SThe Wrmtefcm Sbralh
VOL. XVI
COMMERCIAL CLUB
APPROVES BUDGET
I’EWLYWEDS ARE VICTIMS
OF 15 MINUTE CHARIVARI
SENIOR CLASS WILL
GIVE PLAY DEG. 16
Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Instone E n ter
tain Visitors; Couple Were
Married Thanksgiving
MEMBERS OPPOSE PROGRAM 01
TAXPAYERS’ LEAGUE
Vote
is
in
Favor
of
Retaining
County Agent and. Home Dem
T H E TIME OF HIS LIFE” TO BE
15 m inute ch ariv ari crowd was
gathered by E d ith W addell, Elsie
P ark er and Sherm an W ells about
7:00 o’clock Sunday evening for tho
, purpose of ch a riv arin g th e newly
I m arried couple, Mr. and Mrs. W illiam
| Instone. Mrs. Instone w as Mist
Leona W addell u n til T hanksgiving
¡day. A fter ch a riv arin g them for 16
or 15 m inutes the crowd was invited
into th e house w here they were serv
ed refreshm ents consisting of Cocoa
and cake. T he boys were treated
w ith cigars. Hoy Huddox received
the piece of cake w ith (4»e rin g in it.
All had a very enjoyable time.
'
PRESENTED
Cast of Characters Has Been at
Work More Than a M onth; Mrs.
Gunn is Coach
AMERICAN LEGION
ELECTS OFFICERS
Y
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w
U .S . BUDGET ALLOTS $467,000 TO UMATILLA
PROJECT; $230,000 FOR M'KAY CREEK DAM
Umatilla News Items
The Home B ureau met on T h u rs tllla on Tuesday to get pointers on
day and tran sacted a g re a t deal of the method pursued by the U m atilla
business. Several com m ltteees had ladies reg ard in g th e hot school
good reports to render. The Com lunches. Mrs. N ugent m et them and
The proposals of the U m atilla
Those who atten d th e senior m unity G rounds com m ittee reported escorted them on a to u r of inspection
County T axpayers' League for a
j class play a t the high school au d i th eir work finished. The Cem etery Miss Rix our cook, gave them a great
drastic cu t I in the county budget
torium F riday evening of next week com m ittees reported progress.
deal of Inform ation and a copy of
should have th e tim e of th e ir lives
were ar gued pro and con a t the Com.
our menus. All im portant points
m ereiai m eeting Tuesday noon and a
for th a t’s th e nam e of th e play th a t
A complete resum e of the work were touched upon, and Mrs. N ugent
vote of approval was finally given the
! will be presented by th e students. done on the Com munity grounds and told them the most necessary first
budget as subm itted by the cornmit-
It's "T he Time of His Life,” to be ex. the expense follows as everyone Is In Steps to be taken and some obstacles
tee.
act and the cast has been w orking terested to know ju st w h at th e Im th ere w ill be to overcome. The
The proposals of the T axpayers’
h ard on it for more th an a m onth. provement cost. W ire fence $28.82, ladies left well pleased w ith th eir
league were th a t the budget be re
T he cast of ch a racters includes ¡Gate $4.52, fre ig h t $3.33, team and trip .
' Doris Swayze, May Rogers, Aloha man (Carl Brow nell) @ $1 hour,
duced $156,000. To do th is it
xvould elim inate the office of county
Hammer, H arold W aterm an, P aul ¡$13.50, p u ttin g up fence and seed
Mrs. E d ith Van Deusen called on
agent, county home dem onstration
Stockard, Dewey Payne, F rederick ing $22.00, C arl Brow nell, h au lin g several ladies In U m atilla in behalf
agent, prohibition enforcem ent offic-
: Hesser, Gwyn H ughes and Jam es m anure $4.00, Carl B row nell; lum of reta in in g her position. The
•er an d would reduce m aterially the
j Hall. They have been w orking u nder ber and posts $13.50, labor $22.00, women here are all In favor of her be
appropriations for several other MEETING TUESDAY FULL OF FUN the direction of Mrs. R oberta Gunn nails and staples $2.04, locks for ing continued.
county offices. It would cu rta il the
of the high school faculty.
wood shed and locker $1.50» grass
AND BUSINESS
w ork of th e county library. The
H erb ert Lane who has been driv
T he play is to be given in the aud- seed and Incidentals $15.49, m aking
largest cut would bo in the highw ay
i itorium of th e high school building a to ta l of $130.69. Several men of ing one of th e school busses was a r
budget w here more th an $100,000
at 8 p. m., Friday, December 16. The ¡the city donated w ork as follow s: rested last week for not having prop,
was to be lopped off.
