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(tatib? letting Wbsetvn SECTION TWO Pages I to 4 SECTION TWO Paget 1 to 4 VOLUME 30 LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1932 NUMBER 265 Boll Weevils Threaten Dixie Cotton Yields ATLANTA () Boll weevils and the weatlier mfty do what legislatures were unable to accomplish last spring .-control cotton production In the south. Prom practically every section east of the Mississippi river where cotton Is grown have com reports of heavy weevil Infestation. Heavy rains have caused grass to grow rapidly and aided the spread or weevils. Ccunty farm agents in south Ala bama report boll weevils very ac tive and "ready to attack squares as soon as they are large enough." In Dallas county, which led the state In cotton production prior to weevil Infestation, the pests are 60 per cent more active than a year ago. Spartanburg county. South Caro lina, reported a 300 per cent Increase In weevil infestation In a period of 10 days. Union county, South Carolina, sent reports of as high . as 600 weevils per acre, which Is an ex traordinarily heavy Infestation. J. C. Hoi ton, commissioner of ag riculture In Mississippi, said weevil infestation In that state Is very heavy ond will greatly decrease production. "If the heavy weevil Infestation continues," Hoi ton added, "farm ers must soon decide whether to sacrifice the feed crops and fight the weevils, or to cultivate the feed crops and Intensify cotton effort to smaller and favored areas." The pink boll worm has made Its appearance in Florida, and fear that it may spread Its activities into south Georgia cotton fields has put Georgia agricultural authorities on the alert for a fight against the new pest. The boll weevil Is active In Georgia, but no unusual infestations have been reported to date. Farm experts attribute the heavy weevil infestation this year to the mild months of the post winter which prevented, them from! being frozen out in their hiding places. No estimates of the extent . of weevil damage has been made. FltAN'CK MKK8 IUSKKTIUIX, iii;kit(;k from u. s. fokcks PARIS P Basketball has grown in France until it surpasses rugby football in numbers of players. This Is the result of seed sown during the war by Y. M. C. A. physical education directors who came over with the American Expeditionary Forces. After the war, Gaston Francois, of Montclair, N. J., as physical di rector, of the Methodist Memorial In Paris, pushed the French along and now they ore far ahead of all other European countries In the great American basket game. International contests are begin ning. The last season France played three matches with Switzerland, Belgium and Portugal. CONNECTICUT CLAIMS IIKEKI) OF TKKR-SITTING FISH NEW YORK MV-Fish come as close to sitting In trees In Connecticut as in any place on the globe. Spring floods every year leave mil lions of perch eggs stranded on trees and bushes which have been inun dated along the shore. Vast quantities of the eggs are gathered by netters of the Connec ticut state, board of fisheries and game. The eggs are Incubated and the fry are distributed to lakes and ponds In the state. ' COVE PERSONALS f &$$$$.$$.,$$ By Mrs. X. O. Conklln (Observer Correspondent) COVE (Special) There was a big celebration here the fourth. The fes tivities began with a program in the grove: "Amerlco," by all; anthem, by chorus; invocation, Rev. Clarence Kopp; reading. Maxlne Towle; solo. "The Highway to La Grande." M. I. Carter; address of the day, Hugh Brady; song, "Freedom's , Banner," by chorus. People picnicked in groups all over the grounds. After dinner, the races, foot races by the chil dren, a cracker eating contest (won by Leonard Houx.from 15 contest ants), potato race and barrel race. John Fisher and Almon Getss dis tinguished themselves by riding their calves to the finish. Virgil Chad wlck won the barrel race. The ball game was between the married and single men. the latter winning 14 to 13. A. H. Orton and Darrel Fulp had charge of the racing. . Mr. and Mrs. Phil Conklln and two daughters, of Santa Barbara, Cal., who have come for the summer have taken the Golay house for a few weeks as they have two cases of whooping cugh and are In quaran tine. . ! . ; G. A. Anderson,- of La Grande, whoso natAl day falls on the first of July, celebrated his 90th anniversary with his son, L. E. Anderson, here who celebrates his birthday anni versary on July 6. Mrs. J. E. Mills and daughter, Doro thy, entertained the Fun and Joy Bridgo club at their home Friday, with three tables in play. Guests besides club members were Ruth Mor ris, of Pomeroy, Wash., a house guest of Miss Vina Conley. A nice lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Laird enjoyed a family party on the fourth with all their children at home, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Richardson and daughter, of Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. John Mil ler and family, of Shanghai and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laird, of La Grande. COMMUNITY CASH STORE FEATURES FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY S-9 Shrimp I Pineapple Extra Fancy I Fancy Broken Slices 2 Cans ... 