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VALLEY NEWS fetttite EWttttttt WbMXWV WANT ADS -Hi VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928 NUMBER 277 Over The Valley Mabel E. Murtou, Valley News Edlloff , VMIm Hriatlve Mr. and Alia. Joel VanMoter, of Yakima, Wunli., huvo been visiting among their numerous relatives over the vulley, ther first viHit to tits section since thoir marriage In California this hp ring. Mrs. Vun Meter will be remembered um At in Irma Wood el I, duughter of the late Simon Wood el I, u former resident of the Summorvllle locality. " '' o ' lrcire to Move to Iji (irttiidc Ur. und Alrn. Clurenco Gllstrup, who huvo been living In l'ortlund, whore Dr. Gilstrap is a practicing expectation. The present cool weather huts' been very good for tltlft fruit, they report, ' retarding the ripening procesH und allowing the cherries to grow much larger. Ho fur the ruins huvo done no dam age. The crop hug ull been dis posed of and Mr. und Mrs. Hefty expect to realize a fulr price for their fruit this yeur. o Drive lom Ontario The Hev. und Mrs. If. N. 'Lines und Mr. and Mrs. Murtin drove up from Ontario lust week and visited briefly with their friends in 'the Grange Elects Three Residents Of East Oregon Lastern Oregon and L'nlou coun ty ure quito related over I he fact that on the. offlciury of the Slute Grange of Oregon for 'next your there will be three residents of this part of the state two Horn this county. Union county, alwuys very active In grange work, has furnish A SEASONABLE RECIPE. kakiiu:kky siiKitiiirr , (Sufficient to serve six) S cups (Milk, 2 cups crushed red rasp berries, 1 lemon, 2 cups sugar. Mix. the milk, raspberries. Juice of the lemon, und sugar, Hllr un til the sugar Is dissolved. Kreeaw. own lunguuge und talk quite Intel ligently, to UK. lllatt, who came last week from his home at Jn- ed much which has contributed to dlanola. Iowu, for an extended visit the success of enterprises carried 1 at the home of his daughter. Mis. on by the state organisation, and j K. A. Austin, of the foothill roud. physician, arc expected to arrive I Alirel and Imblw neighborhoods. In La Grande within the next 10 .The Hev. Lines reports that their days, the doctor to open up his of- son. a member of the Ontario high lice here. Mrs. Gilstrap is a daugh- school basketball team which made ter of Mr. und Airs. J. K. Hulse, I such a good record ut the totirna of the Shadow Point rutich In the I ment, und who became HI shortly Iowa district. o nlctiains for Daughter Mrs. Lydja Lantz. of near the Cove, invited In a largo company , her neighbors und friends yes terday afternoon as a compliment to ,her daughter, Miss Mabel A. Lantz, who arrived home Inst Wed nesday from Ames, Iowu, -for a very brief visit with hr mother, other relatives and" friends. The ladles spent the afternoon In an In foi ma I social fuslilon und before they left, Mrs, I,unU served light refreshments. Since her gradua tion from Oregon State college, Miss Luntz has been locuted In Ames, iova,fr where she servod for Fix years as secretary to the- stu dent pastor or the - Presbyterian church, at the Iowa State college, the largest agricultural college In the I'nited Hluteu. Hhe has recent ly resigned that position, atid aft oi lier short stay In the vulley, will leave for New Yorlf City, w heroine will sail on the second of August for Alexundrlu, Kgypt. There she will be connected with u boys' school supported by the I! tilled 1'resbyto! iun church, us Instructor in commercial subjects. Visiting Friend . Aliss Geneva Glenn, of l'endlo lon, Is here . visiting ummig her many Union county friends. Hhe Is the house guest of her frit-nd, Miss Kruitcs McKciinun, ncur Imbler.. after, is improving quite satisfac torlly. He -was threatened , with tubercular trouble. ' 1 o ' ''i To Have Joint IMciihx The members of the-Imbler La dies' Aid society will be guests next Thursday of the Summorvllle aid ut a-picnic to bo held In the grove near 'the Dry Creek schoolhouso. On Auto Trip . Air. and Airs. Henry Hughes, of Weiser. Ida., and Airs. O. I Harri son, of La Grandes started lust Thursday In a car for Portland, Seattle and coast cities on an ex tended uoto trip. Mrs. Hughes was formerly Airs. Thornton, of La Grande.. 