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VOLUME XXV.
LA GRANDE. OREGON, FRIDAY, .JULY 1. 1927
NUMRER" 2Y8"
Over The Valley
MiiIh-I K. Mortun, Valley Xeus Kdllor
iMiiilHii-y Crop at Us J'cnk -
Zut'k Chandler, of lrulldulo, la
miu of tlit local growers of sniu.ll
iruilH who have had un excellent
tiia lit y of strawberries on the, mar
kets thin KeuHon, ami ho is of the
opinion that tho season Is right
iov at Its height. Mrs. Chandler
has about one and one. half acres
In the berries ami he grows but
wo varieties, the Senator Hunlnp
;tnd thi! It. M. Kelloggs and of
these he is expeetlng to have In
the neighborhood of 2UU crates be
long the season ahull have closed.
One part f his patch, Mr, (.'hand-
says, bus been very produc
tive this year, the remainder hus
produced only a fraction of a nor
mal crop. 11 he has any partiality
toward either of the two varieties
of berries which he markets, Mr.
handler, says it is toward the It.
M. Kelloggs. While they ure not
of such a deap red color, yet they
larger und are better lor table
use. J nose wno nave ueen ouymg
Mr. Chandler's berries will know
that this berry is the one which has
n bearing so many twin berries
this year, the blossom having had
more petals, and the fruit forming
two very large and fully de
loped berries Joined together at
the stein end. 'lhe Senator Uun-
ps ;ye also very good and are of
much darker red. It Is these
berries which Mr. Chandler
iul rod need into this locality t
iiuong fruit growers about I'ft
vears ago, The Kellogg berry
plants were secured from It M. j
Hogg, of Michigan, who has pro- )
pointed the variety and who sells
his plants as pedigreed, registered j
Mock. Mr. Chandb-r will have no,
berries this season neither will he j
have peaches, but of his Delicious ,
ipph-s and Winter Hanana apples.
he in expecting a good crop. Mr.
Chandler believes in having more
than one line in ens1 there Is fail
ure of any one particular fruit or
berry. Last year he had no berries
but a bumper, crop ot' cherries,
this year the case Is reversed. He
Iso raises Home cattle ami hobs
and produces on his place enougu
hay for the use of his livestock.
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Here is a GimmI One
Wednesday the valley editor was
in the Island City grocery, store
when a young miss, seven, eight or
mi. came in and usked for two
3jboNes "f strawberries. I-.ee, Itey
;1h)U1h was about to procure them
At "her w hen she added. "My
Yiother said for you to send the
1 iottein st ones you had as she w ant
ed thein lor shortcake" Needless
?jt say. Mr. Reynolds selected the
1j nicest, ripest berries he had.
Il.etues Soon Tor Vancouver
9 Wilbur I, Hrock, of the Dry
Srreek neighborhood, expects to
Qhave soon for l'ortland and from
there will go to Vancouver, l. C.
t that city he will meet Mr. Nor
linnn S. Itraden. of New York, who
viee oreshbnt of the Wcsting-
ShoiiHe Kleetrk- corporation, with
whom ho will have a lew u.ijb
visit. Mr. Hrock ami Mr. liraden
were college classmates at Whit
man college leaving there 22 years ,
ago. but always keeping their warm
friendship started in colleno days
as one of their prize possessions.
"Mr. Itraden lias come lo be one of (
the big men In the electrical nnnm
try and while his home and his
business interests have nlways kept
him in lhe cast his heart has been
in the west. Mr. Hrock, who has
been in the newspaper field for
many vears and has been connected
with several of the large Washing-
' ton dailies, was until the last five
or six weeks associated with Mr.
V'.ruce Dennis, formerly of this city,
.w owner and publisher of the
Klamath Kails pa
Business
interests and personal auemiuo t
his farms in this valley, made it
necessary for him to come to his
ranch in tin: Dry creek vicinity.
