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VOL. XIX
FEEDERS’ MEETING AT
EXPERIMENT STATION
DATE B FRIDAY, MARCH 20, AT
i f . M.
Lamb* Proving Profitable Way of
Marketing Hay Again This Year.
Prominent Speaker» are Announ
ced For the Meeting.
COMMUNITY CLUB
MEETING POSTPONED
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 12. 1925
FURTHER SURVEY
OF RIG PROJECT
The Community club meeting has
been postponed one week.
The next regular meeting of the
club will be held on Tuesday, March UMATILA RAPIDS DIRECTORS TO
24 Instead of Tueaday, arch 17. Ona
PRESS MOVE FOR USE OF POWER
Of the features of the program will
be a paper and stereoptlcon views on
wild flowers. A splendid program
State Engineer Asked To Investigate
U being prepared and all members
Colombia Power Site.
F. B.
are urged to come and bring a friend.
Swayze in Attendance at
Watch the paper next week for fur
Meeting
ther notice.
As a means of marketing hay
lam ba are again this year proving
profitable. During the past two
year» the Iamb feeding tests at the
WHAT A PEEPER SAW
At a meeting of the directors of
PTxperlment Station at Hermiston
the Umatilla rapids association held
show that lambs have paid, on the
in Portland yesterday steps were
(By Inal Iteo.)
average, double the market price of
How little we know about our fel- taken towards securing a further
■bay In the stack after all items of ! lows! What secret ambitions they 'investigation of the reclamation feat-
■expense such as cash outlay for the hold!
What hidden accomplish, ' ures of the project. It is particularly
grain, labor. Interest and Incidentals ments He beneath their casual every- desirous to ascertain If the lands of
have been deducted.
! dayness! For a week I have been , the Boardman area and the Horse
The tests for the winter will be trying to find out something about Heaven region in Washington, elim
during the coming week this Mikado show and all I could get inated from the federal t eport, are
• nd Friday afternoon. March 20, at out of the cast was a giggle, a snick not worthy of irigation'. It is con
2 o’clock the results of these tests er and a plain statement that If I tended by men familiar with the
and those of previous years will be wanted to know I could buy a ticket field that these lands may be suc-
discussed In a meeting at the Experi for the show on the 17th and 18th. | cessfully farmed If provided with
ment Station. The meeting will not
Finally I got mad. The chorus ' water. They go farther and say that
be confined to lambs but will cover the whole world could know shout, the federal report as It stands elim
all phases of the sheep Industry of for anyone who was not deaf as an inates the best lands on the project
Interest to Irrigation farmers.
adder could hear them four bloclys and takes In lands lying at a high
a . L. Potter, head of the Animal awey. It was the story of the thing ¡elevation where Irrigation by pump
Husbandry division of the Oregon jtnd principally how our local talent ing is necessarily costly
Experiment Station, will open the compared with the professionals that
The directors passed a resolution
discussion under the title, "Lambs, I wanted to know, and apparently I asking the governor, under authority
Ewes or Hay.” Robert Withycombe,
couldn't find out by fair means. So. vested in him by a law passed in
who for 20 years has been conduct-
as a reporter know8 only that he 1921 to have the state engineer make
in«- farm flock tests at the Eastern must get the "stuff,” I traded ol’f an investigation. Rhea Luper, state
Experiment Station at Union, my conscientious scruples for a good engineer, was In attendance at the
•—W talk on "Selection and Manage
stout soap box and listened in— some meeting and stated he would under
ment of Farm Flocks ” R. P. Bean,
take the work soon. Governor
where.
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superintendent of the Prosser, Wash
The Mikado of Japan, Mr. J. A. Pierce was to attend the meeting
ington Station will give the results
Reeves. Now. In real life, In charge but was prevented by the death of
o f five years feeding at that station.
of
our letlrs and mail order catalogs, Mrs, Pierce on Sunday.
