Tourist Travel Increasing; Here-Big Year Expected
t
i La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
' "The Switzerland
of America
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Ceunties
VOLUME 32
EA8TEKN OKGGON'8 LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1934
MKMIIEIt ASSOCIATED PKESS
NUMBER 179
TLOOII
RAGING:
s engoi
L
JREGON TRAIL
TRAVEL GAIN
IS REPORTED
Motorists Show Increase
Over 1938 First yuar-,
ter in . La Grande.
GOOD YEAR AHEAD
FOR MERCHANTS
Sales to Tourists Expect
ed to Increase YVitn buo
stantial Gains in Regis
trations. Since Jail. 1, a tiilal or KIR loilrlsts
Lihovo rcRLsli'ml nt (he I41 mni(le
Tchamlier or cmilniorre nrflrrs, rfprc--Ifiitlii?
a considerable Increase over
'It he tlrst three nioiilhs of. last year.
Swlien the fifiiire was only $K on Mar.
All). The flsnro on Mar. :il this year
iua-s 108. a ealn of nearly Hal per cent.
'Hlnce April 1 the rush of registration
ias been quite heavy.
So far, most of the tourists nre
iom the far western states, wim
ftnly a few from Nebraska, Oklahoma,
,'.tc, and only one car has come
through from an eastern state that
f from New York City. Which indi
;vfcates to local observers, that the real
5 tourist rush with the eastern and
outhern states heavily represented
still In the future.
While La Grande allowed a gain
hi a substantial nature for January
fr-fcnd February of this year, the regis
tration of tourists in Oregon as a
i-ivholc showed a 25 per cent decrease
pas compared with January and Feb
Ijruary of 1033, During March, how
ffever, the state figures leaped from
.1 .(Continued on. Pago Thrtie u
f"Eastertide" To
Be Presented At
Church Sunday
The cantata "Eastertide" by Dan
iel Protheroe. will bo presented at
jtho Presbyterian church Sunday eve
t iilng. April 8 at 7:30 o'clock by the
; Presbyterian choir, Andrew Loney Jr
y directing. The cantata Is full of re
g finemcnt, beauty and delicacy, with
S in excellent interpretation of the
fasslon and Resurrection story, all of
' Which will be told in an appealing
tnanner with music and song, It is
announced. The program follows:
PART I. THE PASSION
Chorus, "There Is a Green Hill Far
Away.'
Alto solo. "When the Morning Was
ome, Mrs. w. n. iJonnciiKamp iir.
I Baritone solo, "And Pilate flsKea
J. Them." Ralph Gelbel.
Chorus. "We Found This Man Per
verting the Nation."
Baritone solo. "Then Pilate Called
, Jesus," Donn Poarch.
Chorus. "And They Were Instant
"With Loud Voices. "
i Bass solo, "When Pilate Saw That
He Prevailed Nothing," Austin Dunn.
;j Chorus, "His Blood Be Upon Us."
' f Organ, "Ths Maroh of Calvary,"
ilrs. Harlcy Richardson.
Bass solo, "Now From the Sixth
Hour There Was Darkness." Donn
Poarch,
(Continued on Pajre Threo)
MILK CONTROL
AGENT HOLDS
MEETING HERE
Tom Cunning, representative of the
nte milk control board, conducted
meeting of milk salesmen, distri
butors and producers at the city hall
this morning, explaining the require
ments for carrying out the new law.
Mid answering a number of questions
P't by local men. Some argument
developed during the meeting In re
gard to certain points of the new law.
?Mr. Cunning is to go to Baker this
afternoon to hold a similar meeting
there. He met with the Pendleton
tft'lk group last night.
SUNTAN BENEFICIAL
BUT SUNBURN ISN'T
if With the sun-bathing season very
flar. and merchants already laying
in stocks of brief bathing suits,
tfiorts. sun-back pajamas and over
alls, etc.. the old question of whether
ttie sun's rays really do one much
ood comes up tor frequent dlscus
4 on.
.1 The Observer is In receipt of an
nlcle written for the Associated
Press by Dr. Iago Galdston. promin
ent authority, on the question of
un-bathirur.
Make Yale A
C. C. C. Camp?
HOLLYWOOD,
Cal., Apr. 5 Out
to the studio here
whero we are
working night and
day on a picture
come Dr. Professor
Angle of Yale,
I had always
thought that a
fellow from Santa
Barbara n a mod
Harkness was tho
angel of Yale.
