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Pa ire Four CA GRANDE EVEMNfl OBSERVER, O" GRANITE. ORE. Friday, October 28, 1932 n (iDiwrpormMd) An Independent Nawipapor Ptaon Mala 0 HAROLD y. P1NLAT . . Bualnaaa klanagar Publiabad annloga, uupt Bunday, at 1710 81x1b atraat, La Orauda, Oregon. toured at tha Poatofflc of La Orande. Oregon, aa Beoond Olaaa Mall afattar under act of March a. 187B. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND TBM CITY OF LA OBANDI afXMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Th. Aaaooiated Preai la exclusively entitled to uaa for publication ji all nawa dlipatebea oredlted to it or not otnerwlae oerdltedtf pub llaned boreln All rlghta of republication at apaclal dlapatobaa In Una paper and alao tbe local newa herein alao are reserved. National Advertising Representative M O. MOOEN8EN CO. Ino. flan Prmncieoo. Loa Angeles, Beattle. Portland. Obloego. Detroit. New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Came Daily, one montb In adranoa , l eaontba In advance tlngl oopy Oally Dell) 4.50 - oc By MaU Dally, per month in advance Dally per ux months lo advance , Dally, per year In advance M.0 W.0O ADVERTISING BATES DIaplay, foreign, per column Incb Diapiay. local per oolumn lncb Time contract prlcea on application Other Papers Say: tub unijemooimtk; emsctoiml It is not widely recognized that It Is possible for a candidate for the presidency to poll a popular majority, and et de defeated. This results from the peculiarities of our electoral col lege system, under which the result la decided, not by popular votes, but by state block of electoral votes. This actually has happened twice In our history. In. the disputed elec tlon of 1870, Samuel J. Tilden was finally credited with 4,284,885 popular votes and Rutherford B. Hayes wltt 4,033,060; yet the electoral votes stood: Tilden 184, Hayes 185, There was no dispute after the election of 1888, but the candidate receiving the greatest number of popular votes was defeated. He was G rover Cleveland, who polled 5,538.233 votes, a plurality of 08.017 over Benjamin Harrison, who hod 6,440,210. The electoral votes, 108 to 233, gave no Inkling of how close the struggle was. The same thing came within 300,- 000 votes of happening In 1010. W1I son's plurality over Hughes was only 601,365 votes and thus a change of 206,603 votes from Democratic to Re publican would have given Hughes a popular majority, Wilson could have spared 318,000 votes In two states alone of the solid south, Georgia and Texas, and still have hod enough left to win their electoral votes and the election. For the sake of hypothesis, Jet us suppose the unlikely event that. In next month's election, one candidate Exalt ye the Ixrd our God, and worship at his footstool; fT! for he is holy. Psalm 99 : 5. chusctts, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Ohjo, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin) by a margin of 1,000 in each. He would have 277 electoral votes, or 11 more than necessary to elect, and could concede his opponent a majority of any number up to their total vote, about 13,500,000, in the remaining 30 states. Thus th0 lavter would find himself overwhelmingly elected by the people, but defeated hy their delegated electors. By no stretch of imagination can fiyrtem that offers such a chancp for miscarriage of the citizens' will ho called democratic, yet It exists as the method of choosing the chief exe POWER AMENDMENT Some time ago in this column we explained the signifi cance of the State Water Power and Hydro-electric Consti tutional Amendment, and recommended that it be defeated because of the enormous bonded indebtedness it would in volve if passed. Since that time we have heard a few persons express themselves as intending to vote for the amendment because it would result in state owned power systems and cheaper light and power service. We wish to call attention right now to the fact that the state already has the nower to take over nil water nower Bites and any improvements thereon by paying a reasonable ..?MM price for the improvements ; and the state already has the Tho unrepresentative character ot right to regulate rates whenever they become unfair; and 'tho electoral system is further shown that the only possible reason for the passing of this new!1" how 11 '!!'' short V TIT","8 I'll.