The Hermiston herald., June 23, 1917, Image 1

The Hermiston Country Stands Ready to Do Its Share in Everything Necessary to Win the War
T he H ermiston H erald
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23. 1917
VOL. XI
HERMISTON COUNTRY GIVES
TO RED CROSS WAR FOND
This i* Red Cross week and in the
Hermiston country as everywhere this
work has taken first place. Com
mittees have been active, listing
everyone io this section, arriving at an
approximate amount all should con­
tribute and collecting the money. The
community’s share was set at $1,000
and the full amount was given.
The work of collecting the money
was divided among 12 committees,
each with a small territory that it
might be covered quickly and thor­
oughly. Practically all was finished
Thursday, though some little was done
Wednesday and a few were not seen
until Friday. In meeting the people
a ready response was almost always
had. The number who refused to
give to the Red Cross were very few
as was also the number giving less
than asked. Others gave additional
sums to easily make up the deficit.
The committee feels highly gratified
at the reception given in this work
and feels that as a whole the Hermis­
ton country stands ready to make any
srcrifice necessary to aid the wounded
soldiers of the great world war.
TEN YEARS AGO
Hermiston won from Echo Sunday
in a splendid game of ball.
D. R. Brownell & Co. has erected a
new ice house in connection with the
meat market.
Great preparations are being made
at Cold Springs dam for the proper
olebration of the Fourth of July.
A party was given Marshall New­
port, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. New-
port, Thursday, the occasion being his
first birthday.
M. S. Buckley and D. W. Campbell,
O. R. & N. officials, were here Wed­
nesday and expressed amazement at
the substantial growth the city has
made.
The Hermiston Bank & Trust Co.
opened its doors for business Monday
morning. The bank is strictly up to
date and would do credit to a city
much larger than Hermiston.
L. B. Wells has a garden that is a
wonder. In 14 days corn grew 30
inches. June 10 new potatoes, beets
and turnips were served at the family
board. The turnips measured four
i oches across.
At the annual school meeting Mon­
day H. G Newport was elected direct­
or for one year, L W. Furnas for
two and H. T. Irvin for three. Glenn
Williams was elected clerk. The
board was authorized to build a school
house on the site selected some time
ago and donated by Mrs. Furnas.
ANNUAL LOSS OF
EGGS ENORMOUS
Many millions of dollars are lost
annually in the United States from
bad methods of producing and hand
ling eggs. A few years ago this loss
amounted to 50 million dollars or 17
per cent of the total egg production;
and the loss is even greater at present.
This enormous waste could largely be
prevented says C. C. Lamb, specialist
in poultry husbandry at O. A. C.
It is said that special care of eggs
during the hot summer months is ex­
ceedingly important, for heat is the
worst enemy of eggs. Buyers are
more careful at this time of the year
than at any other time, and the bad
product will be thrown out, resulting
in a loss to the producer. Hence,
farmers who present tor sale only good
quality eggs can demand more per
dozen than is paid for the inferior pro­
duct.
In the cooler sections of the country
the loss due to hot weather is not so
groat. However, the broody hen will
spoil the eggs quickly if not kept a*ay
from the nest. In preventing loss
from this cause the broody hen is con
flood in a slat crate in a cool place and
fed well.
The production of infertile eggs is
an efficient means of preventing loss
during the warm season. Hens will
lay as well without the male birds and
therefore it is best to keep the rooster
a way from the flock after the breed­
ing season. Nearly all the eggs laid
to weeks after the males are re­
moved will be infertile.
To prevent loss from dirty and moldy
eggs and from breakage, the poultry
bouse is supplied with litter and the
FOR BENEFIT OF “MILITARY CANTEEN”
nest with clean straw. The eggs are
gathered twice a day, carefully pack­
ed and kept in a clean, dry and cool
place.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Mrs. Simmons spent Wednesday
night with Jennie in town.
DIG CELEBRATION
BOARDMAN NEWS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
J. Healey of Portland, filed on a 40
io section 11 last Sunday.
E. P. Dodd, Mr. Johnson and Mr.
Dean were project visitors Saturday.
J. A. Gibbons is putting up the first
crop of alfalfa on the project this
year.
The Mack Mercantile is having a
wooden awning put up across the front
ot the store.
Mrs. Lucile Mack and her sister,
Marguerite Blackman, spent Saturday
night in Hermiston.
Gladys Paine went to Pendleton
Wednesday to visit two weeks with
her friend Evelyn Gruelich.
Boardman people are planning a pic­
nic for the Fourth of July. Let every
one get together and talk it up.
A. P. Ayers of La Fayette, Ore.,
beat a train in this week and is busy
establishing a home on bis new 40.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Markham
came down from Echo to spend a week
with Mrs. Markham’s father, W. E.
