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Great List Of Gifts Await Ladies At Cooking School 1 fet karrorr La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America famtttt Only Newspajper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEB LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY.7, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED' PRESS NUMBER 204 fuin-T? WW rr M LnJU U ( vEAST OREGON BEEF MEN IN BIG SESSION 125 Attend Meetings Held at Union Experiment . , Farm Saturday. PRESIDENT PEAVY STATION VISITOR Dean W. A. Schoenfeld, Herman Oliver, F. L. Ballard and Others View Test Results. sal unlay n ils "Baby Beef Feeders' Buy" at tlio experiment station at Un lmi niul a group of 12.1 interested nUM'kini'ii from eight liiiatern Oregon nullities vlBlled the station. Tlic re sults of the experiments tluit Have lieen carried on during the juust sev eral months in feeding six lots corn containing 12 Hereford bahy beeves, urru lnseeted. Tho meeting began at 11:00 in the morning with a tour of the grain and grass plots. At the noon luncheon choice steaks from ono of the beeves from the experimental lot, were fea tured. The program In the afternoon was presided over by P. M. Brandt, head of the animal husbandry depart ment at O. 8. C. He called on Presl- W. A. Schoenfeld. dean op the school dent George Peavey of the college and of agriculture for talks. Herman Oliver, president of the Cattle and Horse Growers' association, told of his re cent trip to Chicago, of the process ing tax that will aftect the consump- Hon of meat. C. L. Jamieson, secre ' tary of tho same association urged stockmen to attend the annual con vention at Lakevlew, June 1 and 2 becauso the critical situation of the cattlo Industry demanded action. A. E. Numrlch, a beef expert rep resenting Swift and Co., talked on the demand for choice beeves saying the better beeves had higher dress ing percentage. D. B. Richards gave an account of tho results of feeding different ra tions to the several pens of stock and conducted the visitors to the dif ferent plots for Inspection. Amoni! tho other officials present at the mooting in addition to Presi dent Pcavy and Dean Schoenfeld were V. L. Ballard of Corvallls. state county agent leader; Phil Former, county agent of Baker; Walter Holt. (Continued on Pago Two) La Grande And Pendleton Lose To Walla Walla Tho Walla Walla country club golt team defeated a combined La Orandc Pcndleton team at Walla Walla Sun day hi to 38 In an Intertutlng Inter city match. Several excellent scores were nested, with W. Yost, of Walla Walla, leading the field with a spark ling 73. J. M. Watson. La Grande, pro. turned In the best' score for the La Grande-Pendleton team with a 78. ' Kccvos an-d points made by La (Continued on Page Five) STRAW BALLOT TO BE TAKEN BY OBSERVER (iOVBICNOK U.U.I.OT fOlTOS I Favor ltrnihll-:ill Jjam H. Brown E P. Dotltl Joe E. Dunne Charles Hall Ruriw c. Holman Frank J. Lonerpan U. O. McAlexandcr IMMntKTatH Willis Mahoney Charles H. Martin I am a rrslM'ml With the primary election day only 16 days away, and candidates for gov ernor or Oregon thicker than hair on a cats back. The Observer, for the benefit of Its readers. Is going to con duct a "straw ballot" on governor durln? this week. While straw ballots may or may not mean anything to the voter In particular, with the present set-up of seven aspirants for the nomtna . Hon for governor on the Republican 'lcket and two on the Democratic ticket, a straw vote In Union county will prove enlightening. Among politically Interested citi zens the attuatlon Is hectic, and they have not concluded whom they will vote fo:- In the primary cleation. War With Japan Now Impossible SAN FRANCISCO. May 6 From all I can read In the papers dated from some foreign capi tal, the ambition of t he 1 r lives seems to foe to get us and Japan into a war. Now if any nation on earth can give any ex cuse why we should fight Jap an any more than should they ought to get a prize for thinking of it. Naturally everybody feels sorry for China, but there seems to be a con. certed plan among the others to get us to feel so much, oorrler lor em than they do that we will do all the fighting for 'em. Besides, we