FridayFebruary 13, 1931
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Page Seven
OVER
The Violin Mnker at Cove
LeRoy Lay, garage man of Cove,
furnishes his own thrills, for who
can doubt that there Is a real thrill
in malting a violin and trying it out
for the first time? Mr. Lay has Just
completed a violin which he made
entirely out of native wood. The
back and ribs were made of apple
wood sawed from an old stump on
the K. J. stackland place, the neck
and scroll are prunewood from the
jonn ue&n, iarm. ana yna xron& is
soft tamarack from a tree which had
uieu in me miia ana me wooa cureu to aitena. ,-. ..
while it was standing. All these, . o
WOO!1 t1 by Mr. Lav for' K11IlllB tllB Thist,es
months before the actual work of ( H H to,., present at the eco
making the violin began. Some of nomic conference from Wallowa
the pieces were boiled and then county, gave- some interesting facts
Masoned before using them. The aD0Ut his work in the eradication of
stein and sixteen coats of varnish Cttnadian thistles. He reported that
which were used on fine violins have he had been treating this pest dur
not yet been put on. Each alter- ing tne past two vears, He pi0Wed
nate coat of varnish is rubbed with ne tim8 m 1929 and dragged with
rotten stone and every coat is thor- - a float Ho lftter fall seeded to wheat
oughly dried and polished . before ; and clalm8 that the thistles are all
another Is added. , kllled with the exception of those
Mr. Lay is very much pleased with tne Xence row.
7 the tone of the violin which can- 0
nqc do as smooin as it win on oiur
some use. This is not the first vio
lin. Mr. Lay has made as he made
two several years ago. All three vio
lins were made after the 6 trad 1 vari
ous model and are as accurate in
measurement as it
make them.
in nnsHihin tn
is possible to ,
There are four different thick-
nns iwo tnicKnesscs. une oi we
Intricate tasks of making violins is
setting In the purfllng which is the
white center which follows the edge I
of the violin both front and back.
A narrow groove Is made and the
purfllng Is glued into the groove. It
is evident tnat uus is a line piece
of work as the three strips of wood
combined which form the purfllng
ore only about 1-16 of an inch wide.'
This is only on of many parts,
we might say one of all the parts,
which must be done with Infinite
care and skill. The violins made
few years ago gave great promise at
their completion and. that promise
has been more than iumnea as inej
each posses a full, mellow, sweet Weston, -respectively, are expected
tone, which will improve as they are this evening for a visit with their
used and cared for. - parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Led-
These violins were made of woods better. Eva plans to remain at home
procured from; manufacturers of a week, while Edna will havo a week
violins and some of it had aged for end visit with her family,
forty years. Several of the, pieces o
were from foreign countries. -' i Brother's Day
Eldon Southwick is also working ! Blue Mt. grange is planning for
on a violin under the direction of Mr. one of Its big annual events
Lay. He is also using native wood. Brother's Day which will be held
He has thfr front and back pieces a week from tomorrow, Saturday,
completed and some, work done .on , February 21. t ......
tne necK ana scrou.
Growing Flax
. An interesting report at the Eco
nomic conference which closed its
sessions yesterday afternoon
?f uuf -been
mas OI Iiax growing in una tuuuiy. u ,-, cu
There have blen a number of expert- for the lMt ttoee months. She
menu. In different section. V(th 40 be nome "eam 'n two
varying results. W. T. Lampkln grew nionwis.
100 acres of flax' In 1930. He planted ,,.,,,. ' nllrr
20 pounds per aore and disced the Sr i Tr..., ,o
S rSSiaS hif'anoTe X
0dWtnene8heEround0 an" had StaeSS Z
d V?ni$ 2 Drtct ""y home at Canyon City. Col
Pn '?S? H!ffl'iK'tt lmtl''f continuing to Call-'-
'lfefenn ha T: not cor- forhia lor the remainder of the win
compared to 2.06, so he is not cer- i.i h io
tain as to the planting lor iuji.
Ill Improve
Mrs. Prank Poole. "Grandma" Wells
worth and Mrs. Mary Cnsena" of
i?"JSSu.,.?"r;r;.h-i; ,
recent illnesses.