Harper.
Boardman’s greatest need is a hotel.
Newcomers are arriving on every
train and leave the first opportunity
on account of no accommodation.
The annual school meeting was held
in the school bouse Monday. W. N.
Hatch was elected director in place of
H. H. Weston and J. C. Ballenger as
clerk, taking J. A. Gibbons place.
POTATO BUGS MAY
PROVE NUISANCE
Potato hugs have been found north
of town covering a radius of a mile
square. As yet they have not beer re-
ported io any other section and it may
he the pests are confined to that sec­
tion as yet. Superintendent Allen, of
the experiment station, went out Fri
I day and made some investigation. He
bad hoped that the bugs were confined
to tbe one field, but found other fields
infected and also many In the sage
brush land adjoining. Mr. Allen be­
lieves tbe only thing to do now is for
each farmer to watch and combat them
if tney appear on tbe potatoes. On ac­
count of the bugs being on uncultivat­
ed ground he thinks it impracticable
to attempt to eradicate them entirely.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN LOCAL
RAILROAD YARDS MONDAY
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
PENDLETON PREPARES
Have you made up your mind where
you will spend the Fourth? If not the
city of Pendleton extends greetings
and invites you there to participate in
a regular old fashioned celebration.
Maybe you were there last year and
bad a good time. No matter, come
again and every effort will be made to
see that you have the time of your
life.
Fifteen hundred dollars will be
raised in Pendleton to aid in the cele­
bration. Prizes will be awarded un-
stintingly.
For instance, $500 will be distributed
among the owners of horses who win
in the eight races to be held at the
Round up grounds in the afternoon of
July 4 No entrance fee will be charg­
ed, no horses will be barred.
So bring on your buckskin, old Long
Tom or the plum colored mare. All
comers are welcome and the more the
merrier.
And in addition to this there will be
all sorts of foot races run off between
times in the center of the arena
Tnere will be prizes liberally awarded
Here is a chance for grandma, grand­
pa, pa and ma and the whole family to
win something. There will be races
for every one of them.
The evening will be taken up with
danni ng and fireworks displays. The
committees in charge are working on
a plan for a wonderful evening ex­
hibition at the Round- up grounds.
All visitors will be gladly welcomed
to Pendleton on the Fourth. The big
parade of the morning will not be
started until everyone will have had a
chance to arrive from the various
towns of the county. Look for the
announcement of the program next
week.
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Photo by American Press Association.
Mrs. Oliver de L. Coster, in the uniform of the National League For Women's
Service, collecting money at a fete for the benefit of the "military canteen”
to be given to our soldiers as they pass through New York. A Belgian sol­
dier on leave stands beside her.
DRY VEGETARLES
FOR WINTER USE
be prepared by careful washing and
removing the leaves from the roots.
Spread tbe leaves on trays to dry
thoroughly They will dry much more
promptly If sliced or chopped.
Beets: Select young, quickly grown
tender beets, which should be washed,
peeled, sliced about an eighth of an
inch thick and dried.
Turnips should be treated in tbe
same way as beets.
Carrots should be well grown but
varieties having a large woody core
should be avoided. Wash, peel and
slice crosswise into pieces about an
eighth of an inch thick.
Parsnips should be treated in tbe
same way as carrots.
Onions: Remove tbe outside papery
covering: cut off tops and roots; slice
There were several parties out to
the A line Sunday bathing.
Floyd Eckles and Raymond Brass-
field were Echo visitors last Sunday.
Mrs. M. B. Murchie has returned
after a two weeks' visit at The Dalles.
Ed Kaseburg and family from Wasco
were visitors in this section Wednes­
day.
Mr. Donaldson’s sister from Butte,
Moot., is visiting him for a few days
this week.
Mr. Keegan from Ft. Wayne, Ind ,
visited at the Heinl home for a few
days this week.
Mr. Chambers gave a very interest­
ing talk on Red Cross work at tbe
school bouse last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker from Pen­
dleton, are spending' thia week with
their daughter, Mrs. Leathers.
Mrs. T. J. Robonet left Friday for
her home in Wasco after spending
several weeks al the Akers home.
Mrs. G. E. Miller from Oakland,
Cal., arrivili Monday to spend the
summer with her son, P. M. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Leathers, Agnes Sone-
son, Mr. McPherson and Mr. Larson
motored to Pendleton last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Udev and little daugh­
ter left Tuesday for Wasco after spend­
ing several days on their ranch here.
Miss Marion Briggs has returned
from Portland She attended the
Honor Guard convention held there
last week.
Mrs. Hooker and mother, Mrs. Rodg­
ers, bave returned from La Grande.
