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VALLEY NEWS
GENERAL NEWS
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1930
NUMBER 201
OVER THE VALLEY
Mabel B. Morton, Valley Now Editor
Phonet: Residence, 8H8-J; Office, Main ST
facilities Aro Successful
Julius Kluher finds the two milk
ing limcliinca which he has recent
ly installed on his nlnca co be in
every way successful nnd they cer
tainly take avuy the drudgery
from inllklnt?. One Is in use In the
"lower" place, that Is the dairy
burn nt the house, thu other is ut
the "upper" pluee on the hill. At
itho lower place Mr. Kishnr has his
Mino herd of purebred milking
Shorthorns of which he is very
proud. The grudu cows are at the
upper place. At present they arc
niilMni? 16 cows at the former
place and 2G at the other. It is
Mr. Fisher's ambition to increase
his herd until he Is milking around
pu or 100 cows. The milking ma.
chines which he has Instulled aro
of the two-bucket size. ,
Sunday Visit
Mr. and Mr. Willie Wright und
daughter of lower (ovn went to
lovo Sunday whero they spout the
iety at the home of her sister, Mrs.:
Walter Murphy.'
Move Kltii 1
John Wells Sr. und John Wells
Jr. are moving their lurge band of
Hheep this week from tlvlr ranch
in the valley to their place up in
the hills in the Starkey vicinity.
In Kilter prise
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Harker of near
ovo drove to Knterpriso Sunduy
tnd spent the day at the homo of
their son-in-luw and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Keller Strlngham and
family. The Stringhams moved last
fall from Imbler ovor into Wallowa
county where they look over the
oporutkm of a large ianch.
Have I.ov'ly Afiernoon
Mm Ishuc SJiarfer, Mrs. John
Dnhlstrom. Mrs. O. A. Khitfer. Mrs.
W. A. Zurbrlek and Mrs. Harold
Mathrsou, nil of the Moss Chapel
neighborhood made up a purly
which had a most enjoyable after
noon Tuesday with Mrs. Allen
Hlioun, who Is a newcomer in thut
neighborhood.
horns, which require considerable
ilmo and attention at the present
time.
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Visits
Miss Alice Kllppel, history teach
er at the J.n Grande High school
has been spending a purl of her
spring vacation with her friend,
Mrs. W. It. .Ledbettci near Alice!.
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Still Improving
The threo children of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Joe Gray of lower Cov who
have been so HI aro still improving
nicoly and find the nice warm days
much to their advantage. Miss
Hieba, who attends I-a Grande
High school has not yet been able
to return lo school, and she is quite
glad that this week Is a vacution
week any way. ,
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ItcMirn .
Mr. and Mrs. Howard (Kdlth
Herman) Smith have returned
from Walla Walla whore they have
been spending a brief honeymoon
and will take up their residence on
First street in La Grande..
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Trees in. Hlussoin '
Thero aro many fruit trees in
blossom over the valley, especial
ly the apricots since Iho warm days
of this week. On many hUlh one
heart) the reiharks that this is very
early, probably too early, and
fears that later freezing weather
may injure the fruit prospects. At
tho Willie Wright runch un the
lower Cove whero the trees aro in
blossom, we aro told that In That
particular section, or on that par
ticular ranch this is about two
weeks later than these trues usu
ally blossom. Along in March is
the lime when they have had the
first appearance of apricot blos
soms. o
Sunday Giit'Ls
Mr. and Mrs. Kverett Wallsingcr
and family of the Valeria district
entertained for their guests at din
ner .Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Fisher, Josephine and Jay Now Ion j Annua
of near Cove, .
a tuss up which ono enjoyed the
event more, the teachor or her pup- i
Ha. !
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.."Ww HitMMler '
Mrs. John I'Jahlstrom of Moss
('hupel is very enthusiastic over tho
new olectrlc brooder which has rv- '
t er.tly been installed on their place. .
It has a 100 chick capacity. Mrs.
