The Hermiston herald., August 18, 1927, Image 1

The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
HWrmwton Huralb
THE B A B Y COW CAN
FIND > 0 BETTER HOME
THAN ON AN IRRIGATED
FARM ON THIS PROJECT.
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1827
PREMIUM LIST FOR
BIG SHOW READY
CO L S. R. H. TOMPKINS
CLUB MEMBERS DO
PRACTICE JUDGING
feUClFIC INTERNATIONAL IS TO
DEMONSTRATION HELD ALL DAY
AWARD $100,000
WEDNESDAY
Oat of Best Shows in History ia
H. A. Lindgren From 0. A. C. Gives
Expected by Manag ment,
Boys Pointers in Livestock
Oct. 29-Nov. 5.
Work at Jackson's.
prem ium list of th e seven­
te e n th a n n u a l P acific In te rn a tio n a l
L ivestock E xposition, to be held a t
P o rtla n d , Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, in clu ­
sive, is now b eing d is trib u te d . E x tra
copies may be h ad from O. M. P lu m ­
m er 211 N. W. B ank Bldg., P o rtla n d ,
Oregon.
T he to ta l am o u n t of cash prizes of­
fered in a ll of th e v a rio u s d e p a rt­
m en ts ap p ro x im ated *100,000 and is
,'divided a b o u t as follow s:
*11,000
in th e beef division, to w hich the
b reed asso ciatio n s from th e v arious
p a rts of th e c o u n try have added
Col. S. R. H. Tompkins, one of the
*7 ,000; th e d a iry d e p a rtm e n t *11,-
800 in ad d itio n to a b o u t *2,000 by most colorful characters of the old
th e breed asso ciatio n s;
th e sheep army days during the winning of the
■classification ca rrie s *6,500 of our west, who retires after 30 years’ serv­
m oney an d ab o u t *2,000 ad d itio n al ice.
■of breed association m oney; th e d ra ft
h o rse class *3,750; th e f a t classes,
ro u g h ly u aro u n d *5,000; in th e horse
show d ep a rtm e n t, w hich is second to
n o n e in th e co u n try , *12,500 of P ac­
ific In te rn a tio n a l's m oney an d *22,-
500 in s ta k e g an d in e n try fees, m ak ­
Topeka, Kan.— More than a dozen
in g a to ta l of ro u g h ly *35,000 for tow ns were flooded and m any miles
th e horse show , w hich ag a in m a k e s ! of low lands inundated by terrific
it lead the woiBd. In th e L an d P ro ­ dow npours in cen tral K ansas, usually
d u cts d e p a rtm e n t *4,500; d a iry p ro­ a sun-baked section whore little rain
d u c ts show a b o u t *1,000; fo r boy and falls at th is tim e of year. No lives
g irl club w ork *5,000; ju d g in g con­ w ere lost, but heavy property dam age
te s ts of v a rio u s kin d s *3,250. T h ere was reported.
w ill be a d iv isio n al show of the
The flooded a re a is in a rich farm ­
A m erican N a tio n al Pox B reed ers’ As­ ing belt and the high w aters took a
so ciation w ith prizes a g g re g a tin g sev­ heavy toll in w heat crops, horses and
e ra l th o u san d d o llars given by th e cattle.
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asso ciation itself. T he d is tric t th is
T he Smoky HUI river, ordinarily
y e a r w ill probably com prise Ore­ d ry in th e sum m er, went on ram page
gon, W ash in g to n , Idaho and A laska, n e a r Salina, flooding the tow ns of
w ith p erh ap s som e o th e r te rrito ry E llsw orth, W ilson, Blackwolf, Dor­
ta k e n in.
rance and M arquette. R eports from
T he sam e s u p e rin te n d e n ts, p rac­ Dubuque said th e w ater reached the
tic a lly , have been selected for th e second sto ries of hom es and rescu ers
co m in g show . As a m a tte r of fact, responded to m any calls for help.
t h e headg of d e p a rtm e n ts of th e
P a c ific In te rn a tio n a l a re changed
EDISON OBSERVES DAY
v ery littte , w hich assures a sm ooth,
:splendid show y ear a fte r year. The Golden Anniversary of Invention of
v ario u s d e p a rtm e n t h ead B a re as fol­
Phonograph Observed.
