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Deer Season LA GRANDE OBSERVER 27th Issue 64th Year LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1959 8 Pages Five Cent Quell Back To Work' Try At Brooklyn Port As Dock Strike Grows Scientists Aloft For 'Eclipse' United Press International Scientists flew above the clouds today to view a total eclipse o( the sun obscured from most Amer ican ground watches by clouds. Most important study of the phenomenon is believed to have been made from a camera equipped Air Force jet fighter in the vicinity of the Canary Islands. Scudding clouds obscured the' view for scientists of six nations who had gathered on the islands where the best available view of the eclipse had been expected. But the Air Force plane report ed its cameras were in working order and its view clear as it raced the solar blackout which lasted less than three minutes across the sky. Other photographers flew above the hurricane clouds of Massa chusetts to record the event. "It looked like fire shooting out from behind a big back mass like a sparkling jewel," reported UPI New Kngland newspictures manager David Wurzel alter the flight. Some U.S. observers saw a par tial eclipse. At Portland, Maine, a hole opened in the clouds, giv ing early risers a look. At New York, clouds obscured the sun despite a generally clear sky as the eclipse began. They cleared to permit viewing of the later stages of the partial eclipse. Misty clouds dimmed but did not block the view at the Cape' Canaveral, Fla., missile center. Area Draft Board Issues Warning To 'Delinquents' Failure to register with the lo cal draft board on time is caus ing the board headaches and may result in difficulty for those who fail to obey the-law in the mat ler of prompt registration. Draft board members warn that "delinquents" who dclibcr-t-toly avoid registering go to the head of the induction list once their names are known. The law requires that all young men must register on their loth birthday, or within five days thereafter. Every male born since August 30, 1922, must have sign ed up at one time or another. Those on regular active military duty must register within 30 days after their release. CASH GRAIN CHICAGO UPI Cash grain: Wheat: 2 red 1944 N. Corn: 2 yellow 119; 3 yellow 115-117; S yellow CCC 117V. Oats: 2 extra heavy white wee vily 70. ' Rye: 2 plump 139'i. Barley: Malting 115-120 N; feed 88-105 N. Soybeans: 2 yellow 2114 N, track Chicago. ,y . fl .3 '- . t. " - . ..-1.t .-, JjTi) irt. rmfMXm. - HERD SIRE Jack Gregory exhibits his herrsire on the Hereford tour last Tuesday. Gregory's fine cattle were the last shown on the third annual tour of some of the country's leading Hereford herds. NEW YORK (UPI) Mater-i, ial shortages that could lead to layoffs of factory and building workers spread to- day as result of a dock work- ers strike that has stopped cargo handling in ports from Maine to Texas. The strike by 85.000 longshore men on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts was consolidated today with the quelling of a back to work revolt by Brooklyn locals of the International Longshorem e n's Union. A cut in construction work in Florida was threatened by the tie up of steel and cement. Manu facturing in New England began to feel the pinch of raw material shortages. Layoffs of industrial workers were anticipated if the strike continues. The ILA and the New York Shipping Association, representing ports from Maine to Norfolk, Va., met separately to map stragegy. No joint talks were in sight. Ready to Negotiate "We arc ready to negotiate and I hope a settlement will be reached soon," William V. Brad ley, international president of the ILA, said. "We can meet with an hour's notice." The assocjation scheduled an afternoon meeting of its Labor Policy Committee to review the situation. It had refused to con tinue negotiations, and charged the union broke a contract to ex tend the expiration date of their labor agreement. Bradley had beaten down a move by Brooklyn dock leader Anthony (Tough Tonyl Anastasia to put the Brooklyn longshoremen back to work. A few longshoremen ' reported for work at 8 a.m. but there was not enough manpower to form work gangs. Anastasia, louring the niers at the morning shapeup, passed the word at 8:3o a.m. for the men to go home. Th s 'the strike is effective f:om Maine to Brownsville, Tex., including Brooklyn," Bradley said. Anastasia had ordered his men. members of the only ILA local with a sizeable treasury, back to work in the face of a one-million dollar damage suit threatened by the New York Shipping Associa tion. The association claimed the ILA broke an agreement to ex tend its labor co itract to Oct. 15. Radio Operator Exams At Boise Radio operator exams will be held in the accounting class room st Boise, Ida., Junior College Saturday, The Observer has been informed by the FCC out of Port land. At 8:30 a.m. the examination is for radiotelegraph; 9:30, radio telephone, 1st, 2nd, 3rd; 11 a.m., amateur code tests, extra and general. Applicants having current op erator licenses should bring such licenses with them. Also, penc ils, pens and ink are to be furn ished by applicants and these de siring code tests must bring tele phone receivers complete with standard plugs. Off And Winging' Saturday In Oregon f j KniTP-FnrK fiL I Icliorc V.IUU UMiei C Ill 1 Kicking off the 1959-60 season of the La Grande Knife and Fork Club Monday will be a guest speaker from Pakistan, Aly Was sil, whose subject will be "East ern Philosophy and Western Life." The Knife and Forkers will meet at the Sacajawea Hotel at 7 ALY WASSIL p.m. for dinner following which Wassit will address the gather ing. The local club also has sched uled a scries of other speakers, among whom are John Pettley, U. S. 