La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 24, 1930, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextJ bmwv VALLEY NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XXVIII LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930 NUMBER 135 OVER THE VALLEY Mabel K. Morton, Valley New Editor Pbonest Iteaidence, 826-J; Office, Main 87 Tlio Coufcrenco The one Important iivunt of next week for every resident of Union county, who can possibly utUmd, la the fltrv until unniml economic con Tferenco which coiihh on Monday. Tuesduy and rt!dnesduy, Junuury 27, 28 und 29. Topics of vllal In terest to ull interested in butler fur in I und better f;irmtrH will be up for discussion, present prob lems of un'JHual significance will be treated In un effort to find u solution. In fuct, the entire three day session will be filled with im portant features. For the women, outside of those tvho are primarily Interested in dairying or the poultry industry, perhaps, tho part of tho conference which will appeal the most are the home economic iiirssions of Tues day und Wednesday, when special ists from the state college, the county nurse, Miss Alice Mar quurdt, und Mrs. Waller M. fierce will be the speakers, und Mrs. 'Frank Mclienuuii of near linbler will be the presiding officer, Tho important thing now is to plan and arrange to attend, and at tend us many of the sessions us j possible. o bchuol Closed Tlila Week j Ou the account of tho death of Mr. Cruikshank of Klein, grand father of Miss Margaret Hall, teacher of the Dry Creek school, the directors distukmud Ischoul for thla week. Home other schools in' the county were closed on account of the extreme weather. i , ': O ' Loses Cow' ' ?.J Mrs. Ktellu, Witty of near Klgin ; liad the misfortune to lose u valu able Holsleln cow a. week ago to day; IClther bloat or poisoning was the cause of its death,. . ; j' . -. ' I Ut urns to Salem Glenn -JjodbctU'r who 1ms boon pending a three-day vacation . nt ihe homo of his parents near All eel, lias returned to his work ut Salem. Ill Miss .Madeline. Oliver of Dvy Creek, a student at tho Jmbler high school has- been confined ;-lo her home thlti week by lllnesa. HI JILss Cowglll InJiirtNl . Miss Helen Cowgill, of C'orvallls. who spont some time in the valley last fall working with County Sup erintendent K. A. Kayro in organis ing some 4-H clubs was injured In an automobile accident in Portland lust week according to reports that have been received here. Miss Cow gill's injuries wore not severe and she Is able to be at her work with club organisations over the state. At the lliiio of the accident she was doing some club work in Portland. The Injuries received were confined to, her head. find someone with a team und sled to take her tho rest of the way. o Home Mr. und Mrs. I. K. Chenault of the Valeria district ure honi from their trip of several weeks in Cali fornia. Western Oregon and Wash ington. , o Has N'leco M Ins Lorene Curnes. daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. (loorgo Carnea of near Cove has boon spending this week at tho home of her unelo nnd aunt. Mr. und Mrs. John Duhlstrom at Moss Chapel and taking treat ment for her eyes In La Grande. o AH Hay .looting The weather and the roads were responsible for a smaller ultend- Work Slow . Jim Dobbins of Moss Chapel re ports that very naturally the work I on his new .sheep burn is going on J very slowly during this weather. He , ih wiping 10 nave me uuiming en- j IU1(H! mn Us,ml (lt tnc imM,tfri( closed very soon and the finishing yesterday of the ladles Aid soefetv postpimeu mini spunf, :or Island City at the home of Mr. Portland where she had been since before Christmas with her aged will be opens, mv. uoonms says no uhimi ;ltm MrH John Schroeder in tho to think that his old sheep 1inrn!KOtf vUlb district. Onco Inside tho was some burn, but this one s to ; beautiful home of Mr. und Mrs. be