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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEB
LA GRANDE; OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED' PRESS
NUMBER 27 1
BALDWIN SEES NO DANGER OF WAM
ciwtnta
STATE WILL
REPAIR FIVE
HOMES HERE
Building Permits Taken
Out By W. E; Wilkins,
Inspector; Brings 1934
Total to $18,965.
MORE CARPENTERS
ARE PUT TO WORK
Modernization of Resi
dences Here Involves
More Than Six Thou
sand Dollars.
Five building permits token out
liy the Btate of Oregon through W. E.
Vllklnn. state veterans commission
Inspector, and two other penntlts dur
ing last week called for W,3!5 In new
construction, and sent a large num
ber of carpenter to work here.
The Jive permits for the state rep
resent repair work on homes owned
by the state commission, and Is de
signed to put them In modern con
dition either for rental or sales. Work
has been started on the five projects.
The state permits follow:
To alter and repair home at 701
M avenue, between First and Second,
1.500.
To alter and repair two story home
at 1305 M avenue, between Sixth and
Seventh, $1,350.
To alter and repair home at 1309 O
avenue between Seventh and Eighth,
1 1,650.
To alter and repair home at 702
Main avenue between First and Sec
ond streets, $860.
To alter and repair home at 1204
. (Continued on Page ThxeeC
Legion Juniors
Turn Back Camp
Nine Sunday 8-3
The American Legion Junior league
team, of la Grande won its third
straight game here Sunday afternoon,
turning bock the Emigrant Springs
O. O. C. camp nine 8 to 3. The Ju
nlors, coached by Ray Williams, play
ed errorless ball and scored In the
first, second, fourth and seventh In
nings, while the visitors were unable
to get a man across home plate until
the sixth.
The game was an exhibition con
test and was played at the La Grande
stadium. Koyle, pitching for La
Grande, went the route, allowing
eight hits end whiffing four bats
men.
The score: B. H. E.
C. C. C. Camp 000 0O2 0103 8 5
Juniors - 120 200 30x 8 8 0
Batteries: Koyle and Waldcn, Leon
ard; Hanley, Pleyers and Wells, Boke
man. Umpires: Zlvkovich, Wilson airS
Hall.
Gets Good Start
On Life Insurance
Probably the youngest person In
the Pacific northwest at least
to carry life lnsuance, 1b Miss Bar
bara Jean Suydam.
The Royal Neighbors of America
wrote a policy for the little lady
Just one hour and 25 minutes after
the stork brought her Into La
Grande.
OLDEST TREE? IS IT
PINE EAST OF HERE?
Which tree In the Grande Ronde
valley the valley proper, not the
surrounding hills is the oldest?
Is it the lone pine east of La
Grande on the Old Oregon Trail high
way, now called Lone Tree?
Possibly.
At least, the La Orande Evening
Observer of July 30 1914 Just
twenty years ago today gives one
reason to believe this tree may be the
grand-daddy of the valley trees.
The Observer that day told of Mrs.
C. M. Kirk wood, then 80 years of
age. travelling 700 miles In an auto
mobile to witness places that she. as
a girl, saw when she came into Ore
gon in 1843 on a wagon train. Also,
it was the first wagon train to cross
the Grande Ronde valley, according
to the story of two decsdes ago, em
erging into the valley from the mouth
of Ladd Canyon, and then camping
STARRY-EYED
BEAUTY
& ilifS
Ever Bince Sylvia Peterson was ac
claimed Miss America at a beauty
pageant In St. Petersburg, Fla.,
she's bad her bead Id the clouds.
Hut not (or vanity, for science.
Ai) astronomer of repute, she Is
shown in New York on ber way to
Springfield, Vt.. where she was to
tell the National Amateur Tele
scope Makers' Convention how she
made, at a cost of $30, a telescope
to study distant suns.
RAIL AND SHIP
AGENTS ENJOY
DAY AT RESORT
G r '6 u x ""'From-"Portland
Visits La Grande and
Wallowa Lake Sunday.
