Expect To Ship 25 Cherries To Market
" " " " " VK " l" l" " " "l" "cAHt" '
J Oregon!" Fog on 'count, otherwise
fair tonight, 'Haturday anil Sunday; I
J no chance III temperature. Local J
I weather Thursday: max IM, mill 54. i
I Clear. Today: mill lii, 7 a, in. -78.
J Clear. I
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 31
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRK88 AMD A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933
EASTERN ORKOON'a IiBADINO NBWBPAPm
NUMBER 266
Fo to TO ACT SOON ON WAGES
1(Q)IK
1 r
-PICKING OF
CHERRIES TO
START SOON
Royal Annes and Bings
Will be Ready For Har
vesting. Next Week. ,Y
QUALITY GOOD AND
PRICES ARE FAIR
Present Price of Royal
Annes Quoted at $60 a
Ton Against $40 Paid
By Canneries 'in 1932.
The annual cherry crop, for which
the Grande Ronde valley is Justly
famoue not only In this section but
in national markets, will be ready for
picking by next Monday, according
to A. E. Erlckson, of Erlckson and
. Lottes, local fruit and produce deal
ers. Royal Annes and Blngs will be
picked first while the -Lamberts will
not be ready until the following
Monday, July 24, ho reports.
Winterkill, caused by tho severe
weather of early December, has cut
the crop to about one-half of its
usual itze and where 25 cars of the
black cherries were shipped! to the
eastern markets last year only about
16 will bo sent this year. The frost
was even moro severe on the Royal
Annes cutting -the crop from 35 cars
to about eight or 10 this year, Mr.
Erlckson adds. However, tho quality
of the surviving crop Is good.
Shipment to Begin soon
Shipment will begin simultaneously
':; with picking since It Is necessary to
Vget the fruit on the market as soon
...I ns. possible-. after it .,1s. . picked.. from
4ho tree to "prevent it spoiling."1 As
usual the Royal Annes will be sent
to canneries In the western part of
the state and the Bhlpmcnt Is ex
pected to include about 120 tons, 12
(Contlnned on Pace Pour)
Series of 1-Act
Plays Scheduled
For East Normal
A series of one-act plays arc be
ing prepared! the play production
, class and the J. H. Ackerman train
ing school of "the Eastern Oregon
formal school for assembly programs
during the summer session. Miss
. Florence Day, instructor in English,
Is supervising the productions
Miss Charlotte Duecnberry and
MVss Frances Kelly are student
directors Tor play which are be
ing presented by members of the
play production class. Donna Hol
comb, Mary Carter, Alta Knotts,
.Harriet Singleton, Pauline Conradt,
4 and, Waldo Gerards are preparing the
play which will be given July 18
under the direction of Miss Charlotte
Dusenberry. On Julv 25, Ted Thom
son, Carl Johnson, Gladys Owen, and
Edna Hpfmann, cojiched by Miss
Frances Kelly, will entertain the stu
dents with a piny.
On July, 19 and 21, student from
the J.' H. .Ack'man training school
will present two plays. Miss Gladys
Billings and Miss filadys Owen are
directly these productions.
NEW. WATER SYSTEM ;
ACCEPTED IN 1892-
Tffree projects were uppermost In
the minds of La Grande people 40
years ag according to the Oct. 28
Issue of the La firande Chronicie.
The yellow! pner, taken Irohi the
wall of an abandoned cabin back ol
Hllgard recently, reveals that the top
ics of Interest at that partlcularlme
was: the new water systciH, the lack
of a telephone system, , and a pro
posed railroad from La Grande to
Cove. '
Here are some news Items of that
day:
1, "La Orande is very much in
need of a telephone system. The par
ties who have been promising an im
provement of this kind ought to
represent themselves or get gut of
the way and give some- offe else a
chance." 1
2. "The water system having been
received from the contractors, the
same was placed in charge of the
water superintendent Wednesday
morning. A number of citJjiena at
one proceeded to have water put
In their homes. It is evident that
there will be a large number of pa-
. irons." Another Item: "In making
I 't1S8U' ot" the water pressure Saturday
ft A a stream was thrown over the Pacific
T"7- j rVvic . j da on
ffet higher than the top of the roof.
