VALLEY NEWS
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WANT ADS
VOLUME XVII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929.
NUMBER 139.
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Over the Valley
' Mabel K. Morton, Vallcr Newa Editor
Phones:. Residence, 826-J; Office, Main IT .
In Improving I ,ns ",e economic conference this she was tuken last week, it Is re-
Orsen Lake, of Pleasant drove, week, Mr. Ijiwreiico, acting county ported. Mm. Evans Is well ail-
hua been having quite a aerie of agent und numerous other speak- vanced In years and does not ro-
misfortunes recently. On Kobruary . era have stressed its great values spond easily to medical attention.
10, he suffered ruptured ligaments almost dally. Among some of the o
of his knee while coasting and as arguments In lis favor arc it w ill Have lny at C'oiiivkhiu
a result has his leg in a cast. The build up the soil more quickly than Mrs. Chris Ilertsch. Mrs. 11. S.
following Friday, he underwent an any other, legume; it Is a biennial Comstock.aud Mrs. Helenu Lincoln
operation for appendicitis at the und will die out quickly if, for-any of Mill creek were among those
Onindo Hondo hospltul and is now reason one does not wish to con- driving over to hear Mrs. McComb
recovering nicely. He will bu re- tlnuu raising it; It provides excel- and Miss Qlassow in their lecturoa
moved to his homo as soon as the lent pasture. and demonstrations Tuesday. A
ice and snow are removed fruui ' - Q package which looked very much
lutives and uttended the Jiome-
the roads.
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To Appear lit Itociml
Miss Anita Hermann, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hermann
of the 'ove hlghwuy will appear In makers division of the economic
a recital tomorow, given by Mrs. conterence. lamblng season which
1'. 8. Robinson in La Orande. Miss lias been on at the Huron ranch for
Anita la quite a little violin player several weeks is about over now.
and is generous with her girt, play- Kxcuptlonally strong lambs are ro
lng at various entertainments und ported and npt a single loss so far.
gatherings in that and other, 'This has been quite generally truo
Makes I GrulMtu isit like It came from the Ucrtsch
Mrs. Hugli Huron came in from household was left on the desk at
Brooks Lane Monday and spent u the Observer office, it was the
couple of days with county seat re- must beautiful winter bouquet Im-
MORE FAVOR SWEET
CLOVER AS VALLEY
CROP THIS SEASON
Thu enthusiasts for thtt rnlttlnfr of
BWtMt clover In this volley ar In
creasing daily, and this week fol
lowing the iin phHMla hi lit on the
subject at tho conference there will
be tuuny more converts. It Is be
lieved. There has been no moro
active supporter of tho move to
lncrouse acreago In sweet clover In
the county thut Robert Wlthy
coinbe, director of the Eastern
Oregon Experiment station at Un
ion and Mr. Withycombe sends us
for this page a very good article,
we be live on the subject. It is
given In full as Mr. Withycombe
prepared It.
While sweet clover has been stic
ccitHfulIy grown and used In this
valley for a number of yours yet
we often have expressions of doubt
coming from sonic of our Eastern
neighborhoods.
Have New Tcarhei
Mrs. Lillian Allen,
who lives on
over the ontlru valley.
A Prog rend vo
Jet Uuskill of near Iiubler pre-
the Mill Creek road above Cove has "Wed oyer tho economic confer-
been hired as teacher at tho Krosty ence on rarm crops day, Wedues
school and will probably finish out duy and did a splendid job of it.
