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VOLUME 31
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRB68 AND A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1933
RASOTMtN OIUCGON'8 IiHADlNtt NEWSPAPER
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!ULY FOURTH
: TO BE QUIET
IN LA GRANDE
Jo Celebration Planned
for This Community; En
terprise, Baker Attract
IERCE, BRADY TO
SPEAK AT BAKER
ridependence Day to Be
'Ushered in at Midnight
With Legion Dance at
Goodbrod Lake.
'Only the occasional pop of a flre
rackcr marks the approach of the
tourth of July In the La Grande area
lneo no celebration has boen plan
ted here. But while La Grande Is
laving a quiet observance! of the
leclaratlon of Independence, both
Jaker and Enterprise aro buzzing
rtth activity and many local people
tre planning to enjoy the elaborate
rograms there.
The Fourth of July will be ushered
iv tonight at 12 o'clock by a dance
it GoodbroA Lake at Union, sponsor
ed by the Ea Grande post of the Am
vlciOi Legion. O
Walter M. Olerce, recent returned,
from Washington, D. Cq where he
was a representative to congress, from
the second congressional district, will
give the principal address to the pio
neerQat Baker, using as his theme,
"Pioneer Days." Hugh Brady, of La
Grande, will speak on patriotism. Mr.
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Holiday Will Be , ,
Observed; Paper
H To Take Day Off
La Grande was preparing today
to enjoy a Fourth of July holiday
tomorrow although a considerable
number of people not required tojjpl
worn toaay or ac icast oniy pari vi
a day. already were In vacation mood
.jt. In order that the Observer sta
may enjoy Independence day in full I
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measure, no paper will be issued to
morrow and today's paper cfine off
the press earlier tlQn usunl. The
next issuo will be Wednesday aft
ernoon, July 5.
All stores ordinarily closed) on hol
idays will be closed tomorrow and
others will remain open only for a
limited time.
y,' Practically all La Grande people
with cars or other meanB of trans
portation expect to go to the moun
tains, go fishing, visit Wallowa lake
and the Fourth of July celebration
'at Enterprise, or hie themselves to
Borne other favorite spot for the day.
RUCKMANS END
MID-WEST TOUR
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ruckmnn have
Just returned from a 7000-mile
automobile tour through the middle
west, eolntr as far cast as Dntrnlt.
They visited relatives and frlcftds In
several of the mid-western slates:
Mrs. Ruckman formerly was Mrs,
Joan Hayden.
LOCAL COUPLE
GETS LICENSE
V A marriage license was issued Sat
urday by County Clerk C. K. Mccor
mick to Elmer L. Mcduro and Miss
Mamie Leak, both of near La Grande.
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OLD CABIN YIELDS
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AGED NEWSPAPERS
, Picture a small cabin, situated Just
off the Old Oregon Tra'l back of
HilgarcV 40 years ago. In It a man,
D. H. McWaters, an interested reader
of newspapers in addition to his reg
ular endeavors whatever they were.
Each day, or whenever the paper ar
rived, sitting and perusing the col
umns of the La Grande Chronicle
and the La Grande Gazette. Then,
after its contents had been checked
over, moving from his easy chair to
tack the papers on the wall of his
cabin, either to see them better or
to convert them Into wall paper to
keep out the wintry cold and wind.
Eventual desertion of the cabin.
Then, the other day, Walter Young,
of 906 Lake street, ran across the
cabin while browsing around in the
hills, and immediately became In
terested in the unique wall papering.
Mr. Vounj fat lie r was a stage
coach driver, and he himself was
born here more than two score years
WILL
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 3 Did
you ever see real air races by the
world's greatest fliers? Tney are
breakfasting in New York and flying
In here for lunch.
Mussolini has a flier here who can
stay upside down longer than the
American delegation in London.
There Is the cutest little German
war ace who cuts out his engine and
docs everything in the air with a
dead engine, loops, spins, rolls.
climbs, and then lands, all this with
no more power than congress had:
the last session.
Our army, navy and marine exhi
bition was real thrills. My wife whis
pered, "When I see that it makes
me feel that all of our tax money
hasn't been wasted."
Aviation Is Just started,
elM.lllN.iMr"S.
