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VALLEY NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE. OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1929 NUMBER 253 OVER THE VALLEY Mabel H. Morton, Valley News Editor Phones: Residence, 820-J; Office, Main 7 Worker lUrtiirii Miss Annette Ariumtj who ilo-"a Butiul welfare work in the terri tory around Spokane returned to Jilt work Thursday after spondim; aeveral weeks vlsillng friends and relatives In I'nion. ,Sheel Killed While driving slu-eii down the "Wheeler lano Sunday evening, a car driven by II. 1'. KIkkh of North owder crashed Into Mr. Voxel's hand killinB two and Injuring a dozen lambs. The sheep herder was struck by the ear with enough force to drive him through the windshield though ho was not in jured. Mr. KiKKS was summoned before Judge Dcllhum of l.a dninde and fined for reckless drivins. o ' V'isi lat I'nkm Mmk. l'e HoHlwfck. Mrs. lCstlier Stoildard and M1ss Mildred Stod dard of l.u Gramle snent Thursday afternoon and evening at tiie home of Mrs. l)ora Myers In I'nion. ShlpillllK Lambs l.arse shipments of lambs are bring made this week by sheepmen from various parts of the Valley. About li.oou have gone out from I'nion Jet. the past few days. Among those making shipments am Green of Clrnnde; dray Brothers, Albert Keeker, and Manor and Meeker of t'ove; K. J.lnilsay, W. Woodruff, Hob Kri'iieli and W. II. Vogel from the Valley; Saunders or Kagle Valley and Wil son Brothers of l'ino Valley. o VWI at Park lr. K. W. .Martin." a prominent member of the medical profession of Kansas City and his son, might, visited at the doctor's boy hood home In the Park Thursday. H-. Martin's parents hoiuesteaded llie farm known as the old Martin nlace many you in ago. It was In teresting for him to come bavk af ter so many years absence and he visited spots Hull were vivid in his boyhood memories with much pleasure. Tho Kansas t'lty citlv.cn remarked on the general growth and development of Grande and the Grande Hondo valley and found crops looking line. He called on many old friends who thoroughly enjoyed visits with him. He and his son have been touring Yellowstone park and are now on their way to I'anuda where he will look after mining Interests. o (ieUehrrlteuiuhii " '"" """ Announcements have been made that September I Is the dine s-i for the Gekelcr reunion at ltlver w,l,. park l.a Grande. The event will take place to celebrate the an niversary of the arrival of the Jos eph Vount emigrant train in the Gniade Hondo valley. Sept. 13. ISB2. Beside Mr. and Mrs. Yount and family, Mr. ami Mrs. George Gekelcr and futility. Mr. and Mrs. llarvev McAllster and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williamson and famllv. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Klledgc and family. Mr. anil Mrs. Thomas Nance. Ueorge Horsepool, Arthur Jleiuniings, I). A. McAllster and Sol Gherkin were, among memners oi Hie train who made the perilous Journey across the plains and set tled in the valley In '82. Many other bains or the train went on west. All members of this train and their descendants are asked to bring their picnic lunches and join In the tlekeler ranilly celebration. Charles Gekeler Is president of the organiz ation. Velma Mi-Call Brown is sec ivlary and Mrs. William Gekeler is libloriali. liorolhy Smut. Is chair man of the program eollimltlec am. ah interesting enlertalniiM-nt Is be ing planned to lake place after lunch. o-- I.enc I'ariu Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes have leased the Karl Zlllldel Hum lor three years. The rami is In the grange mill vicinity. They plan to iiiovo in just as soon as some iin p., Hauls Mr. .undel i.l having made on Hie house are completed.