d Keeps Close to tue n e a rt ana m ina or tue u m atina rroject.
Wrmtaion Wratë ■
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LATVO HEMS TO V O M
FOB US OM FABIO OF
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No. 3
HEBIIISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, S E P T E M B E R 23, 1926
THREE FARMS PURCHASED
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HURRICANE WRECKS Boys9 and Girls* SIGNING OF COV/S
WHO WILL
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OUTSIDERS
Exhibits to
FLDRIDAEAST COAST Club
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BEING DUNE HERE COME HERE
Show at big Fair
RESIDE
TROPHY
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'Death Toll is Over 400 and
Property Damage Estimated
a t $125,000,000.
Jacksonville, Fla.—Estimates ot the
loaa o f life trois the hurricane which
•wept over a fifty-mile Stretch of the
¡Floridg east coast reaching from
'Pompano on the north to Miami on
ithe south amounded to over 400 in
revised figures from the storm-strick-
<en area.
Property valued at more than $50.-
'000.000 was destroyed and the injured
'were estimated at 4,000.
In the stricken belt were Miami,
Miami Beach, Homestead, Little River,
Lemon City, Hialeah, Miami Shores,
Coral Gables, Ojus, Hallandale, Holly­
wood, Davie Danla, Fort Lauderdale.
Proapecto, Floranado, Pompano and
Deerfield.
There was lesser damage north to
Palm Beach, including Lakewood and
Boynton, though it will roach into the
hundreds of thousands in these towns.
Business in these cities and towns
does not exist. Banks and stores are
closed. The great percentage of them,
If not completely destroyed, are mere
hulk. Thousands o' great plate glass
windows were smashed like eggshells
by the force of the hurricane. In many
the stocks of goods were tossed about
like bits of paper and lie in crumpled
heaps, wet and soggy masses from the
Tain that accompanied the wind.
National guardsmen and hospital
units were ordered into thé area by
Governor Martin. The entire resources
of the American Red Cross were plac­
ed at the disposal of the sufferers.
Military control was ordered in the
stricken city of Miami.
At Miami, where the dead were
estimated at 500, undertakers were
unable to take care of bodies.
Shipping along the coast was wiped
out.
Scores of tugs, freighters,
yachts, pleasure boats and dredges
were dashed against the docks at
Miami and sunk or lifted by the tidal
wave, which was driven -up Biscayne
bay from the ocean, andkdeposited 50
yards or more inland up Biscayne
boulevard, recently become one of the
most sightly avenues of the world.
STORM KILLS TWO IN IOWA
esxxxi ,000 Lose Occurs In' Rain-Swept
Central West.
Chicago.—Storm clouds which pelt­
ed the central west with flood and
disaster from Ohio to Nebraska, left
a gaping wound in northwestern Iowa.
A torrential blast of rain, hail, wind
and lightning ravished a wide area,
taking at least two lives, inundating
30,000 acres of crop laden farm lands,
uprooting lines ot traffic and com­
munication and visiting its havoc on
four counties north of Sioux City, near
the Iowa-Nebraska line.
Property damage was estimated
above $2,000,000 with Hawarden, Le­
nars, Hull, Akron, Shelon and Cher­
okee counting the loss. Rain of al­
most unprecedented severity sent the
Blcux river up 18 feet in 11 hours
and flooded the valley of the Floyd
river.
The severest damage to city prop­
erty was at Hawarden.
Ranks of G. A. R. Not Down Yet.
Des Moines, la.—“The men of the
Grand Army of the Republic have an­
other decade of victorious activity
ahead of them.” This was the reply of
Commander John B. Inman, Spring-
field, 111., to reports that the national
encampment of Civil War Veterans,
which opens here Monday, would be
the last. Inman denied there was any
likelihood of the annual meetings be­
ing discontinued because of thinning
C a rlo a d o f L iv e s to c k an d P o u ltr y
a n d O th e r P ro d u cts L e a v e
H e ro W ed n esd ay
A carload of livestock, poultry, and
other exhibits produced by boys’ and
girls’ clubs of Hermiston wad shipped
to Salem, leaving here Wednesday
evening. It will arrive in time so
that the stock can be in readiness
and other exhibits in place for the
opening of the fair Monday.
