Hermiston Dairy and Hog Show, Oct. 22, 23, 24
State Dairy Convention, October 24 and 25
T he H ermiston H erald
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VOL. XIV
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1919
ERMISTON EXPERIENCING
STEADY IMPROVEMENT PERIOD
There seems to be no surcrease to
, Improvement era in Hermiston
at began early in the summer,
a the work of constructing sub
antial business buildings and the
Sing of concrete walks in the re-
Gential and business portions goes
ladily on. All this, added to the
laving of Main street, which work
L soon be under way, will make
germiston the hub of all the thriv-
L towns in the west end of the
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o Ö. A. C. PRESS EDITOR SEES
VISIT HERE
THINGS
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"The value of farm crops on the
Hermiston project has increased by
The hunting season on pheasants a yearly average of almost the total
has been open all this week, and value In 1911. as shown In the
hunters report the birds to be num forthcoming report of H. K. Dean.
erous. There were “shooters" from Superintendent of the Umatilla Ex
all sections of the county and else periment Farm." said C. J. McIn
where in this neck o’ the project tosh. agricultural press editor of the
, in an interview with I he
bright and early last Sunday morn O. A.
ing. and there are still many from editor of i The Herald the other day
the outside joining the local sports while he was here on a visit to the
men in quest of this game bird. To- station.
morrow (Sunday) night the season
"The 1911 crop was valued at
on the chinks close for another 12 $58,795. The 1918 crop at $339,-
months.
976. This Increase came not only
from increased acreage but also
from the addition of 106 new farms
Turning Out Good Butter
Hermiston Cooperatie Creamery is to the project. Higher yields and
just rolling out good butter these prices were other favorable factors.
“The population
steadily
days, for all of which a market,
throughout
this
period,
with
entire
both local and foreign, is readily
found. Many new improvements absence of 'ballooning.' as shown in
It has hardly
have been made in the institution the report figures.
recently by Clark Mansfield, the kept pace with the rapid growth of
buttermaker, and more are in pros crop values, hut the most marked in
crease was In 1918. Figure's for
pect.
the current year are not yet avail-
able.”
One Fatal Accident
This project, thinks Mr.
McIn
The opening of the pheasant sea
tosh. offers an excellent opportu
son last Sunday was responsible for
nity to returned soldiers who want
the death of Mrs. Gilman Folsom,
Io make a home on a farm where
wife of a rancher near Pendleton,
the home and social life will be con
who received a full load of shot In
genial, especially as the project Is
the breast from the accidental dis
enlarged by the addition of new ir
charge of a shotgun as she leaned
rigable units.
against an auto. In the machine
The horticultural resource's of the
was her nephew, who with others
district on the higher levels and
had just returned from the hunting
protected, air-drained slope's were
grounds, In the rear seat reclined
said to be most unusual. Although
the gun. and as the lady stood there
the unlooked for power of the soil
inviting the boys to stay to dinner
and elimille to produce alfalfa and
It is supposed some jar to the ma-
general farm crops has given first
rhino caused the gun to explode.
place to farm field crops. Mr. Me-
The horribly injured woman was , .
r .
,
, .
,
„
Intosh expressed the belief that hor-
rushed with all speed Io St. Anlh- ..
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, ,,
liculture will always hold an Im-
ony’s hospital, where 8 "
expired portant secondary place In the pro
shortly after the accident on the
ject’s farming system.
operating table.
"Take the Hart orchard hi the
Hermiston suburbs as a case in
point
exclaimed the delighted vis-
I tor.
T have never before seen so
many first grade commercial apples
His win-
pro« on equal tree
ter Bananas and Winesaps are worth
Dan McKenty, who away back in coming miles
counted
see.
I
1910 shortly after the government the fruit on one limb and found 158
opened up this project, came here Winesaps of wonderful size, color
from Montana and secured 27 acres and uniformity. 1 think fully 80
of choice land a short distance percent were of first class commer
southwest of Hermiston, paid a vis- cial quality. Many of these apples
It to the ranch the latter part of measured three Inches In diameter.’’
last week.
livestock
That field crops
Mr. McKenty is a Great Northern holds the premier place on the pro
railroad conductor who makes his ject was Mr. McIntosh's impression,
home In Havre, and it has been a gained by observation and from
year or over since he was here last farm station records.
Alfalfa is
on an annual visit.
