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VALLEY NEWS
MOTORING NEWS
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930
NUMBER 267
OVER THE VALLEY
Mallei E. .Morton. Yulli'v News Editor
I'lumes: Heslilenre, Main llliti; Office, Mnln 000
FROM MISS GENEVA SAYRE
Visits nt Lostlne
Mrs. Paul Henaley of Summervllle
Is in Los tine this week visiting at
the home of Mrs. Charlie Hansen.
(ioilre Operation
Mrs. Elwood Bowen Is reported as
recovering very satisiactorliy irom
her recent operation for the removal
of a goitre performed in the hospit
al at The Dalels. Mrs. Bowen, whose
home Is at Summervllle, was taken
lirst to the home of her parents at
Dulur, and later to The Dalles.
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Hlfr Itl'lllliOll
The annual reunion of the Hug
family, one of the talggeBt affairs of
its kind in Eastern Oregon Is to be
held Sunday at the city park in
Elgin.
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Start For Alaska
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Roberts and
their son, Gerald, left La Grande
Wednesday after having visited with
relatives at Cove and Islund City,
their destination being their home at
Seward, Alaska. They planned to
slop one day, at Portland, and two at
Seattle at which port they take the
boat.
Visits Sister
Miss Jane Gavin, county .health
nurse at Eugene and presiednt of the
State Nurses association stopped off
over the week end and visited with
her sister, Mrs. Charles Gump of
Fruitdale. Miss Gavin has been In
Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she at
tended the biennial convention of
the American Nurses association.
Miss Gavin was born and reared In
this county and - still has many
friends hero who have watched with
considerable pride her advancement
In her profession.
lias nirtlulay ?
rthocia Jean Jasper, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jasper of the Val
eric district has birthdays, ' too.
Wednesday she was seven and there
was a lovely party arranged by her
mother, to which Rhoda Jean's play
mates at the Valeria school and a
few others were invited. There were
games and refreshments and a .birth
day cake and presents and Just ev
erything that would naturally 'go to
make up a never - to-be - forgotten
seventh birthday.
(live Lovely Afternoon
The ladies aid society of the Island
City community church sponsored a
most enjoyable afternoon yesterday
for about one hundred women of
that locality. May Park, Fruitdale
and La Grande. The church was very
prettily arranged for the affair with
garden flowers In many varieties be
ing used in profusion. Mrs. Ids
Blokland prodded over the program
which opened with a group of vocal
soloes by Mrs. Ira R. Aldrlch with
her daughter, Miss Helen playing the
accompaniment. A clever play "The j
Klub Woman" was presented by a
group of the members of the Park
dale club as follows:
Mrs. Klubly Edna Halley.
Katie, the maid Mrs. Carbine. !
Mrs. Gabley Mrs. Frank Woods.
John Mrs. Victor Eckloy.
The Mother Mrs. Clyde Webb.
Aunt Jane Mrs. Isaac Shafer.
This was followed by two piano
duets by Mrs. Ralph Clark and Miss
Clarice Taylor. The guests were then
Invited to the church parlors and
were refreshed with punch and cakes
served by the Misses Julia Jane
Parker, Daphne Bowery, Beulah
Hagey and Rhea Cooper.
Have nig Picnic
When the Summervllle Odd Follows
and the Rebekahs arranged for the
meeting of the Union county District
association, they planned well ac
cording to reports of the picnic meet
ing which was held last Sunday in
the grove near the Dry Creek school.
In spite, of the weather the few days
preceding Sunday. 200 people gather
ed with their picnic dinners and had
a real day of it. There were games
and varied amusements arranged for
the day and the ball game in the af
ternoon was rather exciting. Special
mention of the race which Mrs. John
Wagoner won very easily, and of the
baseball game, which the Summer
vllle team won, were made.
Apple Thinning
The big Job of thinning the apples
started yesterday in many of the
apple orchards of the county and
others will begin this task within
the course of a day or so.
