(Hw Wrmwimt Wralh VOL. XVIII RECLAMATION LAW REVISION IS ASKED HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1924 CHARACTERISTICS AND HIS­ TORY HOOF A ID MOUTH DISEASE As Set Forth by Dr. C. W. Lassen, Pendleton Veterinarian LOCALS TAKE GAME FROM ECHO TEAM DISLOCATES HIP IN I P flU lfIIIH T V FALL FROM A TREE PET bUMMUNI I T Ut I “ High School Boy Meets With Fhin- ful Accident at Picnic TOGETHER MAY I Ne. 33 HERMISTON WINS WEST END TRACK COMPETITION Grades of Columbia Score High in Track Events CAR TURNS OVER ON HIGHWAY Ernest Addleman, high school stu There was the usual good attend­ Something about the history of PRESIDENT URGES CHANGES ON the foot and mouth disease and ways PHELPS PITCHES AIRTIGHT BALL dent, suffered the dislocation of his COMMUNITY CLUB WILL HOLD A ance at the west end track meet OCCUPANT IS PICKED UP UNCON­ CONGRESS hip and a broken ankle, the result AND GIVEN GOOD SUPPORT BASKET SOCIAL held here Saturday last. Umatilla in which it may be carried and other SCIOUS o t an accident while attending a pic­ and Hermiston were the only con­ facta about it make up the heart nic of the Senior class at a grove tenders In the high school events. I I of the following article by Dr. C. Fact Finding Conunisson Ends Task. W. Lassen, Pendleton veterinarian, By Annexing Game Sunday Hermis­ near Echo on Wednesday. He had Program of Dances Will be Given in In these events Hermiston secured Traveling at High Rate of Permanent Instead of Tempor­ , and published in Ike East Oregonian: climbed a tree to secure some boughs ton is Now Tied With Stanfield Addition to Games and Stunts. 74 poins and Umatilla 29. All Car Hits Gravel, Turns Over when he lost his footing, falling to ary Relief for Settels Asked. for Second Place in League ”So many questions have been No Admission Charged events were run off with the ex. Then Right* Itself the ground. He was taken to an asked the writer about foot and ception of the pole vault and the Echo physician and later to Pen­ mouth disease that these few words hurdles. In the grade events there Immediate revision of the recla­ explaining a little abqut the dis­ Hermiston! base ball fans can^s dleton where he received medical at­ A real community get-together, was more competition, the schools! A man who stated that his name mation law along the Unes indicated ease may be permlssable at thin home Sunday with a broad smile tention. Later In the evening he of Umatilla, Columbia Nolin, Echo i was C. Smith and his address Loo i|i the report of Secretary Work’s fact time. Especially as he disease has plastered over their countenance. was taken to his home in Columbia that’s the main 'idea for Thursday, and Stanfield being represented. Jndlng commission was recommend- so upset the agricultural industry They had gone to Echo to witness district where he is doing nicely, it May 1. An old-fashioned basket Hermiston grades were also high Angeles, was picked up some time ( . .«• social preceded by a program of in these events scoring a total of Saturday evening by members of th* to congress Monday by President and all other industries that are de­ the encounter between that city and is reported. road crew who are graveling the Dlidge, beautiful spring dances by local 79 points. Columbia district school pendent upon it for a living In our the Hermiston aggregation on the highway west of town, after hie ear diamond Sunday. After the dust In a special message the president neighboring state of California girls and boys and by games and furnished a large number of entries had turned over a short distance k declared adoption of a ’’definite pol­ with a great possibility that our had settled and the umpire had stunts and winding up with danc- and carried away second honors with from the road camp. Those who broadcasted “yer out” to the last icy” toward reclamation projects to state may become Infected. ing. assures an evening of Jollity a srore of 52. Nolin was third with witnessed the accident etated the ear |e imperative and asked that perma- "Foot and mouth disease is an man the scorer footed up the col­ and fun for all. The women of the 32 points. Umatilla was fourth with was traveling at a high rate of speed »ent relief for settlers, rather than acute, highly Infectious disease that umns that contained the runs' of „ . . . . . . .v . . . i 21: Stanfield fifth with 15 and Echo when it hit a stretch of loose gravel. Community club promise this is to < Blxth wlth g The Ioca,g w)n both teams, it was found that Her. .emporarry extensions in reclama- Is confined chiefly to the cloven- It turned completely over then ion payments be authorized by law. hoof animals, cattle, hogs, sheep and miston had put eight men across W L Pet. be real mixer. Newcomers on the final training for the county track righted Itself and was hsaded In th . the home station, while Echo had The message follows: goats and wild animals like deer, Umatilla 2 0 1000 project are going to have opportun. ; meet which will be held at Pendle- opposite direction. The ear wa* “I would respectfully urge on con. moose, etc. Cattle are the most managed to sneak in one. damaged to such an extent that It Stanfield 1 1 .500 ity to meet all the old timers, ton May 3. Phelps pitched air tight ball and press the immediate necessity of re­ comon animals to take it, but it can Irrigation, choree, .the election, hard —___________ will take some time to fix and put Hermiston 1 1 .500 waa given good support. If the vising the present reclamation law. occur In horses, dogs, cats, poultry, times, high taxes— everything that IRRIGON SCHOOL NEWS it In running condition. 