La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 11, 1934, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPatrc Four JIaCBraitbe foiling bsprto ( In corpora twl) All Independent Newspaper Phon Main 600 a. W. FREDERICKS . HAROLD U. FINLAY PunlUhed T.nlngB. exception Bunflay. at "10 Sixth Breet, 1 Orandv. Oregon. , Entered at the PoetofJlw of Ornd. Oregon, u Beoond Clue kUU Matter under act of March 3. 1878. OrTIOlAli PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND THB CITY OP LA O HANDS UEMBtK OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aaaodated Prwa U exclusively entitled to uo for publication of aU newi dlapatchee credited to It or not otherwise credited If pub. Uahed here. AU rlgrrw of republication of apecial diapatchea In thla paper and alio the local neare herein alao are reaerred. National Advertising RepreaentaUre at. C. MOOENSEN CO. Ina Ban Franclaco. Loa Angelea. SeaKlo. Portland. Chicago Detroit, New York SWEET POTATOES AND HISTORY Columbus will always pot the credit for being: the dis coverer of America; but for many years to come historians and archeolojrists will be busy trying to find out how many people actuallv got to the new world ahead of him. It has been pretty well substantiated that the Vikings made the trip reeatedlv, long before Columbus' time. Now Dr. Ro land B. Dixon, professor of anthropology at Harvard, de clares that the Polynesian peoples of the South Seas also leached America in the pre-Columbian years. Prof. Dixon bases his Mief at least partly on sweet pota toes. Sweet potatoes, originally, grew wild only in Central and South America. Hut the first Europeans to visit the South Sea islanders in the Polynesian group, he says, found the natives cultivating sweet potatoes; and the natural de duction is that the natives had touched the Americas and taken seedlings back with them. These Polynesians had neither decked ,hlp nor compasses, but they were doughty aca-golng men. Voyasea fully 2000 miles In length. In those frall looklng outrigger canoe of theirs, were by no means uncommon. Prof. Dixon believes It quite possible for them to have reuched America by way of Hawaii. There are few more Interesting by-patha of history than the one toward which thla theory leads. When the Europeans reached America they found most of the land peopled by stone o:e savages; but In a few spots a high degree of civilisation had sprung up. and the ancient clues of Peru and Central America and Mexico still excite the wonder and admiration of archeologlst and layman alike. How did It happen that the new world nourished these Islands of civil ization In a sea of utter savagery? Where did they come from, tho.se people who built cities and temples and roads, learned the art of sculpture without metal tools and knew more about astronomy than the Oreeks of Ferlclea' lime? Were they 100 per cent American In their development, or did they draw their knowledge, somehow, from across the PaeiMe? Maybe we shall never know: but the questions ale fascinating, and this theory of Dr. Dixon casta a new bit of light on one of history's most interesting riddles. CONNALLYRiTES HELD AT UNION UNION (Special) Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Cock Bros, chapel for James Qulncey Connally with Rev. Rs, C Lea In charge of the services. He was. bom in Hed. Oak, Iowa, August 3rd. 1050 and was married to Minota Bell Mann at Rock Bluffs, Nebraska. 1 1876. One daughter, Kate L-, wife of Dr. T. M. Gllmore. of this city, was bom to them. With his parents, he moved to Jukssburg, Nebraska at the age of. tight and grew up tlicre where In partnership with his father he was engaged In the freighting business lor several years. In 1865 he was burned out by the Indians, losing ail his mule teams and wagon train. Af ter living In Cass county for 20 yea-V he and Mrs. Connally and daughter came to Oregon in 1000, locating on what is now known as the Stanton raiKh. In 1P04 they moved to Wal Icwa county where they spent 20 yean and then moved back to Union. He Is survived by his widow and his daughter, Mrs. Gllmore. two grand children and two great grandchildren. START COURT BATTLE IX INSULL CASE (Continued From Paje One) hearing until next Tuesday. Insull lmmed'.rttcly retired to the Judy's chambers and his attorney. Ployd B. Thompson, snnounced that surety companies were scheduling the cSOOOOO bond wh:oh mvuld make TWO THINGS TO v I II'.l'MKMUF.i: that evuy il.iy is tho K'jrinniiij; cf anoihii i;ir. iy KK.MKMUKli tint euiy ,la is ciMwdoil with ploas suiv a;:l .i:isfactinn i'ir tho motorist who has lvti.yht his i;soil car fr..in us. W. S: KiesaUr- CK:uv...r..i. - S HtiH tVdAn ! IV: Ti.rior Srd.n. IX :r,:t T-.:e. li'.'O IV.