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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1920
VOL. XIV
COL H. 0. NEWPORT, EARLY
PIONEER, PASSES TO REWARD
This community was shocked
Tuesday morning upon learning of
the sudden death of their esteemed
townsman. Col. H. G. "Newport.
Death came to him in the early
hours of the morning the discovery
of his death not being made until
about 6 a. m., when physicians were
called and pronounced that death
had occurred some hours previous.
The cause of death is believed to
have been acute indigestion. Mr.
Newport was apparently in good
versity, when perhaps every other
man among us yielded to its pangs.
He boosted wherever he went and
demonstrated his faith in the future
of the Umatilla project, by develop
ing much land and constructing
many buildings.
His liberality to
early settlers was unrestrained and
his help and good cheer carried many
a failing man on toward success.
We extend our sympathy to his
wife and his son and other relatives
and assure them of our great respect
health previously and was about for the splendid qualities of the
town last week looking after his Colonel, and, our admiration for the
fallen pioneer.
various interests. Mr. Newport
was one of the earliest settlers
and a large owner of farm lands
under the project until recently
when he disposed of his ranch
property but retained consider-
able city holdings.
Col. Newport was born in
Gallipolis, Ohio, 70 years ago.
In ’78 he went to North Dakota
and engaged in railroad con-
struction work, building 1100
miles of the Northern Pacific.
In 1902 Colonel Newport came
to Umatilla county and built the
railroad in the old Maxwell Sta
tion region and also rebuilt the
Pendleton-Echo railroad. A few
years ago he built the Furnish
ditch. He was the senior mem
ber of the Newport Construction
Co. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Rose Newport, a son, H.
R. Newport, and a daughter,
Mrs. Harwood, of Omaha. .
Funeral services were held at
the Baptist church Wednesday
afternoon conducted by Rev. M.
R. Gallaher of the M. E. church
who in a very fitting and able
sermon spoke of the high quali
ties of the man as a pioneer leav
ing his home in Ohio to combat
the hardships and privations of
the early days in the west and
how it made possible for future
generations to enjoy the benefits
these sturdy, sterling, deter
mined men established. Miss
Kathryn Short sang “No Night
There” and “Nearer My God to
Thee” and the funeral cortege
wended its way to the Hermis
ton cemetery where interment
was made.
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GONE TO PORTLAND
FOR MOVIE EQUIPMENT
The End of a Perfect Day
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SPRING
STYLES
COMMITTEE DOES NOT FAVOR
GOLD SPRINGS-UMATHLAROAD
LOOK OVER DIAGONAL ROAD
Lesson of Air Race: “Flying Pastor Fore-
runner of Flying Disaster.”
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The county court looked over the
Diagonal road the fore part of the
week. The Diagonal road is get-
tlng into bad shape with the spring
rains. The gravel put in some years
ago is giving out and with the
heavy hauling that is continually
traveling this much used highway
it is steadily going from bad to worse.
Automobiles cannot travel it at
more than fifteen miles per hour,
and loaded trucks have a hard time
getting through. Between
$600
and (700 were spent on repairs on
three miles ofthis road last summer,
which did no material good. How
ever itt now looks as though the
court would take this matter up
and give the thickly populated east
side a road to town as funds are
said to be available.
George H. Adams, of New York,
left hre Tuesday morning for Port
land, where he will select his equip
By BRIG. -GEN. WILLIAM MITCHELL, Army Air Service
ment for a new moving picture
bouse which he contemplates open
ing here at a later date, which will
be as soon as a building can be
The recent transcontinental air derby plainly demonstrates that the
erected for that purpose. Mr. Adams isolation of the United States with respect to Asia and Europe is com
After confessing to Sheriff Til
is an expert moving picture man and
Taylor
of Umatilla county and
pletely broken down.
thoroughly understands all the ins
State
Fire
Warden H. Pomeroy
The airline distance covered is 5,402 miles, in less than 50 hours of
and outs of the business.
BOAROMAN MERCHANT
• PEACH TREE IN BLOOM.
actual flying time. It is as far as from Constantinople to New York;
from Berlin to Denver: from Tokyo to San Francisco, and twice the dis
tance from Europe to America.,
From a military aspect there is no longer any doubt that a complete
control of the air by any nation means military control of the world.
* From the standpoint of distances, Asia is only divided from America
by 21 miles of water across the Bering strait, while the greatest distance
that has to be covered over water between the American continent and
Europe is scarcely over 300 miles, if the route through Canada, Greenland,
Peach trees in bloom are a rare
thing in Hermiston this spring, but
out on the Willard Felthouse ranch
is one In full bloom, at least part of
the tree. Last winter during the cold
weather some of the lower branches
were covered with deep snow and
consequently the buds were not
frozen, and this spring are thickly Iceland, the islands north of Great Britain, to Great Britain, itself, is fol
lowed.
set with blossoms.
MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS.
