HERMISTON, UHATHLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY,
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Attention A spuufus
PROJECT AGBICULTUXAE X .
COLUMBIA ENTERTAIN
CGliidkREXCX SCHEDULED HRE SIREN MOVED
MENT DRAWS BIG All-Project Conference Will be Held TO TELEPHONE BLDG.
in Hermiston in February.
LAM EST
AIL PIRES ARE TO RE REPORTED
CROWD EVER GATH
ERED AT SCHOOL OH HARD
Plans are rapidly being ompleted
TO TELEPHONE OFFICE
whereby an all-project agricultural
conference will b© held In Hermis
ton In February.
According to Fire Chief Hitt Siren
81nce the economic confereacs
W ill Announce the Hour of
movement was started In Oregon two
Noon Each Day by One
years ago some twenty county con
Long B last
ferences have been held with the
nesult that very material benefits
are now being realized. Many coun
The city fire siren which for a
ties have-found these stock taking
sessions so valuable that they have l number of years has. been located
been made annual affairs. The at the end of main treet opposite
agricultural conditions on th© pro- the First National bank, was moved
Ject are so different from those of the first part of this week to the
the rest of Umatilla or Morow coun- local telephone exchange and ln-
ties that In this Instance It has been stalled. By making the change it
decided to make the poject the unit Is believed the alarms can be broad
casted with greater dispatch and
for consideration.
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The conference 1B solely a farf- the whereabouts of the conflagra
mer’g affair In which he gathers In tion more easily ascertained. The
committee meetings with his neigh operators of the local telephone ex
bors Interested in similar crops or change are on duty both day and
livestock for the purpose of analys night and an alarm turned in to
ing the industry and making recom- them will be the cue for the sounding
mendatlons for It’s development. of tho siren.
Acoorddlng to- flrechlef Hitt the
These recommendations are report
ed to the general conference on the siren will announce Jh© hour at noon
second day’s session. The extension each day by one long blast so in
service and experiment station re the future if you hear this blast from
presentatives who will be here will the siren do not get excited but set
act in a consulting capacity and the old time piece accordingly. City
give such information as the com Marshall Pankow and Harry Mc
Millan ar© now busy Installing the
modity committees may desire.
siren and It will be ready for use
Committees have been appointed
some time this week.
to cover dairying, poultry, general
livestock, alfalfa and farm crops,
truck crops and beekeeping. Thes« MANY ATTEND DOTING
committees will meet on December
CARD AT PENDLETON
29 and 30 to organise and assign
work to the Individual members.
A large number ot local fight fans
Journeyed to Pendleton Tuesday
night to witness the smoker put oij
ORDINANCE NO. 122.
An Ordinance enlarging the bound by the Relth-Pendleton athletic
aries of Irrigation Assessment club. Frenchy Smith of Irrigon wag
District No. 1, created by Ordi matched with the Phllllpino who
nance No, 76 passed by th© Coun fought here at the local playhouse
cil and approved by the Mayor on a few months ago. Frenchle receiv
ed the decision over the fighter from
July 2nd, 1913.
The City of Hermiston does or the Hula Hula Island. Among those
from Hermiston were J.
Moll, Otto
dain as follows:
Pierce. J. M. Biggs, Jim Pearson, H.
Sec. L That the following des
Swartout, Craig Percy, Hollis Percy,
cribed land within the boundaries of
Leo Hurly, Carl McNfuight, Frank
the City of Hermiston, to-wit:
Bilderback, W. M. Shaar, Joe Nor
Block A In the First Addition to
ton, Dave Mlttlesdorf, A. H Norton,
Hermiston, Lots 1 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8,
Chub Longhorn, Harry Straw, Log
9. 10, 11 and 12 la Block C in the
an Todd, Dr. Prime.
First Addition to Hermiston, Block
D in the First Addition to Hermto-
Mr. and Mrs. Oron Felthouse and
on, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 8 and 9 In
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watson motor
Block E in the Second Addition to
ed to Pendleton today.
Hermiston and Lots 1, 2. 3, 4 and
5 In Block F In the Second Addition
to Hermiston, be and the same to GRADE SCHOOL OPERETTA
IS BIG SUCCESS
here Included within Irrigation As
sessment District No. 1 which was
"The Joke on Santa Claus” pre
created by Ordinance No. 78 pass
sented
by the grade school under
ed by the Council and approved by
the direction of Miss Seyler, on Sat
the Mayor on July 2, 1913.
