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American League All-Stars Win Classic Game, 4-2 Wt'ATHKK FORECAST Oregon: Cloudy oa tile coast, other- ,lse (air with no change In tempera- I ure tonight and Friday. Local ! Only Newspaier Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties ; I wcuthcr Wednesday: inav 83, mill 5-1 i i above. Clear, Voduy: mln SO, 7 a. m. ' 07. Clear, , VOLUME 31 MKMBEH ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933 EASTERN QRMftON'fl TjRAJlHG NEWKPAPHB NUMBER 259 vmma WMw commence Special City Election Is Called For 1T0V0TE0N i REBUILDING WATER LINE i Reconstruction of Beaver n l. t i: i: i. u Put up to People :.Sl f POWER PLANT IS L j IN PROJECT ALSO K. F. C. Financing to be Sought, Including An 3 Outright Grant For 30 ::S Per Cent of Cost. "'A special city election was formally called for July 21, the day of the state special election, last night by ordinance passed by the city ccan mlsslon. The purpose of the city election Is to put before the voters the project for reconstructing the ' Beaver creek pipeline and construct ing a light and power plant for city purposes. '., ;jfThe ordinance authorizes a vote on the question of issuing S257.852.67 in ; bonds, payable from one to 20 years . from date of issue, and not to boar . Interest of more than five per cent. - The present plan is to have the re construction finance corporation pur chase the bonds, that is 70 per cent "at" than, -and1' finance- the remaining 30 per cent of the cost througn on outright grant of B. P. O. money. City officials believe that the project .has every chance of receiving federal approval, particularly since the local project would put a large number of men to work because of the necessity . of on unusual amount of hand labor. No Cost to Taxpayers The project calls for removing the ,c4d pipeline from the Old Town res ervoir to the Beaver Creek Intake, (Continued on Page Six) Samuel F. Litch, ' Wallowa County i Pioneer, Passes -t ENTERPRISE, Ore., July 6 (Special) In the passing of Siunuel Franklin Litch at the family home in Enter prise, July 6, Enterprlee and Wallowa ' county lost tibie of Its most useful and worthy citizens. A man who had grown up with the county, Sam, as he always preferred to be cailed, took an active interest In local affairs, was a continual boost er for what would help the county's growth and. served several times In public positions. .; He was born In Bannock, Penn., Nov. 6, 1862. He found it necessary to make his own way from early life ' 2 (Continued on Page Three) LAST BOND OF $12,000 DEBT f. PAID BY CITY fin addition to the ordinance call ing a special election July 21 several other matters were attended to at lst night's commission meeting held In the city hall. ( The manager's report showed that the last 41000 bond of $12,000 up for retirement the first of this month, had -been paid. Cosh on hand at the end of the week was $11,748.17. di vided as follows: First National bank 4340.56. Portland bank. $1039.58; t&sh, $773.54. remainder in warrant). 3 An application for a retal! 3.2 per Cent beer permit was received by the Pacific Fruit and Produce Co. and granted. This firm already has a Wholesale permit. OL' SWIMMIN' HOLES RETURN TO FAVOR t With I weather- the coming of summer warm days and absence of j' ihllly nights the water In the !4Crande Ronde river has turned warm . enough to lure hundreds of swlm- tners each afternoon. And several "or swlmmln' holes" lor,; the river between La Orandi ' and Island City are being patronized : by both young and old. Probably the most popular one In the Island City district Is Just .below the railroad bridge north of the flouring mills. ; Nearer La Grande there ore several WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal July 5 Now Europe is saying that they didn't get so sore at . what Mr. Kocuevelt satd as xhey did the way he said It. You see. diplomats have a thing they call diplomatic language. It's Just lots of words and when: they are all added up, they don't mean Any thing. Well, on account of the president having something to say, and want lug to say it, there is no diplomatic language for that. A diplomat has 100 ways of saying nothing, but no way of saying sonu. thing. Because he has never had any thing -to say, that's why they call 'em diplomats. ,7 I have always said that a confer ence was held for one reason only, to give everybody a chonc.j to get sore at everybody else. Sometime, it takes two or three conferences to scare up a war, tout generally one wiU do it. -.