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Tuesday, August 22, 1933 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. ParThr SOCIETY NOTES . Mis, am Duks, Society Kdltor mlfphope Mln tee Until fM a. a. Officers; Making Preparations For State vbnVentjon of ' XOT.W;ln La Grande In V : ' ' . f ,' tut . l.ti.-ik. r. virgii mn, oi Eugene, stale president of the' American Association of- University 'Women.1 and. Was Jam Whit "president of-'tihe local ibrancm, have, toeon- busy during the. summer mailing' arrangements . for. the. state. ineoUng of the association which, wiii rjethal&ln-La: Grande onOcft'lSiand 14. The meeting, of the state- branch la La' Grande. -la a- signal ' honor .foe this elty since no. meeting' or lta kind iraa'Deea held,- In,' Eastern Oregon. 'The-La Grande branch le starting lte'fdurthf yeaviwlth amembershlp of. more, than. 60 university: women; The (IrutDranch. to .be.' organised. iH Boat ern Oregon . It ' has enjoyed a; rapid growth'' and a great deai ot Interest has been shown in the varied actlvw tlM-ot the group which, include many dllferent phasesot cultural and, edu oatlonfll work,-. Since the organization of the La Grande branch, awochlons have also been formed In Baker. Pen dleton, -Wallowa, county andj'Bend. Wallowa county has ' the only, county branch in the state. i ' ' Birthday Party At Riverside Park ' Miss Hazel Hurley observed, her Sixth birthday anniversary Saturday afternoon when her motner, -Mrs. . . Hurley, entertained, a grouprof her, fjrlends at Riverside pork at ...fso. A.lrv.lr Wttrilncr cnvlmrlnfr Slid emnM were enjoyed during the afternoon,' and later Mrs. Hurley served ice qream cones, lemonade, cookies and candy. . I i Quests Invited lor. the aftetnoon were Miss Prances Vohrsj Bobby Lloyd, Miss Mildred Paye -Motebead, Hugh, McNaughton. Miss Downa Lee Skiff,, Tommy McNaughton, Miss La Veta McNaughton, Miss Neva Samuelson, Miss Elolse Samuelson, DaleiAnder son, Miss Natalia Samuelson. -who also Observed her fifteenth birthday an niversary. Miss Arta Lawrence? and Mrs. L 0. Morehead. "r 1 ' ... Women of Moose ; ' Jo Enjoy Part - The Women ol, the Moose will con vene early tonight for a regular, ses sion since the latter part of the eve ning will be spent socially In a card party and Ice cream social. The meet ing will open at 7:30 o'clock at the Odd Fellows hall. t All members are urged to invite guests lor the event. October TROUT! ITS A ... ,miiirimi'.iiiiiijM FAR EAST LURES SOUTH AMERICA TO TRADE TEST By Gideon Seymour , , , "r. ,,, ,, . of the Bennet nnd Gibson girls were erica Is looking, to the far. oast lor This.. ,37-lncJi. niin,boy;: trout buttled lor three' hours an tell minutes before It was raml od by J. W. Merrick of Beverly Hills,- CnUf., at Lake Arrow bent) It welphs 1:16', pounds nnjj hlni onni-es;, and . 1h th laj'flost ; q Its. kind ever cauglit. in (fnllCoimia. k :! -:i r . .rfht.- SOCULCALEAJEt; ' Tuesday, 'Aug.'W 7:30 Women of the: Moose, caro tiartv at the X O. ;P. !. JJOlL . . ' ,-!.S.8!o().,Women' 'Jleetti, assOflj.j :tioi. at theBogleaihal-l, iw':!-. . - n l:v . .. "r . ',;, ' " Wednesday, Aug. 23 2:00 Patkdale : club: Riverside park. . rif-nie Hivcvr:-!.! " : ' ' Thursday Aug. 24 2:00 Francis - Brown auxiliary to the Sons.-ana Daughter,.-o-the Pioneers, with; Mre.vHestet Ellsworth. Foothttl road.