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Relief Program La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland . of America Only Newspaper mxxm i fruited in La liranda ! ' Covering Union and : i i I. Wallowa Counties i VOLUME 32 eastern Oregon's leadinq newspapeb LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 55 18T1 AMENDMENT IS VOTED dMJT Pres. Ro (Sranw .REDUCTIONS IN PROPERTY ASSESSMENT Blanket Cut of Ten Per Cent .Figures in Un ion County Total. DECREASE GIVEN HERE AT $1,960,584 Valuation ,of Tillable Land i For Tax Purposes Re i duced More Than $725,- ' 000.00. Total value of taxable property In Union county tills year, exclusive of public utilities which are assessed by the state tax- commission, Is $14,148, 200, according to announcement to day by D. H. Proctor, county assessor. Tlie 1932 figure was $10,108,700, rep resenting a .decrease since then of $1,900,584.00. ' ' Much of this decrease Is because, assessments generally this year allow ed a ten per cent reduction as com pared with the 1932 figures. Then, at course, there were other changes In assessments due to other reasons. This value of taxable property Is the base for the 1933 taxes, which will be payable next year in quarterly Installments. . ' i " Acres of tillable land decreased : from 176,321 to 176,262, and decreased i In value from 6,741,620 to 6,015, 040. Acres of timber land decreased 'from 96.490 to 86,384, and In value l from .573,018' td $463,300.'.. Acres of non-tlllable land decreased from 494, . 237 to 494,067, and. In value from 1,- 064,260 to $966,890. , (Continued on Page Flvef iThreat of War In Europe Not Diminished, Claim "I can see no peace In Europe un til the Allies realize that they must disarm," said Joseph H. Oalser, talk ing to the students of Eastern Ore gon Normal ' school at an assembly Tuesday on "Armistice and Peace." He went on to state that the armis tice, the treaty of Versailles, the pact of Paris, and the various disarma ment conferences had not made for peace but only served to add to the suspicions, hatreds and doubts of European nations. "With this suspl " clon lurking In every European na tion there can ibe no permanent peace in Europe. Furthermore, Ger many's withdrawal from the disarma ment conference has set back peace In Europe a good many years and has brought the possibility of war much nearer." Mr. Oalser described Armistice day as he witnessed its observance in Prance and; In Germany two years ago. In the former It was a day for celebrating, but In the latter It was a sad day commemorating those who had died In the war. At the opening of the assembly Al fred Myers sang ''Traveling," "Last Roundup," "Night and Day," "Great Day," and "Without a Song." He was very enthusiastically received by the students. MILD WEATHER RETURNING TO EAST OREGON Warmer weather returned to La Orande yesterday, with the maximum up to 65 above, the highest so far In November. The minimum last night was around the freezing point, but another mild day was In prospect. Little change In the weather was predicted for tonight and tomorrow. NO "DRY" LAWS ON THE CITY'S BOOKS With the 18th amendment to be stricken off Uic national books Dec. 5 and with dry laws repealed In Orrgym, Mail people were wandering today what action might be taken by the city rom niiKsloii to handle the problem. It was learned there are no ordinances In existence now with the exception or the 3.2 beer and wine ordinance that have to do with the liquor question within the city or La Graue. or con me, certain ordinances provide ror arrest of drunks, etc., but that Is WILL, ROGER? 'tnul BEVERLY HILLS, Call, Nov. 7 Every itlme some country gets to thinking It has a dictator why along comes the old master dictator of all and allows 'em really how to dictate. They applauded too loud lor Mr. Balbo on his arrival In Italy and Mussolini couldn't help but hear It so now Mussolini Is head of the avia tion himself. Nct year at Chicago's second Century of Progress when Italy will send 100 planes and Mub sollnl will grow a beard and ride In the front plane. Gold went up 76 cents yesterday but they can't get anything to go up with it. Trouble with, us Is we can't get anything to go up without the government buying It. yours, ' m naiwiM Sr."