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Friday, March 13, 1931 -Mr - sr. - LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA' GBAflDE, ORE, Page Seven 9 OVER THE VALLEY Mabel E. Morton, Valley News Editor Phones: Residence, Mix I a OGU; Office, Main GOO Sumlny Guest r Mi', and Mrs. Robert S. Eaktn and ttclr two sons, Bill and Jack, were Sunday guests at the W. A. Zurbrlck, home In Moss Chapel, enjoying one of the splendid dinners prepared by Mrs. Zurbrlck and her daughter, Miss Margaret. . j Hnve Whooping Cough ' A number of families in the Pleas ant Grove neighborhood have whoop ing cough. No one has been re ported as being very sick. - funeral Wednesday Many friends gathered Wednesday afternoon at the SummervlUe chapel to pay their respects to the memory of the late Sam Brooks. Union coun ty pioneer. The service was con ducted by Rev. R. C. Lee, pastor of the Methodist church at Union, with burial in the Summervllle cemetery. Was Very HI 1 Mrs. Leo Nlederer of Dry Creek was taken very ill Saturday evening and for a few days suffered con siderably. She is ' better now. Mrs. Niederer's trouble was diagnosed as ptomaine poisoning. -o . Cast Entertains Monday evening the young women of the Island City church who put on the play, "Crazy to Reduce," on tho preceding Friday evening, enter tained their gentleman friends at a potluck dinner at the home of their coach, Mrs. Harry G. Avery. Several i hours of the evening were spent playing "Cootie," Mr. and Mrs. El mer Case winning the first prize. It was a very nice party. Giving Quilting Party Miss Margaret Taylor is entertain ing a few neighbors and friends at a quilting party this afternoon at her home at Allcel. .Sunday nt Home Miss Clara Fries, a nurse at the Hot Lake Sanatorium, spent Sunday at the home of her parents. .Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fries, at Pleasant Grove. Conclude Visit Mrs. Charles Hanson and two chil dren returned the first of the week following a visit with relatives at Summervllle. Mrs. Amanda Wagoner took them to their home in Los tine in her car and remained for a short visit. Happy Vnllcy The Pleasant Grove grange play, "Happy Valley," presented at Sum mervllle last week, was pronounced a huge success. - The hall was crowded, so the profits were satis factory to all. The greatest profit goes to the play caster this profit Is the enjoyment obtained from giving a homo talent play, and giving it well. The Sewing club quilt wos won by Leona Frizzell. The Unaliyi Camp Fire Girls sold all of their candy in a very short time. , Move to La Grande Mr. and Mrs. John Wbodell and their family have moved from Allcel which has been their residence for a few years, to La Grande where they will reside in the iuture. Visits Miss Vivalore Lantot of Bend, Ore.. Is a-Kuest at the. home of,. Mr, arid Mrs. Willie Wright on the lower Cove market road. IMnner Guests ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Beyrl Taylor of near Island City had as their dinner guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Atlee Chandler and son, Lester Jay; Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Shafer. Perry Shafer, Mi. and Mrs. I. M. Shafer and daugh ter, Anna Mae. Keclcct Teacher At a meeting of the directors of the Iowa school held Wednesday, Miss Esther Fellman was reected for her second year's teaching at this school Kef urn Home Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of west of Summervllle have returned from Antelope where they had been called to see a' cousin, Mrs. McKay, who had been very ill. o In Idaho Mrs. Chris Bcrtsch of the Mill Creek canyon road above Cove re turned home last evening from Caldwell, Idaho, where she had been visiting with her relatives. Mrs. Bertsch went to Caldwell on Mon day of this week. c Is Doing Nicely Merton Taylor, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Taylor of the Island City-Cove highway is doing nicely following the mastoid opera tion performed last week. Spend Afternoon Mrs. Willis Moss of Moss Chapel entertained eight of her neighbors Tuesday- afternoon at her home. A few hours at pinochle and somo nice refreshments went to make up a happy afternoon. Mrs. I. M. Shafer won high honors, and Mrs. Claude Noyen