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Atleml I in Jo's AVehling
Raymond ami Kdwln Richards
living on the Cove road, were in
Hostess Cakes
See Display in Show Window
All Kinds from 15 to 45c
For the Fourth of July
Salads - Cold Meals - Cottage Cheese
Fresh Vegetables and Fruits
Free Delivery Phone Main 80
Pattison Bros. Grocery
I
Hlgin over the week end attending
the wedding of their uncle. Mr. Joe
Tracey and Miss Visa lieem, w hich
was an event of Saturday. They
returned home on Sunday.
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DiitertahiM l or (incst
Miss Marion Ueiss, of Cove, en
tertained u company of of her
girl and boy friends recently, com
plimenting her house guest, Miss
l.oreta Wilsos of Milton, Ore. Tho
evening was pleasantly spent with
games and contests and enjoying
the lovely refreshments served by
the, hostess.
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Curst J'loni SKkan
Mrs. Kdith Clrlswold came Wed
nesday from Spokane for a visit
with her granddaughter, Mrs,
Henry Counsel I, of I. add Canyon.
She will visit also in i.ostiue, be
fore returning to her home.
Ml-s .Johnson Itetuuis Home
Miss Mabel Johnson returned to
day to her home in l'ortland lob
lowing u very pleasant visit of a
few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Tit iim llvinir tlitu si.ht nf Teloeaset. i
To Inetigute I toad Situation
A me'ting is being called prob
ably for Saturday evening at Sum
merville when residents of that
section and I try creek who are In-
tr rested In good roads and who
'are not discouraged even in the
j face of the election returns Tues-
day. w ill discuss solutions ot tiieir
road problem, 't hese citizens aru
very anxious that they may nave a
road which will connect the two
existing market roads, the Suni
merville and the Koothill. They
will attempt to make some sort of
u proposal whereby they nuiy offer
to the county board a certain suin,
this to be matched by the board
and a road constructed in keep
ing with lhe market road law. The
movement is being instigated by
Miles Woodell, rural mall carrier
out from tho Summervjlle office.
Mr. Woodell is carrier on a route
32 miles long and one of the most
difficult roads in the county. There
are t7 families in the locality to be
served by this road.
Has Week Kml GucMs
Miss Winifred Halsey. of t nion.
spent the week end with Miss Are
ta Titus at Telocascl. Mrs. Cora Ti
tus at the same time went to l-add
Canyon where hc Vas Uk -guest of
Mis. W. 1 i'eeblcr.
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Mo(! to Itfliicli tor Summer
Mr. and Mrs. Hi. Rhodes ami
family have moved back to Iheli
country home, Spring Hill Uauch,
three miles down the canyon from
Telocaset. where they will reside,
this miipmer. They have been
spending the winter and spring in
La Grande.
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Gct-Togrlhcr Club .Meels
The Get-Together club or lite
I. add Ctinvon neighborhood met
last week with Mrs. U Drum
smith. A splendid program was
offered, Mrs. Hoppei being cnair
nuiu of the committee in charge.
The club meets ugain next Thurs
day with Mrs. Alma Kwln.
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Attend Reunion al l'.lgin
Mr. and Mrs. Charles llili and
family, of Telocaset, were among
those attending the Hug family
reunion at Klin last Minda.
Mine Into New Home ,
Mr. .and Mrs. Claude Wright
have recently moved into their
lovelv home, just completed, in
Kruitdale. The house is modern
in every regard, is stucco finished
and consists of five rooms,
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(ini,T (n telehrnie
t Members of I'leas-uit. Grove
Lr,..,,,,. have arrange. 1 for a big
j .-rti, of July Celebration which
they will hold in 1'basanl Grove
j next Monday. Al 1 I o'clock in the
! morning a patriotic program will
! be given, which will be followed
! by a pienic dinner. A base bull
game will be called in the utter-
1 noon, the grange team to meet a j
team from Klgin. There will be a j
j horseshoe pitching contest and j
races for which both first and see-
oud priy.es will be given. The IVs- j
; tivities whleh wiil close with u big;
! dance at night will lie held In tho
'grove two miles west ot Hummer-
Ville.
