ülhe Wrmtaiott Wralfc
ASK PLACE IN BERRY
GROWERS ASSOCIATION
No. 37
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. MAY 24. 1923
VOL. XVII
OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR
PARENT-TEACHER ASS’N
HAY GROWERS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Mrs. A. . Voelker, of Helix, was
chosen president of the Parent-
Teacher asociation council of Uma
tilla county at a meeting Saturday
WOULD CREATE MARKET FOR afternoon in the library room at Pen H. B. REES IS ELECTED AS A
DIRECTOR
STRAWBERRIES
dleton.
Mrs. F. C. McKenzie of Hermiston,
was elected second vice-president.
Vote of Thanks is Given the Officers
Milton and Freewater Have Per
Four divisional district repre
For the Management of Affairs
fected Organization Asking Mer
sentatives were elected. Mrs. Harry
During the Past Year
chants of Pendleton and Walla
Straw also of this city was made
Walla to Buy Umetilla
district representativa for the third
County Berries
division.
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The annual meeting of the Oregon
There will be two regular meetings , Cooperatie Hay Growers was held in
In order to create a ready and sta per year, one to be held in Pendle. Hermiston Monday. May 21
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Milton and Feewater have organiz upon by the board. ’
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Reports were given from nine dif-
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115.00 per ton f. o. b. cars for No.
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and six visitors.
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I $2.50 above the average received for
and suggested that this body do all
I the same grade of hay from Yakima
Big Hay Association Wanted
I valley, which has more favorable
within their power to further the
At the call of the Executive Com- ! freight rates.
sale and consumption of Umatilla
mittee,
the Yakima Farm Bureau
It wa8 conaidered by tbe membera
county berries. Men representing
held a mass meeting of hay growers pre8ent tbat tbe assoclation this year
the organization have been stationed
in the Y. M. C. A. building Satur- bad made a very favorable showing
in Pendleton and Walla Walla. day, May 19, to discuss the advis- and u was generally expressed that
Every morning they visit the mer ability of organizing a hay growers wUh more tonnage better price8 at
chants and solicit their berry ord association upon a wide program. f ,es8 op8rating coat couId easily be
Representatives of the Oregon Hay Becure(j.
ers, deliveries to be made some time
Growers appeared and spoke of their , .
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during the day. By this method the operations.
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Yakima
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association expect to create a demand
Farmer Smith, well known agri- bad pasae(J re8olut,ons calllng a
locally for the berries raised in that cultural agent of the O. \\ . R. & meet |llg of Northwest hay growers to
locality.
N. Co., stated that the hay growers consider tbe possib!1|ty of organfz.
The berry growers in the vicin must have stable prices, and that ,ng a ,arger aSBOciatloni lt waa vo(ed
ity of Hermiston are compelled t<* -verybidy knew that they lost money that the Oregon association send a
for the past several years. He stated delegation of at least five members
create their own market.
This
nrices could be stabilized only by the to attend this conference. It was
makes marketing conditions very un
growers themselves.
generally expressed that there was
satisfactory. The strawberry crop
One of the representative hay deal vital need of such a larger organiza
quite an item and no doubt a larger
number of beryies would be raised ers of the valley told the meeting tion.
Under the head of election, only
if the selling end of the game was that it was imposslbe for dealers to
stabilize prices unless the farmers one new director was elected. F. A.
more favorable.
A cannery has been spoken of as themselves took the initiative; that Baker of Stanfield being unable to
a means of taking care of the ber dealers must buy as cheaply as pos- serve because of other pressing busi
ries, but no definite action has been sibe in order to compete for busi ness, and H. B. Rees taking his
ness. He further stated that the place. The directors for the ensu
taken in the matter.
When the news reached Hermis only way to get cost of production ing year are: F. L. Jewett, Lee
ton that an association had been was by an active organization.
