La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 13, 1928, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextVALLEYNEWS ffifl VWXitWtXXtX (MtVWV GENERAL NEWS VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1928 NUMBER 207 Over The Valley . .. Mabel K. Morton, llltN Soiihi 'lll'kt'HS 'J oil UutuhlnHon, son of MiC and Mru, J l' HutchliiMon of Union 1ms quite a fino pen of White Leg Horn cnickuii8. tits Jiuh about 3uu of tlio chicks which aro now u month old and fully fiuthcrcd out. U ulao has ubout 10y of the old chicken.' Ted hua been tncupaci 1 tiled fur sonu) time now, hIiiur trouble Imvlnfr followed an acci dent which, resulted In u brokon nose. - , ' . Women's t'liih Mwls " ft The Klirin Women's Improvement club met yoslunlny ufternuon at the home of Mrs. H. J. HiirnuuKh, this being the tlmu fur the ronulur meet ing. The program of the nfternoon was a continuation of tlio Kenerul iitudy of Oro tjo n history, the special subject "Oregon Trail and Pioneer JMiyn" being discussed under the leadership of Mrs: Nels itasmusscn. The ladies announce that the gross receipts of their recent play "Club bing a lltisbund" amounted to over $u. They will not rt'pcat tho play at Suimnerville us had been pre viously announced.. o School Work IliiKlcrutl-- Accordlng to a bulletin from the ffico of county superintendent of Hchools, K. A. Suyre. scliool attend nncc In some localities la being hin dered by an epidemic of whooping rojipli and tho mumps. Imbler is Imving u round of tho mumps this week. i : ,, To lluihl Pttik The Grande Itondu Lumber com- puny bus started to build a park ut Pondusa.' Tho men have been working there now Tor about a w eek am' hvc succeeded In cutting down and burning most of the Hage bruwh where they Intend tu plant grass and trees and to erect play ground apparatus for the children. There are 11 organizations In l'on ilosu and Memlcal SpringH and I hey ' Jiavu chosen three representatives from each organization to meet at the boarding house Kriday evening und decide what arrangements to malic for the opening of J'ondoaa park. . - ' : MM'iiil ln.v At Ilnlcrpi'lse Miss Marie lpdbpltr went to Knlerprise this morning and spent the day with "relatives. She camu homo with hnr Hlster, Idva liCdbet ter who lias hvin Hpending a few i,,vb In l:nli-!-i)i-lM( - w.t-. . ... lL.0lir Xil a Xormal ' The county superhilemli'iit of schools' recently made Inquiry of all the normal schools In Oregon. Washington and Idaho to find out bnw many students from cnHtcrn Oregon were attending thofc fehoolH, Iteplles show that we have students attending llioso nor mals from. ten eastern Oregon coun ties. Mi. Say re concludes his stale meat with the question "Jo we need a normal school?" , 0 ioimlry woman's Club Ms. Robert A. Masterlon Is the lioslc.sH Ihls afternoon to the mem bers of the (Countrywomen's club at her home on t'ovo uvenuo. JUiluess lit I,a tiramle JOarl Chandler, a prominent far mer of the section above Klgln was ii business visitor in 1a Grande yes terday. The house on the Chandler furm in which Mr. and Mrs. Hernal ILug have been living this winter Is being remodeled apd repaired for the occupancy of Mr. and Mrs, Chandler. Hernal Hug is doing the carpenter work. o 111 in Hospital 5$ Tom Skeen, of JVultdale Is re ported to be recovering slowly ii Look, for with a black stripe. It is the i one that never - varies in m.,'i . f.TuunX I Mfflim Valley Newi Editor from an operation to which ho re cently submitted ut tho jttrundu Hondo hospilul. ; j Grange Tu Meet Tho two grange organizations of the Elgin suction of. tho county wllf hold their regular inectlugs this week. Kock Wall grungu wlil meet this evening und Cricket Klut will meet tomorrow, Saturday evening. o 1 toco vein Slowly.. Mrs. Jolm Holman bus been 111 for a few weeks at lier horn.) m-ar Jalund City. While she is rocover ing. it Is cry slow us is alu.ost al ways tile case wlt'i tho flu. Give Dinucr lurty A deltghtfVil dinner party was given Wednesday evening m the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernnl Hug. north of Kigln Avith Mrs. Hug's mother, Mrs. A. J. Holbrook of Boise, Ida., and Mr. and Mrs, C. 1'. Holbrook of I -a Grande as spe cial guests. A lovely dinner was served at 6:30 with .the following guests besides the. guests of honor: Mr. and Mi's, l.ynn Hill and son, Krcderick', und Mr. und Mi's. Kurl Chandler, . ,.