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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1933)
Political Talk Rife La Grande Is The J Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland ! of America" VOLUME 32 iounu-up mmm at County Teachers MEETINGS TO BE HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL Congressman Walter M. Pierce to Speak On "National Recovery." 0. S. T, A. OFFICIAL ON THE PROGRAM E. F. Carleton and Supt. C. A. Howard to Deliver Addresses; Business Session Scheduled. Teat' hern of Union county schools, 'from the smallest country school to the largest of the city systems, will gather here tomorrow for the unnuul county teachers Institute, meeting nt the La Grande High school study hall at 9:30 a. m., according to E. A. Hayre, county superintendent. As it Is compulsory for teachers to attend this Institute, a 100 per cent attendance is assured. , The Institute will open with as sembly singing In charge of Harvey Garter with Vina Conley at the piano. Rev. J. George Walz will give Invoca tion and Mr. Sayre the welcoming address. Mrs. Myrtle Russell will sing, accompanied, by Mrs. Merlin Batley. pianist. Congressman Walter M. Pierce will speak on the subject "National Re covery" at 10 a. m. and at 11:05, after a flve-minuate recess, E. F. Carleton, of Portland, will speak on "The Battle To Save the Free Public School." Mr. Carleton is secretary-treasurer of the Oregon State Teachers association, and Is editor of the Oregon Education Journal. . The business session of the county unit of the O. S. T. A. will begin at 11:30 with J. W. King, of Imbler, president, in charge. After the noon hour Supt. C. A. Howard, of Salem, will speak at 1:30 on "Policies of the State Depart ment." The Institute will close at 3 p. m. (Continued From Page Four) Two Ordinances Passed At City Commission Meet Two ordinances, each carrying an emergency clause making them ef fective immediately, were passed at the city commission meeting last night. Both wero designed to cor rect previously effective ordinances. One provides that holders of city general obligation and Improvement bonds may turn them In as payment on liens against property for side walk and other Improvement work, and also for the purchase price of any land sold by the city. Previously the ordinance did not include mv provement bonds. The other ordinance allows places . of business operating under the same head to file a group 'bond for beer licenses. For example, under the new law, If four stores under tho same management wish to sell beer, they may apply for one blanket bond of 400, Instead of getting four bonds of 100. The change Is expected to re sult In a savings to group stores who may pay lesa fees to the bonding companies. The city manager reported Inst night that $3320.68 in water fund warrants were retired during the week ending Sept. 20. Cash on hand amounted to 11,223 .2 4, divided as follows: First National bank of La Grande $3049.83, Portland bank $1, 555.05, cash $820.85, remainder In warrants. "BIG STORY" FLOPS; JUST ANOTHER RUMOR Rumors I The newspaperman. In spite of countless cases of checking the wild est sort of rumors to learn that's all they were, thrills to the word of any new "break," or "scoop" or Just plain story. In spite of frequently finding ru mors soundless, Just the same It's his lob to check them, and learn If there la any truth. If he didnt, some big story might break and he would be left out In the cold. 80 many rumors have been heard the last several years about railroad EASTERN OREGON'S LEADINO WILL ROGERS pgys: BEVERLY HTIiTfl, Oal., Sept. 20 To inflate, or not to Inflate, that Is the Democratic question. Whether It's nobler in the minds to suffer the slings and arrows of southern politicians, or to take up Inflation against a sea of economists, and by opposing, end them. To expand, to Inflate, to inflate perchance to dream. Aye there's the rub. For In that sleep of Inflation, what dreams may come, puzzle the will, and make us doubtful whether to bear those Ills wo have, than fly to others we know not of. Yours, ffijjL, Art m ita. H'W' tntfi. Is POULTRYMEN TO HAVE DAY AT FAIR HERE Program Friday After noon, Sept. 29, to be De voted to This Division On Friday afternoon, Se. 29, the entire program at the Grange Fair and Home Products show at the L. 1). S. ltecreatlo,nal hart will be de voted to a discussion of poultry and several featured. mUsfcnt'iiiimbrsu, F, Webb, chairman and one of the leading poultry misers in the county, assisted by a large committee, Is ar ranging a fine exhibit of poultry to be displayed on the court nousc grounds along with the Four-11 club livestock showing. H. E. Crosby, poultry specialist from Oregon State college, will be the principal speaker at the session on Friday afternoon In the L. . 