City To Modernize Fire Department Pumper Truck
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Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
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Only NewspaJ)er
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 32
EASTERN OBEOON'8 LEADING NEWBPAPEB
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED 'PRESS
NUMBER 216
DARROW STRIKES BACI AT JOHNSON
itwnittg
NEW ENGINE
ORDERED BY
FIRE CHIEF
City Commission Pleased
With Transaction; .1200
Gallon Guarantee is Ob
tained. ThefStuiz pumper (truck or tbc La
Grande fire department will be mod
ernized through Installation of a new
engine, It was announced today. Fire
Chief C. T. Lludsey returned recently
from Portland 'where lie made ar
rangements for the city to purchase
a Hall-Seolt engine to (be placed In
(he present truck. The order was
signed today. .
City commissioners were, pleated
with the transaction, pointing out
that the old engine, with two crank
ohaft breakdowns to Its discredit and
other troubles at various times, would
now be replaced with a now, modern
power plant that would convert the
equipment Into a truck equal In all
respects to an entirely new machine
which would ccst $12,000 or more
If purchased.
The new engine will cost about $2,
000 to the city and will be Installed
ns soon, as it arrives from San Fran
cisco. City Manager Angus McAllister
expects the pumper to be back In
service within two or three weeks un
less delays.bf an unexpected nature
occur.
The now engine carries with it a
guarantee to develop 12 00-gallon
pumping, the same as the maximum
provided by the old engine, and city
officials expect the underwriters to
approve the change In Portland and
some other northwest cities older
equipment is , being modernized toy
installing new engines, and In taking
the present stop. La Grande is follow
ing in the footeteps of larger cities;
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Rehearsals For
Sock And Buskin
Play Progressing
"Death Tnkcs a Holiday" to be pre
sented at the Eastern Oregon Normal
school on May 25 is nearing comple
tion, according to reports from Mis
Florence Day, director. Most of the
work of the stage set has been com
pleted and the rehearsals are progres
sing rapidly.
The scene is cast In an Italian cos.
tie belonging to Duke Lambert. It
is here that death plays a visit in the
person of Prince Sirkl. The play 1-3
most popular in its appeal to an
audience because of Its originality
and merit. Likewise, its sophistica
tion sets it apart from the average
stafce production.
This will be the final stage ptay
of the school year for the Eastern
Oregon Normal school, and will mark
the final appearance of a consider
able number of the cast. The ro
mantic leads, Guy Tucker as "Death"
and Dorothy Hill as "Orazla," both
graduote In June.
RALPH HURON
ESTABLISHES
HEADQUARTERS
Colonel Ralph R. Huron, chairman
of the U. P. semi-centennial celebra
tion to "be held here July 19. 20 and
21, has established his headquarters
in the chamber of commerce office,
beginning today. He said that most
of the preliminary work relative to
the celebration has been completed,
and that from now on more intenslvo
action will be necessary.
He urged all who have any ques
tions to ask about the celebration
call him at the chamber of commerce.
TWO VOTE-COUNTING
BOARDS TRIED HERE
For the first time In local history,
a double counting board was used In
a Union county precinct last Friday.
It was largely as an experiment, but
most believe It an unqualified suc
cess. Precinct No. 7. on Washington ave
nue, one of the largest precincts In
the county and which usually Is one
of the last to finish counting, some
times being busy as late as 8 o'clock
the morning after election, was the
plsre the two boards were used.
This year. Instead of running well
Into the morning with the count, the
precinct total was finished before 9
P- m. Many other boards over the
county were Just beginning their
count when No. 7 closed up shop and
Gas Competing
With Sermons
SALINAS, Cal.,
May. 20 I read
statistics every
once In a while
and It shows maby
how church at
tendance Is sorter
falling orf on Sun
day mornings. But
It's not a lack of
religious Inclina
tion, It's Just that
you can't beat
Sunday morning
to get the old car
out and ramble.
A preacher can have the best ser
mon In the world, but he Just has
to deliver it to folks without any
gas.
I bet you we live to see the time
when they will Just hold services on
rainy days and days when they are
fixing the roads, and they will pack
'em in.
