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s. Eastern Oregon
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of Ameiica"
Only Newspaber
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 31
EASTERN OIIEGO.VS LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2fi, 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. II. C.
NUMBER 303
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BIG PARADE
FEATURE OF
SECOND DAY
fascinating Arena Events
Add to Entertainment
at Union .Friday.
BUCKING HORSES
; THRILL BIG CROWD.
Wallowa Team Wins Firsft
; in F. F. A. Stock Jud-
. ing Contest U ni ofn
; Judgers Rank Second
T- ' h
With a grand parade of livestock,
fascinating arena events, and music
at frequent Intervals by Union mnsl
val (aggregations, the 25tli annual
Eastern Oregon Livestock show
closed tills afternoon. With a mini
mum of financial support the asso
ciation has staged a good show this
year, Is the consensus of those at
tending and the afralr stands to
clone ,thls year even wlthout any
deficit.
Many of the familiar events have
been missed, but good entertainment
In the arena and an excellent exhi
bition of livestock by the 4-H clubs,
the Future Farmers of America and
prominent livestock men from va
rious sections ,pf Eastern Oregon,
have made ip a good show. There
was no charge for admission at the
gates this year, the only revenue so
far as the public is' concerned hav
ing come from admissions to the
y;runtstand which was completely
filled yesterday and promised simi
' larly today.
The Parade
An innovation this year, was the
Immense parade held yesterday, cov
ering the business district at i :00
o'clock and then circling to the
arena. Those who had great expec
' tatlons for this pageant were not
; disappointed for the spectacle
would have been a credit to a much
larger center than Union. Business
houses of that community were rep
resented, practically 100 per cent,
with two business firms of La Grande
participating also. Some of the floats
stopped! in front of the grandstand
long enough to toss hundreds of
souvenirs to the spectators. The pa
f. rade was constituted of floats In the
following order, headed by the presi
dent of the association, Herbert
Chandler, of Baker, one of the most
prominent livestock breeders of the
United States:
Union Band.
Mounted cowboys and cowgirls.
Levy's string of Shetland, ponies.
(Continued on Page Two)
'Rainbow Girls
To Stage Play
On September 1
"Thanks Awfully, V a one-act play,
will be presented by the Order of
Rainbow for Girls on Sept. 1 at Hon
an hall. The play Is a clever story
of a girl's bridge party, and the
hostesses' artist brother which Miss
Pauline Conradt is ably directing.
Miss Edna Brown Is handling the
stage direction.
' Members of the cast are Dorothy
Stewart, Helen Melville, Sylvia Turn,
Arlcne Conradt, Sylvia Hodgln, Eve
lyn Ballard, Elizabeth Milne, Mary
Frees, LaVellc Hanna, Llli Hofmann.
Gcnevlcvo Flexer. Janet Bingner,
Shirley Zlon and Muriel Webb.
"Thanks Awfully" Is being given
for the Masons and Eastern Stars.
LULA WEEKS, COVE,
WINS ESSaV O0NTEST
First prize and throe dol'.a, In
casii went to Lula Ij. Weeks, of Box 3.
Cove,- Ore., this week In tho Merch
ants Essay and Misspelled Word Con
test. Her essay telling why the Van
Pettcn Lumber Co. was entitled to
the patronage of this district was
well written and her list of misspelled
words as were those by most of the
other entrants was correct.
Evelyn Spencer, of 2110 Oedar
street. La Grande, and Anna Mae
Whiting, R. P. D. No. 1. La. Grande,
took second and third prize, respec
tively. Honorable mention went to
Henry D. Miller, Union; Marell Walte.
'A P. D. No. 1. La Grande; Clifford
Hestenskow, of Imblcr, and Neva
Stein, of 1805 X avenue. La Grande,
all of whom will receive a compli
mentary ticket to the Liberty the
atre through the courtesy of Man
ager C. M. Wight. .
sWlLL
BEVERLY HILLS. Oal.. Aug. 25
California has a murder trial going
on out hero now (some professor la
supposed to have killed bis wife), so
you all know wheii your home .town
papers can scare up a good murder
trial, why, that's Just like striking
pay dirt, so I don't know what Hugh
Johnson. Is doing with the auto code.
How Secretary Wallace Is making
out trying to keep plga from growing
up.
