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V I To Send Frog Heaved La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" VOLUME 32 TRUCK MEM .Bert Haney To Speak At Meeting Here Friday PUBLIC WORKS TO BE TOPIC OF HIS TALK Chairm&n of Ortgon Ad visory Board Coming . to La Grande ' MEETING AT 7:30 AT SACAJAWEA INN All Nearby Communities Are Invited to Attend Meeting Is Open to the Public ' Hert E. Haney, chairman of the Oregon advisory board or the public works administration, with headquar ters In Portland, will be In Iji Grande for un address, according to word received today. Mr. Haney is to speak on the pub lio works administration act, and the meeting here will be held Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Baca- (Continued on Page Three) Duck Hunter Is Hit by Birdshot; Injuries Minor v ... '..wvj'''- y-" What might have been a tragedy occurred yesterday near Hot Lake, when King Roe, La Grande city fire man, was struck by ai charge of bird shot fired from the gun of an un known hunter. Only one shot was of a very serious nature, the pellet hitting him on the left temple and knocking him unconscious. He re vived and returned to La Qrando, in company with Mrs. Roe and their scm, Melvin, hunting ducks with him, and It took a doctor 30 minutes to get tthe shot out. He put in his regular shift at the fire station last night. The duck season opened at noon yesterday to continue until Dec. 15. Several hunters returned last night with good kills. MONDAY NIGHT WARMEST HERE DURING MONTH ( Monday night, instead of resulting r in colder weather in Eastern Oregon as predicted by the Portland, weather bureau, brought one of the warmest nights since September. The mini mum was 53 above, as compared with 34 above Sunday night, a difference of 10 degrees. Also, Monday's max imum of 66 above was Beven degrees warmer than Sunday. Generally fair weather with moder ate temperatures was the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. instein Arrives In America Today PRINCETON, N. J.. Oct. 17 () Professor Albert Einstein, famed mathematician who will work with advanced) pupils In "theoretical physics" at the newly organized in stitute of advanced study, arrived in this quiet university town today and went Into seclusion. BEND EDITOR TALKS ? i OF INDIAN SUMMER Recently the Observer published a letter from a local source, defining Indian summer. The Bend Bulle tin, Bend. Ore., daily newspaper, read the story carefully and then took the matter up editorially. The Bulletin says: Over in La Grande, according to the Observer, 'there Is an individual name unknown to us, who main tains that the ideal weather all of Oregon has been enjoying .ice Oct ober 1 should not be referred to as an Indian summer. True Indian summer, asserts the unknown reader of the Observer, is lovely because of Its briefness and rarity, "and because It comes, not as many people sup pose. In September or October, but lata in November or even December In some regions." No calendar date marks Indian summer, correctly observes the La Grande resident. "Long after the last bright leaf has fallen and late y wild flowers are dried on the stalks, the nuts are gathered and summer i m tmw fctmmw wtwtrtet- EASTEKN OIIBGON'8 LEADING WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Oal. Oct. 17 The best omen of International good will is that conferences are getting shorter. Now, if they will do away with 'em entirely there will toe no war. Tho biggest one ever bald was at Versailles after the war and all the others held since then was to iix something .that was done wrong at that one. The biggest disarmament confer ence was at Washington in 1922, and all the other disarmament ones have been held to try and fix what was done wrong at that one. So the Ideal thing Is: Don'tf hold the original con ference, then you won't haw to hold any more to fix anything. The same bunch of delegates go to all of 'em anyhow, so Just put 'em on a gov ernment pension, let 'em put on their hlgh hats, take movies of 'em, and play like they was at a conference. EAST OREGON C.C.C. CAMPS TO BE CLOSED Group Leaves La Grande for Western Oregon at ,..,11, ; A.- M. Tomorrow The regular army officers and C. C. C. workers hi the five remaining ninth corps area camps in tihls dis trict will be transferred to the Kiigene (Continued on Page Three) PIERCE SPEAKER AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCH Congressman Waflter M. Pierce, dur ing an address at today's chamber of commerce luncheon at the La (ramie hotel, said he this morning wired for a government geologist to came here as soon us possible and investigate the Meadow Brook dam project. ' The congressman, during his talk. (Continued on Page ThxesC TO ATTEND STATE MEETOFW.C.T.U. Mrs. Haltie Mattock of Union presi dent of .the county Women's Christian Temperance union, and Mr. J. E. Hulse, of near La Grande, will be delegates to the Oregon W. C.-T. U. in Portland this week.