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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1933)
Friday, July 28, 1933 THREE EPISCOPAL CLERGYMEN VISIT YOUTHS IN CAMP BAKER (Special) The Impressions of three Episcopal clergymen of East ern Oregon reveal that they are pleased with the program ot the civ ilian conservation corps at Oamp Bates, wnere uiey visited this week. Rev. M. G. Tennyson, general mis sionary of the Episcopal church; Rev, C. A. Kopp, rector of St. Peter's church In La Grande, and Rev. George Foster Pratt, rector of St. Stephen's church In Baker, met the boys in the Bates stub camp In the afternoon and In the main oamp at Bates in the ovenlng. Each minister gave a short talk in the stub camp, where they found the youths apparently happy and con tented. The boys, however, wouldj ap preciate a 'battery set radio and are in need of an old piano at Bates for community singing, j Mr. Kopp and Mr, Pratt talked to the boys informally after dinner in the main camp Tuesday evening. Group singing was led by Mr. Tenny son. The community singing was new to the youths, but they expect to con tinue this type of entertainment. The ministers said the morale at the camp Is splendid. "Captain Gordon is an unusual of ficer and has great tact with the men," the clergymen said. "Captain Gordon Is to be commended for his work. The boys are doing a con structive piece of work In building forest roads and tourist camps. For est officials seem to feel that the 'a are efficient help In carrying on i work. The C. C, C. members are Ir, Kopp was particularly enthu-; lads ara doine In thi forests. ! IIL1H. 1,1 IH HI r 1 1 V I1HH WrCLnl H. hall ISO feet long, a canteen, , wooden floors at Camp Bates. boys nave used tree boughs in a r.in n iwvm nnn nnvn ujwvi i.rp i to, make seats and other struc- of rustic design. r. Tennyson stated that the lads i as fine looking boys as you ever Some of the lads In the camp are musicians and play for a dance every Saturday night. The clergymen plan to visit ither camps In the district. WHEAT CROP ALLOTMENTS MADE PUBLIC (Continued com Fag One) the production agreements. Union county Is Ilfth largest wheat producing county In the state, sur passed only by Umatilla, Morrow, Sherman and Gilliam counties. Uma tilla's benefits will amount to $041, 342.64. Wallowa county's .benefits will total U4,140 end Baiter county will get 67,507.48. Extent of acreage! reduction. If any, HntiAnriK cm .thfi OUtCOmO Of the Lon- don wheat conference, according to word from Washington. Wheat allotments toy counties In Oregon follow Benton 101,109 227,512 1,317 35,043 Clackamas Clatsop .... Columbia Lane Lincoln .... Linn 130,777 380 255,405 Marlon 332,731 Multnomah 13,340 Polk 205,803 Washington Yamhill Gilliam ...... Hood River .. Morrow Sherman .... 350,125 . 331,128 , 927,898 2,038 1,050,065 1,130,333 660,012 Wasco - 24,241 Umatilla 3,301,938 Union 082,730 Wallowa - 407.676 !C-x 1.076 i Douglas 67.048 'acKson "''uiJ osei -phlno 24,710 crook 45,230 Deschutes 28,501 12,802 Grant Harney ... Jefferson Klamath . Lake 10.294 21 ,734 135,002 25.443 Malheur 184.301 Wheeler 3?.924 W1IKAT WARNING ISSUED WASHINGTON, July 28 UP) A farmer who signs an agreement 10 reduce his wheat acreage and (alls to live up to It after receiving pay (or doing so will be In danger ot going out o( the (arming business. . In the contract ha signs them will be o provision, now being put into (lnal form, that will give (arfn ad ministrators a claim against the farm for the amount paid In case o( non fulfill ment of the contract ' by the grower. It will have the effect of a lien on the (arm. Administrators said this was being Inserted not because they believed there would be an epidemic o( non.. performance of contracts but as a precaution. While (. Francis of Mills, Cal., was away from home, thieves carried away his windmill and tower. Authorized SERVICE on Studebsker Bulck end Pontlao Automobiles Gulps Down 3X4 Ounces of Beer; Not Intoxicated PATERSON, N. J. WV-Michael Sclro drank 12 quarts of 3.2 beer 48 elBht-ounce steins to prove ' It is not intoxicating. The beer was consumed In a contest, In which (Ive others, one a woman, dropped out after the first 15 minutes. Sdro went on (or 16 minutes more and gulped down a total ot 384 ounces. Dr. B. P. Smith, of Rldgewood, then examined Sclro and found ' him "neither liquefied nor lntoxl cated." E.O.N. STUDENT GETS SCHOOL Miss Merle Roeers. whn hint nm pleted her course at the Eastern Ore gon Normal school, left trvmv i. , home In Pendleton. She will teach in me weston schools In the (all. C. R. EBERHARD RETURNS HOME Colon R. Eberhard, La Grande at torney, returned yesterday from a business trip to Salem. Mr. Eberhard and George T. Cochran are attorneys for the state, of Oregon in the case of the state of Washington vs. the state of Oregon which involved the water rights of the Walla Walla river. MRS. INLOW IS RECOVERING Word has been received in La Grande that Mrs. H. E. In low Is re covering nicety from a recent ton