Savely, Hawley J. Bean. A. W. Cobb
Further discussion among the J. A. Scott, J. A. Foss, H. B. Rees,
formed to promote the sale of Uma
tilla county berries, a letter was members brought out the fact that Geo. W. Beddow.
written from this place asking them there was a wide sentiment in favor
At the close of the meeting a vote
to include this locality. So far no of an organization, providing it of thanks was given the officers
could be assured that a sufficient vol
reply has been received.
and directors for their management
At first the aim of the Milton- ume of business could be secured to of the affairs during the past year.
really
stabilize
prices,
and
that
some
Freewater organization was to foster
the marketing of the local crop, but system of financing for the associa
Field Peas are Good Crop
when they appeared before the Pen tion and ita members must be worked
Field
peas are good as a silage or
dleton commercial club they asked out. It was the feeling of the presi
hay crop and sheep or hog pasture
them to lend their aid in the sale dent of the Farm Bureau that this
in the irrigated' districts of eastern
of Umatilla county berries. For this cpuld be accomplished.
| Oregon, either alone or with oats or
After some further discussion the
reason it Is believed that Hermiston's
■ barley, says G. R. Hyslop, crop spec-
plea for admittance will be con officers of the Farm Bureau were
j ialist at the O. A. C. experiment sta-
sidered. If Hermiston should be directed to call a larger meeting
i tion. They are good hay, pasture
allowed to enter it will no doubt in embracing the entire Northwest, at
I or seed crops grown alone, in the
a large measure solve the market which the possibility of such an or
i better districts of the Columbia
question that has been a puzzle to ganization was to be thoroughly dis
i basin. They are a good spring plant
the local growers.
cussed. Such an organization, if
i ed crop for emergency hay or sil-
formed, would assure the dairymen ! age in the Willamette alley where
of a stabilized forage market, and j vetch was not planted in the fall,
HERMISTON GARDENER USES
the hay grdWer cost of production.
j Also good summer hog pasture. Their
SULPHUR FOR PESTS
I growth is like that of garden peas
(By it. A. Hunt)
Onion Maggot Loss Avertable I but much heavier. A new bulletin
Onion maggot infestation can be ' by Hyslop has been issued by the
Every housewife knows what it
means to find worms in lettuce and reduced to less than one per ce n t, station, telling how to grow, protect
cabbage and to dig out their dens by the adoption of the cull onion and use field peas. Copies free on
from the lowly potato. It is possible control treatment as projected by t request to O. A. C.
that much of thia can be avoided by the Oregon Agricultural college ex- i
Hangs Self On Highway
a very simple experiment. For the peritnent station, says A. L. Lovett, |
A man dressed in a worn gray su(t
past three years many county agents entomologist.
In seeding onions omit planting {and with four cents in his pockets
have been finding that sulphur ap
plied in quantities of around 200 every one-hundredth row. When j was found Friday night hanging
pounds to the acre will keep these planting is completed, plant the from a tree on the highway three
vacant rows to cull or scullion onions ' miles west of Umatilla. It is believ.
pests out of the garden.
This spring when garden time ap saved from the preceding year’s crop, ed that the man Is Charles Slade, a
proached a well known cily gardener The more solid and promising culls transient, who had gotten food and
at Hermiston, August Bensel, made should be saved for this purpose and shelter at Irrigon a few days before,
inquiry as to the advantages of aul- set about four inches in the row } He was about fifty years of age. He
Thur on gardens and was told that and about four inches deep. These had been complaining of poor health
in addition to being a valuable fer culls will come up first and serve I and it is believed that this combined
tilizer it would keep the worms out as lures to attack the adult flies with his dire poerty was responsible
which appear in the fields for lay--j for him taking his life.
of the garden.
Being of an investigating turn of ing eggs. Early in June the culls
mind he decided to test the mattor. will be heavily infested and about
Last season he was badly troubled mid-June or when the maggots are
with potato bugs and fought them all full grown the rows of culls with
their accumulation of maggots shoud
summer, yet he had plenty left.
