Bermwtott ïtrralb
VOL. XVI
No. 18
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922
GIVE COURSE
E. P. DODD MAY RUN U. OF FOR 0. TO COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEN LEGION DEFEATS
LEGION COMMANDER ADDRESSES MEMBERS; h BASKETBALL TEAMS
to Get Work a t Eugene
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
VJ. u o to. Lilw«T
" K _______
TO PAY DUES PROMPTLY
FOR LEGISLATURE Secretaries
PLAY PENDLETON
During E aster Vacation
1
..
March 27 to April 1
HERMISTON
MAN
TALKED
OF
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Buddy, you are an Oregon Legion-
H. S. GIRLS EASY W INNERS OVER aire. One of the eleven thousand Ore-
!
gonians who n ot only served th e ir
EIGHTH GRADE
I
country in w ar, b u t are united to
serve it in peace. One of the m illion
i
form er service men who in th ree
!
Ex-Service Men Surprise Crowd W ith sh o rt years have b u ilt up The Ameri
can Legion, of w hich the whole na
Their Speed; Both Teams
tion is proud— w hich means so m uch
i
Play Fast Ball
in the lifo of America today.
j
Pay Dues Now
U niversity of Oregon, Eugene,
1 Jan . 12— A sh o rt course for th e com-
! m ercial club secretaries of th e sta te
« ill be offered by the u n iv ersity dur-
Senator Announces Candidacy for ing E aster vacation front March 27
Re-election; Political Talk
to April 1, according to an announce
m ent by th e school of business ad-
Commences
I m inistration . T he course was given
; for the first tim e la st year and m et
Probabilities are th a t a t least ono w ith such success th a t th e visiting} The American Legion and the high*
Down th ro u g h th e years, The
passed resolutions request- !
H erm iston man will be a candidate secretaries
ing the u niv ersitv to make it an an- 8011001 Blrl® came off ^ c to rio u s in the American Legion w lltg o , carrying its
fo r office in the fall election th is n u a l a ff a ir
tw o
£am es played a t the message of loyalty to God, country
year.
auditorium last F riday evening. The and cmrades. W ill you, who havo
Besides classes in public speaking, ex-service boys defeated th e high helped build up th is g reat organiza-
The man is E. P. Dodd, president
of the Commercial club and prom in- j commerce, journalism , sociology an d school 31 to 19 w hile th e high school ¡tion. continue to support it. Do you
en t real e state man here. He is be- physical education, th e re w ill be a gjr is took th e eig h th graders into 's till believe in The Am erican Legin
Ing m entioned in Pendleton as a num ber of round tab le discussions on camp by a count of 39 to 6.
and w ill you do your p a rt now In
probable candidate for th e Joint legis- topics of p a rtic u la r in te rest and val-
¡paying your dues for 1922, w hich
Both Games Fast
lative seat w hich represents U m atil- !u ® *° the secretaries,
A good crowd was in atten d an ce 3,our post officers m ust collect and
la and Morrow counties.
About 15 secretaries of various act- and there was plenty of excitem ent forw ard by December 31, 1921.
Mr. Dodd Mentioned *
i ive commercial clubs and cham bers
even though n eith er game was close.
Place yourself in the position of
The place has been held the past «7 commerce in th e state, were en- The Legion team astonished th e au- your local post officers. Before the
two years by a Morrow county man, tolled la st year and it is expected a
b u t it is understood he will no t.b e a j m uch la rg e r num ber w ill tak e ad- dlence by its fast play and it was no bells of the New Year ring out, they
discredit to the h igh school to lose face the task of collecting and for-
candidate for re-election, so U m atil- , vantage of th e course th is March.
to such fast opposition.
w arding the N ational and sta te dues
la county politicians feel th a t t h
e
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As was to have been expected t h e ,f ° r 1922 to sta te and n atio n al head-
next legislator should come from this
school team did its best work in the Quarters. This is necessary, in or-
county.
second half when th eir b etter train - <ler th a t the legion’s work may go on
In the “ dope” forecast made by th e
ing condition helped them. T he fin- — th a t the task w hich it has pledged
Pendleton T ribune la st week Mr.
al score was 31 to 19. Of th is the itself to accomplish d u rin g th e com-
Dodd was nam ed as the m an most
Legion gain was alm ost all made in (in S year m ay bo carried out.
likely to ru n for the place. As far
(he first half, the second period be
Members Get A. L. Weekly
as Is know n a t present there is no
ing alm ost even.
