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' ' - I !' ' " ii ,i i ii mi i i i i i m in ' 1 .." 1 iy "" " ' " . ' "T f " ,r :;'. .v . -y; - ,-- . .". . , ' '""'.';'-.'. t . - . ' , . ' ' 1-1'' ' '" .. .. ... . , Xy ' ' Obterver, La Grande, Ore., Frl., July 17, 1959 Page 8 Among Valley Farmers By County Agents Ttd Sidor and Charles Gavin L ATTRACTIVE TOUR Norma Hunt, left, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Beverly Ledridge, a secretary at the U. S. National Bank, were two of the three women who took the third annual Farmers-Merchants tour through the Grande Konde valley yester day. (Observer Photo) ANN LANDERS, Answers Your Problems Dear Ann Landers: We arc two high school seniors who need help from you. Please don't tell us to go look in the dictionary. We've already looked in several dictionaries and are no closer to the answer. Which is correct EETIIER or EYE THERE? Also, is it pro nounced TA MAY TO or TA-MAH-TO? Some ccR-head girl in our crowd uses the highfalootin' pronoun- riations and she sounds square es a chair. Before we lower the plank wc though it best to check with you. Ihank you, Mom. The Far Out Cats. Dear Cats: (and I'm not your mother) You ask me not to tell you to look in the dic tionary. Where do you think I had to go for the informa tion? I'm not Univac, kids. Ac cording to the brand new edi tion of Webster's unabridged, it's either EE-THER or EYE THER and either (or eye-ther) TA-MAY-TO or TA-MAH-TO. You're welcome. Dear Ann: Maybe I have a fiohlein and don't know it. To lie perfectly honest I'm very re laxed. My husband and I have been married three years. We both have good jobs. I'm 28 and he's 33. lie travels for a leather goods house leaves Monday and comes home Friday. My niece who is 19 took a busi I" ess course and now woi ks in my husband's office. Two months ano he invited her on a week's trip to see the Pacific Northwest I thought it would be education al for her and I encouraged it. Two weeks later he took her on a 9-Year-Old Dies In Oregon Lake EUCKNE UI! i Larry Wy num Chick. 9, son of George and Donna Chick of Woodlund, Wash ington drowned Wednesday after noon in a swimming nreu at the northwest end of Kern Hulge Lake. 11 miles west of here. The Lane County Coroner's of fice said the boy. who was unable to swim, had been playing in three and one-half to four feet of water with three cousins. He had been staying with his aunt und uncle, Don and Irene Chick of Junction Cjty. The body was discovered when Shirley Deadman of Springfield stepped on what she thought was someone's arm on the bottom of the lake. She told the coroner that she ran to shore and no one would believe her. ; FREE WITH 98c Fords Tire Service "Your General Tire Dealer" LA GRANDE 1515 Adams Tit ? I ' 1 I V . R I M trip to ec Northern California. Yesterday he told ma he's tak ing her to Colorado. Ilur mother thinks it's grand that she's getting to see the coun try but she's afraid the girl is missing too much work. Some evil-minded female at the office b.ughlingly hinted that maybe I have a problem and ought to write Ann Landers. So I"m writing. What da YOU think? Relaxed. Dear Relaxed: I think it's wonderful that you're "relax ed" and far be it from me to put a bee in your bonnet, but I agree with the girl's mother that she's missing too much work and a halt should be called to these educational trips. Dear Ann Landers: Showers arc giving me arthritis of the hank-account. I know you're not a doctor but perhaps you can come up with a euro for this chronic ailment. Just for the heck of it I've kept a record of the number of show ers I've attended since Septem ber 1st. The actual count is 221 Every shower means a gift. You can't get away under $1 and sometimes it runs as high as M.30 depending on the close ness of the friend or relative. The girls who had the wedding showers last year arc having the bihy showers THIS year. The same ones are honored by their mothers, aunts, cousins, friends and neighbors. I know I'm not the only one who is led to the