The Hermiston herald., July 17, 1924, Image 1

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No. 45
MANY ATTEND
FARMERS PICNIC
TBTKKAHB mat how tele
FOB ADJUSTED COMPENSATION
RECLAMATION MEN
HERE ON TUESDAY
A RARE TREAT
FOR MUSIC LOVERS
STOCK AND HAY
- DESTROYED BY FIRE
BOOSTER FOR DESCHUTES
PROJEC? VISITS HERMISTON
COUNTRY HELD TO
NEED RECLAMATION
On Tuesday evening a concert of,
H. W. Gard, of Madras, one of tha
Engl sh, Italian and French songs
Bed Crou Office
directors and dyed-in the-wool b o o s­
was given by Kitty Short, soprano
ters for the North Unit of the Des­
MAT MAKE THE EVENT AH AN
at the Hermiston hotel. Miss Short
chutes project was In Hermiston
Applicat’on blanks for the Vete- ARE GUESTS OF COLUMBIA FARM has a sweet soprano voice of rare
HUAI OHE
L. CARSON RANCH NEAR HER- Monday.
FUTURE OF FOOD SUPPLY WELL
BUREAU AT PICNIC
quality and music lovers of the city
Adjuated Compensation undqr
MISTON SCENE OF BLAZE
Mr. Gard is well known In Irri­
DEPEND ON IRRIGATION
geatly enjoyed the concert.
the new federal "bonus" law may
gation circles, as a promoter and
F. X. Arens, of New York, a noted
B « e Ball and Foot Races Enter- now be filed at any time through the
county Red Cross office, according to A Trip of Inspection Is Made Over teacher of voice, accompanied Miss Fourteen Cows. Three Horses and champion of the cause. He was an
tains Crowd. Addresses are Made
intimate friend of the late J. T. Hin. Columbia Basin League in Session at
Short on the p'ano.
word received from Miss Purcelle
The Westland and Stanfield
By Reclamation Officials
Fifty Tons of Hay is Destroyed.
kle and in h’s opinion Irrigation loet
Pasco Tikes Up Arid Land
Peck, executive secretary.
Since
Projects.
No Insurance Carried.
one of Its stanchest friends when he
Charley Skinner and family left
Problem
none of the certificates can be dated
passed away.
Monday for a vacation that will take
Tuesday was a holiday for the prior to January 1, 1925, however,
Mr. Gard states that the North
farmers of this locality. They paus­ ex-servioe men need not be impat­
George Kruetser. director of Farm them to Vancouver, B. C„ and Sea­
About eight o'clock Monday morn Unit has organized and issued bonds.
side.
J.
A.
Reeveg
is
tak
ng
Char
Declaring that the "country’s de­
ient
to
file
their
cla'ms.
ed long enough from their laborg to
Economics, F. B. Weymouth, Ch ef ley’s place In the postoffice while ing word was brought to this city A bonding company has offered to
It lB very important that veterans
pendance
must rest largely on Irri­
make merry and indulge in a bit of
Engineer of the Reclamation Service, Dewey Payne is carrying the mall that a fire wag ra g n g on the S. L. buy these bonds providing the state
fun and frolic at Columbia school bring their discharges when filing
gation
of
western
arid lands” for
Carson
ranch.
Immediately
carg
load­
for Reeves.
w 11 let the law function or will
house, the occasion being a plonic claim, In order that the facts re­ Miss Mae Srhnurr, secretary to Dr.
ed with men started for the Carson guarantee their security. He hag maintaining increased population,
given by the Columbia Farm Bureau. quired in the application may be ae Elwood Mead, Commissioner of Bur­
ranch. Upon arrival they found the been In conference with Governor the Columbia Basin Irrigation league
Tuesday morning cars loaded with curately copied from the discharge? eau of Reclamat'on, N. J. Sinnott,
barn and fifty tons of hay on fire. Pierce concerning the matter and in its third annual session at Pasco
people passed through town on their Men who have lost their dischargee congressman from this district and
Work was then directed toward sav. has another appointment with the Tuesday, was placed on record In It*
way to the gathering. Jn each there and who have a “C ertficate In Lieu" |
ing the house.
