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VOX* XVUI
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 1924
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TRYOUTS FOR
CONTEST HELD
DUPONT-POWDER COMPANY
CROW SHOOTING CONTEST
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FARM REMINDERS
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IRRIGATION RASE BAIL
LEAGUE IS FORMED
LIVESTOCK MAKE MONEY
MOSTLY WHEN ON RANGE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
■ BREVITIES ■
HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR
Will be Open to Every Citiaen of the ♦
Winter Feeding Likely to Cost More
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Nearly every morning a new bobb.
United States and Canada
Than Selling Price of Finished
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O eeuraeaa of Inter«* Gleaned H an
ed head appears.
Cow» on Pasture Demand Grain
Beef or Mutton
aad T han Ahaut the Cl*» and
Neighborhood
An International Crow Shooting
With pasture season coming on
The Senior play committee has se
Proper management of range graz
LOCAL WINNERS WILL COMPETE Contest, open to every citizen ot the there Is often a desire to dlscon- ECHO, STANFIELD, HERMISTON
lected
"Come Out of the Kitchen,** a
ing
lands
is
Important
to
the
suc
AT STANFIELD FRIDAT NIGHT United tates and Canada and staged tinue feeding grain to the cows to
Tin, Sheet metal work and Plumb
UMATILLA COMPOSE TEAMS
cess of the livestock business. Stock ing. Call 763. L «. Putman. 11-ife. three act comedy, to be given the
for the purpose of helping to lessen a great extent If not entirely. Cows
week before commencement. The
men in recent years are giving more
the number of these predatory enem- well, fed during the winter, says N.
Talent Displayed Last Friday Night ies of game and useful birds and ani- C. Jamison, college extension dairy Opening Game W ill be Flayed Here and more attention to measures that
Some good buys in Ford ears. tryouts wllll be held as soon aa the
provide more gras for feed.
Assures Hertfiston They Will
; mals, started on March 16. It Is man, will milk well for a short
Kellogg A Schimke.
11-tfc books arrive.
With Umatilla Sunday,
Winter feeding of sheep or cat-
be Well Represented at the
planned to have the contest run for time with little change in the
April 13
The boys are now turning out for
tletle on hay, grain, silage or a com
I three months. Prizes have been ar- amount of milk produced although
Finals in Pendleton
The Baptist ladles will serve an
bination of these feeds, will cost Easter supper at the church. Eevery. base ball practice on Monday, Wed
the grain ration has been decreased.
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ranged for amounting to *2600.
nesday and Friday after school. Be.
more than the normal selling price body invited.
Sportsmen, dealers In sporting When the stored surplus of food
Representatives from Echo, Stan, pf the finished beef or mutton. The
ginning this weekTuesday and Thurs
The tryouts for the county decla- supplies and clubs in all parts of the material has been "milked off” the
matory contest was held in the high country are back of the contest and cows reduce in flesh, especially when field, Hermiston and Umatilla at time when livestock are really mak-
Among the graduates of the Ore day after 3:30 will be devoted to
-school auditorium last Friday night, jit is hoped that through its agency they feed on washy early pasture. A tended a meeting in Echo Wednes grass.
gon
College of Chropractic, Port training in foot ball. Mr. Gralapp
These are a few of the subjects land, is the name of Frank Thomas intends to train some recruits this
Quite a large number participated millions of game birds and animals gradual change from grain to pas- day night and organized the Irri
in the event and ail of them deserve may escape the depredations of the ure tends to prevent the loss of flesh. gation Baseball League. The league treated in a new publication on | Mr. Thomas was a former Hermls- spring to take the places of those
a good deal of credit for their man- crow. Nearly every communty in After the pastures have become is composed of the four above nam "Management of Range Grazing ton ranc(,er> but since removing to who are graduating. The boys have
ed towns.
Land,” published by the extension
moved the shack back for football.
ner of delivery proved that each had the North American continent has strong less grain is required.
At the meeting Wednesday night service of the Oregon Agricultural j Portland some two years ago, has
spent some time in preparation.
I during recent years found Itself the
I
taken
up
the
study
of
chiropractic.
