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District Basketball Tournament Goes To Union bsprorr La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, 'The Switzerland S of America Only Newspaper ' J Printed in La Grande , " Covering Union and Wallowa Counties ' LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1934; VOLUME 32 UASTEUN OHEOON'S LEADING NEW8PAPEB M EM II R It ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 148 DEADLY TOADSTOOLS FATAL TO .9 ittfito TIGERS PLAY NYSSA IN THE FIRST ROUND Drawings For Places Made at Meeting Held At Baker City. RICHLAND DEFEATS VALE IN PLAY-OFF Casts Deciding Vote, Giv ing Union Tourney 5 to 3 First Games on March 8. THE KIKHT KOLNI) C1AMKS Thursday 3 p. in. Hlchlunil vs. Hollies or Ontario. I p. in. Cove vs. I iilon. , II p. in. I.n (irandr vs. N.vski. !l p. in. linker vs. Imliler. Second round comes will pit af ternoon winners and losers to Ktlller mill evening winners mill losers together. To Union goes the 14 distric t No. 1 Irasketliul! toiirnanient to lie played March H, II and 10. Klchlaml defeated Yule at Halfway last night, and im mediately voted for- Union. ossiirliiK the neighboring town of five voles out of eight, the other three going lo Iji. (irunde. The district board, consisting of Chairman Hugh Coleman, of Baker: Secretary Leo Hollenberg of Nyssa and Arnold L. Ornlapp. of La Grande, met at Baker Ust night and received the pcore of the RlchUind-Vato' game. 22 to 13, as soon as It was played. Then drawings lor places In the first round of the district tournoment were made. (Contmuea on Page Elght Children Thrill At "Pied Piper" Presentations Hundreds of children from La Grande and Union have this week enjoyed the thrill of seeing the "Pled Piper of Hamelln" come to life. In three matinees, the Eastern Oregon Normal school and the Ackerman Training school have given special performances for the benefit of Un ion county school children. All hav. seen capacity houses. Of course, the children were thrill-, ed by the famous Mystic mountain with its airy sprites and boys and girls of their own age In the scene. But equally as appealing were the costumes, dances, and choruses of the citizens of ancient Hamelin village. In short, the whole opera was en Joyed by the children with promise of nn outstanding performance on Fri day night. Tickets are still on reserve at the Glass Drugs. The board will be moved up to the Normal school before the performance tomorrow night, where the reserved seat sale will be con tinued at the door. "NEW DEAL" IN FOUR-H CLUBS IN UNION CO. The "New Deal' found Its way into Four-H clubs when two were formed at Cove, the C.C.C. Chicken club and the N R. A. Dairy club. Troy Becker. Clayton Fox, Vernon and Henry Stod dard and Robert Stoddard form the membership of both clubs. Troy Becker Is" leader and Clayton Fox. the president, of the N. R. A. club. Vernon Stoddard is vice presi dent and Henry Stoddard, secretary. Clayton Fox is the leader of the Chicken club: Troy Becker, president; Vernon Stoddard , vice president ; Henry Stoddard, secretary. COUNTY WHEAT CROP TOTALS 22,500TONS An estimate TTiat the Union coun ty wheat crop for last year, exclusive of the North Powder district, was 750.000 bushels, brings to mind the question of whether the figure means anything to the average person. How many pounds In 750.000 bushels of wheat? just how much wheat does three quarters of a million bushels repre sent? Well, there are 60 pounds to a btuhel. So that would mean 45.000. 000 pounds of wheat. Reducing It a bit, It come out 22,500 tons of wheat. Will Rogers Sorry For Cold Lobbyists NEW YORK, Feb. 28 Landing in Newark from Washington today, the pilot put us in the back end of the plane so it would keep her tall down when the wheels hit the deep snow, . Give you an idea how many thou sand men. clearing the streets in New York. They have misplaced 51,000 and can't find 'em. Seven below zero In Washington this morning and snow a foot deep. Lobbyists standing frozen to death outside of congressmen's homes. A lobbyist has nothing to keep him worm but his brief cane. The hotels of Washington should erect a monument to General Hugh Johnson. They been coming on pil grimages by the thousands since last July to make a code, change a code or cuss a code, Washington, D. C. (dam code). Yours, C 19S4. MrNnuvht Rvn.llrnl". Ine. DAME FASHION ON PARADE IN CITYSATURDAY Annual Fashion Tea to be Held at Sacajawea; 480 Tickets Sold. Hume Fashion will bo on 'parade Saturday afternoon at the Sacajawea Imt fro in 2 to 5 o'clock at the spring fashion itm, sponsored annually by the American Association -of Univer sity Women for the merchants of La (randc. Tickets have been sold to 480 guests who will be seated at small tables and after they are seated, 60 additional places will be available on the benches about the walls and tickets will be sold to the first who orrive. The benches will be Just as comfort able no the other places