The Hermiston herald., June 28, 1919, Image 1

Hermiston Dairy and Hog Show, Oct. 22, 23, 24
State Dairy Convention, October 24 and 25
T he H ermiston H erald
VOL. XIII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY. JUNE 28. 1919
RURAL EXCHANGE SHOULD
BE LOCATED IN THIS CITY
At the weekly Commercial Club -------- —------ - ------------------ -A______
uneheon held at the Hotel Hermis- CHARGED WITH BURNING OF
on on Tuesday last a resolution
HOME TO GET INSURANCE
was unanimously adopted that the
ecretary be directed to take up
Late one night a month or so ago
kith the Pacific Telephone & Tele-
rraph Co. the matter of securing a a bright fire was observed a few
ransfer from the Echo exchange to miles northeast of town. Among
be Hermiston exchange of that part hose who observed it was C. B. Per-
if the subscribers on the Echo No. cey. and believing it to be a farm
16 line living on lower Butter Creek home he cranked his truck and
nd at points west of there on the started for the place to give what­
Vestern Land & Irrigation project. ever aid he could. But he never
There are many reasons why this reached the scene of the fire on ac­
hange should be made. Most of count of sandy roads making it 1m-
he subscribers in the territory con- possible for him to pull ¡through
erned are people who are tributary them.
Diligent inquiry the next day
o Hermiston and are being served
y R .F. D. from this postuffice. failed to locate just where the fire
Nearly all of them come here to do was or what had burned, and the
heir trading, and it is only natural mystery of the conflagration was
that they prefer to have their phone not solved until a couple of days af­
mice through the Hermiston of- ter, when one of the two DeVlem-
tice. The Western Land & Irriga- ings came to town and reported to
ion Co. is a heavy subscriber
to a local insurance agent that their
he service from the Pacific Tele- fine big farm home had been de­
hone Company, and it states that stroyed by fire, and requesting that
he service would be improved to a adjustment of the insurance be
narked degree If such a proposed made. Acceding to his request the
hange could be brought about. The insurance adjuster for that particu­
treat objection to the present ser- lar company was sent for, who on
ice is that in order to communicate going over the grounds after his ar­
vith the subscribers in this terri- rival had a vision that all was not
ory connection must be made as it should be. He became suspi-
trough the Echo exchange, and cions that the fire had not origi-
wing to the heavy duty upon the nated from a defective-flue or any-
rank lines between the towns and thing else, but that it was of incen-
he overloaded condition of the No. diary origin. As a result he delay-
6 line out of Echo it is impossible ed making the adjustment . In the
or the operators to give prompt ser- meantime he kept on with his in­
vestlgations, with the result that
ice much of the time.
It is argued that the telephone last week he laid an information
ompany could acquire the unused against both E. H. and A. C. De-
lowman line, which is already Vleming charging them with hav­
uiit, or it could come in over the ing set the house on fire with the
termistön No. 35 line. which is Intention of defrauding the insur­
Hilt to Westland, hence would not ance company, and they were taken
e a very heavy expense, but would to Pendleton by Sheriff Taylor to
esult in a material improvement in answer to the charge.
Both men are over 'the 50-year
mice to which Hermiston and the
ubscribers to be affected are justly mark and have lived on their ranch
northeast of town for some time.
ntitled.
There were 20 in attendance at
Searching for Hidden Gold
he weekly dinner, and besides talk-
Several of Echo’s citizens, assist­
ng about the above proposed change
if the telephone line, they discuss­ ed by credulous strangers, dug some
'd the proposition of cement lining big holes on the Lisle ranch last
for the A line ditch and the raising week searching for hidden treasure.
of funds for Hermiston’s quota • of according to the Echo News. In-
the Salvation Army drive, on this side information as to the where-
week all over the state. There were abonts of the buried fortune is sup-
a few other topics, and a committee posed to have been disclosed to the
was appointed to solicit the balance searchers while one of them was in
of the fund to be raised for E. P. a hypnotic trance. In any event the
Dodd’s trip to Washington. D. C.
| tip was strong enough to overcome
The next meeting will be held on the natural repungapce of the treas
seekers
handling
Tuesday of next week at the Hotel _ ure
______
:----- --- to ------
" _ a pick
-*— and
shovel, and they followed the hunch
gon Cafe.
down about twelve feet through
hard digging, until they struck the
Stole a Sheep
water line, and there they lost the
It’s a mean man or boy that will
steal a sheep. So thinks a renter on trail. .
