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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1933)
Large Enrollment Is E High La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" VOLUMEi 32 BUSINESS TOENB La Grande Lawn Judging Completed AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED IN 6 ZONES Blue Flags Represent First and Red Flags Sec ond in Annual Contest. PRELIMINARY TO BIG FLOWER SHOW Judging of Blossoms Will Begin Tomorrow at La Grande Hotel; Public to See Displays. 1,11 Grande's most attractive nml well-kept lawns ure on exhibit ion to day following the lawn Judging con ilurliil Thursilay as n feature of the unniliil mil flower show sponsored by the Iji Gninde Neighborhood dull, limn floss murk the yunls awarded rlrst place, while red rings designate the second place. Judging of cut flowers will be held tomorrow at the La Grande hotel af ter which the doors will be open to tho public. Mrs. A. L. Gralapp. chairman of the committee In charge, nskr, that all flowers he entered before 12 o'clock as Judging will follow directly after. "Awards In the nix districts were mnde to the following:- y ; .;." V ' District 1. first awards, E. L. Evans, 304 M avenue; High school. Central school, court house. Normal school. Second. C. Goodtiough. Second and 3; King Roe. B avenue; R. E. Wil liamson, 004 K; H. J. Leonard, 007 M: (Continued on Pago Two) E.O.N. Football Team Will Be A Colorful Outfit Two new development- co import ance face the Mountaineer football Bquod this year the fact that the gridsters will sport new ond colorful uniforms, and the fact that before tho season Is over, they will be play ing on their own field. Coach Bob Qulnn received tho new sweaters yesterday, which are royal blue and gold in color. In addition the helmets will be of a gold color E. O. N. team this year will be a colorful outfit. The old maroon Jer seys have been thrown Into the dis card after several years of use. In favor of the new uniforms carrying out the E. O. N. official colors. As to the field, it Is doubtful if It will be ready for the first game or two at home. Construction has b:en held up "by delay In pipe scheduled to arrive at the city. The gridiron has been levelled, the city has built a concrete sidewalk from the campus south along Eighth street to a point near the southwestern corner of the field, and from there on to tho road 'connecting with the Masonic ceme tery, a gravel sidewalk has .been in stalled. Eighth street has been opened, graded and gravell:d. and a bridge has been built across the creek which runs through the southern part of the campus, making tho new grid iron accessible. Work will be resumed as soon as tho pipe arrives. WALLOWAS "OLD MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS" Residents of Wallowa county, as they gaze more or less unconcerned upon the 10.000-foot peaks ln their district they see them every day so why get excited? may now gaze upon these same peaks with a bit more reverence, a bit more awe. Because, Dr. E. S. Larson Jr.. professor of petrography at Har vard university, states that the mountain ranges ln Curry and Jose phine counties ln the extreme south western portion of Oregon and the Wallowa mountains ln -the north eastern corner are about one billion years old. Comparatively, they are the "old men of the mountains." beciuse D.-. Larson estimates the remainder of Oregon to be only from 30 to 100 million years of age. . Another Interesting theory pui forth by Dr. Larson Is that the Blue EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS. Cal., Sept. 7 Most of us had the Impression that tho late. big war was started all at once by Germany deciding It would be a good time to go through Bel glum. Well, do you know that this fellow that died yesterday, this Englishman, Viscount Grey, who at that time was Britain's lorelgn secretary, well, ac cording to oil official records that have been published he had had dozens of conferences and communi cations among all .these nations for weeks. (Also read Col. House's books). So, according to all the dope, this fellow Grey had quite a time arrang ing .the war. It looked for a while like he wasn't going to be able to put it on. Now I see where Lloyd George's book says the same thing. It's awful hard to get Into a war without a diplomat. Yours, LABOR'S PART MADE CLEAR Members to Seek Facts oil Blue Eagle Violations Start Work on Sept. 11. Labor, which has been designated by thc.NltA administration to rnrry on Investigations to determine whether employers operating under (Continued on Page Pour) EAGLES DISTRICT CONVENTION WILL BE IN LA GRANDE Tho Eagles lodge held an Informal business session lust night at which the district convention which will be held here on Sunday, Oct. 1, will be discussed. Delegates win oe present from Burns, Ontario, Nyssa, Baker and Pendleton. Announcement as to program, etc., will be made later. Following the