the school year. MUs Ida Itoberts, Mr. Gasklll is one of the wldo-
who has had charge of this district uwake farmers of the valley and ! ing a serious illness this wee
as teacher, for several years, is arranges each year on his farm,
quite ill. It Is also reported that 1 connection with the county agrl
her sister. Mrs. Grace, tho Cove culturlst. the wheat nursery, whero-
librarlau has been ill the lust few , in are tested a number of different
days, . j varieties of this particular cereal
ugimible and Included besides in
brilliant Chinese lanterns, pussy
willows, which - seemed to have Oregon stockmen as to the re la
made a nilstuke and started to 1 tlve value of this crop In eonnec
t'oiuu out weeks ago and winter tion with the gracing and feeding
grasses. We'd be glud if wo could of livestock. To, meet these re
make It sound with printer's ink uuesis the experiment Btatlon at
like the announcer at Shroveport. Union has endeavored to assemble
La.., makes it sound every night, from the IT. 8. department of agrl
when wo add "Thank You, Mrs. culture and th various western
Uertsch." and middle western states, where
O , -, sweet, clover has been extensively
111 at The Idtko - " used, as well as from our local
Onnie Alderman who, lives near growers, such Information that
Island City is reported as having would be helpful and applicable
been taken to Hot Lake follow- to our own conditions. In every case
the replies received from theso In
; qiilries have been decidedly favor-
Adds to Herd- . 1 able, a few of which are quoted as
Jiuimie Mills of Cove at the con- follows:
ference yesterday reported the re-' pr0f. If. J. Graiullch of the Unl
cent purchase from tho W. H. Nel-, vemlty of Nebraska says, "We have
Airs. uasKiu spout tno first two son farm at Walla Walla of a pure- - uhkiI weei Hover vrv extensively
days this week in L.a Grande at- bred Jersey bull. Tho animal is a mr imniniir nnrimNPH ilnrlnir the
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Austin who cwmerencu uiiu siuy- yeunuig ai. Mawes Jersey. past twelve years. Wo like it very
in H ueiween nines ai cno noino ot 0 welluul have had no difficulty of
her daughter, Mrs. Lola Hutchln- ..,.' Jlmmlcusis I any kind. In some regions of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hermann of Nebraska cattlemen report occu
the Islund City-Cove highway re- slonal cases of bloat; however up
,r purcnaseu near nuiujnerviup, .or Mt. Ciltti Itoml pon inut ineir nupnew, wnuert i" um vv imvo nut. uul-h uuvuui-
I north and wst oftMeasunt Grove, t m'k,. u ..,, n,ni,i -t..r .... Hermann has bocu broadcasting ed with this."
from his home at Oulncey, Illinois. J .. W. Kenhart. in charge of clov-
i the county seat. Mr. and Mrs. blockmff of tnQ Mt Gen nmrkt.t Mr. Hermann is (juilo a skilled vlo- er investigations, U. 8. department
"''"h. or ugncuiiuro. "inoro can no
I longer bo any doubt that sweet
Movn to New Honuv
. Mr, and Mrs. A. E. t
have lived on the farm belonging
to Judge Knowles on tho side-hill
road, near La Grande, are moving
to the farm which they recently ,'
purchased near Kunijnerville, .or jt itouil
north and wet of tMeasan? Grove. h b untQ,d luf
While being much farther from 1 ,,.,., j ( nntin ,Zt,u .1...
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Austin will have a beautiful homo
with a splendid house of tho bunga
low typo and other good improve
ments on the place. 1 If you are
well enough acquainted with Mrs.
Austin she will tell you quite en
thusiastically iibqut tho spring fed
brook which runs right under her
windows. Mr. and Mrs. Austin will
operate a dairy ranch und will con
fine their crops tb those necessary
for feeding purposes.
(111(1 Mnrl Ihn iitti.iimlM In niiun It
uu. Pieces of road raui union t Iiuva
been more or less damaged In ef- I A" "lLssio"
forts to clear the road of the snow
and it is reported that of lute coun
ty highway employes . have even
been blowing out tho hard snow.,
Mrs. linker licit er f
Mrs. Li I lie Uuker of near 811111
merville who has been among the
sick in the valley has made a great
improvement tho lust week or so.
