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m (faxmxbt lEwntng (bmvm VALLEY NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY. DKCKMBBR 21, li)2S. NUMBER 7(5. s o ver the Valley j Miibrl I-:. Morion, Valley News Keillor 'hones: Kcsidi'iii-o, bl'tt-J; Office, Main 37 Ai'rivnl Horn YoMrnluy Miss Anna Hrooks who nan been in Portland .since Hfpu-iiibcr ar rived yeiiterday t her home near lmhk-r. Miss HrookN wuh in I'ort land lor an operation for ROltro anil Iuih Hpeiit the intervening weeks there with friends recuper ating from the ordeal. o l-jilntuln at IMiuivr .Mr. und .Mrs. Karl I'urk enter tained very delightfully Sunday evening at their home, at Iry Creek, a group of six friends, .Mr, and Mih. John Wagoner, Mr. und l-nion Ikih gone to i'ortlanil where Mrs. Frank Woodell and Mr. and she will visit anions friends und Mrs. Wayne l'urk. in addition to relatives. the wonderful duek dinner which the hoste.ss served, tin? fuct that. Here Tor limn-al ley fell while abt.ut his work in the those outside of the court, being. barn u lew weeks at,ro und frac- ' muster, Melviu Hull; overseer, Syl- tured a number ol ril-. via Johnson; lecturer. Marjorio llonu l-'or Visit Miss Vera Case is homo Monuioiitii for u holiday i the home of her punuits, Mr. and Mrs. Will Cas,. ut Alicel. Mr. and Mrs. Case and their four sons have ull been ill. having been tlu vic tims, but ull are better now. Woodell; chu plain, Nellie Knde; secretary, Hernice Johnston; treu- frotu I surer, I.eiKhtou Johnston; steward, Hit ut (i len MeKmzie; assistunt steward, J ale Standley; ludy assist ant slt-w-ard, Klvu Lewis. Mrs. Miles Wood ell is the matron of the juvenile group. the day was the birthday anniver sary of Mrs, Wagoner added to the enjoyment of the occasion. Homo From Monmouth The Misses Curmen Daniel and j Thelma Anderson, who are students ut the Monmouth Normal, Miss 3aniel fur Iter first year and Miss Anderson for her second, have ar- ; jived home and will spend the holi- days at the home of their respec- ! tive parents. .Mr, und Mrs. l.ogun .Anderson und Mr. und Mrs. It. 11. JJiuiiel at the Cove, , o Hoy l!tt'irs Injuries 1. eland Hudson, who was one of tlie stork judging teams to go 1 I'rom this counity to the Pacific In- , ternational ut Portland was lh victim of a very painful accldeent out! night List week, wlille coast- j iug near his home. He run into a j wire fence and received very pain- j ful cms and bruises about his ; head. Ho is getting ulong ull right, j J-elund formerly lived on u farm near I m bier but bis parents now I live at Joseph and it was there that 1 the accident occurred. o Jlim Gue-ts Mr. and Mrs. lliiljih York were In the valley last week visiting briefly at the home of their uncle and aunt. Mr. und Mrs. J. K. Hulse Of the Iowa district und with their cousins. Mr. und -Mrs. Hugh Hulse.' air. und MrH. York were on their way to t'tah to spend the winter after having been in Idaho during the past season. o Mr. Hartley lietler A. K. Hartley who lives on a farm this side of the Cove is re- o To Av At Island City Ybdtliitf lu Portland Wray W. Lawrence who comes to' Mrs. William Dobbins of near this county to rill the office, of county ugrieulturisl during the leuve of absence of the present in cumbent, Hurry Avery, will tukc the Kiddle house ut lis land City where Mr. und Mrs. Avery having been living the last few years. Mr. und Mrs. Avery and their family expert to leave during the holidays fur Corvallls which will bo Ihclr home next year. 0 Attend .Moctiitg H. MeCJoldrick of lmbler, John Dean of near tho Cove and Will lam Uoulet of Klgin were tho di rectors from this valley who at tended tho business meeting of the borad of the Jtlack Marble and Lime Co. at Klgin last week, o POStpOIK'K Visit Mrs. Jeanetto Tuttle of Pump- Grant Johnson of Wallowa came down the first of tho week culled by the death of his brother, Trunk Johnson of .he Pleasant Urove neighborhood und remained mull after tho funeral services Wednes day. o Observe; Birthdays Following a custom which bus inuintulued lor years, the families of Mr. and Mrs. Uobert Kakin and Mr. and .Mrs. W. A. Xurbrick had dinner together recently in honor of the birthdays of .Mr. Kakin and .Mrs. Xurbrick. It was held this year at tho country home of the Zurbricks lu the Mumh Chapel tils-( kin Hidire had nlanned leaving to trict and was enjoyed by the niem- ' niurrow for Aberdeen. Washington hers of the two families. , to HH.m holidays ut tho home - o - - of her son, Gerald. On account To Hine Tree j u( ,hl ..ptuYmic. .Mrs. Tuttle has