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i GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1933
ASTERN OREGON'S liMADWO tTBWBPAPEB
NUMBER 244
INITIATED
PfilMM
DeLong New Head
ANNOUNCE
HONORATBIG
PICNIC HERE
Farmers Picnic Friday
' Attended by Hundreds
Of Valley People.
BROWN SURVEYS
DAIRY INDUSTRY
Ballard, County Agent
Leader, Brings Report
of Improved Condition
in the East.
Ernest H. DeLong, . ' prominent
Grande Rondo valley farmer, presi
dent and manager of the Grande
Ronde Co-operation creamery was
elected president of the board of di
rectors of the Interstate Associated
Creameries at a recent meeting ac
cording to an announcement made
yesterday at the Joint picnic of the
Co-operative Creamery association and
the Union County Grain Growers.
The news was enthusiastically re
ceived, for his fellow dairymen. In
his own home valley were confident
that It was a responsibility well plac
ed and that DeLong merited the hon
or. Another Eastern Oregon man, M.
Thomas, of Redmond, was elected vice
president. The board which DeLong
heads Is composed of 60 members, 45
of whom are active dairymen, repre
senting a membership of 6000, while
.the other IS members are from other
businesses of varied types.
The new president was master of
ceremonies at yesterday'3 picnic with
600 people being served at the din
ner at noon, and remaining for the
program of addresses, andjnuslo - In
the afternoon.
D. A. Brown, manager of the In
terstate Associated Creameries, gave
something of the present status of
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CIRCUS IN TOWN
TODAY; WEATHER
IDEAL FOR SHOW
Wheeeeeo! Today Is circus day.
Since about 7:30 this morning when
the circus train pulled into the yards
eyes have been dancing, and kids
shouting, "I Just saw the tall man I
I saw 14 elephants and were they
ever hugel" Everybody is' going to
the circus, many this afternoon and
the others will turn out tonight for
the Al o. Barnes show at 8 o'clock
at Oak and Jefferson streets.
The circus came from Ontario,
where It exhibited yesterday, the first
of the three long trains coming in
shortly after 7:30. It seemed as if
half of La Grande was on the spot
to meeting the incoming gaudily
(Continued on Page Four)
BOWMAN-HICKS
MEN IN WOODS
The Bowman-Hicks Lumber com
pany is already employing about 60
men In the woods, according to word
from H. N. Ashby this morning
in prQaratlon for the opening of the
sawmill about the first of July.
Logging operations are now being
carried on in Wallowa county, he
said, and a crew of men Is building
a road in the woods east of Elgin
in preparation for logging there.
. Mr. Ashby could not state the ex
act date on which the sawmill will
open here, but said It would bo very
near, the first of July. The opening
of this mill will Klve emolovment to
nearly 160 men, which will be of
material tffneflt to the community.
TRICK ROPING
EASY FOR CLANCY
With a good natured grin, a Texas
drawl and a well-trained roping hand.
Fred M. Clancy Jr., 28-year-old trick
rider and roper, has appeared In ro
deos and horse shows throughout the
south and west during the past 12
years. In between Jobs he roams
about seeing the country and It is
one of these between-show trips that
brought him to La Grande whore he
is stopping at the Arthur McCall
farm near the city.
The young showman Is the son of
Fred M. "Foghorn" Clancy Sr., of Fort
Worth, himself a rodeo promoter who
has arranged some of the biggest
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Oal., June 18
Have seen three brand new pictures.
There Is an epidetmlo of every fe
male In every new picture now to try
and act like Mae West In. "She Done
Him Wrong." So If you can't see all
the new pictures, why,' Just go see
Mae's and then you will have seen
'em all. They even got toe going
around saying "You can be had."
- Give a big hand to little Finland,
The only one to pay all she was sup
posed to. So In picking, up hitch
hikers along the road, give preference
to any one of Finnish descent.
