LA GRANDE EVENING OUbUEKVER, Li i GRANDE. ORE.
Wednesday, February 28, 1931
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WKATIIKK FOKHCAHT
Oii.fi, ii : Generally cloudy tonight
1 and Thursday; uwnslmuil light ruin
in northwwt portion; no cliuiiBe m
temperature: moderate to fresh
southerly winds offshore.
LOCAL WEATHER. .
Tuesday: Maximum r5, minimum
30 above. Italnrutl .10 of inou. cloudy.
Tmhiv: Minimum 31. 7 a. in. 33
above. 1'artly cloudy.
i Grande Ronde Valley I
j News of Interest !
LOCAL BRIEFS
On Visit
Ray Price left Inst night for a vlBlt
of several days with friends In Port'
land.
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THE LONG AND SHOUT HAUL
Inland cities, awny from water transportation, never can
hope to have equal rate privileges with title water districts.
It is a natural handicap. To reduce this handicap to the
minimum, the inteimouiitain districts in the west secured
national legislation in 1910, to prevent railroads from charg
ing more for a short haul than for a long one over the same
road and in the same direction. At that time La Grande
logically joined in with sister cities to maintain that principle.
But time changes things. - . ..
. Today there is before congress a hill to modify the .so
called 4th section of the transportation act over which inter
mountain areas and railroads have long been at war, so that
limited rights, to meet boat competition would be allowed: '
... Railroading in La Grande is not at its best, not entirely
because of the past depression but more by reason of the
Panama canal and unregulated coastal shipping which carries
heavy eastern commodities to the coast at rates which the
law denies the road a right to meet. If relief is granted new
trains will move through La Grande. If one more train ran
over the Union Pacific daily because of this change in the
law, 15 more men would be .employed in La Grande, 205 in
the state, 185 more daily in Idaho, and Oregon's added rail
road payroll would be $342,000 annually.
Local railroad employes are working hard to change the
law. If they succeed much greater tonnage is likely, put
ting idle men to work. But will tho lowering of rates to
Portland from Chicago, without corresponding reductions to
Eastern Oregon, materially harm La Grande? Sponsors of
the bill say not and sound reasoning agrees, because times
and transportation methods have changed and the railroads
would suffer if cheap rates to coast points crippled industry
in the intermountain areas. Structural steel and other heavy
commodities concern La Grande but little. Perishable com
modities are not involved. The rate from this point to Port
land is not involved. Even a slight increase on west-bound
freight into La Grande from the east would be compensated
for by added payroll,
In the light of all these new developments it is again good
logic (for La Grande merchants, the chamber of commerce
and others of the community to "go" with. .the local railroad
employes on this debatenblc issue in intermountain districts.
NEW PLAN TO
TAKE PLACE
OF, THE C. W. A.
t (Continued Prom Pago One
For stranded populations In com
munities wiicio industries havo died.
And for unemployed in lnrne cities.
Mr. Roosevelt showed confidence
that the recent $050,000,000 relief ap
propriation will be sufficient to carry
out the now program until next
spring. He hna stipulated that fed
eral funds bo confined almost loo
per cent to wages and to absolutely
nscdy cases.
"This program," ho said, "expresses
a . conviction that Industrial workers
who firo unemployed and In need or
relief should bo given un opportunity
for livelihood by tho prosecution of
a flexible program of public works.
Tho several states will bo aided, ns
tho fcdcrnl roller law provides. In tho
financing of this enterprise."
Mr. Roosevelt's program provides
also for contlnuliiK working oppor
tunities for tho professional groups
In need. Including teachers, engin
eers, architects, artists, nurses and
others.
Tho Impending conference with
copltol leaders wno not dlscusss! In
detail by tho president with tho re
porters who surrounded hta desk,
questioning him. It was apparent
that the executive was not ready to
express hla mind to congress on this
topic.
ing, afternoon and evening wonr, In
terspersed with feature numbers.
