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Page Six LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Sttim'day, January 2, 1932 OVER FlrotWj Mornings, Mil In BOO Coll the Office ' it Following a reorganization of work '-lit the first of the year, the editor of this page may be found in tne 01- tflce each week day rooming from 'tight until 12 o'clock, and afternoons from 12:30 on will be spent In the Valley. We shall appreciate very much ,ny news which may come in oy telephone (Main 600) during the hnornlnir hours. "Over The Valley" ' fcewa will appear bigger and better than ever Curing 1932 on Wednesdays Kind Saturdays as usual, and the 'splendid co-operation, heretofore re ceived will be most gladly welcomed during tho Srear, In phoning In any ISows Items, It must be remembered teat copy for the two pages has td fee all ready for the operator by Tues day and Friday evenings. We wish ou all A HAPPY NEW YEAR I 'Incuts Market A meeting was hold on Tuesday 'of this week at tho office of tho bounty agricultural agent to discuss tne various phases of tho public mar 'Vt question, and the need of or 'gaateatlon among the local growers. LThere was a representation of -those 'Jnteresfctd Xrbm aU part of the county at the meeting. The possi bility of a publlo market Is a ques 'ilon which has been under consid eration for some time and tho mat ter was given now and considerable 'Impetus at the Orange fair' last fall. "tt Is announced that another meet ing Is to oe held In the near future, ?when further and more definite plans will be made. In tho meantlmo those JWhb are especially interested are to (take up the work In their own dls jjtricts and to bring reports to the meeting. jjl'sltlng Mrs. J. B. Lamm, of Dunsmulr, fcallfornltt Is. hore making a visit at the homo of nor mother, Mrs. I. A. fcowcll, In the Valeria district and with her many Other frlonds and rela tives. . Return horned , j:, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Blokland havo Returned to their home near Lostlne following! a Christmas visit with rela tives and friends in this valley. Tllvcit Birthday Surprise Mrs. Lilian Bhafor, of near Inland City, was the victim of a very happy surprise Wednesday ovening at her home. It was her 70th birthday an niversary and hor daughter, Mrs. Charles Morgan arranged the surprise to which she Invited a group of rela tives and some closo friends. The . evening was vory happily spent, with visiting, playing plnoohlo and other feature, and closed with the sorvlng or. some, nice roiresnmenis. aits, una fer received many beautiful gifts from tho' guosts who wore Mr. and Mrs, Charles Morgan and family, Mr. hnd' Mrs. Ode Bhafer, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bhafer, Mr. and Mrs, Recce Mc Allister, Mrs. Joo .HarrlsQii and Mrs. Willis Moss. , . 1V KftV Joint Meeting ' Tins evening at the. Pleasant drove tlrange, hiill, members df. the Pleasant Grove, Mt. Fannie and Blue Moun tain grange subordinates will meet in Joint session for tho main purpose of jointly Installing tho officers elected for th year ' 11)32. The exercises Sromlss to be very interesting and a ifge crowd la expected. ' Visits drami-mother Frederick Hill, of Elgin, has beon having a fine Vacation and not the least Important Item of which was a Visit of a few days at the homo of his grand -mother, Mrs. O, D. Huff man out on Cove avenue, near La j.fjlrande. This is always a big event to make tho visit alone. : To Muddy creek The Misses Eva, fcdna, and Mario Ledbetter, Bay and Lyle Ledbottor, -., and their house guests, Prof, and Mrs. , Guy Brace and daughter, Betty Lou, . or Yakima, Wash., drove to Muddy ' Creek Wednesday where taoy wero guests at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Honry Loennlg. That was tho day of the heavy wind accompanied by snow It will bo remembered and tho '.travellers had great difficulty In tills ' county and also down nearer Haines. In two places they could not got through without help as with all 'cars la that particular locality. :-'In Hospital .. t Friends of H, C. Cross, of Ladd can non were very sorry to hear that ho thaa beon obliged to return to the hospital within tho last days for , further treatment. Mr. Cross suffer ed a fractured leg whllo up in the mountains after wood, and was ro- - leased In time to spend Christinas with his family. .!) o ' in in ..mum ... Mrs. Theresa Leslie who teaches tho SummcrTllle school has been inuiunw viio uuiiuuj. hi, iic. uuun ln La Grande but hopes the roads ' will be In proper condition for her ? to get back to open the school Mon- 'day. Tho community program held ft t. the school on Christmas eve and t participated In by aU residents of! ..that neighborhood is reported to t have been very successful, with a iwuwu ' w iiuuBajprovcmcn niiso ecn ncraeti very mucii, j ' would accommodato. The program j opened with tho singing of "Joy to The World" by tho entire company. 