---0-- 1 ilie.ii Pool I'rogHSKn finishing work on the 1'. J. Powers swimming pool Is being done this week, IjJ II. A. Newton. Mrs. New ton Is slaying at Poii dosa while her husband is working He re. The pool is said to be a fine one and will provide splendid re enatlon for residents of that see- ' nn tho inside of tho. roll and tlu1 bottom of tho plant on tho- out- . side, forming sphiutiil conditions ( for proptr curing. Tho Silo Io- 11 wry Hake permilH the rukinp of ' the newly mowed Imy much wir- j lier thun tlto otlu'i typi's of rakes, j huneo u much more leafy product ; is usually attained. "1VUow1iik the lHide lH-llvery where the hay i8 nut too heavy", the ordinary dump rake can be used , to pood advantage In bunch Ini? the j windrows Into mediuin wized . bunches which are afterwards shaped Into coniparativcly well formed cocks. "Several methods are used In moving tho hay from tho cocks to the stacks. Many of our farm era prefer to do this with wagons or slips, whilo others use tho buck rake. A better quality of hay can doubtless bo had by the lormer method; however, If proper care NILS A. OLSEN Chief, Bureau of Agricultural Economics Economic Btudies of production and marketing, agricultural co operatic, farm organization, farm financial relations, farm la bor, land economics and other problems of agricultural life are handled by the Bureau of Agricul tural Economics of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. Infor , mat ion on these points are collect ed by the bureau and dissemi nated to rural dwellers. Informa tion on supply, demand, move ment and market, prices of farm commodities is also furnished. It also enforces tho cotton futures act, cotton standards act, grain standards act, standard container act and others. Home from I'nioii .Mr. and 'Sits. Kenneth Hrown have returned to their home in the ura:if?e hall section from I'nion where Mr. Hrown was in charge, of the MucMarr store there while the manager was away on Ills vacation- ' i SikjhI Vacation at lnrk Miss Ncnza UusltUl, a high school student of Keho and her brother. Jack, returned to their home at Kcho Thursday aHcr spending their vacation at The l'ark with their irraudmothcr. Mrs. H. W. lie Hell. They declared that they had had is exercised a very goon (uamy cn n u, very line visit. 'Je obtained by tho lulter method 0 requiring' less time und at some- iiran-c Meets " hat less expense. When Blue Ml. Grange inel Sat-1 "in curing alfala hay w? should u rda y the attendance was not us iK ever mindful of the importance large us usual because of the b:iy ()f handling- the hay as green as season. A short business session possiblo during each operation, in was held and the fair the grange iiU.t the raking, tho bunching. Llie is planning to put on some time cocking and even the stacking ' early in October was discussed,' should be done at a point wh-n ' willi a number of plans concern- u,0 iay seenis almost too gn'cn ing it being made. Jt was derided rur such purposes. Often times j t'j have a special meeting the fii.it t is well to turn the cocks of hay j Wednesday in September to work just before slacking. In this way j out inoru arrangements for tho t li t bottoms of the cocks which ' lair. 1 are usually still (piito damp arc - o j allowed to cure further before 1 Dinner Club Meets ' slacking. ! Wlieu Mrs. Key Spencer enter tained the Uirthday Dinner uUu ut t'ndei weather conditions sim ilar to what, we have hud this neit her homo Monday, there were nino stm )U( ox,.t!ill.nl (UJtity tif leaiy members and one visilor, Mis. Hciijamin Schroeder, present. After . i ... n.l,i..ll u loveiy lriuu L'mtm.n ui.inti time It Is cut. was served ai o ciock piuua were discussed for the Gekeler re union which will be held the first hay can bo put Into the .stack within foir or five days from tin i a "In order to add further to Ms 1 quality ami likewiso aid in ,llm nuniuiy in oi-iuviiiuvi w station recomniends salting tho i park. The club will hold Ha ; next llltv wlng boHt ,M lhs uf , ung sepi. zi wiiu aim. wm.. to oiu.h Htut.k of eiKlUM. to twi.. moilern one, having lights In the barn and an electric inilking mu ch ine. The farm house is a large, modernly eUipped one. The Dan iels family Is very well satisfied with tho prospect of their new residence. Miss Jane will attend high school at Muddy t'reek and little Miss Ardettu Dolores will be with her family. Miss Carmen, Spencer, o Meetings llsc(titiniiC4l The t. 'ou :i try woman's club has discontinued its meetings until lull. It wuh decided at the last meeting held at itiversido park. o (Moves Moivliiimiisc A fine new building, which win house general merchandise, tho postoffice and the telephone office, has been eomplrfed at Pondosu and ty tons.' A SEASONABLE RECIPE a sKAsoNAitu: m-xiii'K Konian Salad One cup of walnut meats, I chopped, One-half Spanish onion, minced. Two tablespoons p 1 m onto, t.. I ... I II ir .... .!