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J Greates t Parade In Local History Due July 20 a Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only NewspaJer Printed in La Grande CoTerind Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 KASTKItN OREGON'S LEADINO NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1934 : ' MEMBER ASSOCIATED' PRESS NUMBER 252 WALLOWA CATTLEMAN 1U1BEIE1D) ML P. JUBILEE PROCESSION-TO BE COLORFUL Four Dram Corps and Ogden Band Will Fur nish Martial Music. PARADE IS DIVIDED INTO 4 DIVISIONS Capt. Walter A. Bean, 186th Infantry, Marshal and Head of Division Chiefs. Although the Semi - Centennial I . I. celebration committee 1ms not yet divulged mil details. It was si u led today tlmt the Jubilee parade, to be held ut l:3l a. in. tn July '!, would he beyond question the greatest uiul must color! ul procession ever sluged In l.u ruii(le. Scores of floats, organizations, fea tures, four American Legion drum and bugle corps, the famous Ogden band, soldiers, Indians, etc., all are included In the plans for the parade, which arc now assuming definite shape. This parade, the committee said, should not be confused with the pio neer parada to be staged on the day previous July 10. Capt. Walter A. Bean, of the 100th Infantry, has been appointed parade , marshal and also Is division chief of the section Including patriotic or ganizations. The second division rail road and fraternal floats, Is headed by T. B. Salmon; the third division, guest' ond commercial floats, by Homer V. Leffel, and the fourth divi sion; IntllanB and miscellaneous, by A. K. Parker. Capt. Bean and his division chiefs will have full super vision over the procession. . The territory from La Grande through Walla Walla to Spokane, will be visited by official representatives of the celebration tomorrow. July 4. Jack Farlss will go to Walla Walla and distribute placards between here and there, and G. L. Gregory will go to Spokane, placing advertising In the district from Walla Walla to Spokane. (Continued on Fane Three) 4-H Clubs Will Enter Contest On Weed Control For the purpose of furthering the cause of destroying the obnoxious weeds of Union county, the Chipman Chemical company is offering prizes In cash and merchandise to 4-H club members of the county for the best exhibits of perennial weeds at the Grange Fair and Home Products Show next September. This company, which furnished the county with the mate rial being used to spray white top, has offered as' first prize a cash award of 910.00 for the best exhibit, 87.50 for second prize a 100 pound drum of Atlaclde for third prize and (Continued on Page Five WEATHER NOT SO HOT; DROP IS 10 DEGREES After a scorching Sunday, with the mercury at 03 above, the weather cooled off quite a bit yesterday after noon and night. Monday's maximum was 83, ten degrees cooler than Sun day, and the minimum for last night was 63, compared with 60 the night before. The weather forecast for tomorrow Indicates fair skies with moderate temperatures. BEGIN CONTESTS IN NEARBY COUNTIES While La Orande and Union coun ty is going ahead with its seml-cen-tennlal U. P. celebration queen con test, similar contests are being laun ched this week In Baker, Umatilla and Wallowa counties. In the contests In the neighboring counties, each will elect a girl to rep resent her county as an attendant princess to the queen, who Is to be a La Grande girl. The princesses from Baker. Wallowa and Umatilla counties will each be provided with transportation to and from La Grande hotel expenses will be paid, and each will be furnished with a new hat and a new gown to wear during the U. P. Germany's Trouble Tough on France! HOLLYWOOD, Cal. July 2 Hitler must have got his Information about Germany from Mussolini. He did n't seem to know much about what was going on till he went down to see the old "dad dy" ot all the dic tators. Trouble with this killing a guy to get rid of him, there never was a fellow killed that didn't leave some friends. Well, they wilt have to get their trouble In Germany over with pretty soon for It's Just breaking Prance's heart? In fact, I expect they are offering ammunition and free burial to both sides. Yours, 9 MU. MeN.ught Svndle.u. fit. 1014 TAKE PART IN PLAYGROUND AT H. S. STADIUM Miss Margery Horton, who is In charge of the La Grande playground Instruction, announced that the total enrollment at the high school play ground alone was 1014 for the week ending June 30. Return baseball games were played yesterday at the La Grande Stadium, botween the Greenwood and high school playground forces with the Greenwood team winning In the Junior game, the score being 12 to 11. The high school team won in the senior game by a score of 4 to 3. The junior teams consist of Green wood, Dawson, West, Burnett, Asia, (Continued on Page Thre RESIDENCE