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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Thursday, January 18, 1934
(Incorporated)
An Independent Newspaper
rhona Main 600
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-.Publisher and General Manager
HAROLD M. PTNLAY ,
Business Manager
. Published evenings, exception Bun day, at 1710 Blith street, La
Orande, Oregon.
, Entered at the Postotflos o( La Grande, Oregon, aa Second Olaaa
UaU Matter under act of March S, 1878.
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of Inefficiency, a certln amount of favoritism, and a certain amount of
outright corruption In his government.- The extent to which he puts up
with those things varies from city to city, naturally; but the man who.
like LcCiuardlu. boldly proposes to abolish them entirely la a great rarity,
and he takes It for granted at the start that he cannot be re-elected.
We have had a great deal of talk In the last year about' "new deal",
about a new spirit that la entering our conduct of national affaira. Now
here do we need such change any more than In our system of local gov
ernment, particularly In larger cities. We need not only politicians who
are courageous enough to put principle above the success of their own
careers; we need a publlo opinion that will support such men when they
do appear, and give them the backing they must have.
The piping times in which money was so plentiful that we could afford
I to support wasteful and grafting city governments have gone, now, and
there is not much chance that they will return soon. It. Is up to us to
cut our ciotn to suit our purse: to nunc lor and support politicians willing
to take office with the prediction, I never shall be re-elected."
The Weather
CITY DADS IN
WEEKLY' MEET
AT CITY HALL
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; so where
there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Proverbs 26 : 20.
SACRIFICE OF POLITICS
Probably the most significant single thing about Mayor
LaGuardia's inaugural in New York was his blunt predic
tion: "I never shall be re-elected." That brief remark, taken
in conjunction with the new mayor's policies, contains a
whole volume of commentary on municipal politics as it is
practiced in America.
The reasons for the new mayor's pessimistic prediction
are simple. He aims to give New York a clean and efficient
administration. He is going to reduce the number of city
' employes by approximately 10,uu0. He is going to cut sal
aries, abolish useless boards and commissions, consolidate
city departments, end the reign of graft in the letting of
contracts and the buying of 'supplies, remove politics from
the police department. He is going, in short, to do those
simple things which obviously and indisputably are proper
for a mayor to do.
, But we have built up the kind of system In our municipal politics which
makes it very unlikely that any administration can do tho6e very proper
and necessary things and win re-election. To succeed in American muni
Only routine business matters were
taken core of at the weekly1 meeting
cf the city commission last night at
the city hall. It was reported that
aU resolutions required by the atate
highway commission in connection
with Its project to Improve the La
Grande-WaUowa Lake highway fromi
the railroad tracks here to the city
limits hod been passed by the com-,
mission.
The city manager's report showed
cash on hand at $10,079.06. divided
as follows: La Grande bank S7.010.83.
Portland bank $727.31, cash $898.88.
remainder in warrants.
WEALTHY MAN
CAPTURED ON
"., AUTO DRIVE
KEATHKIt FORECAST "
Oregon: Unsettled; rain In the west
portion tonight and Friday, light
snow or rain In the northeast por
tion tonight or Friday; no change In
temperature; Increasing southeast
Kind offshore.
LOCAL WEATHER
. Wednesday: Maximum 61, mini
mum 38 above. Partly cloudy. Rain
.05 of Inch.
Today: Minimum 32, 7 a. m. 3:1
above. Clear.
More Insane In
Oregon Now Than
Ever, Is Report
SALEM, Ore. Vf) Commitments
to two of the state's Institutions
state Insane hospital at Salem and
the feebleminded Institution ' this
month have reached the peak: of all
time, It waa reported here by officials.
With 2.370 in the state hosoltcd
here, the buildings' capacity was
taxed to the limit. iThls number ex
ceeds all other previous high peaks.
It was reported. The hospital In East-
( Continued Prom Pssr Otis)
the Theodore Homm Brewing com
pany who paid $100,000 for his free
dom last June. Otto Bremer, direc
tor of the American National bank
here and Minnesota manager of the
Home Owners Loan corporation, la an
uncle of the missing man.
- Police said Bremer was seized after
taking., his eight-year-old daughter,
Betty, to the Summit grade school.
The next thing heard of the bank I e Oregon, with more than 1,000 was
BUNTING CO.