The slogan Is, "Haul nothing but
Finns all the way; Englishman, a 10th
of the way, but a Frenchman, a Pole,
a Czecho-Slovaklan or a Belgian, let
'em take a bus. Yours,
ih. fa-
EXPECTING GOOD
ATTENDANCEFOR
SUMMER QUARTER
Many Teachers Will Take
Advantage of Advanced
Work at Eastern Ore
gon Normal ; ,
Everything Is in readiness at the
Eastern Oregon Normal school for. the
opening of the summer, quarter next
Monday, June 10, It Is announced
from the office of the registrar, Miss
Helen Moor. . . . ;
Numerous Inquiries Indicate an ac
tive enrollment of teachers In the
field who wish to take advantage of
the opportunity for professional study
and. recreation during the summer
term. In addition, a considerable
number of undergraduate studente
will continue through the summer to
complete the requirements toward
(Continued on Page Four)
P. D. Q. Club Will
Affiliate With
Pi Delta Kbppa
The former P-. D. Q. club will be
installed as Oregon Epsllon chapter
of PI Delta Kopps, national social
non-academic Greek letter fraternity,
tonight at 6 o'clock at the Sacaja
wea Inn, with about 20 dignitaries
of other chapters in the west In at
tendance. Installation will be fol
lowed at 8 o'clock by a banquet,
also at the Sacajawea, and a dance
at 0 o'clock at Zuber -hall.
William J. Hogan,- of Stockton,
Cal.V, grand notional president, who
was feted widely while In Portland
(Contlnuod on Pago Two)
Five Candidate
Seek Election To
School Board
1
MRS. NORMAN FREES
Possessing a very considerable
knowledge of child education and
welfare as well as known business
generalship and clear understand
ing of school problems both as pi
entj and former teacher. Successful
leader of vorlous community or
ganizations. DR. JOSEPH L. INGLE
Successful In his own , business
and successful In his connections
with other business, both public
and private. Has served In thest
with merit In school board activi
ties and therefore a ready
trained, thorough, complete under
standing to meet problems that
will confront the board.. Likewise
(Continued On Page Four)
shows of the south. Candy Hammer.
Hort Campbell, Bassett B'.akely, Al
Ohase. and other names that are
well-known to exhibition riders and
ropers, are among Mr. Clancy's list of
employes.
In 1928. he roped the second fastest
calf ever roped In the United States,
his official time being 11 2-5 seconds.
During the same week, Johnny Bow
man established the world's record at
Hupup, Cal., roping a calf In 11 sec
onds, two-fifths of a second shorter
than Mr. Clancy's record.
(Continued On Page Pour)
Ot Interstate Associated Creameries
TRUCK OWNERS
ORGANIZE TO
FIGHT BILL
Local Operators Oppose
Exhorbitant Fees of
New Legislation.
GROUPS FORMING
ALL OVER STATE
Northwest Association of
Highway Contractors is
Filing Suit to Prevent
Operation of Law.
At a meeting of the truck owners
and operators of this vicinity held!
In the La Grande hotel Thursday
evening, a group of well Informed
men from Western Oregon explained
many features of the new bus and
truck legislation and showed how It
will affect the various classes of
trucks. .
The result of the meeting was the
formation of a local branch of the
Truck Owners and. -Farmers Protec
tive association, which Is organiz
ing branches throughout the state.
(Continued on Pas Four
31 GET HONORS
IN SPRING TERM
Thirty-one students, fourteen men
and seventeen women, have their
names on the scholarship honor roll
of the Eastern Oregon Normal school
for the spring term. Harry Dawson,
of 'Joseph: -next year's student body
president. leads the list with eighteen
hours of A 'a. Robert Bakln, of La
Grande,' carrying sixteen hours, like
wise has no grade below A.
Others receiving grades of A and, B
(Continued on Page Four)
Will Hold Scout
Summer Camp At
Wallowa Again
A general summer camp for Boy
Scouts will be held at Wallowa Lake
in August, and announcement was
made this morning of the final board
of reviews and court of honor which
will be held before the .boys leave
for their outdoor trip. The board
of reviews will be held Monday eve
ning at 7:30 in the offices of Charles
Reynolds.
The court of honor will be held
during the middle of July at Pine
Cone, the exact date to be set later.
o
We are Oi a time of strict economy in all
Hines of business, and particularly the public's
Dusiness city, county, state and national
affairs. Public offices, departments and in
stitutions must be operated along most rigid
lines of economy the same as is necessary for
private businesses to survive yet the public
institutions must continue O serve its public
to the highest extent of efficiency and purpose
possible. O
In La Grande at the present moment there
exists in the city schools the need of most care
ful manipulation of thorough business policies.
La Grande schools must continue to serve to
the fullest extent the needs of education, yet
give that service on the most scarcely provided
budget of expense ever faced in the history of
the community.
