jatmOay, iVtay 7, 1932f
LA GttANPK EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
PsroThrM
OVER
Phone: Mornings, Main 60
tixpectlng Relatives
Mrs. Rankin Edgar and her daugh
ters, Mrs. Ella Fisher, and Loviho Wll-
Hams, of Lower Cove, are looking lor-
ward with a great deal or pleasure w.iwo omer men Kiuea au nKiiesnaites
d visit with some relatives of theirs
who plan to be In the valley probably
during June. The guests will be Mr.
and Mrs. P. P. Tracy and their two
grandsons who are driving through
fiom their borne in Guthrie Center,
Mm Edear has not seen- her
relative, Mr. Tracy, since he was a very f.
Bftm'.i bov. and tho fact that he is .
being driven out here now by nis .
erandsons- Klves- some idea . of 'how
long it has been since the two have
met. The trip-was planned for lost
summer but unforeseen events made
the postponement necessary.
From Nyssa '
Miss Josle Bloklond spent a lew
.i.v..t.hi .k in the vallev the Kuest
.5 mto mother Mrs. Marv Blokland of
V ,.r Tsland Cltv. Miss Blokland, who:
lis the pastor of the Methodist ohurch
fTos Nyssa, delivered the baccalaureate
t sermon' before the graduating classes
of the Haines and Muddy Creek High
schools this year.
Purchases Place
I TKnrt. - Rnhhs. government trapper.
has recently purchased tho place
! known as the "Wade" place In Island
I City and has started a course of lm-
I ,,.,. nn tho nrnoertv. lnclud-,of
I Ihg the rooting out of an old orchard.
It will be remembered that the house,
which was one of the largest and best
lh Island City burned to tne grouna
last summer frorri cautes which navo.iwre.- tounsen eacn mm a guconniB
never been determined.
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To Attend sleet
Mrs. Ardra Behrens, of Dry Creek,
and Mrs. Ava W. Paul, of Ontario,
who have been chosen delegates to
represent the Rekah lodge , aX Burn-
meyvllle at the ' State conve ntlon
which comes later this month at fc-u-
& gens are making their preparations to
attend the big gathering. Mrs. Perlo I
A Wagoner, Is also planning to go to
f the convention in view of the fact
I that Bhe will, there, be Installed as
i a rtf t.i. fitato officers, an honor
I which the 'Summervllle lodge appre-
elates very much.
In Valley
Mi hnrl Mrs. Pub Powerd. of Medl
cal Springs, with a friend of theirs injures iiauii
from the east, were guests Monday of I Mrsr Frank Conley of lower Cove
Mrs ' Mlnette Sentner at the Cove sustained some very painful' bruises
swimming pool. Mr. Powers stated Monday when she caught one of her
that he had opened his plunge at hands in the electrio wringer. Al
Medical last Sunday arid the opening though the flesh is quite badly
was quite auspicious. Mrs. Sent-(bruised, and Mrs. Conley will not be
ner has been making some im-! able to use her hand for some time,
provements at the Cove pool, during "fortunately no bones were broken,
the slock season. The huge Center
pole which supports the swings, rings lo ralirornln
Snd other , apparatus hoe been re- We . are toldjiy ou correspondent
pieced, a new diving tower has been In Ladd Canyon that
erected and the cement walks have Oounsell was in that neighborhood
been finished clear around the pool. 'from La Grande one day lost week
She has a number of other items bidding his mother, Mrs. Mary Coun
t which will bo taken care of as the j sell and other relatives farewell be-
r season progresses, n
i ' o v
in '.-'.'
It Is reported that Mrs. Marion t
Stoddard Is 111 at the home or her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Irwin east:
of Island City.
O nests
of
Mr. and Mrs. Adoipn reeoior, w j
Ijadd canyon naa m B
Sunday at their home, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Johnson, of Lower Cove. Mrs.
Feebler and Mr. Johnson are brother
and sister. '
Octs Big Start
Wade Grav is making a fine start
, . - . . ,,u, t,,,otnfm
vnm spiuiB .H
Mlnorcas which are doing very well,
Mr, Gray started out in the special.
une B ier... t 6 ' '7"J
on tne siaenia aoove tu
nrotner inaries uray. ."-''and sweeten with two tablespoons of
Lost season his sister purchased the,
place OT the late Homer Llttlcto
close to Alicel, att fj JL"
business on a larber scale. Mr. Gray
i? has 80 acres ln this new place, there
la much fruit, some alfalfa and large
garden plot In fact It lays very well
for sucli an Industry as Mr. Gray
conducts.