PLANS SCHOOL
ON SATURDAY
Residents of a Meklcan colony
east of San Jose built a church of
clpal politics, as a general thing, a mayor must consent to a certain amount adobe bricks.
The Bunting Tractor company Is
announcing wk on .i.muciy,- be
ginning at 9 o'clock In the morning,
a Dlcoel tractor school will he staged
at the company's headquarters on
Jefferson avenue.
Factory men will be present to
show moving pictures and give lec
tures on all the current models of
Caterpillar Diesel tractors, according
to C. W. Bunting, president of the
company. He reports that already ao
of the larger Diesel models are at
work In the Bunting company's ter
ritory. All Interested are Invited to
the school.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CLEANLINESS?
Then we invite you to come and inspect the cleanest"store in La Grande! White
baked enamel shelving with price cards on every item; bakery department , spic
and span; white enamel brilliantly lighted refrigerator; meat department with
brand new display c6unter; colorful fruits, and vegetables garden fresh! Look
for the brightest, lightest, cleanest store on the street that's your home-owned,.,
I. G. A. Store. f V .
Friday and Saturday Special Prices, January 19 & 20
Your Favorite Soaps at Saving Prices
WHITE KING WASHING MACHINE SOAP, large pkg 27c
CHANxU or MISSION BELL, 3 Bars Mc
OLD DUTCH CLEANSER, per can 7c
Palmolive Soap
Keep the School Girl Complexion
3 Bars 14c
Crystal White
The Billion Bubble Soap
10 Bars 27c
I. G. A. Lye, tin
Household Ammonia or Bluing,
12-oz. bottle, 2 for
Northern Tissue, soft linenized,
snow white, 3 rolls .....
10c
15c
19c
I. G. A. Cleanser . 5c
Peet's Granulated Washing
Machine Soap, large 23c
Saniflush, tin .. ,. 25c
Purex, Quart Bottle 12c
president, according to well authen
ticated reports, was an anonymous
telephone call to Walter W. Magee.
wealthy contractor, from a man
speaking in a low voice. Magee was
told the Bremer car could be found
In the Highland Park district of St.
Paul and that there was a note on
the back door step of Magee's home.
At home, Magee found a typewrit
ten . note addressed to "Charles
Magee" and signed In Ink with a
shaky hand. The missive gave Magee
Instructions for contacting the kid
napers but the contents were not dis
closed. ...
Mageo refused to discuss the case.
8t. Paul has been the scene of four
other abductions in the last two and
a half years, kldnaplngs having
mulcted their victims of $138,400 of
the $310,000 ransom demanded. ,
Of the about 30 suspects in the
four coses, eight have been convicted.
also taxed
The feeble minded Institution
population today stood at 907, Dr.
Roy Byrd, superintendent, announc
ed. Passing the 900 mark set the
record peak.
. The Increase In both was declared
caused partially by the condition of
the times. The depression has
brought more cases to light, and In
ability to cure for feebleminded or
slightly insane has added this bur
den to the state. Dr. Byrd said.
WINDS PLAY PUSH-BALL
WITH FARMER'S BARN
ST. THOMAS. K. D. UP) Dust
blizzards have their good points ask
N. W. Smith, farmer here, who tells
how the. "big blow" of 1933 pushed
his barn back in placet ,
- A tornado 10 years . ago moved
Smith's barn from Its moorings, and
It didn't look right, leaning aa It did
to the northeast.
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EcOay's Stores
Store No. 1 1704 Adams
Phone Main 515
Member of
N. R. A.
Store No. 2 2916 N. 2nd.
Phone Main 109
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS
BEANS
Fountain Cut Stringless
Extra Fancy
3 cans ..... . . .
35c
KRE-MEL :
Makes a delicious pudding.
Chocolate - Vanilla - Carmel
Pkg. .......
MINCED CLAMS
Royal Club, , "
Vi flat size . li.
5c
15c
SNOWDRIFT
SHORTENING
3-lb. pail
PEANUT BUTTER
l-lb. Carton '.
DINA-MITE
Fine for these cool
mornings, pkg.
19c
SOAP
Bob White
10 Bars
23c
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BLOND
Serial
goddess;
By Ilerber Jensen
Al! China
MssVolui
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Swift & Co.'s Formay
Shortening, 3-lb. tin
Brookfield Cheese, assorted varieties,
o-lb. pkgs., 2 for
Heinz Famous Soups, family size,
large tins, 2 for
Jane Goode Salad
Dressing, quart .
