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La Grande la The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Corering Union and
Wallowa Counties '
VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13,1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 286
DROUTH RELIEF FLAN EXPANDED
4804 ATTEND
SCHOOLS IN
THIS COUNTY
Represents About 96 Per
Cent ,of School Age
Population.
CENTRALIZATION
. TREND CONTINUES
Annual Report of Supt. E.
A. Sayre Shows Finan
cial Situation to Be Im
proving. Of n tola! of 4,f)!iT chllilri'ii or
Hchool age In I'nloii count)', 4,804
were enrolled In either glade or high
school during the last year, accord
ing to the annual report Just pre
pared by E, A. Snyre, county school
superintendent. This represent an
attendance ot OG per cent, regarded
locally oh an unusually lifgll figure.
Sayre's report also revealed that
the average per cent of dally attend
ance In tho elementary grades was
96.4 and In the high schools 94.1.
It also reveals a continuance of the
trend toward centralization of dis
trict. Last year three districts sus
pended their schools and sent thelr
chlldrcn to nearby schools, and he
expects tho same to occur this year.
At present there aro 54 school dis
tricts In tho county, and six high
schools. In 1033-34 118 elementary
teachers and 44 high school teachers
wer employed over the county. Sal
aries paid the one-room rural teach
ers ranged .from $60 to $145 a month.
Financially, the situation Is as fol
lows: bonded Indebtedness of all
school districts 18O.0Ou; warrant lnr
debtedness (99,603.68. The previous
year the bonded Indebtedness stood
at (163,460, showing a reduction of
(33.460 in the 12 months. Warrant
Indebtedness the year previous was
(122,460.40.
Sayre reports that all school dis
tricts held the required number of
days of school which Is 160 outside
of holidays and Saturdays.
Legion Show To
Feature 5 Acts
Of Vaudeville
Five acta of vaudeville have been
lined up for the American Legion
show to be staged in Zubcr hall on
Saturday, August 18. These acts In
clude tap dancers, singers and skits.
One of tho icaturo attractions will
be Professor Charles Mixer on the
thcremin. Tills Instrument is the
only one of its kind In this part of
the country and is tho only musical
Instrument that can be played with
out the touch of human hand.
Another interesting attraction will
be the Bowery dance put on by Vir
ginia Hardeman and Gloria Loose
from Pendleton. The American Le
gion act will be bigger and better
than ever, featuring the girls In a
style revu-s interspersed with the
latest song hits and musical num
bers. Other attractions are being added
and toy the end of the week a well
rounded progrann will be In store for
those who attend.
TflREE QUALIFY
ON CO. E RANGE
HERE SUNDAY
The first Sunday of range firing by
Company B. 186th Infantry, saw three
out of four authorized to 3hoot.
qualifying. The firing was conducted
by Lieut. Jesse V. Andrews, and about
two squads of guardsmen were pres
ent. Firing will continue next Sun
day. Regular drill will be held tonight
and Oapt, Walter A. Bean announces
one vacancy In the company.
BAKER RESTRICTS
USE OF CITY WATER
Another city of Eastern Ore
gon lias announced water restric
tion, because of the dry year.
Katunbty Baker derided that the
use of water for lawn and jpinlen
Mprlnklliu; would have to be rur
lailed. With the city divided Into
two lone, those In one zone may
sprinkle on odd-numbered days
and thot-e In the other on even
numheml days.
Lack of snow In the mountain
was given as the cause for the
Will To Let Japs
Build Bigget Navy
BgWt 11 TOKYO, Aug. 12
p WtWt" Had dinner and
long chat with
Roosevelt In Hon
olulu and he gave
me practically the
same advice that
Calvin Coolldge
gave Dwlght Mor
row on Mexico. The
president told me.
"Will, don't Jump
on Japan. Just
ke-p them Iron
Jumping on us."
Arrived Saturday. Everything peace
ful and line. They want a 'bigger
navy, and I think I will let "om have
It, for they are going to build it any
way. Yours,
A 'of
fTfir, llNu"iht SyndleaU, to.
ATTENDANCE FOR
PLAYGROUNDHERE
AT HIGH FIGURE
An average dally attendance of
record-ad for
La Grande's first annual playground
which conciuaea iasc wee, a we
m.mm'i ot.ivftv wwn in brotrress for
eight weeks beginning on; June 11
and continuing tnrougn nugusv n.