Plans Are Made for Basketball and high school orch estra will play se Mr. Renick, seeded p a rt of th e ground er brakes on his car. P aren ts of the
In stru m en tal
in
lections between the acts of w hich Mr. Nicols donated fertilize r, Mr. children w ere
J. T. Hinkle Speaks
for a Legion Shew; Eats
! there w ill’he three. The tim e of the N ugent donated team and w agon for causing th e a rre st but Mr. Lane won
Theso proposals furnished tho bas
Prove Popular
is for discussion. J. T. H inkle pre
play is in the neighborhood of two several days to haul debris an d move th e case.
! the wood shed, and Mr. Jam es loaned
sented the views of th e T axpayers’
1 hours.
league and several others argued pro
An effo rt Is being made to get tho
Admission w ill be 50 cents to jacks and rollers for moving wood
E v erything in the arm y lim e from adults. The tick et sale commences ¡shed to place. The women are in nam es of all persons burled In the
and con on the questions. Most of the
cemetery. Many
were
deed g ratefu l to these men a3 tho U m atilla
■discussion was on tho county agent "e ats,” to a crap game w as enjoyed imm ediately.
| expense would have beeen much burled there before 1860 and some of
and home dem onstration ag en t of at the American legion m eeting Tues
The cast is as follows:
day evening.
. i Tom C arter .............H arold W aterm an J g reater if they had h ired all of th is th e graves are not m arked. Anyone
fices.
know ing nam es of persons who have
The occasion was the an n u al elec Mrs. Bob G re y ................................. Doris Swayze
done.
It was Mr. ¡Hinkle’s contention
been burled here and whose graves
th a t these jobs were unnecessary, tion of officers b u t th a t was only a Mr. Bob Grey ............... P aul Stockard
The com m ittee on cem etery Im are not m arked will confer a favor
th a t tho taxpayers cannot stund the p art of th e business in hand. A fter Dorothy Landon ............. May Rogers
load and th a t it is th eir sentim ent the boys had shaken dice u n til It Mr. Jam es Landon ........ Dewey Payno provem ent has been very active and by m aking the Inform ation known
th a t the offices be abolished. Tho seemed as if th ey never would stop Mrs. P eter Wycombe -A loha H am m er have made a good sta rt tow ard clean to Mrs. W. R. N ugent.
other side was presented m ainly by the g ath erin g was called to order by Mr. P eter Wycombe ................................ ing up and b eautifying the cemetery.
Baptist Notices
J. P. M cNaught. Fred Bennion, Carl Voyen, re tirin g Commander, and
............................. F rederic H esser On S aturday a call was issued to
Rev. R. V. Ashmun , m inister.
county agent, was present and de plans were m ade for an active post Uncle Tom ....................H ollis Gordon J everyone In tow n to come o ut and a
d uring th e w in ter m onths. E arl Officer Hogan ....................Jam es Hall good m any people responded. The Phone 32, residence first house east
fended the work of his office.
Commercial club sent several men to of lib rary .
A fter considerable discussion a Kingsley, a d ju ta n t of th e post re
Sunday - school 10 o’clock. The
help out. A large num ber of the
vote revealed the sentim ent as a l ported th a t the rifles (a be loaned to
older
school
hoys
alsp
helped.
At
young
m arried folks class Is now
the
boys
by
th
e
governm
ent
w
ill
be
most solid for the retention of these
noon a free h ot lunch was served m eeting in its separate room In tho
offices. No express action was ta k here w ithin a sh o rt tim e and will be
and ow ing to th e kindness of Mrs. basem ent. A dults from 20 to 45 arc
en on the prohibition enforcem ent ■ available for d rills and ceremonies.