Contractor August Beisse has com
pleted the work of putting In re
taining walls along the street front-
age of the Ira D. Hall and G. Pat
terson property on Gladys avenue.
A septic concrete tank was also en-
stalled at the Hall residence.
Later it is planned to lay concrete
walks in front of both of these
properties.
COMMITTED TO PRISON.
Monday at Pendleton Judge G. W.
Phelps, considered the application
for parole in the case of Ole A.
Jacobson under sentence of eight
years for a statutory crime. The
application was denied and he was
ordered committed
to the state
prison.
WHEREAS, Colonel Horace Gree
ly Newport, pioneer of the Great
W. A. Ford of Umatilla was here
West and one, of the founders of last Saturday on business.
Hermiston has crossed the Great
Divide we the members of the Her-
Mrs. H. R. Wessel was last week-
miston Commercial club thia 13th end guest of the C. B. Percey family.
uay of April, 1970,
nrevy
suo-
Mrs. George Briggs ani daughter
Suribe to tue rollowing tribute to
Dorothey were Pendleton visitors,
mis memory.
BE IT RESOLVED: That Horace Saturday.
treery Newport was a part of that
Mrs. Geo. E. Briggs and daughter
great pioneer race that opened the
region west of the Mississippi to hu Doratby, pased Saturday last in Pen
man habitation. He was born on dleton shopping.
the borders of early Ohio and young
Miss Ruth Hart of Walla Walla
manhood found him in the wilds of
passed
last week-end with her
the Dakotas i constructing ¡railways
parents,
Mr.
and Mrs. H. T. Hart.
to the Pacifie.' For over forty years
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he lived on the frontier and builded
E. I. Davis <s constructing a con
and left behind the easy ways of
life for the generations to eome. He crete retaining wall around his
was possessed of the spirt of pro residence propedty on East Gladys
phecy, and, an abounding optomism avenue.
supported him to the last day of his
Alvin Barnes was in the city the
life. Tremendous energy was his
early part of the week from Mc-
fortune even to the last few falling
Comas island, which place he is now
months. While the tide of fortune
farming.
ebbed and flowed, his heart failed
only when it ceased to beat.
He
Work has been commenced on a
knew men, and, in all the vigor of
new bank building at Echo, The
his prime, organised and controlled
structure to be erected will cost
the types and characters that sought
$60,000.
the western world, many of whom
came only in answer to the call of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S Crimmins are
the bandit wild, and, not like him,
the
proud parents of an eight
to the high call of civilization. Men
pound
baby girl at their home
feared him. and swore by him, and
he successfully segregated the loyal Saturday last.
The rapidity with which the airdromes were established in this test
shows that they can be established with equal rapidity for long stretches
by any other nation. A rigid dirigible airship can carry ten tons of cargo,
besides its crew, fuel for a long trip, and armament for its defense—ten
tons of material will keep a thousand airplanes working for one day.
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If an Asiatic or European country desires to attack America, a system
of airdromes could be established, successively, a defense organised against
land or sea elements, and the airplanes concentrated on them successfully,
while their supply could be insured by the great rigid dirigibles working
with their own countries.
This is not only possible, but almost a sure accompaniment of the
next war and will be resorted to by the nation gaining control of the air.
This manner of procedure will practically negative navies, so far as their
ability to deal the first blow is concerned.
All the great nations of the world are now applying themselves strenu
ously to the development of an air service. America, which has the best
natural advantages in the world, is probably the last of the great nations
at the present time in her actual development of air power—military or
commercial.
RECLAMATION WORK IS
PROGRESSING NICELY
that he had set fire to his groc
ery store at Boardman, W. M.
Haskins was taken to Heppner
Tuesday evening.
Mr. Haskins was bound over
to the grand jury and released
after putting up 11000 bail.
24 hours.
IT HAS BEEN SAID
About all there will be in plum
pudding this year will be the
plums.
We doubt that any man ever
got rich enough to measure his
gifts completely up to what other
folks expect.
Before marriage a girl lets a
man think he is wise; after mar
riage she proceeds calmly about
the business of putting him wise.
We've yet to meet with any
man— union or nonunion, poor
man or capitalist-who wouldn’t
get while the getting was good.
SENTENCE SERMONS
The report of the committee on
the Umatilla Cold Springs road was
to the cgect that Hermiston is ready
to boost for a road connecting the
Columbia district with the endleton
Cold Springs road but because that
part of the proposed highway which
extends from Columbia to Umatilla
is very expensive in construction
and because It is unnecessary they
have no interest in it. The report
was adopted unanimously by the
club. Findings of the committee ap
pointed to investigate the proposed
laundry, tendered an incompleto
rate and were instructed to con
tinue their efforts.
HERMISTON, UMATILLA
WIN OPENING GAMES
LEAGUE STANDING
WON LOST
Hermiston
Umatilla
Echo ...
