La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 18, 1927, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextHa (Irani? lEwtttng bBwr VALLEY NEWS GENERAL NEWS VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, ORJEjSON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1927. NUMBER 80 Over The Valley Mabel K. Morton, ' AiinllK'r Distinction - On tho first puse of the current issue of tile Oreffon Kurmor, ap jieurs a ik:tiu-u of ttie (Ellis' judff lnff tuum which rcprcscnti'd this county in tlio club judging contest at lite recent International live stock exposition. Beside iho plc m'X'il'v is given this legend: "Carmen '3aniel, Frances Oomstock, and Jane Daniel, of Union county, the only 100 per cent girt club team ever to judge at the International." Tho giiis did well, tpo, in the con test, and now- have 'this additional lionor. ' ltetiims X'Voin Conference - -. , County - Agriculturist Harry Avery Is home from Halter where lie .attended the annual, linker lconoinic conference, and hud charge of the poultry divislony He reports that the conference was considered very sifccessful. Jlns Successful Sale Joe Zwiefel, of 1'leasant Grove vicinity, held a very successful closing1, out said, at his farm on Tuesduy. There was a good crowd ut flie sale, bidding was quite lively and articles brought, generally, a ' good price. Tom Johnson, of Cove, cried the sale. o . i:i t orriccrji At u recent meeMng of the Im bler Ladles' Aid society, the fol lowing officers wore chosen for the coining year: 1'residi'nt, Mrs. Jen nie UitHlclll: vice president, Mrs. Jrod Nodlnu: secretary, Mrs. Hat tie Wise; treasurer, Mrs. Ktta Welch. ' . . o luril Canyon Club The ladles 01 the "Get Togeth er Club" of l,add Canyon held their regular meeting last Thursday at ' the home or their president, Mrs. II. W. l'eehler. Tho club meets . every two weeks, with one meet ing a social meeting and the next a program meeting. This was file time for a program, and a very enjoyable program it was, too. It opened with a vocal number by Mrs. I'oebler, followed by a read ing by Mis. Kthil Sherwood. A skit, "School Days," was thorough ly enjoyed, having been given by the following members, Mrs. ' I'oebler, Mrs. Sherwood, Mrs. Ktla I'ool, Mrs. William Uanton, Mrs. Jawroiice Drunismith, and Mra. Mary Counsel!. The hostess served lovely refrt shmonlH. This club Is m unhiue In- a " number- of ways, among them being the faot that the organization is very nearly 100 per cent, If not entirely so, that is, every woman in the community belongs to the club. The attend ance at club meetings is almost lot) per cent. At the recent Trl Counly Institute. 60 per cent, or 12 out of 25 mombons attended the all-day meeting. o Sixh-IiiI I'rnsrnin Cherry Chapter No. 12S. Order of the Kaslei-n Star of Cove, Is planning for a special affair at tho time of tlrelr regular meeting next Tuesday evening. The chapter has been having a contest with the membership divided into, two groups. The contest is over and the losing side is obliged to put on an entt-rtninnient. The committee In charge consists of John Dean and Hob Price. Sick Folks Holler - Mrs. K. Sanderson, of Summor villo .who, lias boon very 111 for tho past two weeks is considerably lm- f : Honeyed sweets Sweetened with Pure Amber 1 Honey Children crave sweets Their active little bodies need the quick energy and heat that sweets impart. Nature has provided a healthful sweet to satisfy this craving, to supply tlys need. Namely HpNEY pure, golden, delicious honey And HONEY is the swcol that for years id yCars has been used to make Tru-Blu Graham Crackers one of the finest most wholesome foods that a mother can give her children Natural, whole-grain wheat plus the natural sweet, HONEY what better combination for health? ' Order From Your Grocer NOW , JR0-BCU Rifiri,iiT