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HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924
No. 12
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J lX n s be thankful—not only because
•“' Since last our universal thanks were told " ' X /
**** grown «reater in the world’s applause,'' '
And fortune's neiyer smiles surpass the old— .'
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r-L et us be thankful-thankful for the'pi«y^<
• 2 Who8e <radoU8 answers were long, long delayed,
Tnat they might fall upon us unawares,
.
MU
what higher crop value than on the
Um atilla project, while the possibil­
ity that a smaller percentage of the
area w ill be devoted to fru it culture
or that climatic conditions w ill prove
less favorable w ill result in a less
REPORT KADE TO LUPER g y I value than obtained on the Yakima
project. In the absence of definite
FEDERAL OFFICIAL
data the average grosg annual per
an w ,. n xv
,
—
l acre crop value for the area con-
° “ V ® a t i] Ii Pro- sldered Is estimated to be nearer that
p o*l Placed on File m the
for the U m atilla project."— E
RIVER PROJECTHELD
FEASIBLE BY MEADEl
De_tv?r Office
EARL KINGSLEY IS
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
According to Sunday’s Orgonlan,
Earl Kingsley was taken to a hos­
pital In Portland suffering w ith a
malady pronounced sleeping sick­
ness.
In a telephone message from Port­
land B. S. Kingsley, father of Earl,
stated the case was not dangerous
and If Earl should grow worse he
would advise friends here.
DON’T CROWD BOYS
From an engineering point of view I
u L u T X r X " a r X i ’on S
‘ h‘S 1OCa“ ‘ y ‘8
BOYS RESCUED FROM
—
that was received b , s u r a 1
"
Ford be
UMATILLA RIVER
us be thankful for the loyal hand ~ * ‘
j project
longing to C. O. Sipes. Many a
^That love held out in welcome to our owrv
Engineer Rho.x Luper t>.day from
Sunday Lester Carson and a boy
_ -When love and only love could understand
j Dr. Elwood Meade, commissioner for weary citizen has been awakened at from Portland were preparing to
night by what he believed at first
"
The need of touches we had never known.
the
federal
reclamation cervice.
to be a tornado or cyclone but up­ cross the Um atilla river In a boat
However, certain unfavorable condi­
on investigation found it 't o be Sipe near the Carson ranch. A cable
M in
Let us be thankful for the longing eyes
tions are pointed. The estimated
spans the river at this point. The
starting home w ith his gas can.
That gave their secret to us as they wept,
cost Is *45,000,000.
The boys out on the Government boat was fastened to the cable at
Yet in return found, with a sweet surprise.
The Investigation of the project
works, where Sipe is employed, drove either end by means of ropes. In
Love’s touch upon their lids, and, smiling, slept
was made by E. R. Crocker, associat­
an iron spike in the ground, drove midstream one of the ropes parted
ed engineer for the reclamation ser­
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the car over the spike and with leaving the boat held by the one
vice. on a contract entered Into be­
And let us, too, be thankful that the tears
heavy wire tied it down. Sipe strand against the swift current that
tween the federal government and
Of sorrow have not all been drained away,9?
came in from work unaware of the rapidly filled the boat. Lester seiz­
the state of Oregon on A p ril 15 last.
That through them still, for all the coming yearsj
trick the boys had played, got into ed the line and managed to get to
To cover the expense of the Investi­
We may look on the dead face of today.
the car and give her the gas. The the shore. Mr. Carson threw a line
gation congress appropriated *50,-
—
‘ M -4ames)Vhitcomb.Riley:
old bus groaned and moaned as if In to the other youth who was brought
Oh. h e r e ’s to H a r v e s t T im e, th e en d n t th e fa ll!
000 and the Oregon legislature of
T h e la s t m o n th o f a u tu m n — th e b e s t o f th em a ll!
great agony and the wheels spun to shore after having been in the
119*3, *10,000. The plans of the
T h e m o n th o f T h a n k s g iv in g , w ith t u r k e y s a n d p lu m sl
around like the scenery, to a man chilling water for a quarter of an
T h e m o n th b e fo r e C h r istm a s, w h e n S a n ta C la u s c o m e sl
project calls for a hydro-electric de-
hour.