Jam es everyone had a w arm place *o cordially Invited.
officer, though mem bers expressed
H arry Kelley Commander
eat, as she allowed everyone to, come
The ju n io r B. Y. P. U. meets in the
themselves as being strongly in fav- . The eleci'on r f ,ffice,s for the en-
into her new house. T here w as a basem ent a t 11 o’clock P aren ts arc
of of the enforcem ent of the law.
i suing year resulted as follows: H ar- COMMUNITY SEES KO REASON
fire b u ilt and everyone rested and urged to let the children atten d thb
Whole Budge'; Approved
: iy Kelley, post com m ander; Raymond
was w arm . About 20 new posts m eeting. Mrs. |W . W. Iilsley and
FOR DEIAY
A general discussion of th e coun i Longhorn, vice com m ander; E arl
were Ret In, all th e tin cans and ru b Mrs. Knox are In charge.
ty budget as a whole followed and a K ingsley, a d ju ta n t: B ernard Main-
bish
picked up and burned and all
Tho senior B. Y. P. U. meets at
vote of endorsem ent of It as it now W'aring, post correspondent and Dr. Cost is Held Small in Comparison
weeds raked and burned. The la d 6:30. topic “ P oints In our pledge wo
stands was given by the members. W. W. Iilsley, post chaplain.
W ith Tourist Trade Being
ies are g ettin g ready to w hite wash are likely to fo rg et.” The young pee
T he club thus w ent on record as op
T here w as some doubt about the
th e posts and th e men are building pie of the church and congregation
Lost to the State
posing th e cuts recommended by the
| la tte r office as th e doctor w anted
gates and stretch in g the w ire and are cordially Invited.
Taxpayers’ league.
to resign, b u t so g reat was his popu
By Alice R. N ugent
p u ttin g in new staples. As soon as
P ray er m eeting every T hursday al
The attendance at Tuesday's m eet la rity th a t his resignation was tu rn -
U m atilla, Ore., Dec. 8— At a meect- all of th is is done the grounds will th e church basem ent All are cord
ing was almost a record breaker and [ ed down w ith only one dissenting
th ere was hardly space in th e Ore vote. The executive com m ittee for ing of the Home Bureau, the women be leveled and seeded and trees (ally Invited.
M orning worship a t 11 o’clock.
gon hotel dinning room to hold them next year will include H arry Kelly, w ent on record as cham pions of the planted.
all. Q uite a num ber of those pres : E arl Kingsley, Raymond Longhorn, W allula Cut-Off. Several good ideas
E very man In tow n Is urged to be LADIES AID TO HOLD COOKED
were expressed, and m any questions
en t wero farm ers.
' Holis Percey and C larence Carson, asked.
present a t th e Cemetery to help
FOOD SALE NEXT SATURDAY
The county budget wilt be discuss i E rnest W aterm an was appointed
We know th a t the expense of con w ith the work. T here w ill be treei
ed and finally adopted a t Pendleton ath letic officer and Floyd Ames ser
The M E. Ladies will hold th eir
stru c tin g th is 27 miles of pavem ent, to be planted, gates to build and
th is coming Saturday. At th a t tim e geant a t arm s.
which would connect U m atilla and w ire to stretch and th e women need Christm as bazaar 'u n d er the su p er
th e objections of the T axpayers’
It was decided to have a legion
help. They w ill appreciate help vision of Mrs. L eathers and Mrs.
league w ill be presented and consid basketball team and to try to sched W allula diiectlp, would besmall In
from as m any men as can convenient W aterm an on Saturday. Dec. 10 at
com
parison
w
ith
the
expense
to
the
ered. Members of the budget com ule gam es w ith outside team s. It is
ly come o ut a t 10 a. m. on Saturday. 2 o'clock p. m. a t the E lectric and
to
u
rists
who
have
to
drive
about
90
m ittee outside of the county court are certain th a t enough m aterial will be
Jack W hite building.
A rchie M cIntyre of Helix, Carl Mc available to m ake a good team p o s miles o ut of th e ir w ry to get over the
T he first card p arty of the w in ter
| same territo ry . W hen to u rists find
N aught of H erm iston and Jam es sible.
