Great Crowd at U. P. Banquet A ndBa 11 Here Tuesday
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland'
of America
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Printed in La Grande ;
Covering Union and '
Wallowa Counties . ?
VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREQON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1933
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PBESS
NUMBER 49
FAM fflffiE TfflPOMMILI MALTE
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460 HONOR
3 RETIRING
RAILROADERS
Others On Pension Roll in
Second Division Spe
cial Guests.
PIERCE, HESS AND
OTHERS GIVE TALKS
Entertainment , Program
and Ball Enjoyed
Gatherings Biggest in
La Grande History. '
What Is believed to have been the
greatest gathering nt a banquet table
ever held) In La Grande, took place
at the Sucufuwea Inn Hast night,
when 400 attended the dinner and
.dance given In honor or Martin King,
engineer; George Nelson, crossing
watch man, and M. Wels, section fore
man, to be pensioned by the U. 1.
this jear, and other rullroutl men al
ready on the pension roll.
Railroad men from far and near
Joined with, townspeople in the event,
enjoying to the fullest the dinner,
the program and the ball that fol
lowed, all sponsored by the four train
service brotherhoods of the eecona
division -of the O.-W. , ,
J. E. Conbett was toastm aster and
handled ills duties In a very able
manner. Telegrams were read (from
liigh railroad officials, Including Carl
Gray, Union Pacific president, ex
pressing regret at being unable to at
tend, but extending congratulations
to the honor guests.
Plerco ami Hess Speak
Congressman Walter M. Pierce re
called the .greatm-ogress made in
transportation 'lp. ' the "last century,
; and gave honor to the railroad men
for the part they have played In this
improvement. State Senator Henry
Hess also spoke glowingly of the hon
or guests. . i. -
Talks also were given by Jim. Kirby,
president of the general committee
(Continued From Page Two)
La Grande High
Plays at Union
Next Saturday
The La Grande High school foot
ball team, undefeated in Northeast
ern Oregon this fall and champion in
1932, will journey to Union Saturday
to do battle with the Bobcat eleven
on the stock show grounds, beginning
at a o'clock.
On paper, the Tigers are made fa
vorites. Union lost to Enterprise last
"week - by a. one-touchdown margin
and the Tigers the week before de
feated the Savages lour touchdowns.
But on the field, Union invariably
makes a strong stand against La
Grande and a feline contest of no
small proportions is expected when
the Tiger and Bobcat -begin to claw
around. ' i
Coach Agee, of North Powder, will
referee; Adrian Goodbrod, of union,
will umpire, and Jimmy King, of Im
bler, will be head linesman.
This afternoon the Union subs are
playing the Tiger third team on the
L. H. S. gridiron.
Next week the Tigers will begin
preparing for the Armistice day game
here with Baker. Present plans in
clude a big rally and downtown par
ade the night before the game.
HUNTING OF
PHEASANTS AT
AN END HERE
Only ducks and geese may .be
hunted legally In- Eastern Oregon
from' now on. At sunset last night
the pheasant season, came to a close.
The open season on migratory
fowls will continue until Dec. 15.
OCTOBER WARM AND
DRY IN LA GRANDE
The excess rainfall for 1933 In La
Grande was reduced to 2.26 Inches
during the last month, with the Oc
tober precipitation here only .95 of
en inch, compared with normal of
1.53 Inches.
The total rainfall so far Is 17.41
Inches, compared with normal for
Oct. 31 of 15.15. The annua! nor
mal Is 19.45 Inches.
October was unusually warm and
dry. particularly during the first 30
days, when practically no rain of
consequence fell.
During the month there were five
days with maximums of B0 or higher,
reaching 67 above Oct. 4, and one
WILL
ROGERS
psgys:
RTBVRP.T.V HH.IA Cal.. Oct. 31
vmm t.nriav nnvit: "U. s. and England
agree on gold control." But It dtdnt
say nothing about irance wno ni
nil fhA irnM Tt'A BlwaVS COOd -0 take
It up with the teacher before a
couple ol students' decide when school
will be out.
u-tno- nnrta nt RulBrarla and Kins
Carol or Rumania met yesterday to
. l.tllLn. Vto
decide ways w improve icwmuib be
tween the two countries.