Sec. 2. That all provtoions of said urday evening last at the high
Ordinance No. 76 shall apply to school auditorium, was largely at
said land hereby included In said tended.
Tho parts were well taken by
Irrigation Assessment District No. 1,
the same as If said land hadf by the the pupils.
Th® girls of th* hlgh school glee
terms of said Ordinance No. Td,
been Included In said Irrigation As club assisted In the entertainment.
Miss Elisabeth Straw was accom-
sessment District No. 1, and said
land shall hereafter be assessed In anlst for the glee club and Shirley
accordance with th© provisions of Brownson for th© play.
it
The Umatilla Growers held a
meeting at the Oregon Harwart- on
Friday last and talked over the
needs for the coming year. It 1«
desirous that at least IS aeres more
of asparagus planting be signed up
for the coming spring and thoee
who are considering planting are ad
vised by the association to get their
land In shape now. The association
will see that there are enough
plantg secured for all, though it is
advisable to let Tom Fraser at the
Oregon hardware know your re-
qulrementa at an early date 1-ee
Lampson, manager of the Three
Rivers _______
Growers ____
will „ be _____
her© _ prob-
ably late this month and will meet
with the association.
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DECEMBER 24, 1928
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
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OREGON WEEKLY
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day.
FARM BUR. DOES NOT
FAVOR NEW PROJECTS
Lenore Dyer, a student at Mon W a T w liu X r " ^ o ll'" te le p h o n e RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED AT
mouth, Is home for the Christmas line will cost $8,600.
MEETING LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
vacation.
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Oregon taxable property la $1,-
Harry Kelly spent the week end
084.537.818, $25,000,000 more than The Attitude of Chamber» of Corn-
at
hia
home
in
this
city.
An Interesting Program is Rendered
merce Clamoring
last year. '
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“ for New
and a Real Peed Served by
Irrigation Deplored.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
M.
Prlndle
left
the Neighborhood Club
Harrisburg—Willamette bridge on
today for Union to spend the holi
Pacific highway opened to traffic.
days with friends.
At a meeting of the Umatilla
The entertainment and teed spon
County
Farm Bureau last Friday
Mrs. Robert Hobbs of Portland, la
Portland— Stpameil Gothic Star night at the Columbia school, reso
sored by the Columbia Farm Bureau
visiting
at
the
home
of
her
mother
takes 130.000 boxes of apples to*Eu- lutions were passed condemning the
last Friday night was a huge suc
and father, Mr. and Mrs
rope. Steamer Edna takes 165.000 actions of varioug organizations In
cess from every angle. For some
Prann. in this city.
time past th© organization have
boxes
peeking new Irrigation projects, The
Hoste»» At Party Monday
been putting on these events but
resolutions adopted are given as foL
Miss Margaret O’Leary, a teacher
Mrs.
Stanley
Campbell
was
hos
the one Friday night eclipsed all
Pendleton— Farmers sell 500,000 lows:
in
the
school,
left
Wednesday
tess at a party at-her home In this
- e-lors endeavors.
The largest
bushelg of wheat In on« week, at
Whereas, Irrigated lands canno^
etty last Monday night. About 20 evening for Grass Valley, Oregon,
4 ever gathered at the Colum-
successfully compete with the corn
where she will spend the holidays. prices to $1.60 per bushel.
guests
were
present.
Dainty
re
H school house was on hand. The
belt In the production of corn and
freshments wer© served after which
refreshment committee reported that
pork, nor with the grazing sections
Mrs. S. M. Campbell and daughter
steamers
taking
Portland—Two
those
present
enjoyed
a
numbr
of
they had prepared three hundred and
of
the country In the production of
Barbara
left
today
for
Eugene
where
9,000,000 feet of lumber from this
the old fashioned dances such as the
twenty sandwiches and found that
cereals, but must be confined In the
they will spend the Christmas holi port.
Virginia
reel
and
others.
■ 'ter they had handed out a sand
main, to the production of hay and
days visiting friends and relatives.
wich on a plat« along with cake and
horticultural productions, and
other goodlee there were not enough
Pendleton — Oregon yVoolgrowers
Ernest Thomas of Boise, Idaho,
Whereas, the development of Ir
to go around. The crowd was estl-
son of S. D. Thomas, is visiting at meet here January 21-23 for annual rigated lands hag Increased far be
• ■ ntrd at three hundred and seventy-
■reciAL coaaaroNOBNca
the home of his father In Columbia meetng.
yond the demand by the consuming
five to four hundred people.
