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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927
SIZE OF HERALD DOUBLED
MOVEMENT
HERMISTON, OWE OP
THE BEST POULTRY
DISTRICTS ANYWHERE
IW THE NORTHWEST
BRISKEST
LOCALS DROP HOT
OHE TO DUCKAROOS
W. H. THOMPSON
SINCE
SUNDAY’S GAME ENDS IN SCORE
WAR DAYS
OF 7 TO 6
land* Charges in Past Six Months
West Enders Slow in Getting on the
Equal to Movement of Previous
Scoreboard but Fight Hard
Six Years.
in Final Stages.
A ccording to records th e land
tr a n s fe r s d u rin g th e past -six m o n th s
w ere g re a te r th a n d u rin g as m any
previous y ears w hich show a gro w in g
In terest In fa rm in g offered on
th e
U m atilla
project.
D airy in g ,
p o u ltry an d d iversified a g ric u ltu re
are show ing b e tte r records for p ro fit
th a n th e large, or one crop, class of
products. W h e a t and g en eral live­
stock and fr u it re q u ire la rg e r In­
v estm ents an d g re a te r em ploym ent
o f labor, w h ereas th e sm aller In d u s­
tr ie s are h andled by th e ow ners w ith ­
o u t such larg e o u tlay s of ca p ita l or
labor. From published rep o rts It
ap p ears th a t no lo cality In th e n o rth ­
w est has w itnessed so m any tr a n s ­
fers t<, fa rm e rs w ho have moved on
to th e lan d and a re im proving th e ir
places.
fln c e late last season th e p roject
lias acquired m ore th a n fo rty new
fa rm ers w h o have purchased or tr a d ­
ed for lands. A bout h a lf th e Burn­
e r have m ade exchanges and th e
o th er h a lf have b o u g h t th e ir lan d s
id of th is nu m b er ab o u t h a lf have
paid all cash.
F ollow ing Is a list:
F o rd Bros., of B onita, W ash., on
p a rt of th e E. P. Dodd ran ch , 275
acres.
E. J. Bowen of T he D alles, on p a rt
of th e C. E. B aker ra n c h , 100 acres.
J. D ewilde for P o rtla n d S u rety
Co., on th e P e te r Nelson place, 40
acres.
G. A. W hite, L exington , Ore., or
W h ite h atch e ries, on p a rt of F. B
S w ayze land, 58 acres.
Sylvan P earson, of Lyle, W a sh in g ­
to n , on the Seaton place, 20 acres.
Dr. E. J. G illiland, of P o rtla n d ,
on F ra n k R ack place, 20 acres.
F . R. W rig h t on th e L oundagin
place, ten acres.
F ra n k Severs of W illow s, on D un­
can Cam pbell place, ten acres.
E. L. Je w e tt, from E. J. D oherty,
ten acres.
Monroe F u lle r of P o rtla n d , on E.
D. M artin land, ten acres.
Mr. K lages, of B oardm an, On th e
C hester W ilg h t place, five acres.
W . G. W ebber, of P end leto n , M.
M cDonald place, 90 acres.
W ill D yer of Spokane, on place of
h is fa th e r, 20 acres.
Jam es D ow ning of P en d leto n , on
W a lte r Mead tra c t, five acres.
A. B. G lasky of L a G rande, on F.
J A useon place, 80 acres.
J. L. H am m on of H erm isto n , on
S ites place, 20 acres.
» J; L. H am m lck of S tan field , on
Mrs. H o rn in g place, ten acres. v
W . T. S olvester of B lalock, on
" r e d P ra n n place, 5 acres.
i h n L aird of E n te rp rise , on Mrs.
-n in g tra c t, five acres.
Mr. L aird of E n te rp rise , on A. W.
•an n land, ten acres.
*. C. S w a rn e r of H erm isto n , on J.
Dowell place, 25 acres.
J. T. Dowell of H erm isto n , on W.
N. Bays tr a c t, 9 acres.
H . S P r a t t of Z illa, W ash in g to n ,
on O tto H einl place, ten acres.
A ndy A ndregg of B oardm an, on
C ato Jo h n s place, 80 acres.
L yle T ilden of H erm isto n , on C.
