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37 PENSIONS
GRANTED BY
COURT HERE
Otheii Applications Are
Now in Process of
Investigation.
ALL DESERVING TO
RECEIVE BENEFITS
Pensions So Far Granted
Range From $5 ,to $20 a
Month Limit Under
Law is $30.
TlUrty-reven old ace pensions, In
the total amount of f430 have been
allowed to Union county's' a fed by
the oouhty court.. "Ehe pensions so
far granted: nvemge hbout $11.80
each, ranging from 5 to $20 per
month, C. K. Mccormick, county
clerk, stated tliU morning.
The old age pension law, effective
Jan. 1, was passed In the last regu
lar session of the state legislature.
The maximum allowance for any
Individual, under , the law Is 30 and
the applicant must be more than 70
years of age and a resident of the
state, for IS years. No one owning
property amounting ' to more than
13,000 can obtain a pension.
. The county court has investigated
c ell the applicants who that have
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Whitman College
- Victor. In Fast
TOt With E.O.N.
The Eastern Oregon Normal school's
basketball team, greatly Improved
during the last fortnight by tough
competition 'on two road trtpB, made
a gallant stand against a veteran
Whitman college five here last night
but lost 44 to 27. ' In the first half
the count was almost even, with the
lead changing four times, but In the
last half the brilliant basket shoot
ing of Mart Irving, Missionary for
ward, coupled with a slight let-up In
the fast pace previously set by the
Mountaineers, put the game on Ice
for Ooaoh Nig Borleske's . crew.
Irving, caging his shots from even
mid-floor to field goals of the set-up
variety, scored 16 points, 12 of which
were made in the last half. Petter
son, speedy B. O. N. guard, was sec
ond high scorer with nine and Con
lilln, his team mate, was only a shade
behind with eight.
The score at the half was 18 to
13 for Whitman.
A fair-sized crowd saw a real strug
gle up until the last six or seven
minutes of play, when four quick
points by Irving widened the gap to
11 points. And with three minutes
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d. Mcdonald is
chairman of
elgin district
Duncan McDonald was named per
manent chairman of the Blgin-Bum-mervlllo-Allcel
district . of Union
county in the hog and corn control
act at a meeting Tuesday at which
36 contraots to reduce production
were signed. The meeting was held
at Elgin. . C. C. Conradt, of Imbler,
and H. E. Bull, of Summervllle, were
named other members of the com
mittee. Tuesday,. Jan. 30, at 10
. o'clock was set as the date of the
next meeting.
Tho La Grande-Island City district
la meeting this afternon at Island
City.
Gpj.jRUARY IS
DUE "ABBOTT" CHART
Some two months ago, after Dr.
Abbott, noted weather student, came
out with a prediction that the weath
er over the world repeated Itself
every 33 years, the Observer attempted
to chart the weather for this winter
the chart entirely based, of course,
on Dr. Abbott's statement.
Strangely enough, the weather dur
lng December and January to date
has not only paralleled the weather
of corresponding months of 33 years
ago, 1910 and 1911, but It has been
even warmer I
In December, 1910, snowfall was
eight Inches, tn December, 1933, It
was six Inches. In January, 1011.
snowfall ws 2 Inches. So far this
month It has been only one Inch.
This January, however, has been
much warmer than the 1911 January,
when the mercury dropped to four
Wan
BEVERLY HILLS, Oal. Jan. 23
Good deal of Japanese news last day
or so. One day our eyes are turned
to Europe (to see If the boys have
any token payment). The next day
It's Japan that draws our attention.
Wo are going to have a crookedjieck
from trying to look both ways at
once. '. '' ; '' ' .
That old hostile baby over In Japnn
ihat was secretary of war, why he has
resigned and their foreign minister,
Kolcl Hlrota, why he seems to be
abovt half peaceabul. He seems to
kinder favor licking Russia first, then
take care of us later, but this boy
that resigned he wdsfor a double
header the same day. - Yours,
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' fTSTJ; MeNsugKt Syndicate, fit.
SENATOR EXPLAINS
EFFORTS MADE TO
GET MORATORIUM
Efforts made at the last regular
session of the .etote legislature to es
tablleh In this state a two-year mora
torium on mortgages, contracts and
trust deeds, were told to local Ho
taria.na by State Senator Henry Hees1,
speaking before the meeting of the
La Grande Rotary club this noon.