49c
25c
29c
25c
See Our Big Handbill Delivered at Your Door or
in the Store for Dozens of Other Specials.
rk about special refund plan n here
by jour Drip t'otfee Maker will cost
you absolutely nothing.
Viscolized Milk
Pure, rich, pasteurized milk
with the cream mixed all
through. Finest for drink
ing. No extra Q
cost, qt. oC
Drifted Snow
FLOUR
19-lb. Sack ... $1.85
241i-lb. Sack 95c
C Minn inom
4Sc
01
Flour
Product of the Pioneer Mill
IC
2")C
$1.45
$1.75
KKDKUATION I'ARINA, .b. 39c
WHITE HOSE, 49.1b.
KKIlKHATION. ..lh.
Bakery Dcp't.
Csrmel Nut Layer esse o-)C
Fancy Dipped Doughnuts, iaz jjQc
Parker House or Pan Rolls
Brown or White, do.
Presh Mince Pies (Set. Only)
Preferred Stock Coffee, 2-lb. vacuum tin
Geisha Crab Meat, i-lb. tin
Calumet Baking Powder, l-lb. tin .. .,
I. G. A. Golden Bantam Com, No. 2 tin, 2 for..... 25c
Libby's Fancy Red Salmon, 12's flat 11c
In Our Meat Dept
Mild Cure Boston Bulls, lb jjc
Smoked Bacon Squaws, lb. gc
Fancy Mincemeat - Like Mother used to moke, a lbs 2!C
Veol Shoulder Roost cut from milk fed veal. lb. K)c
Pork Chops, a lbs . . 2.1c
1 lb. Welners, 1 qt. Snuer Krsut. both ISc
13c
20c
Orders $1.00 or Over
Delivered Free
Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
Bananas, fancy golden, 3 lbs
Large Sunklst Orange, doi.
Urs Chula Vista Celery, bunch
Fancy California Carrots, bunch
- 17c
- 29c
- 10c
-- 5c
MAX R. SARVIS 1209 ADAMS AVE.
exi uoor to woolwortlis
Phone Main 48
SYNOPSIS: Frank Orahame,
while uniting to see the great
illberg, movie executive, about a
Mexican picture, sees a disturbing
ehadow on the window ol the office,
lie cuts hie appointment, and linde
' footprints on the lawn outside the
office. He watches Janice Kent.
, movie etar. drive away ,lrom the
office in her car and watches a -eecond
car follow it. On an Im
pulse he orders a taxi to tallow the
two care. The taxi driver loses
them, but tells Orahame he believes
he knowe where they went.
Chapter Ttvo W' '
THE FIGHTt .
ORAHAME shrugged $ghtly and
f relaxed,' -He. took; rt&etyspaper
from ms orercoat pockoi and read
a line or two hers and there. Street
lights, flashing by, gave Indifferent
Illumination. . ' f
There was a story abof t Langton
who had crashed Into a West Indian
hurricane some months before.
Some new theory, though Grahame,
that the famous, flyer baa not dld
In that storm. Poor Bill Langton.
Why didn't tbey let his name alone?
He was gone and that was the end
to It. . - 5
Grahame began to feel Impatient.
The brief evening rain had passed,
leaving the pavements with a treach
erous sheen. Grahame stirred for
ward In his scat He saw that tbey
were swinging Into the hairpin that
rs the Juncture of Laurel and Hoi
lywood boulevards.
The cab lost Its footing upon the
sl!ck crown. It skidded for a sick
ening split second. The headlight's
glare swerved across stucco house
fronts, then, flashed -upon the lac
quered surfaces of two cars at the
farther curb.
Grahame dropped the newspaper
hs held In his lap. He clutched at
the door handle. In that brief cam
era-snap glimpse Grahame saw thai
there had been an accident. Figures
of men had bfon moving about the
cars. ,
With a sense of shock he realized
that oue had been a black limousine
and the other tan In color. He lifted
bis hand to rap on the panel. As be
did so, the cab's rubber found trac
tion. Brakes squealed. He jerked at
the door handle. ,
He ran back toward the cars. One.
he saw was n black and gold-trim
med limousine halfway on the side
walk and against a hydrant. The tan
nose of a nondescript car was
against the sleek side o( the other
like a slug against ebony. A trail,
yards behind It, showed where tires
bad slid over the pavement.
