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f Thursday, October 20, 1932 Pasre Four CA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, EK GRANDE, ORE. (Ineorporatad) Aa Indrpndent Newtpapat RUM Mala tM HAROLD If. F1NLAY . , Bualneaa Manager PubUabed veiling, except Sunday, at 1710 eixtti itreet, La Qranda. Oregon stared at the Poatofflca of La Oranda. Oregon, aa Beoond Olaaa Hall llattar under aot of March 3. 1870. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND THK C1TT OP LA ORAND1 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRJ568 Tba Aaaoolated Prea la exclusively entitled to uaa for publication of all newa dlipatabea credited to It or not otherwise cerdltedlf pub Uabed bereln All rlgbta of republication of apeolal dlapatobaa In Una paper and aleo tbe local newa bereln alao are reserved. National Advertising Representative 11. O. UOOENSEN CO. Ino aan Pranoiaco. Loa Angeles, Seattle, Portland. Chicago, ' Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATBS By Carrier Daily on montb In advance Daily au month In advance Dally, alngla copy Tea -M.80 - DC By Mall Dally, per montb in advanoe . Dally, par atx montha In advance . Dally, par year In advance Ms JIM -8.00 ADVERTISING; RATBS Display, foreign, per column Incb Dtaplay. local, per oolumn lncb -tie Tims contract prices on application Thus saith the Lord, Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew the great and mighty things which thou know est not. - - - Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance o OUR SCHOOLS The custom has been for parents and friends of pupils to visit schools on the last day of the term. Commencement periods seem to be the only time public intortest in education manifests itself in the form of school visitations. This indifference has led teachers and other educators to emphasize commencements and establish visitors' days dur ing the school year in an attempt to lure into the schoolroom parents and others paying for the support of the schools. But the visitors do hot obtain a true picture of the schools on such occasions. The schools are "dressed up", the pupils on their good behavior and the program, is usually entertain ment rather than lessons in readin', writin' and 'rithmctic. Every citizen is free to criticize the schools, but no fair minded citizen will condemn them without first investigat ing. And the time to loam something about them is by un announced visits. . Visitation of the school in its daily routine will have a wholesome effect in bringing into closer and more intelli gent and sympathetic co-operation those who have the wel fare of the child most at heart the parent and the teacher and will eliminate much of the misunderstanding between taxpayer and those commissioned to administer education. , The schools are the brightest spots in the community, and generally the most hopeful institution democracy has to count upon. The constant surprise is that the world is not better than it is with such training of youth. But one has to search outside the school for the reason. It is reassuring to all who have sufficient interest to visit a school, to see with what intelligence, patience, and skill their children are being taught. IMPRACTICAL ECONOMISTS Recently Wall Streeters, along with many lay readers, were impressed by a series of articles leading to the conclu sion that the problems of industry could be solved only by the consumer's decision to save less and spend more. The articles admitted the theoretical propriety of reduced spend ing and increased saving when aggregate consumers demand should have outrun producers' facilities. The gist of the series was that the present industrial dilemma is a producing capacity in excess of visible consumption. The citizen who spends his income increases consumption and therefore helps to establish an equilibrium.' But if ho saves his income and invests it, directly or indirectly, in securities issued by manufacturing concerns to enlarge their plant, he thereby helps to increase productive facilities while reducing potential consumption. ' To disinterested persons, the reasoning seems entirely academic. Their natural comment was that the average citizen spends or saves, and presumably will continue to do so, according to his personal character or circumstances. Therefore, while the argument that he ought to adjust his use of surplus income to preserving equilibrium in trade might be unanswerable economically practically it would get exactly nowhere. If permnnont prosperity and absolute abolition of unem ployment depend Uxm establishing and enforcing an exact ratio between saving and spending, society must