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Bratistat HERMISTON DAIRY AND HOG SHOW Friday and Saturday, Oct. I aad 7 Ova» »1100 la Pruriuou VOL. XVII HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1922 PENDLETON A U SET FOR 13THR0ÜND-UP WINNERS OF 'Ai. THE TRUTH PAYS SAYS THIS Local M AN Man Explores Interi0! W atermelon and Tells This Story of FIRE DESTROYES SOMMERER HOME reception held for HERMISTON TEACHERS Parent’Teacher Association Sponsors of E ntertainm ent at School Auditorium HERMISTON GROWERS WILL SHIP APPLES CHAMPIONSHIPS No. 2 OPEN SEASON ON PHEASANTS PROBABLY UNCHANGED October 15 to October 31 Are the Dates as Given in Oregon Game Laws For 1922-23 $1100 IN PRIZES GIVEN AT SHOW Perhaps another should tell this VALUABLE COLLECTION BOOKS The Hermiston Parent-Teacher as CROP ESTIMATED BETWEEN 12 tetory, but nevertheless I tell It. Just The open hunting season for game FIRST DAIRY AND HOG SHOW sociation tendered the teachers of the BURN WITH OTHER CONTENTS district No. 2 comprises all comities ____ __ 188 a reward for general truthfulness AND 15 CARS HELD IN TENT school a reception at the high school east of the sumit of the Cascade , as recognized by a watermelon grow. auditorium last Friday evening. mountains on pheasants and quail, is Race Horses, Bucking Bronks and er near Herml8t°n. the writer was While the attendance was not what j as follows: presented with a watermelon which Fire Occured Sunday E vening; House Cattle E xhibit to be Best Ever Held it should have been owing to the Auditorium Leased for Packing P lant W ild Steers Are Better This was rolled off of a truck by three Chinese pheasants and quail— and Furnishings T °tal Loss; various other attractions of the eve Eastern Market is Overstocked at Local Show; Hogs W ill Also Year Than Ever Bef°re October 15 to October 31. both dates husky men and manovered Into his ning, the auditorium was comfort Cause of Fire Unknown Geo. Briggs to be in Charge inclusive. Bug limit, 5 of such bird« domicile through the largest door, Take Leading Part ably filled. Mrs. J. K. Sbotwell pre j After kindly thanking the gentlyman ______ | ,n any one day, or 10 in seven con- sided over the meeting. Mrs. Geo. ¡secutive days; provided, that not Pendleon Is ready to stage Its 13th , whose face could just be seen on the Fire at the H. M. Sommerer ranch H. Root In her address of welcome annual Round-Up, September 21, 22 other side of the melon, the problem It is estimated now that there will n,or® ">an 2 female Chinese pheas- The building of an annual fair ln stressed the point of cooperation of and 23. ¡was naturally presented as to the Sunday night shortly after 7 o’clock be from 12 to 15 cars of apples ship- an,b may be killed in seven consecu- community is perhaps about comPIetely destroyed the dwelling A thousand banners flutter In the 1 be8t means of gaining access to the clear September air; in the Round- delicious interior. After some effort house together with all the contents. Up stables wild steers, fleet race ,a crosscut saw was located and soon The fire was d'scovered shortly after horses and bucking bronks are await- j tb® juicy interior was exposed to starting but It burned so rapidly There is a big crop this year In 1,1 specifying quail this applies the praise of th that nothing could be gotten out. ing the events of track and arena; ¡view. the east and at the present time the ° nIy to ">« Bob White variety and generations. As we see the fair build« the Indians have pitched their tepees i Tb® neighbors were invited to Join Mrs. Sommerer was away at the leta Robinson ”a“n 7 a ^ a Y s e i T I ? market “ ° ver8tocked’' lntIudo ,be California or ings of the Hermiston Dairy and Hog Arleta « bv Miss Eml.vnt : i w V^,a ,p8± C J Gr er~ ^ reP° rt8 la8t Sh° W' " bard on the Round-Up grounds; cowboys in the festivities of the hour, in fact time and Mr. Sommerer was at the tion by Miss Emily Shotwell. Punch '«howe'd a productlon o( 21 ra,„ lon and cowgirls are gathered and have tb® f®ast extended over several days, barn. Passing autoists stopped but stricjlons and bag limit apply to (he sledding the early promoters of the was served at the close of the meet- bushels, whlie , hia year.s crop quail to pllt,,.