La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 28, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3,000 Negroes And Whites Battle At Niagara Falls (Brmtte Eimttun (Skssrvsx La Grande la The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America'4 Onlj Newspaj?er Printed in La Grande Corering Union and Wallowa Counties VllljinViri 32 EASTERN miRnnWB IRiniKn KVtcaDibva T A fin ninn n t-. -t - t " m- - -- "" "ssssSBSMsssBi EARTH-FILL DAMFAVORED BY GEOLOGIST Charles P. Berkey Views Damsites Up River and East of Union. TO MAKE REPORT TO GOVERNMENT Work Performed in Con nection With Proposed Survey of Meadow Brook Project. , r If a floofl control and drouth pre ventative dam ever Is constructed on Alendow brook or the flruiule KoiMle river, dinners are It will hit tin earth flJl dam. At least, that In the rec ommendutlmi Clin r It's I llerkey, na tionally known geologist of Columbia university, will make to the recla mation service. Berkey, Forrest Towle, who la in charge of the rehabilitation, work at Stanfleld and the Umatilla river sur vey, and George T. Cochran, secretary of the Grande Ronde Reservoir Co., went ov.t the dam sites at Meadow brook, the Grande Ronde and Cather ine creek Monday, spending the en tire day viewing the several sites. Tlvj object of Berkey's trip is to determine what work must be done to deter mine costs of construction. His re port will bo mad to the U. S. recla mation service, nnd Is In connection with the $14,000 survey to bo made of the damsltc, on an allocation of $10,000 from the reclamation service and $4,000 locally. Berkey said the damsltcs appeared adequate to him, and expressed sur prise at the numbCr of good ones l:i tills section, He said that the rock formation up Catherine creek was older than up the Grande Ronde, and that the cost of a dam on Cath erine croek. would be greater than up tlie river. ! ! 1 Berkey, who is en route to Bend and Bonneville to spend some time on ledcral projects tlvare, Is "professor of geology at Columbia, and also served as advisory geologist on the Boulder dam project, j Cochran explained today that an : earth-fill dam la constructed by (Continued On Pa Pour) Boxing Program For Labor Day Card Announced The program for the 28 -round box lug card scheduled for the evening of Labor day, Sept. 3 at the Sacajawea arena, was announced today by Mar tin Fitzgerald and kto McCarthy, promoters. Ernie Cavelll. of Walla Walla, and Young Harry Wills, of Longvlew, meet in a 10-round main event. Gerald Butcher, La Grand-3's East ern Oregon amateur champion at his weight, given at 134, will fight Sleepy Blunt. 13B, of Baker, in the six-round semi-final. Butcher, long a favorite In local circles, will have a real tost In this contest. C. C. C. camp fighters from Emi grant Springs and Enterprise appear In two of three four-round prelimin aries. Andy Uussa, 155, and Barbe Kuslak, 155, meet In one of the events, and Wildcat LeBtanc and Pete Hanley meet In another. The curtain raiser will begin at 8 p. m. I EQUALIZATION BOARD VIEWS COUNTY LANDS The Union county board of equali zation of which County Judge U. G. Couch, County As-jcssot D. H, Proctor and County Clerk C. K. McCormick are the members. Is making an ex tended trip over the county today lnrpecting some of the land on which complaints have been made regarding assessments. The entire inspection of thc3 properties covers n period of 30 days following the filing of com plaints on the assessment of taxable real property. MCKEE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WALLOWA CO. Many, many times it has been said that people who live in and near some scenic treasure, have not full realization of Its value. This often has been quoted as re gards the attitude of Union and Wal lowa counties to the Wallowa Lake vnd Wallowa Lake basin. Now comes another proof: Paul B. McK-oe. president of the Pacific Power & L'ght company sys tem, has returned to Portland after a .wing over hla company's territory, i capitalization of Oregon's seme as :md has thH to nay: "The per pie of Enterprise are anx- . 