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Stock Show A t Union To Open With Judging Thursday La Grande la The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" ' Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 KSlKlt OKEOON'S IXADINO NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. 11. C. NUMBER 300 FOREST- Fill UNGONTtOLM Heavy Enrollment FALL TERM WILL OPEN ON SEPT. 18 Many Inquiries Received From Prospective Stu dents By Pres. Mow. FOOTBALL FIELD , NEAR COMPLETION E. 0. N. Games This Fall : to Be? Played on Own Gridiron; Summer Ses ; sion to Close Sept. 1. With many letters from high school students Indicating their purpose to attend the Eastern Oregon Normal tichool, prospects Tor the heaviest en rollment in the history of the school are very favorable,' It Ik suiil by II. H. Inlow, who returned to his or flee Tuesday after attending educational conferences at Stanford -university. , Special Interest Is being shown. In tho Junior college work offered by the institution, and Eastern Oregon High school students and their par ents are apparently aware of the ad ditional service rendered by the La Grand school in this field whereby ; the first two years of college work In the several fields of academic study ! may bo obtained near home and at ' minimum expense. 1 Improve Football Field Campus Improvements have gono forward during .the summer and are now nearing completion. These 'In clude Improvement of tlie football field and the street and sidewalk ' leading to it. This work is being done In co-operation with the county 1 employment relief organization and - the city of La Grande. 1 - Normal school games will be held this fall on the new football field. Prospects for the football season are promising, according to word received from Coach Bob Quinn. who is now at the University of Oregon. Several outstanding players from Western as .' (Continued Prom Pngo Two) VI H. M. Young Is New Member Of Observer Staff ( Coming to the Observer as a mem ber of the advertising staff, Howard M. Young arrived In La Grande today. A graduate of the University of Ore- gon. Young has spent the last several cyears on various California hews papers and brings with him a wide experience in the newspaper adver tising field and a well grounded knowledge of the entire publishing of a dally newspaper. He will be Joined at a later date by his family and wlU then establish his home In La Grande. 4 BOYS SWIM - ACROSS LAKE " , DURING CAMP In a list of boys at tho Wallowa Lake Boys camp who received awards and which was published In the Ob server yesterday, the name of Wllllnm Frees, who received a Red Cross badge for llfesnvlng, was: unintentionally omitted. Also. It was learnert that four of 'the boys swam the width of Wallowa lnke while at camp Thomas Cook, Jack Eakln, Williams Frees and Don Brlggs. ANNUAL SEARCH FOR FUEL IS UNDER WAY ' Tho annual quest for wood fire 'wood, of course Is now under way over tho county. A few years ago. when time? were booming and everyone burned wood and coal and oil and thought little of tho costs, only a few went to the hills to get their winter's supply of fuel. ' But times havo changed. It really started when the lumber mills were shut down here a couple of years ago and wood wasn't so easy to get. Uist year more and more people went Into the hills to get a lew cords of wood for the cold, sea son, and It's the samo story again this year. j Never a clay passes In La Grande ROGERS 'tIVt w$ayy. LAS VEGAS. Nev., Aug. 22 Going to drop this off here at Hoover Dun. Houo they don't Irrigate more land so they can raise more things that they can't sell and win have to plow up more rows, kill mora pigs to keep 'em from becoming hogs. Looks like this whole hog destroy ing scheme of Mr. Wallace's Is a di rect Blap against my old friend and companion, "Blue Boy." What Wallace Is trying to do Is to teach the farmer corn acreage con trol and the hogs ,blrth control and ono Is Just as hard to make under stand It as the other. Yours, LOAN OFFICE HERE WILL BE OPENED SOON Manager Sliorb Hopes to 'be Keacly tsy bararaay; Applications Coming in Appointed yesterday at noon, C. J Sllcirl), home loan district mnniiRer for Kastern Oregon with lieailqunrarn in Iji (untitle, had nearly zn apptt imtlinis for uld early today. Pemiontil vIsllH, letters and telephone calls were coming In hourly, although In- illnitloim were that the local set-up would not be, completed before Sat urday. Besides Manager Shorb, tho La Grande office will have an attorney, an appraiser and a stenographer, these appointments to be announced by J. P. Lipscomb, Oregon home loan manager with headquarters In Port land. The appointments were ex pected to be made public from Lips comb's office today or tomorrow. In addition to tho district office staff, attorneys and appraisers are to be appointed for each county In the IIO.MB LOAN AIM-OINTMENTS PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23 (F J. P. Lipscomb today announced vppolntment of attorneys and ap praisers for the La Grande district: Union Co.: Henry Hess, attorney: J. R. Oliver, appraiser; Baker Co.: William A. Smith, attorney: Walter A. Bnird, appraiser: Malheur Co.: Robert E. Lees, attorney; Thomas Jones, appraiser; Wallowa Co.: Scorgo Cherry, attorney: Sam F. Pace, appraiser; Umatilla Co.: G. H. Bishop, attorney; Eft Murphy, appraiser; Morrow Co.: Joseph J. Nys, attorney; Charles B. Cox, appraiser; Gilliam Co.: A. W. Swlt zer. attorney: Earl We.itherford. appraiser: Wheeler Co.: H. H. Hcn Iricks, attorney; W. W. Hoover, appraiser. district Wheeler, Baker, Wallowa, Malheur, Umatilla, Union, Morrow and Olllinm. Mr. Shorb is expected to set up his own office and provide his own equip ment. The office will not be located in the federal building, and the new manager had not lined up rooms for tho oftlco this morning. Returning from a short visit to Portland, Mr. Shorb said today that indications were that unemployed home owners could expect little In the way of relief unless they could show that they would be able to pay (Continued on Pago Two) but that some one doesn't come home with the back of his car. a truck, or a trailer loaded with polo wood or logs. And then either the wood3ow is called or else dad spends his spare time on the business end of a eross cut saw, during the fall and early winter. There is no way to accurately esti mate the number of cords of wood frr,m l.hn hi la hut there Is no Ques tion but that It Is large, very large. And with this now development In local history. It also Is noted that the wocdsaw business is picking up. Sev eral of them make a fair living for their owners during most of the year In La Orande nowadays. - Expected At East Oregon ON TRIAL Trial of David A. Lnmson, Man- . fold university professor who Is : charged with tile bathroom kill ing of his pretty . wife, . has started In the Santa Clara court' house at San Jose, .Oil. ! A Jury had not been selected late Tues day. MORE LINING UP LOCALLY UNDER THE BLUE EAGLE Automotive businesses' of Union county, organized Into the Union County Automotive Trade associa tion, will be operating under an ap proved code as soon as the plan, re ported as before President Roosevelt at present, Is given administration sanction. A meeting of the association was held at the Sacajawea Inn last night and by-laws adopted. Further action will await the adoption of the na tional code. Three more businesses signed the president's re-employment agreement in La Grande Tuesday, bringing the total operating under the Blue Eagle locally to 217. The post office still Is out of Blue Eagle Insignia. COAL CODE WORK l'ltOOUESSlNO WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 VP) The serious problem of shaping a final code of fair practice for bituminous coal again today overshadowed manl- (Contlnued on Paso Two) l"V . Ail i r 4 NO ADMISSION CHARGES FOR OPENING DAY Stock Show Entertain ment to Begin With Arena Events Friday " SCHEDULE F. F. A. JUDGING CONTEST Cow Milking, Calf Roping, Bull Dogging and Buck ing Contests to Be Held Last Two Days. UNION, Ore. (Special) Stock began arriving, ut the Eastern Oregon Live stock show grounds as early as yes terday morning mid everything points toward a good show. Officials are very optimistic over the outlook of a good stock exhibit as wall as a successful program of entertainment. Only two days of aroha events are scheduled as tomorrow, tno nrsc aay of tho show will bo given over en tirely to the Judging of dairy and ibeel cattle,, draft horses, cattle ana sheep. These exhibits will Include a largo number of entries from F. F.. A. and 4-H club members. Anyone who wishes to see tho stock will bo ad mitted to the grounds free of charge but the arena events of Friday and Saturday will charge an admission of 50 cents. Lew Bidder, who has charge! of the arona sportB, .promises two: days of thrilling events. Ben Jofy'has a string' of 20 real bucking horses that havo been grain fed and) are In top shape. Ho Is also furnlBhlng wild cows anJ calves for tho cow milking and calf (Continued on Page Three) Marketing Code For Wheat Men Adopted Today PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23 W) Adoption by the several interests In volved of a wheat marketing codo for tho Pacific Northwest, was announced here today by Douglas Mclntyre of the federal agricultural adjustment administration. Producers, exporters, millers and bankers, Mdlntyre said, have en dorsed the agreement under which it is expected a forty million bushel wheat surplus will be exported on a (Continued on Page Two) "I HAVEN'T SIGNED ANY Ik W . ' - J. a . ,,J Babe Is Born bMr , f vi 0. S. C. ATHLETIC . LEADERS SPEAK AT ROTARY CLUB The athletic situation and. outlook at Oregon State College was presented by four leaders from the college this noon when they met with members of tho Rotary club at the La Grande