-J Tud.r SMiS. M'..-: !,' S-!d 'T.uyinif S;ii!y Moans F.uyip.jr of a Reliable Dealer" .PublUhrr and Oenerai Uasigtr BusinUJ Manager return to the cou Jail. The plea contended that detention of t lie Greek freighter Maiot Is in port at Istanbul was Improper, his arrest, detention and finally delivery to an American diplomatic officer all without due process of law and tanta mount to kidnaping. Samuel Instill Jr., was called llrst, and entered his plea of not guilty to the indictment alleging improper handling of assets of an insolvent company. Then came Harold L. Stuart of Halsey. Stuart and Com pany, investment firm; Philip J. Mc Enroe, who was a vice president of corporation securities: John P. i O'Keele. secretary: Edward J. Doyle, I president of commonwealth Edison j company: Stanley Field, former chair- man of the continental-Illinois Na i tlonnl bank and a director of corpor ation securities; William H. Irwin, and Charles W. Duulels. UNION COUPLES FAIL TO WAIT UPON JUSTICE WALLA WALL., May 11 Jus tice l n t e r fe red with ma t ri m 0:1 y Th ursd ay. A tnibl e ed ding 1 n -vclvmg four iTuieivt of Vnion. Ore . was hv-t to Justice C. M Wilbur when the cordon of guards about the upper floor of the courthouse where trial of five convicts on first-degree mur der chAr-es is under way had orders to admit no strangers until after court had settled into its routine. The two couples. Kussell Anderson and Let ha Watts, and Max Watts and Zan Vaughn, tired of u-nltlng to reach the Justice's chambers and went elsewhere to have the knot t:ed. KEMKMUKR. DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS GIVE BENEFIT HERE A benefit program presented by the daughters of Union Veterans, the proceeds to be used to buy flags for the cemetery, waa very largely at tended and the crowd was entertain ed by a clever program. : The program began with a skit en J titled "Sarah Ann and the Confidence ! Man," followed by a tap dance by lone Kessler who wits accompanied by Milton Schultn. Murjorio Wooden I presenu-d a rending and Milton j Schultz played several at-cordlan numbers. Jean Wetel danced a High land Fling and was accompanied by Eleanor Hicks. Mrs. Hoy skeen pre sented a very' clever reading. The Jewel Rcbekah club of Sum merville presented one of their usual clever plays "Aunty." which was a feature of the evening, and two women of the club. Mis. Anna Park and Mrs. Ruth Rollins sang a duet, for which they were dressed In Dutch costumes. A Dutch windmill which was used for decoration was the proierty of the North Side Improve ment club and was loaned to the D. of U. V. for this event. It was made by Mrs. O. J. Price. CELEBRATION TO FEATURE OLD STYLES (Continued From Page One) spectators at the pageant will be en tertained with some hurdle Jumping by a local feminine equestrian, whose identity Airs. Birnie Is keep ing a close secret. After hearing the reports and plans already made last evening, the pageant committee promises an ex tremely Interesting equestrian sec tion In the big show event of the celebration. "In the meantime tell us of the whereabouts of side saddles." is Mrs. Birnle's plea to the country side. "Notify the chamber of com merce, if you will, and we will be glad to pick them up about July 1 but tell us about it right now. SKiAlt ANSI Kl.Ol'K PORTLAND. May 11 (X Sugar Cane granulated, M 40; fruit or ; berry, bales, S4 53; beet sugar. H 30. The r,vo re - instatements were Domestic flour Selling price, mill ; charlea Murchison and Harvey Cook dehvery. 