La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 20, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPortland Police Guard Dodks-Guardsmen Called Out La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and ' Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTEUN OREGON'S LEADINO NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED-PRESS NUMBER 266 GREAT PAMBE CH EEIED BY TH MONO CELEBRATION PROCESSION MILES LONG Long Line Tells Story of Pitogress in Last Half Century. BEAUTIFUL FLOATS; STRIKING ENTRIES Musical Organizations, Indians, Railroad Trains, Other Paraders ' Win Applause. A spectacular, beautiful parade, symbolic of the progress from the early times to the modern day, and that took more than an luiur to paw. a given point, thrilled a crowd variously estimated at ok great us JHVym persons In La Grande thW morning, star-lug on Ada ins at Hemlock and then marching up Adams to Fourth, up Fourth to O avenue and then east on O avenue several blocks before disbanding. It was the modern parade of the Semi centennial U. 1. celebration. The Ogden band and four Amer ican Legion drum and bugle corps from Boise, Spokane, Enterprise and La Grande provided martial music for the procession, each leading one division of the parade, . Beyond question, it was the greatest, most Interesting parade ever seen In La Grande and was the highlight of today's celebration. , The parade was led by a state police .car, followed by Capt. Walter A. Bean, 180th Infantry, marshal of the. parade. ,.Directly following the colors and color guard furnished by Company E of the national guard (Continued on Pan TnreB) Big Monoplane Is Here To Take Up Passengers Bob King and Lionel Kay, of the Kay Air Transport Co., of Boise. Ida., are here with a big seven-passenger Travelalr monoplane, and will fly from the local airport today and tomorrow during the celebration, taking up passengers. Kay has had six years with the United Air Lines, and King la a rec ognized pilot of long years of experi ence. PARKING PLAN FOR PAGEANT ON SATURDAY Parking arrangements for the page ant at the stadium Saturday follow: Only such cars as have passes to grand stand will turn right from fourth on M avenue, Just north of stadium. Alt other cars will unload on Fourth and cars be directed to parking space by traffic officers. Cars with passes must move along M to Cedar before parking. It Is Important that spectators be in their seats before 2 o'clock. The pageant begins at the stroke of 2. without fall. Admission to pageant is free. ADA SIRRINE FLYS TO CITY FOR JUBILEE Miss Ada Slrrine, niece of Seth Slrrlne, of La Grande, flew to La Grande yesterday from Sacramento In her own airplane to witness the Seml-Centennial U. P. celebration. She was accompanied by her flying instructor, Horace Hibbard. RELICS, OLD STYLES ARE BIG ATTRACTION Outstanding in Interest to both La Grande and visiting celebrants here this weekend are the many, many show windows along the bus iness section containing old-time photographs and articles. Some are devoted almost exclu sively to photographs of scenes of half a century or more ago, while others Include a number of relics, ranging from Indian relics to old spinning wheels of centuries gone by. Windows featuring old-time men's, women's and children's styles also came In for a great deal of inter est, and In general these windows Lots of Sense In Country Yet SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 19 In 1926 I was In Eng land during their world-famous gen eral Btrike and. brother. It was general. Not a paper printed, not a train, not a bus, nut a wheel turn ed. Well. I never got through telling of the composure of those level headed people. Well, I went to San Francisco ana I tell you we are not so "nutty" under stress as you might think. It was as quiet as the Bri tish. The only thing that went hay wiro was the headlines In the out-of-Frlsco papers. I hope we never live to see the day when a thing Is as bad as some of our newspapers make it. There is lots of sense In this coun try yet. Yours, Cie. Per?" ), McK.iitht Syndic.!., fhc FORMERS ENJOY TODAY AT JUBILEE Excursion From Rose City Pays Visit to La Grande's Celebration. A delegation of Portland men und women, representing the Hone f'lty and the lortlnntl chamber ut-vom'--merce, was here today, niny of them taking an Important part In the Seml-t'eiilenulal IT. P. celebration, and all of them reporting a very en Joyahle day and praising La (irunde for the fine pa fide this morning. The La Grande excursion personnel, which is to return to Portland to night, follows: (Continued on Face Koiir FINALS IN RODEO SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MORN With a large crowd in attendance, including the usual group just out side