hotel for a luncheon meeting. Brief talks were presented by each of the visitors who will address an informnl meeting of O. S. O. alumni and stu dents again tonight at 7 o'clock at the Sacajawea Inn. Members of tho party are Lon Stlner, football coach, who Is paying his first official visit In his new cap acity to Eastern Oregon; "Slats" Gill, coach of the Pacific coast conference basketball champions; Ed Allworth, alumni secretary, who was designated as tho state of Washington's out standing World war hero; and George Scott, assistant football coach, former Baker High coach. (Continued on Pfipe Two) CODE" Normal Hitch-Hiking The roar of highway , traffic Is a lullaby to Bar bara Ann Moore, for she was born a month ago at Okla homa City as her mother ' and father hitch-hiked" westward. The child is shown i with its mother in Los Angeles, where the father, broke but cheerful, seeks work. TOFIXPRICE OF ALL MILK Plan Tentative As to De tails; Also Would Cur tail Middleman's Profit WASHINGTON, Allff. 23 m The government Is about to fix (he price paid Tor the milk (hat Is set on nearly every dmir-HUl or porch lit the coun try. The plan so far Is Just tentative an to details and Is being written by farm administration officials and dairymen. At, most, the officials feel, tho result should bo an average In crease In. cost to the consumer of one (Continued on PaR Two) MUCH ROAD WORK TO BE AWARDED SALEM. Aug. 23 (fff Award of about one and quarter million dol lars road work, proposed elimination of street car tolls for use of the In terstate bridge, allocation of $335,000 public lands funds and requests of numerous delegations will be con sidered at the two-day session of the state highway commission starting I n Portia nd tomorrow. Highway department officials will be In Portland tonight for several preliminary conferences with' tho highway commission, but no awards will be made until tomorrow when bids will be opened on half the pro jects at Multnomah hotel beginning at 9 o'clock. Tho other half will bo opened the next day at the same time. Wheat Today Tlie price of local vnsU whesit kIihh! loility al fit renin, ncronllug to quota tions ut (lie IMoncrr I'louring iiiIMn, CHICAGO, Autf, 23 W) Wheat forged slowly upward today, showing an. advance of about two ccntA t bushel at tho extreme top. A noticeable lack of prcmuro on abled scattered buying to pull tho market up. Buying by commission houses with eastern connections, strength In stocks, continued light primary receipts and rainw in the Canadian northwmt threatening har vest delays all helped give wheat a firmer tone. Wheat closed about ulcady with practically all the early advance lout and unchanged to o below yester day's finish. Corn was unsettled and ',a Ui o off, oata UP' ry bf higher, and provisions unchanged to 20c advanced. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME DENOUNCES HANKERS, IIOOVK1I STORM NKAUIMl CAPITAL m I.1NDV IN FAROE ISLANDS I'lUlUSIIER'S BODY FOUND DETROIT, Aug. 23 1 - Hurling seiiNiitloiiul cluirges against Detroit hunker,, anil attacking tile "philoso phy of Herbert Hoover" III the busi ness depression, Itev. Fit. Charles B. Coiighlln, ended Ills first day before the city's bank Investigating Jury to day with a fiery denunvUitlon or "wholesale dissolution or the people's money" which, lie said, occurred here. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 23 OP) Col. Charles A, Lindbergh and Ills wire lauded this evening at Tvcma In the luroe Islands, completing a flight from Iceland. t . CASIIOCTON, Or., Aug. 23 VP) Hound and weighted down with a hummer, a plow-point and lead slugs, tho body of Fred 8. Wallace, (ll-yenr- old missing newspuiier publisher, wus found In Muskingum river two miles from here. POONA, India, Aug. 23 (fty The Mahatma Gandhi broke his , fast, which was In Its eighth day, shortly after he hadi been unconditionally released from custody today by the government, ., WASIIINOTON, Aug. 23 (ff) The war department toduy allotted $1,200,' 000 for tho Improvement of navlRii- tlitii facilities at the mouth of tlie Columbia river. LEGISLATURE MAY CONVENE IN FALL; FAVOR SALES TAX PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (ff) Gov ernor Meier, prominent legislators and hoads of relief agencies bollcve a sales tax for unemployment relief and support of Oregon's schools is the only solution to a desperate financial It is a foregone conclusion, many of them Bald today, that a special session of the legislature will be called In September. Legislative leaders, dirctors of re lief work In Oregon, heads of civic organizations and economists met hero Tuesday afternoon with the gov ernor In an attompt to develop some plan whereby unemployment relief work can bo carried on. The federol government had given notice that unless Oregon provides two dollars for overy federal dollar, the govern ment will make no further allocations for relief work. Oregon at tho pres ent time has no fund from which this matching money can be drawn. Every possible solution was dis cussed at the meeting here. All discussions eventually led back to the proposed sales tax not a property tax offset plan" which wus defeated In the July election, but a sales tax whose proceeds would go only for unemployment relief and for the support of tho state's public schools, many of which arc on such a precarious financial footing that closing Is lmmtnont. (Continued on Page FourV DREADED DISEASE SPREADING TODAY ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23 W Science rallied today to an Intensified fight against sleeping sickness, mysterious malady which has killed 10 persons and attacked! 