They have been visiting Mrs. Hooker’s
sister wbo has been very ill.
Miss Sarah Williamson is a guest at
the home of Mrs. Wallace Spencer.
She is en route from Willamette
university to her home In La Grande.
Mrs. Henry Sommerer was taken to
St. Anthony’s hospital Wednesday
morning and operated on the same day
for appendicitis.
They report her do­
ing nicely
Mrs Phipps was a delightful hostess
Monday afternoon to about 25 ladies in
honor of Mrs. Haddox. A very enjoy­
able afternoon was spent with needle-
work and crocheting.
Mrs. Phipps was a delightful hostess
to her Sunday school class Friday
night at Columbia school. Music and
games were tbe diversions of the even­
ing, after which refreshments were
served.
The annual school election for dis­
trict 112 was held at the school house
Monday. Henry
Ott
was elected
director for a term of three years. An
auto bus was voted for the coming
year. Mr. Heini was the retiring
director.
Several from this district attended
the dance Wednesday night at tbe au­
ditorium given in honor of the s'x
young men that this week enlisted in
the navy. The voung men are Clar­
ence Carson, Ross Shaw, Harry Todd,
George Caldwell, Robert West and
Waller Beasley.
The ladies of the Neighborhood club
met Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
Phipps. It was decided to meet once
a month during the summer, second
Wednesday in each month and the
meeting to be held at the home of
Mrs. Phipps, thus making Red Cross
and < lub meeting on tame day.
Dry vegetables and fruits for winter
use if tin cans and glass jars for cann-
ing are scarce or expensive.
This is the advice of specialists of
tbe United States department of agri­
culture, who recently have studied the
possibilities of conserving food to meet
war needs in spite of any difficulties
that may be experienced in obtaining
canning containers.
Drying was a
well-recognized and successful way of
preserving certain foods befere cann
ing came into general use, the special­
ists point out, and modern methods
make it still more practicable than
formerly, either in the home or by
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community groups.
Three methods of drying have been
found by the department specialists to
give satisfactory results. These are
sun drying, drying by artificial beat
and drying with air blasts as before an
electric fan. Trays for drying by any
The Standard Oil Co. is drilling a
one of these methods, as well ss tray
deep well at its Stanfield plant.
frames for use over stoves or before
The Pilot Rock-Heponer road is re­
fans, can be made satisfactorily at
ported
to be in very bad condition.
home. Frames and trays for use with
Pilot Rock will celebrate the Fourth
artificial heat may be purchased com­
and all proceeds will go to the Red
plete if desired.
Homemade trays may be made of side Cross.
and end boards three-fourths of an
Bids will be opened June 23 for the
inch thick and 2 inches wide and bot­ construction of tbe Milton branch
tom boards of lathing spaced one-fourth county library.
of an inch. If desired ± inch galvan­
Pilot Rock has passed an ordinance
ized wire mesh may be tacked to tbe limiting automobiles to 12 miles per
side endend boards to form the bottom hour in the city limits.
of the trays. Frames for use before
Ralph W. Lafayette was the first
fans should be made of wood of con­
man from Stanfield to answer the call
venient size.
Frames for use with
for men and has enlisted in the navy.
artificial heat should be made of
Milton’s annual strawberry festival
noninflammable material to as great
an extent as possible. As many as six is declared tbe most successful ever
trays may be placed one above tbe held. It was conducted by the Red
other when artificial beat is used. In Cross.
On a basis of population Athena pur­
drying before a fan the number of
traya that may be placed one above chased liberty bonds to the extent of
the other will depend, to a large ex $62.70. The total subscription was
tent upon tbe diameter of tbe fan. In $50,000.
drying in the sun. travi as described
Robert Stanfield was recently offered
mav be used or the products to be $1,600,000 for his entire floc« of lambs
dried may be spread on sheets of paper but refused to sell at that figure. He
or muslin held in place by weights.
has 194,000.
Vegetables and fruits will dry better
Umatilla county has subscribed its
if sliced. They should be cut into | full $30,000 to tbe Red Cross and was
slices one-eighth to one-fourth of an the first county in the state to com­
inch thick; If thicker, they may not plete its work.
At tbe council meeting Wednesday
dry thoroughly. While drying, the
Fred Kyle aod two sons have just evening H. E. Hilt was elected to fill
products should be turned or stirred
completed planting 80 acres to beans tbe vacancy caused by tbe resignation
from time to time. Dried produce
at Milton. Mr. Evie claims beans of Wm. Kennedy.
The unexpired
should be packed temporarily-for 3 or
are better planted now than earlier.
i term is for a year and a half.
