Tuesday, January 7, 1930
LA GRANDE ; , fiNING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Page Five
day in La Grande Monday on buai-
11088.
Checker Kirts Itusy
The checher tournament which
has boon can. si lift much Interest
among local rivals in under way
now. Mr. Cooper Ik hi the lead with
1 i games won and Jo lost. Kloyd
Ua::ter comes next with eight
games won ami 10 lout, Snyder is
next with soven games won and
seven lost, Otis Veal has won hIx
games and lost six games, I-J. K,
Jlmiey won five and lost one. Hud
Heard won four and lost eight,
Hcek won one game and lost live.
J.oren Carver, air. Newman and
Mr. J'oston havo not as yet played
any games. 11, V. Smith is a new
contestant In the tournament.
Program Held
An interesting program was pre
sented Sunday night by the M. J. A.
of the first ;md second wards of
the Jv. I. S. at tho Ml. Glen church.
Vho slogan was presented by Nephi
loopibs; Mrs; Helen M. Geddea
nans1 a vocal number; an inter
esting account of the life of WIU
lord Woodruff was told by L-elH
Wright; Miss Harbara. Hlatt pre
sented a vocal solo, and a piano sc.
led ion was played by M,rs. Nephi
Coombs.
Triit'l'io Accident
iJrlveii by C. K. Kipp, of Cald
well, Ida,, and William Zirkovieh,
of La Grande, two earn collided at
12:85 p. m. yesterday at Kir and
Jefferson. 'J'Jie character of the
pavement was "snow and Ice" and
in his report to the police, Mr. Klpp
said the accident was unavoidable.
Ontlssioii , t
The nanys, of lOva-OlsonInno'r
sentinel and , '.Flossie Kngle, outer
sentinel; officers of the Supreme
Korest Woo.drtian circle were omit
ted through an error when given
to The observer in a recent story
of the installation.
J-Ilks Dance Tonight
The committee In charge of the
Jlks dance, to be Kivcn this eve
ning as the first of the new year's
series, announces that a Spanish
dance by two Wsenorilas" will be
one of the features of the event.
Much Interest has been shown in
tin dance and a large attendance Is
anticipated.
Funeral Tomorrow .
Kunernl service's for the Hev.
William 1 laird will be held nf Mak
er tomorrow" afternoon at 2 o'clock,
according to ; word received here
today. .
Kvnngclisltc Meeting
.1. J. Gillespie, of Salem, ,ls here
today and this evening will con
duct an evangelistic meeting in the
church of God, at X and Spruce.
Ifis subject vrtll be "God's Remedy
for Sin." The public is invited.
lieturned to 'A'he Dalle
Mrs. C. A; H r o d i e ret u r n e d to
The JJalks after visiting here
wllh her daughter. Miss Mary
Could J 'arsons, for a week.
Kclnni in a' Kew Days
Kherwood Williams, who went to
l'ortland last weekend on a -business
trip, is expected to return in
a few. days.
YMtlng Here
Mr. and M.rs. J. M. Koby. or
l'ortland, are visiting at the M. M.
Hunt home for several days. Mr.
Koby is a former manager of the
.1. C. I'enney store at JOugenc,
wliere Mr. limit was employed.
J'Yom Hot Ijkc
M. M. Hunt who has been ill for
some time, was removed to his
home front Hoi Lake yesterday.
Knjoynblo Trlpr
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K 3 1 tides
brand have returned home from
Uishinton and Uritish Columbia,
Avnere they spent the holidays vis
fling with relatives and friends.
They report a most enjoyable trip.
Hun Hre ,
The fire truck was called to the
Greenwood school at 7:45 o'clock
Utis morning because of a flue fire.
There was no damage.
Making I'reparn1lns
The La Grande lodge of Masons
is making preliminary arrange
ments for !i county meeting to be
1F2
IN TM1 WBST
Store No. IS
La Grande, Ore.
Jumpers -Overalls
Ilig cut, durable gar
ment's, designed to please
by exceptional service.
Coats
. $1.29
. Overalls
$1.65
held sometime the latter part of
January or the first of February
at La Grande. All the county
lodges are being invited to .par
ticipate in the degree work.
At the Hotels i
I-:. I Tobln, Seattle: Krud Mull,
Halter; J. H. Spilth, Walla Walla;
C. W. Todd, Sunnyslde; J. c.
Itatcheldn, Walla Walla; U A.
