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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1927
EGG COST STUDIES
ARE REPORTED ON
VARIATION
ON
MONTANA MAN BUYS HIATT
COL N. B. JUDAH
PLACE HERE FOR HOME
New resid en ts of H erm ieton a re W.
A. Sloan, fo rm erly of M ontana, and
h is m o th er, Mrs. W . H. S o u th ard , fo r­
m erly o f K ansas. T h ey purchased th e
U rsel H ia tt place of five acres w est
of tow n la st week, and a re m ak in g
th e ir hom e on th e p ro p erty .
Mr. Sloan lived fo r m any y ears
a t Lyons, M ontana. H e made a tr ip
of insp ectio n o v er th e project ab o u t
tw o y ears ago an d decided th a t he
w ould lik e to live h eie. H is desire
w as stre n g th e n e d on h is second trip ,
an d th e p u rch ase of th e place w as
th e re su lt. T h e deal w as for cash
an d w as h an d led by J. M. Biggs.
COMMERCIAL
EGG FARMS SHOWN
Range in Cost Runs Fro:a 14 to
«■ 56 Cents per Dozen, Station
Report Discloses.
SOUTH SEA FAILS
TO HOLD CHAMPION
NO. 15
JUSTICE F. L SIDDONS
LOCAL MAN RETURNS AFTER A
COW TESTING WORK
BEING DONE HERE
FIRST
17000 MILE TRIP
New Zealand
Beautiful
But
MONTH’S
TESTS
UNDER
WAY ON PROJECT
Work
Three More Days Available for Test*
There not Agreeable, C. C.
ing, Jenkins is Told
Champion Finds.
n
By Holt.
The islan d co u n tries in th e South
i*
----------
S eas a re in te re stin g to see and v isit
T he cost of prod u cin g a dozen
D airy herd s In th e H erm iston dis­
b u t n o t p a rtic u la ly desirable as places
eggs in O regon ra n g e B from 14 to
tr ic t a re b eing tested th is week on
fo r A m ericans to live, according to
56 cen ts per dozen, according to th e
th e firs t m o n th ly ro u n d of E rn e st
th e im pressions form ed by C. C.
H ouser, official te s te r fo r th e asso­
f ir s t y e a r’s stu d y of th e su b ject made
CHAIRMAN MADDEN EXPLAINS C ham pion, H erm iston re sid e n t who
by th e Oregon E x p erim en t statio n .
ciatio n form ed last m o n th by d a iry
sp e n t four m o n th s in tra v e lin g 17,-
T h e fin d in g s of th e sta tio n s for the
men of U m atilla an d M orrow coun­
TURKEY PRICE DIFFERENTIAL 000 m iles on a tr ip th a t took him as
ties.
y ear en d in g N ovem ber 1, 1926. have
J a r as A u stra lia . He re tu rn e d th is
ju s t been received here. T he stu d y
H is w ork s ta rte d In th e east end
Lower Price for Hens Result of w eek and is a guest a t th e hom e of
w ill be m ade over a th ree y ear pcr-
of th e county, an d on D ecember 9 he
M. an d Mrs. Reeder,
1 iod.
Justice F. L. Siddons, who presided tested a t S tanfield. On th e 10th he
Eastern Market Demands,
He made th e tr ip to w ork for a at the trial of Albert B. Fall and Harry
sta rte d on the H em iston h erd s an d
T he survey w as m ade by field men
N ew Z ealand beekeeper as a special Sinclair on charges of conspiracy to w ill fin ish tom orrow , F rid ay . F rom
He Declares
Col. N. B. Judah, prominent Chicago
a fte r v isits to 134 com m ercial egg
is t in th e breed in g of queens, b u t he defraud the government in connection
here he w ill go to U m atilla, Irrig o n ,
poduclng p la n ts w here cost records lawyer, who has been appointed am­
rem
ain ed a t th e big ap iary little m ore with the Teapot Dome oil reserve.
bassador
to
Cuba
by
President
Cool­
B oardm an and Ione.
T h e q u estio n asked by Mrs. F. L.
an d receip ts w ere secured. T he to tal
th a n a m onth.
idge.
