La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 13, 1928, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextIGa (fomfo ?itetttmt (0hfimr F want ads VALLEY NEWS VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 13, 1928. NUMBER12) WeY ine ValleV I : : , Mabel E. Morton, J'liir Twlco 'Mils Week Tliu Imbler IliKh school busket- bull "teum- hiiH two panics yched- tiled on tlie home floor this week. Tonight they mix . with the teum from Ciivo mid tomorrow evening ma tub their skill- unci HlreiiKth against the boytt froiuJoHeph Suminervilk' 1. T. A. The first retruhir meeting of -.he Kiimmerville Pnrent-Teueher Ahso- eiution slnco Its oranl'atluti Home weeks uku was held at tho school . students of tho Kluln hlt;h sehool house on .Monday evening with a are among those thousands of pit very good attendance. In tho ah-, pjs In high schools all over the h-eiice of the president, W. F. Jlrock country Jo take the standard tests MImh (leneva Sayre presided during sent out by the Kansas Teachers' the evening, presenting matters oft College, at Emporia, Kansas. This business and also introducing thohi the third year this unique pro-jiumbei-H on the enjoyable program cess of examinations has been eon offered during the evening. Mr, j ducted by this college, and It ls.be Uovd Peirce was present ami K followed on a larger scale than spofe intersetlngly and ulso lead ever this year. Of the 14 subjects in the learning and singing of a ! offered by ihe college, the students number of iV T. A. songs. County ,of Klgln wrote In nine of them, 127 HUpeiintendent of schools, K. A. ! students participating, that Is J 27 Sayre, was also present und talked exumlnallons Jjolng written. if the organization and something U , 0 1 of the scope of Its work. Seven new members were received into the association Numbers given of an entertaining character included several readings by Mrs. Hall of ('.ramie, piano numbers by MiHjul1 j Wu goner, assisting hos Kthel Sayre, and u vocal duet by Mrs. Krank Woodell und Mrs. Wayne I'ark, of Summerville. Tho Summerville uKsoclation Is starling off in good form, and all are ex pecting that H shall accomplish a great deaV in Its own field of ac tivity. o X JtiTover from Illness Dorothy. Jean and Iris May Car ter, children of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Carter, of near Cove, are re covering from their recent siege with the chicken pox. o lusiallallon This Kvonliig The new officers of tho Ttoek Wall grange, at Kigiri, are to he In stalled this evening at their regular meeting place, the Thorny orote school house. It is also announced that at the next following meet- . ing, state master. 1'almiter will be present to meet with andaddreas the grange. , " IJorovers from (H'ralloii Mrs. Harvey Krixxcll of rieusunt drove is recovering nicely from her recent operation. Mrs. Krixxcll Is a patient at the Grande Honde hos pital in La Grande. (iocs to Salem ."'V'" Mrs. Neil Tucker and children, of KnLerprise, who have been mak ing an extended visit at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sanderson in Summerville have gone to Salem to j see Mr. Tinker who has beenjy: working there for some time. Visits I'limits- Albert linker,, of Wtilla Wulla, came . yesterday and is visiting at Ihe homo of his paronts, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. linker, In Dry Creek neighborhood. Still Very Ihmv Mrs. McKenzle. who has been critically ill at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Frank McKinnls, in Imbler. falls perceptibly each duy. and her death -In almost momen tarily expected. o Hurled lit Summerville s Jumps Walker, of Imbler, who died several days ago ln u J-.a ' Grande husplml. was burled Wed nesday In the Summerville ceme tery. " SH'M1 I my ht Klgin Mr. and Mrs. -Karl Park, of Dry .ml Mr. and Mrs. Wayne I'ark of Summerville. spent tho day Tucsd- at the home of their vebitives Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hill, In Klgin. Given Ulrtbday Surprise A group of tlie neighbors of Mrs, Frank ott went to her home near Summerville Wednesday and gave her a genuine surprise, as that day was her birthday. The anernoon was spent in a social fushion, and some lovely refreshments were served. lli'lurri" ritiin ViH'iilliili Mis Zclma l"ln. teni her- lit tlie 1 ry Creek school, returned me; first or Hie weeK u-iiiii iimuuh... . - I ....!. Hi. II ' week from Cortland . wlicie sue sjn-in i"--' , StiHlies at this school wiui resumed loiidoy of this week. Vl-lls t noli' . Miss Vivian Klihn. of l-n tli'iiinle. VisitiiiK nt Hie home of her unele. l;. Oanlrell. at Sumiuerville. I Ills I an'Mi ll I'nrly Airs. l;ert Sanders HUM jamn caVe 11 farewell party Inst Saturday evening tu their friends 111 and iiromid Suiilinerville. iinticipatliiK their planned trip to New York. A law eouipuiir of ttunimerville folks were in attendance and en- luved ihe mimes, music und nunc- Io'k provided fur Ihe enjoyment of the uvcniitK- To ;lvc lunr rieasapt drove Kr.iiu.