continue to get along with alternating periods of prosperity and hard times. OUT OUR WAY By J. K. Williams J.RVviiU-ilSMs, BOPNt Tmp-W WEARS TOO SOOM. ib,erUt"Tnv.,Nc. Other Papers Say: WHY HE SAY TO VOTE "NO" Absurdly technical (or a popular ballot measure is the freight true nnd bus bill, the eighth measure on the November ballot. This bill is nominally sponsored by Oswald West, of the Highway Protective association. Thl3 newspaper has frequently advo- icatcd tlie regulation of bus and truck transportation systems, and It Is hcariily in aympathy with the rail roads In their plight, but It recom mends a "No" vote on this measure. Those who read their voters' pam phlet will find some 20 pages packed with formidable technical and statis tical material, with bewildering con flicting claims. This newspaper la convinced that It Is impossible for the average voter to understand all this sufliclently well to vote Intel!; gently on this measure. j Proponents of the measuro assert it THE OPEN COURT OORHEIONDI01S'TS MUST SUBMIT TIIKIK NAM ICS TO TllliJ KD1TOK IP THKY 1)12 SUU3 LEaTTEItS FlUNTED. To whom it may concern: The Old Town verbal newspaper gossip) has been working again. There has been several fires set up in this part of town lately and everyone is looking for the one who set them. am a volunteer fireman and have made some money at fires but not enough to live on. If I was to set a fire evcrv dav I could not make enough to keep me and my wife. 1 resent very much in being called firebug and if the gossip era who started this will stop to think that it wouldn't be very likely that I would build a fire In my own garage as blind and burn up the only cur I have to use lu going to a fire. This gossip is absolutely ground let and if tho busybody who started these malicious lies would stop to think they would know better. How do they account for the fact that i ' 10 person setting our garage was shot at and I was with the fellow who shot? Also, If this person will come back we have little heavier shot now, I suppose also that this gosslper thinks I sit up half tho night guarding for fun. (Signed) -HARRY NELSON. ' extraneous matter. ARCHAIC HORNS . The prefect of police in Taris. Fi ance, has loconimemlod to the ministry of public works, that all automobiles be equipped with horns emitting nothing but "low dignified sounds." It is to be hoped that the prefect of police is successful in his campaign to make auto horns more polite. If he is, it will establish a precedent which will bear emulation by the United States. The tones of many of the warning devices used here could be modified without lessening their efficiency. The wear and tear on pedestrian nerves is too great with most of the pres ent horns in use. A distinctive, sound with smaller volume would make walking no more dangerous and far less start ' ling. Of course, Americans might find it inconvenient to use something besides automobile horns in calling their children and yoohooing their friends. Invention of a horn that warns without terrifying would benefit the motorist as much as the pedestrian. If a car creeps upon a crossing without a blast of the horn, the driver is bawled out for not blowing his horn. If he holds down the button, he gets a lot of dirty looks or worse. AH the engineering, inventive and scientific resources of the world should be concentrated upon the creation of an automobile horn that clears the street crossings and com mands tho right of the road without shattering nerves and causing heart palpitations. They say it never pays to argue; yet a good argument can hardly le considered worthless if vou really enjov hearing yourself talk. linoier, Oregon. Oct. 12, 1032 Editor Evening Observer: In your Issue of October 11th there appeared a news article on a debate on tho question of the Higher Edu atlon School Consolidation bill be tween Roger Ball and C. R. Eberhord which is so biased, unfair and un true that I feel that I must answer it. Thp statement that Mr. Ball was forced to admit that the Eastern Ore gon Normal ranks 47th in the United States In the matter of state support but not in scholastic standing is un true. Mr. Bull's statement was that tho normal schools of Oregon rank much below average in standing among teacher training institutions in the United States and that they had been squeezed out of proper sup port by tho two big institutions in the state so that they ranked 47th In final support. He cited the report Issued by the Federal Survey Commis sion as authority for his statements. In tho second paragraph of the ar tlclo you leport statements allegedly made by President H. E. Inlow when as a matter of fact