T he H ermiston H erald
VOL. XIV
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1920
EPPNER FAILS TO MAKE
GOOD ON DISPUTED ROAD
The Heppner Commercial Club evi-e
intly fell back upon the old axiom WALTER S. BOYNTON DIED
at discretion was the better part
SUDDENLY THURSDAY P. M.
t valor when their representative
orgot to “keep his date” with the
Walter S. Boynton died Thursday
an named by the Hermiston Com- afternoon at 4:00 o’clock at his home
lercial Club and two other represen- on the west side, after an illness of
itives, and go over the two routes less than a week. The cause of his
nder discussion between the John death was cerebral hemorrhage.
ay river and Pendleton.
Mr. Boynton had apparently been
The original proposition made by better up to Thursday morning when
leppner was to the effect that the
he was taken much worse and doc
ommercial Clubs of the two towns tors were with him the greater part
would jointly bear the expenses of
of the day. He was unconscious all
ie reconnaissance, but Hermiston day Thursday up to the time of his
as so sure that the decision would death.
■ for the Highway route that the
He leaves a wife, Martha McRey
iggestion was made by our Club nolds Boynton, and seven children,
iat the loser pay the expenses and
Lyle, of Helix; Ted of Pendleton:
e winner get the publicity.
and Elna, Laura, Vane, Earl and
This was offered by the local club Neil, all of Hermiston, all of whom
i an amendment to the original were with him when he passed on.
an and accepted by the Morrow
IA brother, Frank Boynton, of Pen-
mnty men, however, judging by the
dleton, was also here with him, and
¡et that any Heppner man failed
another brother, Charles, lives in
i put in an appearance on August Hood River.
the date named for the trip over
Mr. Boynton was about 62 years
ie two roads, and the Commercial
old and was one of the first men to
ub of that city neglected to ask
settle on the project, having come
r a postponment, the Hermiston
here about 12 years ago. He had
ommercial club felt that the Com
a wide circle of friends in Hermis
ercial club of Heppner yields them ton and will be greatly missed. No
ie palm in the matter of roads and arrangements for the funeral have
at word may go forth to tourists
been announced as yet.
at the road from McDonald’s Ferry
the John Day river to Pendleton
a Hermiston, on the Columbia HAY STACK FALLS ON MAN
WHO SUSTAINS BAP INJURY
ghway is a much better road than
e one from the John Day river to
L. Hammer, Columbia rancher,
ndleton via Heppner and Pilot sustained a painful Injury at his
xk.
ranch the middle of the week, when
a haystack on which he was working
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
overturned, throwing him to the
ground, a distance of about* 30 feet
Ed Withey of Umatilla spent Wed- and burying him beneath it.
sday in Hermiston on business.
Men working with him got him
out from under about five feet of
Frank Boynton of Pendleton came hay and found him unconscious. He
wn Thursday, called by the serious had struck the ground on his head
ness of his brother, W. S. Boynton. and right shoulder.
X-rays have
been made of the shoulder, but the
J. W. Campbell went to Pendleton doctors have been unable to discover
business Thursday.
the extent of his injuries.
Mr. Hammer is suffering intense
Mrs. Frank Ralph gave a large pain from the accident.
seing party at the Auditorium
ursday evening, honoring Miss
Harry Coon of the Umatilla Motor
ldred Ralph and Miss Theresa
Sales Co., spent the week in Portland
ckey of Spokane, who are her
on business.
este.
Those who love to see Mary Pick-
■d in moving pictures, will have a
ince to see her soon In one of the
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
y best pictures she ever made,
Miss Edith Powell was operated
e High School Movie have booked
' for a show in the near future. on at St. Vincent’s hospital in Port
land, Tuesday morning for appendi
itch for the date.
citis. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs
John
Powell are with her for a few
The two little Ellinger boys who
e been at the home of Mayor Mc- days.
