La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 27, 1929, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Textft Ha (Srattite lEwmtig bBmr VALLEY NEWS GENERAL NEWS VOLUME XXVIII LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1929 NUMBER 111 OVER THE VALLEY Mabel E. Morton, Valley News Editor Phone,: Realdenca, 826-J; Offloe, Main IT A SEASONABLE RECIPE ki un Trip- MrH. Krank Conley and children, runt, Merrill and Aiuxine, wno ko on the Covo highway, left curly Ih week for an auto trip down In ullfornia. Thoy planned to bo ono about three weeks und will it numerous places during their ijscnee. o omo for Vaeutlon M 1mm Uuth Johnson, who teaches tho h it'll school at Tho Dulles, ut the homo of her parents near liUcel for the Christmas vacation. i -- pay in Town I Mr. und lira. Frank WoodoU of ur Sununerville, were in Lai jjundo Wednesday having their t!h rial mas dinner with his mother, fMrs. Ida Moats and family. 1 milly Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nlederer and tamily gave a splendid Chrialmus uner Wednesday at their home In ry Creek having members of Niederurs family as their iiests. Among those present were rantlma Wagoner, tho John War ier family und the Press Pugn mlly. Corvallis for a week and now their friends uro expecting them to ar rive In tho valley tho 3lHt. They and their two daughters, Harriett and Kttthryn, have been spending the year at Corvallis. Molhcr 111. Davo Osborne, residing near Im bler received word tills week to tho effect that his mother, who lives at I-ewiston. Idaho, was very ill of the flue. Mrs. Osborno Is well up in tho SO's and has been bother- old war picture of tho days of 1SG1 to IS (J ft. a plcturo mado back In cither Washington county or Henry county, Iowa, a good many years ago. It was tho sumo picture that the Morton children -rero familiar with and gazed . at with bated breath as deeds upon deeds that these men had done were recount ed and most of tho faces wen familiar ones. Mrs. Humbly was J an nunt of Mrs. Ola Habcock Mil ler, now past supreme president of the I'. K. O. sisterhood who visited I iamb Croquettes Kour tablespoons butter or mar garine. Kour tablespoons flour. Ono and ono-half cups milk. Ono and ouc-half cups minced lamb. One and ono-half tablespoons minced onion. Halt, pepper. Throe-fourths cup mashed po tato. Klour. Egg. I (read crumbs. Melt butler, add flour and blend thoroughly. Add milk gradually und cook until thick, stirring constant ly. A ild lamb and onion, senson ed with somo heart affections for ' ln 4a Orundo a year ago last sum- wolK. Cool 8lRhtlyi thon au-'(i mush. riitci'tafi. Families ; Mrs. Kay Fuller of near Alicel id Mrs. Will Adler of near La rande entertained 1ho mempers their family at a sumptuous tur y dinner Christmas day at the uller home. Those who were to- 'ther were Mr. ;rhd Mrs. James 13. oss of La. Grande, Mr. and Mrs. -win Mohh and daughter, Jane, of Heel, Mr. and Mrs. Adler und i Lighter, Genevieve and Mr. und Irs. Fuller and son, Dickie. somo time. Her family und friQiids are qulto ulurmed over her condit ion. To .Muddy Creek Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Miller of Lower Covo and Kenneth Proctor drove to Muddy Creek Tuesday and spent tho day at the hoiwt. of Mr. and Mrs. It. If. , Daniel. un lain- iiy. o Mevtlug Today Instead of having the meeting of tho Tapawaki Cump Flro girls tomorrow at tho homo of Miss Ava Woodell as had been planned, tho junior and senior groups are both meeting with their guardians this afternoon at Pleasant Grove grange hall. In tho company aro several girls who havo been away to college. o Making Visit Mrs. Ituby Docnnig of Muddy Creek is making a few days visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. It. Ledbetter neur Alice!. v 0 Clan Meets and Kilts Heveral members of (ho Wall singer family had u wonderful day together Wednesday at the home of "Tom and Ktha" on the Lower Cove road. Of courso everyone are and brief visit at the Itumhle homo. potato, chill. Slmpo into cro quettes, roll in flour, slightly beat- w ( en egg und bread crumbs. Fry in Dinner ut Fisher's 'deep fat heated to 360 F. (an inch Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fisher, J oh.