ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
OVER CELEBRATION
PENDLETON
TO
HAVE
IS NEED OF MARKET
COUNTY AQKNT CALLS NOTICE
MANY
to rn ro n iG S
CAES HT CARAVAN
Experiments Show Changes that Take
and Ceremonies at Dam to
Have Governor as One of
Place in Plants After
Principals.
Cutting is Done.
Pendleton displayed
enthusiasm
over the celebration to mark comple
tion of McKay dam when a com
mittee from Hermiston met with
committees of the Pendleton Com
mercial association last Thursday to,
work out some of the details in plans
'for holding the affair. The Pendle
ton committees that co-operated with
the Hermiston men were the com
mittee on reclamation and trade ex
tension.
The proposed date, Tuesday, May
*10. has been accepted for the cele
bration. The activities will begin
at the dam where Governor Patterson
will be the chief speaker. He will
lift the gates to release water In the
reservoir as a part of the ceremonies
of the occasion. Th(e prtogram at
the dam will get under way at 1:30.
After this part of the celebration
has been completed a caravan of
automobiles will move from the dam
to the Stanfield district, then into
the Hermiston district and thence
"Over to Westland and back to Hermis
ton for the banquet which will be
given in the evening.
Senator Steiwer will preside as
toastmaster at the banquet. W. G.
Ids, manager of the land settlement
department of the Oregon State and
Portland Chambers of Commerce,
w ill head a delegation that is coming
from Portland. W. B. D. Dodson
secretary of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, has also been invited
to be present.
The Itinerary of the caravan from
the dam to Hermiston w ill be logged
by County Agent Holt and H. K.
Dean. Probably three stops will be
made at farms in the Stanfield and
Hermiston districts to give visitors
a chance to see at first hand examples
<of the different kinds of successful
farming being practiced on the two
projects.
Present plans are to hold the ban
quet In the basement of the Metho
dist church where a maximum of 200
can be served. It is expected that
the Ladies Aid w ill serve the ban
quet.
The Hermiston men who met with
the Pendleton committee last Thurs
day were F. C. McKenzie, Dr. J. L.
Sears, C. S. McNaught, W. J. Warner
and H. E. Hitf.
Pendleton expects to Bend about
10 cars on the tour made by the
caravan, It was stated at the Joint
meeting.
It is probable that many local p£o-
ple w ill go to the dam in the morn
ing, take time to go over the big
structure, and then enjoy a basket
dinner at noon. A decision not to
close business houses- all day was
made at the meeting of the Commer
cial club Tuesday. A report of the
work of the committee was made tc
the club by F. C. McKenzie.
Asparagus production is increasing
rather substantially in certain sec
tions of Umatilla county where the
crop has shown itself to be generally
satisfactory. Othier sections of the
United States are also increasing
their asparagus acreage rather rap
idly with the result that quality is
becoming a more important factor in
the profitable disposal of the crop,
according to W. A. Holt, county
agent. If the asparagus growers o<
Umatilla county are to maintain
their industry on a reasonably pro
fitable basis they w ill be required
to place on the market only the very
best grade of asparagus. Following
are extracts from a reqent bulletin
published by the University of Cali
fornia based on some investigations
of the factors Influencing the qual
ity of fresh asparagus after it Is
harvested:
"Within the past few years Cali
fornia has taken a leading place in
carlot shipments of fresh asparagus.
Nearly all of these shipments orig
inate in the Sacramento, San Joaquin
and Imperial valleys at about the
same time of the year. Asparagus
is shipped from the Imperial valley
until about May 1, a date at which
the eastern asparagus is usually
moved in considerable quantity.
Most of the growers in the Sacra
mento and San Joaquin valleys stop
cutting for eastern shipment when
the canneries open, usually In the
early part of April."
‘‘Most of the asparagus packed for
eastern shipment Is bunched. When
brought to the packing sheds, the
spears are usually sorted by hand
MEXICO TO BE SUBJECT OF
TALK BY GARNER TO CLUB
A talk on Mexico will be given at
the meeting of th,e Community club
on May 3 by A. P. Garner who spent
some years in that country. Mr. Gar-
ver never lacks for listeners when he
tells of his experiences and Impres
sions, and the subject of Mexico is
* timely. Miss Broston is to speak on
. psychology, a science of which she Is
a student, and Miss Crockett will
give a dramatic reading.