All bills presented met defeat
either In Iaws committee of the legis
lature or on the floor of the1 legisla
ture, said Senator Hess, upon, grounds
that any such measure or provisions
would be unconstitutional. The one
and, onlypacttoni taken iuppn the sub
ject of moratoriums .by Oregon's tow
making bodies was the passage of a
resolution suggesting v ito .t jtrtbunalB
judging suoh cases that every possible
leniency .to mortgagors -or other con
tract signers be shown wihere the
situation warranted same.
That the recent decision of the
United States supreme count In Its
Interpretation of the Minnesota mora
torium law, will be for reaching In
Its effect and aid In Ithe guidance of
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BATTALION HEAD
INSPECTS LOCAL
COMPANYTONIGHT
.Major William H. Ellensbnrx, of
Medford, comimimllng the Second
Battalion of the 180th Infantry, Ore
gon national guard, Is In Eastern
Oregon this week on an Informal In
spection of companies at l'clidletflil.
La Oranile,. Baker, Union nnd The
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LEGION SHOW TO
BE FEBRUARY 10
"Where's Elmer?" Elmer, for whom
a consistent inquiry has been made
since tho national convention of the
American Legion In Portland, has
been found I He was lost In Port
land and the search was carried to
Chicago to the national convention
last summer. Elmer, who has as
sumed the proportions of a hero
since his disappearance, has been
found by La Grande post No. 43, the
same who lost him originally, and
will be presented at a dance and
show on Feb. 10, at Zubcr hall, by
the post. Raymond O.' Williams will
arrange for his arrival and present
him In the legion act.
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above. Fifty above was the high In
1911 and the maximum so far this
month Is SI above.
Now, St the weather continues to
follow Dr. Abbott's Ideas, La Oranders
may expect considerable snow In Feb
ruary (2314 Inches fell In February.
1911), and a somewr-at colder month
with the possibility of at least one
severe cold snap. (In February. 1911,
the mercury dropped to one below
zero.)
Going a step farther, March should
be about a normal one for this coun
try, with some cold weather, an Inch
or two of snow, warm spells with the
mercury up around 70 above, and
not a great deal of rain.
But, remember, the Observer Is not
taking responsibility for these pre
dictions if they go wrong. Dr. Abbott
la to blame.
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Accuses Ex-Mayor
Walker s Nephew
After Margaret Shore (above), I
night club entertainer of Jersej
City, N. J., told her story to a Nev,
York court, William H. Walker
Jr., a nephew ol New York'e for
mer Mayor James J. Walker, wai
held for the grand jury on : I
charge of felonious assault.
SELECT CHORUS
FOR "JEWELS OF
DESERT AT LH.S.
, "Jewels of the Desert" an operetta
already Is winning favor In the High
.school because of Its song numbers
which are being rehearsed under the
direction of Andrew Loney Jr., direc
tor of public school music. The oper
etta will be presented In March by
the La Grande High school and al
ready the leads and the choruses are
practicing under Mr. Loney's direc
tion. .
Mombers of the chorus selected nro
Winifred Scott, Ella Englo, Marjorle
Spencer, Jean Salkield, Marian Boyles,
Vadls Baxter, Betty Hendrtckson, Mary
Ellen Stoddard, Sylvia Turn, so
pranos. Betty Bohnenkamp, Jose
phine Cochran, Gloria Swan, Mildred
Keagle, Natalie Samuelson, Gwen
Hertzog, Rctha Kail, Ifcacmary Alex-,
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CONGRESS IS
READVERTISE
FOR BIDS ON
HIGHWAY JOB
Engineer's Estimate .on
La Grandei Section1' pf
Wallowa Lake Road
Given As $4,000.' j
The La Grange-Wallowa Laka state
highway: project, from the V. P. rail
road tracks to the city limits ,ot La
Grande, will be readvertlsed for bids,
it was learned today.' .-.. '
At ' a meeting of the commission
last week, this job was delayed .wnen
the commission rejected all bids en-
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Williams, Author,
To Speak Before
E.O.NStuderits
Whiting Williams, Industrial, con
sultant, author and. lecturer, will ad
dress the . Eastern Oregon Normal
school assembly Thursday afternoon'
at 3 o'clock, it Is announced. The
subject of the address will be "The
New Deals In America, Germany and
Russia." Williams was formerly vice
president of the Cleveland Steel Co.
but In recent years bas devoted him
self to the firsthand study of eco
nomic end social conditions In this
country aind Europe and Is the au
thor of several books on. social prob
lems. .'
