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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 193:!
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 77
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ATAXES
TO
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RATE HIGHER
t BUT VALUES
j AREREDUCED
teLa Grande People to Pay
$67.6U on Each .?1,000
Assessment.
1 CUT IN VALUATION
I OFFSETS MILLAGE
I Taxes Next Year Payable
1 Quarterly; Levy For all
1 Districts Not Yet An-t-
nounced. , ,
If one's assessed valuation Is
enough below last year to make up
for an Increased milage rote; one will
J tlmn this year. This was determine!
1 after receiving announcement today
tliot the 11)33 tav levy ,iayal,lc .next
.1 year, had been made by county offic
ii iais. -
'? The new millage rate for those tax
payers who reside within La Grande
(J Is 67.8,- comipared with a rate of 63.2
V in 1033. This represents an increase
7 of mone than 8 per cent.
r4 However, to of i set this, assessments
generally are lower, duo to an ftp-
'4. plication of a 10 per cent blanket
f cut iii determining valuations.
4 The complete figures on the levy
- for all districts in the county have
not been announced, but figures for
f4 La Grande are completed.
(Continued on Page Three)
If Jury Session To m
f v Begin In Circuit
A jury session will open In' the cir
cuit court on Dec. 11 with Judge J.
W. Knowles presiding.- One case, that
of the state vs. Lewis May charged,
with non-support, has been set and
others are expected to be put on the
calendar later. J. D. Slater Is at
torney for the defendant. -
Mason Morris, sentenced to a year
in the penitentiary Monday by Judge
Knowles, was taken to Saleni yester
day by Deputy Sheriff Hugo Kling
hammer, who made the trip by auto
mobile. STOBYc
When the angel had gono away
from them into Heaven, the
shepherds said, one unto another,
l,ct us go Into Bethlehem and' see
this thing which has come to
pass; let us lcok upon out
Saviour.
H SHOPPING
PlAVC
LvJ CHRISTMAS
OLD AGE PENSION
LAW EFFECTIVE SOON
Machinery for putting Into effect
the old age pension law In Oregon
January 1, is now being assembled
in the various counties over the state.
In Union county forms for appli
cations have been printed, after ap
proval by the attorney general, and
the blanks are on hand In the county
clerk's office. However, the county
is not ready to receive applications
as yet, pending receipt of additional
Information regarding the law.
The old age pension law was en
acted by the legislature last spring,
and creates county courts as the old
age pension commission In each coun.
ty
Provisions of the law Include the
following:
WILL
ROGERS
'Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cai.. Doc. 5
Talk about the "noble experiment."
"The noble experiment" Is Just start
ing, every state Is In doubt as to how
their liquor will be handled.
8ay. It's not how the state will
handle its liquor, It's how the folks
will handle theirs.
States ore going to havo scandal
over the sale of it, arid politicians will
fight over the taxes of It, but any
how the lust week will be tho hard
est. Yours,
RELIEF WORK IN
COUNTY EXPLAINED
AT ROTARY LUNCH
.lurk I'ciirc, chairman of county.
Ktute . mill redcral rcller work unci
projects In Union county, and Fred
L. Meyers, recently . lippolllled dis
bursing officers for the Mime district,
explained to notary club, members
this noon the progress of unemploy
ment relief In tills community and
environs.
Since January 1. this year,' there
lias been over $40,000 paid out for
relief of the needy of this county
through the relief committee offices,
said Mr. eare. This has been ac
complished at the low administration
cost 'of only five per . cent. Over
4250 families have been aided at the
rnte of anywhere from 200 to as high
as COO families a month.
Recently Mr. Peare's county relief
office took over the distribution of
moneys and employment .tinder the
C. W. A. plan. This scheme, an Im
provement over the original public
works plan of the administration is
expected to put over 4 mjllion'tin
employed back to work before Christ
mas. (Continued on Pago Six)
REV. WALZ NAMED
COMMITTEE HEAD
Several weeks ago Rev. Harold L.
