La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 12, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textit Five-Hour Battle At Albany Before Fugitive i I WEATHER FOHKCAHT v J Oregon: Fog on const, fulr In In- ( I terlor tonight and Thursday; no J change In temperature. Local weath ' J tr Tuesday: max 112, mln S3 above. t I Clear. Today: mln Hi, 7 a. m. 71. ' ! Clear. . '. . VOLUME 31 w MEAT 10CALBANK ORGANIZEDON i SOUND BASIS Statement Todav Stands as Proof of Progress Made Since its Opening t:l i or nnA YD Tl A TH ON INDEBTEDNESS Deposits of First National ! . Bank Well Over $700, 000 Representing Gain Despite Conditions. That the First National Bank of ' to Grande Is firmly reorganized on a sound basis and carrying on the i banking business of this community 1 and environs in able manner,-Is most i amply proven In statement published today in answer to the June 30th call ' of the comptroller of currency. '-- When the local reorganized lnsti V tution re-opened for business on 4 March 1, it had an Indebtedness of 5- $18,000. The report of condition published elsewhere in ' this issue shows' that on June 30th this obll- gatlon has been reduced to $43,647. f Practically $126,000 wlpedi off the ln i debtedness of the bank ill but 91 ! banking daysl ' Deposits are well over $700,000. This figure represents a gain over s the figure of the first days of the - bank's re-opening. Though not a large gain, when it Is taken into consideration that deposits could not be expected to materially rise in this typo of territory until crop return "(Continued on Page Slit) . Polling Places For Vote July 21 ' Are Announced ! The thirteen La Grande polling : .places that will be used on July 21 i at tho special state and, city election. i were announced today by Deputy ' j Sheriff Hugo Kllnghommer. ;- 'Two or three changes have been i made since last year, i . f The list follows: 1 Frank, Cleavlnger residence, 602 Third street, i V 2 City hall. 3 Stanley D. Jenkins, 2009 Ovdar ; street, small building in rear ot resi ". ; dence. 5 4 Lane Chapel, First and Crook. 5 Frultdate sohoo!, north of Rlver :i 3 side park. 1 2 .sr e Tom Strand residence, third i " I house on Portland street north ot ' Cove avenue. r'i 7 nCharles Stoop residence, 1604 i jlWashlngton avenue, a 8 Court -house. 0 House at Presbyterian church, ,on Washington avenue.. ' 10 Methodist church, Spring and Fourth. 11 Packard garage, 808 Adams i : avenue. -. 12 H. W. Riley residence, 1409 ; Madison avenue, r J 13 Church of God, Spruce and X. rOFFICIAL OF 1892 DISCOVERED ' Who was who m La Grande In V 1892? ( Old papers, taken from the walls . ! "! of a sheepherder's abandoned cabin ' back of Itllgard recent), reveal the answer. 1 One copy of the La Grande Gazette learned an "Official Directory," Btart Wng with the president, Benjamin Harrison. Levi P. Morton was vice , president. ! Cabinet members were John W. Foster, secretary of state; Charles i Foster, secretary of treasury; J. W. j Roble, secretary of Interior; Redfleld 5 Proctor, secretary of war; B. F. Tracy, -I secretary of navy; Jeremiah Ruh, i secretary of agriculture; John Wana- maker, postmaster general; W. H. H. ;! Miller, attorney general. I Sylvester Pennoyer was governor of " Oregon and J. H. Mitchell and J. N. ' Dolph were U. S. senators. Herman Blngner and W. R. Ellis were repre t sentatlves In .congress, and Oeorge J E. Chamberlain, later to become scn- . a tor and governor, was attorney gen i erol. Oeorge W. McBrlde was secre 3 tary of state, Phil Metschan was state ; treasurer; E. B. McElroy. superlnten ,1 dent of public instruction; Frank C. uaxer, state printer; F. A. Moore, w. r. Lord. R. s. Bean were supreme court Justices; A. N. Hamilton. Rob ert Clow and O. W. Colvlg. railroad commissioners; and P. J. Miller, clerk of the railroad commission. Judges of the sixth Judicial dls- I , I ' m atKMBKR ASSOCIATED PRBM WILL ROGERS 'tiut BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.. July 11 Frank PhllUpps ot oil fame was out the other day. Said he was going to Washington, the oil men were going to draw up a code of ethics. Everybody present had to laugh. If he hod said the gangsters or Ameri ca were drawing up a code