The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
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PILOT ROCK PEOPLE BUY
NOVEMBER POOL OF
TURKEYS IS SOLD
MRS. OLIVE RICKER
PER POUND
BACK 0. ANU M. IS
FUNDED BY RULING
Lot Oat of Here About
November 10
The price to be received by m em
bers of th e Idaho T u rk ey G row ers
is 42 3-4 cents p er pound fo r No.
1 birds, according to a teleg ram re
ceived W ednesday by G eorge II. J e n
k in s from Mrs. C. G. B rin k , secre
ta ry and g en eral m an ag er of Boise.
S hipm ent of th e local b ird s p ro b
ably w ill
be m ade N ovem ber 10,
M: b . B rin k advised, th o u g h th a t d ate
is su b ject to change.
B ids fo r th e N ovem ber pool w ere
le t T i^ sd a y , N ovem ber 1, in Boise,
an d th e in fo rm atio n as to prices w as
received here th e follow ing day.
No. 2 b ird s w ill be paid for a t 33
c e n ts a pound. In d icatio n s now are
th a t th e local pool for th e T h a n k s
g iv in g tra d e w ill include ab o u t 500
birds. T h is is a sm aller lo t th a n
w as a t firs t an tic ip a te d , b u t g ro w
ers have evinced a disposition to hold
all birds not s tric tly No. 1 g rad e un
til th e C hristm as pool w hich w ill be
sold D ecember 1.
No. 1 b ird s w ere defined by Mr.
Je n k in s as fa t, norm al fram ed w ith
o u t defects of any k in d of bone or
skins. T he tom s m ust w eigh a m in i
m um of 12 pounds, and h en s m u st
w eigh e ig h t pounds. He u rg ed on
grow ers th e necessity of u sin g care
th a t n o th in g except No. 1 b ird s be
included in the N ovem ber ship m en t.
ARMISTICE DAY TO BE
OBSERVED AS HOLIDAY
In accordance w ith a custom e stab
lished several y ears ago, places of
b u sin ess in H erm isto n w ill be closed
on A rm istice day , JM Aay, N ovem ber
11. A ction w as ta k e n a t th e m eetin g
of th e com m ercial club T uesday to
follow th e u su al custom a g a in th is
year.
HIGHER
IN
AUSTRALIA THAN HERE FORMER
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LOCAL
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PEOPLE
NEW SURFACE TO
BE GIVEN DIAGONAL
SEN. HARRY B. HAWES
6 TO 0 SCORE
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FIND ON TRIP
L e tte ts and pap ers from Mrs. E a rl
K ingsley, w ho is in Sidney, A u stra
lia w here E a rl is reco v erin g from tw 'J
o p eratio n s, pgove in te re s tin g re a d
ing. L ew isham h o sp ital, w here E a rl
is -a p a tie n t, is said to be one of th e
fin est In th e w orld. Mrs. K ingsley
w rites, th a t, th o u g h A u tra lia is ju s t
e n te r in g in to th e sp rin g season, th e
w e a th e r is raw an d ch illy , w ith a
keen w ind th a t th e sun seem s u n
ab le to w arm .
She fin d s a g re a t d ifferen ce be
tw een th e ta s te of A m erican
and
A u stra lia n food, and say s th a t te a is
served for b re a k fa st, luncheon and
d in n e r and on every possible occa
sion betw een.
An A u stra lia n p ap er s ta te s th a t
“th e follow ing a re th e av erag e p rlceg
fo r household com m odities d u rin g
th e w eek.’’
New potatoes, p e r pound ..............10c
C abbage, each ............................ 30-40c
C auliflow ers, each .....................36-60c
T om atoes, p er pou n d .......................4 2c
O nions, per pound .......................... 10c
P eas, per pound ...............................30c
C elery, per bunch .......................12-16c
B eans, per pound .......