'iiuiorist;- Robert-Kerfnaycr, foreign news analyst; and Major Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, who was Gen. MacArthur's chief of in telligence in the Pacific during World War H. New Members In addition, another speaker will be lined up during the sea son, according to Mrs. Carrie Trollinger, club secretary. The Pakistanian thinker who has studied with the great teach ers of philosophy and yoga in the East is now a technical advisor on civilization and culture to motion picture studios in Hollywood. Mrs. Trollinger also stressed that new members are being re ceived at this time. Either she or Dr. Fred Otten, president of the local Knife and Fork Club, may be contacted by applicants. One of the features to be shown during the dinner is a fashion show under auspices of Ann Johnson and the Top Shop, with Mrs. Dave Baum serving as nar rator. Music will be available dur ing the event. Firemen Demonstrate New Engine Tonight The La Grande fire depart ment will demonstrate its speed in anscring fire alarms tonight at the high school football field. As soon as the horn sounds ending the first half of the La Grande- High School-Bend foot ball game, the fire department will be called and the new engine will race to the field with sirens sounding. 1 - - . , - . rx- . ... . .. 1 "?Tx .1 i V ! .V. iiliL rVi:-VTt't!''lr'-- J fc HOMEMAKING AWARDS These five girls in 4-H homeniaking work in Union County are being given their awards by Mrs. Gerard of Gerard's Jewelry in La Grande. From left are Beverly Schaad, Beverly lloxie, Mrs. Gerard, Ruth lloxie. Hazel Sudbrock, and Linda Elmer. The girls were selected on the basis of their exhibits at the Union County Fair. t (Observer Photo) Farm Price Losses In WASHINGTON UPI The Agriculture Department reports that price support losses dropped by one-fifth in the !9!"9 fiscal year which ended June 30. However, the department said a big pileup of 1958 crops in the price support stockpile threatens bigger losses for the future. Price support losses for fiscal 1959 were listed at $321,127,000. Last year the loss was $l,oo,ooo,- ooo. The loss represented the differ ence between what the govern- Steelworkers ? View Meeting As Hopeless PITTSBURGH H'l'll United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald said today he was "not hopeful" that White House ordered negotiations could bring a swift end to the marathon steel strike. The union and 12 basic slue! companies resumed deadlocked negotiations today. Before enter ing the conference room, Mc Donald said: "I am afraid I am not hopeful." The industry bargainers refused to comment. Both sides al'O refused to com ment after emerging from the morning session which lasted about 90 minutes. They said they would meet again this afternoon. A source close to the negotia tions told United Press Interna tional that the two bargaining ses sions here Thursday may have resulted in a "change" of tlunk ing: Local Junior High Trips Baker, 34-6 Le Grande Junior High's Kittens walloped Baker last Monday 36 6 on the Baker turf. Bob Oalton pushed across two touchdowns for the Kit tens on quarterback sneaks from about four yards out and added a conversion to lead all scorers with 13 points. Dalton also tossed a 15-yard pus to end Ken Driscoll for another Kitten counter. Ben Payne romped 20 yards round end for a six pointer. The guards got into the scoring when Frank Miller intercepted a Baker pass and romped 20 yards far a score. The Kittens converted on four of five attempts, all on running plays. Howard Per ry accounted for two Kitten PTA's, Artie Samson got an other to go with Dalton's successful attempt. Minor 2-Car Wreck Reported By Police A minor two-car accident in volving La Grande drivers was reported to the police yesterday. Leonard Frances Good, 1808 Oak Ave., and Seth Eugene Simp son Jr., 3007 Second St., were the drivers of the vehicles that collid ed at 11:48 yesterday. The accident occurred on Depot between Adams Avenue and Washington Street. WEATHER Fair and warmer through Sat urday; lew tonight 32-M; high Saturday 62 68. Ik i f Support Big Drop ment paid for surplus crops and returns on sales of the crops. Sales of surpluses in fiscal 1959 were down by one billion dollars from the 1958 level of nearly three alul one-half billion. During fiscal 1959, however, po tent i;il future losses piled up. The department made price support loans and other commitments on more than four billion dollars worth of crops, up sharply from the $2.700,(XM),0Ui total the previ ous year. Most of the supported crops will wind up in government own ership to be sold at cut rates lat er. Government investment in supKrt stocks and loans rose dur ing the year from seven billion dollars on June :t. 1958 to more thai $i;,wo.nni,n) at the pnd of the lust fiscal year this June. WASHINGTON U:PII The Agriculture Department has an nounced more purchases of lamb. pork and turkey in a dual pro gram to provide food for the school program and bolster farm prices. The departmet bought 442.000 pounds of ground lamb for $25. 