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VOLUME XXV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 5, 1927
Over The Valley
Muhcl i:. Morton, Taller Noun KUItor
'lO tlllM Oil IlllllK'SS
Mr. ami Mr. Will Ktc kinan of
holder drove lo Jus-ph -arly Hits
. week and mjh iiI KuiiH' tnui: IooMiik
it 1 1" r businesa matters.
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Wheal Yield AipHlVHtly I.m-i"
'la it iit f i "art or comment d
' conibiniiit? on hU fat lier"n Iiumi
place, t-iiht or" Alicel, iln- middle of
111" week. At the (line thlH wan
' written Hie work had not uoKrcs.s
t ed liir enough to tell w hat the
, average yield was. but on the first
hair day. u.sin only a small com
lilne 1 '.hi sacks were seen red. In
VMhc same neighborhood. Malt Krb
whs KalheiiiiK In what wum figured
as a heavy yield. Two combines
were operating on the Krles place.
At the name time, I. K. I'lieiiault
was harvesting Ills rye. Mr, Chen
autt lian one field hi rye, lor
w hieh he rinds a ready market,
M'-llitiK it print Ipally tor seed.
Suffers u Light Stroke-
Oliver 1 'err in, piolleer resilient
of I in I ler suffered a llt,'ht ntroke
of pmaly.slM last .Sinnlay at his
home. M r. I 'err in bun recovered
very well from It during the week.
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I.ih's lteiiuirknlilc .lir"
May lielle. the t unions Jersey
cow. belonging to Mi'N. Kay Dun
can of Cove, dropped (lead one day
last 'week. Just alter milktng lime.
This cow has made- a very unusual
record, and her death Is quite, a
h us. She was ahout 1 r years old,
and had been the property of Mrs.
4 I mneuil lor eight yeaiH. All the
line herd on th Duncan ranch was
Horn this cow. I-Yoiii her. lucre are
i; head of repSstered females, nnd
M rs. i u ik an lias sold ?afu worth
of males.
Stunt. Not Smith
In the story of Old lied Pepper
as written last Tuesday by M. L.
Carter of Alicel, an error in copy
ing made the name of the famous
teacher of the famous school for
so many years, to read I. D. Smith
w hen It should have been I. I .
Smutz. Those who have been con-
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Villi WI.M.i.lmr
Not all consciences Moating about
.have been sufficiently stirred lo at-
tempt reparation of wrongs done,
as the orn mentioned In a recent
Observer. There urn sonic yet that
n 1 to report.- One for instance.
is that one belonging to the party
that catered a house In the eastern
purl of the county and appropri
ated some forty or more cans of
choice fruit fund vegetables gath
ered, prepared and canned by a
busy house w ife for her fitiuUy.'s
V'onsuinpilon in the winter. The i
other which has l n brought to.
our attention is even worse. Mrs.
Arthur Hermann on the Cove road
has had about 1 7r oT her fine
rhode Island red chickens stolen. I
the majority of that number being
her entire flock of young chickens,
roesiers ready for the fryer mar
ket ami pullets coining along in
s',e. '('here were also a bunch of
laying liens taken. We recall that
another woman had her flock or
turkeys stolen Just a little b-foro
tdie intended marketing them.
Farmers nnd fanners' wives are
gelling qnile exercised over such
doings and report that they Intend
resorting lo the limits allowed
thrill by law.
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Logging orr Tract
'I he torly acre tract, of limber
up Mill Creek road from Cove,
owned by Mrs. McNeil Of La
Grande Is being logged oil. the logs
being consigned to the mill a) I'm
ion. The fees being taken down
are principally yellow pine
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On Federation Hard A Soft
Chris .lohnson .the miller al Hie
old North Powder Mill, probably
the obbst mill in Kiist-rn Oregon,
has for many years favored t he
lird Federation wheat to the cx
T ,'lusion of some other varieties, for
milling purposes. Mr. Johnson, on
the I it nil tour Tuesday, said that
of late, however, there had been
considerable demand for flour from
the soil Federation wlniit. tho
variety that is being tested exten
sively in different sections over
the county at present.