-o Itcjmlriiig l'i iU: , County ton I men a.c -working this v,eeit' r w iring tin road be tween Imbler und Sunuiierville especially ut tho Willow creek bridge, where conslderab'e ot thc hard rurfueo liad been wamd oit durin.? llm winter wnutitcr. An aliuliueut Is lel.g put in near the bridge and the ruad is bvin filled in with gruvei. t , v p ; leaves Hospital - ' Guy Chrlht, .sciiool buy of the Catherine, crcclAschoul has recent ly left the Hot it Ue inaiorlum where he lin-1 been for an operation fur appendicitis. o I-Tv A. 'J uiiiglil i'ho regular meeting of Die Imbler 1'arciil-Tcucher ussuciutiou comes this evening ut Wadoltull. . Itoys and iirls Clubs Huts' and Girls clubs are being organized for this season quite huN iHfacturlly, according to Mi. Say re, one of tho county leaders. The lot to date: girls' sewing, 7; girls to dale: girls' 'sewing.- 7: girls cooking, 5: buys' camp cooking, poultry, H; sheep, U ; 'potato, 1; pig, y. There-uro several moro t bo orgunlzed this month., , (eitliig HeJidy for I'oiirlb Tho Community club of. Klgin is j already tuiln busyjit work on their plans for their l'J'28 Kuurth if July crelelu-atlon. . At a recent meeting of the club plans wero out lined and the bull started lulling for what they claim will be a gi gantic three day festival. The first day, July 2nd, has scheduled for its special feature a big home-coming picnic. Invitations will be sent out to all former residents of Kl gin, and an effort made to gather together us many such as possible. There will ho other attractions und features all leading up to the grand finale on the Fourth. C'ertiflcutioii Stundanls Xeeilvd G. H. Hyslop, farm crop profes sor at O. S. C. well known here by rc:ison of his visits here tu Inspect putato fields Tor certification, re cently attended u meeting of. pota to certification officers and grow ers of Northwestern V. S. and Can ada, held in Spokane. In speaking of the meeting. Mr. Hyslop said. 'An ntttmitt In liitln? mode In hrlnir certification standards of the north- I u-not inni-ii nlfiolv tnirtthii Wo shall try to reach a more uniform the red tin fine flavor. , "pim ) : ' . . . 1 1 1 SEASONABLE RECIPE SAXI TA UTS cup shortening 1 clip sugar 1 egg 1 cup flour. If teaspoons baking powder teaspoon cinnamon . 1 egg white. U lunched almonds - Cream tho shortening and add the sugar and fcgg. Sift together the flour, baking powder and cin namon, and add those to the mix ture. Fold In tho beaten egg white. Hull as thin as possible und cut. Split blanched almunds, und after putting the cookies on the cooky sheet, place the halves .of almonds in any desirable position on the cookies, Hako In a quick oven until light brown. interpretation of disease standards at.a field conference this summer." : o i Gcrmliintfoii Tests ! ' According to Uie Kurm Hujlctln, germination tests ' h seetl of nil kinds can bo made ut the Oregon Agriculturo collego, where seed will be sent by tho county! agent. This service Is free to all farmers. Since Kebruury several lots of seed have been sent In and tested. Reports on two wheut samples were und U8 per cent, respectively. Tho own oro of this seed wero about to re ject It for seed purposes. Tho tests showed that it was good, o ( SucceHsfiil Season Will Vogel Is another of tho large sheep growers of this vall'y who reports having