it
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. .
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VOLUME 31
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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
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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.
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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,"