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Thursday, March 8, 1931 Pasre Two i LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVE!?? LA GRANDE. ORE. Lost One Appetite' DIANA DANE (Trmdrmsrk Registered) O S Patent Offlne ("wait TILL WO, ivOuSS LATE. DAP, OlNSeR'S RE-Di.''l WT V.ANT ANY OlNSeR'S RE-D1.'' I CCW"r V.ANT ANY M ( WELL S THIi ) ( CO" ON. OAD. UDiNKEE, MOTHEK. fjg V VOVR SURPRISE?!- ! COME on, DUMA. J Vi'm GONG up- y i& --rTfT)i "N, Gets home, j AHO t'EE ALMOST) COME ON, UAU, If LilNNUK., i-intK., (Incorporated) MOM. VDVLLj COME ON, DtAMA. J 'M GOlNHi. Ut- An Independent Newspaper Phone Mala 600 Yr J SO HL'NGRV, T-0T EL W. FREDERICKS . .Publisher snd Oenerai Manager HAROLD U. FIKLAT Buslnes Manager Published evenings, exception Sunday, 1710 Btxth street, I Grande, Oregon. Entered at tba Postoffloe of La Ormnde, Oregon, a Second Clan Mall Matter under act of March 3. 1878. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND TUB CITY OF LA ORAND1 &6 SURPRISE,, TUZNtu OOSVN W .MX" INVITE Jj H Til f S id T 1 Vff7r PI MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Preaa la exclusively entitled to cat for publication of aU newa dispatches credited to It or not otberwlaa credited II pub . LUbed here. All rights of republication of peclal dispatches In tbla paper and alao the local newa herein eleo are referred. National Advertising Representative. It. O. MOO EN BEN CO., Inc. Ban Francisco, Los Angeles, BeaKle, Portland, Chicago Detroit, New York Grieve not the Holy Spirit to the day of redemption. unto STIFLING AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY When the government's own statistics show that less than four per cent of the coconut oil imported into this country is used for food purposes, it becomes rather difficult to un derstand the 200 per cent increase in excise tax upon that product included in the revenue bill of 1934 now before con gress. An excise tax of 5c a pound is placed upon importa tion of coconut oil and sesame excuse that such heavy tax is the farmer" from the designs margarine, in which coconut oil It is not suiprising that soap try, using over !)() per cent manufacture of their product in the revenue bill, have set up complaint. And it seems a natural complaint, particularly in these times when success of American industry of all kinds needs every support for the continuance of payrolls and relief of workers employment. That the makers of the bill, In their ever oonsclous effort to bold and encourage farm vote and support, should have overlooked consideration of a great American Industry Is not. so surprising as their continued passlveness in the house of congress after tho matter had been called to their attention. Inclusion of the present plan of heavy excise tax on coconut oil will, It is contended, result In 60 per cent curtailment of American soap production, an Industry that has grown in this country to where It la one of the out standing manufacturtcs. A 60 er cent curtailment In Its operations could not fail but throw from employment thousands of men and women and out of circulation their psy checks of hundrcda of thousands of dollars. Coconut oil is ttie Ingredient In soap which loosens dirt. There la no suitable fat or oil at the present time produced In this country from which soap may be manufactured that will contain such satisfactory properties. Without the coconut oil present In tho soaps she now us the American housewife may find herself returning to the old wash boiler and scrubbing board methods. Unless and there's the funny thing about this coconut oil tax because on the opposite there la no increase In duty on Importation of foreign made soaps. The foreign manufacturer can then sell soaps with coconut oil content in tills country at a price not greatly in excess of the present market price. Can thle coconut oil Item in the