The De Marco A lstrup e n te rta in
1 out the round ab o u t th e w ay they series w ill take place on T hursday
S tu rg is of Pendleton.
Mr. Mc
The legion will give an en tcrtalr.-
n ig h t. Dec. 8, at 8 p. m. at Commun ers played to a packed house In the
N aught was present a t the Commerci- I m ent some tim e in Ja n u a ry an d a have to travel to get from W alla W al
ity h all. WhlBt w ill be played. second lyceum num ber W ednesday
al club m eeting but took no p a rt in I com m ittee to m ake the arran g em en ts la to the Columbia H ighw ay.
Many of them take the Yellow Prizes w ill be given and refreshm ents evening. T he program was both
the discussion.
and promote th e affa ir was ap p o in t stone tra il from Pasco over the served. Six ladles will act as hostess song and in stru m en tal.
ed. It is possible th a t th is w ill take m ountains (w hich is definitely m ark es who w ill have full charge of the
the form of a vaudeville show as ed) and do not en ter Oregon a t all, affair. T he ladles in charge are Mrs.
FAMOUS VILLAIN COMING
A Resolution of Endorsement
! there is a g rea t deal of good talen t because Oregon has made it hard and Palu, Mrs. N erton, Mrs. Cherry, Mrs.
W hereas: the ladies of the H er m is.
IN “THE SILENT BARRIER-
am ong the service men of th e com- expensive for them to come in.
Merrick. Mrs. Staqgeby and Mrs. Ben. ton Com m unity club understand
i m untty.
In order to com plete the Coluni- n ett. Everyone Is Invited and a th a t the home dem onstration ag en ts’
Sheldon Lewis, who play.s Mark
office Is ab o u t to be elim inated; and
¡bia highw ay to the sta te line th is good tim e assured.
Many Eligible to Legion
Bower, th e m illionaire speculator
w hereas only 1-19 of a mill of our
span
should
be
built
and
It's
hard
to
Names of all ex-service men living
and rogue in Sir Louis T racy’s "T he
The Home talen t play to be given taxes goes to pay for th is office th ere
u nderstand the a ttitu d e of Pendleton
in
this
d
istric
t
are
being
compiled
S ilent B a rrie r,” coming to th e Play
if she is really an Oiegon booster and by the Home Bureau Is g ettin g on fore be It resolved th a t we do in
House, says he alw ays w anted to be by the post w ith a view to bringing
not merely selfish in her motives. very well and will be ready for pres dorse the work of th is agent and pro
every
m
an
inside
the
local
o
rg
an
i-
a comedian instead of a heavy and
test ag a in st abolishing the women's
We are all n atu ra lly am bitious for en tatio n very soon.
i
zation.
It
is
th
o
u
g
h
t
th
a
t
th
e
re
are
wishes he had been born w ith a com
only source of help In order to reduce
our own locality but when th e con
i
a
t
least
70
men
eligible
to
member-
ic phiz instead of a serious one.
Mrs. N ugent, president of the ih e budget of the county. And be
venience and w elfare of th e to u rist
" I t ’s a queer th in g but tru e ,” re ' ship in H erm iston post.
trav el Is an issue, we can even for Home B ureau gave a ta lk to the It fu rth e r resolved th a t a copy of
At
the
call
of
"Come
and
get
it,”
m arked Mr. Lewis In discussing his
members reg ard in g the im portance of this resolution be sent to the county
go o u r own am bitions.
villainous role in "T he S ilent B ar by mess serg ean t Iilsley and head
We th in k if sta tistics w ere av a il the W allu la Cut-off en d urged every court and be published in the news
cook
Todd
th
e
boys
fell
in
line
and
rie r,” " th a t the man w ho w rites
able show ing ihe am ount of to u rists one to do his utm ost to keep the papers’,.
funny stories or build comedies or got th e coffee, hot dogs, pickles and who go over th e m ountains from m a tte r before th e people.
