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THAN OS A S IRRIGATED
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NO. 27
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927
IRRIGATING TO GE
STARTED APRIL 1
RESERVOIR
0-
HERMISTON, ONE OP
THE BEST POULTRY
DISTRICTS ANYWHERE
IN THE NORTHWEST
WILL
BE
MAJ. GEN. J. C. CASTNER
MARTIN SAYS
Maintenance Crew Now Busy; Three
I
1
Ditch Riders to Handle Work
:tes-
During This Season.
- P rospects fo r a p le n tifu l supply
of w ater fo r use d u rin g th e Ir r ig a t­
in g season w ere never b e tte r on the
p ro ject th a n they are now , acco rd in g
to E nos D. M artin, p ro ject su p e rin ­
te n d e n t. T he Cold S p rin g s reserv o ir
h a s In excess of 30,000 acre feet of
w a te r Im pounded now w ith th e feed
c a n a l c a rry in g a fu ll head, an d th e
w a tersh ed has an ab u n d an ce of snow.
sai>
No d e fin ite date fo r th e tu r n in g
o f w a te r in to th e can al system has
V
I
been set, b u t i t is likely th a t ir r ig a t­
in g w ill s t a r t a b o u t A p ril 1, Mr.
MaJ. Gen. J. C. Castner, commanding
M a rtin said. If cool ra in y w e a th e r o fficer of the Am erican forces In
such as h as p rev ailed fo r th e p ast China, w ith headquarters in Tientsin.
several w eeks co n tin u es th e a p p lica­
tio n of w a te r m ay be delayed u n til
a fte r th e firs t of th e m onth.
T he nu m b er of d itch rid e rs h as
b 'e n reduced fo r th e y ear, an d th ree
m en w ill serve th e p ro ject d u rin g
tile eason. L a st y ear th e re w ere
f i r, and In 1925 th e p ro ject had
Chicago.—An echo of th e G rain M ar­
six d itch riders. All of th e rid ers
th is y ear w ill m ake th e ir ro u n d s in k etin g corporation, planned as a $20,-
cars. L ast y ear on tw o o f th e ru n s 000,000 farm er-ow ned co-operative firm,
w hich finally dissolved, w as heard
th e rid e rs used horses.
C harles Spencer is th e o n ly ho ld ­ when an a rb itra to r aw arded th e Rosen­
over am ong th e d itch rid ers. He baum in te re sts $2 700,000 and added
serv es th e u sers on th e R an d M expenses, to talin g In all about $3,000,-
000, ag ain st th e A rm our G rain com­
system s.
pany.
C harles K eller w ill succeed C. F.
The G rain M arketing corporation
M ortim er on th e B and L system s.
L ogan Todd and L. E, S u lliv an was form ed by th e m erg er of the
la s t y ear had th e low er end of th e A R osenbaum firm s, A rm our G rain com ­
line, th e u p p er M axw ell an d th e D pany and o th er in terests. It w as head­
system . T h is y e a r B e rt H an elin e ed as p resid en t by Grey Silver, who
before th a t had been leg islative rep re­
w ill have th is d istric t.
The tw o Jobs of h ead g ate ten d er sen tativ e a t W ashington for th e A m er­
and feed can al rid e r h av e’ been com­ ican farm bureau federation. W hen
bined Into one job, and W. A. Mike- the corporation failed to c a rry out its
sell is ta k in g care of th is w ork. plan of disposing of its stock to farm ­
H e has been on th e h ead g ates for ers and found itself losing money, It
was dissolved.
m any years.
Five in q u iiies loomed following the
The a c t of com bining jo b s w here
possible h as been done in th e In te r­ a rb itra to r's aw ard.
The Illinois leg islatu re w as reported
est of economy, th e p ro je c t s u p e rin ­
te n d e n t said, an d the sav in g s e f­ considering an investigation as also
fected for th e d is tric t, as com pared w ere th e Chicago board of trad e.
to th e p lan used w hen six d itch rid ­ S ta te ’s A ttorney R obert E. Crowe, con­
ers w ere em ployed is ab o u t $350 per g ress and S ecretary of A griculture
Jard in e.
m onth.
T he m a in ten an ce crew of th ree
m en is now busy w o rk in g oh d itch es
RUM SHIP SEIZED
an d canals, p re p a rin g them td re ­
ceive th e head of w a te r w hich w ill O fficer« and Crew of the Vessel W ere
soon be flow ing. By th e m iddle of
Indicted.