The present Interest in the farm
Owing to illness on the part of
he
seems qul-e p lei-” ig »»d polite
Pock should Justify every project
J. ,N Teal, president of the project
farmer In spending the afternoon at but we’re used to him As the Mi
kado his dignity is no less than ap association, he could not attend the
the station.
palling. He looks Immensely tall, meeting and asked to be relieved
and his voice booms out most Im of the presidency. Marshall N. Dana
RAISING DAY OLD CHICKS
pressively. “Boil ’em In oil,’* he associate editor of the Oregon Jour
thunders, and his subjects tremble. nal. was chosen to finish out Mr.
(Continued from last week.)
In a flowered silk ktmona he’s a pie. Teal's term and Mr. Teal was made
chairman of the board of directors;
By MRS. WILL RHODES.
ture that one must see to believe.
Among those in attendance at the
Nankl-Poo, Mr. Hugh Walker.
Watch your chicks closely; If they
are looking (poor, plumage rough, Is too well known for me to tell you meeting were Judge G. W. PhelpH,
legs white or bluish, eyes dull and of his histrionic abilities, but I as G. A. Hartman, George C. Baer and
wings drooping, and with no sign of sure you I’m surprsed only two E. B. Aldrich of Pendleton, F. B
bowel trouble and still a good appe women were after Nankl-Poo. He Swayze of Hermiston and William
Warner, Alderdale, Wash., A. H. Dev
tite, your brooder has mites, which has a way with l)im.
are sucking the life blood from the
Ko-Ko, Mr. Raymond Crow edr. ers, Portland, and Mr. Dana. At a
chicks at night. Remember you Now who would think that one whom luncheon held at the Benson hotel
w ill not see the mites unless you get we had associated with the printing Captain Mayo, U S. engineer In
?>”sy and look for them. Under the of our butter wrappers, and collect charge of the Columbia river dis
roosts, In cracks of the -floor and ing "all the news that fit to print” trict. and Fred C. Shubert, engineer,
walls are likely hiding places in the for the Herald (and sometimes wall were guests and addressed the meet
day time. When a large number of ing that all he can collect Is news* ing.
chicks are brooded together there l8 was all the time a real actor. I wag
Legislation secured at Washing
danger of smothering by crowding. amazed at the versatility of the man. ton by Congressman Slnnott and
There should always be someone Quit a man of affairs with beheading Senator McNary, provides for a fur
present In the brooder room when the folks and getting engeged, disengag ther survey of the project by the
chicks are bedding down for the ed and married. When Crowder, I bureau of reclamation. The act
night to see that they are dlstrlbut- mean Ro-Ko, makes love------ well I'll passed provides for the use of ap
r ’ - — iy over the floor of he brood- tell you what I saw. When Ko-Ko proximately 18,000 left over from
R lTO oB,
made his plea to Katisha for her the original Burvley appropriation.
After pulletg have been separated heart and hand, a photo of Rodolph It Is presumed this work will he
from the cockerels and are about Valentino on the piano Just wilted done during the present year. At
two months old, they should be giv and fell to the floor face down! the game time the state englner will
en more range and plenty of room Honest.
make an Investigation and the gov
to develop Into large thrifty pullets.
Pooh-Bah, Mr. Wallace Reid. As ernor of Oregon is asked by resolu
The use of colony houses with fifty Pooh-Bah Wallace has an awful tion to request the same action from
or seventy-five pullets to each house, dignity to uphold and he doe» It In the state of Washington with refer
scattered around through the orchard a stiff unbending way that makes ence to the Horse Heaven district
Is a very good method. If you have one believe there is something in this lands.
no orchard, provide good cool shade ancestor stuff. He walks as though
It w a, asserted yecterdny by Wil
for the pullets during the hot part he were balancing his ancestors, his liam Warner of Alderdale that the
of the day. Do not force them to offices and hig salaries on his head. soil survey by the state of Washing
drink from stagnant pools.
