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VOL. XVIII
LAMPSON SPEAKS
BEFORE CLUB
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1924
THE CALL OP THE HOME
MRS. PHELPS GETS
LOCAL POSTOFFICE
CUTTING UP BIG
IRRIGATED RANCH
N a 40
Referring directly to the state,
meats of Mr. Rack, as enumerated
above, the following are the facts:
In 1917 seepage water appeared
on the south side of the Cold Springs
canyon about 300 feet from the A
canal. The bluff was sloughing
SAYS STATEMENTS CONTAINED slightly but the canal was in no way ALICE BEASLEY AND GEORGE
ARE UNFOUNDED
endangered, not even threatened.
WAGONER WED IN PASCO
Iq 1919 the sloughing had become I
more serious and the reclamation ser. I
,
Allege» Bagley Ditch Spoken of By vice took steps to stabilize the bluff After the Ceremony th® Couple Spent
Mr Rack in Letter to Oregonian
by driving piiee, throwing in rock
a Short Honeymoon in Spokane,
and brush with good results, but the
It Unknown Here
Home Will be in Hermiitoa.
COLONEL M’NAUGHT
ANSWERS LETTER
PROMINENT YOUNG
COUPLE ARE WED
(By Miles Cannon, Director of Farm
Economics, U. 8. Bureau of
800 Acre Farm and 1000 Acre» Other
Reclamation)
Land in Small Tract»
Chickens do not constitute the sum
E. P. Dodd has decided to cut up
total of the poultry Industry In the
SAYS CO-OPERATION IS BEST FOR United States, as is proven by the CHARLES SKINNER'S TERM WILL his 515 acre ranch which he has been
SELLINO FARM PRODUCTS
EXPIRE JUNE 18
improving the last three years. Into
1920 census which tedicates that
small tracts and place them on the
there were at that time 3.627,000
market. He believes that the trend
turkeys value »13.00«,OOP; 2,819,-
Kennewick Association Has 88 Per 000 ducks, »3,374,000: and 2.939,- Mr». Phelps Has Been aa Active Soc toward the cities is at an end.
Cent of the Early Potato Crop
ial Worker and Prominent in
Wages are fail'ng and Jobe are dif-
000 geese, »9,429,000. la the hands
Sign®d Up in the District
of fanners.
fcult in most of be big centers where
Red Cross County Work
mills and factories are running on
Turkey raising is an Important
short shifts. While farming has
Industry because of the great num
at that time that the seepage water |
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Lee Lampson manager of the
ber required for table consumption.
Word was received Friday of the been down for a few yesrs It f8 the To the Members of the Hermiston Ir came n.ainly from the A line itself
George Wagoner and A„ w
r Three R'vers Growers’ association, It Is altogether probable that thia appointment of Mrs. Leila Phelps as general Impression that there will
■ igation District:
and that l’nlng the A canal would ,ey. two proullnent
gpoke before the Hermiston Commer demand will continue for all tin e postmistress at Hermiston.
Gentlemen: In the dally Oregon prove effective. It did not. »h® this city, wer. married June 4? Ï
Mrs. be a big return to small tracts In
cial club last Tuesday. Mr. Lampson and In view of the prevailing prices Phe'ps will succeed Charles Skinner the near future. Especially where fan of June 9th appeared a le tter, seepage increased and in 1923 real Pasco, Washington.
water Is sufficient will farmers be over the signature of Frank Rack, danKer existed. In January 1924 a
was la town to attend a meeting of during the past decade it Is rather who has held the pos'tlon for the
The wedding occurred at the home
remearkable that the number raised past four and one-half years. Mr. look'ng during this season of drouth which contains startling and mis- drainage flume was put under the
the potato growers of the project
of Mrs. M. V. Wysang, a friend of the
Mr.
Dodd
will
offer
tracts
from
annually hag steadily declined.
Skinner’s term expires June 15 and
leading statements which were brief- cana» and apparently was doing bride. Rev. Shaw, pastor of the
held In the library Tuesday eve
I good service. The whole amount ex.
While the western reclamat'on Mrs, Phelps will no doubt take acres and whatever the purchaser ly as follows:
Congregational church at Paaco, of
ning.
seems able to handle and he ex
First: That the dangerous con- pended ln “‘inkering” at try ng to ficiated.
states, from oariy viewpoints, are charge on thlg date or soon after.
pects that his farm will supply places dlton of the A line has been known stop th® dra,naK® water prior to the
In his talk Mr. Lampson stated naturally adapted to the growing of
Mr. Skinner has made an efficient
After that ceremony the couple
that it w a g s proven fact the farmers turkeys. It is rather strange that, postmaster always accommodating for 15 families.
since 1917.
