The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project,
I
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îbnrttefcw lierais
THZ DAIRY COW CAN
find ho bettes hohe
than oh ah irrigated
FARM OH THIS PROJECT.
LOGANS BELIEVE IN
VARIER OF CROPS
SPUDS
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HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREOOH, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927
VOL. XXI
EARLY
HEP»" TOH, ONE OF
T POULTRY
-*cTS ANYWHF»
xi'i THE NORTHW”
YIELD
HENRY N. MILLER
I farmers urged to
COSBY TO DEMONSTRATE
CULLING HERE NEXT WEEK
FIGHT JACKRABBITS
SUMMER
EIGHT
POISONING
CAMPAIGN
BEENó PLANNED
TONS AN ACRE
Use o i Green Alfalfa Slid to be Very
Acre and Q uartr Returns 10 Tons
Effective in Cleaning Up
of Tubers This Year; Grain
Long Eared Pests.
Raised on Place.
T he fa rm in g p a rtn e rsh ip of Logan
* Son, co n sistin g of W. J. Logan
a n d W illiam L ogan, believes in d iv er
s ity of production, and th e tw o men
a r e p re tty w ell pleased w ith some of
th e re tu rn s they have secured
in
1927.
An acre an d a q u a rte r of early
l*otato(8 gave them a yield of 215
wacks, or a b o u t 10 tons. P ractically
Henry N. Miller of Greensburg, Ind.,
a ll of th e tu b e rs w ere sold th ro u g h
•the T h ree R ivers G row ers associa elghty-five years old, who has been
tio n , an d th e cash re tu rn s have not advised by the Federal pension bureau
been received, b u t on th e basis of that he Is the last of the scouts who
m a rk e t q u o tatio n s w hen sh ip m en ts captured Jefferson Davis at the close
w ere m ade, th e men expect th e little of the Civil war.
plot of gro u n d to give th em a gross
cash re tu rn of about 1600.
The p lo t of ground w as in early
tu b e rs la s t y ear and gave a yield of
ab o u t 165 sacks, W illiam L ogan said.
L a st fall he hau led 52 laods of m an
u re from th e cow lot and sp read ev er
th e gro u n d . P low ihg w as done" in
Chicago, 111.—Aaron Sapiro’s $1,000,-
J a n u a ry . &nd the gro u n d w as h a r 000 suit ag ain st H enry Ford was set
row ed and w orked u n til it w as well tled, Mr. Sapiro announced here.
packed and had a good d u st m ulch
Sapiro sued Ford for libel as a
t h a t h eld th e w in te r m oisture.
resu lt of articles In the D earborn In
"W e p lan ted th e seed M arch 7, dependent, a Ford publication, alleg
a n d had all of th e spuds o u t of th e ing Sapiro w as engaged in co-operative
w ay by J u ly 7, fo u r m o n th s," said m arketing as p a rt of a Jew ish con
Mr. L ogan. " J u s t assu m in g
th a t spiracy to obtain control of American
■our e stim ated cash incom e from th e agriculture.
p atch w ill be $600, fig u re ou t for
The suit was settled on th e basis of
yourself how lo n g it w ould tak e to a new statem en t which Mr. Sapiro an
m ake th a t m uch on alfa lfa . If th e nounced had been Issued by Mr. Ford,
gro u n d yielded six to n s each season in addition to his recen t apoligy for
an d b ro u g h t $J0 per to n , it w ould anti-Jew ish statem en ts appearing in
ta k e th e p a tc h Just 10 y ears to p ro the Independent.
No money settlem en t was involved,
duce $600 w o rth of h a y .”
L abor ch arg es on th e p o tato crop Mr. Sapiro said.
ra n a b o u t 40 cents per sack, acco rd
“The D earborn Independent wishes
in g to th e cost acco u n ts k ep t by the to announce th a t th e suit com m enc
tw o m en. T h is included th e cost of ed by Aaron Sapiro for libel ag ain st
gacks, d ig g in g an d tru c k in g . The th e D earborn independent and H enry
plow ing, h a rro w in ’» p la n t!' "
■iltl- Ford has been ‘erininated satisfacto r
v atio n an d irrig a tio n req
.0 ily to all p arties,” said a statem en t
days, all except th e ir rig a tin g re p re given out as authorized by Mr. Ford
s e n tin g lab o r at a m an and team . and the publication.
