Defeats Sales Tax; Repeal Carries By 2 to 1
I WKATHEK FORECAST J
Oregon: Overcast on coast, other-
I wine fair tonight, Sunday: tempera-
I tura unchanged ; nannul tempera- !
J turns next week. Local weather Frl-
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Covering Union and
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VOLUME 31
E.VS1EHN OKEUON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1933
MKMIiEK ASSOCIATED PHESS AND A, II. C.
NUMBER 273
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CITY VOTES
FOR PROJECT
OVER 2 TO 1
Unofficial Count For 11
Precincts in La Grande:
Yes, 1012, No 497.
NEXT STEP TO GET
GOVERNMENT 0. K.
Officials to Move Soon to
Get Federal Approval
of $257,000 Pipeline,
Power Plant.
Upsetting the belief held
by many that the city bond
.issue proposal would fail, the
plan to reconstruct the Beaver
Creek pipeline and build a city
power plant at a cost of $257,
000, passed Friday by a hand
some majority by a vote of
more than two to one. The
unofficial complete count was
1012 to 497 in, favor of the
bonds.
Approval of this Issue means that
the city, providing It can get approval
of the plan from, the federal govern
ment will rebuild the pipeline and
erect a power plant to pperato In
connection with the pipeline and to
serve power for the city building, li
brary, ornamental street lights, sew
age disposal plant, city pumping
plant, .
30 Per Cent Grant '
c" Only 70 per cent of thebondswul'
be repaid under the National Recov
ery act plan, the government, to pay
for 30 .per cent of the project as an
outright grant, ;
The project was favored largely for
two reasons, because the ( Beaver
Creek pipeline musti be replaced any
how within a few years, and second,
because of unemployed men of this
community.
' Olty officials have said that 11 fed
eral assistance cannot be obtained,
the bondB will be referred back to
the voters for cancellation; also, any
unused portion of the 'bonds will be
(Continued, on Page Six
Two Plays Are
Staged Friday
At School Here
Two plays, "Nevertheless" and "The
Proud Princess," were presented Fri
day by students of . the Ackernuin
Training school under the direction
of Miss Gladys Billings and Miss
Gladys Owens of tho play production
class at the Eastern Oregon Normal
school of which Miss Florence Day is
supervisor. Children from grades 2,
3, 4 and 6 took part In the produc
tions. "Nevertheless," by Stuart Walker,
included the following cast; Marvel
Fallow, a girl; Paul Hyde, a boy;
Bernard Burnett, a burglar; Janice
Lyon, prologue; James Dial, device
bearer. ; , 1
"The Proud Princess" waa present
ed by the following: .
King, Merldee Moore; queen, Jean
McCroskey; proud princess, Jean
Bowser; 1st lady -In-waiting, Virginia
Ftnley; 2nd lad y-ln-waiting, Betty
(Continued on Page Two)
REPORTS TIRE,
WHEEL STOLEN
Claude Beale reported to the police
yesterday that a aorta dies wheel and
tire for .a two-ton truck was stolen
from him near the rear of the Claude
Wright implement house. The police
are investigating the case.
MRS. KAAPCKE WINS
ESSAY CONTEST
Young's Ice company, the subject
of this week's Merchants' Essay and
Misspelled Word contest, proved a
very popular subject and several
score essays and lists of corrected
words were received. Judging final
ly resulted In the selection of the
essay written by Mrs. Ophelia
Kaapcke, 1613 Sixth street, La Grande
being awarded first prize.
Next week's contest, announced
elsewhere in today's Observer, will
feature the Reynolds Insurance
agency, :
Interest In the contest, which was
WILL
ROGERS
SALINAS,' Cal., July 21 Say, 1 got
kinder mixed up on my per cent in
the paper thla morning. I said liquor
tax should be.50 per cent. Well I am
going to raise you another 60, 1 meant
100 per cent, you dont mind that lit
tle raise, do you?
Say, those old moonshiners In Ten
nessee came pretty 'near protecting
their industry In yesterday's election,
didn't they? '
What did I tell you about that lit
tle one-eyed Oklahoman boy, he is
a hawk, ain't he? He holds the
doubles and singles championship
now. If ho ever decides to make up
a foursome to go round, I will take
out a ticket with htm '
This is Salinas' big day, the king
of California rodeos here Is where
you see the old California boys with
the long rawhide rlatos. Beautiful
flight here by the Seaboard Air Line.