Professor Powers of O. A. C.. were
governor the latter part of this report of its resolution committee as
* was a well f lied dinner basket that are requested to bring It a , a eubstl
At the time the fire broke out Mr. week.
in
Hermiston
Tuesday.
Dr.
Mead
proferrlng the Columbia Basin pro.
was brought out at noon. Tables tute for their discharge; but If they
Carson wag milking the cows, the
Pioneers have settled this coun iect to assist toward this end.
were furnished by the Farm Bureau have lost their discharge and never was scheduled to visit th’s project
cows being in the stanchion when try. have cleared the land, tilled the
The report In part was as follows;
and groups could be seen here and secured such a cert'fteats, they are. with the party but was unable to be
the Cre started and were unable to soli, built fences, homes, school “Federal reclamation of arid lands '»
present
on
account
of
the
sickness
COSBY TALKS ON CULLING AND get out of the barn. Mr. Carson
there enjoying the contests of the to give the facts as beet they can,
houses and trading points; 80,000 the declared purpose of the demo­
baskets.
from memory. The government es. of his daughter at Berkley.
CARE OF PULLETS
uses a milking machine connected acres out of the 106,250 irrigable cratic and republican parties as ex­
Delegations from the Westland
In the afternoon a program of ath- peciallly request» that veterans do
with a gasoline engine and believes acres on the project Is or has been pressed in their platforms for 1924.
'etic events was staged. The first not write to any government depart, and Stanfield projects met with the Directors and Officers Elected Who
a spark frem the eng'ne was the In crop and Is ready for the water We commend their vision and assure
was a ball game between two nines ment for a certificate in lieu of lost offiCals in regards to the Govern­
Will Head the Organization.
cause of the conflagration.
At present the project I r endeavor the leaders of all parties that the
chosen on the spot. The game was discharge or for information at thig ment taking over the project and
Marketing Plans Will Be
Fourteen cows, three horses and Ing to float bonds amounting to five west stands eager to perform Its full
close and interesting and the fans time. Since five and a half million the fiirntahlng of water to them
fifty tons of hay, valued at >3,050 mill'ona of dollars and it Is estlmat part 'n that national service.
Mapped Out
rooted for their respective sides claims are to be settled, any u n n e c ­ from the McKay reservoir when it
was the loss. No insurance wi ed that It will take seven millions to
w th ardor.
"Though the conditions will be
essary correspondence on the part Is completed. The party was invit­
The much talked of poultry organ. carried.
complete.
excellent for fruit growing it Is not
c next event was the races, of the appt'eant will materially In­ ed to go on a tour of Inspection over Izatlon took on a tangible existence
Mr. Gard believes the development expected that thl« project will be
’’e winners were: G ris running crease the entire work of adminis­ the two projects. The trip was last Wednesday night when the
FIVE YEARS AGO
of the Deschutes project will mean extensively planted to orchards. T»>e
race, 10 to 15 years, Marda Hanpan tration of the law with a consequent made dur'ng the morning hours. Mr. poultrymen of the project met In the
a grat deal to Oregon's future. Be elan is to make It 'nviting to dairy
first, Celatha Lamberth second; delay affecting all the claims.
Kreutzer stated that a soil survey pubi c library, discussed the feasi­
Items
Clipped
From
The
H
em
iston
sides
deveiop’ng the latent re orodneers, stock growers and grow­
girls running race, 15 years and over,)
and
classification
of
lands
on
the
The compensât'on takes the form
bility of the association and elected
sources of the state and promoting ers of products especially salted to
Mrs. Potter first. Mrs. Bays second; of paid-up twenty year endowment Westland and Stanfield projects temporary officers.
Herald July 19, 1919
colonization, it v>!ll furnish employ, em eries and evaporators.
baby raoe, five years and under, insurance policies. Men eligible for would be made in the near future.