REP; PIERCE
SPEAKER AT
SUNDAY MEET
Congressman Ayidr esses
About 500 Gathered at
LT D. S. Tabernacle. ,
RcproscOtatlvo Walter M. Pierce
presented, hWrdstlng rcmlnlscensos
of his exPrlences while a represen
tative at the national congress, last
night before about 500 people who
gathered In the L. b. jB. . tabernacle
at an open session. , "'he meeting
was a jOtriotlc one and "as spon
sored by the Young WonMi'a and
Young en's M. I. A. ofjjho First
Ward church. Q
William Hanley, of Burns, a prom-
Ujient man nqgonly In Eastern Oro-
L. D. S. church and told of his many
vatuablo experiences among the peo
ple of the church.
Musical numbers jyero furnished
by a women's choruJr ofQ.he church
who sang "Oh, Spirit of Heaven,"
njfit Mrs. Jack TQnQ wno 8nnB "A
ricct uay, accompanied uj mm.
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EAGLES TO HAVE
PROGRAM TONIGHT
An interesting Qlogram has been
announced by Arthur )omer for
the Eagles bro;Qcast which will be
held tonight at 8 o'clock at the
Efiglea hall. Dancing will follow the
program.
The numbers are: Mrs. Ethel Quin
land, solo: Fred FcQss, solo; Bert
Warden and Gene Gassett, duet; By
roOScarles, solo; TJm McBrlce, solo;
Marie Hatcher and Bill Bennett,
duet; Mrs. Dfila Parkinson, solo;
Etjiel Bates and Jack Bates, duct;
M9t and Jack, comic strip of the
air; Jimmy Saling, sing and whistle;
Billy Wieso, trumpet solo; Let a Com-
Ostock and Violet Stills, duet: Henry
ancP Lewis Yohn, song ancM guitar.
THREE RETURN
F&OM CHICAGO
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Misses Norma Miwwer, Ruth Gar
rlck and Maaret Milne, teachers in
the public schools, have returned
from Chicago where hey attended
the Centurj of Progress exposition.
ago. S he brought one of the pa
pers, tattered and yellow but still
readable, -to the Observer office. A
little lair the remainder of th local !
papers voere obtained from the dc
scrted shack which Mr. Young dn.
scribed as a "sheep herder's cabin."
The cabin, although on the origi
nal Id Oregon Trail, is far removed
from travel not?, as the present high
way followed a different course from
Five Points on for many miles, and
during m&ny, many years, the wall
papering remained! untouched, prob
ably due to Its isolation.
Now the Observer has a wealth of '
news of a day 40 years ago, of the
problems of that period, of the local
personalities, local business, local so
cial activities, etc., and, during the
near future will, from time to time
In this section of the paper, print
stories baaed on these old, yellowed
newspapers.
As Kahn Told
About His Bank
Ottv&I. Kahn Is shown liere in
tftree characteristic studies ns
he began his testimony In tho
Pbnate inquiry into privi!
hanks. Head Q Kuhn, Loob &
Ci Mr. Kahn is shown at the
top as he was sworn as a wit
ness, in tho nter as he studied
records and,- below, as he talkod
with reporters.
DRUG STORES
TAKE UP NEW
SUNDAY PLAN
DrugglsfcO of La Grande Inaugu
rated their new Sunday closing hours
yesterday, remaining opWirom 1 to
u p. m. insieaa 01 irom iiuoii uu
which wiO the former schedule.
This decision was rerrched last
week at a meiOj of proprietors of
local drug hiGcfq
Appropriate
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MARVELS OF
LAKE AREA
GET PRAISE
Portland Paper Devotes
Full Page to La Grande,
Wallowa Lake Countxy
TELLS OF FLIGHT
OVER LAKE BASIN
View From Top of ML
Emily ' Called "Excep
tional Panorama;" Writ
er Guided By Perkins.
The Wallowa mountains and this
section of the state received a re
markable boost in Sunday's Oregon
Ian, when the first page of section
two was devoted to an article en
titled: "Details of Wallowa Moun
tains Learned on Motor Cruise." The
article was written by Edward M.
Miller, staff writer of the Oregonlan,
who was taken over the famous Wal
lowa lake region by airplane by W.
