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
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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
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Only' Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
NUMBER 277
To Death
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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. ,