VOL. XIV
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920
CLAUDE BROWN DROWNED
SWIMMING IN COLUMBIA
Claude Brown, 26 years old, whose®
home is at Winterest, Iowa, was
browned Sunday in a slough near Ir-
rigon.
He bad been in Irigon about a year
working, and was living with his
Lusln, E. C. Chaney.
Accurate details of the drowning
are not at hand, but it is reported
that Brown, in company with some
friends, started to swim out to an
island near Irrigon. He was not a
very good swimmer and was given
a log to buoy him up on the trip. As
he‘reached the shore of the island
land shallow water, he apparently let
go of the log thinking he could
■touch bottom. Instead he fell face
Iforward in the water and never came
Ito the surface.
Help was sent from Umatilla* to
assist in the search for his body, but
it was not recovered until Tuesday
afternoon.
The young man was the oldest of
a large family and it is said that his
father was to come shortly to visit in
this part of the country.
Bear Facts
As the open season for shooting
deer draws near considerable inter­
est is manifested in town by our local
sportsmen. Deer shooting takes one
Into the forest which is also Inhab­
ited by bears, hence the professional
bear-hunters of
Hermiston
are
thoroughly organized to make a rec­
ord season. Elaborate preparations
for the comfort and safety of the
hunters while in camp have been
completed.
Special bear hunting
equipment has been purchased and
each man has been selected for the
part of the work to which he is best
adapted.
Plans have also been made for the
disposition of the products of this
hunt. A market for bear steaks, oil,
hides and the smell has been secured,
and next week we will be able to
give the plans in detail as well as
the personnel of the party. The
hunt is in charge of CapU Levi
Reeder, who is no doubt the cham-
pion long distance bear hunter of
the northwest.
OFFICE BUILDINGS CHANGE
HANDS IN HERMISTON
SAYS 0. A. C. PRESS EDITOR
FARMERS SHOULD ADVERTISE
MISS EVERETTE KINGSLEY
MARRIED IN NEW YORK CITY
ALL "NEWSPAPER TALK” SAYS
LOCAL 0. W. R. & N. AGENT
Hermiston friends of Miss Ever­
ette Kingsley will be surprised to
learn of her marriage in New York
City on August 9. to Paul T. Schooley
of Raleigh, N. C.
Mr. Schooley is federal fruit in­
spector in six southern states and has
been stationed at Raleigh, N. C., but
has been transferred to Atlanta, Ga„
where Mr. and Mrs. Schooley will re­
side after October 1st.
Mrs. Schooley is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. S. Kingsley of this city,
a graduate of O. A. C. and has been
in charge of dietetics at Y. W. C. A.
camps in the east this summer. Mr.
Schooley is also an O. A. C. graduate.
It has been reported in the leading
newspapers that the railroads are to
raise passenger rates 20 per cent and
freight rates 25 per cent to keep up
with the increase in wages paid train
men. The papers say the Increase
would become effective August 26.
The last report was to the effect that
it would be September 1 before all
offices would have the increase in ef­
fect.
It may be of interest to Herald
readers to know that the agent in
charge of the local O. W. R. & N.
office gave the information, at the
request of a prospective traveller,
that this office had had no instruc­
tions from headquarters as to when
such a raise would be effective, and
Liberty Bakery Proprietor Skips
Raymond W. Hamm, proprietor added that it was "all newspaper
of the Liberty Bakery evidently dis­ talk.”
couraged by the recent fire in the
Taylor Will Run
Adams building on Main street, de­
cided to seek fresh fields for his lab­
W. R. Tayolr, brother of the late
ors and left Monday night. He ne­ sheriff, has signified his willingness
glected to leave,a forwarding address to accept the nomination for county
at the Oregon hotel where he has sheriff on the Democratic ticket if
been staying, which is a source of no one else can be found to take
much regret to his landlady and to the place.
a number of creditors.
All Methodists or those who have
It is reported that the sum of his
debts is in the neighborhood of been Methodists are specially, invit-
$2500. Mr. Hamm had worked up a ed to attend services at Mack's hall
good business In both his bakery and at 11 a. m. Sunday, This is the
lunchroom trade, and it Is under­ last preaching service before con-
stood that outsiders are already look­ ference and with your help we can
ing over the ground with a view to make it a great day.