C- Perkins, of the Perkins Motor
company of La Grande.
The article was illustrated with a
map of this section, showing how La
Grande serves as the gateway city
for the Wallowa Wonderland, termed
-the Switzerland! of America for many
years; also photographs of Mr. Per r.
kins and ur: -E, B. McDamcl, presi
dent of the. Oregon State Motoiwas
soclatlon; pictures of -Moccasin and
Frazer lakes, two of the most beau
tiful bodies of water In the Wallowa
country, and a picture of a 'child
feeding milk to a baby elk at Walloww
iurvc, wini. viKJViuit-'i. car us uiu
background for the picture.
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EBERHART GIVEN
CALIFORNIA POST
P La Grande people were Interested
today in news that Adjutant R. M.
Eberhart, of the Salvation Army nt
Portland, had been given a new ap
pointment. Mrs. Eberhart is a sister
of Paul Knautz, of La GraQlc, and
both she and her husband are well
known locally.
Tho Ebcrharts are beiQ: transferred
to San Francisco where ho has been
appointed general secretary to the
Salvation- Aijjyy Training collegk
Portland In February, 1927 as the
youftr people's secretary foi tVj di
vision of Oregon and Southern Idaho
and during the iist year has been
serving as acOvg divisional OonO
mander. q
Celelft'ation For Independence Day
First Lady Aids
It's bard to toll who was happiest when Mrs, Franklin D. Roose
9lt made a surprise visit to the camp for jobless young women at
ioar Mouutaic Lake, N. V., and took a tramp wjlh the girls as
pictured hero. The First Lady's only disappointment was that red
japo had returded recruiting, a matter she proposed to rectify at once.
Building Total
For Six Months
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At $34,958 Here
- ,Tho total amount of new construc
tion in La Grnnc'o for the. first half
of 1033 stands ut $34,058, according
to records at the offtco of the city
treasurer-recorder.
Tho total for tho fin? five months
was $32,383 And the figure for June
$2075. .
Two permits Issued last week fol
low: Mrs. L. L. Shcphcrd.Olo alter and
rrjitiir O homo on Second street be
tween Adams and Jefferson, work to
cost $50.
W. B. Parker, alter and repair
a home on Depot street between V
and U, wor to cost $200.
MRS. PAGUE IS
VISITING HE
HERE
Mrs. Donald Pague, a Armer rcsl-
d0t of La Grnndc, is here from
Portlandfor a visit of a few clays
among lM many La Orande frlcnCp
and acquaintances. While In the
city Bhe is a house guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Gcoiy 8. Blrnlc.
Jobless Girls
OFFICER SHOT
TO DEATH AT
PASS
Burrell M. Baucofli Killed
Whiie Making Check
on Passing Auto.
GE7TNTS PASS, Ore., July 3 P)
Two youthful, confessed slay era,
Harry A. Bowles and John Alvln Bar
rier, sat in soparate cells today In
the local Jail, awnlliO; a preliminary
hearing and tho. filing of fl rot-degree
I IIIUIIICT ViltUl'B, AJ vUKU
Qlace Qurlng the ay, In connection
with the killing of mute Policeman
Burrell M. Baucom Saturday.
Officer Baucom was slain Saturday
when ho stopped and questioned tho
paii1, rl(0ig in a stoleiiVoar, a few
miles north of Grants Pass. Barrier,
a youth of 17 yoar8,O0d his com
panion were captured a few hours
after tho policeman's death and Bar
rlcd later confessed to stato police
that he had fired tho shots that end
ed Baucom's life.
Following tho crime, tho pair fled
northward, ran tho stolen automobile
overa bank, discarded the murder
weaptm and then started walking In
an effort to elude pursuit. They were
captured soon after. Sunday they
were taken over tho routo of thulr
unsuccessful apo in an effort to
locifre the sceno where- the weapon
hud been thrown, but tho search was
fruitless. Since tiie slaying, Bowles,
21 years old and p0.essor of a trim
lnul record In (lifornla, has been
quiet in demeanor but the youthful
mwnber of the duo has had con
tlimcd spells of weeping.
