Saturday, August 13, 1932
CT GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, CA GRANDE, ORE.
Page Three
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Phone: Mornings, Main 600
Tomorrow
Tbe annual Threo-I picnic will be
held Sunday at Riverside park in La
Grande. All former residents of In
dlana, Illinois, or Iowa are Invited to
como, bring their basket dinners and
enjoy the friendship, sociability and
program of the day.
Entertains Aid
. Mrs.- Marlon Stoddard, assisted by
her mother. Mrs. Sam Irwin, enter
tained the members of the Island City
Aid society Thursday afternoon at
her home on the Island Clty-Co
highway. There was a splendid at
tendance of the members, together
with a' number of visitors, and the
afternoon was - a most enjoyable one.
For. the first time In several months,
the president, Mrs. Emma Blokland
was able to attend. It will be re
membered that she has been detained
by a Bevere illness (typhoid fever)
and recuperation. Mrs. Eva Bowery
presided during the afternoon, an
nouncing tbe dovotlonols and con
ducting the business meeting. A num
ber of Important Hems were discussed
including preliminary plans for the
approacmng county am convention,
plans for a cooked food sale to be
held In La Grande on Aug. 27, coun
ty relief work ana matters pertaining
to the Island City Community church.
Mrs. Mary Blokland presented the an
nual report of the flower committee.
A short program waa given after the
business session, Mrs. Mildred Blok
land playing a group of piano num
bers ana Mrs. aiaoei Anson giving a
reading. . An Interesting contest fol
lowed. Mrs. Stoddard and Mrs. Irwin
assisted by Mrs. Dorothy Case and
Mrs. Garnet Buckman served some de
licious refreshments. It wa3 voted to
dispense with trie second meeting
during the present month, and COnSe-
lJUCllbly WIC MU ntti utuLV wnv v.iuv
on the second Thursday In September
with Mabel Morton In La Qrando..
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Recuperating
Mrs. Charles E. Gump spent the
past weekend In Portland and on her
return to ner nomo in rTuiwmie nwn
day evening waa accompanied by her
v sister. Miss Jane Gavin who will spend
an Indefinite time at the Gump home
recuperating from her recent illness.
Miss Gavin who is one of the most
prominent members of the Oregon
State Nurses' association, having held
various offices in the organization up
to the very highest, waa very severely
ill of pneumonia. She is much bet
ter now, but must have many weeks
of rest and recuperation before she
can take up her work again.
Pleasant Orovo Orange
v Pleasant Grove grange held Its reg
ular meeting last Saturday evening at
their hall with a good crowa, espec
lally a large company of the young
folks present, After the meeting all
gatnerea arouna a uuii-me wuhc
games were' played until the fire
burned down -low enough to roast
welners. The H. B. O. members
brought out the welners and buns
and for awhile all were busy partak
ing of the "dainties." This evening.
Saturday, is the night for one of the
regular dancing parties which this
grange sponsors. The hall Is com
modious, the floor Is good, and their
parties have been exceedingly popular,
giving the young people and older
ones too in that part bf the valley
many fine social evenings,
-o- . - - o ,
In Idaho i"
Mrs. Fred E. Kiddle, of Island City,
has gone to Idaho where she Is visit
ing with her relatives at Boise and
Oakley. She was accompanied by her
niece and nephew of Wilmington.
Cal.. who are also the guests of Idaho
relatives.
Has Operation
Mrs. Marcla Phy Spencer, of Denver,
Colo., who came to make an extended
vlBlt with her mother, Mrs. Edith Phy,
at Union, underwent an operation for
chronic appendicitis at Hot Lake
yesterday morning.
Returns Home
, J. Hug. who has been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Amy Bhlnohart In La
Grande and receiving some medical
attention, has returned to his nomo
at Elgin. .
Has Birthday
. j. Newton Fisher and Herbert Hoo
ver celebrate the same day for their
birthday. But we- wager the presi
dent of the United Statc3 didn't en
Joy his birthday a tenth as much this
year as J. did. He did all sorts of
things during the day Wednesday and
then in the evening his mother and
father invited in some of his grown
up friends for the evening and to help
sample the birthday cake. This made
a part of the Bplendld refreshments
which his mother and his sister, Jo
sephine served. In addition to the
Informal fun, etc., Eamlo Miller gave
a number of clever dances accom
panied by Mrs. . Miller, and Miss
Amanda Zabol told nomo dialect
stories. '
To Wallowa Lake
Mrs. P. A. McDonald, Mrs. George
McDonald, of the Iowa district and
their house guest. Miss Margery btcln
er. of Pandora. Ohio, are spending sev
eral days this week at their cabin at
wallowa Lake.
Visits Cousin
tflsa Bethel Bkkcr. of La Grande,
has been spending this week with her
cousin, Miss Marjorle Woodell, of Dry
Creek.
Itnrn llpiinlnn
The annual reunion of the Wright
Bnd Duncan famines of Meaicai
Bnrlnno wna imiri Himdav afternoon
In the picnic grounds. A picnic din
ner was served and talks were made
by several members of the big iain
I'y. . Relatives attending included
Dunham Wrltrht. Mr. and Mrs. P. J.
Powers. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gllkin-
son and daughters. Helen and Edna,
of Halnts. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gllkln
Bon and daughter. Merle of Baker,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Duncan, daugh
ters. Mildred and Wllma. and son.
Roscoe. of Kcattn?. Mr. and Mrs.
8tanlcy Wright, daughter. Barbara
and son, Gerald, of Iowa, Lyman
Wrleht und Loren Tucker, of Baker.
