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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1934)
Bank To Release Another $100,000 Next Month La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland :. of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Cbrering Union and Wallowa Countiea VOLUME 32 EASTEUN OREGON'S' LEADING NEWBPAVEB LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEPNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED FRBSS NUMBER 105 Chicago mm wai Local Wmttxim TO PAY CASH TEN MONTHS BEFORE DUE Certificate Payments Feb. 14 Second During Three Months. CASH POSITION OF BANK GAINS Loans and Discounts Re duced $40,638 Since Oct. 25 According to Official Statement. Tlie First National bank of La (Irande onnouncnl today (that Its (Series U, time certificates' or deposit, due Deo. 15, 1934, will be paid on Feb. 14, (1U34, ten mouths ahead! of time. This payment will put ap proximately $100,000 in cash Into the luiuds or La Grande people. The -bank called and paid the "A" certificates of deposit, also In the amount of 100.000, on Nov. 16, -a month ahead of the time they were due. At that time,, although the ENTERPRISE BANK IMPROVES ITS ,CONDITIN The financial statement of the Wallowa National bank; of Enter prise showed a gain In deposits of 32,8B8.27 from October to Deo. 30, and this Institution also reduced its loans and- discounts in .the same period from W18,091.11 to $204,633.74, a difference of about 13TS00. Its cash situation also was Improved by a gain of nearly 1B.. 000. - going up-from -80,aOB.M In October to S98.860.93 Dec. 30. Un divided profits showed a shrinkage but this was due to year end charging off of slow notes. federal sponsored deposit insurance was not In effect, the majority of the $100,000 was simply transferred to de posits by those holding the certifi cates, reflecting the confidence the community had In the bank. Bank officials expect on even greater share of the second 100,000 will be .transferred to deposits next month, as the iank not only has Im proved Its financial condition since November, but since Jan. 2, the do poslts In the ,bank.havo been Insured agaliist loss. ' During the last two months of .nqo v. - laivet. fJn.lnnnl rpdllCftd its loons and discounts considerable and Improved Its cash reserve nearly 23, 000. This was revealed in the finan cial report published In the Observer yesterday In answer to the comptrol- ( Continued on Page Two) Tigers Win From Cove Basketball Squad 42 to 23 La Orande high school basketball teams won a double header at Cove last night, the Tigers defeating the Cove first team 42 to 23, and the L. H. S. second stringers winning their game 12 to 7. Coach Ira Woodie started Hyde and Stoddard, forwards; Bean, center; Os born and Irwin, guards, and at the end of the first quarter Cove held a ,12 to 4 lead, after scoring 10 points before the Tigers counted. Then Woodie shifted the lineup, putting in Stltt and Reynolds, forwards; Zlvko vlch, center, and Webb and DeBole, guards, and at halftlme, the Tigers held an 18 to 14 lead, scoring 14 points while Cove made two. In the second half. La Orande steadily Increased Its lead. Stltt was high scorer with 14. La Grande High will play Wallowa here Friday night and will have no game on Saturday. The scheduled game at North Powder has been post- (Contlnued on Pairs Two- MAIL BOXES MUST BE USED FOR MAIL ONLY Every private mall box. or any re ceptacle In which mall Is received, can no longer be used for other ar ticles, according to an amended rul ing issued from the postmaster gen eral In Washington. According to In structions received Tuesday by Post master Ralph R. Huron private mall boxes or other receptacles used to re ceive U. S. moll, shall be used ex clusively for the "reception of matter regularly In the malls; and any mall able matter, such as statements of account. - circulars, sales bills, or other like matter, deposited therein shall be treated In accordance with Rogers jays: RIVERSIDE, Cal., Jan. 9 The Re publican national committee came out strongly yesterday against Roose velt's economic policy. Just two days ago the deficit of the Republican na tional committee had been" publish ed. U was the biggest on record. There oint nothing like one broke man telling