couldn't go to war with 'em now, for we Just sent our fleet around on the east coast in case wo should have trouble with Portugal or Spain. Yours, Cit fa?" 19J4, McNtught SyndlctU, file. ALLELECTRIC RANGE TO BE GIVEN FREE "Hot Point" Range Fea ture Gift of. Many at Cooking School Here The largest ana most pretentious list of gifts and prizes ever presented at any affair of its kind In this city, uwalt lad lea who attend the Safeway Stores "Kitchciiecrlng" classes which ojMMi for u three-aay course next (Continued ou Patco Two) LA GRANDE NOSES OUT PONDOSA 5-3 IN SNAPPY GAME I The La Grande Bluo Mountain league baseball team annexed Its third victory of tho season at the High Khool athletic field yesterday nfternoon before a good-Blzed. crowd, by nosing out Pondosa 5 to 3. Both teams scored in the first frame Pondosa started the tallying when Lee reached first on Evan's bobble; Peffley singled over second Lee going to third, and scoring when (Continued on Paee Pour) TAKES POSITION IN SERA OFFICE Miss Madeline 8nlder has arrived In La Grande from Portland to take nmit.inn In th SERA office at the court house. Miss Snider will take i Continued on Paw fllxl For limernor IDcm.) (Bep.) Present or mail to The Observer I it is only for the information of I subscribers that The Observer will ; conduct a straw vote. A coupon will I be printed dally until next Monday. 1 Strict secrecy will be maintained con cerning the choice of the Individual 'subscribers, and no names are asked ; on the ballot Just the vote. The ! final count Is the only thing that jwlll be published. ) Subscribers should remember in I voting this straw ballot In the prl ; mary election Republicans and Demo !mu have Individual ballots. The coupon contains the name of the candidates for convenience. Write, the name of your-holce and either bring your ballot to The Observer or mall It. STUDENT AT E. 0. N. WINS AMATEURCUP Robert Zweifel Takes Honors in Observer Shoot; Roy Forrester Wins Hot Lake Trophy. To Robert Zweifef, son. of Nate La hp If el of La Grande, and a student at the Eastern Oregon Normal wnooi, toes the first year of possession of the Evening Observer's trophy for amateur trapshooters. Robert won the cup at the Lone Tree grounds of the Ia Grande Oun cluu yesterday by shooting a score of 43. The day also saw another event of great Importance to club shooters, when Roy Forrester, with a 93, won a third leg on. the Hot Lake Sana torium trophy, which gave him per manent possession of the cup. A lange group of shooters partici pated In each event, and competition was unusually keen. In the battue xor the Observer trophy J. Hacker, of Summervllle, came up to his last .bird from handicap with a tie with Zwel fel depending upon the lost shot. He missed it, but .his 42 put him In sec ond place. Robert broke 22 from the 16-yard line to) Hacker's 21, and both shot 21s from handicap. Roy Farnam and George Walker -posted scores of 37b. and Dr. E. L. Faus scored 35 Several other amateur shooters were grouped close behind Dr. Faus. The Hot Lake cup has been up for five years, with Charles Smith and Nato Zwelfel each having a leg on It. Smith, Jesse Breshcars and Aug. J. Stange were second with 91a. Bree hears led the entire group In the firot 50 birds from the 16-yard line With a 49, but foil down a bit ftom handicap. Tracy Holllster was in third place with a 90. Concert Tonight Opens Week; AH Programs Free The annual Music week concerts sponsored in La Grande by the Neighborhood club will begin this evening with a concert by the music department of the Eastern Oregon Normal school under the direction of Miss Jennie Peterson. This concert will be given In the auditorium of the Normal school and will begin at B o'clock. All concerts during music week aro free to the public and everyone la urged to attend ono or moro of the concerts. . Continued From Page Pour) Of Course, There's - vd yA 1 ''dtkP- s5s:seQ'"2 week we hap iiEiE5ill Fire Takes Part Hiwli. A put u re of the Hot Lake sanatorium, showing la the lmrej;roiiml the section thut was destroyed by fire this morning. The most modern part or the building, the three-story brick, is In the back ground. The fire started on the roof of the central part or the