The Hermiston herald., August 26, 1926, Image 1

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The Herald Keep« Clow to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
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HERMISTON, U B A T O L A COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926
VOL. XX
RÜSEUSEO TO GET
LIQUOR VENDORS
EIGHT PERSONS,
105
Local Legion to
Give two Special
Prizes a t Show
GALLONS <15
ART. Sr.T7T.Tl
C a m in i “M anager” Arranges
Voted for B est
F itted
Dairy
Animal and <5 for Best
For
Single Farm Display.
MOTOR AND NOOSE
AT WELL BURNED
FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN DOES
DAMAGE SATURDAY
City’s Supply of W ater D uring Week
Comes From Old W e ll; New
To give proof of it* Interest In
the greatest possible excellence be­
Motor Ordered.
Make Arrests.
ing achieved at the 14th annual Her-
e
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mlston Dairy and Hog show, Her-
Hermiston has had to depend on
One of the
spectacular round- miston post No. 37. American Legion, the old city well for Its water supply
ups of liquor and alleged vendors of voted at Its session last Thursday this week as a result of a fire last
liquor ever made In the eastern part night to add »20 to the prlxe money Saturday morning that burned the
of the state was consummated Sunday that 18 given by the show asocia- motor and the well Louse on the
evening by members of the sheriff's tion.
butte. The origin of the blaze is not
force when eight persons and 105
of this extra money, *15 will be known. It was discovered shortly
gallons of moonshine were seized in added to the other prize money before 4 o’clock Saturday morning
Pendleton at the Chapman house awarded to the best fitted dairy i by Mrs. A. M. Smith but had pro-
near the grounds of the Pendletoa animal. The other prize of five dol-'greased to such an extent that no
Round-up.
Jars will be added to prevailing! possibility existed of extinguishing
The arrest and seizure of the liquor money for the best display of farm It.
uncovered the fact that the Barnes produce from one farm.
I The damage caused by the fire
Amusement company,
supposedly
Other matters of a civic nature ran to several hundred dollars,
operating a big carnival attraction were considered and discussed by the ( Sunday morning the pump at the old
which caused all kinds of opposition iqcal poet with the iden of. the post city well Just off of Main street be-
to be expressed among Pendleton adding it» share of energy toward bind the Charles Skinner residence
business men when It asked for the community development. It was thei^ag started, and the city’s water sup-
privilege of showing during the sense of the meeting that some real piy has come from that well since.
Round-up wag a purely fictitious or- development m ayb e expected in the' a new motor wag ordered by tele-
ganizatlon and waa conceived by community during the next few graph Sunday morning. it is a 2a
District Attorney C. C Proebstel and months and that the poet as an or- horsepower motor and will have to
Sheriff R. T. Cookingham as a means ganizatlon should be a definite fac come from Berkeley, California. A
for luring bootlegger? to deliver their to in aiding this development,
new house to protect the motor waa
wares.
.
started Monday morning. It will be
Those appprehended by uae of the FORMER HOOSIERS TO HOLD
of concrete construction.
ruse were John Barnes, Joe Berry,
According to H. A. Pankow it will
ANNUAL PICNIC SUNDAY be a task of only a ft w ours to in­
Mrs. Thelr.ia Hughes. Mrs. Hazel
Dodson, Dan Downey, Emmett Gra­
stalli the ntew motor when It ar­
A ffair to be County Wide and W ill
ham and James Stewart.
rives. The probabilities are that the
Several months ago the Barnes
old well will be the source of water
Be Held in Ramos Grove
Amusement company was created by
supply all during this veek. and pos
Near
Echo.
the district attorney and the sheriff.
sibly a day or two longer. Quick de­
A man giving the name of B. A. Car­
A program that will include races, livery of the new motor was asked by
ter was made “manager” of the con­
games
and other kinds of entertain- the city, and It is thought there will
cern and through the aid of stool
be very little delay in shipment.
p I geo ns got in touch with men sub - ® eul U as bee" Provided for the an-
pected of being bootleggers He Is nual Hoosier picnic for former reel
said to hve represented that a lot of deuts
Indiana who now live in DEMAND FOR DAIRY STOCK
liquor would be needed to make the Umatilla county, according to the
CONTINUES TO BE KEEN
carnival a success and arranged for! committee in charge of anangements.
