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VOL. XIX
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1925
HERMISTON DEBATERS
WIN FROM PENDLETON
P. T. A . Have
Lincoln Program
UNANIMOUS DECISION IS
SECURED HERE
T w o To One Decision At
Pendleton. Winners to
Meet Milton or Adams
For Championship.
The regular meeting of the Parent
Teachers association was held Feb.
12 in the high school auditorium.
The following program was enjoyed
by all:
Serenade______________
Schubert
Nearest and Dearest_____ Carrocciolo
Girls Glee Club
Old G lo r y ___________________ Song
Eighth Grade Chorus
Gettysburg A ddress__ Leland Gould
Piano Solo___________ Edna Wisner
Life o f Lincoln in Four Parts.
Lincoln’s Parentage_____Glen Newell
Lincoln’s Y ou th ______ Lester Carson
Lincoln as a Law yer_____Edith Sale
Lincoln’ P resid en cy____Ruth Kaiser
Piano d u et.‘"For Home and Country”
Dorothy Hitt, Ruth Bensel
2^ High School Mirror
Devoted to the Interest and Development of the Hermiston Schools
Voi. 4.
The Hermiston basket ball
teams journeyed to Irrigon Sat
urday night to defeat Umatilla.
The Hermiston boys took the
lead the first minute of th* play
and kept it the rest of the game.
Umatilla would no doubt have
been better if they had had some
team work, and had known some
thing about the game besides
protesting to the official. Fri
day, the thirteenth, seemed to
be a lucky day for Hermiston.
They walloped Helix 14-29 on
the local floor. The game was
fast, Hermiston having th* edge.
The local team showed an of
fense th at they haven’t had at
other games.
Pendleton highh school went down
defeat at the hands of the Hermis
ton high school debate team Wednes
day evening, losing both sides of the
dual debate with the local school.
The Hermiston
affirmative team,
speaking in favor of the old conven
tion 8) stem, won a unanimous de
cision, while Pendleton’s affirmative
took the short end of a two to one
decision.
Dorothy Shotwell and Hugh Wal
ker. composing the local affirmative
team, won a decidedly one-sided vic
tory at the Hermiston school audi
Hermiston girls win over the
torium.
Frank Swayze and Earl There Will be a Colonial
Helix
team, but lose Umatilla
Bensel, making up the negative team,
Dance By Young
game. The lineup for the Helix
journeyed to Pendleton, where they
Americana
game was Florence Skinner,
obtained a winning vote against a
jumping center, Nancy Mc-
strong opposition. All four o f Her
The American Legion of this city
Naught, side center, Florence
miston’s speakers are experienced
will hold their annual Washington
Woughter and Isabelle Dodd,
and well above the average in ability.
birthday dance on Monday, Febru
forwards, and Alice Dyer and
This debate was the first round in
ary 23. This is- one of the outstand-
Elizabeth Straw, guards. The
the district series. To decide the
features on the program each year.
girls played good ball but Miss
district championship Hermiston will
Each succeeding one has drawn a
Hall shifted the players a t the
meet the winner of the Milton-Athena
larger crowd and been prononnced a
half, the most importans shift
debate.
greater success than the ones before
being the placing of Nancy at
and those who are in charge of the
guard with Pauline Voelker be
coming event are sparing no effort to
cause of the quickness in which
live up to the reputation tnat the
Nancy was her equal. The final
dances have merited.
score was 22 to 12 in favor of
Mann’s orchestra, an aggregation
the local girls.
The Umatilla County Beekeepers of musicians who are well known,
The lineup for the Umatilla
will hold a meeting at the library will furnish the music.
game
was the same as th at of
There
will
also
be
a
special
feat
next Saturday, February 21.
the
Helix
game except that Eliz
Matters of importance such as the ure in connection with the dance. A
abeth
Straw
did not go in until
purchasing of supplies for the com group of young Americans under the
the
end
of
the
first quarter when
direction
of
Miss
Larson
will
be
pre
ing season will be up for discussion.
the rough Umatilla guard caus
sented in a Colonial dance.