The slain ofriccr had bucn a stats
policeman since 1030 and wus a llcu-
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MARY AND DOUG
-WILL SEPARATE
LOS ANOEI.B3, July 3 (At Mary
Plnkford and Douglas Fairbanks, Doug
and Mary to their world or film fol
lowers, are contemplating a separa
tion and possibly a divorce, on the
irfttiitwlu nf "ItifnmnfiMhllH.v
Plckfalr, the palatial homo wherPi
they havo lived and entertained
royalty, is for sale.
This announcement from "Ameri
ca's sweetheart" herself left Holly
wood stunned today, although ru
mors of separation had been current
and had been denied for moro than
two years.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, July 3 (At Wheat sky
rockets almost five cents a bushel
toduy at the opening of business, and
smnnhcd all top records reached of
late, A rise of 14 points In British
exchange woa the dominating factor.
Opening 2' to 4 cents up in
active trading, wheat continued to
mount. , .
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
SNOW IN KANE, PA.
HEAVY STOCK HIIVINO
NOTED AVIATOR DIES
$75,000 RANSOM READY
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KANE, Pa.; July 3 VP) A llcht
snuw fell In Kuno toduy, a utriklug
coiitrtiNt to tho glzllng siiiiimcr heivt
or liwt week.
NEW YORK, July 3 VP) Heavy
buying rolled into the share.and com
modity markets today in response to
tho dollar's deollno to now lows ar-
tor publication of Prosldont Roose
velt's note to tho economic confer
ence.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 3 (T) Itll8
Mll Koanlnuin, 3S-)-oiir-old Boston,
iMiiKS., Hporttnuui mid aviator Injured
Saturday tltirliiR tho truiucontliiental
air riic, died tills morning ut City
hospital.
OHIOAaO, July 3 (ff) Jerome
Factor dug deep Into tho paternal
Jeans today to scrape up $75,000 de
manded for the ransom of his kid
naped father, but awaited in vain
directions for the payoff, John fac
tor, tho barber who found speculat
ing more iucratlve, had been a cap-
tlvo slnco Saturday.
WASHINGTON, July 3 (P) White
1 1 on m uttaeiiw said today the cruiser
Indianapolis hearing President Iloosc
vult dropped nnchor lit . Annapolis
Koads shortly after 8:30 a, in., today,
more than two hours beforo Hehedule.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 3 m
Horton Smitli, American, profes
sional Svom Chicago, shot a sub-par
71 today to, go Into a tie with! George
T. Dunlap Jr., of Now York, amateur
star, for the lead in- tho first quail-,
fytng.roimdor the Brlttsh. open golf
ctmmplonBhtp, 1 ' '
MUCH WORK DONE
BY C. C.C. UNIT
AT CAMP IMNAHA
ENTrfTtPRISE, Ore. (Special) Vis
itors to the C. C. C. camp at Imnaha
havo been grcaily impressed with its
excellent crganl'atlon and facilities,
and also with tho high1 class of men
thoro and tho work they aro accom
plishing. Supervisor F. W, Furst of
the forest, stopping In town long
enough to get his breath between
his scattered duties, .said Capt. H. Y.
Lyon and his staff have established
a wonderful camp, with all sorts of
facilities. Tho recreation hall Is com
pleteol and they aro ready to put in
an arena for boxing. Shower baths
aro installed and tho men seem hap
py and contented,
Tho forest servlco work In charge
of V. V. Church Is progressing very
satisfactorily. The Grizzly Ridge road
Is extending along toward tho top
a& a fairly rapid rate and will be one
of tho Most scenic In Eastern Ore
gon, giving a wonderful view of the
Imnaha valley from Buckhorn to
Frcczcout, and much of the Snake
river. A few days ago a car load
of powder was received for cutting
off tho rocky points on the road.
Tho men employed on the road are
acquiring valuable experience and,
apparently are entering into their
work wholeheartedly. Their tinio and
labor Is so arranged that they are
learning tho value of discipline, both
mental and physical, and are grow
ing stronger and sturdier with their
healthy outdoor work. They are di
vided into crows ot 20 to 40, in
charge of foremen.
. The work. Mr. Furst said, will be
of inestimable value to tho forest
service. As soon as the road Is com
pleted to tho top of the ridge, tcle
phono lines will be built and towers
placed for lookouts. All tiff will
Kcrvo to protect tho forest and make
It moro accessible, and. consequent
ly more valuable.
