T he Herald Keep* Cloze to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project
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LAYING HEMS TO V O IX
FOR O l OM FARMS OF
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NO. 4»
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1926
VOL X X
Care Needed in
MINT CROWING TO
LOCAL SCHOOLS TO
Choosing Strain
BE TRIED LOCALLY
OPEN SEPTEMBER 7
of Alfalfa Seed
LOW HAY PRICE STIMULATES
PURCHASING OF GOOD COWS
j EARLY POTATOES
WERE SHIPPED FBOM
THE PROJECT THIS YEAR
THAN EVER BEFORE
Court of honor
COUNTY AGENTS OF
to be Needed in
STATE MEET HERE
TO THIS PROJECT Hermiston Soon
(HOLSTEINS SUITED
The comparatively low price pre
vailing for hay and the good yield
(hat was secured on the eecond crop
Tests for Awards of Merit Badges PROBLEMS OF PROJECT ARR
has stimulated Interest In good cows,
PULL COMMERCIAL COURSE TO Supt. Dean of Experiment Station
J. S. WEST EXAMINES PLANT IN and several farmers have recently REPRESENTATIVE PAYS VISIT TO
Will Have to be Made,
CONSIDERED
BE OFFERED
been adding to their herds. Only
SEE HERDS
Gives Suggestions About
VALLEY
Yearout
States.
cows that are good producers are
Development of Pastuic* One of Chief
Special Students May Take Part In
Re-seeding.
Good Prices Received For Oil, He much in demand, according to the
That a court of honor will have
E. Everly Says Abundance of
R.
information
available.
W s i i ; Faculty Selection
Measure* Now Being
to be organized here thia fall to
Pound; Bert Mullins Tried
The price range on cows Is said to
By H. K. DEAN
Feed
Should
be
Fed
To
I
examine
Boy
Scouts
seeking
merit
Is Completed.
Studied.
be from >75 to >90 and >100 per
At thia time of the year when
Crop Here.
badges was the statement made last
head, depending on age, breeding and
Big Dairy Cows.
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many are making plans for the seed-
Thursday by Paul Yearout, executlvg
Special consideration to the prob
Hermiston schools will open on , ng of alfalfa con8|deration of the
producing capacity. A number of
of the Umatilla Area Council, Boy lems of producing good pasture on
Tuesday, September 7, and plans p|Oper gtra, n to grow ,g yerv jmpor.
That mint growing may take an dairy men now operating In other
Scouts. Several scouts have advanc irrigated land was given by county
have practically been completed for {ant
Important place In the farming sections have been looking over this
That there Is a keen interest
ed In their rating now and are ellg- agents for countle« having irrigated
the resumption of work on the part
Trlalg of various strains of alfalfa operations in this district on land district with an idea of locating here. Holstein cattle which Indicates
healthy increase in the number of ;b'e for technical work leading to projects at a conference held at the
of both the teaching staff and pup- af tbe u matm a Experiment station particularly adapted to It Is the be
lls, according to E. L. Cherry, super- haye ghown oyer tw„ t0n8 per Xse lief of J. 8. West, following a trip WHEAT FARMERS PAY DEBTS the big black and white cattle on ‘he awarding of merit badges, he Hermiston Experiment station farm
tbe Umatilla project was found by | stated, and the tests have to be con- Tuesday. H. K. Dean, superintend
ntendent.
difference In yield between the poor- to Portland which he took last week
A complete commercial course ha8 pgt gnd begt BOrtg In generai the for the purpose of checking up on OUT OF CROP THIS YEAR IS R. E. Everly, western representative ducted by a court of honor
ent of hte station, was one of the
Two more week end camps In the speakers at the conference and serv
been added to the course of study bardy northern gtralns are heavy pro- production methods and the opera ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
of the National Holsteln-Frescian
offered. Included In the course (1ucerg Whtle the southern grown tions necessary in distilling the STATEMENT BY BIG BANKER association, when with C. C. Gig- summer cantp on the Blue mountains ed as host to the visitors. The con
w ill be shorthand, typewriting, ' ra,ng are ,lght yleiderg as well a* mint to secure the oil which makes ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
□oux of the Union Pacific System, will be held before school opens, Exe ference was in charge of F. L. Bal
cutive Yearout stated. They will be lard, etate leader of county agent*
bookkeeping, economics, c o m m e r c i a l ! be, ng wlnter hardy. w h ile win- the crop possible.