J e w e tt as p u b lish ed in la st w eek 's
Mr. H ouser h a s rep o rted th a t in ­
nu m b er of hens k ept on these com­
"N ew Z ealand is a b e a u tifu l coun
H erald on w hy th e re w as a d iffe re n ­
te re st in th e te s tin g w ork on th e p a rt
m ercial p o u ltry farm s w as 80,288,
tia l of tw o cen ts p er pound iu th e tr y ,” said Mr. C h a m p io n ,/‘but I do
of d airy men Is pronounced, and ex­
an d d u rin g th e y ear they la id l.1 5 4 ,-
prices paid fo r tom s an d tu rk e y h en s n o t like to w ork th ere, due to the
cellen t co-operation is b ein g e x ten d ­
645 eggs, an av erag e pro d u ctio n of
in th e C h ristm as pool, w as re fe rre d fa c t th a t th e re sid e n ts a re ab o u t 95
ed him by th e producers. He has
173 per year. The avearg e cost of
to N ew M adden, ch a irm a n of th e p er cen t E n glish. T hey resen t see­
found a n u m b er of d airy m en, not
production w as 27.9 cen ts per dozen.
in
g
A
m
erlcans
th
e
re
to
w
ork.
D
air­
local association.
now m em bers of the association, w ho
Of th is to ta l cost, 65 per cen t rep re­
ies, a p ia rie s a n d sheep rancches are
"Som e of th e re s t o f ur, w ondered
St. Louis, Mo.—The railro ad 's con­ have expressed a desire to Join.
se n ts cash o u t of pocket cost, and
th e chief businesses, an d the farm ers
a
b
o
u
t
th
a
t
d
iffe
re
n
tia
l,
ju
s
t
as
Mrs.
“ C ounty A g en t H o lt ju s t n otified
Spokane,
W
ash.—Dem
and
th
a
t
Ed­
tention for valuation on basis of cost
35 per cen t w as fu rn ish ed by th e
m
ake
money.
I
never
saw
such
pas­
w ard E. Spafford, natio n al com m ander J e w e tt d id ,” said Mr, M adden, "so
of reproduction new was given a blow me th a t th ree days In each m onth
farm .
tu res. The d airies ran g e In size
T he fiocks on w hich records were of the A m erican Legion, w ithdraw h is we in q u ired of Mrs. B rin k , m an ag er from 100 to 500 cows. H oney pro­ when a special court of three federal a re still av ailab le for d a iry men not
of
th
e
asso
ciatio
n
.
She
inform
ed
us
statem
en
t
asking
for
a
natio
n
al
poll
judges upheld the valuation of the St. now enrolled in th e asso ciatio n ,” G.
k ept w ere in th e coast region, th e
d u ctio n is in th e h an d s of ab o u t
W illa m e tte valley, so u th e rn Oregon, of legion posts on th e prohibition ques­ th a t in th e e a ste rn m a rk e ts th e re is dozen big producers. C o-operative Louis & O’Fallon railroad as fixed by H. Je n k in s, a ss ista n t co u n ty a g en t,
th e c e n tra l p a rt of th e s ta te and in tion, was issued h ere by G eneral Jas. q u ite o ften a d iscrim in atio n a g a in st m a rk e tin g p rev ail8 am ong th e farm ­ the in te rsta te com m erce comm ission said W ednesday,, " a n d th e tim e of
largely on the basis of original cost. the te s te r may be used in th e H erm is­
e a ste rn
Oregon.
Six
U m atilla A. Drain, past national com m ander of hen s in price.
e rs .”
"T h e b u y e r of th is y e a r’s C h ris t­
T his was a te s t case, involving a dif­ ton d is tric t if th e re a re s till herds
county flocks w ere Included in th e the legion.
Mr. C ham pion plans to leave soon
G eneral D rain's dem and was incor­ m as pool b o u g h t for th e e a stern m a r­
ference of more than $10,000,000,000 In groups close enough to g eth er. T he
survey.
for C hicago to v isit relativ es. F rom
T he size of flocks ran g ed from 119, porated in a telegram ad d ressed to k et, an d h is bid w as on th e basl8 of th e re h e w ill go to T ennessee to v isit In the value of the nation’s railroads. firs t d is tric t in th e tw o co u n ties m ak­
a
h
ig
h
e
r
price
for
tom
s
th
a
n
for
hens.