'Then camo a piny "Lost, Strayed, or Stolen Santa Claus" by a group of the pupils. Mrs. Iron Conrad, Mrs. T Claire Hamilton and John Myers sang -an appropriate number. There wero Uvo solos by Leo Wagoner, a duet by jjess Vermllyon nnd Dave Sanderson, ' a duet by Irene Conrad and Raymond "Munson. and then the appenrnnco of santa cinus and the distribution of "treats. Entertains ,rfc Mrs. William Perry, of Grange Hall, entertained n company of truest 1 Tuesday afternooon at her home as a complmentto Mrs. Eddie Blokland of Lostlne. The afternoon waa very happily spent with sewing, visiting !?.enJ,?u wffw ,?ellcl0Us "fresh-1 ments which Mrs. Perry served. THE VALLEY Mabel B. Morton, Vslltr Newi fedltor ' Tluit Wind The heavy winds of Saturday and Monday, while perhaps a bit strong were not so disturbing to residents of some sections of the valley, par ticularly at Hot Lake, on the Band ridge, in La Grande and those places where winds are taken as a matter of course. But It was not so over jon January 8th at the home of Mrs. In the direction of ' Cove where, we Lena Qekelcr near La Grande, are told, tho wind was the strongest o which had been experienced in years Returns to Washington and years and It extended clear tip j Miss Lois Lawson, who has been against the hills where such an oc- having a splendid vacation visit with currence is very rare. The silo on hot; parents, Mr, and Mrs, C. E. Law the Gearhart gtackland fruit ranch eon on the Union-Cove highway, re near Cove was blown over and other turned today to her teaching position damage Is reported such as blown In tho schools at Hoqulem, Washlng bver fences, poles, hay stacks,1 etc. ton, on amy's harbor, During tho worst part of the gale o on Saturday night. Was the time School Continues which the chimney on the home of! School Is continuing at the Dry Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fisher on Lower Creek school north of Summervllle, Cove selected to burn out. That tho during the week following Christmas, family was alarmed is expressing it since two weeks wero lost before be mlldly, for the process required two cause of Illness of the teacher, Mrs. hours, from six to eight, and the Inez Fries, flames shot up several feet, reflecting I o on the trees, etc. There was nothing At Island city to do but to watch, and that the Fred Stone, who until recently lived family did although Josephine car- In lalnnd City but is now a resident rled all of her choice possessions from of Milton returned to tho Island a her room on the second floor, Just few days ago to make some dlsposl to be safe. Fortunately, the flames tion of his property thoro either and sparks started no conflagration, Returns to CorvoHls ' ' j Entertained hoys Russell McKennon returned Wed- Mr. ana Mrs. Bert Grout entertaln nesday to his studies at the state col- ed a group of boys Wednesday eve logo after a few dayB visit over chrlnt- ning at their home at Graniro Holl mas at tho homo of his parents, Mr. in honor of tho 13th birthday onhl and Mrs. Frank McKonnon, near Im- versary of their son, belbcrt. The bier. ' ' , 0 ' ! bert and tho guests Included 12 mem- Bark From W, WnslllllRton ' bers of Boy Scout Troop 15, Gene Mlsn Grace Hailing who teaches the Hyde, scoutmaster and Howard Peter Willowdalo school, and who is so 'son, assistant scoutmaster, being much liked by pupils and parents, among the group. A regular scout alike, has returned from a short vq..: cation trip to Montesano, Washington Where she was tno guest or ner sister. o ; Have Program r Althouiih lator than come of tho others, the account of tho program bt home-made candles were also sorv glven by tho folks at Dry Creek school ed during tho evening. Is none tho less Interesting. Tho pro- gram was given before a packed Docs Nicely ; houso, and was enjoyed by people ; Jack Salisbury, of Grango Hall, who from four districts as this was thb- has been a patient at tho Grande only program in tho -neighborhood. Rondo hospital for several days 1 re- Tho 28 pupils prosontod tho follow- ported to be getting along satlsfac- Ing numbers, "Trimming tho Christ- torlly. He Is up In a wheel chair and mas Treo" an exerolss: song, "Jolly it Is thought he will bo able to bo Old Santa ciaus," by school; "Work- released from the hospital within a Ing Daddy" dialog; "Christmas few days. Symbols" exercise: "Loay Elf," dlalbgj. o and song; "Watching For Santa" reel- I-Pasu itanch tation; "Dolah's problems" dialog: , M, nnd M .v. ,,.,, Christmas BollB" oxerclso; "Jolly Old'tho Urm formcl.lv bclonglnfj E, E. Santa" song by the girls; "Trials at QrDut oll the ,,,, aml , now Headquartors" dialog; "Tho Christmas story- consisting oi recitations, uu- tlicr's Cradle Hymn, Silent Night, In song and pantomime: Santa Olaus secona grades respectively, came anil was very popular with the i o younger generation In the audience. I nol mm ffmWc Presents were Very plentiful and, wo Mrs atl Robinson and baby who aro reminded rathor contradicted the lmvo bcen gumtB at th0 nome of ner hard times Btorles. Candy, nuts and:nnrent5 Mr nn(, Mrs chlulcrs ori oranges wpro passed out to 48 chll. fcoWcr Cov0, imve roturn(Ki to their dren in the district,. . ,.;y .f. jhomo In Scattlo. . They ctopped at 0 1 .. 1 Yakima to visit over Christmas at the Return to I.ewUton , ; Miss Eva Ledbottor has returned to hor teaching duties as Lowlstort, laano aiter naving spent wn auyo u, the psrontal Lcdbotter homo ncarl Allcol. Miss Marie leaves tomorrow to contlnuo her studies at Willamette. ! university, Salem, Prof, and Mrs. Guy Broco and daughter who wore Christmas guests at tho Lodbottot homo have returned to tholr homo 111 Yakima. ., ' 0 ; - Sanderson and sons Mr. and Mis. Homo From Visit-- . 