3. tabernacle. Mr. Crosby will speak generally on the industry and par- (Contlnued on Pace FourV SHOWERS DRENCH VALLEY; RAINFALL IS ABOVE NORMAL Heavy showers that drenched the Grande Bonde valley yesterday after noon and lost night brought the Sep tember precipitation to 1.67 inches, which is nearly half an Inch above normal precipitation for this month. The average for September In La Grande is 1.22 inches. Sixty-three hundredths of an Inch of rain fell In the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock this morning. Bain at this period Is more or ".ess the usual thing, marking the termination of (Continued on Pago Seven) TO LET CONTRACT ON SUMMIT ROAD When the state highway commis sion meets In Portland Oct. 6 ap proximately Sl.000.000 in contracts will be awarded. It was announced today. All construction will be paid for under tho national recovery act of tho federal government. Several Eastern Oregon projects arc Included. The only one near La Grande provides for 6.05 miles of crushed rock surfacing and 7.1 miles of bituminous macadam wearing sur face In Umatilla county on tho Emi grant Springs-Summit section of the Old Oregon Trail highway. activities, that ordinarily such ru mors are greeted a bit coldly. But a now one developed yesterday, and It had the Observer news staff going on high for awhile. It sounded like one of the biggest local stories In years but, like many another ru mor. It flopped I The yarn was that- Cochran A Eberhard had sold the Union rail road to the U. P. system and that the Union Pacific planned to build the main line from the entrance to Pyle's canyon through union, men (Continued on Pago Seven) KEWSPAPBB To Hold LACK OF PATRONAGE FOR HOME CONSTITUENTS MAY LOWER PIERCE CHANCES Congressman Expected to Havel Hard Battle to Fight if He Gains Re-election; Much Speculation As to Local Postmaster Situation; Victor Eckley Believed to Have Inside Track For La Grande Position. ; ! . uy Nolan Nkirr With the May primary elections only eight months In the mime, po litical discussion and conjecture Is on the ascendency In this Fectiun of the state. In particular, there are two items that are proving or more ithan ordinary Interest. One hnB to do with Congressman Walter M. Tierce's chances for rc-clcctlon; the other with the La Grande postiiias tershlp. Right now, with the Democratic 1034 PHEASANTS FREED THIS YEAR IN UNION COUNTY More game biros rutve been re leased In Union county -this year than lost, and more are being held In the holding pens at the sewage disposal plant. It was announced today by Oscar Poaron, representing sportsmen of tills section interested , In the stocking work. Ho, reports that 010 iheasimt Have been released! this year In tho county from the Pendleton game farm, in oharge of George Wells, and In addi tion 124 birds were freed from the holding pens this spring, making a (Continued on Page Four) HELM UNDERGOES KNEE OPERATION Carl Helm, district attomoy who was injured In an automobile acci dent near Hood River last Saturday. underwent an operation at the Good Samaritan Hospital at Portland yes terday. His knee cap was crushed In tho wreck, and the operation was to correct the fracture. His leg will be In a cast for a considerable length of time but he Is expected td be able to leave the hospital and return home In about three weeks time. Mr. Helm also suffered other In juries but they were of a less serious nature, and he Is reported to be do ing well and giving promise of an early recovery. CARLO ADINGS SEEN AS BUSINESS INDEX NEWS ITEM As Primary Election Time LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1933 J Institute party pretty well spilt up In refer