Tf. umn niiiroTAted Oarol take Boris'
slater to wife. Nations got a tunny
sense of humor, aint they? English
royalty waited till they had all mar
ried Germans, then they went to war
with 'em. Germans all married Rus
sians then fought.
Boris,- you ibetter pan tnat sister on
on some local guy., Yours,
CELEBRATION
TO BE HELD
JULY 20, 21
Railroad and Chamber of
Commerce Committees
' Agree on 1934 Dates.
ThA fntirnnrf committee and; the
chamber of commerce committee In
charge of the proposal to celebrate In
1934 the fiftieth anniversary 01 me
coming of the railroad to La Grande,
mot-. TiioRrifiv tit the La Grande hotel.
The celebration has been set for July
20 and 21 and will follow a pioneer
meeting pn..jjury . in. .,.., ,..!..?.
No other arrangements have been
mode for the event but committees
will be appointed within the next 10
days and activities begin.
The celebration promises to be one
of the largest ever held In La Grande,
with honuflfiil nnirennt.rv fihowln? the
development of transportation during
the past tu years.
E. O.N. TEAM TO
FACE HARD GRID
GAME AT ALBION
The Eastern Oregon Normal school
football team, undefeated in four
games this season and with a total
of 105 points to opponents six, will
Invade Idaho this weekend to play
Albion Normal sohool. The game will
begin at 2:30 o'clock (mountain
standard time) at Albion, Ida. Sat
urday afternoon, the occasion toeing
the home-coming game for the Gem
State teachers.
On comparative scores, the Moun
taineers have a slight edge over the
Albion team, which lost to College of
Idaho 12 to 0. But playing on the
Albion field and before a Home-coming
crowd, the Idaho lads may be In
spired to play a much better game
than Is expected.
For that reason, Coach Bob Qulnn
(Continued on Page Two
SHORT SALES TO
"POSTPONE" TAX
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 VP) Albert
H. Wiggln testified to senate Investi
gators today that the purpose or nis
large short sales in Chase National
Bank stock through a personal cor
poration In 1920 was to "postpone"
tax payments.
Previously the retired chairman of
the Chase bank told the senate bank
ing committee he had paid Income
taxes totaling H ,365,000 In the last
five years. -
minimum temperature on Oct. 17
was 53 above. The coldest maximum
was 46 above on Oct, 20, and the
coldest minimum mark was 30 above,
made both on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22.
Sixteen days during the month
saw the maximum at 70 above or
higher I
Rain fell on ten days of the 31.
Thirteen days were clear, nine partly
cloudy and nine cloudy. Frost oc
curred on three nights and there was
no snow in the Grande Rondo valley.
November started off this morning
with cloudy skies and a minimum of
31 above, with thin Ice throughout
the city on puddles of water, etc.
ELKS LODGE
PROTESTSTO
GAME HEADS
Work of 25 Yeai-s Undone
, in 72 Hours of Elk
Season, Claim.
320 KNOWN KILLED
IN TWO COUNTIES
No Authentic Count in
Wallowa and Baker
Counties Available" in
La Grande Today.
A protest that the recent three-day
open season on elk In Eastern Oregon
had In 72 hours "destroyed the care
ful work of 25 years," was nuule. here
today by the la Grande Elks lodge.
The lodge memlbers and other resi
dents of the city charged that con
trary to a statement by the state
game commission, wanton slaughter
of elk, deer andl domestic animals
accompanied the brief open season.
The statement of the game com
mission that probably not more than
300 elk were killed In Oregon during
the three days, was ridiculed by the
lodge committee appointed for pre
vention of legalizing the killing of
elk In Oregon.
Morelock Signs Affidavit
The organization submitted an affi
davit from J. P. Morelock, swearing
(Continued on Page Two)
Miss Day Speaks
At Assembly At
Normal School
'The Stage and Its People" was the
subject of a delightful and Interest
ing talk presented by Miss Florence
Day to E. O. N. students In an assem
bly Tuesday. She discussed and ex
plained the various types of legiti
mate drama: repertoire, stock com
pany, road show, and the production.
