La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 16, 1929, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Text10a Okattite lEtmutm (h&vmx VALLEY NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, W2 NUMBER 2-17 'Reunion Honors I Mrs. E.L Gamble OVER THE VALLEY Mnbcl 15, Mortem, Valley Sews Editor Phones: Residence, S26-J; OMIce, Main ST : ICirio SImmiI t uoiuimiiitMl there by Attorney Paul The rifle Hiioot which was iuiu ; Muyte. their son. who now imukcs at lmbler Tuesday, Auk. 13, unat-r his home in Western Oregon. They ' the supervision of J, A. Wade, trav- ; stopped in MeMinnevilU?, spent a ; eilng representative of the Peters short time in Seaside and were in minimiiv was well attended bv the Portland during- their trlu, Miss I boys of lmbler, Darwin Keeiiaa, S:;re is now busy with prepara- ti years of se. won first prize tions for her departure for china making- u score of 50. Gerald Mas- J where she will resume her work tera won second with a score of 40. ; with the church school. Miss Buyra Peter Wesienskow won third prize, ' wlii leave l,a Grande a week from making- a 45. Darwin is the son uf Sunday, according to present plans. Jir. and Mrs. Charles K. Ken nan. i o Vheat Yields AVnlimva Harvest News The splendid yield of 55 buslu-is f farmers from Wallowa county per acre has been reported from ' report that idea! harvest weather the Frank MrKennon place. His has prevailed over that section of vioiil i rtmninir lelween 40 and the country during the past two that fiuure. As yet many of the farmers have not begun to thresn ao only a few yields have, so far been computed. hnmli Fire A smalt fire was discovered by Oie Wyss Saturday morning jHt east of tho Kinley place, at Prom ise. J Te wjnt lin tned lately to Hill Carper's home for help and phoned 1-'ire. Warden I.. W. Kenwurthy who was quickly at tho fire and with the aid of Mr. Poller, Dave Garrett and Charles Carper utiiekly had the fire under control. A match or Villon Fire. A fire supposedly set by a cigar ette stub swept over about fifteen acres of ground on the Marshall Huffman place on Monday, Several business men of Union mustered forces to fight the fire and after heroic efforts with wet sacks suc ceeded in sotting ft under control. The territory burned over van mostly sage brush though about four acres of wheat were destroyed. lift Grande Vls-Hor; Among the i.a Grande visitors t Hy a fortunate coincidence v of i,a Grande's and the tSnmde It undo valley's old-time nahjt. Mrs. K. U Gamble and J. U smar ter set the same date for revisiting their old "haunts.' In their honor a reunion took place Monday in the form of a picnic suppc? at the city park. About 4 persons wen present. After the bountifully spread table had tieen enjoyed tin whole group gathered in a semi circle on the green lawn, beneath tho spreading trees and sang melo dies of long ago, led by the Iitn M. G. Tennyson. Following this the two gtaests f the latter part of the week from Elgin were John Waelty. H. J, Gil Ham and Bill Webb. weeks and harvesting of the winter wheat crops of this community are getting well started at this turn-. The-yield from most of the fields which have been threshed up to this time Is said to have been quite light with the most of the w heat j Grange Meets running about twenty bushels peri (ticket Flat grange Jteur Klein acre on the average dry land farms I ,eW Hs rt,RUftr meeting Saturday However, some welter yicms man , eveiiinir at Highland school hous.'