Folks are Just as good as they ever
were, and they mean well, but no
minister can move 'em like a second
hand car. Yours,
134, MKniffht Rvnillfiit. fna.
OFFICERS NAB
TWO IN BEER
THEFT CASE
Earl Worden, Archie Wil
son Jailed on Open
Charge; Three Cents
Taken From State Store
- Twi?.rolbcrleJ orotr.i'ed KoTVtnUir
ilay iiiKl't. and as a result oltone two
young men are In Jail todaylawnltlng
disposition of their case. J
The Roesch Bottling Works was
broken Into Saturday night and 12
cases of beer and two cases of soda
pop stolen. Entrance was gained by
prying a window. Officers Immed
iately started work on the case and
finally Earl Worden. about 19, and
Archie Wilson, about 21, were ar
rested on an open charge, by Deputy
Sheriff Huiro Kllnchammer. Police
Chief Jim Steffen and Inspector Mo-
Brlde, of the federal department of
Industrial alcohol. The officers re-
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HIGH SCHOOL TO
HOLD OPEN HOUSE
The annual open house at the High
school will be held tomorrow after
noon and evening. During the after
noon only the manual arts exhibits
will be shown, the complete exhibits
being opened to the public In the eve
ning. The program, to begin at 7:45, will
be held on the High school steps If
the weather permits. In case of rain,
a stage will be Improvised In the
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BAKER GOLFERS
WIN MATCH 53-22
Tbe Baker country club golf team
defeated the La Grande country club
golfers at Baker In an Intercity tour
nament yesterday 53 to 22. Only two
La Oranders. Dr. Bay Murphy and'
Clyde Bunting, won all three points
at stake.
Longstaff, Baker pro. led In the
scoring with a 71. and' Evans, Baker
frnntirtned on Pace Two
went home for a night's good sleep.
The first board, called the day
board, started counting votes at 2 p.
m. election day. In a room In which
no one was sllowed but the counting
board. With the cloning of the polls
the other board, which had been In
charge of taking votes, assisted with
the counting.
This system was authorized by the
state legislature In 1921, and colon
R. Eberhard, of La Grande, then a
state senator, was one of Its chief
proponents, and was one of the main
factors In making It a law. The double
counting board plan has been in use
for three years In Wallowa county
with verv satisfactory results It Is
1 said.
T 1 J"
RO. NORMAL
RUNS UNDER
ITS BUDGET
State Audit Shows Ex
penditures at $88,133 as
Compared with Esti
mates of $92,788 '
BALEM, Ore., May 19 Actual ex
penditures of the Eastern Oregon
Normal at La Orande during the year
July 1, 1932 to June 30, 1933, totalled
(8M33.66, an audit or the state
board of higher education allowed
today.
Original estimates of expenditures
for the year amounted to 92,788.93,
a total of 4, 055.26 mora than actual
expenditures. 1
The audit, made by the secretary
of state's office, disclosed that the
value of the Institution's property
increased $6,294.48 during the year
to a total of (303,044.21.
Salaries accounted for (49,848.41 of
expenditures. Other expenses, In
cluding $20,225.14 for street Im
provements, amounted to $26,559.78.
General instruction cost $27,884.21
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and training school Instruction $11,
867.98. The library cost $5910.27 and the
school's health service $1168.12.
Administrative cost of the presi
dent's office totalled $8889.14, of
which amount $0999.74 was for sal
aries. Registration To
Be Tonight For
Cove Swim Week
.Registration fpr th first of bre
swim weeks to be held In Union
county this summer under the aus
pices of the Porpoise club of La
Grande, will begin tonight at 6 p. m.
In the Christian . church basement.
Already 25 to 30 have signified their
Intentions of taking advantage of the
swimming Instruction, sponsored by
the Red Cross, and which will .be
held at the Cove plunge the remain
der of May, beginning tomorrow
night.
Beginning lessons, learning to use
various strokes, diving, Junior and
senior llfesavlng are among the
courses offered.
BULBING GIANT DKRDGKIt
ALAMEDA Cal. W Fabrication
of a steel beam weighing 275 tons
indicates tlie new proportions reached
by gold dredges. The beam to be
used In construction of a dredger to
be operated in the Marys vl lie Cal.,
placer Id strict, was 200 feet Ion? and
24 feet high.
