East Oregon Stock Show To Begin Next Thursday
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
The Switzerland
of America"
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties :
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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON,- 3RIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1933
MK.MIIEil ASSOCIATED HKESS AND A. 11. C.
NUMBER 297
MEE1 CODE GOES TO F1ES1 BM
UNION MAKES
EIMAI DHMC
FOR BIG SHOW
,(( (Booster Trips to Several
i- Communities Made Lmvj
v ing Current Week.
MOST OF JUDGING
i) ON OPENING DAY
' ...
f Friday Parade Ejxpected
to Thrill Crowds; Sev
eral Large Stock Breed
, eis to Have Entries.
UNION (Special) With the slock
' show Just a few (lays away, com-'
mittees ore hastening the rimU ar
rangements to stage a successful
three days of eiitertnliiment. Tom
Johnson, of Cove, who Is a veternn
helper with tho stock show. In put
ting the grounds Into shnpe hy
having weeds cleared away and a
road grader smooth the track. Pens
are being repaired and all will soon
be in readiness for the stock ex
hibits that will begin arriving
Tuesday.
Among the prominent stock breed
ers that have showed stock other
years and have signified their inten
tions to enter exhibits this year are:
Herbert Chandler with his string of
Herefords; Outtrldge Brothers of
Prairie City. Aberdieen Angus stock;
Green Brothers, of Union, Shorthorns;
Bell Brothers,- of Cove, Jerseys; Al
bert Mel horn, of Halfway, Herefords,
and others. W. R. Frlzzclle of Sum
mervllle,, and Bill Moss, of Allcel,
f will exhibit Percheron horses.
. r Booster Trips Miule..--...-
Booster trips have covered the ter
ritory In the valley pretty thoroughly
and D. E. Richards, Lew Bidelor, J.
Moore and Herbert Chandler will
drive to the John Day country Sun
day to advertise the show. Earlier In
the week J. P. Hutchinson, Gene
Reuter, Ned Poye and Roy Gipson
drove through the valley from. La
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Booster Pump Is
Being Installed
On Pumper Truck
Tho fire department staff, under
the supervision of Fire Chief C. T,
Lindsay, is busily engaged this week
end In Installing a booster pump on
the Stutz pumper truck. It is an od
, dltlonal fire fighting unit that has
been sought for some time, but only
lately authorized by tho city com
mission. Briefly, It consists of a 04-gallon
.y capacity water tank connected with
the pumper so that a stream of any
pressure up to 400 pounds can be
thrown on a blaze as long as the
water in tho tank lasts. In fighting a
v small fire, a garden hese could be
turned on in the tank and materially
add to tho capacity of the tank, with
water coming in at the same time
the pumper is directing a stream on
the blaze.
The booster pump will allow use of
water In fighting fires where chemi
cals formerly were used and at a
much less expense. The chemical
tank, however, is not Junked, the
booster pump being merely an addi
tion with all other firo fighting fea
tures retained.
It is - expected the pump will bo
ready for operation by Monday.
W. WESJENSK0W WINS
IN ESSAY CONTEST
Woodrow Westenskow, of Imblcr,
won first prize In this week's Mer
chants Essay and Misspelled! Word
V contest, writing on the subject of The
Lottos Lunch and Beer Parlor.
Interest was quite keen In this
week's contest and with Van Petten
Lumber Company announced as the
subject for the next week, it Is ex
pected that interest will continue at
the high level shown throughout the
present contest wh"'. runs from week
to week, thus 9 -ng everyone sctveral
chances at ' t prize.
WId receives $3 cash, second 2.
tlVI and honorable mentions have
It J fen Bven a complimentary ticxet
, o me woeriy men ire inrougn me
courtesy of C. M. Wight, manager.
Second prize this week went to Henry
f D. Miller, of Union, and third to
y La Grande. Honorable mention was
awarded to Wallace Cass, 1506 Jeffer
son avenue, Evelyn Spencer. 2110
Cedar street; Marell Walte, Route 1.
La Grande, and Ada May Cooper, 006
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 I've been
working day and night since almost
yesterday with this fellow Johnson
on a code far comedians. He claims
that senators and congressmen comes
under our code. I claim theirs is a
separate union. that they are prolos
slonal and In a class by themselves
and that us amateur comedians
should not be classed with 'em.