T h e tu b e rs h ad Just one irrig a tio n .
"W e a re p la n n in g now to keep
SMITH PLANE FORCED DOWN
ab o u t 100 turl$ey h en s on th e place
th is fa ll,” Mr. Logan said. “ N ext Civilian Fliers Forced Down 60 Mifes
y ear we probably w ill ru n about
From Goal.
3,000 tu rk ey s, a few chickens and a
Honolulu.—The’ proposed round-trip
sm all nu m b er of cows, ab o u t five flight from O akland to H onolulu and
acres of e a rly potatoes and th e same retu rn of E rn est L. Sm ith and Emory
acreag e in late spuds. \\ e ll have B. Bronte ended on the lep er island
en o u g h barley, w h e a t and co m to of Molokai—60 miles by a ir line from
keep o u r g ra in bill for th e b ird s to Honolulu—with a forced crash that
a m inim um . By follow ing th a t sys w recked the m onoplane “City of Oak
tern we can have tw o or th re e good land” in a kiawe, o r b readfruit, tree
p ay days each y ear w ith checks for
Sm ith declared th a t he caused the
eggs an d cream com ing in rig h t
plane to crash into th e tree purposely,
along. I th in k th a t is th e system ;
fearing th a t If he landed in th e mud
th a t we need here in th is d istric t.
the plane would overturn, pinning
The L ogans have been grow ing
B ronte beneath the w reckage.
corn, b arley and w h eat for a n um ber
of y e a rs -a n d have secured some ex
c ellen t yields of all th re e of th e Ex-Chief Convicted of Killing Editor.
Canton, O.—Seram us A. Lengel, ex-
g ra in crops.
chlef of th e Canton police d epartm ent,
was found guilty of the m urder of Don
EART DISEASE PROVES
R. M ellett, C anton editor, one y ear to
FATAL TO OWEN THOMPSON the day from th e tim e M ellett was shot
down by a hired gunm an in the drive
Owen Thom pson, fo rm erly a re s i way of his home. Lengel was convict
s t of th e H erm iston d is tric t, died ed chiefly on evidence of Floyd M.
Liesday n ig h t a t h is hom e n e a r E l- S treiten b erg er, form er detectiv e and
n as a re s u lt of h e a rt disease. He favorite policeman of Lengel when the
as ab o u t 55 y e a rg old.
la tte r was chief. S treiten b erg er, sen
Ben Jo n es of H erm isto n w as called tenced to life, confessed a fte r his con
E lgin sh o rtly before h is d eath .
viction and im plicated L engelas one
The w idow and five c h ild ren su r- of the conspirators.
ve him . T h ree c h ild ren preceded
ieir fa th e r in d eath . T he fu n e ra l Mexico Chief Frees Catholic Leaders.
rvices w ill be held F rid a y a fte r-
Mexico City.—P resid en t Calies has
M>n in th e C h ristian ch u rch in E l-
ordered the release of all C atholic lay
n, an d in te rm e n t w ill be made
lead ers in prison on the charge of
tere.
sedition. They num ber 28 officers and
T he T hom psons lived on th e Joe
lead ers of the League for the Defense
raig place east of tow n before going
of Religious L iberty.
E lg in . T he fam ily h ad plan n ed
re tu rn h ere th is fall.
FORD SETTLES THE
SAPIRO LIBEL SUIT
STANFIELD DISTRICT HAS
Chari i Hahn Locates
rles H ahn, form erly a resid en t
-m iston, h as located in G ra n ts
vhere he recen tly purchased a
tio n ery and sm all grocery. He
day to tak e c h arg e of h is new
ss. He has been aw ay from
sto n fo r several m onths.
