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Friday, "February 20, 1931 HA" GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, UA GRANDE, ORE. Page Seven OVER THE VALLEY , Mabel E. Morton, Valley News Editor I'lionrs: Kesldence. Main 966; Office, Main 600 Lnntblnx at Miller's i R V.. fcflllAf nno nf Yminri rniintv's largest sheep growers Is hustling these days looking after the crews at his two ranches, according to reports. Ho states that the weather has been Uteal for lambing operations and It has required a smaller crew to handle the work than other years when rain and mud Interfered with the work. So far, losses have been un usually light, due to favorable weath er conditions and the fact that the cwee are In excellent condition after a mild- winter. Next week will see the peak of the crop, but work will continue for several weeks. Has Operation Betty Jean Howell, . young daugh ter of M and Mrs. Merle Howell of the Valeria district underwent an op eration for - appendicitis Monday af ternoon, at the Grande Ronde hos pital and was reported to have had very good nights and days since Vednesday. The little girl was taken i ill on Sunday and Monday was R rushed to the hospital but the ap pendix had already ruptured. Va leria school Is closed this week since Betty Jean's mother is the teacher there. Sunday Guests Mr. and Mrs. C. Y. Beale of Ladd Canyon were Sunday guests at the home of their friends Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons in Elgin. Receives Chicks Mrs. I. a. Howell of the. Valeria district received 200 day old chicks today from, a commercial hatchery. Mrs. Howell favors the Plymouth Rocks, the birds she received yester day being of that variety. She has been rebuilding the brooder house, installing a brooder and making other preparations for the season's poultry business. And It won't be long until one of these chicks will lind its way to a chicken pie for the county Ladles' Aid convention, wo suppose. Family Moves . ' Roland Richardson, who has lived in High Valley, moved his family to the Haeffer house near the Fred Bristow residence at the Cove last Saturday. Days in La Grande Mrs. Harriett MacDonald 'who is staying at Hot Lake was In La Grande fnr a ipu; rln vi t.h ti rut. nt tVtA wmIi , , . " , taking in the music and literary pro- C.lve family Dinner grams given by the Neighborhood Mr. and Mrs. Percy McMillan of Hot club( WKl visiting with her friends Lake gave a family dinner at their and relatives, home Sunday in honor of her broth- ' . o cr-ln-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Guests Leave George Ohrlstensqn who left the day Mr, and MrSt Lester 1 Saunders, following for thelf new homo in Call- newlyweds. returned Wednesday tc fornla. A bountiful dinner was tneir nome at Hazelton, Idaho, fol scrved at noon to the guests of honor, lowing a visit of two or three days Mr. and Mrs. Charley Jackson and at tne home of their uncle and aunt, daughters, Alta Rose and Myrtle Mr. ancl m, c. Y. Beale In Ladd' Marie from Muddy Creek. Mr. and canyon. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders wen Mrs. wnuam cnristensenj oi near re tit mine to their hom fnlinnrint? k Dnurlno nml Vi-e lacfl . ... . noneymoon irip to (Jamorma. North Powder. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Mc- ' Kanna and son, Donald, of North Powder, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ycakley and three children, Elizabeth, Harry and John, Mrs. Carrie Saugstad and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hvldberg of Ba ker. - ' o Homo Again Visits Mrs Arch Burford of High Valley has been visiting at the Guy Church home in Union since last Friday, I Making Pictures Rolex Prllliman. of Union. Cove and Mrs. W. R. Ledbettor, a patient La Grande has been busy with his recently at the Grande Ron tie hos- moving picture machine recently, pltal has gained sufficiently to be Besides giving several amateur per- able to go home. She returned on formances at Union and Cove, he has Tuesday of this week. Her son, Glenn been making some real movies of in- Lcdbetter who has had a ten day teres ting Grande Ronde scenery. Just visit at heme returned to his work now he Is Interested in getting a at Salem Wednesday evening. close-up of it he lambltur industry o and has been at his uncle, Ed Miller's Brothers' Day Tomorrow - The men hold forth tomorrow at the Odd Fellows hall, when they of the Blue Mt. grango entertain the women of the subordinate at the an- the A. A. U. W. sponsors many study groups these smaller meetings are open to any who wish to attend and In Union several women have availed themselves of the opportunity. , Visits R. E. Steele has been visiting at his home on the Union-Cove market road for the past .few weeks. Mr. Steele