Some of the materials that will be
used in the state fair exhibits will be
takpn down by auto and some will be
sent by express in addition to the
solid carload shipment. Exhibits will
be made in sewing and canning work
asw ell as in livestock divisions. Veg.
etables grown here will also be shown.
The pig club livestock judging team
will make the trip to compete in the
judging contest. The members of
the team are Lowell Stockard, Oscar
Mikesell and Walter Ott. A canning
team from Freewater under the lead­
ership of Mrs. Jones will go to Salem
to represent the county in the can­
ning contest.
J. A. Yeager, county school super­
intendent, and R. F. Wilbur, assist-
and county agent, will attend the fair
and have charge of the county ex­
hibits made by the clubs.
WORK
TO
BE
EONS
UNTIL
Several ranch sales have been
completed during the past, few
days by J. M. Biggs, local real­
W o rk e rs
E n c o u ra g e d
fcy
R esu lts tor.
—
Sylvan Pierson of Lyle, Wn.
S ecu red D u r in g F irs t D ays
is the purchaser of the old , Sea­
O f E ffo rts
ton place of 20 acres which he
bought from F. B. Swayze. Mr.
Approximately 300 head of dairy and Mrs. Pierson will move here
cows were signed up for nembership I
this fall. He plans to be in the
in the cow testing isscciation on i
Friday and Saturday, th • frst two . poultry and dairying businesses.
days the spe?W -odmir ittees were at
Hugh Edwards of The Dalles
work, accoC*.*fig to R. F. Wilbur, as­ purchased an improved farfti of
sistant county agent. P oyress made I
27 acres from Joe Udey. The
during the two days '--as considered
excellent in view of the fact that ranch sold is not the Udey home
many farmers are busj wi h hay har­ place. Mr. Edwards expects to
vest and that on Friday nnd Saturday move here.
quite a number laid nsid? their us­
The F. J. Prann five acres
ual duties and went' to the Round-Up
west
of town has been fought by
in Pendleton.
One committe was not able to work W- T. Solvester of Blalock, Wn.,
at all during, the two lay:;, the com- who with his family expeetts to
m ittein the Boardman a ei, and only move here this fall,'
WON BY N. COWAN
FRENCH AND GERMAN
ENVOYS IN ACCORD
NEW YORK-PARIS
PLANEJS BURNED
Westbury, N. Y. — Two men lost 1
their lives when the trans-Atlantic air-j
Frenchman Wins U. 8. Tennis Title. plane of Captain Rene Fonck crashed
Forest Hills, N. Y.—Rene Lacoste, In flames in an attempt to take off on
22-year-old French star, won the tennis I a 3600 mile non-stop flight to Paris.
championship of the United States by
They were Charles Clavier, French '
defeating his countryman, Jean Bor­ j radio operator, and Jacobs Islamoff,
otra, in straight sets in the first all- Russian mechanic. They were trap­
foreign final in American history. The ped in the c.osed cabin of the huge
•cores were 8-4, 8-0, 6-4.
three motored biplane.
Captain Fonck, the French ace. In i
M cN ary To Again Push Farm Bill.
command of the flight, and Lieuten- j
Chicago. — United States Senatoi ant Lawrence W. Curtin, U. 8. N„!
Charles L. McNary of Oregon an- American alternate pilot, leaped to i
■oonced here that he will reintroduce safety before the plane burst into
the McNary-Haugen farm relief meas­ flames.
The crash was caused by the buck-!
ure in the nest session of congress.
ling of a wheel on an extra landing)
Idaho Nominee fo r Governor Quits. gear that was to have been dropped -
Boise, Idaho.— J. B. E id rM e, p ro into the ocean as soon as the plane
gressive nominee for governor ol got under way.
Idaho, Thursday filed a declination ol
Courts Against 8unday Sports.
office with the secretary of state.
Boston. — The full bench of the
Massachusetts supreme court ruled
Coelldge Returns to Washington.
