T he H ermiston H erald
VOL. XIV
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 10. 1920
MOVEMENT STARTS FOR
LAUNDRY IN HERMISTON
There was a large attendance at
the noonday luncheon of the Com
mercial Club Tuesday at the Hotel
Hermiston.
The meeting opened with a fe-
port from the committee on railway
improvement facilities. The chair
man of this committee said that he
had been advised that another man
had been authorised put on at the
depot and that team track was to be
built by May and the freight depot
is tobe improved by the building
of an addition thereto.
Mr. Grimes of the Troy Laundry
at Pendleton spoke on the establish
ment of a branch laundry In Hermis
ton. He cited that this was the cen
tral point of all the towns in the
West End, and for that reason was
the logical place for the establish
ment of such an institution. He
estimated that it would take about
$4000 to get such an enterprise go
ing, and he wanted the people here
to finance the proposition by form
ing a stock company. A committee
was appointed to confer with the
gentleman and look further Into the
matter of a laundry for Hermiston.
Miss Pendergast of the Pacific
Coast Protective and Rescue Home,
was introduced and spoke about the
unmarried mother and the helpless
babe, also the young girls that have
a wrong conception of having a good
time. She concluded her remarks by,
a statement that *35,000 had been*
raised for the erection of a home for
homeless children of Oregon, but that
*70,000 was needed, and that her
mission here was to raise Hermiston’s
quota toward this movement. Mrs.
p Gallaher and Mrs. Momma were pre
sent and eulogized the work of Miss
Pendergast.
Frank Waugaman spoke of a mar
ket road to run from Umatilla on
through Columbia District to con
nect with the Cold Springs-Pendle
ton highway. He wanted the Club
to endore at least that part of the
proposed highway that would bene
fit Hermiston.
Ford Tipped Over
While going from town Sunday to
his home southeast after a trip to
Butter Creek, Eli Winesett had the
thrilling experience of having his
Ford truck turn turtle just in front
of the Crosland home. Lucky it hap
pened where it did. for in the spill
Mr. Winesett and his six year old
son Lem were pinioned beneath the
machine. Mr. Crossland heard the
commotion and hurried to their
sitance. After being extricated it
was found that neither father or son
had received serious injury, and the
machine was not much damaged.
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Out for Secretary of State
Sam A. Koser of Salem, now dep
uty secretary of state, is in the race
for the secretaryship at the coming
primary election May 21st. Mr.
Koser has served as deputy under
Ben W. Olcott for many years faith
fully, honestly and efficiently, it is
said, and therefore he is intimate
with the workings of the office for
which he seeks. Since Mr. Olcott
Fear for an inadequate supply of
succeeded to the governorship he has water to meet all irrigation needs
been secretary of state de facto.
during this season has been dispell
ed by a generous snowfall in the
Blue Mountains last week and the
Visits From Irrigon
B. B. Lane, “the village black- fore part of this. This snow, to
smith” of Irrigon, was in Hermiston gether with a fairly heavy rainfall
Thursday evening attending K. of P. in the lower altitudes on Saturday
lodge. He said that road work south night and Easter Sunday, caused the
of Irrigon will be suspended on the Umatilla river to run bank full, thus
17th of this month for the time be- allowing a good head of water to be
ing. There is two miles of the high- carried through the feed canal of
which leads south from the the reclamation service to the Cold
town to the feed canal, completed. Springs reservoir, which has been
and it is proving quite a boon to filling rapidly during the past seven
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farmers living adjacent to it.
When full the reservoir holds
50,000 acre feet of water, At the
Virginian Visits Old Friends
Charles Hampton of Galax, Vir present time there is said to be
ginia, was here last week on a visit 40,000 acre feet of water In the
to his old Virginia friends, Mr. and reservoir, and therefore should the
Mrs. P. F. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Eli present steady flow continue in the
Winesett, Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Cox and feed canal it will not be long before
the C. 8. and H. L. Payne families. the required 50,000 acre feet has
The gentleman left last Saturday for been obtained.
Heppner to visit a daughter resid
ing near there.
He Was Surprised
E. E. Shaw was the recipient of a
surprise party at his Cold Springs
home on March 29th. it being his
54th birthday. A number of friends
surprised him and friend wife sur
prised him with a birthday dinner.
There was music for the occasion by
the famous Shaw phonograph, which
is a Victor. AU enjoyed themselves,
and wished B. K. many more such
birthdays.
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LOTS OF WATER IN GOV
ERNMENT RESERVOIR NOV
dred and thirty-one years ago on that
day George Washington was elected
first president of the United States
by the first session of congress,
which convened in New York. Fifty-
eight years ago Tuesday the union
and confederate armies grappled in
the great battle of Shiloh; 11 years
ago Tuesday the late Rear Admiral
Peary "nailed” the stars and stripes
to the north pole, and three years
ago Tuesday the United States de
clared war on Germany.
