The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984, December 31, 1920, Image 1

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VOL XV
HERMISTON,
COUNTY AGENT BENNION
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
Following Is a financial statement*
regarding the receips and expendi­
tures of the Umatilla County Agents .
office, made up by Bennion:
UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920.
Xmas Fittingly Observed
The Hermiston churches fittingly
observed the old-time Christmas cus­
toms by appropriate exercises in the
various churches. On Christmas eve
the members of the Baptist Sunday
School gave a pleasing program of
songs and recitations after which an
offering amounting to *23.88 was
given for the Near-East Relief Work
for which Hermiston's quota will be
given due credit. At 12 o’clock the
members of the Catholic church ob­
served the beautiful and impressive
Christ-mass service with old time
Christmas anthems followed by the
solemn High mass. On Sunday morn­
ing after Christmas the Methodist
Sunday School gave a pleasant and
interesting Christmas program at the
hour of the regular church service,
the advent of the King was announc­
ed in song and story and a special of­
fering for the Near-East Relief Fund
was taken crediting the local church
with *41.67. A treat for the kiddies
completed the program.
< Ie informal gatherings were given in
their honor during the week making
their stay plesant even though the
weather was more fitting for duck
hooting than visiting.
NO. 18
THE OREGON LIVESTOCK
SITUATION SUMMARIZED
•
The livestock industry is passing
through the long looked for readjust­
ment period that everyone at all fam­
Mrs. Geo. Briggs and Mrs.
Budget For 1921
C.
iliar with the industry knew must
Expenditures:—
Voelker .entertained a large company
take place before the business would
Salaries county agent and
of ladies at the home of the latter on
The High School Play given Friday
Essay of Fire Prevention, by Scout get back on a firm foundation. The
clerk
*4690.00 December 17th was an excellent en­
Cuesday afternoon. The rooms were
Stationery, small printing
100.00
brightly decorated with holly and Perry Jensen, who received second surprising thing has been that things
tertainment furnished by the high
Postage, telephone, telegraph.
1 hristmas bells and the guests enjoy- prize in the state in a contest last are as good as they are. No great
school pupils. The Herald was so
freight and express
d a lively game of auction, high May conducted by The Boy Scouts of amount of forced liquadation has tak­
150.00 full of Christmas and Its special edi­
core going to Mrs. F. V. Prime. At America. A bronze medal is being en place. The Presidential election,
Travel
*1200.00 tion that mention of the play skipped
ive o’clock the tables were quickly sent to be presented to Perry.
which always brings about business
by our notice, for which we are very
Fire is one of the most destructive stagnation , has passed and soon a
onverted into prettily appointed
Total
*6375.00 sorry, but mistakes often happen,
tea-tables, covers being laid for 22 elements, and through it many lives new Congress and a new President
Receipts:—
especially when one is thinking about
,uests who enjoyed the delicious have been lost and much property has will be asked to pass what appears to
Federal allotment
* 600.00 Christmas.
Christmas
luncheon served by the been destroyed. Annually many for­ be much needed legislation for the in­
Bal. 1919 appropriation
900.00
The characters of the play were all
est fires occur which gradually di­ dustry. Already it is reported that
hostesses.
County appropriation
2875.00 well chosen and exceptionally well
minish our lumber and wood supply. there is a letting up in the buying of
State duplication
2000.00 played by the boys and girls. Every
Thus measures must be taken to pre­ certain foreign wools for import, the
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Simmons en-
character was well portrayed, and we
vent such destruction.
would be purchaser, fearing that he
Total
* 6375.00 could not pick out any single individ­
tertained a large company of the
Forest
fires
are
caused
by
careless
­
may get caught with his import pro­
Balance due to fact that while the ual who was better than the rest they
friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. Saunders
ness of some person who probably ducts in the protection barbs of the
appropriation had been made a all excelled In their roles.
rom Estacada who are spending the
has tossed a match or cigarette away new tariff fence that this special ses­
county agent could not be secured in
'hristmas holidays with Mrs. Saund-
Considerable credit is due the
or left a smouldering camp fire which I sion of Congress may establish. Feed
the early part of 1919.
youngsters, for they worked hard and
Many Hermiston homes were mer­ T's parents at their Columbia ranch
In addition to the above receipts even painted special scenery for the ry with happy holiday reunions and home. The evening was merrily seemed harmless, but which would is plentiful and must remain cheap.
be fanned into a blaze by a slight In order to market the enormous hay
and expenditures, the Farm Bureau play, which was given a very credit- Christmas day festivities during the pent with games, music and visiting
wind and would do much harm and crop of nearly every section of Ore­
levied a tax of from 1-2 to 1 cent a able setting.