fur ahead of It, in both size and jsehroedor. the cold and the rouds in Interior arrangement. The build- ; were entirely forgotten .and the mg siautis uuxmu leei; wmcn may i nH.c.llnff( wnk.n WIlM a HOt.,u, n,ol came up, got across the pond nnd then returned. Thero wus soma pretty brisk rubbing for awhile uf terwards, with the supply of bat a towels being none; clothes were donned and to dato tho lads are re ported to be none the worse for the i experience. One boy is reported to have said that after the first plunge ull ho knew was that he wus just numb. No wonder. Prominent Granger Coming County Agent Harry Avery has received word from Hoy Uitner of Pendleton to the effect that A. H. Hhumwuy,. who is quite widely ; known in this locality wit) come with him to tho economic, confer-j enee next week und will have some- j thing to say about tho national j wool-marketing plan, before one i section of the conference. This is i iroori ticws tn I'nhni cninili' iikii ' I who have come in contact with j Mr.Shumway in different ways and ! at different times. His discussion j will add to the strength of the pro- j gram, it is asserted. ; HetiiniM 1-Ynm Poriluntl I Mrs. Oarrott Hlokland of near! Islaiul (Mty has returned from ; r : Mrs. W. K. Hrock, of north of Kumniervllle. was Lake the first of xhedteul cure. taken to Hot tho weftk for not mean us much to the uverag laymen us the fact that Piu.ouO shingles will be required that means more than half ip carload. Shingles run about 2 SO to the bundle and one bundle wilt cover ibout :t6 square feet of roof, we are told. So School Pupils ut I ho linbler school hud a vacation Wednesday on account of frozen pipes etc. in tho building. Has IXfrtrully Miss Ivy Jjunmun, who lives in linbler, teaches at the Pleasant Grove school. Ordinarily the trip from homo to school is rather an enjoyable one. Kho experienced considerable difficulty Monday morning In reaching her school, however. . The first difficulty was fu finding a cur that could be slurt- ed on sub-zero morning. After starting, she thought it would be better fo follow the highway so Hlurted by tho way of Island. 011 y. On reaching the road that runs north from the Island City bridge the drifts were so bad the ear could not get through. Ho the only thing lo do was to return to Imbltfr and gy byllio way. of Hummei;villo. -Tho rouds were drifted so badly from Hummerville by the high winds of Sunday, that it was necessary to Imagine a Meal Without Butter! ! - And now with the price of Meadow Harvest lower than v for several years you can use this perfect but- . ter with a feeling of economy. Read your grocer's ad in this paper tonight then specify Meadow Harvest when ordering butter to morrow. UNION CREAMERY 1112 Jefferson Aver Main 122 Creamei-y No. 51 ing, wus most thoroughly enjoyed. The pot luck dinner was served at one o'clock, the company being seated at one very lonfif'c&ble. With Mr. and Mrs. Waller MVlereo as guests, the group wero in no hurry to leave tho table and there they lingered in Informal conversation until along In the afternoon. The rest of the afternoon was spent visiting und on fancy work. o Have Colli llatJi To be dared to do a Ihlng will send most anyone to an unusual tusk or .lo have someone wager that you can't do a thing will spur you on to nt least make tho at tempt. That Is probably the rea son u couple of youths up In the Dry Creek neighborhood took u very cold bath last Saturday in the Slack pond. Men of that vicinity have been cutting their supply of ice at the pond. Suluruiiy while the work was progressing tho iiuestion of swimming across (he pond and back again come up. Things waxed warmer ami warmer, and finally two boys, in spilo of remonstrances of the older heuds In the crowd, hurriedly disrobed, dived off a block of Ice, went down under, mother, who lives there nnd who'j has been In un Invalid condition for j t o At The lHke Charles