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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1933)
Valley Apple Growers Optimistic Of 1933 Yield WEATUBK t'OHKCAHT Oregon: aenernJIy fulr, but with i considerable cloudiness tonight and I Bunday; cooler In East Oregon. Local J weather Friday: mux 04, mln 54. Clear. Today: mln 85, 7 a. m. 07 J above. Cloudy. , J Only Newspaper i Prints in La Grande Covering Union and1 Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 MKMBKR A8800ATTO PREM AND A. . a LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1933 EASTERN eRBGON'fl UKABINS NEWSPAPER NUMBER 261 FQ1QE1D) JLANMNOs 1AOTW M m JORCHARDISTS EXPECT BIG APPLE CROP Thinning to Start 'in Im bler and Elgin Districts 'Probably Next Week. WINTER COLD IS HELD BENEFICIAL Large Number of Cod dling Moth, Worst Pest of Apple Men, Killed During the Winter. Apple growers are looking at the Immediate future In the Grande Bonde valley with optimism. The crop Is so' far standing up to the heavy forecasts made earlier in the season. Thinning will be under o way in earnest next week in the El gin and Imbler orchard, with large - crews at work. Incidentally, it Is certain that the extreme cold of the last winter that wrought such, havoc to many cherry orchards, actually assisted the apple growers by materially reducing their greatest enemy trie coddling moth. Prior to two years ago the Imbler district boasted of its comparative freedom from the apple worm but the past two seasons has been very favorable for their development and In many cases spraying lias been lax due to discouraging market condi tions and lack of finance. The re sult was the greatest carryover of worms wintering under the bark 'r Continued on Page Six) Funeral Service W For Leonard Roe Held On Friday Leonard Hoe, son of Mr. and Mrs. King Roe. and one of the victims of a fatal automobile accident- between Imbler and Rlnehart July Fourth, was -burled yesterday afternoon In the Masonic cemetery, after funeral ser vices held at the Walker's Funeral Home attended Iby 343. Pallbearers for Mr. Hoe, who was a noted athlete of the Eastern Ore gon Normal school and of Lai Grande High, were Kenneth. Hodgens, pf Ad ams; Allen Carden, of Pendleton: and Howard Cantroll, Harold Hoyt, Gene Faus and Gerald. Burnett, all of La Grande. All were members of the let ter society of the E. O. N. A great many Normal school students, away on vacation, came back to La Grando for the funeral! A mixed choir from the L. D. S. church sang "Beautiful Isle of Some where" and Mrs. Myrtle Russell sang "Flee as a Bird." , Bishop Grant Bean, of the L. D. S. 'church, officiated at the services. FREEWATER, ORE. COUPLE TO WED A marriage license has been Issued to Thomas J. Stanley and Juanlta Conley, both of Preewater, by County Clerk C. K. McCormick. CARLYLE NIBLEY IS 2ND WEEK WINNER Carlyle Nibley, 2010 Cove avenue. La Grande, la the winner of the sec ond week of the Merchants Essay and Misspelled Word contest. Interest In s the contest, which was keen the open ing week, was even greater this week and numerous: contributions were re celved. Lula Weeks, of Cove, Ore., won sec ond place and William Westenskow, of Imbler, was third this week. Cash prizes of 3. $2 and tl were awarded the winners. 0Through thet courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight of the Liberty theatre four complimentary tickets to the theatre were given the four winning honorable mention ; Macllzabgth Cooper, 906 H avenue; Ada May Cooper, 906 H avenue; Neva Stein. 1805. X avenue, MarcH Waltc, route 1, La Grande. As was the case in the first week of the contest, none of the competi tors this week had much difficulty In finding the required number of misspelled words. The third week of the contest will have as the essay subject the 'Roy Farnam Supply Company." 