•
th e m onth a n o th e r m an w ill be added
§an F ran cisco — Ind ictm en ts w ere
to th e crew .
retu rn ed by a federal g ran d Jury
$3,000,000 AWARDED
GRAIN CORPORATION
T he H arm o n y C lub gave a dance
on F rid a y ev ening w hich w as very
larg ely a tte n d e d As u su al everyone
had a d e lig h tfu l tim e.
Miss Snow McCoy le ft S atu rd ay
for a m o n th ’s v is it In P o rtla n d and
n earb y points.
Mr. and Mrs. H ow ard of Hood
R iver sp e n t la s t week v is itin g w ith
th e Balcom bs.
T he G range b en efit dan ce on S a t­
u rd ay n ig h t w as q u ite a success
socially an d fin an cially .
A card p a rty w as given a t th e
hom e of Lyie Seam an W ednesday
evening for th e yo u n g er set.
Mr. F erg u stro m and fam ily , fo r­
m er resid en ts, v isited w ith Mr. Doble
over th e w eek-end.
F ritz l Seam an re tu rn e d S unday
from Coamopofls w here sh e had spent
a week w ith her sister.
E d y th e K ennlson w as a recen t
v isito r w ith re la tiv e s a t W alla W alla.
The ra lly an d b asket d in n e r sch ed ­
uled for last S unday w as n o t held on
account of bad w eath er.
S upt. K rau s and F a y e tte W isdom
w ere business v isito rs a t H erm isto n
a tu rd a y .
T he G ran g e is g iv in g a social
d ancing p a rty on S a tu rd a y n ig h t thi;
week.
Operetta Date Changed
T he d ate of th e o p e re tta th a t w ill
be given by th e glee clu b s -of th e
H erm iston h ig h school h a s been
changed to th e n ig h t of T h u rsd ay ,
M arch 31.
T0
BURK BUYS HORNING 108
ACRES IN CITY LIMITS
MAKE APPLICATIONS
FILLED
IRRIGON BREEZE
—
11135113
ag ain st 61 persons charging conspiracy
to sm uggle liquor on th e F ederalshlp,
seized T uesday 300 m iles off th is port.
The officers and crew of th e vessel
all w ere indicted, as w ere m ost of the
known officers, directors, local ag en ts
and suspected aides of th e Consoli­
dated E x p o rters, Ltd., of V ancouver,
B. C„ fo r y ears engaged in exporting
liquor th a t even tu ally has found its
way into th e hands of P acific coast
bootleggers.
T hrough the w holesale action, Uncle
Sam aim ed w hat governm ent officials
hope will be a knockout blow to C an­
adian liquor ex p o rters and th e ir em
ployes in th is country.
Bond for each of th e 61 persons was
set a t $20,000.
BASEBALL WILL GE
DISCUSSED SUNDAY
VISCOUNT CRAIG
T h e R. O. H o rn in g place of 108
acres w ith in the city lim its o f H er­
m iston w as sold W ednesday of th is
w eek by T. A. Doss of L a G rabde to
BLANKS FOR CLASS SIX LAND
PRESIDENT HULL CALLS BOYS
C h arles G. B u rk of H erm isto n ,
Mr. B urk th e n leased th e place to
OWNERS AT OFFICE
FOR MEETING
Mr. Doss fo r a co n sid eratio n of $1500
Applications Must Be Passed On as cash re n t. Mr. Doss w ill move on Heppner Invited to Have Part In
to th e place w ith in a s h o r t tim e to
By Board Befere District
Session on New League
resid e and s t a r t h is fa rm in g bpera-
tio
n
s
for
th
e
y
ear.
Furnishes Water.
For This Summer.
A p p licatio n b la n k s fo r o w n ers of
class six lan d s w ho desire to re n t
w a te r from th e H erm isto n Irrig a tio n
d is tric t a re now on h a n d in th e of­
fice of th e d is tric t, an d th o se w ho
w ish to lease w a te r from th e d is­
tr ic t fo r fh e season of 1927 sh o u ld
fill o u t th e ir b la n k s for subm ission
to th e b o ard w ith o u t delay, acco rd ­
in g to C h arles T a y l6 rt fiscal a g e n t
for th e d is tric t.