HERE DESTROYED; FIRE CAUSE UNKNOWN A four-room vacant house at 2304 Second street owned and formerly occupied "by Mrs. Hazel Robben, was destroyed by fire about midnight last night. Loss had not been estimated today. The fire truck was called to the scene at 11:35 p. m. but the flames had such a start there was no chance of saving the home. The firemen, however, prevented spread of the blaze In a brisk wind which for a time menaced other property. The recall was sounded at 12:55 a. m. Fire Chief C. T. Lindsay reported the origin of the fire to be unknown. There was no furniture In the build ing, which was a total loss. Insur ance amounted to 91500. TWO GRASS FIRES SAME TIME TODAY La Grande firemen had a somewhat unusual experience for a town this zo early this afternoon when they extinguished two fires in separate parts of town at the same time. At 12:30 o'clock the small truck waa called to the Normal school cam pus and put out a fire between the school building and the field. No damage was done although the blaze was quite spectacular for awhile. Re call was at 12:55 p. m. At 12:35 o'clock the big pumper truck was called to Eleventh and K streets to extinguish a grass fire there. Recall was nt 12:60 p. m, Firemen said that either blaze would have resulted In considerable damage had there been but one truck to answer the calls with. celebration royal court occasions. In addition, each girl in the contest may keep 10 per cent of the money she takes In for sale of prize fight, drum corps contest and dance tickets for the celebration, and 20 per cent of the money she takes In for sale of U. P. celebration souvenir buttons. The Baker, Umatilla and Wallowa county contestants for princesses may obtain tickets necessary for votes from the following: Pendleton F. D. Hall, U. P. agent. Baker L. V. Vermillion, U. P. agent. Wallowa Lee Mead. Enterprise W. Spear. The contest will close at midnight July 11. BIG TOURIST GAIN NOTED HERE IN JUNE Ten Per Cent More Motor ists Register Many Mid-west Families Are Seeking Homes. A heavy Influx or tourists from out-of-state point, with uu ever In creasing number from the mid-western, eastern and southern stutes, took place here during June and nil even greater number of visitors is expected this mouth. During June 2M7 curs were registered ut the l-o. Grande chamber of commerce office. . This shows a decided Increase over the June figure for 1033. when 270 cars registered during the 30 days. The total for June of this year was an even 10 per cent gain over the corresponding month last summer. According to Lynn Larson, chamber of commerce secretary, quite a por tion of the tourists from the mid west and eastern states are looking for new homes, and a few families have stopped in the Grande Ronde valley, hopeful of finding a perman ent residence here. Many, of course. are going on to the west, to stop at other communities ulong the way. Although th yimtrtw this year snows a m- creac1 over the June total for 195o, the number of cars registered so far this year Is still a bit short of the figure for the first half of 1033. So far 045 motorists have stopped In La Grande In the last six months, compared with 684 from Jan. 1 to July 1, last year, . ; FirstOTeatpf Season Brought To Flouring Mill The first wheat of the season was brought In this morning to the La Grande Flouring Mill from the Fred Zaugg place. This Is Just about a month ahead of the usual time for the milling of the first Union coumy wheat, accord ing to Lyle Kiddle. The wheat .brought In this morning was of a cross variety of Forty-Fold and club and Is reported to be of a very high test. NO PAPKlt TOMOItltOW Because tomorrow, July 4, will be observed as a legal holiday, the Observer will not issue a paper that day. The next issue after to day's edition will be on Thursday, July 6. . .BELGIUM Christened In Iho pnlnco nt Brussels with royal pomp mid splendor, baby Prlnco Albert of the BolKlnna waa given the name of his grandfather, the late King Albert. He Is shown In this first picture of him to reach America with bis admiring sister and brother, Princess Josephine Chnrlotto and Prince Bnud ouln. They aro children of King Leopold III and Queen Astrld. VON PAPEN MAY NOT BE OUSTED - BLOODSHED IN GERMANY IN LULL TODAY RATI It OH, Germany, July 3 OT) A blunt warning that rirlug squads nilght he the fate or Catholic priests who "plot" ngulnst the Nazi regime was made 'here by Helmut Hruecki- ner, governor of Hllesla, Ity Louis P. liOchncr (Copyright, 1934, by Associated Press) hi:kli. July 3 Chancellor lilt- THREE CHARGED IN ASSAULT CASE Will Hutchinson, Lowell Hutchin son and Leo Shirley Davis were ar raigned In the Justice court before Judge L. Den ham yesterday. They were charged with assault and battery on the person of M. Avery Harrison. The defendants waived preliminary