(The Brnmaimt Hrralb VO^-XIX HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1924 No. 14 GAME PICTURES TO BE RED CROSS DRIVE LIQUOR CHARGE AGINST may be taken up and constructed by SHOWN HERE THE 17TH TO BE CONTINUED JOE NORTON DROPPED the United States under the Reclam­ ation act It was never the purpose The local quota for the Red Cross Otto Jon?*, Educational Director, of that act to subsidize private own­ has not as yet been secured. Ac­ Not Sufficient Evidence Is Given As ! Win Be Here With Film« ers by furnishing interest-free money cording to P. C. McKenzie, chair, Cause. to develop their excess land holdings man, the amount la about 170 short. , Otto M. Jonas, educational director The drive will be continued until thl„ leaving them free to capitalize the The case Involving a liquor charge TELLS 0F HEEDS OF IRRIGATION for the Oregon State Game Commis­ sum Is raised. The cause is one of government’s Investment in reclama­ PETITION OUT TO IMPROVS against Joe Norton of this city that! PfiOOJECT«? OP WTW sion, will be In Hermiston on Wed- the most worthy, the people are ask- was tion work and add to It the price at to have been tried before Justice ^»O JEC T S OF WEST GLADYS AVENUE December 17. Mr. Jones ed to contribute and no one should which they sell their excess holdings Todd some time this week has been I I ---------- will bring with him moving picture hesitate to aid. A good many of the dronned Th I------------ »»i to actual » settlers. Nor was It tho rTiLlon’ in d Ì r t ^ L f b y them’ lnTr" n?‘gbb° “ ng ‘7 “- have ral8ed the,r ecu.ing attorney" K^»tor7or thls’ T t P° ~ U ° Ut a Chan^ is Taking to ,mprove • f ’«’ The Improvement would Conailt of supplying water and then leave the Place in Conception of What is Grading and Graveling. der that the public might better un- wh^HeÌmlsVon should be ^ l a X d " ‘i” " " 1' 1*"1 ' VldenCe aga,"8t j owners of those estates to create a Needed to Make National Ir­ deratand what this body lg doing to If you have not Joined do so at once’ the defendant. Norton was arrested j system of tenantry and rent the A petition for the improvement of rigation a Success. by Dick Shaw and Roy Atterbury a plant and preserve game for the * _______ _________ i land on an irrigation basis. Gladys avenue Is being circulated t h e ^ m S k T o ’ e c iV o r ^ a r s T t h e fUm‘Tm" b^ b En° Ugh Portland StagW discontinued few weeks ago while attending a --------- The evidence of the benefits of i for the signatures of the residents of P— tre of the Reclamation « • < - ! ” b * aI° ng to g,ye The stages that have been plying dance at the Butter creek dance hall. (Released for December 10, 1924.^ coordlnated Plan of settlement was this street. It Is proposed to Im- of the Reclamation relief a - show of two hours or more and between Portland and Pendleton The two officers found a jug con­ Pointing out that a change i8 tak- \*° conT,nc,n8 that the Committee of prove this thoroughfare from the the fllllbuster of Senator Pitman of jtc ts-^ F i f° ,,OW,ng sub" have been discontinued. The last taining wine cached In the sagebrush ing place In the conception of what I Speclal Advisers sought to provide Baptist church east the entire length m ^ o ? : bT n,n* 3 UW u n t U iX ^ f S ^ e n Pr° " * P"gat,° “ “ .................. ' was made Sunday morning. Not it is alleged and accused Norton o f , ig needed to make National reclama- ! tbla- 11 Proposed what seemed to It of the street According to eettmates l îr l t t l a o t n lo \ and dls- ‘rip ! Î ? Î . . Ï ? \ thL ral8lngO,pbea8ant8on enough travel over the line was the being the owner. Norton denied the * tlon by Irrigation a social and eco- tbe only effecttve means, which was the work can be done at this time nrLZ ? L - y the 8es8lon Ot the : pheasant farms nlctnrss , phea8ant hunting reaaon glven by the officlaIs (or accusatlon. He was brought to this nonilc success, Commissioner El- ,bat tba government buy or secure at less cost than at any other time present congress. pictures, predatory animal trapping . .. city and released by Justice Todd on wood Mead of the Bureau of Reels- i abso,ute control of all the pi ivately. ( because of the fact that the rock The terms and privileges under the and hunting, salmon fishing on the ? , H bb‘"g Uken f They a'B° his own recognizance. Monday matlon in his annual report to the owned land held by an individual in . crusher is at present operating for law that affect the farmers