-e is spoii sorlllK one of lis daliclim parlies t" morruw. Saturday evenlllt; Ut the Krauze hall. I:iiti-rinliilni: 'lul .Mrs. " licit llroiil. of (Iruiiiie neighborhood Is eutertulillnu the i. !... ..f the t'uuiilrv Women t'lub this atlernoon ul her home, l onliiinc to linpn.w regular meeting. The auxiliary Is , got tu the river al MeUuwell s Arthur llaniann of Ihe t ore already at wurk on very practical rerry ifnd tried to escape by swlm hiKhw .v who several weeks ago projecls. They hare miderlnkenj nili.K to an Island. Hnd w.y shot m.ihmlttr.1 to an operation for the I to provide clothing for two fam- w-hlle In the water. A dun., man, removal of one eve. Is Improving 1 111", who are In need of clothing thought to be htm a. taken out quite steadily. Since the affecttd and llisy woulU appreciate very ot the water abuut JJuUuwell'. Valley Neua Editor member ..wan removed,. Mr. jlu- i lnnn' Kencrul health, which has 1 not been good for hour time, bus been on the comitunt mend. Ketnru.s Jlome MhtH Anna iiroukn bus returned to her "home, Jtrooks line, near Imbler, following; u visit with her. uunt, .Mrs. Hue Ioughlln,' In Lu Grande. Tu Take Texts fciHcrtuin Alt!- About JiO members, and friends of the KummervUle ladles 'Aid Society were entertained yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. tesses being, tieneva Sayre. Jottie Itlack und Mabel Morton. The aft ernoon was spent In an fnfornuil suclul fashion. Mrs. IC. t Combes, presided over the business sessbm, and itlfco' In tho devotional exer cises. iJiiring tho afternoon, home- I niade hot tn males, and wafers, sal ad and coffee were served by the hostesses. Mrs. K. A. Sayre, iof Ia Grande, was u guest from u dis tance. Women's Club Mwbi The niemherN" of the Imbler Women's clubs were most graci ously entertained Wednesday aft ernoon at the home of Mrs. Ralph 4. Morgan, und the, meeting has been described by one as u very large'and enthusiastic one. Mrs. 1jCO westenskow had charge of the roKrrt, f the afternoon, the gen- cnil Hnhject having been "Beauty: y,,olH 0r Oregon." Mrs. Irvln i Westenskow told of the "Columbia j Kiver Irighway" In' a fascinating 'manner. Mrs. John McKlnnls was the second on the program and her topic was "Crater Iake.' "The liridge qf the Gods," was described by Mrs. "Wilford Wdstenskow, and the last was Mrs. Charles Cleaver who told of, tho "Oregon Caves." Following the papers. Mrs, Will Westenskow and Mrs. Morgan who hud visited sotne of the 'places de scribed showed pictures, etc., which added much to the program. Islts In H'vhI Hlvcr-- ,Mlss . I,ucile Kantian, of Dry Creek, has : turned from Jlood Hiver where she visited oVer Christmas with friends 'and rela tives. Imbler I. T. A. At the regular meeting of the Imbler I'arent-teueher's associa tion held last evening at Wade hall, there was a very good representa tion of tho membership present. M rs. Hugh Huron, president, pre sided during the evening, the pro gram opening with devotlotials conducted by Mrs. Charles Cleaver. Mrs. Krank McKcnnon serving as secretary announced the first num ber on the program to bo a report of the recent national convention of the I'aient-teachcr congress at Oakland, California, by Mrs. Carl Helm, who was a delegate to that gathering. Mrs, Helm gave a very illuminating report and wus able to bring to her hearers much Insptrn tloii from the several days sessions which she utttended. Following .her report, 15. K. Hurley, of Jm. Grande sang two vocai numbers with Miss Frances McKcnnon as accompttnlst. The program proper concluded with two numbers by tho high school glee clubs under tho direction of Miss Uaxter. The .'business session followed. , Cnkec and hot chocolate were served at the conclusion of the business meeting, by the committee In charge Mmes Frank McKennon. W. It. I,edbetlcr. Clay Fox and J. J. McKlnnls. It should be men tioned that at the business meet- nig, it was voieu io iiuiku u pny- ment of tn tne present inueui- odness on Wude hall. OrxiiiilM- AuilliHlw ' Inililer laities who are elii.lhle to membership In such an orpinl'ita t iuii Kot together shortly before t'hrlstlnas and arriuiKisI all the preliminaries for. the perfeettng