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

The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
Wrmtahm
STATE BEEKEEPERS’
MEET SUCCESSFUL
LOCAL MAN IS
NAMED
SCOTT W. LUCAS
POULTRY COSTS IN
ST ATE ARE STUDIED
LOCAL FLOCKS CHECKED BY 0.
PRESI­
DENT OF STATE BODY
A. C. SPECIALIST
Delegates Were Present From En­
Second Year Work in 3 Year Sched­
tire Northwest.
NO. 12
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1927
VOL XXII
uled Cost Study Conducted
Meet one of
Here Last Week.
Most Successful Held.
T he a n n u a l m eetin g of th e S tate
Bdfekeepere’ associatio n closed S at-
u day n ig h t a fte r a m ost successful
convention. W hile th e a tten d an ce
w as not large, m any th in g s of a con­
stru c tiv e n a tu re w ere accom plished,
ch ief am ong w hich w as th e sig n in g
► up of seveal m em bers of th e asso­
cia tio n w ith th e M ou n tain S tates
l.o u e y M ark etin g asso ciatio n . T his
is th e la rg e st honey m a rk e tin g aso-
ln tlo n In th e w orld an d m a rk e ts
front a very la rg e te r rito ry in th e
v e s t. B efore th e local producers
sig n ed up, th e association alread y
h ad 65,000 colonies to m a rk e t from .
E lectio n of officers re su lte d in a
’.O' al m an b eing m ade p resid en t, J.
T). I 'r r a h receiv in g th e post, succeed-
H. M. Mead of Salem . A n o th er
.1 te e k e e p e r, C harles K aiser, w as
ted vice-presiden t.
H eads of
c- d ep a rtm e n ts w ere re-elected,
the exception of th e d e p artm en t
o f inspection, w hich w ill be headed
th is y e a r by L. D. B u h m an of H er-
•!»t- n.
he b a n q u e t a t th e C orlls h o tel was
- r , ; led by a b o u t 60 persons. G uests
o, a t th e b an q u et, as a re s u lt
th e ir essays on M aeterlin ck 's
“ L ife of th e B ee,” w ere R o b ert H en­
son w ho received h ig h est comm en-
for h is paper, K a th e rin e Mc-
.. second an d Jam es N eary,
j- tw o pap ers w ere to have been
..ts e n , b u t because of th e ’excellence
of Jim m y N e a ry ’s paper, it w as de­
cided th a t he should have a place a t
b an q u et, as close ru n n e r-u p for
u d place.
R o b ert H end erso n 's p aper w ill be
p u b lish ed In “ Bees an d H oney,” th e
t.ite p aper of th e O regon beekeepers.
WILLOW CREEK FARMERS
S cott W. Lucas, who has been ap­
pointed national Judge advocate of the
A m erican Legion, Is a law yer of Hav­
ana, III.
BORAH SAYS ENFORCE
DRY ACT OR REPEAL
Cleveland, O.—If It ever becomes Im­
possible to enforce th e 18th am end­
m ent, th a t am endm ent should be re ­
pealed from th e constitution, S enator
W illiam E. B orah of Idaho said in a
speech before th e national grange.
Borah pleaded for enforcem ent of
constitutional principles, Including the
prohibition am endm ent, and eiriphaslz-
d th a t he would not compromise upon
th e su b ject In any way.
“B ut if th e tim e ev er comes,” he
added, “when It Is ap p aren t th a t the
people do not propose to enforce It,
then I v en tu re to say th ey will tak e It
out of th e constitution, as they ought
to.”
B orah pleaded for p arty and political
fidelity to th e constitution and said
he believed th e , prohibition am end­
m ent could be enforced.
1927 SALMON PACK LARGE
TO INCREASE TURKEYS Total of 881,546 Cases Reported In
Puget Sound District.
Olympia, W ash.—T his y ear’s salm on
Oue Grower To Hold Over 200 0i pack, totallin g 881,548 cases, w as th e
largest since 1919, w ith th e exception
This Year’s Birds To Breed,
pf 1925, when 911,670 cases w ere pack-
County Agent Bepuits
T u rk ey s w ill be grow n in larg er
¡.um bers along W illow creek in Mor-
u n ty n ex t year th a n ever be-
t cord in g to in fo rm a tio n from
: o • e"s g a th ered by C. W. Sm ith,
ag e n t of M orrow co u n ty , who
s a H erm isto n v isito r S atu rd ay .
