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VALLEY NEWS
VOLUME 'XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930
NUMBER 248
FARMERS PLEASED
! WITH RAINFALL
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i Wallowa County Crops
$ Greatly Benefited by ,
f ' Recent Precipitation.
j i fly li. C. Mwk
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WALLUWA, Ore. (Hyeuiul)
Furruera of Lit in county are much
I jjlruwiil with thu lurgu amount of
t jnoiHturu which foil during the
V mst few wroka. During thu paat
tlireo or four weeks ut Im-st one
ilieuvy rain has conio .each wei-k
lind in neurly all in.stances Hie
i weekly ruinM have been nf several
i liouifj duration. Thursday night
?."raln commenced faHing at about
j 7:yo in the evening and continued
V oil night and the greater pan of
j .the day Friday. Thin i thought by
y many to have been of the greatest
beiH-t'il of any-tiiis season, because
of 1 tho fact that it was a slow
fetcadS' rain and soaked Into iho soil
j'u in good shape. , A number of heavy
fli-ains have struck this community
(' during the past few weeks which
JVWere such heavy down-pours that
jfi-uiuch of the water mil off before
it ou1d b(1 taken up by tho fioll,
- jiarlN of the community where
f the dashing rains wero th,e lea'
l Ji-Hf.. fields which had iH'oiV worked
Yi -Into condi'iori and flerdea to springs
!v crop.'i were packed down very solid
' iind resulted hj the surface of the
y ground baking to u cons'.durabjc
t c U nt. In some places farmers
jf Jiave harrowed parts of tho spring
t" pi'cdings to break up tho crust.
' Practically all spring seeding "has
lad mm ii finished her0 after many le
fluvs from the fields being too wet
"to work. The most of the spring
iw-cded grain Is up and growing
nicely. Winter wheal crops in all
jmrt.s of the comnuinlty arc sliow
: lug up very well. .Much of the
'early seeded grain Is from two to
. three feet in helghth and thick
Htands are in most fields.
Rome of the stockmen or this end
of the valley have been busy re-
..cently moving a lirt of their stock
v 'In Hiimmer ranges. Oscar Maxwell
'.: "nnd I:. 11. and Olenn Sherotl, of
i MUldle valley, returned home the
latter part of the week from taking
! llielr cattle to range in the "Wash
'board" district, where they have
range to run them ilurlug the sum
mer months. They report the
grafs exceptionally good In that
t aiea this season. . C. A. Hunter also
, lias been busy recently .moving j.to 10v6 his shr
of this community during tho past
week or two. Tho hay being cr
consists of some early patches of
alfalfa and eheet grass which has
become badly started in some of
th0 alfalfa fields.
Several of the runners of the
community wero busy delivering
fat hogs to the stuck yards here
Din latter part of tho week for
shipment to Portland. The continu
ed high prices for hogs has lead
many of thu farmers of this end or
the valley to expand their hr
raising operations to some extent
and there has been a very keen
demand for pigs and young stock
hogs.
Marry Whipple, who has been
farming the H. O. Hearing place,
northwest of l,osltno during the
past year, was busy moving hi:
family to a place, on Parsnip creek
where they expect to live for
I, while.
Mark Schaeffer was a La Grande
business visitor the early part ot ;
the week. j
Lee W. Hell, manager of the
Warehouse Service corporation I
hero, returned the lust of the week '
from a weeks trip to various points
in Kasiern Washington, lie reports
noi)(j too favorable crop prospects
in soiuo places which he passed
through.
U AlaGill and wife, of Losline, (
were visitors in town the latter
part uf the week.
C. W. Mumford and wife left
during the. middle, of tho week for
a Tew days visit at Pendleton and
Other points. '
. (Junius .Maxwell and daughter,
Lois, of Iai Grande, wero visiting
relatives here the last of iho week.
