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VALLEY NEWS
WANT ADS
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930
NUMBER 237
OVER THE VALLEY
. Mil hoi V Morton, Vitllry Mows lltor
i'lnnKvs; Kckiciicc, Mnlu UUU; Offiw, -Mnin 7
iiiRS have known its (ulvantuRO for luff proposition. So, then, It would
years and years. It bus even bcon nut u rally follow that tho farther
hundcil down by somo of the i thiy aro curried utono, tho more
grandfathers nd yet how slowly
It takes hold of the agricultural
world generally. Men high in ag
ricultural authority, when the plan
would be the Iohs. At loust there
would be added that expense of the
threshing bill. Hut none of the al
ready hard earned -rash goes out
la montioned to them, often turn when the oats aro pastured away.
lVrHVt Attendance
.Must of the rural schools over
the valley have closed or will closj
this week for the summer vaca
tion. Some few who have days
to niii up are still busy at work.
In the schools which have closed,
then? is a nice lift of pupils who
have had a perfect attendance rec
ord for the year. Among those
who have already been reported to
j the- office of thu county superin
tendent are the following:'
, Cove: Kathleen Comstock, Yel
ma Itichards.
I'umpkln nidge: Margaret Hug,
Huby Tameris.
Kamela: Krunc.is It.joks.
Island City: J.uella Nelson, Ltar
bara WurdHl, Georgia J'urker,
liulh Cooper, Ilea Cooper, Jieulah
iagey.
Shanghai: Kdmund Miller.
North I'owdur: JaVonne Walker,
Iva 3'lerce.
J'ondosa: GlcriilaU; . Metcnlf,
)vaitio Nelson, Ashby Nelson,
Lloyd 1'arker, Owen Hobinson,
to ridiculing it. "Tho animals
could tramp the little plants to
death in short order." is tho usual
thers here also. It is to bo hoped t student at tho Kastern Oregon nor- , in mm was given tho first chair in hasty conclusion. Hut nevertheless
the plan is much more, in accord
Willi nature's great schema than
tu flint nf m.lll.K, .ilfnlfn M-lirrt it
' imiHt hatt In t tin wlinln
by all that ull preliminary plans) mal.
may work out satisfactorily.
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At Klgin
-Making Alteration!
In addition to thu improvements
.Mrs. C. 1). Huffman of Cove ave- 'mentioned a few weeks urii, which
Kenneth Gekeler is making on the
farm he purchased Inst year. the
nuc has been visiting at the hom
of her daughter, Airs. Lynn Hill in;
Klgin.
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Sot So AVell .'
Mrs. l'ress I'ugh of nortli of
Summerville, who has been ill at
her home was reported as .lot be
ing so well the first of this week. I
Mr. and Mrs. Pugh havo recently '
filled out papers sent them by the '
proper officials granting their eon- j
sent for the enlistment of their
son, Marion, in the United Slates
navy. Marion's friends will be in
terest efi In further news of this
venture. lie has been travelling
around over Colorado, tho last let
ter having been received from i
Florence, Colorado. J
the all statu orchestra. Tho young
man is a relativo of tho Arthur,
Honey and other Hermann families
in the valley. I,
season
Visit SumlUY
Mr. and Mrs.
old C. C. Welch farm near Imbler j near l.a Grande drove to west of
Mr. Gekeler is remodelling the Summerville Sunday and were
house, making additions, changing I guests during the day of their for
mer neighbors,
Austin.
Coming For Visit
I Mr. and Mrs. J. j. Woodell of
Improve J'roprty- the Lono Star f neighborhood aro
William Hill whose farm is lo-cxpecting 'a vli!t next WPek from
eated south of Klgin a short ways their daughter, Mrs. Glenn Howard
is just completing a course of re
nte old parts. It will be a very
attractive farm home when the :
work is all completed. j
3 Lake l-'lne Itcoord
Kelatives in tho valley are great
ly pleased over the record made by
a nephew who together with other
students remvsented the Guincy,
Illinois high schooj in a slate high the strip border Irrigation this
school conference held at Cham-I season. He makes one of several
palgn, Illinois. Young people pre.-,- j who are trying this plan which
ent from high school orchestras ! seems very promising hero and
woro tried out in the various ! which has succeeded elsewhere,
classes and placed according toiMr. Dobbin has purchased, within
proficiency. In the violin section ; the last few weeks a land leveler
for which there wero 12 entrants; -
(from ull over Illinois, Wilbert Her. i (Continued on Page Eight)
, through with such coarse, rapid
i growing, and quick maturing
Carl Hobinson of things as nurse crops generally are.
