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(Ptorrwr La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaler Printed in La Grande Covcrini? Union and Wallowa Counties vmxn TOKtJME 32 E tSTLHN OIIEQON'S LEADING NEWSl'Al'EK LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1934 MK.MIUMt ASSOCIATED I'KESS NUMBER 130 y 1 i 4 I CITY WATER DEPARTMENT raiiiib man 'Receipts From Water Users Enable Depart ment to Retire Bonds . AUDIT OF BOOKS OF CITY FINISHED Bonded Indebtedness of La Grande Now at $634,791.87 $14,000 in General Bonds Paid. Since the water department was es tablished as a Keif-sustaining depurt nu'iit of Ihe city ilivit July. It has re ceived !2I,1M3.K0 In water receipt (representing five full months ami part of another), has retired several 'thousand dollars In bonds, paid till maintenance expeiwcN, und Is operat ing on n casli basis. Tills was announced In the cony of the city audit accepted by the city commission at Its meeting last night, the audit being made by J. W. Hanks, of the Conda J. Ham Audit Co. Tills showing by the water depart ment has been made in spite of water consumers delinquencies list ed as follows: 19309709.26; 1931 $1000.75; 1932 $5014.42 and 1933 7437.75. Also, approximately $1500 lu water department warrants are outstanding which have b:en called for some time. Under the new plan the water department pays all its ex penses, bonds, bond interest, main tenance, etc., out of water receipts.. The audit -also showed the city's bonded indebtedness at "the end of the year to bo $834,791.87, represent ing ft considerable dccrea. In 1933 m spite uncollected taxes. Thq in debtedness now stands as follows: general bonds $141,000; water bonds $180,000, improvement bonds $313, 701.87. During the year general boi" retired totalled $14,000, divided as fol lows: water works betterment $6,000: Second street pipeline $2,000: sewer $4,000; fire equipment $1,000, and storm sewer $1,000. o The audit revealed that total ex penditures below the budget for the year 1933 waa $18,600.11, notwith standing 'the "uncollected .balance or receipts from taxes was $51,333.35 un der the estimate for 1933." The audit showed all records, trans actions, etc. in correct order, and It paid all bank accounts, disburse ments, had been checkec and verified. . Dr. James Miliar Speaks atl.H.S. On Friendtfhfps Dr. James Millar, of the depart ment of religious education of the College of Idaho, was the principal speaker at an assembly yesterday af ternoon at the La Grande High school. Dr. Millar Is a charming speaker and his talk was thoroughly cnJoyMl by ail the students, ine theme of his address was "Know ing How." "Llfe'P greatest wealth and greatest Continued On Page Four) MR. AND MRS. O. STEVENS If ED 50 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Stevens, who have made their home In Union coun ty "ince 1890. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday and were complimented at a dinner for which their daughter. Mrs. W. P. Ash man, entertained at their home. Close relatives of the couple were guests. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens were married in Fargo, North Dakota in 1884. BUCHANAN FICTITIOUS, REPORT During recent years, much interest has been shown nationally and locally over reports of "the great Buchanan estate." which was supposed to in volve great sums of money and which was expected to be divided among many heirs. Now comes Information In a news dispatch from Washington that the estate story is false. It said that Ore gon residents bearing the name of buchanan are being circularized by L. B. Buchanan, of Houston, Tex., tell ing them they are among the 2000 heirs. Members of the Oregon dele gation have been asked by consti tuents to Investigate,, audi thi postal xi Rogers lays: SANTA MONICA. CM.. Feb. 7 Say, did you read what Jesse Jones, head of the reconstruction finance, told the New York bankers conven tion? Jesse told 'em, "You boys will either start in loaning business and Industry some money to operate on or the government will do it." Course the old bankers Just got four years of good cussing by every body for loaning too much money. Weil, iiiey gtl sumo awfui nico buiia lngs, so when a