Next Monday the citizens of La Grande will
select at the polls from a group of five pro
posed, three candidates to join with two hold
overs in the manipulation of school affairs for
the coming terms. This newspaper believes
that probably at no other time in the history
of school operation in the city of La Grande has
Here's the Infant Ward, With the Coyote' Wild
Doc Stork has been so busy around the Flelsh
backer Zoo1 at Ban Francisco, that attendants
just gathered up the babies of carnlverous fam
ilies lor convenience in handling.' The. baby lions.
Jaguars and tigers, seem contented enough, but
the coyote puppy sole canine of the lot seems
determined to leave the cat ward.
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BILL OF SALE
CASE IS SETTLED
OUT OF COURT
The case of Arthur Bruce vs. Oscar
Ayars and M. J. Goss for return of
an automobile In the letter's posses-,
slon, and scheduled to come before
Judge J, W. Knowles In the circuit
court yesterday afternoon was set
tled Vout of court," Bruce this morn-,
lng showed papers where the defend
ants of his suit had relinquished the
oar to him) and likewise, released
notes which Ayars, Clarence John
son and F. A. Ingram were acquitted
previously by the grand Jury of a
charge of having extorted Bruce to
sign. . i . , -
This case, In which M. J. Goss, lo
cal auto dealer figured simply as the
place' of Business "whore the other
defendant had placed the car, grew
out of a cose which has occupied
considerable attention . of late In
which Bruce charged Ayars, Ingram
and Johnson had forced him to sign
certain papers in connection with a
power plant installation by the com
pany which Bruce represents.
' (Continued on Pago Throe)
MISS GAVIN
HERE MONDAY
Miss Jane D. Gavin, executive sec
retary of the Oregon State Graduate
Nurses association, will pass through
La Grande on the Portland Rose next
Monday morning,' and will be greet
ed at the Depot by her sister, Mrs.
Charles Gump and a group of friends.
Mlsa Gavin Is a delegate to the In
ternational congress of nurses In
Paris and Brussels, July 10 to 15.
She Is a former La Grande resident.
For Harmony, Efficiency and Business-like
Conduct of La Grande's School Affairs
Let Every Qualified Citizen Cast a Vote In
Monday' 8 School Election
1 VV
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Normal School
Annual Is Ready
r For Distribution
An interesting and. attractive rec
ord of student activities at the East
ern Oregon Normal school Is given In
the 1033 EON, which has Just been
received from the press and. Is ready
for' distribution,
I The volume is bound in an ivory
valour cover with an artistic cover
design, and Is dedicated to "that in
tangible quality known as school
spirit, which is evidenced by the pur
poses, activities, and achievements of
the school to which it belongs."-
Photographer of student groups and
accompanying comment make on in
teresting story of events' of the year.
' - Darin Poor oh. is the editor and Roy
.Kelson, business manager. Miss Thel
lia4 -Wnaley, . director; of wWtv the
'Normal school, is faculty adviser.
The normal school office announces
tliat local students may receive their
copies of the annual by calling dur
ing regular office hours.
DOG CATCHER IS
ON THE JOB NOW
Before most La Granders were out
this morning, W. B. Evans, dog
catcher, had Impounded five dogs,
three Llewellyn setters and two
pointers, who were running the
streets in violation of the city law
requiring aUvdogs to be licensed and
to be kept at home during the hours
from 6 in the evening until 8 In
the morning.
The escriptlon of the dogs is
posted at the city hall, and they will
bo kept at the pound for three days
giving their owner an opportunity
to claim them.
there been a greater necessity for harmony and
complete understanding of school and child
education problems upon the part of the school
board membership. Matte of grave import
ance in best conduct of our city schools under
a necessitated slim budget will require not only
this harmony and understanding but clear,
careful business judgment as well that will
give to the community the best school service
possible.