Grunk, Walla Walla; Kd Johnson,
l'ortland; It. W. Leonard, Walla
Walla; John Sue, Kpokuno; 1 l.
Sutherland, linker; 13. It, Keller,
l'ortland; Henry Lloyd,' Milton; J.
Meyer, Seattle; William Dixon,
l'ortland; Jack JO Hanks, Port
land; V. Kaun, HoIse: , Mr;-'and-Mr.
J. L, Stearns, Portland; A. 13.
White, Pendleton; W. It. Harms,
llolse: It. H. BcnuehainpH. Omaha;
J. C. Smith, Portland; C. P. Hags
dale, Halter; H. Miller, Portland;
M;r. and Mrs. if. A. itoss, Portland;
Carl Rodgers, Portland lire among
registrants at local hotels, -V
Called by Illness
Hurry Kreneh has been called to
KansuH City, Al'o.. by the sudden
death of his brother Charles, who
was killed In an accident. He was
expected to arrive at his destina
tion yesterday. While there he
intends to visit relatives and will
probably bo gone about three
weekH, Mr. French's home was In
Missouri until he came west about
ten yeaiH ago. r ;
J tot ur tied to llermistou -
;.Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Prindle, of
irermiston, who have spent the
holidays visiting at tho N. H. Mor
rison home, returned homo last
night on No. 23. Mrs. Morrison
and Airs. Prindle are sisters.
To Move lint?
Mr. and Mrs. A. 1(. Moore, or
Portland, spent the day in La
Grande yesterday In preparation to
their moving here about tho fif
teenth of this month to make their
homo at the Grande Hondo apart
ments. They returned homo last
night. 'Mr. Moore' expects to take
tho place of Mr. Junes, storekeep
er for the O.-W.
Visited Here
: 13arl Zeelc and family, of Hend,
who visited at the F. O. Craig home
over New Year's, left yesterday
morning on their way home. Mr.
Zeek is a'brother of' airs. Craig.
Hero Yesterday
airs.'F. iM'arie Fndburg, of Bak
er, spent yesterday as tho guest
of Mrs.. Peter Hedgren and Mrs.
Edward Streiff.
lieturned Home : ' .- -.
Miss Mildred Hiatt, vhrthas been
visiting he-'t'.6fin1v,lifiiitfa H'iatt
since New Year's eye.-Jius return
ed to her home iii Huker."
From Paradise
Mrs. o. L liodmer, of Paradise,
spent yesterday In l.u Grande, be-fore-
continuing her way to Phoe
nix to visit her father and brother.
She drovo from Paradise to La
Grande yesterday. Mrs. Hodmer
expects to be gone about two
months. '
Vacation Trl r
Melen Dahlvang leTt recently on
her way to Kansas City and way
side points, expecting to be gone
until the first' of February. She
intends to spend-' most of her va
cation In Denver and vicinity.
To Attend Deliver Meet
K'. K. Miller, of Union, and F.ni
est Johnson, of Wallowa, ''were
among five delegates named ul a
meeting of the Cattle and Horse
Halsers association ut Huker yes
terday, to attend, the meeting of
the American Livestock association
in Denver Jan. Lr-17.
Leaves Hospital
' Mrs. J. L. Hawes and young son,
of. ;M'eachami, left the Wonderlick
hospital yesterday to spend a few
weeks with her mother at 1507 W
avenue, after which they will re
turn to their home.
Kxpcvled Home .
iM'iss .Vera Beutty, University of
Washington graduate In business
administration, is expected home
this evening. '
Ketumcd Home , ' ;
' C. H. Dodge and , Mj and M rs.,
U. D., Smith, or Pomeroy.i Wash.,
who yisited air. and airs... June
HUileiip ,for several'days, have re-,
turned home. Mr. Dodgo and airs.
Smith a'ro airs. Staloup's father. aud
sister.
Arrived This. Morning
J. 1-J. Hiiodenpyle, of Pendleton,
arrived this morning' on business.
Marriage Situation
In Baker Improves
TiAKliHi Ore., (AP) The mat
rimonial situation in Baker county
was considerably improved in 1HL'!)
over lflS, according to figures re
leased by the county clerk's office.
