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Saturday, June 5, 1926. IX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. NEWSofSOCETY 1 fcVallowa Uke Gets V P.'E. O. Convention 1 Next year's P. E. O. statu conven tion will be hold at tho Wallowa j.ulte wonderland, with Chapter It, Of Enterprise, as . hostess, It was Jinnounced ycHterday at the reffu ar meeting; or Chapter I, at tho home of Mm. William Miller. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. O. 8. Blrnlo'woro hostesses. The meeting waa the last or the season. Work will bo resumed main In October aCter tho summer vocation. ( Mrs. C. It. Sella, Mrs. Wayne Wade and Mrs. 'H. 8. Browntou jwere, delegates to the state conven tion held at The Dalles, May 25- 7iund their renorts of the mcot- ne)) was the principal feature of he afternoon. Mrs. Brownlon is a Vast sttuc president of I. 13. O. (Mrs. Mabel Stmpklns, of McMinn pllle, was elected president of the urbanization for tho ensuing year. ! The hostesses Berved luncheon beforo adjournment. - Local Couple ' Married in Pendleton j The marriage or Miss Jean Work Inan and Edwin L Morris, both of this city, was solemnized Thursday evening; at 8 o'clock In Pendleton fit lhj parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal church there. The Kev. Melville T. Wire, pastor of the thurch, officiated. j Several la Grnndn people were present for the wedding, including Miss Workman's mother,- Mrs. lOd Svard Workman, her aunt, ' Mrs. 'Jolih' Bowery, - Tom " Huckman. Misses Mildred and Myrtlo Hoyt ,'ulfd Mr. and Mm. Brlggs, mother 'and. slop-rather of the groom. . The bride and groom returned to Ia Grande yesterday and will nuke :thls city their home. Both Mr. and Mrs.-Morris aro well known here. Mho Is employed with the telephone company here and he has been em ployed with westenhaver and Gil bert for some time. . A number of rriends surprised them with a charlval purty last evening, "while they were at tin home or Mrs. Morris' sister, Mrs. Herman Berger. Bohnenkampg Entertain at Bridge Lovely bouquets or peonies and roses. In pink and white, were used to. decorate tho rooms of Bohnen komp home last evening, when Mr. and Mrs. W.' II. Bohnenkump Jr. entertained the members of the Clio club. Bridge, at five tables, wus the diversion or the evening. Mrs. l.cc Bouvy won high score among the lady players and Walter Felt and Velvet On of Itchoux's newest combinations Is velvet and felt. Tho hat illustrated has n large bow of black-re velvet ribbon on a lighter lon of red felt. Itcutcr received tho gentlemen's prize. . Kollowing (lie card games a two course luncheon was served. . i , , 160 Attend ' Mooscheart Play, One hum! red ami sixty people Kutla-rcd ut RugUm luil lust evening to see the pluy presented by the Indies or Mooscheart legion. Those liiklnj part In tho play, which waa . entitled "TIioho Husbands of Ours," ! were: Mrs. Clinton Hchullz, Mrs. l-ee Clower, Mrs. August Berger, Mrs. Wlllluinf Knlpht, Mrs. Harry Kurtli, Mrs. Wulluco Cuss and Mrs. Lovell. ' After the pltty- the sixth 'annual roll cull or the lodge wus tho prin cipal rmiture of the evening.- T, frehmentH wero served, with a lurgo birthday cuke with six light ed candles, Representing the sixth roll cull, as a centerpiece for the table. J)uring the evening Claude , I'rutt sang two songs, and Mine j Nevu Smith pluyed two piano num- Ibers. Dancing wus enjoyed by those present until 12 o'clock. Notice! Mrs. Howard, of Pendle ton, will bo ut lteynaud'a Beauty Shop Monday and .' Tuesday for Permanent Wuvlng. Those wanting to see permanent waving done, come In Monday morning. , . Cal Main 7H9 " IW An Appointment f- ltli.Al'l'S IIKAITV MIOI Miss Whittaker, Mr. Sams Wed ' Miss Louise Whittaker and John R Sums wero united In marriage at I the , parsonage of tho Methodist Kpbtcopul church south Thursday afternoon ot 3 o'clock. 