What Cordell Hull Is doing toward
making International conference!, use
ful as well as decorative.
What Secretary ot Labor Miss Per
kins Is doing to see that everything
In the NBA Is not unionized, or Is
unionized, or whether they decide to
do with it.
As I say, wa got a murder trial, and
we don't know a thing In the world
that Is happening outside of that, so
pardon my ignorance. Yours. ,
HIGH SCHOOL
REBUILDING
JOB FINISHED
Less Than Three Months
Required to Reconstruct
. L. H. S. Building.
Hwronstiiiitlon of the Iji Grande
High school lias been completed, with
the exception of some pnllitliiR sllll
under way, ond Friday A. leucine,
general contractor, returned to Ills
linker home.
His original contract was for $28,
028 and later the school board, by a
four to one vote, added approximate
ly $2500 for construction of a music
room annex. . The entire Job cost in
the neighborhood of $43,000, more or
(Continued Prom Pago Two)
They Want To
Form 'Snake
River County'
Another county In Oregon?
That Is the plan advanced by
Jjack Titus, of Hell's Canyon,
and Eugene Johnson, of the
Snake River section, according
to news from Wallowa county this
week. They were In Wallowa
conferring with an nttorney rel
ative to procedure In connection
with, forming a county of their
' own in the Pittsburg Landing
section.
Their reason for wanting to
secede from Wallowa county Is
(Continued on Pago Two)
DUD STARR WINS
IN WALLA WALLA
Dud Starr, a southpaw racqueteer
entered from Portland but claiming
La Grand as his home, established
himself as one of the favorites In
the Eastern Washington tennlB tour
nament opening In Walla Walla Fri
day when he disposed of Welton Mar
quis, . Whitman tennis squad mcm-
(Contlnucd on Pago Two)
The contest for next week, an
nounced in an ad elsewhere In to
day's pbservcr, will have Paul's Ser
vice Station as the essay subject.
Throughout the contest, which has
been running now for nine weeks.
Interest has been keen and there
httvo been a great many essays en
tered. Many of these did not win a
prl7. it Is true, but with three cash
prizes and four honorable mentions
given weekly, quite a few have fig
ured In the awards. And with each
week a separate contest, there Is still
chance for many more to win. If
your essay didn't even place this
week, there always is the posalbmty
that It might be the best the next
week or the next after that.
The first prize essay this week fol
lows: (Continued on Page. Five)
White House
Displays Eagle
There was a broad smile on the
(ace ot General Johnson when
be called at tbe White House
and noted the Blue Eagle on
the doo. President Roosevelt
has seen to It that the "Flrat
Family" has become the "First
Consumers" ot the country In
supporting the NRA drive tor
Industrial recovery. ...
ENROLLMENT AT
HIGH SCHOOL TO
"BfiGIfl SHORTLY
Principal Arnold L. Gralapp, of La
Grande High school,, announced to
day that regular office hours would
be established beginning Monday In
the High school building. The office
will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m
(Continued on Pa?o Two)
Five Decapitated
' In Germany Today
BERLIN, Aug. 26 (P) Five persons
in various pauts of Germany were
decapitated at dawn today, making
a total of 31 executions by the guil
lotine, or the headman's axe under
the Hitler government.
At Torgnu, a widow, Emma Thleme
who had secured two men to kill
her own son, was beheaded along
with the two men. The executioner,
In accordance with German custom,
was clad In evening clothes and top
hat. He cut off each head with one
blow of his axe in the presence of a
dozen witnesses.
NRA WORK
IS FORMED
Organization Formed
Here With R. Z. Baxter
as Committee Chairman
DUTY TO PROMOTE
BLUE EAGLE PLAN
Will Cooperate With Na
tional Recovery Admin
istration in Educational
Work Locally..
A local Ml A work committee was
organized at a meeting held ut the
chamber of commerce office lust
night, called by Postmaster Ralph
Huron upon request of (icneral Hugh
S. Johnson, national rcvovcry net ad
ministrator f the United State gov
ernment. R. . Baxter, representing
the Central Labor council, was elect
ed as chairman of the local commit
tee, and Mrs. Victor Eckley, repre
senting the American legion aux
iliary, was selected as secret nry,
Mr. Baxter Is to name threo more
persons who will act with Mrs. Eck
ley and himself as an executive com
mittee. These selections have not
been announced.
