Beaver Creek Project Brief Again In Hockley 's Hands
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La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
' . Only Newspaper
Printed in la Grande
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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.
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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
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GIUMNIZE SKAHClilNO P.4BTV
JOKVKON TRADES Jllg CA&
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HOME LOANS Alii MANY
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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
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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, "