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VOL. XIV
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ERMISTON
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3. 1920
UNPATENTED LANDS TO GO
ON ASSESSMENT ROLLS
The proposition of bringing un
patented lands in this part of Uma
tilla county to the taxable point was
brought up again at the Commercial
Club luncheon at the Hotel Oregon
Cafe Tuesday. As a result the com
mittee on this met with Project Man
ager H. M. Schilling at the local
reclamation offices Tuesday evening,
when a list of unpatented lands on
the project was compiled and later
sent to County Assessor Strain for
entry on the tax rolls.
Members of the Club talked about
telephone matters, and this brought
about an expression of opinion to
the effect that the commercial or
ganization must help the country
people, who it was claimed were get
ting the worst of it from the tele
phone company, inasmuch as no ap
parent effort is being made to give
the ruralites adequate service. It
was pointed out that many applica
tions had been made for installation
of country phones, and that the com
pany has utterly ignored these re
quests.
The next thing taken up was the
modification of the city charter in
order that the city council could be
authorized to issue warrants in suf
ficient amounts to take care of the
proposed street and sidewalk im
provements to be inaugurated here
this spring and summer. This work,
as now contemplated, will necessi
tate an expenditure of approximately
37500, and will include much street
and sidewalk building on both the
East and West Side. This expense,
of course, must be borne by the
property benefited, but the pay
ments will be easy, as they will be
arranged to extend over a certain
period. The Club went, on record as
being in favor of calling a special
election to change the city charter
to conform to the foregoing, and fur
ther, that the Club support forth
coming action by the council in this
movement.
The «hospital said that it had no
report to make, but hoped to have
one for next meeting.
WATER USERS’ MEET
ING WELL ATTENDED
There was a large gathering of
farmers at the annual meeting of
the Umatilla River Water Users’ As
sociation held in Mack’s hall last
Saturday afternoon. The meeting
was presided over by Col. J. F. Mc-
Naught, president of the associa
tion, who in his annual address
spoke for over an hour on conditions
relating to the project at the present
time. He conveyed to the assem
blage statistics furnished by Secre
tary W. J. Warner which showed
the total Indebtedness to the gov
ernment to be well up In the thous-
ands, and stated that this deficit
must be wiped out by entering into
a proposed contract between the di
rectors of this irrigation district
and the government to guarantee
its payment. When this is done the
way will have been paved for access
to federal loans by farmers desiring
them, and when that time comes the
president said he had visions of the
project going ahead by leaps and
bounds.
During the meeting it was point
ed out by the presiding officer that
the reclamation service was in sore
straits on account of being unable
to secure help to do concrete work
on the canal that is being remodeled
at the Cold Springs reservoir, and
said that unless the water users
helped out at this particular time
water could not be turned on until
the first of May. Volunteers were
called for, and this met with hearty
response among those present, with
the result that the work is now go
ing merrily on. and it is now con
ceded it will be nearly finished on
schedule time.
The final act before adjournment
was the election of officers for this
year. This did not take long, for
a motion. prevailed that the old
board be re-elected, and this carried
unanimously.
Weather Report
The maximum temperature during
and the minimum 30. Precipitation
,07 of an inch.
H erald
Looking for Movie Show Location
Mrs. Flora Powers and daughter.
Miss Marguerite De Puer of Port-
land have been visiting In this city
this week. Mrs. Powers is an ex
perienced operator of moving pic-
ture shows, and her mission here
is for the purpose of looking the
Held over with a view to establish
ing a movie house in this city. The
lady expressed herself as being fav
orably impressed, and intimated that
if certain negotiations now under
way prove satisfactory she will es
tablish a first class moving picture
show in this city.
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Run Over by Truck
Henry Allen, 17 year old son of
Mrs. Heath, was accidentally run
over by an auto truck owned by W.
O. Sutherland Friday afternoon of
last week. Mr. Sutherland was giv-
ing the boy a lift to his home two
miles east, and had slowed down to
let him off. After alighting he must
have slipped, with the result that a
hind wheel of the truck passed over
him. After first aid had been given
Dr. Adams was called. Examination
showed a broken right thigh at the
hip and a bone cracked in his left
thigh lower down from the wheel
having passed over him diagonally.
¡The patient is now receiving medi-
cal attention and good care in the
local hospital, where he is getting
along nicely. The injury was purely
accidentally received, and ño blame
attaches to the driver of the truck.
Has Secured Land Map
Miss Virginia Todd, one of the
officers of the Umatilla County Red
Cross with headquarters in Pendle
ton, visited with her parents in Her
miston over Saturday and Sunday
last.