The friends of tho two families who
were present were Mrs. Jennie Mer
lin and Elizabeth Page, of Baker, Or
val and Mnrle Fisher, of Muddy Creek,
Dale Landers, Archie LaFrcnlere, of
Everett. Wash.
Visits Brother
Mrs. Oeorge Gray, of Lower Cove,
well known pioneer of this valley, is
spending a few days at the home of
her brother. William Jasper, of the
sldehlll road near La Grande, who la
in such poor health.
I'ntisual Pets
Elolse and Emogene Stein, two
friends of ours In tho vicinity of Is
land City have had a great many pets
ever since we have known them. But
now they have some that are differ
ent. In the spring or early summer,
rather, the girls found a nest that
THE VALLEY
Mabel B. Morton, Valley New, Editor
had been deserted, and a mother her husband, arrived from San Mateo,
pheasant had not only left six, weJCal,, Sunday for an extended visit
think, newly hatched little birds, but with her -sister and brothers. Will,
also one egg that had not hatched John and Charles Green, of Union,
yet. The girls found a motherly soul Mr. Miles has been 111 the past week
of a hen In their poultry yard and she
not only assumed the duties of look
ing for the six little birds but also
hatched out the seventh one. The
girls have taken good care of them
and find they are very Interesting
pets to have.
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We are sorry to hear that Mrs.
Grant Wilde, of near Hot Lake, who
has not been very well this summer
is confined to her bed at present.
To La Grande
Rev. Walter Bach, of Sweet, Ida.,
and Mis. Bach, of Kyssa, . better
known as Rev. Josle Blokland Bach,
drove Into the valley last week for
Miss Beatrice Spencer, of Kyssa, and
took her to her home. It will be
remembered that MIbb Spencer was
In the group of girls whom Mrs. Baeh
took to the Epworth Loague Institute
at Wallowa lake, who became very 111
of appendicitis on the way home and
submitted to an operation In ' La
Grande. She is Improving nicely, It
is reported.
Visits Mother
Mrs. Homa Sandlln, of near Joseph,
Is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. A.
Brlggs, of near Island City this week.
Returns Home
Tom Jones of near Cove who has
been 111 of the flu, and a patient at
Hot Lake, was expected to return to
hls home yesterday.
To Union
The Misses Mae Stearns, Mabel
Doty, Amanda Zabel and Mabel Mor
ton were guests Thursday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Ter
rall at Union. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Cock were other guests. An outdoor
picnic was the original plan, but the
place of having It was, of necessity,
changed on account of the hard rains
that evening.
Home For Few Days
Earnle Miller, of Lower Cove, who
took his caterpillar up into Idaho for
several weeks work on some highway
construction came home this week for
several days stay as the work was not
ready yet.
Visit -v
Mrs. Ed Rand and daughter, Ethel,
and grandson, Dewey Rand have been
visiting friends in Eastern Oregon
where Mrs. Rand is well known. They
visited at Baker, Cove, Union and
other places. At Union, they were
guests of Mrs. Ida Cline on Monday.
Dewey's mother Is Mrs. Cllne's sister,
Muriel.
Ill Wallowa Co. '
The Misses Jean Louise and Patricia
Wetzel, of La Grande are visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buster Bell,
of Wallowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bell
of Whiskey creek.
In other Valley
Miss Lola Martin, ol uove, nas oeen
making a visit in the Willamette val
ley, being a guest of ansa Mae hub
man, at Mabel, Ore., and Miss Mar
garet Hubbard at Eugene.
The K. O. M. Picnic
One hundred and fifty people of
Union county attended the nineteenth
annual K. o. M. picnic at rtiversiae
park, in La Grande last Sunday. This
means that a great many people who
came to the west from one of the
three states, Kansas, Oklahoma or
Missouri, together with their families
contributed to the success of this
event. The rain In the afternoon de
layed thlnga somewhat but failed to
dampen the spirits of the folks from
the mlddlewest. Also the fact that
there was no piano In the pavilion,
which meant tho elimination of
about one half of the program, was
regretted, but did not stop the enjoy
ment of the day. The bountiful din
ner was served around about noon,
and to this all had contributed.
After the dinner, the annual busi
ness mooting was held and the fol
lowing were elected as officers for
next year:
President, Mrs. Laura Davis.
Vice president, Mrs. Jennie Byer.
Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Parks, of
Trustees, Kansas Frank Moore;
Oklahoma F. M. Martin; Missouri
Al Warren.
. Retiring officers were:
President, Mrs. Jennie Byer.
Vice president, Mrs. Parks, of Elgin.
Secretary-treasurer, Paul Yeck.
Tho trustees were all reelected.
The program was given Immediately
following tho business meeting and
each number was enjoyed very much.
It Is reported. They were given In
tho following order:
Address of welcome, Judge Knowles,
Reading. Mary Lou Englund.
Music, Mtlton Shulty and Ray
Young.
Duet, Avery and Darlene Mlllerlng.
Reading, Mrs. Bradon.
Comlo skit. Mrs. Fred Huffman and
Mrs. Fred Roberts.
Reading. Barbara Roberts.
Reading, Mrs. Jennie Byer.
Japanese reading, Mary IflU Eng
lund. o
ninnjtr f.UPfits
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fletcher, who
live above the Cove had for their
dinner guests Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Mangrcen, newcomera in the
valley. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Price and
daughter, Lona Nclda, of the Camp
Yew Bow.
Water Carnival
pnnnin from all over the valley will
drive to Medical Springs tomorrow to
witness and share In the water sports
contests to be staged In tho afternoon
at Pat Powers' fine, Dig piunge. -m
Is an annual event and Invariably at
tracts a large crowd, other things be
ing equal.
u,liv Virus
Mrs. Ed Miles, of Catherine Creek,
has been enjoying a visit with her
ulster. Mrs. T. C. Kcnney. who, with
ON THE AIR -
Station KOAC Extension Service
Monday Evening, Aug. IS
6:15 p. m., Farm market reports.