Plsh-Tush, Mr. Jack Waller. As ton shows the low lands of the Horse
If you have any weak chicks In the Pish-Tush’s part seems to be mostly Heaven area suited for Irrigation.
beginning kill them be they few or singing and he has very little to
President Dana appointed 15 B.
many. An undersized, weakly pul say, I can't see who gave out the Aldrich, G. A. Hartman and William
let will not give a paying egg yield. parts and caBt Jack for a non-talk Warner a8 a committee to bring out
Feed your pullets properly, giving ing part.
the four major features of the pro
them plenty of green feed during
Yum Yum, Miss Compton, Plttl- ject. reclamation, power, river lm-
the growing season, and they should
Slng, Mrs. Gralapp, and Peep-Bo,
make a fifty to sixty per cent lay
Mrs. Illsley can’t be taken individual
by the first of December and keep it
ly, they never could be caught that
up all winter.
way. They Just tittered andglggled
It Is not natural for chickens to
and bowed their way about till one
lay In winter tizfte. They must be
could see with closed eyes cherry
bred to lay. It takes years of
blossoms and hanboo trees, with Fuji
breeding to perfect a strain that
w ill lay out of season. Given a in the distance.
Katisha, Miss Lota Pierson. As
good strain It Is up to the good
management of the poultryman to fsr as I could see this ancient Katisha
get the eggs. The most successful started the whole thing with her old
poultryman is the one who gets a maidenly Infatuation for Nankl-Poo,
full egg basket every day of the year. and Miss Pierson’s interpretation of
You cannot dpend upon mature the part Is excellent. "Tough as a
hens over a year old for winter eggs. bone, with a will of her ow»,” she
It Is the pullet In her first year’s describes herself, but she evidently
lay that produces eggs when prices has a softer side, for In her love
are high. Never turn pullets or scene with Ko-Ko she Is all coyness.
All this I saw from my soap box
hens out on the range la the win
ter time to walk on snow or Ice, or grand stand, and I thought I should
to drink snow water. If you wish satisfy my curiosity, but I find I only
to keep your egg production up. whetted It. I got awfully tired
Keep the pullets working, for exer standing all the time though, so I
am going to see the Mikado right
cise is the life of the hen.
CKl your pullets Into their laying next time and get a reserved seat
quarters early. I generally start at Mitchell's right away for either
this woifc the middle of September, 1 the Tuesday night show or the re
because It takes considerable time peat on Wednesday. Maybe both.
to get them set In thlr proper place*.
Thia must be done gently and quiet
A social meeting of the Baptist
ly; don’t go at It as If the first day ladies' Aid will be given nt the
were the last day you had to do the home of Mr». Norton with Mrs. Me-
work lu. Don’t leave your pullets i Clare assleting hostess. on March 25.
out to roost In the tree tops or (June aud enjoy the a'temoon with
wherever else they may choose till us.
cold, stormy weather sets lu.
Good stock, good housing sad good
lieptist church—Sun .lay, March
feeding are Important but nulees the
caretaker la good to the bens they IS. Bible school at 1« A. M. Ser-
w ill not pay. By •'good" I mean pron at 11 A. M-, "What Think Ye
of Christ.” Service at 7:88 P. M.
A.
(Oontlnucd on Page Four)
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provement and interstate bridge.
F. B. Swayze of Hermiston was ap
pointed as finance committee chair
man.
IRRIGATION LEAGUE
AGAIN TO FUNCTION
BOARDMAN, UMATILA, HER MIS
TON. STANFIELD ARE TEAMS
Season to Start April 12 and End
June 28.— Stanfield Plays Open
ing Game Here
Boardman, Umatilla, Hermiston
and Stanfield was represented last
Wednesday night at a meeting of
the Irrigation league held In Uma
tilla. Harry Hull of Umattlja was
elected president, Dave Mtttlesdorf
vice-president, and W. Wallan of
Stanfle|d secretary treasurer. The
season will start April 12 and end
June 28. Stanfield plays the open
ing game here.
Henry Hitt was appointed director
of the local club and DaVn Mittles-
dorf elected secretary and treasurer-
By a unanimous choice Otto Pierce
was chosen manager.
It was decided at the meeting to
use only home players Most of the
rules and regulations that governed
the league last year were adopted
by the meeting and will be used
again this year.
