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La Grande !Legion Drum Corps Wins First Place La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, , "The Switzerland of America" . i ( i i :i Only; Newspaper ' Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties i VOLUME 31 EAHTKRX OltKOON'S LEADING NKWSI'Al'EH LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1933 MEMHKR ASSOCIATED PKES8 AND A. II. C. NUMBER 290 STOCI SH0W1 B m HELD AUa 2MB Final Approval Given Part of Elgin- Weston Project BIDS TO BE ASKED SOON ON HIGHWAY W. H. Lynch, District En gineer, Approves $50, 000 Grading Project. WORK SCHEDULED FOR THE EAST END Provides For Grading of 4.5 Miles of Portion of Forest Road Nearer to Elgin. Eight Orcson forest highway pro jects to cost $(MO.IKI0 and to be un dertaken with federal money under the lmtlonull recover)' act, hnvc been approved by W. II. Lynch, district engineer. iMireiitl of public works, antl bids on the work will bo called soon. One or the projects approved was for grading 4.5 miles near the eastern end of the Weston-Elgin highway, at a cost of $50,000. Earlier this week It was announced that $100,000 hod been allocated to the Weston-E'.gln highway, and It waa presumed locally that the ap proval of the grading of the eastern end of the road that portion nearest Elgin represents only one-half of the work to be done this year. No furthcr details were available today, however. The new work approved by the bur eau of public roada also Includes: Surfacing of 8-mllo section, of Pen-dleton-John Day, highway near Range, an rtno ' . 1 ' ' " Oiling 10.2 miles of Canyon City- Burns highway near uanyon ivy, $40,000. Front Wheels Stolen From Andrews' Car An unusual theft was committed near La Grande about (I o'clock this morning, when both front wheels of Al Andrews' car were stolen while the owner was working his two bird dngs In a field not more than ISO yards distant. Mr. Andrews drove out to about a mile from Oekeler's lane, parked his oar on the right hand side of the road near a gate, and took his dogs Into the field. Part of the time he was unable to seo his car because of vegetation between' him and the gats, tout ho says ho wasnt In the field more than 35 minutes. When ho discovered his loss, he could see an old automobile going cast near Lone Tree, and believes this was the machine whoso occupants took his wheels. He was forced to walk about a mllo and a quarter when he got a ride tho rest of the way Into La Grande, and reported the theft to tho state police, who notified Baker to watch for tho suspected oar. Mr. Andrews roports that his car was not damaged except for the loss of tho wheels. TWO CARS IN MINOR SMASH Automobiles driven by Wayne Rea vls and Oscar Hobson figured In a minor acoldent at 6:35 o'clock yes 1 tcrday a mile north of Island City on tho La Orando-Wallowa Lake highway. No one was hurt. The ao cldont was reported to the police. PLENTY OF SCENERY ON THIS LOOP DRIVE Another loop drive from La Grande is attracting some La Grandera, al though road conditions are not of the beet. The 60-mile drive from La Grande and back via Mount Emily and Ka mela Is, in the opinion of Joe Ruck man, the most scenic drive anywhere in this section, and if It were im proved, ho says. Union county woula have a scenic loop second' to none In the United States. Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Ruck man. their daughter, Mrs. Edwards, and their granddaughter. Miss Virginia Edwards, the two latter from Califor nia, drove to Mount Emily and In WILL r ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal.. Aug. 10 Everybody knows Mr. Roosevelt don't want any armed trouble with Cuba or anybody else, but when you start telling somebody what "tile;' must do," why you got to back It up with something. You can't teli the bully to quit picking on the boy unless you are prepared to do something to huh-In case ho don't quit picking on nlm. Trouble is we never did ' set Cuba plum free. Wo kept a clauso In the contract whero wo were to remain the guardian. Take tlie sugar out of Cuba and the sugar out of the Philip pines and our altruistic feelings would kinder cool off. Yours, 2 ARRESTED BY OFFICERS FOR BAKER State and City Policemen "Frisk" Train to Capture Alleged House Robbers Slate and city policemen, working together under the direction of Lieut, Warren Yancey, urrestcd two men on a freight train here about 11 o'clock last night, both of whom were want ed In Itakcr In ooiuieottoiiwltli a house .robbery,.. .. 'x'.'' i 'v' v- The two, George Waltkm of Spring field. 