This Is said to be a very excellent
record of attendance for city the
size of La Grande, and particularly
for the first year's playground pro
gram. At the La oranoe stadium, whero
tin. inranjit. crowds were present, the
dally avorago attendance was 245.
with a weekly average of 1,229. The
totalion the one playground was 11.
064 for. the entire eight weeks. Al
though exact figures were not avail
able from tho Greenwood playground,
an average of about 600 per week
were in attendance on "that field,
bringing the grand total well over
15,000. The week of July 9 to 14
-i 4ha AnfltMt nttnriflnM of
any week, 1611 youngsters having
been present on wi sumiuin 'play
ground during the week, or an aver
ago of about 322 per day. The final
week had the second highest uttend-
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87 ANSWER MESS
CALL SUNDAY AT
LAKE BOYS' CAMP
The annual Wallowa Lake Boys'
camp was established at the Metho
dist camp grounds yesterday, and 87
were fed at tha Sunday evening meal.
Tills Is the largest attendance the
camp has ever had, according to Har
vey Carter, director.
Two trucks were required yesterday
to haul baggage and the boys who
had no other means of transporta
tion. Scores of the boys were taken
to camp in private automobiles.
The boys are established In tents
loaned by the U. S. forest service and
various Individuals, and were to
swing into regular camp routine to
day. The camp, with boys present
from Portland. La Grande, Elgin, En
terprise and other Oragon cities, will
(Continued on Page Two)
BUILDING PERMIT
FOR $300 ISSUED
Building activity is continuing
during August in La Grand, al
though perhaps not so briskly as in
July. The latest permit to be Issued
at the city office was to the Eastern
Oregon Federal and Loan association
to alter and repair an apartment on
Fourth street between Depot and
Washington. Cost of the work is es
timated at $300.
G. H. Foster applied for the build
ing permit.
short ace In Ifciker.
1 4, ; ramie face no water re
striction, city Manager Annus
MrAIIlter was at the Braver
creek reservoir jesterday and re
port it practically full, with suf
ficient water on hand now to last
Into October, supplemented by
nlRht pumplnffs from the deep
wells. In other words. MrAIIIMer
nays there Is no water shortujre
In La Grande this year, nor will
there be.
Beauty Marooned
In Penthouse
Botty Randolph, once glorified In
Zicgfeld's Follies, became Hit
fomlnlne Robinson Crusoe of Man
hattan iBland when she marooned
herself In her 18th floor pent
house atop the San Carlos Hotel
for tear she would be Locked out
by the management If she wont
out, A bill for 600 rent was the
cause.
STATE POLICE IN
FIELD TRAINING
AT CAMP CLATSOP
State Policeman Bill . Howard re
turned Sunday from a week spent at
Camp Clatsop, attending,, the state
police school. Ho reports a very ibusy
week, occupied' largely wtthflfcil
range firing, manual, etc. Twenty
five sergeants and privates wero pres
ent for tho opening week of school,
being quartered in national guard
squad tents.
The weather was chilly throughout
tho week, Howard reports.
(Continued on Page Two)
Hard Winter
Ahead?
BAKER. Aug. 13 M'l Sheepmen
operating In the mountains of this
county and farmers In Baker
valley report yellow Jackets more
plentiful and more bothersome
than ever before. Some old-timers
declare this Is a sign of a hard
winter ahead.
f k LiAT- i v rT MAM S VeRY REMARKABLE. Mwh ,
rMA'? fSvA ANIMAL, WHICH IMVGMTS AUTO- W
MAM, MOMMA? iWy0mA MOSlLeSAAJPCOCXJMCTSVre-MS O .
K fV ALL WCMOS OP COMPLICATGP y . i y
C . vygl CAOOtTTS TO MAKE UFE MORE I
'' u c
OH-1S THAT WHAT VMtTA Ort,MO-THE MAM LOOS WFAJ?.y VSnf
MAKES THE MAaJ ON ACCOUMTOP HE IS TOO DUMB
LOOK SO WEAK-; TO TAKE OFP HIS HAOT AMP COAT ."