-.- or bread browns in sixty sec daughler, Josephine, und son Jay) .mW tho fat). -w with pWu Nmvton, gave u dinner Wednesday j unt sauce, at their new home on the Covoj NOTli Hoast veal, beef or ham highway. Their guests were Mr. may be used ln place of tho lamb, and Mrs. Julius Fisher of Lower then the seasoning will need to bo Cove, Misses Mary and Margaret changed. Or rice may bo used in Taylor of Alicel and Mr. und Mrs. place of potatoes. Frank Mclvennon and son, Itussell, I - - and daughter, Frances, of near Im- i.eo cuiiuers, wuo o visits Lawrence Visits in Washington I Mrs. Jeanette Tuttle of lthino luirU has gone to Aberdeen, Wush IBgton, where she will make an ex- IllltlU V1H11 Ul UIU JIOIIIO Ul JIUI- IVIIUWM IllilL i llllU J'jlllR latives. She will be gone for sov- Mr. and Mrs. Tom'Wailslnger, pjrul weeks. .that Harold, Tom Jr., and young Cleland at the Island City store, ettiriLs lioine i aro their sons. Those who ate tur- Wo aro tardy in reporting Mrs. key with thorn wero Mr. and Mrs. arl McNabb's return to her homo Kvcrott Wallslnger, Virgil and ill Berkeley, California, Mrs. Mo- Marjorlo of Valeria district, Miss nabb and her littlo dauglitur had Hertha Wallsinger and Mrs. Joe Ui'en hero for a number of weeks Wood of La Grandp. Visiting at the home of hor mother, I o jjars. P. A. McDonald in tho Iowa Day ut Klgin r icighborhood. I Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hlchurds of - 0-r w -itho Covjs highway drove to KIgin ivo Dinner (Wednesday where they spent their Turkey and chicken, uccompu.nl- Christinas with Mrs. Itichards" iol with all sorts of other good mother, Mrs. Tracy, things made up the dinner whielT o Jr. and Mrs. Kd Dull, of Pleasant Ilcliirns Front Portland throve, served to three families of ( Mrs. W. O. Sherwood of tho side ttieir relatives Wednesday at their hill road is homo aguin from hor lbmc.Theso famlllcH woro Mr. and recent trip to Portland, iMrs. C. H. Arnoldus of La Grande, '. o tyr. and Mrs. Routh McKennon and "Week at Homo diiughter, Kvclyn, of Alicel, Mr. Miss Lydia Cleaver who teaches jjajid Mrs. J. A. Arnoldus und fam- north of KIgin is having her vaca ily of Pleasant Grove. , tion days ut tho homo of her par- trj o jents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cleaver i&'ls Along lcly . I near Imbler, H Frank McKlnnis of between Im-j o bjer and Sunimcrvillo, -who under- Take Dinner jWjtnt an operation for antrum' Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jasper, who (trouble last week, Is at his homo live on tho side-hill road woro at again and doing nicely, it is rc- the homo of their son and family, .ported. Mr. McKlnnis has boon a Mr. and Mrs. JOd Jasper and chli 'sufferer for years from asthma and dren in tho Vuleria district for 1cndrcd troubles. It is hoped that Christmas. jtJjis operation will give liim much i 0 jrolief. Mr. und Mrs. McKlnnis had lionecr Pusses several members of their family at i On the front page of last eve Ixpnie for Christmas dinner includ- nlng"s Obscner, there appeared a ing Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Thatcher news item consisting of two para aiul family of Haines, Miss Frances graphs which told of (ho passing Who is away teaching, Catherine, a Tuesday of a pioneer of Wallows student at the normal school, Mr. county, an aged lady, Mrs. J. A. Wiiw.I Mrs. John McKlnnis und fum- Humble. To most readers the Item Keith at homo, neiu interest, to somo u iiein con slderabln interest for the Kumblo family has been a promnient ono in Joseph nnd surrounding terri tory. Mr. Itumbio and a son pass- Ar- cd away a few years ago. Tho aged kn.sas where they spent Christ- lady and her devoted daughler-in-nias day nt the homo of Mfjlnw kept the home, ono of the Fj-onch's mother, Mrs. A. M. Mc- nicest and most attractive In that KVnnon. i part of Wallowa county. To Over J o I The Valley the news had more sig- j ClAIKTl-U'd n ecK ii 1 1 itancf. v ur j VUI M lllfl linns lluvo III Miest.s Mr. und Mm live on llio Lower (,'ovo road threw 'their home open to u company of Winslow, of Hermis-'ihi.ir riiitfvn mnutu. nw.i..hi.i-u of ton. student at. Willamette univer-tlM. Gray fumly Wednesday, und a sity. has been visiting among dinner was served which, wo aro friends in tho valley. jlul(li inclndt.