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Luc-I From linker
Mr. and Mrs. Karl 'Sti-ciim of
liaker wen- guests the first of the
i we. k at Ho- home of Mr. and Mrs.
I Lav Duncan ot m-ar Cove. W. S.
liaker of Portland was also a
J guest in this home on Tuesday.
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Take Auto Trip
Mrs Kdna Haw lev-Slonebn aker
i has gone with her sister, on an
tended auto Hip. Their objee
in Duluth, Minnesota.
l!eiil,i. Mr-t WlieBt I'mlv
While w heat nsiuilly com" Into
I
c eh-viitur at t'nlon tironil'l two
eelis later than 111 other iurlH of
ie I Illy, this year. the first
h.at was ri ceiveil on ciclly the
line ilny that the first loail was
'oiiL'ht lulu the elevator at Alicel.
ccor.lliu- to D. II. ('router, niiin
otj
ay.
aimer of the mill. 157 sacks
fl.el.l we... r IV.ll lllllt .1
.11 . ,onn. Is in the hll-
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Ilk hers. Is of the opinion tnat
'his will he a profitable year for
.Hi- wheal crow. rs of the valley.
Two farmers who haul to his i h v-
t..r. 1 1.- an ailvanc" r.-s.-rva! Ion
il-.r Ihe sloiaire of ..ii.l'f"' hllsh- ls of
hOi. at. Others have estiinate.l lhal
i'l'ir crop nv.r in that s.cllon of
the country will he .lotll.le what It
lias l en for sev.-ral y- ars.
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K-l Week nt iJiki
- Mrs. I' A. MacUonal.l 0 the
1".mi it. ur"l.orhoo.l an. I herlaULh
t r M, tluv.,,.,, ;.,.. ,,. '
tcf. Jean, of Ihrheley. fulilornlu I
tipeiil last week at the new Mac- j
Donald cottage at Lake Wallowa, j
Mm. r. A. MacDonald and Mrs.
Duncan MacDonald have Jim! com
pleted a vary complete and entire
ly modem collage, which has junt
been finished and of which they
are justly proud. The collude con
tains a large living room with lire
place, two bed -rooms, sleeping
porch, kitchen, front porch etc.
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Mold Joint 1'lenle
The Ladies, A,id Societies of
Atleei, iin bier and Siiiuinervllle
united In u picnic held yesterday
in the Krove near the Dry t'reck
fchoo! house and which was at
tended by more than one hundred
people. After some time had been
spent informally. Mrs. Kveiit Wal
siiiKer. president of the A I lee I Aid
called the company to order, an
nounced a hymn, w hich was sung
fid lowed by the re pit ion of the
Twenty-third I'Halm. .V program of
music and readings was ottered.
Including a song by Venal Sander
son of La ('rande. violin solo by
Mrs. Westenskow of Imbler, read
ing. Miss Vernu Hardy, song. Lor-t-iie
Spencer and a reuding by Aunt
Molly McDowell, past Mt years old
ot Summerville. Mrs. W'alslnger
then introduced Miss Geneva Say re,
recently ret urned missionary from
China, w ho spoke In an exceeding
ly Interesting fashion sang sonic
souks hi the Chinese and showed
1 and explained a great many
Chinese articles which she brought
I home w ith her. At the close of
her address a joint committee from
, the three societies served a tray
lunch of sandwiches, raspberries
and cream, cake and lemonade.
That Original I'oriy-fobl
A lew weeks ago. this column
carried a story concerning the or
iginal Forty-fold wheat S"ed
brought Into this county by .1. W.
Lytic, who was one of the pioneers
and who had seetled on land near
Alice). Mr. Lytic bought the seed
from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and Paid S7.au for the one bushel
laid down hero, at La Grande. This
I w.. a lew- veins alter Mr. Lytic
jhad come into this section. Hi!
SU'IIDCU Oil U UCr: Ol glUUIIO Oil
which he Intended to plant this
Forty-fold and then look his M-yl he
and niowed all around the plot.
The seed wiis planted, grew, w its
harvested and fJ bushels gathered,
This was the beginning of Forty-
fold wheat in this county.