Neither
boys
suffered
bad
ef­
I
lik e o ld N o v em b er, b e c a u s e it is n ot
late it to the mouth—the first and velopment at U m atilla rapids, three who ha8 inbibed too freely. Sipe
T o o w e t n o r to o dry, n or to o co ld n or to o h o t.
fects, but both lost their shotguns.
was
hurt
and
humiliated
to
think
second digits are thrust into the bowl miles above the town of Um atilla fn-
J u s t J o lly an d su n n y and fu ll o f g o o d th in g s .
and twisted
twisted out
a manner
manner that
2 ° "
,
, l,° ’
Oh, h e r e 's to T h a n k s g iv in g , w ith a ll th a t it b r ln g s l
the old Ford had threw him down
and
out in
In such
such a
that
The autumn, perfect as qour lone.
commercial
purposes
and
cover
also
The Boys and Girls’ Club Work
a large mouthful is the result— the
Just at the time when he had been
Where wns
was Gloria? Janet’s puz­
Lies oner all the land;
process being repeated as long as con­ pumping service during the Irrig a­ bragging of her power and other
Now and then we hear or read
zled eyes searched the crowd in vain.
And in each field, each gloving tree tent» hold out. With equal dexterity tion season for lands on the Oregon good qualities and when the boys of club work by the boys and girls
I hen, resolutely, she crossed over to
they separate the meat particles and and Washington sides of the river.
him.
IPe see ¡¡our precious hand.
were standing by ridiculing. He of Oregon, i t is carried on through
pick the bones of their favorite roast
" It’s my first visit, Mr. Deming,"
A letter received from commission­
the
schools
offered up a prayer and give her cooperation between
And so in eoerq maqside church.
Pig.
)
site said abruptly, "and I ’m even more
er Meade aaye that all data gathered
county
agents,
the
Oregon
Agricul­
more
gas.
She
shook
herself
free
Our grateful hearts me raise.
No Fear of Microbes.
impressed titan I had expected.” »
by the investigation Is on file at the
and come through clean. By clean tural college and certain forces that
The microbe theory has evidently
At tlie sound of her voice he turned
To thank qou for qour mercies, Lord
office
of
the
reclamation
bureau
at
not reached the ears of these children
and Janet found time to wonder at
we mean minus a couple of fenders are friendly to the move. The
Upon this daq o f daqsl
Denver
and
is
accessible
to
any
auth­
of nature; at any rate they do not
the lr.ck of surprise In ills expression.
Union Pacific has been very helpful
and other parts of her anatomy.
orised official of Oregon.
"Janet! Rut what—why—”
1 By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD
— Christian Harald trouble themselves about anything so
Now Sipe wants to sell the car. in this territory.
abstruse, for one pitcher of water was
The report places the estimated
»•Yes,” laughed Janet. "Thnt’s w h a t'
The club work Involves little ex
He is w illin g to sell it on the same
I want to know! What are you doing
passed to any one whose thirst made cost at »45,000,000 and the power
Janet
Thorn
sat
In
the
couch
ham­
Few aside from those t’ lr-
here, and why are yon not spending
itself manifest, and I noticed how development at 430.000 horsepower. plan that the government is dispos­ pense.
ing of the ships of the emergency ectly connected w ith It have known mock on the shaded lanal and looked the holidays with— with—”
carefully
the left-over poi
was
out
across
a
purple
blue
sea
to
some
The production cost of power is es­
of its scope and genuine Im port­
fleet, "where Is and as is.”
scraped out of the bowls, only to be
“M r—er—former fiancee?” Jim gave
far Invisible shore. Somewhere be­
timated a t .001* cents per kilow att
consumed later on by attendants.
He w ill sell it under a guarantee. ance. In the absence of specific in­ yond that misty horizon lay home. Not a strange little laugh. "Miss Tremans
hour.
(
I t was intensely fascinating to fol­
Guarantee that he w ill never want formation It is entirely natural for that home meant very much to Janet and I are no longer engaged. In fact,
The construction cost of an Ir r i­
low their actions, and volumes could
it back. Sipe w ill sell it on an easy the casual observer to take the sub­ since the death of her only relative, an the affair was broken off because of
—you I”
be written about their various per­ gation system in the Horse Heaven
aunt. But, somehow, around Thanks­
ject rather lightly.
sonalities ; but one blind man, who division of the project w ill be, says payment plan. So if you want a bar­
Janet drew hnck. ”1—1 don't un-
giving
time
a
strnnger
in
a
strange
But at the Rotary luncheon yes­
had lately taken unto himself a wife, the report, *115.93 per acre, the gain here it Is. Please don't crowd
dertsand,” she murmured.
land Is likely to be homesick.
terday tales were told that dispose
boys.
much older i than himself, and, per­
“We had a—er—little disagreement.
