_ The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
(The Wnttrafcm ibrato
VOL. XXII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OEEGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927
FARM BUREAU ASKS
R9AU REPAIR WORK
RESOLUTION
SEEKS
ROY A. YOUNG
REPAIRS
ATHLETIC FUNO TO
BE GIVEN BOOST
HIGH
ON DIAGONAL
SCHOOL • STUDENT BODY
TO GIVE COMEDY
Purchase Of Silo Forms Ordered At
Laughs Promised In
Monthly Meeting Of Body
“It Happened
In June” Which W ill Be
Thursday Night
Presented Nov. 5
NO. 8
LADIES’ AUXILIARY TO
FIVE INJURED IN
ACCIDENT SUNDAY
E. T. MEREDITH
FARM BUREAU ORGANIZED
A m eeting w as held T h u rsd a y a f
ternoon fo r th e purpose of fo rm in g an
au x ilia ry to th e U m atilla P ro ject
F arm b ureau. T he o rg a n iz a tio n was
launched w ith a n in itia l m em bership
of 27. W om en m em bers of th e fam i
ly of each m em ber of th e farm b u r
eau a re eligible to belong.
O fficers elected w ere as follow s:
P resid en t, Mrs. Cecil M adden; vice-
president, Mrs. S idney B a rn a rd ; sec
re ta ry -tre a s u re r, Mrs. F. M. G uiw its.
R eg u lar m eetings w ill be h eld th e
first F rid ay aftern o o n of each m onth
and a social m eetin g w ill be* held
on th e sam e n ig h t as th e m eetin g of
th e farm b ureau.
T he adoption of a reso lu tio n re
“ I t H appened In J u n e ” Is th e nam e
q u e stin g th é county co u rt to do re
of th e p lay w hich Is to be presen ted
p a ir w ork on th e diag o n al road th a t
by th e H erm isto n hig h school in th e
serves th e C olum bia d is tric t and the
a u d ito riu m , N ovem ber 6. The p e r
a u th o riz in g of th e ap p o in tm en t of a
form ance Is b ein g presented In o rd er
com m ittee of 10 to p resen t th e resol
to rep len ish th e a th le tic fund. The
u tio n to th e c o u rt m arked th e m o n th
play ig a th re e a c t comedy d ram a
ly session of th e U m atilla P ro ject
and prom ises to be a success. Miss
F arm b u reau a t C olum bia school last
A lice M cCollum is d irecto r, an d th e
T h u rsd ay n ig h t.
cast is as follow s:
D ecisions w ere also m ade to p u r
N ell C rundel, M axine A very, M ol
chase form s for 10 foot co n crete silos
lie Jessop, R u th B ensel; Jim P r i t
for th e use of m em bers, to ask the
c h e tt, Ja c k S m ith ; B etty B ranson,
U. S. B u reau of B iological su rv ey to
S h irley B row nson; S usie C rundel, SESSIONS PLANNED FOR ALL
p u t a tra p p e r and h u n te r a t w ork
M arion H en d erso n ; C h arles A tk in s,
h ere th is fall to aid in e x te rm in a tin g
DAY NOVEMBER 5
G eorge M cK enzie;
R an d y S tew art,
Roy A. Young of Minneapolis, who A lb ert K e n n in g s;
coyotes w hich a re now cau sin g t u r
E v a lln a Scroggs,
key g ro w ers some losses and to o r w as appointed a m em ber of th e federal J a n e W a rn e r; J a rv is Sneed, V ernon Portland Woman To Discuss Some
reserve board by P resid en t Coolidge H a rra h . .
gan ize a w om en’s a u x ilia ry body.
Nutrition Problems During
A tten d an c e a t th e m eetin g was to succeed D. R. C rissenger, resigned.
