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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Saturday, October X, ,1932
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.;, They that wait unori the Lord shall renew their strength :
they shall mount up with wings as eagles: thdy sliaU run,
and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint.
J&iah 40 : 81. ' " " ' ' ''
CHURCHES ARE GROWING
i - Puring the past two years practically all kinds of clubs
and social organizations have ibeen .losing members. Some
drop out because they cannot pay the dues, while .others
have come to the conclusion that the benefits they derive
from alien organizations are not worth the time, money; arid
effort required by membership. .
,,f,",A great' many people who have resigned from clubs and
societies apparently have found that now they have the
ttiAd for "certain activities which are really more worth
Vhjle. Ministers report increased attendance at churches
and Sunday schools. This is true here in Lit .Grande as well
,'j$S'ih large cities all over the nation.
7.';'-3ven during the summer months, when the great out
doors' was at the .height of its beauty and attractiveness,
churches drew larger crowds than ..usual. ,0 course .the
'church "treasuries have suffered, but not nearly as 'much,'
strange to say, as the treasuries of organizations where the
payment of dues and assessments is' required.' ' v"'' '
" It has been true of every generation since the building of
the' ertrjiest civilizations that prosperity develops widespread
indifference to religion and spiritual values, while adversity
has the opposite influence, making men and women '.realize!
that they have soiils and that .there is something more im-i
pbta'nt in life than physical comfort and notorial posses-;
sions.
l"';'iSimy people today are of the opinion that the church is
declining in numbers and in influence; and they point put
,the prevalence of crime, spiritual indifference, Sunday sports;
and amusements, arid other opposing factors as proof of
their belief. Anyone casting a superficial glance at present
day civilization is strongly inclined to agree with them, it is
.true. But the facts tell a different story. ' ' '
'i Over a period of five years, from 1927 through 1931, the
churches of the United States, both .Catholic and Protestant,:
gained almost four million members. That is especially sur
prising 'since three of those five years were peak prosperity
years during which religious interests were naturally at Jow
tideJ' It is very probable that 1932 arid JL933 will show a
gain almost equal to that of the five years preceding.
. '. The fact is .that right now the ratio of church member-!
'ship to population in the United States is higher than over
before' not oven excluding the early days when "everybody
went to church" according to a common but evidently errone
ous conception. . . .' ' '
' This healthy growth of the churches is encouraging, to
say the least) for the influence of churches is one of the most
important factors in ,the life of the nation. Churches are a
constant power for good, always appealing ,t0 the .highest,
natives and ideals in men and women, and encouraging them'
to be and do their best. 1
.. , WI1V MISSING PERSONS?
V ' When newspapers recently announced the mysterious dis
appearance of Colonel Raymond -Robins, they touched once
more on' the fringes of one of the strangest, most eerie
phenomena of human life the way in which people' now
nd then vanish, almost literally, from human sight, leaving
'Jft'clcw and never making a roappareaucc.
'.' Such things happen, cause a brief sensation, and then
are forgotten. lut a sensitive reader gets a shudder or two
out of thinking about them. They are sometimes so utterly
inexplicable, so profoundly weird, that one almost can bc
HcVe in those hceebie-jcehie stories of the old days about
maleficent spirits and trapdoors in the earth's atmosphere.
'.What, for example, became of Dorothy Arnold, the New
York society girl who strolled along Fifth avenue in broad
daylight 22 years ago, on her way to have luncheon at a
mid-town hotel with her mother, and who has never since
.been seen?
' Where is Judge Crater of New York's supreme court, who
got into a taxicab in front of a restaurant one evening in
August, 1930, waved goodby to some acquaintances, and
went off into an obscurity so profound that although $200,
;000 has been spent on a hunt for him no one has been able
jcven to discover a reason for his disappearance V
J Where are the scores of other lesser known folk, who
Vanished just as mysteriously but who didn't get such big
headlines in the newspapers? Were they victims of that
.odd, little-understood malady called amnesia? Did sudden
'illness of some other nature strike them down? Did kid
'tapers, footpads, white slavers or what-not make away with
them? Did they yield to an unexpected and inexplicable
.impulse simply to run away, discarding the old life and try
ing to create a new one in different surroundings?
