C. W.A. Activities Big Aid To La Grande Schools
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La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
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' Only Newspaper' J
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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 102 i
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SCHOOLS ARE
BENEFITED BY
CIVIL WORKS
Every Building in La
Grande Receiving Share ,
of Improvements.
ATHLETIC FIELD
JOB IS LARGEST
Kalsomine, Paint Being
Used in Every Building
General Repairs Are
Made.
Schools In the Ui Grande publte
school system liuve taken full advan
tage of the opportunities for Im
provement iwork offered by the olvH
works administration, according to
Herbert Evans, superintendent, who
lias completed a survey of what ac
tually Is being done.
All school 'buildings of, tho La
Grande system will "dress up" as a
result of approval of projects calling
(or painting, kalsominlng and gen
eral repairs, he said.
Kalsominlng in the halls and some
of the rooms of the High school Is
being done at iprescnt, and new exits
from the gymnasium are being mode.
Two special doors for entrances o
the shower rooms from the athletic
Held will be Installed, also.
La Grande will iboast of the .best
athletic field In Eastern Oregon
Oregon when a project, which calls
for levelling of the track and field 13
completed. The grandstand will be
repaired and painted, and four new
bleachers will be built.
At present there are 20 men and
-two teams ot 'workr on tho two pro
jects, which will provide work for
approximately two months. The ex
penditures for labor and material will
total 17,000, Mr. Evans says, of which
more than $13,000 Is for labor, trucks
and teams. The government pays for
all the labor, trucks and teams, and
for part of the material used.
Central school will have new floors
and stairways, and all Inside wood-
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Odd Fellows To
Install At Meet
Friday, Jan. 12
Galen P. Durkee will be installed
as noble grand of the Odd Fellows
lodge at a meeting on Friday, Jan.
12, it was announced last night at the
weekly session. Foster Nnden will be
Installed as vice grand; Jake Rostock,
recording secretary; Melvin Bork, fin
ancial secretary; George Richardson,
treasurer.
Refreshments will be served.
The new officers already have been
examined and qualified creditably.
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE TO
MEET JAN. 9
Arrangements for a special cham
ber of commerce meeting Tuesday,
Jan. 9, for the purpose of discussing
the U. P. celebration to ,be held here
July 20 and 21, have been com
pleted. The celebration will mark 50 years
of progress by (the railroad In La
Grande. The luncheon will be held
in the La Grande hotel.
FIRE SCARE
THIS MORNING
. Tho fire truck was called to the
Normal school at 6:50 a. m. this
morning tout upon arrival found the
supposed fire was merely workers
warming concrete. The trucks were
back In the station by 6:10 a. m.
AUTO UCENSE RUSH
IS NEARING AN END
The rush for new automobile li
cense plates In Union county Is prac
tically at an end. It was felt most
keenly in the sheriffs office, where
requests for temporary -licenses have
been heavy during the last several
days.
State police here have been check
ing on cars this week and have re
quired several motorists to show they
had sent for licenses. They report no
actual attempts to evade the law re
quiring use of 1834 license plates have
been discovered as yet. Many of the
owners of cars bearing no temporary
La Grande
WILL
ROGERS
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BEVERLY HIIjLS, Cal., Jon. 6
This country runs to the figure 10.
There has been many who has had
to say, "Mister, con you spare a
dime?" but President Roosevelt Is
the first man in the hlBtory of the
world who looked a nation right In
the face and said, "Mister, can you
spare ten billion dollars?" well, con
gress and the American people con
sidered It such a compliment to be
asked for that much that they really
liked it. Yours,
IttLMdlmMb'
ENTHUSIASTIC
CONFERENCE
NEAR CLOSE
Banquet of Smith Agency
It T .
,oi insurance iuiniJciiiy
Held Here Last Night
The two-day sales conference of
the Edgar Smith agency of the Ore
gon Mutual Life Insurance Co. was
In Its concluding sessions here to
day, following one of the most en
thusiastic banquets ever held In this
district a feature of last night.