Hamunn of the Cove ihaving been III for auine time. I -o- ' XeW Clubs ; Two new 4-1 clubs were organ ized this week at the Island City school, one u sewing dub and tho other u cooking club. The girls who have enrolled, and their leader Miss Dorothy Smut is ure all very enthusiastic, over the proftpects fur the year's work. In the sewing club, Miss .Lillian Parker Is the presi dent Annie Moon;, vice president, Alma. Kchroeder, secretary-treasurer. Of the cooking club, Jleulah Hugey is life president, Clara Itlaeknian Is the vice president und Mary Jane ChadwlcU, the secre tary-treasurer. Paulson Promoted The many friends in this valley of Oscar I, Paulson, stale inspector I of tho Smith-Hughes depart men t will be interested to know (hat he has recently been promoted to the position left vacant last November j by tho sudden death of Charles O. j Glgnojx, also well known in the (Continued on Page Eight) ECONOMIC MEETING OPENS MONDAY A.M. AT LA GRANDE HOTEL The three day session of the sev enth unnuul economic conference opens Monday morning. January '11 at 10 o'clock at the J,a Grande hotel. In his foreword concerning it lie conference, Harry (J. Avery, county agriculturist, who ia in di rect supervision of die movement, wilh the Union county chamber of commerce us promoting and spon soring agent, stiys "I believe the program will be tho best one we have ever had. 1 urge all of you who can, to attend and also res pectfully hope lhat the snow drifts out your way do not gel any deep er, and that warmer weather will prevail." In speaking of Iho sheep meeting on Monday, Mr. Avery says he is confident it is the most complete program of lis kind ever offered here. More new muff will bo pres ented und considered and he adds "this program 'will In; worth money to every sheep owner." The general session comes on Monday morning, wllh the general chairman. Dr. W. T. Phy calling I he conference tn order at 1 0 o'clock and the address of welcome coming from A. W. Nelson, presi dent of the chamber of commerce. Harry Avery follows with a review nuil If. K. lnlow. , Coopeml ivo dairy market ing ,W ., 1. Wagner, manager Farmers Cooperative creamery, Puyctl 12 m. Announcement of group meetings in afternoon on dairy, poultry, small fruits und truck crops. Then- will be at 10:31 the first of the home economic seetiouy, presided over by Mrs. Krunk Me Kennon, the subject being "Dome Management." These programs have been given previously in de tail. Jn (he afternoon, there will be held three sectional meetings. These complete programs ure us follows: Dairy mkI1oii, S. T. ItatMe, fton orul flmlmutii. Jteport of dairy com mil tee on home market survey It. Tyler. Dairy outlook nnd new dairy rec ommendations N. C. Jamison, d.'iiry specialist. Dairy disease conditions in I'nlon county Dr. W. 10. Thist lewaltc, bureau uf animal industry. Cow testing association results Huns Selfors, tester. , I ou 1 try .section, Mrs. Irwin Moss, chairman. Poultry production " in Union On "Old Orcyou Trial" nnd Ia Umnde-Wallouu Lake Illffliniijr HOTEL I 3 85 nib-: fj I The La Grande Hotel ol Im (jnimlr, Oregon. "Your Uumn Wltllu llrru' One ol tho flmst NKW liotris In toMeni Ongun. Dining Itoum t'otfee Mioikj W. C. Bucktcll, Ow nor and Oj)cralur. tX U. Vcluc, Ami. Mgr. Carl V. Uojl, .Vu Nr. Ii.ftunlv I I V'.... I.. ...... ui. I. .t.t of II.., ncL-oinpllslimrnlH of previous I.0ty ; .,'',., l(); .onr..r,nceS ami an out line of pros- ulvUlulls . ,M,Mry ,.,,.. Jmeiit und diseuse control-r-Profes-i sor A. O. .unn, heud of poultry j di-purtment o. A. Hatching of chicks Mrs. Irw in I Mos. j Report of poultry committee oT homo market survey i-'ranl: ent problems. Frank McKeiinon will speak on the recent home markets survey. A ten minute demonstra tion by tho Hoy Scouts wilt pre- jcede tiie ii duress by II. A. Ward, inn un KT oi i lie i'UL'11 IC uouperu- Uve Wool ti rowers. j nere ill we i uree neciiuiiui y(.fj MMM-iiiiK-i in iiie iii i n nuon. o. ; Miller, of Union, will preside over the livestock section, when such 'men as X. C. Donaldson, county i agriculturist of Wallowa county, J Mr. Avery. Hubert WMhycoinbe, of Small fruits and truck nps section, .Mrs. Homer Hmui, chair- man. Heport of small fruits com mil tec -Zuck ("handler, chairman. inn ijiini'Tiii viruuii i:aii'-i iiii'in . ,. 