’ recent big break was »7,982, Instead
left
for Spokane for a short honey
could get better returns for his pro- with the exception of California, and even going out of his way to
Second: That the reclamation en.
moon. They arrived ln Hermleton
*daee by co-operative selln g.
Two
Car»
Collide
The
cost
of
repairing
the
recent
they are far behind even when es serve the patrons of the local post-
Two cars, one driven by Arthur gineers have spent »50,000 or more break and stablliz ng the bluff— all Saturday and will make their fut
He stated the^'w ere numerous In. timated on a per capita bast«.
office. Charley states that he has
ure home ln this City.
Wilson, employed at the highway tinkering and trying to stop the
stances where an Individual outside
That there has been dur'ng the not any plans for the immed'ate fut camp, and the the other by Dick drainage water from coming out of a permanent nature except the
Both of the contracting parties
of an association Would get a better
flume which will have to be renewed
past decade a decided decrease in ure but contemplates selling his pro Thomas, a resdent of the Columbia from under this ditch.
are well known to the people of
price for a product than the asso
in
about
five
years—
will
be
»10,000,
practically all parts of the country perty here and moving to other
this community and have a large
Third: That the ditch is in a and not »50,000.
district, collided on Main street Wed
ciation. Th*n he aserted was one of
Is shown by the 1900 census which fields. He has made a hoet of nesday night.
circle of friends who wish them an
worse condition today than ever be
the hardest things a selling organ
When
all
the
lands
of
the
Furnish
reported the total number of'turkeyn friends while serving as postmaster
abundance of prosperity and happi
The car driven by Thomas receiv fore and that it will cost »50,000 at
ization had to contend with. This
in the United States to be 0,594,(95, and their good wishes will go with ed the greater amount of injury least to put It ln a temporary condi project are taking water, unques ness as the years come and go.
situation is very eas'ly understood,
tionably the seepage flow will be In
or almost double the number report, him upon his retirement.
The groom Is employed by the re
merely tearing a fender from the tion for further use.
Mr. Lampson said. “Any man can
creased, but I feel quite certain nqt
ed for 1920.
Mrs. Phelps is well known to the Wilson car.
Fourth: That when the McKay to the extent that we can't take care els mat Ion service. The bride la a
take a small quantity of produce and
There are a number of causes foi\ people of thlB community, having
dam Is completed, the drainage water , of „ and j fee, reasonably sure (hat trained nurse and has successfully
dispose of it for a better price than
taken an active part as a social
will wash the A line away and water ’ |t wlII pot ..drown nermlgtOn out.” followed this profession.
It can be sold in carload lots. But the decrease 4n thq number raised,
worker and a prominent figure in
log 1600 acres and drown Hermiston , w h e„ the- prpsent repairs are com
in order to sell It in large shipments but It may be assumed that the prin
county Red Cross work. Mrs. Phelpg
and get the best consistent price cipal reason is the detail attention
pleted we will be in shape to take OREGON WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL
is a woman of exceptional abll’ty
which
the
turkey
requires
In
com.
Fifth: That the project can never care of vastly more seepage than
REVIEW
available co-operative marketing Is
parlson with the other classes of and the people of the community
pay the »2,800,000, for »1,000,000 ever before.
the only solution.*’
i
can be assured of the same efficient
Albany— Mrs. Sarah Helmick, feed
of that money was for the Bagley
According to Mr. Lampson 85 per poultry. Blackhead has proveu a
Our Indebtedness to the govern
service in the future that has been
menace
to
the
Industry
and
the
ditch— nothing but a shoestring.
cent of the early potato crop of the
ment on the f i s t day of January. 101, July 4, presented a 5 1-2 acer
extended to them In the past.
These rambling and reckless state 1924, was »1,650.000 (not »2,800,- grove on highway near bridge across
THORNTON OFFERINGS BAFFLES
Kennewick district is signed up with range problem Is generally In evi
dence
whenever
increased
product
ments have no foundation ln fact 000) and no part of that sum was Lucklamute to Btate lor camping
the association and a good price is
VISITORS
ion Is contemplated.
School Ma’ams Write Concerning
and are harmful. It is unfortunate for the "Bagley ditch, nothing but grounds.
exepected this year.