1 ' Burt Ollvor and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles UnzloKor, of Wllllo Sanderson and children, Mr. Orange Hall, roturned home Friday Bnd Mra c)las sn,,., aml Loralno after a three-day visit In Frccwater Hug, Mr. ond Mrs. Frank Woodell. and Wolla Walla. At the latter place Mr and Mra stuart Sanderson and they visited Mr. Vnzicker's sister and SOIli Mr- mi M Park Ml. an at Froowator, on enjoyable Christmas Mrs mu) Hu(ls0Ili W- w, VarK Hugn day was spent with tho Orr lomlly. Piu.k Bnd tn0 Il09t Bnd nosteMi Thls ' same family enjoyed their Christmas Visits ' 'dinner toKethcr at tho home or Miss Frances McKennon, of neat orandma Sanderson In Summorvlllo Imblor spent several days this week- ttlld wl hav0 tho ncxt blg fiuriiiy visiting at tho home of Mr. andj Mts.'gauurtng Bt th0 Du,.t ollver llome , H. a. Avery at Island City. i . Dly crcck on Tno Ti,anksglv- 0 ? ' 'jlng reunion was given ot the Charles Former ttrslilonl I Sanderson homo but on account of Mr. and Mrs. William McCluro, who th0 wcftther Bnd the ultc a Hvo on the Btango ranch boyond Is- fcw cotlld not bo pl.csont, land City havo as their guest, Mrs. o Bottlo Kohs of Los Angeles, who or-'pnj, rived In tho volloy a short time oro Mr nlld Mrs HnrIan Kogcr nnd nnd Is spending hor time- In transact- chiren who Uvo on Lower Cove ing business and in visiting friends ,mv0 10d m tecmt ainncr guesls, Mr. as well as her two brothers, James Bn(1 Mrs Lvm, chdwlck , sonSi and John Qulnland, both of La ;acorK0 nd vlrKlli nntt Mr mll MrfK araudo. Mrs. Kohs, who was Miss August Erck90 nnd children of La Bottlo Qulnland bcroro hor marrlago, jarnmlo and on ono other day Mrs. Is a former Grando Rondo valley resl-A E Hartley and children and Mr. dent, having lived many years ncor nd Mrs Ed nosn, ot j.,,,. Cove Island City. .Mrs. Hartley Is not very well We are 0 told, and does not regain her strength Have l-'rwik Calf latter her recent Illness as her friends There Is a now oalf In tho herd of wouid wisll- neor Union, which Is qulto a freak and Interesting to see. Tho calf, a Hereford. Is tha usual red with! white Haco, mil Oll lis uniK riKin ueiiiuu niu ! shoulders, Is a strange bit of hide, I white like the face ond with long . uair wmtu is iuutci iimn i oi uio niae ana moveo ra uiiu """' I lino a imiiiic, m n fiuui luui. tlnstal Uffhts Electric lights were recently Instal- led in tho school house ut Grunge iinll, three llchts in the school j proper and one in the hall. The lm- especially since the trees have grown largo enough near the school house as to cut off much of thc daylight. Pace Mr. McKennon! Wo aro Just dying lo know. but vW f.tuin. MtmHiiun u in- noticed the news from Lower Cove on Tuesday which snld that tho squirrels were out over in that par- ucu.r iui..v)'. ino nrst mcuuon of "squirrels" in this column always , calls for some such term as "cock- at R Grnndo hopitaI. Mrs. Baker eyed" or something like that from the Wfla operated a few weeks ago for a master of the Pleasant Grove grange. ruptumt appendix and while at times leader of Imbler sheep clubs and h ftimlly and friends were more en holder of varied and Buudrv other of- i , flees. Prom the condition of the road (which goes from the highway or:Wnrc(1 thftt hnt was !mpoS8lbie. Mrs. the river and past the McKennon Baker was for many years a resident place, which was blocked foq so long. Df the Pleasant Grove neighborhood, opened a day or so and then lust nnA for HmUH renxons left the homo clear full again since the most recent winds ond snow, we rather Imagine Residence 1000 J Mr. McKcnnon envies those 'squirrels that are able to get out, just a little bit. To Elect Orrlcei Officers for the coming year will be elected when the Countrywomen's . club holds Its next regular meeting selling or renting. party was a complete surprise to Del- -meeting was held preceding the eve nmg's amusements which were de- , voted to games. Before tno boys left 'for their homes, Mr. and Mrs. Grout .'served Ice cream, cake and hot choco- Pop com balls and many kinds llvlug there Klmulf chWren, Jonn RhK,a naVB mroUM In tnc Llbrt,v school, lminir in the fifth rmri civde Robinson home, where thev. wcro mct ny Mr noblnson and to-,i BoMler lhey u roturned to Seattle B week. ' o f-cw ymr, tiUmw Yesterday Mr. ond Mi-s. Wayne Park 'entertained t n rnmii riim.er nr.. th, hm ,,. R.,mm-M,n park prepared a wonderful turkey and I chicken dinner which was enjoyed by , Mrs. E. Sanderson, Mr. and Mrs. Dave! On Reynolds' farm Mr. nnd Mrs. Leo Raybum have L j recontly moved to the Reynolds farm npr lM arnmle. known as the "Shcop 'Si,Mi nr it,.. rnmiiv or niiUHrnn tlircs nr0 lmw pupl8 at tho Liberty '""-.school. In tho eighth Blxlh nnd fifth grades respectively. Mrs. Mary D. Kail is the toucher of this school. tmltlrr Aid Mrs. Etta Welch Will entertain tho members of the Imbler Lndles Aid other features of the afternoon, this ,8 the t(me fo lhQ nmillfti plpctlon of officers. llome From Portland Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Kiddle hnve re turned to their home in Islnnd City flftftr hfivliiir hnrl n hnHrlnv vlfttt. with relatn - es and frlen.ls in Portland, o raK,E of Mrs linker Wo verv muc to n.ro tho denln our frlond. Mm. Ulllc nukor. which iwnnwi Npw Vnnrfntw .-. . farm and moved Into La Gmnde two (closing address was given by Jean or three years ago. She very' Jasper. Tho children enjoyed a wldely known and was loved by all who knew her. Borne of her children have been with, her all the time at the hospital and others have all been here for longer or shorter periods of time, as t:iey were able. Have Much; Ruin Mr. and Mrs. Willis Moss, of Moss Chapel, report that letters received from their daughter, Mrs. R. c. Alex ander tell of the great amount of rainfall they have had In their par tlcular section of the Willamette vol. ley recently. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander moved from! this valley last Spring to a farm a mile out from Philomath. During the recent rains they say that at places on this one mile of road, the water ran a foot deep at one time. The Alexanders are all well, we are told and enjoying their new home Immensely. And they are cer tainly missed in these sections, too. H'oril From' Friend Friends of Mrs. Fay Catjln, who had charge of Red Cross work In Union county during the war, will be Interested to know that at present she Is at Seaside, Oregon The report IS that she has been haying very serious trouble with her eyes. I-II Club Meets Tho "Go-Getters," members of the 4-H club of Llborty school, near La orando, hold tnoir last meeting on Friday, December 18. The club will finish Its final records! the next week after the Christmas vacation,' It 1b reported. ( o III Corvollls H. G. Avery, county agricultural agent has been in Corvallls for the last few days on business connected with his office and this week Is at tending the annual conference of county agents of the state. Those Who ore Interested In the project will notice on the program in another column that Mr. Avery Is to broad cast over station KOAC Tuesday eve ning at 7:20, telling something of the Union-Baker county lamb pool activities during the past .season. Conclude Visits Rev. Joslo Blokland .returned yes terday afternoon to 'her home at Nyssa. Oregon, after having spent a week here at the homo of her mother, Mrs. Mary Blokland near Island City. Is llctter Word from Stanley Arnoldus who was called to Portland not long since by the Illness of his wife (Marie West) is to the effect that Mrs. Arn oldus Is much bettor. The Measles Charles and Donald Hefty, sons of inv orf wvn t c. weft, Ev.ivn Hoatson and Robert Hancock and ..... netta Musgravo are Borne or the unlet . I folks over In and nenr Cove who are victims of the present epidemic of measles. - Return Home Mr. and Mrs, Dave Sanderson who have spent the major part of this week visiting at the home of he par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nlederer- In La Orantle havo returned to their home at Sanderson Springs. t Give Dinner t A very lovely New Year's eve dinger was Riven Thursday evening by the Misses Eva, Edna and Marie Ledliet tcr at tho W. R. Ledbetter home near Alicel. In addition, to the members of the family, Mr. Ledbetter, his three daughters and son, Lyle, the Invited guests wero Ray Ledbetter, of Batter, rt i.. mi 'nrt Hmiih-, ter. Betty Lou, of Yoklma, Waish., 'and the Mlsseo Alicel Kllpnol. Mabel Morton . and Amanda Zabel of kLa Grande. The beautiful polnsejtla with red tapers formed the table deo- orations and the Christmas colors wore used very effectively In (the menu also. Y llntlnn.l. R. W. Severs, of near Cove, went I to Portland last week whero he has been making ft holiday visit at the home of his sister. ? 1) living New Car 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mills and their family of above tho Cove started out tho new year by driving a new car. The new car Is a coach and during tho present kind of weather will be found much, more comfortable than thelr( former open cor, we are sure, To Klamath Falls- Miss Phyllis Sanderson has gone to Klamath Falls where she will stay for the rest of tho present school year with relatives. Her brother, Verlal went to the southern city several weeks ago. I VlsltliiR Mrs. J. A. Gasklll, of near Imbler, Is spending a few days visiting :at the home of her daughters, Mrs. Lola Hutchison and Mrs. Wllma Hlatt In La Grande. i Memorial Service Attention Is again called to thc memorial service .for the late Hobert Wlthycombe, which is to bo held to morrow morning at the hour of the morning service at the Methodist church in Union. tRev. Lee, the pas tor, will bo In charge. At Valeria They had such a lovely time for Christmas out at Valeria school! There was the special Christmas pro gram, and the pretty decorations, and the treats and then something else which wo think was Just wonderful Grandma DeLong, whom everyone loves, made a gift for each. child In the school and each gift was accom panied by a bit or original verse, which Mrs. DeLong .hod written. For the holiday season the sohool was very elaborately decorated. The pro gram which the pupils gavo under the direction of their teacher, Mra. Zllpha Howell, opened with an ad dress by Marie Wells. Then th play "The Bird's Christmas Carol" was given with alt of the school taking part. Donald Jasper, Edna Jasper, Jeon Jasper, Eugene Becker, Violet to Wells, Dick Wells. Roy Lessman, Nor man Allen and Marie Wells. After a vocal solo by Norman Allen, a puppet snow wrj given by the first graders. Then a monologue, "Leamrng a Pelce" by Donald Jasper. Edna Jasper play ed an Instrumental solo, Eugene Becker gave a vocal solo and the A SEASONABLE RECIPE 1 .cup butter 2 cups brown sugar - cup sour milk - 1 whole egg and -two yolks 1 teaspoon soda : 314 cups flour 1 teaspoon Vanilla 'i teaspoon lemon Cinnamon, sugar and nuts tfropped on top of each cookie. Drop with a spoon. ChrlBtmas tree and refreshments were served to tlie whole crowd. Among those 'bringing treats to the children were , Mrs. Maud Wallslnger, Mrs. Frank