Walter Warner, who has been at district.-
public for Its produltlon thereby pre
The program rendered wag varied
Klamath Falls building permits cipitating a
tending the Normal school at Mon
reaction
that
has
and Interesting. The participants
E. E Thomas and wife, of Prairie for November reach $101,330.
mouth, Is home to spend the Christ
brought distress to the Irrigatlontote
acquitted themselves with honors
City, Oregon, are guests at the S. D.
mas vacation.
and grave concern to the Federal
a”d the committee In charge of ar
Thomas home this week.
Portland—Orpheum circuit plans government In the collection of due,
rangements deserve a lot of credit.
Russell McCoy and Frieda Seaman
$1,000,000 playhouse to seat 2400. Torn the water» user, and any fur
The luncheon served was a real
Mrs. Buckard and daughter, of
spent the afternoon very pleasantly
ther development and settlement of
treat. There were cake© of all des
Hoquiam, Wablngton, ar© guests at
on Monday at a dentst’s office.
new projects» In the near1 fufure
cription, sandwiches, pickles, etc.
Gate«—Crown mine In Linn Co.
the S. D. Thomas home this week.
through either stat© or federal aid
The committee who arranged th©
oild to show fine ledge of ore.
Mrs. Rebecca Knght and the girls
to new settlers would augment the
luncheon are to be congratulated for
have gone to Newport to spend the
Ed. McKeen and wife and Mr.
troubles of those dettlers who are al
the repast was fit for a king.
Gold Hill— Beaver Portland Cem ready farming Irrigated lands, and
holiday with relatives there.
and Mrs. Jack Simmons and wife,
Everyone present seem to have a
of Pendleton, were visitors at the ent Co. will spend $400,000 in would create a condition far mors
royal good time at these gatherings
aggravating to the government In
Ralph Walpole and wife ar© vis Harold McKeen home In tht8 city doubling Blze of plant.
and their popularity Is demonstrated
Its attempt to collect Its water tax,
iting the W. R. Walpoles.
last Sunday.
by the large attendance.
Myrtle Point— Holt-Chase Com- now therefore,
Miss Lila McMillen of Hillsboro, pany caned 17,000 case© of frtiit
George Hendrieks spent rievyjal
Be It Uesolved by the Umatilla
BSERVATI0N STATIONS TO
days last week at Boardman tuning Oregon, arrived In Hermiston today this year.
nroject Farm Bureau, consisting of
TEST CAUSE RADIO FADING
’ 50 members. First: That we de-
pianos.
‘ ’ and will spend th© holidays here
visiting.
nlore
the attitude of thoee chamber«
Scholls— Fred Groner raises $19,-
Tha Grange social was quit# a
-if commece. both of the cltleg and
Investigations of ‘‘fading’’ on a
5(70
worth
of
walnuts
on
his
300-
Miss Luclle Gray, a grade school
success on Friday evening. There
-itates. In clamoring for the de-
¡ale never before attempted in tpe
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teacher,
left Wednesday morning acre orchard.
will
be
another
"dolns”
next
Monday
■elopment of new Irrigation projects
ntted States will be mad© in mld-
Everyone In the jor Portland where she will spend
evening, the 28th
'or which there to no Immediate de
inuary at twenty observation sta-
Oregon will use 80,000 barrels of
community to Invited.
Christmas.
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mand; their efforts being actuated
ont, it has been announced today
oil costing $450.000 to oil 630
olely by the desire for the expendi
r 3. K. Smith, of the Stewart-War-
miles state highway In 1926.
School closed on Wednesday for
Miss
Melba
Callahan,
who
Is
at
ture of additional federal money
sr corporation.
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the vacation. Miss Bradford went tending school In San Francisco,
vlthlnn tributary territory. Second:
Hitherto such experiments have
to her home at Burlington, Wash., Calif., Is home for the holidays.
-Tigard— Four districts will vote hat we hereby commend the atti
een carried on In isolated sections
Mrs. Allen to North Powder, Mrs.
on union high Bchool early In Janu tude of the Honorable Secretary
f the country between two or at
Jones to) Umatilla. The Professor
ary,
Last
Tuesday
E.
E.
