La Grande evening observer., July 27, 1934, Image 1

Underpass Crossing Costing $90,000 Mag Be Built
ratuV wnm
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America
Only NewspaJ)er
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED' PRESS
NUMBER 272
AUSTRIAN REVOLT LOSES GROUND:
MUCH ROAD
WORK LISTED
IN THIS AREA
Tentative Allocation of
Large Sum to La Grande
is Announced.
ELGIN BRIDGE TO
BE CONSTRUCTED
$30,000 Allocated For
Span Enterprise-Im-naha
Highway to Get
a. Sum of $65,000.
Several major state highway pro
ject ill tills section of Eastern Ore
gon have been tentatively allocated
for the remainder of this year ami
the. flint hair of 11)35, through: allot
ment o federal appropriations. Allo
rullons'were made by the state high
way eoiiiiiiKslon in meeting In Port
hiiid late this week.
Of greatest Importance to Union
county was an allocation of $30,000
for a bridge to replace the present
bridge Just outside of Elgin on the
Wallowa Lake highway. This Is an
old county bridge that was utilized
by the highway commission, and the
plan is to replace this and at the
same time straighten the turn some
what. The second project of greet Im
portance locally Is tt tentative alloca
tion for 90.000 for La Grande. The
government appropriations provide
that 25 per cent must be spent with
in city limits, and therefore certain
amounts are allocated to cities over
the state. The highway commission
Is planning, on constructing an un
derpass under the U. P. railroad here
that will provide dlroolf connection
with this end of the Wallowa Lake
highway from Adams along Spruce
Just one block east of the present
entrance which Is on Hemlock. This
project remains very tentative, how
ever, with some major problems to
be settled before anything further Is
done. One provision Is that the right
of way must be furnished by the city,
and the commission expects to take
this up shortly.
A project of Importance both to
Union and Wallowa counties Is the
allocation of 65.000 for the Enter-prlse-Imnaha
highway, which would
complete the grading work on that
section of road.
Other allocations included:
Primary Old Oregon Trail, Oale
Dlxle (Burnt River canyon section)
81,003; Pendlcton-John Day 112,
000; Pendleton east approach 30.0OO.
Secondary Bawer-Unlty bridge
over Burnt river $10,000; Heppner
Spray 40.000; Cold Spring oiling
37,055; Rhea creek bridge W.OO0.
Municipal Pendleton west ap
proach 05,000; Baker $30,000.
Public lands I. O. N. $29,400; Cen
tral Oregon $141,457.
Most of these projects, Including
the local ones, are expected to be
contracted In the very near future,
and completed this fall and next
spring.
Under the provisions of law by
Which federal appropriations are made
to states It is mandatory that 50 per
cent of the funds go to primary high
ways, 25 per cent to secondary high
ways and 25 per cent within corpor
ate limits of municipalities.
Grand Jury Is
Called to Meet
On Wednesday
The Union county grand jury ha
been called to meet on next Wed
nesday, 'August 1, according to an
nouncement made today. A light
docket la expected for this meeting.
Members of the grand Jury as se
lected are P. J. Lilly, C. W. Jenson.
H. W. Peebler. Ray Grelner. Prank
German, Henry McGoldrick and Earl
Parks.
LEVEL OF WALLOWA
dropVthree FEET
The warm weather and lack of rain
in Wallowa county during the month
of July. Is resulting in heavy de
mands on one of the chief sources of
Irrigation water Wallowa lake.
County Watermaster Glenn Jacob,
who keeps his hand constantly on
the pulse of the water situation In
the county, reports that during the
week ending Monday. July 23, three
feet of storage wafer had been drawn
from Wallowa lake and within the
next 24 hours, by Tuesday noon, an
other six inches had been used.
Only five feet of storage water re
Will Mourns For
Little Austria
ABOARD 8. S.
MALOLO, July 30
Poor old Aus
trial If ever a na
tion needed to
move out and set
tle among differ
ent neighbors It's
her. They divided
her up so much
after the lost war
till there was
nothing left but
this little game
fighting cock Doll-
fuss. Now they got htm. There was
a fellow that looked like he was do
ing a heroic Job of trying to hold
the few strands together of what had
been a great nation. Now It's a fresh
piece of meat to be thrown to the
neighboring wolves. Yours,
114. MeNttirM RymllraO. trie.
EAST'S HEAT
WAVEBROKEN;
COMES WEST
Merciuy Zooms to 104 in
La Grande Atlantic
Coast, Pacific South'
west Sizzling.
