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The Herald Keep« Close to <1» Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
T H E DAIRY COW CAW
IDTO WO BETTER HOME
THAW OW AW IRRIGATED
FARM OW THIS PROJECT.
(The Bromato Beralh
V O L X XI
IRMISTON, ONE 01
ΠBEST POULTRY
DISTRICTS ANYWHERE
IN THE NORTHWEST
1.
NO. 30
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1927
CHANCES TO EXPAND
ARE TOLO BY COSBY
EZRA BRAINERD, JR.
BALL TEAM WILL GO
TO IONE FOR 6AME
COLONEL M’NAUGHT TO GO
TO PORTLAND ON FRIDAY
CITY IN LINE FOR
VOCATIONAL WORK
MRS. A. H. REEVE
i | nutrition expert
TO SPEAK APRIL 9
Col. J . F. M cN aught h a s been
sh o w in g g ra d u a l ln m p ro v em en t in
h is condition d u rin g th e past few
days an d w ill be ta k e n to P o rtla n d
PR E SEASON CONTEST WILL BE
STATE SUPERVISOR TALKS TO
tom orrow w here he w ill rem ain to
receive
specail
c
are
and
a
tte
n
tio
n
PLAYED SUNDAY
MEMBERS OF CLUB
d u rin g th e period of convalescence.
League F lay To Start April 10 Mrs. M cN aught and th e ir d a u g h te r, Federal Funds Soon A vailable To
Mrs. G eary w ill accom pany hin on
W ith Opposition Of Teams
Add Department In Farm
th e tr ip w hich w ill be m ade in a
special
car.
Reputed Tough
Studies To School
POULTRY SPECIALIST TALKS TO
LOCAL GROWERS
M anagement Problems Discussed At
G athering A ttended by 6 0
Flock Own rs.
T h e J J m a tllla p ro ject has b arely
b egun to realize its p o ssib ilities as &
p o u ltry p ro d u cin g section, an d a big
expansion in th e in d u s try is possi­
ble, acco rd in g to a sta te m e n t m ade
by H. E. Cosby, p o u ltry extension
Ezra Brainerd, Jr., of Oklahoma,
p '■Iallst of th e s ta te college, a t th e
npmed a member of the interstate
m eetin g of p o u ltry grow ers held a t
commerce commission by President
thv I’. P. S u lliv an place last T h u rs­
Coolidge.
day afternoon.
More th a n 60 a tten d ed th e m eet­
ing w hich w as said by pioneer g ro w ­
e rs to have been th e m ost success­
ful g a th e rin g of its k in d ever held
on the p ro ject. N early all o f those
in a tten d an ce w ere praclckl p o u ltry
grow ers, o r else farm ers w ho are
W ashington, D. C.—E xpenditures ot
p la n n in g to g et a flock of chickens.
P o u ltry m an ag e m en t in sev eral of the Anti-Saloon leag u e-in educational
its phases w as discused by Mr. and political cam paigns during the
Cosby. He stressed bro o d in g m eth ­ first six years of national prohibition
ods, co rrect feed in g and h o u sin g of approxim ated $13,000,000, figures made
flocks. He also m ade su g g estio n s to public by the sen ate cam paign funds
In d iv id u al p o u ltry m en a t th e v arious com m ittee show.
Tho nationnl organization expended
p la n ts w hich he an d C ounty A gent
H olt visited d u ln g th e day. Some $3.430 285 and had receip ts of $3,428,
oi the places w here flocks and 829, leaving a deficit of nearly $2000
p u ;,ts w ere inspected w ere th e fol- Most of this money w ent into the
'o w in g : C u rtis D yer, W ill Rhodes, sm aller sta te s to assist th e state or
y lv a n u a S m ith o f S tan field ,
Joe ganizations which had only sm all lo
Udey, Sam C arson, Jam es Todd and cal Incomes.
