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Half
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America
VOLUME 32
IBAND1TS
$242217 OF
'33 TAX ROLL
IS RECEIVED
Semi-annual Report of
Sheiiff Breshears
Published Today.
BACK TAXES COME
IN FOR 8 YEARS
Rebates to Taxpayers On
1933 Roll Totals $4,272.37
Ten-Payment Plan is
Popular.
DurlnR llie first half of 1034, the
Hherlff'H deport ment collected $411.
fl80.!!l In taxes, penulty and Interest,
the sheriff report just made public
revmls. In addition to tills he col
lected fees nnd other Hems In the
amount or SI.'iKXCir,. lirliiRliiE tolul
rullretlons for the half year to
sm.wii.iH.
Or the tax payments 8242.217.70
were paid this year on the 1933 rolls.
The records also revealed that
(4.272.37 In rebates were made to
taxpayers who paid more than one
quarter at a time and thus became
eligible tor the discount allowed by
the new state law.
Delinquent tax payments reached
back to the year 1025. They follow:
Year Total Payment
1)25 8.04
1926 430.19
1927 907.50
1928 4,300.90
1029 4.726.98
1930 - 23,259.83
1931 46.5Bp.38
1932 77,994.40
1033 242,217.70
Total - 411.580.99
Much Interest was shown In the
ten-payment plan for taxes due In
1930 and prior years. Of the total
(Contttiued Prom Pc Pour)
Rotarians And
Wives In Picnic
At Cove Monday
Members of the La Grande Rotary
club and their wives enjoyed a picnic
last evening at the Ascension park
at Cove, with Rev. Clarence Kopp,
secretary of the club, as host.
An Impromptu kitten ball game was
enjoyed after which a potluck dinner
was served. Following the meal, the
party adjourned to the auditorium
hall where Miss Genevieve Jordan,
daughter of Sam Jordon of the La
Grande hotel, played two violin num
bers and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mixer
furnished music for an impromptu
dance.
CURRIERS TO
LOCATE HERE
Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Currier will
leave Baker today for La Grande,
where Mr. Currier will continue his
work with the Oregon State Labor
league, which maintains headquarters
In La Grande. Mr. Currier Is vice
president of the state organisation.
CARS FIGURE
IN ACCIDENT
Cars driven by Steve Smith and
Herman Skala figured In a minor
accident on Fir street at 2:15 p. m.
Monday. No one was hurt.
MANY GROUSE BAGGED
"HUNS" TO BE TEST
The grouse season In Union. Wal
lowa and Baker counties opened a
one-month stand yesterday morning,
and from the standpoint of most of
the hunters. It was a very successful
opening. Many nlmrods found the
birds fairly plentiful and quite a
number of limit bags were reported.
Of course, there were also many
hunters who came home empty
handed but that's part of the game,
alt can't be lucky the same day!
The opening of the 1934 hunting
ieaeon brings to mind the fact that
Union county is to enjoy an open sea
son on hungarian pheasants this fall,
from On. 15 to Oct. 31.
And, from all reports, therj are
quite a number of the fast flying lit
tle game birds ranging over the valley
and plenty or sport Is in prospect.
Much speedier on the wtng than
the Chinese pheasants and a bit
Year Tax Collections Amount To
BASTEKN OHEGON'S LEADING
Huey Has Chance If
He Acts Quickly
HARBIN, Man
churia, Aug. 20
I see by the papers
that Huey Long
decided In favor of
Paraguay and got
a fort named after
him down there. I
guess thesd folks
heard about a big
island near New
York named for
Long, where there
was a battle not
long ago.
If Huey will Intervene over hers
right quick. I think I can get a coun
try and two miles of railroad named
ulter Mm. Yours,
714. MrN.uirhtSyn.lloU, Ut.
IMNAHA FOREST
FIRE HEMMED IN
BYC.C.C. CREWS
The forest fire started in the Im
naha river section Thursday after
noon has been placed under control
by 200 firefighters and crews are now
"mopping up after the biggest con
flagration of the year on the Whit
man national forest, according to re
ports from Bakv?r today.
