Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Proiect.
Qw Wrmwimt Urralft
VOL XXU
FARM BUREAU RAPS
FORMING NEW BODY
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928
I.C0L R. W. STEWART
8 CLUBS FORMED
FOR 1928 SEASON
LOCAL MEN OPPOSE PROPOSED
ENTHUSIASM HIGH IN WORK OF
EGG CO-OPERATIVE
BOYS AND GIRLS
A cts of The Dalles and Portland for
More Club» and B igger Memberships
N ew Body Viewed as Act
Mark L aunching of Bodies
N ot Friendly.
AT Friday M eeting.
NO. 26
I WALLOWA PEOPLE MOVE TO
HERMISTON TO MAKE HOME
A. P. GIANNINI
T h e m ovem ent of W allow a people
to th e H erm iston d is tric t w as fu r
th e r increased last week by th e a r
riv al of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. W agner
and th e ir Bon and d a u g h ter-in -law ,
Mr. and Mrs. V irgil W ag n er.
F. A. W agner has leased th e P hipps
place w hich a younger son w ill farm .
Mr. W agner is a real e sta te m an and
has m ade te n ta tiv e a rra n g e m e n ts for
office space in th e fro n t of th e room
ad jo in in g th e H erm iston Produce &
Supply Co.
Mr. and Mrs. V irg il W a g n e r h a v e 1
leased th e R oot place, n o rth w e st of
tow n, form erly farm ed by Jam es A. I
W inslow . Mr. W agner b ro u g h t a j
A. P. Giannini, president of the
d airy herd of 15 cows w ith him and |
Bank of Italy corporation, who has
plans to continue in th e d a iry b u si
placed hla income of 1927, estimated
ness. T hc household goods cam e by
at a million and a half dollars, at the
trucks, and th e m o rn in g th ey left
disposal of the University of Cali
W allow a the th erm o m eter stood a t
fornia.
two degrees above zero.
TRANSFER LINES IN
CITY ARE MERGED
PANKOW BUYS GAITHER, THEN
GOES IN WITH WAGNER
Gaither's Flans for Future are N ot
Made; K elley Succeed*
Pankow as Official.
R esolutions d ep lo rin g th e e ffo rts
Today, M arch 1, m arked th e re
The longest list o f boys’ an d g ir ls ’
b eing m ade th ro u g h th e ch am b ers
tire m e n t from th e h a u lin g and tr a n s
clubs in th e p ro je c t’s h isto ry w ith
of com m erce of P o rtla n d and T h e
fe r business in H erim sto n of T. H.
th e m ost w o rk ers signed up w as as
D alles to set up a com p etin g egg soil-
G aith er, th e assum ption of th e G ai
su
red
for
H
erm
isto
n
w
hen
the
o
rg
a
n
co-operative o rg a n izatio n
at
The
th e r business by H. A. P ankow , an d
ization m eetin g for th is phase of ac
D alles w ere adopted last F rid ay n ig h t
th e m erg in g of th a t tr a n s fe r line
tlv
ity
w
as
held
a
t
C
olum
bia
last
by th e U m atilla P ro ject F arm B ur
w ith th e H erm isto n T ra n sfe r, ow ned
F rid ay n ig h t w ith E. L. Jack so n , pro
eau a t its re g u la r m o n th ly m eeting.
Col. R. W. Stewart, chairman of the
by G eorge W agner. T he new b u si
je c t club leader, in charge.
T he o rg a n iz a t'o n also w ent on rec board of the Standard Oil Company of
ness w ill be know n as th e H erm iston
E
ig
h
t
clubs
w
ere
form
ed
a
t
the
ord as expressing re g re t that- th e Indiana, who refused to answer some
T ran sfer, W ag n er & Pankow .
p o u ltry grow ers of Bend and W alla questions asked by the senate com m eetin g in th e follow ing lines:
“ We plan to keep o u r office on
H
olstein
calf
club—-J.
w
.
