The Hermiston herald., August 25, 1927, Image 1

The Herald Keep« Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
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HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1927
CARSONS PRODUCE
VARIETY OF CROPS
MISS NANCY ALEXANDER
PREMIUM LIST OF
SHOW IS CHANGED
rOULTBY TO RECEIVE MORE OF
¿POULTRY ONE OF MAJOR LINES
PRIZE MOKTY
OF ACTIVITY
Board W orks on Awards list, and
Mr. a n d
Mr».
HERMISTON, ONE 0T
EE BEST POULTRY
j TRICTS ANYW HERE
IN THE NORTHWEST
Carson
B elieve
P lans to E nclose Grounds
in
D iversification as V ital
W ith N ew Fence.
To P roject’s Success.
The premium list far the annual
Hermiston Dairy and Hog show will
sho.v more changes this year than
for a number of years, according to
directors of the organization who
met last night in the office of G. 11.
Jenkins, assistant county agent, to
make the final allotment of money.
The prize awards have been ar­
ranged for distribution so that more
money than in former years will be
available for those who are 1,1 the
poultry and turkey tu si iess. Less
money will be paid to exhibitors In
the swine division than in former
■years. The change w ss made by the
board as a recognitioc of the added
importance that poultry growing has
assumed on the project In the past
few years.
Plana for the show are going for­
ward rapidly. The pr< mlum list will
soon be lseued. Som-i good enter-'
tainment numbers have bean secured.
There w ill be a merry-go-round and
other amusement features, includ­
ing shows. The Triangle Amusement
company will be here.
Plans 'for enclosing the fair
grounds wih a six fool fence will be
pressed without delay, the board de­
cided. A committee was appointed
to make measurements and estimates
of cost So the work et.n be complet-
ed before this year’s show.
Diversification of production in
crops is not a theory with Mr. and
Mrs. 8. L. Carson who own and oper­
ate one of the beet farms on the pro­
ject just northwest of Hermiston; its
a practice and a habit.
Mr. Carson is so thoroughly con­
vinced that a variety of crops should
be grown on this project that he loses
no opportunity to put in a word for
the idea.
Miss Nancy Alexander of Charlotte,
The presence of corn, wheat, broom N. C., the only woman mem ber of the
■corn, melons, onions, head lettuce and Southern Lum ber Dealers' association,
«other garden crops, not to mention represents one of the largest western
hay and pasture, on the farm indi­ lum ber d&ncarns in the C aro lina!,
cates the degree of his interest in Georgia, Florida and Alabam a.
*he subject.
This week the Carsons have bean
harvesting their onion crop. They
had the main part of their crop in
Walla Wallas and Valencias. The
latter is a new variety to this part
of the country and has yielded well
for the Carsons thig year. The bulb
Eureka, Cal.—Eureka and other
is a big one, very firm, and its flavor towns in Humboldt county were
la sweet.
rocked Saturday by the most severe
Some summer Bermudas were also earthquake felt here since 1906. The
tried this year, but Mr. Carson's opin­ temblor, lasting IS seconds, unpaired
ion of them as a crop to be grown the fire alarm system.
here is not high.
C. C. Fiske, linotype operator for
The onion crop on the Carson place the Humboldt Standard, was slightly
givt„ promise of yielding about 300 injured when his machine careened
bags to the acre this year. Most of forward. Several women fainted on
the crop will be held until later when downtown streets while buildings
th e winter market is expected to swayed and the noise of toppling
make them worth three or four cents chimneys and breaking dishes could
a pound. If the price comes up to be heard, piaster was knocked from
•expectation, the onion crop will set many rooms.:.
:a high rate of production in terms
Reports from Scotia, Fortuna, Ar­
•of hard cash.
cata and Ferndale «tated merchandise
“We might just as well be getting had been shaken from shelves; glass,
thousands of dollars on this project dishes and chimneys broken and some
out of the sale of onions,” Mr. Car- plaster knocked .j(efwn.
sn declared. "We have hundrdes of
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acres that will produce just as good
OREGON §A$ TAX LARGE
crops of onions as we have been able
to get here for several years, and if M o to ris t* , G w t r i ^ t a $15,000 D aily
farmers want to take the extra pain8
to Read M aintenance.
necessary to produce them, we can
Salem, Or.—Motorists in Oregon
have onions by the ton.”