of u chapter of the American Leiiion Auxiliary. There, were ten Indies ,wno Kave ineir names lor dinner membership. A few- eveniliKS lino at a meeting held, officers for the rirst year s work were chosen us follows: President. Mrs. Halph 1.. MorBiin: first vice president, .Mrs. , tills Kuchuliuu: 'second vice prcsi- ileni, .Mrs. waner l urmao; coal lain. .Mrs. Wilford Westenskow. skow: secretary-treasurer. .Mrs. I'at Itollins: seri;culit-ut-iiriiis. Miss Melvu Buchanan. On Tuesday eve uilti; of this week, u meetiliK was held, when a. delCKUtluli of alixil lury i members came from Iji Mrande und under the direction of Mrs. tills rainier, us hislullliiK or fleer, the iipw officers w ere' duly Inslalletl. ma visnors also exem plified the work of the order. A contest lias aire.io been starleil rami n.' cia m ron.irai.jn m I reanv to oe lllliiaieo hi ine next ! Piplrfoe Mario Rv Local Womenln Big Demand Now -A study'of the side line fulluw- ed fy people livlnic on Hie farms in Union county Is exceedingly inter est lug. Kvery. once In u while comes the word of someone doing something just- a little out of the ordinary to increase tho family In come, und in many cases these side-lines huve been found to have assumed quite largo proportions. A few weeks ugo, in these columns wore described tho operations of Kd Jasper, of the Valeria school district, who operates a big ranch, vhele he specialises on pure al- falfu seed, llis side lino is the manufacture of the cereal "Health Nuggets," which he prepares from the seed which he sows, to the final sacking und delivery to the mar ket. ... Now our attention is I'.ruwn to another Industry, sturled as a side line but' which, are after three years operation, has come to be quite a business enterprise., We refer to tho- plcklo business, the making and sale uf real, delicious home-made pickles, , dills, sweet, mustard und lazy housewife as it Is being conducted by two slitters. Mrs. Charles Spencer of the Grange neighborhood, and Mrs. Uert Knight, of Union. . ' " Three yeurs ago, having a sur plus of cucumbers in th garden and being experts in making pickles, these two ladies started to can some of their products for marketing purposes. The begin ning was very small, but the re sults were so ocu waging that two yeurs ago, they .wont a, little deeper Into the pickling game. Vhls last year, they prepared for the market 1000 -pint jars of.' the mustard pickles, which Is their specialty be sides Jars'and Jars of the other va rieties including some home-made apple butter. When Mrsi Spencer ' and Mrs. Knight first started their business 'operations they used only the sur plus of their own grown products, but of late they huve been 'buying of neighbors and have thus been utilizing garden products which otherwise might, have boon very nearly a total If not, Indeed, u total ltSH; ' - v This yeur a local jobbing bouse has looked after the sales of those delectable wares, and has. placed them in the stores of both Union and Wallowa counties. If we re member correctly, U5 per cent of the stores In these two counties handle over their counters, he S. & K. brand of pickles. They re port u good-T4ule, "bocuuwe house wives, so they say, are finding It more km llsfactory to buy theue -hoiue-jjmde goods than to go to the trouble of making themsolves, and home-miide products are replacing I the commercial brands coutiuualjy, they suy. , Mrs. Spencer reports that they do not Intend going -into the busi ness at any greater rate each year, than they feel justified by the de mands of the preceding ttenson. However, they-. Intend to add to their Jino each yeur und already have In mind u splendid recipe which they will experiment with next year. All the work at'liresent is dune by hand, but they contem plate introducing the use of 'ma chinery as fast as possible. l!ut no matter how fast tlie trade In creases, Mrs. Spencer Is emphatic Is their In the statement that It purpose to patronize tho homo gar dncrs and assist them lit disposing of their surplus garden products. much donations wearing apparel. Ul fllillllill'8 In 1 4i Grande Mr. and Mrs. Wayne FrUzell and Uuy I la Iter, of Pleasant Grove, spent Wednesday in lu Grande op business. Uti Toii'-ilcWmiiy til ....-...-I !.:.. U'l... 1.1 ,ri...i i hi- i.. r.