This was an aw
ful nice fellow and a very pleasant,
charming wife. He wanted m to help
him on a couple of things. Want
to get Yale mad a COC camp and
have education put on the basic In
dustry list. He Is looking for five
men for the line and three backficld
men. He Is on his way to Honolulu,
whero he has heard of a quarterback.
Yale Is doing nil she can to get
back among tho 400 of football teams.
Ho is doing all he can to get Yale
graduates to take up some otrwr work
than "braintrusting." He thinks it's
a business that won't last. Yours,
1934, McNuujIiJ Syndicate, Ino.
WHISKEY CREEK
ANGLERS ENJOY
THE REST LUCK
Fishing yesterday, tin the opening
day. of th season, was kknI, had an
indifferent, depending largely upon
where one fished. Whiskey crock ap
peared to yield tho best catches of
the day.
Bill fclglcr and Bon returned to La
Grande last night from Whiskey creek
With .50 trouty-the bltfgest;. reputed,
catch of the day. Henry Parsons, of
La Grando, also caught 21 fish In
the same creek.
A group of Union men made some
nice catches of trout In Wallowa
river yesterday using clusters of sal-
(Continued on Page ThreeC
SENTENCE ROYS
SATURDAY MORN
Ernest Conradt, 16, and Billy Weiss,
14, yesterday afternoon pleaded guilty
before U. G. Couch, Juvenile Judge,
to charges placed against them by
the police. The two pleaded guilty
to a Joint charge of stealing chickens
and Conradt also admitted entering a
house and stealing money. The two
are to be sentenced at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, officers an
nounced. Wiley Blancett, policeman, reported
today that Conradt admitted entering
four more houses in addition to those
reported yesterday. They were: Roe
(Continued on Pago Three)
SULLIVAN JOINS
FERA STAFF HERE
A placement worker. Attorney Sul
livan, of Canyon City, has arrived
here and will be on the FERA staff
in Union county. Temporary quar
ters for him will be established this
weekend In the Sacajawea Annex. His
work will include much of the In
vestigating of those registered for
work, it Is stated.
Under the FERA men will receive
work proportionate to their family
needs. For example, an unemployed
man with a family of two or three,
will draw less work per month than
the unemployed man with a family
of five or six.
Half a million dollars has been al
loted to Oregon for FERA purposes,
according to announcement In Port
land today, and it is presumed that
Union county will receive a portion
of this. So far. no definite word
has been received here as to when
work may begin.
According to Dr. Galdston tanning
Is beneficial to one's health, but
burning Is sometimes injurious.
Sun bathing should be taken at
first In small doses, he says. "One
should not bathe during the period
from 10 in the morning to a In the
afternoon." he states, adding "the
head should be protected." He re
gards over-indulgence as exposing
oneself to the aim's rays for too long
n period before one Is able to be
come Immune to ordinary sun-burn.
In Death Case
3SS5S
Luke S. May, Seattle's chief of
detectives and famous criminolo
gist, who Is In charge of the Brem
erton, Wash., multi-murder inves
tigation. V.F.W. AUXILIARY
TO RE ORGANIZED
Not only will a Veterans of Foreign
Yars post be organized here Satur
day evening, at a meeting to be held
at the Eagles hall at 8 p. m., but a
women's auxiliary to the group also
will bo formed.
Word has been received from Pen
dleton that tlio V. F. W. mombora
there, who are to conduct tho In
stallation of officers In La Grando,
will TSo accompanied toy auxiliary
members who pian to induct tho lo
cal' women officials Into their chairs,
--rho meetlnfr-Sat unlay Wfa'htt . to be
attended by State Commander Swpet
land, who will present the charter to
tho La Grande post, is open to tho
public. .Refreshments will bo served.
Frankie Monroe Is
Winner Over Ros
PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. 6 (P)
Frankie Monroe, of Lakevlew, took a
clean-cut decision from Ros Duma
gullcti of Manila, at St. John's last
night to supplant an unpopular de
cision ho gained over tho Filipino
lat week.
Tho stinging lofts of Dumagul.es,
126, gained him an early advantage,
but put Monroe. 133, Into a bcllgcr
ent mood. In the) second round Mon
roe traded punch for punch with his
opponent, and showed race fighting
form as he slugged to victory In the
third and fourth rounds.