No g reat organization can achieve
o th er candidate in th e field for this EQUALITY WITH COMPETITORS
H igh point m an of th e game was I results w ith o u t funds to finance its
office.
Raymond Longhorn of th e Legion work. T here is The A merican Legion
IS SOUGHT
Mr. Dodd has served one term in
team who had 13 to his credit. For Weekly to be published and sent to a
th e legislature, being elected in 1918.
the h igh school Jo h n Haddox made , m illion m em bers; there is the work
He was in two sessions during this
term . W hen questioned about the Discrimination By Railways Big 10 points. H arold W aterm an, who pf the sta te and n atio n al service de-
did fine work in th e firs t half, was p artm en ts, the routine work of sta te
ru m or concerning his candidacy Mr.
Handicap
in Selling Ore
forced to retire on account of in- and national headquarters, the func-
Dodd refused to com mit himself, b u t
gon Grown Hay
ju ries and th is handicapped the tio n ln g of th e N ational Am erican
th e im pression is th a t he m eans to
school boys to some extent.
Commission, th e N ational Executive
run.
Tho
lineups:
com mittee, and many other sta te and
R itner to Run Again
The present system of fre ig h t Legion
H igh School n atio n a* em m ittees, th e expense of
It is early to get any line on polit
W aterm an m atn t a ining sta te and national legion
C.
ical developm ents in the county but rates under Oregon grow ers are com Voyen
Haddox i newa bureaus, and the cost of all the
R. F.
a few' th in g s are know n. Roy R itn er pelled to operate has th e effect of H. Todd
w ill again3 ixT a ca n d id a te' for sta te Placi,lg a ta r,ff u i’° n Oregon
Shotw ell ro u tln e work and innum erable speci-
Longhorn
L. F.
P a r k e r a * exPcnses w hich go w ith th e func-
R. G.
senator. He has already made defi hay sold in eith er Oregon o r W ash H y att
Sm ith ¡tio n ln g of any g reat n ational society.
L. O.
nite announcem ent. I t is probable ington. Ju st exactly why th is con W aterm an
S u bstitutes: Legion, M itttfelsdorf | One of th e biggest tasks for the
th a t he will have no opposition as dition happens to exist is h ard to ex
and H erb ert H all; h igh school, H ane-
his recent course a t th e special ses plain.
Quality is Sought
COMMUNITY CLUB HOLDS
line.
sion appealed so strongly to all his
The m anager of the Oregon Co-qp-
con stituents
Girls Play Well
ANNUAL ELECTION JAN. 3
F ran k Sloan, legislator from S tan- erntive H ay G rowers h as ju st retu rn -
As a cu rta in raiser th e girls game !
ed
from
a
trip
to
P
o
rtlan
d
w
here
field, w ill probably have opposition
was full of th rills. The high school
The last m eeting of th e Community
if he runs again. Pendleton in te r I formal application w as made for an team of course rolled up a big lead s club was held Jan. 3 a t the Hermls-
ests may oppose him on account of equal fre ig h t ta riff on hay shipm ents by good fast play and fine basket ton hotel w here th e ladies gathered
his support of the W allulu cut off, o rig in atin g in Oregon as compared shooting. The grade girls, though for a luncheon. T here w ere 44
according to dope to date. Pendleton w ith those in th e sta te of W ashing outplayed p ut up a h earty fig h t th a t present and it was a very enjoyable
is also ta lk in g about a county com ton. The chairm an of th e A g ricu ltu r. drew applause from spectators. The affair.
m issioner from the county seat to al com m ittee of th e P o rtlan d Cham two h igh school forw ards Lucile Sul-
Mrs. Ashmun delighted th e club
ber of Commerce, th e Oregon Farm livan and Zona Bensel sta rre d re- w ith several songs, Mrs. Kellogg
take the place of Mr. D unning.