1 """" m uibLMii!,, ukkuua, TUKolJA l , A IKi UsT 28, , 193 1 memueb ahhocuted press NUMBER 299 Food GoodjDn Russian Train MOSCOW. Aug. 27 'From the Par East to Europe seven and a half days, b tar ting from Harbin, Manchuria.- If you wanted to make no stop you can come from Tokyo In 10 days. It's great trip; only way to go round the world ; fine train, great diner. food enough for Primo Camera and select enough for Dolly Gans, Meals all start with a soup tbowl full of caviar. Unfortunately I don't like the stuff, but It's still on the gold standard in society. Never saw bs many big rivers and all full of floating logs and not an Inch of land the whole way that cculdn't be cultivated. These birds have got nature with "em anyhow, Now for the city sights. Yours, 9 11. McNaught Syndicate. In. BREAK IN HEAT WAVE PREDICTED BY WEATHER MAN Although the weather seemed a bit cooler here Monday, because of the smoky condition of the atmosphere, nevertheless tho mercury equalled Sunday's high mark of 08 above. It was the third day this month the maximum here has been 08 above, Another warm day was in store but tho weather forecast I' jlcated break In the heat wave, predicting cooler weather In Eastern Oregon with thunderstorms in tha mountains and generally cloudy conditions to night and Wednesday over Oregon. The sky was partly cloudy here this morning, following one of the warm- est nights of the summer, with the minimum at 83 above, Bator had a 06 above yesterday and the mercury at Pendleton again passed the 100 mark. Medford re ported 102 above, but Portland was uovcral degrees cooler. BOOK EXHIBIT TO BE ONE FEATURE OF FLOWER SHOW Another feature to be prominent at the fall flower show of the La Grande Neighborhood club, to be held at the T-i rsrnnrlt-t i-intol ThiiMwinv nTLnrnoon and evening. August 30 will be a book i display which is being arranged by , Miss Mabel E. Doty, city librarian. Miss Doty will have on exhibition books and magazines which have to do with lot gardening, beautifying of homes, gardens, lawns, etc. and which promises to be something new and helpful at tho annual affair. With new exhibitors being heard from each day, the committee Is In crooslngly enthusiastic and optimistic over the project and are confident that with tho co-bporatlon of the general public in the matter of at tendance nnd patronage, th-s 1035 show will rank among the largest and best in -.spite of discouraging condl tions throughout tho summer. Mrs. J. K. Wright, program com mittee chairman. Is announcing the numbers which are to be given at In (Continued on Pago Two) TRAIN TRAVEL IS ABOVE AVERAGE Very heavy passenger travel has been reported by passengers on both oast and west bound trains through La Grande during the last week or ten days. The Portland Rose which left Portland Monday night, arriving here this morning, consisted of 16 cars. The traffic Is thought to be due to the returning of vacationists from the Oregon coast cities to their homes in the oast, as well as those from this section who are planning vacations at the World's Pair in Chicago at this time because of more moderate weather, and particularly the cooler nights. ioua for completion of a through highway from Lewlston, which not only will bring In more tourists but will facilitate th-s Inter-change of product-. between the districts." he said. '"They have a wonderful region for tourlsta and sportsmen, and as the Wallowa lakes and mountains be come better known moiv; and m:-e pecple will go there." McKee was enthusiastic about the Wallowa country, which he saw for the first time, and declared that (Contlnucd