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VOL. XV
Telephone Co. to
Spend $16,000
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 22. 1921
HERMISTON HORSE SHOE
MEN BEAT ECHO TOSSERS
Bee Men Decide
On Organization
Umatilla News Items
No. 45
Homeseekers Not
To Come July 25
Hermiston scored another athlet
R. L. Tippie’8 house warming
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Monch left on
ic victory Friday evening when W
Saturday night proved to be a big a trip to Spokane Tuesday night.
i . Warner and F, Q. McKenzie went
PACIFIC INTERESTS' TO PUT to Echo and defeated the Echo heav NEXT MEETING TO BE HELD success. Dancing was in order, From there they expect to go to Sea TRIP TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL
musio being furnished by Alonzo side. Oregon.
SATURDAY, JULY 30
IN NEW POLES, WIRES
LATE IN SEPTEMBER
ers in three straight games of horse
Michils and son and Ed. Pound.
shoes.
Circle two steps, old fashioned danc
Earl Brownell of Umatilla is re
Whether the two Hermiston men
es and a fine moonlight waltz were modeling his house on the highway.
Crew W ill Be Here At Least Three "found a horse shoe,” on the way Umatilla County Bee Keepers Ass'n the features. Two big freezers of
W. C. Muelker of Columbia, district Eastern Fanners Are Too Busy W ith
Is Title Agreed on; Car Load
M onths; Some Work Being Done
over is not known, but anyway
Harvesting; Easterners In
ice cream were distributed.
Is the carpenter In charge.
of Cans Arrive Here
At Echo, Stanfield
their luck never failed them for
terested in Oregon
they took the first game 21 to 1C,
Zoeth Houser, sheriff of Umatil
Mrs. J. W. Powell and daughter
the next 21 to 18 and the other 21
la county wr.s in Umatilla Monday. Inez, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. N
The Umatilla County Bee Keepers
The Pacific Telephone and Tele to 10.
The big party of home seekers
Smith. Mrs. Powell is Mrs. Smith's
graph company has just begun im
The Echo players were Mr. Fisher association is now a fullj^ organized,
Umatilla's bathing beach is prov mother and lives at Lewiston. Mon from the middle west who were ex
provements in its lines in Hermis and Mr. Somers. Mr. McKenzie going concern, the organization pro ing a popular place these days. A
pected to be In Hermiston July 25
tana.
ton. Echo and Stanfield which will then took Mr. Fisher on for three cedure havingf been completed at large scow has been anchored in the
will not be here for the excursion
keep a force of nearly 20 men em games of singles and won^two out of their meeting at the public library Columbia river and on it are trap
Clint Harvey and family who have has been postponed until September.
ployed three months or more and three. The Echo men are expected Saturday evehing.
eze, rings, diving boards, etc. There been quarantined for small-pox are It was found that the farmers who
which will cost the company about to come to Hermiston some time this
Honey Prices Decided
is a full sand beach. About 35 free once more and they are very were to come would be too busy
It took some discussion before :
220,000. Of this amount 216,000 (week for a return game,
harvesting their crops to get away at
from Hermiston were here last Sun glad of It they say.
will be spent in Hermiston, 28,000
name was agreed upon. The consti day.
'his time and accordingly It was de
lirtion and by-laws were adopted. A
in Echo and 25,000 in Stanfield.
PENDLETON ROUND-UP TO BE
Rev. Harper who Is well known eded to wait until fall.
minimum price for honey was agreed
When the big company took over
Portland Gets Busy
E.
J.
Wit
hey
and
family
Just
re
SEPTEMBER 22, 23 AND 24
by nearly all the people of Umatilla
upon. White honey will be 10 cents turned from an extended trip to
the lines of the Eastern Oregon In
Following the announcement that
announces
he
has
arranged
to
have
to wholesalers, 12 cents to retailer:
dependent Telephone qp„ in 1916 il
Victoria, B. C.i. .and intermediate Hev. Hoyt, a widely known Presby the date of the setters’ excursion
found that company's system of Better Show Than Ever is Promise and 14 cents to the public. Th< pel nts. Mrs. Withey who was re
terlan minister preach Sunday, July from the middle west to Oregon had
"Something Doing Every Min-
^wholesale price is for ton lots. Tin cently operated upop Is much im
lines altogether different from the
24 at 11 a. m. at the old school been postponed from July 19th to
nute”
to
be
Slogan
honey will be sold in 60 pound cans. proved now.
one in use on its own lines, but due
September 20th upon request of a
house.