- i r n the way the voting goes. In 1D28 for legislation would be to create a commission of three men j lmUm(:e, smith received 41 per cent who would be authorized to go ahead and spend $60,000,000 ,of the popular vote and only 10 per and charge it to the taxpayers of the state. cent of tne electoral vote, tho 1012 If the taxpayers of Oregon think that their taxes are . not IS'" or yet high enough, let them vote "Yes" on this measure Nov-'the electoral, while Taft had 23 and ember 8, and their craving for greater indebtedness and; 114 per cent, respectively, higher taxes will be promptly gratified. But if they expect ! Tlle "torai college entered our any benefit in the way of lower rates on light and power mtt ZXirSZ service, they had better prepare for disappointment right sidered too great for them, or cnoos. now. Any possible lowering of rates would be more than 'mg their ruier. m tho constitutional offset by the huge expense of acquiring, constructing, main-,convon'lon ',1787: t!,. ""fL1" taining, and operating hydro-electric power plants and trans- mission lines, as authorized by the proposed amendment. ' tiuence would bo outweighed by that Reduction of taxation is one of the greatest problems of ir tlle Il,rscr stRt!8- Also' the nm national, state, and local governments today. It is extremely &eS ZTv" aimcuir. 10 una metnoas or lowering taxes without seriously ginia expressed the prevailing opm atfecting present services of government; and when offi-jion: "it would be as unnatural to cials are struggling to secure a reduction under such circum- the cholce of " propcr cl"'r,Ilctcr Ktnnnoo tho ru.nr.ln umiiW l,o ;,. I ,1 !, rv...t.. Ui.iIor cl;f magistrate to the people as ... , v,UIU ,.,,,t. iuiuu uirac "iuna uy ijt wouid be to refer a trial of colors voting an increase, and especially an unnecessary increase! to a wind man." Vote "NO" on the State Water Power and Hydro-electric! 80 ,ar M 11 concerns setting up a Constitutional Amendment! h50"? of wlB0 n ? deliberate freely mmimm ion the presidential candidates, ns tho . " , founding fathers Intended, tho usage EDUCATION APPROPRIATION , has been an empty ceremony vlrtunlly Another measure which should be voted down on Novem- from th0 stnrt- wl,It ' hns do" ' ber 8 is the "Higher Education Appropriation Bill-Purpose: Z' " t 10 appropriate an amount of money originally fixed at iwoim results already mentioned bc $1,181,173, of which $500,000 was vetoed by the governor, 'come possible, it is somewhat ns it leaving a balance of $681,173, from the general fund of the " bn!,CD1! sme "ore decided, not ! state, to be expended under the direction the State Board iCctl""' ' of Higher Education for the Oregon State Agricultural col- since ibbd, 64 joint resolutions imvc lege, the University of Oregon, and the three state normal ibcm '""-ociuccd i congress to aboi- Schools during the years 1931 and 1932" lsh the system, and a concerted move. rpi, i,j r 1 . . L ,' ment against It, led by Senator Nor- ine budgets of the various educational institutions hnvn .,ri.r pins tho othe been reduced to such an extent that this appropriation is 'objections. Mr. Noni points out that no longer necessary, so there is realv no argument on this!" Is vl'tmH ""possible tor a third question. We quote from an editorial in the Eugene NewsK Z which explains the situation. lot of ai: the states. "This appropriation bill has boon used to considerable ex-' A3 B archaism, there nro school-moving bill, lime and again the Zorn-JUacpherson that it has twice ami may again mis cohorts have quoted the $1,181,173 figure as hanging over represent tho win of tho people ns to tho voters of the state, whereas the total was reduced to lhcir cl,tlco of i'"'10"' "c.9 " ,m; &v r ?vwor Muier wit!iout tho firif of a si,iKle "rieTsrrr-s"1 puwicity blast. Ihe governor also opened the way for in- Louis Po3t-Dispatch. vuninjf ui me reieieiifium by vetoing the emergency clause of the appropriation bill, thereby giving time for preparation and filing of petitions. "The governor's action was looked upon with dismav for a time. Tho various administrations of the schools believed they would almost bo forced to close. Tho state board of higher education was not yet ready with its unification plan and it was a case for the individual schools to work out their own salvations. This they went to work to do. In many cases work that was considered necessary was done. Some Of the economies. SUCh as USO of IllliMimr mnl rli.mwinlli.n t . .. .. ' . -v ...v.wii nmiom now Will unu III. Rms ui wj,- lunas, elimination of book and magazine purchases, mine- iwtumtios opening m front of mm uon or amounts expended lor repairs and the like, were con sidered expensive in the long run. But the economies were nvule. "One example of the strenuous measures to keep all work going forward in the face of reduced funds was the arramre ment made to provide for the university medical school. Most voters have not realized that the medical school is cntiieW dependent unou legislative hnnmiii-iiilinn With the appropriation bill tied up, it was necessary to take funds coming originally to the Eugene campus and divert them to the medical school. No one who has watched