Expect To Spend $100,000 On Sheep Creek Road
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1933
BASTE RJV RBOON'8 LEADING 1TEWSPAPKB
NUMBER 240
MGMNM SEEKS SIX Pl3
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ECTS
iniiiiiTTFr
lUlUMlllEC
OF EIGHT
IS NAMED
Agreement For Decisive
Action For Public
Works Moneys.
PLANS, COSTS TO
BE SUBMITTED
Complete Stoiy of Each
Project Will Be Pre
sented to Governor's
Advisory Boai'd..
Decisive action toward! La Grande
receiving a share of reconstruction
moneys for needed Improvements
under the national public works pro
gram, was started last night with a
representative meeting at the city
hall. Following discussion it was the
decision of the committee that the
plans and arrangements for local
needs be placed in the hands of a
committee of seven, membership to
represent the chamber of commerce,
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14 Local Men to
Leave for Forest
Camp This Week
Fourteen experienced woodsmen will
gather at the court house Thursday
morning at 8 o'clock to leava for tho
Frog . Heaven citizen 'a conservation
camp in, the Umatilla forest, accord-,
lng to announcement madettoday by
J. H. Peare, chairman of the Union
County Relief committee.: All those
selected for the camp were taken
from the unemployment rolls of tho
relief committee and Have depend
ants to whom a portion of their
monthly pay will bo sent.
The following will report: Kenneth
Murchlson, Louis Qreenough, of Perry,
Henry Allen, A. N. Anderson, Clarence
Looker, Peter O'Rourke, Hugh mo.
Naughton, W. M. Pldcock, Oeorge
Robertson. Oscar Roo, Euclid White
side. Harlen Yarlngton. OUle Olles,
of Hllgard, and Mao McCoy, of Ini'
bier.
About 250 young men, between the
ages of 18 and 25 years, from Peoria,
111. went through La Grande this
morning to go to Camp Lewis fur two
weeks conditioning before going Into
the woods. Each company Is com
posed of 20 men and one officer.
Tho tralnluad that went through
this morning Is the forerunnor. of
several others that are expected .to
pass through In the near future-
EBERHARD AT
BAR MEETING
Colon R. Eberhard, local attorney.
Is attending the meeting of the state
board of bar examiners, of which he
is a member, yesterday and today In
Portland. The bar examinations will
be given to prospective lawyers next
month and the state board Is mak
ing preparations for the event.
Mr. Eberhard Is also attending the
grand lodge A. F. and A. M. Mrs.
Eberhard accompanied him to Port
land. Salmon Now In
Catherine Creek
Sportsmen report that the salmon
are running In Catherine creek right
now, ana though the fishing1 Is diffi
cult because of high and muddy
water, several good sized fish havo
been caught recently. Prank Flanery
took a 12-poundcr . from the creek
last week.
LOCAL LIBRARY
GETS FINE PAINTING
Mrs. E. ' P. Mors man, who until
recently made her home In La
Grande, has probably done as much
as any other woman In the state
In furthering art appreciation. In
recognition of her untiring efforts In
fostering love of art through many
years, a painting has been purchased
with Oregon's Penny Art Fund, a
snow scene entitled "Snow Clad
Maples," a ribbon winner in the sec
ond annual art exhibition of the
Portland and Oregon chapters of the
American Artists Professional League
at the Portland Art' Museum.
Harold D. Marsh, of Portland, Is the
artist whose talented brush Is re
sponsible for the winter scene.
Mrs. Mossman now makes her home
PVj ROGERS
Says:
BEVERLY HILLS. Cal., June 12
King spoke over the radio this morn
ing. It was 5 o clock out here (I was
Just going totwork).
Why don't this world's conference
tlx It so that whenever anybody does
anything. It will be the same hour
all over. You will say "silly," they
can't-do that. They can Just as easy
as they can agree on anything else.
