The Hermiston herald., January 26, 1928, Image 1

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VOL. XXH
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928
CLUB PROGRAM TO
BE STARTED SOON
MEETING CALLED
G. S. FERGUSON
of
Alex
FOR FRIDAY
Cruikahank
of
McMinnville, U. S. Champ*
W ill be Shown.
Some idea of th e in te re st in boys'
and g irls ’ club w ork on th e H e r­
m iston p ro ject th is y ear is expected
to be d eterm in ed in a m eetin g to dis­
cuss club w ork w hich w ill be held
in th e h ig h school on F rid ay n ig h t,
F e b ru a ry 3. The m eetin g w ill fol­
low a b a sk etb all gam e an d w ill be
s ta rte d a t 8:30.
E very boy and g irl in te re ste d in
clu b w ork an d th e ir p a re n ts a re in ­
v ited to be present, acco rd in g to G.
H.* Jen k in s, a ss ista n t co u n ty ag en t,
w ho w ith E. L. Jackso n , p ro ject club
lead e r, is in ch arg e of a rran g em en ts.
G. S. Ferguson, democrat, from
A reel of m otion p ic tu re s ta k e n of
Alex C ru ik sh an k and h is club stock North Carolina, who was appointed a
w ill be one of th e fe a tu re s of th e member of the federal trade commis­
m eeting. C ru ik sh an k , now a sopho­ sion by Fresiaent Coolidge.
m ore in O regon A g ric u ltu ra l college,
won th e honor of cham pion ju n io r
fa rm e r of the U nited S ta te s in 1927.
He has won prizes in club w ork
a m o u n tin g to *2400 an d h as enough
livestock of his own to stock a sm all
farm . He is e a rn in g h is w ay th ro u g h
W ashington, D. C.—W orld produc­
college o u t of his p ro fits ag a club
m em ber and livestock farm er. H is tion of petroleum during 1927 totaled
1,254,000,000 barrels, an increase over
hom e is in M cM innville, Oregon.
O th er film s, some p e rta in in g to 1926 of 156,000,000 barrels, th e depart­
club w ork and some h av in g a g en eral m ent of com m erce announced.
The U nited S tates led th e world
appeal, w ill be show n as a p a rt of
w ith 905,800,000 barrels, an increase
th e program .
Boys and girlg in te re ste d in club of 135,000,000 over 1926. The Ameri­
w ork should give or send th e ir nam es can production was 70 per cen t of the
to Mr. Je n k in s or to Mr. Jack so n so world supply.
It was estim ated th a t 9,800,000 bar­
th e list of probable m em bers can be
sta rte d , Mr. Je n k in s said.
rels w ere consum ed on leases or add­
T he p rogram a t th e m eetin g w ill ed io storage. R ussia moved into
a lio Include a n u m b er of b rief ta lk s second place as a producer for the
by p are n ts of club m em bers and first tim e since 1917, with a to tal of
others.
72,400,000 barrels, w hile M exico-drop,
"T h e record made by H erm isto n ped to fourth place, w ith 64,2000,000,
d la trlc t clu b m em bers is c e rta in ly Venezuela taking third ran k with 64,-
one to be proud of, and because so 400,000.
m uch good w ork has been done in
th e p ast by clu b m em bers it is up to
INCOME TAX BILL FILED
u s to see th a t we keep g o in g a t top
speed,” Mr. Je n k in s said.
Labor, Grange, F arm ers’ Uhion and
" l a th e p a st th e H erm isto n clubs
C onductors’ Behind Measure.
have not h ad m uch co m p etitio n in
Salem, Or.—Copies of a new state
U m atilla co unty, b u t th is co ndition Income tax bill sponsored by th e S tate
has changed. T his y ear P ilo t R ock’s F ederation of Labor, S tate Grange,
clu b s prom ise to be stro n g e r th a n F arm ers’ Union and O rder of Railway
la s t year. T he com m ercial club a t C onductors w ere filed with S ecretary
P ilo t Rock held a ra lly for club m em ­ of S tate K ozer w ith a req u est for a
bers a few w eeks ago, an d th e ir clubs ballot title prelim inary to th e circula­
w ill be o u t fo r all th e h o n o rs and tion of petitions for sig n atu res to place
prizes they can g rab . In th e F re e ­ on the N ovem ber ballot. According to
w a te r d is tric t th e sam e co ndition Kozer, th e m easure will require 12,-
prevails. T hey a re o rg a n iz in g a calf 228 sig n atu res to com plete th e p eti­
club and some o th e r clubs.
tions.