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Breaks Shoulder
llurle Tuvlor. son of W. G. Tai
lor, residing on the Cow road is
carrving high right arm In a sling
the result ol'ttn accident which he
recently sustained. He was riding
a horse In the pasture, when the
animal slipped in a badger hole,
throwing the boy In such a way.
that his shoulder was broken.
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j Impi-OM IVnni Operation
j Hilly Duncan, of Cove, is Im
proving troni his recent operation
for tonsils, adenoids and also for
Die straightening of the septum
of the nose. The process of heal
ing Is rather a slow one however,
particularly in Ihc last mentioned
! case and requires one or more
trips to the specialist in La Grande
each w cck.
Purchases New Combine
Mrs. p. A. MacDonald has pur
chased a new IS-foot Holt combine
which w as recently delivered to
her larm. Operal ion w as coni-
' nienecd Hie middle of this Week.
but unfortunately the machine was
: incnpaeitaled by the breaking of
a bearing, and the work of har
vesting was interrupted. Mrs. lac-
Donald is having as her house
guests ror several weeks. lo-r
! .laughter. Mrs. William II. McNabb
1 of Iterkehy. Ciil.. and the charm
, ing little ten months old grand
, daughter. .1? an McNabb.
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Small Cherry CnH
! Some idea of the damage .lone
by the killing fiecy.es last tall and
also this spring may be gained by
comparing the shipment of (lor
ries from Cove this year with for
mer years. This year but two car
loads' were shipped, one by Carl
Staekland. and the other by the
i-'i
nit Growers association. i nis
romp''
1 with the huge number
; ol ca I S Sllip pen uin ui.-i. j .
I woefully small..
Turkey lieil ! Well
.lami-s Anson, who owns n riilH li
on (ioverniiienl Cnl' li. Just eiisl ol
ri loras. t ImM Im-cii exfci-dliiuK' nil. .
!'M-t inn, I ' for neverul y. ars wllli Ills j
w lo-iil eiops. This y. ur in II"' sin.-- )
i-slion ol" Ihe county nwnt. Mr- ,
- Anson sitiiiviI. up In the vh-inity ,
ii i ut' KlKin. Turlicy I t.-.I w h. nt eeil ;
1111. 1 OWei tlillt US Willi"! hint.' ol iin
"Mi.Tini' nt. The win-ill hus niiol"
ii stileinlhl jriouth iinil now thai
it Is In lh" shoeli pri-selits a ery
strllilliB lihtni-e. the flel'ls ill" so
full of shoeli.
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Smile Kill
Jerry Vineh. of the Iowa vlein
Ity, lell ret-eiilly from the haymow, i
slrikhiK the niaiiBei- anil riai t iirini,-
a niiintx r "f
of his Injnrl.
of his rllis. The extent
s were not r""Oi:lii.' u -
1 at first, hut til
.r" recently
I.arne.l ami the ril.s tin... I. This
was a vet y uni". i..n".
nceiilellt
for any llioe of Ihe year, nut eMpo
clally il"ht now nt harvest time.
Vonie INiiiy Itlilers
llar.hl an, I Mai L-a ret '.ml. rich,
voiin" son nip I .lauithlef of Mr. am!
Mrs. W. A. y.'irhrl.'h. of Moss
I'hao.' niirhhol hoo.l. iirr unite
I expert 'ri.hrs of l'l"lr to f.r.tty
1 Slictlaii.l ponl. s. of which Ih.-y I."
icante owie rs some lime nini. Th. y
huv.; a little cairlai;.- to whnll the
f
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Dunham Wright
And Mr. Lincoln
Second Cousins
l-'rom a vast fund of experience,
gathered through a lifetime cov
ering four score years and five,
there Is nothing which stands out
more prominently, nor which gives
greater pride to the Hon. Dunham
Wright, of Medical Springs, than
the fact of his relationship with
A b r a h a m Lincoln. 1) u n h a m
Wright's grandmother and Abra
ham Lincoln's mother. Nancy
Hanks, were own sisters. which
makes the two men second cous
ins. Although Mr. Wright never
actually saw the honored pre.-hleut.
himself, yet his parents ami grand
parents were so closely associated
with him. that Mr. Wright has re
ceived from them, by direct word
of iiMinili much information that
has been verv valuable and which
i.,.nn whb.lv hi ofiei-. e.sne-
ni'iiiv in' i,!,,,.!",!.!,,. ,.f ihc L-rent
man.
