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THE H ermiston H erald HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1920 VOL. XIV NO. 24 ▼ LADIES HONE BUREAU OF UMATILLA PROGRESSIVE HERMISTON PIONEER PASSES AFTER EXTENDED ILLNESS — The house warming given by the Umatilla Ladies’ Home Bureau last Saturday afternoon proved to be a very pleasant and successful affair from every angle. A most charming programme was rendered. The first number was a picture on the new school machine screen, then two songs wonderfully rendered by Mrs. Stella Paulu, the mayor of Umatilla, and the last number was a delight ful reading by Mrs. Voelker of Her miston. After the programme, the guests repaired to the lunch room and par took of a well prepared luncheon— hot buscuits, assorted home made cookies and excellent coffee made up the menu. During .the course of the meal various snappy short talks were given by several guests. E. P. Dodd of Hermiston, Mrs. J. C. Bal lenger, president of the Parent- Teachers' association of Boardman, Mr. Swayze of Hermiston, Miss Ball ard, domestic science teacher of Boardman, Mr. Watson, Prof. Voel ker, Mrs. McNaught of Hermiston and A. E. McFarland of Umatilla were among the speakers. Their talks were greatly enjoyed by all. The tables were decorated with jonquils and greenery and the lunch room was bedecked with the club colors, yellow and lavender. The af ternoon was voted one of the liveli est and best that has been given here for many days. The Club was very fortunate in its selection of good committees, who worked untiringly to make the day a success. Mrs. A. K. McFarland is a charming lady and makes a won derful chairman, ably assisted by Mrs. Nugent, the secretary-treas urer, and an able corps of assistants. BURIED WATCH FOUND AFTER MANY MONTHS OttoG. Sapper, of the hardware firm of Sappers’ Inc., was very much surprised Wednesday when Embry Wariner, one of the gentlemen who has charge of the Fort Wayne Fruit Co. orchard in Columbia District, re turned a 17 jewel Illinois gold watch to him which he had lost in Septem ber of 1918. The way in which Mr. Sapper had the misfortune to lose the timepiece was very odd, and still more odd the way in which it was found. It seems that In September, of the above men tioned year while attending the fun eral of Fred Brunson it fell out of his pocket. After searching the grounds Otto gave up in despair, never thinking he would see the watch again. But it was destined to be returned to him, for while spring-toothing the former Brunson place one day this week Mr. Wariner "struck" something near the house, which, upon investigation, proved to' be Mr. Sapper’s long lost watch. Land Office Receiver Is Candidate Nolan Skiff, receiver of the Unit ed States land office at La Grande, has filed his declaration with the secretary of state as a candidate for election as delegate from the Second Congressional District to the Nati onal Democratic convention to be held in San Francisco June 28 next. Skiff is well known in Eastern Oregon, having a wide acquaintance in the local federal land district comprising Wallowa, Union, Uma tilla and parts of Morrow, Grant and Baker counties, and he has al ways been affiliated with the demo cratic party. Inasmuch as he was born and raised in Eastern Oregon he should make a strong candidate. Mr. Skiff is the second democrat to assert his willingness to attend the national convention from this district Will M. Peterson, well known attorney at Pendleton, has at the solicitations of bls friends consented to become a candidate. Hon T. H. Crawford of La Grande has aleo filed his declaration aa can didate at large. Judge Crawford is favorably known over the state In political circles, having attended several conventions in this capacity. Weather Report The maximum temperature for the week was 53 and the minimum 18 above. Precipitation .1* of aa inch. COOPERATIVE CREAMERY GOING RIGHT ALONG TREE PLANTING DAY SET FOR MARCH 17 At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Hermiston Co- operative Creamery held in this city last Saturday the secretary in his report showed that the institution has done a first class business dur ing Its operation as a cooperative concern. He showed also that indi cations were for a largely increased volume of butter trade the coming 12 months, and in anticipation of this plans were formulated at the meeting for expansion and improve ment in the creamery so as to be prepared to manufacture the pro duct in quantity. After the transaction óf all rou tine business election of officers took place. This event was of short du ration, for so well were the stock holders satisfied with the work of their board of directors that they unanimously re-elected them, again Last Saturday while in Echo placing Gco. A. Cressy at the head finishing up an eight day hay haul as president. ing contract, O. O. Felthouse of Co lumbia District narrowly escaped with his life in an accident in which Talked on Federal Farm Loans Col. J. F. McNaught spoke at the his truck was struck by a freight M. L. Watson, who came here last Commercial Club luncheon Tuesday train on the main line of the O.