Guests at Dinner
Miss Amelia Sansom. home
teacher in the Elgin High school,
S "SSJSS among YE Sh home ,n LadT Canyon short
guests at a lovely dinner given last .
evening by Miss Helen Moor, dean ; Milker"
JlIi -"SSS SZ' l Mr. Snd mJTa. L. Becker who live
V T.yT V V Ho fa m 1 1 V At
I J . A. " o 'Vl ur
New Correspondent
. we are giaa- u announce toaay
t'.iat a new correspondent is soon to
appear with news Items from North -
t. ip niture ana we asx tne coouera- ,
tton of all our readers in that town,
that the servico may be lou per cent.
Lime
Not the kind vou put on acid soil,
but the kind the body needs daily,
was the subject of a portion of one PP J"1 evening ofgame s and
. i-ftfijT'n lpotnrM at music. Mrs. Henry Hermann fur
i. M1.? i2c ',52SS." 'U, nlshed a delightful surprise for the
the Hme needed each day. a pint of srcmP by sending them a. very beau
miilr fr th Siiilt and a ouart for tl,ul and delicious angel food cake,
uii c. SSlfySid oqut" Tne "rtJ veral children
equivalent in other common articles
rtf fnnH nnnordine to Miss Case, who '
of food, according to Miss Case, who
tension service of the state college,
i:
6', 4 loaves of white bread each day.
3' loaves of whole wheat bread.
10 quarto of juicy beef.
76 shredded wheat biscuits.
72 medium sized potatoes.
44 apples. .
' We rather think we would take the
quart of milk or the pint.
Visits Friends
Mrs. C. B. Robinson who now lives
on the Old Oregon Trail highway be
yond Union, was In La Grande yes
terday visiting among friends. Mrs.
Robinson formerly lived on the side
hlU road near La Grande, but now
duts not get to the county seat as
often as her friends would like.
Attend Funeral
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Rjobler, Mr.
and Mrs. Shcrell Ewln, Mr. and Mrs.
Hnry Ewln, Mrs. Frank Poole and motor vehicles in use on approxi
Mrs. Claude Beale of Ladd Canyon mately 6.295,158 farms at the end of
utienaea uie uiicia. ui mm.
Titus which was held at Union last
werk. The Ewln brothers and Mrs. 1
Peebler aro cousins of Mrs. TitUB.
Entertains Club
Miss Mae Stearns, photographer of 1
Ls Orande, entertained the members j
of the Camera club of Union last
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A SEASONABLE
RECIPE
HONEY CAKE
i cup shortening.
y2 cup sugar.
I egg.
1 cup strained honey.
1 cup milk.
ai cups flot-r.
3-3 teaspoon salt.
;i teaspoons baking powder.
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
i, teaspoon auspice.
Cream the shortening and sugar ;
and add the beaten egg, the honey j
and milk, then the flour .salt, bak-
ins powder and spices sifted together. '
Beat welt and bake In a well greased
pan In a moderate oven about 30
minute-.
TH E VALLEY
- Mabel E. Morton, Valley News Editor
r hones: Residence, Main 966; Office, Main COO
Thursday evening. There were 14
young people present who were ac
companied by Mr. . Coburn of the
Union schools. It was a. very happy
evening for the entire company.
Board to Meet
The first meeting of the executive
board of the "Union County Declam
atory League," will be held In the
office of the county superintendent
of schools tomorrow, Saturday at
10:30 o'clock. Ib is announced that
any who are Interested are Invited
Entertains Club
Mrs. Clyde Hoppers home In La
Grande was the scene of the last
meeting of the Get-Together club
women living In the Ladd Canyon
neighborhood with an attendance
e . M M R1, .
La Grande was a special guest of
the club. The main feature of the
tho nrlze. Mrs. Hoppel served
lovely two course luncheon before
adjournment. The club will have
their next meeting February 19 at
home of MrRoy MJunsell.
Moving
Mr. and Mrs. Henry MpClure who
have been residing on the foothill
roa d not f a r from La Grande are
.planning to move to North Powder
where they will make their home on
a ranch and Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Counsell will lease the farm which
they are vacating.