is an experienced sheepman and has been working near Crane in the sheep camps of Swift & Co. for the past year. He has to leave his family In this valley while he Is at work, as the section In which he Is employed Is Isolated and conditions are not favorable for family life. He expects to return to his work soon. At Lake 1 Mrs. Fred Mires of Rob i net to is at Hot Lake where she underwent an operation Wednesday and Is reported as doing very satisfactorily. Mr. Mires accompanied her to this valley and will remain here for a week. Receives Treatments i Miss Catherine Woodruff, of Port land, is taking treatments at Hot Lake for rheumatism. Miss Wood ruff spent a week at the ranch home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Woodruff near Union before going to the sana torium. . So Change The condition of Mrs. Mary Mur mlson of Pleasant Grove district re nains about the same, so It Is re EGG AND POULTRY OUTLOOK IS GOOD SAYS PROF. LUNN Prof. A. G. Lunn, poultry special-. about one-third of the 1039 im lst of the extension service of the ports. Oregon Stato college has recently Imports on dried eggs were about (Continued on Pago Eight) sheep camps taking pictures that will o snown to local audiences soon. Have Guests Mrs. S. McAnlsh and family of the nual Brothers' day dinner and pro- Valeria district had for their dinner gram. We bespeak a capacity crowd -as usual. guests Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rlchey of La Grande. Tho McAnlsh family lives on the for mer ijyue piace, wmcn they purchased. Meetings Close Has Trouble Mrs. Lydia Lantz of near the Cove went to La Grande Tuesday after noon for an operation on her jaw j T Mrs. nte his hid to hi the a ..X,"?? fiamn wnrk rlon nfc turn othpp tlmpq ' under tho direction Of County Sun- samo work done atjwo other times. day scnool missionary, Howard Smith i win ciose isunuuy evening, it is stated. The meetings have been well 173 Loads Of Apples At Imbler published an outlook for 1931 which he gives as follows: "Low prices for eggs are likely to continue during the first part of 1031 but Improvement may be expected in the egg and poultry situation during the last half of 1931 and in 1932." This is the general conclusion indi cated by reports received from the re gional outlook conference recently held at Salt Lake City and the more recent National Outlook conference held at Washington, D. C. It Is generally concluded by gov ernment authorities that although the number of layers and the produc tion of eggs in 1931 promises to be somewhat less than in 1930, the prices of eggs during the first half of the year will be lower than tho same period In 1930. One reason for this is the 'fact that losses to storage operators during the past year will cause a weakness in the demand for eggs for this pur pose. It is also predicted that thero will be a weaker hatchery demand and fewer chicks than during. 1930. Prom the fact that a smaller num ber of pullets will be raised, produc tion will probably be lighter next fall and winter and this, together with lower storage holdings, should improve egg prices during the last half of the year. As to the number of hens and pullets of laying age on farms as of January 1, 1931, accord- ing to government crop correspond- ents, there was 89.6 birds as compared with 90.6 last year for tho United States as a whole. In the central states, where about half the country's hen population Is located, there was a decrease of 1.2 birds per farm.- - In the North Atlantic states 3 birds less. 2.2 birds less in the south cen- Accordlng to Mrs. Ray Wilson, our correspondent from Imbler, 173 car loads of apples were shipped from Imbler this season. This compares with 185 of last year and 293 of two years ago. Tho drastic reduction of the past two years Is accounted for by tho fact that these were two of the driest reasons on record In that locality. England had an embargo on low grade apples, effective until Nov. 16. Under the provisions of this act only the two higher grades were ad mis -sable. Many leading growers of the Pacific Northwest regarded this act detrimental to the industry. Our senators and ambassador to Great Britain were appealed to In the ef fort to remove the ban. The sea son's "post marten" proves this act highly beneficial. During the time tho embargo was in force the Enc ash market had only high quality Jintertalns- The meetings which have been in ""2'" ,,c "w "n?rC bargo was lifted a flood of low grade apples, demoralized the market. Lloyd George in commenting on this situa tion, said m part: "The world has Mrs. Royal Conley entertained yes-1 attended and have been considered I !n,B "Bed Great Britain the log terday afternoon at her home at very profitable by residents of that xiy a ruuiii, hit oiawuu ueoLit juvy- f community, lng come for a potluck lunch at tho noon hour. . The afternoon was de voted to bridge. , ., o Has Stroke , .s'".