The Herald Keep« Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
VITAL CHANGES A U
n r course o r beino
REALIZED HERE. A U
TOU ALIVE TO THEM!
VOL XZ
IRRIGATORS LEAD
Sty? Wrmwfcm WralîJ
DAIRY CATTLE AND
LATINO HEMS A U
PAYROLL MAKERS
FOR PROJECT
NO. 33
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 22. 1026
Commercial Club WATER PROBLEMS
To Issue Annual
IN BALL LEAGUE
Calendars Again SEEM TO BE SOLVED
MAN, 73, TAKES LONG
TRIPS ON HIS BICYCLE
GAIN SHOWN FOR
Chick Purchases {EXPLANATION OF
pt rt ?je c t„ A r e .
CONTRACT GIVEN
George W. Kelsey of Walla Walla
is 73 years old, but he is still young
enough to make long Jaunts on hig
bicycle. He was
guest at the H
COLUMBIA SCHOOL HOUSE
TROUNCING GIVEN UMATILLA
CROWDED
Motion Authorizing Work for Next SEASON DELIVERY CONFIDENT A. Hooker ranch near here for DISEASE LESS PREVALENT THAN 50.000 Estimated to Have Been
HERE SUNDAY
several days, after riding his bicycle
EVER BEFORE
Year Passed Unanimously
LY EXPECTED
Bought by Poultry Growers
from Walla Walla. He continued his
Acceptance by Settlers Advised By
At Meeting.
Total of 37 E n o n Perpetrated By
In
1“ D istrict
w j Warner, Secretary, i>
Percentage
of
Cows
Reacting
cycling
tour
by
leaving
for
Port
Senator Stanfield Gives Assurance
Two Teams in Hectic
lanA Tuesday. He Is a brother of
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Talk Friday.
The community calendars. Issued
Recent
Tests
a
Fourth
of
From Mead That No
12 Innings.
i Baby chicks are finding homes on
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Mrs. H. A. Reeves, mother of Mr
(or years by the Hermiston Commer
1922
Number.
One Will Suffer.
the project in much greater number
Columbia school house was crowd-
Hooker.
cial club and used in homes all over
Tri-County League Standing
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[than was estimated originally, ac- ed far beyond its seating capacity
the project, will be issued and dis
W. L. Pet. tributed _
That project dairy farmers are. cording to a statement by James last Friday evening when W. J. War-
again
for
1927,
according
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That
the
district's
water
problem
UMATILLA
WOMAN
SUFFERS
HdM>nkfcatnn
..... 2 0 1,000
gradually securing control of con- Todd, poultry project leader of the ner explained to Bettlers the proposed
1’2°° t0 action taken at the meeting o f; is about to be solved In such a way
INJURIES IN EXPLOSION
Umatilla ................. ..... 1 1
.500 the club Tuesday. A motion author that delivery of water for irrigation
tagiou« abortion in local herds was Umatilla ProJect Farm Bure““ ’ contract between the
States
Echo ....................... .... 1 1
500 izing the president to name a com purposes can be made without In
The increase has become noticeable and the Hermistm Irrigation district
k m ........................
1
.500 mittee to have charge of arranging terruption this season is the Infer Gasoline Lantern Bursts and Flames .he information given by Dr. B. T. j B| nce orders of chicks made by grow- on which water users will have ths
Ar’lngton .............. ..... 1 1
Burn Miss Laura
.600 for the calendar was passed.
Simms, professor in veterinary nredi- erg several weeks or months ago are privilege of voting In the special
ence given by telegrams and news
Boardman................ .... 0 2
.000
S Dunn.
cine, in a letter to F. P. Phipps, now being filled.
election which will be held Satur-
When the suggestion wag .intro stories out of Washington within
president of the farm bureau. The I Last fall a census was taken in day. May 1.
duced to provide for the calendar the past few days.
Bunday's Results
an effort to ascertain the approxi-
The meeting was under the aua-
again some opposition was expressed
On Saturday the interior appro
Miss Laura S. Dunn who owns and letter followed the testing work jnate number of chicks that would be pices of the Fam Pure»’.! v-t.ich had
Hermiston 12, Umatilla 11.
at first, but when a report was made priation bill passed the senate and operates a tourist camp just west which was completed last week.