revenue hill be a "nigger In the woodpile" to aid and assist foreign soap manufacturers to rcpluce an American In dustry that lately has grown and Is continuing to grow and prosper to the advantuge of thousands of American workers and millions of American housewives? Somehow it has that appearance and it la to bo hoped the senate, In It forthcoming consideration, will give heed to this small among-numbcrs but highly Important Item In the 1U3 revenue bill. CARELESSNESS' TREMENDOUS TOLL Elsewhere in today's Olweiver is printed a news story concerning automobile accidents. It points out that car wrecks in 1933 brought death to 29,900 persons and injuries to 850,700 more, bringing the death toll from this cause to nearly 125,000 for the last four years, and injuries to around 4,000,000. These figures are staggering to visualize, terrific to con template, amazing in every respect. And they serve as the greatest indictment in the world today against human care lessness. After the accidents are analyzed, it is found in FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS by Blosser Tough Sledding! AW, Mom, DON'T WORRY.-. WE'LL D WINGS AREN'T OOING SO WEXU, IN THE COOK HOME ... COME OUT ON TOP, LIKE VESUVIUS V. SOMETHING WILL TURM UP.. .WE'LL GET A BREAK ! W7A ism V JUST A MINUTE... I'LL CALL OH, A WISE GUY, EH ? AIN'T THAT A LAUGH... HAVE MV MnTliPD! A CHAIR, HAHA1.! WONT You were Gonna COME IN AND HAVE TAkE TH' WHOLE BUNCH OF 'EM.' A CHAIR? rt- t I l iTr II V .tea, II W -' . il , I I p ( WE KNOW IT, BUDDY... F ( KEEP YOUR J B t' SOMF OF ITS PRETTY CHIN UP MOM... & I UCMvl mill I v. . i wclu uci y I IK? A I IPT iaiiTVj r Z c ax& M - kfiK ) .-nan yv of God. whereby ye are sealed Ephesians 4: 30. oil in the revenue bill on the necessary in order to "protect of the butter substitute oleo is a principal ingredient. manufacturers of this coun of coconut oil iiiqwrted in the and who, discovering this joker ! THERE GOES THE BELL, ) SYLVESTER ...ANSWER IT A AND TELL WHOEVER IT J IS, THAT WE'LL TRY To j PAY THEM NEXT V. WEEK f SJ HEY1 YOU CAN'T DO ? ( THAT.... YOU CAN'T CARRY 3, --"S OUT ALL OP OUR JJ i4. furniture rf I HATS FORYtMJ TO HAVE SO MOCH RESPtofJSIBlLITY BUT WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, YOU ALWAYS a TROUSERS.. TROUBLE IS, LONGER THAN ) -ANYONE J. . f. l J ., nearly every year that mechanical trouble caused 10 per cent or less of the total toll the human element -was re sponsible for 90 per cent of the deaths. Because John Citi zen was too busy doing something else besides driving care fully, thousands Of pei-sons died premature deaths. Possibly he was thinking of business interests, possibly looking at some object through the side window, possibly he was in too frolicksome a mood to pay attention to safe conduct of his car through the traffic. These and many more reasons for accidents exist, but all in all, they may be summed up in one word carelessness. When the driver is prone to ease up on his task at the wheel the most important one he has at that time regard less of circumstances he should give thought to this: In a California city there is a large sign by the road side. It says: "Drive Carefully; We Love Our Children". And it was erected through a donation by a man whose own little daughter was killed when inn over by an automobile. AT TUB LIBERTY lUCO-Radlo picture' dramatization ol Louisa M. Alcott'a 65-year-old clas tic best-seller, "Little Women." now showing at tue Liberty, brings to ac curate and authentic life all the be loved characters made famous by the ' author. j Louisa Alcott, who Included her-1 self In the story as Jo, one of thej Little Women, Is Interpreted by thei brilliant new star, 'Katharine Hep BLOND flgi A rtw Serial Jf(iC BYNVPSIH: Utnlh bh drown. tnomt to b tl9 ittla ot i cnriflu nnaorttd Qnnrttt. caiuiht in 1 ml tru n interior Ywctitun that in rmiiflhi tilHiui with u-nter. Frnnlc flrahamt. li ej-'rer ha taken fw or&nt rhnnca at hi Ule rn nrilrr to tvt this others, Janice Kent, th ?r.tvit Btnr xnhrtm Frank loves t Jlill l.nnoton. th nvbitor. rripnlr truina to ott out ot tha vnllav. the iniurrd hijh orient ot a Mnrntia tribe that han tried to kill the olhrr three. Frank ts ftonUna tlown nit underornuud river. 