THE
VOL. XIV
H ermiston H erald
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. MARCH 20. 1920
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
WILL BUILD NEW DAM
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For several years the Hermiston
Light & Power Co. at seasons of the
year have experienced trouble in get
ting an adequate supply of water,
but this is to be now overcome to a
large degree by the construction of
an entirely new dam across the Uma
tilla river near where the present
plant of the company is situated.
The dam proper extending across
the river will be 226 feet long and
with the fills and approaches will
bring the total length up to approx
imately 500 feet. The crest of the
dam over the river bed will be 12
feet. The type of construction will
be reinforced concrete, and an idea
of the material used is obtainable
when it is estimated that the work
will require four carloads of cement,
one carload of steel and a carload of
lumber. It will require 500 yards
of concrete reinforced.
With the present flow of water in
the river it will give the plant an
additionel flow of 25 second feet
and a consideragle storage capacity
after the peak of the water flow is
over in the spring.
Samples of sand and gravel which
are easily accessible near the plant
have been sent in, and if these are
of the standard a great saving will
be made on these items.
Work has already been begun, but
within 30 days the real construction
will be started with a small crew,
and it is anticipated that it will be
completed and ready for use within
90 days, or about July 1.
The estimated cost of the new dam
is 119,000, and all engineering work
as well as the supervision will be in
charge of E. I. Davis.
HOG FEEDING TEST SHOW
VALUE OF MOLASSES FEED
The following statistics on hog
feeding is particularly interesting
to feeders here at this time, since
many farmers are using the product
of the local alfalfa mill and are get
ting good results from the molasses
and alfalfa mixture:
The total consumption made by
fattening hogs is generally consider
ed an indicator of rapidity of pro
duction and consequently economy
of production. Generally speaking,
it requires four-fifths pounds of di
gestible nutrients per day to main
tain each 100 pounds of hog repre
sented in the feed lot. This being
the case, total consumption is an im
portant matter in economical pork
production. To test the value of
molasses as an appetizer when fed as
a supplement to barley, 15 average
grade hogs having an average ini
tial weight of 183 pounds were fed
a ration consisting of ground barley
plus 10 per cent tankage and in ad
dition one pound cane molasses for
every four pounds barley tankage
combination. These hogs were- on
test 40 days with results submitted
in the following summary table.
Production Data—Number of days
on test, 40: number of hogs, 15;
total initial weight, 2758; total final
weight, 4029; total gain, 127; daily
gain, 2.12.
Ration Data—Total barley fed,
4550; total tankage fed, 505; total
molasses fed 1264; daily feed, bar
ley, 7.58; tankage, .84; molasses,
2.10; total, 1052. Total feed neces
sary to produce 100 pounds gain.
499.
There are' several items in this
table that should receive careful con
sideration. The daily consumption
and daily gains are considerably
above normal. Eight pounds of bar
ley, containing 10 per cent tankage,
is a normal daily consumption for
this weight animal. It will be noted
the hogs exceeded this amount and
in addition consumed 2.10 pounds
molasses. Again the daily gains are
approximately five-tenths pounds
greater than normal for this sized
hog when fed a barley tankage ra-
tlon. The feed necessary to produce
100 pounds gain is slightly less than
similar lots fed on the same grade
of.barley and tankage alone.
The results of this test clearly in
dicate the value of cane molasses as
a supplement to barley for fattening
purposes. The total digestible nu
trients indicate a feeding value for
molasses of approximately three-
fourths that of barley. When used
as a supplement, as in this test, to
induce greater consumption the re
sults indicate equal feeding value
pound per pound with barley.
The molasses was mixed with bar
ley and tankage, and the resulting
combination fed in a self feeder. In
mixing, the molasses would break
into small drops, and fine particles
of ground barley would become at-
tarhed. making the mixture appear
rather lumpy.
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Leased Casserly Ranches
Friday of last week Wm. Bowmer
and son Gerald of Plummer, Idaho,
came down and rented the J. J.
Casserly ranches west of town. Mrs.
Bowmer and another of the boys are
expected to arrive at once and Join
the members of the family now here.
Mrs. Bowmer is a sister of Mrs. Sam
Carson, living on the Umatilla west
of town. Mr. Casserly and family
expect to move to town for the sum
mer.
Levi Hurried Home
Levi Reeder returned last Satur
day from Florence, in the Bitter
Root mountains, Montana, where he
attended the funeral of his eldest
sister. While there Mr. Reeder said
it was 13 below zero and an awful
blizzar was raging when he left.
This was in displeasing contrast to
the fine weather prevailing here
when he departed two weeks prior.
