Local Bank To Issue $100,000 In New Currency Here
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Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and ;
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 31
UASTKIIN OKEUON'S I.KAD1NO NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1933
MEMIltilt ASSOCIATION 1'KKSH AND A. II. C.
NUMBER 270
FOST FORGED- DOWN IN MMLOfO
tot
itwittng
FIRST BATCH
OF NEW BILLS
GIVEN TODAY
Local Institution Joins
Roosevelt Plan To
Aid Circulation.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
ARE BEHIND ISSUE
Acceptable in Payment of
All Obligations Bank
Receives Premium ,On
First Sheets.
I.a Grande started ofr today In do
ing Its urt In currying out the Itoose
veltluu mild form or lunation mid
' Increased circulation of currency
. throughout tile nation. Ten thou
sand dollars worth, the first consign
ment or $100,000 north ut the new
bunk notes ordered by the First Na
tional Bank or La tiramle. were re
ceived at the local banking houso and
are being placed in circulation In
tile city today.
Backed principally by government
bonds these notes, issued locally In
amount of $5. $10, and $20, are rec
ognized in payment of all obligations.
They bear the name of the Pirat Na
tional Bank of La Grande and. carry
the signature of David I. Stoddard,
president, and A. K. Parker, cashier,
along with the signatures of W. O.
Woodln, treasurer of the United
States, and E. E. Jones, register of
the treasury.
The local banking house has so-
(Continued on Puko Two) .
Advisory Board
Urges Approval
Of Bond Issues
"The reconstruction advisory board
wishes to urge the absolute necessity
of each of the bond Issues coming
up for vote this month passing by
a substantial vote of the citizens."
This was the word received here to
day from Burton E. Palmer, of Port
land, executive secretary of the state
board, which passes upon various pro
jects which are being boosted in Ore
gon for help from the federal public
works program. 1
- "In every case the amount which
has to be paid by the community
for the next few years, for the repay
ment of the 70 per cent borrowed
would be less than the cost of pro
viding the people hired at a dole rate
of 60 cents a day on a strict charity
basis," the- communication said,
pointing out that it has been made
plain at Washington that the govern
ment will no longer carry the entire
load of relief work, and that It is up
to communities to co-operate from
(Continued on Page Four)
RECRUITING IS
RESUMED, NAVY
OFFICER SAYS
Navy recruiting has again been re
sumed after a virtual shut-down since
tho first of. May, Recruiting Officer
C, E, Youuge, announced today. The
Portland district will have an Increas
ed quota for the months of August,
September and October and all able
bodied young men between the ages
of 17 and 26, Interested In what the
navy has to offer, may write or cal
at the local recruiting office in the
past office building.
While there has been an Increase
In the number of enlistments to be
made, there has, however, been no
lowering In the standard as regards
physical, moral and mental fitness,
the recruit officer adds.
ENGLISH SPARROWS?
FEW OF THEM HERE
What we commonly call the Eng
lish sparrow, isn't the English spar
row at all I In fact, there are very
few true English sparrows In this
section.
And the little birds that we com
monly call the English sparrow do
much more good than norm!
This Is undoubtedly real news to
hundreds of La Grander who have
wondered whether they should seek
to exterminate the little sparrows or
let them live.
Nephl P. Combs, who has spent a
great many years studying the bird
life of tills section, contributes trft
following article on this subject:
The little bird commonly called
WILL
ROGERS
r$gys:
SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 18
Mr. Roosevelt, most of your plans are
working, recovery Is slow, but Is fair
ly sure In most all lines. . .
But one gang beat the barrier, it
recovered entirely, ana is now re-re-coverlng.
I don't think I need re
mind you what "industry"' this Is.
I think a signal sign saying
"slow" on a street called Wall (placed
there by you personally in - order to
let 600 essential Industries catch up
to them) would be appreciated by all
other traffic headed for recovery-
It wouldn't be so bad, but these
are the same traffic violators who got
too far ahead and gummed up our
last parade. Yours,
ELECT WALZ
MODERATOR,
STATE SYNOD
Pastor of First Presbyter
ian Church of La
Grande is Honored
Rev. J. George Walz, -pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of La
Grande, today holds the highest posi
tion In the Presbyterian synod of
Oregon,
He was elected moc'erator of the
synod at a two-day meeting In- Al
bany, Ore., yesterday.' - '
Mr. Walz, after his. election, ap
pointed Rev. J. Stanley Jewell, of
Merrill, vice moderator. Rev. George
H. Wilbur was named temporary
clerk: Rev. D. A. Thompson! Portland,
stated clerk; Rev. William Large, Eu
gene, treasurer: Rev. J. Y. Stewart.