Henry Hitt ot this city was chosen college. It was written jointly by
The winners were: Grades 3 and victim of the damage wrought by
The first base ball game will be
Foal and Dam Need Care
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president, Harry Hull of Umatilla, E. A. Potter, James T. Jardine and i
4, Eddie Bensel; five and six, Jan« this bird. Game wardens, naturaL
played about the first of April. It
Foaling season Is here and both vice-president, Dr. McClellan, of
L.
A.
Hunt
was
a
visitor
in
Her-
H. A. Lindgren.
Warner; seven and eight, Ruth Ben. ¡gts and sportsmen have made an In the mare and foal require care, says
is impossible to decide yet who will
! mtston Tuesday.
It treats further on the matter
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tel; seven and eight, extemporan- tensive study of its habits and have Dr. B. T. Simms, veterinarian of the Stanfield, secretary, and R. B. Stan
be on the team because no one hae
of length of grazing period, class of j
eous, George Davis. High school: checked its depredations. The crow experiment station. If possible and field, of Echo, treasurer.
practiced enough to be aa efficient
Skinner went to Pendleton base ball player.
On March 31 the manager and stock to which a range is best suit- I
Humorous, Howard Reid; Dramatic, does some good at times by the num- the weather conditions permit the
one
director
from
each
team
will
ed, over-grazing,
improving the j
*a8t
week,
Dorothy Shotwell; Oratorical, ,Joe ber of grubs he eats but his des- mare should be allowed to foal out
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McNaught; Extemporaneous, Hugh j truction of the eggs any young of side. In case the mare must foal meet and the by-laws will be draft stand of grass on the range, and the I
The West End track meet will be
management of sheep and cattle on
Mayor Todd made a business trip
Walker.
other birds decreases the number of inside, the stall should be well bedd ed and a schedule made.
held
at Echo about the middle o r
It was |aiso decided Wednesday gracing land.
to the county seat last Saturday.
’Pne winners here will meet the these useful species which, if allow ed and kept absolutely clean. The
April
night
to
play
none
but
those
who
A
limited
number
of
copies
of
this
winners of other districts at Stan- ed to escape him would be potential stump of the naval cord should not
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kingsley are
field next Friday night. The win- J consumers of millions of insects and be tied off. As soon as the anl- are residents of the town that the bulletin is available. Anyone desir
The unior clas 1« working hard
team represents. No team will have ing a copy is requested to get in visiting in Hermiston from their
ners at Stanfield will then at a later of immense help to farmers,
nal Is born the cord should he any salaried men.
on the annual which is expected to
touch with the nearest county agent 1 home in Portland.
date go to Pendleton for the finals, j Recently a canvass was taken In treated with tincture of iodine and
be better and more complete than
All of the games will be played or write to the college at Corvallis.
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i Pennsylvania of the damage actually then some antiseptic powder ap
Its predecessors Mr Ward was down
on Sunday, the seaRon opening on
Mrs. John Schlmpke Is quite ill the first part of .last week taking
NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB ITEMS ' done by the crow. Eye witnesses re- plied.
April 13 and ending June 29. Twelve
with pneumonia.
Cold Springs Reservoir is Full
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ported that he was guilty ot prac-
the pictures (We a're ail wondering
games will be played.
Cold Springs reservoir is full and
The Sis Hopkins party which will ! tlcally every crime in animal life
Lettuce acreage In Oregon will
whether we looked our best.)
The
first
game
of
the
season
will
O. G. Sapper has returned from a
the feed canal has been cut back tq
be given by the Neighborhood club , from picking the eyes out of young proOhbly be smaller this year than
One of the features Is a literary
at their next meeting March 26, lambs to robbing nests and destroy last. At least there will be no out be played on the home lot, Uma a point which will take up the re business trip to Portland.
department. A contest 1 b on this
tilla
being
the
opposing
team.
win be at the home of Mrs. R. C. ing the eggs and young, killing rah. standing Increase as has been the
servoir losses and hoid the water at
week between the members of the
Mrs. George Elliott is once more freshman and sophomore classes and
Canfield.
the present elevaton. Work is being
bits and destroying fruit and crops. -ase the past few years. Many sec-
C. F. Ames Dies in Portland
rushed on the “A” canal slough, to in her home on Main street, after the junior and senior classes In short
The contest will be divided into tio asnre reporting smaller plant-
Word has been received here of enable water users to get reservoir several months’ absence from the
The new department of the club, | two classes, one devoted to Individ- 'ngs than last year because prices
story writing. The winning story
a home makers exchange, is to be in ' ual shooters and the other to team last year did not come up to ex the death of C. F. Ames in Port water for irrigation in the near city.