Expected Home
Mrs. A. R. Masterton of Cove ave
nue, who has been In Tonasket, Wash
ington closing up the business affairs
of her sister whose death occurred
recently, Is expected home the lat
ter part of the week.
Expecting Large Crowd
Unless the weather Is upset to
night a large attendance Is expected j
tomorrow at tne summer meeting of
the Union County Pomona grange
which Is to bo held at Medical
Springs.
Improving Home
. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Sherwood of
the sldehlU road near a Grande are
making some alterations and im
provements about their home. Their
son, Cectl has returned home for the
summer vacation, from his school
work at Corvallls.
Makes Fine Appearance
Keeping right at a steady improve
ment program, Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Starr, who live in the Moss Chapel
neighborhood have their compara
tively new farm home, better known
as the old Hunter place, all in good
shape now with everything looking
spick and span. The house and adja
cent buildings have been painted a
Ill
Mrs. Margaret NewblU of Summer
vllle who has been in an invalid con
dition for several months had an at
tack with her heart Wednesday and
was quite ill for a time. She was re
ported as being much better yesterday.
Have I In by Son -Word
was received
A SEASONABLE
RECIPE
In the valley
yesterday of the birth of a baby con i
to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hxdac at their
home In Klamath Falls. The boy
weighed eight pounds and has been
christened David Frank. Mrs. Hulac
will be remembered by many here as
Miss Virginia Bryant a sister of Mrs.
Ray Blokland and a nelce or Mrs.
H. Bldwell of Island City.
Weekend Here
Mrs. George Gump of Walla Walla
spent the weekend at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gump of Fruit
dale. Mr. Gump meeting her here and
ficcomnanvlnc her home. Mrs. Gump
had been in the mlddlewest for the
past two months, visiting at Ft.
Worth. Texas and at points In Iowa
and Nebraska.
Visits Sister
Mrs Gibson, a sister of MIbs Mabel
Aubin well known In this valloy has
been down from Bellabelia Mission,
Date Muffin
4 teaspoons baking powder.
2 cups flour.
4 cup sugar.
14 cup butter.
?4 cup milk.
12 dates.
Sift baking powder with flour.
Cream butter with sugar, beat
with the mixture one egg, add the
flour, alternating with cup milk.
Stone dates. Drop a date on top
of each muffin before baking. Bako
25 minutes In moderate oven.
(Should make 12 muffins)
We are having considerable ex
citement from the air these days.
but have been kept from danger so
far," writes Miss Geneva Sayre,
daughter of county superintendent
and Mrs. E. A. Sayre, who Is located
In Chengchow, Honan. China, doing
missionary work. "The country all
ibout Chengchow Is one grand ar
ray of trenches. It is quite a sight
to see them. They make every home
furnish one man to dig in tho
trenches.- This is all precaution in
case they lose, as the lighting 1b not
near hero yet.
"Wo are Just getting tho back flro
so far. ThcBe raids are to divert tho
efforts at the front. This 1b the
center or capital for this side now
and is a railroad . center and most
important place.
"We have been warned from both
Peking and Hankow to get out of
here, but that is diplomatic. They
' were warned and so they have Just
passed on the buck. No one wants
to be responsible and so they pass
tho word along and we stay at our
own risk. There is no need to leave
though, and we do not Intend to.
We go on much the Bume as usual.
Now I don't suppose we'll many of
us get to the mountains this year
as there will be no way to travel
to got there and wo don't want to
go off and turn our places over to
the soldiers.
"It Is wheat harvest now and so I
cannot go out preaching as the peo
ple are too, busy to listen and It is
too hot In the Bim anyhow. It
Justs wilts one down. We Btay In
pretty well during tho day.
"My seeds are growing well. too.