Yours, ( . .- :
SCOUT COURT
HED FRIDAY
AT PINE CONE
Big Event of Summer At
tracts Many; Badges
Awarded Several Scouts
The summer Boy; Scout court of
honor and picnic was held last night
when-awards' werevmadei to several
scouts for various activities at Pine
Cone. It was a very successful event.
Norman Frees acted as 'chairman of
the court of honor and badge awards
were made by other members of the
scout board, David B. Stoddard spoke
on the scout conclave at Salt Lake
City recently which several of the
La Grande boys attended.
(Continued on Page Four) ,
CLOSE VOTING ON
REPEAL MEASURE
IN WALLOWA AREA
Wallowa county, with.' two-thirds
of its 21 precincts reported before
noon today, saw repeal leading by a
slight margin, a more than ,two-to-one
vote against the sales tax, and
the oleo tax bill enjoying a 3 to 2
lead.
Fourteen precincts gave the follow
ing vote:
A. W. Eggleson (wet delegate) 618;
D. H. Maglll (dry delegate) 4G8.
Federal repeal: yes 688, no 509.
Bonus amendment: yes 551, no 410.
County manager plan : yes 246, no
712.
Grand jury change: yes 378, no 528.
Two-thirds bond vote: yes 356, no
491. .
State power bonds: yes 327, no 5o0.
Sales tax: yes 330, no 816.
State repeal: yes 604, no 504.
Oleo tax: yes 697, no 403.
PROGRAM FOR
CHURCH GIVEN
At the Baptist church Sunday
morning, the pastor will speak on
"The Winning Minority." Special
music will be sung by the choir.
The subject for the evening ser
mon will be "Immortality." The ser
mon will be preceded by a song ser
vice. The hours of services are: Bible
school, 0:46; morning worship, 11:00:
young people's meeting, 7:00: evening
worship, 8:00; Thursday evening pray
er meeting, 8:00.
good from the very start, Is growing
with each passing week. Three prizes
are offered, cash amounting to M,
$2 and tl.
The winner of second ,rize this
week was Carlylc Nibley, 2C10 Cove
avenue, La Grande, and third prize
went to Mrs. Malda L. Stevenson, of
Joseph, Ore,
Honorable mention was given to
Lulu Weeks. P. O. Box 8. Cove; Mrs.
Oscar Poarch, 2006 Cedar street. La
Grande; Emery Hartley, Cove, and
(Continued on Pago Two)
Post Starts Long
SALES TAX
SWAMPED BY
OREGON VOTE
Proposed Tax, Referred
to People , by Legisla
ture, is Beaten Badly
LOCAL VOTE FIVE
TO ONE AGAINST
One Cove Prtecinct Turns
Down Plan 87. to 2
Union . County Votes
Against Oleo Tax. ' r
STATE TURNS DOWN SALES TAX
(By The Associated Press)
; A .vote i of terrific proportions
was cast in Oregon Friday against
the proposed 2 per cent state sales
tax which was referred by ,tho leg
islature with the idea it would be
applied to lift the burden Imposed
by the state, property, tax. , , The
1206 precincts reported a no vote
of 124,598 compared with 36,523 In
favor 'of the measure. .
Union countyr voted overwhelming
ly against the. proposed sales tax In
yesterday's special election, the meas
ure being rejected by a greater than
five-to-ohe voter ' Over the state the
proposal . was being defeated more
than three to one. ' With 33 out , of
3fr Union1 County precincts ,rcpofted;
the sales tax did. not carry a single
precinct. . ' .
The biggest vote against the tax
plan ,"was in Cove precinct No. 2,
where the yes vote was 2 and the no
87, with the other Oove precinct
voting yes 7, no 101.
The incomplete Union county vote
on other measures Included:
Delegates: Baxter (dry) 1048; Bull
(wet) 1625: Godwin (dry) 973; Mc-
(Continued on Page Four)
FAIR WEATHER
DUE FOR WEEK
Warmer weather visited the valley
yesterday, with a high of 85 in spite
of clouds during part of the day.
The minimum was 51 and this morn
ing's minimum was two degrees
warmer, with clear skies.
- Fair weather with unchanged tem
peratures is predicted! for Oregon for
the next week.
O'er The Land of
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OREGON 20TH
TO RATIFY
REPEAL PLAN
Vote Over State at Pres
ent Stands About 2 po 1
Against Prohibition.