gullet. I'm sick of being soaked and I heartily recommend that you put in a pitch for a nice long dry spell. Thank you D. Funct. Dear D.: I ve been up and down this mountain before, and the readers invariably in form that they "love showers because they're such fun and how, else can you get to go to so many wonderful parties for So to those of you who "love showers," blessings on the brides and the babies. To those who feel you're getting soaked, why don't you just say "NO"? Confidential to THE ORGANI ZATION MAN: Of course it's worth the gamble. Why not run it up the flagpole and sec if anybody sr.lutes it? VOTE FOR WANDA SCHAURES FOR Elgin Stampede Queen Phone WO 3-5737 1959 HAND MtNALlY ' 96-PAGt ROAD ATLAS 4-WAY SAFETY CHfCfC ! HERI'S WHAT WE DOt 1. Dismount and Inspect I tire en spreader j 3. Replace leaking valve ! ceres replace missing i valve caps 3. Inflate all tire te j recommended hot I weather pressure J 4. Rotate 4 tires ! WO 3 2687 A good reason for not letting weeds go to seed is the number of seeds they can produce. Kor example, a single wild oat plant produces 250 seeds; a single pig weed plant may bear 12.000,000 seeds. A survey of biennial and 1 perennial weeds shows that the average number of weed seeds i.er punt is zo.ooo. Several types of the popular i-iilai like shrub known as Arbor vitae imore specifically Hie orien tal species includ.ng Merck- mann's) often .show a severe twig and needle dicback. Frequently the upper half of the entire plant is dead or dying and has a light tan to medium brown shade dis coloration compared with the healthy green foliage. The fungus which causes this disease is called Coryneum berckmanii. Careful pruning will aid considerably in control ling future infections. Remove i.11 the dead and weakened infect ed twigs and branches, often f..und in the center of the ihrubs. Prune them out now and burn them. Do do leave them on the trash pile where spores can be scattered by wind and rain to cause future infee lions in the fall and winter. Re moval of such dead materials al so encourages new neauny growth. No sprays are recommended for control at this time of year. Fixed copper spray applications are suggested prior to fall rains in early October. o We usually get a number oof inquiries concerning the thinning of fruit. The following arc some suggestions: Reasons for thinning: 1. In crease size of fruit. 2. Discard poor fruits. 3. Reduce weight on limbs. 4. Improve color of fruit. 5. Reduce harvest handling costs, f. Increase food reserves in tree for belter tree vigor, more wint- r hardiness and for more regu lar crops annually. Rase thinning and spacing of fruits on the ratio of leaves to fruit. For example, keep in mind that approximately 35 to 40 Dc- liuous apple leaves are needed for each fruit and that these leaves must be on the same limb near the apple. Start thinning right after the first wave of the "June drop." Yellowish stems indicate that the fruit is going to drop nat urally. The fruits most commonly thinned arc apples, pears, peach es, apricots and sometimes cur tain plum varieties. How to thin: 1. Remove deformed and-small fruits. 2. Take off damaged and scar icd fruits such as caused by hail, frost, insect, scab, and russet. 3. In the flower cluster of ap I les, leave the center one, be cause it usually makes the larg est and best shaped apple. 4. Space the fruit along the limb according to the fruit to leaves ratio. Frequently, this is about six inches apart depending on size of variety, etc. S. If trees are in good health and heavy foliage, less thinning i-. needed. 6. If irrigation is used and fruit has sized well in past years, then heavier crops can be left. 7. As a rule, thin young trees .sparingly and old trees heavily 8. Use care in removing the fruits to avoid damaging fruit spurs where the remaining ap ple is attached. 