111., and Albert Jensen, of Sea tonville, 111., were taken to Baker be fore daybreak where charges will toe lodged against them. State police here were notified toy telephone last night that a Baker house had been robbed of two suits of clothing, several shirts, some un derwear and other articles. Two men suspected of the robbery were be- (Continued on Page Three) BOYS' CAMP EAST OF UNION READY FOR DADS' NIGHT Numerous parents spent Thursday afternoon and evening at the Cather ine nrppic hrwa' enmn where 39 Union county and 19 Baker county boys are having a delignnm ouung. iuiub"" Is the big dads' night with a pow wow on the program beginning about 7:30 to which all parents and friends are invited. Many are planning on remaining over night. Those who visited the camp which is located a short" distance above Thompson's Meadow, on the site of a former boy scout camp, came home (Continued on Pago Throe) EIGHT MORE MEN WORKING FOR U. P. The Union Pacific rallrond has put an additional eight men to work on the section near Wallowa, on the La Grande-Joseph branchllnc. It was re ported today. For a time this year only two men were engaged In woik on tho right of way. then later two more wore added. Tho newest addition brings the crew to 12. stead of returning the same way, tools another road to Kainela and then to La Grande. After leaving the Mount Emily for est station the road is a little rough for a while, but after that it Is a good mountain road on which one may average about 15 miles on hour, It Is reported. The day was ideal for the drive and the travellers were greatly im pressed by the wonders that Union county has but has not yet exploited. Mr. and Mrs. Ruckman have been taking their visitors to several other Eastern Oregon points including Wal lowa lake. ASTORIA WILL BE HOST TO LEGION MEET La Grande, Through Fred y E. Kiddle, Plans to Bid For 1935 Convention DRUM CORPS MAKES SPLENDID SHOWING Wins Phillip L. Jackson Cup Was First to Be gin Parading in Klam ath Falls Wednesday. WINS PHILLIP L. JACKSON CUP The La (irnndo American Legion drum corps last night won the Phillip L, Jackson cup for the best drum corps In the annual con vention parade, the first night parade in the history or the Am erican Legion In Oregon. The drum corps was led by John L. Oarlty. Var several years it bus been near the top, hut this was the first state victory Tor the La Grander!. Delegates to the Amcrlcnn Legion convention nt Klmuatli Fulls today unanimously voted to hold tho 11)34 (Continued On Page Pour) , No Public Works . Action Due Until Engineer Named Before any further action can be taken on the proposed expenditure of nearly 920,000,000 of federal public works money for projects In Oregon including the E. O. N. training school and the Beaver Creek pipeline project a supervising engineer must be appointed for this state by (Continued on Page Eight) SON IS BORN TO CHIDSEYS Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chidsey aro the parents of a son born Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Dave Rogers In Pendleton. Mr. Chidsey is an engineer for the state highway de partment with headquarters In La Grande. The baby has been named James Edward. WILEY POST TO YOUR 1 WA(-JT A 1 roumo-trIp ves sip. Ci- ST 1 . TICKET ROUMD- SS!!S- V 1) - , ,V COULD VOU I f , TELL OS WHAT I , fW s I sfesy Nudists Work and Frolic In California Above, three members of the Shasta colony ready for a hike. Lower, Mlgnon Beck. Right, cleaning up the nature camp. NUDIST MISS FINDS LIFE GOOD DURING HER FIRST DAY IN SHASTA COLONY r,!: What :H.lfc . like ,.ln OaUfonjAa' firBtj nudist colony? Mlgnori Beck, San Francisco girl, herewith tells of her first day in the nuc'flst camp noW flourishing in Shasta county. The Editor. By Mlgnon Beck ROUND MOUNTAIN, Shasta Coun ty, Aug. 11 The sun shining In my face and the chirping of birds awakened me from a sound sleep. It was early, but already nude fig ures were Jumping from hillside beds and making their way towards . the cabins. Without dressing, I followed hast ily to find 13 men, seven women and three children standing In three rows .awaiting their morning exer cises. They were lined up without regard to height and made a queer picture, with tints of skin ranging from a light pink to a bright coral and various shades of beige and brown. Exercising vigorously for 10 min utes, we then ran down to the creek SAYS IT WON'T BE and plunged, Jnto thft'icy watersfor a dip. " V Meets II. C. Coed At the pool I met a young attrac tive girl. She turned out to be a University of California student. "My family thinks I'm In a conventional summer resort," she said. "They'd have a fit if they thought I'd gone nudist." A brisk