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Stye Wrmwfcm lïmtlà VOL. XV II PROSPECTS OF OIL ENCOURAGING HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1923 SIZE OF GARDER CROPS DEPENDS UPON MARKETS Too Great Aoerage Means W aste and Low Prices. There are Three Outlets for Surplus HERMISTON TO HAVE $15,000 GAS PLANT PROPOSED WORK ON UMATILLA PROJECT W hat is Contemplated for the Fiscal Tear of 1924 by United States Reclamation Service LOCAL WELL IS DRILLED TO A GOPHERS ON THE PROJECT MUST DIE GROWTH OF DISEASE IS IN CREASING AT ALARMING RATE Oregon Agricultural College to Com bat Infectious Abortion Among Cattle fl.» No. 22 WARNER RETURNS FROM CONFERENCE “Plans for gardens should be made B uilt W ith View to Give W est End of The following is taken from the COLUMBIA FARM BUREAU PASS FIFTEEN PROJECTS WERE REP To those dairy farmers who failed at this time since the gardener has Department of the Interior U. S. Re FOR PLANT SITE TNESDAY ES SENTENCE RESENTED AT MEETING to avail themselves of the opportun more available time to consider care- clamation Service bulletin, “Pro ity to hear the talk given by Prof. i.ully what crops he is going to pro- posed Work on Reclamation Projects D. T. Simms, in Hermiston, recently. Every Strata Reached Reveals Pos- d“ c? th,a “ mlng 8eason and t0 what During Fiscal Year 1924." The fls extent each will be grown,” says A. B u li W ith View to Give W est End of cal year referred to ends June 30, Damage Done by These Rodents When thia brief article may prove of some Object of Conference Wag to Obtain sibility of O il; Samples on Ex- Interest. G. Bouquet, head of vegetable gar County Better Service; Three 1924: Computed in Dollars and Cents an Extension of Time W ithin dening at O. A. C. Proposed Appropriation.— For op ibition at Company Office Of the diseases known as infectious Tanks to be Erected is Appaling Which to Make Payments If the garden is a commercial one, eration and maintenance, continua or contagious diseases of farm ani f R w sNi!'?< —— • the selection of crops to be grown and tion of construction and Incidental mals, the one of most vital Interest The Farm Bureau and Commercial to Hermiston and vicinity at the Reports from the Northeastern the acreage apportioned to each On last Tuesday morning the operations, 9900,000. should be carefully planned before At the conference of representa Storage System, 9750.000.— This elub unite in campaign. Ag announc present time. Is contagious abortion Oregon Oil Exploration Co. well near Standard Oil Co. broke ground for tives from the various Government jhis city are very encouraging to actual decision is made. Too great the erection of a plant in this city. contemplates commencing construc ed in last week’s issue the gopher Hog Cholery, as Is well known, has Reclamation Projects held at Salt tion of storage works for the McKay must die. The Columbia Farm Bureau ward the bringing of a well. Last acreage of vegetables is often heed A Mr. Kuntson and Davis who are Monday they had reached a depth of lessly planted, without forethought in charge of building operations Reservoir. It is expected that the has passed sentence and the edict its remedy and, if prompt action be Lake City, January 29 to 30 there as to where the crops will be sold. right of way may be purchased dur has gone forth from the County taken, can quickly be eradicated. Be were representatives from 15 pro 150 feet. The strata through which Vegetable growers have three pos predicted that the buildings would be ing the fiscal year 1923, and the Agent’s office; no parole need be ex cause of the menace to human beings jects or units, W. J, Warner secre they are at present drilling accord sible markets for their produde, and ready for occupancy in about six we have laws for control and preven tary of the Hermiston Irrigation ing to reports from those in charge should realize this before planting weeks or two months. The site de funds provided in this estimate will pected. The Commercial club has be used to purchase equipment and abolished the pardon board and farm tion of the spread of tuberculosis district represented that district and of operations, show symptoms of oil. heavily to vegetable crops. These cided upon for the plant is just be among dairy cattle. But as we have the West Extension Irrigation dis Samples of the formation now en- are local markets, canneries and de- low the stockyards west of the Co to begin actual construction work ers are preparing to enforce the or on the dam. no state law relating to abortion trict. About 30 men from the projects der of the court. countered were placed on exhibition hydrators, and shipping markets lumbia highway. Distributing System, 9110.000.