The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
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HERMTSTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 29, 1928
HO. 47
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/ mbs . JULIA KNOWLTOWtOF
Local Woman Is NEW ADDITION TO
CAPON BUSINESS
BOARDMAN PASSES AWAY
Injured in Auto
Funeral services were conducted
TRIED BY SMITH Accident Sunday BE DONE IN AUGUST Wednesday
morning at 10:30 at the
A HERMISTONIAN CREED
Bennio Resigns
As County Agent
l o Go to M on
Business Men in
Favor of Private
Camping Ground
Department Store
Will be Opened
_ Soon by Bonds
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PROJECT HIGH IN
HONEY PRODUCTION
I have faith In my fellow townsmen and In the Institutions which they
have bullded and are building.
I have faith In the farmers who till the soli of the surrounding terri
tory, In their vision and their ability to make the most of the natural
W. A. Meffcrd home at Boardman for advantages that are their».
Mrs. Julia Knowlton who died Fri
I have faith In the gradual righting of economic conditions that will
LOCAL MAN HAS M0BE THAN 500 Mrs.
EY
FARM
MACHINES
BOUGHT
L. A. Phelps la In Hospital
COUNTY
BIGGEST
day morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. G. give to agriculture its just share of the wealth It produces and that when UMATILLA
Birds.
F.
Watson
of
Hermiston
conducted
BUBEAU
this
readjustment
has
been
realised
the
knowledge
of
how
to
reduce
After Collision Between
YIELDEB IN STATE
the services. Mrs Knowlton was 72 costs to the minimum, learned und*r necessity, will result In farming
Ms Flans to Use Capons to Brood
Mixer and Attrition K ill Will Be years old.
Two Machines.
being a better business In the future than It has been in thepast.
A daughter who was en route home
I have faith in the future of this town and of the community around Skovbo Plant in Hermiston One of
Toon< Tarpeys in Flock
Driven
By
Motor;
IlRnd
Work
Mrs. L. A. Phelps, Hermiston post
from Honolulu for a visit arrived in It. I believe that a remarkable development Is about to be realized and
Biggest for Preparing Sweet
mistress, suffered painful Injuries In
Eliminated
Next Sprirg.
time to attend the services and with that land In new areas to come under Irrigation In 1927 will be settled
an auto collision last Sunday eve
Mr. and Mrs. Mefford accompanied by friendly people who will add to the wealth of the community, the
For Market.
Jk. big Kale experiment in capon ning when the car in which she
the body to Marysville. Washington, state and the nation through the Investment of money, Intelligence, cour
The
new
addition
which
is
under
growing ag an activity supplementary was riding was. struck by Leon
where interment was made. Mrs. age and Industry,
Umatilla county produces about 10
to turkey raising Is being carried j Norquist’s machine. The accident i constnietlon by the Farm Bureau Co-
Mefford is a daughter of Mrs. Knowl
I challenge any person to show me an area of equal size which can per cent of the Oregon honey output,
out this season by Gilbert Smith on happened at the street intersection ®Perat,ve w i,l be ready for occupancy
boast more genial, pleasant peonle that would make better neighbors more than any other single county to
the old Eugene ranch southwest of! near the Farm Bureau warehouse.
by about August 15, according to ton.
than are mine m this community!
the state, and of the 10 per cent, by
Hermiston. He has about 500 cap-
Merle Phelps was driving the Sldney Barn»rd. manager, who has
HITT-BOSTON
Believing these things, which to my mind are self evident, I pledge far the greater part is harvested by
ons and will soon have another 1001 Phelps car and was going south.1 JU8‘ «turned from Portland where
myself to a greater activity than I have ever given in the past to help bees here on the Umatila project,
or 125.
