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MOTORING NEWS
WANT ADS
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1930
NUMBER 165
OVER THE VALLEY
Mabel E. Morton, Taller New Editor
Phones: Residence, 826-J; office, Main $7
Jtwriv'S Svi?re !iiJiii'ir.s
Mt'iitbcrs of tin- Myers family,
who llvti on the Tutili farm at
Willow rrwk, flK'jrutl in an unto
uccidcnt Tuesday t-wnlnjr whil;
returning to their home from I.u
Grande, which result d In painful
inJurii'H to Mrs. Myt-rs and a badly
damaged car. Mr. and Mrs. Myors
und tlu'ir tliuiRluer, Frances, wore
driving on the highway luto Tues
day afternoon, when tho snow and
wind were keeping things on the
road very disagreeable. Tho wind
shield swiper on the Myers car
was not able to lake care of tho
snow which collected. Mr. Myers
rained his hand to help in the
manipulation of the mechanlnm
when the car skidded Just as they
Avere approaching the Con ley ware
houses and in tho process of
mruightenlng it out, the car swerv
ed first from one side of the road
to the ol her. Seeing that going off
the grade was Inevitable, Mr. My
ers headed the car straight for the
ditch. Mrs. Myers was picked up
by Mrs. Kllzabeth Sutton who camo
along shortly after and taken to
1m Grande where it was found that
she had a very serious cut on 'ono
leg between the knee und ankio,
which required several stitches to
close. She was taken hack to her
homo lr.it is still confined to her
bed. Mr, Myers and Frances were
uninjured. .
will recupcrato further beforA go-i was born and raised at Joseph,
lng to her homo in Dry Creek,
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Sorting Spuds
W. It. U'dbelter and Houth Mr-
Oregon 'whom tho high mountains
and beautiful hikes and rivers no
doubt gave him Inspiration for
such drawinra as this. Mr. Pol-
Kennon have crews at work thin : lock served for two years with the! the score having
week Honing thft spudH which are I a. .H. In France, is a graduate I close score and a
still in storage in Kouth's big po- of Willamette university and of are told
tato collar. Spuds have not moved - tho Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
Cilrltf Win
The Iinbler High school girls are'
quitn elated on account of their
basketball victory over tho Knter- j
been 14-13,
j close score and a good game, wo
Humane Officer Here
Kulton Fleetwood, of linker, hu
mane, officer for this part of tho
stal0 has been looking over affairs,
in his line, in Union and Wallowa
counties. Mr.. Fleetwood reports
that he-found general conditions
good, that for the. most part stock
had been well wintered, but ho re
ports that. In some Instances farm
ers wen- starving the calves, In
taking the whole milk Uotn thou,
before it should be. '
Million Dollar Snow -
"Yes, I he side roads will be bad
again for awhile," suld a prominent
valley fanner, during the snow
Hlorin of Tuesday and Wednesday,
"but that inconvenience ..of a few
days more will be little iy compari
son with the great amount of good,
which this additional moisture will
do. We need much more in most
places in the valley." One farmer .
on the Sandridge, setting some
posts ret;eully, Wnsrtlripisctt "
very fast this year, although Itouth
has disposed of the greater part of
his crop and at quite a good price.
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JtenmliLs Same
Tho condition of S. McAnlsh of
th0 Valeria district does not im
prove very much, It Ih reported.
Mr. McAnish is quilo advanced In
years and his health has been poor
for a long time. Tho family lives
on what is known na tho Lytic
farm.
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Ill
Mrs. Garrott Hlokldnd of near
Island City is reported us being
quite lit at her home of the flu.
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Visits Son
Mrs. H. C. Dahlstrom of North
Powder fs making "a lovely visit at
tho homo of her son and family.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dahlstrom and
daughter. Delia Jean, of Moss
Chapel. Mrs. Dahlstrom hus been
In this valley for about two weeks.
o
Kf-IZ-'asCH lUiiich
George Hill who came here a
i few, years ago having leased the
Tut lie and Wade ranches at Wil
low Creek, has re-leased the places
to a young man by the name of
May, who conies soon Into this
valley from Umatilla county. Mr.
and Mrs. Hill and their twin sons
have been living In Iai Grande this
winter whore the boys have been
attending school, and recently Mr.
