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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1927
PAUL R. REDFERN
12 GRADUATES WILL
TAKE COLLEGE WORK
NO. 52
TOM CAMPBELL SELLS ~RlS
INTEREST IN STORE HERE
FLOWER SHOW TO
RE HELD IN HOTEL
THOMAS A. EDISON
Tom Campbell, for many years one
of the owners of the Hermiston Pro
duce & Supply Co., sold his interest
in the business to his uncle last week
HOURS ARE FROM 2 TO 5:30
NEW RECORD MADS BY CLASS and left for Chicago.
His aged mother lives in West
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
OF 1927
Chicago, and his desire to be near
her in her declining years was the
Others Who W ill ant Get Away reason for his decision to return to E ight Classes Open for Entries In
Competition to Local
hig former home.
This F a ll W ill go to
Flow er Growers.
LOCAL CONCERNS ADD TO SOME
OF PRIZE MONEY
October 7 and 8,D ates of 15th A nnual
A ffair, P rom ising B ig
A ttendance?
for the fifteenth annual
Hermiston Dairy and Hog show
which w ill be held Friday and Satur
day, October 7 and 8, are being for
mulated by the board of directors,
and one of the best shows in the his
tory of the organization is expected
to be the result.
The amount of prize8 awarded will
be practically the same as last yeur,
though some changes have been
made in the apportionments. More
money will t»e available this year for
poultry, due to the added importance
f that industry on the project.
Rabbits will be in competftion for
prizes this year for the first time.
The breeding of rabbits ha8 increas
ed materially here during the past
year, and the board granted the re
quest of breeders to offer prizes. J.
S. West w ill be superintendent of
the department. Cash prizes will
mount to $15 in five breeds, with
Pi! bors given for winners of third
places.
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Extra prizes are offered this year
! y several local concerns. The Her
miston Creamery Co., the Mutual
Creamery Co., and the Hermiston
post American Eegion, are some of
the contributors of extra money.
The m ilking contest will be con
tinued this year. Some discussion
was held by the board as to the ad
visability of eliminating this feature,
but the directors were of the opinion
that no other single feature excites
so much interest as this contest.
HERMISTON, ONE OF
THE BE8T POULTRY
DISTRICTS ANYWHERE
IN THE NORTHWEST
College Later.
Paul R. Redfern, aviator of Savan
nah, Ga., who is believed to have been
lost in a non-stop flight from Bruns
wick, Ga„ to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
last week.
CHEHALIS ESCAPED
CONVICTS CAPTURED
Chehalis.—Emmett Bailey and A. J.
D. Burke, who broke out of old Lewis
county jail here, were captured by Pa
trolman Clifford Bauch and Policeman
Jim Burgess of the Centralia police
department at a camp they had made
halt way between Centralia and Bu
coda.
Bailey started to run when ap
proached but, when Bauch pulled his
gun and threatened to shoot, surren
dered. Bailey and Burke spent Thurs
day night at their camp, hoping to
make a getaway Friday. Neither was
armed. They are again in jail where
0 . A. C. MAN TELLS OF
both will be kept under regular guard
ORIGIN OF A L E A U SOILS until the new county jail is ready to
receive them in three weeks.
Roberts, the negro burglar who es
Study o f Goose Lako Coujit-y Is
caped with them, fs still at large.
What is thought to be a new rec
ord for percentage of a graduating
class of the Hermiston high school
to enter higher institutions of learn
ing is likely to be established by the
1927 class, according to information
available.
Of the 19 members of t ie class, an
even dozen will go away to college,
university or normal this fall, and
at least three more members expect
to continue their studies, if not this
year, at least by 1928.
Those who have decided and their
choice of an institution are as fol
lows:
Joe Neary, St. Mary's college.
Joe McNaught, Herbert Swarner,
and Elizabeth Straw, Oregon Agri
cultural college.
Florence Woughter, University of
Oregon.
Eva Woughter, Ma-garet Water
man and Alice D /er, Monmouth Nor
mal school.
Beatrice Bensel, Walla Walla col
lege.
Florence Madden will attend col
lege in Iowa.
Isabella Dodd, Whitman.
