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V Severe Rainstorm 5i I i La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande : Covering Union and Wallowa Counties ft. VOLUME 32 EASTERN OlIEQON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 99 wtting fBJESIDENT SEES MI fDIIII fllMT IM lTXlAllll I Pen for $1; Mercy for ,$27,100 Juif UWAV IC v GIT wm BUILDING IN 1933 TOTALS $42,285.00 i Sixty-Four Permits Is- j 'sued in La Grande , Work in May $29,253. REBUILDING OF , - L. H. S. MAIN JOB 1 Majority of Permits Were ? For Minor (Jonstruc- tion, Including Remod elling of Homes. . New construction 111 La Grande J during 1933 totalled $42,285, which i Included one large Job In May the '. reconstruction of the La Grande High I building. Sixty-four building permits : were Issued at the city office, f Eulldlng ranged from nothing in February to (29,253 in May, with, the J average per month a little over 3,000 :i: The- last permit issued last year ' was to R. A, Tull, to alter, and repair i a home on Eleventh street between li and M avenues, work to cost 100. ! Building records for the year fol- ! tow. x Month January February March April May ." June 1 July (August September October ). November December H'l Totals. Permits . 1 Cost 2fi 0 1,685 1.520 29,253 2,576 645 1.550 1.285 ' 2,559 285 1,010 42,285. Fire Department I Elects Officers For Coming Year The La Grande volunteer 'fire de I partment elected offloers for 1034 at i a meeting held last night la the city fire department headquarters. Fred Colip was elected president. Elmer Cose vice president, Louis Ev ans secretary-treasurer, - Frank Suy J dam treasurer, Othle Enterllne cap i, tain, 8. At Sanderson first ileuten ' ant, C. A. Riloy second lieutenant, '' and H. A. KUnghammer historian. STOW E RITES ON THURSDAY AT PINE GROVE funeral services for Carl Thomas Stowe, 29, of Elgin, who died hore yesterday of injuries received in an automobile accident, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 p..m. at the Pine Grovo church, east of Elgin, It waa announced today. Burial will take place In the Pine Grove ceme tery. . ... - . . . COUNTY COURT IN FIRST MEET k OF THIS YEAR The January session of the county court opened this morning at 9:30 o'clock In the offices of County Judge '.2 U. G. Couch. Today will be spent in $ allowing monthly bills before trans it acting business on the docket. I LIBRARY BOARD I HOLDS MEETING The book chat evenings planned for the remainder of the winter by the public library staff were discussed and approved by tho library board at a meeting Tuesday night at the library. Other plans for the winter were discussed. Those present were George T. Coch ran, Herbert Evans, Mrs. J. K. Charl ton, Mrs. John Hod gin and mem bers of the library staff, who enter tained the board at a social hour and refreshments, VERY LITTLE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS Very little Know remalnln the higher mountains of Eastern Ore gon as compared with the amount usnally In the hill at tls time of the winter, due to tho ml ft! '.wratlier of the last two month. Reports received here today from Walla Walla mid (hat only t6 Inches of snow was reported f & J.TT BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Jan. 2 Tho big Columbia - Stanford football game. Mr. Hoover was mere, iookcq fine and got a big reception. He was the main old grad from Stanford, I was the main old grad from Colum bia. I took a correspondence course from there one time In tenor sing ing. Just the name of the skin that covers the ball beat Stanford. If Instead of a pig skin the ball had been covered with porcupine hide (with the quills on) mayby. Stan ford could' have held onto It, but the game was in keeping with everything else that happened, In sports, govern iment and economic the past year. The experts wero wrong again. Yours, " . , ROTARIANS HEAR REP. ECKLEY ON MAJORMEASURES Local Rotarlans, at their luncheon meeting at the La Grande hotel this noon, received first hand information of tho