There
Is
no
line
of
business
with
and regretablc that a reputable cltl. i Bhoestrln(? „ nor for any o(her
Hike
He stated that the asparagus hand
We are In receipt of a letter sgned Hermiston Meets Stanfield Here Next zen of the project should see fit to d|t<sfc> excppt a cagh payment of
Eugene building permits first five
led thlg year was a fifty per cent In out its» perils. Concentration and
brodcast baseless statements that can
5 000 and water r)ghts for 300 months »1,247,000.
crease over last year, thirty thousand application are the watchwords in Hunts King, Mary Sawyer, Bonnie
Sunday,
the
Last
Game
at
be founded only on false rumors or aPreg pa)d for the Maxweil canal,
crates be’ng sold through the asso any occupation. Nature’s laws are Circle and Isabel Mayhew, who wer»
Home This Season
Newport— Concrete seawall half,
utter Ignorance. Nothing helpful to
The Bag]ey ditch is unknown here
ciation. A large quantity of the Irrevocable and the most worthy am teachers in the local schools last
him or constructive to the project and we are le88 acqualnted with the mile long to be built on water front.
asparagus was shipped east where a bition of anyone Is to conform to year, giving an account of thetr
cou d possibly result. His charges! ope m„ Hon do)larg alleged to havP
better price was obtained than could her decrees. For the capital Invest hike from The Dalles to the snow
After their defeat Sunday week against the reclamat'on engineers I . __
Oswego— Ladd Estate to build re
be procured through the markets of ed there Is perhaps no line of pro line of Mt. Hood and thence to Port
at the hands of the Stanfield aggre. regard as whimsical and foolish and been pa d for it.
sidences at lower end of Oswego lake.
the northwest. The Kennewick as duction more profitable than turkey land. The school ma’ams took the
J.
F.
McNAUGHT
gation the locals got their dandruff this feeling Is emphasized by the
paragus is from five to six weeks raising when proper methods are train to The Dalles and from this
up and walloped Echo last Sunday fset that it is not generally admit
employed.
¡La Grande to drill tast well for
point began their hike.
earlier than that grown In the east
Community Club Luncheon
to the tune of 5 to 3. It was a good ted that Mr. Rack Is a competent
water supply.
The experience of Mr. Wm. H. Ed-
The following Is the letter address,
and commands a top price. The re.
The
Community
club
luncheon
game of base ball and the fans re judge of the qualifications of en
turns from asparagus shipped this ley, of Powell, Wyoming (Shoshone ed to The Herald: The four teach
will be held at the Hotel Oregon on
ceived their money’s worth.
Klamath Falls-i-S. p. Co. bought
gineers or of engineering problems.
year to the markets of the east nett project) would seem to support the ers who were seen dashing around
Monday, June 16, at 1:30 o'clock
Thornton
served
the
pellets
for
However, I am not particularly In
19 acres as sight for railroad shopo,
ed the grower forty cents a crate claim on behalf of turkey raising. He the streets of Hermiston in hiking
There
will
be
two
papers
on
th>
the locals and fed them an assort terested in the engineering feature I
more than the home markets offered. has a forty acre tract which he crops apparel and knapsack shortly after
ment of curves that the opposing at th e particular time except that ' program, “Oriental and Ancient
Salem packers aeeeptlag all Wil
Mr. Lampson said the Kennewick to alfalfa, beans, potatoes and grain. school closed, report they have
batters could not fathom. He was Mr. Rack chargeg the engineers with | Mus e" by Mrs. R. O. Horning, and son, Oregon and Marshall straw»
During
the
season
of
1922
he
conclu.
asociation was only too glad to co
reached the’r destination.
Upon given good support by his team
"The Columbia River" by Mrs. J berres.
the responsibility of situations and
operate with the local growers In any ded to experiment somewhat in the reaching The Dalles packs were dis.
B. Knight. This will be the last
mates.
turkey
Industry
and
purchased
a
set
conditions
that
no
one,
except
God
,
way possible and by the two dstrlctg
carded in favor of a small red wagon
Umatilla humbled Stanfield Sun Almighty himself, could create or meeting of the club until fall. Those
¡Salem— 100 business men and em
working together under a co-opern- ting of thoroughbred turkey eggs for and the party proceeded westward
day beating them by a score of 16 prevent. I know no more about expecting to attend will please phone ployers go on record against closed
»12
which
gave
him
ten
turkey
henB
tlve selling plan a mutual benefit
on foot. The one way traffic on a
by
Friday
to
any
member
of
the
com
shop methods and endorse American
with which to start the season of street in Hood River was blocked to 1. According to those who wit eng'neerlng possibly than Mr. Rack
as to marketing could be realized.
nessed the game It was more of a does, but I can recognize facts from : mittee on arrangements, cha’rman plan.
1923.
for a time while we carried our
Mrs.
H.
M.
Straw,
Mrs.