Of the sta te s in w hich th e league
P. P. S ullivan.
B rooding of baby chcks should be h as large organizations. New York
done on clean gound if v irile, h e a l­ took first ran k in the m atter of out
th y p u llets a re to be expected, Mr. lay, the total cost being placed at $1,
Cosby told h is audience. He pointed 738,810. Illinois ranked second with
o u t th a t th e fa rm e r w ho produces $1,200,599. T hese w ere th e only twe
q u a lity seed p o tato es would n o t th in k states in which expenditures exceeded
of g ro w in g seed sto ck on th e sam e th e million-doUar m ark.
g ro u n d m ore th a n one y ear in four
o r five, b u t m any p o u ltry grow ers
HAYNES DRY DIRECTOR
s till have th is lesson to learn w hen
ap p lied to chickens.
Ohioan W ill Assume Active Control oi
T he use of th e con crete floor and
Prohibition Enforcement,
th e p e rm an en t bro o d er house have
W ashington, D. C —Roy A. H aynes
replaced the p o rta b le brooder house of Ohio again is to have active charg«
in some d is tric ts , th e g ro w ers w ere of prohibition enforcem ent. E ffective
inform ed. W h ere a co n crete floor April 1, he will be actin g head of the
Is b u ilt o u tsid e th e house it sh o u ld be new prohibition bureau, with wide:
th e sam e le n g th as th e house an d 20 powers than at any tim e since he
feet in w id th , Mr. Cosby advised. was named prohibition com m issioner
W hen th e chicks a re p u t on ra n g e In 1921.
th ey sh o u ld have gro u n d on w hich
H e has held th a t post since, w ork­
ch ick en s have n o t ru n fo r tw o or ing under th e d irections of th e in­
th re e years.
tern al revenue bureau, but fer several
T he use of g reen feed a ll d u rin g y ears p ractically h as been a figure­
th e y ear Is necessary if flocks are head. W ith legislation passed in the
to have th e b est chance, th e sp eak ­ d o tin g days of th e last congress, pro
er said, an d in th is resp ect local viding for a prohibition bureau, in­
p ro d u cer a re not ta k in g ad v an ta g e stead of a subordinate unit. Secretary
of th e n a tu r a l o p p o rtu n itie s. G reen Mellon put H aynes in charge of it.
a lf a lf a leaves a re good for w in te r
At the sam e tim e be announced the
use, b u t In th e ir absence ca rro ts appointm ent of E rn e st W. Camp, ol
form a n ex cellen t su b s titu te . He Michigan, acting chief of th e custom s
stressed th e p o in t th a t too m uch division.
g reen feed can n o t be fed th e flock
and urged th a t g re a te r a tte n tio n to Continued Exila of Kaiser Requested.
this p o in t be p aid by p ro ject flock
Berlin.—The continued banishm ent
owners.
of th e k aiser beyond Ju ly 1 o t this
year, when th e p resen t
ban ish ­
EGG SHIPMENTS FROM LOCAL
m ent expires, w as dem anded in a
FLOCKS SHOW BIG INCREASE le tte r sen t to form er P rem ier Marx by
th e P ru ssian governm ent. T he P ro s
Local p o u ltry flocks a re a t peak a Ion governm ent h in ts th a t It h as in­
p ro d u ctio n now since th e a rriv a l of form ation th a t th e k aiser Is planning
re a l p rin g w e a th e r, an d sh ip m en ts to re tu rn as soon as th e p resen t law
of eggs In case lots have show n an expires.
Increase.
L ast week sh ip m e n ts am o u n ted to E arth Shocks J a r North Beach Region.
Ilwaco, W ash. — Two earthquake
101 cases th ro u g h th e F arm B u rean
alone, and not a ll of th e eggs m a r­ shocks, th e second g re a te r than the
k eted a re se n t from th e w arehouse. first, w ere felt a t m idnight Monday on
On M onday of th is week th e sh ip m en t th e peninsula which form s the south­
•m o u n te d to 27 cases. N et prices w estern tip of th e s ta te of W ashington
Windows w ere rattled h ere and houses
ra n g e betw een 20 an d 21 cents.
shook violently enough to aw aken
th eir occupants from sound sleep. The
Dave P lan s To Milk
D ave M lttlesd o rf h as a new kid. disturbance lasted ten seconds.
I t is n o t a m em ber of th e h u m an fam ­
Clinic To B e Held
ily b u t is th e o ffsp rin g of his m ilk
A clin ic for th e ch ild ren w ho w ill
g oat. T h e kid w as b o rn on P. P.
