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Successful Livestock Show Comes To Close At Union La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, : "The Switzerland of America" Only Newspaper J Printed in La Grande . Covering Union and Wallowa Counties 'J armr mm VOLUME 31 EASTERN OltEGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED 1RES8 AND A. B. C. NUMBER 304 webs MM. lit 4QD0 wm m I , BIG CROWDS SEE EVENTS LAST 2 DAYS Believe Gate Receipts Suf t f icient to Take Care . of Expenses. CLOSING PROGRAM ; FULL OF THRILLS Bucking Horses and Bulls Too Much For Some Riders; Stockmen Opti mistic as to Future. UNION, Ore., (Special) The Eastern Oregon Livestock show again has passed Into history and the gen eral feeling as to this year's show Is one of optimism. Prominent breed ers who gave their time to bring ex hibits contributed largely to the show. Herbert Chandler, president Of .the Eastern Oregon Livestock as sociation, said that there was an at mosphere' of optimism and satisfac tion among stock growers that por tend better times ahead for the stock Industry. The. crowds this year were better than the two corresponding days last year- and although gate receipts were muoh ;:lower ' due to reduced rates, committees In charge feel that there wltl.be ample funds to pay expenses. ;. Saturday's program started off with a parade of the . livestock, Including dairy and beef cattle, saddle borses and draft horses with one six horse team,.: driven by Roy Wells, of Alice! . T. R. Johnson Introduced the ' exhibitors as they passed under the . grand stand. Bucking horses from the Pendleton Round-Up as weir as bucking bulls I furnished 'thrills as they, sent their riders sprawling In the ! dust. : Several horses - charged through the fence and one deposited his rider-In the grand stand. The best riders of the show were Cottle Dobson, of Enterprise, and Pete Ed son,; of Brawlcy, Cal. Among the awards of prizes were to the : saddlers (novice class) first, Norma Drayer, of Salem; second, Ed Hughes, of La Grande. Best Shetland pony, belonging to Levy Bros., ridden by Robert Bodes; girls' rlddng contest, 1st, Ethel Wilkinson: 2nd, Audrey Anderson. Best ladles' saddler, Mild red Standley, 1st; 2nd, Norms Drayer. ; In the second day's eventB the women's riding contest was awarded to Mildred Standley. first and Norma Drayer second. Robert Rode, on Levy Shetland, won first In the boys' rid ing ' . contest. Mildred Standley's "Streak" . won first in the three galted saddler contest and "Tracy" owned by Norma Drayer won second. Miss Btandley and her partner also '(Continued on Pago Two) fNew Building In Last Week $1000; Totalis $37,003 Two building permits wero issued during the last week, both for alter ations and repairs, and amounting to a total of $1000. This brought the total of building operations in La Orande this year to $37,003, of which 11400 was applied for this month. The Gospel Mission took out a permit to alter and repair the church, on' Fir between U and V, the work to cost $300. Louts Parros also will alter and repair his home on Adams avenue between Spruce and Hemlock, the work to cost $700. $160,000 GOES UP IN SMOKE HERE YEARLY The other dny the Observer carried a story In this part of the front page to the effect that If a person nmoked a package of clgarets dally, his yearly supply If placed end to end would be nearly a third of a mile In length. Now comes some more Interest lur news about clgarets, and to baccos In general. More than $1110,000 Is spent In the Orande community enrh year for clgnrets, cigars, chewing tobacco and smoking tobacco! These figures are obtained from the Western States Grocery and the Interior Grocery company. Timely WILL ROGERS 8ANTA MONICA, CaW'Aug. 27 Helen Wills Moody, congratulations! Don't believe the armistice got, as much publicity. ' And poor Texas, they would be unfortunate enough to have their prohibition election on the same day Helen was losing her championship. So It will be Tuesday or Wednesday before we hear what happened down there. Voted like they drink, I guess, just for a change. President Roosevelt yesterday made a speech to his rich Dutchess county neighbors, none of whom voted for him (smart bunch of lads?) I would like to see the "code" he makes out for them. Yours, . DOCTORS OF EAST OREGON IN SESSION Dr. Ralston Named Vice President and Dr. Haun Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. P. L. Ralston was elected vice president and Dr. James i. D. Haun was elected secretary-treasurer of the Eastern Oregon District Medical so ciety at the annual meeting Hatur day at Ontario. Dr. Q. L. niggers, outgoing president, presided at the meeting ut which Dr. O. I- Mcllee, of Pendleton, wns elected president nr. William I, Weesc; of Ontario; Mrf thi retiring vice president. Medics