A. Moll place, 80 acres.
W ill L in d n er, of N ebraska, on F.
B. Sw ayze land, 40 acres.
A. B. S han n o n , of L a G rande, on
W. W. R ogers place, 54 acres.
E. D. W ood of C larksto n , W ash.,
on C harley U nke place, 40 acres.
Jo h n M. D u n n in g of P end leto n , on
H . D. G ordon place, 20 acres.
P a t M urphy of P rosser, W ash., on
E dlle Johnson place, ten acres.
•A . B. W atson of M ontana, on
B row n o rch ard tr a c t, ten acres.
Ja c k K ennedy of Condon, on R ob­
e r t K ennedy tr a c t, 23 acres.
J. C. M eyers Inc., of P o rtla n d , R.
O. H o rn in g place, 120 acres.
Andy K ern of H erm isto n , on E.
I. Davis orchard, 25 acres.
G. T. O oundry of B onita, W ash.,
League Standing
(Continued on Page Two)
W o n Lost Pet.
W a lla W alla ..................... 3
P en d leto n ........................... 3
H erm isto n ...........................1
R eserv atio n ....................... 1
W. H. Thom pson, republican, who
w as elected m ayor of Chicago, defeat­
ing W. E. Dever, dem ocrat.
COURT TEMPORARILY
PERMITS FISH WHEELS
P ortland, Or. — Fish w heels were
perm itted to operate on th e Columbia
riv er when the salmon fishing opened.
O perators of w heels and trap s won
a tem porary victory in U nited S tates
d istric t court when an order re s tra in ­
ing the sta te of Oregon and its fish
com m ission' from Interfering with
operation of w heels and trap s until a
tim e when a full trial can be had and
a judicial decision reached on the con­
stitu tio n ality of th e in itiativ e m eas
ure, adopted by the voters of Oregon
last November, abolishing ail wheels
and traits.
The restrain in g order w as Issued in
response to th e petition of P. .1. Mc­
Gowan & Sons, a W ashington corpora
tion which o p erates fish wheels on the
Oregon shore of th e Colum bia riv er
in Hood River county.
The McGowans asked the court to
restrain the sta le of Oregon from en ­
forcing th e law which was to have
-one into effect w ith th e opening of
he salmon com m ercial fishing season
m the ground that it was in violation
if a com pact entered Into by W ashing
on and Oregon In 1915 and ratified
iy congress in 19J8.
Caravan 7 rip to
McKay for Picnic
Is Being Planned
Big
Turnout
From
Residents
of
West End Commnnities Is
Committee’s Hope.
T h at m any H erm isto n people, b o th
from farm and tow n, w ill m ake n ex t
T uesday, May 10, a h oliday and
celeb rate th e day a t McKay dam is
the conclusion reached by th e spec­
ial co m m ittee ap p o in ted by th e com­
m ercial club to a rra n g e for th e a f­
fair.
A n u m b er of c a rs a re expected to
m ake th e tr ip from B oardm an, I r r i­
gon aiyl U m atilla as w ell as from
H erm isto n , S tan field and Echo. In
o rd er th a t as good a sho w in g
as
possible m ay be m ade, p lan s h av e
been m ade to have th e tr ip to th e
dam to be m ade in a carav an .
To realize th is p lan , th e com m ittee
h as u rg ed th a t cars com ing from
w est of H erm isto n p lan to get h ere
n o t la te r th a n 9 :4 5 , leave H erm isto n
p ro m p tly a t 10, stop a t S tan field a t
10 :1 5 for th e S tan field gro u p and
a t Echo a t 10:30 for those fro m th ere
w ho w ill be going.
E very tim e th e carav an
passes
th ro u g h a tow n, h o rn s should be
sounded and a noise in keep in g w ith
a real celeb ratio n m ade, th e com­
m itte e m em bers suggested.
Miss A lta L illie, a teac h er in th e
L a G randg h ig h school, w as a v isito r
h ere over th e week end a t th e hom e
of Mr. an d Mrs. W. L. H am m . Miss
L illie an d Mrs. H am m ta u g h t to g e th ­
er a few y ears ago in Iowa.
