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Grange Fair-Home Products Show La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" VOLUME 31 LAGMNME GETS W1E OFFICE WILL BE OPENED IN THISCITY Eugene and Klamath Falls Also Selected For Branch Off ices. HEADQUARTERS ARE IN PORTLAND George P. Lipscomb Will Be in Charge of Cor poration Activities in State of Oregon. - The federal home lonn hank board today announced In Washington that branch offices for the Home Loan Owner's corporation In Oregon would be established at Eugene, Kuimath Falls and La Grande, with headquar ters In Portland In charge of George 1. Lipscomb. Branch managers will be named later, It was announced. Word also was received that Mer win E. Paget, of Portland, would be assistant manager In the main headquarters tor this state. Both Lipscomb ana Paget are In Washington at present and indica tions are that the plans have not progress sufficiently to know Just what will toe required In the way of branches. further details are expected within (Continued on Page Elght Two Fire Calls During Morning; Little Damage The fire department was called out twice this morning. At 1:20 a. m. the truck went to 1609 Adams avenue to extinguish a fire In a six-room residence. The house was unoccupied and a small amount of furniture inside the build ing escaped damage. The fire, origin unknown, caused some damage near the middle of the building but was put out beforo it reached the roof. The place was Insured. The house Is owned by Panes Brothers, of St. Hel ens, Oregon. At 7:40 a. m, the truck extinguished a grass fire at North Fourth and Y. There was no damage except for scorching of. a fence. BOISE MAYOR VIEWS LOCAL WATER SYSTEM Mayor McCuo, City Engineer Mc Blrnle and Councilman Worthlngton, all of Boiso, were visitors here Wed nesday, lnsneotlng the La Grande water system and sewage dlsposa! plant. They were on a tour of iSast ern Oregon, looking at various muni cipal projects. Boise, at present, Is served b two privately owned water systems, one dealing In drinking water and one In water 'Used for irrigation purposes. The minimum charge for 5000 gal lons there Is 2 23. The Boise officials are Interested in taking some steps to provide a muni cipal system for the Gem state capi tal. xDWKFOLSOM Mil IS US HUMU LARGE CATCH Dick Folsom, fishing on the lower Grande Ronde river, caught 11 large Rainbow trout, weighing from two to three pounds each. They were placed on display last evening In the show window of Wagner's Hardware Co. It was one of the best catches of the season by a La Orande angler. NO OPEN SEASON ON SAGE HENS THIS YEAR Game laws for the coming season have been announced by the state commission, and one important change is the closing of the season on sage hens ln Eastern Oregon for 1933. Scarcity of the birds is the rea son. Usually the sage hen hunting sea son is the first outdoor attraction for the nlmrods of this section, but this year they'll have to forego this pleas ure. Another change Is the opening or the elk season ln Baker, Wallowa, KASTKItN OltEOON'S LEADING WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., July 26 Wiley Post said, "I have an offer on the stage, and I hope no one will criticize me if I take It." Say, after what the little guy went through with, nobody would criticize him even If he turned banker, or took a seat on the stock exchange. By the way, Mr. Roosevelt has cut the stock market down to three hours a day. They say they did It them selves, yeah? He Just told 'em, "Now you be good boys, I will give you three hours a day to work on these suckers, and the other 21 hours they are un the protection of the fish and game laws." Yours, , OIMI.IMlMlMlrMMW.iM CITY WATER DEPARTMENT CHANGE MADE Commission Passes Ordin ance Giving -Department -Diffei'ent Status The city commission, by ordinance, last night set aside the water depart ment us a separate division of the city, and placed It under the (super vision of the city manager, Mho may appoint any assistants )iofi'guuir.i.f,ojr Its nut imminent. The ordinance specified that no water funds may be used for any other purpose than to retire city water bonds and to take care of main tenance expense of the department. The reason for the move was to complete the set-up for the Beaver creek pipeline reconstruction. The plan is for the water department to retire the bonds and the new order is in the way of an enabling act. It also will give the federal govern ment assurance that the bonds will be handled through the water re ceipts, when the project is submitted to the government for approval un der the public works program. With the appointment of Marshall Dana, of Portland, as regional ad visor, and the naming of Robert