I hate to defy this NBA, but I am
going to carry my light to the coun
try, because, according to his code,
it would give work to more senators
and congressmen, and I claim that's
tho only thing we don't want any
more of.
So it looks like I am really the. first
one to lock horns with this tough guy,
Johnson, but I believe I got the po
plo with me. Yours,
FIRE HAZARD
MORE SERIOUS
IN THIS AREA
Twenty-Pour Forest Fires
Reported so Far This!
Year in Union County.
Tlie fire hazard Is becoming more
serious In Eastern Oregon with each
passing day and will continue until
the general fall rains occur, It was
announced today by I C. Mnrehcud,
district warden. To date 2-tt fcrrVl
fires have been started- on state pa-
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WEATHER COOLER
IN EAST OREGON
FRIDAY EVENING
The weather was a bit cooler ln La
Grande last night although the pre
diction was for rising temperatures
during the weekend, with generally
fair weather.
Tho minimum last night was SO
above, 11 degrees cooler than Thurs
day night when the mercury dropped
no lower than the 70 mark.
Friday was tho 31st day of this
summer to pass the SO above mark
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PUTTING NEW ROOF
ON CITY LIBRARY
Approximately $600 is being spent
by the city this week for putting a
new roof on the city library, me n
brary roof developed several leaks last
winter and spring, and examination
revealed a replacement was necessary,
Charles Hildebrand - is in charge of
tho work.
City Manager Angus McAllister also
reported that Goodnough and Kelty
have Just completed repairing the city
building's roof, which also leaked
during the winter-spring seasons. A
coat of primer and a coat of asphalt
paint wero applied.
H avenue. La Grande.
The winning essay follows:
"Service is one of the many prin
ciples upon which any business Is
founded, and the essential thing in
its existence.
"Thirty-three years ago The Lottes
Lunch and Beer Parlor started busi
ness and since then it has given such
satisfactory service that it has been
able to expand and prosper until to
day It Is one of the most thorough
and complete establishments of its
kind in La Grande.
"That work is the secret to success
la ably borne out In the fact that the
Lottes Lunch Is open nineteen hours
a day to give service to the public.
They serve a very appetizing lunch in
a short time for less money.
"This is why I think the Lottes
Lunch and Beer Parlor Is entitled to
the patronage of the La Grande com
munity and I am sure the public
sentiment Is with me.
"Woodrow Westenskow,
"Imblcr, Ore,
Held in Stock
Exchange Plot
Arrested on the cliargo he set
off tear gna bombs iu the New
York Stock Exchange, Eugene
S. Duniell, Jr., 28-year-old Har
vard graduate and Boston law
yer, is pictured above as he ap
peared at New York police
lioadqiuil'ters. ,:
COUNTY TREASURY
REPORT FOR HALF
YEAR IS ISSUED
Probably one of the most interest
ing and informative reports Issued at
the court house semi-annually Is that
of the county treasurer, Florence M.
Bacon, which serves to show receipts
and 'expenditures in the various
funds. ' ' "
Tho . report.. Jusfe, nUJace:V".thiu
month, begins with 'the' general fundi
showing a balance on hand of 916,
078.19 Jan. 1. Since then $38,804.81
hns been received from, taxes, $957.78
from Interest on deposits, $2931 from,
clerk's fees, $140.05 from sheriff's
fees. $628.75 from temporary licenses,
$87.50 from fines, $1250 from Insur
ance on the county farm and $789.10
from sale of property, etc., equalling
a total of $G2,5G7.18. On tho other
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ORGANIZING N.R. A.
IN OREGON NEARS
Two additional signers of the pres
ident's re-employing nt agreement
was announced at the post office
this morning, bringing the total of
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An' The Gover'ment
WORK NEAR
COMPLETION
ON HIGHWAY
County Crews Busy on
Road From Union to
Medical Springs.'