-.,! t tliiu .. Ill l. t..i.rhiii,i- ufhnnl iif J 1 . b ..." 'IVn li Imn. -o t, nieis .hibtlitnt Wonlvrowei-M of 1'iiion county are still .tubllant over their oiit I'Miie in the Oregon Ham Sale at. l'emlldon Tuesday und why shotihln't Ihey be? Jim Dobbin' uith it in len uf illit'i tolMM-il the en- tin- sale with his yearling stud buck, I'Vanli Mclenno!i t"PI J the ram lamb with a pen of five at Virtually. I'nion county giow eiK walked away with thiniw and ih.-y uru u tickled bunch. Harry G. A very topped the range yearhng f ile with a pen of five at I'i- "lid Mr. Dobbin was Hecoiid with $:s'i. II. II. Huron, received very attrai -live prices. o I'rmiiliieiil ranilly U,He- It is with hearty regret that the nt in l ove community Is lo the It. H. Daniels family leave that hieuiity to establish their boimi near North I'owder. Kvery one or th ramily bus been iietive In that community in various affairs and all have a deep plate til the liffec Moiis or Cove Tolks. However it Is a pleasure for thrfr friends to know that they arc lo have a Nm modern M acre farm, with acn h -f outf. 3't of b.irhy. mont of the miiainder In alfalfa, und 35 head of Jersexs and II of holfteini- A I ice I. Tb(. farm is the former Hurt Morris place. Opens Nton- Kred C. Kiekeniey-!- has gone in- i to tho retail lumber business at 1'rinevllle, according to word re ceived here by his friends. Mi. JOlekemeyer is well known in tho Pondosu Totality, having spout two years hi that section in business. He returned to J'rincvillu lust ni-oiilh. o Seymour Here Alter a year's leave of absence during which he made an intensive study of club work in eastern state. H. 11. Seymour state club leader has returned to Corvallis to resume duties. Mr. Seymour stopped in 1-a Grande Monday en route, home, visiting with V. Wray Lawrence, county ugent, and others with whom ho is ussociated. Mr. Sey mour studied in the east and visit ed stale dub departments In the different stales. L. J. Allen, his assistant, who was in charge or club work, has begun his year's leave of alienee. He will study In the east and will visit some of the biggest fairs and expositions in tho nation. o Home I'l-mii Lake Kraneis and Vernon Del.ong re turned home Sunday evening from Wallowa Lake when' they spent a couple of days with friends. While there th'-v were fortunate enough to gel some excellent snap shots or lour elk. two lathy elk and twx old ones, that came down to th'' camped and fished on tho J.luH o- VMls Ultle I'orks Miss Mildred Slielieer spent H very enjoyable time with Mrs. lue Jenkins and family when they lamped ami fMied on tin- loltle Forks lor a day or two last week. .(,-- Coinmiiiee Sccced The specinl stale Hnnige meeting to be held ill La Grande this fall will have Hie following eommittees milking arrangements: W. H. Gek eler. La Grande; .Mrs. Miles Wood ,11. Suinmerville: t 10. Moore. Kl gin: J. A. Nice. North I'ouder, and r. ('.. Springer, Cove. A disli-ict eonlerence lor the home economic anil insurance departments, as well as I'm' lecturer-, masters and depu ties, in planned for that time as part of the program. o- All end Demon-drallon A I raelor demonsli at Ion w a iwl.l at th.. George Salisbury larm 1 U .I:.,- i.v ih.. W. II. It'ltlll' n- kamp company. week. T. JI. Williums hi rapidly gel t ting his stock of merchandise on Hie shelves. Two units of electric refrigeration have bee:i installed :ind ice creiiiu and cold drinks uro to be carried. - o Working ut Hot I dike Hob Holmes. University of Ore gon" studeutr 'from Portland, --I8., ,.- ifoss OS VACATroV ' working on the harvest crew ul Iho; SALKM, Ore.. Aug. 211, (AI)- Lloyd IMcruo place nviir Hoi J-ukC. Secretary of Slate Hosh has gone O I to 'rail. Oregon, where he will Two hard cooked eggs, chopped. ! Two cups of celery, diced. Two cups tomatoes, cut in cubes. Twelve- olives, chopped. Pepper and salt. Onu cup liiayonuaiac. Toss together und serve on let tuce leaves. Alfalfa Curing Advice Given By juin inn liiimi, in inn niiiiinii-i ,,....! j on Mi o coast. He will be gone a ; j week. September I Moss will leave lor San l-'ranelsco whero he Is to 1 ...ii, t.n, r..,i,...u ..t ..... kvnpnmpnt hnrm tioimi meeting or state auditois, i xjA1ivihuvih-xu elm.ptrollers and treasurers. The! i meeting is to be, in session Septem- jVcrtincnt advice for farmers