For Visit Here
.The Misses Eva and Edna Lcdbet
tcr, teachers at Lewis ton, Idaho, and
Is Improving
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Edvalson of
the Catherine Creek road continue
to receive encouraging word from
their daughter. Miss Esther, who has
in a sanatorium near Los An-
.,, whrh . M.Bnt.hla nEW9
to the friends of the family- In the
valley. .
Im oves
Mrs. Lawrence
Drumsmlth, who
underwent an operation on her nese
one day last week at a local office
In La Grande is rapidly improving.
She has been staying in La Grande
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
on the lower Cove maarket road
(have installed
have installed a new two-bucket
milking machino this week. The
Beckers have a fine herd of Hol
stelns and are milking ten cows at
1 ,n
.
"
En terUi Ins
Mrs. MHo Blokland, on Wednesday
evening entertained the group of
married folks who are meeting every
week at different homes for a potluck
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The funeral of A. E. Hartley, prom
inent resident of Cove, who died at
his home last week was held Wed
nesday at the Methodist church
where he had been such a faithful
worker. Interment will not be made
Farm Autos
Double In No.
Since 1919 f
Automobiles have become such a
necessary factor In farm operation
that an average of 92 per cent of the
farms In the United States are
equipped with motor vehicles, ac
cording to a bulletin Issued by
the American Research Foundation.
There were 5,700.000 farm-owned
itfjrj," says the bulletin. - or this
registration, it is estimated that
4.929,600 were passenger cars and
770.400 were motor trucks. Farm-
owned motor vehicles comprise about
one - fifth of all the automobiles
owned In the United States.
-jt is estimated that 94 per cent
0f the automobiles on American
farms are used for business. The
element of all-around utility is a
much more Important factor with
the average farm-owned car than the
city-owned automobile. For this
reason, prevention of unnecessary
wear and tear and power losses ls
essential. Tests under practical op
erating conditions have proved that
for the average new passenger car a
change to a heavier oil after 3.000 to
5,000 miles of driving, and again to
a still heavier oil after 15,000 to 20.
000 miles Is the most effective means
of counteracting the wear of pistons
and cylinder walls, by sealing the
.'distance between them, and that
similar changes should be made for
I the average new truck at from 1.000
to 2.000 miles and from 10.000 to
12,000.
"Farm automobile registrations
have doubled since 1619. There are
actually more motor vehicles on
farms alone today than there were
in the rr.tirp United Slntesi in 1017.
until the arrival of the son, Emory
who has been working In Texas.
The St. Patrick's Party
. The party announced ' last week to
bo given on St. Patrick's Day,
March 17 by the Rebekah lodge at
Summerville Is to bo held at the
Masonic hall In Summerville Instead
of at the Odd Fellows hall as we
announced.
111
Ray Duncan of the Mill Creek
canyon road above he Cove is re
ported as being 111 of a severe cold
and was not able to fill his place on
the program of the Economic con
ference this week.
Club Meets
The Cheerio club of Island City
met with Mrs. Howard Smith Tues
day afternoon for a business and so-
OBSERVATIONS
By a Cove Hill Billy
HOME AND COUNTRY
Part One
Tho "Oregon Country" as the
Great Western Empire was called in
olden times, as a whole, always ap
pealed to me to almost an overwhelm
ing fascination. -
As for as my memory can lower I
have heard stories of the wonderful
wild west beyond the Red River Val
ley, famous In poetry and song. Back
in my country, the home of my
birth the state of Maine quite a
number had gone as far as the Red
River country, but very, very few
had ventured into the Bad Lands of
the Dakotas and over into and
across the great Rockies. Those fewer
of the few that came back were, to
bo sure, the most interesting per
sons in their locality at that time.
My grandmother's brother, Sam
Ayotte, known long before 1862 on
the Old Oregon Trail as "Black Sam,
tho bull pUncher," came back to
Maine, when I was very Small but
I am sure that I was the biggest
listener to the wonderful stories that
he told. From that time the Grande
Ronde Valley has been foremost In
my mind for an Ideal place to live.