banker falls he falls In splendor, so that's something. Yours, 1934, McNauglit Syndicate. Inc. 49 ENROLL HERE FOR CLASSES: IN ABULTEDUCATION j Adult education classes' sponsored by the C. W. A. and under the super vision of Herbert Evans, superinten dent of EChools, have been arranged for to be held at the La Grande High schoc"; building, it was announced to day. The local C. W. A. committee has approved the classes, and statj approval is now being sought. If etate approval Is granted. cIosfoj will be held Mondays, Wednesdays ond Fridays from 7 to 9 p. m. Mrs, Frances Thompson will trach grammar, composition and arithmetic. Twenty-three have enrolled in her Classes. Ml-38 Cornelia Hansen will lch written English and public speaking. Twenty-six have cnroT-ed - 'ill nor classes. No other classes will bo held. METHODISTS OF EASTERN OREGON TOHEARTORBET A meetli!? of unusual significance Is being arrant for tomorrow at the First Methodist Episcopal church and wilPbc attended by members and friends of that denomination :m Union, the Ann Day circuit, Baker, Cove and La C0.mde. The inspiration for the program is the presence of Dr. Walter Torbet, of San Francisco, western representative of the Board of Home Missions of tj Methodist church. " The first session will be held at 2:00 in the afternoon with Dr. Torbet as the speaker. This meeting will be followed by a dinner to bo served by the Ladles Aid society, to which those present are invited to stay as well as others interested in this field of church endeavor. Dr. Torbett will address the company at the dinner tables. This is Dr. Torbctt's first visit to this section and Rev. W. H. Hertzog, the minister, states that he is not only outstanding in the denomination but a very forceful and entertaining speaker. ALYCECOOXGETS - SCHOLARSHIP Miss Alyce Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cook, of this city, has been awarded a scholarship to study dancing in San Francisco with Ann Mundstock. one of the best known teachers of modern dancing In the United States. Miss Cook spent the Christmas holidays in La Grande and returned the: first of the year to San Francisco. Ann Mundstock came to the United States from Germany 15 years ago and has been a pioneer of modern dance on the Pacific coast. ESTATE IS department explains that the Bu chanan in Houston is an elderly man who has a hallucination about the "great estate." and while he has been using the mails, nothing had been done about it. In the letters the Houston Bu chanan declares the attorney general is familiar with the estate and that a representative from Ohio says it Is authentic. The department of jus tice official say the estate is strictly fiction, the news dispatch said. It is believed that a few in Union and Wallowa counties have been told they were among the heirs to ;iie "Bu chanan estate." I I They'll Marry f 4 T . -: :? l' :. .JtU .. . S3 Mcrna Kennedy, formerly a lend ing woman with Charlie Chaplin, and Busby Berkeley, dance direc tor, plan to marry Feb. 10 at Hollywood. EASTERN OREGON LOSES CLOSE ONE TO I, N. S. 34-29 The revamped Eastern Oregon Nor m M sWroot btfske ton 11 ' tram , a 1 trfo ug 3 falling short of victory last night against the Lewlston Normal quintet, turned in an improved brand of ball 3nd made the contest an Interesting one from start to finish. The score was 34 to 21), and the Mountaineers were hopeful that, with a little more luck than last night, they might up set the visitors when they meet again at 8 p. m. tonight at the L. D. S. Recreational hall. Lewlston rolled up a sevcnOlnt lead in th first half, which ended 19 to 12. but In the closing perird. the Mountaineers took the play away from tlicm. as far as scoring goes, counting 17 to t'.io Idaho t tain's 15. But It was six points .short of vic tory. Pctlerson, E. O. N. Buard, came back into form ind led the scorers with 10 points. Miles, diminutive for ward with Lewlston and a crack shot, gave Fred a close race until the last few minutes, when he went out on personals. He came in second with 13 points, stonebrcaker, Lewlston center with a flare for long snota, (Continued on Page Six) - . O , , THAT FIRST SHOT VS ..