The Hermiston herald., July 28, 1927, Image 1

!
The Herald Keep« Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
nttp lirrmiiitiut Brralh
. r a í s a h t c o w cam
1 r a s v o B i n i l i homi
THAN-ON AN IRRIGATED
FARM OV THIS PROJECT.
YOL. Z U
: \ « - .* •
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927
PASTURES BIG AID M. E. CRUMPACKER I ASSISTANT COUNTY
COMMITS SUICIDE AGENT IS EMPLOYED
IN DAIRYING HERE
HEAVY CARRYING CAPACITY IS
OFTEN FOUND
Swe'.t Clover
OSTON, ONE
it
Tried
by
Many
Dairy Men in Effort to
Reduce Cost«.
Oregon Member of'Congress
Jumps Into San Francisco
Bay.
San Francisco, Cal.—A cute m ental
Illness, brought on by fatigue, lack of
sleep and fancied political troubles,
was accepted h are as th e d irect cause
of the suicide in San Francisco bay
S u n ray of M aurice E. Crum packer,
rep resen tativ e in congress from P o rt­
land. An autopsy brought th e state­
m ent th a t death had been caused by
drowning.
Notes found am ong the effects of
th e big, genial rep resen tativ e— whose
usual high sp irits w ere ch aracteris
ticaily broken a t tim es by moods of
black depression— told of his gropings
In the dark m ist. Inhabited by plots
and h atred s, which had ¡descended
upon his tired mind.
N icholas Longw orth, sp eak er of the
house of rep resen tativ es, in whose p ri­
vate car Mr. C rum packer cam e to San
Francisco, said th a t he had n o t seen
his train g u est since th eir arriv al
here, but had heard th a t he had be­
come suddenly ill.
C rum packer had been tak en to th e
Em ergency hospital S aturday night
when police found him sittin g on a
curbing, and had listened to his story
‘th at he had been poisoned. He re s ist­
ed going to th e hospital and was re­
leased early Sunday a t his own re­
quest.
lie had been w alking w ith Thom as
F. Sm art, a S eattle new spaperm an.
As they approached th e foot o f the
Htreet, C rum packer cried:
“It’s a bad th in g to do, but it’s the
only way out.” S m art realized his in­
ten tio n s and caught his arm . Crum ­
packer threw him to th e ground.
S m art is a slightly built man. Crum ­
packer weighed 240 pounds.
The Oregon rep resen tativ e then ran
to the w ater’s edge and plunged.
S m art’s shouting drew a crowd, but
a ttem p ts were unavailing for about
20 m inutes to recover C rum packer
from th e w ater.
on th e project w ho are
cwrykag irtany cow s ow e It to them -
seivm to look Into the su b ject of pas-
tnne and th e po ssib ilities of p ro d u c­
ing m ore t»f It If th e g re a te st success
alt a reaso n ab le cost ig so u g h t, ac-
«cordiag to th e opinions secured by
t h e H e ra ld In In terv ie w s w ith a n u m ­
ber o f dairym en.
Som e of th e old blue g rass p as­
tu re s on th e p ro ject have a c a rrry -
in g cap acity th a t m ark s them as be­
in g as good as th e b est in p ra c tic ­
al! an y d is tric t, fa rm ers declare.
T he beat h ïû e g rass p astu re s are
found along th e bench and ju s t below
th e benches w here soil is heavy and
su b -irrig n te d , m ost fa rm e rs agree.
Such la n d s a re n a tu r a lly ad ap ted to
blue g ra s s an d m any su ch p astu res
have p ra c tic a lly seeded them selves,
th e blue g rass h a v in g g ra d u a lly re ­
placed a lfalfa.
N ot all lan d s on th e p ro ject can be
m ad e to produce p astu re th a t w ill
•compare w ith th ese n a tu ra l p astu re
' lands, m any fa rm e rs declared. Some
soils a re too sandy and lack firm n ess
su ffic ie n t to en ab le th e p lan ts' to
m ake a sod to u g h enough to w ith ­
sta n d th e tra m p lin g of stock. W here
th is condition prevails, sw eet clover
has been in tro d u ced by a n u m b er of
d airy men.