Asking these questions is easy. Answering them, usually,
is impossible. We only know that someone who seemed con
sented and busy has disappeared; and the mystery lias an
ejerie,' shivery tinge to it that makes us, in spite of ourselves,
remember the old wives' tales that used to frighten our cre
dulous ancestors.
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TW OSUIKH TO ALL AltCJl'MKNTS
It 1 la a time honored expression
thfit; nil nniunuenta havo two sides.
The referendum measure on the bal-
ioi mis year that will, lr passed, pro
hibit oommcrclal flslilne on the world
lenown Boguo river In Curry. coun
ty, ib no exception 10 tno tioove con
tention. 1 ho matter has been a mooted
qubstlon for years with every sews! on
6t tlio leKislnturo devoting no small
amount of time to Its consideration
and the voters ot the state being ro
peatedly called upon to pass on In
itiative and referendum measures
dealing with the problem.
ProDonenta of closing the river to
commercial fishermen argue with
somo soundness that the river is tho
property of the state and not to be
used by a small group of local resi
dents as n means' of livelihood. Their
contention further Is that tho sports
men oi tne worm wno oiuiuauy gatn
er at the Iloguo to catch a sporting
salmon or' two will bring more reve
nue to tho residents of Gold Beach
than would the annual salmon nack
of the comlmorclal fishermen of that
section. 1
Opponent of tho bill have two
bh'sto contentions. Tlio first is that
llti ' 'fishermen and cannery owners
Who have inviwtmentii In etilpincit,
buildings and homea, have had them
for a loiuf period of time and aro i
entitled to continue in their well I
established businesses. Their second I
contention is that there are enough
salmon for both contmcrclal fishing I
and tho sportsmen. ; They are willing ,
ia nave ino nsning seasons regulated
to insure, a couttiiuanco of tho an-;
nual l-uns of fish.
As -stated In the first paragraph i
alt arguments have two sides and one
must weigh and consider all sides of 1
n question before forming too clef-,
Inlte an opinion. Wo believe that
In the quarrel over fishing In the !
Rogue tho commercial fishermen have j
tho best of tho argument, especially I
In their last contention, namely that
there are enough fish for both pur- I
poses If tho seasons arc properly j
regulated. i
We are firmly convinced that tho
matter Is not one for tho general
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that Uio fish and ifinno cmiuiilRRinn
should study carefully, make definite
recommendations to tho legislature
and havo ndeouate nrotectivo laws
piusod and enforced. Coos Bay Times.
Banks of Oregon
fiegin Educational
Advertising Plan
A series of articles concernliir
baliks (uul banking, pi-opared by the
Oregon Bankers' association's educa
tional department-, havo been coin
hletcd and various banks over tho
state aro this week starting to In-
uuie the series in their uewnpaper
advertising program- The t'li-st Na
tional on uk oi juv uanio uxiay usus
tho first of tho sirlcs In an adveitlse
mout elsewlnno In tho Observer.
This plan of uniform advertising
was proposed at tho recent conven
tion til tho Ortgtn Bankers associa
tion with tho idea of emphasi.ing
to tho bniiks that their mottt valu
able menus of mumlng the public is
through their own local uewttpniiers,
nnd tlmt tho most pmctical mess,igo
which could bo uoiiveivd to tho pub
lic! Is ono having educational value
In respect to a bank's foundation,
policies, services) and routine ixrform
ance. rather than tlio old plea of
save lor a mmy uny.-
CLOUDBURST
.CAUSE OF J2
FATALITIES
(Coutlnuod from Fnge One)
hiKhwnyft blocked nnd wire communl-
cntlon disrupted.
Trams brt.wcon ixw Ancic nnd
Sim Frnnelsco were bring rmilecl over
tho const lines. H wns expected tnnt
It will take ftt Irnst 12 bourn to re-
pnlr tho track wnshout which was
the vicinity ot the town oi
Tehnchnpl.