30c
C arrots, p er bunch ................... - ..... 10c
B u tte r, per pound .............................56c
Cheese, p er pound ......................3 0 -3 6c
E ggs, Per dozen .............................. 46c
SECRETARY
WORK
REVERSES
DR. MEAD
Postponement Effected on Item of
Debt Owed Government by
Local District.
Mrs. Olive G. Ricker of Chicago, who
w as elected executive secretary of the
American Bar association.
ATTEMPT MADE ON
GREEK RULER'S LIFE
A thens, Greece.—T he p resident of
G reece, Admiral Paul Kondouriotis,
was severely wounded by a 25-year-
old w aiter who attem p ted to assassin
ate him.
The p resident was en terin g his auto
mobile in front of the Municipal build
ing, w here he had form ally opened the
congress of the G reek m ayors.
Two shots w ere fired a t the presi
dent. One of th e bullets struck him in
the head, having first passed through
the w indshield of th e car, which was
sh attered in the p resid en t’s face.
Crowds rushed a t th e assailan t,
Zatioos Ooussios, and attem p ted to
lynch him, but he w as saved by police
who h u rried him off to jail.
PLACE
BIG
BIBLE
ORDER
Million Copies to Be P rinted in 22
Language«.
New York.—An order for more than
a million Bibles, printed in 22 lan
guages, has been placed by th e New
York Bible society, w hich will cele
b rate Its 118th an n iv ersary In Decem
ber, it w as announced recently.
W hile a m ajority of th e Scriptures
are printed in English, th e society has
continually available versions of the
Bible in 67 languages and raised type
for th e blind.
.1:.
Court Decision is Aid to Fall.
W ashington, D. C.—The governm ent
ran into a judicial snag in its effort
to prove th a t form er S ecretary of the
In terio r Fall was in conspiracy with
H arry F. Sinclair when he g ran ted the
la tte r th e famous T eapot Dome naval
oil reserv e lease in 1922. Ju stice Sid
dons ruled th a t form er S enator Chas
T hom as of Colorado need not answ er
one of th e questions by which the gov
ernm ent law yers hoped to show the
C ontinental T rading com pany, from
which Fall got >230,500 in Liberty
bonds, was formed for th e purpose,
among o thers, of rew arding F all for
the T eapot lease.
L iner R am i Fleh Boat, 11 Dead.
Boston. — The G loucester fishing
schooner Avalon was cut in two ofi
Cape Cod w ith the loss of 11 m em bers
at h er crew , when she was ram m ed
by th e Cosulich lin er P resld en te Wil
son in a dense fog.
Mrs. K. A. P h elp s re tu rn e d F rid a y
from a v is it a t V aie, Oregon.
T he H erm isto n Irrig a tio n d ia tric t
has a g a in secu red a ru lin g by th e
S e cretary of th e In te rio r rev ersin g
th e decision of Dr. Elw ood Mead,
com m issioner o f reclam atio n , w hich
w ill re s u lt in a sav in g to th e d is tric t
of ap p ro x im ately >8,700.
W h e n - tMe o rig in a l c o n tra c t
of
1921 w as en tered Into th e re w ere
c e rta in w a te r r ig h ts and O. an d M.
ch arg es th e n d elin q u en t an d th e dis
tr lc t board, by th e su p p lem en tal con
tr a c t of 1922 secu red a n ex ten sio n of
tim e so th a t th ese could be paid In
sem ian n u al in s ta llm e n ts over a six
y e a r period.
W hen th e c o n tra c t of 1926 w as
m ade th e re w ere o n e -th ird of these
ch arg es n o t th e n
due
w hich
am o u n ted to a little over >8,700.
T he com m issioner held th e d stric t
for th e gum o f >4353.97 w h ich he
claim ed to be due in 1927. The
board of d ire c to rs took th e m a tte r
u p w ith th e se c re ta ry w ho h as Just
ren d ered a decision in w hich he holds
t h a t it w as th e in te n t of C ongress
w hen It passed th e re lie f a c t of 1924
to fu n d all accru ed o b lig atio n s even
th o u g h tem p o rary ex ten sio n hud been
given.