0. Some thinners grasp the ap ple stem between thumb and finger th"n -"kick" the apple off with the third finger. Others use thinning shears to cut the stem. 10. Some peach growers use ATHLETES . . . big time DR. NOLES CONTACT Buck Backstop Wears Contacts MILWAUKEE (AP)-Ct Bank Foilei of Pittsburgh , to mad. major league history br w"nB eonf" lenKiaa ha worked tound the j plat. In tht PateMU - nnin v ctonr over the mu i tuHn r im N "1V.. . .r. new waukee Brave. t "Tne cjm".' . .port. "irular Jens". vv ( Sorn them lor about 14 nrem In hi e morning 1 iL .v. them out t night, I ...11 ne aiu. More than three million people in the United Stales now wear Contact Lenses with greater comfort end freedom in ectivity all day long. Protect yourself and improve your appearance. Dr. Noles' Pendleton of fice is within easy driving distance of La Grande. No appointment needed. Drs. Omar J. bamboo cane with a piece 0f lubber hose attached or a rubber mallet to knock fruits off, followed usually by handwork. Control of morning glory is still a good topic for conversa tion. On spot spraying of morn ing glory we have found that T. C Ii. or I'.B A. are chemicals that ,eem to be doing the job. Plots that arc three years old arc still void of the weed. In our testing we found that II) gallons ith the ,'hemical does the job. Also wc have found that time of applica tion does not make any differ ence in the control of the pest. o A man lost in the forest could find plenty of food to help him survive it he knew the wild foods which Indians used to eat. Gail Thomas, forester for Wes tern I'ine Association at Bend, is collecting lore on the early-day Indians' natural foods. One of the easiest to find he points out, t the black moss frequently found hanging from trees on both the east and west sides of the Cas cades. You simply pluck it from the branches, roll it into a ball and begin chewing. "You have to acquire a taste for this morsel," says Thomas, "but it is thought to be rich in protein, and a man lost in the woods could live on it. Indians used to make a sort of salad out of it. Deer and elk love it, and they aften follow logging oper ations to browse on moss from the limbs of felled trees. A pound of it is supposed to be equivalent to a bale of hay. Another Indian mainstay was the cattail, whose tender shoots M-erc considered a delicacy. Oth- r Indians sought out edible bulbs such as the harvest Brodiaca or the harvest cluster lily which resembles the potato in taste. Popular berries on the Indian s fruit menu were huckleberries, lue false Solomon's seal, spiken ard, golden currant also known as Missouri or buffalo currant and chokebcrries. All 1959 lambs should be weaned by July 15, whether they arc fat enough or large enough for market or not. Weaning at this lime gives the ewe an op portunity to gain some flesh and be in better condition to breed at the proper time and help our next year s lamb crop. Lambs going to feedlots should be sheared before they go on feed. Regardless of the wcath tr conditions, lambs sheared prior to fcedlot finishing seem to make more rapid and efficient gains. Generally, the cost of shearing will be more than off set by the wool from these feed er lambs. o Good' condition of the ram at breeding time has a great deal of influence on the lambs crop. Things that help get the ram in better condition include .shear ling the wool he has grown since .spring shearing. Another point to consider is treating rams for internal para sites. Phennthiazine drench is probably the best method to-date. A third point would be grain feeding the ram prior to breed ing season. It is desirable, also, to supplement the feed with ad rational protein as the protein requirement is considerably high er during the breeding season. It is rather difficult to do, hut it is advisable to take the ram away from the cws during the day and turn him out at night. o Ewe lambs being carried over for addit.ion to the breeding stock should be sheared not later than the middle of August. These lambs will grow faster and make or sand lot ... wear LENSES FOR SAFETYl I ' I N K n ... l CONTACT LENSES COULD AVOID THIS RISKI et( Green Stamps No Charge for Credit our 54ih year COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. 