Children who attend the Iowa postponed her visit for a time. Mr. uiwrici sellout win elljny a i n und Mrs. Cap Tuttle and son, of this evening; NihNr expect to leave Monday for Portland for a several days' stay. o Home Ir Ten In.vs Miss Kvu Ledbetter arrived this I u ft .moon from Weston to spend Christmas at her home near Alicel mas program und tret ut the school house. Humes Nearly Flni-hed The new country home of Mr. und Mrs. Charles Spencer is rap idly Hearing roinpletion and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are hoping that It Hie was accompanied by Miss Ann may be ready at least for them to j ,oomis of Wisconsin, a grade move in before the more severe teacher at Weston, who will spend weather appears. The house which hei- vacation in this valley, is on their place In the Grange; 0 Hall neighborhood, is u strictly . Communlt v Program The community Christmas tree. modern structure of seven rooms, Juvenile Grange The Pleasant Grove juvenile grange Is one of the most active organizations of this character in the state. It meets at the hall on tthe same evening as the older group, they have their own equip ment und they are growing up in a ported to be recovering nicely. It grange atmosphere. They recently '"- .-iiHMiuu-ii-u mm. .mv, nart- eiccn-u ineir oiiicors tor next year. YOU are wasting one third of your feed crops when they are fed unground. y Grind your feeds stems, stalks, leaves, cobs, shucks and all with a W-W Feed Grinder and they will go a third further. The W-VV grinds and mixes everything from the ground up with lightning speed separately or together. Turns alfalfa, fodder, snapped or ear corn, barley, oats, maize heads, bundle feed, etc., into valuable mixed feed at low cost. Thousands of farmers everywhere have put their farms on a new profit-making basis by cutting feed costs with an economical W-VV. Powerful hammer da the work on your W-W. No hurrs, gears or knives to break or give trouble. Built for a lifetime of service. A WAV to suit every grinding need. Six sites blower, elevator or self feeder which handles arty Brain. All equipped with Timken Tapered Bear, tnffs Alrmite-Zerk luhrl-cation-Kockwood pulleys. Fourteen years of prac tical experience built into every WAV. Come In and see this wonderful grinder. Or let us demonstrate the IV- IV on your own farm with your own feed and your own power. W. II. Bohncnkamp Co. La Grande, Ore. 9 Nw StlJFttder THE W.W FEED GRINDER CO., Mitrt., Wickid. Kidui an annual affair ut Summcrvillc is to be held in the Masonic, hull next .Monday evening Christmas eve. The school furnishes the program and the community furnishes tthe treut. This is always a big affair ut Summerville und very lurgely at tended. Visits at Home Wellington Hamilton, a student at Oregon b'tute is visiting ut tho home of his mother, .Mrs. l-'rcd Hamilton near tSuiuiiierville. o Attends Funeral .Mrs. Krank Con ley of Cove was among' those who attended tin fun eral of the late Krank John.ion at the Summerville chapel Wednes day. it lEccmrrs From Illness iMms Jnnu Nielsou, u teacher ut lmbler hus been ill ut her home In I'nion for the last week. Hh was able to return to lmbler yesterday and had charge of her classes to day. o juit. Hi Mrs. K. .Mtirchison, who lives ut the home of hereon, John Murch ison ut Pleasant Grove is reported to bo quite Hi with the flu. Ilerr Prom Kalcm Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Welch are expected tomorrow from Kulcni lor a visit over Christmas ut tho home of his father. C. C. Welch at lmb ler and his siMer, Mrs. Curl Fuller near Alicel. This is tho first visit of Mr. Welch und his bride to this valley idnce their marriage u. few months uko. Hot li are seniors this year at Willamette, university ut .Si trill, l in, Utch Impi'oves Mis. Sam l.ileli of Kutei-prise is hi i proving satisfactorily from an op. iation performed in La Grande for the removal of u cataract from one of her eyes, Mrs. Lit eh has a number of relatives in different lo calities lu tho valley und many friends. o Mr. MrKhmls Itetier Krank McKinntH. ill with the flu for the past week, is reported to be improved at his home neur yum merville. -o -School Pionram Oilier schools to give Christmas prog nuns this evening are tin; I 'tea nan t Grove, Liberty school, I M y Creek and Hot Luke. o leaves llo-pltul Mrs, i-Jd Pratt, who lives near 1 1 n bier, and who has been ill In the Grande Knnde hospital has I ii removed from the hospital to the home ol friends in La Grande where she w i spend an indefinite time, . o- . Three Commit ht! Appointments I-ioiii the Slate Agricultural nil- ge ( nines word that thn-o I ulon county farmers have l-een paci-d on ( otiirnitlees to make armtm iim ids and gather rnateilul tor the Columbia I tasiu Wte iit Om loo); eouieiviice to b hePi at Arlington, I'ltlllluy ll-!;l. TlilS COtlferenee, e; i- d by t he LaM'-rn On gnn Wheal h .iiruc, will lonMdef many phases of the When! produefng IMid 1 1 i i; i k ' t i n g proilem and u HI tuy -m la I st r a on in v-st iL'a t ion of tin ie;,!il.Uity ol a rg harge line down tin; Columbia. 