(i ..juat overylhlng." 0 certainly including turkey. There To Other Valley were 40 relatives present for the Oscar Denshadler, living near1 feast. Flgin has gone to Western Oregon o where he contomplates spending Miv illlllimol, litorlulns mo winier. ne win no in 1'ori-1 land and other cities In tho Willa. motto valley. o Visit in Valley Mr. and Mrs. It. C. Alexander from the university and her dautrh and children of Island uvenuo have j tor, Faye, homo from tho Kastern , visit. lust visit In tho valley, born to them ubout three weeks ugo. o Dinner Guests Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Welch of Dryad, Washington were dinner guests nt the W. It. Ledbettor homo yestorduy. Mrs, Welch was a sor ority sister of the four Ledbettor girls while at Willumetto univer sity. o Gets tho Lamb Thoy say (hero Is ono proud boy ovor at Imbler. It Is Clayton Fox, son of Mr. und Mrs. Clay Fox. Clayton won tho ltoselawn special nt tho Pacific International Live stock show ut Portland this year And has now received tho prlxe, the 75 lamb. Since tho Portland show, tho lamb has been on ex hibition In shows ln tho middle west, particularly tho Nullonal Livestock show In Chicago. Given Surprise Miss Dorothy Mills, who Is a freshman at Whitman college, Walla Walla, camo homo Saturday to spend two weeks with hor par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Mills near Cove. On her arrival Saturday evening, she was honored by her mother, Mrs. J. K. Mills with a beautiful birthday dinner, Decem ber 18 having been hor ISth birth day anniversary. Covers woro laid for 11, tho' guest of honor, Miss Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. T. It. Con Utn, ".Miss Dorothy Uarkor, Mr. rnd Mrs. G. K. Darker und the Mills family, Mr. and Mrs. Mills. Allen, Gale and Lloyd. Af tor din ner the -evening, was Hpt-ii'. nt bridge -0 .Near Iteunloii Had Oltnn Ledbettor bcn tiblu to conio hoi. io from Salem t, unit Mrs. W. H. Led bo Iter would havo had their entire family with them for turkey on Chris mad. Tho din ner was a Humptuous ono with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. McKennon und Hay Ledbottor of Ii Grande, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Loonnlg of Mud dy Crook, Kva and K-ina Lodbot ter, of Weston, Marie from Willam etlo univorslty, tho host and host ess und son, Lyle, aurroundllig tho family board. . o Working oil Iloud Kvery day sees more work done on tho Cricket Flat road which Is being Improved us n county mar ket road. Tho-six or seven Inch foundation has been down for fomo time and tho top covering Is be ing put on now. This road will ce'rtalnly bo appreciated according to residents who will havo tlm una of It. f Aro Wed Ono of tho fino young men of tho valley, Clarence Berry of tho Iowa district wuh ono of tho prin cipals in a pretty homo wedding Christ mas day when ho married Miss Kfflo Hlunchard of 3a Grande. Tho groom Is a sou or Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Berry, Ills friends in tho virlloy offor to him ami his bride tho most sincere congratulations. Have Flno Iteunloii Members of tho family of Miv and Mrs. Sum Williamson, beloved plonnors living out on Covo nvo uun. had a wonderful family re union Wednesday at tho parental homo. The dinner wus served at tho some of the daughtor and sis ter, Mrs. Hcba (Dee) Davis and twin daughters, Susan and Mar garet, near tho Williamson homo, whllo thoy Hit wont to tho lattor placo for the big Christmas treo, It wus a vory happy ovont and wo Imagine one which wus in the mind of another daughter, Mrs. Wadu H rook a most of tho day. MrH. Urooks had planned to bo back homo for the holidays after 2 1-2 years In Cuba. It will be remem bered, however, that she got as fur us i lava una on hor trip where it was learned that tho trip homo I would be Impossible, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Williamson woro down from Wallowa Lake, and hor parents, Mr. und Mrs. Lovo of La G inn do were uihu Kuetun. mina out u. r w- liamson who had boon on a busi ness trip to San Diego. California, returned in timo for Cliristmus and (Continued on Page