La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 05, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWorld Conference Likely To Come To End Thursday Ik fcm&P WEATHEK FORECAST r Oregon: Fair tonight and Thurs- i day! no oliaiige In temperature i I moderate north and northwest winds. J Local weather Tuesday: max 82, mln i 49, Clear. Today: mlu 54, 7 a. in. 07 J above. Clear. I Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande -Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PBEM AND A. B. Ok, LA GRANDE OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1933 KA8TKRN PKKOON'i JJiiADIiVG KETWKPAPKR NUMBER 258 wo i a mmm mim mm I d I a I AR LEAVES HIGHWAYAND OVERTURNS Bonard Roe and Edgar Knapp Dead; Richai'd Bramwell Escapes. BELIEVE DRIVER M ASLEEP AT WHEEL AM Three Young Men Well Known Locally; Inquest 1 to be H did .at 7:30 O'clock Tonight. Leonard Roe and Edgar Knapp are dead and Richard Bramwell received .bruises In an automobile acoldent yesterday morning at 4:10 o'clock be tween Rlnehart and Imbler, about 160 yards this side of the Junction or the highway with Willow creek. The three young men, all well known here, were returning from a dance at Wallowa Xake when the accident occurred. !ij Roe and Knapp both received frac tured skulls. The latter was killed Instantly and the former died at 6:20 o'clock at the Qrando Ronde hospital i where he was brought by Mrs. Harry dchwebke. Bramwell, who was driving :the car. went to the Schwebke farm home near the scene of the accident and arranged to have the Injured 'man brought to the hospital whllo Coroner George Walker brought Knapp ' to La Grande a short while ' later. ' , T" Inquest Tonight h An. Inquest has been called for 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Walker funeral i : fPnntlnueri on Pace Two) ," . .. . . ...... -.-.:tt.A 600 Present At Eagles Program Monday Evening More than 600 enthusiastic spec tators attended the 10th Eagle broad- oast held Monday evening at Eagles hall. The finals In the event wlrr be held next Monday venlng, June 10th, when tho winners will be picked from the 'winners of jach broadcast for a trip to Portland. '(Those appearing las't night wore: Fred Ferris, ?olo, accompanied Ijy Mrs. Ethel Qulnland, piano; Mrs. Qulnland, solos, accompanied by Mrs. Lynn Wright at the piano; Babe Meyors, solos, accompanied by Harry Mixer at the piano, bofh of whom aro from Portland Mrs. Delia Pari kinson, solo, accompanied by Mrs. Clara Norrls, piano; Lorce Hatcher nd Bill Bennett, 'harp and guitar duet; Billy Wleso, trumpet, Ttlrs. Parkinson, piano; Jimmy Sal.lng, solo, Mrs. Ethel Peach, piano; Rota Cornl tock and Violet Stills, vocal duet. accompanied by BUI Bennett, gultarid Ed Mulholland, solo, accompanied by Mr. Mixer, both, of Portland; Gene Qassctt aqg Bert Warden, singing and guitar; Henry and Lewgs Yohn, singing and guitar. s :A Dancing! followed the program. ANNUAL VISIT 1 INLA GRANDE i Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Caldwell and their daughter, Mary Jane, arrived Monday from theft homo at Phoenix, Ariz., and willenuike an extended visit at the rftme of Mrs. Caldwell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam O. Smith. This is their annual sojdrlm here and at Wallowa Lake and on their way, they stopped for visits at Yuma, Los Angeles, Dong Boacff and Port land. O I BUSINESS HOUSES . 9 OF 1892 RECALLED What was La Grande's main street like on Oct. 21, 1802? The La Grande Gazette, a four page paper, tells It Interestingly In Its advertising columns. The old paper, yellowed and crinkled with age. was taken from a sheepherdcr's cabin back oT Htlgard: recently. '.Jap H. Stevens and Co. operated ; the La Grande Soda and Bottling works and among the products was j. Medical Lake mineral watuTs. :" J. K. Rom If?, real estate man, ad : Vertlsed a 1040-acre farm In the val ley at 20 an acre. Half of the pur chase price had to be paid In cash. Jay Brooks operated a dry goods and clothing store, and the Grande Ronde Lumber Co. at Perry adver tised boxes. Curry and Reed sold groceries, sil verware, crockery and lamps, accord ing to their advertisement, and M WILL ROGERS PRBSCOTT, Ariz., July 6 Well, here we are In