5 to 25-bbl lots: family pat-iwin, Rnti lne lwo new members were ent, ys. 6 20 $tl 80; bakers hard ' Ed Kl assert and Ed Mnlone. wheat. 5.70 m 6.70; blended flour. 5 90 - $6.46; bakers' blue tern. 5 95 j The M Argus pheasants" of S:atn have ..$6.05; soft white pastry flour. S5.45 j "dancinc lloorV In t:;e deep Jm-.-le M frs.M; rye, as. 50 w 5 70; whole; whc.it, 50 8o; enulam. 65 60 bbl. Primary Election a Interest in With the primary election to be held Just one week from today. In terest in the Observer straw ballot Is growing dally. But with six candl-: dates on the Republican ticket and ' or.e s name Is not required. All that only two on the Democratic ballot, so ; necessary is to mark the following far more Democrats have expressed ballot and s:cn:ly that one is a 'reg thelr choice than members of the G. istcrej voter: C.OVI IiVOIt IIUJ.OI COl I'ON Itepnhllcaii i ia,or Sam H Brown E P. Dodd Joe E. Dunne l or (itiiemor Charles Hall Rufus C. Holmnn Pranlc J. Loneran V. G. MeAlexander 1 am a reMered - llemocnin Dtm.) (Eep.l Willis Mahoney Charles H. Martin Present or mail to The Observer i-rtzy 1 f M.Mel ?1.2." Down ? 1.2.-1 Tor Week FKATl'KES Now tyjv aohvator . . . l ixniiui enameled tub . . . i'hamlyTlain wi inpor . . . C. K. Motor.. . . Water proof c o r ii . . . Quiek emptyinjr imn-.p. EA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE, Over The Top! Vl fit. . V J!r i, -1 rf vni " A I-ii , i . , v -.5 I'V 1 &J Powered with General IVtroleum Mobilpaa, the new Airflow ChryeUr kchb over the top o( iho Corbett Street hill, ona ot l'ort lund's steepest prudes, purring like a kitten. Smiling V. K. Fox, service manager for the Tarola Motor Car Comiany, is at the wheel and he has two of the world's best rea sons for Finllini: a car at which every one pazea with admiration end Generul Petroleum Mobil i:;! with Tetraethyl in the tank, the torture tested jL'iisoline that helps any car to uegotiuie the sharpest hill r.r.U with euti and bmoothueis. EAGLES LODGE IN RIG MEET ON THURSDAY At an eiecially larpe meeting of the Eagles lodt,e Thursday night, two new members were initiated Into the order, and two re -i restatements were made. Following the regular business session, dancing was enjoyed by the members until a late hour, when lunch was served. Plans were made during the eve ning for the members of the local lodge to cooperate with members cf j the Pendleton Arie in a picnic at Emigrant Sprintrs on July 4. A dance was planned for the benefit of the playground fund, to be held Satur day evening. May 13. at the Rtcles ha!!. It was also decided that a queen would be entered by the lodge in the ; Union Livestock show. Visitors were present from outide towns including 25 from Union, 10 from Meacham and seven from Bake where they tesson. aau m the wiTICK CONTROL Week Away Straw Ballot Grows O. P. somewhat unusual since the Republican, parly fa the majority one in this county. The Olwrver is anxious iat pll 1 vow- m t-iLs straw ballot. SlrrJ:u: WE ClAIM that you can't DUPLICATE this value at THE SAME PRICE GENERAL ELECTRIC Model AW No. 2 WASHER ir it ITT ir-i-' The Weather MtATHKK FOKECAST Oreson: Cloudy on the f4jul, other- wi-e fair tonight and Saturday; t-lichlly tvuniuT in. interior of wrst portion Saturday; modf-rate north and iurthtet nlnd offshore. LOCAL HEATHER Thursday: Maximum 81, mini mum US almve. Clear. Today: Minimum 47, ? a. m. M oboe. Partly cloudy. ELKS PLANNING FOR FLAG DAY 7 T If IP TT 7 7 IP Plans for the Flag day program on Junp 14 were begun las; evening at ine meeting oi tr.e tiKs lodge, ine Flag day services probably will be held in Triangle park and the Boy Scouts and other patriotic organiza tions will participate. H. E. Coo- , Udce. Clyde Webb. Deliie Green and i Andy W:ndos were appointed as a i committee to mske plans for the ser- vices. Other routine business was 1 transacted during the evening. DEMONSTRATION A number o 5 hooper ewers of Un y fathered m the Royal Cove Thursday for the I purpose of witnessing a demonstra tlon of the method of controlling ticks by spraying the sheep with chemical Fpniy. Over 200 sheep were sprayed ! duri'-a period of about two hour?. j Thelemonsir.ttion was put on by a