Rain Breaks Dry Spell Hem; Grain Crop Is Benefited
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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEW8FAPEB
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 225
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NATION
AY REFUND WAR DEBTS
FIFTH OF INCH
OF MOISTURE
AIDS FARMERS
Some Hay Gi'owers
Caught, However, With
Crop Down Over Valley
SNOW FALLS ON
MT., EMILY TODAY
Drouth Continues Un
abated in the Mid-west,
With Mercury Above
the 100 Mark.
A Meady niln that brought nearly
one-firth of an Inch of moisture to
!, Grande and more In Home sec
tions or the (irancle Konde valley,
trerted residents this morning the
Ilrst day of J u lie. It wis the first
rainfall or any consequence slme
May 9. when u fifth of an Inch was
tKurdeiUKnow fell on .Ml. Kiimytanu
the higher portions of the Hlne
Mountains.
Although causing some trouble to
farmers with hay down, the rain
brought delight to orchardists, grain
growers and others. Whether more
rain would fall after todny was un
certain, the weather man predicting
partly cloudy skies tonight and Sat
urday with little change In tempera
ture. Spring wheat growers were begin
ning to worry about their crops but
the showers early today wiped their
frown away. The rain was general
over Oregon, according to reports to
day. Up to 7 a. m. today .10 of an Inch
of rain had fallen; and later In the
day It was believed tho total was up
to about .20 of an Inch. It followed
a May that saw only .40 of an inch
of moisture, one of the driest here
In history. Normol rainfall for May
Is 2.05 'Inches, . The total rainfall
so far this year stands at 7.45 inches,
compared with normul for the first
rive months of the yeor of 0.88
(Continued on Page Three)
More Invitations
To U. P. Jubilee
Mailed Thursday
The home-coming committee of the
semi-centennial U. P. celebration to
be held here July 19-21, inclusive,
sent out another mailing yesterday,
according to reports by Mrs. Kate
Hanley, chairman of the committee.
The mailings consisted of programs
and personally written Invitations to
a large number of persons living In
out-of-town points.
The committee also is urging all La
Grande people to write to friends
living elsewhere ond invite them to
attend. Programs are available at
the chamber of commerce office to
be enclosed in such letters.
Ib was reported to the publicity
committee that' the Olympla, Wash
Times printed a frontpage story of
the La Grande celebration this week,
and that a former La Grander, now
living in Olympla, is planning to or
ganize an excursion from the Olympla
district to this city for the celebra
tion. COURT TO HOLD
MEMORIAL FOR
JUDGE WILSON
Following the custom of the circuit
court to hold memorial exercises for
attorneys and Judges, Circuit Judge
J. W. Knowles announced today that
at 1:30 p. m. June 5, services would
be held in the court room in honor
of the .late Judge B. P. Wilson, or
Union.
Judge Knowles appointed J. D.
Slater, chairman, Henry Hess and L.
Z. Terrall as a committee to prepare
resolutions. Several appropriate ad
dresses will be made during the mem
orial service,
CAN IT BE SOMEONE
DOESN'T NEED CASH?
Mow would $3,fi00 ln cash look
to most people? .
An answer Is unneceiry hi
this day and age! t
Vet t'My Keeorder-Treasunr
E. Stearns report that somen here
In La (i ramie or nearby one or
morn (persons could reeclve Ji.fifH)
In rash or part of that Mini
merely by presenting warrant
they hold.
Hack on April 30, mrc than a
Will Praises
pov. "Jimmy" Rolph
BEVERLY KILLS.
Cal., May 31 Our
Governor "Jimmy"
Rolph Is very, very
111. Writers who
rose In such g'.ee
to denounce 'him
for doing nothing
but speaking from
his heart and not
from political tact,
they broke , his
heart. Now let
them, before com
menting further,
s-.'cak of some of the fine human
qualities he possessed. Few men ever
In public life will leave more real
friends.
Our country's structure Is built on
"let the law take Its course," but
there has been more the matter with
our laws, our courts and our Justice
than there has with Jimmy Rolph.