Washington. D. C.—President and against Sunday baseball. The adverse
Mrs. Coolidge returned to the capital action of the state's highest court also
Sunday after a vacation of 10 weekt affects Sunday football or any other
outdoor sports in connection with
In the Adirondacka.
which admission is charged. Action
by the court came in the form of a
President Asks Aid for Florida.
Washington. D. C.—President Coot peremptory writ of mandamus, com­
tdge appealed to the American peopl» manding Secretary of State Frederick
to come to the assistance of safferart W. Cook to omit from the ballot at
the November election a proposed law
la the Florida disaster.
under which certain sports would be
Rone work in the way of fill­ permitted on the sabbath and admis­
sion charges allowed.
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F o o tb a ll G am e
BEST COWBOY
R o u n d *U p
H a»
B ig
j
A sso cia tio n
Norman Cowan of Glen Ellen, Cal­
ifornia, won • the coveted Roosevelt
trophy for the best all round cow­
boy as determined at the Cheyenne
Frontier Days and the Pendleton
Round-Up. He won first in the bull-
dogging contest at Pendleton and ac­
quired enough points in additional
events to cinch his title for the year.
Hugh Strickland won the steer rop­
ing contest at the Pendletan show-,
and Shark Irwin won the world’s
bucking contest. Clarence Porter won
the northwest bucking contest.
A crowd of 30,000 saw the Satur
day show. Grandstand and bleachers
were a solid mass of spectators who
cheered the events of the big show
enthusiastically.
One of the most significant de­
velopments of the day from the point
of view of lovers of the show was the
announcement by a national official
of the humane association that every
precaution to safeguard animats and
take care of them had been provided
by the Round-Up. A special award
by the nutional body was made to
the Round-Up association to comme­
morate the findings made. A state­
ment to the same effect was also
made by Mrs. Swar.ton, in charge of
the Oregon association. In the buck­
ing contest some of the best riders
in the world had to grab leather or
hit the dust in defeat. The steers
proved worthy adversaries of cow­
boys in the roping and bulldogging
events.
Races were fast during the after­
noon with competition between the
various big strings very keen.
the Week Collected for
Locale and
Our Readers.
of
F o a tn ro
S a tu rd a y
A tte n d a n c e ;
H u m a n e O ffic ia l» P ra i»e
B e tw e e n
P e n d le to n
a little soliciting of membi-rships was
made in the Stanfield arn Echo dis­
tricts. There are several big herds
in both sections, and a big sign up.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDRA C 8
is expected as the com nittes get
around to see dairy fai me s.
Walther Warner and Earl Steward
In addition to the six s >ecial com­
are
leaving this week-end for Mon­
mittees appointed here m >re than a
week ago when Prof. P. M. Brandt mouth where they will enter the f o r ­
was present, Mr. Wilbir, II. K. Dean, mal school. A farewell party was
superintendent of the expferiment sta­ given in their honor by the Y. P. S.
tion, and R. W. Morse county agent
at the church on Tuesday evening.
of Morrow county, ha -e 1 een aiding i
These two boys take with them our
in the work.
Interest among farm ers in the pro­ best wishes.
Quite a number of our folks1 at­
Friendly Meeting Held and So­ posed organization hits been keen.
Prof. Brandt chacterized testing tended the Round-up Saturday and
lution of Thorny Problems
work and the other activit es that are all report a heap skookum good time.
a part of the so called testing work
Is Foreseen.
A new feature in high school work
as the means of putting dairying out
of the “guessing”, has s and on to a is a course in typing for juniors and
Geneva. — France and Germany.1 business basis where facts of pro- 1 seniors.
through their foreign ministers, have duction, feed costs and milk quality
Dr. Condon of Heppner conducted
reached a preliminary agreement for-, and quantity are definitely known. - the morning service at church on
an accord between the two countries. “The idea may be held that dairy
Sunday. Two of his sons accom­ SOCIALIST ORGANIZER
on all problems in which they may be men will want to belong to a testing j
mutually interested.
