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Eastern Oregon To Inspect Projects
Mead
To Visit
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day. Fair weutlier next week, iiorinu! J
temperatures. Local, weather Friday: l
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
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VOLUME 31'
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PBJBM AND A, B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1933
ASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 267
AIMLAMS TACH
JMOT1C
TWO
Inland Empire Farmers Favor Wheat Adjustment Plan
LOCAL GRAIN
MEN ATTEND
MEETING HERE
Sentiment Throughout
Columbia Area "Over
whelmingly in Favor."
STATE COLLEGE
f IS GIVEN REPORT
Arlington, Pendleton, La
Grande Meetings Fri
day ; At Condon, Enter
prise and Weston Today
More than 200 wheat farmers of
Union county appeared to approve
of the agricultural adjustment act
yesterday when they gathered at the
Sacajawea Inn for an all-day meeting.
P. L. Ballard, county agent leadeT,
and L". R. Brelthaupt, extension agri
cultural economist, both of Oregon
State college, and H. G. Avery, Union
county agent, outlined the plan In a
series of addresses. .
More than 200,000 will be alloted
to this county for 1933 under the
plan and payment will start early
this fall. A similar amount also will
be alloted In 1934 and again In 1935
to farmers who sign a contract to
. reduce acreage if requested to cd bo
by the secretary of agriculture during
1934 and 1935
Bach of the farmers who signs a
fcontract will share in proportion to
the amount. of wheat ho .. raises and
. the plan is designated to1 lastntil
1936, It was pointed out. t . v
The farmers appeared favorable to
the plan yesterday but how favorable
they are will not be determined until
the active campaign to organize the
county wheat production control
plan begins after the harvest is out
of the way, in about three weeks.
Those who wish to take advantage
of the agricultural' adjustment plan
will form an association from which
a board of directors will be elected.
From the board of directors will be
chosen the county allotment commit
tee to allot each producer his acre
age and production on the basis of
what he produced during the past
three years. The allotment will be
based on the tax. which was passed
last week, and applies to only about
60 per cent of the wheat, the amount
consumed In the United States. .
Farmers believe that they can grow
smaller acreage and save the expense
of cultivating the acreage eliminated
or put in some other crop. The re
duced acreage at the market price,
plus the bonus, will bring more than
the original acreage without the
Joonus, it is believed.
x Sentiment throughout the Colum
bia basin wheat section Is "over
whelmingly In favor" of the proposed!
wheat adjustment program, as ex
pressed so far at the first meetings
being held by the State college ex-
(Contlnued on Pago Six,
Short Program
Is Planned For
'Pioneer Picnic
Only a short program will be plan
ned for the annual pioneer picnic at
Riverside pnrk next Thursday, July
20, according to J. E. Reynolds, presi
dent of the Union County Sons and
Daughters of Pioneers, which Is
sponsoring the event.
It is felt that the pioneers would
rather .listen to a shorter program
and then spend the remainder of the
time visiting, renewing old acquaint
ances, etc.
George H. Currc'y, member of the
committee In charge, announces that
Dunham Wright, president of the pio
neer association, will deliver an ad
dress. All pioneers and their families and
friends are Invited to attend.
ADA MAY COOPER IS
WINNER OF CONTEST
To Ada May Cooper, of 906 H ave
nue, goes the first prize for the best
essay this week in the Merchants
Essay and Misspelled Word contest,
conducted from week to week. The
subject for this week was the Roy
Farnam Supply Co.. and many fine
Cssays were received, with practically
U of the entrants also getting the
required number of misspelled w3?j
straightened out.
Elsewhere In today's paper Is an
advertisement announcing the ctn-
test for next week. Since the weather
WILL
ROGERS
"tnuc
sgvs:
BEVERLY HITiT.S, Oal., July 14
Do you remember some of the state
ments before the London conference
started? The world was to stop re
volving, air was to lose Its oxygen If
the conference failed. i- -
Herrlot of Prance said, "America
and Prance loolc with a like purpose
on economic problems. The confer
ence must succeed."
Cordell Hull really waxed dramatic:
"The failure of the conference will
mean the failure of statesmanship.
