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Wo Water Shortage Expected In La Grande This Year La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties wtvn g VOLUME 32 EASTERN OHKGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 19.11 MEMUEH ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 180 ADD SENATE MM I MTOQ . . Vii Ji JiJ ILJ ILALrl 4bJ? TO TAXES SUPPLY OF I WATER HERE IS ADEQUATE ;So Believe City Officials, in Checking Over the 1 Local Situation MAIN RESERVOIR AT BEAVER CREEK FULL M Has Two Months' Supply Artesian Wells Cap- able of Supplying City f J When Necessary T Barring mi unusually warm, lr' fummrr, the city of Ln (imndc an ticipate no water pdiortnge at least no mora or a shortage lliau or dinarily exists. I ?Many communities throughout the fnrrthwest, because of the lack of snow In the hills and because of ftfao low water levol in some sections, !ero greatly worried about the com ing summer, with its'usual heat and flck of rain. But in La Grande, little concern is felt, ,5 For somo years it has not ibcen cessary to restrict water users, even jfftr irrigation purposes, and it is cx ;pfcted that no such restrictions will Joe required this Bummer unless the "Weather is abnormally hot. U , It. C. ltecrvolr 1'ull fThe Boaver Creek reservoir is full at present, and when full ha? suf ficient water to take care of city purposes for approximately two liionths. And with more rain likely before the first of July weather ijecorda indicate that is usually the beginning of the dry period here Hiero seema .Uttla likelihood, tty of- (Oontinued on Page Throng H Club Tours Begin; Two To Be This Weekend ;-'iThe annual 4-H club tour of the Union County Beef club will be held Sunday, beginning at 8 a. m., under jfcne direction of Todd Conrad, leader pfi the club. jr'l'he tour will proceed north from Island City toward Summervlllc, cast tqi Imbler. Prom Imbler they will go? south, and will visit all club mem bers along the way. They plan to trk at Union, where a potluck din ner will be served at the experiment station, which will conclude the day's program. iJ'lie first club tour of the year was bejel last week by the Union Poultry Club with A. It. C.alle as leader of the tour. The farms of eight mem pets were visited during the tour and comments were made by the leader pa the methods which club members jused in the care of their poultry, jf The Ladd Canyon sheep club will bold a tour Saturday under the direc tion of Mrs. Lloyd Pierce who is the leader of the club. As this is a newly organized club 'this year, there are only five members, but Mrs. Pierce ban been giving helpful suggestions.. All the members live In the vicinity of Ladd Canyon. MERCURY AT 82 ABOVE IN CITY TODAY 11 f Summer weather predominated In the Grnndo Rondo valley this week end, with a maximum of 79 above In 1 Grande Friday, and prospects for limner mark today. Today the Ob server office thermometer registered 82. I The minimum temperature this morning was at 42 above, three de grees above Friday's low mark. The weather prediction was for continued talr weather and above normal tem peratures during the next week. COLD NIGHTS AT END 4 YES. IT'S 'OFFICIAL' I i If there's anvthtn? In (he dt's WHty t predict, guess, prophecy ft ml f orel I'll miat t he f tfl u re b"lK the period wherein very 'M night occasionally occur. Is ft' an end. Hcrinltely. and Mn lly, If one can depend on the fity vWon. there'll he no more i those crimpy early mornings, V-th the mercury placing around 1 or . above. I This should he good neWM to fniitmen. gardener and the puh In general. How come? Fools Wall Street So Inquiry Started m&m HOLLYWOOD, Cal Apr. 6 Can't bring Insull back yet. I see by the papers today where he hasn't finished his memoirs. N. Y. stock ex change Is having their own investi gation. They are investigating 14 different stocks that have been acting so funny that Wall street Itself didn't know what they were doing. In other words, you can fool the public, but you mustn't fool the members of the lodge. The high Income tax come pretty near passing Thursday lnj the senate. Only lacked about six votes, so It won't bo long now. Well, there Is millions and millions that are not making it that would bo glad to give up 99 per cent if you would let "em earn a hundred thousand or more. Yours, 1934. McNiuglitSymllcsttr. fno. TRAIN FARE REDUCED FOR CELEBRATION O.