La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 13, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 Grangers Of Union County Saturday WBATIIBIt FORKCAHT J Oreeon: Voir tonight mid Friday, J ,' Only Newspaper ' Printed in La Grande j Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VUINI111U.11 warm III lHlUI.fi; bwiho ! VOLUME 31 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. Q. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY JULY 13, 1933 EASTERN OREGON'S IiEADINO NEWSPAPER NUMBER 265 FACTO! PAYS CASH TO MMAPEK ! to moderate winds. Local weather J J Wednesday: Mux 1)0, mill ISi above. I Clear. Toduy: mill 54, 7 a. ill. (17 i f ! Rbove, Clear. I if ii ft . Freight Business On U. P. MANY RETURN TO WORK IN LAST 6 WEEKS Estimate From 40 to 45 More Men Employed By Railroad in La Grande WORK TRAIN BUS'S. ON BRANCH LINE -A Expected Big Movement If of Wheat Both East f. and Vest is Yet to Begin, Reports Say, Movement of freight on the Union 0 Pacific system through Eastern Ore v gon continues to gain, and during : the last six weeks ,the tmovement 1 has been so marked as to resuft. in ' many additional men. being put to i ' work. A rough estimate wouA place : the number at between. 40 and 45. v Of this number, 13 wero firemen : and 24 were brakemcn. The gain f . -been so marked that It Is authorl ) S tatlvely stated, that there atg more v men on the . P. payroll In La ( Grande at present than during any -period In the last year. :;''f Another Important factor in the situation at present Is that a work train is now usy on th branch line : i trk betwet La Grande aif Joseph, doing repair work, etc., and soon it will bo transferred to the mainline. I' 'ii Several "years ago, it was not uncom- mon for two orhreo work trains tifl oo in action eacn summer) out aur ' lng the la "two or three "years, j work trains were on the Job untli i this summer. 1 The pick-up Is almost 'entirely In the freight movement. On top of t that, the big movement of wheat ex (Continued on Page Four) Swim Week Will 0 Begin Monday At Pine Cone Pool The second ol t series of swim weeks conducted by the Porpoise club, loca? Red Cross llfesavlng corps, will be held at Pine Cone swimming pool beginning Monday, July 17? it was announced tocay. here will bo four classes of in struction beginners, elementary fcrvimmlng, advanced Bwimming and llfesavlng. Woodrow Dame9ell and Harvey Cartel, who have Just com pleted a Red Cross course of swim ming antf llfesavlng in Olympta, Wash, will be In charge of the swim week. The beginners' class will fe taught byIlss IJclene Price. oStlnued on Page Two) THAT TYPOGRAPHICAL EKROItf Tuesday the Observer published a dty about the typographical error and yesterday on the front pftc one of these errors manqyxl to evade proofreading. In the story about the First Naiftmal bank six drged from the $168,000 In debtedness as of March 1 leaving the amount In the story at only $18,000. fttnough elsewhere lb stated that $125,000 ftf the Indebt edness had lon wlpedgut, mak ing It very obvious that an error had been made. In spite of the fact that it was obvious that the $18,000 flie was in error, the Observer wishes to correct this -it should have read $168,000. q STOCK POPULATION GAINS IN.40 YEARS i Livestock In Union county, with i Me cxcentlon of horses and mules. .4 have Increase liftiumbcr during the last two score years. An old La Orande Chronicle, taken from a shecpherder's abandoned cabin back of Hilgard and bearing the date Oct. 93, 1892, gives the assessment roll of the county. Including number of livestock In the county at that time. '( Probably most interesting Is the isct that cattle numbered 18,03a In 1803 compared with 24.831 at present, according to the federal census. This represents a gain of about 33 per cent. .4 An even greater imin was made by WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., July 12 I see by the papers where my old governor mend, Bill Murray, of Okla homa, called out the national guard to keep the folks from voting for beer. Now he will have to cal! out the U. S. army to keep the folks from cele brating the voting of