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3
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.750
.750
.250
.250
In th e n e a re st to a re a l gam e of
b aseb all offered on th e hom e g ro u n d s
by th e team th is y e a r the W est E n d ­
e rs " lost a h a rd fo u g h t co n teet to
P en d leto n la st S u n d ay by a score of
7 to 6. T he lo cals failed to p unch
over h its in th e f ir s t in n in g , b u t th ey
ato n ed fo r th is fa ilu re by a ra lly In
(¡he la tte r etag e s of th e co n test th a t
h ad th e B ucks w o rried .
W h ile th e W est E n d ers w ere losing
to th e B ucks, th e In d ia n s opened up
th e su rp rise p ack ag e of th e reason
to d ate by w allo p in g th e stro n g W alla
W a lla n in e a t P en d leto n 4 to 2. T h a t
leaves P en d leto n a n d W a lla W alla
tied for firs t place w ith th e W est
E n d ers an d th e In d ia n s in th e cool
b asem ent.
S u n d ay ’s gam e w as p ro tested by
C ap tain Shesely on th e g ro u n d s th a t
H a ttr u p w ho succeeded H odges in
th e box reso rted to th e c o n s ta n t use
o f dosin in h is e ffo rts to m ak e his
b ig cu rv e b reak u n d e r co n tro l.
P en d leto n scored one ru n In th e
firs t on Q u in n ’s sin g le, a w alk to
G a rre tt an d a double by W alters.
T h ey added th re e m ore in th e second
on sin g les by H oskins, H a ttr u p and
Q uinn and an e rr o r by F etzer. They
scored one each a g a in in th e th ird ,
s ix th an d sev en th .
M ittlesd o rf s ta rte d fhe Westt E n d ­
ers on th e ir sc o rin g in th e fifth w hen
he doubled. H e w en t to th ird on
fie ld e r’s choice a n d scored on G ar­
r e t t ’s e rro r in h a n d lin g B lak ely ’s
b in g le. In th e six th H ia tt doubled,
Bob W oodw ard d rew a psiss, B erry
w as safe on Cook’s e rro r an d W ood­
w ard a n d H ia tt scored on S h ip ley ’s
sin g le.
In th e e ig h th Bob W oodw ard and
B erry b o th g o t sin g les. S h ip ley w as
w as up, an d all th r e e w ere safe on
fie ld e r's choice. S h ip ley an d W ood­
w ard cam e In on L o n g h o rn 's single.
L o n g h o rn
scored
w hen
H oskins
dropped th e b all a t th e p late. T b at
ended th e sco rin g , th e locals going
o u t one, tw o, th re e In th e n in th .
B erry looked good in th e box for
th e W est E n d ers. T h e fie ld in g of
th e lo cals’ g a rd e n e rs ap p ro ach ed th e
sp e c ta c u la r in sev eral cases. M it­
tlesd o rf stre tc h e d h im self fo r one of
those fa ilin g catch es an d held the
b all a fte r d o in g th e flip flop act.
L o n g h o rn sp eared fo u r o ffe rin g s o u t
in left. B lakely, v e te ra n U m atilla
played, did m ost of th e in field jobs
(C o n tin u ed On P ag e T h re e )
Spelling Contest Planned
T h e a n n u a l sp e llin g c o n test in th e
H erm isto n schools w hich is co n d u c t­
ed by th e C om m unity clu b w ill be
h eld in th e v ery n e a r fu tu re . P rizes
w ill be given th e b est sp ellers in
each of th e th r e e d ivisions a3 last
y e a r: in th e 5 th and 6 th g rad es, th e
7 th an d 8 th g rad es, an d in th e h ig h
school.
SATURDAY NIGHT LAST DATE
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ON WHICH BANQUET TICKETS
MAY BE PURCHASED AT HITT’S
T ick ets fo r tile b a n q u e t T uesday
n ig h t m u st be p u rch ased n o t la te r
th a n S a tu rd a y n ig h t, acco rd in g to
th e dom m lttee in ch arg e. T he s e a t­
in g cap acity of th e b asem en t of th e
M ethodist ch u rc h w h ere th e b an q u et
w ill be held is o n ly 200, a n d citizen s
from P en d leto n , S ta n fie ld , H erm is­
to n , U m atilla, Irrig o n an d B oardm an
a re expected.