CO - Valley Kuwa Kill tor proved. , . . Press Pugh, who has been doctoring for a badly In fected hand for the last two and a hulf months, 1b improving, the Infected member yielding more perceptibly to treatment the last few weeks. . . . Elmer Ver milion, also of Summcrvllle, who was so badly injured In an auto ac cident, is reported to bo some bet tor. Ho has boon removed from tho hospital in Enterprise, to a pri vate home thoro whore he Is being cared for. Week Kiul At Home Merrell Conloy, who is a senior tills your at Whitman College, Wnlla Walla, was a recent visitor at the homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Conloy, near Cove. o .Moves To Imbler Mrs. William Peeper, who has lived there for a number of years, has given up her home in the Drf Creek neighborhood and has moved into lmblor. She has with her, her aged father, who has rer cently conic west from Nebraska. o . Mr Whistler Better . M. Whistler, of Cove, who has been en a patient atthe Hot I.alo row8 over 250 pounds weight. Cllf natorium for a number of weeks, . '. fourths. has sufficiency improved to bo moved to his homo. Convention Tomorrow The county convention of tho Hebekah lodges will bo held to- morrow Saturday, at Summorville. Sessions aro scheduled for alter- noon and evening and will be held In tho Masonic hall. --o . Guests From Vale Holex I'rillanian, of Vale, ami a friend, Miss Jobes, were guests for a few days over tho woek end with Mr. Prillaman's mother, who re sides near Cove. Have Praclk-al Niihhfts Tho Lmdd Canyon school opened this year for tho flrst'timo for sev eral, yiars, la making splendid progress, with 1G pupils under Mrs. Kdith Baxfor, of Union, teacher. Recently. Mrs. liakter lias started classes In both domestic art and manual training, which are proving quite popular. " o (iocs To Portland Miss Zelnm Goin, teacher at Dry Creek school, went to Portland last Thursday evening, spending her Armistice day vutation with filends. f ' O ; lrovi Sph'nilld HosU's.s-'.s The members of the Women's Improvement club, of Cove, proved themselves quite efficient hostesses T.w.t.-,liV u-Iw.n ttinv ontprtjiln- ed the Trl-County club w omen's They hud every detail instil ute. of the day's proceedings very care-, Hilly work,,! out. and to them be- longs a generous share of tho credit Tor the success of tho gath- ering. At tho lust minute It was necessary to change the place o meeting from that announced, and tho club was very grateful to the irjl""X.TZl ... , UiKiiiorium, u i it ins i nv kitchen, gratis. Organize ;rHKO W. R. Gekeler, stnto oiBlinized, completed another new ffrnnge at Holdnmn. Umatilla county,, on . . -November 14th, wtth a Rood slaed, ituys Two Cars t'Btlle charter list. The muster and client I Two' cars of cnttle wore recently members of White Kagle grange purchased from Btork raisers in 'the Dry Creek vicinity by Flunk KosycheeKs CraliainnL CRACKERS is rur inr niue ana Cdd FAMILY Packagt SpoKnt. Portl.nd. StMilej I'endlolon, assisted with tho work. This makes eight subordi nate grangesIn Umatilla county. o Wallows Clubs Do Well - Hoys and girls who represented the club work being dono in Wal-low-a county made an excellent showing at the1 International live stock and carried homo a number of prizes, of which they are all justly proud. They showed In both the club and open classes and their showings stood high. Especially worthy of mention is the Shrop shire owe lamb exhibited by Wll lard Phillips. He defeated a boy. who in this Instance, met liis'first defeat tills year, his ewe lamb having been given first placo at tho stato fair. Other . .showings made were as follows: In tho club classes: Hampshire ewo lamb: Ethel Bonnet first, Byron Daggett sec ond, Margaret Chenoweth third. llanipshlro ram lamb: Lylo Bon net first. 