actions of the recent session of the state legislature 'from a talk given by Rep. Victor Eckley of this city. Rep. Eckley recited the four prin cipal reasons liquor control law, truck and bus regulation, employ ment relief and school relief for which the session was called and then gave a brief resume of the man ner in which each item was cared for by legislation. The liquor situation was cared for by tho making of the Knox plan of liquor control into Jaw lejd.latipp that gives the state excluslvo distri bution and control of retail snle of spirituous liquors of over 14 per cent alcohol. The unemployment relief was carets for by diverting the first three millions of dollars of expected revenue from state liquor control to the employment relief fund. By this latter action the state showed Its part of its contract with the govern ment fulfilled and already federal aid la being received to Improve the un employment situation In the state. Truck and bus legislation of the previous regular session was remedied, tho speaker snid, to more equalized costs levied against trucking com panies and the tax upor small truck- (Gontinuod on Page Two) DUDLEY-JOHNSON TRIAL DATE SET Dean Dudley and Hobart Johnson, of near Athena, will b6 tried on a charge of careless and negligent waste of a game animal on Jan., 17 before Judge L, Denliam in the court of the Justice of the peace. C. E. MoCarty, Portland attorney retained by the gamo commission, will assist District Attorney Carl G. Holm in the prose cution. Dudley and Johnson were arrested In Union county following the 1033 open season on elk. ' JOSEPH TO PLAY HERE SATURDAY Coach Ira Woodie, with his flr-.it team squad cut to 18 members in cluding half a dozen hard working sophomores, Is preparing this week for the heavy January-February bas ketball schedule, which precedes the sub-district and district champion ship tournaments. One game is scheduled for this week, Joseph here on Saturday. Jo seph has been playing some excellent basketball In Wallowa county and will come to La Grande expecting to chalk up a victory, particularly after the Tigers recent loss to Imbler High. The game will be played in the L. D. S. Recreational hall. nt Tollcate hy Forest Hanger Al bert Baker Hit smallest amount of suowefor this season In the mountains In nftny years, No elk or deer have yet come from the high ranees, Indicating that the snow Isfot deep enough there to Mop 10elr browsing. It Is said. Some were swifhy Rang er linker on the ridge, hut thrf were on the higher points. I .'."V 'mf .,4gv ci 'I teBflKmW -S Mrs. Retta Munhall, pleaded guilty to theft of $27,100 from her employers, and received a suspended sentence. The same day John McDanlel (above) ap peared before the same Jurist, Judge Harry F. Sewell (below) at Los Angeles, and pleaded guilty to theft of $1 in nickels. He was sen tenced to San Quentin for one to 15 years. Gov. Rolph has opened an Investigation, after newspaper oomment. E. 0. N. WILL OPEN SEASON AGAINST BOISE QUINTET Fifteen basketball games have been scheduled for the Eastern Oregon Normal school cog era during January and February, it was announced by Coach Bob Qulnn today. Included are home and home games with Ore. Normal at Nonmouth, man college, College of Idaho, Lewis ton Normal and. Boltse Junior col lego. In addition, the , Mountaineers will be host to the strong House of David baskctbnll team from Miclii gan on Feb. 20, in La Grando. Coach Quinn, who has a squad of around 15 men working out dally this week, also plans to try to schedule games In Western Oregon for Feb. 14 and 17, and hopes to lino up another game or two In La Grande, brining the schedule up to 19 or 20 games. Boise Junior college, defeated de cisively by the University of Idaho Pacific coast conference team two (Continued on Page Two) Clot. -,L. a cashier, W$ ' ' U :j Smith Agency Will Hold Sales - inference Here A total of 157 policies wero sold by members of tho Smith Agency of Oregon Mutual Life Insurance com pany, of which Edgar W. Smith. Portland, is