-" fc GRID GAME WITH BAKER EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE ONE The biggest high school game In Eastern Oregon. That Is what the annual La amnue-Baker gridiron tus sle has become Known as, jarei um to the traditional rivalry between the Bulldogs and Tigers. . And when the two meet Saturday tnmn nt. 1 nWafJe Oil the L. H. S. field, the game also will have an im portant bearing on the championship situation. ine winner win mm almost unbreakable grip on the Northeastern Oregon title for xnis season. ' On comparative scores, La Grande it.- J nlnnlna fmm PnndlB- UtU WKZ niBC, niliu.ne . ibn ,'foy'''tt-'1iueer'touchdown- margin while Baker tiea me u--iut. scores mean little when Bulldog meets Tiger, and Baker Is Just as con- (Contlnuea on Pane Fourt STORES WILL BE CLOSEDSATURDAY; OPEN LATE FRIDAY Stores of La Grande, because Sat urday, Armistice day will be observed as a holiday, will observe regular Sat urday hours on Friday this week, It was announced today. Practically all business houses In La Grande will be closed on Saturday. In order to give patrons an oppor tunity to do their weekend shopping Friday evening, practically all the stores will remain open until 8 o'clock. The Evening Observer wlU not publish on Saturday. BAKER COMMERCE CLUB mi VISIT " The Baker chamber of commerce has accepted the Invitation of the lo cal chamber to be guests here on Nov 21 Fred Moes. chairman of the Baker chamber's pep committee, is In charge of forming the delegation, it was announced here. . RETURN FROM MIDDLE WEST Mr. and Mrs. L. L. snodgrass, ac companied by M. J. Goss, returned to La Orande last night from the mldcHewest, driving a new 1934 Studebakcr sedan. Mr. Snodgrass purchased the car at the South Bend factory, through Mr. Goss, Studebaker distributor here. While on the trip they saw the World's Fair at Chicago. They found cold weather and some snow In several of the states to tlio east of La Orande." as rar as they go. ' The opinion was expressed that the commission probably would take some action between now and the date of formal repeal. The IrgLilature Is to meet Nov. 20 and the liquor question will be before It, but local oliservers expect the commission to beirln action before the legislature en ' arts a state law. Oregon Is one of the 19 states In the l. s. that have no dry laws at present, and all liquor control measures mint be worked out anew. Seized as Shield By Thug; Slain P Seized by a fleeing' robber for a shield while he waged a gun duo) with police. Miss Edna Kingsley, 20, above, Toledo, O., stenographer, was slain by a bullet from the bandit's pistol as she struggled to escape. The robber, Donald J.- Elliott, 20, was captured and charged with tnnrriftr. - - WHITMAN COLLEGE ANXIOUS TO TURN BACK E.O. THREAT ' -NIk norlcttke's Missionary srlrtstcrs, &&riiig reports . or the Mountaineers strength from scouts Who witnessed the College of Idaho jpuna here ten days ago, are ituklng the game with E. O. N. at Walla Walla Friday after noon very seriously. - . Tills is the wcrd from Whitman college and there is no reason to dis believe the report. After losing to Pa cific 14 to 12 and Puget Sound 19 to 0. Whitman is anxious to stage comeback and hope to do it at E. O. N.'s expense. More drive In (the line on both of fense and defense is Borleskc's ob Ject in practice this week. The Whit man pass defense has been function ing well and Gibson's fine punting, consistently good in most or the Mis sionaries' games this year, help the Whitman defensive, but , the line work needs some more attention. Ball carriers for Whitman wno have shown up well this season in clude Gibson, Bob Schneller, Alex Dletz (formerly with Wa-Hl). The play of both tackles and ends in the Whitman line also has been very good. , Whitman's probable lineup against E. O. N. will be as follows: Packer and Cummins, ends; Buell and Nel son, tackles; Doran and UHman guards; Perkins, center: Gibson, quarterback; Woo ten and Dletz, halves, and Dosskey, fullback. Woara, McEwen. Titus, Schneller, Lowman, Edwards and Douglas probably will see action also. Whitman has played six games this year, defeating Linfield, of the north Continue, on Page Two THESE' BIRDS The Dluo Kngle may be getting all Ilia attention now, but It won't be long before another bird carves a name for himself. He's Mr. Turkey Cobbler, who, by Thanksgiving time, hopes to be on tho lips of thousands of folks. Just to show how Important ho feels about It all, notlca how ho struts around " tho Darby turkey farm near lioyds, Mil, DEATH TAKES L W. WEEKS ON TUESDAY Stricken- by , Illness and Dies Unexpectedly.;' Early