COVE IMiltHONALS
WHITE HOUSE,
CONGRESS IN
DISAGREEMENT
(Continued Prom Page One)
cuts which would mean a iomu
cxpenso of about $350,000,000. A
veto by tho White House la threat-
cned.
Prior to receiving any word Irom
the White House, house leaders were
uncertain this morning as to their
course. House seniimeni in itivor ui
helnlng veterans has considerable
strength.
One thing loadors decided tenta
tively, however, was to postpone any
Immediate action on the senate revi
sion of the lndepent offices bill, now
loaded with the new benefits for vet
erans and federal employes.
House cloakroom conversations sug
gested three possible courses on the
senato amendments, which wipe out
all but a shadow or tho economy
act's $400,000,000 of savings:
1, A compromise by White House
or other quarters which could bo
worked out in a senate-house confer
ence. 2. House accoptnnce of the senato
amendments, with tht riek of having
President Roosevelt veto the entire
independent offices measure.
8. House additions to the senate
liberalizations which .would bring a
veto without question.
In addition to the main scenes.
other congress activities also were
spotlighted.
Modifications of the pending Flet-cher-Rayburn
stock market control
bill wero in sight as both senate and
house committees resumed hearings.
Tho airmail quostlou also con
tinued in tho limelight. Word fin
ally camo from rollable quarters that
some administration stp might bo
expected "within 48 hours."
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La Grande Rich tn
Legend and History
(Continued from, yage One)
tho La Gronclo Rotary
Founders Day Is
Inspiration For
Excellent Program
UNION (Special) When Founders'
day was observed by the P. T. A.
Wednesday afternoon, the room was
filled, nearly 100 parents and friends
being present. The program arranged
by Mrs. A. R. Dalle and Mrs. R. H.
Jackson, opened with an Invocation
by Rev, R. C. Lee. The first grade
children, under the direction of Mrs
Hal Reese, gave a phonic lesson dem
onstration which was followed by
group singing led by J. W, Baxter Jr.
Tho candel lighting service by 15
sixth and seventh grade glrU was Im
pressive. Tho first group of five
brought In the birthday cake bearing
37 candles and two tall tapers which
were lighted In honor of the two wo
men, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst and Mrs.
Theodore W. Blrney, who fonded the
P. T. A. in 1897. As tho other can-
dies were lighted on the cake, the
girls told of the organization of the
P. T. A. Mrs. Isaac Shafer, of Island
City, county president of the P. T. A.
told briefly the history of the or
ganization. Other visitors who spoke
were Mrs. Fred Oehrlng of La, Grande,
Mrs. W. A. Zurbrick, of Mens Chapel,
and Mrs. Herbert Hungorford, of Is
land City. The meeting was closed
with tho awarding of a plant to the
first grade for having the largest per
centage of mothers present.
A social hour and silver tea was
held after the meeting. A center
piece of red carnations and tall rod
tapers decorated the long table which
was presided over by members of the
hospitality committee Mrs. J. F.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Roy Con kiln, Mrs.
Roy Olpsoli and Mrs. P. M. Littler.
Liberty Scholars ,
Present Program
On February 22
GRANGE HALL (Speelal) Pupils
of Liberty school, under tho direction
of Mrs, Mary Kail, teacher, presented
an entertainment Friday- afternoon
at tho school house. The program
was varied, It being dedicated to the
birthdays of Lincoln and Washing
ton and to Mothers day. The school
room was gay for the occasion In ap-
t proprlate decorations. Tho program
: numbers included:
Song, "Take Tills Letter to My
Mother," by girls of the school. i
Song, "Mt. Vernon Bells," boys of
tho school.
Poem, "Somebody's Mother," pu-
I plla or fourth grade.
I Essay, "George Washington," George
j Fleshman who won first on Wash
ington essay in lower grades,
day before
club.
Tho speaker, touching upon tho
prehistoric era, stated that Oregon Is
noted for Its geological phenomena
and is richer In legend than any dis
trict north of the Mexican border.