)ahlstrom has Barred Itocks and
A SEASONABLE
RECIPE
HIGH COW MAKES
93 POUNDS FAT
DURING MARCH
A Durham grade cow from the
herd on the A. J. Stango ranch
near Inland City was the high
cow in tho Union County Dairy
Herd Improvement association,
having produced 2040 pounds ot
of. grade llolstoln cows and during
tho year thero seemed to bo one
or inoro cows from his herds on
butterfat during the month. Tho
facts aro given In this order, owner
of cow, name, breod, month frostt,
Spanish IVirk Otoiis
Tako the number of pork chops
required for tho number of people
you want to serve. Drown them
quickly in tho skillet and place in
layers in your baking dish. Put
is hoping that this y-ar may bring a tablespoon of cooked rlco on each
her better bucccss in the poultry chop. Cut a few slices of onion
milk and 93.8 pounds of butterfar. in milk was 406.8 pounds and 23.5
So says th report of the official j pounds buiterfat. The total produc-
lu.-iiur, xiuun outturn, ri'ceiuiy men. Lion wus am, on pouuus oi mint
Tho second high cow of tho 743 and 17.4G3.7 pounds of fat. Thoro
tested, was a Durham belonging to were 1U5 forty-pound cows.
Fisher and McCluug. Hor record C. P. Kdvalson hns a fine herd
was 1677 pounds of milk and 7S.8
pounds of butterfat.
During the month of March, 41
enrolled 74.1 cows of which 1&9 honf, 12 9 c of mixed breeds
tho group containing less than 12
tho roll honor. His herd mado tho po.Jlld8 or mlk and pounds of but
top for tho group, having mora terfjl
than 20 cow, hlB 25 head having lcmu
to thoir credit 1 101.4 in milk and A- J Stango ranch, "Bell lur.-
43.0 pounds in fat. In tho group ham, January. 2040, 93.8.
of from 12 to 20 cows, Fishor and Fisher and McClung, "Midget.
McClung's 16 head of Duhams pro- t Durham. January. 1677, 78.8.
ducod an avorago of 6.2 pounds of
I fut and 843.6 pounds of milk. The
were dry. Tho average production
game than she has had in some
I previous years.
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i Day lit Country-
Mrs. Fred Wells LMid children of i
Ta Grande wero guests Sunday at .
the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Wells of near AlJcel, Sunday was '
a great day to spend In the eoun- j
try, or out in tho opon anywhere
in the valley. - '
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Another I toad
And why don't you mention Ol'lt
new road camo the query yester
day. That was the new road from
the railroad over to what Is known
as the ditch bridge on ttoolh Line.
It has been graded and otherwlso
improved ami gives the patrons a
much bettor road than they have;
over had before. -
and given peppers (if you like
them) over each layer and then
pour over the whole a cauful of to
mato soup and also a pint of can.
not tomatoes If you havo two lay
ers or more. Pepper and salt to
taste, and bake in. moderately hot
oven about ono hour or until chops
are tender.
Spring Work
Starts Early
In Wallowa Co.
cows. They mado an averago or
1,056.8 milk and 42.7 fat.
iioijTj of honor cows
The first group aro thosu which
produced moro than 70 pounds of
' Ernest Bell, "Darling1 gradi
Jersey, March, 1730, 76.9.
Ernest Kohler, "Star" gradv
Jersey and Ho is te in, December,
1212, 73,9. .
A. J. Stango ranch, "May' Dur
ham, March, 1826. 73.0.
C. P. Kdvalson, "Calamity" grade
(Continued on Page 10)
To Starkey
Mr. and Mrs.
Franklyn Wells
WALLOWA, Ore. (Special) I
j under way at many of the farms
in this community at the present
Mime. Farmers aro well pleased to
get started at their spring crop
ping at such an early date in the
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wells of
a.iou iuv . iu n na-y numiay u HWlHon und t(vl l)mt chunci)H ur
spenu ims uay ai inn numo 01 uinr mu..h hellor fnr a iron.l ni-nn nt
11. IS. Thomas, and airilltf ffruhl on lnn (ry laml wuu.0
. lit can lie seeded during tho month
v I of April,
improving
sister. Mm
family. '
Starr fam.