consolation. o Very Low It is reported that Mrs. Homer Littleton is very low at her home near La Grande. Mrs Littleton has been in poor health for a long time and the move to town for the winter was made in hopes that she would improve. Mr. Littleton passed away a few weeks ago. Brothers' Night Saturday evening was Brothers' night at Pleasant Grove grange. It is reported that everyone had such a good time that all the ladles hope the brothers will entertain often. After the regular session. Henry Fries tcok charge of the meeting. A peppy program of readings, songs, stunts and a grange paper was given. The "Husband-calling" contest by the married women was a great success, Mrs. Martha Johnston winning the first prize. After choosing up sides, the men had a "shoe" contest. The losing side had to wash the dishes. Supper consisted of apple pie a la mode and coffee. All took part in the old-time dancing after supper. All are keeping in practice for the old-time dance to be given at the hall on March 14. Lydla York was given the obllga I tlon In the first two degrees. An ! excellent program and supper are being planned for the next meeting. March 21. Loses Horse I Roy Neiderer, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Leo 'Nlederer of Dry Creek, had a real sorrow last week when his fine saddle horse "Goldie" died. The horse was j ttoy s Dirtnaay gut irom nis xatner last year and he has gone to school every day since with Roy. Visits Friends Mrs. Jane Donahue and her two sons, of Dayton, Washw -who have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Lou Lathrop in Union, made a tour around the valley, stopping to visit, among other places, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fisher on lower Cove. This is the first visit of these people to our valley and they were delighted with what they saw, we are told. Believe It or Not J. A. Gasklll, prominent wheat farmer of the valley, has a sow in his lot which had a litter of 20 pigs within the last few days. Fourteen of them are still living and doing well. To Baker Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Welch of Im bler drove to North Powder Saturday to spend the day with her sister, Mrs. Lizzie McAllister, who was observing a birthday anniversary that day. Sun day they drove on to Baker and visited with some of Mn Welch's children, g Reelect Teachers The Pleasant Grove school board held a meeting last week and re elected Miss Leona Fries and Mrs. Garnet Ruckman to their same po sitions as teachers for next year. This will be Mrs. Ruckman's second year and Miss Fries' sixth year of teaching in the Pleasant Grove school. In Ln Grande Delmar Conrad of Summervllle is visiting for a few days with his relatives in La Grande. From Weston Miss Edna Ledbetter came this afternoon from her teach lne duties at Weston and will spend the week- end witn ner mother, Mrs. w. K. Ledbetter of near Allcel. Leaves for Canada Miss Peggy Walters left Wednes day night for Cranbrook. British Columbia. Within a few days Miss Wolters is to become the bride of Mr. Frost, known ln this valley, and will make her home ln Cranbrook. Will Have Lower Cove School Miss Katherine Buckley was re elected for another year's teaching at the lower Cove school this past week. Miss Buckley is working up quite a bit of enthusiasm over base ball among her thirteen pupils this spring. Miss Vera Case, who teaches the Frosty school,-is planning the same thing for her youngsters and we are getting all set to be umpire or something at a contest between the two schools before long. , o Guests Mr. and Mrs. Claude Woodcll of the Lone Star district had for their dinner guests Wednesday at their home, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brown of Imbler. Given Surprise A group of Mrs. W. A. Zurbrick's neighbors went in and surprised her Saturday evening at the Zurbrlck home ln Moss Chapel, and had an evening at pinochle, there having been enough for four tables. The eve ning was concluded with refresh ments which the friends had ar ranged. 