-' -V'-.".- ;" A. L. Doyle, father of Mrs. E. Draper who lives In High Valley, had a stroke of paralysis last Wednesday while working at the bench in Graver's garage in Union. He was taken to the Draper -home in High Valley In an ambulance and yesterday was re ported as being very low. His wife and two sons, George and Charles came over from Sumpter on Thurs day and have been with him since. Attends Party Miss Mao Hlleman of the high school faculty of Cove went to La Gmnde Wednesday and attended the skating party given by the Women's Athletic association of the E. o. N. She was the guest. of Miss Margaret Hubbard. Tav Meeting Tomorrow Tax payers of the county are urged to remember the meeting tomorrow afternoon at the Sacajawea Inn to consider present tax conditions. Auxiliary Functlontmr Members of the Auxiliary . to the union uounw wooi urowers associa tion are organizing for a-campaign next week to promoto tho greater consumption of sheep predicts. Ac tivities are to be county-wido and the wceK ueginning reoruary 21, win have as campaign slogan "Eat More Lamb Use More Wool." Mrs. S. E. Miller of Union is the president and Mrs. Will Dobbin, also of Union Is the secretary. o Upturns Home Mrs. W. J. Hallmark and son, Keith, returned Tuesday to their home at Cove from Hot Lake whero the boy had been a patient for several days. He is reported to bo completely re covered from his illness which, it is said, followed poisoning from some ice cream he had eaten. Improvements New roofs on some of the buildings and other necessary repairs about the place are being made on the Joe Carr farm on the Island City-Cove highway which is so well farmed by Henry Hermann and his family. Trimming Orchard Ed Dennlson of Imbler has been busv the last few weeks trimmlnc ud I the apple orchard across from the elevator at Aiicei, owned by Mrs. Turner Oliver of La Grande, but leased by Mr. Dennlson the past few seasons. Women Are Interested .,- A comparatively new organization I 1 in mis vicinity wnicn nas appealed !to women from all over the valley is the American Association of Uni versity Women in La Grande, which has attracted to its membership, rep resentatives from most of the com- sugar. Separate the eggs, add the munitles of the county. Union has yolks and beat. Add the flavoring the largest delegation In the ranks and fold in tho egg whites, beaten and the women there are so en- stlff. Line a mold or Individual thuslastlc over the work that they molds with almond macaroons. have recently started their own study Place a layer of the filling, then group. They have chosen to study a layer of the macaroons until three contemporary literature and hold layers of filling are made. Cover their meetings weekly. It is report- with macaroons and chill for 24 ed that eight members met at the hours. Unmold and serve with home of Mrs. L. Z. Terrall Tuesday sweetened whipped cream and sprin- evening and reviewed two books. Of klo with the shredded almonds. course, it is understood that while A SEASONABLE RECIPE Almond Ice Hox Cake Two-thirds cup butter Two cups powdered sugar Four eggs Ono teabpoon orange or lemon fla voring One-half teaspoon almond flavor ing Eighteen almond macaroons One-half cup shredded almonds Cream together the butter and leal dumping ground for apples so low in quality as to be regarded un fit for consumption in other parte of tne worm. 1 recommena tne emnargo be' made permanent and. effective throughout the year." Latest ad vices Indicate this will be done,, If so,' local growers believe At -will-provide a steady demand for our export sizes at prices comparable to those received last fall while the act was In effect, which were much higher than prices obtainable on the do mestic market. They point out that there has never been a profit any way in exporting third grade apples from this district. Statistics of the apple Industry in dicate a steady and heavy decline In the number of bearing apple trees. The government's outlook report. Just out, says "the future of the apple In dustry Indicates underproduction rather than overproduction." the same as In 1929. As to egg prices tho government authorities state that the spring and summer low prices of 1930 were due primarily to low consumption. The large storage Btock and unusual sup ply of fresh eggs were responsible for tho lack of the normal seasonal ad vance during the last half of 1930. The 1931 spring prices are likely to be much below those of 1930. Un- The greater part of the fall sown wheat Is still fairly well covered with snow and in places where the snow has been melted off recently, the grain Is said