Mom hers of tho S. 1'
ity on Hunter
riblc time of
inrlntr will. Out fin AM wm-u 111
l:iiif tli" snmo hint rnlmiur'K unit
only now am they all feeling much
like their former selves. Mrs. Start
has only recently been able to do
her own housework. .
While some seeding of spring
wheat bus been done at some 'ot
llrloased .
Tho home of Mr. and Mrs.
lie. lllllhouHc near Island City has
been released from quarantine for
scarlet fever and properly fumi
gated. MIhh JJllian Hlllhouso who
Moves Into Town
1UI-' A,rs- J'1'11' Miller and children
intra recently piirciuiNeu pro jju i ly
and are moving from their farm
on the lower Cove, road and into
Cove. .
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'nniL-Iufi-'clioii.
Mrs. Gilbert Hunter of lIuiitrH
Ijiuic has been having quite a time
with infection in one of her feet.
again.
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Makes Impi'ovemciit'
JUT. aim Mm. i. n. Klin l rr.nnrl.w1 tn l.o litmwivhlir iit
is about " ...
tho present time.
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Inspecting Roads
Mr. Scott of Salem, inspector of
the market roads of the stale ar
rived in the valley yesterday and
of Union
making somo improvemen
their home on the lower Cove road.
Among tho most Important am tho
new floors which aro being In 11
throughout tho house. Mr. Hartley
f has never quite regained his physi
cal strengtn since u v RCCompauied by the members of
with the young bull on his place Jjwn inMiH,(,t
.last tatl. iie i iiiii-Jii w-uui,
over.
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'Jim KUlUlH '
'J'hu county liiBliwuy ouirit.i havo
been working on Brooks, lane una
on no the l-onU towuid Pumpkin
ItidKo stopping ofC nt whut Is
known as tile rtlty Noivol place.
Tho work iwre was reuirut-u " --. ,h ,rl, ,. n M, ii,,,..
lint , " , ,,, ,' . ,, . .
Iiik tlio nuii-kct routlH
county.
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To lOsinhlMi IxMjkoul
We havo been informed tliul a
Mr. Alorcland has been and is in
tho valley at the present time,
Htnrtlng tho preliminary work to
ward establishlnjr a lookout ta-
what on account of the fact t
boiiio fences are still to be moved,
and tho eiiuipmeut was taken over
near Summcrvlllo wnere.work is
to start tho first of the. week o.-t :
the road leadins up to Sanderson j
KprlliKS. On the first named pleeo I
of road, the uradlne only was done, j
looking toward sui facini; next year. I
u- ' j
Visits Itclullvt's
Mrs. Eddio Hloklulid came out
eurly --thlH week
ris. This will be practically op-
poslle tho station on Mt. Kmlly.
Further details ot the matter when
this was written wore not yet avail
able. o .
SuiMlay (iwsts
Mrs. K A. lOplinir. Miss Anno
Arnoltlus and Tom MeCriilre of l.a
Clrande wero guests Sunday at the
S. McAnisll home, in the Valeria
district.
from Enterprise early -this week i
and is visiting her many friends ,Ins m,,,,. slmwei
and reluilves In the valley. Jiss yAM HuniK.n, teacher of
0 j tho first and second grades at the
Improves ,' Island City school upon her lvcent
Arthur Weuver, who Is emidoyed nnnlversarv was given a
Ull llll! IU1III Ul iUI.I. I III I K tn""". i
ton n.sar Suinmervilio was ill for
several days this week, but is said
to bo better again.
avlled to linker
The members or me ivauies iu .
society of tho Methodist church at!