Mrs. A. S. Nichols is quite ill.
izie since they were found on the
The Misses Vera and Ina Bullock
nfield road, left Hermiston Sat-
lay morning in the care of the of Pendleton are visiting their sister.
erintendent of the home at Bea Mrs.
E. McFarland. They are
ton where they live.
on their way to visit in Portland and
Aberdeen, Washington.
H. M. Straw spent Friday and Sat-
Mr. Herdin is expected home from
rday of last week In Stanfield, Pendleton the last of the week. He
king after the affairs of the of- has recovered nicely from his recent
′ of the Inland Empire Lumber operation for appendicitis.
npany, T. O. Yates, local manager
Friends of Miss Gladys Nugent
re having resigned. His place
will be glad to know that she is
d be taken by W. H. Hesser of recovering from her recent Illness
rmiston.
and is able to sit up.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Llewllyn were
John D. Link and Estelle Hatfield
in Pendleton Thursday on a business
this city obtained a’marriage li-
’* In Pendleton Monday and trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Love left this week
re married in that town, return-
for
Casey, Oregon, in the Blue Ridge
I- to Hermiston Tuesday. Mr.
•k is a rancher north of town and mountains, where they will work as
1 bride has been a teacher in the telegraph operators.
W. R. Nugent went to Portland
wools of Goble, Oregon.
Tuesday to meet his mother, Mrs.
Xr. and Mrs. Frank Waugaman Sarah Nugent, of Sacramento, Calif.,
1 Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Graham, ac- who will visit a few weeks here. She
‘panied Mr. and Mrs. Phipps was accompanied north by her friend
en they drove to Portland the Mrs. McNevins, also of Sacramento.
t of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Both ladles are very much in love
tham will go on to Bellingham, with Oregon already and plan to see
a great deal of the country before
shington for a short visit.
returning to Sacramento.
ienry De M om of De Moss Springs
Professor Benjamin, formerly of
Eon, called upon Rev. Mr. Gal- Salem, arrived this week from that
“ Thursday. Both are of pioneer place, with his wife and baby, and
• and of long acquaintance. Ar- have taken apartments with Mrs
gements .were completed for a Edwards. Professor Benjamin is to
cr of the De Moss family Sept. be at the head of the high school
This family have been in the this year.
cert business 42 years in this
ntry and Europe.
E. P. Dodd has been appointed a
: P. Dodd and family returned member of the advisory committee of
dnesday evening from a vacation the Umatilla County Central Repub
lican Committee.
nt at Bigham Springs.
UMATILLA ITEMS
STATUE IN MEMORY
THOS. F. JARDINE NEW
OF TIL TAYLOR LIKELY HEAD OF AGRICULTURE
A statewide desire to pay tribute
to the memory of the late Til Taylor
has resulted In the formation of the
Til Taylor Memorial Association. The
executive committee composed of
Judge Marsh, Mayor Vaughan, H. W.
Collins, James Sturgis and Roy
Raley, all of Pendleton, are taking,
charge of the work. Other men will
be added to the committee named
by the five directors.
Subscriptions are to be entirely
voluntary, and one of the slogans
suggested has been "a penny or a
thousand dollars," because of the
faet that his friends were in all sta-
tions of life.
A certificate will be given to each
subscriber to the fund and a list
made and published.
It is probable that an equestrian
statue of the late sheriff will be most
favored, though it is said that the
purchase of land and equipment for
a public playground has found sup
port.
Thomas F. Jardine, new director
of agriculture for the state at the
Oregon Agricultural College, who
a guest of H. K. Dean this week, is
described by C. S. Scofield of the
Department of Agriculture, as one
of the brightest young men In agri-
cultural work. He is still in his
forties ani is the man who has recon
ciled the sheep and cattle men on the
grazing question, to the satisfaction
of each and for the good of the for
ests. He is enthusiastic in his work,
and will give the best of his know
ledge to furthering the interests of
the large and small farmer. Mr.