Sw eet clover h as not been stu d ied
u n d e r local co n d itio n s long enough
to fu rn ish m uch d e fin ite in fo rm a ­
tion. C harles K aiser has some sw eet
clover and o rc h a rd g rass m ix tu re
and some b lu e g rass and w h ite clover
in a n o th e r lot. On fo u r acres he
c a rrie s 12 head of cows ab o u t six
m o n th s o u t of th e year.
" I th in k p a stu re is th e only th in g
in th e d a iry
business,” he said.
"Som e lan d is b e tte r adap ted to p as­
tu r e th a n o th e rs, but I th in k we
could have a lot m ore p ro fita b le p as­
tu r e s on th e p ro je c t th a n we have. It
c u ts costs of p ro d u ctio n .”
E nos M a rtin g ets a heavy ca rry in g
c a p a c ity on h is m ixed g rass p astu re
Madison, Wig.—G overnor F red R.
so u th of H erm isto n . T he sam e is Zim m erm an vetoed th e D uncan bill to
tru e of P. P. S ullivan.
repeal all penalties under the state
W . A. L e a th e rs h as a b o u t 100 acres dry act as far as 2.75 per cent beer is
In blue g ra ss on w hich he fig u res concerned.
A ssem blym an Thom as
betw een one and tw o head of c a ttle Duncan, M ilwaukee wet lead er and
per acre can safely be carried . L ast a u 'h o r of the bill, prom ptly declared
y ear m ilk cow s w ere on th is p a stu re the veto made the executive one of
and w ere ta k e n off in th e even in g th e outstanding prohib itio n ists of the
an d p u t back early in th e m orning. country.
Thlg a rra n g e m e n t Mr. L e a th e rs con­
S enator P. J. Severson, Iola, Wis.,
sid ers th e b est tre a tm e n t a p a stu re dry leader, claim ed, on the o th er hand,
can have as It gives th e g rass a th a t th e governor could do nothing
Chance to grow d u rin g th e cool h o u rs i b u t veto a bill of such nature.
of th e 24.
The governor vetoed the bill on the
Tom H addox h as some sw eet clover ground th a t it would perm it th e m anu­
p a stu re w ith w hich he Is w ell p leas­ factu re and sale of beer w ithout re ­
ed, b u t he h as been r o ta tin g it w ith strictio n s or regulations or san itary
o th e r p a stu re and h as n o t been able requirem ents. He also contended It
to g et a v ery close tab on Its c a rr y ­ would be in th e n atu re of secession
in g capacity. H e expressed
s a tis ­ from the Union and th a t it would m is­
factio n over th e clover crop as a way lead many people into the belief that
of c a rry in g m ilk cows.
b eer m aking was legal when it was
H en ry O tt is also u sin g some sw eet still forbidden by the V olstead act.
c lo v er p a stu re . Roy S u lliv an
also
has som e In th i g season, and a n u m ­
LOVE HEADS LEGION
b e r of o th e r fa rm e rs are g iv in g sw eet
clover a tr ia l.
Eugene Man Elected State Command­
S, E. S ta r r Is a sheep m an w ho has
er and Portland Gets 1928 Meet.
k ep t hig flock a t home. He h a s c a r­
L a G rande, Or.—T he 1928 Ameri­
ried m ore th a n 1,000 head of ewes can Legion s ta te convention was
and lam bs on a b o u t 90 acres of blue aw arded to Portland, Or., and George
g rass p a stu re an d some alfalfa.
E. Love of Eugene w as unanim ously
WISCONSIN BEER BILL
VETOED BY GOVERNOR
CLUB M EM BE R S AND BOY
SCOUTS ENJOY PICNIC
M em bers of th e boys’ and g irls
clubs on th e p ro ject and m em bers of
th e Boy S couts enjoyed th e ir a n n u a l
picnic
la s t
Sunday. T he crow d
g a th e re d a lo n g th e riv e r above th e
diversion dam . Sw im m ing and o th er
sp o rts w ere enjoyed as w ell as a big
picnic d in n er. E. L. Jack so n , p ro­
je c t club lead e r, had ch arg e of th e
a ffa ir.
elected d ep artm en t com m ander of
Oregon in the closing session of the
organization.
P ortland had no opposition for the
convention. All of th e larg er cities
have en tertain ed the legionnaires and
the sm aller cities w ere not desirous
of the m eeting because of th e size of
th e convention and the expense in ­
volved.
The drum corps contest w as won by
Salem, with Bend second and P o rt­
land third.