EXPECT JOB WILL
BE ENDED OCT. 1
Fifteen or More Men Ein
ployed on Project
Grading Work is Ke
" ported to Be Completed,
With good progress reported dur
ing tlie last several weeks. Union
county's Job or completing grading
anil siirrnchiR of the Unlou-Medlml
SnrlnL's road Ik nenrlne completion
and Indications arc that tlie work will
be finished by Oct. 1 or sooner.
Sometime ago four Union county
roads were turned over to the state
highway commission as secondary
highways, with the state hereafter to
maintain the roads. The Medical
Springs-Union highway was among
tho four, but one of the requirements
was that tho county complete Its por
tion of the work.
As a result, a crew of 15 or 1G men
has been at work on the road for
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Grouse Hunters
To Invade Hills
In This Section
.iUr '
.Beginning early Sunday morning,
the first hunting of tho year in
Eastern Oregon will begin. Tho grouse
season Is scheduled to open tomor
row dn Union, Wallowa and Baker
counties and continue until the deer
season opening date.
This season, originally scheduled to
open concurrently with the deer sea
son, was moved iip by a state game
commission order Issued early this
week.
A large number of La Grande nlm
rods are expecting to take to the
hills tonight and early tomorrow, so
as to be ready with sun-up for the
apnual onslaught on the birds. In
dications arc that grouse hunting
will be fairly good this year, at least
for awhile.
State policemen asked today that
hunters observe the law which pro
vides against hunting In the Mt.
Emily game preserve. Tho preserve
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'ill Git You Ef You
, Ai t&i r,i$& 1 '
PREACHES
r -
: . - ' j
Uhil n Utley, widely known girl evangelist, found ready listeners when
sho,. dunned u bathing suit us shown here for an Impromptu service on
u l)ii'h in Chicago whero she Is conducting a revival. Hcginnlng her
preaching at 12, Uldiuo lias been heard In all parts of the country.
WALLOWA SCHOOL
TO BE READY FOR
With tho La Grande High school
reconstruction work practically eom
nletod onlv minor matters ilt be
ing1 finished at present word comes
from Wallowa that tho school there
will be ready for tho opening of the
fall term on Sept. 11. The Wallowa
grade school was destroyed by fire
early this summer and Is being re
built by Weldon Veddcr, La Grando
contractor.
Mr. Vedder reports tho work is pro
gressing on schedule and that tho
school will bo ready for occupancy on
time.
Tho faculty for tho present year is
as follows: Grades, Agatha Marvin,
first; Esta Johnson, second; Lillian
Dale, third; - Lottie McCrae, fourth;
Anno Kubel, fifth; Mrs. Ovorge
Brown, sixth; George Brown, seventh;
Ruth Hayes, eighth. High school, O.
P. Campbell, Supt., social sc4oncu and
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Don't Watch Out!
ON BEACH
REP. PIERCE
SPEAKER AT
MINING MEET
Convention Concluded at
Baker; Home Loan Con
ference May Be Here.
LIPNCOMIt AND DONAUGII
COM1NH
Reports from. Portland totlay
wore that John Lipscomb, of tho
Homo Owners Loan corporation In
Oregon, and Carl Donaugh, Dem
ocratic loader of Portland, would
be In La Grando today to confer
with Rep. Walter M. Pierce. Rep.
Pierce was not expected home
from Baker until this afternoon
nnd no reports or the arrival of
tho two from Portland had been
received this morning. It was pre
sumed they woitfd confer on tho
question of appointing managers
for tho La Grande, Klamath Palls
and Eugene branches of tlie home
loan office In Portland.
BAKER, Aug. 10 (A'j Robert Belts,
of Eugene, president of tho Oregon
Mining congress, announced at the
first annual banquet of tho organi
sation here Friday night that the
1034 gathering will be held In Mcd-
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OKLAHOMA "BABY"
MARKET CHARGED
TULSA, Okla.. Aug. 10 M) Mrs.
Mabel Bcissett, Oklahoma commission
er of charities and corrections, said
today she had found evidence to ln
dlcato throo Tulsa physicians were
conducting a "baby market" b sell
ing children to cover hospitalization
costs of girl mothers.
Oklahoma hart no law under which
doctors may be prosecuted for barter
ing In babies. Mrs. BnsselJt said the
evidence she hns obtal ned wl 1 1 be
presented tho Tulsa county medical
society for such action o It seems
fit to take.