That the condition of farmers in he visited a number of local herds
on August 13, 14 and 15 and on Aug In Oregon.
law, commercial arithmetic and ter killing has been a rare occurence
Bert Mullins had a small patch the wheat belt In Umatilla county yesterday and today.
commercial geography.
The visitors also studied with in
The men were taken to the ranches ust 20, 21 and 22. The boys will
in the past we have no assurance of land near Stanfield in mint this is the best that it has been for
Tip commercial course will b e ; ^ tbe
weather conditions season and expects to extract the oil several years is the statement made of D. H. Prindle, Z. Puraphrey, Tom have ta furniBh their own rations terest the report of the économie
epen, not only t0 regular high school of December 1924 may not be re from the crop he cut. The trip recently by G. M. Rice, president of Iladdox and R, L. Addlemau by W. and bedding, and there will he no conference held here this spring, and
pupils but also to post graduates
any w,nter
tbat only hardy taken by Mr. West was for the pur the First National bank of Pendle J. Warner of the land Settlement further costs. Scouts must have per tentative plans were made to hold
mission of their parents before the similar conferences on other projects
and to others of high school aSe8istralns of alfalfa should be conslder- pose of securing information for the ton.
committee.
trip can be taken.
who are not carry.ng high school ed (Qr nftw planting
use of Mr. Mullins In his operations.
in the state.
Mr.
Prindle
has
a
registered
herd
‘‘Our remittances during the past
Hermiston is the second town In
work. Arrangements will be made, Certif,ed Grlmm geed ,g o( known
The distilling plant of Laird & weeks since harvest started and the with some high type Individuals, and
A better service for farmers along
whereby special students may devote bard, neSg and ,g a good hay pro- Held near Portland was Been by Mr. sale of this year’s crop of lambs was Mr. Pliumphrey also has several the county, aside from Pendleton, to economic lines has been worked out
tbe amount of time they can spare
MonUna or DakoU grown West, and he also talked to them made have established a new rec registered Holsteins. Mr. Haddoxjbav® scouts to ..whom ..have ..been and will be available. It was an
i t their methods of growing the ord,” Mr. Rice declared.
and Mr. Addleman are both planning awarded merit badges, the executive nounced at the conference. L. R.
to the commercial work and tbus common 8eed )8 suitable for local con-
keep up with other outside work Editions. The common* alfalfa from mint. Fall planting in rows three
Breithaupt, speclpllst ’a farm eco
He stated that debts that farmers to get some registered stock for the sa*d-
while completing the course. Supt | the Black Hills region of South feet apart is preferred by them, he have been under for several years purpose of building up their herds.
nomics, has worked out the plan
nPFOGmÄsTwiLL
“There is an bundance of rough- NATIVE OREGONIAN WILL
which will be put into effect.
Cherry said.
Dakota has proven, especially well found. They use 25 sacks of roots have been completely paid in many
DO SOLO WORK IN “KLATAWA”
During the vacation period some ad ted {or o'ur conditions, being per acre whch cost >1.25 each. cases with the proceeds of this year s age and good feed here, and Hol-j
Heretofore reports of various
m «4 I Interior
m ♦ arlnr nU^nflriB'
. . yielding.
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repairs and
painting UTlii
and wlnter.hardy and _ . high
It * Roots planted in the fall should be crop.
kinds dealing with intention to plant
steins are certainly fitted for the j
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calclmlning have been done. B o t h ' ^ tbe addltional advantage that put in the ground to a depth of four
Eugene> Qro., Aug. 12-Eva Rich- and kindred subjects which form tha »
“We’ve had a long fever,” was Mr. job of converting roughage into milk
of the small buildings have been !