The demand for dairy cattle Is
deliveries to be made at the Chap-¡The picnic will be held all day Sun­
man house at half hour Intervals, day, August 29, and the Joe Ramos very keen, and many inquiries as Io
beginning Sunday evening at 8 srove on the Old Oregon trail, about where good stock can be purchas’d
! two miles east of Echo, has peer. have continued to be made during
-o’clock.
the past few weeks. The demand it
The carnival recently applied to ; chosen as the place,
the city council for a license to oper-, A big basket dinner will be serv found on the project among loca.
ate. Business men opposed granting' ed at the noon hour, and'those who farmers and also from outride poin.s.
a license during Round-up week, and attend have been requested to bring
only good stuff Is desired by buy-
a petition was circulated asking that! their own food, cup, plate, knife, fork ers. and a majority of the inquiries
ho license be granted. The city coun-!and spoon. Watermelons In large are for young stock to be used In
ell passed an emergency ordinance quantities are also desired, it waa adding to small herds already estab
1 i hed.- or for the purpose of found­
raising the dally license during three stated.
'
-
weeks, in September, not knowing
This is the first year that the ing new herds.
that the application for the license! Hoosier picnic has been made a
■was a "blind” being worked by law county wide affair. Heretofore, for WELL BRED BULL CALF IS
enforcement officers.
, ' | a number of years a picnic of former
PURCHASED BY LOGAN T0DT
As fast as deliveries were made,Hoosiers livinfe on the project have
Logan Todd, local Jersey dairy
Eunday evening the liquor was seiz­ held a picnic, but this year Its scope
ed and those delivering It were placed has been widened to Include all re­ jnan, lg the owner of a registered
under arrest and their cars were sidents of Umatilla county who for­ Jersey bull calf which arrived Tues
day afternoon. The animal has
merly lived in Indiana.
taken.
Those who have no way to get gold medal production back of him
The Idea of using the amusement
Company as bait tp attract liquor law to the picnic grounds have been re­ and will be used by Mr. Todd to he id
violators was worked out In detail. quested to notify a member of the his herd when It reaches maturity.
The calf. Fancy’s American Lad,
As part of the program of the show general committee. Thoeg on the
was to have a horse do a high dive. committee are Mrs. C. J. Vollva, Mrs. Is out of a dam with a record of 693
A platform was constructed on the W. L, Blessing and Mrs, Chrles Kel pounds o f butterfat and at the
age of nine years made a record of
Chapman grounds near the Round- lar.
63 pounds of milk during one day.
Up, and advertising about Pinto, the
The dam is the highest record daugh­
high diving horse, was carried in
HERMISTON LOCALS
ter of an Imported hull, Oxford
the East Oregonian for several days.
Majesty’s Fancy Beau.
Mr and Mrs. S. L. Pierson and
The sire’s dam is a gold medal ani­
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TO
children of Lyle, Washington, were
mal with a record of 736 pounds of
here thl8 week on business. They
butterfat, made as a Junior four-
TEACH YOUTH LEADERSHIP
expect to move to the project thlr
year-old. She was a full sister of
fall to reside.
Empress Lass of Ingleside, a 911
Conference to be Held, at Turner,
pouhd cow. Mr. Todd bought the
Charles Keller was taken to St.
Aug, 30-Sept. 6 ; Teacher»
calf, which Is two months old, from
Anthony hospital In Pendleton Wed­
W. H. Gibson of Gresham.
W ell Known.
nesday by Dr. Sears. He was quite
ill and will remain In the hospital
Believing that there is a great need
E. P. Marshall and Frank Curl
for observation and medical treat­
for trained leaders In the churches
were Hermiston visitors Tuesday.
ment.
of today, the Oregon Christian En­
deavor Union seeks to train young
. . . . . .