This alone will prove a drawing ed Florence Woughter to sprain
her ankle. A defect in their
card.
Refreshments will be served by playing was noticed by one of
the girls before the end of the
the Community club.
io
Legion to Hold
Annual Dance
Beekeepers To
Meet Saturday
Practice for
M ikado is
Progressing
Practice for the Mikado is
going steadily on. The chorus is
rapidly mastering the catchy airs
and the soloists have their parts
well in hand.
Three fascinating little maids,
Yum-Yum, Petti-Sing and jf e g p-
Bo, who are the wards of IfeMio
have ju st finished their schooling
and are eager to know w hat lies
ahead of them. They are very
ably portrayed by Miss Bertha
Compton, Mrs. Arnold Gralapp
and Mrs. W. W. Illsley, whose
pleasing voices and charming
personalities fit so beautifully
into the parts they are to play
and will greatly enhance the
attractiveness of the entire pro
duction.
Yum-Yum, who has the lead
ing feminine role, finds herself
much upset by the various situa
tions which arise due to her per
verse guardian and her love for
an unfavored suitor. Petti-Sing
and Peep-Bo in true sisterly
fashion try to comfort and con
sole but their words often have
the opposite effect.
second quarter, but she did not
call for time out. At the half
the score was 16 to 2 in favor of
the Umatilla girls. Miss Hill
showed our girls wherein their
method of play was wrong in a
narrow, poorly lighted hall, and
the girls came on the floor again
Ore. Apricultura] College, Corval in high spirits and expecting to
lis, Feb. 1 9 —Hermiston high school win- They played much better
has been invited to send delegates to ball and run up the score eight
Hermiston Hi
Invited to State
Educational Meet
the second annual Educational Expo
sition to be held this year during the
Washington's birthday holidays, Feb
ruary 21-23- More than 600 high
school student delegates and faculty
members attended the exposition
last year and indications are that
more will be here this year.
Educational and vocational guid
ance is one of the chief aims o f the
annual exposition. Not only will
every school and department o f the
college prepare an elaborate display
of the work carried on by it, but nat
ional figures in the educational world
will be there for the period to confer
with the students regarding their
choice of a career, whether the stu
dents’ bent in life can be developed
at O. A. C. or not. Dr. Stanley
Coulter, dean of men at Purdue uni
versity, will counsel with the men,
and an equally prominent woman
will meet the girls.
While the exposition is primarily
educational recreation for the visi
tors will not be neglected. Friday
evening a night horse show is sched
W. R- Alvin a realtor of Leba uled, while Saturday evening an all
non was a business visitor in school stunt show will be staged.
Hermiston Saturday and S un" i One or more basket ball games have
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een points in the third and fourth
quarters. The final score was
20 to 26 in favor of the Umaiilla
girls. Isabelle Dodd made 10
points in the last half, and
Elizabeth Straw was very suc
cessful in catching long shots
from the opposite side of the hall
and passing to Isabelle playing
closer to the basket.
The Hermiston boys and girls
teams play Athena teams at
Athena Friday, Feb. 20. Our
teams are expecting this to be a
hard game, so are expecting a
hard fight in order to hold high
standing in the tournament.
The Hermiston teams at Stan
field on Monday night. The
game was scheduled fo r Friday,
February 28, but it was neces
sary to change the date because
of Stanfield’s heavy schedule
next week before the tourna
ment, commencing Feb. 26.
Hugh Walker has the honor of
winning a medal, a large Lineoln
penny, in the Lincoln essay con
test conducted within the senior
class. He will honor us by read
ing the essay at the Washington
birthday program.
The girl’s glee club effective
ly rendered two numbers, “ Sere
nade” by Schubert, and “ Near
est and Dearest” by Caracciolo,
at the parent-teachers meeting
last Thursday.
Forest Campbell has gener
ously supplied the high school
with Behnke-Walker rulers th at
he received from th at business
college.
Grade News
The Hermiston eighth grade
basket ball team played Umatilla
last Friday, the boys winning by
a score of 20-4 and the girls los
ing by a score of 1-6.