- .ete Sweepstakes at the 'La, Grande Country club; a. tve-- iv- :--."iiui'j STOCK SHOW TQ OPEN U 550-Year-Old Tree Cut Near Sanders, lda.;rRteeord'Size ii-C- '" JW t' ''' hi :' SPOKANE, Wash,, (Special) A tree, whlph timber., scalers say, 'was 550 years old- was cut- recently - on the headwaters of Hangmen creek near Sanders, Idaho and reached the Mc- Oolderlck Lumber mill In Spokane as a record-Bizedt log, pi?.ratber logs seven of them. -. -4 These seven 16-foot logs from its trunk showed a log scale of 16,870 feet, or 20.246 boartt fcet.r The butt log Is Just 72 .Inches, In diameter inside the bark. , and. It will make 4a00 board feet of lumber. , The seven logs are estimated to contain enough lumber to construct, f upe our-room Cottages. : , GA1 THREE CHILDREN OCEAN VICTIMS, , NEWPORT BEACH. Cal., Aug. 23 Wl Three children on a holiday were drowned In the ocean here yesterday when a strong cross-current whipped; shoreward aad carried them out be yond their depth. The lives of six of their companions were endangered. The dead are Matilda Bennett, 13, daughter, of V. Wv. Bennett, promin ent business man: Joan Gibson. 14, and Celeste Kerr, 13. Only the bodies T. WALKER visits mm Troy D. Walker, principal of the Baker.' High school and captain of Gompany, F, 186th Infantry, . was In lA Grande last night visiting Colonel Ralph -Huron, commanding the.- 186th Infantry, and Capt. Walter A. Bean, captain of the La Grande company. LETTER SENT TODAY TO THE EX-PRESIDEIST - (Continued From Page one) all arrangements, were being made to. accommodate, the Influx.of exhibitors, and spectators.' , Muoh Interest is being shown in the show this year, now only because of the known fact that high grade stock displays and excellent afternoon programs are assured, but also be cause this Is the first time In recent history the show has been staged; In. late summer. Th ftonifiinn to staee the show in August In 1833 was made early this yesterday suggested the Jury ask Mr, n.1 nnH, if Kiiccessf ul. the olan may 1 Hoover to come here for testimony be followed In the future. At pres- previously the senator had declared ent, its status is that of an expert- I the government, knew of, ."bad. prac ment. Formerly the show was held tlces" In the two closed banks in early each June. May, 1B32, nearly a year beforo they . This Is the 25th, year of the stock I closed, but that only a small wrlte show and an spite,-of the smaller doW11 of losses, was ' required . then appropriation for promiums from the , because. "It was a political year, and state legislature, everything Indicates the ppwers that bo, were not anxious that with fair weather, the show will to start an epidemic of bank: clos rank among the most successful ln.ings,,H . . ,. , th nuarter, of a century lust passed. possibility Mr. Hoover would be (Gvntlnuea 1.0m Page Ones lng the. attitude of the administra f(,m nranniAH nnd federal government ' J , v- tnBH rtot.rnH-. nntlon- blw H'J . .. al banks prior to March 4, 1033." It stated the opinion of officials Is that Mr. Hoover hos In his pos session "certain facts which might render your testimony as a witness highly significant and essential to a thorough and true presentation of the. . reasons underlying the closing of the Detroit. bauksf . . Senator James, Couzens (R.. Mich.) now'commerclal opportunities, With European and North. Ameri can markets glutted , by surpluses or walled, off 1 by quotas', and tariffs, Brasiis, Argentina, -Uruguay! and Peru have sent to. the orient trade emis saries and trial- shipments, of meat, wheat, wool, cotton and. hides,. .. Will Japan not, sieoty If 05,000,000 Japanese, already buy ing Argentine wool and Brazilian cot ton, can be Induced to balance with bread, .beef and. mutton Ironi the.1 pampas their ration ol fish and. rice, ! the market will be. a boon to a. con tinent . where production costs are among the lowest In, the world. Trade -. between south American .countries and Japan Is so new, and still so small, that statistics do not portray the ascending interest in It. They show that Argentina sends to Japan less than one per cent of Its exports, .and buys from; that, country. only,2.H,per cent .ot Its imports.