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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1934)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE, Thursday, May 10, 19,11 Paw Four JllaCSranbe frcniuij hsrrfar (Incorporated) Ail IndriwDtlrnt Nrmpapar PhoM Main BOO B. W. FREDERICKS . ..PublUnrr sod Coral Manager BAKOtX) U. PIN LAY Bualna alanagar PubUatuxI ranlns, unpUoa Bunaaj, al 1710 BUth itmt, La Oranda. Oregon. Kntrrd at Uw PoalorflM ol La Orande, Oregon, at Beoond OlaM Uall Uatter under act ol Mart 9. 1871). OFFICIAL PAPRK OP UNION COUNTY AND TOM urrr op ia cuianui ai&UU&H OP ASSOCIATED PRESS Th Aaaoolatod Proai lj eiclualwlr entlllad to um tor publication of all ntwa olapatclw. credited to It or not otherwlae oredlwd U pub llalivd bora. All rtgbu of republication ot .pedal dlapatohea la tnla paper and alao tbe local u.wa bereln alao an raerred. National AdrerlUlng HepreaenUUf. U O. MtXlKrlSKN CO. Ine, Ban Pranoiaoo, Loa Angeles, Beanie. Portland, Okloago Detroit. New Tor The Weather u:nii u forecast Oregon: rioudy on Hip mast, other wise- lair liilR)H ami r rhlav ; warmer In Interior tonight; gentle rhaiific ulilr wind offshore. LOCAL WKATIIKB Wr.liiPMl;iv: Maximum (17, mini iiiiiiu 31 above, rletir. TMt;iy: Minimum 3H. 7 n. in. I above Clear. Tlie Maker Miner, who are. lead inn the league with a percentage of 1.000 art itched. lied to meet the La Grand team here next Sunday. Manner D. W. Hall, of the La Grande team, this afternoon confirm ed news that- he had protested cer tain Raker players and practice on alleged violations of Blue Mountain league baseball rules, and said that I no wmiia uo n memoer oi ine im lOrando delegation which will confer with the Maker club officials tomor row night. The I.ord bless theo. and keop tlioo: Tho Un make his face shine upon thee, and bo gracious unto thee: The Iord lift up his countenance uptn thee, ami jrive thee peace, Nmnbors (: 21. 25, 2t. CIIRISTEXSEX OPEXS STORE 7iV It A KER, ORE. Friday evening M M. Chrlstensen of thia ctty will open ft new tood tore In Baker, to be located at ITtfo Main street. The tor will not be open for purchases until Saturday morning, but on the evening before there will be an entertainment with n orchestra, and the More will be cnen for public Inspection. Klmo Oeptr who haa been employed In the i Community Caah Store here for a j number of years, will be in charge j of the grocery department of the t new store, and Tttus Rulon who haa j lo been employed in the Ija Grande j store, will be In chars oX the meat i department of the new arore at liakci . Mi . Clir.striwu announces that all of hla La Grande friends arc Invited to Ytit the Baker More, and particularly attend the opening on KTiday evening. linker Hasehall Team Protested (.ills Talk Against Sales Tax Heard Here (Continued from Pag Una) (Continued From Iage One I aer of the 1a Grande club, alleges that John Sa under, catcher. Is re ceiving pay for playing, that Lyle DrristvAch and Verdell Rassdale. atu denta at tne latstern Oregon Normal ncJvool, are not Ixmafide reside nt of Baker, thai the Baker umpire a if not fair and that Baker crowds airge a Knit the foul Uuea during mea. Manager Black haa arranext a meet ing with a Ia Grande delegation for Ktulay nisht at B oVUvk In Baker all tll Ilumpty Piunptv s-unlv vas a prvMem after he fell from the, wall. A a matter of fact nvonstnieliou was iniHssible, iu spite of the crew asipnvl the job. But sad to relate, a lot of conscientious wives art' assuming a ta?k almot as ditVieult with rlirain tmnter" alv. Oh. how hard they ork tryiui to boil, drip or jHrk a j:hhI rich-tla ortl cup out of that brand that cost them a few cents less! If