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_ The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project. Wrmtsfcm lEleralh THE DAIRY COW CAM HMD MO BETTER HOME THAN OM AM IRRIGATED TAMM OM THIS PROJECT. ▼OL. ZZI HERMISTON, ONE OP THE BEST POULTRY DISTRICTS ANYWHERE _ IN THE NORTHWEST HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927 NO. 48 — NEW ZEALAND MAN SEES HONEY PLANTS REAR ADMIRAL BILLARD GOSOY PLEASED AT POULTRY SHOWING MEET HERE IN NOVEMBER PLANS ANNOUNCED I FDR NEW ASSISTANT! JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER The Oregon State Bee Keepers as sociation will meet in annual conven tion in Hermiston, November 17, 18 and 19. Announcement of this fact SPECIALIST FINDS MORALE OF was made Tuesday at the .commer FARM ADVISOR TO TACKLE FOUR cial club luncheon by W. G. Rodda. GROWERS GOOD PROBLEMS NOW The local club will lend its aid in Cyck» of Low Prices for Eggs Usually making the session a success. The F. L. Ballard, County Agent Head association has met in Herndiston in Short, 0. A. C. Man States other years. in State, Outlines Work BEE STRAINS PURER HERE, HE TELLS PRODUCERS Caafirions More Favorable for In. dustry in His Country is His Belief. On Visit. ' Natural conditions for the produc Less pessimism prevails among tion of honey are better In New Zea poultry growers on this project than land than in thia district, but the in other poultry growing districts in bees owned by apiarists in the west the northwest on a cco w t of the low end of the county are purer in strain er prices that have prevailed for egg», than New Zealand bees, according to according to H. E. Cosby, specialist conclusions drawn by T. J. Mannex of Oregon Agricultural college, who of that country after a tour of in was a visitor last Thursday. spection here Saturday. Mr. Cosby said local growers have indicated that they appreciate the Mr. Mannex is taking a vacation favorable conditions for economical of several weeks during the winter production of eggs or a commercial season in his country. He will spend scale which this district affords. about six weeks in the United States. He praised the growth that has White here he drove over the pro been secured on this season's pullets ject and inspected apiaries with W. Rear A dm iral F. C. Blllard, com A demonstration on culling was G. Rodda, himself a native of New mander of the Coast Guard fleet en held at the James Todd poultry Zealand. gaged in chasing rum smugglers. ranch, and Mr. Cosby talked on some "We have much brush In New of the broad phases of the business. Zealand with a result that wild bees He stated that the low price cycleg ate plentiful, and one of out problemg in the poultry business are usually is to keep our strains from becoming of short duration, due to the fact crossed with wild.bees,” Mr. Mannex that it is possible to get out of the stated. "I produce my own queens business over night by simply shipp but it is necessary for pie to have ing hens to market. Such action is my queenery in the middle of my Washington, D. C. — Corn’s oack- usually taken after a short period of yards to guard against mating of th< young queens with drones from wild ward and unpromising condition tea low prices by poultry men in those tures the crop situation, the depart districts where production costs are colonies.” • ment of agriculture announced in its high and other factors make the busi Within 10 years the young Eng August review of the agricultural sit ness more of a risk than in the more lish man has become the largest in uation. favored districts. dividual producer of honey in either Haying is well along, a large crop County Agent Holt was with Mr. New Zealand or Australia. He has secured in generally good condition Cosby on his visit to local poultry 1.60D colonies at present and is look Potatoes are doing well and appear plants. ing forward to the time wheu he likely to make an ample though not has all his avalable pasture stocked excessive crop. CREAMERY’S MODIFIED with the gatherers of honey. His Wheat harvest is now moving up maximum carrying capacity will be PLAN ON POOL ACCEPTED into the north, with threshing returns 4,000 colonies, and he said he was becoming more satisfactory. Winter hoping to have this number within wheat yields were disappointing in Dairy Men Vote Saturday N ight to the next three or four years. the southern belt, but Nebraska is Start Campaign to Sign About 12 years ago he investigat threshing out the greatest crop in its Cd the Yakima project with the idea history. Spring wheat in the north Up 800 Cows. «of becoming a horticulturist, hut the shows