Arriving by special car aboard the
Portland Rose yesterday morning a
group of Important railroad and
steamship agents representing various
Hues of principal transportation com
panies doing business In the North
west, came here cn route to a days
outing at Wullowa Uike. They re
turned to Portland In the evening.
Following breakfast at the Saca
Jawea Inn the visitors were trans
ported to the lake resort In cars
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MICH DEAN FOUND
DEAD EAST OF N. P.
Arch Dean, who made his home on
a ranch about seven miles east of
North Powder, was found dead In his
bunk house yesterday morning with a
bullet In his head. It was thought
to have been suicide, but no particu
lars were available today as to what
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OFFICIALS CHECK
ONHOG CONTRACTS
Three representatives of the agrl
cultural adjustment commission at
Washington, D. C, were in La Grande
lost week checking up on the hog
contracts In Union county, and their
report shows that this county is
standing second In condition among
(Oontlnncd on Paa-e Fonr
near what Mrs. KIrkwood remembered
as a lone pine tree. She also remem
bered seeing hot springs near the
lone tree, presumably what is now
known as Hot Lake.
The first wagon train, the story
recounts, was commanded by Marcus
Whitman trom Fort Hall west, until
he had to leave to hurry to the mis
sion at Walla Walla, and left the train
In charge of an Indian guide named
Stlckus. who brought the party safely
to The Dalles, where they scattered
somewhat. Mrs. Kirkwood's family
going on to settle within 10 miles of
where Salem now stands. The train,
with 110 wagons, left Westport, Mis
souri in May. 1843.
Is the lone tree east of La Grande
the same one she refers to? Addi
tional light on this matter undoubt
edly would be of much Interest locally.
TEMPERATURE
HERE DROPS
TO NORMALCY
Heat Wave of Four Days
Ended Sky Partly
Cloudy This Morning
After three and a half days of siz
zling heat a shift hi the tempera! ure
occurred .Sunday afternoon and this
morning the weather liad returned to
normalcy In La 11 rand e. Maximum
temperatures for the previous four
days follow: Thursday 103, Friday
107, Saturday 10(i and Sunday UH
above. ..
This morning saw the mercury at
63 above at 7 a. m., just 16 degrees
cooler than at the same, period Sun
day, and the minimum, of 68 last
night was 10 degrees cooler than Sat
urday night's low mark.
Sunday started off to be a scorcher,
with the reading at 7 a. m. showing
78 above, the warmest at that time
this year.
This morning was partly cloudy,
but the government prediction call
ed for fair skies tonight and Tuesday
with no marked change In tempera
tures.
Although the hot spell, accompani
ed by a warm wind, heightened the
forest fire hazard In. (the Blue and
Wallowa mountains, no scrioiiB blav.es
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Perkins Receives
Distributorship
Of Standard Oil
Announcement was made today
that W. C. and P. O. Perkins have
applied; Vfof -therv: distributorship xrf
Standard Oil Co. products in the La
Grande district, and that the appli
cation was accepted as of July 27.
W. O. PerkinB is proprietor of the
Perkins Motor Co. and P. C. Perkins
is his son, who recently completed
his university work.
GETS WORK IN
BOULDER CITY
Bob Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Evans, left yesterday for Boulder
City, Nev., where he has work on the
construction of the Boulder dam.
LOCAL COUPLE
GETS LICENSE
A marriage license was Issued Sat
urday at the office, of County Clerk
C. K. McCormlck to Robert T. Harri
son and Lucille Me teal f, both of La
Grande.
. THEY MAY COME B ACK T O WAR ON NEW RUM ROW
JlV!'..'.....
These five destroyers, veterans ot the Prohibition rum blockade, lay uselessly at their moorings In
the Philadelphia Navy Yard as Thomas Jefferson Coolldge, Acting Secretary of tho Treasury, admitted
olticlal concern over the rapid growth of a new "Hum Kow" oft the New York seaboard. An increase
of Coast Guard personnel aud operations, now undur consideration, may soon put these victims of post-
t Jtepeul economy hack In service.
