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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1921.
VOL XV
NO. 22
Farm Bureau, Hay Growers Meeting A Success
Dr. L. A. Banks Addresses
Large Audience ai Church
Dr
Louis
Albert
Banks,
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known writer, traveler and lecturer,
addressed a large and enthusiastic
audience at the Baptist church Wed-
.
— . He was here in the
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interest of the Anti Saloon League
and told of the work this and sim
ilar organizations had done for the
cause of temperance. The League
is active in seeing that the Eighteen
th Amendment to the Constitution
is enforced and for this purpose
pledges were taken from those in
terested in prohibition, so that the
League could carry out the law en
forcing campaign in Oregon and
throughout the country.
Many of the breweries of this
country are being dismanteled and
shipped to China and India where
they will be operated to produce al
coholic drinks for the people of the
Orient. The League will also try to
put a stop to this.
In the flag contest between the
Sunday School of Columbia and the
Baptist and Methodist Schools of
Hermiston, the Baptist won the flag
for having the largest number of
parents and friends present. The
flag Is 5X8 and will be used by the
Baptist church.
Society Events
Of The Week
The Tuesday study club held its
regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
H. M. Schillings Tuesday afternoon
with fifteen members present. The
historical calendar for February
which is singularly rich in events
which challenge interest and memory
furnished many pertinent responses
to roll call. Mrs. F. P. Adams gave
an interesting account of how Feb
ruary got its name and was robbed of
its original share of days; Mrs. B. L.
Hanellne gave a short biography of
the life and work of Chas. Dickens
and the evils that his writings were
aimed at and corrected; Mrs. Gaith
er told the timely story of the origin
and meaning of St. Valentine Day;
Mrs. S. L. Lchrie gave a brief com
parison of the writings of Longfel
low who is called the "Poet of the
Commonplace” and Sidney Lanier the
"Sunrise Poet;” Mrs. Ira Putman
then gave a splendid picture talk on
the well known painting entitled
'Sir Galahad’ by Sir Fredrick Watts;
Mrs. George Patterson read an in
structive article on “Our Mexican
Brothers.” Delicious refreshments
were then served by the hostess at
which two real birthday cakes were
There will be a meeting at the much in evidence. The club ad
Columbia school house next Wednes journed to meet in two weeks with
day night at 8:00 o’clock, to.talk Miss Ruth Scott.
over matters concerning the Diag-
ional road.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hitt entertain
Delegations from Hermiston will
be present to assist in any way pos ed a company of their friends at din
sible. The county court will be here ner Friday evening. Covers were
tomorrow and will go over the road. laid for ten, the table was prettily
At this meeting representatives of decorated and the company enjoyed a
the Reclamation Service will explain delicious dinner of roast goose ’n
the contract between the government everything to match. The evening
and water users, which comes up for was pleasantly spent at music and
ratification at an election to be held cards.
Saturday, February 26th.
Road Meeting at
Columbia School
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Mrs. Geo. Gill, who has been quite
ill the past week is improving.
Mrs. B. F. Strohm of Hermiston is
spending the week end at the home
of Mrs. A. Fisher.
The dinner planned by the Com
mercial club for the visiting guests
of the project and vicinity in the
basement of the Baptist Church last
Saturday afternoon proved a great
success. Twelve ladies were appoint
ed as a committee to wait on their
farmer friends and a sumptous basket
dinner was much enjoyed by all pres
ent. After the dishwashing and gen
eral cleaning up, which was accom
plished with the aid of the men of the
committee, the ladles repaired to the
Play House where they were treated
to a fine show, Charles Ray in
“Red hoi Dollars.” Music was fur
nished by the high school orchestra
wich added much to the pleasure and
entertainment of ’ the guests. Mr.
Otto G. Sapper was chairman of the
entertainment committee and proved
his ability as a general and painstak
ing host.