statement and were bound over to await the action of the grand Jury. Will Hutchinson was released on his own recognizance and Lowell Hut chinson and Leo Davis were placed under J250.00 bond for their appearance. HEY, FELLOWS! LISTEN TO.THIS ONE! " SALUTES ANOTHER ALBERT ler hoarded un airplane for Neudeck, Iiomn or President Puul Von Illnden burff tonight ut the conclusion of an lm)0rt4int cabinet session, leaving the dlsiluslrionv of -the "vice - chancellory unsettled. Hitherto the resignation or dis missal or Vice Chancellor Franz Von Pa pen had, been regarded as an as sured fact. Hermann Wllhelm Goer ing, Prussian premier, was slated to succeed htm. A spokesman for the propaganda ministry, asked about the expected Von Papen resignation, said: "It may, in fact, never become a fact." Cnnncellor Hitler issued an order today putting an end to special meas ures used to quell the "second revo lution," and announced that hence forth the regular courts of Justice will handle offenders against the Nazi regime. The order was made effec tive July 1. Prom Munich came the strong rumor or the death of Gustav Von Kahr, Bavarian premier who turned against Hitler after plotting with him In his 1023 "beer putsch." Other wise there seemed n lulL In the sen sationally bloody developments that (Continued on Page Two) fascism M;Z; P MILITARISTIC FORCES SEEK JAP CONTROL Saito's Cabinet Resigns as Naval And Army Cir cles Press Their Campaign. Ity (He nil llahh (AsvH'lated Press orclgn Stuff) TOKYO, July 3 (W The Japanese cabinet reHlgncil toclny ami high naval and uriny circles pressed their cam paign for a more militaristic gov ern men t. Premier Mukoto Salto pre sented the resignations to Htnperor Illrolilto, who nsked Nalto to continue as premier pending selection or a successor. Prince SaionJI, veteran statesman, was called Into conference by Hlro hlto, who said his decision as to a premier would be announced tomor row. The cabinet resigned because It (Continued on Page Three) WORKING CARGOON PORTLAND DOCKS PORTLAND. July 3 W Cargo was being worked today In the Port land harbor, strike-bound since May 0. A crew of 54 registered longshore men started unloading the British motorahlp Silvercedar, and another gang was lining the States Bteamshlp company freighter Illinois, prepara tory to taking a cargo of flour, lum ber and general cargo. Although picket lines of striking longshoremen and seamen were in creased during the morning, thero was no violence or other disorder as the workers wont about their task on municipal terminal No. 4. A detach ment of police was stationed at tho picket line. Tho fcJUvcrcedar cargo, It was mild by Burchard & Fisken agents, will be landed on the dock. Removal from the dock, the agents suld, is a prob lem of the consignee, whose identity was not revealed. Wheat Today ' The price of Horn) cash wheiil stood ut uliout .10 cent bulk here tiMlny, accjinllng to the Pioneer Flouring .Mills. Portland cash (i!) wnU4 No export hid. CHICAGO, July 3 m Influenced In at leant some degree by expressions of bullish sentiment associated with European political uncertainties, Chi cago wheat prices showed an upward trend today. Belief prevailed also that the peak of the domestic harvest movement of wheat in the southwest had been reached. Wheat closed firm. ',- e. above yesterday M finish, September new 88 M c. corn a c down, oats at c decline to an equal advance, and provisions showing 3 to 7c gain. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME VK'lorS KIOTINO IN PltlSCO . HANK DEPOSITS lNCltKASK MKIKIt, HOI. MAN AT IT Ml MS ALLOCATION I NCH ANi Kl SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (A) Vici ous rioting broke out on the wuter frttnt here tills afternoon ufter two trucks roared from a pier In effort to re-open the strike-locked port of commerce. Police hurled teur gas bombs into a crowd of strikers who endeavored to attack the trucks and una officer fired his shotgun over the men's heads. Strikers threw the bombs buck and cargoes, of trucks were dumped In the streets. Hand-tn-hund eucounter occurred) between police and strikers. Two taneii were knocked unconscious by police. PORTLAND, July 3 W An ag gregate deposit increase of $20,000,000 In deposits in one year was reported by the banks or Portland today in statements Issued in response to a national and state bank call. SAl.KM, July 3 P) Neither Gov ernor Julius L. Meier nor State Treas urer Hums c. Holnmn would make any comments toduy relative to the reported declumtlon of the governor that lie huh "through" with llolmuii uml would have nothing' more to do with the state treasurer. PORTLAND, July 3 (flj A sched ule of tolls for the Oregon Coast highway bridges, amounting to 20 cents for an automobile and driver, was established by the state highway commission here today. Final alloca