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VOL. XVII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1922
PERDICT BIG FUTURE
FOR DAIRYING HERE
SPECIALISTS
FROM
BREEDERS’
SCHOOL ADDRESS MEETING
B etter
Quality
Cihrary lettrftt
Sail Nrtu fear a
Niyljt
Rather
Than
crease in Number of Cows is
Aim, Federal Man Says
In
•isiwas Times 5/lontf Ago JERSEY BREEDERS
HEREJEORGANIZED
-K
M a u p in
CHRISTMAS Eve! Torn low the figfib; let
Athwart the curtained windows there, and play along
is time for rest; 'tis tine to prt awa;
i that beset the weary boon of day.
i Christmas Eve! Quick, stir the
And m its ruddy glow
U five again those happy
Of Christinas times of long
PLAN
FOR
YOUNGER
No. 15
D R O PPED
FR O m SARTA’S PACK
HEAVY STORMS MAY
CAUSE HAY FAMINE
STOCK
MANY
TURNING
TO
DAIRYING
THROUGHOUT PROJECT
AS SAFER MARKET
State, County and Government Speci
Short Crop and Early W inter Caus
alists Convene W ith Dairy,
ing Unusual E mand From
men
Here
This Section
“Prosperity follows the dairy
The Hermiston Jersey Breeders'
cow.”
association was reorganised at tha
paths; the old-time friends we’ll med;
This Is a slogan that has been
breeders* school here Tuesday and
adopted by certain dairy organiza
old-time homes i f yooth w e l trip with merry feel
Wednesday. Thls reorganization will
tions and it very well fits the coun
younger and better dairy stock
hand, and heart to heart, w e l tread youth sgold{ ways, mean
try as a whole, according to H. A.
throughout the project, according to
Mathiesen of Salt Lake City, field
County Agent Fred Bennion, who
die joyous hopes we fired ■
man for the dairy division of the
was here conducting the school.
The dock this
United States department of agri
More than a dozen breeders from
culture, who is here addressing the
the project were in attendance at
Breeders' School and who addressed
the school which convened Tuesday
_ tide a
the Commercial <ilub at their regular
In the Methodist church and Wednes
weekly meeting Tuesday noon at the
day made a “junketing” trip to var
i^ f lf f lr is t a a s times of lu g
Oregon Cafe.
ious ranches in the community.
It is not necessarily the aim of
N. C. Jamison, dairy specialist of
And so another Christinas comes. We finger in the gloom
the department to increase the num
O. A. C., was the speaker at the
ber of dairy cows in the various sec
Tuesday morning session. He urged
While ghostly forms of childhood’s friends troop in and fil the room?
tions of the United States, Mr. Math
the breeding of better stock and told
ieson told the club members, but
of the economical value of dairying
eak To memory’s view come visions thick and
rather the effort is to better the
in this section. Dr. B. T. Simms of
we five again the dear days of the past
quality.
the agricultural college explained to
the breeders at the afternoon meet
Time the tide of fife tarns back,
He quoted figures that showed
ing the dangers of infection by con
the relative prosperity of the dairy
And on its ebbing flow
tinued in-breeding. He pointed out
countries and the wheat Countries,
the need of new stock on the project.
We
tide
api W
g e U n lm
_
with the dairy sections well in the
a result of the reorganization,
lead. He declared that practically
Of Gristmas floes r f I s * g e l
'
e ’ S * the As association
will get one or more
everywhere banks showed larger de
young bulls into' this dairy section
posits from dairymen In a dairy sec.
this season, it l8 said by the various
tion than from farmers in sections
members of the organization.
JOY AND MERRIMENT WILL PRE
where other products are foremost.
H.
A.