beer. The London conference has decided to hold for two more weeks In order for the hotels to kinder play even on the thing, and give the American delegation a little golf against the prince of Wales. There Is nothing as sad, forlorn and forgotten In the world as a delega tion returning from a conference. We have forgot how who we sent over. Yours, Let, Koi' ELECT DELEGATES TO ATTEND LEGION MEETATKLAMATH John R, Garlty, post commander; Fred B, Read, adjutant, and C. J. Shorb wero elected delegates to at tend the convention of the state de partment of the American Legion at Klamath Falls on Aug. 10 11 and 12, when the local post No. 43 met last night at 8 o'clock at the , Bacajawea Inn. .The nomination of new officers was sot over until the nextnoetlng Of the post..-".-.., : ..'.' '-!. rV'i' The members of the post Joined the auxiliary for a children's program. State Requests New School Here On EON Campus Governor Meier's recon0ructy,n advisory board, which Is organizing tmi Oregon public works program for submission to federal authority for loans, Wednesday announced in Port land, according to word received here, that It has received applications for more than $2,000,000 of such projects in addition to the $3,600,000 Oregon Coast highway bridge program. At Its meeting yesterday board received tentative applications from the state board of hfehtr education for approval of a $1,066,000 program, to Include a $36,000 gymnasium at Ashland Normal, $130,000 training school at La Grande Noijmal, $100,000 Infirmary and $350,000 library at the University of Oregon at Eugene, $100, 000 Infirmary at Oregon State col lege at Corvallis and a 300.000 psy copathic ward addition to the Uni versity of Oregon medical scnool at Port la n). BIG SCOUT EVENT . IS BEING PLANNED Psome nearby date, probablySncxt week, tho annual Boy Scout court of honor and picnic at Pine Cone will be held. It was announced today. This plan was Inaugurated last year ffnd was so successful It -is derided tofi make it an annual eit. Barents will bring lunches and stunts and program are being plan ned. All arrangements are being worked out by Harvey girtcr and Norman Frees. sheep nnd lambs, which number about 67,600 at present, compared with 20.330 In 1892. a gain of more than 200 per cent. The latest census figures do not list the number of horses and mules in Union county, but they are known tn be quite & bit below the 1803 fig ure, which was 11,456. factors and automobiles are theause of; the do crease, of course. Swine In 1892 numbered 3912, and It Is bciltved that the present figure Is greatly in excess of the old mark. The 1892 assessment roll showed net taxable property In the county io be M.610,735, compared with (3,871, 005 for the year 1891. 18TH GRANGE PICNIC TO BE ON SATURDAY Annual Event to Be Held At Eastern Oregon Experiment Station . BASKET DINNER AT NOON PLANNED Judging Contest Also' On Program; Professors G. R. Hyslop and P. M. Brandt to Speak. The 18th annual Union county grange picnic will be held Saturday, 'all day, at the Eastern Oregon ex periment station near Union, and with favorable weather promises to be one of tfflj biggest eathfltlnes of lte kld in theVni 'it f ';' in years ago, the authority .ta tlon twanged lovely plcrftci grounds In a grove adjacent to the adminis trative buildings which easily aouom nydates several hundred people lje picnic dinners, In addition to making ample room for a program meeting of tho same proportions. The program for Saturday opens at (Continued on Page Three) ' First of Three Swim Weeks Is ' Closed at Cove The first of three swim weeks to be held this summer closed last night at Cove with 18 passing various tests. Misses Myrtle Hoyt and Mar guerite Klcfenstein offerffl the course of Instructions which Included .10 evenings of swimming, , Walter Dahl was the only one io passed the senior llfesavlng test. Fred Hertzog and Betty Vogel, te latter .of Union, passed the Junior test. Swltnmefli tests were mastered by Arlene Conrad t, Virginia Davis, Monte and Dick Lottes. Beginners who com pleted thg requirements were Pauline ponradt Yudlth Victor, Billy Wag ner, Martha