The Stork
Mr. and Mrs. Ed B row n of S ta n ­
Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Todd drove to
L a G rande la s t F rid a y and sp en t tw o field a re th e p a re n ts of a son born
days a tte n d in g th e s ta te co nvention W ednesday m o rn in g a t th e H erm is­
to n hospital.
of th e A m erican Legion.
THE FEATHERHEADS
G. H. JENKINS TO BE ON JOB
BY AUGUST 1
J’ew Man is 0. A. C. Graduate and
Grew up on Irrigated Farms
In California.
An a s s is ta n t co u n ty a g e n t w ith
h e a d q u a rte rs In H erm iston to serve
th e irrig a te d d is tric ts of th is area
w ill be on th e job a b o u t th e firs t of
A ugust. G. H. Je n k in s, g ra d u a te of
O regon
A g ric u ltu ra l
college
h as
accepted th e position.
W ith C ounty A gent H o lt Mr. an d
Mrs. Je n k in s w ere H erm isto n v isi­
to rs S atu rd ay aftern o o i. T hey r e n t­
ed th e house of Dr. F. V. P rim e for
a m onth an d w ill reside in th e Prim e
place u n til Dr. an d Mrs. P rim e re ­
tu rn from N ew port w here th ey have
been for th e sum m er.
Mr. Je n k n s w as g ra d u a te d from
oollege w th th e class of 1926. F o l­
lo w in g h is g ra d u a tio n he w as m an ­
ag er of a d airy and p o u ltry farm
n e a r C arlto n , Oregon.
In college he h ad crop w ork, a n i­
m al h u sb an d ry , soils,
h o rtic u ltu re
and also received special tr a in in g in
farm m ark etin g . H e grew to m an ­
hood In C alifo rn ia w here he w as a
fa rm e r’s son and helped w ith faim
o p eratio n s on Irrig a te d land. He hag
been in touch w ith d airy in g
and
p o u ltry w ork both from th e p ra ctical
an d th e o re tic a l p o in ts of view for
sev eral years.
T he secu rin g of th e services of an
a ss ista n t co unty a g e n t for th is d is­
tr ic t w as m ade possible by th e use
of fed eral m oney w hich w as offered
la rg e ly as a .r e s u lt of th e in itia tiv e
d isplayed by fa rm ers In th e irrig a te d
d is tric ts In c h an g in g th e scope of
th e ir o p eratio n s to m eet th e c h a n g ­
ed con d itio n s b ro u g h t ab o u t by the
re -a d ju stm e n t follow ing th e w ar.
A search for a m an w ith th e spec­
ia l tr a in in g an d b ack g ro u n d needed
to w ork w ith farm ers on irrig a te d
land w as prosecuted
for several
m o n th s by F. L. B allard , s ta te county
a g e n t leader. In an e ffo rt to fill th e
local post.
ANASTHESIA STUDIES TO
BE MADE BY MRS. HARRAH
MRS. SHESELY WINS HONOR
AT HANDS OF AUXILIARY
The A m erican L egion a u x ilia ry -o f
H erm iston received s ta te recognition
and honor a t the s ta te convention
a t La G rande last week w hen Mrs.
H. E. Shesely, se c re ta ry of th e local
ch a p te r and delegate to th e c o n v n -
tio n from th e c h ap te r, wag elected a
m em ber of the executive com m ittee.
Mrs. Shesely w ill be th e re p re se n ­
ta tiv e of ail th e c h a p te rs in the s ta te
east of th e Cascades. T he a u x ilia ry
o rg an izatio n haa only th r e e m em bers
on th e s ta te com m ittee, selected from
th e e n tire sta te , an d th e election of
Mrs. Shesely w as h ailed by th e local
c h a p te r as one of th e m ost sig n ifi­
can t recognitions possible for it to
receive.
RAZZ-A-DOODLE ELECTS THOMAS
CAMPBELL WHEN AUTO HORN IN
NIGHT
RAMPAGE
DOES
DIDOS
A th r e a t of th e neig h b o rs of Mr.
and Mrs. Cam pbell to move aw ay to
q u ie te r places w as nipped in th e bud
M onday n ig h t w hen Mr. Cam pbell
w as accorded a fro n t row seat In the
Razz-A-Doodle club. I t cam e about
in th is m anner.
