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T m Harald Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project. Wrafit VITAL CHANGES AXE DT COURSE OF BEING REALIZED HERE. ARE YOU ALIVE TO THEM! VOL. XX _ - 55 HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1926 UMATILLA LOSES GAME TO LOCALS Commercial Egg Hatchery a Need Here Dyer Says SCORE OF 11 TO 10 CHALKED UP Local Poultryman SUNDAY For Locating of B ig P lant On 1 140 ACRE RANCH BOUGHT POTATO HARVEST GETS UNDER WAY FROM COMPANY BY STILLINGS A farm comprising 140 acres about five miles east of Hermiston in the Columbia district hag been purchased LOCAL GROWERS DIGGING SPUDS Oregon Fruit company” The o 10 ’ATTLE AND HENS AXX - a OLL MAKERS rt)R PROJECT FARMERS N 0.43 DISTRICT ASSUMES | 7/itrJ Accident | ROBBER OF ECHO /n 7 hree Months OPERATIONS TODAY H its R eid Family RANK IS .GRABBED BY TWO CITIZENS deal LRRIGATI0N SYSTEM EVERY DAY NOW IN Howard Reid Suffers B roben Leg was closed during the past few days, SETTLER’S CHARGE CARL GILBERT, TOM BOYLEN JR. When Horses Fall Through and Mr. Stillings has moved on to V isitors Out h it and Outplay Irri Project Soon. One Carload Shipped Saturday and the farm. APPREHEND MAN WHO Change Marks Retirement of Three Canal Bridge gators Rut Lack Punch More than half of the land is In A commercial hatchery, operated Three Loaded Out of Here GOT $1385 Men Who Have Been Here The third serious accident in the orchard. Mr. Stillings will develop 1 by someone having experience in both > To Win. J. H. Reid family within a period of the place himself. The deal was Wednesday. ! the hatchery and chicken breeding For Many Years. . a little more than three months re made through the J. M. Biggs agency business is one of the real needs fac Holdup Staged Shortly A fter The f l a t i o n of the works of the Her-’’" ' ^ ‘7 'n f’, C t a” ed by this district, in the opinion! The harvesting of the prop of and the consideration was not and outplaying lhe of L. C. Dyer who farms east of ’’arIy Potatoes grown on the project divulged. Noon Hour Wednesday W hen . Outhittlng . , miston Irrigation district carried on '°..'he °f H° w? rd . 7 * 1 Sa‘urday lo ca lsjn a see-saw game of baseball town Mr Dyer ha8 had & f,ock of this year Is proceeding at full blast afternoon about 5 o'clock whei? for many years by the government, Woman Employee Wae here Sunday the fast Umatilla ag- _ s chickens for several years as a slde- this week. One carload was shipp- today passed to the control of the bridge across the A line canal on the Reid ranch broke and precipi gregation lacked the punch to put ,,ne proposltlon and convlnced ed !aBt Saturday, and three more Alone- A. C. HOUGHTON OF A T T A T J A district. The relinquishment by the tated young Reid and three horses over a victory and lost the game by that the opportunities offered here! carload» were «oaded here Wednesday government of the works was the into the water of the canal. * score of 11 to 10. __ »___ are __ nu-l ; for shipment. All of the cars wepe for the poultry « business EMPLOYED TO BE MANAGER OF result of an agreement recently ar The Irrigators bunched their of- excelled. Ills right leg wag scratched, and sold through the Three Rivers Grow ❖ A man who gave the name of ❖ ❖ « ♦ « « ♦ A rived at between the district and tensive onslaughts in three innings *. , a small bone in his left leg was James Mays, about 40 years old, was ers of Kennewick. . . j u .v . , .. There was one chance for es WEST EXTENSION DISTRICT the government whereby the district and did their charasterietic stunt ta .„hH-hi,,,, . 