Albany, permanent clerk, and Rev.
J. Stanley Van Winkle, Prineville, rec
ording clerk.
During the convention it was stated
that church work is being greatly
curtailed and hampered by prevailing
economic conditions, but that Pres
byterians are carrying on, and in this
(Continued On Page Pour)
WESTERN UNION
PRESIDENT HERE
H. A. White, president of the West
ern Union, with headquarters in New
York City, was in La Grande this
morning en route from Seattle and
Portland to Salt Lake City In his
special car. He was accompanied by
Vice President W. C. TItley, in charge
of the plant department, and Vice
President J. C. Willever, In charge
of the commercial department. The
officials are .making a general survey
of the Western Union system.
While here. D. W. Hall, manager
of the local office, conferred with
the visiting officials.
PORTLAND CREDIT
OFFICE TO STAY
'"Do not contemplate at this time
moving the regional agricultural
credit corporation at Portland to Spo
kane," said a telegram received by
Congressman Walter M. Pierce from
Henry Morgenthau Jr. Mr. Pierce Is
opposcrv to such a move.
"In any event, full consideration
will be given to the matter of locat
ing these corporations where the pub
lic Interest will be beat served," the
telegram adds.
the "English Sparrow" Is possibly the
most well known bird to people who
live in the populated diBtrlctsrhey
seem to spend most of their time In
the streets and about our buildings.
Some people wonder what they find
to eat and If they are beneficial or
detrimental to society.
In our vicinity we have two fam
ilies of sparrows called English spar
rows. Their true names are the Tree
sparrow, (Splzella montlcola) and
the Chipping sparrow, (Splzella pass
erlna). These birds look very much
alike. The tree sparrow has a dark
spot on Its breast as an identlflca-
(Conttnaed on 'Page Four)
WILEY.POST
, .... .t
Wiley Post, ron nil -the-world flier
seeking to set a new globe girdl
ing record, Is in .Siberia now, more
than halfway around the earth,
lie left New York the other day
aeoomimnied only by a robot to
aid him In controlling the air
.plane and tho robot hasn't
iHieu much help so far, but he's
streaking away utter a new record
Just the same.
OREGON VOTERS
TO ACT FRIDAY;
LIGHT VOTE SEEN
Day after tomorrow Oregon voters
will go to the polls to vote on some
nine measures, and In La Grande a
tenth will be bofore the people that
of the Beaver, Creek, pipeline bond
Issue. . "
Most of the statewide Interest In
the election appears, to be centering
on three measures the proposed
sales tax, repeal of the 18th amend
ment and repeal of the state dry law.
in spite of interest in these three
Issues, as well as considerable Interest
In the others, predictions today
were that the vote would be between
40 and 60 per cent.
In Union county a light vote also
Is being expected, in splto of the
activity of several organizations and
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OPENS OFFICE .
AT TUCKETS
Miss Katheryn Moran has estab
lished her office as public stenog
rapher at the Tuckey Typewriter
company and is specializing In all
types of stenographic and duplicat
ing work. She will have mimeo
graphing, multigraphing and ditto
machine facilities.
INFLUENCE OF THE BUSINESS ETHICS CODES
BEFORE VOL) BUV "
this ca.r i wawt to WWf-'-i'Ai.i i.i.lu i KmmlMlw)
THE TROUBLE WEVE pfir W
THBSE ARE PRETTY
f d ' Tfrnt3 FAIR BERRIES, NAAJA,
f (rty ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE,
THE BEST OMGS ARE '
FROG HEAVEN
C.C.CCAMPi
TO BE OPENED
Building of Camp 40 Miles
West of La Grande is-;;
Nearing Completion
FORMAL OPENING -TO
BE SATURDAY
Camp Equipped With Fine
Water Supply; Most of
Purchasing is Done in
This City.