I remember, probably as far bock as
1880, always In our family, It was
spoken as the most bcautlfulNspot in
the 'Great Wonderland of tho West"
the Oreg&n Country. And I believe
to this day that a picture formed in
iny younger mind acted like a mag
net, ever pointing and drawing to
wards its polar attraction eventual
ly landing mo here. And here no
matter If everything seems awry I
always feel right side up. It may be
that I havo found here my time
polarity.
Among the many stories that my
grand-uncle told, was the descrip
tion of this "Beautiful Basin," as
he called it, and how he had made
It a point to visit the place at every
possible opportunity, finally decid
ing to make it his home. But the
righteous spirit of Lincoln possessed
htm and in" the spring or, early sum
mer of 1862 he went east,' -joined the
"Lincoln Bond" and helped freo the
black man from slavery. Ho loft his
outfit a big freight business he had
ovolved In the days of '49 many
oxen, horses and wagons $5,000 in
cash, -mostly -gold duet-fto a couple
of "friends" as partners who were to
develop this "squotter" claim ho had
chosen, until he got back from the
war. After the war was over, he
Lyon
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Diameter
42"
56"
67"
72"xl05"
Brooding Area
1385 Sq. In.
2 126 Sq. In.
3525 Sq. In.
Oval
Lyon electric brooders allow seven square
inches brooding area per chick. They are full
sized and of unusual construction, automatic,
safe, and economical to operate.
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For further particulars phone our nearest office.
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Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co.
"Always at Your Service"
The time was spent
From North Powder
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bidwell drove
up from North Powder yesterday and
attended the sessions of the eco
nomic conference.
Aid
Another all-day meeting and pot
luck dinner of tho Island City ladles
aid was held yesterday at the home
of Mrs. Nathan Perrlne. One com
forter was tied during the day.
Children 111
The two children of Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. McCabe, who live on the Island
City-Cove highway, have been quite
111 of scarlet fever. The little girl
is much hotter but the baby is still
quite ill.
Come for Visit
Glenn Led better, who ls employed
In Salem and his sister, Mario a
sophomore at Willamette university
and her friend. Miss Elizabeth At
kinson drove in from Salem Wed
nesday evening and will visit at the
home of the Ledbetters near Alicel.
They were also accompanied by Miss
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came back to Maine, found that his
"partners" had stayed on the claim
long enough to dispose of tho out
fit for cash and they wore back
there telling stories how he had been
killed In the . war. Disgusted he
came west again but circumstances
landed him In Montana.
Uncle told Just about whore he
had left his outfit. He had built
corrals and I am sure that he men
tioned a cabin too, between Cove and
Union, just past the old Phy Point,
later called the Hendershott Point,
where Archie Conley lived until with
in a few months. I have inquired
from several old pioneers and near
ly all of them remember some kind
of corrals or fences there before Dr.
. Phy's father occupied the place.
! Mrs. Mary Wagner, who in 1862, was
'thcrt a girl of thirteen told me that
she remembered some old place at
Tnat point tnat ner latner always
spoke as some "old trapper's" dug
out. However, I always had the hanker
ing of looking up that particular spot
and finding out more about the coun
try. I am a little ahead of my story
after I had drifted from the east to
Montana and after a few years locat
ing my old uncle Block Sam I be
hove It was the year that wife and I
wero married in 1896, that I worked
with a man named Charley Hensel
who was direct from La Grande and
who got me going on Oregon again.
Ho told me much of the Grande
Rondo and its beautiful mountains.
I at once went to Butto and per
suaded, uncle to take a trip over the
Old Oregon Trail and on to his old
stomping ground. But, his old age
preventing, tho trip was never taken.
The strongest link In the chain, of
events that finally drew mo to Ore
eon and the Grande Ronde was the
; stories told me by the old Indians
; of different tribes whom I always
' converse with when I have an oppor
tunity. By their stories probably
some a thousand years old or more,
; handed down from fathers to sons
; I gathered that this . country .was
i famously known to all tribes of the
; continental America. Indians came
j from every part of the continent.
, cast, north and south, to this coun.
i try as-their best and most 'beautiful
resort for health,, hunting 'and rec
reation. So we have a background from
' that unwritten ancient history,
clal meeting,
tewing.
Nearest to "1
Nature's WayJ
Recommended Capacity
. 200 Chicks
350 Chicks
500 Chicks
1000 Chicks
which though silent ls nevertheless
very stimulating in tho belief that
here we have at least one of the
finest spots of God's green earth.