With the Intense heat nave In the
mill-west and east, wlilcli this morn
ing hail taken 1,308 lives, at least
largely liniken by cooling breezes and
rains In most sections yesterday anil
today, the mercury zoomed up In the
northwest yesterday, bringing a high
of 104 degrees to Iji Grande. It was
the hottest La Oriuide day since July
24, 1!)33, when the maximum was lOti.
With the weather man predicting
no local change In temperature or
weather, and with a minimum of 62
last night, another 100-above day ap
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PORTLAND GROUP
WILL VISIT LAKE
RESORT SUNDAY
A group of about 30 members of
the Portland Pawienger Agents, rep
resenting railroads all t over the
United States with representatives In
Portland, will arrive In La Grande
Sunday morning to be taken to Wal
lowa Lake where they will spend the
day.
This trip originally was scheduled
for late in June-but the dock strike
on the coast resulted in Its postpone
ment until this later date.
The visitors will be taken to the
"Switzerland of America" by local
business men. It Is felt here that the
visit of the group will do much in
the way of advancing the interests
of this section, since It Is these men
who give advise to travelleis as to
routes, vacation spots, etc.
JUNIORS TO PLAY
C. C. C. NINE HERE
The La Grande American Legion
Junior league team, champion of the
far-Eastern Oregon section, will play
a practice game here Sunday after
noon against the baseball nine from
the Emigrant Springs C. C. C. camp,
it was announced today by Raymond
O. Williams, coach.
The game will be played In the La
Grande stadium, beginning at 2:30
p. m.
mains In the lake and it the alarm
ing rate at which it Is being used,
can last but a few days longer.
The South Pork Is lower than nor
mally is the case at this time of
year, the flow being but 80 second
feet which Is entirely inadequate for
this season's needs.
Hurricane creek is also considerably
below normal and the Alder Slope
and Moonshine ditches are dry.
The lower ditch which serves part
of Alder Slope, and which was built
only a few years ago. Is running full
and all land under It la assured
plenty of water.
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181
U. S. Protests His
Attack by Turks
Seven Turkish troops were facing
courtmarttal as a result of a pro
test from the American Embassy
against their attack on Pro!.
Richard C. Borden (above) of
New York University, and his wife
near San Stefano. The :ouple
were seeking shelter there while
on a canoe trip when they were
assaulted and robbed.
METHODISTS WILL
GREET JASON LEE
SPECIAL TO CITY
With the events of the recent
Semi -Centennial U. P. celebration
still very clearly in mind, particu
larly those historical events portray
ed at the pageant on Saturday after
noon, the coming of "the Jason Lee
special to this city next Thursday
has more than the customary signifi
cance and Importance, It Is said. The
place held in the history of thi3 Ore
gon country toy Jason Lee one of the
most famous missionaries ever sent
out by the Methodist church, and
who came to Oregon In 1834, is gen
erally known.
To celebrate the centennial of this
trek of the missionary, the "Jason Lee
Special" started from Breton with
Salem, Ore., as the goal. Stops have
been made en route with group
meetings of Methodists attending
Here all the valley groups including
the churches of Union and Wallowa
counties will come to La Grande.
The program proper opens with a pot-
luck supper in the church dining
room at 6:30 o'clock, to be followed
by a program in which the visitors
will participate.
The three people who will bo with
the special In La Grande, are Dr.
Channing A. Richardson, member of
the Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension. Dr. Jay S. Stowell
and Edward Winter Moon, a young
Mohave Indian, who is a skilled mu
sician and will give interpretations
of Indian music during the evening.
AND WE YELL ABOUT "STATES'
SHIPPERS HERE
ASK TO SIT IN
ON MEDIATION
Chamber of Commerce
And Others of Union
Co. Wirt Chni. McGrady
Wheat, wool and lumber producers
in this sect Ion were Joining today
with the I-u Grande dmuiher of com
merce In a request to V. O. McCirady,
chairman of Pres. Roosevelt's long
shoremen labor board at San Fnin
clsco, usklng that producers of the
Interior country be grunted a place
upon the arbitration board which has
now been agreed upon to settle the
differences between Pacific coast
longshoremen and employes. This 4
hi line with similar request of other
communities of the Interior territory
or western states.