(Sullivan's farm an d Is to be b ro u g h t îta r t to school n ex t fall w ill be h eld
in th e firs t an d second g rad e room s
hom e w ith in a s h o rt tim e.
□f th e tho H erm isto n school T ues-
lay m orn in g , A pril 12, s ta r tin g a t 9
B u ll Gores Master
A ndy A n d reg g w ho live.-? n o rth e a st o'clock.T he clin ic w ill be u n d e r th e
of H erm isto n w a th e victim of an sup erv isio n of th e co u n ty h e a lth
accid en t S u n d ay w hen h is d a iry herd n u rse, an d is fo r ch ild ren of th e e n ­
b u ll gored him . T he an im al ripped tire p roject.
Mr. A n d reg g 's leg a long g ash to th e
C ounty A gent H o lt w as In H erm is­
d e p th of an inch.
ton la s t T h u rsd ay fo r th e m eetin g
W. J. Warner was a P en d leto n Of p o u ltry g ro w ers and. sp en t some
visitor Monday.
tim e h ere ag a in S a tu rd a y .
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
SPENDS $13,000,000
THE FEATHERHEADS
KELLEY-PIERSON
A p re season gam e of baseball in
A w edding of in te re st to H erm iston
w hich a n o p p o rtu n ity w ill be a ffo rd ­
ed to g et a lin e on th e p erform ing re sid e n ts w as solem nized Sunday
ab ility of local players w ill be played m o rn in g in La G rande w hen Miss
w ith th e fa s t Ione a g g re g a tio n a t L o ta P ierson becam e th e b rid e of
Ione S unday. P la n s for th e gam e w ere Cecil K elley. B oth of th e p rin cip als
concluded e arly th is w eek by Manage,- fo rm erly resided here. Mrs. Kelley
ta u g h t a t C olum bia school, a n d Mr.
Biggs.
T he re g u la r sch ed u le in th e Blue Mr. K elley lived h ere fo r a num ber
M ountain league w ill open A pril 10 of years. He is a son of Mre. F. L.
and M anager Biggs and C ap tain H erb K elley of H erm iston. H e is now
Shesely ex p ect to form a few opin­ o p e ia tin g a line of tru c k s a t La
ions as to a re g u la r lin eu p as a re ­ G ran d e on h ighw ay c o n tra c tio n work.
su lt of th e sh o w in g m ade in th e ti lt Mr. and Mre. K elley le ft a fte r th e
w ith Ione. M aterial for th e team is cerem ony on a w edding tr ip to P o rt­
p len tifu l, and w o rk o u ts have been land and points in w estern W a sh in g ­
held d u rin g th e past w eek to enable ton. T hey a re expected to sto p in
H erm iston for a sh o rt tim e on th e ir
th e p lay ers to get in to condition.
R ep o rts from P en d leto n and W alla re tu r n to La G rande w here th e y w ill
W alla a re to th e effect th a t both of reside.
those to w n s w ill have tc u g h team s
in th e field. Ju n k W a lte rs h as been i "DAISIES WON’T TELL,” SIGH
signed as p lay er m an ag e r for th e
Buckaroos. H e h as been in profess­ GOLFERS W HEN BALLS BECOME
ional b all for a nu m b er of years.
W alla W alla w ill have a num ber LOST IN BLOOMS ON LINKS
of v e te ra n s on hand fo r th e opening
T h e se n tim e n t of th a t old song,
of th e season and is ex p icted to be
has
fo rm id ab le in all d ep artm en ts. The "D aisies W on’t T ell, D ear,"
R eserv atio n In d ian s have C lark and been a source of not a little i r r it a ­
Adam s a« m ain stay s on th e ir team . tio n to some local people d u rin g the
B oth p lay ers have been in th e Buck- p a st tw o w eeks. Besides ir rita tio n ,
aroo lin eu p for a n u m b er of y ears th e fact th a t th e "d a isie s w o n ’t
and have th e h ab it o f h ittin g th e te ll” has also m ade th e golf ball
business good.
ball h a rd w hen h its m ean scores
T h e source of th e tro u b le Is a re g ­
T he schedule th is y ear calls for
12 gam es w hich w ill b rin g th e sea­ u la r c a rp e t of yellow s p rin g daisies
son to a close on th e la s t S unday in o u t on th e H erm iston golf course.