A large number of Columbia peo
ple attended the celebration at Her
miston Saturday, given by the Hay
Growers’ Association and Commer
cial club jointly. The bounteous big
feed placed upon the tables for the
large crowd in attendance does not
prove that dull times have affected
this community. The lectures were
of great profit to many and a cleaner,
better picture could not have been
placed on the screen than the one
The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Il
given by the management for the
benefit of the women and children lsley witnessed a jolly birthday din
ner party Sunday noon when Mrs. E.
principally.
P. Illsley, Mrs. A. C. Voelker and Mrs.
Notwithstanding the very bad W. W. Illsley celebrated their birth
roads caused by the late, heavy rains days which fall on three consecutive
30 Columbia people attended the lec days. A birthday cake chock full of
ture at the Baptist church given by candles was the piece de resistance
Louis Albert Banks on “World Wide at a prettily appointed table which
Prohibition,” Wednesday night. Re was decorated with dainty yellow
grets were made by many that the daffodils.
large flag given by Mr. Banks was
not won by this side, but Columbia
The fourth fortnightly dancing
can not expect to win more than party
to be given at the Bungalow
their share of prizes in community Auditorium
next Saturday evening
contests. The lecture was very in
promises to be a success in every way,
teresting and enjoyed by all.
judging by the untiring plans and ef
Some hay is being sold. Beddow forts which are being made by the
& Bennett are busy hauling and ship committee in charge of the arrange
ping, others are preparing to bale ments. The Stanfield orchestra has
been reengaged to furnish the music,
shortly.
and a pleasant evening is assured all
The Government pipe line being participants.
placed across the Burk place is near
ing completion.
Mrs. A. C. Voelker was the victim
of a pie san t surprise party on Mon
The Erle Oregon company Is com day evening, when a dozen friends
pleting alO acre strip of their large walked in and Informed her that they
tract which has been seeded to al had come to celebrate her birthday.
falfa.
After a jolly evening at cards, mys
terious bundles and baskets began to
Some planting of trees has been appear which quickly took form of a
started and many are planning work "big feed” which was heartily enjoy
of that kind to help out in the cam ed by all. Mr. Otto Sapper proved to
paign now in progress.
be the best bookkeeper of the evening
and Mr. Stanley Lochrey received the
"Grand Prix” In appreciation of the
MARRIED FOLKS DANCE NEXT
efforts. The jolly crowd departed
SATURDAY NIGHT. AUDITORIUM at a late hour feeling that their party
had been a grand success and wish-
Another Married Folks dance will Ing the honor guest many happy re
be given next Saturday night at the turns of the day.
Auditorium.
The same orchestra
has been engaged and the committee
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Watson and Mr.
in charge have some novel stunts up and Mrs. George Briggs gave the
their sleeve that will be very enter | third of a series at evening parties
taining. Don’t miss this dance.
Tuesday evening when they enter
tained thirty of their friends to a
Look What’s Coming
even o’clock supper party. It goes
He broke the bank at Monte Carlo, without saying that all enjoyed the
then donated "gas” for a revolution. tasty meal after which the gentle-
But while he got the dern thing men enjoyed a brief smoker while
started, he lost his heart to a princess the tables were cleared and re-
exploded the plot, and it blew him arranged for cards. Mrs. E. J. Kings
ley proved the rhampion of the game
sky highI
All this happens in "Hawthorne of while Mrs. C. M Jackson who also
the U. S. A. coming to the Play ran received consolation for her ef-
forts.
House, Saturday, Feb. 12th.