Prescott, Ariz., the real western town a mile high and 100 miles wide. I would rather have Arizona's roc ord as a state than New York with her numbers, Massachusetts with her Intellect or California with her mod esty. Arizona prolongs the life of the af flicted as well as makes perpetual the lives of the well. By the way, I see In the Arizona Republic that the London confer ence was knocked cuckoo when Roosevelt told them It was our dol lar and we could arrange the price of It. . Yours, JULY FOURTH A QUIET DAY IN LA GRANDE Nearby Celebrations Lure. Local reople Assist in Baker Pioneer Meet Tho streets of La Grande were practically deserted yesterday and those left In the city spent a quiet Fourth of July. Scores went to Wal lowa Lake, Enterprise and Baker where celebrations were held. In the evening spasmodic popping of fire, crackers broke the calm.- - , - ' Ko arrests were reported by. Mate? county and oity police, and tho cole bratlon was practically free from ac cldents with tho exception of the automobile wreck In whlchoLoonard Roe and Edgar Knapp were killed yesterday morning. A -large crowd ushered In the Fourth of July at the American Le gion dance at Goodbrod Lake at Un ion which started at 12 o'clock mid night on July 3. Lindsay's orchestra furnished the lnuslo for dancing and dancers gathered from Union and (Continued on Page Two) GROWERSjlCKING . EARLY CHERRIES Some of tho earliest types of chor- H-lcs in the Orande Ronde valley are ripening, and before very long the orchards whero Royal Annesand the black varieties aro falscd will be teeming with activity. The crop is not so heavy as usual this year because 8f winterkill In many of the orchards over theVgoun ty, but a good crop, under tho clr cumstanTes. Is expected. Because of the backward! spring, thit rhrr1q nrr rlnenlnir autto a bit later this year than Is normally the? case. FAIR WEATHER TOCONTINUE With a mSxlmuirl temporaturo here July Fourth of 82 above and clear skies, tho weather man predicted this morning that the fair weather would continue tonight and tomorrow with no change In temperatures. The minimum this morning was 54 above, five degrees warmer than Tuesday's lyy. and Indications were that the temperature would be near 00 befoffl tho day was over. S. Bloch, located inothe Sommcr building, had Just received a new stock (jf goods including ladles' dress goods, embroideries, trimming, etc. The harcware advertisement was for young. Dart & Conkcy Co., and P. W. Wood advertised photography. J. S. Mitchell and William Gaunt both advertised nursery stocks. J. H. Pearo had a Jewelry store, also Charles G. Bunte. Knapp, Burrell 4c Co. sold Imple ments, wagons and buggies at Island City. Banks were the La Grande Na tional and the Farmers & Traders National, and Henry and Burke car ried an undertaking ad In the Ga zette. Three saloon acfe appeared: The Mint (Thomas & Co.): The Crystal (Kelley and Laughlln), and The Pal ace (Sicmon Brothers), ROTARY CLUB OFFICERS I POSTS TODAY Club Installs New Leaders at Luncheon at the La Grande Hotel , DR. HAUN BECOMES ROTARY PRESIDENT Rev. M. G. Tennyson Speaks at Luncheon, on "The Challenge to the Individual of Today." The new officers and board of di rectors of tho La Grande Rotary club for the year 1033-34 were formally Installed at the regular meeting of the club this noon In the La Grande hotel. The Installation ceremony was di rected by Hugh Brady, past president of the club. The new officers are Dr. James J.. D. Haun, president; Rev. Paul De F. Mortlmore, vice pres ident, andi Elliott Flnlay, re-elected secretary. In addition to tho abovo three of ficers, the board of directors Includes W. C: Perkins, Charles Playle, Elmer McManus, Frank Wylde, Georgo Wal ker, and David I, Stoddard. Frank Wyldo Keoelves Gift Frank Wylde, president during the past year, was presented with a gift In appreciation of his service as he turned the gavel over to his suc cessor, Dr. Haun. , The speaker at the luncheon today was Rev. M. G. Tennyson, former rector of the St. ' Peters Episcopal (Continued On Page Fourl-V Camp Will Buy Large Supplies From This City With a crew of men working on the road to Frog Heaven C. C. C. camp since June 28, the road is now