CI MOMMA? J fiftW AA1D COUAB, WHICH AQ.E W,
fcfOff
NEW HEALTH
NURSE NAMED
FOR COUNTY
Miss A. E. Erickson, Port
land, to Succeed "Mrs. (
Zimmerman, Resigned
Miss A. E. Erickson, or Portland,
has been appointed by the county
court to the office of public health
nurse for Union county, to succeed
Mrs. Alice Marquardt Zimmerman,
whose resignation was In the hands
of the officials July 1. Miss Erickson
is at present at a girls' camp out
from Portland but will come to' La
(.ramie as soon as tliat work Is fin
ished to take up her new duties. -
Mrs. Zimmerman on Sept.1': first
office until Sept. 1 in order. to ac
quaint her succesBor with the local
work. Miss Erickson. who took -. her
publio health work, in Minnesota,
comes with splendid training . and
years of successful experience and
authorities believe she Is highly
qualified to carry on the work here.
Mrs. Zimmerman on Sept. 1 first
Is closing a long period of service of
tho most successful type 11 years in
all. Her work for the first year was
through the different school districts
and localities of Union county and. It
is pointed out. the county was saved
many epidemics, many were checked
early and tho general health of the
school pupils Improved through pre
ventive measures which she success
fully carried out. During tho later
years of financial stress, her services
have been of inestimable worth, au
thorities Btato. in that her years of
experience and her capable manner
(Continued on Page Two)
Walter A. Bean
Gives Talk' On '
National Guard
Walter A. Bean, captain of Com
pany E, 186th Infantry, spoke on the
subject of "The National Guard" at
tho Lions club' luncheon today at
noon in the Sacajawca Inn. Ho con
trasted the present national guard
and its benefits to both individual
and community, with the militia of'
the early days.
The La Grande company, ho said,
recently celebrated its 10th anniver
sary. During the 10 years of organi
sation, it has brought $108,000 in
federal money into La Grande and
has trained 400 men. A good unit
is a good reflection on tho com
munity, he pointed out. since It con
tacts other units throughout the
state.
Ira Woodle announced a free swim-
ming period at Crystal Plunge from
1 1 to 6 p. in. Friday of this week.
NATURE STUDY
Jackie Coogan
Jt seems like- only yesterday that
tno Alms, iiiiu. now nere nu is, grown ur, win. rumOiS Oi iOmuiaQ
Wonting all about him. Some say It's Toby Wing he favors,' but this
picture Booms to point to Joan Gale, 1934 Wampus Baby Star, as tho
jucky girl. Anyway, hero aro both Jncklo and Jean. scorning the
rubberneck bus and seeing tho Bights of Salt Lake City on. a police
man's motorcycle.
LA GRANDE NET
TEAM HOLDS OWN
AT WALLA WALLA
La Grande and Walla Walla broke
even In a tennis tournament at the
twice-named city Sunday, each loam
chalking up flvo points.
Incidentally. It was scheduled to
be the "rubber" tournament between
tho two teams, as each had previously
won an Intercity match from the
other. Tho tie score, however, left
tho superiority of tho two as evenly
matched as before.
Interest In tennis has been growing
stacdlly hero this year and following
tho outcome of tho match Sunday,
plnns aro under way to send at least
four and possible five or six players
to Walla Walla next Friday, Saturday
and Sunday to participate In the
Eastern Washington tournament.
Others who aro expected to attend
(Continued on Paga Three)
Has a Gi-r-rl!
JuckJo Coogan was a child star ot
TRUCKERS IN
PORTLANDON
STRIKETODAY
400 Drivers in Walkout
Government and State
Act Quickly.
POKTI.AM), )re., Aug. 13 W1) Four
hitmlrcd drivers left their dmy trucks
In garages today as they walked out
on a strike which threatened to lie
up coinmerce. Just recovering frotm a
devastating strike tit walcrfnint
work era.
Tho drayago section or tho Truck
Drivers' union went on strike for
higher wages, but about 600 other
union drivers, ongaged in delivery scr
vlco and distance hauling were not
affected.