So far th e re is plenty of talk but Bureau, th e Bend Commercial club peatedly and to g eth er rolled up a gave us a review on our study of Ore-
o nly a few h ats have been definitely and th e Deschutes County Farm large p a rt of the high school score, gon history, th en th e re w ere two
Bureau and in terested farm ers In The final count was 39 to 6.
throw n Into tho ring.
excellent papers read by Mrs. Phelps
Clatsop and Columbia counties are
Lineups were
and Mrs. Dood. A fter th is program
u n itin g in th e ir effo rts to assist the
E ig h th Grade the business of electing officers for
Oregon Co-operative H ay Growers in H igh School
aught the ensuing year was taken up. The
L. Sullivan
R. F.
N. M cN
cNaught
g ettin g a fa ir rate.
Z. Bensel
L. F.
E. Mikesell follow ing ladies were elected: Presi-
The present rate as It now stands
it, Mrs. Kellogg; vice-president,
D. Swayze
F. Skinner
J. C.
is as follows, given from these key
A. Robinson
s. c.
M. Spencer ¡Mrs. Robb, secretary, Mrs. M cNaught
points, and in effect Ja n u a ry 1st,
O. Campbell trea u re r, Mrs. Sapper.
M. Addleman R. G.
1922.
The next m eeting will be Tuesday
L. G.
E. W oughter
M. N eary
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE
From K ennew ick to P o rtlan d 222
¡Jan 17 a t 3 o'clock a t the library,
S u b stitu te: C lara Hedwall.
! miles, present rate .23.
j the club for th a t afternoon will
TEAMS TO ENTER
From K ennew ick to A storia 322
} m eet u p stairs In library. We hopo
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
■niles, present ra te .24.
for a goodly attendance and each
R. V. A shmun, m inister. Residence lady is asked to b rin g some sugges
First Contest is Expected in Next
From K ennew ick to Aberdeen 382
east of library. Phone 32.
tions for the coming year’s w ork of
i miles, present rate .27% .
Few W eeks; Opponent Not
The reason Roosevelt gives for a t. the club. Tea will bo served.
From
Redmond
to
P
o
rtlan
d
234
Known as Yet
tending church “ He may not hear a
miles, present rate .27.
good sermon a t church. He will
From Redmond to A storia 334 hear a sermon by a good man who,
Should the United S tates m aintain miles, present rate 42% .
w ith his good wife, is engaged all the
a navy equal in stre n g th to th a t of
From Redmond to Aberdeen 413 week In m aking h ard lives a little
any oth er nation? Sounds like a miles, present rate .41% .
easier."
question for statesm en only but the
Boardm an, Ore., Jan . 12— Board-
These are S. P. & S. and N. P.
Sunday school 10 o’clock. Don’t
stu d e n ts of the high school are giv
man high school basketball team
rates.
p
ut
off
sta
rtin
g
to
Sunday
school.
We
ing it a g reat deal of thought.
have classes for all. T his is a good broke even last week end losing to
Relief May Come
Two Teams Picked
A rlington 18-14 on Friday and w in
T his present ra te am ounts to a j tim e to sta rt,
Tho reason Is that its the question
ning from irrig o n 11-7 on S aturday.
for debate in the Oregon sta te league differen tial of >2.90 per ton in favor j The ju n io r B. Y. P. U. meets a t 11
of
Y
akim
a
shippers
In
some
cases,
{o’clock
in
the
basem
ent.
Mrs.
W.
