The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
vol .
xxn
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1927
CHRISTMAS CAROLS WILL
BE SUNG BY GLEE CLUBS
MRS. HELEN 0. ORTON 14813083
SCHOOL ARE NAMED
SIX HIGH SCHOOLS TO COMPETE
IN DISTRICT
NEAR ECHO
PENDLETON OFFICERS
Harrah, Ott, Hamman. Pierson, De-
Moss and Pace Make
ARREST
Varsity Teams.
NO. 16
DR. A. C. MILSPAUGH
Glee clubs of the Hermiston high
school will sing Christmas carols
again this year In town to remind
any who might otherwise forget it
that the season of Santa Claus has re
turned.
Those who would like to be favor
ed by selections have been Invited
by Miss Ruth Seyler, Instructor In
charge of the clubs, to have candles
burning in
their windows. The
clubs will start singing Friday eve
ning at 6 o’clock. After the circuit
has been made around town the
singers will gather around the com
munity Christmas tree for their clos
ing numbers.
MULLINS STDRE IS
ROBBED WEDNESDAY
POSTOFFICE SAFE AT UMATILLA
ALSO CRACKED
Local Man Loses Between $60 and
$70; Little Taken In
Umatilla Job.
As a result of selections made
last week in the inter-class debates
A loss of between $60 and $70 in
Hermiston's debate teams for compe
William Hickman of Lo* Angeles,
cash and checks, a ring and some cig
tition
this
year
will
be
composed
wanted for the kidnapping and mur
arettes and hickeys were secured by
of Vernon Harrah, Walther O#t, Mar-
der of Marian Pakrer, was arrested
burglar who robbed the Burt Mul-
da Hannan, Morris Pierson, Harold
line store early Wednesday morning.
this afternoon at about 1 :30 between
Pace and Harvey De »loss. Each of
Entrance to the building was ap
Echo and Pendleton by “Buck” Lieu-
the two teams will Include two prin
parently made through the front door
cipals and an alterrnate, and organ
allcn, state traffic officer, and Tom
which is supposed to have been un
ization of the two bodies has not
Gurdane, chief of police at Pendle
locked by means of a key, Mr. Mul
Mrs. Helen D. Orton, known a . the yet been completed.
ton.
lins said.
“figure sleuth” of the United States
The subject as it was debated In
The burglars either tumblered the
According to a statement from Department of Agriculture, because the high school by the various class HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IS WELL
safe, or it may have been unlocked,
Pendleton this afternoon Hickman she checks for errors In the docu teams last week was, "Resolved,
RECEIVED
the proprietor said. The sight of
had admitted his identity but denied ments issued by the department.
That the jury system should be so
two stranger«, on the streets early
that he murdered the little girl. He
changed that a verdict in criminal Auditorium Packed for Offering
in the morning hag led officers to be
said he kidnapped her.
Made
by
Glee
Club«
on
cases
may
be
reached
without
a
MOTHER FLIES TO LINDY
lieve that the burglary was committ
At Lunch Here
unanimus decision.”
Friday Evening.
Hickman is thought by local peo Mrs. Lindbergh to Spend Christmas
Dr. A. C. Millspaugh, formerly finan ed shortly after 5 o’clock when the
High schools In this district that
A vaudeville program of 15 num cial adviser to Persia, who has been night watchman goee off duty. The
ple to hae eaten his lunch here to
will participate in debate Include Pen
In Mexico City.
day at the Rex Cafe. William Pol Detroit.—Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh dleton, McLoughlln, Athena, Hepp bers, presented last Friday night in appointed financial advlaor to Haiti. aid of the sheriff's office was sought
and local officers made efforts to
lard made the remark to a couple soared away from the Ford airport at ner, Umatilla and Hermiston.
The the auditorium of the high school by
secure trace of the burglars.
of friends that the stranger resembled 10:10 a. m. Monday for Mexico City, first debate Is expected to be held the girls and boys glee clubs with
The same night the safe of the
the photographs of the wanted man, where she will spend the Christmas the latter part pf January, but the Miss Ruth Seyler as director proved
postoffice at Umatilla was cracked
to
be
pleasing
entertainment
to
the
but the man was not molested.
decision
as
to
which
teams
are
to
be
holidays with her famous Dying Bon,
by yeggs, but little of value was
All aailable officers were on the Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, as a in oppoition has not been reached. big crowd that made standing room
taken. The explosion did not open
lookout here today for Hickman, fol guest of the government of Mexico.
The results of the inter-claas de at a premium.
the second door of the safe. Two
The
program
contained
numbers
lowing reports that he was headed
Flying In a trl-motored Ford plane, bates were as follows:
cars were taken, one belonging to
of
sufficient
variety
to
keep
the
east oer the Old Oregon Trail.
The
negative
sophomore
team,
Washington,
D.
C.—Papers
from
the
"Lindy's" mother, as dauntless as him
crowd interested throughout.