25c 12 Cans ... 25c - PORK & BEANS nc!..!0..!!!e: 6c Salmon Fancy Pink 3 Cans ... 20c Coffee Vacuum Pack Lb 29c SUGAR Pure Cane. 20 POUNDS $1.05 Soap White Laundry 10 Bars... 27c Toilet Soap Camay -r-. Regular size 4 Bars . . . . 25c MILK Tall Cans Each 5c Engineer Finds Way To Utilize Hydrogen Fuel BERLIN m Karl Erren, an au tomotive engineer, haa revived the hydrogen fuel Idea with a specially designed motor. Hydrogen can bo obtained from water by a rather simple electrical decomposition. Engineers have played with this fact for years without ever getting a hydrogen plant to produce cheaply enough to compete with gasoline. Would t'se Power Plants Erren proposes some accessories to bridge this difference In cost. First, he says, the electric power plants of great cities have to let their expen sive machinery He Idle much of the time because of the ' peak load" situation. A city wants a big supply of elec tricity at certain hours of the day and comparatively little at other times. The power plant has to be big enough to supply these "peak." hours. The idle time Erren would use for decomposing water Into hydrogen to be sold as motor fuel. Oxygen, he points out, is now a valuable by product of such decomposition. Whether there would still be a mar ket for oxygen in larger quantities remains to be seen. Nays Ciufl. Consumption Lowered Erren asserts that nitrogen can be collected from the exhaust of a hy drogen motor. He olalmB that mixing a small amount of hydrogen with gasoline lowers considerably the gaso line consumption of a standard mo tor. Finally he says equally good sav ings are effected by mixing hydrogen with crude oil and diesel motor fuels. Erren was a flyer at the western front in the World war. HOT LAKE Tissue Ambassador 1000 Sheet Rolls 5 Rolls ... 25c Butter Local Creameries 2 lbs. .... 41c 17T "sTTl? tJueen Anne Every sock 4 Q J LAJ U IV guaranteed. 49-lb. Sac tPJ.Al fffimhtirIPr Ground dally from nurnuuiyti cnolM m(,nt 10p & Sausage pound -- - vc POT ROAST EST" 121c RIB BOIL tZ -7c BACON P;rn:.... -16c PF.RSON AT Si sSSS3''' lly Harriet MacDonald (Observer Correspondent). HOT LAKE (Special) The Fourth of July called many from the sana torium to places of rest and recrea tion or to a visit with friends at home. Some patients who were too ill to leave were cheered by visits from their home folks. Among those vacationing, were Dr. and Mrs. Phy at Union, the Jas. Welch family at Wal lowa Lake, Margaret Crew at her home In Parma, snioll Billy Phy at the Romig home In Baker, Donald Lloyd with a family reunion In Walla Walla, Marjorle Condlt with friends In La Grande, Edna Cheney and Mrs. Norma Wheeler in Pendleton and Emmet Lee with hi3 uncle, Jack Brandt, of La Orande up near Wallowa Lake. Dr. and Mrs. Lee, with Mlsl Jane Holt, Joined forces with the Ellis Hess fam ily and Dick Van Houten, of Union, and visited the North Powder lakes. All are at their places again some what the worse for wear bo far as sunburn, freckles, and minor bruises are concerned but happy and well satisfied with their holiday. The Fourth of July and Christmas day ore the only days In the year when the bath house closes it doors. Lee Owsley and his brother, Charles Owsley, of La Grande have changed places. The latter who was in the hospital for several months la now living at home in comparative good health while the former, Lee Owsley, Is now In the hospital recovering from a sudden and severe Illness which came upon him last week. Walter Smith, of Spokane, paid a weekend visit to Mrs. Smith who Is still In the hospital but improving. The familiar face of Will Clark, of La Grande. Is again seen at the desk 1 where he la substituting for Laud Irwin, the night clerk who is plan nlng on a few days vacation. j John P. Ring, of Portland, who Is a convalescent in the hospital with ! arthritis, received a weekend visit jfrom his mother, Mrs. Jessie King, and brother, Daniel. ! Royal Jones, of Cove, is making i steady progress towards recovery af jtcr his very critical illness of a few : weeks ago. He is now up and around the building