JUST WHEN
wv
DOG DRIVES
FURIOUS SOW
FROM BOY, 6
Elvin Prince, of Wallowa,
Saved From Death .
By Pet Animal.
WAIXOWA, Ore., (Spw.nl) A near
tragedy was averted by a shepherd
dog on the farm or Wayne Prince,
about seven miles east of Wallowa,
the other day. The falmlly had missed
a brood kow from their herd of swine
and Klvln, eix-year.-old son. In coin
puny with Ills grandmother, set out
to look for the mining animal. Kuii
nhtg on In advance of His compan
ion, the small hoy tame upon the
hug In a brush thicket and Hhe made
a furious attack knocking lilm to
the ground and dragging lilm by one
arm down Into tho liriinh.
The shepherd dog then entered the
scene of battle and attacked the sow,
causing her to turn her attention to
the dog until the boy was rescued.
His coat was torn off and prints of
the animal's teeth were left In his
arm. Ills face was badly scratched
and a deep gash cut in the back of
his head. The Prince family feels
that there Is no doubt but that the
dog saved the child's life. The dog
escaped from the encounter unin
jured. State Will Open
Bids April 26 On
: . $2,50000 Work
. PORTLAND, April 0 W While
cfyccHitMi -.coaitinuecU-on the low bid
for the first of the Oregon coast
bridges submitted to tho highway
commission yesterday, the road de
partment was making plans for open
ing bids on more than $2,500,000
work April 26, the biggest single day's
bid opening In the history of the
stato highway department.
In addition to the opening of bids
on the second of the five coast spans
the Coos Bay brldgo estimated at
$2,255,052, tho department will call
for bids on $300,000 road projects, it
was announced here today. The de
partment has $560,000 remaining to
be let out of the more than $6,000,000
public works fundB. The last of this
will be awarded May 17.
Award of the first bridge, the one
at Waldport over Alsea Buy was ex
pected to be made Monday. To date
the low bid of Llndstrom & Felgen
son, Parker & Banfield and T. H.
Banflcld, for $685,040, appeared In
order.
EVERYTHING WAS
Beauty Plus Brains Net Contract
fl&Vt :;;! jk- v'ssil A.
..Combliiniion ol Ueiuuy and brains
lilm contract when a Ehnrp-eyed producer found her in a Hollywood
screen cnorus and signed ner ror seven years. Jean was born In
i Michlcnn and educated In a Los Anuclcs convent-,
ONLY ONE RACE
IN PRIMARY VOTE
IN WALLOWA CO.
ENTERPRISE, Ore., (Special)
With filings for the May primary
elections completed, the following
candidates in Wallowa county .are in
the race. Only one primary contest
existB, that for district attorney.
For county commissioner: Harry
O. Harmon, Democrat, Leap; L. Couch,
Wallowa, Republican.
District attorney: Robert V. Chris-
man and George E. Richards, both
Republicans of Enterprise.
For state representative: Dr. C. T.
Hockctt, Republican, Enterprise; J. W.
Fisher, Democrat, Wallowa.
L. F. Allen, stato representative, will
not be a candidate for re-election. He
recently moved to Hot Lake to be
manager of the sanatorium.
Ernest F. Johnson, county commis
sioner, who will retire Jan. 1, 1035,
has held the office continuously for
four terms.
GOING NICELY
netted Jcun Olmlburn a Incrntlvo
MRS. MASSIE
ATTEMPTS TO
-KILL HERSELF
Figure in Sensational
Honolulu Assault Case
of .1932 Will Recover is
Report.
GKNOA, Italy, Apr. fi Shlp'N
off I - or (he S. S., Itoma Mild to
day tlutfli Mrs. Thalltt Fortewtie Mas
sle, principal figure In the wnsu
(loiml Ilonulutii assault case of l!i:t:!,
attempted Milcldi by slashing hath
wrists and tlirmvl,!ig hi'i-w-lf Trom the
liner's lop deck on the voyage from
New York.
Prof. Darrio Borclli, director of tlio
nervous ailments clinic in Genoa,
whero Mrs. Masslo has ibeen taken
since the Hlilp's arrival yesterday,
confirmed tho offlccra' rcKrt.
The director said that Mrs, Mus-
slo told him she attempted suicide
when tho steamer was three days out
from Genoa because:
'I wanted to die. I regretted, hnv
ing got a divorce from my husband.'