Wright and Mrs. I. A. Howell and, as stated above, Grandma De Long had a gift for each child. Mrs. J. B. Lamm, of Dunsmulr, Cal at tended the program. Valeria school had no vacation this year and school was resumed on Monday as usual. Local Interest In Wedding . Tne many friends In the valley of me bridegroom and Interest In the bride because of her official position In tho state capltol, mode news of the marriage on New Years eve of Sheldon F.. Sackett, co-publisher of the New Oregon Statesman, of Salem, and publisher of the Coos Bay Times, at Marahfteld, and Miss Beatrice Walton, private secretary to Governor Julius Meier, of considerable local In terest, The marriage was celebrated Thursday evenlng at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. James Walton In Salem. Mrs. Sackett Is a graduate of Mills college in California. Bhe served as secretary to the lato Governor Pat terson and later of the present chief officer of the state. Mr. Sackett Is graduate of Willamette university. and after having taught a year, pur chased the McMlnnvllle Telephone- Register, going after the sale of that sheet to Salem to be associated with Charles A. Sprague In the manage ment of the Salem dally. Vo Aro . fibrry '-in the account 'of the family din ner, which Mrs. Mary Blokland gave at her home on last Monday and which, we said, was attended by all of her children,-, we sort of contra dicted ourselves when we omitted the names of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blok land of La Grande. Now this list must be correctz-Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Blokland of near Lostlne, Rev, Josle Blokland of Nyssa, Oregon, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blokland of La Grande, Mr. ntlrt Mm T7jtv TUnlrlnnrt ti-nri riniicrhtar Margaret Anne of Island City, Mr. and Mrs. William Perrv and daughter . of nmnM Hull. Father Binkinnri nt Bef-IWolf Creek and Mrs. Blokland and 1 ... . ... Mildred, Lster A"rea, oene. wimur .... and. Herbert at home. Other guests were Mr. Bach, of Enterprise and Dor is Cado of La Grande. Variety Of Weather In Wallowa A wldo variety of weather condl - tlons have been experienced In vtho ; granted a license by. the county court vicinity of Wallowa, according to re- ; of Baker county to run this ferry, as' ports received from a. U. Meek, and at that time Baker county Included covering the past ten days. The great- (this district. er part of the time since winter set! when the clrcuit n met at Au in haa been quite cold, according to bum on June 15( 18Q3i j06eph Q. wu. the report. The past week, however, fion was clrcult jud and tho foI. has been exceptionally mild for thiSjIowi attorneys were admitted to season of the yoar, with much rain, i 1.1 V . sldernbly. The frost appears to have I been drawn from the soil over much f the hill sections, which had been Uui neep.y coverea witu bxiuw. Thawing In the valley has not been so extensive as in the higher sections of the community, because of a fog which has hung along the valley ob scuring the sun much of the day. Reports from Maxvillo the latter part of the week state that thawing there durln g the past few days has been sufficient to start the water- In some of the small creeks. An exceptionally heavy fall of snow has also been experienced, there dur ing the post . few weeks and after settling considerably during the mild weather It Is reported to be about forty Inches deep on the level. Thc dopth of snow In the Promise sec tion is said to be between two and two and a half feet. The higher parts of this community are well blanketed with about fifteen Inches of heavy snow, however, with the Inost of the frost drawn from the soil melting of the snow next to the ground Is prov ing an excellent thing from the mois ture standpoint. Some trouble from short water sup plies ore still being felt at number of the iarms in the hill sections yet. with some hauling from the river still being necessary. Feeding of all livestock , is being done at this time. However, many of the farmers state that a large part of their feeding at this time consists largely of straw while stock are in good flesh and able to do quite well on this kind of feed. Straw stacks have been in good de maud hero during recent weeks. There Is also said to be a steady de mand for small lots of hay which has sold at around $2 per ton since the first sales were made quite early in the fall. Some drifting of the snow at various places In the conv niunlty has practically closea tne most of the hill roads for car travel. E. E. Southwick, rural carrier on route No. 1, used his cor up to the last of tho week, but reports travel ing quite bothersome at many places and has arranged for putting on his team the first of this week. STAK'S I'TMOST BltlOHTNKSS KKACHKD KVBUY SIX YEARS MADISON, Wis. (P) It takes six years for Betelguese, a giant red star, to change from utmost brightness to maximum dullness and back to brightness again. Such is the conclusion of Prof. Joel Stebblns following his studies at the Washburn observatory at the University of Wisconsin. TRADITION t'PHKI.D PORTLAND. Jan. 2 WV-Continuing an apparent family tradition for New Year's day arrivals, Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Caldwell reported the birth of a daughter Friday. The girl's father was born Jan. 1. 