1 I j o lift urn to Washington Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rochlltz and family have moved bock to their former home ln Washington state. For the past year they have been employed by N. K. West on his ranch at Pleasant Grove. They will be missed very much in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood, as they have made many friends in the grange and ln the school. This Is Not China You would think that this local ity is a section of China, by the way all of the newspaper reporters an nounced that Mr. and Mrs. William Perry of near Island City were the parents of a fine baby boy. The baby's name is Mary Joan, and she Is a fine little girl so everyone says, especially, the grandmother Bl ok In ml for whom she must have A SEASONABLE RECIPE BAKKD LAMB LOAF 3 cups lamb, ground. 1 cup milk or stock, l egg. 1 cup bread crumbs.' 2 tablespoons onion, minced. 1 green pepper, minced. Hj teaspoons salt. ',a teaspoon pepper. 2 tablespoons parsley, minced. 1 cup white sauce, for serving. ',4 cup cooked peas, for sauce. Beat egg. add liquid, then crumbs and allow them to soak for 10 min utes. Grind meat with vegetables and seasonings. Combine the two mixtures, pour Into a well-greased loaf pan and bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees F.) for 1 hour. Turn out the loaf and serve with a white tauce to which i cup of cooked peas has been added. been given the name "Mary." We will stand up for our reporters though because we gave the informa tion as It was given us. Pioneers Visit Every one ln a while we wish we had been a mouse ln the corner at something or other and here is one more time. Uncle Dan Fruit, 85 years of age, and one of the very earliest pioneers in the Grande Ronde val ley, went to see anoiner pioneer. Rankin Edgar, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Julius Eisner oi lower cove. Mr. ttagar is now and these two men had not seen each other since their early boyhood days when they roamed these locali ties together. What stories they (Continued on Page Eight) Uncertainty Marks Nations Fruit Markets Uncertainty in the market require ments characterized the horticultur al commodity outlook report of L. R. Breithaupt, Oregon btate college extension economist. Prospects for growers of nearly all fruits appear dependent on domestic demand which was in many cases favorable last year only because or low prices, the summary indicated. The report: Apples Improved business condi tions . . . decreased drouth area pro duction lends favor to prospects. About 25 per cent commercial or chards are not yet bearing and 60 per- cent are under years, oia. Planting has been light In Oregon, Washington, Idaho, particularly In Delicious variety. Production de mand for western boxed Is increas ing and long-time outlook indicates relatively good demand. Domestic demand seems decreasing. Sweet Cherries rive western states produce about half the na tion's supply. Average production from 1925 to 1029 was approximately 46,000 tons, Oregon having 10,000 tons, Washington 7,000. Because of low average yields, 1030's crop was 10 per cent below average. Sweet cherry acreage ln fivo states doubled in eight years, suggesting increased production In the next few years. Future trend appears dependent upen the extent of domestic demand for fresh, canned and manufactured cherries. Pears About two-thirds " or 140. 000 acres of the nation's pear acre age centers ln three Pacific states. Approximately three - fourths the trees are Bartletts. Coast produc tion increases about 10 per cent a year, while eastern and Canadian production seems decreasing. Bart lett demands Increase". The 1927 to 1929 coast pack averaged 3.9 million cases. Most Oregon! - Washington Bartletts are canned. Exports in creased in proportion to increased production. Prunes increased consumption seems encouroged by low prices only. Market improvements depend on the size or the crop. New YorK is tne principal domestic market for Oregon-dried prunes. - ' 1 Strawberries; Although retron- Washlngton acreage increased five per cent this year, it still is less than in 1929 and 1930. Production is like ly to be larger, however, combined sLate outDut in 1930 was estimated at 20 million quarts as compared to 30 million ln 1929. Other sections report less acreage thereby lmprov- lng market prospects. Demands for cold-pack and canned, 85 to 90 per cent of which Is produced here, is growing. Fresh shipments tend to