It le expected that his discussion of
recent trends -toward economla ad
justment will Ibo of particular Inter
est. . '.- ,
Bremer Remains TriX
Hands of Kidnapers
ST. PAUL, Jan. 24 P) Edward a.
Bremer, wealthy St. Paul banker, an-1
other victim of the kidnaping racket,
was still a prisoner of an unidenti
fied gang that held,' him captive to
day at an iinlocated hideout. It was
the one salient fact gleaming througn
rumors that ho had been slain and
found dead, and that he had been
freed, unharmed, after payment of
9200,000 ransom.
Council Rejects
Insult's Appeal
, ATHENS, Jan. 24 W) The su
preme state council rcjoctcd Samuel
Insull's appeal today and thus placed
the official stamp of legality upon
the government's order that he must
seek another refuge at the end of
this month.
The council ordered the former
Chicago utilities operator to pay the
costs of the proceedings. ,
RIGHT BEHIND THE PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Hepburn Pleads for Birth Control
r :
The mother of six children, one of
actress, Mrs. TliomaB Hepburn of
birth control advocates who pleaded In behalf of the Pierce Birth con
trol Jill at. a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee
lb Washington. She is here shown conferring wllh Representative
1 '! - Walter Pierce, sponsor of the measure A , ... ,
APPOINT THREE
' NEWMEMBERSTO
COMMITTEE HERE
I
Announcement was mado today
that three mew members had ibeen
named to the Union county national
re -employment committee. Appodnit
menta.wera R. J. Kitchen, Elmer Mo
Uanua and H. Z. Baxter. Louis Evona
and Hivrolki- M, Ftnlny ore the other
members of the! committee. Who wore
appointed in September with. J.. H.
Peare-and Angus McAllister, who (re
cently resigned. The committee, or
lginally started with lour members,
was Increased to five today. Word
has been received 'here that Mr. Fin-
lay was appointed chairman of ithe
committee but he said lie had receiv
ed no official notice of such action.
'At present, with .the local records re
moved to Pendleton and Floyd Slier-
wood, Union county manager, relieved
of his duties, members of the local
committee were, uncertain as -to what
their duties would constat of. It was
said today that all so lections for pub
lic works and olvil works Jobs In this
county hereafter would .bo made in
Pendleton, a service formerly given
by the county re-employment com
niltteo. 1IAKKR COMMITTEE QUITS
BAKER, Ore., Jan. 24 (P) The
four members of (tho Baker county
federal re -employment committee last
night dlspatohed their resignations to
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whom la Katharine Hepburn, the
Hartford, Conn., was one of 150
GLASS AIMS
THRUSTS AT
DEVALUATION
Vetex'an Virginia Demo
.crat -Attacks F. It's Plan
Senate Considers Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (PH-While
senate Independents sought today to
strengthen the Inflationary provision
of the udmliiLstnitlon money bill.
Senator Glass, veteran Virginia Demo
crat, tfeitounoetl the devaluation of
the dollar an an ."invalid and Inde
cent process." .
Administration leaders accepted
amendments to Jimlt to three years
the life of tho proposed $2,000,000,000
stabilization fund and tho Umo with
in which President Roosevelt imlgiht
devalue the gold oontont of the dol
lar, president Roosevelt sent word
urging rejection of (the proposal to
luive a board administer the stabili
zation (fund,,
Senator Borah (R.( Idaho) said he
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COLDER WEATHER
1 BRINGS RELIEF
SEATTLE, Jan. 24 W Colder
weather and dropping rivers brought
relief from high waters In various
Pacific Northwest areas today, with
districts stricken a month ago eager
for tho relief.
Grays Harbor nnd Cowlitz, coun
ties of Westorn Washington felt the
brunt of tho high waters, with the
Chohnlls river running as high bororo
It started to drop yesterday as dur
ing the first bad December flood.
Washed out dikes on the Cowlitz,
Cowceman and Lewis rivers also let
water Into areas still suffering from
previous Inundations.