Editorial writers were against you,
Jimmy (for they have to writ for
their public), but, gosh, It must do
your old heart good to know how
many mothers were for you. Yours,
EAST OREGON
STOCK SHOW
TIME NEARS
Annual Show at Union
Begins Next Thursday;
Friday, June 8, to Be La
Grande Day.
I'MOX. Ore., (Special) Willi the
Baiteru Oregon Livestock show only
a lew days away, opening Thursday,
June 7, coii.tnlttecs arc putting on
the finishing touches to make It one
ur the best shows 111 relent years.
At this week's meeting at the I'nloii
hotel... Herbert C handler, president or
the association, called Tor reports or
the various committees and every
thing Indicates that the show will
!'.ing Into action with lively Interest
and a good attendance.
(Continued on Page Pour)
PLAN BASEBALL
PLAYOFF DURING
U. P. CELEBRATION
Plans for a baseball playoff be
tween the winning teams of the Blue
Mountain league ond the Oregon
Idaho league to be held In La Grande
July 20 and 21, were announced to
day by Waldo Gcddes, of the sports
committee of the semi-centennial U.
p. celebration to be held here.
A three-game series would bo played,
with a double header scheduled for
Friday and a final game Saturday.
At the present, the Boise Senators
are reported to be leading the Oregon-Idaho
league, a fast circuit, and
Baker won the first half, of the Blue
Mountain league, and Is tied with
three other teams after the first
week's play In the second half.
Additional details of the playoff
will be annour.d In the near future.
Here's An 88-Inch
Delphinium
And now Deputy Sheriff Hugh
Kllnghammer comes forth with
the statement that in his yard
there grows a delphinium which
measures 88 Inches, or seven feet
tour Inches, which he believes Is
i record for this vicinity at least
until someone comes along with
tho story of a large one. The
Kllnghammer residence Is at 207
CheTry street.
month ago, (lie city railed war-'
rants fur June antl Jtilv. u3.i, up
to tli? one numbered 3!.V0.ltwt
of the warrants came In prompt
ly, yet one block, amounting to
$,fi(M, Is ..still out. TIm money I
at the city omre anil will be paid
over promptly a noon as the
warrants are surrendered. Inci
dentally, thoe warrant bear no
Interest after the date they nre
called by the city.
IN QUEEN RACE
. ' sunt'
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Xllte L'mliln IImu-k ... ...11,1..
Miss Frelda Brown, candidate of
the L' nl on Women's club In the
Bast urn Oregon Livestock show '
queen contest.
REDUCED WATER
RATES IN JUNE
AND JULY LIKELY
La Grande people, who have been
hoping that the city' commission
would consent to reduced water rates
during June and July In response to
a suggestion made iby the semi -centennial
U. P. celebration committee,,
represented by Jim MoLaughlln, gen
eral manager, apparently are due to
see their hopes realized. . . ,
No action wa. taken. :at thv com
mission meeting last ' night, ' but
President Victor R. Melville laid the
matter over for another week with
the explanation that City Manager
Angus McAllister wag working out a
plan for reduction of water rents for
June and July. Indications are that
some plan will be adopted for those
two months so that citizens may keep
their lawns and flower gardens In
first class condition for inspection of
visitors to the railroad celebration.
However, city officials today made
it plain that no plan has yet been
adopted, and so far water rates are
exactly the same as they havo been
tho last several years. The commis
sion did make It plain, however, that
If the plan were adopted. It would
apply only to June and July.
The remainder of last night's meet
ing, adjourned from Wednesday be
cause of the Memorial day holiday,
was devoted to routine business. The
city manager reported $9,206.47 cash
(Continued oi Page Five'
LAST CHANCE'
TO PAY BACK
TAX FOR 30
Time For Taking -Advantage
of Ten -Payment
Plan Expires July 1 of
This Year.
Vnless 11130 and prior years' de
lliiqiient tuxeti are taken care or be
fore July 1, proerty on which the.
tuxes for those years ure delinquent
will go buck to the county. This
was I lie Information given from the
tux collect lug department of t he
sheriff's office- toduy by Deputy Sher
iff Dick Cluycoiub. ;
The story In brief Is that the 1933
legislature passed a law allowing pay-.'
meat Installment plan, and waived
penalties and Interest on these taxes
up to July 1, 1933. However, the
new law also provided that when a
third consecutive Installment was
missed, the property would be sub
ject to salo by the county, and July
1, 1034 marks the expiration of the
time for a third payment.
