Hermiston Dairy and Hog Show, Oct. 22, 23 24
THE H ermiston H erald
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1919
VOL. XIII
MEMBER OF STATE WIDE
RECLAMATION COMMITTEE
Dise
following telegram was
Be Wednesday by Attorney
re-
Jos-
•7 Hinkle advising him of his
Bintment to membership on the
is to K wide reclamation committee
our Kt)y formed.
It came from B.
Dgady chairman of the committee,
isn’t Bis as follows:
pay ■you have been appointed a m
elect ■ of the state reclamation co
And
fur-
sat.
load
3 di-
rices
ison.
Re-
and
fore
ptly.
State Dairy Convention, October 24 and 25
■ to assist in campaign for
Hiction measures in the June
■ Please see Sunday Oregon
This reflects the sober,
Ere view of the taxpayers on the
measures.
Means creating
■ taxable wealth, insuring again-
•future industrial depression. Se-
Eg Oregon's share of large fed-
appropriation if made and
new capital into the state.
wire your acceptance to
Eke Leither, 650 Morgan Build-
Mtorial.
E
■I
dinging
Base
E Portland, Ore.”
Mr. Hinkle has wired his accept-
E, and will campaign for the pass-
[ of the bills until election day,
Id urges upon all voters I of this
k of
Et of the county to stand by all
i our
e reconstruction measures and
hendments, as he believes them ne-
ssary to open up an era of pros-
erity for all Oregon.
Below is given a brief synoposis
the measures that is held by Mr.
inkle to be of vital importance to
lis and other parts of the state:
Bill No. 304. State guarantee of
iterest on irrigation and drainage
strict bonds. Don’t call for any
vestment of money by state, but
ablizes irrigation securities of
his character and will bring $20,-
90,000 of foreign capital into this
ate within the next two years.
Bill No. 306. Five million dollar
construction bonding amendment,
rovides money to match the feder-
government in building irrigation
id drainage projects, and it will
obably bring anywhere from $5,-
00,000 to $10,000,000 of federal
inds into the state. This bill in
hides the land settlement program
nd makes provision for state build-
igs
Bill No. 316. Market Road Tax
ill. Provides for a one mill tax,
reich, if carried, would give this
Bunty $600,000 a year for con-
letion of Market roads—road’s
ading into trunk lines from the
unty.
Bill No. 310.
The Roosevelt
Military Highway bill Is
other good measure that
should
‘ voted for, which after being
tilt by state and federal aid, will
maintained by the government.
ac-
ring
I
J
Gave Them Desired Data
I E. P, Dodd went to the county
feat Tuesday, where on the evening
go composed
that day he met with a committee
of J. M. Burgess, G. M.
Rice, E. P. Marshall, J. R. Raley and
pan .Smythe, appointed recently on
proposi-
fron looking to the storage of irriga-
ton water for the greater Umatilla
Project. This committee wanted in-
formation in detail as to the feasi-
'“ty of such a development, and
är. Dodd went prepared with maps
and a brief of the report made by
the Reclamation Service on file in
Washington, which he presented to
The committee, after 1 going
over the brief, were satisfied that the
Proposition of building the reser-
“ir was meritorious in every respect
nd will from now on throw their
spport in every way possible and
nd their efforts to secure the ap-
of Secretary Lane and the ne-
appropriation by congress
for its construction.
the McKay creek reservoir
I
them.
Proval
sary
Stockholders' Meeting
„The Hermiston Farmers’ Exchange
11 hold a special meeting of the
cepkholders this evening at eight
** in the Public Library. It is
gd that this meeting will probably
one of the most important in the
FADOTX of the Exchange, for its fu-
will be determined at that time
, "ices have been sent th all of the
msholders, and it is expected that
+ attendance at this meeting will
.the largest the Exchange has had
several years.
nd Reese will hold * recital in
Mi çhool house Tuesday evening.
I 27
All interested are invited
attend. Recital starts at s
The City Farmer
CHARLEY,
HAVE A RADISH J
WONDERFUL !