In !)!!! 'there were 170 marriage
licenses issued and till divorce sijjts
filed.,, Of- the G3 suils filed, 57
resulted - in'-' decrees being , issued.
In UiUS there were 3 7fi 'marriage
licenses issued, 103 divorces filed
tind 8 8 'divorce decrees .granted.
1 HU-. LOI S LISTED
On IVusiness - ,
E. Crossen and M. K. I3ue, of
Haker, were business visitors in La
Grande yesterday.
Spent the ly
airs'. J, af. Casey and daughter
T'lorence from "Meaeham sjient the
.' 5Lrq'jSKE. .'!Or.o.w- (AP) 1'Tre
lossesln 'ugene for tlio year lli!
wyro ,52,3;i0, Recording to W. E.
NusbHjv'Ufire chief. insurance
totaling'' ?,0Tr).' was collected on
firesr Anlioi'ber and Novem
ber went without' fire loss.
a. 3U'shlk;ht. dies
POK'ITANb,. Ore., Jan. 7 (AP)
r-. .(1. .'Hush light, former mayor
6f;;'PuHlandv;,and state legislator,
wir6 suffered a heart attack while
attending the funeral of tho late
Governor I. L. PatteVson at Salem,
died yesterday.
Mr. Reynolds Is
Laid to Rest In
Cove Cemetery
Ily Mrs. 'A. ti. Coiikllu
(Observer Correspondent)
CUV IS (Special) After a long
illness Win, Heynolds died at his:
homo here early Friday morning. I
Mr. Keynulds had been In fulling!
health for a vear or more but had
been confined to his bed for several
weeks, lie was bom September J10,
1S4U in Tennessee. All of his early
life was passed the're. . In an ad
joining county ia tho same state he
met aiiss Li..ie T. truer who bo
came his wife June. 12, 1S7G. (Jne
child was born to them that died la :
infancy. .They came west , in 1
the nineties living at the mines
I near linker City for a few years
before coming to Cove. In 1 sit i
they bought a home in Cove where
they have since made their home.;
Mr. Reynolds only had one bio-!
tlier who died in the Civil war.1
airs. Keynolds was an only, child
and in losing her hu.vband she Is
left without kith or kin, Funeral
services were held at the Aletho
1 dist-Episeopal church Sunday af
i ternoon w ith Her. W. A., Winters
in charge and Interment in tho
liosu lildgo cemetery.
) air. and airs. Geo. aiiller eele-
bratcd the 55lh anniversary of their
marriage at the home of their son,
Frank aiiller, New Year's day. air.
and Mrs. F. . aiiller gav.s a little
party honoring this event. Covers
were laid for twelve. For the past
three years this couple have spent
j their anniversary at their Califor-'
nia home but this year they pre
J ferrod to spend the winter in Ore-
gon.
t .Mrs. Geo. Miller clehruled her
J 7 1 st birthday a tew days before,
.j December 2H being hev naial day.
! Her daughter, airs. Jack Smith,
J gave a dinner af this time honor
ing airs. Miller's birthday. Covers
were laid for six, M r. and airs
Jack Smith, air. and airs. George
aiiller und Mr. and airs. E. E. aiil
ler Tho group of girls who were
studying missionary work under
ai is. i jillia n Allen last yea r, were
entertained by airs. Allen Thursday
afternoon. The girls bad received
a number of letters from the mis
sionaries in foreign lands and at
this time letters were written In
reply, each girl enclosing a gift, of
an American-made handkerchief.
airs, aiinnette Sentner very de
lightfully entertained a few friends
at her home Tuesday evening at
a watch night party. New Year's
day Mrs. Sentner opened the swim
ming pool for free swims. There
were several people from Cove and
La Grande who enjoyed the privil
ege. Cove is very proud to be the
j home of one" of 'the' two Union
county boys vhn u.iv lifted as hon
or students at the University of
Oregon. Francis (,'oud Is the Cove
boy listed.
Francis, Carl, and Kobert Coad
and Edward Hloom left Wednes
day afternoon to resume their
work at the university.
Miss Dorothy aiills will leave
Sunday to resume her work at
Whitman. She has enjoyed two
weeks vacation.