here Willamette river, antelope In south- flUted be W° Ul<* be PU‘ baCk morning Justice Todd received a Secretary of the Interior today call- exceBs a homestead unit before other jobs of this nature, .have been talked about and Col. J. eastern Oregon and the sport week i ° n neX SPr ng’ letter from Keator in which he ed attention to the necessity of the works are authorized or development | According to Charles Skinner, who F. McNaught has Just returned from ln Eugene. stated the case had been dropped. enactment into law of the recommon- ' b£?un- If control of settlement were ; is circulating the petition, the work Portland where he had a several day Methodist Episcopal Church The pheasant hunting pictures will dations of the Special Advisory Com- nlade Possible the Bureau could go ! can be done at a coat of approximate- meeting with the district counsel, Sunday, Dec. 14— Sunday school mlttee. j ahead with development, certain j ly 67 cents a front foot or *67 a hun- Mr. Holgate, relative to the applica­ be of special Interest to local people at 10 A. M. We have just the class HERMISTON GROWERS’ for the reason that some of them , The sponsorg of Federal reels-1 that the future settler could get his dred foot lot with payments extend- tion of the law to this project. you will like. Morning worship at ASSOCIATION TO MEET matlon, he declared, believed In the tirm ior lts actual vaIue U could ing over a period of three years. was taken near “Hermiston on the The new law provides a three year McCoy ranch. The pictures where-' ’ 8Pe ' mUS‘C' EpWorth past that It would be a simple matter proceed t0 subdivide excess lands In­ The cost of the graveling at pres­ » m t n r lllr r . n n o il _____s_ 1 * c W llB IC T ^ ic r n o C . A r D kf » .........- 1 ____ ______ moratorium on all construction char- ever shown havo been well received League 6:45 P. M. Evening wor- There will be a meeting of the could ad- ent is about *1.50 per yard. The ship at 7:30. Wednesday evening. Hermiston Growers’ Association on to change arid, unimproved land into t0 farmi’ of proper gea and relief from all back charges and this city is indeed lucky to pro- p ec farms because they thought the set- iUst the pr,ce<’ of la”d to agree with improvement would consist of grad­ now unpaid, after the new contract 17, Rev. C. B. Harrison will Friday, December 19, at 3 o'clock in cure them. The Hermiston gun club tier would have virtually free land p,'°dUCtfve val'la8- and could give ing and graveling. Is made. i, It in is ussuiueu assumed tnat that n it wm will h«« rontna illustrated lecture, lecture. “Circuit — . .. _. _ . .. s b lve e a an uiusiiaiea circuit the Public Library. C. L. Long, O. long-timo payments with low Inter- ’•eeuire part of the following year “ fnma w„, be ghown tber7 * Riders of Oregon.” Thursday eve­ A. C. horticulturist specialist will and that water would be cheap be- cause the irrigation works would be *St' Bel,evlnK ‘hat the creation of Ex-Resident of Mmnehha Dies At to complete the contract and have ning 7:30 weekly prayer and Bible be present and speak. About fifteen Albany . study. Saturday, the 13th, the acres wa8 planted to asparagus last constructed by the government with- “ Credlt fund to «“PPlemcnt the set- It validated by the courts which will n nnd with with tn f» ,..f e free , - Iler8’ eaPHal would be the most ef- Mrs. W. G. Rodda and Mrs. Roe interest make four years in adition to all ar Commuiuty Club Luncheon Dec. 16 Ladles Aid will hold their annual year and the association will endeav­ out profit, and is now known that the feC“ Ve n,eans of <’>•’»‘» '”>8 “ >« hum- McFall were called to Albany last The Hermiston Community club «ue. Henry Young, minister, rearages during which no construct­ or to double this acreage this year. money. It cost of changing 40 or 80 acres of Va",es and econ°mlc benefits of Monday by a telegram announcing ion charges will be required. As to win hold a luncheon on Tuesday, By doing this the product can be Salem— C. J. Pugh, Inventor, to shipped In larger quantities and a raw land into a farm Is not only | Federal ^ “matlon, the advisory the death of John E. Hamer, who was maintenance and operation, all ar December 16. at 1 o'clock. The lad­ rearages will be advanced to the fut­ les of the Methodist Aid society will build canning-machine factory here. better price realized to the grower. much greater than was anticipated co”'n>lttee reported in favor of such a a resident of the Minnehaha district but often equals or exceeds the cost ^und- for nbout fourteen years. Mr. Hamer ure and made a part of the construc­ serve the luncheon at the M. E. of canalg and reservoirs. It is be- I If an attemPt is made to look Is n brother of Mrs. Rodda and a fos­ tion charge. Including charges for church and all who have partaken of ginning to be realized that develop- ahead’ the *l"e8tio" wl*l arise wheth- ter father of Mrs. Roe McFall. 