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LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933
EASTERN QRMftON'fl TjRAJlHG NEWKPAPHB
NUMBER 259
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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