It is felt that after all It Is the
produce and trade of the lntorlor sec
tions that provide the shipping of
the principal ports of the coast and
that such sections as these Bhould,
for. that reason, have a say In the
arbitration discussions.
George Walker, president of the
chamber of commerce, has communi
cated both with the Portland cham
ber of commerce and with Mr. Mc
Grady at San, PranclBCo and for the
lrtvmatlon of others Interested who
rr - ,vieh to add their support to the
f Mr- McGrady's address 1b
I. 6 - building, San Francisco,'
Aug. J. Stange. of the Mt. Emily
Lumber Co., approved the Idea to
day, and S. E. Miller, of Union, one
of the largest wool growers In East
ern Oregon, also said he was In ac
cord with the plan and would give
lit his support. Merton Kiddle, of
the Pioneer Flouring Mills, big ex
porters of flour, is thoroughly in ac
cord with the Idea and was wiring a
rr iVfet j San Francisco .also ,
Karl J. Stackland, of Cove, leading
cherry producer and shipper of thlB
county, approved the Idea of the in
terior seeking representation and was
himself sending a wire to Mr. Mc
Grady. Two Playground
Plays Will Be
Presented Here
Miss Dorothy Hlggins, in charge of
tlie dramatics clauses of the play
ground, has announced .two plays to
bo given during the final week of
the playground activity.
The group which meets twice a
week at Central ochool will preaunt
"When The Sun Stayed In Bed,"
which although not entirely a fan
tasy, Is more or less fantastic in Its
ideas, giving human form to the lu-
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LOOK WHAT YOO ,
PICK TO RUN VOOC
COMING HERE
I qps f"' "y"' ' j ' ""I
Here is the motorized Jason I.ee covered wagon, which Is to stop In l.a
Grande un August 2 en route to the west coast. One hundred years
ago Jason Leu unit his party covered the Habile route but by a far
cruder, more laborious process of locomotion.
WALDO STODDARD
SELECTED BANK
VICE PRESIDENT
Selection of Waldo "Pete" Stod
dare?, one time La Grande boy and
notpd Oregon State college athlete of
10 years ago, as vice president and
general manager of the Security Na
tional Bank of Battle Creek, Mich.,
is made known here through news of
his appointment being received
Scores of friends of Mr. Stoddard
will delight In this new word of his
splendid success.
Until recently with the First Se
curity National of Ogden, Utah
Stoddard was recently given the call
to the Battle Creek bank, one of the
largest banking institutions In the
middle west and housed In what Is
recognized as the finest building
structure of any bank between Chi
cago and, New York. The Battle Creek
bank was recently reorganized under
supervision of the HFC and It was
at that time that Stoddard was giv
en the call to assume Its manage
ment.
"Pete," as he U better known here,
was raised in La Grande and attend
ed grade and high school here, whore
he was an athlete and student of
considerable renown. He continued
his studies and athletic activities at
the Oregon State college and was a
member of the championship basket
ball team of the college at that time.
He was also elected president of the
student body of the college Ho Is
the son of Mrs. Ellen Stoddard, and
a brother of David I. Stoddard, pres
ident of the First National bank of
La Grande.
RIGHTS
ON AUGUST 2
CALIFORNIA
BRUSH FIRE
RAGESTODAY
Upwards of $5,000,000
Damage Done to Pasa
dena Watershed d4
Persons Hurt
PASADENA, Cttl., July 27 (P A
destructive brush flro that caused
damage estimated at between ?2.5,
001) anil $5,000,0(10. to Posudenu's wat
ershed last night, raged unabated today-
a2000 firefighters set up a
Hccnudury Due of defense designed to
protect the city of Pusadcuu against
tlin Inroads of the flames.
Thirty-four persons have been
treated for burns, some of them se
vere.
The fire, starting late yesterday on
a ridge below Fern and Nigger can
yons, had swept over 1200 acres of
valuable brush land today, endan
gering many mountain homes and
being fanned toward the hotel and
resorts on Mount Lowe, nationally
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EUROPE FEARFUL
AS REVOLT RAGES
IN LITTLE AUSTRIA
lly The Associated Press
Suspicious Europe peered fearfully
today at the powder-smoke clouds of
civil war which puffed In Austria. It
saw an Austrian government, headed
by the fascist Prince Ernst von Star
hem berg, fighting rebellious nazls
with guns, hand grenades, and prop
aganda.