„anta. entered the lists. ¡After securing the delectable meat could give no assistance. institution had. Perhaps It would be ing. placed at 33 million. Among the sons and daughters of which could be gained from the out- A valuable collection of books, es iuteresting to note some of the d f- the range who are here for the show ‘ side, a boy was placed within the timated by Mr. Sommerer at from UMATILLA COUNTY SUNDAY The Hermiston Auditorium has STROHM'S BARROWS TOP firulties which were overcome. are Yakima Canutt and Hugh Strick- >nelon to carve and hand out the re $500 to $600 were burned. The only been leased by the association for a PENDLETON PORK MARKET When the fair was instituted the SCHOOL CONVENTION AT HELIX packing plant. About one car load | ______ land, holders of world championship 1 lnainder. The rind was thoroughly article salvaged from the wreck was Umatilla project was In the early can be stored here at a time for ship records in the bucking contests; Dar- dried and will be used as a shelter a diamond ring belonging to Mrs. stage of development. The sage brush Friday's East Oregonian W ill Be Held October 20-22; Many ment. Geo. Briggs will have the busi rell Cannon, acclaimed all-round j ^or *b® dog during the winter, Sommerer. An insurance of $750 was 1 That Umatilla county can produce sandy plain then showed compara Noted Speakers to be on champion cowboy last year; Tommy j Moral: It pays to tell the truth. ness management of the association curried on the house and contents. ; hogs as good as the best has been tively little change from its natural the Program this year. Grimes, champion steer roper; Leor- | -------■------------------ condition There were few of the trees The Sommerer family are occupy . A ... ,, , . several at the W. Prann Is building a storage proved Liveil(ock 8bow times nnd th(j pr Pacific J "« which later became a protection ena Trickey, world’s champion cow- . THE INFLUENCE OF TOURIST ing the A. N. Matthews house adjoin The annual Sunday school conven warehouse that will take care of , , . . / girl and winner of the McAlpin tro. I TRAfEL ON FUTURE BUSINESS ing for the present. ning carload of fat hog's there this against the winds which upon occa tion of Umatilla county will be held phy, Donna Card Glover, Mabie De- , ' his crop on his property on the west winter wl„ not bay„ any e„ge Qn a sion rolled tile sand from the newly this year at Helix October 20-22 Long Strickland, Vera McGinnis, the “There have been more visitors to equipment, supplies and products of The program will begin Friday eve ’ 4xYo f ^ Y w it l r wln be lot of 91 which was unloaded here d®v«lop«d laad ‘at° the town. There clever girl rider, and scores of other the P»®««® Northwest this summer tbe go,,, and otber thinga , hat would 1 ,h concret® floor and this morn|ng by , he pendicton Pack w®«’® no macadam roads, and practl- ning with a China Pheasant banquet. “ ... . 8t°raSe SPaC6 f° r 4000 10 mg and Provision com^Jty ac "r^ automobile»; so the people performers who will, with the superb both by ral1 aad by automobile and 1 not bave been purcbased but for tbe Each Sunday school will be entitled livestock selected by the Round-Up by steamship than in any previous ' establish/ ent of these camps, and Ing to Bert Whitman, president of ploc®®d®d 'he fa'r under dlfflcult- to one delegate for every ten members association, act as co-stars in the year ” 8a|d Herbert Cuthbert, execu. j but for tbe increase ln lhe tQUrj8t ' I tho company, I®8, The prospectl of getting a dls- of the school. Many of the best speak TELEPHONE COMPANY MAK- j Thfi rBrlnn, bI . . . Play of stock and the products of the great out-door drama. j ' ive secretary, Pacific Northwest ■ travel. This is one of the great ben- ers will be on hand to address the ING MANYJMPROVEMENTS Y X ^ o lX ® One of the new features this year Tourist Association. “Just how many entiJ of tbe tourlat busi neS8 wnlch soil was slight In comparison to the convention and there will be special will be the announcement of events people have been here I do not know has been overiooked by tbe people of present. music at every servioe. This is the ___ i « .. P t