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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1934)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. F. R. AUTHORIZES LAND PURCHASES Wednesday, February 28, 1934 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Presi dent Roosevelt has given the signal lor Immediate governmental pur chases of submarginal land to with draw It trotn production considered unprofitable. Secretary Wallace, after a White House conference, looked for quick action on this $26,000,000 program. Between 3,000.000 and 6,000,000 acres will be purchased, ho said, the main problem being to "conserve t In human Interest." ' The president delegated Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator, to find places for the people whose lands will be thus retired from pro ductlon -; WILL RETURN TO LA GRANDE TO MAKE HOME Word has been received that Miss Hilda Anthony, her mother, Mrs. M. Anthony, and Mlsa Ida McMeekln are returning to La Grande to make their home, ater several months spent in Chicago and Kansas. They expect to drive home via the southern route and California, and will arrive here about April 3. Mias Anthony and Miss McMeekln are twolof La Grande's foremost tea chers of piano. OTTO PIEPER MAKES CHANGE Otto Pieper, formerly with the Hoover market, has accepted a posi tion in the meat department at Barn hart's Grocery. Oregon's Slate To Be Clean on P. W. A. Jobs (Continued prom Page One) again with a clean slate." The delegation was concerned lest the allotments tor the Bonneville dajn would militate against, further ex penditure In Oregon. PORTLAND, Feb. 28 W) The Oregon PWA advisory board had dis banded today as the national recovery administration moved upon, the next courso of its program. The group disbanded after a final meeting here late Wednesday in which 31 loan applications totaling $10,365,403 were sent to Washington, p. O., from Oregon for the approval of the administration, including a project for the Enterprise water Bup ply. $10,000. O. C. Hockley, state PWA engineer, who with Marshall N. Dana, regional advisor, will bo retained In the Port land office, may later present several Incomplete applications. Tho largest application forwarded Wednesday was an item totaling $8,200,000 for the Portland sewer dis trict. - Other large proposals included 3,313.00O for the Bear creek dam to supply power for Portland: $2,882,817 for a clty-county-state building in Portland; $1,085,787 for a municipal airport In Portland, and $648,978 for a berth for the battleship Oregon. Is This Too Good For Your Cough? Creomulslon may be a better help thnn you need. It combines seven major helps in one the beat helps known to science. It Is made for quick relief, for safety. Mild coughs often yield to lesser helps. No one can tell. No one knows which factor will do most for any certain cough. So careful people, more and more, are using Creomul slon for any cough that starts. The cost is a little more than a single help. But your druggist guar antees it, so it costs nothing If it fails to bring you quick relief. Coughs are danger signals. For safety's sake, deal with them In the best way known. Adv. K. -' S;1 NOTICE Series "C" and series "D" Time Certificates of Deposit issued by the First National Bank of La Grande, Oregon on March 1, 1933 and due on December 15, 1935, and December 15, 1936, respectively, have been called for payment on April 2, 1034. Interest on same ceases after that date. First National Bank of La Grande David I. Stoddard, President A. K. Parker, Cashier BUS SERVICE For WALLOWA, ENTEBPBISB, JOSEPH and Way Points. Leave La, Grande, Dally 10:30 A. U. 4:10 P. M. For PENDLETON, Way Point Leave La Grande, Dally . -. . 10:30 A. U. TJ, P. 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