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VOL. XIV
OUTGOING AND INCOMING
SHIPMENTS KEEP UP WELL
During the month of January the
outgoing shipments in carload lots
totaled 84. During the same period
carloads of commodities received
amounted to 41. For this time of
year the above is considered a good
record, and denotes that Hermiston
valley is a money maker for the
railroad the whole year round.
Following is a list of carloads
shipped out and also those received
during last month, together with the
names of people shipping and re
ceiving:
OUTGOING, 84 CARS
C. S. McNaught Co.—
27 cars of hay.
R. F. Kirkpatrick—
13 cars of hay-
W. A. Leathers—
10 cars of hay.
W. T. Roberts—
1 car of stock.
W. W. Felthouse—
IS cars of hay.
Newport Construction Co.—
2 cars of hay.
1 car cement pipe.
C. W. Tilden—
4 cars of hay.
D. Campbell—
1 car of hay.
R. Boswell—
1 car of hay.
INCOMING. 41 CARS
Inland Empire Lumber Co.—
5 cars of lumber.
5 cars of coal.
2 cars of wood.
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co.—
2 cars of lumber.
2 cars of wood.
4 cars of coal.
M. Lopp—
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920
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1 car of wood. "
C. S. McNaught Co.—
1 car of wood.
C. J. Hahn—
9 cars of ice.
F. A. Chezik—
2 cars of feed.
2 cars of beet pulp.
Tear of corn
W. A. Leathers—
2 cars of feed.
1 car of corn
J. S. Dyer—
1 car of lumber.
Hermiston Auto Co.—.
1 car of automobiles.
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300 PEOPLE TOOK IN
RABBIT DRIVE SUNDAY
Even though there were not many
rabbits slaughtered at the big rabbit
drive last Sunday that was partici
pated in by approximately 300 peo
ple from Irrigon, Umatilla, Columbia
District, Hermiston, Butter Creek
and Stanfield, everyone had bushels
of fun during the cross country run
and at the finish of the hunt.
The day was ideal for such a joyous
gathering, the weather being Just
right, with Old Sol shedding a radi
ance of good cheer over the multitude
armed with clubs after having re
mained in hiding for so long.
On converging of the four wings
of the drivers coming from the north,
east, south and west, it was discern
ible that in the vortex thus created
there were hundreds of rabbits, but
for some unaccountable reason they
disappeared as the wings closed in on
them. Of course, there were many
of the animals killed by clubs as they
endeavored to escape through the
lines, but the finish st the wire en
closure was not exciting or success-
ful as had been anticipated by the
hunters or promoters.
However, this will all be changed
in the next big hunt to take place
soon, for on Monday Capt. W. J. Dob
ler went out among the ranchers and
secured subscriptions to the amount
of $70 to go toward the purchase of
one whole mile of rabbit wire for use
anywhere on the project in future
drives.
Annual Meeting Postponed
On account of the flu ban having
been on at the time the annual meet
ing of the Cooperative Creamery
should have taken place, which was
last Saturday, postponement was
taken, for two weeks. Thus the
annual meeting will be held at the
Creamery building Saturday, Febru
ary 31, at 1:30 p. m.
Newports Get Contract
The Reclamation Service on Mon
day of this week let a contract to the
Newport Construction Co. for the
changing of about 900 feet of the A
line canal a little this side of Cold
Springs reservoir at a point where
the Service experienced quite a lot of
trouble last year by the sloughing
of the embankment. The new canal
will he concrete lined and built fur
ther back into a hill close by. This
is the first of quite a number of
changes and improvements in the A
line that the Reclamation Service
hopes to make in the near future in
order to make that water carrier
more .serviceable.
BUILDING OF M’KAY CREEK
RESERVOIR BOUND TO COME
Whi^T
To Talk on Federal Loans
Col. J. F. McNaught has been
delving into the Federal Farm Loan
Act for some time past, and as a re
sult has acquired expert knowledge
of the workings of this law. In or
der to give ranchers the benefit of
this Information, now that an irri
gation district has been formed here,
he will talk on the subject at the
noonday luncheon of the Commercial
Club at the Oregon Cafe next Tues
day. Every one interested should
be present to hear this address.
Today is St. Valentine’s
Smashed Fingers
Last Sunday while in the act of
opening one of the sliding doors of
the Hermiston Auto Co. garage in
order to run his car therein, R. C.
Challis accidentally had his left
hand caught between the door and
the casing, with the result of two
fingers being crushed in the impact.