older section, spreading quickly. PENDLETON WINS, TIGERS PLACE SECOND IN EASTERN OREGON TRACK MEET HERE The Buckaroos of Pendleton High closed their Eastern Oregon track and field season here Saturday by sweep ing to a decisive victory in the an nual district meet, scoring 63 points for first place. Pendleton athletes took seven of the 14 first places and four seconds. La Grande's Tigers, 1933 cham pions, furnished the big surprise of the day by nosing out Mil ton-Free-water for second, scoring enough points In the Javelin and relay to take runner-up position, Walden's victory over Gilchrist, of Pendleton in the spear tossing event was a major upset. Besides Walden, Barker of La Grande took first in the mile in the fast time of 4:60 for the Tigers' only two firsts, Mao-Hi scored firsts in tho quarter mile, half mile and pole vault. The Pendleton relay team won but was disqualified for fouling. Winners ofi first and second places lnne neet aro eligible to oompete in the state mwt May 10. Langley, of Mac-Hl, was high point man with 13 '4. Gilchrist of Pendle ton second with 13 and McCormach, Pendleton, third with 12. Boor, of Nyssa, tied the shot put record of 47 feet 3 inches and Davis, of Mac-Hl, was only one-tenth of a second behind the quarter mile rec ord. Walden, of La Grande, surprised fans when ho beat out Odlchrist, Pendleton, in the Javelin. Several of the small schools produced win ners, although some failed to place in points. La Grande In second scored 6214, Mac-Hi made 49 14, rfyssa 16 Vale 1114, Echo six, Union five and En terprise four and a half. The summary. 100-yard clash: Searcy, Pendleton, first; Williams, Mac-Hi, second; Qrny beal, Pendleton tnird; Ploberg, La Grande and Obflnjgaworth, Enter prise, tie for fourth. Time 10.7 seconds. Always a Few Big Ones That Get Away of Sanatorium 220-yard dash: Searcy, Pendleton, first; Lankford, Nyssa, second; Ir win, La Grande, third; Ploborg, La Grando, fourth; Murray. Mac-Hl, firth. Time 23.8 seconds. Quarter mile: Davis, Mao-HI, first; Ellis, Mac-Hi, second; McCormach, Pendleton third; Jennings, La Grande, fourth; Sullivan, La Grande, fifth. Time 63.3 seconds. Half mile:. Slmms, Mac-Hl first; Bean, Vale, and Stoddard La Grande, tie for second; Hogenson La Grande, fourth; Essar, Pendleton, fifth. Time 2:08.9. (Contlnuod on Page Two) PIONEER OF 1872 PASSES AT ELGIN; FUNERAL TUESDAY Mrs. Frances Mclllsa DcBole, who crossed the plalmf to Oregon in 1872, died last evening at her home at Elgin at the termination of a long Illness. She was one of tho fow re maining pioneers of tho Grande Ronde valley. Funeral services will bo held Tues day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian church at Elgin. Tho body Is at the Snod grass and Z i mine r- man mortuary today. 1 Mrs. DcBole was born Feb. 2, 1864 and was 70 years, three months and four days of age. She Id survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Bhcffor, of The Dalles; two daughters, Mary Do Bole and Mrs. Sam Hallgnrth, of El gin; a daughter, MJrs. B. O. Jorvls, of Portlnnd; the following sons Clyde, Joseph and Guy, of La Oxando, and Fred, of Elgin; two sinters, Mrs. M. U. Cook and Mrs. May Buy. of Port land, besides other relatives and a host of friends. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME GIVKS CO.MM1HSION 30 HAYS ... WOULD l'HOTUCT ALASKA . . 80 MINIMIS AUK HILl.lvI) U.MIIAIUIO INJUNCTION UPHELD A HAI.K.M, May P Thirty days time to place the affairs or the state liquor situation on on "economical, efficient and business like basis," was the warning issued by Governor Julius L. Meier today to the members of the control commission. Asked earlier to day If he would request Immediate resignation of the commission which be could do for cause on 10 dayH notice the governor Informally declared he would give them a chance to work out their problems flrsU WASHINGTON, May 7 () Con gressional approval was sought today for a 15,800,000 appropriation for establishment near Fairbanks, Alaska, of what would be this country's mili tary baso and airfield nearest tho Orient. Ml i;u.lli:iM, Baden, (lornumy, May 7 a with 80 miners certainly dead, the lttigglngnn potash mine was sealed by authorities late today In an ef fort to