-W. at the Hermiston Hotel on the Fed R. & N. in the above city and com November with his family and pur chased 20 acres in Columbia District eral Farm Loan Act. He gave the pletely demolished. large audience present a clear con Loading a car of hay on the sid south of the school house, arrived ception of the operations of this fed ing. Mr. Felthouse started just after overland Sunday from Meridian, eral law. and explained in detail dinner to get another truck load. To Idaho, whither he had gone in order the procedure to be followed in se do this it was necessary to cross the to get his auto, which he left there curing loans from the government tracks. On the siding before ap when moving here. His father-in- on farm, lands within an irrigated proaching the main line he had to go law, A. M. Shay, accompanied him. Mr. Watson owns a 490 Chevrolet, district. In a subsequent issue of through a line of boxcars that had The Herald Mr. McNaught has been split in two sections on each and it would be hard now to make promised to give additional infor side of the crossing. This, of him believe there is a better car in mation on this important subject. course, obstructed his view of the the-whole world than it. for the ma- main line from any direction, and chine made a hard but record trip not till he had passed through the from Meridian to this city. His Chev Change in Train Schedule Trains Nos. 1 and 2, formerly run freight car gap did he see a fast rolet negotiated the road over the over the cutoff, will run through rushing freight going west bearing summit of the Blue mountains, en countering 18 inches of snow, after Hermiston, effective Tomorrow, Feb down on him. Realizing that he was trapped which mud and gumbo in the lower ruary 29. Trains Nos. 17, 19, 18 and 5 will hereafter run over the and that he would not have one altitudes made hard going. Mr. Watson and his relative trav cutoff instead of through Hermis chance In a thousand to stop before the train would be on him, his first eled a distance of 30* miles in 22 ton. thought was how he could save his hours over these trying roads, and life. He had to think fast, and in so doing the machine used 17 gal knowing he had but a moment to lons of gasoline—making an aver decide, jumped just in the nick of age of 18 miles to the gallon and an time to escape fatal injury. The average of 14 miles an hour. The route taken was through truck was struck by the pilot of the engine and carried about 300 yards, Nampa, Huntington, Baker, Union, where it was ditched in an utterly La Grande, Pendleton and Hermis The 9-18 horse power Heider trac demolished condition. ton. tor with two 14-inch plows attached Claiming the accident to be no gave a demonstration Wednesday fault of his, Mr. Felthouse is now Investigate State Salaries afternoon at the S. L. Carson ranch seeking to recover damages from the Represntative E. P. Dodd, with northwest of town to a good sized railway company. Only fire insur two other members of the house and crowd of inicrested spectators. The ance was carried on the machine. two from the senate, has been ap tract of land on which the demon pointed by the speaker of the house stration took place is known as the to make an investigation of county To Fence Cemetery old Brownell dairy ranch, which was and state salaries and report at the planted to alfalfa about 23 years A committee from the Civic Club next regular session a measure pro ago. this being under a private ditch consisting of Mrs. Rena Waterman. viding for uniformity of salaries of with orte of the oldest water rights Mrs. C. 8. McNaught and Mrs. B. the different officials throughout from the Umatilla river. The past Haneline, attended the Commercial the state. This is done In accord- eight years Mr. Carson has been the Club luncheon Tuesday. They were anee with a bill passed at the recent owner. there for the purpose of having special session of the legislature, and The tractor, which started out plans already made prompted for the involves a big task for the commit with two 14-inch plows set eight -fencing of the cemetery grounds. tee. In making Mr. Dodd chairman inches deep, finished up by making They stated that the Civic Club had of the above committee Speaker Sey two 14-.uch cuts 10 and 12 inches enough money In the treasury to mour Jones wrote him thus: "I deep in very heavy bottom soil much take care of most of the expense of think you are eminently fair In thickened with blue grass as well as wire and posts, and asked the com these matters.” large alfalfa roots. The tractor is a mercial body to help to some extent