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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1933)
IT lit I WEATHER FOHECAHT J j Oregon: Cloudy on count, fair in III- I terlor tonight, Saturday; cooler Mat- I fl unlay; Sunday cloudy on coast, fair J In Interior. Local weather Thursday: I max 88, mln 50. dear. Today: inln J . . Only Newspaper Ii lnted in La Grande J . Covering Union and ' Wullowa Counties.' , mtxm 84. 7 a. ni. OS. Clear. , VOLUME 31 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRBM AND A, B. C. LA r.RNHE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1933 ASTERN SRBGON'g MADI-VO NEWSPAPER NUMBER 260 , -VP I WW :'- 't .?A..- M M if-: fa mm 1 L.H.S.W0RK MOVES AHEAD ON SCHEDULE Contractor E x p e c t s to Have Building Com pleted During August . MOST BRICKWORK HAS BEEN DONE Finishing of About One Third, of Secrnd Floor ' Interior Has Been Com pleted, Report. Work at the La Grande High, school building, which Is being recon. structed this summer with Insurance money received after' the lire last September, Is progresslngaat an excel lent rate of speed. A. Ritchie, the contractor, expects to have the building completed some time In August. At present all of the brickwork on the main building and the annex on the north side Is completed, and about one-third of the Interior of the ' second floor has been finished. No finishing work has been! done as yet on the first floor. Brick laying Is still under way on the northwest corner annex, which will house the girls' shower rooms on tho first floor and the music de- partment on the second floor. Old brick Is being utilized for the second floor of this addition, which was voted by the schood board at a recent meet-ding. Continued on Pace Throe) Rep, Pierce Tfi Speak on Sales Tax on July 15 Representative Walter M. Pierce, of tho second concessional district. Is taking an emphatic stand against the Bales tax which will be submitted to the people for voting on July 21. The sales tax and other measures to be decided In the special election and governmental measures will be dis cussed by Mr? Pierce on Saturday, July 15, both before the Union grange picnic In the a f tor noon and the Pleasant Grove grange In the after noon. . BREAKS WRIST IN AUTO FALL Mrs. T. E. Plerson, 1205 N avenue, broke her wrist In two places recently vE5en she fell while stepping frorA an automobile. Her heel caught on the metal strip on the car floor and Mrs. Plerson fell to the pavement. Her condition, is entirely satisfac tory no-, It is . announced. HE DECIDED TO HIT TH' TRAIL Frank McCallonof La Grande, ap peared in police court Wednesday in Pendleton on a vagrancy charge and was given his choice of paying $L0 anj serving 10) days in Jail or leaving town for good In 10 minutes. He de cided to leSve town. Portland Fears A New Tong War PORTLAND, July 7 W) Prepared for riot call action, a suad of police mnlntjtlnfkt a , airiest urnt.h nn TVirt land's Chinatown today. A tong warn the officers believe, la In the making. NEWSPAPER OF 1885 PRINTED0N CLOTH Did you ever set a newspaper printed on cloth? Cloth a lot like that used to make flour sacks? ' On August 14, 1885, the Issue of the La Grande Gazette, published by W. G. Snodgrass, was facing a major emergency. It was nearly time to go to press and' there was no paper! Freight was uncertain in those days and on this particular occasion, there seemed nothing on which to print the day's news. . . Many an editor would either have sprouted gray he'.