La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1930, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Text3Ga drmtite Owning fflb&mtw VALLEY NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XXVIII LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1930 NUMBER 141 1 .. ,l ... I .... OVER THE VALLEY 'REACH FOR THE CHANGE INSTEAD OF A BILL AND Ma hoi E. Morton, Vnllrj Now Editor Phones: Residence, 826-J; Office. Main IT 1930 CONFERENCE SUMS UP IDEALS IN RECOMMENDATIONS Kollmving a question ii.sk ed y?H teiday hy u resident of Union county uh to just what thlH eco nomic ccnifi'rence was anyway vimt it was all about it should be ylnlcd rlrflit today thut in all prob ability there will be another con ertneo next January or Kerbu ary. Melons that time there should bo no individual within Hit) con fines -of the county who does not know what tho conference is, what its purpose is. who should bo In terested, who the speakers arc, etc. No doubt originally it was under stood that the conference was for farm folk only. That idea has lout," since been outgrown and now tho program appeals to the farmer, tho merchant and the women. 1-1 iff h school classes attending in groups this year were distinctly benefited. Now is tho time to begin to think of the 1 liyi conference, and par ticularly those who missed the peppy sessions this yeap. Tho Importance of the J!130 con ferences over 'Other conferences has been pointed out as being- its rela tion to the recent home markets i.urvey. The survey is completed. Die reports published and different groups concerned met with the re port in hand and studied conditions in liprht of the reports made by Ml. Haley of the col lege t seeking to find the best way for conserv ing the results. Somehow it gave a different slant to the discussions and the business of the conference, summed up in the recommenda tions made, and the resolutions adopted, largely is based on the findings of that survey. The real work of the conference Is carried on in this fashion: Each group farm crops, dairying, hor ticulture, small fruits and berries, household economics, livestock, poultry meets, considers a pro gram consisting of an address by a specialist, shorter addresses by local men and informal discussion. A committee chosen In each of these several divisions draws up a recomm,endation which voices the sentiment of tho group. .and . the goal toward which it means to work during the coming year. These show the real results of the con ference. The recommendations as adopted after much discussion Wednesday afternoon, were as follows: Poultry Group nihilities of federal meat inspection is recommended to sec whether It in applicable to this county. It was felt that the average butcher knew very lltllo about disease in tho animals and consequently a large per cent of tho diseased ani nuila sold to butchers are probably sold over the counter. 3. In tho spring of the year there is apparently a shortage of beef cattlu and hygs for local con sumption. This matter should be investigated further and a report mado at next year's conference. JUvommciulaMoiw drought Out in J roup Meeting As drawn up by committee ap pointed. It. J. Green, Wm. Vogel, W. M. Pierce. In as much as nomo of our grazing land is now assessed at as much -or more, than tho uctual sale value, wo hereby request that the chuirman, S. K. Miller, appoint a committee to meet with the county assessor at an early date and to re quest that such,, assessments be lowered to a figure commensurate with taxation of other property, and that such assessment be not higher than tho actual sale value of the land. We also request this committee to appeal to the assessor to so fix the assessment rate, that sheep in Union county shall not be taxed higher than In udjoining counties. and call attention to the fact that tho valuation for sheep as set for last year was more than tho sheep are worth at the present time. The following scale of wages is hereby adopted as tho maximum which should bo paid for labor with sheep in Union county dur ing tho coming season: Head lambing man (night or day), $75 per month and board; all other lambing and feeding work, $50 per month and board; if by day $.50 and board straight (night or day work); herders, $75 per month; tagging 2 per head and board; shearing 12o. per head und board; shearing 5c per head and board when sheave furnishes, gas and machine'. The above committee is instruct ed to arrange for , a permanent volunteer committee to cooperate Willi the county agent in starting tho cooperative shipping of lambs to eastern markets. WINNERS m&mt.kt Miff bj The