; May 63b634. Cash grain close, wheat: No. 1 northern 55i: No. 2 northern 53; No. a northern 52. Nine proposed amendments to the state constitution will be passed up on by Texas voters at the general election this fall. FIND IT HERE Copy for thto Coltimv mm b In by . m. NKW THINOS FOR TUB KITC'IIKN Dozens of new things for the kit chen. Mixing Bowl Seta, Orange Seta, Cookie Jars, Ice Box Seta, Pitchers, Tea- Pots, and many other clever numbers have Just been received by Richardson's Art and Qift Shop. 8-39-2 t. COVE SKIMMING POOL Complete change of warm mineral water every 7 hrs. Picnic grounds. Parties of 10 or ore' 10c and 20c. 8-20-1 mp. : We buv. sell or trade wed tires. Distributor of Kelly-Springfield tires, Doyle Zimmerman, Jeff, and Fir. 8-19-1 m. WHAT CAN 1E DONE If you have an old picture, a tin type, or any sias picture which you would like an enlargement or minia ture made from, this will be beauti fully done for you at Richardson Art and Qlf Shop. They specialise In all kinds of picture work. 8-29-2 t. . nemfftttchtaff, pleating, button holes, etc Norton's Kiddy Shop. AdT. PIANO STl'MON Hilda- Anthony and Ida McMeekln announce the opening of their piano studios. Pupils, beginning and ad vanced, enrolled now. Pre-school chil dren a specialty. i60-6th St. 741 w. 8-30-1 t. nitv vn rrti n ' VISITING STATE (Continued from Page One) most three-quarters. The rainfall yes terday was the first for 19 days, and the second during August. Early In the month .03 of an Inch of rain fell. During July the motsture was .55 ot an Inch, spread over four or five widely separated days, and In June rain feU on only one day. amounting to xa of an Inch barely a good- sized sprinkle. While the Grande Ronde valley was eettln? a bit of moisture yesterday an thlnklne of overcoats and fur- I naces. other sections of the state were doing likewise. A light skltr of snow la reported to have fallen at Enterprise. Over at Baker the mer- i cury dropped to 38 above, only six degrees above freezing point! And at Bend, citizens looked west at the high peaks of the Cascades whitened by fresh snow. A two-Inch fall wa3 re-! ported from Bachelor Butte, east of I the Three Sisters. Frost was report- j cd from all districts and It was freez. lng point at Bend I Boise. Ida. had a low oi o degrees. the minimum at Medford was 40 . above. Roeeburg reported 48. Portland ' M. Spokane 46 and Eureka. Cal. 48. In the harvest fields, Mondays ram was frowned on with distinct dlsap- , nroval: but In the towns and cities : of the vaUey. it brought new life to. drying lawns and dissipated dust that i was becoming quite a nuisance to j housewives. The valley experienced a j real dust storm for awhile Sunday afternoon. BEND. Ore.. Aug. 30 W Six Inches of snow fell on Bachelor butte. 9065 foot volcanic cone west of Bend last night. Today the Three Sisters, all more than 10.000 feet high, were white to the timber line. Snow fell along the eastern crest of the Cascades from Diamond peak north to Mount Jefferson. The minimum temperature." last night of 30 degrees waa reported from various parts of the Deschutes basin. Romance Everywhere One constantly bears that "the ro mance of discovery is dead." Bui nothing could be farther from the truth. Only the other day a school girl recognized a stone lying under a hedge near Maidstone as a tine Stone age ax. Astronomers constant ly discover new worlds, while un tapped realms ot spiritual experi ence wait for all to explore. Lon don Mail. Cove Personals By 5trs. A. G. Conklln (Observer Correspondent) COVE, Ore. (Special) Among the improvements noticed in Cove Is that j. b. Fletcher's house is getting a new coat of shingles and also a new chimney. Mrs. J. B. Welmer and her daugh ter. Mrs. Fred Bees were in town Wed nesday. Mrs. Joe Goyette, who has oeen at Hot Lake for nearly two months, came homfl Wednesday, tier neaun is ygry much