Mathieson
of
Salt
Lake
City,
Dr. B. T. Simms of the Oregon
VAIL IN HERMISTON
connected with dairy division of the
Agricultural College and N. C. «Jam
department
of
agriculture,
took
an
ison, dairy specialist from the state
active part in the meetings.
college, spoke encouragingly of the
Family Gatherings W ill Hold Spot-
Weir of Hermiston* by Robert Louis
By A. C. Voelker
prospects in this section: Dr. Simms
L ight; Weather Promises
# SHOTWELL HOME SCENE
"The wilderness and the solitary Stevenson.
pointed out the great work that was
OF
DELIGHTFUL
PARTY
being done in combating diseases places shall be glad for them and the
to he Favorable
McNaught F irst Postm aster
among dairy cattle and urged great desert shall rejoice and blossom as
The postoffice was established in
One of the pleasant parties of last
er support and co-operation from the rose.” Isaiah 35, 1.
March 1905 In the office of the Max
week was the one Wednesday even
Christmas, (hat day that every
those Interested in the livestock in
The fulfillment of this prophecy well company with J. F. McNaught ing) at the Shotwell home in honor
dustry.
made about 3500 years ago, has been as postmaster, but later in the year of the birthday anniversary of Ir child In the land looks forward to
Mr. Jamison said that indications brought about by various agencies. was transfered to the store of the win Shotwell. A delightful evening with anticipation, will be here Mon
were that dairying could be carried Men who beheld the barren waste of Hermiston Mercantile Co. where It wa9 spent in dancing and card play day.
For the big majority It will be a
on here with greater economy than desert land, had the vision to see the remained for several years. Messrs. ing. Delicious refreshments were
in many other places where condi cactus and sage brush supplanted by Bland and Donovan organized the served including a big birthday cake day of Joy and merriment, for a very
alfalfa and the rose, the jack rabbit Hermiston Mercantile Co., erected a (decorated with candles. The guestn small ^minority it will perhaps mean
tions are not as favorable.
and
coyote giving way to cattle and store in 1905 and began a general were: Phyllis Dyer, Arloulne Robin sorrow. In Hermiston a cheery Mer
Fred Bennion, county agent, told
the gathering of what the Breeders’ hogs, the modern Rhode Island Red mercantile business. A freight cat son, Mabel Brown, Mary Currie, Mar ry Christmas will prevail.
Family gatherings will hold the
School was attempting to do in the poultry usurping the place of the served as depot until 1907 when the garet Neary, Lucille Sullivan, Ida
spotlight
with sons and daughters,
railroad
company
erected
the
build
sage
hen,
and
great
green
stacks
of
way of bettering the quality of dairy
Rhodes, Melba Callahan, Harold
alfalfa standing where once stood ing which is still In use but which Waterman, Gwyn Hughes, Arthur whq have taken up their abode In
stock in this community.
other places, home with the folks
hag become inadequate to the pres
Following the various addresses, only deep dunes of shining sand.
Rubner, Chester Rhodes, Lawrence for ChriBtmas.
ent
needs.
The
Bank
of
Hermiston
resolutions were adopted by the
It is only through years of bone
Winslow and Dan Winesett.
If the buying at the stores is any
Commercial club promising their sup breaking toil that the checker board waB established in 1906 by F. B.
indication, there will be many pres
port to the plan to ask the legisla of canals and ditches have been Swayze and was nationalized in 1908 SCHOOLS WILL HAVE
ents exchanged. They report a vol
ture to pass an appropriation for the built that turned the living waters of as the First National Bank of Herm
TWO-WEEKS VACATION ume of business.
work of carrying on the fight against the Umatilla and made the desert of iston. This institution has weather
Weather conditions promise to be
cattle diseases in the state.
the Hermiston project blossom not as ed the financial storing of the years • A two-weeks vacation is here for
a rose, but a» acre upon acre of sun and has tided many a hard pressed teachers and pupils of the Hermis favorable. The snow is melting fast
caressed orchards and verdant alfal. rancher and business man over a crls. ton schools. Classes will be dismiss and tunshine Is the forecast.
MASONS ELECT AND
ed Friday afternoon and will not
With school closed there are
is.