T h is decision by th e se c re ta ry
m eans th a t th e ap p ro x im ate sum of
>8,700 w ill be fu n d ed an d n o t paid
u n til 40 o r 50 y ears frpm now In
stead of In 1927 an d 1928.
SHERIFF AND PENDLETON
JUSTICE NOT INDICTED
Grand Jury
Finds Funds
Handled
Carelessly But None Taken
By Officials
The gTand Ju ry in a re p o rt m ade
to th e c irc u it co u rt N ovem ber 1 r e l
ativ e to its in v e stig atio n of th e h a n d
lin g of p ublic fu n d s by s h e riff and
th e Ju stice o f th e peace in th e Ten-
d leto n d is tric t sta te d th a t
n e ith e r
m an hkd m isap p ro p riated p ublic
fundb *>ut th a t th e ir reco rd s w ere
carelessly k ep t.
T he in v e stg a tlo n w as conducted
by C. Z. R an d all, P en d leto n a tto rn e y ,
as sp ecial p ro secu to r. C om m endation
of his w ork an d of th e a u d it of th e
books ag m ade by th e Incom e Tax
A u d it Co. w as expressed by th e r e
p o rt, w hich in p a r t w as a s follow s:
“W e find no evidence of an y in te n
tio n a l m isa p p ro p riatio n
of public
o fficers ha« k e p t a com plete
and
in te llig ib le reco rd of fin es received
and paid over by him , an d th a t no
com plete an d p ro p er record of th e
cases h an d led in th e Ju stice’s c o u rt
have been kept.
“W e fin d th e a u d it of th e a c
co u n ts o f said offices to have been
com plete an d fa ir.
“ All fu n d s covered by o u r Inves
tig a tio n have been now re m itte d .’’.
“ It H appened in Ju n e."
Defeat First
Members Of Court Inspect Road On
TO MEET HERE SATURDAY
Portland, Pendleton Women To Talk
and Musical Numbers are
On Program.
P ro g ram :
UO A- M. C om m unity S inging,
Led by Mrs. Jam es K. T ill, P en d le
ton.
A ddress of W elcome,
By Mrs. Le G rande C herry, H e r
m iston.
R eort of n a tio n a l convention,
By Mrs. W. R.^JVyrlck, P endleton.
P ian o solo .................. V era Thom pson
" C h ild re n ’s B ooks,”
By Miss H ill, co u n ty lib ra ria n .
Vocal solo .................... M innie S ansted
R eport of th e s ta te convention,
By C lara P o rte r S m ith, P endleton.
12 M. L uncheon a t H otel H erm is
ton,
1 P. M. C om m unity S inging,
Led by Mrs. Jam es H ill, P en d le
ton.
1 :3 0 P. M. L ecture, Illu stra te d w ith
la n te rn slide,
By Mrs. B rodie, U. of O.
V ocal solo .........v................R u th Seylor
R ep o rt of ch airm en of d e p a rt
m ents..
V iolin golo ............. By N obert M uller
Andy Kern Worse
A ndy K ern w ho h as been 111 for
m ore th a n a fo rtn ig h t w ith pneum on
ia w as ta k e n to P o rtla n d la s t n ig h t
to th e V eteran s’ h ospital. H is condi
tio n w as rep o rted to be a cause of
a la rm to re la tiv e s who cam e here
from L ew iston, Idaho, to be w ith him .
A siste r, Mrs. E rickson, accom panied
him to P o rtlan d .
Nov, 10 Meeting Cancelled
T he re g u la r m eeting of th e local
P. T. A. circle, scheduled to be held
N ovem ber 10, w ill not be conducted,
due to th e fact th a t th e county coun
cil m eets h ere S atu rd ay , N ovem ber
5, acco rd in g to J. H. R eid, president.
A recent portrait of United S tates
8 en ato r H arry B. Hawes from Mis
souri.