FROM My OWN
GARDEN: DUO s
NO. 36
IO MOVEMENT TO ESTABLISH
LOCAL ONION HIGH SCHOOL
THE SOIL,PANTED)
Lands to be Reclaimed
Agreement was reached Monday
between members of congress and
Secretary of the Interior Lane on a
bill for reclamation of western arid
lands to give work and farms to dis
charged soldiers.
The measure Is a compromise be
tween bills drawn by Representa
tive Mondell, Wyoming, and Sena
tor Smoot, Utah.
It provides that soldiers shall be
employed in reclamation of arid
lands at $4 a day. They are to be
privileged to homestead such re-
claimed lands under a long term
payment plan. Each soldier is to be
entitled to an advance from the gov
ernment of $1200 for erection of a
house .and other buildings; $800 for
a team and farm implements, and
$500 for other purposes.
The agreement on this bill came
at a conference called by Lane and
attended by Representative Mon-
del], republican leader of the house;
Champ Clark, democratic leader;
Representatives Kinkaid, Nebraska,
and Sinnott, Oregon and Senators
Smoot, Utah, and Myers, Montana,
Lane expressed the hope that the
compromise plan will succeed in
overcoming the opposition which
developed last session and which
prevented passage of any measure
for giving the soldiers land. An ef
fort will be made to get an early re
port from the house and senate pub-
lie lands committee.
The SEED ANO/
EYERYTHING [
All
RAPINES
BIG MEMORIAL DAY
PARADE AND EXERCISES
TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR FLIGHT
Because of its new and greater
significance, this year. Decoration
Day will be observed with more ela-
splendid
borate ceremonies, and
program has been prepared for cele
brating the day in Hermiston. The
committee in charge of arrange
ments is composed of soldiers of the
Civil War, the Spanish American
War and some of the boys of the
late war and other local citizens.
B. F. Strohm, who bore the colors
in 1861, will be the marshal of the
day. The exercises will be held at
the auditorium at 11 o’clock Friday
morning, May 30. A parade will
form promptly at 10:30 near the
telephone building on Main street
and all patriotic citizens with auto
mobiles are expected to decorate
their cars with the national colors
and form in line in time to cause
no delay.
The parade will be led by Mar-
shal Strohm and the veterans of the
Civil War, followed by the veterans
of the Spanish-American War and
I he soldier and sailors of the recent
world conflict. Martial music will
be provided. Automobiles will then
fall in line of march through town
to the auditorium, where an appro
priate program will be given. Rev.
Gallaher will deliver the address
and Mr. Voelker will be in charge
of the musical numbers.
Decoration Day is a legal holi
day. Stores will be closed, and it is
expected that work will generally
be suspended and all who can will
attend the exercises. Picnic facili
ties have been provided on the large
lawn at the home of B. F. Strohm,
and people from country and citi
zens of the town are invited to join
in a general picnic in the shade of
the trees after the exercises at the
auditorium are over. Musical en
tertainment will be provided at the
picnic grounds.
At three o’clock in the afternoon
a ball game between the married
men and the single men will be play
ed at the grounds near the school-
house, and it promises to be some
game, as both sides have talent of
no mean degree. This will be the
first ball game here for several
years, so everybody come.
The efforts on the part of Ameri
can and British airmen to establish
the fact that an airship can safely
cross the Atlantic is meeting with
some success and many reverses.The
NC-4, the lone surviving entry of
the American navy for the first
trans-Atlantic flight honors, reach
ed Pona Delgada, Azores, early in
the week, and has probably by this
time hopped off on the 800 mile
dash to Lisbon. Portugal. The ob
jective point is Plymouth, England.
Harry’Hawker, the British air
man, who undertook to make a non
stop trip in a light plane, has been
given up as lost, nothing having
been heard or seen of him or his as
sistant since the start was made the
first of the week. The supposition
is that something happened to
cause the air craft to become dis-
aided and that it dropped Into the
sea and sunk shortly after the trip
began.