events at the times as a period of preparation. ; much larger size, tho base of the The result, of course, was that Car- j bulbs is usually an inch deeper than neglo became the world's greatest; the tulips. Snowdrops and aclllas steel master and, in the end, was ' should go down about two and one able to die rich after giving away half to three Inches. Crocuses should 320,000,000. And the young men who ; havo two Inches of soli above them. I found places with him during those bygono years of depression are not go ing hungry today. Mr. Schwab, lncl. dentally, Is one of them.. SMITH WELCOMED WITH CHEERS IN BOSTON THURSDAY (Continued Prom Page One) THE OPEN COURT CORRESPONDENTS MUST SUBMIT TlllOIK NAMES TO THE EDITOR IF TIIEV DE SIRE liETTERS PRINTED. 1 Oct. 37, 1032 Chicago convention. "Pretty Frank' Tho erythonlums need about four Inches to cover. So do the check ered lilies, frutlllarla meleagrls. The anemones for cold frame planting need only an Inch of soil to cover them. I The Itllea need the deepest plantlntr Editor. and they can go as deep as a foot The Observer down for candldums with good re-' 1, Grande, Ore. suits. The distance apart la rather; My dear Sir elastic but in general five Inches Is j i wtBh to 'thanJc tne observer and TntSd ahUW h Very carefuI and co"Pent re P Thv hftinri r.f porter for the account of my speech , " ' delivered In La Grando Monday eve ning, Oct. 24th. yard manure as fertilizer. Bone meal Smith sold ho felt he had come ' te tn oniY B&fe fertilizer to dig In nome;" that his audience was "sit ting around his table," and he said ho was going "to be pretty frank." "I was not satisfied with that Chi cago convention," he Bald, ''And - I know that you were not satisfied with it. But listen, we'll settle these troubles In our party. Wo don't want any advice, and above everything else wo want no sympathy from Senator Moses or his Republican cohorts." Referring to what he termed "ad ministration failures" Smith said: "If I were to be asked tonight what in my opinion was the greatest fail ure of the existing administration, 1 1 would bo Impelled to say that they left tho people of this country en- I tlrely In the dark with regard to the all Important function of govern ment tho final adjust of our flnan- ( clol condition. There Is no doubt I that they will bo able to explain it, but tho explanation was not in their favor, and It was therefore withheld." Tho crowd roared its mightiest as he said: "Every successful and progressive president of the United States during my time has been a former governor of a state Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolldge." Coollrige Booed And even as they roared, a few boos were heard at the mention of Coolidge's name. Smith frowned and shouted: 'Can that, can that I'm talking of successful presidents." Of President Hoover, Smith said: "Tho trouble is that he lacks the power of leadership, even over the members of his own party, and what Is more ho lacks the power to appeal to the people themselves." ' Smith spoke of the bonus army In cident In Woshington and said the president should have explained the situation of the finances of the country with respect to the claims tho bonus army members were mak ing. "Instead." he said, "they (the bonus army members) wero encouraged to remain in Washington until sani tary conditions became so bad -they had to be driven away from Wash lnsrton by armed forces of the United States and the secretary of war went out trying to explain why It should havo been done." I evidently made a slip In substi tuting one of the national leaders for the soil, with potash salts or wood OSheS an eXCtHpnt rirOClno- itnnn taw. i : s B surface. ' another and ask you to correct that w me, uiHo unubiier sugni; miscon ' Sibylline Books In the traditional history of the Bo man kings, the Cumuean sibyl sold ception of what I Intended to say oi, wie tariir. When I mentioned tho posslDility of a privately owned bank covering to Tarnuln th Prnn.! h cihviii ' tho United States, similar to the one books. Tradition says that the books ara a,go Jjy f"lden ,Q . , ' , " 7 Jacksorf, not Alexander Hamilton, were preserved In a stone chest in I Tho other lace where l MM to the temple of Jupiter Cnpltollnus state my position clearly was on the mm nvrv uK&iroyeu oy tne lire time consumed the temple to the year 83 B. C. Within six years the planting of winter legume seed In Jeflerson county, Alabama, has Increased Irom 1000 to 75,000 pounds per year. wool tariff. I am In favor ot the tariff on wool. It does somewhat aid the wool grower, because we lmporb one-third of the ' is the Lastt Pay of Faffl&'s Liquidation Salle "You'll find Bargains galore left for everyone Be Here!" eleven cents, hence the price here wool used In tho should never