On tu rk e y gro w er w ill keep 200
f b re e d in g stock o u t of th e
eftl th is year,
Mr. Sm ith
ru ctlcally all of th e re s t of
era alo n g th e creek also plan
to e.-pand th e ir tu rk e y g ro w in g op­
eratio n s.
he birds raised to m a tu rity th is
; e ar w ill am o u n t to ab o u t 2,000
*” ad alo n g th e creek bottom , Mr.
l.h ascertain ed . Most of th o se en-
e In th e business a re satisfied
'*< .i . th e re su lts secured th e first
j e a r a n d have decided to expand.
id, according to th e rep o rt of C harles
S. Pollock, supervisor of th e d ep art­
m ent of fisheries, to D irector M aybury,
,’or th e P u g et Sound d istrict.
More hum pbacks, known as pinks,
were canned th is y ear th an an y other
species of salmon. Of th is v ariety
586,701 cases w ere packed; 117.290
silvers;
96.466
sockeyes;
43,454
Chinooks; 37,418 dogs o r chum s, and
only 216 steelheads.
T his y ears’ pack of sockeyes m ore
than doubled th a t of 1923, w hen 47,-
102 cases w ere packed, but th e pack
of silvers fell 4710 cases sh o rt of the
1923 pack, and th a t of chum s, 59,663
cases short.
Dr. K u h lm an , of th e farm m anage
m en t d e p a rtm e n t of O. A. C. and Dr.
F. L. K n o w lto n of th e p o u ltry de­
p a rtm e n t of th e college, w ere h ere
last w eek in co n n ectio n w ith
th e
second y e a r’s w o rk o n th e 3 y ear
p o u ltry su rv ey fo r th e sta te . T h eir
w ork d eals only w ith flocks on a
com m ercial b asis an d th ey a re stu d y ­
in g th ese p la n ts In an e ffo rt to de­
term in e, firs t, cost of com m ercial egg
p ro d u ctio n an d second, c o n trib u tin g
facto rs in successful p o u ltry farm o r­
g an iza tio n an d o p eratio n , th e po rp er
ad ju stm e n t of w hich w ill Increase
efficien cy an d red u ce costs.
T he su rv ey Is co v erin g th e e n tire
s ta te a n d ta k e s in 82 farm s in th e
W illa m e tte valley, w hich is th e m ajor
p ro d u cin g sectio n s, 25 In e a ste rn Ore­
gon, 17 in th e coast section and 10
In so u th e rn Oregon.
F locks of from 119 to 2640 birds
a re u n d er o b serv atio n , and th e av er­
age flock h as been found to be about
500 birds.
R esu lts o f th e su rv ey w ill be at
h an d fo r p u b lic a tio n a t a la te r date.
MINNEHAHA LOCALS
A te ac h erag e is b ein g b u ilt a t the
M in n eh ah a school. Since th e men of
th e co m m u n ity donated w ork in th e
b u ild in g of th e fo u n d atio n of th e
teach erag e, th e ladles of th e comm­
u n ity decided th a t th ey deserved a
good w arm d in n er. T he re su lt w as
a re a l co m m u n ity T h an k sg iv in g d in ­
ner. H is m ajesty , th e tu rk ey , ac­
com panied by all h is u su al re tin u e of
c ra n b e rry sauce, v egetables, salads,
and pies a n d cakes of m any k in d s
and colors, caused th e m en of th e
co m m u n ity to wiBh th e e n tire house
w ere to be m ade of cem en t so th e ir
job m ig h t la s t longer.
A fte r d in n e r th e ch ild ren san g a
few T h a n k sg iv in g songs, th e n a ll en ­
joyed a sh o rt tim e sp en t In com m un­
ity sin g in g , a fte r w hch school w ork
waa resum ed and th e m en contin u ed
th e ir w o rk on th e house.
Oma M cElroy, w ho h as been ill a t
th e h o sp ital, College Place, is slow ly
reco v erin g
T he school ch ild ren
se n t h e r a h an d k e rc h ie f show er and
o th e r rem em b ran ces fo r T h an k sg iv ­
ing.
