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.
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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
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&ttc Kill t5.00.1.. 4.95 3!.6 00-!0..1I55 WT,
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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
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La Grande. Ore.
Phone Main 18