Four children wero sold to foster
parent for sums ranging from $71 to
$100, she said. Under Oklahoma adop
tion laws tho purchasers may retain
custody of the children.
Wheat Today
CllfCAdO, Aug. I At lllft cim-f-rntrntcd
buying that totaled far up
into millions of bushel holfrfed wheat
higher uml higher In the lot hour
today. Topmost prices on me short)
before the cIom;.
Profit taking emitted Home reaction
lit the last, in Ml wheat closed un
wM led HVH&iv above yesterday'
rLnlHh, corn :i,;'3:)rlie "P. "" t'Hi
i'YtV advanced, and pmlloiiH honing
15 to tut it at gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
HOMK LOAN HKAIt AIM'OINTED
MILLIONS DIE IN RUSSIA
(.UUiKK! SUCCEEDS HOCKLEY
SLEEPING SICKNESS EPIDEMIC
PORTLAND, Ore., Aiir. 19 (fl1) Ed
ward II. Ashurst, of Klamath Falls,
was today uppolnted manager of the
branch office of the Federal Home
Owners I-oan corporation in that city.
It was not mentioned what progress
hail been mmle lit selecting a man
ager for the La Grande brunch of
the Homo Owners' Loan corporation,
although this on noun cement was ex
pected soon.
VIENNA, Aug. 19 WJ -Cardinal In
nitzer, the archbishop of Vienna, Is
sued an appeal todiay in which ho
said that millions had died of star
vation In Soviet Russia in the last
few months. -
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (P) The
appointment of Dr. James Gilbert,
of Eugene, as a member of the Ore
gon state advisory board to tlie fed
eral public works administration was
made public here Friday. Dr. Gil
bert succeeds Claude C. Hockley, of
Portland, who becomes the adminis
tration's engineer for the state.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19 (fPh-The epi
demic of "sleeping sickness" In St.
Louis and vicinity, which appeared
to have been checked two Jys ago,
has taken a turn for tho worse. Since
July 30, nine persons have died of
tho disease.
NliWPOKT, R. I Aug. 11) (fP)
Frank X. Hhlelds, rangy New Yorker
who has dominated the recent east'
cru grass tennis fixtures, Unlay
gained the historic Newport -casino
championship with n sensational
comeback drive that .overwhelmed
Wllmcr AlllSrtif.'nf-AnstlnrTev.; 1-0,-
U-9, 0-1, -3 ;i
LIQUOR CONTROL
MAYBE BEFORE
SPECIAL SESSION
PORTLAND, Aug. 19 A special
session of the Oregon legislature, un
der consideration toy Governor Julius
L. Meier since the state relief com
mittee lias been Informed that the
state must raise $2 for every $1. it
rccelvdfl (from, tho federal govern
ment, may see the legislators asked
to consider a tax on liquor as a
means of raising relief fuut'B, It was
indicated hero.
Following; an announcement by
Governor Meier that he was consld
crlng tho advisability of a special
session, state legislators began action
Allan A. Bynon, state senator from
Multnomah county, said today he was
drafting a bill' to embody recom
mendations of the committee, ap
pointed by tho governor to study li
quor control, together with a system
of liquor taxation. Author of a beer
regulation bill defeated at the last
legislative session, John J. Bcckman,
stato representative, fluid ho Is con
sidering drafting a similar bill for
resubmission.
Along' with unemployment relief,
and state control of liquor, In event
of tho 10th amendment repeal, other
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LEGION MEMBERS
HONOR NEW CHIEF
LcKionnalrcs of Eastern Oregon
honored tholr' now stato commander,
Harold J. Warner, at Pendleton
Thursday night at a bnnqnet In the
Hotel Pendleton, on the occasion of
his homecoming from the state con
vent Ion In Klamath. Falls.
Lelonnalre wero present from
Umatilla, Union, Morrow and Wasco
counties. Prom La Ornndo those at
tending were: Post Commander John
It. Garlty, Hugh E. Brady, pant state
vico commander; Postmaster Ralph
Huron, Itp. Victor Ecklcy, Senator
Fred K. Kiddle, past state commander,
and Harley H, Richardson, district
commander.