Burisl of the Dead
Tlio fear of tlio (lend body led
primitive twin to dispose of It. This
orlKlnntcd tlio custom of liurnlnti,
burying, nnd otherwise disposing of
tlio (lend. s sins tlmt oven tlio
Neanderthal mult seems: to lutve
hurled his deud nnd nprinrentlj1
with food nnd wonpona. Untieing
nnd feiistlnn were n purt of tho
primitive ceremony dancing, to
frlxhlen nwny evil splrHu; fenstltig,
In honor of the deiul.
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Serious Losses
Certain Unless
Roads Kept Up
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Special)
That "tlio taxpayers in many coun
ties of this country are Inviting seri
ous losses In road Investments unless
they change their line of reasoning"
is a warning contained In a state
ment issued today by Charles M.
Up ham, engineer-director of tho
American Road Builders' association.
This association, through its re
search work and educational efforta,
has done much toward standardizing
highway practices and effecting econ
omics In road work.
"In somo counties tho taxpayers, In
their determination to reduce public
expenditures, have gono so far as to
wipe out road levies entirely and
leavo tho county without funds to
maintain the roads they have," says
Mr. Upham. "In other counties,
though tho money is available for
proper maintenance, minority groups
nf fn.xnn.Vftm havn tnnlatH t.ltnt. ritiirl
i expenditures bo stopped entirely. i
"Every county should divide Its '
road work Into two distinct classes
first, maintenance and second, new
construction. What a county should
do toward furthering a now con-
structloii program is always a. matlcr
of careful consideration for both of
ficials and taxpayers, but there never
sliould bo any question In the minds
of -cither - regarding '-the- 'advisability
of maintaining' ih roads they have. .
"Every county hna thousands and
some counties millions of dollars In- ,
vested in roads, and as a matter of
common sense economy, every tax-1
payor should not only favor but in- '
slat upon tho roads being kept up
In proper condition in order to pre- i
servo this huge investmont. Neglect '
of proper maintenance for a matter
of only a few months can easily pub
unpaved roads Into a condition which
will involve expensive repairs or re
construction much more costly than '
maintenance this Is to say nothing
of tho inconvenience and inevitably ;
higher costl of traveling poor roads.
"It is to do hoped that taxpayers '
everywhere in their righteous en-1
deavors for economy in public ex- j
lcnditures will not insist upon un-
rensonaoio extremes, which will
threaten tho deterioration of our
present highway system In which ev
ery taxpayer has a vital interest and
considerable Investment. Let us keep
up our roads nnd save this invest
ment, seeing that tho ronds are not
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only properly maintained for the re
mainder of this year, but that fi
nancial provisions aro made for their
ndequato maintenance next year."
LINCOLN PLEDGE
TO BE SUSTAINED
.Continued from Page One)
Ho stood bareheaded upon a curv
ing flight of steps leading down from
the south portico of the White
House, whllo his visitors formed a
semi -circle around him.
One after another, the dhosen
spokesmen of the negro group step
ped forward to deliver their words
to the president. -
Roscoo Conklln Simmons, of Chi
cago, who seconded president Hoover's
lenomlnatlon at the Chicago conven
tion, was the principal spokesman.
World's Ignorance
The world knows nothing of Its
(rrontost men. Henry Taylor.
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- BUT THIS YEAR OUR
EXTENDED ONE WEEK
Sail
time on our special bargain rates is granted only at the request of many subscribers who
of the bargain offer, but who could not raise the cash until after the first of the month.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
The Only Daily Newspaper in Union and Wallowa Counties
LEAP YEAR
BRIDE
Uy LAIJKA I.OU HHOOKMAN
(Copyright 1032)
CHAPTER XLII ,
For on Instant Chorry thought the
words would not come. Her hands,
twisting together and hidden by the
table, were like ice. She felt as
though some terrible, chilling force
had taken possession of her. She
could not speak. She could not move,
but sat there staring down at her
plate. i
.Over and over In her brain the
words pounded. "Dan and that
woman! Herel Dan and Brenda
Vail!" ' ;
It was only a moment but for
Cherry that moment was a lifetime.