Ice and snow covered the ground in
that state, and it goes without say
ing that Levi was glad to hurry
home to the land of sunshine and
mild climate.
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Hygiene Lessons to Resume
Miss Helen Counihan has been ap
pointed county health nurse by the
Umatilla Red Cross Chapter, and
will resume the lessons in home
hygiene formerly conducted by Miss
Stasia Walsh, who has been sent to
Portland. The regular lessons will
be resumed at the public library on
Wednesday afternoon, March 24, at
2:30 o’clock.
ST. PATRICK’S PARTY
AT KINGSLEY HOME
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Kingsley was the scene of a Jolly
St. Patrick's party on Wednesday
evening of this week. The living
rooms were tastefully decorated
in keeping with the occasion with
green streamers and shamrock. Pro
gressive auction bridge was played
at eight tables, high score going to
Mrs, Voelker. After the game a de
lightful luncheon was served by the
hostess with favors, and table decor
ations bore out the color scheme.
Two of the guests shared the ‘‘many
happy returns of the day” wishes
with the good Irish Saint, and 'tis
said two of our dignified city fath
ers were almost forced to apologize
for their existence. Altogether it
was a most delightful and Jolly
evening, the departing guests be
ing unanimous In voting their hosts
royal entertainers.
NEWSPAPERS HELP 0.
A. C. EXPOSE FRAUD
Sale of low grade arsenical sprays
in Oregon has been checked by pub
licity given by the chemistry de
partment of the college experiment
station through state and county
newspapers. Immense damage by
burning of fruit and foliage was
caused by use of low grade arsenical
mixtures in the beginning. The sta-
tion proved the possibility of better
material, manufacturers brought cut
a better product, and the growers
who must spray save enormous sums
every year as a result. Fear of sta
tion discovery and newspaper pub-
licity gives the low-grade dealer
little chance to do business in
Oregon.
BALL TEAM FOR HERMISTON,
MAY ORGANIZE LEAGUE
Baby Burns Hands
The Infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Dodd was painfully but
not seriously burned Monday even-
ing. » She tripped and in trying to
save herself from the fall her hands
struck the kitchen floor. A physi
cian was called, who pronounced it
only a first degree burn, so no seri
ous complications arc expected.
Rabbit Drive Sunday
There will be a shotgun rabbit
hunt Sunday (tomorrow) that will
be the king pin of them all if the
weather is anyway descent. The
drive will be over practically the
same ground as the preceding ones,
and the start will be made from the
Wm. Kik ranch at 10 a. m. There
was a drive scheduled for last Sun
day, but owing to the wind it had to
be postponed.
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FIRE AT
OUT LUMBER CO., GROCERY
Boardman, the hustling town on
the Columbia 30 miles west of Her
miston, had its first big fire last
Tuesday morning. The alarm was
given by an engine going through
about 4 o’clock on that day, and it
was not until noon that the flames
were under control. A high wind
was blowing all the morning, and
fire brands swirling made many be
lieve that the whole town was doom
ed. The flames, however, were con
fined but to two places.
The Boardman Lumber Co. was
the heaviest loser, its yards being
full to capacity with lumber. The
warehouse and yards were comple
tely destroyed, with a loss of up
wards of 130,000, which was fairly
well covered by insurance.
Hoskins grocery store sustained a
loss of $7000, covered by insurance.
Mr. Ballenger, president of the
Boardman Lumber Co., is now mak
ing arrangements to rebuild and re-
stock the yards at once, and Mr.
Haskins says he will re-enter busi
ness.
It is supposed the fire in the lum
ber yard started from a spark from
a passing train, and that sparks
from the main fire later ignited Has
kins’ store.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
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(By Jane Gunn)
Friday evening, March 12, the
Sophomores gave a party at the Au
ditorium. Several pupils not mem
bers of the class were guests. Games
were played and a very delightful
time was enjoyed by all.
April 9 is the date decided upon
for the presenting of the High
School play. The price to be charg
ed is 35c for children and 50c for
adults. The play that has been
selected is “The Revenge of Shari-
Hot-Su.”
The Willamette Glee Club made a
trip through this end of the state
not long ago and was supposed to
stop at Hermiston, but could not on
account of flu. It was thought for
awhile that the club would be able
to make another trip through this
part of the state and stop here, but
the high school has received a letter
from them stating that they will not
be able to come this season. Those
who already have tickets for this
performance will be admitted to the
High School play on these tickets
or their money will be refunded,
just as they desire.
The regular high school Movie en
tertainment will he given Saturday.
The show this week will be Mary
Pickford in "The Little Princess.”