A good many men who pasture
away the nurse crop maintain that
oats aro moro valuable in that ea-
Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Jpaelty than they are when thresh
ed for the irruin and straw. Oats
I is generally conceded (o be a los-
Tho cattle do their work free of
charge. No doubt they make it
pay some profit, and besides they
are giving the assurance that the
alfalfa will not ,dio before winter
co inert. '
One of tho most successful farm
ers 1 havo ever known is a man
who says he has never failed to
get his stand of alfalfa. His mead
ows aro as nearly perfect as it is
possible to be. Never is there a
hoof on them after tht.y are. es
tablished, except where tho horsos
havo to go at hayhlg- time. Hut
in a highly successful way, was
started by tho pasture plan. The
oats and alfalfa wore sown, tho
oats Tiecamo pasture as soon as It
could furnish a Jilte, and then by
July tho alfalfa wan left to go It
alone and to make, by the follow
ing year, ono of his perfect mead
ows. Tho only pasture this man
has other than what has just been
mentioned is oats and sweet clover
in combination. But in that case
the cnttlo remuin on the field all
year, for tho sweet clover is not
for permanence. By tho time tho
oats are exhausted by the herd,
the sweet clover is sufficient in it.
self to graze the
A SEASONABLE
RECIPE
Toasted, Sardlno Sandwiches
One-half cup sardines. . ' ;
Ono hard cooked egg.' '
Thrco rip olives. , V
Throe stuffed olives. j
Two tablespoons diced celery.
Two tablespoons nut moats.
Ono tablospoon mayonnaise.
One-fourth teaspooji salt.
Six slices whole wheat bread.
Chop first six ingredlonts very
fine. Moisten with mnyonnalse
and season well. Spread between.
herd" and with buttered slices of breud and toast.
considerable- abundance. Alfalfa Servo piping hot with slices ol
becomes just as rugged in the i sweet pickle or sliced green tomato
same length of time, but tho aim pickle. They are surprisingly good.
with it is a tall growth by fall for
its own winter protection, and for
all of this man's alfalfa, through the permanence that Is expected
all the years he has oeen farming nml desired.
Baker i Ninety business men
havo signed a petition for daylight
saving time in linker. '
I To IYy New .Method
Jim J)obbln of near La G ramie ,
who stands high among tho pro- j
I gressive farmers in the valley is I
i one of those who expects to try out !
pairs on the home which Is greatly
Improving tho appearance of tho
place.
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Visits
Mrs. I'.. M. Snedeker, who makes
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
vllawkins on the Cove-Cnlon high.
'way, is making a visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vogel near
Union. Mrs. Vogel is Mrs. Snedck
er's granddaughter.
Has Guest
Mrs, C. II. ltidwell of Island City
hail Miss Helen Htilac as her guest
for a few days before she left this
valley for her homo at Sheridan.
Oregon. Miss llulae has just eom
pleled,1 h r year's work as teacher
in the Union schools.
and. her two children, Jlmmic and
Jean who will eonm into the vul
ley for an extended slay from their
home at Marshfield.
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School lMcnlc
Tho teacher, pupils and patrons
of the Iowa school participated in
Riverside Park, marking the close ' iu i .
of the school year. It was a very rulhiwhiic article from the pen of
happy event according to all the lho Ialwt. . , Jl''.
enthusiaslic reports. Tho teacher, W"" " " Wllh 1 HiiccesH-
Miss Jean McShano has gone to I 11,1 y"K
auaiia. xno uuuyinuii u.-mvh mm.
Inasmuch
i:
vulky, liiivinc
Aewiiinii'rs
Mr. ami -Mis. C.
IKIWCOllKTH In till!
I'Ultll!
the farm on this i'leiiHiint (Irovii
roail whlrh they ii-.irnlmHml this I
last winti'l'. They cauio lurft from.;
Now 1'lymouth. Idii.io, und arc
iuiti dcllKhtcd with this valloy,
UiutiKli the cold ., and stormy
.wi'iitlu'rlias not overly imiii'Lsscd
them. ' . " '
If these
I men M ill look urounu uiem, some-
lfii.thml fnf ii vluil with fi'li.mlK
' the article be reprinted
(Ives l),,. as it suifKCSts a metllod whiull he
Mrs. Hart Oliv.ir of llry Creek HiorouBhly believes in and which
,;ave n very lovely dinner Tuesday!"" ' satlsfie.l would be benei.ciul
at her home, a baked chicken din.t oll,t''-'i lllis Klity:
ier with evorythiilB flint she could ! Suwins the precious allalra crop
think of to servo With It. even to I only to have the. cattle tramping
hnme-mndn Ico cream. Tim day over it a few weeks alter it cornea
her blrlhdav annlvei-sary and for "1 may seem like lrlBlillul uusi-
mlter are!11"' fll!t 1,1 ,,"'''c years she j aess to soinu farmers.