Shaw
of
Cold
Work in preventing or delaying the
met threv stations. Th© result» of
will keep the home fires burning. Springs drove Into town and pre
reatlon of new lrlgatlon projects at
ich research have been negligible,
Baker—Company.will spend $250.- he present time, and Third: That
The following program waa giv^ sented the editor with a big five
here to still no explanation of why
Thanks very qqq )n developing new strike of ore w© heartily recommend that no fur-
gnals should be stronger in the
at the Irrigon school on Wednesday
ghaw .
In Mother Lode, 25 miles northeaat. *her work, other than the comple
Inter than static electricity leaps
evening.
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tion of thoee projects now under
at of one’s hair or sparks out of
Roseburg—Christmas turkeys sell construction, be undertaken for a
1. School Band.
,e rug at one's feet, and weak in
at prices to 46 cents a pound.
-»erlod of years, and until there ap-
immer yhen there are apparently
2. Song, "Joy to the World,” School.
lears to be a real demand by actual
© static charges In the things
3. Recitation, Wallace Graham.
Woodburn—State receives and oc ettlers, and that any federal flnan-
Observation posts wjll chart
4. Orchestra.
cupies new $286,000 boys’ training lal aid to settlers shall be In the
ladings on selected distant sta-
6
Playlet—
Rooms
1
and
2.
school
here.
nture of more liberal terms In the
ons every two minutes during the
6. Song— H. 8.« Glee Club—Girls.
extension of time for payments for
erlod of "the tests.. The results
Oregon state taxes will total $7,- water by settlers already upon fed-
111 he averaged and plotted on a
7. Drill— Room 1.
200,830 for 1918, $282.000 Isas than ¡ral projects.
lap similar to that issued by the
8. Recitation, Ruth Kraus.
last
year.
Be it further resolved, that cop
overfiment weather1 bureau. It to
9. Orchestra.
4 '.
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es of this resolution he ront to our
le belief of the engineers conduct-
" r..\
Bend— Catholic parsh will erect ongressmen, to the governors of the
,6. PUy— Room 8.
jg the tests that curves which will
parjjhlal
school.
11.
Song—
Room
1.
rrlgatlon states, to th© Hon. Sec.
lake possible a comparison of ef-
Work and Commissioner Mead, and
12. Recitation, Geneva Emerson.
icts and a eearch for causes will
California-Oregon Power Co. will o the heads of our state and nat-
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•suit. If so, the experiment will
)8. Song— Junior Glee Club, Girls.
.pend $500,000 1 nKlamath oounty onal granges, and the national
e repeated at regular Intervals
14. Recitation— Room 2.
luring 1926.
'I’arn Bureau, and that any further
Sroughout the winter.
L5. Solo, Mr. Lyle Baling
jubllclty be given that may he
“By a comparison of ‘fading’ and said Ordinance No. 78.
Salvation Army will establish a
Grants Pass—-Oregon bankers will leemed advantageous by a com-
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Passed the Council this 16th day
16. Orchestra.
le static curves with those of the
children’s home near Cooston, Coos
conduct school here to teach farm nlttee of three to be appointed to
If. Play— High School.
'. S weather map it will be possl- of December, 1925.
county.
accounting.
Attest:
C.
W.
Kellogg,
18.
Song—
"Hark
the
IHerald
Angels
Sing"—
School.
arry out the purpose of these reso
le to determine the effect of the
Recorder.
leather on such" phenomena” said
lutions.
19.
Recitation,
Franklin
Benjamin
Rider.
Eugene—(Through: trans will be
Grant« Pas«—Rich gold quartz is
Approved by the Mayor this 16th
Ir. Smith. "Bg plotting the-eurve©
¡started over new Natron cut-off 10. School Band.
found near old Greenback mine af
day
of
December,
fl.926.
f fading1 and static in tests on
Railroad by July 1, according to S. 21. Song— Boys’ Glee Club.
ter six-year search.
Juti Why One Editor
F. F. Prims, Mayor.
lations of varying wave length,
p . officials.
Has Tamed Pessimist
Dme tangible progress may he mad©
Portland—Tanker Stockton brings
No one 1« more annoyed than the
award discovering what frequencies BENEFIT GAME TO BE
3800 tons cocoanut oil and West one who teles to beautify the town la
re best for broadcasting.