! INQUIRING
Each dnr as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons
will he stopped at random on the street corner and asked some
question of tho day. Through the courtesy of Manager C, M. Wight
encli intrnlcwTd will be grunted two complimentary tickets to the
Liberty Tlioalrc. The current, ntlnullon Is Tom Mix In "Rustlers
lUllltHllip,"
With Henry Ford refrAlnlng from
slKnlng tho NRA code some aro be
ginning to wonder what can be dono.
Also thero Is a rumor that Ford In
tends to go the NRA one bettor
with a code of his own.
B. F. WlllcocK, 2001 Second street,
GEN. JOHNSON.!
N.R.A BOARD,
APPROVECODE
Promulgation ,E x p e c ted
Today With Koosevelt
Likely to Sign Promptly
40-HOUR WEEK IS
ONE OF PROVISIONS
Wages Range According
to Section of Country
Northwest Mini mum
Reported 42 Cents. .
WAHIIINOTONAux. 10 VP) The
code of fair oompotltlon for tlie
lumhcr producing Industry today j
went to the White House front the
NUA for signature by President
Roosevelt. " . , -
The code was finally signed by
Hugh S. Johnson, the administrator,
and approved by the labor and In
dustrial advisory boards of the NRA.
It provided a 40-hour week through
out the Industry except In seasonal
periods . when cllmatlo . conditions
made longer hours necessary.
Tho lowest minimum, wage was 33
cents. For the south, the minimum
wage was fixed at the July 15, 1B20
maximum plus IB per cent. For the
Pnclllo northwest, a 42 -cent mini
mum wage was reported to have been
Included. ; '
Tho pay schedules as sent to the
White Houso provided large Increases
In wages for all sections, particu
larly In the south. . It .lessened) con
siderably the differentials botween
tho south and the west on pine. '
was expected by NBA officials. Jr .
. N. U. A. HEADS HKTTI.B BTR1KK
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (iPi'-r-A settlo-
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Six Killed And ;
10 Others Hurt
In Hit-Run Case
SOUTH BEND. Ind., Aug. 19 (ff1)
Six residents of Wakarusa, Ind., and
vicinity were killed and 10 othors
Injured, several perhaps fatally, ear
ly today when a truck converted. Into
a motorbus in which they were re
turning from an outing at tho Chi
cago world's fair, was sides wiped and
wrecked by another truck near hore.
Ono side was torn off the make
shift bus which careened wildly down
tho road, strewing Its passengers,
dead and Injured, for a distance of
several hundred fcot beforo It went
Into a ditch.
Tho list of dead:
Mrs. Mary Wlslcr, 28.
Gerald Messmor, 17,
Kenneth Lcchlltner, 10.
Wayne Plppingor, 14.
Mr. and Mrs. Waltor Bcrkoy. ages
20 and 23, respectively.
All of the 'dead were from Waka
rusa except Messmor, whose home
wan In Leesburg, Ind.
Twenty-eight young people had
spent all or Friday at the Century
of Progress exposition and were
laughing and singing when a heavy
truck lumbering along from the op
posite direction sides wiped their bus.
Stopping only a moment after the
collision, the other truck speeded on
when It was apparent the bus had
been badly damaged.
KOI It KII.I.KD IN INDIANA
FORT WAYNE, Ind.. Aug. 10 W)
Four persons wero killed and two
othors critically Injured here early
totiay when on automobile was struck
by a Wabash passenger train at a
street crossing.
AFTKIt nidGEIl LAURBLH
ATLANTA P Russell Bobbltt,
chcrublo Southern boys' tennis chum,
plon, will leave his native state for
the first time to enter net competi
tion when he invades the western
boys' and Junior championships at
Dolafleld, Wis. Russell also expects
to enter the national boys' and Junior
championships at Culver Military
academy.
REPORTER j
says, "Quit buying Fords. What else
can bo done?" 1
Roy Nelson, 308 Adams, says, "The
sentiment of the people could prob
ably force anybody to sign. They
could boycott Ford If they would
too, but they probably wouldn't."