of ethics It wouldn't have sounded near as Im possible. . Mary McCormlck, the opera singer, was at the studio yesterday. She was Just "washing up" one of those gold rush Mdlvani brothers. He had asked her If she couldnt use him any long er, could she kindly recommend him to some wealthy American girl, so Mary and I are going to dig him up one and we will work on a commis sion basis. Yours, Lie, fo-f 1U. KiHutl ha YOUNG DEMOCRATS PRAISE WORK OF REP. W.J. PIERCE The Young Democratic League of Union county went on record as en dorsing the work of Congressman Walter M. Pierce during his recent session of congress when the mem bers met last night at the Sacajawea Inn. William L. Gosslin. of Port land, state president, was to have been a visitor, but failed to arrive. The Young Democrats were hearty In their commendation of the work of Mr. Pierce to date and wished to publicly tender him their apprecia tion of his activities, they sold. HEAT WAVE HITS WESTERN STATES CAUSING DEATHS What has all the Indications of a typical June heat wave descended on the Grande Ronde valley yesterday. Bending the mercury in La Grande to 92 above with as warm or warmer weather likely today. The minimum Tuesday morning was 53 above, but It was nine degrees warmer at the low mark this morning. Street ther- (Contlnued on Page Throe) SANDERSONS s VISIT HERE Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lockwood have as their house gucits the former's sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Sanderson, and his father, S. K. Lockwood. They plan to leave Friday for their home and will be accompanied by Miss . Phyllis Lock wood, daughter of their host and hostess. They live In Los Angeles. During their stay In La Grande they have been the Inspiration for several outings, enjoying the fishing facilities of the Grande RonfB river. Miss Lockwood plans to remain a month there. DIRECTORY" trlct were M. D. Clifford and James A. Fee, C. F. Hyde was prosecuting attorney and W. G. Hunter a mnber of the -board of equalization, Lnml Office Officials A. Cleaver was register of the U. S. land office in La' Orande anti A. C. McClelland was receiver. J. H. Raley waa Joint state senator with Umatilla county and D. A. Mc Allstcr was Joint state senator with Wallowa county. Representatives In the legislature from La Grande were L. H. Russell and J. A Wright. County officers Included: Turner Oliver, clerk; J. T. Bollcs, sheriff; J. S. Elliott, recorder; I. N. Sonaers, county Judge; Charles Hollgarth, county commissioner; E. C. Bralnord. treasurer; J. S. Clark, assessor; J. L. Carter, school superintendent; J. L Curtis, surveyor, and J. W. Snyder, coroner. Know led Justice of Peace J. W. Knowlcs was Justice of the peace of the La Orande precinct and John Walden was constable. . City of La Orande officials follow: Mayor. 8. R. Reeves; councllmen. first ward: David Bay, O. M. Rlchey; second ward, S. R. Howorth, C. 8. Dunphey; third word, J. D. McKen non. William Stephan: marshal, J. H. McLachlln; deputy marshal, J. C. Ardrcy; recorder, William B. Sargent; treasurer, Jos. Palmer, and street superintendent, H. B. W. Brown. AND A. B. O. MAJOR ROLE , Carole Ixunbard, above, screen actress, has gone to Reno to ou tnln a divorce' from-'her hus band, William Powell,' the actor. Carole tola -friends they decided , h tliey fmildii't agree, but '.will rev; main good friends despite t)ie . divorce. They were; married In 1031. Rotary Takes In New Members At Luncheon Today An Induction ceremony for four new members was the principal fea ture of the regular meeting of the Rotary club held in the- La Orande hotel this noon. Past-president Oeorge Walker was In charge of the (Continued on Page Three) . EXAMINER DUEK HERE FRIDAY O. N. Bentley, examiner of opera tors and chauffeurs,'' will be In La Orande this weekend, and all those wishing permits or licenses to drive cars may see him at the city hall. Hl3 hours will be: Friday 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Saturday 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. V-'. x..-.'