He applied the sulphur as per in be removed and destroyed.
structions to a part of his garden
and left the balance without treat Legion Will Observe Memorial Day
At a special meting of the Aux
ment.
The results are well worth know iliary and American Legion a pro
ing. The onions planted on the un gram was arranged for Memorial
treated strip came up well and the Day to be held at the Play House
cut worms got them all in a few at 10:30. After the program the
days.Radlshes planted In the treat- Legion will decorate the gravea of
ed area did exceptionally well and former service men of all wars. The
In all these he did not find a single Auxiliary will set] the legion flower
worm.
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(the poppy) during the day. The
The potatoes planted in the nn- Proceeds will go to a permanent fund
treated strip are already well load- f°r the decoration of American Sol
ed with«, potato bugs but on the | diers and sailors graves on foreign
soil.
treated area not a bug is in sight.
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There seem s.to be good reason to
suppose that this sulphur treatment
A Remarkable Photoplay
will kill an insect larvae in the soil.
Said to be a remarkable photoplay
This Is not
statement of fact but 1 in every respect, "The Face in the
after watching the effects of snlphur Fog," aAParamonnt picture in which
on Insect life for four years and con- Lionel Barrymore and Seena Owen
ducting a number of experiments I have the featured roles, will l>e
have yet to see the first one to resist seen at the Play House Wednesday
Its action. Its application will cer and Thnrsday, May 30 and 31. The
talnly go a long way in riddng the story deals with the efforts of a band
ground of nsects.
of Russian crooks to rob a refugee
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! of the crown Jewels and how they
Dr. Gale Returns to Practice
are foiled by Boston Biackle Daw-
Dr. R O Gale and wife, who Is »on. a reformed American erook,
better known to the resident! o f , It is well worth while.
Hermiston as Bettie Beasley, return
ed to Hermiston last Saturday: J Otis Buck, a young man about 22
According to reports the doctor yearR of age. who lives one mile east
will open an office in tbe telephone of Hermiston, was taken to the in-
building. occupying the upstair« part sane hospital in Pendleton Tfcure-
ot ths ztructurs.
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LOST— A HUNDRED
DOLLAR BEE
Skovbo Receives High Priced Bee
Through Mistake in Shipment
Somewhere in Umatilla county is
a bee. She is a queen bee of excel
lent lineage and valued highly— g
hundred dollars is the price that her
owners have put upon her. Ow
ing to an error made by a shipping
clerk she ha8 flown, beneath her
station into one where bees cost
$20.00 per hundred.
Mr. Skobo has been sending to a
firm in San Francisco for his queen
bees. He has been paying in the
neighborhood of $20 per hundred for
them. A few days ago he received
a shipment as usual from the firm
and placed them in the hives un
aware of the presence of this high
priced little queen. A short time
after a letter wna sent to him from
the company from which he bought
the shipment stating that a shipp
ing clerk through an error had
slipped in the shipment a queen bee
valued at $100.00 and asking that
Mr. Skovbo return her at once to
them.
In a conversation with Mr. Skovbo
he stated that he would try and
procure the bee and return it tp
its owner.
Testing Report Shows High Average
We believe that the foilowrtig mat
erial on the dairy industry on the
Newlands project will be of Interest
to the local dairymen. It furnishes
information as to what dairymen on
another project are doing in the
way of testing.
A summary of the April herd test
ing report on the Newlands project
shows that 1006 cows representing
seventy herds produced an average
of 716 pounds If milk and 27.12
pounds of butterfat per cow, which
may be considered good for dairy
ing on alfalfa hay alone. It is in
teresting to note that during this
month 156 of the cowa on test pro
duced 40 pounds or more butterfat
for the month.
The average gross returns per cow
in the association for April was
$14.81 for skimmllk and butterfat,
with butterfat at 47 cents and skim-
milk at 30 cents per 100 pounds.
