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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1934)
Business In West Improving; La Grande No Exception m La Grande la The J . Gateway to Wallowa, Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties Mtxm "The Switzerland of America VOLUME 32 EASTERN OHEdON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 101 HOUSE PASSES 'MO AX EM '-' ' r m SCHUPPEL SEES GOOD YEAR AHEAD Insurance Company Head Completes Personal . Survey of West. SITUATION BETTER IN EVERY STATE La Grande's Improvement . Ranks High in the List; ' This District to Con " tinue Gains. Fresh from a 5,000-nille trip that extended from the. Mexican border to the Canadian line and outward to the Roeky mountain, W. C. Keliuppel, . executive vice president or the Ore gon Mutual Lire' Insurance Co., and first vice president of the PorOanul chamber of commerce, told an Ob server representative today .that everywhere he found business condi tions definitely Improved. La Grande lc nn jivrvMitlnn : In fiurt. Mr. Hchllll- pel believes condCtlons here are bet ter proportionately I nan in a ma-, jorlty of other sections' 111 the west. Nominal head of one of the out standing Insurance companies In the United States, and Intimately versed In. the economic life of the Pacific northwest and tbe west in general, Mr. Schuppel's statement beara weight. It is not hearsay but en ac tual recital of conditions as they really exist. "We are very much encouraged over the . present situation," . said Mr. . Schuppel, who is hero attending a two day sales conference of the Emltti agency of his company, "and we believe President Roosevelt and ' his plans are going to prove effec tive. We believe the chief executive to bo a great leader, and we say this without regard to politics this is no itime for .political talk, anyhow." La Grande's' business Improvement, and La Grande's winter weather, by the way. both were agreeable sur prises to Mr. Sohuppcl. "La Grande has made one of the best records of any district In this territory." he said, "proving that local conditions must be favorable. Another thing of Importance hero Is that, as people again find time for vacations, this (Continued on Page rive) First Team Gets $50 To Aid Area Hit Jfy Floods A team composed of Mrs. H. S. Brownton and Mrs. L. Denham Is the first to report their canvass in the city -wide project to secure La Grande's quota toward the Red Cross call for flood relief as completed. Their district comprised a part of the business section, and business peo ple and firms contributed around 150. This Is considered very Rood response, but an additional 75 Is needed to fully subscribe La Grande's quota for the assistance of the stricken areas and other teams have been at work over the city today. Various organizations throughout the northwest have contributed gen erously to the relief fund, in addi tion to the donations given directly to local Red Cross chapters. Willie the C. W. A. Is giving a great deal of aid In the reconstruction of the various towns, it is Insufficient to meet the needs of individuals in the mrjcrlty of cases, and it is the matter of individual assistance with which the Red Cross - organization Is con cerned, according to the officials of the local chapter In charge of the relit f fund. Anyone who wishes to make a con tribution, no matter of what pro portions, Is asked to leave the same at the office of the La Grande In vestment Company as soon as pos sible. v ' FEWER FAMILIES ARE ON THE RELIEF LIST According to the report of the Un ion county relief committee for the year Just passed, the time when the rnost. families needed aid was In March. 