And this beautiful Hawaii, with all
of the notion that club work is
haps, an Indian squaw, seemed to Carty division »249.38 and the Cold
Its glories, still had no adequate sub­ She accused me of being interested
Springs
division
*218.42.
Including
mostly Interest the few chosen spec­
minor activity. (It is much more stitute to offer for the cold wintry In you. too much so. Walt, don’t look
tators., • •
the cost of power and depreciation
than a juvenile a ffa ir that merely skies and bleak harvested landscape, that way, Janet. I ’m telling you thia
Thip worthy disciple, of Hawaii of pumping equipment and foerce
brings young people Into action in for the cranberry sauce and aroma of because—oh, Janet, m j darling, lt’a
trueI”
must have dieted especially for the maina the annual operation and
behalf of a good cause. I f over this rousting turkey with which the nation­
occasion. Ik was ludicrous to see him. maintenance cost would be for the
The gathering darkness was cloak­
al
holiday
is
associated.
state club members have been work
ing the two of them as Jim drew
■ ni«ni-
after he had finished
- 2 Think
^ S at 3
» . T . m T u . i u i K . i z
’" v ' his
r “ own
• , portion,
« • » Horse Heaven *8.41 an acre; for the
Therefore Janet sighed and found nearer.
ing and achieving as have these
herself wishing that Jim Deming, the
Vcoi-eMUil
*
away a big mouthful of poi or pig. Carty Dlviaion »11.19 and for the
Janet's heart had leapt within her
youngsters at Hermiston there is
good-looking young principal of the
ov.’
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she d,d not m,Bd 11 nntIJ »he observed Cold Springs »14.39.
EIGHTÉNN FRIENDS AND RUT * move under way that deserves first school where she taught. Were not en­ hut she held herself sternly In check.
,<reat ** *** * 1 couId not be the attention It was causing, when she
To secure an appreciable power
“I —I —°h, enn't you see that even i f
class recognition. When boys and gaged to the daughter of the island's
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one tlme- aBd- M gently remonstrated, and he very
I cared, we couldn’t accept thia at the
TIVES GATHER FOR OCCASION girls In their teens become virtual wealthiest sugar planter.
head by the construction of a dam
m . / h "
.Bumber 011 the courteously desisted from further ap-
at U m atilla raplda, the report says,
I f he hadn’t been—oh, i f only he expense of another's happiness?”
progrim tor thin d a y -a “luán” or proprlations.
experts in the handling of bees, poul­
Jim smiled grimly. “Don't worry.
hadn’t
been I Then the friendliness he
some
railroad
relocation
would
be
feast for Indigent Hawallans—I be-
Little Trouble to “Clean Up."
try, hogs and dairy cows through
I have suspected for some time that
Doll Eighty-seven Y ean Old is their experience as club members had shown her since her arrival could gloria was tired of me. You merely
‘ Î a n ,* arlT hour of the
Not the least Interesting was the necessary and some agricultural land
have meant ao much more to her— the
afternoon to Lnnalilo Home to wit- conclusion.
As the old folks were would be submerged. I f the water
Exhibited to Guests By
there Is something doing The work forerunner, perhaps, of something so served ag nn excuse. And she saved
■ess the ceremony from beginning to helped to their feet—which the ma- at the proposed dam is raised to more
Mrs. Reihl
means valuable experience for the much more satisfying even than friend­ me from doing what I should have
.
Jorlty could not do unassisted—the than an elevation of 310.6 feet above
had to have done In Justice to her—
members In many ways, and they ship I
. g° ° d season there was attendant very skillfully rolled up
and you I”
sea
level,
says
the
report,
the
ra
il­
Janet
rose
and,
with
an
almost
un­
Z T ^ « ” “ 117 iOr maklng various ob- this mass of leaves, patch by patch,
make money at It. But there is
Some time later, Jim explained how
Mrs. C. M. Reihl of this city cele­
conscious gesture, stretched out her
— ,?.ns',
.
Ihe bowls and plates having previous- road yards at W allula, A tta lla and
more than that to the story. In
he had reached the bungalow where
.