1. . , The market has been on a basis t b lish in g such a hatchery not long agreed to operate during the remain fractured. He had gone back to successful as a bank robber tor of coming from behind and sewing drive up the horses. After some of about four hours Wednesday after ago," Mr. Dyer said, "but the peo of from $43 to $46 per ton, f. o. b. A. C. Houghton of Attalla, Wash ing six months of 1926 on considera the animals had passed over the up the contest after It looked as if loading point in sacks with indica noon, but after staging a holdup of ple who Investigated the field ex ington, is the new manager of the tion that the delinquent 1923 charges bridge the remaining string bunched they might have to be sorry over de the Bank of Echo at noon and gett pressed the belief that the business tions of recessions in price as the West Extension Irrigation district be funded. feat. mu . , .u locally had not developed to such a season advances. Advices from Ken He assumed his duties today and will Under the new plan of operation on the structure and caused it to ing away with $1385 ln currency The locals stacked up three in their , ,. .u Z ” “ 7 ' he was caught about 4 o’clock, the . .k « . .. .... u . 3,age as would warrant them com newick are to the effect that digg- be in complete charge of the work Enos MarUn win be““bo7h "m a«ger der the animal he was riding. He money was recovered, and ha waa ,part of the first after Umatilla had iug here and install|ng a plant o f. tog is being done rapidly in the areas and watermaster, and Charles Tay both as to operations and In ac made one. Smith drew managed to extricate himself and locked ln the county Jail. Hla cap pag8 , thft siz® th fy considered lor will have charge of the ac they considered best best. t I ! where the medlum ear'y " ° P 18 counting. Jones flew to Olson. was seated on the bank when help ture was effected by Carl Gilbert, grown which Includes this territory. •d V nv«n „ n t a e y wa * think the development will be here, counting and book end of the work. Mr. Houghton was employed by ed. Voyen got on through an error ,u . _ .. . .. came. To date five carloads of the tubers Echo merchant, and Tom Boylen, H M. Schilling, superintendent, p-„v .♦ tki.a j . though, and that We will see It with The canal carried water to a depth Jr., Butter creek sheep man. of, k k a WaS ° U • ln a sh°«t time.” have been shipped out of Hermiston the board of directors ln their regu Carl Voyen, chief clerk, and Tom Shook banged out a single, and Mit- \ v . of about five feet on the Reid ranch in solid carlots. Ellis & Keikkala lar meeting held here Tuesday after The stranger entered the bank i , " u v , tx „V j ” 'Ch Some 8 of p the w ard L Z « o „ j .u A la "t advantages here ™ » d of having ‘ h a! shipped the first car which was was noon. He spent 10 years as manag Woster, storeman, are the retiring where the accident occurred, and about 12:16 while Mrs. Nona Mc members of the local force. Their er of the Attalla project and has : considerable difficulty was experi- Faul, assistant cashier, was alone. ward going out, Olson to KHtx-j money for baby chJcks couM be kept packed in lugs. The later cars have . . had experience in all the phases of retirement came about by reason of > Blakely, Voyen and Shook scored. , . all been in sacks. the decision of the district board to , 7 He asked for change for a $10 hill, in the second Umatilla came back * “ °, n work necessary to be done in manag Finally Henry Sommerer was called and when Mrs. McFaul started to The quality of the tubers shipped cut the size of the administrative with four, secured by virtue of three X e d C Z n 7 ”7 ' ing an irrigation works. He brought his big team to the hand him back the change, she from Hermiston is reported to be ex force. hits and a number of errors contrlb- 7 Ve hee hr T "We consider ourselves very for scene, and the floundering animals looked Into the barrel of a gun. He . u. o. « rw 1_ hnve been breeding up their flocks cellent. The crop has made a rapid Mr. Schilling declared that there uted by the Shovel Pushers. The . .. tunate in being able to secure the ordered her to hand him over the . . . .. .. J _ °ver a period of years could get a growth, and the spuds are large and will be some detail work to be done „„„„ . ,,v .. visitors got two in the third and one . service8 of a man of the type of Mr. that in require , .» j none worse the currency, and when she failed to . -4 K4 v xv premium for their eggs for hatching smooth. In addition to the carload mat „rnhoki,. probably will 10 days . o n m the . e h . n o with t h r u exception . o o n * n F o a o r o t a n s i i in the sixth, which made the score j Houghton,” said C. E. Glasgow, sec of some scratches and bruises. acquiesce to his demand, secured It i V ♦». « 4 4 4 purposes, he said, and an incentive movement, an appreciable volume or two weeks to do. June 30 ends 8 to 3 with the Hermiston gang in Mr. Reid ig walking by the aid of himself, keeping Mrs. McFaul cover , .. 