but is not yet able to leave the hospital. i Henry Betz, herdsman at Hot Lake, licit on Wednesday with the family for a vacation at Yakima ond with Mr. Betz- brother at Carnation, Wash. The family may remain longer but Mr. Betz will be gone only a week. i Mrs. Casper received a weekend Tlslt from her son, E'.don, who is employed at Wallula, Wash. Joe Murphy, who vlslta here so fre quently thot he Is almost considered one of the sanatorium household, brought his mother, Mrs. N. P. Mur phy, from her home in Nampa, to the lake for a few days visit and rest. Mr. Murphy, who built the famous "Memorial Bridge" at Boise ond is one or the best known engineers in Idaho, is on his way to attend the state convention of the American Legion at Pocatello and the National Associa tion of American Engineers at Yel lowstone park, after which he will re turn for his mother. He will be ac companied by his sister, Winifred Murphy who is vocational counsellor for the Los Angeles High school. Owing to a slip of the pen in last week's Hot Lake personals. It was erroneously stated that the famous Kamehameha school for Hawaiian girls at Honolulu cOBt 300,000. It should have read 13.000,000. THIS CURIOUS WORLD - wv HAVE BEEN . PH0TO6RAPHFP ey The TVioosands; BoT NO Two HAVE BEEN roUHO ALIKE T IS BEJJEVED TMAT.OPAll.THE SNOWBAKES THAT HAVE FALUN ONTHlS EAKTH, NO Two HAVE EVER HAD THE SAME DESIGN. r 'M ( highly . , masnified; ft 1932 BY HEA SERVICE. INC. 1-7 The African WART HOG when Pursued, Rons for a Holf, ano enTsrs fC &fCKWfROS. ' HE WHIRLS ABOUT oosT in Time lb BACK inJo THBOPENJNS Color Blindness Is Found Higher In Young Students AMES, Iowa UF) Martin P. Fritz of the Iowa State college department of psychology has examined 3,103 stu dents here for color blindness and found color defective vision In 8.S per cent of the freshmen, 4.9 per cent of graduate men, .0 per cent of fresh man women and none among grad uate women. Ho declares It is difficult to ex plain the lower percentage of color blindness among graduate students, but says "tills may have something to do with the fact that 02 of the 84 color-blind freshmen are distributed 30 In the upper half and 62 in the lower half of the freshmai aptitude test." Fritz adds, however, that "a few of the color-blind students have a high rating on the aptitude tost," More than half of the students re ported they were wholly unawaro of their visual difficulty and did not suspect any abnormality. I'HOTOURAI'IIIKti u snow-flake requires u steady hand and nerve, for I he crystal must be handled with (lie uliliost care to prevent its being broken, and speed Is required because a Hake evaporates with in a lew seconds lime. Expert photographers of snow crystals have learned to detect a Hake's cei'ierul cliurucU-rislics nl n glance, and do not ivasle lllm on those that show no. unusual possibilities of de sign. The grailesi variety of shapes loll at thu end o( a snowstorm. MAKES REFRESHING AND DELICIOUS ICED TEA I ENTERPRISE 1 TEA PK0C Orange PERSONALS ' ENTERPRISE, Ore. (Special) Miss Bernlco Wilson, of La Grande, Is a visitor of Mrs, Harvey Bay's this week.' Miss Dorothy Baker, of Union, Is vlBltlng her aunt, Mrs. Marlon Jor dan, or this city. : Miss Mnrlorln Olavtnn returned (mm Corvallls Saturday where she has been i attending school. Her brother, Alvln, came from Hermlston with her to spend the weekend. Miss Myrnle Clayton left Saturday for Seattle to visit friends. Mrs. L. E. Jordan left last week for Salt Lake City accompanied by her mother-in-law, where she will visit friends. ,, Folrmount Phuis Meeting ST. LOUIS m Encouraged by suc cess of the 1931 meeting, Folrmount race track officials havo announcod a 25-doy meeting for this foil, be ginning In mid-September. Hit IICHT CLAttll 91 There is no other flavor quite like t that of large, sun-ripened loganberries. No ; wonder longanberry jelly or jam is a delicacy on any table! Put them up now . . . for next winter . . . while at their bestl One Easy Recipe . . . for All Jams and Jellies Regardless of the fruit, with Pn-Jel you simply follow the eiy cup for-cup method on the package and you cannot have a failure. Pen-Jel adds juit enough pure fruit pectin to make the ripest fruit juice jell! SPEAS PENJEL -mm- Look Over Our Want Ads for Bargains You never before ImJ anything like ill All the famous strength and fla vor of Buckeye )lu the goodness of fresh, new, flavory Oregon hops. 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MALT Belli Per SOS Cleanser SPERRY PANCAKE FLOUR 29c 27c 10c 16c 19c 29c Bchlltis Per Can 4- Large Package 53c 29c $5.05 29c 54c 23c 19c " TheSlqn of a Dependable Store