Echo, S; Ione, 0.
purchased or hatched locally, and e x p r e s s e d a desire
to
co-
that families all over the, project then went to the house. It was of Umatilla on the highway was the
According to County Agent Benn- the census showed an intention to operate with the district water board
A r lia t^ W, Ione, 0.
have come to expect it, the opposi- j supposed to have been acted on by victim of a painful accident last
to have the contract explained
tion was withdrawn, and the motion the house and to have been in the Sunday when a gasoline lantern ion the work of clearing up the dls- buy approximately 26.000.
“We have found that some gror srs authoritatively before the election,
In a game that teeter-tottered up passed unanimously
' hands of the president early this which she was attennipting to ad -ase has been retarded by reason of
and down with first one team and
A request from Mrs J. K. Shot- week, but so far it is not known just exploded. Her face, chest and the fact that some farmers prefer to who planned last fall to buy 600 Mr. Warner, secretary of the board
chicks later deeded to get 1000.” and conversant with the details of
then the dther in the lead, Hermis- well that trees on Eagt Maln gtree th e r e whether deflntte action has yet
hands were burned by the flames buy cows known to be Infected be
ton defeated Umatilla here Sunday be trimmed was referred to the city teen taken by the house. The fol- that burst from the lantern when cause they can be purchased for less Mr. Todd said, “and in many cases ;.]] the negotiations that have been
by a score of 12 to 11. It took 12 councj, along with a bill for the lowing telegram was received from
than sound cows. He pointed out! orders were doubled. There >v r*e conducted by the water board with
the explosion occurred.
that the disease is no more prevalent!al8° ca8e8 where por80"8 plannlnK the department of the Interior, was
i Innings of hectic base ball in which transportation of Dr. Thistlewalt; Senator Stanfield Saturday night.
Miss Dunn spent the winter in
l.ere than 1n other sections, and *° P*‘ ,nto lhe pouItry btislneae were cbogen for tbe task Of presenting
Mts of errors and some good base wlthin the city limits when testing; ‘«Interior appropriation bill passed
Pendleton following her profession dairymen are making strenuos e f - ! not included In the census. From tho the cblef {actg of lhe proposed con-
ball figured before the cheering cowg fOr tuberculosis was made, senate today. Goes to house for
as a trained nurse and returned to
ferts to eradicate it.
The disease Information available. It is my es- trftCt.
crowd of fans knew the winner.
The farm bureau stands the trans-' action Monday. Be in hands of
Umatilla about two weeks ago. The In no way affects the quality of milk t,mat(’ that at lea8t 50 000 chlck8
After a few Introductory remarks
Action stated early in the contest, portation expense outside of the city president Tuesday It conveys dis
camp
was
being
wired
for
electric
the Irrigators making a couple of llm lti
p
luesuay.
lot have the interest to i,ave e,thcr been dipped on the pro- ¡n which Mr. Warner outlined brief-
cretionary powers to secretary of in ity at the time the explosion occurr
consumers of milk that bovine tuber, Ject- hatched locally, or thatt orders ,y BOme of the bl9tory of the project
.«•cores in their half of the first.
terior to deliver water by bureau of ed. Her condition is not thought
/ The Railroaders, aided by five er-
M. W. SIMS BUYS INTEREST
reclamation. Conferred with I*. to be serious, but she is receiving culosls has, but it does cause heavy:,or later deliveries have been made ag t0 the raatter of contracts that
■ lor« and one hit in their part of the
for them.”
have been in effect, the meeting re-
OF PARTNER IN MARKET Mead today and he says that he every possible care to prevent any losses to producers.
eecond, got a fat start of five runs.
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! solved Itself Into a series of questions
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has a man on ground and that no complications. Miss Dunn is a sis
The
letter
by
Dr.
Simms
to
Mr.
The locals evened It up in their
DB BEST SEEKS OFFICE
asked by memebers of the audience
Mr. and Mrs. Blair to Leave Soon‘one will be permitted to suffer be ter of Mrs. W. R. Nugent.
Phipps was as follows:
part of the second and added another
OF SENATOR FROM COUNTY and anwered by the speaker.
cause of inability to pay.
