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HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 15, 1920
VOL. XIV
HERMISTON HIGH SCHOOL
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i EXERCISES
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Graduating exercises of the class
of 1920 will be ■ held in the high
school auditorium next Friday even
ing at 8:00 o’clock. There are nine
graduates this year, all girls. Marcea
Casserly, Mildred Percey, Viola Cran
dall, Loretta Bennett, Grace Thom
pson, Ruth Sprague, Kathryn Beebe,
Janice Brigham and Bertha McKeen.
Miss Janice Brigham has the highest
average class standing for the four
years and so is valedictorian and
Bertha McKeen with next highest is
salutatorian.
Professor Peter Crockett of the
University of Oregon will give the
Commencement address.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
given at the Baptist church Sunday
evening by Rev. Hall. The public
is invited to these exercises.
The class will appear in the gray
cap and gown which is the regula
tion color for high schools. The
Commencement activities were begun
last evening when the Junior class
gave a banquet and reception in hon
or of thee Class of 1920 at Mack’s
hall at which covers were laid for 40.
Everyone had a good time with ora-
tory, songs and dancing as the pro
gram for the evening.
Following is the program for Fri-
day evening:
Music ................ .... School Orchestra
Salutatory ....... ...... Bertha McKeen
Reading........... .... Grace Thompson
Class History . ...... „..Ruth Sprague
Vocal Solo ...... ........... Mildred Percy
Class Prophecy .......... Viola Crandall
Class Will ...... .........Marea Casserly
(Valedictory...... ......... Janice Brigham
Vocal Solo ...... .......... Kathryn Short
Address .... ....... Prof. Peter Crockett
Presentation of Diplomas
----- .....Chairman C. S. McNaught
Song, Alma Meter
Erroneous Impression Refuted
the
factory
There is going to be a wealth of
hilarity, merriment, tuneful music.
dancing and singing tonight at the
Auditorium, for the greatest aggre-
gation of burnt cork artists Hermis-
ton has seen for a long time are
here, and you cannot miss seeing
their smart musical comedy. “A Holi
day in Dixieland."
Here we are to have a combination
of an old time plantation scene and
minstrelsy of the day right from the
heart and very soil of Dixie headed
by Everett Parker. Its dominant
keynote is laughter, and they prom
ise to eliminate M. Gouch from the
face of the earth.
Dan Winesett and Dewey Payne
are as funny as ever, and they have
gathered new stuff, new jokes, and
other material sure to keep their
talents busy. Others who aid these
two gloom destroyers and their in
imitable tomfoolery are Frank Sway
ze, Emery Warriner, John Watson,
Roy Silvey and 25 other singers.
The directors feel proud of the
younger set who take part in the
folk 'dancing, , for here the brilliant
arrayment of ' costumes and stage
colorings in our
i
own colonial min-
uet and later in interpretive dances
by Lenore and Alice Dyer are bound
to be pleasing to our guests.
The high school orchestra are all
tuned up for the Dixie merrymakers,
and you will hear from them before
the cotton pickers declare it a holi
day. Don’t you hear ’em bells. Well,
let’s get started. Auditorium to-
night, 8 p. m.
SOUVENIR FOR INDEPENDENCE
Receipt of a letter this week from
Mrs. Clark Mansfield of Indepen-
dence, Oregon, to her husband, who
is buttermaker for the Cooperative
Creamery in this city, conveyed the
information that the town was
thrown into a state of excitement
a few days ago when a meteor fell
from the heavens and struck on the
pavement of one of the streets in In
dependence. The lady stated that it
appeared like a bolt from the blue,
coming as it did in a trail of fire,
and striking at white heat. It weigh
ed about 200 pounds on reaching the
earth. Independence scientists have
expressed the opinion that it weigh-
ed over a ton at the beginning of its
flight, friction and fire In its rapid
downward flight causing the great
reduction in size and weight.
School . ,.
Due to the fact that malicious re
ports are being circulated among the
happy owners of Johnson Messey
Harris Mowers and Rakes and among
prospective purchasers of these now
well known machines on the project,
we must, in justice to those 44 own
ers of Johnson Massey Harris mow
ers and nearly as many owners of
the same rakes and to those consid
ering the purchase of a new machine,
publish the following statement
above our corporate signature. The
reports being circulated are to the
effect that these well known manu
facturers are to discontinue the man
ufacture of their products, that parts
for same will no longer be obtainable
and If obtainable will have to be im
ported and at high prices. To refute
these statements we have to an
nounce that the Johnson Harvester
Co., and Massey-Harris Harvester Co.