First actual entry into Oregon was
made by Capt. Oray In 1792, who
discovered and sailed into , the Co
lumbia river. This was followed by
tho first exploration by Lewis and
, , , ' f f . i, EsKay, ;'Most Precious ,tq Me," pe$
. iif r. H ' I reI1 Llndsey, winner of first place in
upper grades for Lincoln essay.
Essay, "George Washington," M1I-
Models Rehearse For
Spring Fashion Tea
(Continued From Pago One)
Pred K. Kiddle, Miss Jennie Peterson,
Mrs. Ralph Badgley, Mrs. II, G. Avery.
Miss Artft Lawrence and Miss Jenn
White. Hostesses will arrange the
seating of tho guests after the doors
open at 1:30 o'clock. The show will
begin at 3 o'clock.
An entertaining program has been
arranged for presentation during in
termissions and will Include dunce
numbers by the O'Brien twins and
Margaret Painter, a tango by Miss
Orvallne Mc Williams and Gerald
Butcher, High school tumblers, direc
ted by Miss Catherine Obarn, and
a vocol number by Mrs. lo Miller.
Tho fashion display will bo defin
itely divided into three group, morn-
ANCaiid BST
Quickly Yield
To FDR
Annoying Night Coughs and Bad
Sore Throats quickly yield to Fam
ous 15octor's Prescription. Tills pro
scription Is called Thoxlnc. The very
first swallow soothes your Irritated
throat and stops your cough. Unlike
gargles and cough syrups, which
touch only the surface. Thoxlne goi-s
directly to the Internal cause and
quickly brings you back to normal.
Millions of bottles sold. An flmnalrw
success. Don't take chances with old
fashioned remedies when you ran
get this famous doctor's prescription
for only 35c. Demand Thoxlne at
Glass Drugs, Inc. Adv.1
Mrs. E. C. Heos was given a surprise
on her birthday Wednesday evening.
The guests were entirely unexpected
and her surprise was complete. Pl
nochlo and bridge were played. Quests
wero Messrs. and Mmes. Mills, Corn
stock, Conk 11 u, Orton, Lawson, Mrs,
A. G. Conkllu and Bessc Kcllcy.
Mr. and Mrs, Frank Conlcy"should
havo celebrated tho day as it hap
pened to bo the anniversary of their
marriage, ;i(J years ago, but with tho
succession of years tho event was
Just one more day,
Mrs, France,, Mrs. Cond's mother,
who makes her homo with hor
daughter was happily aurprluo on her
Hist birthday, Fob. 17, Tho party was
hold at tho homo of Mrs, Cora
Bloom, and was the Joint effort or
Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. coad, Mrs. Kcltcy.
Mrs. Duffoy and Mis. Trippeor. A
huge birthday cako graced the re-'
fro-hment table. Mrs. Francos receiv
ed many felicitations.
J. S. Bur ford was surrounded by
nlmoHt his entire family on his 76th
birthday, Sunday, Feb. 18. His chll
dien and grandchildren to the num
ber of 2D were there to help him cele
brate the rosttvo day. Mr. Burford Is
a pioneer of tills valley and has a
ranch In High valley whoro ho luis
always mado IiIb home.
Rev. H. W. Green, formerly of Cove
but now of Milton, upent Monday in
Cove and with Royal Borkgren
climbed to the top of Mt. Fanny.
They found the snow three feet deep.
tho mountains for emigration, was
mado In 1812 when Madame Dor ion, (
Indian guide, brought through the
party of William Price Hunt, via tho
Black river canyon to where Baker
now stands and on Into the Grande
Rondo volley.
The first actual settlement of tho
state, said tho speaker, was made by
Jason Leo, who also brought to Ore
gon its first school system. The next
year came Marcus Whitman and his
wife, and in 1842 ElIJa White crossed
Into what is now the state with the
flist vehicle, a two-wieeled affair.