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table” Is by no means ly been denuded of their verdant dress Burbank, Wash., would be submerg­ brated her 91st birthday at the home dustry is uplifted and better meth­ arms toward the purple sea. "What Janet boarded Just after she had left;
does life hold for one?” she murmured
of her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Waghorn,
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W,th the Hawaiian», and set aside, and the debrla carted ed at periods of extreme flood.
how he had missed the steamer, but
ods, better stock assured. The par­ wi.'tfully.
—
'r i? ..a J awn l® thIckly cov‘ away. In a few minutes everything
On the Carty and Cold Springs Monday. Eighteen friends and re­
Joined a party going over in their owa
ent learns from his children as well
"A trip to Hilo and the crater!”
ered with “tie" (pronounced tea) and was absolutely clean. Not a vi
divisions construction
would
be latives gathered for the occasion,
Janet thought for an Instant that
as tlie children from their parents.
fern leaves, plates and howls are tied
much higher, I t is said, than on the I T h ® house was appropriately decor-
■p moat dexterously with these
It Is not too much to say that the someone had spoken, then realized that
it was merely her own thought That
Horse Heaven division due to the ated for the event. During the day
leaves, which are smooth and seem
real value in this club work w ill
neceeelty for the concrete canal lln Mrs. Reihl received a letter from a eventually be found In Improved little imp within which represented a
particularly adapted to their various
great longing as yet unfulfilled had
needs.
Inge on the two former.
son who lives In Youngstown, Ohio.
methods and a general higher stand­ taken this moment when lonesomeness
The bowls were filled with "poi
"The probable annual groee crop The letter had been sent by aeroplane ard of agriculture.
surged within her and time hung
pasty substance prepa'red from the
value w ill probably lie between that In order that It might reach Its des­
Having heard the stories told yes­ heavy on her hands to prompt her.
taro plant, the latter being their
of the U m atilla and Yakim a pro- tination on this day. Another son,
staple product, every part of which Is
terday the East Oregonian is free to Why not use the emergency fun<L,and
take the trip to Hilo? Not that it
Jecta," the report Bays. "The aver­ Samuel Reihl of Seattle, was pres­
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used for one dish or another. This
confess it is ready to look upon club
would take the whole of It, at that,
age values for the years 1913 to 1922 ent.
plant belongs to the caladium family,
work and club members w ith in ­ only, once the meager hoard were
inclusive were as follows: Yakim a-
and the butt only is used for this na
A doll that was given to Mrs. creased
respect and
approval.— broken Into, it would not again Cnsily
tlonal dish.
Sunnyside division, *91.36; Yakim a- Reihl 89 years ago when the lady
withstand temptation.
Pendleton East Oregonian
Each plate contained a generous
Tieton division, *81.6«; Um atilla, was two years of age was brought
For Janet hnd decided to lay by
•apply of roast pig, which is, Indeed,
*43.06.
out and shown to the guests. A t
John D. Tooney of Pendleton, wan each week out of her small salary a
• rare delicacy, prepared after their
" I t Is believed that more favorable a late hour the guests departed wish­ looking over the project Saturday. little contribution toward an amount
fashion.
The modus operand! fol
soil conditions on much of the Ir­ ing Mrs. Reihl many happy b irth ­ Mr. Tooney la contemplating pur­ to take her home should the occasion
Iowa:
ever arise. To draw on what little
rigable area w ill result In a some- days.
Odd Farm of Oven.
chasing a ranch In thl8 vicinity.
she had already accumulated would
An oven of stones Is arranged out
be to put the goal still farther away.
of doors and heated, some bowlders,
Yet the psychological combination of
also well heated, are placed Inside of
the moment proved Janet's undoing.
the carefully prepared pig, the latter
“I ’m going to Hilo I I'm going to H iloI"
!■ wrapped in tie leaves (the latter
She sang the words, pirouetted madly
imparting a fine flavor to the meat,,
on one foot, and turned Indoors to get
•fid the bundle entrusted for about
ready,
seven and a half hours to the slow
I f that same little wicked demon
and steady heat of this model stove.
within her whispered that she knew
Ha Waa Alona.