Mr and M rs. C. M. Jack so n and son
B illy and Bobby a re p la n n in g upon
sp en d in g T h a n k sg iv in g w ith re lativ es
in P en d leto n .
B. I F ergeeen, o f Salem , a delegate
to th e B eekeepers conven tio n , w as a
v isito r a t th e W. G. R odda home for
several days last w eek. Mr. F erge-
/ e n w as accom panied by his son who
enjoyed ra b b it h u n tin g .im m ensely,
and, th o u g h his stay h ere w as too
sh o rt to k ill a ll th e rab b its, plans
upon su ffic ie n t rein fo rcem en ts to
fin ish th e jo b n ex t year.
C h ristia n Seitz m et w ith a ra th e r
serious accid en t re c e n tly w hich ac­
co u n ts fo r h is c a rry in g his arm in a
slin g .
Mr. an d Mrs. H a rris a re rem odel­
in g th e ir house an d p lan upon p u tt­
in g a fu ll cem e n t b asem en t u n d er it.
Denver E lects “ W et” C ongrew m an.
Denver, Colo. — 8. H arrison W hite,
dem ocrat, was elected to re p re se n t the
first congressional district. Com plete
retu rn s showed W hite, an avowed
“w et,” had defeated F rancis J. K nanss,
republican, dry, b y .a m ajo rity of 4750
Acreage Is Purchased
he 10 acres n e a r th e G arn er votes, polling 32,185 votes to his op­
piace so u th w est of tow n, know n as ponent’s 27,435.
th e -H a u g e b u rg place, w as p u rch ased
Mr. an d Mrs. G eorge S tro b m and
M r. an d Mrs. W. A. L e ath ers are
re c en tly by Mrs. Olive S m ith of La
Mrs. B. F. S tro h m drove to Hood o ccu p y in g th e V oelker house on H e r­
G rande. She h a s alread y moved on
*’ e place and w ill m ake h e r home R iv er W ednesday to spend th e h o l­ m iston avenue. T h ey move Into th e
p ro p erty la s t w eek.
id ay w ith relativ es.
NEWCOMER GETS TUBER YIELD
ANOUS T. DAVIS
OF 720 BUSHELS PER ACRE IN
HIS FIRST YEAR’S EFFORT HERE
A yield of 32,400 pounds of late
potatoes from a patch th a t m easured
th re e q u a rte rs of an acre 1« th e rec­
ord h u n g up th is season by F. R.
W rig h t w ho lives ju s t so u th w est of
tow n.
T he tu b ers w ere N etted Gems and
th e y
made su ffic ie n t g ro w th so
th ey resem bled cordw ood. He had
th ree tu b e rs In tow n th e o th e r day
th a t m easured a foot in le n g th each.
On th e th re e fo u rth s of an acre th e
yield In bushels w as 540, or a t th e
a te of 720 bushels per acre. T he
land w as plowed o u t of a lfa lfa last
year.
“W hen I dug th e patch It looked
as if th e ground had tu rn e d to p ata-
toes, said Mr. W’rig h t.
T h is is his firs t year fa rm in g h ere
an d he is w ell pleased w ith h is pro­
du ctio n record.
PASCO TEAM TAKES
LOCALS TO DEFEAT
Washington Team Proves Too Much
For Hermiston.
T he H erm iston g rid iro n w a rrio rs
w ere sm ashed for a 30 to 0 defeat
by th e P asco R ailroadiers in
th e
R ailroad City la s t F riday.
T he Pasco m en had a good w eight
ad v an ta g e and for th is reason th e
locals w ere powerless.,
H erm iston fum bled th e firs t kick
off and a Pasco m an recovered th e
ball on th e locals ‘iQ yard line. The
ra ilro a d e rs m arched s tra ig h t down
th e field on lin e sm ashes for a
touchdow n in th e firs t five m inutes.
T he H erm iston line w as pow erless.
Pasco men sifted th ro u g h an d check­
ed every p lay alm ost before It w as
sta rte d . W hen th e R ailro ad ers had
th e ball th e ir fo rw ard lin e w ould
open big holes In th e locals line and
men w ould go th ro u g h an d block out
th e secondary defense.