The young lady recently re
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ceived a map showing the Oregon
Attended Lodge in Pendleton
land that will shortly be opened to
Monday night a party of nine
homesteaders. The land will favor
Knights of Pythias in two automo-
Easter Program
soldiers and sailors, as ex-service
biles went from here to Pendleton,
men will be allowed sixty days on
where they visited Damon Lodge No.
The following program will be
which to file claims before the land given at the Hermiston Baptist
4, K. of P., and enjoyed a nice pro
is formally opened to the public.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
gram and a huge banquet after the
church next Sunday evening, begin
regular meeting of the order. These
ning at 7:30.
Jean Scovbo. well known apicul- •
Wind Cut Funny Capers
turist, is enlarging his business con-. festivities were a climax to the ini-
Prelude.
siderably, having recently purchas- tiation of a large class of candidates
The March winds that have been
Anthem, Christ is Risen. Choir.
450 more hives of bees, and has by Damon Lodge. Those In the
blowing almost continuously the past
Easter Scripture Reading. Supt. ed
apiaries now located at different j party from here were c B. Percey.
two weeks prior to the first of April
Prayer of Invocation, followed by desirable points between Hermiston
is said to have been the worst in Lord’s Prayer.
and Boardman. He has just ordered P. B. Siscel, F. N. Whitney, Win.
a two ton truck, which i he will use Shaar, Henry -Notz. Frank Guiwits,
many years. One day, the day the
Vocal Solo. Miss Mumma.
in the business. Mr. Scovbo has Harry McMillan, Hollis Percey and
wind blew the strongest, the local
Greetings. Elsie Reeder.
also improved his home i by the in- M. D. O'Connell.
weather observer said the sun had
Recitation, "My Easter Lily.” Ed-
:
stallation of a water system, the
been blown back fifteen minutes. ward Bensel.
water being obtained from
1
a hill
One local man whose name we will
Exercise, "The Children's Offer close to his house, through which
Passed Away at Seventy-Nine
seepage water flows from the Cold
not mention had a Jug of hard cider ing.” Primary Class.
David Taylor, father of the county
Springs reservoir.
blown inside out and not a drop
Coronet Solo. Henry Shclieday.
Willard Felthouse is Just complet sheriff, died at his home In Athena
spilled. He was lucky after having
ing the work of seeding to alfalfa Monday morning of this week. Mr.
Recitation. Eva Skinner.
aged it since last fall, But the
Recitation, "Message of the Eas- the 80 acre tract of land east of his Taylor was 79 years old at the time
farm residence which was owned by
greatest miracle of all was when the tertide.” Nell Reeves.
a Mr. McMillan, a former resident of his demise and was one of the
wind blew a kid’s nose that had
Exercise. “The Harbingers of of the project.
oldest citizens of this county. He
never been blown before.
Spring." Junior Girls.
R. C. Challis has moved to his new came to Umatilla county fn 1867.
ranch home recently purchased from
Duet. Tina a: d Ruth Bensel.
the Murchies, and will try his luck He had been a sufferer from asth-
Recitation.
Death of Mr. Dexter
'he Stone Rolled raising alfalfa.
ma, and his death was brought
George Berr Dexter died of pneu Away. Florence Skinner.
S. E. Wallace, who comes from about by this disease, together with
monia at the home of his daughter
Exercise. “What Jesus Is to Me.” Attalla, Wash., is building a house heart trouble and complications.
on his farm, purchased lately, near
near Umatilla last Saturday morn By four girls.
the Bloom place. When complete The funeral was held Wednesday
Carol,
ing. He was born in Michigan June
Breaks the Joyous Eas- his family will join him and take up at Athena. At one time Mr. Taylor
30. 1853. For thirty years he re ter Dawn.
Junior Class.
residence there.
served as assessor for Umatilla coun-
Recitation. Zona Bensel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lopp have moved ty. He was well known and respect-
sided in Oregon, and at the place of
his last illness only about a month.
Clarinet Solo. Herbert Haneline lo their new home, which they pur ed all over the county.
last week from H. J. Stillings.
Reading. "The Dawn of Hope." chased
Five sons and three daughters sur-
The ranch is part of the Jean Du
vive him, of whom two sons and two Miss Ward.
bois property, which was sold to Mr.
To Help Little Folk
Hymn.
daughters reside near Umatilla and
Stillings this spring and which con
Christ Arose.” Choir.
Miss
Janet
Pendegast of Portland
sists
of
14
acres,
8
of
which
is
In
Irrigon. The body of deceased was
Exercise. "The Easter Story.
alfalfa.
The
consideration
was
will
be
in
Hermiston
and vicinity
Intermediate
classes.
laid to rest in Irrigon cemetery. Rev.
