Ötfyr Urrmwimt Umtlh
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VOL. XV
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1921
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IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
FUN FOR ALL
And the most interesting exhibition of merchan­
dising and Made-at-Home products ever offered the
people of Um atilla county a t the
Merchants
and
Manufacturers
Carnival
The High School Mirror
About a dozen automobile loads
of people came down from Prosser,
Washington Saturday to celebrate
Devoted to the Interest and Development of the Hermiston Schools
the opening of the ferry between the Vol. 1
No. 20
Holmes landing and a point just be­
High school Mirror
g„
were entertained with music, danc­
Don’t forget senior class night to­
low Irrigon. The County Commis­
Last Friday night the juniors ing and games after which the birth­ night. The admission will be ten
sioners and members of Prosser Com­
gave the annual prom In honor of day cake was cut by the hostess and and fifteen cents to cover expenses
mercial club of Benton county were
the senior class. The hall was beaut­ delightful refreshments were served. of the class.
among the party and viewed the land­
ifully decorated with shrubbery and
ing on both sides of the Columbia
flowers. Baskets of greenery hung
Plans for the school picnic are be­
Last Friday the first baseball team
and roads which lead to the landing.
from the ceiling. The lights were played Stanfield's first team at ing made.
The ferry is now in operation and
covered with red paper to cast a rosy
the road leading to the landing from | glow over the room. The orchestra Stanfield and were defeated by a
score of 13 to 6.
An intelligence test, similar to
Oregon side, leaves the Columbia
enclosed with a hedge of snowballs
those given in the army, was sent to
highway about one and one-quarter
and willows, was placed in the center
the high school by O. A. C. The
miles west of Irrigon.
Ruby Scott
of the floor. The color scheme was
seniors took the test and passed with
Jane Gunn
carried out in blue and white, the
a very favorable average.
The committee of the Farm Bureau
Nida Patrick
Benior colors. Dancing and cards
on North Morrow county Fair ar­
. Laura Phipps
were the entertainment of the even­
Grade News
rangements to be held at Boardman
Viola Bennett
ing. About fifty guests including
Goldie
Shutter
is absent from the
this year, met with the committee at
Dorothy Briggs
the high school faculty were there.
first grade this week.
Boardman Saturday evening and
Martha
Winslow
All reported a very good time.
made considerable progress on the
Max Warriner
Mrs. C. S. McNaught, Mrs. H. T.
The first grade Is doing very cred­
plans for this years fair. Another
Albert Hedwall
Fraser, Mrs. J. D. Watson, Mrs. B. S.
itable work in their art work this
meeting will be held at Irrigon by
Kingsley, Mrs. Rena Waterman, were
week.
this committee Saturday, May 21.
Dorothy Briggs gave a dinner par­
the patronesses. Music was furnish­
Men and women who are to see this
ed by a local orchestra consisting cf ty for the members of the senior
The state exams in geography and
work have established reputation of
Marian Briggs, John Watson, Leo class and Mr. and Mrs. Voelker last hygiene were given Friday.
making things move and we may be
Tuesday evening. Dinner was ser­
Smith and Mr. Voelker.
assured it will be a success.
ved at 7:00 o’clock and about 8:00
The fourth, grade gave a ‘Mother’s
Last Thursday Mr. Ward, a Pen­ the invited guests began to arrive. Day’ program May 6. The following
Mr. W. R. Walpole reports the
About
sixteen
guests
were
present
for
dleton photographer, was at the lo­
parents were present: Mesdatnes
saie of 8 >4 acres just east of town
cal school house taking pictures of the evenings fun which consisted of Gaither. Hitt, Smith. Wlshart, Knox,
on the Columbia highway to Stanley
card
games
and
music.
the senior class.
Earnheart, Gould, Stringer, Christ­
A. Anderston. Mr. Anderston has
ian, Scharpenburg.
been in Irrigon more or less for a
Of all sad words of tongue or pen
Miss Dorothy Holland was delight­
number of years and has decided
The Saddest arc these, “Exams
fully surprised Monday evening, May
Ruth Kaiser Is a visitor this week.
this place is good enough for him.