1933, when it was necessary to help 666 of them. Since March last year, the number cf families In distress each month steadily decreased to a low mark of 169 In September. Then the total Jumped to 339 in October, but drop ped back to ICO In November and then climbed to 304 In December. During the first half of 1933 fam WILL ROGERS kevrbt.v wit .if, cel.. Jon. 4 Mr. Roosevelt proposed In his speech that the NRA and a lot of these other government-regulated business ethics would be made permanent. Well, that was a terrible blow to some business men. Thoy had figured they would only be required to .be; honest by the government till, the emerg ency was over. The papers today tell of a llttlo country In the Pyrenees mountains that has six army officers and only six plain soldiers. Well, that strikes us as being mighty comical, yet we got 120 million people ana BO mil lion hold government jobs. Yours, ffajL far? FOUR OFFICIALS ? REAPPOINTED AT COURT SESSION Reappointment of county officers was completed yesterday by tne county court In Its January session held In the office of County Judge U. O. Couch. Dr. C. L. Gllstrap and Dr. W. K. Roes were appointed coun ty physicians and the former alBO was named secretary of the county board; 8. B. Morgan, county road master, was named county engineer, and Charles R. Logan, of The Dalles, was appoint ed county auditor, each having ser ved In the same capacity last year. The Evening Observer and the Elgin Recorder were named as the official county newspapers. " ' The petition filed by J. A, Nice et al to creates rodent control distrlot was found by the court to be insuf--flcient to warrent action. The bond 6f Daisy Nelson constable, was approved. A deed to the Mc- Shaln road off Cove avenue was sub mitted by James M. McShain and accepted by the court. NAME FITZGERALD AS CHAIRMAN OF U. P. COMMITTEE J. E. "Ed" Fitzgerald was named chairman of the finance committee of the Union Pacific Old Timers' cele bration to be held In La Grande July 20 and 21 to commemorate the com ing of the railroad to La Grande In 1884. Bsyd Pldcock, J. B. McLaugh lin and Fred B. Read are the other members of the committee appointed Thursday at a meeting of the full committees from the Old Timers club and the chamber of commerce. The committees adopted a schedule of procedure in handling purchase orders and writing checks. The sys tem will be .perfected, reported to the chamber of commerce and iput Into effect In the near future. It Is said. The finance committee, which will be In charge of all funds and their disbursement, will be bonded. Ralph Huron, general manager, Is busy with arrangements, assisted 'by (Continued On Page Five) CLEAR WEATHER PREDICTED HERE Fair weather, absent so much this winter In spite of the nlld, spring like season, is beginning to return to the Grande Ronde valley. Yesterday was partly cloudy and this morning found tho sky more clear than cloudy. The weather forecast for to night, Saturday and Sunday calls for fair weather in Eastern Oregon, with colder temperatures tonight. Last night's minimum was 39 above and Thursday's maximum was 49. Rain fall amounted to .07 of an Inch dur ing tho 24-hour period ending at 7 a. m. today. ilies needing relief totalled 3.882 the aggregate of each 'month's total during the six-month period. During the last half of the year, the total was 1189, or a decrease of 1693 dur ing the period. In other words, relief oases decreased quite a bit more than 60 per cent. With the C. W. A., Increased busi ness and employment, etc., the relief committee expects the number of families to be cared for In "Union county during the next six months will be even lower than In the last half of 1933. ' APPLICATIONS FOR PENSIONS ARE RECEIVED Between 75 and 80. Seek ing Old Age Benefits; Maximum is $30 a Month Between 75 and 80 applications al ready have been received by he county commission, which also Is acting In the pauclty of tile I'nlon county old age pension committee, and action will be taken In the near tuture on allotlng the funds for pen sions. Judge V. 11. Couch, county Judge, said today. An appropriation of 20,.000 has been made, the money to be raised by taxatdon, 'but ithe amount of money available for old age pensions will depend entirely on the tax col lections. Money expended in the form of old age ipenslons must ho raised ly a tax on property, state law provides, there fore the amount of the appropria tion that actually will be dispensed by . ithe. pension commissioners Is highly problematical. The maximum pension Is 30 a month, but the amount to be al lowed an individual pensioner, If any, Is left to the discretion of the old age pension commission. . Boise College Quintet Plays E. 0. NTonight . La Grande's