business session the auxiliary served refreshments and a social hour was enjoyed In honor of Zack Lilly, who has been an otricer in the lodge for a number of yirs and was forced to retire because of Illness. ELKS PLAN FOR FORTY-NINE SHOW Preliminary arrangements for the 1933 Days of '40 show were made last night when the B. P. O. Elks met at 8 o'clock at the temple. Committees are being llnert up this week and dates and other details will be on nounced following the meeting of the committee. Special Initiation also was con ducted last night. mountains, the Strawberry moun tains and tho Ochoco mountains, ore somewhat older than tho rest of the Oregon plateau country. "They woro thero when the famous Columbia river lava flows filled up tho state to a depth of 5000 lect or more," he said. Oregon, as a rule. Is a young stele 30 to 100 millions of years o'.d he says, but the Wallowa mountains with their age of one billion years, compare favorably with the Black hills of Southl Dakota, which ore said to be the oldest portions of the United States as far a science Inn any record. They were apparently formed about one and a half bil lion years ago. Dr. Larson's observations wen. made ln Portlari'jjfesterday. He plans to study Llvingstonlte. a new and rare mercury-bearing mineral dis covered recently near Fields, ln Southern Harney county. NEWSPAPER LostMan'Foundl NEA Bernard P. Bltterman, Denver de partment store executive, nation-: ally sought as kidnaped, who Identified himself at a Seattle hos- : pltal after a memory lapse ended. CLAYTON FOX IS WINNER OF FIRST AT OREGON FAIR Clayton Fox,' of Union county, wori first place in the 4-K club showman ship contest yesterday at the Ore gon 6tate fair at Salem, according to word received here today. O. M. Nelson, of Oregon State college, was Judge of the contest. There were 118 head of sheep Judged in tho respective classes and 10 sheep owners took part in the contest. Clayton's winning of first place comes as a fine compliment to (Continued on Pace Two) WILL HONOR LEGION PAST COMMANDERS Past commanders of the American Legion will occupy the stations at tho fifth annual past commanders night next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Sacajawea Inn. Final arrangements have not been made for the event, Commander John Gar lty announced today. Election of officers also will be hsld during the meeting. t--r:,-:-..- ' " THOSE PAJAMA POSES LOOK LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1933 ENROLL 125 FRESHMEN AT HIGH SCHOOL Preliminary Registration For New Students Held Here on Thursday. CLASSES TO BEGIN MONDAY MORNING Several Returning to School After One or Two Year Absence Grid Practice Starts. Indications point to a rather heavy enrollment at the Ln (inutile llign school tills year. It us announced today by Principal Arnold L. (iruhipp, following completion of preliminary freshinnn enrollment Thursday. About 125 Incoming freshmen en rolled yesterday, and In the after noon the new student body officers explained to them some of the tra ditions of the High school, some thing about activities, and in gen eral acquainted them with what to expect. The new freshmen also were taken on a tour over the building, and all of them now are ready for permanent enrollment Monday morn- (Continued on Page Two) J ' Benson, Gaskillr 6 Foley Named On Budget Committe George Benson, of Union, J. A. Gas 1:111, of Allcel, and) J. J. Foley, of La Grande, were appointed on the coun ty budget committee yesterday by the county court at their September session at the court house. Oct. 14 was set as the date of meeting of the committee. The remainder of the session was spent ln allowing bills and consider ing minor items. The members, T. B. Johnson. W. B. Ledbottor ond County Judge U. G. Couch, were all present. TWO MARRIAGE PERMITS ISSUED Richard Mooncy, of Elgin, nnd Agnes Pournter, of La Grande, and Richard Shenfield and Wllda O'Neil. both of Perry, were issued marriage licenses Thursday by County Clerk C. K. McCormlck. J7 a. w isms ' . r" 'ST1 CtQMIOTK Dictionary Digging Newest Job NEA Here's a new occupation In Call lornia dictionary digging. For big cosh prizes will be awarded the winners of a statewide spell ing bee to be held at the Califor nia State Fair opening In Sacra mento Sept. 2. Betty Cox and Alice Swassey of Sacramento went high last year, but tripped over some much-used, but little spelled words. Now, they're cramming with every kind of dictionary they can find. CLAIRE WINDSOR WINS POINT IN jALIENATION SUIT L03 ANGELES, Sept. 8 (P Lawyers for Claire Windsor of the stage and screen, target of. a $100,000 aliena tion of affections suit by Mrs. Mar ian Read of Oakland, emerged vic torious in a hotly contested Isbuo ln the trial today. Superior Judge Joseph Sproul ruled that Mrs. Read might be cross-questioned on allegations that the Bult grew out of a conspiracy between her and her divorced husband, Alfred