The chief propaganda ammunition
was the announcement that Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler of Germany, or
iginator of the nazl movement, had
named Germany's vice chancellor,
Franc von Papen, as minister to Aus
tria. Von Papen, who Is a non-nazl,
nnd a conservative, is to repluco the
nazl minister Kurt Rleth, whom Hit
ler recalled from Vienna bocauso he
had mixed Into Internal Austrian af
fairs. The announcement of von Papon's
new mission was received with satis
faction by the Vienna press and the
Austrian government saw to It that
nazls under arms wore Informed of
the development In the hope that
they would decide no aid could be
expected from Germany.
In Paris, the French foreign office
Bald the assassination of Doll fuss had
wrecked nazl hopes for sympathy and
control of Austria. It was Indicat
ed that France. Oreat Britain, and
Italy mean business in their Joint
declaration that the Independence of
Austria will be preserved.
Wheat Today
The price of local rnsli new
crop wheat stood ut uliont (ln
hulk here today, according to the
Pioneer Flouring Mills, I'orflund
cash 804 cents.
CHICAGO, July 27 W) More con
fidence de ve 1 oped tod u y among
friends of higher prices for grains,
markets scoring about 2 cents maxi
mum upturn In wheat and 1 cent In
corn.
Wheat closed firm at the same as
yeatrday's flnlMi to 1c higher, Sept.
new 9Bsc. com Vic off to He up.
Sept. G54 w'ec, oats unchanged to
V40 higher, and provisions unchanged
to a rise of 7c.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
HHOIHK ON l.UilOlt HO A It I
CHINA ItKPOKTH OOTUPLKTS
IMIXIMJKR "PALS' AltlttiSTKI)
PLAN KROIUiANIZATION
SALKM, July 27 m tidwurd U.
Brodle, editor of theOregoii City En
terprise, was unpointed by Governor
Julius L. Meier this after noon, us the
third member of the state liquor
commission, to mioceed George AIc
Morrun, or Eugene, resigned, llrodle
will uccept.
CANTON, China, July 27 W The
Chinese newspapers have accepted as
true a report here that ootuplets
even boys and one girl were born
to the wife of Sam Ting, a poor Chi
nese boatman, and that the mother
and children are In good health, two
months after tho birth.
CHICAGO, July 27 m John IH
llnger'si lost sweetheart and the plus
tie surgeon who sought to oonceal
the gang chieftain's identity In u face
lift lus: otwratloii were reported to be
held by federal ngejits today. The
sweetheart Is Polly Hamilton Keele,
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Stock
holders of United Aircraft and Trans
port corporation of New York moved
before the trade commission today to
reorganize Into three new holding
companies to meet present and pros
pective government requirements for
airmail contracts.
SHIPWORKERS OF
PACIFIC COAST
BALLOTING TODAY
PORTLAND, Ore., July 27 m
Portland today remained virtually a
closed port as the uuterfnmt strike
pussed through Its 80th day. Harbor
activity slowed as the result of vio
lence lust night which stopped work
at the Occnnlo terminal and munlc
lHil terminal No. 1.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27 (JP) All
election among Pacific coast shlp
workery to meet one of tho condi
tions proposed by striking longshore
men in re turn-to-work negotiations
Starts today when tho first ballots
are cast In San Francisco. The elec
tion, to determlno collective bargain
ing representatives for the marine
workers, was announced by President
Roosevelt's mediation board. In tho
long strlko, which started May 0, un
ion seamen and allied crafts Joined
the longshoremen.
Meanwhile, tho board resumes con
ferences with employers to determlno
(Continued On Pane Four)
CLOUDBURST PUTS
TRAIN INTO RIVER
CANON" CITY, Colo., July 27 (At
A sudden cloudburst that washed
out a section of track west of here,
near the Royal gorge, sent a crock
Denver and Rio Orando Western pas-
oongcr train hurtling Into the Ar
kansas river late yesterduy, killing
Carl Calabreso, 27, of Denver, and in
juring eleven persons, 0110 perhaps
fatolly. Calabrcse had been "bum
ming" a rldo on tho train, which was
east-bound from Salt Lako City to
Denver, It.-was reported.