IS INTERESTING AND TRAGIC
Big Event May 31
The
Farmers and Dairymen’s
Luncheon, as mentioned in la. 1
week’s Herald, will ve held at the
Auditorium in Hermiston Saturday
May 31, One of the objects of this
meeting is to celebrate the starting
Co-operative
of the
Hermiston
Creamery, which will commence op
erations the morning of June 1st.
This Dairy dinner. coming as it
does just before the starting of the
haying work of the season, should
be, and the committee having the af-
fair in charge hope it will be. at-
tended by every Dairyman and Al
faifa grower who lives tributary to
Hermiston, Echo, Stanfield, Uniatil
la, Irrigon and Boardmail. All who
are in anyway Interested in the up
building of the dairy industry in
these parts are invited. Bring your
wife and family and have a good
I ime. Fill your basket with cata-
bles for the occasion and the
Creamery Co. will furnish all
trimmings. Dinner will be at the
noon hour, with speeches by out
side co-operators following. This
will be followed by a short business
session pertaining to the starting
of this new co-operative Industry
here.
Leek-Jacobson
Because of the growth of the
schools In the several districts
the Hermiston country and on the
Western Land and Irrigation Com-
pany project, a movement has been
started to establish a Union High
School.
The school boards of the several
districts have been considering the
proposition for sometime, and have
recently circulated petitions to the
District Boundary Board asking for
the establishment of a Union High
School, and calling for an election
on June 16 The school districts In
terested are the Hermiston District,
Columbia District, Minnehaha and
Westland Districts. The election
will be on the regular school elec
tion day. The advantages of a
Union High School are well known.
Where several districts Join togeth-
er they are belter able to have a
higher grade of High School and
better equipment than where the
district undertakes such work alone.
It Is especially desirable to small
er districts which arc unable to
maintain a high school of any kind.
Students graduating from the grad
es can then attend the union high
school and receive the same training
as those in the larger towns and al-
so credits that will admit them to
college. The high school In our edu
cational system has grown into
great Importance, and a four yea r
course In a good high school now Is
considered almost equivalent to the
college education of a number of
years ago. It also has been brought
within the reach of many more
young men and women under the
unionized system.
In many localities throughout the
state the union high school has been
adopted and it Is hoped that, every
person who is interested In good
schools In this vicinity will attend
the polls on June 16 and vote for
the now Union High School.
Miss Marion Rebecca Leek and
Mr. Henry J. Jacobson of Adams,
Ore., were married at the Christian
church. Pendleton, Saturday after-
noon, May 17.
Miss Leek was a graduate of the
Home on Furlough
Hermiston
High School of 1915 and
Louis C. Garner, a member of the
Is the youngest daughter of Mr. and
U. S. marine corps stationed at Mare
Mis. John Leek, who live one mile
Island navy yards, is home on an ex
north of town. She attended Bell-
tended furlough. It is possible he
ingham, Washington. Normal 1916-
may receive his discharge ere his
17 and taught at Riverside school,
furlough expires. He is enjoying
Pendleton,
foi two terms.
his visit with his parents, Mr. and
Autoed Up to “Going Up"
Mr. Jacobson In a wheat rancher
Mrs. A. P. Garner.
Several auto parties went to Pen
15 miles southeast of Pendleton
dleton Thursday afternoon and In
is the owner of 160 acres of fin
I he evening attended the much
Nominated Directors
wheat land.
Good Fire Drill
praised musical comedy “Going Up"
Meetings were held at Irrigon
Tuesday evening the Hermiston
at the Oregon threatre in that city
Tuesday evening and at Boardman
Perfects Invention
Fire Department put on an excep
Among those who enjoyed this high
Wednesday evening by the land
W. W. Rogers, who has been work tionally good fire drill. The initial
class play were Mr. and Mrs. W. T
owners of the West Extension Irri-
ing the past three years on a port feature was the hose cart run, the
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Straw.
gation District for the purpose of
able truck and wagon scales propos trip from the West Side hose house
Mr. and Mrs. Phil L. Lay and Mrs.