above cut tells just half the story. And It is a story of a very fascinating demonstration put on Wednesday In the lobby of tho ha Cirando hotel as a part of the eco nomic conference. This half is Hobby Huron and his prize ito.se lawn lamb; tho other half is Clay ton Kox and his prize ltosolawn lamb. These two boys with Clay ton's la nib, demonstrated sheep club work. Clayton Uox told about how he won the northwest cham pionship, how he fits a lamb for .'how purposes, how many lanvbs ho started with and how ho fed them. Last year was Clayton's first year in club . work. Hoi Huron told of his experience cover ing four years in sheep club work. His topic was "Mow I get my sIu-Vp. how 1 feed them, how I care for them, what my profits are, what I think of club work." Listen to tho way I lobby answered the fourth point: Ho has JlU.fiO cash on hand, lie has 15 head of sheep which he lias conservatively valued at ?25 each; he has spent ?Ii0.2'J. his purchases including a pair of sklis. a type writer, a rifle, and a ewe at $5; lie has received two scholarships, valued at $ 1 5 each; he has ten ewes to lamb this season. CONFERENCE SIDE-LIGHTS Having in mind the report of the Home Market Survey: We recommend expansion of the poultry industry in Union county so l hut tho demands of our home markets will be taken care of. We believe it advisable to carefully watch yearly outlook reports to help to avoid losses which may oc cur through over production. 1. -The committee recommends advertising high quality of Union county eggs. JOdueational work on egg grading and candling methods is reruininended. 2. It was thought that more work coflld be done relative to im proving products sold in the coun ty at the present time, including dressed poultry. Meeting given to show how to candle, store eg..s. clean, pack, otc. dress poultry. a. More educational work should be given local producers, especial ly those farmers having small fai. flocks. We. commend Professor Don Slewart of the Smith-Hughes de partment of the Imbler High school lor his work in carrying on the farmer's night school on poultry problems held at Jmbler during the tall mouths. Mrs. , Irwin Moss, Frank Webb, 1.. G. l.nnU, Hen Schroedei. Home Economics Group Livestock Group S. K. Mllh-r. Walter M. lMcrce, U. J. Green. Win. Vugel. The livestock committee fond that the per capita consumption of meat in t'tiimi county is noviaal in compared to the national per Cap ita consumption. However. the amount of beef and pork consumed was very high while val ami mut ton consumption was very low. It is.relt that very little can lie done to affect the anumnt of different meats consumed or if done it will be a slow educational process. Approximately 2ftH he-id id beef wci'M consumed annually !n the county, 1 SUii veal. appmIihat"'.y sr.o head of m ut ton and approxi mately !:!;:; lund of iog. Counting d;iiry cattle of all kinds there are around S'mii head niM of be. f (,,ite around la, ana bead In the county. This Is considerabl; nnro th;tn enough to supply local lli;irkets of beef. There are approximately 13if't bend of hogs iti the county. This iii.i Us about 4'tfnt num. hugs pro duced than conMUinid. sj"irii IIcttmiinendatitMH 1. It (s suggested that meat I-' sold according to grade and Ih.-J ediHMt kinal campaign le put "ii to educate the public as to grade. An iiiVLt'.is'-tiL'ii of the pus- The Homo . Makers department concluding the seventh session of fers these recommendations for the approval" of tho general con ference assembly. J. That since tho able support and cooperation of Mrs. Walter M. IMerco is available wo hereby rec ommend constructive reading cir cles be organized In each com munity throughout the county. L That a need is felt for prac tical instruction in interior decora tion and necessary conveniences In the farm home. a. That the home makers de partment go on record as in favor of securing, appropriation in sup port of the employment of a home demonstration agent whose work shall include home problems, sew ing, cooking and garden clubs., Mrs. H. S, Comstock, Mrs. J. A. tlaskill. Mrs. Wayne Kri swell, Mrs. H. G. Avery, Mrs. Iternal Hug. Mrs. Henry Maxfield. Farm Crops Group We find that recommendations of previous co n To re n ces on tho subject of farm crops are sound and still hold good. In addition we commend tho following to your attention: 1. !' arrow drills have taken much of the uncertainty out of winter wheat growing In sumo of the mountain and middle western Hates. The advantages claimed for this drill are: (a) It puts tho Feed into moist ground even In dry falls and thereby secures a stand under conditions when the ordinary drills give poor and spot ted stands. (b) Hy drilling at right angles to the prevailing winds the soil is kept from, blow ing. e) The small furrows col lect the snow and hold to snow on the grain thereby preventing .win ter killing. One man in Cnion count y, .Mr. Gilbert Court right, seeded all his grviln by this meth od last fall (!":':) and we urge farmers to watch this experiment and try to get our further trials of the furrow drill In other sec tions of the county. 