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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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i and I
Mrs. Sarah t.ekeler nil mf Klgin, I
attended the old wd tiers plvnlt u t
Covo Sftturday. ?
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XM1 at iUtmr , !
Mrs. Henry IhTtMUHH h;is n
guest of Mrs. Waiter Uiehards vs !
ttrday afternoon.
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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
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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.
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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.
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o'cloci:.
ended!
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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
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