2 0 .000 makes for dull care is to pass into “The secretary of the interior ap­ and even man has been known to boys continue the stride that they Echo County Superintendnet Lena Snell Mr. Smith when picked up waa pointed a special advisory commit­ take It. It is one of the most uni. hit l*st Sunday the coveted pen­ oblivion and if you don’t go awey Shurte, Mr. E. F. Carlton of the U. unconscious and was rushed Into nant of the Irrigation league will Truck Throws Rock and Breaks tee of six members to study reclam- í versal diseases of cattle as well feeling as young as the youngest, of O. and Mr. McDuffie of Heppner, town where he received medical atlon and make reports to him. one of the most difficult to suppress. fold lta wings and perch itself on Window it’s because your case is hopeless, visited the Irrigon schools on Tues. treatment at Dr. Gale’s office, af­ That committee has completed its While the disease Is not very fatal Hermiston's standard. Las Monday afternoon while Ray It won't cost a cent to get in to day of this week. Mrs. Shurte vis- The locals decided to put the Challis was driving his truck into see the program, play In the games, ited with the piimary and inter- ter which he was taken to the home work and has made its report to from three to forty per cent In ser­ game In the lee box rlgTt off the bat town from Pendleton one of the dance and do everything but eat. mediate grades while Mr. Carlton of P. E. Hayden. It was only after » the secretary of the interior and he ious malignant outbreaks, the worst working with him for a number of has transmitted that report to me menace consists In its extreme con­ and the first four mer up hit safe wheels hit a rock about half the size The baskets wllll be auctioned— , brought a message of inspiration to hours that he was brought out of and scored. Hermiston executed a and I herewith transmit it to you. tagiousness so that when It makes of a hen egg and threw it up against no basket to be sold for more than the upper grades and the high ‘"Many occupants of our recla. its appearance in a community It is fast and neat double play during the a plate glass window in front of one dollar however. The proceeds school. The visitors were enter- thie condition. He was out on the street Tuesday "m ation projects In the west are in hard to eradicate or keep from game. Jones to Mittlesdorf to Pearson’s garage breaking the glass. will go towards building the new tained at the noon hour with an ex. financial distress. They are unable spreading to other parts; this Is due Voyen. Ray drove on down the sreet unaware community club house which is to cellent repast served by Mrs. Stur bearing the scars of the accident. Mr. Smith stated he waa on hie Phelps struck out five men and of the rock throwing qualities of his provide a rest room for ail the gill. to pay the charges assessed against in a large measure no doubt be- way to New York and expected to thorn. In some instances settlers caue the cause of the disease at the White of Echo got the same number truck. After he was informed of women of the project as well as a Miss Reeves, teacher of the upper are living on irrigated land that will present time Is not known. The in­ to his credit. the Incident he refused to believe meeting room for general use. It’s grades, has been elected by the continue his journey Just as soon as his car was put into running By winning the game Sunday that he had been the cause of the surely a worthy enterprise for the not return a livelihood for their fection may be carried by anything board at Umatilla for next year and ordtjr. families and at the same time pay that comes in contact with It so that Hermiston tied with Stanfield for accident, stating that his trurk did women of the Community club to she has sent in her resignation to the money due the government as people, all kinds of livestock, fod­ second place, Stanfield losing a not have power enough to throw a undertake and here is our chance the Irrigon board, it falls due. game last Sunday to Umatilla who TEDDIE LOCKSLEY HALL der, etc., may be the means of stone across the street. to boost the cause along and Inci- Supt s t urgtli has been elected as “Temporary extensions of time ’spreading the Infection. Because is at the top of the league. dentally have a bully