6:30, Fox Whiteside theatre organ.
7:00. MUBlo of the Masters.
7:16, Oregon Poets: "Mary Carolyn
Davles," by Mrs. Ada Hastings Hedges.
7:30, Farm hour: 7:31, In the day's
news; 7:45. Market reports, crops and
weather forecast.
8:00-8:45. 4-H Club Meeting: Pre
paring Poultry for the Fairs, Prof. A.
O. Lunn: Fitting and Tralnl'-.g Hog
for the Show Ring. A. W. O'lver; 4-H
News from Over the State.
Tuesday Evening. Aug. 18
6:15 p. m.. Farm m:ket reports.
6:30. Fox Whiteside theatre organ.
7 00. Music of the Masters.
7:16, Philosopher of the Cross
Roads.
617 A
but Is now improving.
On Vacation
Miss Madeline Oliver, who Is well
along In her first year's work at St.
Mary's hospital in Walla Walla la
having her vacation at present and Is
spending It at the home of her par
ents, Mr.' and Mrs. Burt Oliver In the
Dry Creek neighborhood. Reports
from headquarters are that. Madeline
is doing very, well -In her training
course and those in charge have many
complimentary ' things to say about
her work.
Have Daughter ' ' ' '
Friends In this valley and they
are many of Mr. and - Mrs. Earl
Cooley, of Salem, will be Interested
to know of -the arrival of a baby
daughter Into their home. The babe
was born Sunday and haa been given
the name, Elizabeth Adell. Mr. Cooley
Is the director of Smith-Hughes work
In the high schools of the state - of
Oregon.
At Enterprise :
Miss Helma VanHouten, of Union,
is visiting this week with her rela
tives at the Dudley Richards home at
Enterprise.
Orange Memorial . -
Tomorrow, Sunday at the city park
In Elgin; members of the Union
County Pomona grange will partlcl-
pate In their annual Memorial ser
vice. This event is. one or tne prom
inent features of the Pomona organ
ization's calendar, and Is always very
largely attended. Members of - the
grange, their families and their
friends will, assemble at the park lor;
a basket dinner' around the noon .
hour. The formal memorial program ;
will be held in the afternoon. A very
attractive program has been arranged.
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To Portland ' I
Mrs. Clay Penland, of Island City, '
Is visiting friends and relatives m '
roruana. erne accompaniea ner bis-.
ter, Mrs. Foster, to the Rose City.
Haying '
Having In the valley Is nearlng an
end and It Is reported that the crop
is unusually neavy in most places, - -on June iu, iovo, ait. wngnv mar
The rain of Thursday night delayed rled Miss Cora, daughter of John and
the finish a day or two in the Union Mry Jones and to them have been
section, but the moisture was very born the following children: Eva, wife
welcome If only to lay tne dust. c.
B. Lawson who lives on the Union-
Cove highway has had a month of
hnvlnv artH raiwl, a hnaVtf MVMV Mr.
Lawson Is still suffering from an ac- Ruth, wife of William Helvey of La
cldent to his limb during the har- Grande; Dean, wife of Frank Counsell,
vest of the first cutting of hay. but of Ladd Canyon.
has been able to work most of the ' The parents of Mrs. Wright were
timB . pioneers, having settled in the Grande
.o ' ' I Ronde valley In 1879. Four yeara later
i- ,;:.L"' ' "they moved to Wallowa county. The
in auej ... . mother, native of New York, crossed
ine MissesKiia Bunoro. ana mar-
jone ieanaer, 01 mgii vmie,, iuvvo
been visiting -In the valley, guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. cnaries
Johnson.of Lower Cove . ..
Fracture Leg I jj,. and Mrs. Wright are prominent
. The Elgin Recorder describes tho. ln gnnge work. He has hold the of
accldent which George Holland fig- jlce as member of state executive
ured ln on a ranch near Elgin as f ol-. committee. He was master of Blue
lows: A -fracture, of the lower third of grange three years.- She has been
the tibia,. and a comminuted fracture chairman of the county home eco
of the ! flb'uja Just, above the Joint In n0mlo corafmtttee for the last five
tile rigiib leg wtu, vutj iiijuijr ivvciveu
by George Holland In a runaway on,
i5f:J2ta. Jil"-
t?.hr..ir.f t.h. rrf. .nff.rl'l
by Mr. Holland when he fell from a
house he was shingling last winter.
Mr. Holland waa nrougnt to Jugin,
lhT t?IM?;ra.l.PK?I5PwW!
-i-.rj . . 4. u tC. n a
t.h. nati.nt nru romnOed 'ta thl
McCullough home, where he will be
recuperating for possibly two months
before being able to return to work.
While tho team was standing at a
hay stack with Mr. Holland on the
ZZ-'X
was seen to be coming off. Both
discovered the accident but the team
became frightened Immediately and
began running before any move to get
to the horses' heads could.be made.
In the melee Mr. Holland was thrown
from the wagon and into a fence, with
the fractures resulting.
Have Baby Daughter-
Friends here have received word or
the birth of a baby daughter, Mon
day, Aug. 8 at the Wallowa hospital.
Mrs. Brandt will be remembered here
as Mls-3 Ruby Leonard, formerly of
Lostlne.
Has Operation
Xiucllle Keenan, young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keenan of near
Imbler Is resting well today following
an operation performed on her leg
yesterday at the Grande Bonde hos
pital.. Three months ago while play
ing, Lucille was struck on the shin
by a tennis ball. It was sore of
course, but no one dreamed that such
a light blow could result so seriously.