Bowman, D. D. resigned from the
pastorate of the First Presbyterian
church, Portland, anrfi accepted the
call of one of the leading Presbyterian-
churches In Chicago. This
occasioned his resignation as chair
roan of the Synod's committee of
national missions. Rev. J. George
Walz, pastor of the local Prcsbyt?rlnn
church, has 'been elected to the posi
tion of chairman of the national mis
sions committee of the Synod of Ore
gon of the Presbyterian chruch in
the U. S. A., which position Dr. Bow
man had held for a number of years.
Mr. Walz has been a member of this
committee of the Synod for the past
four years.
KNIGHTS SELECT
1934 OFFICERS
At ft regular meeting of the Knights
of Pythias, Monday evening, officers
were elected for the year 1034. The
officers -elect follow: chancellor com
mander, H. C. Buckalter; vice chan
cellor, F. B. Tharp; prelate, O. G.
Williams; master of work, C. L. Gra
ham; master of exchequer, C. K. Mc
cormick; K. P. S. and M. of F., D. L.
Gaily; master of arms. O. Moss; Inner
guard, Odus T. Bales; outer guard;
H. E. Dixon; trustee for 3-ycar term,
H. W. Riley. Installation of the new
officers will be held on January 8.
Other mottcrs of Interest were dis
posed of. A committee, appointed at
a former meeting, is preparing for a
benefit dance to be held in the near
future, the date to be determined
later. s
Every person of 70 years or older
is eligible.
The amount of each pension is to
be determined by the commission and
In no cace is to be more than $30 a
month Including other Income of
pensioner.
The applicant must have beena
citizen and resident of the United
States and of Oregon at leant 15 years
and of the county at least two years.
He must not have been convicted
of any criminal offense in 25 years.
He must not have deserted wife
(husband) or children at any time.
He must not liave been a profes
sional beggar.
(Continued On Paje Four)
COMMUNITY
CREDIT PLAN
DECIDED ON
Meeting Held Here1 Last
Night Changes to be
Effective Jan. 1.
A community credit policy in ac
cordance with the objectives of tho'
national recovery act was drawn up
by a large group of merchants who
met last night at the city hall. Ar
rangements are expected to bo com
pleted and the code ready for adop
tion by Jan. 1, 1D34.
Six points comprise the code.
Avoidance of practices which may
result In the consumer becoming
involved beyond his ability to pay
and thereby impairing his future
purchasing power, heads the provi
sions. 'Reasonable measures as may
be necessary according to local con
cations will be taken to insure the
prompt payment of debts in accord
ance with contracts, so as to secure
the necessary turnover of capital.
An adequate charge wilt be made
covering the financing function in
cident to all deferred payment sahjs
and at the time of sales the mer
chants agree to state the amount of
such charges as distinct from the
price of merchandise. A carrying
charge also will be made on accounts
past due beyond the period of 30
days.
In order to lrtsure the safety of
credit granting, all seekers for credit
will be properly investigated' for
credit before extending such accom
modations by making use of a re
liable credit bureau or mercantile
agency which specializes in such In
formation, and to whom the mcrch-
(Contlnued on Page Six)
Contest Winners
Are En Route To
Portland Today
Much Interest in the outcome of
the McKesson Opportunity Contest,
which reached Its climax with the
finals on the Liberty Theatre stage
last night, prompted many to witness
the contest In spite of the unfavor
able weather.
From the twelve acts which ap
peared under the direction of Skipper
Don Mills, state contest manager and
master of ceremonies, three acts were
chosen to represent La Grande In
the special La Grande broadcast over
KEX in Portland at 4:15 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. The winners In
cluded Freed Bales, of Wallowa, son
of C. L. Bales; Gene Gassett and Bert
Warden, of Cove; and Maellzabeth
Cooper, daughter of Al W. Cooper
(Continued on Page Six.
TOO BAD THE
PROHIBITION RECEIVED ITS DEATH BLOW HERE
Utah, long one or the most 'arid status in the Union, dealt the final blow to prohibition ut 2:!U 1. IU.
Pacific Con.st lime, lee, 5, as the 3i(h state to ratify the twenty-first amendment. The historic action
took place hi the chamber of the II June of Representatives In the cupflol at Halt LaKe City, the build
ing shown uhove. At the left, inset, Is M. II, Welling, secretary of state; at right, 11 o v. Henry 11. Wood,
lllood acted as temporary chairman, Welling read the certificates of election und the repeal amendment.