they only knew how mauv -wonderful cups of ootYee they ivuld uet frm a jHund of U Ims, ltYtv. And if thev only rvalu'ed that the wav to jude the txvnomy of ivtYtv is bv the av thev drink it by the cup. not by the pound. remained. In spite? of the burden which he aaid tt made upon the let wralUiy penxis. - During the laaf acsslon of the legis lature all otler relief measure for the cho.ls wvrr side-tracked In favur of t:e aalea tax. Gill ih1. Among hi jxlnta was tliat nine out of 10 property owners paJd more taxes under the sales tax than their property valua'.ton could possibly off. wi. and lw held that the uut waa therrfor fiv the benefit of the large utility companies, large live;ock. com-erna and persons with exceeding ly large property holding. Ite alao chaivd that Uie supposed ' benefit to the achootA was merely a shield by which the backer of the meaaurr were trying to put it over, and a.vut that the national grange : and oUirr fann orgaiiirdtiona at all : time had fought against a gvnenU aalea tax. j GUI is cnctudlug a wr! of meet- j Hg tluvmghout Uie ?tati aiid wher-j eer possible he la debating the Mib- ) Ject with tKHueotie who is in favor of if. W. F. CETTLE TAKEN FROM CELEBRATION (Continued From Page One) kerchief h. and armed with pistols, and apparently Americana. Tha gunmen motioned for th two to aturt waiKing. iney were nwenea to the rear past tho new swimming pool, towards the east wall, a hun dred yards from the residence. Wolf, thinking it a holdup, tossed hla wallet Into the bushes. . Nothing was said until tho four neivred the waU. Then, said Wolf, one of the men announced; , "This la not a heist it's a anatch." Gvttlo began to plead with iK men. "I'll give you all tho money I have on me, and go Into Uie house for tuoro If you won't tUe me away." The gutunen laughed, replying: '"That won't bo enough. This is a kidnaping, fellow." Near the wall, where tho two vic tims anw a step-ladder prating, Oet tle and Wolf wvrc relieved of tlielr neckties. ' With these biu of allk the kid naper bound the hands of thett victims, and then strengthened the bonds with adhesive tape. Both were gagged and hobbles of adhealve tape made around tlielr ankles. Wolf then was tied to a tree. Oottle. wiio weighs 200 potiltids. -aa then carried up the step-ladder and shoved over the wall. He groan ed as he fell on I lie outside. One of Uie kidnapers. Jumped over and said: "Don't be so soft. The other turned to Wolf, say ing: "Stay where you are for an hour or wa ll kill you. Tills Is no stlckup. This Is a kidnaping." He then went over the wall, and Wolf heard an automobile start and move away. Desperately he tried to free hlnvself. but it was nearly half an hour before he succeeded in get ting to the house and sounding the alarm, Arcadia, Los Ar-geles and Beverly Hills police Immediately organ Ired the hunt. TUCSON, Ariz.. May 10 The possibility that June Robles, 6, kid naped April 35, has been killed and that her captont might escape ap peared ominously today detjlte re ceipt by her family of a second ran- ! aom note tliey acknowledged as prob I ably autheimu A thoruiea said they considered the new ransom note received by the Robles family which Is one of the oldest in the southwest, as Indicat ing the presence of one of the ab ductors in or near Tucson It was understood the Roblee fam ily accepted the note as assurance the little dark-eyed girl still lived, Cove High sine Here Friday Afternoon at 3 (Continued From Page One) even the aeries with the valley boys. Coach Ira Woodl will start Young in the box with Walden receiving. The Infield will consist of Zlvkovlch, first; Gooderham. second; Beck, short, and Robertson, third, and