Order Is Growing
The members of Reclamation
Lodge No. 107, K. of P., indulged
in a big banquet Thursday evening
as an aftermath to the initiation of
a large class of candidates. The or
der Is gaining In membership very
fast of late, and as a result much in-
terest is being taken by the mem-
bere. The order now boasts of a de
gree team that la close to being the
Weather Report
peer of any tn Eastern Oregon.
The maximum temperature during
—
the past weeek was 62 degrees and
Horses wanted to pasture; any
the minimum 15 degrees above. Pre I number Inquire at The Herald
cipitation .05 of an Inch.
office.
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COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
Pleasing Improvement*
Col. Newport has greatly improved
the grounds of his home place and
also the adjoining lots to the east
on Newport avenue by. leveling and
seeding. A force of men are now at
work laying a cement walk the en
tire width, and with its completion
will make a solid block of cement
walk on the north side of Newport
avenue between Second and Third
streets.
Big Litter of Pigs
A Duroc gilt owned by George
Strohm, out of the Swayze sow and
bred to C. P. Adams’ prize boar, on
Monday farrowed 14 pigs. This Is
considerable over the average for
this large producing breed.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
The sewing school conducted by
Miss Jessie Biles of O. A. C„ assisted
by Miss May Harmon, county dem
onstration agent, held at Mrs. Reid’s
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
the past weeke, was well attended
by the ladies of the Neighborhood
Club, who had charge of the school
and were well pleased with the
knowledge obtained. They are very
anxious for Miss Biles to come again.
In addition to the sewing instruc
tions Miss Biles in one of her talks
told the condition of the O. A. C. in
regard to its shortage of funds ap
portioned by the state, and explain
ed the millage tax that is to be voted
on at the next election. As women
arc always Interested in school af
fairs great interest was shown by
the ladies and many questions asked
und answered.
Reports are that Rev. Jones has
offered his name for congressman.
The people of Columbia would be
pleased to have the gentleman elect
ed to the office and would deem it
quite an honor to have a neighbor
in that official capacity from our
midst.
L. Brownell of Umatilla was call
ing on farmers Monday in the inter
ests of the Umatilla-Cold Springs
road which is under contemplation.
Water users were greatly pleased
on learning that Leo Clark Is again
to assume the duties of ditch rider
for the season on his old route.
Miss Blanche Pratt, who has been
ill for some time with rheumatism,
has been taken to the hospital for
treatment.
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Posts are already on the ground
and work Is soon to start fencing
Columbia park. The men of the
community are offering their ser-
vices for the work and the ladies of
the Neighborhood Club are to pre
pare a big feed for the voluntteers
al the school house. The dae will
at the school house. The date will
The Neighborhood Club met at
the home of Mrs. Reid Tuesday, and
in order to raise funds for further
park improvements the ladles spent
the afternoon fashioning a quilt
which Is to be sold when complete.
Delightful refreshments were served
by Mr. Reid and enjoyed by all.
There will be a road meeting this
Saturday evening at Columbia school
house to formulate plans for a mar
ket road from Umatilla to connect
with the Cold Springs-Pendleton
highway. Umatilla will be repre
sented at the meeting.
Held Open House
Liberty Encampment No. 82. I. O.
O. F., held open house to all Odd
Fellows at Stanfield Thursday even
ing. Echo and Hermiston were well
represented. Good speeches, fine
music and plenty to eat were fea
tures of the smoker. All branches
of the I. O. O. F. are In a very pros
perous condition In the above towns.
J. Beasley Is remodeling a resi
dence on Newport avenue between
Second and Third streets, and will
shortly have the house completed
and ready for occupancy.
Reeder
Bros, are doing the carpenter work.
NO. 27
Made Many Improvements
George Wurster, who has a fine
ranch six miles south of Hermiston
cn Butter Creek, has just had com
pleted by Contractor Henry Notz an
8x20 concrete porch on his hand
some ranch residence, a full cement
basement and a concrete pantry and
two-way stairway to basement. Be
sides the above a concrete septic
tank has been built and a concrete
reservoir holding 18000 gallons of
water Is a valuable adjunct to his
highly improved farm. Other im
provements are contemplated by
Mr. Wurster, and the gentleman
being a genial bachelor, one who
is good at discernment can readily
read between the lines that some
thing is going to happen to George
in the near future.
R. C. CHALLIS BUYS
THE MURCHIE RANCH
Thursday R. C. Challis purchased
the 30 acre ranch owned by M. B.
Murchie four and one-half miles east
of Hermiston. It is well improved
and the entire acreage Is In alfalfa.
The consideration Is said to be
$8000, and Mr. Challis will take
possession April 1.
Mr. Murchie has not Intimated
what his future Intentions are, but
It is generally supposed ho will move
to Wasco, where he has Interests.