- Slides blocked tho Oregon Const
highway In several places. The flood'
stage Placer creek at Wnllncc, Idaho,
swept over various parts of tho city.
In tho westorn Cascades, the Orcat
Northern main line was still out,
through a bnd 600-foot slldo west of
Index. Trains were being rcroutod
out of Seattle.
PORTLAND, Oro., Jan. 24 (P)
Southeast storm warnings for guios
tonight wore ordered up at tho mouth
of tlio Columbia rlvor rtoday and at
Wanhlngton coast points.
More rain was predicted by tho
weather bureau.
Wheat Today
The price of loml Huh wheat
stow!, at about 112 cent hulk
IliTe (mlay, ncoordlnic to quota
tion at the Pioneer Flouring
Mill. Portland cnMl 71 cents.
Btport hid 75 cents.
OHIOAOO, Jan. 24 (PI Eastern
buying ltrtcd tho wheat markot late
today, and earlier fractional declines
In priced were about counter balanc
ed. Wheat cloned steady at the aamo
as yesterday's finish, May 90 Vi at .
July 88 ifVt. corn unchanged to c
off, May 6254 nc, July 64(40. Oats
also unchanged to o off, and pro
visions unchanged to 10c decline.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
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LONG'S TICKET BF.COND
NEW N. R. A. MOVE PLANNED '
WOULD FREE AMERICANS :
TOKYO. 3nn OA ' z .
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Minister Kokt Hlrota told parliament
.ouay ne was "eonunuiueatlng with
the American ffnveihnti .
fort to facilitate a friendly solution
of "difficult problems likely to arise
one or two years hence." He referred
to naval Issues expected to come to
a head In 3933 and 1038. when th
present naval limitation treaty ex
piree. , , .
' NEW ORLEANS, Jan, 34 ' m Sen
ator HUeV P. LOIMT. Whrvu. nltv .irt)ra.
ran second; to that headed toy Mayor
T. Semmea Walmeley In yesterday'a
Demooratlo. primary, aald today ho
would have no etAtement until Ha .Vim
heard from the leaa Important oon-
Mca and received further returns on
the mayoralty race.
WASHINGTON, Jnn, 24 (ff) A
plan declared satlnfaotory to the ad
mlnlHtratlon and some of the com
plainants on CapltcA Hill tin protect
the small biulnem man under the
NRA was reported today by Hugh 8.
Johnson to liavc been worked out af
ter a, talk' with President Roosevelt.
, MADRID, Jan. 24 B The at
torney general of Spain recommended
to tile supreme court today a pardon
for four Americans held la Jail at
Falma, Mallorca, for assaulting a civil
guard. . .... ; .. ...
ANOTHER 'PUBLIC
ENEMY' IS ERASED
FROM CHI'S LiST
CHH'AOO, .Ian. 24 P) The name
of Wllllnni "Threo Fingered , Jnck"
White, 44-year-olrt ex-convict, killer
and-labor racket terrorist, was erased
from Chicago's list of public enemies
today after Ills slaying In a suburban
Oak Park apartment.
His body, partially unolothed, was
found last night after tennants of the
building heard a series of rapid shots
and saw two men flee from the
building and Jump Into a waiting
automobile and drtvo away.
That tho gangster had put up a
desperate struggle . was ovldencod by
the overturned furnlturo In tho wcll
furnlshcd living room In which his
bullet-marked body was found.
Two glass bookenso doors were
smashed and from bottles and glasses
found on the premises It was evident
that White and his visitors had en
gaged In a drinking bout before he
was slain.
Early today two women, ono of
whom Identified horaelf to police as
Whites wife, and a man wore token
Into custody when they drove up to
mo apartment in an automobile. All
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Turkey Saves Tot
From Death By
Killing Cobra
WORCESTER, South Africa, Jan.
24 (II A turkey saved tho llfo
of a llttlo boy hero by attacking
and pecking to doaMi a deadly yel
low cobra which was about .to
ntrlko at the lad.
Tho boy's father, Jolian Polnonr,
was amtkened from an aftornoon
nap by hbj son's screams and saw
tho cobra roaring up and swaying
before the boy.
The turkey. Hitting on lto nest
nearby, rushed to (battle and kill
ed the snako before tho father
could roach hlA son.