.
,
Or- and Mrs. F. V. Prime and
peopje for leadership, and ,ts annual, ch)ldren have returned from tka
summer conference is one of the
they spent se v ra i
means to this end. The conference
at Sa,em then
also offers fellowship and recreation.
|o Newport and from there u
The conference will meet this year yachats
j
at Turner, AugtTst 30-September 6.
and promises to be the best ever, Mr and Mrs. W. W. Felthpuse
held by this organization.
and sons have returned from Seaside
The buildings on the grounds fur* where they spent a vacation of about
nlsh adequate housing, so that rain , wo week,
Mr. Felthouse made a
heed not Interfere with the week’s <o,f #cora of 39 and decured the
activities.
¡vacation an unqualified success.
Dr. Norman K. Tully, paster of the
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First Presbyterian church of Salem,
The Lad leg Aid of the Methodist
w ill give most of the morning Bible Episcopal church w ill hold an ice
study talks. Classes and diecuaa-; cream sherbet and cake sale Satur-
lons in all phases of Christian En- day, August 28, In the warehouse
deavor plans and methods will con- room of the Hermiston Produce A*
eume the remainder of the morning supply company.
hour». Expert teachera have bee®
_
secured for these classes.
( J. W Messner has returned home
Afternoons will be given over to after a vacation and business trip
rest and recreation. Rev. Mr. Rase into Idaho. He went to Lewiston
Gulley of Eugene will direct sports, and then back Into the Clearwater j
which will include swimming, base country. “The wheat belt through
ball, volley ball, ete.
which we passed after leaving Lewis-
Bach evening* there will be a{i ton was ■ revelation to me,” Mr.
address by some member of the facul- V earner said. "We were In a won-
ty, and a bon fire meeting led by rierfut fish and game country.”
Paul C. Brown. Pacific Coast secre- With him were several men of Lewta-
tary.
ton.
D eliveries and Officers
A surrey recently made by the
Radio Corporation of America, show»
that 44 per cent of the 26,060,000
American homne hav* phonograph -,
that 54 per
have motor car» and
that 69 per cent of the residence
ard offices hare fslephdliee.
Interest In Land Lively
Quite a number of prospective set-
tier» have been looking at project
farms during Hie past week or two!
w| th the Idea of buying and locating,
here. A number of deals sre rrport-
cd to he under pegotlstfon.
1 DAVID
SORRELL DIES AT
HIS HOME IN MISSOURI
David Sorrell, a resident of this
district before there was water for
iligatlon purposes, died recently at
his home in Springfield, Missouri,
according to Information received by
Hvnry Hanby.
Funeral services
were held Friday, August 13. He Is
survived by his widow and a daugh­
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Sorrell left Hermis­
ton about six years ago and returned
to their old home at Springfield.
Mr. Sorrell at one time owned a large
body of land here which was taken
out as a desert claim. A number of
the present pioneer residents remem­
ber him well.
TENTATIVE BUDGET
MADE FOR SCHOOL
<18,180
NEEDED
FOR
UNION
HIGH DISTRICT
Date
For
Making
Levy
D airying Trends |CO-ORERATIVE IS
to be Discussed
SHOWING BIG
D uring F ie ld D ay
p M Brandt of 0
^
ment Station to Speak
Set
For
September 11.
GAIN
VOLUME OF BUSINESS OF BODY
FORGES AHEAD
Hermiston Organization
Hu
More
Thau 500 Members From Two
The trends In dairying on the Uma-
.
tllla
project
and
changes
that
should
B ig oounties.
School Auditorium
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be planned by operators if the Indus.
On« of the outstanding farmer co­
The budget which was tentatively try le to have the best chance of
adopted by the budget committee of succeeding will be discussed by P. M. operative' organizations of the north,
Union High School district No. 9 Brandt, dairy husbandman of the west is in Hermiston.