0'iinij to reach tho coast. Chapter 43 DARK HORROR rKSPITifl btmsuir, Frank's teeth began to chatter. Ke had esti mated eight to ten hours Immer sion; would his resistance bear It? Then suddenly the phosphores cent glow disappeared. The water seemed quieter; then apparently the current became a scarcely per ceived flow. Ho touched the aide-wall. Ills senses bad not deceived him. The current had Indeed diminished. A sudden fear contracted hla heart. He believed that he was at least halfway to the coast perhaps a little more. Dcsplto tho probable Inaccuracy of his estimate of time olapaed, he was sure that he had been adrift at least flro hours. Supposing thaL from litis point on, tho current flowed sluggishly 1 A chill that was nut from tho water j swept hi in, As bo splashed forward, hoping, to assist with tho effort Ills down stream progress, he began to be aware that ahead of him there glowed a light that was not the greenish fellow of phosphorus. Ho could not lot himself believe that grayish dimness that suffused tho blackness ahead of him was Hie end of the cavern. Ills disappoint muni, he knew, would be too keen. The clumsy llfo belt Impeded his progress; yet be darod not dispense with ll Icat some weuknass over come him. or some nilnl:np occur. A vagrant eddy caught him nnd hurried h.m forward. He was whirled dfLzyhigly for an Instant. Ho bumped againct a buttress of rock projecting Into the channcd. The stream made a twl' to the left; then to the right. Suddenly he floated Into day light! Sudden pain stabbed his eyes. Ho shut them lightly for an Instant; then slllted thorn against the unac customed ItghL He wan In a ceuoto. It was uot so large as tho one below the pyramid. nor so hlgh-wallcd as ihc extensive one where he had left I.angton and Janice Kent. It seemed, however, deeper. The water Hooded wlthlu I' to a tilKh level on tho cliffs. At otio edge the cliff had broken down; shrubbery and creepers grew ujou U- With an I'juculailon of hope tio raddled to ward It. Perhaps from hero he could rim u the level above. I nsiniiiuneuiisly the It ought came to him that could he somehow gel wunl to llllty and Janice Hint thcy cnuld drift down to here on the rnfi and oure o.JOve ground, could chop ll. rough Hie Jungle to Hit coast. I IK snuiHlifd Into the shallows A ' tie did so there was a shuglsh n.ovfm.-nl (lie tiitu'e of water plan is thirteen him ai.d itie slop nhrml (lolilrn. lilai'k-sllitrd eye oh furvtil turn; a wide tooth fringed ninur itnpt-4. AlttiMlor! He stood n'lll. The rop tltf did not attack. Instead ll slid . tu one side-and awar from him. A burn, who heads the cast- ot 20 prin cipals. The other Little Women, Meg, Amy and Beth, are Interpreted by ftrances Dee, Joan Bennett end Jean Parker respectively. All the delightful, lovable charac ters of the novel walk out of the pages and re-enact this beautiful story about all that is simple, power ful and good In American home life. Orumpy old Aunt March storms and utreeses and crabs as of yore in the person of Edna May Oliver; hon orable, lovable Fritz Baher, who fl- GODDESS IY IlerLerl Jensen boiling of muddy water marked Us disappearance Into the ccnote. Grahame repressed a slight shud der. He knew alligators: sometimes they attacked a man, but usually not. Although his knowledge was practical and Jungle-bred and did not conform to popular belief, never theless the sight of the reptiles al ways gave him that atavistic sensa tion of skin crawling upon his back. With the footlug 11 rm