The files of the offises in Mexico City may Lambert, the other Dick Lane's The
self, swept swiftly southward to cover Morris Pierson and Albert Kennings,
won
over
the
freshma*
affirmative
comedy
acts
were
well
received,
and be sought by the special senate Inves Lambert car was found yesterday
in three or four days an aerial dis
a lion’s share of credit was earned tigating committee to check against morning a half mile from Umatilla,
team,
Elbert
Hutchison
and
Simp
tance just a little greater than that
by the chorus of singers from the documents published by the Hearst but the Lane car has not been found.
her son negotiated in 27 hours to write son Hamrick.
boys’ glee club. Their singing was newspapers supposed to have been
The
sophomore
affirmative
team.
his latest epic in the pages of aviation
Community Tree In Place
Jane Warner and Harld Pace, tied lively and spirited and showed the taken from there purporting to show
history.
The community Christmas tree
with the freshman negative team, results of excellent training.
that a $1,215.000 slush fund was pro
In "The Opera” one of the amus vided by Mexico for four United States has been up ln the city park for a
Donald De Moes and Irma Clark.
week, and for several days past col
ing
bits of the evening was offered senators.
The Juniors won both of their de
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Roy of Pilot
PANKOW GETS MEN AND LIQUOR
ored electric lights, installed by the
with Ruth Bensel and Dick Upham
bates
with
the
seniors.
The
junior
Absolution
of
the
four
senators
Rock were guests at the O. C. Pierce
Hermiston Light & Power Oo., have
each singing number in competition
IN COUNTRY RAID
home over Sunday. Mr. Roy is a teams were Ruth Bensel and Ruth simultaneously in an effort to get in named In the Hearst documents—Bor Illuminated the tree. Carols by the
ah, Norris, Heflin and La Follette—
brother of the now nationally fam Kaiser, affirmative, and Marda Han
glee chibs of the high school will
P£.'r Go Vo ^ail Jn L ie i W Bail ous Ted Roy, tenor, and also has a nan and Wather Ott, negative. The to opera. A bit of pantomine, ‘‘Ind has been given already by committee
ian Lov® Call,” with Miss Seyler members, who are determined to find be sung round the tree Friday eve
senior
teams
were
Elba
Hamrick
and
very fine tenor voice.
Of $1000 Set By Justice
Donald De Moss, affirmative, and and George Dais singing behind the out how the documents got Into exist ning after they make their tour of
the town.
Vernon
Harrth and Gerald McKen scenes was effective. Ruth Bensel ence.
J. S. West
R. L. Elliott has been in Lexing
as “Madame Galll Schreechl” In a
zie, negative.
Washington. D. C.—Having already
ton this week. Mr. Elliott is dep
The class teams were coached by take off on grand opera brought the made its bow In the senate, the re HERMISTON STEERS BRING NEW
Two men who gave the names of uty superintendent of the state bank
house down.
Harley Johnson and Marlon Jerome department and In this connection the class advisers.
modeled McNary-Haugen farm relief
Dick Hitt and Walther Ott in the bill was Introduced in the house by TOP PRICE AT PORTLAND FOR
The varsity coach in debate will
are in the county jail In Pendleton ha8 been looking after the affairs
in lieu of $1000 bail money, and a of the Lexington bank, which closed be Miss Rose Donovan. Work In Gallagher and Sheen act got away Congressman Haugen.
preparation for the interscholastic very well. Rodney Davis and John
beautifully constructed copper still Its doors a week ago.
The heart of the Haugen bill, like SEVEN YEAR PERIOD MONDAY
competition will begin Immediately Newell did a burglar skit very well, that of the proposal sponsored by
and about 25 gallons of moonshine
A broad smile that radiated pride
assisted by Jack Smith as a craven Chairman McNary of the senate agri
after the holidays.
are In the hands of the sheriff as a
“This fall has been one of the fin
and satisfaction was evident on the
nobleman.
result of a raid made Monday night est for the sheep business we have
culture committee, Is still the equall face of H. J. Stillings Tuesday, fol
"Picturesque Future” In which El zatlon fee, which was objected to by
northeast of town by Deputy Sher had for many a year,” said Tom Boy- FORMER RESIDENT DIES
ba Hamrick had the part of the seer President Coolidge. The fee, how lowing hla return from Portland
iff Pankow.
len Jr. Saturday while In Hermiston.
AT HOME IN WEISER, IDAHO and George Davis the part of a ever, would apply to all crops, not a where he had a carload of Hermleto
The men were found on the Opal "Our flocks are all out on winter
livestock on the market Monday.
sailor having his fortune told was
place, the house of which Is not oc- range yet and are doing well. I’ve
Mrs. C. H. Gardiner passed away an outstanding feature act of the select few, as In the vetoed bill, and
The reason for the smile was the
• pled during the winter months. In been after the herders to trail for at her home in Weiser, Idaho, Dec.
only then after an emergency hae
evening. The sailor wanted to see been declared by the proposed farm a steer ln the shipment which he jjui
addition to the other equipment and home the minute feed gets short, but 5 and was burled at that place on
chased from Helstand Moore broin$l:‘
girls, world’s of girls. He had his board.
contraband, some mash, which con so far they are keeping to the December 7.
the highest price on the Portlati
wish fulfilled and a galaxy of beaut
sisted of apple pulp, was seized.