. At Covt Hwltmuinsf lool Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons of Kigin, enjoyed swimming at the Cove swimming pool last Sunday. uuickty have gotten out of control. ; Stock .fudging i There was a fine turmnit of buys J and girls at the T. It. Juhnson farm 1 Wednesday afternoon to judge cat tle, sheep and hogs, W. Wray Ijiw reiice, county agent and Mr. K0 wards from the experiment station were in charge. Mr. Johnson's farri is south of Cove. o-- Tenuis Tournament Much interest centers in Cnion this weekend where the annua! Kastern Oregon tennis toiiruaim r.t is in progress, Jteginning thU morning. Fred Fox is in charge of arrangements then. Play will bo narrowed down to the finals Sun day when a large gallery is antici pated. ---o VIU .Johnson llomv Mrs. Adolph Peebler and son, Wayne anil Mrs. Kwin visited the T. 11. Johnson farm in Lower Cove last Week. Golden Wedding For Mrs. O. C. Flesh man tin: coming Sunday will be one of tin most thrilling days of u lifetime be cause it will murk the golden wed ding anniversary of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willelt, of Wallowa, Her sister and her two brothers and their families, all plan to be homo for the happy occasion. George Willelt, her . brother from Shed, Ore, in the Willamette val ley, we.s expected to arrived lit re today on his way home. Mr. and Mrs. Wtilett have lived in Wallowa county almost 50 years, coming out here a few months after their mar riage. o Knd Vllt Here The Misses Helen and Mary llempe, of Sandy, Ore., have ended a visit wilh relatives in Cove. They were here for about a month. o J ; peeling Vl-Jtor? Mr. and Mrs. Martha IJurkgrtn are expecting a visit from their son. Krnest Horkgn-ii. and famiiy. f Wenatehee. Wash., this wee!.. Mrs. ittiritgren is also a sister to I.. G. Chadwiel; where they will also visit. this have been secured in a few In stances where the grain laid so that it w;ts somewhat protected from the drying north-west winds which blew for so long during the time the grain was filling and re- u cigarette stub may have caused suited in a HiiriKKc oi pernaps -a the blaze, which was prevented . or 3 per cent in many fields. Gun from being a more serious one by nvr Carlson who recently finisheJ the ouick work of several men. It harvesting a 33 acre HrM of forty -...... .... ... i hick.! ..i.! e.mhi fold wheat at his farm in the valley norm i.osune repuns .! slightly better than 40 bushels per acre. A number of combines have been busy cutting in the wheat fields in the hills during the past week, those who have started cut ting in this community are: Off horn and Kngiish ofjParsiiip creek who have several hundred acres of fall wheat on the J. H. Haun ranches in the Keap Meet Inn and also t.Kpeet to do considerable out side cutting. I. V. Utthrop who re- ' centiy purchased a new combine through the Wallowa Hardware company hits been busy the past week getting the new machine in to operation at his farm in the J. cap section. Frank Walker of Trout ei'eek has been busy cutting a field of winter wheat Ur H. iK fiechtel who lives on the former J. !. Pace farm east of town. M. A, Peterson of Whiskey creek has also been cutting for the past several days for other farmers in this com munity. Giles Plitss started his sta tionary threshing outfit Wednesday of last week at his farm in the hills ami reports a yield' of about 2 ! bushels per acre front a Heid of 40. fold wheat. During the latter part of the week the Plass machine was busy threshing for Meek Bros, of f.eap, here also a yield of about 2u bushels per acre, was secured from a 75 acre field of Kharkovo wheat. .Many have been busy bind ing some of the spring sow n wheat In the hills during the past week. n so many of the members were busy harvesting there were not au many present as usual. Tho ladies of the grange will hold a cook-d food sale at Hill's hardware store at Klgin Saturday,. All members ate urged to be present at the next meeting which will be held August 4 as there wil Hie several new . members waiting to be given the j degrees. ' j o- j Attend Pintle Among the Promise vicinity folk j who were at the Wallow-a County' Pioneer picnic last Sunday wire Mr. and Mrs, C. K. Gorbett nnd family, Mr. nnd Mrs. Abo Swear-1 Ingen. Mr. and Mrs. John Carper and Mrs. Nellie Fleshman and J family. j 'KMhig at Promise- j Mr, and Mrs, Stanley Harpes, f ' Phi i lie ereefc, are visiting