NEW MAN IN WATER WORK
C. M. Ju m p la th e new m an in
c h a rg e of d is trib u tio n of w a te r in
th e S tan field Irrig a tio n d is tric t. He
a rriv ed in S ta n field re c e n tly from
W yom ing w h ere he w as engaged in
s im ila r w ork.
THE FEATHERHEADS
F rom now u n til fall is an ideal
tim e to poison ra b b its on th e p ro ject
by th e use of g reen b a it tre a te d w ith
stry c h n in e , an d local farm ers have
been u rg ed by th e com m ittee
on
ro d e n t co n tro l w ork of th e U m atilla
P ro je c t F a rm B u reau to declare w ar
on th e long eared denizens.
T he com m ittee com ists of Jo h n
Jen d rzejew sk i an d H en ry O tt. The
follo w in g sta te m e n t ab o u t th e poi
so n in g w ork w as issued by th e com
m ittee th e firs t of th e w eek:
"F ro m now u n til fa ll ja c k ra b b its
do m ore h arm to forage crops th a n
an y o th e r tim e. T h e re is no o th e r
g reen feed. In c id e n ta lly th is tim e
h as th e ideal co n d itio n for svm m er
p o iso n in g if th e follow ing sug g estio n s
are observed.
"G reen a lfa lfa is used, ten d er tops
p referred . T h is is chopped o r c u t in
le n g th s of an in ch or so. A lay er
of tw o in ch es is p u t in a tu b o r box.
T hen pow dered stry c h n in e to w hich
1C p er cen t sacch arin h as been ad d
ed, Is sp rin k led over th e la y e r of
a lfa lfa and th o ro u g h ly m ixed. T h is
is rep eated lay er a fte r lay er u n til
th e desired am o u n t is ready. One
ounce of stry c h n in e is enough for
15 o r 20 pounds g reen hay.
“ In th e aftern o o n before th e ra b
b its come In to feed the poisoned
b a it iB p u t o u t in th e tra ils lead in g
to an d from th e fields, a h alf h a n d
fu l b ein g enough for a b ait. In well
b eate n tr a ils several pinches a t fifty
fo o t in te rv a ls m ay be placed. .The
poison lin e may be a h u n d red y a rd s
o r so from th e edge of th e field.
‘‘S try c h n in e ,s a denidly poison.
If th e n e ig h b o r’s feelings- arle r e
g ard ed place no poison n ear his
hom e as th e poison does not d eodor
ize-rab b its.
“A su p p ly of b o th stry c h n in e and
sa c c h a rin is provided for d is trib u
tio n a t th e F arm B u rereau Co-op.”
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ENGINEERS MAKE STUDY
OF EFFECTS OF M’KAY
Canals and
River
in
West
End
Measured by Trio This Week
In Checking Work.
A ny possible effects th e sto rag e
of w a te r in McKay dam and Its la te r
ap p licatio n on lan d s below it have
h ad w ere stu d ied by th re e men w ho
w ere H erm isto n v isito rs Tuesday.
T h e trio Included A ubrey E. P erry ,
w a te rm a ste r for th e county, G eorge
C anfield, h y d rau lic en g in ee r of the
geological survey, an d C. A. H a th
aw ay of th e s ta te en g in e e r’s office.
T hey m easured th e flow in the
riv e r n ear H erm isto n , th e flow of
th e M axw ell can al, th e W est E x te n
sion d itch and th e H erm isto n d rain
d itch . T h e ir re s u lts w ere n o t m ade
p u b lic h ere, b u t th e m easu rem en t
ta k e n of th e W est E x ten sio n ditch
is said to have show n a g re a te r vol
um e of w a te r in th a t can al th a n ever
before a t th is tim e of y ear. '
Revival Services Planned
A series of gospel m eetin g s of an
in te r-d e n o m in a tio n n a tu re w ill begin
S unday, acco rd in g to an an n o u n ce
m en t m ade today by W . W . EntBree
of P o rtla n d . T h e m eetin g w ill be
held on th e v a c a n t lo t on Main stre e t
d iag o n ally across from th e telep h o n e
b u ild in g .