It was decided to charge one cent
to the war, with high prices of labor
'arge number of homeseekers who are
New world's records In the events more for water white honey and for
and scarcity of materials it was im
R.
L.
Menich
and
family
who
re
W. L. Russell of Plymouth, Wash inable to make the trip until after
possible to make any big changes at which make the Pendleton Round-Up light amber and amber the price will
mit
ly
moved
back
here
from
Wallu
has
moved into Henry Grlffen'i îarvest, the Oregon State Chamber
famous the world over are expected be one to two cents less.
that time.
Walla
arc
now
living
in
Jim
Lane's
former residence and is going to run of Commerce is ^making complete
it the 1921 show which will be stag
The association will hold Its next
Poles to be Changed
preparations for the September trip,
bouse.
the
Umatilla ferry.
The company is now taking the 'd at Pendleton September 22, 23 and meeting a week from Saturdu)
icording to announcement received
evening. At this time it will con
first opportunity to rebuild its lines 24.
here from Portland this week.
R.
M.
Turner,
Umatilla’s
popular
Art
Hpmmond,
foreman
of
the
car
sider the purchase of supplies. A
Wild “Bronch” Ready
in these three towns. Officials of
Commercial clubs of the stale
Fast relay strings, wild young carload of honey cans for the assocl lawyer, went to Pendleton Monday repair track at Umatilla, is sick and
the company say it will be many
have been urged to complete the list •
to
see
his
new
grandson.
confined
to
his
rooms.
years before it can hope to get steers and bucking "bronks” whose ation arrived here Saturday.
ng of available lands in each com
back what it is now spending but nasty temper and uncertain dispo
Officers Are Chosen
munity for the Information of the
s e towns are expected to grow and | ?itio? wUI glye the cowboys a chance
settlers, and these listed lands will
The officers are as follows: Eli
the company wants a system of to show their skill 2c the bucking Winesett, president; J. Skovbo, vici
>e placed in the hands of each mem
■ontests, are promised for the great
lines that will be permanent.
ber of the party, according to Secre
president; C. Bancroft, secretary
, In Hermiston practically every ,ut-door drima. The steer bull- treasurer. Umatilla county is con
tary Quayle. In this way, the
The Inland Empire Is In the midst
The first rating of Inland Empire home seekers will know in advance
telephone pole will be taken down logging gives Indication of being a ceded to be the leading bee districl
and a new one put up. The polcr nost spectacular event, for Ray Mc- •>f the state and the honey business of harvest. The first shipment of summer resorts has been issued by the priée nnd description of actual
will be shipped here from the vicin Carrol and Frank McCarrol, . two brings a great deal of money into 1921 wheat has already been made Dr. T. C. Barnhart, Spokune county tracts of land in each district in the
ity of Everett, Wash. They will b< brothers, are vieing for the cham- Hermiston each year. It is one of the from Prosser whence two car lots medical health officer, who was dep •late.
30 and 35 feet long and will stand piont,hip' Frank ^cCarrol recently Important Industries of this section went forward. In the Spokane sec utlzed by the state to carry on this
Literature is Requested
24 feet above the ground. They I ,ruke a" records when he bulldoggcd and it will mean something to Her tion cutting commenced on the 5th work. A large number of resortt
George
Quayle, general secretary
are much larger than the old poles ‘n 7 3-5 seconds, but his brother, Ray miston to be the location of the coun Inst., the Jones ranch averaging 35 secured the highest rating granted
f the state chamber, left Portland
bushels
per
acre.
Walla
Walla
start
(ucceeded
a
few
days
ago
In
cltppiing
indicating
that
unusual
effort
ha:
beinp about nine inches in diametci
ty association.
'd cutting the same day. Palouse been made this year to introduce his week on a tour of the state for
two-fifths of a second off this time
at the top.
'he purpose of securing represent; -
district
will be in harvest about the sanitary methods.