run back to camp and we found breakfast ready to be served on tables on the ground in the largest log cabin. Breakfast consisted of (Continued on Page Fourk GRASS FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED The fire truck, wan called to Wash ington and 15th street yesterday af ternoon to extinguish a grass fire. Thirty-five gallons of chemicals were required! to control tho blaze. There wo3 no damage. LONG NOW LOOK VERY REP mim . I .ll-" H V BEN "EAGLE" GOES, THERE IS NO RETURN Gen. Johnson Makes State ment Today; 201 N.R. A. (Signers in La Grande. A flat prediction (hut ti ciisc nt re vocation of the Blue Bugle, cmblcm atlo or compliance with the national recovery ndmlulHtrutloii, will arise mid 1 lut t It will liifii n "econoinle death" to the of rentier, was made to day In YVuMliliiKtou by Hugh H. Jolm son, N.lt.A. mlnilnlHtrutor. In the meantime. La Grande busi ness and professional woplo con tinued to sign the N.R.A. agreement, and tho post office reported that tho number enlisted under the Blue Eagle stood at 201 early this afternoon. No Insignia was on hand but signers during tho shortage will bo given Blue Eagles upon their arrival. Tho first official 'Honor Roll" was posted in tho post office today. Word also was received from Wash ington that four industries were au thorized today to operate under modi fied presidential ro - employment agreements pending final action on their codes. The four arc: boot and shoo, drug, cheese and cotton bnt tlng. These codes will bo in effect pending hearings, after which final stipulations aro drafted for promul- ( Continued On Page Four) ANXIETY IS FELT FOR 8 CATHOLICS HANKOW, Hupeli Province, Central China. Aug. 11 (P) Anxiety was felt hero today over tho fato of eight American Catholla prlcstn and sisters or mercy marooned In Yuunehow, which rebels captured from provin cial troops Juno 27. fllnco then tho government wo! tilers have been unsuccessfully trying to recapture tho town, whlcJi )a in Hu nan province and 400 miles south west of Hankow. Communication fa cilities are disrupted. Wheat Today rillCAfiO, Aug. II Ml Wheat late today Tell .1 ci-nts a bushel to the tmttomiuosl point which rimTg ency rtilm would penult for a ninglo day's fluctuation. Sensationally bullish crop report from Kovernnii'iit sources fell flat as n market Influence. Slop ) selling and lack of speculative buying sup port was evident. Wheat finished grogey at 1he day's extreme low point, fi; under the uvcr age of ycstcnlay'H closing (UolJitliitH, corn Pf,";'io down. ouU '4t&2a off, and prmhlniiH Khowltig 7 to decline. w -. , a i JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME BAKER COUNTY MINE SOLD OIIDKK Ol'AKDSMF.N KKMOVKll I.INDIIEKOIIS PLAN FLIGHT . TUKKS SHOOT AMERICAN PORTLAND, Aug. 11 im Tilt. mir. vliaso of the Hull Itiiu nilno iienr Unity, In Uakcr county, at a price r f 100,000, mis announced here by A. O. Duncan Crux. Vancouver, n. r. torney. HABrUSBURO, Pa., Aug. 11 (P) Governor Plnohot todav nnt.lrinH office from Ma hums in. Mil ford he had ardcj-cd tho removal tomorrow of 328 national guardsmen from the Fayette county coal etrlko field. JULIANAIIAAn. Greenland, Ai.jr. 11 OT Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh hoped weather conditions would favor a flight today to Ang nuigKiillk, whence. - they planned to mntlnue to Reykjavik, Iceland, on their northern, nlr mapping tour. Otlierwlse, It wiw Niild, tliey may re turn to the United states aboard their supply ship. ISTANBUL, Turkey, 'Aug. 11 P) Raymond 8. White of Wlnflcld, Kan,, an Amorlcan teacher of tho Smyrna IntorndUonal college, waa wounded In the foot last night by Turkish gendarmes who mistook him for an escaped brigand as he was motoring at high speed from Bcrgnma to Smy- SALEM, Aug. 11 (P) The state bond commission acted tvlthln Its authority In purchasing Oregon City refunding bonds in the nuinner It did. Attorney General I, II. Van Wink le held lu answering the question of Governor Julius L. Meter as. to tlie legality of tlie purcluiso May 17 f fllO.OOOO refunding bonds. , : WALLOWA VALLEY - PIONEER PASSES AT, AGE OF 91 WALLOWA (Special) James A. Masterson, the lost of Wallowa coun ty's earliest pioneers, died at his homo east of Wallowa Thursday morning at the advanced age of DI years. Born in Lexington. Kentucky, on Oct. 10, 1842, he, with his parents, camo to Lone county. Ore., In 1851. When just a younginan starting out in Ufo for himself, he engaged for a time In mining activities, then re turned In it ho fall of 1804 to tho Wil lamette valley and In partnership with his brothers fitted out wagons and camo to The Dalles where thsy