Many In Union county already have
taken advantage of the, ten-payment
plan, and have made one, two or more
(Continued on Psjre Four) .
Schools Closed i
Here Until Next ,
Fall Term Begins
La Grande schools closed the 1933
34 term this af ternoon when students
called for their report cards at 1 p.
m. No classes were held today In
any of the city schools, although, reg--klar
olRsse- were . held. 41 many-of
them Thursday. Summer vacation be
gins tomorrow.
Graduation exerclsos for eighth grad
ers were held this week In all the
city schools, and the L. H. S. com
mencement was held Tuesday night.
Greenwood school today reported
several students with perfect Attend
ance records for the last year, as fol
lows; Second grade James Red, Roy
Baker, Glen Bay.
Third grade William Brooken,
Fourth grade Wanda Keltner.
Fifth grade Lucille Brown, Betty
Hamilton, Clarence Hawes, Irene Al
len. Donald Carlson.
Sixth grade
Raymond Rindey,
Elizabeth Wedder,
Pauline Brooken,
Cora Burgess.
Seventh grade Edward Brown,
Ruth Lillle, Charlotte Burnett, Lu
cille Doherty, Marie McManus, Don
ald Pyle.
Eighth grade Margaret Ferdinand
son, Mlko Zlvkovlch.
LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW?
Mediators Work
Hope of settlement of the Pacific coosfs longshoremen's strike, which
has paralyzed maritime shipping and tied up hundreds of vessels,
centers Ui the above mediation board meeting In San Francisco.
Left to right, Thomas a. Plant, president Waterfront Employers'
Union; Edward P. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, and Joseph
P. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremen's Association.
EASTERN OREGON
LAMBS BRING IN
TOP PRICE HERE
A carload of choice Eastern Oregon
lambs was sold early this week for
775 per 100, net here, this being the
hlgiieot price for which lambs have
eoUl since 1930, according to H. a.
Avery, county agent. Two weeks ago
-io'Alpnannt was made. that, .brought
-7.69 'per 100, which was a new high
at that time.
The shipment was assembled by
the Blue Mountain Livestock associa
tion and was sold to Cooper Brothers,
of Welser. Idaho, for shipment to
Denxw. This price lo considerably
higher than that quoted In tlio Port
land market this week, this fact be
ing due to the strike conditions there,
and .rowers who expect to ship are
asked to first get In touch with the
county agent and Information will be
available as to where the highest
(Continued on Para Two
School at Nyssa
Destroyed by Fire
NYSSA. Ore., June 1 OP) Fanned
by a high wind, flames last night
destroyed the three-story brick school
building here. About $35,000 Insur
ance was carried on the structure.
for Settlement
INCENDIARY IS
SUSPICION IN
C. II. Reynolds Home Par
; , .tially Destroyed ; Neigh
bors Keport btrange
Men Hanging Around.
Fire, believed of nil Incendiary ori
gin this inoriilnjr partially destroyed
(he It. Ite.vnoldK home at 1.107
First street. Police have taken Into
custody four suspects who are being
held for InvcHtlatloti.
The flames were first noticed about
10 o'clock and by 10:30 had beon ex
tinguished. The fire started in the
garage.
The residence, built several years
ago by Frank B. Appleby was recog
nized one of tho finer homes of the
city. There was no accurate estim
ate of damage this morning, but loss
from both fire and water is expected
to bo several thousand dollars.
The southern half of the two-story
building Is pretty thoroughly soaked,
and It was necessary to break
through the roof In several places to
get at the flames. There was some
furniture damage, also.
(Continued on Page six)
QUINTUPLETS MAY
GO ON VAUDEVILLE
COUI3EIL, Ont June 1 0T) Tho
flvo Dlonne sisters, famous at the
tender age of four days, may go
trouping this summer.