- I'll bet there was never a war be tween two nations that had iever conferred first. Yours, ISM. MImiM Mt ' W.VEDDER GIVEN JOB OF BUILDING WALLOWA SCHOOL W. Vedder, La Grande' contractor, last night was given the contract for the rebuilding of the Wallowa, Ore. grade school, and this morning was in Wallowa making arrangements to begin with the construction work. Only 60 days remain in which to complete the work before school starts in tne fall, and a maximum of speed is necessary. The new grade school building, will cost in the neighborhood of $9000, and all of this sum will be paid out of insurance money received, after the old grade school building burned this spring. 1 . The new building will be of brick and frame construction, housing six class rooms, and will be located ad jacent to the present high school. C. B. Miller, La Grande architect, drew the plans for the building. PRACTICALLY ALL SUPPLIES FOR 190 MEN BOUGHT HERE Practically all the supplies for 190 C. C. C. men at Frog Heaven camp, with the exception of . the staples which ore shipped from Baker, will be purchased In La Grande. The Starkey road has been Improved within a mile of the forest boundary and the remainder will be completed very soon, making It possible to transfer the supplies to the camp. Tho men at Prog Heaven camp are from Pendleton, La Grande, Wallowa and Enterprise with the exception of 21 who were sent from Pennsylvania. Lieut. Price, an army officer, also (Continued on Page Three) WARM WEATHER TO CONTINUE Ideal summer weather continued to reign over the Grande Ronde valley today and the weather man predicts it will continue through tonight and tomorrow with no change In tem perature. The maximum hero yesterday was 85 above and the minimum this morning was 56 above, two degrees warmer than the minimum the night before. holes used by people of that locality. K'irdly an afternoon passes now but that a motorist along the La Grande-Island City highway either mets groups trudging along the highway or railroad track to and from swimming holes; If the former, with dry suits over their shoulders, and If the latter, with wet suits swinging from their hands. Of course, commercial plunges in the county also are attracting hun dreds of mermen and mermaids, but to many, "you can't beat the or swlmmln hole!" CAR DRIVER EXONERATED ATINJUEST Coroner's Jury Holds Fatal Automobile Acci dent July 4 'Unavoidable' BRAMWELL FREED OF DEATH BLAME Five Witnesses Heard, Mr. and Mrs. Schwebke. Drs. Haun, Gilstrap and bramwell. Richard Bramwell was exonerated by a coroners Jury lost night from any blame in connection with the death of Leonard Roe and. Edgar Knapp, who were killed early Tues day morning when the automobile in which they were riding ran off the highway between Rlnehart "and Im- bler. Bramwell was driving the car aa the time of the ascldent while tne two others were in the rumble feat. The Jury classified the accident as "unavoidable." Coroner George Walker and Dis trict Attorney Carl G. Helm ques tioned .five .witnesses.. In connection with the deaths, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schwebke wfto live near the site of the., accident,. Richard .Bramwell Dr, James j. D. Haun and Dr. C. L. Gil strap. Bramwell testified that he went to sleep and. awoke Just as the car left the road and after that he remember ed nothing until the accldelt had occurred. (Continued on Page Two) WINNERS GIVEN IN RED & WHITE ESSAY CONTEST Judges met last , evening and se lected what 'they considered the best contributions In the recent essay writing contest conducted by the Red & White stores on the subject "Why I Like To Shop at Red & White Stores," Winners for the four prizes are announced as follows: First Mrs. E. D. Davis; second Mrs. Q. A. Barron; third, Mrs. Lynn Wright; fourth Mrs. C. A. Selby. All are of (Continued on Page Two) CHANT '2 "" S?Z2 "-' LESS RELIEF WORK NEEDED DURING JUNE Large Number of Men Given Work in Sawmills, . Hay Fields, Railroad. $3249.32 AMOUNT SPENT IN MONTH Reforestation Work Also Takes Many With De pendents From County's Jobless List. Because of the number of men who have been put to work recently in Union county, the Union county re lief committee aided only 306 fam ilies during June as compared with 447 in the previous month, J. H Pearo, chairman, announced today. A total of $3249.32 was expended, 201 for administration and $2988.32 for re lief of temporarily indigent families Activity has Increased In several Industries in the county during the (Continued on Page Three) Signs Name 180 Times; Twi " Pens Required How long does it take to sign 180 warrants? Quite a while, when the name to be Bigned Is "Victor R. Me vllle." and it is done during a city commission meeting. That's one of the Jobs of the president of the commission, sign ing the warrants, and last night at the weekly meeting, he spent the period from, 7:40 to 8:08 sign ing his name to a stack of aAlary warrants, amounting to $5,237.18, Of course, he took time out occa sionally to put a motion, and once to borrow City Manager Angus Mc Allister's fountain pen his ran dry) It averaged about nine sec onds , per warrant, .but many of them were disposed of in as little as