0 _ toward good breeding would be pro- has moved by truck in smaller retary and member of the board. the fiscal year, and monthly, annual e ce ar. i v|cje<j that would automatically raise Grande and Pendleton tak "The small size of the district made reports will have to ba made out and crutches as a result of an Injury sus ed with the gun in all his movements. Then in the seventh they started v 1------- it necessary for us to secure a man tained about seven weeks ago when Ing quite a few. He attenmpted to lock her to the # ♦$. .14 „ the stanoards of flocks, probably submitted. Some clerical work at one of those rallies that have so of- „ .. . Yields generally have proved who could handle the operations tendant on the change will also be he strclned a tendon ln his leg. How vault, but it wa» equipped with a . v* xu .x xx-x i more rftP,dly than by any other plan, ten brought them victory this sea-! _________________ end of the work as well as the ac ard will have his leg In a cast for satisfactory with 100 sacks to the time lock and would not lock, so wanted by the government. Orders son. They scored four runs on hits ❖ <♦ + + * 4 4 4 acre reported by several growers, and counting, and Mr. Houghton’s experi have been received to ship the offic several weeks. In March Mrs. Reid’s he wired her to the vault door. He by Phelps, Smith and Blakely. In TAmpy ’RFSTfr'N^ THU U7TTW TT Q others with smaller acreages are digg ence is such that we feel he will be ial stationery and government offlce death occurred as a result of injuries did the Job hurriedly, however, and the eighth they added another quar- L° W“ Y. ^ B WITH U. S. ing by hand, or plowing the tubers able to handle the work in a satis supplies to the Yakima office of the caused from burns. Just about the time he left by the factory manner." tet of markers, enough to win the ANI) ACCEPTS POSITION WITH out and picking. front door, Mrs. McFaul left by the reclamation bureau. gam e. 1 »•« »*. « q * »x* *z* Ok y o Mr. Houghton will move his fam Some of the growers who have rear entrance and went upstairs All three men stated that their Umatilla got 11 hits to 10 marked ALUMINUM COMPANY IN EAST been delivering spuds to make up ily to Irrigon within a short time. plans for the future are still in TOO RAPID DEVELOPMENT MADE from where the alarm was given. Dr. up for the locals. The visitors made! v 4 4, 4 4 v 4 the shipments are Ellis A Keikkala, He was a visitor ln Hermiston Tues L. P. Buchholz whose dental offices definite. Mr. Schilling has been in five bobbles as against nine that: , Buhman & McMullen, W. J. Dogan, day and met with the board in its the government service for 22 years. BY PULLETS IN SOME LOCAL are over the bank, secured the lic Ralph,' Dowry, resident engineer were scored against the locals. George Wagner, J. H. De Moss, session. ense number of the machine as the One year of that period was spent Quite a crowd of Umatilla rooters at McKay dam, has submitted his Henry Ott, W. O. Whitsett, C. M. in the treasury ofHce in Washing- ^ S . POULTOYMEN REPORT man drove away. resignation to the reclamation bur- was here to support the visitors. ton. D. C. For 21 years he has ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ With the sounding of the alarm eau to take effect July 1. The re Jackson, F. C. McKenzie, A. W. JUDGE M'CULLOCH FINDS Box score and summary: been in the reclamation bureau.!. R*P° rt" J ™ 8<7 rfll „P°U,try posses were organized as quickly as Purdy, E. D. Jackso?, John Walchi, signation has been accepted and Mr. UNION DISTRICT LEGAL He spent eight years here and came Hermiston AB R H PO A E H. Gilbert, J. W. Hammau, William t„d. . h 7 7 ” 7 7 possible and information of the rob \ Smith, 2nd ........ 