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The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project. (Tln> Bnnistrn Jbralii VOL. XXII HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTV, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1927 COLONEL M’NAUGHT CALLED BY DEATH END COMES PEACEFULLY EDWARD E. SPAFFORD OCT LOCALS DEFEATED BY EAST END TEAM McLOUGHLIN WINS HERE IN 26 13 IN EVENING Funeral Services For TO 0 GAME Project’s 30 Found Difference in W eight Per First Citizen Held At Home Man Proves Too Big Burden; Saturday Morning Game Hard Fought NO. 7 REBEKAHS OF COUNTY TO 6000 TURKEYS ARE INCLUDED IN POOL MEET HERE OCTOBER 29 A district convention of Rebekahs in the lodges in the county will be held in Hermiston Saturday, Octob er 29. The convention will continue all day, according to Mrs. Edna Bed- dow of Pendleton, president, who wag here making plans for the affair Tuesday. The sessions during the day will be devoted to the business of the con vention. Saturday night will be giv en over to the entertainment session Each lodge will have a part in the day’s activities. Mrs. Nellie Bean of Freewater is vice-president. THREE CARLOADS SIGNED GO FROM HERE Other Communities Not 9000 or 10000 Birds. TODDS KEEP FLOCK TRAP NEST RECORD r THE FEATHERHEADS The Hermiston pool of turkeys that will be marketed through the Idahu Growers’ association has grown to 6000 birds in less than four weeks with prospects that the movement this season will amount to approxi mately 9,000 or 10,000 birds, ac cording to Information secured last night at a meeting of growers held ln the Methodist Episcopal church. The meet.ng was attended by be tween 60 and 70 interested Individ uals who were from Hermiston, Butter creek, Morrow county and Pilot Rock. Most of the signup Is In the Hermiston district, but grow ers of the other districts expect to market their’ birds through the pool and wanted to get a check on their volume and sound out sentiment of their neighbors who could not at tend the meeting. C. W. Smith, county agent of Morrow and six growers. Including W. A. Knauff and Charles Wick- lander, were present. Ralph Saylor and Gaylord Madison and some other Butter creek growers attended, and Mr. Manning wag one of those from Pilot Rock. Of the three carloads already signed, abeut one carload will be ready for the November market, growers Indicated. Mrs. C. C. Brink, general manager of the Idaho association, wa^ present and stated that bids are to be opened for the November pool Novmbr 1. She will notify G. H. Jenkins, assistant county agent, by telephone of the price for toms, hens and young stuff both ln No. 1 and No. 2 grades, and he will send out notices to the grow ers. Growers must dress their own birds and will have about a week, maybe less, ln which ta complete the dressing before (Jellveijy time. The birds will then be graded by a buyer representative and an associa tion rpresentatlve, and checks will bs Issued to the growers on the same day delivery Is made. A demonstration a„ to the correct method of dressing will be held to morrow morning, Friday, at the Wal ter Botkin place by Mr. Jenkins with Gilbert Smith showing how to dresg birds. The point was stressed last night that correct dressing is vitally Important and lg one of the factors that determine grade. IT growers desire, other demonstrations at central locations will be arranged Mr. Jenkins announced. Instructions that have been pre- paied by the Idaho association are in the handg of Mr. Jenkins, and he will mall copies to those requesting them. He also has some federal de partment bulletins on turkey grow ing for distribution. LOCAL HUNTERS GET BIG BUCKS ON HUNTING TRIP Stanley Campbell and Dan Follett have been wearing smiles of satisfac tion during the past few days as a re sult of the success they had on a deer hunting trip In the Pearson ranger station district last week. Each hunter got a buck. The kill was made In the bottom of a canyon, and more than two hours wag re quired with pack horses to get the bucks out to the road. The Shoe on the Other Foot Hft» KHP OdT YES SlC-1 QM 8SMSM6ER_ P&33O1S HkjST-BITTEN fcMZjÖES AT OLD sreLftKfe HOUSE WHEN « / WAS -MOWING A MUSCBKlTAL !■ i UA-M«7- m ÌTC ÏME Bili WELCH AND L «TB«« A VU» ACBûSS ' dagned west S op , I HOODLUMS /••■ «F TÒMiOeauis ’ J ( op T hose lejnes , ^ b ü -M jü " .4 k / citizens include many such 0\Too3US AS THOSE - HEAVEN \HEIP ClVIUXATlOW / NEWCSÍS LAWN/ouBoM- s ❖ I / y / X ..' •ft Yet Signup Expected to Make The heavy McLaughlin football Joseph Fletcher McNaught, Her team outplayed Hermiston on the miston's first citizen, dltd at the fam local field last Friday by a score of ily reeidence here October 13 at 6 26 to 0. The game wps much closer o’clock In the evening. Death was than the score indicales. The locals the result of a gradual breakdown held the visitors down to 6 to 0 un following a stroke of paralysis sev til the last few minutes of the third eral months ago. quarter. After that the big weight Funeral services were conducted advantage proved Its worth to the at the residence Saturday morning at visitors. 