H erm iston Com munity club
She
farces, in a sad and serious soul to buns th a t the com m issary w ith the
by Mrs. I. E. P utm an, sect
W alla W alla and Spokane to S eattle spoke of a le tte r w ritten by Roy R it-
assistance
of
two
or
ihree
K,
P
.’s
htr. friends. On the o th e r hand, your
Officials
of the Columbia N eigh
ncr
In
the
P
o
rtlan
d
Jo
u
rn
al
and
she
1t
would
be
su
rp
risin
g
an
d
we
fig
u
re
chuckling, jovial chap gives b irth had provided. A lte r the feed there th a t th is traffic had b etter be was authorized to answ er same re borhood club ask th at they he placed
were
arm
y
songs.
Floyd
Ames
fu
r
to th e most blnod-curtling dram a.
fu tin g some of his statem ents.
b ro u g h t to Oregon.
on record as giving th e ir endorse
"In my case I’m handicapped by nished the in stru m en tal music.
Sunday n ig h t, Dec. 4 a crowd of m ent to th e above resolutions.
All the west is new to most of
The
next
m
eeting
w
ill
be
Ja
n
u
ary
n a tv re for th e laugh ing roles, de
them and they will go w hich ever friends called a t th e home of Mrs.
spite the fact th a t I am a merry 3 and an effo rt will be made to have way la easier and most aecesslble. B u rn ett to rem ind h e r of th e an
Mrs. Emma Johnson, Dealer In
every
form
er
service
man
opt.
w ight a t heart. I'm cast in the dark
T his probably is one reason th at W al niversary of her b irth . A very LADIES. MISSES and CHILDRENS
mold th a t Is associated so unreason
la W alla. Spokane and S eattle are pleasant evening was enjoyed. Five- WEARING APPAREL, extends the
ably w ith all the villainy In the
not anxious to see the cut-off built. hundred w as played and delightful seasons greetings, and announces her
Kina'; Progn’i" Planned'
new shipm ent of ladles, mens and
w orld, but ju st the same I’ll always
were
served. The -h ild ren s silk and wool hosiery.
Th e teachers of th e B aptist Run-
The late Phipps-D arnell road bill refreshm ents
he convinced th a t I’d have made a day school spent Tuesday evening In recently passed by congress provides guests tnsludpd Mr. and Mrs. Paultl, In d ies wool and silk mixed hose in
h it in comedy."
shades. G eorgette
and
a m eeting plan n in g lb • " X n u l Can- for In tersta te roads when the h ig h Mr. and Mrs. O uerenger and Mr. popular
| ta ta .” Everyone present was bubbling w ay com missioners shall designate Sa'hbury of P o rtlan d . Mr. and Mrs. Crepe De Chine w aists, pettleoats in
¡T affeta, All Jersey and Jersey with
The an n u a l lib ra ry board dance over w ith Xmar. sp irit and every th in g th e ir first or second in im portance. Llewellyn, Mr. and Mrs. N ugent and cotton or silk top ta ffeta flounce.
F
ifty
per
cent
Is
the
am
ount
the
Minn
G
ladys
N
ugent,
Mr.
Burm
an
pointe
tow
ard
th
e
best
program
ever.
Satin Camisoles and bloomers, knit
will he an event of New Year’s eve.
The affain is held every year for the The program w in be d ifferen t from federal governm ent glvesto such nnd Mr. and Mrs. B u rn ett. A very underw ear also Isrra selection I-adles
highw ays. Can anyone who la un- p leasant evening waa spent and all an a C hildrens Beads.
purpose of raising a part of th e ex any ever seen here.
STYLE-SELECTION AND PRICE
bained and fair,' see a b etter place to extended best wishes for m any h ap TO SUIT ALL RIGHT H ER E IN
penses of th e elty library. Tickets
T here will be a dance at th e city spend our money and a t once.
py re tu rn s of the day.
HERMISTON. Shop early while se
w ill be $1 and will be on sale about
lections are good.
This road la a dire necennfty and
C hristm as eve , Tom
a weeek before th e dance. Mrs. J. auditorium
Mrs. Emma Johnson
Five ladles from th e Echo P aren t-
T. H inkle Is chairm an of the library Marxen. m anager of the b u ilding a n we can seen no good reason for not
(n d bouse east C atholic ch o re !
having th is built.