N
atibnal
Com
m
ander
Spafford,
copies
The opinion was w ritten by Kim ­ ing a p p licatio n for te s tin g w ill se­
th e sm allest, to 2640, w ith th e a v e r­
h is p aren ts. H e expects to re tu rn to
of which he announced he w as sending B efore th e sale w as closed by th e as­
brough Stone, circuit judge, and con­ cure th e services of th e te s te r to r th e
age 599.
H erm iston In th e spring.
curred in by Arba S. Van Valkenburg, th re e days not now ta k en , so a p p li­
T he average in v estm en t p er farm to all national officers of th e legion sociatio n , bids of o th e r buyers th a t
“ I ’d r a th e r live in H erm iston th a n
m
ade
no
d
iscrim
in
atio
n
a
g
in
st
hens
and
all
sta
te
com
m
anders.
circuit Judge, and C. H. F aris, d istrict catio n s should be m ade w ith o u t d e­
in stock, buildings, land, etc., w as
an y place I ’ve ever been o r seen, so
lay."
judge.
C ontending th a t the national com­ in p rice w ere fig u red , an d th e bid
found to be 62869, or 64.79 p er hen.
I ’m com ing b ack ,” he said.
of
th
e
C
aldw
ell
concern
w
as
found
D airy m en In th e w est en<J of th e
m
ander
does
not
"have'
a
rig
h
t
to
di­
The
case
has
been
called
“the
big­
Of th is in v estm en t 31 p e r cen t was
A t V ancouver, B. C,. w here th e boat
in hens, 30.4 per cen t in lay in g rect o r even to suggest a poll upon a to be h ig h e r on th e av erag e for both docked th e snow w as seven inches gest law suit in hlstosy,” because of county w hose h erd s hav e e ith e r been
.Its acceptance by both th e in te rsta te tested, o r a re to be tested d u rin g
houses, 13 p er c e n i fci pou ltry lan d highly co- troversial n atio n al political tom s an d hen s th a n an y o th e r bid.
deep, q u ite a c o n tra st to th e sum m er
"S o we received m ore m oney for
com m erce com m ission and the rail­ th e rem ain d er of th e m o n th , a re as
an d 11.9 p er cen t in o th e r p o u ltry question," G eneral D rain in sists th a t
w eath er th a t p rev ails in the so u th ­
buildings, w th th e rem ain d er sp read "It is your duty to and th erefo re you o u r tu rk ey a u n d e r th e bid accepted e rn hem isphere, Mr. C ham pion said roads as a te s t of the principles and follow s:
S ta n fie ld — S. R. Cooper, F . A.
m ethods to be em ployed in valuation
over a u to and tru c k , o th e r m ach in ­ will issue a public statem en t of cor­ th a n if o th e r bids m ade on th e basis
of th e sam e price fo r tom s and hens
of all the railroads of the country, both B aker.
ery and eq u ip m en t and p o u ltry feed. rection.”
FARM ACCOUNTS SCHOOLS
had been accepted.
H erm isto n — T. H. H addox, R. H.
for th e purpose of ra te m aking and
S lig h tly less th a n 21 per cen t of
S tockard, Lee Moore, A ndy A nderegg,
Mr.
M
adden
said
th
a
t
th
e
w
estern
th e cost of p ro d u cin g a dozen eggs
New York.—A poll to ascertain th e
TO BE HELD IN JANUARY for the recap tu re by the federal gov­
ernm ent of one-half of excess earnings H en ry Som m erer, L. C. Todd, Sylvan
w as for labor, all except one p er cen t attitu d e of th e m em bership of the m a rk e ts as a g en eral th in g do n o t
P earson, W. G. W ebber, II. O. Mc­
pay
less
for
hen
s
th
a
n
tom
s,
and
in
above
6 per cent.
of w hich w as fu rn ish e d by th e o p era­ A m srican legion and Its w om en’s aux­
R. S. Besse From 0, A, C. To Be
Culley, W. A. H ln eiin e, Cleve C lark,
to r o r h is fam ily. Feed costs ra n to iliary tow ard prohibition is to be made, some cases th e h en s a re preferred .