Read Jr.. whose love she charges the actress stole. Judge Sproul told the lawyors from the bench that If the defenso is a bio to prove Its contention that Mrs. Read associated with Read as a wife after she obtained her Interlocutory dc- (Contlnucd on Page Six) MRS. BINGNER HAS OPERATION Mrs. Charles Bingner spent a com fortable night at the Grande Rondo hospital Inst night following a ma jor operation which she underwent Thursday. HOPEFUL A--vVc'- L. ... );;,.i-:I -" lr'l mmmm wvatt MEMUEIt ASSOCIATED F.R. U. S TO HELP WITH RELIEF Contribute. For Aid of Destitute, is Plea of President Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Kept. 8 P) Sum moiling the country to eoiitrlbiite for the relief of the dCHtltute, l'l-esldent Hooscvelt at tho same time today ar raigned "some areaH which lately have not done their share and have Uccn coming hat In hand to the fed em government." His extemporaneous talk was ln opening the third annual mobiliza tion for human needs conference ln the White House grounds one declar ation being that tho people are bet ter able to support charity now than ln years Immediately past. "In some Btatcs relief Is mixod up with, politics," said tho president. "Legislatures arc thinking ln political terms ond not In human terms. Mun icipalities ln Bomu instances are spending tuxes for political purposes and then saying they have nothing (Continued on Pago Six, VICTORIOUS FOE OF TAMMANY DIES VENTNOR. N. J., Sept. 8 (P, Itov. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, mili tant minister who attained nation wide ffuno In tho '00's as a nlttcr and victorious foo of Tammany hall ln New York City, died today an -hour after ho fell from the room of his homo. Mrs. Graco Mooro Parkhurst, his nieco, said he had been walking ln his sleep of late, but that his health had beoni excellent. He was 01 ytan old. Tho aged minister stepped out o a window to tho porch roof of the home of his nephew, winthrop Park hurst, with whom lie lived here. Ho was taken to Atlantic City hospital where ho died at 4 a. m. Wheat Today The price of local cash wheat stood today at about HI cent. . bulk, according to quotations tit the Pioneer (-'Inuring Ml IK CHICAGO, Sept. 8 (P) A better class of buying support for wheat than has recently been the rule be came evident lato today and the market advanced. Tho rise more than overcame enrly losses of 2 cents a bushel. Improved demand for cash wheat compared with futures had a stron$rthenlnR Influence. At St. Louis, red winter wheat which was recently selling at around 8 cents under Chi cago December, was reported today as bringing December price or better. Wheat closed unsettled, & c above yesterday's finish, corn un changed to Vc higher, oats aiyc up, and provisions varying from 7c decline to a rise of 2c. 1 iiM PRESS AND A. B. C. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME HARMONY ON OIL FRONT SUNDAY'S RON NEAR DEATH TWO BURNED TO DEATH ANNOUNCES ClOU) FltlCB WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 W) Har mony prevailed on the oil front to day as divergences of opinion on price fixing within the industry were resolved peaceably, and production coiutrol went into effect. BAN FRANCISCO, 8opt. 8 (P) Injured In a fall from a window of his fourth-story apartment, George M. Sunday, 40, eon of Billy Sunday, the evangelist; ..was reported In a critical condition at a hospital here today, SEATTLE, Sep. 8 P) Mrs. Nancy Hock, 72, untl her granddaughter, Lois Ufuiton, in, were burned to dentil to day In tlielr farm home at Kedmond near here. The girl died trying to rescue her grandmother. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (ff) The treasury today announced, federal re serve banks may sell newly mined gold to the arte and craXts and. to foreign purchasers at $29.62 an ounce. Tills is the first announce ment of the dally price which, will bo established by the treasury every 24 hours. HLANKKNIIKILQIIR, llelfilum, Sept. 8 (() Prof. Albert Einstein has de cided to leave Belgium because re cently a number or promlneivt nazts were at nearby Coq-Hur-Mer, It was learned today. CHICAdO, Sept. 8 (P) A wide spread seareh, was under way. today for two missing balloons In tho in Iv.r.iNififrtml - Jnim Gordon Iteunett balloon races. ' Fennt. were expressed that the four occupants of the miss ing balloons may have drifted out over the Atlantic to their doom. U.S. COAST GUARD VESSEL ORDERED TO ANTILLA, CUBA WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (P) On reports that American lives were In some danger, a const guard vowel to day was ordered to proceed at once to A nt I Nil on the Cuban const near the eastern end of the island. This was disclosed by Secretary Hull at tho state department, who said the vessel; whose name he did not know, was under orders to In vestigate the situation and take whatever steps might be necessary to safeguard American life. Ho Bald he had not