There ale a numbcY of uncon
nected instances which stand out
very prominently in Mr. Wright's
memory. Perhaps none of I hese
is more interesting than t he fact
that for many years .Mr. Wright
had In his possession the Hible,
which, w hen a boy Lincoln, had
borrowed and kept until he had
thoroughly mastered its contents,
and to which he so often t urned
for help or for quotation in the
years w h-u responsibilities, ever
Increasingly heavy rested upon
him. The Hible was the property
of Mj Wright s grandfather who
had loaned it to Abe Lincoln dur
ing the early period of his life
when his ravenous appetite for
books and reading was not satis
fied until he had read everything
available. After Lincoln had read
the book, it was returned to his
' uncle, -Mr. Wright's grandfather.
As a boy the history of the Hook
was related time and time again
to him. as he was his grandfather s
constant companion for many
years. When the division of the
' grandfather's possessions was
made, M r. Wright asked for the
old lilble and his request was
granted. What a priceless treasure
it wits to him! 'then how heart
brcal
it was when a few years
ago the flames
hich destroyed
the hotel at Medical Springs. .Mi
n Hr.ni n ......... ,...-..-...,... ...x.
red treasure as well as uin
art
M r.
rould
Miini;
ides of priceless value t
, Wright , because they ne vet
be replaced. Fortunately,
lime heto.e the fire, u
pher had requested of
the privilege of malum
pbotogra
r. "Wright
a picture
f the book. The picture were ex
ceptionally good, one of the closed
Hook and the oilier with Us page;
opened at the
These picture
rwenty-ihird Psalm,
have been much
might after by hislorians. etc.. Mil
perhaps no request has given Mr.
Wright more pleasure ill urant ing
than that of the late Preddcnl
Warren G. Harding at the time of
his visit to this locality Just before
his death.
I At the time of the canvass made
in Illinois by Mr. Lincoln and bis
opponent . Stephen A. Doug la.:, fur
election to the Fulled Stales sen
ale. Mr. Wright was a boy sixteen
years of .'i!.'e. It was at that lime,
w hen feeling was running high,
a nd the newspapers of the day
w ere giving out the story of t he
contest, that Mr. Wright's father
.told him tile story of the early life
of Lincoln and of his assncia l ions
. w it li the man.
! The elder Mr. Wright had come
from Kentucky Into Illinois at the
.iine time as Lincoln and they hid
settled In the same county. Mr.
Wright was a surveyor by profes
sion ami was made High Surveyor
of Macon county. Illinois. lie ap
point ed t he young A be as hi '
deputy and it wits hi this rela
tion t Int A bra ha in Lincoln li :irn
ed w hut he knew of surveying.
When old Chief Hlayk Hawk ami
his braves were on the war path In
i western Illinois in the early ";t""s.
a company of 1 (Hi men was orgali-
i i;:ed in the town in which the
two men, uni le and nephew lived,
and they served together filling
the office of ordeily sergeant and
Wheat And Oats
Inspected For
Certification
I'oiinty Ai.'ent N. I'. I h.na lil.-un,
of Wallowa foamy was In I 'ill. .11
eoiinly the first luo ih's i.r tills
week, all. I in coll Jil net loll with
county ai-eiit llarrv Av.'iy, Inspecl
cil ahout l lichls of whe.t null
oals for certification of seed. The
work was loo exten-lvo to he eom
plcie.l lii the two ilays which Mr.
I..l.al.ls..li c.lllil .lovi.t" to it. anil
Hie fiolils yet to lie I II .eel 1 .1 i.lll
l.r.il.a l.ly lee.'IM' altflllion flotl.
.Mr. Averv within a viry shorl
lilii".
In Ihls Inspe.'tii.n. whl'h il-a.-r-litlncs
whether or not the ;.'i-;ihi
may I... sol. I as certlflc.l sect. Hi"
i-'.iiiii. is for iiuiifi' al'iiic. (if lh"
flehls which were pioiseil. th" ples-
"11." of 1. Ih.-r 'laln lolxt ores w.i .