No. 27
Early lambing results have
very satisfactory on the whole, though
not so big a percentage of Increase
has been secured this spring us
born last spring, according to
P. Smythe, prominent sheep man Of
Brief Resume of Happenings of Pendleton.
The weekly lumber review of the
the Week Collected for
West Coast Lumbermen's association
showed that 120 mills reported for the
Our Readers.
week ending February 28 the manu
facture of 100,414,867 feet of lumber;
The Medford Y. M. C. A. has begun sale of 96,000,108 feet and shipment
a campaign to raise 83000.
of 106,961.382 feet.
The annual meeting of the Linn
James S. Stewart of Corvallla was
County Holstein Cattle club will be appointed special Investigator for the
held at Harrisburg Friday.
state land board. Mr. Stewart will
Frank Delbert Jones, 41, painter, investigate all applications for school
was killed instantly at Medford by a fund loans, and arrange for the sale
fall from a barn which he was paint of lands on which these loans have
ing.
become delinquent.
The graduating class of the Pen
Collection of the unpaid portion of
dleton high school that will complete the state income tax for the year
Its work In June will Include between 1924, based on incomes for 1928, will
56 and 60 students.
get under way within the next few
Portland will be the greatest con days, according to announcement
vention city in the United States this made at the offices of the state tax
year, with about 30 large and small commission at Salem.
conventions scheduled.
Members of the state board of con
The first annual Lane county Jer trol held a special meeting at Salem
sey jubilee will be held at the farm Saturday to consider plans and spe
of L. D. Griggs in the Willakenzie dis cifications for the proposed new state
training school for boys to be located
trict some time in May.
near Woodburn. The proposed plant
The Sunset Co-operative Fishermen
will cost approximately 8200.000.
of Nehalem bay have started con
A total of 247 applications for loans
struction at Wheeler of a packing and
aggregating 8197.795.57 have been re
cold storage plant to cost 85000.
ceived by the state board of control
Sine January 1 23 new families
under a law enacted at the recent
have been located in Jackson county session of the legislature extending
by the lund settlement committee of
financial relief to farmers In the frost
the Medford chamber of commerce.
Infected areas of eastern Oregon.
Portland again led the Pacific
Eleven carloads of broccoli have
northwest in value of building per
been shipped out of Douglas county
mlts issued during the month of Feb up to the present, and the crop Is
ruary, with 1236 permits, valued at maturing rapidly. It is estimated that
83,504,680.
the harvest this year will yield around
Despondent over ill health for more 35 carloads, practically the entire
than a year. Mrs. S. Kinser, wife of crop being in the Riddle and Myrtle
a well-known farmer at Needy, at Creek vicinity.
tempted suicide by leaping into the
Because of the new prohibition law,
Molalla river.
providing for the distribution of mon
Two bond issues, 810,000 for addi ey for enforcement purposes, and giv
tional tire equipment and 815,000 for ing the state agent 50 per cent of all
the construction of a new city jail, fines collected, it will be necessary
were defeated at a special election to reduce the law enforcement staff
held in Bend.
In Douglas county, according to Dis
Robert Cruniley, 60, operator of a trict Attorney Cordon.
donkey engine in the camp of the
The state supreme court handed
Crown Timber company at Linslaw, down an opinion affirming the decree
was killed when the disc on the en of Judge Kendall of Coos county In a
gine broke end struck him in the gtde. suit brought by J. E. Norton to enjoin
Work of laying rails above the pres Coos county, a municipal corpora
ent rail head at McCredie Springs on tion, and its officials from issuing and
the Southern Pacific company's Eu- selling highway bonds for 8280,008,
gene-Klamatb Falls line will begin The lower court held la favor of the
plaintiff.
March 15, according to company
ficials.