1'hurles It. Cox of Ib ppner. president of (he- lea gue, with the other offldrs and Hue-toix. h:t iek.J j he eoopt rat loit A the oltt ((jll'i'e Alt-iwioa fi. iv- Hugh Huron To Secure Band Of Registered Sheep Hugh Hit! or. of near lmbler complettd a ileal lust week where by he will come into pos.se.sioit next year of a line band id' regis tered sheep which will giv e him one of the best bunches of regis tered sheep ill this Valley. Mr. liaron lias entered into u contract with Carl Whitinore of Fjiterprisc f or the p it re h use of ull the old ewes which Mr. Wlulmoro has in Ills pens next summer. Mr. Whit inore to retain only next season's hunt's. The deal will give Mr. Huron 75 registered ewes of the Hampshire bleed and also "Desert Gold" the grand championship buck ut both tho Port lu ml and Chicago show s Inst year. M r. Whitinore bought him when a lamb paying $r(0 fur him. These, added to the regis tered llampshircs which Mr. Hur on ulreudy had und the new lamb which was u warded to Hobby Hur on for signal victories at this year's Pacific International will give Mr. Huron a fine band of registered animals. According .o the con tract delivery is to be madi Sep tember 1, lyi'y. on the fine, large ami modern dairy burn being built by Duvid Stoddard on his farm near Lu Grande, and which has been described in de tails in these columns, Mr. Stod dard is now installing a large milk ing muehine this week. Last June tho Treasury lepart nu'iil predicted a deficit of !4. iMMi.tiiitt. Now, in December. U comes up w it h a $'f 7,hH',imki sur plus. Gosh, we hope they never predict a surplus, A SEASONABLE RECIPE season a iii,i: m:ciPi;s Cranberry Salad, box Knox gelatine, 1 :!i cup cold water. 1 cup sugar, 1 pint era uber i lew, -i cup diced celery, cup mil meats. Cook the cranberries in one of th enps of water for -a minutes. Stir iu the sugar and cool for five minutes. Add the gelatline which Iuls be. u Koaki d in th rest of the water for 10 minutes and utirr un til dissolved, Whfii the mixture begins to thicken add tho celery and mils, Craiilterry lU-li-Ji 1 pound cranberries. 'i oranges. Hind of one orange. .' cups sugar. Put (he above thiough a food chopper mu let stand for i!4 hours. ice in making the couferem as In clusive und practical as posslhle. The local men who will assist offi cially in the conference are, Albert Hunter on the committee on trans portation; Lloyd Pierce, on the committee on production, tillage and seed supply and W. M. Plerct on the legislative committee. Funeral of Frank Johnson The funeral of the lute Franlt Johnson, held Wednesday after noon at the Summerville chapel was very hugely attended consider ing tin w eat her and the vast amount of sickness prevalent In tho valley. The service was conducted by itev. Hansen of Island City, pastor of the deceased, and music was furnished by an lmoler choir a ecom pa nied by M rs. Fran k Mc Kenuon. Hurial was in tho Sum niorville cemeteery the bearers having been Mr. Johnson's neigh bors, John Murchison. Clyde Mc Kenzie. Hurr Slack. J. I. Woodell, K.d Hull und Haivo Filzzell. Stop For VLsIl Mr. und Mrs. Jim McKinnls of PJii ne hart had us their guests last week, Mr. und Mrs. Alexander, former neighbors, w ho made u visit here on their way from their home at Grungeville, Idaho to Portluud. iM-aih Of Mr. WaliH Friends of Itev. Hull K. Wallis. former pastor of the Island City church and now of Knterpriso will regret to her of the death of liev. Wallis' father which occurred I tec. Hi at Ihilliiuore. Maryland where ho resided. o To Gitr Play Tho Kebekahs at Suniliiervll le are announcing another play! They put on good ones out there and this tinio they have chosen a mystery comedy of three ads "And Home Came Ted." The exact date has not been set but it will be some time in February. o Hiiildiug Hangar Myron Hug. ol Klgin is building a hangar on Karl Chandler's place just across bridge north of Klgin and will house his airship there af ter the building is completed. Mr. Hug who has completed his course in aviation