•The program will follow the reg
ular meeting which will be held in
the library at 3. Mrs. C. S. McNaught
w ill give a brief report of the county
club m eeting held in Pendleton Ap-
t
which Mrs. J. G. Frankel, state pres-
Rev. L. N. Wolfe, rector of St. Bar
bara’s Roman Catholic church, Phil
adelphia, who is national chaplain of
the American Legion.
RURAL POPULATION
GROWING SMALLER
Washington, D. C.—A decrease of
649,000 persons In the farm population
of the United States during the last
year, the largest decrease In any year
since 1920, was announced by the de
partment of agriculture.
The department estimated that 27,-
892 000 persons were living on farms
on January 1, 1(127, as compared with
28,541,000 on January 1. 1926, and 28,-
982,000 in 1925, as shown by the fed
eral agricultural census of that year.
The movement of population from
farms to cities was estimated at 2,-
155,000 persons for last year, while
1,135,000 moved to farms, making a
net movement of 1,020,000 persons
away from farms.
Births on farms during the year
were estimated at 658,000 and deaths
at 287,000, leaving a natural increase
of 371,000, which reduced the loss due
to the cityward movement to 49,000.
All geographic sections showed net
decreases In farm population. In New
England the net loss was 15,000; In
the middle Atlantic states 40,000; in
the east north central states 102,000;
in the west north central states 97,-
000; in the south Atlantic states 138,-
000; in the east south central states
77,000; In the west south central
states 142,000; In "the mountain states
24,000, and in the Pacific states 14,-
000.
Two Women Die In Plane Crash.
Vancouver,
Wash. — Two
women,
passengers, were killed and the pilot,
Danny Gredco, injured seriously when
a commercial plane crashed on the
railroad tracks near Vancouver post
polo field. The dead are Miss Harriet
Franklin and Mrs. Zola V. Schau, of
Portland.
TIGHTEN ALIEN BARS
(Continued on Page Three)
TENNIS COUNTS GROUND IS
LAID OUT FOR GRADING
Measurements of the ground on
which will be located the new ten
nis courts for Hermiston young peo
ple was made Tuesday afternoon by
Supt. E. L. Cherry and Carl Mc
Naught.
The measurements for grading
work are 90 by 120 feet. The courts
w ill be located on ground just under
th e hill west of the school lawn.
It la expected that grading work will
be started without delay. The sum
of >200 was recently appropriated
by thfe Community club to apply on
the cost of construction of the courts.
ROBIN, TRYING TO BUILD HER
NEST ON TOP OF STOVE FIFE
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Canadian* W ill Be Affected by New
ALMOST HALTS SCHOOL SESSION
Immigration Order.
Washington, D. C. — Immigration
agents were instructed by Secretary
Davis of the labor department to re
gard aliens regularly crossing the bor
der as Immigrants and to issue identi
fication cards to such of them as
might qualify for regular admission.
The new regulations, which will af
fect principally the Canadian border,
stipulate that the foreign-born natur
alized residents of Canada, Mexico or
Cuba, who seek regular admission,
will be required to obtain passports
from their country of birth unless they
have''established rights to enter the
United States by the length of time
during which they have exercised the
privilege of crossing the border.
A contribution of >24 in cash was
secured In Hermiston through the ef
forts of the Red Cross to aid flood
sufferers In the south, according to ERRORLESS BALL HANDED OUT
the report of Henry Hitt, local chair
BY PENDLETON
man.
The churches were notified of the
call for aid, and contributions came Score of 8 to 0 Results in Third
from the churches, the America* lee
Game. Bucks to be Here
gion and from Individuals. The call
for help reached Hermiston Satur
Sunday.
day from the Red Cross chairman at
Pendleton, and the money was ready
League Standing
Monday.
Won Lost Pet.
Walla Walla .............. 3
0 1000
P en dleton ...................... 2
1
667
LOCAL GIRL HONORED
Hermiston ..................... 1
2 333
BO D i Indians ........................... 0
WHITMAN STUDENT BODY
*3 0Q0
Miss
Iris
Little
e A oi
Named
of Whitman Pioneer in
-
Election Recently.
I
I
Miss Iris Little, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Frank Little, has been elect
ed editor of the Whitman college
Pioneer, the Whitman newspaper.
She received a heavy majority of
votes cast in the election and has the
distinction of being the first woman
to be honored with the editorship
since -war days, 10 years ago.