Tho following year saw tho first flush
of emigration.
Admitted to statehood in 1B40
Oregon has contributed much in both
man power and material woalth from
Its groat natural resources and right
fully takes and holds its place ns one
on the states of opportunity in tho
nation.
l)ore and Smith Arc
Nominated in Seattle
(Continued nvm rage One)
four other candidates trailed still fur
ther behind. Tho election was non
partisan. A comparatively heavy vole, 97,217
out of a total registration or 130,717,
came out under the Influence of mild
Kpring-llko weather, with tho bulk of
the vote cast Into in tho dny.
Quite a bit of interest has been
displayed in La Grande thla year In
the Seattle mayoralty primary, since
Mayor Dore is tho husband of Roscoo
Neal's sister, and has several ac
quaintances In this city.
dred Fleshman, second winner In up
per grades.
Dialogue, "cGttlng Ready For a
Visit," Ronald Lindsey, Marjorie and
Mildred Fleshman.
Essay, "Georgo Washington," Mar
jorie Fleshman, winner of third place
In the upper grades.
Dialogue, "The Train to Loontown."
Ronald, Derrell and Mary Llndsey,
Margaret Dodson, Mildred Fleshman,
Glen Mullet.burg, Joo Spencer, Clar
ence Hays and Georgo Fleshman.
Poem, "Nobody Knows But Mo
ther," Mildred Fleshman.
Essay, "Betsy and Washington,"
Beatrlco Hoys, second winner In low
er grades.
Essay, "Who Was Washington?"
Ronald Llndsey. who won first in
Washington essay in upper grades.
Poem, "Woman," Margaret Dodwon.
Poem, "A Mother's Love," Marjorlo
Fleshman.
Song. "Island of Dream," Ronald
Lindsey.
The children served lunch follow
ing tho program. Little axes made
or cardboard and wedged Into- tiny
logs cut from the limb of a cherry
tree, served as favors. These were J
matte by the art class. Hot biscuits !
made by the camp cookery cla.ss, and I
baked on a camp fire, was a reature I
or the lunch. Mothers of tho pupils j
Were guests for the arternoon.
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( UNION PERSONALS : )
4
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Martens enter
tained the Pinochle club last Thurs
day evening with three tables' at play.
First prizeo were won by Mrs. Rex
Griggs and Ab Gibson and consola
tion by Mrs. Pied Brown. The host
ess served. '
Members of the Women's Btbie
class, 27 in number, held one of
their enjoyable social afternoons ' at
tho home of their teacher, Mrs. Wal
ter .Cock, Saturday afternoon. Games
and contests were arranged by Mrs.
Will Campbell for which prizes1 wero
awarded. Refreshments were nerved
after the games.
Rev. C. A, Qulnn, of WeLscr, for
merly a minister In Union, spoke at
tho Junior and Epwcrth League tor
vices Sunday evening.
There has been a lively demand re
cently for "Tscniffoly's Ride," Anno
Parriuh's "Sea Level" and ; Frances
Wlnwar'a "Poor- Splendid ' Wings,"
books which were so ably reviewed by,
Mrs. George Birnle. Miss Amanda
Zabel and Alfred Myors, here last
week. Although the local library docs
not have these books, Mrs. Balrd, the
librarian calls attention to the ex
cellent reading furnlshexl by the "In-;
ternatlonal Mind Alcove." The first
six books rccolved In the foil have
been widely circulated ' and i among
them ore some very entertaining
travel books. Just lost week another
shipment was received and contains
the following books:
"The Book of Good Deeds (1914-
1918).
"The Future Comes," Charles A.
Beard.,
"In Scotland Again," H. B. Morton.
"Modern China."
The Rebekahs are planning for a
benefit ten cent social to bo held at
their hall Wednesday evening. Plans
are being made for an evening of
fun.