The following article on the Teel
The injury has proved to be a most
painful one, and has necessitated District work, the big irrigation pro
the suspension of work on the part ject not far from Hermiston that will
soon be under cultivation, is taken
of Mr. Challis.
from the Engineering News-Record.
It gives some interesting facts con
Purchased Ten Acres
H. E. Hanby on Tuesday purchased cerning the engineering features of
an unimproved ten acre tract from the work:
"Progress on the 2 1 miles of tun
Mr. Pierson. The land is one mile
southwest of town. Already the new nel for the Teel Irrigation District in
owner has begun the work of im Umatilla county, Oregon, has reach
proving so as to be prepared to seed ed 18 feet per heading per day. The
tunnel will divert water from the
the place to alfalfa this spring.
John Day watershed to that of the
Umatilla river. It will be ted by a
Received Blooded Stock
17 mile collecting canal, tapping
J, H. Prindle. well known west Camas, Hidaway and Cable creeks.
side rancher, is turning his atten
tion to the Holstein breed of dairy From the tunnel the water will flow
cattle, having received the latter through the natural channel of But
part of last week three registered ter creek for 35 miles to a point
Holstein calves. These animals were where it will be diverted and dis
selected and purchased out of a herd tributed. The lands to be irrigated
that is owned by a dairyman of lie at an elevation of 600 to 900 feet
above sea level.
Snohomish, Wash.
"In addition to the tunnel and
main canal there will be diversion
Smoker for Big Legion Drive
Bob Martin, A. E. F. heavyweight dams, sidehill flumes, trestle flumes,
champ, is being sought as one of the inverted siphons, concrete drops and
principals in a 10-round heavyweight chutes, cement lined ditches, and
go which will feature the high jinks other special construction works.
to be put on by Pendleton Post of A sawmill plani with a daily capa
the American Legion on Saturday city of 30,000 feet has been installed
.
night, February 28. This bout, to on Camas creek.
"The tunnel is 12,341 feet long. 8
gether with others' now being ar
ranged, will climax a week’s mem feet wide and 7 feet high in the
bership drive for the four Legion clear, with an arched roof. Its grade
is 0.5 per cent and the greatest depth
posts in Umatilla county.
The best boxers on the coast will below the surface is 640 feet. At the
box before an audience of Legion and end is a plant with 190 h. p. bollera
ex-service men from all over Uma and engines driving 10x12 compress-
tilla county. Jack, Grant, veteran ors. A 50-inch fan draws the smoke
Pendleton matchmaker, is being en- and foul air from the face of the
listed to line up a fast card, and the tunnel through an 18-inch pipe, so
Pendleton Post hopes to prove kingly that the muckers are usually at work
hosts to the men of this county at an in from three to five minutes after
affair that should live long in the a blast is fired.
memory of all.
"At each tunnel face are two air
In addition to the boxing and drills mounted side by side on a hor
smoker committee of three handling izontal bar. Three 8-hour shifts are
this affair, Pendleton Post has a worked at each end of the tunhel,
live-wire committee of nine planning with two drillers and three muckers.
other details. Every service man in They average six feet per shift, or
the county is wanted in one of the 18 feet per day, except that where
posts and will be expected on hand timbering is required the progress is
for the high jinks closing the week’s from 10 to 12 feet per day. The rock
drive.
is basalt, more or less broken at the
beginning, but becoming barder as
the work progresses.
“About 14 miles of excavation will
be required on the main canal, about
one mile of this being in solid rock,
and the remainder in a heavy black
It was decided at the Commercial clayey loam. The bottom width Is
Club luncheon last Tuesday to bold 25 feet with side slopes of 1 on 1.
a horse show in Hermiston the last This excavation Is being done at the
week in March or the first week in rate of about 1000 cubic yards per
April. At this fair liberal cash day by a caterpiller mounted steam
prizes are to be given to winners in shovel, having a 1‘ yard bucket.
the different classes.
“The diversion dam is of timber,
That the exhibit will be a success rock and earth. 195 feet long, with
is already admitted, for it Is a well an overflow crest or spillway 155
known fact that there are close to feet long. An abutment connects It
100 "ine brood mares, stallions and with the wall of the canyon at the
colts on farms in the vicinity of Irri east end, while a combination head
gon, Umatilla. Hermiston, Stanfield gate and abutment connects it with
and Butter Creek that would look the canal at the west end. There
well and attract much attention In are four controlling gates In the
a show ring.
dam.