T he p lay h as appeal fo r th e re is
larg e, an d a lively in te re st w as dis
comedy in ab u n d an ce, relieved by an
Afternoon Meeting
played in th e v ario u s discussions. P i
occasional to u ch of pathos. C h arles
LEGION
AUXILIARY
SEEKS
an o solos by Miss L ind er, read n g s by
An all day session of th e U m atilla
A tk in s Is se n t by a n Irate p a re n t to
R. C. C anfield and a p iano solo by
AID FOR FLOOD VICTIMS th e little v illag e o f S hady G rove to C ounty council of th e P a re n t-T e a c h
M r. A rch er of S tan field added to th e
be tam ed down a n d k e p t o u t of m is e r association w ill be held in H er
p leasu re of th e crow d.
chief. In c id e n ta lly , an
uncle who m iston, S atu rd ay , N ovem ber 5. Ses
Tomato
Shower
Being
Held
Here
As
In te re st in th e election of d ire c t
ow ns a la rg e s trin g of g rocery sto res sions both in th e m o rning and a fte r
ors fo r th e d is tric t w a te r board, to
d eleg ates him to force a riv a l sto re noon a re to be held in th e h ig h
Part Of Nation Wide Move
be held N ovem ber 8, led to som e dis
In th e v illag e, th e S hady G rove sto re, school au d ito riu m .
By Organization
cussion on th a t su b ject. W. F. H a n
Mrs. H ow ard D rew of P en d leto n ,
o u t of business.
n an in a b rief ta lk called a tte n tio n
C h arlie a rriv e s In th o village, p resid en t, w ill preside a t both m eet
to th e v ita l im p o rtan ce of secu rin g
T h e fo llo w in g sta te m e n t co n cern m eets B etty B ranson and pro m p tly ings. T he m o rning session w ill open
th e m ost able men a v a ilab le for th e in g th e to m ato sh o w er fo r M ississippi falls in love w ith her. He is diBcom- a t 10 o’clock. I t w ill be devoted to
board an d stressed th e necessity for flood su ffe re rg w as m ade by Mrs. W. fltte d w hen he le arn s th a t B etty is th e business m a tte rs of th e o rg a n i
h a v in g m en seasoned In business ex L. H am m , p resid en t of th e H erm isto n th e g irl w ho h as been deleg ated to zation.
perience. H e nom inated F. B. Swayze ch a p te r of th e A m erican L egion A ux do th e tam in g . T h en to h is h o rrified
A t 1 :3 0 in the afternoon Mrs. Jes
fo r the long term and G eorge Strohm ilia ry :
dism ay h e fin d s th a t B e tty ow ns th e sie B rody of P o rtla n d w ill speak on
fo r th e sh o rt term . P re sid e n t O tt ru l-
“ The to m ato sh o w er for M ississip S hady G rove sto re w hich he has been “P roblem s of N u tritio n .” T he ta lk
(ed im m ed iately th a t it w as not
w ill be illu s tra te d by m eans of glides.
pi flood su ffe re rs Is u n d e r w ay. It se n t to fo rce o u t of business.
w ith in th e province of th e o rg an iza ig b ein g co nducted by th e H erm isto n
R an d y tr y in g to sell in su ran ce, Special m usical n u m b ers a re being
tio n to ta k e such actio n , and th e L egion a u x ila ry . U n it No. 37, in r e h is a n d S usie’s coy love a ffa irs a n d p lan n ed fo r both m o rn in g an d a fte r
m otion w as n o t voted on.
sponse to an ap p eal se n t o u t from lazy old J im P r itc h e tt's a tte m p ts to noon sessions.
On m otion of P. P. S u lliv an , th e th e n a tio n a l ch airm an of the flood c o u rt M ollie Jessop all fu rn ish fun in
T he local circle w ill act ag h o st to
o rg a n iz a tio n au th o rized th e a p p o in t re lie f co m m ittee, Mrs. R. H . T u ck er, ab u n d an ce. J a rv is Sneed in v ites h a thfe v isito rs, an d P re sid e n t R eid has
m en t of a. com m ittee to n e g o tiate for Jack so n , M iss., w ho says t h a t d is tre d , an d im pish little N ell C rundel appointed th e follow ing recep tio n
th e p u rch ase of a concrete m ix er for ease caused by
com m ittee: Mrs. E. L. C herry, c h a ir
Im proper food is Is a c h a ra c te r to love.
use of m em bers in silo co n stru ctio n ra m p a n t.
m an ; Mrs. J. M. B iggs, Miss Jessie
w o rk an d for o th e r purposes.
B rierley, Mrs. T. H. G aith er, Mrs.