-W. and Oregon Short Line to Charge One Fare for Round Trip to This City Hcilurcd rates from nil points In Orrjton and all points tn the OrN.'fln short Line to the east will lie In aiiRiinilcd for the .scinl-Ontennlnl celebration of the I'lllon 1'uclrir'n twiilni; to liiistcrn Orceoii In 1HHI, it was announced today by Colonel Itulph Huron, chairman of the cele bration committee. Mr. Huron received the following letter from A. S. Edmonds, assistant (Continued on Paae Two COMMITTEES FOR 1934 STOCK SHOW ARE ANNOUNCED UNION, Ore. (Special! Directors and officers of the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show association expect to swing into the preliminary work of staging the 1934 show to be early in June within the Immediate fu ture. And with this In mind, commit tees have been appointed as follows: Finance and budget, J. F. Hutchln- (Contlnued on Page Threo) TOWN TEAM PLAYS AT COVE SUNDAY The La Grande town team, entered in the Blue Mountain league, will open the season tomorrow at 2 o'clock at Cove. Reports are that quite a number of local fans expect to drive to the Cherry City for the game. While La Grande Is playing at Cove. PoncJasa will Journey to Union, Ba ker goes to Halfway and Elgin will piny ut Pleaant Grove. The La Grande lineup was an nounced todi.y as follows: Courtney, pitcher; Wilson, catcher; Nelson, first; Jones, second; Evans, short; Sullivan, third; Worthley. right field and pitcher; Cochran, center field; fPnnttnned on Pairo Six, The city, each winter, I urns off t street fountain as soon as It K dennnM rated by Old Mother Nature that she has enough cold breath to freeze 'tun tip. Then each spring, when Mother Nature l supposed to hae (hawed out for the season, the city fives 'em up and turns 'em on again, so (hat the pedestrian along Adams avenue may have a drink or good old city water whenever he or she desires. And the city has been turning 'em on this week! sill CHOIR PLANS BIG CONCERT ON APRIL 16 Local Organization, Di rected by Andrew Lo ney, to Give Program in Church Monday evening:, April 1(1 has been definitely set a the date for the public concert to he given hy the j Grande A Cnella choir. It In an nounced today. The concert will he given In the First Presbyterian church and further information particularly with regards to tickets will be made within a few days. The program to be offered will be varied in character and will Include sacred numbers, some negro spirit uals as well as some of the choir numbers featured by the St. Olaf A Cupel la choir when they sang in La Grande a few years ago. This concert will be the first pub lic appearance of this newest musical aggregation in La Grande. Sixty of (Continued on Pasre Two) ., Three Boys Are Before Juvenile Judge U. G. Couch Three boys, two of them charged with stealing chickens and the third with stealing chickens and with en tering a house and stealing money, were before Juvenile Judge U. G. Couch this morning. " All three en tered pleas of guilty at hearings yes terday, Bobby Johnson, 14, and Billy Weiss, 14, pleading guilty to chicken thefts, and Ernest Conrad t, 10, to chicken theft and, the. house -breaking charge. Wiley Bhincett, city po liceman, arrested Bobby yesterday. The other two were arrested earlier in the week. Judge Couch found all three de linquent children, and ordered Bobby and Bill to report to him at frequent Intervals and also placed them under severe regulations at home. The Conradt boy was held as a ward of the court pending the arrival of his father from California, who is expected here early next week. When the father arrives, a decision as to his sentence will be made, the Judge sti ted. Two Fliers Killed In Alaskan Crash McGRATH, Alaska, Apr. 7 !) A downward air current struck at an altltudo of n few hundred feet plum meted Ed Pageros, 34-year-old air plane pilot formerly of Chicago, and Michael Tekeoff, 45. to their deaths here yesterday. NEW YORK'S GREATEST EASTER PARADE IN YEARS me HKies somen hum huiiucil HprniR warm in, me mercury obligingly climbed . . . and all the welcome, glittering pageantry of prc-depresslon years was strikingly In evidence again when the camera recorded this spci'Luciilar Hunter Sunday scene on New Turk's world-famous Fifth uveunc. From a vuntage point op-,Mitc great St. llttrick's outuedrul (u; right), you look down on a Kcctloii of the. near-record Faster p.iruuc' ili.rt overllowed wide sldewiilks .tdo the street and made buses mid -jfcl'.er vehicle fight f r right of way. COVE NINE WINS FROM TIGERS 8-6 The La Grande Tigers carna home from Cove yesterday with the short end of an 8 to fl baseball score, but gave tho Cherry Pickers a run, for their victory. Except for a bad sixth inning, tho local High school nine might have started tho season with a win. There wero two men on base scc and and third in tho sixth with nono down, when