1924 and 1925. That Is no opera their famous cooking will be anxioug ment under important works re- er State8 or I®™1“ *«« having a spec- Mr. Hamer died at the Albany hos­ tion and maintenance will become to attend. quires a Btudy of agricultural and i ial ,nter*'8t ,n Irrigation projectg pital where he has been receiving A very interesting program has due till the spring of 1929 and no economic problems and the working Rhould not contribute a part of the medical treatment. The funeral ser­ btilldlny charge will be due till the been planned by he club committee. out of settlement and development C0Bt a,ide from that pa‘d »y the set- vices were held Tuesday at 2 o'clock Miss Ethel Smock, who has succeed­ spring of 1929. Devoted to the Interest and Development of the Hermiston Schools plans If the land is to be brought j tkrB’ There ar® a number of rea- at the Fortmllier funeral chapel with Penalties after that date will be ed Miss Peck as secretary of the under cultivation without disastrous 8onB for e"minating State copera- Dr. O. V. Fallis of the Methodist one-half ot one per cent Instead of Umatilla county chapter of the Red Voi. 4. No. 1 riclays and wa:;te of money and effort i tlon and 8tate a,d in the settlement church conducting the services. one per cent a month as under the Cross, will give a talk along the lines Congress hag from time to time and aricultural development of pro- of her work. Mrs. L. C. Todd will John E. Hamer was born near old law. The basket ball girls have sched­ “Bony” and "Sunshine” were in passed laws, having as their purpose IJeCtS’ The State has an even grcat’ Elko, Nevada, January 7, 187*. In After 1929 payments on construc­ give a paper on “The Wife and Art." uled a game with the town team for park listening to a band concert. the relief of water users on FeAraJ Ier lntere8t than the nation In the the early eighties he came to Oregon tion will be assessed according to Miss Compton and the Girls’ Glee Friday night. The boys team will Bony— "What are they playing, the production of crops. The lands club will render two vocal select­ play a game with the American Leg­ sounds like the ’Sextette’ from irrigation projects. This rem Hal | character ° f the P8°Ple who make with his parents and made hip home legislation has not, however, r* ov- j homes on L.nd. The character In Umatilla county for a number of will be classified under first, second, ions. The club hopes for a large at­ ion on the same night. Both games ■Lucia.” ’ ed the troubles it was intende 1« ot BCh°ols, the building of roads, years. He Is survived by a wife, third and fourth class. The produc­ tendance at the luncheon. Make re­ are more for practice than anything Sunshine— "No, its 'Selections from cure and It Is believed that enou, h | tb® 8upport of churches, intelllg- Mrs. Nellie Hamer, a foster daugh­ tion of each class will be determined servations early with the committee else, nevertheless a lot of pep on all •William Tell.’ ’’ experlence has now been had to place i *nt decisions of public question« in ter, Mrs. Rowe McFall« of Hermiston, In charge, Mrs. P. B. Swayze, Mrs. by an economic survey conducted sides is expected to be shown. Bony— "I'm going to find out reclamation on a permanent has . f el«ctl°n8. “nd thing« that minister to three sisters, Mrs. Joie L. Cox of A r­ under the direction of Dr. Elwood Bert Hanellne, Mrs. P. L. Kelly. Ad­ (goes and looks at a signboard and The government ought not to make i tbe :ll8her life of communities all de­ lington, Mrs. Dorothy Mumford of mission 50 cents. Mead, commissioner of the Recla­ The debate tryout held at the For­ returns) “We’re both wrong; it contracts which water users cannot pend on the character of the settler, Bremerton, and Mrs. Eilabeth Rodda mation bureau. On whatever the um meeting of December 3 resulted "Refrain from Spitting.’ ” meet and when they are made they ! The foundation of the State’k future of Hermiston, all of whom were In amount of production is decided up­ FUNERAL FOR MRS. MILLS in the selection of the foilowtng should not be enforced, the report c,vlllia,,on *»«d In these new corn- attendance at the funeral. on the water user will pay 5 per cent HELD THURSDAY MORNING persons to uphold the school In de­ says. Continued deferments or mod-, munitles. I l l s hoped, therefore, Interment wag made in the Alford annually. That Is if the first class Grade News bate this year: Hugh Walker, Earl ificatlons of agreements will certain- that BUch act,on may he taken by cemetery near Sodaville, where the land production is fixed at this time Body Is Taken to Echo and Buried Bensel, Frank Swayze and Dorothy Mabel Morgan of the third grade ly lead to the belief that they are congress as will result in a thorough relatives of Mrs. Hamer are burled. at *35 per acre, he will pay *1.75 In Cemetery of That City. Shotw'ell. Wallace Reid and Alleen iH leaving for California. mere scraps of paper. Hereafter Investigation of the unused agricul­ pel* acre annually; on second class Long and Short L io n Peugh will act as alternatives. they should be regarded as binding tural resources of the west, the water land If fixed at *25 he will pay *1.25 Funeral services for Mrs. Alma in Schama o f Natara The lower grades have just begun obligations which must be faithfully ' Iaw« wh,ch efiect the utilization in annually per acre; on third class If Mills of this city was held Thurs­ Guests at the Beisse home for din­ work on their operetta, "The Toy observed. One of the most wonderfnl things in the different states, and the work- fixed at *20 he will be required to day morning at 10 o’clock from the ner on Sunday Included Miss Comp­ Shop,” which they expect to give These are the facts which led to lnR out of a Pr°S 'am ° t reclamation Nature Is the manner In which things pay *1.00 per acre per year, on the Baptist church of this city. Rev. ton. Miss Turck, Miss Hlil and Miss some time in January. the appointment of a Committee of I and power development affecting the are balanced up. The long-lived things construction charge. The man under propagate their species slowly; the Sedgwick, pastor of the church, con­ Mayhew. Special Advisers on Reclamation wbole arld reB,on and « ‘ending over short-lived, rapidly. For instance, ele­ the third class who still owes *70 ducting services. The body was taken a long period of years. per acre will have 70 years to pay phants, whales, tortoises and carp The sixth grade are complaining which was asked to make an lnten- Mr. and Mrs. Graiapp entertained to Echo and burial was made In the As indicative of the magnitude of have been credited with lives of any­ ive study of the national reclamation out, and without Interest. The that they have only tw0 left in their Saturday evening with a party at cemetery of that city. policy, the law giving it effect, and the reclamation operations of the thing from four hundred years down­ fourth claso lands will be eliminated Mrs. Mills was taken to the hospi­ their home for the football boys and room with long hair since Marion Its application under government Bureau, it Is pointed out that during ward. And at the other end of the and the district relieved of the tal In Pendleton Monday for an oper­ their best girls. An enjoyable eve­ Casady cut off her long braids methods in reclaiming arid land by the agricultural year of 1923, to scale we And insects which have n charge. Many theories ation. She wag operated on Tuesday ning w ss spent in dancing and card They’re probably better off than the Irrigation. Their report was sub- which the report relates, the Bureau life of hours only. Another feature of the law la that and died some time Tuesday night. playing after which dainty refresh­ rest of the rooms at that. irrigated 1,213,700 acres of land cov­ have been put forward to account for mittd on April 10, 1924, and was in the case of unpatented lands the these remarkable distinctions, bat the Although Mrs. Mills had been a ments were served. thereafter approved by the presi­ ered by project census statistics. On one now most commonly accepted Is settler may select in lieu thereof un­ resident of this city but a short The seventh grade under the guar­ dent, and transmitted to congress. the cropped area of 1,179,870 acres. tlmt the slower the creature is In settled lands on any project in the Father’s voice— “Orrel, hasn’t that dianship of Miss Mayhew, went star time she made a host of friends who hill based on the Committee’s r e - lcrop8 were *rown hav,n* a Kro8B reaching full maturity and the less state and given credit on whatever extend their sympathies to the be­ young man started for home yet.” gazing a few nights ago. They commendations and having for its valUe of more than «65,000,000, or its powers of reproduction, the great­ water right charges he has paid. Clever E. C.