La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 20, 1929, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextWANT ADS VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 11)29 NUMBER 250 VALLEY NEWS OVER Homo From Trit , .Mrs. Kdna CunUUn lias returned to her home in lmbler after on ox- j tended visit with ftjendH in Eugene j and other Willamette Valley points. iiMt Rt Welch llonm Mrs. Bliss McKenmm who'ls vis iting relatives and friends in the vullqy was a dinner guest Thursday evening at the C. ( Welch home. o Mrs. Harrk Hero Mrs. Flora Barrie. who formerly made; her home at lmbler, is tin, house guest of Mrs. Frank Martin nnd is enjoying a visit with her inany friends "over the valley, o Camp al iJiko Mr. and Mrs. William Kurma l, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Funnun and Mr. and Mrs. Art Furman aro in norm the many who arc tamping at Wallowa Lake this week. They wont to the lake from their home.s at lmbler last Friday, plunning to remain in the Wonderland for u vecl. o Helping Willi Fires George Feu burg, of the local for est service, was sent to help control the fires in the 'ulrvlllo forest vhere they are reported to bo tpiitu serious. N, J. lilllings, the forest supervisor at Wiillowu stales thft the li!t fires which have been burn ing in the Wallowa forest have all been extinguished. o Vhdlitur In Klfclii Robert lolmes, of Portland, is visiting at the home of his frater nity brother. Vernal Shoemaker, of Klgln, for several days. They -re (Undents ut the University of Ore gon. o lintei'inlncd at Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wilson and children, of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. I'lyde Jurrov and children of Forest drove were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. l.yle Wilson, of lm bler last Friday evening. o "nests fir F.Ik In Miss Lithe 'Johnson, of Knter teiprlse, has been a guest of M; and Mrs. It. L. Shoemaker, of 101 fcin, for the past weekend. o AVnllowa 1 tenth (J. 1 Henderson passed awav suddenly at his home on Whiskey creek Wednesday evening as he was preparing for tied. Mr. lien, derson was an old resident of Wal lowa. He and hi wife euuie west in a prairie schooner as far as Ne braska and lived thero for soim I I time. Inter coming on to Oregon loon alter the railroad was built. I lie leaves bis wife, three sons, Krn est Henderson, Juke Henderson and Bob Henderson and one daughter, M rs. Tom Scott, besides several grandchildren and (. rent-grand -children. Ho was 7K years of igc. The I lev. Walter (.'ondeii, of the l'reshyterian church conducting his funeral services which were held Thursday afternoon from the I. H. Haistin chapel. o HlrllHliiy IHmur Mrs. Hoy Spencer was hostess lo the birthday dinner elub yesterday niternoon at (ra;tge hall. The 2 meinhers of (he club entertain at dinner on the occasion of I heir birthday and yesterday was Mrs. Spencer's "turn." He-ibis Thivshini; Frnesl I )e.ong com Hi" need t lireshHig a I his la nil out of La (irande tiiis morning. o Bridge Parly A pai ticularly atlraetjve hridue party took place in Wallowa Thurs day a I teruoon when Mr.-J. F. A. Searle entertainer! at her home. Five tables were at play. Mrs. Kd uin Marvin won high score. Miss 1 .more Fuller, of Baker, was an out -of - tow 11 gili'st. Other guests for the niternoon were Mrs. J. It. Crcgory, Mrs. T. MeDanh U. Mrs. t. A. Hunter, Mrs. O. F. Campbell, M rs. .1 . Wm ril Fvaiis, M rs. 1 1 nice I'ox. Mrs. Boss Hood. Men. Iteeve Sutphin, Mrs. Kail ITeffer. Mrs. Ciuiries Hu:iprjeks, Mrs. I. B. Smith. Mrs. George K. Iule, Mrs. Kred F. Jones, Mrs. 4'liartes Fish er. Mrs. Hugh Dougherty. Mrs. ('. A. Me' 'la ran. Mrs. Jerry Maxwell, Mrs. J. O. Kiddle, Mrs. Bralton, Mrs. '. W. Allen and the hojtess. o Culliu'i l.ainb W. 11. ogel has le-en very-b;iy culling his lambs tor the past sev eral flays. Mr. Vogel loaded about l.-'uo at Tnlon junciion Sunday to sliip to Omaha, Neb. o Swimming Siiinlaj Mr. and Mrs. Will .dbr and tlo ir daughter, Cbncvbve, enjoyed n swim and picnic at i'l'it Lone on Sunday. o Teacher IjmI- VMl Miss Km ma Hart knpr, formerly a taeher In La Orande but now a tfaeher in I'iiS.idetia, has nliinnd to I'aptoinia aft'-r a vilt i:i tliiu ieini;y. .Mi.