and will af- STYLE TUOriillTS l'KKSKNTBD Milady's attention la called to the style thoughts presented by La Grande merchants in today's Ob server. All merchants participat ing in the spring fashion tea have made style suggestions which will be of interest to the women. ford a good view of the display, it is suld. The grand stall way will be open at 1:15 o'clock to give the guests an op portunity to see the displays on the mezzanine floor before the tea be gins at 2 o'clock. The Fashion Tea Is a panoramic (Continued on Page Eight) E.O. SPEECH ARTS TOURNEY WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 28 The annual Eastern Oregon Normal school speech arts tournament will be held at the Eastern Oregon Nor ma! school April 28 under the aus pices of the Normal school English department. Last year's speech arts tournament was the first undertak ing in this direction In Eastern Ore gon, and received enthusiastic ap proval. High schools throughout the Eastern Oregon area sent representa tives to participate In the one-act play and extemporaneous speaking contests. It is expected that this year's tournament will exceed that of last year, both in number of schools participating and In general Interest. Quite a sizeable crop, eh I But here's a better illustration. Suppose all that wheat were to be placed in bushel bags and placed side by side, allowing a square foot of space to a bushel. The line of wheat would extend approximately 142 miles in lenpth, or uppmximate ly halfway from La Grande to Port land. Or, if these bushels were placed In one compact group, still with a square foot of space per bushel, the amount would more than cover 17 acres of land. Secret Wedding A secret Is Just something (or everybody to know In Hollywood as Pat Peterson, English actress, and Charles Boyer. odor, ruefully will admit. They eloped from Hollywood to Yuma, Arli., and planned to keep It hushed for a month. Hut the little bird circulated the news and so they've confessed. They are shown here, smiling Cor the photographer, at the Hollywood home of John McCormack, which they have leased. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL BE INVITED TO BE GUEST AT JUBILEE HERE President Franklin D.- Roose velt will be Invited to attend the semi - centennial celebration of the Union Pacific railroad's ar rival Into La Grande here July 10-21, it was announced today. Committees are now working on an invitation to be sent the chief executive, in the hope that Mr. Roosevelt might stop here en route home to Washington after his proposed visit to the Pacific coast next summer. , : The president also is being in FARMERS UNION TO SEND GROUP TO MEET HERE On March 8 a delegation from the Farmers union will come -to La Grande to meet with the directors of the Blue Mountain Livestock asso ciation and some of the shippers here for the purpose of soliciting the co operation of Union county shippers who sell their livestock In co-operation with the Livestock Commission company, to be organized at North Portland. The meeting will be held at H. G. Avery's office Thursday eve ning, March 8, at 8 o'clock,' THE VPL CAM THIS PROPERTY IF yOU LL WORK IT . yOU LL WORK Isn't Secret Long vited to spend -n few days at Wallowa lake, several other or ganizations also Joining in this invitation. , . -.The first -passenger train-, to arrive in La Grando made "n i appearance here July 4, 1884 and a great celebration was held in this then small town. Next July it Is planned to remember the 1884 event with what committee men declare will be the biggest celebration of its kind ever staged in Eastern Oregon. ELKS TO HOLD AN INITIATION The B. P. O. Elks will Initiate a large class tonight at 8 o'clock at the temple. The initiation will be fol lowed by a "feed" arranged by Charles Murchison. Mt'COLLOCII TO 114)1,1) . i CplJKT IN HARNEY CO. SALEM, Mar. 1 W) Circuit Judge C. H. McColloch of Baker was today assigned by Chief Justice C. L. Rand. to substitute for Judge W. W. Wood In Hamey and Malheur counties to preside over two trials in which Judge Wood had been disqualified. NEXT FARM LEGISLATION? i HAVE IT FEBRUARY IN VALLEY SETS TWO RECORDS Last Month First Febru ary Without Snow, Also the Warmest One on Local Books. Two more a SI-time weather records were posted here today Tor February, which turned out to be tlus only February since 188(1 without snow In Ia (irunde and also the warmest February on record, i Thero have been four other Feb ruarys without enough snow to measure, but there .were traces which means less than half an Inch. And none of the months of February on records here show a higher mini mum 25 above. In 1900, nd snow fell in January the only January without snow but the 1000 February had 16 & In ches of snow. Unless heavy snows and cold weather come during the remaining 20 -days of winter, the 1933-34 winter will go down as the warmest and with the least snow In local history. The winter snowfall (Continued on PaBO Two) U. P. Button