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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,