La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 28, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextBeaver Creek Project Brief Again In Hockley 's Hands OS La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, ' . Only Newspaper Printed in la Grande WfWf "The Switzerland of America , " Corering Union aisd J Wallowa Counties i : VOLUME 32 EASTERN OKEOON'S USADINQ NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PKESS NUMBER 48, FT FATALITY IN Kill FAM TIGERS CLAW 'BUCKS 28-6 HERE FRIDAY First Half Attack. Too Much For Invaders and La Gr&nde Wins. LONG TOUCHDOWN RUN BY REYNOLDS Lone Pendleton Score on Intercepted Pass ; Tigers Withstand Last Period Attack. f FRIDAY'S SCORES la Grande High 28, Pendleton IllSh 6. St. Mary's 81, Nevada 0. Salem High 32, Oregon City High 0. La Grande's running awf .passing game proved toot much for the ieit- itleton High-football team Here yes terday, and the Buckaroos went home on the short end or a 28 to 8 score. It was the seventh straight defeat for the Bucks at the hands' of the Tigers, and also boosted1 La .Grande's district championship stock many notches, taker, the other remaining undefeated tenm, plays here Nov, 11. Perhaps the three (biggest thrills of the game were: ' 1, Buddy RoynolHs' mid-way through the second quarter, took a Pendleton punt on his 21-yard line and raced 78 yards for a touchdown, eluding four or five Buck tacWcrs while his teammates Mocked out the rest, -i-i' ,w;.'.j;V;.,7v?-'-;i t a. La Grande's first touchdown was scored in less than a minute. Pen dleton kicked off and tho Tigers re turned 33 yards to their own 46 stripe. Then Reynolds flipped a pass to Irwin, end, who was downed on Pendleton's 40. A second pass went to Ralph DeBole, who gained to the Buck 22-yard stripe. Then Alvcy took the ball and drove 22 yards to a score, kicking goal for tho point a moment later. 3. Jimmy McLoughlin. substitute .PenUJeton guard, sn&tehed a fiat pass out of the air on La Grande's 30 yard lino apparently meant for Stitt, (Continued on Page Bll) 317 Licenses To Kill Elk Issued Locally, Report -Three hundred and seventeen elk licenses were Issued In La Grande alone lor the open season held Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday, a sur vey by the Observer revealed "today. No count as to the number of elk killed In this section was available pending counting of tags by the game commies Ion , but estimates ranged from 160 upwards. Officers also estimated that from 60 to lb per cent of the elk shot spoiled. either because of Ignorance of proper way to handle the meat or because of difficulty in getting it to coolers during the unusually warm mi weather. HIGH SCHOOL , ROBBED: LOSS IS NOT KNOWN Thieves entered the La Grande Itlch school last night and ransacked the building but the extent of the losses could not be learned today by the Observer. Entry was made to the building through the window In the niporintendents supply room in the casement. MISS GENEVA SAYRE SAFE, FAMILY LEARNS A letter received recentiv by the county superintendent of schools. E. A. Sayre, and Mrs. Sayre, from their daughter. Miss Geneva, a missionary In China under the Free Methodist church, has brought reassurance to 'he many friends of the Sayre fam ily In this vicinity. All have been more or less alarmed concerning the welfare of the mis sionary teacher since reports came in of the serious floods caused toy the overflowing of the Tellow river. Dis patches mentioned Ohengchow, the c'ty In which Miss Sayre lives and Honan, the province also Kalfeng and 'he alarm here was quite natural. Miss Sayre writes her parents: Neith er Chenchow nor Kalfeng were flood -id, though Kalfeng at one time was real danger all right. There were WILL ROGERS fjgys: BEVERLY HILLS, Oal, Oct. 27 Papers every day in big headlines tell what gold sells for. Just as well tell what radium sells for. Who has any of either? Nevada has a great law. When they vote on a bond Issue, or any money to be spent, they have two ballots. One Is for property owners, and one Is for nonproporty owners, and to pass It has to be a majority of tooth. Nevada will take your wife away from you with representation, but they wont let anybody who pays no taxes tuke your property away from you. Yours, .. ' m use. tum,U lnltl" MERLIN BATLEY SPEAKS AT P. T. MEETING FRIDAY "A Father's Viewpoint