Members of the first grade,
under the direction of Miss Lar-
soa, feature a t the Legion dance
next Monday night.
Jack Biggs who recently pur
chased the Pelmulder home on
Gladys avenue has again sold
the property.
F. L. Sampson
Moves to Messner
Baptist Churoh
F. L. Sampson has moved his
family from this city to Messner
whe-e he will act as section
foreman until such time as a reg
ular foreman is assigned to the
job. Mr. Sampson expects to bid
for it and if is successful will re
tain the position perm antly..
Baptist church services for
Feb. 22: Bible school at 10 a.
m. with classes for all ages. Ser
mon by pastor at 11, subject
The New Covenant.” Special
missionary program at 7:30 P.M.
A. Segsworth, pastor.
Northwest Hay
Good Attendance
Growers Move
A t Community
H ay Crop
Club Tuesday
According to L. A. Hunt, manager . . . The Community club met in the
library luesday with the vice-presi-
of the Northwest Haygrowers, the as* > dent, Mrs. Scnilling occupying the
sociation has moved practically all of chair.
the hay signed up with them. The ' Dr- Dlsley gave a splendid talk
hay moved also included holdovers Adolescence.
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A paper by Mrs. Hamm on “Amer-
irom previous years. About 10,000 •
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lean Sculptors was enjoyed by all
tons went to the Atlantic coast, some
Mrs. Crllahan gave an interesting
to the Phillipine islands and some to
Panama. Mr. Hunt stated that a
price of $15.50 and $17 was realized
for the hay.
paper on “Peisonal Experience in
Beautifying Home Grounds.’’ Much
interest was shown in the club work
by the good attendance.
Mrs. W. M. Shaar was hostess
Next Month Is
last Friday night at her home in
this city. The event was a birth
“ Oregon Month11 day and wedding anniversary
_____
party, Mr. Shaar’s birthday be
ing on the date of the couples
Next month has been designated wedding. Those who were pre-
as “Oregon Month,” and during that sent were, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
time the national advertising cam- ' McKeen, Mr. and Mrs. Vane
paign will be put on to let the peo- Boynton, Mr. and Mrs. Knight,
pie of the United States know about Mr. an<T Mrs. Herbert Shesley,
Oregon and its possibilities. An ac-1 Mr- ant^ Mrs. Frank Bilderback,
tive campaign is being undertaken Miss Lena Ward and Harry Mc-
to show the possibilities o f Oregon ; Miiltn.
and induce the dissatisfied farmer of
the east, who is tired of the worn-
T w en ty Y ear» A fter
out soil and frigid winters, to come
to a country where he will find a
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
congenial climate and virgin soil.
D e a n o f M en , U n iv e r s ity o f
lIJ n o is .
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
as well as many other agencies are
taking an active part in this plan ofl p'ULLER and I were talking about
putting Oregon on the map to th e ',
bls c^“ ?ire T ™ wlllch was 8oon
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to be ended, and Fuller la going out
prospective settler.
within u few days to see what he can
do in the world.
"I * wonder
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nuviv n t be and what
F. H. Blake of I ortland was in m pe ,](,ing twenty years from now,”
Hermiston the latter part of last he said. “It seems to me a good deal
week looking after holdinrs here-1 nt “ s,un,’|e>" be continued, “whether
! one succeeds or simply lives a com
monplace existence.”
Neckwear Tones Up
"Well, It does seem so, sometimes,”
Spring’s Plain Frocks <
Bdtn,1Ucd’ "but 1
bclie'e “ la
Experience bus shown me that you
get out of life Just about what you
have put Into It.”
“What do you m ean t’ he asked,
and I tried to tell him.
Our minister told the story last Sun
day of a preacher who went with his
little son to supply a pulpit. There
was no collection taken during the
church service, but at the door as yon
entered there was a contribution box
, Into which the parishioners dropped
whatever they wished to contribute,
i and Into this box us he was going Into
¡the church the minister dropped a halt
dollar.