The accessories to the pig and poi
she was going to Hilo because Jim
were seaweed and a preparation of
Deming hnd told her she ought to, yacht; how he had planned to tell her
korknl tots, very salty and a fine
she pretended not to hear. Wliat In­ everything at the very summit.
relish to the poi, which Is without any
fluence ought he, engaged as he was
“And now—no more homesickness.
seasoning and rather tasteless (vary­
to the haughty Gloria Treinnns, to Janet I” he admonished her tenderly
ing In acidity from day to day as It
hnve on her life? Janet felt sorry for after hearing her part of the story.
ferments); sweet potato was the
.Tim. In fnct, she had felt sorry ever j “our honeymoon shall he a trip to the
vegetable served.
since the day when Gloria had called States!”
After the vigorous ringing of a
for him at the school, had found him
Janet smiled. "It doesn’t need tnr-
large bell our old friends, lame, de­
telling her about the wonders of Kll
key and cranberry sauce after all to
crepit and many of them blind, but
iuea. and had peremptorily summoned make a Thanksgiving. Tills Is tha
was left to betray the previous loca­
•11 decorated with leis (wreaths, filed
him to her side with the most frigid reaiest Thanksgiving 1 ever had I"
tion of the festive board.
out and got Into position.
Sitting
at glances at Janet. Jim engaged to |
('S) by McClure Newspaper By ridicale.)
One old native became ecstatic and
down on the floor may be easy enough,
that iceberg!
-
but the getting down Is a serious per­ chanted to a child as though his very
Two days later, seated luxuriously
formance for rusty Joints, and It took soul's existence depended npon keep­
In the party automobile which runs
ing It up without taking breath—the
them some time before the weary
to the crater of Kilauea for the bene­
little one, evidently being accustomed
fold under properly.
fit Of tourists, Janet wondered why she
to such demonstrations, did not seem
A short prayer having been offered
was not happier. Here she was, tern- i
by ond of their class, they all entered to mind the snapping of fingers, wav­
porsrlly seated In the lap of luxury,
ing of arms and grinning and howling
the contest with a vigor and relish
D om ertica tin f W ild Turkey
hired though It was, about to gaze on
like one possessed. These chants are
that did one's heart good.
one of the world’s greatest sights, the
Turkeys are not naturally shy, and It
called males, or olloll, according to
As our native brethren believe la
bubbling, restless lake of molten lava Is thought that It should not be diffi­
the Intensity or kind of emotion ex-
loyalty to tbelr ancient customs, their
which Is the crater of Kilauea. It cult to propagate them under condi­
fingers did service Instead of modern
must ho because sin- w a s. In spite of tions of scini-doinestlcatloa— protect­
table appurtenances, and It was curi­
the score or so of effervescent, gush­ ing them ami helping out their food
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ous. as well as interesting, to observe
ing tourists. In reality alone. She had supply, while Interfering with their
their etiquette.
no one with whom to share the wonder. liberty na little as possible.
Baton this year President Pierce, a
Their pal waa of two-finger con­
if New Hampshire, Issued the
Then, as she stood on the very brink
Tlie readiness of the wild turkey to
i t means that It was thin
last previous proclamation to cone
of the vast lava aoa, ahe saw him— the accept domestication is evidenced by
or of just such thickness that from the Presidential desk of a native
man who had been no persistently in the fart that, nolhwlthstandlng Its ac­
gers were necessary to manipu- of New England.
he» thoughts. He was alone, ami had quired shyness, it Is forever miking It­
withdrawn apparently from a second self up In hiirnyard affairs Every now
The rain fall for the project as re­
group of tourists wbose automobile and then a gobbler of the woods an­
Just
to
show
whet
ambition
w
ill
ported t y the reclamation observer
had, no doubt, »receded here. He nexes a flock of tnme hens, after
for the month of Nov. thus fa r la do. a New Jersey cow gave almost
I stood with arms fol<ted, gazing down knocking out their vigorous leader, and
'.au.>
to th e colorful depths below.
l . t f inches, or hthger than the Nov. twelve thousand pounds of milk In
marches off with them.
one year.
•VSTM tvr tha p o t l* yean.
E Ladies Aid annual bazaar,
I Saturday, December 13,
-T R Y THE HERALD WANT ADS—
E /A n d bless us, as in greater need, we prayed.
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Thanksgiving Praqer
N o T ü rk e
S3 b u t
T h a n k s g iv in g
( Thahksgivii
in
lonol
MRS. REIHL CELEBRATES
HER 91ST BIRTHDAY
His Last Picture
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Thanks
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