ence to Pierce, It would appear, that the La Grande congressman's chances for re-election next November ore very, very doubtful. Whether this situation changes between now and election day Is another matter en tirely, but right now there ere num erous clouds on the. political horizon, threatening to drench the congress man's aspirations for return to of fice. To begin with. Democrats have .been muttering about patronage for some time. Union county, which gave Pierce 3960 of the 6306 votes cast in a five-way contest, so far has been waiting Impatiently under the pa tronage tree and no plums nave been dropping! There are several capable Democrats in this neck of the woods who hod visions oi a gooa political appointment but those visions are looking more and more like air castles with each passing-day. . Pierce was expected to have a big hand In patronage dispensing In Oregon, yet some are 'beginning to think that Union' county's pocket is (Continued on Page Three) EAGLES WILL " DISCUSS BIG MEETING HERE Flans for the district convention of the Eagles lodge will be completed tonight when the local aerte meets at 7:30 o'clock at the Eagles hall. Lodgemen from Northeastern Oregon will gather here on Oct. 1, and ar rangements are under the direction of Arthur Bremer, entertainment; Ray Patten, reception; and J:; P. Prof fltt, feed. . ' D. D. Hale, state president, also Is expected to be here for the one-doy meeting. The rogular routine of business also will be transacted tonight. REV. HAMILTON TO OFFICIATE AT SERVICES Rev. Harry Hamilton, of Nampa. Is In La Grande to conduct funeral ser vices for Mrs. Ida Moats. Mr. Hamil ton was formerly district superinten dent of the Methodist church and a pastor hero. '7 HERE SIX I Here On Friday Tents, Bungalows House Pupils Tents, bungalows and schoolyards eral Los Angeles schools are empty, This follows their classification as unsafe in examination after the southern California earthquake last March. NRA COMPLIANCE WORK TO BEGIN LOCALLY TODAY Formation of local compliance 'boardB of the NRA In every city of 'the.XJnltod States bos been orisered bvthe' national recovery adinlnlstra tlonv according to word received by R. Z," Baxter, from Frank Messenger, of Portland, district manager of the department of commerce for Oregon and Idaho. As a rosult, Henry Hess, county NRA advisor, and Mr. Baxter met last night and plans wero made whereby the compliance campaign will begin today and continue until Oct. 1, when tho "Buy Now" campaign Is scheduled to start. Tho executive committee of the local NRA consum er committee, beaded by Mr. Baxter, also will serve on the oompllanco (Continued on Page Seven) SEN. McNARY EN ROUTE TO THE CAPITAL U. 8. Senator Ohailcs McNary, call ed to Washington, to confer with President Roosevelt In reference to the Bonneville dam proposal, passed through La Grande this morning on No. G en route east. He left Portland last night. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHESS pendletok a to used for classrooms while sev AT E O N. TO EQUAL 1932 Total to Be About Same As Last Fall Students Guests at "Melting Pot" The enrollment at the Ensteru Ore gon Normal selimil, while still In complete, will uliout equal that of Inst fall. President H. E. In low Ham today. Indication! nrc Hint the regis tration will reach the 2H4 mark net butt full. In 11)32 the Bustem Ore gon Normal school was the only state liiHtltutlon In tho northwest to show n gain over the previous fall regis trillion. The students were entertained at the annual "Melting Pot" last night in the Normal school ballroom. The faculty, assisted by a student com mittee of which Ted Thomson Is the social chnlrman, 'made arrangements for tho ovonlng which was Bpent In formally In gumcR, dancing and re freshments. Tho faculty will be presented to the students tomorrow morning at a general assembly at 11 o'clock In tho auditorium. Announcements per (Continuod on Pago Two) WARSHIP ENTERS HAVANA HARBOR HAVANA. Sept. 21 (II The United States destroyor No. 240, with her marines and sailors drawn up In formation on the deck, and tho Am erican ammunition ship Nltro en tnred Havana harbor todny as opposi tion groups pressed their t'cmnnd that tho government of provisional President