another one how to run his .business. California's supreme court ruled yesterday that If male students of a state university took all the advan tages of free education, that shuttle military training would not bo ask. tng too much of them. If you aro going to let out conscientious object ors nobody would take anything but football, swimming, theatricals- and saxophone playing (all of which the states provide). Yours, 61934, McNought Syndicate, Iiic. NONFEDERAL PROJECTS ON DORMANT LIST E. .0. N. Training School And Beaver Creek Pipe line Must Await New Appropriation. The E. O. X. training school and the La Orande Heaver, Creek pipeline project)' both before tlie-pubrlc works administration In H'usiungton. will have to jivnlt ,ot least several weeks before having any chances of success. This was learned today In a spo- cla"" dispatch from Washington, re ceived In Portland late yesterday, which said: "Senator McNary's office was advised that there will be no further announcement of allotments for non-federal public works In Ore- (Contlnued on Page Sir) WHEAT ALLOTMENT PLAMEXPLAINED AT ROTARY CLUB Exnlanatlon of the wheat allotment plan was given this noon to Rotury members In a talk uy Ernesi ic i.oug, representative of the Agricultural Adjustment association in this dis trict. With teiegrauhlo word received from Washington, l. C, by the local office late last week to efrcct that work was being started on the Union county allotments, DeLong expressed nn milnloii at todays meeting that the so called "wheat money checks" would be In the nanus ol larmers who are to receive them In this dis continued on Page Six) ' KIDDLES RETURN FROM SALEM, ORE. State Senator and Mrs. Fred E. Kiddle arrived In La Grande last night from Salem, making the trip by automobile. Senator Kiddle, who Is president of the state senate and thereby also serves as lieutenant gov ernor of Oregon, acted as governor of the state during the latter part of Dscember while Governor Meier was In California on a holiday trip. In speaking of his tenure In the dhiof executive's office, Senator Kiddle Bald that he found the work very interesting. the m!na croverninz the mails, in- otuHimr the nrooer addressing and the payment of postage at the regular rote." When any matter other than reg- ular mall Is found In the boxes oy a letter carrier or other employe of the post office. It Is to De reiurnca to me port office to be held for postage. 'Thn mirnane of the amended regu lation i tyi m-avAnt the obstruction of such mall boxes with extraneous advertising matter, etc., whicn inter feres with the delivery of mall by olty nr vmatm lntier carriers." the new regulation reads. DIVORCES IN GAIN IN '33 IN UNION CO. Jump From 31 in 1932 to 35 Last Year, Annual Report Shows. MARRIAGES DROP BELOW 1932 TOTAL Dan Cupid, However, Continues to HoldFour-to-One Advantage Over His Enemy. A total of 301 years of married life "went on the rocks" during 1933, resulting In 35 divorces, all granted during the year. However, to offset the divorces, 121 marriage licenses, almost four times as many, were Is sued, statistics compiled at the office of C. K. McCormlck, county clerk, reveal. Divorces showed an Increase over 1933 while marriages showed a decrease, 1932 having had SI divorces and 150 marriages. The total number of years that the couples were married Is 361; however, (Continued on Pago Six) McAllister And Peare Resigning FromU.S Soard 1 Angus McAllister, city manager and one of the most active workers In C.-.W.- A.i county" reubf "and -tile eb eral re-employment services,' and J. H. Peare. head of the county, relief and C. W. A. committees, both have submitted their resignations as mem- (Continued on Pago Two) Joke Contest Is Announced Today By Van Petten Co. The Van Petten Lumber Co. to day announces a Joke contest, to run from week to week, and be ginning next Monday. Jokes eli gible must be not more than 40 words In length, concerning La Orande or vicinity, and able to get by the censors. Bach week one Joke will be published In the Van Petten advertisement In the Ob server, and whoever submitted the Joke will receive four tickets to the Liberty theatre. Details of the joke contest ap pear in the Van Petten ad else where in today's, paper. fs '( NOW, WHAT S'jrjJ'. CpK ''' ,' d STAMProf;0.LC FAGAV . Jki-JlJ. 1 1 Speaker Comes With half a doien Cqngresswomen at bis side, you'll nave to pardon Speaker of the House Henry T. Rnlney If be seems (o be sprucing up here a bit. Pictured as they called on the Speaker, from left to right, are: Congresswomen Mrs: Virginia Jenckes, Indiana: Mrs. Marian Clarke, New York! Edltb Nourse Ilogers, Massachusetts; Isabella' Oreenway. Arizona; Mrs. Kathryu McCarthy, Kansas and Mrs. Florence . .