For Their Old Home in
“'I am enclosing herewith copies
In the fourth, after Umatilla had
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The first contract in force between
Washougal.
“If I can be of further assistance A. R. SHUMWAY TO SPEAK
of the tests of all the herds which we Vigorous Campagn To Be Made By the government and the project set-
kicked over another pair in the
do not hesitate to advise me.
third.
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT HERE handled when I was on the project
Phvsician and Land
I tier1« called for payment of water
The Hermiston Market, operated
The measure has been under dis
last week. I believe when we first
Owner.
I rights in 10 annual installments, he
At the end of the eighth. the for several months by L. C. Blair
cussion in the house, and no final
started this work we agreed to send
score was 10 to 9 with Hermiston and M w aj
,
. . j
_
said. Later the plan was modified
Candidate
for
Senatorial
Nomination
,
, ..
....
, “na "*• w • s,lns- >s now owned by, action has been taken, so far as is
such copies to the farm bureau of-
Dr. J. A. Best, Pendleton physic- nnd 20 years were allowed in which
ea ng.
n e n n ■ a’a “ a< Mr. Stms as a result of a deal com- known locally, but the news re-
Will Discuss Farm
fies, although I cannot say that
,an bag announced that he is a can-‘t0 complete payment,
6
"Je ™°re' a" , ie" . B . Fr K " pleted early this week whereby Mr J reived has been lntrepeted locally as
Problems.
has
always
been
done.
dilate
for the republican nomination
The new contract has been based
orB a e ano ei o ie
l
up. BIalr Bold his interest to his part- imeaning that a settlement of water
We were very pleased to note' for, senator from Umatilla county [On the Fact Finders’ act. enacted in
Neither team scored in the tenth or ner. The business will be conduct
delivery problems is probably only
A, R. Shumway of Milton, candi that only 30 out of a total of 264 an(J tbat he wl,j make a vigorous December. 1924. It substitutes for
eleventh, and in the twelfth, ihe ed along the same lines in the fut
a matter of hours or a few days.
date for the republican nomination animals, or about 11 1-3 per cent,, bj(] wltb voters for the honor of re- : definite annual payments the plan
Irrigators pushed over Voyen for ure by Mr. Sims who is an experi-
for senator from Oregon, will be the reacted this time. When we first pre8entlng the party as its candidate
the deciding counter on the strength cnced man
the handllnK of a mar.
paying five pcr cent of the gross
¿speaker at a special meeting of the began the work the percentage of
tbp fal] e]ection.
¡annual average acre income of cul-
of a couple of boots.
ket bu8|nesB
DUDLEY OF ATHENA HERE
Umatilla Project Farm Bureau which reaction was slightly above 40. |
Umatilla’s infield was fast and
He wag formerly mayor of P en-tivated land ns ascertain'd by rec-
Mr. and Mrs. Blair will return to
DOING CAMPAIGN WORK will be held Monday evening, April
‘ There ha8 been, as you know, a d)eton and restgned office to enter <t d8 of production on the project
snappy, and the Railroaders ran the tbeIr old home |n Wa8hougal Wagb.
26, at Columbia school.
considerable amount of shifting In the army as a medical
bases like wild colts.
officer. ! over the preceding 10 year period.
ington, where Mr. Blair will be as-
Glenn G. Dudley of Athena who
His subject for the evening will the herds which were tested. Some He was 21 months overseas during
Box score and summary:
one of the previsions of the Fact
soclated with his father in the is a wheat farmer, was a visitor in
be “Farm Legislation.” Mr. Shorn- men who began testing in 1922 de the war. Dr. Best la the owner of Finders’ act Is tfcct In order for
Hermiston—
B R H PO A E racking business,
They
came
here
Hermiston
Monday
in
the
interest
way for many years has been af- elded that It was not necessary, and wheat land in Umatilla county.
