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County Budget Reduction Down To $21,961 For 1934 C&ratifc La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, ""The Switzerland ! of America Only. Newspaper Printed in La Grande tCovtrin Union and Wallowa Counties t i VOLUME 32 liASTKUN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAFEB LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1933 MEMBER ASSOCIATED l'HESS NUMBER 63 TO AID , AMmM HTX . . I mm COMITY $33,000 IN ROAD WORK IS PLANNED County Officials Wire Projects to Washing ton for Approval MEN ON RELIEF WILL GET WORK Road Projects Include, , Elgin-Weston, Mt. Em ily, High Valley, Ladd Canyon, Others Under tlie new federal civil works nrogrum, announced curly thlH week by President Koosevelt mid designed to put rour million men during tlie next two weeks, Virion coiintv cxiiert to have work for SIMS men, and receive aliont Sttl.OOO for this puriHKC. If tlie request for tills sum Is approved, tlie money will lie spent Improving roads. County Judge U. a. Couch reports that application for this 33,000 has been wired to Washington, and that approval is expected soon. With the coming of approval, the work can begin immediately, as there Is no en gineering or other preliminary work . to be done. Sixty-five per cent of the sum must he spent on hand labor, the remainder to go for trucking, 'ma chine work when necessary, gas, etc. The figure of 330 Is arrived at by (Continued on Pago Two) (. Final Staging Of Senior Play Friday Evening Another capacity crowd witnessed tho final staging of the L. H. S. senior play "The Intimate Strangers" , by Booth Tarkington. presented last night at tho High school gym. As on tho opening night the performance went through without a hitch, each member of the cast handling his or her part In capable manner. The work of Opal . Conner as Isabel Stu art perhaps was the most outstand lng. Tho play was directed by . Mlse Kathryn Sartaln and those In the cast were Olenn Victor,. Ray Wilson Opal Conner, Elizabeth Milne, Hugh Bunten, Leola Wlllcock, John Wil liams and Mildred Keagle. The man agement was headed by Charles 6kln. ner with Dorothy Wall and Elbert Wattenburg as assistant business managers. Myron Wheeler was stage . manager, Troy Becker and Helen Hendrlckson assistant stage manag- ( Continued on Page Three) BOOK CHATS AT LIBRARY FRIDAY The second of the evenings of In formal book chats was attended by more than 100 at the La Grande pub lic library last night. Miss Amanda Zabel, Betty Burns, Mrs. Wilbur Zur brick, Alfred Meyers and Miss An netta Johnson furnished reviews. Tea was served with Mrs. J. K. Wright and Mrs. Herbert Evans pre siding. - Plans ure under way to hold the book chats, planned originally In ob servance of Book week, during the winter. Miss Zabel reviewed three charm Virginia Woolf, a story of Elizabeth Barrett's cocker spaniel; "Wild De cember," by Clemence Dane, a study of the Bronte family, especially Char lotte, tho poet. "Pleasures and Pal aces" is a group of Informal essays by Prances and Gertrude Warner. Betty Burns, in the 8th grade at the Ackerman school, reviewed "Yougn Pu of tho Upper Yangtze," tho book was awarded tho Newberry (Continued on Paee Two) 29 SHOPPING DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS Only 29 shopping: days until Christ, mas and the U. S. pos toff Ice In La Grande, in preparation for the usual pre-Yuletldo mailing- rush, has Is sued suggestions to those who plan to send packages by parcel post. Most Important of course, -is to address the packages properly and wrap them properly. Strong paper and heavy twine Is recommenc'pd for tlie latter. Packages must be marked "fragile" or "perlshsable" If there Is WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Nov,. 17. Tho senate went out Investigating, some went east, some went west and somo went over the cuckoo's nest. New Orleans, the home of the Sazer ack cocktail and the best food In America, but they won't stand In vestigation. My good friend Seuator Connelly of Texas was among 'em and the committee have been making their entrances Into the courtroom by sliding down the flag pole and re tiring through a trap door. Tho Washington bunch with Pecora (the last word In digging up devil ment on the evil doer). And the Cal ifornia committee, who were looking Into receiverships and fake stock sales schemes (which are one and the same). They found out Callfornlans will buy anything in the way of stock If its phoney enough. Yours, It ICTL M.W..1M ELKS CHIEF TO SPEAK AT FORUM LUNCH Walter Meier, of Seattle, Guest of Chamber of Commerce Tuesday i It-ollni. AToIni- nf HfUlt.1l CTIWll eV- ii,i rnli,f rr I hi Elks, will he n vis itor In La Grande Tuesday and will speak before tlie joint mneneon meet ing, jit-tuo, WMnuul -ad.:i;!