Scofield spoke in no uncertain terms
of the good fortune of the state and
its farmers in securing.Mr. Jardine
for the position he now holds.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING
ABOUT DOROTHY GISH
Dainty Actress Who Will be Seen
Here in “Battling Jane’’
is Most Popular
NEW ENTERPRISE FOR CITY
I. E. Putnam and family arrived
this week to settle In Hermiston.
They have bought two lefts of Peer
Bokish on Main street and will erect
a home there at once.
Mr. Putnam was formerly head
plumber of the O. A. C. in Corval
lis, and has had many years exper-
ience in that line of work. He will
open an up-to-date plumbing shop
here in the near future and carry a
complete line of bathroom fittings
and all plumbing supplies, also car
ing for pump repairs of all kinds
and sheet metal and tin work.
Miss Dorothy Holland entertained
a few of her friends at luncheon Fri
day noon, honoring Miss Winnifred
Wardell, of Boise, Idaho, a guest at
the Neary home. The guests enjoy-
ed music and dancing after the
luncheon.
Dorothy Gish's big Paramount
starring vehicle, “Battling Jane,”
which will be shown at the Auditor
ium Wednesday, August 11th, is said
to be one of the finest photoplays
issued anywhere in many months
That it affords Miss Gish a role of
wonderous appeal is conceded by all
who have seen the production.
Miss Gish appears as Jane, a
nomad who rides into a town in
Maine out of nowhere on a bicycle
while a Thrift Stamp drive is under
way and who meets with most un-
usuual adventures. She befripnds a
woman whose husband has deserted
her and when the woman dies, she
takes charge of the latter's child
which is found by Jane in the de
serted home. This babe wins first
prize at a baby show and when the
inhuman father returns to claim the
money, Jane gives him a real battle
and wins out in the end.
COMMERCIAL CLUD
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
HOLD SESSION TUESDAY ABOUT YOUR PROJECT?
About 20 members of the Com
mercial club were at the luncheon at
the Oregon hotel Tuesday noon. The
meeting was called to order by Mr.
Swayze, acting for E. P. Dodd, who
was out of town.
George Adams, proprietor of the
new Play House, now being built,
spoke to the members of the club,
outlining the policies of the new the
atre. He asked the support and en-
couragement of the townspeople,
both clergy and laymen, guarantee
ing to give good, clean shows and
pointed out the advantages of keep
ing the money of the town within
the community.
It was reported that the Heppner
representative failed to show up or
send word in the matter of deciding
which was the better of the two
roads from the John Day river to
Pendleton last Sunday and the club
took it for granted that the Heppner
Commercial club lost the decision by
default. Earl Kingsley was appoint
ed to write to the daily papers giv4
ing that fact due publicity.
C. S. Scofield of Washington. D.
C., reposenting the Department of
Agriculture and in charge of the ex
perimental stations In the irrigated
projects of the United States, was
present as a guest at the club dinner
and gave a very Interesting talk that
was greatly appreciated by all those
present.
Out of town men at the meeting
besides Mr. Scofield were. Raymond
W. Hatch, architect of Pendleton and
C. I. B-ockman of Stanfield.
Margaret Neary and Dorothy Hol
land were hostesses at a lawn party
on the Neary lawn last Tuesday
evening. Dancing and games were
enjoyed during the evening and the
guests formed for a grand march be
fore refreshments were served. The
grounds were prettily decorated by
lighted lanterns of green and gold.
Twenty-four guests were present.
F A. Chezik returned Wednesday
business trip to
morning from
Portland.
While it is true that the princi
pal product of the Umatilla project
is alfalfa, it is probably upon the
reputation of its alfalfa honey that
high place will be taken in the world
of superior productions.
Hermiston honey is already gain
ing a name for itself and farmers
of the project are growing to learn
more and more the value of this by-
product of the wide alfalfa fields.
It is a clear white that is the essence
of purity and the buying public is
growing to appreciate this honey
more each season.
There are approximately 3500
stands of bees on the Umatilla pro
ject, the majority of them owned
among eight or ten men.
