International Wheat Conference Is In Agreement
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America"
VOLUME 31
NAME WINMEES AT
UNION EVENT
ENTERS ITS
SECOND DAY
Parade and Arena Con
tests to Feature This
Afternoon's Program.
FINISH JUDGING
DURING THURSDAY
La Grande Exhibitors
y Among Those Winning
Ribbons Several Clean
Sweeps Are Reported.
After nn opening dny whlrh was
devoted sokly to the Judging of the
livestock on exhibition, I he Eastern
Oregon Livestock show, In Its silver
Jnlillec year, took on the nlr of n
ri:ul Khoiv this nrteniiKin, with n good
i-rowd there to witness the lilg 'piige-unt-
sluged at 1 o'eloek, followed hy
vailed events III the iirenu. Tomorrow
Is the lust dny of the show Tor this
year, mid ull interesting duy Is ex-
(Contlnued On Pago Pour)
Tige Larson To
Teach In Baker
School, Report
Earl "Tlge" Larson, o: Ccrvallls, but
reared In La Grande and listed
among the leading L. H. S. athletes
of this city's, hlstory, has been elected
to the Baker High' school position
mode vacant by the resignation ol
Miss Gladys Habevlach, according to
Supt. Hugh Coleman.
"Mr. Larson has had considerable
business experience and he knows how
to make his work practical," accord
ing to a letter received from the ap
pointment -bureau at the Oregon
State college.
Letters from different members of
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UNION SUNDAY
SCHOOLS MEET
ON AUGUST 27
The group of Sunday schools In
Union county which are under the
sunervislon of Rev. Howard Smith
will hold their seventh annual gath
ering, Sunday, August 27 at the
Pleasant Grove grange hall north of
La Grande and west of Summerville.
This is an event which invariably
assumes large proportions, Sunday
school people coming from all cor
J ners of the county.
The Sunday school service will be
held at 10:00 o'clock. After this, Mrs.
J. L. Geiger. of Inrlan Creek, will
give a 30-minute talk on "The In
spiration of the Scriptures." This
session will be followed by the bas
ket lunch. The afternoon's program
begins at 2:00 o'clock with all of the
Sunday schools represented having
some contribution to it. Rev. Paul
De F. Mortimore, of La Grande, will
deliver the sermon at 3 o'clock. The
entire program will be seasoned with
special music, including some negro
spirituals by the male quartet.
The public is given a most cordial
invitation to attend.
ODD FELLOWS
MEET TONIGHT
The third degree In Odd Fellow
ship will be given to a group of can
didates tonight at 8 o'olock when the
lodge meeta at the Odd Fellows icm
ple. All members of the local group
as well as members of other lodges
arc Invited.
Refreshments will be served.
PACK A DAY MEANS
A MILE IN 3 YEARS
"How much do you smoke during
a year?"
"Oh, about a third of a mile, I
ruess."
That probably would dumbfound
you maybe you would regard the
man who answeroA.wtth serious doubt
in your mind as to his sanity.
Yet. If he smokes a package of 20
cigarets a day, he was right!
' The average clgaret measures two
and three-quarters Inches In length,
and there ore 80 to the pack. Putting
them to end makes n total of 65
inches (correct us if our mathematics
is faulty).
Then multiplying this by 305, and
EASTERN OHEUON'S LEADING
IV ILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Aug. 24
As usual, Al Smith made the best
speech made on the NRA, the most
sensible and clear reasoning in sup
port of it. I hope in all this re
adjustment that some real Important
place could be found where we could
utilize that fellow's good common
sense.
And talking about what people
said, this McCormick of Chicago, who
has Just returned . from Germany,
editor of the great Chicago Tribune
(No, I don't write for it), says very
astonishingly but no doubt truthful
ly, "Along with the youth of Ger
many In this war spirit is the women.
When bigger wars arc made, women
will make 'em. as always." " Yours,
Jl.I.N..tl3rtol.tM.