N. Stanficldj. of Bnker; and Bert E. Haney and C. C. Mocklcy, of Portland, (Continued on Page Three) SWIM MEET WILL BE HELD SUNDAY Races and exhibition diving will bo featured in the swimming meet to which the public is Invited Sunday evening at 7 o'clock at Crystal Plunge. Edwin Kirby ond Don John son, managers, announced this morn ing. Swimming events will be ar ranged separately for swimmers above and below 14 years of age and all (Continued on Pago Two) MERCURY UP TO 103 WEDNESDAY Although many of the northwest ern cities reported maximums a few degrees; cooler yesterday. In Ln Orande the mercury climbed to 103 above, three degrees warmer than the 100 of Tuesday. Wednesday was the fourth consecu tive day. with the maximum 100 or higher, and another warm day was ln progress today. The minimum last night was 65 above but at 7 o'clock the mercury was at 70. the coolest at that time of the day since last Sunday morn ing. Union and Umatilla counties from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25. authorized by the legislature early this year. Open season on doer will be from Sept. 20 to Oct. 25. both dates inclu sive. The same days hold good for the grouse season, also, a change de sired by Eastern AeRon sportsmen. Open season on Chinese pheasants will be from Oct. 15 to Oct. 31, in clusive, ln most of the counties of the state, including Union and Wallowa (Continued on 1'ago Seven) NEWSPAPER Kidnaper, Ex-Oregon Convict, Is Sentenced . . : : . HENRYNAMED GRAND GUGU OF SERPENTS La Grande Man Heads Fun Order of Spanish War Veterans of Oregon GOODWIN, BANTZ ARE GIVEN POSTS Convention in Salem Elects Officers Citv Well Represented in All Branches of U. S. W. V. Although Leslie It. Hale, of Grande, gave up Ills post as com mander in chief of till! United Span ish War Veterans organization ln convention yesterday, nnother La Grander assumed the leadership of the grund lair or the Military Order of the Serpent, the fun order of the veterans. J. Q. Henry, of La Orande, was . (Continued on Page Two) BUSINESS MEN TO VISIT C.C.C CAMP The Prog Heaven citizens conserva tion corps camp will be the destina tion of a group of La Grande busi ness men who plan to take a goodwill visit there tomorrow afternoon, under the auspices of the La Grande cham- ! (Continued on Pago Two) County Jail Is Empty; First Time In Many Years The Union county Jail was a silent place today. There were no prisoners re maining I No Jail break just no more pri soners with time to serve! The sole Inmate of the Jail for the last few days was released this morning with his time completed, and until somebody else falls afoul of the law, the Jail will con tinue to be a silent place. This Is the first time ln sev eral years that the county Jail has been empty. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933 NR A BLANKS ARRIVE HERE Hundreds of Copies of "President s Employment Contract Distributed. : AGREEMENTS ARE STUDIED EAGERLY Washington Officials Pre pare Fon an Early Path of Caution in Adminis trating Plan. Hundreds of copies of the presi dent's employment agreement, the part of the nation wide NBA plan to raise wages, create employment and thus increase purchasing power and restore business, were distributed In. La Grande today. The agreements were eagerly studied by employers throughout the city, La Grande in general has been eager to cooperate with President Roose velt ln the national recovery plan but until this morning did not nave knowledge of the detailed agreement. In the meantime, steps wore being taken locally by many firms, groups of firms, etc., to make arrangements (Continued on Page Five) .WheafrExportsW To Orient Will Receive Support WASHINGTON, July 27 (fP Farm administrators revealed today that they are planning for on Increase of wheat exports from the Pacific coast to the Orient, and are prepared to use part of the proceeds of the pro cessing tax on wheat to finance the program. George N. Peek, chief administrator, said that Pacific northwest grain in terests have appealed to him for as sistance in disposing of surplus s-tocits (Continued on Pago Two) P. OFFICIALS VISITORS HERE U. Union Pacific railway officials who were in La Grande last night in cluded W. H. Guild, superintendent of the O.