the fence, Ted Moffitt's celebra tion rodeo was orf to a good start at the stadium yesterday afternoon, al though the riders hod It all over the bucking horses. Net a single ho:3S coulu toss his rider, although a few of them put up spirited battles that brought praise to the cowboys atop of them. Two of the high lights of the first day's show was the time made by (Continued on Porto Two) Traffic Rules For Tonight Traffic regulations for this eve ning's drum corps contest and fire works display ot the stadium, as an nounced today, follow: M avenue will be closed . from Fourth to Second. Second closed from K to M. K closed from Fourth to First. All cars will be directed to park ing space by traffic officers on Fourth. La Grande people keep cars parked two blocks from Stadium. Admission to program tonight 60 cents for adults, 25 cents for child ren. prepared by each individual mer chant are proving one of the finest parts of the celebration. t Throughout yesterday and this morning large groups of people stood In front of windows here and there admiring', gasping In aston ishment or amusement at old-time styles, etc., and often spending as much as 20 or more minutes in specting the contents of one show window. Many ot the relics and styles ex hibited are pricc. kept as family heirlooms, and could not be bought because of the sentiment attached to them b their owners. WRIGHT AGAIN NAMED HEAD OF PIONEERS Sage of Medical Springs Re-elected at Pioneer Meeting at Park. With the election of the lion. Dun ham Wright, sage of Medical Springs an president for another year, James 1). Slater of Ia (imnde as vice presi dent and Mrs. Anna 1 toy en, of Sum mer vi lie as secretary, the (unnuul meeting of the Union County IMoneer association held yesterday at Klver .sldY Park made Its hiiKlUPtff meeting short and snappy to make way for the ii n usual prngrtani whloh had been built for the afternoon. A crowd of more than a thousand people thronged the city's park yes terday for the event which had un usual significance In that It was the opening event of the three day semi centennial celebration. From the time the pioneer parade reached Its , destination until noon time whs af- j forded for renewing acquaintances 1 and In reminiscing and the basket ! dinner occupied the two hours from mid-day. The meeting proper was called to order by J. E. Reynolds president of the . Sons- and Daughters of Union County Pioneer association. The in- vocation was pronounced by Rev. I Ben Grandy, of Grand Junction, Colo., and member of one of the most prominent local pioneer families. The address of welcome came from a for mer resident, Bruce Dennis, now of Oakland, Cal..- who greeted the old friends made during the long period of residence in this city. To Mr. Dennis' address In which ho had re minded the residents of this valley that they lived in s. favored .spot during these years of confusion' and these later weeks of turmoil and strife, and In which he expressed his confidence in the present adminis tration and his faith In the country, (Continued on Pasro Seven. I DRUM CORPS CONTEST AND SATURDAY PAGEANT BOTH OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS Probably tho two outstanding events remaining during the Semi centennial U. P. celebration here are the Pacific northwest American Le gion drum and bugle contest at the stadium tonight, and the historical pageant at the stadium tomorrow af ternoon. The contest tonight will ce three state champions and the Enterprise BUT - j m wE eQ liiiiii M$ fflmV oettWC. Yi rPP -rZy INTRODUCING QUEEN FAYE 1 1 f 0 w. . r 3. - ki.. y. m an error -Mr ifc. t " ' JS -wo""" k V ' ' tiiHM'ii 1'ii.ve, who Is reigning over the NemUOntonulul 1'. P. cele bration following an Impressive corouidliMi last night at the Htadlum Ih pictured above preparing to oil one or the hlg locomotlveH In the Iji irande yards, in private life she Is l'aye Walker, daughter of irunde Itonde vulley pioneers ami of a prouilneut nillroad family. BECK WINNER OF GOLF TOURNEY , hnnl? Ii.k. of f,Valla VaUa, made lov net-iscoro w the first day of play of the golf tournament of the celebration, and was awarded first prize yesterday. William Siegrist, of La Grande, made second low score, receiving a pritfo, and he also was fPnnHmiP'l on Prp Two drum corps In action. The cham pions are La Grande Oregon tit!:? holder; Spokane, Washington cham pion, and Boise, best corps In. Idaho. Thl-i will commence at 7:30 o'clock tonight, and following the contest will be an elaborate display of fire works, ' depicting the story of trons- (Contlnued on Page Three) WILL IT BE EFFECTIVE? t,: .'.