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City Will Vote on Beaver Creek Bond Issue Friday 1 Ha fenuV lEtittttti I . WEATHER FOHECAHT ' Only Newspaper . Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties Ores on: Fair tonight and Friday; ruing temperature In the Interior; moderate north winds, Locut weather j J Wednesday) max 80, mtn 57. Clear. I auuuy; nun $ u. in. vu, viair, VOLUME 31 1USTI.HN OHKUON'S LEADING KEWSIMI'EK LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1933 MtiMIIKK ASSOCIATED I'llKSg AND A. II. C. NUMBER 271 POST MIKES ALASKA o 9 STILL ft LA GRANDE TO VOTE FRIDAY ON PROJECT Question of Beaver Creek Pipeline Reconstruction 'Wi Submitted to People. WOULD GIVE WORK TO MANY JOBLESS Practically all of Recon struction Would Be Done By Hand Labor, X . City Manager States. CITY MANAGER'S STATEMENT In answer to questions relative to the Beaver Creek pipeline and power plant bond Issue which will be before La Grande voters to morrow at the special election, City Manager A. McAllister today Issued the following statement: "Should It be found that either the power plant clause or any other Item In the proposed bond issue of 257,000 be not necessary, no bonds would be Issued for this part of the project, and such un issued bonds would be referred back to the voters at the next election for cancellation. The main thing is to approve the bond Issue so as to put La Grande In line to receive federal money that may be forthcoming for this pro ject, and to thus enable us to put unemployed men to work at a fair wage. It Is certain no more bonds will be Issued than Is necessary and 30 per cent of the total money spent would be -an outright grant from the federal government and would not have to be repaid." ' La Grande and Union county voters will go to the polls tomorrow from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. to decide on repeal of the 18th amendment, the sales tax and several other measures In a spe cial election. In La Grande, in addition, there will be a bond issue of $257,000 on the ballot for reconstruction of the Beaver Creek pipeline and construe. tion of a power plant In connection therewith. The plan is to sell the bonds to the federal government un der the public works program which (Continued on Page Six, Mercury Drops To 47 Above In City Last Night Warm weather experienced the last several days suffered a relapse yes , terday when the maximum dropped to 80 above, nine degrees cooler than the previous day. Also, the mini mum temperature last night was 47 above compared with 57 above the night before. The 47-above mark -was the coolest night In La Grande since July 1. Although there were a few clouds early Wednesday, the sky since then has been clear. The weather forecast today Indi cates a continuance of clear skies with rising temperatures In most of 'Oregon tomorrow. EIGHT CASES OF DISEASES There were eight cases of com municable diseases In Union county during the last week, according 'to state board of health, tabulations re leased today. Four were cases of scarlet fever and there was one case each of the following: measles, flu, tuberculosis and pneumonia. Wallowa county had but two cases of disease, both typhoid fever. 182 LA GRANDERS PAY INCOME TAX In spite of economic condiilom, there are -many scores of l.a (iranders and residents of Vnlnii county who still command a large salary. One 'hundred and eighty-two Iji Grande residents paid a gov rriimenl Income tax last year, It was learned today. The treasury department at Washington hnt IxMied a ntntrmmt Riving the figures for the payments. In I'lilnn county '-'- paid In come taxes.- Fourteen were from WILL ROGERS BEVERLY 1IJ Cal.. JulV 19 I guess Dempsey's got a cheerful little earful. , ' ; I guess Balboa (the only young man that ever looked well in whiskers) is flying somewhere. .. .