attending from La Grande wero Dr. W. K. Ross, Dr. O. L. Gll strap. Dr. Haun, Dr. Ralston, Dr. Biggers, Dr. Lewa Ager; and Dr. Mark (Continued From Page Two) ANDERSON CAR IS STOLEN AT FAIR Telegraphic Information received hero over the weekend from Ohicago was to the effect that Mrs. Bunyan Anderson's new Plymouth cat wo stolen Thursday and no trace of the machine had as yet been found. Mrs. Anderson was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. David I. Stoddard anc two children and by Mao Bean. Mr. Stoddard today said that ar rangements had been made through the Perkins Motor Co. whereby the La Grande women could take delivery of a new Ford car there to drive back to La Grande. They are expected home In about flvo days. Flight of Geese Held to Indicate An Early Winter PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28 W) The wild geese are winging south ward. Three large flocks of them were seen Saturday, speeding to the south over the Vernonla country. Settlers stopped work to watch the flight and shook their heads sol emnly, declaring they never had seen so early a migration. "Winter Is here," they said. the large wholesale houses doing business In this section, and do not Include direct or drop ship ment deals. The I00,000 repre sents direct shipment to the l.a Grande Jobbers, There Is no way of telling, unless one were to spend a few days In an exhaustive research, as to how much of this represents clgarets, but undoubtedly more than half of the above sum Is spent for the smokes that come to the consumer In packages of 20. That's quite a lot of money to go up In smoke. Isn't It? van Economies For Thrifty Housewives SELECT NRA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE La Grande Leaders to Hold an Initial Meeting at 6:30 Tonight. FULL COMMITTEE TO MEET TUESDAY Henry L. Hess Named By Chairman Van Duzer as Union County Ad visor on State Board. The executive committee of Hie MCA organization here was completed this morning with the announcement that It. F. Tyler, M. M. chrlstensen und Mrs. C. 3. Snorb had been ap pointed to serve with R. Z. Baxter, NRA chairman, and Mrs. Victor Eck ley, secretary. The committee will meet tonight at 6:30 p. m. to devise a plan of local action, and a meeting of the representative committee has been called for Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Sacajawea Inn. . In connection with the Tuesday meeting, CAialrmjan Baxter empha sized today that all committee mem bers of this larger committee, should study the code explanation printed In Friday's Evening Observer before at tending the meeting. A full page was devoted to the explanation In the (Continued on Page Two) Wight Speaker AtLions;Cluh. Luncheon Today C. M. Wight, manager of the Lib erty theatre, gavo the main talk at the Lions club luncheon today at noon In the Sacajawea Inn, his sub ject being "A Trip Through Holly wood." He told the methods of re cording sound and also described the projection of sound In theatres from the films. It was announced tho kltton ball game with the Rotary club had been postponed to Thursday evening. L. L. Snodgrass gave a report on the NBA committee meeting last Fri day, which he attended as a repre sentative of the Lions, and Fran Tuckey gave a report on the Eastern Oregon Livestock show at Union last weekend. The General Also Adobe City Hjll Solves Economic Problem -I s sy slH MEA. When Brawley, Cal., needed a new city hall and had only $4000 In cash, the mayor called In the oltizens ,,rt n new nrlnhn r.itv hall, valued at $50,000. was the result. Citizens worked out delinquent taxes or took crip, which was exchanged for groceries, and merchants in turn paid oft construction. . PRINCIPALS OF GRADE SCHOOLS HERE SELECTED The 13 remaining days of vacation for the school children of La Orande will be crowded with activity for the principals of the grade schools and for Supt. Herbert Evans. Mr. Evans has completed : the appointment ol the principals, with the aid. of the school board, as follows: J. W. Leon Jiardt;uf; Central . B. A. :. Wllkerson, Ofeenwotxi; John1 -W,"1 'Bennett, Rl verla; Sarah Williamson, Willow. Mr. Lconhardt is ex-superlntendcnt of Mllwaukle, Ore., schools and has had extensive training for an execu tive position. He is attending the University of Oregon summer session and expects to complete his wotft on Sept. 1. Mr. Bennett last year was principal of the Fruitdale school, while Miss Sarah Williamson was" a teacher In Willow school; Mr. WUKEr son was re-elected. Mr. Evans also announces three changes In textbooks In the grndo schools. The books will be furnished free by the districts but the pupils are asked In return to gfVe to ths district their old texts to apply on the purchase price of the new adop tions. Tho new adoptions arc in (Continued on Page