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Friday, MarcK 6, 1931 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Seven if P. St - OVER i Celebrate Birthday S Last Sunday in honor of the birth Jday anniversary of John Gekeler on fr-- Cricket Plat, a group of relatives y- i gathered to spend the day and share "-jfin a family dinner at noon. A fine ' dinner was served by Mrs. Gekeler, 9 which, of course, did not fall to In elude in Its lisfof good things the ; s lovely birthday cake. It was a very "'. enjoyable day as told by those pres ; ent Mrs. James Wickens and sons, I'.jjS Henry, Ray and Llold; Mx. and Mrs. ; Harold Blanchard and daughter, CoU kii leen; Mrs. Sarah Gekeler and sons. Walter and James; Mr. and Mrs. John 4 Gekeler nnd children, Dorothy and ffi Wendell and Mrs. L. E. Term. :4 Attend Debate and Then? Ml Miss Mae Hlleman and Miss Thel-:-a mn Anderson, teachers in the Cove s4 school and Miss Margaret Hubbard, a student at E. O. N., attended the Pacific Unlverslty-E. O. N. debate at La Grande Monday evening. As they i vprepored to enter their car after fi It he debate to return to their home 'i at Cove they discovered that some if.' one had let the air out of all four tires on their car. !i Have School Meeting ! ' A school meeting was held at k'i Shanghai school the first of the f t week to elect a director to fill the 7 5 vacancy on the board caused by the Vii, recent death of A. E. Hartley. John 'S Miller was chosen for the office. j Mrs. Thelma Miller, who has been .-1 a very successful teacher at Shang ri hal this year, was reelected for an ri other year's teaching. . f visiting : Mr. and Mrs. Charley Hanson and children of Lostine are making a p5 visit at the home of Mrs. Hanson's it mother, Mrs. Amanda Wagoner, at r Summervllle. Nl Mrs. Woods' Birthday j Members of the Wallsinger con- nectlon arranged a; surprise on Mrs. . X Kate Woods in La Grande last Sun- Iday, in honor of her birthday anni f I versary. They took their dinner with -4 them and had a wonderfully Rood of relatives who spent the day to gether thus were Miss Bertha Wall singer, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moss, Mr, and Mrs. Tom Wallsinger, Mr. and Mrs. Will Adler and daughter, Genevieve, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fuller and son Dickie, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Moss and daughter, Janle, and Mr. and Mrs. Clay Woods, together with Mrs. Kato Woods. Move Into New Home- Mr. and Mrs. Grant Conlcy, re cently married, are now at home in their own nousc, wnicn has been re modelled and renovated for their oc cupancy. The place was formerly owned by Jabe Conley and is near i;ove. Dinner (luexts Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Long enter tained at dinner Sunday at their home north of Summervllle, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Woodell, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Park and Mrs. E. Sanderson. Have Whooping Cough The children of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Bailie, who live on the Island City Cove highway, have been among tnose wno nave oeen navmg wnoop ingough. This has not -kept the children from "Sunday school however.- That is because a rather fine cn ixULa FOR OVER p.' .'.-. Q 2$ ounces ure efficient ITS DOUBLE ACTING LARISON CHEVROLET CO. USCO,- CARS WITH AN O.K. THAT COUNTS BEST VALVES 1930 Chevrolet Truck fU13 1930 Chevrolet Truck w;." 1929 Chevrolet Truck .Vi." 1929 Durant Truck -ISO Larison Chevrolet Company 1414 Ailams l-l (irande. Ore. THE VALLEY Mabel E. Morton, Valley News Editor Phones; Residence, Main 860; Office, Main GOO idea was hit upon when the two Hertzog youngsters. Dick and Don. contracted the disease and had to J stay at the parsonage a class was held for the "couKhere' and lost 1 Sunday It is reported that the at tendance was 11. From Seattle Mrs. Earl Robinson of Seattle is making a visit in the valley, the guest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chllders, on the lower Cove market road. Her moth er. Mrs. Chllders. has been having quite a serious time with some an trum trouble. Returns Hume Mrs. Melvin Loree returned to her home at Cove Wednesday from Hot Lake where she had been for so long a time. Mrs. Loree had to un dergo two operations