Selfishness must bo banished' from
all minds."
' Well, the thing has flopped and we
are setting along better than ever.
It Just shows that nothing la Im
portant a month later. The funny
part about It is that all those states
men really thought they were going
to "make history." Well, history
makes Itself and the statesmen Just
drag along. Yours. , - .
BANK CLEARS UP
$125,000 DEBT
IN SIX MONTHS
The Wallowa Notional bank of En
terprise, which six months .ago had
an indebtedness of 126.0O0 has ab
solutely cleared up this debt and t
the present has a surplus and ufl
divided profits on hand of $l8.6Po."
This was revealed In the statement
of the bank's condition In response
to the call from the comptroller of
currency Issued the first of the
month.
In addition the bank is enjoying a
very steady increase in deposits, with
a large portion oP this, of course, ac
counted for by the fact that the wool
(Continued on Pago Two)
MOSTOFWESTIN
HEAT WAVE GRIP
Warm weather touched a new high
for July yesterday when the mercury
did not stop its afternoon ascent un
til It reached 95 obovc. This was thq
warmest day of this month.
Nights have been warmer this
week also, with Friday's low 62 anovc
and the minimum for last night 61
above.
The dry, clear weather has result
ed in rapid evaporation of moisture,
and many local peoplo are .beginning
their usual summer schedule of Irri
gation for lawns and gardens..
The present heat wave is general
over the west. High marks recorded
Friday include the following: Baker
90, B0I30 96, Helena 84, Mcdforc 104,
Phoenix 110, Pocatello 92, Portland
80, Roscburg 94, Salt Lake City 96.
Seattle 84, Spokane 96, Wqjla Walla
100. Yakima 08.
California temperatures, according
to official weather reports, ranged
from a high of 68 at San Diego yes
terday to a maximum of 96 at Sacra
mento. ; - i ,
Grand Patriarch
Of Encampments
Due Here Mofiday
Joseph E. Schweitzer, of Portland,
the grand patriarch of the Encamp
ments of Oregon,' will pay Star En
campment No. 31 an official visit
Monday evening at 8 o'clock. He
will have an Interesting message for
all members. Mr. Schweitzer has
been making visitations In Wallowa
county and! from La Grande he will
go to Union for a meeting Tuesday,
July 18.
seems appropriate for Ice, Young's Ice
Co. will bo the subject of the contest
next week.
With each passing week, more In
terest Is being shown in the contest.
First prize receives A3, second 2 and
third 1. Mrs. George Rlchardsun, of
803 Adams avenue, was second this
week and Neva Stein, of 1805 X ave
nue, was third.
In addition. Manager C. M. V.lghv.
cf the Liberty theatre, is giving a
(Continued on Page Six
Artist Divorced
By 'Model Wife'
Tjj
No longer a model for. McClel
land Barclay,- famed artist is
his beauteous wtfo;- tho " former
Hnlen Marie Haskin, above. A
Los Angeles court granted her
a divorce on the grounds of
cruelty.
180 Election Officials Selected
To Take And Count July 21 Vote
One hundred and eighty men and
women will be required to handle
the special election in Union county.
This group Is made up of election
officials, five to each of the 36 pre
cincts. There Is one chairman, one
judge and three clerks, andi In some
of the precincts, one of this group
is designated as "carrier."
The election will be conducted by
these 'officials, and when the vote
has been completed at 8 p. m. July
21, they also will count the ballots.
PRETTY SOFT
G. BELLINGER
WILL SPEAK
Program Arranged For
County Health Associa
tion Meeting at Union
13 COMMUNITIES
WILL TAKE PART
Meeting to Take Plase
Wednesday Evening,
July 19 on S. E. Miller
Lawn in North Union.
G. C. Bellinger, M. D., superinten
dent of the Oregon tuberculosis hos
pitals, and Mrs. Saldle Orr-Dunoar,
executive secretary of the Oregon
Tuberculosis association, will be the
principal ' speakers at a meeting of
the Union County Public Health as
sociation on S. E. Miller's lawn' at
Union, Wednesday, July 19. Com
munities which will be representvd
at the event are Allcel, Cove, Elgin.