W.
contents. H erm iston w ill be repre
Geo. Mefford and fam ily are re
sented by two teams, an affirm ative w hile com ing around by way of Seat- nisley and Mrs. Knox in charge. The
moving to Lexington, Ore. w here Mr.
tie
they
have
even
a
little
b
etter
rate
children
can
ill
afford
to
be
missing
and a negative. Those developing
Mefford expects to work on the h ig h
th e affirm ative side of the question than this to Aberdeen. Oregon grow- these meetings.
way. This takes Vesta, one of the
ers
ask
noth
in
g
b
u
t
an
equal
show
The senior B. Y. P. U. m eets at
are Doris Swayze, P aul Stockard and
w ith other producers. They feel th a t 6:30, topic, “God in our lives.” The prom ising members of the prim ary
Claude W h itsett.
class from our school and the school
The negative side w ill be presented they have a rig h t to this, and know members are all urged to be present.
nnd com m unity regret the necessity
no
good
reason
why
they
should
be
Im p o rtan t business needs to come up
by Zona Bensel, Grace S kinner and
w hich causes the change.
V ictor Stockard. They will attem pt prevented from selling th e ir own hay a t th is m eeting.
in
th
e
ir
own
state,
a
t
least
on
an
The nursery w ork has begun w ith
to prove th a t this country need not
The class In d airy herd record
m ain tain a navy equal to that of any equal basis w ith o u t-state shippers. several of th e little tots. T his a f
Mr. P ickard, A ssistant G eneral Man fords th e m other opportunity to l»e keeping Is te stin g m 'lk regular,y,
o f the o th e r nations.
The debaters are w orking under ager F reight A gent has promised to in th e m orning worship and a t the the school board having installed t
th e direction of Miss Lucile Redmond give th e m a tte r prom pt considera same tim e th e ir children are in good Simplex tester.
hands.
Ju st when th e first debate w ill be is tion.
The Boardm an cheeso board is In
Mr. P ickard Is quoted as having
M orning w orship a t 11 o’clock.
n ot yet know n, nor is it know n who
th e opposition will be. It is known said th a t th e re was probably enough Miss Beth Beasley will sing a solo at creasing Its output and seems to face
Theme "Unclaimed the necessity of enlargem ent of ca
th a t four high Schools from th is hay in the N orthw est now stacked on th is service.
pacity. The first product is now
county will en ter the contests. These the farm s to take care of al, require H eritage.”
E vening w orship a t 7 :30 T here about ready for m arket and if it can
are P endleton, Stanfield, U m atilla m ents for th e next th ree years,
will be special music. Theme ’Vln- he distrib u ted rapidly enough to keep
and H erm iston. It is probably th a t should no more hay be grown.
The up w ith production success Is assured
d icating Our B irth rig h t.”
th e first contests will be w ith Ums-
■
Miss V iola C randall en tertain ed com m unity Is cordially invited.
tllle and Stnnfield.
P ray er m eeting T hursday evening
At the annual election of the West
a num ber of girl friends T hursday
Two to Speak
U m atilla E xtension Irrig atio n Dl>-
It is th o u g h t th a t th e first contest evening. A p leasant evening was at 7:30.
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trlc t for th e purpose of cho'<sing one
will be announced very soon. As is passed sew ing a fte r w hich a dainty
Care of farm m achinery means dol- director for the t o m of th ree years,
custom ary, each school en terin g the luncheon w as served by the hostess.
league furnishes tw o team s, and a f Those present w ere th e Mrs. Lyle lare and cents In th e farm ers pocket. C. E. Glasgow of Irrigon received the
firm ative and a negative. Two Tilden. Mrs. Jam es Todd, th e Misses Successful Oregon farm ers usually unam loua vote of '.he Boardm an pre-
speakers are allowed each side. The E leanor Caaseriy. Dorothy Ross, keep th e ir m achinery In good condl- elact.
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constructive speeches w ill be J J min Gladys Rudolph. M yrtle Bllvey, F a n . tion and protected from th e w eather, j
—J0. A. C. E xperim ent statio n .
Several of th e fan n e rs are clean-
nie Todd and the hostess.
ute* in length.
FOR PLACE
OREGON HAY GROWERS
HIT BY HIGH RATES
H. S. WILL DEBATE
NAVAL QUESTION
, coming year will be th a t of securing
the enactm ent of the legion Federal BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS TO PLAY
| adjusted com pensation bill in con-
HERF FRIDAY
j gress. W ith the united and m oral
' and financial support of the en tire
' m em bership this can be accomplished.