16 by twelve of her friends who again.”
He will build on the place at once
gathered at her home to surprise her,
Final examinations began last
The eighth grade is enjoying a va­
and will run a chicken ranch and
in honor of her birthday. The guests Tuesday.
cation after the state exams.
probably some garden sutff.
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tion of Pendleton a t
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Happy Canyon May 26-27
The Round.Up Fun Palace
will be converted into a bower of springtim e and the
display of home talent will be the largest and best
■ arranged exhibit ever attem pted in this section of
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the country.
Music, free coffee and bites to eat and a
Public Wedding
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will be some of the amusements offered
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W e Can Point Out
easily the many good qualities that make
every slice of
Mr. and Mrs. Doering, son Edgar cast were held Tuesday.
large quantities at strategic points, Oregon aro well protected (his year
and Mrs. Harper of Boardman were
and advertisements running in east­ through having a representaivc on he
among the Boardman visitors at the
Our Bread Popular
Ralph Francis has entered the ern papers of large circulation, in­ ground. According to the report,
school exercises.
dicate that large amounts of money there is a definite and consistent de­
eighth grade from Pendleton.
First of all it is make right and under
are being expended.
mand for Information and literature
sanitary conditions by expert bakers
Mrs. E. C. Ilelmeck of Penditton
in regard to the state In spite of the
using pure ingredients.
The
report
carries
wltih
it
a
sug­
The pupils who come on the east
has spent the week with the Mark
strenuous
efforts put forth by other
bus were about half an hour late gestion that there is a vital need for
hams.
Try Ordering “Home Hade”
states to divert these honieseckors to
a.
more
aggressive
and
systematic
Monday morning. The bus had
other localities.
C IT Y B A K E R Y
Mrs. M. E. Rand of Llnnton, Ore­ been stalled in the mud, due to sur­ program in regard to settling the ir­
"I trust that from this brief out­
rigated
sections
of
the
state.
gon is visiting with her parents Mr. plus irrigation water. Some diffi­
Hermiston, Oregon.
line of the competitive conditions
culty was encountered before it was
and Mrs. W. R. Walpole.
“I doubt very much," writes J. R. that exist at this time,” concludes
finally extricated.
Ilcuring in his report from Omahu, the report, “Some action can he tak­
Mr. A. Ives of Portland who was
“If the average man in Oregon has en by the stale at large to help along
nursery man in Irrigon In the early
given
any thought to the fact that it in this movement which we are now
Miss Helen Cowgill, who is con
days, spent two or three days visit­ nected with the boyH and girls state is the easiest thing in the world to getting under headway, for more peo­
K I N G S L E Y M E R C A N T IK E ; Q O .
ing friends and looking after his in­ club work, was at school last Friday build an Irrigation project, and the ple means less taxation; more people
-•H B R M IS T O N 'S H O U B B o r O U A U T Y A N O B E R V IC B "
terests here last week.
to Inspect the work of the girls cook­ hardest thing in the world to induce mean more manufacturing; more
a man to move his family Into a dis­ more people mean more money to
GROCERY DEPARTMENT
ing and sewing club.
This is one of the seasons Irrigon
trict and make himself and family a spend. There are a thousand ways
people should be raising straw­
farm and home, and unless Oregon In which (his can be discussed, but
berries.
Veritable “Immigrant Market”
realizes the seriousness of this phast above all else, discussion will yield
Mr. Frank Rider is selling straw­
Many and devious are the tatics of the irrigation program that they nothing If some action is not taken
berries now and getting fancy prices. employed in Omaha and Kansas City are inaugurating, I would not ven­ to secure desirable homeseckers and
Elbow cut Macaroni 3 lbs. for 25c or 13 lbs. for $1.00
Mrs. Blanche Watkins gathered
western states in an effort to at­ ture to predict the successful out­ citizens for Oregon.”
Cheese Tillamook 1 pound for
.
