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VALLEY NEWS GENERAL NEWS VOLUME XVII LA GKANDK. OUEdON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 11)28. NUMBER 40. ! Over the Valley I Mnl I Morion. YuJlv i-uh lUlitor IMioiich: JU-sldcnce, Sl'O-J; Office. Miiiit 2 Jlotuiii flume Mm. Waller M. rson nnd baby I of :ir dUBM..r. LuN'lta. who htivv bnen l,P ln WnUowa ruiimy for u mnklntt an extended visit itt t ! lioino of ber pun nt.s, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. 0;iMklll. Kouth of Imbler, re turned i ho flrnt of tho wuok to tliolr home in Tortlarnl. Jjitrtiuln Aid Mrs. HVrlmrt Sp'-ckhart. Mm. Louie St nd !, Mrs. Kan I Knanu, Mn. l.oren TurJior und Mrs. II. W. I.yllo were hostey-scs to th-Allo-l 1-nJIftH aid yesterday ut'tcrnoon at lh HpecKhurt home in tint Iowa district. About 40 guests wort? present. l'eV diiys Iuto Jiu lit flosinc thn deal for the purchase of several hundred head of Hlieeji. Mr. Yiijfl ' on of the ttucci'fut .sheep iaisern of thin valley, and is coming lulu pos session of another hunch of ewes. o Has liirectcri ltni Mlxs Marinn Murehison, of tht; Cove, daughter of Mrs. John t'td llns, has boon having a rather er Iou.h Hint; with a badly infected foot. She wjia taken to 1 .a lirnndo for attention and tho physician was obliged to use m-riim twin-. Mho i reported to bo some better. Mcile I'owvll Imprm Ijiit Merle l'owell Of the Valeria dis trict, who tniffercd u fractured h-j; yiverul ucclvH imo, l.i Improving untie satisfactorily uliliounh the let; is .still in a cast and will be for sumo time. lliiilit Carafe Mr. and Mw. Arch McNeill, llv Inil on Mill Creek road above tho Cove, nre buildini; a new KAraeo rlKht near their house, which will provide: quarters for their new Ford, delivery to be made from l,:t Grande as soon u.h tlie buildini; is completed. Thu last of the fruit Is boinx Kathered on the McNeill fruit farm and this Ls tiieir crop Jti'iurns lYum Portland Hubert Wit hycomhe. stipe r'n tendeitt of the Kast'-rn Ur-Kun Kx pec intent station, is home again from I'ortltinil where he accompan ied his mot her u few weeks nv;o and i-i'iimiii-'il to partly recuperate from the effects of his recent acci dent in v Inch Jn sustained siivcre cuts about the face. M r, Withy combe is r- ported as be-in k tun siderality ini proved. ..... o- of applet. This year has se n uood crops of produce at this place, ber- A SEASONABLE RECIPE 'rOUUll4l 1U INU Ji uuarts ripn toinutoio ;t mi ilium onion 4 lumchos of celery 4 Ktecll red pi ppeis Skin the tomatoes and Kll.all pieces. ttettiitK' aside t lice onions and celery. ( 'Mop I he peppers fine. Hcj of all vartcti. ii. c prunes, pears and apples. 0 - 'Kim Home lEob'il M. liaby, hero the home market survey, i ( ,irva 1 1 is Monday eveninj; toKfihcr and d ici rU s, -li U the the lonowmK: I 1 cup white mustard pc .1 cups stifjar nakim: ' jcnp salt l lMt to j 1 teaspoon Kroutxl ypices cin lor u namou. atlNpiee and cloves and ; DIGGING POTATOES IN WALLOWA; YIELD LESS THAN NORMAL Although M-parated by hluh and - lieed by many to be larsly re- loiichte otvsii-:il boundaries. I'nion sponsible, for the 1 In tit Yields. While Leo lit !.,,! Waihivi a crmnticH stand very 1 there has been no marked activity i di atn. i t.jiS(i together and each is inter-jiu tho potato market in tills sec Jested in the crops, the evperiments ( timi, reports from mune who have nd tho activities of tho other 1 JoW tliell potatoes indicate that .county. For that reason a state-Mho bnyhiR prle I nn nt of conditions existing thero . burhood of ?1. The Feast "Let nut tell you now, my dearies," .Smilingly said Chiblabos, ' tf a feast within tint valley In tho pleasant (irande Uonde valley. Where the wind bloivn through your whisl And the Hand Bets in your eye-brows. In lb. poldeii, autumn wtather In October, when the state laws Op'-n on the hi ids and plioasants. Then the tribes and elans uil gather, (lather all the wjuaws nnd papoosu 1'or the feast, supreme and luscious, That i.s li.fld within thu w oTwuni Of snino warrior, brave and f airless, Who Ih living in thu confines tf thr TuttUs. Wades and lirookn 3n the country where tiiey Hetiled; In the country where McKiunis J'ltched liis lnt and raised his childrtn. llarkvii while I spin my story Of thosn people at the joy-feast. AL the least of t'hina, pheasailt.s, :altes and pies and luscious tciltid-S Of the pies and cakes and biscuits, itisctitts lifflit as any feutln-r, Taters. gravy, pickles, jelly. Jelly red and jelty grtlilen, "t'ollee, cream and all the pood things. That th i')Uaws bake when they want to. Hake and brow and stew aud simmer. Till the air smells many miles round Of the fea.st supreme aud glorious. I'irst we look upon the old buck in whose wigwam we have gathered With his Knightly air and manner. And his yipiaw ho swcot and comely, With papoohes two --enough said. Then n pair of eastern women Who have journeyed from the city, . Prom the city in the valley. For they Miielled llm air that floated, Floated to their nostrils quivering, (Jillxcred with their eager longing Fur the feast of China pheasant That was frying in the valley. They It was who brought. Him lady A dccendant of tht Wade tribe. Honored guest at all their gatherings, Welcome her at all their "tables. When they meet to eat the wild birds. Nest o look upon 'he driver Of tho J ..!. without fuel, lie it vas who biagced and boasted )e could drive the fastest Lizzie, And as many of thos- Lizzi'-s A-t tiiiM 'ever ciaMk-d or Marled, Jirlve-ihe Lizzie on the highway Without gas or any fuel--S'lnjdy drives thciufth bin hot air. And his wife, meek and gentle, lieiith- as il breeze in spring-time, MeeU as any wild old bear-cat. When yon rub Its fur the wrong way. And thuir papoose In the back seat With her chum and the I'roi'cssur, All were coining to the Chink feast Of thu tribes and c'ans of'Tuitle, lltook's and Wade's and the McKlnnis. Now another warrior, see him, 31 it is who has the deer hunt, Where he tics (lie deer and holds them, For I he poor and timid hunters. For the hunters who are nervous. When they hunt they get buck ague, And can't hit a flock of big barns. Now this warrior, wife and babies All are -Ming to the big feast, ehl each year among the wigwams Of the tribes within the vulhy. Of the thins of the McKlnnis, Form- they f;ir and conie they many. F.roihers. jd.-ter, wives and children, AH ar g:id lu gather once more 'liound the table when- their lathers (ialhered for their feasts and puw-wuws. First then- conies the oldest brother From the vMhigf ill the nlley. Not the Horn liters up at Flgin, Named and famed for Us fine summers; Not the grand, old warrior I'nliiel, Nor the young and ph.a.-aiit Joseph. Hat tho summers where the grass gio.s When you plant the wheat and tains. Left behind his wife and children, L'Tt ihein home to tie- sool.b-s, While he went among his neighbors While hi- at- the China pheasants. Net ;i brother and a .-iMer Came from out the sist-r county. Where we h'iir the po'ts raving Of the phasant sights of naluie: Of the tatl and irnieeful pinetree. Of the riv.-rs that in summer Olide and parkle Duouull I he canou; Or the lake of the Wallowa. When Ch- hidl:ins litter watnpr On il shors, tr fvar of serpent -S'-rpeiits ihiit are biff and i lous Who reside rloun in the la);., bed. ).f the rlans or the McKii.nis Two art living in Hi.