M. R. Gallaher, Pastor.
reopening the bakery.
J. F. and C. S. McNaught this week
Farmers Need Service More Than
sold to William Shaar the two of­
Publishers Need Business, State
fices owned by them and occupied by
Press Are Informed
Ed. Miles, barber, and E. P. Dodd,
I That a field of farm advertising
worth $150,000 annually could be
I opened up in Oregon with even more
■ profit to farmers than publishers,
Iwas told by C. J. McIntosh, agricul-
! turai press editor at O. A. C., to the
State Editorial Association.
I “The average farm yields annually
I at least $200 worth of produce that
could be marketed more profitably
through advertising in the commun­
ity press than In any other way,” he
said. "This would be $1,000,000
worth of this class produce for the
near 50,000 farms of the state.
"Big business allows not less than
three per cent for gross sales for
advertising, and this basis would call
for the use of $30,000 for local ad­
vertising. The grower of the pro­
duce, the consumer, and the press,
would benefit from this practice. No
légitimité business would suffer."
The speaker said that the college
had already taken this cause up with
farmers’ organizations and individ­
ual farmers, and that the farmers
were ready to give the plan a trial to
a much greater extent than before.
"A number of editors have already
built up a big advertising trade with
their farm patrons,” Mr. McIntosh
declared, "and united cooperation in
extending the practice promises
splendid results.”
The college Is considering the ad­
visability of issuing a bulletin on the
advantage and methods of farm ad­
vertising.
real estate man.
Mr. Shaar will remodel and refur­
nish the barber shop Mr. Miles now
has, and open up there under his
own management. He will also use
the rear room of the two now used
by Mr. Dodd for bathrooms, and Mr.
Dodd will move all his belongings in­
to the front office. Mr. Miles will
move into the shop Mr. Shaar is now
in.
DR. DARNES PASSES
AWAY AT LEWISTON
The many friends of Dr. E. W.
Barnes, who lived in Hermiston for
the past three years but moved to
Lewiston, Idaho, early this spring,
will regret to know of his death in
the latter city, Tuesday morning,
August 17.
Dr. Barnes was about 84 years
old at the time of his death. He
came to Hermiston from North Pow-
der, and had been there and in Wal­
lowa county for many years, having
represented that section in the Ore­
gon legislature at one time.
He came to this city for rest and
retirement just before the influenza
epidemic and many residents of the
.project will remember him gratefully
for his untiring efforts, despite his
age and health, during that time.
He leaves a wife and six children,
Alton Barnes being the only one in
Hermiston now.
Dr. Barnes died suddenly at 5:00
a. m. Tuesday morning of heart
W. C. E. Pruitt Dead
W. C. E. Pruitt of Pendleton, well failure. He was 83 years old and
known in Hermiston, died Monday at had practised medicine in the north-
St. Frances hospital. Mr. Pruitt ac­ west for just half a century.
cidentally shot himself in the foot
Last Wednesday was a joyful pic­
while hunting grouse in the moun-
tains near Meacham, last Sunday. It nic day for the Baptist Sunday
was impossible to get medical aid school at the A. E. Bensel ranch, two
quickly and when he was taken to miles north of town. A large hay
Pendleton, It was found necessary to rack was the means of transporta­
amputate the foot, the delay’and tion for the Intermediates and Jun­
shock from the operation proved iors. The adults and Primary’s
found passage in autos. The beau-
fatal.
was
43
years
old
and
tiful, cool and spacious lawn was
Mr Pruitt
had lived in Pendleton since 1902. filled with a merry throng who were
He has been a newspaper man, has ready to vote their host and hostess
Practised law and recently was with royal entertainers.
the Umatilla Auto Co. He was ad-
Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Gallaher will
vertising manager for the Pendleton
leave next week for the Palouse
Round-Up.