1900. a ltd her great-grandfather was born Jan. 1, 1800. HISTORY OF SLATER FAMILY IS VERY INTERESTINGLY TOLD BY PORTLANDFEATURE WRITER Fred Lockley, feature writer on the Portland Journal, frequently gives hls readers pioneer stories and plo- neer stories always have a certain first Monday of June, 1884, J. H. fascination for all readers, But es- Slater was elected prosecuting at peclally those in a section like this, torney. Not long since Mr. Lockley reported In 1886 James H. Bister moved to an Interview with John Lyman Slater, La Grande, where his son, John Ly of Portland, a brother of J. D. Slater man Slater, was Tjorn about a year and Mrs. Nellie G. Neill of this city later. Mr. Slates was elected district and a relative of scores of other res!- attorney of the 4th Judicial district dents of the valley. The story which in 1868 and two yean later was elect Mr. Slater gaye of his family, linked ed presidential elector. In 1870 he up as it is so closely with the Grande was -rt Democratic candidate for con Ropie volley, we believe Is most gress, L. F. Grover being candidate wc thy of repeating and for that rea- for governor -anu L. L. McArthur for sla we give excerpts from Mr. Lock- ey's story: "t was born In La Grande on July i, 1807. La Grande at that time was a village. The La Grande I knew as a boy Is now known as Old Town, When the stage was succeeded by the railroad the new town grew up' on Dotn sides of the railroad track. "My father, James Harvey Slater, was born near SDrlmrfield. Saneamon county, Illinois, In 1826. Father cross- Jonesboro, in Knox county, Tennes ed the plains to California in 1849. see, In 1836," said Mr. Slater. "There The following year ho came to what were 10 of us children, seven of whom Is now known as Corvallls but was are fitill living. My brother Robert J. then known as Marysvllle. Father Slater was born In Corvallls July 31, was about 26 or 26 when he came 1866. He went to school at La Grande to Corvallls. For awhile he worked at and later attended the Bishop Scott making brick. . Later he secured a grammar sohool here In Portland. He position as school teacher there, read law with D. W. Lltchenthaler at While teaching school he studied law Union, at the same time serving as and in 1863 was appointed clerk of deputy county cleric of Union county, the United States district court, serv- He was admitted to the bar In 1880. Ing under Judge George H. Williams. In 1882 he hung out his shingle at In 1864 he was admitted to the bar. Pendleton and practiced law till 1891. Father hung out his shingle and be- He put In tne next five years prac gan practicing law. He served in the tlclng his profession in La Grande territorial legislature In 1867-68 and '69. being elected on the Democratic ttc-:er. Father also served In the first state legislature. In 1B69 he started u paper at Corvallls called the Oregon Weekly Union, which he ran till 1861. In 1862 father moved! to Auburn, where he practiced law. He also did some mining there. He arrived at Au- burn in September, 1832, and bought an Interest in a claim operated by Jones Brothers on Blue canyon." It Is Interesting to note That the first county court of Baker county met about alx weeks after the arrival of Mr. Slater at Auburn. It met on November 3, 1862. John Q. Wilson, was born In Corvallls on November 18, later a well known citizen of Salem, 1858. Ho graduated from ttie Unl was county Judge. William Waldo, al- verslty of Oregon in 1883, served as so a resident of Salem, was county clerk. In the early days of the county "" ' muu. location of roads and ferries,-so th0 members of the county court had rrraai-. nraesnn hriirrVi t-r uuii linnn v"" V ; -p " , thrri hir fnntAnri no mnrl Inrmrjira anri them! by contending rood locators and ferry owners. On December 3, 1864 the county court of Baker county granted a license for a ferry at Boise and also a ferry on the Owyhee river. The rate lor a wagon with one ton of freight was $2 with $1 additional for each additional ton of 'freight. In 1862 R. P. Olds secured a license from the Idaho legislature to run a ferry at what was then known as Farewell Bend, but Is now the town 'of Bend. On March 7, 1805, he wa3 L.... h. th. am in. diciai district: Royal A. Fierce, 'rnom- Law, Lyman P. Hlgbee, Milton ' R Qrayi Isnac Hascall a . Kelly, F. A. aeorge. Albert Heed, Jah Afc tn,3 Mmas Urm Qf ON THE AIR It a clio Station KOAC flfiO Kilocycles Monday, Jan. 4 7:00 a. m. Good Morning Medita tions, led by Dr. E. W. Warrington. 7:15 Setting-up exercises, directed by Roy Lamb. 7:30 Scanning the Headlines. 8:00 Potpourri. 9:00 Uncle Sam. at . Your Service. 9:16 By th -melodies. 9:30 Organ, Concert by Byron Ar nold. 1.0:00 Home Economics Observer 10:05,, Tomorrow's meal; 10:18, Food Facts and Fancies; 10:33, How's and Why's of Housekeeping; 10:47, The Magazine Rack. ll:6o Morning Matinee." 12:00 (Noon) Farm Hour 12:10, In the day's news; 12:23. "The Mo tor Vehicle Laws," Harry C. Graves; 12:35, Market reports, crops and weather forecast. 1:00 p. m. Vaudeville. 1:30 Organ Program from White side theatre. 2:00 Around the Campus. 3:00-4:00 Homemakcr Hour. 5:65 p. m. Market Reports sec ond broadcast of wheat and live stock reports. 6:00 Fox-Whlteside theatre organ. 6:30 Farm Hour 6:33, In the day's news; 6:45, Spot Market reports and weather forecast; 6:50. Market reviews miscellaneous commodities and potatoes: 7:16. Chats by Coun ty Agent C. R. Briggs.. 7:30 4-H club meeting. 8:00 Music of the Masters. 8:15-9:00 First Christian Church Program. Tuesday, Jan. R . 