Some time ago a good many of the
ment for a number of those in that
Peter Norquist first, Francis Samp­ only >50.00 or lees will be paid in At noon the visiting officials were poultrymen signified their luten-
"The nation's need of this and
Fire Chief Earl K'cgsley ordered sect’on that at present are unem
son second; boys running broad jump cash, and these payments will not taken to Columbia school house t one of backing local organization
other meritorious projects is immi­
from 8 to 12, Donald DeMoss first, begin before March 1. 1925. All where they were the guests of the by signing up a large number of a drill and water fight to be staged ployed and will place in circuation nent.
Secretary of the Inter'or
Arthur Norquist second. Boys run- veterans eligible for more than >50 Columbia Farm Bureau at a picnic hens. This was merely preliminary Tuesday evening but due to the heat the better part of five millions of Work hs truly said that 'One summer
n'ng broad jump, 12 yearg and over, will receive adjusted serv'ce certifi. given by them. Mr. Slnnott and Mr. steps taken to feel out the situation no one appeared for the show.
dollars throughout the state.
Irought such as occurred in the
Walther Ott first, Walter Norquist cates. The maximum amount of ad Kreutzer both made short talks at before work of actual organization
nemory of those now living would
At a special meeting of the Ma­
second; boys forty yard dash, five justed compensation is >500 in the the gathering.
The Country Weekly Press
out this most prosperous country in
started. The trend of sentiment son c lodge Tuesday evening Thomas
to ten years, Eugene Pierce first. case of men who saw only home ser
The boards of d'rectors of the Her- displayed was favorable toward the Fraser and Dr. F. P. Adams received The city dallies often Josh about the want.’
Keith Rogers second; boys forty yard
country press,
'The country’s need Is bettter bal­
vice and >625 for veterans who per. and West Extension districts had a undertak'ng.
the Entered Apprentice degrees.
dash, ten to fifteen, Walther Ott
But the small-town country weekly anced agriculture, not restricted pro.
Since that time Fred Bennlon
formed any overseas service. After conference with the visitors. Mr
first, Water Norquist second; boys
is an all-around success.
luctlon of food. The nation needs
two years from the t'me the cer­ Kreutzer stated that an economic county agent, and E. P. Dodd, of this
Mr and Mrs. W. S. Boynton, Mr.
forty yard dash, fifteen years and
tificate is dated, a man may borrow analysis would be made of both d’s- city, along with other interested and Mrs. Leroy Sullivan, Miss Laura It beats the dally paper for a sheet ncreased product'on and largor
over, Jame- Hall first, Wallace Reid
that's read clean through;
•onsnmptlon of thee wholesome pro-
trlcts and adjustments and relief parties of this locality, have been
second; g'rls forty yard dash, five money on his certificate from any will be made accord'ng to the find­ laboring w th an idea of perfecting Boynton, Neil Boynton, Vane Boyn­ And its patent insides function and iucts. We Import constantly enor­
'neorporated bank, or trust company,
ton
and
Harry
Kelly
motored
to
to ten years; Lucille Hooker first,
are entertaining, too.
mous quantities of foreign sugar.
up to the amount, of ninety per ings. It is expected that this will an organization. Matters have pro­ Helix Sunday to vis’t a Bon of Mr.
Gladys NorquistT second.
There
Is less of bluff and bluster, The need I r Increased production of
gressed
to
a
degree
that
it
was
be
be
done
in
the
near
future.
cent
of,th
e
current
reserve
value
of
and
Mrs.
Boynton
living
at
that
F. E. Weymouth, chief engineer
less hysteria and pose,
beet sugar.
lieved the time was ripe and a meet place.
of the Reclamation service, George C. the certificates. No money can be
Less
of ballyho and brainstorm, less
‘‘Even now. in time of peace and
ing
was
called
for
Wednesday
eve­
borrowed
in
this
way
until
January
Kreutzer, director of Farm Econom­
divorce and human woes.
ning at the library.
vlth present populnt’on, heavy im­
1,
1927.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
L.