With this feeling, this newspaper believes it
expresses the hope of every interested citizen
of the community that candidates be selected
at Monday's election who will have received the
careful consideration of every one going to the
polls. That the qualifications arfd characteris
tics of each candidate will be carefully studied
and decision reached in each voter's mind that
in giving the vote to the individuals of their,
selection, that they will have cast a vote for
harmony and efficiency in manipulation of
school af faira bound to keep the educational fa
cilities of this community in complete step with
the new progress of the times.
in
KELSO FLOOD
DRIVES MANY
FROM HOMES
KELSO, Wash., June 17 (P) The
dangers of disease, together - with
losses through the looting of aban
doned homes, were added - today to
the flood menace, and 1500 persons
remained homeless. :
While the waters of the Coweemnn
river still poured through a broken
dike onto a flooded area of 600 acres
in the city's suburban areas, sewers
backed up Into the residential and
business, districts. The waters, which
first swept over the area two days
ago, , still -remained high. , -
A warning to-persons not-to use
water without, boiling, for fear of
contamination, was Issued last night
by Dr. A. P. V. Davis. ...
Meanwhile, the necond night passed
with less looting than on the pre
vious night, when thieves who made
their way about in boats, stole ra
dlos, washing machines and other
valuable articles left behind In their
homes, when the owners fled. A
force of 75 jnen, aided by six state
highway patrolmen, guarded the area
during the night.
The repairs to the 120-foot section
of the dike which gave way proceed
ed slowly. A crew of 100 men were
at work, and) piling was being driven
while trucks dumped rock and grav
el Infy the gap as filler. i
State ' Sanitary Superintendent
NlRhtlncale, of Olympia, was at work
with relief agencies, .co-operating
with city health officers. The 1600
homeless were being taken care of
In the high school, In tents on high
ground, and In prlvato homes.
JIMMY MATTERN
LOST TO WORLD
ON THIRD DAY
NOME, Alaska. June 17 WV-The
third day brought no word of the
fate of Jlmmle Mattern, globe-glrd-llng
airman lost on the trans-Pa-ciflo
leg of his world flight from
Khabarovsk, Siberia, but Alaska air-,
men said that was not unusual In
flying in the far north. ,
. They reviewed the perils of the
long 3600-mile flight, much of It
over water, but they also pointed to
the difficulty of communications had
he made a forced landing anywhere
along the Aslatlo coast, In the Aleu
tians, or on the shores fringing the
Bering sea.
with the "Century of Progress".
reported by him to have been In "fine
shape" before taking off on Wednes
day at 2:30 p. m. (E. s. T.), mechan
ical trouble was not feared. Ice
forming on the wings was his great
est menace, but It was also brought
forward that his gas supply was
great enough to take his plane dou
ble the dUtonce of the hop, 'had he
remained) aloft.
A Japanese wireless station at Tok
yo was getting in touch with small
fishing vesselB and settlements along
the Aslatlo coast, and powerful wire
less stations In Alaska were doing
the same.
At Walla Walla, Wash., also, his
wife remained confident. ,
"Deep down, I don't foel that any
disaster has overtaken Jlmmle," she
said.'..: - . :.; , ,. '. ,i
OFFICERS SLAIN
IN KANSAS CITY
BANDIT ATTACK
fcV KANSAS CITY, Juno 17 (P) Four
officers wore slain by machine gun
tire and another was ' wounded, in
front of the Union station here to
day - by gunmen who ' apparently
sought to ef feat the release of Frank
Nash, i Oklahoma mall train robber
being returned to Leavenworth fed
eral prison.' ,. ' ' i. ft c -.' :'
NashL, one of the lew surviving
:members ot tho Al "Spencer gung'of
.train robbers, also, died In the hall
of bullets.
The killers fled in one or more
automobiles after pouring a murder
ous fire Into parked car which the
officers and their - prisoner were
boarding Just south of the east door
of the station.
Accounts differed as to the number
of men In the killers' party. One wit
ness said he saw only two men.
Another reported the firing ' came
from two automobiles, and some of
ficers expressed the belief four men
were Involved.
The assailants fled west, but elud
ed police cars which rushed to the
(Continued on Page Three)
Idaho Court Rules
Against All Liquor
BOISB, Ida., June 17 W) The
state supreme court today ruled that
beer, near beer or any kind of malt,
ylnous, fermented or splrltous liquors
are Illegal In Idaho.
Who, Why, When
And Where of the
School Election
WHO can vote In Monday's school
election?
Everyone over 21, a resident of
the school district for 30 days. It
' is not necessary to be a registered
v' voter.
WHY should a vote bo cast?
It should be the Intercut of every
citizen of the community to give
his or her voice on the ballot to
the end that particularly at this
tlmo candidates be selected for the
promotion of best harmony of op
eration and business management
that can be effected In La Grande
' city schools.
WHKN must the vote be cast?