of His Son" was the theme of a sympathetic study presented toy Merlin Batley last niaht when the Central Parent Tea cher association met at the school. "Parents forget their own cniianooa and that was given by Mr. Batley as the main bone of contention botween parents and children. "The trouble tnat most, moaners and fathers have nowadays 1b that t.hfiv urn nrone to foriret their own childhoods, their hopes and ambi- t.irtns t.nptr make ibetieve ana piay. that ttlrM rtfiifinnointmcnts. their pmhanuwments." ihe added. "Parents too often make their children do the very things that they disliked to no, and the relations between the psr- (Oontlnued on Page Three). ' CROWDS WELCOME MR. ROBOT TO CITY Mr. Robot, the Golden West coffee man, accompanied by Miss Golden West and his keeper, George crowaer, arrived In La Grande this morning on schedule, making his first appear ance at 10:50 a. m. In the Observer office, where he wrote a want ad after climbing the steps to the bus! ncss lobby. Following this, he went to numer ous business places over town, and everywhere attracted large crowds. Later he went on to Baker. About two score people gathered In ttie Observer office to witness Mr. Robot's arrival. Balanced perfectly on his feet, he walked like an ordinary man except for Jerky movements. Controlled by clock work, he went through his performance without a hitch, much to the amusement and entertainment of the crowd, which marvelled at his excellent likeness to a human figure. During his travels around town he rode in a new 1034 Studebaker car belonging to the M. J. Goss garage. Mr. Robot's appearance here was sponsored by tho Golden West coffee Co. . A. L. DRUM CORPS IN BUSY SEASON The La Grando American Legion drum and bugle corps, state cham plon this year, is making a great many appearances in Eastern Oregon this fall. Recently the corps played at Imbler, last night at North Pow der, and from Baker comes word to day that the La Grande corps will lead the Neewollah celebration parade thero Hallowe'en night. ' Also the parade this afternoon be fore the E. O. N.-College of Idaho camo was to find the golden-coated legionnaires In the procession. whole sections of the country and villages both north and south of the Yellow river that were flooded and In some places, the water has not gone down yet (Sept. 18). My cook's home village where he has four bro thers and their families was flooded and their houses all fell. (Mud houses all went down, of course, and many brick ones). They fled to higher spots of ground and then were In water up to their waists for days. They had no sleep and could get nothing to eat. "Now that the water Is receding, many are coming here. There will be no crops there this year as even af ter the water has gone down, the land Is covered with several Inches of silt and mud." M'ALLISTER SENDS BRIEF TOPORTLAND Additional Data Supplied to P. W. A, Board Engineer For Oregon ROOSEVELT WILL ASK MORE FUNDS President Expects to Ask Next Session of Con gress to Appropriate a Larger Sum. - The brief for the Beaver Creek pipeline and power project has been returned to C. C. Hockley, engineer for the Oregon advisory board of the public works administration. It was announced today by City Manager Angus srcAtilster, who said the brief was sent In earlier this week. Mr. McAllister said! that alt require ments as outlined to La Grande by the office of Mr. Hockley, had been met to the fullest. No further word was expected from the brief unless It is again returned, or unless the project receives final approval in Washington. The protect was first sent In sept. 2, and held in Portland for about a month, then returned to La Grande for additional data. . Also, Associated Press reports from Washington today said that President , (Continued on Pag Three) , City Budget Is .Approved Friday By Commission No protests were filed against the city budget at the public hearing last night and the city commission adopt ed the budget as prepared earlier this month. It provides for a i28, 580.08 tax levy for the coming year, a sum $2775 less than for 1933. The budget will become effective for the city on Dec. 1 of this year. . Farmer Convicted Of Murder Charge OREGOU CITY, Oro Oct. 28 H John J, Haley, Sandy ridge fanner and former Insane asylum, patient. was convicted fcy a circuit court jury here last night