Smith, 2d ........ 6 2 1 2 0 2 last July.
settlers to aval' themselves of the
of hig campaign for the republican filiated with various national and others have asked that their anl-
Shesely, c .......... 5 1 1 9
1 3
His announcement brings the modification«
p- ,n|V1n - V the
nomination
for
state
representative
state organizations of farmers hav-^mals be added to the list. Conse- number of contestants for the re- act the settle^ r-,««t ‘
Voyen, ss ........... 7 2
2 3 5
7
SCHOLASTIC HONORS ARE
from Umatilla county. He saw a Ing to do with: marketing. As a quently not a high perecentage of
i the
Shook, cf ........... 7 2
1 4 0 0
publican nomination to two, L. L. acement Of t*-. n • s -t.
ACCORDED LOCAL DENTIST number of local people on the trip. part of this work he has been in the animals tested this time were
»Mttlesedorf, If- 7 0v 2 1 0 0
' ’1 ' ' n «i-
Mann's announcement having been proposed nev c -
Mr. Dudley stated that he is tied up Washington many times and at other, tested when the work first began
Shake, 8d ......... 7 0
0 1 5 3
• '.’era*
Dr. F. V. Prime, graduate of with no special forces and that he points on legislative and organiza We checked the list over, however, made early in the primary cam- posai ati one of = ’.i-f «•
Phelps, p ........... 6 ,1 1 2 3 Oi
ign.
Joseph
N.
Scott
of
Pendle-!
tlons.
December
2
1926.
is ths
North Pacific College of Oregon, has is not committed to any political tion business.
ahd found that niiie of the herds ton is seeking the democratic noml- date named for the taking over of
Woodward, p, rf. 1 0
0 0 0 0
been honored by being elected a hobbies.
He is prominent in the grange and which were tested In 1922 Were n&tlOtt for the offtes of state sens- .management of the H erm iston dls-
Todd, rf ............ 3 1
0 0 0 0
inemeber of Omricon Kappa Upsilon,
He has been prominent in the Ore In the farmers’ union bodies and tested this spring. These nine herds
Hiatt, 1st .......... 5 3
3 14 0 1
trict by the settler«.
an honorary society for members of gon department of the American was also for a number of yearg af included In 1922, 124 animals. They tofl
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The new contract proposes that
the profession that corresponds to Legion for a number of years. He filiated with wheat marketing or consisted of 101 animals
this COUNTY HFALTH BOARD TO
'all unpaid eharges as they exist on
„34 12 11 36 14 16
Totals ..
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary society served in the army during the war ganizations.
spring. Of the 124 animate In 1922,
Umatilla —
------------ December 31. 19'G. shall be funded,
ELECT OFFICERS SATURDAY
in liberal arts. Notification of his for a period of two years.
The meeting will start at 8 o’clock. 61 were reactors, 16 were suspic
Bigger, rf .......... 7 1 I
0 0 0
or added to prevous charges and
election was received recently.
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ious and 57 negative. There were
Hurley, c .......... 7 0 0 5 0 1
payment on the whole debt to be
Dr.
Prime
was
graduated
with
the
HenniitPfl
Repreiented
on
Program
9 reactors, 5 suspicious and 87 neg
Jones, 2d .......... 7 1 0
4 3 2
paid out of five per cent of ths
HORSES,
FREED
FROM
BARN
[class of 1917 and was one of the
By Dr. Prims; Mrs- Dunbar
ative in the last test. Of these nine
Blakely, ss ........ 6 1 0
6 3 1i:
Steiwer II Optomistio
average gross annual acre income.
11 from a large class whose records
IN
FLAMES,
RETURN
AND
DIE
To Speak.
Kendler, cf ........ 6 2 0 4 1 1
The payments for the first few
Frederick Steiwer of Pendleton, herds the percentage of both reacting
0 both in college and since was found
Peck, If .............. 3 1 0
1 0
candidate
for
the
republican
nomlna-
and
su»»>tcl°Us
anlmhls
has
decreased
years probAbly will have to he
W. A. Knauff, Boardman farmer,
’ j to merit membership in the honorary
from about 60 to less thatl 16, Or In
M. Kendler, if .... 2 0 0 0 0
An invitation to
g]IghtIy hlrher than they should bs
,society. The chapter at North suffered a heavy loss Tuesday after tion for United States senator, was
Warner dP<.,aved due to the fact
other words there 1» less than one- have a representative delegation
Fetzer, le t ........ 6 3 2 12 0
a
visitor
in
Hermiston
Wednesday
Pacific College of Oregon is known noon when his barn burned. The
a J |bat tho ,ncome records for the
fourth as much infection In these present at the annua'
O. Hanson, 3d .... 4 2 3 3 4
afternoon.