Grnu Sun Martin resign. Anti-American sentiment was ex pressed in a demonstration by a small group of Cubans who assembled be fore the home of James Ward Stlck noy. Tho demonstrators shoulrd "down with tho Amcrlcnns!" but left peacefully nfter a short tlmo. Prisoners brought In from Coma guoy province, where Captain Juan Blass Hornandoz Is leading a revolt against tho Orau government, re ported that the Insurgents totaled 3000 men, Wheat Today The price of local rash wheut stood today at ahout .1:1 cents hulk, urconllnc. lo limitations at I lie Pioneer Flouring Mills, OH1CAOO, Sept. 21 (P) A storm of stop-lorn selling that broke out late today tumbled wheat prices down S cents a bushel, the exlrcmo limit Allowod for any one session. Conflicting reports from Woshltnt ton as to whether thcro would be Inflation or not. with weakness or stocks, cotton and sterling, and a sharp reduction In the price of free gold, caused grain holders to become uncertain of their position, and led to heavy liquidation. Wheat closed soml-demorallBcd. at tho day's lowest level 6i6!4c under yesterday's finish, corn 34 cents down, oats 3 61314 cent olf. and pro visions unoliahgcd to 25 cents lower. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME HOOD RIVKIl HUNTER KILLED HOG ' KICKS REACH 3 PLANE FALLS; THREE DIE F. R. HACK AT 1118 DESK HOOD IUVER, Ore., Sept. 21 m The death In a hunting accident of Edward Volstroff, 211, son of Fire Chief J. I'. Volstroff, or Hood lUver, was reported in a telephone message today from tne Long Creek district in the John Day valley. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 21 T Hog prices reached 6 a hundred weight today to equal the 103a peak on the Kansas City market. , ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Kept. 21 VP Crashing from a lulglvt of about 200 feet over the airport at l.lven good, a small mining camp, I'Mot (1. K. (Kd) Young, noted Alaskan filer and two of his passengers were dmd today, In Alaska's first coomntcrclnl passenger nir lutalltle. The other vic tims were Krlo Nelson uiul Aldwy.n 1). Roberts. . . WAHHTNriTON. Sent. 21 lPl PrOSl- dont Roosevelt resumed his rogular routine today at mo hiumj nwuw, ntrlntjlv recovered from the cold and slight fover which bothered him the early part of tho week. Tne lever whloh came back yesterday had dis appeared tills morning. K.1V17..1WA. .litnntl. Sent. 21 tT) An cartlifliiuke shook Western 'Japan ,.wi,.v miii it uus feared heavy diun- 1,,1 nltlinuirli n break in communications prevented receipt of only, meager tietuiis. NEW THREAT IS REPORTED TODAY IN KIDNAP CASE nin.AHnMA CITY. Bent. 21 W) Fred Coleman, son of T. M. Coleman, at whose farm near Stratford the government alleges the Urschel kid naping plot was noicnea, iota reuurm Jutfe Edgar 8. Vaught today that rtonrtra "Wnnhlnn fJuil" KellV 00- peared at the Coloman farm last night and threatened death to tne Plnmnna nnri thn fnmllV Of R. G. Bhannon. accused of participation In tho abduction. Judge Vaught declined to com nuint. mi t.bn fltntflment of tho 35- vf.fir.niH fnrmor but other fedoral authorities indicated they wore partly Inclined to. the tnoory tne mciacni was not wholly genuine, "it. inoknri and soundcdi like darn- ed good acting to me," said a prose cutlng attorney. TOPKKA, Kan., Sopt. 21 (IF) A kidnap plot In which his 10-ycor-old daughter, Peggy Ann, was to havo bcon held a prisoner until ho gront cd oxecutlvo clemency to members of tho notorious Harvey Bailey - Wilbur Underbill Rang now confined In the Kansas penitentiary was mode pub lic today by aov. Alt. M. London. While denying receipt of any "actual throat", tho govornor said "so much confirmatory ovldcncc" had been disclosed by Investigators that guards have been maintained at the cxccutlvo mansion. Mlhs Lamlon, attractive high school senior, has been under tho survcll- (Contlnucd on Pngo Two) Fad For Shorts Ousts Pajamas On The Riviera NICE, Sept. 21 (A-) Short are crowding pajamoa off men, wo men and chllden along the Rivie ra, whero aoarcli for the unusual is an Important occupation, , Shorts were frowned down last yoar, but now they aro worn at dances, tea, on tho hcach and oven on the street. Pajama almost ob scured skirts, but now shorts have their