;.!. ..til Hull! of one p.-r ."lit.
This i. th" only j 'l . pee I 1 .11 of lit"
stanrtiitu pl ain. Th" li"l t"st . ill
he of a Ihre-he.l aiuph, Th"
fi. hls lnspiK toil were of I h In I'l
Xi.. Ii ami II. n.l l'e.l.r..ll..ii
wheat an. I Matkien ....Is.
Of the 0. li s, tl fl.'llts W"l e ,as.ef
Two wire lejeclcl l.ceau-c of lh"
pei.-ent;:;:" of wil.l oats all. I some
othei 'i..i'i tnixttiles. Of Ihe
wheal, three llyl.rl.l X... l.'X w
pas-e.l an.I also five of the 1 1 r.l
I'l .1.1. .Hon. Two weie r"J". lcl of
111" Wh.'.lt riel.K also. leeiHKe "I
lh" ptesen. e ef .itl"l' I II IlliX-.tiller
captain. There were a scries of
events during the residence of Mr.
Wright in Illinois which threw the
two men together in very clef-e re
lationship a .side from the lad of
their kinship.
Dunham Wright, hlms-df. never
saw Abraham Liiteuln, llioiiuh iin
he looks back at it now. there must
have been many opportunities. Mr.
Wright wiiM born at New London,
Iowa, which lies Kfogruphlcalty
between I'.urlingl.jn and .Ml. I'l
lint, in all but
short dis- i
tniH'V. Liirlliigtoli, situated on the
Misf-Nslppi. was the logical place
for crossing the river from the Il
linois side, and at Mi. I'teasanl
lived Senator and Mrs. Ilalian, son
I n -law and daughter of A bra hit in
Lincoln, w here. Lincoln oficn vis
ited. I lence I he recoiled ions of
father's i lose association with
rahani Lincoln, the stories n
heard them from his father's
lips, are greatly cherished by
Wright today, and he lov
teni on to those who c,
ten to these little personal touch
and glimpses of the great Abr,
1 Lincoln.
lham
CL1UKS IN ItlOT
NKW YtUCK The last place tho
polite rcscrws might have been ex
pected trouble was listed In a riot
call Wednesday nighl. A meeting,
of grocery clerks disrupted over a
question of international politics.
"I'm glad I followed the
of Mary
W r:y " o
You, too, will find that Lucky
Strikes arc mild and mellow the
finest cigarettes you ever smoked,
made of the finest Turkish. and
domestic tobaccos, properly aged
and blended with great skill, and
there is an extra process "It's
toasted"
of bite.
It's '&QSLStCL
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WOLF CREEK FIELD
TOUR CLASSED AS
VERY SUCCESSFUL
The
in the
field tour
Wolf 1 iv.
held on Tuesday ,
district, under I
of county agent. I
tliO
II.. i
SUpCI IMOll
y Avery is
reported to have
been quit
profitable to aii of o.e,'
men
were
win
ten
made the trip. "I here i
were men who an? intensely inter-
ested in the things which w ere j
emphasized on this trip. viz... cer
titled polalo seed, a comparison of
Federation and Hard Federation j
wheat, mi.1 the smut proof oats.
The first t.p was on the fttriti
of Harry Nice, who showed the vis
itors his field of potatoes from
certified seed and also his field j
where Federal Ion u nd Hard Fed -
c ration wheat w ere planted side '
by side. The second stop was at At the Arthur Gorham farm was t
the farm of W. I'.. Lund. whoishowu another field where the two
: showe'l his Maikton (smut proof
loats. This is a new oat for
' localitv. but I here are already be -
it ween 4" and .Mi farmers Irving
them out. l licy nave inane a
i good yield here, w ith good prom
ises for this year and also, with
them, no treatments are required.
(Hi the .lack Corhnm place, the
visitors saw a potato patch where
certified potato seed and diseased
seed were planted both in the same
Margery Bailey is telling her companion,
Ed Wagner, as he offers her a Lucky Strike
between tennis matches at Forest Hills.
& l .(iuiiJ dc Oucidfc. LLiviJo, III.
-no harshness, not a bit
No Throat Irritation -
patch.
her of
disease.