Cmne Clark. Jean Hyde, Kathryn Davis and Inez Trawl, of 10. rande; Imogene White and Charles ,Hefty, of Cove, and Betty Estes, of Portland. Q - International THIMCTS 1M TERRIBLE SHA,PE AB MEEP WORLD COMPECE ' , g-W & DOMT SSE HOW THEY CAM WKnTBA WASHOUT CMPUSH ANYTHING TRR,BLE' w m , . j THIMGS A.RE InJ SAY WHAT We SHM,S O NEEP IS A WORLD THAN) BEFORE $ COMPETENCE Continues To Improve Here Seattle Boasts Fine New I ii in ') rinif nrnnrnnnrTi- rf r r mi n ir'iniiifiiiinirniiiini I NIIIIW Mf' nfifinn nwnwiinrrnrif iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i mn i imnii iiiiisiiiiIiiiiiiiwmmiiiiiimi liiiiiiiiri:irjicf lainpupri m riKii ir I r f f -tt-i r"n-fTTirt TT'rf A new Seattle art museum, built in the gift PIERCE TO SPEAK AT THE DALLES ON DEMO. PICNIC DAY PORTLAND, Ore. (Special) Walter M. Pierce, will not be ble to attend the picnic to bo given hero Sunday for General Charles H. prtln, his fellow congressman. Ho revealed this yesterday while on a visit to Portland from his homo at La Grande. He greatly regrets the fact, espe cially so bi cause he was scheduled to -nwke me of; Vbe, four, addressee of U;claK''" But he has found ho lias a previous engagement and will spend next Sunday tat The Dalles, he said. At The Dalles on Saturday, he said,, thfte will bo a convention of rural tall carriers, and ho had promised to make his appearance there on Sun day. Having tho prior engagement, he Just cannot "mf:e" tho Martin pic nic at Viking park no mafcer how sorry he is about it all. 9 But before ho dertcd fer home d'ontlnued on Pago Seven) CAks COLLIDE" 0 ON ADAMS AVE. Cars driven by Mrs. C. M. Camp bell, 2014 Adams avenue, and an un identified lftan figured Jn a traffic accident on Adams aciue at 3:304nO ftt cove un Sttngkay will bo corn- o'clock yesterday afternoon. No one was hurt. Affairs In Six Installments 1 . w 1 of course:, the a e COMFtsref6 WILL, a rAC6 LOT CF Volunteer Park, U the latest addition to Seattle civic Institutions. It it of r. illchard E. Fuller and his mother. Oregon National Guard Sick Bill 4 Cents Per Man SALEM. July 13 () The Ore gon national guard is among tho healthiest In the nation, war de partment figures received at tho guard headquarters here today re vealed. The sick cost per man for the end of tho fiscal year was but four cents. The national av orago was 60 cents. : The guardsmen of Oregon rated fourth In the entire United States, In the health program, with South pakota, Kentucky and Vermont .iftSglng ;them on the Jlst,: . . - EAGLES TO SEND WINDERS TO CITY Tho winners In the recent Eagles broadcast contest, Gene Bassett and Bert Wardell, vocalists, and the Bluo Mountain Cowboys, will go to Port land on July 28, 29 and 30, where ft negotiations are under way to broad cast at leading stations there, ac cording to information given today by Arthur Bremer and Roy Case. The Eagles will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock, at tho hall, and tho pro posed Journey will be discussed. Arrangement for the Eagles 0c- (Continued on Pago Two) Art Museum WASHINGTON TO RECEIVE MORE CODES Steel Inclustiy is Prepar ing its "Fair Compe- i - tition" Plans Today. Vashinoton, 'July 13 (P)-r-Pro. paratlons for harboring more Indus tries and businesses under the indus trial recovery law had Washington humming . today, while President Roosevelt kept tub on production and employment developments. . Governor Glfford Pinchot, of Penn sylvania, took a personal report to tho Whlto House. on unemployment having decreased four per cent in Pennsylvania since tho shift of trend Hugh 8. Johnson, Industrial ad ministrator, said the "fair competi tion" code to govern tho stool Indus try would) bo submitted by nightfall, Like the many others being or to be formulated, It will propose minimum wages and maximum hours for tho Industry. Meanwhile, fearful lest increased production get out of tho bounds of the ability of people to buy and constitute a threat to business pro gress, tho administration Is consider ing what if anything can be done on that problem Johnson stopped in on a group rep resenting the national retail council, central organization