1 -. - . . o Visits Son Harry Ituhl of near Allcel Is en tertaining his mother. Airs. Kuhl, who cume Tuesday from Portluud 'for a summer vacation visit. Making Truck C. P. Kdvalson believes It is ul ways wise to muke 'the best of everything, consequently he- has U ken the chassis of the Kord re-. cently stolen I'rom his son, Herman! Kdvalson and badly wrecked und Is making a truck for use about his dairy, farm up on Catherine creek. The car was left parked in front of the News office at North Pow der while the young man was en route "to Jils work at Hock Creek. Some miscreant stole it, made uwuy and was wrecked before he rech- the organization of the work here has attracted attention for years. ' W It. Gekeler, a member and I officer 'of Hlue Mountain grange, ; is also secretary or the Union coun ty Pomona, and for years has been one of the state organisers carrying a record or having organized more subordinates than- all the rest of the organizeis . put together, and having a big record for tho num ber of charter memberships he has personally secured. At the elec tion held ut the recent stuto grange, Mr. Gekeler was honored by being elected to a place on the state ex ecutive board, a -place which his friends say he will fill with great credit. Two other officers have been ap pointed In this district by the mas ter of the state grange, and they have already taken up their of fices. Mrs. W. K. Gekeler, of La Grande, has been appointed Juv enile grange deputy for the Kust Oregon district und on the evening of June 16th organized the first grange under the new appointment. Tills juvenile was organized at Hoardinan ami Is. to be known as the Greenfield Juvenile grunge. Airs. Charles Hook, of Lostlne. has been appointed chairman of the home economics department for this district to succeed Mrs. Alary K. Jones, of -Milton, who carried on the work for several years and is very well known hero.. This work includes the ladles side of grange work and also the coopera tive work carried on under the county vocational dei artment. " The now officers uro planning n campaign to not only extend the work under their departments to new fields but to also lncreuso the efficiency "of tho work now being done. ' : Ooniiiu'iR'u Cherry Picking ed Huker, secured help and wao Next week tho harvest, of the conveyed from thc.suene of the fie cherry crop at the -friilU-larm tjC.-iidont beforo' His Identity was Mr und Mrs. T. V. Hefty above the' known. The car sufftufd cdiisKU Cove will begin In earnest und it , erably, the entire top having bee.l is expected will contlmiu there for torn off. about three weeks. Mr. und Mrs. Hefty have about 20 acres In cher ries, the three favorite local va rieties, Hoyal Anncs, Ulngs. and Lumbeits and their early estimate of their crop is u round 4o tons. The largest crop ever harvested from their acreage was 70 tons, a bumper crop, and that, before the heavy freeze which look so many of the cherry-bearing trees in this locality. The early Indications here an elsewhere, were for an unusu-. a$y large crop this year, und while the blossoms here did not fall lis in some other orchards, tho final crop will not come lip lo the first Hark ou Visit Miss Pansy Vun Houten, of Port land, . and her brother, Ted, of Princeton. Cal., came to the val ley last week to see their former friends und acquaintances, having formerly lived at Allcel.-They yro accompanied by Leo Oliver, also of Princeton, who visited with rel atives. . ; ' , ; ' ; , o . KiitiM-luliied YeMrnlny Mr. and 'Airs. Krunk McKennon. son Russell, and daughter, Kranees, Claim McKennon, Wuyne Welch, of Imbler, Miss Geneva Glnni), of . nw a iu.iV b V ' . ,,, Mrv nn n:t " tnr amounts to about M.0t a d in Ills native slute, as a , : : '1 "i r"" 7:1? Z. .LT i"l ... " u.