Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1928)
m mmbt mm Wb&nwv fGEyERAL news VALLEY NEWS VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OUEGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928 NUMBER 213 Over The Valley Mabel K. Morton. VaJte News Editor Trying Out i'w spud A. L. Vot., prowi tutor of ono of tlie luru Lhirlvi-n luncliea ut Krul' dule, is muking a-uurt of experi ment tins your In potato miKing. Mr. Vorlz Hcvurod two Hanks of J'euch Wow potatoes from Colorado which Jim Is piuntinqr and which will niiiko piMiitipH a hit loss tha i half an acre. Thu potutoi'R are or a pink skin and uro not Huhjccl . to second growth, a falling ukciIIj- cd to some other varieties which! Mr.- Voetz' experiment will be watched with no little Interest by potato growers over the valley. - - o l'riiit Trees ' I!loSMiiiiii;j A drive over the valley find 8 many fruit tiucs coming Into blon so m wlttiin the last few days. These ure mostly apricots uud they al ready present a beautiful appear ance.' These inuy not bo a har binger of spring, but they do in crease, the .. ytarning everywhere present these days lor more sun shine and warmer w'cather. O Strike One for t'liibsf Thert was one especially strik ing item in tho current Issue of thj Farm Ifulletin issued from the of fice of tlie county agriculturist, not only fur thuse wiio arc kiturmc 1 about and intT rested in tho work of the livestock c:lul over tin; county, but also for those who are not interested, if Ihero be any such. The Item has to do with the dairy herd on the ranch uf Mr. and Mrs. JUnmic Mills, near t'ovc, and reads as follows; "According to J. K. Mills, their dairy herd is composed eutirely of club members' calves. These qalves have grown up now and have made one of tho highest records of the 1'nlon-Wallowa Cow Testing association Mils winter. This speaks well for the work of the club iiiiiiihers who carod for the calves anil Is a . good 'Indica tion uf Hie quality of stock owned by most boys and girls club 'mem bers." The Mills family Is quite a "club" family. Tho father and mol tier have both had an active interest In club work 'for several ytxi rs and have been leaders of various and sundry clubs, While their children, following In tiie footsteps of their parents, havc'uot only held membership in the club', but luive been hard working and sure ess! ui members, doing out - standing pieces of work, as 1 be records simv.'.i:vr ;rr-;-,r r O '.a II i-i I Home itolntlves of M I'M. I.ola West Hutr, of L,u Grande, worn summoned j Tuesday lo her bedside on account, j of her critical illness til the' home of her sinter and brol hcr-ln-luw. Mr. and Mrs. Harry .Mason, In la Grande. Among those who were en Med were her sisters, Mrs. Charlesj Sanderson and Mrs. Ira Lanmun, who with their husbands had been i spending the winter in California. O Ittfducs In r.lgln i Mob Ayres, candidate for district attorney, spent Thursday In Klglu looking after business mailers and visiting among friends. Mr. Ayres Baking Insurance !f you find any fault whatever in this baking powder, or kink you do, your grocer return your money and also Pay for the eggs, butter. f,0ur. etc., you have used 1 had a moat delightful surprise U ur ine hiu stay ut Klffiu whru hu ui.i covered ftomo frlcndH from his old homo, Lfwislun. Mont., where ho lived before coming here muie than two years ago. Nucdlcu to say, thete was mutual appreciation of the chance to renew old aciiuain-tunceshipa. Mrs. Thompson 111 Mrs. Jennie ThompHun, of l-'rutt- dale, is leporled as being uitu ill. as her friends would wish. O More Mumps Several new cases of the mumps have been reported 'at I rubier, among them being Miss ltutu Lit treall, tho postmistress. U Farm Change Taiuaris brut tiers, of l'uinpklu Ilidge, have rented t hu fui m re cently vacated by Mr. and Mid. Mia iie.s llault in tho 'district south of Pine Grove. Mr. am) Mrs. liuult will make their homo on a farm west of Kumiuerville. 