0 The contest this week was on f"Erlckson and Lottes." The winning essay follows: "Why The Firm of Erlckson and Lottes is Entitled to The Trade of WILL ROGERS fsgys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., July 71 always did feel that Jimmy Mattern would come through. .. This fellow Crawford beat Vines playing tennis In Australia, so why the surprise? We won the golf oham plonshlp of England, andi run sec ond In the economic conference (It's on again today.) John D. Rockefeller Is D4 years old. He set the rich a great example by giving away hundreds of millions. The others just as well have done It. They lost it, anyhow. Harvard, Tale and Cornell are row ing out here tomorrow. Thats the fur therest they ever rowed away from home. If they lose, they are going to make 'em row back through the can al. Yours, 7280 ELIGIBLE TO VOTE JULY 21 IN THIS COUNTY When Union county voters go to the polls on Friday, July 21 to vote on several measures submitted to the people. Including the sales tax and the electing of delegates to the re peal convention, exactly 7280 will be eligible to mark X's on the ballot. Tills Is the total number eligible to vote in this county, and repre sents a decrease of 643 from the 1b election. Following each genera! (Continued on Page SIX) MERCURY AT94 -HERE ON FRIDAY The mercury moved up to a new high for this month yesterday when it reached 94 above. This was not, however, very near this year's maxi mum of 100 bove during June. Tliis morning was cloudy with the weather warm, and the minimum last night was 65 above, quite warm for (this section of the state. ' 1 The forecast is for generally fair weather for the weekend but with considerable cloudiness and cooler weather in Eastern Oregon. The weather was generally unsettled over the state last night, with, an electri cal storm occurring in the Bend sec tion. . ' CLOSE CATHERINE CREEK ON JULY 11 Fishermen who enjoy angling In Catherine creek are Just about at the end of their rope- On July 10, Mon day, they will have their last oppor tunity this year to fish above the state t hatchery oast of Union. On July 11, the stream above thh flan hatchery will be closed until next spring. The season for using spears or gaffs to take salmon will end at sun down July 16, which Is a week from today. After that time only hook and line may be used to land salmon. The La Grande Community." ' "The standard of Judgment of any article in the world Is based, prin cipally, on one thing quality. The same Is true of people. "There are places which tend to create a feeling of superiority. The merchandise, arrangements and cleanliness speaks of quality. There are places wliich radiate a friendly atmosphere oven though one may never have boen 0there ..before. It is as a oeacon light drawing one to that place again and again. "Such an atmosphere emanates from those with whom one deals and also suggests quality-quality of men. In the firm0 of Erlckson and Lottes we have all tfeeae things and more. Excellent merchandise, cleanliness, men with a reel interest In commun ity affairs and men whom the com munity is proud of patronizing, In deed, when one thinks of Erlckson and Lottes he cannot help but asso ciate them with that great factor quality." - -; The above article was written toy Carlyle Nibley, the first place win ner. . Kso. the Observer has one dnllM In cash waiting for its claiming by Ruth Stoddard, third prize winner last week. bfJl I MAJOR ROLE I x -: - I Dr. Leo Wolman, above, la playing a major role In the na tional Industrial recovery pro gram. ' As assistant to Con. Hugh Johnson, Dr. Wolman la tackling labor wage problems - of the new deal. , CREW OF SIX MEN PUT TO WORK ON ML EMILY ROAD A road maintenance crew of six men is working on the Mt. Emily road which will be graded and leveled to the top of the mountain, Gerald J. Tucker, district ranger, announces. roads in that vicinity, repairing and getting them In shape for travel. L. P. "Simpson, of Pendloton, made the trip to La Grande on Thursday to organize the crew and start work, He returned to Pendleton last night. The road to Mt. Emily, which