of second degree mur der for the slaying of his friend, Mario Boltano. Haley beat Bottano to death with a club Oct, 16. Naked and raving, he was captured on the highway a short time later. Anyhow, Human Nature Doesn't Seem to Fluctuate BYRD FLAGSHIP The "Jacob Kuppert, flagship of Admiral Richard E. B rd's Antarctic espnllthm. Is pictured bsre steaming from Newport News, Vo., for tier long voy ago to the bottom of the earth with, representatives of 13 branch of science 1 nelutleil In lis imemiel BONFIRE RALLY FRIDAY NIGHT FEATURE OF E. 0. N. HOMECOMING; GAME TODAY . A bonfire rally, the largest ever held by the Eastern Oregon Normal school, featured Friday evening's home-coming events, preliminary to the B. O, N.-Coltage of Idaho football game being played here this after noon. Also, a big "O" was buruqtl) on Table mountain, plainly visible for hours from most parts of the Grande. Rondo valley, r Rain today dampened 4he gridiron field considerably, but did not damp en the enthusiasm of local football fans, who expected to attend "this af ternoon's contest the final B.1 O., N, home game of the season. ' , At the rally iast nigtit, students, with & peppy ban led toy Perry CeW- wcll, paraded through the business streets, well equipped wrth . noise making devices, end then went to the west end . of the campus, where a huge bonfire was started. Veils and song, ied by Arthur Stef fen, yell leader, and oecompanied by music from the band, were Inter spersed with short talks by Coach E, R. Quinn, Prof. t. K. Galser, antt. members of the Mountaineer eleven also "Boots" Walnum, manager and. a representative of the Idaho school A large number of townspeople also attended the rally. ' This afternoon at 1 o'clock, stu dents, the Legion drum and bugle corps and the College of Idaho pep band, which arrived here yesterday, naraded through the city, then marching to the football field. Twenty-seven Coyote grldmen and the coaching staff arrived hero last night for the game today. Coach Bas- ler said he wasn't overly optimistic about the outcome of the Same. One halfback, Briggs, remained at homo with a severely sprained ankie. "This Teacher game at La Grando OFF TO BOTTOM is anything but an easy assignment for my men," Baslcr sold, "We real ize that Eastern Oregon Normal has some .real material that is being de veloped Into a powerful team. In addition the game will feature the Oregon school's hoce-coming and the homej team always 'puts up a battle on an occasion like that." McReynoIds and Swan, two mam- stays1 of Baslcr's bockfiold, probably won t see much aotion, Boaier said, because of leg injuries. On:: the other hand, Coach Quinn also finds his squad weakened by the temporary loss of Ray Beraey, . , ; f .. ' . .Continued on Pagre Three) , LAGRANDERT.it WINS TROPHY AT SALEMtONGRESS The Gabriel cup, for the largest in crease In membership based on per centage of enrollment, was presented to the La Grande Pareafe Teacher as sociations at the state meeting of toe association that Just closed la Salem. 1 Grande won the cup the first time It was offered la 1028 ami again In 1030, therefore when the cup cornea to La Grande this year it will be for the third time. Mrs. N. W. Frees attended the con vention and ibesldoa her election as assistant vice president she also vms placed on several committees, the most important of which. Is the by laws group. The Gabriel cup will bo on display at Peare's Jewelry store. OF THE EARTH LA GUARDIA HITS ATMTOSW ( ELECTION SIGNS By B. L. Livingstone ' NSW YOHK, Oct. 28 t&h-FiOttllO H, LaGufardla, Fusion candidate for mayor of New York dty, smight to cfny to take the "recovery out of Joseph . MgKe&'z Heeovery. party campaign literature. He lodged protests' wltli General Hugn S. Johnson and the Wslts House at Washington against what he charged was the imlawful use of the NBA blue eagle and the initials of the recovery administration by Mc Kee, his rival for mayor, and James 3, Hoey, McKee's running mate for borough presdssfe of Manhattan,' v . m nm prot-fig?, .wifes te uei. liOtii M. Ho. the president's ecjetan, and to General Johnson, LeGuardSa obieeted "against the use of the na tional recovery symbols lor outright political purposes and ihe patent at tempt to mislead the peopie by Im plying that the national recovery ad ministration, la linked wkUi the Re covery party." The