The building is nearly 120 feet high,
WILL
ROGERS
Says
BEVERLY HUAS, Oal., July 13
This fellow Roosevelt can close the'
banks, he can tell industry how much
to pay, and how many hours to work.
He can hold back the sun, he can
evaporate the wator, but when he de
mands that a postmaster has. to be
able to read, that's, carrying dicta
torship too far.
When he takes the postmasters out
of politics,, he is monkeying with the
very fundamentals of American po
litical parties. How is the army go
ing to fight If they don't get any
of the lootl
I tell you this suggestion of his Is
bordering on treason, the idea of a
postmaster being able to read I It
looks like an undemocratic movo to
favor the collego man. I tell "you, he
will ruin tho Democratic party. Wo
musnt let him get away with it.
Yours,
(inLibiimUtrWiMl
150 FARMERS
PRESENT AT
WHEAT MEET
New Agricultural Adjust
ment Act Outlined by
Oregon State Men.
One hundred and fifty larmers,
representative of tho more important
wheat erowers throughout the valley.
wore in La ' Grande this mornlngto.
attend a meeting at the sacajawea
(Contlffcjed on Page Six)
WALLOWA VALLEY
SEEKS $100 000
ENTERPRISE, Ore., July 14 (Spe
cial ) Application for a govern
ment ipan of $100,000 Is being made
by the Wallowa Vnlley Improvement
district, the loan to run 40 years at
4 per cent. This is made in an effort
to arbitrate mutters with bond hold
ers and clear up the Indebtedness of
the district. Because of high t(es
due to the bonds, this district has
been on a tax strike for some time.
BAUMGART WRITES
FOR PERIODICAL
"Call yourself a Democrat so every
one can hear you." That is the open
ing sentence of an article in the cur
rent Oregon Democrat, written by
Otto H. Baumgnrfc president of the
Young Democratic League of Union
county.
m The article Is illustrated with a
picture of Mr. Baumgart, whose home
Is In La Grande.
The quotations abovo arc given by
(Continued on Page Four)
andit Is possible that water can be
thrown to the height of 150 feet.
This is much higher than will ever
be nedfcd for any prntUcal use."
Still anothy: "At the cincll meek
nig Monday evenftg the Jog of wall
ing the supply well was aerated. The
wall is 20 feet high and 220 feet in
circumference Thero were 80.000
brick used in the construction and
tha cost was $1700."
3. "A delegation of La Qrande citi
zens will go to tho Covo tomorrow to
confer with the people on the sub
ject of a railroad between this city
and Cove. The committee recently
appointed to prepare estimates of
cost.s$and ascertain other factors In
relation to the enterprise, will be
ready with a report by that time.
Those whoso Judgment in such mat
ters Is .reliable have great faith In
the success of the enterprise. The
people at the other end of the line
have a deep Interest In the proposi
tion, and there Is good grounds for
the belief that with the degree -of
energy and unity that sticfi an under
taking should ovoke, the road can be
built and that It will be a paying In
vestment to all concerned, and b
great benefit to both places."
P. S. The railroad was built from
Cove to Union.
Seeks Kidnaper
John King Ottley, Atlanta, Ga,
banker, who Is directing . the
search for the man who kidnaped
him and held him for a $40,000
ransom.
JUNIOR LEAGUE
PLAY-OFF TO BE
AT BURNS SUNDAY
District finals in the American Le
gion Junior league basoball play-off
are scheduled for Sunday at Bums,
where a double header WIN be played
with three teams competing Burns,
Oniirlo and La Qrande.,
The La Grande team, accompanied
by Raymond O. Williams, will leave
for Burns Saturday .morning. At
Burns, the three teams will draw to
see which plays tho morning game.