Tho citizens conservation camp at
Prcg Heaven, located about 40 miles
west of La Grande along tho Orande
Ronde river and in a place of thickly
wooded hills, Is now almost finished,
according to word received here.
The official opening will be held
Saturday, July 22, with a dance in
the mess hall.
The commanding officer, Captain
C. R, Rhoads, and First Lieutenants
Price and Cough Un are at the dis
posal of any visitors who might wish
to inspect the camp and, it might be
added, they will meet all visitors with
-r;'- of welcome.
Purchase Supplies Here
At -present this camp Is purchasing
practically all of its supplies In La
Grande, and army trucks smay -be
seen In the business district of this
city every day or so. -" .
The camp itself is located at the
end of a clearing and Is rapidly
nearing completion. The mess hall
iPn0njwpd on Pago Eighty
Queen Bee And
Her Tribe Visit
Portland Market
PORTLAND, July 19 (P) A
queen bee, whooping down Yam
hill street at the head of a group
formation of her stinging subjects,
threw Portland's public market
district into distinct disorder here
at the height of the late afternoon
traffic. Retailers exited by the
wholesale. Shoppers sought shel
ter. Motorists sped to safer zones.
And then the police came led by
Patrolman Ernest Seltzlnger. He
surveyed the scene, consultedi with
tho queen bee in that mysterious
manner known only to apiarists,
and soon had the entire swarm
buzzing Into a box. Only a few
Incidental casualties wcro reported.
mo, I'm mot stvwi nj pown
a.t the office to workt
IM GOING TO PLAV POKER
NEEP
; DEMPSEY AND
s i - ft
Jack llemiwey, former heavyweight champion, married Hun null Wil
liam, former wire of Koger Wolfe Kuhn, In Nevada yewterday. If
this picture of them Is any evidence, they nhuuld get along very
:r ' well together. , :
PIERCE EXPLAINS
HIS VIEWS ON 2
STATE MEASURES
Congressmen Walter M. Pierce Is
conducting a very active opposition
to the sales tax and the debt and
taxation limitations for municipal
corporations constitutional amende
ment both of which will be voted at
tho special election on Friday, July
21. The latter, which, If passed, will
require a two-thirds vote for muni
cipal corporations to Issue bonds Is
aimed against public water power,
Rep. Pierce says, Binco opponents of
public water power would be able to
marshal a sufficient number of voters
to kill any attempt to Issue bonds
to obtain power from publicly owned
corporations. Rep Pierce believes that
only a majority vote should be necca-
( Continued on Page Eight)
WE'LL, VOU REA.LLY
HA.VE AXL THE '
IMSURNCE VOU
RIGHT NOW
HIS NEW WIFE
CAMPAIGN TO
RAISE WAGES,
LIMIT HOURS
Special Industrial Advis
ory Board Approves
Johnson's Recovery Plan
WASHINGTON, July 10 The
special Industrial advisory board com
posed of cabinet members today for
mally endorsed tho plans of Hugh S.
Johnson, recovery administrator, for
a campaign to bring all Industry and
business quickly into wage-raising
and hour-limiting voluntary agrco.
ments. Johnson expects to have the
plan ready for the president within
i nours.
Changes In procedure from the
plans originally drawn were suggested
by Attorney General Cummlngs and
iiocrotary Wallace.
Tho board decided these should be
made and' General Johnson set about
revising the forms by which subscrib
ing firms will como under the guneral
limit.
After this he will take them direct
to -President Roosevelt for his final
approval.
Tho chief executive had Indicated
that he would rely chiefly on John
sou's judgment as to what Is needed
to make the recovery campaign suc
cessful.
' Johnon has indicated that separate
types cf agreement havo been arawn
ur for manufacturing industries,
business and trado organisations.
These agreements are to be In ef
fect temporarily until tho more de
liberate process of passing upon and
(ContUiued From Page Four)
Wheat Today j
CHICAGO, July l!i (!'; Sever sct
hnek of more Hum i:t cents a bushel
In wheat prlceM took place lute today,
with 'A ncntN drop In corn, Z ecu Is In
ost Is, 0 ccivtH In rya uud 5 renin In
haiicy,
I'll oliHcrvcrs mild tho breaks In
values wcro larncly tho result of read
justment of account urtcr nine duys
or Incessant speculative huyliiK by
the general public which disregarded
marketing conditions and the rela
tion of cash grain 4o futurm. The
market snapped under the strain or
overbought conditions.