It is the Farm Bureau Co-operatl »•
•it a meeting held Tuesday night Oregon experiment station, when he
calls for an expenditure of *18,180. addresses local people at the annual of Hermiston.
the report of the committee shows. .Held day exercises at the Hermistoni Organized and started on Its buat-
Seven faculty members will be tin.,experiment station farm, Saturday, ness career during Novembw, 191»,
SCHACHERMERER-SIATTERY
ployed for full tlme with one <yi a September 11.
jit has experienced rf growth that
half
time
basis.
The
sum
of
*500
Prof.
Brandt
is
expected
to
con-
has madjt Hermiston: a Mecca for
At* the Catholic manse at 10 o’clock
on Wednesday morning at Hermis­ was provided in the first draft of ¡aider the recommendations of the those farmers In the west end of
ton, Miss Marie Schachermeyer, eld­ tlie bjdget for janitor services and economic conference in regard to Umatilla county and th« north a.,d
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph *150 for the clerk and the required dairying. The kind of bulla now of Morrow county who buy feeds
also for stock. Membership today runs
Schachermeyer, of Rlverton-on-the- bond. The total amiount piovided - being used by breeders will
and well above 500 with the list i in ­
under
the
head
of
personal
services
come
up
for
consideration.
Umatilla, was married to Delbert
Prof. Brandt has Indicated that he stantly growing.
Slattery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel 1-, »11,585.
The membeirg live near Herrals
Some new equipment will be pur­ will have something to say about
Slattery of Irrigon. Rev. Fath r
the necessity of a cow testing asso­ Umatilla, Irrigon. Boardman, dtvn-
chased
for
use
during
the
year,
ac­
Kllnick wag the officiating minister.
ciation.
iield, Echo, Holdman and up Butter
The young couple were attended by cording to plana. Thio budget al­
creek.
There are a few scattering
The
field
plats
on
the
farm
will
lowance
for
this
item
Is
*450.
Other
Mr. and Mrs Gedrge Bancroft, of
Hermiston. The bride was gowned items under the head of materials be labelled, and a. trip over the farm members even farther away.
Only members may buy from the
in light green georgette with rhine­ and supplies, such as janitor’s sup- will be made with Supt. H. K. Dean
cooperative
and to be eligible to mem­
plies,
fuel,
light
and
power,
water
summarizing
the
results
secured
in
stone ornaments..
The wedding dinner and reesj ’«in and postage, stationery and printing, the experimental work that haa been bership, a farmer mujt belong Io
make up an amount of *1,585.
¡carried out this season.
the farm organization ’hat exists
to near friends and relatives was at
Transportation
of
pupils
is
est’
.-i
Governor Pierce will be tl)e chief in his own district, whether that
the home of the bride’s parents. H e
organization be a farm bureau body
young couple received many useful mated to cost »2,510, telephone and speaker of the afternoon program.
or a Grange.
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present. An enjoyable dance waa miscellaneous *200 and emergency!
The affairs of the organization
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given in the evening to a large etc.la *300.
are
in charge ot a board of directors.
Thomas
Campbell
served
as
chair-
j
ECONOMIC
CONFERENCE
of friends and neighbors who extc id-
Sidney H. Barnard, a farmer living
ed felicitations to the newlyy-ids man of the budget committee and
REPORTS LIKED BY MEAD near Hermiston, lg manager and
who will be at home to their many Sidney H. Barnard was secretary.
secretary-treasurer.
The
board
set
September
18
as
the,
f
,
friends on the Correll p’ace at Uma­
Reclamation Orders
datg and the auditorium of the high lrec
0
The operations plans of the co­
tilla.
operative
call for a handling charts
school as the place for the final
25 Copies Sent to Denver
expense of »1.50 per ton of all feed
meeting when a levy to raise the
CHARLES SKINNER SUFFERS
and W ashington.
handled. Then two per cent la add­
amount of the budget will be made.
ed to thig selling price to create what
INJURIE3 IN EXPLOSION The meeting will be open to the
Methods followed in determining lg known as the capital revolving-
public.
the best adapted and most profitable fund.