((Ilk FRIGID WAVE IN EASTERN iiiLii linm! Cold Records Broken in Many Places in New York State; Much .Suf fering Reported. NKW YOItK, Feb. 8 P) Cold nvords were broken or equalled In ninny places lu New York slate today and widespread suffering retiiilted. A doen persons fled lu night clothing; In i:i bi'low zero weather when fire leslroyed a three-story apart meiit building lu Amsterdam, N. Y. Up-state New York temperature ranged from 58 below zero at the State Rangers school at Wanakena lu the Adlroudacks. to 8 below at Buf falo and nine below in Blnghamton, Rochester's 12 below was tho coldest in 30 years, and 21 below at Syracuse furnished an ail-tlme February rec ord. Lake Ontario was reported frozen for the first timo In 60 years. In New York City the low was 6 above zero, with the weather bureau predicting zero for tonight. St. Albans, Vt., experienced its 48th dny of sub-zero weather, with a reading of 26 below. Boston reported zero weather, the coldest February 8 on record there. Toronto, Ont., had a low of 22 de grees below zero. Rites Held For Secretary Hoss At Salem Today SALEM, Feb. 8 (Pi Funeral ser vice for the late Hal E. Hoss, secre tary of' state, Vere held from thtrhnll of representatives here this afternoon with more than 800 pemons In at tendance. Mr. Hoss died at his home in Salem early Tuesday after ran Ill ness of several months. Uie services were conducted by tho Christian Science church. Ihe funeral services were attended by men and women prominent in tho affairs of Oregon, including Earl Snell, speaker or the house of repre sentatives; Fred. Kiddle, president of the senate, and Mayor Carson, of Portland. ATI'Ki;i OK MANSL.riHTKIl ASTORIA,, Ore., Feb. 8 (fr) Held on $2000 bond, C. C. C. Rosenberg, 70, of AstQa, was In jail today on a war runt based on a grand Jury Indict ment returned Wednesday charging him with manslaughter In connec tion with the death in a hospital hero Sunday of Mrs. Sally Juniper, 22. of Astoria. The complaint al leged that Mrs. Juniper died from blood poisoning resulting from an Il legal operation. Rosenberg was ac quitted last fall of a similar charge growing out of the death of a Ham mond woman. Wanted an Auto Fred Mcnkenn, living on a farm nenr Ilillsbovo, Ore., wanted an auto mobile He used three old motorcycle wheels, a discarded steering wheel, a motorcycle engine, some planks and maple limbs to make a tli rcc-wheeler that will travel 55 miles an hour. PHONE COMPANY REPLIES TO QUIZ BY CITY HEADS Tho Central Labor council's peti tion to the city commission last week, asking that action be taken with the view of obtaining lower telephone rates here, was discussed, again at last night's session. The matter had been referred to the city attorney, E. R. Rlngo, and tho city manager, Angus McAllister, for in vestigation, and they made their ro port. The report was that they had talk ed with Fred Honnlng, local manager Ic. (the West Coast Telephone Co., who furnished figures showing, tho 'position of the phone company, Bay ing that it was 16.000 In the red Inst year, and the budget oh tl mates a less of 913.000 this year. Mr. Hon nlng asked for an opportunity to present the phone company's position to the Central Labor council, and the city commission authorized the Bond ing of a letter to tho council notify ing the mombera of this, and asking If tho council would like to give Mr. Hcnnlng a hearing. The commission 'took the position that it should not present tho matter to tho public service commissioner or Oregon, because of the expense In volved, until It was satisfied that It would bo warranted In such action, and therefore wished to hear tho Central Labor council's roply to Mr. Hennlng's proposal, Tho calary list for tho month o' January, amounting to $4,0B'J, was ordered paid by warrant. Cash on hand amounted to 8.078. 24. divided as follows: La Grande bank $4,209.91. Portland bank $1, 250. 