Rumor has It that in the early
the Frank Beddow place out in Co- days an old tinier used a portion of
lumbia District. And not content
the Lisle ranch as a private bank.
with purloining the innocent little He is supposed to have had a cache
sheep he or they came back the fol-
of gold there at the time of his
lowing evening and boldly carried
death, but he did not disclose the
off a hive of bees. Some nerve that,
combination to his bank.
but it takes it to get bees. The
irate owner was in Hermiston Wed-
A Real Surprise Party
nesday, and from the way he talked
A genuine surprise party was
he evidently has struck a clue, and
i looks as though some one out in given Mr. and Mrs. C. W. LaBarre
that neighborhood will ere long be at their Locust Ranch last Satur­
interviewed by an officer of the law day evening by their neighbors. The
guests gathered about 9 o’clock at
tn the above subject.
the telephone booth and quietly
stole down the road by the locust
Ripe Peaches
W. B Knox, who operates a ranch trees. As they marched up the
Conflicting Thoughts
NO. 41
MOSS AND GRASS BECOMES
RANK IN IRRIGATION DITCHES
The annual exodus of moss and
grass that has accumulated in the
OF ALL AUTO MECHANICS irrigation ditches since the turning
on of water in the spring is about
Io be begun by the Reclamation Ser­
That the motorist may be pro- vice. Such vegetation has always
GRAN MA MN
tected from the inefficiency of un­ been a source of much discomfort
I HAVE
trained automobile mechanics ti nd In all irrigated areas, and it is
SOMETHING
repair men. and that craftsmen may nearly always necessary here nt this
10 EAT?
be protected from inefficient compe­ reason of the year to use standard
tition. the state board of auto me- methods for its exterminât ion for
canic examiners, created by the the time being. This Is usually ac-
last legislature, is distributing ap­ complished hy n chain dragging
plication blanks looking to the early process, and this method will be fol­
examination and licensing of every lowed here this as in former years.
! NEP
auto mechanic in this city, as well
For the past month fhe moss and
as In the whole state.
grass has thrived so steadily that nt
The examining board, E. E. Bog- last it has succeeded In impeding
gess, president; H. R. Fancher, vice The free flow of water, and there­
president, and M. L. Granning, sec- fore fhe Reclamation Service, with
retary-treasurer, will have its head- the approval of the water users, has
Don't Overstock
To Celebrate July Fourth
Don’t overstock on three cent
quarters in Portland, where applica­ decided to turn off the water In all
Many people here arc making tion blanks may be obtained hy ad
postage stamps. for on Tuesday of 1
channels on the project for three or
next week, July 1st, the old beloved preparation to attend the two-day dressing Box 761, although nppll four days, beginning July 4th. and
two cent rate will be returned to Fourth of J ily celebration in Pen- carts for examination may secure give the canals and laterals a thor­
us by the government. This will dleton. Nearly all who are going blanks from their county clerks or ough renovation. During the pro-
come as a genuine welcome to all. will motor to that city, although a from local garages.
Examinations cess of cleaning Old Sol will do his
for that little old one cent extra few will go by train. The half page will be held later hi 15 centrally lo­ bit toward killing the moss by di-
on letters proved rather burden­ display advertisement elsewhere in cated cities in the state, and will recting his rays thereon.
some—but Uncle Sam needed the this issue would signify that ther,e cover various specialized activities
When the work is finished the
money during the war, and there­ is going to be things doing in Pen­ of auto trades, as well as the usual water will flow free from the reser­
dleton every minute on July 4-5. lines of motor repair work.
fore not many begrudged it.
voir and ranchers will again have
Umatilla, with its Chautauqua,
The board will examine with plenty for Irrigation purposes, and
will also have quite an attendance written, oral and manual tests, pre­ not be teased by a shortness of the
Rabbits Damaging Crops
from here, for the program outlined pared in an understandable manner, fluid, as they arc at present in some
So numerous are the festive jack-
is a good one and deserving of much and the applicant may be examined instances.
rabbits becoming that on July 12th
patronage.
in any or all subjects for which he.
and 19th an effort will be made to
Some Rabbitt Drive
In his opinion. Is qualified.
inaugurate a poisoning campaign in
Enlarge
Columbia
School
The
Amrs
and Agnew ranches
Deeming
a
purely
theoretical
ex
­
this valley, On those dates induce-
nients will be held out to at least
At the meeting last week of the amination unfair to many excellent was the scene of a real old fashion-
50 farmers to agree to put strych- Columbia District school directors it mechanics who have had no theo- ed rahhit drive last Monday after-
nine on their respective ranches in was decided to build an addition to I rejical training, such lests will be noon, when ton or twelve Hermis-
fhe same way as prescribed some the school house. The number of omitted. The classification of me­ ton nimrods went out across the
time ago in an article in this paper. pupils has Increased to such an ex­ chanics will serve the dual purpose Umatilla river west of town and
Col. J. F. McNaught is at the head tent that more room and another of giving credit where credit Is duo done battle with the festive and de-
of the proposed rabbit extermination teacher became imperative. It was and to act as an incentive to others . structive Jack. A circle formed and
campaign, and it is he who will dis­ either that or send the surplus pu­ to increase their knowledge and the onward march continued until
I they hnd the rabbits, which were as
tribute the poison to those who sign. pils to the Hermiston school, and efficiency In their crafts.
