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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1929)
''-.' A Page Seven ? Thursday, October 3, 1939 IA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE". GROUND IS DRY IN WALLOWA CO. With Fall Grain Seeding Nearly Completed, Few Fields Are Sprouting. By G. C. Meek (Observer Correspondent) WALLOWA. Ore. (Special) Moisture conditions in this section hiivo not yrt reached a very Jiivor able point for the starting of the fall wheat crops. While a fairly hcvy rain, fell over the rntlr county recently and roiiio showerH a day or two fnllowInK. the pround iiih been dry for euoh a lonif pr inl of time that the moisture did not wet down to any ffreat dpth and whi'iii KiinHhlne and drying winds during the past few dHy.i has dried everything out rapidly nlner Some of the fnrnipvn who Jin ve InveKtlgutt'd Mile depth to .which the moisture from the re cent rains Iiiih gone Into the mim- meriHiiuwiMi immus, hhy uihi u,u " i birds ill HIV iwu Ki n in mm ihjh in tii j i dirt and will not slnrt until con- timbered sections In large numbers the sheep to do well, Oeorge Cub duelng the past fw dnya in search sins Is herding the sheep on Whls of deer which are reported to h j key creek. v quite plentiful at many places. No Kitgene Gastin who has been reports ar yet hoard of In this I herding sheep for 1. (V Johnson In community where hunters have the .South Kork canyon range, ciimo hern successful In bagging any of I homo the first of the week for a the bucks. The drying weather of J few days visit with relatives. the past few daya has ugaln-made cve-ythlng nearly aa dry as before hf recent rains and results In conditions, being very- poor for hunting. It Is difficult . to pei through the -brush without making much noise. . . Oscar MhxwcII lost a valuable work horse last week from being foundered when turned Into a field where some packs ofgrnin had been over-looked when the grain was hauled from the field following combining. Mrs. Susie Meek and sons Sams and. drover and Karl KurchrMil visited Sunday nt the ,1. U. Wil liams home north of Kvans. Chinese pheasants arc reported to be scarce In many parts of this county. Usually at this season of th eyeur the birds' tj re Been In large numbers. Many express the opin ion that the open seasons of the p;ist number of years havP been l too long, allowing too many of the be killed off. Colds' and 'f.'u" aro prevalent Giles I lass was busy seeding fall wheat at Ms farm In the hills dur ing the past ww k . Part of the county road build ing crew ha been busy recently moving the machinery of the grav el screening plant from near tho 11. 1. Bechtel farm to the C. W. Mumford place just east of town i where they will- secure aurfacing material, to finish surfacing this end of the connecting link between the Whiskey creek market road and the Lostlnc-Lcun road. Dee Gastin was a business vis itor in town the last of the-week. J. if. flaun of Kvans left Sunday for La Grande where he goes fur medical attention. He has been troubled considerably during the past few months with nose and ear trouble. John Merry, of Dry Crock, was a business visitor In town tho lat ter part of the week. He reports that all harvest work In thai com munity has been finished and that j the most of the farmers aro nearly through with their fall seeding but slderable more moisture cornea, j in 11,18 "lon or the country. . . J that the ground Is too dry in most Some fif the fields which were f v Many people from this end of j fields for the grain to germlnalo. needed two and three weeks ago .t,,c valley were In attendance ' at . re beginning to show up preen in tn county fair held at Enterprise, j; ' TO SPKND $;t.Ou(i,IHH places wheru the soil contained l"rlng the latter part T the week. ) ni;V YOHK, Oct. 2 (AI) autne moisture. The rains this far 'T'1, weather .during the .entire candy dealer throughout the have been Insufficient to start the'j llire& days was cold und disagree- country plan to spend luuo.OMO new grass to anv extent and all dry nl), "' the crowds were not- ns n the next three years In a nation land pastures and range areas are ln "ge an usual. Good programs wide advertising campaign. Wall in poor condition for grazing, even Wrre P111 on oaen afternoon and street learned, where there I an abundance of old- Rtly enjoyed by. thotfe attend-, 1 ' . grass, stock are not doing well. ; lnf- Tle livestock showing at tluj Muro tJia:i o.OOti.OOO pounds of with everything so dry the stock J flr th year was considered by wm,iwvre handled bv the South .do not cat thLMlry feed well. Farm-,: '"""' to have been belter than Jmkotil couperativo Wool growers rrs who are milking cows and do-,eor b'ore. ; s this year pending on dry fomge from fields Hoy Gastin has been busy Hvenl , , ' r nnd pnstures report milk protlue- -u.v wi" p.i.-u w ecu cutting nay tor tion at a low point. I'astures n,,T. G. Johnson. An ensilage cutter tlie Irrigated sections are being h- UKef I" cutting th hay and ricnted frequently to keep them 'Putting it Into the barn for use growing during the dry weather. Irt feeling; the Johnson dairy ,'erd 'mere has been some shortage of during the,;w!nter. I, w. .Minor and uorgH Lussitin irrigation water at some places in this end of (he valley, "Practically all fall seeding has been finished and a few farmers have started to do some fall plovving, however, .with the soil ao extremely dry It N difficult to get much ground ' turned. The first killing frost tor reach gardens in the hill sections oeeiired her Saturday night When all tender vegetables were, nipped, severely. The most of the tender vegetables In the gardens In tho lower Hccllons of the county "were badly frosted several weeks ago when some severe frosts occured there. Drill Hudson of Middle valley was an ICnterpiise visitor the last of the week. Mr. Hudson owned -one of the raco horses entered In ' the races at the county fair. , j T. I,. Meliath was 'busy a few. days the 1U of the week doing; some papering and cleaning work ? at the school house in dlutrlct, 40. W. M. Downing and family, of Leap, attended the fair at Enter prise hist Friday, , ; ,- Konnclh K'eelor 'and wife; who have been wo'rRtng for Osmr Mnx weil at 11i1h ranch In thehllls, left the last of ihe week for: Milton vhere. they expect to visit with relatives fny n few days. I.. ', Jiihuson, of Hniilf e Klver. uas a business visitor in town the last of the week. The grasshopper. which have been In evidence in many parts (' the community In great numbers during Urn past several weeks, ap1 pear to be less numerous. The re J cent rains and cooler weather Is thought to have killed many of j litem and farmers say they do not: believe that enough .of them re main to cause any damage tu apfak of to the fall wheat which Is com ing up In places. Many of the gardens a nd orchards In the hill sections have been closely trimmed by the grasshoppers while nil other vegetation has been o dry. Mrs. Hertha Taylor Mulshedwork at C. It. McKlory's In Middle val ley tho first of 'ihe week. 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