,s ftbout
th,rd cheaper Inches, and If spring planting Is Rice’s comment, "and I'm glad to and butterfat." Mr. Everly said.
mond, prominent mezzo soprano of basis of estimating probable crop
painted. Several of the room. In
Grlmm
done, the roots should be covered see the country coming out of it. "I don’t want dairymen who dislike
have
been
New York will sing the solo parts p r o d u c t i o n
the large building have been calcl-
lg very nkely that locai geed to a depth of three Inches.
Umatilla county is too resourceful to Holsteins to try them, but for the In the pageant "Klatawa” to be pro sent from Washington to county
“They figure that a fair yield is be down very long, and the farmers men who do like them, I can see a
mined and thoroughly renovated in from fieldg whlch went through the
duced here at the Trail to Rail cele agents. The reports have not been
preparation for a resumption of use. j wlnter of 1924-25 would prove hardy about 70 pounds of refined oil from are giving convincing proof of their big chance to achieve success in this bration was announced by J. R- correlated and organized in a form
In the high school five teachers
8hould be taken to know an acre.” Mr. West said. “The price capacity to come back. We need country. These big haystacks that Raley, pageant manager, after a easy to apply. Mr, Ballard stated,
who were here last year will be that ,t came from a field which has of this oil during the past year has more efficiency in production and are to be found on every 8,de would ¡erics of conferences with the dra and as a result county agents have
ranged from >22 to >10 per pound. management. The future looks good.” bring in a lot more money if more
back. They Include Supt. C hery. ;
„
hjgh hay producer.
been unable to maks use of the In
matic soloist.
W. E. Higbee, science and athletics,!
They have a very fire plant and
farmers had the help of a good herd
Following a prolonged concert tour formation. In the future Mr. Breit
Miss Jessie Brierly,
urieriy, mathematics
nntTNTV WILL their oil commands the highest mar
of
Holsteins.”
of
the east, Miss Richmond recently haupt will prepare a brief digest of
DAIRY
AND
HOG
SHOW
GETS
Miss Pauline Thoma, language and HOOSIERS OF COL
ket price, higher than from some
Quite a number of cows owned by returned to this state to rest. Learn these various roports from federal
girls’ physical training, and M i83^ 0^
ANNUAL PICNIC AUG. 29 other plants In which the finished
$772.11 OF COUNTY FUNDS Beal Holstein men have good pro ing of the originality of the pageant sources! and w ill supplement them
Ruth Seyler, music supervisor.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ product does not test so well. They
duction recordB, Mr. Everly stated. and its depiction of the development with data available on conditions ln
In the grades the teachers who IN
GROVE
NEAR
ECHO secure one good crop and will get Award Mad« Last Wisek By County One cow is producing 87 pounds of
Oregon she became Interested in Oregon. The report will also con
will return are A. E. Bensel, eighth
a lighter second crop.”
milk a day with a test of four per Its production. After studying the tain the Information, available In
Court: Fund Larger Than
Mr. West said that several local
grade teacher. Miss Mary Petri, sec
cent, and she Is receiving no grain mush of Klatawa with Professor W. the hand8 of the federal agricultural
The annual Hoosier picnic, held by
ond and Miss Matilda Dallenger,
men will experiment with mint next
feed. A number of similar produc F. O. Thacher, author, and Mrs. Doris statistician.
former residents of Indiana, will be
Last Year.
sixth.. Miss Isabella Mayhew who observed this year on August 29, the season. He plans to try some on
“The demands for thl* sort of
tion showings are being made by Smith, direct« <s of the pageant,
The Hermiston Dairy and Hog cows on the project, he found. He Miss Richmond consented to play service have been made repeatedly by
formerly taught here
¡ast gunda, in th . month, according bottom land he owns.