Shea rl n g of sh ee p co n t i n u es a t
some of th0 farms of this coi
m unity. The cold, rainy, weather
of the past three veeks has de
layed shearing to a considerable
extent, some of the flock owners
did not wish to sheur while the
weaiher was cool, fearing It would
prove too sudden a change on, the
ewes. According to reports from
a number of men who sheared dur
ing the past few weeks, but little
of thu wool litis been sold yet, own
ers being inclined to hold In hope.
some advance in price would bo ef
fective soon, .Latest reports from
buyers of the community indicate j
lhat slightly better prices ar0 the j
prospect, with course aim medium j
wool being, worth around 18c per
pound. Many had hoped the price
would pick ui .until It would be
possible to. secure 2ue per pound TnD hl,m.ri, dinner given at the
for average wool. J. H. Haun who ; )jasement of the Presby;erian
has between. 2f0 and UuU head f 1 church here May 3n by the (Vme
owes which hr has been herding on jlPry association, reported to have
puaiuiu in .uui j,enp Mi-uiion : Jj0(.n ,,uilo satisfactory to those in
THE RACE
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ep to his home I t.lnrRl.. About ?i)0 was received.
sieral hundred acres of fine sum
mer range. The grans is said to
- j bo quite well started In that, part
of the country at this time; All
mistook have rattened up rapidly
7 tills season with much of the
voung stock fat enough for beef.
A ' The early arrival of manyipo
rffi tato bugs are reported at some of
fHhe local farms. At thp T. (J.
lohnson farm just east of town
tin y havh been found In larg'e
3 numbers coming out of the ground
r-t where they spent the winter.
AVhere the potatoes have gotten I ranch
un the hugH havo commenced their ('wlu-rn
)art of his cattlp from range in. 1 ranch near Kvans during the com- very stormy day following
inn wiiisKey i 'Pvmx:.r", 7" j !'g ween iorsnearing. . ;
j-armers in many pariH 01 ine
com 111 unity report thai, they have
loiind conditions very favorable lor
getting large numbers, of ground
squirrels with poisoned oats during
the past two weeks. Many have j
made a practice of ground -over j
their fields following the rains and
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. ,' . it lf -,Us ground anil tin- ny lots
I'Vank Walker, of Trout Creek,
was busy the first of the week
moving part of his household goods
and some, farm machinery to his.
In the- Leap community
he, has about 800 acres of
destruction work and a close watch 1 Hiiniinerfallow to plow. He has just
is necessary to kill of the mature recently finished seeding a large
bugs as fast as they make thel.r i acreage of spring grain at his
appearance. j Trout creek ranch and reports that
Haying has been in progress In ' thA most of It is. up and growing
a small way at some of the rnrma ' nicely.
all night rain which maue.muny of
'..he rHilH in the out-lylhg parts of
tiie community too slick for auto
travel is thought "to have kept
many people from attending. Much
work has been done by C. A.
Niehoalds, who is In charge of the
Improvement work at the cemetery.
Alt old grass and other rubbish has
been cleaned frmn the greater part
seeded down, weeds killed out. and
watering of shade trees and flower
beds has transformed the grounds
into a clean, beautiful place. Many
people visited the. cemetery Fri
day despite th0 rain and muddy
roads and many beautiful flowers
decorated many of the graves The
cool, rainy weaiher during the past
Continuous Rain
AtKamela, Ore.
During the Week
Ity Irs. V. 1C. Thornhnrg
(Observer Correspondent )
KAM I'jLA, Oregon (Special)
Kamela has had an almost continu
ous rain for a week. It. Is still cold
and seems more like April thnn
Juno. Garden vegetables and
flowers however, are growing nice
ly ami some people iiavo nidishcs
and onions ready to cat. If some
Minshino comes soon there will be
lots of mushrooms. Quito a. few
are being found in the surround
ing woods.
Mr. nnd Mrs. I Brooks and
grandson. Frances, drove to La
Grande last. Thursday and spent
tho weekend there.
Arden Lnckett, of Kamela, has
few 'days has kept the flowers 1 measles and Is unablo to work
nearly as fresh as when they we
phi red therpj
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I'YIduy where they spent short lime
at tho cemetery, From there they j
went. tit visit All. 'Plmi-ivhnrir'H !
brother and family in Joseph re
turning on Sunday,
A'lrglnla "Wigglesworlh, who at
tended La Grando High school last
winter, is now at her homo hero.