¡With him in the front seat were the he spent 9everal days inspecting
A wedding that came as a surprise realize this possibility of a vastly better Hermiston and a bigger, more according to J. Skovbo. Mr. Skovbo
When asked to tell of his work soi Voyen children, and Mrs. Phelps was machinery whtch wiH be Installed
to friends was that of Henry E. Hitt populous, more prosperous Greater Umatilla Project!
devotes practically ail of his time to
far with the birds this season, Mr. In the rear seat. Mr. Norquist was 0 handle grinding and mixing for of Hermiston and Mrs. Alma Boston
of
the
organization,
the bee and honey business and is ..pe
Smith said that he has been expert-j driving west and had just crossed member3
of Pendleton. The marriage was
of the big operators inthlsdistriit.
mentlng and that he does not claim the railroad. The sun was shining
M'hile in Portland M t . Barnard
solemnized Tuesday at noon at Walla 14 SPUDS WEIGHING ALMOST
He has approximately 600 colonies
that his methods should be adopt directly against his windshield and clo8ed a deal for the Purchase of a Walla with only immediate friends ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
and a honey crop of 100 pounds or
ed aB authorative for this district. in his eyes and he did not see t h . “ taw ’ The machlne baa capacity to present. Mr. and Mrs. Hitt are at SEVEN POUNDS TAKEN FROM
a little less during the course of the
“I’ve been raising turkeys on my other car. Merle Phelps said he enab,e a half ton t0 be nilxed and
home in the Hitt residence on Main ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
season per colony, will make he pro
own hook for eight or ten years,” he saw Mr. Norquist but was not able'sacked every half hour‘ At present
SINGLE HILL BY S. T. DAVIS
duction of hie apiaries bet vcon 50,-
i the m lling of feeds U done by hand’ street.
said, “and one of the chief reasons to avoid a collision.
Mr. Hitt is a pioneer business man
th
e!and
the
directors
of
the
co-operative
000 and 60,000 pounds. Prospects
I had for going into the capon
The Norquist car struck
A production of six pounds and
| organization have figured that costs of Hermiston and has a host of
now are that the crop will be Just
Mrs
ness
to hold over quite a num-j Phelps machine broadside,
h® reduced by doing the mixing friends here who Joined in extending seven ounces of potatoes from cs* hill Offer to Re County Agent Leader about half of normal, he said, though
fter of them to use for brooding young ! Phelps was thrown clear of the
congratulations. His bride has re is the record made this season by S.
by
machine.
activity later to the season may give
turkeys next spring. My experience j machine and wa3 stunned for some
Proves Inducement That •
sided in Pendleton for some time. T Davis of Hermiston who has farm
An
attrition
mill
to
grind
feeds
has
a larger yield than Is now expected.
has made It plain to me that artific time. It was thought she was ser
She
is
a
8ister
of
Dr.
M.
S.
Kern
who
ed a small tract of land within the
Causes Change.
The operators who own 200 colon
ial brooders for turkey poults are iously injured, and she was rushed been purchased from the Echo Flour is well known here.
city limits as a sideline propoeition.
ies or more have as a part of their
‘the bunk.' X think there will be ‘a to Pendleton immediately. Later mill.
The
tubers,
of
the
the
Earliest
of
The plans of the organ’zatlon ca'l
Fred Bennion, for seven years equipment plants for extracting and
nlre margin of profit In capons, and X-ray pictures showed that no bones
All variety, filled a 10 pound bucket county agent of Umatilla county, an packing honey, and the one owned by
In addition, I want to see If it won’t were fractured, but she suffered con- for Installing an electric motor of LAND SETTLEMENT TALKED
just about as full ns It could be car
Mr. Skovbo, which is near the depot,
prove a good scheme to use them to sideiable pain from bruisee and sufficient horsepower to drive all of
AT MEETING OF LOCAL MEN ried. There were 14 potatoes In ihe nounced last Thursday his resigna
the
machines
that
will
be
used.