4 days and poured each day from one
Athena was the first community In
Another matter that came up was an
box to another to bring about thor­
ough mixing and so that the whole Umatilla county to subscribe its por- ordinance on Irrigation water in the
mass will have a uniform degree of | tion of the Red Croes funds. In les* streets and constructing flumes and
moisture. If during this • ‘condition- than two days $3060 was given with ditches. The ordinance, which passed
its first reading, makes it a mis-
ing” any pieces of the producta are $2500 asked.
A delegation of Pilot Rock citizens demeanor to allow water to run into
found to be too moist, they should be
returned to tbe trays and dried fur­ took a petition to tbe county court any street and provides a fine of 85 to
ther. When in condition tbe product asking that tbe road to Pendleton be $50 therefor. Before constructing any
may be packed permanently in light put in shape for hard surface. The ditch, flume, syphon or culvert across
paper bags, insect proof paper boxee court agreed to finish the grading be- or upon any street a permit must be
or cartons, or glass or tin containers. | fore January 1 and it is understood ' obtained and the work must be accord-
Spinach and Parsley: Spinach that | the state highway commission will I ing to specifications furnished by tbe
1 recorder.
is in prime condition for greens should surface the road out of 1918 funde.
NEWS NOTES ABOUT
UMATILLA COUNTY
Din IS ELECTED
TO CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday morning shortly before
12 o’clock Doc E. Correll was killed in
the local O-W. R. & N. yards by a
freight train.
Death appeared to
have been instantaneous and the body
was badly cut up.
There was no eye witnesses to the
accident and just bow it happened
will never be known. Freight train
No. 23 was here and working In the
yards with a great deal of switching to
do on account of loaded cars to be pul
into the train and empty ones to set
out. It was while this was in progress
that the body was seen. The train
crew had been on the lookout at the
crossing, yet nothing was seen of the
man until after tbe accident.
Correll has been in this section at
different times for many years. He
took up a claim near Hat Rock which
was patented. At various times he
worked from Umatilla to Echo. Tbe
past winter he spent at tbe county
farm near Pendleton, leaving there
Tuesday. He came as far as Echo and
stopped there over night coming on to
Hermiston Wednesday morning on the
local. He looked up Levi Reeder, an
old friend, and after leaving him went
to tbe bank. From there be went to
the depot to see about a grip and was
not seen again alive.
Coroner Brown was notified and
came down at once. A jury was em­
paneled and a verdict returned that
deceased was killed by the freight
train without blame to crew or com­
pany. The body waa taken to Pendle­
ton for interment, it being impossible
to hold the remains to hear from rela­
tives.
So far as known deceased leaves two
daughters and a son. Last known one
daughter was somewhere ia the Coeur
d’ Alene country; the son, it is thought
is in the army; tbe other daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Renwick as found from
letters, is at Britt, Iowa, and she will
be notified. Tbe deed man waa some­
where about 80 years of age and quite
feeble.
HERMISTON GIRL
MARRIED MONDAY
Monday evening at Cathlamet, Wash ,
Miss Zola Vera De Purdy of this city,
and Julian F. Morfit, of Cathlamet,
were united in marriage. The wedd­
ing took place at the home of Mr.
Morfit’s parents, Rev. Head, of the
Episcopal church, officiating.
The bride came to Hermiston with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Purdy, early pioneers in this sec­
tion.
She was a member of the
1010 Hermiston high school class.
When tbe Honor Guard was formed
she was elected president In (recog­
nition of her efforts for tbe organiza­
tion and baa a large number of friends
here.
Mr. Morfit was for a time with the
reclamation service here.
Ai the
time the militia of the states were
called he wax a member of a New
York regiment and on request was
transferred lo Oregon and is with
Troop A, Cavalry. At present be is
at the recruiting atation io Portland.
Mr. Mortit has asked for a furlough
and if it is granted be and Mrs. Morfit
will come to Hermiston for a visit.
DIRTH OF A NATION
HERE MONDAY NEXT
“The Bir b of a Nation" will be at
the Auditorium rext Monday, matinee
and evening. This is one of the great
pictures and has called forth much
press notice and thousands have gone
to see it in the various cities where
shown. The making of the films was
no small matter and took weeks of
preparation. For instance the pro­
duction of one scene alone, where the
northern clansmen raced to the rescue
of their South Carolina brethren, Mea
$25,000. On a area ten miles square
the landscape and roads were changed
and after tbe scene was taken every-
thing was replaced.
This is but one of the many items
entering Into the production of the
complete picture. Tbe performance
lasts three hours and the company
carries its o vn orchestra with special
music. There are 5,000 scenes em-
ploying 50,000 people and 3,000 horses.
The afternoon show starts al 2 o’clock
and evening at 8 o'clock.