- or else closed up Bhop and gone fishing. But Mr. Snod grass, who was the father of Lot Snodgrass, La Grande mortician' of today, did neither. He merely moved over into his dry goods store, got some bolts of cloth, and out came the edition! Mrs. Nelll G. Nelll, who had come WILL ROGER? f$gys: BEVERLY HILLS, Oal.. July 6 The morning papers said the London conference blew up, the afternoon papers say Its blown back In again. They ought to put thab thing on the stock market and let people make bets on what it will do next. Well, the boys got to see the king, and that was about all the trip over was for, anyhow. The whole thing don't seem to toe worrying Roosevelt. He has galneu eight pounds since Its started. . I'll bet Prance has perspired away 26 pounds per diplomat in. the same time. They are going to yank her off that gold. Just as she yanked England and America off. One wolf can't be In a pock and have a bone all to him self. Yours, MILL TO RE-OPEN MONDAY IF LOGS EXPECTED ARRIVE The Mount Emily Lumber Co, sawmill, which re-opened In May tout which was shutdown temporarily a few weeks ago .because of Inability to get sufficient logs from the woods 'be cause of weather conditions at that time.' plans .to resume operations next Monday morning. This, of course, depends upon whether sufficient loss arrive between rtow and then to war rant re-opening Monday. One trainlond of logs has arrived at La Grande from the woods already., ; WARM DAYS BRING MORE GRASS FIRES Warm wcathSr. with the mercury high In the 80s regularly during .the warmest part of Set day. Is drying out grass and weeds over the city and as a result, several grass fires have been extinguished recently by the fire department. At 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon t.hn rionnrtrrittnt wa called to the Normal school hgl to put out a gnfM blaze ' caused - Dy cnnoren p;aymg with matches. No damage was done. The maximum here yesterday was 88 above with clear skies and tho weather was unchanged this morning. NEPHEW VISITS R. A. WILKERSON ' e Ralph Oalthcr, nephew of R. A. Wiyerson, who lives In North Caro lina, arrived unexpectedly In La Oranc'ta and made a surprise visit to the homy of his uncis lasts night. Mr. Oalthcr enlisted during tho World war In tftio navy and has served nce that time. He Is now stationed t San Diego. This Is the first time that Mr. Wllkerson has seen Mr. Oalthcr since tho latter was a small boy. SCHOOL CLERK TO PORTLAND Raymond O. Williams, tA of tho school district, left this morning for Portland . whero ho will Join Mrs. Williams end their daughter and spend the weekend. Mrs. Williams has been visiting since before the Fourth of July with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Happersett. ' He will be accompanied from Pen dleton by his sister, Mrs. Mabel Rob bins, of Milton. ; . ' to this valley by stage from Walla Walla as far as Meacnam, and then boarded a freight of engine and ca boose. one of two white passengers aboard tho trail?, has a copy of the cloth, paper In iier possession, and loaned it to the Observer. 8he re calls the day she arrived hero she had to walk from the place she left the freight, at the railroad tracks and Fourth street which was just beyond the old G randy home on the corner of Adams and Fourth and had a rail fence all around It, up to Old Town. Their home was in the vicin ity oC the Central school. She tells the story of how the cloth paper was printed that day back In 1885. Mr. Snodgrass owned a store on the comer, then next was his tin (Continued on Page Four) Boiler Mount' an NBA Presenting a radiator mountain part of a lot of 500( discards shipped from Los Angeles on the steamer Santa Teresa to be melted for metal EDGAR KNAPP IS BURIED THURSDAY Edgar Knnpp,son of Horace Knapp and Mrs. Fred G. Smith and one of two young men who were killed in an automobile accident between Im bler - and 'Rlnehart the-morning of July Fourth, -was buried yesterday nitcrnoon nt the Odd Follows "'ceme tery, after funeral services were held at Walker's Funeral Home with about 300 attending. Rov. J. George Wnlz, of tho Pres byterian church, officiated at the services. Raymond O. Williams sang Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Lead Kind Light," accompanied by (Continued on Page Two) . ASSEMBLY TO BE SATURDAY AT ACKERMAN The first ngjfembly of the children or the J. H. Ackerman school to be held during the summer term, !s