The meeting in this city Saturday seven to eight months and gets the
under the auspices of the Farm Bu maximum growth possible out of his
reau and the Alfalfa Growers’ As alfalfa pasture and then fattens
sociation, with discussions upon the quiçkly with ground corn, barley and
feeding and marketing of alfalfa was wheat using self feeders entirely. Mr.
largely attended by farmers from Withycombe said Strohm’s plan is not
Boardman, Irrigon, Umatilla, Colum to be improved for this section and
bia, Stanfield, Echo, Butter Creek advocated that those who want to
and Hermiston. The afternoon en earn how to handle hogs profitaby
tertainment for the visiting ladies hould see the king of pork raisers.”
was a matinee photo-play at the new
Figures were presented by Chair-
Play House, a courtesy of the Her i ian McNaught, at the morning ses-
miston Commercial Club. About two rion, upon alfalfa production cost.
hundred ladies marched from the About sixteen dollars per ton in the
Baptist Church after officiating at stack, Mr. McNaught figures is the
one of the most elaborate and plente lowest cost of production per ton for
ous luncheons served in this young farmers in this section this year. He
city and proceeded to the beautiful believes farmers here must come to
little theatre where eyes were feast live stock feeding and dairying to
ed for the balance of the afternoon make alfalfa raising profitable.
upon many of the heroes and hero
Luncheon served in the church
ines of film-land. The keys to the city basement under the able direction
were presented by O. G. Sapper and f Mr. and Mrs. George Beddow of
the ladies visiting Hermiston for the Columbia assisted by a big volunteer
day were especially invited to the orps of ladies capped the climax of
Carnegie Library and other places of i he splendid morning program.
interest. Many expressions of de Everybody brought a basketwith
light were voiced by the women rep ood enough for a big family. The
resenting all sections of the irrigat ommittee opened up the bounteous
ed area within twenty five miles of boxes and spread the tempting vi-
Hermiston, for the day of recreation ands upon the great tables. Gorge-
and entertainment afforded by their us red apples and tip-top-bully cof
visit here Saturday.
fee with Jersey cream helped to
The program for the forenoon ses make everyone vote this the best big
sion of the alfalfa growers meeting feed-well since the last big fed these
was in charge of the Farm Bureau. ame famous purveyors had spread
J. F. McNaught, local Farm Bureau before us. Two hundred and fifty
chairman, presided. Fred Bennion, people, towns-people, people from
county agent of Umatilla county was Morrow county to Echo on the east
first speaker on the morning pro of us and from all in between sta
gram and presented to the large as tions elbowed with one another and
semblage of farmers present the ioined in the Jolly hour which all
great and growing importance of Si proclaimed “great.”
los and ensilage as a supplementary
The afternoon session of the big
feed with alfalfa. Mr. Bennion ad alfalfa meeting was presided over by
vocated a combination of corn and A. L. Larsen of Boardman * who is
sunflowers for silo filling in this sec president of the Columbia Basin Al
tion with corn making two thirds or falfa Growers’ Association. One
even more of the mixture. Best re hundred and twenty-five men at
sults are to be obtained by running tending the afternoon meeting.
in the corn and sunflowers together
Supt. Withycombe was the first
declared Mr. Bennion and not to put speaker and discussed “Alfalfa and
down a layer of corn and then a layer Cattle Feeding.” "Silage is necessary,
of sunflowers. This is contrary to absolutely essential, if you people
practice of many farmers both here are going to make money feeding
and elsewhere and may be consider cattle for the fat market, said Mr.