Mt. Fannie Grange
With all the members of Mt. Fannie
grange in the mood for improving
their hall and its surroundings, plans
were made at the regular meeting on
Monday night to move the hall back.
the building, preparatory to erecting
an addition on the front at some
future time. John Richards will
superintend tho work, with all the
men of the grange on the working
gang. By permission of Mrs. Mary P.
Chambers and Howard Gasset, water
will ba piped into the building by
tapping the pipe under the hall. Tho
work is to be done at the next day
meeting on Friday, May 20, and the
women will be on hand with a big
dinner. One new member was ad
mitted on Monday night and one ap
plication was presented. Mt. Fannie
grange has become one of the most
active subordinates of the county.
The membership is not large, but
1 there is no dead timber, and all are
Interested enough to work for the
good of the organization. They have
some other Interesting features for
the future.
IMaml Aid
The Ladies Aid society of the Island
City Community church will meet
next Thursday afternoon. May 12, at
the home of Mrs. Mary Blokland.
In Valley
Roger Morse, state dairy specialist
from Corvallls, has been In the volley
on business this week ln connection
with the Union County Dairy Herd
Improvement association. Mr. Morse,
has been on the extension staff of
the college for probably two years
having been token from Baker coun
ty, where he was county agent, to
the college to succeed the late C. L.
Jamleson.
Rut tin Cnnl-oc
.We do not mean to beat our Prom
k Ise correspondent, Mrs. C. P. Carper,
to this story, but we have just been
advised of a "killing" of rattle snakes!
that has been made this week up ln
THE VALLEY
Mabel B. Morton, Valley News Editor
the vicinity of Prornlse. Three Carper'
boys, Orval, Ivan and Lewis, and we
doubt not but that they are Mrs.
Carper, our correspondent's sons, and
on the river canyon at Promise wher
the snakes had their den. This is the
same place' where some years ago, a
resident of that section killed 60 of
the feared reptiles.'
Drive Out Tomorrow-
If tomorrow 'Is a nice day, at all,
take the family
ir in me lanuiy car ana
nave a nae arouna me vouey. mere
are. so many beautiful places to see
now, and the roads are Invariably
good. Flowers are coming out into
bloom, over at Cove the fruit trees
are just about out, the gardens ore
making pretty little green ribbons
across the gardens. The valley la
beautiful now and you should see it ,
'soon. Take any one of the half oiagtne the task of getting the anl-
dozen or mora loop trips and be sure 1
to Include some view from a high spot
like Mt. Glen, or Pleasant Grove, or
Mill creek or Lower, Cove, where you
can get a glimpse of the sweep of
the valley.
0 it-together Club
The last meeting of the Get-To
gether club- of Ladd canyon was
very pleasant one at the home of
Mrs. Ada Clark; All of the members
and one visitor, Mrs. George Tllton.
Lostlne, were In attendance. Mrs.
William Banton, Mrs, Henry Oounsell
ana Mrs. unaries uronuy a names were
drawn to furnish the entertainment
iur tuu mteruuuu. mm. o.u"i in
contest and Mrs. Grandy read a bur
lesque newspaper which sha' had pre
pared. Then Mrs. Elliott- Austin was
tho "lucky" recipient for ' the "gift
box" receiving many useful- and proc-
serving a lovely
Y
with Mrs, Henry
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Alicel Aid ,
Next Thursday afternoon., at the
homo of Mrs. Ralph Chenault, ln the
Iowa district, the members of the
Alicel Ladles Aid society will be en-
tertalned by Mrs. Chenault assisted
by Mrs. I. Ei Chenault and Mrs. I.
A. Howell. . . .
A SEASONABLE
RECIPE
Mock Lemon Pie
i One and one-half cups rhubarb cut
,ne.
two cups water.
: Two eggs.
t One cup sugar.
; Three tablespoons flour.
One tablespoon butter.
Cook rhubarb ln water
mushes up well.
until It
Add sugar, egg yolks beaten lightly
anti mixed with the flour which has
inm nil wiwi nie
been moistened with more water.