Jackson
and
ics, Miss Mae- A. Schurr, secretary
EXPERIMENT STATION
Posby, O. A. C. poultry special family left Wednesday morning for And the sanest folks will tell you. ports of foreign foods are needed to
The Pendleton post of the Ameri­
to Elwood Mead, Commiss'oner, and
having watched the passing show, eod our people. It is the part of
NOTES
st,
and Fred Bennlon, county agent Fresno, Californ’a, for a two weeks
N. J. Slnnott, congressman, were can Legion expects to turn over its
(By H. K. Dean)
attended the (meeting. Mr. Cosby visit with Mrs. Jackson's parents, There’s a lot of frothy piffle that k statesmanship to consider careful’; - .
blanks
to
the
Red
Cross
and
most
guests of the Farm Bureau for lunch­
not worth while to know.
spoke at gome length concerning the who live at that place.
be situation that will be presented
eon. Each of them made short ad­ of the claims throughout the county
care of pullets, culling, etc. Fred
10 or 15 years from now, when 15-
will
be
handled
through
the
chap­
dresses. From every standpoint the
Take the city Sunday supplement 000,0000 or 20,000,000 more people
COW TESTING
Bennlon acted as chairman of the
Mrs. J. F. McNaught went to
picnic was a pronounced success. ter office. Veterans are requested
that Is dumped upon the porch;
meeting.
The
feasibility
of
going
In the Gooding, Idaho, cow test­
Portland one day last week for a It buries us In literature and keeps will be calling for food.
It was a get-to-gether assembly, the to apply before July 15, or after
on
with
the
organ
sat
Ion
was
dis­
'■Population increases wh'le the
ing
association
last
year
the
10
high,
shodt visit.
sort that brings out a better com­ August 15, if possible, since both
Us home from church.
public domain dwindles. The arable
est producing cowe averaged 506.1 cussed, after which It was decided
the
regular
and
volunteer
force
of
munity spirit.
It corrupts our wives and children homestead land is gone.
to elect officers and go ahead. A
Broadly
Tom Campbell left Monday for
It is believed that the event w II the Red Cross office w'U be reduc­ pounds of butterfat, valued at >226, temporary .’board of directors and
with Its freak sh morbid Bhow,
wh'le
the
ten
lowest
produced
136.3
ed during the vacation period.
Ch'cago where he expects to spend t For Its jokes are often nightmares peaking, there are no homesteads
be made an annual one.
worth the taking. But increased
Near relatives of a deceased vete. pounds, worth >63.65, a difference (officers were elected and are as fol­ month before his return to Hermls
and its Ideals often low.
production the nation must have.
of 369.8 pounds or >163.23. It cost lows: L. C. Dyer, J. D. Waghorn, ton.
ran
are
eligible
to
rece've
his
ad­
OLD OREGON TRAIL
The city daily has a man who reads
>78.95 to feed the high producing Jim Todd, Harry Spinning, G. E.
These arc facts that should be
justed
compensation
under
the
new
WILL GET SCENIC PARK
the country press.
Robinson, W'll Rhodes and Wm. H.
federal ¡bonus act, providing they cow, and >40.42 for the low pro­
Dorothy Ross has accepted a posl And the news he cribs and rewrites surveyed and weighed by the Amer'-
an people and the government at
ducing. The good cows gave a re­ Ogden, directors. They In turn tlon ag bookkeeper with the Oregon
Tourist Attraction to Be Provided on were dependent on him at the time
makeg for his success.
Washington. If there shall be vis­
turn
of >147.93 above the feed cost elected L. C. Dyer president, J. D. Hardware A Implement Co.
of his death. “Inquiries are being
Emigrant Hill
And
as
he
cllpe
and
butchers
t
for
Waghorn vice-president, W. H. Og­
ion of statesmanship in future at tha
made on this question from many while the poor ones returned >23.23.
all that he can ubo .
den secretary.