“ E sp ecially bad is p elleg ra, a d is CITY REPAIRS STREETS
G. H. Jen k in s, a ss ista n t co u n ty a g ease sim ila r to ric k e ts b u t m uch
F. V. P rim e and Mrs. W. J. W arn er.
en t, re p o rte d on th e w ork now be worse. I t Is a tta c k in g a d u lts as w ell
FOR WINTER CONDITIONS
in g done to form a cow te s tin g asso as ch ild ren , an d th e d e a th ra te is
Stokes-Winslow
ciatio n . H e also suggested th e pos a larm in g . ' T om atoes, rich in v lta- Grading And Drainage On Main
A q u ie t hom e w edding wag solem n
sib ility of an o rg a n izatio n of th e m lnes, a re especially u rg ed fo r com
ized a t th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs.
Street Two Phases Of
yo u n g people. R odent co n tro l and b a ttin g p ellag ra. T he A m erican L e
Jam es W inslow W ednesday m orning,
ra b b it poisoning w ere also discussed gion a u x ilia ry , w o rk in g In co n ju n c
O ctober 26, w hen th e ir
d a u g h te r
Work Under Way
b rie fly by p ro ject leaders.
M arth a w as u n ited in m a rria g e to
tio n w ith th e Red Cross an d o th e r
W a lth e r O tt gave a b rief h isto ry relief o rg an izatio n s. Is u n d e r th e d i
R ep air w ork on H erm lstd n stre e ts W yate H om er StokeB. Rev. H am rick
of boys’ and g ir ls ’ club w ork th a t rectio n of th e Btate boardg of h e a lth to p u t them in co n d itio n fo r th e w in o fficiated.
h a s been done on th e p ro ject, n am in g of th e afflic te d d istric ts.
te r season s ta rte d th is w eek and w ill
Mr. an d Mrs. S tokes left Im m edi
some of th e leaders and a few of th e
“ E v ery can of to m ato es you can be co n tin u ed u n til th is y e a r’s w ork ate ly a fte r th e cerem ony for a sh o rt
lndivldualg th a t have m ade records give w ill h elp some one to m ake a h as been com pleted.
w edding trip . A fte r th e ir re tu r n they
(o r them selves an d th e com m unity. fig h t fo r life and h e a lth . Boxes have
T h e firs t w ork w as done on M ain w ill leave for so u th e rn C a lifo rn ia to
A t th e conclusion of th e business been placed In N o rto n ’s, H u rly 's s tre e t. T he g u tte rs w ere cleared of m ake th eir, home.
session lu n ch and h o t coffee w ere K in g sley ’s an d B u rk ’s sto res. P h o n e loose d ir t w hich wag p ulled Into side
T he bride has been a re sid e n t of
served.
your m e rc h a n t to to place a t least s tre e ts , an d somo c o n stru ctio n w ork th is com m unity fo r a n u m b e r of
F o llo w in g is th e reso lu tio n ad o p t one can of to m ato es in th e box for i to effect b e tte r d ra in a g e of su rface years. T he groom , form erly of El
ed in w hich th e o rg an izatio n asked you. a n d th e express com pany w ill w a te r w as done. L ast w in te r Main Paso,. T exas, Ig w ell know n, h a v in g
fo r re p a ir w ork to be done on th e c a rry th em free of c h arg e to th e dis s tr e e t w as a sea of m ud d u rin g w et resided h ere for th e past th re e years.
d iag o n al road:
tr ib u tin g cen te r. T hese people w ho w e ath er, an d th e s tre e t co m m ittee of
"W e desire to call y o u r a tte n tio n have lo st th e ir all look to us fo r • th e city council, of w hich H. E H itt
Hughes-Campbell
to w h a t is know n as th e ‘diag o n al help. L et us n o t fail to keep th e i is ch airm an , is en d eav o rin g to im
Miss O rrel J. Cam pbell of M ilton
ro a d ’ lead in g from H erm isto n to Cold fa ith .”
prove d ra in a g e so th a t th is w in te r and G wyn H ughes of H erm iston were
S p rings. I t is in ex trem ely bad con
w ill n o t see a recu rren ce of those m arried In W alla W alla M onday, Oct-
d itio n , and ra p id ly go in g to pieces.
co n d itio n s.
.
to b er 17, th e ir m arria g e com ing ag a
ASPARAGUS
TRANSPLANTING
H erm isto n avenue, one block on [ su rp ris e to th e ir frien d s heTe. Mrs.