No o n e ex cep t a lan d o w n er m ay
m ake an ap p lic a tio n , h e said, an d
each ap p licatio n m ust be acted on by
th e board. P ro sp ects a re th a t th e re
w ill be som e s u rp lu s w a te r a v a il­
able, b u t d is tric t lan d s w ill be p ro­
te cted in th e ir w a te r r ig h t before
any
u sers
o u tsid e
th e
d is tric t
p ro p er a re g iv en w ater.
T h e a p p lic a tio n s w ill be co n sid er­
ed In th e o rd er m ade. Tv/o o r th re e
o w n ers of class six la n d s h av e a l­
re ad y secu red th e ir b lan k s, and
o th e rs h av e sig n ifie d th e ir In te n ­
tio n of do in g so.
“ Some people have th e m istak en
id ea t h a t th ey sh o u ld pay th e ir
o p eratio n an d m a in te n a n c e ch arg es
h e re In th e d is tric t office,’’ M r. T a y ­
lo r said. “T h a t Is n o t tru e . P ay
m en ts a re to be m ade a t th e s h e riff's
office as a p a r t o f ta x paym ents.
T he
o p eratio n
and
m a in te n a n c e
ch arg es m u st be p aid in fu ll before
w a te r Is tu rn e d on. F a ilu re to pay
w ill re s u lt In no w a te r b e in g d e ­
livered t o th o se w ho a re d elin q u en t.
T he ta x ro ll is now In possession of
th e sh eriff, an d ta x e s m ay be p a id .”
F o r those la n d o w n ers w ho lease
w a te r th e d is tric t o ffice Is th e place
of p ay m en t, M r. T ay lo r ex p lain ed .
T hose w ho lease w a te r w ill be re q u ir­
ed to pay th e ir re n ta l in advance.
FRANK LITTLE TO MAKE
ADDITION TO STATION
Im p ro v em en ts o n h is serv ice s ta ­
tio n b u ild in g on E i s t M ain s tr e e t p ro ­
v id in g g r e a te r accom odations fo r th e
tr a v e lin g p u b lle a n * m a k in g it poss­
ib le to serve m ore cars w ere s ta rte d
to d ay by F ra n k L ittle .
T h e p re se n t b u ild in g w ill be moved
back fa r enough to p rovide room for
an ad d itio n a l d riv ew ay fo r cars. At
th e r e a r of th e b u ild in g an e x te n ­
sion of six feet w ill be added fo r rest
rooms.
T h e c u rb in g on sid ew alk s on both
s tre e ts w ill be c u t back a d istan ce of
18 feet to give room for th e th ird
driv ew ay . W o rs ts r & L o ck rid g e w ill
d0 th e c a rp e n try w o rk on th e con­
tra c t, Tom F ra s e r th e p lu m b in g , and
T ony Soneson th e co n crete w o rk . Mr.
L ittle h a s been h e re slig h tly more
th a n a year.
INTERNATIONAL
BIBLE
STUDENT MAN TO SPEAK
G. R. Pollock, tra v e lin g le c tu re i
of th e In te rn a tio n a l B ible S tu d en te
asso ciatio n o f B rooklyn, New Y ork
w ill speak S u n d ay ev en in g a t th e
Odd F ellow s h a ll
T hird S et of T eeth Cut.
Mr. P ollock is In a p o sitio n n to be
Chicago.—Q eorge Miller, 87, h asn ’t a w ell a cq u ain ted w ith th e w o rld ’s con
false tooth in his head, and he cele­ d ltiong an d its needs, an d u sin g as
b rated a birth d ay by eating a nice big he does th e B ible as th e b asis of h is
steak dinner.
Mr. M iller recen tly arg u m e n t, gives a so lu tio n th a t is not
boasted cu ttin g his th ird se t of teeth, only u n iq u e b u t tim ely an d well
now alm ost m atured.
w o rth h e a rin g .
SPRING MUSE AIDS PUPILS
IN GRADES WITH LYRICS
Parodies
on
“How
Do Yon D oF ’
Gives Youthful Humor Its
Chance In Contest.
T h a t ta le n t fo r th e com position
of lyrics is a comm on possession of
m em bers o f th e sev en th a n d eig h th
g ra d e s of th e H erm isto n school w as
disclosed in a c o n te st w h ich Miss
S eyler, In s tru c to r in m usic, conducted
recen tly .