Her leg began to swell within a short
time and she was taken to the hoe-
A SEASONABLE
. RECIPE
Blackberry Dumplings
Three pints blackberries.
One cup sugar. ,
Three-fourths cup water.
. One heaping tablespoon butter.
Let come to a brisk boll. Add dump
lings made a follows:
, Two cups flour.
Three; large teaspoons baking pow
der. "-.
Three tablespoons sugar.
v One teaspoon salt.
One egg;-
Milk to make stiff batter.
Drop Into boiling berries.
(Sour, ml Ik and soda may be used.)
Serve with cream.
of the Oregon State College
SSOko
7:30. Farm Hour: 7:31, In the day's
news; 7:45, Market reports, crops and
weather forecast,
8:15, The Child-Centered School,
Dr. C. L, Huffaker, University of Ore
gon. 8:30-8:45. The Great Dilemma!
Waves or Particle? by Dr. A. E. Cas
well, University of Oregon.
Wednesday Evening, Aug. 17
6:15 p. m.. Farm market reports.
. 6:30. Fox Whiteside theatre organ.
7:00. Music of the Masters.
7:15, Fundamentals of a Philosophy
or Education, Dr. h. E. Forbes, ore'
gon Normal School.
7:30. Farm Hour: 7:31, In the day's
news; i :io, Marnet reports, crops ana
weather forecast.
8:30-8:45, Science News of the Week.
pltal where lancing and other treat
ments were resorted to. 8he was bet
ter only temporarily. X-rays taken
this week revealed the faot that the
bone was splintered. When the in
cision was made, one piece of bone
waa found completely detached, and
there were other pieces which had to
be removed. Her mother Is with her
at the hospital.
TODAY
WE HAVE
. Lazarus Franklin Wright, Valeria
In Oregon have been born many
of her enterprising citizens, and one
among them Is Laearua Frankln
Wright, better known as Prank
Wright, he having been born tn Jack
son county, Feb. 9, 1873 to Jack
son and Miranda (Richardson) Wright.
Tho mother was pioneer to the Wll-
amctta vauey in ltttb and la etui nv
Bdbe?ng-n7.d'.
est of Oregon's pioneers. She was ""f " b'l"S
82 veers of a the Sth of June. Thel'" "'s valley tens of thousands of
father crossed the plains in 1853, at
the age of 10 years, in company with
his parents and on the Journey across,
the mother died and was burled on
the emigrant trail. The family set
tled at Myrtle Creek. In this sec
tion Jackson grew up. Following his
marriage, he and his wife moved
to Jacksonville where their son, Frank
was bom. In the summer of 1874
Jackson . took his family and moved
to the Grande Bonde valley with a
team and drove a band of sheep. He
located in Lower Cove and raised
sheep and cattle. In 1880 he bought
a farm of 330 acres, later adding a
section to that,
- It was on this farm Frank passed
his youth and remained until Bfter
he attained his majority. In 1883,
he herded sheep In the middle of the
valley, when the space was open from
the- John Smith farm to the Old
Stage station at the Lower Ditch
brld"Ke. one way. and from the Will
uinet place to the Ed Jasper farm,
th. other. At Hardscrabble school
k. received his education. -"
.about 1895 he went to Wallowa
county and engaged In stockralslng.
For 13 yeara he remained there, then
h came to the Grande Ronde aaaln.
He lived at Island City three yeara
and In 1010 he purchased the old Jim
Hawley Place near Valeria scnooi
where he now resides. In addition
to the 340 acres in his home place,
he owns 330 acres near Lone Pine,
making all told, 660 acres. Mostly
cereals are grown on the two farms.
oi ' E. u. ureiner, ana living m
farm In Frultdale; Orvllle, married,
and living In La Grande; Hazel, wife
Of Georse BrlCkell. Of OraiVCS PaSS!
;th8 plains three times; once was dur-
, , the goli rush o 184B when She
euttl te contlIumt, going from New
yorlc California. Bhe was a cousin
Lt Himit Beecher Stowe and Henry
years. '
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" PHOTOGRAPH PROVES STORY
' ABOUT TWO-MOUTHED FISH
DULUTH, Minn. W Earl De
niaier'a fob fttnrv waa so hard to
swallow that he has brought forth
Dhotographlc proof of It.
He hooked a blueglll sunflsh and
: discovered It had two mouths. But
.nobody would believe him, so ho took
a picture of It.
Tne two openings are normal and
,. ,f tt, ut. xh anennd
was below the regular open.
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LONELY BUDDHIST NUNS,
RECEIVE ANNUAL CALLER
BOMBAY VP) The world's lonllesl
convent has Just had Its annual visit
from the only man allowed to call.
He Is a merchant whose family
was traditionally presented the con'
vent with cloth once a year.
The convent Is perched In the Him
alayas beyond the 17,000-foot Rotang
Pass. Fifty Buddhist nuns live there,
supervised by one lama.
NORWAY RAISES TAXES
OSLO (IP) Following Increased
tariffs, the Norwegian government
has sought additional revenue by
hiking the Income tax by a tenth of
one cent and by slightly lifting the
tax on beer.
EGYPT MAKES RAIL LOAN
' CAIRO (IP) The Egyptian gov
ernment has loaned $500,000 to the
Sudan for construction of a railway
between Khartum and Ocbel Awlla
where a (20,000,000 dam Is
built.
being
Rhode liland Coal
. William Penh received a small
sample of the flrnt coal that won
mined In Rhode Island In 1700, x
years after tho discovery of the
first anthracite ln thnt state. The
coal waa sent to I'enn, In London,
by James Tilghmnn of the Quaker
city.