A bout 9 :3 0 th a t evening w hen th e
effects o f th e h e a t had been fa irly
well dissipated by an ev en in g breeze,
resid en ts all about th e
C am pbell
place w ere tre a te d to th e ra c k e t of an
autom obile h o rn so u n d in g fu ll blast.
Some
th e m ore d is ta n t n eighbors
th o u g h t a fa ta l ¿ u to w reck m ost eer-
ta in ly h ad occurred. Those n earer
w ho could
d e fin itely
locate
the
source of th e noise w ondered w hat
w as h ap p en in g at C am pbell’s place.
W h at ac tu a lly happened, according
to rep o rts, was th a t a w ire becam e
“ sh o rte d ” and th e h o rn on th e car
s ta rte d a m arath o n . It k ep t bravely
a t its w ork, despite Mr. Cam p­
b ell’s e ffo rts to soothe it in to q u ie t­
ude, u n til he called a neig h b o r and
asked w h a t to do. W hen advised to
loosen th e w ires, th e h o rn q u it w o rk ­
ing, b u t th e nerves of th e n e ig h b o r­
hood had been b adly fray ed by th a t
tim e.
POOL OF TURKEYS BEING
CONSIDERED FOR SELLING
Number of
Growers
Interested in
Group Selling of Birds This
Fall and Winter.
Mrs. J. D. H a rra h , g ra d u a te •nurse
in ch arg e o f th e H erm isto n h o sp ital,
le ft W ednesday n ig h t for P o rtla n d
w h ere «he w ill spend tw o o r th ree
w eeks In sp ecial tr a in in g in h ospi­
tals.
She w ill devote th e g re a te r p a rt
of h e r tim e to a n a sth e sia stu d ies in
th e Good S a m a rita n h o sp ital and in
W ilcox M em orial m a te rn ity h o sp ital.
P re s e n t p lan s a re to m ake use of th (
tr a in in g in th e local h o sp ital in
m in o r su rg ic a l o p eratio n s.
D u rin g Mrs. H a rra h ’s absence, th e
h o sp ital w ill be in c h arg e of her
a u n t, Mrs. W isem an, of W alla W alla,
w ho o p erated it recen tly for a fo r t­
n ig h t.
CREAM POÖL PROPOSAL TO
BE DISCUSSED SATURDAY
“W ill grow ers in th is d is tric t sell
th e ir tu rk ey s in a pool th is year, or
depend on the m ethod of sellin g th a t
h a s p revailed in th e p ast?
Thig question h as been raised by
New M adden, local farm er, who w ill
have a sm all flock to sell thig fall
and w in ter.
H erm iston h as never sold tt3 t u r ­
keys in a pool in p a st years, b u t
sev eral grow ers have been consider­
in g th e proposition d u rin g the past
m onths.
W a lte r B otkin expressed interesi
in the pool m ethod of sellin g last
w in te r a fte r th e 1926 crop of birds
had moved to m a rk et. He had been
w atch in g o p eratio n of some of the
Idaho pools for a n u m b er of years
and declared th a t local grow ers sta n d
to g ain q u ite a little in receip ts by
pooling th e ir birds.
T he tu rk e y crop in th e H erm is­
to n d is tric t th is j ja r is expected to
estab lish a new record for num ber of
b ird s raised to m a tu rity . The big
g row ers have been ad d in g to th e ir
flocks y ear by y ear, and th ere are
m any grow ers w ho have been In th e
business only a y ear or tw o who w ill
have a m a te ria l num ber of b ird s to
m ark et.
T he B u tte r creek area is also re ­
p o rted to have a lo t of tu rk e y s th is
season. Several fa rm ers have been
ru n n in g b ird s as a sideline for sev­
eral years, and
flocks in clu d in g
sev eral h u n d red tu rk e y s are not u n ­
common.
A m e etin g of th e dairy m en of th e
w est end of th e co u n ty w ill be held
S a tu rd a y ev en in g a t 8 o'clock In th e
F arm B u reau C o-operative w arehouse
to discuss th e cream pool pi posal,
acco rd in g to S. H. B a rn a rd , c h a ir­
m an of th e com m ittee th a t h as been
w o rk in g on th e pool.
T h e proposal h as u n d erg o n e some
m o d ificatio n s since th e proposal w as
firs t b roached, and th e m eetin g w ill
be held to su b m it th e ch an g ed p ro ­
position to d airy m en, Mr. B a rn ard
stated .