aai succeeoea n nav air .vcr i m
r..n.... 11 .... hqnnn wiiir in thi! neighborhood, they
hero In Kebruary to occupy!; ,... ' ,,, . , ', . ,..,. .,. to find a colleaKilo who a.
sides llm members of her own ' lollowini; that vers practice. . And
family, her mother. Mrs. :. San- I me. changes are that the .man who
derson of .Summci-vlllo was also a I lollows it never fails to get the
RU(.st- i aood strone; stand that ho set about
0. j to procure from the beginning. Jiai
Itunqniticil he is not tho farmer, mind, you,
A- number of enl husiasllc ' buije: w ho wilL oontinuu the free rui),.l
ball fans from lialiler and viemny I tau cam
irave a banquet Wednesday even
ing at the I.a am mill hotel in hon
or of the championship lentil of
the Imbler High school. Tt was
a parly. aud one which the
individual team members appro-
PASTURE AWAY
THE NURSE CROP
SAYS SPECIALIST
One of the most prominent dairy I heneficWtl to the root systems, for
have, we not all of us seen garden
ers crush down onion tops In or
der to throw more strength Into
the roots and force them to a
greater size?
This packing proress with the
hoofs keeps the molsturu close to
the lop , of the ground. Well we
know this when we stop for a
Organic Another Club
Another IJ1 club, a girls sewing
club was recently organized in the
f-1 mVk. I.'lf.vrl (iallowav is the (,uitt;
local leader ami the officers of the t
group are, Marie. Smith, president;
Margaret Wilson, vice president;
and Kdna Krickson, secretary.
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Improvement Slow
Vernon 'Nlederer. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Nlednrer or Dry Creek Is
making very slow improvement. I
The little chap has been confined j
to his bed for several months now. j
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Have r,xn,i inations
Final examinations for the I
eighth grude were held on Wed-!
nesday and Thursday of last week J
in the different school districts of
-Hie county. The teachers serving I
this year on the examining hoard
are W. V. Connor and Mrs. Vaden I
of Union, Maurice Weiss of Tin- j
bh-r and Mrs. Teresa Leslie of:
Suinim rville. j
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Guests I'Yom Colorado
M r. and M rs. Jerry Veatch of ,
(ho Moss Chapel district have as
their house guests Mr. and Mrs. O.
VV. Brookshlre of Salida, Colorado.
Tir. and Mrs. Brookshire havo been
in the valley for about two weeks
and expect to have another week's
visit here before leaving. Mr.
BrOukshiro aitd Mrs. Veatch are
brother and sister.
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Planning Kuni"n
Mrs. Hannah Henry of Tnibler is
4 looking forward with a great deal
of anticipation to a reunion of her
own family which Is now being
planned for some timo In June.
Mrs. Henry has seven of her chil
dren living in this valley. How
ever, seven also live in Utah. Theso
latter fam'lies are planning to
drive to the valley this summer,
i elated very much.
I to
il
that now seeding
definitely. Ho would no more think
ot pasturing the fully developed
meadow than he would the corn
field, for he knows what a menace
that would be to the. field. ,.
Years ago, when the first corn
belt farmer explained to nie that
his fine success with stands ol
AbviO's Busy alfalfa were d ie to pasturing away
Grandma Greiner, who mnkesjlnu nurHl! crop, 1 tooK it with the
her home with her daughter, Mrs. 1 1roVurmij grain of salt. 1 had come
Jim Woodell of the Lone Htur di- j t0 nm ,01. information on tho sub
trlct always bus some handiwork . j(.eL ,)Ul rt!fuM(,u f0r a Imig time
around to keep her out o( mischief, j U) lH.li(,vu timt jt0 actually pastur
Of late she has been making tb,c, ; new und Ht,.UKBK alialla. It
pretty rag rugs und has just fin- i fi.c.ms to n,o thut must surely mean
death to many of the tendur plants.