ISH ROAD
BY FIRST OF
SEPTEMBER
Union-Medical Springs
Pondosa Highway is
Very Near Completion
The. ITnion-Medlcal Sprlngs-l'on-dusa
road will be completed nhout
Sept. 1, It was announced today hy
S. U. Morgan, county engineer, who
Is supervising the project. Previously
It was. niinoiinoed ,., Vtafc t'tt loud
would lie completed hy Oct. 1, but
progress during this month lins been
greater than was nt first expected.
As soon as the road Is completed
It will be turned over to the state
..mlHlnn Whlrlv Will tflke
niguwuy miiuiuwiu",
care of maintenance and any future
(.Continued on Page Eight)
BAKER MAN HUNT
CONTINUES TODAY
BAKER. Aug. 25 vt) State, coun
ty and city officers continued their
search today for the slayer of Mrs.
A. Koehler, whose mutilated, body was
found Thursday morning in the yard
of her home here, but had not found
any live clews at noon.
Officers are Investigating two or
three suspects, but no arrests have
hnjn mnrip. Twelve hoboes taken In
to custody Thursday on the theory
that they might Be in a position ui
throw some light on the slaying were
released Thursday evening.
An Inquest Into the murder will be
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cleamIamed
chief appraiser
The La Grande branch of the
Home Owners Loan corporation, a
government organization, will be
ready for operation tomorrow morn
ing. Moving of equipment, etc.. Into
the offices in the second floor of
the Foley building was being com
pleted today by Manager C. J. Shorb.
The personnel of the local office
consists of Mr. Shorb, H. H. Cleaver,
chief appraiser, and Mrs. Homer Wil
son, stenographer. In addition. Henry
Hess will serve as attorney for Union
county and J. H. Oliver as county
appraiser.
Ad.-'HIonal applications continued
to arrive in the mall today but It will
be impossible to give any attention
to these until the office set-up Is
completed.
the answer Is 20.075 Inches. Reduc
ing this to feet and the answer Is
about 1670. And that is approxi
mately a third of a mile a little
less to be exact. If the smoker goes
so far as to do away with two pack
ages a day, he smokes nearly two
thirds of a mile In a year. Over ten
years time that would make 7.32
miles!
...
The man that smokes a package
a day uses 730O cigarets in a year.
Two packages a day figures out
14.600.
Cigars? It would take a better
mathematician there are too many
sizes 1
NEWSPAPER
LA
CITY WATER
EXAMINEDBY
STATEBOARD
Three Samples All Given
"A" Rating Alter
Thorough Analysis
ONE TEST TAKEN
FROM PIPELINE
Highest Grade Given to
Local Supply of Drink
ing Water Before and
After Treatment.
La ('.ramie's city wtater system
shows an A report In every one of
three tests tnkcii during the Inst
month. It wis announced toiluy hy
Angus McAllister, city malinger. T his
Is the highest grade given to munici
pal wuter systems by the stale board
or health, which sent reports or the
tests buck to la Grande.
Two of the tests were taken of
the wator after it had been chlorin
ated slightly one at the Old Town
reservoir, and one from a drinking
fountain - down town.
The third test was taken by Mr.
McAllister from the pipeline on Whis
key creek saddle, before any touch
of chlorine had entered the water
and also after a month of hot weath-
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47 KNOWN DEATHS
By The Associated Press
Floods still Imperilled parts of the
east today as It' counted at least 47
dead in the path of a runaway hurri
cane that raged up from the tropics
and whistled away Into the St.
Lawrence valley.
Property damage probably never
will be known accurately. Some pub
lished estimates said $10,000,000.
Communication and transportation
lines still were cut In several sec
tions, making the task of checking
the total casualties difficult.
SUITCASE IS
STOLEN FROM
PARKED AUTO
Blaine Casteel, of Pendleton, re
ported to the police late last night
that a suitcase and a leather jacket
were stolen from his car, which was
pasked near the O.-W. freight depot,
sometime between and 10:30 o'clock.
The suitcase contained, besides
other articles, a light gray suit of
clothes, two shirts and a suit of un
derwear.
GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1933
Visit to Fair Ends In Death for Six
Here is tne tragic end of a trip of Indiana farm dwellers to the Chicago Pair the wreckage of their truck
to which six were killed and seven Injured when It wis sldcswlpcd by another truck. The truckload of peo
ple were reluming home after visiting A Century of Progress.