-W. R. and N., H. A. Roberts, both formerly headquartered at La Grancte, C. S. Spencer, L. P. Drew and E. Butler, all of Portland. TURNING GIVE THE KID CREDIT SV V6AH? WELL r ir'v LISTEN, SISTER 4rf . )) 1 NOTICE VOU y AIN'TDOIMCSO I WELL VOORseLFj'j National Recovery Act Badge . MEMBER WE DO OUR PART Here Is the official insignia or the national recovery administration, which the public will soon see ln red and blue in show windows, on factories, on the labels of goods, on letterheads and elsewhero. It means that the ono displaying It has agreed to oa-operate with the national recovery administration by adopting working conditions .;' which the administration believes necessary. OREGON GROWERS TO GET 20-CENT MIGRANT THIS FALL CORVALLIS, Ore., July 27 ,P) . Oregon wheat growers who sign fed eral wheat contracts will receive pay ment of 20 cents a bushel on their allotments this fall, and from 8 to 10 cents a bushel additional next spring, according to definite word received by the Oregon State college extension service today. I County allotments based on 54 per cent of the 5-year acreage production have been worked out at. Washington, D. C, It was said ln a message ro- (Continued on Page Two) COUNTY HAS GOOD RECORD Communlcablo dlscaso was at a low ebb in Union county last week. Eighty-one per cent of the physicians reported to tho state board of health, showing one case of) measles and ono of chlckenpox. There were 62 cases of measles in the state, seventeen of flu, 10 of whooping cough and 14 chlckenpox, and a few cases of other diseases. 7V Be Sfepf . TO MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. II. C. LOAN (DFFIG U.S. COMMITTEES SET TIME OF FAIR-SHOW Dates Are Tentative Pending Arrangements of Recreational Hall. September 2R and 2!) were set tentative dates for the Urange Kalr and Home Products show which is held anniiHly at the L. I. S. Itccrcii tlnutil hall, Inst night when the Cirange fair and the Ui (iraude chum Iter of commerce committers met at 7:!10 o'clock nt the chamber office. The dates are only tentative pending definite arrangements for use of Ilic Itccreutlonal hall. Committees also were appointed last night but will not bo made pub lie until all members havo been con t acted. Jim Woodell, president, headed last night's meeting. Tho Grange Fair and Home Pro ducts show affords to producers an opportunity to exhibit their produce and havo It judged by experts In the (Continued on Fage Sovon) Car Aids Rabbit In Escape From Pursuit of Dog GREELEY, Neb., July 27 (P) T. M. Murphy of Greeley was driving along a highway and came upon a hound ln hot pursuit of a Jack rabbit. As ho drove alongside tho rabbit he slowed down momentar ily and the rabbit hopped upon tho running board of tho car. Tho rabbit rode thero about a quartet- of a mile, until the hound had given up the chase, and then Jumped off and went Its way leisurely. Wheat Today ( MirAOO, .Inly 27 (! Specula tive, Iniylng of all grain spread like wildfire today, and prices shot sky ward ultli wheal showing a maximum gain of 8 cents... This was i lie ex treme limit allowed under emergency rult'H. Closing prices were buoyant at the day's extreme top figures, Wheat el (e d fhirrlcr, 7Kci nhovo yester day's finish, com H'ile, up, oiiIh 'i!44c advanced, and provisions varying from 4 Do decline to a rise, nf 10c. PORTLAND, July 27 WP) Wheiit advanced (Cc, bushel for July, fi! for September and ftVic for December today on the Portland futures mar ket. Hales totaled l.",,00'l bushels September and .1:1,000 bushels De cember. On the merchants exchange local cosh wheat ad vn need Go with .Mon tana up He bushel. Corn advanced $I.Ml ton. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME MATTKKX LEAVES SMITIIMUS HOI'hTUL OF ItlVElt DAM hvaix iti;co(iNizi;s kusma SNAKE BITE IS FATAL J SMITIlElt.K, . C. July 27 (IP) James Mat tern, American round the world flier, hnpcd ofr from Mmlthcrs at 11:21 a. m. K. s. T. today en route to Edmonton, Alberta. He expected to continue on from Edmonton to Xew York. WASHINGTON, July 27 W Con struction of a dam in the Columbia river at Bonneville, Oregon, under the public works program wis pre dicted today by Senator McNary (B.( Ore.) after a talk with President Roosevelt. MADRID, July 27 (AV-The Spanish president and cabinet decided today to extend recoenltluii to Soviet Rus sia, and thero were, reports that Leon Tmtzky, communist leader now In exile, might make his pence with Moscow and become the Soviet am bassador here. REDDING, Cal., July 27 '(P) Wil liam Henry, 81, died today of a rat tlcsnako strike he received Thursday when he attempted to pull the rattler from Its hole by the tall. WASHINGTON,; July 27 (P) The red em 1 trade commission naked the supreme court today to review the action or I ho ninth circuit court of appcoltt getting-iwlde Its order pro hlhlUiur coiptiilrH on the ruciric coast from selling PondcroKa pine 111 IntercKliilu commerce under the name "California white pine." WORLD MEETING RECESSED AFTER WORD FROM F.R. LONDON, July 27 (P) After receiving a dramatic message nf en couragement from President Roose velt, the world economic conference adjourned lain this afternoon to meet again uTter a recess und make a