225 S, Main CR e-7124 PENDLETON. Noles and Larry F. Crowell c v ii1. ' ! ; - y v'k v. 'xrr -it v "y. t i i jty '- 'V"s.' ft '-.'s t ''i'HV ' s 4 Vv 1 - Jj-Cxt -h b. 1 IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING Creston Shaw is cutting the area. This is the prelude to PORTLAND DAIRY PORTLAND (L'PP Dairy mar ket: t.gs To retailers: Grade AA large, 44-46C doz.; A large, 41-43C; AA medium, 35-37c; AA small, 27 28c. cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and Grade A prints, 6oc lb.; carton, lc higher; B prints, 63c. Cheese i medium cured To retailers:-A grade Cheddar single daisies, 41-alc; processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 4U-43C. Sentence Due Showgirl On Perjury Count LOS ANGELES UP1 "-Showgirl Liz iicnay, sometime girlfriend of ex-gambler Mickey Cohen, will be sentenced Friday on one count of perjury arising out of her testi mony before a federal grand jury investigating Cohen's finances. The 34-year-old showgirl entered a surprise plea of guilty to one count of perjury Wednesday just five days before she was to go on trial for five counts of per jury. She faces a possible sen tence of $2,IMK) fine and five years imprisonment. Miss Renny ulso agreed to ap pear before the Grand Jury today to testify again aliout Cohen's fi nances, including two loans in volving more than $5,000 she r are efficient use of the rough age probably because they're cooler than ewe lambs still car rying a fleece. Shearing is es pecially important if these lambs are to be bred to have lambs as yearlings. Size is of particular import ance. These ewe lambs may be bred if they weigh from 90 to 100 pounds. Additional care dur ing the winter may be necessary siincc the, yearling is getting her growth as well as carrying a fe tus. After lambing, a suckling period follows which is a par ticularly heavy drain on the younger growing ewe. It is advisable to drench these ewe lambs whether they arc sheared or not. Lambs that weigh more than 70 pounds should be given 2 ounces of Phenothiazine and carried on a salt-Phcnothiazine mixture until winter. and concrete-brick mortar Just odd water fo I DRY CONCRETE MIX I) it lor lidtwa-lkt, patioi. loot j inqt, tpi, bosti, curbi, poit holt standard! , , any concrtta im I fKovomonr, Available at: LA GRANDE LUMBER CO. VAN PETTEN LUMBER CO. SSfc (El just ' fel ADD j WATER iL 1 crop of Marion Blue Grass a million and a half dollar Market Quotations PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND IL'PH'-iUSDAi -Livestock: Cattle for week 2300; fed steers 50-75C higher; A 27-head lot choice 1078 lb. fed steers 29.75 Monday; few small lots cheice under 1100 lb. 29.25-29.50; mixed good-choice steers under 1150 lb. 29 with other good grade under 1125 lb. 28-28.73: standard steers 26 27.50; utility grass steers 20 22 50; few loads good-choice fed heifers 28; other good heifers 26.50 - 27.75; utility grass cows 17-19 with some dry lots 20-29.50; canners-cutters most ly 14-16: HolsteinJuttersto 16.50; Utility bulls 23-24. Calves for week 375; vealers steady, calves weak to 1.00 lower; good-choice vealers mostly 26-29. scattering to 30; standard good vealers and calves 19-25 with culls down to 15; stock calves scarce. Hogs for week 3025; butchers fully 1.00 lower, sows 50c-l .00 low er; I and 2 butchers late 16.75-17 with earlier sales to 17.50; mixed 1. 2 and 3 lots 1W-23.) lb. lute 16 16.50; heavier and lighter butchers 14.50-15.50; mixed grade 350-550 lb. sows 10-12.50. Sheep for week 5100; spring slaughter lambs 1 50 2 lower feeder lambs 50c 1 .00 lower, slaughter ewes, steady: high-good and choice spring slaughter lambs late mostly 19, one lot 19.50 with early sales up to 20.50 and one lot 20.75 : 304-head load Washing ton range lambs 21.75; good- choice over 75 lb. feeder lambs 16-17. few 17.50; cull good ewes 2-4.50. raised for him. NEW! DRIVE-IN CLAIM SERVICE You can have your claim settled in any of Allstate' 's Driee-in Claim offices often right on the spot. TYPICAL EXAMPLEi 28 minutee for