increase. Red Raspberries A moderate In crease ln 1931 acreage is indicated. Cold-pack and canning demands are increasing. Oregon and Washington produce two-thirds the national de mand or about 300,000 cases. Black Raspberries Oregon-Washington output is increasing but re mains small compared to the na tion's total. A portion of the Ore gon crop is dried, some are canned and a few are cold-packed. Loganberries - Practically all are produced in Oregon. No material change in acreage is indicated. Most of the crop is canned, recent canned - pacK trend was downward, unea output has declined sharply. Blackberries - Pacific Northwest canned and frozen berry pack doubled in 10 years to account for nearly all the nation's supply. About nine-tenths of the crop Is canned. Cultivated acreage may be enlarged if red berry mi to disease Increases on "wild" plants. Gooseberries Although Oregon and Washington acreage is less than two per cent of the total two-state berry acreage, canned output is about two-thirds of the nation's supply. Demand does not seem like- ly to call for increased acreage. S resYL as ilw flowers on your lahle SO DELICIOUSLY oven fresh, flaky, and -appetizing that you will find Snow Flake Soda Wafers in the majority of Pacific Coast homes, restaurants and cafes. PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT COMPANY Seattle, Tscotna Sid Francisco, Spolane Poidand, Loi Angeles Don't ask for crackers, say Snow Flakes "...IN THE FAMILIAR RED PACKAGE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 1931 ECONOMIC CONF. COVER DISCUSSIONS (Continued Prom Last Tuesday) LIVESTOCK REPOflT'i Lr. liramte, Oregon, February 19, 1031 Sheep Fattening lamba offers an oppor tunity of marketing hay and grain but the expenses must be carefully watched. Care should be taken to buy feeders worth the money and through the feeding period every expense Item must be carefully watched if one expects to make a reasonable profit from the business. Experiment station results show that a 60-pound feeder lamb can be put ln market condition on 100 pounds of grain and 300 pounds of alfalfa hay. In marketing lambs it is recom mended that growers produce lambs of only good uniform quality as rapidly as the ewes can be culled to bring about a better quality flock. In shipping lambs to market they should be in uniform condition In so far as shrinkage is concerned. A shrink of 12 to 16 hours is recom mended. Weighing some full and others empty Is certain to result in dissatisfaction in connection with co operative shipment. Under present conditions livestock growers need to watch production costs and reduce them at every pos sible turn. It is therefore' recom mended that growers apply every possible plan that will lower their cost of production. It Is recommended that those In terested ln livestock ln Union county consider the plan for a locally formed loan association. Livestock Committee. Market Outlook for Farm Crops Wheat' Forecasts of wheat prices are of little value, either short or long time forecasts. Every one who tries such a thing Is always made ridiculous sooner or later, due to new develop ments which cannot be anticipated. The U. S. department of agriculture predicts a series of years with lower average prices than the period since the war. They base this belief on the fact that new machinery and new farming methods have extonded the acreage of wheat faster than, increased population can use It, thus accumu lating a surplus which has been in creasing from year to year for the past five years. Other gloomy factors are the pro hibitive wheat tariffs recently put on by many of the former Importing na tions and the possibility of Russia forcing on the market many millions of bushels of wheat which the soviet government has not bought but has seized for sale. This Russian wheat, as is the case with other Russian ox ports, is offered at a low price so that others are undersold no matter what the price is. . .... Even if the balance of the nation should go to a domestic basis with wheat the Pacific Northwest will con tinue to be-a wheat exporting section as our location prohibits tho ship ment of wheat or flour to most of the United States. Apparently our only hope for better wheat prices either legislation