Two) Should Have A Few fa-. Am iciC-fe Croquet Game Is Indirect Cause Of Three Deaths 'v r :.. "'.''" iUPPEBVILLE, Va Aug. 28 ffl Seeking to attach an electric bulb to a wire In the yard to continue a. . croquet game after dark, Ernest Wolf, prominent horseman, his wife and Fltz Klnes were elec trocuted here last night. . -'Klnes was trying to Insort the bulb when ho received tho charge and Mr. and Mrs. Wolf met death when thoy wont to his aid. U. S. BLUE EAGLE DRIVEUNDERWAY WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (P) NRA volunteers 1,500,000 strong opened today, under Hugh S. Johnson's man date "wo cannot afford to fail," campaign to Implant tho Blue Eagle in every business house and In mil lions of homes. Speeding this "greatest corps of volunteers in the country's history" on Its door-to-door canvass, Johnson told his workers and the country that "either through codes or agreements fContlnuni) on Papa Two Carrier Pigeons T23! taxes. Photo shows activity during . . . OVER SUPPLY OF WHEAT IS BIG PROBLEM Pacific Northwest and Southwest to Have Vast ;" "Exportable Surplus." ivAKIIINufcoN, J.Aug. 28 (H - Hs position of Amerlcu's bulging wheat crojHi popped up as a major problem nguln tmlay desptle action by nut tire. the agricultural adjustment adminis tration, and moro than a score of governments In signing ut Mmdon a poet to cut down production and re oppiii foreign markets. While one group in the agriculture department sought to speed up the campaign to reduce American wheat acreage, from another came worn Ui&i two of tho nation's largest producing areas will have vast "exportable sur plus" this year the Pacific north west and tho southwest. ' ' Meanwhile the export movemoni of wheat has slowed down to a mere trickle compared with years past and doubts have arisen whether the wheat a-crcngo reduction plan will offset un official reports that formors not Joining In its contemplate Increasing tholr production. Tho buroau of agricultural oco- (Continued on Page Foury SENATOR LONG'S FACE IS PUNCHED NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (I1) Th Now York Sun said today United Stalos Senator Huoy Long, seir-slylod Louisi ana klngriBh, was tho object of a punching Saturday nlglit In a fash ionable Long Island spot noar Port Washington. The Sun did not name the purport ed assailant or glvo any details, ex cept to say tho man had focon "grave ly lnnultod"lby Long. Tho senator, the paper said, niado no offort to resist the punching and attcndonla.at the "fasliloniiblo spot" placed him In a oar and sent him away. A telephone call to Senator Long, who Is In Milwaukee, tho Sun snla, resulted In a conversation "entirely unsatisfactory." Wheat Today The price of local cash wheat stood today at ni cents bulk, according to (ilotatloiis at the riolteer rlourlllg Mills. CHICAGO, Aw?. 28 (HI Oralns sagged wearily today, hauled down ward by a sharp drop In exchange rates on tho British pound sterling. Trading wna exceptionally narrow and quiet. Fairly liberal rains over parts of tho wheat and corn belts were also discouraging. Wheat closed weak, not far .from toll day's lowest levels, and IV, to 1 cents below Saturday's finish. Corn weak and to y4 down. oaU a yAo off, and provisions 8 to 38c lower. Tomorrow See ; : '' 7'"""' JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ClttvDIT FOR. NRA SIGNERS HINTS. AT (1 Kit MAN MONARCHY '. TO EXAMINE DETROIT BANKS THIRTEEN PRISONERS ESCAPE ' IIYDK PARK, N. Y., AllR. 28 W) -President Roosevelt today directed the Reconstruction Finance corporation to establish i medium for quick and temporary credit to the member firms of the N. R, A to span them over the period between Increiiscd over head and Inter retuniB. BERLIN.. Aug. 28 (P) Oermans regarded a handwriting on wall to day the broad hints of leaders re garding restoration of the monarchy and the retch's claims to the Sear territory. President Paul von Hln denburg said he was thinking of his "'Kaiser, the King and Lord" when he accepted as a gift from Fast Htw sln a forest estate adjoining his an cestral home at No u deck. DETHOIT, Aug. 28 (P) Judge Harry II, Kelrtun, sitting as Detroit's one man bank Investigating Jury, Kald today he will order conservators of the Union Guardian Trust Co., and the Detroit Trust Co., to examine the books ef their Institutions to deter mine Whether or not there have been criminal nets In conduct or manage ment, ; .,....). RALEIOH, N. O., Aug. 28 (IV-Thir teen state prisoners, all negaoea, lour of whom were serving long terms for killings, escaped from the Rolesvllle prison camp In Wake county Sundpy night, state's prison, officials re ported today. , FRED KIDDLE IS NAMED CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE t Fred E. Kiddle president of the stato senate, has been named chair man of a special committee to con sider raising funds for rcllof of Ore gon's needy the next year, It was announced In Salem today by dov. Julius L. Meier. Tho governor said tho call for a meeting of tho com mittee of 32 leaders In the stato will bo left to Senator Kiddle, Today Senator Kiddle had nothing further to say as to a meotlng, pend ing formal word from the governor as to his duties. Commltteo members Included sov eral who are knowh to be opposed to a soles tax. Tho governor said he would co-operate with tho commlt teo with tho oxcoptlon he would op poso any Incroaso In property taxes. MOLEY RESIGNS TO EDIT WEEKLY lly Friuiclft M. Htcplioiimm . HYDE PAItK, N. Y.