Tho current wage scale for drayage
men ranges from $4.26 to $4.76 an
8-hour day. The Htrlkers demand a
Hcalo of from $5.25 to $0.25. Employers
announced they were willing to con
ccdo a 50-ccnt advance and would
(Continued on Page Twof
SCHALL EXPECTS
JOHNSON OUSTER
WASHINGTON, Aug. Vi M
tjenator Schiill (R-Mlnn.) predicted
today that President Roosevelt may
"fire" Hugh S. Johnson "to set tip
a White House alibi" in the news
print code dispute.
Srhall, pcrfilfltent critic of NRA,
InNtied a statement attacking a pro
posal for a special board with author
ity over newsprint prk:cs a plan
which publishers have opposed as
monopolistic. Schall declared tho
proposal a "menace to American pub
lishers," Wheat Today
Tho price of liH-stl rash new
crop wheat slfild nt about dH'f,
c'iils hulk here today, ncfonling
to (he Plonrer flouring ml Us,
I'urtllnd cjlhIi 87 crrtt.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13 (fl) Aggres
sive buying late trxlay virtually over
came :i)W price setbacks which oarllur
haI carried wheat down U$ 8 cenU
under last week's high point.
Purchasing of wheat appeared to
bo coldly for the cwtt, whereas the
west was act I ve in bu yl ng corn .
Strength shown by x:urltles at New
York, together with some renewal of
Inflation U.Ik, had a late bullish In
fluence, Wheat clow.xt Irregular, ',;c off to
V4c up comjKired with Saturday' rin
ih. Dec. new 1 .00 ?i . corn at c
decline to Ac advance. Dec. 78
71c. onta !ii.lc down, and provls
lonc tihowlng a rlflo of 25 to 32c,
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
l M l Y MAN IS KIIXKII
TWO NK(iHOKH LYNCIIKU
mm
Vl.MilVY Ml.VKH POLICY
TO TEST PKNNION LAW
IIAKKK, Aug. 13 T) Hex It one II-
bauin, 30, of I'nlty, was killed Hun
day night two nil leu from Hereford
when lie was knocked from the run
ning hoard of an uiitomobllc by a
C, V. V. truck operated by a civilian
eoiiHcrvutloii corps worker of Husau
vllle. ASHLAND. Miss., Aug. 13 m Two
moba in different sections of Benton
county overpowered officers and
seized and lynched two alleged negro
slayers early today, Shorlff R, H.
Hudspeth reported here. They were
Robert Jones, Tupelo, and Smith
Houey, Holley Springs,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 OP) III a
further effort to clarify the treasury's
silver policy, Secretary Murgcutliau
today made public a letter from Presi
dent ltooKCvelt dated June 14 direct
ing him to Ikniio certificates against
ull silver then held In tho treasury
hut not needed for redemption of any
outstanding certificates.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 W) Rail
roads filed suit In the District of
Columbia supreme court today asking
an injunction to prevent the federal
railroad retirement board from oper
ating tho pension law passed at the
last session of congress. Tho law was
attacked on the ground It violated
tho commerce clause of the constitu
tion and the 6th amendment to the
constitution by taking property with
out duo process of law.
NEW FIRE BREAKS
OUT TODAY NEAR
CITY OF SPOKANE
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 13 (VP)
Spokano got her first taste of forest
firo smoko today when a savage fire
broke out In the forest ton miles
northwest of the city and was rag
ing toward the Spokano river on a
three mllo front.
Eastward, toward Idaho, block
smoko clouds hung low over tho
horlwm whoro two thousand monibat
tl'jd deoperntoly to ibrlng two wild
fires in Solwayi national forest under
control. Tho blazes, lightning sot,
wero seething through heavy timber.
(Continued on PnflB Three)
TRAOTlARTY
FINDS BYRD SAFE
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Aug.
la P) Itcar Admiral Richard E.
Byrti'a lonely flve-montha vigil on
the froyen rim of tho world Is over.
A wrnry tractor party of tlireo suc
ceeded In reaching Ills solitary wemth
cr observation potit, 123 mllrw to the
wouth, yo.tcrday after a three-day
battle agtiinst clcmcnta of tho ant
arctic. They found ByrU, commander of
the second antarctic expedition, worn
and weak, but cheerful. The temo
uows that tho IIUlo build of three,
(Continued on Pugn Thrco)
EXPLOSION AT
CLEANING CO.