Ed Miller, of Pueblo, Colo., engin
eer, is In a hospital here with In
juries that may be fatal.
F. R. SEES DANCERS
DO THE ANCIENT HULA
lly W. II. Ewlittr.
HONOLULU. July 27 Mt President
Rooscvel t cl imbed I n to bed In the
early hours today after receiving all
the homage from Kawallans dancing
by the light of a full moon that their
ancestors paid to the native monarchs
of old.
Tho president appeared to enjoy it
hugely as he sat with 400 of Hono
lulu's elite watching the Islanders
dan co and slug In a tropic outdoor
setting in honor of the first Ameri
can chief executive to viait the ter
ritory. In a moonlight-flooded palm grove,
less than two blocks from Iolanl pal
ace where native monarchs watched
similar scenes before they relin
quished their rule to the United
States, dancing hula girls bowed out
from each performance, even as their
mothers hau retreated after dances
before the old Hawaiian kings.
President Roosevelt watched with
Interest from the first ancient chant
GOVERNMENT
TROOPS GAIN :
ASCENDENCY
General Picture of Situa-:
tion Lacking Much j
Guerilla Warfare. . :
INTERVENTION BY
ITALY HELD NEAR
Mussolini Ready to Go,
, Into Austria "if the In-'
tetfnal. Situation Justi-'
fies Step."
, l
Copyright, 1034, by Associated
Press 1
VIENNA, July, 27 Tension feojMd
slightly tonight as a feared nazl at
tack against the capital fulled tp
develop Immediately, but the vigi
lance of government troops, scattered
strategically about the city, was not
diminished.
Government forces appeared to be
gaining the ascendency In battles re
ported raging In various portions of
the country, but these reports were
bo fragmentary that a general picture
of the situation could not be com
piled. '
It appeared certain, however, that
at least 500 persons had been slain.
In battles with the nazls.
The country whose little chancel
lor, Engelbert Dollfuss, was assassi
nated by nazls Wednesday, Is wracked
by guerilla warfare, pitched battles
for the possession of towns and rail
way lines, border skirmishes, hunger
riots and finally peace moves. ;
It was officially confirmed that
Austrian legionnaires from. Bavaria
attempted to Invade Austria.
An ominous feature pf the sltua-
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Retail Sales In ;
Nation Holding
Up Well, Report
NEW YORK, July 2 7() Despite
the record-brealcing heat wave and
drouth which paralyzed business ac
tivity over a wide area, the Dun 4c
Brodstreet weekly review says In. the
majority of leading cities retail ealee
are being maintained above the 1033
level by a range of 6 to 20 per cent.
When it is considered that at thte
period a year ago there was under
way a broadened consumer buying
program Inspired 'by fears of Infla
tion which led to the largo accumula
tion of all types of goods, the agency
added, "considerable encouragement''
is to be gained from the fact that
"there was nothing of major Import
ance to elicit discouragement In tho
week's progress.
Baseball
AMERICAN
Cleveland at 8t. Louis, postponed.
rain.
R. K. 8.
Philadelphia 3 7 1
New York 7 10 1
Butteries: Hansen, Grabowgk.1, Syl
Johnson and Todd, Wilson; Schu
macher and Mancuso,
R. H. B.
St. Louis 0 7 0
Pittsburgh 4 11 0
Batteries: Haines, Mooner and V.
Davis; 8wirt and Orace.
until the singing of "Aloha Oe" by a
mixed chorous of 300. He saw Ha
waiian women, supple-hipped and
magnificently proportioned, clad in
grass skirts Bway through the my
tlona of the graceful hulas to the
throbbing music of guitars and uku
leles. Onco during a hula led by a s De
von r-old Hawaiian girl, a member of
the presidential party asked for a
rendition of the "Little Orass Shack."
which was sung with Interpretative
dancing..
Some of the dancers wore the rare
Mokihana lels brought from the
island of Kauai, the only place where
they grow.
Near the close of tho pageant a
group of stately older women ad
vanced before the president and sang
the Hawullan translation of "Happy
Days Arc Here Again." ,
The president made no speech but
acknowledged each gift he received