good time. ; superintendent of the Umatilla HermiBton plays Stanfield on the Pension Increase for Veterans Ap­ and suspension of these charges the cause of the disease Is not known Teddle Lockaley Hall waa born This is the program— don’t you , Bchoola fop next year AfUr care serve only to increase their debts it is not an easy matter to know what home diamond next Sunday. This September 19, 1896, near Veal* want to see it? proved by House ful consideration he has accepted and add to their hardships. A defi­ antiseptics to use to destroy the In­ promises to be a hard fought game Without a record vote, the house Station, Texas, and with his parent* and resigned the position here to nite policy is Imperative and perma­ fection that may be on foreign mat­ as both teams are at present tied Monday passed the Bursum bill, al­ Gypsy D ance....................................... and four brothers came to Oregon in ........Louise Forrest, Frank Prime take effect at the close of the pres­ and will fight to hold their stand­ ready approved by the senate, car­ nent relief should be applied where erial. March, 1906. residing with the fam­ ent school year. His successor has indicated. The heretofore adopted "The disease has prevailed in Eu­ ing. rying pension increases for veterans Springtime ................Susan Campbell ily in Portland and Eugene. not yet been elected. repayment plan Is erroneous in prin­ rope for a good many years and has of the civil, Spanish, Mexican and Dolly Goes a Walking..................... November 1916 he moved to Uma­ Owing to unavoidable Incident« ciple and in many cases impossible caused tremendous economic losses ........................................... Ruth Dodd Indian wars and the war of 1812. tilla county and lived in this vicin­ the cast of Parlor Matches had to of accomplishment. It fixes an an­ there. Animals having the disease The house approve dthe bill with­ The Royal Butterfly.Sylvia Shutter ity until November, 1932, when ha be changed which caused a delay of EXPERIMENT STATION ♦ out amendment and it now goes to nual arbitrary amount that the suffer a Mg loss, in fl^sh, dairy cows left for Sierra Madre, California. Blue Birds............ Marion Henderson its presentation. The new cast Is ♦ NOTES ♦ farmers must pay on the construe, suffer diseases of the udder and lose the president. A measure on the He was united in marriage to Dance of the Sorceress................... ♦ (By H. K. Dean) ♦ now working Industriously and the tlon costs of projects regardless of of milk flow. A good many cows same subject was vetoed by President Marjorie Winslow, of Herftiiston, at ....................... Margaret Waterman play will be presented on Saturday, , their production. abort, etc. A large part of Europe p A Harding but supporters of the bill Sierra Madre, April 20, 1923. May 3. Admission 25 and 35 cents. “In its place should be subetit. at present and South America have * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • $ paced Monday said the features ob­ May Time ........................................... He was living near Pasadena Margaret Waterman. Jane Warner Tile Newlands project cow test jected to by Mr. Harding had been uted a new policy providing that had the infection so long that to The following two totters rcoeiv. when he met instant dqath by ba. fight the disease with American | a s s o c i a t i o n is probably the great- payments shall be assessed by the and Dorothy Straw. ed during th« last week are greatly Ing thrown from a scaffold on which eliminated. government In accordance with the methods of slaughter and dislnfec- est factor for their dairying suc­ Dance Characteristlque..................... appreciated by the pupils of The he was working to the pavement crop producing quality of the soil. tlon would kill a large percentage cess. Last year’* figures show a Echo High to Present Play Here ............. ..................... Jane Warner Irrigon school: six stories below. The accident oc­ “The facts developed by the spe­ of the animals in those countries. wide variation in the profit per cow. Next Friday night the Echo high Remember the time— Thursday Oregon State Highway Commission, curred on' the 15th day of April. cial advisory committee show that The economic loeses in those coun. The feed cost of production was di­ school will present the play “Noth­ evening, May 1. The place— the Salem, Oregon. The remains were shipped to Her­ of the government’s toal investment tries every year from this disease is rectly related to the production of ing But the Truth.” at the high Auditorium, and the girl—you'll April 19, 1924 miston and funeral service« wnrt $18,851,145 will never be recover­ something enormous and hard to es. the cow. Nineteen per cent of the school auditorium. The play will have to find. Mr. J. J. Sturgill, Principal, hold from the Methodist church Tar* cows produced less than 200 pounds be given under the auspices of the ed. There will