He
Is
optomistic
over
ag Delta chapter.
|oU8 10 wars will be estimated
structure was a complete loss, and his chances to be nominated. He herds today ag there was four years election of the UmsUlia County
P. Hanson, p ...... 5 0 1 0
5
«
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..
Public Health association which win ¡from
in addition, he lost a team of horses, has been very busy and will return ago.
B. Hanson .......... 1 0 0 0 0
reports secured by ditch rid-
FARM BUREAU AUTHORIZES
county ( f r o m prQject farmerg. Tbege re.
some machinery and a quantity of shortly to the Willamette valley
“We feel that these results are be held in Pendleton at the
Totals .......... 54 11 7 35 16 11!
$75 GIFT TO BOY SCOUTS of feed.
library Saturday. April 24, hae been
aJwayg accurate and
where most of his time will be spent more than satis factory. There has
obaMy were )nfiated in some In-
Mr. Knauff was at a neighbor’s until the primaries. The past few been no coercion on the part of extended by Mrs Alice Nugent o
Three base hits, O. Hanson one; I
nyeg by fnrnlerg enthusiastic over
first on balls, off B. Hanson 3, P Scoutmaster Hough Declares Work place when he saw the fire. Mrs. days he spent In the eastern part of anyone to force the owners to sell or Umatilla, president of the organlz“-
Knauff was at home, and she man the state. A. C. McIntyre, K. G. dispose of the reacting animals. tion-
Hanson. 1, Phelps 3: left on bases.
Interests and is of Great
making a good report. He express-
After tho business session which
opinion that the per acre
Hermiston 12, Umatilla 10; wild,
Aid to Boy*.
aged to free the horses and got them Warner, president of the Oregon Nevertheless, they have been gett
pitches Hanson, Woodward, Blakely: j
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nent niay be expected to be *F-
outside. The maddened
animals Wool Growers' association, and ing rid of the animate, and at the will Include election of officers, thfi
two base hits, Mittlesdorf 2, FetzerJ A contribution of 875 to the rushed back, however, and one was
Marion Jack were with Mr. Steiwer. same time evidently getting rid of annual reports of the various 0 ,ilc’ proximately two dollars annually
Struck out, P. Hanson 5, Phelps 6. [ Umatilla Area Boy Scout council was burned to death, and the other was
their trouble, because we heard very ?rs, the county nurse and the chair- wh(ch wou,d make (he pertod of
Woodward 1. Double plays, Blakely authorized "by the Umatilla Project po badly burned that it had to be
The Neighborhod club of Colum little complaint of abortion when we men of five standing committees will payment8 extend over from 50 to 60
alone, and Voyen to Smith to Hiatt. Farm Bureau at its meeting last Fri shot. The loss was not covered by bia will meet with Mrs. Win. Mikesell were on the project this time.
he submitted.
years for a majority of the farms.
A program will be given with Mrs. I The new contract is supplement-
Hit by pitcher, by Hanson two.
day evening. The quota for the insurance.
Wednesday, April 28.
“In conclusion I want to say that
Umpires Matot and Walpole. Sco Hermiston district was >150 and the
ladle Orr Dunbar, executive secre-ia),y t(j thp 1921 contract, Mr. War-
entire amount ha8 been given, >76
>ary of the Oregon State Tubercu-j nay ga|d jj , be new contract is ac-
rer, Warner.
having been given by the Commercial
lcsls association and president of the fppted tbe d|gtrtct will still be In
TE TEAM TO MEET
club.