Different nations have different
problems, Just like different nations
have the sunshine on 'em at dif
ferent times. ' '
So when they fix how many guns
each one Is to have. Jiow much for
eign goods each one shall consume
and how much each one's money is
worth, why at that same time fix so
It's 6 o'clock in the morning every'
where at once. Yours,
SHEEP CREEK
SLATED FOR
WORK SOON
PORTLAND, July 13 (fl Tenta
tive allocation of $585,000 of forest
highway funds under the public
works bill for immediate letting . was
effected today at a conference be
tween the etate highway commission
the forestry service and the bureau
of public roads.. The money, as
agreed In the fore part of the session,
will be expended on nine different
projects. . .-, -k :- -
Bids for these forest Wghway . Jobs
will be called at the same time as
the state will call for about $1,760,000
of worlc but of federal funds previ
ously allocated. Advertising of these
projects will be ordered when speci
fications aro received from Wash
ington upon final adoption of the
public works bill.
Tho first ' money of forest funds
will be spent as follows:
Pendleton-John Day highway, four
miles grading between Dale and
Range In Qrant county, $100,000.
Enterprlse-Imnaha road, known as
the Sheep Creek route, eight miles
grading in Wallowa county $100,000.
Tiller Trail grading about two
miles to summit in Douglas county
$75,000.
Willamette highway bridges near
(Continued on Page Three)
MORE STORES TO
CHANGE HOURS
Further changes In the opening and
closing hours of La Grande stores
were announced here today. In addi
tion to the stores which, announced
new hours last week, Fitzgerald's
Furniture store, Bohnenkamp's, Mel
ville's, Wagner's Hardware.' and' Hack
man's Hardware have decided to open
their stores at 8:00 a. m. and close at
5 :30 p. m. during the summer
months. wntfmverv Ward & Co.
will also follow these hours, contrary
to last week's announcement that
they would open at 8:30.
SPECIAL MEET
OF K. P. LODGE
Chancellor commander Charles
Ornham, of Red Oross Lodge No. 37,
Knights of Pythias, has called a spe
cial meeting of all members at 8
o'clock tomorrow evening at the Odd
Fellows hall. Important business will
be transacted In connection with the
Initiatory work and the visit of James
Dunne, of Cleveland, Ohio, supreme
chancellor, of the lodge who will be
a visitor here on June 10.
in Amity and remains an enthusias
tic sponsor of art. In 1924. as state
art chairman of the Oregon Federa
tion of Women's clubs, Mrs. Moss
man, while living In La Grande,
worked out the plan of the picture
library, reproduction of old. and mod
ern fine paintings which were placed
In hospitals, schools, libraries and
other public places of that type.
The picture will be placed in the
public library here, since It was In
La Orande that Mrs. Mossman form
ulated her plans for the picture lib
rary which has gained a great deal
of popularity throughout the state
as an agency for fostering an appre
ciation in fine artistic endeavors of
all periods of history.
COMING HERE
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Supreme Chancellor James Dunn
Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, K nights
of Pythias, will speak Monday
evening, June 19, at 8 o'clock be
fore Ked Cross lodge No. 27 at
the I. O. O. F. hall. '
Dirigible Macon
Has Trouble On
Mid-west Trip
FRANKFORT, Mich., June 13 VP)
The coast guard station here report
ed today that the dirigible Macon,
flying In this vicinity, reported by
wireless that its rudder had been
disabled and It was heading toward
Sault Ste Marie, Mich.
At 2:10 p. m. coast guard officials
reported, the Macon sent out another
wireless message whloh they were un
able to dechlpher. Members of tho
coast "guard said the huge dirigible
passed over here and disappeared to
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Eagles Present
Fine Talent In
Weekly Program
A series of features were arranged
for the entertainment of more than
500 people; gathered last night at the
weekly Eagles broadcast at 8 o clock
at the hall. Reuben Vander Yacht
and Bill . Litlefield. of Oklahoma,
singers and instrumentalists par ex
cellence, were the featured attrac
tion. The two young men are work
ing their way around the United'
States with their music, with the
Century of Progress exposition at Chi
cago via the Old Oiegon Trail, as
their aim. They played harp, guitar
and violin accompaniments to their
songs.