better. ' Miss Lncv Comstock. of Namna. I of Nampa, Idaho, was the inspiration for a pic- ; nic Thursday, at the Ascension j grounds. The young women sponsor- ' lng it was a revival of an old club, of which Miss Comstock was a mem- ber when she lived in Cove.. It was ; known as the B. Y. D. club and long ceased to exist, but on her com- lng here was revived for the occasion. The women In attendance were Mes dames Leonard Towle, Thomas Towle, Hefty, G. E. Barker, T. R. Conklln, Orton, Price, Powell, Music and Lay, the- honor guest, Mrs. Homer Leffel, j of La Grande, and Miss Besse Kelley. tim fMn. Valrlman rtf Trrt1anri 1t ; here visiting her father, M. R Feld- -more STANDARD" orJiighOctanclijficieTicy STANDARD GASOLINE STANDARD lJSss Better At man Bnd her aunts Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Anna Anderson. Mrs. Alice McClaln was hostess to the Dorcas society of the Baptist church Thursday afternoon at her home here. The women spent the T -hTchanc-ero. the """""s " church. There were present Mrs. Go- lay. Mrs. Millard. Mrs. Hagey. Mrs. Alice Allen, Mrs. George Anderson, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. B. D. White, Mrs. Hoatson, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Theo dore McClaln. Misses Bernle and Max. ine Murchlson. Louise Anderson. Ruth and Bertha White and Malvlna Mil lard, beside several children. Miss Lila Ault and her mother, the wife of Dr. Ault, of Enterprise, were guests of Mrs. A. G. Conklln Wed nesday. They had been visiting Dr. Ault, who la 111 In the Grande Ronde hospital In La Grande. Miss Ault : TV $ hi was a teacher in Cove High school j lng out. several years ago. She Is now teach lng near Bakersfleld. Cal. I Mrs. Minnie McDannel has been visiting a sister In Wallowa. . Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Hartley are among those who are working In the prune harvest in Milton. Herbert Barker and Allen Mills, who went to Milton to work, came home Monday. There was not enough work for everybody. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Miller, of North Powder, are making a visit to Mrs. Miller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter. Mrs. P. A. Conklln and two chll J Joan nntl Catherine, left Thurs- , SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 12 That gives you two weeks in which to have their school out fits cleaned and pressed. Phone Main 56 Standard Laundry & Cleaning Co. "Wife Saving Station" i Western motorists any oilier qasoune THEY LIKE IT AN& SO WILL OIL COMPANY OF Falk's It's Cheaper THE SMARTEST COATS ' IN TOWN Are These Untrimmed from Rothmoor, Redfern and Miller -ff7.50 as and Of course they're smart with their new raKlnn sleeve effects, their high fitted waistline?, and new leather hells . . . mid lie 10' try oil the new (irchi (larlio swiii;i;cr models . . . . stuiuilnit dliiKonal i weaves In itirk brown and l)L.i'k. All sizes, of day to visit her mother, Mrs. M. M. Blackwell, at 8umpter. They will be there about a week. Mrs. H. C. Bees, of Union, was a visitor of Mrs. A. G. Conklln Thurs day. Ven. and Mrs. 8. W. Creasey. ot Pendleton, were visiting their parish ineonle Thursday, bidding them fare- people Thursday, bidding them fare well, as Mr. Creasey has resigned the work in Eastern Oregon and they are on their way to the Arrapahoe, N. M.. Indian reservation, where he will do missionary work among the In dians. They have Just returned from a trip to Boston. Mass., and Florida and paid a vislt'to this reservation while gone arid decided he had a wider field there. The people in the district, and especially Cove, will miss him greately. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Bloom have moved up In the mountains where he is cutting wood. The family Is Save Your Sole The best rubber cement-on soles in town. Ready to put on 25C pair W.H. Bohnenkamp Company YOU CALIFORNIA use