In good condition and a large amount of the supplies will bo procured in La Grande, J. Heare, chairman of the Union county rellof committee, said-today. Liieuc. w. j. jrnce, oi Tog Heaven camp, is in La Grande today arrang ing for supplies for the camp. CALL FIJiEMEN TO GRASS FIRE The fire truck was called to the 000 block on Main avenue at 8:45 p. m. Ias9 night to extinguish a grass fire. No damage was done. Gosh, What A Tugh GuyThey Tiy To ' 1 ' , Salt Lake to 1 ' All of Utah will join In celebrating "Pioneer Day" at Salt Lake City, July 24, anniversary of tho founding of that city by the Mormons who crossed the plains. Pageantry, parades and homecomings aro arranged. This group has the wagon and costumes of oldtlmers. , LA GRANDE TEAM WINS 15 TO 9 AT ENTERPRISE, ORE. The American Legion Junior league, baseball team of La Grando defeated tho Enterprise Mldgcte at Ertterpriso yesterday , 15 to 0 in an easy game for tho local iods. y 'Kt4n Jiintor league'. teams remain, Iri tho running now for state cham pionship honors, pending district eliminations soon which will leave only four teams to go into the state finals at Klamath Falls in August. The remaining teams aro: . District 1, MUwauklc; district 2, Woodburn and Hlllsboro; district 3, Eugene; district 4, Med ford, Morsh- (Contlnued on Page Four) FLOOD MISSES BERRY HOUSE MrsAAntta Berry and chlldiren and her mother, Mrs. Mary Worth have rcturnctl to their home In Kelso aft er vtfiitlng In La Grande with Mrs. O. P. Harrison. The visitors live in tho flooded district In Kelso and al though tho water didn't enter their gjiouso It came wltlUn 14 inches of uie noor gina ruincu uic garaens and grounds. Mrs. Worth Is the daughter of Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Wcrry is her only granddaughter. Recall Prairie Schooner Days L C. C.C. Boys From East See Sheep For First Time Sheep, not "ships," on tho hill, but it was exciting, anyway! f Dwlght Jesse, with some C. C. C. .workers in tho branch line train, ,tcll3 of the experience. The boys Wcro from the east and many of .them wero seeing sights entirely iiew to them. A Jewish boy saw t'a first, sheop.njcar thd road., "Aw, look at tho ships oh"thV hill," ho. ejaculated. His com panion looked in vain for a water going vessel, hut It was merely tho boy's way of saying sheep. Tho easterners are having tho time of their lives, seeing count less things that in the past wcro known to them only through story books. OREGON WILL GET BIG FEDERAL SUM POIITLAND, July 5 (IP) Represen tative Charles H. Martin returned from Washington. D. C, today with word that Oregon will get at least $25,000,000 from tho federal govern ment In administration of the public works program created as one of the president's measures to stimulate (Contirmcd (in Pago Pour) Make Me Outf" MANY DEATHS IN UNITED STATES OYER THE FOURTH Ily The Associated Press At least f IVo persons lost tholr lives In automobile accidents and drown ing In Oregon as thousands of per sons swarmed tho highways to picnic spats and swimming places. In add!-; 'lion; two ybtitliB were Beitarea droW-' cd at Marsliflold and soarchlns par ties' wero seeking their, bodies. Edgar E, Knapp, 30 and Leonard Roe, 22, wcro fatally Injured near La Grando when tho driver of tho car fell asleep at tho wheel, Herman Tauber. 18, died In a Now bcrg hospital from Injuries ho suf fered In an accident on tho Donald Aurora highway. His companion, Grovcr Glcsey, -was badly hurt. Mrs. Fannlo Shores, 32, California tourist, lost her ltfo In tho Willam ette rlvor at Eugcno when silo plung ed, into tho stream In an attempt to save her 12-year-old daughter who was crying for help. Tho child was rescued hv campers. At Alnany, Boy Van Order, 4, drowned In tho WUlamotto whllo playing in a park. Walter Smith, IB, of Hausor, and Joss Onsby, 30, foiled to return last night after leaving for Mussel Beef. Parties wero searching for bolr bodies today. America paid a greater prlco In Joss (Contlmftd on Pago Four) BOERKGRENDIES AT COVE JULY 4 COVE. Ore. (Speclnl) Martin Li nunBoerkgren, for 30 yars a lcsl cVnt of Cove, died i his homo yes terday morning between 4 and fi o'clock after a long Illness, Ho had bwm very seriously Hi for