' . J"':.'.'-; :-l :. i. i V '. 'i ;':;' 5r5'sSv tpSAi: pU ' Y
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN DRAGONS? LOOK HERE!
Muyhe you thought man-eating dragons were something you rend about In fairy tales. Well, here arc
a nni pie light lief ore your eyes shown as they appeared on reaching New York's Bronx Zoo from the
Dutch East Indies, where they were ruptured by tlict umnteur zoologists Ijtwrence Orlswold, of Qulney,
Mass.. und William Hark news, of New York. The rare lizards, measuring more than nine reel long,
are the first of their kind ever to be brought to this country.
LA GRANDE NINE
BREAKS EVEN IN
WEEKEND GAMES
Tho La Orande town baseball team
broke even In two games played here
over the weekend, dropping the first
game to the Illinl Emtgront C.C.O.
nine. Saturday afternoon by a score
of 8 to 4, and drubbed the Elgin
squad Sunday afternoon by a score
or 20 to ii. ,7 V ;.
The C.C.C. nine which played Sat
urday afternoon proved too much for
the La Oranders, who although play
ing errorless ball for the entire nine
frames, couldn't keep up with the
hitting stride set by the Invading
nine. Shockley, tall and lanky hurler
from the Southern Illinois Hard Road
league, held the La Grande batters to
nine scattered bits, off which they
could tally but four runs In the
nine InnlngB. Hall, . starting hurler
for the La Orande team, started out
like a whirlwind In tho first four
frames, but made a graceful parade
to the bunch In the fifth frame when
he walked the first two C.C.C. bat
ters, permitted the third to single, re
tired the fourth on a pop-up, and
the next three men clouted out three
doubles In succession. Charlie Wilson,
regular second-sacker, then took over
the mound duties and kept the forca-
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UP FOR TRIAL
John Monteith
Gives Program
At E. O.N. Today
A colorful program of lecture and
song was presented this morning at
the Eastern Oregon Normal school by
John Claire Monteith, noted concert
baritone and lecturer. In addition to
tho musical program, colorful slides
wero shown representing the moods
of tho desert, the story of tho plant
and animal life of the desert regions
a: J r-AVhimsical and amusing stories
of characters of Death Valley which
was the theme of the program.
Mr. Monteith appeared In brilliant
cowboy costume and during the
songs the slides represented the fas
cination of the changing lights of
the desert day.
The program opened with an ode to
the desert and the following numbers
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Bomb Explodes In
U. S. Clerk's Hand
WASHINGTON. May 21 ffl A
bomb which Inspectors say was des
tlned for the Balkans exploded In
the postoffice dead letter office to
day, shattering a clerk's hand and
slightly. Injuring a negro messenger.
It was concealed In a hallowed-out
book, and wont off when tho volumo
was opened by Myrton L. Oenung.
LEONHARDT
VICTOR IN
SCHOOLRACE
La Grande EducatoH to
Oppose Supt. C. A. How
- ard in Fall Election.
J. W. libonluirdt, principal or Cen
tral school here, won the Democratic
nominal Ion for superintendent . of
iMi'hllo Just ruction ,ovr Forrest E
Dunlon, of Clackamas County. The
last count of votes at 2 o'clock
this uflrriMHm gave Lconlmnlt a lead
of I ,(i!M votes, with less t Im u 1 00
precincts over tho stale to report
The vote stood: l,conhurdt 112,321,
Hunt on 30,(f;il. U'onlumLt will oppose
Supt. O. A. Howard, Uepuhllcuu, In
the general election In November.
There were no changes over the
weekend In the trend of votes as the
state count grew, and all those an
nounced as nominated, and all meas
ures announced as determined Sat
urday stand.
Locally, tho county clcark and a
crew of workers started the official
canvass of tho Union county vote at
0 o'clock this morning, with proa-
(Continued On Page Four)
PROSPECTS GOOD
FOR LOCAL WHEAT
Prospects continue good In Union
county for a normal wheat crop, pro
viding normal early summer rainfall
occurs. It was said today. Conditions
have been good throughout tho last
sovcral months for wheat growth In
tho Grande Itonlo valley.