The principal duty of the commit
tee Is to rocelve and pass on to the
(Continued on Page Fourv
, .
District Home
5Loa Office is
Opened Today
The La Grande branch offico of
tho Home Owners Loan corporation,
a government organization, was
opened this morning on tho second
floor of the Foley building. Many
seeking homo loans were on hand
and the office staff encountered
rush of applications.
Manager O. J. Shorb urges that
applicants, unless they are In Imme
diate danger of foreclosure, wait
few days before presenting their
cases so that there will be an oppor
tunity to handle the most pressing
cases. r :
TUBES TO BE
LOCATED HERE
Wlllard A. Tubbs, formerly sta
tioned in La Grande, has been trans
ferred back to this city from Pen
dleton, It was announced today. He
takes the place left vacant when
Patrolman Eric Tucker was trans
ferred .
THE OVER-ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME
All Is Sweetness
There's a note of sweetness all through the Melon Carnival and Junior
Stock Show now under way at Turlock, Cam. For Instance, free water
melons, served visitors by charming lassies like Doris Hedman and
Mabel Varner.
LOW PRICES ON
LIQUOR FAVORED
BY COMMISSION
PORTLAND, Aug. 20 W Liquor
prices so low as to discourage boot
legging, but high enough to Insure
a substantial profit for tho state
wore proposed by the governor's li
quor advisory committee at a meet
ing here.
The committee, appointed to make
recommendations to the state legis
lature In anticipation of repeal of
tho lSthonendment, took no action
oiVTihtf" several ' proposals advanced
for regulations, administration and
taxation. - t ,
Dr. William 8. Knox, chairman,
and John Beck man, father of the
state beer bill introduced at tho last
legislative session, suggested methods
of control which were similar in
many respects.
Both proposed a three-man nquor
control commission, the members of
which would receive substantial sal
aries and be responsible for the rcgu
latlon of liquor sales and adminis
tration of laws governing Import a
tlon, taxation, sale and consump
tlon. It was declared tho state
should not expect to make a profit
of more than 6 per cent In liquor
taxation and regulation.
All sales of bottled goods, It was
suggested, should be through state
liquor stores, although hotels and
bona fide rcstnurants would be per
mitted to sell drinks with meals.
A passbook system of purchasing
was advocated. Habitual drunkards,
criminals and youths would be un
able to purchase .legally. It was
proposed that relatives of any in-
(Continued on Page Six)
at Melon Show
DENVER MAN
IS KIDNAPED;
HUNT BEGINS
Store' Executive Believed
Mistaken by Abductors
For One of May Family
DMNVIIVK, Aug. 20 W) lcpnrt-
mont r; :JiiHtlce ogenls and :iolloo
directing a search through' Colorado
and Wyoming for llernnnl lllttcrinan,
2R-yciir-old department store execu
tive, hellrvo lie. mis Kiuiaipni ny
persons who thought 111 in a member
of tho family ot David May, founder
of the May company stores.
Bltterman disappeared Thursday
night after u feminine voice informed
him over tho telephone his brother.
Robert, had been Injured and taken
to tho hospital. A similar volco al
ready had telephoned his mother the
young man would bo working late.
He has not been seen by friends or
relatives since.
Alfred Trlcfus. manager of the
store, recolved a note mailed from
Cheyenne, Wyo.: "Your ncphow Is
O. K. You'll hear from us later.'
It was signed NRA.
KIDN'AP PLOT THWARTED
HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 20 P-
An unflagging pursuit wns maintain
ed today in the Investigation which
Connecticut authorities said had'
thwarted a kidnaping plot on tho
very cvo of Its execution.
(Continued on Patro Two)
TEXAS VOTE FOR
REPEAL MEASURE
, HOUSTON. Tex., Aug. 20 fP) Ear
ly voters rolled up a 12 to 1 mnrKln
hero today In favor of repeal of the
18th amendment and legalization of
3.2 beer. From nine precincts, the
first In the state to report, tho un
official vote was 181 for repeal and
16 against. Voting was brisk.
DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 20 (!) Early
reports from scattered precincts in
Dallas county toctyiy indicated 'repeal
of tho 18th amendment and legaliza
tion of beer wero carrying with ma
jorities ranging from .1 to 1 to 5 to 1.
The $20,000,000 relief bond Issue ap
peared to bo losing.
Wheat Today
The price of Inral cash wheat
fslwMl loflay at filMj lo 5."i mmiIh,
nceonliiiff to (piolal Ions ut (he
I'lfiiicer Hniiring .Mills.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20 VT) Whoat
moved moderately higher today In
erratic and light trading. An early
advance was Induced by an upturn oi
about two cents a bushel more than
was expected In Liverpool wheat
prices. Liverpool strength was attrib
uted to signing of tho atrreement at
tho London wheat conference, but
this was passed by her without no
tice. Corn was weaker, after a slight
early advance, because of uncertain
ty. Outside markets were bidding as
much as six oentA a bushel higher
than current cash prices In Chicago
for corn. Oala and ryo firmed with
wheat.
Wheat closed flrmor and !4 to 1
cent higher tahn yesterday's finish.
Corn weak, m c down. Oats un
changed to c up, and provisions 10c
lower to Bo advanced,
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
V. It. IIAII.S Nlt,l SUCCESS
KUSSIA", ITALY NEAR PACT
IIKI.KN JACOIIS WINS TITLE
TO LET MOKB CONTBACTS-
I'OUOIIKEEI'SIE, N. Y., A)IK. 20 OT
President Itooscvclt today hulled the
nutlnniil recovery drive as a success
unit In mi tuldrcfu to (lie people of
his home county asserted "the down
hill drift has definitely turned and
become un upward surge." He 'de
clared nn end to monopolies and an
nounced tho new principle of "Home
community that no Individual, no
funUly. hn 'a right to lo tilings
which hurt the neighbors."
ROME, Aug. 26 VP) Negotiations
for a non-aggrcsslon pact between
Soviet Russia and Italy were official
ly reported today to be Hearing con.
summation.
FOREST HILLS, N. Y Aug. 20 (fll
Helen Jacobs, Berkeley, Col., won tho
women's national tennis champion
ship for the second straight tlnio
today when Mrs. Helen Wills Moody,
seven times champion, defaulted to
her after three gnmes of tho third
and deciding net of their final match.
The scores were 8-0, 3-0, 3-0.
PORTLAND, Aug. 28 (T) Follow
ing the letter of moro than a million
dollars In highway work during the
past two days, the state highway
commission announced a new letting
of betweon (000,000 and 7eo,000
would be madle on Sept. 18, the date
of the next highway meeting. This
sum would take care ot about eight
projects now contemplated , for let
ting,! which aro to' bo announced In
about a week, . , .,"',.
COl'ENIIAUEN, Denmark, Aug. 20
VP) Colonel Charles ' A. 'Lindbergh
and his wife landed here this after
noon uftcr a flight from Lerwick,
In tho Shetland Islands.
SAMUEL INSULL
IS DETAINED BY
GREEK OFFICERS
ATHENS, Auk. U0 (V) -Samuel In
sull, under lndlctmont In tho United
States In connection with the col
lapse of his utility Interests, was de
tained by authorities hero today.
After a brief hcnring concluded
on Dec. 27, 10U2, Greece refused to
extradite the former Chicago utili
ties operator. Subsequently he an
nounced plans to remain In Oroece,
and was reported to bo seeking citi
zenship in Oroece.
On Fob. 27, 1933, ho, hlB brother,
Martin, and 10 others wero Indicted
for mail fraud In stock sales.
Since Juno tho United States gov
ernment has studied plans for seek
ing his extradition once more, .
WOMAN KILLS ONE,
WOUNDS HOSTESS
SAN DIEOO, Cal., Aug. 28 (P) A
woman specialist In psychiatry and
hygleno last night ran amuck with
a butcher knife In tho home of a
woman friend, horself a doctor of
prominence, taking tho llfo of tho
housekeeper and seriously wounding
her hostess.
Dr. Virginia Wilson, 30, a grad
uate of Washington university at St.
Iii1a, stabbed and killed Miss Ann
Klffo, 50, nntfi, wheeling on Dr. Anita
Muhl, 40, Inflicted severe wounds be
fore tho older wotnan was uble to
overpower her assailant and shovo
her out of the house.
