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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928
VOL. XXII
14 FARMERS TAKE
ACCOUNTING WORK
TURKEY POOL WILL
BE SOLD SHORTLY
JANUARY 6 OR
7
SPECIAL SCHOOL IS
DATE WHEN
HELD
IN
HERMISTON TUESDAY
BIDS RECEIVED
Account Books Distributed So All
Local Turkey Growers Prepare To
Business Records May Be
Dress About 2,000 Birds
Kept in 1928.
For Shipment.
HAVE SPECIAL CREW HERE
Lines Between Here and Umatilla
To be Moved Across Highway
and Other Work Planned.
A co n stru ctio n cew of th e P acific
T elephone & T eleg rap h Co. is ex­
pected to reach H erm isto n w ith in
th e n e x t few days fo r some extensive
w ork.
Due to th e w id en in g of th e h ig h ­
way fo r a stre tc h of ab o u t tw o m iles
betw een H erm iston and
U m atilla,
th e telephone com pany w ill move its
lines to th e west side of th e highw ay,
a n d th is w ork w ill keep th e crew
busy for some tim e.
I t is also probable th a t th e lines
betw een H erm iston and
P en d leto n
w ill receive some a tte n tio n from th e
e x tr a crew d u rin g its presence here.
T he snow and sleet th a t have p re­
v ailed for th e p a st week have not
resu lted In any dam age to telephone
lin es o u t o f H erm ston so far, accord­
in g to a sta te m e n t by C. A. P aul,
m a in ten an ce m an for th e w est end
of th e county.
PLENTY OF WATER
IN PROSPECT NOW
DR. E. H. CHERRINGTON
TEAM IN HARD HOOP GAME
H erm iston won th e second basket
ball gam e of th e season la st F rid ay
w hen th ey defeated the fast Board-
m an five in B oardm an’s ney gym 18
to 14.
T he gam e w as close th ro u g h o u t
an d m arked by much fouling. The
score w as tied a t the end of th e first
half.
B o ardm an’s new gym did not m eet
w ith much praise from th e locals, due
to the rough cem ent w alls and poor
lig h tin g system . It w as so d a rk in
th e firs t h a lf th a t th e ball could
h ard ly be seen.
1928 SUPPLY EXPECTED TO BE
ABUNDANT
Cold
Springs
Reservoir
Contains
30,000 Acre Feet; Much
Snow In Mountains.
ALABAMA IS DENIED
ANY POWER PROFITS
REMUS IS DECLARED
CRIMINALLY INSANE
THE FEATHERHEADS
'
LOCALS DEFEAT BOARDMAN
F o u rteen H erm isto n p ro ject farm ­
P ro sp ects for an a b u n d an ce of
ers. tw o of them w om en, availed
w a te r for use on p ro ject farm s d u r­
them selves of th e o p p o rtu n ity of es­
ing th e com ing irrig a tio n
season
ta b lis h in g a s e t of farm account books
could not be b rig h te r, acco rd in g to
a t th e special school of in s tru c tio n s CHARLES M’ELROY TRADES
E. D. M artin , su p e rin te n d e n t.
th a t w as held here T uesday by R. E.
A t p resen t th e Cold S p rin g s re s e r­
FARM FOR ENTERPRISE LAND
Besse, s tte college sp ecialist a ss ist­
v o ir co n ta in s 30,000 acre feet
In
ed by G. H. Je n k in s, a s s is ta n t county
sto rag e, th re e -fifth s of Its m axim um
Deal Involving About $40,000 Is
ag en t.
cap acity of 50,000 acre feet, Mr. M ar­
Dr. E. H. Cherrington of Ohio, who
T h e g re a te r p a rt of th e m o rn in g
tin stated . T his com pares w ith
a
Closed Between Local Man
Is director of the new Anti-Saloon
G. S. Ferguson of Greensboro, N. C.,
w as g iven over to th e ta k in g of a
sto rag e a y ear ago th is d ate of a p ­
League department of publicity, edu­
who has been appointed a member of
and Tony Sherod.
farm in v en to ry . T h is
w ork
w as
p ro x im ately 9,000 acre feet, an d th e
cation and research.
the federal trade commission by Pres­
done by th e Indiv id u als of th e ir
supply of 1927 w as a b u n d a n t as
ident Coolidge.