have been less than 16 country, and we should receive the foreign price plus the tariff. The for- cents a pound. Why do we not get the full benefit elgn price has never been lower than! of the tariff on wool? five cents a pound. The tariff la if given a commission to go to con gress, on Nov. 8th, I propose to find the reason why we wool producers do not profit to the full extent we should by reason of the ariff wall. Very sincerely yours, Wolter M. Pierce, t $ v g $ The Garden SJUJ I 3'5,$3$'3'S."3S' HOW TO PLANT UDtfttf While bulbs are the nearest to fool proof plant material there is, and un less burled so deep they con never reach tho surface, a crop of bloom Is suro to result, proper planting means a great deal In the quality and quan tity of bloom. A few general princi ples should be observed. First of all, bulbs need good drain age. This Is a prime factor, and If the soil Is heavy and not well drained raise the beds six Inches above he surrounding soil level to give the nec essary drainage. Plant tho bulbs deep enough. With very few exceptions it Is bettor to err on tho side of depth than of shallow ness. Tho two notable exceptions are crown imperial and candid urn. Miles. Thcso two bulbs, although of large size, suggesting that they should bo down at least six inches as needed for other bulbs of their size, should not bo covered with more than two inches of soil. Tulips will burrow to 18 Inches or mora and come up regularly and bloom If left to themselves, but from fivo to six Inches from the top of the bulb is their proier planting depth. Narcissi need tho same depth from tho top of tho bulb, but owing to the different shnpo and sometimes the A.i: OP OPPOHTt'MTV Tho young chap who Is Just start ing out to make his way In the world those days faces a pretty tough pros pect. But before he gets through h Is likely to find that he couldn't have picked a better time to make a bc 'Mnnlng. So. at nnv ruto. savs Charles M. Krhu'iili wiirt jfjiim in fori tlmt since! there isn't nny plnce for thing iro but up. tho lad who bculns ot bottom now will find all kinds of op since f university will deny that the process oi' readjustment wasibco" Mm bor"rp onomy future. in th? near future, Writing In the current issue of the Pictorial Review. Mr. Schwab out that even though the dep hns been long and hard, the Isn't going to come to and after tomorrow, after nil. Amerln not suffering from a shortage of food and supplies; potentially It Is Just n rich as ever. Sooner or Inter, Ameri can pnergy and Intelligence will brlnh us buck to times even better than we huvp had before. This little song, to be sure. hn Hut Mr. Schwab BAKING POWDER You save In using Kc.Use only hall as much as Is required of soms others. .." DouieTesteJ Double Action f painful. Undoubtedly ho. of the savin was poor economy 10!, .il Mim imuu k 1 i'ti lit expenditure some nine in me but drastic need often forces drastic action. "The big points nre that the economies have already been effected and the slate, board's unification plan is now in effect. Assurance is given by even a cursory survey of the board's plan that savings before tho end of the biennium will be vastly greater than the $(.81,173 which remains of the appropriation bill. As a result, it would seem ridiculous to vote the appropriation fiow. The obvious thinjr to do is to vote 311 X No and kill an expenditure for which there is no longer any need." , greatest Industrialists that ever llvrd Andrew Cnrnegtn; for It was always Carnegie's custom to use a depres sion n- a time for expansion, n time for getting ready for o future boom. In the panic of the '70"s, when most InrtuMrlnlfots wvrr busy at the wail Ing wall. Cnrnrgle kept hard at work building new plains and getting ready to do a bigger business than ever bc fore. Tt was the same when thp de prrtMlon of the 'AO's came oiong. Al ways. Carnegie knew that there would be an upswing; always Ho used hard Sheet Music Prices Koducod .1 for if 1.00 Radio & Music Supply Co. 24 DISCOUNT UNTIL OCT. 31 ON BATTERIES SPAEK PLUGS BHAKE LINING ANTI-FREEZE and Other Winter Auto Necessities , Never before has Firestone made i t possi ble for us to offer such wonderful values at Buchlow prices. Buy now, and take advan tage of this fiscal year closing sale. Now is the time to prepare your car for winter driving. Drive in today! FREE BATTERY TEST f FREE BRAKE TEST Have your ha tier v tested on Firestone scientific testing equip ment. This will give you accurately the condition of your battery. We will inspect and clean cables, ter minals and case. Firestone liattery Factories are world, l ircstono Uuttcties havo big, full-sized plates and are guaranteed from 12 lo21 months by Firestone and ourselves. 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