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. , '... -
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(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,
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