low s: A. P. F lem in g , m an ag e r of th e
W est Orange, N. J.—Thom as A. Edi­
P acific In te rn a tio n a l h o rse show . son, th e elcetrtcal wizard, celebrated
Mr. F lem in g is know n all o v er th e the golden an n iv ersary of his Inven­
co u n try as th e m an ag er, n o t only of j tion of th e phonograph here.
th e P acific In te rn a tio n a l horse ghow, I A bound volum e of co n gratulatory
h u t of th e O akland, S tock to n , a n d '
le tte rs from governors of th e various
P alo A lto show s in C alifo rn ia. H is states, foreign ru lers and o th ers high
h a n d lin g of th ese fo u r big show s on in public and p riv ate life, w as pre­
th e coaet in su res him a splen d id en -I
sented to him by G overnor Moore.
t r y lis t in every case.
T he first w ords Mr. Edison spoke
E. J. F jeld sted of Idaho h as ch arg e into his original phonograph in 1877
o f th e beef d iv isio n ; D. L. F o u rt of w ere from th e n u rsery Jingle, “Mary
Id a h o , of th e d a iry division; R ay Fox, had a little lam b," to a congratulatory
one of o u r d irecto rs, h a s "C karge of m essage from M ary Pickford, screen
th e sw ine sectio n ; P ro fesso r O. M.,! sta r, on the record of a d ictatin g m a­
N elson of O. A. C. w ith th e sheep; chine, w as p resented to the inventor.
C. D. M inton in c h arg e of th e M anu­
T he original m achine th a t recorded
fa c tu rin g and L and P roduct,, show ; th e hum an voice and reproduced the
P ro fesso r C happell of O. A. C. has sounds was on display.
th e d a iry p ro d u cts show ; R. II.
T hom as, P o rtla n d , is in c h arg e of
Sacco-Vanzettl Reprieve Given.
th e in d u s tria l sectio n ; H . C. Sey­
Boston. Mass.—A resp ite to and In­
m o u r in c h arg e of boy an d g irl club cluding Monday, A ugust 22, for Nicola
w ork a t Cam p P lu m m er; Dr. L ytle,
Sacco, Bartolom eo V anzstti and Ce-
of O regon, In co-operation w ith his
lestino M adeiros w as granted by Gov­
fellow asso ciates from W a sh in g to n
ern o r M uller and th e executive coun­
an d Idaho, w ill enforce th e sa n ita ry
cil. T h e fate of Sacco and V anzetti
a rra n g e m e n t.
is again in th e h an d s of th e courts.
W ith bu m p er crops a ll over th e
The suprem e court of M assachusetts
co u n try , an d livestock people b eg in ­
will consider th e bill of exceptions of
n in g to feel th e increases w h ich are
d efense counsel, previously denied by
slow ly ta k in g place, it is a foregone
Ju d g e Sanderson, but who announced
co nclusion t h a t th e P a c ific In te r­
that, he would perm it his decision to
n a tio n a l th is y ear w ill live up to its
be reviewed by th e full bench.
m o tto— "B ig g e r an d B e tte r.”
KANSAS CLOUDBURST
HITS MANY TOWNS
Wheat Yield» High
Indiana Banker Taken in Seattle.
S eattle, W ash.—John G. Shaw, ex­
se c re ta ry of the T erre H aute, Ind.,
savings bank, w as arrested h e re on a
w arran t charging him with- em bezzle­
m ent of m ore th an *50,000 of th e
b ank’s funds.
W ednesday proved a b ig d ay for
boys w ho a re m em bers of livestock
and cro p clu b s of th e p ro ject be­
cause th e w hole day w as given over
to sp ecial stu d y o f livestock problem s
and to en jo y in g a b ig backet lu n c h ­
eon a t th e noon h o u r.
T h e a ll day d e m o rstra tio n
and
picnic w as h eld a t th e borne of th e
p ro ject su p e rv is o r of clubs, E. L.
Jack so n , w ith som e of th e p a re n ts
of m em bers aid in g In th e picnic p a rt
of th e pro g ram .
la th e d em o n stra tio n w ork, th e
boys h ad th e w hole h e a rte d aid of H.