1 Shropshire owe lamb: Wlllard Phillips first. Shropshire ewe lamb: Wlllard Phillips fourth. Hogs. Union stoekynrdaspeclol. pen of fotir fat hogs. Kastern Ore gon district nine pens competing, Daniel Cheneweth third, Clifford Lyons sixth, and Myrl Miller sev enth. ' In single fat hog. Duroc Jerseys. Darrel Chenoweth third. Poland China, Myrl Miller tenth. Open classes: i.. nr ihrnn fnt rross-lirod bar- , n,0- but under 250 pounds, Marvin Butner fourth,-- Olon But ner fifth. . jllv(, jIM! iiy ,,,n'c AHHOCted Girls' Students, of tho Inl,,.r ,B, school, had a )ln() ,TO1.ly Wednesday evening at ., Amnio to sco "Ben-Hur," about twenty girls and chaperons attending. Following the show- tho girls were guests of Mrs. Gertrude Thomusi one of their Instructors, who resides In l.a Grande. Cove. Htwnnr ' The Women's Improvement club ofM'ovo Is announcing that, their bazaar to bo hold on next) l ues day. November 22nd will bo held at the Maceabec hall. They have a beautiful line of girts for Christ mas, which they will' have for sale In their effort to raise-the balance of J200 due on the Cove library. v - .; .-' ' High Water Numerous crooks over the val ley, which have usually been con sidered as of not vocy muck con sequence, are all very high right ntyiv. and In some, cases uri-.con, slderably more than bank full, the result of the recent fains not usual at this season a( tlio year. One resident of Summorville says that the water is much higher right now than he has seen In tho 24 years of his residence here. o ' - n0 rrk, of " ., ,.,, , ,h.,. dinner um M,.. and Mrs. Hurt K c f"'fan,ily and Mr. and ' ;Mr3- 1'iank WoodUl. ' .rll,i.,.r ! , . , JM' , n(f of tho I r d' on. the unfinished "usl, id roc . county .rock e.rt.sher Is bint? set up mar-Vive i-oims. ihn i-ninn.i'nvB road. ' Rock of the right consistency was searched for ?,.,... tho road itself, but county rood men were unable to find any suitublc, Graham, sioclt buyer of RiBin, anu were shipped to the Portland mar kets. Those, who sold to Mr. Gra ham report that Ihey received tt better price for their slock than at "any time since the war. Xiillonal flraiilto Tho 62nd annnul session of the National Grunge opens Us tell (lavs' session this week ut Cleve land. Ohio. The Ohio state grange plans to make It the largest gath ering of farmers ever held in the I'niled Water.. National Master Tabor's reports' show the past year to have been one of tho most as tivj In iri-iinirc! history. Oregon. Washington und Idaho are tied for second placu In number of new ' trrli n If ea. O ' Mi. Wagoner III Mrs. John Wagoner, of Himimi-r-vllle has been 111 for the past week, but Is reported lo be Improving. During her Illness. Mrs. Ida San derson has been assisting at the Wagoner stole. o Iteliinis from Jllilillc West - S. 1. Brooks returned this week from Iowa and Intervening points where he has been for a. number of weeks visiting among friends and relatives and taking In the sights. Mr. Hrooks went especial ly lo altend an old settlers gath ering at his old home, near Hey- i riiour, Iowa. Ag Club Kleet I The nci-nlly formed Agrirul ' tural club at th" Imbler hlgll ' school has c hosen Its first officers ;ns follows: President. Zuek I'ugh; vice president. James ltcdnmn: ; serrelary-lreasurer Gene I'erry. rrhe next meeting will be on Fri day. December 2nd. Membership In this club is confined to members of the Hmlth-KugheB classes in III' high school, and fathers of such I boys are Invlled to hold honorary 1 membership. ' , i -o- Mr. Tm-ki-r IWHer Mrs. Viola Tucker, of Enterprise, who ha been III at thu Grande Hondo hospital In l.a Grande has beta removed to the homo of her TAX TURNOVER OF - $177,581.66 MADE . BY' COUNTY COLLECTOR A. L. Helms, tix collector of Union county by virtue of his of fice and deputy sheriff, made a turn over yesterday of iaxes col lected to the amount of $177, BS 1.66. to Mrs. Florence Macon, county treasurer. T(iis amount was apportioned to the different funds und Mrs. ltucon has notified tho proper officials oftho various amounts placed to their credit. Tho division of tho total collected, w-as as follows: General fund S 43,106.84 fltoad bond Interest 11,322.86 6.605.3K 11.716.23 7,763.18 . 