I have asters, sweet-Williams, hcbls
kas, balsam, marigolds, cosmos, pinks
and some others. My geraniums are
in bloom out in tho yard. I wish
you could look in on me. The yard
hasn't a spear of grass in it. It is
swept every day. That Is the kind
of a yard they like and I could not
mako tho grass grow anyhow. There
are several trees In the. yard and
tbey give good ahado now. It isn't
half so bad except that thb yard is
small. Our neighbors are so close
we can hear whatever is going on
.over the wall and someone or other
of the different ones of them are
suro to have a big quarrel, knock
out and drag in before tho day Is
over. Sometimes I am just sure that
they arc killing each other, but no
ono ever Interferes here and I guess
thero Is more smoke than real fire
as nothing serious seems to happen
very often, - .
"I wrote you from Jungtseh a week
ago today. I have been down there
a week and have been, all right
though somo droppings have boon
coming down, today in fact, but not
in my locality. We may have to go
up to Jungtseh for a few days again
U It gets too hot in this city, but wo
are trying to bo careful. Jungtseh
is a small place 15 miles from here,
and they would not waste precious 1
gems on that place. This is their
objective because of Its being a cen
ter. We are all here yet and may
stay. We're Just sitting tight until
we see how It seems. Wo have meet
ings announced to start here this
coming Tuesday and tho evangelists
(a couple of men from Shanghai)
are due here on Sunday. If It gets
no worse we expect to go ahead. The
Chineso all over the city have made,
dugouts for protection
DRIVE TO )
SUNDAY
For That
FRIED CHICKEN
DINNER
ORE. TRAIL
TRADING CO.
Meacham, Ore.
clean cream color while all the ! British Columbia. Canada visiting
uunis nave Deen made tne customary
barn red. Everything about the place
has been rejuvenated and Mr. and
Mrs. Starr may well be proud or tho
results already attained.
Here From Independence
Mrs. Lydla Courtrlght of Indepen
dence. Oregon arrived In the valley a
lew days ago and Is visiting among
her numerous relatives, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Nlederer In La
Orande and with brothers and sister
In the valley. It has been 20 years
since Mrs. Courtrlght visited her old
with her sister at her home In Nyssa,
She was In Eastern Oregon for two
weeks visiting while her husband wao
attending tho Methodist conference
at Vancouver, B. C. Miss Aubin who
has been on Invalid for some time
remains about the ume. It Is re
ported. She hos been having
sinus trouble lately.
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Has Week Here
Wlllard Stone of Island City who
Is attending a medical school In Port
lond is having a week's vacation at
m. hnm mi mother. Mrs. Fred
home and quite naturally she sees I Stone who has been at her daughter'3
many, many changes.
Out From Enterprise
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wade drove
out from Enterprise the first of the
In Milton, and hos been very in,
reported as being somo better.
To Have Bnznnr
The Rebekah lodge of summervuie
Ji. " iiuui bitkn uj im: liic limb ui W)U - .
week and visited among their friends " announcing an apron bazaar and
and former neighbors. They wore ac
companied by their daughter, Mrs.
Eddie Blokland. who remained in the
valley for a visit.
Entertaining
Mrs. I. E. Chenault of the Valeria
district Is ontertaintng one of the so
cieties of the Baptist church, of La:
Orande to Which she belongs; this af
ternoon at her home.
Ships Larue Hog
Christian Jackson of near Wallowa
received word last week from Port
land, to which market a number of
head of hogs had been shipped in an
I the effect that a hog which he hod
shipped had weighed out 840 pounds
the stockyards scales, rne nog
was a three-year-old Chester White
which took the second prize at the
Pacific International two years ago.
(ilven Chorivarl
The young people of the neighbor
hood gave Mr. and Mrs. Dwignt
Fleshman a regular charivari Monday
evening at the homo of his parents,
Mi. and Mrs. O. C. Fleshman. in tho
Wlllowdale neighborhood near Lu
Grande. Mr. and Mrs. Fleshman
were married a couple of weeks ago
in Wallowa county.