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Visits In ,u (.ramie
j Miss Isabel HlinmnilH. of the Diy
creel; neighborhood, is visiting
j with her friend. Miss Anita iriek-
i son in J,n Grande.
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1 turner ltei(ietits VMl
(ieorge and Thornton Corpe, of
California, are visiting among their
relatives and friends at Cove. They
were former residents of that place.
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Lntcrtains It ridge Club
i Mrs. O rover (Jrimmett Is enti r
I tattling the members of the Island
' City llriilge club this afternoon at
her home near Iai Grande.
Girls Sewing Club Meets
I '('he Girls Hewing club met Wed
nesday ul teriioon at t he homo of
1 their leader, Mrs. Jissie iMniel, of
I Cove. There are S 'Ven meliiberju
jthis organization and tiiey are t-n- .
deavoring to finish their project, j
IMuni I'l""" Trip
M ' and Mrs. lirov
i
r Ciilmniett. j
I residing near l.a Grande, are ex-'
! eeedingly enthusiastic ovrfr an auto
i trip from which they have recently
returned. The trip covered the
newly advertised " "ariboo Trail"
covering together with a side trip
or two, about 2(HX milcM and re
quired two weeks travelling. It
was unite delightful throughout so
report the travelers, despite the
faei that the highway is not com
pleted in some localities and is
nil her narrow in others The ceii-H-ry
is beautitul, lakes, hills and
rivers dotting the line of travel
are magnificent. Mr. and Mrs.
Grimiuett started from this city,
going first to Walla Walla and on
up to Spokane, from, there driving
westward over the Sunset high
way tu Wenatchee. Here they met
the Okanogan -Cariboo trail which
they followed up into and through
Canada. This trail was first used
by white nun In the days of the
great fur companies. The Indians
used it. then the Hudson Hay Co..
followed it carrying their furs on
that route by the hundreds of Ihou
tiunds of dollars; it was followed
also during. the gold rush. Going
north, from Weiialchee through
Chelan and along lhe edge of the
beautiful Lake Chelan, ifcp through
( Mtanogati, TonasUet. across the
border .line.iilto Canada just be
low' Ollvei", juist "VaKseaiix" (Hlrd
i Sanctuary) lake. the Okanogan
I falls, and then tor a whole day
'along Lake Okanogan, on north as
far as Salmon A.arm. At. that
lake, the trail turns westward and
runs along the whores of oilier
beautiful lakes to Marble Canyon
when it turns south
through a beautiful
and west
count ry to
Vancouver
li. C. The travellers
on south to Kenine. and
t hen came
Tacomu and on to ( lienaiis w nero
'they stopped and visited the K. K.
Kiit ley family, formerly of, this
community. At chehMis Mr. and
Mrs. Grimmell took the Ocean
Meuoh highway, which look them
through the Her Hon of giant for
' el trees to Raymond, ami South
lb nd. then through the hills, laler
i lhe. cranberry bogs to l.ongbeach
j and Seaview, Wash. At I't. KMice
' they took the ferry lo Astoria then
motored down tho coast to Seaside
for a visit, returning by the Col
umbia River highway to l'ortland
ami on home. Their first long
! trio bv num. Mr. Uriiu-
ni'tt an
over thi
h
ucinn
very eiilhuslastic
r of seeing the
looking forward
le anticipation to
ing expedition.
country, and 'a i
w itii consul' ral
another sight-S'
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VNitlnu' Grand I'mi'iit
The Misses Harbara and lti-Uy
Counull, of l.add Canyon, sire
gmsis of th- ir grund-p
cuts. Mr.
and .Mrs. !
Tillon at Lost inc.