One
of
the
features
of
the
show
li
The wires in use now will give waj
Ives in tho middle west In the work
T.
D.
WATSON
IS
TREASURER
20th. Wheat prospects are describ
to larger cables. Changing from the speed with which events are giv
•' lining up prospective settlers.
'd
as
the
best
on
record
in
the
Spok
en.
The
big
panorama
of
events
be-
OF
WALLA
WALLA
COMPANY
aerial wires to a cable plant, li
Officlils of the Idaho state unl-
A long telegram from Omaha, rp-
me, Palouse and Camas Prairie sec
what the company officials call it ;lns each day exactly at 1:30 p. m.,
versit have identified a new varletj 'uesting additional literature on
■ions;
fair
from
E.dwall
to
Ritzville;
and
continues
without
pause
during
At a business meting of the board
This will effect almost every tele
of aphis which cats Jim Hill mustard )regon for distribution among pro-
•he afternoon. Never Is the Blogan if directors of the John Smith comp .ery good around Sprague, Harring-
phone wire in town.
The bug was discovered In wheat -pective settlers, states that a large
'Something Doing Every Minute” any consisting of Mary E. Smith, E. 'on and Odessa; Creston and west of
fields between Genesee and Moscow lumber of home seekers are prepar-
Office to be Moved
•etter exemplified than at the L. Laurence, W. A. Toner, B. E. 'hat point fair; Connell section fair.
The company office in HermiBtor
where it had cleaned out the mustard ng to come to Oregipi in September
Round-Up.
Hubbard and John T). Watson the The Molson section is reported as from many acres of wheat without ifter harvest is >vcr.
will be remodeled and the office mov
Among Round-Up visitors this following were elected officers of the having 24,539 acres in crop with a
ed down to the ground floor of tin
touching the grain. As mustard It
year will be W. B. Brown, nationally John Smith company: Mrs. Mary E. iroHpectlve yield of 700,000 to 1,-
one of the worst weed pests In th(
telephone building. This will maki
‘LET’S BE FASHIONABLE”
known lllustiator, of Boston. Mass Imith, president and general mana '00,000 bushels. At Hooper the Mc
the office more convenient to thi
Inland Empire the discovery Is re
Gregor Land & Live Stock company
AT PLAY HOUSE SATURDAY
public and will also help the town He expects to find many subjects for ger; E. L. Laurence, vice president;
garded as exceptionally important.
Irawings at the show. Another vis- B. E. Hubbard, secretary; J. D. Wat has 4500 acres under wheat with an
for the lower floor now looks desert
tor will be Dr. George Black, prom son, treasurer.—Walla Walla Bullet issured crop of 30 bushels as com-
ed and strangers would suppose it
Reports from all sections of thf )°uplas MacLean and Doris May are
nared to a 20-bushel average for
nent
physician of White Plains, in.
were not occupied at all. What
Stars in Thomas Ince Pro
Vew York.
'on years. Many Palouse farmers Inland Empire indicate that the at
changes will be made in the Service
duction Coming Here
tendance
at
the
Merchants
conven
■xpect 40 to 50 bushels per acre,
New Book Out *
of the exchange are not kndwn at
ENID BENNETT HERE IN “THE
tlon In Spokane July 20-21-22 wll
’•'ederal
crop
report
officials
estimate
Round-Up
devotees,
new
and
old,
this time.
Out at the Thomas H. Ince studio
WOMAN IN THE SUIT CASE" 'lie wheat crop of Washington at 49,- establish a new record. A specla*
It is expected that the new Im vlll be interested in the announce-
102,000 bushelH, an increase of 30 feature will be the large attendant he have a place that has been nam-
nent that Colonel Charles Welling
provements will help the telephone
of ladies for whose entertainment d the “kiddle koop." It’s the "Bet"
ter cent over 1920.
service greatly. While the country ‘on Furlong’s book, "Let’er Buck,'
Another of those elaborate cabaret
elaborate arrangements have been where Douglas MacLean and Doris
s now on the press. It is the offlci
lines are not directly effected It if
scenes that Thomas II. Ince know:
•node by nn energetic committee ol May make i those delightful screen
il
Round-Up
book
and
its
sale
ii
II.
B.