In connection with the latter, tne
speaker traced a play from its (begin
ning as a written play, to Its ulti
mate fate as decided by the audi
ence. 'The Actors' Equity," Miss Day
stated, "was formed about 20 years
ago to protect actors. It Is a power
ful labor union protecting the actor
against unfair practices of the pro
ducer, and guaranteeing' the producer
certain standards for Its members."
"Theatrical people are the most
superstitious one will find anywhere,"
Miss Day said, and Illustrated the
statement by relating one of her per
sonal experiences when playing In
(Continued on Page Two)
LET 'EM
Violence Flares as
il l I
jlSSs.". tMtkmmlM !
Ten thousand miners, members of tlio Progressive Union, massed In tlio Springfield, III., baBOball
park, as shown here, to protest alleged inaction of the NRA In placing the Illinois coal code In effect.
One muu was slnlu and furthor violence was feared. Three mllltla companies were hold ready to
halt riots involving tlio marchers and the rival United Mine Workers, i
BRICK HURLED THROUGH
FRONT WINDOW AT POLICE
STATION LAST EVENING
Hallowe'en in La Grande, - ordin
arily marked with quite a tolt of van
dalism in addition to the usual
pranks, was much quieter this year
than usual. In fact, many say It was
the quietest Hallowe'en In the last
decadey '','-V --"r xT" KV'
But in spite of all that, the police
have a real grievance this morning.
There Is a hole in the 'big plate glass
window, caused toy someone hurling
a portion of a firo brick tlirough the
pane about 11:40 last night! - Also,
the stucco above the window is
nicked where a large rock hit the
building, apparently thrown about
the same time. The brick hit with
such force as to go through the win
dow, nick the plaster on the wall,
and ricochet against the side of the
desk, cracking one panol. Two police
men wero inside the office at the
time, and rushed to the street, but
whoever was guilty of the window
breaking act had disappeared.
It was reported also that a large
pane In the I. O. O. P. temple was
cracked, but not broken, apparently
by a small rock.
But over most of the city, the
pranksters contented themselves with
removing gates, pieces of fences,
soaping windows and cars, etc. No
other vandalism had been reported
to the police this morning.
PLAY WITH THAT
III' '.
Thousands of Illinois Miners Mass
COUNTY COURT
MEETS TODAY
t The November session of the coun
ty court opened this morning in the
office of County Judge TJ. G. Couch.
RECOVERY PLANS
ARE GOING AHEAD
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 m -Presi
dent Roosevelt was said In highest
quarters today to be feeling that the
recovery program Is getting along
well, after a study of charts he has
Just received showing Increases in
employment and the total wages be
ing paid.
Secretary Perkins reported to him
that the average hourly wages have
risen from 42 cents to 51, while the
average hourly work week has de
clined from 42 hours to 30.
Gerard Swope, warning that gov
ernment will undertake stricter su
pervision of Industry If it does not
do so itself, proposed today a pro
gram for making much of the NRA
permanent.
A WHILE
1,000 TONS
WHEAT SENT
TO ORIENT
First S a 1 e s ' of - Wheat
Through Government
Aid Confirmed Today
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 1 (P) The
first sales of wheat and flour to go
from the North Pacific coast Into
export channels through government
aid, were confirmed here today.
The first parcel of 1000 tons of
wheat was Bold through a Portland
exporter to Japan and there wore
reports of offors that probably will
result in considerable business In the
near future, dealers saidi.
The Initial sale of flour to the
Orient, financed through the Emer
gency Export corporation, was ship
ped by a Portland mill. Although
confirmation of the deal was had,
details were kept secret.
The Journal said today that "heavy
sales of both wheat and flour to
China are likely to be confirmed
within the next few-hours. The Chi
nese government has signed all neces
sary papers and the only thing await
ing settlement is the actual destina
tion ... as well as the amount In
which each mill will participate."
