Spokane Drum Corps Corning To La Grande Jubilee
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America
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Covering Union and
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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OUEQO.VS LEADINU KEWSPAFEB
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE' 29, 1934
MKMHEK ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NO LACK OF
MUSIC FOR
CELEBRATION
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Washington Champion
ship Corps to Bring 20
Men and Drum Major.
PORTLAND TO SEND
DELEGATION HERE
Rose City Chamber of
Commerce Organizing
Gi"oup of Citizens to
Visit La Grande.
POHTLANDEItS COMING
! A delegation of Portland fit i -kenti
will participate In Ui
(Jrsnde'M railroad celebration July
l!i to 21, It was announced In Port
land Ante Friday by the 'trade and
commerce department of the Port
land chamber of commerce. The
pufly'wl'll le-ive by train the night
of July 1!) and arrive here the
morning of Friday, July 20.
AftKiirnnce that three crack drum
and bugle corps and two top-notch
bands will) be here Tor the seml-ocn-tennJul'U.
P. celebration wan received
today when a! letter came to John It.
(Jorlty -front Richard II. Guy, drum
corps manager In Spokane, statins
that tlip Spokane American Legion
drum corps fof 20 men anil a drum
major, will positively he here for the
Jubilee.
There Is a strong probability also
that a fourth drum corps, the Boise
legion championship corps of Idaho,
also will attend, but definite assur
ance Mas not "Been received op. yet.
i
'he other two corps to participate In
(Continued on Page E!ght)
5 Days of Golf
Scheduled For
Jubilee Visitors
Golfers who come to the semi
centennial Union Pacific celebration
here July 19, 20 and 21, or to the
western union meeting of the Bro
therhood cf Locomotive Engineers on
f My 17, 18 and 19, had better bring
their sticks along. Tournaments will
be held every day during these five
days at the La Orandc country club,
which boasts one of the finest nine
hole layouts In the Pacific northwest.
And the course will be In excellent
condition, members of the greens
committee of the club report.
The B. of L. E. tournaments are
open to all visiting golfers at the con
vention, and prizes will be offered
each day for both scratch and handi
cap events.
Open sweepstakes tournaments will
be held each day of the Jubilee
proper, also with prizes offered the
winners. This Is open to either pro
fessionals or amateurs but the com
mittee insists that all participants
must have certified handicaps to file
with the club. Entry fee will be one
dollar each day, which Includes
greens fee.
Cards announcing the tour.mments
have been posted In' every golf club
and hotel In the northwest, the pub
licity committee reports.
UNION COUNTY
IS LEADING IN
HEALTH REPORT
Union county continues to rank as
one or the healthiest In Oregon In
the entire northwest, as a matter of
fact. The weekly report of the state
board of health Just received here
shows no communicable diseases dur
ing the week Just passed in this coun
ty. Eleven other Oregon counties. In
cluding Umatilla, also showed per
fect slates for the week. In Wallowa
county one case of flu was reported.
Baker had a case of flu. two of small
pox and one of chtckenpox.
MAY FISH MOUNTAIN
STREAMS ON SUNDAY
Fishermen of Union and Wallowa
counties will have new streams open
to them on Sundoy. July 1 at least,
ho legal fining has been done In
these waters since last year.
Oa Sunday morning all tributaries
to Wallowa lake to the falls in sold
tributaries will be opened to anglers,
to remain open until November 30.
Several of these streams furnish nice
Will Pays Tribute
To Jimmy Wedell
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BEVERLY MILLS,
Cal., June 28
And they lay to
rest Jimmy Wedell
died as a soldier
fi A t IJ lu tno discharge or
his dutv for h
was teaching
somebody else how
to lly.
When you real
ize aviation as the
greatest advance
ment In our times,
and America as
spending the most money, yet our
whole government, whole army, whole
navy, had to wait to see how fast
they could fly, till Jimmy Wedell
( through his own personality and
personal honesty got financial back
ing from a generous and public spir
ited Mr. Williams) would make the
plane. Who knows but what aviation
might not be permanently set back
100 miles an hour, through the loss
of this fellow, with the knowledge
that was burled with him?