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Hiince Crowd Small
The dame given Saturday ev.
ing by tin- riMnib'-rs of the TV
caset grange at their hall was
GRANDE RONDE IS
SPECIALLY SUITED
FOR BERRY RAISING
Since ls:;i, Karl J. Stat-kland, of
Cove, and his brothers associated
with htm. hc.ve been raising ber
ries and fruits both for local and
foreign markets and it is said to be
very largely through, their efforis
that that particular locality has at '
(he present day a nation-wide rep- .
utation for the quality of iruit pro- :
dtleed t here. un t heir different
farms and ranches scattered over ;
thai seetiou of tho valley, they :
have developed large fruit bear- ,
ing orchards and berry grow ing j
patehes. At present their straw-j
berries are demanding their almost
undivided attention.
On the ranch just this side of j
Cove, Hie home of G. G. Stackland. j
(hey have ten urns of strawberries j
from which they have already ;
marketed about 3 2 ft crates, with j
the season just at. its height, an in- j
dieation that this year's is a light.
crop. Karl Stackland states that j
with a leu per cent crop, an acre
should ield from a ton and a
MtiartMi to a ton and a half ot the
berries each season. This, tigure
will not be reached t,bjs year.
The berries which have been
t marketed thus far this year from
(the Staekhind pafehes have been
te Improved Oregon which. have
! be-n generally accepted a.s the
best berry for this locality, follow
ing much careful experimentation,
however. Mr. Stackland questions
this belief and is ready to place
another berry as the one w hich for
all purposes Is hisl adapted to this
soil and climate. Some time ago.
Mr. stackland obtained and set out
on hf place Hint ( nch of the Sen
ator Dunlap. Doctor Hurreli. Gib
son and Kthelhurg No. 121. He"
has watched thoso very carefully
and after such a study, he gives it
as his honest opinion that while
all four of these are superior to
lh Oregon Improved, the Kthel
hurg and the Dr. Rurrell are both
unusually good, but 1 In former,
particularly as lo soil and climate
is pro ing considerably t he best
berry for this valley. It is very
heavy bearing, is far superior for
canning and lias oilier outstanding
characteristics. While for the other
varit ics t he crop is right, now at
its height and ten days will see tho
production dwindle down very rap
idly, the Kthelhurg will not
ready for market until next week,
I'rnOng Gnoil Horry
Mr. Stackland lias also set out
tills year two acres of the Im
proved Clark Seedlings, which are
proving to be a very good berry
in lliis valley and which t con
tinually giowing In he eslimnfion
of berry men. Tie stales that, to
this acreage or seedlings he ks giv
ing his very best of care and at
tention, ami will have this fall
from it an abundance of plants
for sale and for res-tting.
That this valley is very nearly
ideal for t he producing of large
berry crops. Mr. Stackland is very
firmly convinced. At present.
tended bv a ralher small
crow di d,
to the
iv as Mir
due in all probabilities
stormy evening. M nsie ;
nished by an orchestra of
th ree
pieces from Medical Springs.
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O. A. C. Student Home
Harold Sehroeder. of the
Chapel neighborhood, is al
home for lhe summer vac
and is working In the liay t
The young man is n junior a
college,
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I- III in llo-pnal
Mrs. C. Knautz, of mar Conby,
is ill and a patient :i Or.uidu
Lolidc hospital in La Orainle.
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I ;nthiisiatdic thiT Com so
The yollllg people ItOIII Cove
and hiibler who wen- privile.d lo
.peud two weeks recently at Cor
valiis as students al the shorl
enuise at lhe Agi ieiiltilial College
are great ly etilhusiasi ov-r l lie
work which they did. and th- pro
gram airanir-d for the slu.hms
there ihls summer. Carmen and
.lane haniel, Harrel Weilior and
Allen Mills, of Cr,ve and ciiilord
Conrad, of Imbler, were the livo
n presenlallves from this comity
1 among the total of fifo a.teitdilig.
girls and --" boys. The cnis
were divided into Li sections oT
j -li, curb and took n n hilcm-ivi!