Some 76 or more members of the
agency and Invited, quests gathered
in the Sacajawea Inn dining room at
7 p. m. Friday, to hear addresses by
jr. S. Williams, at JPoftltand; Mr.
S:n tb. agency head, and W. O. Schup
pel. executive vice president of the
insurance company, and to award
honors earned during the early win
ter campaign of the organization.
Throughout the meeting enthu
siasm was rampant, and the agency
lcokmg back on an exceptionally.
good year also looks forward hope
fully to 1034, believing It will be
even better.
The La Grande district, headed by
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WEATHER TURNS .
COLDER LOCALLY
The temperature in La Grande took
a sharp drop late Friday, .continuing
down until it reached a low of 24
abovesix below freezing point
early today. At 7 a. m. It was up
one degree to 25 and continued to
climb steadily during the morning
under the influence of a bright sun.
Friday's maximum was 48 above.
This is the first below freezing
weather in about three weeks time,
and the third time this winter that
the mercury has dropped many de
grees below freezing point.
The weather forecast for next week
Indicates fair weather with normal
temperatures.
EIGHT PRISONERS
IN COUNTY JAIL
Eight prisoners are imprisoned In
the county Jail on various charges at
present, according to Sheriff Jesse
Breshears "proprietor cf the Breshears
hotel." Barney Twldwell and John
btcward, who robbed the High school
and other business and private
houses, are serving 50 days before
being taken to the state penitentiary
at Salem. Drunken driving and
stealing rides on freight trains are
the complaints against the other
prisoners.
licenses that ore being driven had
sent for their plates through the
moll without securing temporary slips
at the court house.
Since about Christmas the sheriff's
office has Issued 775 temporary li
censes. Licenses are now appearing on La
Orande streets well above tho 125.000
figures, and the secretary of state In
Salem today said so far 100.264 li
censes had been issued. This Is 14,
239 less' than was ls3ued the corres
ponding date in July for the half-
year licenses, he notified the Asso
ciated Press,
Gets Cage
Recognize Her?
:
Now tliat we'va-xccognlzeU Rus
sia you ought recognize a
SoVlct stage star when you sec
one. One of the talented Soviets
you're likely to see soon is exotic
Mile. Moshllcvskaya (above), cur
rent ballet fuvorlte of Moscow.
She Is appearing lii fialainbo In
. tlje MoswnVJllg Theater. , i
C. W.A. PAYROLL
TODAY $6759,65
Three hundred and eighty-three
C. W. A. workers received federal
checks today for a total of $6,760.65.
according to F. L. Meyers, disbursing
officer for Union county.
Today was the first pay-day in
which the county's complete quota
figured. All of the latest additions,
however, did not get In a full week
of work, so that next week's payroll
total is expected to be even largor
than this week. The total today
showed around seven hundred dollars
increase over last Saturday's.
Workmen are busy over all the
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t-ecrisLATDia.
WORRVlMCi ABOUT
HOW TO UVV
TAXES
To urnev
BASKETBALL
TEAMS WILL
COME MAR. 8
Southern Members of Disi
trict Board Make :
Surprise Move.
MEETING HELD AT !
BAKER ON FRIDAY
La Grande Makes No Bid
For Tournament But
Agrees to Accept 1934
Offer.
For the first time since district
basketball oliumplmislilps have -been
decided In Huston. Oregon by tourna
ment, play, La Grande will be host I
to the eight winning quintets of
Wallowa, Malheur, Baker and Union
counties In the play-off. The dls-1
trict chnmplonslilp tournament whs
awarded to I -a Granite at bonrd meet
ing held yesterday afternoon In Baker
and the dates were set for March a,
I) and 10. ;
During the last several years the
tournament has been successfully
and efficiently staged at Union, and
generally In this section of the dis
trict It was expected that no change
would be made this year. The move
ment came as a complete surprise to
Arnold L.. Gralapp, chairman of the
district board, who presided at the
meeting yesterday. -
Secretary Leo Hollenberg, of Nyssn,
made-the motion' that- the"'tourmv
ment be played in La Orande, and
Hugh Coleman, superintendent of
Baker schools, seconded the motion.