— “I haven’t reached learned many new constellations and main purpose the financial relief of ,B5 per acre c™PPed. aB compared er will lie Its average longevity or reaved family in their hour of sor­ A new contract In which the water row. third yet, sir." stars. settlers on existing projects has pass- j w,‘h a Kross value of *50.000.000 length of natural life. Nature’s object users must take over the management In such an arrangement Is fairly plain Mrs. Alma Jane Mills was born at ed the House and Is now before lhe and ««^ Per «er« ‘he preceding even to our limited human Intelli­ of the district will be necessary in Macon. Mo., August 11, 1890, and Senate. If enacted in its present !year’ Including the land furnished gence. For If such creatures as order to secure the benefits under died at Pendleton, December 9, 1924, form It will authorize the following I whoIe or ,n part wlth water ,rnm locusts, breeding with incredible rapid­ the new law. However, after this aged 24 years, 3 months and 29 days. modifications in reclamation melh- the work8 of th« Bureau, under the ity, had themselves a life of centuries, is done any settler may elect, if he She leaves a mother, Mrs. Minnie C. o(jg; ! Warren Act, the gross value of crops the world would he within a little desires, to remain under the old con­ Norton, of Hermiston, two brothers, 1. The annual payments on con- ' Pr°duced in 1923 amounted to more while Impossible for other existence. tract and pay out under the twenty Joe M. Norton, of Hermiston, and structlon charges will be based on Ithan »102.000,000 as compared wlt$ And the same result would occur did year law. an elephant with a life of perhaps a Earnest G. Corington of Moline, the average annual gross crop re- ! 000-000 ln 1922. The new law seems to be more far couple of hundred years, breed like a Kas., and one one sister, Mrs. Ruth turn; now they are based on a p e r 1 The trrikatlon works operated by locust. In some way, which as yet we reaching than was expected and Uhland, of Larned, Kara. centage of the project cost, fixed . *he Bureau Included 100 storage and may not fully understand, the princi­ meang what Its title claims, actual without relation to the productlv-i ver8*on dams, more than 15,000 ple of Nature Is to maintain a bal­ relief. Those who understand it are : miles of canals, ditches and drains; ance of power ln our world. lty of the land. jubilant and declare that the results Damascus Chapter R. A. M. Elects 2. Where lack of soil fertility I 660 n,llRB of plpe l,ne; 148 ml,e8 ot Officers to the farmers on this project, im­ scarcity of water, or other adequate f,ume and “ '"'■sands of structures Damascug chapter No. 40 R. A. M , mediate and future, are very encour­ Explorer’» Ruling Pattion cause, renders settlers unable to pay ‘nc‘dent to the carriage and dlstrl- When Columbus landed for tbe drat aging and that farming and land of this city, at their meeting Wed­ project costs the Secretary may make hutlon of the water. time In the New world he found the values will be stimulated by the new nesday night, elcted the following such Investigation as will disclose !. During the year the Bureau con- Indians, who greeted him “a very poor officers: L. Brownell. E. H. P .: measure. the pertinent facts and report them “ nu8d the extension of the Irrlga- people.” His friend, Las Casas, who C. M. Voyen, K .; P. Norquist. S.; eongrese with recommendations, l,on Pr"J«r‘8- Including the construc- wrote the abstract of the Journal of A. F. Paulu, C. of H .; C. H. Skinner, Mary Currie and Mars-aret Nenrv Are the First Voyngo to America, gives looklng to a correction of the fault. tlon of 800 miles of canals, ditches tlie admiral’s own account of his In­ Treas.; A. W. Prann, Sec.: G. Blake­ Chosen Officers of Newman Clnb and drains: 9.500 canal structures. The present law calls for repay­ terview with the natives as follows; Word hag hen received here to the ly, P. S.; A. S. Johnson, R. A. C.; ment of project costs in full, regard­ *1.100 bridges; 350,000 linear feet “I was very attentive