has a Waco plane of his own and has had It out within the last few days. GcIm Good Yield Sam Knight of m-ar Hhiuchnrt is one of the valley farmers who put iu an acreage of yellow blossom sweet clover last season. Mr. Knight reported to the county of fice recently that from lour acres he secured HHMi pounds of seed, o 1 Wild Turkeys Not Suitable Loss Leslie who lives on a ranch m-ar Iinnaha was In La Grande ti short time ago visiting with his mo ther and reported on the wild tur keys which were placed on his ranch in September by l he state game warden. At that lime the state game farm sent IM turkeys to be released on M r. Leslie's ranch. The latter was very much Interested in the experiment and has kept as close tab as possible on the flock. He reports now that the venture is not being successful, us Hi of the birds have died and there, were only 3 hens among those H it. It Is known that ilngs killed three and the ticks have killed three. When the birds were placed in that particular locality It. was thought that the milder cliuiaic ot t hat canyon, with some timber and some open country and an almndanco of various inserts f or food won Id be unite satisfactory. The game war den is planning to get the remain ing birds and placing them else where, o County fommislonc r Heiiirn Judge 1'. ti. Couch and Mrs. Couch of island City, W. W. Stev ens of I nion mid W. It. Lerllftler of Alice! returned yestei day from Portland where they have he,.n at tending the a it u Hit I slid.- conven tion which net the fiiit of t h wei k. They report a very profitable session. o -J Id merino From I In Mis. Grant Wilson oT La Gi.mde Will gO lO Hie llOOie- Of be' Mi-ter Mrs. Karl Park ti'iir Sumim iwlh iwM we. li tor a May of vera! days. Mrs. Wilson w ho was ill with the iiu nt the time of the de;it h of her h inband. suffer' d a slight relup.-ic but is now impioving again. proi-e. On (tarn CF.LFim.VTKS miUHDAY H. S. HKItKNGAUlA, Dec. 1 ( AP) Prince George ctdebrated the "itith- anniversary of bin birth, but in view of tho circum stances under which ho was making the voyage to his father's bedside, the celebration wius of a very quiet nature. Ths ship's coukii prepared, a birthday cake us a surprise gift to the prince. "V" 'e .",'! Here The 's 1 X 1 VJ f 1 m Food For Your BIG CHRISTMAS DINNER Select in Quality and Low in Price as Only Your Thrift Grocer Can Give With Thrift Service Your Thrift Grocer is organized this week to do two tilings better: To save you money on your foods for the big Christmas dinner so you'll have more for last minute gifts; and, to serve you quicker, more pleasantly to make the last minute rush of shopping easier. Thrift prices are always attractive but this week they are especially so because they bring savings en the good things of your Christmas menu. Here are a host of appropriate suggestions and there are many more in the store. We Wish You A Delicious Dinner A Host of Friends And A Happy Family For Your Merry Christmas! CHRISTMAS SAVINGS DEC. 22-24 Candy Pure Sugar Hard Mixed Candy 2 pounds - 29c Ribbon Mix Pure Sugar Candy Decoration for table or tree Pound 28c Chocolates I'ancv Assorted Creams 2ia lb. Xmas box 5 lb. Xmas box 83c $1.49 Mixed Nuts A fine Xmas mix nil new crop nuts I! pounds 70c Cigars Xmas wrapped Kl Sidelos or Chancellor Hiberty Cigarettes Xmas pack OM Cold 'amels Luckys Chesterfields carton Oranges This is by far the finest shipment of I oranges ever received for the Holiday Trade Sweet Juicy Sunkist Navels at lowest prices Dates New crop clean Ilallowi dates 2 lbs . Walnuts No. 1 soft shell 2 pounds $1.15 25c 59c 2 dozen Small Size 47c Medium Size 2 dozen 77c Largo Size 1 dyzc" 53c Kxtra Largo 1 dozen 63c Raisins Market Day Seedless Uaisins in sanitary package 4 "' 1,kK 25c Coffee THRIFT COFFEE adds zest to every meal 3 pounds Sugar Pure Fine Cane It's candy time 25 lb. sack $1.40 $1.65 Crackers Snow Flakesslightly salted N,)- 3 pkg Syrup Use light Karo in your home made candies 5 lb. pail Asparagus Try Preferred Stock picnic tips for your salad 2 cans Tomatoes Twin Peak fancy solid pack 3 No. 21 cans Pancrust Pure vegetable :;lioitening ! lb. pail 43c 37c 53c 87c CLIPPER NUT pure sweet margarine. 2 pounds 37c FIRM CRISP CABBAGE, pound 5c LARGE HEAD LETTUCE, 2 heads 20c WELL BLEACHED CELERY, 2 large bunches 22c FANCY CRANBERRIES, 2 pounds 4oc LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS will find what you want u7 you visit our Gift Department. Our Stores Closed Christmas Day No. 81 408 Fir St Main 744 No. 8:; 1 107 Adams Main 761 f I f 18 .ft. Vi