I home-making course, cook ing-. s- w -;
ing. decorating, home lmproe-
llienl. etc. The boys Were p.ie. d
in similar groups and took a
I si i a Ight agricult at e coin's s1.n k
'judging, demonstrations, etc. Font
cia:-scH ivere held each morning. All
J assembly was h- hl each aflern-M.n
' and ill the eetiines were edn a
, 1 jo mil ph t ores, part ies, et c One
I day during the session
l tsi s 1 1 om ' 'oi'vallis ea
: te. th of each of the ;
Ihn (I'
ll!!!. '1 I
and Ml.-s Jane I ianb'1 was s
I i d as tip- om out of the C
'Whose )e(h MlOW'd the be-t
(m 1 he second Monthly of
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course the chamber of corn men j
! oU CorvaltiS look Ho- whole coin
. puny to tip- movie w lo re ti:y v it
'll ?... d and llinioilily eii)o 'I
j -Casey at the I Iat .'
Wcik- Toward rurebred Herd
I .1. H. Kilby, w bo mil so mi '
long innM d tiom La (Iran i"
i onto a l.irin in l-idd Canyon, i
Moss m
his fi
ilioii R
the- S
d- a oi in-' 1 hi oiigh small hegmn.iu
to bring the He stock on his pho
to lhe hlg!) Ol perteetion and
to e' ure ant ma is- and fowl of th"
b' 'i-. In hogs. In- is r.tiMi: .'
th' Ohio TmproMl t'htft r Whiit
hawng impo?t', his otiglna! Mock
Horn Hi" Fh.lheiid Hon Hain !t m
(Ccii'.iiiu d ou Ta-c S.)
growers arc putting on the market
barely eiioiitth to supply the de
mands of this locality, and as Mr.
Staekkuid looks back over the his
tory of fruit growing in the valley j
and looks forward to future pros- i
peels he makes this statement:
"If business men. or capitalists
in t his valley, would put up I ho J
capital in amount to one-half that
which is being spent in excess ot t
any justification for hotels, for in- !
.stance, at the present time, for the
erection of a canning plant or a
iruit dryer, it would do more good
lor the people of I'nion county and !
tor t hemselves than If spent for
nnylhing else. A little town like
Sheridan in the Willamette valley :
net ded $M.m0 to enlarge their
cunning plant, to lake care of fruit i
produced in that locality. A tew
business men in that town sub
scribed $4. oeo in a few minutes
and they have borrowed the bal
ance, and consequently have a
plant which can satisfactorily take
care of increased production.
'The only thing lhal is holding
Tnion county people back from go
ing on is raising fruits and berries
extensively is the fact that thero
Is no canning factory. If any In
crease is made in production the
fruit grower runs the risk of over
running the local market and then
ho is out. Situ.itcd as we are with
a plant or establishment here to
lake care of any excess crop, the
growers would undoubtedly plant
sufficient acreage not only lo sup
ply .such a plant or cannery, but
also al the same time would pro
duce enough so that they might
branch out and find long distance
fresh fruit markets just the same
as Hood River does at present.
AnoMier Phase
"There Is another phase to it.
The fruit gathering seasons eoine
almoMt entirely during the vaca
tion season, and the gathering of
I For Your Auto Trip I
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SEE THAT YOUR CAR IS IN PROPER CONDITION
AND EQUIPPED ALL AROUND WITH
FULL SIZE
Gum-Dipped Balloons-
Low
Old
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30x3!2 Cord $7.35
29x410 Balloon $8.40
315.25 Walloon ... . $15.35
Made in the Great Economical
Firestone Factories
THEIR GOLDEN
WEDDING DAY
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Mr. ami Min. Oliver I'errlu.
pioneer in I lie Grande Itmide
vnlley, will quietly celebrate llielr
oOth w (Hlillug aniilvcrjiiy Sun
day, duly a.
such crops as might be grown, as
suggest ed previously, would give,
employment to a large class of
people and at a time when work
is usually scarce, if u man at pres
(lit has but an acre in berries and
he finds at the closo of the season
that that acre has only paid out.
