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VOL. XIV
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 12. 1920
AMERICAN LEGION HELD
FAST SMOKER LAST FRIDAY
The smoker given by the Ameri
can Legion last Friday night was
well attended and the show was
well put on. The boys deserve great
credit in the way they handled the
affair and the fans went away vot-
ing it a good evenings entertain-
ment.
The first event was a wrestling
match between McKeen of Hermis-
ton and Dorn of Echo. McKeen won
the event with one fall in 6 % min-
utes in the first round, the second
being a draw.
Next on the card was another
wrestling match between George
Mathay and Harry Kelley, both of
Hermiston. This affair was a stem
winder and both boys showed con
siderable knowledge of the sport,
both getting into tight places• and
surprising his opponent by cleverly
untangling himself. However, Kel-
ley got a fall in seven minutes in
the first round, the second going to
a draw. Ed Bensel refereed the two
matches.
Following on the program was a
three round boxing match between
Ralph and Waterman, both boys of
Hermiston, and as a preliminary
they gave the fans their money’s
worth. The next event was a sched
uled go between Jim Todd of Her
miston and Red Lowery of Stanfield.
Through
some
misunderstanding
Lowrey did not go with Todd and
Boyntorf took Todd’s place, Lowrey,
winrm the bout. Next
adret --lween He u and Water
man, both boys oi > erm leton and
the referee declared the bout a draw.
Hub Sullivan of Hermiston won a
decision over Chet Dupuis of Stan-
field.
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The last bout, was between. Fred
Cleghorn of Stanfield and "Toughy”
Tefft of Echo. This bout was sup
posed to go four rounds but the boys
decided three "would be enough and
the referee called it a draw. The
last event scheduled between Charlie
Hoskins of Echo and Jess Gossege
of Stanfield did not materialize, it
being announced that Hoskins was
called to Walla Walla unexpectedly
on business and could not get to the
match.
However, the Legion hopes to
stage this bout in the near future at
another smoker. When it is an
nounced boxing fans can expect a
great card.
The boys participating in the
different matches deserve great cred
it. They have no time to train for
«these events and it is mighty hard
work. The fans all appreciate this,
and all went away well satisfied.
The Legion realized a neat sum
from the exhibition and will an-
nounce their next event in the near
future.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Mr. Voelker’s adult Sunday School
class pleasantly surprised him at his
home on the West Side last Wednes
day evening. The evening was pas
sed in games and music after which
ice cream was served, plates being
set for 18 guests.
M. R. Gallaher has drawn up a set
of plans for the Methodist Episcopal
church which is soon to be erected
next to the Library, in this city.
From the drawing the building will
be a great asset to the city’s appear
ance.
The Economy Cash Store was
closed Tuesday of this week on ac-
count of the death of Mrs. Julian
Gulliford, mother of J. M. Equals.
Mrs. Gulliford was stricken with
paralysis some weeks ago and from
that time little hope was held for her
recovery.
Judge Landis Goes Up in the Air
The Standard OU company has an
nounced that the supply of gasoline
is limited. In order to conserve as
much as possible, and not to detract
from the private car allowance,
those parties among tractors, trucks,
pumping and baling engines and
purchasing in barrel lots, may secure
their supply and are requested to
leave the barrels at the rear of the
Oregon Hardware & Implement Co’s,
store. Record will be kept and the
garages will be credited with sales
to their patrons.
Sighed—Committee of the C. of C.
H. M. Schilling
J. F. McNaught
F. C. McKenzie
COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT
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Judge Landis of Chicago and the army balloon tn which be made an
ascension recently from Fort Omaha, Neb.
With-him were army officers
who made successful experiments with a radio telephone, sending messages
to the earth.
CBNSERVE ON GASOLINE COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS
At a connference held Recently in
the city of Portland 278 3 Presenta-
.Ives from the govern a o.fice, the
civic and business interests of the
ity, (the managers of the four gaso
line companies being present), it
was made plain to all of the short-
ige of gasoline not only in the state
f Oregon, but in the states north,
outh and east of us.