FLAYED WEDNESDAY KOHT
Niger brings 600 tens soy bean oil. which he lives. No matter how earnest
"The plan to hold th© tests orlgl-
ly he works, crltletonis and annoy
mtd hr a discovery that Chicago
Oregon beekeepers will hold state ances must arise. As an example of
A benefit basket ball game will
sception thia year has failed to fol- be flayed next Wednesday nlglst,
convention at The Dalles January this we have to say that the Beacon
aw the accepted rules. There have December 30 between the high school
office needed a new sign and hired
19-20.
Jack Sigler of Red Wing to paint IL
een sveral clar, hold nights on team and the American Legion. All
It’a a peach. Then the sign had to be
rhich It has been Impoesible to hear proceeds from the game will be
Astoria to on national honor roll properly Installed and we employed
tations 500 miles distant.
given Art Schmidt who was Injured
a© one of 1» cltle© h“v,nR no U tal Fritz Miller ns chief consulting en
"On the other hand, there have in a recent foot ball game. The
auto aoeldente during October.
gineer nnd master gt ceremonies. Some
een warm, wet nights entirely fre© money will be used toward paying
thought n 4 by « post was the thing,
ront static and perfect for broad his hospital and doctor bills.
Lane county built 25 miles ma while others thought a 4 by 4 would
est reception from distant points.’
icadam road this year, having 360 do. Then a w!" ’v observer mentioned
gas pipe. W <i lO-’-d on gas pipe as
' miles In all.
Jim Pennon Buy» Bankrupt Stock
more suitable t-»r a pr-ntlng office. The
N BOUND TRIP FABES F0»
sign was t’ - i-fori- r::ily ') >lted on a
Jim Pearson, proprietor of the
Lane county has nine union high gas pipe. And (!-'?’ she shines in all
NEW TEARS
Fla Union Pacific, betweed points Black and White Garage tn thls
her prist n ilor
schools.
After io.uall : on c r~:nor’~i wer#
Idaho. Oregon and Washington, city, ha© purchaeed the bankrupt
Hlllsbhro— Four local Investors over w r cour t the >iltu<h- of o-ir
e dates December 30 and 31; re stock of the Stanfield garage In
Sunfield, r. Pearson will move the
tier over the ''omide-
will start 640 acre muskrat farm ranct’ i to
's limit January 4, 1926. For
tlon ul th’ d:c--, of • • .ira. 'ell
(stock and equipment to thia city
ther particulars see local agent.
near here.
pleas .l wit’! the r ml t >f ti’l pro
and place it In hto garage here.
gressive i.tlx tl ' W! ’ •? the a we
Coldendale—-Option
on
16.000
I»CB NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT
heard a plaintive let'..' eoi "« fin ; from
REBEKAH LODGE MEETING
acres limber calls for $150.000 p.y- that r-is-plpe s t a n d * " f 1« t nnd
l dance sponsored by the local
»♦onderetl If It had biiU t nsfo.'.ied
t of tha American Legion will be
,$nent.
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Info an Aeolian harp. 1 innlly It
There will he a meeting of Sun
ged next Saturday .night, Dec.
Salem— Hum. construction
for sou.idcd ll’-e woodpeckers peck hi j for
Fletcher’s famous orchestra of beam Rebekah "lodge Wednesday.
w o rm s .
We pleke-l up the shotgun
11 months totals $$82,86®.
December 39. for examination and
idleton will furatoti the music.
which we kept fpr the honedt of delin
Initiation. By order of N. O.
quent subscribers, went out and
gt Helens- Portland Electric Co. w atched
.
To our amazement w# row member,
^qjwvv?. llttes ri U
-- >
will brio»; power
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.ceordlng to word received here DUCK SEAM» EXTENDS
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City. Deer Island and Wll- of the proletariat as they passed by
Colni
Boardman Trading Company'«
1
OVER MY» JANUANY
.toUbdrately knocking tlielr pipes
-» u Boardman# owped by the
LNew Cretto three Story igalust the gas pipe standard to clror
their pipes of ashes so that they could
* Brothers who *t Pne tlme oper-
According to Henry Hitt the duck
.cost $.10®.6°®-
load up again. When men will do th,
I a grocery store here, burned to
seen extends over fifteen day, tu
likes of that, there la no UN to talk
ground the first pert of the week, J a n u a r y o f 1928. But In order to
B e a i- More tha none and one-half about Improving th, towiv—B o«H
rae stated that the loro was about hunt dnrjng this period if will he
Globe.
:
: mllro of paving laid during
,»•9 with only a «mail amount
■eesrory to procure the new license
M ■ i tm i' grfV-w
costing
$64.600.
for 193f,
iceuragee
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