the batter lofted one to left field. Both baserunncrs forgot their rules long enough to raco on and wlicn the ball was caught by R. Duncan, Cove, it added two auto matic outs to retire tho sldo. (Continued on Page Six IT'S IN THE AIR Big Merchandise Shoot Will Be Held on Apr. 29 The La Grande Gun club Is announcing a merchandise and added money shoot for Sunday, April 29, the first registered shoot of tho year in this city. All gun clubs from Boise to Portland are expected to bo represented, with from 75 to 100 shooters likely to participate. At the last similar shoot held here In 1932, 80 nlm rods took part. The shoot will be held at the Lono Tree grounds and local merchants will provide the mer chandise prizes. (Continued on Pago TwoJ -KegLxrs 9 RAPS BILLS IN CONGRESS FOR RECOVERY National Chamber of Commerce Sees Threat to Business Gains in Some Measures WASHINGTON, Apr. 7 Ml The chamber of commerce or (he ('nltcd Slates said today that "on every hand there appear encoiiniglng signs of furl her buslines recovery" but ( hut the "advance" Is threatened by Mime of (he pending legislative proposal. "More, men are being put to work at Ietter wages." the organization said In Its fortnightly summary of national business affairs, "Firms and corporations, long In the red, are cither over the line or getting closer to the black. "Some of the recovery legislation enacted in the last year lias had a wholesome effect In laying the basis for business recovery and In strength ening the nation's banking structure. "But attention Is now centering on tho need of business for opportunity to continue Us forward movement, unhamjx'red by new and unneces sary restrictions. Certain legislation, (Continued on Page Two) CLIFF SLIDE IS FATAL TO FORTY OSLO, Norway. Apr. 7 (I') Advices reaching here toM.iy sidd nearly 40 lives were lost through a huge cliff slldo at Homines fjord on tho west coast of Norway. Tho slldo caused a sufJoesHlou of heavy waves which swept both bands. Wheat Today The price of U-.i cash wheat stoMl at about 'M ceil hulk here- today, according to ido1i tloii at the Choicer I louflng Mills. I'oftlatid cash llt cent. i:pori hid i.Vi ei'iits. . CHICAGO. Apr. 7 V ityp took the star rolo in the grain markets to (0' and went skyward a maximum of exactly 2 cents a bushel. ( Rye cloned unsettled l'i t 1 c nl.0'0 yesterday'?! fluls.i, wheat un changed '0 'ic l'her. May 8fl!f. coj'n !' 'ac up, oat c i- v.Wcd, and provisions vaijing from 20 centu decline to a rise of 2 cents. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME OHIHiON GKTS $1,011,000 WOl'I.I) EX KM IT ItONDS ItUKMIMlTON DKAIl 111 K1U - PLANS CONSLMEItH' COUNCILS WANIIINtlTOV. Apr. 7 W The federal relief administration gnutled ngou $l,0M,0(H for relief work In April, including transient relief and college student aid us well us $14,000 for the emergency educational pro gram In March. WASHINGTON, Apr. 7 m The house Interstate commerce sub -commit tee voted today to exempt state and municipal bonds from provisions of tho stock market regulation bill. ItKKMKlvTOX, Wash., Apr. 7 (T) As arrangements were made today for burial or the six victims of Bremer ton's "orgy killings," authorities ap parently had fulled to rind a definite trull they expected to lend to the murderers... Talk of nil expected ar rest quieted when it had fulled to materialize hy early today. ...WASHINGTON, Apr. 7 (P) One hundred and twolvo consumers coun cils aro to be formed throughout the nation to aid In adjustment of local consumers' price complaints. SELECT MASSED CHORUS NUMBERS FOR E.O. FESTIVAL "Tho massed chorus numbors for High School Music Festival, which are- to bo directed by Prof: Paul Petri, director of music at the Oregon State college, will -be banuttful," says Miss Jennlo Peterson, head of tho music department nt tho Eastern Oregon Normal school, and director of the festival. They are "On Song's Bright Pinions" by Mendolssohn and "Dear Land Of Homo" from "Flnlandla" by Sibelius, Mr. Petri has made special effort to cIioobo music- well suited to high school voices, Miss Peterson states, and has sent his markings to the schools In order that tho Inter pretation may bo uniform. This feattiro will bo the finale of tho music festival to bo held at tho Eastern Oregon Normal school Sat urday, April 14, tho afternoon and evening sessions being open to tho public at a nominal fee. Thirteen schools In Eastern Oregon will have entered representatives. Tho evening concert In addition to tho massed chorus numbers will Include num bers from tho participating schools and will begin at 8:00 o'clock. KANSAS OFFICERS HUNTING KILLER PORT