T he H ermiston H erald
VOL. XIV
ARRANGEMENTS NEARLY
FINISHED FOR VISITORS
Congressional Appropriations Com
mittee to be Entertained by
Commercial Club
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The local entertainment committee
in charge of the approaching visit
of the Congressional Appropriations
Committee reports that practically
all arrangements have been agreed
upon for assisting the distinguished
visitors in their inspection of the
Umatilla project and the area which
will comprise the Greater Umatilla
with the building of the McKay
Creek reservoir.
The party is expected to arrive on
train No. 6 at 5:33 a. m. July 16th.
They will be breakfasted at the
Hotel Hermiston from 8:30 to 9:30
when automobiles will be in readi
ness to take them on their tour of
inspection. •
The first drive will be to Lake
Lane Reservoir about three miles
north of town, returning by the
Umatilla Experiment station.
They will then be driven to the
Western Land & Irrigation company
project via Butter Creek and West-
land.
From there the committee will
visit Cold Springs reservoir, inspect
ing the development of the project
during the drive.
Then the visitors will turn their
attention to the Furrish project
lands passing thru the area yet to
be watered on their way to Stan
field where a trip over that project
will be made concluding with a fine
luncheon which the ladies of that
town will serve to the Committee
and guests.
After luncheon a limited number
of short talks will be made to ac
quaint the visiting Congressmen
with the needs to complete and weld
this entire section into one great,
green and producing meadow. After
which the Committee and an escort
from Pendleton will entrain from
Stanfield on train No. 2 for Pen
dleton, where, during the short time
permitted by train schedule, a dele
gation will proffer what entertain
ment the time will permit, b efore
leaving for Boise, Idaho, on train
No. 18.
Owing to the short time allowed
for the visit and inspection the en
tire Committee will be unable to vis
it the West Extension, but it is pro
posed, subject to the approval of the
approval of the chairman, Mr. Good,
to send a sub-Committee to that sec-
tlon and later to rejoin the party
at luncheon at Stanfield.
In view of the immense amount
of good which will accrue by creat
ing a favorable impression on this
Committee, let every one called up
on for aid in entertainment do every
thing possible to make the visit a
success. Let us send them away
convinced that the building of the
McKay Creek reservoir will be a good
investment and one upon which sure
returns will he had.
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 2. 1920
HERMISTON BEATS UMATILLA
IN GOOD GAME LAST SUNDAY
Umatilla gave Hermiston a good
battle last Sunday at Umatilla and
it looked like the Umatilla boys
might win the game at one time, as
they hit the ball and tied the score
in the middle of the game. However
the local boys bunched a number of
hits and walked away with the long
end of the score, 5 to 3.
There was not a very large crowd
out, but the game became quite ex
citing at times and the Umatilla
rooters were on their toes most of
the time, making the game lively,
and full of pep.
LOCAL CONTRACTING FIRM
GETS BIG ROAD CONTRACT
The End of a Perfect Day
RIGHT
NO. 42
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OVER WILL
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PEACH:
BREGBN DAIRYMEN’S
COOPERATIVE LEAGUE
The Shotwell Contracting company
received a contract to gravel five
miles of the Columbia highway last
week. The section of the road that
the Shotwell company will gravel is
that portion just east of Echo. Mr.
Shotwell said that he expects to com
plete the work by the first of Aug
ust.
The road is in very bad condition
between Echo and Pendleton and it
is gratifying to see that a local firm
gets the contract to gravel this part
of the road that needs repairing the
most.
The Shotwell Contracting com
pany's reputation for speedy and ef
ficient work is well known and we
are assured of a fine piece of road
when they get through with it.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
At a joint meeting of the direc-1
tors of the Stanfield and Hermiston I
creameries held at Stanfield last1
Monday, a resolution was unani
mously passed endorsing the Oregon
Dairymen’s Cooperative League plan
of federating all the cooperative
creameries and cheese factories and
handling of dairy products.
The resolution urged the presi
dents of the two creamery associa
tions to call meetings of their respec
tive stockholders and shippers for I
the purpose of placing the plan be- ‘
Hermiston and Echo will play off
fore all the dairymen.
the
tie game in the Irrigation League
The meeting was called by County I
at
Hermiston
next Sunday, July 4th.
Agent Fred Bennion who presided.
Paul Mehl of the Bureau of Markets
The board of directors of the
at the Agricultural College and M. league held a meeting in the Library
S. Shrock of the Oregon Dairymens’ last Monday night and all business
Cooperative League were the speak
matters pertaining to the league
ers.