beneath him he left the water and climbed up ward to the edge of the cenote. It was then that be reatlzedVtliar It was raining. Raining with. the In b latent steady downpour that told him that tho rainy season was In deed upon them. It would bo only a matter of days now perhaps hours before tho caverns and cenotes would be flooded. Ho looked about him. The dim jungle pressed upon him from all sides. Only vaguely could be esti mate the points of the compass. Swiftly he analyzed the alternatives confronting hi in. He could attempt a return to Jan ice and Hilly. Hut even with com pass, supplies, machete, and fire arms It would take him days to reach thorn even supposing ho might II nd their cenote valley readily a chanco as remote as finding the pro verbial needle. To attempt the coast or. foot would doubtless end wltli mote success for himself, ll might tdke him days to accomplish that; H Mould be loo late, then, to rescue hid companions supposing the rain continued and they were unable to get out of the valley. A sudden thought struck him at this point: Langton hinted that the high-prlcst knew a way to get out. Perhaps the ahktn had been but biding his lima until he had but a crippled man and a helpless girl to put some Blnlstcr plan of his own Into operation, , IRANK wiped tho dripping rain from hU lace. Ho thought wHh a slight bitterness that It was a trick of llfo lo give a man not two alternatives, but three or more. It Increased tho odds against his be ing right In the one be chose. Ho looked down at tho pool of the ccnote. Ho saw the break In the wall from whence he had floated. On tho other side he observed that the roof or the continuing cavern ras a scant three feet above the watkj level. Doubtless driftwood bad damned that exit causing the water Id the pool to rise. However it would uot bo long before that dam would crack ihrouiih and the whole system of the underground river would be gorged with a turmoil of floating brush, logs and debris. Ho descended to the pool and waded In. Ho gavo no thought to the reptiles that might be lurking In Its depths, nor to the possibility that the cavern might be choked at the further end In which cise he would never see daylight again. He hud taken those chances de llhoratoly that morning whet he had left Janice: the situation had not hcen altered. He splashed to ward the exit where the water swirled under the three font arcb. Just before he made the plunge tHMieiuli the arcb hi ar.w ths alli gator axain He was lying on the bank, his malevolent little eyes fUod on Frank. Then there was only darkness. Frnn tatts tomorrow. Int ths nuw of death. The Weather O re son: Fair tonight and Friday;) freezing temperatures In the east and local irusis in ine west portion to night; gnstle to moderate change able nind offshore. LOCAL WEATHER Wednesday: Maximum 53, mini mum 36 above. Clear. ( Today: Minimum 37, 7 a. m. 37 j above. Clear. I nally wins Jo's heart, is enacted by ! Paul Lukas; Laurie, the irrepressible, Impressionable boy next door who; wooed Jo, but married Amy, is in-1 terpreted by Douglass Montgomery, j stage and screen favorite; Marine , ; the mother of the Little Women and j the epitome of charity, understand ing and kindness. Is Spring Byington of the New York stage; Brooke, the tutor in love with Meg, Is John Davis j Ledge. All the rest make their ap- 1 pearance, too. George Cukor directed. Three Sisters Have First Reunion in Yrs, ELGIN Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lappln of Council, Idaho, brought to Elgin; Mrs. Margaret Vandcrmuelen, who! had been visiting there and spent : Saturday and Sunday at the E. E. j Hai man home. Mrs. Harman, Mrs. Lappin and Mrs. Vandermuelen, sis ters, were together for the first time In 27 years. i fltk law 'I m, x x w s JrHKL rT' v" W-4a i- C-AJ An.vi 1 .!wl..