3. A. Hall. pustor of tho church, performed jthe ceremony. t ., . , PlanMade fer - Annual Bazaar Tho Misslonury society 'of the Methodist Kpiscopul church south met at the parsonage of the church Thursday afternoon In regular buslneHS session. During the meet ing It wus decided by the women present to give a cooked food sale Kuturduy, June 12. Plans were ulso made for the annual bftzaar and dinner to be given Decern her 11. Mi merva Says . Now the warm weather .has commenced anil people are complulnlng about their feet beginning to hurt and burn. We sold four pair of Men's Arch Supports today. No more trouble for these men this summer. Put your feet In condition now before It's too hot. A few small dollars will give you comfort for the rest of the year. Arch-Aid and Ucd t'ross Shoes for women Is a fine foot tonic. One pair or these .shoes will prove the test. . Comfort that's all. Garage lo rent. THE B00TERY Conttart nml J'nlM,v for the one price. Tinbler (Special) The Ladles Aid was delightfully entertained at the bonne of Mrs. Krank Martin Thursday afternoon. The meeting wan opened by the president, Mrs-. t C. Welch. Mrs. It. M. McCoy led lii the devottonnl. After the business session luncheon wus serv ed by Mrs. Martin. Mrs. H. Greuhc and Mis.' T. Cu'sHlngcr. Tlione present were: Mcsdum.cs Kred Nodlnc, Oliver I'arin, Tl. M. McCoy. Charles MeKall, T. Cassln ger, (HIb liueluinun, Hannah Jbhn son. II. Greene, Frank Mlirtln, lsh Mllreiil, C. C. Welch, Oscar Howell, C. W. Cleaver and Ella M. Walker and M bis Lornu Hell Mathews. Miss .Marjorle Howell and Miss Aturjurlc Greene. ThiGarikn 6QVA8HEM AXD MARROWS Rummer squashes and vegetable marrows are becoming staple ar ticles .of thai summer table after a alow progress towarda popularity. Domestlo science nnd popular cook ing -lectures showing how to use these vegetables -are aomo of tho reasons.' ' Always attractive to the eye. on conking thm many home chefcttcs found nothing left but water with' a' little oose In. It, . They must be cooked quickly and lifted and drained before they disintegrate.- Served with butter they have a dellcato flavor end aro much liked When known. Another excel lent way and one which preserves the substance of this rather Intang ible vegetable Is frying In batter like egg-plant,1 which it much re sembles . In delicacy, of flavor al though quite distinctive. It Is a delicate vegetable both In substance and flavor and needs careful handl ing to be palatable. - - The marrows are a variety of summer squash growing to huge alie.. They are picked when half grown and while tho flesh Is ten der end cooked for the table. They are also baked when hair matured but care . must, be taken not to overbake them or there will be lit tle left but the rind. Quick cook ing Is essential. I'or baking they need to be. a Itttio moro mature thah when sliced and fried in bat ter. -'. ,-. .-....-. The culture Is the same as tor cucumbers' warm, well-drained soil, thoroughly enriched wltli a Plentiful supply of moisture. The same army or bugs menaces the marrow and summer squash that (attacks tho melon ' and cucumber and winter squashes. Protect by the same methods ' and - poisons, plant murrows and : summer squashes now. They are hot-weather plants. MEMORIES OF PIONEER DAYS (Continued Prom Page 1.) stead, north of the .river. This land has always been In the hands of the' Procbatcis . and has never had a mortgage on It slnco' It was first taken up. It Is atlll called tho Proclistel Homestead. . ; Her grandfather Jacob Q. Ness ley was born In Jefferson county, Ohio, July 