— among cattle, tnis disease resolves attended. The pocket gopher has become a at the oil company’s office, where ¡Produce is usually sent to the shipp- Three tanks with a capacity of The estimate includes 960,000 for real menace. The damage done by itself into purely economic question The main object of the conference they were examined by scores of peo- | ng niarkets only when communities 19,500 gallons will be installed. the enlargement and lining of Canal these rodents when computed In dol with each individual or community. wa8 to obtain an extension of time pie from different sections of Uma- grow a vegetable in carload lots. The buildings will comprise a A under supplemental construction; lars and cents Is really appalling. tilla county. _ _______________ Infectious abortion is so inslduous within which to make water pay warehouse 32X40; an office and a this work should be completed as Garden, berry lots, alfalfa fields and in lt8 manner of spreading that the ments. Three resolutions were adopt The fact that an oil company with j "THE ROUGH WRITERS GO WEST” garage. soon as practicable in order to facil Irrigation ditches are each season dairy farmer, only too frequently, ed of importance to our project. First headquarters in New York City and DESCRIBES TRIP TO PENDLETON itate operation, reduce seepage losses The company is building with a raided. Each year the damage in falls to realize the seriousness of its Congress was urged to pass the Bor operating extensive oil fields In Tex- I George Pa,mer Putnan]> the we„ . and to provide for the development of as and Oklahoma have for sometime known New York Publl8her contr,b. view of giving the west end of the additional lands. The estimate also creases. The farmers have decided appearance in his herd until a ma ah bill now pending which provides county better service. disp ayed unusual interests in the utea a humorous article the ,ast provides 935,000 for betterments to to call a halt. Every one Is urged jority of his cows have become affect that the time for payment of the Hermiston will no doubt be used the distribution system on the east to talk and keep talking, "Go-For ed. and he finds himself face to face construction charge shall be 40 years local fields, proves that the people of ’ iafjUe of , he Un|on Paclf,c Mag from date of public notice. Second. with heavy financial loss. Hermiston and vicinity are not alone a7lne entltIed ..The Rough Wr|t. as a distributing point for towns division under supplemental cori* Gopher Week.” The “Zero hour” is six o’clock, struction, as provided in the contract Frequently a cow may abort one Congress was asked for some kind in their belief of the possibility of era Go West describing a recent in the west end. with the Hermiston Irrigation dis a. m. February 11 and the attack is or more times, after which she will of temporary relief from the charges • trip to the Pendleton, Oregon, Round- trict dated May 31, 1921. On the to continue without intermission un appear to freshen normally again. now due on most of the projects. Doubling for Cupid The above mentioned company has Up, of a party of authors which in- west division 915,000 is required to til sunset February 18. Be ready. This has led to the wide spread and 1 hird. Legislation was recontended at present numerous leases in this eluded George S. Chappell, better A few days ago an enterprising It has been conclusively demon construct pipe lines and concreting erroneous belief that cows become providing for the payment of the gen vicinity and contemplate the sink known as “Dr. Walter E. Traprock”, citizen Informed us that there were strated that the most effective amu- eral Reclamation Expenses stlch as immune, after aborting once or twice ing of a well in this territory some, explorer, Charles Hanson Towne, number of bachelors and unmar laterals to improve and extend the nltion is poison and a good supply is water service. This work is contem and are therefore valuable cows to the maintenance of the Washington time in the spring. They have at novelist and poet, Wallace Irwin, ried women (notice we use the term available at the office of the Oregon retain. and Denver offices and of the general various times employed geologists to author and humorist, Ruth Hale, of unmarried women instead of old plated In the contract with the west Treasury instead of being charged to Co-operative Hay Growers. The pois extension irrigation district of April Investigate the structure of the field critic, Walter Trumbull of the New maids for self preservation) on the 6, 1920. While an occasional cow, under the project as at present. on has been put up in packages suf Evidently the reports that these York Herald, Hubbard Hutchinson project and suggested that The Her Operation and Maintenance, 910,- ficient to prepare one quart of bait. sanitary conditions, may dispel the Mr. Warner reports that conditions men turned in sanctioned the exten novelist, John Held, illustrator, ald inaugurate a matrimonal agency 000.