A. L in d g ren , liv esto ck sp e c ia list of
O. A. C., w ho gave h is w hole day in
te a c h in g th e boys all th e p o in ters
possible to crow d Into a few hours.
He w as assisted by O'. H. Jen k in s,
a ss ista n t co u n ty ag e n t, a r d th e club
leaders.
T he boys acq u ired p ra c tic a l e x ­
p erience in fittin g a r d ju d g in g all
k in d s of livestock, ex cep t beef c a t­
tle. T h ey trie d th e ir I an d s and
know ledge in f ittin g an d ju d g in g
H am p sh ire sheep w hich a re th e p ro ­
p erty of th e sheep clu b m em bers.
T hey also p racticed on some D uroc-
Jersey hogs.
In th e afte rn o o n p ra c tic e w ork w as
done In th e d a iry c a ttle division.
T he club m em hers w h o p o rtlc i-
pated in th e d ay ’s activ itie s in c lu d ­
ed L oren, D onald and Jh n m y Ja c k -
son, Floyd M cM ullen, E nos and Dick
M artin , L aw rence S ta rr, T ilfo rd S til­
lings, D onald DeMoss, Dick U pham ,
W a lth e r O tt, Leo an d G erald Ila d -
dox an d W a lte r Jen d erew sk l.
Q uite a lo t m ore w ork rem ain s for
th e clu b m em bers to do before th e ir
tr a in in g for livestock
ju d g in g
is
com pleted for th e fa ll fairs.
HOOSIERS OF COUNTY TO HOLD
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S ta n fie ld ’s p a rk h as "been secured
as th e place and S unday, A ug u st ¿8,
hag been estab lish ed as t b e d ate for
th e sev en th a n n u a l p icn ic of all n a t­
ive born H oosiers now liv in g in U m a­
tilla co u n ty . A n n o u n :em an t of th e
tim e an d place of th e reu n io n was
m ade y esterd ay by th e special com ­
m ittee of H erm isto n w om en w hich is
a t w o rk on th e d etailg of th e a ffa ir.
O rig in ally , th e re u n io n and picnic
w as a U m atilla p ro ject a ffa ir, b u t
w ith th e p assin g of th e y ears n ativ e
H oosiers from o th e r p a r ls of th e
co u n ty took notice an d began a tte n d ­
ing. L a st y ear th e association of
In d ia n a n s broadened its field and
urged H oosiers from all over th e
co u n ty to a tte n d .
T h e custom h as been established
and w ill be co n tin u ed . All d e tails
of th e d a y ’s p ro g ram have no t been
a rra n g e d , b u t th e re w ill be a picnic
d in n e r a t 12 o'clock fo r w hich all
w hp a tte n d h av e been in v ited
to
b rin g p len ty of food.
The local co m m ittee on e n te r ta in ­
m ent* Includes Mrs. Id a Sim m ons,
Mrs. N. W. Bloom, Mrs. F. B. P e n ­
nock ap d Mrs. W. A. H lnelin e.
L ast S a tu rd a y ev en in g r d e lig h tfu l
su rp rise p a rty w as given a t th e hom e
of Mrs. F. L. M cF alls by h er g ra n d ­
d a u g h te r, Mrs. H a rla n P. K ah er, who
w as h o n o rin g th e b irth d a y a n n iv e r­
sary o f h e r m o th er, Mrs. P eer B okish.
T h e te w ere a b o u t th ir ty frien d s and
n eig h b o rs p resen t. T h e firs t p a r t of
th e ev en in g w as sp e n t in gam es, th en
re fre sh m e n ts w ere served. T hen all
w ent to th e hom e of Mrs. Bokish and
sp en t th e re m ain d er of th e e v rin g In
m usic an d sin g in g . A bout 12 o ’clock
th e g u ests all d e p a rte d
for th e ir
hom es a fte r d e c la tin g th e y had had
a d e lig h tfu l tim e,, an d w ish in g Mrs.
B okish m any m ore h ap p y b irth d ay s.
JACK WHITE DIED MONDAY
IN PENDLETON HOSPITAL
Ja c k W h ite, a esld en t of H erm iston
for a b o u t 12 years, died Monday
m o rn ing a t St. A n th o n y ’s h o sp ital in
P en d leton a fte r an Illness of several
w eeks th a t resulted from a fra c tu re
su ffered In a fall. He w as 4 7 years
old.