UNION CO. VOTE
STANDS AT 3 TO 2
Tennessee Repeal Lead
Reduced to Below 9000;
Colorado to Vote on
. Fifth of September.
. AHOUT 2-TO-l l'Oll KKI'EAL
PORTLAND, Ore., July 22 (P) .
A total of 112,641 votes were -cast
for repeal of the 18th amendment, .
compared with1 69,499 for reten
tion of the amendment, In 1324 of
Oregon's 1787 precincts. The vote
to repeal the state, prohibition
laws was 117,983 to 60,764.
. By The Associated
Oregon took her place today with
states approving repeal of the 18th
amendment, thereby making It 20 to
0 In favor of blotting national pro
hibition from the constitution. ' '
This state, on an Incomplete count
(Continued On Page Pour)
Wheat Limiting
Plan Not Before
Wallace As Yet
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Secre
tary Wallace said today no plan for
limiting price ranges for wheat above
and below $1.03 a bushel has .been
laid before him, but he Indicated In
terest in tho proposal, reported Irom
Chicago.
Wallace said no action on any plan
(Continued From Page Four)
UNKNOWN MAN IN ACCIDENT
A man whose identity had not been
learned when the Observer went to
press today, figured In an automobile
accident near Pine Cone this morn
ing, Ills light car overturning twice.
Tho man, according to a distant eye
witness, crawled from the damaged
car and started walking toward La
Grande. State police Investigated.
The Free And The Home of The Brave
,.i.-'i.,wIm.,ii w..i,ii, ! ..imi-.,, i,iwni'lii.Pl,!JIIWil."l,L UHl i.lU."Vm'UyHl
Trip From Edmonton To New York
After Thirty-Three
A romance which began In the Yukon Christmas-Eve, 1000, when
John Mntson, sourdough, witnessed Klondike Kate, the "prettiest girl
inthe Yukon," do -her famous butterfly dance In the Monte Carlo
'dance hall at Dawson City, blossomed into marriage at Vancouver
recently when Matson, 69, and Mrs. Kate Rockwell, 53, the same
' Klondike Kate, were united by Rev. George Pringle, "Sky Pilot of the
i . . . , Yukon."
VISIT PENDLETON
TO WATCH MOVIE
I MORS DO FILM
l"o see how a- talking picture is
mode, Mi, and Mrs. C. M. Wight and
Mrs. Ray Meyerslck drove to the
Christopher wheat ranch near Helix
Thursday and watched the. cast of
ttCfeiden Harva&"e anotlon picture
which is written around tho- col
lapse of the wheat market. Mr. Wight
is manager of the Liberty theatre.
The story of wheat farming and
marketing will include a variety of
scenes all dealing with the great In
dustry, members of the cast told tho
visitors. Beforo coming to Helix, con
siderable time was spent In Chicago
taking pictures of the wheat pit, al
though no principals were shown In
the scenes. '
All of the actors, Richard Arlen, the
hero; Genevieve Tobin, Chester Mor
ris, Roscoe Atcs and, others looked
Just like they do in the movies, but
Atea sounds considerably different
since ho affects his stutter only dur
ing business hours, Mr. Ates enter
tained Mrs. Wight and Mrs. Meyer-
sick who sat in his car near the scene
or the action. ' ,
Arlen plays tile part of the country
boy and Thursday was going through
a scene in which ho handled a four-
(Contlnued on Page Six)
Years
REMOVECROP,
STOCKOFFICE
TO PORTLAND
Government; Reporting
Station in Seattle to be
Installed in Oregon.
SEATTLE, July 22 A1) Removal of
the crop and livestock reporting of
fice here of the federal department
of agriculture to Portland!, to be com
bined with the Oregon office of simi
lar character, was announced today
by the bureau of agricultural eco
nomics, as a mttter of economy.
"The Joint W.ashlng ton-Oregon of
fice Is located at Portland because
Portland Is nearer to the center of
the lmmedlato territory to be served,"
the announcement said. y
John S. Denee, agricultural statis
tician, formerly In charge of tho of
fice hero, will be In chargo of the
combined office.
Poison Liquor
Blamed For Two
Oregon Deaths
ALBANY, Ore., July 22 (T) Two
deaths attributed by police to poison
liquor were being Investigated here
tociay.
Coroner Fisher received word from
Lebanon that Minnie Stenberg, 10,
had died from tho effects of liquor
she drank while attending a dance.