stop the fierce fire which trapped the workers. ' WASHINGTON, May 7 (&) The su preme court today upheld an in junction restraining Governor Wil liam Langer and other. state officials from enforcing tho North Dakota grain embargo act) pending final de cision as to its validity. SAMUEL INSULL NEARS CHICAGO TO FACE JURORS ABOARD THE METROPOLITAN LIMITED, EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO, May 7 (V) amucl Instill, charged with embezzlement, was In his most Jovial mood as he sped westward to day on tho last leg of his Involuntary trip homo from Turkey. There was some question as to whether ho would continue all the way to Chicago on tills train. R.. C. Bannerman, stato department repre sentative convoying tho party, de clined to confirm reports that ho would bo changed to another train en rou to. His son, Samuel Jr., and Burton Y. Berry, embassy secretary from Istanbul in whoso custody tho former magnato will remain until ho reaches Chicago, wero aluo assigned scuts In tho compartment. . ' Insull made a statement whllo he and his son breakfasted. It said In part: "I am back in America to make tho most important fight of my life not only for freedom but for com plete vindication. "Two years ago when I left this country there wero no charges against me." Supreme Court On In Pendleton, Ore, PENDLETON, May 7 fin With Chief Justice John L. Rand and Jus tices Campbell, Bean and Bailey present, tho Eastern Oregon session of tho state supremo court opened In the federal building hero today. Nino minor cases wero on the docket, Army Flying Last Of Airmail Today PORTLAND, May 7 M'l Termina tion of the army's airmail service here will bo marked nt 3:45 p. m. today with the departu:? of the last army plane for Holae. At 7:20 a. m. tomorrow UnlUid Air Lines analn will fly the mail for the first time since Rcneral cancellation of air mall contracts Inst February. Wheat Today The prtro of local cash wheat was at iitioiit ft'A wilts hulk to day, amtrfllnff to ((notations ut the Pioneer rimirltiR Mills. Port laiud ih!i T4 wilts. Kxport hid 11 wn(. CHICAGO, May 7 fn Widening of drought, with 100 degree tempera tures, led to skyrocketing or grain prices today, wheat k'K aloft al most 4 cents and corn 2 cents. Despite weakness of securities, most of the gain in wheat and other cer eals was held. Wheat reached the top most point today since April IS and corn sines April 12. Wheat closed unsettled, 234c above Saturday's finish, July 82 a c, corn w c up, oats at 2(a'2itc advance, and provisions showing a rise of 6 to 15 cents. OLDER SECTION BURNS TO I THE GROUND QUICKLY; FIGHT TO SAVE BRICK STRUCTURE First Estimates of Loss Range Upwards of $75,000 With a Portion Partly Covered By Insur ance; All of Patients .Rescued Unin- jured; Fire Gets Good Start on . Roof Before 'Discovered. The fire ul Hot Luke was definitely under control this afternoon, without further damage except from water. It was loaincd that the fire first started in the attic and was not discovered until it broke through the roof, ; Part of Hot Luke Sanatorium was destroyed by fire this morning and at noon firemen mainder ot the structure the three-story brick bunding that houses the hospital proper. Estimates of loss already done range upwards to $75,000.00, partly covered by (insur ance. The entire building is valued at about $110,000.00. Eleven patients and two babies, the smallest number in tho hospital in two months, were rescued uninjured, although smoke for a time threatened to interfere with their escape. After one of the babies was taken from the building, doors left open permitted smoke to fill the hallway, and halted rescue work for awhile until it thinned. The patients were' brought to La Grande to the Grande Ronde hospital. MRS.WM. KLETZER, PRESIDENT OREGON P.T.A..HERETODAY Mrs. Will trim Kleteer, president ot the ot Jii Congress of Parent Teach ers, is spending today In La Grande meeting' with officers and members of tlio parent teacher associations of Union county, whllo ctj route to Dcs Moines, Iowa, to attend tho national congress of tho organization. An all-day meeting opened at 10 this morning, with Mrs. N. W. Frees, city council president, In tho chair. A luncheon was held at noon and this afternoon's session Is being pre sided over by Mrs. Isaac Shafor of Island City, president of tlio county council. A very largo attendance of women from all over tho county aro prosont today. The conference Is bolug held In tiio Bucaawca Inn and a noon luncheon was held with tho Lions club. F. II., Morgenlhau Confer On Silver WASHINGTON, Ma 7 (!) Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Mor genthati discussed the silver situation for two hours today, but no an nouncement was mado as to whether they had reached any decision on legislative requests of tho senate sli ver bloc. Tho senate grmjpf had expected to go to tho While. House today to get tlio president's answer, but tho meeting was postponed until tomor row. DENIES REPORT CHILD IS FOUND TUCSON, Ariz,, May 7 (A') Clarence Houston. Pima county attorney, at 10:43 a. m. today denied reports that June Rcibles had been found or that her kid nape pj had been arrested. His strict orders are. Houston said, that he Is to be the first to bo notified of any such development. NOGALR3. Ariz., May 7 fTj Sher iff H. J. Brown of Santa, Cruz county said today ho believes Oliver White, his chief criminal deputy, Is "on a hot trail" in Mexico in connection with the kidnaping of, slx-ycar-old Juno Itobles. NORTH CENTRAL AREA IS DROUTH STRiCKEN CH1CAOO. May 7 (ll A merciless sun, beating clown on the parched prairies of tho north central statea, gave no prosject of roller to drouth stricken areas today. Only some mod eration In the high temperatures ot Sunday was predicted. High temeraluri ruled the nation generally yesterday with the central west taking the brunt of summer's preview. By mid-afternoon they had soared to 100 degrees at Hloux City. Iowa, breaking all records for May. were battling to save the re ijoweu Williamson suixered nunoi burns on the back of his head while helping rcmovo patients from the bathhouse. Tho fire started on the roof of the bath home, the ftamcB gaining strong headway 'before first observed at 10:10. a. m. Roacoo Ncal saw them from the highway as he was driving past the lnke, and Hev. Paul De F. Mortimoro ' and another man who wero bathfttrT'ln th0 ibatb house, saw smoke through the window. Both ' turned In tlio alarm Immediately. ruin.H'r Breaks Down A call was sent to La Grando and the pumper truck left for the lake, but about four miles out the crank shaft broke, disabling the big pump er. La Grande ruslied all available equipment to tho lake. Including the flushcr on auxiliary to the depart ment and ise vc nil .firemen assisted in controlling ttic flames. The Union and Hot Lake fire trucks were first in service, and volunteers from Un ion, Hot Lake, the valley and La Grande did splendid work In combat ting the blnve. By 11 o'clock the fire was chocked largely in the section, where tho offlco is situated, and from then on firemen fought valiant ly to prevent It from spreading fur ther Into tho nowest wing. Furniture and equipment wero saved from the main part of the building. Whether a spark caught the fire on the roof Is unknown. Absence of the usual wind at Hot Lake was a heavy factor in favor of tho fire fighters a brisk orceao would have undoubt edly saw Uio entire placo destroyed by noon. Explosions, duG to steam, in the bath house provided additional ex citement for tho two or three thou sand people gathered around the sanatorium. There was no confusion In spite of tho hurry of rescue work, etc., and overyono who could help (Continued on Page Two) Baseball Nutlonul l,eRiio R. H. K. Philadelphia 0 3 3 Chicago 7 la 0 B. H. B. New York - 3 11,1 Cincinnati 2 10 0 R. H. E. Brooklyn - 6 12 3 Pittsburgh 7 13 1 American League K. H. E. Detroit : 8 8 2 Boston 10 3 (11 innings). (Continued on P.ee Four) In Chicago the mercury Jumped to O'J.l, smashing the all-time heat rec ord for May 8. One death. wa In directly attributed to the heat. "Hot wlnda swept parts of Nebraska, passing to tho drouth peril. Kansas, Lfissourl, Wisconsin and Minnesota, remained raln-lesa and the moisture deficiency In Northern Illinois reach ed 61 per cent since January 1. Around Wauoau, Wla., forest tires menaced the village of Moslnee site of the Moslnee paper mills. Seven families wero made homeless.