Add butter and cook until thick as
Cool 3i,t,. and Doiir lnto tt Dre-
vlouBly baked pie crust.
Mftkft mPrlnini of the eccr whites;
sure ght) A,
brown la oven. 1
ON THE AIR
Station KOAC Extension Service
Monday, May 9'- '
7:00 a. nv,, Good Morning Medita
tions led by Dr. fi. W. Warrington.
7:15, Phonograph recordesV
7:30-8:00, Scanning the , headlines.
9:30, Organ concerb by Byron Arn-
S olt" .
10:00, Home Economics Observer:
10:06, Tomorrow's meals; 10:18, Food
facts and fancies;- 10:33, -How's and
whys of housekeeping; ; 19:47, The
magazine rack, - 1
11:00, Uncle Sam at your service.
11:15, Morning matinee.
12:00 (noon) Farm Hour: 12:10,
In the day's news; 12:23, "installing
a Farm Irrigation System," Arthur
S. King; . 12:35, market reports, crops
and weather forecast.
1 :00 p. m.. Around the campus.
1:30, Organ concert from Fox
Whites id e theatre.
30-2:30 Homemaker Hour: 2:05,
The Old Sonq Book, Luke Roberts
and Byron Arnold.
6:55 p. m., Market reports second
broadcast of wheat and livestock.
6:00. Fox-Whiteside theatre organ.
6:30. Form hour: 6:31, ln the day's
news; 6:45, Spot market reports,
crops and- weather forecast; 6:50,
Chat by County Agent C. R. Brlggs.
7:30-8:00, 4-H club meeting, ad
dress by-Governor Julius L. Meier on
"Farm Fire Hazards." '
Tuesday, May 10
7:00 a. m.. Good Morning Medita
tions led by Dr. Frank B. Mathews.
7:15. Phonograph records.
7:15, setting up exercises, directed
by John Kenny.
7:30. Scanning the headlines.
10:00, The Home Economics Ob
server; 10:05, 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, General Sociology: "Social
Conditioning." Dr. E. H. Moore,
12.-00 (noon) Farm Hour: 12:10. In
the day's news; 12:23. "Beauty
Spots of Oregon." Lynn P. Crone -
miller, state forester; 12:35, Market
reports, crops and weather forecast.
1:00 p. m.. Around the campus.
1 :30. Organ program from Fox-
esldenee looN
fore his departure to Los Angeles, gon In general In 1032 depends a
Cal. We will visit there with a sis- great de4( upBtt foe trend of domes
Mlst' Lulu, Cf.yqs and he is tl0 wi t0Klga demand. The un
thinking some of locating there. His precedented decline in farm Income
wlfo will remain in La Grande untlf aurlng the past two years was due
he decides definitely, it is reported. 1 10 weak demand for farm products
t . . more' than because of genera! ovet-
tiorses Mire j I production of such products. Never-
Town folks who have not been out theesg tnerB were ln8tances of over
over tnr valley much this season ! proauction of particular: comjnodi
cannot believe In what condition tles reaultms ln s(m greater declines
i H j VT
right now, arid how muoh sunshine
"m "' " oeiore "
can be safely worked. Just one ex
ample and no doubt this' could' be
duplicated many times. Charles Gray
out ln lower Cove was plowing Thurs
day in- a field which was very inno
cent, from all appearances. All at
once his horses started to mire and'
In no time at all, all six of the mil
mals were down to their necks. Im-
mals loose and out. We are told that
very little Could be done until they
had all worn themselves out with
their lunging and- struggling. All
had skiii arid flesh wounds from the
struggle. There Is still m,uch water
about the valley.
At The Hatchery
Things are very busy at the fish
hatchery up Catherine creek, from
Union. The lumber for the new
tanks arrived several days ago.
Twenty-four new troughs and 4b new
tanks are being installed.
Visits Diiiitfhter ;
Mrs. George Tllton visited two' days
last week at tho home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Henry Counsel! in Ladd'
Canyon. She had stopped there on
her way to her home at Lostlne, from
Umatilla county where she had been
spending a few days with her. grand
children, the Spencer's.