No Line of Dope is Available on
We are n ot sure of this, If we do not
E ither Team; Contests Start
get the support of all legionaires.
Personal Message Sent
a t 7:30; Admission 20-35
As D epartm ent cofnmander for
Oregon, I am sending th is personal
Message because I feel th a t if tho
The w ild eyed basketball fans of
facts are p u t before you and you H erm iston will be out Friday evening
thoroughly u nderstand tho situ a for th a t is the date of th e double
tion th ere w ill be no h esitatio n on header betw een th is city and Pendle
your p art. You know The Am erican ton here.
Legion is now m aking history. It 19
Both the boys’ and g irls’ team s
recognized nationally and is here to will play. The boys w ill meet the
stay. Its voice is being felt in every Roundup city second team w hile the
com m unity, city and sta te in the g irls will play th e first team. The
nation and in 26 foreign possessions. g, r ,8 gnt
f|n e pvuctlcc froni
Do not p ut off paym ent of dues for th eir game w ith th e eighth grade
1922, pay them now.' Drop in on ono team last F riday evening and are ox_
of the post officers or m ail a check pected to give the visitors a hard
and get squared w ith them and your fight.
post. We, of the departm ent and al
No Dope on Hand
so the n ational officers w ill then
Coach G ralapp's boys are as yet
know w here the organization stands u n tried and no one knows w hat they
and then can make plans according can do. They showed up ra th e r
ly w ith o u t fear of financially ent- w eakly on basket shooting In the
barnssing our g reat organization. And game w ith the American Legion last
by paying prom ptly you will be sure w,ek , but it was th e ir first exlilbi-
to receive every one of th e 52 issues ,ton an d they s),ould do much b etter
of th e A merican Legion W eekly, th is tim e. The Pendleton aggrega-
com menclng w ith th e first issue in tion ia RS much n n,yMtery ns they
1922, of the livest, snappiest w eekly itave done nothing as yet th is year,
on the m ark et today. Each issue
The lineup to s ta rt th e game for
presents featu re stories of doings of Herm iston will probably include:
buddies in th e service, sh o rt item s of (shot well cen ter; W aterm an
and
news from France, special columns j jia n elin e forw ards, Sm ith and Ilad-
describing the w ork in th e various dox guards. Men who are p retty
posts of n atio n al Interest and a joke jau re to have a crack a t th e invaders
column th a t is copied by the leading }arc P ark er, W inslow and Hall,
new spapers and m agazines of tho
Miss Long will probably send the
country.
follow ing girls into th e gam e a t tho
Keep in th e swim. Be a live one. s ta rt: Doris Swayze jum ping center,
W ear th e badge of th e American A rlouine Robinson side center, Mary
Legion. Over th e top for the web- Addleman and
E ldora Kingsley
foot sta te— F irst in beneficial legis guards, Lucilo Sullivan and Zona
lation for our buddies, le t’s make Bensel forw ards. O ther girls who
it first in m em bership in the Union. w ill probably play are M argaret
Your D epartm ent Commander,
N eary and Melba C allahan.
L ane Goodell
Pe There Early
The games will open at 7:30, the
ing up on th e ir hay to sheepmen for early tim e being necessary by the
feeding purposes a t >8 per ton in th e ¡two game schedule. Admission will
stack. A bout 10,000 head of sheep be 20 and 35 cents. The student
are being taken care of on the W est body is going to considerable expense
E xtension. W ith a fair dem and in b rin g in g the two Pendleton teams
for No. 1 hay for shipm ent and the here and should be low ally supported
grow th of feeding and dairy Interests by the town. Remember its F riday
an o th er year should Bee vastly im night, th is week, and come early.
proved conditions for farm ers of this
section.