The latter showed a nuin-
hills already dying
from )
The only difference made
between the two Is in the fai t that
'
, ,, ,' , . ..
erailoii w neai, .01 . m
some lime, lias been a leader in
glowing the pure seed.
The next thing, which the group
was shown, was the out field on
the farm of Nice Pros. It shows a
wonderful growth, the grain in
some places being six feet high. It
was estimated that the yield will
lie as high as inn bushel lo the
acre. They also inspected the 1
baric
field.
varieties or w Heal were planum,
thi.-Jshle by side. The wind-up of the
- llour was at the A. F. Howinaii:
farm. The first thing
huwn here (
was a comparison ol an auaua :
field which had been manured, .
with one which had not been treat-j IMItl.KIt, Ore.. (Special )- Mrs.
ed. Also the Grimm alfalfa wasjA. F, Martin arrived here hint
compared w ith common alfalfa. ; Tuesday, from Lugem. to join her
The Grimm showed an unusually i husband. Dr. A. F. Martin. Dr.
good stand while the common wasl Martin, who is the Hon ol Mr. and
pretty well gone, a result from thelMrs. Frank Martin, has established
Garden"
r v ! y-r
No Cough.
He also showed
planted hcxtde
and it looked to
the Kederaliou
wheat would go at least H or lu
bushels more to the acre than the
Hard Federation. All three of the
farms visile! where this compari
son of tho two wheats was made,
It was seen that the Federation
looked much better In the straw
ithan did the other. .Mr. iawinin
ialso showed Markton oats pl inteil
beside the Victor oats. The latter
I contained over 1 u per cent smut
,and It was estimated that the yield
would be much lower than th
j Markton. j
i The tour Tuesday was the result
j of work planned by the Grange t
icommittee last spring. and ihc
(tour will be followed by a Ineisur- j
Mug the various plots it ml it report
of the yield before tl special inecl
t lug of the Grange lo be held at ,
i some future date. The committee1
j which has the matter in c ha rue j
consists of A. F. 1 tow nia n, J. F. j
(Gorham and Harry Nice.
IMBLER
PERSONALS
freeze of 1 : S I -Hard
Federation'
Federation wheat
the visitors that
Marvelous Mary Garden
writes:
My teachers, Trabello and Richard
Bartelcmey,all impressed uponme thcsolemn
ivarning that I must always treat my throat
as a delicate instrument. Yet every artist ii
under constant strain. 'Sometimes we get
real relaxation in smoking a cigarette. I
prefer Lucky Strikes which both protects
the throat and gives' real enjoyment."
an office at L'nte i prise u nd his
iimiiy frienda wish lilui kucccss.
Mrs. Cap Tut tie, A Ha Kcency
and Mrs. J. L. Andrews motored
to Walla Walla last Wednesday and
bio it b c!i a. load of fruit.
Loy Morris finished harvesting,
Wednesday.
Jim Woode'l iv ah A buslucKM vis
itor at Imbler Thiirnduy.
Archie 1 cow ii motored to Free-wat-
r for a load of fruit, the first
Of the week.
Marian Nodlne ntitrted for Port
land. Tuesday, but on account of
her aunt's Mrs. (Tint lluym-s, III
ucsa Mopped over In La Grande
for ii tew days. m Nodlne will
take a business cuui'ho in Portland
tins coming year.
Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. John
Hiichiichl niotored to Knterprlse.
Several young people, of llllbler,
motored to the Pine Cone swim-
ming pool Wednesday evening.
i H. A. Watson reports n second
' 1 crop of strawberries from his
' I patch.
-j c. ii. Hibbard r- poiied that lm
ifi leaving for Portland this week.
- Leonti Itoscwall is a guest ut Hie
Grant Tucker home.
Charley Haines was visiting his
sister. Mrs. Fred Nodine, urn) fam
ily this week.
C. L. Green, from Fnlon. was
at Imbler Wednesday buying cat
He. I It was reported Inst week that
Mrs. Paul Young and du tighten
.went visiting her parents. Mr. ami
I Mrs. D. It. Huckiuun. For some
; reason her trip has been postponed.
She will visit them later.
advice
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