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V „ .{« L«**” Stye Wnmafcm ïirralh VOL. XVIII HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1923 ALFALFA MOVEMENT IS REPORTED HEAVY E66 PRODUCERS MAY ESTABLISH BRANCH Sheep Men of Yakima and Eastern Oregon Contracting Freely a t 10.00 Per Ton f FATHER AND SON BANQUET FRIDAY KNIGHTS TO HAVE BIG CONVENTION No. 10 HERMISTON HI I befkeepers will BEATS ATNENA HOLD MEETING Grand Chancellor B arrici of T illa mook W ill Attend Every Knights of Pythias lodge in Election of Officers and Plans For E ntertaining State Meeting to Be Held in December PIG CLUB MEMBERS WIN MANY PRIZES Unless there is some relief in sight LOCAT- men will make short Umatilla county is looking forward TOUCHDOWN BY HERMISTON WIN SHIPPING POINT WILL BE FROM The Umatilla County Beekeepers SPLENDID SHOWING IS MADE AT (or the future, a real hay shortage HERMISTON to Monday evening, November 28. PORTLAND TALKS GAME— SCORE 7 TO 0 will hold a meeting at the library may yet develop this season. The heavy rains which fell during the E. J. Dickson, of Portland, Is E x harvest months have caused a shrink, Committee in Charge Has Sold Large age in the bay available for shipment pected Here Soon To Look Number of Tickets And a Good of at least 40 per cent. Over Field Attendance is Expected Sheep men all over the Yakima Valley and in Eastern Oregon are According to current rumors the contracting hay freely at $10.00 per A large crowd Is expected to at Pacific Coopertlve Poultry Associa ton. Some sales have been made at tend the Father and Son banquet to tion is strongly considering establish *11.00 and one or two at *13.00 per ing an office and shipping point in ton in the stack. This is somewhat be held in the parlors of the M. E. above the figures at whleh hay moved church Friday evening, November 18. Hermiston. The committee In charge have re. A business man of rfermlston while at this time a year ago. The demand for hay this season ported the sale of over one hundred lu Portland visited Mr. Dickson, the manager of the association, and ac has been especially heavy, the Yak tickets and a good many more have cording to this gentleman, Mr. Dick-^ ima valley having alredy shipped promised to purchase them the night son talked favorable concerning the 3170 cars this year while until this of the banquet. date a year ago. only 2900 car8 had establishing of a branch of the asso been shipped. Another point of dif An Interesting program has been ciation here. If an office of the association ference is that whereas last year arranged for the occasion, consist comes to Hermiston It will be con. many refrigerator and gondola cars ing of music and short talkg by local tingent upon the required number of were used, this season the supply of men. hens kept on the project. It is stated box cars has been sufficient for the The following is the program that that the required number would be demand, which means that even a will be rendered at the banquet: heavier increase of tonnage hag so about 30,000 hens, there being at present in the neighborhood of 28,- far moved to market than is Indicat Chorus. 000 on the entire project and west ed by a simple statement of car ship Invocation. Chorus. Extension. There is no doubt but ments. The movement of hay so far has Address. .............................. Mayor Todd what the remaining number of hens been slightly out of line with last Address Prof. E. A. Bensel for the can be easily procured. year. A considerably greater per fathers; reply, Earl Bensel and It is the idea of the organization Hugh Walker. to make this a shipping point for centage has gone from country deal, northern Morrow county and the ers direet to retailers and consum Solo.................Mr. Paul De Mortimore west end of Umatilla. Mr. Dickson ers instead of through terminal job Short Talks......................................... is expected to visit Hermiston some bers than has been the practice toy Professors Day, Gilfoll and Gralapp time soon and look over the terri the past two years. The unusually prosperous condition of the dairy and Violin Solo.................Mr. W. L. Hamm tory. sheep industry is held responsible for Short Talks............................. .'