Warren llawes, of Kamela, spent
a few days in La Grande last week
at Iho homo of his uncle, J. Lar
son. Mr. and Mi-s. T. Ilurton and son,
Karleo, also Virginia WJgglcsworth
drove to Li 1, Grande on Monday.
petty Ma mes has been quito sick
for several days. She has had il
bud attack of tonslHtls but is now
reooverlng. As soon 11s she Is well
he expects to havo her tonsils re
moved, Engineer MeKlnaey, of -La
Grande, who worked, in Kamela
during (!, O. Schubert's absence,
returned homo on Sunday.
Mi, and Mrs. It. Kiggs drove to
Pendleton to spend' Inst weekend
with Mrs, Itlgg's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Jleath. Their sons, Jack
and Dougliis, also their nephew,
John Jioehue, of M.eaehani, return
ed home with them after a pleas
ont week with their grandparents.
M is. It, llawes, who has not been
very well recently, has recovered
now.
Mrs. Jf. Hood went fo La Grande
1'elerson. wife and I nH Friday. She is taking medieiil
treatments in La Grando and her
Union Brothers
Both Married On
First Of June
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1 By Mrs. L; Z. Terrall
(Observer Correspondent)
UNION", Oro. (Special) -Two
weddings of much interest to Un
lun and La Grande people were
thuso of James and CMarenco Hose
wall, eons of Mrs. Kffio Hoaowall.
of Union. Mrs. Itosewall and
Claronco drove to Ja Grando Sun
day nuirnlng to attend tho wed
ding of James liosewull, of Enter
prise, and Miss J)nrolhy ('ushinan,
of Pendleton. Tho weddlng cere
mony was performed by tho Rev.
H. V. ilertxog at the Methodist
church at 8 o'clock In tho pres
ence of a few friends; Tho brido
wore a beautiful gown and was
attended by a Pendleton friend,
with Mr, Jliirt. of lCJiterpriso, act
ing as best man. Following the
wedding tho bridal party went on
to Weston whore the second wed
ding took place-. Misa Virginia
Key ami Claronco llosmvall wero
married at high. noon at the homo
of the bride's parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Joo Key. . The wedding was
solemnized in - tho proseneo of
about -() , guests with tho local
Methodist minister officiating. A
delicious wedding , dinnor .was
served and .soon afterwards, tho
young couplo left for' Heattlo audi
Portland on their, - two. Weeks
honeymoon trip. .After that Ihoy
will return to La Grando' where
Mr. Itosewall has a position with
tho Kasloru Oregon Light and
Power company. Miss Key taught
in Iho grado schools In Union the
past I wo years ami inado many
friends while hero. - ;
M.lss Gushinan, formerly a pop
ular teacher ln--thtiHnlu.it- High
school, has taught tho last two
years in tho Pendloton High
school. Sho will eomplclo her
school work in Pendloton this
week and will lmi to Kuceno. to
visit her mother two woeka before
going to FmtcrprlRo to, make her
home. James Itosewall formerly
worked in I ; Grando but now.
owns a barber shop in Enterprise,.
Clyde Walker, assistant profes
sor of agricultural engineering at
O. S. C stopped over in Union
last KHday on his way east to.
take a summer school course in
the I uiversily of Nebraska. His
trip was in tho fonn uf an Inspec
tion tour to becomo acquainted
with the agriculture work that is
being done In tho smaller high
schools. . '
lowing her paralytic stroke a few
mouths ugo.
Cecil Griggs, -who has charge of
tho F. F. A. department of the
stock show, announces a largo in
crease In the exhibits from that
department over last year's dis
play. He looks for threo carloads
of stock from Wallowa county,
nnd ono each from Malhour, Im
bler and Union.
Judge Campbell's
Majority At 23,665
RALKiM, Ore.. June ft (AP)
Judge J, U. Campbell, of Oregon
City, received a majority of 23,605
votes over George. S. Shepherd, of
Portland, in the contest for tho
republican nomination for tho
supremo court at tho May 16 pri
mary election, according to com-
ploto official returns received by
tho secretary of Btate. Campbell'
vote was .72, 3U and Shepherd's
,48,(146.