COLORED GIANTS
TO PLAY TIGERS
TUESDAY AT 4:39
"Baseball fans of La Grande and
nearby communities will be given the
treat of their lives next Tuesday af
ternoon. Aug. 29, when the Detroit
Colored Giants, a traveling baseball
.tejpnv' composed; entirely of colored
'jfi'aycrs.- -"will-: nieeU'th -'-La -Grande
Tigers at the High school field at
4:30 p. m, in an exhibition game,"
stated D. W. Hall, leader of the
Tigers, this morning.
The local squad is finishing up a
week of strenuous practice in pre
paration for the game Sunday after
noon with the Crane Flats C.C.C.
baseball nine, and the Tigers will be
in fine fettle to take on the traveling
colored boys next Tuesday.
"In the game Sunday," said Mr.
Hall, "local folk will see the strong
est nine that La Grande has had on
the diamond for three years. The
team will be strong defensively as
well as offensively. The perform
ance of the local Tigers In Sunday's
game should give local fans a good
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2 RESIGN FROM
LODGE OFFICES
Zack Lilly, trustee, and C. C. Par
ker, conductor, resigned their respec
tive positions in the Eagles lodg last
night when the group met at the
Eagles hall. Their successors have not
been selected yet. other routine busi
ness was transacted, during the week
ly meeting.
SPEAKING OF SURPLUS CROPS-
I
ivESTOCi mm
Limited Supply Of
NRA Insignia On
Hand Here Today
A new. but limited supply of
NRA insignia has been received
at the post office Just enough
to supply those who already have
signed the president's re-employ-rnetlt
agreement with Blue Eagles.
Also, a supply of Blue Eagle but
tons and consumers' pledges were
received antfl will be turned over
tohe local committee after its
organization tonight, ' Postmaster
Ralph Huron said.
The buttons, presumably, are
for use of the committee members,
No additional consumers' Blue
Eagle posters have been received.
The organization meeting begins
at 8 p. m. at the chamber of
commerce office tonight.
ARREST SAPIRO '
ON NEW CHARGE
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (ff) Aaron
Saplro, lawyer, was discharged In
Tombs court today on a charge of
being a fugitive from Chicago, and
was Immediately re-arrested at re
quest of Chicago authorities who said
a new mulctmcnt had been returned
against htm in the 111! nolo city.
The new Indictment supercedes the
one on vrnich Saplro was arrested last
month and held In 61500 bait for ex
tradition proceedings. Under the
first Indictment, which named Saplro
and 24 others, including Al Capone,
all were charged with bombing, acid
throwing and restraint of legitimate
trade through terrorism.
HOW ABOUT
PLOWIC UMOEt?
GOLDEPROP AU
wvmt
MEMBER ASSOCIATED
FOREST FIRE
TAKES LIFE
0FC.CC.
Frank Palmer, of Illinois,
,Killed Flames Again
Leap Out1 of. Control.
PORTLAND, Ore.,. Aug. 2fS (P)
Leaping mil of control on iv half
dozen sectors, multiple forest fires In
Northwestern Oregon took the life
of one mini today und continued
their crackling flight through mil
lions of dollars worth of fine timber.
Frank Palmer, young civilian con-
scrvatlon corps worker from Marcel,
III., was crushed to death during tho
night by a falling tree. Jack Miller,
of Aloha, suffered severe leg injuries.
Their two companions, Prank W.
Wahl, of Streator, 111., and Lloyd
Brooks, of Effingham, 111., escaped
uninjured.
The raging red flames, spread from
a general central area into parts of
three counties during the night. A
wind which at times reached gale
force whipped the storming flames
through tho tree-tops, high above the
ground crews who for more than ten
days have kept cotiHtantly at the
heart-breaking task of attempting to
control tho worst forest conflagration
In Oregon's history.
Extreme heat p, availed over the
fire section today, blasting any hope
the fire fighters had had) that they
might be aided by the elements In
their uneven battle.