- alUy lJing v. here the 4'hhiu p)ie;i:in1s Fatten on th-.ir wheat and M-rri'-. Of t in se ivy ., u,,. aider's liv ing On i he old M Kinnis hono slcrid. Living u';ele he grew to M.inhooi) In the ubl 'haunts where his daddy 1 .-id to . m his iroii:ets dntly. 'Unmd Ibvm 'til be .-d a pillow When Ii.. sat Upon the In iieJieS In the old home by the ?pt ing-houe. And his SMitaw who walks hcsid htm With their children -;!! nm gathered Willi the tribe of Wade and TuMb-, Hronk and all their frh nds ::nd n.dghboert tlath. r. d there t have tloir i.'lniik-fctd. Of this utinrr brother, nvigidtor, iit w ik bt-oud U ri i,f. , Where the pheasants are the thirkest (And the ducks sail on the water j of the tranquil Orande Londe river. 'He Is tall and straight as pine trees. Honored, as are all McLiuuis In the valley of tho mountains. And his wife who's tall and comely Who can pick a box of apples F'er you bat your northeast eye-lid. Hut you bet your bottom dollar She would never pick those apples If her husband has his say-so, For he. wants her always with him. Always wan'.s her close beside him. When lie fi nsts his eyes upon her. i Yet another brother, tribesman. Comes from far. off camp aud wigwam, ironies from out the wet Willatnetlu 1 Where they always wade in water j'Till their toes are grown together. ! With htm comes his son, a young buck, i ( 'nine t hey to ' he Grande Lolide valley ! To attend the famous Chink-feed. Listen to my story, dearies i of tin- stern old buck from east lands ' From the ancient tube of Huron; ! How he journeyed to the Vnlley t Seandiing tor a rcjuaw to wed him, iSearchinff for a western lady J hound hot-, and he seize 1 and bound her ; drug her lo his lowly v.iguam j Made her work and bear his children; , lauding o'er her with bis war club J f she diiles to even lliUllltUf e will up and ciack her coco; lang her oVr the bean with vigor; tack Ini rj the field he'll drag her I Mag her by her graying tresses. Tresses long and silky And hr makes her wear long tresses i For they are an easy hand-hold Wlwii he draws her back to harrow,- -I Harrow, plow and till the rich soil, In the pleasant Grande dionde aHey. This old buck and siiaw and papoose All attend the pheasant dinner. I Next we'll find a lonely n:other All alone now in tie wigwam, j For h r children all hav- married I And ii..e moved from out her roof-lree. I There's a maiden damsel present i Siis and exes the marrii I woiim-u, Wonders how they were so fooli.-dt I As to think their big fat husbands Fver were as yount; Aduiihi. I .oni; vim now upon tins n--w buck, Living in the idd Wade wigwam, I '.ring his s-iuaw and twin papooses From the sunny t ntaiilla. , Gathered all his la-ads and wampum. Itrings a thousand grim old hee-haws, Moves them over in our alhy Where hi comes to make the wheat grow on the lands of Wade and Tnltte. Then a couple from the hill-side Where they raise the beans and tateis, Italse tin- beans so brown and heavy; LmIscn while 'and brown and spotted leans of evry known dimension; (bans of every weight and color, Crown and red and white and spotted - liaise this couple on the hillside, Thi.s Chief llean and wife and children All attend the feast of pheasants. Look you next within Cue wlgu;im At the .hi iir w who sits Jemm-ely. Sds and holds her little juijiuum-- - Sits tie- young ftpiaw of the hunter Who can kill the ducks and phcants Kill tle-m till they f.,il like snow-Hake. Like a snow sin i in in the winter. And this young buck of the Wade tribe I'lalis to hold within his wigwam The famed least of CIPna ple asant In the next, yeui's autumn w-.it ln-r, In October when the game laws Open on the China pheasants. We aH missed one of our triln sin.in And his wife, so g;'y and happy. Who have tihas been so fnilhful. We ail missed bis pale a-shiniut;. Like a mil moon o'er the mouiiLi i n. Like a union in inonlh of harvest. No, my tie, tries, you're mistaken No Apache ee, s-a'pi-d him. That was caused by ly ing pt"'is. Thai was caused by indiscretion. In his youth when conns the Sunday. He woy'd go to lear the i!i;i' )n-i', Sat then- In the damp old eh u rch - house. That is how he !o:'t his M alp-lo That is w hy he is ha Id-he.: ded. There's .