“ W e w a n t a big re p re se n ta tio n of
d a iry m en a t th is m e e tin g ,” said Mr.
B a rn a rd , “ because on th e actio n ta k ­
en w ill depend w h e th e r th e pool is
com pleted an d m ade a re a lity . We
Fire Causes Alarm
w a n t to g et a com plete expression
from ev ery d a iry m an possible, and
A grasa fire alo n g th e d ra in ditch
th e tim e to
ls a* S a tu rd ay n o rth of tow n caused a fire a larm
n ig h t’s m e e tin g .”
to be sounded M onday n ig h t about
9 :3 0 . T he d e p a rtm e n t m ade a run
to th e edge of tow n b u t took the
Ward Seeks Divorce
F ra n k W ard re c en tly filed s u it in tru c k back w hen an exam in atio n
th e c irc u it c o u rt a g a in st R u th W ard show ed th e fire w as ab o u t a mile
from tow n.
for divorce.
0»
- JEST POULTRY
DISTRICTS ANYWHERE
IN THE NORTHWEST
NO. 47
MRS. HARRY WATSON
PASSES IN PORTLAND
WALLULA WANTS TO
HAVE CUTOFF BUILT
DEATH
WASHINGTON PEOPLE URGE A
COMES
SUDDENLY
TO
LOCAL WOMAN
TEMPORARY ROAD
Operation Performed in Effort To
Saving in Mileage App:al» to Wallula
Relieve Illness Causes
People Who Plan to
Death Friday.
Start Action.
Mrs. C lara A ndrew s W atson, w ife
of H a rry W atson of H erm isto n , died
F rd ay , Ju ly 22, in the P o rtla n d hos­
p ita l. D eath cam e on th e day fol­
low ing a n op eratio n w hich w as p er­
form ed In an e ffo rt to relieve an ill­
ness w hich had become a c u te only a
sh o rt tim e before.
F u n e ra l services w ere h eld
in
P o rtla n d M onday m orning, an d I n t e r ­
m en t wag m ade in a P o rtla n d cem e­
tery.
Monsignor Pietro Fumasoni-Biondl,
The deceased w as born in Mt.
papal delegate to the United States,
P leasan t, Iow a, M arch 3, 1879. H er with headquarters in Washington, □.
fa th e r died s h o rtly before she w as C., who will attend the Knights of
born, and h er m o th er died before she Columbus supreme convention to be
becam e of age.
held in Portland, August 2, 3 and 4.
She w a8 college educated in
a
S eventh Day A dventist school, and as
a young woman trav eled in S w itzer­
lan d and Ita ly w ith an uncle who was
th e firs t m issionary se n t out by the
church to those foreign fields.
W hile abroad she found tim e to
stu d y lan g u ag e s and m usic. She w as
W ashington, D. C.—L ieutenant C.
a stu d e n t of F ren ch an d w as an in ­
C. Champion, navy airm an, made one
s tru c to r in th e language, both before
of the most sp ectacu lar flights In his
going abroad and a fte r h e r re tu rn .
tory Monday, w hen, a fter possibly
H er m a rria g e to Mr. W atson w as
breaking the world altitu d e record, his
solem nized ab o u t 25 years ago. T hey
engine exploded and he piloted his
w ere th e p a re n ts of> tw o d au g h te rs,
pow erless plane nearly seven miles
Je a n and M arjorie, both re sid e n ts of
dow nw ard to safety in a »mail weed
P o rtla n d , th e form er In n u rs e 's tr a in ­
grown corn field.
ing, and th e la tte r in clerical w ork.
He rose in a tiny W right Apache
T he d a u g h te rs
w ere
w ith
th e ir
biplane from Bolling field, Jolutlj
m o th er in h e r la s t illness.
shared by th e arm y and Anacostia
Mr. and Mrs. W atso n cam e to H e r­
navy a ir forces, a t 6:40 a. m.
m iston ab o u t fo u r years ago from
W ithin 10 m inutes he w as out oi
Bozem an, M ontana. Mrs. W atson
sight.
k ept up hep m usical w ork and had a
Y/ithin an hour his altim eter regis
larg e class of s tu d e n ts of th e piano
terad betw een 40,000 and 48,000 feet
d u rin g h er residence here. She w as
he said, w hereas the previous record
m uch in dem and as a p ia n ist in com ­
w as 40,810 feet, set by Cailizo ol
m u n ity e n te rta in m e n t an d alw ays
France.
