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I I, - , , -.! ... J Storms Sweep Seaboard and Great Lakes States VS. (fc?rwr La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspttyer Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties 5 " V VOLUME 32 EASTERN OIIEOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934' MEMI1KK ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 278 PRESIDENT OBEGOWS GUEST TODAY 4 FOREST FIRE NEAR COVE CONTROLLED Flames Sweep Over 25 Acres Before Hemmed in By Crew of 18 Men. NO MERCHANTABLE TIMBER IS BURNED Most Serious Fire of Year in This Section; Brings Total in Whitman to 120 Acres. A 25-acre forest fire In the Whit man national forest east of Cove ami on the north nork or Catherine creek some 12 miles east of Union, was drought under control yesterday, ue tx iv ling to announcement from the rnnwt service with headquarters In Ifeiker. This was the most merlons Hie to occur so fur this year In Union county. The blaze, started by a sheep her der's campflre. It Is said, was reported nt 1 p. m. Wednesday and a crew of men dispatched by Hanger Keith Mc Cool of Covo for the scene an hour later. Delay was encountered because of the poor road and long walk from where the cars had to be left. Eigh teen men, mostly from Cove, iuuht the flames, under direction of "Shorty" Pulp, regular fireman, at Summit Springs. The burned area was covered with lodge pole, alpine fire and spruce which was valuable principally lor watershed protections. It was not merchantable timber. This fire, the only one now burning on the Whitman, . Increased the .area burned over to 120 acres to date this year, the Baker office reports. Last year 83 acres were burned. Little property loss has occurred either year. Greenwood Boys Win Playground Track Meet Here The Greenwood playground group of boys outpointed the members of the Stadium playground group In their track meet Thursday, 84 to 67. In the first meet for boys under 12 years, the Greenwood trackmen de feated the Stadium team 68 to 13 and In the group from 12 to 16 years the Stadium boys won 64 to 2Q. Junior Reynolds waa high scorer In the younger boys meet, with 21 14 points, and Alvln Stltt was high point man In the older group with 18. Tom Zivkovitch and Melvin Roe were in charge of the meet. Results: Hoys Under 12 Year 25-yd. dash 1st Reynolds, Green wood; 2nd, Lovon, Greenwood; 3rd, French, high school. 60-yd. dash 1st, Reynolds, Green wood; 2nd. Lovan, Greenwood; 3rd, Hargett, Greenwood. 75-yd. dash 1st Reynolds, Grecn- (Contlnued on Page Three) BIKE RIDERS REPRIMANDED BY CITY JUDGE Seven boys arrested by the city po , lice Wednesday night and charged with various offenses against traffic rules while riding bicycles, were hail ed before Judge L. B. Moe late Thurs day. The Judge reprimanded them severely and then, released them with the warning that they would be fined if they appeared In court again on a similar charge. The boys'- bicycles were kept In the police station from the time of arrest until late Thurs day. Police today also stated that head lights and tailllght reflectors are re quired on all bicycles If ridden at night. 10 MONTHS OF ABOVE NORMAL WEATHER A complete check or official tem peratures for La Cirande for the last 13 months, hrglnnlnff with June 1, 19.13, reveals that 12 months have 'I shown ulwve normal tern item t ores ond only one, .September, 1933, had below normal weather. Since Sept ember La Ctrande hast enjoyed ten consecutive month of warmer than average weather, ran clue from a sur . y plus of 1.2 degrees last month to 9.7 I rteffree above nortmal for February i of this year. 1.,. Whether this Is an Indlcafton that the weather In Eastern Oregon is actually growing warmer which Make Air Safe For Army, Will's Plea HONOLULU, Aug. 2 With Dollfuss, the conservative, gone and that fine, level - headed old patriot von Hin denburg gone, It looks like It takes a radical to live. England s a y 1 ng that her borders reached to the Rhine was good news to these is lands, for that means that ours at least reach, our own possessions. The army and