Tho cleaner at the Odorless Cloanors
Co., on Washington avenue exploded
shortly before 2 o'clock, this niter
noon, flamaf-hnc the equipment to
some extent and tho contents which
happened to consist entirely of over
alls. Tho lire department prevented
any further damage.
HEMOPHILIA, INJURIES
FATAL TO PRINCE
KLAOHNFURT, Austria. Aug. 13 WP
Don Gonjilo, 10-yoar-old prince of
Spain and fourth son of Alfonso,
former king of 8nain. died today of
tho family mala'ly of hemophilia or
skln-blecdlnc. caused by an automo
bile accident,
Death came at Poortschach-on-Woertlier
8cc, the irllla of exile for
tho royal family.
ilie prince, whose full name was
Qonzalo Manuel Maria Bernardo Nar
clsco Alfonso Maurlclo. was Injured
lata last night In an automobile acci
dent while returning to the villa from
Klagenfurt with his sister, the In
fanta Bcatrus,
F.R.ACTST0
PURGE WORK
OF POLITICS
President Orders Dismis
sal of Workers Now
i Seeking Office. '
NO CONCERN OVER
A FOOD SHORTAGE
Officials Believe , Slight
Improvement in Drouth
Area To Buy More
Foodstuffs.
lly Kninrls M.'&tPllclion
WANI1INOTON, Alie. 13 WV-Prtnl-
clr-nt IUioevrtt In confereiicee on tile
dnnitli today onltrod fwlpral purchase
of nny foodstuffs wlilcli might other
wise go to WRHte and Inld down an
oniplintlo ultlnuitum against politics '
In the relief campaign. .
He authorized Aubrey WlUiama, a-
niatnut federal relief administrator,.
and Secretary Wallace to draft a plan;
for Kovernment purchase of hay and
fruits in email quantities which'
might not otherwise be harvested. : ;
Williams emphasized this was pri-.
manly to afford relief for the small,
growors. He said thcro was no con-'
corn ovor a possible lack of sufficient ':
food. Officials have oxpiainea ail
along food supplies would be ade-'
quate. The prosldent and Williams
' (Continued on Page Three)
Great Slice Of
Horseshoe Falls
Collapses Today
NIAGARA PAliLS. N. Y.. Aug. 13 F
With a tremendous roar, a great
sllco of tho Horseshoe falls collapsed
Into tho Nlngnra gorg at 8:30 a. m.
(B. S. T.) today. Tho collapse, which
throw a huge column of water into
the air, was witnessed by a number
of Niagara state reservation patrol
men and workmen.
Tho iplcce of the lip of the falls
which collapsed loft a largo gouge in
tho contour of tho crost. The piece
broke off -botwoon the mlddl of the
falls and tho Canadian mainland
shoro. ' ' '
Tho collapso was tho second largo
ono to have occurred at Niagara in
recent years. On January 17, 1931, a
pluco 160 feet deep and 300 feet wide
foil from the face of tho American
falls, bringing down on estimated
80,000 tons of rock.
GOLF DINNER
WILL BE HELD
ON THURSDAY
Tho golf match feed, which the
uri-ninir (nnm will en lov at the ex
pense of the losing team, Is to bo held
next Thursday evening about u:du
o'clock at the Charles Blngner cabin,'
It was announced today.
Ken Slegrlst's team was winner of
tho contest.
Baseball
' NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh -poncd,
rain.
post-
AM Kill CAN LKAOl'K
(First Game)
Philadelphia 0 18 1
Washington 0 8 1
Marcum and Berry; Thomas, Rus
sell, McColl and Bolton.
Philadelphia at Washington second
game postponed, rain and wet
grounds.
A physician Bald the Injuries suf
fered by the prince would not have
caused death to an ordinary person
but In his case, the doctors wore
unable to stay tho flow of blood.
Tho Infanta, who is 25, was driving
the car at the tlmo of the accident.
She swerved It Into a wall to avoid
running down a German bicyclist.
Baron Richard von Helnsmann. The
prince was hurt In the resulting crash.
The baron was arrested. Princess
Beatrice was prostrated by grief today.
Don Qonzalo was taken to the villa
at once but he died soon after his'
arrival. He passed away while his
rather held his hand and his sisters
and brothers Knelt In prayer.