Charles honor gave delightful talks. Among j the company were many old nupilg t of Mr. Carter now grey Iiairtsi men and women who had alien- J ded, his school in l& Grande more than half a century ago, pupils j who will never forget him, though J it should be another half century befro they meet again. In spite of his 4 vears- Mr. Carter Is Wei! Wt- I served and vigorous in body and mind. The "evening's twilight imn certainly found hint gmh still I Mr. Carter, since leaving m Grande has gone ahead in educa tional work and held a number of prominent state positions. He. was j at one time county superintendent here and later he. was superinten dent of the blind school, and held other offices. He was in th statu legislature from flood JUver dur ing his long career. Mrs. Ghmhle formerly "Molly Proehstel" will be rememiHWti prominently associated with Kd Kckiey. her tirother-in-tuw. In iiewsjjjipcr work lit 1a Ginitdy many years ago. She is erompajt iod hern hy her young son and lhw is her first visit in t years hat the place she held in the hrart of Jicr friends has nevee Is'en fiiied. l,o'ely in Iter inaturily un she was in her youth, she finds a warm welcome wherever she i?es rn, Giimhle and her son wiil retura very soon to their home in Califor nia. They are t the Kkiey im Kenworthy and Mrs, Hazel Garrett (he very site when - Prweh- ) for a few days at Promise, -o- stel spent iter childhood, i After many reminiseenees nod "don't you remembers had been exchanged goodnlghis were said tiflicrine (Yrek Alfnlfn The. second crow of alfalfa Is be ing harvested and except whero""' Urn company mpartril wiCi uamaged hy hall it is repotted us t nc )innKiN j on memory's wail good o Sad News lttHeivetl Word of i he ileal h of Ha rvey Bennett in Kmplre, Cal., has been received in the valley, lie pas;ud away at his home at the age of 7! years, 3 months ami 24 days, lie leaves to mourn his passing his widow, Mrs. Cynthia BenneH, t daughter, Mrs, Sushi Mann, both tiitw. ititiuoi f tm-f-i Perrin. Mrs, Harnh Gekeler and ; Waiter Gekeler, Mr, and Mrs, Uny- ntttnd Waeity, and daughter, ctt?, i M.r. and Mrs. Allen tNiwltU ami ll danghler, Isabelle, and Mr, and 1 1 Mrs, J. ii, "VVitherspoon and fnm-lj ily. o - Goes to Port In ml Miss liurhttmline Hall, of Wul ti'twit. visited tirande lionde valley friends yesterday on her way to Portland where sliewill spend a two weeks vacation visiting rela tives. Miss Hull made the the trip by stage, leaving lust night. of Kmpire, a daughter, Mrs. Delia Maqulre, of West Virginia, one son, Charies Bennett, of Pine Yallo, Ore. Therfc are several grandchil dren and great grandchildren be side numerous relatives and i friends, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett liv ed severu t years In Promise ami moved to California in 1917, They i visited in that neethm for two j months last fait. His friends re- member I and industrious man, I -o- Slopping hi 1'nloit , J. It, Gray and H. P. Dlekhtsoi ' of Chicago who are making a bu- iness trip through flic west aro i spending a few days at the Cnion hotel. They are enjoying th" change from the oppressive heat of the Windy Citv. -o- V is In il Daughter i Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Witty, of Kb gin, visited at the home of their laughter, Mr. and Mrs. .1. K. With- Stackiug Grit in llarian Kger is tdarUIn litis week. .Mr. Koger lms lionaliy fine crops this y-;i Camping ea ImhM'r Very favorubiy impressed vlth the (Jraiide Honde valley say Mt, and Mrs. Charles i.owry, furmeriy of Independence. Oregon, who have been cam ping on the J, A. Gaskiil piitee this past week. They are on then way back to Colorado where Ciev onee made their homo and he resilience, i nt-ii iuhi with them. j At Com Siniihij; I Mr. and Mrs. Kmil Miller and son I'urmer He--ideiit Itnek ! Myron, and Mrs, Mary KHen Beem, tteorge Cnsiek am his family. were dinner guests last Kundiiy 1 1 the home of his motlier, Mrs, IL J, Cnsiek, in