The blaze Is estimated to have cov
ered 300 acres before it could be
stopped. It was burning in a rugged
section of the mountains covered
with much down timber and could
have resulted in a large fire had it
not been controlled.
Most of the fire-fighting crew was
composed of CCO worker and the
greater part of those boys, wvre from
the Wallowa CCC camp.
Roll an d Huff, assistant supervise
of the Whitman national forest, said
f.on tinned on Paa- Fours
WARMER DAYS IN
STORE, WEATHER
BUREAU PREDICTS
With more than a month of warm,
dry weather now passed, the weather
prediction for tonight and Wednesday
in the Interior of Oregon is for "high
temperature and low humidity," ac
cording to the government forecasting
bureau in Portland.
Monday's maximum here was 89
above, and indications were that to
day's high would pass that figure.
Whether the Eastern Oregon district
wns In for another scorching heat
wave remained to be seen.
Forest officials and others con-
(Contlnued On Pope Four)
FORMAL NOTICE
OF ROAD HEARING
Formal notice was given the city
today by the state highway commis
sion that a hearing would be held In
La Grande at 10 a. m. on Sept. 18
for the purpose of receiving both
persons for or ngalnst the proposal
to construct nn undergrade crossing
nt this end of the Wallowa Lake-La
Grande highway at a cost of some
$90,000.
The letter Informed City Manager
Angus McAllister that detailed plans
of the project would be forwarded in
the near future.
The commission also asked if It
would be possible to hold the hearing
In the city commission rooms.
more wild and cagy of mankind, the
"aun" will be a real test for a shoot
er's ability, provided he is brought
down on the wing.
Plenty who are familiar with the
little pheasant are ready to wagjr
that many a "nun" will be flushed
to sjx-ed away untouched by buck
shot, in spite of volleys from both
barrels.
t
But then, the Chinese pheasant
open season In Union county also Is
from Oct. 15 to Oct. 31. so the "nun"
hunter who Isn't so successful, may
bag a few of the larger birds before
he wends his way homeward.
The bag limit on "nuns" is four
In any one day and not to exceed
eight in any ven consecutive dajo,
The bag limit on Chinese pheasants
Is the same as on "nuns" except that
it Is unlawful to take more than one
remale Chinese pheasant in any seven
consecutive days.
TO
NEWSPAPER
STAGE DAIMG
FIRES GAIN
HEADWAY IN
IDAHOTODAY
Three New Blazes in Pay
ette Forest, One Burn
ning 3,000 Acres. , .
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 21 UP) Twenty
five thousand acres of forest luml lit
Western ltluho were abluze today with
1500 (men striving to prevent further
spread.
Three fires broke out in the Payette
national forest. One on the middle
fork of the Payette river was approxi
mately 3.000 acres In extent with
400 men fighting it and was raging
wildly out of control. Another on
Sage Hen creek reached 2.000 acres
and drew in 200 men. The third
was smaller but out of control.
The flames on the 20,000 acre
blaze in the Boise national forest
continued quiet during the night and
the 900 men deployed around It
sought to prevent It spreading further
by trenching, suppressing spot fires
and spraying dangerous territory with
high pressure pumps.
.Mining Properties Burned
Seven mining properties were added
to the toll of loss In yesterday's
steady but slow march of the fire
through the upper part of the Boise
Basin. Mines burned were the Ill
inois, the Mascot, the Lucky Boy,
the Forest King, the Mary Lou, the
Gambrlnus, and the Gold Coin.
Mostly they were old properties now
operated only by a man or two but
some had crews of a dozen men who
saw their Jobs wiped out by the fire.
(Continued on Page Three) .
Smith Dwelling
At Cove Burned;
Furniture Saved
COVE, Ore. (Special) The Claire
Smith house located near the Cove
swimming pool burned about 11:30
o'clock this morning. Most of the
furniture was saved from the six
room, story and a half dwelling,
which It is believed would cost frcm
$500 to $1000 to replace. Mrs. Smith
was alone at the time, but called In
neighbors who rondered valuable as
sistance. The fire caught around the
flue.
It was not known today whether
the loss wa-i covered by insurance.