Particles of Rock Buried In H is Face
types of agriculture by the economic
Au effort is made to keep prices
COURT CONFIRMS CONTRACT
conference on the Umatilla reclama- as steady as possible. Costs ot feed
When Powder Charge Goes
0 F WEST EXTENSION DISTRICT Con project at Hermiston last Feto- fluctuate from day to day and week
Off Prematurely.
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ruary will be used as a guide in sim- to week, and naturally, these changes
The acts of the board of directois liar studies on other irrigation dis- in costs must be reflected In selling
Charles Skinner has about recover­
ed from the effects of an Injury he in changing the boundary lines of th e, tricts in western states. This is prices.
“We strive to keep prices an
suffered on Friday, August 13, when West Extension irrigation district, indicated by Dr. Elwood Mead, corn-
a charge of dynamite exploded pre­ holding a special election to pass r.n nrissioner of reclamation, in a letter steady as conditions will permit,” Mr.
maturely in a well near Hardman, a new contract between the district , to Paul V. Maris, director of the Barnrrd declared. "In following
Oregon, south of Heppner. Mr, Skin- and the United States governmentj state college extension service, re- thlg policy we may take a alight loss
were done in a legal and valid man- questing that 25 copies of the Con­ at times, and at other times ws gtin
taer’s face was pierced by nine small
ner, according to a decree that has fertnce report, Just published, be a little. We have gained about
particles of rock, and Is body also
been handed down in circuit court ¡gent to Washington. D. C„ and to »1,500 since we started operating,
received some of the fragment; • Í . i
by Judge J. W. Knowles of La Denver, for distribution to reclama- aiyl thia fund j s our surplus fund
The accident occurred In the e eve- , Grande.
~ *
| tldfi’’ project ifipirlnter.4ent3.
which Beips In olir operation«. OOr
ling when a number of men on a ,
The
force
of
the
court’s
decree
is
Dr. Mead was impressed with the two per cent capital revolving fund
oad brew went to a well that was
»elng blasted through rock to watch to confirm the proceedings taken by system of organization and conduct has grown until it now amount» to
he powder man set off some charges. the district in the matter of the new of the conference and resulting con- a little more than »3.300, giving us
contract. W. J. Warner of Herml3-| elusions. The work of the commute t assets ot a little less than »5,000.
The powder men used too short a
•’This fund has been built up from
use, and one charge, the first, ex-, ton was attorney for the board. The on project economics, he thought,
ploded while he was still In the hole. decree was received by Mr. Warner was particularly Striking as sug­ nothing. When the co-operative was
gesting a fundamental method of ap­ launched we had nothing, not a
The bystnders, among them Mr, August 23.
proaching some of the difficulties of dime, and all of our backing, b th
Skinner, rushed to the hole to ren-
settlement
on Irrigation projects. It to build our warehouse and to buy
LIVESTOCK
CLUB
MEMBERS
ler any aid possible to their compan­
considers utilization of such re­ our stock ot feeds, was loaned to us
ion. As they peered down the see-
PRACTICE JUDGING WORK sources a8 land, labor and capital
by the First National Bank of Her­
ind charge exploded. The man In
from an economic standpoint.
the well was painfully but not fat­
miston.”
A very satisfactory practice sess­
Statistical data showing the most
The volume of business done by
ally Injured, and the men on top of ion by members of the calf, pig and
the ground were all more or less sheep clubs wag held last Thursday satisfactory results on the Umatilla the concern has shown a constant
project are to be had by utilizing the growth. Business is heaviest from
seriously Injured.
(morning at the Ed Jackson farm.
land for alfalfa hay, good pastures, October to May when co /s and
The club members had workouts In
rnd commercial vegetables, wi h chickens require more feed' ig ltl»n
Judging, and about 30 were present
Stage Changes Hands
dairy and poultry enterprises to util- during the growing period, Mr.