There was no inclination on the
art of any Portland interest to dis-
riminate against the balance of the
tate and everyone agreed that Port-
and, together with every town in
he state, should receive the regular
proportion of gasoline alloted to Ore-
;on. This shortage may continue
'or eight or ten weeks and it is nec-
ssary that every user of gasoline
:onserve as much as possible during
his period of time. Prevention of
vaste and unnecessary use will as-
1st materially in solving this prob-
em. It is the duty of every citizen
o see that the engines of automo-
iles are not allowed to idle while
tanding at the curb, as thousands
f gallons are wasted every day from
his cause.
It is a well known fact that during
he Shrine, Rose Festival. Travelers’
’rotectlve Association and the Ki-
vanis Club National Conventions, a
arge amount of gasoline will be
ceded in entertainment of the vis-
tors.
This entertainment is not
onfined to Portland only, but many
parties will wish to go to different
arts of the state and we recommend
hat every section adopt such meas-
ires as are necessary to conserve
asoline during this emergency for
he next few weeks.
The city of Portland adopted the
following resolution, having refer
ence to users of gasoline in the city
•f Portland:
"First—That the allotation of gas
oline by the oil companies to the out-
tate for industrial purposes is here-
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Chicken Supper
Baked chicken, with all the fixin'.
Ob! Joy!
With home made ice cream.
Oh! Boy!
To be had at the Ladies' Aid sup-
per on Mrs. Hays’ lawn June 19.
Price, including supper and ice
cream. adults 75 cents, children 50c.
Mr. and Mrs L. D. Lay and son
P. L. Lay. are leaving this week for
Tacoma, Washington, where they
will visit friends and relatives, after
which they will leave for California.
They will make the trip in their
Attended Stock Show
Hunt, C
POTATO BUGS ARE BECOMING
A DANGEROUS PEST HERE Klock, S S
Voyen, 1 B
The following letter will be of in- Spinning, C F
terest to all who are raising pota- Gunn, 3 B ....
toes:
Longhorn, L F ............ ..0
Boardman, Oregon, June 8, 1920.
Dear Mr. Dean:
While I was In Hermiston I read
and heard considerable regarding
potato bugs, but I was under the Im
pression that these bugs did not ap
pear I nthis locality, nor have I ever
heard of them anywhere In Oregon
until today when I discovered a
bunch of them In my potato patch.
I called a few of my neighbors to
look them over, they had fought po
tato bugs before in other states and
all agreed that they were the real
genuine eat-as-you-go kind. I found
one adult, which I took for granted
was the mother of the bunch, and
about 150 young ones of three dif
ferent ages, also several clusters of
eggs. Of course I destroyed all that
I could find and will watch them
closely till I feel sure that I have
them all. I also have sent out warn
ing to other farmers on the project
to watch out for them and wish that
you would do the same up there,
this little nest may be the only one
in this district, but it would be ter-
riable to have them get a start here
Tuesday of last week Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Crossland. accompanied by Mr.
Crossland’s cousin. Miss Hattie Tay
lor of Everett, Wash., drove over to
Union, Oregon, where they attended
the Stock show held at that place.
They returned the following Satur
day bringing with them Mr. Cross-
land's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs
O. M. Crossland, who visited several
days, returning to their home Mon If It can be prevented. You know
how fast these new Insects spread
day of this week.
in new localities.
I presume that arsenate of lead is
the. dope for them If they should
come too fast to kill by hand, but
please Inform us so that we may put
In a supply and have It ready for
distribution If necessaryy .
Yours truly
Adolph Koubo.
Dale Dungan of the First National
Bank, was operated upon last Sun
day for appendicitis at St. Anthony's
hospital In Pendleton. Word was re
ceived that he la Improving very rap
idly and will soon be on duty at the
bank.
Study Club Meets
of the Methodist church met at the
home of Mrs. R. D. Spencer on Tues
day afternoon.
After a pleasant
and profitable study of the lesson
the hostess nerved a dainty luncheon.
The clam adjourned for the summer
to meet again the second Tuesday of
September when Mrs. Schilling will
give a review on "American Inter
vention in Mexico."