the last f&vnri months. Mr. Boorkuron was proprlotor of the Cove swlm-Wing pool. Ho was born In Smoland, Sweden, Aug. 12, 1804 and camo to America at tho oge of 15 yc(gs. Ho leaves his widow, two sons, ErncHt of Wo natchee, Wash., and Royal of Cove; two slstcrB, Mrs. Hllma Norclleous and Mrs. Minnie Plant, and a broth er. Fred, all of Kew York. Funeral services will bo held to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Covo Methodist church. The body In at the Bnodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary In La Grande today. Wheat Today CHICAGO. July G Ml Corn be came the grain market leader today and ran upward ahout 5 cento a bushel to tho highest level In more than three years. UncaslncMt regarding the outcome of the new crop, which haa Its criti cal period of growth ahead, with un favorable weather and widespread damage from Insects, led at some stages to nearly complete absence on offerings and to outbursts of unusual activity by buyers. With tho market fluctuating faflt, blackboard quota tions both on corn and wheat were frequently much out of lino with prices In the speculative pits. Corn closed flurried, 2 taZ cents above Monday's finish, wheat l'4c down, oats llc off, and provisions showing a rise of 3c to 35c, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME INTANdllll.E TAX ll'IIKM) ASKS I'Olt I1IO NAVY FI.1KKS REACH ICELAND WHEAT COUNTRIES AUIIEE SAI.EM, July S Ml The constitu tionality or the 1031 Intnnglblo In come tax law w.ts upheld by the Oregon supreme court today In an opinion handed down In the ease of Kutlt C. Mcl'hcrson ugnlnst the state tux commission. WASHINGTON, July 5 VP) Secre tary 8wonson said today the navy( will asks 77.000.00O of public works' funds for battleship modernization which will give the United States a fleet of "battleships equal to those of any navy." . - , ' rtlSYKJ.WM, Ireland, July s OT General Italo Balbo and his Italian air armada en route t Chicago, ar rived hero this uftcriiooii. complet ing the night from Londonderry Northern Ireland. LONDON, July 5 (ff) The four prlnelpul wheat producing countries or the world, "having agreed In prin ciple on a policy of temporary ad justment of production and trade to world demutulH," decided today to de termine ufc mejifiurc-lf , ttny (of iMi-uH.ruuoii can no expected rroin Kunipeaii producing ami consuming states on tho restriction program, WASHINGTON, July 5 m Secre tory Ickes onnounced today Horace M. Albright had resigned, offcctlve Aug. 0, as director of the national park service and that Arno B. Cam merer, associated director, had been named to succeed him. PONCO CITY, OK LA., July B (PJ Tho prlco of crude oil In Oklahoma, KitnsuH ami North Texas skyrocketed an: p,yeftMpB of . 33 -cent today, tu a Utp of Hfl cents Willi the (Hwtlng of new qiiotntlons hy the Continental Oil coniKiny. ...... MID-YEAR FINDS BETTERBUSINESS OVER THE NATION 1 Hy John L. Cooley (AoHoclated Press Financial Writer) NEW YORK, July 5 (!) Smoke rlBlng from countless factory chim neys spoils out tho good news "Busi ness Is better!" And America, closing tho books on the first six months of 1033, trusts that tho distress of tho last three years can now bo labelled "the late depression." Into tho weeks slnco January 1 has been crowdod an extraordinary se quence of o vents. To some careful observers they are revolutionary; to othors .thoy aro a manifestation of the powers and rcsponslblhtlus that attend Inflation. Industry, In the short spaco of ap proximately two months, has lound jtself whirled to tho height of hope. It has seen operations rise to profit able levels; It has been ablo to In crease payrolls and working hours sufficiently to reduco unemployment by a respectable degree. It has wit nessed an improvement exceeding seasonal limits, a gain well beyond the expectations of tho spring and one that may cvado tho usual sum mer stump. Speculative markets havo soared. Wall street's spree was matched on the Chicago board of trade; many lessor markets mado hasto to follow. Copper prices increased 60 per cent from their low, lead about 55 per cent, zinc 00 per cent and silver nearly 60 per cent. - Tho factor most often mentioned as responsible for this