Fr;d Reeves fn Hospital
F red Reeves, son of J. A.Reeves,
w as ta k e n to St. A n th o n y ’s h o sp ital
M onday n ig h t on acco u n t of an In-
fectiio n in his foot.
Dr. W allace an d Ja c k H am raal live
in A lbany, b u t th e y d eserted th e ir
u su al h a u n ts and w ere in H erim sto n
W ednesday en ro u te to L a G ran d e to
th e L egion convention. Jack B igge
h a lte d th e tw o lo n g enough to v isit
a s h o rt tim e w ith th e a c q u a in tan ces
in hie fo rm er home.
TEACHERS CHOSEN
FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
A c u llin g d em o n stratio n on th e
Jam es Todd W hite L eghorn ranch
w ill be conducted by H. E. Cosby,
p o u ltry sp ecialist a t O. A. C., d u rin g
h is n ext v isit to the p ro ject, Ju ly 2$, THREE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
according to C ounty A gent H olt.
WILL RETURN
T he d em o n stratio n w ork w ill be
done a t 2 o'clock in th e afternoon.
Five in Grades Who Were Here Last
A rran g em en ts are also u n d e r way
to have th e p o ultry specialist visit
Year W ill Return; New
flocks whose ownerg w ould lik e a
Athletic Coach.
v isit. P o u ltry farm ers w ho desire
Mr. Cosby to Inspect th e ir places
T eachers for the H erm iston schools
should get in touch e ith e r w ith Mr.
for th e com ing year have a ll been se
Todd, or th e county agent.
lected, according to S upt. E. L.
C herry.
MILITARY TRAINING CAMP
In th e high school, in ad d itio n to
ENJOYED BY LOCAL BOYS S upt. C herry, th e re w ill rem ain th ree
facu lty m em bers who w ere h ere last
'Great Fun and Fins Training,” year, in clu d in g Miss B rierley, Miss
A tkinson and Mies R andall. Miss
Word Brought Back From
Seyler w ho has been in ch arg e of
m usic for both the grades and h te
Session by Quartet
high school w ill also be back in H er
m iston th is fall.
F o u r H erm iston high school s tu
In th e grades, four of la st y e a r’s
d en ts, George and G erald M cKenzie, teac h ers w ill be back, in clu d in g Mlss
G eorge Davis and S um ner R obinson, P e tri, Miss C rockett. Miss B rosten
enoyed th e m o n th ’s w ork and vaca and Mr. B ensel.
tion they secured th is y ear a t the
The com plete list of te a c h e rs for
c itiz e n s’ m ilita ry tr a in in g cam p at th e facu lties of both th e grad es and
V ancouver barracks. T he cam p ses th e high school Is as follow s:
sion closed Ju ly 16.
F irs t g rade, M innie A. S an stad ;
T he tw o McKenzie boys cam e home second g rade, Mary
P e tr i;
th ird
th e first of th e week w ith th e ir p a r grade,
H elen
G allag h e r;
fo u rth
en ts, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. McKenzie. grade, A drean C ro ck ett; F ifth grade,
G eorge Davis and S um ner R obinson V era T hom son; six th grade, R agna
a re s till in P o rtlan d and w ill rem ain M. B rosten; seventh grade, Mr. W a r
th e re for some time.
n e r; eig h th grade, A. E. B ensel:
“ It was g re a t fun an d fin e tr a in m usic, R u th Seyler.
in g .” G erald McKenzie said. “ W e
H igh school— E n glish, A lice Mc
had re g u la r arm y officers and non C ollum ; L anguage, Rose D onovan;
com m issioned officers. W e spent Science and A th letics, T. R. W ale n ta;
th e F o u rth In P o rtlan d , and Ju ly 6, M athem atics, Jessie B. B rierley ;
7 and 8 we sp en t in Seaside on a Com m ercial, M ary A tkinson; H istory
v acation period. R ifle sh o o tin g w ag an d Social Science, E va R andall.
done a t Camp B onnieville Ju ly 9.”
