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VOLUME 31
EASTERN OKEOON'8 LEADINQ NEW8PAPEK
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1988
MEMHER ASSOCIATED MIESS AND A. II. C.
NUMBER 295
(CflJIMM TESTIFIES W BANI MM
FARMERS IN
MEETINGS ON
WHEAT PLAN
Series Being Conducted
in Various Communities
to Explain Benefits;
ORGANIZATION TO
BE FINISHED SOON
Advisory : Committee of
Farmers to Direct Cam
paign Over County is
Headed bvE.H.DeLong
Starting with a meeting held nt
I miller, Aug. 10, fanners or tills lOiln
ty under the direction of County
Agent II. O. Avery aiid the county
wheat advisory committee, ore con
tinuing a series of meetings In each
of the larger communities for the
purpose of Informing all wheat grow
ers of the federal wheat allotmwit
plan and the benefit It provides to
the individual farms.
Meetings are continuing this week
with one scheduled for tonight at the
Blue- Mountain grange hall, one at
Allcel Friday night at the school
house and one at Elgin Saturday
night at the K. of P. hall. Meetings
already have been held at Inibler,
Summervllle, North Powder, Union.
Cove and Island City. In, the first
three meetings, a total of 233 farmers
attended. - i . i
Elections at which one permanent
director and two community commit
tee members for each district are
ohosen will begin with the meeting at
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Smallpox Cases
Reported Here;
Two Quarantines
Five known cases of smalipox exist
in La Grande at present. wra
them in one family which Is under
quarantine, it was reported by Dr. C.
L. Gllstrap, city-county health phy
sician. Another homo was quarantin
ed today.
The physician does not expect a
widespread epldemlo because so many
people have been Immunized against
the disease In the last few years, but
cases among those not protected are
possible. Officers arc investigating
reports that the smallpox started In
two or three families who did not re
port to physicians and as a result
were not placed under quarantine.
Tjack of co-operation with the au
thorities In this respect is believed to
have spread the contagion.
Parents are urged to watch their
children closely for any signs of dis
ease and arc asked to co-opcrato with
health authorities In attempting to
check further spread of the smallpox.
Authorities stand ready to take steps
to prosecute where violations of the
quarantine law exist.
EAGLES WILL
MEET TONIGHT
A regular meeting has been planned
by the Eagles lodge tonight at 7:30
o'clock at the hall. A special order
of business is scheduled to come be
fore the lodge ond oil members are
asked to be present.
Plans also are under way for the
broadcast next Monday when the
entire evening practically will be
turned over to Covo musicians.
LOSTINE MAN
BREAKS NOSE
Peter Gray, of Losttne. sustained a
severe nasal fracture Sunday when
he fell from a horse. He was brought
to the Bouvy hospital for treatment
and was able to return home yesterday.
DOG POPULATION OF
CITY IS DECREASING
Now comes word that the dog popu
lation of La Grande Is probably lees
than either last year or In 1031 f
City authorities base this belief on
the fact that between 50 and 60 dogs
have been killed by the dog catcher,
after they were not redeemed when
impounded, and also on the fact that
many families who kept dogs pre
viously, have given up the anln,als
because of lack of finances foi feed
and license cents.
, So far. 300 dogs have been licensed
by County Clerk C. K, McCormlck,
WILL
ROGER?
'Says:
LAKE FOREST, 111., Aug. 16 Well,
the old western polo boys gat licked
today. It now stands one game each
and the finals Sunday.
It was anybody's game for a long
time. Then our old cowpuncher, Hube
Williams got hurt. We got to try and
get Erlo Pedley, a crack player, from
the coast to come back here.
Well, all you hear back here is
codes. "How do you think NRA is go
ing?" and Its wonderful the way every
one seems to enter Into It. Yours,
$277,487 PAID
IN TO SHERIFF
IN HALF YEAR
Report Reveals Many De
linquent Tax Payments;
Many Use 10 Payments.
A report showing how much money
lius been collected $277,487.51 by
the sheriff's department, and also dis
bursements of this money, has been
filed by Sheriff Jesse Brcshenrs with
the county court, covering the period
r .i i tn .lniv 1. tills Tear.