In each division will be printed in
land
last
week.
Mr.
Ames
was
a
charge of Mrs. R. C. Canfield, and scores. The prizes will be in the pectations.
future.
I
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the new department.
resident of the project for many
Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Wainscott and
can be made very helpful as well as I form of merchandise to be obtain
years,
formerly
living
west
of
the
entertaining if every member helps ed from local dealers. There will
CHANGE IN RURAL ROUTES Mr- ttnd Mr8- M J- Barthel. of Pen
The date of the operetta “The
COMMUNITY CLUB. MEET
river, but up to a few months ago
dleton, former Hermiston residents, Wishing Well” has been set for
just a little.
be 79 awards to individuals and 210
operated, with his son, a ranch eaBt
visited friends here Sunday. They
team trophies.
Apropos of spring Mrs Jay Pcl- of town.
Postmaster Skinner informs us were accompanied by Miss Graham of Saturday evening, April 6.
The tree planting at the park last
mulder read an Interesting paper
that he has received instructions Pennsylvania, sister of Mrs. Wains
Saturday was quite a success. Over
One Cause of Dairy Losses
The winners of the declamatory
on “Shrubs" at the Community Club
60 new trees were planted, and the
from Washington, D. C., th at cott.
Do you know whether or not your meeting on Tuesday, March 18. Mrs.
contest
held Friday evening were:
men as well as the women enjoyed cream separator is performing prop
Motor Route A, extending from
Division H, grades 3 and 4, Eddie
E.
P.
Dodd
has
returned
from
the day, especially when they sur erly the Job assigned to it? Are Pelmulder Is an authority upon
this postoffice will be discontinú
Bensel; division O, grades 6 and I,
rounded the table with a good you sending some of the “yellow flower and shrub gardening and she
en on May 15, 1924, and routes Portland where he represented Pen Jane Warner; division F, grades 7
gave
most
valuable
information
to
chicken dinner and its "fixlns.” gold” fom your farm to the hogs
dleton at the Irrigation Conference
1 and 2 will be established.
home landscape gardeners. Another
•The club wishes to take this means . InsteqZ of to the creamery?
in the matter of the Umatilla Rapids and 8, Ruth Bensel; division E,
grades 7 and I, extenipzraneous,
interesting
paper
by
Mrs.
W.
T.
Route
1
will
serve
the
territory
of thanking the men who generous
power development.
W. S. Murdock of the western
George Davis. There were four di
east of Hermiston and route 2
ly donated their services toward the office of the United States dairy di Roberts dealt with the child labor
visions
in the high school contest,
problem. Oregon was one of the
will serve the [north and west
work of planting the trees.
County Agent Fred Bennion was
vision reports a case from Arizona two states in the union In which
Howard Reid winning first In the
districts.
in
town
Monday.
,
in which a large dairyman was los
humorous selections. In the orator
This will add another carrier
An auction bazaar is planned for ing over *140 per month through federal Inspectors could find no
violations
to
prosecute,
said
the
and
take
in
several
new
patrons
some time in the near future. The the all too common “leak” of an in.
Mrs. Emmett R. Crocker and Mrs. ical division Joe McNaught waa se
speaker. Generally, Mrs. Roberts
that
are
now
being
served
by
members as well as friends are urged efficient cream separator.
F.
C. McKenzie were hostesses at a lected there being no competition in
This
this which was also true ot the dra
the present route.
to give something to the auction dairyman had a total production of stated, child labor conditions are
large party Monday afternoon.
matic division which was swarded
The McCormick child
and to come to the auction when the 25,762 pounds of milk for the month appaling.
labor law now pending in congress
The alfalfa weevil was intro Word was received her last week to Dorothy Shotwell. Hugh Walker
date has been announced.
in which the leak was discovered.
duced into this country near Salt that Ed. Hitt, brother of Henry Hitt won in the extemporaneous divis
and hacked by the Federated Wom
His los was 1.2 per cent of the en’s clubs of the United States was
Lake 20 years ago. It has gradu was married recently at Taft, Cali ion, there being no other contest
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
butterfat, totaling 308 opunds, and
ants in this division.
also explained by Mrs. Roberts.
ally
spread and is now in Baker fornia.