-.W ' I guess the photographers to the London conference are breaking up all the plates they exposed there. I guess Alabama and Arkansas voted to show their natives that there was bourbon as well as corn, that all whisky was not white, I guesB our great little Oklahoma flier is ahead of his record. . ; I guess California (as usual, to be the biggest) passed the highest sales tax rate of the whole 48. , , . " I say I guess al! these things, for they are not In any of the papers. Nothing can get In a paper when Bister. Almee Is In, so we are all practically Isolated from the world for the next couple of weeks. Yours, 110 ATTEND HEALTH MEET ONTHURSDAY Association '. Hears Talks By Several Speakers at ' Session Held at Union ; One hunttted and ten people;, who. 'when the roll ocomjnuntUuK was called slgnlfiod they were from Cove, Elgin, Hilgard, slond City, Aledtcal Springs, Union, Mt. Glen, North Pow der, La Grande and Umatilla county, attended the annual county picnic of the Union County Healtlf associa tion held last evonlng on the beau tiful lawn about the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Miller at Union. The festivities of the evening started with a picnic supper ' with the visitors seated at long tables spread on the electrlcaly-llghted lawn. H. E. Dixon, president of the county organization, presided c'mrlng the evening and announced the program numbers which opened with the sing ing of "America" by the entire group and the Invocation, pronounced by Rev. R. C. Lee, Methodist minister at Union. In his Intioductory re marks, the presiding officer spoke of the recent reorganization of the county, accomplished during the visit of Miss Flannagan state health nurse, (Continued on Page Throe) UNION-PONDOSA TELEPHONE LINE TO BE IMPRO VED Chances to be made In the tele phone line between Pondosa and Un ion, which connects with the West Coast Telephone Co. system at Union, will result In much better service and reduction In charges from a total of 75 cents to 15 cents a call. This was learned Wednesday when a delegation from Pondosa and Un ion visited La Grande in connection with reconstruction plans. Included In the delegation was H. K. O'Brien, J. O. McPetridge and P. J. Powers, of Pondosa, and Louis Bidder and Irvln Hess, of Union. The present line Is somewhat of a makeshift nature and service Is not particularly good. Since the highway from Union to Pondosa has become a secondary state highway, some changes have been made, and It was decided by the 15 subscribers of the telephone cotipany to reset poles, in stall new and better wire and change (Continued on Pago Seven l:nlon, seven from Elgin and the remainder were scattered over the county. linker county reported 331 lay ing Income taxes, four more than In I nlon county, hut In the cltv or linker 171 paid, 11 less than In La Grande. 0 In the state as a whole, 18.1 ((I paid lntome taxes compared with 2-1,300 for the previous year. Tars paid by Individuals amounted to $73I,.1.V2 compared with JI.:U!l,.Vi() for the previous year. MOOSE HEAD Iff I W 1 Albert . Snrtorl, of Spokane, Wash., lias been selected as su preme dictator of the Loyal Order bf Moose. Ills duties will begin on Sept. 1. 500 GATHER AT PARK FOR PIONEERMEET Early. Settlers'" 6f Valley Honored Dunham Wright Re-elected. . ... Dunham Wright, the sago of Medi cal Springs, was again unanimously elected to serve as president of the association today when more than 500 pioneers and their -sons and daughters met at the Riverside park for the annual picnic sponsored for the early settlers by the Sons and Daughters of Union County Pioneers. Mr. Wright, who Is 92 years old, has (Continued On Page Pour) 'The Aftermath' Presented Here At M. E. Church Henry B. Hnll and Judge M. C. Summers, displayed powerful his trionic talent in their presentation of "The Aftermath" In the auditorium of tho Methodist church here last night. The drama -debate, as It is termed ( Continued on Page Eighty 1029 ANY SPECULATOR 1W WCUL CITY BONDS OF $36,500 ARE RETIRED Audit Company Compli ments Commission on Payments