-s H-Ttkopf wp nt sev cta! da.s at the K. I'. Castor horn ut 1 moo and earlier i.sited in Hn I'romls" h inity. In La (Irande chr xtstt' d at the Henry Hitter and other honics. I cjri;ig her stay Miss ifartkopr saw a numb'-r of her rTuier pupils In the seventh and i-ighth grade, many of whom are now att ndiMg coll-re. She bus a brother I i v tint in rniun county. o Altemlliia limn Sub- H. G. Avery, roiinty agi icuM Ut tst wlni.se pfi1inii W. Wray Lawi'ner: h. iw b'-en tilling lor sotim time i, u-t u tn l-e -dl' t'in at pie. iit and will aM. lid tin ::oi ram sale. Mrs .Wry and her i lijldti n arc i:: (;:--: ps'i-vat feeding THE VALLEY Mabel E. Morton, Valley Newa l'dltor Phones: Residence, 82G-J; Office, Main PAUL G. REDINGTON Thief. Bureau of Biological Survey Three of the Ave divisions of. the Bureau of Biological Survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture are engaped chiefly In research, one with control measures and one with the administration of reservations and laws for the conservation of wild life. Wild life in all its phases is an open book' to members of this department and investigations are conducted regarding the biological surveys of major areas, the life his tories, geographic distribution, classification, abundance, food hab its and natural feeding grounds of native birds and animals, and na tive plant relationships. Through this department and state organiza tions, efforts are made to extermi nate injurious creatures and propa gate helpful ones. friends will ho glad to bear t hat they plan to remain here, during the I summer. o Sail News llearil i Wallowa has ret rel i i V. ol d of Storla, young i ne ueui n oi mii brother of Lo-ilse Simla who vis ited in and near Wallowa for some lime this summer. In l'ortland. The accident occurred Wednesday eve ning on the Columbia I liver hh?h way. Hut h, a younger sister of Miss Storla was a.l.io in the car and was seriously injured. The Slnrla family reside in Kf. Helens, Ore., where Mr. Simla Is attorney at law. Mls Storla Is known, both in Wal Iowa and in the (irande llo ule vat- ley where she has friends among the college students. She graduat ed from the Fniversity ot Or gon this year. Tournament IMaycd . A t'nion girl who has already made (jtiite a name for herself in athletics iivi n basketball play:T in high school gained another honor last Sunday when she annexed a cup In the Kustern Oregon teu:iis tournament as mixed doubt's champion. She is .Miss Jane Smith and she 1ms played tennis I a com pa rati vi-ly short time, con sidering iin mki fii ner eoinp'Mi- tion. Miss Smith played witlil Worth Oswald. Spokane ehampion.l who took the singles title ami also, paired with James Willierall, the, men's doubles. Incidentally, M iss Smith has the further honor of In - ing the only I 'ninti county plaer lo conn it with a cup ami UN". All others went outshb- the county. I.yle Fox. veteran lmbler pla--r was runner-up in the men's singb s. however, giving a spb-:idid t-cnis periormallee t hioughout. tin tour nament it ml outclassing ma ny oi the college players who were en tered. I tlion W.IS t lie' niecea O V" ' I' Ihe w-ceketid and particularly o:i Samlay lor tt-nnis lovers, many of whom came from tar points. Some of the visitors wre; Those from I'einlhton hie! tided Mr. (leo. Bai r. manager of t he round uti and. Mrs. Ben-. Mr. and .Mis. Henry Don is and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd' Hovwiian. M if.. Fred liner. Miss Coiistame Sawyer, Mr. Will ;im;.. Mr. Dan C.erber, Mrs. and Jas With- rall and daugh ter. Wis .leamie B- ll. Mr. ami Mrs. Merle' Boyer and faiuitv and Mr. Haloid Cook; from lmbler were Mr. and -Mrs.. Krw in W- sW-nskow and family. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson ami family. Kay. Lyh- and Clivi Wilson a:id famlli-s: liend. Ore gon was represented by Messrs Kenneth and Douglas I !.i ! !a nt yne. Miss Myrtle Ogle, and Miss Wllma May: Mr. ami Mrs. C B. Uenshaw and Mr. Bert Tucker tame horn Walla Walla and Mi -is Virginia Ky of W-stfm. aeenmpani'-d them. A large number of La C.niude peopl also witnessed th- play. 0 Bam Suborn- ot the highlights r the year to the Oregon wool grnw -r --t he Oregon Bam S.Hv - gt under w::. at I 'end let mi t bis morning, with figures indicating u trenieiMloiis in-ci-'itse in the wile results for thD year. There wee- rti", rams and purebred ewes offered at the thlnl sii le. a 7r, jier cent Incre.ise nvi r last year's ram offerings. No eweK have been offered before. From La frrnnde four won (growers u re a I -tending. They are H. If. Ihinn, Frank MeKennon. of lmbler and .!. D. Dobbin ami 1 1. O. Avery, who drove over yesterday morninc. Mr. Oubbiti has pen yearling". In bt pen In Iamb in bd 2: pen I yearling In hd :.!. and pen I yearling tn lot offered for sal--. Mr. Hui'tn has lot ::, pen lambs; lot 4". pen 1" earllngs. Mr. Huron I offering h't y,.:!!.. am ' i. w hb h is l-en I tV; lot 7-V be;;;,; pen 3? 