Such men should be grabbed up at
once and put into our government
service. He had one thing that was
in keeping with all great aviators and
that was his modesty. Yours,
I tI4. McNiu'rht Syndicate fn.
U.S. OFFICERS TO
TAKE NELSON TO
PORTLAND JAIL
Two United States marshals from
Portland axe here today for the pur
pose of taking Stanley Nelson to the
Multnomah county Jail pending fed
eral grand Jury action on a charge
of breaking a seal, entorlng, stealing,
concealing and possessing goods from
a box enr in Interstate transporta
tion. His bond was sot yesterday ji
ts.OOO, which he was unable to false.
Marshals DeLong and Rlckard will
leave the other four arrested In raids
late Wednesday. ;
Stanley P. Stiles, one of the four,
furnished bond and was released, and
Mrs. John Monroe Marvin was freed
on her own recognizance. Her hus
band Is now serving a three-month
sentence In the county Jail on a
charge of possessing stolen property.
He was sentenced June 22 and prob
ably will serve out his term here be-j
fore being turned over to lederal au
thorities, officers said.
(Continued on Page Two
SCHOOL BUDGET
HEARING IS SET
FOR SEPTEMBER 8
The non-high school board of Un
ion county has named Saturday, Sept.
8 at 2 :00 o'clock as the time tar the
hearing on the annual budget for the
coming school year. The budget as
drawn up covers the high schools at
La Orande. Union, North Powder, Im
bler, Cove and Elgin. For these
schools a total of $23,330.61 Is asked
(Continued on Page Sir,
Jumbo and Firemen
Are In Mourning
Tana Is Dead
Firemen are in mourning today
and so will a lot of others who
have watched little Tana, pet
chipmunk, go through her antics
In the little cage in the fire sta
tion next to the window on Wash
ington avenue. Tana died during
trie night.
She was about flve years old
belonged to Mick Riley, who turn
ed lier over to the fire laddies to
keep company with their male
chipmunk. Jumbo. Jumbo's a bit
lonely today, and already the boys
are talking about hunting a new
mate for him.
strings of trout during the summer
months. All other lakes and tribu
taries were opened to anglers June
15. but will close on September 30.
Salmon fishermen who resort to
spears and gaffs of various descrip
tions will have to give up their sport
on July 10. as the spearing season
ends at nightfall June 15. Salmon
may be caught by hook and line,
however, throughout the year.
Heads Shriners
I
I.?H.jgJf2
Shriners or the nation will be
led the coming year by Bana 8,
Williams, above, of Aualt tem
ple, LcwlKtou, Me. He was ele
vated to Imperial potentate at
the convention In Minneapolis,
CROW SHOOT TO
COME TO CLOSE
-SUNDAY AT NOON
The 1934 crow, mngple and hawk
shoot sponsored by the La Grande
Oun club will pome to a close at
noon Sunday, July 1, acoordlng to
Floyd Lannlng, club secretary, who
reports 'keen Interest the last several
weeks In the shoot. Large quantities
of both eggs and feet of the three
pests have been turned In to him by
those taking part In the shoot.
Eleven, cash prizes are offered In
one division, which lists eggs of
crows, magpies and hawks and feet
of crows and magpies. The other di
vision, restricted to hawks feet, has
V r- 1 r
(Continued on Page Seven)
Kills Deer Out
Of Season But
All's Well
Jack Biggs killed his deer last
night, quite a bit ahead of the an
nual fall open season, but it's per
fectly O. K. with the game war
den. Biggs was driving along the
highway near Five Points after
dark when seven deer suddenly
came onto the road ahead of him.
He did his best to avoid them but
oruck one of the animals, a young
buck, killing It. He turned over
the carcass to state policemen.
MUST BE TOO
1
NO SHORTAGE
OFGASOLINE
LIKELY HERE
Local Distributors Believe
There Will Be Plenty, of
Fuel in This District.