I'llli; IN T1MSII HOX
Tho ffro truck was called to John
Larlflon's rcsldcnco at 10:20 o'clock
IttU morning to extinguish a fire In
a trnflii box. No damago was reported.
l iNQUmiNG"
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons
will be stopped at random on the street comer and asked some I
(HiPfttlon of the day. Through tho courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight '
each Interviewed will be grunted two complimentary tickets to the D
Mhrrty Theater. The current itt tract Ion Is M July's l'rorrawloii," ;
with mi all-star cast. I
"What aro you going to do on the
Fourth of July?" That question con
jures up a hwt of very inviting ways
in which to spend a holiday.
O. B. Davis, 1707 Adams avenue,
says, "I'm a fisherman so naturally
tho best way to send tho Fourth
of July Is to go into tho woods on
ROOSEVELTS
REFUSAL IS
HELD REASON
President's Dramatic
Stand on Gold Standard
Question Unchanged
SEEN AS REBUKE
TO THE FRENCH
Switzerland Takes . First
Step Toward Holding
up Further : Work of
World Conference. ,
LONDON, July 3, (P) President
Roosevelt's dramatic refusal to have
anything ito do with supporting the
old-fashioned gold standard resulted
this afternoon In the European gold
bloc's taking definite steps to make
good their threat to desert the par-'
ley unless It sailed under a flag of j
gold.
In gold bloc quarters It was stated
that some delegations at least ex-
pected immediate orders from their
governments to return home, leav- '
I UK only a few minor secretaries a
London. ....
Should the entire gold group, con-.:
slating of France, Belgium, Holland,
Italy and Switzerland, abandon ine
conference It , would virtually be :
paralyzedu .
. Switzerland niaices move
Tho first move on behalf of tho
gold countrlds was mode through -
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Auto Accidents ,.
Fatal to Four In
Western Oregon
SALEM, July 3 m Donald riuce
vicli, 13. or Oregon City, died in a
hospital hero yesterday from Injuries
in an automobile accident north ol
hero Saturday night. Mvo other per
sons were also injured.
Nory T. Warren, 31, of Portland,
with whom tho boy and hl father
wcro riding, was hold on a charge of
drunken driving.
PORTLAND, Oro., July 3 W) Three
deaths, attributed to automobiles,
was the toll reported on highways
near Portland Sunday, as thousands
of motorists took to the roads on
tho first of tho Fourth of July holi
days.. Tho dead wore: Donald Sucovlch,
13, of Portland; Bmmett Hodge, 31.
of Dayton, Ore.; Earl Wobstor, 23, of
Dayton, Oro. . :
45 C. C. C. MEN
TO SPEND 4TU
WITH FAMILIES
By furnishing transportation to
and from Crane Plats camp No. 1305,
of tho citizens1 conservation corps,
tho county of Union made It posslble,
for 46 mon to return to La Grande,
Elgin, Union and other county
points for the Fourth of July holi
day. . '
Members of tho camp who took
advantago of tho offer of transporta
tion which was by truck upon ar
rival today wcro delighted with the
county's actions and spoke well of
the camp, paying trlbuto to tho ex
cellent leadership of Captain Towe
and Mojor Hall, commanding ofll
cors. '
Tho group signed a resolution
"sincerely expressing their gratltudo
and appreciation ot the county's ser
vlco making It possible for thorn to
enjoy tho Fourth of July" at homo
with their families.
(JKOKUB BALI. 11BAII
Word wos received hero today by
Rev. D. Murcus Godwin that Ocorgo
Ball, formerly of La Orande, died at
tho I. O. O. F. homo at Sacramento,
Cal, on Juno 28. The body. It is re
ported, is 'to bo sent to La Orando
for burial with tho Odd Follows to
havo chBrgc. Furthor details woro
not avallablo today.
REPORTER j
an outing and spend tho day fish
ing, quietly and peacefully, excopt
for the fish." '
Mrs. Lynn H, Larson, 1607 Oak
strict, when asked how she liked
best to spend the Fourth of July, de
clared, "Stay at home. There are too
many bugs for plcolcs.0'