SPEAKS TO CROWD HERE
association for one year until the ca- ’ panied the song service with cornet
The accord, which must be placed pacity of their herds are known and and violin along with the piano.
before the respective governments tot that they then will be -eac y to quit,” | Miss Mabal Warner had as her
Doris L. Morris of Montana,
acceptance, is considered in League ot Prof. Brandt said. “As a matter of honsc guest over the week end her
,
national
organizer for the social­
Nations circles as meaning much for fact, records in districts where test­
cousin Miss Hate of The Dalles.
ist party of America, delivered
the political and especially the eco­ ing has been done for a number of .
nomic development of Europe.
years show that many men keep up ! Vem Jones and family returned a lecture to a very good audienci
It was reached by Foreign Minister their testing work for year after Sunday from a week’s hunting trip at the Hermiston auditorium Mon­
Briand of France and Foreign Mlnietei' year. Herds are conitartly chang­ to the hihs south of Tkppner. iie m
Stresemann of Germany during a pri-, ing as to the individual cc-ws milked, got a fire buck with which he re­ day evening. Thé talk was well
received and several new mem­
vate luncheon.
and at a cost of $2.25 par cow per membered his friends here.
bers were added to the flourish­
Although nothing officially is known year, experienced dairy farmers who
Chas. Wicklander and wife were
of the questions discussed, the beliel know the benefits of testing consider
ing local a t Umatilla.
prevails that gradual reduction of the the cost well worth the money spent Irrigon visitors from Boardman last
Miss Morris discussed econom­
French forces of occupation in Ger­ in view of the results secured.”
Wednesday evening.
ic
conditions
throughout the dif­
many and a possible pooling of eco­
Elra Lamoreaux, who is employed ferent states where she has been
nomic and financial interests, based
at Arlington, spent ths week end
carrying on her work this sum­
on the theory that what Europe most SHIP SALE DETAILS GIVEN
with his family here.
needs is economic prosperity, were
mer, stating that the producers of
Mrs. R. L. Wisdom entertained the the country are ready for a change
among them. European debts to the Consolidated Servic. to Europe Sought
By
Shipping
Beard
United States are said to have been
Community club at her home on and that the solution offered by
Washington, D. C. — Specifications
among the matters discussed.
Wednesday afternoon of this week.
the socialists is being very well
France’s political influence In con­ approved under which the shipping
Bessie Lamoreaux has returned received in every locality.
tinental Europe, coupled with the per­ board will advertise fcr sale the Uni­
sonal popularity of Foreign Minister ted States lines and the American from a short visit with relatives at
Miss Morris ha3 covered Mont­
Benes of Czechoslovakia, resulted in merchant lines include either the out­ Baker.
ana,
Idaho, Utah and is now on
the election of four countries who are right sale of all or a part of the ships
her
way
to Portland, thence to
with
a
view
to
creating
a
consolidat­
practically France’s allies to non-per­
Cowan is King of Cowboys,
Wàshington.
manent seats In the council of the ed passenger and freight service to
Pendleton.—Norman Cowan of Glen
league of nations. These states are Europe.
Ellen,
Cal., was adjudged the world’s
The
board
will
accept
for
considera­
Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia and 1
Vor. El nt Gets Am ateur Golfing T itle.
tion any independent plan for private best all-round cowboy and presented
Belgium.
Short Hills, N. J.—George Von Eim
with
the
Roosevelt
trophy
on
the
con­
The other states chosen were Co acquisition of the ships, provided It
of Los Angeles wrested the amateur
cluding
day
of
the
17th
annual
Round-
contains
assurances
of
maintained
lombia, Chile, Salvador, Holland and
golf title from Bobby Jones of Atlanta
China. The Irish free state lost it s ! service and of Improvement in the Up here.
,n the championship final al Ualtusrol,
battle -to represent the British domin­ trans-Atlantic service.
two up and one to play. The triumph
I.
eut.
K
elly
Weds
on
Pendieton
T
rip.
The
specifications
have
not
been
ions in the council, receiving only ten
x «adlelon, Or.—Lieutenant Oakley came as a stunning surprise to a
votes. Colombia, the highest winner, made public. Under tile hoard's gen­
eral policy the ships would not be O. Kelly and Miss Marie Venesg New­ record gallery of 10 000 who 3aw the
received 48 out of the total of 48.
sold to any line other than one Amer­ man of Portland were married hero 24 year old Atlantan pitched from hi»
ican owned and flying the American Monday by Justice of the Peace Nor­ throne on the seventeenth green after
making a sensational uphill fight.
borne Berkeley.
flag.
IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
Plans go Forward ¡OREGON NEWS ITEMS
for Dairy & Hog OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Show Oct. 8-9
Brief of Resume of Happening*
CALIFORNIA MAN WINNER AS
QUOTA REACHED
sanks.
ing chuck holes in the Diagonal
road » being done thia week.
HA V I TOU AFFOVTXD
YOURSELF A MEMBER
0 F THE PROJECT LARD
SETTLEMENT COMMUTEE ?
Show
Old-time Hood River residents aay
the crop of acorns was never heavier
than this year.
Harvest of the Tokay grape crop
in Josephine county has started. It
Is estimated 20 care will be shipped.
William P. Ellie, attorney for the
public service commission for more
than 12 years, has resigned, effective
October 1.
When Mrs. W. J. Perry of Bend
opened the end of an unusually large
egg. she found inside an egg of aver­
age size.
A prune drier owned by Hugh Guth­
rie and located 3’,t miles south of
Sheridan was destroyed by fire with •
loss of about $12,000.
With the biggest agricultural and
livestock exhibit in its history, the
fifth annual Klamath county fair open­
ed at Klamath Falls.
William R. Estes, prominent hard­
ware merchant of Oregon City, was
killed at his place of business by the
explosion ot an air tank.
The state irrigation securities com­
mission certified to $140,000 of bonds
issued by tho Medford irrigation dis­
trict for development purposes.
A contract for the construction of
a new Baptist church building at Cot­
tage Grove has been let to H. E. Wild­
RFVOLVER GOES OFF
er, Eugene, at a price of $17,827.
AND HURTS VISITOR
The Cecilian club and the Royal
Troubadours, high school social organ­
Glenn Van Dyke of Seattle is a izations were ordered disbanded by
patient in the Hermiston hospital as directors of the Salem school district.
The aggregate cost of operating the
a result of a revolver shot wound he
suffered Wednesday. With several Salem public schools during the com­
other persons he was on a motor trip. ing school year has been fixed at
$344,877, according to a tentative bud­
They stopped to visit acquaintances get.
west of the river and were pi epar
A bolt of lightning shattered the
ing to leave for Toppenish when the telephone In Anton Mallar's lunch
accident occurred.
room in Sandy and stunned Jack
A revolver which had been left on Barnett of Sandy who was sitting at
on the seat was knocked out of place a nearby table.
Four forest fires were reported from
anb fell out of the car. It struck the
the vicinity of Three Creeks butte,
lender and was discharged, and the northwest of Bend, leadint forest of­
bullet struck the inside of Mr. Van ficials to believe that these fires were
Dyke’s left leg. It took an upward of incendiary origin.
Mrs. Myrtle Williams, 21, of The
course and was found just under the
skin on the outside of the leg. Mr. Dalles, who was injured when an auto
Van Dyke is reported t6 be getting griven by Gofald Wilcox of Antelope
Struck the horse she was riding near
along very well.
Criterion, died at Maupin.
Albany will hold a special election
SENATOR PATTERSON VISITS
November 2 to voto on the question
of repealing the tax limitation clause
I. E. Patterson, long a state sena­ In its city charter restricting Its gen­
eral fund budget to 8 mills.
tor, candidate for governor on the
Transfer of the budget-making pow­
republican ticket, was a visitor in
er of fhe state to the governor, and
Hermiston Tuesday. He was west­ making him fully responsible, is pro-
ward bound efter a trip into the posed by I. .L. Patterson, republican
eastern part of the stale which in­ nominee for the governorship.
Pat McGinnis, who was found dead
cluded a stop at Pendleton during
in
a cabin in an Isolated district 16
the Round-up.
miles from Baker, was murdered, ac­
cording to a coroner’s jury verdict,
No clew to the slayer has been found.
DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT |
The dance under the auspices For their heroic work in battling •
of the Hermiston golf club will be forest fire on the shores of Pamella
In the Santiam national forest
given Friday night in the audit­ lake,
in August, Ione and Irta Hewitt of
orium. Payant’s orchestra has Sherwood, have been thanked by for­
been secured to furnish the mus­ est officials.
ic. Committees are out selling
A $30,000 hotel, six stories high,
tickets, and a big crowd is ex­ 100x112 feet, containing 125 rooms,
will be constructed in Baker within
pected.
the next year, J t was announced by
representatives of a group of east­
FAMILY LOSES GOODS
ern capitalists.
The state game commission has ere-
The house onT. H. Gaither’s ranch ated a 2500-acre game preserve at Al-
east of town burned Tuesday even-Jord station, north of Harrisburg, on
- started
. . i r from a spark
i the Pacific
,ng. The fire
™ be highway. Chinese
on the pheaa-
new
With only slightly more than two
weeks intervening between now and
the dates of the annual Hermiston
Dairy and Hog Show, October 8th
and 9th, plans are being made to
insure the greatest show ever given.
Interest in the livestock classes
has never been any keener than it
is this year, and prospects are that
fuller entry lists will face' the judges,
particularly in the dairy stock class­
es, this year than ever before. The
Jerseys will be out in force, as usual,
and in addition Holstein breeders
are preparing to have a liberal num­
ber of the big black and whites ,n the
show ring.
Poultry exhibits are also expected
to establish a new record. The indu­
stry is expanding on the project very
rapidly, and the increased interest is
expected) to be manifst in the poultry
division nt the show.
Suitable entertainment will be pro­
vided. A feature of the Saturday
show from the amusement point of
view will be the football game be­
tween Pendleton and Hermiston high
school teams. Coach Higbee’s boys
are pounding away on practice every
day to get into condition for the fray.
on the rto , and the house was refuge th)g fall
quickly consumed. The family re-
M|gg E|ta Nolan. 43, of Ione, eom-
siding in the house lost all their m|tted suicide at the eastern Oregon
clothing except what they wore, j state hospital at Pendleton. Remov-
There are six cnildren in the family. I l»8 'h” drawstring from her skirt and
,
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.
<
rite house was not insured.
j tying It to a heating pipe in her room,
herge]f
The Rainier Fish company shipped
TWO HAVE OPERATIONS
two carloads of the fall catch of sal­
Mrs. Frank Helms of near mon to New York Sunday and another
Pine City Submitted to an Opera- carload was shipped to Boston Wed-
tion Sunday nftornoon a t St. An-
thony hospital in Pendleton
Minlng (x,:i,ein„nt lg runntng hlfh
Monday afternoon Krnil 19. Bo*
w allova county following th© di»-
lin of Stanfield to an operation , covery Of a vein containing gold, sit
for appendicitis. Both operations ver and copper on Lick creek, near
were performed by Dr. J ; L Enterprise, which rough assays indl-
cate will run $100 to the ton.
Scars.
The University of Oregon has re­
ceived permission to establish an ex
PELKYS HAVE GIRL
tension course in the Salem high
Mr. anq Mrs. Harry Pelky are school building during the coming
the parents of a 7 1-2 pound girl year. The course will feature liter­
born Monday afternoon at the ature, health, education and similar
Hermiston hospital.
subjects.
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Mt. Angel Collegs Destroyed by Fire.
Mt. Angel, Or.—Mount Angel col-
lege. Catholic Institution at 8t. Bene-
diet's, near Mount Angel, was wiped
j out, except for the postotfice and a
t email printing press building, by fire
early Tuesday. The big stone semin-
iary building it a shell of blackened
j stone and the gymnasium, the bakery,
the sisters' house, the chapel and the
»garage were destroyed.
The largest timber deal made at
Marshfield In years was completed be-
tween the Western White Cedar com-
pany and the Stout Lumber company,
Involving delivery of 40.000.000 feet of
»bite cedar togs to the Western White
Cedar company within the nest two
jeers,
j w -C a m pbej| of Portland
’' , ' .
j,-,.«, »ha
was a bu«.ne38 Visitor here the
first of the week.