new attempt to restore world prosperity. LONDON, July 27 W) President Roosevelt In a dramatic message to Prime Mfnlntor MacDonald of Great Britain today ripped the labels of "failure" from tho world economic conference which many delegates wore busily affixing by their speeches at the final plenary, session. . The president's note, which Secre tary of State Cordoll Hull read to tho assembled delegates, came as a climax to a morning of speeches, most of which were critical. Par from the bickering and squab bling of London during tho last six wooks, Roosevelt gave the delcguLos a berspootlvo of tho work they havo done hero and told them that "ro sults aro not always measured In terms of formal agreement." With an Interchange of views comes a better understanding by nations of the problems of other countries, he said, adding that he docs not regard (Continued on Page Flvel SOLONS WIND UP SESSION TODAY SACRAMENTO. July 27 (VP) After adding an Income and retail sales tax to the state's source of Incomo, the California legislature adjourned hero early todoy. The next regular session is In January 1935. Legisla tors adjourned with the budget $30, 0G0.0OO short of being balanced. A last minute piece of major legis lation provided! the death penalty or life sentence without right of parole for kidnapers in certain cases and life Imprisonment In others. j INQUIRING Bach day an the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona will he stopped at random on the street corner and asked some fHiesllon of tho day. Through the courtrsy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will lio grnnlod two conipllinenUu-y tickets to the Liberty Thratre. Tho current attraction Is Robert Montgomery In "Hull iMonr." Now that Jig-saw puzzles havo gone by tho board as tho groat American Indoor sport what suggestions havo you for a substitute? the Inquiring reporter asked today. C. E. Bragg. 2010 North Birch, says. "I suggest that people follow my own procedure. Other members of the ...........a!......., Only' Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties NUMBER 277 To Death a - '. .. . i M'GEE MUST PAYPENALm JURY RULES Abductor of Mary McEl roy, of Kansas City, Must .' Give Up His Life. , BROTHER'S TRIAL NOWl UNDER WAY Clarence Click, Third Ar rested in Case, Await ing Trial; Federal Of ficials Pleased. '. i KANSAS CITV. July 87 W) WBI-. tar Mcfice, ooafeKHed leader of the pine that kidnaped Mtas Mary Mo Klroy, daughter of City Manager II, P. Mc.Klrny, and collected VIO.OOO raiuom. wa ottnemcd the death pen ulty tuday(ly a criminal court Jury. ' Formal sentence of tho former Ore gon convict will be passed later by Judge Allen C. Southern, Tho ooso was tho first In whlah tho extromo penalty has been asaeeeed in the nation's crusade against kidnap era. . 16 Is ono of the fow ln history W (Contlnuod On Page Five) Sleeping Boys XVI11CU JJJ AUW; Fourth Injured MARTINSVILLE, Va., July 37 () James Hammond, Howard Hammon and Arch Purdy, boys ranging in ago from 12 to 15 years, were killed at a a. m. today and Archer Meeks was severely injured, when the four boys, lying asleep on shoulders of the Mar-tlnsvllle-Stuart highway near Spen cer, were run over by an unknown driver. . - i The boys who lived near Martins vlllo were walking home from, Stuart. Meeks said, whon they stopped to rest and felt asleep, A man named Tatum, bent on an early morning fox hunt, made the discovery. Tho headlights of his oar revealed the three bodies la a row and the injured Meeks nearby. The skulls of all throe wore crushed and mangled. Meeks was carried to a nearby farmihouro and told police he remembered nothing about the ac cident. Officers found no cluo to the Iden tity of tho driver of the car. Today's Baseball National League ; FIRST GAME: , B. H. E. Boston - 3 8 0 Philadelphia, 4 1U 0 Batteries: Bottn, Brandt and Hogan, Hargravo; Holloy, Collins ond Davis. BECOND OAMB: R. H. B. Boston - 15 3 Philadelphia 3 a 1 Baltorlcs: Cantwoll ond Hargravo; A. Mooro and Davia. R. H. D. Chicago 0 8 0 Pittsburgh 2 8 1 Batteries: Root and Kartnett; Fronch and Grace. n. H. B. Brooklyn 0 4 3 Now York . 2 8 0 Batterlm: Mungo and Lopo; Hub bell and Richards, American lingua 1 R. H. B. Philadelphia . 2 14 0 Boston 8 13 1 B.Lttcrlcs: Cain, Mahaffoy and Cochrane; Hodos ond Ferroll. R. H. B. Clcvoland - 0 14 0 Chicago - 18 2 Batteries: Pearson and Pytlak: Gas ton, "Hold. Klmsoy. Faber and Berry, REPORTER j family always worked my Jig-saw puz zle and I had to take up reading. I suggest that as a substitute, or some thing equally serious, hunting and fishing for InstAnce.'' , Marguorlto Klopfensteln, 1405 N avenue, suggests "swimming or any out-of-doors Bport" as a substitute and sure cure for Jig-saw puzalea. ,