The program and dates for this to
"Construction work was started
be annual event will soon be given about September 1 of last year. Ex
out, for already committees are hard cavation work is continuing all win
at work making preparation for the ter. but the flumes and trestles will
big show.
not be started until spring, the main
canal being at an elevation of about
An all day meeting of the M. E. 3,600 feet. W. B. Hinkle, consult
Ladies Aid will be held at the home ing engineer, of Echo, is engineer In
of Mm. Gallaher on the 19th of this chief for the Teel Irrigation Dis-
month.
trict."
Did you get yours?
TEEL CANAL AND TUNNEL
IS HUGE ENGINEERING JOB
HERMISTON TO BAVE
BIG DORSE SHOW
NO. 22
Railway Strike Scheduled
A strike of 300,000 members of
the United Brotherhood of mainten
ance of way employees and railroad
shop laborers was called for Febru
ary 17 at a meeting of the general
chairmen in Detroit, Michigan, Wed
nesday. Should an appeal to Presi
dent Wilson to adjust wage demands
fail, it is said the strike order will
be executed on the above date.
Election Date Settled
Attorney General Brown, In an
To Hold Postponed Dances
opinion given Tuesday at Salem,
At the regular meeting of Her stated that city officials should be
miston Post, American Legion, last I elected on the first Monday in No
Tuesday evening it was decided to vember, the date of the regular gen
hold a meeting in Stanfield on the eral election in Oregon. The opin
evening of February 23. It was also ion was requested by the district at
decided to hold the postponed Leg torney of Columbia county. It is
ion dances on February 24 and 25 applicable to all incorporated towns
at Hermiston and Stanfield.
and cities in the state.
Plans for the forthcoming mem-
bership drive were made, and it Is
Library Notes
expected to enroll ail service men
The library opened on the 9th of
in this part of the county.
this month after having been closed
Claims to the government by any a week on account of the flu epi
.of the ex-service men will be greatly demic.
facl’itated if the claimants will first
All patrons having books overdue
confer with Secretary Harry Kelley, are requested to return tieni to the
who now has the forms and method library at the earliest possible date.
of procedure-for presentation of the
claims.
More Pure Breds for the Project
APPLE TREE BUBS
APPARENTLY UNHURT
The fruit growers on the project
should not be too much discouraged
because of the serious injuries that
occurred to the trees during the
severe weather this winter.
Of
course, the peach trees are pretty
badly killed in all localities. The
older pear and cherry trees may pos-
sibly pull through. Very few apple
trees show such injury that they
will not recover. Returns from an
examination of apple twigs sent to
Corvallis by County. Agent Fred Ben-
Ion from three Hermiston and two
Stanfield orchards show that most
of the buds are unhurt. Except-for
slight injury to the wood in the
form of yellowing the tissues are
only slightly injured, says Professor
Brown’s report, from the O. A. C.
Mr. Bennion suggests that prun
ing of all trees showing signs of
serious injury of twigs be deferred
till later. Trees with partial trunk
Injury but practically no injury to
twigs could be pruned as usual. If
a specialist from the Oregon Agri
cultural College can be secured
pruning demonstrations will be ar
ranged for as soon as possible.
C. M. Jackson and Geo. H. Root
received two pure bred Big Type
Duroc Jersey sows last Saturday
from Aurora, the famous hog and
corn center of Nebraska, The’Jack-
son sow Is a Pathfinder, while the
Ate Root got is an Orion and Sensa
tion. They were selected by Fred
Devore, whose judgment is never
questioned among hog breeders. In
writing of the purchase of those
sows, Devore says that under ordi
nary circumstances he would have
had to pay twice as much for them.
Mail Carrier III
J. A. Reeves, the rural mail car
rier, was taken down with the flu
Thursday, and at this writing is
quite ill. Ed. Hitt will act as car
rier In his place until he recovers.
Rural mail box owners should assist
the new carrier by immediately hav
ing their names plainly printed on
boxes that do not now contain them,
as it is hard for a new man to give
the desired satisfaction if this is not
done.
THOUGH A DEMOCRAT,
WE’LL SAY ________
HE’S 0. K.
At the solicitation of his demo
cratic friends Will M. Peterson, a
well known Pendleton attorney, has
under consideration an invitation to
become a candidate for delegate to
the national democratic convention
to be held In San Francisco In July.
This would not be the first con
vention that Mr. Peterson has at
tended In the Interests of the party
with which he is affiliated, for he
was at the St. Louis convention four
years ago as a delegate from this
district. Mr. Peterson was also a
presidential elector in 1912 and has
served several years as county demo
cratic chairman.
