Local Grocers Conform To 63 -Hour Open-Store Week
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La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America"
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 31
KASTKHN OKEGON'8 I.EADINQ NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933,
MEMHKIt ASSOCIATED 1'IiFSS AND A. H. C.
NUMBER 289
2ND TWO LOCAL FEOJECTS
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PIPELINE AND
I SCHOOL HERE
GET SUPPORT
; State Board Submits Rec
k'ft ommended Proposals to
Beit Haney, Chairman.
I enterprise fish
hatchery on list
I Wallowa and Elgin Water
1 works Projects Also
Listed as Desiirable For
Public Works Program.
Expenditure In Oregon of $10,623,-
6B3 of federal money Tor public works
has been recommended by the state
reconstruction advisory board. ' And
four Union nnd Wallowa county pro
jects are Included: La Grande water
works, $225,000; training school at E.
O, N , $1 .'10,000 : Wallowa waterworks,
$00,000, and Elgin waterworks, iflO,
000. No flood control projects were dealt
with In the list of approved propo
sals, which included the state pro
gram, waterworks, sewer and sewage
disposal plants, port developments,
county buildings, municipal build
ings, moorage and river, improvement.
The Meadow Brook project is being
handled in a somewhat different way.
The state program approved lnclud-
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Oregon Legion
Meeting Opens
Sessions loday
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 10 VP)
Declaring the first allegiance of
the American Legion must be that of
service 'to our truly disabled veter
ans and to our war dependents,"
Frank E. Samuel, national adjutant
of the organization, told Oregon
legionnaires In their annual conven
tion here today that If this duty Is
lost sight of "the American Legion
will cease to Justify Its existence."
Samuel brought greetings from
Louis Johnson, national commander
of the legion, who was unable to at
tend. Fifteen hundred persons, all the
convention auditorium could hold,
attended the public opening cere
monies. All attention was turned, this af
ternoon to te baseball champion
ship series between Woodburn and
Eugene in the first game and Hood
River and Portland In the second.
Annual Picnic
Of 3-1 Group To
Be Held Sunday
- The Thrce-I's will meet for their
annual picnic at the park Sunday.
Although there are no paws-paws or
persimmons and although "the frost
Is not on the pumpkin or the fodder
In the shock", there will be "wata
melon, yallcr-legged chicken, roastln'
ears" and all the good things that
these folks were used to having In
abundance In the old pioneer days
back In Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
The Hooslers vow they will outnum
ber the Hawkeyes or the Corncrackers.
so the contest Is on. It Is said.
The various committees will meet
with the president, B. J. Kitchen,
Friday evening at his home to com
plete the arrangments to make the
picnic a big success.
WAR I1IRTII RATE BLAMED
FOR ENGLISH STUDY SLUMP
LONDON im Tn0 industrial cri
sis and the low birthrate of the late
years of the World war are blamed by
' the board of education for a slump
. In the number of part-time students
attending technical schools and colleges.
94 pctyla granders
native-born whites
The
percentage of native - born
int nntiv. fnrelen or I'.xed
white
parentage) persons in La Grande Is
listed at a fraction less than 94. ac
cording to government census fig
ures. In other words. 94 out of every
100 persons In La Orande were born
white American cltlzens.-
A fraction more than five per cent
of the population la listed as foreign
born whites, and approximately one
half of one per cent of the popula
tion is negro.
Further division of the city's popu
WILL
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Col., Aug. 9
Now look out, Democratic administra
tion, you are about to revert to the
old Republican type.
You are telling some Latin-American
country who shall be president
and who can't.
Now there Is no doubt that Cuba Is
run "cockeyed." But what country
ain't?
Now we get our sugar from. Cuba,
and anything we do In Cuba Is going
to be misunderstood, so about the
best thing we can do In Cuba, Is to
let Cuba take care of Cuba.