P. P. S u llivan, L, C. D yer, Joe Dyer,
Here Early Next Month
63.4 per cent, m iscellaneous 17 p er Edw ard E. Spafford, n atio n al com­
BILLIONS SPENT ON ROADS U m atilla— 1,1. C. B u rch ett.
cen t and d ep reciatio n an d in te re st m ander of the A m erican legion, an­ HERMISTON TO SEE NEW
To Aid in Work.
Irrig o n — R. V ernon Jones, F. H.
nounced here.
on in v estm en t 8.8 p er cent.
Federal Aid Lets Than Eight Percent
FORD HERE WEDNESDAY
R
elks,
Jo h n P ax to n , R oy B arker,
Y ield w as found to be a b ig fac­
of Total.
A n o p p o rtu n ity w ill be afforded
C harles B enefiel.
to r in cost of p roduction . T he re ­
W ashington, D. C.—The • n atio n ’s
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Model of Machine W ill Be Shown for farm ers in th e a re a bounded on
B oardm an— P au l S m ith,
3kovbo.
p o rt h ad th e follow ing to say in th is
th e east by S tan field and on th e w est yearly highw ay bill exceeds 61.000,090,-
Ione— C. C. Cool, O. Ellig Minor.
respect. "T h e im p o rtan ce p er hen
The 1928 republican national conven­
000,
Including
all
expenditures
of
the
At Kellogg Motor Company
by B oardm an to tak e a day off and
cost per hen Increases w ith in c re a s­ tion will be held in K ansas City, be­
use lead lead pencils and p ap er in federaj, state, county and other local PILOT ROCK SINGER WINS
Rooms From 9 to 2.
in g egg p roduction, th e cost p er dozen g in n in g Tuesday, Ju n e 12.
fig u rin g th e ir farm fin an ces e arly In governm ents, for construction, m ain­
ste a d ily declines. H ig h e r eg g p ro ­
tenance and adm inistration.
More pow er to control and direct
SECOND PRIZE IN CONTEST
J
R esid en ts of H erm isto n and s u r­ a n u a ry when th re e schools In farm
d uction also re q u ires b e tte r feeding. railroad consolidation policies was
In m aking this announcem ent, T. H.
acco
u
n
tin
g
w
ill
be
held
u
n
d
e
r
the
ro
u
n
d
in
g
te
r
rito
ry
w
ill
have
an
op­
Y et it pays.”
Ted Roy of P ilo t Rock, a s tu d e n t
sought from congress by the In terstate p o rtu n ity to see th e new F ord car d irection of R. S. Besse, specialist MacDonald, chief of the bureau of pub­
On th re e farm s h av in g a to ta l o f comm erce comm ission.
lic roads, said the federal governm ent a t O regon A g ric u ltu ra l college, won
from
O.
A.
C.
n ex t W ednesday, D ecem ber 21, when
1361 hens on w h ic h 'p ro d u c tio n w as
The in te rsta te bridge connecting
T h e d ates se t for th e school are expenditure was less t-han 8 per cent, second prize in th e A tw a te r K ent
a t th e ra te of 203 eggs av erag e, th e P ortland, Or., and Vancouver, W ash., one of th e m ach in es w ill be on dis­
J
a
n
u a ry 3-6, and they probably w ill and the sta te s spent, of th eir own b ro ad castin g c o n test in New Y ork
cost per dozen for eggs produced w as will be toll free a fte r D ecem ber 31, play in th e show room s of th e K ell­
be held In B oardm an, H erm iston and funds, m ore than six timer, the am ount D ecem ber 11. T h e prize am ounted
ogg
M
otor
Co.
betw een 14 and 16 cen ts p er dozen. 1928, save for a sm all franchise toil
they received as federal aid.
to 62,000 In cash and tu itio n for one
The h o u rs of disp lay w ill be from S tan field , b u t th e specific d ate of
F o r 70 of th e farm s in th e su rv ey placed on common carriers.
F
ederal
paym
ents
last
year
totaled
y ear in a co n serv ato ry of m usic.
9 A. M. u n til 2 P. M., an d a rra n g e ­ each school has not been determ ined.
on w hich 56 per c en t o f th e hen s
A m endm ent of th e 1924 im m igration m ents a re b eing m ade to care for a
It 18 estim ated th a t 30 m illion peo­
T he schools should prove benefic­ 681,371,013, or about 66,000,000 less
included in th e w hole su rv ey w ere act to apply Its quota provisions to
than the previous year, which In turn ple h eard th e co n test in w hich the
ial
In
th
a
t
It
m
ay
be
possible
for
in
found th e cost per dozen eggs ra n g ­ Mexico, Cuba, Canada and o th e r coun­ big crow d.