From firs t call a t 5:45 u n til taps
a t n ig h t th e re was som ething doing LOCAL CLUB TO ASK FOR
all th e tim e. From 7:20 u n til noon
ROAD WORK WEST OF RIVER
d rill w as on th e schedule. A thletic
ev e n t8 w ere enjoyed from
1 u n til Committee Also Named to Secure
3 :3 0 an d a fte r 3:30 u n til re tre a t a t
Better Mail Service for
5 :1 5 th e cam p w as a t liberty.
L ig h ts w ere out in cam p a t 9 o’clock
Hermiston.
and ta p s sounds a t 11 o’clock.
"W e had p ictu re show s in cam p
An e ffo rt to get some w ork done on
n early every n ig h t and danceg every
th
e
d iagonal road
in to W estland
F rid a y n ig h t,” McKenzie said.
T h ree of the local boys qualified west of th e riv e r is to be m ade w ith
as m arksm en on th e rifle range, o u t delay by th e H erm iston Com m er
George DaviB w ith 63 out of a 75 cial club. A m otion to th is effect
possible, S um ner R obinson w ith a 62, w as passed by the club T uesday a t
an d G eorge McKenzie w ith a 67. th e noon luncheon.
T he m a tte r w as b ru g h t to the
G erald M cKenzie m ade a 48 on rec
ord, b u t In th e p ractice sessions he clu b ’s a tte n tio n fey E. P. Dodd who
reported th a t several pieces of land
m ade a 64.
belonging to the N o rth ern P acific
R ailw ay com pany have been sold and
TOMATOES ALREADY USED
th a t th e re Is a lively in te re st in th a t
OUT OF TURNBLAD GARDEN land on th e p a rt of prospective se t
tlers. The d is tric t should have some
Nicely Ripened Stuff Taken From road w ork done p re p a ra to ry to serv
in g s e ttle rs w hen th ey a rriv e , he
Vines July 20; Other Truck
stated .
A com m ittee of th re e w as a p p o in t
Crops Harvested.
ed to do f u r th e r w ork to secure im
How m any on th e project have had proved m ail service for H erm iston.
rip e tom atoes from th e ir own g a r T he service w as im paired w hen the
local passenger tr a in s w ere discon
dens th is year?
Mrs. A. W. T u rn b lad of H erm iston tinued by th e U nion Pkciflc, and
has th e d istin ctio n of being th e first, local business men have been try in g
as fa r as is know n. Nice, firm to get m ail service hack on a basis
evenly ripened tom atoes have already corresponding w ith w hat w as a v a il
ap p eared on th e T u rn b lad table from able w hen th e tw o locals carried
th e g arden. The fr u it was picked m ail.
Ju ly 20.
N o tw ith sta n d in g a late backw ard MERCURY GOES UP TO 96
sp rin g , g ard en stu ff has been much
SEVERAL DAYS IN TOWN
in evidence on the project. A lot of
people have harvested th e ir early
po tatoes an d fo rg o tten about them , Summer Weather Hits Hermiston
th o u g h some of th e larg er patches
Saturday and is Still on
a r e not all dug.
New corn from local gardens w as
the Job.
on th e H erm iston m ark et more th an
The sum m er w eath er th a t some of
a week ago. C antaloupes are b egin
n in g to rip en , and th ere arc farm ers th e local p ro p h ets had given up for
w ho a re k eeping an eye on ce rta in th is year w aited u n til th e p ast few
pro m ising
w aterm elons
In th e ir days, and sin c e th e n has been rig h t
patches. C ucum bers a r e d o w n rig h t a t home in H erm iston.