MRS. DORA RHODES OF HERM
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Goodwin, re
cent bride and groom have returned
from a sh o rt honeymoon in the w est
ern p a rt of the state. They were
accompanied by th e groom 's futher,
W. A. Goodwin, who has been so
journing In P o rtlan d d u rin g the past
•en m onths. He avers th a t Board-
nan su its him better.
The rab b it poisoning cam paign is
being worked o ut system atically in
Morrow county d u rin g the present
favorable w eather. Tho main d if
ficulty is th a t it snows a little every
nig h t and covers up the bait neces-
«R ating daily d istribution of sm all
quantities. A series of drives is be
Ing worked out by County A gent Cal
kins to supplem ent the strychnine.
’
Miss Emma Bunge, county h ealth
nurse for Morrow county during the
past six weeks has been called to
Seattle ow ing to illness in her family.
H er place has been taken by Mrs.
Johnson la st year’s public nurse for
W allowa county who is continuing
Miss B unge’s work a t Irrigon and
Boardman th is week.
The h igh school ath letic assocla-
tion presented a three reel comedy
entitled “ A Duke for a Day” for the
benefit of the treasury.
S. H. Boardm an has been confined
to the house for a few days ow ing
to an attac k of the grippe.
ISTON IS CALLED BY DEATH
Wife
of Well
Known
Garage
Man Succumbs After
,
Long Illness
Mrs. Dora Rhodes, w ife of A rth u r
Rhodes died at St. A nthony’s hospital
Jan. 6, nt 4 a. m. afte r an illness of
about 6 months.
Mrs. Rhodes was 33 years old and,
was born and raised in Pendleton,
Oregon and 2 years ago tliew moved
to Herm iston. She leaves to mourn
her a husband A rth u r Rhodes and
two children, Chester, age 17 and Ida
14 of H erm iston, a father, J. J.
n !lv| H of L ew iston, Idaho, a b ro th e r.
Roy Dnvls of Snow, Idaho, two sisters
Mrs. W. 8. Schw ant of Lewiston and
Mrs O. M. G ray of Kansas City, Mo.
'and a host of friends In Pendleton
an(j H erm iston F uneral services
were held a t Brown and Bradies
Chapel, Jan . 8, Rev. W ann of H erm
iston and Rev. Secure of Pendleton
conducted (ho services.
The fu n eral was largely attended
especially for not living in place
where held. Every seat in the chap
el wns occupied, nnd deep feelings of
regret of her loss and of sym pathy
was m anifest. The choir sang the
songs she herself sang w hile passing
th e g reat divide. She was a teach
er of th e M ethodist Sunday school
and an active member of the Ladies
Aid society and was very en th u sia st-
,c and carn e„t |„ her work,
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KITCHEN SHOWER
Miss W ilm a G llbreth, member of
the senior class of the Boardm an high
school has retu rn ed from a sh o rt
visit at The Dalles.
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Mrs Claire P. H arter and the W.
H. Morgan fam ily have moved to tho
Edmunds place southw est of town.
Mr. Morgan has the co n tract for
hauling m ilk to the chceese factory.
The Ladies of th e M E. Church
will hold a kitchen show er at the
home of Mrs R ena W aterm an, Wed.
afternoon, Jan. 18 a t 2 o’clock. Each
¡person Is expectcr to b rin g sotne-
I th in g to give th e church kitchen.
Also bring a dish towel to hem d a r
lin g the afternoon. All friends of th e
Ladies Aid are Invltedto be present.
The grades of the high school th a t
tnlsned th e ir C hristm as tre a t owing to
the sudden cessation of school on ac
count of th e storm Just before the
holiday vacation are having game to
day.
Sunday school at ,0 o'clock. Morn-
' ing w orship, at 11. Services at *
o ’clock. E pw orth League at 6:39
Last Sunday in the absence of the
pastor Mr. G raham of Columbia oc
cupied th e p u lp it giving m any good
suggestions for the New Year.
METHODIST NOTICE
Mr. C harlie Hill of th e Telephone
Mr. Jones of U m atilla was a
com pany was a H erm iston visitor
H erm isto n visltot th is w eek.
from Pendleton this week.