Mrs. Massio and Lieut. Thomas
(Continued on Pago Two)
ANOTHER CHILD
DISEASE VICTIM
GOLDS RO RO. N. C, Apr. 0 fUj
Tho name of two-ycsir-old Ivl
Tliompson of Way no county was add
ed today to the rolls of those meii
il science Is attempting to savo
from unnatural death for Levi is
slowly "turning to stone."
His cose, physicians said, parallels
that of Benny Hendricks of Wilkes
barro. Pa., who to gradually becom
ing ossified, the victim of a disease
that causes the muscle of tho body
to aydmllate nalclum which should
go only into strengthening tho
body's bones.
Tho Thompson '-hlld lives with his
parents, Mr. and Mm. Bnitus Thomp
son. In Mt, Olive, near here.
Wheat Today
Tim prlcr of luc:tl in Mi wheat
stood at iibitul H'i c-nfK bulk
1 1 (-r- I'hIuv, acivinllni; it iiifitji
t Ions nt t lift I'lonrcr I'lourlng
Mills. Il'initaiitl (Jili 7'i M'nt.
KjMrt bid (fl'-i cents.
CHICAGO. Apr. fl tot Rye distin
guished ltfielf today with a Jump of
1 cents a bushel.
Tho Jump of ryo was apparently
owing to awertlons that the United
States import duty on rye would
soon be raised.
Rye closed 3trong at tho day3 top
flirures. other grain nearly at a stand
still, -wheat VrC off to c up com
pared with yesterday's linlsh. May
BQ & i, corn uncliangod to 'tc
h i gher, aits u nc hanged to 'nc ad -vancefi.
and provisions un:hainrl to
20c gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTB1E
...
i'l.OHlll.V CONSTA11I.K SLAIN
30(10 t'NKMI'l.OYUl) IN JtlOT
.
KXTOKTION I'l.OT FAILS
HITS AT IIOLDINO COMI-AMEH
s
MIAMI, Okla., Apr. 0 (F) ronsliv-
liln 'ul Campbell mm nlalii unil Ciller
of I'ullce IVrcy lKijd, f Common.
liir Urrv, pnut klilnnH-il tmluy by
two outkiws umi (heir woman com
IWHlon. -
MINNEAPOLIS. Apr. 8 OT Threo
thousand unemployed milled about
'blood-spattered sidewalks today aft
er authorities had. twice ropulsod on
slaughts against tho city hall and
courthouso. Eighteen porsoiui wore
Injured. Twonty-flvo others woro In
Jail.
CI.KVRLANI), Apr. (!) All cxlor
llon j)lot iieolimt Mayor Harry L. Da
vis, ihrculciihie lilm with iliiil.li anil
(leiiuimlliii; $1.1,000, won illclowcl hy
polloe Umluy. Ilillna set n trap for
the extortionist hut ho did lint up
peur. WASirJNOTON, Apr. 6 (!) Wliat
were termed abuses In the operation
of holding companies, togethor with
payment of largo siUarloa to officials
of the American Tclophone and Tel
egraph company, woro reported to
day to tho houso Interstate com
moroo committeo by Dr. W. M. W.
Bplawn, following a threo-year study
ordered by congress. Tho roport roc
ommended that tho first stop In reg
ulation bo a thorough Investigation
into tho Bell Telephone companies.
ttKNKVA. Apr. HP) riilnem clr
olw nlli'Bi lloday tluut .raimn iihuis
1 wlze I'elplng nnd put Kinporor
KnilR . Tell of Miinehlikiio on the
tlinnie there ns emiieror or the
northern prorlnnw of Clilnn.
THREE EUROPEAN
NATIONS EXPECT
TO IMPORT WHEAT
ROME, April 0 P) Tho return
of three groat European nations,
Prance, Germany and Italy, to the
status of wheat Importers Instead of
self-sufficient producers was prom
ised today at a session of tho world
wheat advisory commission.
M. Davlnct, tho French dolORato,
stated his country would abandon
Its policy of wheat solf-sufflcicncy
(Continued on Page Two)
Do You Suppose
She Swallowed
A Flashlight?
TRIESTE, Italy, April fl (P) A
mysterious light emanating from
the breast of Slgnora Monaro, a
patient in Pirano homital. Is
rousing wonderment In medical
and official circles.
Tho populace is most Interested
but Is sharply divided In Its vlows,
one group afflrmlnK that a mira
cle Is taking placo and tho other
that Slgnora Monarco swallowed
a flashlight.
