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VOLUME 31
MKMBKR ASeKXXATKD HUDH ADD A, B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1933
ASTERN SRBOOira UBADIMO KSWtPAFKB
NUMBER 251
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Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Welcomed Home
PIERCE SAYS
NATION NOW
ON UP GRADE
Roosevelt Won't Hesitate
To Use Reserve Forces
to Push Improvement
IS IN ACCORD
WITH PROGRAM
Believes Recent Session of
Congress Was Most Im
portant in History of
the Nation.
Representative and Mrs. Walter M.
Fierce, expressing themselves as de
lighted at being home again, arrived
In La Grande Saturday evening on
the Portland Rose and were welcomed
at the depot by the Blue Mountain
Cowboys and a large, delegation of
townspeople. The ex-governor who
suffered an Illness while in Wash
ington, D. C. has made a remark
able recovery and feels only slightly
weaker than before, he said.
Mr, Pierce expects to be In Union
county until next December when
congress convenes for the regular
session. He will maintain an office
in the federal building with a steno
grapher to take care of hlB corres
pondence, while he will make his
home at their ranch near La Grande.
. "I regard the recent session of
congress as the most important ever
held," he declared. "The people of
the west little realize the disaster
that faced the country when Roose
velt was sworn Into office In March.
The entire business structure was
trembling and) about to fall." The
first bill passed was the banking bill
and It could not have ..been -passod
without any d!scussi6n'"6n the floor
or careful analysis unless It were ab
solutely necessary to save the busi
ness structure, he added.
Representative Pierce was the only
man In the Pacific Northwest who
voted for the presidents program on
every issue. Representative Lee, of
Los Angeles, had the same record.
"The bill for farm relief, by some
called the omnibus bill, was far from
being what I wanted," he said.
"However, it was the best that could
be obtained." Representative Pierce
was given a place on the agricul
tural committee, an exclusive body
which ranks high In the house. No
representative living west of the
Missouri river has been on that com
mittee since Hawley's term 12 years
ago. It was at the request of Mr.
Hawley that Mr. Pierce was given the
position. The work of the commit
tee was very enjoyable, the former
governor said. The group Is com
posed largely of lawyers and repre-
(Oontlnued on Page Two)
MR. SPECKHART
RETURNS HOME
John Speckhart returned Saturday
evening on the Portland Rose from
Quincy, 111., where he had been since
the first of the month, having been
called by the tragic death of his
brother. His nephew, Paul Speck
hart, who has visited in this valley,
Is In a hospital at Jacksonville. He
received a fractured pelvic bone in
.addition to other injuries in the same
-accident which took the life of his
i lather.
LOCAL MAIL
RATE DROPS
Official orders from the postoffice
department for the decrease of the
local letter rate from 3 to 2 cents,
effective July 1, have been received
. at the local post office. This decrease
applies only to letters mailed in La
Grande for delivery in La Grande
or on La Grande rural routes. Let
ters mailed in La Grande to out
side addresses will require 3 cents.
WHEAT PRICE
BRINGING CHEER
. The seven-cent Jump In the price
of wheat on both the Chicago and
Portland market today la bringing
considerable cheer to the farmers oi
the Grande Ronde valley and the
whole northwest. . Today's sensational
rise, due mostly to continued hot, dry
weather over the great mid-west
wheat belt, with prospects for poor
crops there, brings the local quotation
to the fifty cent mark, the highest
of the year. This will enable many
who have been holding large, quantities-
of the golden grain to make a
little profit on their operations.
An increase of 7 cents per bushel
In the price of wheat here means
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Cal., June 26 VP)
You talk about an earthquake hit
ting California, that was kindergar
ten stuff compared to the news that
some nut sent over the cable that
Sister Almee had had baby. It
looked like a case of maternity by
remote control. i-v.
Science is so marvelous It Is be
ing confused with miracles, and It
looked like birth control by electri
cal transcription. i ;r - ,
But now that the facta are all In,
we find the visit tothe hospital
was to beautify fhe present' genera
tion and not to perpetuate the fu
ture. Yours,
LOCAL EAGLES
DRILL TEAM WINS
STATE CONTEST
Trophy Awarded La
Grande Mixed Team in
Face of Stiff Competi
tion.' .
