Political Talk Rife
La Grande Is The
J Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
! of America"
VOLUME 32
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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).