tions on forest highway moneys were mado today with the Weston-Elgin appropriation remaining at $140,000. No allowance was made for the liu naha road. , ( BONNEVILLE HIT BY $50,000 FIRE MONDAYEYENING FIUCKSON'N IN.ll IllKS AJtE NOT SFJMOUH Word received from Bonneville today sold that Charles tirtckson, sou of Mr. and Mrs. August F.rlck son, of Ui Grande, who wail hurt In the Bonneville fire, was not In jured seriously. CASCADE LOCKS, Ore., July 3 ) Th0 Bonneville dam Fourth of July celebration continued hero today while plans were being made to ro bulld the town's business section which was razed by a $50,000 fire last night. Originating In a stock of fireworks, (Continued on Page Two) 4-MILE PARADE AT BAKER MINING' JUBILEE JULY 4 BAKER. Ore., July 3 (I1) Stage coaches, prairie schooners and cover ed wagons were giciwed today, oxen brushed and slicked ofr, ond work on 150 rioats was rounded out in final preparation for tho first annual Baker mining Jubilee tomorrow, cele brating the revival In Baker county mines stimulated by the now-deal gold price. The thundering waters of monitors and slulco boxes echoing through the mountains, tho roar of the stamp mills and the noise Of tho big dredgea ceased today ond hundreds of miners (Continued on Page Two) U. S. GOVERNMENT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST WASHINGTON, July 3 Tomorrow the United States of America cele brates Its 158th birthday. And in the 158 years that have panned since that hot. July of 1770 when Ameri cans took their lives and fortunes In their hands and told tho world they were cutting loose on their own, gov ernments all over the world have come and gone. Today, America, accustomed to think of itself as a young nation, finds Its government one of the oldest In the world. England, whose Parliament was first summoned In 1265, has con tinued down the years depending In creasingly on that one ruling body nearly 070 years. And for nearly M.R. BIBBS' BODY FOUND BYDAUGHTER Body of Another Man, Hibbs' "Nutty Guest'; Found in Ashes. OFFICERS WITHOUT POSITIVE CLUES Theory of Murder And Suicide Held Hibbs' Funeral to Take Place in Enterprise. , ; Wallowa county and Eastern Idaho, today had a murder mystery before them which may never be solved, and. toduy officers were pondering whether It was a uise of a double (murder, a murder and a suicide, or Just what. The dead nre M. K. Illbbs, wealthy cuttlcmun, and an unknown man. The charred remains of a man's body, with a revolver lying near the outstretched hand, held the secret of Hlbb's death, and about the only lmmcdlato due to the man's Identity was a statement that he had been . "nutty". A week ago yesterday, according to reports reaching La Orande, Hlbbs, who lived alone in the Snake river -country on his ranch, made ft trip to a construction camp by saddle'., horse, and told forest rangers there that a "nutty" guest was staying ' with htm. He did not give his name. !, Saturday, Hlbbs' daughter, Mrs. I Loronna Burton, of Imnaha, rode to J her father's ranch to spend the day j and beforo-her horrified gaze found, his - body tyln ouUlde- the burned. 1 ranch home. He had been, shot 1 through tho back of the heed. j After the shocking discovery, she (Continued on Page Three) Republicans To ; Oppose New Deal In FallElection WASHINGTON, July 3 W) Op position to the new deal as Incon sistent with American Ideals of gov ernment will be the Republican na tional committee's keynote la the congressional campaign. Henry P. Fletcher, the committee' new chairman, said in a radio speech last night the party accepted "the Is sue of the new deal." "It Is based on the proposition that the people cannot manage their own . affairs and that a government bur eaucracy must manage for them," he said. Fletcher devoted much of his talk to answering President Roosevelt's report to the nation last week. - (Continued on Page Two) : Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. B. Washington ia 14 0 Philadelphia 6 11 a Weaver and Scwell; Cain, Mahaffey and Berry, Hayes, NATIONAL LEAGUE d tr v Cincinnati 0 8 1 fiiiRDurgn 10 13 1 KJolnlmns. Stotlt. ntiri ImhorHI- Lucas and Paddon, r. it m Now York 3 9 3 Boston o 13 0 Parmctee. Smith. T.umin nnrt Unn. cuso, Dunning; Betts, Brandt and oponrer, 500 years before that she was groping toward representative government. ' 80 Britain gets the palm for age. Little Liechtenstein, which assumed its present form in 1710, Is one ot the few other governments that are older than our republic. Old Forms Full Old countries, yea, far older than the United States. But time has rung changes in them all. China, often considered the cradle of tho race and the oldest civilization, be came a republic only In 1012, and the present Nanking government was established only In 1928. Japan, ancient though her dynasty; (Continued on Page Two)