Promise. o In lJ Gruiule- , Mr. and Mrs. J, K, Witlierspoon ; and fntnilyt of Klgin. were ship ping In I,a Grande 8aturdnj M", and Mrs. Ori IteelUe! iind uoh, titlti, !.! ututi itttiftmr Hit Is'il.i le Harvey us u kind ,IOOJ,"i0 i iAt Grande. Saturdny. Q To North Powder Idke Mr. and Mrs. Win. MiHr and Mr. and Mm, Harlan Ornintiit f Klgin. ilrove to North pvdr ink Sunday where they spent the day ttiey pmn i rmnn j vrpoitt u(M of Klgln MonUay Is In Flora George FriiKler, of Waliowa. is a I Flora where h was ml led by the Ilim-SK of his jnother. o Attended iiienii Mrs, John Gekeh ter. Iorothy. Mrs. 1 H. ami Per Wallowa lias Fire The Kd Fh-ld's home i .wa was diitititged in a lire when a bla.e started in tin Damage was limited to the inter ior and was from fire, witter and stimke, o . Attending Meeting Mr. and Mrs. . W Bond have been away from their lioiin- for tho past several days attending a sp'-r-ial Itaptist meetings in the neiglt horing slate of Washington. o Home to PtimM Mrs. Julia Sannars n totied to Iter home In Promise Sunday after spending j-evenil days at tin- hono ur Iter son. Frank, in Wallowa. Mt. Sit iinars and his "amity returned with his piother and spent the day at her home. grit in ! Mrs. W. I. Dishimm. who win oe ,-xcAp- ii-ntemltered throughout m Gntnde tr. land the vaihy as Mrs. Heavis, was a weleonie valley vhdtor on Tinirs j day w hen she tailed on a number Wall"- ; of her old friends. Mrs. fji-bm.tn Tuesday formerly lived here but for the kitchen. niist several years ban resided in ot r.igin, attended: the grange ehnrch day exercises at Cove Sun day, Others who also went to t'ove were Mr. and Mrs. John Gekel.-r and daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. I K. UK- 5 i and I Mrs. Sarah t.ekeler nil mf Klgin, I attended the old wd tiers plvnlt u t Covo Sftturday. ? o j XM1 at iUtmr , ! Mrs. Henry IhTtMUHH h;is n guest of Mrs. Waiter Uiehards vs ! ttrday afternoon. y t 1 1 nn fj nn T'se'1 P'izrhi j early Morning Piritics ,Mit liing pieuies - oiM's are coming to be i!t'u' pop ular at the Cove swimming po'd, Mrs. Minette S"-ntner r- i.nes. Near ly every morning in the week some party of bathers initiate the plunge tor the dfiy at the hour of five or six o'clock. Most of the parties are made up of girls from i.t Grand- who work dining the d.-.y. she says. They nsua liy prepare tiiejr ire;(kfast of "ham and" in the park and return in llm begin their work at t iyiit - o -Home From Trip County Seliool Sup' rim and Mrs. K. A. S iyre .;i'. daughter. Geu-v.i and Kthel. ar- home from a pl'-asint motor trip to the coast which included, for Mr. Havre-, attendance of the annual state meeting ef county seliool sup- erttendents. The attention of the educators centered principally on the new uniform accounting system provided by the state, he reports .They spent a few days at I tuck fi-'.y, ou the coast and tit I'rinevilh-. Her daughter, Jttith, is j w it it her on her Kastem Oregon I visit. She is in Baker with her Ms ! t-r. Mis. Black, and they drove hen- lor the day together. 1 o Vi-it in 1 nhni 1 Art Mondy and family of t:th ' t-rine creek were visiting in L'nhm at the tJodscy farm home on Tuw j day. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Stonedaht .went to ihe monontains Tuesday on 1 a huekleberry trip. .Miss Adelht, Stonedaht has returned home from Boise, Ida, She arrived Tuesday, PtHMHKjj I'il"e i i'iic of unknown origin dstry ! cd the slaughter house stt Pondusa Monday at midnight. It was one of the most speeSicitiar fires to take plan- in the county in some time. The building which was a frame, structure was built by the Grande liondt. Lumber company two years ago and was owned by them at the time it was destroyed. The I'on dosa butcher, Frank Whitten had butchered t o hogs and a beef, rmishhig at two o'clock that after noon. The meat and the c-MUlpntcnt was a total loss. -o- o'cloci:. ended! t h'-ir S : I Are You Interested in Keeping Your j