;
F u n e ra l services w ere h eld T uesday
aftern o o n ab o u t 3 o'clock in th e local
cem etery w ith Rev. S. H am rick , pas-
to cr of th e
M ethodist E piscopal'
ch u rch , in charge. T he deceased had
no re lativ es In th is p a rt of th e coun­
try . He w as a n a tiv e of Indiana.
He wag a ta ilo r and conducted a
clea n in g business here.
THIS DISTRICT SUITED TO
POULTRY, GRAHAM SAYS
Local
Grower
Thinks
Hermiston
Is Without Peer os to
Natural Advantages.
" I th in k th is is as fin e a d istric t
for th e p o u ltry business a g one will
find an y w h ere,” E. E. G rah am said
the o th e r d ay w hile in tow n from his
ran ch , six m iles east on th e D iagonal
road.
"W e m ade a count of o u r flock ju s t
th e o th e r d a y ,” he said, " a n d we have
slig h tly m ore th a n 900. Less th an
h a lf of them are hens, b u t th e flock
has been p ay in g for its ow n feed and
feeding th e young birds an d leaving
a little besides. I ’ve com pared notes
w ith o th e rs in the p o u ltry business,
and m ost of them seem to th in k our
flock h as been doing exceptionally
w ell.”
Most of th e cred it fo r th e show ­
in g should belong to Mrs. G raham ,
how ever, according to h is idea. Feed­
in g th e b ird s is ab o u t th e biggest
fa c to r in th e business, he said , and
Mrs. G rah am has sp en t m uch tim e
and e ffo rt on th is phase of p o ultry
production.
“ H ot w e a th e r cu t dow n o u r flock
pro d u ction, b u t we s ta rte d feeding
kale to th e flock, and now o u r pro­
d uction |g h ig h e r th a n it w as a m onth
ago. K ale has done v ery w ell for
us, and I like it, not only because it
h a s proved a good sum m er feed for
th e flock, b u t because It produces a
big volum e on a sm all acreage. I
believe It Is m ig h ty fine fo r th is
co u n try .”
Mr. G raham said th a t h is experi­
ence over a ten y ear period in th is
d is tric t h a s convinced him th a t one
of th e g re a te s t im provem ents pos­
sible for fa rm ers to m ake is to p lan t
trees.
" I th in k every 40 acres should
have a t least five acres devoted to
trees, p la n te d like hedgerow s across
th e fa rm ,” he said. " I ’ve noticed
th a t my neighbor, Mr. H addox, can
plow h is fields and w ork them at
p leasure w ith o u t any w o rry about th e
possible bad effecets of heavy w inds
H is fteidg a re 80 w el* P rotected th a t
the w ind can not dam age them . T h at
Is one of o u r biggest problem s, and I
believe th a t if we go ahead w ith a
tree p la n tin g p rogram , we can solve
th e problem .”
HOSPITAL MATRON RETURNS
AFTER COURSE IN PORTLAND
Mrs. J. D. H a rra h , In charge of
th e H erm isto n
h o sp ital, re tu rn e d
M onday n ig h t from P o rtla n d w h ire
she sp en t a b o u t th re e w eeks in spec­
ial tra in in g .
She divided h er tim e betw een the
Good S a m a rita n h o sp ital and the
W ilcox M em orial h o sp ital. She did
w ork in a n a e sth esia an d obstetrics.
The special tr a in in g In an aesth esia
w as m ade so th a t m inor surgical
o p eratio n s m ay be perform ed In th e
local h o sp ital.
T rip s on S undays to Longview and
to Cam as, W ash in g to n , to see Mrs.
M. W. Sinfe w ho has been th e re for
sev eral w eeks d u rin g the illness of
h er m o th er, w ere taken by Mrs. H a r­
rah .
Y ields of w h e a t in th e A th e n a dis­
tric t ra n g in g from 34 to 62 bushels
per acre have been rep o rted , accord­
ing to th e A th e n a P ress. Y ields
Save v aried m ore th a n u su a l, due.