The report reveals that delinquent
taxes dating as far back as vm Jiavo
been paid this year, with the 1034
and the 1037- amounts comparatively
(Continued oh Pago Seven)
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HEAT RELIEF IN t
SIGHT IN OREGON
Relief rrom the heat. wave which
has been prevalent through tho west
ern states the last few days already
was In sight, and In addition the
weather prediction today was for
thunderstorms In the mountains of
Eastern Oregon, showers on the North
Pacific coast and cooler weather Fri
day. Wednesday's maximum in La
Grande was 02, eight degrees cooler
than Tuesday, but the day was not
exactly cool in spite of cloudy skies.
Tho minimum here last night was 68
above, ranking It among the warmest
nights of this Bummer. Wednesday
was the 20th day this summer with, a
maximum of 00 or higher.
Maximum temperatures of 100 or
higher were recorded yesterday In vne
Sacramento valley In California and at
iirtn woiia nmi Yakima in Wash
ington. Scattered showers over the
west helped some localities, mere
t.Hiinriw storms over many sec
tions today while sudden gales and
downpours or rain oroite me cwui
heat which had caused 11 deaths this
week. Eight fires, all started by
lightning, wero brought under con
.v.i in tn PKniA national forest In
Oregon. Portland had cooler weather
today with a high log.
I.nmllittnn IDS, Above
AKhnllah till) RkV WaS ClOUdV. POh-
dlcton experienced the hottest day of
the summer yesterday wiuru
cury reached 108 above. Another
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COUNTY TEACHERS
TO MEET SEPT. 22
t
The Union county teachers' annual
institute will bo held on Sept. 22. It
was announced today by E. A. Sayrc.
county school superintendent.
A program will be arranged for
later.
Supt. C. A. Howard has made plans
to be on hand for Vne institute.
practically all of them belonging to
people residing In the corporate lim
its of La Grande. No other town in
the county took advantage of the
new dog licensing law passed by the
last legislature, which gives the city
80 per cent of all fees from dog 11
censes Issued and It Is not known
Its city limits. The remaining 20 per
cent goes first to pay the cost of
license togs, etc., and the rest is
placed in a found to reimburse llvo-
(Contfmied on Page Four)
5 Score and 6
y h f
Ci.mii minium 1 1 ii in iiiiiiiih iiiiiiiiiiiiiii mm I iiimir nisi iroin in nHTTrn
A checkered life Is behind Susan
Boss, who recently celebrated her
106th birthday. A former Negro'
slave, she was taken from her par
ents at the age of eight, given to a
planter's wife as a wedding pres
ent. She is the mother of 21 chil
dren, separated from husband and
family when they were transferred
to distant plantations. '
NEW ORDINANCE
ON SECOND HAND
STORES IS READ
First reading of an ordinance de
signed to license and regulate second
hand stores, pawn shops, wrecking
houses and junk shops took place at
the city commission meeting last
night. The ordinance Is written to
become effective 30 days after -(manage,
which probably will take place
next Wednesday or tho week follow
ing. The ordinance provides that all
such places must be licensed, pay an
annual fee of $10 per year, and must
report any stolen property or property
they suspect of being stolen. Each
place must keep a permanent register
In which any property purchased musti
be described, with the address and
name of the vendor. The ordinance
makes it unlawful to buy or sell to
and from an intoxicated person or a
minor, and makes it unlawful to pur
chase any new article from Individuals
without written permission from tho
(Continued on Page FourV
SUBMIT PL AN
AS SOON AS
City Officials to Seek Ap
pointment With Ore-
gon Advisory Group' I
IMMEDIATEACTION
NOT HELD LIKELY
Board Still Busy Setting
up Office, and Appoint
ment of New Member
Not Yet Made. ' -
It still will be several days before
the city commission of La tirunde can
submit Its Itravcr Creek pipeline re
construction and power plant project
brief to the Oregon advisory board of
the public works administration, fills
was the word brought to La Grande
Wednesday by L. K. Stockman, en
gineer of linker, who with A. II. Mo
Laln and B. II. Itlngo, of this city,'
drew up tho brier which iiow is com
pleted. - ' .1 1 , 1
Mr. Stockman, stopped In Portland
Tuesday and sought an interview with
C. C. Hockley, newly named engineer
of the Oregon board, but found tu
obstacles to Immediate submission of
a brief in that the board is still busy
attempting to set-up an office, and
also that until a successor is named
to take Hockley's place on the ad
visory board made vacant by his
appointment as engineer no busi
ness can be attended to.