Hill has been connecu-d with tho
I'uy'n Takit store. However, for
many yea rs he was In the d rug
business and expects to get. into
that line again as soon us possible.
1 let tints From lovn
Mrs. Andrw Uloklund is at home
again after having been in the
niiddli'west lor several weeks. She
was called during tho winter to
Iowa by the serious illness and
death of her "mother,
lieturtiing This AVok
Mrs. Mary McKonzie Is expected
home this week from California
where she has'becn sojourning for
find lnw far down from the sur- u.,,,,.,,1 u,,,.(, in .innimrv nhti vih-
face the soil was dry hh powder. e(J wi(J fripn(H ,imJ n.alive in
The snow was quite general over i,0H Angfles and then stopped off in
the valley, wilh the amount rang- rorvallis for a stay at the- home
lug In depth from three to it 0f n,.r Hon. Mrs. McKcnzlc is a
Indu s. The highways and market j ,.L.Hill).lU of SumninrvUlo.
roads were upened at once by t.h's! 0
big hI ate. ami county plows so that nHve 1 lobbing JrltT
travelling was not interfered with. The children of the Ailed school
hut some of the other rouds will and their teacher, Mrs. Miller, took
not be so good for a few days. (advantage of the, no snow and
0 I had a fine bobbing party Wcdnes-
" .u ' ' diiy night covering all that section
HltS MllO r I J vnllnv
Charles Oswald has returned to r 11,0 aII
his home at Kiimnierville after !l (;mffn Moe(s
ten day visit in Wesiern Oregon , riie rCKi,iur oil-day meeting of
tho guest at the home of J!u,,. jthie Mt. grungo will be held
daughter, and with his son. WIN Wednesday, March 5. Tho busi
bur. in Portland. Mr. Oswald's son , nQm mneUnff. comcB at 31 o'clock
planned a fishing expedition for his .)h d!nncr Hcrvcd at noon.
father's vacation and the two of 0 ,
thorn went down between Portland . jmm, Vor WdTsoiMl -and
Astoria and had a great timo j0mier8 0f Ine iUrr Slack fam
with steelheads, being very success- )y wpnt from J a Griind(. to Kuin
fnl. ,too. Mr. Oswald is quitf mt.Pvll(. for ln weekend dividing
on tho fuculty of which ho served lrlvN to Idaho
for two yours. Ho Is now head of Mr. nd Mrs. Harry G. Avery
the art department of the Morton' und daughters, Kathryn and liar.
Manufacturing company of Chlcugo rjPtt drove to Twin Falls. Idaho
and does much frco lanco work, not j over last weekend on a business
a little of which has boon for tho,. in., They stopped at Ontario on
Methodist book concern. It In the way and visited briefly with
worthy of note that thoso respon- Mr. and Mrs. Wray Uiwrenco und
elblo for ndvortlslng tho Interna-baby daughler, all of whom they
lional Sunday school convention ! report to bo very won and happy.
wnicu meets in roromo, cannua in 0
Juno, having soon some of hi work
for tho book concern, have sot him
to work on a series of posters for
that meeting."
State Club
Leader Is To
Visit Valley
H. C. Seymour, statu loador of
Oregon is expected to bo In this
valley about March 22, and in con
junction with' County Agricultural
Agent Harry G. Avery and County
Superintendent of Schools K. A..
Sayro will do somo Intensive work
for the 4-11 clubs of this county.
Club work. Is increasing, both In
numbers and In Importance of
work, according to thoso Interested,,
and It Is hoped thut this year, limn,
may sen great strides taken In this
special line of activity. .