Shoots immense Hunk
There has been a hawk flying
afound Harry Fisher'B place in tho
Shanghai district recently and one
evening early this week, Mr. Fisher
decided It was high time to get rid
of It. After some maneuvering, he
managed to bring the bird down and
It was-soma bird-, tool We are told
that It measured 48 Inches from
tip to tip.
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Kngngemenb Announced--
Friends, in this valley will be in
terested to tead the following an
nouncement taken from a Pendleton
East Oregonian of the first of the
week i
At an attractive tea on Saturday
at the home of Mrs. Fred Brown,
announcement was made of the en
gagement of Mss Margaret Burke
and DeWayne Umbarger. A group
of the intimate friends of Miss Burke
were guests.
Miss Burke la the daughter of
Mrs. W. O. Robinson of Belllng
ham and attended the University
of Washington. For the past two
years she Has been art supervisor
in the local schools and has many
friends in Pendleton. Mt. Umbarger
is ine son oi mr. ana Mrs. isiurutice
Umbarger, of Seattle. He attended
the University of Southern California
and Is a member of Sigma Alpha
Kpsllon. He- makes his home ln Se
attle.
The wedding will be an event of
this summer.
About Eggn 'I
t f?entL(!f .U!n Ahe Vt y T;
, . V
nn fit nnn antra atrai-ir tn niito nf t.Vttt
day, according to Miss Jean Stuart,
of tho Homemakers Bureau on the
National Farm and Home hour. Let's
rln n lltt-.in fieri irl no ami tuA llist", what
! the hens are doing. 01,000 a minute,
3,860,000 an hour, 87,840,000 a day,
tal of 31.073.760.000 a vear. Who
says the American hen lsn t on the
Inh? Cnrrvlnff It still a little far-
ther, we find that the 135,000,000
nr . f the Unltd
(Continued on Pago Seven)
of the Oregon State College
SSOkc
Whiteside theatre.
2:00. Homemaker hour:- 2:05, Law
and fiie Home: "Outlawing Tubercu
losis," Mrs. Sal die Orr-Dunbor.
5:05 p. m., Market reports second
broadcast of wheat and livestock.
6:30, Farm Hour; 6:81, In the day's
news; 6:45. Market reports and weath
er forecast; 7:15. "Controlling Can
ada Thistle," Prof G. R. Hyslop. .
7:30, Musicals: Anna Marjorie List.,
soprano; Richard Hieman. baritone.'
7:45-8:00, Science news, of the
week. .
WedneKdiiy, May 11
7:00 a. m., Good Morning. Medita
tions led by Rev. Howard McConnell.
7:15, Phonograph records.
7:30-8:00, Scanning the headlines.
10:00, Home Economics Observer:
10:05, 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. Better Health, U. S. Public
Health Servlco,
11:10, Morning matinee.
12 :00 (noon ) Farm Hour: 12 :10,
In the day's news; 12:20, "The Motor
Vehicle Operator and Our Traffic
Laws," Harry C. Graves; 12:35, Mar
ket reports, crops and weather fore
cast. 1:00 p. m., Around tho CampuB,
1:15, "Speech Usages that Perfect."
L. B. Baldwin.
1:30, Organ program from Fox
Whlteslde theatre.
2:00-3:00. Homemaker hour: 2:05.
Home Management: "Convenient Ar
rangement of Community Hall Kitch
en." Moss Melissa Hunter.
6:55 p. m.. Market reports second
broadcast of wheat, wool and live
stock. 6:00, Fox-Whlteslde theatre organ.
0:30. Farm Hour: 6:31, In the day's
news; 6:45, Market reports, and
weather forecast.
7:00, This Interesting Universe of
Ours: "The Metallurgy of Gold and
Silver," Prof. T. M. Baiiu Jr.
7:15-8:00, The Oregon Loggers
8:00-8:15, "The Empire of Sports
manship." Captain Frank Winch.
Outlook
Fbr Farmers
Is Discussed
The outlook for" farmers In- Ore-
than the average. On the other hand,
shoftages occurred In a few Instances
Und relatively hlKh prices were, ob-
and relatively high prices , were, ob-
( tained
In 1929, business conditions were-
well above normal and the cash in
come - of Oregon farmers, was esti
mated at' $133,000,000. In -1831, busi
ness conditions' were very poor and
the cash income of Oregon, farmers
for crops and livestock will , not
greatly exeeed one-nau as muon.