PENDLETON, Ore.. May 21 fI'( A
fifty per cent wheat crop for Eastern
Oregon unlc weather conditions
change Is predicted by J. W. Maloncy,
collector of Internal revenuo and for
mer wheat fanner of Pendleton. The
present Condition was ascribed to the
fact that wheat went through the
winter without the usual moisture.
A below normal crop was seen for
Umatilla county and unless condi
tions change ffrKm' tn0 V1" waH ox"
pected to bo around four million
bushels,
Wheat Today
No local price quotations to
day... Portland cash 1.1 cents. No
export bid.
CHICAGO, May 21 (At Despite
drouth and heat over a major part
of tho domestic grain belt, wheat
prices averagwl lower today.
Thero was no sustained follow-up
to buying movements, the best of
which wa-4 associated with definite
word that President Roosevelt's sil
ver message would be forthcoming
tomorrow. A reason for lack of con
tinued aggressive buying was talk In
some quarters that the domestic
carry-over of wheat July 1 promised
to total as much as 250.000,000
bushels.
Wreat closed unstable at about tho
day's low point. 3Bct under Satur
day's finish, July saflc, corn
fit c down, oats unchanged to c
higher, and provisions unchanged to
a rise of 10 cents.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
ac;ui;k on Font points
KI.KCTOKAI, OI.I.KdE kavkh
moil school nov ai ci si.tu
MOIU: MINNKAI'OUS RIOTS
PORTLAND, May 21 t(P) It. J.
I task rt t, 8Hkeftinaii of employes lu
A he general longshoremen's strike
negotiations at Sun Francisco, whs
today advised by Portland (waterfront
employes that they have agreed to
four major point w lu the attempts to
settle the waterfront strike.
WASHINGTON, May 21 The
senate refused today to submit the
latest Norrls constitutional amend -mcnt
to the states, and thereupon
returned to Its reciprocal tariff
Jousting. Nebraska's votcran Inde
pendent won 42 votes for his propo
sal to abolish tho electoral college
and elect presidents directly, barely
short of tli two-thirds vote required.
Senators McNary and Stelwer of Ore
gon voted against tho measure.
II Aitt.lMlKV. Tex., May 81 (A1)
William Osboribe, 10-year-old Pre
inont High .school student, was
charged with murder and lodged In
the Falfuriias jail without bond at a
preliminary hearing there today V In
connection with the slaying of I. M.
"lack" Ilrlnck, former member of the
U. S, Olymplo rowing team.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 21 (Pi Riots
broke out again early today In tho
market district and eight policemen
and ten strikers fell as 300 pickets
and nearly 100 special policemen
clashed over the movement of trucks.
FIND MAN'S BODY
IN ASHES OF BIG
STOCKYARDS FIRE
CHICAGO, May SI tfP) The char
red hodv of a man was found in .the
ruins of -Chicago's stockyards today
as crews of workmen groped through
the .debris of Saturday's S8.iKto.iMH)
fire preparing the way for rebiillders.
Through acres of hot ashen, Into
heaps of bricks, skoletons of old land
marks and twisted steel girders tho
explorers dug, hunting valued docu
ments and property that might have
survived the holocaust, and hoping
tho loss of human llfo would not
grow.
Tho one known victim was Isaac
Means, 00 year old watchman who
discovered the first flumes lu the cat-
tl pens near tho Forty Third street
viaduct. The charred body was found
leus than two blocks from the point
whoro Means shouted to other work
ors: "It's a fire." So quickly did tho
blao spread on the wings of a brisk
southwest wind, that Means was
overtaken and burned to death before
ho could make his way out of the
labyrinth of livestock corrals. One
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BOOST GAS PRICE
TO 25-CENT MARK
Price of retail gasoline Is head
ed back for tho lovol that wan
maintained here previous to the
"gasoline war" of several weeks
ago. 8hell Oil Co. today received
orders to boost tho price to 25
cents a gallon, including tax, and
to 226 cents for third Htrueturo.
Other companies had not received
word at 1:30 p. m. today but wero
expecting authorization for a
raise.
Reports here today said that
prices had gone up at Pendleton
a lst.