**Competition adds zest to th e
T he m easure is said to provide for
w ork,, and we d o n ’t w a n t to forget a g rad u ate income tax ranging from
fo r a m in u te t h a t i t ’s up to us to two per cent on th e first *1000 to six
w ork as we have never w orked be­ per cent on taxable incom es in excess
fore to keep up o u r record for tu r n ­ of *9000. It provides exem ptions of
in g out ex cellen t clubs an d ju d g in g *1600 for single persons and *3000 for
team s.”
m arried persons with an additional ex­
O scar M Ikesell and Low ell Stock- em ption of *400 for each d e p en d en t
ard , tw o club m em bars w ho have wo«
m any honors an d prizes in clu b w ork
Cuban Decree Limits Sugar Producers.
for th e H erm iston d is tric t, have pass­
H avana.—P resid en t Machado has
ed the age lim it, and th e ir places w ill
signed a decree lim iting Cuban sugar
be tak en by yo u n g er club m em bers.
production to 4.000,000 tons a year.
The m a te ria l on h an d is very pro m is­
U
nited S lates consum ers m ay be af­
ing, Mr. Je n k in s said.
fected by th e lim itation, designed to
stabilise prices and bring higher re­
BROOM CORN SHIPPED
tu rn s to Cuban producers. Of th e lim ­
G. H. M a rtin w ho lives on th e
S tan field p ro ject has s ta rte d sh ip p ­ ited production, 3.300,000 tons will go
in g h is crop of broom corn th a t he to th e U nited S tates.
TO REEDSPORT FAMILY
FARM BODY NAMES
OTT AS ITS LEADER
H. H. BACHKE
MADDEN AND M'MULLEN OTHER
TWO OFFICERS
Yearly Program to Deal W ith Big
Project Activities at Each
Meeting Adopted.
One defeat, th a t ad m in iste re d by
H. J. O tt, p resid en t; New M adden,
S tan field th e re la s t T h u rsd ay n ig h t, COYOTE POISONING IS
v ice-p resid en t; and J. W. M cM ullen,
an d one v icto ry over E cho h ere S a t­
se c re ta ry -tre a s u re r, are th e new of­
EXPLAINED TO FARMERS
u rd a y n ig h t, is th e record of th e H er­
ficers of th e U m atilla P ro je c t F arm
m iston b a sk etb all team d u rin g th e Harold Dobyns, Deputy Inspector,
B urean, elected la s t F rid a y n ig h t a t
p ast week. T he g irls ' team lost tw o
th e jo in t a n n u a l an d m o n th ly meet*
Gives Instruction*; Hunter to
gam es in th e double h ead er ev en ts,
ing of the body. Mr. O tt an d Mr.
b u t th e rap id developm ent of th e
McMtillen w ere re-elected, a n d Mr.
Be Here in Spring.
te a m ’s p lay in g ab ility hag been sc
M adden w as elected v ice-p resid en t to
m arked th a t follow ers of th e sp o rt
fill th e vacancy created by th e a d ­
An e ffo rt on th e p a rt of local poul­
a re h appy o v er th e w ork th e g irls
vancem ent of H. J . O tt to th e p resi­
try a n d livestock grow ers to m ake
have accom plished.
dency a fte r F. P. P h ip p s le ft th e
'h e life te n u re of Inv ad in g coyotes
T he boys lost to S ta n fie ld by a
p ro ject last year.
insecu re is now b eing m ade on th e
score of 20 to 14, and th e score in
P ro je c t leaders in th e v ario u s
p ro ject as a resu lt of a v isit in H e r­
th e g ir ls ’ gam e w as 25 to 11. B oth
phases of special a c tiv itie s w ere re ­
m iston by H arold Dobyns, a s s is ta n t
co n tests w ere sp irite d all th e way.
elected as follow s:
in sp ecto r in th e biological survey in
T h e H erm isto n boys held th e lead
Jam es Todd, p o u ltry ; Jo h n Jen d -
H. H. Bachke, the new minister from
Oregon.
a t th e half. S ta n fie ld 's v icto ry came
E. L.
Mr D obyns sp e n t several days Norway to the United States, succeed­ rzejew skl, ro d e n t c o n tro l;
v ia th e free g oal ro u te from fouls.