The young people of tho Baptist
church hud u very enjoyable party
at tho L. D. S. community hull
Friday evening. Contests and tfamoA
were played until a late hour when
lunch was served. Those present
wero .Mr. und airs. Georgo Ander
son, Eugene and Louise Anderson,
Albert Conklln, Lois and aiae Fish
er. Mr, aud airs, Georgo Golay,
Dorothy, Bessie und Leonard Golay.
Mr. und airH. Eddie Hartley und
two children, Alva Hartley, Hurolu
Johnson, Gruydon Loree, Mrs.
Charles Hancock, Phyllis Hancock,
Ben Darrel und Bernard Dellorde,
Darcy McCool, aiuxlno und Lloyd
Murchison, Wallace Nelson, M'ul
vina and Kdward Lund, Eugene
Hohinson, Millard, Dean and Par
del! VanDong, Mrs. H. D, While
and Utah and Bertha White.
Ice Jams Cut
Off Water For
Time At Union
Hy W. V. Connor
(Observer Correspondent)
V N I o N (Special aiondny
morning water users in Union wore
hardly able to secure enough water
through tho pipes to supply their
needs, tho pressure having gono
down during tho night. Men wero
sent up Catherine, creek to lo.catc
the trouble which was found to be
tho Ice jani above tho intake. Tho
obstruction was soon removed and
the pressure In the pipes was soon
back to norinul. t
At their regular meeting lh the
K. P. hull i Saturday afternoon
Pieston Belief corps number 22 in
stalled its officers for tho new year.
Mrs. -Alary Mlnnick acting as In
stalling officer. New officers for
litau will be: President, -Annu
SchoonoVer; senior vice president,
Nora Cheney; junior vice, Afuy
Scott; secretary, Hello Huslck;
treasurer, Pearl Chad wick; chap
lain. Pearl A1,Hlcr; guard, May
Scott; assistant, Lou Jithrop; con
ductor, Lillle Fickle; assistant,. El
la Zeek; .patriotic instructor; Lou
isa Hurwell; press, Agnes Paddock,
and color bearers. Alary Elliott, Lil
lle Cross, Cora Griggs und Eunice
Seh nek. Nora -'Cheney, tho. rctlr
fng president, -'wis the recipient of
a present from the corps, Agnes
Pudfjoek making fho presentation.
Following the lodge meeting the
members enjoyed one of tho corps'
usual "feeds." -
George Foster, who Is now mak
ing his home ut Hot Lake, was re
ported as seriously ill this week.
Union High busketball boys play
ed their first scheduled game of
the season when the North Powder
team was defeated by . a narrow
score on the Union gym floor Fri
day night.' 'Jnal score was Union
2H, North Powder 20. Union's line
up during the game included Par
ent. Davis, Miller. ,1ilde, Conklin,
Cdlklwn.a-iu(.(Uuui). . i
The remainder of tho season's
schedule includes: ,
Jan, 10 La. Grande there.
Jan. 1 1 Wallowa here.
Jan, 1 7 Baker here.
Jan. IS Haines then?.
Jan. HI Wallowa there,
Feb. I Enterprise there.
Feb. 7 Huker there.
Feb, K-! Enterprise here.
Fob. 14 La Grande hero.
Feb. 15 Haines here.
Thia leaves throe weekends open
for games with other shchoulH und
u return guim with Haines High
school.' Cove, Imbler and Elgin
will probably be Included in the
full schedule. r
T. M". Haird was culled to Haker
last Saturday by tho death of Ills
father, tho Uv. William Dalrd.
Funeral services will not bo hold
before Wednesday, the delay being
to permit a sister who lives at a
dlstaneo to reach Huker in time
for the service. A new man Is tem
porarily filling the place of T. M.
Hnlrd hero while lie is away, air,
Halrd Is local manager for the
AInc.Alurr store located here.
Cecil Jones, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Charley Jones, who has beon in
Portland for several weeks at' n
hospital, Is homo again and enroll
ed in tho local school. Ho was in
the hospital for .treatment for ah
injured urm,
George Sclbird, publisher of the
local Weekly Kopubllcuu. iB nurs
ing a very sore shoulder tho result
of a full at his home a few days
ago. Although tho Injured shoul
der is painful Air. Sclbird has been
able to, be at his office and look
after his work.