.......... Messrs. E. P. Dodd, Col. C. S. Mc- the increased demand. HERMISTON PROJECT Naught and H. M. Schilling. Growers in the Yakima Valley are DEVELOPMENT MEETING tvery optomistic as to late prices. Solo..........................Mr. Enos D. Martin Address..................... Rev. W. W. Davis 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Solo.................Mr. Paul De Mortimore ♦ W ill Be Held November 21 Under • Good Night. * IRRIGON SCHOOL AND TOWN Auspices of the Commercial Club * NEW S ♦ Accompanist, Mr. O. G. Sapper. * the date of a district convention of Knights of Pythias lodges to be held at Pendleton. Plans for the event are being completed by the various Knights of Pythias lodges In the dounty, according to N. J. Vansklke District Deputy Grand Chancellor, of Milton. A feature of the meeting, if plans carry, will be the presentation of a class of candidates in the Page rank to Grand Chancellor C. W. Barrick who with Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Walter G. Gleeson will be present at the convention. It is expected that every Knights of Pythias lodge in the county will have a number of candidates for the Page rank at this convention. Reclamation Lodge No. 107 will no doubt send a large delegation to Pendleton on November 26. Letter,, have been sent to every lodge In the county by District Deputy Vanskike, who has a high anticipation that the coming convention will be one of the best ever held In Umatilla county, and that much benefit will result to the various Knights of Pythias lodges in this part of Oregon. FARMERS MEET AT COLUMBIA DISCUSS PLANS FOR DIVERSIFIED FARMING Marketing F acilities W ill Be Arrang ed Before Farmers Are Asked to Sign Up Acreage ♦ PRUNING DEMONSTRATION A meeting of leading farmers, busi Mr. and Mrs. Chaney returned to ness men and others vitally Interested WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 In the development of the Hermiston Irrigon Friday afternoon to Bpend the winter after nearly a year’s ab Project will meet in the library on Wednesday evening, November 21, sence working west of the Cascade Special Emphasis W ill be Laid on the under the auspice^ of the Hermiston mountains. Pruning o f Grapes, Raspberries commercial association. At this and Other Small Fruit Mr. Frank Ashburn 1 b visiting his meeting definite plans will be for. aunt, Mrs. Debby Bell, this week. mulated and steps taken to put Into practical operation some of the new Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chatferton C. L. Long, O. A. C. Extension lines of farming which have been studied during the past two months. and baby came to Irrigon with Mr. specialist in horticulture and the A joint committee of the Commercial I. F. Stemple in his car last week to county agent, will conduct a prun Association and the Farm Bureau visit Mrs. Chatterton’s mother, Mrs. ing demonstration in the orchard of F. P. Phipps Wednesday, November will report on the intentions of the Knight. 21, at 1:30 P. M. Special emphasis farmers in regard to potato, grape, Mrs. J. N. Puckett and Mr. Ralph 'will be laid upon the pruning and Etrawberry and asparagus growing, Benefiel, son and daughter of Mr. care of grapes, raspberrleg and other providing satisfactory arrangements can be made for marketing same on a and Mrs. C. W. Benefiel, came to small fruit. The new pruning meth Irrigon on Friday to Bpend the win ods which have been introduced with profitable basis. ter. in the past three or four years have C. L. Long and Lee Lampson, man aided considerably in increasing fruit ager of the Three Rivers Growers Mr. Adams and family are moving production. Practically all of the association will be present. If re new plantings have been developed port of the committee shows suffic to Portland this week. Mr. C. W. Benefiel went to Walla [according to the new system, Apple ient interest on the part of enough growers may not be feeling very god farmer8 then organized effort will Walla Monday on business. over prices which they are receiving be put forth to get sufficient acre H. C. Duckworth who has been but there are prospects of the North age to make the proposition pay and working for the past four months for west Growers’ Association getting to to line up with a marketing organiza the Security Construction Co., ig gether instead of cutting each other's tion that is a going concern. visiting his mother, Mrs. J. J. Stur throats on the market. One way to On Tuesday evening, November 29, decrease the cost of production is to a county horticultural development gill. increase the production of the Individ meeting will be held In Pendleton, Miss Ethel Knight spent Moday in ual trees. Now the soil manage representatives from Milton-Free Echo. ment and proper pruning Is one of the water, Pendleton, Weston, Hermis biggest factors In Increasing produc ton, Stanfield and Umatilla, will get Walter Warner was absent from tion. together and work out a general plan school Tuesday and Wednesday of In order to show that Hermiston for county development which can be this week. a 'lg interested in this horticultural used as a basis for community de work It will be necessary for all the velopment. The trouble In the North The pupils of the high school and fruit growers to attend the demon. west at present Is that although most part of the grade had a party in the Stratton next Wednesday morning. of the producer^ of specialty crops auditorium on Saturday night, Nor. are organized, they are not all to. 10. AU had a very good time. gether, and it Is necessary In any future development work that a har A dance given by the Commercial monious understanding prevail. Re club will be held in the gymnasium presentatives from the Hermiston Saturday evening, Nov. 17. Every Farm Bureau and Hermiston Com one is welcome and a good time is mercial Association will attend the anticipated by all. Pendleton meeting. □[ Supt. J. J. Sturgill, Mrs. Sturgill, The Dalles W ill Play Here Saturday Miss Dora Reeves and Miss Snowe The local foot ball fans are looking McCoy attended the Eastern Star forward with eager anticipation to lodge at Umatilla on Tuesday even the game between the local high ing of last week. school squad and The Dalles high next Saturday. The Dalles thus far Miss Marthayler has been on the has been on the long end of the score sick list and could not attend school in the games that she has played. Monday. Mrs. Lyle Seaman took Hermiston has suffered but one de her place as teacher. feat and that at the hands of Pen. dleton. Coach Gralapp realizes that A baby was horn at the home of the game Saturday will be a hard one Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fredrickson on and is psMting his squad through a Friday of laat week. series of stiff practices preparing -----" - them for the contest. Community Club M eeting The local boys have been up The Community club will meet at against teams this year that have the library next Tuesday afternoon, outweighed them but their speed and I November 28, from 3 untoil 5. The fighting spirit has been the means ' program Includes papers by Mrs. J. of them winning. W. Campbell and Mrs. Thomas Camp- Graiapp has put a team In the ; hell. AH the ladies are requested to field this year that Hermiston should i bring pencils, to be prepared to east feel proud of. The boys are putting their ballot for candidates for the our low s on the map In Rport circles, next president of the United States. The squad can and will win Satur- Mewiag» Tie— t*HITl to H enniston day's game if yon will give them the j Couple support they deserve. Remember A license to wed has been leaned the game Is called at 2 o’clock sharp, at the office of the eonnty clerk to All bv nees houses will close daring Joseph Harold Hunt, farmer, and the g me 1 et's all go out and help Edna Bids Wooton. Both parties the toy» v ’.a from The Dalles. , live In the Columbia district. The caravan to Kennewick made up of farmers c i the Umatilla project and sponsored by the Hermiston Com mercial club is bearing fruit. A number of farmers of the Her miston district met at the Columbia School house last Friday night to discuss diversified farming and the farm methods used in the Kennewick district In growing asparagus, straw berries, early potatoes and grapes. The local Farm Bureau desired fur ther information along the lines of marketing and crop planting in the Kennewick territory. In order to procure this a committee was ap pointed by the Bureau to go to Ken newick and spend some time in the vicinity and get the data. They vis ited the different farms and obtained samples of the soil. They found out the kind of soil that is beet adapted to certain products. A study of the marketing situation was made. Last Friday this committee made a report of their findings. The meet ing was an enthusiastic one. A questionaire Is being prepared and sent out to the farmers regarding the crops they wlah to grow and the acreage they will put in cultivation. The Hermiston Commercial club Is co-operating with the Columbia Farm Bureau in this work. , The M. E. Ladles Aid will hold a meeting at the church on Wednes. day afternoon, November 21, at 1 o ’clock. AI1 members are urged to come and make final arrangements for the bazaar. next Monday evening. At this time an election of offlcerg will take place. Most of the $275.00 Offered in Prizes Local Boys Display Speed and E xe The program for the state bee con at the Exposition Goes to the cute Plays That Completely vention that will be held In this city Hermiston Clnb Baffles V isiting Team next month wilt be ready for dis tribution in the near future. The local bee men are formulat The Hermiston pig club has a right Hermiston high school added an other scalp to their collection last ing plans to take care of the visi to feel chesty. They went down to Saturday by taking into camp the tors and to make the session held the Pacific International Livestock : here one of the best In the history Exposition at Portland this year and Athena high team. of the state organization. grabbed practically all of the prizes A summary of the game proves offered io the members of the boys' the locals outplayed the visitors at and girls’ clubs