Equal Kights Heaven
Women In liurma have equal
rights with men where property la
concerned. Indeed, hushnnd and
wife live on termj nf greater equal
ity there than In any other country
of the world.
Whales in the Delaware
In tho time of William Penn
whales were caught fnr up the Dela
ware river.. The Inst one nppearcd
at Chester about 1809. ' It was large
enough to hold a chair In Ita gaping
Jaws.
Uncle Eben
"Dere Is heap of thlnga I don't
understand, snld Uncle Khen, "on'
when some o' dose high folk tries
to 'splaln 'em I feela I wn In good
company," Washington Star.
Pumpkin Ridge Grows Fruit
High Sections Are
Found to Be Well
Located For Fruit
Pumpkin Ridge, at the north end
of the valley, long known foi the
varied crops produced there, is now
coming to be one of the big fruit
sections of the valley. Pot years and
years other sections of the valley and
county have been recognized as fruit
centers. Now our thinking must be
enlarged and this locality in the
north ena of the valtoy must surely
be included in fact it should have,
been Included several yean ago.
If we were writing an edltoria: we
dollars In NEW money. From New
York, from all the eastern states, and
the middle west. This money dors
not all go finally to tho producer, for
some of It stays with the picker, the
mill from whence the box material
comes, those who pack and those who
dray the several dlffsrent avenues ln
the process of getting mo iruit irom
the tree to the carrle.'. There have
been many residents, enthusiasts ln
the vauey, wno nave long aavocaTea
the advisability of enlarging our acre
ages In fruit of varleu kinds. The
wisdom of that la seen in the ex
perience of these thrifty men and wo
men up on Pumpkin Rldgt who have
within the last five years Bet out these
newer orchards.
On the Ridge there aro probably 100
acres of new orchards, by that we
mean orchards which have been set
out within the last five yeara. Fruits
of all kinds have been grown, but we
are thinking now especially oi tne
oherry and apricot orohards. Among
tnose wno nave seen, tne greai possi
bilities In-developing orchards there
are A. E. Hug, Vera Hug, William
West, Frank Slon, E. L. Andrews, and
others. These men from their young
cherry orchards this year picked tons
and tons and tons of cherries, (we
remember we were told 75-100 tons)
mostly Blngs and Lamberts, and we
are trld they,, were unexcelled as to
size, flavor, color and texture.
As we write this, there are here on
the desk apricots, the- largest ones
we have ever seen. They are of the
Moomark variety, a variety which
Pumpkin Ridge apricot growers be
lieve to do one oi tne oest lor wieir
growlng conditions. It Is a. luscious
apricot size, unusual, color good,
taste, excollent. ThlB particular fruit
is from the orchard of A. E. Hug. Mr.
Hug has 200 trees ln his orchard
Thoy are but two years old, but and
we nave it on very gooa autnority " ' "" -he-had
from these treeB an average growth. 8ome of the fields which
of about 36 pounds of fruit per tree, have been cut during the past week
Those who know, report this yield to appear fully aa heavy as the first cut.
be quite phenomenal. . itlngs were and with the second crops
Now comes a sad part of the story, being taken off at this time many
And thla Is written editorially. These feel that with proper Irrigation, It
luscious apricote are Just now going may be possible to eecuro a fair third
to market rather the packing of the I crop or at any rate an abundance of
crop has Juot been completed. It Is fall pasture.
said that the local market was flooded ! Present indications point to a
with apricots (doubtless other fruit bountiful supply of feed for tho com
ae well) 'Drougnt in irom otner ec-;utK wiuw. io D ovv.,. -tlons,
some from rather remote sec-ltwccn hero and Lostlne Is quite llber
tlons. They came early and the ma- ally dotted with large stacks of hay.
Jorlty of tne householders did their A largo amount of grain hay has been
canning early. Then when th, Jars put up at many of the dry farm.,
were all full, from Pumpkin Ridge and Wlth tho experiences of short feed
Otnor sections OI our .IJUUlivy, uamu niw niflii H,vu w, ,
this wondorful fruit, troo ripened, and past winter, many of the grain farm
the local market was nil. Folks In; era felt that it was a much more
u, vnrv in MniuuichuHetts. in 1111-1 ijrofltnUlo nlaii to cut a plenty of
nols, aro getting the cream of the de-
llcious fruit grown ngnt nero.
Congratulations to the Pumpkin
Ridge folks, who are no longer carry-1
Ing all their eggs In one basket, but
are entering new fields, tried fields
and are even now benefitting.
Farm
Suffers
Loss By Fire
Flro, origin for which hns not yes
, riMtmvnri n. inn
, , .Ani'nniB m n. form own
ed by the Wayman Miller estate and
leased by Lester Bond, botween North
Powder and Haines aionaay nigut.
Tho barn. 64 by 75 foot, was tno
largest In that section of the county.
It contained oetween two ana tmvu
tons of hay. Lester Bond, who Is leas
ing the farm, lost a milking machine,
a cream separator, several seta of har
ness, a saddle, all of his tools, two
calves Bnd 16 head of hogs. Ho had
turned his horses Into pasture. Bov-
cral hundred feet of fenco also burn
ed.
The entire loss was estimated at
between S28D0 and 3000. Tho barn
was partly covered by Insurance but
Mr. Bond carried no Inauranco on
his property.
Tho fire,-starting about 11 o'clock,
was first soon on tho north sldo of
the barn, A strong wind, blowing from
tho north; oarrled tho flames through
tho barn In a very short time. Bond
and others had considerable difficulty
saving two wagons and a saddle horso
outsldo the barn and several calves In
tho barn lot. The flames woro so
hot It waa uncomfortable to approach
within 160 foot of the burning struc
ture. BATTLESHIP ORII1 TEAM
FIRST OUT FOR I'ltACTICF,
' SAN DIEGO, Cal. (IP) Football
plnyors of the battleship division got
tho Jump on othor gridiron teams
In tho west when 400 snllors from tho
floot turned out for 'Initial tryouts
for places on tho All-Battlo Force
eloven.