Mr. Seymour will be hero for the
spring meeting of the Union coun
ty Pomona grange which-Is to bo
held on Saturday, March 22. The.
subordinates, CricktA Flat and
Ittirlc Willi urn In bn llf lintlnox r
ganlzatlons. Granges havo nlwnyn 1 modulo the large crowd. Tho work
been in sympathy with club work
and some of them In this county
havo demonstrated their sympathy
in a very practical way, particular
ly In sponsoring a club group,
working along some npcciul line.
In addition to the mooting wilh
tho grange, It Is hoped that small
er meetings in different sections
may bo.urranged for. .
Is nottrr
Miss Loreiio Games, daughter of i
Mr. and Mi's. George Cantos of tho j
Sandrldge, recently underwent an
operation In a llaker hospilnl for j
the removal of tonsils and ado !
uolds. Tho girl has been having
considerable diffioulty recently
with her eyes, and ulrcady this lat- J
ter operation has been found to bo j
beneficiiil to her. I
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Class Has Varty
The Alert Sunday school class of
tho Istand City community church
met Wednesday ovenlng at tho
homo of Mrs. liertha Way for an
evening of sociability. A short
business meeting was held und tho
balance of the evening was spent
with games, music and other en-.
joyable features of entertainment.
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Aid Meets
There was a large crowd present i
at the meeting of the Island CUy j
Aid held yesterday at the home of
M ra. A 1". Httiti nn f'nvn iivenun. '
Work for tho day consisU-d in sew
ing carpet rags. The join pa ny was
all ready to stop at noon for the
pot luck dinner, however. Thevo
were three tables spread lo accoin
was completed during the ufler
noon, MIks Minnie Ho man, la.sk
mistress dividing the company In
to three groups and offering a.
prize to tho group which sewed the
most, rags. Tho winners were suit
ably awarded. At a business meet
ing Mrs. ltoba Davis, vice presl-
(Continued On Ige Ton)
FARM PRICES ARE
SLIGHTLY ABOVE
THIS TIME IN 1929
some fisherman mm iicmim .
say that this was the best kind of
an ouilng Tor him. t
Sunday Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Kvorelt Wallslnger
of tho Valeria district had for their
guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Wallsinger and sons, Tom and
Cb'linid, of the Lower Cove rond
and Kennit Haguin of f.a Grund'i.
;cs in Walla Watht
t wr 'rr..wr .r Mi.sh Chanel
i.....' 1.. W.-illa Walla when- he I
Is looking for an opening. When
he decides on a location. Mrs.
Trianor and the children will al
no Ii-hvp the valh y. Neighbors re
' gn t very much tho prospects of
losing tills family.
Have Haby Daughter
Friends In the valley have re
ceived word of the birth of a baby
daughler to Prof, und Mrs. ttalph
1,. Morgan of Cloverdale, Oregon.
The buli.v, who was born February
IS, has in'cn given the name Mary
Kt'hel. Prof. Morgan was former
principal of the school at Imbler.
o
Visits Puffins
Mrs. C. M Thatcher, and son.
of Haines, spent lust week at the
home of her parents. Mr. und Mrs.
Frank McKinnis living between
Imbter and Kummerville. Miss
Catherine McKinnis, n student atj, p,jl)m,Htion of
Ihe Kastern Oregon Normal was Mth0(,j,1 ch,ir,.h
their time between tho I. IJltreal
and Art Itehrns homes. Mr. and
Mrs. Slack have not yet. decided
what to do about rebuilding. Mr.
Slack was in Union on business
Tuesday.
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.Move to l,a Grander
Mr. and Mrs. Cap JO. Tutde un-J
son havo moved from luibier to
l.a Grande which will bo their
home in the fulure. Miss Audrey De
Lap, who tenches In the Imbler
school and who has lived with tho
Tultlo family for several year'?,
went to )ai Grande with them and
is driving to her school duties
daily.