first game of Intercol legiate basketball this year will ibe playecL Jonlght at 8 pt ai. jt the .L., D. S. Recreational hall, with the East ern Oregon Normal's untried quintet taking on the more experienced Boise Junior college team from Idaho. Coach Bob Qulnn, shuffling his men about today In an effort to fig ure out what combination might be most elfectlve, was sun Bomewiiui, stumped as to a starting lineup. How ever, he had tentatively picked Conk lln to begin the game at center, Hal- person at forward, and remorson ana Beers at guard positions. The other foi-umrrl nmhnjtalv will be either Mc- Cully or BaxteV. Pour others are (Continued on Pane Two) KNOWLES GOES TO ENTERPRISE Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles and H. B. Hanna. court reporter, went to Enterprise today to hold motion day there. They expect to return tnis evening. Judge Knowles will open the ad journed session of the October term of court next Monday In La Grande. WAIT TILL FAMED ROSE PARADE STAGED mmmm llll lliiil'llllllLiBTasTO? ! mm Old Ni'ptiiiu' antl Ills culture, deplvlcd In many of thu Tournaineiit of Kokcs "T tiles of the aeven Svu8," wens In thulr element lit IMKadenu New Year's day when, despite uupreefdeiitvd rainfall, the famous floral pageant was held. Photo shows float entered by Lour lleaeh, Cal., which won rirst prize. A huiutlful girl rode In n large pink nlu-11 heneuth u huge jellyfish tvuiopy, driving three sen horses made of cyeaincii and wjtlte orchids with wings of strung naixisNUs lilies. O.S.C. LIVESTOCK EXPERTTOSPEAK AT MEETING HERE ''HriiX4'lithgri5h'of';valU8r'fIeift livestock man from Oregon State col lege, will explain heg control under the national recovery act and. other livestock problems Saturday when the Blue Mountain Livestock association meets In La Grande at the Sacajawea Inn, H. Q. Avery, county agent, an nounces. Mr. Llmlgren Is an au thority In his field and Is expected to clear up many of the matters which -attenfl the control progrniji. The regular sessions of the Blue Mountain association will ilxi .held In the afternoon ibut arrangements are under way at the present time to have Mr. Llntlgren speak at 11 o'clock In the morning. COURTHOUSE IS REDECORATED The Interior of the county court house Is toeing completely renovated. The walls are being kalsomincd and the woodwork repainted In the of fices and the hallways, the work be ing done under the C. W. A. THE NEWS GETS TO ' it' Dan Cupid Is On a Vacation In Union County , Whether Dan Cupid is hiber nating or whether -the post- fcPUrJfctmas lull la responsible the marriage license business has been at a standstill since Dec. 24 In Union county. No licenses have been Issued by County Clerk Q. K. McCormlck for 12 days. CONFERENCE HERE UNDER WAY TODAY A- two-day sales conference of the Smith agency of the Oregon Mutual Llfo Insurance Co. began In La Gran do today a-ud was ito continue until late Saturday. Several of the Oregon Mutual officials, Including W. C. Schuppel, executive vie president, ore here for the conference. Meetings are to be held at the Sacajawea Inn, and Includo a ban quet session this evening. Members of the agency, whfch Is headed by Edgar W. Smith, of Port' land, who aro expected, to bo present (Continued on Page Three) EUROPE! IN' RAIN U.S. LEADING WORLDWIDE T International Labor, Of fice at Geneva Issues Official Statement... fiKNKVA, Jan. fl (I1) The Inter national labor office said officially today that 1he I'lilted1 Stales leads n world-wide Improvement In the urtv employment HlLuatliin. Tho office Issued a communique which declared: w "In the United States the rise In the employment Index is very marked 73.5 in October, 1933, as compared (Continued on Page Six) STRANGE CASE IS CLOSED BY DEATH McMJNNVILLE, Ore., Jan. 5 (P) Eeatli In sudden and tragic form last night ended the strange case of Elijah Corbctt Sr. prominent Yamhill county resident, who today was to have gone on trial for burglary In the office of the county clerk. ' Corbctt, 00, was found dead on tho paved driveway of his home. He had fallen from an upstnirs bedroom window. The coroner said the man's neck was broken and his skull was fractured. The tragic fall apparently was ac