Forestry officials estimated tho loss
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GUARDSMEN HALT
YAKIMA DISORDERS
YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 25 (At A
day of strike Wisordcrs which ended
with a box pile firo in the fruit ware
house district last night, described by
authorities as of incendiary origin,
kept national guardsmen on duty all
night to protect life and property.
While William Cole, head of the
state patrol, was rushing here from
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Wheat Today
The price of local rush wheal
Htoo jtmlfiy at 55 cents, acroriltng
to ((iiultitloiiM at the- Pioneer
Flouring .Mills.
CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (flf Bullish
sentiment ruled the grain markets
today, although the volume of deal
ings showed no groat Increase.
Announcement tho Ixmdnn wheat
conference had reached an agreement,
talk of inflation, and firmness nt
securities gave grulns a sharply high
er opening. Wheat was up almost
four cents a bushel and corn three,
but reactions carried away port of the
gala. Traders were llttla Influenced
by tho Lodnu agreement as portions
of It were confusing and all Interests
preferred to await clarification of tho
obscure points. Trade In all grains
lagged after a brisk opening flurry.
Wheat closed firm, 2 ..3',fc cents
above yesterday's finish.
Corn also firm. 16v2o higher.
Oats lf l3ic up, and provisions 5i
15c advanced.
I'llKSS AND A. II. C.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
F. It. WANTS ECONOMY BUDGET
FIVE KILLED IN Wit IX' K
IHt. HAKE It WINS AGAIN
.
MILLION DOLLAR FIltE
llVtoB PARK, N. Y., Aug. 25 tf)
President Roosevelt today ordered the
budget for the next government year
to be held down to) the economy limit
fixed this year und suggested to Lew
Is Douglas, director of the budget,
tlmt the estimate be submittc-d lu
time for congressional committees to
get a running Mart before the ses
sion opens In January.
LANCASTER, Pa., Aug. 25 m Five
persona were killed and another prob
ably fatally injured today as a spe
cial Pennsylvania railroad Inspection
train crashed Into their automobile
at Brooms' Landing, along the Sus
quehanna river a mile south of Co
lumbia. v
PElillLE HEACII, Val., Aug. 25 W
Playing In the brilliant fashion that
lias marked his advance. Dr. Cliff
linker, of I'orlilantl, became a seml
rhiallst In tho California amateur
golf championship today when he de
feated Ernest Combs, Long Bench, 2
up.
RANTOUL, 111., Aug. 26 (ff) Fire
of unexplained origin Bwept through
the photographic and. radio equip
ments buildings on Chanute flold to
day, oauslnfr dam ago which air corps
officials estimated at t-1,000, 000.
SAN iIOHE, CalL, Aug, 25 (P) The
alcl of medical science was Invoked
by the statu here today at tho outset
of Ms effort to prove that David A
Lainsoit bludgeoned hlH wife to death
In their ".Stanford university campus
home last Memorial day, bringing, to
a trugio bloody ending what luul been
described as an Idyllic romance. Se
lection of the Jury wns completed
Thursday afternoon.
U. P. CUTTING
WORKHOURS
OF SHOPMEN
PORTLAND, Aug. 25 (fl'J F. N
Finch, general manager of the O.-W.
it. & X., unit of tho Union Purine.
system, wild today neither the Port
land, Iai U ramie nor Huntington
shops of Hiie railroad will be affected
by the order from Omaha putting
Nliom on a KlU-hoiir a month basis,
Finch said ull shops west of Hunt
ington, and Including that Mlnt, arc
already on a UiO-hour busls.
OMAHA, Aug. 25 W Union Pa-
cLflc Railway company headqunrtors
here today announced, that In order
to assist In the nation-wldo employ
ment program, tho company 1m ex
panding Its locomotive and car re
pair activities by increasing tho hours
of employment of tho shopmen and
Increasing the purchase of materials.
Shops at Pocatcllo, Idaho, and La
Angeles are affected by the order.
Effective September 1, tho order
places all of tho 2019 men employed
In these shops on a working time- of
100 hours per month. The total esti
mated cost of this Increase Is $100,000
per month the company stated.
Tho shop at; Portland Is already on
tho 100-hour basis.