I don't care how little your country
Is. you gotta right to run it like you
want to. When the big nations quit
meddling, then the world will have
peace. Yours, '
70 ESTABLISHED
IN BOYS' CAMP AT
WALLOWA RESORT
"What experience and training In
leadership will do In the pinches was
demonstrated at Wallowa Lake yes
terday when some dozen more 'boys
than had been expected swooped
down on the boys' camp," said Frank.
Wylde, finance committee chairman,
on his' return last evening from Wal
lowa Lake where he helped get things
In motion for the annual camp. "Ad
ditional tents had to be provided, the
quantities of food stepped up on
short notice and-facilities generally
enlarged to capacity; With Wood row
Damerell, Red Cross llfesaver and ex
pert teacher, in charge, the boyi went
swimming after Installation In their
respective tents, ate their first meal
and called it a day." ......
Parents Asked To Help .
Due to the fact that the attend
ance overran expectations and the
equipment and facilities are taxed to
their full limit, committees handling
the camp are asking co-operation of
parents on next Sunday which Is visi
tors' day. The plan proposed Is for
parents to bring their picnic lunches
when they visit their boys. The mess
hall will provide coffee free to all
parents and the officials ore Inviting
the parents to be present at the noon
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garMmfrog
heaven wrecked
An explosion or ftOO ujnamite caps
In a garage at the Frog Heaven civil
ian conservation corps camp last
night destroyed the garage and tool
shed. No one was Injured, and loss
was not more than $100, word from
PcncMeton said.
Officials today said they were un
able to account for the explosion. The
powder house Is considerably removed
from the main camp, but percussion
caps had been stored in the nearby
garage. The forest workers were
called from mess to battle the re
sulting fire.
Shooting Stars
Are Due Tonight
In Northeast Sky
The annual showers of shooting
stars, the Perseld meteors, are due
tonight and the three succeeding
nights.
Their numbers should be great
est between midnight and dawn
Saturday. An hour or so before
the dawn begins Is a good tlmo
to watch, for few are visible be
fore midnight. Watchers should
look toward the northeast sky, low
down about midnight, by dawn
they are almost overhead.
lation reveals that there are 4099
males and 3951 females in La Orande.
Outside of La Orande In Union coun
ty there are 8130 males and 4312
females. In other words, the popu
lation Is more evenly divided, as to
sex In La Orande than in the rest
of the county.
In practically all other oge divi
sions, etc., La Grande's population
adheres closely to the average for the
county, except that more than 05 per
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Plan To
Credit "Chief
John A. Schoonover, Spokane)
banker, has been named manager
for the Spokane area of the Re
gional Agricultural Credit Corp.
PAVEMENT REPAIR
WORK COMPLETED
City Manager Angus McAllister re
ported to the city commission at Its
weekly meeting lost night that the
street patching had been completed
for the summer. - .Pavement repair
work had been ' occupying the city
crews for the last aeveral days -r",v.
' General' -warrants'" paid during ftJie
last week amounted to 92766.63, and
cash on hand totaled $9464.43, dl-
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PROTESTS AGAINST THE
IMPORTING OF CHEAPER
FRYERS FROM PORTLAND
Protesting against Importing of
cheap fryers from Portland, which, he
said Is demoralizing the Union coun
ty poultry Industry, J, E. Nessly, of
1325 V avenue, acting as spokesman
for the poultry men of this territory,
has written a letter to the chamber
of commerce. The protest, chamber
officials said, would be referred to
the proper committee and be given
earnest consideration.
The letter to the chamber of com
merce follows:
La Orande, Ore., Aug. 8, 1933.
Chamber of Commerce,
La Grande, Oregon,
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the poultrymcn of
Slaughter Five Million Hogs Is Submitted
HALF HOUR
MORE ADDED
TOEACHDAY
New Tentative Agreement
Opens Groceries
at 7:30 a. m.
MORE SIGN N. R. A.