T he g o v ern m en t th e rm o m e te r at
p le n tifu l fn m any gardens, and o th e r
th e d is tric t office has gone to 96 on
tru c k crops are going rig h t along.
a couple of day g recen tly . It reached
th a t notch la s t S a tu rd a y , J u ly 16,
The Stork
Mr. and Mrs. Enos D. M artin are and repeated th a t m ark ag a in on
th e p aren tg of a son. born Ju ly 14 T uesday of th is week. Y esterday it
a t th e H erm iston hospital. The baby w as 94. T he re a d in g for today had
not been ta k e n a t press tim e, b u t
has been nam ed R obert E dgar.
th e sun w as w o rk in g ra th e r stead ily
Mrs. Joseph B urkenbine has re and abet nee of m uch breeze made
tu rn e d hom e from
St. A n th o n y ’s his w ork seem v eiy effective.
h o sp ital in P endleton w here she re
Mrs. B ettye D eH art, co u n ty tre a s
c e n tly su b m itted to a surgical o p era
tio n. S he is g rad u ally
recovering u re r, w as a H erm iston v isito r Mon
day.
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ANITA E. LOOS
ASSOCIATION GETS
PREMIUM FOR SPUDS
LAMPSON SAYS INDEPENDENTS
PAY LESS
Range in Other Districts $5 to $10
Per Ton More for Spuds
Sold by Three Rivers.
Anita E. Loos, who Is the only wo
man member of the general staff ot
the army. Her duties deal with the
part women will have in future mill
tary activities.
KANSAS SUFFERS
FRONSEVERE STORM
K ansas City. — S triking a t varied
spots over an area covering nearly 20(
m ites long and 100 miles wide, higt
winds left destruction in a half dozer
comm unities.
The winds w ere felt here, in south
ern Missouri, eastern K ansas and cen
tral K ansas, with a death toll reported
at from 7 to 10. C onflicting report!
poured in ns m eager comm unicntloi
was established with affected areas
but no accurate check of dead and in
jurod was possible.
E stim ates of injured ran to 150
T hroe were reported n ear Shaw net
Kan., and th ree m ore a t Lebo, neai
Emporia. One death occurred in Kan
sas City and several more were rt
poi ted from outlying districts. F iftj
w ere injured in Shawnee, a score ir
Lebo and a dozen or more here. Othei
injuries w ere reported from several
sm til towns near here.
Damage will run into many thou
sands of dollars. Homes here were
dam aged in several residential sec
tlons.
Shaw nee suffered heavily with a
score of buildings reported dem olish
ed.
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
H enry W hite, form er am bassador to
F rance and Italy and American dele
gate to the P aris Peace conference,
died in Lenox. Mass.
Bobby Jones won the B ritish open
golf cham pionship for the second suc
cessive year with the low est 72-hole
score ever set in a m ajor tournam ent.
Roy W. Clark, who has been assist
ant to P resident Charles Donnelly oi
the N orthern Pncific railway, has beet?
m ade general traffic m anager of ilia,
road.
Colonel C harles A. Lindbergh is ex
petted to reach (he Pacific northw est
on his nation-wide flight in the in ter
est of com m ercial aviation about Sep
tem ber 15.
Miami, Fla., was selected ns the 1928
m eeting place for the E lks’ national
convention, defeating Los Angeles
John F rank Malley of Springfield
Mass., was elected grand exalted ruler
John N. G arner, Texas, seem s cer
tain to he the next leader of the demo
crats in th e house of representatives
Finis J. G arrett, T ennessee, having d<
cided to run for the senatorship iron
th a t state. T hat puts G arner In line
and he is so universally well llkei
th a t his selection may he by acclumu
tion.
G row ers of potatoes who have
shipped th ro u g h th e T hree R ivers
G row ers association have been r e
ceiv in g from, five to $10 per ton more
th a n in d ep en d en t buyers a re paying
them w here checks have been made
on com p arativ e prices, according to
in fo rm a tio n contained in a le tte r
from Lee M. Lam pson, m anager, to
J. W. M cM ullen w ho is in charge of
a rr a n g in g ship m en ts for th e local
g ro w ers’ association.