“ W e desire th a t you ta k e im m ed
ia te step s to p u t it in to firs t class
TO BE DONE THIS FALL G ladys a v en u e an d th e e a st end o f' H ughes Is the d a u g h te r of D uncan
co n d itio n . T h o u san d s of d o lla rg have
M ain s tre e t a re all to receive re C am pbell, form er ra n c h e r so u th w est
been sp e n t to m ake th is road, of
F a rm e rs w ho have raised a s p a ra p a irs before th e w ork ig com pleted. of tow n, and both young people are
w hich th e fa rm ers co n trib u te d a gus p la n ts from seed to provide new
g ra d u a te s of th e local h ig h school.
la rg e am o u n t in labor o r (lunation. beds a re p la n n in g fa ll tra n s p la n tin g ,
T hey w ill live In H erm iston In the
The Stork
“W ê have done o u r sh a re and r e acco rd in g to Tom F raser.
Mr. an d Mrs. T hom as C o lp ittg of house re c en tly occupied by Mrs. C lara
sp e c tfu lly ask you to do y o u rs.”
" I ’ve tra n s p la n te d b o th in th e fall S tan field a re th e p a re n ts of a n in e Stone on H erm isto n avenue.
and sp rin g , an d my experience h as pound g irl, b o rn O ctober 26, a t the
Ed a n d C lin t Jack so n w ere In H epp been m ore s a tis fa c to ry w ith fall H erm isto n h o sp ital.
Mrs. C. D. C onner and little son
n e r last w eek to fin d o u t th e possl- tr a n s p la n tin g ,” he said. “I t is sa tis
of L a G rande w ere g uests over the
b llitle« of m a rk e tin g local su rp lu s fa c to ry to tr a n s p la n t now an y tim e
Mr. and Mrs. E nos D.
M arlin s e e k end a t th e hom e of Mrs. W. B.
u n til fro sts .”
p o tato es In th a t d is tric t.
drove to M cKay dam la s t Sunday. Beasley.
CAR
Joe
Rendered
A recent p o rtrait of E. T. M eredith
of Iowa, form er secretary of agricul
tu re, who is m entioned as a possibility
for the Democratic Presidential nom
ination.
WASHINGTON FIRE LOSS
SHOWS DECREASE
Olympia, W ash. — W ith a total of
980 fires in the sta te outside of n a
tional forests, as ag ain st 1151 last
year, to tal forest fire loss was only
$75,340 for 1927 as against $240,476,
as shown by the rep o rt of S tate F or
e st Supervisor George C. Joy, ju sl
completed.
Division of tho loss gives tim ber
killed $6375; logs destroyed $27,930;
logging equipm ent destroyed $31,018,
and losses to se ttlers and others $10,-
017.
L ightning accounted for 219 fires,
an unusually large proportion, while
sm okers are blamed for 156; railroads
102; enm pers 91; brush burning 64;
incendiarism 55; berry pickers 43;
donkey engines 19; Jogging locomo
tives 14; other lum bering operations
36; while 155 are ascribed to m iscel
laneous causes.
LOCAL LEGION POST TO
START MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Big Meeting Planned For Evening
Of November 3 to Put Post
In The Lead
T h ree accid en ts th a t resulted In
in ju rie s of m ore or less serioug n a t
u re to five people occured n e a r H er
m iston la st S unday aftern o o n .
E lean o r A ldrich, d a u g h te r of Mr.
and E. B. A ldrich of P en d leto n , G. A.
H a rtm a n , vice-preeident of th e F ir s t
N atio n al b ank of P en d leto n ,
an d
H a rry H am m an of H erm iston w ere
in ju re d as a re su lt of a collision be
tw een c a rs driven by Mr. A ldrich an d
Ja c k W allace on th e h ighw ay n e a t
th e S ta n d a rd Oil Co. w arehouse.
The A ldrich c ar wag b ein g driven
enst. T he o th e r car w as headed o u t
of tow n. W allace Is said to have d riv
en to th e le ft side of th e h ig h w ay
to avoid h ittin g a buggy. T he cara
collided head on,
E lean o r A ldrich, 10, h ad some of
h er u p p er fro n t te e th knocked out by
th e force of of h er Im pact againat.
th e w indshield. Mr. H a rtm a n su ffe r
ed a c u t on the forehead, a n d H a rry
H am m an In th e W allace c ar su s ta in
ed a n u m b er of cu ts all over hig face
by broken glass. T he c a rs w ere both
h eavily dam aged.
All th re e of th e In ju red w ere
tre a te d by Dr. Sears, and Dr. P rim e
aided In th e case of E le a n o r A ldrich.
