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W(n SITT'TOMIITP TOlFlrPlK MM
..CHECKS FROM
U. S TO REACH
HIGH FIGURE
First Allotment Money
Due This Winter Esti
mated at $115,000.
$45,000 MORE WILL '
COME NEXT JUNE
Signing of Final Contracts
With Government to
Begin Next Week, Re
port. Wheat allotment checks to farmers
of Union county and totaling more
than 9115.000 for the first payment
are expected to be reeeltd here
around or perluinM shortly before
.lunuliry 1. This, according to E. II.
Deling, president of the Union
County Wheat Production control as
sociation, who next Friday will an
nounce places or signing contracts
which when sent to Washington will
return sums of Uncle Sam's cash to
local wheat growers.
Tho first payments are based on
20 cents a bushel "for land put out
of production. ,
The second payment, of eight cents
a bushel, will J forthcoming about
June, and out of this amount will
be taken the cost of administrative
expenses, amounting to from 1 to
114 cents a bushel. Nothing will toe
taken from the first payment.
One of the largest checks locally
will be In tho neighborhood of a,000,
and other checks, will vary down: (ac
cording to the acreage and Ibushels
placed out of production) to a few
dollars.
Signatures of farmers gained earlier
In the year were of a preliminary na
ture, and the sign-up beginning this
week, is on the government contracts,
and not until these contracts are in
Washington will payments .be maie.
It lr expected to take a couple of
weeks to complete the sign-up in the
county, and probably another couple
of weeks before the flow of money
from Washington to Union county
begins. Speed is important in sign
ing the contracts, as the sooner they
ore signed, the sooner farmers may
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Mercury Dives
To 19 Above In
La Grande Today
J Following on the heels of the first
snowstorm of the season, the mer
cury went Into a nosedive in La
Grande yesterday which did not slack
up until It hit a low of 19 above here
early this morning. At 7 a. m. the
reading showed 20 above and by 9
a. m. street thermometers were up
to 26 above.
Tuesday was the coldest day since
early last spring and this morning
saw the lowest minimum of this sea
son. The forecast indicated rain or
snow in Northeast Oregon tonight and
Thursday, with temperatures some
what warmer tonight. ,
Clear skies today helped some, with
a bright but not too warm sun slow
ly warming the valley.
Snow plows were used In the Blue
Mountain section of the Old Oregon
Trail highway yesterday to keep the
road clear for travel.
SCOUT COURT
OF HONOR ON
FRIDAY NIGHT
A Boy Scout court of honor will
be held at Honan hall beginning at
7:30 p. m. Friday, Dec. 1, It was an
nounced today. After the awards, a
rally will 'be held. Several of the
scouts from Union will be In attend
ance and participate In the awards.
FIRST THANKSGIVING
TOOK PLACE IN 1621
When Thanksgiving day Is observed
In La Qrande and elsewhere In the
United 8tates tomorrow, It will be the
313th year since the first Thanks
giving. According to authoritative Infor
mation, the earliest harvest thanks
giving In America was kept by the
Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth In 1621.
and was repeated often during that
and the ensuing century. Congress
recommended days of thanksgiving
annually during the revolution, and
in 1784 for the return of peace as
did President Madison in 1815. Wash
ington appointed such a day In
Farmers May Get Wheat Money Before Jan. 1
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EASTERN OKEQON'S LEADING
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Nov. 28
Tou can watch It front telling Jokes
about It. Every once In so often
America "goes serious," gets all ex
cited and mad at each other. One of
these times Is Just before election.
Anything that's said the other side
takes offense. Yet all our last presi
dents have been elected by millions,
showing that all that heat and per
spiration was wasted. Then after elec
tion is over you can call the other
side a yellow dog and they Just laugh,
for they have their sense of humor
back.
Now we are going Into another of
those serious tallsplns over this money
racket and It's Just like the election.
Nothing you can do, nothing you can
say, will change a person's opinion. It
wilt all work Itself out, without any
personal lather lrom any of us, and
In a few months we will regain our
humor and balance.