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The league base I ball season
opened last Sunday on i tne home
grounds with Echo as the visit
ing team. The attendance, var
iously estimated al from 300 to
350, with a good percentage of
Echo fans, witnessed a good
showing of the national game.
The game was hard fought all
Louis urebbid or Walia Walia the way, Echo maintaining a
was an over Saturday visitor in Her- lead at all times until the ninth
miston as the gueaet of Mr. and inning, when with the score of 9
Mrs. Pat Mooney.
to 8 in favor of the Echo team,
August Beisse with a force of
men, have completed laying the con
crete floor in the Mack building just
off Main street on Second street.
Messrs. Boyle and Murray, offi
cials of the telephone company,
were in Hermiston and surrounding
country the fore part of the week,
on an inspection.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Kelley left
Saturday last for Vancouver, Wash.
Harry and Yudith Kelley will re-
main here, Harry having leased the
Hoisington ranch.
Miss Ethel Eppperson left Wed
nesday morning for Shipard Springs,
Wash, where she will spend the
summer. Miss Epperson has been
paging three months visiting her
sister, Mrs? P. B. Slacci.
Mrs. M. R. Gallaher is associated
with Miss Jenet Pendergast this
week at Stanfield and Echo in the
interest of Brick Baby home In
Portland.
A successful campaign
Work being done by the Re feet and at present it is going in was conducted in Umatilla and Her
clamation Service in preparation at approximately 450 feet every miston last week.
for the turning of water into the
laterals is progressing nicely.
A crew of between 24 and 36
men with half a dozen teams is
composing the working force.
A small crew have finished
cleaning the Hermiston drainage
ditch and this week there is a
crew at work on the A line. One
more drainage ditch is yet to be
cleaned, that of the Cold Springs
district
It is expected that water will
be turned into the'main laterals
not later than May 1 and per
haps a few days before that
time.
Some time ago there was some
uneasiness felt over the small
amount of water being diverted
to the reservoir, but since that
time snow in the mountains and
heavy rains have made the situ
ation very promising and on the
morning of April 11 there were
from the disloyal. Generosity was
stored
in the reservoir 41,000
his to a fault and life on a bread
Leon1 Cohen. R. Alexander and
acre
feet
of water. As the
seals was his enjoyment. As a Her- Mr. Mathews of Pendleton.
here Wednesady attending the H. G. capacity is 50,000 acre feet they
Newport fumerai.
are now on the last 10,000 acre
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Henry Gunn placed a hit into
right field that scored the neces
sary two runs to win. Several
brilliant stops were made by
both sides, Markham for Echo
pitched the entire game for the
visitors and while passing a
number had fairly good control.
Morris of Hermiston was reliev
ed by Phelps in the 6th inning
and pitched good ball. Umpire
Campbell wishes it stated that
he did not change his decision
on the play which caused a little
wrangle in the latter part of the
game, but that the managers
mutually agreed going back and
playing the questionable play
over again. This Sunday Her-
miston plays at Umatilla and
Echo at Irrigon.
Irrigon and Umatilla opened
the season at Irrigon and Uma
tilla won the game by a score of
7 to 6. Earl Phelps of Hermis
ton umpired.
The Herald’s typesetting ma
chine is out of commission this
James E. Watson Is again about
week which necessitates most of
after being laid up with a lame foot
this
issue being hand set.
for the past week or more, he had
the misfortune of stepping on a
rusty nail, and It was found neces
sary to cut the wound open, which
took It longer to heal.
Mr. M. J. MacMillen, formerly
head mechanic of the
Hermison
Auto Co., just returned to Hermis
ton Thursday after a three months
vacation. Mr. MacMillen will head
the mechanical department of the
Hermiston Auto Co. as before.
Mrs, C. H. Skinner was taken to
Saint Anthony's Hospital, Pendleton
Thursday of this week to be oper
ated on for an acute attack of ap-
pendicitus. She was operated on
immediately upon arrival there and
is reported as doing nicely.
Sharp wits, like sharp knives. do
Hermiston, Umatilla, Echo and
often cut their owner's Angers.—Ar
rowsmith.
Stanfield will comprise in the local
High school auditorium tonight for
under the magnetism of friendship
oratorial honors. The winners will
represent the West end la the
county contest at Pendleton at a
Thackeray.
later date.
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FLASHLIGHTS
This always has been a rough world
for the man who tries to beat all the
roles.
The best way to avoid the conse-
quenees of shame Is never to take a
shance.
Most of the repair shops exist be-
cause somebody didn't do his work
Well enough in the first place.
A Washington man voluntarily re-
turned to jail. Evidently wanted to
be sure of a place to eat and sleep.
The average married.man talks a
lot, but as a matter of fact If It weren’t
for his wife he'd be helpless most of
the time.
Ever notice the racket those high-
priced cars make when your neighbors
are backing them Into their garages
after midnight ?
One of the reasons • woman likes
fine clothes is because she knows her
husband would soon lose his love fur
a shabby wife.