World Conference Likely To Come To End Thursday
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WEATHEK FORECAST
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Salt Lake to
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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, "