cidental, the coroner stated. Corbctt had been painting In the bedroom during tho day. After dinner he re sumed his work, attempting to paint tho ouUsldo' sash of a window. An autopsy was to be held today to de termine If heart failure was respon sible for the fall. Coroner Macy said flugsr prints on tho partly painted sash Indicated Corbctt had clutched at it In an attempt to save himself. Wheat Today The price of Im-nl vtwh wheat h( i md nl about Tt.l eenlH hulk here lodny, according to ((notations at (he rioneer rioiirlug Mills. Port land cash (fi)' cPiitK. CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (!") Downturns In grain values predominated in tho !ate dealings today. Selling was based more or less on Washington reports of congressional moves to attempt to eliminate volun tary features of tho agricultural ad justment act, and to compel farm minorities to comply with terms of production control programs. Wheat closed unsettled, '4 tap -c under yesterday's finish, corn cHc drwn, oats unchanged to c lower, and provisions unclianged to a rise of 7c. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 5 Tho sale of the flrwt full cargo of wheat to Europe In at least IS months, was confirmed by the trade hero today. Tho salo consisted of around 280, 000 bushels, and the full cargo will be loaded In Portland for the con tinent for orders. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME MILTON COUPLE ARKKSTGD TO aUAKANTEB IIONDS . SHIP HINKS IN KIVKIl y - - MORE P. W. A. PROJECTS DENVER, Jan. SOT Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ross, formerly of Milton. Ore,, were arrested In . Hurltugton. Colo., on a charge or passing hun drqdH of counterfeit half dollars In Southern and Eastern Colorado cities, Rowland K. Goddunl, U. M. secret ser vice agent. Hold here today. WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 OT Presi dent Roosevelt will propose to- con grass next week that the government guarantee the principal . . of the 2,000.000,000 of agricultural refinan cing bondB, whloh will In effeot con vert these Into government obliga tions. THE DALLES, Ore., Jan, 5 m The stern wheeler Hercules, bound upstream from Portland, struck a submerged rock In the Columbia river at 3-Mlle rapids and sank today. Early Information did not nfate whether , all or the crew of about 12 men was safe, : WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (P) The public works administration today allotted 1 1,400,700 for 02 new non federal projects, which officials said would create 54,687 man montns of direct employment. No Oregon projects wore listed In the above according to first reporta. Yesterday projects for a school at Corvallls, a gym at Bandon and water works at Dram were approved. (...PBIPlNO, Jan.- 6 7P) The United Spates legation Informed the Chinese government today that the, United States looks to the Chinese govern ment for the lull protection of the Uvea and property of Americans in Puklen. 1 MARKET REACTION TO F, RS BUDGET MESSAGE "GOOD" WASIIINOTON, .ln.it. R VP) Term ing market reaction to 1'rcslileiit Kousevelt's budget iinessago "very good," Secretary Mnrgcutliutl Bold to day tho treasury wilt begin "right soon" on Us ten billion dollar fi nancing program. This tremendous task, as shown by President Roosevelt In his ibudget mcesago to congress yesterday, In volves borrowing by sale of ibonds. ' euch a procedure Is In line with expectations. There lias 'been no rea son to expect the administration to use printing-press money, Indications constantly pointing against resort to mich practice. In his message, Mr. Roosevelt spoke of the government having "to borrow approximately six ibllltoii dollars or new money." meaning money In ad dition to sums already borrowed. Tho (Continued on Page Two AMERICAN WOMAN FLIER IS BURNED NEVHRS. Franco, Jan. 5 (T) Evelyn Prost, tho American avlatrlx, was burned to death today in tho crash of an airplane. Miss Prost, who was piloting the plane, on routo to Egypt, collided with high tension wires in a fog. Tho piano burst Into flames and tho filer was trapped In the wreckage. Tho British flier, Ituttled, who ac companied hero, was slightly Injured. NEW TYPE CARS ON DISPLAY