It's JusJ 6 serious spree that we
have ever P often to get It out of
our system. 'Yours,
FESCUE TURF AT
GOLF COURSE IS
PRAISED HIGHLY
"I am still telling .people about
the wonderful fescue turf that I saw
on your fairways," writes John Mon
telth Jr., who visited the La Grande
country club recently, and who is
recognized as one of the leading
authorities on grasses and goir
course culture in the United States.
Mr. Montelth and his wife have been
on a visit In California and ware re
turning to their home In the east.
Through the influence of L. K. Kin
zel, a personal friend of the author
ity, Mr. Montelth visited here.
The fairways at the La Grande
country club compare favorably, with
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8 INDICTMENTS
ARERETURNEDBY
THE GRAND JURY
Eight secret indictments and three
not true bills were returned by the
county grand Jury Tuesday afternoon,
after a session of several days. No
arraignments had been made on any
of the indictments today, . District
Attorney Carl Helm announced.
The grand Jury also visited both
the city and county Jails and the
county poor farm, and found condi
tions at all three to be satisfactory.
The not true bills released the fol
lowing men from the charge of as
sault with intent to kill: Joe Gon
zales, Fonzy Wilson and Clifford
Stewart.
GROCERY STORES
OPEN UNTIL 8:00
Most of the grocery stores of La
GVando will remain open until 8
o'clock tonight, to give housewives
an opportunity to complete their
Thanksgiving day shopping, it was
announced today. Most of tho other
stores will observe the usual week
day closing hour this evening.
Observer Not To
Publish Tomorrow
In keeping with tho holiday,
the Observer will not publish to
morrow, Thansklvlng day. The
next issue of the paper will be on
Friday, Dec. 1.
1789 after the adoption of the con
stitution, and In 1795 for the general
benefits and welfare of the nation.
8ince 1917 the festival has been
observed annually In New York, and
since 1803 the presidents always have
Issued proclamations appointing the
last Thursday In November as
Thanksgiving day In the JJnltcd
States.
It is an annual 'festival of thanks
giving for the mercies of the closing
year. Practically, It is a national har
vest festival, fixed by proclamation
of the president and the governors
of the states, and ranks as a legal
holiday.
NEWSPAPER
Tale of John D.
'Reward' Denied
When William S. Fitzpatilck,
above, received $300,000 profit
from a Sinclair oil stock pool
in 1029, ho believed It a "ro
wan!" for long service to the
Rockefellers, ho told the Scunto
hanking committee. But this
was denied by a Rockefeller
spokesman who said no such
"arrangement" Had been mado
for the Sinclair aide, former
licud of Prairie Oil and Ghs.
COVE VOTES FOR
NEW SCHOOL TO
COST $13,500.00
- COVU, Ore., No v. 29 (Special) By
a vote of 84 to 40, the Cove school
cVlstrlct yesterday recorded itself ; in
Zv?r A J13,S00 bond issue, to con-.
struct a new acnopi punaing - :
The work will be done under the
public works administration plan, if
approved by the government. A re
quest will be made for funds, Includ
ing a 30 per cent grant of the Issue.
The election board consists of C. W.
Clark, Gladys Harris and Mary Davis,
Judges, and Mrs. A. G. Conklin, clerk.
TWIN GIRLS
BORN TUESDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sayre, formerly
of La Grande and Eugene, but now
of Portland, are the parents of twin
Slaughters, born at 6:30 o'clock yes
terday morning. Both mother and
babies are doing well. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Sayre, of La
Grande.
FESTIVAL TONIGHT
The Young People's Legion of, the
Salvation Army Is sponsoring a
Thanksgiving festival tonight at the
hall at 211 Fir street. The annual
Salvaton Army Thanksgiving service
will be held Thursday night. All are
Invited.
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1933
HEBER GRANT
TO DEDICATE
President of L. D. S.
Church to be at Cere- !
.monies Next Sunday -
MORMONS PLAN
FOR BIG MEETING
Stone House of Worship
Now Completed Con
struction Started on
May, 17, 1932. !