Around 100 tons were shipped
from the local station during the
1919 season, one man filling one
car with honey from his own stands
alone.
While the winter of 1919 was an
unusally hard one on bee raisers,
conditions during the spring and
summer of 1920 have been such as
to guarantee a larger production of
honey than the project has ever
project man who has
known.
worked with bees all his life says
that this present season (1920) is
the best he has ever known along
that line.
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88
ÍPE. . . . STATION HEAD
VISITS PROJECT THIS WEEK
•
We have received a letter from
Secretary of State, Sam A. Kozer, in
which he asks the following be pub
lished:
"The belief has developed in some
sections of the state that persons un
der the age of 16 years may, under
certain circumstances, obtain license
or permits to operate motor vehicles.
Such is not the case. The Operator's
Law (Section 4, Chapter 3, Laws
Special Session, 1920) specifically
prohibits the issuance of a license
or permit to any person under the
age of 16 years, whether or not such
person be the owner of a motor ve
hicle, and the same section further
enacts that ‘No person, who is the
owner or custodian of any motor ve
hicle. shall permit any person who Is
less than 16 years of age to operate
or drive any such motor vehicle or
employ any person to operate or
drive any such motor vehicle who is
less than 18 years of age and a
licensed operator or chauffeur.' ”
that the Umatilla Experimental sta
tion, which has been financed joint
ly by the state and federal govern
ment since 1909, is temporarily with
out government support, but that the
state had sufficient funds to take
care of it until the last of January
or the first of February, and he
hopes that before long government
appropriations will permit of affairs
being arranged on the same basis as
formerly, possibly on a larger scale.
He said that the first intention of
the government when the project
was young was the cultivation of
fruit trees and small fruits, but that
now this crop was of secondary im
portance to alfalfa, which covers
four-fifths of the irrigable lands of
the project. He spoke of the advis-
ibility of keeping the hay raised here
on the project, by using It for pro
ducing of dairy cattle,' pork, sheen
and as a fattener in connection with
other feed which can be raised here
also.
HAY DEALER WILL MAKE
LARGE SHIPMENTS HERE
STARTS ON STATE WORK
E. P. Dodd will leave Sunday
morning for Wallowa county, where
he and Senator J. B. Bell of Eugene,
will start on duties called for by
their membership as members of the
salaries committee of the legisla-
ture.
They will look into the salaries of
state and county officials and be
ready to report at the next session
of the legislature and recommend
such readjustment in salaries as
they may find necessary to procure
efficient public service.
Louis F. Stanley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. D. Stanley, was married last
week In Prescott, Washington, to
Miss Marla McCall of that town, at
the home of her parents, who are
large wheat farmers there. Mr.
Stanley is in charge of government
engineers working near Baker. The
young couple visited Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley here before returning to
Baker.
DOARDMAN NEWS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
The Grange held a very enjoyable
moonlight ice cream social at Wes
ton’s last Wednesday night. There
was a large crowd present. Aside
from the refreshments, dancing for
the young people was the only en-
tertainment.
Contracts have been let for the en-
largement of the teachers' cottage
the lowest bidder being D. E. Har
per. The addition complete with
plumbing will be built for 91269. It
is hoped to have it ready for the
opening of school, September 7th.
Plans are on foot for a Community
Fair some time in September.
committee has been appointed by
both the Grange and I the Farm
Bureau to cooperate with the school
This fair should have special signifi
canee for North Morrow county since
there is to be no County Fair thii
year.