Hilgard, Imbler, Island City, Kameia,
North Powder, Pondoso, Starkey,
Summervllle, Union and La Grande.
Everyone will furnish his own
lunch at the picnic, and coffee, cream
and sugar will be furnished. Serving
will be held from! 6:15 to 7:30 o'clock
when the program will be presented,
v - Program Announced -
The program will bo presided over
by H, J3. Dixon, president of tho as
sociation, antt wilf "'include:
"America'' Audience
Invocation Rev. R. C. Leo
Secretary's report. 1
Treasurer's report. ( ,
Introducing of county, chairman of
standing committees, W. C. Perkins,
advisory; H. A. Zurbrlck, finance; E.
A. Say re, educational; Mrs. L. Den
ham, nursing; Mrs. Georgo Lyman,
supply; A. W. Nelson, publicity.
(Continued on Pago Two)
p The 180 to'scrvc next Friday follow:
Allcel: Bruce Clark,' Harvey Ruok
man. J. A. Gasklll, Carl Fuller, S. G.
Ruckman.
Antelope: C. A. Hill, W. F. Titus,
Arcta Halsey, Wlllard Hill, G. V. Wil
kinson. Big Creek : P. J. Powers, James
Goble, Zena B. Wanker, Emma Dun
can, Dollle Landers.
Cove 1: Robert S. French, L. O.
(Continued on Pago Six)
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Hero la a map of the urea which Colonel and Mra. Lindbergh plan to
visit on their current flight into the Arctic. Yesterday they flew to
..Cartwright. Labrador, pictured near the lower center of the nuip. ;.
EEWORTH LEAGUE
INSTITUTE WILL
BEGIN ON SUNDAY
Thirty-two members of the Ep
worth Lcaue of tlie First Methodist
church plan to leave Sunday for
Wallowa lake to attend the annual
Institute of the -western district of
the Idaho conference. The Institute
will open Monday evening with a
"Get Acquainted Time," with Rev.
W. If. Hertzog, pastor of the local
church, presenting the keynote ad
dress in which he probably will out
line the objectives of the Institute
to have a good time, to Increase the
appreciation for the church and; reli
gious values, and to promote a wider
fellowship among young people.
Those who plan to attend from La
Grande are Oma Mae Herald, Lois
Broomfleld, Merrill Parker, Boyd
Jackson, Walter Dahl, William Gunn,
William Hesse, Keith Patten, Fred
Hertzog, Frank Tyler, Evorett Hyde,
Warren Lyle, Jack McClay, Orvllle
(Continued on Page Two)
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EL WOOD MEAD
COMING HERE
THIS SUMMER
Federal Executive' to In
spect Reclamation and
Flood Control Projects
Elwood Mead, commissioner of rec
lamation, expects to make a trip to
La Grande and Eastern Oregon In
the late summer or early fall.
Word to this effect has been re
ceived by Rep. Walter M. Pierce, con
gressman from La Grande. Previously
it had been hoped that Mr. Mead
would bo able to come to La Grande
earlier In tho summer, but the press
of new legislation will prevent this.
While visiting Eastern Oregon, ho
will bo conducted ovor tho various
reclamation and flood control proj
ects In this section of the state by
Rep. Pierce.
NAME PRINCIPALS
TO SERVE DURING
NEW SCHOOL YEAR
The La Grande High school will
be ready for occupancy by tho open
ing day of school, Sept. 11, while
Superintendent Herbert Evans plans
to move his office to tho building
during tho first week in August, It
was announced today. Mr. Evans,
who Is attending summer session at
the University of Oregon In Port
hind, will return to La Grande per
manently for tho winter on July 20.
Under the present plan, with the
approval of tlie school board, grades
from the first B through tho fifth B
will hold classes at Willow school
(Continued on Pugn Two)
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Jlfly II! (! lllslim flutt
er than a cent u bushel a iiilinrir,
wheat soared a tnfiAlmiim of 5
oenl,s today, mid nloseil wlilly. The
finish was within a 'dlt of the day's
lop, Sl.2:l'i. Just 1 under Mm Hol
lar and a quarter mark at which
many speculators had uImiimI as their
hnnicriinta olijcetlvo.