He is survived by his wife, who country, driving through. They will
was Miss Fosbie Raley, a daughter. visit with Mrs. Gallaher’s mother
Rae, by a former marriage and lit- for a week before going on to con-
Ue Mary Helen Pruitt, a daughter ference, which will be held in Mos-
cow, Idaho. September 1.
by adoption.
Funeral services were held in Pen-
Last Sunday morning Pastor and
dleton August 17, in charge of the
Mrs. Hall were voted a vacation un­
Knights Templar.
til September 1st.
The Sunday
school
and
Young
People's
meeting
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the Masonic will be kept up by cheerful volun­
lodge. Eastern Star Sisters and bro­ teers in the service, many of whom
thers and kind neighbors and friends have already had their outing.
who were so good to us during our
Todd and daughter
Mrs. R.
great sorrow.
Fannie, left Sunday tar Portland,
Mrs. C. M. Jensen
and Children. where Miss Virginia Todd will join
them, all going on to Seaside where
Advertise in the Herald. It pays. they will stay for about two weeks.
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
The cool weather of the past few
days is greatly welcomed by all after
the extreme heat of the past week.
Rev. Owen Jones, wife and son,
Norris, left last Thursday for a vaca­
tion of a few weeks at Portland and
the coast, after which Mr. and Mrs.
Jones will return to their home at
Baker City and Norris will enter a
Portland medical school for the year.
E. E. Reynolds has leased the
Jones farm and with his family has
taken possession. Mr. Reynolds has
lived on the Furnish project for two
years, moving there from Vancouver,
Washington.
Frank Waugaman and wife are ex­
pected home soon from their motor
trip to Ellensburg, Washington,
which they made two weeks ago. Re­
ports came back that they had a
pleasant trip on the way going, with
no car trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Free­
man Phipps and daughter accom­
panied them as far as Portland, re-
turning after a week spent in that
city.
Ray Challis is making improve­
ments on his place recently pur-
chased from Harry Klock by the
building of a garage
Other improvements on the Diag­
onal road are the newly painted
homes of Mr. Rogers and Mr. Fisher.
The Neighborhood Club met at the
Simmons home Wednesday afternoon
and the usual good time was enjoyed
by all the ladies present. Refresh­
ments were served. The club will
meet September 1 at the Frank Bed-
dow home and will be entertained by
Mrs. Carl Thompson.
Sidney Bernard, who recently pur­
chased the Miller place will move to
his new home with his wife and two
children shortly. He is at present
looking after the Waugaman ranch.
Taylor Memorial Fund Growing
Volunteer subscriptions sent In to
the headquarters of the Til Taylor
Memorial association In Pendleton
have now almost reached a total of
$10.000. Money is coming in from
all classes and races in large and
small amounts.
As the committee has not yet des­
ignated regular committees in each
town it is suggested that anyone not
wishing to send their money on to
Pendleton turn it over to F. B.
Swayze at the First National Bank
and he will take charge of it and
forward all subscriptions to the cen-
trai committee in Pendleton, All
subscriptions sent in from this dis-
trlct will be published in the near
future irr the Herald.
Mr and Mrs. F. W. Whiting left
this week for Portland where they
have purchased a large house on the
side and will make their home.
Mrs. Barmore and son will go with
them. Mr. and Mrs. Whiting have
been on the project 12 years, and the
family has a large cierle of friends
who will be sorry to have them leave
town.
UMATILLA ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. George Butterwood
returned this week from a trip to
Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma.
Mrs. Gladys Spinning will take
charge of the Hotel Duncan during
the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan
who will spend the next month, at
the coast. Mrs. Spinning has just
returned from a visit in Yakima and
Portland.
Miss Gladys Nugent is spending a
vacation In Hot Lake, La Grande,
Baker and Pendleton.
Miss Ella May Hannon spent one
day this week in Umatilla confer­
ring with the officers and a commit­
tee named by the president of the
Ladies’ Home Bureau and the school
board, regarding the installation of
domestic science in the Umatilla
school. A lively session was held
and promises were given of the hear­
ty cooperation of the school board.
The first meeting of the Ladies"
Home Bureau for the season will be
held the first Friday in September.