Orin W^Trein, 69, well kuegra to
A hundred tons of road building the e Evans creek district, near Med-
machinery are at Bend, ready to be ford, where he had lived nearly 40
rushed to the McKenzie pass and years, was found dead on his ranch
placed in operation In an effort to with a bullet wound through his head.
complete the road over the mountains Although the dead man had a 38-call-
ber revolver in one hand, from which
this season.
a shell had been exploded, there Is
The Douglas county court has call
some doubt of suicide.
ed for bids for the paving of approxi
The United States bureau of public
mately one-half mils of Edenbower
road, which branches off west from roads will co-operate in a Eugene-
the Pacific highway about a mile Bend celebration over the completion
of McKenzie pass, according to word
north of Roseburg.
received at Eugene from C. H. Pur
Contracts under which dairymen of cell, district engineer. Mr. Purcell
the west end of Umatilla county ex suggested Frog camp as the celebra
pect to sell their cream co-operatively tion site, nnd late August as the time,
have been drafted, nnd a meeting to Definite plans have not been made,
put the plan into effect Is to be held
however.
in the near future.
At a meeting of the Oregon Jersey
Tho Gates Mill company, whose Cattle club, definite dates were set
sawmill Is located at Schroeder, about for the county shows to be held
a mile east of Gates, has started the throughout the state. The Columbia
plant for the first time In about two county show will be on May 18; Clack
years, and II Is planned to operate amas county on May 20; Marion on
steadily from now on.
May 21; Polk, on May 22; Linn, on
Contrary to usual custom, the an
May 23, and Lune, on May 25. Other
cual Polk county fair will be operated 1 counties are scheduled, but definite
with a free gate this year, according dates have not been chosen.
to a decision made by the now fair
Oregon dealers disposed of 5,316,-
board. The dates for this year’s event 655 gallons of gasoline and 62,616 gal
were set as September 10, 11 and 12. lons of distillate in January, accord
When the time expired at Salem ing to a report issued by Sam A. Ko-
for filing l> Ils and vetoes resulting sor. secretary of state. Taxes remit
from measuieg approved at the recent ted on the January sales of gasoline
session of the legislature, Governor and distillate aggregated 8160.945.07,
Pierce had lopped off from the ap As compared with January. 1924, gas
proprlatlonj the amount of 8501,769. oline sales increased approximately
The Crown Willamette Paper com 25 per cent, while distillate sales In
pany has torn up two miles of its Ne- creased 18 per cent.
canlcum logging road track and is
To insure that Medford’s clean-up
sending the rails to Cathlamet. and palnt-up week, designated by the
Wash.a where a logging road exten- city council as April 1 to 8, Is thor
aloa is ureter course of construction. ough, the Crater club, city booster or
Work lr being rushed by the Ham ganisation. has adopted the plan of
mond Lumber company on the com displaying photographs of unsightly
pletion of several new bridges on their buildings and untidy yards in the
logging railroad to camp 24 at Mill chamber of commerce windows and
City, and as soon as finished the will award a prize to the person who
camps will be reopened for the sum submits a complete list naming those
responsible for the eyesores.
mer run.
Governor Pierce announced that he
The work of paving the left span
of the tew Lewis & Clark bridge at had reluaed either to sign or veto a
Astoria has been completed and It Is bill passed at the recent session of
announced that the bridge will be the legislature increasing materially
opened as soon as adjustments to the fees on automobile busses and
the spr.n lifting machinery had been trucks operating on the highways of
the stste. Unless attacked In the
completed.
Vera Klore of Ixmklng Glass and court» the bus bill will become ef
Wendell Smith of Klamath Falls re fective at the expiration of the 90-
ceived grades of 100 per cent In eg- day statutory period. The law re
aminations having to do with the Old quires busses to pay three-fourths of
Testament, while Winton Erickson of a mill per passenger seat per mfte.
Oregon City scored 100 per cent on while trucks would be assessed a fee
the New Testament, according to a of 1 mill per ton per inlle. It has been
report prepared by J A. Churchill, estimated that this law would return
slate superintendent of public In to the state treasury approximately
atrurtlon. The examinations were 8400.000 during the biennium. The
held In connection with Bible study In attorney-general. In his legal opinion
the high schools, for which the stu to the governor, held that the law
dents receive credits (or graduation. was unconstitutional.