-u . ' At Imbler and Cove, tho imri Bollnr nf hrt renreseilt-1 r, ana Alia, l. an. hwkiuuii miii prupoifiuuii ui um nut lunuit uimi ,,, , , er ana seller or nogs, represent , . ti .,. v. l cooking classes pre nam a he the Morrell & Co. Packing Co., uwne nwwy, . . . . - whleh I. ohi m,.nrt flv Mr. iilutt, who Is well up In tho 7u'sf! has recently disposed of his business interests In tho Iowa col lege town und Is taking lifo moio leisurely visiting among his chil dren who are scattered east hind west. Krom hero ho expects to go to Portland, Eugene and points in California before he returns to the Haw key e state. . Air rocor buy ing located to Ottumwa, Iowa, and with i which he was connected for around 46 years, or since 1882. The nuin-: ber of anlmuls he purchased and shipped and the aggregate sum ho paid and received for them would mako some very interesting fig ures. The county from which ho hales, as also the entiro state, Is quite a hog-ralslng section. That Is where they feed more hbga. to buy more land, to raise more corn, lo feed more hogs, to buy more, land, to raise moro corn, etc.. etc., etc. nurlng the year 1926, which is tho latest for which Air. Hlutl hud figures, the average increase on each quarter section furm In Warren county, from hogs ulone was $1160. During thut year, Mr. Hlutt shipped 27 cars from the county to the packing house, cost ing him over $440, out), an increase of $77,000 ovej 1926. The average valuation per" car was $1939.30. One lot of 14,605 head brought an av erage price of $ll.6 per hundred, or $30.14 per head. Mr. Hiatt states that tho Tamworths which had such a flurry .In the middle west a few years ago, huvo lost their popularity us a bacon hog, und tho old red, and bluck und white breeds are tho ones generally raised. her th'ree children who ate. visit ing hero from Portland. . v . p . o lU'iuiUiis About the Name ' Mrs. John Smith, who has been 111 for a long time and whoso con dition has become more precarious during the past few months, ro malns about the name. Airs. Smith resides near Allcel. - o -Uuvh to A I (hi tana , Leo lliatl of near Ia Grande left Faturduy for Kallspelt, Alont., where he has employment on the farm of his cousin during tho sum mer months. Celebrates 82ml ltlrtliday The K2nd birthday anniversary of Mrs: Lucrotia Huckman was cele brated nt her homo In Imbler on Saturday, June 3iUh- A dinner was served for which covers were laid for 21 guests, and consisted of two i NUTRITION REPORT FOR COUNTY GIVEN BY MISS LUCY CASE Mlsa I.ucy Cam-, nutrition export from th etnto cotlego rorpntly concluded In this county another Bcriea of nutrition lessons, the courses this time having hren Riven ut the liluo Mt. and I'lensant Orovo urange halls and at Island City. After hor Inst visit, Mlsa Case sent to the office of the county agricul turist a report' of tho accomplish ments alonK the lino of hot school lunches and also some auKgestlona for thoir preparation or operation. MIhi I'tise'c report Is Klvon hero with In full. At school lunch demonstrations courses, the centerpiece liel.iK pret- at l'loasunt Grove Grange and Is- ty sweetpens. The guests weie Mr. land 'lty on May 26 and 29, given and Mrs. William Hur.kmun. Mr. by Miss Lucy A. Case, of Oregon and Mrs. Sum Kuckinun. and son. Ktnte Agricultural collego oxtcn- Mrs. Ollvor J'errln. Orelner, Mrs. K. I. -(leam&eitiA tea in, uie. It .M. 4. UlflU u. ScfiiMum tea tA tfie, only truly oA ftreMj- fragrant aA it wa& (Oriental tea gardenA. Dliali IA mare rereiJiuia tfian ana atfier. fyaur aracer returnA your money , ' LnAtantfy i$ you don't liAe. Pendleton,"Mr. and Airs. W.,H. Lcd better, and family, Eva, Glohn, Kdna, Marie und Lyle, of Allcel, and Mabel Atorton were Invited Wednesday to Muddy Creek us guests of Mr, and Mrs' Henry Loenhlg. The men folks drove on taBaker, and either: participated in or witnessed the, bull giimu, while the rest of tho crowd enjoyed the duy at the Loennfg iiomu. . . . o ; ' ' Just Like n Skunk - , This is one thing that makes i farmer's