Chairman Gralapp called for a vote.
Mr. Hollcnberg and Mr. Coleman
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Clothing Stores
To Close Early
Saturday Nights
Drygoods and clothing stores In La
Orande will close their doors at 5:30
o'clock this evening, the same as dur-
ing weekdays, It was announced to
day. Following an annual custom,
these stores will close at the sanio
time six days of the week during the
months of January, Fobruary and
March. Beginning In April, the
stores will return to the longer hours
on Saturdays.
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ORGANIZED LABOR
i PLANS DRIVE FOR
I A 30-HOUR WEEK
.' WASHINGTON, Jan. B Wt Organ
'ized labor, with an assurance of somo
isympathy . In . both ,the sennto and
house, totloy drew plans for a legis
lative drive to bring a 30-hour work
week Into all Industries.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 0 (A) Congress
paused for a respite today; but house
and senate adjournment was taken
by committees as a signal for tbcm
to get to work.
On the senate side. Chairman
3mlth won from his agriculture com
mittco unanimous approval of the bill
for $100,000,000 In crop loans to
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CHANGE TIME
OF J. A. BUGG
FUNERAL TO 3
Tho timo of the funeral of James
A. Bugg has been changed from. 2
o'clock to 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
at the chapel of Walkers Funeral
home. It was announced today.
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AVERAGE COY
WORGMd ABOUT"
MOW TO PAY
TAXES
Bandit' Caught
The lawless trail of Wilbur Under
uiii "Tri-Statc Terror," led to a
losing battle with authorities at
Shawnee, Okla., in wnicn ne wua
riddled with bullets, and should
. u fnwis tr.nl for
" hn YcunninK four U. S. otfl-
... .inniii nt-. Kn.nsns uilv. ua
leadership ol a Kansas peniten
tiary escape Photo shows Under
bill in n hospital after capture.
His bride of one month Hazel
Underhlll,' captured with him
also Is shown.
U.S.H0GC0RN
CONTROLPLAN
IS EXPLAINED
I-I' L Lindgren, 0. S. C.
Livestock Specialist,
Speaks to Fanners
Hog und corn control under the
national recovery net huve been de
signed to take cure of the surplus of
those products In order to enable
farmers to receive a better price, H. 1..
LliKlgrcn, field livestock specialist
from Oregon Stule college, told a
birge group of fanners Unit gathered
this morning at 11 o'clock at the
city hall, i
The processing tax on hogs Is part
of the program, creating a fund that
is to bo used to pay tho farmer who
will take part In the control program.
With tho advent of lard compounds
and the falling off of tho export
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bank must face
4 civil actions
ENTERPRISE, Ore., Jan. 0 Pour
suits have been stunted in circuit
court here by Carl Christiansen and
wife, Adolph Oldscn and A. O.
Schnoor against George S. Cralg and
tho Wallowa National bank and some
of Its directors. Plaintiffs ask dam
ages and OFtk to be put in xmsesslon
of tho market In Enterprise and the
slaughter house a mile north of town
formerly conducted by the Enterprise
Packing company.
In one action Mr. Christiansen Is
plal n tl f f , and ho asks damages of
$36,000 from the bank and several
directors because of alleged defama
tory statements.
In another suit Mr. Christiansen
and his wife, Eugenia Christiansen,
name Mr. Cralg and others, asking
general damages of $07,500 and "ex
emplary" damages of $25,000 as a
"warning" to others.
Mr. Oldsen wants $41,500 damages
and $UO,000 "exemplary" damages
from Mr. Craig and others because of
transactions Involving tho market
and slaughter house.