The winner of this contest will play
the team drawing a ,byo, tho sconu
gamo to toe- played Sunday afternoon.
(Continued on Page "sixj"
NO CHANGE IN
WEATHER SEEN
Warm temperatures continued ocr
the Pacific northwest today and the
weather man predicted no change In
temperature for tonight or Saturday.
The outlook was for generally fair
skies.
The maximum, in La Groncc Thurs
day was 02 above, the third consecu
tive day with the rercury at 00 or
higher This morning's minimum
was 62 above, eight degrees warmer
than Thursday's minimum.
REPAIR BREAK
IN PIPELINE
Another break in the Beaver creek
pipeline occurred yesterday and Hor
ace Knapp, city water superintend
ent, had the water flow shut off for
approximately two and a half hours
repairing the leak. - The clamps were
placed' on ho pipeline on the Bart
mess place to remedy the trouble.
Mr. Roosevelt Isn't The Only Collector
"
ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON
NEXT FRIDAY
Ten Measures on Ballot,
Including Beaver Creek
Pipeline Project. .
SALES TAX AMONG
BILLS SUBMITTED
Wet and Dry Vote to be
.. Taken; Will Elect Dele:
fates to Caucus to De
cide on Repeal Question
Just a week from today and votert
of Oregon will go to tho polls to de
cide on a number of questions at a
special election. Chief among the
state Issues, from point of Interest;
are the 'vote on repeal of the dry.
laws, and :the vote on the proposed
sales tax referred to tho peop.e by-
tho legislature. .
In addition. La Grando people will
vote on the question of Issuing bonds
for reconstruction of the Beaver
creek pipeline.
(Continued On Page Pour) '
. . .. '
Eagles Prepare i
For Cove Picnic
All Day Sunday
.- Races and games with prizes offer
ed to the winners will bo the feature
.of the.day's entertainment when the
ISajfies mee on Sunday' for. their ane
mia! picnic at Cove, it was'amiouh'e'
ed at a regular meeting last night
at the hall. Transportation will be
arranged for those who do not havo
automobiles, and they arc asked to
meet at the hall at 9 o'clock In the
morning. - 1
Each person will furnish his own
lunch, but the aerio will furnish cof
fee, cream, sugar and lemonade.
Members of the committee in
charge are John Hopkins, Mr. anti
Mrs. Oscar Hobson, J. H. Proffltt.
Charles Hildebrand, Mrs. May Parker,
Mrs. Frank Seward, Mrs. Pearl Patt
and Mrs. Mabel Harris, representing
both the Eagles and the auxiliary.
REV. HERTZOG
MAKING READY
. FOR E. L. CAMP
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Hertzog httve
returned from Wallowa Lake where
they spent the post two days In pre
paring f or tho annual EpworLh Lea
gue institute which opens there on
Monday, July 17. Mr. Hertzog is pas
tor of the First Methodist church.
Plane, Marital Crash Hurts Heal
!; -it "1 " -
In addition to his recent al.plane crash, Hoot Gibson, film cowboy,
announced that his marriage to Sally Ellers, movie star, also crashed,
and a divorce Is Impending. However, he seems to be recovering from
both crashes, and he's shown with June Gale, Ban Francisco actress,
both stating they're "madly In love."
Winning Team Of
' Golfers Dined
By the Losers
:The winners In the men's team
match play at the La Grando coun
try club were entertained last night
by the losing team at the Bingncr
cftbln at dinner. Charles Blngnor
headed the winners while Jack Mur
phy was captain of the losers and In
charge of arrangements for the dln-ner.-'
1 .',. ?
iAwfe-veral guest wero present Itv ad
dltlon. to the members of the two
teams.. - . ; . ;
Members of the winning team arc
Mr. Iilngner. Ken Slegrlst, Larry Bay,
Bill Dolan. A.. W. Nelson, Dr. W. K.