3 qc enough strawberries from her small by
tract settlers to their undeveloped come of uny irrigation project that
patch on May tenth to make a nice lands— to such an extent, in fact, Is completed, or that Is about to be
Fanner’s Week Gets Mathews
short cake. * This is about the same that a veritable "immigrant market" constructed, in the Htatc of Oregon.”
Dr. Shaller Mathews, dean of Chi­
Another shipment of Prunes a t 25 lb. box for $1.50
time the first berries were reported has developed in these twin gateways
As a specific example of the above cago university, will speak before
shipped from Ridder, Oregon and to the far west, according to prelim­ statement, the report cites the fact
Farmer's week crowds at O. A. C.
followed by other points in Sothern inary reports received by the Oregon that on county in Colorado is now
PYRMAID the higest grade coffee in the glass lined
on June 17 and 18. He Is a noted
Oregon. There has not been any State Chamber of Commerce from the running an advertisement In a great
student, traveler, writer, and lectur­
box a t 40c a pound. Why throw away 10 or 12
strawberry crop failure in the dis­ representatives in the middle west. many eastern papers offering irrigat­
er, and will consider church coopera­
trict
and
only
once
or
twice,
has
the
cents on a tin can when you buy coffee
The States of Texas, Idaho, Wyom­ ed farms for nothing down and noth­ tion as a community factor.
price been too low to handle profi­
ing, Western Kansas and Nebraska ing but interest to pay for a period of
lable.
and California are leaving no Rtones five years.
Mankind Analvz.d.
unturned In their efforts to divert
Man Is physically as veil n* tnctn-
While
this
state
has
undoubtedly
K IN G S L E Y M E R C A N T IL E C O .
BROWN AND GOLD LEAVES
prospective settlers to their various suffered in the past through lack of physlcalty a thing of shred« and patch­
Umatilla High School
communities, according to the report. aggressive advertising as compared es, borrowed unequally from good and
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On Saturday. May 7, Miss Rix en­
tertained at a well apointed luncheon
in honor of the teachers at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Smith. A de­
lightful color scheme was carried out
in decorations of green and gold.
Dainty forget-me-not place cards be­
ing used. Covers were laid for the
following guests: Misses Mary Irv­
ing, Marion Dunlap, Jessie Jenks,
Hilda Larsen, Dorothy Smith, Mrs.
William Logan, M tb . A. G. Rix and
Mrs. Smith.
General Pershing Canvas by Maj. Albert De Kossak
ZS
Francis Stephens of the third
grade has recovered from the chicken
pox.
The eighth grade had their state
examinations last Thursday and Fri­
day. The seventh grade had one In
geography and the sixth grade in
physiology Friday.
At a recent student body meeting
officers were elected for next year as
follows: President. Lotys Davis; Vice
Hs t w h ls n , Ore.
President,
Anna Scharhermeyer;
Secretary: Kathryn Stephens; Trea­
surer, Dan Doble; Reporter, Ruby
Perh»?P1. \ oi Constination.
Powell:
Seargent at arms, Leslie
Perhaps the most serious of the
When Kaiser Wilhelm, sitting astride a hot>hy horse In Potsdam, posed for Maj. Albert do Kossak many years
_ ”**'*” rau"ed by constipation is ap­ Thompson; Yell Leader, Alfred
ago, he little dreamed that one day I»e Kosaak would paint the general who was destined to help overthrow the
pendicitis. if you would avoid this Stephens.
dieea«. keep your bowels
mighty armies of Germany. Yet that Is whst happened, only Instead of posing for the artist, as the one time
, f . L . Tor thi# purpose Chamber-
The grades are planning a play kaiser did, on a wooden horse. General Pershing was sketched on his lively chestnut thoroughbred, Kedore. Major
lain s Tablets are excellent, eaay to
I*e Kossak Is wen putting the finishing touches to the canvas, which when finished will la- presented to the United
p,t ' . ’ nd mild and gentle in effect. to be held at the close of school
Stites Military academy at West Point by the Polish artist, on behalf of Poland.
pc . Aar,
The try-out# for the «election of the
Mrs. J. S. West