HORSEMAN’S DAY PRO
GRAM OF EVENTS
Mr. Farmer, don't you know that
any day you may go out to your
barn and find your best, horse in
flicted with Impaction, and that
then you’ll see $250 about to go
glimmering. If you want to know
what you should do, and more im
portant, what you should not do,
hear Dr. Peed’s talk on Impaction
this Saturday afternoon at the Fair
Grounds. Or if you are thinking of
buying a horse, Mr. Farmer, come
and find out what very few men
know—"What Is a Sound Horse”—
as told and illustrated by Dr. C. W.
Lassen of Pendleton.
Prof. E. L. Potter, head of the
Animal Husbandry Department at
Corvallis, is to be here not only to
judge the Breeders’ Events hut to
also give a most valuable and Inter
esting talk on "The care of the mare
at breeding time and during the
gestation period.”
This Is a rare
opportunity to hear the best author
ity on horses in the Northwest.
The program for the day is as
follows:
10 a. m. Hitching contest for boys.
10:30 to 12 m. Judging the Breed
ers' Entries.
12 m. to 1:30 p. m. Lunch.
1:30 to 2 p. m. Parade forming
at Fair Grounds.
2 p m. to 3 p. m. Pulling Contests.
3 p. m. to 4 p. ni. Talks to Horse
men and Boys by Prof. E. L. Potier
of O. A. C., Dr. C. W. Lassen of Pen
dleton and Dr J. A. Peed of Her-
miston. *
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The prospects for a base ball team
for Hermiston the coming summer
are very pleasing. Wednesday a list
of 25 donors for $25 each was se
cured in an hour or two, with the
prospects of swelling the total to
$800 or $900, which is about the
amount it is expected would be re
quired to finance the proposition.
The west end of the school ground
has been secured and the alfalfa
ground enclosed by the Dairy Show
barns is to be plowed up this Satur
day and leveled and rolled. A ditch
on the upper end will permit of
flooding the grounds so as to avoid
the disagreeable feature of dust.
The plan includes, if all Is carried
out, the erection of a grandstand
and cinder track for school events,
also a school diamond and grounds
for foot ball and various other
sports. It is also likely a tennis
court may be installed. Henry Hitt
left Wednesday evening for Portland
and while there will place the or
der for uniforms for the team.
Tuesday evening of next week all
ball players and everybody Interest
ed In the national game are asked
to attend a meeting to be held at
the library building, at which time
it is hoped to have everything in
shape so that there will be no hitch
in the present plans.
The Idea Is to either play inde
pendent ball or else Join with ad
joining towns in the formation of a
league.
Boardman. Irrigon and
Umatilla each have teams, as has
also Echo and Stanfield. With the
state highway and the present means
of travel it will he easy to reach any
of those places, whereas In the lea-
gite games of past years train sche
dule often Interfered with the games.
SPRAY FOR SCALE NOW
SAYS FRUIT INSPECTOR
County Fruit Inspector W. C.
Hopson advises fruit growers In
Umatilla county to spray for scale
any time now. The most satisfac-
tory method of control yet worked
out Is to spray with lime sulphur
just before the buds open, using the
commercial brands al the strength
of 1 to 8. The eggs are not killed nt
the time of spraying, but if the lime
sulphur remains on the tree until
the young hatch out they arc unable
to settle down and soon die. Lime
sulphur 1 to 8 cannot be used on
trees in foliage, and therefore it
must bo applied before the buds
open.
Shorten as much as possible the
time between spraying and the op-
ening of the buds. This will shorten
the period of the application of the
spray and the hatching of eggs, thus
decreasing the possibility of the lime
sulphur being washed off the trees
by rains.
Where the scale is particularly
bad many fruit growers are begin
ning to spray now. and will repeat
just before the buds open. Thoro-
ughness Is absolutely necessary In
order to get rid of the pest. Every
bit of surface on the tree must be
covered. Any man who falls to over
every part of the tree had better
save his spray.
PORTLAND PARTIES
PURCHASE 40 ACRES
Mr. and Mrs. Ghent and family
arrived from Portland Monday and
are now settled in the residence on
the Hall Ross place west of town,
occupied last year by 8. R. Shelle-
day. Mr. Ghent purchased the 8. D.
L. Ross tract of 40 acres a week or
ten days ago and now has moved on.
H. D. L. and family will occupy the
residence on one twenty and Mr.
Ghent on the other.
Horseman’s Day Saturday, March
JOth
Well Attended
The dance In Stanfield on the
evening of March 16th and the one
In Hermiston on the evening of the
17th were both well attended and
the dancers enjoyed tripping the
light fantastic to Bowker's orches
tra of Portland.