scheduled for tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in the Easljgrn Oregon Nor mal school auditorium. , All grades, from the first to the eighth, will bo represented. Children will read favorite selections and the' olghtti grade will furnish special music. Parents and friends arc in .' n RECOGrJIZaS THE 'AK7 $J. iU - - Gentleman from k. 17(0 y'.'lnf f'QU' LOUISIANA. , YW-jfcrj$$& PIONEERS TO HOLD PICNIC ON JULY 20 Sons and .Daughters Asso ciation,, to Ai'Tange. Program Tomorrow DUNHAM WRIGHT PLANS TO ATTEND All-Day Picnic Planned at Riverside. Park; punch eon at Noon Hour -Arranged For. . Tho annual Union county pioneer picnic will be held on tho ' third Thursday of this month, July 20, at Riverside park, it was announced to day by J. E. Reynolds, president of the Sons and Daughters of the Un ion County Pioneers. Mr. Reynolds has called a meeting of tho association to be held tomor row afternoon at 2 o'clock at tho Sacajawea Inn Jor the purpose of arranging the program for the all day picnic. Dunliam Wright, sage of Medical Springs and one of the most widely v (Continued on Page Throo) Eagles To Hold Annual Picnic v In Near Future Tho annual summer picnic of the jFa gif a. lotf e; ,wl 11 bo held ,1 n t he -near, luture ana pittus lor uie ouung were mado'lnst night when tho lodge met at the hall. Members of the com mittee in charge are John Hopkins, W. P. Blanchord, Oscar Hobson. J. H. Proffitt, Charles Hildebrand, repre senting the lodge, and Mesdames May Parker, Frank Seward, Pearl Patt, Mabel Harris and Oscar Hobson, the auxiliary. They will-select date and site for the picnic. Donald Gnttschalk was tnltlto$ Into membership by the Engles. - The weekly broadcasts also wll be continued during the coming week and until the opening of the local station, if local artists ogreg)to re spond. LONGFELLOWS LEAVE TODA Mr.. and Mrs. J, T. Longfellow plan to leave this afternoon for Oregon City where they will' make their home. Mr. Longfellow, formerly su perintendent of schools in La Grande, has accepted a similar position in Oregon City. FORCE OF HABIT A RECORD lWxt; aim . I court names 3 jto give report Son perry road J. A. McKenzle, Charles Playle and S. B. Morgan, county road master, wcro appointed by tho county court yesterday at the closing session of the July term to vlow the road ori tho upoe,r flat at Perry, assess tho dam agi.4f any and report back at- a futuro meeting. The court met in tho office "of County Judge U. J. Couch, at tho court house. (Continued on Pago Threo) GIRL ENTERS W. B. COLLEGE Miss Veda Slrrlno loft this morning for Seattlo to rttend the Wilson Business college. Bho drove with hei undo and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. 8. Fullmer, who have been visiting rela tives hero for a ,wcek. They wcro tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Full mer and Mr; and Mrs. Seth Slrrluc. Carole Lombard To Divorce W Powell LOS ANGELES, July 7 (P) Wil liam Powell, debonair screen actor, and Carolo Lombard, actress, aro go ing to be divorce1? in NeVrida on her complaint, Mrs. E. C. Peters, her niothe disclosed lalo last night. IN 'B' FLAT Eleanor Holm, swim champ. Is versatile, to suy tho least, what with her swimming, movlo acting, nnil othor accomplish ments. Slio showed further tal ent nttor equalling nor world bnckstroko record ot 1:11.2 In Lea Angolos. rocontly. She hopped out ot tho wator and strummed a banjo, as shown nbovo. CONFERENCE GOLD BLOC LOSES TILT Monetary ; Questions; Not -to be Excluded; Thumbs ' Down on Tariffs, Quotas LONDON. July P) Tho Europe an gold bloc lost lta fight for exclu sion of monetary questions from the renovated agenda of the world econ omic conference today when the sub committee on Immediate measures for financial reconstruction voted 26 to 15 to continuo to discuss monetary problems. , ' '( , The vote camo after nn all-t'tiy battle over the proposal by Ncvlllo Chamberlain, British chancellor of the exchequer, that