-nine mourning m tir.s wigwam, I'm- one gtaeious. nvi iy l;-dy Who La.-, always bee-i I h- foremost In t he i.laiiy tor Itibes lo ir.il h-i . Gather 'ary lor I h Chink-f'- d. r.til this year sue ua-s n-.t ubfe To attend the bounii oiis li.vr-t.-i-l And tie- :-.iiaws an I bm-t.r ad mis- d ber When lh' Ho- Coin. i phd-ant-. Now ;.ou ail are w end. n n v:. diurns Who thK po. Kalng tl. Tnlfle. Wad- t m l hat s i , i j ; lb. - r Hi-, s and the Mej d.. AM lb. ! For t! I" ill te.i v.. ,1 I'hjhtali uilng I- 1; tr id ic tghl Chlo.i j.i n d- ai eb-nt ii h.-i i ii tr I Itaek to wand' r in th. o! I j Of ear t - U . r- t b - ou'rhotit . nd I r'l.'H-d an b- it. (u tit- deine or -O'. r 'i h,i ' ' Took poises i.,n. out of pfly ! And 1 litipid li.r wiUi tins few days visit with his family. Shipping 1 la nana n Two car loads of Winter llanana apples from the orchard of 11. H. Weatherspoon Wero shipped thin week. Mr, Weatherspoon has one lnaelitne w oi king In his lacking house with Hie others to be hlarted U)i later. o t dash of red pi-pper. I i'laco In a jar and cove I cold vinegar. This is not I pealed '"it covered with mudin or other cloth. J If kept lu a cool place will keep almost indefinitely. visit in r.akei- Mr. and Mrs (ho side hill r jit hi fore the severe weather of tho t winter. The new home is being built on the Grange Hail roaii. it j is a colonial cottaffe of seven C. It. Lobinson of ,.onis and will be .strictly modern, .ad were in linker y Wl,..r plant will not be installed Saturday looking after matters of. u, nil lu.u spring, when other hit- business. tn Sunday, together witii their son. Lester, they surveyed tho ( (Cntiliued on I'ago Twelve) country from Fuion up the Cath- erino creek road to l'ondosa then back through Ttdocaset and on 1 home. The L'idjinson family moved 'into this section from Wilsall, Mou i tana, last spring and have not seen 'all thu beauties of this Valhy yut. - o--.Many (iuc.sts - Mr. anil Mrs. S. 1-:, Stair, who live on Hie Albert Hunter farm in the Jowu di.-trict, have had as their recent guests Mrs. Starr's brother, John Sheel of Sacra men to, Cali fornia, he;- brother and .sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ludolph Sheel of Chico, California, and t heir friends, Mr. and Mrs. Knos Martini and family of Hermiston, Oregon, the former home of the Starr family. Is in the nelgh per hundred for t the present time as regards fall I good grade of stuff, and about &(ln crops, is unite apropos and Is given j per hundred for small ones nnd by our correspondent us follow s, j culls. l'otato digging is the order of I A few flehm of late maturing jthe day at u number of farms tn;pring grain has made it neces wlthlthis community at this time, with Hnry for some of tho machines to a b the most of the individual patches ;eontlntin. threshing soino every fw small ones, nnd from present lndi-day-i on some oi the irrigated cations which are that tho crop j farms. Giles l'lass, who. has been will not be a very heavy one. It isjthreshlng for C. A. Hunter at his not expected that the supply will farms In Hie valley east of town, le more than sufficient for local jstill