She raised her eyes then and some
how found her voice. She said
limply, "I'm afraid I can't stay for
lunch. Max. A sudden headache I
get them sometimes. If you'll call a
cab for me "
Pearson was all solicitude. If he
had noticed the couple so near to
them he gave no sign. He said a
few words to the waiter, helped
Cherry Into her coot and then they
(Continued on Page Five)
FIND IT
HERE
Copy for thla Colanu mutt
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The Yakima Fruit Market and Gro
cery Is glad to operate on small prof
Its. That is why our produce is priced
so low. Oct your grapes. Sat and Sun
day at the Yakima Market. 0-30-2 t.
JAZZ PIANO I.KSKONS
Inq. La Grande hotel. 0-29-3 t.
TOMATOK8
You can still get vine ripened to-
1 1.
32,000
Recently one of our customers call-d our attention to a 4.50-21 6-py Seiberling
Standard tire which had already rendered 32,000 miles of service on his car. This
customer operates his car thousands -of miles each month over roads in the
Northwest. He has used many different makes of tires, but never before, he
states, nas ne iounci a tire to equal ine standard Seiberling.
Call at our store and let us show you the reason for such satisfaction. .
W. H. BoHiienkamp Co.
Keeim
WILL BE
So You May Secure a Year's Subscription
at These Bargain Rates
&
matoc3 at Wilson's, 00c. Bring your
uux. Aiso equosncs. u-au-a t.
Jay Breshears Auctioneer
R. P. D, No. -I, Allcel. Oregon.
0-15-1 mp
Plumbing and Heating
Wood For Sale
Call Fred Balmes. 203 N Avo.
0-16-1 m.
Last ycor women students at tho
University of Michigan borrowed 21,
000 of the Btudcnt loan fund.
wixco.Mk w. b. a.
While you are. in La Grnmlo you
aro invited to visit Richardson's Art
and Olft Shop and sec tho beautiful
display of Eastern Oregon acenic views.
You will enjoy seeing these Hand
Tinted pictures of our local scenery
at Richardson's Art and Olft Shop.
0-20-2 t.
i SPECIAL
Now is the time to buy a Fernery
for your plants Take advantage of
ithe special now at Richardson's Art
and Gift Shop'.' ,New Wrought Iron
Ferneries beautifully finished and
with large metal Jars for only $1.69
at Richardson's. . 0-26-2 t.
Our famous Chill and Oyster Cock
tall in season now. The Lottos Lunch,
opposite depot. 0-0-lm
Mayor Overton of Memphis is a
direct descendant of John Overton,
onco a partner of Andrew Jackson.
NOTICU OF FINAL SKTTLKMKNT
Notice la hereby given that the
undersigned -Has; filed with the Coun
ty Court of :Unlon County, Oregon,
her final account as administratrix of
tho estate of Froeman A. Fortler, de
ceased; and said court has fixed Tues
day, the 18th -day. of October, 1932, at
ten o'clock a.' m., at the court room
of said court i in tlio courthouse at
La Grande, Oregon, as the time and
place for hearing any and all ob
jections to said final account and for
final settlemeiit .nnd distribution of
said estate. -
Dated and first published this 17th
day of September, 1932.
GLADYS M. FOJR.TIER, Aministratrix
of the Estate of Freeman M. For
tler, deceased.
COCHRAN & EBERHARD, Attorneys
for Administratrix.
Sept. 17-24. Oct. 1-8-15.
Posse BeSosre
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'FAIRS'
Your Money's Worth or
Your Money Back . . .
at Falk's
Have you ever bought a dress
Just because you thought the
price was so low you could not
afford to not buy .lt? If you
have then you know from your
own experience Just what to
expect in the way of service
from Just such a purchase . . .
If you haven't, then profit by
tho experience of others . , .
for in renlity dresses like these
that seemingly are "bargains"
are not In any sense of the
word. You pay for what you
get, and in return you get Just
what you pay f or , . , and this
applies not alone to dresses
but to everything else you may
buy today.
Remember QUALITY Is the
basis of VALUE! You may poy
more for quality in tho begin
ning, but you'll pay less in the
end! I
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