15th, 1812.. On his way to California In October, 1862, ho passed through this valley. At that tlmo between Hot Lake und Cove wus a large lake, covered with tules, the Inkc was called Tute Lake, and the wholo valley was coversd with rye -and bunch grass. In soufe places it was as high ns iv m.in's head. Mr. Nesiley and his party crossed tho lake In canoes. Whllo traveling he kept the val ley In mind' and CHine-buck lutor, bringing his family with hint In ri8(i2, Intending to raise truck gar den ror t no minors - r reu I'roeu stcl came with them. ' ' , Mr. Nosslcy took up a homesteud on what is. now the Waller Pierce place. The City Park Is a part of the homestead en which Fred Proebstol located. Later Mr. Newi ley and l''red Proebstol traded land, so the City Park is a part of thu land owned for years by Mr. Nchs icy where he died. On . arriving they ' found the rirown and leusy families already here.! Also Mr. Williamson, Mc Allster and Kellogg. v' . . First Orchards ; Mr. J. It. Kellogg took up what Is now tho Orlder Place which Is OUT OUR WAY : : , By WILLIAMS ! M IM WOOF? CtOOO SOMOAW , ZMM jTM$t& Iwi clothes? &p,HoymfmfMm I . mSM FORQCrftEM WHAT OAWtrAtS IS?W " Ki ' kJM'Mm T OOVWM AMD SE QOlE-T FOR L- l4tMy WmW;0Si$ owe. oaw iM-frAe vneeK? get . . m J ffc-vr mm. xs. paper Li. VMMEW SOMOAW WAS &OVJOAW . 0-n..Ums I l ' itM nu wcnvKc mc. I HATSVALUES TO 10X3 Now 335 PUTMAN'S were named,.".' ". ",' ::". Mt, Kmlly was named after the first white woman who climbed to the top or tho mountain, Kmlla Lesoly. And agalu It is said that It was In memory of a little daugh ter of an Immigrant family who was laid to rest at tho foot ot the Mountain. Mt. Fannlo was named In honor of Kunny Tallno who in company with others climbed tho mountulii. . I'ylos Canyon was named In honor of James M. Pyle. t au.iiiuuji.jiLujsi-u -wrmi ; Vox Hill was named ufter a V. , Vox who built one of the first uilllaf at the foot or thu hill. ' . 1 Our ploneera wero strong and', sturdy. - ':' . y Always willing to lend ft helping' hnnd. :' " . ' .... : And stood by each other 'in time -J-or need. . . .. : V Through their untiring efforts wo have today: good homes, good sehoola, and'.ono.of the utost beau tiful and fertile valleys In the; Weat. i Vnlon (Kpeclal) Mr.i. Viola l'ar ker enterbiined the memliers of the I'resbyteriall ladles' Aid at . her home Krbluy afternoon. Tho . time was spent sewing, ufter which he hostess served refreshments. Fasting ; In Summer YOU NEED A FAN IN THE HOME. We have a nice assort ment in stuck. La Grande Electric Co. 1412 Adama Ave. Tasting In order that he might re cetve the Holy Eucharist a Ms (rat official act In Chicago, Constant, Compte Henri d'Yenvttle Of Paris, aecretsry ot the permanent commit I tee of the Burhartstlc Congress, has reached the city to prepare for the. gathering of Catholics from throujb ut the wotH. . horses and mules currying heavy was In 18(15 pucks with nothing to eat. .Mr. No- one. dine thought (hat hay eoujd bel ' ro 1MI ' " uicdo by curing the wild grass, I ... ,,, ,,,. , ,, ,', b.Ullng It Into bundles of eoliven-I 0, 0 110,1 w"3 0,1 1,01,1 MeH lint slxc. Thnt way it could - be of ,h" Grande' Itomlu ltlver. II had packed tthero it wtii most needed. ia hotel, iiost office. Kioto, sawmill, Out of old drvitood nov.s v.niand a, flour mil built a hand bailer, shaped like n box. The pressure wus olitnined by throwing his on weight upon a- lover ' sixteen feet long, tho ful crum being another box nti'illei than tho first, resting upon the buy to bo pressed. Tho balls wero tied with buckskin. Tin v were I hen swunar between two 'puck minimis, ' by this method wero tulsen to the places where buy was needed, l-'or ,lhc hay Mr. Nodlnc