general agent, during a seven week campaign, November 13 December 30, closing the first seven months of operation of the agency. Forty salesmen qualifiedi to attend a two-day sales conference to be held in La Grande January 5 and 0, as guests of the company by writing two or more policies. Fendleton district under tho direc tion of Ben H. Smtith, was leader in volume written and accomplished 06 per cent of quota assigned to It. Lew is ton was second and the La Grande district, directed by H. E. Cooltc'ige, led In number of agents qualified to attend the meeting with 12 members. Vernon H. Robinson, Pomeroy, Wash., was leading agent in point of volume written, while Vera L. Fox, Union, Ore., wrote the largest number (Continued on Page Two) ANOTHER ONE TO EXPLAIN HIGHWAY ET FLOODED AT SOME POINTS Slide, Caused By; Dchvti pour, Partially Cleared East of Portland. FEAR CLOSING OP ROAD MAY RESULT Storm Reaches Into Northeastern Oregon, Bringing La, Grande Kain Tuesday, Today. Qnti of (he most severe rainstorm the Mlcl-Colu in 1la region has export fiiicedJlii several months occurred this niorniiiff, and rain also stretched into Northeastern Oregon, alMiough not so severe a downpour. Unless tiie storm ceased. It was feared at The l)n lien the Columbia River hlghwuy would be closed. In La Grando .38 of an Inch of rain fell yesterday and last night, and estimates wero that nearly as much foil here this morning, although the skies had! broken up enough by -1 p. m. to permit occasional sunshine to filter through. . The, Columbia River highway was under water in several places between The Dalles and Hood River, the Asso ciated Press wire reported today. One ufay traffic was required between Qulnton and Dodson. A slide at Dodson, about 40 miles east of Portland, crashed down on the Columbia highway during the night, covering It with huge rocks, boulders and mud. This slice was soon cleared sufficiently to permit one-way traffic. TWO STATES GET LARGE CASH SUM SEATTLE (P) Representing 25 per cent of the receipts for timber, grazing privileges and other products and uses of the national forests dur ing the fiscal year 1033, road) and school ufunds amounting to 9115, 431.00 have been allocated from na tional forest receipts to Oregon and Washington, the forest service has announced. Thirty-one states and Puerto Rico will share In tho $050,800 constitut ing tho 1033 receipts, tho forest ser vice said, with the payments being turned over for locnl county road and school uses In counties including national forest lands. California ranked first In volume of receipts, with Washington second Oregon third. Tho grand total was somewhat larger than that for the previous year, based on a Brno, 11 In crease In national forest receipts. WINNER! : f mm MM J r - s Winner of the posture contest, a main event of annual health week activities . among University of Oregon coeds, Is Mlos Marian Vinson, who comes frotn Cottage Grove.v. '' " .. LIQUOR PUN WOULD SPEED RETAIL SALES lOltTI,AM, .ran. 3 (!) In order iliat revenue from sale of liquor may accrue to ,1 ho stale lnunMllat.Hyt anil that rlfjiil control of liquor lie In sured, the slate liquor control eom mlsslon today was t-on.sidprhiff u plan for establishment of teinpnmry retail outlets, pending final orfnuilxatlon of state ll(imr store system. Hard liquor now Is being sold by various retailers until state-owned stores cn bo established. The com mission yesterday and today discussed a plan to authorize qualified) persons to import and retail liquor, tho state to rcgulato, the price a ltd receive the prescribed tax. This temporary syntcm could bo put in operation within 24 hours, tho commissioners aald. Ail that would bo necessary would bo to make ncccH sary appointments, designating firms of Individuals to represent tlie con trol commission, which already has more or less definite Information on the character and availability of most of the distributing agencies. Oldest White Man In The World, 115, ' Dies In California ILACBR.VJLtJ9, Cal., Jim. 