TARE DOWN ROAD SIGNS at 46 cents per pound worth *141.66.
The winners of these events wilt
Mrs. Alice Nugent of Umatilla,
county
in
this
state.
From
obser
This discovery, which was made
Miss Hope McKenzie spent Satur. go to Stanfield Friday evening as
vations of it’s spread it is only a
The local standard oil plant sent through the association cow tester, spoke as a member of the committee
the district representatives aad the
rut a truck this week and loaded on alone will pay the dairyman’s as of the child welfare division of the
m atter of time until it will be in day in Pendleton.
winners there will go to Pendleton
the road signs advertising the pro sociation membership expense for state federation of Women’s Clubs.
the alfalfa fields of the Columbia
to compete for the county cham-
Mrs.
Nugent
is.
an
earnest
and
able
v
ery
vmccx
W.
F.
Buchner
returned
•
home
duct of the company within their several years.
basin. When that time« comes it from the hospital Monday.
ship to be held soon.
speaker and impressed upon her au
territory. These signs will be con.
If you belong to a cow-testing as
will be necessary to feed all of
signed to the junk heap. The com sociation, ask your tester to run a dience the splendid work under
Y O U TELL BM*
Last Monday morning L t . Allen,
taken
by
th®
welfare
committee.
our
hay on the farms. We will
Joe Ralph la confined to hta bed
pany intends to disenpse with all of sample of skim milk occasionally. If
assistant state club leader, and Fred
C^rtooria
go on raising alfalfa but the re- with the I* grippe.
their road signs throughout the not, no doubt the creamery that ban. She represents the clinic for babies
Bennion, county agent, called at the
at the Methodist church on Mon
United States.
a justm ent period will be d ffi*
dies your product w ill be glad to
will be specially
Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. Crocker high school to meet the boys and
This is a move worthy of common, help you out. Why sell unprofit day held by Dr. Estella Ford War
cult and in the end we will be
ner, who is chairman of this com
were hostesses for a St. Patrick's girls Interested In llveetock elub
"For th is
dation.
able cows and keep an unprofitable
better off for practicing better party Monday afternoon.
work. A number from high school
mittee.
We can sit at home and find out separator.— Oregon Farmer.
a r ¡culture and having the
and several from the grades met
Mis Anna Hall, county librarian,
h j inch
the kind of cigarettes dad used to
with them and discussed the work
was
the
last
speaker
upon
the
club
manure
to
put
back
on
the
land.
Roy
and
John
Haddox
returned
smoke and a patent medicine that CALIFORNIA WIL NEED
op the Derive»- Post- We have fair warning and it is home Thursday from O. A. C., of the coming year.
program. She urged use of the
will cure everything from asthma
HAY BY NEXT FALL county library service, particularly
to a broken heart, but when we drive
none to soon to alter our systems where they have been attending
Ernest— “Don’t you think I look
nt .the three months books. The
out for a little pleasure and find the
California districts that are fac-
by cutting down the percentage school.
a little pale?”
c a rto o n ’at.
ecenery marred with a lot of bill count of- a shortage of water tor le speaker promises the fullest co
of alfalfa land,
substituting
Evert— “Naw, I think you look
boards again enumerating theujuall- gation purposes hgve an adequate operation for the dissemination of
s a
grass pastures where possible Sam Boardman, of Boardman, more like a tub.”
library
books
over
the
county
and
ties of a soap that will keep your supply of alfalfa hay at present, but
and securing stock necessary to was in town today. Sam states
school girl countenance and assuring indications are that they will have asked for the aid of the club womeh
b ad hem l l
Vivian— “I am worried about my
consume the hay.
his campaign of tree planting is
in
furthering
these
efforts.
you that it is impossible to lose it to buy a considerable tonnage by
complexion doctor, look at my face.”
............................. .............working out very satisfactory.
in the bath tub because It is non- fall, according to Information that
Doctor— "My dear young lady, you
He has interested the people
einkable. It is disgusting.
has been secured by Fred Bennion,
have to diet.”