.Much Improved
Mrs. Dora Hill, of Elgin, who has
been very 111 for several weeks is very
much Improved and Is able to be out
and about, even to attending the big
I. O. O. F.-Kcbckah picnic at Dry
Creek Sunday. This Is very good
news to the friends of Mrs. Hill.
Married
Friends of the valley have received
word of the marriage on Saturday In
Portland of Miss Mary Notson of Hep
pner and Verncr Sackett son of Judge
and Mrs. F. B. Sackett of McMlnnvlllc.
Oregon. Both have many irienas m
this volley. They are both graduates
of Willamette university.
To Olve Play
The young people of Pleasant Grove
irrnnM who have been working on
the play "Deacon Dubbs" for several
weeks arc announcing that they will
give the entertainment Saturday
evening at the Masonic hall In Sum
mervllle. There are mony n
reports concerning the affair, which
will doubtless attract a capacity
house. The cast which will appear
Is as follows: Deacon dudds. virgii
Sanderson: Amos Coleman, his neph
ew. Ernest Pugh; Rawdon Crawlc.
Gaston Slon: Major McNutt. Bill ries:
Deuteronomy Jones. Emery Oliver;
Rose Raleigh. Modellne Oliver; Phill
pena Popover. Merle Frizzell: Emily
Dale. Ardath Frizzell; Trlzle Coleman.
Bernlce Johnson: Yennie Yensen, Le
ona Fries.
! social which they plan to hove on
July 12 on the lawn In front oi tne
homo of Mr. and Mrs. tfd Combes at
Summervllle. The affair Hi to be held
In t)ic evening,
itttllilln? rtiirn
William Hill oi soutn oi j3.jb"
hos been making numerous altera
tions and Improvements - nbout his
place hos started tho erection of a
large barn on the place but across
the road from the house. Tho frame
was raised the first of the week and
the sides and roof have boon going
on rapidly.
two
To Old Home
ur Albert stein and her
daughters. Elolso and Imogene, of
oast of Island City left Sunday night
for their old homo at and near Quln
cy, Illinois where they will visit fof
the next six weeks with Mrs. Steins
mother and among other relatives.
Tar Is Smashed
Not all the events in connection
with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Flesh
man's honeymoon were happy ones.
The other evening while driving to
town from their country homo in
Wlllowdale neighborhood they came
up on the highway Just as Mr. Tar
ington of La Grande was approach
ing. Mr. Tarkington turned giving
Dwight ample room but another big
car whizzed along at a fast clip,
struck the Tarkington car and threw
it against the Fleshman Ford. The
latter car was struck low and In such
a way that Is was Just broken In two.
The fender, on the Tarkington car
which struck the Fleshman car was
mashed up against the body of the
car. while the big car hit the other
fender and domaged it in the same
fashion. The third car kept right on.
never stopping to ascertain the ex
tent of damages, if any. u. i. r n- ,
man In purchasing a car to repia"
the one destroyed, reports that he
did something which he doubw can
be duplicated. He bought a nnurn (
new Ifl-M PrtrH That is. It haS lOSS '
tKn- r.nn .i i Th. nnr WSS ' PXeCUtiVC DOard.
purchased In 1922. then the new own- the second highest number of votes
crs changed their mind, and It has1 of any of the three candidates run
since been unused. n'ns f' tnc 0,ticc'
Summer Range
Conditions In
Wallowa - Good
Livestock Interests In the vicinity
of Wollowo are now fairly well as
sured of some of the best summer
range conditions which they have
had in a number of years, according
to our correspondent in that sec
tion. Gross has been at its best in
much of the range area of this coun
ty during the past two monthss.