Mrs. linker with her son. itoy,
sentation of the subject a number
Hvi. nn tti I,,,.,,,, ,.iuD . 01 VLry niununaiing cnaris. i neso
1'lnn Itrotliers' Iny
The brothers of Uluc Mt. grange
are busy with their tilling for J tlful uluco in summer when Mrs. B,,.uwuu 1 "V wo' iU . Prouucuon. 01
Da iter has every nook and corner,
figuratively speuking, filled with
flowers;
I clover is a safo and profitable pus-
In saino way or other one page' ture for ull classes of cattle. There
or copy of the account of the Wed- are now growing In the United
nesday afternoon session of tho ' Stales several million . acres of
economic confereuco was omitted sweet clover that wero used for
from the regular story. Twus an pasture last year or will bo used
this summer. Occasionally thero
are outbreaks of bloat In certuin
localities due to pasturing. on swcot
stute college spoko on thu outlook clover, and there have been nt times
for farm crops using In his pre-j soino losses from this source. How
ever, there Is no question that
important page, too, and its con
tents will bo reviewed here.
Prof. George H. Hyslop from tho
Ural fun--day an annual eVerit
which will be held a week from
tomorrow, March 9. This Is a gala
event at this gruligo, the program
and the dinner being In the hands
of the men-folks. Will Taylor is
chief cuok. and all the women ure
hoping that Hob Masterton will
sweet clover la much less likely to
cause bloat than any other form of
wheat, with "price by classes; the -leguminous pasture, and that it can
1 nc reaeed production of barley and
tho priee of barley. Mr. Hyslop
discussed each of these. In regard
to the world production, ho slated
that this was interesting to the
Vnited K Lutes in that this vitally
Have Splendid Mociltitf r
Twenty four members and four
.wituii. MiiLiiuru 1 no uii uuy meet- ,rritK our nu-n miirki.tu It wm
be on his serving committee for " .VL xttu,. u shown that the larger acreuges be
lie long ago learned which piece I J.4 y1 X V?, of ,Mr8' I't i. in Canada, Australia,
of chicken each of them prefer. '1 MUo B'oklad. several having been Argentina and ltussla may seri-
l",ov"1 "" uee" ueiameu ously affect tho production here,
for several months. It was a work The freight rule situation in Can
meeting and in the morning a wool ada, whero tho producu can be
comforter was mad0 for Mrs. John! taken long distances moro cheap
Schroeder. Then came the pot j iy than here, putting tho wheat to
luck dinner at noon. (Poor towns seabourd ports, makes real and
folks who have no Idea what theso. surf competition
ladies' aid dinners are like!) An I Mr. Hyslop also talked on small
important business meeting In the! seed production, taking up nieth
afternoon was In charge of the I oris nf hnndilnir nnrl trrAu-inir ..wi
(iurence Carter has charge or loo
program and that . guarantees a
good one. It Is assured. With tho
initiation of several new members,
with a number of other petitions
In, this subordinate hus become
unusually enthusiastic in its work
of late. Tuesday evening a group
of them went to Ladd Cunyon to
visit them In regular meeting.
Ladd Cgnyon Is one of thu newest
organisations In the county, but is
making splendid growth and will
soon rank among the older or
gan izat ions. They aru to enter
tutu the Pomona grunge the last of
this month und will huve some as
sistance from their neighbors, the
Hluo Mountaineers.
rternoon was In charge or the Gds of handling and growing
resident, Mrs. Garrett Ulokland. I stressed tho need for incrc
Homo future events were arrungud
for, which will bo made public
eased
production of certain varieties
here. 1 Among these were Giimm
later. Thu next meeting will bo ufalfa. Alslko clover and Ludlno
jimu ui liiu nome 01 Airs. Joe
trust Uke n Man
rank Mc Ken non of near Iiubler
has filed objection to the lengthy
1 dissertation about Mrs. McKennon,
J which appeared in these columns
Tuesday. He called it "cock-eyed"
f und applied other terms which pit
'V led all tho Irish of Over The Val
ley agulust his Arkunsuw-Scolch
'i; We report It on our honor thut
long ago been melted off by warm
w inds, and managed to scare up a
few squirrels to discredit that beau
tiful story about the squirrels and
gophers. If we were real unkind
und said exactly what We thought,
we would say thut Mr. McKtunon
run a great risk getting so near
hungry squirrels, but we will refrain.
Swrel t'luvrr
clover, also red. chjver under cer
tain conditions. in mentioning
the last variety, Mr. Hyslop urged
the securing of seed of the hardy
varieties. This seed produced here
will be shipped to euMern markets,
where winters ure severe, und tint
shipping of anything ' but hardy
1 Perry.
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Funeral or Mm. KU klln
The- funeral services Ifor Mrs.