Virginia Rodda, Monmouth Nor
mal school.
Oscar Mikesell, Lowell Stockard
and Loren Jackson are planning to
attend college, Oregon Agricultural
college being their choice, but they
probably will not go until a year
from now. John Pace also plans to
continue his education but has not
made his plans definitely.
In addition to those who will leave
home during this month for college
to matriculate for the first time,
quite a number of others will resume
work.
TAXATION COMMITTEE IS
NAMED BY COMMERCIAL CLUB
Body Goes on Record A gain st Giving
Community Calendars
N ext Year.
W. J. Warner and F. B. Swayze
are the two members of a committee
on taxation to represent the Hewnis-
ton Commercial club in matters Rear
ing on taxation. The committed was
appointed Tuesday by President; Mc
Kenzie after the Pendleton Commer
cial association had suggested 'that
Its committee on taxation would wel
come any assistance from this end of
the county that a local committee
might offer.
The club voted not to purchase
community calendars for 1928. The
action means that a custom of issu
ing the community calendars by the
club that has prevailed for several
years will be discontinued. The mat
ter has been up for consideration a
number of times with a lot of argu
ment on both sides. The vote Tues
day was 12 opposed to four in favor
of issuing the calendars.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR DR. S. M. STROHECKER
Funeral services for Dr. S. M.
Strohecker, well known to many of
the early ettlers in this district by
reason of the fact that he had the
contract with the government to
furnish medical care for the big crew
that was employed in constructing
the dam at Cold Springs reservoir,
were held in Portland Monday after
noon.
The services were in charge of the
Used to Illustrate Theory
Masonic lodge of which he was a
member. He became ill shortly after
of A lkalinity.
VALUE OF* DOLLAR GROWS W. H. BOWMAN OPENS NEW
sailing for the Orient, July 5, and
SHOE REPAIR SHOP HERE
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died shortly after his return.
The origin of alkali soils is des U. S. Unit of Exchange Takes on 6
Cents in Purchasing.
cribed as follows by Dr. W. L. Pow
A shoe repair shop was opened this
New York. — Anybody's dollar is week In the room formerly occupied OSCAR MIKESELL RECEIVES.
ers of the Oregon Experiment sta
worth 6 cents more in the United by the late Jack White as a tailor
tion.
WATCH FOR WORK IN CI4JB
A series of dry years cnlmihated States today than It was' in December, shop by W. H. Bowman, an experi
in the drying up of numerous lakes in 1925. On the basis of present living enced shoe repair man.
Oscar Mikesell, for several years a
the intermountain region in the late costs $1 today bays as mnch as $1.06
He lived In Pendleton several
summer of 1926. Goose lake, which did in 1925, according to a report made years ago and lately hag been in club member, has done hig bit In
intersects the Oregon-California state public by the national industrial con Yakima where his family probably putting Hermiston on the map of the
state recently. As one ot. the four
line, is normally some 13 miles wide ference board.
w ill remain for some time.
highest scoring club members in the
The dollar today, worth .617 as com
and 28 miles fong but became dry the
The shop is equipped with modern
past season. This lake became salty pared with the prewar 1914 dollar, has shoe repairing machinery. Mr. Bow state, he took a trip to Crater Lake
from evaporation and while in this a greater purchasing power than at man expects to take care of all the and was a guest of R. W. Price,
owner of Crater Lake Inn.
condition a wind storm from the any time since early in 19ji4, the re work himself.
While there each of the four club
g ‘ -i
southwest caused a salty dust storm port states.
members, two boys and two girls, was
to occur on the leeward side of the
G. W. BAILEY PURCHASES
presented with a beautiful watch.
California May Compromiso Over Dam
northeast portion of the lake bed.
A little reflection by any one fam
Denver. — Willingneso W California
DOWNING FIV E ACRE PLACE The watches were given by Russeli
Hawkins, Portland lumber man, and
iliar with the Intermountain region to compromise with Arizona Ilf' their
the presentation was made by Mr.
containing lakes and playas will es differences over water from the Colo
The five acres of land Just south
tablish the fact that the saline Ind rado river was indicated at the seven- of Hermiston, owned by Mrs. J. C. Price.