Reports or hlg railing ofl in pur
chase or flour at Mlimcnimll con
tributed to the weakening of grain
values. Ilepnris also were current
that Ohio mills had stopiKii buying
wheat, whereas until reoently they
hud taken all country orierlnRs.
rsInnl quotations mi wheat were
nQl'y4v. under yesterday's finish,
corn 'AfyQtV down, ouls 2V,:e
otr, rye 1 1 'IS'iC. lower and pro
visions showing setbacks varying from
2c to B2c,
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
close FOitnoT ins gun
X. Y, l.EOISLATIJKE CALLED '
PAULEY ASKS KKI'KAL VOTE
KIDNAP Sl'Sl'ECT TAKEN
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 1!) Rev.
K. E. Close, superintendent of the
Oregon Aii(l-Muor Ieugue, revealed
today that throughout Ills alleged
abduct Ion by two men Sunday night.
his own revolver rested In the lde
IMteket of tils automobile In which
the two men reputedly drove him
over country roadH. When police,
frankly skeptical of lilt story, asked
liim today why ho did not use the
weapon during the several excellent
opport unit lew, he replied that lie for
Rot It was In the mr. .
ALBANY, N. Y July 19 VP)
Governor Herbert H. Lehman Issued
a proclamation today calling the New
York legislature into extraordinary
Bcssion next Wednesday primarily for
the purpose of helping New York
City raise new unemployment relief
funds.
PORTLAND, July 10 W) Jaincfl
A. Furh'v. rJmirmnii of the Demo
cratic, national committee, declared
in it toli'irniiii received here today
that" "It Ls highly essential that Ore
gon votca overwhelmingly hi favor
nt repeal this week."
ST. I.OUIS. July 10 OT Depart
ment or Justice iiKentH today arrested
I'runk DouiiliLi, -)1, a second suspect,
ok they, pressed InvcstlKUtlon of the
kidnaping and Inter rcleuse ot August
l.ucr, 77-yeur-old Alton, HI., banker.
WASHINGTON, July 19 ( Dr.
George Otis Smith today resigned ns
chairman of the federal power com
mission at tho request of President
BoQscjvelt, who designated Opmmis
sloner Frank ii.' McNInch, of North
Carolina, as his successor.
18 STATES VOTE
FOR REPEAL OF
18TH AMENDMENT
Dy the AKKocltcd Tress
Arkansas and Alabama, first states
ol the "solid south" to speak on the
prohibition amendment, have voted
foi its repeal.
Approximate audi Incomplete fig
ures showed today that Alabama fav
ored repeal by about two to one. The
vote for repeal in Arkansas was threo
to two.
Yesterday's vote brought tho num
ber of states on record for repeal to
10, with prohibitionists yet to scoro
their first victory.
Tennessee voters will register their
decision tomorrow, with Oregon fol
lowing Friday. Thirty-six states must
vote for repeal If the prohibition
amendment Is to be nullified.
15 Others to Vote
Tn addition to Tennessee and Ore
gon, IS states have fixed definite
dales before early November to vote
on repeal.
States tha' have voted for repeal
are: . '
iContlnued on Puko Eight)
GILBERT HAUGEN
PASSES IN IOWA
NORTH WO D, la., July 10 (P) OU
bert N. Haugeu, 74, veteran Iowa con
gressman who spent 34 years In the
national houso of representatives as
a chairman of agriculture, Is deadb
The holder of the record for longest
continuous membership in the na
tional house succumbed to heart dis
ease and complications late yesterday.
Best known of his laborious en
deavors for farm relief Is his co
authorship of the McNary-Haugen
measure In which ho collaborated
with Senator Charles L. McNary of
Oregon.
Haugcn was one of many Republl
can leaders who went down to de
feat In tho Democratic landslide !ast
fall.