Although the gasoline and fuel. oil
situation In Portland and Western
Oregon apparently ;ls,enniiig some
what acute, with a shortage threat
ened because of the tiock strike, 8o
cal distributor 'toduy were of the
opinion La U ramie hud HUle to worry
about.
At present there Is a fair supply or
gasoline on hand in the La Grande
territory, and several expressed the
belief that Tf the Western Oregon
shortage was folt here, It would ,be
remedied by shipping in gasoline from
points eaBt of La Grande.
In the Umatilla county area" some
concern was being felt by wheat men
who feared they might not b able
to secure sufficient fuel for harvest
ing operations. ' '
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29 W) "
Negotiations for peace in the Pacific
coast maritime strike continued here
today after the rejection by employers
of a new settlement offer.
Rejection of the plan and the de
parture of Joseph P. Ryan, president
of the International Longshoremen's
association, for the east brought the
dispute to a new deadlock, leaders on
both sides admitted.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 29 (P)
Nineteen striking longshoremen were
Continued on Pago Seven)
Mrs. G.W. Allen,
Pioneer, Passes '
During Morning
The death of another pioneer resi
dent or La Grande occurred this
morning at 10 o'clock when Mrs. O.
W. Allen, of 1515 Jackson avenue,
quietly passed away after an illness
of one week.
Mary H. Aurand was born in Wayne,
Wayne Co., New York on Nov. 19, 1846
and at the time of her death was 87
years, seven months and 10 days of
age. She was married to O. W. Allen
in Wnukon, Iowa Jan. 20, 1865, her
husband preceding her in death Dec.
10, 1928.
Survivors Include two children,
Mrs. Clint Haynes and John Allen,
two grandsons, Guy Kennedy and
Vernon Allen, and one sister, Mrs.
Ida Grlsvold, of Maywood, 111.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed. The body is at the
Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary,
BUSY TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR
JUNE WWH
PF. NOV'. V(.
AMERICAN HEIR WEDS TITLE!
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The tradition of American helresHes marrying European noblemen
!. was reversed in Vienna when a Kuropeun noblewoman married au
Almerinin heir. They were PrlnccsH Maria Antonla de llrag.ii.za,
sister of the pretender to the throne of Portugal, and Ashley Chauler
or New York, great o grandson of John Jacob Astot. The couple,
shown here, will live lit New York.
MID-WEST HEAT
: WAVE FATAL TO :
SCORE PERSONS
By The Associated Prefw
More than a score of deaths were
attributed today to sizzling tem-
(Contlnued on Pasro Seven)
Marie Dressier Is
Past Major Crisis
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., June 29
(P) Mario Dressler's Indomitable will,
which challenged death's threat, car
ried the 62 -year-old actress past a
major crisis in her Illness today af
ter a staff or doctors at her bedside
had abandoned all hope she would
live to see dawn. She was resting
more comfortably tills mo lng.
F.R.H0PEST0
FINISH WORK
BYT0M0RR0W
Approves Bill Liberalizing
War Widows and Orph
ans 'Compen sation
Gives Kadio Address.
WAMIIINtiTON, June 21) (!) Presi
dent Knnsrvclt tonight signed an ex
ecutive order Imposing an. embargo
on nilais and munitions shipments to
Culm.
WASHINGTON, June 21) Ml Presi
dent Itooscvelt Iium virtually complet
ed the membership or tho newly cre
ated stocktexchangu and communica
tions commissions and an announce
ment! Is In prospect tomorrow.
Th0 president signed an order to
day ierm!ttlng bidders on govern
ment contracts to go under their
prices filed with NRA code authori
ties by as much as 15 per cent in au
effort to eliminate a aeries of Identi
cal bids. He also approved a bill
liberalizing laws covering compensa
tion for World war widows and or
phans and acted upon the form mort
gage moratorium and the railway
pension bills, but deferred announce
ment of their disposition until he
could prepare a statement later. Driv
ing toward a cleanup of government
affairs, he definitely fixed his de
parture for his Hawaiian cruise Sun
day afternoon.