are contributing approximately $16,-
A broom crop experiment has been OOf) d aily to the construction and
tried on the farm this year, and ma'ntenance of the state’s improved
Jesse Oossage, u proprietor of the highways through the medium of the
broom factory«^ Stanfield, has in­ tax on gasoline, according to an esti­
spected the crop and thinks it has mate advanced by Secretary of State
done well. A price of about $140 Kozer. This estimate is based on re­
per ton is what the market will af­ turns for July, which show that gaso­
ford for locally grown corn this line taxes for that month totaled ap­
year, Mr. Carson said.
proximately $440,000, as compared to
A patch of ground containing an $389,457 in the corresponding month
acre and a half that is quite boggy last year. On the present basis Kozer
was seeded to pasture for this sum­ estimates that gasoline taxes for the
mer. Alsyke clover, timothy, sweet present year will amount to approxi­
clover and blue grass were some of mately $4,000,000, an compared to $3,-
the kinds of seed mixed by the owner 535,000 in 1926.
for the pature. The alsyke has done
particularly well, and the pasture
U. 8. Should Q uit Ship Butlnaaa.
has carried four head of horses and a
Portland, Or,—The federal govern­
couple of cows all season. The grass ment must get out of the shipping bus­
has kept ahead of the stock right iness as soon as it can set up Ameri­
along.
can ship-owners and operators who
“For wet ground I’m convinced can and will retain the valuable trade
that alsyke is one of the best kinds routes already established for the ben­
of grass we have ever had,” Mr. Car- efit of the country at large, in the
son said. I’ve had it before on some opinion of Jefferson Myers, member
of the low spots, and it makes a good of the shipping board from the west
growth and produces a lot of feed.” coast, who has returned to his home
The Carsons are pioneers here in in Portland for a few weeks’ visit.
the poultry business, and their flock
of Barred Rocks is rated as one of Goebel and Jensen Given Rewards.
the finest in the eastern part of the
Honolulu.—Art Goebel, Hollywood,
■tate. Mrs. Carson has “adopted” and Martin Jensen, Honolulu, success­
the flock, and its care is a labor of ful pilotg in the Oakland-Hawaii aer­
love that never lose8 interest for her. ial dash, were presented with checks
of $25,000 and $10,000 respectively,
Calves kept together in a large James D. Dole, sponsor of the flight,
pem are difficult to feed by hand un­ personally making the award. The
less tied. When they are loose the presentation was made at an informal
milk often is spilled, and the larger ceremony at the Royal Hawaiian hotel.
calves get part of the smaller ones’
share. Very simple stanchions way
The full natural sweetness of the
be constructed to prevent losses of sweet potato develops only after a
milk and to insure the equal dis­ period of storage, the sweetness be­
tribution of the feed. To prevent ing due primarily to the presence of
the calves from sucking one another, sucrose or canc sugar which is form­
It is best to keep them in the stanch­ ed during the period.
ions for some time after feeding.
Calf stanchions are usually 36 to 40
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crowder,
inches high with spaces 4 to 6 inches
wide for the calves’ necks. Allow former Hermiston residents, are the
from 2 to 2 1-2 feet between the parents of a son, born recently In
McMinnville.
calves.
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
CALIFORNIA TOWNS
FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
W ilburn
Savely,
Brother
of
L a ;
Savely, Loses Long F ig h t
To R egain H ealth.
Wilburn B. Savely, 26, veteran of
the World war, for two years a re­
sident of this district on the ranch
of his brother, Lee Savely, died Aug­
ust 15 in the U. S. Veterans hospital
In Portland after an illness that be­
gan last fall. He submitted to sev­
eral surgical operations In an effort
to regain his health.
Funeral services were conducted
August 17 In the funeral parlors of
Edward Holden & Sons with the pas­
tor of the Hawthorne M. E. church
In charge. Burial was made in Lin­
coln Memorial cemetery. The Wood­
men of the World and the American
Legion assisted in the services. Mili­
tary honors were paid the veteran.
Comrades who served with him in
the marine corps served as pallbear­
ers, and Legion men composed the
firing squad.
Survivors Include the widow and
three children, Norman, Bernice and
Ellen, of Portland, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Savely, a sister, Mrs.