In a fourth suit, Mr. Sohnoor asks
possession of the disputed property
on an assignment of Mr. Old&en's con
tract, and on a lease.
The sulto were filed by Portland
lawyers.
Wheat Today
The price of local cash wheat
kIihnI at about 5'i cents bulk
hero today, according to quota
tions at the Pioneer Flouting
Mill. Portland cash cents.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6 ifV) Reports
of, dust storms In Kansas and Texas
upheld wheat market gains today In
the Into dealings.
Pinal quotations on wheat were at
tho day's top level.
Wheat closed firm, Vfci&Hc above
yesterday's finish, corn Vnotc up.
Ootfl unchanged to 'ic higher, and
provisions varying from 3c decline
tcf a rise of 17o.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
THKA8UKY OFFICIAL QUITS
TAKE UNDKHIIILL TO PEN
NEW OOI.F TOURNEY PLAN
NO LIQUOR ADVERTISING '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 0 W) . Barle
llallle, Hueclul luwlstiuit to m vr clary
Mureentliuu, tiMluy rmlK,iMxl, cffeutlve
ut the sevrutury'ii eurlloit (HiuveiU
mice.
SHAWNEE, Okla., Jan. 6 W Wil
bur Underhlll, wounded desperado,
was put Into an ambulance at city
hospital hero today and started to
state's prison at McAlester with an
eacorc of eigrtt neavily armed officers.
NEW YORK, Jun, 0 VF) The
Unlteil RtatcK Unit OKSoolmtlon, at Its
annual meeting today, decided uton
a drastic- change In the conduct of
the national amateur cluunpionslilp,
eliminating the qualifying rounds at
the tournament anil substituting
complete week of molten play for a
maximum of 180 entries.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (R The
radla commission's legal division pre-
pared today to recommend revoca
tion of licenses of stations broadcast
lng advertising for hard liquors.
WASHINGTON, Jan. GOT Ne
gotiations with areat Britain for an
excliaugo or' Amcrtcnii farm products
In return for Scotch whisky Imports
uvre deadlocked today, with a ban on
the beverage a possibility.
FIVE OREGON
BRIDGES ARE
TO BE BUILT
SAl.KM, Ore., Jan. 0 P) In
n telegram to the Oregon Htote
highway eommLsslou today from
Washington J. M. Dcvent, coiiiimII
for the commlKMlon ndviHeil that
the jnihlle works nrimli.tetrntloii
had allowed all of the five pro
posed highway bridges rr Ore
gon ami that fmulH for the pro
jects were ullocatcd today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 W Senator
S(elwcr (R Ore.), was notified by
tho public works administration to
day that 950,000 had been allotted to
the reclamation bureau for Investi
gation of water storage conditions on
tho Deschutos river.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 0 P Sen
ator Stelwor (R Ore.), said today
ho had been advised by the public
works administration that $6,103,000
had. been allocated as a loan and
grant for construction of five high
way bridges along the coast of Ore
gon. Stelwer said the allotments were as
follows: Alsca bay span, $711,000;
Coos Bay and Yaqulna bay, $3,384,
000; Stuslaw and Umpqua rivers, $1,
008,000. . fnHl!
RIVER STEAMER
HAS DISAPPEARED
THE DALLES, Ore., Jan. 0 W1
The river steamer Hercules, beached
on tho Washington shoro of tho Col
umbia niver near hero yesterday,
hod completely disappeared today,
ond government engineers expressed
tho opinion sho had slipped Into ono
of the numerous holes along the
shore, somo of which arc more than
100 feet deep.
, The vessel was beached after a
Inrgo hole had been ripped In her
hull by a submerged reef nt Three
M'lo rapids, abovo Tho Dalles.
Tho government engineers snld
that If tho croft did sink In ono or
the deep holes, thcro would be no
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MRS. THOMAS MASSIE
WILL SEEK DIVORCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 CP) ThO
mnrltal affairs of Lieut, and Mrs.