The drill team' of the La Grande
aerie of the Eagles lodge placed first
In the mixed team competition at
the state convention which closed
Saturday in Burns, and will receive
the large loving cup which Is the
trophy awarded for the honor, Judges
described all the drill work at the
convention as excellently presented,
returning members of the local team
report.
Members of the team .-are:
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schulte, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mr. ,and Mrs.
Steve Htattl.''. MP. ano- Mrs.s Jake
Clower, Mr. and Mrs.. Oscar"; HobaonT
John Hopkins, John Lambert, Mrs.
Mabel Miller, Mrs. Reba Hough, Mr.
and Mrs. Mike . Marovlch, Mr. and.
Mrs. Ray Patten, Mrs.. Erna Giltner,
Mrs. George Frees and Fred Hof
mann. captain. ;
D. D. Hall,, of Portland, was re
elected state president of the Eagles
lodge at the concluding session.
The Portland mens drill team, In
Its natty uniform of blue and white,
made an Impressive picture In drill
competition on Friday evening, It Is
reported, and was awarded first place
In this class for the third consecu
tive tune, thus taking the cup Into
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DR. E. G. KIRBY IS
TAKEN BY DEATH
Dr. E. a. Klrby passed away at,
his home here last night about 11:30
o'clock, following an Illness of nearly
three years.
Edwin Graves Klrby was born In
Blair, Nebraska on Nov. 11, 1869.
He attended grade and high school
there. At the age of 17, with his
parents he moved to Oregon, settling
In the Willamette valley near Salem.
He entered the Oregon Normal
school at Monmouth and graduated
from that Institution. ' For a num
ber of years thereafter he taught
school.
He then entered the University of
Oregon Medical School, at that time
located at Willamette university and
received his M. D. degree In the class
of 1900.
Immediately after graduation he
movedt to Elgin, Oregon where he
set up his practice.
On Sept. 2, 1902 he married Anna
May Pepper. The some year they
went to New York where he took a
post-graduate course in the univer
sity of the state of New York.
From this union four children were
born. The first child, a boy, Werle
M.. died when he was three years old.
The remaining three children sur
vive him. They are, Dorothy M.
(Continued on Pace FourV
more than $50,000 Increase in local
income for the coming season, basing
the estimate on an expected produc
tion of somewhat less than the aver
age production of a million bushels
In Union county.
50,000 may not seem like a very
large amount of money when spread
over a whole county, but that sum
would buy a lot of goods In tocal
stores, ana would stimulate business
considerably. And then, too, remem
ber that this Is Just ONE day's In
crease and the market gives every
evidence of continued Improvement I
German Star to
Wed Schmeling
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Miss Anny Ondra, above, one ot
Germany's most beautiful film
actresses, will become the bride
ot Max Schmeling. former, world
heavyweight champion, in July,
Max announced on the eve of his
departure from New York for
. hla homeland. -
S. P. INCREASES
SHOP SCHEDULE
.SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 (Jp)
Southern Pacific company announced
today it was speeding up Its work
ing schedule in shops, putting 2052
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RECITAL CLUB
MEET TONIGHT
The La Grande Recital club will
hold its regular monthly meeting and
program this evening in the studios
of the Eastern Oregon School of
Music.
A program, of Instrumental and
vocal numbers has been arranged,
and will be divided Into two parts;
the young folks will prewnt their
program at 7:30, and the advanced
students and admits will begin their
program at 8:00 o'clock.
THE BARTER
ISItl
INDIA AGREES
TO PITTHAN
SILVER PLAN
Will ' Co-operate in The
Rehabilitation of
Monetary Silver.
COUZENS SPEAKS '
AT CONFERENCE
Australia May Oppose
.Plans For Reduction.' of
Wheat Acreage as Sug
gested by U. S.
; -" By Dfwltt MacKenzle
(Associated Press Staff
Correspondent)
' LONDON, June 38 ) India in
dicated to the world economic con
ference today her willingness to co
operate in the rehabilitation of stiver,
as projected in the resolution of Sen
ator Key Pittman.
ThlB was authoritatively disclosed
after a meeting of the conference sil
ver committee, at which Sir George
Shuster, secretary of the treasury for
India, was present. - f- -
-Americana and others interested--In
the rehabilitation of silver said this
was the most important event which
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LOCAL GOLFERS
ARE DEFEATED
- Pendleton golfers defeated a group
of looal men yesterday 88 to 17 on
the Pendleton' Country club 'course.
rTBtrtjhlhe players comprised the" Lu
Grande team.