10 o'clock with Rev. Ware, pastor Milton fumbled the first kickoff of the Baptist church, in charge. on their own 35 yard line, and the PULLETS START ON TRIALS ON Following the services the remains Dwight Morrow of Now Jersey, for locals recovered. Hermiston made a were taken to Portland for crema L TWO YEAR BASIS twelve years a member of the firm of first down but was checked and gave ■ ■ ma ta i tion. J. P. Morgan & Co., and a classmate Edward E. Spafford of New York, Milton the ball on their 20 yard line. Method Is Being Followed To Get of President Coolidge in Amherst, has Friends of Colonel McNaught were The visitors punted out of danger. aware that his strength was grad who was unanimously elected national been appointed ambassador to Mexico. High Producers For Use Milton’s first counter came in the ually failing, but the announcement commander of the American Legion last minute of the first quarter after In Breeding of his death startled the community. at the convention In Paris. Hufford had flashed down, the field He had been bedfast for about two Trap nesting of a flock of 300 WOMEN AID IN GETTING for some nice gains. Once with a weeks before the end came. SIMS AND TURNBLAD BUY White Leghorn pullets is going on touchdown apparently sewed up a RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED The dfcasd was born on a farm at the R. C. Todd ranch, and some marker was averted when he was BURKENBINE BUSINESS near Chicago, August 17, 1854, and interesting records are being obtain Endorsement of Umatilla Rapids is forced out of bounds. was past 73 years old at the time of ed. As the records are to be kept over The visitors drew blood the se his death. He was the youngest of a Two Meat Markets Merged By New cond time In the third after recov a two year period and have been un Secured at Reclamation Meet. family of five boys, all of whom pre der way but a short time, it is too Owners; Location of City ering a Hermiston fumble on the 30 Enthusiastic over the resolution ceded him In death. yard line of the home team. In the soon to judge results, but the pro that they helped have enacted that Market Retained He attended Illinois Wesleyan for cess of elimination that will be fol final quarter another pair of touch L asks action on the part of the fed his liberal arts work and then took lowed is expected to Insure as good M. W. Sims and A. W. Turnblad, downs was added. eral government to build the Uma the law course at the University of The looals put up one of the best hatching and parent stock ag can be tilla Rapids project, a group of Uma Michigan. Following hls graduation owners of the Hermiston Market, obtained anywhere. fights of the season and had the tilla women and W. H. Switzler and he was united in marriage to Vir closed a deal last Saturday for pur Each pullet, as she starts to lay, visitors scared more than once. Mc one from Hermiston returned last ginia Hodge In 1877, and shortly af chase of the City Market, owned by is marked with a numbered alumi Laughlin’s team averaged 180 to an terwards the young couple went to Joseph Burkenbine and his son, Art average of about 150 for the local num band and her number entered Saturday from the Oregon State Reclamation congress at Prineville. Seattle. The Washington city con Burkenbine. Consummation of the deal has re crew. Hermiston's team earned the on the record sheet kept by Mr. The delegation consisted of Mrs. tained only 4,000 population at that Todd. Once each hour during the day right to be called a reel fighting ma W. R. Nugent, Mrs. A. E. McFarland time, and Colonel McNaught and his sulted in the closing of the City chine. Newell’s work, both on offense each nest is visited by Mr. Todd and and W. H. Switzler of Umatilla and wife lived through some of the days Market, The nefw ownerg moved into and defense, made him Hermiston’s whenever one is found that contains Mrs. F. L. Jewett of Hermiston. the room formerly occupied by the of most rapid development. His pro particular star. The local line sur a pullet that has laid she is released, The congress was in session October Burkenbincs and are conducting the fessional standing a8 an attorney prised by the tough medicine it fed after her number has been noted, the 13, 14 and 15. and his broad interest in civic mat Hermiston Market. Painting and cal- egg removd, and the trap set for the the visitors time after time. Other resolutions adopted by the ters automatically caused him to be ciminlng have been started, and the next visitor. Th lineup: Griggs, center; Earn- congress asked Immediate aid oi the come a leading flfeure in the work home «? the market will be thorough The pullets are contented and do heart and Davis, guards; Smith and federal government for the Stan ■ necessary to be done to bring about ly renovated and re-arranged. The Robinaon, tackles; G. and D. Par not seem to object to the short con field district in building an enlarged the development that marked Se walls and woodwork will be finished sons, ends; McKenzie and Hammond, finement. The mechanism of the trap canal system so that Its supplemen in white. attle’s growth. halves; Newell, full; and Kennings, nest is Interesting to the unintiated tal water supply may be properly The Burkenbines have not made a Hls first association in Seattle in quarter. Felthous« went In for Ken ag well as the fact that a perfect re handled; continuance on an enlarg the practice of law was with an older decision as to their future activity. nings when the latter was hurt In cord will be obtained of the perform ed cale of experiment Btatlons at brother, James McNaught, afterward ance of each Individual bird. the last quarter. Klamath Falls and Hermiston. An chief counsel for the Northern Pac BAND MAY BE ORGANIZED Mr. Todd has done this work be other resolution was passed ln which ific with hadquarters in New York. fore, having trap nested a small flock HERE IN NEAR FUTURE Meeting Place Sought the congress went on record in favor