Mr. Ferguoon is
One of the b ig lan d tra d e s of re ­
own p lan ts, an d th e n th e in v en to ry
usual.
Democrat.
T he feed can al is em pty now an d
w as checked an d q u estio n s w ere a sk ­ c en t days w as m ade th is week by
C harles M cElroy of H erm iston w here­
ed an d answ ered.
probably w ill not be a t w ork u n til
th e w e a th e r clears and reaches fa ir­
In th e aftern o o n in s tru c tio n s w ere by he secured 266 acres of land near
ly sta b le conditions. To im pound
given as to th e co rrect m ethods of E n te rp rise in th e W allow a valley in
20,000 acre feet needed to fill th e
m ak in g en tries. T h is w as th e n fol­ exchange for h is holdings h ere of
big pond w ill re q u ire a n o rm al flow
lowed by th e m ak in g of specim en 103 acres.
W ashington, D. C.—The sta te of for ab o u t 50 days, an d th ere w ill be
The new ow ner of th e M cElroy
e n trie s on dum m y sh eets as practice
holdings h ere Is Tony Sherod. The Alabama Is not entitled to any share a period of fo u r m onths over w hich
w ork.
C incinnati, Ohio.—George Remus,
E ach m em ber of th e school w as term s of th e deal are for im m ediate In the proceeds from the sale of power the flow m ay be expected, so d is tric t
once th e "b rain s” of a pow erful boot­ fu rn ish ed w ith a farm acco u n ts book possession, and b o th fam ilies expect generated a t the Muscle Shoals pro­ officials a re not w o rry in g a b o u t 1928
ject, departm ent of justice attorneys w a te r supplies.
legging ring, was adjudged crim inally to be used in keep in g records of the to move as soon as poslble.
insane and ordered sen t to the state business tra n sa c tio n s of th e farm
T he W aliow a valley land includes concluded in a m em orandum tra n s ­
“ T h e re ’s a w orld of snow in th e
asylum a t Lima, Ohio.
d u rin g th e year.
E a rly in 1929 a an irrig a te d place of 106 acres w ith m itted by A ttorney G eneral S argent m o u n tain s, acco rd in g to th e re p o rts
The finding handed down by Pro­ second session of th e school w ill be a big house an d m odern buildings to th e senate agricultural com m ittee. we have a t h a n d ,” th e s u p e rin te n d ­
An A labam a delegation recently e n t said, “ and co n d itio n s a re fa v o r­
bate Judge W illiam L ueders is the se­ held to close th e books. T he rec­ on It and 160 acres of w h e a t and
quel to th e killing by Rem us of his ords fu rn ish ed by th e college enable ran g e land in th e foothills. The presented Its claim to a share of the able fo r a la te ru n o ff, so it looks as
wife, A ugusta Imogene H olm es Remus, th e farm o p erato r to a sc e rta in d e fin ­ trad e w as m ade p riv ately , and no sale before the sen ate com m ittee, the If we w ill have p len ty of w a te r to
whom he accused of carrying on a itely h is lab o r incom e for th e year, v alu atio n w as m entioned, b u t it Is federal power comm ission, the arm y cu t back la te in th e sp rin g .
love affair with F ran k lin Dodge, fed­ in te re st costs, his farm re tu rn s and undertood th a t th e land Involved engineers, and the departm ent of ju s­
T he system of d itch es, la te ra ls and
tice.
eral prohibition agent.
pipe lines is a b o u t ready to receive
fu rn ish fig u res on o th e r ph ases of w as valued by th e ow ners a t $40,-
A labam a's claim was based upon the the flow of w a te r th a t w ill m ake 1928
Following a tria l of five w eeks a th e busiess side of th e farm
th a t 000 o r m ore.
contention th a t although the federal crops. T he g re a te r Dart of th e sys­
ju ry of 10 men and two women, after m ake it possible for th e o p e ra to r to
governm ent probably may have ju ris­
deliberating 19 m inutes, brought in a know ex actly w here he stands.