throughout the state. every stage of the game. Piizes to the amount of *275 was There was only one Instance that ♦ ♦ STATE MARKET AGENT ♦ put up by the exposition and most of Athena threatened to score and this ♦ DEPARTMENT ♦ It went to the members of the local happened in the first quarer. Athena ♦ club, Athena and Weston getting a ♦ ♦ kicked off and Hermiston returned small share. the ball ten yards. Hermiston punt C. E. Spence, Market Agent The Hermiston pig club has a„ Its ed thirty yards and Athena returned the ball four yards. Athena m ade: "It costs more to sell our manu- leader Henry Somnierer and to the one-half yard through line 4 1-2 factured and agricultural products leadership of thig gentleman in no yards through line. 8 yards through j than it does to produce them," so small measure is due the credit of line. 4 yards through line. 12 ¡declared the American Federation of the splendid showing made by the yards around end. 5 yards through Labor in session in Portland. Thirty- Junior stock raisers. There were line. Athen fumbled the ball and three people produce and 19 make a 18 members in the club and 10 enter one of Hermiston’s men fell on it and Uvihood off of what they produce. ed the stockyards feeding contest, Nineteen people make profits getting eight finally fitting thoir stock for the scare was over. the competition. Hermiston’s touchdown was made to consumers what thirty-three pro In the Eastern Oregon division in the second quarter. Hermiston duce. When producers and consum Billy Waugaman won first prize of ers will effectively co-operate, thig fumbled and recovered. Punted 30 *35 with his four Duroc barrows in yards. Athena returned the punt 30 middle army will be largely done the feeding contest. Tilford Still, away with. yards. Hermiston brought the bail lugs won second money with four back 23 yards. Made 9 1-2 yards "While many are discouraged over Poland China barrows, *30. Toni around end. 3 yards through line. the slow progress of co-operation in Lenhart’s four Durocs won fourth yrd around end. 8 yards around Oregon, yet the movement Is mak money of *20, and Jimmy Wauga- end. 3 yards through line. 1 1-2 ing steady headway,” says the state man's four Durocs were fifth for a yards through line. 3 yards around 1 market agent. He will soon publish end. Hermiston had the ball on the J a list of the organizations in this prize of *15. Lowell Stockard, Sum mer Robinson and Bryce Robinson 5 yard line but fumbled and Athena state that are working out plan„ of also showed in this division. recovered It. Athena attempted to j joint selling. In the Northwest division for sin punt but it was blocked. The ball The larger growerg over the gtate gle fat Duroc hog Tom Lenhart won rolled back of the goal line and a as well as most of the shippers, are first, Bily Waugaman second. Sum Hermiston player fell on it for a heartily sustaining the new potato touchdown. Addleman kicked goal. grading and Inspection law. They mer Robinson third, Bryce Robinson Several times after this Hermiston declare that it will give Oregon a fourth, Jimmie Waugaman fifth and brought the ball back to the danger big power In outside markets nnd at Lowell Stockard sixth. In the fat Poland China division zone but at these times Athena’g de the same time will protect the grow Tilford Stillings won fourth. fense would tighten and hold. Then ers and shippers in honest packs. In the Poland China row under six by the punt method they would re And they state that It will take the turn the ball to the middle of the home market away from Washing months of age Sherlock Stockard won rtrst, Lowell Stockard Recond and Til- field. ton, which has long had a monopoly ford StiUlngs 3d. For Poland China Athena’s "big boy” who played of Portland markets. boar under six months, Tilford Still quarter, started off like a mixture Manager Dixon of the state co ings won first In the open class of cyclone and dynamite. He led operative egg association states that Lowell Stockard won third money on the crowd to believe that he could poultry raisers of the state are re Junior Duroc sow. take everything down the field but sponding heartily to the new five- Billy Waugaman uh owed four fat the grandstand. But before the year contract, under which 250,000 barrows in the open class and won game was over he was as docile as a hens must be signed up before the fourth money in the pen and fourth milk fed kitten. His size was the contracts are operative. The new money In the singles. cause of quite a bit of kidding from contract has an annual release per The hogs were Bold Wednesday and from the side lines. But he was a iod. The state association Is rapid the boys realized margins above the good sport and took 11 good natur- ly growing in strength and now de market price, which on that day was edly as