t n f T rl/-» 11 .1 __ _____ ar ar For the past few months large Strobm’ Hermiston breeder. The and winners by means of . a radio j V y® ^’ r but I do know, from „ all the re- this Pacifii Northwest. * The first fair was held in tents on 27th annual convention to be held In crew8 of men have been working ov- P‘*S. ,8lx ni0," hs old a"d they (hp magnavox. Three of these have been ' portB tbat hav® com® to nie from var- corner where the Electric L'ght “The point I want to make, how the county. Delegates will be enter inatalled and will enable every person I *ous sections of Oregon, Washington ever," said Cuthbert, “Is not that er the lines of the Pacific Telephone weighed just a fraction under 200 and Power off'ce now is situated. tained on tho Harvard plan (bed and pounds. Every one in the lot Is a from grandstand to the remotest cor- and British Columbia, that these peo- the benefits derived from the tourist company in this vicinity. This has Bags were filled with sand and the breakfast) the other meals can be included new wires and cross arms and ‘he 0o"‘P“ny do®8 "°t I tents anchored to the bags Unon ner of the bleachers, to hear all an- p*e bav® be®n of a better class than business are solely in catering to the nounecments. jln paBt years. There has been a great- visitor while he is here, nor in his obtained at the hotel at reasonable rates. on the river route leading through thlH ye^ , WhltmTJ X e A ^ 0 I **CaSl° n the h*»" WOUld 8hlft and the Among the special trains which er tendency on the part of automobile expenditure with our stores, auto Cold Springs to Walla Walla. Im- _ 1 ; promoters of the fair would get out provemeuts are now contemplated on ■ bo bogR are c,,rn fed> al,d ‘>10 and b()Id tho ropPa wh„e the v,3l(ora will visit the Round-Up are the fol- tourl8ta to patronize hotels and rest- mobile dealers, garages, etc,, but in SPECIAL TRAIN FOR the line between Echo and Hermis- Strohm method of feeding results in looked a, the producU. Nevertheless lowing: The Portland 1925 Special to [ aurant8, and tbey bave sp«nt their the employment of capital and labor EXPOSITION BOOSTERS ton and Pendleton, where the pres- * ‘ n,8b ,bat mak®8 <b® Packers w„ arp , <)ld (hero wag goo(J A p arrive Thursday; the Oregon Journal money more freely.. jn new transportation enterprises, e n n in e s are inadequate for the Top pr*c“ waa pald for tb® and the fair was well attended, and T. P. A. Specials to arrive Fri- ! "lB 8om® of ,he cit,es 1 bay® visit- In new building operations for hotels ‘ot’ Mr’ Strobn>8 reputation as a v,8,tor8 wa8 8UrprIeed tQ flnd The state-wide campaign to gain greatly increased business. day, and the Spokane Special to ar- ed the b'lsin®8« men have frankly and camps, and other accomodation rive Saturday. j stated that they did not know how at new o’r existing resorts, and In the approval of the 1925 exposition mea F. Zimmerman, field engineer for re® er nnd fe«d®r has grown to HUch dlsptay ln a new country The Leading all parades will be Queen they would bave tided over the sum- increased business which is given to sure will be on the ballot at the the telephone company has complet- SUCh an„ eX,*!int , tkat be ma,ketH fail was held at this point two years, The nMt ,ocatlon was the Tuni. A. November election' got under way ed his work In this vicinity and left pra®tl®»Jly all of his good gilts for Thelma Thompson. Sho will wear a : mer months, had it not been for this manufacturers.’’ with full steam Monday when an Tuesday for Bend where he will con-| bre.edlng Purposes. The barrows Lun, yard , , ero ,he b()ard hnd tp re cowgirl costume of white fringed tourist travel. And it is only to aa- and gilts that are undesirable for elaborately equipped special train tlnue his work. buckskin and will ride a black horse. ! 