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L'p rum linker
Mrs. Lady Davis wus ip from
llaker the first of this week visit
ing among her friends und relatives'
in this locality. -
o
l!cviw.s Vine Mention
Itev. and Mrs. K. A. Pollock, now
of Vale, have many friends In this
valley made while Itev. Pollack
was a pastor at Klgln, just previous
lo going to Vale, and also up in
Wallowa county where they lived
for many years. Their non. Dean
Pollock has recently been receiving
unite a lot of publicity on account
of drawings which ho bus been
making The cuirenl Issue of the
Helena Area Messenger, the oftic-
thls urea of the
In school this year ana aiwiutm-n
Hhe is so clo(f home, this is only
the second lime she hus hud a
weekend at homo tdneo the holi
days, o
Jtrolorl 'IVarher
At the meeting of the school di
rectors Of the Alke! school held
Tuesdav evening Mrs. Carmen -mii
I'OllTbAND, Ore., Feb. 28 (AP)
The United Stales department of
ugricullure, bureau of agricultural
economics, announced in lis price
situation report for February, 11)30,
in part, as follows:
"The general level tt Tarm prices
continued to decline kToin Decem
ber 15 lo January 16 but was still
slightly above a year ago. On
January 16 the index of prices re
ceived by producers averaged 131
com pu red wilh 1 J15 on December
1T and 133 In January last ye.ir.
The lower prices for butler, eggs,
and grains more thau offset tho
advutiees In llvesloek und In fruit
mid vogetuble prices. During the
prices is to be expected during the
next few months. Furmora with
flax for sale would do well to mar
ket their crop at present prices."
Discussing other commodities,
the report stated:
. "Potatoes: the average farm
price for the country as a whole
lit $1.3S per bushel was slightly
higher on January 16 tlmn on Dee.
1 5 when the a vera go was $ I .'ib
compared with GO cents in Janu
ary lust year.
"Lambs: the lamb market in '
January was fairly steady until the!
nd of the monlh when hugely In
crcmcd supplies resulted in a shuri
break In prices. Supplies for th
latter half of January and lh early next three months will be relatively
part of February rather marked large and prices probably will con
declines have occurred In grulu tlnje on u low level.
prices at wholesale, nuirkeis and
egg prices havo mudo Ihe usual
seiisonul declines."
l;eg.irdlng the general commod
II y, price level, the report stated:
"The general level of commodity
prices at wholesale Markets de
clined further during January find
In the first week of February whs
at tho lowest point sinco curly In
l!i22. Nearly all groups Of com
modllles havo declined, but the de
cline has been more pronounced In
larni and food product.'
About business conditions In gen
eral, tho report stated:
"Industrial activity for Ihe
mon.h of January continued at
low level and averaged about lh
same as in December. During the
lutter part of the month, certuin
lines of activity showed on upward
tendency such as Iron and sleel and
In automobile Industries white
oihers conliniird lo declinea. 'he
building situation as Indicated by
contracts awurdod durlh' January
was not much different from that
of December."
Concerning whout the report
Slater):
"Not withstand log the recent
marked decline in wheat prices,
some improvement appears likely
in the ne.xt few weeks. The visible
supply In the fulled States hus de
clined some 4'f mi 'Hon bushels
from the peak In October but It Is
still larger thun a year ago by
Wool: prices on all grades of !
wool continued to decline during
.Jnfiunry in both foreign and do
mestic murkets, Tho greatest de- i
dines were in the lower and me-I
dium grade wools. At ihe opening
wool sales In Sydney nn January
211, prices were fully 10 per cent
below tho close of li o first sales
in January.
"Ituller: bill lor . prJccs will re
main close to pre.si-nt levels for
some lime and the sensorial lif
eline now until the period of flusii
prod ucl ion probably will be less
marked thun iisunl."
Ihe Kastern Oregon formal . M-thodist church had the follow-
also at homo for Hie v'',,': n"-1 nk- to Fay of him. tht- Item huvimr
Miss Catherine finds pn niy 10 i,,,,,,!..,! , rr tmhllenlinn. 11 I
(u in th friemlH of the 'oui Ai minion iHini.vin. mup
Pollock family of this valley.