9 O Lht'stwk Association Meets The Starkcy Cuttle and llursc as sociation met In regular session ut the school house Sunday, April 10.1 Supervisor Irwin, from the office ut l'ondicton was present, us wast also Mr. Allison, district supervisor.' The job of salting the eattlu was' voted, to Hugh 1'errin on die re servo tills season. Mi'. 1 Vnin Is rider for several I'mattlla count y stock men who grazu their culllo on this reservo". t O ItohirtiH Homo Miss Dorothy Jean I.edbeller, who has been staying with her grand parents, Mr. uud Mrs. W. it. l,ed-bette-r at Allcel during her mother's absence, has returned to her home in I.u Grande. o Crlelfet rial iniuge ' I Tho regular meeting or OU-ket Klat grange, was held last Satur day night. Inie lo tin- condition of tho roads, the u( tendance was not so large as usual, but a very( Interns! lug program under the di-' rection of the leclurer, Mrs; John I Gekeler, was given and the i-out in buslnesH was gone through. O Svxt .Nutrition ScluMd- The next of the series of nutrl ibm schools lo be lield in t!i!s coun- fy by Miss liticy case, nutrition specialist from' 1 ho extension serv ice at, U. H, C will not be held until tho last of next, month, 'ue- cording to a recent announceuiei. The definite dales are Pleasant Grove, -May 201 h ; lllue Mountain, May 2Xt,h, and Island City, May i!!Hh. These three groups have hud two very profitable lessons so far, with a very good attendance In each of the groups. Miss Case lias proven to be tul(e popular with th women of I'nion county in both ihh: series and the one which she held last year. She has a very pleasing personality in addition to her abil ity to handle her subjects, and the women report thai they have gained much piaelfcal good from attending tho classes. Tho remain ing classes uro opan to all the la dies in uny of tho communities in which they arc held, und It is hop eoVthat many more will avail them selves of tire opportunity to ut tend tho coming schools. O nv Hub) Girl A new baby girl is reported at the homo of Mr. and Mis. Walter Vogel, who llvo a short distance out from I'niou. She -was boi n last Saturday. 4 O Director Visits Station James 'J. Jardlne, of Corvat !?.-, was iu La Grande Tuesday on his w-uy to I'nion, where he spent the day at tho Kastorn Oregon experi ment station, tho guest of Superin tendent Mob Withycombe. Mr. Jar dlne is the director of ull the ex periment stutlons of tho slate of Oregon, which means that he has charge of and oversight of them all. Ills visit hero was in an offi cial capacity. O Kuck Wall Grange County Agricultural Agent II. G. Avery was in Klgin last l-'riday on business connected with his office. While Ihero ho attended the regu lar meeting of tho Jloek Wall grange. Tho gratige held Initiation ceremonies at the meeting ut which tour candidutea were given tiro first degree. There are about -U other candidates waiting to ho given the degrees, but on account of the con dition of the roads and weather they have not been able to attend tho meetings. At this meeting, Mr. Avery talked about feeding uud matters' pcrluin ing lo the roads. , O Club Meets In lit Gramlo The ladies of lint Park dak club were guests Wednesday of Mrs. Wllkcrsou in ha Grande. O ' Has Awltlejil - l.ee Cross, who lives In (lie In dian Creek neighborhood, hud an accident last week which was ex ceedingly painful and may possibly require the amputation of ono or mure of his fingers. Ho was assist ing in setting posts when he was struck quite forcibly with the maul in use and some of his fingers were badly smashed. O- ' , Visit Schools- County Superintendent and Mrs. M. A. "Say 10 were, in the North pow der seel Ion of lite county yesterday visiting (he schools. ' O- Wolf Creek Gran& Announcement is made . of the regular meeting oT tho Wolf Creek grange which is to In; held tomor row, Krldny evening at their hall nrar North Powder. This, is an otlmr of the very active subordi nates of I'nion county, and meetings- a 'ways have an unusual in terest for those who