- - This compares, ilnalgnlleantiy 1 with ,thei United Kingdom, whichi last year bought 30 per cent.pf Argentine ex ports and sold here. 2fl pes oenjiof ell imports. ' - ' ' ' British Parallel Seen But the thickly peopled Islands of Japan offer an' economic analogy with the British isles, jr japan pan be.sfjklj'raeatijt con use frozen meats. These can be shipped any distance. but-must be consumed within a . day or..- two, of their removal from' ref ri- gerated holds. Thus they go only to concentrated and populous mar kets. ,':f. A consortium of Argentine meat : producers, has been formed: .to, der velop ,the. Japanese market, A .min istry ot agriculture mission to . Japan has been, proposed. . Argentine wool sales to Japan have grown, 10- per cent per annum since. 1830. Japanese fisheries ore negotiating with Argen tina for the right to exploit fishing waters here.. ,.s ..... , j . . ; . Brazil Semis Cotton, ' Brazil, which has .125.00Q Japanese colonists, and,, is admitting, 25,000 more this year, has Just sent its flret shipment of- raw cotton to Japan. It went at reduced freights granted by a steamship line subsidized! by the Tokyo government. Japan 'buys; 700.000 tons of raw 'cotton, a year, 48 per. cent, from the United States and 42 per cent from India. Brazil will produce this year 150,000 tons of cotton, and Japan Is -eager to, buy from- Brazil, so., It may sell, there toys, tableware and- tex tile's. 1 Brazil can use little Japanese, tea. and Japan little Brazilian coffee, but LBrazil sees a Nipponese, mnrkolj for cocoa', hides, Jerked beef, and the manganese used in steel production. , . C'lUnese Market Tried , Uruguay,, enjoying a brisk business with Japan In wool and hides, has sent a government emissary to study meat marketing opportunities In Jap an and China. To China minor at tention also has been paid by Argen tina, which recently soldi there, and In Japan the first Argentine, wheat ever sent to, the. orient. Peru, shortly, before the Letlcla dispute with Colombia, sent a spe cial, naval mission to Japan for In struction and observation. Military circles understand that Peru obtained war materials from Japan In exchange for guano.. . , , -, ... . , ,,, CHIMNEYED FRAME HOMES ! . Ol'ST CHILE'S SMOKY. IU'TS. recovered. .. Lifeguards rescued the others. Ail were on an outing held by their Chlno. Sunday school class. - . . - ( MARKETING PLAN CONSIDERED BY N. W. FRUIT MEN, PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 22 (IV-A proposed marketing agreement for the. tree fruit Industry of - the Pacific Northwest was being considered here today by representatives of tlie Indus try from Oregon, Washington,- Idaho and Montana. 1 The proposed agreement, If adopted, would establish minimum, prices-for, the. several varletloa of fruit apples; pears, peaches, prunes, cherries and aprlcotsr-rwhen iworthirds. oC. the. commodity committee on any one of, the fruit should, agree. ' I Members of the Northwest Fruit Industries, Inc., formed to prepare the code In cooperation, with the federal government, wouidi name a board of trustees, to Bupervlsq oper ations and decide disputes. ' Any of the disputing parties, howee, wouidj have the. right of appeal to the sec-i retary - of agriculture. , . 