navy ought to be flying this hop all the time. It's like carrying the mall. Wo ask; 'em to do something right now and then blame 'em because they have had no prac tice. If wo ever hadi to fly heie we would havo to ask 'em to postpone the emergency till we learned it, so don't blame the boys. They will have to wait now till commercial lines do It first. Yours, 9 fJ4. McKiugU Svmlkftt. I no. OLD AGE PENSION PAYMENTS $1,142 FOR THIS MONTH five new names were added to the old age pension list at the meeting of the county court which closed yesterday afternoon. This brings the total for Union county to $1142 which will be paid the first of next month. Last month's pension list payment amounted to $1002. Pensions were allowed to Armenia Hayes Sullivan, Lee Goldlng, Susan KJnney, Monroe Rand and Nellie Jordan. ; A new warrant was issued -to H. A-i Zurbrick to take the place of ,one which was advertised as Bubject to cancellation, recently and Mr. Zur brick applied for the new warrant when he was unable to find the old one. Two applications, one for coun ty aid by Sadie Swalberg and one for dependent mother's assistance by Ida B. Cllne were both continued for the term. w HUG FUNERAL IS HELD AT ELGIN THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Hug, who died Wednesday at the home of her son. at Elgin, were being held at the Christian church at Elgin this afternoon. Anna Muller Hug was born In the canton of Bern, Switzerland, In June 1836. She was the youngest of nine children, and at the age of seven her parento were both dead, and in pov erty she waa obliged to shift for her self in the big city of Geneva. Elec tric lights, telephones, street cars, automobiles and other modern city conveniences were unknown. Streets had cobUTe stone pavements. If any, sewers and running water were rare. (Continued on Puffe Three) MORE RESPOND IN EARWIG CAMPAIGN Although some results have been noted by efforts being put forth to secure enough money to purchase 3000 parasitized earwigs to begin the war on earwigs in La Grande, there is still a need for contributions, It is reported. Only a little more than half of the money has been received and residents are asked to make their donations some time this week. Any one wishing further Information may. call either Lynn Larson of the cham ber of commerce or County Agent H. O. Avery, to either of whom the con tributions may be paid. some savants theorize or whether it merely Is an unusual year Insofar os climatic conditions are concerned, remains to be seen. During the months of June and July this summer, the weather was more nearly normal than during any other month of the 10-naonth period. The greatest proportionate warmth experienced was drulng the months of December, 1933 and January, Feb ruary. March and April, 1934. The record for the last 13 months, b ho wing the mean temperature of (Continued on Pagt Flvif JASON LEE'S TREK WEST CELEBRATED Program Held Here Last Night in Commemora tion , of Event of 100 Years Ago. The "Jason Lee Special", a unique coininflnioratloii of the trek or the great missionary to the Indians 100 years ago and n part of the centen nial celebration of the starting of the work or this man In the old Oregon country', was In la. (Iranile yesterday, and last evening nt the First Metho dist church the party, conducted one of Its Interesting meetings. The group, ' which Includes Dr. Channlng Richardson, of Chicago, Dr. Jay Stowell, of Chicago and his son, Stewart and Edward Winter Moon, an educated Mohave Indian from Riverside, Col., travels In a motor car fashioned after the old covered wagons. They left Boston on April 16, have travelled more than 9,000 miles, held over 200 meetings, some of unusual Importance and signifi cance. Since leaving St. Louis and later striking the Old Oregon trail the party found much more that was fascinating as they followed the trail made by Jason Lee in 1834, whon he and a few companions oame to this country on horseback. Ten days ago the party dedicated a marker to Jason Lee on Independence Rock 60 miles from Rawlins, Wyoming. On July 27 at Black