Joe D yer, pioneer p ro ject farm er,
n arro w ly escaped d e a th iearlier In
th e aftern o o n w hen th e gUy w ire on
a hay d e rric k on th e H arv ey P ayne
place broke. T h e d e rrick fell acroes
th e load of hay on w hich Mr. Dyer
w as w orking. He w as s tru c k a- g lan c
in g blow and th ro w n to th e ground.
H e w as ren d ered unconscious by
th e force of th e blow an d suffered
p a in fu l bruises, b u t h is condition Is
rep o rted to be g ra d u a lly Im proving,
th o u g h he h as been confined to h is
bed.
An e ffo rt w as b e in g m ade to get
th e h ay up before ra in fell.
M onroe S w arn er, high school s tu
d en t, su ffe re d a broken leg d u rin g
th e afte rn o o n w hile p lay in g w ith
some boy com panions. T he fra c tu re
w as reduced, and his condition Is re
po rted to be sa tisfacto ry . He is a son
of Mr. an d Mrs. A. C. S w arner.
MALE QUARTET TO GIVE
H erm isto n post of th e A m erican
Legion w ill fall In line w ith o th e r
posts all over th e s ta te to s ta r t w ork
on In creasin g m em bership for 1928
a t th e re g u la r m eetin g th a t w ill be
held n ext T h u rsd ay n ig h t, N ovem ber
3. O regon’s goal for th e com ing y ear
ig 12,000 activ e m em bers.
A special program w ith a feed is
to be presented, and every ex-service
m an In e ith e r U m atilla o r H erm iston
or from any o th e r n eig h b o rin g com
m u n ity w here th ere is no Legion o r
g an iza tio n , is in v ited to a tte n d . A
s ta te official w ill be p resen t fo r th e
big m eeting.
T h O regon d e p a rtm e n t h as o u tlin
ed an am b itio u s p rogram of a c tiv i
tie s for th e en su in g year, in clu d in g
h o sp italizatio n , re h a b ilita tio n , A m er
ican izatio n , child w elfare, m em ber
ship, aero n au tics, boy scout w ork,
com m unity service and land.
T he local post Is p la n n in g to "go
over th e to p ” w ith o u t delay as a
special m ark of resp ect for J. M.
B iggs, local m em ber, w ho re p resen ts
th is d is tric t on th e s ta te excecutivc
com m ittee.
PROGRAM HERE NOV. 9
L overs of m usic and e n te rta in m e n t
w ill have an o p p o rtu n ity to enjoy
w h a t prom isee to be an excellent p ro
gram w hen a m ale q u a rte t, th e Am
e rican Glee club, a p p e a rg here on
th e ev e n in g of N pvem ber 9 in the
h ig h school au d ito riu m .
T he p re se n ta tio n w ill be made u n
der th e d irectio n of th e local schools.
S u p e rin te n d e n t C herry billed the a t
tra c tio n la s t week.
In a d d itio n to th e ir vocal selections
th e fo u r young men, all h ig h ly tr a in
ed, w ill p resen t a varied program of
in stru m e n ta l num bers. E ach m em
ber of th e club plays a t least th ree
In s tru m e n ts and some play as m any
as five.
T he personnel of th e club Is as
follow s: L ancelot B u tto n , second te n
o r; E v w ard Servass, firs t ten o r; A n
th o n y D w orak, basso; an d Ben My
ers, b arito n e.
C. L. Tice, su p e rin te n d e n t of Mc
K ay dam , w as In tow n W ednesday
on business.
One of Those Off Nights
ED SftILoe COME
QUO ABM TJO*? MOW MF .
ä d r TUE JOB I DONT KMOW!-
VJPIV nt QÖT To ral Z ix JG T o
(AC ABOUT TtNSILE STRENGTH^
vjOO&N BOTTLES AND;
- ah P’- w
Unconscious
Boy Breaks Leg
iN ltß-
PUPTiMG MC f l
<LITTLC BUSTfP.
muS has got
A TooTU-
T
K.'
Dyer
. When Hay Derrick F a lls;
THE FEATHERHEADS
iT e M tmo vs StMteP Foe.
THE GUILD MZAAB /-JEWMI t F
IS MAKING- KC tteU N G FST
DOU.IÜS —
HURTS THREE
ON HIGHWAY
COUNTY COUNCIL OF
P. T. A. TO BE HERE
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