Polls will be open from 2 to 7
o'clock In the afternoon.
Will-; It K will the voting be done?
Persons living on the south side
. of Jefferson avenue will vote at
the Central school; those living on
the north side of Jefferson avenue
at the Greenwood) school.
j INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons
will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked soma
question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight
each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Theatre. The current attraction is Richard Daithelmess In
"Central Airport",
The shortest cut to restoration of
the economlo balance, Henry Ford
ays. Is the elimination ot the "dole
system," and one of the quickest
ways to eliminate the dole Is to "get
rid of the Reconstruction Finance
corporation."
Edwin Klrby, 002 O avenue, says,
"I do not agrco. The Reconstruction
Finance corporation Is one of the
greatest aids In getting the country
out of the depression. It Is not a
SEEK SHORT
HOURS fflTII
LIVING WAGE
President Calls on Big ;
Business and Industry
To Give Employment
ASKS PUBLIC
CO-OPERATION
Purchasing Power Must
Be Increased Before.
Prices Rise in Order toi
Benefit Most
WASHINGTON, June 17 WV-President
Roosevelt Intends to put all .
the Immediate . emphasis- ot the ln
dustrlal control program' on rlw-',
tlon ot working hours with payment
of a ."living wage" for the shortened:
labor week. - ' - .
This purpose was Indicated clearly
In a publlo statement, Issued Just .
before starting on his New England
vacation, in which he coupled the
declaration that the bill's purpose
was ."to put people back to work,
with an urgent request that Industry
forego quick profits and devote It
self to Increasing the country's pur- ,
chasing power before- raising -prices.
Limitation of working hours- and
Job spreading 1 to be an . Integral -part
of the Industrial codes under
which the government will let relat
ed businesses oo-operate without In
terference from the anti-trust laws.
Eventually, the- presUtent- said,- he
wants to use the law "to plan: for
a better future" but the first emer
gency Job la- going- to be "to t
many hundreds of, thousands, ol the
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PRESIDENT TO
. -TAKE VACATION
:'": :-yl -
BOSTON, June 17 (P) President
Roosevelt, vaoatl on-bound, arrived In
Boston by train this morning. -, He
remained briefly for breakfast and -then
prepared to travel by automo '
bile to Orotoii, about 40 miles dis
tant, where he planned to visit hut .
son, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., who
graduated from the . Groton . school
yesterday. ; v
After his vlttlt at Groton, the pre
Ident motors to Marlon, Mass., wher
he boarc'B the yacht Amberjack IX.
He starts at dawn on Sunday on his
sailing cruise with his own crew up
the coast he knew of other years.
The trip will last two weeks. . :r
James Roosevelt accompanies him
from the start with two friends,
George Brlggs and John Cutter,: of ,
Boston. At Portland, Me., next Fri
day, after school Is out, Franklin
Jr. and John Join the president as
a part of the crew.
Mr. Roosevelt hopes to navigate '
the ship, as he has in former dsys, -but
he admitted that he might be
sleeping much of the tlme. It was 1
along this same rock-bound sea coast
that Roosevelt as a boy of 14 first '
skippered bis own first vessel. ; .Ha
knows the swell of the sea here and ,.
he knows his goal Campobello
Island, N. B., the family summer
ground near the tip of Maine.' ,
Twelve years ago this summer
Franklin Roosevelt, defeated, . canctl- ,
(Continued on Page Three)
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. June 17 VP) In a rush
of selling, wheat prices tumbled al
most two cents a bushel today, but.
lator recovered In full.
A majority of tradors construed
the processor tax play as bearish1, but
a flood of crop damage reports from
spring wheat territory both north
and south ot the Canadian boundary .
led afterward to rallies. Estimates
Indicated the 1933 Canadian spring
wheat crop would be less than har
vested Inst year.
Wheat closed firm at the same
as yesterday's finish to o higher,
compared with yesterday's fUUsh,
corn sl(4o up, oata lVi&iy&o ad- i
vanced, and provisions varying from
a cents decline tor a cents gain.
REPORTER
dole because the money Is being
used for public utilities as a means
of relieving unemployment."
Mrs. Ed Q, Rlcsland, 1808 West
street, agrees also that the Recon
struction Finance corporation Is a
commendable project; she says: ."It
creates employment for many men
and they can make a living without
having tho nvoney handed to them
outright," ...
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