During the king of the money makers, and
lime he has owned the land be has while the maximum vields arc high
each year had improvements made the average yield is considerably be
on the place, until now a large part low what It can be made by better
of it is in alfalfa an also six to seven use of waler, crop rotation, live
acres In fruit. •
stock and green and stable manure.
W. L. Swan has been operating This, is shown both by farm practice
the place this year for him in con- and station tests. It Is In the solu
nection with his own ranch, and tion of these dominant problema that
the gentleman from the nearby min- the station superintendent is now
ing state war much pleased with the engaged.
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way It Is being handled. Time was
"It Is neither good soil practice
during the past ten years that Mr. nor good farm business to ’carry all
McKenty would have liked to dis- your eggs In one basket,’ Mr. McIn-
pose of the ranch but this notion tosh quoted, "Alfalfa Is the biggest
went glimmering witlr his visit this but not the only profitable crop,
lime, for he quickly discerned what Pastures on heavier soils, corn and
a bright future is In store for this sunflowers for silage
feed
project, and he now intends to dairy cow. grain and peas to finish
hold on to it and some time not fin off the hogs, are promising rotation
distant come here with his family I
and lead the life of a happy farmer.
"Hermiston prosperity Is Inevi
Lots of Pheasants
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BOOSTING FOR THE
LOCAL DAIRY SHOW
Below is reproduced a circular let dairyman can afford to miss. Lo-
ter sent out to all its members by cal plans at Hermiston are in charge
the Oregon Dairymen’s Association. of Geo. A. Cressey, second vice-
It certainly is a booster proposition president of the Dairymen’s Asso
and Mr. Fred Bennion.
for Hermiston's Annual Dairy Show, ciation
giving, as it does, the entire pro County Agricultural Agent of Uma
gram for the two days session of tilla County, which assures smooth
the association here on October 24 working arrangements. This meet
ing will come in just right for your
and 25:
fall vacation. Try to attend.
"The fall meeting of this Associa
“The time and place of the An
tion will be at Hermiston, October
nual meeting of the Oregon Dairy-
23, 24 and 25, 1919. in connection
men’s Association will be decided
with the Annual Dairy Cattle, and
during the week at Hermiston."
Hog Show. This being the first time
this association has ever held a
Directors Hold Meeting
meeting east of the mountains, the
The board of directors of the
Executive Committe is anxious to
have a large turn out of Willamette West Extension Irrigation District
Valley and Coast Dairymen. The met Tuesday and Wednesday at the
region adjacent to Hermiston on a reclamation offices in this city. The
government irrigation project Is a members sat as a board of equaliza
rapidly developing dairy section tion, and during the sessions tran
Pure bred cattle are being introduc sacted routine business.
ed, a creamcry is maintained and
New Battery Charger
the future is bright. The dairymen
A Tungar Rectifier, a machine
of that section are anxious to ex
change ideas with those of the more that will charge 20 batteries at one
fully developed dairy sections. They and the same time, was installed
feel that they can learn something Tuesday of this week in Lays Gar
in the exchange and some of those age. This new addition fills a long
who are acquainted with the pro felt want in the battery department
gressive community are of the opin of the institution.
ion that it would not be a onesided
exchange.
"A prograt., has been prepared. TOM CORWINE
Practical, well informed men are to
GREAT ENTERTAINER
speak. R. L. Sabin is a dairyman.
attorney, and ir tremendously inter- | Possesses Remarkable Powers of Imi-
tation and Mimicry.
ested in the w rk of the Oregon
Dairy Council which he will tell | Tom Corwine is prince among enter
about. Incidentally he will proba- I tainers. He fills every minute with
bly discuss the feeding of cattle for | fine fun and laughter. All that he
does is original. He imitates no one
milk production.
,
"M S. Schrock (Milke) needs no and no one can imitate him success
fully. The Joliet Daily News says:
introduction Io the members of the
the
association or the people on
Hermiston project.
"C. L. Hawley Is a breeder of
L. H. Pearson, who with his son Guernsey cattle and Lincoln sheep,
William, own 240 acres of partly president of the Oregon Purebred
improved land in the east end of the Live Stock Asociation since its or
project, arrived Tuesday to spend a ganization many years ago, vice-
week or more here on business con president of the Dairymen’s Associa
nected with his land interests. He tion and a ‘former state senator.
is holding a clerical position in one The Willamette Valley dairymen
of the shipyards at Tacoma, and his know him well, and all others need
vacation comes at this time by rea to.