T he R a ilro ad ers won on beef alone.
W henever th e y a tte m p te d a pass or
fak e th e locals busted them up and
th re w them fo r losses. E v e ry th in g
w asn ’t in fav o r of th e railro a d ers,
how evef. T he locals held them back
fo r th re e th re a te n e d co u n ters and got
th e b all on dow ns six tim es b u t w ere
unab le to advance th e b all and were
forced to p u n t out of d anger.
T h e locals a re consoled In th e fact
th a t th e y b u sted up every a tte m p t
fo r p o in t a fte r touchdow n an d th a t
th ey w ere in m uch b e tte r condition
th a n th e
R ailro ad ers. Only
one
H erm isto n m an w as tak en out of th
gam e to six fo r th e R ailroaders.
T h is w as th e last gam e of the
season, th e gam e w ith W asco on
T h a n k sg iv in g h a v in g been called off.
T he locals have m ade a good show ­
ing th is y e a r u n d e r Coach W alenla.
T hey w on five o u t of eig h t b a ttle s
and scored H l p o in ts to 61 for th e
opponents.
O nly one m an w as se r­
iously In ju red and th e re w as com­
p a ra tiv e ly few m in o r Injuries. Those
who w on th e ir le tte rs w ere G riggs,
U pham , E a rn h e a rt, S m ith, R obinson,
D. and O. P arso n s, McKenzie, F elt-
house, N ew ell, K ennlgs, E. H am m ­
ond. New le t te r men th is year are:
F elthouse, O. P arsons, U pham , G riggs
an d H am m ond.
The Stork
FARM RODY NAMES
THREE DIRECTORS
FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING
HELD FRIDAY NIGHTS
Big Increase in Gross Sales Disclosed
for Third Year of Operation
of Local Concern.
Andus T. Davis, recently named
chief clerk of the Post Office d ep art­
m ent, Is a native of Leesburg, Mo.
MERGER OF REVENUE
OFFICERS IS PLANNED
W ashington, D. C.—Consolidation of
the offices of revenue collector and In­
ternal revenue agent is recom m ended
in a rep o rt of tax experts to the con­
gressional joint com m ittee on taxation,
and it Is probable th a t this change will
be embodied In the new revenue bill.
In th e Pacific northw est th ere is a
colloctor of Internal revenue for Ore­
gon a t Portland, another for W ashing­
ton and A laska a t Tacom a, while the
Internal revenue agent, who h js the
largest force of employes, is located
a t Seattle. The new plan will consoll
date all the federal tax activities foi
Oregon a t P ortland and those for
W ashington a t Tacoma. It is estim at­
ed th a t under th is plan the Oregon
field force will- be reduced by six but
the m erger releases 16 field men and
15 office w orkers. W hether the con­
solidated office should be in Tacoma
or S eattle is not discussed.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
New O rleans custom s officers have
seized 7500 rounds of rifle amm unition
aboard tw o steam ers, believed to have
been intended for Mexican revolution­
ists. Five men w ere arrested.
The navy d ep artm en t has announced
award of a co n tract to the W right Aero
corporation, P aterson, N. J„ for 166
W right 200 horsepow er aircooled mo
tors a t a total cost of 3877,923.
P lans for the creation of a 3500,000
fund for a m em orial shrine to the
mem ory of “U ncle Jo e” Cannon have
been com pleted by a com m ittee of the
Danville, 111., cham ber of commerce.
The confused In ^ a n a p o lls political
situation, quiet since election of L. E.
Slack as m ayor, broke loose again
«•hen the grand Jury returned Indict­
m ents charging bribery against four
m em bers of the city council.
The freakish sto rm —described by
the w eather bureau as a "baby’’ torna­
do—which stru ck th e eastern fringes
and suburbs of W ashington, wrought
a property dam age that will am ount
to 31,500,000, according to estim ates.