Sale Will Begin Soon; Plans Discussed The Old Timers auxiliary, meeting with Ralph Huron, general manager of the U. P. semi-centennial celebra tion .hare next July, and Chairman Fred Road, made plans ov Lho bit ton sale and discussed price. Full details are expected within a day or two as to the button campaign. Incidentally, Mr. Read, who has been in the "old mcany" class lately because of refusing to show anyone any of the new buttons, forgot his Scotch traits momentarily last night (Continued on Fue Two) you CANT HAve THIS LAND IF you WORK IT fi July 20-21 lagmndfI) 1684 1934 CANDIDATE ' 1 -y -;-Twr'-i CARLE AHH.AMK, Snlcm Former secretary of stnto boanl of ron t fro!, who linn unnounccil himself ns cmirihluto for secretary of state. VIADUCT WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC SOON Second Street City-C. W. A. Project About Fin ished, McAllister r Re ports. . ; ' ;,. '-.,,..-:. t:ontilUln, of the Hfleoml Kdeet viiuluet project, eo.nt of which hits bee.il. wlm red partly by the e-lty nnd partly hy the V. W, A., Is KehMluIo4 for either Nntunluy or Monday pro viding (he uetuther conllmieM agree able. City Manager Angus McAltlMter rejMirlcd at the city conn n Iks Ion meeting 9ast nlKht. The rocloretaining woll at the via duct has been finished and in a few days traffic will be .allowed to use the overhead crossing, approaches at olther end having been built up dur ing the last few months, It is the main artery of travel between the north and south sides of La Grando on the west. The olty commission endorsed two applications to be forwarded to the stato liquor commission for beer li censes, from the Elks lodge and W. O. AyrcG, after Pollco Chief Jim Htef fen had approved tho two. Ho asked for a little more time to Investigate tho application by R. P. Leslie, which was received late Wednesday. Last week applications from Ulrlch Lottos and the Nook were endorsed toy the city. Thero was some discussion as to what might be pa&aed In the way of a city ordinance on liquor control, but' the commissioners preferred to learn more about tho legal aspects of tho situation before committing themselves. B. F.WILSON DIES LATE WEDNESDAY B. P. Wilson, 74-year-old Union county pioneer, died at his farm home north of Union Wednesday fol lowing a long Illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday after noon at the Union Methodist church. Mr. WIlBon. an attorney, came to Union in 1882 nnd later served as county clerk, county judge and then as land office registrar in La Orande, making his home here during that period or time and then going back to Union. He leaves his widow, two daughts, Mrs. Earl Davis and Mm. Bills Horn; a son, Frank K. Wilson; a brother, Leo Wilson, of Medical Springs; a sister, Mrs. Ray Duncan, of Cove, and five grandchildren. Wheat Today The prle of local vush wheat kUhhI ut uhinfl f'i'i cenlH hulk hen loiluy, ucmnlltiK hi quota tions ut the Pioneer 1 touring Mills. Portland e-ili 71 cent. lAport bid 7(1 cent. CHICAGO, Mar. 1 (P) Ixwer prices on wheat formed the rule largely tv a result of March 1 bearish estimates on the conlltlon of domes tie winter wheat. Tentative figures put the 19!)4 probable production of United States winter wheat at 475.000.000 bushels, compared with 3fll. 000.000 harvested last year. Wheat closed unsettled, H ic under yesterday's finish, corn un changed to c higher, oats HUc I down, and provisions unchanged. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME I'KNIM-KTON STOKK TO OPEN 71 1 ISIli:HMHN HKSCriCl) IlKMtV PY-VI KNTIIIIONKO , SXKLL N11NO UP SITUATION PKNULBTOK, Mar. 1(4 - Pendle ton's Ktute-owned liquor ntore. No. 10, will oHn for business Ma turd ay, it mils wtld hero today Dy Otto J. Ituirte, district supervisor. The liquor stock was being unloaded toduy. ASTRAKHAN, U. 8. S. R., Mar. 1 W) Seventy-nine more fishermen and their horses, members of a group of 500 stranded on ice floes of the Cas pian sea for the past week, made their way safely to shore today. i PORTLAND, Mar. 1 P Karl Snell of Arlington speaker of the house In the Oregon legislature. 'came to Port land today nnd Intimated that with in n few days he will June reached a decision iw to whether he will seek the Republican nomination as secre tary of state. HSINKINO, Manchukuo, Mar. 1 (P) -r-Henry Pu-YI, last of the emperors of old China, today became emperor Kang Teh, first of the rulers of this new nation. Tho enthronement of Henry Pu-YI In the vlow of the Chinese press In Shanghai, is an ill omen for future peace and tranquility in the Far East and tho world. FORT COMJNH, Colo., Mar. 1 (VP) Murder charge were filed In district court here today against Ixtuls Puch eeo and his brother, John, In Jail In Denver, where author I tie said they cojifeftHetl. to killing (Mirror!' Nmllh. Wellington, fVoo,, . rancheri Robert urftitii, 'Employe, wounding SuntU'f tvlfa ond then HcMlng rire to their three victims nrter Indignities against Mrs. Rmlth. MONETARY POLICY TO BE