8Ume tbat the benefits have been move the wood from the yards for breeders are sold to be put over the R es°lution of Condolence with 125 exposition envoys started With her also in cowgirl costume and ^ust as great to the larger cities, ai. tlie event, a tent was erected for Go°d Demand for Pigs butchers block. mounted on white horses, will be her i ,bouFb. of course, naturally they We desire to express our heartfelt for Eastern Oregon for an > 50 mile the show of products and the sheds maids, Miss Jean Skene, of Portland, have been le88 noticeable. It is a lit- sympathy for our esteemed brother,- till). The train left Portland at mid During the past week George bope ,he tlme wl11 conl® wben were used for the stock. Once or twice Miss Jessie Drumheller of Walla Wal- | t,e early yet to estimate how much Wm. G. Fritts, during his bereave night. Strohm reports the sale of consider- our ®o,T1Pany *'B1 be able to buy the show was staged in the rear of After the train has returned from able breeding stock. Among the al) tbe bogs we need riBbt here in the large brick building on the west la and Miss Alladeen Scroggins of money bas be®n spent in the aggre- ment caused by the death of his Eastern Oregon.” Mr. Whitman stat. side. La Grande. Each member of the gate by visitors, yet, I think it is father. Vineyard Lodge No. 206, I. this trip plans will be formulated sales are the following: for trips into other sections of the quintet of attractive maids is an safe to say that it is between 45 and O. O. F.. Twenty gilts and boar to Harold ed tbls morn,nS- “The quality of Some five years ago the proposition 50 million dollars. accomplished horsewoman. J. S. West, Paul Miller, B. J. Nation state. The 1925 special, as it is called Mason, of Hay Creek near Ione, one bogs f®d as Mr. Strohn» feeds can of getting a permanent location was In response to the query as to what is equipped with electrical decora boar to Walter Botkin, one young no‘ b,! Unproved on by feeders from agitated nnd as a result the stock Committee. other benefits the Pacific Northwest tive equipment for night travel as boar to Eber Mossle, one spring boar any o,hcr locality, and wo want the sheds were built and later the hog STOMACH OF MURDERED received from’ these visitors, other well as a gay color scheme of purple to Chas. Johnson of Pendleton and time to come when wo can Hiipply shed was added. So the show has MAN SHOWS NO POISON than the cash revenue, Mr. Cuthbert Neighb°rhood Club Meeting and white for day time. The train 15 spring gilts to G. R. Robinson our demand with Oregon bred and 1 grown, and there is every reason to Columbia Neighborhood Club will will be used from now until Novem of Hermiston. made some very interesting state fed bogs- The success which Mr. bel eve that there will be greater No added light on the cause of ments. Ho pointed out that the tour meet Sept. 27 with Mrs. Otto Heinl. ber for 1925 exposition caravans. The pigs are all of the Duroc- Btrohm has had Is proving a sti- growth In the future. Every Individ- depth of the unidentified stranger is t was responsible for the high class Bring your favorite recipes also be On Its present trip the special will Jersey breed and it would seem uiulus to other breeders, nnd much ual on the project should be inter- whose body was found 11 miles west naturo of some of our transportation prepared for sewing. go aB far east as Baker and Joseph from the number and amount of iuicrcet is beln^ displayed ln pork eftted tn making the fair of October of Pendleton about four weeks since facilities. He pointed to the ferry returning by way of Pendleton for a sales the demand for pigs is on the Produetion. <j and 7 a -„(j, Buccess. The board has been secured as a result of the service between Uctorls, Seattle, Methodist Church— Sunday school one day stop for the Round-Up. Lit increase. Whitman and Strohm were guests spends much time In looking after analysis of the stomach contents. The and Vancouver. 10 a. m., .sermon by pastor at 11, erature explaining that the exposi of Col. J. F. McNaught a{ his hog , h « business and endeavors each analysis results were received today In winter these splendid steam subject, ‘‘Answering the Cali," spec tion will advertise the undeveloped ranch near Hermiston yesterday. The year to make the fair one of the big HERMISTON GROWERS EXHIBIT by District Attorney R. I. Keator. No ships have often carried as low as ial music. A socal committee are resources of Oregon and give this AT GRAIN AND HAY SHOW colonel has 37 sows which have Just events. Shall we leave this work en. poison or alchol traces were