SCOTT. Kas.. Apr. 7 ! Clyde Barrow, phantam desperado of tho southwest, fled before a growing army of police today after releasing a kidnaped police chief whose com panion he had murdered. Scores of officers went Into action along tho Kansas-Missouri border af ter the desperado and his two com panions released Percy Boyd, Com merce, Ok la., chief of police, early today. They had held him prisoner for moro than 14 hours. They abducted him near Commerce yesterday after Barrow had shot and killed Cal Campbell, 63, Miami, Okla., constable. Boyd, who suffered a scalp wound, said he was posltivo as to the Identi fication of Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the desperado's cigar smoking com panion. Ho cxprcHsed the belief the other member of the trio, a tall, sandy-haired man, was Raymond Hamilton, alleged associate of Burrow. Fat Can lie t'sed Again Fat In which doughnut or similar food have been fried can be cleared by stretching cloth across tho top of a Jar and pouring tho warm melted fat through It. COBB'S VERACITY IS UPHELB IN BEAR CASE KLAMATH PA Lid. Apr. 7 MV-ThC veracity of Irvln S. Cobb, noted hu mor';, was upheld today when Hay Yager, rancher from the La Pine dis trict in northern Klamath county, arrived hero with an ndul'nnd very vigorous lava bear, he little ani mal a iiilnlature specimen of the fizzly is on its way to an exhibi tion tour of California. Yager trappft the bear, a female, last Janiry. It weight 25 pounds and e,xpem,nci'd trapperh"'stlmate its HOUSE BILL ALREADY AT $330,000,000 Indications Are That' $150,000,000 More Will Be Added Monday, , COUZENS SUBMITS 10 PCT. SUPER-LEVY LaFollette Would Boost the Inheritance Levies Both Amendments Expected to Pass WASHINGTON, Apr. 7 (A) The' senate brewed new headache for the taxNtyent of tlie nation todaj. The. tax hill, which was a $2AK,0OO,0O0 measure as It cuma from the house,1 already Is up to a proosed $330, 000.000 In the senate, with a stroiur (likelihood It will reach $480,000,000 beforo It Is Nissed. An amendment toy Senator Couzena (D., Mich.) that would odd an esti mated 965,000,000, and one ty Son-' ator LaFollette (R Wis.) that would be good lor perhaps 95,OOO.0OO more, were given tho approval today of Senator Harrison (D,, Miss.), who Is in ohargo of tho legislation. Monday may boo a vote. Tho bill as received from tho house was boosted to $330,000,000 in tho senate finance committee before reaching tho sonata (floor. Senator Couaens' proposal Is for a 10 per cent auper-lovy, to bo effec tive for ono year only. Tho 10 per, (Continued on Pave Two) , Nations Study : Minmum Export Price on Wheat ROME, Apr. 7 (fl1) The world wheat advisory committee, under tho presi dency of John Van Antwerp Mac Murray, American mlnistor to Esto nia, Latvia and Lithuania, dug at onco today into the question of es tablishing a minimum export prlco for wheat. Most delegates seemed to regard this as the most important item bo fore the mooting. Andrew Calms, of Canada, secre tary of tho commit teo, announced afterward that six nations had par ticipated in the discussion and that they wero generally sympathetic to ward tho idea of minimum exports and a prlco agreement. However, they differed in rogard to the meas ures to bo employed. Four plans were placed beforo the commission. Tho first is a definite prlco agreement for each grade of wheat and flour. Tho second Is an Indirect method for reaching higher export prices by adjusting the ex port quotas so as to keep exports at certain percentages below tho de mand from tho imjortlng countries. The remaining two arc combinations of tho first two. The American delegation was In clined to take the view that an In ternational agreement to reduce acfj ago ought to precede an agreement on minimum price, since the latter might preclude the reaching of tho former. Machine Gunners Guard City Hall MINNEAPOLIS, Apr. 7 W Police machine gunners, fearing a bomb plot, stood guard today at city hall, which was stormed yesterday by a raging mob or 0000 unemployed and sympathizers. SEATTLE, Apr. 7 fP Amorlcan war veterans broke up a communist anti-war demonstration hero with their fists, and today eight alleged "reds" wero held on charges of dis orderly conduct, and five on open charges. age at over four years. Yager recently received a letter from Cobb congratulating him - on obtaining "living proof of the exis tence of a sub-specie of the common variety." "I trust he won't grow up and bite off your leg." the humorist addod. $ava beds of Central Oregon 'and then went east to write of the lava bears. For many years the talo was regarded as purely fictional. . i J