. mmn m MM LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1933 109 BABIES ARRIVE HERE SINCE JAN. 1 Sexes About' Equal, With 55 Girls and 54 Boys Born in Six Months recor6 alittus below last year Mor'e Boys Born in First Six Months of 1933 Than' 1932, However; Number of Girls Less, Equality of the sexes was moro ap parent during the first six months of 1923 than during the same . period last year If the birth certificates- are any Indication. Whereas there were 66 girls and only 46 boys born during the period from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1932, during the'correspondlng period this year there were 54 boys and 55 girls. The record of births which reached a high point of 112 last year, during the first half cropped down to 109, for the first six months of 1933. ' June holds the record for ' the greatest number of births with 25 reported. February was second with 23: April, 21; May, 17; March, .14; January 9. , Elven Carman Jr. and William Ken neth Rlesland, both of whom were born In December, were not reported to Dr. W. K. Ross, county-city health physician in charge of that division, until January, 1033. January llablea , .'The list horn durina January. 1933 Includes: Franklin H. Seward, Robert Frank Kelly, Michael Ross Glascock, Florence LaVerno Hart, Anita Miller, Raymond Harvey Berry, John Dean McKinnls, Moonyeen (Continued on Pnpo Six, L. C. Smith Gives His Views On Beaver Creek Pipeline Project The following article was submit ted to the Observer by L. C. Smith, and Is' printed herewith: Mr. Editor I have been requested to give a short description of our Beaver creek water supply system, also a few words relative to the proposed bond Issue that wilt ibe on the baJlob July 21. If you will permit me a short space In your Forum column I will briefly set forth some of the facts. Should any of your readers bd interested in more details or figures that I am able to give in this short description I will be glad to give them any information I may possess. The La Grande Beaver creek water supply system consists of a plptj line THE FINAL" NOTE FROM LONDON ptmtw TV T ml PRESIDENT IS CONSIDERING WAGE ORDER Roosevelt Devoting Major Part of Time to Study- ing Business Codes. . NEW AVENUES OF TRADE POSSIBLE F. R. to Confer With Sec retary Ickes About ; First Projects For Pub lic Works Program. WASHINGTON, July 18 (ff) PrMl dent Housevelt today approved, tlie first list or projects under the $8,300, 000,000 public works progrum and Secretary lckes prepured to announce tile projects' -toiiiorrovv. ' 1 . WASHINGTON, July 12 VO Presi dent Roosevelt, while pleased with the progress toward' establishing In dustrial codes, Is considering a blan ket jprder to provide minimum wages ' (Continued on Page Thrw) . " June Statistics In Far West Go' AboveJune,1932 V By Walter Warren SAN PRANOISOO, July 12 W For tho first time since the depression (did dowiv the western slope of the Regies to the Pacific cost, . bank statistics in Juno indicated a higher level of general business than In the same month of the preceding year. This became known today when the San Francisco . federal ' reserve (Continued on Pago Three) about fifteen miles (83,000 ft.) In length of wrapped wood pipe and a small amount of steel pipe which has been put lq as replacement. The size of this pipe varies from four teen Inches In diameter at the In take proper to twelve, ten and eight Inches In diameter during Its course to tlie concrete reservoir of about one million gallons capacity located Just back of South La Orande, a storage reservoir of about 200,000,000 gallon capacity constructed by erecting a concrete dam re-inforced with earth across the canyon ai the1 Intake. The intake 'consists of a series of small pipes extending from the Intake prop- (Contlnned on Page Six) - - .., -Lin: - (Sbesxwt. astern eiutGON'a IiKajdutg itowspapkb MM TEAMS White Is Smart Summer Color By MOA Service ' ' . HOLLYWOOD Tho wlllto coa tunics, touched up by contrasting accessories, are good from the ballroom to tho beach those days. Tune Vlasek wears ono of the new oyster-whlta knitted bathing suits, with a halter neckline, backless, and girdled with brown . patent leather belt. Her beach parasol is oyster while, striped In red and brown. INSANE MAN HOLDSFORT' FOR 5 HOURS Frank Stankiewiecz, Es caped .From Salem, Slain At