2. We heartily commend the county court of l'niun county for ttn cooperation and j-ympathy with ed coiti-ol work as shown by the setting aside of a fund for the pur chase or building of a county owned spmy outfit. We suggest that one we'd control district be organized and an attempt mado to Mean up the weeds in this district In order to ace how' practical the weed con- f Mr. and Mrs. John Khaw of North I'owder came to the county seat Monday and stayed in l.u j Grande for the economic confer ence. They were very interested auditors in several of tho divisions. I -o- j "I have reali.ed a dream which . I have hud for 15 years," said Miss j Johnson to her group Wednesday 'afternoon, "that of seeing liasiern Oregon in snow-time." Miss John son who en mo to the far north west, from Indiana Is used to snow in (mantitles,. vastly different from what she has experienced most of the time during her residence at Corvnllis. Airs. Hrandon had never seen snow such as she saw here on .Wednesday morning. Tin; re seemed to bo no time for the bob-ride j which M Iss Johnson craved, but !she had auto rides three or four directions from Iai Grande while the snow was still fresh on the hills and on the fields. "I am sure J should like, to live in this valley and umong these delightful people (whom we hnve met here: U has jHeeiuod Just like a vacation," said jeacli of the ladies before leaving . I.a Grande. Mrs. Hrandon returned Wednesday evening to the college ito resume her leaching duties while Miss Johnson went from hero to Ontario where she made lhree ad dresses yesterday before a confer ence similar to tho one held hero. And by the way, here is one more score for Kastern Oregon weather. said one of these visitors, "J have not been so comfortably warm for several weeks as I have been here." Nine rahH for our side. o Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright of the Valeria district whil,. attending tin conference reported sad news which they received Monday that of the death of Mr. Wright's niece, Anna. tli0 oldest daughtor of Mr. and .Mrs. George Wright now liv ing in Troy. Idaho. The death oc curred on Friday, but Mr. and Mrs. Wright have as yet received no particulars. The Wright family formerly lived in this valley and this daughter was born when they were residents of Lower Cove. Khe lived in this valley until Hhe was 12 or Hi years of age, when her parenls moved to Wallowa county. There are still many residing here who remember the deceased very well. liurr .Slack of north of Hummer ville attended numerous sessions . this year. After the fire complete ly destroyed the Slack home last I week. Mr. Slack has come in to I. a (Grande to stay with Mrs. Slack jiind tin- children for a time. Tho rumor which floated about (bat j.Mr. Slack carried no insurance on ,hls dwelling was erroneous which Ms very good news. While the amount carried In no way ermaln , the loss, and treasured articles can , never be replaced, yet Jnsura nee 'goes a long way. Mr. Slack says ,tlley are not ceriain yet what tiny rwll do about rebuilding, but will in .all probability build on the farm J where they have been living rather than over on their other place. t Following the conference, comes the announcement j1;,t at i),e net meeting of the Hlue Ml. Grange (which comes next Wednesday. Feb ruary S, meinb-rs of the chamber Of commerce will be guests. All 'grange members are urged to bear , this notice in mind. I -o- i The address on Tuesday morning 'f H. I-;. In low, president of t he Kastern Oregon Normal school. wu greatly appreciated by confer m j attendants. All of Kastern Oregon I Is proud of the new Normal school, (but residents of this valley ur,f par ticularly so. Vr. Inlu'v ve Mi audience a very good idea of the school and Its workings. Said one of the most prominent residents of the valley. "There i ja splendid spirit of cooperation be tween tlie I ja Cirando merchants and the farmers and fruit men of the valley. If we ever had any d!f. feiH'iices, they are small and thero; seems to be a great desire on the part of both to work for 'the in terests of the other," Isn't that fine? "Tho number of merchants attending this year." he went on, "was as large proportionately as the number of farmers. If you can have more merchants next year and more farmers loo, we will go another long way on the. journey which will bring mutual benefits." We hope Karl lteynolds is reading I this down at Klamath Falls. Kail lis never m.