T h e p rice of th e tic k e t Is one dol­
la r, an d th e re p o rt on n u m b er of
p lates m u st he m ade S a tu rd a y eve­
n in g . T ick ets m ay be p u rch ased a t
H itt's .
BEGINNING THIS ISSUE
B eginning w ith th is Issue th e H er­
ald doubles In size an d becomes an
e ig h t page paper. E x tra
fe a tu re
service m a te ria l h as been purchased
in an e ffo rt to add to th e a ttia c tiv e -
ness of the paper. T he am o u n t of
local new s w ill not be decreased, and
th e e n larg em en t w as m ade w ith th e
am b itio n of m ak in g th e H erald a p a rt
of life on th e U m atilla p ro ject.
T he v e n tu re is an ex p erim en t, and
th e re te n tio n of th e new serv ice w ill
depend a lto g e th e r on th e recep tio n
and su p p o rt It receives from
th e
p a p e r's fam ily of su b scrib ers. W ith ­
in a sh o rt tim e an In te re s tin g mys­
te ry sto ry w ill be p u blished serially
as a p a rt of th e la rg e r service.
Two Umatilla
Men Barely Save
Lives in Columbia
Bill
Switzler
and
Pete
Hughes
Rescued Sunday Morning
After Boat Sinks.
T he w aters of th e C olum bia missed
n a rro w ly adding th e nam es o f tw o
m ore victim s to its lis t of drow ned
la st S unday
m o rn in g w hen
Bill
S w itzler, ow ner of th e U m atilla
ferry , a n d P ete H uges, a h e lp e r, es­
caped d eath a fte r b ein g capsized In
th e tu r b u le n t elver.
A flo atin g pontoon w h ich a t low
w a te r is in th e edge of th e riv e r
b u t is now w ell o u t in th e stream ,
due to th e flood stag e th a t p rev ails,
w as b eing pushed u p stre a m by the
fe rry so th a t th e cable w hich sn u b b ­
ed it to a big post m ig h t be re a d ­
ju sted .
Mr. S w itzler and H ughes w ere in a
sm all boat betw een th e fe rry and the
sn u b b in g , post. T hey h ad fished up
th e cab le a n d had placed it. across
th e b oat w hile th ey w orked on the
clam p. T he force of th e s w ift c u r­
re n t becam e su ffic ie n tly s tro n g to
c a rry th e fe rry do w n stream fo r an
in s ta n t. T h a t tig h te n e d th e cable
an d capsized th e boat, and th e tw o
men w ere s tru g g lin g for th e ir lives.
S w itzler g rabbed a cedar o ar and
rode it in an e ffo rt to keep above
w ater, b u t H ughes h a d 'n o aid. The
fe rry o p e ra to r im m ediately began
m a n e u v e rin g th e b o at to be w ith in
reach of th e men as th e c u rre n t c a r­
ried th em dow n
stream . S.w ltzler
w as rescued first. H e had not lost
consciousness. H ug h es had become
unconscious: an d had
gone u n d e r
w a te r tw ice w hen th e men on th e
fe r r y m anaged to fasten a pole in
h is c lo th in g as he floated n ear, face
dow n. He rem ain ed unconscious for
h a lf an hour,
V irg il S m ith of H erm iston w as on
th e shore w hen th e b oat capsized.
H e helped re n d e r firs t aid to th e tw o
m en.
‘‘If th a t fe rry o p e ra to r had not
been a w izard w ith -a boat n e ith e r
B ill S w itzler nor H ughes w ould have
g o t o u t,” said S m ith. " I never saw
b e tte r w ork in an em ergency th a n
he d id .”
HERMISTON HOSPITAL ADDS
SPECIAL BED TO EQUIPMENT
A new p o rtab le Oh-Bee bed, used
by sp e c ia lists In m a te rn ity cases and
In p erfo rm in g m inor su rg ical o p e ra ­
tio n s h as been purchased by th e H e r­
m iston h o sp ital and w ill be in stalled
an d p u t to use a s soon as It a rriv e s
from th e facto ry , according to Mrs.
J. D. H a rra h .
T he new eq u ip m en t was in v en ted
an d developed by a specialist in
m a te rn ity cases and em bodies th e l a t ­
est and m ost approved ideas.