2 1 1 3 3 2 Lowry has accepted a position with Mlkesell, J. M. Prindle, J. H. Briggs, here from the Shoshone. Wyoming, 7 * " * ln<11cati° n' ° f to° raPld de' bery was telephoned to Pendleton. the Aluminum Company of America Woodward, 2d .. 1 1 I 0 0 0 ; velopment are being made now, ac- Men In cnrB started out ln all direc Charles Unke, Tom Haddox, Will Proceedings Heard in Circuit Court project Jones, 1st............ 5 1 1 13 0 2 at Philadelphia. He plans to move Rhodes, Joe Udey, George Diebe, B ' cording to James Todd, poultry pro tions from Echo, looking for a man Mr. Voyen has been In the service A t Pendleton During Blakely, 3rd........ 4 2 1 2 7 0 his family there immediately. ject leader of the farm bureau. Mr. driving a Star car. E. Whitford, A. W, Agnew, Roy . Mr. Dowry has been on the Me and in the local office for about six Voyen, ss ............ 5 1 1 4 -t ' 2 Todd is breeding poultry on hi» own Two Days. Sullivan and Earl Richards. Mr. Gilbert and Mr- Doytep w ho years. Mr. Woster has Bpent more Shook, cf ....... ..... 3 1 1 0 0 1 Kay dam Job for about three years. place and is vitally Interested In the took the road bock to Cold Springs There are probably others whose His work had to do with engineering than 14 years In the service here. Mltt’esdorf, If.... 4 0 1 0 0 1 progress of the work. A decision in which he found that names the Herald waa not able to overtook a man In a Star car. They The works of the district will not R Woodward, rf. 2 0 0 0 0 0 problems in connection with the secure. A definite estimate of the union high school district No. 9, "The best authorities advise that talked to him tor some little time, building of the big mound. Construc be taken over officially under the Todd, rf ....... ..... 2 1 1 0 0 0 the meat content in feed should be but their examination failed to die- probable tonnage that may be ex comprising several school districts In Phelps, p ..... .... 3 2 2 1 2 1 tion work was in charge of R. M. pected to move from here could not this area, was legally organized, was terms of the recently accepted con reduced if pullets show a tendency clpse anything suspicious about the Conner. Mr. Dowry was ln the tract until December 31, 1926. The Hiatt, c ......... ... 4 1 0 4 3 0 to lay at too early an age,” Mr. Todd man. He had changed hia clothes, Denver office before he came to Pen- be procured, but It is considered made Wednesday afternoon in circuit district will merely operate during probable that about 20 carloads will court in Pendleton by Judge Mc the coming six months, and the of declared. "Either the meat content and the license plates on the car Totals... ....35 11 10 27 19 9| Culloch, of Baker. The proceedings ficial transfer will be made at the in feed should be decreased, or the had been changed, so they decided be shipped from the district. Umatilla— same result may be secured by he wag not the man they were after brought by the union district, requir end of the year. 0 COWBOYS’ CONVENTION TO Fetzer, 3rd ... .... 6 1 1 1 2 cutllng down on the $mount of milk and returned shortly afterwards to ed two days, Tuesday and Wednes P atients Leave Hospital No construction work has been Thompson, cf ... 4 2 11 0 0 0 fed, If »he pullets are receiving milk.” Echo. BE HELD AT UKIAH JULY 2, 3 Two patients have been discharg day, to hear. done for several weeks, Supt. Schil Klitz, 1st....... .... 5 2 2 8 1 0 Opposition to the proceedings ed from the Hermiston hospital dur Within a few minutee after their G. Kendlar, c .... 5 1 2 7 1 1 F ifth Annual A ffair Promises To ing the past few days. John Part- was furnished by the Westland and ling said, but some operation and STANFIELD MAN RECEIVES return, while they were ln the bank maintenance work has been done in Hanson, p ..... .... 5 1 2 1 4 1 low, nine year old son of Paul Part- Minnehaha districts and by Individ order that the sytem might he in WORD DR. MEAD WILL COME talking of the robbery, they were Be B est Ever Staged by Men R. Kendler. If. .... 5 1 1 1 0 0 low of Boardman, left Sunday after uals in both districts. The district the best possible condition at the startled to see the same man drive Olson, 2nd ... .... 