Mrs. Adams
will discuss "The Policies of the New
President," and Mrs. Miles will re
port on the activities of “Villareal"
the newly announced aspirant for
The regular Tuesday noon din
ner was held at the Oregon hotel
and a good attendance was present.
Thre was not much business to tran
sact but considerable interest was
manifest when the gasoline question
was brought up by C. Brockman of
the Standard Oil company.
Mr. Brockman again sounded the
warning to the people of Hermiston
and surrounding vicinity that the
gasoline question was getting worse
instead of Improving and stated that*
if the people did not conserve on gas
they would not have any at all.
Considerable discussion was had up
on the subject and a committee was
finally appointed by President Dodd,
consisting of H. M. Schilling. J. F.
McNaught, and F. C. McKenzie to
see that the gasoline was appor
tioned to the very best advantnage
and to spread the gospel “leave your
ear at home.”
In his talk to the club Mr. Brock
man stated that trucks, tractors,
pumping plants and business cars,
other than pleasure cars, would re
ceive enough gasoline to work on.
He said that all gasoline stations
and garages were now being supplied
on a basis taken of last months bus
iness and that this basis would con
tinue until the shortage was over,
unless the warning given was disre-
garded, at which time a new basis of
figuring the distribution would be
made.
"To prevent speculation in lands
of the Columbia Basin project and to
permit actual settlers to acquire
farms at present prices when water
is available, will be the policy of the
Columbia Basin Survey Commission,*'
declared Marvin Chase, chairman of
the commissioni and state hydraulic
engineer, following a commission
meeting in Spokane.
“Through cooperation of govern-
ment, state and railroad officials, it
will be possible absolutely to fix
prices on sufficient areas within the
Columbia Basin to prevent specula
tion to the detriment of prospective
settlers," he said.
The Columbia Basin Survey Com-
mission has made a study of land
values in all parts of the project, ac
cording to Mr. Chase, and has de-
termined that arid lands for sheep
grazing purposes are worth now from
$3 to $5 an acre; lands producing
small wheat crops In years of more
than average rain fall, >10 to $15 an
acre: and improved lands, >20 to
$35 an acre.
Home Brew
The members of the Study Class
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Maek and non
John, were Hermiston visitors last
Wednesday returning to their home
in Huntington Saturday.
While
here they were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Mack, parents of Mr.
Mack.
Messrs Jacksn and Rodkin ship
ped a load of hogs on the Steamer
Northwestern last Tuesday to the
Benson Commercial company of Port
land. It is very convenient for the
farmers of this section who desire
to ship live stock to the yards in
Portland to load them on the North
western at Umatilla where they are
taken direct to the packing plant.
The trip down the river Is cool and
the animals do not suffer from heat
ed cars and arrive at their destina
tion In much better shape.
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Full of spectacular plays and in
tense interest was the ball game last
Sunday at Echo when Hermiston and
Echo crossed bats for the supremacy
of the League. Echo won. the score
was 5 to 6, the game running 10
Innings before it was decided.
All the players were on their toes
all through the game and each side
played their utmost to win. It
looked as though Hermiston had the
game salted away, but Echo never
letting up its fight finally put the
winning run over the pan in the 10
Inning.
Thornton started In the box for
Echo and lasted three innings when
Garver, a Whitman college player,
took his place. It looked like Gar
ver would not Mir as well as Thorn-
ton. for he allowed the bases to be-
come populated and one run was an-
nexed in his first Inning, but he
tightened up after that, and while
he was In trouble nearly every in
ning, he came through without any
more damage.
In the 8th Inning. C. Hoskins,
catcher for the Echo team; caught
one of Phelps' benders square on the
nose and knocked it way over Long
horn's head In left field. Hoskins
completed the circuit, but fell ex
hausted at the home plate. It was
a wonderful swat and Hoskins is de
serving of all the credit he received.
Echo fought hard for the game and
won a well earned victory.
For Hermiston we will say that
the boys played gilt edged ball and
while their mistakes were costly,
nevertheless they are entitled to as
much credit as Echo for giv
ing the fans the very best game
of ball this season.