Mr. Mikesell made hie showing in
Governor Downing, has been purchased by G.
alkaline soils in these lake basins oc state river conference.
cur In the "greasewood" flats on the Young of California announced his W. Bailey. The deal was completed his work as a member of the Hermis
leeward side of these depressions. state had submitted a counter pro last week. Mr. Bailey will operate ton pig club. He was graduated
The dust storm referred to suggested posal which differed very little from the place along with hie other farm from high school last spring and
plans to go to college.
an exlapnatlon of the occhrenee of the jjian of settlement recommended ing.
by governors of the upper basin states.
these alkaline areas.
Mrs. Downing and son John left
Systematic control of grazing, giv
The accumulation of salts in the
Sunday for Falrbault, Minnesota,
ing the opportunity for applying re
Navy “Game” Disastrous
lake margins and basins seems tc
where they were called by reason of
Toklo. — Four Japanese warships the critical illness of her mother. search findings, in the national for
have come about from drainage and
teaching from the more porous up cruising through the darkness with They plan to return to Pendleton ests has increased their productivity
by 25 per cent. At the same time
lands and dessication of the flatter lights extinguished were involved in later.
the regulation of grazing on the
land. Some of the smaller streams two collisions last night Which may
ranges has Improved the condition
in this region spread out and evapor have cost 129 lives, according to dis
W. G. Rodda To Judge
of the livestock where It has been
ate in their flood plains In many patches from the Maizuru naval sta
W. G. Rodda will go to Boardman applied. On the other hand over
seasons without reaching larger drain tion.
tomorrow where he will serve as grazing is continuing on the 196,-
age channels of the large riverg of
judge of apiarian exhibits in the 000,000 acres of unappropriated ^and
Tolls Taken Off Bridge at Pasco.
the region.
Northern Morrow County fair.
unreserved public lands together with
The conditions are those of inter
Pasco, Wash.—The bridge dv%r the
a large acreage of intermingled state
mittent wetting with a saline solu Snake river on the state highway Just
It is not an uncommon practice to and private lands which cannot now
tion, where there is a climate favor east of Pasco, recently purchased by
start feeding silage immediately after legally be controlled. This over-
able for a large amount of evapora the state is now a free bridge.
the silo is filled. If a sufficient grazing has caused such deterioration
tion and where there ig Impeded
amount is fed off daily, this will les that these unregulated ranges are
drainage frequently due to hard sub
H ogs B rin g $12.75
sen If not entirely eliminate the us producing only one-half of the forage
soil.
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Hoga shipped from Hermiston
ual waste from spoiled silage that is they could produce, and livestock pro
Much of the rock of this region
brought $12.75 on the Portland mar found on top when the opening of duction is greatly restricted as a re
contains a fair amount of sodium and
ket Monday, according to H. J. Still the silo is delayed a month or more. sult.
with evaporation calcium salts are
ings who was’ In charge of the ship Silage still warm from fermentation
precipitated out as carbonates anil
ment. The price is the highest that is not relished by cows at first but
Whether you are building a new
the tendency is to change the cal
has been received since early in the w ill produce no IH effect provided It
home, remodeling an old one, or mere
cium clay to a sodium clayk due to
year.
shows no mold. Moldy silage should ly rearranging your kitchen equip
decrease of reactive calcium relative
not be fed.
ment, you will find Farmers’ Bul
to sodium in the soil solution and in
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Biggs weTe Pen
letin 1513-F, "Convenient Kitchens,"
the readily soluabie replaceable base
dleton visitors Thursday.
Road The Herald Wnnt Ada.
helpful.
fraction of the clay complex.
The Hermiston hotel has been se
cured as the place, and Tuesday af
ternoon, September 6, from 2 to 5:30,
Is the time for the annual flower
show, held under the auspices of the
Community club.
If the weather is favorable, the
flower displays will be arranged on
the screened porch on the west side
of the hotel building. If inclement
weather should prevail, the exhibits
will be on display in the hotel lobby.