-'V . !".:;tV K i " ' Id 6,000 SEE AT STADIUM Queen Pave Installed As Rulei1 of Celebration at Beautiful. Ceremony Ihursday. !uern Fiiyrt aiid her six attendant prlnceKseN, representing 1'Jihni, Uma tilla, linker ii ml Wailoun counties, were Installed In the Kenil-Ceuten-nlul IT. v. celebration royal court at an Impressive, beautiful ceremony last, night nt the Ia (iraude stuitrlutn, wllnc-si'd hy (f.000 lonil aiul out-of-town people. Rich In color, accented by the floodlights that illuminated the ota- ( Continued ou Page Four) ENGINEERS TO MEET IN '35 IN ARIZONA B. of L. E. Selects Tucson As Convention City Elect Officers. .teaching a definite decision be fore adlhurjuiwiit late yesterday, the Western Union Meeting asMiclatlou of the l.rotherhMNl of locomotlw Kn gliusTH and the Grand International auxiliary, voted to hold the sixth an nual Hftttdoiui Ln U:tS In Tucson, Ariz. Ifaitli Tucnoii and Portland Issued In-. vltatloiiN to tho dedegutert. Election of officers was the final business of the B. of L. E. with J. V. Nardlnl, of Division 101, Son Fran cisco, being selected as chairman. Louis Morgan, Divlolon 536, of Port land, who presided during the pres ent meeting, was elected first vice chairman, and J. H. Kllby, of Kelson, British Columbia, second vice chair man; L. P, Wllmeth, Division 425, of Ashland, Ore., secretary-treasurer; W. E. Butler, of Division 38, Tucson, al ternate secretary-treasurer; W, D. Anderson, Division 161, Alameda, Cal., chaplain, and Fred Johnson and G. J. Price, Division 362. of La Grande, wardens. The brotherhood members, by a unanimous vote, went on record as expressing continued confidence ln (Continued on Pape Five THREE PROJECTS HERE APPROVED ,.' TODAY BY SERA Word was received here from Port land today that among projects ap proved yesterday by tho State for work under the SERA program ln Oregon, was one for the cleaning of ditches, removing of 4rocks and cut- (Contlnued on Paee Tbrao) TENNIS TOURNEY WINNERS LISTED Winners In the first and second rounds of tho EaHtern Oregon tennis tournament which were played yes terday and this morning at the. La Grande tennis courts. Slovens, Inlow And Taylor wore winners ln the first round of the men's singles and Cooke, Btarr, Rou ter and Reynolds all drew byes. The match between Nelson and Wilson wuh defaulted. In the second round Btarr and Nelson were winners and the match between Inlow and Taylor was a default. In the women's singles' the first round games were won by Lcella Starr, Milne and Singleton. Starr won from Milne ln the second game. Frees drew a bye and will play later. Scores of the matches were as fol lows: Men's first round: Stevens-Crane 0-0, 6-3; Inlow-Corlson 6-1, 6-0; Tay-lor-Chausso 6-2, 0-3; Nelson-Wilson, (Continued on Page Two) 1 1. P. JUI1ILEJ? PROGRAM 7:30 Drum corps contest at Sta dium, Saturday, July 21 10:00 Finals In rodeo. 1:30 Celebration pageant at Sta dium. 8:00 Wrestling match at Stadium. These are only a portion of the most outstanding events sched uled. Wheat Today Tin price of local new crop cash wheat stood at nhnut (Ci'i cents hulk today, according to the Pioneer Hourlug Mills. Portland cash HI cents. CHICAGO, July 20 fV) All Of thkj week's odvanre of wheat prices was abruptly wiped out late today, largely because of selling induced by wt'll distribute) rnlns northwest. Wheat closed :iervous, 1 (.( 2''8c under yesterday's finish, September new 00 fa l-jc, corn unchanged to c lower, oats c off. and provisions unchanged to 5c down. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME (il'AUIlSMEV CALLED OUT I AHMKKS ON TUB MARCH lll'SINKSS HOLDING UP WELL OUEOON (JETS $;)t000 Minneapolis, July 20 IP) Twenty five, hundred nutlonul guardsmen were ordered here today by Adjutant (ienentl E. A. Walsh, after nine per sons. Including two policemen, had lieen wounded by gunfire as striking truckmen attempted to block move ment of a truck of merchandise. BISMARCK, N, D., July 80 (ff) -Pears of violence again gripped Bis marck a marchers composed of Farmers Holiday association and Farmers United League members, numbering approximately 500 march ed on the state capltol this afternoon. NEW YOltK, July 30 (A1) Business throughout the country, said Dun & I trad street In their weekly trade re view today, Ih nuilntulng a surprising degree of steudlness, "In spite of the adverse extraneous influences," which It has had to face. . , WASHINGTON, July 20 W Aubrey Williams, acting relief administrator, announced today the August relief load for all purposes, would total 91 16.838,037. Williams gave the al lotments by states as Including: Ore gon, 91)00,200. PANAMA, July 20 UP) The virtual destruction or David City, third largest In Panama, was reported to day hy Prciniler Ualllco Holts after an airplane survey of recent earth quake damage. SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA IS QUIETER HAS I'RANCISCO, July 20 (Vl1) Con