TALKING PHIL
SCOTT NOW AS
FIGHT FINALIST
In butterfat Is partly duo to the
Increasing mho of oleo a result
of depressed labor conditions na
tionally und Ideal production con
ditions during tho last year. Or
dinarily butterfat stocks in storago
ut this time of tho winter uru high,
but this year much higher than
usual. Ho declared that there
need bo no alarm as to ovor expan
sion of the dairy Industry, na thia
is hardly true as statistics show
seven per cent fewor cows on farms
now than 10 years ago. However,
average productions has increased
duo to better breeding, feeding and
management.
"Tho stability of prices under
such conditions will depend upon
the control possessed by tho pro-
producers ovor their products." air.
Selfors mild. "To provo this reli
gion tho farm consumers of oleo
all over tho gallon (should use
butter for 10 days and tho entire
surplus would be wiped from tho
murkot and wo would not havo
anything to worry about."
$H(i(l,12.KO Annual J 'ay roll
Figures on the dairy industry in
Union county showed that the val
ley has 5,(100 dairy and 1,780 dual
purpose cow's, a totul of 7,380 dairy
cows over two years old. Conser
vatively estimated, theHO cows pro
duce 1,038,300 pounds of butterfat
or an overage of 222 pounds per
cow. This butterfat sold ut an
average price, for 1!2P of 4H cents
a pound, making a total of $780,
412.80, , ' ' , ....
Tho uvorago ndlk production la ,
nearly 6, 000 pounds per cow or u
total of 8tf,900,000 pounds. Thia
milk, if fed to hogs und chickens,
hua a feed value- of 20 conta per
100 pounds, of $73,800. Thia mnkea
the grnnd total value of produc
tion of dairy cows in Union county
exctuslvo of the Increase, at 800,
212,80, or a monthly lnconVo of
$71,084.33.
HuUerrut Average) High
Air. SclforH said that while tho
average production of butterfat la
188 pounds, tho averago for Ore
gon is about 200. In tho Hulry
Herd . Improvement' ' association,1
from May 5, 1028 to May 5, 1920,
the average production of butter
fat waa 280. C pounds,
On6 feature that makes dairy
ing very ottrucllvo in thia aectlon,
tho speaker said, is that "wo can
produco alfalfa hay, tho most im
portant rouu-Jiage, chapor ,thun ,
anywhere else."
Albert It, Hunter, secretary, re
ported briefly on tho work being ;
done by tho homo marketing com- .
mitteea, ami in visits paid to
granges by tho president, A. W.
Nolson, and himself, air. Nelson
appointed a hotel convention com-,
milteo during the business part of
tho luncheon hour.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 ( AP) The
second annual "liattlo of the
1 'Mints" ut ailama, Feb. 27, may
yet become an international alrug
gle with Jack Shnrkey, the Hoston
gob, in one corner of tho ring and
Phil Scott, London's most famous
fireman,, in tho other.. V r
;! Hack from HpHlun.and their vain
'efforts to. induce Sharkey -to meet
Tuffy Griffiths nt Miami, ADuJison
Square Garden-offlclalo have begun
negotiations with Jimmy Johnston,
Scott'a plnt-sl.ed munager.
Financial matters already have
brought discussion of a Scott
Shurkey mulch to an Im.passu but
the wrinkles eventually . may ho I
ironed out .to :.Uio.. satisfaction of i
evci-yomv concerned, ' "
Tho garden makes no secret of
tho . fact that It would prefer Grif-
flths us well ua several otherH to
Scott, hut Shnrkey appears adam
ant on tho subject, of Tuffy und
Hruen despairs of bringing the
Huston go.b around" to the corpora
tion's way of thinking, Scott may
turn out to be the only heavyweight
uvullu.hle for the date und, ut the
same time, agreeable to Shnrkey.
DAIRY COWS
BRING 'LARGE
SUM YEARLY
(Continued from Pago One)
today at noon at tho La Grande
hotel. .
The annexation problem was dis
posed of when no-opposition de
veloped to laying It on tho table.
W. C. JJorkins mudo the motion,
which was seconded by F. A.
Epling, Following tho veto there
was some discussion.
Air. Selfors gave some very in
teresting fiKUroH, m'ost of them, pre
pared by himself, which gave local
business men, a new Insight Into
tho significance of tho dairy In
dustry, incidentally, air. Selfors
pointed out ihat the present decline'
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