foot, Ida., a great meeting was held commemorating the Ilrst sermon ever preached In the Oregon territory. Rev. Lee, the original (Continued on Page Bx) Haines Twins - In Accident On Way to Wedding A little thing like an automobile accident will not be allowed to stand in the way of a double wedding, in which the prospective brides, Marie and Marian Kooch, 24, twins from Haines, Oregon, suffered numerous cuts and bruises. The twins, carrying their trouseaus with them, were en route to Salem, Ore., for tho wedding when the car, driven by Mrs. Maud Schroeder, of Baker, skidded and overturned 20 miles east of The Dalles. Marie's foot was so badly bruised she was unable to stand, while Marian's head and face were lacerated. Marie is to wed Donald Barnard, of Salem, and Marian will marry Ken neth Can, of Dallas. The ceremony will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Barnard at Salem at 8:30 Saturday night, regardless of their injuries. V.'. .:-:- -rilr Farmers Rush to Midwest (armors who hire repaid their government luuna now are unsealing their cribs and selllns their corn at tho new b gher prices, coming as result of the widespread drouth duinngo. Hero is a sene on a farm near Kockwcll City. !a., car corn boliiK fed Into tho siiollor, a truck standing by to haul away tho shelled grain pouring Into it. . EUROPE'S MIGHTY NATIONS WORRIED AS HITLER RULES Ity Harold It. lira man LONDON, Aug. 3 W") Europe's mighty nations gazed on a little man tod ii y and asked: ' w1natf-HbwM - Governments, figuratively a bit pale, wondered whore Germany was headed under the rule of Adolf Hit ler, erstwhile ailcn, house painter and army corpcral. Uncertainty la noted in all of Europe's capitals. First foreign-born ruler In Ger many's history ho Is a native of Aus tria Hitler lias Bhown bo far that he can make the grade. He has climbed to tho point where he holds the peace of the continent in his hand, Eur ope believes, now that ho has be come what one Berlin newspaper called "executlvo of tho divine will." Dread for tha future underlies French comments on the question whether he will seek a goal of friend ship or assume a belligerent attitude. Pope Plus XI is disturbed by fears that a oudden change in German rule may add to E' rope's myriad difficul ties, MussolJnl, Italian dictator, Is watching the moves of Germany's "Fuehrer" closely. Russia wonders what's ahead in its uncertain rela- (Continued On Page Five) NO FASCIST SALUTE Sell Corn as Drouth Boosts Price Swanky Exmoor Golf Club Faces Nudist Problem CHICAGO, Aug. 3 UH The : swanky Exmoor golf club In High,--'. land park fought off the, spread of nudism today. , The mid late, about a score of -them, romped over fairways and greens and splashed around lu the water hazards, to tho con sternation of the golfers. If; was the caddies novel way of striving for moro pay, and tho climax of their strike. Earlier yesterday they had de manded more money at onco. One hundred and sixty of them, dropped bags they had been car rying and met at tho clubhouse. They turned cold shoulders to. proposals that they wait until a field of 200 members nnd their guests completed tho mixed four somo play. Pickets were pressed Into ac tion, and no bags were hoisted, . even by tho golfers. One golfer solved tho problem, "Why not taka only two clubs, and play anyway?" Tho plan meeting unanimous approval, the foursomes started out. j Presently, a woman took a (Continued on Page Sir) 13 KILLED BY STRONGWIND; Wind, Rain, Hail And Lightning Wreaks Heavy Damage in the East. Ity The Associated Press Storms which swept the Atlantic seaboard and great lakes states left I'lfiht persons dead In llaHtcrii Michi gan and potently five in Ohio. Wind, rain, hall and lighting, striking last night ami early today, wreaked heavy damage (o homes, commerce, ship ping, ut llllli'S and ciniun mi leal Ion. Train rails were washed out near Townsend, Del. Trolley and telephone poles and trees were blown down and cellars were flooded In tho Niagara Falls district. High tide on tho Cohansey river flooded Brlclgcton, N. J., marooned tho city Tor four hours