- ' ' ' ; Kabn. California. j .. THREE LA GRANDE MEN TELL OF TRAGIC FLOOD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The flood In Southern California Now Year's day, caused by a cloud burst and by unusually heavy rain near the storm center, .1b being de scribed In La Orande this week by three -local men, all In or near the flood zone at the time. . They are Norman W. Frees , of the Larlson-Frees Chevrolet Co., Aug. J. Stange, of the Mount Emily Lumber Co., and W. C. Perkins, of the ren ins Motor Co. - All three aaree that there was hruorrv-m'c'orr Indicated In press accounts, and Mr. Stange said that some business men in California estimated that $40,000, 000 -would not cover the cost of re constructions, repairs and actual loss of property. There was a humorous side to the tragedy, as well as the sad angle. Mr. Perkins, in Los Angeles New Year's eve before driving to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl game Monday jlNow Year's day), saw men and women, most of them well dressed from the knees up, wading around In the streets without shoes or stockings In celebrating the arrival of the new year. And Mr. Stange, In Los An geles the same night, saw men In full dress suits get out of taxlcabs and wade In water more than knee deep carrying their wives or sweet hearts In their arms. - - But there wasn't so much or the comical. -Mr. Frees reports, however, that In some counties where the rain was no heavier than three or four Inches, much benefit was done to farm land and orchards. In Los An geles the rainfall for the 24 hours was more than eight inches, and In the Montrcse-La Crescenta district, where the cloudburst struck in lull THE FORGOTTEN LETTERS to "Order" as Congresswomen Call . j force more than -12 Inches fell I Terrlflo Damage ' .Damage wrought by the torrents of water, silt and boulders caused by the cloudburst rivals description, they all agreed. Cora lnl some sections were literally burled In mud, some of them with occupants inside. In Mont rose a large American Legion build ing, being used to house refugees, was struck by - the flood and the building simply wrecked, with sev eral of the' occupants killed. Mud .;$inataed. nearly $a, tbe.top of, ears In those sections where the flood was the worst. . f The torrent cut Into parkings ' (Continued on Page Six) INLOWSPEAKERAT E. 0. N. ASSEMBLY "Peter Skeen Ogden" was the sub ject of an address given by President H. E. Inlow at an assembly at the Eastern Oregon Normal school Tues day.- Mr. Inlow traced the life of this frontiersman as It affected the history and development of the northwest. Peter Skeen Ogden was trained In law, but at an early age came west witn the Hudson's Bay company. In this service ho conducted several trapping expeditions through the In land Empire area. Many natural fea tures were discovered by him named -for him. Included among these are Malheur and Harney lakes, Mount Shasta, Humboldt river, Ogden (Continued on Page Two) F. R. REQUESTS ' GUARANTEEON FARM BONDS Two Special Messages Given Congress Rati- fication of St. Lawrence Waterway Urged. . ' ; -WASUINOTO Jni(. JL0. .(D tr-. ,n special messages, President Roosevelt recouuneuded to congress toiluy the guaranteeing by the government of prlnclpul us weft as Interest on farm mortgugo refinancing bonds, and the rapid ratification by the senate of the disputed St, Lawrence ' waterway treaty with Canadu. Senate debate on the house liquor tax bill was Interrupted lor reading of the farm credit message. The house earlier had heard It. After receiving from Its appropriations committee the first big money bill over sseo.OOO.OOO for Independent federal agencies: Although the house has nothing to (Continued on Page Six, FEAR FOR SAFETY OF MISSIONARIES IN FUKIEN AREA FOOCHOW, China, Jnn. 10 W) Ornvo fears were held