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VOL. XVIII
HERMISTON DROPS
GAME TO UMATILLA
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17. 1924
NORTH SIDE KANCHEB
CALLED NY DEATH
W. F, Buchaer, Native of Pennsyl
vania, Answers Summons.
WEST END TRACK
MEET SATUROA Y
COMMUNITY CLUB WILL
HOLD BASKET SOCIAL
Program of Fancy Dances Will Be
Put On.— No Admission Charge
to Entertainment
THIRD GRADE WINS
P. T. A. CONTEST
No. 32
COUNTY’S BUSINESS
IS ON CASH BASIS
COMMUNITY CLUB HOLD
INTERESTING MEETIN6
Umatilla county Is now on a cash
basis in the transaction ot its bust,
ness, according, to a statement made
SPRING FESTIVAL HAS BEEN this morning at the office of County DEBATE FEATURE OF LARGELY
POSTPONED
Treasurer De Hart. All outsandlng I
ATTENDED MEETING
warrants have been paid off as a r
e
,
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i-w i
* »
. - ..
. i suIt ot th« big turnover of tax money .
. ...
General Notes of Interest of the As- niade ye8terday by Mrs. Nona Me- Ap« P t Offer of City for Site for 0
sociation.— Election of Officers ’ Faul, deputy sheriff In charge o f !
munity Center and Clnb
Slated for Fall Meeting.
House on Main Street
tax collections.
W. F. Buchner died at his ranch
BIO CROWD ON HAND TO WIT home a mile north of this city on 'WILL BE STAGED Oil THE HER.
Come one, come all. To the Com
Tuesday morning. Mr. Buchner was
MISTON FIELD
NESS OPENING GAME
munity club May day basket social
born in Penn, and was 66 years
at the auditorium on the evening of
— ' ~
I of age at the time of his death. Mr.
May 1. There is to be no admiss
¿Stanfield Wins From Echo at Stan- Bucher came wlth h>8 family from Winners ef the Local Events Will ion charged. Bring your well filled
field.— Hermiston Plays at Echo
Ashland to Hermiston. Oregon, two
baskets ladles, and they will be sold
Go to Pendleton to Compete in
to the highest bidder— no one may
the County Contest
Next Sunday
years ag0 and «“gaged in farming.
.
Besides the widow he leaves a daugh-
pay more than a dollar, however
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| ter Ira who resides at home, an.
for any basket. Girls pack a basket
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’
This is the first time for several
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It’s a sad, sad story mates. Uma_ °*tier daughter, Mrs. A. J. Blakely
The Hermiston schools are prepar and come and have some fun.
years that the county has been on a
On Wednesday evening Mr. Chur- cagh basis ,n a„ departments_ Mr„
The unusually large number of
tills Journeyed to our city last Sun- restding in California and Mrs. L. ing for the grade and high school
At eight o’clock there will be the
Qne. women who turned out for the com-
day for the opening game of the A' Chappell, who lives in Portland. track meet to be staged on the Her following program of fancy dancing: chill, State Superintendent of Oregon DeHart deputy trea8Urer
Schools and Mr. Green. COunty Sup. half of the annual payment of $105 - "’Un,ty clUb debate Tue8day a««r-
Irrigation league. They seem to be A SOB' L- c - Buchner, is instructor miston field next Saturday, April 19. Gypsy Dance .............................. __
This meet 1 b for the nchcols In the
a/kappy and peppy gang with worlds in tbe Pendleton high school. He
........ Louise Forrest, Frank Prime erintendent of Schools, addressed a 000 on the county road bonds has n° ° n Ht tbe Llbrary were wel1 r«-
paid for their effort. The aft«*.