UNION, Nov. 29 (Special) The
new Latter Day Saint chapel Just
completed by the Union Ward mem
bership of the Mormon church wlil
lio dedicated Sunday evening, Dec.
3 at 8 o'clock with appropriate exer
cises, lleber J. Orant, of Salt Lake
City, president of the church will
attend and officially - dedicate the
building. A program also has been
arranged for Saturday evening at the
church. '
The completion of Che building
marked the end of a long patient
task In which the members of the
church all took an active part. All
labor excepting that of tho masonry
and plastering was Uonated. Jos.
Kofford, bishop of the church, donT
ated the stone from a cliff on his
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Rev. Mortimore
rtfe. SVek er -At--'-Rotary
Meeting
Declaring that we have much to bo
thankful for, in spito of material
losses, Rev. Paul De P. Mortimore ad
dressed tho Rotary club at Its noon
luncheon at the La Grande hotel to
day on the subject of Thanksgiving
day.
The Joys and comforts of home and
family life remain, and tho general
social structure with Its good fellow
ship remains practically unchanged,
he said. Most important, however,
Is the fact that the basic- spiritual
resources of the nation have not been
depreciated. Regardless of how bleak
tho picture, we have the same ability
our fathers had to rise to the heights
again, he sold.
A certificate of merit was present
ed to Woodrow Da me re 11 at tho
luncheon, the award being made by
tho national Red Cross in recogni
tion of his saving the life of Ellis
Watklns at Cove lost summer. Sev
eral members of tho Porpoise club at
tended. The third grade children of Miss
McKinney's room at Willow school
sang three Thanksgiving songs.
THANKSGIVING TIME
-So Babe Ruth
Babe. Ruth la responsible for three things yon see In this picture
for the dog. and for Hie smiles on the faces ol Jack McCann (left)
and Stanley Hardcsty (right). When the story got around thai Jack
and Binnley bad been ordered to take long dally 'walks for their
health al a Baltimore hospital tor crippled children, but (olt lonely
because they had no dog to trlak about with them, the Lin be quickly
provided the, boys with their canine pal.
FAMILY DINNERS
TO FEATURE DAY
OF THANKSGIVING
Family reunions about a table well
loaded with turkey, goose, duck or
chicken that will be the main
featuro of Thanksgiving day obser
vance in La Grande tomorrow. The
day will be a legal holiday, and stores,
courts,' schools, etc. will bo closed.
Many out-of-town people are arriv
ing today to spend tomorrow with
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TWO ACCIDENTS;
NO ONE HURT
Two automobile accidents occurretl
in and near La Grande yesterday,
both of a minor nature and with no
one Injured, according to the police.
Cars driven by Walter E. Young
and Gene Helvey collided on Adams
avenue at 10:ia a. m, and cars driven
by Georgo Hamden, of La Grande,
and L. A. McMillan, of Union, col
lided nine miles from Medical Springs
toward Union at 2 p. m.
wtm
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
IT TO IPWhP
Gave 'Em a Dog!,
YOUNG NEGRO
POT TO DEATH
IN ST. JOSEPH
Lynch Law Rules in Mis
souri Attacker Dies
At End of Rope; 7,000
Watch Death.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 2!) W)
Lynch law Iioh wttlert the enne ot
Lloyd Warner, confessed attacker of
two women. The IM-ycur-old negro
died Lit flames nt tho end of a rope
last night lief ore tho ere of a until
of 7,000 which ImUeicKl Its way
through national guardsmen ami
peara officer to seize him In tho
Buchanan county jail,
Warner was hanged to an elm tree
near tho courthouse, drenched with
gasoline and- set aflro. Women and
children watched him die. Some were
friends of tho white girl of 21, who,
officers said, Warner assaulted In an
alley hero Sunday night.
"String ihim up," shouted from
many throats, drowned out tho last
attempt of the muscular young negro
to speak.
Terror-stricken and stripped to the
waist, he was pulled from a third
floor cell by four younfc members of
the mob, beaten, kicked and cursed.