32250. Mr. and Mrs. Lopp are for
Address. The Victorious Christ.” merly from Montana and lived on next week in the Interest of the
IraD. Hall of Hermiston officiating.
Pastor Hall.
the Waterman place the past year. Pacific Coast Rescue-Protective So
Instead of the regular Sunday ciety and will meet the women of
Offering, ‘To help give the World
school
classes at the school house the community at the Library Mon
to Christ.”
Sunday there will be Easter exer
Recessional Hymn.
"Hark Ten cises by the children, also special day afternoon at 2:30. On Tuesday
Thousand Harps and Voices.”
baptismal
services.
Considerable she will attend the Commercial Club
preparation is made for the chil- luncheon. On the evening of Tues
Benediction.
dren’s recitals, ete.. and a large day she will speak to the Neighbor
crowd is «desired.
hood Club at the Phipps home. Wed-
Representatives from Echo, Her-
M. E. CHURCH
On account of much windy wea- nesday evening she will address a
miston, Umatilla and Irrigon met
James Martineau said: “We do ther the past few days workmen on
in Umatilla Monday night and or not believe immortality because we the A line, the main outlet from the public meeting in the Baptist
ganized the Irrigation Baseball have proved It, but we forever try reservoir, had to cease laboring. church, Thursday she will speak In
League of Umatilla and Morrow to prove it because we believe it.’* The work, however. Is now progress- the old school building at Umatilla.
in rapidly, and water users are an
counties. This league Is to play a Victor Hugo said: “The nearer,I xious to see it completed.
series of 12 games, according to a approach the end of my life the
Roscoe Fisher, who returned from
schedule approved by the directors plainer I hear the immortal sym California a short time ago. is now
of the organization.
phonies which Invite me.” Jesus engaged on the highway near La
Earl Kingsley of Hermiston was said: “Because I live ye shall live Grande as transit engineer.
Alfalfa raisers of the community
elected president of the League, C. also.”
have succeeded in organizing after
E. Glasgow of Irrigon vice presi
"Everyone goes to church Easter,” various meetings at Hermiston and
The Umatilla Project Experiment
dent, O. Stangeby of Umatilla secre- and those who go to Mack's hall to Columbia. Officers and promoters
Farm keeps daily records of the wea-
tary and R. B. Stanfield of Echo morrow will not be disappointed in have secured several signers to work
to the interests of the farm ther conditions, closely related to
treasurer.
the following program:
ers In the handling of the hay crop the agricultural industries. These
Each club is to elect one director.
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The Sunday school meets at 10 for the current year.
records include the precipitation,
who shall be its representative and
The Neighborhood Club will meet the evaporation. the wind velocity
o'clock for study, a special offering
have full power to act. These direc
for missions and a program with an at the home of Mrs. Phipps Tuesday, and the temperature. These have
tors will provide a pennant, which
April 6th. — "
May Harmon will
orchestra. The sermon at 11 o’clock be present Miss
and demonstrate the been kept for nine years, so that the
will be presented to the club win-
with solo by Mr. Voelker and Miss cleaning of different textiles. As normals are indicative of the wea
ning the series.
Mable Brown. The Epworth Lea the Instruction is very useful a large ther conditions which may be ex
The single umpire system is to be
gue meets at 7 p. m.. Jack Irwin attendance Is expected.
pected.
adopted, and the salary of umpires
Mrs. 8. D. Thomas Is reported as
leader. At 8 p. m. Jack Irwin
Hereafter H. K. Dean, superin
placed at 310 per game, they to pay
being very ill at her home In Colum- tendent of the Farm, will summar-
song will be rendered as follows:
their own expenses.
bia District,
ize the records monthly for publica-
Hymn by Congregation—"He Arose”
Following is the baseball schedule
Hon in The Herald.
Solo ............................... Mable Brown
for the season:
The month of March was very
Duet—"Jesus, Lover of My Soul”
Purchased Home
nearly normal with the exception of
Herbert Hall, Laura Phipps
Last week Geo. Mathay purchased wind emovement. The total wind
At
At
At
At
Cello Solo..
J. Paul Miller
Irrigon
Umatilla Hermistn
Echo
from J. H. Reid a house and lot just movement was 4704.1 miles, which
Accompanied by Mr. Adams
south of the Catholic church on the was the most windy month on
Duet—"Lead Kindly Light”
Irrigon _
May 2
Apr 18
West Side. This necessitated the record.
May 9
1
In November, 1911, the
Miss Short, Mr. Voelker
May 28
June u Jun 27
moving of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Suth total wind was 3322 miles, which
Duet and Chorus—"Songs that
erland, the occupants, who immedi was an average of 5.5 miles per
April 11
Umatilla
April 25 May 16
Mother Sang,” Misses Gunn
9
ately rented and moved into the hour, as compared with 6.5 miles
June 6
Jun 20
May 30
and Phipps.