16, cash $708.35, remainder in So He Made One STRIFE ENDS IN CAPITAL OF FRANCE Gaston Doumergue, New Premier, Cheered Promises Cabinet of Sages. PARIS, Feb. 8 F) (ioston Dou niergue, agrri servant of France, told a suddenly tranquil nation tmluy that he would give it a government of stwes-jin "eld(r stt.Hiimn" on bluet. Tho streets of Paris, after two days of mad rioting which resulted In tho resignation of former Premier Ed ouard Daladler and his cabinet, today heard only tho shout: "Vive Doumergue!" Back, from his retirement on his qulcti country estate in the south of France, Doumorgue, former president, former premier, and former minister In half a dozen, governments, an nounced ho would' exact a truce from tho dissident political parties. He said ho Intended to cur round himself with ministers like himself men thoroughly experienced in statecraft. But, oven as ho spoke, tho partisan pulling and hauling which huw wrecked many cabinets began. Cnlm prevailed throughout the day concurrent with DoumerKue's return to tho capital, but toward nightfall (Continued On Pngo Pour) TRUCK AND BOAT SERVICE FOUGHT PORTLAND, Feb. 8 ()") Establish ment of a combination truck and boat freight service up tho Columbia river to Central and Eastern Oregon, planned by the Shaver Forwarding company of Portland, was protested in a public utilities commission hear ing hero Wednesday by 15 trucking companies who declared such an or ganisation would resulU in a monop oly that would ruin other common carriers operating In that area. Tho Shaver company, organized by tho Consolidated Freight Lines, had filed a proposed freight tariff sched ule which, it stated, would lower the ratos for Central and Extern Oregon points. Tho Consolidated company, whlnh has had past experience with boat operation on tho upper Columbia, stated that tho combination truck boat service would bo a large factor in development of tho Columbia river and Its tributaries. The hearing will continue here Feb. 10. Wheat Today The prim of local u.sh wheat nIihmI at about !' hulk m-re (today, ac-,nllng to ijnota t Ions at t he Plonn-r Mooring Mill. Portland -aMi 71' rents. No export bid. CHICAGO, Feb. H M' Wheat prices scored a lato advance today filmultiinffously with a nvery in the o,ik market, Enliirncd buying on tho purt of comml-mion housm accompanied the rise of wheat near the end of the day. Kansas official report indi cated that there had been additional crop damage to wheat in tho western section of the stat owing to Ofn tlnued dry weather. Furthermore, the official forecast pointed to probable unbroken drought' both in Kansas and Nebraska. Wheat closed firm. '9 m c above yestcrday'i finish, ecru Vi (- 'c up, oato '4Gt 3c odvanced. and provisions unchnnged to a n. of 12 rents. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME C. V. A. HILL AMI,Mi:i - m 111 IKilM' ItlXIMi IS MA OK w Cl'MMIMitf IS NON-COMMITTAL - rf m v PAN A ISSfKS WAKNINfl WASHINGTON, Feb. S (P The senate voted hxliiy to extend a lim ited disability oompensatlou plan to employes of the eh 11 works udmliiU tralion. An amendment to the $!."!(. OOO.HOO CWA and roller appropriation bill by Senator llay.Ien (II., Ariz.), providing for the oinprnsatlon, was adopt oi I, l!) to 15, VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 8 (A1) A court ruling which Is expected to have far-reaching effecta in many Washington counties was given here text ay by Superior Judge George B. Simpson in holding that school dis tricts may not anticipate -tax delin quencies and Increase the lovy ac cordingly, In preparing- school bud gets, suit was brought In Clark county by tho Woyerhaouser Timber company as a test case. WASHINGTON, Feh. H A) Awkt'd tit IiIh pri-H conference today about reports thai alleged conspiracy to de fraud the government on army mo torization (ontnulfl Involved a gov ernmental official. Attorney tionenil CnminhiKS replied "that' a ,llfflmi!t i(ie.tloii to answer without helotf misunderstood." He refused to dis cuss the matter further. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 8 VP) As serting; that there) Is no negative at titude by United States army en gineers or his offlco concerning In clusion of shlp-locku in the Bonne ville dam, Marshall N. Dana, regional PWA advisor, today urged discontinu ance of what ho described as "Irres ponsible campaigns" which might en danger th Ppmville project through resubmission to congress. 