ed the latest and most authentic in Withycombe. Alfalfa and corn ensil-
formation upon this subject. Figures age, small amount of sunflowers in
as to the cost of constructing con the ensilage is all right In combina
crete Silos were given by the county tion, will put twice the fat upon cat
agent. A number of farmers in De tle in the same period and at half the
schutes county this past season cost of hay fed alone. Good blocky
bought steel forms in cooperation and two year old steers, uniform, and of
bought their materials together con the right stock bought at seven cents
structing a number of large silos at as feeders and sold at nine cents fat
a cost averaging about $4.25 per ton that is seven cents in the lot and nine
of capacity. Mr. Bennion thinks cents out of the lot. fed 120 days
this cost can be lowered as the mater should bring $18 per ton for alfalfa
ials necessary are more accessible and hay and $9 per ton for ensilage, de
cheaper here than in the Deschutes clared the speaker. This section is
section. Wooden silos were also dis- ideal for fattening cattle and is
cused by the speaker and if they bound to come to this plan of moving
should prove to be in favor with the ■ the corn and alfalfa crops both of
large number of farmers in this sec which grow so proliflcally here be-
tion who are expecting to build silos, lives Mr. Withycombe. A most val
Mr. Bennion advocates that they too uable bulletin upon stock feeding has
should be purchased In quantity and writing the superintendent. An ava-
shipped in straight car lots. Farm periments at the Union Station over
ers could also construct wood silos the past ten years. Those desiring
cheaper by helping each other in the this bulletin may obtain same by
buying and constructing, says Mr. writing the supenintend. An ava
Bennion. In direct answer to a lanche of questions from all sides
query from the county agent at the were fired at the speaker as he fin
termination of his talk as to the ished his talk upon Cattle Feeding
number of farmers in attendance showing there is wide interest in this
who were thinking of putting in a si game on the part of many farmers of
lo this coming season, some twenty North Morrow and West Umatilla
hands were shown. Mr. Bennion counties.
Mr. Withycombe has a
plans to hold a special silo meeting most pleasing personality and cer
soon and to put on a campaign for tainly won his way into the confid-
thirty new silos in western Umatilla dence and regard of the farmers who
attended the big meting.
county this year.
This may be an off day for sheep
"Alfalfa Marketing” is a matter of
but the lowly lamb sure has a friend which comes close to home for most
in court in Robert Withycombe, sup every farmer in this section and
erintendent of the Eastern Oregon many had come to attend the meeting
Station at Union. Mr. Withycombe especially to hear J. N. Price, manag
believes what he says because he has er of the Washington Hay Growers'
proved his theories in what is per Association of the Yakima and
haps the most thorough and pains Touchet Valley’s. This is the only
taking experiments in the feeding of cooperative marketing organization
livestock that have been conducted dealing In hay on the Pacific Coast
in the west. “Feed lambs, says Mr. except the one in California. It has
Withycombe. If you can’t handle a six hundred members and controls
full car load buy a combination car thousand tons of hay which has been
with a neighbor or two. Buy lambs handled this season at an expense of
not over fifty to fifty-five pounds, one dollar per ton to the farmer, de
the blocky little fellows with black clared Mr. Price. “The organization
faces are the best. Then feed them expense to this time had not exceed
a ration of two pounds of alfalfa hay ed twenty-five cents per acre to the
per day and a pound each of corn en farmers In the association which has
silage and barley and see them make been in opperation for three years.”
money for you." Mr. Withycombe ad The iron clad contract with the pro
vocates feeding whole or unchopped ducer or marketing agreement as It
hay to lambs and whole barley. Well is now commonly known is the very
drained lots and plenty of water and essence and back bone of cooperative
salt are essential to success but sheds marketing organizations,” said the
are not necessary. Feeding lambs speaker, "and hand in glove with this
should not be difficult to obtain goes control of a larger part of the
from year to year, thinks Mr. Withy crop grown in the district where the
combe, and aside from care in the marketing association is at work.”
type and size of lambs selected the
Mr. Price declared his firm belief
farmer who is planning to feed and in the success of marketing farm
wants to profit in so doing should products through these agencies. He
not pay for feeder lambs more than dealt to some length and in consid
two to three cents less per pound erable detail with the various prob
than fat lambs are worth. The com lems of finance, grading of the crop
bination alfalfa, silage and barley and dealings with members and dem
ration will put on an average gain onstrated to his audience his grasp
of 3 pounds per day per lamb and of this most interesting and newest
will thus turn off a lamb weighing development in marketing schemes.
about a hundred pounds in four Upon conclusion of his speech, Mr.
months which Is the average feeding Price answered a rapid fire of ques
time. Mr. Withycombe also advocat tions for a half hour and we'll say
ed the keeping of amali flocks of sheep he wasn’t worsted along the line.