four or five seconds. Some months, with the city splitting up the salary warrants Into smaller denominations, he signs as many as 250, The $5,237.18 flguro last night Included ' warrants for back taxes on property now belonging to the city. ON ECONOMIC NATIONALISM The 21st of July Travel Parts Tfba famous Mary Plcltford-Douglas pointed out as the Happiest In filmland, has reached tho point where Mary admits separation and possibility of divorce. Friends say the rift Is due to Doug's wanderlust. - Here Is a new picture of Mary and some pictures of Doug as he was leaving or arriving from some place. FIRE LOSS HERE MUCH LESS THAN FIRST HALF 1932 Fire loss In La Grande during the first six months of 1033 was prac tically 60 per cent less than during. the same period last year, the semi annual report of Fire Chief C. T. Lindsay reveals. The report was read at last night's commission meeting and placed on file. ' ' . The report showed the actual firo loss during tho first half of 1033 -to be $ 1 1 .2 1 0 ,7 1 , compared wl th $22, -096.44 for the same period in 1032. Insurance paid this year amounted to $10,441.71, compared with $21,334.19 (Continued on Page Two w Mary arid Doug Fairbanks marriage, for 13 yenrs. BABE RUTH'S HOMER CAUSE OF VICTORY Big Bambino Smashes Out Circuit Drive in Third With Gehringer on Base COMISKEY PARK, Chicago, July 6 (yp) Bubo Ruth bluKod out as the star of stars once more today to smash out a homo run In the third Inning to give tho American league all stars their winning margin In a great 4 to 2 victory over the hand-picked aces of tho National league before 40,000 spectators. As the great panorama of stars fell and shone, Ruth drove out his (Continued on Page Three) COMMITTEE HEADS NAMED BY DIXON K. E. Dixon, president of tho Un ion County Public health association. has appointed chairmen of the vari ous committees, and all have accept ed their appointments, it was an nounced today. W. C. Perkins was named chairman of tho advisory committee, H. A, Zur brlck, finance committee; E. A. Sayro, educntlona); Mrs. L, Do nh am, nurs ing; lftrs. George Lyman, supply, and A. W. Nelson, publicity. Mlsfi Edna: Flanagan, R. N., a pub lie health nurse, has been helping tho association with organization and Miss Alice Marquardt, county health nurse, nnd Mrs. Den hum have been giving much of their time to the work the last two weeks. MJns Flana gan's stay In Union county is be ing financed entirely by Christmas seal sale money from tho Oregon (Continued on Page Two) Wheat Today CHICAGO. July G Ml Attain ment of new high record prices for tho season distinguished the corn market today, and helped glvo Btrength to wheat and other grnln.1. Continued damage to corn and other crops was roported. Conserva tism in many qimrters, however, was engendered by the sharp upturns of late, both wheat and corn having risen about 12 cents a bushel from last week's lows. Corn closed strong, Sflc above yesterday's finish, wheat tlc up, oats i (n 'ao up, and provisions un changed to a riso of 15c. COOTIOTE JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME 9 , VALUE OF SHAKES lilGHKIt . WAl.TKIt IIAGEN IN LEAD GUARDSMEN CALLED OUT HOl'B FOll FACTOIl'S ItELEAHE NEW YORK, July 0 (m The New York utock exclinnge reported today that the market value of listed shares lEiirlng June showed a guilt of nearly $4,000,000,000. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 6 (m Walter Hagen, lour-tlmes holder of the title, kept a one-stroke lead In the British open golf championship today by snooting a 72, .one under par, for his second round and a total of 140 for 30 holes. Ed Dudley, of Ooncordvlllo, Pa., was next with 70 71141. UKOOKSV1LLE, Fin., July 0 Wl Nutionul guardsmen hurried to Tooke Lake prison canip today in a deter mined offensive to smash an armed mutiny, striking convicts, number ing about thirty and described by Jailors us "bad actors," were barrl ended In ttie stockude and arnted with mochetes, knives, eluis and bottles. Thoy huve defied prison authorities since Tuesday noon. . OHlOAap, July 6 VP) Now hope that John Factor, kidnaped specula tor may be released sometime soon, possibly today, cams to his friends early this morning. Observers were led to believe that carefully guarded negotiations for the payment of ran som for the missing man's release were under way, and would, be com pleted today. , WASHINGTON, July 0 (P The ad ministration is contamplatliiK steps to hurry up Industries which officials uy luivo been UUuippolntliigly slow In- shaping triule-iHtrecmcnts under tho national recovery uw. A confer ence, was In progress today. WORKERS GETTING MORE PAY; HOURS SHOWING INCREASE Ity J. It. ilnickntt NEW YORK, July 6 VP) While earnings of workers in the nation's manufacturing industries wore still abnormally low as tho first half of tho year ended, the total In the in dividual worker's