‘‘W hen people req u ire th e care th a t
th e y can have only In a h o sp ital they
need and should have th e use of the
b est eq u ip m en t a v ailab le,” Mrs. H a r­
ra h said , ‘‘an d It w as w ith th e idea
of k eep in g o u r service second to none
th a t J h e new bed was purchased.
T h e ra te s for o u r service w ill rem ain
th e sam e as in the p a st.”
Miss M cC ann, te a c h e r of th e p rim ­
a ry g rad e in th e local schools d u rin g
th e p a st y ear, has been elected to a
p osition In th e P o rtlan d schools for
tb e com ing year.
FARM ADVISOR TO
DE LOCATED HERE
¡HERMISTON READY
FOR CELERRATION
FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE USED TO
PLANS COMPLETE FOR MCKAY
EMPLOY SPECIALIST
FORMAL OPENING
Plans for Service Worked Out By
Picnic At Dant At Noon, Trip In C a n
Reclamation Service, College
Over Projects And Banquet
and County Court.
Here In Evening To
The services of a tech n ically tr a in ­
ed m an in irrig a te d farm in g for full
tim e on lands in fed eral d is tric ts
su rro u n d in g H erm iston w ill be a v a il­
able w ith in a sh o rt tim e, according
to p lan s th a t have been w orked o u t
by th e reclam atio n service, th e e x te n ­
sion service of O regon A g ric u ltu ra l
college and th e co u n ty co u rt.
T he firs t in k lin g th a t a d efin ite
decision had been m ade in th is m a tte r
w as b ro u g h t to H erm isto n S unday
by I. M. S channep, co u n ty judge, on
a v isit here, and th e re p o rt w as con­
firm ed by W. A. H olt, co u n ty ag en t,
W ednesday,
I t fs expected now th a t th e farm
advisor w ill be in H erm isto n by
Ju n e 1, prep ared to go to w ork, Mr.
H olt said. H erm iston w ill be his
h e ad q u arters, and It Is expected th a t
he w ill divide his tim e a m o n ^ th e
d iffe re n t irrig a te d d is tric ts from
B oardm an east to S tan field .
A. C. Cooley, connected w ith the
reclam ation service, w hose h e a d q u a rt
ers a re in S alt L ake C ity, favored
p u ttin g a man in th is d is tric t on ac­
co u n t of th e in itia tiv e displayed by
local farm ers In w orking o u t th e
econom ic p rogram of developm ent
here m ore th a n a y ear ago.
"T h e program o u tlin ed by th a t
conference, as w ell as th e in fo rm a ­
tion included in th e farm m an ag e­
m ent survey by Mr. Beisse la s t w in te r
co n ta in s th e d a ta needed In such de­
velopm ent w ork as Mr. Cooley a n ti­
cip ates w ill be done by th e farm ers
on these p ro jects,” Mr, H olt said.
“ He w as very m uch im pressed by
th e in te re st show n by farm er's in
th e ir ow n problem s, and th e money
to em ploy a full tim e m an w ill come
frem federal fu n d s.”
T he w ork of th e new m an w ill be,
c arried on in co-operation w ith th e
county ag en ts in U m atilla an d M or­
row counties, Mr. H olt said. Several
ap p licatio n s from tra in e d men a re a l­
ready on hand, an d it Is p lan n ed to
secure a m an w ho know s Irrig a te d
fa rm in g and has had special tr a in ­
ing and experience in both d a iry in g
and p o u ltry raising.
JUNIOR PROM GIVEN LAST
Ma!:e Program
Details of the Day.
Trip to dam, cars to leave Hermis­
ton at 10 A. M.
Picnic lunch at noon at dam.
Opening needle valves to release
water, 1 :30 P. M,
Addresses by Governor P attenon
and Commissioner Mead.
Caravan leaves immediately on
trip over projects.
Banquet, Hermiston M. E. church
Col. Blanton W lnship, U. S A., who
7:00 P. M.
has peen named m ilita ry aid to Preal
Tickets for banquet must be reserved
dent Coolidge.
by Saturday night.