Oregon Federation of Women’s clubs,
position of beinr guarantor for
In the discussion before the
as the chief speaker. Dr. F. V. wa^Pr payments and could be re-
HOOD RIVER FRIDAY
motion to make the contribution was
Prlme of Hermiston, a member of q(|, red to lake |and on which pay-
The Hermiston high school debate passed Principal Hough who Is
the executive committee of the nl(,ntg were dei(nquent and sell it.
team will go to Hood River Friday scoutmaster, declared that the scout
county association, will speak ten | Tb(> d|Rtrtrt now has that authority
to meet the debate team of Hood ing work has already proved ot great
'Importance of the Care of the |indpr tbe 1921 contract, he cxplain-
River. The winner of the debate benefit to boys who are members of
Teelh to Insure Perfect Health."
ed.
will then be eligible for the finals the troop and that they are very
Following the program a recept-
In answer io a question he also
for the Eastern Oregon competition, j enthusiastic about it.
Ion will be given In which all to**er"[ eXpiajned that the status of obliga-
Howard Reid and Dorothy Shotwell
x recommendation from James
ated clubs will participate.
¡tlons between settlers and the gov
w ill represent Hermiston and have Todd, head of the farm bureau’»
The county health association ernm ent as t ’ cy now exist, or
the negative side of the following poultry project, that poultry grow-
sponsors all (the organized health thpy w))| bp ...b,.n (be district takes
qnestlon: “Resolved, That the state erg having eggs to ship use the
work done in the county in the way over the me
of the pro-
should adopt a system of free text- Pendleton-Portland stage. Eggs can
of school examinations and county Jept
I
«
c , bv the
hooks for the public schools.
T hejbp , akpn from Hermiston in the
1 urse work.
Ini' ' ' uc
The Indl-
I funding
question lg the same one that will be evening and be on the Portland
bas « de *.io.‘e payments
[ vidual w
debated in the state finals.
market early next morning.
gor '--imert
'than tl aver-,;e to
Gaither Loses House
On motion of W. G. Rodda, head
and o- , 1«- iha13 » nc of bis
Clerk Added to Force
of the bee keeping project, the farm
neigh’ t rs w! I kr- n lili •'asltlm of
Vane Boynton has been added to bureau authorized the legislative
ne «■■’n’.r'at.
advai’age u rter f
the M e i l eal force of Kingsley’s Inc. committee to protest at Washington
Ills der. .ng:. ’ th" sturc under
[ origin Monday night. The struct
med his duties in the storeregalnst enactment of the Cole bill
He
ure contained eight rooms. The loss the new contr. t wl'l •• with ths
morning. Mr. Boynton has. which would make It legal to adui-
board
<
district board, and lb district
was covered by Insurance.
at Kingsley's at intervals for terate honey by blending It with
will be responsible to bc” ‘ the set
T of years.
corn sugar.
tler “id the government. Mr. War-
J. 8.' Norvell In Race
| J. 8. Norvell, hardware dealer of ner. explained.
Helix, has announced his candidacy He admitted that the contract In
Fruit G raven Elect
High School W ise
Stanfield Fruit Growers'
The Hermiston high scohol
1 for the republican nomination for |tg present form is not wholly ac
Union elected the members of the bsse ball team chalked up a vle-
etate rsprsssntaUts for
Umatilla ceptable to the members of the dls-
hoard of directors at the m eeting, tory against the Boardman team in
j county. He has lived In Helix for trict board but that In arriving at
held last Saturday In Stanfield. The the game played here last Frlday|
many years and Is well and favorably a mutual agreement It was necessary
results of the elecitrtw made the fol-, afternoon. The final score was 16
known by s large number of friends, to yield In some respect« In order
louring men memhtu-s'hf th> board: to 10. A part of the second team!
,
¡10 secure concessions which seemed
Leu Wallace, M. C. Barrages. l* v i(8tar{ed the game, and ' three pitch- i
Southern Id a|o In spring raiment of greater Importance. He expressed
Hills, William Haggwman and Jacob| ers were used by the locals. Mike-1
jll a beautiful dountry, according to ths belief that the contract Is as
Beuber. W. J. Warner of Hermis-(sell started the game in the bos and
K. P Dodd who returned recently. favorable *" could be expected and
ton attended the meeting of the.gave way to Davis who was later
from Caldwell where he vtelted his that It shou'd be accepted by the
■ replaced with Woodward.
settlers of the project.
tethfr for
H o m e T r a f f i c S ig n a ls
ABORTION CONTROL
Setting Record
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