( Aug. 28 W Rtiymond. Moloy, Intlmato of Jrs. tlonb Roobovolt and recent storm cen ter of tho administration, la going to edit a now national weekly to bo published by Vincent Astor, another friend and distant relative of the ohlof executive. t Tho sudden retirement of tho Co lumbia university professor end close advUer of tho president wow an nounced yesterday after a heart to heart talk between tho two. Tho first broak In tho official fom lly of the prenldont followed closely an. almost open rupturo In tho state department between . Secretary Hull and Moloy, tho assistant secretary. Mr. Roosevelt Is very friendly to both Moley und Hull and those In volved say everything Is all right. j INQUIRING Each day an the Inquiring Reporter makes the.roiinAi two penonJ will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked soma 1741 rat Ion or the day. Throujrh the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tlcketo to the Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is an atl-nUir cost lit "Oold ll(,'gerH of 103.M To relieve overproduction In the hog market tho government will buy breeder hogs, kill them and turn the meat over to relief ngonclcs, taking care not to Interfere with hog rais ers' activities. Miss Minnie Hllman, of near Le Orande, says, "If the government plans to take caro of the meat by CONTROL Of GIANT BLAZE NEARER NOV Parts of Huge Fire Front in Western Oregon Ma ;' terially Subjected. REGION OVERCAST; MORE RAINS DUE - Firelines 'Held Without , Difficulty. During Last ' .Night and. More Gains ' Expected Today. . " PORTLAND, Ore:, Aug! 28 W . I'rnvldentlal showers today came lo aid 4000 wenry and grimy men who . for 14 days have battled the worst furcot conflagrations In Oregon's his- tory. ..!... The great fires which have blasted, all life from' hundreds .of thousands of acres of forest land and have with in two weeks caused damage conser vatively estimated by fire wardens at In excess of 116,000,000, were ma terially subjected dMrlng the night and today by fog, much cooler, tem peratures, higher, relative humidity and Soattered showers. : . Only those element of nature could control the tremendous forest fires which for two weeks have ' raged in the northwestern corner of Oregon. 1 Crews of men whose .numbers last ' night totaled 4000 had tried .to stand against the flames, only to be beaten back by the explosive . speed of the tires and the unendurable " heat. Manyiof the men barely escaped with , their lives. , , , , . . Today this fire region 'was over cast. ' Unsettled! weather . conditions -prevailed and tho,. weather' ' bureau . predicted light rains tonight and to morrow. . Moderate south and south west winds were expected to, bring further .precipitation from a depres sion areas of some importance ap- (Contlnued on Page Four) Insull Hearing In Athens Will Be HeldTuesday ATHENS, Aug. 28 UP) The Athens ; appeal court today ' fixed Tuesday morning for hearing the application ' for formal sanction for Samuel In , suli's arrest In connection with Ami orlcan extradition proceedings, . i Tho return of the former Chicago, utilities operator, who was detained Saturday, Is sought In connection with tho ' financial collapse .of his interests, , Tho point involved In the pending action lg whether lie will continue In detention pending tho outcome of tho extradition proceedings. .- . . - GUARDSMEN TO DRILL TONIGHT Tho final drill of August, tho sec ond month of the first quarter of the now fiscal year, will be held by Company E, 186th Infantry this eve ning at 7:30 at the armory.' Today's Baseball NATIONAL I.P.AGUE R, H. E. CUncinnatl 2 8 1 Boston j: 0 2 0 Lucas and Lombarca; Brandt and Spohrcr. .. . R. H. E. Pittsburgh . 8 18 2 Philadelphia 5 13 3 Swift, Cnagnon and Grace; Elliott, Berly, Llska and Davis. REPORTER giving It to the unemployed and not waste It I believe that It Is a good proposition as long as It doesn't raise the price of pork out of alt bounds." Mrs. Victor Ragaln, of near La Ornnc'D, says, "I believe It will be all right since the pigs are to be given to the unemployed. 1 It will raise tho price and Improve the mar ket." , Page 3 m 1. V I
