La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 19, 1931, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text(fatrnxbs wnxtw iMmvmx CITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased , Wire Service . 14 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER BEE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OP THIS PAGE. VOLUME XXIX - MEMBEK ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1931 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 123 melville to turn on gas S at ceremony City Commissioners, Gas Company Officials, MOthers'to Participate. LA GRANDE FIRST TO GET SERVICE Project Launched Here .j; Last Summer Actual -' Construction Work was f Started in Fall. -Tuesday at noon, butane gas ser vice tor La Grande will be formally Jjgiugursted, with Commissioner Vic c R. Melville, president of the city commission, turning on the new fuel. City Commissioners William Condlt and Fritz Lottes, Manager A. B. Cherry, representatives of rammer clal and civic organizations, officials of the Natural Gas Corporation of Oregon, and the public In general will attend the ceremonies, which will be held at the plant in East La Grande. First In Oreson ' When the gas Is officially turned oh. It wll make La Grande the first city In Oregon to enjoy this type of fuel. Klamath Palls will be the sec ond, with service scheduled to open there on a later day this week. The opening of the service tomor- row culminates a project that was launched here last summer, when annitentinn wis made to the city commission for a franchise. It was a few months before preliminary steps were completed, and In the fall actual work was started, contin uing on Into the winter until the distribution system and the plant was completed. More than 100 local men were given steady employment by the gas company during no kltig period here. . .. 71 Wide Variety' of Fuels'-.! J' The coming of natural gas to La Grande gives the city a wide variety of fuels from whloh to select, and in this reeppcti laf es It on par. with other larger centers in the west. : Besides the city commissioners, the ' (Continued on Page Five) SECOND HALF SCHOOL YEAR J OPENS MONDAY i The work of the first semester will come to a close when the high school classes are dismissed Thursday noon this week. From Thursday noon to Friday noon teachers will be busy making final check-ups and the students will call at the BChool Friday afternoon for their semester grades. : It Is estimated that nearly 60 new "students will erttcr the freshman class when school begins again Mon- day morning, Jan. 28, the opening of . ithe second semester. All present ' students will complote their enroll mens - Thursday morning, while students entering for the first time must register boforo noon Friday. En lollinent has been so arranged this year that students will lose no tlmo at the beginning of the new semes ter, but will attend all classes at the -, regular hours, beginning Monday morning. , . 5 Grade schools will also dlmiss classes Thursday noon, and the chld ren will return Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock to receive their report cards. Regular classes will be resumed Monday morning. According to pres ent plans there will be beginning first grade classes In the Central, Rlverla, and Greenwood schools, but none at the Willow or Ackerman schools, though It may possibly be t necessary to change this arrangement ) later. Children who will have reached v the age of six years on or before March 1 will be eligible to enter first ., grade classes at the beginning of the f.: second semester. I Sam Ashby Better, Physicians Report 1 y Bam Ashby, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. ABhby. who has been 111 of In fantile paralysis since Wednesday, is f reported today by his physicians to be somewhat improved. Bam has 1 been 111 since Wednesday and unable to go to school but It was not con- i i olHaral 4nC! Until EYIHnV ' He Is suffering from a paralysis of ' is being given him. The paralysis has been checked and his tempera S tur now is nearer to normal. Sam Is a sophomore at the high : school and is president of his class. It is not believed that an epidemic of paralysis Is probable In La Grande, physicians state. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Cloudy in the east and rain late tonight or Tues day In the west portion. Slightly warmer in the west r,portion tonight. Fresh and at times strong southeast winds offshore. WEATHER TODAY 7:30 a. m. 17 above. Minimum: 16 above. Condition: Cloudy. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 26, minimum 26 above. Condition: Cloudy. WEATHER JAN. 19. 1930 Maximum 16, minimum 9 above. Condition: Cloudy, snow 7 inches, moisture .60 of inch. Tigers Defeat ; Cove Team Here Saturday 34-14 Elgin Quintet' to Play in La Grande Tuesday Tigers in Baker Fri day. The La Grande Tigers, flushed with confidence following their victory over Joseph Friday night, showed an imDroved brand of basketball Satur day night that decisively defeated the strong uove quintet, 3 w 1. Cove was never In the running after the first two periods. Tomorrow night La Grande plays Elgin in the Recreational hall here at 7:30 o'clock. Friday night the team goes to Baker and on Saturday night. Union High school comes to La Grande. Shepherd played an outstanding game, both on the floor and in bas ket shooting, ringing eight field goals for a total of 16 points. Oester llng, at guard, played a strong game, holding D. Weimer, Cove all-star for ward, tto one lone field goal. Eaton. Torrence and Nelson had their ups and downs, with Eaton finding the basket in the last three minutes for a trio of scores. Richards Scores Three Richards made all of Cove's field goals in the first half but In the last two periods, the Weimer broth ers and Smith, guard, located : the rim once each. - i The Tigers had a 9 to 3 lead at the end of the first period and built (Continued on Page Two) $2700 Changes Hands 6 Times In Three Days In connection with observance of Thrift week and efforts' now being made by the Liberty theatre to deter- mine how widely a dollar bill circu lates during a certain period 01 time. F. A. Epllng, o the Grande Ronde Meat Co., relates an unusually Interesting example. Jan. 12, he says, the company pur chased a carload, of Hereford steers from Cecil Galloway, paying $2700 The company made it a point to, check the turnover for three days, and found that in that length of time that the sum had turned over 1 Six times and paid 10,200 o; Union county Indebtedness. VVve traced it back to the bank and presume It la still doing its duty," Mr. Epllng says. Mr. Epllng also points out that according to statistics of the Harvard bureau of research it takes seven years for money sent out of a com munity, to return. The $2700 left In Union county, and turning on an average of three times a week for seven years, would pay three million dollars in indebtedness, it is estim ated. Organization Is Formed Here For Red Cross Drive At a meeting today noon of the presidents of most of the civic or ganizations of La Grande, a definite program for handling the Red Cross call for disaster relief was adopted and inaugurated. The set-up fol lowed a report of a sub-committee appointed lost Friday when the same group of presidents held an informal meeting to arrive at a proper pro gram. The basic thought behind the program as adopted Is that every person in the county shall have an opportunity to make a contribu tion, however small. Tills opportun ity will be presented tomorrow morn ing when the local banks and the La Grande Investment company will be authorized to receive contribu tions toward the $1000 asked of La Grande and the county. Except for trict. the campaign will be conducted by groups rather than geographical areas. As the Lions, chamber of (Continued on Pago Eight) Local Firm Will Continue Operations The Oregon Hardware and Imple ment company, It was announced to day, has been voluntarily assigned by the former owners to P. L. Meyers for the protection of the creditors of the firm. The business will now be operated at the same location under the name I of Claude Wright, representing the I John Deere company, and handling the stock of parts and farm machin ery formerly owned by the Oregon Hardware and Implement Co. Enid Marriott's Body Discovered FORT MOROAK. Colo., Jan. 19 (P) The body of Miss Enid Marriott. 