The Standard Oil Company will county agent.
of the towns along the Sherman will Vivian—
"Oh, I never thought of
make a host of friends by dispensing
“Following the reports of drought
i county highway in tree planting that! What color do you think
with the signs and will in the fut- from California, I wrote to a num-
and they have decided to declare would suit me best.”
ure sell the same amount of gas as ber of county agents in California
a holiday in the near future
tbjf did in the days when a sign and offered to give them Informa
Little W illie’s father had taken
and on this day every town in
was put up every few miles adver tion about our surplus of hay here.
him to Sunday school for the first
the
county
will
plant
trees
in
the
tising their product.
The same information has been given
time, and on the way home. In order
The business man of today real- me by the Red Bluff Wool Grow-
territory slotted to them.
to see whether the youngster had
lzes he can get more value for his 1 crg. association and the California
learned anything, he asked: "Who
money by advertising in newspapers ( Cattle Men’s association,
A red truck loaded with furni- was it that killed Goliath?’* **'I
and periodicals than he can hope to
Tj,e prospects of a short barley
jture from a town in Washington dunno,” said little Willie. "I was
realize through the tacking up of crop jn the neighboring state has
'
bound for
Portland passed sitting In the back nest and could
unslghtly sign boards.
resulted In an Increase in the acre-
'
through
Hermiston
Wednesday. not see.”
age devoted to barley in Umatilla
Clinics nt Pendleton Saturday
When the truck raached Board-j Lost, strayed or stolen, a giant
county,
according
to
Bennion.
As a part of the Welfare Exposi Quite an acreage of land that was
man a highway "cop” arrested , yellow pencil. Reward for aafe ra
tion held at Pendleton this week fallow last season Is already seed
the driver for having his truck . tnrn Frank gwayze.
end Dr. Estella Warner will hold an ed, and a greater acreage of spring
overloaded on the highway. He
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infant welfare and pre school clinic j p!owed stubble than usual is in the
was assesed a fine by the Justice
Grade New»
in this city all day Monday, March I courM of being seeded, he said.
24. The (Jinlc is sponsored by the East Oregonian.
of the Peace at Boardman and' SriwMo. Clicker and Jean Park
are new members of the first grade.
local Parent-Teacher asociation.
made to leave a part of his load
Dr. Warner, noted baby specialist.
Silver Tea Fnieved
there before he was allowed to
Johntel Ferrler, of Pendleton, hae
Is medical director of the Bureau of
The ladles of the M. E. Aid held
'continue his jnurney.
entered
the second grade.
Child Hygiene of the Oregon State a silver tea at the beautiful coun-
Board of Health. Dr. Warner her ! trv home of Mrs. C. E. Schilling on
Jerk Reeves Is absent from the
Hugh Fraser who has been
self will give any child under Wednesday afternoon. Though the
confined to a hospital in Pentle- second grade on »count ot a minor
school age a thorough physical ex- wjn(j waa blowing a gale It did not
operation.
amination and advise on diet. eare. arevent the strong hearted women
ton on account of an operation
training and correction of defects. from going. Thirty-three women
for appendicitis has returned
Since the grades of Hermiston,
This Is a wonderful opportunity for
seven youngsters spent a very
Stanfield, Echo add Umatilla ara
1 home.
the mothers of the locality, and all enjoyable time. Mrs. Leathers read
forming a base hall league. Mr. Ben-
those wishing to avail themselves of a f,D(> paper on the M. E. church In
While
burning
the
weeds
along
•» coaching the boys of the 7th
the service may phone immABIHWr'Vhlna. Mrs. Adams led in anecdotes
a ditch last Tuesday afternoon| •"’» sth
‘he Her
to Mrs. A. W. Purdy, who Is In pnd „toriee. The guests then bad a
miston team will be the champloae.
charge Cf the clinic.
gong title contest la which Mrs.
on the Peter N eadeau ranch the
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Psttem m carried off first
1 wind changed iiuddenly and the
Mies Aloha Hammer has accept
M r . r. > Phelps was a Pepdle- DHtetona refreshments of ice
ed a position as bookkeeper at the
fire
jumped
to
hay
stack,
burn
i aad cake w«rp served.
Ion visitor Saturday.
ing about fifteen tons of hay. Menu,«ton creamery.
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