M
cM
ul
W alla have not a ffilia te d hem selves mittee investigating the oil lease
Main s tre e t opposite T he H erald shop
len, lead e r; G erald H addox, Enos
w ith th e P acific C o-operative P o u l scandals.
open a t all tim es w ith a m an In
M artin Jr., F red Reeves, Leo Haddox,
tr y P ro d u cers asso ciatio n
The w ork
ch a rg e ,” the tw o men said. "B y
T
hom
as
H
addox,
P
a
t
T
hroop,
Floyd
of th e co-operative was comm ended
h av in g th e tw o lines com bined we
McM ullen, Glen P ierson, Ja c k Reeves,
in th e reso lu tio n , w hich is as fol
th
in k H erm isto n ’s h a u lin g can
be
Clem
S
tockard,
an
d
Glen
Moore
low s:
done to b e tte r a d v an ta g e th a n ever
P o u ltry — New M adden, lead er,
"W hereas, The one in su rm o u n tab le
before.”
M orris P ierson, Jim N eary, Jim S tew
obstacle 10
fin a n c ia l success of
D etroit. — A corporation has been
Mr. G aith er has been In th e .tr a n s
a
rt,
Monroe
and
L
aw
rence
S
w
arn
er,
th e farm er is th a t he is in com petition
form ed to develop a “free energy”
fer business for several years. He
H elen A ddlem an, G len P ierson.
w ith every o th e r fa rm e r; and
GIRLS AND BOYS VICTORIOUS m otor Invented by L ester J. H ender
Chicago, 111.—Two dozen men, two
sta rte d o u t in th e days w hen heavy
P o tato — L oren Jack so n , leader;
"W hereas, A m u ltip lic ity of com o f them confessed particip an ts, and
shot, P ittsb u rg electrical engineer.
loads w ere moved by horses, b u t as
O
scar
W
h
itse
tt,
Jim
N
eary,
R
obert
AGAINST UMATILLA
p e tin g co-operative sellin g o rg an iza six women w ere in federal custody,
An experim ental model of the new
tru ck s cam e in to g re a te r use he dis
tio n s can prove b u t little less d isas su sp ected of th e *133,000 G rand T runk B en n ett, E rn e st Cox and Ed Bensel.
motor, said to be electro-m agnetically
carded
his team s an d depended on a
Sheep—
E.
D.
M
artin
,
lead
er;
Dick
Boys
Leave
for
Milton
to
Take
Part
tro u s to th e fa rm e r th a n in d iv id u al m ail tra in robbery la st S aturday, and
operated w ithout fuel and draw ing its
tru c k . He has not m ade d e fin ite
U pham , E nos M artin Jr., Don Jack -
co m p etitio n ; now th erefo re
pow
er
from
th
e
a
ir
or
ground,
is
at
*17,125 of th e loot had been recovered. son, Dick M artin , Floyd McM ullen,
In Tourney Play for D istrict
plans for th e fu tu re b u t expects to
"B e It Resolved, T h a t th e m em bers
Selfridge ‘field, w here a successful
It developed th a t th e police w ere in A- ®. K en n in g s, A llen Bowm an,
rem ain In H erm iston.
of th e U m tilla P ro je c t F arm B u r possession of th e ro b b ers’ com plete
Honors.
te s t w as reported to have been made.
As a p a rt of the chan g e Mr. P a n
eau deplore th e a ttitu d e of The plan fo r th e th ree days prior to com C harley H u n t and Don DeMoss.
W hether the m otor will prove prac
kow
recen tly su b m itted hl8 re sig n a
Jersey
calf
club—
W
a
lth
e
r
O
tt,
D alles C ham ber of Com m erce in con m ission of th e holdup and th a t a squad
T h e H erm iston high school basket tical and revolutionize the autom o
nection w ith m em bers of th e P o rt of riflem en w aited to shoot to kill im lead er; D ayton H a rris, E u g en e H an ball team s defeated th e U m atilla tive world will depend upon future tion as chief of police a n d city w a te r
land C ham ber of Com m erce in th e ir m ed iately upon the d e scen t'u p o n the by, W a lth e r O tt, Dick M artin , Joe team s on the local floor T uesday tests, aeronautical experts who have m aster to th e city council. H is se r
e ffo rts to o rg an ize a co-operative egg train . A mix-up of instructions, how D yer, R o b ert B en n ett, M artin H off n ig h t in the la st gam e of th e season. viewed te sts of the model said today. vice in th e tw o Jobs ex tended over a
period of five years, an d he took, care
association in com p etitio n w ith the ever, se n t the policemen to th e E ver m an, Jack B en n ett, E rn e st Cox, Ed. B oth gam es w ere fast and in te re st
W illiam B. Stout, p resident of the
of
both of them in such fashion as
Throop,
H
elen
B
arn
ard
,
Jen
d
rzejew
ing.