'or made a very small profit, there heaped up by companions to mark
lis still tho fact thai ho has paid the spot of burial. He remembers
1 a good sum to thlse w ho have been i how tho company ran nut of pro
; picking and would have, otherwise i visions and nil were held at Rolce
ll n w ithout this Income. Looking ; where they were obliged to work
iat it from this point of view it , for food and other necessities. Hut
would be a good and big under- in time they moved on. entered
! taking. With greater production this beautiful valley through I,add
tiu re would be un accompanying canyon and established w hat Is
j large company of new wage earn- still known as the Iowa settlement.
I ers pickers, packers, truckmen, j Hail lo Wall
box makers, etc." Tho laud was given out In three
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Prices On
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Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Perrin Will
Celebrate 50th Year of Wedded Life
Sixty-four years ago today, sonte-i
w hero more than hnlf way out from
Iowa to this Grande Rondo valley,
there might have been seen a long,
long train of prairie schooners, per
haps 30 or 40 wagons all told, bo
sides other equipment, livestock,
etc. moving slowly, slowly yet stead
ily on toward a land a land which
none of them had ever seen, but
toward which all from the oldest to
the youngest looked with longing
eyes. Somewhere, In that train there
was a chunk of a boy, a lad of 11
vears Just the age for a boy to be
alivo to all that was going on about
him, sensing the dangers an did tho
oldest perhaps .and likewise thrill
lug at the adventure, at the daring
of it all.
That very spirit of adventure,
and new experiences of each day.
the hope ever held before them.
all these brought a very decided
spirit of happiness. On the other
hand there was tho ever-present
fear, fear of danger, unknown, but
ahvays expected. The dangers to
come from wild and unknown ani
imils. the sudden appearance of
savages who might In a very short
time annihilate the entire train
Just a host of terrors, some of w hich
appeared, ami some which did not.
This young boy remembers how
many of his playmates became 111
along tho w ay, measles, w hooping
cough ami other diseases. Ho can
y,.t nee,
en tubed
when some of them sue
to the diseases, (In fact
some six or seven of them died on
the way) the feed boxes were re
moved from tho sides of the
wagons, and these were constructed
'into coffins in which his friends
Iwore buried, and piles of rocks'
Ol
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Now is the time to take the uncer
tainty out of your tire equipment.
Miike the Fourth of July trip one of
Safety, Comfort and Economy. We
have every size. Better see us to
day. Prices are lowest in history.
PERKINS I
MOTOR 1
. CO. .
ways, squatters' rights, homestend-
ing and preempting. This boy was
not yet of age, and his father was
lead. Therefore it was necessary
for him to wail either until he be
came of age or else possessed
money In his own name to pur
chase laud. I '.ecu u.so he was a
minor, ho could not even borrow
money from his nod her to acquire
property. In time he did come In
to possession in his own mime of
acres ami acres of this fruitful soil
in this valley.
lust five days after this train
left Iowa, another train titarted un
Its long Journey. This train was
made up of 30 wagons, drawn by
oxen and two teams of horses, and
at times the milch cows were press
ed into service. Their trip across
tho prairies was made without any
serious trouble, so the woman who
was a little girl of five years nays.
She remembers quite distinctly the
events of the trip, and that there
wore three members of their party
who died on the phi ins. They
were from the fifth day of May un
til the ninth day of September mak
ing the journey and in the early
fall they, too entered this vulhy !
through Hadd canyon.
Fourteen years passed, and they
tell us they were H years of hard
toll, of hardships, yet yea re of hap-
plness that
coiucH to lives lived in
ml a certain freedom.
simplicity
And after these 1 years, on the
third day of July, U77. these two,
this boy and this girl, w ere the
principals in a happy weddiui;
, ceremony, Oliver I'errln. lhe bid
I of II years when his family left
'their home In the Hawkeye state
for the land of promise in lhe w
ami laiciudu May, who, as a little
girl of five, had made the lontr
Journey across the pralrlei-..
I'oikI Memories
Oliver I'errln and Huelnda May
I'errln were married at Cove iia
years ago this coining Sunday, and
today at their humble home at
I in bier, they are living over a-tain
in their memories those other days.
(Continued on Tago 8.)
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