to them and effect that Mary Currie and Margaret O. O. Felthouse, M. 3v.; C. Seitz, less of the value of the water made of pipe and 33,000 linear feet of strove to learn If they had any gold. Neary, well known Hermiston girls, M2v.; J. M. Smith, M I t .; T. D. flume, and excavated 18.000,000 cu­ Reel ng some of them with little bits available for irrigation. Sentinel. had been chosen as officers of the I Worster bic yards of earth and rock, the tot­ of this metnl hanging at their noses, I | 3. Operation . and maintenance newly organized Newman club at ! ----------------------- gathered from them by signs that by charges will be paid In advance, thus al excavation at the end of the fiscal the state normal school at Monmouth, ■ The Baptist Ladies Aid will hold year amounting to nearly 235,000,- going southward or steering nronnd bringing government practice in har­ Oregon. | a Xmas cook food sale and home the island In that direction there mony with that of privately-owned 000 cubic yards. would be found a king who possessed The Newman club which Is a : made candles Dec. 20 in the after- The Bureau virtually completed large vessels of gold and in great ! works. Such charges are now, for national organization of the Catholic ' noon, consisting of fruit cakes, Xma« the moet part, paid after the ser­ the Tieton dam on the Yakima pro­ quantities." The first thought, even of student« In all the state colleges and pudding, mince pies, and other good ject, Washington, to be 254 feet the man who had Just discovered a vice in rendered. universities has recently been organ- things. high and Impound 202,500 acre-feet new world, was of gold I—Youth's 4. The costg of the Washington Ited under the direction of Father _______________ of water; the Black Canyon dam In Companion. office. Including expenses of gene­ Leyaztz of Corvallis at the Oregon The Christian Science services ars Idaho, 183 feet high, to divert water ral Investigations similar to the one Line of Leaet Reeietanee normal school at Monmouth. held in rooms next to the Auditorium undertaken by the committee, will be ,r”m “ ver, and began con- , Janet's huxbuna was a simple old The club has for ltg ideals the de­ every Sunday at 11 o’c’ock. Sunday charged to the reclamation fund but on the McKay dam on the fellow. velopment of the mental, spiritual school at 10:1*. All are cordially not to the water users as at present. U’nB‘ ,Ila project. Oregon,, and of Onp day tlie good laundress wanted and social sides of life and has among invited to attend. Wednesday eve­ All the foregoing changes will be tl1* I-*** Rlv*r dam on the Klam- her husband to paint the mangle. Its members men and women who are ning meeting first Wednesday each Having told him what to do, she went helpful, says Commissioner. In the a,h ProJec‘- Oregon-California. Inflaentlat in all walks of life. month. out to buy the dinner. The Initial meeting of the club ' proW t"' but *f Hrighborhood Clnl* Will Meet On On her return she could see no sign legislation stops with there the amen­ a Monmouth wae in the form of an Mill City—Total of 10.000.000 sal­ of her husband In the cellar. { Wednesday ded reclamation act will not provide The Neighborhood club will meet "Joel Joel" she called. ”Where era Informal breakfast at which stu­ mon eggs taken on Santiam river this a working plan for the development with Mrs. Frank Beddow on Wed- youF dents of the normal and officers season; S,000,000 will be hatched at of new projects. The reason for this nesday, December 17, at 2:30. Mrs. ( "Upstairs'" replied Joe from sbovei from the club nt Corvallis were pree- Mehama hatchery. is the fact that many of tbe beet Cenficld will give current events. I "What are you doing up there!" , •nt. Mary Currie wU» -dhaaea — | opportunities for f tri «re reclamation Mru. Reid will lead the first chap- t 'Tainting the mangle." president aad Margar«* Neary as see- Portland— Federal hunters have "What are you painting ep there fare where the land Is now privately iter ot Burrough s Aituro study course vetary and t-easurer. f Both girls re- killed *.900 coyotes ln Oregon since for?" owned. after which there will be a dlscus- petvpd a gpMlmoue vot». August 1. "Well, the paint wee op here!" re-J I Although private land projects Mon. piled Joe. HEEUHAÏIBN RFLIEF WILL OHEALTY AID THE PROJECT COMMISSIONER MEAD SUBMITS REPORT High School Mirror American Red Cross sir K?® H u m a PROPERTY OWNERS MAY IMPROVE STREET