More ball games like last Sunday’s
will make the Irrigation League one
of the most popular in the country.
Following is the score:
Hermiston
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PORTLAND VIA BOAT
PLANTS AND BALERS NOTICE
stàte-wide
Announcement of
campaign that will be conducted by
the Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce and the part that Hermiston
and Umatilla are to play in the move
ment was outlined Monday by P. E.
Magruder, representing the State
Chamber, who visited this city in
connection with a survey of the
state, now in progress that will pre-
cefe the intensive organization work
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mpaigi . its purposes and
aims, were discussed at length by
Mr. Magruder with a number of the
leading local citizens of both towns,
ail of whom are interested in the
plans of the State Chamber.
E. P. Dodd was selected and ac
cepted the chairmanship of the Her-
miston-Umatilla Executive Commit-
tee which will cooperate with other
cities in the state-wide movement.
E. C. Brownell was selected vice
chairman in charge of the work
around Umatilla.
Associated with
them on the committee will be E. J.
Kingsley, O. Stangeby, M. C. Athey,
W. J. Warner, W. P. Lambert and
John D. Watson.
The Oregon State Chamber of
Commerce has undertaken plans to
play a big part in the future devel
opment of the state. Funds will be
raised to carry on. an extensive pro-
gram
activities. Among these
will he an advertising campaign to
set forth the opportunities to be
found in Oregon and to encourage
land settlement: administration to
promote irrigation; extension of
railroads; refund on reclamation
fund; extension of highways, both
for commercial purposes and through
national forests; and cooperation
with agricultural and lumbering in
terests and numerous other projects,
the development of which will be of
incalculable value to the state.
Mr. Magruder was assured by lo
cal leaders that this section could
be relied upon to do its share along
with the other communities of Ore-
gon.
Other representatives of the State
Chamber will visit Hermiston and
Umatilla later and complete the or
ganization work for the state-wide
movement which, it is declared, will
benefit every, section of Oregon.
BASE BALL GAME AT ECHO
LAST SUNDAY BEST EVER
FARMERS SHIP HOGS TO
TRACTORS, TRUCKS, PUMPING
STATE CJFC. MAN HERE
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Todd, R F ................
L. Todd. 2 B .............
Phelps. P ...................
Total ........
Echo
Coppinger, 2 B
Esselstyn, S 8
Stanfield. C F
F. Hoskins. 1 B .
Norman, L F .....
C. Hoskins, C ....
Greenwood, R F
Garver, P
Mitchell, 3 B
Thornton, P, R F
8
Total ...
Summary:
Innings pitched by
Thornton 3; Garver 7. Hits off
Thornton 3, runs 4; off Garver6,
runs l:Left on bases Hermiston 13,
Echo 9; two base hits Voyen. Gunn.
Coppinger. Mitchell; home run C.
Hoekins; struck out by Phelps 7;
Thornton 2; Garver 9.
Standing of the League
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Hermiston ................. 7
Echo . ........................... 7
Umatilla ...................... 2
Irrigon ........................ 2
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Pct.
778
778
232
222
The game at Irrigon resulted In
Irrigon beating Umatilla. This, and
last Sunday’s game between Hermis-
ton and Echo make the standing of
the League a tie for the two top
teams and the two bottom teams.
CHILDREN’S DAY PROGRAM
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Next Sunday evening at 8:00
o'clock. “The Dawn of a New Day”
consisting of recitations, readings,
solos, and duets, closing with a spec
ial exercise. “The Golden Opportun-
Ity“ by several young ladies, will be
Last Tuesday evening the Catholic given at the church. Everybody
ladles held a social at the home of welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hayden, with about
SO present. A very enjoyable time
Alfred Groom who is employed by
was had by all present, the evening the Standard Oil company at Por
being passed In cards, dancing and tland, passed through Hermiston on
a sciai time. The house was taste his way to Portland with a company
fully decorated with Japanese lan car from Pendleton, after having
terns and roses. At the conclusion delivered a big Mack truck to the
of the evening a lovely lunch was Stanfield office of the Standard Oil
company.