Ross, Norman Frees, L, K. .Kinzel,
William Slegrlst, Herman Sicgrlst,
C. E. Bunting, Elton Barron, Dr.
James Haun Dr. J. E. Woodell, Dr.
F. L. Ralston. Members of the loos
ing team besides Mr. ' Murphy are
Charles Reynolds, Harold Boone, W.
C. Williams, Fred Spaeth. H. M.
Howard,' Fred Lanzcr, - B. ReynolCn,
C. L. Thompson, C. R. Seltet Homer
Lcffcl, Hal Bohnonkamp. Dr. F. L.
Tribe,- C. W. Cook, Elmer McManus,
MAE NEILL ON
VACATION TRIP
Miss May Nelll, who teaches In
Honolulu, T. H., is' lnTja Grando vis
iting her mother, Mrs. Nellie Nelll,
and sister, Mrs. J. R. Martin. She
plans to remain until late in August
when she will return to the Islands
to resume her teaching activities on
Aug. 31.
of Boat Prints
WILL RECESS
WORLD MEET
ON JULY 27
Steering Gommittee of
E c o n q m i c.Gonf ei-ence
q Reaches eciion Today ;
LONDON, July 14 m Tho stoer
ing commltteo of tho world economic
conference decided today to roceas tho
worldwldo parley on July 27.
All committeea wero ' notified to
havo their complete reports ready by
next Friday.
(Continued on Page Three)
NOTE RECEIVED
FROM OXONNELL
ALBANY, N. Y., July 14 01
Johnny O'Connell la alive and well
his family oppressed this bollcf today
after recolvlng a noto signed by tho
kidnaped 24-year-old nephew of Uic
politically powerful O'Connell bro
thers. '
Tho noto addressed to tho missing
youth's uncle Dan, directed tho O -
Connclls to nubmlt a now list of in
termediaries, tho 22 Albany men of
fered as negotiators having been re
jected by the kidnapers.
While tho note tho first rocolvcd
since Tuesday bearing tho authentic
signature of John J. O'Connell Jr.,
brought relief and Joy to tho family
and tho city In general, It trans
ferred tcmpoarlly at least, interest
In tho abduction to New York City
whore tho names of tho new go
betweens was published.
'hansom notks iikceivhii
ALTON, III., July 14 VP) Twu
notes demanding ransom for Auk'is'
Lucr, 77 year old Alton banker, havo
been received by Luer'B family, It was
announced today. Agents for the fam
ily said neither noto bore Luor's hand
writing.
TENNIS CLUB
BEGINS PLAY
The championship tournament of
the La Grande Tennis association
opened this morning at 8 o'clock
with matches scheduled for thrco
days. Winners of the morning sets
have not been announced yet.
Wheat Today
( IIK'A(H). .Inly I t W Abrupt
upturns swept wheal prliw lute to
day to new record jM-aks, Willi pub
lic speculative haying again Mil a
largn scale.
A sharp reversal of early weakness
of Winnipeg wheat qiiotalliiiiH '.
ooinimlih'd the late rise of values
here, and lllero wero reports that
temperatures III ports nf the 'aim
dlan wheat limit hail fallen as lew n
Ml. With forwusts liidlinllng no ma
terial change from near frerxllift
weal hi t. trailers expressed iinvlcly as
to the safety of the ('oliiiilliill crop.
Wheat closed buoyant at the day's
topmost figures, 2141'0 above yes
terday's finish, corn 1'A2e. up, outs
lllieluiligeil la ,, lilghrr, mill pro
visions varying from 7c decline to a
rise of lac.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
LINimmtUHH IN TIIK AII
KOllllKKS KILL OI FICKIt
TO ItKTURN MAT TWIN
ITALIANS AT MONTREAL
UOTWOOD, Newfomulluiul, Judy 14
(fl) Colonel Charles A, LlnubcrKh nnrt
Mnt, LliKlherRli who arrived liera UiIk
mornhiK on rtltelr uerlnl mapping: tour
of i the iiorthJand lioped off this lif
Uvnoon for Curtwrlglit, Lulmidor.