Lieut. Tom Hamilton and Lieut.
Howard Clsrk will organic the squad
which has several major Pacific coast ,
colleges on Its fall schedule with its
big gamo Armistice day when the an
nual Army-Navy gamo is played In
Berkeley. The Navy opens against tho
University of California In a pre-sea-son
tilt Sept. 17.
MOST VALUABLE OARSMAN
TEAM'S ONLY NON-NATIVE
BERKELEY, Cal. (IP) Voted the
Dcnn Witter trophy, after the Pough
kcopsle regatta, for being tho most
valuablo man to California's crew,
Norrls Oraham Is the only oarsman
not a native of the Golden State. He
halls from Oregon and Is the oldest
man In the shell 28 years. He's cox
swain of tho 1033 California shell
and ft is his second year to handle
the tiller ropes of the Bear varsity,
He Is a Junior and attended school
at Taft, Cel.. when his family moved
from Pendleton. Ore.
The live stock and meat Industry
is one of the three largest In the
country, ' .
INDIANS HAVE PICNIC '
Two hundred six members of the
Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla
tribes, with 10 visiting friends from
the Lapwal reservation in Idaho,
aathered on the breaks of Johnson
creek August) 6th, for tholr fourth
annual plcnio and celebration.
Utloort Mintnorn was tne lenuur ui
the plcnio and was assisted by a com
mittee consisting of Parsons Motanlo,
Phillip Jones, Allan Patawa and Billy
Jones.
Dinner was served at 10p.m, at
long tables which seated nearly all
present, oreat quanuues oi savory
well cooked foods were served. Among
other Items Included ln the dinner
were five buck deer, twenty gallons
of huckleberries, twenty watermelons
and sixty canteioupes.
The opening speech was delivered
by Parsons Motanlo, followed by
James Kasn Kasn, urace at taoie uy
E. J. Conner. Speeches followed by
Gilbert Mlnthorn, Phillip Jones and
Sam Morris. E. J. Conner thon gave
an address ln English, reviewing the
subject matter covered ln the pre
ceding speeches, for tne nenont oi
those not understanding the Indian
tongue. The speakers exprcased grati
tude for all tlie good things at hand
and benefits enjoyed. He spoke of
their debt of gratitude to their fore
bears, for their foresight ana wisqom
Crops,
Weather
In Wallowa
WALLOWA, Ore. (Spoclal) Ideal
harvest conditions continue to pre
vail ovor this section of the country.
With fall wheat binding completed, a
number of the farmers of the com
munity havo been busy recently
binding some of their spring grain.
Spring grain - in much of the dry
farming area has been greatly dam-
agod by hot dry weather during tho
past two weeks. In many places It
was so badly burned that farmers did
not feel It worth leaving to thresh
and much of It was cut for hay.
Spring sown grain on the Irrigated
lands Is an exceptionally fine crop at
many places. Reports from the Diam
ond prairie district state that the
crops are the best there this season
for a number of years.
cutting of the second crop oi an-
" ' " V' 'e "".",
farms here. Some of the first crops
wero cut during tho latter part of
Juno and with the good growing con-
dltlons of the past six weeks the sec-
their graln"crops for hay, rather than
n uciuk onu,v u, v. a
supply.
Pasture conditions over much of
this section are not so good as a few
'weeks ago. Summer ranges aro said
to be showing considerable signs of
drying up at this time, even in eomp
of the high mountain ranges it Is
Bald to bo getting quite dry.
Reports from nomo who havo been
in tne mountains ouring tne imv iw
days say that it has been extremely
hot thcro during tho day. Saturday
n. tho hottest dav to be experienced
hero- this season, with tho govornmo.it
thermometer registering 100 degrees
and on Sunday 00 dogroos was again
reached. This high mark is only 2
Idcizrocs cooler than the rocord roach-
,ed noro laBt juiy wmcn was
Some olouds have boon In ovldenco
and many aro in hopes a good rain is
not many days away.
Danes Confident
Of Hague Court's
Greenland Verdict
COPENHAGEN VP) Denmark is
confident that tho permanent court
of International Juatico at the Hague
will award her undisputed sovorolgn
ov ovor all Greenland.
Denmark's rulo ovor soctlons of
eastern Greenland Is disputed by Nor
way and tho caso Is oxpoctcd to be
decided in late Deccnvcr
Both countries havo promlsod to
abide by the finding.
Nil Enrthly Paradise
For Denmark, tho question Is, apart
from prestige, principally that of re
serving Greenland for tho Eskimo,
over which tho Danes claim an at
trulstlc guardianship.
Materially, tho question Is hardly
worth debating. In tho whole of
eastern Greenland It would bo Impos
sible for moro than 100 while men
to live tho year around, and then only
with supplies from other lands
Qrconland produces no food ex
cept flnh and meat from occasional
boars and musk ox. Noitncr uanmn
nor Norwegian expeditions havo
been pnylng concerns and could not
operate without financial backing.
Tho "historical rights" in tho
case go back to the time ol crix
tho Red. reputed dlscovorcr of
America about 1000 A. D. Nor
wcglans or Icelanders of Norwegian
extraction were undoubtedly the
first settlers. But the line was
broken, Denmark argues, In the
13th century when Norwegian ships
failed to call with food, as agreed,
and the colony starved.