nominating three directors to be
ition, has at least completed the in being made to the hydrant at the
L. D. Lay and Dr. and Mrs. F. V
voted on in the special election to
vention and has applied for a pat- cornor of I he Hotel Oregon, coupl-
Prime.
be held in the above two towns on
ent. Mr. Rogers Is an cast of town Ing made, hose strung 300 feet and
the 10th day of June. The Irrigon
ranchers, who believes the scales, water turned on In the record time
meeting was attended by 47 land
when placed on the market will be of three minutes. The East Side
owners and J. G. Camp of Irrigon
of great service to farmers and oth fireman made the run from the
and A. E. McFarland of Umatilla
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
ers doing hauling. This scales house on Second street to the corner
were nominated for directors. The
which is portable. Is made In two of Fourth and Main, made connec
Butter
Creek
school
in
District
No.
Boardman meeting was attended by
8 closed the term Friday of last week parts, and consists of lifting jacks tion. strung 500 feet of hose and had
55 land owners and resulted in Ear
Eighth
grade examinations were con standards and beams. One scale fits a stream on In another good record
nest H. Callahan being nominated.
next stunt
f four minutes.
ducted here Thursday and Friday of under the front axle and the othei
M. Schilling and M. D.
H.
under the rear, and their weighin: was a run with the hook and ladder
last
week
by
Mrs.
B.
J.
Nation.
Those
Scroggs of the reclamation service
taking the exams were Bernice Spen capacity is equal to most any load truck from its station west
were in attendance at the meetings.
that can be pul on a wagon or truck bank to the postoffice and the climb-
cer and Verne Hall.
The school board, composed of D They can be used in weighing any Ing of a ladder there by Fireman
Examined Dairy Herds
H. Prindle. B. J. Nation and Glen thing, but arc primarily intended Elliott, all In the short splice of 22
E. McDonald, federal veterina-
Moie of these fire drills
Richards, met Monday night, al for use by farmers In weighing econds.
rian. with headquarters in Walla
which time all current expenses their loads In the field, at home or ire being planned In order to give
Walla. made a trip over the project
were ordered paid and teachers and in town. As soon as Mr. Rogers se the firemen a better conception of
Thursday and Friday In company
bus drivers hired for the forthcom cures a model which he Is having their duties when a real fire comes
with Geo. E. Cressy on an examina
ing term of 1919-20. Butter Crock made from the dummy he will de- along which Is hoped will be far
tion tour of the dairy herds for pos
now has a $12,000 school building monstrate.
distant.
sible disease. He discovered infect-
two teachers being employed. The
cattle
in
some
of
the
herds,
but
ed
Then And Now
enrollment at the close of the pre-
Teel Project a Go
as a whole he found conditions fair-
William Warner of Alderdale,
cent term was 32.
Manager A. .1. tilli and Construc
ly good.
B. J. Nation is making prepara Wash., one of the directors of the tion Engineer Taylor of the Warren
tions for beginning the work of har Horse Heaven Irrigation District, in Construction
met early this
Nice Program
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
exceptionally
fine
program
vesting
the best crop of alfalfa off company with Mr. Combstock, a lar week with the board of directors of
An
was rendered at the high school aud
the 50 acres he has in that he has ge land owner of that place, autoed the Teel Irrigation district at Echo,
The program for community Pic
ever had. He expects the first cut to Hermiston Monday for a confer ind the engineer In chief of the
itorium at the commencement exer
nic at Columbia school house grove
ting crop to bring $1000. A Molino ence with J. T. Hinkle, attorney for project, W. B. Hinkle, and John
cises Thursday evening, which was
this Saturday, May 24. will be as fol-
heartily enjoyed by the large audi
tractor cutting an eight foot swath the Land Owners' Association of that MiIIholland of the bonding house of
lows: Picnic Dinner at 12. Song
themsel- Millholland & Hugh of Spokane,
will be used, Glen Richards will as- district. They expressed
ence in attendance.
by male quartette, followed by sev
ves
as
wonderfully
surprised
and dr Wash . In conference for revising the
in
turn
Mr.