But, of course, having been a para
dise for the natural man of the
woods it had to be transformed for
the use of the white man. So, from
the time Park man wrote his history
uf the Old Oregon Trail and the
Pioneers of the covered wagon period,
very few countries. If any Indeed,
have teen more put before the world
In cither the spoken or the written
word. There never has been known
such an onrush of lupnan activi
ties in all tho world than the taking
possession of this wild country of
the red men by the moro advanced
whlto race. And wo also find that
fro.n the time of tho first incoming
wagon over tho Blue Mountains
this valley has not been behind and
in nanny respects far ahead of locali
ties less fortunate In the good con
ditions of the surroundings.
It is .amazing to observe for in
stance, the development from, a
rough log cabin with a dirt ficor,
the home of Mrs. Mary Wngncr in
l buz to i nc same piaco now, the home
of (Red) Charley Fisher, this year
1931. Ycu will find there, nearly
all necessaries for a farmer's modern
needs. You w.ll find also that these
good people aro imbued with that
same eld spirit of forging ahoad. ever
gatheilnx something for the "making
of the home. And, as all who carry
that spirit you will find them good,
honest people whom you will never
regret having made their acquain-.
tance. j
Observing this great development,
our highways, one of our later im
provements, form quite a contrast
with the "mud roads' tho old pio
neers had to endure. On this sub
ject le'. me relate a little lncldont
told by Mrs. Juliet Dougherty. , j
Mrs. Dougherty ls one oi our good
old pioneers, still with us in the
fourth score of her active life
and In all probability sho will bo for
another score or mora, for sho keeps
well and busy and with her shining
black eyes; makes one readily under
stand that her mind ls at all times
alert in observing and remembering
things of Interest to llfo. If anyone
wishes for a real, pleasant and in
telligent tal on old time happen
ingsjust come to Covo and inter
view this charming little old lady
and she will hold your attention on
most nr.y subject, but sho specializes
on the welfare of humanity.
Speaking of a somewhat rough
trip going to La Grande the other
day with our little Chovvy the roads
being corduroyed liko a washboard
and sleek and muddy Mrs. Dough
erty laughed and said:
"You ought to have seen tho roads
wo used to havo. . I remember ono
time nearly fifty y oars ago, Frosty
School district gave an entertainment
in their school house, A play was
tho main feature. Nearly all the
people in' the surrounding neighbor
hood attended. All had to go in
their farm wagons. All got there
safely enough, but getting homo was
real experience for some of us. The
first short lane going east after
leaving the school ho uso wan a mire tho
wholo length. It inclined uphill go
ing east. There wero that night,
seven wagons stuck In tho mud at
tho one time. It was very dark and
each wagon hod a lantern. Some
who did not live so far away got
out and walked homo leading their
horses and leaving their wagons thero
till morning. The others had to get
out the best thoy could it was each
for himself, for no one could holp
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l-i'41 Adtuiis Ave.
t Price
$25.00
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$40.00
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another in a caso like this all hav
ing frantic horses to tend to. My
husband got out, uncoupled the
team from the wagon, made the
horses go forward until they reached
firmer ground for their feet, then
hitched them to the end of the
wagon tongue and pulled us out of
the bog. Wo then drove across the
corner of a field and we had good
mud roads from there, arriving home
after midnight. The play had been
good and wo felt well repaid for all
our troubles that night. Those
wero happy days I We were all youth
ful and enjoyed the experience. Many
wero thero that night who have now
gono to a higher experience Just a
fow of us remain to tell the story."
This is Just a bit of cxporlenco in
tho old time mode of transporta
tion and conditions of the roads of
fifty years ago. One old resident of
Cove told of taking tliree days to
get to La Grande with a load of hay
und got four dollars for it after he
got thero 1 And to think for us to
grumble when as soon as roads need
ICQflGQEBfBi
5t 'KVOTVf
OUR Valentine's Day greeting to you is to "have a
hearty meal" one that you will enjoy to the fullest.
And that's where we can be of service ! A wide variety
of seasonable foods thnt are both fresh and of fine qual
ity are in our stores on Valentine's Day and every day
for your selection.