to be In good condition. Many of the roads In the valley sec tion have been clear of snow dur ing the past two weeks and In places they were getting dry and dusty the last of the week. With the frost leaving the road beds in places, truckmen have experienced some dif ficulty in getting in with their heavy loads of logs. Are Still Logging . Johnson brothers, who have been operating three trucks between town and tho Charles Johnson logging camp on Whiskey creek, for the last several weeks, have experienced con siderable difficulty with soft places in mo ronas nna recently nave not been hauling during the day while thawing was In progress, but have celpts about average the normal spring price advance should occur. With theso facta before us the gen eral conclusions must be that O""o gon poultrymen should maintain their flocks. Further that under certain conditions they are Justified In Increasing the size of their flocks. There Is perhaps no section of tho country where commercial eggs can bo produced cheaner than on tho Pacific coast. The cash cost of a dozen eoos to day, on a basis of a 60 per cent pro duction, is from 0 to 12 cents per dozen. The total cost 1b from 16 to 18 cents per dozen. Many small pro ducers will reduce the size of their flocks. Some will sell off their en tire flocks. Next fall and winter, according to tho outlook given, prices will auain tral states, while In. the southern advance. It would seem to be in line states there was an increase of .5 wttn 8od business for our Oregon uirds ancl an increase of 4.4 birds in p"iwymen wj not oniy maintain tne tho far western states. The indica- fiai"e number or layers, but where tions are that the number of fowls capital is available to tako advantage on larms during wu coming Bummer , U1 1,110 '"w cost 0 ounamg materials will be lower than a year ago. It Is of interest to note that the farm price for eggs was below the average monthly price of 1923 to 1927 for every month of 1930 ex cept February, with tho lowest De cember price since the beginning of the record in 1910. Egg receipts during 1930 at the four principal terminal markets, Chicago, New York. Boston and Phila delphia, reflect the conditions of over supply. There were 16.401,000 cases received as compared with 14.943,000 In 1929 an Increase of about 3 per cent. A large proportion of this In crease came during the spring and early summer months. Tho consumption of eggs during 1930 was generally unsatisfactory especially when considered from the standpoint of the supplies available. The consumption of eggs due no doubt to the restricted purchasing power of consumers and the failure of retail egg prices to decline as rap idly as wholesale prices, was around G per cent less during the first part of the year. Later, in spite of the Increased restriction in . general pur chasing power df consumers, con sumption, increased , during October, November and December by , 8 per cent, aver the same months of 1929. A.' prevailing , Impression . that the general economic situation would im prove the last half of tho year, re sulted in a total storage holding on August 1 of 11,202.000 cases of shell eggs. Tho largest ever recorded. The holdings on January 1, 1931 were still large for that date, amounting to 1.891,000 cases as compared woth 704,000 on the same date of the previous year and 1,150,000 cases for the five year average. Tho total exports of eggs, is rela tively unimportant amounting to but .7 of 1 per cent of the total produc tion. . Imports of frozen eggs declined Bharply during 1030 and equaled ) doubtedlv there will be a weakde- bean hnttit Mr fit. nitrht. whlln . mand on the part of storage op-1 fnce of the rouds were frozen solid crators. The fall and winter out- i They report that In this manner they look Is a little moro encouraging. I aro able to do fairly well. They ex There will be a decrease In number , pect to continue In this manner for of pullets raised this year wiilch will about another week, unless the pres mean smaller laying flocks next fall. I cnt soft weather prevents the roads There will undoubtedly be a small- I from freezing and they expect that or cold storage holding. Tho outlook by that time It will bo Impossible to for tho fall and winter of 1931-32 is i do further hauling from that section a little more encouraging and prices I until tho roads become dry. Mr would be higher than diu-lng tho Johnson Is said to hnvo mnde excel past year. lent progress on his Job of logging Tho poultry situation Is favorable. In that section during the past two With lower storage holdings and re- ( or thrco months and will havo about a million feet more to take out dur ing tho coming spring and summer. Nineteen students compose tho University of Qeorgla rifle team. They