A group of Spanish songs, In that
(Continued on Page Two)
A TALKING POINT FOR PROSPECTIVE HUSBANDS
Debt Talk Muddles Conference Of
ROOSEVELT
SIGNS HOME
OWNERS BILL
President Roosevelt Asks
All Mortgage Holders
Not to Foreclose. ,
TRADE MORTGAGES
FOR FEDERAL BONDS
Compromise Bank Bill is
Also Passed By House
and Sent to the Senate
Today.
WASHINGTON, JuneJ 13 (P) Presl
dent Roosevelt in signing the home
mortgage refinancing bill todt,y, ask
ed creditors to abstain from fore
closing prceedlngs until the legisla
tion gets into operation.
."I appeal to mortgage creditors,'
he said, "and all others who have
claims against the homo owners and.
oak them, until full opportunity has
been given to make effective the re
financing provisions of the home
mortgogq act; that they abstain from
bringing foreclosure proceedings and
that they abstain from seeking to
dispossess the home owners who are
in debt to them." .
Mr. Roosevelt signed the bill al
lowing owners of mortgages on homes
up to 20,000$ to exchange his paper
for government bonds at an interest
of 6 nor cent In the presence of the
hojhtJ' loaii "btuik; board which' wilfri
(Continued on Page Six
15 MILLION FOR
v OREGON COMING
SALEM, June 13 (!) It has been
definitely determined that the Ore
gon state highway commission will
receive approximately $15,000,000 for
road and bridge construction and na
tional parks, J. M. Devcrs, attorney
forthe commission, telegraphed from
Washington today.
Tho total Includes $4,000,000 for
forest roads, $1,300,000 for national
parks, 53.4oo.uuo for bridges and
$6,100,000 for highways.
Approximately 30 per cent of the
cost of the bridges will be obtained
as a direct grant while 70 per cent
will be borrowed from the govern
ment. R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, said actual construction
operations would begin as soon as the
money Is available.
but; sir - the
STARTED ON A-
Orchards Attractive Just Now
A new variety of cherry, perfected by Wlnfield Woodbury, school
teacher, is attracting horticultural attention at Stockton, Calif. It's an
early ripening Lambert variation. The fairest blossom? She's Eleanor
; .. Stevens, pretty College ot the Pacific coed. ,
Game Commission
Urges Cleansing
Willamette River
PORTLAND; June 13 (&) An or
ganized system of sewage disposal de-
igt&d to ft-tie the -Willamette rtoeiaM
pollution, was urge by the Oregon
game commission at a meeting here
Monday. The system had been pro
posed at a recent meeting of Willa
mette valley city officials.
Portland residents will vote July 21
on tt proposal to authorize construc
tion of a disposal plant for the ctty
through use" of reconstruction fin
ance corporation funds. The- game
commissioners 'urged Immediate ac
tion to see that this money becomes
available If needed.
(Continued on Pago Two
LOCAL MEN AT
LODGE SESSION
The grand lodge A. F. and A. M.
will open tomorrow 'morning in
Portland for their annual session
Among thepe attending from La
Grande are r.. H. Rlngo, grand senior
steward, C. R. Eberhard), Walter Now-
land and Oeorge T. Cochran. Mr.
Eberhard Is a member of the com
mittee on appeals and grievances.
,
MATTERN IS
OVERDUE ON
PACIFICHOP
NOME, Alaska, Juno 13 (P) Twenty
flvo hours after he left Khabarovsk,
Slbcrln, on n flight to Nome, Jimmte
Mattorn, Texas aviator, was unheard
from here at 0:15 a. m. (12:16 p.
P. 8. T.) today. By a direct route
the distance was about 2500 miles,
(Continued on Page Slxy
FARmsraic
HERE SATURDAY
AH farmers aro cordially invited to
a big picnic which will bo held in
Riverside park, La Grande, next Fri
day, Juno 16, according to announce
ment mode today by tho Grande
Rondo Co-operative Creamery associa
tion, and the Union County Grain
Growers, tho two organizations which
aro sponsoring tho event.
An Interesting program of enter
tainment, principally music, will be
gin at 10:00 o'clock in tho morning.