and threaten ed water famine for a time, Twenty flvo families fled in night clothing from an apartment houno a half hour before it toppled Into the river. A suddenly-formed twister de stroyed eight homes and Injured a dozen persons at Hickory Point, Md., n summer colony south of Baltimore. Hailstones and lightning came with tho wind and the rain to Ohio shore towns, Lorain, Sandusky, Cedar Point, Vermilion. THREE SLAIN AS TENNESSEE VOTES NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 3 VI) Bullets flew with ballotu in Tonnefmoo yesterday. Three men were killed in election quarrels; Governor Hill Mc Allster and Senator K. D. McKelhir were renominated. Tho state's Junior U. S. Senator, Nathan L. Backman, of Chattanooga, pulled ahead of his opponent today as tho vote-counting continued. Only scattered reports came from tho Itepubllcnn race for tho guberna torial nomination, tho only contest within G. O. P. ranks. These showed John E. M(nll. Memphis lawyer and tho 1032 nominee, leading Will H. Clarke. Joneiboro lawyer and former state senator. The vote In report from 601 preHncts was: McCall 24, 620; Clarke 10,809. Wheat Today The price nf local rash new crop wheat nIimmI at ahout fiO'j ci-li Is hulk tmlay, according to (he I'loitrr Florlng Mills. Port land CIIHll K.p) Cf-lltM. CHICAGO, Aug. 3 m Extenslvo profit taking sales which havo been In progreH.4 for several days hindered advance in tho wheat market today, and tho market sagged at tho last. Bulls mode much of rojxwfcs of In creasing crop damngo to wheat In Canada nnd of the assertions that drouth' had been without much ro ller In the United States corn belt. WhfMit closed easy. 'ifi'aC under yesterday's Mulsh. Sept, new $102 (.1, corn ,4fvc up, Sept. 71i c, onts o down, and provlu lons showing 2c to 12c gain. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME TWO KII.I.KI) IN TltAIN WRECK I'ltOTKCT HIUTISH COLONY DOritLK Ml'ltDKtt HEVKAI.KI) IH:1 ANDS SUTTUiMKNT MANTIX'A, ( ill., Aug. 3 (A) Two men were killed ami four other er Mins were Injured when a southern Piu'lflo passenger train bound from Los Angeles to Oakland, left the rullH near here today. LONDON, Aug. 3 ( The Brit ish destroyer Witch has been ordor ed to Foochow, reported to bo men aced by communists, to givo protec tion If needed to a large British population, but In official clrolea here today the situation was not regarded alarming. WAI.KNsm ltd, Colo., Aug. 3 (fl1) The luioked and buttered bodies of William F. Evany, 71, and his wire, Flora, m, were found nt their farm homo In the AjmicIio community 12 miles north or here tills morning. Apparently they had been the victims or u stayer who utlackcdl them In their sleep. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3 W) Gov ernor Floyd B. Olson today demanded Immediate settlement of the truck drivers strike, threatening as an al ternative a tightening up on vehicle movement now authorized under permits from tho national guard. HAVANA, Aug. 3 Uli Tho sUile department tonight Instructed the Cuban minister to the Dominican re public to reuest the arrest or for mcr i'ntildent (lenuyku Mnclmdo, pending u request for extradition, based oil seven cluirgos Including murder. ORDERLY AUTUMN . BUSINESS SEEN BY TRADE REVIEW NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (P) Current Indications point to a fall trade not much below that of lastf year, but on a moro orderly basis and "devoid or extreme fluctuations of that period," says tho Dun & Bradstrcet weekly business review. "Tho maintenance of retail distri bution above the comparative level of a year ago Is one of tho most reas suring factora la tho present situa tion," tho summary suites. "Reports this week showed the largest gains on tho Pacific coast where postponed buying of urgent needs crowded the stores with ehoppcm who had been (Continued on Page Six) HARVEST PRUNES IN MILTON AREA MILTON -FREE WATER, Ore. (Spe cial) Tho prune doal Is In full swing In tho Mllton-Precwator and Walla Walla district. One h u nd red eleven cam were shipped Wednesday. These cars wore routed for points all through tho