Bln
tion of the office to accept the pjsi- is more nearly complete than Is
brood my young turkeys. If results shock. Her condition is reported to
hill, all except two being market tion of county agent leads- in A on- usually found outside of citlee.
prove to be satisfactory, I expect to be gradually improving. The other and chute construction has been Enthusiasm Displayed at Last Thurs
able. The largest tuber weighed 14 tana. The resignation will take ef
planned
with
the
idea
In
mind
of
There Is equipment to the plant
e ’ and in the capon business.”
occupants in the Phelps car escaped
ounces. Mr. Davis left t'ne spuds
securing
the
most
efficient
handling
for taking care of all the operations
day Session; Second Meeting
fect August 10.
Mr. Smith has used several of the with minor bruises.
at the J. M. Biggs office for dis
of all grains and feeds handled.
Tonight.
Acceptance of the new position necessary in handling the honey from
heavier breeds this year in his ex-
Some damage was done to both
play.
means a promotion for Mr. Benniou, the time the knife removes the caps
perimental work to satisfy himself machines, with the loss heavier on
‘THE VOLGA BOATMAN” TO
both in the matter of componsut'.on ever the comb until the retail con
as to what breeds are best undar the Phelps car.
Business and professional men of
and
from the professional point of tainer has been filled and labeled.
local conditions to use in producing
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BE HERE THIS WEEK END Hermiston will give their hearty sup
In the Skovbo plant a knife, heat
view. Hig decision to make the
capons. He has White Plymouth MUNICIPAL WATER GETS
port in doing everything possible to
change resulted from negotiatt >ns ed by means of live steam, is used to
Rocks, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island.
That "The Volga Boatman” l3 the be of aid in settling lands near Her
Reds, Jersey Giants and a cross be-
TEST SHOWING MARKED “A” best picture he has ever made Is the
carried out since about the first of remove the caps from the top of the
miston that will come under water
the year. June 1 he announced that comb. The frame Is then placed to
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tween Jersey Giants and the Barred i
way Cecil B. De Mille measures the next spring, according to the spirit
A sample of water from the creation which will come to the Her
he would remain In the county. Re the extractor, tun by electricity, and
Plymouth Rocks.
displayed at a special meeting which
cently a better offer was made, and centrifugal force removes it from the
The white birds are making a municipal system, sent to the labo miston theatre this week Saturday
wa8 held last Thursday night at the
eontbs. The honey drains from tho
he decided to accept it.
growth now that indicates that they ratory of the state health depart and Sunday.
library. The meeting was an enthusi Statement Made at Luncheon That
extracting tank Into a residual tank
Mr.
Bennion
came
to
the
county
should reach 12 pounds In weight by ment recently by J. S. West, was
In this romantic melodramatic astic one and was attended by repre
from Montana in 1919 where he was to the basement which has a capacity
Tourists Now are Passing
maturity, Mr. Smith said. The Jer giving a rating of “A” which is the screen spectacle with revolutionary
sentatives of practically every busi
assistant county agent leader with of 5,000 pounds.
sey Giants and the Jersey-Rock cross highest that can be given.
Russia for a backgrodnd of an in ness Institution in town.
Up Hermiston.
Live steam Is used to heat both
nine counties In his district. He is
blrdg give promise of being even
tensely Interesting stcry by Kon ad
It was called as a result of action
the extractor tank and the big tank
a
graduate
of
the
University
of
Penn
heavier. The Rhode Island Reds, he
Bercovlci, Mr. De Mille presents a taken by the commercial club and
That the establishing and con
ln the basement so the honey will
aid, do not appeal to him as a breed
cast of players of exceptional
11 was held in the evening so business ducting of a privately owned and sylvania. University of Utah and took
run. Hot water jackets make this
work
in
Montana
State
college.