Bach
pound
of
butterfat
from
the
relatives
of
deceased
veterans"
states
The famous view of the wheat
F. J. Prann is the proud possessor He ridicules the makeup of the heads national capital, aa there has been
Mr. Cosby stated the outlook for
■tatesninnlike vision in the past,
country checkerboard that is afford, Miss Purcelle Peck, executive secre­ star hoarders oost 29.7 cents for feed
of a Saxon touring car purchased 'n and local news.
while from the high producers it poultrymen was very bright and Walla Walla last week.
•’ongress and the adm’nlstratlon will
ed from the top of Emigrant hill on tary of the county Red Cross.
eggs should command a good price
not permit a suspension or a flagg­
The widow of a deceased veteran cost only 15.6 cents. The real way
the Oregon Trail will be made a
But how welcome Is the weekly
this winter on account of the small
ing of western reclamation.”
special attraction to tourists by the if unmarr'ed has the first claim on to aseerta’n which are the 500 pound
Mlsg Frances Hinkle left on No.
along the R. F. D.
number
of
eggs
in
storage.
There
construction of a small park on the his compensation, In case there is cows and which are the 136 pound
17
for
Portland
to
be
present
at
the
When
Grandma
polishes
her
specs
wag a good deal of money lost last
brow of the hill, accord'ng to a no widow, the next in order of elig­ ones is to use a milk scale and Bab­
W. C. T. U. ENDORSES
and takes It with her tea.
w nter In storage eggs and for this wedding of her brother, Dale Hinkle.
cock
tester.
There
are
enough
poor
statement! made by County Judge ibility are his children who are un­
R. T. COOKINGHAM
And
with
what
kindly
comment
she
reason no one seems anxious to take
Schannep at a conference of offic­ der 18 yers of age at the tme of his cows in th i, district to make a cow
sm'les and nods her head
a
chance
on
finding
themselves
In
Leaving
to
Engage
in
Business
Believing as we do that the great,
ials and business men held at Pen­ death, then his mother, and last his testing aasoc'atlon an exceedingly
the same predicament next winter.
E. J. Forrest, who for awhile was As she clips for her scrap album the est need In the political affairs of
dleton.
father. A mother or father apply­ profitable institution.
best things she has read.
The wheels of the organization has employed by the City Meat Market
The state highway commission ing for the compensation must sub­
been set in motion and everything and J. Lee Parker's store, left with The poem by a ne'ghbor, or the win Umatilla county is the matter of law
Miss
Doris
Swayze
is
home
from
has puchased 20 acres of Indian land mit under oath a statement of their
enforcement, especially the law re­
ners at the fair;
for 't’s functioning.
his family Monday for the coast.
and the task of Improving the dependency on h'm at the time of Stanford university for the summer
garding the prohibition of liquor,
A marketing plan and other de­ Mr. Forrest expects to locate near Obituaries and wedding^ are among
ground and constructing a park will big death.
vacation.
)
with
Its moonHhinlng and boot-leg.
her
treasures
rare.
tail will be worked out later.
Spokane.
be done th's summer, he said.
In the case of a veteran who is
And, unlike the city editor who g ng, and believing that the office of
R. H. Baldock, division engineer mentally incapacitated, the legal
sheriff of Umatilla county is largely
wields the wicked shears,
from La Grande, told of the plans guardian may make application,
She clips the paper lovingly, her responsible for the enforcement of all
of the commission for the upkeep s'gning for the veteran, and submltt.
our laws, we must have a man for
smiles nixed with her tears.
of the highway both east and west Ing a copy of the court order of
sheriff who Is a total abstainer and
of Pendleton. Some crude oil has
The country sheet has been the work believes with heart and soul in en­
guardianship together with an af­
been applied between Nolin and
forcement of law.
of men of great renown;
fidavit identifying the guardian. The
Pendleton and construction work to
Therefore the W. C. T. U. of Unaa.
The bulk of all our beat-loved men
same procedure is followed in the
effect improvements will begin July
tilla county wishes to nominate and
came from the country town.
case of a mentally incapacitated de.
20 between Echo and Nolin, he said.
