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
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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
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| ,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 |
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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- |
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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 .
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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’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
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