a $112.83 claim HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: Suppose someone barks into your parked car rrumplesa fender. All you do is call for an appoint ment and drive to an Allstate Insurance Center with Drive-in Claim Service. An experienced ad juster figures the repair cost, and often settles your claim "on the spot." Wherever you drive, help from Allstate is al ways ss near as the nearest phono. AIIst;ite has more than 4,000 claims expediters throughout tho United States and Canada, the largest full-time staff of its kind. For nil the facts about Allstalc's fast rlaim service, quality protection, and money-saving low rates, stop in or call today. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANIES P. O. Box 677 Observer Building La Grande, Oregon Phone: WO 3 2205 You'rt In good hands with Founded by Soar, ftoobuck and Co. with indpndnt t n llabihti. Mom Offic: 8tohi. IM. being grown on the Will Bull farm in the Sunimerville grass seed industry in ll.e Grande Ronde valley. New York Stocks NEW YORK i UPIi Stocks ran into more selling today which sent the market lower. There were a number of bright spots in the main list as stocks responded to individual coriJorate developments. Fears that a long steel strike may have an adverse effect o:i railroad operations and earnings sent that group lower by more than a point in Southern Pacific. The steels were lower as a group, although Youngstown coun tered with a gain of around 2 at its high and Keystone ran ahead around 4 at its best in the so cially steels. Motors were off a point or more. lli.M was weak in the electronics. Dow and DuPont were under pressure in the chem icals. Spencer Chemical was wanted and at its high was up more than 2. Among the upside features. Black & Decker was up around 2 on a proH)sed stock spl.t and dividend hike. John Ii. Thompson ran up mo:e than 3 for the same reason. Ameracc added better than 2 in the textiles and Wagner Electric added the same amount in its section. National Cash Register was off more than 4 at its-low. Westing- OPEN SATURDAY MORNING FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Paint Products, Accessories Glass, Builders Hardware MILLER CABiNET SHOP. Jefferson and Greenwood Elizabeth Watts Dies Thursday ' .Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Watts, 74, died in a local hospital Thurs day, follow ing a short illness. She was a housewife from Union. Funeral arrangements are under 'the direction of the Daniels Funeral Home, and will be held in the Union Methodist Church, Satur day at 2 p.m. Rev. Dwight Wil liams will officiate. Burial will lie in the Union Cemtery. Mrs. Watts was born ScpL 27, 18E4 at Chase, Kan. She was a resident of Union for 35 years, and a member of the Union Meth odist Church and WSCS. Survivors are four sons. Al pha Watts, La Grande; Guy Watts. Pacific City; Max Watts. Union: and Robert Watts, Esta- cail j. Three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Maliory, Portland; Mrs. Lctha Rudd, Del Rio, Texas; and Mrs. Irene Langford, Union. There are Hi grandchildren and 14 great trandchildren. The last of -which was born in the same hospital and at about the same time as Mrs. Watts' death occurred. house and General Electric were weak on a cut in turbine prices. We're Buzzin with Bu STOP! throwing money down the drain repairing your present at burning extra gn and oil as older cars do i watching your present car go down in resale value missing the fun of a new Ford on your vacation while our tremendous sales let . us give the most tremendous i trade-ins in our history on a car that will stay in style . . . stay worth mora . .71 the world's most beautifully ' ' , proportioned car a on the one car that's built v lor people . . . built for saving! a) while we're giving the longest terms and the longest deals in town SAVE! a with Ford prices-lowest of the best selling three up lo J55 a year on gas and oil ' up to $62 on accessories . 'Kill pcl . FORD SEE YOUR FORD DEALER HAND FORD SALES, INC. Cheitnut A Jefferion SWAP