Last Night ; FUNERAL SERVICES I SET FOR TOMORROW Was Prominent in Busi ness and Civic Activities in La Grande For Many. Years. Lyman William Weeks, prominent Ln Orande business man for several years, died unexpectedly nt the tl ramie Konde hospital last night at 7 o'clock, after a sudden attack of Illness In the afternoon. Intestinal obstruction was given as the cause of death. Funeral services for Mr. Weeks, who for many years took a promin ent part in local civic and fraternal activities, will be heldf tomorrow af ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mo-tuary, with the t Continued on Page Eight) 200LaGranders Plan to Witness Game in Portland i Estimates today were that approxi mately 200-La 'arande people will go to Portland this .weekend to attend tho Oregon-Oregon State football, game and the other activities there (this weekend. Both schools are planning down town rallies Friday night. O. S. C. alumni and students have arranged for a midnight matinee at the Para mount, doors open at 10 and show beginning at 11. A Maurice Chevalier picture, vaudeville act, and, student entertainment are included in the program. Saturday night the O. S. group will stage a dance at the Mult nomah club, beginning at 9 o'clock. One hundred and eight tickets for the game have been obtained through Charles H. Reynolds, and 76 or more others have obtained tickets through other sources. Among La Granders planning to attend the game are the following: C. L. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs, Homer Leffel, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Webb, Ken Slegrlst, Doyle Zimmer man, Lyle Ktddle, A. K. Parker; Clark Price, Jesse Andrews, Foster Sims, Margaret ' Geddes, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Btngner, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Fredericks, Snap McManus, Raymond Meyersick, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gil bert, E. R. Rlngo, Frank Robinson, A. Slegrlst, Austin Dunn, Cecil Posey, David I. Stoddard, Dr. C. h. Gilstrap, H. G. Dow, Elmer Moon, E. H. De Long, Dr. J. L. Ingle, Jim Dobbin, Mae Waldorff, Reed Taylor, L. Boy lcn, George Janes, Max McMillan, F. S. Lyon, Donald Gray, Mrs. T. A. Johnson, Virginia Bramwell, W. 0. Williams, Harry G. Avery, Les Keffer, Harold Boone, ARE DUE FOR He Held Perfect Sit rSSt ' ' But Chester N. Weaver, prominent San Francisco ousinessman, ad mits that he became excited, and instead of Jockeying his opponents into doubling and redoubling, he just bid seven no trumps and put the cards on the table. He held lour aces, four kings, four Queens, and a Jack. ARMISTICE DAY TALK GIVEN AT ROTARIAN MEET Facts and figures of the World -war and conditions and causes that con tributed to the commencement of the conflict were -given In an Armistice Day talk before the La Grande Rotary club this noon by Vic Eckley, state representative from this district and prominent in American Legion activ ities in La Grande. Eckley reviewed the assassination or Grand Duke Ferdinand in Serbia, which Is the principal act pointed to In history as the "match" which touched off the fuse of hostilities. In reality, said the speaker, the war came chicly because of Germany's cicsire for expansion, and new lands for German colonization. A total of sixty million men were engaged In the war, with 25 million of that number seeing and engaged In battlo front action. It whs the greatest conflict of history, tho speak er said, with three-quarters of tho countries of the worldi engaged or ullled In some way with one side or tho other. Armistice between warring nations was finally brought about on the 11th hour of the 11th day of tho 11th month of the year and Armistice Day has since been set aside for annual observance of the end of that con flict on November 11, 1918. - Rep. Eckley reminded his hearers of the observance and program to be held in this city under auspices of the American Legion here Saturday, and urged all who could to Join with the Legion in Its celebration. Previous to Rep. Eckley's talk a clarinet duet was played for tho Ro- f Continued on Pasre ElghtV A CUT SOON Bridge Hand F.R. PLANNING TO GIVE AID 104 Creation of Civil Works ; Administration An nounced by President WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 ) Presi dent ItooHcvclt today announced an expansion of the federal relief pro gram alined nt taking four million men off public relief rolls. The plan Involves