DIRECTORS SIGN LARGE
. CONTRACT WITH U- S.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the board of directors of the West
Extension Irrigation District, held
Tuesday last in the offices of the
Reclamation Service in this city, the
members of the board signed a con
tract with the United States govern
ment of *1.100,000 in the next 20
years.
This gives the district a clean
slate, and now much activity in the
way of improvements of *11 kinds
is expected to go merrily on in the
West Extension Irrigation District.
Attend This Meeting
Stockholders In the Cooperative
Creamery are requested to be present
at a meeting at the Libray next
Tuesday evening. 8 o’clock. Better
market and better prices is our alm.
M. 8. Shrock, secretary and manager
of the Oregon Dairymen’s League.
will be present and address the
meeting.
Louis Attebury of Stanfield
In the eity last Saturday after ae-
companying his two year old baby
boy to Portland for examination of
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MENT CONVENTION SUNDAY
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
“BUY A BRICK” CAM
Anniversary of Great Events
Tuesday was the anniversary
PAIGN ON ----- IN - HERMISTON of Last
Monday afternoon the funeral of
great' events in history. One hun Miss Christie Albrecht was held from
The finance committee of the Her
miston Commercial Club has put Its
seal of approval on the campaign
now being held in our city to do our
bit toward erecting a suitable, safe
home for the homeless babies of Ore
gon.
Miss Jane ar: endegast of Port-
land addressed the Commercial Club
at their noon luncheon on Tuesday.
Messrs. Oldaker and Schilling were
appointed to assist Miss Pendegast
in raising Hermiston’s quota. Head
quarters of the drive are at Sappers’
Inc. Mr. Sapper is acting as treas
urer for the campaign fund here.
Rev. and Mrs. Gallaher have ren
dered Mis Pendegast valuable aid
it. arranging meetings where the
cause could be presented and social
conditions of Oregon among our
young people explained.
C. M. Jensen, the jeweler, has of
fered to the girl selling the most
tags in the interest of the new nur
sery for Oregon babies a beautiful
gold chain with genuine cameo pen
dant; P. B. Siscel a *1.50 box of
candy, girls' second prize.
The Oregon Hardware offers a
boys’ pocket knife as first prize and
Lays’ Garage an electric bulb, boys"
second prize. Young people are ask
ed to go and see these prizes in the
windows of the doners..
Mrs. Arthur Rhodes is chairman
of the young people’s committee.
The school girls and boys are asked
to do their bit to sell tags at 25c
each on Saturday (today). They are
requested to call at headquarters for
supplies.
The Albertina Kerr Nursery cares
for the homeless, nameless and aban
doned babies of Oregon.
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First Bit of Green to Appear
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the home of her sister, Mrs. Anna
Sapper and the remains laid to rest
in the Hermiston cemetery.
Norris, son of Rev. Jones of Baker
City, has taken charge of his father’s
alfalfa ranch.
' The following gentlemen of the
community made a trip to Pendleton
Wednesday to visit the county court
in the interests of the market road
to be built the present year: Wau-
gaman, Hannan, Beddow, Graham,
Whitsett and Heini.
George Gill lost a two year old
heifer last week from bloat.
Mrs. F. Phipps made a shopping
trip to Pendleton Wednesday.
Mrs. Paul Wright on her way from
Portland to Baker City stopped to
spend a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Willhite.
An unusual large crowd of 31 lad
ies of the Neighborhood Club met
Miss May Hannon was present and
gave a demonstration and talk on
textiles. Miss Pendergast of the
Pacific Coast Protective Society of
Portland, who is here to raise funds
for the building of a home for home
less children, was also at the meet
ing and explained tbe needs of a
modern nursery for homeless babies
of Oregon. The ladies showed great
interest in the movement, and a lib
eral donation was given.
The Club ladles have been very
fortunate in having tbe county dem
onstration agent, also the represents
tive instructor from O. A. C., to meet
with them and give instructions in
home economics, etc. Plans are now
being made to have' a millinery ex
pert from the college conduct a three
days school in May.
Preparations are now complete
for the building of the fence around
Columbia park. This Saturday men
are to come equipped with posthole
diggers and hammers, and the ladies
will furnish goodly baskets.