Thomas Massle, which figured prom
inently In the sensational murder
trial of tho naval officer and others
In Honolulu lust year, bended today
for tho Reno divorce courts.
Mrs. MVirmlc, alleKed victim of an
assault that preceded tho slaying of
an Hawaiian In HK12, announced she
would leave tomorrow for Reno to
Institute divorce proceeding against
her husband, who at present Is sta
tioned aboard the U. B. S. Oklahoma,
at Ban Pedro, Cal.
"I would like to emphasize," Mrs.
NO REDUCTION
REPORTED AT
UNION FARM
Hermiston Station is
Eliminated and Ex-'
penses of 3 Reduced '
UNION CO. PEOPLE
IN HOPEFUL MOOD-
No. Mention .of Corvallia,
, and : Union : Stations , i?
Regarded As An ,0pti"'f
. mistic Sign. . ,
Strong belief was held In Union I
oounty today that the budget for exf
lerhnent stations ut Conuili andtt
Union would not undergo reductions'
this year, In spite of sharp outs Iitj
the federal budget for agricultural
experiment stations, looking definite
Information as to( the Union and Cor-1
ullls farms, the belief was based- on
nn AssocJuted Press dispatch from
WaslUngton received by the Observer:
today. . , v .- ----.y '
The Item said: "Because of a sharp
reduction In the budget for agricul
tural experiment stations, one Ore'
gon station, at Hermiston, has been
eliminated and appropriations ' for
three other Oregon : stations have
been considerably reduced, it was dls
closed today. f 1
"Research activities in dry land:
farming will be eliminated from the
work of the experiment station at
Pendleton because of a 8,50O reduc
tion in lta appropriation. The budget
provided (2,470 for - research crops
ond diseases. ' 1 : ?
"The budget for the Medfofld sta
tion -was reduced by S6.000, lianat
lng provisions for agricultural en
gineering. The Medford station still
retained a budget of $22,400 for the
bureau of entomology and $&,B48 for
the bureau of plant Industry, ;
"The budget for the station at
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Dividend News
For Past Week
Very Favorable
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 OT Sixty
four favomule dlvklond ohonge In
the pnst week exactly equalled the
total for the entlro montu of Jan
uary, 1033, Stnndard Statistics Oo.
reports. There wore 13 Increased pay
ments, 18 resumptions, 33 extras and
11 Initial dividends. Unfavorable
( changes numberedi .10. The week
cnuca uc. aw saw iuvuluww
slons.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 (P) Reg
ular dlvldonds, tho first payable Jan.
31 at tho rate of 12 '4 cents a share,
was "recovery news" for ' 335,000
stockholders of Transamerlcn corpora
tion today.
KINZUA BOY, 10,
HAS OPERATION
Roy Shucy, 10-year-old Klhzua,
Oro. youth, was brought to the Bouvy
hospital yesterday suffering from an
oye injury. Tho boy was pounding
on a car spring whon a piece of steel
penetrated his eyo ball. He under
went an operation and Is In a satis
factory condition, It Is reported.
Find Woman's Body
On Detroit Highway
DETROIT, Jon. 0 OT) Believed to
have been slain in an attempted at
tack and thon thrown from an auto
mobile, the body of Mi's. Virginia
Gibson, ; 33, whs found today on a
highway Just west of the city limits.
The body hod been run over pos
sibly twn or three times, Deputy
Coroner Foster Knoblock sold. '
Massle said, "that the divorce is be
ing obtained at tho insistence of
Lieutenant Massle. I am personally
reluctant to take such a step as X
am opposed to dlvorco. ' -
"Tho divorce proceedings are In no
way connected with the Honolulu
trial of April, 1933. Following the
granting of the divorce, I will return
to Washington, where I will 'make
my residence, entering employment."
Mrs. Massle, the daughter of the
socially prominent Mrs. Granville
Fortcscue, has been separated from
her husband for several months, and
has been living here.