THIRD PAN-AMERICAN
CONFERENCE OPENED
W ashtng'on. D. C. — The Ilnf’ed
S ia ’es desires nothing from I. a lii
America that she Is not willing re
ciprorally Io grant to tier sister re
publics, ¡ie ire la rv Kellogg said in nt
address at the opening of th e thirc
Pan A ineriran com m ercial conference
Four hundred delegates from th<
United S tates and the 20 L atin Amer
le a n republics listened to the seert
tary.’s welcome, in which he stresset
the "unity of purpose and unity o
Ideals" of the A m erican nations.
"T he more I study the condition:
of th is continent,” Kellogg said, ‘‘tin
more I am im pressed w ith the fact
th a t the basic principles underiyint
the civilization of all the republics o
America are essentially th e sam e. Thi
points of resem blance th a t unite u:
are far m ore num erous and far mori
im portant than any difference that
may exist."
Kellogg defined Pan-A m ericanisn.
as “far deeper than the existence ol
friendly relations betw een govern
m ents." it m eans, above all things
he said, a m utually sym pathetic un
derstan d ln g of national Ideals ant
purposes betw een the peoples of this
continent.
INCOME TAXES DROP
SATURDAY PROVES SUCCESS (Jregon and W ashington Income Re­
tu rn s In 9 M onths Leas.
T he J u n io r prom , given S atu rd ay
W ashington, D. C,—R eceipts of fed­
n ig h t in honor of th e sen io r class o f 1 eral tax es in O regon for the nine
th e high school by th e Ju n io r class, • m onths which ended March 31, w ere
proved to be one of th e m ost d elig h t- I approxim ately $700,000 less than those
ful social a ffa irs of th e year.
for the ta m e period a year ago, but
T he a u d ito riu m
w as gay w ith ! only $230,000 of the the drop w as a t­
stre a m e rs of blue, an d im ita tio n yel­ tributable to reduction of income
low flow ers adorned the w alls. As tax ;s, according to th e la te st rep o rt of
d an c in g progressed c o n fetti m ade Its the bureau of in tern al revenue.
ap p earan ce and added to th e color
The aggregate of federal tax es col
and fu n . Music for th e d an ce w as locted from the sta te of W ashington,
fu rn ish ed by Mrs. B riggs, Sonny and Including A laska, dropped from $11,-
W. L. H am m . F a v o rs for th e g irls 110 524 for the’ nine m onths ending
w ere yellow roses In th e form of March 31, 1926, to $10,728,451 for th<
horns, and th e boys received canes.
corresponding period ending M arch 31.
A bout 45 couples danced u n til 1927. Income tax es Increased from
1 1 :3 0 , and in a d d itio n th e re w ere a $9 306,801 to $10,14k,,139, but mlscel
n u m b er of p a tro n s an d patronesses laneous taxes dropped from $1,803,722
from am ong th e p a re n ts of stu d e n ts. to $586,311.
M em bers of th e Ju n io r class who
headed com m ittees fôr th e a ffa ir in ­ S trte Com m its ons Discuss New Route.
cluded Nell Reeves, re fresh m en ts:
Salem, Or.-—T he public utilities com
G eorge McKenzie, d co ratto n s; G er­ m issions of O regon and Idaho will
ald McKenzie, in v ita tio n s and m usic; hold a Joint conference in P ortland
V ernon
H a rra h ,
reception.
T he to discuss a proposed railroad extend
dance w as given u n d e r the su p e r­ ing from Lewiston, Idaho, to Home­
vision of Miss P a u lin e Tliom a, class stead, Or. The proposed road would
advisor.
establish direct rail connection be
tween the eastern Oregon country and
FLOWER SHOW PLANNED FOR
Lewiston and also provide rail facili­
THIS FALL BY LOCAL CLUB ties betw een n orthern and southern
Idaho.