P acific C o-operative P o u ltry P ro d u c g reen P ark station, five city blocks
Stout Air Service, Inc., and designer
ers A ssociation. W e can n o t view from th e lonely St. M aria station, ski, E d n a O tt and E rn e st H offm an.
The H erm iston girls cam e o u t vic of the all-m etal type of tran sp o rt to re tire w ith th e good w ill p f js}tl-
zens g enerally.
C orn— Roy S ulliv an , lead er; L oren to rio u s by th e score of 12 to 6 a fte r
such e ffo rts as of frie n d ly in te n t to w w here th e train w as halted.
planes m anufactured by the Ford
Jack so n , G; H addox, Bob Geer, W al th e score had been tied up u n til the
“ My re latio n s w ith th e c ity o ffic
a rd th e producers, an d we tak e th is
M
otor
company,
said
the
m
otor
was
The rob b ery was sw ift and dram atic,
o p p o rtu n ity to com m end th e m an ag e T he tra in was stopped by a "pas th e r O tt and W a lte r Jen d rzejew sk i, half. T his gam e w as fa s t th ro u g h “very im pressive” and “actually un ials have been very p le a s a n t, and I
P ig club— J . Jen d rzejew sk i, leader, out and in te re s tin g aB th e score in d i
m ent of th e P a c ific C o-operative for se n g e r” a t St. M arla’s, not a scheduled
canny.” He expressed a desire to ap p reciate th e splendid co-operation
I W a lte r Jen d rzejew sk i, D orcas T hroop, cates. It w as th e la st gam e of th e
th e good w ork done in d eliv erin g con stop.
"see how a large model, designed to th a t w as alw ays extended m e,", Mr.
‘
Clem
Stocjcard,
L
oren
.lackaon,
Mel
P ankow said. “ In a w ay I re g re t g e t
tro l o u t of th e b a n d s of th e egg
develop pow er enough to lirt an a ir
T h en th e m ail c ar was bombed and vin F o lle tt, A. G. K en n in g s, Vic Ad season for b o th team s.
tin g aw ay from the c ity w ork, but
speculators.
The
boys
gam
e
w
as
eq
u
ally
in
te
r
plane,
would
o
perate.”
tw o of the bandits quickly but pains
I ’ve been anx io u s to g e t in to b u si
“ Be It f u r th e r Resolved, T h a t we tak in g ly searched for th e m ail sacks dlem an, Lee D yer, A lfred H offm an e stin g except th a t it w as ra th e r
H endershot claim s his m otor runs
an d Ja c k Lee.
re g re t th e in b ility of th e p o u ltr y ' contain in g th e money.
rough. The subs sta rte d th e gam e on free electrical energy taken from ness for m yself, an d th is o p en in g
R ab b it club— M. T. M atott, lead er; for H erm iston and played th e first
seemed to me to be th e o p p o rtu n ity
association a t B end, O regon and j All sped aw ay in a w aiting autom o
the a ir or ground and utilizes no fuel
H ow ard C h erry , G ien Moore, A llen half. A t th e h a lf the score w as 9 to
I had been seek in g .”
W alla W alla, W a sh in g to n , resp ectiv e bile.
w hatever.
Bowm an, Lee D yer, L aw rence and
H a rry K elley, re s id e n t of H erm is
ly to a ffilia te co-operatively w ith th e
in favor of U m atilla, b u t the re g u
M
onroe
S
w
arn
er
an
d
P
a
u
l
H
am
rick
ton who fo r some tim e h as divided,
P acific C o-operative P o u ltry P ro d u c
lars w ent in th e second h a lf to m ake
MOFFAT TUNNEL OPENED h is tim e betw een h ere an d L a G rande
In ad d itio n to th e m em bers a l th e score 31 to 9 for H erm iston.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
e rs o rg an izatio n fo r th e purpose of
ready
fo
rm
ally
signed,
th
ere
are
still
e lim in a tin g h a rm fu l com petition.