3 (A') KdmiuM Cfxjpcr, one of tlio oldnwt white, man in the world, died at tho county hospital Tucwlay at the afje of 1 1 0 years. Ho was born at Dublin, Irola nd . Sopt. Ifi. 1BIH. In hln youth ho was employed by lyyrd 'I'onryn, an Enpr lish nobiejnun. Whoso ship he desert ed to come Ut California durliiK the gold rush, lie had, lived In the state 80 yreim, nearly 75 of which wore spent in K"ld mining. Wheat Today '1 lin price of local fash wheat, stood at alMMit 50' cent hulk here (wl;iy, tuvtmlinR to (tiota 4l(MiH lit Lhe Pioneer Flouring .t!IN, I'orllaiul cilsIi (ill rents. CHICAGO, Jan. 3 Ml Grain prices underwent sharp setbocks late today folkrA-inff earlier advances. Tlie setbacks came after tho re ceipts of President Itoosevolt's mes sage, which made no mention of a seclflc monetary proRnun. Wheat values broke more than 2 coutA from tho day's top, Wheait clf-sed nervous, i m 1o un der yostrrday's rinth, corn 1 w lV4c down, oats ' V2C off, and provisions varying from 5c lefrline to a rlwo of 12c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME w w RUMANIAN aOVMlKMENT OUT IIEAIt DISUAKMKNT CASK ISO OAL' MINKHS ItUKIBI) BECOMMKNU IllVKIt IKOJHCT8 lIliCIIAIIEST, Kiinuuiln, Jan. 3 ffl Tlie Riiverninent of Premier Con stant lue Anselescu, sucoMsor to the nssnssinateu Ion 0, Ducn, rnUgnod to dixy. . , ' . , . SALEM, Jnn. 3 V) Testimony In disbarment proceedings against J. Q Arnold, Portland attorney, wis taken by tlie Oregon supreme court today. EteolBlon'wlU bo Jiandcd doTO later. Proceedings against Arnold were started by tlie Multnomali Bar asso ciation, charging him with misappro priation of funds. . DUX, Czechoslovakia, Jan. 3 WT) An underground 'eXflo.ilon trapped 150 cixU miucra toilay In the "Nel son ill!" mine. Eiiert8 feared very man underground tvns lust since tlio whole ml no appeared to Have coven In. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 VP) Cut tliin (1,805, ITT from tho amount available In tho lost fiscal yoar, tho board of army engineers today roc ommondod W, 106,000 tor rlvors and harbors projects In the Portland and Beattlo districts for the fiscal year 1935. ibcolnnlnK July 1, next. Of the total, 1,637,400 was recommended for tho Portland district, and (468,600 lor Seattle. 7000 SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS OF SOUTHERN FLOOD LOS ANOKI.KS, Jan. 8 (P) Hearcii hiR for victims and rchnlilllt4itiiii; Klrlcitcn areas, an army of 7,000 man, 15,000 of tliem CWA and CCC work ers,, was orRanlwd toilay to lirlng or der out of ttlte'cliaoH created by tile Now Year's day flood licrc. A doatli list of 88 and a report of 75 persons missing was before city and county officials as they dispatch ed workmen Into tho flood-ravaged districts. All ibut ithreo of tho doad had boon identified. Fifty persons woro roportod seriously Injured. OonsorvaUvo estimates predicted a final death list , around 50, officials bollcvlng that tho majority of per sons listed as missing hero among the homeless being taken, caro of by relief ngcnclcs and had not faad an opportunity to report escape from the storm. , Damago estimates generally ranged about tho Xlve-mll!lon-dollar mark, tho principal loss being confined to the alondalo-Montroso area, wnoro tho flood originated, roaring down Plckons canyon and demolishing about 300 residences somo of thorn the homes of valuablo estates. In tho Voiilco district, near tho ocean somo 80 miles from tho alondalo-Montroso area, botweon 1,500 and 2,000 homes wero damaged ex tensively by , partial inundation, which occurred when the torrents leaped tho banks of flood channels. A wclcomo sun and clear skies aid ed workmen yesterday. California's Flood Deaths Missing and ilend In tho California Hoods Includo tho following (names published correctly In tho list in yes tordoy's Observer are not repeated today): The (lend: Jano Doo, potislbly Mrs. Ella I. Mc Lean, 00. Montrose. Mrs. Ethel Illghlcy. 50, Montrose.. Catherine Wood, 50, Montrose. Joseph Corrcs, 17, Montrose. Mrs. Eugenia Scully. 