TO OPEN BIDS ON
14 ROAD PROJECTS
SALEM, Nov. 1 (VP) Tlio state
highway commission last night an
nounced a list of 14 road projects to
be awarded to contractors in Portland
November 15. The estimated cost was
about $760,000. Work will Include 33
miles road Improvement and con
struction of six. bridges in H differ
ent counties In the state.
Among the projects is 14 miles of
grading of the Idaho-Oregon-Ncvada
highway between Jackson creek and
McDermltt in Malheur county. '
Baker City Budget
Reduced $10,534.70
BAKER, Ore. (Special) The tenta
tive city budget for 1034 as drafted
by the budget board and the city
commissioners proposes that (02,202.
75 be raided by taxation.
The total of the 1033 budget was
$102,737.05, or 10.534.7O more than
the proposed budget for 1034.
Wheat Today
The price of local wheat Mood
at nbotil iH wilt hulk today, ac
cording to q not fill on at (he Pio
neer Flour Mills, Portland cosh
07 cwirts.
CHICAGO. Nov. 1 (At Uncertain
ty over Washington developments had
a decidedly unsettling market Influ
ence today, and at one stage wheat
fell to about 10 cents under recent
top figures.
Price changes In all grains wore ex
tremely rapid, Houses with castorn
connections were persistent sellers.
Wheat closed nervous, l3c un
der yesterday's finish, corn iac
down, oats & 1c off, and provisions
varying from 20c doc Hue to &o gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
ADMITS KILLING MAN
CONTINL'B WAR DRI1T TALK
7,000 SOLDIERS SLAIN
TO CURB SALE OP GUNS
. MARS1IPIKLD, Ore., Nov. 1 ()
Raymond Prye, Ml, a resident of the
Nor way -Myrtle Point highway dis
trict today was held in the county
Jail nt CoqiUlle after having signed
a written confession In the drtUH or
II. V. Hhiekinan, 4ft, who came to
C004 county from L04 Angelm a year
uko to take up a homestead. Black
mail's body wus found buried beueiutli
brush near hJs home Lust night. Prye
ascribed the shooting om accidental.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 It was
decided today at a White House con
ference with the British debt nego
tiators to continue the disousslons lor
a revision of the war debt.
KUJKIANO, China, Nov. I m An
ofriclul communique today said 7,000
communist soldiers were klllel by
troops under the com man il of Gen
eral Chiang Kai-Shek In combat In
the Nnuoheng-Nunfeng, Nlohuen sec
tor. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 VP) A ten
tative agreement has -been worked
but by government officials and
manufacturers of machine (runs to
restrict sale of the weapons to the
federal government and subdivisions
thereof, In a move to handicap gang
sters. TO SEEK REPEAL
OF TRUCK, BUS
REGULATORYLAW
PORTLAND, Nov. 1 W).i Outright
repeal of the contested truck and bus
regulatory bill will foe demanded my
truck owners and operators of Oregon
at the special sosslon of the legisla
ture this month. ,
A Btate-wlde organization to. bo
known as "The Stato Counoll of Own.
ers of Commercial vehicles," will dt'
rcct the attack on ithe bill which Is
described as "unfair, unjust and ob
noxious." .
SALEM, Nov. 1 (P) Tho emerg.
oncy compromise plan authorized by
Charles M. Thomas, publlo utilities
commissioner, to contract haulers un-
(Contlnued on Pago Two)
Importation Laws
Will be Enforced
WASHINGTON, Nov, 1 (fll Presi
dent Roosevelt Is going to Insist up
on enforcement of the strongest liquor
Importation laws until oftor repeal,
limiting lmporta to those for medi
cinal purposes only.
This means a strict embargo on
foreign liquors unless thero is proof
that the medicinal supply 1b not suf
ficient. Man, Oh Man!
Thou Are Truly
King in Greenland!
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1 OT Green
land's Just the place for men with
ambitions to bo "boss" in their
own home.
Tho women there, Rockwell
Kent, artist and author, told tho
Washington University association,
hero, do most of tho work and
dont grumblo about It. Thoy
start tlio fires and worm each or
tlclo of clothing (before the man
puts it on.