tending their position wan stronger than ever, the maritime unions through their Joint strike committee announced today the waterfront strike would continue. SACRAMENTO, July 20 WP Condi tions In San Francisco and other bay cltlos must be cleared up before the national guard will be recalled Acting Governor Mcrrlam said today. SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 VP) Tho joint maritime strike committee held a secret meeting today to dlH cuss Its future action ln carrying on the waterfront strike. The general strlko grip on San (Continued on Page Three) CORRIGAN TAKES NOTE OF CHARGE; TO CALL SESSION Matt F. CotTlgan, chairman of the Oregon state game commission, today replied to criticisms against him made the lost two dayi with the announce ment to the Associated Press that ho would call an early meeting of the state game commission. Corrlgan Is (Continued On Page Four) HEAT WAVE LEAVES TRAIL OF DEATHS liy (he AhHmlated l'rewt Sibling midsummer heat left death and devastation today from Texas to New York and Georgia to Nebraska. The death list numbered more than half a hundred. More crops wilted. Some sections had acute wuter short ages. Kansas City, whero tho mercury shot yesterday to 108 the highest ever registered there reported seven deaths. Temperatures topped tho 100-detfreo mark at numerous other spots over the country. Nowuta, Okla., was the hottest spot with 118 degrees. St. Louis reported seven deaths, St. Joseph, Mo., five, Oklahoma state five, Dallas four, Jefferson City, Mo., four, Arkansas three, Houston, Tex., two. New York two. Memphis two and Washington. D. C, Indiana, Fort Worth, Tex,, and Atlanta one each. Nebraska listed ten deaths within the lost few days. Chicago baked under a temperature of 00, Lake Michigan breezes being absent. MILITIA MEN ARE IN CAMP AT PORTLAND City Officers Making De termined Effort to Break Dock Strike. LABOR LEADERS ARE indignant: Followers Urged, How ever, to , "Keep Your Feet on the Ground" Pending Developments. PORTLAND Orel.. July 20 P Without the osskHtAncej of militia men,- who are mobilized 1000-strong a few miles beyond the city llmita, Portland police and sheriff's depu ties today provided a waterfront guard for the loading of mlLUona of feet of railroad ties for China, Tho loading of the steamer San Julian was the first real attempt to break the harbor . strike that has tied up commerce here for 73 days. About 80 police officers guarded (Continued on Pasre Kiffht) ' First Woman To Ride Ferris Wheel Here And hero In our fair city Is a wo man .who rode irf. h first Ferris wheel I And while It crashed and she was precipitated to the ground, she wa not hurt. - 1 . Mrs. Nettle Smith Is ln La Grande' with her children, Mrs. C. C. Long and H. T. Smith. She remembers "way back when," and It was ln good old Iowa, too, her father. James H. Hampton and his friend, Mr. Ferris, made the first wheel. It was fashion ed then for tho amusement of the children and was used on the Fourth, of July 1876 which woa an suspi cious date If our knowledge of history uorves us right. The pattern was kept ond later in 1893, Mr. Ferris made the original Ferris wheel which, operated at the World's Fair ln Chicago and created such a reputation as an amusement device that It has always , had a prominent place among affair of Its kind ever since. K Baseball AMIillK'AN l.EAOt F, B. H. B. Philndelphla 6 8 - 3 Detroit 4 la 1 Mnrcum, Cain, nnd Hayes; Rowe, Hnmlln, and Cochrane. . R. H. JS. Boston 3 6' 1 Cleveland 8 10 ' 1 Wolberi?. Welch. Rhodes, and R, Perrell, Pearson, Harder, and Pytlakr. NATIONAL I.EAOt'B ft. H. E. Cincinnati S 13 0 New York :...ll 13 0 Johnson, Kolp, Klelnhans, Brennan and Lombard!, O'Parrell; Parmelee. Bowman, Boll and Mancuso. R. H. -JB. 8t, Louis 8 10, 0 Boston 1 8 i 2 Carleton and V. Davis, Rhem, Bar-' rett, Magum and Spohrer. , There was no Immediate relief in sight In the weather, man's forecast for the torrid area. , The plains states from the Rockies to the Mississippi were the hardest hit, with temperatures of 110 at Omaha and Keokuk, Iowa a new high record for Omaha for July and an all time record for the Iowa city. Unofficially It got as high as 130 in tho sun at Qulncy, 111. It was 88 in New York, ln Massachusetts forest rires added to the menace of the heat, Farmers in the grain states re newed their cries for rain. The corn crop was badly damaged in many of tho northern states. Nebraska was one of the hardest hit. A. E. Ander son, Nebraska agricultural statistician said one half of Nebraska's corn area would not even produce satisfactory forage. At Falls City. Neb., the flow of the Nemaha river was reduced to a drib ble, and water had to be hauled from a nearby lake to supply restaurants und other public establishments.