-rw KKOM TIIK 1)1 VMOM IIOKSE-SIIOK (r TUB MKTHOI'OI.ITAV OI'KKA IIOI'SE Saturday at 1:50 p. m . Eastern stan dard Time, over Red and Blue Net works of NBC. LUCKY STRIKE will broadcast the Metropolitan Opera company ol New York plete opera. "Pasllaccr. r ' fiti I i fsaWastsfc . TiTiTTWTaanTnmi'i i-' skm sttrmA SKSSetW' -t tvf mm. " t I A Iways the ttnest I obacco Hi ,,7, .Ln r . r I m Crcam of the Crop r1 dfcvaaii(rea r. mil the lotion RADIO TALKS FOR FOUR -H CLUBS MAR. 12 Two member-j of the Oregon State college faculty will talk tq the 20.000 4-H club boys and girls of the state Monday night, March 12, at 7:30 o'clock, via radio station KOAC. Miss Lucy A. Case, extension specialist In nutrition, will discuss "Keeping Well in Winter and Spring,' and O. M. Nelson, professor of animal husban dry, will 'talk on "Growing the Lamb." Camp fire Groups Of La Grande and Union Have Joint Meeting UNION The Ml-kan-wee girls of the La Grande first and second wards ami Union met here Tuesday after noon at the L, D. 8. church, with the Union girls to hostesses. The quarterly ceremonials were given by Mesdames Lloyd Welch, Pearl Thompson and Ezma Baxter as counsellors. Awards were made to the girls. Games were played and refreshments were fierved. Mrs. David Stoddard, Mrs. Pearl Thomp-jon and Mrs, Ray Williams brought the La Grande girls to Un ion. American minnows Introduced In Istiia province, Italy, have entirely freed the area of malaria by eating mosquito larvae. And good taste is one great pleasure you find in every Lucky Strike, for only the finest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos are used in Lucky Strike . . . la the com . I TOO AY IN BKIEF, IN AND A;LD orego: AB CHRONICLED BT TUB DAILY LEASED WIHI OF TUB ASSOCIATED PBESS INDIAN CHIEFS OATHEB SALEM. Ore., Mar. 8 W) Indian chieftains and counselors who lei their people in war during the early j days gathered at the Chemwa In- j dian school here today to lead ineir people in peace. Tlie representatives of northwest ern Indian tribes will be toCd the government' latest plans for themj under the proposed Wheeler-Howard Indian bill. Organization for self government' and collective farming and the establishment of a federal court of Indian affairs are promin ent features of the measure. TO SETTLE C. W. A. 1VAOE SCALE PORTLAND, Mar. 8 tP Action, toward establishing a permanent scale for CWA labor in Multnomah! county was being undertaken today) by a special committee appointed by the county relief committee, acting , under orders from Harry L. Hopkins, ; national CWA administrator. j MEIER ISSUES PARDON I SALEM, Mar. 8 iff) Governor Ju- 11 us L. Meier today granted a par don to W. H. Fisher, sentenced to 30 THE JOY OF GOOD TASTE and only the center leaves. They arc the mildest leaves, the most tender. Every Lucky Stnke is fully packed . . . always so round, so firm no loose ends. iW.y days in the Douglas county Jail at Rose burg on conviction of driving while Intoxicated. Illness of Fisher was given as the reason for the par-uon. T;ie fine of 10Q was not waived nor was the revocation of his driv er's license. IT, HADE I-O-N 1IIC.IHVAY SALEM, Mar. 8 (fit Grading of 5.2 miles of the Idaho-Oregon -Nevada highway in Malheur county will be Included In the project awards to be let by the state highway commis sion March 22, it was announced last night. The eight projects will ap proximate expenditure of $500,000. and will also include about 20 miles of other road Improvement and con struction of two bridges and one un dercrosslng. Wage scales for labor In confor mity with the federal scale was an nounced as 55 cents for common and 65 centi for much skilled labor, with the following exceptions: carpenters 90 cents; electrical workers SI. 10; shovel runners $1.20; concrete fin ishers 90 cents; painters 90 cents; drivers operating three-ton trucks or over. 83 cents; concrete mixers $1. NOJ top IcTtwAw-r.