middle west and east. Theso prunes are of excellent quality, and there In a big demand In the east for them. Ur. faced lugs are bringing the grow er 3214 to '.ibc. Display lugs are sell ing for 02 to 65 cento. This is con sidered a good price and will net tho grower from fifteen to eighteen dol lars a ton, Ono hundred seventy seven oars havo left this district. Tho crop has been estimated at twelve hundred cars. ROOSEVELT EAGER TO RETURN TO HB DESK Ity rnuiclH M. HtepheiifMiu f Associated Prows Staff Writer) POKTLANU, Ore., An. 3 M1) Presi dent House vp It wound his way up tho Columbia riviT today to begin a Journey to the White House a Jour ney expected to have important sig nificance on tho formulation of fu ture administration policies and the fall conKreil onal election. Refresh ed and tanned by his weeks on the seas Inspecting American territorial pctv.ttw Ions In the Atlantic and Pa cific the president was more eager than ever for business and new ef forts. Among oilier things be wanted first of all to see tho Bonneville pow er and navigation project, financed by tho Koosevelt administration, about 40 miles outside Portland on tho Columbia. Tho president motored F. R GIVEN OVATION BY , ROSE CITY Presidential Party Re turns to .Continental ;-, United States. VISITS PORTLAND EN ROUTE TO DAM Roosevelt Motors to Bon neville This Afternoon; Plans to Make Brief Address. Ity Harold Turnblnd PORTLAND, Ore., Aug, 3 (yP) Pmd dent Roosevelt stepped upon the soli of continental America today after an absence of 33 iluys from the wide boundorloH or the juitlon. At 12:40 p. m. he left the gang plank of the cruiser U. 8. S, Houston his home on an epochal sea voyage which carried him to the Latin-American countries and to the tropio territory possessions of the United States. ' The president and Mrs. Roosevelt) received a tremendous ovation from, the many thousands who crowded In to tho downtown harbor area to wel come the nation's chief executive and (Continued on Page Blx - Violence Breaks Out Today Along The Waterfront POIrtTiAND,' "Ore.; Aug. S WK-Vlo-lenca broke out here today between union and non-union longshoremen. Nearly 200 men wore Involved, tuut several were Injured, Today' trouble was the first serious disturbance since recent settlement of an 84-day strike by decision to arbitrate. Captain Harry Nlles of city police said the outbreak occurred when about 40 non-union men gathered la the waterfront area to go to the neu tral hiring hall In a body. Nlles said tho men declared Individual attempts to reach the hall had failed because of attacks upon the non-unlonlsts by union workers. Captain Nlles said that as the forty men reached the hall, members :of (Continued on PaRe Six) ' Baseball AMKItlCA.V LEAGUE R. H. K. Philadelphia 18 0 Now York 6 10 0 Cain, Cascarolla and Hayes; Allen and Dickey. R. H. B. St. Loul3 4 6 3 Cleveland fl 10 a Batteries: Blaeholder. Coffman, Knott, Andrews and Hemsley; Pear son and Pytlak. K. H. & ChlcnRO 0 13 Detroit 14 16 ' 2 Batteries: Oaston, Klnzey and Shea: Rowe, Sorrell and Cochrane, Huyworth. NATIONAL LEAGUB It. II. E. Now York 3 7 0 Philadelphia 1 .... 0 0 0 Hubbcll and Panning; E. Moore, Collins and Todd. R. II. E. Cincinnati 4 111 ChlcaRO S 10 0 Batteries: Johnson, Preltas, Stout, Froy and Lombardl; Mnlone, Warn eko and llartnett. there after a short parade around this city of roses. On his way to th White House Mr. Roosevelt boards hU special train at Bonneville and trav els Into Washington to look over another federal project, the Grand Coulee power dam. One tiling Is certain, when Presi dent Roosevelt geta back to the capi tal he will have the most intlmata knowledRe of American continental and territorial affairs of any presi dent. In all his travels on this his toric tour Mr. Roosevelt has given closest attention not only to physical conditions as pertain to national de fense, but also to living conditions of the people under the American flag. Ho has many Ideas In mind for tho future for the United States and fop Puerto Rico, Panama Canal, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, ; V