Gross agricultural production in
the United States in 1931.- however,
waa about the same as in- 1929, or
only slightly above the 1923 to 1930
average, and only 4 per cent greater
than in 1930 when drouth was, severe.
The trend oU business and de
mand- conditions: during 'the past
six months has shown that, the de
mand outlook statements- of ' a year
agcrtwere too optimistic as to the
probable? course of conditions The
world-wide business deprestkm wmcn
then appeared to h&ve reached bot
tom after ft short-lived' recovery dur
ing the first, half of : 1931t again
turned downward and has continued
longer and1 has gone deeper than
anyone .expected.; v
Because of the complexity, of the
economic and?- political factors
which are affecting "business and
credit -conditions In tnift- country
and throughout the. world, it . is
doubtful whether anyone can fore
cast very reliably- what the trend
of commodity prices will be during
the next year. However suDscon-
tial improvement in dOmjestlo de
mand tor farm products is not to
be expected until- credit conditions
become more favorable, and there
is a revival in industry. There la
very little definite evidence of alg
nlftcant Improvement in the near
future in the foreign demand, for
agricultural products from this
country.
Frown
On Corn
Importation
Two billion pounds of corn has
recently been docked at Portland
from the corn belt ln the midwest,
according to word recently .received
at the Oregon State college by ur,
E. N. Bressman, associate professor
of farm crops. Corn on one of the
boats made Jt'ha erttire trip from
Iowa by water. These are the first
sliiDments. ot .corn to comoi to , tho
northweat by -water, ttut others are.
on, the wayv .' w . ..
"In Oregon we have faoUftles for
the growing of over 200,000 acres
of: corn,"- said Dr. Bressman; "and
for corn growers ln this section
there are great opportunities." Be-
ctniso of the great saving made by
not. having to ship the product so;
west should develop rapidly, lie
id. Water transportatloiV of corn
i from tho midwest Is $10 per ton
or $2.60 less than shipment by rail.
The largest Import of corn to the
northwest was In the season of
1928-1029 when 4547 carloads were
Imported., The cars averaged 60
tons each and the value of the ship
ment was $6,000,000. In recent
years the Importation of corn has
been less. .,-.
George Bernard Shaw having writ
ten a book, we assume it is, likely to
be red.
Our
WSING SUN"
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Each block is made up of a large triangle of yel
low, topped with white and yellow triangles as
shown, with a white piece the same size aa the pieced
one, to make It Into a square. These are Joined tn
the center of the quilt with the while pieces Joining;.
Each" succeeding row Is indicated in the sketch.
Without a border, CO pieced blocks will make an 80-
Pig Loss
Reported
In Wallowa
Following the reports coming . In
from different localities lm Wallowa
.county relatives to the early and heavy
loss of pigs, county agricultural agent.
N. O. Donaldson, of Wallowa county,
has mode n. statement In regard to
steps tb be taken ln such instances:
Reports from various sections of the
county this spring indicate that losses
among spring, pigs have been quite
heavy and that ln some cases this has
been due to- the fact that the pigs
were born without any hair. This
condition is. due tot the lack of iodine
ln the feed and can be easily over-
iccme by the feeding of Iodine to the
sows. Fred Hlmelwright of Joseph re
ports that he was unable to raise any
pigs until he started feeding iodine
to the sows. He found that the feed
ing of 3 -grain capsules of potassium
iodine to each sow once a week for
several months before farrowing over
came the trouble that he had been
having. His pigs this year were
strong, healthy pigs and none of them
wto hairless.
The feeding of iodine to cows will
also prevent goiter In calves The 3-
graln capsules of Iodine can be pre
pared by your local druggist and are
not very expensive. , r
BALTICS KVM FLEET VAIKH A
.; . AS: VINLANUT HKCO.MKH WET
, STOCKHOLM" m Finland's aban
donment of prohibition has cleared
the Baltic of most of the boats and
barges- which used, to conduct rum
running operations Into Finland and,
when business was bad1 there, into
Sweden.
Swedish '-const! guards roporfr that
the big barges' whloh formerly' an
ohored outsidflt the 13-mlte line of
the Swedish coast have been taken
elsewhere. -; .
- Sweden docs not have prohibition,
but high prices are charged for Uq
uors bought in the usual way.