AGREEMENTS HERE
Washington Ruling is Re
vealed Whereby Utili
ties Must Come Under
Blue Eagle Plan.
Following a vote that found a ma
jority favoring the clinnge, a tenta
tive plan was adopted by La Grande
grocers at a meeting last night to
open their stores at 7:30 a. m, and
close at G p. m. six days of tlief week.
Including Saturday. Tills would pro
vide a 63-hour open-store week. The
plan went Into effect tills morning
In most stores. It Is regarded as
tentative at present, pending Its per
manent adoption or possible change.
Previously a plan was adopted
opening the grocery stores at 8 a. m.
and closing at 6 p. m. The longer
open-store week was agreed upon to
confirm with the wishes of the na
tional recovery administration, which
recently gave out the word! that It
desired at least, a, 03-hour , week tor
grocery stores. . ' 1 ' v '
In the meantime, more La Orande
business and professional people were
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Union county, I want to protest
against the importation of cold stor
age chickens from Portland, for the
purpose of lowering the prices paid
for poultry in this county.
Such a practice was Inaugurated
recently by a La Orande dealer, who
bought cold storage chickens from a
Portland packer, paying 12 cents a
pound for them, and brought them
here to compete with the poultry pro
ducers of Union county who were get
ting 15 and 17 cents a pound live
weight for white and colored spring
chickens. This dealer retailed these
fryers for 18 cents a pound, dressed,
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MR. ROOSEVELT GOES SWIMMING
Safety Pin Taken From Tummy
When Dolores Mendolar, Los Angeles bnby, swallowed an open safety
pin, she prepared the way .for a rare operation. A physlclori made an
abdominal Incision, lifted out the stomach, located the pin, and closed
It. Then a tube was forced through the mouth into the stomach, the
pin witdrawn. and the child went home little the worse lor the
, . experience.
SMALL CROP OF
WHEAT ANDOATS
IS U.S. OUTLOOK
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i WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 ff) The
crop reporting board of the depart
ment of agriculture today forecast
the second smallest crop since 1901,
and the lowest production of wheat
and oats in 35 years.
This year's corn crop was forecast
at 2,273,019,000 bushels, and the
wheat crop, winter nnd spring com
bined, at 499.671,000 busheds.
It said crop prospects, which were
unpromising a month ago, declined
sharply since July 1 due to drouth
and other adverse weather factors.
The forecast for corn was reduced
111,000,000 bushels from July 1 to
August 1. The prediction was based
on observations on the latter date
indicating 2,273,000,000 bushels.
The combined wheat crop a month
ago was forecast at 495.68 1 ,000
bushels, while last year's production
was 726,831,000 bushels.
The preliminary estimates of winter
wheat production this year is 340,
365,000 bushels, compared with 336,
767,000 bushels a month ago and
461,679,000 bushels Inst year.
The forecast of all spring wheat is
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CUBANS ACT,
UNCLE SAM
Liberal Party Votes Mo
tion Aimed at U. S. Am
bassador's Procedure.
HAVANA, Aug. 10 m The execu
tive committee of l'nwldent Much
ado's liberal party voted late today a
motion condemning United States
Ambassador Welles' procedure In try
ing to mediate Cubu's political dif
ficulties as prejmllcal U Cuba's sov
ereignty, Wtllcs tiail promised a peace
plan calling for retirement of Macli
ado from the presidency.
Meanwhllo, the general strike,
which brought the conflict over
Machaclo to a liciul, continued un
broken despite me efforts and ex
pectations of tho government.
HYDH PARK, N. Y., Aun. 10
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No Strings On
Advertising Blue
Eagle in Papers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (flO
Hugh S. Johnson, national iccov-
ery administrator, today interpret
ed his warning against misuse of
the Bluo Kaglo as having no wffect
on Its publication in newspaper
advertisements.