Winford R. Cobb of Portland died
early today, attsertedly from the ef
fects of liquor he drank at Roseburg
yesterday.
FITZGERALDS
TAKING TRIP
Mr. antfi Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald
left this morning on a pleasure and
business trip to Portland, Seattle and
Tttcoma. They pinn to return In
two weeks. Mr. FlUgerald owns the
FltKgcrald Furniture company. ;
GOLFERS WILL
PLAY SUNDAY
Swcepstnkcs have been planned for
tomorrow for tho men golfers at the
La Grande Country club. They will
alflo play for places on the ladder
tournament, Ken Slegrist, tourna
ment committee chairman, an
nounced todny.
Wheat Today
WINNIPEO, July 22 Supported
by gonerouH purchased from overseas,
wheat snapped out of early session
pyrotechnics with a broad and actlvo
rally today. Tho gain, whllo not a
completo recovery from an opening
decline of 11 Va cents, was decidedly
cheering. The close found prices
rostlng 4 'j (M'to lower than, Friday's
close. July 73c, October 76 &
7614c December 77c. ,
LIVERPOOL. July 22 m Wheat
closed: July 70; . Oct. 71)',.: Dec.
81 '2; March 83'.; exchango H.OB.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
H1U FOUND CIIAINKD lit?
.
HUSSI:N' lI,ANB IOWN
ASKS LlIMItKR THAI HI CODR
SHOUT F.XCIIAN(iF, IIOUHS
OTTAWA, 111., July 22 Wl A dep
uty sheriff Hal (I lie found In n barn
at the home of Churles HlupwliiHki,
the latter'H seven-)' earmold son, John,
chulned with a heuvy dog chain, ami
tlmt there were nine doss In the
burn with lihn, Hlapwlitskl mH ur
rtstwl. The boy said he lutd been
fettered for 40 Hours bevautic lie mil
away.
MOSCOW, July 22 WJJ Taas (Uus
elnn news ngoucyi announced today
that the soviet aviator Levanovsky
had been forced -down by tog at Prov
idence bay. The filer was en route
home after piloting Jlmmle Mattern
to Alauka. The agency said he would
resume his flight as soon as visi
bility Improves. . ,., :., ...'...; ....
WASHINGTON, July 22 (ff) The
IiunUer Industry today iiKked nerinlH
slon to make Immediate appllctitlon
of its trade code. Hugh 8. Johnson,
recovery administrator, took tlie re
quest under, advisement. He has
termed unacceptable the code's mini
mum wages of $10 to $20 weekly, and
working tlmo of 40 to 48 hours.
NEW YORK, July 22 P) The New
York stock exchange announced to
day that beginning Monday it would
open at noon until further notice.
LONDON, July itS Wi It was said
In well Informed ' American qiuirtars
Imlay tlmt representatives of tlie ohlef
sliver holding and' .producing nut Ions
linil rniclied tin Understanding for
control of the sliver market. United
suites Senator. Key IMtlnuin said he
expected to make. an announcement
later.
ROOSEVELT AND
JOHNSON TURN TO
N. R. A. SELECTIONS
By William, V. Ucalo .
(Associated Press Stafr Writer)
WASHINGTON, July 22 Wi Presi
dent Roosevelt and Hugh S, Johnson
today began Boloctlng 600 lieutenants
to Impel toward victory their unpre
cedented peace-time program for put
ting at least a.000,000 Idle to work
by September. '
Both wero said to be highly pleased
by first public reaction toward their
scheme, under which around 6,000,-
(Ccntlnued on Pairo Two-
MOLLISONS OVER
ATLANTIC TODAY
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July
22M") Tho piano In which Jim and
Amy Molllson took off for the Unit
ed States today passed between Fast
net Rock and tho Cork mainland at
1:20 P. M Q. M. T. today (8:20 A. M.,
EAT.).
Tho ship was' flying low. It dis
appeared towards tho Atlantic.
MOI.I.1HDNS START FLIGHT ' "
. PENDINE, Wales, July 22 (P) The
famous flying Molllsons, Jim and
Amy, took off this morning to fly
to Baghdad after crossing the Atlan
tic twice.