be a probable loss timate. Irrigon, Oregon. Sunday afternoon. The church WU of an additional $8,830,000. These The principal symptoms are the of butterfat at an average feed cost HermiBton high school student body. Dear Sir: Please convey to the filled long before the hour of ««r- FIRST FOREST FIRE turns represent expenditures In the appearance of vescicles or blisters of 25 cents per pound or a return students of the Irrigon schools the vlces, a good may who were unable It is billed as the play of a hun. The Mrst forest fire of the 1924 construction of reervolrs, canals and about the size of a pea on the mucous of $1.77 per dollar’s worth of feed dred laughs and according to re­ thanks of the Highway Commission to find seats standing up. season in the North Pacific District other work for the irrigation of membrane of the mouth and tongue. with hay valued at $10.00 per ton. ports it lives up to this reputation. for the part which they have taken At an early age he was affiliat­ has been reported to District Fores­ lands that have proved unproductive. The blisters contain a yellowish, Recent figures show that a cow must The Junior class of the Hermiston ter Geo. H. Cecil, at Portland. It in planting trees along the Columbia ed with the Church of Christ and has “I recommend that congress au­ watery fluid. Soon after those ap­ produce $40 pounds of butterfat * high school will some time in the River Highway la the vicinity of been an active and zealous member thorize the charging off of such pear there is noticed a swelling Jusf year to show a profit. Ten per cent near future take their play "Uncle” occurred on April 2 on the Chelan Irrigon. It to hoped that the exam, of this denomination. He was laid natinnal forest in Washington and of the cows produced la excess of sums shown to be imposible of col­ above the hoof and between the dig' to Echo. pie which they have set may be fol­ to rest tn the Hermiston cemetery was located in Wells Coulee, west of lection. Its of each foot and in a short time 400 pounds of butterfat at a feed The admission Friday night will Lake Chelan, near the boundary of lowed by other slhools in the statf by the side of hie youngest brother “Because of the Ugh rate of In­ blisters similar to those in the cost of only 8 cento per pound or a bs 25 and 50 cents. so that some time In the future we Clyde. the national forest. It required the terest and other agricultural dlffl. mouth appear. The animal opens return of $3.70 per dollar’s worth can look forward to having our high­ Besides his widow, mother and work of fifteen men for five hours culties existing, farmers are often and shuts hts mouth with a pecul- of feed. The average production The author of the song "It's a to put it under control, according ways bordered by trees their entire father, four brothers and on« «later unable to borrow money for te r n ir , ar characteristic smacking sound was 263 pounds of butterfat a year Long Way to Tipperary” died recent, length. There Is nothing which will are left to mourn hts loss. ary relief. The establishment of a and saliva will be found to be con at an average cost of 17.4 cents for ly in Coventry, England. This song to Ranger Asher Ireland’s report, do more toward beautifying our high­ it covered several acres, killing all feed and an average return of $2.46 credit fund by the government from stantly hanging from the mouth. was one of the most favored during young timber and damaging ser­ ways in Eastern Oregon than plant. Methodist Episcopal Church which farmers on projects may se­ These conetiute the main symp­ for one dollar’s feed. The cost of the war. Ing trees. In appreclalon of the Week of Sunday, April 27—Bah. iously much of the mature yellow operating this association is fifteen cure funds to make permanent im- toms. I might say that these bits, work which has been done. bath school at 10 A. M. Morning pine on the area. , provements nnd buy equipment and ters later become ulcers which have cents per cow per month. Very truly yours. Missouri Bureau of Labor Statis­ worship at 11. Mrs. Kathryn Short. "This fire so early In the year livestock should be considered. a very characteristic appearance, State Highway Com. tics reports that 8,789 farms of Mis. Professor Richard Burton has pro­ Curzon will sing. Epworth Leagv' brings home to us Forest Protection “The probable loss and the diffi­ and, with slight exception, common By R. A. Klein, Secretary at 7 P. M. Evonlng worship a t 6 nounced the last word on "Main sour! farmed or supervised by women Week and the necessity of redoubl. culties of some of the settlers on to this disease. State of Oregon— Executive Dept. are more profitable tha nare aver­ P. M. Weekly prayer and Blbl« Street.” He said the author wrote Ing our efforts to prevent forest projects does not mean that recla. “The United States has had six Salem, April 17, 1924. age farms controlled by men. itudy Thursday evening at 7:39. fires,” said