while at the lako but Is now well on the road to recovery. Her friends are very glad to hear of her return home. Observe Wedding Anniversary A very pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Daron in Willowdale, Tuesday, Feb ruary 24. when 31 of their relatives and friends gathered surprising them on their thirtieth wedding an niversary and also celebrating a sister-in-law, Mrs. Tom Mullcnburg's, 35th birthday. The surprise was ar ranged by Mrs. Mullenberg. the mother of Mrs. Elmer Daron. The evening passed quickly, too quickly, with games, music and visiting, after which some refreshments were served. Ill According to the Oregon State Barometer, Miss Frances McKennon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc Kennon of the valley, is In the in lirmary at Corvallis, ill of the flu. The Cove Library Tho report given by Mrs. Nellie R. Grace, librarian of the Cove city library at the last meeting of the Woman's club shows a grand total of 3,213 books loaned during the year. The report Is as follows: adult fiction loaned, 1,566; adult non-fiction, 432; total books loaned to juve niles, 1,263. The report also shows 60 new readers for the year, 22 adult and 28 Juvenile. Twenty-seven of tho new readers arc from outside tho corporate limits of Cove. o To Portland Mrs. Claire Hamilton and her son, Wellington, left the valley Tuesday for Portland and are spending a few daye there with relatives. Tho Hamil ton homo is near Summervllle. Portland Guest Mrs. C. H. Bidwell of Island City has as her guest at present her sis ter, Mrs. Foster, of Portland. AHrel Aid Members of the committee are making the arrangements for the meeting of the Alicel Ladles aid so ciety, which is to be held on Thurs day, March 19, at the home of Mrs. Everett Wallsinger in the Valeria neighborhood. . The, committee for this - month consists of Mrs. Wall singer, Miss Emma McAnish, Mrs. Harry Fisher and Mrs. Herbert Speck hart. KcmuliiK iiu Valley , . . ' We have not beeri able to see John Wells Sr. recently but we 3 U InV II for 2 5 cents r mm THIS WEEK 1929 Ford "A" Truck $3.? 1924 Ford "T" Truck I IS 1927 Chevrolet Coach 845 1927 Oakland Coupe sin Phone Main 2 learn that his long record lor at tending sessions of the state legisla ture at Salem was broken this year as Mr. Wells was unable to make the trip to the Willamette valley. Mr. Wells has been going down to the capitol city for many years now, stay ing with a daughter In that vicinity and watching with keen Interest the doings In the legislative halls. Mr. Wells' health Is not as rugged as his friends would wish. Have Dinnec Meeting Members of the T. & C. club hd an exceptionally enjoyable party re cently, when the men entertained tho women at dinner at the La Grande hotel and later an evening at cards was enjoyed In the gold room. It seems that the scores are kept throughout the year by this club, and which ever group, men or women, have the lowest commned scores at the end of the year must arrange for such a party as this one was. And the men did well tho women say. During the evening. Mrs. Louie Standloy made the high score among the woman and August Erlckson for tho men. Improves Mrs. Irwin Moss of Allccl. who has been 111, Is very much Improved at this time. Resumes Work Lyle Ledbetter of Alicel has gone back to his work with the county highway shops, after having been laid off for a month on account of Illness and a necessary operation. It's Spring It surely Is out In the valley, as elsewhere in Eastern Oregon. Quite a little plowing has been done this week in various sections, the blue birds are back in great flocks, and the women aro cleaning house. Un mistakable signs all of them. Mu-stoiil Operation Merton Taylor, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Taylor, who live on the Island City-Cove highway, underwent a mastoid operation yes terday at tho Grande Ronde hospi tal, Dr. Ralston being the surgeon. Ho Is reported to be doing well fol lowing the ordeal. Have Lots of Fun Tho Nlssakl group of Camp Fire girls, of Cove, gave a paper chase In stead of their regular meeting Tues day evening. The girls were divided Into two groups, one group scatter ing the paper, the other following the trail which led them a merry chase, ending at the swimming pool where all the