PHILADELPHIA, July 14 (fl5) Throe
robbers shot to death a policeman
and stole, a 98,720 payroll he was
guarding today In -tho factory office
of the Allied Kid Co., near Fifth and
Huntingdon Btrcots. V'
MOSCOW, Jidy 14 m The Tass
(RtLssbin) news aseney annouiu.-ed to
day (hut Pilot Levanovfiky hopped off
from KtuibarovHk in Eastern Siberia
yeistcnlny moriilng for Anailyr to pick
up Jam m Mnttcrii, the Amcrlnui avi
ator, stnuulcd there.
MONTREAL, July 14 (P) The
Italian air armada led by General
Italo Balbo appeared ovor Montreal at
12:25 p. m., eastern standard time
today, having completed their 600
mile flight from Shedlac, N. B.
WASHINGTON, July 14!P) Tllre
western states today were granted a
total or $l,2(il),070 for emergency re
lief work, Harry L. Hopkins, federal
emergency ' director, ' announced he
had uilotcd S7(i!),Hl:l to Washington;
?17,2lU to Nevada and $152,1153 to
Oregon. .
OWYHEE AND VALE
PROJECTS TO GET
$6,000 000 SUM
WASHINGTON, July 14 (P) TllO
publlo works administration today
told how it intended! to distribute
9115,513,010 as the first step In a
program to create a million new jobs
by October 1.
That 116,513,610. Secretary. Ickes
announced, wlll be portioned out
this way: $64,561,642 for federal pub
llo works; $50,000,000 for roads In
parks, forests, Indian reservations and
public lands; $052,008 for municipal
water and sewer plants.
These brought to $763,513,610 the
total allocated from the $3,300,000,
000 fund mado available less than a
month ogo. Already, President
Roosevelt had approved the expendi
ture of $238,000,000 on naval con
struction and) $400,000,000 on high
ways. An additional rivers and har
bors program awaits the presidential
"O. K."
"This ($115,000,000) distribution,"
Ickes said, "Is the first in the pro
gram of giving men work so that one
million may bo employed by October
1, In accordance with President
Roosevelt's expressed wish."
Many Projects Pending
A "vast number" of additional pro
jects nro ynt pending before tho pub
llo works bciardi which he heads,
Ickes iald, addlnjr that only the
non-controversial had' been acted up
on first. '
Tho biggest HlnHlo amount in the
items announcod today was $38,000,
000 . for Uio Rrcat Boulder Canyon
power and Irrigation project on the
Colorado river. Besides this, the
bureau of 'reclamation gat $5,000,000
for tho Owyheo Irrigation project and
$1,000,000 to finish the Vole project,
both in Oregon.
Tho International boundary com
missions wive allowed $1,528,000.
chiefly for straightening tho Rto
Orande and controlling lts flow,
under a treaty with Mexico. This
was contingent upon Mexico's fur
nishing part of tho funds.
Tho public works administration
announced tho $(t4,000,000 federal
program would provide 268.200 mnn
months of labor, or give a year's work
to 21,617 men In every state of tho
union, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico
and tho Virgin Islands.
Oregon (ietH $;IT,.:U
Allocations by states of the $50,
000.000 rund for forest, park and
Indian roads under tho public works
fund was announced today by the
(Continued on Page Thrco)
j INQUmiNG
Earn day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons
will be stopped at random on the street corner and naked some
(Miration of the day. Tlirough the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wlcht
each I n tnr viewed will lie granted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Thwitrp. The current nUntc'lun, Is Robert. Montgomery and
Sully Kilers In "Made on Broadway."