W. N. Harris, all of Franklin, Ken­
tucky; Miss Nell Savely, a sister,
Athena; and two brothers, Hugh
Savely, Portland, and Lee Savely,
Echo.
The deceased worked fof- his
brother on Butter creek in 1914 and
1915, later going to Pendleton and
then to Portland. He wag in the
business of contracting the laying
and finishing of hardwood floors for
several years In Portland. He enlist­
ed in the marine corps while still a
minor and was on the front In active
service for 11 months.
Lee Savely was with his brother
at the time of his death.
T onsils Are Removed
Ethel Kennings submitted to an
operation for the removal of her ton­
sils In the Hermiston hospital last
Friday.
One of the real pioneers of the pro­
ject from the point of vlaw of time
of residence is George Patterson, now
of Burley, Idaho, but for about 18
years a Hermiston Ian. He left about
two years ago and is in the govern­
ment service there. He hag been
here thl week looking after business
matters.
SIGN FOR AIRPLANES IS
FAINTED BY STANRARD OIL
Hetrmiston is on the map in the
sense that it can be located from the
air by airplanes that might be pass­
ing over the city during daylight, ac­
cording to Information divulged at
the weekly luncheon of the commer­
cial club Tuesday.
A letter from Governor Patterson
that accompanied a letter from Herb­
ert Hoover, secretary of commerce,
in which the latter asked that the
name of the town be painted in large
letters on top of a building in the
city, was read to the club.
The name Hermiston has been
painted on top of the Standard Oil
Co. building west of town. This
action was taken by the company in
all the fields It serves In the north­
west.
NEW LEASE TAKEN
RY LOCAL HOSPITAL
INSTITUTION TO OCCUPY E.
V
P.
ILLSLEY HOME
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Need For More Room Causes Move
on Part of Mrs. J. D. Harrah
H ospital Owner.
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FLOWER SHOW TO
RE SEPTEMRTR 6
BLOSSOMS
OF
NO. 51
JOHN F. HALLEY
DISABLED
LOCAL GARDENS
VETERAN
MAKES
A
IN COMPETITION
RECORD WITH FLOCK
Community Club Backing A ffair and
Gross Income of $8.000.00 Annually
B ig Number of Entries
B u ilt up From N othing is
Is E xpect d.
Thompson's Mark.
Tuesday, September 6, has been de­
signated by the Hermiston Commun­
ity club as the date for the.annual
flower show, and a request to flower
lovers who expect to compete to be­
gin preparing for the affair has been
made by the committee In charge.
The place of the show has not
been determined, but the committee
plans to have the displays in a down
town space if arrangements can be
made. Two years ago the show was
held in the basement of the library.
No admission fee is charged, and the
club will display the flowers in the
center of town if possible so that
more people can see the products of
local gardens.
Prizes will be offered for the best
exhibits in the following varieties:
Roses, asters, snapdragons, dahlias,
zinnias. Shasta daisy and gallardías,
and also for the best collection or
general display.
Competition will be open to flower
growers of the Hermiton • district
only, but exhibits from other districts
for display purposes will be welcom­
ed. Two years ago a number of
flower loverg from Umatilla had
some very beautiful displays.
Local growers have also been In­
vited to bring flowers not for com­
petition with which to decorate the
show room.
The judges for the show have not
been chosen but will be from out of
town. The service committee of the
Community club is in charge of ar­
rangements. Members include Mrs.
W. L. Hamm, Mrs. F. B. Swayze, Mrs.
C. C. Durfey and Mrs. C. M. Jackson.
Jahn F. M alley o f Boston, who wss
elected grand exaltdd ru le r of the
B. P. O. Elks at the meeting of the
grand lodge a t C incinnati.
WINTER WHEAT
AREA INCREASING
Washington, D. C.—Farmers are in­
tending to sow this fall an acreage ol
winter wheat 13.7 per cent greater
and an acreage of rye 20 per cent
greater than was sown lost fall, the
department of agriculture announced,
after compiling farmers’ intentions as
expressed August 1.
Intentions as to winter wheat, 11
carried out, would mean a total ot
48.637,000 acres, as compared with
42,251,000 acres sown last fall.
The Intended acreage of winter
wheat would be larger than was
planted in any year with the excep
tion of the fall of 1918, when 51,543,
000 acres were sown. The intentioni
to plant exceed the acreage actually
planted last fail in all states except
CARSONS RECEIVE PREMIUM
Oregon and possibly California.