the best prospect in five years. land cost too much, he found, so he The world whqat crop appears about Steps looking toward the formation went down the Columbia and spent the same as last year, more wheat in of a cream pool to include the pro some time in the northern part of Europe, be lug offset by probable duct of 800 cow8 in the west end of California. In 1917 he started in the shorter supply the county were taken Saturday Canada. bee business in New Zealand with 50 General conditions are reported night at a gathering of dairy men colonies. good on the Pacific coast and sim held in the warehouse of the Farm Asked if bee men there produce ilarly in the Rocky Mountain states Bureau Co-operative. crops that will furnish blossoms for A big wheat crop is being harvested The modified proposal of the Her their bees, Mr. Mannex laughed. miston' creamery to pay a premium in the Pa eiflc northwest. "The dairy men do that for us,” The general effect of price move of one cent per pound above the Port he said. "New Zealand is a great ments during the last two months land standard cube price, this prem dairy country, and white clover has been to improve the exchange po ium to be absorbed in hauling cream thrives. At times one can look over sition of the important cash cropB from the farmer’s door to the cream those meadows and see them so but to cause some recession among ery, and a premium of two cents per white with bloqsom as to make one the livestock products. Cotton, corn, pound for sweet cream that wilt make think of the colder countries where wheat and potatoes are noted as be a 92 score butter, was prsented to snow blankets the earth.” ing relatively higher priced, while the meeting by S. H. Barnard. Farmers are facing problems In hogs and eggs are now selling at ser After a lengthy discussion, a mot New Zealand not at all dissimilar to ious disadvantage to producers. ion was made and passed that steps those faced here, statements by the be taken to start signing up the re Visitor indicated. During the war quired number of cows. The con BRIEF GENERAL NEWS land sold at from $400 to as high as tracts were drawn early this week $700 ¿n acre. All farm products Ex-Crown Prince Carol of Rumania and farmers visiting the warehouse were bringing high prices. Then informed the Associated Press that were given the opportunity to sign came the slump after the war, and he still maintains his hereditary there. Later, it is planned to put on many farmers have lost their places. a campaign. rights to the Rumanian throne Dairying, wool and mutton pro The Prince of Wales, Prince George duction, honey production are the The World’s Wheat Crop and Premier Baldwin are visiting chief activities on the island, Mr. Canada to take part in the diamond The latest crop estimate^ place the Mannex stated. The sheep men are jubilee confederation celebrations. wheat yield of Oregon at 23,000,000 In excellent condition, and the indus Mabel Strickland, cow girl, skilled bushels and of the three states of try is rapidly expanding. The same In relay riding, trick riding, bronco Oregon, Washington and Idaho at is true of dairying. Big herds are busting, who is the only successful TOO,000,000 bushels. The estimate the rule. One degree below freezing woman steer-roper in the world, will for all of North America is 1,190,000- in winter is cold enough weather to be queen of the 1927 Pendleton Round 000, which is 58,000,0000 bushels warrant special newspaper notice, he Up. less than the yield of 1926. For Eu stated. No barns ar; necessary, just Eppenetus W. McIntosh, 83, whe rope, except R u^ia. 1,277,000,000 shedfe where the milking machines was Abraham Lincoln's office boy bushels, against 1,211,000,000 last are installed. when the great emancipator conduct year; in North Africa 88,000,000, “We have to pay almost twice as ed a meager law office in Springfield, against 90,000,000 In 19 26, and in much for motor cars as you people 111., died at the old soldiers’ home at Asia 368,000,000, ag.iinj.t 369,000,- In the states pay,” he said, "but we Leavenworth, Kan. 000 last year. buy a lot of them. The sheep men A sudden off-shore squall that own lots of Packards. There is a passed in a few seconds to leave the Some Portland Markets duty of 45 per cent on motor cars. lake as smooth as a mill pond cap In Portland markets, pork is firm, Our government would remove the sized a small Chicago pleasure steam dressed hogs selling at 15 to 16 duty if your government would re er, carrying at least 27 of the pas cents; veal is weak; cattle came In move the tariff on butter imports. sengers, mostly women