girls Indulged In a treat of all-day suckers, peanuts and punch. Have Quilting Mrs. Everett Wallsinger and her mother, Mrs. DeLong. gave a small oulltlng Wednesday afternoon at the Wallsinger homo, work having been done on the beautiful "Friendship" quilt. In the company wore Mrs. S. McAnish and daughter, Miss Emma; Mrs. Harry Fisher Bnd son, Jay New ton: Mrs. Mayme epecKnart. , Wallowa Folks Wonder About Future Weather G. C. Meek writes this week about weather conditions In the Wallowa vicinity, saying that the extreme evenness of temperature and gen eral weather conditions which have been experienced over this section of the country and which are still continuing, are somewhat of a sur prise to many who have been look ing forward to some very disagree able weather to follow the greoter part of the winter season which has passed with but little storm or other disagreeable conditions. While rather hard freezing Is still occurring at night the days are most pleasant with warm sunshine causing a con siderable thawing of the snow and frozen ground. The frost is said to bo leaving the soil In many places at this time. This is most notice able in cultivated fields which ore breaking through in many places where stock travols over them. Much of the higher seotlons of the com munity Is still blanketed with from eight to ten inches of solid snow and the most of the wells and springs which were low during the entire winter have filled brim- full, which would Indicate that considerable moisturo from the melting snow has found its wny into the soil despite the fact that there has been con siderable frost in the ground. Farmers Zecl that with the frost getting out now that the moisture from tho present supply of snow to gether with storms which are likely to occur yet before settled spring weather coms, will no doubt pro vido plenty of moisture to make crop conditions as good as normal. Many of the dirt roads in this sec tion are becoming quite deep In mud at this time. Cars have been in use on many of the outlying roads dur ing the entire winter, however, at this time about the only way In which cars can be used on many of the roads is to go early in the morn ings before the ground has become thawed. About the usual amount of feed ing is still necessary lor all classes of livestock except horses, many of which are ranging in the bunch grass pastures at this time and do ing fine. Much of the south slopes in the foothills are practically bare of snow at this time and the new grass which got a fairly -good start last fall Is said to Be growing some and in a few Instances sheep owners are ranging their sheep on these places a part of the time. Farmers in some instances are finding it difficult to find suitable feeding places because of soft muddy ground and more feeding Is being done in racks and mangers to prevent waste of feed. A SEASONABLE RECIPE IintNT Sl'OAR CAKE 1 cup sugar. 1 cup sour cream. 1 egg. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 teaspoon baking powder. 2 cups flour, 3 tablespoons burnt sugar syrup. cup nut meats. V2 cup dates, ground. Beat egg with sugar until light. Add sour cream, then soda dissolved in boiling water. Add salt and bak ing powder, to flour and sift twice. Add to the cake. Then add the burnt sugar, nut meats and dates which have been sifted with some flour Bake. I'rost cake with filling of one cup light brown sugar and two egg whites. Boil sugar until It spins a thread and pour over beaten egg whites. Beat until thick enough to Iro-it laki-. Build Milk House Harry Fisher is building a new milk house, adjacent to the cow barn on his dairy ranch near Cove. Mr. Fisher Is now milking around 14 or 15 cows, and has installed ti two bucket surge milker to assist with tho heavy work. Mr. Fisher is great ly Improved from his recent attack of the flu but has not gained nil of hie strength back yet. Have Quilt Show And why not? All over the valley women are making quilts, quilts of all designs and some ar exceptionally beautiful. If all the quilts the outstanding ones made In the valley during the winter Just pass ing', could be gathered together, what an exhibition It would make) So yesterday at the gymnasium at Cove tnc women's cmo naa a quiit snow. witn many lovely pieces 01 nanaworx displayed. They served