"I'm a fighting Dutchman," said
Sheriff Otto Thelsen, GO, "but there
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NEGRO GIVES LIFE
TO STOP ESCAPE
TOPEKA, Kas., Nov. 20 (VP) A
negro, Benjamin J. Davidson, gave
his life to prevent the escnpo from
tho Shawnee county Jail lost night
of Cecil ThornbruBh, white, bank and
post office robber.
Soon after the 53-yoar-oUl negro
J ft Her was slugged and then fatally
wounded with his own pistol, a men
acing crowd gathcredl outside the Jail
and Thornbrugh was hurried to the
state penitentiary at Lansing.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Nov. 29 (P) Unex
pected developments in regard to Ar
gentine government agricultural and
financial policies tentfqd notably to
day to lift grain values here.
There was an advance of 8 cents
In the Washington price of gold, to
gether with further federal relief
buying of wheat here and at other
leading domestic centers. Unenslncss
was evident over reports lndkvtttng
thai abnormally dry weather through
out a large part of the United. States
winter wheat belt hod becomo more
pronounced.
Wheat closed strong, w 2'c
above yesterday's finish, corn un
clmngl to c higher, oats ic
up, and provisions unchanged to 25c
up.
ii 1UVIM iUlU
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
SMITH MAY BE CANDIDATE? ;
MEIKK FAVORS ROAD BONDS
ALLOCATE LIQUOR IMPORTS
MOVIE COWBOY KILLED
DETROIT, Nov. 29 W) Itepre
sciitatlvD Hamilton Fish Jr., New
York, Mild today he believed Alfred
E. smith again will become a candi
date for preHldent If President Roose
velt "continues his trend toward In
flation," ' BALEM, Nov. 29 UP) In another
special message to the legislature
dovornor Julus 1. Muler today rec
ommended to the lawmakers that the
state highway commission be author
ised to Issue general obligation bonds
in the amount of 110,600,000 to fin
ance an emergency highway construc
tion program of el5.000.000 for un
employment relief with fundB bor
rowed from the federal public works
administration.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 UP) The
government today notified liquor Im
porters It Intends to use repeal to
bring about a lowering of tariff bar
riers against American products In
rorelgn countries, through allocation
of liquor Imports after. December 5.
LOB ANGELES, Nov. 39 (IP) A
motion picture cowboy was killed and
seven other persons Injured In a traf
flo crash In which four automobiles
were involved early today on the Mint
Canyon highway near the Acton road.
A bundling snowstorm which ham
pered vision of drivers was blamed
for the accident. Boy "Skeoter Bill"
Robbtns, a film cowboy employed on
the Hoot Qlbson ranch, was killed.
MRS. GAINES IS
FREED BY JURY
' ON FIRST VOTE
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 20 VP)
Lily Banka Qoines awakened In nor
own bed today, free of the charge of
murdering her husband, Dr. James I.
Gaines, for his Insurance and his
property.
Sho was released! from custody last
night, a few minutes after a superior
court jury had acquitted her, refus
ing to accept the state's theory that
sho shot tho wealthy sanlpractor and
sportsman as he stepped from his
automobile In the driveway of their
homo hero last August 15.
Acting In sharp contrast to the
slow-moving trial, which consumed
14 court days, the Jury apparently
entered upon Its deliberations and
unanimously agreed on Its verdict,
which was registered on tho first bal
lot. The caso was one of the most mys
terious in police records here. Al
though half a dozen persons wore
found to havo what appeared to be
motives, nd one was found who saw
the shooting, or who could say def
initely that Mrs. . Oalnes was the
murderer.
TENNIS CHAMPION
IS THREATENED
BOSTON, Nov. 29 W) Helen Jacobs,
national tcnnla champion, today re
ported to fedorat authorities she had
received several threatening and ob
scene letters and appealed to the
authorities for help.
Miss Jacobs, a resident of Berkeley,
Cal., who has been the guest of Miss
Alona Friend of Marblcheod and
Brook lino, since her default victory
over MrH. Holen Wills Moody, reported
tho receipt of tho Jotters to tho de
partment of Justlco office, here.