On Page I-Tve) CANNERY FOR VALLEY HELD A REAL NEED Prof. J. H. Blunt Sees No Obstacles That Would Prevent Success. Possibilities of the future develop- ment anil progress of the Grande llonile valley anil La Grande throuKh the establishment of a cannery In this city, were explained by Prof. J. II Hunt, head of the department of social science In the high school when he addressed members of the cluinn her or commerce In monthly meeting this noon at the lj (Irando hotel. Prof. Blunt told his listeners that after a considerable study and In vestigation of the subject, ho hns been unable to find serious obstacle that would prevent establishment of a cannery In this section from meet ing with tremendous success. He told, of the start of a cannery In his home town of AUBtln, Indiana, some 25 years ago, with less than $5,000 capital and a community of only a few hundred people. Today, he sold, that canning Institution has grown to a several million dollar concern and that one Industry alone has built his former homo into a thriving city of around 10,000 population. He pointed to the establishment of cannery In Walla Walla but three seasons ago which shipped 25,000 cases of canned vegetables Its first season In 1032; 232,000 cases last sea son :and with the third season this year but llttlo more than half over has already shipped 300,000 cases. Last season it paid, he said, 10 per cent dividends to the investors de spite an $80,000 additional outlay for cannory enlargement to tako care of the Increased facilities and output. Further, ho added, tho Walla Walla cannery cannot begin to supply tho demands made upon it for Ha can ned vegetablo products. George T. Cochran, socrctary of the (Continued on Page Three) Delegates Home From State C. E. Meet at Turner Seven delegates to the fifteenth an nual leadership training conference conducted by the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union, returned yesterday to thier homes here and report a most successful week at Turner, Ore., which concluded Sunday evening. Outstanding among the events of the conference was the decision by "e officers of the state Christian Endeavor Union to employ a full time f'eld s"cre"'ry nd the appointment ' , ., 7 to fill tho position. A creat deal of pleasure is being expressed among leaders in this work over this forward step as the Oregon C. E. union has been without a field worker for the last two years. Mr. Gullcy was form erly employed in a similar capacity (Continued on Page Two) HUEY LONG MURDER CHARGED TO HAROLD TAYLOR I I .... T" ' ; '' L'.x,y,Mi.,..j RAM SALE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT IN SHEEP INDUSTRY Sheep men who wore In Pendleton yesterday for tho eighth annual ram sale aponsoivd by tho Oregon Wool Gi'owers association, report n very good ealo nnd also that tho higher prices received for tho animals in dicate, a general improvement In tlva sheep Industry over last year, Among the 550 head consigned from the northwest, Montana, and UUih, were rams from the bando of three coun ty men, H. O. Avary, of La Grande, Hugh Huron and Prank McKennon, of Imblor, ... Prices- rocetvotl were ahnmt twlc. aa hlRh on an average and Homp- shlrcs, for which there was an active demand, ibrought two or three times more. A contributing factor Is tho scarcity of bucks, since many sheep men have put off buying rams In tho past three yearn. Rninboutllets wore in active demand. Tho top price of $02.50 was bid by the Cunningham Sheep company of Pond lc toil for a RnmbouiKct stud signed by John Mntlson of Mount Pleasant, Utah, Madson also consign ed tho top pen or registered Rnni bouillets, flvo of theim selling for $70 each. The second p-on of Ram bouil lets wau consigned by the Doer Lodge Farms company of Door Lodge, Mont., and brought $60 ouch for throe. Other top prices wore: Individual Hamp shire, $52.50, conMguod by Dave Wiicl dell of Amity and Mold to A. E, Davis of Enterprise; pen or five Hamp shires at $30 each, consigned by II. I (Continued on Page Five) IS CLEANING UP NEW ORLEANS S ' ? clv." "Klnr- "'. Is lirtd In lllrmliighant jail. mly ha, 1 T 1f,H"1","1 " " " distance from lllrmlnKham. Nile f r a , ,. h!' ""I'.',"''' S"ls,,c"- T"""r '"'"f'l l" Ihc girl Z, 2 , '!"" ""lt "'" ",0 Klr u,tKr W advances, Cut denied following ,r. A. . ,., ,.