Jackson,
boys’
and
g
irls’
club
w ork;
ing
H.
H.
Bryan,
who
was
recalled.
h ere th e firs t of th e week and d e a lt
A to ta l of 14 fo u ls w as called on th e
H. K. D ean, fa rm m an ag e m en t; J.
■directly w ith in d iv id u al farm ers. He
locals th a t w ould have am o u n ted to
H. Reid, leg isla tio n ;
Sid B a rn a rd ,
gave in s tru c tio n s as to th e m ost a p ­
25 p o in ts if conversion h as been 100
m
a
rk
e
tin
g
;
P.
P.
S
ullivan,
livestock
proved poisoning m ethods now in use
p er cen t, b u t S ta n fie ld co n v erted 7
diseases; Mrs. C harles K ellar, hom e
in
th
e
governm
ent
service
for
k
illin
g
points.
d em o n stratio n w ork.
th e coyotes, and th ese in s tru c tio n s
T he re fe re e in g done by W ay n e Mc­
A new com m itee know n as th e
a re b eing followed.
G ow an, a te a c h e r in th e S tan field
pooling com m ittee and c o n sistin g of
"W e w ill have a tra p p e r and h u n t­
schools, in th e S tan field -H e rm isto n
th e p resid en t, se c re ta ry and a th ird
er h ere in th e sp rin g w hen th e
W ashington, D. C.—W ithin the short
gam e, w as one of th e poorest e x h ib i­
w e a th e r m o derates.” Mr. D obyns space of a w eek’s hearings by the m em ber to be nam ed by th em w as
tio n s m ade by a referee In th is dis­
au th o rized an d w ill fu n ctio n In pool
tr ic t d u rin g th e h isto ry of th e sport, said. “ The m an now sta tio n ed a t house agriculture com m ittee, the out­ buying an d se llin g by th e o rg an iza­
U kiah w ill move dow n to do som e look on farm relief legislation has
acco rd in g to sp e ctato rs from both
w ork in th is area. I t is too h a rd shifted, and the well-drilled house tio n as a body.
H erm isto n and S tan field .
A n n u al rep o rts w ere m ade by some
for him to m ake th e ch an g e r ig h t a t farm bloc, which last y ear had the
T h e H erm isto n g irls lost to th e
p resen t, b u t in th e m ean tim e some M cNary-Haugen bill passed has split of the p ro ject leaders. As a re s u lt
E cho g irls by th e n arro w m arg in of
good w o rk can be done by fa rm e rs .” into a t least two camps. The equal­ of the re p o rt of Mr. Jen d rz e je w sk l on
one p o in t in a 20-19 score. The
Some losses d u rin g re cen t m o n th s ization fee die-hards a re under one ra b b it poisoning, a big com m ittee re
gam e w as very e x c itin g and h ad the
In tu rk e y and sheep flocks have been ten t, and some of th eir ex-allies arc p re se n tin g th e v ario u s d is tric ts w here
crow d going all th e tim e..
Coach
reported, an d th e U m atilla P ro je c t banded to g eth er to support a bill ra b b its a re m ost p re v a le n t w as n am ­
D onovan w as w ell pleased a t
the
F arm B u reau took th e m a tte r up la s t which they believe would m eet adm in­ ed by P re sid e n t O tt to co-operate in
sh o w in g m ade by h er proteges.
g e ttin g rid of th ese pests.
fail and w rote to th e biological s u r ­ istratio n approval.