The carpenters are busy with the
old school house, which will be re­
paired and refurnished by the school
board and the Ladies' Home Bureau
for the use as a community center.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rennick and
family have left for a trip through
California and will be gone until
the opening of school.
Miss Edith Powell has recovered
from an operation recently perform­
ed in St. Vincents, Portland, and is
expected home soon.
Mrs. J. McNevins has returned to
her home in Sacramento, Cal. She
was accompanied to Pendleton by
Mrs. W. R. Nugent at whose home
she has been visiting for the past
two weeks.
NO. 49
FIELD DAY TO BE HELD
AT THE EXPERIMENT FARM
After carefully consulting the al­
manac as to weather, conditions, be­
ing mindful of last year, H. K. Dean,
superintendent of the Experiment
Farm has announced that the annual
Field Day will be held on Saturday,
September 11. Plans are now rapid­
ly taking form by which a number
of new features will be introduced.
During the morning County Agent
Bennion will hold a try-out-for the
Boys Stock Judging team to enter
the competition at the state fair. The
ladies of the Home Bureaus at Uma­
tilla, Columbia, and Hermiston will
have exhibits of the work accom­
plished during the year under the
direction of Miss Harmon, Homo
Demonstration agent.
After the
lunch served in the big tent a short
program with speaking and music
will be given. Professor Hyslop of
O. A. C. will talk on Forage Crops
for the project. J. T. Jardine, the
new director of the Oregon Experi­
ment Stations will talk on the future
of the experimental work of theUmu-
t illa_ station. The principal speaker
of the -lay has not been definitely
selected, but he will be the best
available.
During the afternoon there will be
athletic contests, an Inspection of the
field work by the men and special
features for the women. It is ex-
pected that there will bo a large del-
egation from outside points.
•
Hawaiian Show Coming
The attraction coming to the Aud­
itorium. Monday, August 23. will be
Crist & Costa’s genuine Portugese
Hawaiians, which comes direct from
the Hawaiian Islands. This company
consists of one entrancing, lovely
Hula dancer, and a quartet of boys,
any one being a star in himself and
capable of being headlined on the
big vaudeville circuits. This is the
feature show that will be presented
here by Louis B, Crist, entitled “In
The Garden of Aloha.” A perfect
scenic production of one of the
"beauty spots of the islands is shown
where the Crist & Costa Hawaiians
sing and play those haunting melo­
dies of the sun kissed seas and the
pretty Princess Aloha does the high­
ly esteemed and artistic Hula Hula
dance.
It is not generally known that this
dance is part of the original Hawai­
ian religious ceremonies, yet it is a
fact that the Hula Hula was danced
by hundreds of young maids selected
and trained for this purpose by the
priests of Pele, before the mission­
aries arrived tn the islands. Their
songs were all more or less anthems
to the goddess Pele, whose home was
thought to be on the island of Hawaii
in the crater of the volcano Kilonaa.
There Is something In the Hawaiian
songs that reaches out and clutches
one in a way that no other melody
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
can. This especially is true of the
Crist & Costa Hawaiians and they
See our specials adv. Sappers' Inc.
are bringing selections entirely new
to those that have so often been
Jarvis Durfey left Saturday on a
heard by traveling Hawaiian organi­
six weeks vacation trip. He will vis­
zations.
it In Culbertson, Montana, and go
as far cast as Milwaukee, Wis., be­
fore returning home.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT YOUR PROJECT?
O. G. Sapper expects to leave soon
for Erie. Pa,, where he will join Mrs.
Five years ago the farmers of the Sapper and visit with relatives and
Umatilla project started putting reg­ friends for a few weeks before re­
istered Jersey stock into their herds. turning to Hermiston.
Today, men who know good stock
Mrs. McDaniels and three children
when they see it, are complimenting
Hermiston on the quality of the stock who have been visiting Mrs. Mc­
Daniels’ brother, C. M. Edmunds. In
they raise.
There are ten so-called "Gold the Columbia district, left for their
Medal bulls" in the world, and four home In Portland this week.
of them are represented in their de­
Mrs. J. McCoy left Monday morn­
scendents on the Umatilla project,
ing for Gering, Neb., for an extended
which has about 100 registered Jer­
sey cattle. These four sires are Sil­ visit with her mother at that place.