for furnishing capons
and brilliance. William Boyd, Eli men who can not get away from their operated camp grounds will have the
News oP his decision to leave the possible. The honey is drawn at
When asked what price he thought
nor Fair, Victor Varconl, Julia Faye, places at the noon hour to attend the moral support of the business Inter
pleasure from the big tank Into cans,
capons might reasonably be expected
and Theodore Kosloff have the feat weekly' luncheon meetings could be ests of the community was the sen county called forth many express
then strained through cloths Into a
ions
of
regret
In
Hermiston
and
the
to command over a period of years,
ured roles, while Robert Edeson and present. F. B. Swayze presided for timent expressed Tuesday at the
unaller tank from where the bottling
Mr. Smith said he thought that the
Arthur Rankin also are In the cast. the one session, rtnd temporary of- weekly meeting of the conuntrcial community. The new program of
range should be from 30 to 50 cents
farrtSWig
which
waF
adopted»bT-
»hwjia
done, Mr. Skovbo uses t,wo_alxea
"The Volga Boatman" is romantic, Icers elected included E. P. Dodd, club.
per pound. The principal demand Pendleton to Have Big Service
economic conference last spring and of glass jars, one that holds a quart,
yet more than romance; it is melo chairman; and W. W. Felthouse.
Reports that tourists have been
for capon meat comes from big, ex
which was being applied lu some re the other a pound. He also sells to
Store in Dickson Building
dramatic, yet It rises above mere ccretary.
passing up the local camp, In which
clusive restaurants and hotel dining
spects
before that time was in part five pounds pails and to the large <0
melodrama; It Is both tragic and com
A second session is to be held this the municipality has an interest
On Main Street.
pound cans. He buys his glass con
rooms. Individual buyers generally
ic at times— it is intensely human— evening when proposals on adver were discussed at the meeting. It a result of work done by Mr. Ben
tains) s by the carload. The big
have not been educated to the excel
nion.
He
hag
also
been
active
in
a gripping love story of an aristo tising tho project to attract more was stated that a plan Is now being
lence of capons, he said, but the
the plans being put forward for set cans are purchased by the local bee
A big service department store cratic Russian girl for a pleblan poultrymen will be presented.
considered to establish a privately
gradual development of the appetite to serve Umatilla county and the boatman, which often rises to great
tlement of the new area that will keepers association by the carlood.
owned camp here, and It was the
The keeping of bees has reached
for the birds should broaden the mar eastern part of the state will be heights In Its Interest and wonder
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Wrlglit of Los sense of the meeting that Buch a I he under irrigation ns a result of
Its maximum expansion in this dis
the completion of the McKay dam.
ket.
opened within a few weeks by Bond ful appeal. It Is typically a Cecil Angeles who were visitors here Tues move he encouraged.
One of the chief advantages of Bros. Co. In the Dickson building on
The matter of a successor has been trict for the amount of alfalfa and
B. De Mille theme handled In that day and Wednesday were guests of
A suggestion made recently b,
other flowers available, Mr. Shovbo
capon raising as compared with tur Main street In Pendleton, according
superb manner for which all De honor at a bridge party given by Boardmen men that Joint meetings under consideration by the extension
declared. At the economic confer
key raising, Is that the loss of young to an announcement made from Pen
department
of
Oregon
Agricultural
Mille productions are famous. It iB Mrs. L. D. Tilden Tuesday evening. of commercial organizations of the
ence held last spring the reemmenda-
kirdg during the brooding season ’s dleton by Bond Bros. Tuesday.
a screen masterpiece second to none Mrs. Wright formerly lived here. She various communities up and down college.
(much less with capons than with tur
datlon was made that no further ex
The Dickson building is now un ever seen on the silver screen.
Is a daughter of E. E. Smith and at the Umatilla-Columbia valley be held
pansion be attempted. As new
key poults. Mr. Smith’s experience dergoing remodeling in preparation
MARKET INTERPRETATIONS
tended school In Hermiston. There was presented to the club, and a
lands come Into production soma fur
with 500 capons this year has show for the opening of the new business.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sunstrup at were 24 guests at the party given motion was passed authorizing the
ed that loeees in operating on the The front will be made over to pro
Hay prices are strengthening In ther expansion will be possible.