C om m ittees from the C om m unity
club a re w ork in g on p lan s for the
Ledgett Under Arrest
fall flow er show . P rizes w ill be
Cecil U -d g itt, local m an, Is a t lib ­
given for th e best ex h ib it of roses,
asters, sn ap d rag o n s, d ah lias, g a llla r- e rty u n d er bond as a re su lt of b is
dlas, sh d sta daisy and zinnias. A a rre s t re cen tly on a ch arg e of u n la w ­
prize w ill also be given for th e best ful possession of stolen p roperty. A
g en eral ex h ib it. It is urged
th a t second c h arg e of th e sam e n a tu re
everyone p la n t seeds of some of these
has also been filed a g a in s t him . He
flow ers and plan to com pete for the
prize. L e t’s m ake th is a real flow er pleaded not g u ilty to th e ch arge, and
show and show w h a t H erm iston can disposition of h is case w as ta k e n
u n d e r advisem ent by Ju s tic e W est.
do In ra isin g choice flowers.
Thanks Just the Same
I
H erm iston has planned th e fin a l
d e tails for th e form al celebration of
th e com pletion of McKay dam to be
held T uesday, Mav 10, and is looking
forw ard to a gala day. T he a ff a ir Is
jo in tly u n d er the auspices of th e
P endleton
Com m ercial association
and th e H erm iston Com m ercial club
w ith rep re e n ta tiv e s of o th e r w est
end tow ns aiding.
T he d e ta ils of the progrein a t th e
dam have been handled by P endleton,
and H erm iston has taken a lead in g
p a rt in w ork in g o u t th e course of
the cele b ratio n a fte r leaving th e
dam.
G overnor P atterso n and Dr. Elw ood
Mead, com m issioner of reclam atio n ,
w ill deliver tbe chief addresses a t
th e cerem onies a t th e dam an d w ill
jffic la te in releasin g w ater th ro u g h
the needle valves F o llow ing these
sxei’clst’s, an
autom obile
ca ra v a n
will move from McKay to P en d leto n ,
thence to S tan field , over a p a r t of
the1 S tan field project and o u t to see
Cold S p rin g s reservoir, alo n g th e east
side of th e H erm iston d is tric t to th e
B u tte r creek road and In th a t d is­
tric t, and th en In the W estlan d d is­
tric t. T he re tu rn w ill be m ade to
H erm iston w here th e g o vernor w ill
have a chance to Inpbct th e lam bs
of the H erm isto n sheep club.
T he b an q u et, w hich is to be
served In th e basem ent of th e M etho­
lis t E piscopal ch u rch by th e L adles
Aid society, w ill s ta r t p ro m p tly a t
7 o'clock. M usical n um bers w ill be
provided
by th e Jcrard-O lson-D ick-
son trio of P endleton and by th e H e r­
m iston sin g ers.
E. P. Dodd of H erm iston w ill pre­
side as to astm aster. S peakers w ill
include F red erick Stciw er, U nited
S tn tes se n a to r; I. L. P atterso n , gov­
ern o r of O regon; Elwood Mead, com ­
m issioner of reclam atio n ; N ick J.
S ln n o tt; re p re sen tativ e from O re­
g on's second d is tric t E d g ar B. P ip er,
ed ito r of th e P o rtla n d O regonian:
M arshall N. D ana, associate ed ito r,
O regon J o u rn a l; W. D. B. Dodson,
m a n ag e r P o rtla n d C ham ber of Com­
m erce; W. G. Ide m an ag er land s e t­
tlem en t d e p a rtm e n t of the Oregon
S ta te C ham ber of Comm erce and th e
P o rtla n d C ham ber of Comm erce and
o thers.
R e p resen tativ es of th e U nion P ac­
ific S ystem have been in v ited to a t ­
tend th e a ffa ir. In v ita tio n s have
also been extended to o th e r notable®-
NFIGHBGEIICOD CLUB WILL
MEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. T hom as S te w a rt w ill be
hostess fo r the N eighborhood olub
a t h er home May 13. D eviating from
th e u su al outom of follow ing th e
business m eeting w ith a p rogram ,
Mrs, S te w a rt w ill use th is period to
d e m o n strate bow to m ake a p erfect
an g el food cake.
F o r som e tim e Mrs. S te w a rt has
been urged to give th is d em o n stra­
tion an d every m em ber should m ake
a special effort to be present. V isi­
to rs w ho a re in terested w ill be w el­
come.
T in grow s dark w ith use. T hia
ta r n is h p ro tects the tin an d should
n o t be scoured off Just for th e sake
of m a k in g th e tin b rig h t.