WESTERN FIRES DEVOUR
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF
GRAIN, TIMBER AND BRUSH
SAV ITtANTISCO, July 30 (A)
Fire swept thousands of acres of
dry timber, grain, brush iiml pasture
lands of the west today.
The greatest fighting crew 2.000
men stood guard wearily behind
firebreaks in Southern California to
day watching a blaze burn itself out
after sweeping 2,000 acres of timber
and brush In the Sierra Madre moun
tains In Washington to the Rockies
rn; Montana- -where rich timber and
grain lands were blackened as hot,
dry weather favored the flames.
Two thousand acres of timber were
swept by fire on Kittitas summit In
the Cascades. Four hundred and ten
men fought the blaze while 300 others
battled other large North Central
Washington fires. In the last five
days 135 fires were reported in Wen
atchee. Chelan and Colvlllo forosts.
Roaring along a 20-mllo front be
tween Riparla and Penewawa In East
ern Washington, flames destroyed
thousands of acres of grain, hay and
pasture land. A 2.000-acre grain fire
near Stttes In Northern Idaho was
brought under control yesterday.
An 800 -acre blaze in yellow pine
near Curlew was the most serious of a
number of fires in Northern Idaho,
while 2,600 acres wore charred on
Warm Springs creek in Southern
Idaho's most serious Jtlre of tho year.
Tinder dry forests gavo Montana
the most critical fire hazard in five
years, said Regional Forester Evan
Kelley. Airplanes carried 160 fighters
PEEKABOO
: i ,
: ' . , i
to blnzes on the Selway forest whtlo
.others trekked to flames by train,
truck, auto and pack horse.
KLAMATH PALLS. July 30 m
Cleaning up after the disastrous fire
that on Saturday swept Dorris, Cal..
20 miles south of here, was under
way today, while new lire reports
came in front the open country east
of hero.
A SERA crew was at work, at Ior-
rls, putting the sanitation situation
Into shape in the wake of the $300.
000 blaze that started In the box fac
tory of the Associated Lumber and
Box company, and anuffed out 45
residences and two-thirds of the busi
ness district before It was checked
late Saturday.
AIRMEN HOPE FOR
ANOTHER FLIGHT
By J. V. Allison
HOLDREGE, Neb., July 30 (fl)
Three army airmen who took to their
parachutes to escape death in the
crash of the world's largest balloon
12 miles northwest of here are eager
for another venture into the stratos
phere.
Captain Albert W. Stevens, sclcntl-
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DOCK STRIKE
TO COME TO
END TUESDAY
Longshoremen Will Re
turn to Work Along Pa
cific Coast Tomorrow
' HAV KftANCrSOO, July ft(PCW TWA
maritime unions today notified Presl
dent Roosevelt 's nut louul longshore
men's hoard that they will return to
work tomorrow with the stevedores.
SAX FRANCISCO, July 30 (A1) An
end lo tho strike that has pumlyzed
Paelflo C oast maritime commerce
since Aluy JJ was definitely In sight
today uk 12,000 longshoremen In ports
from llelllngham, Wash., to San
Diego, Cal., prepared to return to their
Jobs at 8 a. m. tomorrow.
Seamen and other marine workers
who Joined the longshoremen In
their strike had not yet announced
plans for going back to work, but the
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U.S. NET MEN WIN
DAVIS CUP MATCH
WIMBLEDON, Eng.. July 30 VP)
Gcorgo M. Lott Jr., and Lester Stoo
fon, as expected todny defeated Harold
G. N. Leo and Ocorgo Patrick Hughes
in the doubles encounter of tho Davis
Cup challenge round 7-5, 6-0, 4-0,
9-7 to give the United Stntes a fight
ing chnuco against Great Britain in
the flvejnatch scries.