JUMPIN'EST FROG OF
'34 LEAPS 12 FEET
ANGELS CAMP, Cal.. May 21 Ml
Angels camp claims for its own today
the "dangest, Jumpln'ost frog of
1034."
The agile amphibian, "General
Grant" by name, a product of tho
home town's bock lots, leaped 12 feet,
6 Inches to win Calaveras county's
great annual Jumping Jubilee,
Agaliwt a field of 165 entries. In
cluding tlie world's record-holder.
"Budwelser" of Stockton, "General
Grant" skidded to tho championship
yesterday while a crowd estimated by
Jubilee officials at 20.000 whooped
things up.
"Butweiser's" record of 13 feet, 1
Inch, set in 1031, remained Intact
however. The Stockton frog was de
clared by the owner, Louis Ktslier, to
be a victim of old age and made but
NEW REPORT
TO BE GIVEN
ON THE NRA
"Even Worse Conditions"
Will Be Shown in
Second Report, Claim
PRESIDENT SILENT
AS QUARREL RAGES
NRA Head Demands Dar-"
row Resign Darrow .
Says Richberg's "Vision,
Severed."
WASIIINHTON, May 21 (P) Tile
imtlmml recovery review 'board Ilk a '
three puge BtuLement Itouay ftHMlled
(lie, criticism on lis report nude by
Nit A offlclulN, promised a fieoond 're
port lierorc the end .of the week and
c.linllciiKcd Nit A to answer that one.
Tho second report, the board head- .
ed by Clurenco Dnrrow said, covered
Industries "In which conditions are '
even ' worse thtm In those that have '
severed Mr. H3chberg's vision.".
The reference was to Donald R.
Rlchberg, genernl NRA counsel, who
ohnrged Darrow's unit with abuse of
public confidence In having so con
ducted Itself as to develop only evl-
dence In support of already fixed .
views.
President Silent
Moanwhlle, It was Indicated at the .
White House that President Room-.
vblt expected the Darrow board to'
wind up Its work soon, nothing was
said as to how the president looked'
upon .Hugh 8. Johnson's recommen
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Rain Prayers Go
Up In Mid-West
As Crops Burn
I By The Associated Prewi
Drouth, uldcd hy grass h op jters and.
chinch hugs, spread further destruc
tion' through the gniln licit today,
Increasing crop losses to (us high an.
85 per cent In some sections.
Many farmers prayed yesterday In
churches for rain. Some rains came,
but they wero too light to bring
much benefit. Moro local showers
were forecast, Even Ideal weather,
said agricultural experts, could not
now afford any material relief In
much of the mid-west.
Nebraska farmers reported all crops
in tho contral part of the state, In
cluding oats, hay, and other small
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Baseball
NATIONAL I.K.Hit K f
ChlcnRO 10 18 a
Drooklyn - 9 8 1
Lee. Joiner, Malone, Weaver, Bush
and Hartnctt: Herring, Carroll, Beck,
Leonard and Lopez.
Pittsburg 11 17 0
Philadelphia 4 10 2
French and Pnddcn; Pcarce, Moore
and Todd.
St. Louis - 2 8 3
New York 6 0 1
Hnllnhan nnd V. Davis; Bowman
and Mancuso.
AMDItlC'AS I.K.Uil K :
New York 6 13 0
Cleveland
Uhlo, Vanutta and Dickey,
and Pytlak.
Washington
Detroit
8 14 0
Hudlln
. 6 11
. 8 14
Whltchlll Prim and Phillips; Mar
berry IfoKsel.fc and Uuyward.
a weak effort for the 1934 crown.
Another Stockton frog, "Black
Jock," entered by Robert Olanellt.
bounded 12 feet, 3 Inches for tho sec
ond best mark In yeaterdoy's com
pe tit Ion. Third place went to "Ply
ing Coon." owned by Louis Robinson,
aLso of Stockton, with a leap, such,
as the three successive efforts allow
ed by the rules are called, of 12 feet
1 Inch.
"General Grant" comes from a long;
line of noted Jumpers which first
sprang to fame during the gold rush
days when old "Dan'I Webster wao
champion. "Dan'I Webster's" down
fall, through a dinner of buckshot
administered by city "stickers," waa
recorded in Mark Twain's story and
Is the Inspiration or the annual com
petition.