Since Jan. 1. INDEBTEDNESS NOW, STANDS $686,791.87 Small Tax Turnover Re ceived From County Last Week and Sept, 1932 Warrants Called.; The semi-annual audit of the city books, conducted, this month by the Conda J. Hamm Audit Co., of Port land, was last night accepted at the city commission. The audit found everything In excellent condition and also complimented the city for its re tirement of a total of $36,600 In bonded indebtedness between Jan. 1 aiftfTTr3u, 1833,. Since then anad difct ''. '"00 In' general obligation boiH.Jr sen. retired. The bond retirements follow : water works betterment 6000; sewer exten sion $3000; fire department $1000; storm sewer $1000; Second street pipe- (Continued From Page Four) -, Child Welfare r Is Subject Of Luncheon Talk A MTpit SaUiJ Qrr-Dunbar, exeputlye secretary " of 'the Oregon' Tuberculosis association, was the prlnciptl speaker at the regular meeting of the Rotary club In the La Grande" hotel Wednes- day noon. She was Introduced by H. E. Dixon, president of the Union County Health association. Mrs. Dunbar spoke on the subject, "Is it Well With the Child?', and revealed a wealth of facts and In formation which shows that the United States still has a tremendous amount of work to do along educa tional and welfare lines before It can (Continued on Page Four) C. HUNGERFORD RITES FRIDAY The funeral of Charles W. Hunger ford, who passed away early Wed nesday morning, will be held from the chapel of Walker's Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Rev. A. J. Starmcr. pastor of tho Methodist church, South, in charge of tho services. Burial will bo in I. O. O. F. cemetery. WHAT NEVER? WEVEK AJjAHN "r m In 'Scientific Baby' Limelight rr lr ( : ': ' bfc.k. Uft ;p ,!lww - - . , .... : - .'.'.- Here are new pictures ol the amajlng "scientific birth" story made public In Los Angeles through a suit for division of an estate, Mrs. Mate Hommel, below, suing her divorced husband, testi fied that when she and a former husband could have no children, they were given them through. a scientific practice by a Detroit . physician, the father being a man with whom she never had lived. Above are the three daughters "5 Jane, Gale and Helen.- SCOUT COURT OF HONOR, PICNIC ON FRIDAY EVENING The summer Bov Scout' court of honor and' picnic will bo held at Pino Gone tomorrow evening with an In torestlng program of events arranged. Norman Frees Is chairman of the court of honor, badge awards will toe made by A. W. Nelson, Harvey Carter and C. H. Reynolds and David B Stoddard will speak of the scout con- ( Continued on Page Six) Returns $10 He Received By Error of 1918 BROWNSVILLE, Pa., July 20 (P) A. Morrow, manager of a groc ery, approached a customer with that what-can-I-do-for-you look. The customer handed him a $10 bill saying: "One of your clerks gave me $10 too much In 1018 when I .bought a it of flour." Then he walked out. WET LEADERS PREDICT 21 OREGON VOTE Anti-liquor Organizations Agree; Have no More Than 'Fighting Chance PORTLAND. Ore., July 20 (!) Wet leaders today predicted a repeal vote of two to cr.o In Friday's voting on repeal of national and state prohibi tion In Oregon. Thoso heading antt llquor organizations seemed agreed that they had no more than "a fight ing chance" in tho balloting. A comparatively -light vote was forecast. Registration was about 10 per cent less than for the general election last November. Some prohibition leaders, said pri- (Contlnucd on Page Six GENERAL BALBO SEES ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, July 20 (flj Presi dent Roosevelt rccclvoO deneral Halo Bnl bo and tho officers of tho Italian flying armada at tho White Houho today. IU;t,li;K MATTIiltN ON WAY WASHINGTON July 20 fit Of ficers of the United States coast guard cutter Northland advised head quarters today they believed Jimmy Mattorn, round-the-world avlntor, had departed from Anadyr, Siberia, for Nome, Alaska, In a Russian sea plane. PLAY WILL BE . STAGED