has a small field to thresh needs. T. G. Johnson, who has yet. A few showers of rain during the largest planting In this end of i the middle (t last week caused the valley, reported recently that (some delay In the threshing of he did not believe ho would have j these small jobs. Some farmers more than half a crop; this Name ; are anxious to see the soli heroine condition i holding trim of the j wet enough to make fall plowing smaller tracts w hich have been dug good. A littln plow ing Is being recently. K x t r e in e 1 y dry. hot done In a few parts of tho county, weather coming at the time when I however, it is wild to ho very dry, the potatoes were setting on, Is be-1 requiring much horse-power to pull thf plows to nny depth. Feed In tho hunch-grass pas tures and fields is beginning to get fairly good again nt this time, the warm weather much of tho time since moisture has soaked tho ground tmmp, has allowed the grtisM and wti.de grain In tho fields to j start up nicely, mipplylng ho mo omoiv iivui-ii hi. io if. jl id maiei that there- has not been sufficient moisture fell In the large ran go sections of the county to put fall ranges in the. condition they till on Id be. Some seeding of fall vhut Is still being done on some of tho large farms in tho hill ttecttons, hut taking the country over thero has been more early seeding done this fall than for n number of years, and should, with favorable weath er, make tho cdinnc.es for heavier yields of grain slightly better, tin in nearly all Instances the best yields are secured from tho early lieediugs. In nit Indiana town roosters urn forbidden to crow before & a. m. An ordinance ordering nil hens to lay at least one egg each day alio ought to help along. Finlllo Fortes Gil Is the new pro visional president of Mexico. The provision in thut country seems to' bo that ho escapes tho coroner. i -o- I'uu I 'arm Ikcals Loy itaiim of La Grande has ir mly purchased the Hio-aerc rm known as the old I'et'-rniau ( place below Cove from the Idaho ; State Life insurance company ami has moved his family on the placo (after having restored the residence ' sin 1 1rirni ly to make it inhabitable. Guy Larks of Maker lias recently moved into the valley having pur chased a 4n-aero fruit and daily ranch, loeati d on the hilhshh; two ami il half miles from Cove. ami his family are already located on their new acreage nnd have been welcomed by tho viiii'.una of l he i 'uvc nehihborhood. o- Vf-dfiug From Lnk,er Mis. We by Vau-;han iy. h- r -from ltnkcr visiting at the home' of her parents, Mr. ami Mis. Hun can Mi l 'ohahl. m ar Alicel, it h her aunt. Mis. Turner Oliver, in La Grande, and with lor numer ous friends in Hi is vicinity. j Hollered Willi liilVcfhm .Mrs. Clan ncc- Cart- r, or the i "o : highway, has been having some tiouble with an inrecb-dl ringer on her h-tt hand. It was' necessary to hae the member1 lanced by a physician u day or so m nkfTO mam a u a ilk V ,Mm MMrmi 5 i Lfo4Ct 1 13 C2?-rJt " a V GOOD FAITH Kvorv articlo vim buv al vouv convenient THKI1-T STOKK if. until in imI faitli. It is our inlentinn to give the best Uk- niarki-t affords nt the lowest iosnil)le price. That's what wo mean by our "MONKY IJAfK.' (iUAKANTKK! Thrift Saving Features for Saturday and Monday Mather's Cocoa "i-rv iioin ishinjj for I'liililron. I . lb. pac!iai;e Jg 1 lb. packatf;- 22C ag Sardines i Hctiiins I'kiiii Cortland Mrs. Kvei eii S alsim,'.-!- rt-iurie dj Wednesday from i'ortland where ' she had been for a couple of j weclis. ,vrs. Walsin:;er had be- a relievlne; jH r sister who cares lot their mother, Mrs. I a-Lnn. Hairy i:jicrt In alle i Jamison, from the Mate' collet;... stale daliy i p.