private firm from Wiia Walla and D. E. Lloyd of that city was the representative who conducted .the .spr.".y:ne demonstration. Mark D Your Cos with this "Caterpillar" i ppapTi'iiii NO SPARK PLUGS NO CARBURETOR NO WIRES HIGHER PRICED MODELS GAIN PUR LIC FAVOR With early season sales indicating a heavy preference for its higher priced deluxe models, Kelvlnator cor poration Is sponsoring a special show ing of Uiese models, according to an nouncement by Ed Fitzgerald of the Fitzgerald Furniture Co., local Kel vlnator sales representatives, who are showing the deluxe model In the Safeway cooking school. "We already have noticed in our sales that the sensational 1934 Kel- Yln&tor deluxe electric refrigerator were proving exceptionally popular," ! Fitzgerald says, "and from lnlorma- j tlon we have received from the com- j pany's headquarters this same Inter- ' est is being shown by refrigerator j buyers throughout the United States, j The deluxe models have won acclaim j from the refrigeration Industry as! well as from the general public for their design, performance and ad vancement. Including every possible convenience and practical Improve ment, they represent the utmoat in refrigeration value. The famous Kel vlnator 'four refrigerators in one' fea ture which provides a number of dis tinct refrigeration temperatures all operating independently of one an other in the same cabinet, dlstin- guishes these models. 'Food llling." the new method for classified stor age of dairy products, vegetables and leftovers, also Is a feature of these models." Mercury At 81 The Warmest This Month (Continued From Page One) DKOl'TII CON'TIM ES CHICAGO. May 1 1 W) Apprehen sion over middle America's crop pros- pects grew hourly today. Parched prairies and plains, long baked by a hec sun and swept by swirling chok- ' lr-S "black blizzards." of dnst. swelled he alarm of agrarian and city dwell er alike. The only note of hope was the t forecast of local showers tonight In Nebraska aad North and South Da- ui.i. ana In iowa tomorrow, use - vhere no relief was in lBht. Light showers have fallen In the Chicago area the first in twenty- eight clays and In Kansas. Oklahoma. j Arkansas, and Texas, but they were t regarded as of !Utle value. S hspped by strong winds, the dust clouds from the vast plains of West ern Canada swept across the border with undying intensity yurday. ue fogging the entire area from Montana on the west. Texas on the South and the Ohio valley on the east. So thick were the floating sheets cf real estate that airplane service between Chicago and St. Paul was In- terrupted. One estimate was that some 12. - 000.000 pounds of dust had been swept into Chicago four pounds for every man, woman and child in .thf T "' j The Baptist organizations have ! been meeting here in annual confer ence since Tuesday night. The meet I Ine will end tonight. own Diesel irac ( Make your own nrxsililp wilh a SiirV r .jc . . . ur every iu used in a gasoline tractor, the "Caterpillar" Diesel Tractor uses 6 gallons or less of 6'j cent Diesel oil. (iit your pencil to work. How much would you have saved with a "Caterpillar" Diesel today . . . how much could you save in a month how much in the life of a tractor? lU-tter investigate . . . See whether or not you can afford not to own a "Caterpillar" Diesel. Final Grade School Exhibits Thursday (Conttnued from Pag One) nider tvne locomotives, done by John i Sentuer, took one's eye, i in the filth sn.de a large Amerl I can map was marked by the students ! to designate where certain things are I nrnduced. etc.. and in the sixth soap sculpture of a high quality formed an interesting rxhlblt. There also was a butterfly collection there and a largo moth in the group which flew into the room and luld some eggs in t-lie collection They have the eggs to prove it I A Eiuid may of Oregon was another outstanding exhibit here. a u-e-ather chart In the seventh nm! a civics chart In the eighth attracted much favorable comment and some excellent art work wa3 on display also. Daily newspapers also were on hand, studied each day by the youngsters, At Greenwood school a Hiawatha scene