has (Continued on Page Six) Baker Golfers Will Be Here On Sunday For Tilt Baker golfers will come to La Grande tomorrow for an Intercity tournament with members of the La Grande country club. -The first foursome will tee off at 8:30 o'clock, It Is announced. The members of the local team have not been selected as yet and those In charge of the tournament urge all players to be at the course early to morrow morning. THE MOHAMMEDANS HAVE NOTHING ON US ' LIONS AGAIN TO OPERATE PLUNGE HERE Crystal Plunge Will Be Opened Either Tomor row or Monday, Morning NICKEL SWIMS FOR LOCAL YOUNGSTERS Club Runs Pool on Non Profit Basis; City.E.O. L. & P. Co. and West Coast Co. all Co-operate Hey! Sklnnay, come on over", for swimming will be the least expensive of the summer activities for children with the opening of Crystal Plunge under the auspices of the Lions club. Plans now are to open the pool to morrow morning at 9 o'clock if the committee is able to get It cleaned and filled In time, otherwise it will open on Monday morning at the same hour.. - ..'" 1 Free swims will be enjoyed by everyone on the opening day, after which 5c will be charged for child ren, 10c for high school students and 15c for adults. Dr. C. L. Gil strap, chairman of the committee, and other members have made ar rangements to enable those children who will not be able to pay for the swims to obtain free ones if they will work at the pool, cutting grass or assisting with the cleaning up. Two expert swimmers and life savers, Edwin Klrby and Don John son, will operato the pool during the summer and also give lessons. The Lions club ran the Crystal ' --,0okUjhied on. Page Slxv-V. Still Cases On Trial Next Week At Enterprise Four men will go on trial nt En terprise next week and two more will bo arraigned Monday morning, all six charged with possession of a still. The state vs. Roy Schacffer and Roy Hulsc will go on trial Monday at 10 a. m., and this will bo followed by the trial of Charles Schacffer and Wayne Weaver, named In the same Indictment but asking for separate trials. R. V. Chrlstman, district at torney, will prcf ecute, and Green and Heas, of La Grande, will repre sent the defendants. Monday at 10 a. m, Georgo Carlt6n and Emmctt Bafford will be arraigned on charges of possession of a still. Sylvester Burleigh will represent them In court. Judge J. W. Knowlcs, of La Grande, will proslc?te. Hollywood's Latest Newlyweds nw - J All Despite threat of a breach ot promise suit by a former Follies girl, Allan Dinehart, film director and actor, married Mozelle Brltton, ao ... tress, in the groom's Holly wood homo. PROCESSING TAX ON WHEAT TAKES EFFECT TONIGHT midnight tonight the administra tion's processing tax of 30 centa bushel on wheat becomus effective for the. ensuing marketing year. The tux, to bo collected from mill ers and other manufacturers convert ing wheat lnto-food products for hu man use, ls-tjxpected to yield about 160,000,000, This would bo used to pay cash benofltB to farmers for cur tailing up to 20 por cent of their wheat acrcago for harvest In 1934 and 1036. Although tho rate Is subject to changes, Secretary Wallace has Indi cated they will be made 'as Infre quently as posslbftj." Translated Into terms of the aver age one-pound loaf of .bread, tho tax will amount to .483 of a cent. For, all flour . except whole wheat and graham tho tax will bo .704 of a tent a pound. k Simultaneously with tho -levying of the processing tax, compensatory Im port taxes of 31 centa a bushel on wheat brought Into thlB country arc (Oontinued on Page Blx NEW ORDERS SENT BY F. R. TO ENGLAND Pro-v-ides American Group With New Ammunition to Fire in Conference. Ily Iieullt MacKciizIc (Associated Press Staff Correspondent) M3NDON, July 8 W) After having saved tho life of tho world economic conference by his order to fight to tho finish against adjournment President Roosevelt provided his delegation horo. today with. mora am munition to strlvo for tho parley's