7:00 a. m. Good Morning Medi tations, led by Dr. Frank B. Math ews. 7:15 Scttlng-up exercises, directed by Roy Lamb. 7:30 Scanning the Headlines. 8:00 Potpourri. 9:00 Ryth-melodies. 10:00 Home Economics Observer 10:05. Tomorrow's meals; 10:18, Food Facts and Fancies; 10:47, The Mag azine Rack. 11:00 Morning Matinee. ' 12:00 (Noon) Farm Hour 12:15 In the day's news; 12:20, "Historic Trees of Oregon." Lynn F. Crone -miller, state forester; 12:35, Market reports, crops and weather forecast. 1:00 p. m. Vaudeville. 1:30 Organ Program from White side theatre. 2:00 Around the Campus. 3:00-3:45 Homcmaker Hour. 5:55 p. m. Market Reports sec ond broadcast of wheat and live stock reports. court Orlando Humason of The Dalles was appointed prosecuting at- torney. At the election held on thB circuit Judge of the 8th judicial dls- trlct. The Democratic i state ticket was elected by over 600 majority. Mr. Slater served two years In congress. In 1872 he .returned to La Grande and practiced law and In 1878 was elected United States senator, serving till 1884. In 1887 he was appointed ranroaa commissioner lor uregon. ' "My mother, ' whose maiden name was Edna E. Gray, was born near and In 1896 moved to Athena. In IBUtt he returned to Pendleton. He married Margaret E. Furnish of Pendleton, Her brother, W. J. Furnish, Was a banker at Pendleton and ran against Chamberlain for governor. "My brother -J. D. Slater was tne next child. He was born , in Corvallls on October 18. 1866. attended the University of Oregon and studied law with L. B. Cox and J. H. Turner at Pendleton. He later graduated from Washington and Lee university and has practiced law at La Grande since 1884. "My brother Woodson Taylor Slater assistant state treasurer for a while and practiced law In Salem for many jema. "My sister Olive Slater lives here In Portland. My sister Bertha, now Hffra Vlmao T7 Qmlth la i tnopllfir In - , , " tha niihlix ifihnnu MT c In hor MollltV the public schools.' My sister Nellie, who married A. T. NelH, at one time county clerk ' of Union county, lives at La Grande, where she has taught school for more than 30 years. Frank was born at Baker on August 5, 1865. Ho was a banker at La Grande and also at Canyon City and is now In a bank In California. I was the next child. . My sister, Edna, who married J. Mc Rite hey of La Grande, is dead, Ida married As D. Cherry, until re cently city manager of La Grande;" my urst icaciier. Bam iyii . ouiirer, "was Professor' J. T. Outhouse, who, by the way, taught the first public school In Portland. This school was taught In the City hotel at the north west corner of 1st and Oak streets and began on December 16, 1851. I'll say this for Professor Outhouse j he hot only was a well qualified teacher, but he certainly was some disciplin arian! There was nlways a bundle ot switches on his desk and some of them were fts Hihick as your finger. The switches were not there for orna- fl:00 Fox-Whitesido theatre organ. 6:30 Farm Hour 6:33, In the day's news; 6:46, Spot market reports and weather forecast; 6:50, Market re views fresh fruits ond vegetables and hay; 7:00, "How Grass and For age Are Being Improved ln Grant County," R. G. Johnson Jr.; 7:10. "Ladak Alfalfa," P. T. Fortner; 7:20, "The Operation of the Unions-Baker Counties Lamb Pool," H. G. Avery; 7:30, Western Sheep and Lamb Conr tract Report. 7:45 Our State Social Problems: "Causes of Family Disorganizations," Prof..R. H. Dann. 1 8:00 Music of the Masters. 8:15 Musicale Iris Gray, pianist; Walter Kaufman, baritone. 8:30 Science News of the Week. 8:45-9:00 The Willamette Valley Boys. Wednesday, Jan. 6 7:00 a. m. Good Morning Medita tions, led by Rev. Howard McConnell. 7:15 Setting-up exercises, directed by Roy Lamb. 7:30 Scanning the Headlines. 8:00 Potpourri. 9:00 Ryth-melodies 10:00 Home Economics Observer 10:03. Tomorrow's meals; 10:18, Food Facts and Fancies; 10:33, How's and Why's of Housekeeping; 10:47, The Magazine Rack. 11:00 Morning Matinee. ' 12:00 (Noon) Farm Hour 12:10 In the day's news; 12:20. "The Bort fleld Turnip," M. J. Conklln; 12:30, "Yamhill County Turns to Irriga tion." S. T. White; 12:40. Market re ports, crops and weather forecast. 1:00 p. m. American Legion organ program. 1:45 Around the Campus. , 3:00-4:00 Homemaker Hour. 5:55 p. m. Fox-Whlteside theatre organ. 6:30 Farm Hour 6:33, In thc day's news: 6:45. Spot market reports and weather forecast: 6:50, Market re views eggs, poultry and poultry reeds; 7:10, -Meeting of Soils club "Where and When Potash Should Pay," Dr. W. L. Powers: 7:30. "La dlno Clover Fills a Need In Josephine County." H. B. Rowell; 7:40. The Largest Co-operative Livestock Ship ping Association In the- Northwest, N. C. Donaldson. 8:00 Music of the Masters. 