1 i Porter R. Taylor and Victor Ander son, both of Washington, D. 0., wero directing the conference today. Dele 'gallons were in attendance iron) Med io! d. the Willamette Valley, the Hood River-White Salmon district, Yakimaf jyalley. Walla Walla, Weaatcbee, idi !ho and Montana.. . - A year and a few months ago Charley Dcvens of Harvard, and Jolui-, ny Broaci ol' Yale were, bitter coli lege mound rivals. T&ey spent part of this summer as team, mates on Uho Yankees, - - ' WESTERN OREGON FOREST FIRE IS OUT OF CONTROL FOREST GROVE, Ore., Aug. 22 VP) Roaring continuously, throughout tiie night. Siamese tweeping through the fine timber of the, Wfileon. river, section, were, still unchecked) early todssE,.. "Etha effort, xi ,aissfe 1500 men were rendered, practically, use less as the fire burst through the. control lines late Monday, crowning through virgin stands of-timber on both sides of the Wilson river. The blaze, crackling- thi-QUgte the crowns of the trees on a 10-mlle front, sprang suddenly Into, destruc- yet boen reported ttve activity from ihe ember. at a fire that had been thought subdued by a light rain Saturday, A still west wind, carried! th alow-dying embers Into the crowns, o! the tim ber, and- today the Jlinua had ex- , tended their destruction over -double tl)e area of the original blaze. - ; Officials estimated timber valued at at least tl.OOO.OOO had been de stroyed, and the fire was still invading :deeper- Into valuable stands. t : Every man.' from all of the five C.Q.C,. comps In this district an on the flrellne, and all the men of this city able to get. away have. Joined in ', the." battle. ' , Tom Stevenson was forced, from his 80-foot forest- service., lookout, atop Saddle mountains' when the. flames roared up the mountainside.-1 Several of- the Sire- fighter. sustained minor injuries, but no be Jot-casualties nsu La Grande Is expected to. send large crowds to the show each day, and quite a number of La Grande com munity exhibits arc being reported, quite a number of 1 local business men plan to attend Friday afternoon. AM. OENEBAI.S PENSIONED, COI.ONKI. LBAIM -PARAGUAY- ASUNCION Although Para guay Is at war with Bolivia in the Chaco, there are no generals In her army. . - -t The field commander is Col Jose Felix Estlgarrlba,, and next in rank are two lieutenant .colonels. , . There ore three generals, all ex cablnet ministers, on the retired list. Absence of active generals Is as cribed to re-organlzotlon of the army and to economy motives. SANTIAGO, Chile (IP) Homes costructed of wood, until recently a novelty here, are becoming more common under a campaign Instituted by Fernando Garcia Oldlni, minister of labor. . Most homes of the working classes are of: adobe, with packed earth for a. floor. There are few, chimneys and smoke causes much. eye. trouble. The minister thinks frame houses much, superior In. every way. He says there has been considerable progress In the south, where German settlements have helped spread Idea. Chilean lumber is finding a new homo market, too, though It is, diffi cult to. force the Chilean worker from the traditions of years. , ,.. ilaiOlB TIHii have mm IOCS; PURE' tlQUl D, which prevent Core) Separation , . the cause of blowouts Dp. you lsnow this? An average size tire goes round 39.5. times, every minute at only 35 miles an haur! Think what happens when you 'd.rive at this speed or faster! Friction, devejops scorching heat inside your tires! In many tires other than Riversides this heat separates cords and, ?orm$ internal blisters! When you hit a rock or' a butup ."'t . BANQt A, Bl,owout! Riversides' Selected Cords the heart of the tire are made from extra strong, long staple,' premium cotton) IJvery 'epr in every ply is dipped in J.ATEX pureniquidt virgin rubber. This welds the cords into a. super strong unit!' gives, Riversides the strongest tire carcass made! Cord Separation This shows how cords insitle tires other than Uyersides are separated by heat. Cord separation causes, internal blisters, weakens ike tire. A blowout is the result! Riverr sides are Blowout