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OIL DRILLING
IS RESUMED OF SPECIALINTEREST
NEW EXPRESS RATES
Changes In express rates and the
chargee ordered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission, effective on
March 1, will result in economies for
shippers acordlng to F. C. Woughter.
agent of the American Railway Ex
press Co. in this city.
While there are some Increases In
rates applying particularly In the
eastern territory, genersllf speaking
the charges are downward and low
er rates will prevail In the greater
part of the country. The most mark
ed reductions are in the South and
West, thu„ enabling shippers to re
duce their transportation costs.
Mr, Woughter has prepared the
following rate comparisons showing
the new rate8 compared with the old,
from this city to important points
throughout the country.
Portland, new rate 81.85, old
rate 82.08; Seattle, new rate $2.60,
old rate. 82.91; Spokane, new rale
82.10, old rato 82.36; Chicago, new
rate 88 80, old rate 811-92; Kansas
City, Mo., new rate 88.00, old rate
810.95.
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SUFFICIENT FUNDS SECURED TO
RENEW WORK ON WELL
Revival of Oil Opeations is Evident
in Northwest From Recent Ac
tivities. Prospects Consider
ed Good Here.
Drilling was resumed at the oil
well this week. The company has
secured sufficient funds to enable
it to reach a depth at which gas Is
found in the Rattlesnake hills thirty
miles north of the Hermiston anti
cline. Stock will be sold to carry
the holo down further and drilling
will be carried on as far a8 It can
be paid for.
Revival in oil operations Is evident
from recent activities. Four big oil
companies. Including Mellon inter
ests In Pittsburg, the New York Oil
Company, the Gulf States company,
with Dorsey Hager, the celebrated
oil geologist, have offices in Seattle
and will make deep drilling tests
of all the fields in the state of Wash
ington including the Benton county
gas and oil region just north of the
Hermiston structure. Another com
pany, supposed to be a California re
fining company has leases and will
spud in near Ione, or about twenty
miles southwest of here, and an
other company. Independent of the
California company, has also secur
ed leases in the same locality south
of Hermiston, with guarantee to drill
before summer. The well at Attalla
has cased off water and is drilling
again with strong showings and ex
pects to continue operations.
The Washington companies have
secured the services of Dorsey Hager,
the celebrated geologist, and geolog
ists of the state university and will
endeavor to test out scientifically
and with deep drillings all localit
ies In that state that have been
worked on for the last several years.
It Is the biggest effort In the North
west to discover oil.
Dr. Herschel C. Parker, the noted
scientist, who recently gave an inter
view in the Oregonfnn, stated that on
the west slopes of the Blue moun
tains “There are several domes great
er than Teapot and some of the best
anticlines In the world.” Dr. Par
ker visited the Hermiston anticline
two years ago for the local company.
Fred Nlchoson 18 the driller and
Ben E. Juday his assistant. Both
have rented houses In Hermiston and
moved their families here.
làs High School Mirror
Devoted to the Interest and Devel opment of the Hermiston Schools
Vol. 4.
Basebanll practice has begun this
week with the advent of the baseball
season. Coach Gralapp Is expecting
an expert squad this year.
No. 1
music. Refreshments were served
and the evening was spent dancing,
The party broke up at eleven o'clock.
everyone reporting an enjoyable time.
Remember the local Declamatory
Hubby, the Brute
contest at^he high school auditorium
Arlonlne: "I am going to the
Friday, March 13.
beauty parlor and will need ten dol
lars.”
The interedasg basketball teams,
Hugh: "Take twenty."
who played while the first team at
tended the tournament, held a party
Father's Sarcasm
at the I. O. O. F. hall Saturday night,
Anita; Karr hs proposed to me
the freshmen and sophomore teams
and their girls being guests. Mrs. no less than seven times in the last
Bensel, Mrs. Pace and Mrs. Mike- two weeks."
Mr. Paulsen: "Well, I wonder
Bell acted as chaperones, while Mrs.
Brigg’s orchestra furnished the who he is practicing up for.”
Nothing Doing Y et
n
to.
Opera— "Mikado”— March 17-18
Opera— "Mlkgdo”— March 17-1|