Nation
The Oregon Hotel Cafe will serve
ist him, and
eral 10 minute speeches. Athletic
an elaborate chicken dinner Sunday
will help Mr. Richards with hie lighted at developments surrounding honding and construction contracts
events under direction of Mr. Ben-
Hermiston, which they remembered io comply with the recommendations
from 12 to 2 p. m. at 75 cents a sei. Ball game under direction of first cutting harvest.
Roy Attebury was a business visi just a few years ago as a desert nade by the State Irrigation Securi-
plate. Strawberries and cake will
Geo. Clark. All new comers in the
tor to Hermiston Tuesday, also Ed waste.
lies commission. It Is understood
also be part of the menu.
neighborhood are especially urged
Canfield, both energetic ranchers of
that this conference completes the
to attend and get acquainted.
On Fishing Trip
this section.
details for the building of the Teel
Weather Report
Mr. Cressy and Dr. McDonald,
J. Frank Spinning, well known project, and wotk Is expected soon
The thermometer one day
federal veterinarian, were out in the
Echo druggist, was in Hermiston lo begin.
93
veek reached the high point of
To
Grand
Lodge
and East End on Thursday.
W. A. Mikesell and J 8. West Wednesday in company with a party
degrees. The minimum was 40,
Wilma Waugaman received her
have
been attending the Grand of traveling men, whom he piloted
of
an
Inch.
To Build Bungalow
the rainfall .1
silver medal this week, having won
Lodge of the Odd Fellows on the to the reservoir <>n an angling ex
Alderman Harry Straw will
second place In Umatilla county de
coast all week W R. Longhorn al- pedition.
Ed Graham was taken sick 1 hurs-
let a contract for I he erection of a
clamatory
contest
at
Pendleton
on
day. and Friday he was very ill and
went as a delegale to the grand
his
five-room modern bungalow on
May 2nd. Wilma represented Col-
Oh. You Shortcake
is still suffering from what seems t
encampment of the order.
the
three
acre
tract
just
outside
umbia district school at the West
Local strawberries came on the
trarco"murzuarescnt"t-.XdnE?."VaT“Fena content at stanfiena ana
Another Week
home market this week In quanti- southern city limits. As soon a
sented the West End contest of the
Germany has been given another ties, and retailed at the
res for new home is completed Mr. and Mrs.
house.
courage
children
county at the county contest at Pen- week In which to gather up
15 and 20 cents a box. With
the to sign I he peace treaty, Should
You will live longer and conse- dleton In Class D. compris ng
advent the season of strawberry trow Gladys avenue.
third, fourth and fifth grides.
she still refuse at the end of that shortcake is at hand.
quently happier if you
surance policy in The Mutual Life The farm residence of Mr. Wat
selves of the opportunity to partake made a vip.to,
।
"...
Insurance Co., of N. “
Y J. II. Young, son, a new arrival in thin district, will happen
BUTTER CREEK ITEMS
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
yn
their Straw and
Agent.
Misses
wil move t it
..._ .._ -_ _ _ _ and many
— — n .....
i --
. _ time, it is hard to tell just what | families in Hermiston availed them- School Director.’... Monday
and who is in the employ of W W
-
a this luscious dish.
The berries to confer with County Superintend,
Elsie Kenned) ano
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ltotatu.
Elsié"Kenneds
Felthouse.."eAL.
Yhora PlArPTUA
sold a cooked
rood sate at 2:30 on are large and w holerome. th, yare Wn the proposition of a union high
. .. - and r^- Mamie
a... I ranch ig located, burned completelye
Saturday. May 31, in Porter’s rooms and the yield i reported y -Faenool to be located in Hermiston,
ttotten. "YFTLAY. tel,
cor
‘s parents. tents. Mr. Watson is rebuilding-
a the home down Monday, together wT
£ tiirat named lady
next to the bank.
1 growers to be a good one
I