Francis J. W. Ford, United States
attorney, onked Miss Jacobs to bring
the letters Into bis office immediately
that they might bo examined and
postal inspectors assigned to run
ning down the writer.
EXPERT SUGGESTS
CONTRACT "WIDOW"
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 P) A "widow"
for contract bridgo was suggested to
day by Ely Culbcrtson for considera
tion In future Improvement of the
game.
The widow would consist of four
cards dealt faco down in the mlddlo
of the tablo whllo each player was
receiving 12. The winner ot the auc
tion would look at tho widow, select
one card himself and pass ono to
each player as the declarer desired.
Culbertson thinks a widow would
add a stent of uncertainty to the game
and in addition promote skillful play
by the declarer. For Instance If tho
widow should consist of high cards.
- Onily NewspaJer
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
NUMBER 72
MAY INVOKE :
INITIATIVE
TO KILL LAW
State Council of Commer
cial Vehicle Owners
Announces Plans. '
SMALL TRUCKERS
SUPPORT ACTION
C. T. Giffen, Chairman,
, Declares 100,000 Signa
, tures Can Be Obtained
in 10 Days. . , '
SALEM, Nov. 20 (AT Initiative will
bo Invoked to eliminate the bus and
truck law, C. T Griffon, ot RoaebuTf.
chairman of the state council of com
mercial vehicle owners announced
last night. .
The announcement followed hie
declaration at a legislative roads and
highways committee meeting that
small truck owners were not allowed
to voice their opinions, while rail
road and allied truck repjresentatlvea
were given the courtesy of the floor.
All small truck organizations an
Joining to put over the Initiative and
will get better than 100,000 signature
in 10 days, Grlffen declared.
Ho said In the meantime small
truckers will seek passage of Senator
Burke's bill which would repeal the
bus and. truck law and substitute
new tax plan. . . ,
SALEM, , Nov. 29 VP,: Divergent
Ideas as to when and howl Oregon
should act In development of Bonne
ville fltun's. power, .possibilities were
aired at as Joint senate and house
utilities hearing of the legislature, last
night. ' .i' ,
Some favored leaving the develop
ment up to the federal government
for the present.
Governor Julius L. Meter, who pre
viously mentioned Bonneville power
development In a special message to
tho legislature, sent another message
to the committee. Oregon muBt aot
at once if It ever hopes for cheap
power from Bonneville, Meter's mes
sage stated.
He said that In two years' time the
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Johnson Loses
In Move Aimed
At Henry Ford
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (A1) For
tho second time. Comptroller Ot-n-cral
J. R. McCarl held today that
Ford Motor company products ar
eligible for government contracts.
This was ruled In an opinion given
the department of agriculture as the
result of an attempt by Hugh S.
Johnson, the NRA administrator, to
keep the, Northwest Motors company
of Bcthesda, Md., a Ford dealer, from
receiving a contract) for civilian con
servation corps trucks.
Johnson contended the company
might bo In violation of the retail
motor codo because its bid probably
was under the minimum set by the
code. . '
McCarl held, however, that this
question "is for Judicial determina
tion and not for consideration by
tho purchasing or contracting officer
In the awarding of a contract."
No Significance
In Black9 8 Visit
To The President
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 30 W)
President Roosevelt Is going on
with his objective for a commodity
dollar, it was re -emphasized today
at tho "little White House" in mak
ing plain that no particular signi
ficance Is attached here to the visit
of Governor Black of the federal re
serve board.
tho declarer would have to plan
carefully to utilize his card to the
best advantage.
Whether or not his Idea ot a widow
In ever adopted, Culbertson Is firmly
of the belief that the march of eventa
will result In a change In scoring
rules, perhaps noxU, yoar. 9
He thinks that it game contract In
diamonds and clubs will be four In
stead of flvo, for the reason that 1ft
la Just as difficult to bid and make ;
gnmo In the minors as the majors.
Tho greater difficulty of taking eleven
tricks now rosults In many no trump
contracts Instead of diamond or club
commitments. , -'