J.
L.
Waller.
From this flock he received a cash wagon up the hill. From Hood River track meet than a ball game. Uma. fiction and possess a fairly keen scent |
SIGNAL HONOR COMES TO
Mrs. John Schimke. The price of
Condon— »76,000 bond Issue to
return of »478 and still has 13 heng we made a trip up Mt. Hood as far tllla Is still leading the legue, hav that is useful ln ferreting out that |
COUNTY RED CROSS
¡omplete 17-mile highway between
’.eft for the 1924 season. This large ag the snow line where afternoon ing lost only one game, Hermiston element which Is too much inclined the luncheon will be 50 cents.
Arlington and John Day carried.
return is accounted for, hi part at tea made from melted snow was en taking this game from them.
to spread the f'ctlon. It certainly !
Selected as Subject For Special Arti
A Line Break is Repaired
Sunday Hermiston plays Stanfield seems queer that of all the positive
least, by the sale of 28 hens and 10 joyed. |A one day stop was made
Water
was
turned
Into
the
A
l’nc
cle in The Courier, National
Granite monument to he dedic
toms for use as breeding stock. This at Eagle Creek where we overhaul at Hermiston. This will be the last statements made by Mr. Rack In his '
game of the season at home. Her remarkable letter, not one Is free ; canal Thursday morning and is again ated June 15. g'x miles east of Al
Publication of Order
is a bona fide record and was Intro ed our “Pack-hard.
available for Irrigation use. The bany, to Joab Powell, the circuit
miston lost the last game with them
duced into his system of diversified
Along the highway the story had and are aching th’s return game to from the taint of fiction, and this | new flume cross the break success rider.
A signal honor has come to the fanning without detriment either to
fact brings to the forefront an ex-
wJtfc pp >p.
proejeeded us |h p t we (were cross
i
>
get the revenge they have been har cept.onal Imagination and mind of
Umatilla county chapter of the Red h’s crop or chicken business.
|g & we]1 POngtruct.
country hikers from Portland, Me.,
boring
in
their
heart.
Crosg In the selection of this chap
Coog Bay—Carload of machinery
Mr. Edley was not an expert In bound for Portland, Oregon.
unusual capacity for the storing up
ed Job. ¡Beneficial rains and cooler for Coos Veneer and Box Plant ar
ter as the subject of a spec'al arti the turkey growing business and
of bogy stories.
We
reached
Portland
June
2
weather during the week kept the rives.
cle in The Courier, the national pub. what he has done on his 40 acres,
I have faith that the people of
crops from suffering during the
licatlon of the American Red Cross. in addition to other lines, can easily pleased with ourselveg and our little
this
project
realize
that
their
present
time the water was off. The work
Copco—California Oregr n Power
A canvas of the entire country be accomplished by any other person red wagon.
financial distress ’g due mostly to Of strengthening the lower bank by
We are now planning a similar
Company to build hydro-electric
was made by the National Red Cross of ordinary capacity and patlonce.
economic disturbances and not to
gravel fill will continue for wnK power plant at cost of »4,000,000.
office to secure two outstanding ex It is suggested, however, that If any trip for the coming summer to Glac
local causes. I have faith, also, that
ier
national
park
or
Yosemite.
We
time.
amples of service to veterans of the of our readers contemplate engaging
the government will yet come to the
Vernonia—Oregon American Lum-
World War—one In a b g city, and in this side Hne that they address heartily recommend this mode ot
rescue and assist the project ln get
Pet.
W
L
Children'» Day Program
ier Company will start operations
one In a rural community. Umatilla a comunicatlon to the U. 8. Depart travel to anyone who wishes to
ting
back
to
normal
times.
It
Is
up
Umatilla «
8
1
.888
The Baptist Sunday school wll’ iune 15.
I
county chapter was chosen aa the ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. really see the Columbia highway.
to the project to push forward and give the lr regular Children’s Day
4
.555
H
ermiston
5
example of rural v o it , which la to Gi
ask for Fanners Bulletin No.
not to pull backward and to step on program Sunday, June 15, ah 11
Ashland may get modern up-to-
.333 and crush out sentiments such as
6
3
be AvrlttW up in a special war aef 1409.
Mrs. P. . Hayden Is Improving af Stanfield
o’clock.
This
Is
not
only
a
child
date
hotel.
vlre nuraber of The Courier, to he
Echo
2
.222 were expressed In the Rack letter.