Six prizes w ere offered by th e in ­
s tru c to r fo r th e best parodies on th e
song, "H ow Do Y ou D o?” Of th e
six w in n ers fo u r w ere in th e e ig h th
g ra d e an d tw o In th e sev en th . The
e ig h th g rad e w in n e rs w ere M arlon
C asady, E m ogene P a u l, R u th C herry,
an d D onald DeMoss. T h e sev en th
g rad e w in n ers w ere H elen W o u g h ter
and C arl H am m an,
H um or, p a trio tism a n d relig io u s
se n tim e n ts w ere disp lay ed by
the
y o ung w rite rs w ith
h u m o r found
m ost
o fte n .
One exam ple
of
h u m o r Is fo u n d from D onald De-
M oss's o ffe rin g :
W h a t do you th in k , e v e ry b o d y ,.w h a t
do you th in k ?
W h a t do you th in k , everybody, w h a t
do you th in k ?
W h en y o u r g rad es a re m ig h ty bad
A nd you’re feelin g m ig h ty sad,
A nd you ta k e th em to y o u r dad,
W h a t do you th in k ?
T he follow ing is one s ta n z a of the
fo u r su b m itte d by E m ogene P a u l:
S p rin g is here, everybody, sp rin g Is
h e re ;
S p rin g is h ere, everybody, sp rin g is
here.
Bees an d b u tte rflie s in a ir, life and
b e a u ty ev ery w h ere
A ll th a t show s a F a th e r ’s care—
S p rin g is here.
A la u g h an d a c h allen g e w ere both
dispensed by R u th C h erry of th e
e ig h th g rad e:
W h a t do you th in k , sev en th g rad ers,
w h a t do you th in k ?
W h a t do you th in k , sev en th g rad ers,
w h a t do you th in k ?
Do you th in k th a t you can w in in
th is co n test we a re in ?
T he idea m akes me grin.
W h a t do you th in k ?
Co-operation In Practice
P e ta lu m a , th e egg c ity of C alifo r­
n ia, h a s a sp len d id w o rk in g system of
g en eral co-operatloh, u n d er w hich an
in d u s try h a s grow n to th e enorm ous
p ro p o rtio n s of 9,000,000 lay in g hens.
T a p o u ltry m en In th is com m unity
w ork In th e closest co-operation, r a t ­
h er th a n in th e k een est com petition
If one h as tro u b le «frith his flock, or
if disease b reak s outi all his n e ig h ­
bors w ill come to h is aid, yet a t th e
tam e tim e th e y In sist th a t a p o u l­
try m an sh a ll g et o n to th e job to p re ­
v en t such tro u b les. If he does not,
th en th e y In sist th a t he get out. All
th e p ro d u cers buy th e ir feeds collect­
iv ely fo r deliv ery to th e ir doors, an d
th e y all sell th ro u g h a c e n tra l o rg a n ­
iz a tio n . As a re s u lt of th is close co­
o p eratio n P e ta lu m a h as a n ation-w ide
re p u ta tio n . S ta te M arket A gent.
Three Links To Dance
T h e T h ree L in k s club has p lan n ed
a dance for n ex t T h u rsd ay n ig h t, St.
P a tr ic k ’s day, M arch 17. The dance
is an a n n u a l a ff a ir on th e p a r t of
th e club, and ex ten siv e p lan s hav e
been m ade to Insure a successful
ev ening.
S teele’s
o rc h e stra
w ill
come from P en d leto n to fu rn ish th e
dance m usic, and some o th e r sp ecial
fe a tu re s a re b ein g a rra n g e d . B oth
old tim e sq u are d ances an d new
d ances -will be enjoyed d u rin g th e
evening.
“W e have q u ite an acreag e of early
p o tato es p la n te d in o u r d is tric t,"
said C. E. G lasgow of Irrig o n while
in H erm isto n W ed n esd ay a ftern o o n .
H e cam e u p to a tte n d th e m eetin g
of bee keepers. “ No one fig u res
th a t p la n tin g p o ta to e s th is early
m ake« fo r e a rlie r g ro w th , because
th e w e a th e r w ill h av e to w arm u p
som e to s tim u la te g ro w th , b u t th e re
Is an a d v a n ta g e In g e ttin g th e w ork
don« before o th e r cro p s dem and a t ­
Mrs. M. E. Rowe, m o th er of Mrs. te n tio n .”