It i8 believed, to th e sp rin g freeze
lam age. T h e freeze in ju re d some
Bee Keepers Contribute
Show Oct. 26-27
fields and did not reduce yields in
The
M
ilto
n -F reew ater A pple show
T h e U m atilla C o u n ty Bee K eepers’
ith e rs, v a rie ty an d tim e of p la n tn g
w ill be held O ctober 26 and 27 th is
ap p aren tly b eing the d ecid in g fac­ asso ciatio n h as v oted to c o n trib u te
year. T he prem ium list w ill be
*10 ag ain th is y e a r to th e H erm is­
tors.
la rg e r th a n ever. T his w ill be th e
to n D airy an d H og show to be a w a rd ­
sev
en th a n n u a l show.
ed
as
special
p
rize
m
oney
fo
r
foods
F red H a rp e r of S pokane an d C lin-
on H a rp e r of H ep p n er w ere h ere to sw eetened w ith honey. T he c o n trib u ­
O. O. F elth o u se Was a v isito r in
Dr. and Mrs. David 8. Rowe w ere
pend th e w eek end w ith th e ir ste­ tio n h as been m ade for a n u m b er of
P en d leto n today.
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years.
H ep p n er v isito rs Tuesday.
er, Mrs. Cecil W arn er.
; THE FEATHERHEADS.
FfUX W 0it»S lb TIP PtWitsi óNiv A
Meáis in iwe t - x t e cost n m p le n ty , cont
STRANGERS SHOW I
INTEREST IN LAND
BIG HIGHWAY SIGNS ATTRACT
MUCH ATTENTION
Motorists Stop in Increasing Num­
bers to Get Data on
•
Irrigated Land.
C ontrary to th e g en erally express­
ed belief th a t th e re is little or no in ­
te re st on t h e p a rt of th e public iu
land, e ith e r ag a hom e or fo r a n in ­
vestm ent, H erm iston re sid e n ts have
come to believe th a t land h a a a live­
ly appeal.
T he idea has gained headw ay h ere
since th e com pletion last w eek of
th e big h ig h w ay signs a d v e rtisin g
th e H erm iston c o u n try as a c o u n try
p a rtic u la rly ad ap te d to d a iry in g and
com m ercial p o u ltry production.
The sign« w ere n o t com pleted as
to le tte rin g u n til m o to rists w ere
stopping a t local business houses and
a sk in g for m ore detailed in fo rm atio n
about prices of land, len g th of sea­
son and o th e r sim ila r subjects.
One young m an from O klahom a,
desirous of specializin g in th e poul­
try business w ith a sm all d airy u n it
ag a p a rt of liis fa rm in g activ ities,
w as well pleased w ith w h a t h e saw
and expressed h is In te n tio n of re ­
tu r n in g to H erm iston a f te r he had
v isited re la tiv e s in
P o rtla n d . He
said he th o u g h t he w ould have to go
clea r to th e w estern p a rt of th e sta te
before it w ould be possible to find
a n y th in g in th e w ay of a location
th a t w ould fill his req u irem en ts,
w hen he le ft h is old home.
A K ansas f a r m tr rem ained here
for several h o u rs In v e s tig a tin g the
possibilities of th e project. Many
o th e r stran g erg have evinced a lively
in te re st in th e country.
"T h e n o rth w e s t is th e c o u n try
th a t is due to grow in th e nex t 10
o r 15 y e a rs,” said a P o rtla n d m an
one day th is w eek. “ T he expansion
w ill be on th e fa rm s as w ell as In
cities, and unless all atgn8 fail, th e
g ro w th in p o p ulation and w ealth Is
lik ely to exceed our fondest hopes.
N o th in g could drive me aw ay from
th e N o rth w est. I t ’s th e com ing
co u n try , in my o p inion.”
Johnson S. S m ith is s ta te deputy
of M odern W oodm en of A m erica and
h as c o n tac ts w ith farm ers all over
th e state. H e -u se d to be a farm er
and dairy m an him self and so m ain ­
ta in s a lively In te re st in farm ing.
"Y ou folks have a lot b e tte r coun­
tr y up h ere th a n th e general public
h as an y idea o f,” sa id Mr. S m ith
W ednesday w hile here for a sh o rt
tim e. “ F rom th e h ighw ay only onei
o r tw o of y o u r real farm s can be
seen. I took a drive o u t th ro u g h
th e p ro ject th is aftern o o n , and I'm
convinced th is d is tric t has g re a t pos­
sib ilities.