FRIDAY The j; H. Ackcrman Training school will enjoy a play tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the weekly assembly. The play will be directed by student teachers, supervised by Miss Flor ence Day. director or dramatics at the Normal school. Wheat Today J CIIHMdO, July 20 fh Wheal rwi to 1)1) cenlH u liusltcl today and only fine delivery May milled to close uliovn $1. Three Ncptinile onlhmikH of pan icky selling of speculative holdlnyn of wh'il look place, one at tho opening, another about noon ami a third as the market elosefl. The severest break In any delivery of wheat mm in Seph'mlMT conlnu ts, n Iosh of 1? (ten In compared with yw(crday. Coincident wll h the latest dnnn wanl pluiipe were report that the ad ministration wo considering meas ureH for tho regulation of the coun try's exchange. Wheat rimed excited, at prices nmglng Trom the clay's bottom fig ures to :iC above. Uist quotntlons Hern VI to Hie under yesterday's fin ish for wheat, nlth corn 1 1 ; g to MHc down, outs (iM to H' .v off and pro visions hhoWIni; :tV; to ?l.br) iIh'IIiip, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME 'WHEAT SLUMPS; U. S. ACTS TKNNIS CHAMP WK LOOMED 7 : JOHNSON PEItFECTS PLAN MKC. HULL MAKING FIGHT WASHINGTON, July 20 (D Secre tary Wallace said today tlwt he had been. Instructed by President Roose velt to restore the requirements by which grain exchanges must report long or short accounts beyond . cer tain amounts ut the close of each day's trading. . v NEW YORK, July 20 Accom panied by two Seal y ham Terriers, Helen, Wills Moody returned today from her latest tennis conquests at Wimbledon, to receive the welcome and attention cliaracteristlcally given to the California queen of the courts. WASHINGTON, July 20 Cff)r Fore seeing a crisis In the recovery pro gram unless popular purchasing pow er Is stepped up to keep pace with rising prices, Industrial Administrator Hugh 8. Johnson today perfected the plan for nation-wide adoption of minimum wages and working , hour limitations. Only approval by. Presi dent Roosevelt awaits promulgation of the drastic proposition, . - LONDON, July 20 (P) Secretary of State Cordell Hull was described In high American circles today as mak ing a vigorous fight behind the scenes of the world economic conference to preserve the goneral principles of President Roosevelt's truce on tariff changes. SALEM, July 20 (P) sound and worknhlo plan of reorganization can not he effected by stockholders or (lie Union Havings & Loan associa tion now as Is being proposed, Charles li: Carey, state corporation conunlsV sloner,,,toilayi,iutirnietV.8hureiolde BONNEVILLE DAM SITE FAVORED BY ARMY ENGINEERS PORTLAND, July 20 P) Congress man Charles H. Martin announced today the board of army engineers has recommended the Bonneville site for the first dam to be constructed on the Columbia river as a part of tho project for Improving navigation and providing power. It Is B0 miles upstream from Portland. Although details of tho construc tion plan were not received today, United States engineers estimated the cost of the Bonneville dam at $43,000,000. The power supply avail able would bo equivalent, they said, to 560,000 horsepower. No serious construction difficulties are anticipated. The Cnm will cross tho shoro arm of tho river almost squarely and continue across the main channel at an angle. Tho estimated cost of $43,000,000 would Include navigation locks and power generating equipment,, Representative Martin aald appro priation for tho construction, with a minimum of 'delay, is virtually as sured by reason of President Roose velt's altitude on tho development, and that he fully approves such a dam. Six Arrested In Connection With Luer Kidnaping ST. LOUIS. July 20 (P) Solution of tho kidnaping for ransom of August Luer, 77-year-old Alton, 111., banker, was claimed today with the arrest of four men and two women. Chief of Police Joseph Gerk saldt tho case was "cleaned up" In a raid on