000 four million pounds of froz en ground pork for Sl.KlO.OOO and 3.840.000 pouids of frozen turkey for Jl.300.iKKl. The pork and lamb buying will continue next week. The turkey purchase, however, closed out that particular buying operation WASHINGTON IUPH The Agriculture Department estimates the 1959 crop of red clover seed at 78.620.000 pouds, up 9 per cet from last year. The department said the croo would be the biggest in four yea's but still 12 per cent below the av erage of the past 10 years. Change Licensing In Oregon For Some Vehicles The basis fcr licensing certain types of trucks and other ve hicles has been changed recent ly , a fact which some owners may not yet be aware of, accord ing to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The department said trucks truck tractors, heavy trailers. semi trailers, dollies, motor bus es, armored cars, wreckers, tow cars, hearses and ambulances are now licensed on a combined weight-cf vehicle basis. This in eludes the light or empty weight of the vehicle, plus the weight of the heaviest load including the Irivcr, which iwll he transported during the registration period. Owners of all such vehicles, ex cept hearses and ambulances should bring VVC weight ccrtifi tates with thorn when licensing or renewing for a registration period. If the weight certificate eanrot be produced, they should be able to declare the combined weight of each vehicle. Death Toll From Epidemic Declines TRENTON. N J. UPI The epidemic of deadly eastern equine encephalitis was on the decline to day but the death toll could con tinue to mount. The death toll from encephalitis and susTlel encephalitis stands at 18. Ten others are hospitalized with suspected cases. Of the 28 cases, 11 have been "presump tively confirmed" as EKE, in cluding eight deaths. iri tfa ' E 3 r r i .v.v.,j. XT NT &J iT 11 J I All County, City Teachers Set For Meet Several hundred grade and high school teachers from five Northeastern Oregon counties will be in attendance at the an nual regional conference for teachers at Pendleton Monday. The Union County school sup erintendent's office today stated that all teachers representing the regional conference area Union, Baker, Walloa, Morrow and Urn atilla are required to attend the session Meetings will be held in the spacious Pendleton Junior High School auditorium, with tbe first session beginning at 9:30 a.m. No Classes Monday Teachers will travel to Pendle ton by automobile, with the ma iority already having arranged for car pools, according to both County Superintendent Veda Cou- zens and I.a Grande City School Superintendent Lyle Riggs. The two school officials also stated there would be no local or county classes for students on Monday, thus conveniently al lowing older boys a chance to ex tend their deer hunting. j Speakers to appear at the Pen dleton confab include the follow ing: : Dr. Rex Putnam, superinten dent of public instruction, Salem; Dr. Thomas Lantos, economist and news analyst; Dr. Evelyn Mil ler Berber, consultant in human relations; Kwald Turner, past president of the National Class-! room Teachers Association; Dr. Lester Beck, psychologist. Bulletin CHICAGO (UPI) The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4-3, today ta even the 19S9 World Series at one victory each. Totals: Dodgers 41 Chicago 3 8 0 Winning pitcher Podres. Losing pitcher Shaw Time 2:21. WHEN IT RAINS 10 Inches Per Year? By GRADY PANNELL Observer Staff Writer When it rains it pours! And far more than an average annual 10 inches of precipitation in Eastern Oregon. Twice that amount, in fact, sta tistical data furnished The Ob server reveals. A recent rainfal story. lh In formation furnished by the city fire department, stated that the area precipitation averaged around 10 inches a year. . That's not true, according to local realtor Harold Shaw, and h? has all kinds of reports to back up the "20-inch" rainfall average per year he claims. Shaw, civic minded and Cham ber of Ccmmerce conscious, said any story listing "10 inches of rainfall per year" could be harm ful if it fell into the '"wrong hands." Some Brag Namely, those public spirited citizens of other states who like to brag about their fine crops HUNTERS HIT THE TRAIL r. JUST BEFORE SUN RISES -: By BILL BEBOUT Observer Staff Vriter Mure than 250,000 hunters will take to the woods tomor? row as Oregon's 1959 general deer season gets underway a half hour before .sunrise. Came commission officials are predicting one of the best, buck deer season openings in the state in many years and a record number of eager nimrods are expected to fill their, tags throughout the state. Fire danger the nemesis of many a hunting season is