success. Cordoll Hull, secretary of state and chief of tho delegation, received (Continued on Page Two) TIFFIN OPENS FOR IWSINESS 'Gay striped awnlngB redecor ated wnlls done in delicate shades of tnn and brown lend a charming at mosphere to the Tiffin Grill which o)cned today under the mannRcmcnt of Ray Prico. The parlors, ino roun tain and tho kitchen nil have been redecorated under the direction of Charles H. Cntching. Mr. Prlco announces that It Is nlnnned to dlriryanso beer in about three-weeks. A new crew has been employed In tho kitchen. The rruumger plans to enlargeVon former features of their service. liOWERMAN IN LOCAL VISIT Jay Bowcrmnn, of tho Portland firm of lawyers, Bowerman and Cava nitugh. stopped for a short visit with J. II. Peare In La Grnntle thj,s morn ing on route to his home after a business and a pleasure trip to En terprise and "Wallowa Lake. Ho is accompanied by his family. Mr. BBoworman, one-tlmo candidate for governor, hns been ft prominent political icarVer In the state for sev eral yeors and Iff well known in thts region. Ho was acting governor from June, 1910to Jamiarf, 101 1 Wheat Today CHICAGO, July Xm Prortpecw of a new heat wave In the Canadian northwest did much to give a decided hoist to wheat prices lato today. Tho Unltl BtivUss government crop report giving tho condition of grains wi of July 1 will be Issued at 3 p. m. Monday, and there was more or less evening np of accounts as a result. Highest prices of the day wero reach ed by wheat In tho final fifteen min utes of trading. Wheat cloned strong. ITi 3c above yesterday's finish, corn o off to o up. outa laOt.nC advanced, and provisions lowing 12 to 30 cent advance, - JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME COTTON UKOWmtS SKIN UP 21) JAP SOI.DIBKN HLAIN NEW VOHK HANK UOllllKD OKI.AIIOMA PLANS VOTE WASHINGTON, July 8 VPi Secre tary Wallace sold today that growers In 14 of -- the 10 cotton prodiiolng states have offered to take 5,5(1(1,1(11) acres- out of production in return for government cash and option benefits. TOKYO, July 8 W An official report received at the tenth division headquarters today- said 20 Japanese soldiers, including an officer, were killed while engaged in an antl-ban-dic drivo near Vaoclungieng, about 40 miles northeast of Klrln, Man churia, Wednesday. . NEW YOKK, July 8 (ff) Three robbers, one of whom wore a pblloe man's uniform, held up the Corn Bx oIuiiiro llank anil Trust company bninolv at Broadway aiuTHOth street shortly before 8 a. ill., today, gclul between $20,000 and $80,000 in cash and escaped In an automobile with two .confederates. .. . . OKLAHOMA CITY, July 8 OT Governor William H. Murray sent a special message to tho legislature to day permitting It to sot up machinery for an early vote on repeal of the eighteenth amendment. WASHINGTON. July 8 OT Sec retary Ickes recommended ,to Presi dent Roosevelt today tile appoint ment of ten or twelve regional, rather titan Htufo publle works adnilnMtrii- tors to dlNbiirHo federal advances to states and municipalities under the $3,300,000,000 public works construc tion program. ' TWO VILLAGES IN . COLORADO-SWEPT BY FATAL FLOOD DENVER, July 8 OT A wall of water rushed without warning down Bear creek canyon after a cloudburst, swept through tho rosort hamlet of Idledalo and tho village of Morrison and took at least two lives. Albert T. Clark, Denver chief of police In command of rescue squads, said - he believed at least 10' wore trapped by tho waters lato yesterday (Continued on Page Four) INGLE ATTENDS STATE MEETING Dr. J. L. Inglo roturncd this morn ing from Portland whero ho assisted with the examinations of tho stato board of medical examiners ot which he Is a member. Fifty-five doctors woro examined for licenses to prac tice. Dr. Ingle examined all a)pll cants, both medical and osteopathic, in physiology and histology and osteo pathic applicants in theory and practice- of ostoopathy. , CARS COLLIDE HERE FRIDAY Cars driven iby Marvin Mackoy, 