the full agenda bo continued including monetary matters which the gold countries have been fiercely opposing. JTho British dominions. Scandinavia and tho countries of tho Par East and Latin America lined up almost solidly with Chamberlain's position which supports tho American thesis. Among those supporting tho gold1 bloo In demanding elimination of monetary questions until currency (Continued on Page Six) WOOD AND SHITO IN GOLF DEADLOCK ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 7 (yn, Two youthful American' pro fcKBlonalfl, Densmoro Shute. of Phila delphia, and Craig Wood, of Deal, N. J., today tied for the British open Kolf champlonflhlr0 with totals of 292 each for 72 ')ics In one of ihe .noat Bpcctacular finishes In the tour nament's history.. Shute and Wood will play off at 30-hoIcn tomorrow for tho title lout by Oono Sarnzen by a slnglo struko. jHyd Ettsterbrook, lant hojjo ot, the, BlTtlsh homebredH, took, a 77 for his ijhI round and Ml Jut a stroke short of tying Wood and Shute. His total or 203 put tho Briton In a dead Iock for third place with Gene Sara ztn and Leo Dlcgcl as the American homebredH took four of tho first flvo places In a riotous finishing drive. WILL A TTEND BEND MEETING h. A. Kennedy, mull carrier at the local post office, plans to leave JLhls cvcnlwHgfor Bend to attend the state convention of mall carriers there. Wheat Today CHICAGO July 7 Wi For the first time M 1033, all dellvorlesof wheat here sold, above $1.00 a built el today, and some climbed as high as 1.10. Big profit taking and timely rains caused reactions later. The main Immediate Impulse toward higher prices came from wild fluctuations In foreign currencies following President Rooscvolt's stand as to the money policy of the United States, Wheat closed unsettled, tflc under yesterday's finish, corn 114 9 2c down, oaU wla orf, and provisions 7 to 22 conts up. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME MASKED UOmiKK SHOOTS 2 . ! .. CANCEL CUT IN WAGK8 JOHNSON ISSUES WARNING STOCK SALESMEN CONVICTED' LA JUNTA, Colo., July 1 (IF) j- A nviHktNl robber shot Mary Russell, -50, to death, woumtal her brother, John (ill, set fire to their house Hera curly today and tied, apparently leaving his partner to dlom tile names. PORTLAND, Ore., July liin There were smiles on the faces of employes of the Sperry Flour company hero to. day. They were advised the company not only has cancelled the order ot lasv February for a 10 per cent r. auction' In salary, but that this 10 per oent reduction will bo restored In -full. ;! w . - WASHINGTON, July 1 m Hugh. a. Johnson, ' national recovery aunuu Istrator, warned anew today that un less Industry moved promptly ot In crease puroliaslng power through In nrnnu.il wuirptt t.i ftfiiuitartinlanm tho inoreused "speculative production" a new COIIUKrO IIUSiil. n:Biui, "NEW YORK, July 7 (T) Otto Ooebel and eight others .were con vloted today of using the. malls to defraud In the solo of stock of the National Diversified corporation. The trial lasted 100 days. ;;.;' " CIIICAOO, .Iirly 7m Resolutions condemning cities which have "railed unnecessarily to pay their teachers," and urging school hoards to refrain from further cuts In costs or salaries, wero before teachers or the National Kducatloii'nssoclutlon for approval la? day.- " '..' ' ' ' ' ' . '' BUSINESS GAINS ENCOURAGING IN THE LAST WEEK NEW VortK, July 7 Tho past week was marked by further sharp gains In many lines of Industry and trade, said tho Dun & Bradstroet re view today." , "It Ms no longer an opinion," as. sorted tho agency, "that business Is on tho upgrade; It Is a fact. The complete reversal of trade trends dur- Ine the first slit months or tno our. rent year,; with tho precipitous "and unprecedented climb of productive and distributive totals, bos left oven loaders of Industry mystified. . "In addition orders aro being, re ceived from unexpected sources, and many for amount unequalled in years, whilo