BANKING
CONTROL
(Copyright, 1933, By Tlio Associated
Press)
OXFORD. England, Nov. 1 P)
President Roosevelt's program of con
trolling the currency will bo fruit
less unless ho controls the banking
system of the United States as well,
Professor Frederick Boddy, noted sci
entist and economist of Oxford uni
versity, said today,
"Democracy can not afford to leave
the power of Issue of money In the
hands of any one but Its own govern
ment." said Professor Soddy, who in
one of his best known books blames
what he calls tho wrecking of scien
tific civilization on the money sys
tem. "It Is ImiMssible to keep the value
of money constant If you allow peo
ple to Issue and destroy It as a busl-
F. R. TO GET
PROBLEMS OF
FARM BELT
Governors of Five' Mid-:
West States to Call
On the President
STRIKE HELD UP
PENDING DECISION
Milo Reno, President ol
National Farmers Holi
day Association, An
nounces Halt. '
I)F.S MOINES, Nov. 1 m -r MltO
Itno, pnwldent of the National Farm,
era Holiday aiwoolalton, awn-ted to
(luy the form strike la In a state of
"Inactive Niutpeiutlon," pending Presi
dent Kootievelt'8 decision .on recom- .
mendutloiiH d rutted here r but nlfht
by mid-western governors, ; . i ,
,Uy Thomas Hawkins -
1KH MOINB8, lowa, Nov. I VP)
The proUlems of the mid-west farm
er are to lie tossed Into the lap of
President KooseveU for n solution.
This decision was made last night -by
five governors from as many mid-1
dlewestern states and the authorized
spokesmen for four others, who rec
ommended to the president these
steps: .... ' , , ' . )...;'
The Immediate fixation of mini
mum price Jevcls for major farm pro
ducts: .: . - I
An NRA code for the farmer. ' l
Currency, inflation, properly safe?'
guarded and controlled, 1
The quickening of federal - re-;
financing of farm mortgages. i
Tho governors . Xanger of Hortltf
(Continued on Page Two)
Gold Price Goes
Higher Today In
U.S. And Europe
WASHINGTON, Nov, 1 WV-A Jump
in the price of gold both here and
abroad tocliay . accompanied President
Rooeovolt's preparations for quick
application for his plan Intended to
lift commodity prices by purchasing
tho yellow metal on European mar
kets. .".
The administration advanced its
fixed price for RFC purchases of
newly mined domestio gold to 433.20,
14 cents above yesterday and a now
high.
The London government has been '
told that the program was dictated
entlroly by domestic conditions , and
was port of the president's general
program for raising prices here. Un
der no circumstances, it was said,
could It be construed as an unfriend
ly gesture aimed at undermining the
pound -or weakening Britain's poet
tlon in the world of commerce, -
PARIS, Nov. 1 VP) The French
government will consider eome form
of an embargo, it .was sold semi
officially today, If American gold
purchases become uncomfortably
laige.
October Dividend
Changes Favorable
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 VP) Favor
able dividend changes In October
wero nearly double the unfavorable
actions, according to a compilation,
by the Standard Statistics Oo. show
ing 08 cases of increased, resumed,
extra and Initial disbursements, as
against 37 decreases and omissions.
The record Is in sharp contrast to
that of October, 1932 when unfavor
able revisions totaled 86 compared
with 35 unfavorable changes, -
SYSTEM
FAVORED
ness," ho added.
"You can not have
stabilization
bank credit,"
long as you have
The return of money and credit to
the consumer by the Issuing of new
money by tlio government Is the so
iutlon which Professor Soddy advo
cates for tho present situation.
"I don't see any way for a govern
ment to relieve the situation," He
said, "except by giving more money
to consumers.
"Payment of pensions or bonuses to
war veterans would do the same thing
In a rough way, but It Is necessarr
to remember that only a small
amount Is needed."
Tlio professor estimated that be
tween 00 and 360 million dollars
should be transferred to the consum
er In America. , K