Those present from Stanfield were were wound up for the season. Mat
Chas. Marshall, Zoe Houser, A. M. ters taken up by the directors were:
Boggs, Lewis Atterbury, F. A. Baker, Shall the tie between Echo and Her
Nick Johnson, R. C. Rasmussen, O. miston be played off, if so where;
S. Brooks and Ralph Holt. Those what players would be eligible to
from Hermiston were G. A. Cressy, play in the game; returning of the
Ed. Jackson, J. H. Reid, W. F. Han $50 posted by each team as a guar-
non, Henry Sommerer, and P. P. Sul- antee that they would finish out the
livan.
season.
Special meeting will be held on
The directors present were: Har-
July 7th which the dairymen are vey Walpool of Irrigon; H. E. Hitt
urged to attend. At Stanfield the of Hermiston; R. B. Stanfield, repre
meeting will be in the Peoples senting Stanfield in Carl Gilberts’s
theatre at 10 a. m., at the Columbia place, and President of the League.
School house at 2 p. m. and at the E. J. Kingsley. L. W. Compton of
Hermiston Library at 8 p. m.
Umatilla could not be present at the
Representatives of the Dairymens' meeting. There were also several of
League and the Agricultural College the ball players present who took
will be present to speak of the pro some part in the discussions.
gress the League has made and its
Mr. Kingsley called the meeting
plans for the future. All of Mul- to order and told briefly the business
taomah,
Washington,
Columbia, that would come before the direc
Clackamas, Yamhill, Polk, Coos and tors for their consideration. He
Curry counties in Oregon and Clark then opened for discussion the sub
county in the state of Washington ject of playing off the tie. It was
are now organized. New territory the census of opinion of all the di
is being added every day.
rectors that they should play off
the tie, so that a champion team
Mrs. Geo. Briggs and daughter could represent the Irrigation league.
Georgiana, left Thursday for Erie, A three game series was proposed by
Pa., where they will spend the sum- Mr. Hitt of Hermiston, but the Echo
mer with friends and relatives, They boys did not like the idea of three
games, so one game was decided on.
expect to return in September.
to be played on the 4th of July.
Mrs. N. A. Burdick returned to After disposing of this Important
her home in Metolius, Oregon, after matter, the next question was: where
several days visit with her daugh shall the game be played. At this
| juncture of the meeting, C. Brock
ter, Mrs. E. J. Kingsley.
man and Jack Kenney of Stanfield,
Bernie Robinson came down from kindly offered to fix up the Stan-
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grounds should the directors
Pendleton Tuesday morning and |
Geo. Mathay returned, from the spent the day with Janice Brigham. | decide to play the game on neutral
mountains on Monday the 28th of Mr. Robinson is on his way home In grounds. After considerable discus-
sion it was decided that the game
last month and said the weather was Spokane.
should be played either at Echo or
cold in the mountains. Mr. Mathay
Mrs. Heinline and Mrs. Canfield Hermiston, "How shall we decide
had the misfortune of cutting quite
a gash in his foot while down swim went to Pendleton Tuesday where the question * said Mr. Kingsley.
ming in the Umatilla last Tuesday.
the former will make an extended "Flip a coin,” someone said. So It
visit with her brother In that city. was decided to flip a coin, and Her-
I miston won.
Mr. and Mrs. Lan ley motored down
from Pendleton "Wednesday. Mr.
Tom Marxon arrived here Monday ! The matter of players was then
Lanley is an agent for the Goodyear after stopping off in Portland on | brought up. and a list of those eligi-
Tire company of that city. He in his way from Yacolt, Washington. : ble to play in the championship game
formed us that the «Goodyear Tire He expects to spend a few weeks was made, allowing all players who
have appeared In uniform during the
factory at Los Angeles was just here.
season to participate. The list pre
opened last week.
It covers 480
H. G. Adams and Mrs. H. A. Adams pared is aa follows:
acres of land. 9000 men employed
and 7500 pneumatic tires are turned and Mrs. Otto Heini arrived from | Echo—Homer Coppenger. Buck Cop-
Portland Saturday, after spending penger, Esselstyn, Norman, Thorn-
out daily.
12 days in the Rose city. Mr. Adama ton, Garva, Aude. Fred Hoskins, Bill
Messrs Perry and F. J. Corwin ar states that he baa secured all equip- | Hoskins, Chas. Hoskins, Galloway,
rived In Hermiston Tuesday from ment for the New Play House and it, Stanfield. Mitchell, Greenwood, and
I Noel Lloyd.
Culver, Oregon. They are looking will soon arrive in this city.
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' Hermiston—Mike
Hunt.