J. M. Watson was !the low scorer
among, the local golfers, shooting a
75. The scores were: -
J. M. Watson, 75-0; O. H. Reynolds,
77-1V4; L. Bay, 70-3; Hal Boone, 82
V4: P. E. Lanzer, 83-0; Jack Murphy,
84-0; C. W. Bingner, 84-V&, B. Reyn
olds, 84-; K. siegrlst, 85-1(4; I. K.
Kinzel, 85-14. W. O. Williams, 85-0;
W. Siegrlst. 87-2 ; A. W. Nelson, 87
0; N. W. Frees, 87-&; W. Dolan, 88
1 '4 ; J. Haun, 88-0; A. Moore, 02-0;
O. P.. Seltz, 02-'A; W. Ross, 03-01
H. Siegrlst, 03-0; O. W. Thompson,
95-0; H. V. Leffel, 96-1; Fred Spaeth,
(Continued On Page Four)
ENJOYED
HOTEL MEET
Don McKay, Nesdon. Foye, manager
of the Union hotel and Mrs. Foye at
tended the Inland Empire Hotel as
sociation convention Saturday at
Wallowa Lake and report a most en
joyable as well as profitable session.
MOVEMENT IN ITS
TAKE THESE 13A.CK
AMP SEE IF VOU
CAM -TRADE 'EM M
FOR A BOTTLE OF
BLACK IMK AMD A
NA LEDGER
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HERE IS THE PRESIDENT'S YACHT
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. Here Is the yacht Amuerjack II on which President Roosevelt Is
' taking a rest from his arduous three months lit office 011 a vaen
. tlon cruise from Marhlcliead, Mass., to Iluzzurd'S' Bay end thence
nortlimird to his summer home at Camno lleMo, N. II., oft the
' coast of Muliie. Ho Is accompanied by his sons, Franklin' Jr. and
John
AUMSVILLE BANK
ROBBER CAUGHT
Nervousness Leads. State
! Detective to Arrest
"Man in Restaurant.
1 MKDFORD, Ore., June 26 (ff) Frank
Wegener,' 30, was arrested here at
12:10 a. m today as 'he stepped1 off a
southbound stage, and shortly after-'
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Bomb Explosion
In Vatican City
Does Little Harm
By Aiulrue Herding
Associated Press Staff Correspondent
.VATICAN CITY, June 28 W- The
bomb whloh exploded yesterday In
the portico of St. Peter's wus manu
factured In Spain and brought here
by Dometrlo Sol anion, who carried .a
Spanish passport, the police declared
today after they had. arrested Sola
mon, charging him with planting the
explosive. -
The authorities asserted the explo
sion was the result of the present
strained relations between the vatl
can and Spain following the pope's
encyclical of June 3 and tho late eon
tentlae excommunications of mem
bers of the Spanish government.
The bomb caused panic In a crowd
of Holy year pilgrims. Four persons
were injured but there was little
property damage.
LAST PHASE
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Aimee In Paris
Hospital; Hoax
Was for Purpose
PARIS, June 26 (P) Mrs. Almee
Semplo McPharson-Hutton, on Am
erican evangelist, may not receive
visitors or communications for at
least three weeks because of a serious,
Illness necessitating an operation ten
days ago to -remove an intestinal
obstruction. . "
Her physician Dr. Charles Bove is
sued these orders because, he, said.
tlie seriousness ; of her., condition
muitva uuswuuj quivo assentim,' -al
though she is slowly improving and
Is expected to get 'well steadily. She
is on a liquid diet.
Dr.- Bove, a .well known gynecolo
gist and sufrgeon:,' wpfi quoted. In
published statements as saying he
personally sent a telegram to David
L. Hut ton, the evangelist's husband
in Los Angeles, Saturday as a hoax
telling of the birth of a son to Mrs.
Hutton. He was quoted further say
ing the message was sent at the
evangelists request to discover a leak
In private messages to Angelus Tem
ple in Los' Angeles. ' The trick was
successful, he was reported to have
said.
STEEL SLIVER
DESTROYS EYE
Ous Seroukes lost the Bight of one
eye Saturday when a piece of steel
about three -fourths- of an Inch long
and a sixteenth of an Inch In dia
meter was removed at the Grande
Ronde hospital. It was necessary to
remove tho entire eyeball,
Mr. Seroukes was working at the
Mt. Emily camp and was pounding'
on a rati when the piece of steel dis
lodged and struck straight into the
eyeball.