engaged In freighting to the mines In Idaho for seven years. Selling his freighting interests, also a blacksmith shop, he had boon operating at Cove, (Continued on Page Four) MILTON A. MILLER NAMED COLLECTOR WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (P) Presi dent Roosevelt today appointed Mil ton A. Miller of Oregon, as collector of customs at Portland. Tho an nouncement was mttde at the White House. PORTLAND, Aug. II (II Real astonishment was expressed hero to ddy by Milton A. Miller, former state senator and collector of Internal reve nue under the Wilson administration when he was advised ho had been appointed collector of costumes for Oregon . "Well, well," ho told a reporter over tho telephone. "I wonder how that happened." Ho explained the ap pointment came ns a complete sur prise, but he hastened to ac'ri "of course I am very much pleased. That Is a very fine appointment." The Job carries a salary of $0000 a year. I INQUIRING Each day ai the Inqulrlnc Reporter makes the rounds two person will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some question of the day. Throup;h the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the Llhi-rly Theatre. The current ill I rail Ion Li Xnsil Tills and Hllm Hiuiiiiirrvllle III "Out All Night." Whether or not the United Stntcs should mcddlo In atfalrs of Amerlcnn countries to the south has long been a debated question. Civil war Is raging In Cuba and again the ques tion Is raised. Myrtlo Russel, 402 Fourth streot, strongly dlsravors United, State's par ticipation In Cuban aflnlrs. She says, DECIDE ON DATES FOR IIMON MOW Meeting of Eastern Ore gon Association Held , Thursday . Evening. . ; PREMIUM LISTS IN V. Mill M, JJAWJI Teams Being ' Organized , to Make- Advertising Tours of Various Near by Communities. The Eastern Oregon Livestock show will be held at Union on Thursday, Friday and Huturday, Aug. 24, 20 and 20, it was decided at a meeting of the association held at Union last nlcht. . . , For awhile there was some question as to whether the 1033 show would be staged, but It was decided to go ahead with the Eastern Oregon ex position. . Premium lists aro now with the printers and will be ready for distri bution in the near future. ' Teams are being organized also to make tours to various localities for advertising purposes. Herbert Chandler, of Baker, Is presi dent of the association and Tony D, Smith, of Union, la secretary. This Is tho first year that the as sociation has . elected to hold the snow in August, usually it ib staged, about the second week of June. . , Cubans rresent ; New Proposal To'; wUtik Government HAVANA, Aug. 11 (IP) Troops armed with machlno guni,and rifles surrounded the 'presidential palace this afternoon after roports had been, received that a mob planned to at tack It. The special guards were placed af ter the executive committee of Presi dent Machado's own Liberal party had submitted to United States Am bassador Sumner Welles a counter proposal for peace by which tho president would surrender his office to General Alberto Herrera, now sec retary of war. HYDE PARK, N. Y Aug. 11 (ff) . Prcsldont Roosevelt packed his bags for tho return to Washington today, ready to act to end the Cuban poli tical turmoil by whatever means de velopments made necessary, t Oregon, Washington Lumber Cut Nearly Four Billion Feet PORTLAND, Oro. The lumber production of Oregon and Washing ton in 1932 amounted to 3,867,826,000 feet according to tho preliminary re port of a recently completed can vass of tho Industry by the Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station, Portland, Oregon. This was 41 per cent below the 1031 production, 68 per cent below that of 1930, and 68 per cent below that In 1929. or the 1932 cut, Washington pro duced 2.2G0.892.000 foot and) Oregon, 1.606,934,000 feet. Douglas fir con stituted 72 per cent, ponderosa plno 12 per cent, and western hemlock 0 por confc of tho production. Mult nomah county reported the largest cut in Oregon, or 320,642.000 feet, and Plorco county the largest Itx Washington, or 353,164,000 feet. In 1029 both these counties reported a cut of over 000,000,000 feet. Only Co 4 mills of tho 1240 on rec ord reported as operating at some time during tho year, ItASKHAI.L American Ijcaguo Washington ...... 8 11 Boston 4 10 REPORTER j "Tho U. S. should adopt a laissez faire attltudo toward the South Am erican countries and surrounding Islands." J. J. Williams, Depot and Fourth, says. "I believe that America should Interfere In this event in order to force Machado out of office. Peace could be restored more or less easily with him out of the way." k 4