Their father, Ovilla Dlonne, refused
to divulyo his plans, however, after
conferring with promoters who want
ed to place the quintuplets on exhibi
tion at the Chicago World's fair.
Placed on a diet of human milk by
It, A. It. Da foe, the babies continue
to thrive. Three of his tiny charges
are in an Incubator, Dr. Dafoo said
ho hoped to secure another Incubator
an old-fushloncd one since tho
Dlonne home has ho electricity.
Young mothers In the district arc
helping feed the children.
Gifts, including layctcs, continued
to pour into the home.
Wheat Today
No export or lucul wheal i
tutltiMN lircaiise of (lie loiiRHhorf
mrn'H Mrlke. l'irtl;tl r;tsh K0
rents.
CHICAGO. June 1 W1) Stop-loss
selling on a big scale broke out In
the grain markets late today, and
prices plungt.-d headlong downward.
Hectic buying which hnd character
ized the markcta earlier today and on
previous days appeared to have sud
denly given out, and all grains found
themselves without any adequate
support.
SuKgeitionn of porslble breaking of
the drouth led to an abrupt chai0-'
of speculative sentiment.
Wheat closed irregular, c lower to
c higher compared with 24 hours
previous, July $1.01 6 H.02'8, Sept.
1.03 f.t corn Po'SUc down,
July 66mMc. Sept. 0m61o. oaU
u('tc advanrcd, and provisions at
a rise of 7t,j 10c.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
t
DltAHTIC IlOl SK RULE WINS
WKSTKUJj UANCIIKlt JAILKI)
DISAIIM PAUIJCV IN UKCBSS
KIOTINO IN LOS ANOKLKS
WASHINGTON, June 1 mTo the
aeeonipuiiliueitt of a threatened fist
fight between two representatives,
Kltse (It. fill.) and lleen (11. da.),
the I ui u tie voted today to Impose one
of the most drastic rules or procedure
In history to break up a Republican
filibuster. The rule. Democrats be
lieved, eouhl be used to block every
piece of legislation not approved by
the administration.
VALE, Ore., June 1 m J. M.
Randlcman, Wcstfall rancher, sur
rendered to Sheriff O. W. Glenn here
today soon after Jess Randlcman, 40,
his son, had been shot to death at the
Randlcman farm during a quarrel.
tiKNKVA, Juno 1 (P) 1 localise of
the disarmament situation, Arthur
Henderson, president of the arms con
ference, today adjourned the parley
until Tuesday, then later announced
that it would be necessary to post
pone Its next session until Wednes
day. LOS ANOELES, June 1 (P) Riot
ing flared in downtown Los Angeles
In front of the county welfare de
partment today, with one man being
perhaps fatally injured, ten police
men mora or less severely hurt and
a number or rioters and bystanders
cut and bruised.
WASHINGTON, June 1 (!) Con
gressional action on the corporate
bankruptcy bill was coinirieted today
when the senate uduptcd tho confer
ence report,
LA GRANDE, BAKER
NINES WILL PLAY;
FAST GAME LOOMS
With the big game of the season
only two days away both the La
Orando and Baker baseball teams of
tho Blue Mountain league, who will
tangle at tho high nchool field here
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, have
been propatiug for the event in most
vigorous fashion.
According to ono or the La Grande
players who visited Baker yesterday,
the Baker team Is worrlod about the
outcome of next Sunday's game, and
Is doing everything possible to Im
prove both tho offensive and defen
sive capabilities of its club. When
tho two teams met at Baker a month
(Contlnuod on Page 81i
MEDIATION BOARD
MEMBER EXPECTS
STRIKE VIOLENCE
SAN FRANCISCO. Juno 1 W
Frankly skeptical of an immediate
settlement, a member of President
Roosevelt's mediation board today de
dared "ovcryono will admit that soon
er or later this strike of Pacific coast
marine workers will be settled, but It
looks right now as if It will be set
tled by bullets, guns and gas."