(lf chambers of commerce, It Bits an nounced today.- Sir. Meier will ar rive "in Kaker by train and win De brought on to La Grande by auto mobile. nn ninnn tn snend the afternoon hero and leave later In the day for Pendleton. . ' . Tho chamber luncheon will be at the La Grande hotel beginning at noon. Tho public Is invited but res ervations should bo made with the (Continued on Paso Two) ART SANFORD'S CONDITION SOME IMPROVED TODAY Art Sanford, whose skull was frac tured yesterday In an accident at the Standard Laundry, is Improved this morning and Is partially conscious at intervals, his physician reports. He is at the Grande Ronde hospital. Some believe Mr. Sanford was In jured by tho machinery and others believe he was struck by a belt. He rormerly operated a candy shop In La Grande and Is a former first lieu tenant of Company E, 186th Infantry, resigning o few years ago because of business reasons. PIERCE TO LEAVE FOR EAST NOV. 22 Congressman and Mrs. Walter M. Pierce will leavo next Wednesday for WBBhlnatnn TV IT making the trip by boat from San Francisco through the Panama canal, iney wiu .v the California port on Nov. 30 and reach New York on Dev. 16 for the opening of congress. Mr. Pierce Is the representative from the Oregon second congressional district to the national congress. SCOUT REVIEW NEXT MONDAY Tlin TlnV KVMlt. hwrH Of TeVleW Will meet Monday evening at the offices of Charles H. Reynolds at 7:30 o'clock. A court of honor will be held Friday evening. Dec. 1. danger of breakage or spoiling. The post office also urges against mailing of Christmas greettng cards in red, green or other dark colored envelopes, or In very small envelopes, making addresses difficult to de cipher. More definite Information on mail ing of packages to foreign countries may be obtained from Ralph B. Hu ron, postmaster. ,: CHANGES IN . BUDGET ARE DUE TO LAW Levy to Pay Koad Bonds Required; Keiunding Plan Is Dropped ADDS $53,000 TO THE BUDGET TOTAL Old Age Pension Item of S40.000 Gut in Two; Some Other Totals Are Changed. An unexpected obstacle thrust Into the county budget hearing yester day afternoon resulted In rJiojlgea which reduce the tax levy for 1934 as compared with 1H83 to $21,901 III stoud of more than $50,000.00, which was the figure adopted by the bud Ket committee In October. Ill other words, the tax levy for Union county for 1U34 will lie $2U,.128.00 Instead of 308,1 .13.00. Although the budget is less than last year, approximately the same amount of taxes must be raised over the county as a whole as the non high school districts also will pay an addltldnal$32,000 under the new state law. . . . '. ' So Mr. Average Citizen can expect to pay approximately the same coun ty tax next year that he did this year. ' ' The unexpected obstacle that camo (Continued on Page Three) La Grande Grid Fans Interested In Four Contests Pour football games today were of especial interest to La Grande fans. At Ashland, the Eastern Oregon Normal school was meeting the Southern Oregon Normal eleven this afternoon in a battle for the state normal school championship. It also was the last game on a very success ful E. O. N. gridiron season. At Pendleton, the La Grande Tigers were meeting the Buckaroos, previous ly Beaten here, in a game that if victory settles on the blue and white team would give L. H. 8. a second consecutive Northeastern Oregon championship. General interest also pointed to New York, where the Oregon State college team was playing Fordham university, and to Los Angeles, where tho Oregon university squad was meeting the Trojans of Southern Cali fornia In a game to decide the Pacific coast conference championship. OREGON AND OREGON STATE SEE III 1 MEETING IN SALEM TO RECOMMEND TO AID SALEM, Nov. 16 (IP) For the pur pose of drafting definite recommen dations on unemployment and gen eral legislation for presentation to the special session, a conference was being held in Salem today by the Otvic Emergency league, state fed eration of labor, Farmers' union, Peo ples' Protective league and the Unem ployed! Citizens league. In addition to legislative matters the conference will discuss a mass conference to be held in February for the purpose of creating a new political and economical alllgnmcnt, Harry L. Gross, unemployment lead er of Portland announced. Among the recommendations to be drafted today will be Increased un employment relief over the report of the governor's committee of 32 which set the flguro at $5,000,000 of state funds; public school relief; a. capital levy; creation of a state bank; con struction of power transmission lines WELL, LOOK WHAT NEW YORK DII)! III -.11 . - T'i.