INSTALL OFFICERS fa fields. And this desert, which is no
In 190^ Congress passed the Recla take up again until January 8, 1923. plans for several entertainments
longer a desert, is dear to those who
Many of the Instructors are plan during the holiday period. Probably
Election and installation of of had the vision to see beneath the mation Act appropriating all mon
ficers of Hermiston lodge No. 138, A. crust of shifting sands, its great and eys received from the sale of public ning trips out of town during the the most consptclous of these will
lands In certain states, excepting the holiday. Parties and entertainments be the Library Ball New Years night
F. & A. M. was held on Tuesday generous heart.
will be In order among the students. at the Auditorium. Among the
evening, December 5.
The fortunes of Hermiston are 5 per cent set aside for educational
special numbers on the program
The following officers were install closely interwoven with, and cannot purposes, to be used In the examin
that has been arranged is the ap
Announces
Ad
Omissions
ation
and
survey,
for
the
construc
ed:
be separated from those of the sur-
The
editorial
staff
of
the
High
pearance
of Miss Melba Calahan in
Frank C. Woughter, W. M.: H. M. ' rounding country, for the prosperity tion and maintenance of Irrigation
Schilling. R. W.: O. G. Sapper, J. W.; | of the town depends on the success works, for storage, diversion and de School Mirror wishes to announce the “Bluebird” dance.
At the churches special services
A. W. Agnew, secretary; F. B. I of the ranchers who are developing velopment of waters for the reclama that through, an error the ads of
. Swayze, treasurer; W. A. Leathers, the country and making the region tion of arid and semi-arld lands. W. J. Warner and Dr. R. G. Gale will be held Christmas Eve.
Hermiston is going to have a
S. D. ; W. W. Felthouse, J. D.; O. O. inhabitable.
Oregon Is one of the states affected were omitted from the Christmas
“
Merry
Christmas.”
Edition
of
the
Mirror.
by this act.
Felthouse, S. S.; I. E. Putman. J. S.;
Sprague First Settler
J. N. Smith, tylêr; F. P. Adams,
The
Umatilla
project,
one
of
the
In 1900, two years before Congress
❖ ♦♦❖ ♦♦♦♦❖ ♦♦<9<9<9«9<94>4-
Methodist Church N otes
Chaplin.
■ passed the Reclamation Act, an Eng- two government projects in Oregon,
Sunday school at 10 o’clock.
♦
♦
lies
In
the
basin
of
the
Columbia
_
. ,
..
. . , , lishman. L. S. J. Spargur, filled on
Morning worship at 11 o’clock. ♦ IRRIGON SCHOOL AND TOWN
Royal Arch Chapter No. 40 elect-
. . , i_ .u
'
„
.
i water rights in the Umatilla river rlver?_190 miles east of Portland in Christmas sermon by the pastor.
♦
NEWS
♦
ed the following officers Wednesday,
. . .
under state laws with the intention latitude 46, longitude 119. The na Special music. Epworth League at ♦
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ture
of
the
soil
and
the
evidences
of
December
•
of irrigating the Hermiston valley
6:45. Christmas program at 8
August F. Beisse, High Priest: L.
.
s
... • _ _ ...
...
and creating a stock ranch. He ac- sea life show that the region was Each Sunday school teacher is re
Brownell, King: F. C. Woughter,
Only three more days to Christ
qulred title to about 1100 acres, but submerged until the Columbia river sponsible for the class on Sunday
Scribe; S. C. Lochrle, Capt. of Host;
on acount of his wife’s poor health cut through the Cascades and drain evening, Christinas Eve, and a good mas and Christmas morning will
Carl Voyen, Principal Sojourner; P.
abandoned the project. D. C. Brown ed tho area. The annual rainfall is program is being arranged with plen find many little heads busy over
Norquist, Royal Arch Capt.; A. L.
ell, now of Umatilla, secured an op only 9 Inches. Insufficient to produce ty of good music. It Is expected that many toys; pretty colored toys
Pran, secretary: T. D. Worster,
tion to buy Mr. Spargur’s Interests crops for human sustenance and the the church will be well filled with play an important part but only
treas.; Christ Seitz, Master 1st rail;
a short time. Christmas trees, can
with water right, and later sold his barren waste wad of no value to man good cheer all around.