Corll» C allah an su b m itted to an op­
J. D. W ag h o rn , is a p a tie n t in th e
Mrs. D avid S. R ow e is v is itin g in e ra tio n fo r th e rem oval of h is to n sils
H erm isto n h o sp ital for m edical tr e a t­
F o rtla n d .
a t St. A n th o n y h o sp ital last F rid ay .
m en t. Mrs. Rowe is 93 y e a rs old.
Taxes Are Payable
T he tax es fo r 1926, p ay ab le in 19-
27, m ay now be paid. T h e ro ll h as
been tu rn e d o v er to th e s h e r iff by
th e assessor. In a d d itio n to s ta te an d
?ounty taxes, lan d o w n ers on th e p ro ­
ject a re req u ired to ,p a y all of th e ir
o p eratio n an d m a in te n a n c e ch arg es.
C o n stru ctio n c h arg es m ay be d iv id ­
ed, one h a lf p ay ab le In th e sp rin g , th e
o th e r in th e fall.
W ill H erm iston hav e baseball th is
sum m er in an o rg an ized lsag u e?
Some lig h t may be offered on th is
question in th e sp ecial m eetin g of
baseball re p re se n ta tiv e s of n e ig h b o r­
ing tow ns th a t h as been called by
H a rry H u ll of U m atilla, to be held
in the ra ilro a d tow n nex t S unday
afternoon.
I t is e x p e c te d ' th a t Echo, H erm is­
ton, U m atilla, B oardm an, A rlin g to n ,
Ione and H ep p n er w ill p a rtic ip a te in
the d e lib e ra tio n s a t th e S unday m eet­
ing, th o u g h th e re is some co n jec t­
ure a b o u t th a t. R um or has It th a t
Echo, U m atilla an d B oardm an are
not in te re ste d in league ball fo r th is
sum m er and w ill n o t tr y to have
team s in th e field. T he sam e th in g
is rep o rted to be tr u e of S tanfield.
H erm iston fan s do not a p p e a r to
be b u rn in g up w ith en th u siasm Just
yet, b u t som e of th e lovers of th e
gam e th in k th a t a few w arm days
w ill m ake a difference. If Echo and
U m atilla w hich p a rtic ip a te d In the
a c tiv itie s of th e T ri-C ounty league
last season fall to g et in th is y ear
som e new tow n w ill have to be in ­
terested In o rd er to round o u t a four
club league, and H eppner h as been
in v ited to have a re p re se n ta tio n at
th e S unday m eetin g w ith th is idea
in m ind.
T he p ro b ab le lin eu p in such a case
w ould Include H eppner, A rlin g to n ,
Ione and H erm isto n , if H erm iston
sh ak es o ff th e w in te r leth arg y . If
H eppner does not ta k e to the idea
of such a com bination, local fan s
th in k th e re is a chance th a t U m atilla
m ay feel th e in c lin a tio n to p lay
ag ain and m ake up a fo u r club
league.
ORGANIZATION MEETING
Harry Straw
VAiSTEl?
0I5TF.B VtaiUMu«
etc —
Copy
of His
Of Body.
S ir Jam es Craig, prem ior of north­
ern Ireland, who ha* been created a
viscount.
EQUALITY OF SEXES
FRENCH ARMY PLAN
5
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Finds
Minutes of First Session
A Quarter»« W orth of Publicity
MI-AR1ÑT
MP. FEÀMEBUt A ti ■
WE 0OT I » FAÖtNO
'«XZ.SI« — ’
HELD
MARCH 9, 19C6
P aris.—E quality of the sexes Is tin-
first principle laid down by th e ch'iui
ber of deputies in th e proposed reor
ganizatlon plans fdr the F rench army
The first paragraph of th e pre
am ble of th e reorganization schem«
lays down the doctrine th a t eVerj
F rench subject over the age of 21 It
Hable to m ilitary service. W hethei
“service” in the m eaning of th e la«
supposes th a t women aB «’ell as m et
«’ill shoulder a rifle and handle a bay
onet, does not ap p ear from the text
of the bill, but th is probably wil be
cleared up later. Several am endm ents
already have been introduced exem pt
ing women from active d u ty provisions
of th e proposed law.