tended the creamery men’s conven by Mr. and Mrs. Tilden. The guests secretary to Inform the Boardman
Many bee keepers raise their own
birds were about three pdr cent. vide the beiBt windows possible to
tion In Hood River last Fi iday. The Included Mr. and Mrs. Vane Boynton, club that Hermiston will be glad 1 response to reduced estimates. There
During the 10 days following capon- secure for window displays, the
queen bees, and Mr. Skovbo usually
was
a
good
carry-over
In
Lake
and
meeting was an interesting one, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Simons, Mr. and to Join In the movement.
lalng he lost an additional two per floor plan of the store will be alter
Klamath counties and a number of raises about 300 each season to re
Sunstrup said, and a big banquet was Mrs. James Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Log
R. Ling "returned to her'
are buying hay ln Prepara place old queens who have outgrown
cent. Then he said this year’s work ed and new fixtures will be in
served the visitors as a part of the an Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Mrs. M
their usefulness. A queen will lay
has made it clear to him that another stalled.
home
at
Stanfield
today
after
h
a
v
^
“
™
for
moving atock tbere
program. Mr. and Mrs. Sunstrup Longhorn, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Per
from 2,000 to 3,000 eggs a day, de
two per cent will be "slips.”
The present Bond Bros, store will called on customers of the Hermiston cy of Rleth, Mr. and Mrs. Ursel l”g been a patient at the Hermiston
"A turkey raiser Is having mighty jbe the men's department of the new-
Hairy vetch seed Is offered at pending on the strength of the col
Creamery on their trip. They left Hiatt, Misses Fannie Todd and Mar hospital for about three weeks for
good success If he can sell 50 per big store. In addition woman's ap
$14.50 to $15.50 per hundred pounds ony and the amount of feed that Is
Thursday and returned Saurday lon Briggs, Mrs. Frank Hetler of medical treatment.
cent of the birds he hatches," Mr. parel and ready to wear, children's
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by eastern Importers.. Spring vetch available. A period of 21 days la
White Salmon and Earl Boynton.
night.
Smith said, "but I believe that it Is
F. A. Baker, prominent Stanfield'«» offered at $5 per hundred in east- required from the time of laying of
clothing, shoes for men, women and
the egg until the worker bee emerges
possible to take a flock of cockerels
children w ill be carried. A big
T. O. Pond was up from Umatilla
Budd Knapp of Stanfield traded farmer and dairyman, w a s a Her- *rn markets.
from the cocoon. In a short time he
at the age of caponlzing and mat
bar ln basement will be a distinct
Saturday.
mlston visitor Friday.
here Saturday.
approximately 90 per cent of them ,
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Oregon potatoes attached by wilt Is ready to start his llfework.
ive department in the new store.
One of the things which Mr.
for market. That is a big spread
may die suddenly but generally show
Bond Bros, have been In business
In favor of the capon b u sln i’s as
effects slowly snd die gradually. Shovbo thinks should be done by
in Pendleton for the past 24 years
compared with turkey raising."
Plants produced from Infected tuberg either the Umatilla project or Uma
and have established a wide reputa
January and February are usually
msy be affected from the beginn tilla county is to have a representa
tion in the merchandising business.
the beet marketing months. Capons
ing, the experiment station finds, and tive exhibit of products of this n t -
They plan to follow the same general
i squire between eight and nine
never reach full size at all. The tlon displayed at the state fair at
plans in their wider field that have
months to mature, he said. He is
plants taking It from other plants or Salem. The state fairMie character-
6 0 SO M E OTHER.
made them’ successful In conduct
letting his birds rustle their owe
the soil first show yellowness of the j lzed a8 a "farmer’s fair where a
'THAN OVE ft
ing a men's store.