"Would you support a dictator
president?"
Loola Iathnm, 30QR Third street,
says, "A dictator president would be
all right if tho right man were in
power. Howover, to be on the safe
side, I believe the people should have
a voice In tho government,"
MAY ASK ALL
BUSINESS TO
ACCEPT LIMIT
Such Action Would Con-'-tinue
Until Various Codes
Are Given Approval..
35 AND dO HOURS !
OF WORK PLANNED'
Minimum Scale is Expect-:
, ed to be $14 For Labor;
' and $15 For Clerical and ,
Store Help. - V
y. ' ' .l
, r-r- i
WASHINGTON, July 14 (A1) Im
minence of action by President
Roosevelt for establishment of' na- .
tion minimum wages and maximum.'
working hours-was indicated today,
but the methodt remained to be de- '
elded.
, . Two motivating factors apparently
lead In that direction, the desire to
boost purchasing power steadily and
simultaneously to guard against ex-'v
cess production under way in at-; .
tempts to take advantage of expected i
'highor -prices. '. ,.' . ; '
Tho plan, which would be volun- .
tary,' would call for a general weekly v
levol of 35 hours work at $14 mini-";',
mum wogo for labor; and 40 hours
with $15 minimum) for clerical and
store help- ; ' : ;
The prospect Is for a general call '
for business and industry to Join un-
der a temporary, voluntary agree- ,
ment to such a limit of working -
hours and wages, v ' v
Call fcx ported Moun '
Afci a press . conference, Hugh; 8.
Johnsorif said as the administrator he
behoved, ho would shortly ask the .
president to issue, such a call, and
that meantime he was gathering a ;
tremendous volume ot information
needed to reach a decision, i- - .
. The blanket agreement would be 1
effective until Individual Industrial
codes, which, set up trade organiza
tions to improve labor conditions .
and purchasing power and! to elimin-i
ate undesirable practices such, as
overproduction, and price cutting,
can be approved. - i '
The idea back, of the general code.
Is to get the purchasing power of" -American
laborers and wpilte col-
lar workers increased immediately,,
so that before hot weather Is over
the "upward- spiral" sought by Presi
dent Roosevelt will have a substantial
basis.
Codes havo been coming In fast.:
It Is probable the administration;
will drop the Idea of calling for sub-'
mission of every agreement by a def-'
lnlte early date, but the physical
limitations of time neededr to get
each agreement in operation would ;
(Contlnuod on Page Throo)
One of Escaped
Convicts Slain :
In Bank Holdup
PARSONS, Kns July 14 Wl A
bank robber Identified by officers as
Kenneth Conn, one ot olovon pri
soners wlio escaped from, the Kansas
ponltontlary May 30, was shot to
death today in an attempted bank
holdup at Altamont. A companion,
seriously woundedi was Identified as
Alva Payton, another fugitive. . .
Sheriff W. O. Miller, of Labotto
county, said Payton had admitted
his Identity and Informed him his
companion was Conn. '
Tho death of Conn and capture of
Payton account for six of the eleven
men who- escaped. ' 'J
Lewis Bcchtcl and Prank Sawyer;
were recaptured In Oklahoma.-
Billy Woods and Clifford Dopson
wero captured near San Angelo. Texas,
by Federal oustoma officers. With
tho exception of Sawyer, the six
prisoners accounted for were all in
the group which spilt away from the
Ululcrhlll-Biillcy band.
All tho convicts at large, In addi
tion to their leaders, Underhlll and
Bulley, aro sought' In tho Kansas
City killings.
They aro; Ed Davis. Jim Clark and
Bob (Big Boy) Brady. .
REPORTER I
Mrs. E, J. Wllhelm, 2107 Cedar
street, says, "I am certainly not In:,
favoit of a dictator president like '
Mussolini. I believe that the people,
should help rule because one man
when he gets into offlco never car-;
ries out everything he promises," ;
i