If the average cow as reported
in the April herd testing associa
tion report is charged with 1100
pounds of alfalfa hay for the month
plua an additional amount equal to
16 per cent to make allowance for
the hay eaten by dry cows of the
herd, it wil be found that the aver
age returns from the cattle in the
testing association were 1106 lbs.
of skimmilk and 42.50 pounds of
butterfat for each ton of hay con
sumed or we find that one pound of
butterfat was produced for 47.60
pounda of hay. At the average price
for April and estimating skimmllk
worth 30 cents per hundred, we find
that the dairy herds of the associa
tion made a grosa return of $22.11
for each ton of hay consumed.
Dancing Party at Hermiston Hotel
A number of the young people
gave a delightful dancing party at
the Hermiston hotel last Friday eve
ning. Delicious refreshments were!
served. Those present were: Misses
Phyllis Dyer, Melba Callahan, Mar
garet Neary, Arlouine Robinson,
Zona Bensel, Lenore Dyer, Ethel
Griggs, Vivian Nation, Mabel Brown.'
Orval Siivey, Arthur Rubner, Gwyn
Hughes, Frank Swayze, Norman Rub
ner, Craig Percey, Lawrence Wins
low, Everett Parker, Ralph Long
horn, John Haddox and Claude Had-
dox.
SMITH DRAWS
$100 FINE
NOTICE OF APPEAL OF THE .CASE
IS SERVED
GRAZING DISTRICTS MAY
BE MADE WITHIN COUNTY
New Oregon Law Provides For Form
ing Three Classes With First
Rights to Residents
GRADUATION CLASS
PRESENTS CLARENCE
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
Grazing districts may be formed
PERFORMANCE
according to provisions of a law pass
ed at the latest session of the legis
lature, within counties of the state procefds w ill Be Used to Buy New
Jury Recommends That the Lightest
where Its adoption is brought about ' Curtain, the Gift of the Clam
Sentence Possible be Given
I by a majority vote of the people. '
To the School
I When such vote olaces the county I
under the provisions of the law, 20
The second charge against L. M. i freeholders can petition the county '
Booth Tarklngton’s play "Clar-
Smith, that of selling liquor, was grazing board, which is composed ence„ wa8 produced by the Senl<,r
tried in Justice Dodd’s court Wed of the county court and the county c,a8g of lhe Herra|gton Unlon Hlgh
nesday. As at the former trial i livestock inspector, for the formation Schoo, Tuesday evening, after week«
every available seat in the court of a district. The district can like- of concentrated effort on the pwn of
room was taken, leaving a goodly ! wise be abolished, divided, or other- , be dlrector and caat
The dlrector m18r Derby> waa M-
number standing.
Quite a few wise changed by petition of 20 free-
holders.
( sponsible for the selection of the
women were in attendance.
The law provides that the county ca8t and each part wag we„ BuUed
T. J. Moore of Freewater, and W.
grazing
board can issue permits for tQ the 8tudent wbo portrayed it. the
J. Warner of this city, prosecuted
the case while Judge Fee of Pen the grazing of livestock within the 8cenery wa8 the handlwork of th,
district. Users of the range shall atudenta , bemaelve8 under th, dlrec.
dleton defended Smith.
be classified as follows:
j lion of Mr. Earnhart.
Art Scrivner and Vick Gulliford,
Class 1 shall consist of bonafide Ì The cast was as follows:
who are at present serving a jail
owners of livestock who reside with- Mrs Martyn ;............ E|da Bubman
sentence for the selling of liquor,
in the district and shall be given Mr. Wheeler....................... Leo Smith
was brought down from Pendleton
¡preference in the Issuing of permits | Bpbby Whee,er
Artbur Rubner
to testify against Smith.
to
graze
livestock
provided
for
by
Mrs
wbeelor
Margaret
Neary
A good many witnesses were call
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ed by both sides. Some of them on this law.