Flour at Highest
Price in 3 Years
MINNEAPOLIS, June 25 (P) Flour
broke through the 90 mark today for
tho first time in nearly three years.
After an almost steady climb the
last few months with temporary and
minor setbacks, prices for family
patents today reached 0.06 to 96.16
a barrel. Tho last time family patents
were quoted at 96 a barrel was In
July. 1030.
As flour prices kept pace with
wheat In the upward surge millers
hare were besieged with shipping
orders.
Wheat Today
OHICAQO, Juno 20 m Kxcttod
trading which In voluno surpassod
wartimes accompanied ' prices that
soared moro than 7 conts a bushel
today for wheat.
Widespread conditions approaching
crop falluro seldom equaled In tho
United States were reported as a re
sult of threo wcoks of abnormal heat
and drought. Approximately 160,000,
000 bushels of all grains changed
hands here today as prices shot sky
ward. '
Violent fluctuations took somo de
liveries of wheat to within nearly im
mediate reach of $1.00 a -bushel, a
riguro that seemed Impossible of
realization a few months ago when
wheat was worth less tlian half that
price.
In the last minute of trading. May
wheat touched 00 cents a bushel
and closed at that figure. Tho wheat
market as a wholo closed flurried, 6,
to 7o abovo Saturday's finish, corn
23o up, oats 4H'l6y,o advanc
ed, arid provisions showing a rlao of
7 to 48 cents.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
BRANCH BANK IN PENDLETON
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MASSACHUSETTS GOES WET
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HANK CASHIKK IS KDXEP
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WHEAT SELLS AT fl.00 '
PENDLETON, Ore., June 2(1 ff)
Ward reached here today that the
comptroller or currency has approved
the application - ot the United States
National bunk of Portlund for per
mission to open a branch bank In
Pendleton. Details of the plan are
to be worked, out soon, the announce
ment sold, Pendleton has been with
out normal banking fucllltles since
last October,
, BOSTON, Jur.'o 26 F) Massa
chusetts, through a constitutional
convention, today, ratified the amend
ment repealing the 18th amendment,
becoming the seventh state to take
such action. The vote was unani
mous as the 46 delegates were elected
on their pledge iu vot toi' ratilloa
tlon. . . , ; .','. i
( LACROSSE, Ind., June 20 P Wil
liam IS. Tennel, cashier of the La
crosse State bank, was killed today
by one of five bandits who attempted
to rob the bank. Tennel was slain
when the bandit became angered be
cause the safe In the bank was locked
with a time look.
r FORT WORTH, Tex., Juno 26 (ff)
Dollar wheat appeared on the grain
market here today for the first tune
In three years when ten cars sold for
Texas gulf port and common point
delivery at 1.00'A peri bushel. V
HUGE WHEAT
SHIPMENTTO
ORIENT SOON
. SEATTLE. June 26. W) - Fv jnll-
llon.bushes of, wheat. WJU.be loaded
here for the orient, we Beanie por
commission announced -today -as a
'result of a contract entered Into with
the newly organized Continental
Paclf lo Grain corporation. -
Full- cargoes for twenty 8000-ton
ships will be Involved, the commis
sion said In making publlo the deal.
The wheat Is part of 12,500,000
bushels sold! by the U. 8. government
to China, the commission said. .
A one year lease ot the Hanford
street grain elevator was made by the
commission. A previous lease to the
Farmers' National Warehouse cor
poration expires the end of th!
month and the facilities . will be
taken over Immediately by the new
organization.
LIONS CLUB IS
GROWING RAPIDLY
' Parker Cook, of the University
Lions club of Seattle, entertained
the members of the Lions club here
today with a group of vocal selec
tions, accompanied by Miss Vivian
Jordan, of La Grande.
The following men were intro
duced as new members of the club:
Raymond O. ' W 111 I am b, M. E. Huff
man, Don H. Fowler, and Fred Sie
grlst. A communication from- the state
secretary was road. It showed the
La Qrande club as leading the state
in the Increase of membership so
far this year.