Cove have an invitation to go to
linker the first Wednesday in May
and be guests ut the home oMlev.
and Mrs. W. A. Winters. The in
vitation was accepted unanimously
and the ladies are already making
their plans for the expedition. I
To Other Farm ,
Jim Dobbin of unit Ii Orande
has moved his farming outfit over
to his other place In the hills near
Viilon and Is starting the spring
work there.
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l?i grille Poorly
Tile condition of S. McAnish of
the Valeria district does not seem
to be very encouraging at tho pres
ent time. Mr. McAnish Is 81 years
of age and has b'en feeble for
soul- time. Keports an that his
strength seems to be declining at
present.
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Ilti '
C. It. HoMnxon and Uis two boys
are busy getting in the crops on
their several farms In th valley.
On the farm over In the lilverside
district. 160 acres is being put in
oatM this week. Mr. Itobinson is
tosing the Murk ton oats, a smut
'J'.-oof variety which has been
found to be quite successful In this
locality. The greater part of the
acreaee on this ranch will bi sum
inrrfallowcd thW yar. Over at the
ranch on the sidehlll road at the
present time tho busiest person is
Mrs. Kobinson who has just re
ceived a shipment of several hun
dred day o!d chicks. Whito Lcg-
lovely handkerchief shower by tho
j pupils in the room. And in addit
ion to that, they brought two won
I ne had ono ter- fl,..mu ..... viuw
it this winter and t!. ,.,,, ..... ,
they expect to wait until about the
twentieth of the mouth befuro seed
ing, because of tho danger of
freezes which are probable during
tho latter part or the month and in
many instances in former years
! have done u large amount of dam
1 age to early sowed wheat which is
easily uffected by frosts.
I Tho most of tho fields in the hill
sections have dried off very rapid
ly during the past week and somo
of tho farmery havo already com.
.menced plowing summerfallow. lu
jdlcatlons arc that there will be no
j largo amount of spring seeding on
jthe dry farms of this community.
Tho greater part of the sunnnerful
lowid land was seeded to foil
wheat, and but few reports' aro
heard of where re.seedlng will be
necessary.
M.'VtillK
The annual meeting of Iho Union
County Dairy Hord Improvement
association is to be held In La
Grande Monday. April 1 4. The
hour is set for 1:30 o'clock and the
attendance will' undoubtedly bo
very pood.
Over From Cove
Mrs. John -Uoan. and -da-ughlor.
Klnora Hansen weio over from
iheir home near Cove yesterday
and attended the meeting of the
Alleel J.inlles Aid society at the
linmn Of Mm Iiml K'n'.iilv tti tlm
low district 1 "n's t'oUmiunlly appeared to
j tin seeding period last, fall, (han
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Ah! Meets
Mrs. John liowery very" delight
fully eiilerlaiued the members of
tho Island City Iridic Aid yester
day afternoon at her home, the
homo ' being tastefully decorated
with daffodils and potted plants.
Mrs. Garrett Itlokland. presided
over the meeting and Mrs. O. O.
Shafer conducted the devotionals.
During the busincsn meeting, Mrs.
J. N. Uowery was made publicity
chairman and plans were complet
ed for tho chicken dinner which
tho ladles a re to se ivb to the
chamber of commerce at Us reg-
derful birthday cakes, which with
ice cream and cako were served at
the close of the afternoon. It was
W(L8 the case further toward En
terprise, where farmers report thut
but little of the grain got up lit
good shape during the fall and re
ports from some of the farms In
thut section say that some of the
fields of winter wheat are still
showing up quite spotted und that
some reseeding muy be necessary
at somo of the farms.
j The winter wheat fields in the
hill sections north and east of
town are showing up green as
meadows at this time.