— Funds are required for the The most tempting bait has been abortion germ and effect a complete on practically all the projects repre sive development which the company Frederick O’Brien, famous for his ttiergiru of which would be the bring operation and maintenance of the found to be carrots or parsnips; these recovery, ten chances to one, any in the future has planned. It is se lf-! South Sea stories, and Charles Well ing together of these lonely men and storage works, including the Cold should be cut Into small pieces about aborter will continue to be a menace sented at the conference are much worse than o n lh e Umatilla project. evident that they believe it to be a ington Furlong. F. R. G. S„ author women In an endeavor to have them Springs Reservoir, the feed canal and 1-2 Inch square and from 1-2 to 3-4 to the herd, and though she may not In general prices of farm products virgin field, for a company of this of “Let ’Er Buck.” hitch double and navigate life’s rap the distribution systems of the east inches long. In preparing the bait do abort at some future time, she will on the other projects have been low caliber are not inclined to sink mon The above named magazine also ids in the same canoe. and west divisions. Of the amount not mix more than you expect to put still be the means of disseminating er and market conditions worse. ey in a hole unless there is a good published a couple of poems, one If such a plan was put into execu. stated, 928,000 will be applied to the out in the next 24 hours. To locate the disease. One cannot afford to Most all of the projects have accum prospect of returns. from the pen of Walter Trumbull tion we have visions of ourselves operation and maintenance of the the main runway of the gopher take the chances, unless it Is proven ulated charges due. which they are Recently The Herald received a let entitled “The Pendleton Round-Up’ laid out In the front parlor with a east division and 912,000 for the which Is usually off to one side of that the cow has completely recover unable to pay and relief for them Is ter from a gentleman in Fort Wayne, Wallace Irwin, author and humoriBt little white lily on our manly chest. west division, a total irrigable area the dirt mound, a sharpened pitch- ed. As the only means of knowing Imperative. Indiana. He stated in the letter that is- responsible for the muse "Oregon While a choir of mixed voices would of 24,420 acres. fork handle or better still a Bin all the truth Is by the blood test, the Few of the projects are under the he had heard favorable reports con Or Bust.” Below we copy the two warble ‘‘Shall We Gather At the McKay Reservoir figures on con Iron rod is very convenient. When average veterinary is not so equipped River”. struction cost are labor 9413,- located an opening only large enough as to be of any material assistance. district irrigation and those which cerning Hermiston oil operations and poems: are not are asking for a voice in the wished additional information. In No doubt during their “sparking 000, equipment, materials and sup- to insert one or two pieces of bait The Pendleton Round-Up The persistant report that the only expenditure of maintenance and lies 9313,000, or a total of 9750,000. quiries of this nature demonstrate By Walter Trumbull days” they would think of us as cup- should be made and after placing the material losB from an aborting cow other funds which we already have. that parts of the country have been Joe Bush can throw a curve. id. You know what we mean by bait the hole should then be clos !» the loss of the calf. Is entirely mis The spirit of co-operation In evi apprised of our activities in the quest Puss W ants a CorneT But cowboys, we are here ’’sparking.” She looks Into your eyes ed with a small stone or clod being leading. The loss in production dur Somo of the residents of Hermis careful to get as little dirt as pos ing that lactation period Is seldom dence at this conference is encourag for oil. To shout he never saw the day and says: “Will my great big manly ing and It Is believed that great ad That he could throw a steer. It is alleged that so far the pre Ilurcules always love his Jelly-roll?” ton were no doubt reminede of that sible into the hole. less thun 40 per cent— a loss which vantages to the projects will result old game of childhood, "puss wants dictions of the geologists, a8 to the He cannot throw, we say again, Of course you are fustrated and feel The County Agent, Fred Bennlon, eliminates the profits and leaven the ’from it. Like ropers whom we’ve seen different strata formations that as loose as a jelly-fish so before you a corner,” while indulging In the in will be on the project and make a farmer to contribute his labor gratis. would be found before oil would be In Pendleton, where men are men, think you answer "uh-huh.” Yes, door sport of house moving last week. series of demonstrations In the var It Is quite generally known now A Bad and Unsafe Crossing The following are reported to have ious neighborhoods on the 13 and And every girl a queen. brought in has been fulfilled. during this time we would be ace- that no cure has so far been discover left old quarters and taken