found in between 60 and 70 passengers. Any planning a general reception for a state benefits that cannot be gained lecently farrowed. The pig crop tlreiy to the board? Every indivldu- the stomach, according to the report one knows that if that were the nor week from this Friday. unless outside people and capital is Hermiston producers are repre from tho 37 head totals 307 pigs. ai mny niake blmHelf a memher of received by the district atorney. mal travel, they could not be main interested will be scattered along the sented at the hay and grain show The hogs nre Duroc-Jerseys, the , ho hoard In spirit and In work and The report leaves the case in about tained on the run for two months. entire route of the train. which is,b e in g held at Pendleton same breed which has Strohm for w th such a combination working our Sweet Potatoes Do W ell Here the same status is has been the offi It is the tourist in summer that The support of Eastern Oregon this week. In addition to the Hay a booster. Colonel McNaught pur- falr may bo fllade ()ne of , be beHt cials declare, and hope for finding a swells the business to Ruch an extent W. F. Buckner, who lives about will be sought, the committee In chased his foundation! stock from , the state. solution of the mystery surrounding as to make it possible to maintain one mile north of Hermiston has had charge of the train explained, in be. Grower« association which has an Strohm. ThlH year we have a wonderful the man's death is made remote All this high service the year round, be very good success this year in raising half of the measure that the state exhibit of baled hay, the C. S. Mc -------------------------- opportunity The dairy herds have Naught company has an exhibit of efforts to identify the body so far cause it is no unusual thing for each sweet potatoes. Saturday he was In must approve in order to permit b®®» Increased to a point where there have been unavailing, although every steamship to carry from 7 to 9 hun town and exhibited two that weighed "Portland to tax itself for the expo their products consisting of baled COMMUNITY CLUB and chopped alfalfa, and alfalfa PLAN LYCEUM COURSE ' much to H®,ect from : many ba»« effort has been made by the officials dred passengers a single trip in the one pound and a quarter, and one sition. gone Into the hog business and a trip meal. The Hermiston District furn to find who the n.an was. summer. pound respectively. He set out about ished four cars of hay for the con After Summer Vacation Club Takes "trough the project will d «close Numerous clews were followed but The tourist travel In the future is 600 plants this spring. His crop he Mrs. Millie Deck and daughter, many fine hogs. The posslbll’llea Up Work; M eeting Held at every one evaporated into thin air f.'oing to improve many other lines estimates roughly will go six to eight Margaret and Ethel Kennings spent st ruction of the huge hay palace for a fine agricultural display are which houses the exhibits. The when a careful examination was « f transportation and to cause other hundred poflnds. Library and Good Attendance Monday in Pendleton. Immense. There will be $1100 In show continues all through this week. made. The body was positively ident transportation enterprises to be start prizes Instead of $850 as mentioned ified ag that of Walter Scott, to be ed. Take, for instance, the Anacortes After a summer vacation the Com last week. disproved when Scott turned up on Ferry which was inaugurated this munity club took up Its regular work a ranch near Helix where he was, year. It was an experiment with noth ; Tuesday afternoon at a meeting at; Goes to Convention working. Many other suggested ident- ing to show what its prospects were, tbe library. There was a very enjoy lfieations proved eroneous when ret and yet all who are familiar with Geo. Sale and family left Wednes able program after which a reception atlves or friends viewed tho body of I the result know that It has been so to visitors and new members was day morning for a trip east They the man at the coroner's office. ¡successful as to very largely increase held. Dainty refreshments wert ser will visit at Burns and Fredonia. Circulars were sent out