Mr. Cecil. nation Is a failure. The sum total different outbreaks and this one only about one aide of the street. J. J. Sturgill Religions instruction eias« meet« of beneficial results has been large makes the seventh one. The dis­ Principal Irrigon School, Tuesday and Friday afternoons. in the building up of towns and ag­ ease has always been stamped out Irrigon, Oregon. Henry Young. Minister. ricultural communities and in add- but sometimes it has cost a good My Dear Sir: I have been In. tremendously to the agricultural deal of money. The last outbreak formed that the ntndents In the pub­ w^-oduction and wealth of the coun­ was one of the most serious ones Notice to City Irrigation Water User* lic school under your supervision on try. Whatever legislation is neces- and coat in round numbers about Water users will have to have Arbor Day planted trees along the eary to the advancement of recla­ nine million dollars. Oregon Trail and Columbia Highway. their own systems In shape to use mation should be enacted without "So long as the Infection can he As governor of the state I congrat- the water tn the shortest poeelbl« delay.” limited to the domestic animals the hlate you and your pupils on their time. People with cow» must keep disease will be eliminated In time, Interest and devotion to what I re­ hay and trash out of ditches In th« hut if it should spread to the wild Dates For Normal School gard as one of the greatest move, alleys. Children must b« kept Dates for Pendleton’s fifth an< anlals there Is no telling where it ments of recent years. Oregon Is from playing In the ditches when nual Summer Normal school, held will stop or end. the heaviest timbered state in the the water is running. "The success in eradicating the there under the auspices of the Ore­ Water Committee. Union at the present lime. We have gon state Normal school, are June disease by combined slaughter, quar­ the climate, the soil and natural 16 to July 29, according to announ. antine and disinfection, as practiced Ladies Aid Meet conditions to make Oregon forever cement made by H. E. Inlow, city in the United States and other conn- the greatest timber state of the The M. E. Ladles Aid will hold an school superintendent, who will dlr. tries, demonstrates In a striking man­ i Union If we out use the natural con. all day social meeting at the home ect the school. The faculty has not ner, the efficiency of slaughtering ditions with which nature has pro­ of Mrs. F. P. Phipps on Wednesday. yet been announced. Following are and the futility of relying on quar­ vid’d us. April 80. This Is the fifth Wednee- the courses which will bs given at antine alone In stamping out the Our highways from one end to the day of the month and th« ladle« the school: «psychology, educational disease. As a rule medical treat, other should be lined with trees of will have Just a get-to-gether social tests and measurements, rural school ment with a view to curing affect­ j various kinds. We can make Oregon time. All members and friend« are ed animals is not to be recommend­ problems, methods of teaching the i the most attractive state In the Un­ Invited. Bring lunch as usual. AH common school branches, methods In ed under conditions prevailing in ion and the planting of trees will members and friends are Invited. the United 8tatee where the disease public school music, art and physical have much to do with it. Meet at the church at 1# o’clock education. In addition to the courses has not become established, and the Oreeo thanks you and the pupils where cars will be provided for all. there will be a practiee school for first object to to stamp it out as and their parents who assisted you Will all who have car« that may h« seniors In normal school work. Pu- quickly as possible. While • In Initiating this great work. used on that day notify Mr«. Young pile in this school will be. as last I many animals would recover wlth- Yours very truly, or Mrs. Adams. All who have no year. local school children. This out any treatment whatever. It Walter M. Pierce, way of goln gplease do the same school, says Mr. Inlow, will not only would be an impossibility to keep Governor of Oregon. end In this way It will be poeelbl« be excellent for the normal school the Infection from spreading to Last rrlday the boys and girls to provide transportation for all. students but will afford local child- other animals while they were get- base ball teams played at Umatilla ren • fine opportunity for review ting well. The disease would spread The expression ”L«, the poor and went down to defeat by the fol­ work. ' faster than It could be cured. Alan lowing cores: Girls 84 to 30. and Indian.” Is from Alexander Pop«’« ____________ 'c a there la no telling bow long an ant. the hoys 9 to 17. Both teams play­ Essay on Men. It occur» as follow«: For the first time since 189*. the met that has had the disease will ing better than formerly and are "Lo, the poor Indian! who«« untutor- St. 1. wren