A largo crowd or representatives
from various sections of the state was
Continued on Page Throe)
Burke, Pioneer
Railroad Man Of
La Grande, Dies
Edward Burke, for almost 50 years
a resident of La Grande and a pen
sioned employe of the railroad, died
in Spokane Monday and the body was
brought to La Grande for burial,
arriving this morning. The body is
at the Walker Funornl Home where
it will lie in state until Friday morn
ing at 8 o'clock. c
Mr. Burke had not been In good
health since an operation that was
performed In Spokane a year ago. He
moved to Spokane from La Grande
in 1926.
Ho Is the brother of the late Mrs.
James McCoy. Six children survive
(Continued on Page Three)
POLICE! POLICE!
BOARDREADY
She'll Rule Pendleton Roundup
HOPES BRIGHTER
FOR ENLARGING
FISH HATCHERY
A delegation composed of five meal
J. I. Peterson, of Baker, G. I. Hess
and son, and M. L. Bidder, of Union,
4 Nate Zwclfel and Hoy Farnam, of
La Grmido who met with the Ore
gon state gams commission In Port'
land ' Monday, reported favorable
progress relative to securing a model
flBh hatchery at - Union upon their
return.
The game commission has taken
Immediate action, asking that Mr.
Davis, of the federal bureau of fish
eries, and Ralph Cowglll, the engi
neer of the state commission, make a
thorough investigation and report
back to the commission at the
earliest possible date.
The members of the Eastern Ore
gon delegation feel confident that
that when thia Investigation Is com
pleted tho game commission will be
gin at once to lay plans for an up-to-date
fish hatchery at Union,
since the site inero is ideal and has
all tho possibilities for one of the
largest hatcheries In the state.
The slto is located on the Old Ore
gon Trail highway and in a central
position for liberation of fish In East
(Continued on Page Seven)
, I
Twenty . thrco
years ago L. O.
Fraxcr was ono
'i of the found
ers of the Ten-
M d I e t o n. Ore.,
I Roundup. This
I year, Fraaer,
who has served
on the Roundup
board since its
inception, sees
his daughter.
Miss Jean Fra
aer, win the cov
eted honor to
rule as queen of
the hlstorlo
celebration to be
held Sept, 11,
'22, 23. She's 19,
and a Junior at
the University
of Oregon.
N. R. A. HEAD
APPOINTMENT
MADE TODAY
George Benson, of Union,
Decides Not to Accept;
Eggleson Successor.
SAI.KM, Ore., AllT. 17 OT licit
KKgltson, (if Kutcriirlxe, wrh nninrd
toilny to succeed UoorRC Benson, of
Union, us a member of the state re
covery board.
(leorec Unison, of Union, appoint
ed' regional adviser of the N.- It. A.
recently, lias decided not to accept,
It was learned today, .and another
appointment for this district Is ex
pected soon. It Is understood that
'1 (Continued on F&ro Three)
CONVENTION TO
ADJOURN TODAY
PORTLAND. Aug. 17 (P) Hopeful
of being able to adjourn late today,
delegates to tho annual convention
of the OrcKou State Federation of
Labor got to work early this morning
and were confronted with tho neces
sity of acting on a largo group or
resolutions which were parried over
from yesterday's session. ProloiiKOd
debate yesterday afternoon slowed up
the program.
Tho convention went on record
favoring restoration of the higher
penalties for tux delinquencies with
u request that the small home owner
bo given additional consideration. It
was contended that many persons
now In position to pay taxes are not
loing so because thcro Is no high
penalty and they can use their money
to better advantriKe elsewhere.
Refunding of bond issues at low
rates of Interest and reduction of the
bonded debt In good times so that
borrowing may bo easier In hard
times was' rocommended In another
resolution approved by tho labor fed
eration. Opposition was expressed to further
reduction In education costs and cur
tailment of expenditures for t ache re'
salaries.