■of confidence and sad but true they was a memb«r of the Modern Wood- west end of the county, ail schools Spring Time.................Susan Campbell goodly number at the school house been made and whpn (be o(ber
?®,C
°
U
r
y
Th6y
reviewed
ment
is
made
one-half
of
the
bond'
W88 i,,deed a 8ucce88- the <»•-
west of Noiin being eligible to en Dolly Goes a Walking......Ruth Dodd
•found nothing here that would dam- men’
bate being lively every minute, and
pan their ardor or take from them
The funeral was held Thursday ter the contest. In the high school The Royal Butterfly. Sylvia Shutter he bill and gave many reasons why lsBue of ?b050 000 w „, haye b
. retjre<j
the debators well prepared on the
their confidence. Even though Uma- f rom *b« M. E. church, Rev. Young division teams from Umatilla, Stan Blue Birds............ Marion Henderson it Hhould be adopted.
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Yesterday’s turnover from the quest,on’ The subject of the debate
tilia manager to grab the long end offici«tlng and the interment was Held, Echo, Pine City and Hermiston Dance of the Sorceress................
On Tuesday afternoon the regu sheriff’s office included $6,966.75 of Wa8 Resolv«<l. That we have a Fed-
will compete. The meet starts at 1
.........................Margaret Waterman
• of the score, it was anybody’s game In the Hermiston cemetery
P. M. with a May pole dance on the May Time....Dorothy Straw, Marga lar monthly meeting of the P. T. A. delinquent taxes and $321,931.16 of j °rSl departnient of education,” Mrs.
nil through the nine innings, but
was held. The president. Mrs. I. E. current taxes. The assessor’s office F P Phlpps and M,s- L K- Putman
school lawn.
ret Waterman, Jane Warner.
Lady Luck saw fit to desert the
Last year Echo carried off the Dance Characterlstique.Jane Warner Putman, opened the meeting. After also turned over $538.45 of personal 8pe:lklng for ‘be affirmative and
locals at the time her assistance was
honors of this event.
The proceeds will go toward erect the secretary’s report a paper was taxes collected by that office. An Mr”' H M' Schllllng and M™. F. C.
needed most. It is not our inten
The west end schools have been ing a community club house on the read by Mrs. Nugent, of Umatilla, other fairly large turnover will be McKenzle t»k<ng the negative side
tion to belittle Umatilla’s victory
practicing for the meet and all seem new community center at the end of setting forth the advantages of the made later after the tax payments ° f tbe que8tion- When the vote was
by saying that game was won by
teacherage, a plan for building a of the final days of the paying per- tak' " ,here were thlrt««p voting in
confident of victory.
Main street.
luck alone for such was not the '
cottage or cottages that the teach lod have been segregated.— E O
favo*’ of the affirmative and twelve
On May 3 the winners of the local
case. Umatilla played a winning
-
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casting their votes In the negative.
ers
may
use
for
homes.
W.
J.
War
meet
will
go
to
Pendleton
and
com
brand of ball but when a game is DATE NAMED FOB THE WORK IS
The club voted to acept the offer
ner spoke on the county unit oppos
pete In the county contest.
won by a «core of 5 to 2 it is not on I
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
of the City of Hermiston through Its
ing the measure and ably presented
Ice for either side until the last man .'
*
«
its disadvantages.
is declared out.
*
STATE MARKET AGENT
* officials to transfer the deed to the
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 O 4 4 4 «
*
DEPARTMENT
* city’s lots at the end of Main street
- T \ 7 af
n ' ng a Pei; Commercial Club “ d community
tho Hermiston Community Club
The
third
grade
was
awarded
a
feet
-t one for base ball. It was cold
w m j oijJ Forceg. _ p riM^ ♦
FARM REMINDERS
♦
*
♦ to
to be used as a comunlty center and
beautiful
hanging
basket
as
first
and windy: Yet in spite of the dis_
♦
♦
W
L
Pet.