- The conven tion is a golden jubilee event to mark tho completion ot a half cen tury of endeavor In the cause of temperance. Delegates will be pres ent from 127 unions In 23 counties ot tho state. The three-day session opens to- ( Continued on Page Five) seems far past, there may come a few warm hazy days with haunting memories of a season gone," the Observer reader adds. "After the ground has been frozen comes In dian summer, often there has been snowfall. It lasts only a few ctays." Indian summer, a welcome inter lude in the opening of winter Is yet to come maintains the Observer cor respondent. We of the eastern part of the state agree that frequently in late fall or early winter we occa sionally have, for the briefest space, a faint warm sun, motionless air and a smoke blue haze. Such wea ther has been known in Central Ore gon just prior to Christmas. But we cannot agree with the La Grande resident that the present ideal wea ther is not a bit of Indian summer. Any prolonged period of mild, calm, hazy weather In autumn or early winter, whether It be In Oc tober, November or December, is (Continued on Page Four NEWSPAPER LA Ex-Film Star's Daughter Weds Lenore Bushman, daughter ot Francis X. . Bushman, once called the "handsomest man in the movies' is shown here as she started on her honeymoon to New York and Europe from Los Angeles. She is the bride of Dr. W. L. Marxer, Beverly Hills, Calif., physician. , BOY SCOUTS PASS. BOARD OF REVIEW TESTS ON MONDAY . ! -7 - Rank awards and morlt badges, earned liy a large' group of Boy Scouts,' will be awarded on Friday, Oct. 27, it was announced last night at a board of review held In the office of Charles Reynolds. The boys passed tho board of review composed of Mr. (Continued on Pag-o Three) Four La Grande Men Return With Four Fine Bucks Mighty hunters! Pour La Grande .men George Cornes. John Dahlstrom, Obe Sny der and Marvin McNeil qualify as such. Sunday they went Into the High Valley country, well armed with arms and ammunition, and yesterday they came wearily but with elation back to their homes each with a fine buck do?r. Pour men and four deer a 100 per cent trip I , Wonder How Today's I W WwP r-r ?5?&& WHY. HEMDy' t r- m xr mmm GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1933 LOSE C0U1T CITY OFFERED REDUCTION IN POWER COSTS Saving of 25 in Light and Power Expenses Is Presented by RO.LP. t PROPOSAL NOT YET ACCEPTED BY CITY Already Close to. . $1000 Would Have Been Saved by Signing Five-Year Contract Disclosure came at a .recent meet ing of the city budget committee that fur some time now tho city has had a stajuliiig'' offer from the Eastern Oregon Light and Power company which, If accepted, would result in an Immediate saving of around 25 per cent In the municipal light and power costs. In dollars and cents this would mean" a saving to tho costs of city operation of around $3500 to as lilgli us $4300 a year. Had the -city accepted , -the offer when ilrst matio throe months ago, a saving of around $350 a month or over $1000 in light and power costs would already havo tioen saved to tho clfcy. Why tthe. city dads have kopt this information so tightly "un der hat" and have given out no gen eral ;lntormati(;u on ;the subject or discussed it at" open council meet ings until forced by direct question at tho recent budget hearing1 Is not known except iby Intimation in an Interview obtained toy an Observer ( (Continued on Page Six) , Relief Program To Be Discussed Here Thursday J. H. Peare, chairman of the Union county relief committee, has called two meetings for Thursday when Vic tor Carlson, now field representative for the governor's relief committee, will be in La Grande. Mr. Carlson replaces Ivan White, who has been transferred to tho Southern and Western Oregon 'territory. The administrative staff will meet In the morning and the committee will meet In tho afternoon to dis cuss the methods at pork and other commodities distribution, the bud getary needs of November and the work relief program. News Would Have Looked 30 Years Ago! President Visited Masons In' Washington tor their 18th triennial gathering paid their lespocts to a distinguished fellow-Mason when thoy called at the White House, as pictured here, to visit President RooBevelt. Head ot the group, shown .surrounding the President, is -John l-l. Cowles (extreme right). Most High Grand Commander ot the Mother Lodge, i . Louisville, Ky. , U. S. FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION PURCHASES WHEAT , WASHINGTON, . Oat. 17 WD Gov ornoi' -ikenry Morgenthau' Jr.,:-of the farm credit administration, today be gan purchases of wheat for human relief. , 1 Orders were placed art six markets, ho said, adding that tho purchases were In no way rolatcd to reports that the government might under take some stabilization efforts in view of recent sharp drops In wheat prices. Instead, . the purolioscs wore made for the relief administration, which will distribute tho wheat and prod ucts manufactured from it to the needy, supplementing Its program for acquiring surplus farm commodities In co-operation with tho agricultural adjustment administration. Itiiylne Ituttcr, Hcef Purchases of $15,000,000 worth of butter and beef also was (the govern ment's latest step In Its program for feeding surplus foodstuffs to the needy. At the rate of 2,000,000 or more pounds a week, government money will dig Into a butter .surplus esti mated at 70,000.000 pounds. Simul taneously, It will buy an undetor- fOnntmiiMJ on PneaFlve mm. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHESS Evening by Fellow Masons i&miWssiinritfi ROBBERS OF BANK SOUGHT OFFICERS Two. Men ,Who Looted Wallowa Institution Still at Large , ' Northeastern Oregon, Western Ida ho and Soul iHtLst urn WuHltlngton officers, augmented by Wallowu and Union county cldzeiiM, continued their seureh today for two men who yesterday robbnl the Htm'kKnmwn and Farmers National hunk of Wul- lo uti of about W-iM), The two men, well described to pursuers but known only ns "811m" and "Shorty", were seen twice yes terday after the robbery. First they sought to buy six gal lons of gasollno from an Isolated form house near tho Flora road. They wero refused and then held up the rarmer. taking tho gasoline and tell lng him frankly they had "Just rob ,bed a bank at Wallowa." Shortly afterwards, officers hero learned, R. V. Chrlstman and the son of Cashier C. T. McDanlcld, of Wal lowa, approached the form house. Young McDanlel loft tho car, un armed, and started toward tho house to Inquire about the two bandits. (Continued on Page Three) EXCAVATION WORK AT DAMTO BEGIN PORTLAND. Oct. 17 (P) Engineers In charge of tho Bonnevlllo dam con struction sold today that seclflca tl ons will bo Issued to con trnc tors Thursday or Friday of this week for an oxcavatlng Job' to cost around $1,000,000 at tho dam site. Tho dato on which bids will bo received will bo announced at tho aiuno Mme. Tho work will bo done at tho dam slto proper and will consist of ex cavations for the foundations of tho structure and for tho power hauso and ship locks equipment. Most of tho excavating will bo done on tho shores' of tho Columbia and on Brad ford Island, althougU considerable under-water work will bo necessary. As soon as this project is completed, concrete may bo poured, Wheat Today The pri-? of ltHiil rush wheat stood at about i:l rents hulk today, according to (imitations at the rionorr r Ion ring Mill. Portland wlt fill ',6 cents. ' CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (?) Buying or ders rushed wheat, corn and outs prices up late today to the extreme limits allowed for any day. Official statements tliat fodnral government agencies were purchasing at many cities largo wheat supplies for food relief punose had an elec tric effect on all tho grain pits hero. Wheat closed strong at tho day's top figures, 4 w Bo above yesterday's finish, corn 3H'"4o up, oats 3c ad vanced, and provisions showing 20 60c gain. I $ rH 0 BATTLE JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME Klt.VNK OSMOND IN WKKCK V. S. SETS OIL 1'ltlCKS) . . HIIUAT KMHAItaO FAVOKED LOAN EVIDENCE HEARD I'KNDl.ETON, Oet. 17 W llertha Mjirtln and LUIla Mutuirdy, UniatiUu rcKemitiuit Indian women, were se verely cut and bruised, and trunk Osmond, game officer, received u broken nose and ribs when Ills our struck the Indians' enr near Mission agency last night. Both cars were badly damaged. An Indian child re ceived minor cuts and bruises. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 VP) An elaborate schedule of minimum oil prices today launched the govern ment on Its first NRA prlce-tlxlng- effort. Secretary Ickles, oil admin-, lstrator, ordered the minimum -levels which become effective Deo. 1. Same oil sources Immediately forecast gas oline prices one to two cents higher. niHMAROK, N. D., Oct. 17 Satisfied that his embargo on wheat suipmcuit from North Dakota was nuiklng the tuition "sit up and take notice," Governor William Langer Into today completed plans for call- lug on governors of six other wheat producing states to Join him In halt ing transportation of wheat us n "patrlotlo service to the govern ment," WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (P) Evi dence was presented to senate in- vostlgators today tlut Gerhard Dahl, chairman of tho Brooklyn-Manhat- tan Transit, had a loan account! with Chaso National bonk In June, 1033, of 3t183jl6a, covered toy collateral appraised at only 9015,000. - , EARLY ACTION ON SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM LIKELY " PORTLAND, Oct. 17 (T) V action on tho proposed building pro gram pn the . campuses of Oregon's Institutions of higher learning, with federal public works money to be used, was indicated at tho meeting of the state board of higher educa tion hero Monday. It was the first spsslon since the board lost Its president and vice president by resignations, and Gover nor Meier's two new appointees, Rob coo C. Nelson, of Portland, and Wll lard h. Marks of Albany, were elected to those respective