“ A lfalfa, d a iry
herds, chickens
and some pigs to tak e c are of skim
m ilk and bees to g a th e r honey from
th e blooms of th e a lfa lfa s trik e me
as o fferin g th e b ig possibilities If
you people w ill let th e w orld know
about your possibilities, you’re bound
to see a m a te ria l g ro w th .”
Mr. S m ith said he had trie d liv in g
on th e farm an d in tow n and a d m itt­
ed th a t a8 he grow s older th e appeal
of th e farm grow s on him .
I AND PROBLEM DISCUSSED
IN MEETING AT PENDLETON
A d eleg atio n of local m en accepted
th e in v ita tio n of th e com m ittee of re­
clam ation of th e P en d leto n Com m er­
cial association and a tten d ed a m eet­
in g a t P e n d leto n M onday w hen re ­
clam ation an d land se ttle m e n t prob­
lem s w ere in fo rm ally discussed as
th ey re la te to th e S tan field , W est-
land and H erm isto n d is tric ts .
H erm iston re p re se n ta tiv e s Includ­
ed J. W. M essner, se c retary and gen-
e .a l m an ag er of th e W estlan d d is­
tr ic t; Lee Savely of th e 'W estland
board of d ire c to rs; Col. J . F. Mc-
N au g h t, ch a irm a n of th e H erm iston
d is tric t b o ard ; E. D. M artin, su p e rin ­
te n d e n t of th e H erm iston p ro ject;
H. K. D ean, F. B. Sw ayze an d II. T.
F raser.
F. A. B aker headed th e S tan field
d is tric t d eleg atio n .
Maurice Drouhin, one of tbe beet
commercial pilots In France, who may
pilot the plane Columbia on the re­
turn flight from Europe.
CALIFORNIA GROWERS
GET RATE REDUCTION
W ashington, D. C.—A reduction of
13 cents a hundred pounds on Califor
nia fresh fruit, o th er than oranges
lem ons and apples, moving to the
eastern half of th e U nited S tates
was ordered by the in te rsta te com
m erce comm ission, effective Octobei
10, next.
By the sam e decision, the commis
sion ordered the California fru it rates
to D envet and Rocky m ountain terrl
tory generally reduced a t the sam e
tim e by 12 cents.
Com plaints of the C alifornia pro­
ducing Interests against the present
rate s w ere sustained alm ost com plete­
ly by the commission.
F ru it grow ers of the Pacific no rth ­
w est may have opportunity to reopen
th e ir fight for lower freight rates to
th e east as a resu lt of the decision.
In contrast to the new C alifornia
rates, the ra te on the sam e commodi­
ties from Hood River and Yakima,
the two g reat fruit shipping centers
of th e northw est, rem ains al *1.69 to
Omaha, *1.8714 to Chicago, P itfshqrg
and New York City and *1.58 to Den­
ver.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Lon W esterm ann of Seattle, Wash.,
was elected president of the F raternal
O rder of Eagles in national conven­
tion at Milwaukie.
Janies Oliver Curwood, author and
noted conservationist, died a t his
hom e in O3osso, Mich., a fter an illness
resu ltin g from streptococcus infection
A *783,000,000 “m elon,” establishing
a record profit for American industry,
is to be distributed among holders of
stock in the G eneral Motors corpora
tion.
C ash and players to the am ount of
*75 000 were offered by the Chicago
W hite Sox for the contract of Lyn
l.ftiy, sensational young O akland, Cal.
shortstop.
The Chicago, M ilwaukee & St. Paul
railw ay announced th a t it would in­
tervene Io prevent the proposed m er­
ger of the G reat N orthern and North
e ra Pacific railroads.
C aptain A rthur V. Rodgers was
killed a t Los Angeles when his Tan
dem-motored nfonoplnne “Angel of
L oh Angeles” crashed to earth and the
pilot attem pted to leap to safety.
C o n tra ry to rep o rts from P endle­
ton th a t w a te r w ill be sh u t off for
th e use of th e W estland Irrig a tio n
d is tric t, th e supply w ill keep com ing
u n til th e d is tric t orders its discon­
tin u an ce, according to J. W. Mess­
ner. se c re ta ry and general m anager
of th e d is tric t.