UNCHANGED DURING THIS YEAR WASHINGTON, March 1 P) Tho administration's desire to try present monetary plana for at leost the re mainder of this fiscal year before a fixed policy It determined upon was convoyed to congress today by Sec retary Morgenthau. "What the future monetary policy of our country Bhould be I don't think anybody Is sufficiently wise to tell you because we haven't had (Continued on Page Six Says Advertising Responsible For Gains in Business PORTLAND. Mar. 1 VP) Al though expansion before next year had not been planned, Henry Wos slnger, treasurer ond general man ager of the BlItB-Wolnhard Brew ing company here, Wednesday announced the capacity of the plant will bo Increased to 30.000 barrels, at onco. "Credit for this rapid Increase In the demand for our beers must go In Iare measure to newspaper advertising." Weaslngcr said. "We have stuck closely to what we consider fundamentals of sound advertising ond merchandising. The newspaper offers the first and best meons or putting our mess age before the public In a digni fied, effective manner." AMY;S GRANDPA IS WASHED ASHORE! CHERBOURG, France. Mar. 1 VP) A strange, hairy sea beast with a horse's neck drew a Kplg" crowd of excited Norman coastal folk to the Quorquovllle rock near here today. The mysterious marine animal was washed ashoie there and the crowd gathered early this morning to await its Identification. Professor Corblere, Cherbourg's eminent scholar of natural history although a botanist and 70 years old eagerly set out on the four-mile trek to the scene to inspect the weird body Everybody who gathered 'round to view the morwter hod an idea about its identity. Some wiseacres there were who declared It was a giant seahorse which probably had been wounded In a collision with a liner DEATHS END CALIFORNIA CELEBRATION Fungus Dinner at Arroyo Grande Brings Trag edy to Workers. THIRTEEN OTHERS DANGEROUSLY ILL Ranchers Failed to Real ize the Difference Be tween Toadstools Afid Mushrooms. ..' SAN LUIS OIIISI'O, Col., Mar. 1 W) (.Tiiiiguft dinner ut Arroyo (Inuute, 1(1 miUw MMKh of here, resulted In the deutli or nine Filipinos, and 13 othora tilth two wliite men, :t heir em Irtojem, were dangerously 111 here. It waa fi, gala feast, after the heavy rains, In which myriads of mush rooms shot up during the night from the rich fortilo soil for which the Arroyo Orande valley Is world fa mous. But the Filipino vegetable pickers, and their employers, Jack and Wal ter Huber, ranchers, did not realize the difference between the deadly toadstool and the succulent mush-. rooms. However the ffecto of the poison fungus soon became evident. The 34 victims wore rushed to the general (Continued on Paite Eight Carle Abramsls A Candidate For Secretary Post SALEM. Mar. 1 (P) Col. Carle Abrams of Salem, state representa tive from Marlon county at the lost legislature, today announced his can didacy for the Republican nomination as secretary of state at the May pri mary olcctlon. In a detailed statement outlining his own policies on. the conduct of state affairs, Abrams declared he In tended, If elected "to be on the Job, to attend all meetings of the board of control and see that the business of the board Is conducted In public, for the public good." "I arrived at this decision after conducting a statewide survey," Ab rams stated. "I secured such gratify ing assurances of support as seem to woll Justify my candidacy. I am as sured the people desire a candidate of mature Judgment, in the prime of life, and a man! who will give his en tire time and ability ta state busi ness." Abrams has been engaged In news papor work In Salem for 30 years ex cept during the World, war when he served as an army officer, and dur ing such times as he has held state positions. He has been employed with the state on the Industrial accident commission, as budget officer and as secretary of the board of control. He was a member of the ways and means committee in the last legislature. War-Time Grenade Explodes; 5 Dead WARSAW. Poland, Mar. 1 (iP) A heavy wartime grenade exploded lu the arms of a railway assistant to day, tore htm to pieces and killed four school boys. Nine children were badly injured. Tho railroad man had found the grenade in a pond and it blew up while ho was removing It, with the children interested onlookers. In Cherbourg's busy ocean roadways. Others pointed out Its resemblance to published descriptions of the eo criled loch ness monster In Scot land. It was described as being 25 feet long and four and one-half feet In diameter, with a thin neck, three feet long and a head like that of a camel. As If those peculiarities weren't enough, the creature was said to have two lateral swimming fins, In addi tion to the tail. Moreover, It was covered with white hair. There was a rush to attempt the task of identification because the de composed condition of the body aroused fear it might lose Its scien tific value unless studied soon. (Continued on Page Two)