and children, large numbers for Monday and buy “We'd certainly raise hob with to death. ers had the upper hand, causing a your butter markets if we had a sharp decline in prices; eggg are still chance. A few tons of hay is all we advancing, now 22 to 26 cents; but need for what we call the winter Market a Little Shaky ter market firm; wool 24 to 32 cents; season. Our dairy cows run on pas The wheat market is a little shaky, mohair 30 to 50 cents. ture 12 months in the year, so you with slight reductions in quotations. can see that we have low production In Manitoba and part of Sashatche- Europe today has about aB many costs. That is also true with bees. wan both red and black rust have telephones per hundred people as We never have to pack, and bees will appeared, with what resulting dam the United States had in 1900. In be at work at mid-winter when the age not yet determined. other words, Europe Is a quarter of a eeaeon is mild." Misb Agnes Little- left this morn century behind thia country In tele ing on a visit to W alla Walla. » phone development. (Continued on Page Three) CORN CROP REPORTED AS NOT PROMISING THE FEATHERHEADS ( STATE BEE KEEPERS WILL MELONS FROM PROJECT FARMS ARE ON MARKET Local G row er Have Waterinelons, Musk Melons, Cantaloupes For Sale. Home grown watermelons, canta loupes and musk melons have been on the local market for several days, and growers expect the volume of the summer crop to become larger and larger as the days pass. Several patches have been molested by night visitors, according to reports that are current. Clarence Vollva’s patch was almost ruined by some one. Vines were destroyed^ green melons pulled and the crop very materially reduced. Other growers have reported similar losses,, and shot guns have been cleaned and special charges calculated to serve as re membrances of thieving visits have been prepared. New corn, green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, some berries and other good things to eat are to be found in abundance on the local fnarket out of the project patches and gardens. FORMER HERMISTONIANS ENJOY PORTLAND PICNIC About 150 Gather in Laprelhurst Park for Reunion and Good Time July 24 The picnic of former Hermiston- iai’tj now living in or near Portland which was an event in Laurelhurst park July 24 brought together nearly one hundred and fifty people. Among the real pioneers of the project were Fred Wells and family, Clarence Salser and family, Lee Ir vin and family, Mrs. M. F. Callbeck. Others of a later vintage included Mils. George Cressy, Mr. and Mrs. Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. Otto •Helnl, Ralph Salbreath, Mrs. C. F. Ames, Floyd Ames and family, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Townsend, . Mr. and Mre. Wm. Sanders, Wm. Correll and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Pelmulder, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pelmulder, O. P. Brig ham, Mr. and Mrs. Apperson (Janico Brigham), Mr. and Mrs. Jonel, (Pearj Sullivan), Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Akers. Mrs. J. T. Hinkle, Mrs. W. S. Hinkle, W. T. Roberts and family, Mr. and Mrs. Saramee (Matilda Callbeck) and family, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Doherty and children, Mrs. Arnold Shotwell and children, Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Adams, Mrs. John Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Anderson and children Mrs. Gunn, Henry Gunn, John Rob erts, Mr. and Mrs. Love (Bertha Bar- more ). Mr. and Mrs. Jack Irvin who were married at Forest Grove at 10 o’clock on Sunday morning attended the pic nic and were recipients of the beBt wishes of the big party, most of whom knew Jack as a school boy at Hermiston. Mns. Irvin is a teacher and Jack expects to continue in col lege until he graduates in medicine and surgery. PRESIDENT’S WORD IS THUNDERCLAP STATEMENT BY EXECUTIVE IS CAUSE OF SURPRISE Local Men Not Displeased Over Decision of Ccolidge Not For George Jenkins. To Se;k Office. The program of work that will be followed during the next few months by George Jenkins, assistant county agent with the irrigated lands of this district as his field, was out lined briefly Tuesday by F. L. Ball ard. state county agent leader, while a visitor in Hermiston. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins arrived in Hermiston Sunday and then went on to La Grande where he attended a conference of county agents of the eastern part of the state which was in charge of Mr. Ballard. Both are graduates of Oregon Agricultural col lege where they were prominent in student activities. “The fact that Mr. Jenkins only recently was graduated from college might cause the belief that he Is lacking in experience, but such an idea is wrong,” Mr. Ballard said. "Mr. Jenkins is farm bred and train ed, and his farming experience has been gained on irrigated farms. He is 30 years old. Several years in the interim between high school and college were spent in farming. I consider him especially well equipp ed to do a worth while work in this district. County Agent Holt will continue his activities here in some measure. Mr. Jenkins will lend hig aid to club leaderg of ,h e district in giving members all the training possible in livestock judging and other activi ties to prepare them for competi tion with other club teams at the fairs thig fall. Local Jersey breeders have been listing Jersey bulls that are avail able for sale. A major part of thig work has been done by Curtis Dyer, and Mr. Jenkins will aid him in com pleting the work. A cow testing association that will include cowg in two counties In com munities from Umapine on the east to Arlington on the west will be put up to dairy men some time this fall by County Agents Holt and Smith of Umatilla and Morrow counties; and Mr. Jenkins will have a part In this work, Mr. Ballard said. Some dissatisfaction on the part of poultry breeders of the eastern part of the state with the type of poultry house recommended by the college has resulted in a modified type being evolved that Is considered specially fitted to fill the cold weather re quirements raised here every third or fourth winter when the mercury can be counted on to dive to abnormally low readings for a night or two. Demonstrations of this modified house will be made this fall by Mr. Jenkins, the state county agent lead er said. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have taken a pprt of the Neary house temporar ily. Astonishment and surprise were the two chief reactions registered in Hermiston at the announcement made Tuesday by President Coolidge that he does not choose to be a can didate for president in 1928. Some local resident* who take an active interest in politics said they were not surprised by the decision reached by the chief executive of the nation, even though it came out of a clear sky. ‘‘It takes a big man to deliberate ly remove himself from the arena when his position is as strong as President Coolidge's h«a been with the people,” one man stated. “It ap peared to me that he might have had the nomination and the election by merely saying the word, and the fact that he made the statement showing his desire not to be a candidate next ytar marks him as a strong charac ter.” "The statement was very fine,” Colonel McNaught, veteran Republi can, commented, "I have always contended that our custom of retain ing a president for only two terms should not apply to an executive who sqcceeds to the presidency for a part of one term. I think he should be entitled to two elective terms. It Is very fine that the president has cleared the atmosphere and settled the matter of his own candidacy." . It was pointed out by local people that the statement was not so worded as to constitute a refusal to be tho party's candidate in the event he is nominated by the party convention voluntarily. A majority of those with whom the subject was discussed expressed the opinion that the state ment should be interpreted as mean ing that the president will not per mit hSs name to be used as a candi date. Conjecture as to who Is likely to be the party nominee was one of the topics forced to the front as a result of the Coolidge statement. LCMMliy, apparently more senttmaut exists for Frank O. Lowden, war governor of Illinois, than for any other individual whose name has been mentioned. Recently a petition wa* circulated here asking Governor Lowden to enter the race for the re publican nomination. His long ex perience as a farmer, coupled with the studies he has made of some of the big economic problems facing the farmers, has caused agriculture in terests to Incline toward him as an acceptablg candidate. John D. Rockefeller, who recently celebrated his eighty-eighth birthday. LAND DANK PLAN NOT TO BE CHANGED Spokane, Wash.