STUDY OF NEGRO
IS PRESENTED AT
E. O.N. ASSEMBLY
Threo shades of blue, characteriz
ing the gamut or the rich emotional
nature of the American negro, in
spired the program which was pre
sented by tho oral English class at
tt , Ftern..Oreoh Normal . school
before the student body Tuesday at
the weekly assembly. Deep blue
characterizes tho tragedy of the
white man's incapacity to assimilate
the negro and the latter's suffering,
medium blue is tho dramatic in
tho life of the black man, while light
-blue is the vivacity and tho com
edy. Miss Florence Day, director of the
class, arranged the program, assisted
by the students. Ernest Bredow in
troduced the program and presenU
the study of blues.
Harry Dawson discussed negro po
etry which had its beginning in
Phyllis Wheatley, a slave, to the
present day when the poetry of Coun
tco CaUlen, Paul Lawronce -Dunbar,
Langston Hughes and others express
the negro's emotion In all Its shades.
Emil Gelst, whoso rich voice is es
pecially suited to that type of read
ing, presented two negro poems, "Yet
Do t Marvel," by Cullcn, and "Mem-
fflnnMnneil on Pag-e Four)
GOOD. BOOK ISN'T MORE SPECIFIC
Worshippers Pay v
Homage Today To
Saint Nicholas
BARI, Italy, Dec. 6 (IP) Thou
sands of worshippers paid homago
today to tho memory of St. Nich
olas, traditional original of Santa
Claxis, Pilgrims poured into St.
Nicola church throughout the day
to 'bow before a coffer containing
his bones. . '
SCRUTINIZE HIGH
PRICE W LIQUOR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (iP) Fed
eral liquor control chiefs gave indl.
cations of displeasure today over the
soaring prices reported for newly
legalized beverages.
Good whiskey, with the present tax
of $1.10 a gallon, should sell for about
$1.50 a quant, one official assorted.
WhT.o tho alcohol administration
intends to bo lenient for a few daya.
it is preparing Its machinery to force
down the Initial prices quoted In New
York, Chicago, Baitlmoro and other
wet spots if necessary. It lias the
power to cancel licenses to Importers
and distillers whoso prices are out of
line.
LIPRBILL
FIGHT NEAR
IN SENATE
Report Expected Today;
, liitdical Changes in Ex
cise Tax -Expected.
KAIJ.M, lec. fl (iP) While the
finale committee on ulcohol'.n con
trol JtifiRlfil the Knox liquor hill with
indications a hard fight uill he made
on ithc floor to wlH out the state-
owned store features, and Initial floor
action on the bus mid truck hilt dc
ferred by the' house until later Ii
the day, the two chambers of the
Oregon legislature Mvrpt through les
ser issues today with the result tthat
many bills were either killed or with
drawn. Two measures which would divert
portions of tho ntato tux on gasoline
to unemployment rellfcf, wore Indef
initely postponed on adverse commit
tee reports. Tho hauso bill, number
107, which would divert two conia of
tho tax, was Indefinitely postponed
and tho senate proposal, number 04,
which would divert one cent, met the
samo fate In tho upper house.
Somo radical changes In tho excise
tax law were expected as a result of
an executive commlttco meeting of
tho house group last night. The re
port of the committee on tho bill,
known as IIB 02, had not yet been
announced, and newspapermen were
barred from tho sessions of tho com
mittee. It was uiulenrtood tlu move
(Continued on Page blx)
ORGANIZE SCOUT
TROOPAT UNION
A Boy Scout troop was organized
at Union Inst night by D. B. Stod
dard and Ncphl Combs. Warren Or
ion is the new scout nwiitcr and Dale
Baxter Is his asslstiint.
Borncl Nlel.son. Kenneth Kofford,
Laurel Anderson. O. A. C'llno jind
Ernest Kohner form tho troop com
mittee. Mcmlwrs of the troop arc
Junior Buslck, Gcno Conklln, Joint
Edvalson, Iwis Connolly, Gordon
GeortHon, Harold Hess, Keith Kohler,
Dan-oil Irwin, Vance Farcll, Grant
Zaugg and Darrcll Cllne.