Formal resolutions favoring the
principles of free speech and civil
liberties received approval of tho
convention.
Wheat Today
( Hit A(i(), Aug. 17 (I1) ShirlHiifl
rmerHiil of grain Iniilo sentiment Iw.k
place today, and Mm Rniln imirketK
iMM'jime as lit io) n n I, uk they yesterday
had lice ii the dim-1, opposite,
A rrlurn of confidence among buy
ers originated In corn, and later went
like wliil fire llirotiRh oats and other
grain, finally overwhelming wheat.
Highest price nt thn day for whint
were reached shortly before trading
ended, but were not fully held owl tin
Ut lively prnMt taking. Wheat, tinned
unsettled, l&'iVnt above yesterday's
finhh, corn at the day' maximum, 'I
rxmtit lip, oats alno at the maximum,
.1 eetrtft advanced, nnd provisions
Milling 2 cents to V cents gain,
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
t
NO MOKE OVBIITIMB PERMITS
'
OKKtiON I'ltlHONKK ESCAPES
HUNT DOWN CUBAN POLICE
TAXES ON WHEAT MAY JUMP
SALKM, A up;. 17 (rT) Co-operating
with tlio federal re-employment pro
gram the 8tnte welfare commission to
day ruled that effective, at once no
more permits will be Issued to busl
newi firms to employ workers over
time during ctnergenclcfl. Thin rul
ing will affect all, firms, whether
signed up with tho NHA or not. C. II.
drum sultl..
DENVER, Aug. 17 W) Hand
cuffed and chained to a bed. H. B.
Graham, a prisoner from Oregon en
route to Texas, broko a heavy iron
bar last nght and escaped while his
guard waa out to lunch.
HAVANA, Aug. 17 (JP) The hunt
for hated members of the Porra,
oiiHtttd Proficient Mkichado'g secret
police organization, continued today
with the capture nfter a gun fight
of lnse Del Valle. A. II. Alnclart,
who was chief of police In the Maolia
do regime, also was captured today
and was taken to Principe Fortress,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (rP) Bee
retary Wallace said today there was
a prospect of additional processing
taxes on wheat and cotton If the
price of the products continued to
decline. The processing tax la a levy
paid by tho manufacturer or proces
sor of wheat and cotton, which in
turn goes to the farmer In benefit
payments for his agreement to cut
production.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (P) A
plan to take 'some of the butter sur
plus off the market In an effort to
raise prices fur the prod mil wuh work
ed out today at- conferences between
farm 1 administration - off leluls and
represeutatlvvh of, dairymen.
BANK ROBBER IS
SHOT TO DEATH;
RECOVER MONEY
DcvcfopnientM 111 Crime, Fight
(Hy The) Associated rrcas)
, Ono bandit killed after two robbed
Starbuck, Minn. bank. Loot reoovor.
ed.
Oo..'.Jornto of Undorhlll gang criti
cally wounded and hlB wlfo Injured
tn gunflgtrt with posse In Arkansas
bills.
STARBUOK, Minn., Aug. 17 (IF)
A telophono operator dared death to
day to thwart a robbery, which re
sulted In tho killing of one bandit
after he and a companion had robbed
tho First National bank of toctweon
l,C0O and 1.200. Tho loot was re
covered. A posso .pursued tho accomplice.
Miss Plorenco Btuman, tolephono op
orator, was passing tho bank where
two employes and two patrons woro
held at bay by ono robbor, wllio his
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CAYlSHOOTING
IS FATAL TO ONE
PENDLETON, Oro., Aug. 17 (P)
Tho body of James Doan, 46, was
brought to tho morguo hero today,
and hl wlfo was takon to a hospital
for treatment of a bullet wound In
her chest, tho result, pollco said, of
a shooting affair near Cayuse, 13
mllcH cast or horo, last night.
Officers who questioned Mrs. Doan
said sho told them Doan wounded
her and then shot himself through
tho head with an automatic pistol.
Mrs. Doan walked a quarter of a
mllo for aid. despite her serious
wound. Physicians bcllcvo sho will
reeovor.