Inc., have both been, since their in
ception, under the same control as
to capital and stockholders, the for
mer company having since merged
Its name with the latter, this having
been about the time we decided to
handle this well known product as
their agenta for this territory. Pre
vious to the year 1917 some of their
manufactures such as Side Delivery
Rakes were already known as “John
ston Massey-Harris, but the dump
rakes and mowers, have, until this
season been sold under the former
name of “Johnston.”
This season
they are known as “Johnston Mas-
sey-Harris,” preparatory to making
the name in the future for their pro
ducta "Massey-Harris” only, due to
the fact that the Johnston Harvester
company name having been merged
with the Massey-Harris to eliminate
the expense of the same stockholders
operating two separate and distinct
corporations. These products have
always been manufactured in Bata
via, N. Y„ being eastern products
the same as all other reputable now-
ere, there being no manufacturers of
these products In the west. The
original double name of these inter-
ests was caused to save about 30 to
35 per cent duty into Canada on
tbelr products, as completed inple-
menta carried a heavy export duty,
while a separate manufacturing com
pany in Canada could operate there,
purchase their products from a Ur it-
ed States company in parts and as-
semble there at this great saving,
with but a very small duty on un
assembled machinery.
Laws and
conditions having changed some time
one,
GRAND MINSTREL SHOW TO-
NIGHT AT THE AUDITORIUM
still remaining at
NEW GROCERY STORE
Another grocery store is to be ad
ded to the list of business concerns
in Hermiston. It will be located In
the Adams building, one door west
of the Liberty Bakery, and will be
operated and owned by J. Maurice
Equals of Echo, who is now and has
for some time owned and operated
the Economy Cash Store in that city.
The work of remodeling the store
room began last Monday, and with a
new and complete stock of groceries
Mr. Equals hopes to have everything
in readiness to open the doors of the
institution to public patronage this
Saturday morning. The proprietor
declares that the store will be con
ducted on a strictly cash basis.
its large plant in Bataivia, N. Y„
which is its “home office and fac
tory.” Our shipments of machines
come to us in carload from this point
as well as having a drawing stock
for smaller shipments from the Port
land. Oregon jobber. Parts to the
value of several completed machines
are and will be carried in stock at
our store for the full life of any ma
chine sold in the past or that will be
sold in the future and at no higher
prices than other makes of reputable
machinery and we will continue to
handle the well known products of
this many million dollar corporation
in the future as we have in the past
with the same service in parts and
guarantees. Johnston Massey-Harris
products will after this year be
known as "Massey-Harris", however,
will be made of the same satisfactory
material by the same makers as pre
viously and will appear for sale at
our place of business as a permanent
creditable line. The manufacturers
first, R. M. Wade & Company, the
largest and most reliable implement
house in Portland, now 55 years In
business, second and we third, stand
back of the guarantees made for the
Massey-Harris products Products of
the makers will be changed by them
only as they see chances of improv-
Ing their products by new inventions
and from other manufacturing stand-
points.
SAPPERS,
Inc.
NEW CONCRETE MANU JUDGE WILL R. KING
QUITS RECLAMATION
FACTURING FIRM FORMED
An Oregon News Bureau dispatch
from Washington, D. C., says that
Will R. King of Ontario. Oregon, for
mer democratic national committeen-
man for Oregon, has resigned as chief
counsel for the United States Recla
mation Service, to, become effective
June 15. The reason given for his
resignation by Mr. King in a letter
to Mr. Payne, secretary of the inter
ior, is that he desires to return to
private law practice.
The resignation has been accepted
by Secretary Payne says the dis-
patch, and he has appointed Ottatuar
líamele to fill the vacancy upon the
recommendation of Mr. King. In ac
cepting the resignation Secretary
Payne writes:
•T quite understand the necessity
of lawyers retiring from the public
service to enter private practice on
account of the limited I government
salaries. I therefore accept
i
your
resignation and will appoint Mr.
Hamele, as per your recommenda-
tion.”
On the recommendation of Senator
PENDLETON TRIBUNE TO
Chamberlain, Dr. H. M. Bowry has
HAVE A NEW OWNER
been appointed examining pension
surgeon at La Grande.