28-year-old Wiggins. Colo., school teacher, who has been missing since last November 16. was found today. The body was found under the Ice of the- Bijou irrigation canal five miles west of Fort Morgan. The canal has been searched for the last two days since the arrest of Harry E. Moore, a road worker, who had been charged with abduction. I Mrs. J. T. Harvey Is Called Beyond i Mrs. J. T. Harvey, who has been j in for a long time, passed away at j ; one o'clock this afternoon at the ; apartment of her daughter, Mrs. Har- ! ley Smith. The body Is at the Snodgrass and t Zimmerman mortuary Funeral ar- . j rangemenU have not been made as yet. Development of Approaches To Deepest Box Canyon Is Urged A resident of Imnaha, Ore., W. G. Miller, sends a suggestion to the Observer that Is great Im portance to this section. It re lates to development of ap proaches to the deepest box can yon In the world, practically unknown to people who live more than a comparatively short distance from the gigantic gorge. Mr. Miller's suggestion follows: "Isn't it a fact that Union and Wallowa counties and the state of Oregon are overlooking one of the greatest scenic attractions in the United States when they allow their distinguished box canyon, known as "Hells Can yon" to remain an unexplored mystery to the thousands of tourists who inquire all the way through the state of Oregon as to possibilities of reaching it before their return cast. "Letters by the thousands are being received every year within Wallowa and Union counties as to the routes and chances of seeing this greatest of nature's heritages. These letters come from every state in tic union but are left unanswered because there is no definite course that can be outlined in a reply. Wouldn't It be well for the citi zens of Wallowa and Union counties and the county courts of said counties to get busy and LEW1ST0N QUINT WILL PLAY HERE Mountaineers Tackle Idaho Cagers Tonight Paisley Injured at Helix The Mountaineer basketball quin tet, handicapped by Injuries to Pats ley, regular guard, will open its home intercollegiate season here this eve ning in the Recreational hall at 8 o'clock. Saturday, in a rough contest In the small Helix hall, the E. O. N. team was defeated 48 to 34 and Paisley suffered an eye Injury that will keep him off the court for many days. Others of the squad were bruised and battered but not seriously enough to keep them out of the game. . The Lewtston Normal school will be hero tonight and from advance reports, will have a strong team on the floor. The game will not count in conference standings, but is re garded as of considerable importance, as the Lewiston school is In many ways, a natural rival of the Lu Grande institution. Irwin to Htart With Paisley out of the game, Coach Bob Qulnn announces his lineup for tonight: Medcalf and Bax ter, forwards; Houchens, center; Posey and Irwin, guards. A preliminary game between two gym squads will begin at 7 o'clock, the college game to follow. At Helix Saturday night the E. O. N. cagers led by a slx-polnt margin (Continued on Pago Two) KDL'C.tTOlt KILLED WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 m Pro lessor Allen Johnson, 61. Author, editor and former professor of Amer ican history at Yale, died last night after being struck by an automobile as he attempted to cross a Btreet against a traffic light. Ho was born In Lowell, Mass., and hal lived in Washington since 1026. His writings, principally on historical subjects, included the Dictionary of American Biography. Here is shown the type of gas plant which the Natural Gas Corporation of Oregon t which has long Ix-on wanted in this enmmunity. Also are sh own the new serUj ask for assistance from the state In securing an extension of the La Grande-Joseph highway on down Sheep Creek to the Imnaha river thence up the present road to within three miles of this can yon. This road would not alone be a tourists road, as one of the richest farming and stock raising sections In the state of Oregon would bo opened up. Further, the forest service could be relied upon to complete the road to the Snake River divide, a distance of :, approximately five miles, which would bring hundreds of tourists through Union and Wallowa counties to view the deepest box canyon a sight which would re pay anybody for the trip. "The National Geographic so ciety sent its explorer, Mr. Berg, down the Snake river canyon to secure pictures and ho remarked on reaching Lewis ton. Idaho that It surpassed the Grand Canyon of Colorado. If California had this attraction we would have heard about it long ago so why not Wallowa and Union counties get together now and retain their claim upon the greatest attrac tion In Oregon before Idaho de cides to route the hundreds of thousands of tourists