An effort to give profiteering a body
BARNARD SUBSTITUTES LARD blow is contained in the pream ble
which says th a t the econom ic forces
•> - g -
FOR CREAM AND JOINS RANKS] of th e country in every form may be
requisitioned by the governm ent In
>
<«
»> ■> *S>
OF THE LOCAL RAZZ-A-DOODLES case of w ar with absolute prohibition
of any profits.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
S idney H am ilto n B a rn a rd , some-1
tim es accused of lo v in g an a rg u m e n t I
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
b e tte r th a n food, h as been a d m itted '
to fu ll m em bership In th e Razz-A-1 Jim m y D elaney, 26, in. P aul Hght-
Doodle club w ith o u t an y arg u m en t. heavy«’elght boxer, died from blood
A d ifferen ce In p ails w as th e m eahs poisoning resu ltin g from an injured
oi p e rm ittin g Mr. B a rn a rd to Bet In­ arm sustained in a fight w ith Max
to the club, even as w ith Mr. W a t­ R osenbloom a t C incinnati F ebruary 1.
son, re c e n tly elected.
A lexander F. K erensky, who headed
Mr. B a rn a rd re c e n tly bo u g h t a 10 the revolutionary governm ent estab­
pound p all of lard and took it home. lished in R ussia a fte r the overthrow
T he n e x t day he h ad a ten pound of th e czar, is visiting th e U nited
p all of cream to be b ro u g h t to the S tates to study A m erican principles of
H erm iston cream ery fo r a test.
liberty.
W h en It cam e tim e to m ake the
P resident and Mrs. Coolidge have
te s t a t th e cream ery It w as found moved out of the W hite H ouse Into
th a t th e cream w as an unopened tem porary residence In a palatial
can of lard . It w as fo rth w ith se n t house at Dupont Circle. T hey vacated
t 0 th e F a rm B u reau C o-operative.
the executive m ansion so It could un­
Mr.
B a rn a rd
looked
puzzled, dergo extensive re p a irs to the roof.
R eflecting the general prosperity of
scratch ed h is head and ended (he
m a tte r fo r th e tim e b eing by sen d ­ th e country, postal receip ts a t 50 se
ing th e la rd o u t to Tom W ilson's on lected cities during F eb ru ary totaled
th e th e o ry th a t it m ust belong to $29,298,738.80, as com pared w ith $28,
Mr. W ilson. The la tte r disclaim ed 088 127.41 in F ebruary la st year, an in
o w nership, how ever, an d w hen Mr. crease of 4.31 per cent, the postoffice
B a rn a rd w ent hom e he discovered d epartm ent announced.
The credentials of Senators-elect
h is
e rro r. C ream eries som etim es
h in t th a t th e q u a lity of cream m ight Sm ith of Illinois and V are of Penn
be m a in ta in e d a t h ig h e r sta n d a rd s, «ylvania w ere received and placed or
b u t so fa r as is know n, th e y have file by the U nited S tates sen ate aftei
not been called on to test p u re la rd Reed of M issouri had been assure«
they would not affect th e question ol
before.
adm itting the tw o Senators-« lect to
sen ate m em bership.
Community Club To M et
A m e e tin g of th e C om m unity club
h as been called for n ex t T uesday a f ­ LEGION AND AUXILIARY
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
ternoon, M arch 15, In the lib rary .
T he h o u r of th e m eetin g w ill be 3
o’clock, an d It h as been called by
D elegates re p re se n tin g th e
H er­
Mrs. F. C. M cKenzie, a c tin g c h a ir­ m iston post of th e A m erican Legion
m an. T he club h as held no re g u la r and th e W om an’s A u x iliary w ill at
m eetings since last fall. A proposal tend the d is tric t convention of the
for th e d isp o sitio n s of funds In the tw o o rg a n iz a tio n s w hich w ill b
tre a su ry of th e o rg a n iz a tio n w as the held In P en d leto n S a tu rd ay .
cause of th e m eeting b eing called.
T he p ro g ram as a rra n g e d calls for
both m o rn in g a n d afte rn o o n sess­
Mr. a n d Mrs. F ra n k G. R o sen b er­ ions. H arold W a rn e r of P endleton
g er w ere h ere as th e g u ests over the w ill preside a t th e L egion m eeting.
week end a t th e hom e of Mr. and D e p a rtm e n t o fficers p lan to be pres­
Mrs. E nos D. M artin . T hey w ere et; e n t.
ro u te from th e ir hom e in C alifo rn ia
Mrs. W. L. H am m of H erm iston is
on th e a u x ilia ry program fo r a talk .
to R u p e rt, Idaho, on a visit.
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T he H erm iston C om m ercial club
is now 21 y ears old.