CALIFORNIANS
ARRIVE HERE
FOR WEDDING
OueHts who have alrendy arrived in
tho city for tho Stnngo-Pulmer wed
ding of Wednesday are the bride-"
groom-elect, Ford Palmer, and his
pa re n Is, Mr. and M rs , Pa 1 me r who
reached Ia Grande from Hollywood
Sunday; Mr. and Mrs, George (Anne
Stiinge) Decker, who arrived today
from their home at Beverly Hills and
Mrs. Fred W. King and d lighter, MIbs
Janet, of Los Angeles.
The price of local rush new
crop wheat stood at about (W4
wnis bulk here today, according
to the Pioneer Flouring Mills.
Portland uiisli HI cents.
CHICAOO, July 30 UPj Estimates
Indicating a July decrease of nearly
600,000.000 bushels in the corn crop
and 20.000,000 in spring wheat hoist
ed grain values sharply today.
w As the data for today's estimate
was obtained a week nhead of that
which will be used In the government
August report, and there ha been
no rain, of consequence tho lost few
Hays, traders were inclined to be
lieve that the coming official returns
might show even a greater loss of
crops.
Corn closed strong, l-lc above
Saturday's finish, September 00 m
70c, wheat 6ttyno up, Sept. new
l.02!4 ft Yn, corn 'if c advanced,
and provisions unchanged to a rise
of 17c.
Wheat Today
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
F. It.'S HAI (HITKIl lUVOItCKD
ALL WKLl,' WITH II INDKNKl 11(1
imscovi;kk tut crater
JOHNSON TO TACKLE STRIKE
MINI) ICS, Nev., July 30 () Mrs.
Aiuui KouM'velt Uttll obtained a dl
vorro front CurtU H. Doll today In
the Hiimll brick oourt house where
Iter brother F.lllott was divorced lit
tle more than a year ago. with the
KMel usual In Nevada, divorce vtism,
the district Judge grunted the decree
Immediately uftvr the president's only
daughter gave brief testlnmuy In sup
port of her charges of "extreme'
cruelty."
BERLIN, July 30 ffl Reports
that President Paul von Hlndenburg
is seriously 111 were followed, today
by a statement from Neudeck, where
he Is In his summer home, tliat "ap
parently all Is well" with the aged
field marahal,
FALSE PASS, Alaska. July 30 (P)
Discovery of a now Inactive crater
even uirgcr Hum the famous Anlak
chuk near th4,tlp of tho Alaska pen
liismtk was reporUwl today by Father
Bernard It, llehburd, the glacier
priest, after u month of hardship
and adventure.
CHICAGO, July 00 m Reports
reached the strike stalled stockyards
today that Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA
administrator, would fly hero tomor
row or Wednesday to attempt a set
tlement of the labor dispute paralyz
ing tlie yards.
i
KALKM, July l fit The Milt 011-
tYeewutw district wilt ship out an
approximate 1,300 enr lonjdh of fresh
prunes this season, Charles A. Cole,
head of tho plant Industry division
of the state department of agrloul
tnreanimunced today. -
AUSTRIAN FORCES
CONTINUE DRIVE
AGAINST NAZIS
iiiM.mtAni:. VnFminviii. .iniv no tm
I Report from tlte border that loud
explosions had lieen heard In Austria
led to the belief today that muny
railway bridges and roads am being
blown up In Htyrla In battles between
Nazi lusurreetionlHts and government
forces.
(Copyright, 1934, by Associated Press)
VIENNA. July 30 m Faced with
death by hanging, Otto Planetta and
Frnng Hol.weber went on trial at
0:16 p. m. tonight before a military
court. Authorities Bald Planetta had
confessed killing Chancellor Dollfuss
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MARIE DRESSLER
BURIAL TUESDAY
BEVERLY HILLS, July 30 W)
Mario Dressier will find her final
resting place in a crypt at Forest
Lawn memorial park, Glendale, to
morrow. The body of the grand, old
trouper, veteran of the stage and
screen, who died Saturday at Santa
Barbara after a lingering Illness, will
be laid to rest following simple pri
vate services In tho Wee Kirk O' The
Heather,
Rev. Noal Dotld, pastor of the lit
tle church around tho corner in Hol
lywood known as the "Church of
the Stars" uluco It Is the place of
worship of many of filmland's no
tables will preside at the services.