Miss Little Is a junior and Is major
ing in journalism. She has also
served as associate editor and assist
ant editor of the publication. This
year she was editor of Waltiaptu,
junior year book.
High School Is
Winner In 7 rack
Sectional Meet
UMATILLA AND
ECHO
SECOND
AND THIRD
Smith with Five Firsts in That Many
Events Stars for the
Track Team.
Hermiston high school athletes
carried away sectional honors In the
tryouts that were held here last Sat
urday afternoon by a wide margin,
and the Umatilla grade schools won
in the grade division.
In the high school division points
were won .as follows: Hermiston 67,
Umatilla 31 and Echo 1.0. .
*
Jack Smith waa the highest scor
ing individual for the locals with five
first place« In as many events. Ott
and Cox also acquired first; for the
school. The summary for the high
schools follows:
Pole vault, 8 feet— Ott, Hermiston,
first; Earnhart, Hermiston, second;
Adams, Echo, third.
50 yard dash, 7 seconds— Potter,
Umatilla, first; Cox, Hermiston, sec
ond; McKenzie, Hermiston, third.
100 yard dash, 12.5 seconds— Pot
ter, Umatilla, first; Neary, Hermis
ton, second) Cox, Hermiston, third.
i'20 yard dash. 20 seconds— Potter,
Umatilla, first; Rodda, Hermiston,
second; Thompson, Echo, third
440 yard dash—-Cox, Hermiston,
first; Potter, Umatilla, second; Mah
oney, Umatilla, third.
Half mile run, 2:38— Thompson,
Umatilla, first; Gossett, Umatilla,
second; Newell, HermlBton, third.
Mile run-—Smith, Hermiston, first;
Gossett, Umatilla, second; Newell,
Hermiston, third.
Shot put—Smith, Hermiston, 41-
10, first; Newell, Hermiston. 35, sec
ond; Mahoney, Umatilla, 32 1-2,
third.
Javelin— Smith, Hermiston, 135-9,
first; Newell, Hermiston, 113-9, sec
ond: Cox, Hermiston, 109-3, third.
Discus— Smith, Hermiston, 96-10,
first; Massey, Echo, 90-1, second;
Newell, Hermiston, 85-2, third.
Broad jump— Adams, Echo, 17-7
first; Ott, Hermiston, 17-3 l-2,sec-
ond; Cox, Hermiston, 16-10 1-2, third
High Jump— Smith and Cox, Her
miston. tied for first, 5 feet 3 Inches;
Ott, Hermiston, 5 feet, third.
This Is the story of a robin th a \
had an odd idea of where she wan led
to build her nest and how her ef
forts and persistency interested a
group of boys and girls, and inci
dentally, some grown-ups. Several
boys and girls know all about th<
robin, and they can tell the story
about the bird and h«r funny Idea.
Recently at Minnehaha school the
teacher, Mrs. DeMoss, noticed some
thing new on the stove pipe. The
something new was on top of the
pipe where a wire support from the
eeiling circled the pipe. It was not
hard to guess what the mass ot Junk
was because a robin, frightened
from her work when the teacher and
pupils Invaded the school room, sat
outside of the window and scolded.
COMMERCIAL CLUB NAMES
DR. ROWE AS SECRETARY When the room was vacated that
afternoon she resumed her work and
only left the next morning again
when school began.
Finally, the teacher reached thet
conclusion that the bird's nest build
ing activities would have to be cur
Mrs. Mabel Ralph and Mrs. W. J.
tailed, or school dismissed, so the
Warner entertained at bridge at the
aid of the school board was asked,
Warner home Tuesday afternoon.
and the seat was removed.
Seven
tables were in play and prize
The robin gained entrance over
winners were Mrs. Ralph Richards,
first, and Mrs. H. T. Fraser, second
stuck snd could not be closed
The West Enders swallowed a pill
marked defeat In the game of ball
played Sunday in Pendleton against
the Buckaroos, the score being 6 to
0. The Bucks surprised themselves
by playing errorless ball, and the loc
als, besides contributing four errors,
were lacking in the punch to pile
up hits when hits were needed.
The Bucks acquired 11 hits while
the West Senders were getting six.
Only In the third and sixth did the
West Enders threaten, and the threat
to score was nipped each time. There
were six innings In which only three
local batters faced Hattrup.
Pendleton scored one In the first.