received one hundred dollars per ton, ' . Nearly everyone of the pioneers had money or supplies enough to do them until hurvest time. If they didn't there was plenty of work for them to do.' Tley could drive pack trains or blaze hew trails, Indians Wore I'eaceulil- Tho people ot .Ihls valley .' wero fortunate Indeed. They had but lit tle trouble of any kind with the Indians. Tho lands they were oc cupying were not held by uny trlho us a homo. Hut the Indians visited the valley during the, summer months, for hunting and fishing. The Bottlers were not unnoyed by the' thievish and murderous In dians., us were miners in l'owder ltlver or John Day .Vulleyn. glomes Kpiiiilng t'p Homes were springing up In' var ious parts of tile valley. The days of. the Indians we're fast passing uw'uy. The- county was setlling fast. It's population was then about five hundred people when lie county of Union was organized llefore that Valley and La Oruiidu also hud run by wuter power. Oro Dell used to be culled . Slculousy. but Captain Harlow uanled It Oro Dull. ' How often e speak of Mt Em ily, Mt. Kannlo ami other . well known laud marks.. I am wondor- mllls wuro'lng we all know bow und why they To Glean Clothes "Clean" : , ' it is ; Necessary TO HAVE 1 Up-to-date modern equipment , We Have It. 2. Expert oerators and" finishers. We Have Them. For An All Around First Class Job ' ' Send Your Work To Standard Laundry Co. north' of La-Grande. Ho planted one of the firBt orchards on thls,'n October Hth, 1804 side of the valley, getting, his trees, nine (Irnndp Hondo from Mr. Nessley who brought Wallowa county wore Included In them from Wulla Wallu. Mr, Oung-lja((.r county. They voted for a loff planted tho first orchard. It Is county seat, In La Grundo, Marc h 4th. It stayed hero about, ten years and was then moved lo I'nlon. Un ion being tile county scut for thirty years. Xaiiiiiig La (irnnili! This city was culled ut Ihul lime Brownsville, or nrownstown, but later on It wus advlsuble lo change the name ns there was another town with the sumo. mime,. A Krenehinun, fhurhts liuusc, named Urownstown, La Orumle, Hrhnolx The pioneers took un interest In the schools. There were- only about five children in this neigh borhood ut that . time.' The flrsl school was taught by .Mr. l'rove- dence M. Currey. in the winter or 1 862-03. The tuition ren was ten dollars per pupil. The sehonlhouse was a rented log cabin on the hill side. Mr. Currey was stopping In lite settlement for the winter und was asked to teach school. Mrs. John W. Wilson tnughl the srhool In old-town In the winter or 1803-04. In 1804-Or. the school was taught by Mr. Martin Orulldy. He also taught the next year. In IS6G a public school building cost ing three thousand dollars was erected. This was the only school building In I.H flninih' until 1X7.r, when the Hlue Mountain I'nlver slty was built. First Church l'Vom schools we turn lo church es. The first chtlrrh organised III La Grande was the Methodist Kpls copal chureh. The services were held iii 1803. In n hull. ling where a grocery store hud boon, nit the door a sign read O. Iv. Clrorery. All church denominations held Ihere services in the 4). K. hlllMIng untll 1874. w-hen lite KplHeopulhiiiK creeled the rirst church building In f,a Grande. A marriage cerpiitouy was the first' service held In the chureh. Miss Ann Wi-bb anil Mr. Jasper Ktevcns were tho collide married, I'livt Wedding The rirst wedding that look place In the valley wus when .Mlis Francis Caroline leusy mid Mr. W. Murks wore married. F. M. Itlavk performed the ceremonv. The 1'lrie Mill The first sawmill was built at tho foot of the Vox hill. In 18113-04 a small mill was built on Catherine Creek about six miles from