‘‘Henry McCall is the pioneer
son of the shipbuilders being out on
breeder
of Holsteins east of the
strike.
Accompanying him were
and the first Holstein |
mountains
Thomas Young and Mr. Shulte of
cows on I
Seattle, who are here looking over breeder in Oregon to put
done un-|
His
work
is
yearly
test.
the project with a view to settling.
der extremely practical I conditions |
He will tell how he manages his
cattle under Irrigated I farm condi-1
Suddenly taken down with app
Hons.
of last
dicitis
Thursday
"The Waikiki Farm al Spokane
week, Mrs. R.
Challis was tanen
is one of the justly famous Jersey
to St. Anthony’s hospital In Pendle-
The Oregon Dairymen's conven- herds of the northwest. Mr. Whit-
ton Friday, accompanied by Mr.
vention will close Saturday night. ney, the manager, has a movie film
Challis. Immediately after arrival
October 25, with a banquet given of held scenes which will interest
there the operation for the removal
"Tom
Corwine
has
the
most
marvelou"
by the local dairymen in honor of all.
of the appendix
was successfully
"C. C. Dickson of Shedds.
now throat in existence. He is a living won
the visiting dairymen. The ban-
performed. But it was not a mo-
der.
possessing
four
distinct
throat*
quet arrangements have been made, operator of the herd of J. M. Dick- In one. so that he can make a concord meni too soon, for the appendix Bad
and it promises to be one to send ron and Son, has good Ideas with ance of sounds that no other voice has bursted en route, and the physician
the visitors away with a warm place | reference to pure herd building ever accomplished " He imitates birds, declared that had there been an-
I that have been gained through ex- animais and mechanical contrivances
In their hearts for Hermiston.
other hour's delay Mm Challis could
will
yerience and study
The young with a perfection that is uncanny.
The tickets will be $2 and
His humorous sketches are irresis
entitle each bolder to take a visit I breeders will be especially interest-
Though very weak, the patient is
tibly laughable and have won for him
ing guest. H. K. Dean will have ed In what he has to say.
getting along nicely at present, and
“Mears. J. D Mickie and E. B. a nationwide reputation.
charge of the ticket sale at the
tall Indications point to her rapid re-
Dairy Show grounds.
The ticket Fitts need no further introduction
Houses
are
in
demand,
and
any-
covery.
sale will close Thursday night pre- to any group of dairymen in Oregon one having a habitable residence
Both have sound, intelligent ideas
ceding the banquet on Saturday.
Weather Report
and they, can express them in such anywhere on the project can secure
for
The maximum tempera
sonable
rental
If
they
will
in-
lend Ì Ihr past week whs 85 degrees
The M K. Ladies’ Aid will meet | manner as to be helpful to those |
orm B. P Dodd, who will *
next Thursday at the home of Mrs.
the minimum .27. No rainfall.
This program is one that no tenants free of charge
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HERMISTON-PENDLETON
I With each year that rolls around
you celebrate a birthday but are you
Positive the day in question is act-
"ally the anniversary of the day you
"ere born? Could you go into court,
say, and prove the date of your
birth except by your own or parent’s
verbal evidence? Is there any rec-
ord of your birth except in the fam-
W Bible.
I It is likely there is no other rec-
ord and that you could not prove
the date beyond a reasonable doubt.
Why? Because birth registration is
mparatively new in the United
ates.
"‘Because your own birth is not re-
led, however, is no good reason
your children should not have
he benefits of birth registration.
Washington has a system of birth
Eistration in operation which is
“PDroved by the federal government,
seing one of three states west of the
Mississippi river where more than
* per cent of the births are official-
" and actually registered, according
′ federal census bureau officials.
The burean of vital statistics, or
birth and death registration head-
Tarters, is located in Seattle in the
"fices of the state board of health.
Registrars are located in every com-
"unity of the state. They receive
"ith registrations and
forward
them to the state offices where they
* tabulated and the totals sent to
census bureau
That Washington people often
need certified copies of birth certi-
"rates is indicated by the fact that
persons called for and obtained
you FELLERS BEAT (T
YA (ANT OPERATE
"ROURD HERE ATALL
NOW G(T OR ILL re
LOCK YA dorn r 2
Sold Small Ranch
The Shawver ranch of five acres
situated in the southern part of the
city which was owned by F. C. Me-
Kenzie, has been purchased by a
former Sand Hollow rancher named
Aschenhurst.