- H,.i-..r'l weeks with rheuiniitlHin, hiiIuiiHI-imI tu 1111 utienilluii Die rii't or tlie week fiir tlie rcinoviil uf Iiih tuns), j It Ih liuueil tlint IIUH will Klve linn lierilituielit relief from IiIh trouble. (ilrls In imne The Imbler hluh Hi huol Kills' basketball team goes to Enterprise i. .it,, iv. Miilnriluv ,.vi.mI,il' where they will ciiKiiKe In their first real Kunie of Ihe season. Travel I'lfly Vcnrs-Aoy easy rauKi'. seeing that nulliluK lly ,M, 1,. Carter "The Indians could be done to Impruve the sll pald nu atlentiun tu the wllllo men. uallun. hud taken a back track up but seemed must Intersuted In what the river. They Iraveled 3." miles wus In ihe wagons. After they I" Payne's ferry where the people had ransacked llieln, they set fire of Ihe eouulry. and travelers on the to a part of them, but nol the ones roads, were gathered In and prc whlcli had the coal oil In them, paring Tor defense If the Indians Some of the horses were shut. The should come. Indians obtained fire arms, am- "About two o'clu.-k In the inorn riiiinltit.il and a good' supply or IHR. sharp. C'orbcIL old Mil l,els, w hiskey, ('.nods from Ihe wagons Ihe ow ner of Ihe rum h and Ihe vls wcre scattered along their line ut IHng horsemen started tor Malade travel. They camped ' that nitlit million. All wrc mounted except Just below lilonn's Kerry on Ihe t'olbell und myself, who were on river. The next morning they root. On ulllvliig nt Malade. we started on down tho stream' anil i found ' Ihe house deserted, bid soon met a traveling parly of Tour! within lh heavy slone wulls or the while men. In u small wugoii. und singe barn were the division attacked them. When found, one agent's wire, u .Mrs. (Hover, whose man. a butcher from Hock (.'reek, home was in Oregon, the slugc lay dead, across Ihe dash board i.r driver ami station keeper. The the wagon: Ihe second was nboilt Isluge driver hitched up Ills team l ml yards nway: the third wasland loos. Hie ladies, ulso rorladl John llnscom. n brother V.,f Jamesiand myself to Payne's ferry. When llascom of Itock I'reek. lie was j about 3n'i yards away. Ho had ii good, latest date revolver und empty cartridge shells were alii around where he lay, showing that he hud put up il guud figlil. It wus thought the fourth mull had LAST YEAR BIGGEST IN COUNTY HISTORY FOR CLUB WORKERS Cuunly KHporlntotuU'iit uf 81'IhhiIm, jiominu ton tu 88 of tho provlutiH A. Su.vre, has recently received from state headquarters u tabulat ed report of tho club work done in this county during the; year, 1927. The report It -very interesting, not only to those who have a close con nection with the work, but tu all who are In anyway Interested in farm work In this county, and na turally, the work of trutnlng being done for the younger people on those farms.. The report shows that Ibis past year was the biggest year in club work In Union county, and especially in the matter of membership In the clubs, where the increase over the year preced ing 1H2G, was 45. A detailed study of the report ofj the different projects is quite Inter esting. There were more pig clubs In the county than In any other di vision of livestock. Five clubrt en rolled 44 members at the beginning of the year, and of these a-little over 50 per cent, or 23 completed tho work of the year. Tho valuo animals raised by these club mem bers is given at $ 1K84.U0. with the cost at $1742.18 showing u profit of $242.42. ' v Tho Hairy Calf club comes next, being two In number ond liavlng enrolled 20 members. One Inure than half of theso also completed the year's work or 11. The ani mals cared for by these clubs real ized a much better profit than the pig club meilibers, fm- tho profit was tho cost having been $2170.U1 while Hie value was placed at $2Xti&.?!l. r Tho Heef Calf club was one of the 100 per cent clubs last year, for In tho one club working, the eight members enrolled at the beginning of the season completed tbclr work. With a valuation of $I28K.20, they showed a profit of $$T.S6. There were two boys In the county who started sheep projects, although there wut no organized club for this line. Only one of the two completed Ill's work and he re ports to ' have profited to the j amount of $il.0!J on a valuation of Poultry clubs were not so nu merous last year, only two of them operating. -However, the birds w h ic h t hey report ed cost $77.10 were valued atMH.SS at the ond of the year, thus showing u $24.75 profit. In no line of club work save one, was there us great a profit .shown as in tho garden club, whore the profit was little less than 100 per cent. At a cost of $1 11.71, a profit of $105. It 3 was realized, and this club was ultiO one of tho 100 per uent clubs. There were 22 cookery, sewing and iume-making clubs Included In t he report which covered this division, and eight of theso were 100 per cent, that is. all the, mem bers completed the work mapped