hud a sutlsfuctory per cent of iaintis this season., Mr. Vogel took his sheep to iho liills about two weeks agu. o Death or I trot her Mrs. Hattlo Kelt ley of near I -a Grande lias recently received word of tho death of her brothor, Win I'roebslcl at Yuma, Arleonu. A cerebral hemorrhage resulted In his death. Mr. I'robstel was a former resident of this valley, having b;;en one of tiie earliest of the pioneer families coming here,-. , o . '' Chib .Meets The members of the Women' Kducaliunal club of Imbler held their regular meeting Wednesday afternoon with Mrs, J-. A. (laskill. The simiy of tint afternoon wuh .'n lensely Interesting being of tho Hook of Kulh. There was a goo'.l attendance. j Milking .Many Cows C. 1'. Kdvulmm, whose dairy herd niadeHhe hlgwwrdJ hmt motfta in tho Union-Wallowa cow testing association. 1s milking at present head of ilolslelns, with six more' coming on soon. Mr, Kdvalson does not have a milking machine to take care of tills big Item In the dny'e work as It is scarcely necessary wltii six ailutls tu do tlie milking ami the chore is done up in Hhort oi'der. The separating Is no small Item and Mr. KdvalKon has recent ly Installed an electric motor and is letting "Klec" do the separating. They aro getting very nearly ten gallons of cream each day, Mr. Kdvalsou's Individual - cow which stood highest In the test fur March produced an a vera go of ftl.n pounds uC butlerl'nt. Mrs. KdvalKon Is busy now looking after her chicks. She has 300 I'lymoutlt Uucks about a week old. Out Prom 1 4i (irnmtc .Mrs. landau Shettou of In (irande visited Wednesday at the borne of her sister-in-law. Mrs. Karl Chan dler at Klgin and attended the fun eral of l'Ycd Wagner. yiut met a tragic death in a lumber camp early In tie week. . i o Home On Ylll Miss Delia Slonedahi, a trained nurse from Holse, Idaho is making a visit at the parental Al Stoncdahl home on tho Catherine creek road above Union. Kiitei tains Club Mrs. Krnnk Miller was hosless to the Kun and Joy Hridgo club Sat urday afternoon at her homo In Lower Cove. Two tables wore at play, the guests Including Mines. I vv. J. i-ianmarK, i. it. i-onmin. j. ii. wnon, jonn tinier, n. ii. jhiik-i, Charles llibberd und Miss. Hess Kelley. Mrs. Conklln won tho high score. A two courso luncheon was served after the game. o iiixv Surprise Shower A group of fourteen lady friends of Mi,m. I.ynn Hill, if Klgin went in on her at her home a week ago this afternoon and took her com pletely by surprise. The afternoon was spent in a delightfully inform al social fiiHhion and during the afternoon, Mrs. 1 1111 was given a fplemlid shower. Some delicious refreshments were served. o Teacher III Miss Lois Johnson, a lenelir fu the Knterprlse high school, Is a patient at the Grundo Hondo hos pital. u ' HcfiiniH I'nmi i.ll Mrs. A. I'. Wilson has returned lo her home neiir Imbler follnwing a visit ut the home of her daughter Mrs. Kux ut Union. o Spend KiiiHluy ut. Home Miss Stella Kdvulson who tea' h es at Hock Creek In Haknr county, and her brother H'-rnmn, who works in the same, vicinity were Sunday vlftlors at the home of their pa ten Ik. Mr. and Mrs. t l bdval son on Catherine creek. o iMritdow llrook iriiiigc I The Meadowbrook grangers held j their regular mecthiff Sunday with a good attendance. The names of Uhrve ne-.' members were ballot- BUTTERFAT BRINGS $375,000 LAST YEAR TO WALLOWA FARMS Sumo Idea of tho dairy Industry as It is being carried on In "Wal lowa county may be gathered from a recent roport covering tho year f ia7. mude by . N. C. -Donaldson, agent of that county. The facts as clearly set forth by Mr. Donaldson must have had considerable Inter est for those in the dairy business, as well as fur those who hud not been previously cognisant of Us ex tent. Mr. Donaldson pointed out that 816,000 pounds of butterfat were produced in Wallowa county