WARSAW NTAKTS EXPANSION
WARSAW P Start has been
made on a 3-yuar plan calling for
incorporation in the city of several
suburbs, fiscal reforms and the crea
tion of a 36-man council representing
various Industries.
ROLLING
fcwmttg
LA GRANDE, OREGON,
GRAND ARMY
"It; jt m 4m"mm i 1 l rn
w lap yj iifMlfe
i' '
Snuuuwy remniiiii ui a once migiiiy iiost, O. a. u. veterans Hero march nt tlrolr C9tli annual encump
inent In Rochester, N. Y., with Charles Kinney. Raymond. Neb., hobbling valiantly along with the
aid of his crutch, sole representative from his state, which In years past sent hundreds to the en
campments. Willi cheers from the crowds massed .tlong the line of murch ringing In their oars, the
warriors of 'Gl stepped aloug briskly despite their feebleness.
CHICAGO MAY SEE
TRANSPORTATION
GENERAL STRIKE
CHAKtiEI) WITH MI'ltDKR
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 21 W)
First degree murder chafes were
placed today ngalnst nine of 14
persons arrested by officers investi
gating the waterfront hiring hall
dispute riot here yesterday In
which James Conner, 22, wns killed
and nnother man wounded with a
bullet. Deputy District Attorney
Joe Price said 29 murder warrants
naming specific persons have been
Issued.
By The Associated Press
Union labor Is considering today a
proposal for a general transportation
strike fn Chicago, where a police exe
cutive has described the bus drivers'
walkout as "about ripe to blow wide
open."
Chicago surface line employes are
to ask the -executive board of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employes of Am
erica, meeting In Detroit, for pcrmls-
(Contlnued On Page Four)
UP A BIG VOTE IN
r
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21,
OF REPUBLIC MARCHES AGAIN
Mother of 21
Children Given
Hungarian Medal
BUDAPEST, Aug. 21 (VP) Mrs.
A.rUil Krammcr. a peasant woman
living near Budapest, today was
awarded the government's first
prize for having more children
than any other mother In Hun
gary. Mrs. Krammer, who Is only
48 years old. now has 21 children.
She was married at 10.
Gold medals were awarded 0,000
other Hungarian mothers, who,
combined, have a total of 80.000
children.
SITUATION TENSE
IN NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEAN3, Aug. 21 Hi New
Orleans stood by expectantly today
waiting for the opening salvo In Sen
ator Huey Long's new campaign
against his bitter political foe. Mayor
T. Seinmcs Walmsley.
IjOiig's throat to rip the city gov
ernment wide open with exposure of
( Continued on Page Four)
GERMANY
1934
MEMUEn ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATTEMPT TO
SET QUOTAS
IS FAILURE
World Wheat Conference
Abandons Hopes . of
Reaching Agreement
LONDON. Aug. 21 W) Attempts
to reach n agreement nn expurt
quota were definitely abandoned
today liy the world wheat conference,
wlilcli has heeu In sens I on for a week.
I'lirettlinhieri flipping of wheat by nil
con nt rle Is UKMircd, ut least until
November.
This means tho first "open season"
in wheat shipping Blnce the 1034
wheat agreement was signed last
August, although during the year
(Contlnuud cn Page Four)
WINS WILD RACE
WITH GANG GUNS
CHICAGO. Aug. 21 P Jamca Du
gnn, business agent for tho painter's
union, early today won a wild race
for his life against a machine gun
squad which pursued him right up
to the door of a police station.
Dugnn was driving home from thJ
wake of Roy Thompson, a delegate or
the labor organisation and the second
victim of strife over control of the
painter's union, when the gun crew
wheeled alongside his car and loosed
a stream of bullets. Ougau hunched
over the wheel of his machine and
opened the throttle.
Ho headed for the Dec ring ittntlon,
his assailants directing a constant
round of shots at him, They were
close behind htm when he drew up
before the police headquarters. The
final fusillade was d i rec ted ut hi rn
as he sprinted for the station doar.
He was not Injured.