DR. SEARS AND J. M. BIGGS diction over the river, the riv er bed tem w as cleaned la s t fall, an d th e
verdict of "not guilty on th e sole
sm all m a in ten an ce grew can probably
Mr. Besse w as w ell pleased w ith
belongs to the state.
ground o t insanity," the only “hot th e tu r n o u t h ere, in view of th e w in ­
have every d itch in read in ess for
NAMED TO HEAD COMMERCIAL
îUilty" verdict allowed in the charges tr y w e a th e r th a t p revailed.
xvatei a fte r sp en d in g anaother tw o or
jf T rial Judge C hester Shook.
A sim ila r school is b ein g conduct-
th ree w eeks a t w ork aJter w in te r
ILLEGAL
TAXES
RETURNED
Mrs. R em us was shot and fatally I ed j„ g ta h fie ld today, an d B oardm an CLUB DURING THE YEAR OF 1928
w eath er is gone, V w as stated .
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wounded by h er husband on O ctober I d is tric t farm ers w ill be in session
Approximately 240(000 Persons to
Dr.
J.
L.
Sears,
p
resid
en
t,
an
d
J.
6 as she was en route to the court of tom orrow ,
Receive Tax Refunds.
POULTRY FLOCK TESTS
M. Biggs, se c retary , are th e
new
dom estic relations, w here she was to
W ashington, D. C.—R efunding of Il­
officers of th e H erm iston Com m er­ legally collected taxes totaling $103,-
testify in h er su it for divorce.
MAY BE SECURED HERE
NEW MISSIONARY SOCIETY
cial club to serve d u rin g 1928*
U nder the ju ry ’s v erdict it was com­
858,687 and affecting approxim ately
E lection of th e men w as the chlfef 240,000 persons, were reported to con­ College Pathologist Notifies G. H.
pulsory th a t Rem us be brought before
HOLDS ITS FIRST MEETING
m a tte r of business a t th e m eetin g gress by S ecretary Mellon.
th e p robate court for a san ity hearing.
Jenkins That Work Can
T he new m issio n ary society w hich of th e club T uesday. Dr. S ears suc­
The tre asu ry d ep artm en t’s report
w as recen tly o rganized by th e women ceeds F. C. M cKenzie w ho has serv ­ covered 12,133 typew ritten pages and
Be Done.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
o f th e M. E. ch u rch , held Ils firs t ed tw o consecutive years an d refused Included refunds ranging from 1 cent
B acillary w h ite
d ia rrh e a testa,
Colonel C harles A. L indberg was m eetin g a t th e home of Mrs. Sim p­ to le t his nam e be presented ag ain . ' to h u ïd r e d s 'ô rth ô ü Z a 'n d s '¿f“ d*olìa7s.
w arm ly received by th e C entral Amer­ son H am rick on T uesday, D ecem ber Mr. B iggs succeeds Dr, D avid S. S ecretary Mellon said the cred.t cov­ w anted by a nu m b er of local p o u l­
Rowe as secretary .
ican countries visited a fte r leaving 27.
ered Ihe years back to 1925, Inclusive, try grow ers w hose flocks have been
An In te re stin g as w ell as an in ­
Mexico.
bred up to a sta n d a rd th a t pu ts th e ir
and “prior years.”
John E. R ichards, 79, first governor stru c tiv e pro g ram w as p u t on. A
R efunds m ade for 1928 am ounted eggs In dem and from com m ercial
RABBIT POISONING WILL
of M ontana and n ationally known po­ d ialo g u e by Mrs. H am rick an d Mrs.
to $68,388,865; for 1927 they totaled h atch e ries, may be secured w ith very
A
litical leader, died a t a fam ily reunion M ullens w as especially good.