Fusion party ganger grew out of distribution by McKee supporters of campaign posters bearing two NRA blue eaglea and the letters "NRA" in bolcSfaco type. The letters initiated these slogans: "Now Is the time for all good citi zens to stand: by tho president,' "Roosevelt, Lehman, McKco and the fiag," and "Alt the. country Is catting (Continued on Page ThresC PLANS COMPLETE FOR U. P. BANQUET Hans are complete for the ban quet ami dunes sponsored it? railroad men's organizations to honor pen sioners s Tuesday, Oct, 31, ami in dications are that high railroad of ficials and titer visitors will be here for the event whleii will he held at Use Sacajawca Inn, II. M. Bmdshaw & chairman of the eotnmlttee, J, Cor be it, assistant supeririten dent of the second dlvlsfem, will be the ioaatntater ami ad dresses will be famished h$ State Senator Henry Hess ami Cfengresisnan Walter M, Pierce, Jack Comsn, the singing femKeman and crther railroad em ployes will furnish entertainment Dancing wi'l follow the banquet. Tise pnbilc is invited to the event. TENTH OF INCH OF RAIN FALLS A tenth of an inch of rain fell here in the 24 -hour period ending at 7 o'clock this morning. nn$ more rain feii this morsjlng. The weather fore DBt Indicates continuance of the stormy period over the weekend, with unsettled conditions and mild tem peratures daring the coming week. Wheat Today The prh'f nf hxil wheal. Mood at stmttt M cent Itttlfc t4Mtiy,' arrorrffffjr tff tftiataitttm si IN? Wonwr Flittirtns MHt. forttati fa.h 72 eertls. CHlChOO. Oct. 38 Wi Wtrst. fui feeling arofBsef omr reports the Washington KfmJnistraUott raid seek to curtail or eliminate speeubt tion brought asout extreme down turn of S? cents in wheat today. Subsequent teuylm both af (rnmed late and future deSirie of wheat caused refffes. tsttt dW not entirety overcome losses. The btsying which Jed to recoveries was rersled as largely for government seesount. Wheat closed nervous fct the same as yesterday flnlrtt to He tower, corn !Vi)e down .oats tt a ott. and provisions varying from JOe decline to & rise of lie, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME ''''' ' ' ' GIUMNIZE SKAHClilNO P.4BTV JOKVKON TRADES Jllg CA& - HOME LOANS Alii MANY . . ( . . . , . M&HB JEiVlNii TROUBLE PIKEVIiXE. Kf., Oot2g (JV Or- gunixntlon of a searching party to seek Willis 8 tut ion, about M eandl- ifae for circuit udge who was kid naped yentenay bjr four masked me a, was planned here today as authori ties sought to determine js motive tor the abduction. , , - . WASUfOTOJff, Oct. 38 m- Hugh 3. Johnson today made ood on his promised personal bofcott on Ford products hy trading m the Lincoln limousine that had been at hta dis posal and riding to his office In another governmental machine of comparable quality and price. WASHINGTON, Oct. ,2ft m The homfl owners loan corporal km said tly its nrthillwt prevented fiiirvlmnrrs on nrban properties to a vms of js.fwssa daring the wees en&Kf October 30. . , . , . HAIA, Palestine, Oct. 38 m One person was killed and 35 wounded today In two new clashes in this mod ernised port of Palestine between po lice -and Arabs who demonstrated Against Jewish immigration. ARitOK, - Oct. 28 V-Hmn Age east into good c3u weather, Oermanys tsraf zeppeJIn, world's most Widely travel? airship, was In the air again today after take-off here for her return flight to Fried rich sbafsn hy way of Sevllie Spain. VALLEY PIONEER ID1ES FRIDAY IN, SAN JOSE, CAL Mrs. Clara O. Vandermulien, a pfo- noer of the Grande Bonds valley but making her home in Ban Jose, Cel., for the last 90 years, died at her home at 19:3Q fast night, according' to messages received hy relatives here. Mrs. Vandermaiicn.who was 74 years of age, will he burled in the San Jose cemetery beside her hus band, who died 20 years ago. Shews bora Jan. 3!, 185S and cam to La Grange with her parents, W. H. and H. J. Ruckman from Agency, Iowa, in 1871. She owned ft tract of land at the junction of the tows, school and the bland! City highway, and since leaving La Grande frequently returned to visit her many friends In the valley. She is survived by four sons, Ed W, Jones, of Puyaliup, Wash.; Floyd T,- Jones, of Baker, and Clarence and Vers Yanderrmilleri, of San Jose; by two daughters, Mrs, Jennie Stites and Mrs, C. O. Judy, of Sen Jose; four brothers, C. C, and 0, J. Huclcman, of La, Grande; Robert