(,hti of (hI! mM fw- jo admitted fiilioulng the car, through Jealousy. They're Still Worrying About "Which Twin?" Anywhere tho Ouyo twins go, there is bound to be trouble iden tifying them. La Orando knows, because they lived hero for many years and then roturned to at tend two years at tho Baatcm Oregon Normal school. yesterday , tho Pendleton East Oregonlan Bald: "To sottlo argu ments and disputes a to "which twin?" announcement Is made that lt was Barbara Guye and not Beverley on tho rtoesch float Sat urday night In the parade. Miss Ouye was tho goddess of liberty. BODY RECOVERED i FROM GAS FUMES PORTLAND, Aug. H8 (!) Tho bod; of Victor F. Von Nermann, Seattle Wash!, youth, who plunged Into the crater of Mount Hood yesterday was recovered at 11:63 a. m. touoy. The two men who braved death to ro cot-r tlva body became unconscious from the gas fumes and had to lie revived by Portland firo department men stationed at the brink, when they were hauK;d to the surface. Gary Ixiaoh of Government camp and Paul Wllllainu. United States for est looRout stationed on tho south ern slopo of Mount Hood, descended Into the crater to make tho rescue Lcoch became unconscious and had to bo hautevl to the surface by ropes suspending him Williams continued tho work of securing the Hotly and wir.i unconscious when ho was hauled to tlva surfaco. The body or Von Normann will bo taken down tho moii.italn to timber line, where it will be turned over to coroner's officers. CONFERENCE ON TEXTILE STRIKE SET Committee Warns That Strike Will Go Ahead . Unless Definite Conces sions Made. WASHINGTON, Aug, 2H VP) The slrlkc roniinlttee or tho I nlli'il Tex llle Workers today accepted the In vitation of (he national labor rela tions hoard to a oonfrrcncu with luaiiuliu't urers on Thursday hut re iterated that a general wailkoiit, tn the Industry ooulrt lie averted only iiy "annul -concottKloiis." , . Other strlko threats grew inofo ominous. In Now York, 10.000 truck. men called tor it strlko voto Friday on tho west coast, 6,000 vegetable workers voted to walk out today. Tlie threatened strlko of New York truck drivers would paralyzo tho de livery of a largo part of tho city's lOOd. The striking veg.ita.blo workers who left tho fields near WalfionvHlc, Cal. expected their action to throtllo ac tlvltleu In tho Salinas valley packing iiKiusines, OUTLOOK BETTER OVER OLD WORLD HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 28 VP) A goucrally Improved economlo Bltua Hon In Europe but one still "critical' In Gvrmany was roporU-d to President i Ilooscvelt today by Alfred J. Pearson. I Drake university economist who has Just returned from abroad. Mr. Pearson, a former minister to Finland, Interviewed Adolf Hitler. He described Hitler as "sincere." Ho said tho German leader had a "critical In dustrlal situation which probably will reiicn a crisis next spring." Pearson said Sweden wa-.i In the best condition of any European na tion and was making a success of planned economy. "France Is going along quietly and improving." Ira continued, "t was iiutl-communlstlc ,ut I must say that Russia htm miulo big Htrldes for ward." CHILD 1(11,1, HD IIY TIttICK OltKOON CITY, Aug. 28 VP) A wood truck struck and falallv in jured Richard Thomas Hart, 0, who was crossing the highway In a coast- wagon near his home yesterday afternoon. The hoy's father, Mr. Har ris r. Hart, of