Norway Itevlvea Claim
When Norway came under tho
sway of tho Danish kings, Green
land automatically became a Dan
ish colony. After tho Napoleonic wars,
Denmark, as penalty for siding with
the Corslcan, was forced to glvo up
Norway, but was allowed to retain
Greenland.
Norway began pressing her claims
In 1006 and after the world war the
movement took on a national char'
acter. Denmark In 1024 granted
-trading privileges to Norwegians In
certain parts of Greenland,
I Mushroom growers ln southeastern
. Pennsylvania are cooperating In the
crop mamoung,
.."r"?...".""""."' "'."A-hum
ln executing the treaty of 1855 with
the United States federal government.
Told of the passage In 1871 of a law
by congress prohibiting the United
States from signing any more treaties
with the Indians, but reaffirming tne
validity and constitutionality of all
treaties signed before that date.
The speakers voiced their apprecia
tion and gratitude to those leaders of
the tribe, whose long labors for the
return of the Johnson and McKay
creek areas to the reservation had at
last been partially rewarded by the
readdltlon of the Johnson creek area
a few years ago.
Forest Ranger Gerald Tucker, of La
Grande, Oregon, ln charge of the
Mcacham district of the Umatilla na
tional forest, attended the celebra.
tlon and gave a brief talk outlining
new camping regulations and asked
for continued co-operation of the In
diana while on the national forests.
H asked them to continue their ef
forts to get the Indian service to em
ploy a forest guard on the Johnson
creek area of the Umatilla reserva
tion. He pointed out the neoesslty
for better nrotectlon on the area both
for the protection of the reservation
and of tne umauua national lorest.
E. J. Conner Interpreted for Ranger
Tucker. ' '
Names
Requisites ,
For Fertility
Maintaining the soli' fertility of
strawberries calls for three import
ant requisites; gooa sou textures, an
abundance of moHBture, and an avail
able supply of mineral nutrients, ac
cording to 0. L. Vincent,' assistant
professor of horticulture, at the Wash
ington state couege.
in mineral, soli texture Is more lm
portant than the nutrient content of
the soil, the state college man de
clares. Soils of good ' texture are
morn easily DreDared for planting, are
more retentive of moisture, and have
greater bacterial activity.'
pientv of humus or decaying or.
ganlo matter should be present ln the
soil, as thla ImproveB ths texture, pro
vides the media for, Increased bacter
ini nr.tivitv. and increases the water-
holdlna- canacity. Soils:' which lack
.should 'be -built up befor.
-.,.: .r-.h.i.. h hrn.rteat-
inn mnnitm over the' ' field - before
plowing and Incorporating It In the"
sou. uroen manure muwo
olover, vetch and rye mixed, and peas
are valuablo for improving sous
fore planting to strawberries.
HURLER LOSES HIS JOB
AS WALK LOSES GAME
SEATTLE, Wash. VP) Jack Ktleen
lost his Job as pitcher for the Seattle
baseball toam . when he walked Al
Strango with the bases full ln the
tenth Inning to give Hollywood a 6
to 4 win.
Johnny BasBler was walked three
times, Including the tenth, so Seattle
moundsmen could pitch to Strange,
It workod tho first twoiHmes but KU
eon couldn't get the ball over to
Strange the third time after letting
Bassler walk to fill tbe bases.
As ho left tho field Klloen was
told he was no longer a member of
the olub.
man school officials
FIND WHISTLING PAY CUT
SACRAMENTO, Cal. VP) Football
officials at Superior, Cal'., high school
games this fall will receive less pay
for tholr whistle blowing. Also, thoy
will havo to buy their own meals.
Tho now scale Is considerably lower
than paid In former yeara and pre
viously each official ; was allowed
traveling oxponsca corresponding to
tne cneapest uquuno w ,uwi, ...o
nortatton to tho game, .,
This year thoy wl'l be paid throe
and a half cents por rhllo both wayB
as traveling expenses without meais,
unless thoy buy tholi-own.
PLAN AUTUMN FOURSOMES
LONDON VP) The Central Eng
land Open Autumn mixed foursomes
golf competition will be hold on tho
Woodhall Bpa course,' starting l-ues-
day, Sept. 20. The holders are k,
Strakor and Miss P. LobDott.
YOUNG BASEBALL STAR
GETS CHANCE
SAN FRANCISCO (IP) Slxteon
voar-old Eddlo Joost will get i
chance to play In organised baseball
next season. He has creatoa a sen'
satlon as second baseman of tho
Goldon Gate American Legion team
hero and was promised a Job with
tho San Francisco Missions for 1033
HOI.E-IN-ONE FOR' IIIKTIIDAY
ST. LOUIB VP) Jack Hutchinson,
13. son of an army officer, celebrated
his brlthday by sinking his too shot
on tho ninth holo at Jofforson Bar
racks. Jack has played golf for two
years.
SANDWICH 'HONORS' TRACK STAR
PALO ALTO. Cal. (IP) A big,
three-deck turkey sandwich Is tho
latest luncheon menu offorcd track
fans hereabouts by a "shoppo" and
It's named tho "Eastman Special
In honor of Ben Bangs Eastman,
quarter mllcr of Stanford university
'BLACK TOM' LOSING OLD
NICKNAME UNDER LIGHTS
HOUSTON, Tex. Ml Tom Jon
kins. Texas league outfielder who
wont up to the St. Louis Browns ln
1U28 but Is now with Houston, com
plains ho may lose hlB nickname of
"Black Tom" by playing so much
night baseball. '
"A guy oan't get sunburnod a good
dark color playing under tno lights.
Jenkins protests.
Jenkins' batting eyo seems not to
be affected by tho artificial light
ing.