sllectomy. President and Mrs. Inlow are spending the greater port of the summer at Palo Alto, where Mr. In low Is doing some work at Lcland Stanford and Mrs. Inlow Is study ing music. Boys swimming In a creek near Folsom, Cal., captured a full-grown frog with five large legs. p bi f Ihr o IF o c 0 5 That's why tests and claims of yesterday's lines don't mean a thing. That's why NEW i ..... "FLYING A'9 is closet to ETHYL than any other gasoline. That's why it is smoother, quieter. And you don't need a laboratory, a stop watch or technical experts to prove it You in your car can hear and feel the difference. Try it today. LA GRANDE EVENING REP. PIERCE IN PORTLAND ON BUSINESS Congressman Walter M. Pierce Is In Portland transacting business today. Rep. Pierce expects to return to a Grande on the morning train tomor row. Representative and Mrs. Pierce went to Martin's bridge yesterday near Baker to visit the camp of the civ ilian conservation corps there, They were accompanied by Major, Rapp Brush, commander of the Baker dis trict of the C. C. O.. and Rev. Frank B. Glgllotti, of Baker, among others. ED SHEA HERE DURING NIGHT Ed H. Shea, district governor of the Lions club, was In La Grande last night from Portland. Mr. Shea was on a business trip and did not confer with local Lions on his overnight stop. p ir e mm OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, C. C. C. YOUTHS SEE LAKES IN WALLOWA AREA Arrangements have been made whereby the men at the C. C, O, camp at Imnaha will be given an opportunity to see some of the lakes In the high mountains. The first group, composed of 40 men, hiked to Horseshoe lake above the head of Wallowa lake last weekend. Other groups will be taken during tlu fol lowing weekends until all have had an opportunity to see the lake basin region. Jack Blevans and Don Belth conduct the trips. JAPANEHR lUSlNKKK LAOS IN UK V'IIXVN TKAHK HACK RIO DE JANEIRO ( - Despite a steady Japanese drive for trade In Brazil, Nipponese exporters have fail ed to capture muoh of a hold In tills country. Imports from Japan in 1033 were only about $350,000. and for the first quarter of 1033 In proportion. e uirai Dim mi ny inro c C ai s iJ" fi" ORE. PRESIDENTS AGREEMENTS BEING SIGNED (Cvrntlnueo im Page One lug 17 employes. No Way tp Check Ait Yet The postmaster has no way as yet to determine the actual number of people In this territory signing the agreements, but will be able to check them as soon as Aug. 1 arrives and the certificates of compliance are re ceived. A large number are signing, however. When Aug. 1 arrives, each employor presenting a certificate of compli ance will receive from the post office tho following insignia: , Two Indoor cards, two outdoor cards, two hangers, ten large stickers, 20 small stickers, 20 consumers stick ers and 30 consumers statement of co operation. Apparently each employor will present the consumers statement of co-operation to his employes and then present them with their Insignia at least, that Is the belief at pres ent. Consumers wiu agree to patron ize only places showing the "Blue Eagle" sign, and In turn will have a small "Blue Eagle" badge. Consumers blanks also may be obtained at the post office. Busy With Code In the meantime, the retail mtw ohantfi division committee of the chamber of commerce reported pro gress In drawing up codes for the lo cal business men, and further state ments are expected within a day or two. Thousands were signing agreements in Portland as well as In all other cities of the northwest and the United States. Four thousand Portland busi ness firms met last night and signed agreements. Also a vigilance com mittee of 100 was appointed to see that no "slackers" break from the lino of employer who are doing what they can to aid recovery by adding workers, shortening hours and in creasing wages. The committee will see that all who display the "Blue Eagle" will livo up to tho provisions of fair hours and a fair wage. ' Governor Meier urged "all employ ers to get behind this and help carry out our president's program." n mir (dl i v flio'f'i Willi Page Five Chrysler Raises Wages of Employes DETROIT, July 28 W K. T. Keller, general manager of Chrysler corporation today announced that be ginning August 1, the corporation will place in effect hourly wage scales 20 per cent higher than those In effect (or the (lrst period In March. The 20 per cent Increase, he said, Includes a previous 10 per cent raise, given effect last week, (or the 46,000 wage earners and salaried employes of the corporation throughout the country. Bust Storms Total 83. TEXHOMA, Okla. lP Practically everybody lost count or the dust storms this year, so a check was made to dotermlne the exact number dur ing the (lrst six months of 1033. It showed a total of 83 In this section. That Old nebtill Ragweed WASHINGTON m Ninety per cent of the hay (ever (ases east o( the Mississippi river are caused by rag. weed, says the public health service. All Types of Repairing By Expert Mechanics M. J. Goss Automobiles Main 82