that now come through Oregon to other channels." . Music Tourney Scheduled For Apr.lSHere April 17 and 18 has been set as the date of the first Eastern Oregon music tournament to be held under the sponsorship of the Eastern Ore gon Normal school, according to plans made at a meeting of music super visors from several Eastern Oregon communities Saturday afternoon at the Normal school. The tournament will be held at the Normal school. La Grande, Milton-Freewater, Baker, Weston, and Irrigon are represented at the meeting while several letters from other schools, who couldn't send representatives but who want to par ticipate In the tournament, were re ceived. The high' schools will be divided Into three classes, according to their size, for the tournamont. with class A including schools of 300 students or over on a basis of last year's total enrollment: class B, 100 to 209; class C, under 100 students. Events which have , boon set for each class are band, orchestra,' bt-' (' glee club, girls' glee club, mixed "ghie club. In addition, it was decided, there will be individual solo competi tion in voice and Instruments, and in any event in which there are two entries there will bo competition. Contests must be - bonaf Ide under graduate high school students. The Instrumental- competition will be rated on the basis of tone, techni que, rhythm, phrasing, stage conduct, and general appearance. The same (Continued on Pago Eight) Glen Wagner Buys W. K. Gilbert, Inc. Announcement was made today that Glen Wagner, prominent busi ness man of Walla Walla, has pur chased the W. K. Gilbert company, taking possession last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner and their four children will move to La Grande as soon as they can arrange for living quarters. Mr. Gilbert has not as yet an nounced his plan's for tho future. Type of New La Grande , - m lV ttn : -Hi ..i,, , "A-hrr .Witt irT-r .... n - - rP WJOSri - ' U r &.m K TW M-U HOOVER AND SENATE FACE NEW BATTLE Px-esident Determined to Make a Success of the Red Cross Drive. DROUTH BILL RELIEF NOT LIKED Congress Equally Set Up on Enacting the Pro posal to Give the Red Cross $25,000,000. - WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 if?) Tho senate today approved the Demo cratic proposal for a $25,000,000 ap propriation to tho Red Cross for re lief work, after rejecting an amend ment stipulating that the federal funds be used onlv In event the pro- sent red cross drive for $10,000,000 In voluntary aid fails by February. WASHINGTON, Jan, 10 P) Re lief for tho starving farm popula tions of drouth Btotes became today the basis for a straight-out struggle between the president and congress. Determined to make a success of the Red Cross drive for $10,000,000. Mr. Hoover called upon a group of outstanding citizens, led by Calvin Coolidge and Alfred E. Smith, to sponsor the fund raising. Congress was equally set upon en acting the proposal to hand the Red Cross $25,000,000 out of the treasury. A vote approached In tho senate on a motion to defer consideration of the item, which was passed and then (Continued on Pago Eight) ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL LEE OBSERVED RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 10 WV Prom Virginia to Texas, , the bound aries of the old con ?-:u racy, iua 124th anniversary of cho birth of General Robert E. Lee was observed today. Probably no more impressive serv ice was held than that at Washing ton and Lee university which General Leo headed after the . war between the states. Virginia honored the memory of her famous son with a holiday in (Continued on Pago Seven) Union Station Is Robbed of $10,000 CHICAGO, Jan. 10 (P) A slendor youth of qujjet voice and dress robbed tho ticket offices of the un ion station of $10,000 in cash early today, locked the clerk into the vault and escaped. The robber timed his appearance for 2:30 a. m., when only one clerk, Hobart E. Smith, was on duty. The vast station, largest In Chicago, was deserted oxcept for a magazine coun ter clerk who dozed In one corner and a Janitor In another. FRANCE MAY FIX PRICE OF WHEAT AT $2 Bill Providing For This Has Been Prepared Already, Report. FRENCH FARMERS MAY BREAK EVEN Higher' Grades Would Bring Top Price; Lower Grades of Wheat Less Than $2.00. PARIS. Jon. 19 W) The French government plans to fix tho price of high grade wheat at $2 a bushel, tho