in i,er It, A and 5. tho process of curing their alfalfa is contained in tint following sug- W IFK-IUTKIt SOI GIIT gcslions, secured in an Interview OLVMl'IA, Wash., Aug. 2Ii (AI') with an official at the L nioii ' Huureh a Instituted for l'rank perhnent station. I ullve Itio. a farmer charged In :m- "The KxperimeiU station at I n- perior court hero with biting his ion advises farmers not to let al falfa hay get too dry during th. process of curing. Well cured al falfa hay is one of llie chief con stituents In every feeding ration for live stock. "Weather conditions during the llij!i hay harvest have been most ideal for the production of an ex cellent quality of hay. It bus been uniformly dry and hot causing the bay to cure rapidly und enabling each operation in connection with the curing process to bo carried on in rapid succession. "The Side Delivery Hake is an important implement in connec tion with the production of a high class product. As the name Im plies this rake delivers the hay to out side, handling two mower swaths at a time and usually foil i swaths are delivered Into one wind row. This is done just after the freshly mowed hay Is well wilted, which requires about a half day during weather conditions such iih we have had this season. In oilier words the two mowers are just one hair day In udvunco of the .Sido I mli very. Itake which during the process of ra Icing rolls Into a com paratively loose windrow with the leaves' a nd t he top f the- p la lit Itnv Combine The Sintitz bn.l hers, w ho pur- chased a new combine harvester ' couple of weeks ago are harvesting 1 on their own place at present. j o (hi Iii laloll i Mr. and Mrs. W. A. MrCall and j their on. Arthur, act ompimieo MlS. CUiieiiee Dietihk ami chil dren to Dayton, Wiisli.. Criday it hen they M" ut Ihe day w ith Mr. Me 'all's gi andmotlH r. Mrs. Ti- batha Johnson. Mrs. Johnson is years or age and is in very good health. ... o Trl-Couiil.v rienh1 When Gnmt. p.nker and Mal heur counties hold their get-tl-gether meetings ut t'nioii. Aug. Cornier Governor Waller M. Pierce, and W. It. Gekeler. statP deputy master or granite, will deliver ad dresses. A large uMendnm? !i an-tieir:it-d at the inter iiiiii meei- Ask Ymr g?eer what malt he recom- f? mends. If It's Puritan Jlplj 'f-ff you're dealing with jLAiP,f ll a fair-priced, high quality store. iJl 3 11 all quality because it's all barley Mine fol d buyers every day plate tlu'ir O. K. on MaiM air's clean, cool, inviting food stores. Over the entire Went (hey are winning public favor through their many advantages: Fresh foods, brands of known quality, ccurteous salespeople, improved service and economical prices. Visit your nearest MacMarr Stare and you, too, will sec why these stores, day-by-day, arc winning greater favor with keen, discriminating buyers. Winning Prices Saturday and Monday August 24 and 25 Value ' Jt While ur Supply lasts Kippered Snacks Smoked Filet of Herring 3 cans . .19c Norwegian Sardines Crown Brand Fancy ' Smoked 2 cans No. !4 25c Preserves Kerr's Fancy Strawberry Preserves Pure Fruit and Sugar 3-Ib. Class 59c Kraft Cheese American Pimento or Velveeta 1 lb Fruits for Salad in Wine Syrup, 2 conn Seedless Raisins Market Day Bags, 4 lbs. ... RICE Blue Rose 5 LBS . 39c VINEGAR Fancy Patent, Money-Baci 3c SOUPSL-3CANS : -25c SNOWDRIFT The popular choice of Vegetable Shortening 3-lbs 75c Wesson Oil . For Salads, Frying and Cake Baking- Pint Can . Quart Can 29c 55c Rolled Oats Mother's With Aluminum' Premium Lge.Pkg. ...... 33c Melba Toast Vegetized 21ge.pkgs .39c Starch Corn or Gloss 3pkgs . . 25c 23c 45c 33c "Red Sockeye Salmon DelmonteNo. 1 tall, 2 cans Shaker Salt Leslies Plain or Iodized, 2-1 b. Carton Cane & Maple Syrup 22-oz. Class Jujj ' 59c 10c MACMARR COFFEE Direct liimi Roaster Ui You -Always I-'resh Pound 49c 3 lbs $1.45 TRU-HAKE Soda Crackers No.lpkg,2for .. .25c Large pkg 35c MACMARR FLOUR Fancy I'd tent Money-Back Guarantee 49-11). sack . . ... $1.85 Per Barrel $7.29 j SATURDAY PRODUCE FEATURES (ireen Corn Fancy large Golden Bantam Roasting Ears Dozen 23c Creeji Peppers .lust Rinlit for Summer Sal.id.; 2 lbs lite Cantaloupes Nice laie Yellow Of Mealed, I! for fciwt Watermelons Iri'i,'oii Klondykcs pound 2c 13 TV " y 1 I IZi ..lit n I u M &V 1 A' KA T- M Four Stores in La Grande ii ihuir nt iuiu i tuijd.t;- 4