1 71, 7 2and 73 at the sale, with five I yearlings In each. Watching the ' sale is an exciting experience, ar cording to Mrs. J. D. Dobbin who planned to drive over this morning to witness it. It Is un auction con ducted ut the IVndleton Hound Fp arena, with many buyers active in their bidding, she relates. o lnrt in Dance Miss Carmen Daniels, of ner.r Cove, who-is attending the normal school summer session, took a pro minent part In committee work for, the normal school dance last Fri- . day evening. Miss Daniels has been , enjoying her summer work at the new school. Many'students who arc attending school from the valley! enjoyed the. dance which was an Informal one, held in the beautiful i auditorium. j 's Cut . - j Wallace Rhodes, who Is making his home at Klgin with Henry Par sons, is recovering nicely from cuts on bis head, received when he too!; i a deep dive at the swimming pool near Klgin. Several stitches had to i be taken. I o I Married in California ! Many in the county, particularly , at Klgin, will be interested in the marriage of Gertrude Dawes and ' Stanton Maxwell, Aug. 4, in Los j A ngoles. She is the daughter of J Mr an H Mrs. It K Dawes, nf ltoze- I I num. Montana, anil lie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Maxwell, or, Klgin, and is a prominent gradu- ate of the Klgin high school. Mr.. Maxwell is now employed by a fur niture manufacturing firm. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keen, who are foi tuerly of Klgin, attended the wed ding. o Visit Obi I'Ylciuls Mrs. T. II. Organ and son. Krnest of Cambridge, Ida., spent the past weekend in the valley visiting old friends.' They lived In the Lower Cove, district about ten-years ago. Itahy Daughter J A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Organ, in Cambridge, July IMi, She has been named ( 'a ml Virginia. Mr. Organ was formerly of Cove. ( o Visit al Cvc ' Krncst Borkgren and family, of Wenatchee, Wash., aro visiting at the. L. J. Chad wick home in Lower (Jove. '- . - o . 'J... : (ivu Party A. very happy arterimnu for Mrs. John Specklmrt was provided last Thursday when her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Speckharl and Mrs. I'aul Knautz arranged a surprise party In her honor at her home In La Grande. Their little daughters, Lil lian Kuaut. and Helen Jean Speck hart presented a basket of lovely gifts to their grandmother during the serving of refreshments. o , Week Ouiel j The past week on (,'ove has been Unlet, with many away, camping and fishing and huckleberrylng in the hills. Harvest is at its height, with ideal weather holding. I llar Dinner Party- Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Lay were host and hostess at a delightful dinner parly at Cove early in the week. Covers were laid for eleven. Their guests w ere M r. and M rs. John Siiurlnek. of S'aeranieuto, Cal., Mr. 1 and Mrs. I'. A. Conkltti and ilaugh ; ter, Joan Frances, of Santa Ba i 1 barn, Cal., Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Conklin and Mrs. A. G.Conkiin j and Albert Conklin. I O ' I .MaPr Operation Mrs. G. K. Barker is at St. Ktlza j heth's hospital at Baker where who 'went for a major operation Men I day, Aug. Hi. The operation was i successful and she is recovering , I nicely. Several from the Cove, in cluding Mr. and Mrs. Hefty. Mrs. B. I. Barker, Mrs. T. B. Conklin and Mrs. A. O. Conklin have visited her at the hospital Home from I'ortlaml ! Harry Buhl returned home Sun day from Portland where he spent about two weeks on a combined business and pleasure trip. Mr. Buhl brought his mother, Mrs. Anna Buhl, of Cortland, home with him lor a visit at his farm home, in Alicd. 1 - - o , I 'unilly on I'icnlc The. J. A. Gaskill family had a pleasa nt day Sunday wlirn, with their three dauuht'-rs. Miss Wllmu Gaskill. Mrs. Walter Ciersou and I Mrs. Walt.-r Hutchinson they ple- nicked at Cove, swimming and la- er enjoying dinner. They bad as their gtn-Ht for the afternoon, Miss Judy Moore, of La Giande. o - i Attend Curly Miss Wiiina Gaskill and Mrs. I Walter Ch-rson were guests of Mrs. ' Oun;i Id M eye is at a n a I fresco j "coffee" in La Grande Sund.i , morning, given for no-nib' rs of ; their sorority and several other gueMs. Mrs, Ci'fson (La Nita Gas , klll sang during the morning, j o tailed lo .North Cimdcr Mrs. Barton Wade, of Wallowa, has been called to North Cowd r by the seriotih illness of her father, . Mi-. Ashby. She left Sunday evening. On Bitlm- Mr. and Mrs. W. 1 . Beiifiow, Wallowa, w n' La Gruhdo liilu' ftl visitois on