-it. Is In ti;e ' valhy today wurMnir with linns St-ifors, tester for the I nion Conn- ; ty Hairy lbrd I tn pro ement asso- j elation. The association is report id to be (foin n Ionic nicely Willi it.-; w orU. Hie .-N Ini vinjf be n ' ' n- 1 dueled since last May. o - Mr. I.tlu.-.iils Ih'tnrii l-"lod Ldwaids. w!n( ;is it y. ar ni;o mn-ti a v a I s h-a of a '--senee fiiiin his duties at lie- Last, i in On-on K)M-riment s'ation, h;. i. -turned and once inon- uk-ii up his dUlles of SUJiel intendifii; th leedin lists at the siation. Mr. IMwa''iIs during liis have; of ab senee tool; adantai:e of a fellow .ship at the I nive Kii y uf Chicago, and f pints an ini crest Iinf and prolitabh yar at t li eastern insii t lit ion. . o - .Mi's-. Wagoner lniprte GraiAli ia a iron r. nt n nnr ville. v, ho injur, d her foot unite --eve rely the first K.-ptetub- r. when she made a inHstep, Is utiM obli'i d lo u m- it niches to H' t around her lionn-. Ib-r tool m i,ib to in- luipro ini; but. It is rather slew, tedloua proc - - ti - federal Oftlcer i-s W. I .. C- e. r. deral -iipej-vi-.-.! t-f the rtate (,f Oieicmi. v, as in l! abi-y hist w- eii f.n .Mi' 'lose M,pel Vj of all I.I ! ii- fiuit and pot;ito in -p. lots (or i;o eriHin lit. ol'.e of Ihiiii i I- II Andrews of La Grande. o Hinhlin-; I ine ri Hoiiic Tinapji Saitliiu's ;iv (loiifiuiis for lunches. .r oz. tins 25c i i , Oats II. O. KaslL-rn Oals nuick couker or rcniilar. I'ac-knjra - Cheese Host Kiadc Tillamook, fn'l cieain. I'oliiul , lieans l-'ino (.ualily - larfa white Idalio beans. 10 pounds Tomatoes Standard brijul. A ood Ijiiv. 1 - No. UVi tins . . 15c 35c 89c 45c FLOUR Iluy your Winter Supply Now , We have made a won derful buy from the mills who furnish us with our Flour, and are passing this saving along to our customers. Good milling wheat is at a premium and flour will bo higher. Picket Hard wheat flour. 1 ,:' "' :ilt'k $1.75 ,-,:i"l'1 $6.91 : M- $U75 Drifted Snow S)(.iv's licst flour I!) II). sack g(J 1 $7.11 r. M.i. lots C?' Cake Flour Your cakes will he finer with Airy l-'airy Cake Flour. Lai'KC liaekaftc P 37C Coffee TliUlI-T in hulk Ki-ound fiesh as you like it. :! $1.39 Mayonnaise Try Nalty'a next time- it, will please you. Pint jar (m Mazola I'u re vejfelahle oil, for conking or naiads. Quart can Vineg; Kim-si quality pure ciilcr vinegar, (lallon Sugar Fine I'ov.drrcd Sugar For cake icing. '& iiotmds 3:k -49c 30c 25c m SPECIAL SATURDAY FEATURES Wr ti line 1 1" I Mr. iin.l Mt. i -l.s, i I. a I:. j l" T i.- Ii-ll.lt p'l- h' I II II ;i i ; I . . -1 1 . 1 . i ;i .i.l,i v. 'Vr. Si'ii.-r. I :mi in a l ill- '1 i ;i i . ii i .-r hy j I rii.l.'. Iin.l l.l.inl:. -I ..il . r.-i l ,,:; 1 1,.- 1 i- 1,11 If ii M.I in;r II .,v l.,r . i il t -; . I . I. II.. thin f.'iil. II-, i . j " it, .ill'.' lit I !n, Miniii; 11 !, , i - ft si I n I, 'tl v i 1 J i ii . p. nt Hill i ;t ii. I ' One package Kellogg's Corn Flakes, one package; Kellogg's Shredded Wheat, one package Kellogg's I'ep 38c one iackage Kellogg's Kice Krispies -Free Fresh churned Thrift llutter li ))ounds Fancy new crop Cornb Honey 2 jjounds Large Head Lettuce -.' heads. ... (Jrando Konde Potatoes- la pounds Nice solid Cabbage Pound :ic; 50 ounds Where you nave on foodstuff:: --- Unit's thrift Orders amounting to $2.50 deiivered Free SIM . 39c 2.',c VJc $1.00 op. I .1 lot! 11' III- rite up. "LliililALu.-J . ret OV. I ).;e Ire' II fr-.U Infaele,! y Ijllt. i lie t.'. Iiot e Veil V. t II lji- I i)o t o- ; lie:i. M of t te ut K 'Die ,.r.;c- I i Hon of Hie Ih.iiic i.s Im iii ep(-dit d as iiiui h an p..-.-i!.!e. l,i,'.e . r. and' ,V'.:j v..' -j,., -i;;!:; i.i.--.. iy j . t.J No. 10S Fir St Main T) No. s:; 1 107 Adams Main 76 L