le n t h er ta le n ts in such affairs.
lie started to descend but a t about
H er c u ltu re a n d ta le n t, coupled
36,000 feet up Heven of his nine cylin­
w ith a g racio u s p erso n ality , caused
d ers blew out, th e ir heads ripping
Mrs. W atso n to m ake m any frien d s,I
holes in his plane's wing and knock
and th e eu d d en n ess of h e r d eath
ing th e oxygen tube from his mouth
caused m uch sorrow in th e com m un­
All seven piston rods flew back
ity .
1
through the plane, fu rth er shattering
Rev. and Mrs. G eorge W atson, and I
the wings and endangering his life.
Ja c k W atson, a b ro th e r of H arry
W atson, w ere in P o rtla n d foe th e fun-1
MOVIES INVESTIGATED
era! services.
Misses Je a n and^
M arjorie W atson accom panied th e ir ,
fa th e r hom e from P o rtla n d for a Entire Industry Under Investigtation
by Department of Justice.
b rief visit.
W ashington, D. C.—The motion pic­
tu re industry, headed by Will Hays,
HERMISTON GETS MEMBER
is under investigation by the d ep art­
OF LEGION EXECUTIVE BOARD m ent of Justice for pcislblo violations
of anti-trust laws.
J. M. Biggs Elected Committeeman
Many com plaints to the d epartm ent
have charged the Industry has violat­
For Sixth District of State
ed both the Sherm an anti-trust act
and the Clayton act.
At La Grande.
Officials of the d epartm ent adm it­
H erm iston w on an ho n o r d u rin g ted a thorough investigation of the
th e s ta te co nvention of th e A m erican allegations was being made. They
Legion a t La G rande la st week when said much federal procedure was con­
I. M. B iggs, p a st com m ander of the fidential, and therefore they could not
H erm iston poet, w as elected a m em ­ discuss it for publication.
ber of th e s ta te ex ecu tiv e com m ittee
On the resu lts of the investigation,
of th e ’ o rg a n ia tio n . He w ill rep re­ however, A ttorney-G eneral Sargent
se n t th e six th d is tric t. T here are will decide w hether to bring suit
seven d is tric ts in th e stn te , each against movie companies.
h a v in g one com m ittee m an.
The federal trad e comm ission al­
H erm iston w as w ell rep resen ted a t ready has cited the Fam ous Players
th e convention. Local men in a t­ Lasky corporation for alleged unfair
ten d an c e Included Mr. Biggs, Lyle trad e practices and ordered It to de
T ilden, both delegates, W. L H am m , slst.
a d ju ta n t, Jam es and L ogan Todd
an d H erb Shesely. M em bers of the
Japanese O ffers $50,000 for Flight.
Legion a u x ilia ry included Mrs. Shes­
Toldo.—A fu rth er spur to trans-P a
ely, Mrs. B iggs and Mrs. Jam es cific flying was given by K um ejiro
Todd.
Told, m em ber of the Japanese parlia
T he H erm isto n m em bers w ere loud m ont and w ealthy Kobe business man,
in th e ir p raise of La G rande as a who offered a prize of 100,000 yen
hostess city for th e convention.
($50,000) to th e first Japanese aviator
W hile no officia l an n o u n cem en t who flies across the. Pacific.
w as m ade to th is effect, it has been
rep o rted th a t W a lte r H am m received
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEEN BY
a prize fo r th e best s tu n t a t the
convention. He p u t In q u ite a lot
LOCAL PEOPLE LAST WEEK
of tim e b u y in g fish in g tackle.
NAVAL AVIATOR
DROPS 7 MILES
One of th e re a lly a g g ra v a tin g fac­
to rs ab o u t thig season Is th a t our
w aterm elo n s a re a couple of weeks
b ehind th e ir u su al schedule. And a
w aterm elon Is a h a rd th in g to w ait
fo r-an d kieep p a tie n t.