' Tho weather for the past ten
ular luncheon meeting next Tues- days has been exceptionally favor-
day, April 15. Guests during tho able for a rapid growth of the
afternoon wero Mrs. Tom Ituck- grain and since the ground has bo
man, Julia Jane l'arker and Anna oomo dry enough to allow puatur
Mae Shafer. At the close of a very lug without damage to tho crop
pleasant afternoon, Mrs. Shafer some farmers are pasturing their
served splendid refreshments as-. dairy cows and small bands ot
sisted by Mrs. Ituckman. 1 aphno sheep on the grain, fearing that
liowery and Anna Mac Shafer. j unless it is held back some that
o I there Is danger of it becoming to
Program at The Lake jfar along and be damaged by June
The llev. Judson i'erklns, M's. freezes. Somo harrowing of wheat
Perkins and their four interesting Is also being donu In parts of tho
children wero the special features community at tills time,
on a program given last evening There is much difference of opin
during a social hour at. the Hot ion regarding the benefits to bo
I.iiko Sanatorium, which was snon gained by spring burrowing of
sored by the Kp worth leugue of
the Methodist church of Ijl Grande.
All were dressed in Mohammedan
costumes. Mrs. Perkins described
(Continued on Page Ten)
wheat. Some farmers feel that they
havo greatly increased the chances
for better yields by this method of
spring cultivation, while others
feel Hint but little benefits are
gained by harrowing.
Closing Out
MICA
AXEL
GREASE
All Sizes
at liar gain
IHINT llltr.AK YOlll HACK
THY!X; TO OH, YOl ll IIAK
MOSS HOST It! IX YOrll
TKJII'K It. IIOXT I-KillT
with voiit wmt; ovi;ii
TKYIXCS TO Oil. THK IIAIt-
m:ss ix thk ii or sr.
iiuiNf; it ri to rs m:iti:
Wl; AKK -HIX! iioni'i'i;!
am this wohk.
We still have some
Second Hand Har
ness and Collars at
a Bargain.
GRACE
Harness Shop
NOTICE
TO
LIGHT AND POWER
USERS
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER SERVICE
WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 10:00 A. M.
TO 12:30 P. M. SUNDAY, APRIL 13 IN ALI
CEL, IMBLER, SUMMERVILLE AND ELGIN
TERRITORY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF
BROKEN INSULATORS.
EASTERN OREGON LIGHT & POWER CO.
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UP POLISH UP
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Old Dutch Cleanser
.Protects the home
with healthful
cleanliness
3 Cans for . . . . . . . 19c:
Tru Blu
GRAHAMS -
With Honey and Milk
4-lb.Box-:i69c
M ACM ARR BROOMS
A clean sweep fi6m
attic to basement ,
Each
TTrTi 89C
OXYDOL
- " For laundry, kitchen and
-; general housework
Large Package ... . . . . .
19c
BEST FOODS MAYONNAISE
Makes the best salads better.
Pint Jar . .
38c
WESSON OIL
Quart Tin . . . . .... . . . .
49c
SNOWDRIFT
The all purpose shortening.
3-lb.Tin.. ..:
73c
KERR'S
Strawberry Preserves
Pure fruit and sugar
3-lb.GlassJar ... 53c
LARD
Washington Brand
S-lb.Net .. .. $1.25
EASTER HAMS
T. C. Brand
Buy them now while the
stock is fresh and plenti
Pound ........ 29c
American Brand
LYE
Strictly high test'
3 Cans
25c
NUCOA ,
2 lbs. for . . 45c
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Libby's Fancy Sliced PINEAPPLE, No. 2 Vz Cans.
Rosedale Choice PEARS, No. 2 Cans.
3 Cans ... . 79c 6 Cans . . .... $1.55
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Bleaches and Purifies
2 Bottles. ..
CRYSTAL WHITE
Washes Clothes T
Whiter With Bas for
Less Rubbing 39c
35c
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On sale in Our Stores tPA,uu
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Shell Household Necessities
DRY CLEANER
Half Pints .... 23c Pints. ...39c
FURNITURE POLISH
Half Pints.... 23c Pints... 39c
Asparagus
Fancy Kcnncwick,
2 lbs.
25c
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Lettuce
25c
Sweet, solid heads,
t for
Oranges
Fancy Sunkist
100 size, Doz
75c