E. Ruckman, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and T. F. Ruck mas; of Tacoma, Wash,, besides nu merous other relatives. GANGSTERS KILL WEALTHY EDITOR OntCAQO. Orrt. 28 fP. A wealthy newspaper publisher touts Cowen, one time nowshoy on the streets of siHnirbnn Cicero, became the ratest vlotlm of gnnftiftntf tactics when, he was shot to death. A furtliiiicio of shotgun slugs ended his career late yesterday afternoon as ho sat behind tho wheel of hfs ex pensive automobile in front of a mo tion picture theatre In Cicero, where he published the Cicero Tribune, a weekly tabloid, and where he once acted as bondsman for mem cere of Al On pone's gang: Pedeetrisn scurried to c&ter as the killers, riding in small automobile drew their machine alongside of Oowens and blazed away. 4 STEEL COMPANIES - ACCUSED BY U.S. A. WASHIKOTON. Oct. 28 ) Pour great steel companies today were bluntly accused by the administra tion of collusion In fixing the price of first-class steel rails for railroads for h!ch funds were to be advanced by the public works board to provide employment. The companies were told In strong terms they must reduce to 35 a ton or submit their books for Inspection of government accountants. Otherwise, Joseph . Eastman, co ordinator of transportation speaking for President Roosevelt, said the gov ernment woald refuse to advance PICKET SHOT FROM CAR; 3 MEN IN JAIL Another Man Beaten By - Pickets is Reported . Near Death. OTHER W1B0ONSIN , TROUBLE WCURS Injuria to Dozen or Mora ; Persons Creameries, and Milk . Plants Corn ' tinue Closing. ' , ; By The A-oclaied Prmi , A Dana eoentf, WisceesiSj termeri picketing a ktgMsy sear Madison, for ihe ni of !srm reiiH becaiae the first fatality tA Ms sarrent strtlie for east of prod act 3or. . The viettra. Qasdar FettaBd, wa shot test eight by one o! two mea who were oecuests c: an automo bile apparently acting as eosvoy for a truck. Three brothers, oa from Madison a&d two from. M&rsbfleld ; were detained for questioning. At Marshf laid, wis, physicians held little hope loss the recovery' of Theo dore Weber, 39, .woo was beaten by pickets when, ha sought to drive a truck; load, of fence posts through a picket line. . : . ' From other parts ox the state came reports of minor clashes resulting in injuries to a dozen, or so persona. Creameries and other milk plants continued to aloes, some voluntarily and some under pressure of striken and; aym.pafira&erB. . . . .... , The chamber of. commerce or Bau tontimtBr6ii Fftsrelirce Qhvicts Shot Down m Attempt ! To Break Prison Vr'AIAA WAliA, CSC, aa W! A murderer ami three robbers, desperate men all, started over the vail at the Washtagtoa .state peBttesrtiary last night. PrtaoB Ughte sUhoaetted them, asd there was blast of shotguns frorss Use wa&ebtGwers. . Today one lay dead, another was believed dying and' the two who sur rendered to save their toes were locked iii solitary confloemer!t. The break was' ended in 10 trun utea. Alarm sirens brought out na tional guardsmen with rlfies aud bay onets in the "belief that & general riot had begun." Donald p, Collins,- ai, was slain. He was serving 10 years from Chai lam county for assault. James Penning, 3T, holdup man known to police as "The Red Men ace." took e, shotgun slug .through the brain and had not recovered con sciousness early today. He was serv ing 20 to 30 years from King county for robbery. James srcCourt, 2T, murdered ram King county serving a life sentence and Cart "Bingo Brehan, robber sentenced in Pierce county to serve 10 to 25 years, gave themselves up. F00TBAL! RESULT FtiVAI. SCORES Dartmouth 7, Harvard T (tie), ,: Army 21. Yale 0. Georgia Tech 10. Worth Carslte Maine 12, Bates 7, Washington Lee 0, Princeton S. Lafayette 0. CSrfprte 0 (tie), Lehigh 0. Rutgers Vt. (Second Quarters Pittsburgh H, ffotre Dame 0. Navy S, PennsytvsBla 0, money to more thas fifty railroads, which have signified their need of a total of about BOWSOA tons of rail, . The steel companies, responding to a letter from Eastman written after tbe executives had conferred with tho president. Secretary Ickcs and East man, all JUted base price of W7.75 a ton for first quality rails, The ase price originally had foecn approxi mately forty dollars. The price schedules all were 0!1 with the Amertatn Iron and Steel in stitute, the fair practices code au thority, "