Wheat Today
The price of local new crop
v;is wheat hUhh ut about tiTv,
bulk here tixluy, iicconllng to the
Pioneer Mourrng mills. Ptirtland
cash Hl'tv. No cMrt bid.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21 iT) Grain
prices moved upward again cautious
ly today on the stimulus of frc.ih ad
vances in foreign market. Although
oOrnlKht gains of almost two cents
In wheat and more than a c?nt In
corn were scored at times, tho net
change was held to a slightly nar
rower rnnc largely us n result of
iK-iitancy on the part of buyers.
Wheat closed 'a to l'4c higher
compaml with yesterday's finish.
December new at 1.0ft to $1.00. off
He from the day's high point. May
deliveries closed; at $1.07 to y,c,
while September new unded at 1.04
a?4.
Corn showed a day's gain of q
to 1 v, down 'tc from the high, De
cember closing at 7Bi.y7B?bC. Oats
gained Vic to c. Itye nnd barley
were up more than a cent.
$411,580.99
lOEBEIY
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
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WASHINGTON. Allir. 21 (JP) Pr)l
lll'llt HtKMCVPlt tlKlllJ' ilwiiciuiti'il J. J.
Tliumiu uf tile ti-ilcnil rracrve biainl
to lie Hc KuviTiuir of the bourd and
rKiiiiNilnim Ailolpli v. .Mlllnrr for n
ri-r li-nn.
OOODWIU,, W. Vo, Aug. 21 W)
Oeputy Sheriff K. C. Pelerflsh wns
slain today In a nklrmlith 'between
strikers and non-strikers at tho Ckxxl
will mine of ths Winding dulf col
liery. Earl Overntrect, a union mine
worker, wua shot In tho neck and Is
In a hospitul in a serious condition.
WASHINdTON, All. 21 W) Si'lt
nlor IHlsIIiibh or Di'huvnrc, rluUrinini
of tile lteiiiliHciiit seiiuUirlul cmn
IkiIbii minnilllei-, tmluy ilicllnisl it
lironiiil of SeimUir l,elH of Illinois,
elmlrmim of the Dcmoemtlo seiiutor
lul coinnnitee for n Joint delnita on
KiniKiIgn Issues,
BALTIMORE, Aug. 21 (Al An exe
cution by the S. P. O. A. put an end,
to the denth du?l of a tiny black
spider which was winning and a
garter snake a thousand timca Its size
In the bnsement of a Baltimore home.
The conflict had raged for four days
when a representative of tho society
snipped off tho head of the snake.
NRA COMPLIANCE
MAY BE SHIFTED
TO JUSTICE DEPT.
WAS ICI NO TON, Aug. 21 The
Washington Post says administration
officials are reported to be consider
ing shifting the NRA compliance divi
sion to the department of justice.
Such a step would be ono of the
major changes In a proposed reorgan
ization of the recovery unit.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 W) Presi
dent Roosevelt decided today to re
turn to Washington from tho funeral
of Speaker Ralney In Carroll ton. 111.,
tomorrow before proceeding over the
weokond to his summer residence at
the family home in Hydo Park, N, Y.
Mr. Roosevelt chunged his plans
when he found it would be Impos
sible for him to see all the cullers
on his list today.
Ho will rot urn to tho White House
late Thursday from the speaker's
(Continued on Page Throe-)
JOE BYRNS MAY
SUCCEED RAINEY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 W) The
name of Joseph Will I rig ton Byrns
headed many lists of likely succes
sors to the lute Speoker Henry T.
Ralney today. Though the matter Is
not settled and may lead to strong
intra-party rivalry, the Tennessee rep
resentative, who is Democratic floor
leader, appeared to some observers to
have the pole In the race.
Others were far from being counted
out. The list of poHslblo contenders
Included: Representatives Sum Ray
burn, of Texas; William B. Bankhead
and John McUuffle, of Alabama, Clif
ton Wood rum, of Virginia, John Mc
Cormack of Massachusetts, Lindsay
Warren of North Carolina, and John
E. Rankin of Mississippi,
CHRISTIANITY FACES
GERMAN OPPOSITION
By Walter K. Brockmami
BERLIN, Aug. 21 Wt Nazi propa
ganda guns fired an antl-chrlstlanlty
barrage today which caused grave ap
prehension In Roman Catholic and
some protestunt circles.