Lunch will be eaten between 12:00
o'clock and 1:30, and free Ice cream
and coffeo will be obtainable on the
grounds.
At 1:30 will begin a program or
speeches by prominent Union county
men representing both the dairymen
and the grain growers of tljls locality.
Tho committee says: "Everybody
welcome bring your basket."
Flood Danger Is
Decreasing Today
PORTLAND. Ore.. Juno 13 (P) The
flood menace on tho Columbia and
Wlllamcttfl rivers began to ebb today
as cooler weather In Eastern Oregon
and at tho headwaters of tho two
streams slowed the snow run-off.
"The flood situation docs not look
as serious today as on Monday," said
Edwcrd L. Wells, government meteor-
ologlst here. Ho was awaiting com
plete reports from the upper Colum
bia and Snake rivers. At The Dalles
tho Columbia dropped six Inches
overnight, temporarily ending the
danger to the Old Oregon Trail high
way.
The Columbia and Willamette near
Portland continued to spread slowly
over the waterfront lands but no
serious trouble was reported over
night, i ' , ,
Wheat Today
CHIOAao, Juno 13 m New rec
ord high prices for wheat and rye
distinguished lato trading today, but
met with increased selling and de
clines ensued.
Advances in securities were largely
responsible for tho transient upturn
of grains. Numerous unfavorable crop
report were also a bullish factor.
Wheat closed nervous, flyiO un
der yesterday's finish, corn also ft
Q down, oats ftftfto off, and pro
visions varying from 5 cents d eel; no
to a rlflo of 15 cents.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
FOKKCA8T8 SETTLEMENT
r
RIVF.lt IIIIKAKS LEVEE '
PARDON'S GIVEN
BANK HILL PASSES
LONDON, June 13 P) A satlsfac
tory Angelo-Amerlcan settlement on
the war debt Installment due Thurs
day was forecast tonight by Neville
Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex
chequer. In a three-minute speech
before the house of commons.
HOOD RIVER, Ore., June 13 W)
The Columbia river here fell three
Inches In the past 24 hours, although
the slackening of the flood came too
late to save a dike at the Button near
orchard and truok garden Just east
or the city. The levee broke dur
lng the morning and the tract was
Inundated. . . . , :
SEATTLE, June 13 (VP) Gov. Mar
tin today said Bert Bland, one of the
I. W. W. group sentenced to long
prison terms following the Centmlta
(Wash.) Armistice day riot In 1910,
had been paroled from the state pen!
tentlary. The governor also revealed
that John Lamb, another of the group
actlvo In the riot In which several
World war veterans were killed, had
been released from prison In April.
WASHINGTON, June 13 VP) The
Heiiute late today concluded coiigres-
sloiml action on the (Ikws-Steagnll
banking bill by the adoption of the
conference report. The measure now
goes to the wit i to House ror presi-
dttutlnl Hlgitaturek .. The ..IMHiferonioo
report wub -unproved by the senate
wlumii 0 Record vote una after less
than an hour's debate. ;
Controversy On
Vet Cuts Holds
Up Adjournment
WASHINGTON, June 13 (P) After
a conference with President Roosevelt,
Democratic leaders returned to the
capitol today for a mighty effort to
ward reaching an agreement on the
controversial legislation cutting al
lowances for war veterans.
That was the big obstacle to an
early adjournment of congress, indi
cations were however, that a rough
road lay abend for the legislation,
with doubt expressed by Democratic
leaders tho senate would concur In
an agreement reached by the house
and President Roosevelt.
No predictions on adjournment
were made.
National Guard
Leaves For Camp
tylonday Evening
Company E, 18th Infantry, Oregon
National Guard with Captain Walter
A. Bean, Lieutenants: Jesse V. An
drews and Robert R. Carey and 57
enlisted men boarded) the train last
night at about 7:16 o'clock for Camp
Clatsop where they will spend 15
days In federal service. The com
pany had "moss" at The Tiffin before
boarding the train which will also
carry companies from Baker, Union
ind Pendleton.
TRIO ON TRIAL
IN COURT HERE
The case of the state vs. Oscar
Avars, Clarenco Johnson and F. A.