R. G. Dighton of Pendleton Is the for the workouts.
. ,|t z e feed crops, by-products and > i‘-
new owner of the Umatilla-Pendleton
L. J. Allen, state livestock club
provlde empIoyment , or Barnard said.
During the first 13 months jf the
jtage. He purchased the L'lstnesg leader, R. F
Wilbur, assistant I
'
that needed for
co-operative’s existence its v »' me
from Brio Schroeder Monday and county agent. Henry Ott leader ot lsbor above
Un Tree frultB and ,
amounted to »91,228.11, or at the
will maintain the same hvdule and the calf club and Mr Jackson, lead ,
rate of a little more than »7,000
service that was given by Mr. er of the sheep c ub were present]
„
it was per month. During the first seven
Schroeder.
for the session. Mr. Wilbur is alsoi .
.
pointed out.
months of 1926 the volume handled
leader of the dairy herd record keep­
Plans for the conference In ques was slightly in excess of »68,000, or
Jack W hite In Hospital
Jack White, local tailor, was tek- ing club.
tion were arranged by county agents an average of a little more than
en from his home to th» Hermiston
of Umatilla and Morrow counties, ra-
Mr. and Mrs. Will J. Hughes were presenting the college extension ser »9,746 per month.
hospital last night for medical
“It can be stated conservatively
Pendleton visitors Friday.
tieatment.
vice. Local termers and farm or­ that we can deliver on our platform
ganizations, commercial o r g v iz t- to our member« feeds at a saving in
tloW,. the college experiment sta- cost of fom five to eight dollars per
tion and the reclamation service par­ ton,” Mr. Barnard said. "In so” e
ticipated. It was one of a series o f,
"" ca" ~ '(7ec"t a gleater Baving
17 similar »vents held since the
than this."
state agricultural economics confer-
The present warehouse of the co­
m ce ai COrvaills, January, 1924, for
operative Is 64x50 feet. During this
the puipcse of developing agricultu­
month an addition has been built,
ral, progress based on a study >f
land a grinder and a mixing machine
fr.odarr.er.tkl sccscmlc facts.
have been installed. By adding this
The Htrmlslon Conference was
new equipment the co-operative will
unique In that It was the first
of . the
.
.. I be able to grind and mix .ts > »«
ceumy type to be organized on a dlr
savh)ga are exp.,cU<i to
18,000 acres situated In two counties.
greatJl- e , , a r*
A iur several weeks of preparation
and two dayg of deliberation In con-
Re0>nt,y one of , lie leadlrg c u l l -
frrsnee, committees of growers made
g(ate „ „
reports on poultry, farm crops, l
i
v
e
-
hMid w)me local
stock, beekeeping, dairying, truck J « poultrymen
vl
telling what fc--ds ’<*t
crops, pastures and project econom them, and he expressed tho Te.'‘ f
•lcA
that they mi.st have mlsrepr» ited
coats. He found out the plan ot the
OPENING DANCE OF ROUND-UP
co-operative.
"Poultrymen In this district who
SEASON WEDNESDAY, SEPT.
buy their feed from the co-opera»ive
Next Wedriesday evening. Septem- can put a pullet Into the laying house
her 1, Is the date for the big dance ln the fall for 25 cents less thr’i I
that will be given In Happy Canyon, cin on my farm in the valley, he
In Pendleton to .nark the opening of gBid.
the 1926 Pendleton Round-up sea­
Shook» Have Boy
son. Tickets In Pendleton will be
sold by girls dressed In the garb of
Mr and Mra. Fred Shook aro the
cowgirls. Dancers will be expected parentj) of a WVPn and three quar­
to have on the finery of Round-up jera pnuud boy born Monday nrorn-
gtsaon.
Ing at 11 o’clock at the Hermiston
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I hospital.
L H Hazen. Internal revenue
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agent with headquarter« at Walls
Jack Mulligan ot the Pendleton
Walla, ws» a Hermiston visitor thle Muelc House w»a here on bmlnest»
week.
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|Tu«»day.
The M agnet
September 18 at High
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