T h e Echo boys w ere n o t so fortv
E. L. Jackson called a tte n tio n to
vey, a sk in g th a t a h u n te r be s ta ­
F
u
rth
er
crystallization
of
opinion
is
n a te , how ever, an d w ere h an d ed a
tio n e d h ere fo r a tim e to tr a p coyotes expected w ith continuance of h e a r­ the m eetin g on F e b ru a ry 3 to start
47 to 19 d efeat. The E cho offense
club a c tiv itie s fo r 1928 and urged
ings.
w ag fast, b u t th e d efense proved u n ­
th a t all boys and g irls In te re ste d in
It
was
th
e
equalization
fee
provi­
eq u al to th e ta s k of sto p p in g W al- VOTERS MUST REGISTER TO
club w ork and th e ir p a re n ts a tte n d
sion in th e M cNary-Haugen bill which
le n ta ’s sco rin g m ach in e.
T he th ird
CAST BALLOT IN ELECTION was held prim arily responsible for th e m eeting.
q u a rte r ended 47 to 9. T he H erm is­
A suggestion th a t a p ro g ram for
P resid en t Coolidge vetoing th a t m eas­
to n second s trin g e rs w ere shoved in ­
U n reg istered v o ters w ill not be ure last session, and th a t is the re a ­ the w hole y ear th a t could provide for
to th e fra y by W a le n ta in th e fo u rth
able to sw ear in th e ir votes a t elec t­ son given by some of its ex-support­ one m ajo r topic of one of th e chief
period, an d
a g a in s t
th em
Echo
fa rm in g a c tiv itie s of th e p ro je c t to
ion in th e fu tu re u n d e r th e p ro v is­ ers for su rren d erin g it.
sp u rte d in to actio n fo r 10 p oints.
be discussed as fully as possible w as
ion of th e new s ta te election law s
S
entim
ent
In
the
ag
ricu
ltu
re
com
­
G eorge F etzer o f U m atilla wag re ­
acco rd in g to J. S. W est who h as been m ittee now seem s to lean tow ard the made by G. H. Je n k in s. T he su g ­
feree of th e boys’ gam e.
ap pointed re g istra tio n a g e n t for th e McNary-Haugen bill m inus the d eb at­ g estion w as accepted, and a move­
tw o H erm isto n p recin cts and th e ed fee section, although Chairm an m ent w as sta rte d to p u t th e p lan in to
effect a t th e n ext m eeting.
LOCAL BOYS TO ATTEND
Colum bia precinct.
Haugen, a firm believer In th e fee,
The re g is tra tio n bookg w ill close has said th a t It would be useless to
PENDLETON CONFERENCE
some tim e in A pril, a b o u t 30 days report the bill "stripped of everything LOCAL LEGION DISTRICT
A n u m b er of H erm isto n boys are p receding th e p rim a ry election, he essential to its operation.”
ON TOP IN MEMBERSHIP
p la n n in g to a tte n d th e O lder Boys said. H eretofore, it h as been possible
for
u
n
re
g
iste
re
d
v
o
ters
to
have
th
e
ir
Big
Optical
Disc
F
inally
Cast.
co n feren ce w hich w ill be held in
D istric t No. 6 of th e O regon de­
W ashington, D. C.—T rium ph finally
P en d leto n F rid a y a fte rn o o n , S a tu r­ votes sw orn in, an d th e re alw ays
p a rtm e n t of th e A m erican L egion, of
have
been
an
ap
p
reciab
le
n
u
m
b
er
of
has crowned a three-year e ffo rt of the
d ay and S u n d ay m o rn in g , acco rd in g
w hich H erm iston post is a p a rt, leads
bureau of stan d ard s to cast a six-foot
to S u p t. E. L. C herry. H e p lan s to such votes.
the o th e r d is tric ts in the d e p a rtm e n t
disc of optical glass. F our previous
go w ith th e local d eleg atio n . The
in p ercen tag e of 1927 m em bership
a tte m p ts to create the disc, as a first
co n feren ce covers ea ste rn O regon d is­ BEE MEN NAME KAISER TO
a lre a ry signed up for 1928, accord­
tric t.
step tow ard the building of one of the
ing to th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t b u lle­
HEAD BODY ANOTHER YEAR
larg est reflecting astronom ical tele­ tin .