The crushing beneath the hoofs ol
isbed her sixth. Two quilts nn
also been on tho winter's program
Grandma
Grlener does splendid I
the herd they could never survive.
work and the finished products arc j mjUs 1 th.u (,.iy
moment to remember all tho hoof
prlnis we have seen as damp im
pressions In fnllow fields in
sirange contrast to the dry areas
whereon hoofH had not fallen. On
the turning ends of the cornfield, I
corn comes up faster In dry seasons J
for the reason that moro packing
there gave the corn more moist -1
ure. The rulo applies tho same in
the field "where alf.ilfa has been j
sown, thus explaining the benefit
that conies from starling nlfalra
after the plan of pasturing away
tho nurse crop.
Occasionally a Tanner discovers
the vlrlue in the pasture plan:
thrn'tfglr accident," as" did olio good !
farmer friend of mine. He had, to i
fence off a lane along one side of
the field sown to oats and alfalfa;
so that the cows could reach the j
bluegrass pasture beyond. His great i
surprise was that the alfalfa In I
(his lanc outshlo or the regular
cow path trame through In fine
shape, while that In the field prop- j
er where tho grain was allowed to
ripen, practically all died."" Kvei
since the this man has been paslur-,
ing away nurse crops and has '
very pretty.
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Have Guest.
Sunday guests at tho home of
Mr. and Mrs. Hurt Oliver in Dry
Creek were Mrs. Anna Oliver and
Miss Margaret Anson of 1 n
Grande.
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Here Jor Commencement
The Misses Hva nml Hdna I.ed
better, accompanied by Mrs. G4
1 trace of Weston was In tins valley
Thursday evening to attend the
commencement exercises at Im
bler. They came to See their bro
ther, Lylo Ledbetter graduate.
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School Closed
j- Lone Star school, near Alice,
closed yesterday, after a very suc
! coKsful year's work. Miss Ava
I Woodell, the teacher expects to ut
jtend the Kastern Oregon Normal
school during the summer session.
never failed to get good stands or
alfalfa or whatever else of grass
crops he sought to obtain.
More and more oats and sweet
clover aro being sown together in
the spring to provide pasture
through the full scuunt and this
plan furnishes a rcmurkahle op
j portunlty to see how the pasture
; plan works. Sweet clover, as a
i young plant, is no more hardy, than
jalfalfa. In the driest sprina whom
it is sown with oats that aro at-
on the farm of that alfalfa spec
ialist didn't include his pasturing
alfalfa, in the first season of its
existence.
Home time afterward I came in f
(contact with another larmer es- j ow,.( to run t0 tho harvest, the
ipecially successful will: Ills seed. i SWP,.t clover will almost invariably
J ings who told nm again of th(fau lo ,,!;, re a worth wiiile
i pasture Idea. Then I returned to K(uni llul ,(,t. tu) prinK , ,.vcr
Mho first farmer in tho case andjHO ,iry aud It will not fall In the
, jolted down that part of his story uatH fl(.1(l pUHturcs areas, providing.
thut I had previously omitted. i ,)f pours., that the soil is sweet.
.Since those days I have talked
with a good many farmers in the
alfalfa districts who use what I
shall call the pasture method or
j seeding. Never once hiwt one of
jtheni reported a failure with II.
(The plan merely consists of How
ling the oats ami the alfalfa to
Igether us usual, the oaljj not in-
, tended for a nurse crop in the u- 1
ual sense of tho word, but for p:is
i luring which is nurse Indeed.
the only kind In which alfalfa or
sweet clover can be expected to
grow. He cause of the increasing
vogue of domestic pastures In the
form of oats and sweet clover in
combination, the most obs rvin
; men soon delect that advantage
! that sweet clover has here as com
J pared to that sown in grain that
is allowed lo ripen. And they real
ize
tin
that alfalfa can be benefited In
same way.
Nurse crops for alfalfa are, as a Koine of the men who practice
t rub.', misnomers if they Are allow
ICetiini Home . , 0d to run unmolested to their
Mr. und Mrs. Henry Kniss and ( ripened maturity. The res;ilt Is a
Mr. and Mrs. Tracchsel, who have . w,Mlu.r)ing of the young alfaira
been visiting at the home of Iheh-' through shndlng. thus forming a
mother and. grand-mother. Mrs. 'i,.nderness that when suddenly ex
Nothnagel near Alleel concluded .,os(M . thn full liuht of the son
Vill camp under the trees in their j their visit and returned yesterday . at Krun harvest, time, can und ure
mother's orrlmrd for at least n - to thejr homo in Portland. j-nmia but tho most favorjihli- con-
week, and during that time what j o Millions of weather and soil. I n
good times there will be with the Home For Sunday less the weather is comparatively
lroth.-rs and sisters, and neiees Miss Florence Hobinson spent cool and the soli sufficiently
and nephews of this locality! In ! Sunday at the homo of her par-(charged with moisture, the i;iraira
addition to her own children and ems, Mr. and Mrs. C. I!. Hobinson. i,,i,h treated will curl up and di(..