today for the safety of six American Methodist Episcopal missionaries, Isolated In the fighting zone of rebellious Puklen province, who have not been heard from for ten days. AH of the mlsslonerlefl, whose head quarters are In New York, were caught In the Mln river valley fight ing area around the town of Kutlen. Since then, communication lines have been severed and oil efforts to got In touch with them have been fruitless. (Kutlen Is the site of a Methodist Episcopal mission and also a leper station, but Ralph E. Dlffendorfor, corresponding secretary with the of fice in New York, Bald he was un able to say who the mlsBing six are.) Kutlen Is about 60 miles northwest of Poochow, capital of Fuklen prov ince and center of the antl-natlon-allst government revolt movement. SHANGHAI, Jan. 10 W Chinese sailors landed and occupied Amoy, ono of tho principal cltjcs in revolt ing Fukion . province, after robels there had evacuated suddenly today, naval officers hero were advised today. Wheat Today The prire of local wheat kIimhI lit nhotit 52 Tills bulk here today, tireonlliifi: to (juotutlonx at (he Pioneer I'lourlnfJ .Mills, Port litiiil cash 71 rents. CHICAGO. Jan. 10 W Some thing akin to buoyancy pervaded tho grain markets today, with supply and demand conditions attracting enlarg ed notice, and with buyers much more numerous than sellers. Reports of milVj coming to tormina,, markets for supplies of wheat were stimulating Influence. Th trade ex pected farm reserve holdings of wheat to be officially reported this after noon an around 100,000,000 bushels lem than last yoar. Wheat closed firm, M'&lc above yestordayta finish, corn &a up, oats 'j if 34c advanced, and provisions varying from 2c decline to ft riso of 7c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME MAY ItKDICB WORK HOURS BOY SHOT MYSTERIOUSLY ' LUMIIGirCODB IS ATTACKED . .... COURT HEARS LIQUOR CA8B WASHINGTON, inn. 10 (ff) Hugh ,8, Johnson today aiutounced a plan to consider reducing the work hours throughout codified industries below the 40-hour average now obtaining. This would be dona at a meeting of code authorities to be held here Feb ruary IB. , , SEATTLE, Jan., 10 W) Mysteri ously shot at a street Intersection last nleht. 14-yesr-oid ProcoLt u.rln son of Philip Marlon. Seattle and San rronexsco ousiness man, died here today. Police were questioning youths who knew the boy. , WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 W Clinrges that the Uumber code authority Is vlolutlng a provision .of the lumber coda and 'skyrocketing prices wtt.li a basing point selling system were nude .today by Worth B. Shoults, an eco nomist with the consumers advisory board of the NBA.,, SALEM, Jan. 10 W) - The second step in the legal campaign to deter mine the validity of the Knox liquor control .bill In Oregon got under way here today in the Marlon county oir cult court when argument were heard, on the demurrer in the case filed Uy the city of Klamath, Falls against tlie state liquor control com mission. jiiBU PORTLAND, Jun. 10 (P) George I. Samnils, state liquor control ad ministrator, today announced the liquor commission and its staff will meet at Salem Baturday morning to discuss problems confronting tlie or gonlzatloiu .;-.,,i..,.v;,"'., , TAKE OFF OF NAVY FLIGHT IS DELAYED BAN jKKANClSCO, Jail. 10 OT Tho massed, flight of six huge navy planes began at 2:21! p. m. (P. 8. T.) today. ... SAN PIIANCI8CO, Jan. 10 mlMsk of wind to aid tlie hcavlly-loadeM chilis ion tho take-off today delayed tho -navy's massed flight to Hawaii and nearly an hour after (lie first ship ilutd taken the air four of the flying limits still rested on the waters of Paradise cove. ; SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 VP) The navy's massed flight to Honolulu, longest over water air argosy of its kind, began at 12:11 p. m. P. e. T.) today with the first Hying boat tak ing off at Paradise cove, oan ran Cisco bay. - (Continued on Page 81x1 Alienation Of Affections Suit Ms Filed Today A suit for tlO.OOO for alleged alien ation of the affection of his wife was filed today by Fred W. Hogoy against M. E. Bundall and Mrs. Julia Wilson Bldenour, all of Cove. Mrs. Bide nour Is Mrs. Hagey's mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hagcy were married about