Almost ihe sole Influence upurcnt
for the sensational advance at prlMw
and for a seldom ftiu!lfd attendant
volume of dealings was trade foro
tmn that Canada's wheat production
this season would be approximately
:iu per cent It than last year. At
Hie day's peak, wheat was at the
highest point since reoruury, iw.iu.
. Closing quotation or wheat were
4'i5Wi above yesterday's finish,
with corn up. oats showing
Vi&Vt advance, mid provisions at n
rise of i! to 15 cents.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
; . . . .
KIDNAPING Fltll8TltATt;i
rillNCF LOSKS TOUKNKV
PORTLAND FRUIT CKNTKIt
.
CAPTAIN MKS IN OCEAN ...
NEW YORK, July ' IS (P) At
tempted kidnaping of Dr. Jacob
Wuchsmaii of Brooklyn for $10,000
ransom was frustrated toduy by po
lice, who fired several shots before
capturing tlie two alleged ubduotors.
The arrested pair Identified .them
selves as Michael Dlscolo, New York,
and Vincent Moscl, llrooklyn.
COOMBE HILL, SURREY, Eng.,
July 16 (IF) Th ih of Wales lost
the final match for the parliament
championship o and 4 today to
George Lambert, M. P., for South
Molton, Devonshire.
PORTLAND, Ore., July IS W Ills
clnsuro that trustees of Northwest
Fruit Industries, Inc., meeting at
Spokane, decided to make Portland
the business office or the organiza
tion, was made In a telegram re
ceived here last n Ik lit by Paul C.
Bates, chulrnum of the . agricultural
committee of the Portland chamber
of commerce.
NEW YORK, July IS VP) Oapt. P.
L. Sears went down with his burning
ship, the tanker City Service Petrol,
In the Atlantic orr Wilmington, N.
C, last night, while two other Amer
ican merchant ships stood by and
rescued 84 members of the crew. Two
other men wont down with Captain
Sears. They wlqro roportod killed
aboard before the ship sank.
CHICAGO, July 15 (IP) Mrs. Eve
lyn, Nesbt '.Thaw; ,Montaiil, former
wife, of Harry K. Tlutw, won' a .dl
Vcfrce tbilay from Virgl James Mon
tanl. formerlv her iiuiifimr iuw
Mrs.' Montjinl testified her husband
deserted her In:. 11)18, two years after
.their marriage,
YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Jlllv IB (m A
general wage Increase or IS per cent
u nu sieci mills In the Mahoning
UUd ShciiaillfO . vnlleva u-llli n
minimum wugo or 4() cents an hour
will go Into effect tomorrow, officials
oi me icuuing mills announced to
day. .
THREE-I PICNIC
TO BE HELD AT
PARK AUGUST 13
R. J. Kitchen, president of tho
Three-I association, is announcing
detailed plans for tho sixth annual
fiwhu oi tne lormer rcsldonts of In
diana, Illinois and Iown, which Is to
bo held, as Is their custom on tho
second Sunday In August. Tho exact
date In Aug. 13 and tho placo Is
Rlvcrsldo park. Tho attendance at
theso gatherings of folks from tho
middle west has been Increasing dur
ing tho years tho picnics havo been
held, hero and the officials and com
mltteo members aro expecting that
tho attendance this year may bo record-breaking,
Tho general plan for tho doy In-
(Continued on Togo Six)
EUROPEAN PEACE
PACT IS SIGNED
ROME, July 15 (At The four-power
European peace pact was signed
hero today by Premier Mussolini, and
representatives of France, Germany
and Great Britain.
The accord, which is designed to
gun ran too tranquility among Euro
pean countries for a period of 10
yearn, facilitates reduction of arma
ments and leads to improvement In
economic conditions, was given offi
cial approval In tho Duco's huge of
fice In the Palnzzo Vciiesila.
No chango wan made In the text
as initialed In the oamo offlco June
7.
Tho ratification of the treaty by
the four governments Is considered
assured.