As he approached. Grahame s
( mind registered two fuels: be would
have sworn that he'd seen four fig
j ures outlined against the tan car
t hero were but two. a large man
' who lurched toward a little one.
Grahame's driver had turned his
cab so that the headlights glowed
upon tho scene. The little man a
Jap.ine!o In dark uniform and rap
was retreating: the assressor ad
vanced Willi emu otiillttusi, and an
arm drawn backward In a gesture
unmistakable. A girl Grahame's
eyes widened at her beauty leaned
forward from the rear seat of the
black and gold car. Her fingertips
j were pressed against her mouth.
"Hold on!" called Grahame.
I
i "ptlE large man pivoted toward
! - Grahame. Small eyes, set In a
i face heavy and sullen, blinked In the
i glare. The man's arm lashed for
' ward. Grahame swerved bis head,
I spoiled the timing of the blow. He
j countered with a vlolous right as
j swift and as sure as a falcon's drop.
Knuckles slapped against bono, The
big man's eyes went blank. Ha
pitched toward Grahame, who
stepped sideways to let him fall.
. Grahame looked at the girl. Her
eyes, he noticed, were blue and
wide: her balr was the color of
coined gold. ,
He felt suddenly bareheaded and '
embarrassed, and looked tor his hat'
Ha found It, spotted and crushed,
beneath the Sgure of the recumbent
man. Pushing It Into some sem
blance of Its original shape, thought
fully he surveyed it a moment, and
placed It on his head.
tie rubbed hls-rlght knuckles with.'
:lber palnrr of Ms left -;hand. He.
cleared his throat. "Well" he
began Inanely, when the motorcy-j
cles arrived. . j
The police kicked the stands be-'
hind the wheels, and approached.1
One of them opened a notebook. j
f'.Whoopee?" he suggested weari
ly. "Names, please. Howd't happen.
Is the man dead?"
.. Grahame explained. Once, while
he talked, he looked toward tie
black car for confirmation, and saw
that although the girl's face was
hidden In the shadow, her head nod
ded briskly. He said nothing of hav
ing followed the cars from the stu
dio, but began bis statement as from
the time his headlights had flashed
upon the two cars at the curb. "And
so," he concluded, !'I hit blm."
TUB policeman looked thought
fully at the slumbering strang
er, and back at Grahame, and said,
"Uhhuh. What's yourtname?"
"Grahame. F. A. Grahame."
The officer frowued and wet the
tip of his pencil. .'
-His companion, who had complet
ed an Inspection of the cars, offered,
"That's the guy who just come back
from South America." , '
The book snapped shut. The girl
allowed the light to fall upon ber
face, and leaned forward toward the
men.
"Frank Grahame!" she exclaimed.
"Oh. I know you were someone Im
portant!" "Hullo, Miss Kent," said the offi
cer. Grahame looked quickly at tho
girl. Of course he recognized her
now. Janice Kent. Really, she was
much more beautiful than her pic
tures showed her. He was conscious
at once of two unrelated thoughts:
that photography was an Inadequate
art, and that hereafter there would
be real satisfaction to write on offi
cial documents, "permanent resi
dence: Hollywood."
He observed that the police had
lifted the hait-consclous man to the
sidewalk, aad were sboviig the tan'
car away from the black one.
It's only your paintwork dam
aged." said the officer of the note
book to the Japanese. "Better take
Mies Kent home now. We'll take
care of blm. He pointed to the
driver of the tan car who was lean
ing against the lamp-post surveying
tue scene wun stupid eyes.
Grahamo . . . report at the pre
cinct station . . . tomorrow will do.
Send your driver down, too. Miss
Kent."
Would you mind seeing me home.
Mr. Grahame?" asked the girl softly.
The man from tbs cab took the
bill Grahame extended htm and
walked back toward bis car. Gra
hame got In beside tbe girl. A tew
minutes later the car purred smooth
ly toward Beverly Hills.
The girl pressed her gloved do..
gers upon Grahame's coat sleeve.
Thank you . -. . very much," she
said.
(Ctlmtit. lilt. I, Strltrt I,:..)
Tomorrow. Grahams finds a
strsnqs rsticsnc in Janlca Kent's
behavior. ,
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