For some time past a deal has been
pending for the sale of the Pendleton
HERMISTON GIRL IS BEST
Morning Tribune to Harry L. Kuck
IN DECLAMATION CONTEST
of The Dalles. Oregon. The culmi
nation of these negotiations came
Eighteen pupils from the various
this week, when, after buying up schools in the county competed at
much of the stock of the Tribune the high school auditorium in Pen
Company and getting hold of the dleton last Saturday night In the
county oratorical and declamatory
mortgage on the plant, Mr. Kuck contest, While Hermiston school
farced foreclosure proceedings and won no laurels In these events, Miss
of Columbia
this brought about a court order for Wilma Waugaman
the sale of the paper to satisfy the school four miles east of this city
saved the day for the West End of
mortgage, which, it has been an the county by winning first prize In
nounced. will take place on Friday, the declamation contest in Division
C„ which included the 6th, 7th and
May 21st.
Following the sale, Mr. Kuck plans 8th grades of the county schools.
For this the young lady has been
to become sole owner of the Tribune, showered with oceans of praise by
the announcement says. The paper her many friends in this community.
After the contest W. W. Green,
will remain a morning daily. In the
meantime he, will direct the publi- county superintendent uf schools,
gave a talk oh the necessity of more
cation and handle the business af- money for the schools of Oregon, and
fairs of the company.
Orville Reeves of the local high
Mr. Kuck is a newspaper man. of school gave a talk on “higher edu
cation.”
several years experience in Oregon.
Winners of the contest are to be
He was a student in journalism at presented with medals as soon as the
the University of Oregon before tak engraving is finished. Winners of
ing up the work on various state first palee receive gold medals, while
silver medals were given those who
papers. His home is in The Dalles. won’second place.
Within the past week a new man
ufacturing firm has been organised
and is already In operation in Her
miston. This concern will go under
the name of the Hermiston Cement
Products Co., and its operations will
be directed by the H. M. Straw, sec
retary and manager of the Inland
Empire Lumber Co., and A. F. Beisse,
building contractor.
The Hermiston Cement Products
Co. has leased the concrete pipe
yards in the east end of town from
the U. S. Reclamation Service and
purchased the equipment of the New-
port Construction Co., former opera-
tors of the yards.
It Is announced by Messrs. Straw
and Beisse that their company will
specialize in the manufacture of con
crete blocks, cement brick and cem
ent pipe. There will at all times be
on hand a good supply of these com
modities, so as to meet the demands
of local and outside trade.
Already the company has received
numerous orders for pipe, blocks and
brick, thus denoting that there is
urgent need of a manufacturing in-
dustry of this character on this pro-
ject.
HERMISTON BOY WEDS
The A. O. C. Barometer gives the
following account of the wedding of
Clarence B. Johnson, formerly of this
city and son of Mr. and Mrs. M. John-
son, and Miss Lulu Vivian Meloy of
Corvallis.
A wedding of considerable interest
in colloge circles is that of Miss Lulu
Vivian Meloy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Meloy of Corvallis and
Clarence B. Johnson, solemnized at
Yakima, Washington, last Saturday
by the Rev. Edward Campbell of the
Presbyterian church of that city.
Mr. and Mrs Johnson will make
their home in Toppenish, Washing
ton. where Mr. Johnson is employed
by the Mutual Creamery Co.
MAY 31 TO BE GALA
DAY IN :
9607
Everyone will admit that the hus
tling town of Boardman in the capi
PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIA
TION HOLD REGULAR MEETING tal of the West Extension Irrigation
The Parent-Teachers Association
held their regular meeting Thursday
afternoon at the Baptist church with
a good attendance.
The opening feature ot the pro
gram was Mr. C. Wood, county Y. M.
C. A. secretary, of Pendleton, and he
gave a very interesting talk, followed
by a cornet solo by Frank Stevens
which was very much appreciated by
those present. Four of Miss Sholin’s
pupils gave an interesting program
entitled "Thrift Stamps.” Miss Kit
tie Short rendered a beautiful vocal
solo after the business meeting and
installation of officers, with Mrs.
Hinkle presiding« During the meet-
ing the subject of the "Elementary
and Higher Education Tax Measure”
was ably discussed by Mr. Dodd and
Mr. Hinkle, showing why wc should
vole for this measure.
At the next Commercial luncheon
this tax measure will be brought be
fore the club and Invitations are ex
tended to those Interested In thin
matter.