T he display of n o rth e rn lig h ts
rep o rted from v arious p oints In O re­
gon la s t T hursday n ig h t, Ju ly 21,
was also seen In H erm iston. T he d is­
p lay lasted a t In te rv a ls for several
hours,
T h a t w ork on a tem porary road
from W a llu la down th e Colum bia
riv e r th a t w ill perm it cars to m ake
th e sa v in g in distance th a t w ould
be effected by th e con stru ctio n of
the W a llu la cu to ff is to be s ta rte d
as goon as posible is th e burden of a
new s sto ry recen tly carried in a copy
of th e A tta lia N ew s-Tribune.
D iffic u lty In p ro cu rin g rig h t of
w ay on th e proposed ro u te from
W allu la to U m atilla exists, accord­
ing to th e new s story, and u n til th is
d ifficu lty is overcome, the proposal
has been m ade to build a tem porary
road.
A p a r t of the A ttalla n ew spaper’s
story follow s:
“ It is claim ed th a t w ith b u t little
work a tem p o rary road can be b u ilt
so th a t a u to s can pass th ro u g h in an
em ergency. E ven a t th e present
tim e c a rs a re ru n several m iles down
th e riv e r from W allula. The p rin ­
cipal o b stru ctio n to g e ttin g a road
clear th ro u g h to U m atilla is th e fact
a piece of land along th e ro u te is
owned by th e m an w ho ru n s the
U m atilla fe rry , and he doe« not w ant
the cu to ff b u ilt, as he gets consider­
able business from these who go
around th ro u g h K ennew ick th en over
land to th e U m atilla ferry in o rd er
to s trik e th e C olum bia riv e r road to
P o rtlan d .
‘‘B ut it is th o u g h t th is o b stru c t­
ion can be overcom e u n til th e sta te
of Oregon g ets ready to condem n a
rig h t-o f-w ay th ro u g h th e tra c t. A
P endleton m an w ho ow ns a la rg e
am ount of land aro u n d th is place is
anxious to have th e road b u ilt. H e
h a g not only offered a tem p o rary
rig h t-o f-w ay th ro u g h h is lan d , b u t
w ill d o n ate th e use of team s to help
put it in condition for use. O thers
ow ning lan d along th e C olum bia
riv e r have also offered to d o n ate
team s an d lab o r for th is purpose.
“ It ls proposed to build th is tem ­
p orary ro ad to accom m odate those
who do n o t w ant to trav el th e e x tra
h u n d red m iles aro u n d by W alla
W alla an d P eid R e/^i ill going from
W allu la to P o rtlan d , and also to b en­
efit fa rm e rs liv in g along th e riv er.
It w ill also m ean th a t every a u to ist
w ho goes over t$ie ro u te and th u s
realizes th e saving of tim e and
m ileage th a t woud re su lt from a
good road, w ill be a booster— an d a
k ick er as w ell— to have th e govern­
m ent and sta te s of W ashington and
O regon com plete the road w ith o u t
u n n ecessary delay.
“ S ta te S en ato r W illiam K irkm an
and o th e rs In W alla W alla th ig week
expressed them selves as fav o rin g th e
co n stru c tio n of th is road as soon as
road officia ls can be urged to act.
" I t Is im possible to give a c c u ra te
fig u res as to th e num ber of people
who a re obliged to. trav el from 40
to 100 m ileg out of th e ir w ay in
tra v e lin g up and down th e Colum ­
bia riv e r, b u t here are J» st a few
th a t cam e u n d er th e observation of
one W a llu la m an recently:
"A H udson car license No, 600369
en ro u ts to P o rtla n d , mnde a 100-
m lle d e to u r b y way of W alla W alla
and P endleton.
"M r. and Mrs. B erre tt. G lendlve,
M ontana, mad$ the d eto u r in d riv ­
in g from U m atilla Io Spokane.
"R . E. s tra n th a m . S eattle, en ro u te
from Pasco to P o rtlan d , also m ade
an tx t r a 100 m ileage around the loop.
“ I* W. W ard of Tacom a, en route
hom e from T w in Falls. Idaho, m ade
th e h a rd drive over the h ills from
th e C olum bia river highw ay.
" E a rl D eLong w ent over th e hill
on h is w ay hom e to M arshfield, O re­
gon, J u ly 11, a fte r a v isit w ith his
fa th e r, W . F. DsLong.
"T w o o th e r cars, the d e stin atio n of
w hich could not be lenrned, also
made the hill clim bing trip Ju ly 11.
“ W. G. W aym lre, R ufus, Oregon,
w ent 100 m iles out of his way via
P en d leto n , in com ing to W a llu la,”