heard of any hostility to Americans as such on the Island, and that the only danger apparently is that they might be In jured In Inadvertently during dis orders or rioting. HAVANA, Sept. 8 (P) The com mission of five now ln control of the government refused today to con sider a suggestion that they reinstate provisional President Carlos Manuel Do Cespedcs, who was ousted by a coup d'etat Monday, to preside over (Continued on Page Six) IRAQ KING DIES OF HEART ATTACK BERNE, Switzerland, Sept. 8 m King Folwil of Iraq, a scholar and duacrt warrior who, with tho aid of tho romantic Lawrence of Arabia wrested a kingdom from tho wreck of tho Turkish empire during t he world war. Hied lu a Bcrno hotel to day following a BUddcn heart attack. Ha waa 48. LONDON, Sept. 8 m An. official dlBpatch from Baghdad today flald that Crown Prince Oliozl, son of the late King Pelsal of Iraq, had been crowned as his fathor's successor there today. INQUIRING Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persons will be stopped at random on the street corner and asked some ( question of the day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight J, each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the jj l.llirrtr Theatre. The current attraction Is Zaiie Grey's "Man ol I The Foreat.' Norman Thomas, socialist candi date for president In 103i. sees in the recovery laws of tho Roosevelt administration and the NRA a trend toward the socialist state. R. E. Williamson. 904 K avenue, says, "The NKA works as a boycott and has no appearance of being so cialistic. We have anti-boycott laws to protect buslm'SBos, However, un "V Only Newspafcwr Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties NUMBER 3 MI SALES SHOW GAINS OVER THE NATION Dun & '.' Bradstreet, Inc. Finds Fall Buying Stimulating Activity.) BETTER BUSINESS - rk PREDICTED SOON Slack That Appeared in, Mid -August Tightened Toward Close of Month, . Report Reveals. , . NEW VOKK.'Sept. 8 m The up. ward trend or' retail sales has pro ceeded "unmindful or the general buying 'Mown has stimulated com mercial activity Into : broader . ad vanced, Dun A llradntreet, Inc., said toiluv. ' ' " ' i ' -' "While a concerted, vigilance Is be ing maintained for any curtailment of buying, no evidence of this con dltlon Is apparent as yet," stated the agency's weekly review. "In fad, a doubling of the wages of six tnoattia ago has not .been an Infrequent .oo ourrence and with -the two and a half millions who have been returned to the ranks of the wage-earners since March, the covering) of deferred; necessities alone has been so Insist ent that the price factor has lost unmA of its former -rjredomlnanoe ln the selection of merchandise. The slack that appeared around , ward the close of that month,' so that tho Impetus of the strong sea sonal expansion Is proving propitious - ln restoring Its continuity." ' "With the days of grace now pass ed for voluntary submission of codes as provided by the presidential edict ' the more rapid rate of adoption from this point may make the progressive . gains of the last few months polo . into Insignificance under the strong er light of the more spectacular achievements of the period whicU lies Immediately ahead. "The now attitude toward spend ing alone will afford a succor of. no mean proportions to' the Indecisions . of some merchants who had become restl vo because generous stocks 'ac quired on a rising wholesale market were not disappearing Into consum- (Contlnued on Page BlxV Expect Decision ; ; From Henry Ford In JNear Future BIO BAY, Mloh., sept, o ypj Henry Ford's vacation neared an end today and possibly befor e nightfall, cer tainly by Monday, the motor manu facturer who has 'been represented as "not yot ready" to seek a Blue Eagle, Is expected to leave for De troit. Thero Ford Motor company offic ials have sold they were awaiting "the chief's" return for a final de- romaln a hold-out from the oo-opora-tive recovery movement, or sign ithe national automobile code. It was said yesterday the automo bile manufacturer was "hesitating" because or some technicalities over whether to sign the code, although he wos ln sympathy "to some degree" with tho NBA campaign. i NO MORE GAINS i IN GAS PRICES Increases ln price of gasoline one; cent, which was announced. Wednea- .' day and Thursday by three of the larger companies on the coast, 'had not as yot brought up prices of tha other larger companies. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, no additional- In creases had been announced with gasoline selling at 25 and 26ft cents, depending upon the brand. REPORTER j der tho present economic conditions, I approve of the NRA." Muriel Jenkins, 2009 Cedar,'' says, "If the NRA had been suggested 35 years ago it would have been considered extremely socialistic. It has a decided leveling process to give everyone an opportunity to earn a living wage which Is a aoclallqtlo principle." 4