metamorphosis was tho government's campaign for higher prices. Another was removal of fear for safoty of bank deposits. To go; back a bit, "tho country -lost summer appeared to havo embarked on a recovery of some significance. But underneath u-as the honeycomb of a banking situation that threat ened trouble. How serious uffala (Ccntlnuod on Pago Two j INQUIRING Bach day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will he stopped at random on the street corner and asked some nitration of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will bo granted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. The current utlmttlon Is Hunter Cruhhe In "King of the .In ii file," ' ; . Tho navy will ask for. $77,000,000 of public works funds for battleship modernisation which will glvo the United States a fleet of "battleships equal to those of any navy." accord ing to Secretary of Navy Swanson. Jack Cool Id kc. 1102 O avenue, says, "If the United States could get out of modernlRlng tho battleships by some arrangements with other coun CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT TO BE TAKEN President Roosevelt Makes Suggestion of an "International Dollar." WOULD AID UNTIL VALUES ARE FIXED Only an : Eleventh Hour! D e v e I o p in e n t No w Would Serve to Keep Conference in Session. LONDON, July 5 ff) The world economic conference will virtually bo wound up tomorrow, according to highest authorities,, barring some . eleventh hour development. The steering committee of the con ference meets tomorrow to consider a proposal for adjournment, or re cess, mado by Hcndryk Coll J n, Dutch prime minister, and leader of a gold bloo country- ' Even tho American delegation to- . night agreed that "recess" was de sirable. .- i While expectations for dispersion -of the great world conolavo were be coming more certain, OordeU Hull, secretary of state, prepared a state- .. ment explaining the American po sition and showed it to Ramsay Mao Donald, chairman of the conference. It was understood In authoritative American quarters that the state- , ment Included a suggestion from President Roosevelt for tho institu tion of an international dollar as a , measurement for curroncy during the period of fluctuations In foreign ex changes.,.;, y.j. u, - .. v.-,.; ' The pW VMclY" leadors ore now considering provides tliat some of the committees now. In operation should -t continue tlietr work while the assem- . bly as a whole takes an Indefinite recess. . . . Tho creation of an International . dollar for use as a measuring rod would serve to assist business and . foster the work of tho conference un til tho dollar and tho pound could, again bo fixed In. value. It was said. F. R.'S OBJECTIONS WASHINGTON, July 5 (ff) Main objections of President Roosevelt to immcdlato stabilization of currency, as demanded at London, wore out lined in on orflciol quarter today as . follows: First, ho feels it would morally bind tho United States to lot down i tho bars for gold exports to support tho dollar in international exchange. ; Second, he wants to look to a more (Continued on Pago Two) Order Continues Salary Schedule Of U. S Employes WASHINOTOM, July 6 m Presi dent nooaovelt today Issued an exe cutive order continuing tho 15 por cent) cut In pay of federal employes. Tho slash was first mado effective -undor tho oconomy bill to extend un. til Juno 30, tho closo of the fiscal year, with Mr. Roosovolt authorized to oontlnuo It If Justified by living costs. Tho pay cut today was or dered to stay In effect until tho first of the calendar year. Tho order sold that tho living cost Index for tho first six months of this year was 130.3 as compared wltn 171 for tho base period, tho six months ending Juno 30, 1D28. Today's Baseball Natlonut League B, H. B Cincinnati 3 10 a Chicago 8 7 1 Batteries: Derringer, Johnson, Prey and Hcmsloy, Manton; Tinning and Hartnett. REPORTER I tries I believe It would bo better to divert tho money Into other channels. But ir It Is a matter of self defense to keep the navy on a par with other countries I say) yes." R. A. Masterton, Covo avenue, em phatically says, "The public- works money should be used for publlo im provement, Muscle Shoals or any where, "