One
major
difference
between
the
range.”
Mrs. Gardiner was a pioneer of ies from all over the world made
market that a single steer has sold
When taken before Justice J. S.
Hermiston having come here 30 years their appearances singly. An Amer McNary bill and the Haugen proposal for in seven years, or since 1920.
■f’est the two men refused to make
Some of the younger set home from ago with her family. They were re ican flapper, dexterous with pow relates to the appropriation to be The animal was a yearling Shorthorn
v -omment and said they would go college and schools for the holidays sidents of this vicinity until a few
used as a revolving fund In admin
and It weighed 960 pounds, sold for
der puffand compact, succeeded In Isterlng the law.
"rhey were held under three are Eldora Kingsley, Margaret Neary. years ago when they went to Idaho
12 cents and netted slightly me
leading him from the stage as her
i es. possession of liquor, manu- Margaret Waterman, Herbert Hane- where they have since resided.
The
Oregon
senator
would
limit
it
quarry.
than $100 after shipping and eel,In
ti re of liquor and ownership of llne, Nancy and Joe McNaught, Alice
to $250,000,000, while Haugen favors
Mrs. Gardiner is survived by her
expenses had been deducted.
Plano accompaniments were played
still.
and Lenore Dyer, Vernon Waterman, husband, one daughter and six sons, by Elba Hamrick In creditable fash a $400,000,000 appropriation. In ex
Another steer grown by the Uinr
_>e~uty Sheriffs Hoskins and Ar- Ruth, Eva and Florence Woughter, all of whom were with her when
plaining this variation, Mr. Haugen
tllla Ranch Co. also topped the r-
ion. and W. L. Hamm also assisted
~ie down from Pendleton Tues- Virginia Rodda, Rita Dyer, and the end came. She was also a sis
said that he doubts that farm relief
In one of the glee club numbers.
ket for 12 cents. The market '
r the two prisoners and the Elizabeth Straw.
can be adequately administered with
ter of Mrs. Wm. Southward and C.
cows Monday was eight cents. 1
In the $250,000,000 limit. ,
uor and still. It is said that the
H. Shaw of Butter Creek.
two grown by Helstand Moore we-*
MINNEHAHA TO CELEBRATE
The names of the senators were di above this figure, one bringing nl- o
o men had not been living here
L. R. Breithaupt, of the O. A. C.
CHRISTMAS
SATURDAY
NIGHT
I ' ng.
vulged
when
William
Randolph
was here Friday for a few hours on
STORES CLOSE MONDAY
cents and the other eight and a half
Hearst, publisher, testified before the The top price for a carload of ste
his way to La Grande to the college.
There will be a Christmas school
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Campbell He was Interested in the outcome
senate
committee
Investigating
the
Places of business in Hermiston and community program at Minne
in seven years was also broken, o
veracity of the documents.
and Barbara, and Mrs. Campbell's of the turkey shipments, as It was will be closed all day Monday, Decem
haha
school, Saturday evening,
load bringing $11.65.
father, Mr. Coughlin, will leave early largely through the efforts of Mr. ber 26, as the holiday for Christ
Hearst
indicated
he
had
paid
be
Christina«, eve, beginning at 8 P. M.
Joe Ramos of Echo had a load n
tween $15,000 and $16,000 to obtain
Saturday to drive to Eugene and Breithaupt that the local turkey mas which falls on Sunday.
The
A special feature of the program
29 steers that brought him a litt!
Creswell. Oregon, to spend Christ growers became affiliated with the cream stations and creamery will also will be the first appearance of the the letters, which were printed with
more than $3800.
the senators' names blocked out.
mas with relatives. Mr. Coughlin Idaho Turkey Growers association. be closed for the day.
new quartette. Very favorable re
“With prices for sheep and cattle
w ill remain in the valley until
Questioned specifically about the
port* of its work have been made.
as they are. I’m convinced that v r
documents
relating
to
senators.
Heârst
spring.
The Campbell’s will visit
Mrs. M. S. Miller of Potrland ar
W. A. Tuttle of Holdman was a Considerable work Is being done on
In Prineville before returning to rived Monday to help care for her business visitor In Hermiston this the program while arrangements i said he was convinced the money had are foolish to worry about a marke.
for hay in Hermiston,” Mr. Stlllln-5
Hermiston, and will then go on to brother-in-law, W. E. Potter, who week, as wag J. M. Doyle of Ply have been made with Santa to be ' never been paid to the senators.
said. "What we need to do le to in
Sr,"*’> ne for New Years.
has been ill for some time.
mouth.
sure and be present.
ket more of it as beef and mutton ’
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