They planned to reach New York
Sunday night and after a short rest
to cross tho ocean once more, seek
ing a distance non-stop record.
j INQUIRING
Bach day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons
will tie stopped at random on the Rtreet corner and asked some
qifstlon of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M, Wight
eacn interviewed will he grunted two complimentary ticKcw to tne
Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is "Black Iteauty" hy Anna
Sewell.
Walter Wlnchell, the radio key
hole artist pnr excellence, took one
on the chin last night. Al Jolson
was on the opposite end of the fist
that delivered the blow because Wln
chell, he believed, has cast asper
sions at Iluby Kecler, otherwise Mrs.
Al Jolson, In a movie scenario.
Comments gleatied by the Inquir
ing reporter would Indicate that
Wlnchell Is not exactly the most pop
ular person In tho world. Claude L.
Berry, May Park, soys, "Walter Wln
chell should hove been knocked
c'jown before. Every man should take
a lesson from his experience and re
member that It pays to think twice
WILEY POST
ON HIS WAY
T0NE1VY0RK
Flier. Hops Off Prom Ed
monton This Morning on
Long Last Lap of Flight
HOPES TO iBREAK '
OLD GLOBE RECORD
Plane Believed to be Win
nie Mae Passes; Over
Humboldt, Sask. ; Air
plane Flying High.
GUAM) MARIAS, Minn., July 22 (IP)
-estate forestry rangers In 'the 8n-
nerlur National forest reported that a '
plane believed to be that of WUey
Post, flying to New York from Ed
monton, .passed over WanJess tower
30 miles west of here, at 3:30 p.-in.
K.S.T., today; Ho was flying In
southeasterly : direction. ,
RIGHTED OVER. IHJMIIOLDT ',
.HUMBOLDT, Basic., July 22 (ffV-A
plane believed! to be the Winnie Mae,
In which WUey Post Is making the
last ' leg of his round-the-world
flight, passed here today -at 1:00 p. m.,
B. S; T., headed eastward at great
speed. The shl was; flying very
high. Post Is bound from Edmonton
to Now York.- -
St"
POST LEAVES RDMONTOif (
-BWillONTON,'! jul22-W) - Wiley '-
-uab, .ismuuuiim iuuuu-i,ue-wqria llier,
hopped off for Now York on the last
leg of his trip at 9:41 a. m., E. s. T
today. He arrived hero at 8:07 a, m.,
E. S. T., after a flight of nine hours
(Continued on Page Pour)
Jolson Punches
WinchelPs Face;
Writer Floored
HOLLYWOOD. Cal.,1 July 22 Wi-r'
Walter Wlnchell, the Broadway col
umnist who specializes in opening
closed secrets, receipted last night
for a blow on-r-or near the chin of
such proportions that he didn't have
a characteristic comeback, for all of
three minutes. ! ' , :M ' ' ,
Al Jolson paid the compliment. -
Among the things tho columnist .
never knew until1 now (he said bo!)
is the way the mammy singer and
movie actor punches ambidexterously,
although Wlnchell Insists that when .
Jolson. mauled him at tho Hollywood
Legion stadium boxing show, be was
helped by two other guys." -
Four thousand persons saw the 1
brawl, and lour thousand versions .
were extant today, but the fact re
mains that Jolson hit Wlnchell be
cause he didn't llko him because he
resented things Wlnchell had put In
a movie scenario reflecting dispar
agingly Jolson said on Ruby Keel--er.
Andi he resented that because
Ruby Kceler is Mrs. Al Jolson.
The spectators, standing on their
seats to. see a fight not carded on
tho evening's entertainment, lost
count of tlie knockdowns. Jolson said
afterward lie had floored the self
announced Broadway tattler several
times.
"He hit me In the back of the
neck," related Wlnchell later. "And
there were two of them two guys
hit me." '
"I Just up and popped him," said
Jolson. "I hit Wlnchell several times
and I know I knocked him down at
least twlco. I dlCin't hit him very
hard, either."
REPORTER j
when It comes to another man's wife.
After he has thought twice and knows '
for a surety that he Is right then
ho should keep his mouth shut. O. K.,
Al Jolson."
Mrs. M. L. Larson, 1510 M avenue,
says. "Aside for the rather absurd
emulation of Sir Qalnhnd on the
part of Al Jolson I think ho bene
fited society when ho knocked Wal
ter Wlnchell. If he had only hit
him hardor tho world would have
been a little nearer to Utopia. Then
if somebody would only knock
"mammy-slnglng" Al Jolson out the
world would Just about be perfect."