day. 100,000 Workers Are Involved In I Strikes in Progress in New York Now York, Sept 21 tin Strikes Involving about 100.000 workers were In progress in New York City today and a walkout of transit employes appeared a possibility. The American Fectorotton of Labor, through Its affiliate In the street transportation Industry, prepared to seek a showdown between A. F. of L. unionization of 30.000 workers and the company union policy maintain ed at present. Patrick J. Shea, official of the Amalgamated Association of Street Nears Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande .Covering Union and Wallowa Counties NUMBER 14 CLEAR SKIES FOR OPENING SHOW TODAY Torrential Rains Occur Last Night But Arena in Good Condition Now. 2000 INDIANS ARE ENCAMPED NEARBY La Grande Has Prominent Part, With Band Offic-! ial Musical Organiza-1 tion at the Show. ' : PKNW.ETON, Ore., Sept. 21 VP) Cowhands from the western ranges , anil the meanest outflow homes In the land thrilled several thousand spectators here today as the 24th an nual Pendleton Round-Up opened under a clear sky. . . Torrential rains poured down on the Umatilla country last night but ; the weather cleared this morning ana , the Round-up arena and track were In good condition. 1 The entry list was one of the larg est In the history of the west's great outdoor spectacle. Two thousand In dians, headed, by Poker Jim, the head -man, are, encamped.. In their teepees ' on tho sliow grounds by the Umatilla river. -v' -' ' ' ' ' .. i '''.'','. La Qrande had a prominent pert In the Round-up with Andy Loney's La Grande band the official musical i organization for both afternoon show J and Happy Canyon, and, with .Miss 5 Sally Slegrlst serving as ona of the, . attendants to Quean Jean Pnutler ) - "i 00 BucklnK Heme t : ! t Sixty head of bucking horses, led: by the giant gray outlaw, "Roosevelt Trophy," went Into action today with -! the unswerving purpose of making ' life miserable for three days for the ' men In the hair pants and the wis,' hats, all covetous of the Sam Jack- son trophy, emblematlo of the world's championship. Tills trophy will go' to the cowboy making the : most.', points in the four major events, bull- ( dogging, Bteer and calf roping, and -outlaw riding. Jake MoOlure, Ike Rude and Ever- ett Bowman, all top notch ropers of the southwest, have their names en- . graved on the trophy which, must bo won three times . for permanent possession. Prominent among the top hands In -today's events was Bob Crosby, per manent winner of thn Roosevelt tro- phy In 1028. Norman Cowan, a one year winnor of the cup, was here, and Clay Carr, groat California oowboy. was In the lineup for tho first time . In several years. , , Oregon Law Is j P. W. A. Obstacle.; Gilbert Reports EUGENE, Sept. 21 OT Oregon lawB of 1033 making It unlawful to ropay debts from tax receipts stand In tho way of tho public works pro gram for this state, and must be amended or repealed, It was declared hero today by Dr. James H. Gilbert, of the University of Oregon and a member of the stato advisory board of tho emergency public works ad ministration. The need facing tho state must be considered by the coming spoclal ses sion of the state legislature it this stato Is to benefit from tho public works program, Dean Gilbert said. Slowness of applicants In putting applications Into final form as well as legal difficulties such as that In Ore gon, aro hindering the program, the university doon pointed out. All possible speed Is urged In clearing the way for approval of projeots as a moans of alleviating unemployment diiiicuities. WASHINGTON WINS PBNNAN i . WASHINGTON, Hcpr, 21 W The Scnutors clinched "the Am erican leiiiriic pennant today by defeating St, IaiuIs 2 to 1. The victory put them beyond the reach of the New York Yankees, who were Idle today. and Electric Railway Employes and Motor Coach Operators announced his union had organized men on subway, elevated, surfaco and bus lines. He said his union would file a re quest with the NRA asking a, plebis cite to determine whether the men prefered company -unions or the A. p. of L. union. He said failure of the companies to abide by the result and recognize the union chosen would bring strikes. (Contlnaed on Pag Four).