Class 2 shall consist of bonafide Hubert stem................., rwln
a cross, examination kept the court
owners of livestock who reside with. , vloIet p ,n
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in a gale of laughter.
in the state of Oregon, but outside
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The case was given to the Jury
the boundaries cf the grazing district
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late in the evening and it was not who shall have been users of range,
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it is impossible to designate any
before 1:30 that the men had reach 1 , Included
in such district prior to
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star in the cast as they all
ed a verdict. They found the de Its formation, and who shall be p er-!
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fendant guilty but recommended that mitted
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the lightest fine possible be given class 1 have been provided for.
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him. Justice Dodd followed the
Class „ 3 shall
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portrayal perhaps fell most heavily
wishes of the Jury and imposed a and . non-resident
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fine of $100. Smith give notice of j who shall be permitted to graze only
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appeal.
¡after class 1 and class 2 have been I
p"rt was excellen ly sue.
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| tained from first to last and interest
The jury was composed of Chas.
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never wavered from this central fig-
Baker, Geo. Briggs, Joe Udey, A. F. Pr"y.
Thls law offers some very good ( u[e
h|s tr|nl8
tr|bu]a
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Bensel, Frank Stone and Jack Smith. provisions to counties where there is
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household. The Irrepressible Wheel-
Concerning1 the Citizens Military now under
control.
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Training Camp
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1 acterlzed by Zona Bensel and Arthur
To the Public:
Hermiston Lodge, Ancient Free and Rubner, kept the audience in con-
May 21, 1923, I received a letter
Accepted Masons, No. 138
' slant mirth. Margaret Neary as
from Col. P. Whitworth requesting
Whereas: The Grand Architect ; Mi's. Wheeler, (he young and pretty
that I invite all men who are eligi
ble to atend the citizens’ military of the Universe has sen fit to call stepmother of Bobby and Cora, and
training camp at Camp Lewis, Wash., our esteemed brother, Charles Henry Leo Smith in the person of the har
from July 26 to August 24, this Crandall to the Supreme Grand Lodge assed business man and father, Mr.
Wheeler, showed a sympathetto un
above, and
summer.
Whereas: through his death his derstanding of a rather difficult
I gladly recommend this free
training because I believe it will de family has lost a kind and loving bit o l characterization. Tfce dig
velop a young man physically and husband and father; the lodge a nified and pretty goveraew of the
mentally, as well as build a great faithful member, and the community effervescent Cora, pereonitied by
Phyllis Dyer, won the admiration of
a loyal citizen;
citizenship for true Americanism.
Therefore be .it Resolved, That we i lhe audience by her gracious
To be eligible for this training
you must be a male between the ages extend to the bereaved family otlr *nK and manner.
of 17 to 24, in good physical and heartfelt sympathy and sorrow in j ®ne understood why Cora claimed
mental condition, and well recom their loss; and be it further resoiv-J 8raHB widowers to be as nice as any
ed that a copy of this resolution be I other kind when Irwin Shotwell ap-
mended. Any further information
sent to his wife, Laura Crandall, j beared in the guise of the dashing
will gladly be furnished.
and
to the sons and daughters; a j Hubert Stem.
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Very sincerely,
copy to be published in the Hermis- j One could also comprehend Bobby’s
W. W. Illsley,
early Infatuation for Della when
Mayor of Hermiston ton Herald and a copy to be entered
when Della was so demurely charac
in the mlnutea of the Lodge.
Hermiston Lodge A. F. & A. M. No. terized by Mary Currie.
Well Known Couple Weds Tuesday
Mrs. Martyn played by Elda Buh
138.
Last Tuesday afternoon, May 22,
man, and Dlnwlddy as portrayed by
H. M. Schilling,
Rev. Gressman, pastor of the CChrls-
Earnest Carson, filled their roles
E. J. Kingsley,
tian church of Pendleton, united In
with great skill and dexterity.