Developments In tho troubled
church situation indicated fresh ten
sion, despite Chancellor Hitler's ack
nowledgement of "positive Christian
ity" in a recent declaration at Ham
burg. Hcadlm; the developments was an
appeal for abolition of Christianity,
apparently inspired Hitler youth
leaders. g
Paul Joseph Oocbbels, minister of
propaganda added to the fears with
a veiled threat ogolnst Catholics and
a new church drive was announced
by Relrhsblshop Ludwlg Mueller
which would "cover every city and
county from autumn until spring."
Another Indication of strife was
tho hesitancy of the Ourman-Roman
Catholic helrarchy to establish the
Only NewspaJer
Printed in La Grande
CoYering Union and
Wallowa Counties
NUMBER 293
$427,000 IS
LOOT TAKEN
IN BROOKLYN
Machine Gun Gang Es-I
capes With Coin and
Currency Today.
ARMORED TRUCK
NO PROTECTION
Driver And Two Guards
Disarmed Robbers
Leave $29,000 in Haste
to Depart.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 21 W ;
Machine gun handlU today held up
an armored truck, escaped with 9487,
0(10 in three speedy automobiles, ami
two of them abandoned one of their
machines for a speedboat, heading
out Into uppcrj New York bay towartl
New Jersey. 1 I
None of tho stolen money was
found In the abandoned car, a large
oxlan which was found nineteen
blocks from the scene of the holdup.
Police advanced the theory that
the money, tossed from the armored
oar Into the bandit machines, had
been transferred by the robbers Into
a smaller machine and that the two
mon who escaped In a boat headed
for a rendezvous to take over the
loot.
Tho holdup, coming shortly after
mid-day. was one of the boldest and:
most quickly executed robberies In
( Continued on Page Thr;
Lifftithouse Of
Mediterranean
Is In Eruption
STROMBOLI ISLAND, Italy, Auff.
2t WP) Horalded by two shattering
crashes, Stromboll volcano, "Tho
Lighthouse of the Mediterranean,"
erupted today pouring hot lava down
the fertile slopes of the huge moun
tain. Burning rock was thrown from
tho cleft of the crater toward the
cast.
The eruption was clearly visible
from Tropes of tho mainland, 35 miles
away. Tho eruption resembled that
of September, 1030, when a serloue
lava flow destroyed a fortune In farms
and vineyards on the Island. No Im
mediate damage was reported.
The volcano Is called "the light
house" because its constant flames
for generations hr.ve served as s
landmark to ships at sea at night. ,
Baseball
AMIiKH'AN LEAGUE
Detroit 8 10 1
BoBton 4 9 3
Rowe nnd Hayworth, Cochrane;
Ostcrmuellcr, Rhodes, J. Johnson and
B. Porrell.
St. Louis 8 11 S
Now York I) S a
Wolls, Knott, Blaeholder and Hma
ley: Vnnattii, MacFayden, Nowklrk and
Dickey.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3 10 8
Cincinnati 4 6 1
Fltralmmons, 8mlth and Mancuso,
Dannlng; Derringer and Lombard!.
Philadelphia - 8 7 0
ChlciiKO 16 4
Collins and J. Wilson; Warneke,
Tinning, Boot and Hartnett.
status of a concordat between Vatican
City and the nation.
The death of the late President Paul
von Hlndenburg, who had admon
ished Dr. Mueller "to see to It that
Christ la preached," apparently has
removed a curb of tho Nazi church
experiments.
August Hoppe of the Hitler youth
pn.-ss department, writing in the cur
rent Issue of the Nazi periodical,
Nordland, pralBed Dr. Alfred Rosen
berg, philosophic dictator or the third
relch and lcier of the Pagan move
ment In the protestant church.
"The time has come to take up
tho fight against Christianity," said
Hoppe. "Germans shall and must
realize their conversion to Christian
ity was a crime against the race and
tho peoplo which put them com
pletely ht the mercy of powers out
side the state."
He urged Germans to "liberate
yourselves from the cultures of alien
priests who want to make you the
booty of the Jews."