For Property Owner Making
building site for a community club
first prize for having the largest
agreeable day a large crowd of fans
The Eugene Fruit Growers’ As_
Umatilla
1
0
1000
The
Best
Showing
Cover
crops
In
the
orchards
will
number of parents who are paid-up sociation is a splendid illustration of house. This location is unequaled
was on hand to witness the opening
1
1000 members of the association. The co-operative effort rightly handled. |
0
g‘Ve8J be C'Ub a Bplen-
be plowed under this month by the Stanfield
game. Phelps, pitching for Hermis
ty„
0
.000 first grade received the second prize, From a small beginninit passed the "
1
fruit growers of Oregon, reports the Hermiston
ton and Blakely for Umatilla, broke . „ , ,
. .. „ ,
even on the number of free passes!
Apr‘‘ 25’ '8 tbe date 8et experiment station.
Echo
.000 the banner. The nutrition class is million dollar point In «ales last the club was in favor of postpon
0
1
ing actual building until the build
Issued to first, both a.iowing two.
Commerc,al
still doing some interesting work.
year. It handled over 16,000,000
T_ i
,
. , .
.
,
club and the Community club have
ing
fund has grown to larger propor
Old apple leaves are a menace in
pounds of fruit and vegetables and
♦♦
TED HALL
KILLED
- Tlve
Joined forces to make this day a
IN
tions, but the women no doubt will
Oregon apple orchards. Practically
sold
canned
goods
to
the
value
of
It
was
planned
to
hold
a
Spring
o , j
.v ,
,
.
„ , i dean-up day in fact as well as In
take steps right away to beautify
ACCIDENT
all scab infection originates in the
Festival on April 26, but the com. three and c half million pounds of
the lots. Every effort will be bent
at Echo. Stanfield will give Echo a
/ n
‘n8pa' ted
spring from spores carried over win
mittees have later decided to post prunes; over three million pounds of
few' pointers in the game last S u n - V ” aft8p Apr11/ S ’ and a beau- ter in the old leaves. Plowing the
A telegram was received here pone this until ahe early fall as it is carrots; three million pounds of now to increasing the building fund
and to this end tbe May Day basket
day and Hermiston exepects to give '
‘7 * T “ 1 be given “ a pr,le old leaves under in apple orchards Tuesday by the Hall family
so near the close of school and there beets and over a million pounds of
them some more of the same medic ‘°
ai",Iy Wb° 8e yard 8h0WB the w«ll help prevent scab Infections. aunouncing the accidental death are so many school activities that loganberries, besides large quantities social will be given Thursday, May
Jne
* greatest improvement).
This practice is an important sup of Ted Hall an ex-resident of there will be no time to prepare for of all other fruits and vegetables. 1, in the auditorium
If the day set is a disagreeable
plement to the experiment station this city. No particulars were this.
The success of the assoctotion Is due
windy day, the clean-up will be spray program.
RECOMMEND THAT WATER
largely to two things, good manage NEW MODERN BUILDING S
given. Instructions to have the
postponed one week— until Friday,
ment and loyalty on the part of pro
USERS TAKE OVER PROJECT May 2.
Mrs.
Putman
asked
the
nominat.
body sent here for burial was
FOR ALBANY COLLEGE
ducers. It Is of great benefit to
The
quality
of
the
potato
crop
ing
committee
to
hold
over
and
pre
Everyone is asked to have all cans
telegraphed the widow. His home sent a candidate for president at the growers of Lane county and It
The Fact Finding Committee ap
canot
be
Improved
and
yields
kept
that are to be hauled away, in sacks
was at Alameda, near Pasadena. the first fall meeting, as she will could almost be duplicated in any Rapid Progress Being Made Through
pointed by Secretary Work looking
out the State In Campaign to Raise
or boxes, and to have them in the up to standard without crop rota
to the relief of settlers on govern
Since the above was written a not be with us another year. The diversified farming county in the
tion,
says
the
O.
A.
C.
erperlment
Bunds for Expansion Pur|)osee.
alleys by noon of clean-up day.
state.
ment irrigation projects have after
station.
Diseases
and
pests
accum.
tilegram was leceived stating P. T. A. regrets to lose Mrs. Put
The followng men are named as
extensive investigation made a re.
ulate and reduce yields rapidly when that his death was caused by a man as she is such an able presi
Albany student self-bolp college, lo
captains of the blocks they live In
-port of their findings. Conceçning
Fourtcen livestock co-operative cated at Albany, Ore., is to hare at
potatoes are grown on the same fall from the sixth floor of a dent and enthusiastc worker.