Teachers association cam« to Uma-
board and Is in charge of the »(fair. nounces. B ilk w ill be out later.
onstration Agent
>
No. 13
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1921
UMATILLA WANTS
CUT-OFF ACTION
ACTION MEANS EARLY WATER
FOR 35,000 MORE ACRES
Money May Be Available by Next
Ju ly ; Project Manager
is Optimistio
The 1923 budget of the U nited
tates as subm itted to congress Mon-
'ay by th e president’s budget com-
nittee carries an item of $467.009
’or the U m atilla project. Of th is
*230,000 is for the construction of
he McKay creek storage dam.
This was ih e good news conveyed
•o the project by the papers of Mon-
lay evening and Tuesday m orning.
The developm ent of th is project,
vhich Includes many thousands of
cres of tillublc soil in Ihe vicinity
>f H erm iston, has been held tir on
account of lack of w ater. About
20,000 acres arc now In cultivation
and th is is a sm all portion of w hat
can be cultivated if more w ater is
made available.
Dam to be Built
To get more w ater the reclam ation
service has proposed to construct an
Immense storage datn on McKay
creek a few m iles back of Pendleton.
T his dam as planned will hold 75,-
000 acre feet of w ater nnd will p ro
vide for th e lrrig a tio n 'o f 35,000 more
acres of land. The building of tho
McKay creek dam is the big th in g
in th is com munity.
T herefor the Joy a t th e ; Inclusion
of the item In Ihe governm ent’s bud
get. People of the project should
hear in mind, however, th a t th is Item
will not take effect u n til next Ju ly
when the fiscal year of 1923 opens.
The budget alhiwod th e project does
not ap propriate money. It m erely
luthorizes the reclam ation service to
use money already in Its funds.
The reclam ation service funds are
received from paym ent of charges
lu e the governm ent, sales of public •
lands and o th er sources. Due to de
pressed economic conditions this fund
has been som ew hat depleted and no
money can come out of It for th e .
project u n til it Is bu ilt up.
According to H. M. Schilling, m an .
ager of the project, ahouit $4,000,000
thould be paid into th is fund by
July 1. Mr. Schilling believes th is
project should begin receiving money
very soon afte r Ju ly 1, though this
's not a certain ty .
Good S tart on McKay Creek
Mr. Schilling says th e $230,000
authorized for McKay creek will
m ake a good sta rt. The site Is ap
praised a t about $100,000. T his will
leave $130,000 for purchase of m a
chinery, establishing camps and m ak
ing a s ta rt on the dam. C ertainly
Mr. Schilling says, it will muke so
much of a s ta rt th a t th e governm ent
would be alm ost certain to p ut it
through. The dam an d the m any
miles of canals will be about a $2,-
000,000 proposition.
Of the rem aining funds alloled to
the project $50.000 Is for m ainten
ance and the rest Is for new co n stru c
tion. Mr. Schilling snys the action
of the budget com mittee Is highly
encouraging. He does not feel th n t
th ere Is any d o u b t,o f tho Item pass
ing congress as he says congress a l
m ost never changes th e recommen
d ations of tho reclam ation service.
Some Delay Expected
W hat he does wish emphasized is
th a t It will take tim e for ihe money
to become available for the work.
T he inclusion of the item for tho
dam and the project] removes alm ost
the last d ifficu lty in the way of tho
construction of the dam and the ad
dition of 35,000 acres to the Uma
tilla project.
BAPTIST LADIES AID TO
1
HOLD FOOD SALE DEC. 24
The B aptist ladles aid will hold
a sale of C hristm as Goodies Ihe day
before Christm as, S aturday, Dec. 24
a t Sappers’ store.
All kinds of good th in g s for C h rist
mas will be displayed Including
fru it cakes, plum puddings, fancy
layer cakes, small cakes and cookies,
tolls, p atties, mince, pum pkin nnd
apple pies, w hipped-cream , salads
and fine homemado randies.
If you cannot atten d the sale
phone 32 anytim e between now and
C hristm as and your order will have
careful atten tio n .
Chas. W ebber was In
S atu rd ay and Sunday,
P#ndl»to$