.. Congressman Franklin F. Koroll,
of Portland, received a majority of
8043 over Ij. B. Sandblast, his
nearest competitor for the nomina
tion. Koroll received 31,42!) votes,
Snndblast 13,386 and R. G. Duncan
11,479.
Couple From Ladd tr
Canyon Wed Sunday
Hy Mrs. Charted Grantly
(Obsorver Correspondent)
LADD CANYON, Oro. (Special)
Kuymond.Loo Counsell and Miss
Lillian Fll.aboth Sloth woro quietly
married Sunday, Juno I, in tho
chapel of Our Lady of tho Valley
church, in -La. Grande, with a Tow
relatives In attendance. There
were: ' Mrs. Mary 1. Counsell, Mr.
and Mrs. Frod Belt and Mr. and
iMrs, Donald llohan. The brido is
tho daughtor of Mrs. Frod Self of
La Grando and the, groom, tho son
ot Mrs. Mary Counsell of Ladd
Canyon. Itay Is ono of tho head
employees at tho Stan go mill and
his brido has been employed in
Dr. A. M. Moore's offlco for several
years. Following the marriage"
ceremony at 11:30 o'clock, Mrs.
Self served a lovoly dinner, the
couplo departing immediately In '
their ear for Bolae, Idaho, whero
they will spend a short honey
moon. They huvo apartments In
La. Grando, whore they will ro
celvo tho. trood wishes of all thci
friends upon their rotuin.
"FAVOR MOKXSIXU
CONTUACTOllS
SALlCM, Ore.. Juno 5 (AP)
Salem contractors went on' record
hero in favor of legislation re
quiring that Oregon contractors bo
licensed. It was said a bill Willi
bo introduced at the 1931 legisla
ture.
OSTKOPATHS KMSCT
SALK'M. Oro., June 5 (AP)
j)r. F. Don Bayor, of Salem, was
elected president nnd Albaiy n
levied for tho 1031 convention city
at tho, close of tho two-day annual
meeting of the Oregon Ostoopatic
association Tuesday afternoon.
Other officers elected wero Dr. O.
13. Holt, Pendleton, vic0 president,
and Dr. G. L. Jordan, Albany, soc-rctary-troasnror.
James linker is taking IiIm place.
Miss Nancy. Casteel sponL last
Saturday in Ta Grande.
Mrs. L. Wlggleswortli was pleas
a ntly surijrlscd on Friday after
noon by a. short visit from her sis
tnr, Mrs. t'etci-son, of I'ortlnnd, who
was d ri vi ng t o Wallowa, aceom -
panted by her husband and their
son. Lilburn
children.
health is improving.
Mrs, .T. Carl son and soli, John,
of Yakima, arrived on Monday
morning for a short visit with M
Mr. and 'Mrs. C D. Kelley aro j
visiting in Kamela at present at
'tlio home of Mrs. Kelly's sister, I
Mrs. IL llorstman. They arrlveil '
on Friday. Carlson, who works hero. Their
' Mr. Shirley, of La Grande, .mas- daughter, Helen, couldn't come bo
ter meehanlc lor the O.-W., spent j rJlUM(. tho school Hlie attendri is not
a Abort time in Kamela on businewj j'yt!t olfwed. Mrs. Carlson expects
Tuesday. u big crop of fruit from their or-
After a pleasant visit in Port-; i d at, Yakima. Although tho
land wilh their daughters, Mr. and j nit(l frosts hit. several neighboring
Mrs. C. O. Schubert and daughter, .orchards, theirs escaped. At pres
LilHan, returned to Kamela on . pmL Hu-y aro thinning jieaches. '
Sunday evening. They drove home i Several bandH of sheep have
passed through Ka mela recently.
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in their cur which hud been in
Portland' being overhauled. There
daughters, Florence and M rs.
Frank Price, also Mr. Price drove
with them on Sunday morning as
far as Hood Itiver where they hail
break Hist together. The Portland
people then returned there and Mr.
and Mrs. Schubert conlinued home.
Mrs. "If. Mot-Htman anI son, Jac k,
and Mr. and Mr. '. D. Kelley spent
Tuesday in 1-a Grundo.