BE DONE DURING WINTER $34,751,602; for 1926 they w ere $654,- little delay If ap p licatio n s go fo r­
business m eetin g follow ed w ith the
w ard im m ediately. In fo rm atio n to
a t his home in B erkeley, Cal.
691, and for 1925 they w ere $63,528.
this effect h as Ju st been received by
Gavin McNab, San F ran cisco a t­ p resid en t, Mrs. O scar P ay n e In the
T he com ing of w in te r’s snow and
torney, and prom inent figures In dem- ch air. I t w as voted fo r each m em ­
R hinelander's Wife Seeks Divorce. G. II. Je n k in s, a s s is ta n t co u n ty
cold
has caused leaders of th e farm
b
er
to
b
rin
g
a
flo
u
r
sack
to
hem
and
ocratic politics, was found dead, seat­
New York, N. Y.—The m arital af­ agent, from Dr. W. T. Johnson, poul­
ed in a chair in his office in San d o n ate to w ard th e firs t h o sp ita l box, b u reau in c h arg e of rodent control
fairs
of L eonard Kip R hinelander, try p ath o lo g ist a t th e s ta te collego.
w ork to u rg e upon local farm ers the
Francisco.
‘^e n ex t m eeting.
Mr. Je n k in s has ap p licatio n b lan k s
h
e
ir
to
$100,000,000 and his wife,
Colonel Bronson C utting, publisher
An ln v ,ta tl°n from
Mrs. R ena poisoning of rab b its, and chances are d aughter of a negro chauffeur, are to and he suggested th a t g ro w ers m ig h t
of the S anta Fe New Mexican, was W ate rm an to m eet a t h e r hom e Tues- th a t th e long eared denizens of the
fa c ilita te m a tte rs by sending th e ir
d esert w ho move in to the project to be before the courts again in a sep ar­ ap p licatio n s In to th e college a t th e
appeinted by G overnor Dillon to suc­ day, J a n u a ry 31, w as accepted.
ation
su
it
brought
by
his
wife.
Mrs.
E v ery m em ber w as req u ested to have a m eal of b rig h t a lfa lfa hay
sam e tim e.
ceed the late U nited S tates S enator
m ay m eet th e quick d eath th a t fol­ R hinelander, who two years ago de­
b rin g a frien d to th e m eetin g .
The schedule of ch arg es for th e
A. A. Jones.
feated
the
attem
p
ts
of
her
husband
to
low s e a tin g stry ch n in e.
te sts is as follow s: F or la b o ra to ry
A gift . of $1,000,000 from the su­
secure
an
annulm
ent
of
th
e
ir
m
ar­
Tw o m ix tu re s have been used here
test, per b ird , seven cen ts; fo r bleed­
prem e council, Scottish Rite Masons, AUXILIARY MEETING POSTPONED
In
th e poisoning w ork, according to riage on the grounds th a t she had de­ ing, th re e cen ts; fo r b an d in g , one
of th e southern jurisdiction, to George
ceived
him
as
to
her
race
and
color,
The
re g u la r m e etin g o f the G. H. J e n k in s, b u t th e follow ing Is
o ent; and fo r c u llin g ,
w hich
Is
W ashington university, w as announced
W om en’s a u x ilia ry of th e U m atilla th e one th a t has m et w ith g re a te st now asks for a separation on the basis
o p tio n al w ith th e grow er, a ch arg e
by the university trustees.
of
cruelty,
inhum
an
treatm
en
t
and
P ro ject F arm B u reau , scheduled to be success an d is recom m ended:
of one cen t w ill be m ade.
held F rid a y aftern o o n , J a n u a ry 6,
Mix one ounce of stry c h n in e and abandonm ent. She. asks no specific
alimony.
W ill Free Vancouver-Portland Bridge. has been in d e fin ite ly postponed, ac­
tw o tab lesp o o n fu ls of sta rc h ,
the
Infant Dies
P ortland, Ore.—At m idnight on De­ c o rd in g to Mrs. Cecil M adden, one of la tte r b eing m ade Into a th in paRte.