168.16 112.11 8.688.33 lU.Cltt.8l 2I.CC3.7!) 1,103.53 - 606.00 1,140.36 193.7'J 126.36 32.37 161.63 683.24 21.003.62 10.86 169.56 1 10.92 0. 461.31 215.45 242.52 2.428.96. 266.51 452.91 1. '.119.80 33.J6 349.26 69.16 1,728.88 84.10 48.06 145.76 143.25 1,1 14.40 1,806.67 12.59 18.06 616.38 1 1.27 Road fund School fund v High school fqnd . Indigent soldiers Library -(rural schools) Market road .. Koad bond redemption.. Cities and towns: I,a Grando I'nton Klgin North Towder N Imbler , Island City Kummervllle .., Cove Klre Patrol .: School districts: No. 1 lA Grande . No; 2 Mt. Carmol No. 3 Iowa No. 4 Shanghai No. 5 Union 1 No. 6 Pleasant Grovo No. 7 Moss Chapel.... No. 8 North Powder No. 9 I-ower Cove .... No. 10 Island City .... No. 11 Imbler No. 12 Riverside ...... No. 13 Sunimervillo.... No. 14 Indian Creek No. 15 Cove - No. 16 Frosty No. 1 7 Iry Creek No. 19 Ludd Canyon No. 20 Wolf Creek.... No. 22 Hllgard No. 23 Klgin No. 25 Med. Springs No. -26 Pine Grove.... No. 27 Kriiltdatc ...... No .29 Highland ...... No. 30 Gordon Creek No. 31 Telocaset , No. 35 North High Valley ., No. 3fi Hindman No. 37 Clover Creek 19.45 83.54 1. 23.09 26.86 66.96 No. No. No. No. Nor. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 3S Thu Turk 40. 4311. 28. 62. 1 1. 26, 178. 46. 74. ' 13. 218. 140. 236. 236. ' 240. ,21. 369. 23. 41 Willow freuk 42 Vox Hill , 43 ValiMln. '4 I'umpkln lllilgo 45 CunnliiKlium.. 46 All'ccl 48 Hook Crock.... 51 Thorny Grovo 62 Hturkoy 56 l.oni! i-Unr 59 l1ilrvi(-w 62 Hnllor 65 I'erry 67 Itymlain - 69 South High Vklloy T 71 l'ulmi'r June... 72 Hi'mpe IllKli'lit No. 121." ltiiml liul on Houd, Union.... 639 76,949. 632 Total Intern tux 1 t Total JI77.6SI.66 'Hond bonds to tho mnounl of $90,IMMl aro holnff ipnid orr thin year, which la grentur liy 30,0(i(l than any previous year, the next hlRhi-st amount having burn $6U, 000. .H'HOH ATTKXDS WKIHHNG t'INClNNATI There was an ex tra gupt at Irene Normlle's wed ding. Her father Ih a tentatlvoi Juror In the Remus case and Iho only way he could attend the fes tivities was In custody of a deputy sheriff. mother, Mrs. Harry Sanderson at Summurville. She is much belter. lov ItiM'k. 'riLlnr 1 The big rock crusher, the prop erty of tho state, which has b'M-n in operation this stdo of North Powfler Is being moved to 1'nlon, where it will be. used to furnish crushed rock necessary for repairs on the state highways. It will be located hear the Woolen Mills .The crusher which Ih to furnish the rock for the surfacing of the road from the main stiwt of 1'nlon to the point where the county com pleted Its work on the Catherine t'rrek road has also been put in operation. This firm hns the con tract, also, for surfacing or the lJiiton Lam road, which property owners and the county rourt ure Improving on a 50-50 basis. Srrvi Hot I-him'Iics The children at tho Dry (,'reek school, where Miss Zelmii (iolp is teacher, commence!) lust, week serving hot lunches, that Is, soup and chocolate are furnished i:rh day to supplement the lunches carried. Three, children bring th Ingredients for the soup for one week. As there are 24 pupils, each child furnlshen Its third only once each eight weeks, which falls to make a burden for uny one. o On it Wins My the close seore of 8-U. (he rove high sehool team defeated the Imbler boys at football on Tuesday. Imbler will meet the second team of 1m Orande at m. Grande newt Monday. o OwrHxrked tHl Over the Valley forgot one mem ber of a party recently taking an auto trip to Hermiftton, then to Portland. I hen returnitiK bv the John luy highway. whm It men . t ion ed only M r. a n d M rs. Murr Hlack end two daughters. Lyle Hlack, young son of (he family. wus one of the most Interested la tbe party. , , SEASONABLE RECIPE Fruit Oiko 1 cup MiKar. - ' 1 cup dark motuHsos. 