1tu llr.i.u-r Wilu.,., iwallon. Or. J. N. Hlinw. of ll.c v,:t- -,.,.,, ,, m.lrk,.llnx rol, .rmiiy ,..,mr.m.nt of lh.- bIi.u- ,,., , frull-K. J. Hluek i conege unu -Mr. .Miner wm oe heard. kind. Wnt.l-iotinti , l.-,.t ln.r hi Jel CiaskIM presides over the t.t,.,, ( i ,.., i.n..ti,..,i tu nil .specialist. On the lst dy the g neral s s- iun ut ti-n o'clock opens with a ; farm crops seel ton. K. it. Jack , man of the state rollcjrc opens the j proKrum with some recommenda- ; lions, Hons. Jl., in followd l.y HoymonJ ,.,,, ,1.lllonHiml.y. I.y Hoi.-! H. JlaMwIll. f.vl. nil (,-ral.l Kil.iTvlf-, ,,y ,,,. ., ,.,.., ,UK r ,,. v. 'iHH.ii .mi. viti.Liii ..... j(1(.rt yullnlr hJm-.-p .-ximtIh. I r. v. . ; Mr. Avery. ,-r. I'hy will iliKciira al 1H:2H. the Tlie horlle.;ll..re F-rllon will l' work of Hie slate lioanl of le allh. I preside,! over l.y (he Hon. II. II., A, ,, ovm,,,, t, Hon. iy J : i - I W.aili.rxpoon. of ISlKln. menilier ,.r ,lf i.,.n,i.tM. ,,resi.. nl ..f lh-! or lh- slat- hoar.l of horticulture. ' i.;:,B((.n, Oregon wheat eKiie. will; lie w ill sive a r-port of apple pro- .......-.j n,.. I.nt..ri.,ir... I At the vloxlvt; -sion of lh- af- '.Itietlnn .mil i.lun ttn.Mi.nl ncntn ' lii-n.laflons. John .-an of tlt .'ove will l.e unolh-r lo.-al HM jil;-r. whll- t'. fc L.)iii;; hortieuUur- s lallKt rrotn the roll-so will 'tall; on p. rtln-nt h.iI.J. oIh. t TilCMlay t-rnoon, l-'rank M.-K-nnori oi-iim the mtin?: at one o'clock with a eonslil-ration of the KUhj t. "Itijthlini; our Hoine Mark-t. for ll'.lne rro'liietti." At two o'clock Oln-H lh-. K-neral eomniUt. The (.-ciicral -ston rone m again portH, together- wllh r.xomluen.ja at la o'clock with tho followlnf tlou an.l .iipcujuiIoii. lirogruni. Al ,,1,,, tifnu of lh.; ulwtn 1 A..ren Hon. Walter M. I'lereu. I meetiiis.s. Ulo women will be hav-j Music Mrs,-J'lorencu Lynuli , hi their own conference UiruuKh-' Milli-r. 'out the entlro .lay, the sul.J.et to Our Eastern Oregon S'.ute Nor--.j -xinj ChllJ in Th- Home." FOOD STORES YOU .DELIGHT TO c:aiT: "MacMarr Stores are MY stores;" Many times we hfJve heard our customers sav item we add to our stocks; .iust that. And whv not? Everv mnvfi wo mnVp- pvwu every, bit of professional food service we extend is for your best interests, first anu loremost. iry reguiariy, tnis newer and better tofod service and you, toowill say "and they. are MY stores, too!" i PRICES EFFECTIVE SATURDAY & MONDAY Hominy Van Camp's No. 2lA, 2 cans . . . 25c Butterscotch Syrup Amaizo No. 5 Cans .. .. .. 39c Catsup Preferred Stock, Large 2 Bottles.. ...... 35c Darigold Milk Just pure fresh milk with over half the water evaporated 3 Tall Cans 25c Smoked Meats Special Carsten's Hams 14 to 16 lbs. Average Half or Whole, lb. 25c Van Camp's Bean Hole Beans 3 Med. Cans 35c 1 White King : Washing Machine Soap Large Pkg. .V .. ..40c Salt Leslie's v Plain or Iodized 2-lb. Carton ... , . -10c WALNUTS-Diamond Brand No. 1 Soft Shell, lbs. 49c PANCAKE FLOUR Aunt Jemima, Large Pkg. 33c MINCED CLAMS-No. 1 Tall Cans, 2 for . : . -49c MACMARR COFFEE Buy it any time on our' money-back guarantee. 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Class Jar . . 59c California Lima Beans Cooked with cream, and butter they are a whole moa! by them selves. 2 Pounds 35c PRODUCE SPECIALS MOW CALIFORNIA CAKUOTS- ' Lunches TKXAS KKKSH SPINACH :i Pounds for 25c 25c LMI'KRIAL VALLEY LETTUCE -t ( 'i Solid Heads for ..- l)C TEXAS SEEDLESS GRAPEFRUIT -t f t Medium Size lifC (RANIIERIUES-This "Holiday" fruit nt an "every day" price, 3 quarts 49c i