were chosen by competitive tryouts. Success In Lambing Is The Report Lambing in smaller flocks is the order of the day at present In the vicinity of Wallowa with 150 per cent lambs reported on the average by a. C. Meek. . Lnmblng operations ore reported to bo well under way at many of the farms In thlB end of the valley at this time. Practically all tho lamb ing being clone at this time con sists of flocks ranging from 25 to 150 ewes. The most of those sheep owners are Well equipped with sheds and they state they are experiencing no difficulty In saving the greater part of the lambs. At a few places nearly all ewes have lambed out. some reporting as high as 150 per cent lambing. Speculate On Prices Much comment Is heard on the probably price that will be received for the lambs thlB season. Some of the growers seem to think it may be possible to .sccuro equally as good or possibly better prices for early lambs than those wrich were re ceived last season. Present Indica tions are that with anything like a normal lambing the number of lambs grown, hers will bo nearly tho same as that of last year. Only a very limited amount of culling of ewes was done In the flocks of this sec tion during the past fall. All culling was from the larger bands, while on tho other hanr there was constd erqble expansion of the smaller farm flocks, which In the estimation .- of many would offset the reduction In numbers from the larger bands, 1 Slieep Wintering Well . ! i Sheep in all are said to be doing, exceptionally well here this winter. Feeding conditions have been very good while large amounta of feed has been used during the cold spells, practically none has been wasted all feed- lots have been free from waste while the weather remained even and, cold; Some farmers who are doing ground feeding are experiencing some difficulty at this time In preventing considerable waste. . George Coleman, of Powwatka, was a business visitor m town the latter part of the week. Mr. Coleman re ports an excellent winter on tho ridge and says that much of the brakes have been nearly free from snow during the entire winter and that some of the sheep flocks there havo Just recently been brought onto tho feed lots, having been on range since the start of winter. t Every Man His Own Order t . The strong no less than the wealt must benr the penalty of their owij natures. The man or woman who has learned to stand alone malt not complain tf left to stand alone -. J Rumania's Growth ' .' " Rumania Is the largest Balkan' nation. In 1014 Its area was 63.483 square miles. - In 1010 Its area was 122,282 square miles and Its popu lation i7..m"t,noo. , v and lllcreose the number of lavers on their farms. Oregon poultry flocks have, In gen eral, been too small for economical production. Now 1b a good time to Increase the laying capacity. Weather Is Milder Now In Wallowa Milder weather and nrecinltatlon is tho report of conditions in Wallowa this week from Q. O. Meek, corre-1 spont! en t. i Weother conditions havo changed considerably In this section of the ; country during the past day or two. I Beginning the last of the week tho , weather became much warmer and considerable moisture In form or rain and snow Vina been falling.' There has been practically no fall- nig wcauicr since . tne iirst or tho year up to -this time and farmers are especially well pleased to seo flomo form of moisture putting in its appoaronco at this time In orilec that tho soil may bocomo well soaked beforo spring. While there has been a fairly heavy blanket of snow on tho ground sinco oarly December much of it lias been melting slowly during the past two or three weeks and with tho ground being frozen to a depth of several inches and frost leaving slowly tho greater part of tho water from tho melting snow Is thought to hove run off. There Is sold to be considerable frost in tho ground yet, but it Is felt that warm conditions together with moro mois ture will soon draw the remaining frost from tho fields and allow them to take in a good supply of moisture. Tail Wheat I'mler Cover IHIIHIBIBnBIEBIIHHBBBIII ! I I LUfe To Light and Power Users Electric light and power service will be turned off from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., Sunday, February 22, in the Cove territory to make necessary repairs EASTERN OREGON LIGHT AND POWER CO. 4kv ' JK. .-A ! DUTCH MAID Real Malted Milk Bread Satisfies Every Taste! WE HAVE yet to hear of anyone who doesn't like Dutch Maid Malted Milk Bread! That's because of its entirely different and delicious flavor, its firm, home-baked crisp ness, and its smooth, even texture. And it is so nourishing that no other food offers so much ac tual value for the money! Have you tried it? 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