Quinn got to first on Fetzer’s error
and scored on Garrett's double. In
the second Olson singled and scored
on Hargett’s triple, and Hargett
scored on an infield play, Garrett
scored one In the third, In the
fourth Hattrup got a double and
scored when Quinn rapped out a dou
ble. The other Buck score was made
In the seventh. Walters got to first
on Jones’ error Just after Cook had
done the same thing on Hanson’s
error. Cook was caught at third.
King struck out, and Walters scored
on Olson’s double.
Box score and summary:
Pendleton—
B R H PO
Quinn .. ............. 5 1 1 1
Garrett. . ..............4
1
Cook ..... ..............3
1
Walters . ............. 4
12
K in g ....
........... 4
5
.......... 4
Olson ....
0
2
Hargettt ............. 4
H oskins..................2
5
Hattrup ................ 4
0
STRONG WEDNESDAY
Place of Bossy On Farm Told By
Chart And Spoken Word To
Interested Crowd
Roy A. Hayna* returned to power
In the federal prohibition service
When Secretary of the Treasury Mel
Ion appointed him acting prohibition
commissioner to head the newly ere
ated dry bureau.
STATE DEMANDS SHARE
OF U. S. TAX REFUNG
Salem, Or.—Suit to compel Marion
county to pay to the state >24.>59.41.
which the state claims is its share of
approximately >111.000 received bj
Marion county under the Oregon &
California land grant tax refund law
was filed In the circuit court here bj
I. H. VanWinkle, attorney-general. Il
was said that the outcome of this suit
would affect all of the 18 Oregor
counties which participated in the ta:
refund.
A tabulation prepared -by the attor
ney-general and other state officials
shows that the aggregate tax refund
under the congressional act is >6,000,
000. Of this amount the state con
tends it Is entitled to receive >1 349,
391. The tabulation also showed that
in event the state prevails in the suit
25 of the 36 counties In Oregon would
benefit by the decree.
These 25 counties are those in east
ern Oregon, which has none of the
railroad grant lands, and seven west
ern Oregon counties, which contain a
part of the grant lands and share in
the government refund. Failure of the
34 € 11 27 16 0 state to prevail In the proceeding
would prove beneficial to 11 af that
Hermiston —
grant land counties.
Jones. 2b ............ 4 0 1 3
1 1
Shesely, c
........4 0
1
2 4 0
Blakely, ss 3d ......4 0 1 1 7
0
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
Fetzer, lb ............. 4 0
0 12 1 1
Mittlesdorf, c f ......3 0 1 1 1 0
Americans are the cleanest people
Shipley, rf ...........3 0
0
0 0 0 In the world, according to the depart
Longhorn, If .........3 0
1
3 0 0 ment of commerce.
Hansen, 3b ss ..... 3 0
1
2 0 2
March automobile production In the
Hammond, p .........2 0
0
0 2 0 United States amounted to 386,721
cars, as compared with 422.728 during
30 0 6 24 16 4 the same month last year.
Earned runs, Pendleton 2, Hermis
A political training school for wo
ton 0. Three base hits, Garrett. men has been opened in Washington,
First bake on balls, off Hammond 1, D. C., by the League of Republican
Hattrup 1. Left on bases, Hermis Women of the District of Columbia.
ton 4, Pendleton 7. Wild pitch,
Hugh Gibson, minister to Switzer
Hammond. First base on errors, land, will head America’s delegation
Pendleton 3. Two base hits, Quinn, to the three-power naval arms con
Garrett, Olson, Hattrup. Struck out, ference. The conference will be held
by Hammond 1, by Hattrup 5. Dou at Geneva In June.
ble plays, Hattrup to King to Walt
High Cantonese sources are author
ers; Hattrup to Walters to Garrett; Ity for the statement that Michael
King to Garrett to Walters. Sacri Borodin, the Russian citizen who has
fice hits, Cook and Hoskins. Stolen acted as adviser to the Cantonese re
bases, Hoskins 2. Umpires, Durant gime at Hankow, Is on his way out
and Worthington. Scorer, Pierce. of China.
Pierce. Time 1:58.
U. 3. N avy P ilo t Seta New
Be; Men to Meet
A meeting of bee men of this dis
trict will be held in the Hermiston
library next Thursday night. May 5,
at 8 o'clock, according to a state
ment made Wednesday by County
Agent Holt. H. A, Scullen. bee spec
ialist at O. A. C„ la on a field tour
of this part of the state, and the
local meeting will be one of several.