President lulow was not even present at the meet ing. No statement of fact presented by Mr. Ball was disprove n by any mem ber of the Normal school faculty as far mt I could Jurge. Your paper also goc lnto qtille a lengthy report In regard to a discus sion ou library costs when also as h matter of fact Mr. Ball's statements that one university library through consolidation would replace the two now maintained was not even ques tioned and no such discussion was had. In closing the article your reporter makes the sUUement that "Many of his other argximenta were disposed or in the same way." Individuals who heard the rirbatt with whom I have discussed this ar ticle agree that it is no way presents what actually transpired. It is a biased, prejudiced report designed to deceive renders contrary to good newspaper ethics. PRANK McKKNNOK. In Washington Hv Herbert I'luiunier WASHINGTON There'll be a Job open for some new member of the house in the next congress on that will project him into the lime light Immediately and keep him there as lon.t! as he desires. Underbill, of Massachusetts, Is re tiring from the house at the close of the present congie. thus leaving th job open. Anyone who wanM It and has enough nerve can have It. it requires onlv about 15 minute alter the speaker has bunged his gavel lit iuxn opening- the session. All that is necessary is to be able to yell a lusty "I object!" It Is during this time that extrane ous matter is inserted in the Omprvs- sional itrcord In that section known as the nppendU, Senntor King, of Utah, describes it "the burial ground ior syHTcnes. Roughly about 33 per cent of tho Heeord at present is taken up by this 'Debunking' The Record Underbill constantly battled to hold tho appendix down. He called the record a "catch all" for members of congress, pleaded with members that it 'oo "debunked" and did a lot of "debunking" himself with his "I object." He made wide studies of the Rec ord of several congresses. He found, among other things, that In one cose alone it cost the government $13,- 760.85 for a member to extend his re marks. He asserted also that congressmen like to tickle the vanity of their con stituents by printing articles ana speeches that the constituents them selves make; that others clutter up the pages with statistics only of In terest to their own districts, and that newspaper editorials are inserts. which flatter publishers. Some of the members, Underbill says, Insert long reports on what they have don-a In congress, have It printed and broadcast over their districts Just before election time. will provide protection for the highv wavs from damage by excessively- loaded trucks and buses. Those who! oppose it assert it will drive the; in,nba nH hiiKjR out of business. The affirmative" argument In the voters' pamphlet Is fts tecnmcai as wv u... itBif ThPi in not a creat deal of information for the voter in the nega tive statement by the Aiuea Owners. What seems to the reader to be the most satisfactory statement on the matter is submitted by W. B. Dennis. nr r-i. rM n'hn KtateS he llOS no direct interest In any transportation enterprise. Dennis Bees in the bill a monocn tv. t.h benefits WOPlo Of thO state detlve from their highways, a danger of raiBlng freight ro'tes at a time when this would bo a serious blow to the pePle of tno atftte- Hfc sees danger in tampering with pres ent load limits. He makes this state ment, which has a lot of common ; sense In It: I "This is work for the legislature, , not for the voters. Tho scientlflo! working out of a balanced schedun of highway fees is a Job for experts j in possession of all the involved and complicated facts." With this view, this newspaper agrees. In opposing this bill it does not depart from Its belief that there should be fair regulations of highway transportation, and that the railroads, in many instances, are placed at a disadvantage because of regulation imposed upon them and not imposed upon their competitors. But It does believe that If there are to bo regula tory measures, they should be worked out by competent experts represent, lug the people, and not In the man ner proposed by the freight truck and bus bill. It recommends a "No" vote on this measure. Klamath Palls Herald. II008 TO IJB EXECUTED MONTREAL, Oct. 20 () Five dogs, were sentenced to death here today for attacking' a horse when it was down. The horse stumbled and fell yes terday and dogs set upon it. An of ficer shot the horso and then con demned tho dogs to death. Umpires were introduced into base ball in 1870. thereby necessitating In vention of the pop bottle. Fri. - Sat. 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