the creation of a civil works administration and tho use of $40,000,000 of public works funds. Through itheso additional funds tho administration Intends to Increase tho part time work of men now on relief rolls so that they may bo put on a self sustaining ibasls. It Is Intended that two million men shall be put on a solf sustaining basis by November 16 and that an additional two million mon may bo (Continued on Page Five) BOARD HEARS OF LOANS TO SMITH BY CHASE BANK WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 P) Sen ate stock market Investigators said today the Chaso National bank has submitted evidence showing loans of several hundred thousand dollars to Alfred, E. Smith and four participants In a syndlcato Btock account shortly after the market collapse or luau. Other participants Included John J. Xloskob, clialrman of the Demo cratic . national committee wlion Smith was the party's presidential candidate, and Arthur Lehman, bro ther of aovernor Herbert H. Lehman of Now York, a member of the In vestigating committee suld. (Continued On Page Five) Wheat Today Tlio price of local wish wheat fitoori ut uliout r:t'i conlH hulk today, uiTordltiR to tiuotatimiH at the rioncMT .-'louring Mill. Port land cosh Tl (rents. CHICAGO, Nov. 8 W With spec ulative Interest decidedly broadened, wheat prices ran upward late today to almost 4 cents a bushel over yes terday's finish. Election results which made cer tain that prohibition would be ended early next month came in for much attention as an incentive to buyers, and there was sharp nollco taken of advancing prices of gold, Atcrllng and francs. Announcement tho United States government would furnish more than 6,000,000 bushels of wheat for feed to livestock in drought aroos west and southwest servdd as an ad ditional strengthening factor. Top prices were not held. Wheat closed unsettled, l20 above yes terday's finish, corn &tfta up. oats 114lc advanced, and provis ions unchanged to a rise of 12 cents. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME P. K. AND MTVINOFF TALK AOB LIMIT LIFTED TODAY SEVEN GANC18TEKS INDICTED AFGHANISTAN KING KILLED WA8IIINQTON, Nov. 8 ( Presi dent Uooaevelt and Maxim Lltvlnoff, iipeouui emissary of Soviet It us hi, re viewed ,Uie status of nffalro between itlielr countrlen tliy In a. talk of uJmofitl an hour ut the White House. WABHINQTON, Nov. 9 VP) The prohibition against employing steno graphers and typist for government service who are more than 40 years old waa lifted today by the civil sor vlce commission and the age limit was raised to 63.. . .' ' CHICAGO, Nov. 8 iff) Seven, gang sters were Indicted by the Cook coun ty grand Jury toduy for the kidnaping of John Factor. The crime Is punish able; by ,death In Illinois. . . BOMBAY, Nov. 8 (! A telegram received at the Afghan consulate said the king of Afghanistan had been murdered. YOUNGHTOWN, O., Nov. 8 W Five children were burned to death. and their parents and another child were Injured when a house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Pete, Just out side 'McDonald in Trumbull county, burned to the ground early today. nelsonDits EDUCATIONAL POST TODAY POItTLAND, Nov. 8"ff) Rosooe C. Nelson this . afternoon resigned from the state board of higher edu cation of which lie was chairman. PORTLAND, Nov. B (N) Roscoe C. Nelson, president of the state board of higher oducation, was today giving profound consideration to the question of whether he should remain on tho board or sever his connection with' it because of criticism from University of Oregon faculty mem bers. A statement issued by him last night appeared to Indicate he would resign, for, he said, "the personal abuse added to the tremendous work of the Job ltsolf makes the position on the board quite unpleasant." THIRTEEN SLAIN IN CUBAN REVOLT HAVANA, Nov. H(P) - Rebels seek. Ins the overthrow of the Urnu gov ernment appeared to have taken a Jicw lease, 'on life this afternoon de spite the admliiifllratlotr announce mcnt Tlint all was well after fighting which fet was estimated 20 were killed, IJAVANA, Nov. 8 (fi) Thirteen persons wore known to have been killed today In a revolt against tne Qrau San Martin regime which ap parently was put down after six and one-half hours of fighting which in cluded an unsuccessful attack on the palace. Although the die-hard ABO politi cal group, the most active in the re volt, continued sporadic attacks, tho loyal troops of Colonel Pulgencio