up new: We crossed three thousand miles of hlgh. But after the knot had been tied- It has been suggested that some 15 of the month at places to be des ed for Infectious abortion in cattle. Hermiston and vicinity are wait trail and some night he navigated home W. L. Hamm, moved into Cressy ignated later. One demonstration will The only method of eradication Is thing be done to eliminate the dang ing with unabatgd interest further Upon a sporting quest, in the "wee’ small hours of the morn house; Enos Martin moved to house be held at the 8. H. Barnard ranch through Isolation. Prior to the dis er which at present is prevalent at development in connection with the And we’re repaid— we dlda’t fail ing after inhaling a few quaffs of vacated by Mr. Hamm, P. B. Slscel near Pumpkin Center, at 2 p. m. covery of the blood test for detect the crossing where the Columbia field here. To find It in the West. some friends home brew, then we as will occupy house vacated by Martin. Sunday afternoon, February 11. ing the disease, the dairyman was Highway crosses the railroad track You’ve ridden, roped and bulldogged match-maker would have about as Dr. Beleteski, a veterinary of Wasco, The poison will be easy to apply handicapped, for there was no meth into Hermiston. HINTS TO SHIPPERS steers, much chance as a Republican candi Oregon, will live In the house recent, and will cost 30c per package; two od of knowing whether any particu We believe that some act!.'»« should ON CAR ECONOMY ly the residence of P. B. SlRcel, R. L. packages for 65c; or three for 80c. We’ve watched you at the same; date in South Carolina. lar cow wan infected until it was be taken that would lessen tnc dang- Cook moved to house vacated by Come early and avoid the rush. We have acted as God-father to an too late to prevent the spread of the ei of the crossing which under pres, To stimulate efficiency in use of Our throats are husky from our Raymond Longhorn who hag gone to cheers— Remember the date, February 11 disease. However there Is not that ent conditions is nothing more or Infant who was being baptized; we freight cars and thus increase the Enterprise, Oregon,' at which place to 18, and don’t forget to “Go-For By God, you play the game! have dressed up in a soup and fish excuse today. With the O. A. C. co lesg than a death-trap. supply of cars available to ship he has purchased a confectionery the Gophers.” suit and stood up as best man for a operating and offering free testing pers the railway companies are co T housands of tourists every year Oregon Or Bust Btore. Jack Smith will occupy the friend who was loosing his liberties, the dairy farmer should avail him travel through Hermiston ovor the operating with the Car Service Di By Wallace Irwin house vacated by Cook. self of the opportunity to “clean up” Columbia highway and ever one of Unearths Dynamite vision of the American Railway As I’ve strayed so long from the breeey but when it comes to girding our When moving had progressed this loins with a piece of cheese-cloth and sociation in providing shippers with West While digging post-holes last his herd and help eradicate this, the them are compelled to pass over this far they quit and called It a week. taking in our hands a bow and arrow suggestions as to loading, ordering To live in the stuffy East, Saturday on his father’s ranch near greatest menace to the success of the suicidal crossing where the bony Ml 4. unloading cars. The main point That a yearning bubbles under«my to be shot at some Innocent and hap hand of death Is ever waiting to roach Hermiston, Donald Lee, the 13 year dairy industry. P etitions for Well py heart, aw, folks, nix, nix. of the circular is brought out in the The practice of selling Infected out and claim a victim. vest Jim Hoskins of Stanfield is circu old son of Dan Lee, struck a hard deadline— "Do Not Wase Transporta, History Informs us that nations Like a bucket of rising yeast. lating a petition which will be sent substance which he believed to be cows to ones neighbors without first tion.” Geo. Biggs returned to Hermiston to the Oregon legislature asking a a rock. Further Investigation dis appraising the purchaser of the fact have fallen; kings have been de With a longing strange for the cat Wednesday morning after a business loan of 910,000 to qomplete an artes closed 14 sticks of dynamite which Is reprehensible almost beyond be- throned and millions of lives saert- Shippers and receivers of freight tle range are urged to load carg to full carry And a look at a long-horned steer. trip to the valley. ian well, the drilling of which is now had at some previous time been burled lief. But since It appears that this Is !fice<l becaUse of procrastination, ing capacity, to specify "carloads” I’m Just as wild as a German child frequently done the only safe pract- W,len ,s ,he t,mo for action? Shall in progress at Stanfield. upon the ranch. when buying other than less car load For its regular glass of beer. The