" Mrs. Walter Cock was hostess to
tho members of the Carnation club
Thursday afternoon. Washington
birthday motifs were used in the fa
vors. Following a noon luncheon
bridge occupied the afternoon hours
with high core going to Mrs. George
Hoffman, guest score to Mrs. J. F.
Hutchinson and consolation to Mrs.
George Sclblrd,
Choir Practice
The, choir of Presbyterian church
will practice at 7 o'clock tomorrow
evenUig at tho church. Every mem
ber Is urged, to attend the rehearsal.
In Baker-
Lloyd Walch, of La Grande, deputy
collector of Internal revenue, Is in
Baker assisting with Income tax re
ports. He will remain until Friday
morning.
At Richland
Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Wales arc
guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. D. Jones, and her sister, Mrs. Maud
Evans, and family at Richland. Mr.
Wales is convalescing from a broken
leg suffered several weeks ago while
at work on the railroad here.
Visiting in Eugene
Mrs. Ella Baker Is In Eugene visit
ing her sister, Mrs. M. J. Johnson,
end her niece, Mrs. Olive Crawford,
She will return In 10 days.
From Wiser
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Fradenberg and
Miss Fay Bussard, of Welser, Idaho,
were In La Grande yesterday and
were guests at the home of Mrs.
Fradenberg's niece, Mrs. Claude L.
Mackey. Mrs. Fradenberg Is a former
resident of La Grande and was form
erly Mrs. W. H. Bussard,
Plan Intensive Drive
To Help City Library
(Continued From Page Ono)
week.
Library extension ond improve
ment Is a national and a major
activity for '1934 for the legion aux
iliary and a prize of $100 will 'be
awarded at the Miami convention to
tho unit In tho United States with
the most outstanding accomplish
ment in library work this year.
Complaints And
Suggestions Are
Before NRA Head
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 P) Gen
era) Hugh S. Johnson has what he
asked for: A lot of complaints and
suggestions about NRA.
Among the otatcments . voiced at
meetings called to talk over the re
covery movement are these:
That NRA boosts costs.
'That the ' small business man
should bo protected (better.
That cut-throat competition is not
sufficiently outlawer.
That some codes tend toward mono
poly. That some codes overlap.
That the maximum work week
should be 30 hours.
That unconstitutional acts are
committed under NRA.
That union men are discriminated
against In some cases, and workers'
"exploited" by employers.
That women should be permitted
to continue industrial home work.
That industrial home work should
be abolished.
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I KillTS KXOX LAW
PORTLAND, Feb. 28 m A declar
ation by Charles Haftke, auperin
tendent ot the Antl-Llquor League of
Oregon, that "under the Knox law,
Oregon Is rapidly approaching a liquor
saturation point greater than in the
old saloon : days," was heard at a
meeting of the league hero last night,
and arrangements were made to hold
a mass meeting April 8, looking for
ward, it was said by some, to a fight
against liquor at the polls.
lHIIIICE COXTBACTS MAILED
8ALEM, Feb. 28 MP) Contracts
for the construction of five Oregon
coast bridges wero mailed out of
Washington, D. C, last night, a tele
gram received loday by the state
highway department advised. As soon
as they arrive hero a meeting of the
highway commission will be called to
complete signing of tho contracts.
KENTENCEU TO l'EV '
PORTLAND, Feb. 28 (P) - Edward
Silvan, former ball bond broker, was
late yesterday sentenced to two years
In state prison for receiving stolen
property. He was convicted this week.
' ENTERS 'NOT GUILTY PLEA
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 28 (VP)
A plcn of not guilty was entered In
circuit court here lat Tuesday by
Horace M. Manning, prominent crim
inal lawyer, accused of having slain
his former partner, Ralph W. Horan,
29, state legislator and attorney.
Tho courtroom was ' crowded
Manning entered hla plea.
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SHY (JET CONTRACT
(Continued From Page One)
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Mr. Epllng, of course, expects
make a bid for the business.
The inspection here was made. by
P. P. Taylor, U. S. department of ag
riculture, bureau of animal Industry.
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