Ellen Kfeklin who passed on ear
lier In the week at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Uud Glenn at Moun
tain Hp rings, near i,a Grande were seed, would be useless.
held yesterduv at the Summervlllo lu talking of weed control, Mr.
chapel. On uccouut of tho condi- Hyslop stuted thut sodium chlorate
tion of the Imbler-Summervlllo "as the best muteiiul known ut
road, it was necessary to meet tho present und he gave directions as to
funeral party at Iiubler und mako the methods to follow for a p plica -
the rest of the Journey by sleds, tion und also the times, jfe
Mra. Kick II n was very well known pointed out that thu great danger
Mr. McKennon allowed his jea- over tho valley, especially in und In its use was due to its Inflam-
loiuty to go so far. that he and his around Kummervllle which was her ability under certain conditions,
sou, it u.M.se II went out Into a field bnie for years. Her death followed . Frank MeKehnon followed with
thut next day. where the snow hud. a long illness.
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Visit Da lighter
Mrs. Kebckcr of Mt. Glen, uc
companied by her children, wero
guests lust week of their daughter ' clean, roguing consistently, cleun
and sister, Mrs. Paul Zaugg ut Ing out all machinery used, even to
Pleasant Grove. Mr. Zaugg is one the bins.
of the brothers now operating the Hubert Withycombe from the
N. K. West ranch. (experiment, station talked about
o I pastures and sweet clover In a very
Al Ijiily Falls interesting way. Ho cited instunces
Mrs. Evans, mother of Mrs. Ella from other pluces together with re-
The move toward planting sweet femalley of the Moss Chapel dis- suits, where mixing grasses was
clover on much larger scale has trlct, grows gradually weaker at
liiUved considerable Impetus dur-, the Grande Itonde hospltul w here (Continued on Page 8.)
!' a practical discussion of the small
seeds, urging tho use of good, cer
tified seed, that those producing
such endeavor to produce seed
j worthy of certification, keeping it
be almost entirely u voided If tho
stock havu constant access to u
mineral mixture und to u stack of
some other dry feed.
The matter of sweet clovor caus
Ing hemorrhages lu cattle is re
stricted entirely to the feeding of
hay made from thu second year
sweet clover stand. This kind of
hay Is somewhat course and woody
and it Is believed on rare occasions
the coarse stems harbor u poison
ous fungus or bacterium which
when eaten ln quantity causes u
condition similar to hemorrhagic
septicaemia, or "bleeding." Ani
mals that receive u slight Injury
ut this time bleed to death. How
ever, cases of this disturbance uru
reully very ruro Jn comparison to
the total number of animals grazed
on sweet clover. They have oc
curred almost entirely with young
stock, and huvo never been known
to occur from uny other method or
feeding sweet clover.
In regard to the tendency nf
cuttle on sweet clover past uru to be
come sterile, the fact of the mat
ter Is that the reverse Is more apt
to be the case. Studies -at the
University of Cullfurniu und else
where huve shown that fertility
among most animals is very large
ly correlated with thu degree to
which the animals have access to
green feed. There huve been no
specific tests of sweet clover pas
ture In this, connection since It
would obviously be uu extremely
costly and difficult experiment to
undertake. On the other hand thero
aro no authentic cases that I know
of animals losing fecundity because
or having been on sweet clover,
either us pasture or buy feed."
Hlmilur expressions have come
from those in adjoining states and
from local growers. Home huve re
ported uccuhIohuI trouble with
blout uud few have experienced
bud efTec! h from feeding coui-se
sweet clover hay.
A splendid article on the merits
of sweet clover as u pasture crop
for all classes of livestock appears
In a recent issue of the "Ollpull
Magazine" under the heading
"Hweet Clover The Wonder Crop"
which Is briefly summarised as fol
lows; Tho sweet clover plant has been
advanced from a despised weed to
a foremost place among legumin
ous crops for graaiug purposes. In
the eastern states whero great
losses aru often had from grass
hopper damage this plant Is prac
ticully immune from such attacks.