Clad only In a blanket, draped
about her shoulders, Dr. Wilson was
captured by pollco a half mile from
tho Muhl residence, clutching tho
butchor knlfo In her hand.
each Interviewed will be granted
j INQUIRING REPORTER i
Each day si the Inquiring neporter makes the rounds two persons
' will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some j
I (mention ef the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight j
J Lllicrly Theatre. The current attraction is vaudeville attraction anu
I laurel and Hardy In "The Devil's Brother."
An Initiative proposing to exempt
Oregon taxpayers from $1200 as
sessed property valuation has received
a ballot tltlo and may go on tho
Novcmbor, 1034 ballot. It would be
applicable to all kinds of taxable
property. Including state, county and
municipal taxes,
L. Korfcr, 1001 Adams, says. "The
measuro wouliV catch tho man with
TURNSSOUTH
TO YAMHILL
AREA TODAY
Flames Now Raging on :
125-Mile Front in North- I
7 western Oregon '
THREE THOUSAND
MEN DRIVEN BACK; y
Stiff Wind Adds to Diffi-
culties of Fire Fighters;
Several Farm. Homes,
Destroyed. ; ,
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28 (AT In
a tempestuous red fury against which
3000 fire fighters could not stand."'
Oregon's most devastating forest fires,
toduy continued their mad sweep to'
the shoreline of the Puclflc.
Thousands of acres ot the .west's,
most voluablo timber were being con
sumed by the seething torrent of.
flames which made a furnace ot the,
mountains, ridges and ravines of the
northwestern tip ot Oregon. . i
The fire oenter was on a direct air
line about 4S mlleB due, west of Port
land In the vicinity of the Wilson'
and, Trask rivera which . empty Into.
Tillamook bay.
12fi-MUe Front
Fire wardens said the flames were 1
burning on a' 126-mlle front.' One
end of the tire had shoved deep Into:
the Flora Logging company holdlngB
) (Continued on Pago Two j
Yakima Trouble '
Dies Down But ;
Guard Continues
YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 26 Wj OPruli
picking activities, . at the heights ol
the - pear season, returned toward
normal today, with bitter wage
clashes between growers and laborers
apparently In oheok, but with, stats
patrolmen and national guardsmen,
still on duty.
Rigid rules against picketing and
street moctlngs, however,' still re
matned In effect, and 76 persona were
In Jail. , . :
J. O. Young, an eldorly rahoher
who first came to the valley 37 years
ago, was .. also improving, although
his skull was fractured by a rook
thrown In a fierce, melee two days
ago. Fourteen other persons, aisa;,
wero recovering- from lesser Injuries.
Last night, on a "tip," state patrol
mon raided an Island camp of 12perr.
sons In the Yakima river, and con
fiscated two loaded rifles, a supply
of ammunition and a number of ban
ners. No arrests were rnado but the
tents wero torn down, on their con
demnation as "unsanitary" by county
health authorities. '
TWO LICENSES
TO WED ISSUED
i
Two marrtago licenses have been
Issuotl by C. K. McCormlck, county
clerk. YcstordBy Edwin O. Rogers and
Kathryn Metcalf received a license,
while on Aug; 24 one was Issued to
David Provolt and Evelyn McCarroll.
Both couples are from La Grande. 1
RETURN FROM
ALASKAN TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McFarland and
two sons, Packey and John, returned
this morning from a two weeks' va
cation trip to Alaska.
They found the weather quite cold
and saw lots of snow Inland, al
though It wns raining along the coast.
Tho travellers encountered a storm
In the Quit of Alaska and suffered
from seasickness.
While In Alaska they wore In Ju
neau, where they were mot at the
boat by Mrs. L. M. Hoyt and nor
daughters. Mrs. Hoyt and Mtss Myr
tle plan to return In about two weeks.
two complimentary ncseis to io (
tho expensive house ond the little
property owner would benefit from
tihe exemption. I also believe It
would encourage tho payment ot
taxes."
May Waldroff, 1306 Fourth street,
says, "It Is true that the measure
would relieve tho small property own
ers but they should pay some taxes.
It doesn't provldo any means of mak
ing up tho taxes that are lost."
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