Arnold us. Stttt and Leonard will be the outer defenses. Cove Is expected to pitch Barney DeBorde, one of the classiest hurlers in the county league. Friday also will see Imbler playing the cellar champions, Elgin. This will be the last Friday game of the- season. Next Tuesday La Grande High will play Elgin High here In a contest poatponde at mid-season because of rain. if the Tigers were to win both games, they would finish the season with a percentage of .500. Last year, the first for baseball In La Grande High, they won only one game m six starts. Hi shop MacGrath At Vatican City VATICAN CITY. May 10 (. The venerable Peter Rogue, who was mar tyred during the French revolution, was beatified at St. Peters today. Among tho at the ceremony was Bishop Joseph MacGrath of Baker Cuy. Ore. WCTIM OF FALL I'KOM IMOW PORTLAND. Oi . May 10 yV The victim of an accidental fall, the body Dodd Withdraws From Governor Race - Six G. 0. P. Candidates Now Withdrawal of E P. Dodd. of Hr- I vote, whK-h will come to an end the of Msrvaret Lawr.e. 33. was found on mlston. from the ranks of the Re- n aonoay, .ia i. i iu .,..vk- artinni,,,.. an ! . , . Ballot are comtn: in each dav, ?lT..,,r'Sr! .?.ni.h,n ?rn. ' PMl for sown to a I TOD AY IN BRIEF, IN AND OREGOJN. AROUND AS CUROMCLED BY THE DAILY LEASED 1BI OF TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS NtSPKCT KSCAI'ES NET PORTLAND, May 10 iff) A man believed by police here and at Oregon City to have been Clarence Burke, accused slayer of a young miner in the mountain country in Uie Grants Pa-sa region, escaped through a cor don of police Investigators last night and probably entered tho Portland area. ASTORIA STRIKE Ql'IKT ASTORIA. Ore., May 10 W Water front activity in the harbor here had ceased today as a stnke of longshore men continued. The stevedoring company here which handles most of the longshore work In Ui Lower Columbia, had today made no effort to obtain a substitute crew. BIG GAIN 19 CHALKED IT IN CHICAGO (Continued From Page One) ating about 300.000 bushels of wheat still unsold from 1933. places the value of that grain today at 916-5,000. house here uxiay. She had fallen from her bedroom on the ninth floor, i rvoi.- Miri .Mi-wvi Dunne, makes the list of Republican server. a window. give his support to terjitor joe r.trKV nia:1 u brlIi. n lo ., Qb. i car! .dates six in t.v.f Observer straw; The ballot follows: WASHINGTON. May 10 Winter wheat production this year was fore cast today by the department of agriculture at 461.471.000 bushels, compared with 491.793.000 bushels indicated a month ago. 351.030.000 buahels produced last year, and 632, Ccl.000 bushels, the 1932-31 average production. The forecast was based on the con dition of the crop on May 1. which was 70 9 per cent of a normal due in laree part to drouth conditions, compared with 74 3 per cent a month ago. 59 4- a ye.tr ago and 79.2. the 1P32-31 average: and on the canvass of acreage remaining for harvest. The acreage sown last fall was 41.007 000 acres, compared with 42. 692.000 for the 19J3 harvest and 45339000 for the fire-rear averaee 1937-31. " j The area lemaming May 1 for har vest was reported as 34 735 000 acres. ! compared with 28 420 000 last Year, and 40.050.000. the 1937-31 average. Abandonment of acreage amounted t 15.3 per cent, compared with 33.4 per rem list year, and 123 per cent, the IP -2-31 average. Whitman College To Play 2 Games Here (Continued From Page One) erous double plays this season, both are fast, and both have several reai sluggers. And on top of that, both I Nig Borlesko. Whitman -'coach, antf Rnh tttninn R n mntiif Unn... P " -w tneir stuff In baseball and plenty 0f strategy is