T he m ach in e w ill be ta k o i aw ay d iv id ual o p erato rs to m ake some p ra c ­ was 68,000,000 lower th an the year be­ P ilo t Rock te n o r em erged w ith sec­
ed from 14 to 28 cents. On fo u r tries of continental A m erica is provid­
fore.
ond honors. Y oung Roy h as been
a
few m in u tes a fte r 2 o ’clock, Rnd tical a d ju s tm e n ts in th e ir o rg a n iz a ­
farm s h a v in g a to ta l of 2370 hen s ed in a bill introduced in congress by
stu d y in g m usic fo r a nu m b er of
tion to increase Income, according to
those
d
e
sirin
g
to
see
it
should
be
at
w ith an averag e p roductio n of 125 R epresentative Box, dem ocrat, Texas.
years.
Am erican Mobbed In Bucharest.
th e show room s betw een th e hours Mr. Besse.
eggs a n n u a lly , th e cost p er dozen
Two million m arried women in th e d esig n ated , Mr. K ellogg sta te d .
B ucharest.—T he U nited S tates m in­
T he school w ill be d iffe re n t from
ran g ed from
44 to 56 cen ts per United S tates are w orking daily for
Methodist Church
m ost m eetings in th a t It w ill not be iste r has handed the foreign office a
dozen.
gain outside th eir homes, according to
S unday school a t 10 A. M. M orn­
a " ta lk in g ” g a th e rin g , b u t a " w o rk ­ note pfotestlng ag ain st the wounding
New
Residenti
Arrive
the annual report of S ecretary of L a­
in g ” m eeting w ith farm er's doing of C aptain G uttfrled K eller of P enn­ in g w orship a t 11 A. M. S ubject,
H erm iston post of th e A m erican bor Davis.
Mr. an d Mrs. A lp h a C hrlstley , fo r­
Special m usic,
E p­
sylvania, whom a mob of rioting slu "T h e S ta r .”
th e ir ow n w ork.
L egion has booked a tra v e lin g a ttr a c ­
m erly of B ak er, a rriv ed M onday to
dents Insulted and stabbed a t Gross w orth L eague fo r all young people a t
tion from th e east fo r th e re g u la r
m aak e th e ir hom e on th e L eath ers
Seals Being Sold
W ardeln. The note dem anded imme­ 6 :3 0 P. M. E v en in g service a t 7:30.
The Stork
dance n ext S a tu rd a y n ig h t, D ecem ber
ran ch for w hich th ey trad ed a sh o rt
T he sale of C h ristm as seals In H e r­ diate satisfaction for K eller's m altreat­ S ubject, "G od’s U nspeakable G ift.”
An 8 pound g irl w as born to Mr. tim e ago. T hey b ro u g h t th e ir house­ m iston Is in th e h an d s of th e A m eri­
17. A ccording to th e advan ce a g e n t
m ent. An official statem en t adm itted We a re m oving up o u r special m eet­
fo r th e s tu n t, re a l horses a re used in an d Mrs. W esley C haney of Irrig o n hold goods by tru c k . Mr. C h iistley can L egion a u x ilia ry w itk Mrs. R ena
th a t m any persons had been seriously ings one week on acco u n t of our
a th r illin g race on th e dance floor a t th e H erm isto n h o sp ital S a tu rd a y , p lan s to ru n q u ite a lo t of livestock W a te rm a n as ch a irm a n in charge.
singer. We w ill begin C hristm as
Injured In th e Gross W ardeln riots.
rid d en by jockeys chosen from am ­
on hlg place a n d w ill have a big C an v assing of th e tow n has been u n ­
day, D ecem ber 25. S. H am rick,
Dec. 10.
ong th e dancers.
d a iry h erd .
d er w ay th is week.
pastor.
DRAIN OPPOSES POLL
ON PROHIBITION
I. G. C. RAILROAD
VALUATIONS UPHELD
I.
THE FEATHERHEADS
B y Osborne
The Domestic Scene Changes
- A A