Albany, Oregon. ALBANY, Ore., July 12 PJ After barricading himself in the sheriff's apartment on the second floor of the Linn county Jail here, a man police Identified as Frank Stanklo wlecz, 22, who escaped from the state hospital at Snlcm Monday, held a large force of state, county and city police at, bay for more than five (Continued on Page Six) POWERCANDIDATES OFF THE BALLOT SALEM, July 12 The names of power commission candidates will not go on the special elec tion ballot of July 21, the state supreme court ruled today. Tho ruling of the supremo court does not affect the grunge power bill itself, which Is hold In abcyanco pending a court rul 1 ing on a referendum filed against it. Wheat Today CHICAGO, July 12 W Taking a star role, rye today aimed appaiently at the zenith, and scored approxi mately 25 cents a bushel advance for the last three days. A striking feature was that for the first time some rye Bold higher than some deliveries of tho companion breadstuff, wheat, so high that Cana dian rye Is now being imported Into this country. Talk was current that ownership of the limited supply of ryo In the United States has been virtually concentrated In the handa of a few strong In teres Uj. All grain closed nervous, ryo 3 314 cents above yesterday's finish, wheat lulc up, corn, unchanged to a down, oats (ac off, and pro visions unchanged to 30 cents decline. 1 1 ' L O . j JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME MNDHKIUIIIS AT ST. JOHNS TO EXTEND CIVIL SERVICE F, K. ISSUES Oil, OKDKIl . . INDICTED MAN SUICIDES ST. JOHNS, N. F July 18 VP) Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh urrlved here laUs today after u flight from Ilullfax, N. S. i WASHINGTON, July 13 m In an oxeoutlve order changing regulations for postmaster appointments, presi dent Roosevelt today requested' Post imurtor General Parley to draft legis lation to be submitted to the next congress plaplns all postmastorsnlps under civil service. . . WASHINGTON, July 18 im Vital dent Roosevelt today - issued an exo. cutive order prohibiting it ha trans portation of oil In Interstate oonv- nerce wlUoli Is nroduced or with drawn from storage In excess of the amount permitted "by any state law." It Is one of the first efforts by the federal government t extend its con. trol over tile flooded oil nuirket. MILWAUKEE, July 18 VP) City Controller Louis M. Kotecki, 63, died early today from the bullet he fired Into Ills right temple after shooting and critically wounding his enter deputy, William H. Wendt, 49, Kot ecki was under Indictment on charges of malfeasance and faced recall. - SHEDIAC, N. It., July 12 VP) The Italian ulr squadron -led by Genernl ltalo llnlbo arrived this afternoon ut Cartivrlght, Uihrador, ending Its flight from Iceland, according to a wireless report received here. JOHNOBNNFLLp IS RANSOMED FOR $20,000, REPORT ALBANY, N. Y., July 1& tfP) Re ports were flying today that young John J. O'ConncU Jr., nephew of the upstate .Democratic dictators, would be freed by his kidnapers today after a ransom was paid. The Albany Evening News heard the abductors, had. agreed to accept $20,000, a smail share of the $250,000 demanded. The paper also Bald the 24-year-old son of the eldest of tho three O'Connells would bo released In the historic CatskJU mountains, south of the city. Dan O'Connell, one of the uncles, and the father of the hostage, were away from Dan's Helderberg moun tain retreat all of the morning. A friend at tho camp said they wore "out for a ride." All ct this remote spot, about 20 ' miles from Albany, were confident the boy would be re leased today. . There were porslstont rumors 'how ever that th& kidnaped youth would bo given his froedom in Now York City. ' ' - . ' ASK POLICE TO WITHDRAW ALTON, 111., July 12 (!) Hoping that the kidnapers of August Luer, wealthy 77-year-old banker and meat packer might begin their ncgotia- Con tin lied ou Page Six LOCAL WOMEN TO GO ABROAD Mrs. C. H. Dcvine returned this morning from Portland whero she spent tho poat few days arranging for passports and other necessary papers needed for her trip to England and France. She plans to leave on July 2d. She will be accompanied on the entiro Journey by Mrs. 0uy Ellis. MRS. W. II. GUILD VISITING HERE Among tho well known visitors in this city today are Mrs. W. II. Guild and daughter, Miss Nancy, both of Portland. Mrs. Guild formerly mudo her home In La Grande, where Mr. Gulluj was superintendent of the O.