wire's hull- turn gray. .A. ludy living within a compaiativtly narrow radius of l.u Grande tins been having splendid luck witu her young chickens this bcaaon und had 96 of them all ready for murket us ' fryers.! Within tlie pust few weeks she has been flijiling one or two dead euch morning, ti;sce4 of th offender having looked llko a weasel. The inrouds kept growing und the traps set fulled to catch any miscreants. Several nights ago the young man on the place, chancing to go to-the chicken house, found a skunk of goodly proportions pl iy I ing navoc nun ino young cuiciveiid. A gun made short work of the ani mal. The following nlghl, the i".-8t of the young flock, wo forget iht liumbers, but would say around Go, were placed within . a wire neitin.'f, a'lowing them plenty of al. but keeping them - from the skunks, should there be uny more.. During the night ft or 6 full grown ani muls visited the pen, succeeded In tearing away tho wire, und the next morning every chicken was found dead. The casuulty list to date numbers Just 95 und wipes out the nice bunch of fryers. "Oh, the fanner's lire is a jolly life." An,d so is tiie farmer's wife's. o Yew Itow Cami ' ICucli day sees considerable prog ress made on the development of "Yew Itow" tho summer camp for boys being built by Mr. and Airs. J. it. Price on the Mill creek road above the Cove. There Is quite a compuny of .boys ut the camp ui ready this summer, Airs. Price hav ing recently brought five boys home with her from fume. On-., a for mer home of theirs. Work was re cently started on the Price home, which will be un attractive log structure, commodious und com fortable. The living room will be 20x30 feet with othr roms in pro portion. o PJiilsliIng Hani A force- of nine men wore work ing lust- week completing a barn on the Hoy Baker ranch near ove. It is a big barn, built of name const r lift ion on u concrete foun dation. " Itctuiii Home1' 1 ! Mrs. Wllford Wstfenskon and sons, Garth and Itonald. have re turned to their home at Wulla Wal la after visiting for a week with her parents, Mr. und Mrs. It. Mc Hrlde. ut Imbler, her cistiM", Mrs. Iryin Wcstcnskow und with oilier relatives and friends. o wt Ironi IfcrfMo-y , Miss Catherine Prlckett. of Hoise, Idaho, Is making a visit in the val ley, the guwit or her friend, Miss Velina McCulI on the foothill roud. J. 1. Andrew's, Mrs. Carol Krls wold, Mrs. Mary Hayes und daugh ter, Kieanor. Ella M. Walker tho guest of. honor. Mrs. Huck man received many beautiful gifts. Mrs. William Huckman, Mrs. Sam Huckman. Mrs. Hayes und Mrs. Harvey Huckman weio thu hos tesses. o Visits Parent; Mrs. Hay Cook from Pendleton Mrs. Jennio following committees a were up- Gasklll, Mrs. pointed for this project: Island City school: Mrs. Lloyd 11. Plcrco, chairman: Mrs, Hulph Hunt; Mrs. J. J. Schroeder; '.. ' Mrs. Harry G. Avery. -Pleasant Grove school) Mrs. . H. It. KrlsuEcll, chairman; Mrs. James lewls; Mrs. W. U. Frlswll; ' Mrs. Andrew Arnoldus; Miss Leona Fries. lr was suggested that Jthe chair Is visiting at thejiome of her par- man of these committees call their ents, Mr. and airs. J. IS. German, members together at tho first op of near imbler.' portuulty and discuss arrangements o suitable for their paxtloulur oon- limhnm WrlgJit'H Story . dltlons. Heminiscences of the early duys The Island City Pa rent Teachers In this section: association did an excellent piece "in December of tho winter of of work in giving thu school chlld C3 und '04 I with others was tuk- ron a hot lunch dish all hist win ing u puck train load of flour und ter, und reported excellent results a few iu-gallon kegs from L'ma- In better health and better school work of tho students. (Continued on Page 8.) I In somo of the smullcr schools, mothers tuke turns In bringing a kettle of hot soup or other sult nbl dishes to school from home. At Island -City each mother went to school once a week and pre pared the one hot dish, . and no charge was made. The food was contributed at "pound parties" given by the Parent-Teacher