TOMORROW Hv lluymoml Trowley NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (fl' Fishtail cars . . . tear drop cars , . . anow shoe cars , , . cars that bond their knees , . . cars that shoot ahead as "smoqthly as a grape being squeosscd out of its skin." All theno and more are bolng ar rayed In all their glory today for the 34th annual national automobile show, which opens tomorrow in Orand Central Palace. ; Designers have studied Icebergs, snow shoes and tears. The salesmen, exhausting the dictionary, have coin ed new language to describe tho creations. Aero-stream, for Instance. The accent this year Is on stream lining. Engineers found thot Ice burgs, moving through water, ore round In front, pointed behind . , . like a snowshoo or a fish. Some cars are built with those Hues In mind. Anothor school of QUICK ACTION ON MEASURE FOR REVENUE Expected to B r i n g . in $470,000,000 to the . U. S. Treasury. ! ROLL CALL TAKEN; i VOTEIIS 388 TO 5 Measure Sent to the Sen ate; $2 a Gallon Tax to '. Be Levied on Distilled Spirits. - ' WASHINGTON, Jon. 5 Iff) Th new liquor tax bill estimated to bring In 9170.000,000 In revenue from spirts, beer and wine was passed today by ' the house nnd sent to the senate. The vote was SUB (o B. ' Mora than a score of amendments were offered to change the rates, but all were battered down.' The measure evlcs a 42 a gallon tax on distilled spirits on each proof gallon and a proportionate tax at a like rate on all fractional parts of either proof or wine gallon. Chairman Doughton (D., N. O.), of the Iways and means committee, estimated that the liquor tax would return 9300,000,000 on an- expected 1'50,000,000 gallon consumption an . nually. ; , ' ' ' The bill provides a flat 5 a barrel tnx on beer of all alcoholic strength, estimated to bring in H80.0OO.0O0. The house voted down an amendment to reduce the beer tax from it to W. Wines levies graduated from. 4 cent., on that of . less than 14 per Vent al- . coholio content, up to 40 cents a gal lon up to 24 per" cent. All wines containing more than 24 per cent (Continued On Page Four) 'Plums' Problem To Congressmen; Caucus Talked WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 W The possibility of forcing a Democratic caucus on patronage matters today . was discussed- privately by several members of that party on the house -side of Capitol bill. - Many admittedly are not satisfied with the Jobs they have been able to bestow upon constituents. Several stated frankly the replacement of hundreds of Republican office hold ers with Democrats would measure ably Increase their own - political strength at home. ' Taking a hand in the patronage question, the civil service commis sion in Its annual report published today asserted It was convinced the removal of all political consideration from the appointment of postmasters would effect an economy. The commission went even further to recommend that many other ad ministrative offices which are not policy-determining should also be brought under civil service. Included would be collectors of customs and Internal revenue, deputy marshals and most attorneys. Check Dam Above 1 Montrose Blasted? LOS ANGELES. Jan. 6 () An unverified report that a check dam a mile above Montrose containing 100.0O0 mi 11 on (i of wator was rivrm- mltcd about midnight Now Year's day, prec! pita ting the disaster which' lost at least 39 lives, was scrutinized by tho alio riffs office today. body design favors more familiar lines, but with smart now styling. Everything looks faster, smoother. Lamps, hinges, door handles are streamlined. Sparo tires are tucked away v where tho breezes won't hit them. Cushions aro deeper, softer, engines more powerful. Some pleasure cars have superchargers, hitherto charac teristic only of racing machines. The long-legged person has more room for his knees. Prices range from under 500 to more than 7,ooo. , - Along with the 360 cars and chasses on view will be a million, dollars' worth of parts, equipment, acces sories, The show, being put on by the na tional automobile chamber of com merce, represents an Industry whloh In 1933 produced goods with a whole sale value of 91,060,038.000. It will be open all next week.