2013 First street, and Mrs. V. H. Johnston, of Summervlllo, collided on Washing ton avenue In front of tho Montgom ery Ward Ac Co. store yesterday, No ono was hurt. V Women Under 60 Are Barred From Soldiers9 Home , IjANSINO, Mich., July 8 P A new law prohibits women below 00 yenrs from residing In tho wo men's annex of tho old soldiers home at Orand Rapids, Supporters of the bill said "de signing young flappers" wero marrying tho old soldiers to so curo a home, s INQUIRING Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some qurellnn of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight ouch Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. The current altmctlim Is lluck Jiines in "South of Tile Itlo Grande." i Pour men who kidnaped Lieut. Oovcrnor W. B. Klnnc, of Orofinb. Idaho, were granted a reduction of their sentences of 13 ft to 28 years to a straight flvo-year term. Tho re duction, granted by tho stato board of pardons, wltl release them In about 14 montlis. The "vogue" for kidnap ing conttnuos with Increased enthus iasm, i wanders in ! wilderness: for 3 weeks Solo Flier Forced Down 80 Miles West of Anadyr, Siberia on June 14. NOT FOUND UNTIL THE FIFTH OF JULY Uncle Sara Prepares to Send Coast Guard Cufc ter to Pick Up Flier, if Wife Requests it By the Associated Press. Jimmle Mattern escaped unhurt in his forced landing in the Siberian wastes on his solo world flight. Fragmentary details of the plight of the Texan filtering through to day from the northern rim of the Paciflo brought that reassuring word. Messages picked up In both Moscow and San Francisco, relayed by the coast guard Bhlp . Northland, agreed on that point. ; There was, however, disagreement . as to the severity of the damage to - (Continued on Pago Two) - Administration ; Moves Again To I Aid Unemployed . . WASHINGTON, July 8 OT r The : administration spre-id further today Its multifold effort to put more nun , to work Irranedlatelyjat higher ,pay " and thusttttaia. the Increased .-.pur- .. ehaslng power necessary-- for real , prosperity. . ' s ,V -t .-. . The labor department called In;' officials from 28 states . to shape ; framowork for tho new co-operative , omploymont sbrvlco. At! the sugges tion of President Roosevelt, the re covery administration sought means to curb the spurt of production bat . at tho same time to assure new Jobs . and more pay now.. Tho stato officials 'wore from 28 commonwealths which already have, omploymont agencies. Their work Is to be co-ordinated through a federal clearing house so that if there Is an . unemployed! bricklayer In one state and a Job for htm In another he may bo told about tho Job. At tho same .time, Presldont Roose velt and Hugh 8. Johnson, industrial administrator, wore represented as concerned at tho fact that produc tion and living costs had Increased more since March than had pay and tho rato of employment. LANDS TWO BIG. FISH TODAY IN LOSTINE RIVER Two big Chinook salmon ono weighing 17 pounds and tho other ton, aro on display today in tho show' window of Wagner's Hardware Co. They were caught by gaff by Charles Powers on the Lostlne -river this morning. Ho reports seeing several others In tho river, a fow of which woro larger than the 17-poundcr, which Is a vory largo salmon for this far Inland. Today's Baseball AMKHICAN LEAGUE (First Game) R. H. K. Chicago 4 12 i I Philadelphia 1" 18 a Lyons. Fabcr, Wyatt and' Grubs; Cain, Peterson, Wulbcrg and, Mad Jcskl. ' , NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game) R. H. E. Philadelphia 8 14 1 Plttsbrugh 13 Elliott Moore, Llska, Bhcm and Davis; Swilt, Swctonlc, French and Plclnlch. REPORTER j Edna Mno Wilson. 1511 Adams ave nue, says: "I hate to say that cap ital punishment should be the pen alty for kidnaping, that would be aw fulbut llfo Imprisonment anyway." Gladys Miller.' Sacajawea, Annex, believes: "Kidnaping has been going on at such a rate that sentences should not be reduced but should continue pretty stiff,