T h u rsd ay th e locals go to M ilton Im pressive C erem ony M arks Dedica w as re c en tly elected ch ief of police
H om es of n early a dozen Chicago a few m ore w ho expect to become
and w ater m aster. H e w ill assum e
"R esolved, T h a t copies o f th ese
w here th ey w ill e n te r th e d istric t
tion of Passagew ay.
and Cook county officials w ere under club w o rk ers w ho have no t y et con
h is new d u ties M arch 8, an d u n til
p o u ltry associations and
ch am b ers
to
u
rn
am
en
t.
The
locals
have
a
good
police guard in response to bomb cluded
Denver, Colo.—Colorado with formal th a t tim e Mr. P ankow w ill tak e cars
a rr a n g e m e n ts
f o r chancg to play In the fin als th is year
of com m erce affected , and th a t such
th re a ts.
ta k in g u p th e w ork, Mr. Jackson and a re going th ere w ith th e d e te r cerem onies Sunday officially opened of his d u ties for him . T he election
o th e r p u b licity be given as m ay be
the famous Moffat tunnel.
Gifford Plnchot, ex-governor, has de said.
of Mr. K elley w as m ade a fte r th e
deemed pro p er by th e leg islativ e com
m ination to w in a few gam es. In
clined to become a candidate for the
Twenty-five hundred persons, in a city council had considered a nu m b er
T h ere w ill also be some club w ork th e ir firs t gam e th e locals w ill meet
m ittee.
repu b lican nom ination for U nited for g irls, b u t th ese clubs a re still in
special train of four sections made
"A dopted by the U m atilla P ro ject
the E cho five and If victo rio u s they th e trip from D enver to the east of a p p licatio n s a t tw o m eetings.
S ta te s sen ato r from Pennsylvania.
th e m aking.
F a rm B ureau a t th e re g u la r m o n th
w
ill
m
eet
th
e
w
in
n
er
of
th
e
A
dam
s-
A m erican autom obile production
portal of the tunnel to w itness the
ly m eeting, th is 2 5 th day of F e b ru
long contest. T he locals already historic event, to h ear speeches com FREE CLINIC TO BE HELD
d u rin g Jan u ary am ounted to 225,039 CARSON PLACE PURCHASED
ary , 1928.
have one victo ry over Echo and are m ending the work of the men who
vehicles, as com pared w ith 153,547
IN LIBRARY N EXT TUESDAY
" J . W. M cM ullen, S e c re ta ry .”
BY FARMER FROM CANADA about th e sam e sta n d in g w ith Adams made th e tunnel possible and to w it
durin g D ecem ber and 238,926 during
o r Ione.
Jan u ary , 1927.
ness th e governor and an ex-governor
A free clinic to in clude m edical
Those w ho w ill m ake th e tr ip w ith of Colorado drive a golden spike Into
DISTRICT BOARD ELECTS
T he S. L. C arson ra n ch of 80 acres
A refinancing p ro ject of th e South
and d en tal inspection of babies and
Coach
W
a
le
n
ta
to
th
e
to
u
rn
a
m
e
n
t
n
o
rth
w
est
of
H
erm
isto
n
a
sh
o
rt
dis
a tie ju s t a t the eastern m outh of the
NEW OFFICERS FOR YEAR ern Pacific railroad, under which *29,-
children u n d e r school age w ill be
400,000 o f 4% p er cent bonds will be tan ce w as p u rchased last w eek by a re N ew ell, Ja c k S m ith, KennlngR, tunnel.
held in th e basem ent of th e H erm is
S m ith,
Davis,
issued and sold, w as approved by the C harles W om ack of In n isv ail, A lber. F elthouse, Jew ell
T he tunnel, 6.2 m iles long, is the
A t th e a n n u a l m eetin g of th e board
ton
lib ra ry T uesday m o rning, M arch
B
riggs
and
N
ation.
ta . The new ow ner w ill have posses
in te rs ta te com m erce commission.
longest railroad bore in the North
of d irecto rs of th e H erm isto n Ir rig a
6. b eg in n in g a t 9 :3 0 . Miss E dna
M ajor V icent Lim, a stu d en t a t th e sion of th e place th is sp rin g an d ex
A
m
erican
continent.
It
will
cut
off
tio n d is tric t, held In F e b ru a ry , New-
F lan ag an , county h e a lth nurse, w ill
SCHOOL FOLK MAKE PLANS
gen eral sta ff school a t F o rt L eaven pects to farm it th is season.