friction drive In place of transmiss and to take charge of the buying of ion, but entirely different from what the wire and posts and superintend A delegation of Butter Creek was once a friction drive on auto tbe work of construction. Their ranchers have asked Watermaster mobiles. Without a transmission suggestions along these lines were A. E. Perry for the appointment of the machine made seven speeds for- quickly adhered to—and after a long a watermaster for their Irrigation ward and 7 reverse.. Rounds were wait the local burial grounds are to district this season early owing to made very quickly and corners turn be enclosed with a durable -fence. the scarctity of water in Butter ed in less time than one not seeing creek now and evidence that it will the demonstration could imagine. Miss Olive Petrashek of Weiser be more scarce next summer. They The plowing was not only unusu is spending her week’s vacation vis were told that an appointment would ally straight, but was so close to the iting with Mr. and Mrs. Voelker. likely be made by March 1st. fences and into the corners that the plowed ground actually was thrown Miss Petrashek is superintendent of and through the fence, being much closer Washington county. Idaho, Mrs. C. H. Skinner on Tuesday re work than could possibly be done taught in the Nampa. Idaho, high ceived a telegram from Redfield, S. school with Mr. Voelker a number with horses. D., advising her of the death of her of years ago. The tractor burns gasoline, dis sister. Miss Jennie Downing, from tillate or coal oil. It has an impulse pneumonia. Deceased will be re starter. The state fair board at Mrs. J. P. Hayden had the misfor membered by old timers, having Salem haa recently purchased one of tune to fall and break an arm taken up a homestead here In 1905, these tractors. Thursday, morning of last week. and st that time taught the first The men representing the tractor While in the aet of emptying an ash school in Hermiston. were Wallace Hansen, expert trac pan she accidentally stepped into a tor operator and mechanic; J. R. ditch, and in tbe resultant fail sus Andy Jensen, brother of Mrs. Farris, sales manager; Geo. Steele, tained the injury. plow expert, and L. W Lamar, trav- Wm. F. Smith of this city, left Mon day for Pendleton, where he Is to veling representative, all from tbe The American Legion dances appear In a boxing bout to be stag bouse of R. M. Wade & Co.. Port- land, from whom tbe local agents. held Wednesday evening in this eity ed tonight by the Pendleton Post of and Thursday evening in Stanfield the American Legion in Engles Sappers' Inc., ars supplied. were enjoyable affairs, both having hall la that city. He will return been well attended. • later to spend the summer here. Subscribe for The Herald. TRUCK WRECKED BY TRAIN . DRIVER JUMPS, SAVES LIVE OVER THE SUMMIT OF BLUE MOUNTAINS DEMONSTRATION WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL The Commercial Club has under taken to encourage ornamental tree planting on the project and to work in conjunction with the neighboring towns to line the highways with shade trees where water is avail able. Communication has already opened with Umatilla, Boardman, Boardman, Irrigon and Stanfield, and the following persons were chosen to act as chairmen on their respective streets and roads: Ridgeway avenue, C. W. Tilden. Gladys avenue, Geo. A. Cressy. Main street, F. C. McKenzie. Hurlburt avenue, C. D. Porter. Newport avenue. Col. Newport. Highway (south), E. P. Dodd. Hermiston avenue, H. T. Fraser. Ridgeway (west), Mr. Crandall. Madrona, A. W. Prann. Locust, H. M. Schilling. ' Maple, Father Butler. Diagonal Road (east) Don Camp bell. Highway (north) M. R. Gallaher, Wm. Warner, M. D. Scroggs. High school grounds, High School. Columbia District, Frank Wauga- man, Henry Sommerer, W. A. Lea thers. Minnehaha District, Frank Stone, Mr. Sylvia. Ed. Jackson. Umatilla District, W. J. Dobler, Theo. Parks, Mr. Jewett, Mr. Potter. Umatilla, Umatilla Commercial Club. March 17 was set as a date for planting the trees, and it was sug- gestted that the chairmen confer with residents on their streets and roads as to kind of trees to select. WEST EXTENSION HAS RATIFIED CONTRACT The special election held Tuesday winthin the precincts of Irrigon and Boardman for the purpose of ratify- ing or rejecting the *1,100,000 pro posed contract between the land owners of the West Extension Irri gation District and the government carried by a big majority, there be ing only 9 votes against, while 101 votes were registered for. Thia contract seta forth the min imum amount of money payable to the United States for construction purposes, and also provides for the substitution of the taxing power of the district in lieu of the existing liens. Ratification of this contract by the large vote recorded above spells much development from now on in the Boardman and Irrigon