MORROW PRESENTS
HIS CREDENTIALS
Mexico City.—Dwight W. Morrow,
new ly appointed A m erican am bassador
to Mexico, presented his credentials
S aturday to P resident Calles in a
form al and elaborate cerem ony a t the
national palace. The presentation was
made in the historic Sala De Los Em
bajadores, which was filled to over
flowing with cabinet m em bers, high
m ilitary officers In full d ress uniform,
o th er m em bers of the diplom atic corps
and an unprecedented num ber of
A m erican citizens.
In his brief address, A m bassador
Morrow announced to the Mexican
governm ent th at A m erican diplomacy
in th is country would be based on
m utual respect. The am bassador also
voiced the respect th e A m erican peo
ple have for Mexico’s sovereignity, and
proffered his cooperation with the
Mexican governm ent in finding "a
m utually satisfacto ry solution of the
problem s with which our two countries
a re now faced.”
Mr. Morrow characterized the issuea
betw een the two governm ents as “out
standing questions,” and expressed the
hope th a t "we shall not fail to adjust
them .”
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
S en ato r C urtis of K ansas, republican
lender in th e senate, has entered the
1928 presidential race.
A rchbishop J. J. H arty of the C ath
olic archdiocese of Omaha, who had
been critically ill, died in Los AngeleB.
Oregon S tate college football team
trium phed over the W ashington S tate
college aggregation on a sloppy field
a t C orvallis last week by a score of
13 to 6.
B usiness in the U nited S tates slow
ed down during Septem ber, with indus
tria l and trad e activity sm aller than
usual a t th a t season of the year, the
federal reserve hoard announced.
N ever in recen t years has China
been in a m ore chaotic condition than
now. F ighting is in progress in a t
lea?t six different w ar areas and a
w idespread w inter of suffering and
hardship appears inevitable.
New Residents Here
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. C lark, form er
ly of L exington, a re now resid en ts
of th e poject. T hey recen tly leased
20 acres from Mrs. Lawson a st of
tow n. T hey have been fa rm in g in
th e w h eat c o u n try n ear L exington
for 22 years..
T he H erm iston fo o tb all team de
feated th e scrappy, heavy Condon
W h e a t R an ch ers 6 to 0 last S stu r-.
day in Condon. The h ig h e r a ltitu d e
proved a h an d ica p to th e locals.
T he gam e w as slow and fum bles
w ere num erous, due to w et grounds.
Snow fell for h a lf an h o u r In Condon
th e n ig h t before th e gam e. T he lo
cals w orked well a fte r th e y thaw ed
out and m ade firs t dow ns a t random .
E nd rung and o ff tack le plays n etted
y ard ag e co n sisten tly .
Condon had a heavy, scrappy team ,
but the H erm iston defense proved too
stro n g . On tw o occaslons th e W h e a t
R an ch ers bad th e ball on th e locals'
one yard Hue w ith fo u r dow ns to go
b u t w ere checked each tim e.
A t th e end of th e h a lf th e locals
had th e ball on C ondon’s one y ard
lin e .a n d w ere lin in g up for th e de
cid in g punch w hen the gun robbed
them of th e ir chance. P ra c tic a lly th e
sam e experience fell to th e ir lot a t
th e end of the gam e w hen th ey w ere
going stro n g an d had b u t e ig h t y ard s
to go for a touchdow n.
W a le n ta ’s L ittle G lantg scored th e
one touchdow n In the Becond q u a r
te r a fte r c a rry in g th e ball th e len g th
of th e field. N ew ell crossed th e line
b u t failed to convert. S a tu rd a y ’s d e
feat w as th e firs t of th is season a t
th e h a n d s of an O regon teAlri.
N ew ell got aw ay for. some nlcs end
ru n s and played h is u su al h a rd de
fensive gam e. M cK enzie’s /work on
th e defense w as also good," ad d th e
sam e w as tru e of U pham and th e tw o
P arsons boys. E v e re tt H am m ond w as
going g re a t u n til a n in ju ry forced
him out of th e gam e.