25 PCT. CUT IN EXPERIMENT STATION FUNDS COltVAl.lJK, Teb. K (P)-Clreiit saU (.traction was eirejMil here Unlay by slate college, officials upon refM'Ipt or formal confirmation t hat President Roosevelt has rescinded a previous executive order Tor u 2,1 per cent re duction In federal approirla( Ions for experiment station and extension work. It was explained however, that this action docs not effect directly the proposed elimination of funds from tho agricultural budget used in sup port of the Hermtstnn, Pendleton and Medford branch stations, but It Is hoped congress will be more Inclined (Continued on Page Elght BIGGER EGGS AIM OF POULTRY CODE BOIHR. Idaho, Fob. 8 W) Bigger eggs and fewer of them Is tho aim of tho national poultry hateherymen's cckIo which Idaho and Eastern Ore gon ojrerators wero told they must Join If they wish to sell any of their production. ' J. A. Hannah, national coordinator of tho code, said it was aimed at In spiring fair practices, but had as a nuijor motive tho reduction of tho surpliui. Little eirga hatch out chickens which lay littlo ois." ho said. Tho code provides that only chicken eggs which weigh 22 ounces a doswii or mora will Imj jHTmltted to hutch. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 oT) A notlro of a hearing on tho proposed code for marketing brunches of the egg and poultry Industry of the Pacific cm Mist was Issued today by Secretary Wal lace. Tho hearing will bo held In San Fianrlnco Feb. 21. BREMER TELLS OF HIS KIDNAPING ON JAN. 17 ST. PAUL. I-'ob. 8 (n While law enforcement aujenrles moved swiftly but j-ccretly today to trap hlfl kid napers, Edward O. Bremer, banker, slept, exhau.tted and wounded, after returning home from a 22 day im prisonment that ended with payment nf an unannounced amount of ran som. During his Imprisonment, Bremer said ho wan kept in a dark room with guards, working in relays of two. al ways seated behind him night and day. Ho was constantly warned nbt to ltk around. "One look pd we'll blow your -brainy out," Bremer said he was tcld. RANSOM PAID TWIMMDEDC St. Paul Banker, Seized By Abductors Jan. 17, Returns Home. OF FAMILY HELPS Walter Magee Serves As Intermediary; Govern ment to Intensify Search For Criminals. ST. I'.U'U Fi-I. 8 w lumsomnl uitli mi itnnininuiHMVl aiiKMint at mniiry, K(hv:ml fl. Hri'tiMT, Ht-lzrd by kiiliiapiTs for S'Jllll.imo Jim. 17, mils at lintne today ufU'r a huprlNOii intMirt hi nil milmntnl lildcnut. , WoilllllH iiltoiit tlio lltMKl, WIlUll ho had Niifriaril when Hplritod mvay liy a fiilllK, were healed, Ilr. .laMlll Sirurka Kild. thuiiKh the vletlm waa very wenk, evhatistWI, und "very, very 1HTVOUH." , Dr. Sprnlla vma summoned soon nUer tho sou of Adolph Bremor, wealthy brower, had returned homo after being thrown out on a highway i Kdivard G. Bremer near or at Rochester, Minn., about 85 miles south of here, last night. Dr. Sprafka said a ransom had besn paid but he did not know how much. Three men in a small sedan, mem bers of the gong of six or aeven which held the president and owner of the Commercial stto bank prisoner, freed him about 8 p. m. Bremer was unsliavcn. Ho had been cither blindfolded or his eyes taped during the imprisonment, friends of the fnmlly sold. (Continued on Page Four Revenue Measure Amended; Tax On Checks Changed WASHINGTON, fob. 8 P Tho houso ways and means committee to day voted to repeal the two cent bank: check stamp tax effective Jan. 1, 1935, 'Fills provision was pluced In tho new revenue bill being drawn lip for presentation to the house. It was a treasury estimate that in its pruFtent form It would provide $1135,000,000 ad ditional annual revenue. Tho bunk check tax would not ex pire until -Inly 1. 1935, under exist ing law. It produced approximutcly .$3H,ijoo,000 in revenue in the calen- (Continued On Page Pour) When Bremer was stopped In his automobile after leaving his clght-yeur-old daughter, Betty, at the ex clusive Summit girls school, Jan. 17, om ct the gang climbed Into the front seat with a gun lu his hand, t he banker told police and federal investigators. Tho banker attempted to open the door on the left and flee but an other of the gang blocked hta way, pushed him back into the seat and both kidnapers slugged Mm over tho head about, the same time, he iold. The next he remembered waa being taken some place m the gang's car, (Continued ou Pago Ftvef 4 I - .v Hi -P. f