such as the deben ture plan or else a general world re covery of wheat prices. The success of the debenture plan or the McNary-Haugen plan would depend upon its acceptance by Eng land. England is now the only really large wheat Importing nation. If Great Britain would pass anti-dumping laws such as many of the other nations have, these artificial means of raising prices would fall as there would be no place to sell the surplus wheat. There remains then tho possibility of a world recovery of prices. This Is likely to happen to some extent as world prices for wheat have not us ually continued very low tor more than two years at a time. These low prices are ruinous to other folks as well as us and they force land out of wheat production. Tho European farmer patiently raising wheat by hand methods on his three or four acres of land is hit harder by low prices than the average American farmer. If low prices ln this country continue, it will mean a severe de crease in the price of wheat land but the land will continue to grow wheat with a lower cost due to lower In terest charges and probably lower taxes. In most of Europe and Asia how ever, these low prices result in re ducing the peasants' income almost to the vanishing point. If a man only raises 200 bushels of wheat and the price is cut ln two on that his already low standard of living Is low ered to the point of Impossibility to exist. Present high tariffs in Ger many, France, Spain and Italy are attempts to correct this situation rather than attempts to boycott our wheat as is stated many places. In the wheat exporting countries of the world these tariff measures are naturally not effective and we can logically expect drastic wheat acreabe reduction. In other words low prices bring our land values lower, but so far as the actual growing of the wheat Is concerned, we believe that tho American farmer will ln the long run prove moro efficient than the average producer in most foreign countries. Reduction of wheat acreage, a little here and there all over the world, Is likely to result ln bettered prices at some time within the next 18 months. On the other hand any facts at hand now do not indicate wheat prices averaging as high for some yems to come as they have averaged. ' Outs, Hurley mid Corn As acreage of these crops Is largely Interchangeable with wheat, the price of these feed grains cannot well riso unless wheat rises. If wheat comes up, they will come up so there is no value in discussing their market possibilities. Potatoes Union county is at a disadvantage in potato production because of the dark color of the potatoes grown here. On the other hand the average price of potatoes is a little over a dollar a hundred and those who have good potato land can make money from this crop If they use good seed and follow good production methods. The climate here is not conducive to the production of high quality seed and we recommend the practice now com mon in Klamath county. Thore many of the best growers buy enough cer tlflcd seed every year to plant a seed plot and they rogue this and produce from - it enough potatoes for their main crop tho next year. This is a very easy and , economical method of keeping good seed. ln order to make money from po tatoes, growers should grow enough to afford adequate; machinery. We believe a potato grower should .not start unless he can grow 10 acres every year and 20 acres or more are better. . Flax ... Flax can be produced here and eventually It should be as it has a higher value per pound than wheat and so one does not pay as much In freight charges. It yields only half as much as spring wheat, is worth, as a rule, twice as much, and has the same freight , rate to Portland. : By growing flax Instead of spring wheat a grower cuts his freight bill ln two. ; The flax outlook for next year -is dark as flax is used largely for paint and the market has been over-sup-pltB;ct due to inactivity ln ' building operation. Low wheat prlceB ln the middle west are apt to result In In creased flax acreages. It 1 looks Ilka a poor bet for xne coming year, but we urge growers to experiment with: flax, learn how to grow It, and be ready to produce it when the marked looks better. Two mills in Portland uso about 600,000 