0NEJCAN DRINK BUT
NOT BUY IN HOTELS
PORTLAND, Jan. 24 W Although
hotels and rcelAurantA will not bo
permitted to dlspcneo hard liquor
under term of the Knox law, tho
Oregon liquor control commission
foe Is a person may take his own
liquor to suoh a place and drink It In
any manner he desires,
"As long as tho individual does not
create a disturbance or tho plaoo bo
come a nulAnnoe," Chairman, McMor--ran
of 4,hc oommlsHtort said, "a per
son can tako his own liquor Into a
restaurant or hotol and do ihls own
drinking publicly In the manner he
desires."
"The thing to be eliminated In the
operation of tho liquor control law,"
he continued, "Is the Illicit salo of
liquor and the attending lawlessness.
If tlie act Is universally supported,
SUIT TO BE lv
APPEALED!
STATE COURT
Circuit Judge L. G. Lev
elling, of Marion County,
Makes Pecision,
KLAMATH : FALLS i '
CONTINUES FIGHT
Alleges Law is Unconsti
tutional Because it Vio
' lates the Oregon "Home
' Rule" Act. -
RALF.M, Jan. 24 W) The. Knox '
liquor control law was declared con-
stltutlonal here today In a decision ,
handed down by Judge U G. Lewd- ;
ling of the. Marion county circuit :
court. The Judge had the case under
advisement two weeks, and previously i
hud denied a motion for a temporary
restraining order against enforce-,
ment of the act. '
The city of Klamath Falls, plaintiff ;
In the suit against the state liquor
control commission, alleging the law ;
unconstitutional because It violated
the home rule act giving cities the
light to. regulate alcohouo traffic,
will appeal to the state supreme court.
attorneys for the city announced immediately-
after the . decision was ,
handed down. . ':
Judge I welling stated that from
the . pronouncements of the estate :
supreme court , and of its lnterpreta- ;
ttona of the. home rule clause 'of the .
constitution, It Is appropriate to state
as conclusions- the . "Oregon :v liquor v
obntrol act Is a criminal statute; that .
tho legislature" fti 'enaitlWghe m
exerolsed the police power of the state :
vested,1 In' It; and that- municipal-corporations
can only exercise tho police
power, of .the state In . so far as the
same -has been, delegated to them
. . ..end thon.only.so far as the.
manner prescribed or limited by such
grant." ; . ...
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N.R.A. Authority
In Lumber Case
Upheld by Court
" PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24 (fl1) Tho !
authority of the NRA code authorities
to Impose production and working
hour allotments, was upheld by Pod
oral Judge John H. McNary hero to
day. '
Judge . McNary ruled against the
Willamette Valley Lumber company of
Dallas tn a suit brought by that
company to restrain tho lumber codo
authority from Imposing limitations
on the number of hours . worked by
employes of tho mill,- 4 ' 1
In ruling on the case, Judge Mc
Nary took occasion, however; to dente
NRA officials the right to penalize
Tho Dallas company for any viola
tion of tho codo prior to today., :: ' .
Suit wns brought by the Willamette
Valley, company against tho West
Coast Lumbermen's association as tho
codo enforcement agency, to prevent
nny action whloh would halt two
shift operation at the mill. The code
allows no mill more than 30 hours
of operation In ono week.
Fourteen Nations
Recognize Cuba
MADRID, Jan. 24 W) Tlio Span
ish government today announced its
recognition of the Cuban govern
ment of President Carlos Mendlcta,
HAVANA - Fourteen nations, ln
oludlng tho United States, have rea
ognlzod tho government of President
Carlos Mendleta by noon today.
temperance will bo ultimately achiev
ed." ; M;"
Five ntato liquor stores will be
ready for operation In Portland Feb.
10, according to Ooorge Ij. Sammls.
state control administrator. He said
a store at Salem will be opened ithe
next day, eid one at Eugene (the day
following. Stores and agenoles In
other cities of the state will be open
ed rapidly from tlum on. , . -
Those selected to oporate the Salem
store will work In the Portland stores
on the opening day; those who will
operate the Eugeno store will work
In the Salem ntrloe on the day that
establishment Is opened, and the
same process will be employed in,
training employes who will operate
stores In other sections ot the statu,