5 0 0 6 3 1 spending 12 days in the hospital as was organized last November. past the bank in the Star car. In Range Country. That Elwood Mead, commissioner time the district assumed operation. Peek, sa ......... .... 4 1 1 0 1 2 Counsel for the union district In a pneumonia patient. Mrs. Will "Let's get that fellow and make of reclamation, will include the Knight, rf ...... .... 1 1 1 0 0 0 Schabel of Stanfield left Wednesday the proceedings wer© Raley, Raley Umatilla project on his itinerary is another search,” one of the men sug Brays Sell Peaches Yeager, rf ...... .... 1 0 0 0 0 0 The fifth annual Camas Prairie after spending several days in the A Steiwer and H. J. Warner of Pen Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bray who live the substance of Information that gested. McFarland, rf .... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cowboy convention will be held at hospital for medical treatment. dleton and W. J. Warner of Hermis They followed him up to the weBt of Umatilla and own a peach has been received by F. A. Baker of ton. Counsel for the opponents of UkiaJj on July 2 and 3, and prospects school house on the highway, stopp the Stanfield district from Senator orchard have started selling some of Totals.... ...42 10 11 24 12 5 are that a new high standard of suc the district were Clark & McIntyre Echo Organizes Club the early ripening varieties. They Stanfield. A news story carried re ed him and made a search. A by Three base bits. Voyen; first on cess for the celebration will be es Business men of Echo have organ and Wm. M. Peterson, of Pendleton. had a few for home use two weeks cently by the Portland OreRonlan stander called attention to the fact balls, off Hanson 3, Phelps 1; left tablished, according to the men who ized a commercial club through ago and sold their first for the sea from Its Washington. D. C., bureau that the floor in front of the rear on bases, Hermiston 5, Umatilla 7; are planning the show. which a number of community en Dr. Prime Returns son this week. Mrs. Bray was here was that the commissioner had de scat was higher than in most Star first base on errors, Hermiston 4, In addition to the rodeo, an Inde terprises are expected to he realized. Dr. F. V. Prime returned this Tuesday and said they expected to cided to change his itinerary and cars, and with that tip a search dis Umatilla 8; two base hits, Jones, pendence Day program will be given Dr. F. R. Dorn was elected president morning from Salem where he spent have peaches ripening from now until would not stop in Oregon, except for closed a false bottom in the mach Mittlesdorf, Klitx, R. Kendler; struck Friday morning with Frederick and A. C. Ebert, secretary. The club more than a month on a vacation. in October. one hour on the night of July 3 be ine. out, by Hanson 4, by Phelps 5: dou Steiwer of Pendleton, republican is planning a celebration to mark Under this false bottom was found Mrs. Prime and their children re- tween trains ln Portland. ble plays. Olsen 2, unassisted; hit by candidate for United States senator, the opening of the new bridge across mained in Salem and will come home a change of clothes, a small box At the local reclamation office no Mrs. A. H. Norton was In Pendle pitcher, Hanson 2; Matott, umpire; as the chief speaker. Ted Roy of the Umatilla Echo. I later. information was available as to Dr. containing all the currency that had ton last Friday. Warner, scorer. Pilot Rock, well known tenor, will Mead’s plans. It is expected that been taken from the bank and $10 sing. I when he arrives in the northwest he additional, two automatic six shoot In addition to the bucking con HYATT A BRAWN NEW OWNERS will communicate with the local ers, ammunition and an extra set of tests which will see riders of the old office and advise as to his Intentions. license plates. OF ALEXANDER’S, PENDLETON range in action on honest to good Mays Is said to have admitted that ness outlaw buckers, there will he a he once served time for a train rob HERMISTON BUSINESS TO George H. Hyatt and Harry Brawn, w,de variety of racing events with bery. He said his home Is in Van BE SUSPENDED ON MONDAY couver. Washington, but that he had formerly of Goldendale, Washington, some good strings in