4-H Club
Notes . .
..uii.i.rii1i
Members of 4-H clubs and others A. Sftyro, presented to a group of pup
interested ln the valley will tune hi lis their achievement certificates and
to station KOAO (660) Monday eve
ning during the 4-H club weekly hour,
to hear Governor Meier- speak.
Coiinty Agent Harry G. Avery, H.
A. Llndgren, livestock specialist from
the extension service of the Btate col-
lege. Tod Cbnrad', son, Clifford, and
daughter, June, of near Imbler, vl8 -
lted three places Thursday in their
effort, to find a suitable registered
cair. ' They visited Herbert Chandler's
herd in Bnker county, Jim Wilson and
Lon Davis herds of North Powder and
the experiment station. They are af
ter a calf for a member of the Beef
Calf club.
.
The young folks of the valley, who
have earned scholarships to the an
nual summer school, on the state col
lege campus, are beginning to. make
their - definite plans for the trip to
Corvallls about tho middle of June.
Union- county always sends a large
delegation of splendid young people
to this school, and this year promises
to be no exception, '
J
At the school fair put on by the
teacher and pupils of tho Liberty
school last week at the school, there
was a special feature of interest to
4-H club members. That was when
county superintendent of schools, E.
Prize Quilt for Today
'-'I '
War Is
Waged On
Many Pesta
WASHINGTON. May 7 (NBA)' i
Plant diseases aud.iMseete cause- a loss
of more- than 1, 500, 000,000 to. agriculture-
ln the United- States every!
year. The development' of chemical
warfare against these- enemies of,
crops has resulted In-several disinfect
ants being developed- fos use In, free-1
ing seed from, disease and insects,
i The story of the development of
a ch arnica spray to combat the to
bacco flea beetle Is interesting; Know-1
ing that the flea beetle has- sensitive
feet; the- Tennesseer agricultural! ex
periment: station in- Knoxvlile, to
gether.' with, oi commercial manufac
turer, prepared a? fluorine compound:
: This is' sprayed1 on the-' tobacco
plant), ft has an Irritating effect on
the tender feet of the insect, and
causes him to lick his feet end wipe
them across his mouth ln an effort
to clean them. After a? time enough
of the compound- gets into the bug's
digestive- tract to- cause death.
Agricultural chemists had o. hards
time finding a substance to kill the
beetle, which cause a huge loss to
the pickle and melon, crops of. the
country. Arsenical, sprays formerly
used were detected by the Insects,.
fond they refused to feed off portions
of the plants sprayed with this chemi
cal, . .
A non-arsenical compound-, known
aa barium fluslllcate, has been de
veloped. The beetles cannot detect,
this, and it Is very efficient in kill
ing them.
Research: has- shown, that, there are
over 200 disease organisms which: at
tack flower and -vegetable seeds. The
annual "tax' paid, by tanners because
bf- these organisms 1&- estimated.' at
9200r ,
London doctor-' says tliatf one may
fait on his feet and fracture his skull.
We would not advise that doubt fie
carried to- the point of personal ex
perimentation. 1 LIT'
pins. It will be remembered that one
club at Liberty was the first club ln
the county to complete its work for
the year and earn such achievement
honors.- The group receiving the
awards consisted of Berntce Rayburn,
Alma DeLong, Dorothy Muilenburg,
iDerrell Llndsey, Ronald Lindsay, Mary
Llndsey, Joe Spencer, Mildred Flesh-
,man, Marjorie Fleshman, George
, Fleshman, Frank Johnson, Erma Gek-
elei, Glen Muilenburg, Kenneth Ua-
gain and Delbert Grout.
A number of unavoidable circum
stances out down the attendance nt
the meeting of the Imbler Sheep club,
which was held Saturday evening with
Miss Josephine Fisher at the home of
her parents, Mr-, and Mrs. A. V. Fisher,
of Lower Cove A very enjbyablo eve
ning was spenb by those who did at
tend. This group hns; been planning
for a- field trip out from Imbler which
was originally announced for May !il,
two weeks from today, but plans will
bo more definitely made at tho next
meeting of tho club which will be
announced in the near future
.
Members of the Island City club are
spending this afternoon at the ex
periment station near Union on
judging instruction tour. This Is the
meeting which was postponed from
two weeks ago.