WASHINGTON, June 20 ) Presi
dent Roosevelt's radio talk of lost
night in which he lashed "die-hards"
and pledged a vaster new deal prom
ised toduy to resound in the cam
paigns for the fall elections,
Friend and foo alike studied the
(Continued on I'ago Seven)
Wheat Today
The price of kiI cash wheat
stood at about 52 cents liulk here
today, axrdlng to the Pioneer
Flouring Mills. Portland cash 71
cents. No exjMirt bid.
CHICAGO, June 20 - Notable
weakness of grain prices today con
trasted with strength shown yester
day, and there also was a pronounc
ed contraction In trading.
Corn led the decline and at times
dropped more than '2 cents a bushel.
Cooler temperatures and some mois
ture for the corn belt did much to
Indflce selling and to restrict demand
from buyera.
Corn closed heavy, 2'itf2ic un
der yesterday's finish, July 68 t c.
September GO1 c wheat weak.
ivff'2c down. July 0Q6tc. Sept.
91i(01',;c, oats 1-. lc off. and pro
visions varying from 5c decline to an
equ; gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
(iOV. LAX;i:it SKNTKN('El)
DEATH TOLL INCltKAKKl)
iu;i,u;k allotment madb
cotton wins (h11.f t1ti.r
PAIMIO, N. I).. June 80 VP) (Jover
nor William Ijiuger, after winning the
Republican nomination lit Tuesday's
primary election, today was sentenced
to IK mo ut lis lu prison and fined
$10,(100 lu federal court for conspir
acy to defraud the I'nltrd Htuteti gov
ernment, Ho was convicted of soli
citing fumlK from federal relief
workers for maintenance ' of MThe
Leader", an administration newnpaper.
OLYMPIA, June 20 P) The
death toll of the explosions which
levelled the plant or the Denn Power
company near hero Wednesday was
raised to 11 today. William Barto, 46,
plant superintendent, died here from
injuries received in tho blasts,
WASHINGTON, June 21) (A1) State
allotments for July announced today
by the relief administration Included:
Oregon: relief, $iH,u(H; drouth $75,
(MMI;,. transient,.. $l!,u(u;.. resmrch,
$1,700; totul, $01)5,700.-
SANDWICH, Eng., Juno 20 m
Henry Cotton, 27-yoar-old British
professional, today won the BrltlHh
open goir championship with a 72-
holo aggregate or 2H3. Sid Brows, pro
at the Durban golf club In Nutal,
South Africa, was second with 286.
The Americans entered finished far
down the list.
HUATTI.U, June l) OT All order
flxtimriliiK upprovitl of imwent mini
mum mill price of lumlwr for tin
llldi'flullo time upyoiitl July 1 mm
Ihhmi IrtNiied by AdiiilnlHtnitor ,1olin
fton, the WttHt C(Muit Lumbermen's
niMmuuitloti vtiH ndvlKed toduy. .
GERMANY STUDIES
PROTEST OF U. S.
ON MORATORIUM
lly Waller K. IJrockmann
BERLIN, Juno 20 (A1) A warning
that a boycott on German goods
would only force this country toward
complete economic . independence
came today while officials Btudled a
United States note protesting tho
debt moratorium and blaming Nazi
policies for It.
Tho government, a high official In
dicated, will take its own good timo
to study tho no to before deciding on
a reply. No cuo has yet been given
tho Nav.1 press as to how to Interpret
(Continued on Pago Eight)
BAKER TO BEGIN
WORK MONDAY ON
DISPOSAL PLANT
BAKER, Ore., May 20 The city
Friday received approval of the pro
posed Baker sowage disposal plant
project from tho stnto emergency re
lief administration In Portland and
will start work on tho project Mon
day after more than a year of nego-
(Contlnued on Pago Two)
Fliers Over Ocean
On Trip to Poland
HARBOR GRACE, Nfld., Juno 20
7I Benjamin and Joseph Adomo
wlcz, aviations' adventurous brothers,
swung Into the eastern sky shortly
after dawn on their projected trans
atlantic flight to Warsaw, Poland,
their ancestral home.