Saturday. o litijs Bam-h B. II. Oaniel u recently pur ettas' d a $l7.aini. eighty acre raie-ii i'i Muddy t 'i'tek. about Ililoj lulli h out oi ii.titit. Ui ttu u.rt ran-li at Cove has been traded In. He took possession Saturday, send In, up a load of furniture to his new home by truck. o McNeill Iteunion The McNeill family who have been visiting at the old homestead that is now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McNeill in Cove en joyed a family reunion in Uakei last Sunday. Thero were present Mrs. Sylvia McNeill and her ten children, Mrs. Winnie Ogden, Wels er, Ida., Mrs. Annie Ityan, Nampa. Ida., M rs. It osc Thompson, 1 .a Grande. Mrs. Lula Butter, Mrs. L. McNeill, Mrs. Lonnle May, Baker, Charles Willlmena and Lewis, of La Grande, nnd Arch nnd Marvin, of Cove. Nineteen of her 25 . grand children were present. Cooking School Attracts Women Of Union Today Interest among house wivis throughout the valley concentrate 1 today on the first Observer cook ing school to be held outside. La Grande. While many from over the val- Icy have been regular attendants morning, and she was enthusiast io , happy looking In the little Hnap at previous cooking schools, th-jroi over the prospect of forming new , "bots she has with her. Her home have been many others who hav-j ! fount! It impossible" to be In Luland labor economy are the two Grande at the time and havo ex-i things that Mrs. .McLean wants lo preBsed their regrets at missing the j opportunity. 'I his year it was ar-j ranged io nave n scnoot in cnion Good Cooking Is Good Method Plus The Best Materials The Pick of Everything Do You Like to Pick Out Your Own Fresh Fruits and Vegetables When You're Shopping? Most women do. Most women are rather particular about the quality of the food they buy especially those who are good cooks. If it is berries, you like to pick out the choicest boxes if it's green peas, you prefer to see for yourself that they are fresh, not too large, and a choice variety if it's peaches you insist that they be ripe, firm. Practically all housewives are that way especially particular in selecting the choice things quick to pass up the ordinary, less desirable. And that's the way we buy grocery products for dis tribution to the people of Union county. All over the world our buying connections such quality houses as Libby are selecting the choicest of every crop, in sisting on the pick of everything that you may have better foods in your home. Such knowledge is important to any practical house-wife- she can depend on the brands distributed by the La Grande Grocery Company and retailed by Mac Man Stores and she is quick to specify these safe, known brands whcn buying foods, just as Mrs. Mc Lean has for The Observer Cooking School. Libby Canned Foods .Wesson Oil & Snowdrift Kraft Cheese, etc. La Grande Grocery Wholexale McMarr Stores and Klgin. one day at each com munity, so that the whole valley might be within comparatively cisy distance of the sessions. . As The Observer goes io press today, Mrs. Beth Bailey McLean is opening the first of the series at the Woman's club house In Union. Mrs. McLean will begin the sec ond day at Klgin at two o'clock Wednesday. Attendance prizes aro being dis trihutcd evei-v da v. Mrs. McLean arrived in La Grande Alondav ' friends in the community. Tinn I Htress this year, feeling that these are the two problems that face the modern housewife in this era o: nan Leslie Salt Sunmaid Raisins Quaker Foods Tru Blu Crackers Golden West Coffee Retail easily obtaiuablo recipes and. cook lug literature, made posslblo by newspapers and magazines. Those who have previously at tended here havo always been par ticularly Impressed with the fact that Mrs, McLean is not only a na tionally known cooking authority but that she has come very clop.j to the housewife's problems by vir tue of being one hcrsolf. She has two little children. Jack, who Is about four, and a llttlo daughter, Janet, both of them charming. tfl Hood Itiver. Maybe the baker's boy who ! mowed away on the Graf Zeppelin did it because h6 counldn't ralso the dough Co. A SEASONABLE RECIPE Snappy Tomatoes (With Fish) Two cups canned tomatoes. One-half cup cracker crumbs. Two tahlfflpoor-R chopped onion. One teaspoon salt. Four tablespoons melted butter. One-half cup cheese, (cut fine). One-fourth teaspoon paprika, Ono egg, well beaten. Mix the ingredients and pour n to a buttered baking dish. Bake In a moderato over thirty minute. Serve In the dish In which baked. The Silesian Aviation school at Brunan has constructed a two pas senger air glider.