attend. . -u Mi. Skoe.n Improve- Tom Skeen, of May Park, who has been very seriously ill at a hospital In La Grande, Is improv ing rut tier slowly. O Tho Weather Ono thing certain, those who a,re forced to resort to the weather over the valley tho past few days us a topic of conversation will dud tiai it offered no little variety. Kaeh day seems to have had its -own in formal program. Wednesday per haps oxcelled wit h sun (In very limited quuntlties), rain, sleet, hail and snow. Wednesday night saw considerable snow over the greater part of the valley. Commencing ut Cricket Kiat and extending over Into Wallowa county, It measured flvo Inches for several miles. An' hour or so of sunshine removed all traces of it, however. White tlie precipitation uny one day Ipis not been of very great proportions, yet there Is just enougli to con tinue keeping farmers out of tlie fh-his. whore they ar needing very badly to be. There is much plow ing yet to be done; In fact, much tout nus not yet been touched. O . Making IniproMniciilw Workmen uro completing the splendid new double garage on the farm of Louis Standley in the Ion 1 district, which is quite an addition to tlie improvements there. New cement walks are being laid and as soon us the weather permits, wont will be started on I lie new lank house. Mrs. Standley expects In have her flock of turkeys ugal.r Ibis year, and has two turkey Im-iih selling. She has also 1 no fine, Plymouth Ituck chicks which un doing well. . 1 O Stimmci-viltc I-T. A. The regular meeting of the S11111 inurvillo Parent -Teacher associa tion hdd Monday evening at tin school house was one of the larg est during the year, the seating and standing cap;iciiy of the school house having been about exhausted. A business meeting presided ovi r by W. K, Jlroek, preceded an ex cellent piVgiiun which had been arranged by I lie program coin mi -Jc with tho assistance of the two teacher, who helped tlie childieii In their pr p;ualioilH. Tire. ' pro-' gram was as follows: Address W. I. Mrock. president Piano solo Miss Iteua Chou'e Song Primary Class piM-ituthin Oavld Sanderson Piano solo , ..l-awana Myeis Vocal solo James Jackson itecltutlon rthtlr Sanders Sung , Eula und Lel'a Otl and Let ha Vcrmiliuo Heading Mrs. Mlbs WoodHI Arbor !ny Kxerclscs, upper grtidei Ite-idtn-; Kmery Oliver' Lnsplay of Magic Lloyd Wooded Following this program. it cream and cuke were served the entire company, ' O 1 11 die III v Mrs. John I lodgers and Mrs. Dial, both of Krultdulc neighborhood, aio u unite red among the tick- Mrs. PART OF TEACHERS ARE SELECTED FOR RURAL DISTRICTS County Superintendent of Schools 1Z. A. Sayru has given us a partial list uf th teuchcrs fur tho rural schools over Union county. While this mutter seems lo bo very. gen erally settled over tho county, and somewhat earlier than usual, it iu said, tlie re are quite a few schools who have not yet settled tho mat ter of teachers fur next year. In many instances them will be no change. Teachers leaving tho pro fession, other new ones coming in, etc., will make changes In a num ber of tho schools. ' At Union all the positions have been filled excepting two. Ono po sition is being eliminated, the num ber uf primary teachers having been reduced. Two other grado teachers are leaving, having been elected to other position. Miss .eoua. Kriet:, of Pleasant (rove neighborhood, has been elected as principal of the Pleasant Crovfc school and teacher of tlto two., upper grades.. The lower grade leachor has not yet been chosen. Mhis Ava Woodell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Woodell has signed a contract for Iono Star school. Miss Coyncr, who Is filling out the year at the Mt. CJIen school, has been re-elected there for next year. Mrs. Mary 1!. Kail, who has taught at 1'erry for three years, lias been re-elected there. ( Miss Marlon Kulkersoii will havo ; the Kox Hill school for the year. I Miss Kthcl Hansen, of Island City, will teach the Allcel school next year. : Miss