tea and cakes to acid a ucue 10 ineir ciuo treasury. Weather Is Favorable Q. C. Meek, of Wallowa, writing about lambing conditions in that section at the present time, writes as follows: bneepmen 01 tins section are exceptionally well pleased with present weather conditions which, they say, are Ideal for lambing. Many new lambs are arriving at a considerable mimjber of, thie local (Continued on Page Eight) Outlook Report Points Toward Better Business With the Improvements in busi ness conditions which seems fairly certain during the 1931-32 market ing year, the demand for farm orod- (ucts is also expected to increase, says Li. k. ttreunaupt, economise oi tnc Oregon extension service hero, who has just released the Oregon Out look Report. It is in two sections the first dealing principally with livestock enterprises, and the second the crops and horticulture outlook. Tht Oregon report, based on In formation gathered from every coun ty of the state. In addition to tho conclusions of' the national outlook conference, is available In mimeo graphed form from county agents or direct from the state college. Copies of comments on the report by collcgo specialists In the various divisions will be distributed from tho same sources. Although improvement In poultry prices may not reasonably be ex pected before late In 1031 or early 1032, successful commercial poultry men of this state will do better to Increase rather than decrease their flocks, believes A. G-. Lunn, head of tho poultry department. Feed, build ing and labor costs are low, ho ex plains, and volume of production Is necessary to return a profit in com petition with other favored sections. The comment by P. M. Brandt, head of the dairy department, was to the effect that "in general dairy expansion In Oregon should be re commended only where production costs are favorable." He points out that an accurate, careful check on production costs by Individual dairy men Is now of more importance than ever. Many Oregon dairymen, he says, have already reduced produc tions costs to the point where sat isfoctory profits are obtained even under present conditions, while other could not make dairying profitable if prices were doubled. -. ,.. Outlook for turkeys, bpef r cattle, hogs, sheep and wool, mohair and a number of other commodities ore also reported in the first section of the report, while the second deals with wheat and other farm crops. HAVE YOU Ill s i-w - LOOK! Here are just a few of the many values that we list on our March Circular Handled Lipped Class Bowl 20c Pyrex Utility Pans Size )2x8'r, Reg. $2.00..$!. 10 Absorene Wall Paper Cleaner, 1 lb lOc English Cups and Saucers Plain White 15c Pink and Creen Sandwich Plates, each 25c Hotpoint Model R Electric Iron, each $3.95 Berry Bowls or Nappies "8-inch Diameter -Creen glass l9c Cord and Plug Sets, ea 39c MARCH SPECIAL 2-inch Varnish Brush Reg. 42c value and 1 -Pint Can 4-hour Enamel Reg. 95c Value Broad Hatchet 4-in. Blade Steel Square all for Wagner Phone Main 85 Co. Declamatory League Gives Contest Rules From the office of the county superintendent of schools is issued. thiB week, the rules which aro to govern tho approaching declamatory contests to be held In the county and ente:M Into by schools of all sections. The plans, rules, etc., are given as adopted as folows: . Tho directors of the Union County Declamatory League have set Friday, March 27. 1931, at 7:30 p. m. to hold the local contests over the county. The county contest will be held April 3 and 4, 1931, in tho auditor ium of the Eastern Oregon Normal school in La Grande. The elemen tary contest (divisions 2 and 3) will be held Friday. April 3, at 7:30 p. m. The high school contest (divi sion 1) will be held Saturday. April 4, at 7:30 p. m. - The Inter-County Contest between Gilliam, Morrow. Umatilla and Union counties will be held at Arlington, Saturday, April 18, 1031, at 7 p. m, Tho schools of tho county are di vided Into divisions according to grades, fortheso contests. Division 1 consists of hi I high schools In the county. The con testants in this division may take part In extemporaneous dramatic or humorous selections. Time limit on delivery is 12 minutes. You are en titled to three representatives. Division II consists of grades 6. 