Army Mail Flier
Killed in Crash
AliTOONA, Pa., Apr. 0 (I1) The
body of Second Lieut. John Leland
MnAllster, 25. who leaped from hi
falling; army plane, was moved to the
Duncansvlllo airport today pending
word from federal authorities. Tho
officer had been flying tho mail
from Cleveland to Chicago for the
post month.
NATION OBSERVING
ARMY DAY TODAY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 0 to) It's
Army day today, and tho tread of
marching feet, of soldiers parading
up Pennsylvania avenue, revives a
memory.
Seventeen years ago at 1:10 o'clock
this afternoon a signal from a White
Houso window shot around tho world
the message:
"America Is at war."
Wood row Wilson walked the streets
of Washington that 17-year-old day
Mrs. Wilson beside him; both deep
in thought toeforo turning back to
the White House, taking up a pen
and signing his name across the war
resolution.
As ho traced tho last stroke, a na
val officer, standing In a window
near Wllson'u desk, semaphored si
PROGRESS IS
REPORTED IN
MANY LINES
Next Quarter to Be Best
in Four Years, Dun &
Bradstreet Says
RETAIL BUYING IS
iSETTING FAST PACE
Lumber Business Gains
Noted Men at Work
on Railroads Increase
8.58 Per Cent
By the Associated Press
The business situation over the.
country appears more optimistic with
each passing quarter, and. the out-,
look for the next three .months ap
pears to bo brightest In four years.
Business propects for he second
quarter "generally are conceded to be
potentially capable of producing the
most satisfactory results for any sec
ond quarter In four years," Dun Ss
Bradstreet said today. ?
The oxpectod slackening In the'
pace which retail buying set before
Easter has not appeared, the agency
reported although sales of some ap
parel lines have roccded this week
from tho "extraordinary high totals"
of tho preceding weok, buying of fur
niture, housewares, electrle refriger
ators and rugs increased by a wldo
percentage 1 ' '
"Sales of men's and women's wear
ing apparel, howover, still are in the
lead, whllo there has beon' no dim
inution In tlie call for drygoods. Sales
of hardware, paints, gardening tools
and seeds show overy . indication of
outdistancing spring figures for the
last three years. ind proviriCqnijlU;
sivo proof of a reawakene'd' .interest ""
In the home and garden." ' '
An Increase of 20 per cent In new
lumber buslhoss for the first quarter
of 1034 over tho 1033 period was re
ported today by the National Lumber '
Manufacturers association. The' sur- .
(Continued Prom Page Pour)
Latest Clues In
"Orgy Kulings" .
Point to Kimble
COi;ti D'AI.KNK, Idaho, Apr. 0 (P)
Slicrirr H. J. McMillan today said
Sheriff I). i. ItlankeiiMhlp or Bremer
ton, Wah., decided Harry Kimble
held hern Tor iiiiestlonhig In connec
tion with the Bremerton mum slay
Iiikh or last week, was In no way In
volved In the murders.
SEATTLE. April fl m Spurred
on by "startling ovidonce" which
identified at least one of the recent
associates of Eugene Chenevort, a
victim in Bremerton's "orgy killings"
last week, authorities peered today at
prints of undeveloped films found In
his home.
Two of the prints, Chief of De
tectives Luke S. May announced,
were those of a man of swarthy com
plexion, who was stripped to his waist
and who was making a display of his
powerful muscles and chest.
Pour persons stepped forward and
Identified him as tho' pictures of
a Harry Kimble, a road house operator
In Western Washington, who had;
(Continued On Page Pour)
Old Timer Bags
38 Rattlesnakes
GRAND COULEH DAM. Apr. fl (P
Putting on a free demonstration,
William "Daa" Smith, old-time or
chardist, climbed up th coulee wall,
brought down 38 live rattlesnakes,
and then extracted tho poison from
them.
lently to tho navy department, then
across the street.
Tho word, awaited, flashed Instan
taneously to tho furthest military
and naval outpost orders to go Into
action.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, young as
sistant secretary of the navy, was
one of the first to receive it. His
was a tank of seeing that the na
tion's naval cordon offered no loop
holes to German sea raiders.
Today is Army day again, and he
wired from his yacht In southern
waters that the celebration "Indi
cates In part the gratltudo of our
nation to our army which so val
iantly served th is country la Its
overy emergency."