"Some people construed my re
marks concerning non-uso of the
innignia in pamphlets, tlirowaways,
special rackets, etc., as preventing
newspapers from selling advertis
ing space for the announcements
of Bluo Eagle firms and Individ
uals. That Is an absurdity.
"Tho NRA wants all publicity
given to tho use of the emblem
and, obviously, there are no strings
on tlie newspapers as to tlio form,
shape, size, or character of their
ads so long as the advertisers avo
bona fide members of tlio Bluo
Eagle fraternity," Johnson said.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, AU(f. 10 (A1 For the
third auccenslvo day, grain value
showed an advancing trend today,
with wheat reKlflterlng nearly 0 oenuj
Hue, compared with Tuesday's bottom
figures.
Increased attention was given to
reports of tho Washington adminis
tration's dcalro to seo prices restored
to tho level which prevailed In 1024
20. According to official returns, tho
averago 1020 price received by the
farmer for wheat was U4 a bushel,
corn 74 cents, and oats 40 cents.
A pause In demand pending Issu
ance of the government crop report
led to reactions late and wheat closed
easy at tho same as yesterday's finish
to y,o higher, corn uiwianged to V5c
up, oats t a Vi advanced, and pro
visions varying from 10c decline to a
rlso of 17c,
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
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(MAIN CODE NOT O. K.
I'HKNCII PATROL FKONTIF.lt
(M)l.l.K(lB PRESIDENT KILLED
BOND SCANDAL EXPOSED ' '
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (P)
aeurgo N. Peek, chief administrator
of tho rami act, suild today ho is -not
HUHsftal" with (lie proposed code or
trade practices presented yesterday by
representatives of tlm tuition's grain
erelianges, 1 , .
MlimOUSB, Franco, Aug. 10 un
Armed French troops were again sta
tioned today on the German frontier
near here as a precaution against al
leged aggressions of Gorman Nazis
suoh as occurred early this year at
Hunlnguo,
KOCKFOltD, III., Aug. 10 VP) Dr.
WUIIam A. Muddox, president or Uock
fonl college, and Airred O. Wllgeroth,
director or tho college musio depart
ment, were killed today when a
freight train crushed Into their mo
tor cur at Davis Junction.
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 10 (Pi Two
arrests have been made in the Kan
sas municipal bond scandal, at least
$050,000 in spurious bonds have been
discovered and three state banks have
been closed.
SALES!, Aug. 10 OF) Eighteen
highway Jobs lit 13 counties or the
state and aggregating nn expenditure
approximating $l,l!ff0,000 will be
awarded at tho two-day session of the
state highway commission In Portland
August! 24 and 25, 'it wits announced
here today with the Issuance .uf rolls
for bids, ,' . -
MR. ROOSEVELT'S
REORGANIZATION
PLAN EFFECTIVE
, WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 VP) The
president's modified reorganization
plan went Into effect today, lnvolv.
ing around 10,000 employes of whom
about 000 have to look for other Jobs
There was, first, tho prohibition
bureau with 1.800 workore. This was
transferred Into the Justice depart
ment's new division of Investigation.
aye nundrod employes, 200 In Wash
ington, 400 In tho field, were stricken
from tho payrolls, tho rest re-employ
ed in tho new agency.
Noxt was tho merger of the bureaus
of investigation and naturalization In
tho labor department. All the 3,007
omployeo in these, save 27D, were re
appointed temporarily for four
months, Tho 27S woro allowed ton
days notice of retirement or dis
charge. Tho third big transfer found tlx
heretofore Independent United States
shipping board and tho merchant
fleot corporation put under tho com
merce department. Secretary Roper,
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O.SaC. DEAN NEW
B. P. I. PRESIDENT
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 10 m
Harry Stanley Rogers, dean of en
gineering at Oregon Stat collegv, was
announced today as tho new presi
dent of Brooklyn Polytechnic insti
tute. CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 10 WO
Dean Ilarry S. Rogem who has ac
cepted tho presidency of Brooklyn
Polytechnic institute effective Oct. 1.
hn boon head of tho school, of en
K 1 neer 1 1 1 g at Oregon 8 ta to col lege
since 1027. Ho camo hero In 1921
from University of Washington as
professor of hydraulic engineering
and was made dean of the school and
director of tho engineering experi
ment station in M'h.
INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona
will ba stopped at random on the street corner and asked tome
question of tho day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight
each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is Frederlo March and Cory
(Iraiit In "The Kaglc and the Hank."
Another Industry which has been
suggested as a roaslblo ono for Union
county Is a fruit and vegctablo can
nery. Mrs. D. I,, Oally, 1007 M avenuo,
says, 'I don't seo why a vegetablo
cannery wouldn't be a profitable ad
dition to county Industry If tho farm
PROCESSING:
TAX WOULD
Corn and Hog Belt Com
mittee Makes Recommen
dations to Government
PLAN ENDORSED BY
BIG ORGANIZATIONS
Acute Feed Shortage Rea
son For Proposal ; Relief
Agencies Would Get
'Resulting Meat -
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 VP) . A
program calling for the early slaugh.
tcr or flvo millions hogs, Including
four million young pigs, to be fin
anced by a processing tax on all hoga
weighing more than 235 pounds, was
presented to farm administrators to
day by the corn and hog belt com
mittee of 2.1 and immediately en
dorsed by most of the major farm
organizations.
The program was. presented at a .
conference of corn and hog producers
called by administrators to devise art
emergency program - to reduce the
nation's hog population as a result
of an acute feed shortage In most of
the com belt,. w ; I ;'
Karl C. Smith. Clilcngo, chairman
of the committee, said the tiroeram . . .
rwould remove trbfh.'ihe' domeiitle m1ar-Uk
ket a Substantial amount of the po4
tentlal hog tonnage andj would, hava
tho effect of Improving hog prices
which have been recently depressed)
because of the heavy marketings of
hogs by farmers who are short ot -feed.
Proceeds of the processing tax
which would be levied for one year,
would be used to buy up four mil
lion young' hogs weighing between
25 and 100 pounds from August IS
to October 1. ....
For these, the committee recom
mended the following schedule of
prices: for pigs weighing from 25 to
40 pounds, $0 a hundredweight; 41
to 60 pounds, $8.50; 51 to 60 pounds,
$8; 01 to 70 pounds, S7.60; 71 to 80
pounds, 7; 81 to 00 pounds, 6.60, and
01 to 100 pounds, SO.
In addition, the groups proposed
hat administrators arrange for the
purchase of one million sows, soon to
farrow, weighing 275 pounds and up
wards, by paying a bonus of 94 a hoad
in addition to whatever sums they
would bring In the r-ifflts.
Sell to Itelk-r Agencies
Tho group proposed administra
tors arrange for disposing of the re-:
suiting meat and meat products from,
tho best of these animals by the sale
on a moderate basis to reltof agencies
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The Observer
Subscribes To NRA
Newspaper Code
Tho La Orande Evening Observer
In lino with other dally news
papers of the country, hereby an
nounces Ita acceptance of the
terms of the dally newspaper uode
prepared under the auspices of the
American Newspaper Publishers
association and submitted by that
aawclation to tho national re
covery administration.
Terms regarding hours of em
ployment, working conditions and
wngeH as sot out in the newspaper
codo will be fully adhered to by
this newspaper,
Upon announcement of approval
of tho newspaper codo by the na
tional recovery administration,
wliJch Is expected In the near fu
ture, tho Observer will sign. It and
go forward with Its participation
from tlie prescribed, date.
REPORTER j
ers can support It. I do not know
how much surplus there Is In fruits
and vegetables In this vicinity."
Anna Mae Whiting, Mt. Glen, be
lieves that a cannery here would be a
good thing "becauso we can then use
all tho extra fruits and vegetables
which now go to waste."