“From what I was able to learn show will have
gone two years to secure
>772.11 of county expre8sed nn interest In the work Sacajawea, a promiuent character In farmers and farm organlzatons," Mr.
to a statement by Mrs. C. J. Vollva
from the University of Washington,! and Mrs. W. L. Blessing, two of the on my trip I believe that we have fair funds to use this fall, according 8tarted here by Holstein breeders
Ballard stated, “and we' have been
the show.
w ill return to teach the fifth grade- , members of the special committee on some soil that Is adapted to the grow to the apportionment of funds made gnd
plang
to
return within
Mies Richmond Is a native of the at work for some time on a plan to
New teachers In the high schhool
Mrs. Charles Keller ing of mint,” he said. "The crop last week by the county court. This tbo ngxt few months for another state. Following a course of musl- give the reports. The plan has
include Miss Eva Randall of Pendle->
*
does best on a heavy sub Irrigated is said to be slightly in excess of
Jt
sl training in Portland she went to now been perfected and will be put
a -L u .? is the other Ram08
member,
about tw0 soil, and 1 think it would be foolish the amount given last year.
ton who will teach history and social,*
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New York where continued progress Into use immediately. M t . Breit
science. She taught last year
The fund amounted to >2,344.23.
POTATO PRICES LESS
miles south of Echo has been select- to grow It oh well drained, light
In her vocal study won her admis haupt will Issue his reports once a
Athena. Miss Mary C. Brown who
The county court set aside >500 for,
v »mrocnw CAV«! sion to the direction of Yeatman month directly to the county agent*.
ed as the place This year’s picnic soil."
the use of the county school superln- j fjJAN EXPECTED, LAMPSON SAYS
taught last year at St. Maries, will be for all former Hoosiers re
Griffith. After a successful season The county agents ln turn will be
Idaho, will teach English, and Miss ading in Umatilla county. For sev
tendent,
J.
A.
Yeager,
for
awards
in
in New York and Brooklyn concerts able to add such Information as
Mary Atkinson, formerly a teacher eral years the picnic has been held SWIFT & CO. OPENS NEW
The early potato market has not
boys’ and girls’ club work The
she returned to the west and last they may have locally that have a
in - the Battleground, Washington, by project ex-residents of Indiana,
CREAM STATION IN TOWN Weston Potato show was given >300,, been, very satisfactory this season
year made a brilliant debut In Port bearing on subjects reported on to
schools, will teach commercial work. and the decision to broaden the
the East End Apple show >722.1! from the point of view of prices se land. Since then she hag filled con make them as complete as they can
New members of the faculty In scope of the picnic to Include the Gilbert Smith to Manage Local and the Hermiston show >722.11.
cured, according to a letter from !*<’
cert engagements throughout the be made.”
the grades Include Miss Ethel Mae whole county was made at last year s
M. Lampsn, manager of the Three
The necessity of producing a*
Branch
;
Poultry
Will
Be
McCann, La Crosse, Wisconsin, first picnic, held on the C. J. Vollva lawn
Rivers Growers association received country.
much wealth as possible on Irrigated
PENNOCK NEW OWNER OF
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grade; Miss Marjorie Parker, third In the Columbia district.
places has developed during the years
HERMISTON TIRE SHOP ¡by
J. W McMullen. The associa
Bought Here.
tion
handled the potatoes shipped by A. E. DALLMAN FINED ON
grade, Willoston, N. Dak.; Miss Ad-
since the war, and the need of pas
The committee Is now at work ar
vean Crockett, fourth grade, Valley ranging the details of a full day’»
ASSAULT, BATTERY CHARGE ture is one phase of the new require
Norman L. Pennock Is the new the growers’ association here.
Swift & Co. opened a cream
The market w ~ *•-” •' demoralized
City. N. Dak.; and Miss Ragna M. program. A basket dinner will bo tlon in Hermiston this week for the owner of the Hermiston Tire shop.
ments of agrlcultuiA«, Mr, Ballard
Brcbten, seventh, St. Maries, Idaho.