Helen Jensen, of La Cnindo and Miss Lottie Itlack will be the' two teachers at Summerville next year. Miss (leueva Sayro, who is principal this year, contemplates taking some advanced school work In lite east next year. Miss I lorolhy Smut, who has been at Moss Chapel this year will attend college next year. Her suc cessor has not been chosen. Tlie list of teachers at I rubier j Is not . yet ready for publication, pending the receipt of a few con-, tracts. I Miss Pauline Ptiyton tins been rehired for the Iowa school. Miss Frances Ida Huberts bus been elected again as teacher for Frosly school hear Cove. Miss itlauche Whiting, who has been 1 his your' 11 1. 1 ho ( 'at he rim- creek school, vll teach uL Liitl 1 Canyon. . Mrs. Mfl rt ha TH us and Miss Hose I!, chron.y have been rehired for the Wolf Crock school near North Powder. Miss Norma Mayer, who hiis been al (he Heinpy school this year, goes to Milgatd liel year. For the FrultdaJe school, direc tors have elected Mr. and M in. Iteu notl, wiio came from .Missouri. Airs, (ienevieve Ha kker and -M Iss Cora Christiansen will both have another year at Telocnset. Minn Mn lion It ill h IteuneH hus been hired for a full yc:u at. Die I'pper Jjfidd Canyon school. Misn IjennelL runic lii during (his pas!, year to fill a vacancy and accord ing to-Mr. Say re has made a fine llodgers has not been well for the past few days, while Mrs. Dial s reported to have been quite seri ously sick. O VWI in Town Miss Zchria doiii, h ;ic!ier at Hie Dry ('reek school, spent the week end wllii her friends In I.a Grande. - O Move lo Walla Walla Mr. and Mrs. Wlirurd Wesleii skow and family have moved from Imbler to Walla Walla, where they will reside Iu the future, much to the regret of their tunny friends in I hat section of t he valley. Mr. Weslenskow has be-n tll'Walll Walla, for some thin, having se cured employment there with a const ruction company, and Is onlv now moving his family (here. VKits Valley I rieiul- Arch Clark, ot Port h'lid. ngnl for the Itco ear. spent last Suiidiv as a guest al the home of Mr. an I M i s. l,.-wb; Standley In I he Iowa district. Mr. iaik. who Is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Silver! horn, foi rn'i ly of l.a Grande, stales that Mr. Silverlhorn has about complet ed his arrangements for the pui cIi.'inc of a drug store in Portland. He has vbited places in both Wash ington and Oregon, but believes I h locution he lias chosen to be the nio.-it. desirable for him. ( 1 - tIM'H to I "nit 11 llohert Ayres, ,u Grande a'lor new and candidate for district at torney oil I be republican lickol a the appi oiichtng. pririiiirlfx, spent totbiy with friends At f'nion, O Slill Mmii Snow ;ay St rack and Hugh pei rii'. cattle men from the ra::- in the vicinity bey und Slai-key, .-ft ten din:; the fiitllo men's no-cling Sunday, repoit thai Ho- snow l ry ileep on tin mittiulaiiiM lirlwnii I "11 ion and I inatilla counties. -- , Uorlby Pitijc I Recently the VVoo.i'n'. linproe oient club of Kfgin avc a hotm -(aleor piny "Clubbing A Hiifband" tit a joint benefit fur the llbrai. fond ami he st udent loan fund. The club, like other simitar oru;i-i.,-itloiis, in.s been doin kooi' splendid w ork in I he w ay of a slsliitg Klgin cirls In Hieir etforls to s iore a higlo r erlta alien, Tliey n lt d over 7ft front t he pl.i. which wMl assist them In this wor thy endeavor. They are at present helping two of their own thioujli college. record during tho time sho hus been hero. Miss Anna Cusun, whose homo Is at Klgin, and who Is atteutllng a normal school this year, has been gncn tho Willow Creek school for next year. Miss Vergil la ltond, who has been at the Willow creek school this year will be at the North Hot 1-uko school dining 1 It - J u. Tho directors of the Slurkey school huve elected Mrs. Vale Ha gey as teacher for their school lor another year. While this list represents only a portion of tiie sellouts over tlie county, it covers thoso 1 schools whosu directors havo uiudo .their doliulte arrangements for next year and havo so notified the county superintendent. - NORTH POWDER PERSONALS NOItTH POWOKlt (Special) The high school girls will play a baseball gaiuo with the Union girls Friday night. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Thomas Shoemaker, of Teloeiwet, are tak ing in tho three day rally at tho Alotlfodist church. Them was a terrific hail storm, be tween Telocnset and Iyles canyon Tuesday evening. Thu three-day rally at tho Meth odist church was attended by mnhy members here and outsido organ izations. The ladles of tho Metho dist church are serving lunch and dinner to thu outsido guests. Karl Garrison was put back to bed for another week, Mr. Clarir son has been III of the mumps. William Cough nour returned Wednesday from Payette. James Klggs purchased a ncV Chevrolet brougham, Miss Hlocklaud, or Haines, pas tor of the Methodist church, is at tending llii! three-day rally hero.. Ill: MAIt WINS MAHATHOV I HUSTON, Apr, 20 .(AP) Clar enco Demur, thu 3 U-y car-old Mel rose splinter won tho Boston niara Ihou Thursday' for the sixth time. Pressed hard most of tho way by Jolo Kay, v.clcrau middle distanco runner attempting tho marathon distanco 1'or tin! first timo Dcmar ran u heady rueu and was out ,jBliead all the way after pulling out bir" 'tho ruck of tho 241 starters. Ills time -was 2:37:07 4-5 a new ""i "If Cor 1 he cotirHe. have you 'YELLOW MASK?" rMok at Your Teeth. Do Thtv 'lava a Yellowish line? Tha Here's the Way lo Sparkling Whiteness Cnaranteedl rriA'I unbecoming yellow Uli tinge is w in tire tooth enamel but in u lliin.gt.tHH nak that a 'Tiqintl cenical' iu your saliv las formed over the cnauicl. So wlut dental science lias done h lo p' Vet a means of removing lli.it uu.iliil 'Yellow Maskvitliout Iiarin to tiro softc; rnaia 1. Thcro is a basic substance that 00 ; his to perfection. It is known a 'Tri-da iuin I'lioHphalc." The leading dentists u it for cleaning and polishing tci-tli. Hut tlie chief aim of science h;i been 1 ive you the marvelous benefits of ilris voi ilcrful 'Tri-Calcium riiosplialu' for dtiii 'jsc. Iu a ia"easaiit, tasty tooth pti.-tc. H ;liat you couhl first rctnovo that repel b-i 'Yellow Maak" ami ftccundly, bavo da. Iiirly white leelli forever. It'x been a big job! The most noted wiei iUls have worked on it. Dot now urcei lias come. Tli'! liiimo of Ibis nrajiie dcnlifricn ')l(l'lIt.S'it)0'in PAS'IL. JhatiMAever where ll ii! it. Prima donnas of lire tuov i rei i), ojtera and etagoare using it. In b. lliau i nioiitlia more than a million woua and men have abandoned oM-styb.-d d'-ni fricei fr OKPIIOS and testify lo tret whiter and lovelier than ever before. W! want you to Iry llm marvrloi (HM'IIOSat oihc. Ot a lubn from yot ilniggint. Givo it a friendly trial, cxpcctir mnazinjf improvement in tlie whiteness yiair teeth. Look Hob'lyfor new teeth beaul , t nofideshow of foaiiiondlulhrr- jti in nyi-iagwhilencHB. If you don't get a r lltrill of delight, lakq tliQ uuucd portion tlietul'p Itatkatidgctthe full purr bono prit ow don't keep beauty waiting actl Orphos TOOTH PASTE Rrmm-rf "YrWnw Men Name Committees For 38th Pioneer County Reunion Officers, committeo members and members of tho association uro al ready busy ut work on the prelim inaries of the 3Slh annual pioneer reunion, which is to be given tins car by the Sons umL Haughters uf Pioneers. Tho dale chosen Is the third Thursday iu July, which happens to be July l'Jth. The meet ing is invariubly held ut Itlversldo Park, which lends Itself so well lo tlie festivities of this Important day. In thinking of their gathering )il a year, tho committeo hus ex pressed their hope thai the pro I.oschI home-coming festival, which ib so much before tho public these days, may come during the mine week, that each of the groups may have the assistance of the other, nr. each will greatly benefit and In spire the other, they believe. The committees which have been appointed to look after the Vari ous mutters in