It w as o rganized a t a m e etin g held
on th e evening of M arch 9. 1906, 21
y ears ago in th e office of th e M axw ell
L and & Irrig a tio n Co. A m ong th e
m en m entioned in th e m in u tes as
p a rtic ip a tin g in th e o rg a n izatio n
m eetin g w ho a re still resid en ts w ere
J. F. M cN aught, H a rry S traw , C. S.
M cN aught.
Mr. S tra w w as secretary a n d re ­
cently ra n across a copy of th e m in ­
u tes of th e m eeting. H is re p o rt
w as a s follow s:
H erm iston, Ore., M arch 9, 1906
A m e etin g of th e citizen s and
p ro p erty ow ners of H erm iston, Ore.,
w as called a t 8 :3 0 P. M. a t th e office
of th e M axw ell L and & Irrig a tio n
Co. fo r th e purpose of o rg a n iz in g a
C om m ercial club.
T h e m eetin g w as called to o rd er
by Mr. J. F. M cN aught as ch a irm a n
p ro teni. A fte r ex p lain in g the ob ject
of th e o rg a n iz a tio n th e follow ing
business w as tra n sa c te d :
E lectio n
of officers— C. K. B land as p resid en t.
H. M. S traw se c retary , and J. F. Mc-
N aught
tre a su re r.
W ith
new ly
elected p resid en t occupying
th e
c h a ir f u r th e r business w as tr a n s ­
acted as follow s:
M otion w as m ade, seconded an d c ar
rled th a t a com m ittee of th re e be a p ­
pointed by th e c h a ir to p re p a re a
set of by-law s for th e o rg a n iz a tio n
and to re p o rt n e x t m e e tin g ; Mr. R.
E. L ittle , Mr. C. H. S k in n e r and Mr.
H. G. N ew port b e in g appointed.
M otion w as m ade, seconded and
carried th a t a n adm ission fee oif n o t
less th a n 25 c e n ts be ch a rg e d each
m em ber.
On m otion a com m ittee co n sistin g
of C. S. M cN aught, C. H. S k in n er and
R. E. L ittle w as ap pointed by th e
c h a ir to p re p a re d a ta and a d v e rtis ­
ing m a tte r fo r p am p h let to be se n t
to P en d leto n o rg a n izatio n for p rin t
and re p o rt on sam e n e x t m eeting.
T he se c re ta ry on m otion was in­
s tru c te d to get form of s ta tio n e ry fo r
th is club and re p o rt on cost of sam e
n ext m eeting.
On th e su b scrip tio n list for m em ­
bership $12.25 w as su b scrib ed and
$6.25 paid. On p roperty o w n er's
list to m eet assessm ent of P en d leto n
club $27.00 w as subscribed an d $5
of th is paid.
B ein g no fu r th e r business before
th e m e etin g on m otion we ad jo u rn ed
to m eet S a tu rd ay , M arch 17, 1906.
H. M. S traw , S ecretary.
PENDLETON PENNEY STORE
LEASES 25 FEET MORE ROOM
T he P en d leto n J. C. P enney Co.
sto re w ill be e n larg ed and rem odeled
by w ork to s ta r t w ith in th e n e x t 90
days as a re s u lt of th e se c u rin g of a
lease on 25 feet of th e b u ild in g now
occupied by th e W estern A uto S upply
com pany. In a d d itio n to the e x tra
floor space th u s m ade av ailab le, th e
onipany w ill also add to Its b ase­
m ent w areho use space.
T he n o rth w all a t p resen t s e p a r­
a tin g th e tw o room s w ill be moved,
ind th e fro n t w ill be rem odeled in
accordance w ith P enney com pany reg
ila tio n s for a sto re of th a t size. T he
en larg em en t of th e sto re h a s been
nade necessary on acco u n t of th e
apld g ro w th of th e s to re ’s b u sin ess
acco rd in g to J E, A key, in ch ai.« '
the P en d leto n store.
Anton Vey To Build
A big stock b a rn , 5 2 ' y • '
v lll cost a p p ro x im ately $6,'
>e b u ilt th is s p rin g by A nton \
ils B u tte r creek ran ch . Th«. con­
tr a c t for th e co n stru c tio n lias been
let to W. R. L onghorn & Sons, and
th ey plan to s t a r t w ork nex t w eek.
T he b a rn w ill be one of the larg est
In th is vicinity.
R ay Ja y of Echo w a a ’uislnea.
v is ito r In H erm isto n T uesday.
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