Ingram continued today In tho cir
cuit court with tho attorneys exam
ining witnesses. The three men are
charged with extortion upon conv
plaint filed by Arthur) Bruce.
District Attorney Carl O. Holm and
H. L. Hess are conducting tho prose
cution while Burleigh and John S.
Hodgln are attorneys for tho defense.
INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two person
will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some
i 041 est Ion of the day. Through the
J each Interviewed will be granted
Liberty Theatre. The current all
I Workers",
Can a permanent and lasting peace
bo reached between tho nations
without a final settlement qf the
war debt question? Tho United
Slates delegation to the world eco
nomic conferonco at London has been
trying to completely side-step tho Is
sue without much success,
Mrs. Harry Sandocs, 1103 Eleventh,
says: "The world can not arrtvo at a
permanent peace without going to
tho bottom of tho mattor and elim
Nations
U. S. ENVOYS :
FAILTOSHOV :
ATSESSIONS
European Bloc Starts
lugni; uii to uet a- -
U. S. Settlement. V
SECRETARY HULL TO
SPEAK TOMORROW,
Sentiment at Home is Al
ready Calling For Im
mediate Return of U. S,
Delegates. :
MAY WALK OUT ' '
WASHINGTON, June 13 OT Am
erica's spokesmen at the London
conference were advised today In the
senate by Lewis pf Illinois, the Derao7
cratla whip, to will It out on the con
cluve rather tlum permit discussion
there of war debts.
LONDON, June 18 'W The de
velopment of a European bjoo of
debtor nations to force America to
settle the war debts question Imme
diately was predicted today by. clou
observers at the world economic con
ference as leading delegates took the
floor to expound the views of their
governments. .. ;.
It had been expected, that def-
Inlte statement on the situation,'
would be made. by. Neville Chamber
lain, 'ohnncelKWv.of :; .the exchequer,
before the house of commons' thl
afternoon, but' It tyas learned) that :
his statement may be defarred until
evening. N
The American reaction to today's
swift-moving developments ranged
from jocular speculation .as to the
time whon delegates would get a
cablegram to return home to an ex- .
prcsslon of the belief that It was
better for the difficulties to come
nt tho start of the conference than
later. . .
Conference observers said they be
lieved Insistent reference to debts
would make It difficult for Secretary
of Stato Hull to avoid mentioning the
problem In his talk tomorrow, at
lonst Indirectly. The conference re
convened at 3 p. m., but not a single
Amerlcuu delets'uto was present a ,
that time.
(Continued on Page Three? '
Eugene Meyer Is
New Publisher Ot
Washington Post
WASHINGTON, June) 13 W) The
Washington Post, long the property
ot the celebrated McLean family, now
belongs to Eugene Meyer, who until
a month ago was governor of the fed
eral reserve board;
Meyer announced his sole owner
ship last night after a District of Co
lumbia court had ratified formally
tho auction sole of the property to
previously unidentified bidder tor
(825,000.
Tho former reserve board official
proclaimed that he would Improve
the paper extensively and operate it
as on Independent organ "devoted to
the best Interests of the people of
Washington and vicinity." He laid
particular stress upon a statement
that he bought the paper in his own
behalf, ' "without suggestion from or
discussion with any person, group or
organization."
This was taken in Washington to
answer tho oft-recurring rumor that
the paper was to be used aa a power
ful central Republican party organ,
Meyer has been regarded as a Repub
lican, though he entered the federal
service under Woodrow Wilson and
1 ...
, (Continued on Page Six)
REPORTER j
comtesy of Manager C. M. Wight j
two complimentary tickets to the J
ruction Is John Gilbert 4n "Fast i
. . ' . I
inating the bone of contention. The
war debts are ono of the chief bones
and should be settled If any attemp
ts to bo made to acquire permanent
ponce."
Shirley Prlco, 1014 Cedar street, be
lieves "The settlement of the war
debts Ifl one of the principal prob
lems before the world today and
without a definite and final settle
ment no semblance of peace can ever
bo attained,'1