competition, 1 been living at Prosser, Washington, are the new owners of Alexanders Re,ay races, flat races, packers races In Pendleton. They arrived ln Pen-: ar>d a derby race are on the track,pro- Fourth of July W hichh F alls On for some time. ' "After his capture we found that dleton last week and formally took ®ram- Sunday to be Observed as Over the business today. The clos-, ^or cowboys and cowgirls there he had been In and out of Echo dur ing the past two weeks," Mr. Gil Ing of the <>eal marked the retire- w111 be two beautiful saddles, a belt, Holiday Monday. tnent from business of R. Alexander ( "Dver mounted bit and other like bert stated. "He evidently spent after almost 50 years spent ln the Pr,z®s in addition to $800 in cash, some time to planning the Job and In accordance with action taken ' ,,ctt(nK jay the land." merchandising business in Pendleton. | Dancing will be enjoyed during the this spring by the Hermiston Com- Mays w j - ta'îcn to Pendleton Mr. Hyatt and Mr. Brawn ane evening on July 1, 2 and 3. Base merclal club after the owners of. shortly after his capture and placed experienced merchants and decided baI1 Kam®s will be played each day. shops and stores had been' Inter- . jn jaj|. to buy the Pendleton business only; -------------------------- viewed, all places of business In the! _ ______ 4 after a careful Investigation of con-1 Morgan Buys Tire Shop city, except the creamery and the VOLUME OF FREIGHT IN dttions In Pendleton and Umatilla e . B. Morgan who has been farm- cream receiving station, will be clos county. They are enthusiastic over ing here for some time has purchas S F CIAL CAR INCREASES ed all day Monday, July 5. The e s possibilities offered and are ed from Burkenblne A Burkenbine Hermiston Creamery will be open at keenly Interested in the prospective the Hermiston Tire Shop. He plans The v e ’um e ’ fr-i"bt moved this least untif noon. The Mutual Cream development In the irrigated district to Increase the equipment so tires week In the refrigeration car from ery Co. will close at noon. in the west end of Umatilla county of all sizes. Including balloo'ns, can* There will be no formal celebra Hermiston to Pcrtl-nd wsr sllch t'- and the north end of Morrow county. be vulcanized. He also plans to en- tion marking the holiday in Hermis in exce«« of the «Moment made last Mr. Hyati’s family has already ar- |arge the tire stock. The new owner ton. The baseball team and a num week. The car Is left here at tbs rived ln Pendleton. Mr. Brawn's took possession of the business today, ber of local people will go to Hepp-|torm bureau each Monday and family will not arrive until the open- ___________ ner to the big athletic carnival and| moves out to Portland to the even- ing of school this fall. The old Stork Leases celebration being held there July 3, ing. name of Alexanders will he retained Jake 8,„rk of gtanfleld "has leased 4 and 5 by the American Legion Quite a shipment of butter was for the business with Hyatt A Brawn the E. P. Ulaley blacksmith shop and post of Heppner. Ukiah will hold! Included In the car this week. There successors, added to I*,,. is now operating it. He formerly, its fifth annual Camas Prairie Cow- were about 50 cases of eggs and 4S Mr. Alexander who Js tice-presi- lived In Hermiston end knows many boys’ convention. At Mt. Hood the1 boxes o f early apples. Each week dent of the First National bank of people bere. He will move to Her- nnnual climb up the mountain will has seen a slight Increase In the vol- Hermlston eaid that Jie win continue mtston thia fall before school opens, be celebrated. ' um» of products handled ln the ear. to make hie regular visits to Her- ________ A number of Hermiston people are Txwnl shippers are interested in see- mlexon. He has long been Interest- Paradlchlorebenaene is effective planning to go to Portland on the Ing the volume grow so the service ed to the development of this part , , a motll repellent end may be need special excursion that will be run ! can be made permanent during the o f the country. ¡Just as naphthalene flakes ère used. by the Union Pacific. | whole year. His Hundred and Fiftieth Birthday