J. Pelmulder.
the Umatilla project the report says:
selling nsortatlons 1 nn<Ter one man <*fe>ast tbrve jtugiarn now buihllnga In
ground year afteq year. Treating
F. F, Knerr.
"That the construction costs of
ngement are making big successful which tonoaae its many department*
the potatoes before planting will pre department store. The body has
Rev. Young.
$
♦
G
<
4
*4
each division be equally shared over
growths from the central manage ot education, when the campaign now
vent infection from surface borne been shipped and is expected
J. J. Neary.
on throughout the state la finished and
Sunday.
the entire area for which works have
ment
in Chicago, and while organ $609,000 Is raised for expansion pur
diseases.
F. B. Swayze
EXPERIMENT STATION
been constructed and that the lands
ized
but
two
years,
their
reports
poses. Rapid progress I* being made
NOTES
F. . McKenzie.
Chas. Skinner returned the
be classified at an annual acreage
show remarkable advances. Last in organization work, according to J.
Dusting has not been de.nonstrat.
(By H. K. Dean)
J. K. Shotwell.
charge in accordance with their pro
year this association handled nearly Henry Lang, director, at headquarters
ed as a satisfactory substitute far first part of the week from
W. B. Beasley.
ductivity. That the type of agri,
5,000,000 animals, about 70,000 cars In the Multnomah hotel. Portland.
orchard spraying through the entire Albany where he had gone as a
A. H. Norten.
At Albany college, every student
culture suitable for this project be
season
under
Oregon
conditions,
ac-
delegate
to
a
convention
ot
the
W. L. Blessing.
On the Newlands project, where In 1923 the earnings were $377,- entered must earn all or part of their
devised and put into operation. That
709.
Oregon
should
have
a
like
cordig to the experiment station ob Chapter held in that city.
their problem is that of profitable
Tom Worster.
way by some of the various methods
the water users through their Ir
servations. The quickness and con
liay disposal as ours, they have gone selling association, and the cattle of work employed, it being the policy
J. Slg. Davis.
rigation districts take over the full
men
should
handle
their
own
busi
of the school thus to Inculcate habits
venience of the method makes it use OFFICIALS FOR RECLAMA into dairying in earnest. They found
H. Hitt.
control of the operation and main
of the students carrying their own
ful In connection with vegetable
through their cow testing associa ness.
E.
Mitchell.
TION
APPOINTED
tenance of this project.”
load, the college lending them a help
growing and with home orchards
tion last year that the average pro-
J. L. Harmon.
ing hand while doing it. It Is believed
In regard to losses shown on var
Over
one
hundred
and
thirty-four
where
a
large
proportion
of
extra
Tom Campbell.
The following appointments ductlon per cow was 263 pounds of
by the faculty and trustees that thia
ious projects, the Umatilla is charged
fancy fruit Is not considered abso in the Bureau of Reclamation I butlerfat valued at *132’96 and million Pacific coast eggs were han better fits a student for life work,
P. B. Slscel.
with a loss of 1600,000.
died
through
co-operative
selling
lutely necessary.
C. W. Kellogg.
were e f f e c t i v e A n r i l I r H 1 q-Z’ • sklm m,,k valued at $16.88 making agencies last yenr. There are five hence it is made obligatory.
Elwood Mead a3PCommi38ioner| a totaI of 3149 84 for the year Hay
Friends of Christian education are
J. S. West.
member assocatlons to the parent being enlisted in the campaign and
Enjoyable Silver Tea
The spray program for 1924 In.