For ’tie here you get the human endorse the candidacy of R. T. Cook-
pendent of a deceased veteran
Three miles east of Pendleton will
ingham for sheriff and urge all vot.
touch that’s always understood.
Appl’catione need not be sworn
be resurfaced irommediately and
ers of this county to rally to our
And
you'll
find
some
worth-while
other work will be done on the high­ before a notary, except in the case
people in the small town neighbor, support In voting for and electing
way to the bottom of Emigrant hill. of dependant’s claims. They must
him as the executive of our laws.
hood.
be signed by the veteran before
Mr. Couklngham was born In In­
You’ll
find
more
Christian
charity,
Inspector to Pass on Local Potato two witnesses who ean identify him.
and more good common Hen««;
| diana 4 8 years ago and attended pub­
however.
Crop Will Be Named
Here thrives orlg nallty without so lic school in Indiana and Michigan,
The applicant must place the fin
giaduattng from high school. In
An Inspector to pass on the early
much pretense.
potato crop that will be shipped o u t . ger prints of the four fingers of his
While the dally paper shouts It with 1916 he was elected to the legtala-
of this rity will be named and In- right hand on his application. The
! ture of Montana and served two
it , billboard type so tall
-wtr’icted the latter part of th's week Red Croon o ffe e hag been provided
The small town ways of doing may years.
by J. W. Bailey who has charge of , with a finger print outfit by the
h„ the wisest after all.
Mr. Cookington has been engaged
federal bwticnlture for the eastern , Pendleton police department,
— Roy Churchill Smith, In Inland Oil as general agent for the Montana
Life Insurance company and holding
part of Oregon and Washington.
The earliest certlfeates cannot be
Indes.
religious services at Rieth.
The local crop will be sold under dated before the first of next Jenu
He came to Pendleton soma two
the brand of the Three River, Grow- ery. and applications may be filed
la s t Friday ten children were y/arg ago and Is well acquainted
era’ association. The name of the before January 1, 1928.
operated upon at Umatilla for dis­ with Umatilla county, having valted
local grower Wll also be stamped on {-
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eased tonsils and adeno’d growths
every locality.
the sack. Only u. S. No. 1 potatoes |
“Frenchie’’ ta itfc Takes Bride
by a throat specialist, under the
Signed:
will be shipped and they will be sent
Tuesday's Beat Oregon’en carried
auspices of the Umatilla county pub- Vma(|||a County Woma„', Christian
out under federal certificates.
the announcement that Frank B.
lie health aesoclat on. Dr. and Mrs. 1 Temperance
Union,
Esecutive
--------------------------
Smith had obtained a marriage He-
R. G. Gale of »•'rtnleton gave the
Board.
To Hold Quarterly Meeting
enae to wed Miss Deli* Margaret
anaesthetics. The American Red j
By Mr». A. F. Mays, Co Pree.
Rev. Pond, of WaUa Walla, will Beaman, of Irrigon.
Cross loaned a portion of the linen i
bold the quarterly meeting of the
The Frank B. Smith in question is
and St. Anthony's co-operated also.
J. Lee Parker has moved from hl»
Fr-e Methodist church, at their mis, none the lees than Frenchie Sm'th
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'old residence to the George Brigg*
e’on tn this city n e y ’W iday night, who bee gained quite a reputation
Mrs. Jack B'gga and children »«ri|h<>ljee , cr0BS the trgck.
continvlng over until Sunday morn- locally an a boxer. Mis, Seaman Is
Mi m'ay night for Valley points
_____
Ing. He will preach Sunday even- the daughter of N. Seaman, one ef
**rre she will spend some time , A
on the Frank Beddow place
lo g i l lrrtsm .
Irrigon’s prominent cltiaeae.
lYdsriln g y r y b ’ie there she will
Friday getroyed a bar* a»4
' tend the wedding of hf* brother.
gbouj thirty ,on*
h ,y '
Filing to W- Made Throngfc County
POULTRY MEN
ORGANIZE WEDNESDAY
W h e re To?