Bat ista, army chief of staff, at Camp Columbia, on the outskirts of the capital, charged and routed rebellious aviation units. Detachments from tho Dragones and tho San Ambrofllo barracks, which al so Joined In the movement In the uptown district, began negotiations looking toward surrender, "PICKING" FROM THE BEND, Ore, Nov. 8 W) Flowers that blossomed far back In the "dawn ago" of Oregon, moro than 10,000.000 years ago, geologists say, are being quarried from tho aged ollffs of the lower Crooked rlvor country noar Smith Rock. Geologists who are directing tho work Kfld today tho fossils will be forwarded to Dr. Ralph W. Chanoy. University of California paleobotanlst and authority on fossil flora, for study. , I Tho fossil flowers aro being taken from, rocks of tlio clarno epoch, a di vision of the eocene ago, and conse quently, are older than tho Cascade mountains. With the flowers of primeval days were found leaves reprcsontatlvo of UTAH'S VOTE BRINGS "ffET! DAYS-BACK Actual Repeal Not to .Come Until Ratifying 1 Convention Dec. 5. J LA GUARDIA WINS NEW YORK RACE North Cartlina and South Carolina Are First States to Vote Against Repeal, ' r By The Associated Press ". The eighteenth amendment was voted out of the constitution in of f yeur leleotlons yesterday that also brought Democratic losses of mayor- . ships In New York City and Cleveland but ulna for that party In other see- tloiu. ; - Four states Pennsylvania, . Ohio. Utah and Kentucky on the basis of incomplete returns, voted repeal, thus lining up the full 36 needed to ratify with one to spare. Thirty-three states : previously had approved the repealer . amendment. North Carolina, by a heavy vote, was the first state to step out of Une of the wet parade. Its neighboring state, South Carolina, also was placed in the arid area by a close 'ballot. . Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah hold their - ratifying conventions on De cember 5 and 'Kentucky on Nov. 37, (Continued ori Page Bight) J toHoiise: ... Canvass For Red CrossRoU Call Final arrangements for tbe house to house canvass of the La Grande residence district In the annual Red mhbhmm Cross roll call, were made last night lEHEIjraa when Miss Alldiv LjTT Blgelow, field rep resentative! i or ino . American Red Cross, met wltU the woman's com mlttee which vtll have charge of this work, , Miss Blgelow today stated that plans were going forward! In a grati fying manner for the complete can vassing of the city by the women of the P. T.-A. and that the mombera - of, the American Legion, In charge or the canvassing of the business -district, would be definitely organised at a meeting Friday evening. Mrs. L. A. Kennedy Is chairman ot tho woman's committee and -Is com pleting the task of dividing the town into districts to be covered by the women of the volunteer committee. It Is requested that all citizens be ready to enroll when the canvasser, call, thereby making possible a quick and thorough enrollment of the com munity without the necessity of sec ond trips.. Committees are being appointed for tho outlying towns of Union county and these already are at work, Tho quota for the entire county Is 1000 membcre. Mrs. N. W. Free. Is county chairman for this work. - Every new member receives a Red' Cross button and from the window, of homes will be displayed sticker, bearing a large Red Cross and where all members of the family Join, they will receive a Red Cross window flag, -Indicating "Every Member of . Thl. Family Has Joined." Memberships are designated as fol- " lows: Annual, 1.00; Contributing, $5.00; Sustaining, $10.00; and Sup porting, 16.00. All except fifty cent, of ench membership goes to support activities of the lucal Red Cross chapter. FLOWERS DAWN AGE a seml-troplo redwood forest. Al though fossil leaf localities are num erous In Central Oregon, especially In tho John Day and Bridge Creek areas, fossil flower outcropplngs are said by students of the remote past, to be unusual. With the flower Impres sions were found petrified nuts and mineralized seeds. Needle, of the giant sequoia of the Olarno or Bridge ; Crook times also wero discovered in the stratified rock. The plant .pedes represented In tho new flower and leaf locality, craelly tilted by earth movement, of ancient times, bear out the assertion of Dr. Edwin T. Hodge, Oregon State college geologist, that the Smith Rook formation, 30 miles north of Bend, 1 composed ot eocene sediments. 1 1