Bost of the Increase in intentions
FOR EGGS FOR HATCHING
as compared with intentions last year
A premium of 12 cents per dozen at this time is reported from Kansas
above the Portland price Is being NeLraska, Texas and Oklahoma when
received by Mrs. S. L. Carson for present intentions are 2,000,000 acre!
eggs from her Barred Rock flocR. ; above those reported a year ago. It
The e*tas are being used by a Cor­ is worth noting, said the crop report
vallis hatchery for incubating.
■ fng board, that In these states th<
The Carson flock ha8 won an ex_ I cost of harvesting winter wheat tsb e
cellent reputation for itself among I ing reduced by the increased use ol
breeders, and the high standard of combines.
the flock has enabled Mrs, Carson I Other states where farmers show
to get a premium for hatching eggs Intentions materially above those re
during the greater part of the year. ported last year Include Montana and
She expects to sell eggs for hatching Washington, where there has beer
to the hatchery in Corvallis during some shift from spring wheat, and
some of the central corn belt states
the fall and early winter.
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES
The Carsons operate a hatchery of where there is considerable lane
which farmers were' unable to plant
HONORED AT PICNIC PARTY their own during the late winter and
spring months and have built up to spring crops this year.
A picnic party for members of the quita a baby chick business.
American Legion ar.d the ladleg aux­
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
iliary wag held Sunday evening under HOOSIERS READY FOR BIG
the joint auspices of the two organ­
John Oliver, 71, for nine years pre
PICNIC AT STANFIELD
izations. The party was n honor of
inier of British Columbia, died after
J. M. Biggs, district committeeman,
an illness of several months.
Persons who were born or who
and for Mrs. H. E. Shesely. member
The will of James Oliver Curwood,
have
lived
in
Indiana
will
gather
at
of the excutlve committee from this
author and conservationist, who died
the
Stanfield
park
next
Sunday
in
the
district for the Auxiliary.
recently, makes bequests totaling
About a score-were In attendance. annual Hoosier reunion of former re­
more than $400,000.
The afternoon and early evening wag sidents of that state. Plans for the i
E. C. Callaway, for eight years city
day’s
activities
have
been
complet­
spent on the beach at Umatilla where
refreshments wore served, and after­ ed by the committee on program ac­ chemist of Portland. Or., hns been ap­
pointed dean of the College of Phar
ward the members returned to the tivities.
?.t noon a big picnic dinner will many of Des Moines. Iowa, university.
home of Mr. and Mrs. Shesely.
be eaten. Those who attend have
As a part of its investigation into
been requested to bring food, cups, smuggling across the international
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
silverware and plates.
border, the Canadian customs enmmis
ISSUES PROJECT PROSPECTUS
A number of former Hoosiers llv- s(on is to sit in Washington, D. C„
iug In Pendleton will be present, ac­ this month.
Copies of a prospectus of the Uma­ cording to information gathered by
A warning to missionary organlza
tilla project, prepared and Issued by Mrs. W. L. Blessing while in Pen­ tions that it would be "highly inadvis­
the bureau of reclamation, have been dleton Tuesday.
able" for Americans to return to the
received by the district board.
interior of China at this time without
Notwithstanding the growing im­ consulting consular officers in the in­
The prospectus consists of three
pages of mimeographed work. It portance of the specialized poultry terior districts was issued by the state
deals with soil, water supply, crops, flock and o f the commercial farm department.
types of farming and similar sub­ flock, the general farm flock is still
the backbone of the poultry Industry
jects.
The dry cow about to freshen
Copies may be secured at the dis­ from the standpoint of volume of
trict office for prospective settlers. production. The farm flock, though should be fed a laxative ration, wheat
The bureau of reclamation makes a ordinarily small and only one of a bran and linseed oil meal being de­
practice of issuing such material to number of farm activities. In the ag­ sirable In the grain ration, and corn
gregate makeg up more than ,80 per silage and legume hay for roughages.
describe federal projects.
The ration should not contain too
cent of the total egg production.
much roughage feeds at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sullivan and
Calves intended for baby beef
children are here from Portland to
Mrs. Logan Todd is in Portland as
spend their vacation with his par­ should be started on some grain when
a guest of relatives.
from 4 to 6 weeks old.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Sullivan.