with a rec- the number of automobilists that ved. A list of the members o t the Kansas, the homes of Mr. and Mrs ord of the dental work done on the j have visited Vancouver Island, in various committees will be furnished Sale’s parents, loiter Mr. Sale will man’s teeth, together with pictures Tact, the City ot Victoria claims a go to' Detroit, Mieh., where he will next week. taken of him after the body was benefit of not less than $250,000 to A com m ittee was a p p o tile d Io co attend the national convcnt’on of found, but so far nothing tending to Its business men through its opera operate with the Lyceum course board ,he * “lJ“ ®nw,ee of. Way clear up the mystery has been receiv tion, and it has been a profitable in the course for the coming winter Io which he was elected a delegate ed. venture for those engaged in it. The first number of the course will to represent this district. They ex In the future we will ilnd In the be given on October 25th. Five num. pect to be away about a month. Pacific Northwest that a large W orking For a Record tiers will be given during the winter. During his absence Lloyd Leyhart W. A. Ford, the poultry man from ; amo«nt oi local capital will be In- The Cluh has had In mind for some of Mission will take hkl place as Umatilla has a Tancred stock white ; ves,ed ln n®w transportation routes, time the building of a community seel Inn foreman and will occupy the leghorn hen which he thinks may be , e,,her by automobile, by train, or by house and now has a fund for that section house. They expect to be a World beater in the mak ng. The ferry And tb*8 »Pens up all the proe purpose. All the profits from the gone a month. hen in question has laid 261 eggs P*®*8 f°r new capital that can be Lyceum course will go to this fund up to eke present time In a year’s ®mp'oy®d in catering to the tourist whether eventually used for that Tourist Travel Keeps Up test. This Is her tenth month and she travel- Due perhaps to the Round-Up purpose or another of public benefit. has still <0 days more to go. It Is j “I ,ound ” » '< Mr Cuthbert, in The course this year promises to th're nre a great many cars passing said that the world’s record ie 209 v,8lting Portland ln June last, that be an excellent one It was secured on through Hermiston and Wednesday egg„ in 36S[ days. Thus it will be Mr’ Sa,n Lancaater, one of Oregon’s a flat basis so that all prof’ts will be 260 passed through before noon, a seen that she has very good chances leadln* who was the engin- kept locally. count being kept by a local man. to better the record. oi the great Columbia River There will he popular prices this ____ _ ’Ughway had opened up three most year, the stage lighting and the Spiels! Communications of Queen beautifully located, elegantly equip acoustics of the theatre will be great Esther Chapter O. E. 8. next Tuesday Dock Season Opened Saturday ped camps for tourists where there ly Improved through the kindness of n gh t. Mrs. Therese M. Castner, The duck season opened Saturday were no hotels. One of them Is on its management, and a most popular Worthy Grand Matron of O. E. 8. of last and will continue open up to ' the Columbia River Highway, one.I end enjoyable course in anticipated Oregon will make her official visit and including December 31. The believe at Lost Lake, and I forget The community club intends to put Members are urged to be present. ducks are not as plentiful as in form where tbe other one is, but the point 1 on a play tv,me time in November. er years, and sportsmen taking part 1 Visiting Stars welcome. Is, that this is a new employment for Degrees, fly order W. M. ~ !'rhrX>,'n* Wer" ,,C,, c,p ,ta’ 11 ” pyoy'd'"g • new business The Baptist Aid Society will meet w numerous as In former year,. enterprise for Mr. Lanearter. It is at the home of Mrs. George Elliott Cecil Porter and wife, of Metolius, employing a largo aambor of people, Thursday, Sept 28. Oregon, known to a number of peo Prank Ralph wae a Pendleton via. but above all* It la purchaaing large ple on the project were Herm'stoq por Sunday |R9(| auppl ee of fur<ure* «* beds, camp Sheriff Houser was In town today, flsttors Ttics day. TO COMPETE AGAIN ( j ' m T The Worm 1 ten