T he H em lston lineup w as as fol
low s: G riggs, c e n te r; E a rn h e a rt and
U pham , g u a rd s; S m ith and R obinson
ta c k le s;
Don an d G lenn P arsons,
ends; N ew ell, fu ll; M cKenzie, H am
mond a n d K elthouse, halv es;
and
K ennings, q u a rte r.
Tomato Shower Still On
T he to m ato show er, conducted In
H erm iston u n d e r th e auspices of th s
A m erican L egion a u x ilia ry for M iss
issippi flood d is tric t su ffe re rs, is
gtiil u n d er w ay, acco rd in g to Mrs. W.
L. H am m , p resid en t. T hose w a n tin g
to c o n trib u te a can of tom atoes for
flood victim s m ay do so u n til S a tu r
day n ig h t w hen th e boxeg w ill be col
lected and sh ip m en t m ade. T he show
e r h as been very successful, Mrs.
H am m Btated.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jackson sp en t
T h u rsd ay in P en d leto n .
LAMBS OWNED BY LOCAL BOYS
TAKE MONEY IN
COMPETITION
AT
PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL
. « - « .* -♦ .
T h re« m em bers of th e H erm iston
sheep club w ere w in n ers In th e club
cidsses a t th e P acific In te rn a tio n a l
a t P o rtla n d , according to a le tte r re
ceived by th e H erald from C o u n ty
A gent H o lt w ho is a tte n d in g th e
show
D onald Ja c k so n ’s lam b took th ird
place In th e clu b ram class. Flrjyd
M cM ullen’s ew e lam b took fifth in
th e clu b class, an d D ick M a rtin ’s
won six th .
T he show is ex cep tio n ally fin e
th is y ear, acco rd in g to Mr. H olt.
THE FEATHERHEADS
m
Season By
Aggregation
Fit Located
P. T. A. COUNTY COUNCIL
One This
Oregon Team For Wheat Belt
Trip Here Monday; Rock
The diagonal road betw een H e r
m iston and th e C olum bia school
house w ill be given a new surface,
e ith e r d u rin g th e fa ll or w in ter, ac
cording to a sta te m e n t m ade In H e r
m iston Monday by I. M. Schannep,
county judge.
The sta te m e n t w as m ade on a trip
to inspect th e road w hich w as tak en
by Ju d g e S channep, C om m issioner
Bean and Lee S hannon, co u n ty road-
m aster.
“We have located a p it n e a r th e
reserv o ir w hich w ill fu rn ish a su p
ply of su itab le rock for th e su rfa c in g
w ork,” Judge S channep said. “W e
expect to use a d ra g lin e an d screen
th e gravel to get th e size w e need .”
T he county judge s tateA t h a t th e
re su rfacin g w ork has beeh on th e
program for some tim e for c o n stru c
tion out of 1928 funds.
The U m atilla P ro je c t F arm b u reau
a t its m onthly m eeting in O ctober
adopted a reso lu tio n re q u e stin g ac
tio n from the co u n ty co u rt. T he s u r
face of th e road ha*, become badly
corru g ated , and In some places th e
base rock is w o rk in g up th ro u g h the
crow n of th e road.
WALENTA’S CREW
BEAT CONDON GANG
LOCALS WIN TOUGH GAME BY
WINTER MONTHS
Idaho Turkey Growers to Ship First
ARE
SCHILLING PLACE HERE
A d eal fo r th e p u rch ase o f th e
S ch illin g place so u th of tow n
h as
been closed by Mr. an d Mrs. C. M.
Best of P ilo t R ock, an d th e y p lan to
move im m ed iately . Mr. Bubi.
ex WORK TO BE DONE DURING THE
pects to ru n a few cows a n d chickens.
NO. 1 BIRDS BRING 42 3-4 CENTS
FOOD COSTS
NO. 9
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OSLOON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1927
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