The new
owner,
who came here early in the fruit
season after a load of peaches, be-
came enemoreed with the Hermiston
valley to such an extant that he
sold
his holdings in Sand Hollow
punty.
F With the near completion of the and will come here shortly with his
usiness block on Main street that family to live on his small but well
isoon to be occupied by P. B. Sis- improved ranch.
ars confectionery store comes the
[cisión »? E. W. Mack, proprietor
Enjoying His Vacation
[ the Hermiston Drug Co., to have
Geo. E. Briggs has been taking
large addition built on to the rear a vacation this week from his du-
nd of Lay’s garage, which he re- ties as clerk in Kingsley's store and
ently acquired by purchase from spent his time recreating on his
uppers’ Inc. The structure will ex- Four Sisters ranch four miles east
end 40 feet back to the alley and of this city putting up his third
160 feet lengthwise, one story cutting, of alfalfa and picking his
igh and constructed of Denison in- apple crop. He expects to harvest
erlocking title. Lack of space, 1000 boxes of apples this year off
oth in the mechanical and car stor- his orchard. These consist of the
ge department's has hastened the Rome Beauty. Jonathan and Wine
kision of Mr. Mack on-making this sap varieties.
uprovement, and work on the ad-
Itiön is to begin right away by Au-
Sentenced to Two Years
ust F. Beisse, who has the con-
C. DeVleming received a sen-
net. It is estimated the building tence of two years in the state peni
ill cost in the neighborhood of tentiary in the circuit court at Pen
3500, and when completed it will dleton this week, after having plead
Ive the proprietors of Lay’s garage guilty two weeks ago to having set
better chance to cater to their his farm home northwest of this city
1er increasing trade.
on fire in order to gain the insur
During the past week sidewalks ance. He will be on his way to
planks that were well nigh worn Salem in a few days to begin serv
it have given place to those of ing his sentence.
ore modern concrete. Down on
Newport avenue John Schimke, Col.
H G. Newport and others have and
are having residential walks laid by
force of men employed by Contrac-
tor Henery Notz, and on Main street
Contractor Beisse has had his force
A. R. Roberts and B. Robinett of
employed tearing out in front of La Grande came here Sunday,, and
everal business places and replac- after looking the field over decided
ing with concrete walks.
to begin the operation of an auto
When the Dairy Show Associa stage line between Hermiston and
tion buildings in the north end of Pendleton, with the result that the
own have been erected another add- initial trip was made Tuesday.
ed improvement to Hermiston will
Both men are thoroughly versed
have been consummated, and before in the overland stage business, and
rioter really sets in a couple of have made the rates very reason
months hence the outlook at present able from this city, Stanfield and
18 that there will be several other Echo to the county seat and return.
buildings under course of construc- The stage schedule is 8 a. m. out of
lion.
Hermiston to Pendleton. and return
ing it leaves Pendleton at 4 p. m.
Civic Club to Meet
the same day.
A business meeting of the Civic
The gentlemen will also make a
'lull will be held at the library Fri- special effort to work up the parcel
ay afternoon, October 17, at 2:30. carrying trade between the above
r the purpose of electing officers towns, and at present are very op
for the ensuing year, A large at timistic over the excellent chances
tendance Is requested, as other im- for building up big business in the
portant business will be discussed stage line.
and acted upon.
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Barred
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HEAVY LAND HOLRER
IS PROJECT VISITOR
MONTANA MAN PLEASED
WITH ACTIVITIES HERE
tably bound up with agricultural
prosperity, and that prosperity Is as-
sured if modern methods of farming
— production and management are
followed. The station farm exem-
plifies these methods and the a---
erinienowntownn make their ---
OPERATED ON FOR
ACUTE APPENDICITIS
LOCAL DAIRYMEN WILL
BANQUET VISITORS
B. T. Strohm.
Mr. mcintosh came over from r~"
Union branch and later left tor ver
Moro station.
He In deeply ami—
ested In the Hermiston project =--
expects to return and make • •• ■
ther studs of its prozren
.
Avole Stealing Start
A. H Roob reported the ines
22 box** of apples fiotti the """*
Brom, orchard on the West sium -
The
Wednesday
night,
werw eute enough to leave
road.
venicle on tne county
where they loaded the
Other
■■« mm mno
orchard
becoming a yearly occurrence ’ey"
ein are devising ways and meaun •