W hen g o ite rs have driv en a couple,
Ju n e.
of tim es along th e g ro u n d fo r fa s t
“ g rass c u tte r ” shots, th e b all tak es
SEVEN STATION PROGRAM
on a yellow hu e th a t m akes it a l­
ARRANGED FOR RADIO FANS m ost im possible to d iscern am ong
th e m ass of bloom. B ecause a num ­
Noted A rtists To Appear in B ig b er of b alls have been lo st local
g o lfers w ill not sigh w ith re g re t
Array o f Talent T hat W ill
w hen th e daisies have ta k e n th e ir
d e p a rtu re .
B e on Air April 5.
T he N a tio n a l B ro ad castin g Com­
pany, w h ich recen tly opened Its
P acific division h e a d q u a rte rs in San
Francisco, w ill give its p rem ier p ro­
g ram T uesday ev en in g ,, A p ril 5,
s ta r tin g a t 8 o’clock P acific coast
tim e, an d
co n tin u in g
u n til
11
o’clock.
Seven b ig coast sta tio n s w ill be
used to b ro ad cast th e p rem ier p ro ­
gram . T hese statio n s w ill be booked
up by sp ecial telephone w ires lead­
in g d ire c t from th e N a tio n a l B road­
c a stin g C om pany San F ran cisco stu ­
dio.
No e ffo rt o r expense h a s been
sp ared to m ake th e In itia l program
a co m plete success. A g alax y
of
s t a ts in th e ir respective fields have
been sig n ed up fo r th is epoc in w est­
ern b ro ad castin g , ra n g in g from th e
g re a t sy n p h o n y o rc h e s tra
to th e
p o p u lar e n te rta in e r. T h e selections
to be offered w ill ap p eal to every
v a rie ty of m usical ta ste .
T he V icto r T alk in g M achine com-
apny, In ite desire to g ive th e peo­
ple of th e s ta te s w est of th e Rockies
m usic in its best form , h a s arran g ed
to h av e several of th e ir p ro m in en t
record a rtis ts ap p ear on th e program .
T hese a rtis ts , well know n’ to th e
public th ro u g h th e ir V icto r O rtho-
phonic records, w ill p a rtic ip a te in
th e p ro g ram :
Dr. A lfred H ertz and th e San F ra n ­
cisco S y nphony o rc h e e t;a ; Je a n n e
G ordon, c o n tra lto ;
an d
L am b ert,
M urphy, ten o r. Max D olln, m usical
d irecto r of th e P acific divlion of th e
N atio n al B ro ad castin g com pany, and
th e D uncan siste rs w ill also be in ­
cluded am o n g th e big a rr a y of ta le n t
w ho w ill broadcast.
The p ro g ram w ill s t a r t prom ptly
a t 8 P. M. an d w ill be b ro ad cast over
KGO, O ak lan d ; KPO, S an F rancisco;
K FI. Los A ngeles; KGW , P o rtla n d ;
KHQ, S p o k an e; KOMO and KFOA,
S eattle.
.........
T h a t H erm iston soon w ill have an
o p p o rtu n ity to secure a d e p artm en t
of a g ric u ltu re as a p a rt of its school
system u n d er the S m ith -H u g h es law
if th e school is desired h e re w as the
statem en t m ade T uesday before the
com m ercial club by E . E . E llio tt,
directo r and su p erv iso r of a g ric u l­
tu ra l education, who sp e n t th e day
in H erm iston stu d y in g the local
school system .
T here a re 30 such d e p a rtm e n ts In
high schools of th e s ta te a t present,
Mr. E llio tt sta te d , and H erm iston is
now second on th e list of prospects
for location of new dep artm en ts. In
these 30 d ep artm en ts, or schools, the
enrollm ent is 1136. The w ork is c a rr­
ied on for th e en tire y ear w ith a
farm project bejng eardd for u n d er
th e supervision of th e teach er d u rin g
th e sum m er m onths.