bushels of flaxV every year and they buy this tfori Montana and South America, paying' freight, in one case and tariff in the - (Continued on Page Eight) NASH You can now buy Nash quality for the lowest terms In Nash history IN a great numb:r of instances where tho re-sale value of their used car equals or exceeds the down-payment many families find that without paying a single cent in cash, they may now drive a new Nash. They simply trade in their present car as the first and principal payment. The desirability of buying a new Nash now, when prices have reached the lowest levels in Nash history, is plainly apparent. Our extremely low delivered prices emphasize the investment value of the Nash car while the cars themselves present overwhelming proof, in feature after feature, that they are the highest quality Nash has ever produced and the soundest investments in their respective fields. Come in inspect the new Nash cars and go for a test drive. Then learn for how little money you can own a new Nash. ( A NEW DEAL FOR TODAY'S DOLLA 0 Delivered Prices Cars Fully Equipped Nothing More to Buy! Six-60 4-Door Sedan 6-cyI., lH4'Wblbaie J1056 Delivered Eight-80 4-Door Sedan 8-cyl., 121' Whlbe $1548 Delivered Bight-77 4-Door Sedan 8-cyI., U6'4'Wheelb,se - $1178 Delivered Eight-90 4-Door Sedan 8-cyl., 124' Wheelba.a $1880 Delivered LA GRANDE NASH CO. 806 Adams Ave. La Grande's Newest and Most ' Modern Food Store Shopping is a pleasure at our new, mo Depot Street in the building formerly oc you will be able to buy all of your food re SAVING PRICES. A complete line of f staple and fancy groceries, and fresh lrui prices. Mr. Ralph Hauek, formerly of La Gran new " store manageiy and Mr. Bob Smith o partmcnt. These men arc thoroughly ex cient and courteous service. dern cash store and market located at 108 cupied by J. C. Penney Company. ' Here quirements under one roof at MONEY: rcsh and cured meats, dairy products, ts and vegetables are available at new low , de and recently from Klamath Falls, is the f La Grande is in charge of the meat de perienced and are prepared to render effi- MAKE IT A POINT TO VISIT LA GRANDE'S MOST MODERN FOOD STORE. Features for Saturday and Monday, March 14-16 Pork & Beans Van Camps Medium Size SCans.. ........ 20c Tomato Soup No. 1 Tins ' 3 Cans . . ... 19c Pancake Flour MacMarr Brand. Two 212-lb. pkgs, . 25c Syrup Pure Cane & Maple : -gal. Tins, Each . 50c MacMarr Milk . Tall Cans 3 Cans . : . 20c Crackers Snowflakes or Tru-Bake 2 Pkgs... 29c HONEY Alfalfa and Sweet Clover Very Special 10-lb.Pail 98c Shrimp Creole Brand . (Extra Choice) 3 for . . . . . 35c Oysters Gulfkist Brand (Extra Fancy) 3 5-oz. Tins 35c Swift's Premium Ham Demonstration All Day Saturday at MacMarr Store No. 294 , : ... 408 North Fir St. Phone Main 734 . Bert Spencer,-. Manager -.Stop in for a taste of Delicious Ham and a Cup of Steaming Hot. MacMarr Coffee MacMarr Coffee Ground Fresh Daily Mgg -35c WW7 cial IKffl 3lbs' 31bs iJ 059C MacMarr Flour Sperry's Product Every Sack Guaranteed 49-lb. Sack ... ? $1.09 Green Onions Medium large bunches 3 for . . . . . . 10c Oranges Sunkist, medium size. 2Doz. .. '.. .49c Sperry's . Oats Extra Cream Regular 10-lb. Bag 39c Rhubarb Fancy Hot House 2 Lbs. . . . 19c Spinach Fresh Walla Walla 3 Lbs... .. 12c PEET'S GRANULATED SOAP Concentrated Suds wash clothes snow white! STORE NO. 294408 NORTH FIR PHONE MAIN 734 QOALITY C3GATS SOLD FOR. (-.ESS No. 296 108 Depot Store and Market , Phone Main 761 , Community Cash Store . and Market Fir & Adams Phone Main 26 25c 45c 17c 30c SWIFT'S PREM. HAM Whole, Pound ... T A T? Very best grade bulk, LiJtXlXLf 4 Pounds BEEF ROASTS ZSiZSm T A (POAT Wcl1 sticilkcd with k'an lixa.vwli sliced or in the piece, pound Three Modern Stores in La Grande STORE NO. 294, located at 408 North Fi r Street; Mr. Rert Spencer, manager. Mr. Spencer Iuih lived in La Grande for years and will be pleased to have you visit his store. THE COMMUNITY CASH STORE, owned and operated by MacMarr Stores, with Mr. Elmo Ccgg as manager and Mr. Walter Jones manager of the meat department. Roth of these men have been serving tne people of La Grande for over ten years. STORE NO. 200, 108 Depot Street, mentioned above. MACMARR SERVES YOU BEST AND SAVES YOU MORE (27591 Bl