Another associate of later days was Efforts to secure for local Boy about five years ago. He lg very much I of a change in the law which will Governor Sperry, one of Washington’s May Hermiston look forward to a Scouts a meeting place are being Interested In this phase of poultry permit the sheriffs cf counticg to territorial governors. time in the near future when the made by a committee from the com work. collect liens ln irrigated districts, In He served as lieutenant colonel of The birds are from the pens of stead of leaving this to the districts, community will have a band? mercial club, headed by Henry Hitt, the Washington state militia at one James Todd who stated that no This question was broached Tues a troop that is expected to include which have no funds for the purpose. time, and the military title was used day at the meeting of the commer about 24 boys In Its ranks before or birds, or eggs for hatching, will be The congress came to a close with by his friends in later life. sold for at least two years when the cial club when Dr. Prime reported In 1893 he temporarily lost his that R. J. Maaske, principal of the ganization work Is completed ig In test will have been finished and the a banquet Friday evening. charge of Mr. Warner, teacher of the Mrs. Nugent was one of the eyesight which made it necessary for Irrigon school, is anxious to lend hls seventh grade, and one of the chief producing ability of the flock and speakers at the banquet. him to curtail his law work. Later efforts to organize a band here. each Individual bird established. needs of the body is a place to hold he partially recovered his sight, but A committee, conisting of E. L. his handicap was sufficiently heavy Cherry. Dr. Rowe and J. M. Biggs meetings. LOCAL MAN BREAKS LEG TWO DIRECTORS WILL BE that he was compelled to relinquish was appointed by President McKen Mrs. George A. Cressy of Portland IN RUNAWAY NEAR TOWN the practice of law. ELECTED BY WATER USERS zie to ascertain the Interest In a band is here as a guest at the home of For a time he waB in Alaska. In on the part of local musicians. her daughter, Mrs. A. W. Agnew. Indicattong now point to more than 1903 he came to Hermiston for the Thomas McKay, rancher on the the usual amount of interest in the fourth unit northwest of town, will first time. Within a few months he The Stork 39 POTATOES IN ONE HILL IS annual election of the Hermiston Irr renumber Thursday, October 13, for establsbed his residence here, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Byrnes of Uma igation district which will be held it left him in the hospital. On that the develooment of the project be day he started to town ln hlg buggy. came his chief consideration and int tilla have seven pound girl, born RECORD MADE THIS SEASON IN Tuesday, November 8. October 13, and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. j The term of H. J. Stillings ag di Coming down a hill part of the har erest. Doherty of Hermiston are the par PATCH ON GEORGE CORSE PLACE, rector expires, and the vacancy will ness gave way, and the. horse bolted, He first purchased the old Spar- a be filled at the election. By petition throwing him to the ground. He was gur ditch which then served about ents of an eight and a half pound » A record for production of pota the name of Jasper Templeton has dragged, part of the time with the 1,000 acres of land. The Maxwell girl, born October 19. Both mothers Land and Irrigation Co. was formed and babies are at the Hermiston hos toes in a single hill is claimed by been presented In nomination, and he buggy upon him. He was brought to J. W. Clark and J. M. Biggs for Geo. Is likely to be a candidate In opposi town, and examination showed torn in 1904. He was president of this pital. Corse as a result of digging the two tion to the Incumbent. company. Later the government took ligaments in his leg and a dislocated mein did the first of the week. They Reservoir Is Filling Until a day or two ago, no nomi bone in the leg. He is a patient at over the water rightR of the company Operation of the feed canal was dug one hill that yielded 39 pota nation had been made for a candidate the Rowe sanitarium and is getting but the company retained Its lands started Friday, October 14, and wa toes and weighed 26 pounds, almost to be voted on to succeed the late along very satisfactorily. of between 6,000 and 7,000 acres. Col. J. F. McNaught. The name of After the government operation be ter was diverted from the river for half a bushel. The patch on the Corse place In New Madden has been put forward gan the settlers formed a water us Cold Springs reservoir . The water Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Gynn of De ers' association, and Colonel Mc storage program is a month ahead of cludes about an acre of ground that Informally as a suitable man for di troit, Oregon, spent the week end as is sub irrigated and peculiarly well rector, and others are understood to gutstg of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Harrah. Naught was a member of the board last year. adapted to the growing of potatoes. have been mentioned a« possibilities. Mrs. Oynn Is Mr. Harrah’s sister, and from the time of its inception. Lat- Harry McMillan t8 working ln A- The whole patch is returning a yield Including George Strohm and J. W. thf„ was their first meeting In nine thena this' week. that 18 said to be remarkable. McMullen. years. (Continued on page two) /MJ MY SAW FUN f NE BÖÄ OSIP WWPI WW FAU./-0PTO i THE OLD « X tVEßr’ , MINUTE TO & * X •£</! * 4.