I INQUIRING
Eooli day ns the Incinlrliit; Reporter makes the rounds two person
J will he slopped at random on tne street corner ana asuea some i
question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight j,
each Interviewed will lie granted two complimentary tickets to the b
J I.M.i-rly Tlimlrr. The current attraction Is Waller Huston hi "(lanrlol
Over the While Mouse." ,
Wheat, which h.is been steodlly
rising In price, took a fall of from 10
to 12 cents today.
Lyle Klc'Ole. 1300 Eighth street,
says, "Reduction of wheat acreage,
whllo It would not eliminate siwcu
latlon on the market, would hold the
prlco more nearly firm with fewer
radical changes If wheat would got
WEATHER BAD
AND AVIATOR
LOSES TIME
Win n i e Mae Damaged
Slightly by Brushing
Trees Before Landing.
ITALIAN FLIERS '
L GOTHAM TODAY
News From Moscow Saysi
Plane Will Start For,
Alaska Tomorrow Withi
Mattern as Passenger. ;
MOSCOW,. July 19 (ff) WUejfc
Post landed fit Rukhlovo, Siberia, at
2:32 p. m. today (6:32 a. m. E. S. T.)
bad weather preventing him contlnu- "
ing on to Blagoveschensk on hla
round-the-world flight.
Post left Irkutsk at 7 a. m. Moscow
time proposing to. go to Blagove
schensk, 1000 miles to the east, and
was sighted at three points along the
route during the day. ;
Shortly before reaching RuXnlovb,
the American airman was forced to
fly so low, because of weather condi
tions, that his monoplane - Winnie
Mae brushed the tree tops and wu
slightly damaged. v -
Despite the damage to his plane.
Post made a perfect landing at Rukh
lovo. The filer, however, was very near
exhaustion. ;
LEAD IlKDUCED ,
TDtrrTtTOltf QlVU.U . l..t.. tn int ill-
lead over his 101 record having been
mitt.. aX,Uvltf i- Whi.ut.:ltH1iM m
mlnttfna tVllAV Pruaf. unnmarl l.f 'r '
Irkutsk today towards Blagoveschensk
nearly 1000 miles eastward, , on the
sixth Jap of his world flight.
Bad weather, which caused him to
lose precious hours on the Jaunt from.
Moscow to Novosibirsk, again dogged
him,, and forced him to stay here,
longer than he wanted to.
ITALIANS IN NEW YORK
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, Now
York, July 10 (P) The Italian air
armada, homeward bound, completed
the first lap of the return Journey to
Italy this afternoon, arriving front
Chicago.
Police estimated! the welcoming
crowd at 30,000. Many American
planes swung through the air in es
cort to the foreign filers and the air
ship Macon hovered nearby.
NEWS FROM MATTEKN ' ,-.
MOSCOW. July Iff (P) A dispatch
from Khabarovsk," Siberia, reported
toduv that Pilot Levanovskv 1 under!
at Anadyr yesterday and plans to
tftko off with Jlmmie Mattern, the
American who was stranded there,
for Alaska tomorrow.
Levanovsky was dispatched from:
Khabarovsk by Soviet air officials to
get Mattern and return him. to United
States soil.
Officials Fear
That 0'ConnelI
.Maybe Murdered
ALBANY, N. Y., July 10 OT Dis
trict Attorney John T. Delnney no) I
today ho was becoming fearful that
John J. O'Connell Jr., kidnaped 13
days ago, would not be returned to
his family. Dolaney added that "the
tlmo limit lor the boy's safety has
about been reached."
Pittsburgh Paper
Hoys Go On Strike
PITTSBURGH, July 19 (fl1) Streets
wcro littered today with papers torn
up by striking nowBboys as police
guarded tho plants of all three Pitts
burgh newspapers and held 19 per
sons. Newsboys selling on the streets
were protesting an Increase In the
price cliorgcd them for papers from,
2 to 2.50 a. hundred.
1
REPORTER
down to a domestic basis. I am In
favor of reduction of acreage be
cause It seems to be the only way
to raise the price or wheat."
John Spcckhart, 1015 Fifth street,
say, "Reduction of acreage seems to
bo a solution It It Is world wide. I
think It can bo worked out all ovor
tho world nnd will subsequently
raise tho prlco of wheat."