likely. This double header Saturday i,la, be the last appearance of the E. o h team hero this spring, although there are possibilities of scheduling an other game or two. If the weather Is fair. Indications point to the best crowd of the season GRADE SCHOOL " . EXHIBIT TODAY Tbe third, of the annual grade school exhibits Is being held at Greenwood and Rlverla schools to. day from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 9 p. m.. with the public invited. J ' Refreshing at NOON WITEN the children come home hungry at lunch-time, give them a treat! Crisp, deli cious Kellogg's Corn Flakes, -with milk or cream. A food full of energy, yet light, refreshing, easy to digest. Try Kellogg's yourself for lunch. See how keen and fit you feel, the rest of the day. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. FOR LUNCH corh i FLAKES fl O OVP.-WE3M ' 0 FlAOKCreCT 9 if WOIIIIR TKAKltC 1TV1.1TV PORTLAND, May 10 Port land's S4th trafp.c accident fatality since Dee. I, the beginning of the p-lice fLKtil year, was listed in the coroner's record book lt night Frank K. lVach. 81, insurance com pany ixffK'isl. wa fatally injured -hen he was strK-k by a ivnted au tomobile driven by Phillip HoIfn-j.n. Three men t Warrenton, N. C have eugwged in their own private poker K.tmes regularly since lv'5 GOMRNOR HAU.OT rOVIH Republican I Kaor Sam H. Brown e p. rxid . Joe K Dur.ne I'or Governor Charles Hsll Rufus C. Ho'.man Prank J Lotwrjran V. G. McAIexatuier 1 am a rrlterrl , l-emot-rat Dem (Rep.) WtUts Mai?:ey Charles H. Martin Present or mail to The OVrvcr ; , , " r- . ! i x. . For Friday and Saturday, Snowf lake Crackers, 2-lb. box 29c Powdered Sugar, 2l 2 lbs ISc Corned Beef, No. 1 can 17c Durkee's ru, Z 17c E 29c Dunham's Moist Cocoanut r.-al g In J IJia Ok Crisco, 3-Ib. can 56c Bacon, Ib....lSc Lard, 4 lbs. . 33c Cheese, lb. ..15c t"x Soap May 11 -12 Buying at PIGCU.Y WUi tiLY dtvsn't s-m at all like ordinary shopping it's more like sroinsr to a FAIR (with complimen tary tickets). Kverything conveniently arranged on light, open shelve s along wide, roomy aisles. Read the price tags note the savings help yourself and help your budir't. rf.V Kir 4c Milk n rt k- MOSM. 23c Golden West Coff ee Mb. Class Jar 62s !KT FOKi.FT Jrth Pen-Jel 2 cartons ... 27c Soap 10 Kir. . . 53C Bird Seed PMrt 10 10c INSl'KK Your CAR s.C.iinst burned out bear ings ami scoring of pis tixts by using PK01l. a2 Jed to the oil and g.vs. l?.ad hjt 1URNK OUniCU) sas xN-ut I'VKOU. in this eeVs S.tutdjy Kvfnir.g lt. Woodbury's Facial Soap, bar 10c Jergen's Health Soap, 3 bars 15c Van Camp's Pork U Beans, can 6c Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Large Naval Oranges, doz.. . .2Sc No. 1 Asparagus, 2 lbs. 15c California Grapefruit each. . .3c We Feature Kraft's Foods Features for Friday and Saturday, May 11-12 Golden West Coffee l-lk Glass Oa Utility Jar O t- Sugar Fine Granulated 20 lbs 81.11 Nalley's Mayonnaise For Better Salads 2r. 43c 29c Large Fksr. Perfect Concentrated Soap Rainier Beer In the west its Rainier Chilled Ready to Serve Case 2 P.ottles (Jq frv t J less 80c Kittle refund ASlvrs Flapjack Flour 19c At a saving 21 j-Ib. pkg. . Vanilla Extract From pure vanilla Ivans. f)Q 4 ounces iU tt- Korthern Tissue Soft as old linen 3 rolls 19c Salmon Columbia River l-V.-o- Cans 2 c.,, '.. 25c FLOUR Sperry's Queen Anne Guaraiiterti Hard Wheat t 81.09 p,i. S6.69 4Mt. S.i Tomatoes 33c Marshmallows Light and fiutfy. )" n large pkg.. 2 for a-DC Milk Tall cans. 3 for ISc Oronite Fly Spray, quart can 67c Meat Department Cheese Beei Pot Roast Sliced Bacon . Shortening 15c 10 c 30c 45c Fruits IS Vegetables New Potatoes 15c Peas ' . 19c Bananas r;;T . 15c Grapefruit 4c