She will also visit a son In Fleming-
ver Chimes of S. B.. Rosaire’s Olga
ton, Missouri, before returning to
Lad, St. Mawes and Golden Glow’s
Chief, and to the breeder no better Hermiston.
guarantee is needed as to the place
M. O. Rymerson is here this week
Hermiston herds take in the country.
from Byron, Washington, looking af­
’ The Jersey Bull Association on the
ter business interests. Charles Skin­
project is the oldest In the western
ner moved this week Into the house
states and one of the most successful
on
the west side owned by Mr.
ili the United States. Since its for­
Rymerson and recently vacated by
mation it has been used as a pattern
Mr. Willets.
for 26 other associations in the wes­
tern states. There are six bulls in
The County Fair Board will meet
the Hermiston organization at the
soon in Pendleton to appropriate
present time.
money for the Hermiston Dairy A
Hog show to be held October, 8th
See our specials adv. Sappers’ Inc.
and 9th. Members of the board are
W. W. Green, county school super­
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Peters and son intendent, chairman ; Lee Moorhouse,
from Los Angeles, arrived Thursday secretary; Lou Hodgen and E. P.
morning to look after land Interests Dodd.
here.
Commercial Club Meeting
Mrs. Claude Kellogg left last week
The regular meeting and luncheon
The Kingsley Mercantile Company for Halt Lake City, Utah, where she
of the Commercial Club was held at
the Oregon hotel Tuesday noon. have carpenters engaged this week will join her mother, Mrs. Macdon-
Several subjects were taken up and putting additional shelf room In the aid and her sister, Mrs. Pasewalk,
discussed, among them being the tax store, building an office in the real for a trip into the mountains, Mrs.
otherwise Kellogg will be gone several weeks.
list, census, telephone service and of the display room and
making
many
changes.
sidewalk difficulties. The two last
Daniel Boone, brother of the late
named topics brought to light here­
Mrs. G. W. Conklin and i son Cecil, Peyton Boone, Is In Hermiston this
tofore hidden gifts of oratory among
the business men of the community. who have been visiting w 4th A. S. week on business. This is his first
A committee has already been appoit- Johnson, Mrs. Conklin's brother, left visit to the project and he Is very
ed to look into the matter of better Monday morning for the east. They much Impressed with the appearance
telephone service and a motion was will spend a few days at Denver and of the country.
made that the secretary be Instructed Colorado Springs before leaving for
Crist & Costa’s Kewpies attracted
to write the city council asking that their home in Fort Wayne, Ind.
a good house at the Auditorium last
the present sidewalk between the
Monday night. The show was very
Mrs. J. D. Waghorn has been
Hermiston Auto Company's garage
Mrs.
fair
and was enjoyed Immensely. The
tertaining
her
sister-in-law.
and the railroad track be torn up and
Charles W. Reihl, and Mrs. Reihl’s onlycriticism we would offer would
a new one put down.
The subject of a new church and niece. Miss Julia Brackett, from be a stitch or so more on the cos-
They left for tunics of the girls.
hospital was brought up and a re- Youngstown. Ohio,
port was made on progress along that their home in the east the first of
Mr. and Mm. Carl Voyen and Miss
line by the committee in charge. Col­
Voyen of Boardman spent the
onel McNaught made a strong talk
week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Miss
Virginia
Locke
and
Miss
Ver
­
urging upon the people of the project
They were accompanied
the great need of a get-together na Locke from Walla Walla, are at Phelps.
the Hotel Hermiston for the winter. by Mr. Voyen’s mother. Mrs. G. Voy-
spirit and concerted action.
The mass meeting called for Fri­ Miss Virginia la a violinist and has en, of Canton, S D. Mrs. Voyen left
day evening at the Library, has been accepted a position with the Play- Tuesday for a visit in Seattle before
house in that capacity. Her sister returning to her home In the east
postponed indefinitely.
will be a student In the Hermiston and Miss Clara Voyen went to Hood
River on Monday.
See our specials adv. Sappers Inc. high school this year.