out for the year. Tho cookery clubs numbered seven, with 45 starting the projects and 23 completing them The work which they did' was rated "I $2211.12. of which $!2.3(J was given ns clear profit. Fourteen sewing clubs enrolled 88 members at the beginning of the yeiy. und saw 40 members still working when tho year was draw ing to a close. These boys and girls, for' there were some boys In !t,,ls "Hr,b w Mr told, reported a profit fit j2.u, tneir wont cost ing $ 1 28.1)8 and being worth $181 .0(1, h'ive' of tho seven girls enrolled In the one hoine-iuaking club com pleted the project.,. They report a loo per 'cent profit on their work. Cost $28.27. profit. $28.27, Value $."ii.5 l, their report read. The totals as given in the report for the year show tho following facts: , There were 23 clubs operating, in (he county which sent in reports of (heir year's work. These clubs enrolled 2110 inem- !'' " ' iMTliiiilnK.or till' year and I'.i'd at the close. This was in ferry. The dead men's outfit showed very plainly that there hud been fulir men heluiiKiliK tu the I party. . ' "Tlie freluhlers, whom wn left I on the hilllops viewiiu; the movies, such us were In vouue 51) or KIM ycaivi alio, where Indians looted and burned wagons mi B,0t freight horses that entile within Ihe singe appeared on the lop or 1 1 lie hill, about a mile away, where It could be plainly seen from the ferry, fuming at an unusual rale uf speed, there wn some wnrfd tei pie In the Kiilhir(iitf below There the people verw w.ilrhiTK to ee If the IndliiiiN were i-mimIiik Hone be hind, bwiitiw tne of the eaHet exits from 'tuna I'r.drle at Hint tiifie whs u rond to Mulnde Hnd no line knew nt first which way the Indians would come" yeur. The 'total valuation was $7201.77. The total cost wus $5789.35. The profits were $1412.42. Hleyen clubs were 100 per cent. Cows fed correctly will need no tonics. If a cow Is sick a veter inarian should be called, but the tonic habit is unnecessary. Alfalfa hay; silage, llnseed-oll meal, and bran are good foods. Addition of ground corn to tho ration makes an excellent combination. A grain mixtures of four parts ground corn, two parts bran, and one part linseed or cottonseed meal should be fed in one-pound portions for every four pounds of milk pro duced. If all tho Alfalfa hny tho cow will oat Is added, together with 30 to 40 pounds of silage a day for each cow, no tonic will bo needed. , I'mh from Ihe original ' vacuum fart. Easily 'jfenrd with a key. C K-'i A SEASONABLE RECIPE HAM I.OAF 2 pounds leu n pork, f 1 pound raw, lean, smoked ham. 1 cup cracker crumbs. . Vt teaspoon black pepper. 1 handful raw oatmeal, 2 well beaten eggs. 1 cup milk. 10 cloves. 1 cup tomato sauco or toup. Grind the' meat twice. Mix as for meat loaf. Make one hour. Stick cIovoh in loaf. Cover with tomato. Bake Vt hour longer. Several forelgu countries hav-i passed legislation, in some cases amounting virtually to a subsidy, to encourage and finance tho pluc lug of purebred aires at points ad vanlageous - to livestock owners. Kxcepto for subsidies tho general status of livestock-Improvement work In tho United Stales com pares favorably with that abroad. Recently tho last of scrub and crossbred sires 'huve been elimin ated from threo an tho counties. Hills Bros extended the boundaries of coffee flavor when they discovered Controlled Roasting . , ; QNo other roasting process ccn produce such A (jrander flavor I A richer aroma I More satisfaction per cup 1 This is what I Iills Bros, give the West by roasting coffee a few pounds al a lime (their patented, continuous process) instead of in bulk. No other coffee Can taste like Hills Hrns. Coffee, for none is roasted the same way. Controlled Roasting is Hills Bros.' process exclusively. They invented it and patented it. tBut the rare flavor Controlled Roasting pro duces is yours to enjoy always where you go in the West. HILLS f u t riL off. Cups and saucdrs arc So we've put a dainty blud and white china cup and saucer in every Carnation Oats are precooked to improve the flavor. Dy packing the coffee in vacuum (a rhethod originated by Hills Bros.), all of its richness is kept intact for you.' - Ask for J Wis Bros. Codec by name and look for the Arab on the can. Send the coupon for a free copy of the booklet, "The Art of Entertaining." 1III.I.S liROS., , Pnt- 3U1 2 iUrrissl St., , Njn Ilrntlrmfn: Send me ymir booklet, Kame no matter 61rtrt city BROS COFFEE the first to break! Prepared thr Albers way for quick kitchen- '' convenience. : unftmitcd goodness Fnultilto, CaL "The Art pf I'.nterttioloc," fie f tlwie. 5