! INQUIRING REPORTER I
I Kaeh day as the Inquiring Itcporter nukes the rounds two persons ,
! will be stopped at random on the street corner and naked som I
I Hirt Ion or the dny. Throupfli the courtesy or Manager C. M, Wight J,
t each Interviewed will he granted two complimentary tickets to the H
J Liberty Theatre. The current ntlraclion Is Zone Grey's "Sunset J
I rnss."
L L -
Is a federal police force the so
lution to gang terrorism?
Bernlco Wilson, 1611 Adams, says,
"Even In a federal police force there
would be graft and after all Just
because a man is a federal instead
of a state or county employo Is no
reason to believe that he is not go
ing to be susceptible to bribes and
WILEY POST
OUTTOBEAT
OWN RECORD
'Round -the - World; Flier
Hopes to Lower Mark He
and Gatty Made in 1931
DARIUS, GIRENAS r
START LONG TRIP
Two Take-Off For Lithu
ania Lindberghs at
Cartwright; Italian Fli
ers Leave Montreal ,
By The Associated Pmw
Two airplanes roared out over the
Atlantic frora1 New York today, one
of them attempting a record flight.
One, the Winnie Mae, was piloted
by Wiley Post,' who seeks to break
!the B days, 16 hours 'round -tlie- '
world record he made In 1031 with
Harold Gatty. ' The - other was the.
Lithuanica, Jointly piloted) by Cant.
Stephen Darius and Stanley Thomas
Gllenas, was headed foe Luthuanla,,
4000 miles away. .
' Post was supplied with expert ad- '
vice, supplies, and United States army
equipment; Darius and Girenas only
with 770 gallons of gasoline. Their
take-off with the- heavy. load was
considered one of the most difficult
feats in aviation. . 'J . .
Both planes took off from Floyd
Bennett field, the Winnie Mae at
4:10 and the Lithuanica at 5:24 a. m
Eastern Standard) time,
General Italo Balbo and. his squad
ron of 24' Royal Italian seaplanes, en,
route to Chicago, took off from Mont
real for Chicago today. , ,,: .
0oloneKd-tjrfrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh wore at ;Crtwrlght tabrador,
checking on landing base possibili
ties before continuing their mapping
of an aerial passenger toute from.
America to Europe.
Officers Prepare
To Press Search
For Kidnap Gang
' By The Associated Press ...
Elaborate efforts were under way
by authorities today to apprehend
kidnapers responsible for two abduc
tions that of- Lieutenant John J.
O'Connell Jr. In New York and that
of John Factor, Chicago speculator.
At the same time It was revealedi
that Chicago authorities were guard
ing 40 prominent citizens to prevent
attempted abductions, after Facior
had disclosed that the men who kid
naped him had a book of prospec
tive kidnap victims.
From Albany It was reported that
national guardsmen were prepared to
ongago In an extensive manhunt for
tholr kidnaped officer, Lieutenant
O'Connell Jr.-
"noon nkws" rkceivkd .
ALTON, 111., July 15 m Agents
negotiating for release of August
Luoi. 77-year-old banker, kidnaped
five days ago, announced today "good
news" had been received. ,
REP. PIERCE
TO SPEAK AT
THE DALLES
Tho onnual thrco-day convontlon
of 'tho Oregon Rural Mall Carriers'
association and auxiliary opened at
The Dalles yesterday with rural car
riers from all 8cot!on of the state
in attendance. The convention will
bo concluded Sunday at a plcnlo.
Rep. Walter M. Plorce, of La
Orandc, will address the association
today.
KITCHENS ON
WAYJTO EAST
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kitchen loft
this morning for Milwaukee whero
h fnr,or It niUlt OXaltcd Hller Of
the Elka lodge, will rcprcsont tho
local lodgo at ino navionai tu,..v..
tion, They also plan to attend tho
world's fair while In tho middle wost.
protection money 1 ;
Van Yatca, 1820 Z avenue, "I be
lieve in a speedy trial and a strenu
ous sentence for crimes against pity,
such as murder, kidnaping, etc. How
ever, so much stress shouldn't be
laid on smaller crimes and they
should be handled Immediately fol
lowing arrest."
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