The baby g irl born a t th e H e r­
Cattea
Mexican
Oil
Bill
Approved.
cem ber 31, 1,928, the V ancouver-Port­ th e officers.
To th e m ix tu re of poison and sta rc h
land In terstate bridge will be toll free.
Mexico City. — The sen ate unani­ m iston h o sp ital D ecember 30 to Mr.
enough bo ilin g w ater should be added
At th a t tim e th e Oregon section of the
mously
passed In principle the Calles and Mrs. E. L am oreaux succum bed
so th a t 12 pounds of b rig h t a lfalfa
Operation Is Performed
span will become a p art of the sta te
bill
reform
ing articles 14 and 15 ot to h e a rt fa ilu re J a n u a r y 1. B u ria l
leaves may be th o ro u g h ly m oistened.
was a t Irrig o n w here Mr. a n d Mr«.
highw ay system and be under th e con­
G lenn Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. T his Is th e b a it th a t proves fa ta l th e oil laws, which have been the
L am oreaux live.
trol of the Oregon sta te highw ay com­ H eistan d Moore, su b m itted to an
source
ot
friction
betw
een
the
United
to ra b b its In larg e num bers when
mission. The W ashington sta te high­ o p eratio n for ap p en d ic itis a t P en d le­
placed on top of th e snow In ru n ­ S tates and Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. R aym ond E llio tt le ft
way comm ission will assum e control ton la st week. H is co n d itio n Is re ­
w ays, not fa r from th e ir usual feed­
for P o rtlan d last T h u rsd ay to spend
of th e W ashington half.
p o rted to be satisfacto ry .
in g places.
a few days.
T he sale of th e Ja n u a ry pool of
tu rk e y s th ro u g h th e Idaho T u rk ey
G row ers w ill be m ade in Boise eith e r
J a n u a r y 6 or 7 and local grow ers will
be Inform ed of th e p rice and th e tim e
of delivery w ith in a sh o rt tim e a f te r ­
w ards, accordin g to Info rm atio n th a t
h as been received by New M adden,
ch a irm a n of th e local o rg an izatio n ,
from Mrs. C. G. B rin k , se cretary and
g e n e ra l m an ag er of th e Idaho body.
The H erm isto n pool for th is sh ip ­
m en t Is expected to Include ap p ro x i­
m ately 2,000 birds. Mr. M adden s t a t­
ed, o r a ,'b ig carload. E a rly season
e s tim a te / th a t th e re w ould be in ex­
cess o f / t h r e e carlo ad s of b ird s for
m qrlxet have had to be changed, due
■ in some m easure to th e lively dem and
for young stock to use for b reed in g
th is com ing sp rin g .
‘T’ve tu rn e d down several persons
w ho have trie d to buy b reed in g stock
from me, and I know o th er grow ers
have had th e sam e experience,” Mr.
M adden said. ‘‘I should not be s u r­
prised to see tw ice as m any tu rk ey s,
m aybe m ore, th a n we had th is year.
I t seem s th a t early everyone w ill
have a t least a few tu rk e y s th is year,
and some of th e flocks will be g reatly
increased In size over th e
1927
flocks.”
T he C h ristm as pool sh ip m en t from
H erm isto n am o u n ted to ab o u t a c a r­
load and a half. In ad d itio n , S w ift
& Com pany bo u g h t ab o u t $5,0000
w o rth of u n c o n tracted b ird s on th e
p ro ject fo r th e T h an k sg iv in g and
C h ristm as holidays, so th e m ovem ent
from h ere w ill be ap p ro x im ately
th re e carlo ad s o u t o f th e 1927 crop.
A ccording to Mrs. B rin k , g row ers
w ill probably have m ore tim e In
w hich to k ill and dress th e ir b ird s for
th e J a n u a r y sh ip m en t th a n w as a v a il­
ab le w hen th e C h ristm as pool w as
sen t.
R ep o rts a re th a t th e cold w eath er
h a s been of b en efit in fa tte n in g th e
tu rk e y s an d th a t co m p arativ ely few
w ill be in class 2 th is tim e on th e
score o f being lig h t in fat.
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