Mr. an d Mrs. "Leroy S ullivan are
receiving c o n g ra tu la tio n s on the b irth
Oil M agnate Cited for Contem pt.
of a n ine an d o n e-h alf pound g irl
W ashington, D. C.—H arry F. Sin­
S unday m o rn in g a t th e H erm iston clair, m ulti-m illionaire oil m agnate,
h o sp ital.
two of his business -associates, and
three officials of the Burns Detective
B lad in g w as done last week by th e Agency w ere cited by Justice F reder­
c ity on G ladys avenue betw een F irst ick L. Siddons to appear b fore him
an d T h ird s tre e ts and on H erm iston on D ecem ber 5 and show canse why
av en u e from th e ra ilro a d crossing they should not bo adjudged in con­
to th e end of th e stre e t.
tem pt of court.
T h e F a rm B ureau
C o-operative
held Its a n n u a l election of officers a t
th M ethodist ch u rch ^November 18,
w ith an u n u su ally larg e atten d an ce.
T here w ere m any nom in atio n s for
th e th re e places to be filled on th e
d lrc to ra te and a fte r a sp irited ses­
sion A. D. S m ith, L. H. Pearson and
H enry
S om m erer w ere
declared
elected; S idney B a rn a rd w as rtaln ed
as se c re ta ry and m anager.
Mr. B a rn ard gave a resum e of the
y e a r’s business, th e m ost im p o rta n t
point b eing th e balance sh eet show ­
ing to ta l assets 311,408.11 in excess
of to ta l liab ilities, as of O ctober 31,
1927, a fte r th re e y e a r’s business.
A nother in te re stin g th in g show n was
the stead y increase in to ta l sales.
D uring th e firs t y ear of business
to ta l sales w ere 378,000, fo r th e sec­
ond y ear 3116,000, and for th e year
en d in g O ctober 31, 1927, alm ost
most 3151,000. A lto g eth er it would
operative Is sound fin an cially and
th a t its a ffa irs have been w ell ad
m inistered.
A t th e social h o u r follow ing the
business m eeting, a n u n u su a lly fine
program w as fu rn ish ed by members
of the A lpine F arm Bureau,- w ho a te
also m em bers of th e local o r g a n
tlon. V ocal an d lnRtrumetHkl ¿ u m ­
bers and readings w ere am o n g the
num bers presented.
closed w ith th e s e r v i n g . y e f f e a .
m ents of coffee and dotfghiLiff».
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MASONIC LODGES ENJOY /'fP
VISIT FROM STATE OFFICER
M asons and E a stern S ta rs n u m b er­
ing ab o u t 160 sat down a t a b anquet
i t th e M ethodist ch u rch la st T uesday
n ig h t w hen R obert S. E a k ln , Most
W orshipful GTand M aster of th e M as­
onic o rd er in th e s ta te , w as here to
visit th e local lodge. U m atilla, Echo
and S ta n field w ere represented, as
well as th e H erm iston orders. A fter
the b an q u et m em bers of th e E astern
S ta r w en t to th e H erm iston hot«l
and played bridge w hile th e m en
w ent to th e M asonic h all.
CHARLES LYNCH PURCHASES
VOLIVA PLACE OF 80 ACRES
C harles L ynch w ho cam s to the
project from P o rtla n d a few m onths
ago has closed a -d e a l for purN . ...e
of th e V ollva place on th e e a st r
of th e p ro ject and is alread y mak­
in g m oving plans.
D u rin g th is sum m er he ren ted a
place n e a r H ow ard R eid ’s In th e Col­
um bia d is tric t. The V ollva place con
slats of 80 acres.
THISTLEWAITE FINDS COWS
IN'BETTER SHAPE ON TEXT
Dr. T h istlew aite. s ta te v e te rin a r­
ian, who w as h ere la st w eek, te s t­
ing herd s on th e p ro ject for tu b e r­
culosis, s ta te s th a t so fa r he has
found th e cows on th e p ro ject In b et­
te r co n d itio n th a n on h is la st tr ip
here. He Is ab o u t o n e -th ird th ro u
his w ork, w ith the la rg e r h e rd s 's till
u ntested, and w ill re tu rn th e firs t of
th e week an d finish th e w ork. Up
to th is tim e he has found b u t one
cow th a t h as reacted to th e »•
Dr. T h istle w a ite w as ta k e n ove
p ro je c t by P. P. S u lliv an an d Roy
S ullivan
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