"I am more and more com ing to
th e conviction th a t high school boys
should get as m uch of th e ir tra in in g
as possible from men teac h ers,” Mr.
E llio tt said. “ Records show th a t our
facu lties a re composed larg ely of wo­
men whose te n u re of place* is held
for an average of a little less th a n
tw o years. Our a g ric u ltu ra l w ork is
done by m atu re m en, all m arried and
all p ast 30, and d u rin g th e eig h t
years the w ork has been c a rrie d on
In th is sta te , th e av erag e' te n u re of
our in s tru c to rs has been slig h tly in
excess of fo u r years.
“The w ork Includes both shop and
classroom in stru ctio n . T he w ork in
th e classroom is done aro u n d th e table
inform ally w ith a m inim um of in ­
stru c tio n by lectures. O ur in s tru c to rs
become good com m unity men and ex­
e rt a real influence in fash io n in g the
h a b its of th e boys In th e ir charge.
“ You have an a g ric u ltu ra l com ­
m unity, and the w ork offered in our
d ep artm en t has a p ra c tic a l ap p lic a ­
tion for your boys th a t w ill be of b en ­
LAMBS DELIVERED TO BOYS
efit to them and t o th e w hole d is­
tr ic t.”
BELONGING TO SH EEP CLUB
Mr. E llio tt called a tte n tio n to the
fact th a t th e local schools cffer no­
A llotm ent Of Anim als To Owners th in g exclusively of In terest to g irls
in the way of dom estic a r t tra in in g .
Made B y D raw ing L ots; Stock
<
Is A ll R egistered
Seven boys on th e H erm iston p ro ­
je c t a re now th e ow ners of registered
H am p sh ire ewee w ith lam bs a t side
a s a re s u lt of delivery of th e stock
re c e n tly purchased n ear F reew ater
for th e sheep club. C ounty A gent H olt
aided in selectin g th e stock.
Dellivery w as m ade S a tu rd a y to
th e E nos M a rtin place, an d allo tm en t
of ew es w as m ade by a draw in g . All
of th e lam bs except one are ewes. The
sheeip ra n g e In age from one to five
y ears old.
M em bers of th e club a re Eno3 M ar­
tin J r ., D ick M artin , T ilford S tillin g s
Floyd M cM ullen, Dick U pham , Don­
ald DeMoss an d D onald Jackson.
T he ew es w ith lam bs cost th e club
m em bers a b o u t $32 delivered and a f­
te r re g istra tio n papers a re b ro u g h t
dow n to date. T he club m em bers ex­
pect th e ir sto ck to be th e nucleus
aro u n d w hich considerable breeding
stock m ay be developed
T hom as Cam pbell got five ewes and
lam bs from th e sam e flock from
w hich th e club stock w as purchased.
HIGH SCHOOL TO P I AY
UMATILLA HERE FRIDAY
T he h ig h school baseball
team
w ill play Its flret gam e of th e season
on th e local g ro u n d s F rid ay afternoon
w hen U m atilla comes to m ix on the
diam ond.
Coach H igbee h as several le tte r
men on th is y e a r’s team . W oodw ard
w ill be on th e m ound and S tockard
w ill do th e receiving. O ther le tte r
men w ho w ill cav o rt on th e diam ond
R. O. H o rn in g , fo rm er resid en t of th is y ear in clude H am m an, G. Davis,
G ordon a n d M ikesell.
H erm isto n , w as a bi>.inees v isito r
New men av a ila b le to com plete
from h is hom e in L a G ran d e th e th e lin eu p Include R. Davis, U pham ,
fore p a rt o f th l week.
F elth o u se an d K ennings.
By Oeborn*
HEART DISEASE CAUSE OF
DEATH OF W. T. LAMBERT
Deceased Formerly Lived Here B > j
fore Moving to U m atilla;
Came From Indiana.
HOUSEWIVES
VACATION
OF ONE DAY
Values
of
Different
Foods
W ill
Be Discussed, Illustrated
By Miss Case.
Mrs. A. H. Reeve of Philadelphia
national preaident o f the Nationa'
Congress of Parents’ and Teachers
Clubs.