Chas. Taylor.
of Reclamation, D. W. Davis as wae vaIued at 310 p,’r ton The
The M. E. Ladles Aid held a sll.
eludes not only the latest revised Director of Finance, and Miles cows were charged with an amount association which is the Pacific Coast the response to the call tor service
J. M. Biggs.
Egg Producers Co-operative. The has been splendid. Because of the
ver tea at the home of Mrs. Harvey
program
for
commercial
growers
but
W. J. Warner.
Cannon as Director of Farm of hay equivalent to their own members are the state aRsoclaton of excellent record of the college and
Schilling Wednesday afternoon. Al
an abbreviated program for home Ecnomics
weight per month which amounted
tbe splendid field of opportunity In
Tom Marxen.
though the weather was very bad a
orchards. It Is carried In extension
to $61.45 per year. A ton of hay Portland; the Washington aHRocia- the northwest, it is believed that a like
G. C. Imrle.
ton
of
Seattle
and
the
associations
goodly number was present, fifty-
bulletin 369 which will be sent free SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC
response will be forthcoming when
| produced an average of 42.7 pounds
R. C. Todd.
of San Franctsco, Los Angeles and funds are asked for to put the school
four members and visitors. Mrs. H.
by O. A. C., Corvallis.
AT M. E. CHURCH j of butterfat at an average feed cost
S. D. L Ross.
on a thoroughly standardized basis
Young rendered a beautiful piano
bf 17.4 cents per pound. The aver- San Diego. These associations have ag to buildings and productive endow
Frank Reeder.
had remarkable growths and have
solo after which the roll was called,
Special
music
will
be
rendered
a
t
'
age
return
for
a
dollar’s
worth
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
Ivan
Klllgore
and
two
Frank Ralph.
'¿ach member responding to her
merged into one large selling asso ment. Albany college already has
sons, Austin and Loyd, arrived on the Easter Sunday service at the M. feed was $2.46. The net return per
$212,000 productive endowment, but to
Tom Fraser.
name by depositing a dollar on the
ciation.
enlarge its scope and to provide more
Moday evenlg from Seattle for a E. church. Miss Compton will sing cow was $89.07 per year above feed
Father Kerwlck.
table and telling how it was earned.
self-help facilities, it Is necessary to
short visit with tho doctor’s sister, a solo, “Calvary,” while the chorus costs. This amount should be charg
A. S. Johnson.
Most of the responses were in poetry
have the additional $800,000, $100,000
The
middle
west
potato-growing
will
render
“Seek
Ye
the
Lord,”
from
ed
against
labor,
Interest
and
de
Mrs.
Thomas
Wilson,
of
Columbia
F. A. Chezik.
of which has already been subscribed
some of the women even setting the
states
are
becoming
solidly
organ
the
crucifixion,
and
‘‘God
Is
a
Spirit.”
preciation.
W M. Shear.
district.
words to music and singing the lay.
ized Into county and state co-opera In Albany and vicinity.
Otto Pierce.
Delicious refreshments were served.
tive
selling agences. The potato
H. M. Schilling.
The hostesses were Mrs. F. P. Adams.
growing counties of Oregon should
Mrs. Harvey Schilling, Mrs. Wag-
organize and later merge into a state
All Oregon to Aid Albany
Hotel at Echo Borns
horn, Mrs. Parish, Mrs. Gent, Mrs.
association. The potato grading and
S e lf-H e lp College
The Echo hotel, a forty room
Taylor, Mrs. Kelley.
Inspection law Is rapidly bringing!
building at Echo, was destroyed by
the state Into the coast markets for
fire early Tuesday morning. The
The entire state of Oregon
first class stock and with organized ,
LOCAL BREEDER
value of the building was estimated
will be appealed to in a cam
selling agencies this could become a ,
SELLS JERSEYS
paign now being organized to
at $11,000 which was partly cover
big state industry.
raise $600.000 fur new buildings,
ed by Insurance. The origin of the
equipment sod productive en
Guilliford & Hamtonp, of Echo, blaze Is unknown, the fire being dis
dowment f r Albany student
The prune growers of Oregon, cut
recently purchased from A. W. Ag covered by a brakeman on a pass
self-help college, Albany, Ore.,
up Into about 15 separate organiza
new a young bull to head their high ing train. A small apartment house
an
old established school under
grade Jersey herd. These gentle across the street and a cottage were
tions which fight each other for
Presbyterian auspices, but not
markets, have now under way one
men are known as Hampshire Rheep also destroyed and two other build
narrowly sectarian. State head
men and in addition have a good ings were damaged. The hotel was
big union and a central marketing
quarters are in the Multnomah
dairy herd of purebred Jerseys.
hotel, Portland, J. Henry Lang
body to handle all the product. It
owned by J. 3. Warwick, of Browns
being director.