8:15 This Interesting Universe of Ours. 8:30-9:00 Contributions of Science to Our Well Being "Relation of Re search In Veterinary Medicine to Control of Disease In Humans," Dr. t3. A. Eiiiiuia, ( ment, either; h not onry knew how to use them, but did use them, fre quently, and effectively. "Later I attended the famous old Blue Mountain academy at La Grande. For a while the Rev. Eads was the teacher. Later G. M. Irwin, a Methodist minister, became presi dent of the university. He served as president from 1882 till 1885. Though he was a Democrat, he campaigned for Harrison, and Harrison appointed him superintendent of the Indian school at Chemawa. In 1894 he was elected superintendent of public in struction, serving four years. "When I was 18 years old I attend ed Armstrong's Business college In Portland. Professor Wcsco had charge of penmanBhlp and he was one of the best penmen I ever saw. It was over 45 years ago that I took pen manship of Professor Wesco and he Is still in harness In the Portland public schools. i "My father wnen he first came to Corvallls, in the early '60s, made brick. My first work . was as a car penter. I went to Ellensburg, Wash., and worked on a number of new, buildings, most of which were de stroyed in the big fire that almost wiped Ellensburg off the map m the late '80s, so I stayed there and help ed rebuild the town. My father was planning to build the Slater building, so be asked me to come back to La Grande and help put up that build ing, which I did. Later I went to Col fax and from 1893 to '06 worked for J. M. Goode. In 1896 building slack ed up, so I started for La Grande, but at Starbuck I met an old friend, Jlmmle Cutter, an old-time stage driver under John Hal ley, who got me a Job In the railroad shops. I worked at construction work with tho O. & W. railroad for three years. I helped build the log hotel at Mea cham, where Grandma Munra served travelers such wonderful meals. Later I went in business for myself as a contractor and built the La Grando National Bank building and the Stewart building and tho Sommer hotel at La Grande. I opened an ar chitect's office &t La Grande which I operated until our country entered the) World war, when I went to Van couver, Wash., and worked for the government putting up cottages for the workmen and also building the hotel at the Stand if er shipyards. From Vancouver I came to Portland. "My mother, whose maiden name was Edna Gray, was about 19 years old when she crossed the plains with her parents to Oregon. With' them, came her two married sisters with their husbands and families the Garretts and Taylors. My uncle, Mr. Taylor, had mode two round trips across the plains prior to 1852, so he was elected captain of the wagon train. He saw to it that all of his relatives and friends started out; properly provided with plenty of pro visions to lost until they reached.' the Willamette valley. Some of the others in the wagon train were unwilling to take advice, so they ran out of food before they reached Oregon and my people had to share with them. "They ' crossed the Snake river in an Improvised ferryboat made of a wagon box. Just after crossing tho Snake the wagon train divided, soma going by way of the Barlow trail while others decided to go with my uncle, Captain Taylor, who believed he coild find a shorter route to tho valley by following the base -or the Cascades southward to about where the Three Sisters were. He followed the Malheur river to the lakes and was told to strike due west from the Malheur lakes to a low pass Just south of the Middle Sister. While the wagon train was going around the Malheur lakes Captain Taylor, with another man, dropped behind. The Indians decided to cut them off. Tay lor and his companion decided to go between the lakes, thinking they could turn northward and rejoin the wagon train. To their consternation they found that the lakes were con nected by a deep neck of water. Most of the Indians were armed with bows, though one had a gun. My uncle and the other man, when they came to this deep neck of water, turned around and charged the Indians. Tho Indian with the gun fired at my uncle, the bullet passing' close to his head. After escaping from the Indians they rejoined the wagon train and struck westward. "There was a dense pall of smoke over the country, which obscured tho mountains. They were short of water and grass. They traveled for three days and struck fresh wagon tracks. They found they had made a wido circle and come upon their own tracks. My uncle, realizing that tho oxen were almost famished for water as well as food, decided to trust to their Instinct. He let them take their own course. The oxen turned north and presently struck Crooked river. They followed Crooked river to Its Junction with the Deschutes, which they followed to what was later known as Farfell Bond, where the city of Bend is now located. Here they camped to rest their oxen before attempting tho trip across the Cas cades. While they were camped hero ,( Charles McClure and three other men from Corvallls came into camp end served as guides across the mountains by what is now known as McKenzio pass. They had to cut the trees and build a road across the pass. Some of my mother's relatives camped for awhile on the McKenzle river. "My mother's family pressed on to Corvallls. My uncle, Captain Taylor, moved up to Walla Walla, later tak ing up a place near Elgin, Ore. He was elected to the legislature and died some years ago at Baker, Ore., at tho age of 95." THIS IS "SOMK PUNKIN!" IT Vt'EKlllS 77 rOl'XDS KINDER. La. P) -Tho character istic southern expression to desig nate something ot Immense propor tions "Some pumpkins I" might have originated here. Eugeno Buller grew one that weighs 77 pounds, which he brought to town and put on display In the lobby of a local bank. He said there were others on his farm Just as large. SCALES GIVE WOOL WA11MTII NEW YORK OH Wool owes Its warmth to microscopically small scales covering the liber and to its crinkly shape. Howard college. Birmingham. Ala, will engage North Dakota and Du quesne In football games next year.