MEXICAN BORDER MAY
SEE LIQUOR FLOOt
W ashington, D. C.—T exas and other
states near the border m ay be flooded
with contraband liquor and drugs iron.
Mexico as the resu lt of tho term ina
tton of the anti-sm uggling pact.
A huge increase in the personnel o'
the horde • patrol will be necessary tf
prevent a retu rn to th e “wide open'
sm uggling days which followed the ad
vent of prohibition, officials declared
T his was the situation facing th<
governm ent when the antl-sm uggltnf
treaty ended by notice of the Unite«
S tates a fte r being in force ju st on«
year.
Its term ination m eans th a t Mexic«
will no longer be required to notify
this governm ent of plots to ship “pro
hibition im portations’’ across the Rk
Grande.
W hile the tre a ty was in effect, th«
Mexican governm ent actively cooperat
ed with officials of the U nited S tatef
in enforcing the law by giving ad
vance inform ation w herever possible,
of proposed consignm ents of liquor o,
drugs to th is country. T his made it
an easy m atter, for A m erican officers
to intercept the contraband at the bor­
der.
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
S atu rd ay . A pril 9, w ill be a vaca­
tion day for housewives on farm s be­
tw een E cho and B oardm an and for
th e ir s iste rs in the tow ns according
to p lan s th a t have been w orked out
by th e hom e economics p ro ject oi
the U m atilla P ro ject F arm B ureau.
1 he event th a t will call housewives
and m o th ers from th eir usual tasks
w ill be th e first of a series of four
schools conducted by Miss Lucy A.
Case, n u tritio n specialist of th e state
college. The hours of th e seesion
w ill be from 10:30 in the m orning
u n til 3 :3 0 in the afternoon, and the
placei w ill be the B ap tist church.
Mrs. C harles K eller is leader of
the p ro ject on home economics, and
th e classes to be conducted by Miss
Case w ill m ark th e first real pro­
g ram of in te re st to women for some
tim e. W om en in the S tanfield g range
have displayed a lively in te re st in
the v isit of the college specialist,
and a couple of carloads of house-
wivee from th ere have Indicated
th e ir in te n tio n of atten d in g .
W omen liv in g in tow n w ho a re In­
terested in n u tritio n su b jects have
been in v ited to a tte n d , Mrs. K eller
said, and it is hoped th a t represen­
ta tiv e s front m any com m unities w ill
be present.
“ W h a t We E a t and W h^t H appens
to I t,” Is one of th e subjects on
w hich Miss Case w ill ta lk a t th e
firs t m eeting. H er p rogram w ill
deal w ith such topics as foods for
h ealth , in clu d in g ns conditions for
h av in g h e a lth th e prevention of con--
patlon, p la n n in g of m eals fo r the
h ealth of th e fam ily, how to e a t and
grow th in , how to eat and grow fat,
the feeding of m others and children
of d ifferen t ages, th e school lunch,
scoring of food h a b its and tra in in g
the fam ily to good food h abits.
"W e have been stu d y in g an d ta lk ­
ing about how to produce d ifferen t
so rts of field crops, how to feed pigs
and dalves an d cihickems,” C ounty
A gent H olt said In com m enting on
the app earan ce of Miss Case, "b u t
th is n u tritio n school d eals w ith th e
best p ractices re la tiv e to h a n d lin g
th a t mont Im porant of all crops, o u r
boys and girls.
“ Miss Case carrieb w ih h er some
e x h ib its w hich show vividly th e re­
su lts secured by correct, au d in co r­
rect m ethods of feeding young a n i­
mals. H er w ork is very in terestin g .
I have know n of her going in to farm ­
ing com m unities in w hich houae-
w lves th o u g h t them selves too busy
to tak e tim e off to h e a r th « talk s,
only to have atten d an ce a t th e school
double and trip le as th e w ord got
around of th e p ractical u tility of th e
Inform ation she gives.”
C afeteria lunch w ill be served a t
noon, and a charg e of 15 cen ts w ill
be m ade for th e lunch. T he school
on A pril 9 w ill be follow ed by tw o
sim ilar schools a t In te rv a ls of about
a m onth. A fo u rth Resslon to check
up on re su lts secured w ill b e held
later.