on the farm throughout the year
The directors of the local alfalfa
where good pasture Is available but growers association submitted a writ
added, "by all means these small ten report to the meeting covering
flocks should be at pure bred sheep.” their work for the past five months
Hog feeding was touched upon Advocasy was made by them for a
briefly by Mr. Withycombe in his combination selling agency with the
morning address. He complimented Yakima Hay Growers, if such can
George Strohm. local Hog King for be effected, for the next years crop
the showing made at the Portland Mr. Price and the audience gave
Livestock Show the past two years favor to the idea and steps have all
when Mr. Strohm has won the car lot ready been taken to bring the direc
prizes for best light fat hogs. Mr. torate of the two organizations to
Strohm turnes his stuff off at from gether.
Large Delegation Attenaed
Pendleton Meeting Saturaay
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
ACTIVITIES
The Commercial club meeting last
Tuesday in the Hermiston hotel de
veloped to be a very interesting ses-
ion. The business transacted was
too much for the regular time, and
the rules were suspended and 10
minutes added to the meeting.
Considerable discussion was had on
roads. The Hinkle siding came in
for Its share of attention, and the re
port of the tree-planting committee
was unanimously adopted.
This
committee also put the question to
the club of a big clean up day. The
discussion waxed warm on the idea
of closing all the business institu
tions in town and declaring a holi
day, and all turn too and clean up
right. Some of the merchants were
opposed to closing the stores, stating
that the clean up day could be made
just as effective if the stores re
mained open. The question was fin
ally settled by allowing all stores
to have one man to take care of what
trade came that day, all the others
are expected to make the clean up
day a big success.
The tree planting committee were
instructed to make preparations for
the big day and appoint captains of
divisions, etc. The day will be an
nounced in a later issue.
The advertising committee was in
structed to find out the cost of some
sort of literature for the club that
can be mailed out to prospective
settlers.
The camp grounds committee was
instructed to find a location for the
camp and rugort next meeting.
A letter was read to the members
before the meeting began from E. P.
Dodd, who is in Portland taking
treatment in a hospital. The letter
stated that he was rapidly recovering
his health.
Col. J. F. McNaught was appoint
ed a committee of one to send res
olutions to the club's president, E.
P. Dodd, to the effect that the club
was gratified to know that he was
doing nicely, and wishing him a
speedy recovery.
The Umatilla Rapids Power Site
Association perfected a permanent
organization last Saturday In Pen
dleton when a large delegation from
all over Umatilla county and south-
eastern Washington attended the
meeting called to assemble in the
Elk's Temple at 10:00 a. m. A large
number of interested citizens from
Morrow county; railroad officials;
legislators, and people from Port
land were also in attendance.
The morning session was wholly
taken up with talks and papers by
several well informed men on the
subject of hydro-electric power, who
had an interested and attentive aud
ience.
D. C. Brownell of Umatilla, called
the meeting to order, and introduced
Judge G. W. Phelps of Pendleton
who acted as temporary chairman for
the session.
In the afternoon the permanent
organization was perfected, and
Judge Phelps was elected president
of the association; J. M. Crawford of
Walla Walla, first vice-president; S.
H. Boardman of Boardman, second
vice-president; Pat Lonergan, of
Pendleton, treasurer. The perman
ent secretary is to be chosen by the
executive committee which Judge
Phelps will appoint at once from all
sections of the country interested.
The executive committee will consist
of 15 members, and will, in the fut
ure, transact most of the business
for the association.
During the afternoon session,
ludge Phelps called Speaker Louis
E. Bean of the house of representa
tives and Roy W. Ritner, president
of the senate, to conspicuous seats
beside him: Introducing Mr. Bean
and saying that Mr. Ritner needs no
Introduction to eastern Oregon. Dur
ing the afternoon Mr. Bean gave an
Inspiring talk.
The meeting was a grand success
in every sense of the word, and with
the enthusiastic spirit shown by all
delegates, it is an assured fact that
something more than mere talk can
he looked for from the association.
