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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
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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.
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- PORK & BEANS nc!..!0..!!!e: 6c
Salmon
Fancy Pink
3 Cans ... 20c
Coffee
Vacuum Pack
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SUGAR
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20 POUNDS
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Soap
White Laundry
10 Bars... 27c
Toilet Soap
Camay -r-. Regular size
4 Bars . . . . 25c
MILK
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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
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1000 Sheet Rolls
5 Rolls ... 25c
Butter
Local Creameries
2 lbs. .... 41c
17T "sTTl? tJueen Anne Every sock 4 Q
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fffimhtirIPr Ground dally from
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POT ROAST EST" 121c
RIB BOIL tZ -7c
BACON P;rn:.... -16c
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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.
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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.
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PERSONALS
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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.
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