7 and 8. Contestants may take part In humorous and non-humorous se lections. You may have two repre sentatives: one humorous and one non-humorous. Time limit for de livery, 8 minutes. Division III consists of grades 3, 4 and 5. Contestants may take part i In humorous and non-humorous se lections. You may havo two repre sentatives from this division; one humorous and one non-humorous. Time limit for delivery, 6 minutes. Selections may be obtained from any source. Selections may bo either prose or poetry. If you are limited on material to select from, send for catalogues to: Ivan Bloom Harden Co., Dos Moines, Iowa. Wetmoro Publishing Co,, Sioux City, Iowa. i t Lowman Hanford Co., Seattle, Washington, 915 E. Pine St. For local contests the county is divided Into four zones, or districts. District one will hold Its contest In La Grande. Herbert Evans, prin cipal of the Riviera school, is the , director in charge of the contest. I District two will hold its contest at Cove. C. G. Springer, principal of tho Cove school, Is in charge of the contest. District three will hold Its con test at Imbler. J. W. King, principal of the Imbler school. Is the director In charge of the contest. District four 'Will hold Its contest at Island City. John Wortman, prin cipal of the Island City school, will have charge of the contest at Island City. Gold medals will be given for first prizes in the county contest. Rib bons will be given for second and third places. Tho public is invited to attend all contests, which will bo opon and free to tho public. Contestants shall not be allowed to use make-up or use stage setting. Now is the time lor the schools tq get busy. Shall wo have the coopera tion of tho tcachors? , Alt contests will begin on time. Yours truly, E. A. SAYRE, County School Superintendent. Received Your Copy? If not, be sure to call at our store and have your name placed on our mailing list. Every month we send out this circular, showing our prices and we want-YOU to get a copy. You know the price of a pound of butter, a quart of milk, of soap, etc. How about the many hardware Items that you use every day? What price should you pay for them? Prices are lower now than they have been for many, many years. Our cir cular keeps you post ed at all .times. It gives you full infor mation about the new est things It enables you to se lect your dally require ments advantageously In regard to both price and purpose. IT WILL HELP YOU SAVE MONEY I A message of reaf Im portance to you Is in corporated Into every Issue. 98c 95c 69c Hardware La Grande, Ore. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY & MONDAY MAR. 7-9 FLOUR- Per 49-Pound Bag . . f JG MACMARR MILK oaa Tall Cans, 3 Cans CA)Z SALMON- Pink, Happy vale Brand, 2 Cans RICE- Extra Fancy Blue Rose, 5 lbs. .... One of the Markets most economical Foods. SNOWDRIFT- Shortening, 3-lb. Can ... WESSON OIL- Quarts, each TOILET TISSUE- Ambassador, 3 Rolls . ... .. .. PURE G. & H. SUGAR- 19Pounds.. . ... .. .. . Vvift Y Stt COFFEE - MacMarr Brand, 3 lbs KRAUT- Del Monte, 2 large cans STONE'S SYRUP- (Pure Cane & Maple) 'gal. tin , PANCAKE FLOUR- MacMarr, two 2!4-lb. pkgs. . . . SUGAR - : Powdered or Brown, 5 lbs. .... TOILET SOAP- Camay, 3 Bars . . PINEAPPLE - Libby's Fancy Sliced, 2 Cans, 2 CORN- Standard White, No. 2 tins, 3 for t i7nnnnTTr,iT? iJLi 1 JL J VjII Per BANANAS J CTJTTVT A niJ 3 STORK OUAUTY MEATS SWIFT'S PREM. HAM "ie!' po.,d 25c CORNED BEEF "SS 20c BEEF POT ROASTS,poh,,::: 17c PICNIC SHOULDER i;,uTCurc: 15c KRAFTS PKG. CHEESE 35c Br Swift's Premium Ham DEMONSTRATION All Day Saturday at Community Cash Store. Drop in for a delicious Ham Sandwich and a ' i Cup ofcStcalning Hot ..v- ; rf MACMARR COFFEE f ,eH, soIitl Head No over-ripes ounds fresh Walla Walla, Pounds NO. 291 408 NORTH FIR PHONE 731 APPETITE appeal I That's what every menu needs to make your family rush eagerly to the table at mealtime. You can easily add this much-desired quality to your meals it you combine your fine ability as a cook with the frsh. wholesome foods you can buy so economically at our com plete food stores. . . iKn .... OC jv .-.TrJC. 1 7 .. .. .. 1 I C $1 AA l oUU $1.00 25c 85c 29c 39c 19c 49c 28c for . . . 5c 19c 12c No. 296 108 Depot Store and Market Phone 761 Community Cash Store and Market Fir & Adams Phone 26 19c 33c