Associated Press was informed at the ministry of agriculture today. A bill to that effect has alroady been prepared, and Minister of Ag riculturo Victor Boret Is confident It will bo passed by parliament, It was said. Even at $2 a bushel, taking into consideration high costs of produc tion, French farmers will Just about break even, In tho opinion of tho minister. Under tho proposed measure, some of the lower grades of wheat will command a lower price than $2, but tho higher grades, such as Manitoba hard, will bring the top price. Tho ministry of agriculture esti mates that the increaso In tho price of bread to moot tho new wheat prlco will bo about one cent a pound. M. Borefs measure was discussed at today's meeting of tho cabinet and will be gone over again at an other session Wednesday, when, it is expected, It will be definitely sub mitted to parliament. '. INTANGIBLES TAX BRIEF IS FILED Seeks to Bolster up State's Petition tor Kerrear ing of Case. SALEM. Jan. 10 P) If the Ore gon supreme court stands on its opinion that the intangibles tax act of 1020 Is unconstitutional, declares a brief filed with the state supreme court today, then both the corpora tion excise tax act and the personal lncomo tax must also bo declared unconstitutional. The three , tax statutes wore onacted by tho 1020 legislature, the Income tax being re ferred to the people anad approved by them last wovemncr. Tho brief was filed by Arthur O, Spencer and Roy F. Shields, of Port- lund; Representative Ralph S. Ham ilton of Bend and A. A. Smith, of Baker, to bolster up tho stato tax commission's petition for rehearing of the case of Scott Redfleld and others against tho commission, tho (Contlnuod on Pairo Two) Gas Plant 2 '.yes-' ' H4K3 "juilt to serve La Grande with the modern fuel I rucks of the company, which will arrive soon. Wickersham's Law Report In Hoovers Hands C h a i r m a n of Law En forcement Commission Delivers Message Re peal is Not Favored. WASHINGTON. Jon. 10 W) The law enforcement commission's pro hibition report wns submitted to President Hoover today. Chairman wtckersnam arrived ai tho White House proper Just boforo 0 o'clock this morning. He carried the long-awaited uqcumens m a bulky envelope The nresldcnt soon went over to his offices. But whether to study the report was not revealed. He is ex pected to submit the commission's findings to congress without delay, possibly Tuesday or Wednesday. At that, time It will bo available for publication. The report of the commission as a whole has been described as largely factual, but ombraclng recommenda tions -for Improving conditions In connection with Volstoad enforce ment. Not For Repent Tho word has boon given that no rocommendatlon for ropeal or modi fication Is Included, In this main report, at least. Sources close to the commission said no effort Is mado to gloss over facts olthor favorable or unfavorable to tho dry laws, however. The report as submitted Includes Individual opinions from among the oleven commissioners. How many dla sontcd from tho majority report la pected to bo mado known only through publication of the docu ments themselves. From the commissioners themselves In recent wcoks havo eome assertions that unanimity could not be hoped for. . Under tho plan upon which the report finally was drafted tho mem bers have written separato reports or opinions to take care of these divergencies., (Continued on Page Six) Mexicans Cold At End; Quake i Casualties 114 UAXiCO CITY, Jan. 10 " Thou sands of persons, mado homeless by last weok'B earthquako, took hope to day with abotomont of the coldest wcathor In generations. The return of normal tomperatures was expected to facilitate groatly re lief work. Casualties In the four days of earth shocks now number 114 re ported death and many others In jured. Probably a groater toll will be revealed when Isolated districts are heard from. Dr. Rafael Silva, uhlof of tho de partment of public health, arrived In Oaxaca, scat of the earthquako disaster, to take ovor relief work. Temporary buildings aro being con structed there for tho homeless. For the first tlmo In five days, no roportH of earth shocks were received yesterday. The National Hallways said today that oleven railway stations between Tohuacan, Puobla and Oaxaca had boon dostroyod or badly damngod. All tunnoln along the routes aro bolng Inspocted. Resumption of, regular snrvlco has boon delayed be cause tracks havo been blockod by landslides. 