Jack Smith, Master "2nd rail; E. J.
dy and playthings— and a Santa
option to W. H. Skinner, L. W. Furn except that In the early spring sheep
Kingsley, Master 3rd rail; A. G. as and others.
Claus, too—that’s Christmas to the
were pastured on the bunch grass
B u lletin for Dairymen
Johnson, sentinal.
children. The Joy they get front it
which flourished as a result of the
In the spring of 1904, J. F. Mc-
The Oregon Agricultural College deepens the spirit of the day, adds
wmter moisture.
Naught and G. L. Rankin bought all
has Just issued a Bulletin on Con
realism to the fact that It is more
Surveys Made
tagious Abortion prepared by Dr. blessed to give than receive. The
♦
♦ the original Spargur holdings with
Under director of the Reclamation
♦ ANNUAL LIBRARY BALL
* a view of building an irrigation Service, F. H. Newell and Engineer Simms and Prof. Miller ot the col community will have a real oppor
ANNOUNCED; “ MIDNIGHT
♦ system and furnishing flood water J. T. Whistler, eurveys were made In lege staff and is perhaps ths only tunity to have the spirit of Christ
MATINEE" SURPRISE * from the Umatilla river to future set 1903-4 In Oregon, which showed that like bulletin issued either by fed mas reflected In the two programs
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« tlers Later. Mr. McNaught secured
eral or state authority. Copies of which they will have the good for
it was impracticable to reclaim this
Topping the social calendar <• the interests of Mr. Rankin and or land by the waters of the Snake or he Bulletin may be obtained by In tune to henr this year. The parents
♦ for the season will be the Libra- •> ganized the Maxwell Land and Irri the Columbia rivers, but that some of terested dairymen by addressing will have the pleasure on Friday eve
♦ ry Ball New Years night at the ♦ gation Co. wlilch purchased from the the area could be watered by divert County Agent Fred Bennion at Pen- ning to see the children in dialogues
♦ Auditorium. This annual affair ♦ Merchant’s National Bank of Port ing and storing water from the Uma 1 die ton, Oregon.
pantomines, songs and drills. In the
♦ that is sponsored each year by ❖ land about 8000 acres of what was tilla river. A reservoir site was locat
program which the school will put
♦ the Library Board, promises ♦ known aa Northern Pacific lands.
W ill Serve New Year’i Dinner
on in the school auditorium at that
ed In a natural depression In T2 N
The M. E. Ladies Aid will serve time. The church Is also preparing
♦ to surpass any achievement of ❖
The first ground was broken or Rs24 and 25 E. In September 1904
♦ past seasons.
♦ 'eage brush grubbed' In August 1904, the United States government notifl- , a big New Year's dinner at the for a <Aod entertainment and Christ-
♦
Elaborate plans have been ♦ when Mr. McNaught came with his ed the Oregon state engineer that the church parlors on Monday, Janu ma, tree on Saturday evening.
♦ made for the affair and the ❖ engineers and crew. The first build United States Intended to utilize all ary 1st. 1923.
♦ headlight of the evening, ac- «■ ing was an office of the company. unappropriated waters of the Umatil
Everybody comet Dinner will
Miss Carrie Skells was called to
♦ cording to the present arrange- ♦ which was followed by a warehouse la. December 27, 1904 the board of start promptly at 1 p. m.
Portland Friday night upon receiv
♦ meats, will be the “Midnight ♦ and several entail residents. Owing engineers recommended In their an
ing word that her grandfather had
♦ Matinee.” You perhaps will ♦ to the .fact that the railroad had a nual report that authority be given
Baptist Church Notes
passed away afer a brief illness.