Tho scout committee plnns to go
to Iniblcr tonight to organize a now
troop and conduct a court of honor
at 8 o'clock. Thono who are to make
tho trip are N. W. Frees. Herbert
Evans, D. B. Stoddard, Nophl Combs,
Harvey Carter amv Elmo Stevenson.
Wheat Today
The price of local wheat stood
nt about fil' ivntH bulk-today,
accord (MR to u notation ut the
Pioneer rinurhig Mills, Portland
faMi 70 centH.
ClirCAGO, Dec. fl (II Pveootlons
from advances formed tho rule in
grain values today toward tho end of
trading, but the market finished
with slight gains.
Wheat closed unsettled, at the same
as yesterday's finish to higher,
cont c off to Uc up, oats i3c
advanced, and provisions varying
from JOc decline to a rise of 5c.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
'.'"''
l.K.UilK IttiFORM PLANNED
v
LONG CLAIMS VICTORY
.
PROMINENT MKMC KILI.KI)
ANOTHER NEGRO CONVICTED
ROME, Deo. 0 (P) The Associated
Pre ileurned In highest quarters to
day that diplomatic conversations
havo livguu Lu the various capltrtls
of tiuropu seeking reform of tho
league or nations, ' Absolule divorce
ment of the league from the prin
ciples of the treaty of Versailles
which would eliminate from, the
league covenant articles which guar
antee preservation of boundaries cre
ated by that treaty Is under discus
sion, it was (tenrnotl.
BATON ROUGE. La., Dec. 6 (ff)
Senator Huey P. Long and tho state
administration today claimed to have
elected "unopposed" Mrs. Bolivar E.
Kemp, the Long candidate, to the va
cant sixth district congressional seat
after an election held amidst pro
testing demonstrations in three
fourths or tho dlsttiotj yesterday. Mrs.
Kemp today . offered to cancel her
election and enter a party primary.
LOS ANOEIJ5S, Dec Q (fP) Dr.
W. Dewey Wight man, prominent phy
sician and anesthetist, was shot and
beaten to death In his palatial home
overumklng Kllver lake early today.
Detectives Immediately took Into cus
tody for quest lonlng Ills nt tractive,
red-haired wire, Josephine, a former
nurse.
DECATUR, Ala,, Dec, 6 fl Clar
ence Norris, the second of seven
negro defendants In tho "Scottsboro
case," retried oni a chargo of attack
ing a white woman, was convicted
today by(a Morgan county Jury. Tho
sentence automatically carries the
death penalty. . -,.
TORRENTIAL RAIN
STRIKES MUCH OF
NORTHWEST AREA
MILDER TEMPERATURES HERE
Although wind, snow and! freez
ing weather early last night gave
La Grande . a taste of blustery
winter, the weather moderated
during the night and this morn
ing at sun-up the mercury was
up to 40 abovo. Wind continued
today from the south, and the sky
romalncd cloudy, but conditions
horo wcro much ploaoantcr than
Tuesday.
PORTLAND, Dec. 0 W) Torren
tial rains literally deluged the north
west Tuesday and last night bringing
to Portland a total of 3.47 Inches
of precipitation, .heaviest December
ralnfnll In 24 hours since 1883, start
ing rivers roaring toward) their banks,
Interrupting communications nnd
transportation and causing minor
damage here and there over Oregon
and Washington. East or tho Cas
cades, tho rain, at several points, be-
como snow and left a blanket of
(Continued on Page Four)
LOWER COLUMBIA
HIGHWAYBLOCKED
ASTORIA, Ore.. Dec. 6 W) A
huge earth slide, loosened by the tor
rential ralu of ycstcrdiy and last
night, blocked tho lower Columbia
highway between Astoria and Port
land today, about two miles cast of
Astoria.