the members of their families, Mrs. Khe was accompanied by her Hmne farmers have noted this so
H-nry may laive some of her hro- friend. Miss Florence Kverett. a, they gradually pasture away the
-zrr- : ": - - - " nurse crops, while the alfalfa
'seeding daily grows more resistant
to heat and droittht as the process ;
j continues to tho end, which eoite s (
along in late June or early July;
. when the annuals are driven out j
' of the field to h ave the alfalfa I
entirely alone forever thereafter. j
i As a matter of fact, the alfalfa
has not been pfistnn d at all. The ,
cattle could hardty nip it ir tin y j
w on Id, for uiib-ss a p.'ist un crop ,
; bus some height thy -aiinot whip ,
it Into their mou i lis w it h t hir ,
tongii'-s In the only m-teier th.il
rot tie know how to cat. Unlike J
horses and sheep lin y cannot sh'-ar
'close to thf- ground. Ko it is the
oats that receive the pasturing.,
J Turn the cattle in when Ibis is
j coming around shoe. lop high and
! it Is sufficient to their satisfaction. 1
I And all the time th"y arc packing
;the soil around the roots of the
liltle alfalfa that flo'irishes from (
)tho benefit. What little crushing j
, of the tops there is. doesn't mat.
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NOTICE
TO
LIGHT AND POWER
USERS
Electric light and power service will be
turned off from 7:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M.
in the Elgin territory, and from 11:00 A.
M. to 3:00 P. M. Pacific Standard Time
in the Imbler, Alicel and Summerville
territory, Sunday, May 25, 1930, lo make
necessary line repairs.
EASTERN OREGON LIGHT & POWER CO.
the pasture plan with their seed.
3mithe
GRAD
Appropriate and Useful
(Jifls for the lioy or
Girl Graduate.
Luggage
Purses
liillfolds
Diary Hooks
Trip Hooks
Gift Sets
Writing Sets
Card Sets
III I'i'r !!( IHmiiiiiiI Dm
.ll I.uukuki mill
1,1'llllllT iilMHls
Come in and .see them.
GRACE
Harness Shop
Whether it is fruits and vegetables still sparkling with. the dew of orchard and garden or those
hundreds of other line quality foods that irtock our shelves, freshness is an important part of every
item wc offer you. A ceaseless procession of trucks, trains and ships bring these foods to you
daily in which true appetizing flavor is found because they are FRESH!
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""m PRICES SATURDAY MONDAY
KRAFT l ' " '
cheese MACMARR COFFEE
ifileiiii. Suku na '
Cholci of I Mini'
American, Swiss or
Itrlck
.'2-lb. pkgs.
2 for 45 A
CRACKERS
PRESERVES
Tru-Bakes
Lightly Salted
Whole Strawberries
With Pure Sugar
Rest Foods
(1 MAYONNAISE
g 38c
i urM7
PINTS
PORK AND
BEANS
Full Size
18 oz. Can
PEACHES
KAFFEE HAG
Dclmonte Sliced
No. 2 Cans
POUND
TIN
OREGON
PRUNES
s
I With nil (heir nalural
I "l Hclousiich-s''
k FIVE POUNDS
STARCH
No Kitchen Smoke
or Odor
Red Mexicans
For Economy
Gem Nut
Brand
Aniaizo
Corn or Gloss
POUND 39c
2LB.CADDY35C
3 LB. JAR 49
3 FOR 25
2F0R39C
59c
3 LB. CAN 73
5 LBS. 35
3LBS.490
3 FOR 25
G I il
lll"t-!rKBr dcr, 2 lbs iOt
DARIGOLD
MILK
lust I'ure, Whnlc
.Milk will) I'art or Mm
Water Iti-iiunrd
CAN9c
WEEK-END SPECIALS IN FRESH FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES '
New CABBAGE
5c
Solid Heads,
round
LETTUCE
13c
Fresh and Crisp,
2 Heads
NEW PEAS
Sweet and Ten
der, 2 lbs
In
-'so