A lively interest has been display
ed in the show on the part of local
flower lovers, according to the com
mittee in charge, and a good list of
exhibits is anticipated. Competition
will be open in eight classes with
first and second prizes offered, and
In addition, flowers for display pur
poses only will be welcomed.
Flowers entered in competition
must ail be displayed in fruit jars,
but flowers brought for decorative
purposes may be in any style of vase
or basket. Conditions laid down by
the committee are that no names
shall be permitted on exhibits until
after judging has been completed
and awards made. All flowers must
be in place not later than 2 o'clock,
the hour of opening.
The judges will be from out of
town. Entries .entered for competi
tion must have been grown in the
Hermiston district. First and sec
ond prizes will be offered in the fol
lowing classes: Roses, snapdragons,
dahlias, zinnias, Shasta daisies, as
ters, gallardias, and for general ex
hibit.
G. W. McCOY TRADES FARM
HERE FOR PLACE AT SALEM
A deal was completed this week in
which G. W. McCoy traded his place
west of town to T. A. Rinehart for a
Salem farm. The McCoy farm con
sists of 20 acres Just west of town,
and the place he acquired tiear Salem
consists of 45 acres.
Mr. Rinehart was here Tuesday to
close the deal. Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Coy jexpect to move to their new
home without delay so thetr children
can enter school at the beginning of
the term. The deal was handled by
J. L. Hammock.
C. J. VOLIVA IS NAMED
TO HEAD HOOSIER GROUP
Three men were named officers of
the association of former Hoosier,, at
the annual meeting and picnic of for
mer residents of Indiana, held Sun
day at the Stanfield park.
C. J. Voliva was sleeted president,
Charles Keller was the choice for
vice-president, and N. W. Bloom was
named secretary.
The program for the day was in
formal. A basket lunch was served
at the noon hour. During the af
ternoon games were played and ac
quaintances renewed. The picnic Is
an annual affair.
If calves are dropped in the fall
they may be weaned the following
Spring and put on pasture, when they
should do well if the pasture is
good. Make the change gradually.
Those Inclined to be unthrifty should
get a little grain, but the more vig
orous ones will probably not need
any additional feed.
One of the most practical ways of
getting good cows Is to use a proved
sire in the herd. Some good sires
have caused an annual increase of
100 pounds In butterfat production
of each daughter as compared with
the production of the daughter’s dam.
Cities* Right to Sell Ga» Challenged.
Washington, I). C. — The right of
American cities to engage in the oil
and gas business was challenged by
the Standard Oil Company of Nebras
ka. The company filed in the supreme
court an appeal from the Nebraska
supreme court decision upholding the
city of Lincoln in retailing oil and gas.
SCHOOL WILL OPEN
HERE NEXT MONDAY
FIRST DAY’S SESSION WILL BE
FULL ONE
Several
N ew
Faculty
M emben
to
Greet Pupils at Beginning
of Another Year,
A recent portrait of Thomas A. Edl
son, the famous Inventor, who Is now
in his eighty-first year.
WESTERN STATES LEAD
IN BALANCING BUDGETS
Washington, D. C.—Western states
In general have found the balancing of
their annual budgets a less difficult
task than It has proved to be for those
eastern commonwealths which raise
and spend more money. This conclu
slon is supported by financial stalls
tics for all state governments for 1926
as prepared by the federal bureau of
census.
Oregon was one of seven out of the
11 states in the Pacific and mountain
groups able to show an excess of rev
enuo receipts over total governmental
cost payments at the end of 1926.
The excess of revenue In Oregon’s
case, amounted to $1,080,000, which
seemed small compared with Caiifor
nia’s figure of $8(,082 000, but consld
crably better than the $1,635,000 ex
cess of expenditure reported by thi
state of Washington.
The total Oregon revenue was $22.
937 000, of which motor vehicle li
censes furnished $5,967,000. general
property taxes $5,148,000, gasoline ta>
$3,219,000. Washington’s revenues to
tail'd $31014,000, exceeding those ol
Oregon by more than $8,000,000, which
also represented approximately tke
difference between the sums realized
by the two Btates from their general
property tax.