Inch square. Borders may be added as you like.
For each 8-inch strip yard -should be allowed.
About 6'4 yards of white and 5 of color will be re
quired. The use of the quilting design is Indicated,
only a half circle is used in the -yellow, with the
points quilted on the scams, while a feather ia added
on the white. The fonther design, doubled on folcjrd
paper would make a circle about 7 inches across.
ANNUAL, MEETING DAIRY
HERD IMPROVEMENT GROUP
IS HELD WEDNESDAY EVE.
The annual meeting of the Union
County Dairy Herd Improvement aw
soclatlon was held at the' federal
building Wednesday evening. While
all of the members, of the associa
tion were not able to- be present) all'
of the directors were- on hand to
consider the? worto of! the past year
and the outlook for next year. The
Union county group: has- been tunc'
tlonfnfe for the lost three years and'
plans . to continue the organization
for another twelve-;month, according
to Harry G. Avery, county agricul
tural agent and secretary of the proj
ect, ,
The testing association- started in
cooperation-with Wallowa' county, and
later . an organization' for this coun
ty, alone, was' perfected. Hans 8eIL
fors, who previously 'Tiad had charge
of tho Phymere herd of registered
Hols te Ins at Hot Lake, was the first
official tester: On his resignation
Ralph Robinson, son of Carl Robin
son, of near Telocaset, who. had Just
been graduated from the Montana
State college, was selected to be the
field man. and he has done two very-
successful years' work, It Is reported.
During the past year he has worked
ln both Union and Wallowa coun
ties again.
The new year will begin on- July- h
and during the weeks- between now
and that date; members of the as
soclatlon will make a personal' can
vas of dairymen of the valley ln an
effort to secure as many testing days
as possible. Roger Morse, state dairy
Crops
Weather
In Wallowa
WALLOWA. Ore. (Special) Much
delay Is still being experienced by
formers In this community ln getting-
started at their spring farming op.
eratlons. The first ot the pasc wee
muoh of the soil; had, become, about
ready for working. However, with a
heavy rain, tailing during the middle
of the week and again, tb last of
the week, the fields have ngalnr been
soaked greatly anil several days drying
weather will be required before much
In the way of plowing- can be done.
A very little seeding of springgrah
has beon done at a few of tne farms
In the vnlleyv but most: have. Just
started doing a little- plowing. Fall
wheat and grass have made a fairly
good growth' during the past two
weeks. . A large, part ot the livestock
has been moved out to pasture- and
ln some Instances a part of the cat
tle and sheep have been moved to
summer range areas. Ticks are re
ported' to still be' giving considerable
troubl ln some parts of tne com
munity. Some losses have- been re
ported among stock which were very
thin when placed on the gross sev
eral weeks ago-
Sheep have made a, wonderful Im
provement In, condition since they
have: been on grass during the- poet
several weeks. The most of the flocks
were very thin- ra: flesh when- nrso
taken off the feed yards, and many of
the early lambs appeared to be somewhat-
stunted In growth. However,
the new grass has proven on exceU!
lent tonic for them and the most or
the early lambs are- doing fine and
many have reached a- weight, of 60
pounds and better each at this time.
A.' W. Johnson who nas cnarge ot
shipping oi stock for tb shipping as
sociation ln this end or tne vwiey
states that he expects, to get In touch
with flock owners and get out a car
of oarly lambs as early In the season
as possible, In order to get at least a
part of them onto market before the
largo breaks ln price occur. The nrso
pool shipment of lambs sent from
this, county last season were sent out
the last of May and commanded- the
best prices that were received by lo
cal growers for the season.
A little shearing of sneep nas ueen
done at a few places ln the com
munity, but the bulk of the farmers
do not expect to shear until toward
the last ot this month, tunner am-
couraKlng reports are heard ln regard
to wool prices this season, apparently
thero is bub little Interest being
shown by buyers ot this time and
many dp not expect to receive more
than seven or eight cents, per pound
for their clip.
Prices
Below 5 ;
Yr. Average
Prices of practically all Oregon's
principal farm products were more
than 60 per cent below the five year
averago on corresponding dates from
1920 to 1030, according to figures re
leased here today by the Oregon Btate
college extonslon service.