Carson
over the project with a view of
F. B. Swayze returned from Port- 1 Hunt. Spinning,
Phelps, Voyne,
purchasing a ranch and maleing this
land Saturday where he has been at- Longhorn, Jim Todd, Harry Todd,
their future home.
tending the convention and visiting Hitt. Logan Todd. Gunn. Clock. Far-
Mr. and Mrs. B. 8. KingsPey and with his family who are spending Icy, Morris and Kipp.
Il was authorized that the secre-
daughter Eldora, who left several the summer there
| tary-treasurer return the $50 each
weeks ago by auto for CiLifornia
Mr. Bryant was a Sunday visitor team had put up as a guarantee to
and other points, returner I home
last Saturday evening. The >y went at the home of his daughter. Mrs. finish the season.
The question of umpires for the
as far south as Fresno and! had a H. Percey. He returned to Reith.
very pleasant trip.
Mr. 1 Kings’ey Sunday afternoon accompanied by game was brought up and Manager
stated that the roads most of th e Mrs. Percey who expects to visit Warner of the Hermiston team sug-
i ger ted that Mr. Walpool of the Ir-
way were in very good eond Ition.
_ there for some time.
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH
BY ATTENDING CHAMPION
OALL GAME AT HERMISTON
Mr. and Mrs. McBean who have
been here from Portland visiting at
the Genn home, left Wednesday after
noon for Spokane and Walla Walla.
F. A. Yates and family, former
residents of Hermiston are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Furnas who are
spending the summer at Santa Cruz,
California.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie O'Sullivan re
turned last Saturday and are visit
ing in the city. Mr. O’Sullivan was
formerly engaged in the Chevrolet
rigon team and Mr. Compton of the
plant in Michigan.
Umatilla team act as umpires for the
game Sunday. This was more than
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Prindle and
satisfactory to all concerned and
Miss Emily Shotwell went to Echo
President Kingsley settled any fur
Monday where Mr. Prindle will be
ther discussion on the subject by ap
engaged on the highway for the
pointing the two gentlemen named
Shotwell Contracting company.
to act as umpires.
The big game will be called at
Mrs. Joyce Hayes arrived from
3: CO "o’clock sharp, and listen, gen
Pendleton Thursday to take a posi
tle readers, take a good hunch from
tion in the Inland Empire Lumber
vn, get there early, for the advan
company’s office.
Mrs. Hayes is
tageous spots will be gobbled up and
staying at the home of Mrs. Newport
the late comers will be looking for
a place to see the game without get
Miss Edith Kay, niece of Mr. and
ting en top of the Hog and Dairy
Mrs. H. M. Gunn, is here visiting.
show sheds.
Miss Kay has been teaching in the
The proceeds "of this game will all
Wenatchee, Washington, high school
go to the players, the winning team the past year.
taking 60 per'cent and the losing
team 40 per cent of the .receipts, so
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Callahan were
if no one stops you for your money
host and hostess at a charming din
at the gate, look for the guy who
ner party at their home last Friday
should be there and kindly hand him
evening. • Twenty guests were de
the amount as the boys deserve a
lightfully entertained.
great deal more than they will get.
Mrs. H. M. Gunn entertained six
couples Tuesday evening in honor of
Miss Norma Erickson. Dancing was
The Umatilla Experiment Farm the main feature after which a
reports that, the month of June was dainty luncheon was served.
characterized by rather cool days and
Mrs. Palmer is giving a bridge
warm nights so that the mean tem
perature was only one degree below party at her home north of town
normal which is 66. Only four days Friday evening. Four tables being
during the month was the tempera lined and 16 ladles will be present
ture above 90, the maximum being and all except an enjoyable after
95 on the 21. The minimum tem noon.
perature for the month was 35 on
J. T. Dowell from Touchet, Wash
the first. The total wind movement
was 2419.2 miles, making an aver ington, has bought the N. A. Caroll
age of 3.4 miles per hour or slightly tract west of the old Cressy ranch.
below normal. The average evapor He also bought 10 lots In the city on
ation during the 10 years record has which ho will build. Mr. Dowell is
been 7.34 inches while this year it a retired Baptist minister.
was 6.64 inches, indicating a rela
Helen Caldwell, a niece of Mri
tively low water requirement for
crops. The precipitation was 1.00 Dodd, who has bee nal tending U.
of O. this last year, stopped off for
inch or .10 below normal.
several days Saturday to visit, after
which she will return to her home In
A Big Junior Chautauqua
Caldwell, Idaho.
WEATHER REPORT
The Junior Chautauqua which will
be held at 10 o'clock each morning
of the Chautauqua at Stanfield, is
a big feature of the week’s program.