A fine of >25 and coats was given stated.
,
of the features, but there will purpose of buying cream and other He took possession of the shop Mon» for a solid week from July 11 to 17
“It appears probable that dairy
also be games and other attractions. farm produce. The station Is under day, August 2. Mr. Pennock Is orl 18, Mr. Lampson staled, some A E Dallman, local man, ln the
XOAD GRADING NEEDED ON
the management of Gilbert G. Smith experienced in all sorts of vu can z cars bringing a« low as >16 per ton. court of Just!«, of the Peace WeBt products can be produced on our
and is located west of the tracks in lug work. In addition to repair The season’s volume of early tubers Friday when he faced a charge of Irrigated projects more cheaply than
The Stork
POWER LINE ROAD, CLAIMED
amounted to about 165 carloads, as assault and battery. The charge anywhere else ln the state, provided
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunt are the the room next to the Hurly grocery. work he will handle new and used
compared to about 95 carloads last was preferred by Mrs. Dallman after use Is made of pasture,” he said.
Mr.
Smith
formerly
managed
the
tires
and
tubes.
parents
of
a
girl
born
last
Friday
Lee Moore Says Calverts Need New
year and the previous year. Inde he had knocked her down and stunn “Pasture provides a bulky feed, and
branch of Swift & Co. at Stanfield.
morning.
Mrs Leila A. Phelps, postmistress, pendent growers had an Increase in ed her.
It has no cost of harvesting. No
Approaches But County
In addition to the cream business
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reid are
The court also placed the defend natural feed equals Irrigated pas
who sustained painful Injuries about volume, too, iso thsit tKe i^arkets
the
company
will
be
actively
in
the
the parents of a son born Saturday
Slow in Acting.
three weeks ago when she was werg fu„ of potatoes on consignment ant under a bond to keep the peace ture ln yield, so It is of vital Im
1 morning at the Hermiston hospital. market for other farm produce, par
ln the sum of >1.000. On failure to portance that specific recommenda
ticularly poultry, Mr. Smith said. thrown from a car returned h om e,wb,cb cut the market price
“We need some grading work done
provide the bond, Dallman was taken tions be developed for the use of
Wednesday
morning.
She
was
able'
Only
Rn
occasional
car
Is
being
Later In the fall it is probable that
oa about two miles of the diagonal!
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J -« ,
farmers in growing pastures as «won
to move
by use
of „hipped now, but prices are higher to Pendleton and placed ln Jail.
poultry and calves will be dressed^,,
rau, e about
OUUUv a « little
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-
road out of Umatilla that runs south-1
O f > OC m CF
as possible.”
locally, but at present shipments of crutches. She made the trip home ranging from >27 to >30 per ton.
east up past the Frank Jewett place1
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A. C. Houghton, manager of the
Another problem considered by
live poultryawlll be made.
(with Carl Voyen.
If. o. b. Kennewick.
along the power line, and we need
West Extension district works, was the county agents was how best co-
It badly.”
upeiatlon between county agents
here Monday morning.
The above statement was made by
and the special agricultural com
\ioore who farms in that district.
mittees of various organization* such
“We’ve been trying to get the Pendleton Sheep Men Report An
as the Grange and chamber* of com
county court to take hold of the re
merce can be eecured.
Active Demand For Feeder*
pair work this season, but so far we
The men here for the conference
Laven’t been able to get them down
In addition to Mr. Ballard Included
This
Season.
here to look at It,” Mr. Moore said.
IL. R. Breithaupt, economic specialist;
•’Several culverts need approaches
H. A. Lindgren, livestock special-
Feeder
lambs
are
commanding
a
the worst way, and we need about
lst; W. L. Shovell, Malheur county;
>250 worth of grading to build up price that now ranges from 10 to
Construction Wo^k to Cost About ¡R. W. Morse, Morrow county; W. B.
the grade so we can keep out of the 10 1-2 cents per pound w th Indica
¡Tucker, Crook county; W. T. Mc-
to r
I don’t know how soon we tions that the supply w ill be ex
$1500 To Be Started Soon
! Donald, Deschutes county; H. B.
will be able to get action, but »L austed within a short time, accord-
¡Howell, Josephine county; and R. F.