7
ter her recent Illness.
ren's day festival but will combine
Corvallis—S ’te purchased for new
¡»euedJtnta- 21.
with It a commemoration program hotel: ground to be broken within
Those who not only devoted the'r
celebrating the centennial Ot the 30 days.
time and energy to the work of the ♦
EXPERIMENT STATION
♦
- American Baptist Publication Soc
. Red Croaa for our. « e u In service ♦
NOTES
♦
iety. The songs are arranged foi
Albany— A »100,000
woman'p
daring the wgr, hat who have since p
(By H. K. Dean)
♦
the music of our master mus'clan? building assured college here.
d
an
with
unrelinquished
I’
and the program will be interest
, Ipir to keep alive the spirit of $ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • $
Rainier haR an Alaska red fox
lng to all.
rorv’ce during the difficult years of
Rain On Alfalfa
farm.
rearfjrotment since the war, feel a
The recent rains have raised the
thrilfftxf prl«» to Warn that the question of their effect on the feed
Steal» Clothe» From Line
Seaside—-Plans being prepared
One day laHt week the family
Undvflln County Red Cross has. ing value of hay. An appreciable
washing was hung out on the line for gymnasium at Union high School
been chosen an a banner chapter port'on of the nutrients Is leached
at the J. K. Shotwell home. Some to cost »40,000.
out by rain. The Colorado Experi
worthy of this honor.
time during the night a thief stole
The issue in which the story of ment Station found after rains of
Astoria— New Junior h’gh and
the wearing apparel from the line
Hie local work will appear is one 1.80 inches that of the original nnt-
elementary
school building to rise.
No
clue
has
yet
been
unearthed
as
devoted to the activit és of the Red trients In alfalfa «0 per cent of the
to the possible culprits.
•
Cross since the war in behalf of crude protein. 41.0 per cent of the
Harrisburg— Contract awarded for
our ex-service men. particularly nttrogeu-fTee extract and 33.» per
construction of bridge here at »183,-
those disabled and handicapped by cent of the fat— or »1.7 per cent of
Methodist Episcopal Chnrch
Runday, June 15—Sabbath school 200.
their war time hardships.
the total dry matter was lost. The
at 10 A. M., morning worship at 11.
The story of this chapter’s pro crude f'ber was increased from »«.(
State board of control votes pur
Epworth League 7 P. M., evening
gram w ll lay a special emphasis per cent to 33.8 per cent. The rains
chase
of 276-acre site for state train,
worship 9 P. M. Weekly prayer
on the'strong county organisation at Hermiston last week and this
and Bible study Thursday evening lng school for boys, one mile north
of our local Red Cross. There will totaled .»3 inch so the loss to hay
west of Woodburn on Pacific high
at 7:15. Henry Young, minister.
be «tressed the splendid co-operation exposed has not been as high as
way.
service made possible through th« the above figures. However the act
¡Mrs.
O.
M.
Boyer,
of
Ontario.
Ore
efforts of branch representatives in ual damage la somewhat greater
There has been »0.000 pounds of
gon Is visiting at the home of her
all of the towns, and it will he ex than the analyst! shows aa the nu
Cascare bark sold from the Stuslaw
mother. Mrs. P. . Hayden.
plained that the r contact with local trients lost are thoee most roluable
national forest so far th’a year.
problems forms the basis of reaUy and hence most easily digested.
effective county wide service.
•
NUMBER 1 A N D 2T O B E T A K
Ashland-Klamath Falls highway«,
particular kind of service »he«
Free Lecture
EN OFF SUNDAY IS RUMOR built by co-operation of stata, coun
branch workers render, and th
Al, old Hermiston hotel dtnlnft
According to a rumor coming ties and forest service. Ig now eom-
stragctic part they P»aV in th«jv o rk room Monday. Juno 1». at I » . M.
from authentic aorcea the two p|Pted.
of the chapter, will be described » M. McLean Ooldle will speak on
local trains No. 1 and 2 will be
detail In the article.
My Experience I» the BolsKerifce
discontinued on Sunday at an
Friill canneries at Carver and
The membership of the Umatfflh
early date. While t)«ero is noth Canby are In operation: expect to
Revolution.” 8ota(a4.
R’*ty f
Countv Red Crosu-.1h«wughout the Short. Mr. GoMIe was eoe of
ing official to verify this railroad can over 50.000 cases thia year.
rh,rtee aw-U w ith . Interest »»«• appointees of the Root
men beheva the trains will he
taken off. Lack of travel »« the
number of Th« Courier.
te M f r hr w
Roeeburr—C ty council
easou.
several paving contracts.
_ ,
HERMISTON WINS
GAME FROM ECHO
STANDING OF TEAMS IN
THE IRRIGATION LEAGUE
R ead y, B oys