J7 m iles of travel over the continental
M adden w as
elected
p resid en t,
have charg e of th e clinic w hich w ill
T he Carson ra n ch is ra te d as one
w orth, has been detailed to th e A rm y
divide
and
the
road
when
completed
FOR FU N CARNIVAL HERE
G eorge S trohm , vice-p resid en t, and
be held u n d e r th e auspices of the
W ar college for a course of in stru c of th e best places on th e p ro ject.
to S alt Lake City will cut the distance
W. J. W a rn e r w as nam ed secretary
local
A m erican L egion au x iliary .
tion, th ereb y w inning th e distinction T here Is some heavy bottom land th a t
H igh school teac h ers and stu d e n ts betw een D enver and the Pacific coast
to succeed him self.
Dr. J. L. S ears w ill conduct the
of being the first Filipino to be thus C arsons h av e tu rn e d to good acco u n t a re activ ely a t w ork on p lan s for the by 181 miles.
B oth M adden and S tro h m w ere
m edical ex am in atio n and e ith e r Dr.
honored.
in g ard en tru c k an d g ra in farm in g , c a rn iv al w hich w ill be held In th e
C oloradoans declared its completion
elected to th e board la st fall, one for
P rim e or Dr, Je n k in s w ill be in
Com m ercial failures In 1927 caused and th e h ig h e r lan d is in a lfalfa.
opens
up
a
hitherto
Inaccessible
in
c ity a u d ito riu m
F rid a y
evening,
a th re e y ear term , th e o th e r to fill
a loss of more th an *500,000,000 In the
Mr. and Mrs C arson have not M arch 9. E ach teach er, assisted by land em pire as large as the state of ch arg e of th e e x am in atio n of teeth.
th e vacancy created by th e d eath of
A sim ilar clinic w as held la st y ear,
U nited S tates, d irecto rs of th e Na m ade an y d e fin ite plan s fo r th e fu t a com m ittee of stu d e n ts, w ill be In Pennsylvania.
J. F. M cN aught. W a lte r B otkin is
b u t babies w ere not exam ined then.
tional A ssociation of C redit Men w ere u re b u t expect to rem ain on th e p ro c h arg e of a special booth, an d a J it
th e o th e r m em ber of th e board.
inform ed by E. Paul Phillips, directo r ject. Mrs. C arson is now in th e hos ney dance w ill also be given.
Al Smith Wins Philippine Delegation.
Mrs. Mabel R alph and Mrs. W. J.
of th e ad ju stm en t b ureau d ep artm en t p ita l a t P en d leto n convalescing from
Miss
Rose
D
onovan
is
ch
a
irm
a
n
of
M anila.—The dem ocratic territo rial W a rn e r w ere hostesses a t luncheon
T he n e x t P. T. A. m eetin g w ill be of th e association.
a m ajo r o p eratio n , and th e ir d efin ite thg g en eral com m ittee. F u n d s w ill
convention Instructed the six dele and a bridge p a rty a t th e W a rn e r
held M arch 8 a t 3 o ’clock in th e
Plans fo r th e fu tu re w ill depend on go to th e a th le tic fund.
gates of th e Philippines to the demo hom e M onday aftern o o n .
G uests to
a ftern o o n in th e high school a u d ito r
Mrs. H en ry C hro n icle of K eokuk, how rap id a recovery she has.
cratic convention to vote for Governor m ake six tab les w ere Invited, and
ium . An in te re s tin g pro g ram is be Iow a, is h ere as a gu est a t th e hom e
Mrs. S. L. C arson, o p erated on in Sm ith of New York for th e presi prizes at bridge w ere won by Mrs.
in g prep ared for th e m eeting. P re si of h e r b ro th e r, F ra n k L ittle .
She
H. K. Dean h as re tu rn e d
from P endleton last w eek. Is rep o rted to be dential nomination.
H eistan d Moore, Mrs. »J. L. W aller
d en t J. H. R eid stated .
h as been ill b u t is now convalescent. S e a ttle w here he w en t on business.
b 'a .d u g a sa tisfa c to ry recovery.
and Mrs. C. C. D urfey.
CHICAGO TRAIN
ROBBERS_CAPTURED
THE FEATHERHEADS
ByO.borne
HIGH SCHOOL WINS FREE ENERGY MOTOR
WILL BE DEVELOPED
TWO FINAL GAMES