The Portland newspapers have in
terested themselves in the Umatilla
rapids and have given column after
column concerning the activities of
the association and what it will mean
to the northwest.
A meeting has been called to meet
in Walla Walle In the near future.
CONSTANCE TALMADGE SUNDAY
FEB. 13. IN “THE LOVE EXPERT”
Valentine Tea
Next Monday
Constance Talmadge In her latest
production from the pen of John Em
erson and Anita Loos, will be seen
for the first time locally when "The
Love Expert" Is thrown on the screen
of the Play House, Feb. 13.
As the central thought for this pic
ture, the clever authors have provid
ed the theme that whereas this Is an
age of specialization, what would
be more natural for a young romantic
girl to try to become expert at love.
Thus we find Constance Talmadge,
in the role of Babs, a boarding school
girl whose school days end before the
senior year thanks to her delinquen
cies in the elementary courses and
her mania for self-instruction in the
science of the heart.
Emerson and Loos have given the
screen many bright pictures but “The
Love Expert," is declared to have
excelled all previous efforts.
The Valentine tea meeting called
for the women of Hermiston next
Monday afternoon, February 14, will
be held in the Library lecture room,
and every lady who can possibly get
ut. Is urged to attend this meeting
and lend their support In organizing
this new movement.
The old Hermiston Civic Club has
disbanded, and this new organization
will take Its place. The women wish
to work In conjunction with the
Commercial club, but realize that
they must have a formidable organi
zation to do any work effectively,
therefore, it is urgently requested
that all ladies be present next Mon
day afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.
Farm and Home Reminder*
MINNEHAHA NEWS NOTES
By Loren Jackson
Dr. Madden from the office of the
State Veterinarian visited this com-
munity on Tuesday and Friday of
last week to test cows for tuberculo
sis.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Johnston re
turned the first of this month from
Spokane where Mrs. Johnston recent
ly underwent an operation at the
Deaconess hospital.
Grace and William Rodda and
George Thom returned to school Mon
day after a week's absence caused by
illness.
Mrs. E. L. Jackson entertained
Friday afternoon, February 4, in
honor of Mrs. W. H. Hesser, formerly
of this neighborhood but now of
Stanfield.
Mrs. McPherson came down Tues
day morning from Pendleton to visit
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
C. M. Jackson.
Miss Margaret Ornduff spent the
week end at the E. L. Jackson home
the guest of Miss Lois Jackson.
The epidemic of colds that has
been sweeping over the neighborhood
seems to be Improving.
Next week Is prune week. Eat
Oregon prunes and help one of the
farmer's products.
Eat prunes.
Buy prunes.
Persons who aren't growing any
asparagus on their farms for home
use. should figure on putting in a
small area next spring.
Provisions for stock should be
made now as there is always a strong
demand about planting time. The
asparagus can be kept in the ground
until planting time—in April. Am
ple supply for an average family may
be obtained from 150 to 200 plants.
Free circulars on how to plant aspar
agus may be obtained by writing the
college exchange. Oregon Agricult-
ural College, at Corvallis.
Milk, eggs and well-cooked vege
tables will produce better growth of
children than meat, which should 1 e
used sparingly or not at all until the
child Is six or seven years old. For
very young children the vegetable 1
may be cooked, put through a sieve,
and given with milk or on toast.—
Home economics, O. A. C.
It is preferable to plow the garden
first and disk the manure In. Plow
ing It under will bury it deeper then
It should be. sometime getting ft as
far as 10 or 12 Inches below the sur
face. If the ground Is plowed fir t
and the manure disked under t' e
shallow root vegetables will get th 1
benefit.—Vegetable gardening, O. A.
C.
Vegetables grown In the northwest
should be grown from seeds grown
In the northwest. Climatization of
these seeds make them better, this
Is especially so of sweet corn, cab-
bage, and root crown. Seed obtain
ed from a reliable seed dealer is pre
ferable to that bought In packages nt
the grocery, most of which Is middle
western or eastern seed.— Vegetable
gardening, O. A. C.