' MSrs. Charlton, r La Grande,
spent Tiiesdfiy In Kamela. visiting
Mrs. f. Lane, She relurlieii to La
Grando with Mr. and Mrs. J'.
liievet.
Visitors overnight on M. unlay
at. tho F. P. Kroks homo were Mrs.
at the F. P. ltrooks home were Mrs.
frb'iid. Mi. King, of Pasco, Wash.
Miss Dorlha. McCrotiry, of La
Grande, is .yiwiting in Kamela at
tlu honiff r lir friends Virginia
WigglcHwortl and LIINjiii S-hul.fi't.
Miss McCoury will be a sophomore
in Ln, Giundo High school next
winter.
Mr. P. Gawe-s and children,
Louiso mid linbby, were guests for
supper at tho Wigglesworth home
on Friday.
MM, A. Kennismi a nd ehlldren.
Krnest and lomi Maud ftrowks. ftf
Meachani, a No Mrs. Kennion s
mot her, Mrs. I. Cook, of Castle
Uock. Wiifh., were khi'mIs for din
ner on Tuesday at the F. J'. Brooks
home. M rs. Cook returned with
her daughter after a recent visit in
Castle Itoek and Is spending a short
visit fri Meaeham with her.
J. B; Smith, who worked In
Kamela. during tho ab-ence of I'.
P. Brookfl last weekend, has re
turned to bin home In Ii Grande.
Mr. and Mr. C. K. Thornburg
an J sjvu. la ii. dio . o to L!i;:n ltl
.f. Bnker worked In Me;ieh;im re
cently but Is now working In
Kamela. ,
Drill to Borrow X:tO.Oim,000
liCIJLLY (AP) --New long-term
borrowing in expected to furnish
t:!o,o'to,(M)f of the revenue for the
I rish I-'ree State's schciluled ex
pend il ore for iho Gum I year
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C. a. TlioinpHon, director oi" vo
cational agriculture nl. Wallowa,
was in Union last week lining up
his work In tho horsemanship de
partment for the stook show noxt
week.
County Agent Avery held a
meeting In Union 'yesterday to or
ganize a local calf uluu. . ltulon
Kdvalson Is to, be; the leader of
tho new organization.
Mrs. Cecil Griggs and small son
returned home from tho Grande
Hondo hospital yesterday after
noon.
- Mr. Brocker, of Pilot Bock,
drove over one.diiy last week for
a loild of Kasfcrn Bl-oolr , fnmi
'from thu hatchery. Il planted
them In the. streams around Pilot
Uock.
Mr. and Mrs. F. O, Bradshaw
and son, of Maker, are visiting at
the home of Mrs. -Aljubrt Gale, this
week, Mr. Itnidshaw has been crt'
joying so.uto fishing. ,
lid ('line, who has not been very
well, wiw; taken to HJot Lake Mon
thly afternoon for Irnatment. Jle
will remain for sovoral days.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert lllus, of
Itumo Flat, took their daughter
Leora to Jbl. Luke Monday even
ing. She was anGcrlug from an
attack of appendicitis.
It. II. Bouncy drove to Wallowa
Lake yesterday, wit h a truck load
of young ya uksi Inciibiitetl from
eggs brought over from tbo hike
a few months ago. Ma reports (he
pheasant pens started a few weeks
ago as being nearly com,pMed.
Several sportsmen came, last Sun
day to (J ii some more work on
them.
Dr. and MVs. A. W. Palmer, of
( 'a;l le Buck, Colorado, piissed
through Union Mmday on their
way home from a vlsii with their
son In Spokiine. They paid the
TerrallK a very pleasant call.
M,r. and Mrs. George Ferguson
and Wayne came down from North
Powder Sunday afternoon to visit
bin parents, M r. j nd Mrs, John
Ferguson, They report M rs. Fer
guson In ojitle good ben 11 h fol-
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Paul Marshall (right), meehanlc, wai killed and Cy Mar.hatl.lrlv.r,
brother., was injured when their racing car plunged off th track nd
over a vali during the Indianapoli. 600-mlle race. Paul wai from
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