La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 14, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextGENERAL NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XVII IA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1929. NUMBER 121. LAMBING BEGINS IN WALLOWA CO. Most of New Arrivals Are Saved in Spite of Severe Winter Weather Ity K. C. Meek (Observer Correspondent) WALLOWA, Ore. (Special) IaniblnK operations are under way ut several of the farms in this end or the valley. Anion? the la rue flock owners of this section who are lambing at this time is M. J. Sevier, of Ilumond prairie, who )tas a band of 2 1100 ewes. ' Lantbliifi was scheduled to start at the ranch during; tho past week. Careful preparations have been made for handling' the ewes to the best ad vantage ut lamblnff season on this farm, during tho fall a large sheep shed was constructed and has muny pens and water piped into thoin. The shed Is a largo structuro and In said to be one of the finest In Kahtern Oregon. Mr. Sevier lambed tiitB early lust season and came through with a largo percentage of lambs which had attained a nice Bize at tho time gruss was started enough to put the sheep on pas ture. Several small flock owners who Jiave been engaged In lambing some during tho past two wueltH report fine success In saving most of the young lambs. J. It. Wil liams, who lives about two miles northwest of Evans, states ho has nut lost a lamb and reports from the McAlexunder farm in Middle valley say that 40 fine lambs wero saved from a total ot 44 born dur ing the latter, part of January und the first week In February. Young pigs have ulso been arriving at sumo of the furms recently und like tho early lambing has also been remarkably successful. Tho continued cold weather, to gether with tho extremely dry con dition of the ground, is making stock water a serious problem at many places In the community at this time. A number of farms In Middle valley which are some dis tance from the river ar& becoming quite short on stock water ut this time, according to reports from farmers there. Considerable trou ble of this kind has been experi enced in Lower valley und portions of tho hill sections. K. H. Weln liurd, who lives at the former James Powers ranch In Lower valley, has been feeding u lurgu herd of cut tle there and reports a shortage of water for his stock. He is pre paring to move the stock up Jry creek north of the H. C lieggs farm where plenty of water Is uvulluble. . ?;,-"ft-r sv Hauling of logs from the Ulenn Tulley place on Whiskey creek Is progressing nicely. A number of men with teams have been engaged in hauling In these logs. Among them are: Gilbert Baker. Jim . Bright. Jd Bell, Orvllle J Mush. The ruuds uru well pucked, making It possible to haul large loads. A number of sheepmen of this county, among them Kred Kalcon er und others who have In past years wintered their sheep In the winter range areas of Snake and Inutuha rivers, have gone through some tough weather conditions during the past two weeks in get ting their bands out of the canyons to the upper part of tho valley where feed could be gotten. Tho heavy snowfall Is said to have reached well into the winter range sections and with the continued cold weather has shown but little signs of melting away, making It necessary In sume Instances to haul and puck chopped alfalfa and grain Into tho bunds, until the work of breaking roads and driv ing the sheep out could be accom plished. Reports from JSntcrpriso during the early part of the week said that approximately 10.UU0 head of sheep were being driven on the roud between Ininaha und Knterprlse. Kriluy and Saturday part of tho bands had reached tho valley where hay could be secured without the long haul. This un luuked for need for large quanti ties of buy. It is feared by muny, "will result In an acute shortage should the weather continue cold as It has during the past two or three weeks. Hay p aires in the upper valley section have been lower Up until this time than uround this community. However, reports from that section recently Indicate that hay prices have been materially boosted during tho pust few days. One large stock man from tho north end of the county. It is stated, purchased 100 tons of liny at per ton, while a few- weeks ago the highest prices being paid ranged around 916 per ton. Feed of all kinds appear to be pone too plentiful In this commun ity and many infuiries are heard daily for hay. About alt local holdings have been sold at this time and some shipments have been received by sume of the Lower val hy farmers from Haines. This buy Is said to have been of excel lent quulitv and cost a little better than $20 per ton laid down here. Some of the stockmen are feed ing a considerable quantity of grain. Considering the price of grain they feel that a consider able saving In hay can lie mado In this way without added cost and at the same time keep the stock in I teltr condition than where they it fed wnly hay. Guy Oliver, of