RetllBlld, said the (lrlv.:r would not be held responsible Wheat Today The jirlre or lontl i-u.sh new mip wtii'iit stfMid at aiMtiit, no t-pn(N hulk tofliiy, urronllng to tin Pioneer Flouring Mills, Port IuimI ranli HV4 renlh. N rx;i..rt bid. UHIHAOO, Aug. 20 tA' Vheat prices drlfUd lower twlay as sellliiK accompanied fallhig fjuotatlons at Liverimol and Wlnnlptg. Fiirly lofww of about a ennt were partly reduced ity ini4:r ninivs out ino Clfmc snowed not fractional setback. Some buyers wero lempS-d Into the market by a private report that fimt damage to wheat in Northern Alberta was giva'r than had len expected. Corn oh owed a net naln from yes terday's finish of to f;ic Septem ber 77,f7He a bushe! Wheat fln i'tJ.ed 'a to c down. December nw $1.02 (,j yt, Oati was unchaimel to 'ic down, rye lost VA oi c, barley, wai imchatiKed to 1';, olf, I'mvlsioiis wtrc higher. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME N'KIV DICK SK.ISON PATHS I'lHK CONDITIONS WIUtSK C.U'ONB ASKS COl ItT HKVIKW , 4 JOHNSON'S PAY IIOOSTED I'OKTI.AND, Ore. Aug. 28 (fl1) The duck and geese season will open In Oregon and Washington Oct. II) and cIom Dee. 'Z It wus announced to day by tho sliite game deMirtment. Hunt lug w ill be legal on Fridays, Sat urdays mid HuniluhH during that period. It was first planned to open l no season Oct. 2. SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 28 () Although fire conditions grew steadily worse In Inland northwest forests to day, lighters reported they had made excellent progress on all major blazes, and many smaller fires definitely wero checked. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2H VP) Al lihiino CiiHne, the convicted Chicago gangster, today asked the supremo court to review the Judgment or linver nnirts denying him u writ of habeas Mrty 'filed figtilnst A. C. Aderlmlif, warden of 'the Atlanta penitentiary. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 VP) Tho salary of Hugh S. Johnson, NRA ad ministrator, has beon boosted by President Roosevelt from $0,000 to 1 6,000 a year. Tho tncreaso began last July l but was not disclosed by NBA until today. VIUNNA, Aug. 28 VP) Police em ergency hirer rushed Into tho work ing (lass district or ITorldsdorf today lo disarm llelmivehr (national guard) furies and a short hand-to-hiiuil battle followed liodvrc the pollfo won. The pollen not only disarmed tho guardsmen but minle many arrests. OFFICERS' GUNS BREAK UP POST OFFICE ROBBERY DENDIION, Va Aug. 20 01") Ono robbor wna shot to doath, anothor fatally Injured nnd a third wounded today when officers nnd post offlco liiHpoctors trapped tho bond n thoy sought to rob the poatofflco horo. E. W. Aystln of Brnmbolton, a Nor Xolk'suburlj, wtifi ohot down by polico gun flro as ho fled nftor emptying h Ib pistol at tho raiding party, Johnny Bwnurri, also of Brambolton, dlod In n Norfolk Tiospltal from bul let wounds. John Crunk, nllus Johnny Creelc moro, suffered flesh wounds and was hold by federal authorities aftor treatment in a houpltal. orfloeiH, appiu-cntly with full In formation of Uva phtnnod robbery, surrounded tho llttlo pastoffico build ing and shot lt out with tho tcs peradoos as they emerged. ALLOT SUM FOR RIVER SEALCCKS WAJBinNQl'ON, Auk, 2B Ml Sec retary Ickes, PWA administrator, to day announced an additional allot ment of Jl, 200,000 to equip tho Bon- nevlllo, Oro., dam. with locks permit tlnp tho passage of uoa-golnr vessels. Anyway, He Destroyed The Pesky Bedbugs BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 2H a) plagued with bedbugs, Junes Spitwr, night watchman in a largo textile factory, set flro to his bed Inst night to revenge himself on tho intruders. As a consequence the factory caught fire, two firemen wore severely Injured and tho whole neighborhood wa placed In. a panic. Tho factory and all tho belbugs in It were destroyed. CULT