The d is tric t and the governm ent
a re n o t in any controversy about
w ater, Mr. M essner stated. The dis­
tr ic t has a slid in g co n tract w ith th e
g overnm ent for the use of McKay
sto ra g e w ater over a period of years,
and th e c o n tra c t Is being adhered to
and w ill co n tin u e to function.
"T h e d is tric t made a co n tract w ith
the g o v ern m en t for the use of sto rag e
w ater to be applied betw een Ju n e IS
and O ctober 15,” said Mr. Messner.
" F o r th e firs t year, 1927, our m in i­
mum w as 10,000 acre feet w hich we
had to pay for w h eth er we used th a t
m uch or not. We have the privilege
of u sing m ore for w hich we m ust pay
In pro p o rtio n .
T he p resen t plans of the board call
for s h u ttin g off w ater about S ep t­
em ber 1. It w ill be sh u t off a t th a t
tim e because th e re w ill be no fu r th e r
need for it d u rin g this year. W hen
th e w a te r Ia sh u t off it w ill be done
a t th e o rd er of the d istric t, n o t by
actio n of th e go v ern m en t."
The S tan field d is tric t w ill dis­
pense w ith w ater w ith in a few days,
according to local m en, b u t th e a c t­
ion of th a t d is tric t wag ta k e n for th e
sam e reason th a t a c tu a te d th e W est-
land board, to c u t expenses. B oth
d is tric ts hav e had p len ty of w a te r
d u rin g th e h o t sum m er season, a
condition th a t did not prevail u n til
McKay dam w as b u ilt, and th e ap­
p licatio n of w ater now being used
w ill be su ffic ie n t to m atu re all crops
and leave th e soil in very good con­
d itio n .
»
“ T he sta te m e n t m ade from P endle­
ton gave the- Im presalop th a t w a te r
wa^ b e in g s h u t off a t th e g o v ern ­
m en t’s o rd er and to th e d e trim e n t
of th e d is tric t,” Mr. M essner sta te d .
"W e have received q u ite a few In­
q u iries ab o u t th e facts in th e case,
and th e caus^ of a public sta te m e n t
Is th a t th e real situ a tio n may be ex ­
p la in ed ,” he said. "T h e re lfl no
q u a rre l ab o u t w ater, and we have no
w a te r sh o rtag e. Croita havje donje
well in th e d is tric t thlg y e a r.”
325 COWS SIGNED HERE
FOR PROPOSED CREAM FOOL
Agreement Papers at Office of the
Co-operative; Mutual Asks
For Chance.
T he sig n u p of cow , for the cream
pool th a t has been urged by th e U m a­
tilla P ro je c t F arm B ureau has re a c h ­
ed 325, according to S. H. B a rn a rd ,
c h a irm a n of the organization com ­
m ittee.
No concerted e ffo rt to get sig n a ­
tu re s h as been m ade, and such slg-
naturqg as have been secured have
been iriade by d airy men on th e ir own
in itia tiv e .
A request from th e M utual C ream ­
ery Co. th a t it be perm itted to bid on
the product of the pool has been re ­
ceived by th e farm organization.
"T h e ag reem en t for a signup of
cows w ill be kept in the office of th e
F arm B ureau C o-operative u n til the
The Stork
sig n u p reaches 500,” Mr. B arn ard
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. C lark a re the said, "a n d th en we plan to go o u t
p are n ts of a d a u g h te r born F rid ay at
a fte r th e re s t of the 800 req u ired to
th e H erm iston h ospital.
m ake th e pool a re a lity .”
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Q uim by are
th e p a re n ts of a d a u g h te r born S u n ­
Labor Is Plentiful
day n ig h t a t H erm iston h o sp ital.
T he supply of labor lR p lentiful
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. P ow ell of W alla all over th e state, according to re ­
W alla, w ere week end g u ests a t the p o rts received by O. H. O ram ,
F. D. C allahan home. Mrs. Pow ell ch a irm a n of th e seasonal em ploym ent
h a s been coaching w ith Mine. Leah com m ission. The rep o rts w ere from
L easka in P o rtla n d , and is a sta ff 11 O regon cities. Several of the
a r t is t over KOIN and “ T he Voice to w n s Indicate a su rp lu s of labor, and
none a n y shortage.
F rom B roadw ay.”
George Wins
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