-sscd any more in this county than when economic con i forenco time rolls around. o Mrs. llcrnal Hug of Klgln spent Hie first three days of the week visiting uf tlie homo of relatives in lai Grande und attending ses sions In which she was interested. Tho wind and the snow fulled to keep farmer folk away Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speck hart and Paul Knaut, of the iowa district had to drive across fields, but they made it. Mrs. Speckhurt reported that their little daughter, Helen Jean, who was ill for a time is back at her studies at the Iowa school again. o - - We understand ever so many folks talked to C. I,. Kong the horticulture specialist from tlie ( state college w hile he was here, never dreaming that they were not talking to K. :. Hurley, J.a Grande's genial insurance agent. Mr. and Mrs. C. l Kdvalson or j Catherine Creek spent one day at the conference. Their Interests :are along the dairy line pailicul fnrly. M r. Kdvalson is milking around 2H grade JlolslclitH now, but may dispose, of a few later in Mm ; season, h,. said. They told of a recent, experience which their j daughter. Miss Stella, fncher of the Mt. Carmel school had a week ago last Sanday, that Sunday when it really STOUMKH. .Miss Kdval ison bad to walk two mihM to re ;tiirn to her school duties; after a short, time at home. She look ex lira precaution before leaving home ! and put on ever so many et ra (clothes. However she liar) to wade through deep snow most of the way and by the time .she had reached her destination found that sin. had frozen both legs. from the I top of her galoshes a Imo.sl to (her knees. That w;ls a 1 rrlble day to have to be out of doors-very J much. Miss Uoheda IE II. daugbj r ol .Mr. and Mrs, Karnest Hell, who live up above Cove has been out !of school on account of Illness. She ; in much belter now, w,; an; glad to report. IE I Mlnforlune biuch'Vd H n Gekci r j Of Grange hall neighborhood ho.: k, w( terence. learned during the eon- j One of his very best work horses after having very short time died, loss. been sfck It Is tplile Mrs. Ctandon had newral things to say to and abo-il parents wli'ii she was discussing her topic "The Child In The Home." Sin- had a Ho. ep way of stying I hlngs too. wo ohserv d. For Inxlarier, "hp parents Hhould hang ourselves out C'o::ti;iU.d oil lVje. K ;!.'.) !mA ASM VKkT sJ i if t J 111 i j Buy foods the modern way! Pay cash at tho "West's favorite food stores." Get iaway from those iirst-of-thc-month food bills. (Don't have any!) Each time you buy here you make a saving. That's modern food buying-it's good business and, best of all, it means substantial annual savings for you! ... . ECONOMICAL PRICES-SATURDAY & MONDAY Ma jestic Peas Ungraded for Size. No. 2 Cans, 3 for.. 35c Shrimp Culfkist No. 1 Cans. . 3 for 49c Quaker Macaroni And Spaghetti. 3Pkgs ...25c SMOKED SALT Old Hickory For curing meats in the new easy way. 10-lb. can 98c Washing Machine . SOAP Peel's Granulated Lge.Pkg. ..... . . . 39c With small trial pkg. Free. Cocoanut Bulk Per Pound .... .. ?9c Pink Salmon 1 pound can. 3for .. ...49c Cake Flour Swansdown Lge. Pkg. . , -. . ;. 33c Carnation Milk Keep an extra supply on hand. 3 Tall Cans 25c NUCOA MARGARINE, 2 lbs. .. .. :; . .. ..45c SNOWDRIFT SHORTENING, 3-lb. can . . . 79c SPERRY PANCMe FEOUR, t&ttgtSc SOAP, Crystal White, 10 bars .... . . . . .... 39c Matches Diamond Brand Tlie full nmnl, I'ull i.u Ijum'N. 6 for.. ..- 25c MACMARR FLOUR 49-lb. Sack. . . . $1.65 Per Barrel . .$6.49 Beans Great Northern Large white 5 lbs. 45c Raisins 4-lb.Bag Market Day Seedless. Catsup Van Camps Large Bottle .33c 2for .. . ... .. .. 35c MACMARR COFFEE Per Pound . . .". . 40c 3 Pounds .. ..$1.15 dvicc on Care of Skin These famous beauty specialists say, "Wish twice daily with Palmolivc Soap" OP PARIS ' I- MIL Or LONDON A dozen cakes for GRAPEFRUIT Broken Sections No. 2 Cans, 2 for .. .. .. .... 35c VAN CAMP'S SPAGHETTI . Just Heat and Serve 2 Medium Cans .. 25c CARNATION OATS With China Premium. Large Pkg 39c FRUITS & VEGETABLES BANANAS Golden Ripe Fruit, 4 pounds 1 () 0KANGKS--(.!ruiit bijf ones, .size 152, dozen o;itAIM-;i "UL'IT Size 80's Texas Seedless, 2 for CALIFORNIA CELERY 1 1 iff, well hleached Ininclies from the famous Cliula Vista District, bunch .' 29c 56c 19c I 'am