Mechanics who fall to take the thick as flees, cornered In an area
after debating the question thor­
enclosed hy a rabbit fight fence. In-
oughly the school Uoard decided to examination will be subject to a
Ford Gets a Jolt
termittent firing hnd been carried
penalty
of
$100.
The
examination
While an inoffensive Ford stood build.
on by the party up to that time, but
fee will be $5.
parked on the street opposite Lays'
on arrival nt the fence the real se-
garage Thursday after having been
County Road Master Now
ance began, with the result that
Nearly a Gusher
driven from Umatilla by one of the
from 400 to 600 of the pest were
R. E. Phelps, who has been resi-
Stanfield citizens are elated over put past doing any further damage
Atchison boys, a runaway team be­
dent engineer on the Columbia
the striking of water in the city In that neighborhood,
longing to a man teaming on Butter
If Is said the
highway since It began to be built
well that the municipality has bad rabbits were so thick
Creek used it as a backstop. The lit­
in bunches at
from the Morrow county line to
the
heart
of
I
own.
tle tin lizzie held its ground alright, Echo, resigned the first of the week sunk right in
the close of the drive that the hun-
but the tongue of the wagon drove to take a position with the county The Stanfield Standard has this to ters scored a kill of three to four
in the back until the seat looked as of Umatilla as roadmaster. He has say regarding its operation:
with each shot.
"Thursday afternoon the drill on
though it was a Iwo compartment already entered upon his new du-
affair. The car belonged to Syd. ties, and will make his headquarters the well for the waterworks for the
Home From Ocean Voyage
Saylor. Umatilla barber, and was in Pendleton. His brother, W. G. city of Stanfield reached a depth of
Ernest Waterman and Henry
being used by Mr. Atchison for the Phelps, who had been acting as as- 180 feet when It entered a crevice Gunn arrived home the latter part
day while his own Ford was under­ sitant highway enginneer, has been In the rock and water gushed in and of last week from New York, where
rose to within ten feet of the top of
going repairs.
they landed two weeks ago after an
promoted to the position of resident
the 10-lnch casing. A rotary lost extensive sea trip with the Merch­
engineer, and is now in charge of
pump was Installed which lias a
New Methodist Church
the work on the state road in this pumpng capacity of 225 gallons per ant Marines. They have been gone
The official board of the local part of the county.
since January, and while away vis-
minute, and it was operated for a ited Honolulu, the Panama Canal
Methodist church decided at a re-
time and showed the well produc­ and stopped at several of the large
cent meeting to build a church.
Score Different Next Time
ing- 125 gallons per minute without
Several sites are under considera­
cities In ‘the States. Nevertheless,
The baseball game on the local materially lowering the supply. J. with all the sailing and metropoli-
tion, and a building will be erected
commensurate with the needs of the diamond Sunday between Umatilla B. Beebe, who has the contract for inn sightseeing, they say they are
community. Plans arc In the hands and Hermiston was a one-sided af­ drilling the well, is highly pleased glad to be home again.
of the architect, and they have fa­ fair. the visiting team winning and considers It one of- the best so
cilities for a large seating capacity, easily. But the score will be differ­ far that has been struck on the pro-
New Residents
spacious Sunday school rooms, a ent next time the two aggregations ject. The wafer has a temperature
Mr. and Mrs.
Strain, Jr.,
hoys’ and men’s club, ladies’ parlor, clash, for the local boys have been of 50 degrees and Is as clear a8 of Pendleton have taken up their
crystal.
’
pastor's study, and other require­ diligently practicing each evening
residence Ip Hermiston, the gentle­
ments for modern church work. The this week and are rapidly getting
man having accepted a position as
Looking Over Project
building committee has opened an into real baseball form.
manager and buttermaker at the
office near the Oregon Hardware
After a visit here of several days local Cooperativo Creamery.
building In which Rev. Gallaher has
has
R. E. Mitchell of Caney, Kansas, de­
His father, C. I Strain,
Saves Space.
installed his study and which will
If yon have not ■ kitchen closet to parted for his home Monday. The been county ass nor ‘for several
be headquarters for the building op­ hang cooking utensils In, get a large gentleman while here was a guest years and is well known to nearly
erations. The Centenary fund, am­ box, place It In the corner nearest your at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. everyone In this county. Young
ounting to $5160, has all been sub­ stove, paper It Inside and drive nails Swayze, the lady’s sister being the Mr. Strain is one of the topnotch
scribed except $500, which the cam­ In the sides, on which to hang different wife of Mr. Mitchell. His visit was era of O. A. C. college, graduating
paign director, Geo.