Lower valley, was a business visitor in town the last of the week. Ho reports logging progressing fairly well off of Smith mountain. Tho logs hero are being rut on top and hauled to a chute where they are shot down the mountain. Mr. Oliver says the deep snow has not bothered work great ly. Many of the farmers In the I'pper Leap and Chapman districts have finally got their roads to the wood. broken out aguiu afu-r the PRIVATE LIFE OF OYSTER SEEN f' Ft Pt 1 - r Dr. P. S. CaltKoff In laboratory where he has unmasked the in nermost secretM of the oyster. deep snow and drifting spell of two weeks ago and are ablo to start getting up their year's supply of wood, which was In progress at tho time of the storm. Seme farmers over tho country havo found it necessary to shovel snow off soma of the buildings on which the roof was rather flat. During tho curly part of lust week the snow became quite wet, mak ing a great weight on some of tho buildings. Mrs. Bruce Fisher, of Leap, re cently received a letter from her brother, Albert Feaglns, who has been stationed in tho Panama Ca nal zone for somo tlmo. Mr. Feu gins has been in tho U. S. imny for the lust year und a half, L. V. Lathrop, ot Leap, wuh a business visitor In town tho latter part of the week. Game birds havo been easy prey for coyotes, owls and other preda tory varmints during the past few weeks while all feed has been deep ly covered with snow. Tho owls have been particularly destructive In killing many of tho small Hun garian pheasants, which have be come quite plentiful in tho hill sec tions oT this and of tho valley dur ing tho past few years. C. L. Booth, of Knterpiisoi was u business visitor in town Saturday. Ho reporis the lowest point reached by tho thermometer nt Fnterprlse during tho recent cold spell was degrees below zero. George Coleman, uf Powwatka ridge, was a business visitor lit town the latter part of the week. Kd Young, of Lower valley, brought his small son to tho doc tor hero Saturduy for medical treat mcnt. The left side or tho boy's face was badly swollen and para lyzed, which, according to tho doc tor, had been caused from becom ing too cold. A few other cases similar to this have been reported during tho recent extremo cold spell. John McCullough, of Lower val ley, has been busy recently huul ing somo hay from the Clownle Thompson farm west of Lostlne. L. W. .Minor was at the F. H. Weinhard farm on Dry creek the last uf the week for some seed gruin. . Hoy Gastln und George Cussins have been busy several days tho lust week sawing up some logs they huuled from Whiskey creek recent ly for fire wood. A few cases of "flu" aru still reported from various parts of the county. - Jay Billings,' supervisor of tho Wallowa national forest, In com-' menttng on tho depth of tho snow In tho mountains, says that from tho latest reports ho has . had about six feet of solid snow. In comparison with normal years ho states this is about an average, but that tho deep snow probably reaches farther down tho slopes than In past winters. The past ten years has beon marked with a doclded decroaso In the number of cattlo and horses ranged on tho forest lands of this county. Jay Billings, of tho na tional forent office hero, state that In 1919 approximately 30,uui) head of cattle and horses wero ranged In the county, while at this tlmo tho figures available Indicate there Is probably not more thun 6,000 head of these animals In compari son with the 30,000 of ten years ago. - Bruco Fisher, of Leap, was busy the first of the week hauling somo wheat In to town. Continued cold weather has made some severe Inroads on tho egg production of many of tho poultry flocks of this section. Somo flocks which wero producing practically &U per cent before the recent severe cold have dropped off nearly half during the past week. This short age In local rresh eggs has result ed In a slight raise In piicu at locul stores. C. A. Hunter reports his large herd of cattle being fed at his val ley farms to be doing fine at this time. Mr. Hunter has not experi enced any trouble from insufficient water supply, as have several of the other stockmen, with tho feed yards being situated near somo of tho warm spring branches plenty of water Is available for tho stock at all times. S;i:s A IIKITKK MARKET FOR HOUSES AND Ml LKS KAST ST. LOUIS. 111. AP) An Improvement In the values and sale of horses und mules in 1929 Is ex pected by J. J. Searcy, head of the St. Louis Horse & Mulo Commis sion compuny. Kent mr ) uau 1. U itpnil Int l..n ..n the shortage of horses and mules, wmcn no says exists tnruugnout the country, Tho Kust St. Louis market, long the largest horso and mule market In the world, bundled 70,094 horses und mules In 1928, slightly moro 'thun In 1927. V' 7, l ill L Baking V Insurance i If )m (M ny hull kt : em ia.tbit kiVi.r. pawlcr, ' ; or tktak M do, yom freer wiHrrtiu! jrotiraoMjrairf j 1 dm ft lor Dm m huttr, i . Hour, tic yon hive iel .: lurdr" ruin! 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