-.irM. LEGISLATION " OREGON JOBLESS from tho Bonnevillo dam; renewed fight on tho criminal syndicalism law, and opposition to the stato po lice organization urging acptlon of the former law enforcement status, Cool Fog Reported At Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 OP) One of the season's most dense fogs blan keted tho harbor, holding shipping at a standstill this morning. The forecast was for a sharp rise of tern pcrature, with fair weather and i termination, at least temporarily, of fogs. Yesterday's high temperature was 03 and at dawn today It was 45. KNTKKS HOSPITAL Mrs. Harold Zimmerman entered the Grande Ronde hospital last night for medical attention,. ACTION TODAY . 1 -mi Above: The "Iron men" of Oregon stute, who played Fimlluun uni versity in New York today. Lert to right, the linesmen are: W. tlmlfn, St'liwnmmel, Wedln( le vlne, Tontslierk, Field, Curtln; Itackflchl: II. J oh VI n, "Itwl" Fninklln, Bouimm iind Pungle. To' the left: Two reiiHons why (lie University or- Oregon Is lead ' lug the tint Ion's gridiron elevens. At left 1h "Iron Mike" Mlkulak, fiilllmck; throning the inwh Is Hob liirke, blm'Jting quart erbnek uud uce punter, Oregon Is pluy- ' lng U. H. C. In Ixw Angeles toduy. BEAVERS WIN IN NEW YORK TODAY 9 TO 6 FrankliiYs 98-Yard : Run to'Touchdbwn on Open ing Kickoff Big Thrill POLO CUtOUNDH, New York, Nov. IK CP) -A H.l-yurd run with the open ing kickoff hy Normuh Franklin and Ad KchwnmimTH field goal from the :t7-yanl lino gave Oregon State a 0 to 0 victor) over Fordham ut half time In a tluilllng InterKeetional hat- tie before a crowd of 40,000 today, Ed Ihitiou-Mkl scored for' the Hams In the ttecoud period after a 47-yard drive following an Oregon Htntu film ule. . Neither team was able to score in the last half but thrill followed thrill as both teams fumbled frequently (Continued on Pare Four) ODD FELLOWS TO ELECT OFFICERS Nomi nation of officers was con ducted lost night when tho Odd Felt lows met at their hall. Galen F. Durkce was nominated for noble grand; Jako Rostock, recording sec retary; Melvin Bork, financial sec retary; William Bork, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Richardson and Putnam Yeck, treas urer. The election will be held next week and winners will take office the first meeting in January. J. II. Blunt, of tho High school faculty, discussed past, present and future Oc'id Fellowship. LICENSES TO WED ISSUED TO 3 COUPLES Marriage licenses were Issued by County Clerk C. K. McCormick to Robert Mcl-'ctridgo and Dorothy Boo her, both of La Grande, who received theirs today; Irvine J. Howardi and Opal Helmlck, the lnttcr of Btarbuck, Wah., on Nov. 10, who wero married yesterday by Rev, Paul Do P. Morti more; W. H. Stoltcnberg, of Hllls boro. and Johanna Mad n tyre, who recolved their license Nov. IB. Wheat Today The price of local rnwh ft li out; stood ot jihotit H'i't ceiitK bulk hern Unlny, acr-onling to quota itlon.s at. i he rim hi; r Flouring ml lis. Portland cu.th 70 cents. CHICAGO. Nov. 18 (VP Almost 3 cents a bushel setback In wheat prices today went hand In hand with trade reports that nil talk of sta bilization of the dollar merely ibo cauflo gold had reached a certain flg uro could be disregarded. In tlie aggregate, today's trade In grain was not large, and operators were Inclined to go slow on either side of the market, pending develop ments. Wheat closed unsteady, 2at2c under yesterday's finish, corn 1 V4 ft lo down, outs lc off, and pro visions ranging from 12 cents decline to 17 cents advance. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME F. a FAVKB APPOINTED 1 '. GOLD PKICE UNCHANGED -. - , MAY HE AID TO PEACE? II. II. WF.STINGIIOUHE DIES WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 m Fran cis II. Payre son-in-law of the late President Woodrow Wilson, today was mimed assistant secretary of state. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 OT The administration today fixed the RFC purchase priced for newly-mined do mestic gold at (33.66 an ounce, a figure unchanged for the last five days. ... The f lguro was Just below the world price of gold at 33.68, converted Into dollars at the opening exchange rate of 5.24 to the pound. TOKYO, Nov. 18 P) Conservative Japanese businessmen, long hopeful ly awaiting developments which would tend to weaken military dom ination of tho empire's policies anil curb the war spirit, expressed belief toduy uceortllng to Kengo (Japanese) news agency Interviews,' that Ameri can recognition of Russia might prove such an Influence. NEW YORK. Nov. 1H Im TTnnrv Herman Westlllffholllto. AO. nhnlrmnii of tho board of tho Wcstlnghouso Air Brako company, died today at Qo shen. v NT. IIKl.KNS, Ore, Nov. 18 (!) Jllkfl Hilvuriimii. Piirllimil rnnmln liouso operator, was today wntencwl to thrpo years In prison, una wub fined $1H)0 on his conviction of mun sluiiRliter tor the staying last April of James Walker, an ex-convlot. WORLD WELCOMES RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA BY U. S. Uy tho Associated Press Tho renevml of dlplomntle relations between Russia uud tho United Slates nnnoiiiMwd yesterday hy President Roosevelt In Washington, brought forth Instantaneous world-wide re action, From Geneva, where diplomats as sembled In an effort to save the dis armament conference from oblivion, from London, Paris, Ilerlin, Home and Tokyo enme offlclnl and semi official comments that-the Ameri can government's action should result In International benefit. MOSCOW, Nov mMl Soviet Russia hailed news of American rec ognition today in a burst of popu- (Contlnued on Pasre FourV GROUT, HADDEN GIVEN PAROLE Fred Grout and J. P, Hodden, of North Powder, yesterday sentenced to serve three months in county Jail on a charge of negligent waste of elk and deer, were given a parole by Jus tlco of Peace L. Den ham. Rule Designed To Prevent "Passing" Heavy Sluggers GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 18 (ff) Minor league basoball officials traveling homeward today from their annual convention 'here de bated the Southern Association's startling now rulo designed to prevent tho issuance of intentional bases on balls to heavy hitters in the pinches. Tho . rule, adopted yesterday, provides that when two are out and one or mora runners are on base, t'uo pitching of four straight balls means that "any and all run ners shall advanco two bases, ex cept tho runner on third shall scoro and the runner on second shall advanco to third." WOMAN IS VICTIM OF "TORCH SLAYING" PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18 W A woman victim of what pollco termed a "torch slaying," was Identified to day as Tanka 1 ret man, 35, of Phila delphia. Her beaten and burned body was found yesterday In a field near Glensldc, Pa., by two hunters. It was badly charred. As the Identification was an nounced. Philadelphia police said they were questioning a woman whose husband Is being sought for Inter LEGISLATURE WILL TACKLE BIGPROBLEI Emergency Problems . of Major Nature to Face , Oregon Law-Makers - LIQUOR CONTROL , PROBABLY BIGGEST Other ; Mattei-s Must Re ceive Action "School Row May Force Way, Into the Capitol By Clayton V. Vernhard SALEM, Nov. '18 (P Faced With the motit pertinent ' emergency pro gram schedule in recent years of Ore gon's column political history, all to be Jammed Into the short space of iiO duys, members of the state legis lature will bo culled to order In ex traordinary session here - Monday ' morning. t .- , -, - -. And from the fall of the gavel in the houso and Benate the first day. these 90 lawmakers will either make progress In liquor control and relief or be summoned to return after 20 ' days to unravel what then might be a tangled political skein.-. ' Today It appeared Improbable the legislative- program could be held down to. the consideration . of' the : four or five major problems as sug gested. . The proposed steering com mittee Idea seems to have been dropped, but other efforts to curtail the measures-' up for consideration? will be made. V aovernoi' Jullttjrr;; Meier hhi pi- pared his message, understood to be less than 8000 words In length. It has beon learned the executive will' present a definite, program. ...,... Liquor control stands out as the major project of the meet with which, considerable relief plans will be tied. The many ramifications caused by tho repoal of tlie 18th amendment, the two state constitutions on pro hibition and. the state enabling stat- (Continued on Page Pour) The Palm Cigar Store Safe Is f; Robbed of $233 The Palm Cigar store safe was robbedj of $333.40 In cash Thursday night, It was learned by the Observer today. The theft was reported to the police, who are Investigating. En trance to the building apparently was by using a pass key, officers said, after which the thief worked the combination of the safe. MISS KIDDLE AT MEDFORD Miss Maravene Kiddle has accepted a temporary position In the Crater Lake national park office at Medford, Ore, She was formerly employed by the Meier and Frank Co. In Fort land. FOOTBALL, RESULTjgj TODAY'S FINALS Mlchlgnn 0, Minnesota 0 (tlo). ; Colgate 13, Syracuse 3. , : Penn Military 0, Army 12. ' Lufnyotto 6, Columbia 46. Oregon 8tate 9, Fordham. 0. Pittsburgh 6, Nebraska 0. Cnrncglo Tech 10, Georgetown 0. Penn Stato 6, Penn 6 (tie). West Virginia 35, Wesleyan 13. Cornell 7, Dartmouth 0. ' Navy 0, Princeton 13. ' Brown 0, Harvard 13. W. and J. 0, Temple 13. " rogation in the case, -The victim was described as having been of foreign extraction. . . The body was found on its pyre of underbrush and gasoline -soaked clothing. It had a sash cord and a man's necktie knotted around the neck. The Bkull, worn and Jaw were fractured. A blood stained note and other articles found) in the victim's hand bag wero the solo clues to her Idea- , . j