offices. Chancellor Kerr reported that a safe bnlance well above the emer gency balance budgeted still remains to the credit of the educational sys tem, despite a reduction of enroll ment from 0140 a year ago to 6502 (Continued on Page Three) Mouse, Cat, Dog Spell Ruin For Man's Home HAZEL PAR. Mich., Oct. 17 W A mouse, a cat and a dog team id up to. destroy the house of Charles Gun Inch. Tho mouse, chewing on some matches, set the box afire. The cat chased tho mouse. Tho dog zhascd tho cat and In the commo tion a can of kerosene was over turned . Tho mouse, cat and ' dog were burned', along with the house. LEGISLATURE WILL MEET NOVEMBER 20 SAI.K.M, Out. 17 Ml The On-con legislature will meet here In extra ordinary session Monday, November to, (loverniir Julius I.. Meier an nounced Inlo yesterday. Indigent rcllol, nlcohollc beverage control, bus and truck regulation, re lict of tlnnnclnlly distressed school districts and "certnln other emer gency matters" wero mentioned by Oovcrnor Meier as problems requiring tho attention of the BO legislators. Oovernor Meier said the formal proclamation would lie Issued within tho next few days. In announcing tho date for tho third assemblage of tho legislature for this year the gov ernor stated: "In order that funds may be made available for the state to co-operate with tho federal government In af fording relief to approximately one hundred thousand persons In desti tute circumstances because of unem ployment, and In order also that legli atlon may be enacted regulating the manufacture and sale ot Intoxi Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties NUMBER 36 COURT HOLDS TRUCK, BUS LAW VALID Constitutionality of Ore gon Measure Upheld by Tribunal JUDGE LEWELLING ' RULING REVERSED, Public Utilities Commis sioner Thomas Wins in Appeal to State Su-- preme Court 8AI.EM, Oct. 17 WT KeXertmlunv of tlie bus and truck law ana content plated petition: for a new supreme count hearing on the law today ap peared as legal moves by which truckers will continue .their battle against the measure, . . t 8AIEM, Oct. 17 VP) Constltu tlonallty of the bus and truck law huh upheld today by the state su premo court. : Judge L. G. Le welling was reversed and the case dismissed by the hlgti court where It was appealed by Pub lic, utilities Commissioner . O. M. Thomas In the case of Anderson vs. Thomas, i The original sulk was brought In, the Marlon county circuit court by A. O. Anderson, president of, the Ore gon Truck Owners and Farmers' Pro tective -association. ' Certain provi sions of the buj and truck law apply- lng to contract endKpjlyateyCnrler were held Invalid by Judge Lewelllng. Relative to the alleged Imposition on private and contract haulers of the duties and burdens of common carriers the opinion says: t "In order to enforce the require ments of tho act It Is undoubtedly necessary to vest the commissioner of public uqultiqs 4th authority to grant and cancel permits, to re quire reports and other Information -from the motor carriers subject to his Jurisdiction and to promulgate such ( Continued on Page Pour) . ) Germany's Arms Declaration Is Given Challenge By the Associated Press i Premier Bdouard Daladjler of France frankly challenged the latest arms declaration of Germany's Chan, ccllor, Adolf Hitler, by asking "why begin with a rupture" If' there la a sincere desire to co-operate in dis armament, c s The premier raised the question at the reassembling of the French par liament after outlining a new plan to balance the budget and staking the life of his ministry upon the scheme. v Disarmament conference delegates began a ten-day recess designed to allow governments to plan ways of meeting the situation growing out ot Oermany's withdrawal. Norman H. Davis, chief . of the American delegation, let it be known this week's conferences would find Uncle Sam on the outside looking In. "It Is now a question for Europe and not the United States to decide," he said. And in Germany, meantime. Chan cellor Hitler' summoned Nazi leaders for Important conferences to lay policy for coming weeks. cating liquors I havo decided to con vene the legislature In extraordinary session on November 20, 1033. "Although the federal government has heretofore allocated funds for the caro of tho destitute without requlr lng the state to co-operate, the fed eral relief administrator, Harry L. Hopkins, recently announced that In tho future It would be noccssory for tho state to match federal funds on a two to one basis, and he has this day formally notified the executive department that federal contributions for relief In Oregon wilt not be con tinued beyond the middle of Decem ber except on a co-operative, basis." "The special session will also afford an opportunity to consider legisla tion for the relief of financially dis tressed school districts, remedial legislation! connected) with bus and tnick regulation, and certain other emergency matters which have arisen since the regular legislative session," ho added. i i