He will be In the Boardman district
Tuesday and hold a meeting that
evening, at Irrigon Wednesday and
hold a meeting at 10 o'clock In the
morning at the Grimm apiary.
Motion pictures will be shown here
at the Thursday night meeting.
Cratic dairy cows out of herds that
have been headed for several gener
ations by purebred sires, accompan
ied by their allied friends, common
pigs, under the kindly care of spec
ialists of Oregon Agricultural college,
were brought to Hermiston Wednes
day afternoon to furnish visible evi
dence to farmers, either veteran dairy
men or prospective dairy men, what
the dairy business means In success
ful farming. The visitors were on a
special train furnished by the Union
Pacific System.
The animals were on exhibit In
their special car and told their own
stories as to type, and records by
herds that have been on test in ex
periments were related in chart form
in another car. Talks by college spec
ialists and breed representatives were
also made to "get over” the story of
bossy's part on the farm.
That Hermiston district residents
were interested in the special was
proved by the fact that the official
count of visitors showed a total of
560 persons availed themselves cf
the opportunity to see the exhibit.
This was the second largest crowd
that had visited the train at one stop
on the tour as far as Hermiston, only
Redmond having exceeded the size ot
Hermiston’s crowd.
C. C. Gignoux, assistant supervisor
of agriculture for the Union Pacific,
told the crowd of the purpose In
bringing the dairy profits special
through Oregon ¡yid war, followed by
F. L. Ballard, state leader of county
agents. He explained that the college
did not enter Into the special with
the ldra of supplanting other farm
ing activities with dairying but to
show the place that dairying occu
pies. Mr. Ballard then Introduced the
various speakers.
N. C. Jamison, extension special
ist In dairying, called attention to
profits made on farms on this project.
One farm with 3 7 acnes In crop, a
herd of 19 dairy cows and a few hogs
to consume skim milk paid expenses,
Interest on InYtstipent at six per cant
and gave the 6pbeatort>160dk for «1»
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CAR AND MONEY ARE TAKEN
FROM KELLOGG MOTOR CO.
A new Ford coupe and >55 in cash
from the cash register disappeared
from the Kellogg Motor Co. early
Sunday morning, and trace of neither
car nor pioney have been secured by
the sheriff’s office.
Fred Gainer, mechanic, who came
nere from Portland a short time
since to work in the garagv, also
disappeared some time Sunday morn
ing. Information secured by Mr.
Kellogg is that Gniner left about 3
o’clock In the morning.
License plates from the J. W. Mrss-
ner coupe were removed and taken
away. The sheriff’s office was noti
fied within a few hours after the car
disappeared.
PILOT ROCK GOLFERS WILL
Record.
Washington. D. C.—A new world’s
speed record for seaplanes carrying
the specified 1102-pounds was made
by Lieutenant S. W. Callaway of the
navy, flying a Vought Corsair obsirva
tion plane on a 25-klloineter course al
Hampton Roads, Va. He averaged
147.263 milts an hour for 100 kilome
ters. eclipsing the former rocord by
approximately 21 miles an hour.
Withdrawal of Smith and McAdoo Up
New York.—The New York Times
and the World, supporters of Cover
nor Smith, say that the leaders of th<
democratic party have seriously dis
cussed circulation of a round roblr
among
leaders of the party calling
A. E. Porter of Boardman was
here Wednesday to see the exhibits upon both Smith and William O. Me
and to hear the talks made during Adoo to withdraw as candidates for
the presidential nomination.
the visit of the dairy special.
Fanny, the Optimist
PLAY HERMISTON SUNDAY
A golf tournament with Pilot
Rock will be played on the Hermis
ton course Sunday morning. May 1.
Each town will be represented by 12
Dlaycrs, and 18 holes will be played.
The local players who have qualified
have been asked to be at the links
prepared to start P!aY not ,ater than
:30.
Hermiston players eligible to play
according to score« established in the
tournament recently concluded here,
are as follows:
W. W. Felthouse, Dr. F. V. Prime.
_. A. Paul, Dr. J. L. Sears, C. S. Mc
Naught. A. H. Norton, R. A. Brown-
son, M. T. Matott. Curtis Simons,
B. Moll, M. F. Clark, Stanley
Campbell, Ralph Richards, O. O.
Felthouse and J. M. Biggs.
Fed'bknrkcdA
F é a le s
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