M. B. Signs, principal of the Board
man schools has returned with his
family from Eugene, where they
have been attending the summer
H. K. Dean entertained distin session at the U. of O.
Frances M. Beebe, of Portland
guished guests at the experimental
station this week, when W. L. Pow Oregon, has been elected to the po
ers. professor of irrigation at Cor- sition of Home Economics and Phy
vallin; James T. Jardine, director of sical Training for girls in the Board
Oregon Experimental Stations: A. man High school. She fills the va
C. Cooley, in charge of demonstra cancy caused recently by the resig
tion work on reclamation projects nation of Miss Maude Lamson of Cot
and C. 8. Scofield, in charge of all tage Grove, who has an opportunity
experimentar stations on all govern to teach in her home town this year
ment projects, were his guests at one It now seems that we have all the
time. All these men left Wednesday. teachers except for manual training,
although there have been rumors
Ed Miles. one of our local barbers, that one or two teachers wished to
is the owner of a new Dort car. Mr. be released to accept positions else-
Miles says that he has always refused where. However, nothing official
to get a car. preferring a horse in- has been received by the school
stead, but since coming to the Her- board.
B. 8. Kingsley of Hermiston has
miston country two years ago. he
noticed that everybody drove a or | established a grocery store In the
and he got lonesome. He says that new concret Murchie building, on
he is afraid of the thing yet, but der the name of the Boardman Trad-
thinks when he oner gets started he Ing company. They have also taken
is apt to keep Marshall Crandall over the feed business of Phelps-
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Mannen and
three boye of San Diego, Calif., vis-
ited at the A. E. Robb home for lev
busy.
erai days thia week.
C. 8. Scofield of the Department of
Agriculture, speaking at the Com-
NO ONE UNDER SIXTEEN
mereiai
club luncheon Tuesday said
MAY OPERATE AUTOMOBILES
Voyen.
G. Simpson, Portland hay deal
in town this week and is doing
heavy buying among the far-
having shipped about six cars
this week, and will send out 10 or
12 later. Mr. Simpson says that
owing to unusally heavy rains in the
valley this year and good range in
the mountains, stockmen are not
buying as heavily as in previous
years, and that much of the hay to
be bought this season Is already be-
ing shipped, owing to the rise In
freight, effective the 26th of this
month.
Because of the prevalence of the
alfalfa weevil In hay In some of the
states east of Oregon, Mr. Simpson
is buying most of his hay In this
state, and speaks highly of the qual-
purchased In this
tty of the
vicinity and of the care given their
crops and shipments by local far
mers. He also has high praise to
give to the Boardman district and
the enterprise of the alfalfa raisers
there.
W.
er, is
some
mers.
LEAVES TO BUY STORE
R. C. Kipp, who came to the First
National Bank several months ago,
left for Portland and the Willam-
otte Valley Wednesday for a few days
While in the valley he will complete
arrangements for the purchase of a
hardware store in Willamina, Ore
gon. In company with another man,
and will return to Hermiston to
close up his affairs here.
Mr. Kipp will be missed In Her-
miston, as he has made many friends
during his stay here, who wish him
every success in his new ventuure.
Twenty little boys and girls.
friends of Miss Isabelle Dodd, were
entertained at her home Thursday
afternoon, the occasion being her
11th birthday. Those present were:
Nancy and Joe McNaught Edna
Bokish, Edith and Oscar Mikesell,
Marion and Bobby Henderson. Alice
and Lenora Dyer. Robert Dyer. Wil
liam and Bobby Kelso, of Pasco,
Wash.. Jane Warner, Margaret Wa-
terman. Henry Shelladay. Mary and
Shirley Brownson. William Smith.
Christopher Mooney and Russell Bur-
gess.
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Mrs. Nettie Livermore left Friday
for Portland. She has rented her
ranch to Orville and Harold Hunt,
who export their family from the
central part of the state soon.
Mrs. A. E. Myers of the Colum-
bin district left the first of the week
for Portland to be gone two weeks.
FOR SALE Oak dining room set,
davenport, range stove, two beds,
and several other household gonds,
three-in. wagon and bay rack, nd-
dlr and 22 special. H. E Klork.
47-tfc
WANTED to sell 40 acres or more ′′
my 110 arre tract on Diagonin’
road one mile east of town. Terms
to suit purchaser.
Ebner D.
Mossie.
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