CUBAN CONGRESS
DISSOLVED TODAY
HAVANA, Aug. 2B (P) Taking
a firm grip on power, Provisional
President Do Ccspccws today Issued
a decree wiping out all vestiges of
tho ousted Machado regime, dissolv
ing congress, and calling new elec
tions for Feb. 24, 1D34.
Tho measure, signed with the cab
inet's approval and effective imme
diately, declared unconstitutional tile
(Continued on Pago Five!
i INQUIRING
Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona
will be stopped at random on the Rtreet corner and asked tome
(Hi est I on of the dny. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight
each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the
l.llMTty Theatre. The current attraction Is vaudeville attraction and ''
liinrvl and Hardy In "The Devil's Unit her.'
Mutt and Jeff, Andy Gump and
other comlo strip characters havo
been suggested as representative of
American Ufo and fit subjecta for re
production on postage Btamps.
George- Mc In tyro, Fourth and Ad
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
NUMBER 302
ADOPTPLAN
DESIGNED TO
BOOST PRICE
Last-Minute Hitch Delays
Signing of Wheat Agree
ment This Afternoon:, .
U. S. FARM HEADS
EXPRESS DELIGHT
Official Comment With
held, However1 Plan
Believed in Harmony;
With Recovery Act.
LONDON'., Au. 25 (ft) The
wheat, agreement was signed to-
LONDON. All, as W) A loul
minute hitch delayed the signing to
iluy or nil International wheat agree
ment liter It hud been announced
Importing nations hud accepted tariff
unit price provision which hud stood
hii the way of the accord.
The official explanation was that
delay luul occurred in tne prepara
tion of the French text) of the agree
ment, the purpose of which la to as
sociate Importing countries with a
broad program to boost prices hy cut
ting production and stimulating con
sumption, The wheat conference, delegates to
which had' been' scheduled to sign
the agreement late this afternoon,
adjourned until tonight. :
The chief harrier td this agreement
had booh thequestlort of. how high
the price of wheat must go before
the Importers would lower their xut. .
Ufa, This problem was met by a com
promise." i
The final decision was that tariffs
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New Attempt To
Extradite Insull
Launched By U.S.
CHICAGO, AUK 25 m BU
prcHsed Indictment; charging Samuel
Insull .Sr., mid ten others with viola
tion of the bankruptcy law mu re
Inutcd today hy U. 8. District At
torney 1) win lit II. Urcen. The specific
offense charged was cause for extra
(lit Ion under mowt existing treaties.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (JF) A
new effort to extradite Samuel Insull,
former Chicago utilities magnate,
from Greece was under way today
with tho state department clasel j fol
lowing developments at Athens and,
expecting an, early orrestj
Department officials carefully re
fralned from comment, however.
It was understood, officials hoped,
to make a stronger case for extradi
tion than that presented soveral
months ago when a Oreek Judge de
clined to permit the American gov
ernment to bring the elderly Insull
back to face -charges In connection,
with collapse of his 'Utilities empire
Today's Baseball
( IlK'AdO DEFEATS WOODIIURN
(By Tho Associated Press)
American Legion western sectional
baseball tournament at Topeka semi
final round (eight Innings by agree
ment). B. H. E.
Wocdburn ........ 000 200 10 3 1
Chicago 207 060 Ox 30 31 2
Batteries: Bevcns, Schwab and
Vogt; Cavarotta, Swed, Oassengauer,
Vourko and Oraebo, Weiss, Formeller.
NATIONAL I.K.UIUK
(First Onmo) R. H. E.
Cincinnati : 8 7 1
Brooklyn 4 9 0
Lucas and Lorobnrdl; Beck and
Lopez.
(First Oame) R. H. E.
Pittsburgh 5 7 1
New York 8 14 2
French, Swetonlc and Grace; Fltz-
Simmons, Luquo and Mancuso.
REPORTER i
ams, says, "If there la any revenue
In it t would be willing to see even
Andy Gump on a postage stamp."
Jean Pldcock, Route 1, says, "I
think It would be ft good Idea If It
were run In a serial and one could
keep up on tho story,"