in the first grade room was very cleverly done, and in the second there was an Indian tepee and pot tery. But mast interesting in this latter room was a frelze of the Pil grims, done in colored chalk by the children of the room, and with nearly every detail well brought out. Basket weaving was included in the work In the third grade and some very creditable examples were ex hibited. In this school one of the most interesting rooms was the "Op- . portunlty Room." where the fourth, fifth and sixth grades do their acad emic worlt and some of the dis plays there were much above the average expected for children of that age group. In the sixth grade several frelzes appeared and a bird project, with the art in each case of a high character. A garden in sand and camples of various kinds of woods in the seventh grade showed much attention to prac tical application of learning. The eighth grade here was a bit out of the ordinary, with a movable wooden stage at one end of the large room which semblies. . is used frequently for as- SORE-ARMi;i JAVFLINKLR DOES HIS HIT FOR BEAKS I sine:e' day of practice this season. , Norman FltrmraJd. University of California Javelin thrower, was i aralted to trv to take some points awav from Southern California in ! their dual meet The Bear tosser, who had been i out all term with a sore arm. hurled i tho spear nearly 190 feet, then came back with one of 197 feet only to have it disqualified as a foul. But he took second place and narrowed the Trojan margin of victory to 7 points. A survey made by the board of par oles and pardons in California show- ; ed 36 per cent of the persons sent- eucea to aeawi in wie m-aw uuiis 1 the past 40 years have escaped the ncose through commutations or transfers to insane asylums, j ... " .( ( - ' John Kaminski entered the United States from Poland during the Civil war, but Just received citizenship pa pers at Houghton. Mich. calculations of the savings "rntprnilliir' ni.wnl Ti-K-lm- ' ....v.... gauons oi i.i-cent gasoline tor Friday, May 11, 1931 Roosevelt Plans To Spend 5 Days Visiting Hawaii WASHINGTON. May 11 y-Oov-ernor Polndtxter of Hawaii said after a talk today with President Koosevelt that the president intended to spend about 5 days visiting Hawaii tbi summer on his long sea cruise. Mr. ltoofevfclt tentatively plans to start on his tour or the territorial Iiossesnlons the latter part of Juue Puerto Rico will be visited first unci then the president will board a cruiser to cruise through tiie Pan. uiiiA canal and out to Hawaii, return, tug overland upon his arrival on life Pacific coa.it, from Hawaii. Second Concert of IMusicl Week Tonight; 3d Sunday (Continueo. Prom Page One Miss Iaabelle Miller, organist. Baptist church: Ladies chorus and string trio "Tlie Living God" by O'Hara. Mrs. W. II. Parkinson, director. : I Glen Fox. accompanist. ( First Church of Christ, Scientist; "Enough to Know" by Ogdcn. Mrs. Floyd Sherwood, soprano. Mrs. Merlin Batley, accompanist. La Grande A Cappella choir: ' (a) "Lost in the Night" by Chrls tinnsen, (b) "Cherubian Hymn" by Bortntansky. Andrew Loncy Jr., director. f Mrs. Merlin Batley, assistant. Benc-d.ctioii, Rev. C. A. Kopp. Epis copal rector. S North Carolina faces losses from damage done wheat, oat and barley crops by the cold last winter. RE S LIVES No Extra Cost for "Golden Ply" Blow-out Protection rpms new Goodrich Silrertown 1 with the Golden Ply may save your life. The Golden Ply resists in ternal heat the great, unseen cause of blow-outs. Silvertowns with this amazir.R invention lasted 3 times as long in gruelling high-speed tests. And it will certainly saveyou money with its months of extra miles. Kstra safety! Extra mileage! Yet Pilvert owns don't cost a penny more than other standard tires. Look- M0NEY-SAVING PRICES 4.50 x 20 . . , S7.85 8.65 9.25 10.30 11.85 4.75 x 19 5.00 x 19 5.25 x 13 5.50 x 19 Subject to chauxe without notice nd to any governmental tax or levy. A0L0W-00T THIS Ti SAVE EVERY DAY unting Tractor Co. LA GRANDE 1601 Jefferson St. LEE'S SKKVICK STATION AU.:ns A One it wood BOISE P.Hi Fi-ont Street FRED SPAETH UOo W;-..-hiii)jton Rhone Main rSC