past 1 week. At Mayor McKenzie’s ifter which a hearty luncheon was take weeks before it could be put un­ gon, much winter feeding must be re-
gallon on most of the distillate dis­
The school auditorium was packed home Grandpa and Grandma O’Dan­ erved by Mrs. Simmons, assisted by der control. Matches, cigarettes or sorted
।
to and a brisk home market for
tributed through the Farm Bureau, to its capacity, and we hope it will iels from Pendleton helped celebrate her neighbors and friends.
camp fires should be put out com­ much of our feeding stuff ought to be
Io cover the expense of distribution always be crowded when entertain­ the Year's End holidays. Mr. and
pletely before going off and leaving in evidence.
including the employment of an as­ ments are given by the school.
Mrs. W. A. Leathers enjoyed the com­
The home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. them. Thus fire would be less fre­
The desert section of Oregon,which
sistant to the county agent."
A. W. Adamson, proprietor of the pany of Mrs. Leather’s parents Mr. Voelker was brightly Illuminated and quent and less damage done.
has formerly been used as a winter
The fund derived from Farm Bu­ Play House, coached the children in and Mrs. Whitaker, and her brother decorated on Wednesday evening
In some homes kerosene lamps are range for many of our interior shep­
reau membership dues Is spent by their parts, and must be compliment­ and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter from when they in company with Mr. and still used and some times they ex­
herds. but which owing to the high
• the Treasurer by authorization of ed on his success, for the play was a Pendleton over the Christmas week- Mrs. Otto G. Sapper entertained a plode causing fires. Some times af­
price of sheep during the war period,
the Executive committee for the pub­
success from every standpoint, and it end. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. number of guests at a Christmas ter lighting a lamp the match will be was not used because of certain win­
lication of the Farm Bureau News, is justly due Mr. Adamson for his E. P. Dodd, a happy family reunion party. Seven tables were cosily ar­ carelessly thrown away and comes
ter hazards, is now being thrown in­
the expense of delegates to state and tiresome efforts in helping the pro- consisted of Mrs. Dodd’s parents Mr. ranged about the dining and living in contact with some flammable ob­ to use for the cheap carrying over of
“district meetings and such other ex- duction.
and Mrs. R. Alexander who came up rooms and much punctilious book­ ject and causes serious damage or many of our range flocks. The early
? penses as cannot properly be met by
Come again Children. Your ef- from Portland where they are spend­ keeping over the auction-bridge serious or fatal burns. A little pre­ fall rains have insured a rank growth
public funds.
forts are appreciated and greatly en­ ing the winter, also Mrs. Dodd’s sis­ count revealed that honors fell to caution would save all such trouble of all desert grasses and a spring
Budget For 1921
ter and brother Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Mrs. J. D. Watson while Mrs. G. E. or accidents.
joyed.
lamb crop far above the average
Salaries agent and clerk
*5050.00
Collins and Roy Alexander, wife and Briggs received the consolation prize
Fires are often caused by kerosene ought to result from this year's car­
Stationery and printing
150.00
daughter from Pendleton. Dr. and A two course midnight lunch was or gasoline stoves which are placed in ry over of all range breeding ewes.
Telephone, telegraph, freight
Mrs. Prime had as their holiday served by the hostesses followed by a draft from some open window that The spring market, which has been
expense, etc.
200.00
guests, Dr. Glen Prime, Mrs. Prime the jolly banter hour under the light may fan the flame and set fire to exceedingly poor for the past year
Travel
1200.00
and little son from Salem. Many lit- of the Christmas tree.
object about the house. People that should be materially helped by pur­
General
200.00
use this kind of stove should be care­ chases from Montana, Wyoming and
ful that the stove is where no wind the Rocky Mountain States that have
Miss Clara Hall who has been in­
Total
*6800.00
or draft can get to it. If oil stoves experienced heavy winter losses dur­
structor
in
the
local
high
school
for
Receipts:—
are used it is best to put asbestos ing last year and a lamb crop of but
Balance 1920 appropriation * 200.00 the past three years has handed In
around them as this Is inflammable. fifty per cent of the normal.
Federal allotment
600.00 her resignation to take effect at the
Cattle sieni to have reached the
People should employ electricity
close of the first semester Jan. 24th.