All children between the ages of 6
and 14 will be admitted free. The
mothers will be welcome also. The
time will be spent in playground
work. There will be regular play
ground equipment In the shape of
volley balls, playground balls, bas
ket balls, etc. There will also be a
story telling period.
The lady who comes to direct the
games and tell the Interesting stories
has studied playground work and
has worked on the playgrounds in
large cities.
Capt. T. Dinsmore Upton, formerly
superintendent of the municipal
playgrounds of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
and later athletic director for the
U. 8. Army haa planned this work.
These games and stories will be help
ful to the children and will be full
of enjoyment for them.
BEST TIME TO CUT HAY
IS TOLD BY SPECIALIST
Product Often Injured by Standing
Too Long—Feeding and Mar
ket Vaines
O. A. C.—Hay In Benton county
and other parts of Oregon is often
allowed to get too ripe before It Is
cut, points out W. S. Carpenter, of
the Agricultural College farm crops
department. This causes losses In
dollars and cents.
In irrigated alfalfa districts weath
er Is generally good for cutting and
curing hay, but the crop is often
purposely left to ripen when it is
to be sold to stockmen by stack meas-
urement. This late cutting gains
some weight for the crop, but often
damages the next crop by clipping
the young sprouts.
The best time to cut the alfalfa
is when about one-tenth the blos
soms are open, or when the new
sprouts of the following crop begin
to appear.
Clover is best eut when one-third
of the blooms are turning brown.
Vetch and oats make the best hay
when the lower vetch pods are half
formed.
Grain hay is ready to cut when in
the soft dough stage.
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In all hay making it Is well to
guess the weather right, and then
i ush from cutting to stacking. It
should lie In the swath just long
enough to wilt, then be raked into
windrows, where it is cured, if a
loader is used.
Otherwise it is
shocked directly from the windrows
and allowed to cure.
FARMERS EXCHANGE
TO BEGIN BUSINESS
The directors of the Hermiston
Farmers Exchange met last Monday
evening at the home of J. D. Wag
horn. Those present were: W. J.
Logan, M. Johnson, J; J. Casserly,
and J. D. Waghorn.
The affairs of the Exchange were
gone over quite extensively and It
was decided to begin business again,
consequently, Mr. Waghorn, the
manager, was directed to order coal
for the coming season, so if possible
to head off the coming fuel shortage
by prevaring to meet any emergency
that may arise.
The secretary, J. J. Casserly, was
instructed to collect without fail or
favoritism, what few accounts are
now outstanding, and so has ordered
placed in court all disputed claims
and the claims to pay those who do
not want tovpay their just debts.
J. J. Casserly, Secy.
All stores will be closed Monday,
July 5th.
Mrs. F. D. Callahan was a Pen
dleton visitor this week.
Mrs. F. A. Rieks was up from Ir
rlgon Tuesday shopping.
J. D. Watson was a business vis
itor in Pendleton Saturday.
C. 8. McNaught and children mo
tored to Pendleton and back Monday,
The Umatilla Motor Sales com
pany delivered a two and one-half
Mrs. Holland and daughter Dor-
ton Acason truck to Chas. Hawkins othy spent Monday shopping In Pen-
of this city this week. They also dicton.
delivered a Buick roadster ,to Mr,
Haggard of Stanfield.
Mr. Hanson from Redmond. Ore
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gon, was In the city on business
Miss May Hayden who has been Monday of this week.
visiting for some time with her par
ents near this city, left Wednesday
Irving Down, son of J. C. Down
for Rupert, Idaho, where she will from Glenns Ferry. Idaho, is visiting
spend the summer. Miss Hayden al at his home in this city.
so expects to take an outing at Salt
Lake.
Mrs. E. J. Kingsley entertained a
week ago last Monday in honor of
Fred Chezik and Frank Ralph her mother. Mrs. N. A. Burdick.
leave Saturday for the mountains
where they will join, Mrs. Chezik,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leathers re
Mrs. Ralph and others, who have turned last Saturday from Portland
been there for some time. Mr. where they have been attending the
Chezik and Ralph expect Io motor festival.
up.
The Northwestern steamer Is
Arthur Allen auditor of the Port stalled temporarily at Bonneyville
land Oregon, was here on business on account of the high
Tuesday of this week. Mr. Allen Columbia river.
finds It necessary that all Portland
Franela Nearey returned home
W. D. Wilmot of the Stanfield Oregonian’s be left at Mitchell’s Drug
creamery bought the Parle Bishop i store as there will be no delivery Tuesday from Portland where he
place three miles north of town and after July 1. Anyone wishing a pa has been attending the Christian
Brothers college.
per can call at the drug store.
will move on the place this fall.