After the service, the deacon In
charge explained that It was the cus
tom In that church to give tbs
preacher whatever was found In the
box, which when he had opened he
found to contain a half dollar. The
preacher and his little son were silent
as they were riding home until finally
the boy, looking up Into his fnther's
face, said naively, “Father, If you hud
Once again spring blithely present*
put more Into that box, you'd have
us with plain and simple frocks and gotten more out.”
blouses for duytlme wear, leaving II
And that’s the way with life. What
to resourceful women to make them
you put In Is whut you are going to
Interesting somehow. And the femi
get out In later years. The men who
nine world manages very well by- are failures In the affairs of youth
means of neckwear, collar and cuff ure, In general, failures afterwards.
sets, and belt, that ring ehunges on the
I am convinced that whatever Fuller
theme of simple styles.
Is doing twenty years from now he
The picture above shows how plaid will be doing In the same general way
and plain taffeta ribbon make color that he tackled his studies In college,
ful neckwear that will add chic to for most of us have settled down to a
the most unpretentious of gowns.
definite moral and Intellectual pace at
Narrow plain ribbon Is set on to wider
twenty, which we find It difficult ma
plaid with a little gold hrnld, and they terially to Increase nr to diminish.
nre laid In fine plaits. The narrow rib
<(£}, 1825. W estern N ew sp aper U n io n .)
bon Is used for binding and for the
ties.
No. 24
RABBIT DRIVE IS
SCHEDULED SUNDAY
r w o DRIVES PLANNED
BY THOSE IN CHARGE
Start Will be Made From the
Brigg* Place at 9:30.
Lunch Served
at Noon.
Another big rabbit drive
and shoot will be staged
Sunday, February 22. Those
who are in charge have
planned for two drives dur
ing the day. It will be a
combination club and gun
drive, so if you haven’t a
a gun procure a good stout
club and join in the fun.
The start will be made from
the Briggs place a t 9:30.
The first drive is from this
point toward the reservoir.
A free lunch will be served
at noon.
In the afternoon the sec
ond drive will take place.
This will be made in the
territory south of the reser
voir. This area is badly in
fested with the pest and
there will be no lack of
thrills and excitement for
those who join in the chase.
Harry Olson of Boardman was
brought to this city Thursday
night badly burned caused by
the explosion of the gas tank on
a car. He received medical treat
ment from Dr. Illsley and taken
on to the Pendleton hospital.
Wilson Compton
Wilson Compton, lawyer, economist
and lumberman, who ns manager of
the N'ntlonnl 1,umber Manufacturers’
association has been a leader In prac
tical forest conservation, Is a prims
mover In the nation-wide lumber
standardization movement, which It Is
estimated by the United States De
partment of Commerce will save over
n hundred million dollars annually to
the American public.
Head of Caesar From the Hudson
Lebanon Realtor
Business Visitor
day of last week.
been tentatively arranged, and Sun
day afternoon concerts by campus
musical organizations will be featured.
Lebanon Man
Would Trade Oregon Trail To
Be Improved
H. Gilbert of Lebanon was in
this city the latter part of last The first section of the Old Oregon
week. He was here in connection trail between Pendleton and La-
with a trade of a farm a t Leb Grande to be improved is a section
anon for a ranch in this locality. between the Kirkpatrick ranch and
Fa th e r S
r
'M e
Ton know thet a
young feller an’ gurl
ain’t much In lore ef
they ain’t reached th’
quarrelfn’ stage y e t
Dead Man’s pass, a distance o f 12.58
miles. Bids are to he let for the job
of making the improvements by the
state commission February 26, ac
cording to a notice received by the
county court. The highway is to be
widened, and several curves will be
Thia undent and haltered hit of sculpture, tliougiit by the foremost art
critics to be a head of Augustas Caesar, sculptured by some Roman artist in
the First century A. D„ was drawn from the bed of the Hudson river by a War
department suction dredge uud lias Just been placed on public view In
York city. It h id been embedded ten feet deep in the hard clay. The head In
of fine Carrara warble and weighs 1M) pounds.