4' irons' v. ZtsLe GRANGE AND POWER BILL DUE TUESDAY Administration Measures Will Make Their Ap pearance in Salem. EBERHARD WOULD KILL "EDDY LAWS" Measures Would Repeal Statutes Making Prop erty . Ownership Voting Qualification , SALEM, Jan. 10 W Members of tho two hew houso committees, the publlo utilities and reapportionment, the former expected to handle the administration measures whloh as yet have not been Introduced In the stato loglBlature, were announcod this noon by Frank J. Lonorgan, speaker of the house. Fending power and grange bills are expeoted to be in- , troduccd tomorrow, those In touch with the administration program an nounced. . Kay W. OUi, of Multnomah coun ty, was named chairman and' Mor ton Tompkins, of Yamhill, vtco chair man of tho committee on utilities. Other members aro John Manning, Multnomah; John H. Lewis, Mult nomah; E. W. Snell, ailllam; David O. Glass. Wasco; Gordon J. Taylor, Clackamas; Herbert Gordon, Multno mah; John A. Thornburgh, Wash ington. The majority of the mem bers aro declared favorable to tho govornor's program. swift Vice Chairman E. B. Day, Jackson county, heads tho committee on reapportionment, with A. V. Swift, of Baker, as vice chairman. Other members are Homer D. Angell, Multnomah; L. D. NABh, Lincoln; James D. Chinnock, Jose phine; Ralph Hamilton, Crook, Des chutes, Jefferson, Klamath and Lake; H. H. qhlndgren, Clackamas;. W. E. rLOCiiuaie. uranc ana Harney; joeepn N. Scott, Umatilla. , Tile-night sessions of the Joint ways and moons, qorrtmlttee will start to night, and - will be held every night'-' during tho session. Other important commlttoe meetings will also be started- this week. - Committee ses sions In the Oregon legislature are (Continued on Pago Eight) DEATH TAKES NEGROBEFORE MOB GETS HIM 8HREVEPOBT, La., Jan. 19 fP) Death In the form of peritonitis claimed Lemah McOanlel, negro, at midnight, and dispersed a mob of 1,600 persons, who milled about the hospital where ho -was being treated for wounds suffored lh a police gun fight, , The shooting was fatal to two of floors. , A few members of the crowd climbed an unguarded flro escape to tho negro ward on the third floor. , but loft after three of the group had been called Into the negro's room by Dr. E, L. Sanderson, superintendent, and shown the body. The entire police forco, augmented by nil available sheriff's deputies and a score of city firemen, held most of the crowd to the ground floor. Mayor J. O. Palmer, Sheriff Tom Hughes and Captain Harry Stahl of the national guard unit here, made speeches. The negro was brought to tho hos pital after a raid Saturday night up on his froccry which was led by three policemen wearing old clothes and faces blackened. Tho officers said they suspected the grocory of hiding a gambling den. i McDanlcl denied shooting tho of ficers, naming another negro as tho i slayer. This negro was arrested and j spirited away to a Jail. Oil Well Menaces Oklahoma' 8 Capital OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 10 (TV All oil well blew wild Insldo tho city limit of Oklahoma City today, In juring a workman seriously and Im periling tho "Doorstep" oil field and adjacent Industrial and residential districts. Tho well. No. t Wapaco of the T. B. Slick estate, is about a mile from tlio city's business section. Lower connections woro cut by sand and blown out under groat pressure when It was bolng opened for production. When it was completed last October, the flow was 58.000 borrels daliy. All fires In a radius of one-half mllo from tho well were ordered ex tinguished. , Wheat Today i CHICAGO. Jan. 19 lPi United Slates visible supply decreases gave impetus to late upturns In grains today. Rough weather prevalent over the corn belt also was a strength ening factor. Trade lacked volume, and tho markets, cosily Influenced, fluctuated nervously. Announcement of the French gov ernments plan to fix tho price of high grade wheat at 2 a bushel mado no noticeable Impression on the mar ket with only slight fluctuations In price recorded in wheat futures. The fact that tho 'J price was not much higher thon the old fixed figure tended tto discount any effect the news might have had. Wheat closed Irregular, at U cent decline to H advance, corn -I cent up. oats unchanged to Va higher, and provisions varying from 2 cents set hnck tot on enunl rise.