Patterson, articles. Have curtains for the front for the purpose of looking over the with the highest of honors as a but-
thinks
will
be
taken
care
of in a and cover top with oilcloth, which will Umatilla project, of which he has termaker. No doubt in a very short
north of town,
gain- driveway with a jolly step and a
also give you a handy kitchen table at
i few days.
heard so much, and it is evident hr time he will be as well known and
ed the distinction of having the carefree air, they
a very small expense.
went away pleased, and carrying popular here as his father is In a
"ist ripe peaches of the season." the jingle
the bathtub
having brought to Hermiston Thurs- | pattering of bare feet. The
with him the intention of returning business way all over the county.
A Large Shipment
Sappers’ Inc. this week received
Shocks Retard Drug Action.
later to locate here permanently.
"% a quantity of the luscious fruit. soon appeared, however, and many
“Shock retards the action of drugs,”
Mr. Mitchell is a druggist by pro-
"e also claims first prize in string wishes for a happy birthday greeted a shipment of bale ties direct from
Here on Visit
'
I the mills at Pittsburg. Penn Ship- aays the Rtevue de Medecine. "Frogs fession. and It has been said Ilia t
Tom Campbell, well known son
beans, and makes a close race on her ear.
In
s
state
of
shock
from
a
blow
on
the
The locust trees were adorned j ment consisted of 80,000 pounds,
and Mrs. Thomas Campbell,
early potatoes.
with lanterns, and a lawn frolic this being the largest one of bale head or an electric shock did not
visited this week nt the
parental
New
York
Visitors
was soon in full blast. The mid- ties ever received on the -pct respond to the effect of • poison until
Butter Creek Highway Next
2%
after a period of eight or ten times
Miss Ruth Scott entertained on home in this city after receiving his
night air was filled with sweet mu-There were 2275 bundles
from the army. In which
"P longer than under normal circum- Tuesday of this week a few of her discharge
At Umatilla at 10 a. m. on July 3 sic from the Vidriola as the party ties in each, or 568,750 tie of
stances, even when strychnine, for ex- friends at her home, honoring h*r he served two years. From here he
n the big Chautauqua tent there is late ice cream and cake. After pass enough to bale 189,583 bales of hay ample, was injected by the vein."
goes to The Dalles, where he will
cousins Harvey and Hazel Scott,
‘be held a big meeting, which has Hng
ring a
a delightful
uenguuu. evening
------ of
— much
------- | or about 14.216 tons
e
be engaged In the fruit business In
who
are
visiting
here
from
New
* its Purpose the working out of merriment and diversion the thirty
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. P. B Doh | York state. Miss Ruth will accom­ that city.
plans for the opening of the Butter guests wended their way home just
To
Piiot
Rock
erty
on Tuesday, June 24. 1919, a pany them on their return home
steck highway from Lena through as the silvery moon tipped the east-
Joins Her Soldier Husband
Messrs.
Turner
and
Caldwell.
next Monday as far as Wyoming,
who
son.
this city and on to Umatilla. It is
Mrs.
Vera Morfitt departed Wed-
ern horizon.
recently sold to Phillip Baars the
where she will visit with friends nesday morning for Portland
to
Eected that every good roads man
Columbia Highway Garage that they |
and relatives two months.
join her husband. Julian F Morfitt,
Hottest Day
* this part nt the county will be in
| operated In this city, left for Pilot |
Return to Hermiston
“tendance,
i and
It Is further ex-
for- | Rock Thursday. They will enter | Wednesday was the hottest day of
A. Hobbs,
receive his discharge from the army
and Mrs
reeted that a committee will be
Farmers’ Exchange Meeting
the same line of busin** there, hav the year, according to the Reclama­
of
A
meeting
of
the
stockholders
ted consisting of one member merly of this project but lately resi-
tion Service weather bureau. On
i ing bought a garage In that city.
seas for two years. After receiving
. each road dist riet that is cross- dents of Portland, have returned to
| that day the mercury went up to 94 the Hermiston Formers’ Exchange
his discharge Mr. and Mrs Morfitt
is
tn
he
held
in
the
publie
library
b this proposed highway, and Hermiston to live again. Mr. Hobb
Mm. George Holland a nd daugh- degrees, being one degree above this at 8:30 this evening This will be will visit In Seattle for a few days
’ they win immediately organize has taken the position of bookk per
The minimum for
ter
Dorothy returned last Sunday
returning to Portland to take
" begin an active campaign look- in the Cooperative creamery.
he
week
was
47
degrees. A little an adjourned meeting of the one before
I morning from a two weeks visit In
up their permanent residence.
" to the securing of funds for the
prinkle of rain fell Thursday night, held a week »6» tonight.
I Portland.
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believes he has
of
were greeted PX
and,
the
hostess
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