of most retail organizations, and on coming out, in replying to questions, said It looked as though this group would submit a deflate code very shortly. A group of clothing manufacturers set up headquarters in a hotel and began the taHk of c'etcrmlnlng mint- mum wages nnd maximum working hours for their Industry. Tho committee of tho National (Continued on Pugo Two) URGE HOCKLEY AS REGIONAL LEADER PORTLAND, July 13 m Appoint ment of C. C. Hockley, Portlnnd en gineer, as regional public works ad ministrator for Oregon, was urged In a telegram sent last night to Secretly of tho Interior Ickcs by Congressman Plcrco and Martin and C. O. Donaugli, oh air man of the Democratic central committee. Tho three also urged appointment with out delay or J. P. Lipscomb as man ager of 'the Oregon branch of tho Homo Owners' association. Wheat Today CHICAGO, July 13 (At Except for Incorrigible enthusiasts for $2 a bushel wheat, about ill grain traders showed willingness todalo taka time to breathe, and prices avcragocr low er. All grains except oats, nevertheless, edged uArd nB times to fresh top record pfen. Fever to nurchase calmed down In tho rye mari:t arter a transient early advance or about 3 cents. Advices from Argon MnQ said tho ryo crop thero was tho largest In several, years. Wheat closed easy, 'afwl'c under yesterday's finish, ryo & c off, corn unchanged to 1 c lower, oats at yA ti c decline, and pfovlslonq showing setbacks of 6 to lio cents. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME STRIKE AT KIDNAPERS DEPENDS ON EXECUTIVES MNDIIKKGHS ON GKOI'ND ITALIAN FLIERS IN N. B. WASHINGTON, July 13 iff) The udmlnlNtrntloi. is drawing up legisla tion for submission to the next ses slon of congress to deal more dras tically with racketeers, kldnupers and other criminals. SALEM, July 13 (P) -i- Tho success of tho. federal emergency recovery measures enacted to rehabilitate In dustry and reestablish prosperity over tho country, hinges entirely upon the efficiency and Judgment with which tho acta are administered, declares Representative James Mott, congress man from tho first Oregon district, who returned home from Washington last night. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, July 13 (l IJiiftivorulVIc flying weather along tho Newfoundland coast prevented Colonel and Mrs. Cluirles A. Llml Iwrgli from leaving here for t'ort wright, ljilirador, today on tliolr ner lul mapping expedition. SHEDIAC, N. B., July 13 (P) The squadron of 24 Italian seaplanes en route for Chicago arrived hero this afternoon from Cartiwright, Labra dor. v CHICAGO, July 13 (P) Iteprcsen. tutlvcs of printing! cm ploy era' associa tions met today to formulate a code ror mitmitjiHlon to tho fedcrud govern ment under the nutlonal industrial recovery act. SHORTER HOURS AND MORE PAY IS AMERICAN PLAN Uy 1'rwltt MacKenzle LONDON, July 13 W Tho Ameri can delegation presented a resolution to tho economic commission of the world economic conference today calling for shorter hours .of labor and an increase In wages in propor tion to tho rise In prices. Bam D. McRcynolds, of Tennessee, (Continued on Pago Two) TRIAL OF TWO IS DELAYED ONE DAY GRANTS PASS. July 13 W John Barrier and Harry Bowles, tho friends of, tho highway, who together shot State Policeman MUo Baucom to death, are enemies In tho courtroom as they go on trial separately for their lives. Colled up together for tho start of their first degree murder trial be fore Judge Harry D. Norton hero this morning, It was disclosed first that they elected to stand trial separately and second that their defense attor ney, J. N. Johnston, of Grants Pass, would not bo ablo to handle both cases because of the conflict In the Interests of tho two defendants. Upon tho announcement Judge Norton appointed as attorney, W. T. Miller, of Grants Pass to defend Bar rier, the younger of tho two prison ers, and tho state through District Attorney Sherman S. Smith elected to try Barrier first as tho admitted wlelder of tho cheap revolver that blasted out Baucom 'a life. Declaring that he could not pro ceed Immediately lacking both prep aration and tho co-operation of the