The per capita general property tax
levy was $5.76 for Oregon and $10.5?
for Washington.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Thirty-six persons were believed ti
have been drowned and damage to
ships and property was expected to
reach hundreds of thousands of dol
lars as the result of a storm which
swept the Newfoundland coast. *
The last of the "Jennies.” the train
ing planes built by ths thousands dur
ing the world war, will be scrapped by
the army at various concentration
points this week because they are re
garded as dangerous.
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Boby Jones ascended another of
fame’s golden ladders when he de
feated Chick Evans, an ex-champlon
whose competitive life is behind him.
In the final round of the National Ama
tour Golf championship at Minne
apolis.
The American gunboat Isabol, flag
ship of Rear Admiral Hough, wns hit
50 tltnos»by rifle fire while passing
Nanking on the Ynngtze river, the
navy department was informed by Ad
miral Williams, commanding the Asia
tic fleet.
Armies of occupation in Rhineland
of Germany will ho reduced to 60,000
Word to this effect received in
France's reply to British memoran
hum suggesting reduction to 56,000.
A three-power definite agreement has
been reached by Great Britain, France
and Belgium.
The care free days of summer vaca
tion for the younger children, and
the days of working to make money
on the part of high school pupils will
come to an end this week in Hermis
ton. School starts Monday, Septem
ber 5.
A full day’s session will mark the
first day, according to Supt. Cherry,
and parents should send their child
ren for the full day.
There will be some changes in the
local schools, both as to faculty ma
tters and student enrollment. The
assembly room will present a slightly
different appearance, too, because it
has been treated to a coat of calci
mine during vacation.
The tennis courts are' also avail
able for the first tlme during school
session. The plans for the courta
were laid during the past school year,
but the contruction work was not
completed until vacation period.
Several new faculty members hava
been employed for the school year,
both in the grades and high school.
The list of facility members, the sub
ject or grade to be taught and the in
stitution from which he was gradu
ated is as follows:
First grade, Minnie Sanstad, Min
nesota normal.
Second grade, Mary Petri, Missouri
Normal.
Third grade, Helen Gallagher,
Washington State Normal.
Fourth grade, Adrian Crockett,
North Dakota State Normal.
Fifth grade, Vera Thomson, North
Dakota State Normal.
Sixth grade, Ragna Broston, North
Dakota State Normal.
Seventh grade, Walter Warner,
Monmouth Normal.
Eighth grade, A. E. Bensel, Neb
raska State Normal.
Music, Ruth Seyler, Minnesota
College of Music.
High
school— Alice ¿McCollum,
University of Minnesota, English;
Eva Randall, University of Oregon,
history; Rex Walenta, science and
athletics, University of nfeho; May
Atkinson, Oregon Agricultural col
lege, commercial; Rose Donovan,
Columbia
university,
languages;
Jessie Brlerley, Hamlin university,
mathematics; E. L. Cherry, Univer
sity of Nebraska, superintendent.
MRS. D. H. PRIÎÎDLE DIES
AT CALIFORNIA RESIDENCE
The news of the death at Le Habra,
California, of Mrs. D. H. Prindle, for
mer Hermiston resident, has been re
ceived by local friends. Death was
caused by cancer of the stomach,
and the funeral services were con
ducted August 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Prindle left Hermis
ton a few months ago. The trip was
made for the purpose of seeing if a
change of climate and surroundings
might not prove beneficial to her
health. She was well liked, and the
news of her death was received in
sadness by her many friends here.
VOLUNTEER AID SOUGHT
FOR WORK Oxi SHOW BARN
Some alterations and improvements
on stalls and mangers in the sheds
on the Hermiston Dairy A Hog Show
grounds will be made tomorrow, and
men who can wield a hammer and
saw have been requested by G. H.
Jenkins, assistant county agent, to be
present.
Pom* work already has been done
by the dub boys, and some of them
probably will be on hand to aid in
the work again Friday.
Hogs multiply very rapidly. By
keeping one good sow and her pigs
anti breeding them regularly oue can
B orkenbines Move
. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burkenbine have produce more than 300 hogs in 3
moved into the property on Gladys years. In view of this very rapid In
avenue which was recently vacated crease the producer can afford to pay
a liberal price for a good sow.
by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moll.