The young bull purchased from ville.
1« believed by the growers at the
Following are division chair
Mr. Agnew is by Blossom’s Poppy’s
hesd of the combination movement
men and vice-chairmen and their
Nt. Mawes, a double grandson of the
that every acre of prunes In Ih" state
residential headquarters:
Card of Thanks
gold medal bull. Poppy's St. Mawes.
i can be signed up for such an organ.
Coos Bay, tho Rev. Charles 8.
We wish to express our sincere
His dam. Qiimes Gwendoia, has an grstiude for he many kindnesses tsn-
Izatton. Prune production has rap-
Bergner, chairman. Coquille;
offlcial record given her by Mr. Ag. dered ug
our receBt
Orande ltonde, the Rev. L. L.
dly Increased In this state and If the
Boyd, chairman. Baker; Mrs. L.
new of 462 pounds of butterfat in and for t„#
, , owerg f(jr w
product could be profitably market
R. Stockman, vice chairman.
305 days, class AAA, and Is a full baby.
ed it would be one of the leading
Baker; Pendleton. Judge J. W.
sister of Gwendoia Olga Chimes, 812
1 Industries, hut unless something
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Parkes
Maloney, chairman, Pendleton;
pounds of fat. Mr. Agnew has sold
along
the
line
ran
be
speedily
ac
J. E. Akey, vice chairman, Pen
Mrs Furnas
eight head of registered Jerseys In
complished many orchards will be
dleton; Mrs. A. C. Voelker, vice
the last few months.
chairman. Helix; Portland. F. I.
I grubbed out or abandoned.
Requests have com« to the stats
Fuller, chairman; Mm. R. W.
I Tillamook county has a most ef
market agent for help to paas a
Shepherd, vice chairman; South
fective
way
of
fight
ing
oloo.
Every
Baptist Aid to Serve Easter Dinner grading and Inspection law for the
ern Oregon, M. C. Gaston, chair
retail dealer In the county has re-
The ladies of the Baptist church onion growers The larger growers
man, Grants Pass; W. 8 Clough,
fu«sd to handle or sell butter sub
will serve an Easter dinner at 6 P. realize that If there was a compui-
Klamath Falls and Mrs. Walter
stitutes.
Other
counties
are
con-
Frazier Brown, Medford, vice
M. April 19, In the cfnttefc hose- tory grading there would he better
chairman; Willamette, Homer
I sidering this same means of combat-
ment. Fifty cents per plats. The markets and prteed for the product
Sauliz, motor route A, Eugene,
! Ini^ counterfeit butter and the move
public is invited.
f '
i
■
chairmh»: J- C. Swan and Miss
ment 'Is Y'krly l<*,spread throughout
Menu—Chicken pie, mashed pota.l Mr. and Mr». F. C McKsuie were
Flora Mason. Engene, vice chair
. the state. The farmers’ organiza
toes, erg and lettuce a|lad. pickles, Pendleton visitors the last part of
men. Mrs. Clarence W. Oreene
tion claim it 1» the least expensive
Jelly, bread hotter, angel food and the week. Mias Hermensen sad
serving until tho return of Mina
and most effective way to banish
peaches, cofiee.
Maaon from Hawaii.
Inez Hunt geeonpanled $beu}.
i bogus butter from Oregon
GLEAN-OP DAT
FOR HERMISTON
STANDING OF TEAMS IN
THE IRRIGATION LEAGUE
A C a la m ity