Tho board member pleaded for
representatives of the strikers and
employers to reach a peaceful settle
ment. Edward F. McGrady, assistant sec
retary of labor, prepared to leave for
Washington tonight to place the en
tire matter before President Roose
velt, Secretary of Labor Perkins ond
Hugh Johnson, NRA administrator.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jiie 1 WV-Having
rejected, by a roaring cheer, terms
of a proimsed utrtko settlement, long
shoremen leaders here today declared
(Continued on Page Six;
FIND BLACK WIDOW
SPIDEIIS NEAR HERE
Mow are of t he hlnck widow
spider! 0
Thiwr donfieriMiH wplilcp, whose
lille often In fatal, have liren dis
covered In thlH Ki'ctlmi, It nut
O rrpurted today. A group of lg O
SleveiiHoii, jJiiiiiid (he nents of
two Itlark Tlilnw KpliliTH In the
Table mountain regloiTgHie other
day on u scoutliigO'rip.O They
captured the plder and Magrd
nu exhibition at the High school.
1 lie two uerc placed hi a glass
cage mid one mmjii killed and de
F. R. PROMISES
DISCUSSIONS
OF REVISION
President Makes Report
I to Congress Today
On War Debts.
NEXT DUE DATE IS
TWO WEEKS AWAY
Roosevelt Indicates That
"Special Circumstances'
May Be Considered in
Talks.
WASHINGTON, June ,1 WPresl-f
dent lUtONcveJt, In a report to coa-v
cress today on war debts, held out a
promise for discussions or revision! of
present funding agreements to any
European debtor nations who ask and
present f'speclal circumstances relat
ing to iihsiuh and methods of pay
ment." '
He Indicated what "special clrcurri
stances" would be considered by em
phasizing that factors would be
whether tho nations are - utilising
their resources for - "recovery pur
poses" or mak0 a "reasonable pay
ment" on the debt owed, or are
spending for "unproductive national
istic" purposes. ' . ' t.
In some official quarters, the presl-'
dent's statement concerning possible
conferences was , considered signifi
cant as a prelude to Great Britain's
not on the dobts question expected,
here any time. Sir Ronald Lindsey,
the British ambassador, la understood
(Continued On Page Four)
Spokane Father
Kills Daughters,
Wife And Himself
SPOKANE. Wash., June 1 W
Vestiges of a man's two-day strugglo
with his nerve to steel himself to
kill his wife, two daughters and him
self wore In the hands of police to
day.
Notes left to frlonds told of tho
agony Arthur E. Hooker, 54, news
paper business office man, suffered
in seeing his daughter, Marjorle, 14,
gradually overcome by paralysis, lead- "
lng to his shooting Wednesday night
of Marjorio and her sister, Virginia.
11, his wife, Mabel, himself in what
Coroner T. C. Barnhart called mur
der and suicide.
One note said In part:
"Please do not think too badly of
(Continued on Page Three)
Baseball
N'ntloiial League
R. H. B.
PhllMlcllv.Io, 3 U 2
New York 4 11 0
Batteries: Dorrow and Todd; Kuti
bcll, Luquo mid Richards, Dannlng.
R. H. 8.
Bt. Louis 3 8 1
Plttuburtth 4 8 3
BatUtrics: HuUuhan and V. Davis;
Blrkofcr, Hoyt and Podden.
H. H. B. ;
Chicago 3 7 0
Cincinnati 10 1
Batteries: Weaver and HArtnett;
Prey and O'Parrell. t
i nurl(iiu l.cugU4i
Cleveland at' fit, Louis, poetponedi
rain.
R. H. E,
Now York S 10 3
Philadelphia 10 13 3
Batteries: Dcohonfr. Orlmea and
Dickey; Mahaffey and Berry.
R. K. E.
Detroit . 3 0 3
Chicago i 16 4
Batteries: Rowe and Cochrane; Ly
ons and Madjeskl. , t
voured the other. Iteeg, Insects
and file ulso were placed In the
niRo and quirk work by the
splilrr Hoon ended their existence
after which a web was woven
around ihetu and luter the bodies
lined us food.
No positive antidote for the
hltuk widow hplder's poison Is
known, It Is said. After being
bitten a state or coma Is said to
si'l In, and If death can be pre
vented for some time, often sev
eral days, the patient usually re
cm era.