Geo. C. Patterson,
marriage Mr. Archie Brice Nichols,
The play was well attended and
Committee
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Nichols,
the funds collected are to be used
of Umatilla, and Miss Lotys Louise
In the purchase of a new curtain
Losses In Shipping Reduced
Davis, the only daughter of Mr. and
for the high schlol stage, In order
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In
the
last
half
of
1922,
28,375
Mrs. E. E. Davis, who are project
that the class of 1923 may never
¡dead hogs and 38,307 crippled hogs
residents.
have their memory effaced.
The bride wore a beautiful gown were received at nine principle live
Miss Derby and the cast are to be
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stock
markets
of
the
United
States.
of Cafe au lalt canton crepe, gold
congratulated
In their splendid por
matching hat and oarried Ophelia I These losses are largely due to care, trayal of the very difficult product
less handling of the animals In yard- ion.
roses.
The Impressive ring ceremony was j ing and loading, says H. A. Llnd-
The Sixth and Seventh grades held
was witnessed only by the Immediate ! animal husbandry department of
families of the contracting parties. i Oregon Agricultural college. To a* picnic luncheon at the Stanfield camp
The bride Is a graduate of the ] kick, prod or otherwise mistreat the grounds going) there In cars last
J animals is costly. It pays to be Tuesday) afternoon. The principal
Umatilla high school.
dish on the menu was ice cream.
After a short stay In Pendleton i careful.
the couple left for Parkdale near
Earl H. Calkins, of Ione, is visiting
Mt. Ilood, where they will spend
Dehorning’ Cattle Pays
his brother who lives near Hermis
the summer.
It pays wall to dehorn cattle since
ton. From the Ione Independent we
dehorned animals are quieter and
clip the following: "On the advise
| consequently faed better. The oper-
of his physician Earl Calkins has
, ation can be performed most easily
gone to Hermiston to recuperate from
with caustic when the calf Is young
the effects of an operation he re
but lt is a simple matter to re.
cently had performed for the removal
move horns from the matured ani
of gall stones. He has been 111 for
mals if one Is supplied with the nec-
several months and It is Imperative
cessary equipment.
A saw or
he take a rest for at least a year."
shears can be used if the animal is
securely held. A very satisfactory
Ray Oviett. a real estate man of
squeeze chute simple of construct Heppner, was in Hermiston last
ion has been designed by the ani Monday.
mal husbandry department of the
Oregon Agricultural college. A pos
The ladies of the M. E. Aid real
tal or letter will bring a pamphlet ized a neat sum from the sale held
describing it. Dehorning should be on Saturday, May 19. The garden
done at once before files become hats and aprons sold like hot cakes.
troublesome.
Ice cream and cake were served and
conked fond of all kinds waa on
Free Methodists Holding Revival sale.
Revival meetings are being held
at the Free Methodist church this
The Commercial Club luncheons
week. They will continue all the held at the M. E. church on Tuesday
week.
of each week arc becoming very
Rev. Goes, of Nolan, will have popular. The ladles of the Aid serve
charge of the meetings. The pub at the luncheons.
lic is invited to attend.
Mother's Day was obeerved Sun
ANNOUNCEMENT
day. May 13, at the Mcthcdist
Dr. R. G. Gale has returned to church. An appropriate Rermon by
Hermiston and haa opened new Rev. Harry Wann and special music
¡offices in the telephone building on was rendered by Mrs. Copplnger and
Main street. Office houre from 10 a duct by Mrs. Wann and Estelle
¡to ’ 1:30 A. M.. and 2 to 5 P M. All Payne. Every (hair was occupied
calls will be promptly attended to and each person wore a flower in
both night and day.
37-3tc honor of "mother,"
• Episcopal services will be held
Mrs. George Strohm was hostess
Sunday afternoon at 6 o’clock at the recently for the all-day meeting of
Hermiston hotel by Rev. Lbckwwod, j »he l-adle,’ Aid. A large attend-
of Pendleton.
*nc« end a good time was reported«