as sociation. At Milton, which Is op erating the hot school lunch very successfully under the direction of Mrs. W. H. Ahearn, the Women's Club pays a good cook $10.00 a month to mako hot soup, and tho older girls servo It in very ordor- ly fashion. Milton parents who can afford to pay, contributo 60 cents per month, and tho club gives an entertainment to 'earn tho remaining expense money, which month. girls hot dish cents per sorvtng. Another method is for each child to bring a small glass jar from homo containing food to be warmed over. The glass jars are placed in water at school, and tho water is heated shortly before noon. Thermos bottles are found usoful by 30 me, but children usually enjoy more tho things that they share together. ' Miss Case bellovos that tho hot lunch dish does most good when every child gets a serving of one hot dish from a common kottle, and whore the children are not requlrod to bring cash each duy, and where only ono dish Is served, and that ono dish Is a liot dish. Hotter school work, . better dis cipline, fewer days lost from scnooi, ana less malnutrition wus reported from those schools thut have tho advantage of the hot school lunch. , It Is believed much of tho Indigestion and other weak ening -digestive troubles among adults, has Us origin In the irreg ularity of eating by the school -child, tho hurried eating, the in adequate noon meal, and the "plec ? ing" on sweets after school. The hot lunch dish at noon at school moans a more balanced meil, slowt or eating, and better digestion, eating more at meal time and less : In between meals, better manners, . and more enjoyment of the nooe t hour. Another' valuable step toward progress In healthful conditions for , the school child. Is the custom for nil of the children to sit down witli the 'teacher for fifteen minutes to; eat, whether they have a hot dish ' , or not. Where the desired sixty f minutes cannot ' be arranged fori the noon session, forty 'minutes, or forty-five minutes, at least thirty-'; flvu mlnutos, would mean bettof health conditions than thirty mln- '. utes, with moro time for eating, for;: outdoor play, for toilet habits, and . -for relaxation and rest; , Tho meetings held late In Map wero tho lust of a series of threiv well attended meetings on foods for health subjects, and were or ganised last February by Mr. Hur ry O. Avery, County Agent. The , local chairmen of the nutrition work In Union county are: Mrs. Frank McKennon of Im bler. . , Mrs. Lloyd B. Plorce of Island City. Mrs. W. It. Frlszell of rioasant Grove. Mra.X'harles Spencer of Bluo Mt, Grunge. Mrs. Lynn B. Hill of Elgin. Mrs. C. F. McPherson of I -a Grnndo. , Mrs. W. A. McNeill of Cove, ' T Mrs. Alma, K. ,Lund of Wolf Creek Grungo. ' Other communities' are Invited to apply to Mr. Avery for the nu trition work, as" Miss Case expects tu return to Union county next full or winter. virn:itAs of foi u wajis HKDFQHl), liu Veteinns of the Mexican, Civil, Spanish und World wars live In Bedford, V; ' V Hero From Iowa The editor of this page had to learn ubout summer fallow and con 1 bines and Trebel burlcy and a few other things when she struck this valley Just a year sgo, but I yesterday morning for about un Sheen Shearing Finished- According to the Joseph Heruld, the hearing season Is drawing to a close in Wallowa county. The Hughes crew pulled Into the Gaulke & Kernun camp on Llttlo Sheep lust weak and ufter a delay of two or three days on account of nun turned out the Jordan, Whitmore & Pureell band Sunday afternoon. A llghtshower Sunday evening failed lo dumpou tho backs of Hie Guulke & Kernan bands sufficient ly to cause delay and by Tuesduy noon more than HH head had been shorn.1 With favorable wea ther the shearing could have been finished today. After last night's ratn they will be delayed again. Tho faco of the Gaulke tb. Ker nun commissary has spread beyond' the sheurers und herders and Sun-jl day the mess hall resemmeu u pop ular boarding house. Thirty-two people ute there at noon und again at the evening meul und there was plenty for everybody und to spare The shearers say they don't curd how much It tains. Motor to linker Mr. und Mrs. A. F. Shin und their daughters, Klolse und Imo gen e accompanied by Mr. und Mrs. Fred Stone, of Island City, und J C. Stein motored to Haker where they spent the Fourth. -o Picking Clierrles at Imbler Cheny picking ut Imbler start ed this week, uccordlng to Cup Tut tle's who expect to huvo a fair crop of fruit of excellent, quality. o KeiTlvew Pheasants - It' H. Bonncy, superintendent of l he Union fish hatchery reports that l!