CLAIM THEY WERE BILKED
It would seem that the trading of
land for land in Umatilla county has
always been equal and all right, but
trading land In Umatilla county for
land in Morrow county is a horse of
another color. This Idea is enlarged
with the filing of a suit the other
day in the circuit court wherein an
option given by Olive Lee and Viola
Savage to O. T. Lathrop on a trade
of Umatilla county wheat land for
wheat land in Murrow county is ask
ed set aside, charging the defendant
and his agents, E. C. Lloyd and R. C.
Lashley, with deceitful, fraudulent
and mendacious dealing.
The plam
tiffs allege that they gave the option
on their land worth $92,000 for land
which they atferward discovered is
worth but 326.420.
The plaintiffs, according to their
complaint, stood to lose $65,580 If
the deal went through. They allege
that the Morrow county land was
represented to them as being worth
$40 an acre and would produce be
tween 25 and 30 bushels of wheat an
acre. There are 2300 acres in the
tract. 1100 acres of which, the de
fendant is alleged to have represent
ed, Is In crop. Later the plaintiffs
learned, they aver, that the land was
on the market at $20 an acre and
considered worth not more than that.
The plaintiffs have an option on
the deal, which they asked the de
fendant to cancel when they learned
the alleged true value of the land,
the complaint says. The defendant
has refused to cancel the option and
ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT
The C. S. McNaught Co. began has had It recorded in Umatilla
Wednesday on an extension to the county, la the allegation of plaintiffs.
alfalfa mill that It operates in this
FIRST VISIT IN YEARS
city. More floor apace was needed
S.
B.
Munkers, an early day resi-
for the ever Increasing business of
the concern, and thus it was decided dent of Hermiston who is now opera-
to add another 20 feet to the north ting a wheat ranch about 23 miles
side of the mill so as to give ample southwest of here, came to town
room for the storing of alfalfa bales Wednesday, it being his first visit
and alfalfa meal prior to loading in a number of years. On arrival he
into cars for shipment. This im was amazed at the wonderful strides
provement. will relieve the hitherto this town and project had made since
congested condition of the mill, giv- last he had been In Hermiston. Mr.
ing. as It does, more floor space for Munkers came to prove up on his
the rapid handling of the alfalfa land before U. H. Commissioner W.
J. Warner, as did also his daughter
product.
Miss Zelpha, who with her brother
BOUGHT WHITING RANCH
Bruce accompanied their father. The
After selling his small farm east
young lady is the owner of a choice
of town over a year and a half ago
quarter section of grazing land ad
to H. L. Payne and moving with his
joining her parent’s wheat ranch.
family to Pendleton, Isaac Jay re
turned to Hermiston the first of the
week and on Monday closed a deal
LISTEN TO THIS
whereby he became owner of the
Rinehart Buhmann and his sister
11 * acre improved tract owned by Elda went to Wasco last Saturday,
F. W. Whiting, which adjoins his where the former purchased an In
former old home place. Possession dian motorcycle with a side car at-
will be given immediately, and Mr. tachment. They returned Sunday
Jay and family will again take up over the rocky desert road through
their residence In the Hermiston Morrow county, making the trip In
valley. Mr. Whiting and family five and one-half hours. The most
have moved to the house on Ridge remarkable feature of the journey
way avenue which they formerly was the fact that the machine only
owned and which has until recently used six quarts of gasoline and one
been occupied by Rev. and Mrs. Hall. quart of oil. Miss Elda says riding
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McDonald and In side cara is much more comfort
daughter arrived from Fort Wayne, able and sporty than bumping along
Ind., for a brief visit among friends in an automobile. Mr. Buhmann Is
last Sunday, They were royally en- agent In Umatilla county for the
tertained at the home of Mr. and above mentioned machine.
•Mrs. F. P. Phipps by the Linger-
Longers to a sumptuous banquet.
Mm. H. M. Straw entertained at
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. a card party last Saturday after-
and Mrs Leathers another party was noon at her new home on the Colum
given hy the Linger-Longers In their bia highway. After passing a pleas-
honor. Mr. and Mm. McDonald were ant time playing bridge the ladles
residents of Hermiston some four partook of a very dainty luncheon.
years ago. They left Wednesday for
Mrs. J. W. Ralph and daughter
Seattle where they expect to reside Betty were in Pendleton Monday
permanently.
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shopping.
DAIRY AND HOG SHOW WILL
BE HELD OCTOBER 8 AND 9
The board of directors of the Dairy
and Hog Show Association held a
meeting a few days ago and decided
on and set the dates for the holding
of the eighth annual fair in Her
miston.