Mrs. Doan told police, they report
ed, that her husband had been
drinking. Physicians who examined
his body said his skull appeared to
bo fractured nnd that his Jaw was
broken, officers woro Investigating
tho possibility that othors may have
been involved in tho case.
INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the ronnds two person,
will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some
question f the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C, M, Wight
each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Theatre. The iiirrent altnuilon Is oil-star cast In "Terror
Abroad." .
Tho most pleasant thing that could
happen to a person usually conjures
up a host of happy experiences, but
now tho question Is for the moat part
answered in ono way,
Mrs. J, B. Pitrerald, 1008 Seventh
street, says, "I can't Imagine wiythlng
TELLS STORY
BIG LOAN TO
DAWES' BANK
Was Asked by Hoover to
i avor Loan "For Fo- '
litical Purposes.".
NATION SHOCKED ,
AT NEWS OF LOAN
Couzens Denies Having!
Blocked $45,000,000 R
F. C. Loan For Union
Guardian Trust Co. I
UKTKOIT, Aug. 17 P Senator
fumes Couzens,. (R., Mich.) tentlfy
tng before the Detroit bank Invest!,
gating Jury today, raid he had been
asked by President Hoover during the
KUtt political campaign to tasue "for -
political purposes," a statement ap
proving the loan of 91)0.000.000 to the
Chicago bank of which Charles O
Dawes ww head.
Mr. Hoover, the senator said,
"wanted the statemenWor polltloal
purposes." ' . : ' . . ' .
The request, he said, camo In A
telephone call from the White House.
'1 said I would be gladt to do bo
If we got an opinion from his attor
ney general that I would not be vlo
latlng" the law," said Couzens. '"All
loans had been, confidential until
about July 16, when a law was pass-4 .
ed requiring the Reconstruction Pin
anco corporation v$o report to con
grass on rail loans .miade In secrecy.'1 :
Tho Michigan -senator said that while
his statement of approval was ; not
formally Issued, ho did' approve the
Dawos loan .. i.; .;.
"Tho nation was' shocked when tl
leaked out from some source un
known to me that Dawes, . formed
president of the R.F.C, had got a ,
loan from the R.F.C. of $00,000,000,
Couzens said. "Of course, the parfcy
that was out of power capitalised
on that." '
Couzens assented to a remark of
Prosecutor Harry S. Toy, his ques
tioner, to the effect that "that la
what Is called! politics. Is it not?" and
said:
"Frankly, that scared the R.F.O.
and made It more cautious. I asked
tho senate to appoint a committee ot
five to Investigate all loans mado In
secrecy. You must remember Dawes
got his loan m Juno for a new bank.
He was not going to put $90,000,000
In an old bank and have the .wise
ones withdraw their money, but was
going to give all depositors an equal
chance to withdraw their money.'
Couzens said he then went to the
R.F.C. and obtained a complete list
of all the loans made, asking for .
(Continued on Page Boron)
Chinese Floods
Take Heavy Toll
Of Life, Report
HANKOW, Hupeh Province (Cen-.
tral China), Aug .17 m Wide
spread floods of tho Yellow river In
Northern China wero said today to
luive caused 50,000 deaths In tho lasts
fow days.
Officials of tho Ktnkow-Hankotf
railway, In giving this estimate, said
that many mora undoubtedly had
porlahed since dikes began breaking
over a wldo area early this month
bub that tho complete total will
never bo known.
To add to tho misfortunes of the
destitute population, bandits have ap
peared In the submerged areas In .
Honan province north of hero and
aro plundering towns and villages,
robbing tho victims of everything
valuable that can bo carried awy.
I
(1KIIUH1 8BTS KKCORD
St. LOUIS. Aug. 17 ! Lou Gehrig,
Yankee first baseman, today set a new
ondurnnco record for ball players,
when, as Now York and St. Louis meb
in tho third game of tho scries, he
took part In his 1,308th consecutive
contest. Tho old record of 1,307
straight games was set by Everett)
Scott, former Yankee shortstop.
REPORTER i
that could possibly happen that would
no moro pleasant than a cool day."
Dick Young, Prultdalo, says, "Cool
weather Is my idea of something
pleasant, but In the meantime while
I'm waiting for It I manage to keep
kind of cool by going swimming."