IN LOWS LEAVE
FOR STANFORD
President and Mrs. H, E. Inlowond
children, Burko and Joan, left yes
terday for Stanford university for an
Interesting summer. Mr. Inlow Is
president or the Eastern Oregon Nor
mal school.
The prenldont plans to take ad
vanced courses in comparative edu
cation and attend the 10-day confer
ence on counselling and guidance
which will be held on the Stanford
campus, submitting data regarding
the counselling program at the local
Normal school by request.
Mrs. Inlow will do advanced study
In volco during the summer.
INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons j
will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some I
question or the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight j
each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the . j
Liberty Tneater. The current attraction Is Llche Daniels In '"Cock-
tall Hour."
Tho grango power bill, designed to
provide for state development, distri
bution, sale at cost of water power
and hydroelectric energy, will bo put
before the peoplo on July 31 and In
the meantime arguments are being
offered pro and con.
EcV Mace, 906 Washington, says,
"If and when a bill Is offered where
in a commission can not give away,
sell or lease to any prlvato corpora
tion a public utility, then It deserves
our vote."
MAY WHEAT
SOLD TODAY
AT 99 CENTS
Excited Trading Raises
Prices 7 Cents Abovq ;
Saturday's Finish.
HIGHEST PRICES
IN THIRTY MONTHS
Trading Volume Reached
, 150,000,000 Bushels To
Rival War Time s ,
; Drought is Cause. .. '
: CHICAGO, June 28, m A spec
taculor seven cent advance today,
earned whrt prl to within viUs-
perlhg distance of the dollar a bushel
lino. '. -v v -jv. - ''. t:
The May (1034) delivery sold at
09 Vi cents a bushel 'a few mlnutaa ,
before the close with, the December
up to 94fto. . .
All groins reached the highest price
of the season at the opening and In ,
most coses the highest In 80 months .
or more, - Reports of wnahated heat
and drought over the "bread basket
of the world" Indicating sharply
abridged crops ot all grains were re
sponsible for thai wild rush to touf
evinced by all interests.
The May (1934) delivery of wheat,
a little quoted option at this tLtne
of year, sold at 88 cents early, but
this was not considered representa
tive of the market as usually May fs
not actively traded In until autumn.
Corn surged up 1V4 cents with, De
cember touching ta'A cents. . Oats
were 3 cents higher with) the Decern
ber reaching 43o. -.;
When. July wheat opened at 840, ,
It was almost exactly half a toUor
a bushel higher than 44 c -which
was the final quotation December 31,
1933. July corn- at 48o was WV40
above the 27o paid on the asms
date. Other grains were .up In o
After the first half of tremendous; ,
ly board trading, grains had main-
tained their initial bulge and some
were selling even higher. .Trade was
of vast proportions.
QUAKE KILLS 67 :
IN MALAY PORT
B ATA VIA, Java, June 26 (ffl Sixty
seven persons were killed today In a
severe earthquake which struck Soutjlt,
Bencoolen, ' a seaport on the - west
ly quivering over a wide area of
California and Nevada.
The tremors, which at some places
Joggled crockery off shelvps and rat-
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FIRE DAMAGES
RESIDENCE HERE
Damages amounting to $300 re-'
suited from a fire this morning at a
house on the corner of Greenwood
and Monroe streets, owned by Prank
Richardson and occupied by O. R.
Palmer. The fire department rushed
to the blaze at 11:16 o'clock and the
recall was sounded lets than an hour
later at 13:00, firemen extinguishing
tho fire quickly and efficiently.
Tho blaze was caused by. a defec
tive flue in the kitchen and was put
out before It spread to the rest of
tho house.
American League
R. H. 8.
Washington i 4 9 1
Olovoland 3 9 0
Batteries: Crowdor, ' Russell and
Bewell; HUdcbrand, Hudlln and Hy
att. B. H. B.
Philadelphia 8 14 0
Chicago - - J 10 I
Batteries: Freltas, Peterson and
Mattjeekl; Wyott, Ilevlng, Gregory and
Orubo.
REPORTER
Miss Burmallne Hall, 1806 Second
street, says, "Big business may have
its faults but It also has Its virtues
In that the present Industrial sys
tem of the United States has been
built up through the efforts, of the
capitalists. Public utilities should
be controlled by unbiased federal
authority but at tho same time they
can be run more efficiently by prl
vato concerns. I'm In favor of pri
vate owned but federal ' regulated
electricity,"
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