TAX COVKItS EMI'IHE
NAIROBI M East Africa, the
only part of the British empire with
out an Income tax, will have one
after January 1, 1033. The rate has
not been announced,
Tailr fViv ITnlnn i
aw mvu vva) v mvciy
To Join Boston
Football Squad
By Mrs. L. SB. Terrall " ..s.
(Observer Correspondent) ' . 1
UNION. Ore.. (Special) Jack Cox
came m from Ctyvallls Thiuuday .
evening and will visit for two weeks -
with his mother and staters hero
after which he will go east to Boston
where he will play professional foot
ball with the Boston Braves. Jack
waa a star player with the U.-Hl
team during his years ln high school
and later played with the Oregon,;
State college football team.
The Epworth League contest for
attendance at league and church
services and for league -activities In1
general which began last spring ter
minated last night when the losers
of the contest entertained the win-'
ners with a party at the home of
Mrs. Louisa Burwell. The members
were divided alphabetically Into two
sections and each worked hard to
win the contest. There were 84
leaguers present besides Mrs. Burwell
Mrs. N. L. Ward and Mrs. Roy Conk
lln. Refreshments consisted of a,
gelatine salad, punch and crackers.
At a meeting of the school board
this week, Miss Oreta Baum was
elected to do the office work ln the 1
High school this coming school
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rohrlg and
daughter, Wythel, who came here
Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Alma Rohrlg, returned to their home
In Tacoma on Friday.
A meeting was called at the Cath-j
erlne creek school Friday to settle
the budget question. No school wilt
be held In that district this year
and the question of transporting the
children to the Union school was the
principal item of discussion to be
considered. .- ..
Mrs. Paul Spencer, of Denver, who
haa been suffering from chronic ap
pendicitis for some time underwent
an operation at Rot Lake Friday.
Her sister, Miss Margaret Phy, of
Eugene, Is staying a few days at the
Lake with her.
The Crosland brothers and John
Peterson shipped lambs from Union
Junction to Omaha thla week. Lloyd
Crosland accompanied the shipment.
Mrs. Walter Reuter, of La Grande,
spent Thursday with her aunt, Mrs.
Fannie Bldwell. '
The Adventlsts are Improving the
appearance of their church by put
ting a few new shingles on the roof.
Mrs. W. W. Kuhn, of Lostlne, came
over. Tuesday to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Irwin Parent and "brother-in-law,
C. E. Kuhn, and expects to be
here about a week.
Dinner guests of Mrs. D. E. Rich
ards Thursday evening were Mrs.
Sterile Wlgglesworth, Mrs. Myra Oat
chell and daughter. Maradee. who
are visiting here from .Portland. Mrs.
Oatchell and Mrs. Richards were col
lege friends. v
Miss Arthell Johnson, who has
spent several months visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.- L. A.
Bingham, left Wednesday for Marys
vllle,. Cal., to join her father, S. .
Johnson, and ' two brothers who
moved there recently , from Rupert
Idaho,
Sylvia Jones, Is visiting her uncle,
Bert Titus, in Ramo Flat this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dobbin left
Tuesday morning for Berkeley, Cal.,
after a month's vacation, half of
which was spent with her parents
at Helena, Mont., and the other half
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Dobbin here. They made the trip
both ways over the Yellowstone cut
off. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Holmes and
three daughters, Mrs. Harold Daley,
Doris and Donna, who have been
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Holmos, and other relatives
hero and ln La Grande, since Sunday
Idaho Friday.
Lewis Davis left for Portland Wed
nesday to look over the prospects
of taking a business course there.
Mrs. Ida Cline and daughter,
Muriel, went to La Grande Thursday
to spend tho remainder of the week
with her sister, Mrs. Guy McMillan.
Mrs. Fred Marmon and her small
son and daughter, who moved to
Union from La Grande ln June, left
Thursday for Cleveland to Join her
husband who has spent the summer
thcro. They will make their homo
there.
Mrs. Dell Irvln was hostess to the
members of the J. J. club at the
homo of her mother, Mrs. Henry
Griggs last Wednesday afternoon. The
prim contest or the afternoon con
sisted of an out-door peanut hunt
and was won by Mrs. Lola Hotrlck,
who was a guest. Mrs. Whit Lang
ford was awarded second and Mrs.
J. E. Allen consolation. Next week
they plan to havo a picnic at Pioneer
park.
Doris McMillan, of La Grande, was
a guest of Lois Cline this week. -
A stork shower was glvon by Mrs.
Wesley Adklns and daughter Iola,
for her daughter, Mrs. Isaao Glbbs
(Jessie Stncey) Wednesday after
noon. About a dozen guests were
present and Mrs. Glbbs rocolvcd
Homo dainty gifts. Tho hostesses ser
ved refreshments after a social af
ternoon. A. B. Dnvls and daughter; Mrs,
Edna Buslck, Mrs. Ida Couper and
her daughter Jenri. returned Wed
nesday from a month's auto trip
through California. They were called
to Rcedley by tho Illness of a sister,
Mrs. Mary Mallory, but whose con
dition changed for the better. They
mn do the trip from Union to Fresno
over the Yellowstone cut-off ln two
days. After leaving Rcedley thla vis
ited the Yoaomltt park and spent
sometime visiting friends and rela
tives In Onkland, Palo Alto and other
nearby points. They drove back to
Portland ovor the Redwood highway
and brought Helen Davis, who had
been visiting there a couplo of weeks,
home. After a couple of days visit
ing friends In Union Mrs. Couper and
Jean returned to their home In
Weiser.
Charlie Rowland, catcher released
by Atlanta recently, haa been signed
by the Galveston club of the Texas
league.
German vacationists who purchaso
round-trip railroad tickets may in
sure the return stubs against loss or
theft. , . , . i ;j