FEATURES FOR
SUGAR
C & H Cane
25-lb. sk. $1.39
3-lb. can
75c
For homes that
leant the bait
in cooking
CRACKERS
Snowflakes Sodas
Salted
2-lb. pkg. . 33c
Beans
Red Mexican
Very Clean
10 lbs.
35c
55 lbs 85c
HONEY
Very Best
10-lb. pail. 98c
UHBfll
mmm ,MMMMWMIMrm
I Mothers Oats
With China
8 Large pkg. 33c
qphlo?y mmts
SOLD FOR LESS
Bulk Lard
Bring Your Container
8 Pounds 98c
Picnics
Morrells Mild Cure
Pound 16c
repairs, wo meet big monsters of
machines plowing snowdrifts, scrap
ing gravel and rolling smooth the
roads as fast as it can be done.
As I said a while ago this valley
was most beautiful in Its primitive
wild state for a race of men who
had not yet discerned that free will
discovered long before by the white
race that reasoning which makes
man dissatisfied with the slow pro
cess of a natural evolution. And the
white man at once began to remake
thoso things to suit his advanced
fancies and desires the results of
which aro the advancement from the
men and women pioneers extracting
by hand all of the necessities for
existence from an unbroken soil for
the most part full of brush and tim
ber, to their descendants today whoso
work is praotlcally all done by ma
chines It la the advancement from
the covered wagons pulled by slow
oxen and hard handwork to the
automobile and combined harvester.
And today wo of this valley can
truly say with the Roman Caesar of
SATURDAY & MONDAY Feb. 14-16
MacMarr
Flour
Guaranteed to Please
49-lb. Sack $1.15
MacMarr
Coffee
Best in the West
. Why Pay 10c for a Tin
3 Lbs $1.00
More than 20,000 beauty experts
recommend Palmolive to
"keep that schoolgirl complexion"
PRODUCE
FEATURES
Lettuce
Large Fancy California
2 Heads...- 9C
Oranges
Medium Size Sunkist
Li Dozen 49c
Oranges
Large Sunkist
1 Dozen 39c
Grape Fruit
Large Size
3 For 23c
Bananas
(No Ovcrripes)
O Pounds . 19c
old, VVenlt Vldi, .vine!,"; we came, wet
saw, we conquered.
One man that came and saw the
valley and did his little bit in con '
querlng Its wild and uncomfortable
conditions for the white man is Un
cle Dan Fruit, who ls yet young and.
spry in mind, although he was 19
when Lincoln ran and won the race i
for president In 1863. He tells of a ;
bunch of fellows wanting him to
go to Union, and vote for Lincoln i
regardless of his age; but he didn't
he sold, now he wished he had, for"
he could brag now. of having voted
for. tho best man tho United Btates
evor had for president. Well, Uncle)-;
Dan saw this valley from the Blue
Mountains by day and by night In
1851 when he was 7 years old. He J
says that a few lights, weak and yel
low could be seen, here and there
flickering from the abodes of trap
pers along the foothills. He tolls 4
t.hftt hft noror ra.w a hnnnA frnm t.hn ;
time ho left Fort Hall until theyf
readied Umatilla. $
(To be continued)
Store No. 296
108 Depot St.
Phone Main 761
Store No. 294
408 No. Fir St.
Phone Main 734
Community Cash
. Store
Fir and Adams
Phone Main 26
MILK
Carnation or Darigold
' Tall Cans
3for ; ; . 23c
Mayonnaise
Best-Foods Brand
Pint Jar ... 35c
Crystal White
SOAP
10 Bars . 33c
IOC
cakes
or
25 c
Dutch
Cleanser
It Chases Dirt ,
3 Cans , . . 19c
. Rice
Fancy Blue Rose
Good Food at a Saving
10 lbs.
59c
25 lbs. .... . $1.45
BULK DATES
Very Fresh
2 lbs. . . . . 23c
Two Markets
in La Grande
108 Depot Street
Corner Fir & Adams
296M or 52M
Peanut Butter
Very Best Grade Bulk
2 Pounds 29c
Sausage
Pure Pork No Cereal Added
Pound 19c