-5 10-day old china phea sants were received at Union last week from the Pendleton fiamo farm. As the china pheusanl hens do not set In captivity, the little ones ure being mothen-d by ithode Island Hcd hens. There are "nine coons with 25 little birds to a coon. I They grow rapidly and In three or four weeks will disappear and hsive for other partB of the coun try to cure for themselves. o Haw Fourth of July "'arty About ftu younir people enh.ye I a Fourth of July par'y We'lnesda evening ut the I. I I'mut. home on tho foothill ro:td. with Mis Culherlne Prlckett, of Poise. I.'u.. us ur. honored guest. The evening wus un exceptionally happy one wlth games of a wide variety play ed on the lawn about the Smut, home and concluding with prett: fireworks in great abundance. Hoot beer wus eervtd during the eve ning. o VI -It Mollier Mrs. A. F. Wilson had us l.er guests on the Fourth her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mis Fred Fox, of Union. o ('ur Overturns A Ford coupe standing bottom Hide up In Keverui feel of water at the side of the road between Hot Luke und Union, on the Fourth caused no little wonderment on the part of all passerby and In all j probability caused drivers 'to drive a bit mote carefully on such 0 busy und rainy day, o Plan Futility Pltiih Members of the family of L. L. McKennon. of Lu Grande, are plun nfng for a big fumlly picnic to be held at Hi vend do park on Sunday, July 15th In honor of Mrs. Lelund The Daily Walk To Market! Tho cares of a household are forgotten out in tho fresh air, and the daily waik to the Thrift Stores' has, brought renewed health to many a woman: Do your shopping at Thrift Grocers. , J: ',; Uj' V.- Saturday and Monday Features Order Your Loganberries now Fresh Shipments Direct From Grower Sugar Fine Granulated Cane JJuy Your canning supply 100 lb. sack Cheese Full Cieani Iiest Grade Tillamook Unit ' 5 pound loaf Beans Fine quality red Mexican A" real buy 10 pounds .'. $6.69 $1.75 Burns in Canning Easily Avoided Salmon 79c Choice Alaska Pinks 3 No. 1 tall tins 55c Puffed Wheat 2 packages Cocoa Walter linker's Pure Cocoa 12 lb. tin Sardines Prcf. Slock oval tins Mustard or tomato dressing fi'i7 2 euns 1 25c 25c 25c Expert puts rubbers on before filling jars with fruit. When your jars and rubbers have been sterilized place- rubbers on jars before filling jars with hot fruit and avoid burning your fin gers and spilling fruit by attempt ing to put rubbers on filled jars. Use a piece of sandpaper as a holder when tightening up your fruit jar caps. It beats any fruit jar wrench you can buy. Corn starch will remove grease . stains from cloth. Hub a little dry corn starch into soiled places and it will at once begin to absorb the grease. Brush the first used off carefully and proceed in the same way until spot disappears. Hominy Preferred Stock, large, white kernels , 2 No. 214 cans Graham Flour Fine or coarse ' ' 9 pound sack :....!.. Starch Amai.o Corn or Gloss starch 2 packages . Soap Chips Twenty Mule Team ' Borax Soap Chips Large package Vanilla " Prcf. Stock, pure- extract of vanilla 4 oz. bottle Tanglefoot Sticky Fly Paper 3 double sheets 27c 47c 19c 35c 39c 10c mo) Port-o Makes delicious punch, Assorted flavors Bottle Fine Home Grown Raspberries, 2 boxes Ten Pounds New Potatoes . . . . .... Free Delivery on Orders Amounting to $2.50 408 Fir St. Main 73 1 27c 25c 25c (?o) 7 flour ui- sue coum iut ur uvr SuckeU (I'unnlu McKcnnun) and