dur ing 1U27 of which records wero kept.' Of this, GuO.000 were ship ped out and 256,000 wero consumed at homo. Kor tho amount , of the product which found its way to market by being shipped by rail or truck, by being delivered to the cheese factory ut Knterprlse op be ing used by the two creameries In the county, a neat sum of $375,000 was realized. ' . This, Mr. Donaldson pointed out, was cash coming In continuously throughout the entire years. It ed oil during tho business hour. Tin day being faster, a very ap propriate program was rendered tn honor or the day. Miss Pearl Wells, who Is visiting her sister, Mrs. It. 12. Thomas, was a visitor of the grunge und took purt in tho pro grum. o Allrcl Aid About rifty ladies, members of tho Alice! 1 ,aiies Aid society und sovoral visitors from In Grande and Island City wero guests yesterday ut Die regular meeting of the aid held at the homo of Mrs. I,ouls Standley in Iowa district. Assisting hostesses were Mines. Arthur Ha nuinn.Herbert Speckhart and J. W. I.ytle. The program which was of fered was pronounced unusually good by all who heard It und in cluded numbers by the little Misses Speckhart and Knatitz. Miss Mabel Doty. Miss Mae Stearns. Mrs. Kthel DeHass and others,. A tray lunch eon consisting of a number of tempting articles of food was serv ed at tho close of the afternoon. o IUhcouraglng Work The present weather Is hard on I lie road work being done over the county as well as on other lines of activity. "A few weeks ago a sys tematic course of grading, etc.. was started and for a while the roads wore in splendid .shaiicvTho rains and snows of the last few days have washed out holes and caused tho roiids to be cut up until they are little better than they wero be fore any improvements were start ed. I''(M tor's I'n mil)' Arrives - Mrs. Kred l, Seftou and lier niece, .Miss Gladys liem-dnley ar rived the last of the week from their home In Kalem anil have taken up t heir abode in Klgin. They constitute the present family of the new editor of the Klgin Re corder. Miss Iteardsley will be a member of the Recorder staff. Livestock Club Work in County Now Under Way Kovestock clnn work ov-r t he county took on considerable Im petus during tiie last few days when a number of new groups met, perfected their organizations and started off their season's 'work In the various branches of club work. At Cove, the boys and girls who wero Interested, together with some of their parents in At on .Monday evening and organized three clpbs. Tins Dolstein calf club will oper ate under tho leadership of It. II. Daniel: the Jersey club will have Hoy Hell for Its leader while the (rueriiHey club will be supervised by C. M. Ogllvle. The boys Interested in a pig club at Imbler met yesterday af ternoon and completed their or ganization. I'Vauk McKennou who lias bren leader of litis group for si vera I seasons will bo tho -leader again this year. Tuesdsy night' " I here was a splendid attendance of Union boys al the meeting called for the pur pose of completing t he orgaiiiza lion of their clubs.. They met with I'rof Cecil Grigcs at tho high school. In the Smith Hughes rooms. Thre' clubs are starting off, (he poultry, dairy calf atid pig clubs. Tiie leaders have not yet been an nounced, ( 'ounty agriculturist I lurry Avery who has charge of tho live stock clubs was instrumental In tin; process of organ l.at Ion of all of the above clubs. 10(1 CJftCkK.NS lit HM D I'KNDUKTO.V, Apr. 1 :i Four bund i e-l young chickens and ; brooder house on the mneli of W. 