48, Montrose. Gladys Plsher, 20, Bnnta Monica. Itlchnrd C. Hrummctt, 2, Cllendnlo. Mrs. Etta Thomns. 46, La Crescents. E. A. Itlgley, 12, Montrose. Betty Wilson, 2, Montrose. Joseph Liivory, 28, Olentiale. 1 John Doo, about 35, foody found Cllcmlnlc. Jnne Dim, about 0, body found (Continued on Page Threo) PREDICTS DRY, SUNNY YEAR FOR THE COAST Vlf'TOKIA, II. V., .Inn. 3 (VP) Attention, I-os AiiRolex, Western Oregon mid Wwtlcrn WiifvhliiRtnn. liemember F. Nopler Oenisou, director of the Dominion Meteo nloli'iil Oliservatory here. At tlie Ix'KtmilnK of both !!:'! mid F1REQUESTS CONGRESS TO AID RECOVERY Roosevelt Seeks Rigid Continuation of the Present Campaign TIME IS NOT RIPE FOR STABILIZATION, Chief- Executive," in Mes sage : Today, Hints at : - Possibility of New Plan On Wan Debts.. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (IV-President Itoosevelt called upon congress toilay for a rigid continuation or the recovery campaign on the path ot "reform of old jnethods." In a per sonal appearance berore the Joint ses sion or congress, which convened to day, Mr. Itoosevelt read his message rcKrtlng progress In domestic re- . oovery, and proposing "stringent pre- veutlve or regttlutory measures" ror income tax evaders negligent bank official and Neoulators. Interna- .' tlonal monetary stabilization could !. not be established at this time, he ' denlared. ' ' The president reserved' specific leg Islatlve recommendations for later. Conceding that the NRA may need revision from time to time, he hailed . It as permanent. Tlio president spoke somewhat pes simistically of conditions In world af fairs and repeated (the American of fer ta co-operate for reduction of armament and lowering of "trade bar riers." He warned however, that "the United States cannot take parti In political. arrangements jfe Eyjjope," '" " . New Plan On War' Debts? ' He hinted of a now plan on war debts, stating ho would report Inter In regard to debts which havo been . dofaultcd by most of tho nations. His most determined words were re. served for unnamed tax dodgers and persons guilty of "unethical or crim inal" financial practices, which the president said call "for stringent pre ventive or regulatory measures," . One of the first to hall his message was Speaker Rodney, while opposition leodors spoke skeptically and not so ' readily. Senator McNary, tho Republican loader, callod tho message "tho finost ropcal of the constitution I havo ever heard." (Continued on Page Four) Many Americans Refuse to Quit Chinese Stations FOOOHOW, China, Jan. 3 W) Many Americans, especially mission-,, arlcs, persisted today In remaining at their stations In rovolt-itorn Fuklen province despite repeated warnings to ovocuato. . The Natlonollst government at Nan king urged all foreign powers to with draw their nationals from danger zones In the province, of -which Foo chow Is the capital. Offlgern of tho United States con sulate today had succeeded In mov ing most of tho 144 Americans living in and near Fooohow to Mantol Is land, in tho South Mln river, but many living outside Foochow and Amoy refused to seok safety oven In tho foreign quarters of tho two cities. SHANOHAr. Jnn. 4 (Thursday) (IV) British authorities early today or dered all English missionaries In Fuklen province, numbering about 160. to proceed to Amoy for refuge during fighting between tho Notion alist government and rebel forces of tho province. PEIPINO, Jan. 3 m The rabble remnants of General Liu Kucl-Tang's rebel army from Chohar. numbering 2,000, attempted to penetrate Polplng today, pillaging and terrorizing tho cltlwnry. . Government forces repulsed tho In vaders who wero considered lncnpablo of threatening Polplng but the fact that an American school nt TungchoW was In their wake caused anxiety to members of the American diplomatic corps here. . V.)X he predicted "exceedingly wet yearH" for the IVrlflc const, lie wasn't fur Trom wrong. Now !my: "Tlie lMeirie rtit jrdneralr will e ii Joy more Hiinlilne nnd leH nilnfall durliijf mi.' , (