two years ago and last February she started divorce proceedings which havo not come to trial. It is reported. They have one child who Is said to be with Mrs. Hagoy at the nomo or Mrs, Bldonour. Hagcy Is facing a charge of assault and battery brought by his wifo and will como to trial on Jan. 12 before Judgo L. Dcnham in tho justice court. NAKED .MAD WOMAN IS FREED FROM STABLE BIDOEFIBLD PAKK, N. J., Jan. 10 W Detectives strovo today to piece together the strange story surround ing tho Imprisonment of a naked madwoman in a dirty, unhcated, clooot-Uke room over a stable on tho old Barnes estate. Tho woman. Mrs. Sophie CcraiUI, 42, pronounced Insane by a county physician, meanwlillo was receiving mcdlca! attention at tho county, hos pital, Bergen Pines. Tho two other characters of the strange tale wore tho two alleged Jail ers, Joseph Cerordl, 34, tho woman's husband, and hts housekeeper. MK Mary Griffin, 38, wore held under ar DELIVERIES ARE RESUTtlED j LATETODAY Warring factions Hol4 Conference With Mayor; : Edward Kelly. NAME ARBITRATORS TO AGREE ON PRICE Ends Five Days of Vio lence; Agricultural, La- bor Discontent in Cali- v'formia Continues. ' . CHICAGO, Jan. 10 VP) (The Chi- ' cago milk bloukado was ended today on a truce readied between warring fuotlons in a, conference with Mayor Kdwanv J. Kelly. The mayor announced milk de liveries would ibe resumed this after noon after five days of violence -that had left Chicago almost milklesa. Arbitrators were named to assist farmers and dealers in agreeing upon a price to producers. ; ,'-.-: , Distributors . and producers each will appoint one man to a commit tee. They, ' In turn, will select s third man to act as arbitrator and establish a minimum price tb lie paid farmers."- ,,- ,; - Don N. Geyer, general manager of the Pure Milk association and repre sentative of the farmers at Uie cost-. Terence, announced the producers would end picketing of highways and begin. shipping milk immediately., .- . ..BAN FRANOISOO. Jan. IB WV-Ag-ricultural and tabor : discontent was 1 manifest . todtvy ill - .ttum'-iwldeijr-etp-. orated porta of California. . , ,-t At Sacramento, in. the north cen-' trol section of the state, police guard ed the Southern Pacific . terminal, fearing a recurrence of violence be tween OWA workers and members of . the Construction Workers Industrial . union. Thirteen men stuttered min or Injuries yesterday when the OWA men broke up attempts of union rep resentatives to distribute Invitations to a mass meeting tonight to make certain demands ot the civil works administration. , '... - ... .1 ;. ;t- . (Continued on Page Two) Wilcox Resigns As Relief Head In This State PORTLAND, Jnn, 10 ffl - After 18 months of Intensive, vital 'service as 'general director of the Btate un employment relief committee and the olvll works administration program lu Oregon, Baymond B. WUcox has sub mitted his resignation to Governor Meier. Wilcox, through whose hands about S2,000.000 for unemployment relief has passed, sold the pressure of pri vate business required that he re sign. Governor Meier said "this Is a great shock to me." He gave no In dication whether ho would accept the resignation. Tharo was, likewise, no Immediate Indication what aotlon Harry Hop kins, national OWA director, would, take. ' nflux of Buyer 8 To New York Gains NEW YORK, Jan. 10 VT) An In flux of buyers to the local wholesale markets, setting a 4-year record and exceeding the some period of 1033 toy 35 por cont, was reported by the New York Tims today for the week ended yesterday. The buyers registered during the week totaled 1,340, the highest num ber since the week of January 29, 1930. The 1029 peak was 1,743 for .the week of February 8. Only 992 were registered a year ago, rest In county jail on charges of false Imprisonment, and authorities said there was a possibility of a second charge of abusing an Insane person. Much poltco interest -ceiiiHVrr n the husband, a former middleweight pugilist, who they sold was question ed In tho Lindbergh kidnaping case after the body of the murdered Llnd ibergh baby was found near a shack where Ccrardl stayed occasionally at Hopewell. Cerardl, also known as QeracU, rented the four room apartment above the stable almost two years ago, (Continued On Page Five)