The pressure on Mr. Peterson to
become a candidate has come not
only from friends tn Pendleton but
also from this and other sections of
the district.
After a conference with democratic
leaders In Portland it is ’likely he
will announce whether he will be-
come a candidate.
Fire in Boardman Store
(By M. B. Signs)
Cramer A Co.’s general merchan
dise store at Boardman was the
scene of considerable excitement
about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning
when an alarm of fire was sounded
and flames were discovered under
the rear of the building in the vi
cinity of the oil tank. Mrs. Cramer
was awakened by the smoke and
flames pouring up into the sleeping
apartment, which is In the rear of
the store. There being no fire pro
tection of any kind In the commu
nity the alarm was sounded by fir
ing several shots from a revolver
and yelling "Fire!" in the good old
fashioned way. A crowd quickly
gathered and a bucket brigade was
formed, and after some strenuous
work the danger of a severe con-
flagration was averted. The loss
was nominal and covered by Insur
ance by the owner of the building.
Weather Report
E. W. Mack of Hermiston. The
The maximum temperature the
cause of the tire is unknown, but past week was 51 degrees above and
from its location It might have been the minimum 19.
There was no
from spontaneous combustion.
rainfall.
It would not be surprising it work
was started some time early next
year on the building of the McKay
creek reservoir, for the interpreta
tion of the handwriting on the walls
in the White House at Washington,
D. C., would tend to indicate that
events are fast transpiring which
are to spell activity on this as well
as many other western irrigation
projects during the year 1920 by the
U. S. Reclamation Service.
The most recent move at Washing
ton has been made by Secretary
Lane, who has asked congress to in
crease appropriations for work on ir
rigation projects next year from
$7,873,000 to »12.8 7 3,0 0 0. The
secretary said President Wilson had
approved the estimated expenditures.
Nineteen Irrigation projects In
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho. Montana,
North and South Dakota. Nebraska,
Woming, Nevada.
New
Mexico,
Texas, California, Oregon and Wash
ington would receive Increased funds,
permitting greater development work
The oil lands leasing measure re
cently agreed upon In conference
provides for a division between the
reclamation fund and the states of
royalties paid the government for
use of the mineral lands, and the
secretary said the prospects of enact
ment of the bill make “it new seem
probable that the reclamation fund
will be increased by five to seven
million dollars.”
Urging reclamation of arid lands
as fast as funds are available, Mr.
Lane said It was advisable to consid
er the needs of settlers who have
been waiting many years for a water
supply.
Projects which would receive in
creased appropriations under the
Lane plan Include the Yuma, Grand
Valley. Uncompgre Valley. Boise,
King, Hill, Minidoka, Huntley, Milk
River, Lower Yellowstone, North
Platte, Newlands, Carlsbad. Rio
Grande, Umatilla, Klamath, Belle
Fourche, Strnwberry Valley, Yaki
ma Valley and Shoshone.
Up to Date
The Pioneer Barber Shop on Main
street operated by Ed. Mlles was
this week improved In appearance
by the Installation of a large plate
glass window and three-quarter
glass door. This makes of the ton-
sorial parlor a pleasant appearing
place inside, and gives It an up to
date business look outside.
PORTLAND AUTO SHOW
INTERESTS LOCAL PEOPLE
Quite a number of Hermiston peo
ple are being attracted by the big
auto show to be held in Portland
during the week of February 23 to
28, and as a result a number have al
ready begun making preparations to
attend the event.
Some idea of the size of the show
this year may be gained from the
fact that the Ice Palace, where the
motor car part of the affair will be
held. Is the largest show room on a
single floor in the United States. Its
360x130 feet, without a single post
to obstruct the view, give more space
than Is available for cars even on
the main floor of the huge Coliseum
building In Chicago, which Is 300 by
120 feet In size.
One of the features will be the
display of closed car models. At
least one-third of the 176 models to
be shown will bo of the enclosed
type. It does not require a very long
memory to remember back to the
days when the only closed automo
biles In this part of the country
were taxicabs or costly limousines,
ownership of which automatically
rated a man as a millionaire. In
those days folks on the street used to
speculate as to how much he paid
his chauffeur when the great man
rolled by In his limousine.
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But times have changed. Nowa
days there are closed earn within the
reach of the purse of even the very
moderate income. And the day when
such a vehicle could be driven only
by a paid chauffeur In uniform also
is past. In these times the closed
car owner drives his own.
Another feature of the Portland
auto exposition is the truck show
held In connection with it. For the
first time on the Pacific coast a show
will be devoted exclusively to trucks.