1 cup BhortontntT. 1 cup of L'lthttr coffee, or sour milk. 1 2 taps soda. 2 effgs. s Varioua spleen cinnamon, nut meg: and cloves. Nuts, ciindled orange, lemon 'and grape fruit peel. 1 cup fruit, jum. ." . lTss flour enough to niuke a rather stiff batter. . Buke in a moderate oven. , This cako has excellent keep ing qualities, if that Is desired. ncD NOT HKIUCKI) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (AP) Henry Mjihihi Day, associate of Hnrry K. Sinclair ind under con spiracy charges in connection with the oil jury tampering case, failed today In an effort to have his $2t, 000 hond reduced to $10,000. The reduction, sought by Day's counsel before Chief Justice Mc Coy of the District of Colinnhla su preme court, whs opposed by Hell UurklnHhaw, assistant district at torney conducting tho jury tamper-' inf Investigation. Judge McCoy set Monday for urgument on the motion. itiiE m:ads TO VWAi MADISON, Wos. A Mudlson I bootlegger wus so proud of a cup- nlng device he had rigged up to serve whiskey that hn got to brag ging about it and his arrest fol lowed. He had a "magic" shelf which seemingly contained as mahy glasses of whiskey as one would want. A tube, hidden in tho wall, was . connected with a seven gallon container in a room above. I am truh frtm tht trifi nal vmhih jack. Euilf tftntd with a kf, More Boys' and Girls' Clubs To Operate in 1928 Kroiu present Indications, tho number of boys and girls clubs op erating ovr the county next year, or-rnther this year, as the year be gins November first, will bo far greater than tho number of last year. Already a number of new clubs have been reported to the of fice of county superintendent of schools, K. A. Sayro, and among them d re some clubs In localities where the work has not been car ried on before. The club year closes with0he 30th of Hcptember each year and all work is then completed. New qrganlzatlon must bo perfected for tho now year. Many of the clubs such as the gar den clubs, poultry clubs, potato clubs, etc., will not begin their work until In the spring, and con sequently no reports from them will probably bo received until that time. Howover, sewing clubs, cooking cluhq, etc.. organize at once, nnd preliminary reports aro being received concerning them. Six clubs have ulrcady organized 'as follows! Shanghai district. Cove, "Thread and Thimble" sewing club, with six members, Mrs. Hattlo Powell is tho leader, as well as teacher at tho school. Other officers aro president, Grace Hartley; vice president, Jean Koger; suoretury, Hertn Barker. Dry Creek, Summcrvllle, Zetma Goln, teacher. Hewing club, with Mrs. huclne Hlaiser ; as leader. President, Loreno Hpencor; vice president, Knna Uiaaor; secretary. Mar.lorio Woodoll. Six members.. Dry Creek, Summervillo. . Po tato club, Frunk McGlnnis lender, with six members. President, Lyte Sanderson; vlco president, Lynn Spencer, secretary, Lawrenco jV'unnon. , I'erry, Mra Mary B. Knll, teach er. Girls' Sewing club of nino members. Mrs. Clareneo Stephen son, leader. Sadie Jteher, presi dent: Marie Lou Stephenson, vice president; June Lee, secretary. Pleasant Grove, Kllen Parks, teachor. Sewing club of six mem bers. The president Is Juno KrU zell: vico president, Anna Murchl aon; secretary, Clara Knd. I'erry, Mrs. Mury II. Kail, Hills What Coffee its reputation?.. Flavor through Controlled Roasting LI firos. mast their coffrt as a good fnok makes jrslhttf Jly pouring the tint fcyrup on the egg whites a ttttlt at a time, the beats (he mans to a smooth consistency. By