Albers Can’t Get Rehearing
The motion of . Henry Albers,
wealthy Portland miller sentenced
to ten years Imprisonment for sedi-
Hous utterances, for a rehearing of
his case was denied by the United
States circuit court of appeals In
San Francisco Monday.
which was acciden-
tally pierced by a scissors. It was
found that the sight had been com
pletely destroyed, but fortunately
Weather Report
the eyeball did not have to be re
The
project
experienced a fine
moved. Mrs. Attebury, mother of
and
fairly
heavy
downpour of rain
the little fellow, will remain with
her son in Portland while the wound this week, the precipitation amount-
ing to .55 of an Inch. The maximum
is being treated by a specialist.
temperature for the week was •*
Baseball game Sunday at 3 p. m. and the minimum 30 degrees above.
BETTER DAIRY AND HOG
SHOW FOR 1920 PLANNED
(By Geo. H. Root, Pres.)
This community Is indebted to
Geo. A. Cressy and to other promo
tera of the 1919 Dairy and Hog
Show for placing the association on
a permanent basis. The doubtful
stage is passed, and we now have an
incorporated body, with creditable
buildings and exhibition grounds.
The breeder is no longer confronted
with the query as to whether or not
there will be a local show where he
may exhibit his stock, but It is an
established fact that there will be,
and he has counted on it since our
show last October. This assurance
means much to the Hermiston breed
er and to the entire project, for it
has become even trits to say that
one of the finest assets a farming
community may have is its herds of
purebred stock.
If any are incredulous, let them
consider how Ed. Carey's herd of
record-breaking Jerseys put the lit
tle town of Carlton, Oregon, on the
map of the world. The opportuni-
ties for the stockraiser on thia pro-
jeet are great, and he may, indeed,
be thankful that while his industry
is yet In its infancy in thia locality,
he has received the backing of town
and country alike.
Local men have been adding new
blood to their herds and have given
better care to what they had, so the
outlook for the 1920 show is unusu
ally bright. Perhaps tbe most en
couraging fact tor us In the wide
spread interest shown by breeders
last year, is that practically every
exhibitor resolved that when time
came for the next show he would
have his stock better fitted for the
exhibition. On every band one
heard complimentary remarks on the
finearray of stock shown, accompan
ied by a regret that it could not have
been a little better conditioned and
groomed for the occasion.
That many are keeping their reso
lution to give the prize calf or blue
ribbon heifer better care is evidenc
ed, not only by the owner’s state-
rnent that he is, but by the appear
ance of some of the stock to be seen
on the ranches, and this at the close
of a very severe winter. It all
speaks well for what we may expect
at the 1920 Show. The Board of
Directors is determined to spare no
effort In keeping the grounds as
sanitary and attractive as may be
found, and we want the co-operation
of all breeders In planning and
working toward one of the finest
shows of wall-fitted stock that may
be seen anywhere In the Northwest.
The 1920 show will include an
Item of much Interest to the hog
raiser. Sufficient number of entries
among Du roc breeders have been se
cured to insure having the District
Futurity feature, which, we believe,
is the first of Its kind to be offered
tn the state. The District Futurity
is promoted by the National Duroe
Record Association, and will add
*200 in prize money for the Duroc
breeders.
Baseball game Sunday at 3 p. m
Petitioning for and Against
Ole Jacobson, who was recently
tried on a statutory crime against
his own sister-in-law, after pleading
guilty received a sentence of eight
years in the state prison. Shortly
after sentence was passed a petition
was circulated in this city, where
Jacobson lived with his family, pray
ing for his release on parole. While
this received many signatures, there
were numerous who refused to sign
It on the grounds that the man
should receive punishment for his
crime and for the further reason
that were he paroled now it would
establish a bad precedent. As a re
sult of this sentiment a petition of
remonstrance against granting a pa
role to Jacobson was circulated this
week, and this also received a large
number of signers. Bpth petitions
have been sent to Judge G. W. Phelps
at Pendleton.
Wobblies Sentenced
The seven men convicted in Mon
tesano. Wash., March 13 of second
degree murder for the slaying of
Warren Grimm at the Armistice
Day massacre In Centralia, were
sentenced to not less than 25 years
each in the state prison nor more
than 40 years by Judge John M.
Wilson on Monday after he had de-
hied a motion by the defense for a
new trial.
Attorney Vanderveer,
for the defense, took exception to
the sentence and gave notice of
appeal.
Laid to Rest
Miss Christie Albrecht, who had
been a sufferer from kidney trouble
for the past 12 years, died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Anna Sap
per, out in Columbia District,, last
Saturday, interment being in the
Hermiston cemetery Monday after a
funeral sermon delivered at the home
by Rev. Gallaher. Deceased was born
In Erle, Pa., in July 1858. About
ten years ago she came here from
Erie with her sister, with whom she
has lived the past 25 years. Mrs.
Marie Witter, another sister, was
called west from Erie two weeks ago
to be at the bedside of her relative
In her last illness. Miss Albrecht
during her residence on the project
had made many warm friendships,
all of whom are grieved over her
demise.