Proof Jbecause of Latex dipping! , latex Dipping ' By an extra proceit, every eoxd is.. every.. plf in sU Hiycrside tires is dipped,, : in Latex. This welds the unit that defies cord jep oration-and- bloweou) .' asked to testify before, the Jury was broached several weeks ago, when Judge Koldan revealed the former president had been Vapproachod" as to. his Inclination to testify. Whether or not depositions would be taken In California, or Mr. Hoover would bo asked to come here,- was not de cided at that time. In the letter today, however, the president wos asked to come to Detrblt. i Attorney said the tequest to the former president would hava no legal force, ond that Mr. (Hoover wasi "at perfect liberty" to decline If he wish ed. . i ;,. , 1IOOVEK KEri'KNS- FltOM Tltll' PALO ALTO, Cal., Aug. 22 m Herbert Hoover returned to his home here today from a fishing trip In the Siskiyou mountains, to be greeted I by the news he is to be requested to 'i 4ha nna-tnan lltrv In. SWEIIKN'S TRADE LMl'UOVES STOCKHOLM (T) . -r' Sweden's for eign tracle for the first half of 1932 showed an improvement of $16,500,000 In comparison with the same period last year. The export increase was especially prominent in, wood pulp, timber and pig Iron. PERU BIAS ESIONLVN WARSHIPS TALLINN, Estonia m Two,. Es- nnii,n marahinB ths Lciinuk and the i vestlgatlng the closing .of. two na- Wambola. have been sold to Peruaional banks in . Detroit-3uring his for . 2.500.000 kronen, about M10.000. administration, The money will go Into the construc tion fund for two submarines and several torpedo boats., FIRST MASS ON MOXT BLANC ANNECY, France P Mass was said for the first time on the summit of Mont Blanc by the chaplain of a troop of boy scouts from the college of Jullly, near Paris. A Kansas City Jewelry store adver tises Itself as the "only refrigerator cooled Jewelry store In the United States." He did not announce - Immediately whether he would accede, to the re quest for his presence In the Miohl gan city. . " Twenty-five trick horses, 12 riders and a group of stable , hands will accompany Jim McCleave from Stock ton, Cal., to perform in the Oymk hana every night during State Fair week. Sept, 4-0. ,.f N. J. Uhl, of near Westervllle, O., works a bull and horse together as a harness team. j Save with Safety on I fitVw - - - oneof America s nnesr i ires iUUUv Hew yo. feel depends; A I Gtff&J$ 4-Ply Rambler 6-PIy Mate JL If I tifFf 01 . ..t5 Sii4.7$.10 . 7.65 11 " 1 'OVr " lf 11 V7( Mi4.75.19.. 4A5 ItiS.50.11 . . 10.(0 VJ '1 IT &ttc Kill t5.00.1.. 4.95 3!.6 00-!0..1I55 WT, liSaC' ' 0,hf p,ked lmil"lr low I llhiil i!' t'fl Vv nu TIBI MOUNTNO n ' ' i 11 wi I imiiiiiiiifnitTtrTl f aC rl I jfitfM00 9 1 1101-3 Washington Ave. Why We Save You Money Of- course Riversides are made i,n one of America's, largest, and best tire factories, BUTtfeey co'nie iliect tk us ttiinm the manufacturer's "selling ndr geqer4t'verHo''eq;"'THft(,,S' a saving. he second saving comes from ' Wards low cost method oi distribution. These two reasons explain- why we sell hghi quality tires for- less why Riversides are better hj quality, mileage, and safety than any other - tire-' at the' same price. ' ' ' ' - - ' v . , . , Vu vil h Unlimited Hu a rati tee Far your protection every single Riverside tire is guaranteed by Wards !to give service that, is satisfactory to you. ' No time limit! Nu mileage limit! "A tire- has- U be. extra "good ftoj to be extra safe to be backed by the strongest tire guarantee ever written! RIVEfiSiDE TIfiES will not Itlow out under normal rund condi tions during the. so -the trcsd tf-he.re kepi properly InOatcd in accordance with tlie specified air pressures. 5 ' 1 . i . La Grande. Ore. Phone Main 18