'uitiph"!!, south of Athena, Her-1 destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning w hen t lie brooder stovi set the structure aflr. The low was pa rt hilly covered by Insurnm itrrrt'K.N's to si.xai i; WASHING-TON. Apr. 13 r.Vf') Senator Johnson, republican, Cal ifornia, who has been III at homo here for more than a week re turned yesterday to the S"nate. Few things aro so fashtouablo that sooner or later you won't find them ou the bargain counter. comeii through an Industry that knows no seasonal ups and downs, The cash returns ure immediate und regular. ' i .. t A tabulation of tho shipments from the four shipping centers was Illuminating. Knterprlse, as would be expected, being the largest. .Wal lowa shows up as bolng the small est but this was explained by ref erence to the creameries there which use tho major part of tho produce of that locality, The threo columns rcpresont five, eight und ten gallon cans respectively: - Knterpriso 13 Dll 73 Of; Joseph 1023 110 3520 Dostlne 'iot .4245 Willlowa 53 a 177 Mr. Donaldson makes two state ments tu calling attention to tho report, the first being the extent of the industry. The second was the fact, that the. greater part of the product is going out of the county. He insists that If the cream were kept at home there would bo suf ficient butterfat produced to sup port two more creameries mid an other cheese factory. Lambing Season Successful At Dobbin's Ranch .Jim Dobbin whose ranch lies near Ia Oraude has a reputation as a sheep grower that extends con- ' slderubly beyond the confines of this county, lainblng season was very successful this year, with a minimum of loss. Mr. Dobbin has 200 head of registered Hampshire sheop, and it will bo remembered that animals from his pens havo always been ribbon winners, ami t have commanded a very high t price. I On the Dobbin farm may be found what has been termed by those who know, the best equipped .shnep barn In eastern Oregon, and in visitor In tills section from tho 'other valley is responsible for, tho 'statement that It Is tho best In Oregon. In this barn Mr. Dobbin lias worked out a number of bis urlginul if leas, Ideas wyiich hnvo been copied quite considerably be cause of their merit. A new addi tion bus been built which measures 50x140 feol. The ono outstanding idea, It was pointed out, wna, tho convenience fur feeding. Miv. Dubbin, asserts, that when everything gels in prop er working order, it will ho possible forgone man to feed 500 sheep, night and morning, in one hour. Me keeps all his feed, Including chopped hay overhead. Tho hay is all chopped under cover. He bus perfected a water trough which liiiH grent merit. and is working on a feeder, which he believes will bo a great Improvement over anything procurjihlc at the present time. It was pointed out thiit with tho arrangements and Improvements found, with the barn made Into compartments, etc., a large band of shec,P could be cared for entirely under cover. La Grande Air Field Personals , I.A OKANDh) AIRK1KKD (Spe cial) 1 'Hot ing a new Kiigh'rock plane which he was delivering to tho Olympic Aeronautical corpor ation in Tacoma, WiinIi., J. B. Story stopped at the field hero a few hours yesterday w title en route from Omaha, Nebr. He IcTt Oma ha Sun flay morning, slopped 'bnn day In-Granger. Wyo., and hirub-d in Hoise. Ida., Wednesday evening, where ho remained until the fol lowing morning. t Mr. Story, who lives In Tncoma and Is widely known to people of tho northwest Interested in avia tion. Is vice president of the Olym pic corporation, the company that opened a new aviation Held In Tu eoma the first of the year where Dying schools are now functioning and which is also being uso by (tie Pacific AlrTranspoit company for mall and passenger service between Portland and Seattle, He Is also manager of tho Story HHiool of Flying und Iho' Story Kagierork Sales company, distributors for Kagleruck planes fur VWtderu Washington. When ho left the ltd! so airport yesterday morning he reported tiie Weather was fine. In thai country Mil the further he traveled tills way, lli'i worse t he storms became. 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