I House Cool in Summer and i s Warm in Winter? In imi' uoxt fuw iids we will tell you siinlhif)r jiImiuI S different methods of insulation that may lieiji you 8 solve your problem. ' a CLETOTEX is mude from cane fil:r, utilisting a pro- duet that was a serious problem before they licjjan to S make celotex. This is considered one of the very best insulating materials made. As you know, dead air spaces are used by builders whenever pusKihle, ami celotex is made up of nearly H0 air cells, Appmsi- 5 mutely 90 of the refrigerator cars built now use celotex in place of cork as it is much more economical J and does the work, Tt is 7-1 fi inches in thickness, conies in sheets 4 ft. J wide and from 7 to 12 ft, lonjr. Also made into, lath J IX" by W. It is used extensively for plastering place of lath, or it can be easily painted or kalsominrri, We have n stock on hand if you care to investigate, J PRICE AUG. 17TII ljil Virt Trimt Tim .liihn Grt'-'H hihJ Hl MH'S (niiiilli-s of I'tilon iiilfrtiilHi-il ItK lr KH'-mh, Sir, nnd Mrs. i H. limn Kim of k!nlioiu:E ml Hurry Vrn-U)t-r iinil -son itt a ti-tu n tiv Mil'-M lut' nn HiiHfliiy. Vor ti first titnp thf Bransons enjoyt'J the Ihrill of patin NrooU trout iitnl Inn hlcin-iiy til-. Tiny rt inm li iinitrt'XH d ltti uur fi-rtlle r-alon unti fH,io'il flu-lr trip to Mi-lira! Hirhif; umJ over the val liy wltli IS- (!r iw, Tlwy li ft Tiii juiay mnrnmif trip to tho t ouftt utid then to "Ii'M' ii anil T Home Lumber & Coal Co. Successors to Claude C. Pratt 1802 Cove QUALITY FIRST t'hunc M-2W, Call uh for building material of any kind. Wall Paper and Paints s xm$w . CES 19TH Four convenient MacMarr Stores in La lirande! Make ihe nearest one your head quarters for economical food buying! Our alert salespeople and our attractive displays will help you solve the daily problemhow to make the food buying dollar go the farthest! LESLIE SHAKER SALT Plain or Iodized, 2-H. ctn ROYAL JSAKING POWDER 12-oz, can PUFFED WHEAT - pfcRS - COLD EN AGE MACARONI Products, lj;e. double pkg. 2 for . HEINZ CATSUP Large bottle 10c 39c 25c 25c 25c COMET RICE FLAKES ' rtff Made from Natural Brown Itiec, 3 pkgs. MOW DIAMOND MATCHES 9K the full size, full count pkg, 6 Ikixcs mOC BliOOK FIELD FULL CREAM CHEESE Western made, lb - MILK DarigoM llnnul, 3 cans ROMAN MEAL Package . , 29c 25c 38c aciviarr Coffee, The last word in coffee excellence, direct from our roasters to you Pound 3 lbs. . .$1.45 M.J.B. Coffee and Rice Free Deal With each purchase of 2-lb. can of M. .1, I!. Coffee you will receive one package. 1-H. M. J. !!. Rice free. 2 lb. Coffee --1 lb. Rice $1.10 LIBBY'S Summer Canned .Meats Corned Reef, Kif 12-oz, cans, 2 for . . OOC Deviled ilcaU, 0 small cans TRU-BLU Crackers and Cakes - On Sale in All Stores HoiiKelmkl Sodas for real fonl tikie, S-jiound O caddy , - liU, Cun CuKlstrd An ittetl Summer c0icieCjke, Esijfitali Style, with a thick filler o rich cream ) Qfi foiKhmt, lb. - out Oleomargarine Gem Nut Swift's Best 3 lbs Best Foods Sandwich Spread Delightful for lunches and picnics Pint Jar . . .... . . 39c FRUIT JARS Bsill ur Kerr Hejjular Pint . . . . Quart . . . . , Half Gallon Jar Rings U, S, Hiiuble Li Pekoe Kdjfe, 'I pktfs, .79c . Me .$1.35 19c Certo MacMarr Flour Still away lielow the market 49-lb.Sack.. ...$U5 Barrel.. .... ..$7J9 Cider Vinegar VY have a new style attractive jiitckaOT w ith plsiss stopper, whkh may ie used for a water carafe when empty. 29c 3 Bottles 7e 24-oz. Bottle .25c SATURDAY PRODUCE Watermelons Lb FEATURES IN OUR PROOUCE DEPART MENT you will find many new yiifl f;ea,Miii;,bl- fiuiti and vege table:; xieen peppers, pickliliK unions, msiches, etc. Cantaloupes liny thrm l,y the eiate, fQjt nil Awn, mii Ol .' y low prices )i smaller iiantiti; ! !) y'm'f,. BanaiMiK 3 lbs. ......... 25c Tomatoes 1 resli, Rie 18 lb. box.. ..69c Thompson Grapes (Secdiess) Very delk-kms and roaanahly priced at I lbs ... .25c W V yjf Ry ma 8 SSM cU ir . U vf . T. . VS v . 1