Hweet clover grows well under a
variety of soil conditions, making
desirable yields upon soils too poor
for tho successful production of
other crops.
Tho danger of bloat In livestock
while graslng on sweet clover pas
ture Is much less than that of other
leguminous plants, doubtless due
to tho fuel that the plant is unpal
atable at first and It takes some
little time for livestock to acquire
a liking for it, hence do not as a
rule gorge themselves when foedlng
on it. This condition Is likened to
some people who ure required -to
cultivate a taste for celery, as well
as green and ripe olives belore
they can be eaten with relish.
Hweet clover is a wonderful soil
(Continued on Paso 8.)
Strange Disease
Puzzles Medics;
Livestock Dies
Developments within the last 34
hours have relieved, a, situation In
this valley, which for a day or
more threatened to prove a real
tragedy and which, up to the pros-
ent time, has completely baffled to thu hospital
those who have boon wonting on
thocase. A loss of teveral hun
dred dollars worth of livestock to
Steve Hlatt, a farmer noar La
Orande and out toward the Mt.
use the flesh for feeding purposes.
They were removed to his farm
and prepared for feed. Within a
short time It was noticed that all
the livestock which had come In
actuull contact with the carcasses in
any way had evidently become in
fected. Poultry, cattle and horses
became sick and died. The two
by only a wire fence were In n?
way affected. ' . f"
Whether or not Mr. Hiatt will . .
have reimbursement for hie loss.
Is a matter of much Interest local- ,
ly, and the real cause of the death,
of the horses on the frleght la a
matter of much conjecture on ail
aides. Investigations by state au-
men employed on the Hlatt place thorltles will be watched eagerly
performed an autopsy on some of I by the entire county. -the
hogs to ascertain, It t possible I
the cause of the trouble, and one I
of them became so 111 ho was taken
Physicians, veterinarians, and
any other officials who might have
some solutions, or some authority
to act were called. The matter has
been placed In the hands of the
ww uu. 1, w. 1 I ..1 state and federal officers who will
the loss. Jack Kaeslnger. an em- rolmUlv be on lho Rround 800n
ployo on the Hlatt farm wus serl-. f thorough
ously ill for a time and was taken ,nvMligatloni
to the Grande Hondo hospital fori " '
care and observation. He hu nowi nho ided Improvement In the
practically recovered, It la report-1 condition of Mr. Kaestnger has re
ed. With tho other employe thero :HoVed tho station tremendously
proved to bo no serious effects as Tho loM to Mr- llt,ltt- mentioned
wore at first feared.
I above. Includes the death of two
lout of three horses, 24 hours af-
" The circumstances in connec-j ter having become infected: 4 out
tion with the affair are these: of 6 geese, which died within 48
Friday of last week a through , hours; several head of hogs, two
freight carrying1 a load of animals valuublo doK, eto etc. Those who
from Crane Intended fat rendering were ut tho Hiatt place to assist In
plants etc at Portland, stopped tho investigations statu that only
here to dispose, of the carcasses of those unlmals were uffected which
three horses which had, supposed- caino Into actual contact with the
ly been trampled to death In the flesh or blood of the horses. Cows,
car. Mr. Hlatt cum into posses-1 which wero separated from the
sion of the animals, intending to field In which the unlmals were,
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THREE GOOD REASONS
why dairymen, farmers and citizens in general in the Cove neighborhood have been wurklng hi hard fur the pawiage ut the bill grunting
an upproprhiti'in for the Eastern Oregon Livestock show. The news thut the bill had puwted both the houw and senute wilm very wiirmly
received over the county, but nowhere more than at Cove. The buy Hnd glrl sent numerous telegrams Wednesday evening to Gover
nor Patterson urging him to sign the bill. Cove curries off many uf the prirs and awards fr club work, it does not Just happen.
The boys and girls there start out with good animals and work hard to get thern In rfudines for exhibition purposes. The young
folks who appear nith their choice cjlvts are" June Daniel, Gertrude UA1 and Teddy (tgllvte.
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