By
Local
Man.
Btimber of ue are ready to donate ing to Pendleton men In close touch
X r X m a* toe repairs, hut we with the Mtuatto. The« movement
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¡Wilbur, Umtllla county.
Improvement construction to cost! Wednesday morning the visitor*
1HE FIRST TOE
H.
would like to have the county take has been hear,^during
about
>1600 will be started Immedt- went | o p lc«ser station to see the
weeks on - fat lambs,
lU. MISS
a hand at It.”
.............. and sales of feed
ately on the Ice warehouse in
1 eXper| mental woik that has been
ers for delivery In September and
miston by O. O. Felthouse, who hand- arrlfd Qn (bire wllh varlou» seed
about October 1 have been consum
Fbr Reckless Driving
les ice locally, according to hl* state- mlxtureg (or pa8tuIfS On irrigated
Leon Norquist was fined >25 and mated In heavy volume,
ment made Wednesday.
> land.
costs in the court of Justice W ist
“i doubt whether there are 30,000
He will build a 20 foot extension! A gtudy of the alfalfa strain test*
last Friday on a charge of reckless iambB suitable for feeding In toe
on the west side of the present ware- cgrrled on fOr several years on the
driving. ~T he charge » “• made by bands of growers between Klamath
house which will make the building • jocaj etatlon farm was made by the
C L Lleuallen, state trafic officer, paiig and Huntington,” Tom F. Boy-
K0 by 22 feet. The capacity of t» « lcounty agents.
as a result of the accident that oc- ieDi veteran buyer, said recently,
building will be Increased to the ex-1
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curred recsntly when Norquist’s car ..An)j past experience proven that^
lent o» another 100 tons of Ice.
t <)CAL HOGS TOPPED MARKET
overturned <Mie Phelps ear. Mrs. after the speculators have the lamha
The addition on the side of the
phelpe, postmistress, wae Injured in another cent is added if re-sales are)
warehouse which has been used for
RT PORTLAND BY 25 CENTS
the eccident.
made. I have not been able to meet!
Ice storage will be torn down, end
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the demands made by customer» for,
?
a garage to house the trucks used
A shipment of Hermiston hoga
g |r and Mr. A. Buhman have re- iambs, and it looks to me as If feed-,
>«.«.«■
1W .'" J 1.
turned from Camp Sherman where erg ln Oregon will go to H eenta
' The lee wai-ehuee will be con- market by H. J. Stillings topped t
they spent a week. -The main trou- b^foie »11 orders are filled.”
I
strucled to provide Insulation, *nd market by 26 cents. The bulk
hie about th« trip was that I was not
Mac Hoke, who served for eeveral
the foundation will be of concrete, hogs moved at >14.50 or lees '° r
m come home, 'I Mr. Buhmann yeax- , s secret ary of the Oregon
The ground surrounding the were- d.y, but the Hermiston community
It certainly is a nice Woot Grower» association, also aald|
declared
Jfliouee bo*« In »he rear and on the'shlpment sold for >14.75.
¡that toe supply of feeder lamha la,
plaee to camp.
south il*e
»>• »•“ "»'*» «indHIon,
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I light. Not many are available, and
and weded to gra»a. Mr. Felthouse | Mrs. Dowell wae here recently e l
Norman L. Pennock went to Hepp- the minimum price at which any can
a guest at toe home of Mrs. Mumm».
said.
per Monday on a business mission. ( t» secured la 10 cents, he stated.
I
j i
Lambs Light and
Price Very Firm
P r e p a r in g fo r th e B ig S h o w
Extension to be
Put on Building
by O. Felthouse
ny guess !