at a minimum this year, thanks to heavy rainfall in many areas of the state. Hunting conditions are generally excellent and the game commission reports that deer are plentiful. The general deer season is scheduled to run through October 25 w ith an either sex season for permit holders scheduled the last nine days. Only holders of per mits may take either sex deer, with each hunter restricted to the unit the permit was issued for. Prospects Good Prospects for hunters looks ex ceptionally good, according to game commission field agents. and the final count when the sea son is over should be around 100, 000 animals. In this area, Sled Springs and Chesnimnus should produce some excellent buck hunting, although Wallowa County should he one of the top producers. Farther to the south, the Keating, Baker. and Beulah areas are expected to be good. This country and the Wallowas consistently produce the . highest hunter success of any area in the state. Officials of Red Hat Days are hoping that hunters will be mind fill of the rules of safety as they converge on their favorite hunt ing spots. 66 Casualties Last year there were 66 fire arms casualties in Oregon. Nine sportsmen were killed and 57 oth ers injured. It is Ihe highest number of hunting casualties ev er recorded in the state. The best hunting areas for west side gunners will undoubtedly be along the fringe areas adjacent to the Willamette valley. Hunters will do well to search out the brushy ridges adjacent to agricul tural lands or the isolated brush and timber pockets on the valley floor. Often a half-dozen or more skulking blacktails will be found f lMT UI.HII SV..I a. D MMM ' , V' - ""- ', -' ' y 'X- . f -Xs';. ' WHERE IS HE Mrs. Chere Mink is prepared for the -big dav tomorrow when the woods will be full of hun- ;.J tors, and deer? (Observer Photo) IT POURS Of Average Rainfall r Double That Amount produced under perfect climatic conditions. The- following statistics have been furnished by Shaw: Average rainfall I.a Grande. 19.35 inches annually: Condon 12.15; Hermiston, 8.33; Pendleton, 12.59; Baker, 11.24: Vale, 8.90: Enterprise, 13.03; Bnd. 12 14; Burns, 10.25; Klamath Falls, 13.8.1: Lakeview, 14.01. Average growing season La Grande, 160 days; Condon, 120; Hermiston, 103; Pendleton, 209; Baker, 144; Vale. 124; Enterprise, 82 'temperature below 32 degrees likely each month); Bend, 91; Burns, 117; Klamath Falls, 131; Lakeview. 86. , Temperatures, average hottest coldest months (July-January 1 La Grande, 70-30; Condon, 67-29; Hermiston, 74-31: Pendleton. 73 30; Baker, 85-25; Vale. 72 26; Enterprise, 63-23; Bend 64-30; Burns,. 69-29; Klamath Falls, 69 29; Lageview, 67-27. Grande Ronde Valley facts: Low altitude, 2,7(10 valley floor in these brush patches, miles away from mountain ridges or timberlancls. T- ; The Tillamook burn is not ex pected to be a hot spot this year although fair numbers of black? tails will be found throughout; Good producers, though, include the oak and conifer ridges of Polk County and the brush and brackenfern slopes of the Allsea . drainage. Best bets to the south of il amette include the tree farms adjacent to Springfield, Eugene, and Cottage Grove and the fringe areas around Fern Ridge reser voir, north to Marys Peak. To the south, the Applegate should produce many blacktails as should the Green Springs country and the Butte Falls area. The brush bottom lands will show bouncing blacktails for those hunters who give the fringe areas a try. Mule Deer Herd The interstate looks like a hot spot in south central Oregon as counts this spring show the inter state mule deer herd up consid erably from a year ago. The con sistent Klamath country will also be a top-notch producer. Popular mid-central Oregon should be about on a par with last year with the better locales around the Fort Rock area, the Maury mountains, Ochocos, and on north into Grizzly and Wheel er. Hunting pressure undoubtedly will be heavy in this popular hunting country, but individual hunter success probably will be lower than anywheYe else in the state. t The high desert lands f the southeast include some of: the best mule deer country in the state. The Malheur, Owyhee, Steens and Whitehorse areas all have an abundance of mule deer with top buck hunting prospects in store for those who travel the high desert mesas. feet; average snowfall, 40 inches, with variation, more snow during February; never a destructive, storm; never a crop failure; very little hay fever; immediate relief for asthmatics; grasses 22 po cent protein with all trace ele ments: highest recorded tem perature, lot degres (one day only': lowest and rare" recorded. 10 below zero. i Total agricultural sates almost. $12,000,000, with grain production leading, cattle second and grass seed third, with the latter of par ticular interest Inasmuch as ill comprises largest acreage world: 18.000 acres and 16 rieties. Other major agricultural ad ties include dairying, swine, pou'try. peas and fruits, wit) favoring berry production,! pears, apricots, peaches an and Sweet Cherry grq planting and production Our thanks to Mr. setting the record then some. f 1 1 ' i it ' ii " f j m h r i w m 1 r i ' in in i