160-YEAR-OLD TURK
DIES IN ISTANBUL
1ST AMU L, Turkey. June W
W) Dcalh cniiKht up today ullh
Zaro Agha, Turkey's MHIhikcIuIi
who onc houMed h would live
forever. The plcturestiue old mau
who claimed Hid ear and felt
deeply hurt when anyone doubt
ed it ill imI by a ijulrk of fate
In the children's hospital.
For" two months' Zaro Aglin,
wliote lonffcvity brought liim
from oliM-urlty to world fame
ami liPKtduay when he wiw "past
."0," had been III. He watt Mif-It-ring
from a variety of ailment.
Including HrlRl!t' dlseiwe and
gland und bladder disorder.
IMiyftlclaiM said u contributing
GRADING OF
7.3 MILES IN
NEW PROJECT
Two Contracts Now Un
der Way on Highways :
Oat of Elgin.
ADDITIONAL WORK
IS WELCOME NEWS
Tentative Allocations An
nounced State High
way Commission to Seek
Bigger Sum. ,
Am allocution or $140,000 for, the
tilgin-Westoii highway hu been made
by the state highway commission of
rcdcrul forest highway funds 'for ex
jKindlture Lu Oregon during the com
ing year, It was learned here today,
Approximately $735,000 In forest high
way funds him been allocated to this
suite, the commission revealed today,
and of this union nt about 'ono-flfth,
Ium i been li! located to the Elgin, roadi
The present allocation, Is still ten
tative, sinco the commlsulon hopes to
secure an even greater sum of money
for Oregon, and expects to investi
gate tho reasons lor the reduotloii
from 14 por cent to 8.7 per cent of
the total national allotment, and then,
file a protest against the slash. With
the Elgin Job allocation now set at
$140,000, locally it Is believed the
road 1b uiuq of this much with a re
(Continued on Page Eighty
The Reporters
Furnished ; ;
The Blushes!
CHICAGO, June 20 W Dressed
In a smile and th0 bride at least, a
wedding ring an Armlllo girl and a
Milwaukee bridegroom wore pro
nounced man and wife today In a
strictly nudist ceremony at the
worlfTg fair thoy call "a Century of
Progress."
The brldo was Jean May, 23, of
Amarilto, Texas, and her husband,
Charles Mueller, 24, of Milwaukee.
Of the wedding party of nine, only
tho minister deigned to wear clothing.
Ho was dressed In a goat skin, and,
walked about gingerly In bare feet,
stubbing his toes now and then.
The nudlste had selected ns a 'back
ground for their ceremony the Bet
ting of dinosaurs, trlceratope, bron
tosaurus and other denizens of the
"world a million years ago" at the
World's fair site.
Camormen and reporters furnished
th0 necessary blushes, watching the
bridal party step into a boat to glide
down a "lost river," disrobe behind
tho scenes and then reappear prop
erly undressed for tho wedding.
Miss May had been an adherent of
thQ Roselawn, Ind., nudist colony and
Mueller was a disciple of a colony at
Mirror Lake, Wlu.
Baseball
National League
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 2 13 0
New York 7 7 1
Batteries: Mungo and Lopez; Fits
Simmons, Bowman and Richards.
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 6 11 1
Boston 4 8 0
Batteries: A. Moore, Johnson and
Wilson; Brandt and Spohrer, Hogan.
(10 innings).
A liter lain league '
Detroit at St. Louis, postponed;
rain.
cause to bin death wus worry over
hdcnce'ff ftkcptlclKiii of his agj
Prohalily hl proudest poases
Hlon wum a certificate purporting
to show ho wns horn lu J 77-1
before the American colonies de
clared war on Great Britain.
7am had hurled ten wive and
had another desert him. Num
ber U got angry 8 1 v -years axe
when her iiged hurdinnd decided
lie wanted a 12th wife -one
young and pretty and refused
to come home after playing
around In New York mid l-omloiu
The nn in Iter of children? Zaro
boasted that at !)Q his 3(Jth off
spring was horn.