Cressy residence, formerly occupied per hour In the month Just closed.
Solo
. ...... Miss Kathryn Short
April 18
May 16
by Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, who recent The highest hourly average for 24
Hermistn
May 2
2
Doxology and Benediction
June 20
June 27
June 6
ly rented and moved Into the P. B. hours was 16.7 on the 31st. The
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Doherty home on East Main street. precipitation was exactly .55 of an
Echo.... April 25 May 9
April 11
There they will remain until the re Inch, or exactly equal to the nor
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Catholic Church
June 13
May 28
May 80
There will be high maw at the turn of Mr. and Mrs. Doherty from mal. The mean temperature was
Admission: Adults 50c, children, local Catholic church Easter Sunday Freewater late in the summer.
45.5, being slightly above normal,
10 years to 16 years, 25c.
at 10:30 a. m., for which the choir
which Is 43.5. The maximum tem
All League games to be called at han, prepared special music. Every-
Mrs. F. L. Jewett was a visitor In perature was 70 on the 20th and
3 o’clock p m
one is welcome.
the minimum 15 on the 17th.
Pendleton Monday of this week.
Eanter at the Churrhen
NO. 29
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
BASE BALL SCHEDULE
FOB SEASON ARBANGEO
WILL PRINT MBNTNLY
WEATHER SUMMARY
As the season approaches for
spraying the bee keepers in this
vicinity are becoming uneasy over
the prospects of losses sustained dur
ing past years through the spraying
of fruit trees when the bloom Is on,
and cite many authorities that the
practice is quite useless and often
decidedly destructive to the young
trees.
If it is administered when the
petals are out bees are almost sure
to be poisoned, much brood will be
killed and many times valuable
queens will bo lost. About -the first
thing one notices during fruit bloom
ing time, if trees are sprayed while
in bloom, is that a good deal of the
brood dies, until the bee keeper be
gins to wonder whether his bees
have foul brood, black brood or pick-
led brood, unless the truth dawns on
him that they have been carrying
in poisonous liquids from the t rees
that have Just been sprayed.
Various experiments have been
conducted along this line and are
very conclusive, and irrespective of
any interest of the bee keeper, the
fruit grower himself can not afford
to spray during fruit blooming time,
because spray liquids that are suf
ficiently strong to kill insect pests
are decidedly harmful to the delicate
reproductive organs and to the pollen
of the flower as well.
Some spray fluids are not poison
ous, as for example the lime-sul-
phur washes, the kerosene and other
emulsions of crude oil, but oven
these should not be sprayed when
the trees are in bloom. Hellebore or
any of the Bordeaux mixtures, espe-
cially if they contain parts green or
any of the arsenates, will be poison
ous of course, but such fluids are.
also too strong for the delicate pis
tils and stamens of the flower.
The idea of the bee men is to get
the fruit growers to cooperate with
them In the matter by being careful
with their spraying, and tn turn the
bees supply the necessary agent to
the proper pollination of fruit bloss
oms, and to realize that their in
dustries are mutually dependent one
on the other.
COUNTY CBNFERENCE
CHURCH MOVEMENT
The Umatilla county conferirne of
the Interchurch World Movement
will he held In Pendleton M. E.
church on April 11th. all day, the
first session starting at 9 a. in., ac
cording to Rev. J. M. Cornelison,
who has the local arrangements for
the conference In charge. This Is
one of the conferences which will be
held in every county in Oregon dur
ing the early part of April. Accord
ing to present arrangements the con
ference will Include representatives
from each of the Protestant churches
of the county associated with the
Interchurch World Movement and
any other church members or friends
who may wish to attend.
The team of speakers who will
have charge of the program at this
conference were trained at a speak
ers’ training conference which was
held in Portland on Friday. March
26. They will have complete stere-
opticon equipment and will present
the same slides that were used In the
slate pastors' conference In Portland
In March-
At this conference, which Is an
outgrowth of the state pastors' con-
ference, an organization will be
perfected for financing and improv-
ing the local churches and to mobo-
lize the Christian forces for their
part in the campaign to raise Ore-
gon’s quota of the budget to be se-
cured during the united simultan-
sous campaign April 25 to May 2.
To carry out this program in its
many details there will be set up a
county church organization. This
will be headed by a county advis
ory committee, composed of the pas
tor, a man and woman worker from
each church in the county and cho
sen representatives of the forward
movements of each denomination.
Sixteen Little Piggies
Saturday night of last week a Iwo
year old sow owned by C. P. Adams
farrowed sixteen pigs. The animal
Is of the Orion-Pathfinder breed.