Highway crows woro sot to work
removing the dobrls, but at 10 a. m.
tho ftlfdo was still hearing down on
tho road from the hillside
FAMED SEA SERPENT
4
VIEWED BY HUNTER
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 0 HI A
view of "amy cudboronauruB," Van
couver Island's famed sea Bcrpcnt,
from only 10 feet awny was almost
too much for a young duck hunter,
but ho lived to writo about It.
His vlow of the creature (whatever
It Is) woo the closest of the upwards
of 30 or 40 ropuUvblo citizens who
havo rexrted seeing It In tho past
thrco months. Among them were
Capl. W. N. Prcngel and First. Offi
cer A. E. Richards, of the Grace liner
Suula Lucia, who reported sighting
It In the gulf of Ocoiyla.
In a letter to a Victoria newspaper,
Cyril B. Andrews, 21, of Pender Har
bor, rotated that he and another
young companion, Norman Oeorgeson,
wero duck hunting lost Sunday.
LINDBERGHS
CROSS OCEAN
THIRD TIME
Famous Aviator and His
Wife Given Great Wel
come at Natal, Brazil
ROLIDAY OBSERVED;
CITY IS DECORATED
Americans Complete Trip
From Bathurst, Gam
bia in 16 Hours and 10
Minutes Today. ; '
NATAL, llrar.ll, Deo. 8 W) Cot
and Mrs. Clinrlm A. Lindbergh pan
ned tlio Atluntlo from Alrlca In tlielr
monoplane m Id hours 10 minutes
today to u roaring welcome the
HntyJIItltM.
Tney had covered about 1,870 miles
at an average speed, of approximately
120 miles an hour.
Both tho Lindberghs appeared 'fresh
after tlielr trip. The colonel sold:
"It was a fine trip with fine flying
conditions. We encountered ocoa-1
slonal strong south winds."
Col. Lindbergh landed on the water
at 3:10! o'clock.
The great monoplane landed on the
(Continued on Pane Four
Proclamation Of
Repeal Is Plea
For Temperance
; WASHINGTON Dec;. 6 IP) Borne
high spots In President Roosevelt's,
repeal, proclamation: -v. "
Tho policy of the government wilt
be to bco to It that tho social and
political evils that have existed in
the pro-prohlbltlon era shall not be
revived nor permitted again to. exist.
I enjoin upon all citizens . . , to
co-ope rato with the government In
its endeavor to restore greater re
spect for law and order, by confin
ing such purchases of alcoholic bever
ages as they may make solely to those
dealers or agencies which have been
duly licensed by state or fedora I
license. 1 s .
Observance of this roquost . v .
will result In tho consumption of
alcohollo beverages which havo pass
ed felreral Inspection, in the break
up and eventual destruction of the
notoriously Illicit liquor traffic, and
In tho payment of reasonable taxes
for tho support of government and
thereby In tho superseding of other
forms of taxation.
I osk csicclally that no state shall
by law or otherwise authorlzo the
return of the saloon cither in Its old
form or In some modern guise.
The nhlectlvo wo Eeek 'throuch a
national policy Is the education of
overy citizen towards a greater tem
perance throughout tho nation,
I trust in tho good sense of tho
American people that they will not
oring upon tnemscivca wio curse 01
excessive use of Intoxicating liquors.
Roosevelt Speaks
To Church Council
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 P) Presi
dent Roosevelt speaks tonight to tho
federal council of Churches of Christ
In America, but his aides gave no
Indication today that ho would dis
cuss anything but religious subjects.
Tho president's address at Consti
tution Hall will bo broadcast over tho
nation-wide hookups beginning 10:30
P. M. Eastern standard tlmo.
Thoy had wounded a duck, and
were paddling out to rocovor It, when
the serjient appeared bcsldo their
boat and seized the bird.
"1 was still only 10 feet away, when
that thliwf, to my horror, gulped tho
bird down Ito throat," Andrews wrote.
"It thon looked at me, . Its mouth
wide open, and I could plainly see Its
teeth and tongue."
Thon, denpltc. their rush to get
their boat to shore, Andrews saw
some more.
"Its colls rose at least six feet
abovo mo, gradually sinking under
tho water again. Its head was like
that of a horse, but without ears or
nostrils, and Its eyes wore In tho
. (Continued From Page Four) :