"Since, printing a brief item In
the November issue concerning
Dean Pollock, son of tho Rev. lid
gar A. Pollock of Vale, Oregon, we
have been able to secure some ad
ditional facts concerning Mr. Pol
lock and his work. H would he
Interesting to know how many
mber World
w of i ..er eve was elected a readers oi inn
teacher Tor n-M year. (Service News which bore his slrlk-
0 j lng cover picture showing a father
Home From Hospital- I bringing home a Christmas tree to
Mrs Willie Sanderson was able a little cabin In ihe woods tho ight,
to'loav.- (he Grundo IConde hospital as did the writer: "That must have
Sunday afler having been there been done by bomo ono who has
for more than two and a half himself lived in the wcM and ab
wreks. Sho went first to the homo sorbed thA atmosphere (or that
..r t... .iui..r.ir..inu. Mr. Wavno uteturc at first hand." Wo were ln-
Kirl. "t iuuiim-r' Ilk, v.Iktc -h-, UrcbKd to Kara that t!iv urtkt
ineiils from tho southern hemis
phere are considerably smaller
than it year uao m1 shipments
from the Fnited Slates are In
creasing slightly. The farm price
of wh' ut In January average
197.5 cenls per bushel, uboit the
Haine as In December and mi M I U
cents above tho average of Janu
ary a year ago,"
Speaking on flax the report said;
"I-'lax prices have remain d
sludy during th. prist month
while linseed meal ha$ d'.cllned
slightly und linseed oil prio n have
remained unchanged. Supplies of
flaxseed and Itnseu) toll In com
mercial channels and tho lower de
mand for linseed rneal Indicate
U tit if an imiiro'. '.nicii. In flax
Second Hand
BARGAINS
Second Hand
Harness
$12.00 and up
Good Bargains in
Second Hand
Saddles
Second Hand
Collars
$2.00 and up
All kinds of repair
ing neatly done.
GRACE
Harness Shop
THE LINE OF
FOR THRIFTY
FOOD
BUYERS
n-Mi
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Every day you find MocMnrr cuBtomere forming a 'Tine of Miu'A" to our inviting food centers. In these busy
days when there is so little time to choose foods careful ly, modern women enjoy the quick obliging service and
efficient arrangement of slocks in our stores. Start today on the road to easier, more economical food buying by
joining this ever-growing "line of March." :
THRIFTY PRICES for SATURDAY and MONDAY
MOTHER'S OATSssr 35c
ARKET DAY RAISINStt
OLD DUTCH CLEANSER
3 Cans
29c
19c
MAYONNAISE
. Best Foods .
Pint Jar 7. . 7. TSc
CANDY
Hard Mixed
3 Lbs. 29c
MACMARR FLOUR
Every Sack Guaranteed
49-lb. Sack $1.59
SNOWDRIFT
The favorite shortening
in millions of homes.
3-lb. Tin 73c
P&G COMBINATION
A Bars P & G Soap
1 Cake Medium Ivory
1 Pkg. Large Oxydol
1 Pkg. Medium Ivory Flakes
1 Tinted Enamel 6-qt. Kettle
Total Value $1.60
OFFERED SPECIAL
at99c
MARGARINE
SYKUP
GEM NUT
MACMARR COFFEE
1 Pound . . 40c
3 Pounds:; v:.T:$i.i5
MILK
Borden's Eagle Brand
2 Cans for . . . . . . 45c
NORTHERN TISSUE
.. Soft White .
Bathroom Paper,
3 Rolls for.. .. .725c
WESSON OIL
For Salads,
Frying and Baking
Quart Tin ... .... 55c
2 lbs 33c
fS lJ A
!f; on your hands
Pure Cane & Maple No. 5 Can
S-lb-Bag
FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES
59c
BUCKWHEAT FLOURKitir' 35c
for
25c
BANANAS
3 Pounds 25c
ORANGES
Per Dozen .... . 39c
SPINACH
3 Pounds .-19c
CELERY
Per Bunch . . 15c
CARROTS
3 Bunches .. . . . . 23c