This year the Dairy and Hog show
will be held about 15 days earlier
than last year, the directors decid
ing on October 8 and 9. The last
fair consisted of a three days’ ses
sion, on October 22, 23, and 24. It
will be remembered that the last day
was given over to the Oregon Jer
sey Breeders’ Association convention,
many members of which were in at
tendance from Spokane and the Wil
lamette valley.
As there will be
nothing of this nature held in con
junction with the show this year the
directors have dropped back to the
original two days’ exhibition.
The members of the board of di
rectors in deciding on October 8 and
9 as the time of holding the show
this year, evidently bad In mind the
col®, raw weather encountered at
fair time in former years, and no
doubt believe that this will be ob
viated this year by holding the show
on the above mentioned dates.
NO. 35
District, and if Heppner “don’t look
a little out" ere long this same town
of Boardman will wrest from her the
crown she now so proudly wears by
annexation of the county seat of
Morrow county. This might seem a
far cry. but the youthful history of
Boardman is something to conjure
with, for almost superhuman have
been the accomplishments of botti
farmers and business men. of that
community since the beginning of
the town and development of the
country only a little over three years
ago.
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And now comes a further criterion
of what concerted action and a "pull
together" spirit will do for a com
munity in the swinging against all
odds of the picnic and barbecue be
ing arranged by the directors of the
John Day Irrigation District, who
have definitely decided to hold this
gala event at Boardman on the 31st
day of this month.
This itffair will go down as one of
the gretest occurrences' in Board-
man's progressive onward march,
and will be a means of giving added
impetus to the already fast settling
up of the rich farming land sur
rounding, for assembled at the pic
nic will be many homeseekers from
this and other states who will come
to join in the festivities and at the
same time look over that part of the
Greater Umatilla Project with a view
to buying land and becoming part of
that bustling community.
The Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce is behind the big affair and
it is said Portland will send a dele
gation of business men. hankers and
other live wire citizens to enjny the
day. The Commercial Clubs of Her-
miston, Heppner and Arlington are
also backing the project, and all
promise a big turnout from their
respective towns.
Arrangements for the entertain-
ment of from 16 00 to 2000 people
ara being made, and the occasion
promises to be the biggest thing of
its kind . ever
attempted in Morrow
County.
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WINTER WHEAT IN THIS
STATE IS UPTO NORMAL
Material Improvement over the
previously unsatisfactory agricultur-
al outlook Is reported in a bulletin
Issued by the Twelfth Federal Re
serve Bank of San Francisco, cover
ing general business and agricultural
conditions In the states of Oregon,
Idaho, Washington, Arizona, Califor-
nia, Nevada and Utah.
The improvement noted resulted
from the general rainfall during
March and April, according to the
bank's report, which stated:
"The condition of winter wheat is
now 85 per cent normal in Califor-
nia, 91 per cent In Oregon, 87 per
cent in Idaho. 94 per cent In Nevada
and 98 per cent In Utah, as compared
with the district condition of approx
imately 95 per cent al the same per
iod In 1919. In Washington, which
normally produces
approximately
one-third of the winter wheat grown
In this district, the condii Ion is only
73 per cent of normal, as compared
with 97 per cent a year ago, and II
will be necessary to reseed from 10
to 20 per cent of the fall sown wheat
in that stale.
“Spring wheat acreage throughout
the district will approximate that of
a year ago. The ground Is In excell
ent condition for seeding. In the
inter-mountain region heavy snow
fall during March and the early part
of April assured sufficient moisture
for dry-farming sections, and abun-
dant water for Irrigated lands."
Lumber mills in the Pacific North
west arc being compelled lo restrict
acceptance of orders due to their in-
ability to secure cars.
STOCKRAISERS' CONVENTION
With the announcement of the
holding al Burns. Ore , on May 24
and 25 of the seventh annual Cattle
and Horse Raisers' Association con
vention. a few interested local stock-
aisers are planning to be In attend-
ance. An Interesting program of an
educational character to all farmers
has been prepared for the occasion,
Among the subjects to be discussed
at the convention are "The Use of
Silage." “Some of the Reasons for
Federal Taxes,” “The Grazing Regu
lations,” “Household Remedies for
Range Diseases," “The General Fu
ture of the Block Business,” “Beef
‘Livestock
Cattle
In
Oregon,'
Shows,” "Possibilities of Cooperative
Disposal of Beef by Poducers" and
“Winter Rations for' Calves and
Yearlings.”