connection with "Pioneer Ouy" is as follows: I'ublicity committee: Mrs. Kut Hynearson, chairman; Georgo II. Currey. Decorations committee: J. K. Keynolds. chairman; Mrs. Huttlo J. Fckley, Mrs. William Condlt. Garden Season , A Complete Line of Flower and Garden Seeds Now in Stock. Make Your Selection While Stock Is Complete. SATURDAY AND MONDAY SPECIALS Pink Salmon For salmon loaf 2 tins 29c . ... J-. . v- P. S. Pumpkin Especially prepared for making pies 1 tin, No. Wi 15c Snowshoe Syrup Iliglily blended cane and maple, 1 5-11). tin 64c Twin Peak Tomatoes Fine solid pack Utah to matoes, 2 No. 2'2 tins 27c , A&LOysters An extra standard jrrade, for soups, 2 fi-oz. tins 34c . Standard Peas Medium size,' tender, sweet, 4 tins 47c Carnation Oats With ciockcry, 1 large package I s 38c ' : SEASONABLE P. S. Ripe Olives Extra large, 1 tin, 0 oz. 43c Japan Tea J!sl for flavor. 1 K-nz. pkg. 43c Sweet Pickles WILSON'S ' Medium size, deep color, 1 8-oz. bottle 24c P. S. Preserves Made from perfect fruits, 1 lti-oz. glass 48c SEASONABLE RECIPE a si;asonahm; niaiiu llanan a Fritter 4 bananas 1 tablespoon lemon julco cup Hour 2 tablespoons sugar ' H teui-poon salt 13 cup milk I egg 1 tablespoon melted butter Powdered sugar. Hemovo skins from tho banunas, scrape them and cut onco length wise and onco crosswise. Sprinkle the pieces with lemon Juice Make a butter by mixing and sifting the flour, sugar and Fait, stirring In the milk gradually and adding the yolk of tho bcuten egg and the melted butter. Lastly, fold in the beutwi egg white. Sprinkle the ba nana with the powdetod sugar, dip them Into the batter and fry In deep Tat until they aro brown. Sprinkln again with powdered au gur and server Mrs. Julius Itocach and Mrs. Mat tie Golden. . Transportation committee: Union county chamber of commerce. lteception committee: All mem bers of tho Sons and Daughters of Pioneers. Program committee: 1' B, Cur- Dona Castile Soap Soothing to the Skin 10 Bars 89c CRISCO Nothing bettor for pas try baking 1 3-ll. tin 81c COFFEE Preferred Stock For those who enjoy fine flavor of perfectly blend-' cd coffee. 2-lb. tin 95c CHEESE Tillamook Made from full cream. I'er Lb. 37c Pork and Beans With tomato sauce 3 medium tins 32c I- ITEMS ATTRACTIVELY PRICED P. S. Tomatoes Solid pack, extra fancy, per tin, No. 2Vi 21c Toothpicks Straight grain Diamond lirand, per pkg. 5c Carnation Milk I tall tin 10c Horse-Radish WILLIAMS 1 4-oz. jar 12c iTlgin Fruit Men May Establish Cherry Orchards Several orchardista in tho vicin ity of Klgin are very seriously con sidering tho establishment of cher ry orchards, believing that Ihero la a good future ahead for tills par ticular variety of fruit. Scott Har ris, who has an applo orchard of considerable size a short distanco. north of Klgin. is ono of the newer advocutes of cherry growing. This spring Mr. Harris la sotting out 100 young trees, mostly tho Lamberts. Mr. Harris already haa ono young cherry orchard, which ' ho planted about flvo yearn ago and which will conio Into bearing this year. This move coincides with tho theory which fruit growers over there in that section ot the county have been advancing for some ttnio, namely, that there Is much land laying about the foothill country which could be made to beoomo moro proTitablo were they act out to sin all orchards. rey, chalrmant Mrs. Kate R. Han ley, Jamea Snod grass. Coffee and cream committeo: , Frank Wright, - chairman; Kd Hughes and Frank Owsley. Argo Starch Either corn 014 gloss, best quality, 2 packages ' rn 014 gle packagi 19c Pure Cane Sugar 25-lb. sack 1.85 Buffalo Matches Non-poisonous, strike anywhere, 6 boxes -. 19c Pancrust Fine for deep frying -2 .lb. tin - , 49c White King Bar Soap Will not chafe the hands. J bars 41c Mazola Oil Jiost for salads and cook ing, 1 quart 55c P. S. Kraut - 1 tin, No. 2 'a 19c Sandwich Spread Luxury, full 8 ounces, 1 jar 28c Apple Butter IMkiniK iii sandwich, 5 Ib. tin, Ken's 57c Grape Juice (lUKcns licl'ieshiug, healthful, 1 1 inl 31c