MEMBERS GIVE IN - BOY HAS'CHANCE FORT PAYNE, Ala., Aiur. 28 Ml Surgeons' Instruments glinting In the flickering lamp of a keroseno lamp a mother's lament lost lnotho weird chant gf tho Hollmfcs cult's "un known tongue" boy with chance for life." Dr. W.J'. Miller, ono of two sur geons who 4;erated on 8-year-old Wallace Doyle Sharp Jr., straighten ed from his wortl and mud: "He has an even chance." For days Wollac-'s parents had re fused to permit an ojieratlon on his Infecled leg "The Lord will heal him through lalth," they nald, SKUIS MED "J IN EASTERN RACIAL ROW Three Persons Seriously Hurt and Many Nurs ing Minor Injuries. . j BATTLE RESULT OF ILL FEELING Comes to . H e a d When Meeting is Broken Jnta Situation , is Quiet This Morning. ; ; MACJAOA FA1XS, N. Y., Aug. 3f (. Negroes were warned to keep with in their home today as police bcjgaa seek Lug persoim reNponslble for riot-' lug between whites and negroes last idght, when three persons were In jured seriously nnd many others wero. slightly hurt, "f ,, More than 3000 Joined in & free-for-all battle resulting In serious In Jury to three persons and minor hiirta to many others, Intenso feeling af twr the fighting hod beon subdued, led to Intermittent clashes during tho night. The trouble Btnrted when an 'at tempt was made to break up a meet lng of the International labor defense called to rally workers to the deferuie of Alphonso Davis, negro, who had beca arrested on a charge of attack ing a white girl. Several shots were flrod, none taking effect, .police said. Windows in stores and homes lr tixo district wero smashed as tho angry crowd battled back and forth. The authorities said there has been. considerable bitter feeling between whites and nogrocs recently because negroes woro moving Into tho section around Bast Falls and 24th street. largely populated by Polish -Americans, The scone of tlie riot, was quleb while storekeepers and property own ers In, tho trouble area began repairs Killing Of Van -Meter Caused By Gang Dissension ST. PAUIi, Aug. 28 m A gang; of tn men headed by George "Baby Pace" Nelson was planning two blgj bank holdups, simultaneously, In Minnesota's iron range when dissen sion developed within the ranks and. Homer Van Meter was "put on tho spot" by ono of Ills own pals, it -wa learned today from a reliable source. For tho past six weeks, Van Moter. who was slain Thursday night by St. Paul pollco. has boon "looking over! banks in Northern Minnesota. Includ ing Duluth, Htbbing, Virginia and, Eve lath. Tho gang, tho same report said, planned to strlko simultaneously' ori two banks about 40 or fiO miles) apart with the Idea of gotting ' ej largo (dim of monoy and then flee ing to tholr hideout, reported some where near tlie Canadian boundary.; Baseball AMHItlCA.V I.KAtllH Detroit at Philadelphia, Chicago at New York, post)oned, wot grounds.' Cleveland 2 7 3 Boston 8 10 1 Winoizarner, Leo and Berg; Qrovtt and R. Perrell. St. Louis 4 110 Washington 0 3 2 Newsom and Orubc; Burke. Stewart and Bolton. NATIONAL New York I.KACU'B : 3 6 0 Chicago ...... i 7 a Weavor and Parmeleo and Mancuso, Hartnctt. (First Clnmo) Philadelphia a 10 2 Cincinnati 8 12 2 A. Moore Hansen 8yl Johnson, Col lins and Todd; Johnson, Derrlmrcr ami ljomoardl. (First Clnmo) Boston .5 11 0 .3130 Pittsburgh Brandt and ItOKan. apohrer: Grimes, Swift, Smith and Padden. pipdlcted amputation as tho price of Finally tho father gave In. But tho operation must bo performed In tho Sharp homo, ho said, so mombers of tho cult might aid with nmvnn. "50-50isongs and talking in tho "unknown tongue." Despite tho lack of hospital facllN ties, tho doctors scraped eight Inchon of bono In tho boy's leg. When ho awok-j rrom the anesthetic, part of the swelling was gone. His condition was "better than I expected." said Dr. Miller, who had. (Continued On Page rive)