BIG LEGION SMOKER
IN PENDLETON TONIGHT
Ten of the cleverest fighters in the
northwest will step into the ring at
Pendleton this Saturday night for 34
rounds of boxing under the auspices
of Pendleton Post, American Legion.
One thousand fans from Pendleton
and Umatilla county towns are be
ing prepared for. Happy Canyon is
the scene of the bouts.
Johnny Noye of St. Paul meets
Harry Casey of Seattle In the main
go of 10 rounds. Those two light
weights are evenly matched as to
weight, both are young but experi
enced and are enough different In
their type of fighting to insure a
battle all of the way.
Buddy Stevens, a favorite in Pen
dleton, will share honors with Gene
Bartell of Walla Walla In an eight
round semi-windup.
The six-round affair between Smi
ley Fuigham and Red Young Is pre
dieted to be a gory hair-raising
event. Both boys want to kill each
other, and they intersperse a lot of
good boxing In their matches as well.
The ether six-round preliminary Is
between Aberdeen Jimmy Duffy and
Frankie Fontana, both top-notchers
in their weight.
Eleven knockouts in 20 battles
is the record which Ritchie Davis,
formerly of Kennewick, has made
Since being discharged from the
navy. He will raise the curtain with
Soldier White, who licked everything
in his neighboring divisions In
France.
Legion men and sport followers
from ail over the country will be at
the affair, and present indications
are that Hermiston will be well rep
resented at the ringside.
Teams of speakers have been defi
nitely selected for the Interchurch
World Movement county conference
which opens at 10:30 a. m. at the
Methodist church In the city of Pen
dleton tomorrow, April 11. All ses
sions are open to persons interested
in church activities.
Members of the team are as fol
lows: Rev. G. H. Young, Albany;
Rev. J. E. Purdy, Bend; Rev. C. W.
Reynolds, Corvallis; Mrs. W. A.
Drennan. Portland. Prominent mem
bers of the team are Rev. G. H.
Young, pastor of the Albany Baptist
church, and Mrs. W. A. Brennan of
Portland, a field worker for the Na
tional Board of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society, superintendent
of the Portland Settlement Center,
and for six years in deaconess work
in the Methodist Episcopal church.
The county conference has three
main objectives: To present the
surveys which reveal the needs of the
world in life and money; presenta-
tlon of the evangelistic and finan-
cial campaign, and the rally of de
nominational and community forces
for the complete organization of the
county.
Twelve exhibits, in addition to the
stereopticon apparatus, will be car
ried by the team for display at the
conference and as an aid to bringing
out the results of the surveys and
the problems before the people of the
county. A special man will accom
pany the teams to care for the lan
tern and stereopticon equipment.
The program of the conference is
to begin with a statement of the In-
terchurch World Movement and
world conditions today, and will in
clude the following: Presentation
of the united financial campaign;
denominational rallies and meetings
of special groups of state financial
campaign directors; presentation of
the foreign survey and world out
look and every land; a composite
departmental address, being an ex
planation of the home surveys and
the county surveys; an address on
the program of evangelism; an cx-
planation of the county organization
by the convener for the, county; a
woman’s address on cooperation and
an address on laymen's activities.
It is planned that during the af
ternoon there will be a special
meeting for young people and meet
ings for local church financial or-
ganizations. In the evening there
will be a composite survey lantern
slide address by the team leader.
Many church people of Hermiston
and vicinity are making preparation
to be ir attendance at this con
ference.
Want Market Road
D. R. Brownell, his sons Earl and
Lou, and Ole Stangeby of Umatilla,
and C. C. Palmer. W. J. Dobler Wm.
Roberts and Wm. Klk composed .auto
parties that went to Pendleton Wed
nesday to'Interview the county court
regarding the matter of establishing
a market road from Umatilla to a
connection, with the Cold Springs-
Pendleton road.
LEGION POST ENDORSE
HIGHER EDUCATION DILL
A regular meeting of Hermiston
Post, American Legion, was held in
Stanfield on Tuesday evening, at
which time officers and members of
permanent committees were elected
for the current year. Plans for a
smoker, to be held at an early date,
were discussed.
The Post voted to go on record as
favoring the general tax bills for
schools, which will be placed before
the voters at the next election, as
this measure seems necessary to the
state In general and specially to the
schools of higher education, where
many ex-service men wish to enter
if the proper accommodations can be
offered.
To Build New School House
The Irrigon school board Is nego
tiating for the building of a *30.000
school building, the present one hav
ing become inadequate to accommo
date the ever Increasing enrollment.
Thia Saturday afternoon there will
be a meeting of the directors to de
Baseball game In Hermiston Sun cide on a site for the proposed now
day—first game of the season.
building.
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