the farm home, near Madison, HI., of Michael and Anna Musi a la. and following tho admission of Percy Michael Fitzgerald, an ex - convict, that "I'm right for this Job, you've got mo." Police and department of Justice men co-operated in tho re puted cleanup of tho case. (Continued on Page Five INQUIRING Vnnh tan n a lis Innnlrlns l)annri Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will he stopped at random on the street corner and asked some I n4iestlon of the day. Throiijfh the courtesy of Manager C, M. Wight each Interviewed will he granted two complimentary tickets to the I Liberty Theatre. The current attract Inn Is Walter Huston In "tinhrlcl l Over the White House." L - From Chicago and New York come with renewed horror stories of gang land killings which injure and en danger children and adult citizens. Mrs. Jack Hlatt Sr.. 1800 Washing ton, says, "One solution Is to put the country under martial law, but an other solution Is the strict and rtgl:l enforcement of the laws which wo ROUND-WORLD FLIER OVER NOME TODAY Oklahoma Globe Girdler Conquers Fog and Rain in Hop' From Siberia. HEADS HIS PLANE TOWARD FAIRBANKS Ab Nome Post's Margin Over the Old Record! Was 30 Hours, 29 MinvAJ ; ': utes, Check Reveals. t '.' SEATTLE. 'July 20 (m Wiley Vast new over Kulty, about 200 ml lot mat of Kulrbankn, ut 1:30 p. m., p. 8. T. today. . - SEATTLB, July 20 m Wiley Post. . Oklahoma 'round-the-world rller, pnflseel "over Nome at 7:30 a. m-j (Nome time) today, tho rj, 8. army signal corps- was advlsedi by Its sta tion there. t The signal message merely said that the flier had passed over Nome. It was not known whether he would land or would continue. Post's plans for a landing at Fairbanks 500 miles east of Nome, . where preparations have meen made for refueling his fast plane for Its next flight to Ed monton, Alberta.. i Post left Khabarovsk, Siberia, at 8:68 p. m Nome time, yesterday' and thus had taken about. 10V4 hours on his Jump across the perilous Bering sea Btretch. ... :.. j .j NOMB, AlaBka, July 20 "im Con-' ftuprlng .fae and.. . ralnjji Wiley Post Oklnhoman globe girdler, flashed over Nome at 7:30 a.m., (Nome time) to- . dny and headed) his fast plane tho Winnie Mae, toward Fairbanks, 600 miles Inland. At Nome Post had Increased his margin over the Post-Oatty record by 13 minutes, maklng"hls lead 30 hours, 29 minutes. Post's elapsed time since ho took off from New York was 130 hours, 20 minutes. Post and Qatty had used up 160 hours, 49 minutes when thoy reached Solomon,, near Nome, In 1031. Wallowa Farmers Solving Problem WALLOWA (Special) Exchange of work between farmers of the com munity is helping to reltove the short ago of help quite noticeable hero since tho start of haying operations, Somo of the haymen are finding the use of buck-rakes and other labor saving ways of handling the nay quite a help In the rush. First cuttings of alfalfa are said to be heavier than for a number of years. Much of the first crop has bcon stacked and water ( Continued on Page Five) Today's Baseball National League i i : R. H. E. Now York '. 6 12 , 3 Pittsburgh fl 9 3 Batteries: Parmeleo. Luquo and Mancuso; Swift, Molne and Graco. . R. H. E. Philadelphia 1 11 2 Chicago - .... 10 14 0 Bnttorloa: Holloy, Plckrell, Ltska and Davis; Tinning and Hartnott. American Lcaguo ,-; B. H. B. Detroit 1 0 Washington : 0 4 0 Batteries: Bridges and Hayworth: Crowder, Burke and Sewoll. R. H. E. Cleveland - 3 7 0 Now York 13 4 Batteries: Harder and Pytlak; Gomez and Dickey, i . n. H. B. St. Louis 8 10 1 Philadelphia 6 10 0 Batteries: Stiles and Shea; Grove and Cochrane. REPORTER I mobiM tti Mimila n naHAtll I already have, not only in the cities of New York and Chicago but In Oregon as well. The fault Isn't In the laws but in the enforcement and punishment for breaking them." Charles E. Hlldebrand, 1303 Ohorry, says. "The on!y thing to do with gangsters is to hang them all, because you can't ro to far with, a gangster," - (! si I