The property on Ridgway avenue
owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Illsley
has been leased by Mrs J. D. Hprrah
and will be the home of the Hermis­
ton jiospital after September 1. Ar­
rangements for the change in loca­
tion of the hospital were completed
last week.
The Illsley house contains nine
rooms. The upstairs will be used
for hospital work and wifi give'twice
the room that Is available In the
present location. In addition a big
sleeping porch can be used for con­
valescent patients at most seasons
of the year, if necessary.
The growth of business for the hos­
pital made the change in location
necessary, Mrs. Harrah stated. It
has been impossible to handle all of
the cases seeking care. In addition
to the advantage of the added room,
changes will be made so that minor
surgical operations chn be performed.
The present residence that houses
the hospital is owned by Mr. and
Mrs. George Briggs, and they will
occupy It after Mr. and Mrs. HaVrah
move.
Mr. and Mrs. Illsley will move in­
to their home on Gladys avenue, how
occupied by Mr. an<f Mrs. Curtis Sim­
ons. The latter will occupy the
Cressy house, next door to the lib­
rary.
OREGON POULTRY
MAN IS WINNER
(Editor's Note;
The following
story, "From Nothing but his Nerve
to $6,000 a Year," by Andrew S.
Wing is reproduced from September
Farm and Fireside by special permis­
sion. It relates thP success in poul­
try growing attained by a man under
handicap of physical weakntas in a
country generally considered milch
less favored by nature to be a big
poultry country than Hermiston.)
When George F. Thompson started
poultry farming in 1922 on the
Tumalo project near Bend, In central
Oregon, he had little to go on ex­
cept his nerve.
His health was poor from illpess
contracted in the army, an illness
which hud kept him in the hospital
for a year and had prevented him
from working for fqjir years.
The 40 acre tract from which he
paid $2.300 was good land but it waa
covered with trees and sagebrush,
which he had to clear off.
He new little of the poultry busi­
ness except what ht had learned In
two short courses, lasting a year Mid
a half, at Oregon Agricultural Col*
egc.
•
Yet all these and other handicaps
wouldn't hold George Thompson back.
That very first year, 1922, he sav­
ed only 187 pullets out of 470 high
bred baby chicks. But In spite of
that he grossed $960 that first year.
His hens earned $4.50 on the aver­
age above feed costs. He more than
doubled his profits the next year and
the year after that. In 1925 those
same 40 acres grossed $6.000.
In four years he ha8 paid for his
land, buildings, a sedan and a small­
er car in addition to providing a good
living for himself, a w if# and two
children.
The poultry Industry, which waa
very small In the Tumalo district
until George , Thoaipson fa m e , has,
following ills lead, developed into a
big thing. In 1922 there were only
975 baby chicks shipped into Tum­
alo; In 1925 there werT 61,000. I t
is fast becoming an important poul­
try center.
But to get the real story you must
go behind these facta to the man him­
self. That is what I did during a
recent trip to that part of Oregon
which lies Just east of the great Cas­
cade range and near the headwater*
of the Deschutes river. Not that
Thompson likes to talk about himaelf.
He will talk hens and quote figure*
by the yard, but more or leas pooh-
poohs the heroic part of the story
which begins at the time he was tak­
en sick with spinal meningitis while
at Camp Lewis as a member1 of Bat­
tery D, 348th Field Artillery.
"There’s really not much to tell,”
he said a • we walked around the
farm watching the active White Leg-
hoi ns on range and inspecting the
neatly kept poultry houses. “Our
sandy soil is rich and we have plenty
of water. We can grow alfalfa and
other legumes In profusion, thus pro­
viding a cheap source of pretiens.
The climate is mild and we have
sunshine nearly 365 days out of the
year.
"With these factors in my favor all
It took was some hard work and a
little figuring. You can't accom­
plish anything without work— can
you?— not even In the niagazne busi­
ness."
I can’t quote Thompson on his
army and hospital experience, nor on
his disheartening period ofrecupera-
tion following his release from the
hospital, because he wouldn’t talk
about these things except to say that
the reports had been greatly exag­
gerated. But here «fp the facts as I
gained them elsewhere:
George F. Thompson was born 40
years ago on a Nebraska farm and
was raised In western Kansas. At
an early age he was cast upon the
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