Chickenpox In Town
C h arles K aiser w as re-elected pres- scopes ever undertaken, w ere unsuc­
T he s ta te had 5,074 m em bers in
Idet
of th e U m a tilla C ounty
Bee cessful because a fter m onths of labor good s ta n d in g J a n u a ry 20, a gain
Several cases o f chickenpox have
the three-ton m ass of m olten glass
developed In H erm isto n , acco rd in g to K eepers’ association a t th e a n n u a l failed to cool w ithout cracking or over th e sam e period last year. The
m
eeting
held
la
st
S
a
tu
rd
a
y
n
ig
h
t
In
six th d is tric t has 62.5 per c en t of
Dr. Sears, h e a lth officer, a n d p a rtia l
cooled with im perfections th a t ruined
th e m axim um en ro llm en t of 1927
q u a ra n tin e s have been
estab lish ed th e H erm isto n lib ra ry . E. R. S ires It.
now signed up for 1928. th e re p o rt
in hom es w here c h ild ren have th e dis­ of S ta n fie ld w as elected vice-presi­
shows. J. M. B iggs is com m ittee
ease. Tom m y F ra s e r and R u th A nn d en t, an d J. D. H a rra h w as elected
Labor A sks for Real Beer.
s e c re ta ry -tre a s u re r to succeed W. G.
m em ber fo r th e d istric t, an d H «rb
N o rto n b o th h av e chickenpox.
Miami, F la .--T h e A m erican F edera Sheseiy is ch a irm a n of th e m em ber­
Rod da w ho begged off a fte r serv in g
fo r th re e years. T he fin a n c ia l re ­ tlon of L abor will dem and of both ship com m ittee from th e d istric t.
Fall Causes Injury
p o rt o f th e body show ed it to be in m ajor political parties the inclusion of
A p a rty and recep tio n in h o n o r of s a tisfa c to ry condition.
2.75 beer in th e ir cam paign platform .
Arnold Place Sella
C h arles M cElroy an d h is m o th er,
T his announcem ent w as m ade here
The T ony A rnold farm of 96 acres
p lan n ed to have been held a t M inne­
Mr. an d Mrs. F. C. M cKenzie e n ­ by P resid en t W illiam G reen a fte r th e In th e S tan field project, th re e m iles
h ah a school by frie n d s an d n eig h b o rs te rta in e d a t th e ir hom e la s t T h u rs­ legislative council of the federation
east of H erm iston, has been b o u g h t
T uesday n ig h t, had to be postponed day ev en in g a t a b rid g e p arty . G uests had heard the plea of the United
W . E. P o tte r is in a co n v alescen t on acco u n t of In ju rie s su sta in e d by to m ake six tab les w ere p resen t, and B rew ery W orkers, presented by Joseph by an Idaho d airy m an, according
to a re p o rt received her»r yesterday.
h o sp ital in P o rtla n d w here he is re ­ Mr. M cElroy to h is arm and shoulder. prizes w ere w on by Mrs. A. H. N or­ Overfeid.
T he new ow ner h as 35 head of d airy
ceiv in g m edical te a tm e n t. Mrs. P o t­ He slipped an d fell In to a co n crete to n, W. W. F elth o u se, Mrs. II. T.
c a ttle and w ill devote moat of his
te r is w ith him .
lned canal.
’""rrser and F. B. Swayze.
tim e to d airy in g .
0. S. LEADS WORLD
IN OIL PRODUCTION
raised d u rin g th e p ast year. He had
ab o u t six acres devoted to th e crop.
" I t did very w ell for th e k in d of care
I w as able to give it,” he said. He
sold h is to a P o rtla n d concern.
PHELPS ACREAGE IS SOLD
T he acreage ow ned by Mrs. L. A.
P helps so u th east of tow n on th e road
east from K ellogg’s hom e w as sold
BOYS AND GIRLS BOTH LOSE TO last week to Jesse U hde of R eeds­
port, O regon, and w ill be occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Uhde as th e ir home.
STANFIELD
T hey expect to move here in th e
Hermiston Beats Echo Boys, But Im m ediate fu tu re.
The place consists o f th re e acres,
Local Girls Nosed Out by
p ra c tic a lly all in p a stu re , and h a s a
six room house on if. T he deal was
One Lone Point.
m ade p rivately.
NIGHT, FEBRUARY 3
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