Five) Questionnaires Sent Out For O. S.C. Survey Acting County Agriculturist Wruy Lawrence has recently cir culated among grain furmors in this valley copies of a quosUon nutro which he -has rocontly re ceived from tho extension service -of tho Oregon Stato college, a part ofta project being started there to ascertain cortaln data rolativo to growing of grnlns and cereals in this purt of Oregon. It is a part " of a state wide survey und Mr. -Lawrence Is exceedingly anxious that Union county farmers respond 4 as quickly us possiblo to usslst in '.he project, . - Tho college Is asking such quon. lions as thoso, number of acres sown in grain, tho varieties sown, the yield during the past year. the. time of planting etc, Tho .grain situation in this state, particularly as regards tho best varieties for . definite soil und cllmato conditions has been the mutter of much in vestigation und it is hoped that in Bocurlng this first-hand Informa tion from tho growers themselves much good may be accomplished in tho stuto, ... I Things uro rathor quiot in tho 'county agriculturist's offico thoso days, with only rout I no work oc cupying most of the tlmo. - Mr. Avery, county agriculturist ia ex pected to bo back at his desk next wock after an absence of a year, and such projects as will be taken up during 1930 will thon bo given attention. Mr. Lawrence, was half : don such splendid work in ult lines in tho valley for tho yci Just passing does not yot know whore I ho will bo next year. Tho matter I of tho locution of county agents in ; determined largely by governing officials und Mr. Luwrenco bus not yot rocelvod doflnlto word. Two places havo boon under consldora . tion for somo time. Mrs. Fred Hamilton, living on her ranch neur Summerville guvo j the dinner Wednesday to u nani ! ber of hor 'relatives Including, bo i sides her son, Wellington, homo for Visit Daughter holiday Oregon Normal, and Dick Moore j tvho lives ut the Hamilton home, I ' ) Mr.' and Mrs. Hugh Huron and j son, Hublne, Miss Anna Urooks, Mr. Mr. and Mfs. Gilbert D. Mrown (and Mrs. Clydo Myers, son Charles came Irom Lakevtew. Oregon to and daughter, Lawunnu. spend Christmas ut tho homo of! o their son-in-law and dauirhter. County Agriculturist and" Mrs. Wray Lawrence and their baby daughter. Their daughter had come to the valley lust week, and Christinas was a happy one at the Lawrence home. Mrs. Lawrence is setting along nicely though she is still not able to be around. Here From Idaho ' Mr. und Mrs. Theo McClain, who I have been ut Naippa, Idaho all tho fall, came homo Sunday to spend the holidays with their par ents, Mrs. Allio MoCluin und Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Loroo of tho Cove. Mr. und Mrs. MeCluln have u new baby daughter since their nily of Imbler nnd Ki ljX was a very happy occasion. 1 o jTHp lo Arkansas tAVr. and Mrs. It. S. French of tho !Cpvo have gone to ClarksviUe, UNCLE DUNHAM SPEAKS .L'nL'le Dunham Wrihl, beloved resident ut Medlcul HprhiK", prom inent, pioneer, now up In Ihe all's, sends tho following urectlnKS to raiders ot Over The Viillry at this Christmas season. The verses wero just ruceived yesterday utleruoon, else they would huvo uppcured Tuesduy,t Christmas Kve. or tho Christmas live ot Ihe lonif ago, on which I love to dwell, When the day's work all was finished and the shades of evenliiK fell, When the father and the mother, the sister and the brothel' All passed the Jlappy Christmas round the same lieurthslone together; U was Christinas Eve at our home, and Christmas In the morn And plenty of Kood hominy, all made ot food, white corn; There was buckwheat batter In the Jar to make the cakes wo uto And plenty of good niaple syrup to uuike them, good und sweet. Oh, for the happy childhood days, of the very long ago, When the girls, they woro the llnsey and the boys wore shirts ot tow, When the mother with her needle she patched up all the chillies, And tiie father cobbled up tho shoes, when they were out ut the toes. -Many ottlie boys today they were no patched clothes, ' They smoke clgarets and make a smokestack of their nose; And many girls wear their silks iiulte above their knees, Catering to fashion, If they do almost freeze. l!ut wo know old Hautu is coming, with a great load on his sled, To fill all the Utile stockings while tho children aro In bed, To all of those who this may read may the world to them be bright, "A .Merry Christinas and Happy .ew i'cur" is the wish of JJunliaill Wright. POM f nlflcance. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Avery post- on ono of tho walls of the Humble ed the date of their leaving home and perhaps still does, nn Why is Meadow Harvest Butler Always Good? Uecau.sc liUTTEU is our sole product und our un divided attention is devoted to it. We have but one use for good cream. That use Is In mak ing GOOD UUTTUU. Ours is lh only creamery plant in lia.lern Oregon mainline luring butler exclusively. Therefore, we arc JJUTTliU SfU-CIAMSTS. our ('Iti:A.ti;UV NO. SI on a buller wrapper is your unlet of lop tiuulliy. guur UNION CREAMERY 1112 Jefferson Ave. Main 122 . Creamery No. 51 CROP CONDITIONS MORE PROMISING IS WALLOWA NEWS Precipitation lias dune much to relieve and improve crop condit ions, feeding prospects etc. in Wal lowa county according to word re ceived from our correspondent In that section. Conditions havo been more or less discouraging in cer tain localities, but ln and around Wallowa things seem to be. more encouraging, our reporter writing us follows: The weather prevailing over this section at this time is somewhat 'more winter-like than the proceed ing weeks of this month. The ground over the greutor part of the ; county has been covered with a few inches of snow since the early j part of last week. While the .went her has not been cold it has been necessary for furmors in gen Icral to do considerable feeding of j livestock, as pastures and fields have been pastured out quite short during the several weeks while no snow layed on the ground making it rather short - picking for the I slock utter the fall of a few inches j of snow. .Some of the farmers est! ma to , thiit with the open wcath'-r whieh has pn-vuiled up until about a week ago. pnietbiilly one third of tin- fi-ed useij during a normal winter h;is been saved und should the spring prove no later than that of the average winter they feel that prese nt supplies of w inter feed should hold out well und bring the stoek through to good grass in good condition. Full plowing wus started ut a number of ttie farms in the hill mo.st or those plowing wero only able to get in a few days plowing, because of the coining of the snow and rather severe freezing of the ground. Some of thoso who wore plowing just bcroro tho last snow came, report that tho mol.il lire hud gone into the soil seven und eight inches ut that time und thut tho soil plowed in flno shupe, Komi: fields of late sowed wheat were greatly benefitted by the late warm spell und ruins, some who sowed grain us late us the latter part of November report that much of the grain became sprouted und some was coming up when the weather turned colder. Wheat growers feel thul the wheat Is going Into the winter in very good shape und that barring any damage from damaging freez es during the early spring season, prospects for m-xt years crop ure promising. The gra m on Ihe e rl y ru nges. while being small this full und providing but littlo pasture for stoek. Is thought by stockmen lo have secured enough of u start to bo considerable Jit.-lp In making early grass In the spring. The water Mihj;i)ioii Is said to have Improved connid'Tubly ut many of the funnfi in the dry farming ureas slnco tho recent storms. When tho rains nturted many in various parts of the county wero having lo haul water for a dlstuneo of several iul'-H for watering sotuo of ihclr stock and for house use. Home of the wells and springs arc said to section following the soaking ruins 'be rulslng some since tho moisture of two vcuk ufo, uowever, tLo lorn goco deeper into tho soli. January 1930 ushers in a real "new year" for food buyers. MACMARR'S food distributing system is now fully organized on a Western-wide scope that com mands for you the best brands, the best grades and the. best prices. Efficient methods and facilities speedily bring these foods and household items to you clean, fresh and pure. 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