Hotchkiss
a
Northern
Pacific
announced that country service will
how to “put on” so well is a fea
ponsored by the Round-Up Associa
nincer, has died at Spokane. He Spokane women. Much Interest Ii omedlcs, like "Twenty Three and a
be improved to the same extent
ture of Enid Bennett’s latest picture
lalf Hours’ Leave" and “Let's Be
ion. The book, which contains 200
'ad
been a locomotive engineer for centering about the visit to the con
‘The Woman in the Suit Case,"
that city service is improved.
ventlon of Fred P. Mann, of Devll'i Fashionable." The reason for tho
>ages, is profusely Illustrated with
!9
years
and
was
one
of
the
best
which will be at the Play Housi
Crew Here Now
I.ake, N. D., whose achievement In ilckname Is, of course, the tender
>0 reproductions of Round-Up photo
Wbat Is being done here is going
next Wednesday, July 27th. The in mown railroad men in the state, building up an annual business of ge of the two players, who ara pro
maps.
It
was
recently
reviewed
in
the
to be practically duplicated In Stan
terior of one of New York's liveliesl 'or 32 consecutive years the late 2760,000 in a town of 5,000 inhablt- bably the youngest stars in filmaom.
•lew York Times.
field and Echo, though not nearly
estaurants before the "Sahara days" Mr. Hotchkiss pulled passenger ints has won him the reputation of lorls Is Just past eighteen, nnd Doug
so much will be spent in either o(
descended upon the metropolis I rains out of Spokane.
being the most efficient "small Is almost three years older.
those towns as will be spent in Her ODD FELLOWS INSTALL NEW
pictured during one of its jazziesi
town” merchant In America. Mr
Doug and Doris are the life of the
Walla
Walla
will
ship
between
OFFICERS
MONDAY
NIGHT
miston. The work is already undei
hours. ScoreH of pretty dancers and
Mann has the happy knack of ex ncc "lot.” Both seem to radiate the
way. the crew being now located at
other professional performers wert '00 and 500 carloads of onions this plaining his methods clearly and in ilr of good-natured youth and they
the Hermiston Hotel.
The OJd Fellows installed theii hired for the occasion. Everything season. The crop has been reduced addition makes a specialty of ans have made abject slaves of every
was prepared on a luxurious scale omewhat because of unfavorable wering quesllnns'oa to specific points •roperty man, veteran director, and
lew officers Monday night.
The officers and their position' and with the attention to detai' weather conditions and insect pcstH. on which his audience desires en •lectrlclan who comes Into contact
SILAGE PROVES ITS WORTH
which is one of Mr. Ince's character
llghtment. Throughout the con with them. They are Continually
FOR FATTENING STEERS I ollow: Jack Knapp, N. G.; A
The stale game warden of Idaho vention the Ideal of hospitality and on the go,” whether whizzing to the
Buhman, V. G.; W. R. Longhorn, istics.
Enid Bennett is cast as a young iiis declared a closed season on bull- "r,od fellowship will be empharlzed ;olf links in Doug’s scarlet roadster
ecretary; O. C Yong, treasurer; F.
Experiment Station Tests Result in 1. Gaither. Warden; P. H. Hatfield, boarding school miss who unexpect 'rogs in the counties of Lewis, Idaho and such trading as is done is to be or a brief round during lunch hour
Erection of Many Silos in
'•onductor; Walter Beasley, I. G,; edly gets wind of an affair which hei ind Nez Perce.
entirely incidental.
>r frolicking through a scene In one
Eastern Oregon
\. E. Morrison, O. Q.; B. J. Nation. father Is carrying on with an un
if their pictures.
R. S. N. G.; R. C. Barham, L. 8. N. scrupulous siren. By a clever trick
Yakima producers are Joining in PHYLLIS DYER HONORED BY
"Let's Be Fashionable,” which Is
R. B Bruce, R. 8. V. G.; C. she routs the schemer and make, i movement to secure a tariff on eggs
Use of silage for fattening steers
omlng to the Play House next 8at-
8LUMBER
PARTY
FRIDAY
her
father
see
the
error
of
his
course.
is a means of protection against the
Is gaining favor in Eastern Oregon Mark Edmonds, L. S. V. G.; Homer
■ rdsy, July 23rd, reflects their high
as a result of reeding tests at the Pogue, R. 8. 8.; Ray Fisher, L. 8. 8.; Thomas H. Ince produced the plcturi mportation of Chinese eggs which
plrlts. It Is the story of a pair of
for Paramount Artcraft and It waf an be laid down at Pacific posts nt
Union branch experiment station. I. A. Reeves, Chaplain.