—No change In the administration of federal land banks to place them under treasury depart ment supervision is contemplated, and any Interference with their inde pendent administration by the present farm loan board will cause his resig nation, Eugene Meyer, commissioner jf the board, said here In a meeting of armers, hankers and others. Answering a question by Senator Dill regarding reports of changes in tho administrative functions of the federal’ land banks, Commissione; Meyer said: ‘‘These rumors are based upon news stories which were not accurate. They had their inception when legislation was being prepared for submission to congress. At that time the treasury department had under consideration a plan to have a board of examiners for farm loan banks Independent from the farm loan board. Nothing wrs done. So far as I know, Secretary Mellon does not desire to press for such legislation.” In answer to a question by Senator Jones. Mr. Meyer said the land banks are working with the farmers and have no desire to take over farms un less compelled to do so. WHEAT MOVEMENT STARTS W alla Walla Ships 110 Carloads In Week Ending July 29. Walla Walla. Wash. — With the wheat harvest season in full swing here the sales of grain are on the In crease nnd earload lots are beginning to move out of the valley. During the week starting Saturday. July 23, and ending Friday, July 29, there were 118 cars of wheat shipped from here. As harvest has required tho attention of the farmers, little effort has been made to »ell, although the market is being watched closely. A greater BIG SIGNBOARDS TELLING movement of wheat is to be looked OF LOCAL COUNTRY PLACED for within the next few days. Grain fires the past week have not been serious, but with the continued One East of Town and Other is period of drought there is still consid West Near Drain D itch ; erable danger to the dry straw and HAY PRICES DOWN TO $8 Painting Under Way. * grain. Farmers are watching their fields very closely In order to check PER TON FOR SECOND CROP any blazes which may start. The big highway signs advertising the Hermiston country to motorist« The summer market for hay is W ill Ask Aid For Flood Schools. slower than taut year, the price be passing through on tourg of the coun ing eight dollars per ton, according Washington, D. C.—The National try have been erected and are in to local buyers. The Willamette val Education association has instituted place. O.ie of the signs is about a ley hag produced a big crop this year, a movement to urge congress to grant mile east of town, and the other is and grass has remained good for a federal aid in the reconstruction of northwest of town at the intersec Hot Winds Hurtful longer period than usuully is the case schools destroyed by the Mississippi tion of the highway and the north The Condon Globe-Tlines of the with the result that the demand Is flood. and south road just north of the 22d stated that the estimate of wheat limited and on a ba|sis of lower drain ditch. yield for Gilliam county ha* been re prices. $7,000,000 Bank in Indiana Cloaed. The lettering on the boards has duced 300,000 bushels by hot winds The harvest is going rapidly. A Indiunarolls, Ind.—The doors of the not yet been painted, but the first during the early days of last week. great deal of the second crop la up J. F. Wild & Co., a $7,099,000 institu coats have been applied, and the The total now expected, however, is on the project, and Butter creek tion, reputed to he the largest and signs will be completed within the 1,200,000 bushels. Umatilla county growers are pretty generally started the strongest state bank in Indiana, next few days. 2 he committee In charge of the expects seven million bushels of on their second crop. The quality were closed by state hank examiners wheat this year of exceptionally fine of the second crop is reported to be signboard work Included W. J. War quality, and other counties of the fine, anA the yield Is normal. ner, E. P. Dodd and Dr. J. L. Seers. Barnard To Be S p a k er wheat belt will have similar yields. The labor supply is good, but idle S. H. Barnard, manager of the men are lacking. Bee Mi n To Meet Farm Bureau Co-operative of Her A Few Cherries A meeting of the Umatilla County miston, will be one of the chief Eighty-nine carloads of black cher Berry Harvest Satisfactory Beekeepers’ association has been call speakers at a picnic which will be Lebanon reports the berry harvest ries shipped from Salem lg the record ed for Saturday night at 8 o’clock in held by the Weston Mountain Grange concluded and a very satisfactory for this season, and in the meantime the Hermiston library. It Is planned eight canneries were handling all one for the growers. The season’s Sunday, August 14. Mr. Barnard to make arrangements for a shipment the Royal Anns and other varieties pack at Lebanon was close to three will dtscusH co-operation as practiced of honey runs al the meeting. by farmers on this project. I million pounds. that their capacity would permit. So Felix Had to Take a Trip