roaftting coffee a few pounds at a time. Hills Bros, have con ftant control and pro duce a rich uniform flavor. HILLS BROS COFFEE Observance of Health Rules Aids In Checking Epidemics, Is Report "If tho rules as suggested by the j various state und local health of J ficlnls were rigidly observed by Ladults, as well as by the children, j to whom they have been especial -I ly addressed, they could do much to help curb not only infantile ' paralysis, by every communicable and Infectious disease." said 1 county health nurse, Miss Alice : Marquart, yesterdny. "There have . been many rumors floating around over tho county In regard to pre- valence of contagious diseases of -one kind nnd another, . different localities," fluid tho nurse, "but when such cases have been Inves tigated, It has been found that tho reports were very largely exag gerated. In fact, there Is vory llttlo contnglon throughout the county at tho present time. . It seems to me, that one of the big (factors; In tho spread of any of those diseases, and this Is true ' everywhere, not Just In this county, it not'the children themselves, but also adults, who have failed to take tho caro which they Bhould.' In referring to tho bulletin Is sued from tho office of city su perintendent of school, J. T. Long fellow, of La Grande, Wednesday, Miss Marquart wished to add her hearty approval nnd to suggest that adults, at this time when the public Is on more or less of a j nervous struln becnuso of the pres ence of wo cases of tho paralysis, together with tho children, take extra precaution. Use a mild gargle frequently, wash tho hands very often, keep children uway from public gatherings, wutch for tho symptoms suggested In Mr. Longfellow's' bulletin, und call a doctor at once these would do much, to help, not only in the mat ter of infantile paralysis, but with overy contagious disease. Miss Murquart is very busy at tho present ttmo Inspecting the children In the rural schools. He causo many of tho schools cannot be reached after tho roads become bad, she Is working on the outlying leacher. Boys camp cookery, with ten boys enrolled. leader, Mrs. Arch Stephenson. Myron Wheeler is president; Louis Mathson, vico president; Harold Hansen, secre tary. gaye Bros form flavor that Ililjs Bros, give, such as you won't find in .any other coffee. By roasting coffee a few pounds at a time, instead 'of in bullc, a richer, smoother, rarer flavor is produced. You inhale the ravishing aroma pro duced by this exclusive process as you open the vacuum tin. And when you make a enp, every sip is completely satisfying to your taste. The joy of coffee-drinking is magnified when you drink Hills Bros. Ask for Hills Bros, by name end look for the Arab on the can. Then you'll get the genuine Hills Bros, and not a coffee claimed to be "just as good." Mail the coupon now for a ircc copy of "The Art of Entertain ing." It tells how to make a perfect cup of coffee. "TJIE ART districts first and n few days more will see tho work in the farthest schooln completed. At this time of the year, cases of want and distress are also mak ing considerable inroads on her time and attention, and much of her time la spent investigating worthy cases. This Is the season of tho year when tho day of tho count V hea llh n u rse shou Id be about twenty-four hours long. BAKING POWDER Same Price Jar over 23 ounces for cenU Guaranteed Pure and Healthful Our Government used millions of pounds HlLLS Bros, give tbc West far more than a fine blend of coffees. Far more than the vacuum pack which maintains the original freshness. It's a matchless uni nit.I.S BROS., Drpl. H'l . , 2 lljrriaon SUrel. bin Francisco. Call!. , Cn!kmrn: . . : . , . .. Send me your booklet. "Tbe Art of ErllertllIunl,,' free of durge. Kin, Street Clly i Sole 1 OF ENTERTAIN IN G'f m , '.- .;y -a ' if N