The le tte r to Mr. McMullen bears
M onday’s date and i8 as follows:
" F o r y o u r in fo rm atio n th e spud
m a rk e t looks ra th e r badly off today.
T he m a rk e ts are p re tty well filled
up. W h n t we a re actu a lly selling
we a re g e ttin g $50 to $55 delivered,
w hich w ould m ake $45 to $50 f .'o .
b., hut th a t is for the the cars now
in th e m arkets.
“ We a re try in g to keep the grow
e rs posted so as to avoid d isappoint
m ent in th e fin al settlem en t, b u t it
is very d iffic u lt to do w hen th e cars
a re pooled, some of them sold f. o. b.
and some of them sold delivered a
few days la te r. F or instance, the
day you shipped your car out of H er
m iston you asked me w hat the pries
w as and I told you $60 f. o, b. and
we had one o u trig h t sale th a t day,
and th e stu ff th a t was in the m a r
k e ts th a t day wag selling a t $70
w hich m ade us $64 f. o. b. B ut tb s
day your car w ent o d t we had th re e
cars. One of them w ent on th a t $10
f. o. b. sale, the o th ers of course took
the pool price, some of w hich w ere
delivered tw o o r th re e days la te r
w hich- w ill be less th a n th e $60 f.
o. b.
“ We h a v en ’t got all of these pools
m ade up yet because, aB you know ,
som etim es a c ar is m ade up of m ors
th a n one d ay ’s deliveries. I am only
giving you th is as a m a tte r of in fo r
m ation to show th a t our problem s it,
try in g to give accu rate, d efin ite fig .
u re s on th ese potatoes as th ey are
loaded.
"On th e average the price is going
6» be e x tra good, and In fact we a re
ag ain today sen d in g out advances of
$5 to $10 m ore th a n th e independ
e n ts received for th e ir spuds in th is
d is tric t.
" F o r y o u r Inform ation I am en
closing sta te m e n t show ing th e a d
vances m ade on the d ifferen t dates,
an d if you have a chance to check
th ese a g a in s t the prices ot th e cash
b u y ers on th e sam e d ates I w ould
a p p re c ia te it if you would do so an d
le t me know . T his makeg the sec
ond ro u n d of advances, and in every
care since th e beginning of th e sea
son o u r firs t advances haVe been $5
to $10 m ore th a n th e cash buyers
paid in to ta l settlem ent, for th e sam e
d a y 's d eliveries in tills d istric t. I
w ould like to know how th e tw o
com pared in your d istric t if you
have an o p p o rtu n ity to get it .”
LOCAL MAN TRADES FOR
BIG RANCH NEAR LEBANON
An exchange w hereby J. W. C lark
of H erm iston acquired 132 acres of
land n e a r L ebanon was m ade last
w eek. Mr. C lark traded his 10 acres
ju s t weBt of tow n on the L ebanon
place w hich w as owned by A. E.
K ern of P o rtlan d who recently tr a d
ed for the P hipps place. The deal
w as m ade by J. M. Biggs.
Mr. C lark w ill give and get possess
ion O ctober 1. He came here from
M ontana w here he had farm ed a big
FOUR ARE JAILED FROM
acreage, and he traded for th e riv e r
HERE IN STATUATORY CASE hoi ton, land n ear Lebanon to secure
a larg e place.
F o u r H erm iston persons, tw o met,
and tw o w om en, w ere sentenced to
Mrs. Rowe’s Father Die«
90 days each in th e co u n ty ja il Tues-
Joseph
Cosgrove, fa th e r of Mre.
day m o rn in g in th e co u rt of Ju stic e
J. S. W est. T hey pleaded g u ilty to David S. Rowe of H erm iston, died
a s ta tu a to ry ch arge. T he fo u r w ere a t his home in A berdeen. W ashing
K enneth L ockett and E rn e s t P arish to n , last week . Due to Illness, Mrs.
the
and Mrs. R u th W ard and Mrs. Eva Rowe wag not able to a tte n d
fu n e ra l services.
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