Much of the range area is very light
ly stocked this season and will give
an excellent opportunity of allowing
the native grosses to refeed and keep
up a good stand. The grass fur
ther back in the latter porta of the
country which arc used .principally
for late summer ond fall grazing Is
said to be tho best seen there for
r. number of years. The grass on
much of the early pasture lands Is
(Continued on Page Ten)
Rains Helped
Needy Crops
In Wallowa
a. C. Meek. Observer correspon
dent ot Wallowa report that the
number of heavy ahowers of rain
coming at a time when they wore
very greatly needed to prevent dam
age to the grain crops of that sec
tion has again given tho crop out
look a very promising aspect. Rain
fell there Thursday night and also
on Friday ond Saturday, soaking the
soil to a depth of several incnes.
Some of the winter wheat crops
were showing signs of burning some
on the thin soil In the hill sections.
however, with an abundant supply
of moisture stored In the soil again
at this time, farmers Jeel that a
good yield of winter wheat Is prac
tically assured now. Some reports
are heard from various part of the
community of frost damage to some
of the early groin. The damaged
places appear to be small spots in
some of tho fields and while It is
rothor difficult to tell at this time
Just how 'much " damage has been
done by recent freezing. It Is the
opinion of some of the farmers that
It will not be large enougn to
seriously affect tho yield.
gprlng sovjn crops on. irrigated
lauds ore looking wonderful ot this
tlmo, having made a very vigorous
growth during the passt several
weeks. The spring sown grain on
tho dry farms Is smaller In most
fields and gave promise of being very
short In places while tho weather
wan dry. Plenty of moisture will no
doubt cause .much of tho grain -to
mako ft considerable growth In
hclghth.
A considerable amount of haying
has been done at a number of tho j
farms In this community. Some of j
the early patches of alfalfa especial
ly where It Is grown on dry land
was cut as much as two weeks, ago
and the second growth 1b getting
nlcco started at this time. A num
ber of the, haymon say that their,
first cutting of alfalfa Is not going
to be extra heavy. The cool weathor
of the past few weeks Is thought
to have been an Important factor in
keeping tho first crop from making
rapid growth. Much Juno gross and
other natlvo grass have been cut for
hay on some of the farms In the
hills.
L. W Minor recently finished
stacking nearly 100 acres of this
class of hay at his farm In the hills
and says that ho has put up better
than 100 tons of hay which was cut
while quite green and will be used
for feeding sheep and other stock
on the form during tho coming win
ter Some of the heavy winter wheat
at some of the farms in the hills
has been put down by the rain and
wind of the post few days. A num
ber of farmers have been busy re
cently working their summer fallow
Into shape. Practically all plowing
here has been finished.
I nwrrJJ ' ' '. 4 : ST-" "wg"", SB ' AT
Erecting Hume .
Mr. ond Mrs. George Keltz who live
on Cove avenue out from La Grande
have started the frame work on the
new home on their smalt acreage. The
home is to be modern In every res
pect, and follows the bungalow type.
3
VMts Relatives
Mrs. Keith McCool of the Cove was
in Joseph last week making a visit
among relatives In that section.
Election on Hoard
At the election of officers at the
recent meeting of the state grange.
hn.nrt lu.-.itr M- Pierce of tnis vaney
That is. It has less elected as one of the members of the
mi. x ii.ii. r
Pocket Knives
Regular $1.00 at .49c
Regular ?2.00 at 98c
TENTS
Auto size 10x10 regular
$35.00, now .$28.50
Size 7x7 regular
$11.50, now ?8.50
Wall size, 8x10 regular
$15.00, now 12.00
Minor size 7x7 regular
$10.50, now . $7.50
Auto Bed, regulaV $3.50
Special $2.98
Special Prices on All
of Our Trunks
Grace
Harness Shop
First Formation of Coal
Teat is usually found In bogs
ot marshes and Is pructlcally the
first transitory stage of coal. It Is
very dark and resembles dry moss.
No chance for the
mayonnaise to sep
arate if you add the
oil
a little
Ws) at
Time
No chance for Hills Bros.
Coffee to vary in flavor be
cause it is roasted a few
pounds at a time by the con
tinuous process Controlled
Roasting. No bulk-roasting
method can produce such
flavor !
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pack. Easily opened with the key.
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