L'nion. The first (lour mill built ui l.nlou said that the first fruit grown hero was grafted Into a thorn tree by Mr. Nesslcy. ' ' - ; Wild l''rirlls ' ; ' I'coplo who hud dried or canned fruits kept them for thu sick, or I'or speclul occuslons. Thu only wild fruits found In the vulley were choke -cherYlcs, goose berries, und older borrlcs, , A. little later on hucklu berries wero foiiud In tho high mountains. Klrst Nursery Conrad Miller sturted tho first nursery In Union county, located ut now what la West Union, He brought his seed, trees and imple ments in by ox teams. The trees were mostly applo und a few pours. He sold them for a dollar a tree, und a few of the settlers bought them later on. ' First llab.T 11.n tl..llnu'rtll Mtllt lltH W'lfu ..iitiii, hnrn nltnilt tllC 8U1IIC titllO US the Nesslevs. l.lddte MucDowell was born In July 1862, being the rirst baby girl born in this slilo of the valley. Harry Klnsey was the first baby boy born here. First Hotel In tho spring of 1862. Mr. Hen Urown crossed tho river, and built himself a house, which aflerwurds became tho location of Old I.a Grande. On May day Mr, Hrown, his wife, and two -children. Kstller Ann und Ada. moved Into their new homo. Knlng neur uie uiu pioneer trail Mr. Brown's house becumo a stopping place for the weary travelers, the pony express, the mule trains, and the heavily la den freighters. Their home soon became an over crowded hotel. Af ter running the hotel a short time iilone Mr. Hrown sold half-Interest to Mr. Green Arnold. In the spring of 1863. Mr. Arnold bought the other half-interest. Mr. urown going out of business. Oilier l"UMT or ISHWM Not long afterwards Mr. H. M. Hlack opened a merchandise store. Mr, A. Hummers. Mr. Ifulnn, and Mr." A. C. Huntington opened gen eral stores, l-ater on the iiyneKr son brothers opened tho first blacksmith shop. The Firs Hay nailer Miners and owners of pack trains going over the mountains Into Idaho found no rceu lor ineir anlmala when ; they reached- the suoniine. It waa a hard trip lor the I, Ihe ' . ; ' . . .( MWaaaaKBBaaBaMaHiiaaBBBal I -.III I .poiiii si ' k-st aw' irt iniarotii in V-'IJIVIV O x'" ....v.w. DRY CLEANERS . .- Phone Main 56 . l.-- -1 . . ., , .,, ... . . I V. ' " - A j :bf ' l ai. ., I I DECLAItATION To rendor the nioflt dopendabta and courteous service . To the great ft st liosaiblo nutnbor o( people At the lowest co it consistent with fair wukob to the. labor and capital employed Olvlntr and deserving fair treatment thus To bo a factor in upbuilding; this community Is tho objective of this company. Probably You ve Heard This One It Has a Point Once upon a Unit), not so ninny yours go the dircctot'8 of u newly organized company held u very important meeting. .. ; i t - They were deciding whether to charge $1 or ?5 i'or it patented article which tho company wus about to put on the market. , , All the evidence indicated that they could profit ably market the article for $1. Nevertheless they set the price at $5 and main tained it at $5 until patents expired. This article undoubtedly saved its cost two or three times a year and it lasts ten to twenty years. There fore, men have asserted that the price was fair, that the inventor and investors who made this article available to the public were entitled to a goodly return. We do not venture to discuss this point but what .we do wish to point out is this IK THAT COMPANY HAD BEEN A PUBLIC UTILITY, IT COULD NOT HAVE CHARGED $5. Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company is reg ulated by the Oregon Public Service Commission and the rales charged arc based on actual cost value de termined by this Commission. NSC- Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. 0