Chlckons at 02 per cent of the five
year average, beef cattle- at 6ft per
cent, barley at 63 per cent and hay
at 81 per cent were the major crops
soiling at a price- more than BO per
cent above the five year average;
Sheep showed the lowost compara
tive price with the level on March IS.
at only 37 per cent of the live year
averago on corresponding dates. Other
products had the following price ra
tios: butterfat 46 per cent, wool 3B
per cent, wheat 45 per cent, oats 48
per cent and potatoes 38 per cent.
A slightly favorable sign appeared
ln the fact that the general level of
farm prices for the entire country
raeo one point from February 15 to
March 13 and was about 61 per cent
of tho pre-war price level on that
date. The advance was not aubstained
on the average through March. The
exchange value of farm products for
products usually purchased by the
former, according to government fig
ures, now average about 62 per cent
us much as before the war.
PAMR WOMEN MATCH
1'UK.SKS Willi 111) I. IS
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PARIS VP) Angora felt purses to
match belts are a new wardrobe
wrinkle. The purses are flat en
velope models, while the belts, de
signed to wear with sports coats,
are finished with a dull silver or
glided buckle.
White, red. gray and dark blue
am tho colors most often used for
the purse-belt ensembles.
specialist of the extension service
of the- state college, former county ;
agent, of Baker county, was present :
at the meeting Wednesday evening, -and
if his services are necessary, he '(
will return to assist in, the can
vass. ..
- Many of the present members! who !
are quite enthusiastic over the value '
of- the service- which is- rendered
through this group, ate already signed
up for another- year and. many! oth
ers hope' ta line up- with the proj- '
eat If only necessary funds to cover -the
- required- fees- are- forthcoming. :
If is quite evident with the present
condition of the dairy business and
the record-breaking, low prices are 3
not conducive-to-the accumfulatlon 1
or wealth, and with cream checks not
covering the cost of caring for a
dairy herd, thcaddltlonal funds nec
essary for membership are not In
sight, no matter how beneficial the 1
results may prove to be,
IT not enough are secured' to car-
ry on the project as It has been go- -ing,
a part time tester may be on ,
the Job, or Union- county may be ?
united1 with some-other county, pos- y
slblyr Umatilla' or Bakerv -'
The personnel of dairy herds In !
Union county has . Improved, quite :
noticeably during- the years the as-
sooiatlon- has been in operation. ;
"Boarder" cows- have been el lml n-
fated- and' on the other hand, Indi
vidual cows and also nerds have made
high records amiong other counties1;
of' the state. 1
. Alfalfa Markets
Alfalfa markets, during the week
ending May 2, ranged from about
steady iri the central west to some
what, lower, at the principal south
western markets, according to the
Weekly Alfalfa Market Review- of tho
Tfv . Bureau of Agricultural Econom
ics, Trading at the principal markets
has been seasonably light during the
past few weeks, as evidenced by total
receipts, which for April were 2.3H1
cars, compared: with 3.843 cars for the
corresponding month of last year. De
mand however; has been light as pas
tturage. became Increasingly- avauabls-r.
.The weakness lh the south and south-
fwest was due largely to-increased, new
:cropt offerings. ;
Pacific northwestern alfalfa mar
kets- remained- quiet. Only two cars
were offered at Portland during the
week but demand was also light ana
quotations held- steady. Remaining
stocks- In the- trade territory are the
smallest In several years, according to
trade- reports. The new crop was re
ported growing rapidly and' water- re
serves are ample ln the principal irri
gating districts!
SHIPMENTS SURPASS OliTFL'T
SEATTLE. May 9 VP) Lumber
shipments of 216 mills for the week
ending April 30 were reported as 20.7
per cent over proauction oy tne wusi,
Ocest. Lumbermen's association today,
but current new business was 1.9 per
cent under production.
, Threo hundred and twenty one
mt-lls operated at 25 per cent of ca
pacity during- the- week- as compared
with 24.7 tor the previous week and
44.1 per cent for tho same week last
year.
Inventories, 144 mills reported, de
clined 22,000,000. feet for the week
ending April 23 and are 19.1 per cent
less- than at tnis time last year.
Unfilled orders declined I3,o07,uuu
feet for the previous week.
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Oriental drug hashish, and, when
under ks influence, in the practice
of secret murder. The murderous
drinker of hashish came to be
called bashasb in the Arabic and
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