districts, and this will give added impetus to the already numerous outsiders seeking investment in lands embrac ed within that Irrigation district. Win Register Voters Miss Edile M. Johnson, steno grapher In the real estate office of E. P. Dodd, has received the ap pointment of register of voters in Precincts No. 53, 54 and 55, vice C. M. Jensen, resigned. The primary election takes place May 21st next, and therefore it would be well for all those who have not voted in the past two years or who have changed their residence since last election to call on the young lady and fill out a new registration eard. Mr. and Mrs. John W. McDermed returned Tuesday from Cashmere, in the Wenatchee valley, Washing ton, where they were called over two weeks ago by the serious illness of Mr. McDermed’s brother. Upon bis return Mr. McDermed reported his relative as being still very low but recovering. • R. Alexander was a visitor in this city several days last week and this while on his way to his Pendleton home front a lengthy stay In Port- land. H. H. Mack of Huntington left Monday for Portland on business, after a few days visit here with bin parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mack. Saturday of last week marked the passing to the other shore of one of Hermiston's pioneer residents, George Payne Challis, at the age of 65 years. In 1911 he came from Oklahoma to Hermiston with his family and resided here continu- usly until his demise. Mr. Challis was born in Terre Haute. Indiana, in 1855, and at the early age of 10 accompanied his pa re tits to the state of Kansas, where on October 14, 1880, at Richland, in that state, he married Elizabeth Matney. From this union 10 children were born, of which three are living, they be ing R. C. Challis, Mrs. Millie Deck and Geo. L. Challis, all of whom re side in this city and were at the bedside of their father when the end came. In the year 1886 the family mov ed from Kansas to the state of Washington, settling on a farm in the Palouse country. There they re mained until 1902, when they mov ed to Oklahoma and re-engaged tn farming. It was during these per iods that Mr. Challis contracted muscular rheumatism, from which he was a sufferer for 14 years and an invalid for 12 years. Always of a cheerful disposition, he valiantly endeavored to bear up under his trying illness, and succeeded In this to such an extent that when the time drew near for him to meet his Maker he bid hin wife and children goodbye and died as he had lived, with that same look of fortitude and contentment on his countenance. The funeral services were hold Monday afternoon at the family home in this city. Rev. Gallaher of the M. E. church preaching the ser- mon, and Interment Was in the Echo cemetery, where the family own a plot. Undertaker AFW. Prann di rected the funeral, the pallbearers being composed of three each from the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. frater nal organizations. LOCAL LEGION MEM BERS TO PENDLETON Indications are that al least 25 members of the local post of the Am erican Legion will leave here this afternoon tn automobiles to attend the big smoker to be held tonight, at the county seat under the aus pices of Pendleton Post No. 23. A great program has been pre pared for this event, which Is some what In the nature of a membership drive, it being the desire to have every service man in the county who Is not now a member of the Ameri can Legion to become one. There will be 18 rounds of fast boxing, after which will come wres tling. with Ray McCarroll, the fam ous bulldogger of Round-Up fame, taking on two men in succession. Everything will be free to Amer- can Legion men, and they only can gain admittance to the smoker, which Is to be held In Eagle-Wood- men hall In Pendleton. Farewell Party A farewell party was given Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Kerns last Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mis. C. F. Willhite. The evening was passed In dancing and having a so cial good tíme. A dandy lunch was served at 12 o’clock. Mr. Brown of Hermiston furnished the music for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Kerns left for their new home In Selah, Wash., Thursday morning. Inspected Silos The silo tour planned by the county agent and held under the au spices of the County Farm Bureau came off as per schedule Tuesday. It was a most successful event, be- ing joined in by many interested farmers. Silos In Stanfield and Hermiston districts were inspected, and at the conclusion of the tour all came to Hermiston and listened to P. P. Huilivan. C. E. Baker and Henry Sommerer relate their exper- lences with silos. Other speakers at (hat meeting were Professor E. L. Westover, dairy extension specialist from O. A. C.. Professor E J. Feld stead, livestock agriculturist from the college, and Fred Bennion, the county agent.