Baptist Ladles Aid will hold a Mr. Lee Is unable to furnish a so ice to follow is never to purchase a ' 1,6 wben the wheels of a locomot- shipments instead of fixing quantities H. A. Hooker of Columbia dis- lution as to how the dynamite came cow unless she ha8 been tested and !lve cru»he» out the life of an indlvld- Silver tea at the home of Mrs. E. P. can show a clean record. ) ual WHI ,ho lifeless and mangled as governed by traffic minimums and So pack, boys! Follow the sun! Illsley Thursday, February 15. trlct visited In Echo Monday. In be burled upon his land. Bulletin No. 192 on Infectious D I-!J’° rn? ° f perhap8 » fr'end or relative set rate prices, and to unload cars Sure, I’d mortgage my teeth to go promply. senses of Cattle, by Prof. B. T. Simms , the mean8 of 8PurlaK us to action? To the Pendletonian, of the Oregon Agricultural College. L* “S nOt rona<’le ourselves with In loading cars, shippers are asked Oregonian to load the day cars are placed and is free and any farmer who fail« to | tho,,Kht ,hat for Years wo have Annual Round-Up show. to load to cubical or 10 per cent receive a copy may obtain one by Prorra",ln“ted and been lucky, for above marked capacity. writing to Oregon Agricultural Col-1 Procra8tlnat|on lB but a synonym for As a boy I looked through the mount WAV DACH. HOW HAPPY A 5KOVÜ FALL In ordering cars, shippers are re ain gaps. lege, Corvallis, or by applying to the Rorrow‘ WOULD make you ANP Excepting a spur at Celilo, which quested to state size desired, quanti Under the Rocky’s snows. undersigned. 1 Is very seldom used, this crossing ties to be loaded, destination and Where the cowboys rode in their J. H. Reid. route. ( _____ ¡“t Hermiston is the only one be- Shaggy chaps | tween this city and Portland where By unloading cars the day received Over the wide plateaus. E ntertains W ith Radio an overhead crossing is not provided; equipment Is released and demurrage I’ve moved since then to a different The radio at Sappers was trans- wblle here there In not even a bell chagges are avoided. This can be ken fered by wire to the lobby of i h e |t0 warn the public of approaching done by taking men from other work And the only herds I see Oregon hotel where a concert was trains. temporarily, by employing additional Are the pavement-tramping tribes Human life cannot be computed given last Monday night. A number men and by unloading at night and of men, of Invited guests were present and in dollars and cents. Let’s get busy on Sunday. Agents or yardmasters Millions and more like me. entertained with programs broad- and alleviate the danger before In should be notified immediately when unloading is completed. anted from Los Angeles, San Fran nocent blood In upon our bands. So pack, boys! Follow the sun! cisco and Portland. To prevent delay, bills of lading Join the Westward Ho Bhould contain complete and definite For the Pendletonian, ♦ ♦ information concerning the ship-1 Oregonian Property Owners Petition Council ♦ NEWS GLEANED ABOUT ♦ mewte So far as possible unnecessary | Annual Round-Up show, A petition signed by he property ♦ THE TOWN ♦ trade practices, such as permitting owners on Hurlburt avenue prompt ♦ ♦ inspection on delivery, constant use My breath Is short and my waist is ed the city council to create Improve, A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A ♦ of order, notify or bank draft con wide. msnt District No. 8. The district Mrs. Earl Abbot, of this city, spent signments, and unnecessary recon- And a tenderfoot's ways I’ve don comprise,, Hurlburt avenue from the the week-end Ith her parents, Mr. rtgaments, should be avoided. For- ned. right-of-way of the O. W. R. A N. and Mrs. W. B. Hinkle of Pilot Rock. eign ears should be sent to or in the Have I forgotten the Orest Divide Ry. Co. eastward to the Intersection rtractlnn of he owning line, while And the slope of the sun beyond? of Fourth street. The district will be Gordon Rhotwell was a visitor In owned by the line serving the I am a man of another age— .graded, graveled and curb construct Echo Wednesday. t should be used, as far as And where Is the boy I knew ed. Irf filling orders for delivery Who camped in the starlight, sle p t' J. H. Gnbbell of Echo was a Herm ■ta on that railroad. in the sage iston visitor Tuesday. And sang with the bucknroo? Speaks »o Stanfield Meeting - Tfee Neighborhood club of the Co- E. P. Dodd and O. C. Young were L. M. Smith departed Monday lambla district will meet Wednesday. So pack, boys! Follow the sun! speakers before a meeting In Stan night for Portland on a business Febma y 14 at the home of Mrs West will be Wert, I know, field Wedneeday night, at which mission. Frank Fowler. An Interesting pro In the Pendletonian, ■preliminary steps ware aken towards gram has been arranged. AH members Oregonian organising the Stanfield Irrigation L. M. Smith returned Tuesday are urged to be present. ; Annual Round-Up »how. District. from • trip to Portland. DEBTH OF 180 FEET —
