City Will Vote on Beaver Creek Bond Issue Friday
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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.
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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
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STILL
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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," - (!
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