102 others In St. Louis and vicinity. A government expert rushed here from Washington and went to work In an attempt to determine If insects spread the disease. Meanwhile, as lour deaths In the last 24 hours swelled the fatality list here to 10, the disease broke out In five other mid western communities. INQUIRING Each day on the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked tome ; question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will be grunted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. Tho current attraction Is all-star cost In "Inter national limine." With tho trial of David A. Lamson, young Stanford university Journalist, charged with the murder of his wife, underway In San Joho, Cat., again tho question Is raised as to whether n person should be convicted on cir cumstantial evidence. Tlie prosecu tion la basing Its caso entirely on circumstantial evidence and asking for no penalty but the death penalty. Miss Co nut unco Ray 1302 Sixth BURNED AREA ANINFERNOASi FIRE SPREADS Two Thousand Men At tempting to Fight Fire Flee For Safety. C. C. CAMPS ARE TO BE ABANDONED Millions of Dollars Worth of Forests Destroyed Between McMinnville and Tillamook. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23 (AO ". Rolling through millions of dollar worth of evergreen forests In uncon trollable billows,- the giant ; foreiit fire la the north Oregon coast sector burned savugely today while 2,000 men who have been waging an unre lentlng battle, could do little more than flee to safety. ; The danger area today formed :a rough square with Cochran and Mc Minnville at the north and south, and ' Forest Grove and Tillamook at the east and west sides.1 r ' - In the north center of this 60-mllo square section of mountain country, 1 about 350 square miles was In the . actual fire district.. The flames were stripping the finest of the virgin tim ber. Dense smoke and the extent of the burned foreats made It lmpos-: slble for fire officials to estimate the area actually destroyed; : C.C.C. Camp Abandoned v All outlying civilian conservation corps camps and other ftre-flhters' camps were ordered! abandoned by District Fire Warden Cecil Kyle. All men were called Ifr to "one concentra tion camp near Reeher's Retreat where they can rest, and sleep In comparative safety. Lives by the score were menaced by the creeping flames. Kyle's order was to forestall a possible catastrophe. Tills was no ordinary forest fire, authorities agreed; the mountains themselves appeared to be In flames. EdgewaterFord Motor Co. Plant May Be Unionized .' . . 4 NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 23 W An attempt to unionize the Ford Motor company plant at Edgewater was launched today with at least partial success Indicated. After some 300 of the 2000 employes at the plant had listened to three American Federation of Labor organ izers here last night, it was an nounced that about 75 per cent had signed union pledges. Tribute was paid to the organizing genius in Industry of Henry Ford, who is an open shop advocate. The workers were reminded that under section 7 of the NRA blanket code, the right of employes to organ- ' tze without fear of losing their Jobs Is recognized. WILLIAMS ENDS VACATION TRIP Raymond O. Williams, school clerk, is expected to be In his office tomor row after a vacation trip on which' Mrs. Williams and their daughter, Jane, accompanied him. He attended the American Legion convention at Klamath Falls and later Joined Mrs. Williams in Portland where they vis ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Happersctt. TWO LICENSES TO WED ISSUED Marriage licenses were Issued yes terday by C. K. McCormick to Edward R. Hutsell and Vlrgle Ryason, both of La Orande; and George W. Decker, of Los Angeles, and M Irian Anne Stange, of La Grande. t REPORTER j street, says, "I don't believe that any person should be convicted on cir cumstantial evidence. Many an in nocent person has served a term In prison and afterwards found Inno cent of the crime." Myles Williams, Island City, says, "I believe circumstantial - evidence would warrant a conviction if It were strong enough, but I would have to hear tho evidence before I could say for sure." . .