State duplication
2000.00
wherever possible and they should be bottom and a slight climb In price
She expects to devote her attention to
County appropriation
4000.00
shown the danger of carelessness and might well be looked for. Were it
her ranch west of town and to the
have them show their neighbors the not for our abundant hay crop the
poultry industry. Miss Hall is a
Total
danger of fire. Fire is a demon feeder and yearling end would be a
*6800.00
capable teacher and has made many
Thursday's Oregonian prints an*
which bursts forth without warning source of some little concern but as
The increase in the county appro­
friends among the teachers and stud­ article from Washington, D. C. which
upon its prey, and in a moment the feed situation is entlrly satisfact­
priation is largely due to the fact
COLUMBIA NEWS
ents who are sorry to have her leave. is of great interest to the people of
everything is light with a crackling ory and much outside range is every­
that county agent work was not
the Umatilla Project. Part of the
maintained during the full year of
F. B. Knapton is spending a few of flames, and hundreds of dollars where reported those unsold animals
Miss Olive Petrashek from Wieser, article which refers to the Umatilla
may well be put to the profitable task
worth of damage is done.
1919, and as a result a *900 bal­
weeks in Portland on business.
Idaho who on two previous visits at project «follows:
Every town should have a fire de­ of garnering a feed crop that might
ance was left. Disregarding the
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Voel­
“The Umatilla project also receiv­
partment with hydrants all over the otherwise go ungathered. Statistics
balances the actual increase is *450.
ker made many friends in Hermiston ed *467,000.00, a larger, amount
A. M. Mathews of Spokane, was lown. A fire alarm of some kind is show that Oregon cattle profits are
The federal government furnishes
down this week looking after busi­ necessary and a fire engine to reach made from the range running of cat­
has accepted the position of English than last year.”
the office for the county agent In the
and Dramatics in our local High
The article Is too long for us to ness matters.
those places out of reach of the hy­ tle rather than from the feed lot.
Post Office building free of charge.
School and will begin her duties al print In Its entirety, but concerns ap­
drants. In many school houses, fact­ This year might show a better spring
This is worth about *500 per year.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Rogers of Pen­ ories, mills, apartment houses and balance than is now looked for. The
The county agent is also permitted the beginning of the new semester propriations for irrigation districts.
It states that the House Committee dleton, spent Christmas with the R. other public buildings there are fire Oregon cattle producer has materially
free use of the mails for official Jan. 24th.
on appropriations made no cuts in C. Rogers family in Columbia.
escapes to be used in case of fire, but improved the quality of his range and
business.
The Umatilla high school is mak­ the Oregon budget.
these would not be necessary If the with good feed, a high and desirable
The county appropriation which
ing
for
the
organization
of
a
school
owner
would see to it that the pre­ type of animal will be offered the
The
amount
allotted
to
the
Umatil
­
Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker and Mr.
has just been made for 1921 repre-
band as there are about fifteen en­ la project contains approximately and Mrs. Geo. Hunter, of Pendleton, mises were properly equipped with range states feeders and shippers.
sents about 8 cents on each *1000
Horses are steadily becoming more
thusiastic boys anxious to get on the *230,000.00 for the McKay Creek were Christmas guests at the Leath­ fire extinguishers.
of assessed valuation.
band wagon. The band will be or­ dam.
It is easier to be certain than to in demand. Decreased feed costs and
er’s home. Mr. and Mr* Whittaker
ganized and directed by Frank Doble
returned home Wednesday of this pay for damages. If the people can stationary or increased gasoline costs,
of Irrigon, a musician of considerable
be made to see the danger of fire Is swinging the pendulum back in
Mrs. Pat Siscel, Miss Yudith Kelly week.
experience. The Woman's Home and Miss Myrtle Silvey entertained
they would be less careless. If every favor of the horse. At present fig-
Bureau is behind the enterprise and about a hundred of the young people
A dancing party was held at the home as a matter of precaution would urlng, barley at 90c, oats at 60c, hay
is giving a box supper and program of the community and surrounding home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Rogers, keep a fire extinguisher at hand, they at *25.00 per ton and pasture at *15
Friday evening in Pound’s Hall to district at an enjoyable dancing Monday evening and. a most enjoy­ could properly keep a fire under con­ per acre for the year’s pasture run
Plans for th« Library Ball which raise fulds to pay for the music and party given at the Bungalow Audi­
trol until help arrived from the fire rent of 170 days, we find that 25.3
able time was had.
Is to be given at the Bungalow Aud­ part of the instruments. This will torium Wednesday evening. A de­
department. I believe it is the duty bushels of rolled barley, 37.8 bushels
itorium on New Year's Eve have tak­ be the fourth boys’ band organized lightful dance program had-been ar­
of
all societies and organizations to of oats, 1.7 tons of hay will keep an
Mr. and Mrs. F . p. Phipps and
en shape under the enthusiastic lead­ in the county since the Hermiston ranged for which músic was furnish-
average Oregon horse working under
daughter Laura were guests at the urge public safety and to practise it
average Oregon farm conditions for
ership of Mrs. J. T. Hinkle, chairman School band was started two years ed by a three piece orchestra of-Mtan-
themselves.