Mellin food babies should. A summary of the game Is as fol termines the market prices of the *7.75. Billy Waugaman’s hogs top lows: First downs made by Her state. The organization during the ped the sale with a price of *10.50. miston 9, by Athena 6.Yards gained past year has handled an immense The Robinson boys hogs brought*9 business in a fully satisfactory man and the others sold at »8.75. from scrimmage, Hermiston 218, ner to the members. The livestock Judging team, con Athena 132. Forward passes at A representative of co-operation sisting of Sherlock nnd Lowell Stock tempted, Hermiston 7, Athena 1. Forward passes completed, Hermis organization of Wisconsin was a re ard and Tom Lenhart, placed 12th in cent caller on the state market agent the stiffest kind of competition from ton 2, Athena 0. Yards jatned on passes, Hermiston 85, Athena 0. for information on the work In Ore £7 teams. A California team and Total yards punted Athena 352, Her gon, He stated that the farmers of the team from Whitman county In miston 275. Punts returned Her. Wisconsin are grasping for any In Washington tied for first honors with mlston 99, Athena 23. Yards penal formation or plan under which they total scores of 2188. The Umatilla can eliminate or reduce the enor county team’s score won 2128, 80 ized Hermiston 0, Athena 10. mous middle profits and selling ex points under the winners. Many of penses, and turn them back for the the teams have been specially trained HERMISTON IS GENEROUS benefits of the co-operators. He by county club leaders, an advantage Hermiston has contributed *150 stated that one of the hardest obsta that Is not enjoyed in Umatilla for the relief of the sufferers from cles to overcome for co-operation be county. the Japanese earthquake. A check tween producer and consumer was for this amount baH been received by the apparent indifference on the WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPER the Pendleton Commercial associa part of the consumers; that they ANCE UNION RALLY SUNDAY tion and turned over to the Japan were loud in protest agalnBt high ese relief fund for the care of the retail prices, but seemingly indiffer stricken refuges In this gratest of ent to movements to organize with Prominent Speakers From Pendleton disasters.— East Oregonian. W ill Address the M eeting the farmerg to shorten the middle route of the products. A Woman's Christian Temperance The department of agriculture an. j nounces that it takes 40 acres of po Union rally will be held In the Bap tatoes, normal yield, to supply 1,000 tist church next Sunday, November people; 50 acres of fruit and 30 acres 18, at 2:30 P. M. Prominent speak ers from Pendleton will be present of vegetables. The state market agent stats who will present different phases of ! that while there is a largo acreage the work. Mrs. McAllister, state organizer, I of potatoeg In the Willamette valley i and the yield Is very good as to size will give an address In the evening. Let every membr be present and and quality, yet the quantity yield Is considerably below the estimates. as many other women as possible. The harvesting is now well along The public is also Invited. and shipping is In full force. Near Bazaar ly all of the potato Inspectors of the I state are busy on Ispeetlons, nnd The annual bazaar of the M. E. i the growers are rapidly learning the Ladies’ Aid will be held at the church parlors on Saturday, Nov. grading rules. State Market Agent Spence states 24. There will be ail kinds of beau I that there Is agitation for co-opera- tiful and useful artlcleg on sale, so tlvo organizations to handle many save your pennies and come and buy different products In many different your Xmas presents. The articles : localities of the state and that he ex. will be displayed In numerous booths. peels the movement to go ahead far The Apron booth, Fancy Work booth. I more rapidly next year. He says Fruits and Vegetables, Cooked Food I that It has been the experience In booth. Candy booth, Bulbs and ¡other states that the movements Plants, and the always popular Whits that go ahead the fastest are those Elephant booth. Hot lunch will be that start locally In different coun served In the tea room from 11:30 ties and later on merge into larger until bazaar closes. Booths will be Organizations. It is not so great open at 12 o’clock. an undertaking as a statewide organ Methodist Episcopal Church ization. Sunday, Nov. 18 Sabbath school Mrs. Peter Jackson and adughter at 10 A. M., Geo. Patterson, super Ice and son Harold left Thurs- intendent. Morning worship at 11. Fny Lowg View, Wash., where Epworth I-eague, 7 P. M. Evening ’hey intend tn locate. Mr. Jackson worship nt 8. Week prayer and has been at Longview for the past bible study Thursday evening at 7:J0. Henry Young. eight months. Along the Concrete