other defenso attorney, Miller aeked for and received the delay of ono day in the opening of tho trial. CLIFF. CONRAD HAS OPERATION Clifford Conrnd, of Elgin, under went a mnjor operation this morn ing nt tho Grande Hondo hospital. I INQUIRING Each day as the Innulrlnr Reporter makes the rounds two person , will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some I friiestlon of tho day. Tlirouch the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wlrht each Interviewed will he granted two complimentary tickets to the j Liberty Tlimlre. The current nttnirtlnit Is Hubert Montgomery ami Sally Kllem In "Made on llruadniij." A number of American painters havo formed tho Advanced American Art commission, to protect native art ists from competition of "medlocro" foreigners, advancing the "Buy Amer ican" movement another step. Mrs. P. L. Iloblnson, 102 Hemlock, says, "Buy American always not only American but our own home products In our own town. Too many jcoplo aro buying non-American FREED AFTER PAYING OUT $50,000 SUM Kidnaped Millionaire Re leased in LaUrange, 111.; Tells of Mistreatment ' ' ' ' t GRANDCHILDREN OF: PRESIDENT GUARDED John J. O'Connell Jr. Still Captive; Omaha , Wo man Foils Attempt to Take Her Prisoner, CHICAGO, July 13 (VP) Threaten- ed, with death by kidnapers who held . him prisoner for 12 days, John Fac tor, .the market speculator, was back home with his family today, but was in a serious condition, suffering from a nervous breakdown,". .X He disclosed that $50,000 was paid in 5 and $10 bills to his kidnapers as tho price of his freedom. Released Just before midnight last night In suburban LaGrange, tho usually debonair Factor, who Is re puted to have made "big money" In the markets, told a story of mistreat ment by his captors. Unshaven, and Ill-appearing In oUier.respectsthe.ntan'who Is want ed by the British., government for an alleged (7,000,000 swindle in England, approached. Policeman Cortesi and Policeman Qorard, of R4ver Forest, at tho main business Intersection In LaGrange and announced: : "I'm John, Factor." . - J A farm house, northwest of Chloago-, overrun with cookrooches was toelloV-v ed b? Factor' to- have been 4ils pttpe; of Imprisonments but he Waa not pet-' tain becauso during the entire period of his captivity he was blindfolded! with tape, which was not removed until a few minutes boforo Ills re lease. C1UAKI) P. K.'S (IHANDL'IIILDKRN WASHINGTON, July 13 (P) ' Con cerned over kidnaping, the secrot (Continued on Page Two) President Backs Plan For Dam On Columbia River PORTLAND, July 13 (Pi Con struction or a dam on tho Columbia river , for development of navigation, power and to assure flood control, Is favored by President Roosevelt, ac cording to a special dispatch from Washington. D. C, printed in tha Oregonlan today. This dam would be between Tide water and the mouth of tho Snake river. It would bo financed from the rivers and harbors fluid. Tho work would be done without cost to the state of Oregon, tho money sup plied by the federal government which would own the project and repay tho federal fund from operat ing revenues. LUTHERANS TO HOLD SERVICE AT CITY PARK : Members- and friends of tho Zlon Lutheran church will gather at Rlvor stcV) park Sunday morning for their annual out-door service and congre gational picnic. Tho regular Sunday morning worship service will be hold In tho pavilion at 11 o'clock, follow ed by a plcnto dinner at noon. Evory ono Is welcome to enjoy this plcnto service, and those who attend are asked to bring their dinner to put on the table with those of the rest of the congregation. Thero will bo ' no Sunday school services Sunday morning, but tho children of tho 8undny school and their parents aro urged to come to tho pork for tho service at 11 REPORTER j products." MissMlldrcd Smith, 1311 Adams avenue, says, "Of course, I bollevo that peoplo should buy Amei loan made products whon they aro avail able, but to buy a nationally mado or oven a locally mado product whon It Is of Inferior grado is nonsonso. Feo plo will buy American If the qual ity of tlio product Is maintained at a sufficiently high level.