<0
HIM
feed on alfalfa and grain stubble
j
lower
leaves then the characteristic real Interest in the producing capac
stubbie
Charles E. Bond Is president and
I K
THAT
' wilt and death. Infected stems are Ity of different areas Is shown. The
sow and will not feed them fattening
treasurer of the new corporation of
'/ELI
local man gave It as his opinion that
rations until late this fall and win
discolored ln the Interior,
&OHCH OF
Bond Bros. Co. and F. W. Bond Is
the capacity of this district to pro
ter. They develop bone and body
vice-president and secretary. Fred
growth first, and after this stage
duce
should be made known by an
POULTRYMEN OF STATE
erick Steiwer is also one of the in
of growth is passed, they put on fat
RESOLVE TO STOP THIEVES’ «>>“>“ at tbe fa,r’
corporators, and the capital stock of
readily and rapidly.
the concern is $200,000.
"1 expect to caponizc 100 or 125
A drive on chicken thieves Is ATHENA WHEAT COUNTRY
Charles E. Bond will have charge
birds next week,” he said. "It is
sought by the Oregon Poultrymen'«
of credits and finances, and F. W.
GETS SOME BIG YIELDS
getting late, hut I want to Me how
issoclation which was to sesslnn at
Bond will be merchandise man and
late In the Mason I can caponlze.
T he yletds of w heat, alw ays good
raleg manager. Harry Benson will
the state college July 21-23. County
This late batch I expect to fatten to
sheriffs and city police were crttl-j,n tbo Athena district, are running
be head of the general office, and
he right for marketing for the Eas-
Henry Beck will bead the alterations-*
ctsed as being less organized than tm e to form this season, according
ter trade.
n„ .he department. The organization will
! the thlsves. and slow to exert them- to a news story ln the Athena Press.
aiH“ 1”" to the capons on tne -
I selves unless special reward« are of Marion Hansell’» entire acreage re
place, Mr. Smith has about 800 tnr-j include 25 employes.
turned him an average of 51 bushels
The belief that the store will be of
fered for catching the thieve«
key*. Loeees on turkeys this season
Member« of the association are ask- per acre. Charles F l’ k’s wheat did
usual ¡benefit to Pendleton and increase itsj
have been heavier than In usual
ed to contribute to a fund to be usedj(lImoBt a„ wel|, and hlr Fe«toratlon
veers he said. He expressed the be- trad« area
« P " ”* <’d by the two
In apprehending and convicting poul-HlJ tM,tlng wen. w atts Bros, have
UH th .^ tb e mild winter experienced merchants In making their announce^
.it X
made It easier for disease ¡«".nt of their move. Their present
itry thieves. Various other means of Recure<, abOut 45 bushels on their
checking the thievery were suggeet-j whpat north of Athena.
’ to survive. Turkey raiser, all location on Main street ha. b « n
ed among them the practice of us-
F?()erntlon is rating well for
£ e 7 t o e west are reporting heavier leased to the Woolworth company
Ing leg bands on the bird« or
yield. according to reports. returns
loeees to their Dock« than « « “ ’ he
quarters for a five, ten and fifteen
Ing registered marks on the skin.
; ,.ang |n)t | n a majority of caKS be-
rent store.
said.
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The new officers are Edward Snow. twpin jq nnd 50 bushels. Selling
¡Monroe, president: Roy Putman. I t Athena has not been rapid.
John Butson pf Umatilla wa. here
ReT and ’ mta * C ^ w . ^Dursten are
I Clackamas, vlce-preeident; H. B.
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Saturday,
1
, he parents of an eight and a half
Cosby. Corvallis, poultry extension
Seamans Have Boy
Mr. and Mrs. by»* Seaman of Ir
specialist of tbe college extension
pound boy horn at the home of Mrs.
Wivice, secrctsry-tressurer; Ambrose rigon are the parents of a son born
Two Echo matron, who shopped
mother at Cascade, Idaho,
here Wednesday were Mrs. Claude Ju|y n
Tfce baby baa
named
Brownell. Milwaukie, and Mra. W. H. Saturday morning-at the Hermiston
Hampton and Mrs. Hawley Bean.
, uharle» Warner Jr.
|
Thompsqn. Canhy. directors.
- ¡ hospital.