weekly envelope in creased about 2 in the last three months. Statistics front tho National Indus trial Conference board, covering many thousand workers, showed the weekly pay envelope In May was 10.43 as compared to 14.B0 in March ( the de pression's low) and 10.18 hi January this year. Compilation of figures on June (Continued on Page Three) TO PICK WINNERS MONDAY EVENING Winners In the Eagle broadcasts who have been selected from each weekly program will vie for honors next Monday evening at 8 o'clock at tho Eagles hall, the final winners to bo given a trip to Portland nnd an opportunity to broadcast ever a sta- (Continuod on Tngo Two) Stork to Arrive And Wort hings Make It News! MU8KEGON, Mich., July 0 (A" The city editor wouldn't agree it was news. So William E, Worthing paid to have this advertisement published : "Notice Mr. and Mrs. William E. Worthing of Muskegon, 1033 Valley St., wish to announce that they are expecting their first baby in November." j INQUIRING Each day as the Inntilrtnjr Reporter nukes the rounds two pertonj will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked tome question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will be grunted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Thai I re. yjio current attraction Is Nancy Carroll ti "The Woman Accused." The Beaver Creek pipeline Is one of tho project on which La Orando is basing its claim to a portion of the publlo workn money. As outlined, It will not cost the taxpayers of La Orando a cent, as bonds will bo re tired from water receipts. Clarence Darron, Highway Acres, says, "As long as people have to live In the town It may Just as well be ROOSEVELrS FIGHT MEETS WITHSUCCESS Monetary and Tariff Mat ters Will Not be Con-, '- sidered, However'. COMMITTEE MAKES DECISION TODAY Other Pressing World, Problems Will be Taken Up By Nations in Lon don Meeting. v . ' LONDON, July 6 (AT The world economlo conference will continue but monetary and tariff matters will be excluded, the steering committea of the parley decided this evening. The decision came after a furious battle and was a victory for Cordell Hull, American secretary of state, who, on instruction from President Roosevelt, had stoutly Insisted that' the conclave must continue Its at tempt to solvo pressing world problems.- .. Franco and other members of tho European gold bloo advocated formal conclusion for the , major acUvltlea of the conference. V Tho morning session of the steer, lng committee lasted three hours and a half but was unable to arrive at decision. The evening session, how ever, was comparatively brief, ending -in triumph for the American position. In the meantime, a drafting com mittee, of which Secretary Hull was a, member, had been at work' oh a pro--posed program of future activities for the parley. . ' 1 - ?v The conference therefore will con tlnuo in session for the discussion oC economlo questions, exoept tariffs. The agenda for the conclave thus was substantially modified from Its original form when the conference; met Juno 21. . ( Exactly what work the conference can do was left in considerable con fusion. Tho llfo of the conference was saved through Insistence by President Roos evelt after the American delegation ab London had definitely decided that adjournment was the practicable course. Governor Meier Speaks in Favor Of The Sales Tax PORTLAND, July 0 iff) Urging tho voters of Oregon to study tho sales tax without prejudice or bias, "and having done so, vote your con victions regardless of partisan poll tics and misdirected propaganda," Governor Julius L. Meier last night in a prepared address advocated adop tion ofi the law at the July 21 elec tion. . Tho Issue, he said, "Is Blmple and clear." "It is simply and purely a question as to whether you prefer an emergency soles tax for a brief per iod to relievo the property tax bur den, or whether you prefer to con tlnuo tho present tax system which. (Continued on Page Two) Spokane Firm Is Low With Bid On Imnaha Highway PORTLAND, Ore., July 6 (T) The Colonial Building company, of Spok ane, submitted tho low bid today for grading of 8.7 miles of the Entcrpriso Imnnha highway In Eastern Oregon, when proposals were opened by W. H. Lynch, district engineer of the bur eau of publlo roods. Fred H. Blade, of Portland, was second with a bid of SU8.O40. and the Slems-Spokane company, of Spokane, bid third at 10W47. Tills work will extend the now con struction about thrco miles south wort, of Imnaha toward Enterprlso. i REPORTER I Improved through enlarging the pipe line, and also allow for tho Increased domand for water should La Orando grow." Grant Bean, 1008 Third, says, "Be fore X could give an Intelligent opln ion on tho subject I would have to consider the extra costs It would In cur and whatnot. However, If it Is within the reach of the taxpayers It would bo a fine thing for the city." j
