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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. ' She
visited at Mrs. Meek's a I'eW dny-"
during the Week and left for ' her
liom at I." Grande Saturday.
Oscar Maxwell finished seed ins
n large acreage of summer fallow
m t he V. G. Couch ranch in the
hills the la It or part of the week.
I'eer hunter have uoit" Into th
moved their sheep to range in the
"Whiskey creek" section during the
early part of 'the we.k. r0r the
past few weeks they have bea,n
ranging the. sheep .on land Mr.
'Minor has leased 'from Mrs. Mar-,
garet McDonald In the hills a few
miles east of town, but with the
continued dry weather the gratfs
has become qu 1 1 c ehnrt there fur
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