E lm er S. Landes of W ooster, O.,
resigned as a m em ber of the federal
farm loan board effective May 1.
R obert Naylor of Boise was unani­
mously chosen as president of the Na­
tional F o rest Wool G row ers’ associa­
tion, when the sheep men m et In
Boise, Idaho.
A woman Is to re p resen t the United
S tates a t an International conference
of econom ists In London. She is Miss
Annabel M athews, a m em ber of the
treasu ry dep artm en t's legal staff.
Leo Crow-Ghost, a grandson of S it­
ting Bull, famed Indian who played a
leading part In the C uster m assacre,
has joined the U nited S tates cavalry
and is stationed at F ort Meade, South
Dakota
The United S tates governm ent has
sold (he Diaz conservative governm ent
of N icaragua 3000 rifles. 200 machini
guns and 3.000,000 rounds of ammunl
tion to prosecute its b attles against
the Sacassa liberal revolutionär., BAPTISTS HOLD SOCIAL
forces.
HOUR IN CHURH FRIDAY
W. T. L am b ert of U m atilla, fo r­
m er re sid e n t of th e p ro ject, died last
S atu rd ay In S t. V in c e n t’s h o sp ital in
P o rtla n d as a re s u lt of h e a rt disease.
He had been in ill h e a lth fo r some
tim e, b u t hl« d eath w as unexpected.
Mr. an d Mrs. L am bert cam e to
H erm isto n from In d ian a about 14
y ears ago. In In d ia n a he w as a
p u b lish er. T hey filed on a hom e­
ste a d in th e th ird u n it and lived
theTe for
several
years. T h eir
d a u g h te r, Alice, g rad u ated from the
H erm iston high school w hile the
fam ily lived here.
LateT th e y moved to U m atilla
w here Mr. L am bert w as an employe
of th e U nion P acific. Besides his
w ife, he Is survived by his d au g h ter, Pension P aym ents Not to be Delayed
W ashington. D. C.—The plan worked
Mrs. G ordon S hotw ell.
out for paym ent of the May and June
pension paym ents by C ontroller Gen
FLYING SQUADRON SPEAKER
era! McCarl and D irector Lord of the
TO BE HERE SUNDAY NIGHT budget will be put into effect by
P resident Coolidge. As a resu lt of the
failure of congress to approprlat,
money
pension paym ents will not be
Col. A lfred L. M oudy,representing
interfered with between now and July
th e fly in g squadron,
will deliver
his le c tu re on “The C o n stitu tio n , the 1, when additional funds will be avail­
Rock of L ib e rty ” a t special Union able.
services a t th e M ethodist Episcopal
E piscopal ch u rch S unday evening,
A pril 3. T he h o u r of the esrvlce
w ill be 7 :3 0 .
T he co n g reg atio n s of th e M ethodist
and B ap tist ch u rch es will co-operate
in th e service. Col. Moudy Is re ­
p uted to be a forceful, eloquent
speaker.
PLAN
Stanfield Men In Poultry
S ylvanus Sm ith and Jim Kylo of
S tan field are p la n n in g to be in the
p o u ltry business on q u ite a scale th is
year. T h e ir p lan s call for brooding
1,000 B arred Rock baby chicks. T hey
expect to be in th e capon business.
Not Enough Answers at Thet
An en joyable social program
presented a t the B ap tist ch u rc h last
F riday evening by m em bers of the
church and Sunday school. T he eve­
n in g w as devoted to a form al pro­
gram of m usical num bers a n d reci­
tatio n s, follow ed by gam es fo r th e
children.
T he program w as as follow s:
Vocal d u e t by Miss S ey ler and
Miss W ate rm an , accom panied by Mlse
S traw ; re c ita tio n , Lee D yer; vocal
«oi», Mlse S eyler; re c ita tio n , P hyllis
D uncan; re c ita tio n , R achel B u h l; a
short ta lk by Rev. A. J. W are, pastor
of the c h u rc h ; A m trlca, by th e au d i­
ence.
R efreshm ents w ere served a t the
conclusion of th e ev en in g ’s e n te r­
tain m en t.
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