-W. R. and N. second division. INQUIRING Each day a, the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two person. will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked Mm q4iratlon of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed wilt be granted two complimentary tickets to tho , Liberty Theatre. The current attmrtlon Is Murjorle Kninbeau and Kddlc ulllnn III ".Strictly Personal." k With the world engaged In an eco nomic conference. La Grandcrs turn to consideration of the protective tar iff. O. N. Palmer, 703 Adams, says, "I used to bo In fnvor of tho protective tariff because I thought It was !, nary but under prcecnt conditions I am Inclined to believe that it isn't Killed Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties NUMBER 264 CASH MAT PRICE HERE TODAY AT 65 Represents Highest Price in La Grande During ; Last Three Years. . 100,000 BUSHELS STILL BEING HELD No Estimates' Available As Yet As to Size of 1933 Crop; Much Wheat ; Reaching Portland. : The recent rise In wheat price, which saw. local cash wheat at 65 cents today the highest price paid in La Grande for about three years, has resulted in a considerable amount of 1032 crop wheat sales, also, it was learned today. ' . Approximately 100,000 bushels of last year's i crop . still Is being held, and Its value today stood at 65,000, compared with a value of 23,000 last December when. wheat droped to 33 cents.1 In other words, this particu lar 100,000 bushels, of wheat has al most trebled In value In seven months time.' ' ' !v Much of the recent sales In the . Grande Ronde valley took place with, wheat .bringing from 60 to 60- cents a bushel. . ' ; ' ' x No estimates are' available yet op to the 1933 wheat crop. Ul Reports from Portland state that (Continued on Page Three) Wans For Tom Thumb Wedding, " Friday Evening ' Celebrities national, state and local are expected! to attend, the Tom Thumb wedding of Miss Barbara Jean Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Clark, Webb, and Peter Russell, son of Mrs. Myrtle Russell, Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the L. D. S. taber nacle, Mrs. G. R. Williams, president of the primary, lias announced. The wedding will be followed by a recep tion and musical numbers have been ai ranged for both events. Among those who will .be repre sented by tiny tots at the ceremony .me President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Governor and Mrs. Meier, Judge and Mrs. J. 1 W. lUiowles, Dr. and Mrs. J. L, Ingle, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cherry, Mr. and Mrs. Angus McAllister, Judge and Mrs, U. G. Couch, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cool Id go, Mr, and Mrs. F. L. Meyers, Ralph Huron, Dr. and Mrs. : Clarence GUstrap, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Johnson, Mr. and) Mrs, Victor Mel ville, Congressman and Mrs, Walter i M, Pierce, Senator and Mrs. Fred E. Kiddle, Senator and Mrs. Henry Hess, Mr. and Mrs, E. D. Whiting, Mr. and Mrs. David. I. Stoddard. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Parker. : ' . . The wedding Is being presented under the auspices of the First Ward L. D. S. church primary department. Today's Baseball National league R. H. E. Philadelphia 1 7,1 Cincinnati - 4 12 2 Batteries: Elliott. Moore and Davis; Benton and Manlon. American Leuguo B. H. B. Cleveland 4 10 0 Philadelphia . 8 12 0 Batteries: HUdobrand, Hudlln, Bean and Pytlak; Walberg and Cochrane. B. H. B. Detroit - 0 7 0 Boston 17 2 11 Innings). ' Batteries: Sorroll and Hayworth; Brown and Porrell. R. H. B. St. Louis 2 7 2 New York 4 10 0 Batteries: Wells and Shea, Bueli Allen and Jargons. REPORTER ! necessary any more." Miss Alyce Cook, 1312 V avenue, says, "I don't believe In protective tariffs because In free trade there Is more of a Bplrtt of co-oporation be tween peoplo trading. If free trade is organised properly over-production could be eliminated and tariffs wouldn't bo necessary,"