Only Intimate acquaintances of the
63-year-old actress will attend her
last rites.
CRUISER
F. R. T0
Hy ! ninch M. Htephenton
Aboard the cruiser New Orleans
on route with President Roosevelt to
Portland. Ore.. July 30 Mi Presi
dent Roosevelt sped through the
Pacific today, 1.000 miles from Port
land, Ore., where he will rejoin his
wife, with his cruisers maintaining a
fast pace of 22 knots.
A happy memory of their days in
Hawaii tuck with the men on the
president's ships as they rapidly left
the tropical region behind, heading
a northeasterly course. With the
cooler days members of the presi
dential party began looking Into their
wardrobes for heavier clothing.
Thoroughly acquainted with econ
omical and social conditions In the
MINISTER OF
GREAT BRITAIN
IS OPTIMISTIC
Present European Diffi
culties Not Likely to
Set Off War Fuse
NO CAUSE FOR A
PANIC, HE ASSURES
Future is Uncertain, How
ever, Baldwin Admits in.
Address to House of
Commons.
Stanleyi
LONDON, July 30 (P)
Baldwin, . acting prime minister oft
Or eat Britain, said In the house of
oommoiur today that there Is no Im
mediate Uangeq of wan In Europe de--spite
the difficulties and perpiexU,
ties or the present situation i
Ho made his statement la defend
ing Great Britain's recently an
nounced plans to Increase Its , ale
power. . . . o r.
Ho opposed the labor party's mo
tion of censure, declaring: '
' "There Is no cause at 'all for, a
panio of any kind. As for as I cane
see, there is no risk In the Immed
iate future of peace being broken,
"It might welt be that peace will
not be broken and there are a great
many people in Europe who will do
all they can to see to It that It la
not broken." '
Declaring "the question of Imperial
defense 'and disarmament hod occu
pied the minds of the government
and the house of commons Itself for.
many years," Baldwin continued: '
"Ift .tte Sar. 10-.Memel,tan4 Ux
Danzig tTiero have been disturbing
events, and the recent and moat trag-.
lo Incidents in Germany itself, and,
last of all. In Austria, which showed,
there was a spirit abroad In parts of
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Walter McCredie,
Beaver Manager,
Passes Sunday!
PORTLAND. Ore., July 30 (ff). .
Walter McCredie, 66, manager of the
Portland baseball team of the Pacific
Coast league, died here Sunday on
tho ove of a scheduled baseball game
hero in htB honor. ,
For weeks McCredie has been un
able to be with the Portland team.
After managing Portland for a num
ber of years McCredie went Into seml
rotlremcnt and only this year re
turned to baseball actively.
No Walter McCredie night ever was'
held for the kindly old Scot during
the years he turned out coast league
championship teams and developed
many major league stars. Baseball
ardents planned ifthls big baseball
bouquet for him tonight, but the
flowers were ordered too late. How
ever McCredie was cheered in his last
days with news of the preparation
under way for the game.
And it was his last request that
the game be played and the benefit
proceeds go to his wife. Portland
and Sacramento will play the game
and many old-time baseball players
will be here, some playing an Inning
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Baseball
A.MKHIL'AN I.EAOt'K
B. H. B.
.. S S t
.. 0 10 0
Boston
Washington ...
W. Perrell ana B. Perrell; Llnke,
Crowder, Burke and Bolton.
BRINGING
OREGON
circle of American possessions and
territories, Roosevelt Is anxious to
make an Inspection of federal pro
Jects on the mainland from coast to
coast.
Arriving In Portland Friday morn
ing he will be back at his desk, la
less than a week, returning to Wash 4
Ington August 9.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 3i WV-Aa
a culmination to the automobile tour
that has brought her leisurely across
the continent, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt planned to leave here to
day for Portland, Ore., to meet hC
husband when he returns from his
vacation cruise to Hawaii.