unemployment Is being reduced each week and Is accompani ed' by the encouraging announce ments of more firms granting pay In creases. "Tho buying wave has now reached such proportions that It has swept asldo all the suspicion and lack of confldcnco sd prevalent threo months ago, and tho weekly Increase lit tho backlog of unfilled orders Is consider ed unquestioned proof of tho por maner of tho general Improve ment. "Whllo speculative buying is not absent In current operations, whole salers as well as retailers are placing (Continued on Pago Two) SEARCH FOR FLU CURE PROGRESSES LONDON, July 7 - Tho pros pect of producing scrum to make humans Immune to Influenza has been brought nearer by tho dlscovory that ferrets can bo Infected with the Influenza, virus. Tests confirmed tho belief that In fluenza Is partly duo to a genn that can pass through filters, from which scientists hope to prepare an effec tive scrum. The experiments aro con I iNQUIRING"REP0RTER I l-.... I. Ann a. 1 InnoMn. anflri Mot Mi. nitnili ,m Mnmi Each dev. as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will beSftopped at random on the street corner and asked some I question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight L ouch Interviewed will be grunted two complimentary tickets to the , Liberty Theatre. .The current cttnictlon is Nancy Carroll In "Tho u lVuiiHill Accused." ' . ' , ' Sixteen young men from New. York, stationed ot the Bull Pralrlo foresta tlon camp in Orant county. Umatilla national forest, will soon be on their way homeward, tho result of discharge from camp following fighting and rioting which occurred Wednesday, an Associated Press dispatch reveals. Camp officials describe those from New York City as "very troublesome." M. O. Wobb. 00S O avenue, says, "They should be sent back. In. somo crows the C, C. C. Is a great benefit, FLIER SENDS i MESSAGE TO! HIS HOMELAND No Further Details Are Available; U. S.Ship Rushing to Scene. MATTERN'S WIFE' REJOICES AT NEWP Flier,' in Attempt to En circle Globe, :-Missing For Many vDays; Ail World Was Anxious. iy The Associated. Press i Jlmmlo Mattern, world filer xlvtin up for dead by all but a trusting few, Is safe In Siberia, ' Prom the little trading post of Anadir brief word came today of the safety of the aviator who disappeared Jlmmie Mattern June 14 while making the, first solo flight around the world, ' ' The good news was dispatched by (Continued on Page Two) ' - Army of Sheep ' ' .Buyers Invading Western Oregon PORTLAND, July 7 P) In antt-, clpatlon of a sharp advonco in sheop and lamb prlcos, an army of buyers Is invading the Willamette valley with Instructions to grab ivory offering. Lambs, especially, aro In keen de mand. This activity was confirmed hero today by one largo packor and several othors. 1 SalcB of great volume aro reported. In the valley at prices somewhat be low what Is available at the stock yards hero. Prieiay carload receipts of all lines Included four loads of sheep and lambs, direct from a valley point to a killer. .Thsro was yet no change In general quotations. . "..j Today's Baseball American tongue B. H. B. Chicago ' - , BIB 0 Philadelphia 1 8 0 Batteries:' Durham and Qrubo: Ma haffcy, Froltas and Mudjcskl. R. 71. K. Dotrolt 9 12 0 New York ., - 4 8 3 Batteries: Praslcr, Hogsott and Hay worth; Ruffing, Brccnon, Brown and Dickey. National lcague - R. H. B. Boston .'. 8 la 0 Cincinnati 8 13 1 Batteries: Zachary, Starr, Botts and Spohror, Hogan; Benton, Qulnn, Kolp and Lombard!. especially to the type of boys who wero sent from La Orande. but tho boys from tho Eastern states hava en tirely the wrong Idea of the west and aro tuklng advantage of a free excur- sion for a good time." H. J. Rltter, 1700 sixth street, says, "They havo sloughed off the riff-raff of the cost on the west and are send ing nn entirely different type of per- , son to work In the forestation camps. A lot of those boys do not evon In tend to work," " , . J ' fCr si " ft;-