♦ get many a surprise at Christ*
Sunday school 10 a. m.
pasetng track here, called Maxwell's for the construction of the reservoirs
She remained with her parents over
♦ mas, but they will be aa nothing
aiding an official of the railroad and canals. In 1905 Congress appro
Morning worship 11 a. m.
the week-end and returned home on
♦ in comparison with the stir- ♦ company, the new organization was
Theme ’The Nativity of Christ.”
priated *1.000.000 for the construc
Monday.
j
♦ prise that is In store for you at ♦ given the name Maxwell Land and tion of what was to be known as the
Christmas program 7:30 p. m.
♦ the "Midnight Matinee."
«■ Irrigation Co. and It was the inten
Come and bring your friends.
Umatilla Irrigation Project.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beavert of
♦
Aa Invitation Is extended to ♦ tion <n name the town Maxwell, hot
Rev. W. W Davis, pastor.
In 1905 the government purchased
Stanfield visited at ths home of J.
♦ everyone by the Library Board ❖ the application was refused by the from the Maxwell Co. Its canal sys
♦ which consists of Mrs. J. T. Hin- ♦ Poet off ire department for there was tem and all its water rights for *15,.
Don’t forget the gift meeting of D. Beavert, Saturday and Sunday.
♦ hie, Mrs. Erva Kingsley. George ♦ , Maxwell poet office in another part 000 In cash and paid up water rights the Neighborhood club at the Co
♦ Paterson. F. C. Woughter and ♦ ot the state. Tha name Hermiston on 300 acres of land, and assumed lumbia school house Wednesday,
Ralph and Ouy Beneflel are visit
ing at their homes this week before
♦ H. M. Schilling.
♦ was suggested by Mrs. McNamee, the obligations of the Maxwell Co. to December 27.
♦
♦ wife of one of the members of ths
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ company who had just rand 'The
Merry Christmas
(Continued on page four)
(Continued on Page two)
By L. A. Hunt
Manager Hay Growers Ass’n.
The heavy losses suffered by hay
growers during the last two year»
have caused many to plow up large
areas of their fields and a large
number of others to turn to dairying
in an endeavor to provide a safer
marketing for their product. The re-
Isult is a very heavy shrinkage in the
hay production available tor ex
port.
During the last few months the
greater part of the hay has been
bought by feeders and dealers, and
at the present time only a compara
tively small amount is in the hands
of the grower. The very short crop
of hay. combined with the early
winter In western Oregon and Wash
ington is creating an unusually heavy
demand from this section.
The result is that prices are jump
ing in a manner that will certainly
compel stock men to turn to corn or
some other substitute for hay. It Is
¡clear to anyone familiar with the
general situation that there is not
sufficient hay to take care of the de.
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♦ , mand, and other forage must be sub-
♦ POST OFFICE OPEN
♦ i stituted.
♦
PART TIME SUNDAY
♦
Hay is now selling at *20 per ton
<■
AND CHRISTMAS DAY ♦ f. o. b. cors in nearly all Oregon hay
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« ¡production districts, with little avali-
<•
Postmaster C. H. Skinner an- «9 j able supply. Prices in the Yakima
♦ nounces that the post office will «9 valley are rapidly approaching this
♦ be open until 11 o’clock Sun- ❖ figure, and If the present severe
<• day morning and until noon on ❖ weather should continue, it is likely
<• Christmas day to accomodate ❖ to work some hardship upon live
♦ those who wish to get their ❖ stock owners. The only apparent so
<9 mall or to send packages.
<9 lution is tho substitution of other
<•
<9 feeds.
ALL NATIONS TO OBSERVE
CHRISTMAS NEXT MONDATI
PIONEER HISTORY OF •
HERMISTON IS COLORFUL
I
t
*
*
RITNER GRANTS AMANN
CONDITIONAL PARDON
NEWS GLEANED ABOUT
THE TOWN
♦
*
Roy W. RItner, governor in ths
* absence ot Governor Olcott, has
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4
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Mrs. A. S. Johnson will spend the
holidays with relatives in Portland
and Eugene.
Mrs. A. A. "White was a visitor In
Pendleton over the week-end.
A. W. Agnew was one of the in
terested dairymen attending the
Breeders' School.