If
they
would
practise
Frank Wauge man home Christinas
a year, the aggregate cost of this feed
of the library board and her aol co-
safety others would follow.
field. The hall was prettily decorat- Day.
la *117.35 per year; from this should
workers that the pians hre forming
ed in red and green, punch and war-
be subtracted »89.00 value of the
nr a manner indicating an unusual . ' Women’s ClubsAids Children
The
Parent
Teachers
’
Association
ers were served from a daintily ap­
W. A Leathers has a force of
manure, leaving an expense of but
and thoroughly en joyable evening of
The national federation of wo- pointed booth during the evening and men and teams at work leveling and will hold their regular monthly meet- *78.35 for the year’s feeding. These
merrymaking. : The program . in­ men’s clubs have joined hands with all present report a most enjoyable
1« at 2:30 on Jan. 14 in the school
expects to have 40 acres ready for
eludes music and dancing with a good the U. 8. and state college extension time.
assembly room. This meeting should figures show really how cheaply, a
spring seeding.
orchestra in the lead. At the ap-
be largely attended for the commit- draft horse may be maintained under
in work to correct the evils brought
tee has secured Prof. E. J. Klemme farm conditions; fancy attemptins to
about by improper feeding of child-
Griffith Shows Real West
». C. Canfield has been looking in­ of the Bellingham State Normal to compete with auto motive or tractor
semble for a community sing con-
The club women will help in . In no picture on the screen that we to the possibilities of Grimm alfalfa
ducted by Mr. A. C. Voelker ushering ren.
deliver one of his lectures at this power with this bill of expense. Good
announcing, advertising and plan­ can remember has California of the see/, raising and accordingly i pre-
draft mares should all be bred in the
the glad New Year in with hearty
ning the campaigns to find which golden, rough days of ’49 been set Wring quite an acreage for this as time. He will also give one of his spring and range mares of fair type
popular lectures In the evening. Prof,
children are underfed in any com­ forth with such fascination and Well as other varities. He is getting
giemme was one of the principal and reasonable bone and size will be
munity. and back
in increasing demand. Livestock
glamour or so faithfully as in David "he land in shape this winter. His
Drations are
inasmuch
speakers at the Teachers’ Institute at growers have a right to be optimistic
ing better Wark Griffith’s new Paramount-Art
accepted eraft production. “Scarlet Days,” with an irrigation furrow running pendlet«, last fail and our teachers about the future of the industry.
are enthusiastic in their praises, for 1921 ought to be as average year. It
will call for the practise of thrift and
rday, January
1st. The
old-
ton and there is not a dry minute in good feeding and better farm and
t children c= California has frequently been
towns and t
found In the few communities so farrepresented as a place where the are engaged In freno ng and expect his addresses. Plan to be present. range care of our animals.
altogether enjoyable after the en- surveyed by extension service.
chief industry was about equally di­ in a short time to Law « quite an acre-
The member, of the
Born -To Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
vided between cow punchers in hair
church are Invited to a Watch-Night Crocker, at St Anthony’s hospital
An all day "Kingdom Conference pants and dance hall young Ladies
dressed like the Ziegfeld Follies. Mr.
I i resumed
Griffith shows the old frontier as it
Ç Columbia, 10 acres 1 Jackson on
tv
to look after Baptist Church, beginning at 11 a.m.
Drs. Petty, Reid and Austin from really was—in its roaring brutality
Portland will, be present under the and its strange tender chivalry. Rich­ and expects to •
Barthelmess and a tine east help
and told friands before leaving that direction of the Oregon Baptist State ard
to
make
thia picture more than worth
Convention. Fellowship lunch will
while.
High School Play
Is Well Rendered
Perry Jensen Gets
Scout Essay Prize
School Notes
Of Interest
UMATILLA PROJECT GETS
$467,000 APPROPRIATION
Library Ball
New Year9s Eve
Methodist
Rev
Mrs. Crocker, at Hl APe "9,
Party at
poma," Ï—M The vendieton. wednenday. December
vw » www us y zumuie, -- — i-«en|ng plans include various talks a nine pound ba y_ ‘
of whieñ he had / seveled,ua"soäus, " „i-, enureh qexttor—r.zrusts. ,, pun mañana '»«> spent
on the romainin L
melands.roctan. hovr.eoch xtv.ee over carukimas i" suantiela •“ -
ground i In Ow , condition tor worl et et.*, honra S the oid year. I Mrs. Fred Hale:
ing now.
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