Miss Phyllis Dyer was honored newlyweds who became enmeshed In
directed by Fred Niblo.
10 cents per dozen. •
Union county leads the district with
with a surprise slumber party Friday all sorts of laughable complications
160 silos built since 1914, while I EPWORTH LEAGUERS HAVE
July 16 when a group of her girl from trying to keep up with the
Wallowa has 70. of which 67 have
SOCIAL AT SPENCER HOME REBEKAHS INSTALL NEW
Washington Water Power comp- friends gathered at the home of Mr vealthy crowd at a California sum-
been constructed since 1917. Lake
OFFICERS LAST FRIDAY iny has applied to congress for per- and Mrs. Dyer. The party was the ner resort. Thomas II. Ince pro
has 9 and Klamath where silos were
iiisaion to devclopc hydro-electric scene of much merriment until the duced the picture for Paramount
The Epworth league social at the
a minus quantity in 1919 has 9 also. R- B. Spencer home last Thursday
power
at Kettle Falls on the Colum wee small hours. A delightful break Artcraft release.
The new Rebekah officers were in
Increase is said to be largely due to •venlng was voted a grand suceas by
fast was served by the hostess.
stalled last Friday evening. Aside bia river In Stevens county. The
work of the college extension service those who attended. Between 25
project
contemplates
the
develoment
from the business of the evening the
Party Goea to Bingham Springs
thronRlt the county agents.
ind 30 were present. Music, games members enjoyed refreshments of Ire of 153.000 horsepower and the ex
Telephone Men Visit
A week-end party from here went
"Silo owning stockmen can fatten and refreshments were enjoyed by cream and cake.
penditure of a very large sum.
The work the Pacific Telephone A to Binghafh Springs, about 30
steers at approximately half what all.
The new officers are as follows:
Telegraph Co. is doing here brought miles the other side of Pendleton,
It costs the stock raisers who feed.
One of the features of the gather- Edna Strohm. N. G.; Ruth Scott, V
The number of farmers In the state E. R. Cole, supervising foreman of last Saturday. Those who went
only hay,*’ asserts F. L Ballard, as-1 ering was the election of officers, G.; Nellie Gaither. Secretary; Jennie of Washington Is placed at 99.288 construction snd E V. Brunner of were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ralph. M r.
atstant county agent leader in charge Those chosen were: Ruth Scott, pres Worster, treasurer; Hattie Silvey, by the census bureau at Washington, the company's engineering depart nd Mrs. F. A. Chezik, Myrtle Silvey,
of county agent work In eastern Ore- ident; Ruby Scott, first vice presl- guard. Edna Elliott, conductor: D. C.
ment to Hermiston the first of the Dorris Percey, Bertha McKee». Jan
gon. "With choice steers selling at den; Mrs. George Patterson, second Dora West, chaplain: Rena Water
week. They came here from Pendle ice Brigham, Andrew Kern, Arthur
22.59 to 27 on the Portland market vice president; Enid Waterman, man, R. 8. N. G.; Susie Longhorn.
An organization has been launched ton but both live In Portland. Mr. Ralph, David Mlttelsdorf and Arthur
introduction of cheaper beef produc- third vice president; Hattie Graham L. 8. N. O.; Mary Hughes. R 8. V. at Wenatchee Io Irrigate 49.000 Cole will be around here for some Rhode« The girls are there this
tlon methods in eastern Oregon Is of I fourth vice »resident; Jane Gunn, G.; Martha Botkins. L. S. V O.; Ida
acres of land at an estimated cost of time. Mr Brunner left Monday vwen - week, hut the men returned Monday
fundamental importance."
| secretary-treasurer,
Casady, I. O.; Tom Weister, O. G.
24.500,000.
Ing for Portland.
morntng.
News Notes o f the Inland Empire