About 15 of the dairymen went
out to C. M. Jackson's and Roy
Sullvan's Wednesday morning on a
tour. More than 20 made up the
party on the afternoon trip out in-
o the Columbia district.
granted -a conditional pardon to K.
C. Amann on the strength of a pe
tition freely signed by Umatilla
county citizens. He says that a con
dition in the pardon is that Amann
reimburse the couty for its loss by
paying at least *26 a month. Un
less theso payments are made he
may be returned to the penitentiary.
Amann thinks he can pay off a con
siderable part of the sum at once and
make larger payments than *25 a
month.
Amann was sentenced to serve five
years In the state penitentiary in the
Umatilla county circuit court on
October 19, 1921, just 14 months
ago yesterday. The charge on which
he was sentenced was forgery of an
endorsement.
The Sunbeam Rebekah Lodge No.
180 of Hermiston put on the de COUNTY TAXES TO BE
gree work at Echo Tuesday night.
SMALLER NEXT YEAR
Forty-one from here attended the
Umatilla county will have to raise
gathering.
less taxes for the state of Oregon In
Dr. M. S. Kern of Pendleton was 1923 by almost *34,000 under what
s business visitor in Hermiston was paid this year, according to the
apportionment made by the state
Wednesday.
tax commissioner to the county.
The portion Umatilla will have to
E. P. Dodd and E. E. Brown went
raise for state purposes thlB coming
to Portland Wednesday night on a
year is *414,817.12, according; to
business trip.
the commissioner. During 1922 the
county paid the state *448,817.1*.
Carpenters are, at work erecting
This decrease will be of considerable
the derrick at the well of the North
eastern Oregon Oil Exploration benefit to the purses of taxpayers.
Company on the George Root place. County Clerk Brown believes.
Work is expected to be completed
Not the least of the deposed sul
today. Drilling will be resumed as
soon as the derrick Is finished. The tan's troubles, one surmises, are the
impending suits for non-suport.—
well is down now about 7 5 feet.
Norfolk Virginia-Pilot.
Miss Lillian LIttler, former Herm
Merry Christmas
iston resident, will be a visitor In
the city over the holidays. Miss LIt
tler Is teaching at Astoria.
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♦
♦
George Bancroft, local apalrist, ♦ FIRE DESTROYES BARN
♦
shipped a ease of honey to California ♦
AND OTHER PROPERTY
♦
last Thursday. More and more Is ♦
AT SMITH PALMER'S ♦
Oregon honey coming to the fore. 4
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♦
Especially Is this evinced by the fact ❖
Fire Tuesday night destroy- ♦
thnt California Is one of the greatest 4 ed the barn and other holdings 4
honey producing states In the union ♦ of Smith Palmer five miles ♦
and Hermiston honey Is being sent 4 north of Hermiston resulting 4
4 In a loss estimated at several ♦
there.
4 thousand dollars.
♦
The E. H. Mackley house on Gladys ♦
Some 30 or 40 tons of hay, ♦
avenue, formerly the Burkendlne ♦ his silo, barn, some machinery ♦
place, was sold ibis week to Jens ♦ and other small buildings were ♦
Skovbo. J. M. Biggs, local realtor, ♦ burned. All the livestock, which ♦
handled the deal. Mr. Skovbo Is plan ♦ Included several head of cat- ♦
ning to remodel the house.
♦ tin and horses that were la the ♦
♦ barn, were lost In the confla- ♦
Others at the Round-Up city from ♦ gratlnn. Origin of the fire la ♦
here were Mrs. J. F. Bllderbsck and ♦ not known. It ie reported that ♦
Mis« Ada Soneson.
♦
♦ there was no Insurance.
■9 Mr. Palmer is a well known ♦
A 10(4 pound baby was born last ♦ rancher of this community, ♦
Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. ♦ having been here many years. ♦
Crocker. Both Mrs. Crocker and the ♦ He had one of the best equip- ♦
boy are doing nicely. Mr. Crocker ♦ ped places on the project.
♦
Is connected with the reclamation ♦
♦
service here.
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