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The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Protect. -ui Wnttwfcm Wrath VOL. XXH ......................................... HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928 ............. —• ....... ........................................ .... ...... BERMUDA ONIONS WILL BE GROWN COL. 0. LATROBE UMATILLA TO BE WEST END OUTFIT NEIGHBORING TOWN TO PROJECT FARMERS TO FOLLOW HAVE UP WITH CROP BASEBALL TEAM Big Yields on Little Patches in 1927 Railroaders in Wheatland League of Cause More Plants to Be Six Team s; Local Boys on Ordered This Year. Umatilla Squad. T he grow ing of Texas B erm uda on ions from p la n ts shipped h ere from T exas grow ers, launch ed last y ear on an ex p erim en tal stag e by a num ber of fa rm ers on th e H erm isto n and S tan field p ro jects, w ill be followed on a la rg e r scale th is y ear. T he grow ers la s t y ear Included H. H. W illard and a Mr H all on th e S tan field p ro ject and W. A. M ikesell On th e H erm iston p roject. The Col. O. Latrobe, who has been ap th re e men shipped ab o u t 10,000 p la n ts for th e ir exp erim en tal w ork. pointed by President Coolidge to be T h is y ear ap p ro x im ately 75,000 his chief military aid, succeeding Col. Blanton Winship. p la n t . are being used. " I t w as a sideline on o u r place," saiu Mr. M ikesell, “ an d we did not d ev o te m uch gro u n d or tim e to th e crop. W e had out ab o u t 2300 p la n ts, a tin y little p atch , an d sold m ore th a n $40 w o rth of onions. We received a price of from e ig h t to five Vancouver, W ash.—T he h istory of c en ts per pound. O scar and I are tr y in g them th is y ear in p artn e rsh ip . th e Oregon country passed in review W e a re p u ttin g in a b o u t 25,000 S aturday night when C harles B. Sale, p la n ts on some land th a t we th in k governor of the H udson’s Bay com pany, pressed a button in the London iB p a rtic u la rly fitte d for th e cro p .” O nions re q u ire a lot o f lab o r b u t office, w hich released • a flash th a t m ake trem endous yields if th ey a re sped across th e ocean and th e A m eri p u t in on soil adapted to th e ir cu l can continent and lighted the new tu re , Mr. M ikesell said. If th e row s orn am en tal stre e t lighting system of a re 16 inches a p a rt an d th e p la n ts th is city. A t th e sam e tim e th e form al open a re se t every fo u r Inches in th e row it re q u ires 90,000 p la n ts for an acre. ing of the E vergreen hotel, a $200,000 Some grow ers p refer a w ider row. venture, w as observed. It was 102 years ago, lacking tw o T he p la n ts ordered for th is y ear w ill be su ffic ie n t to use an acre of ground. days, when George Simpson, deputy F ollow ing is a list of th e g row ers governor of the H udson’s Bay com pany, in the presence of th e gentle an d th e num ber of p la n ts fo r each : M ikesell t Son, »5,000 p la n ts; H 1 men and serv an ts of th g company and H. W illard , 7,000; on th e C rossland! a num ber of Indian chiefs and trib e s place, 20,000; Mr. H all on th e S ta n men a t sunrise raised th e B ritish flag, field project, 5,000; Roy Penney, broke a bottle of rum on th e flagstaff 5,000; Joe Udey, 2,000; H. J. O tt, and proclaim ed in a loud voice: “In I, 000; J. W. M cM ullen, 2,000; Roy behalf of the H onorable H udson's Bay S u llivan, 1,000; New Madden, 1,000; com pany I hereby nam e th is estab lishm ent F ort V ancouver, God save W ill Rhodes, 1,000. King George th e F ourth.” F o rt V ancouver th u s becam e the FREE INFORMATION EXCHANGE se a t of governm ent under Dr. John McLoughlin and so continued for a OFFERED BY THE HERALD TO score of years, until it becam e A m eri can territo ry . Its sto ry is the early THOSE HAVING EXTRA FLOWERS histo ry of the Pacific northw est. 4> :o : ❖ ;o: ❖ :o: <0 :o : ❖ :o : •> LONDON FLASH LIGHTS VANCOUVER M ost people th in k th a t n o th in g adds m ore to th e a ttra c tiv e n e ss of law n s aro u n d hom es th a n flow ers an d shrubs. W h ere care is tak en of such p lan ts and bushes th e re is u su ally such an in crease th a t ow ners hav e to th in o u t a fte r a y e a r o r two. Som ettm es flow er lovers h av e m ore shoots, seeds, bulbs, etc., th a n th ey can use, and often, perhaps, th e re is some hom e ow ner w ould lik e to have w h a t a n o th e r citizen has no use for. B ecause th is condition exists, and b ecause T he H erald believes in b e a u tify in g law ns in th e g re a te st m easure, th e offer is m ade to conduct an in fo rm atio n exchange d u rin g th e n e x t few w eeks in th e colum ns of th e paper to help those w ho have s u r plus stocks of flow ers and sh ru b s place them w ith o th ers w ho would use them . A nyone h av in g an y su rp lu s p lan ts, bulb«, vines, etc., th a t th ey a re w ill in g to give aw ay, o r ex ch an g e for o th e r v a rieties of flowerg or sh ru b s, m ay have such w a n ts listed free of charge. The onlly re s tric tio n s im posed is th a t th e m a te ria l offered be free, or to exch an g e fo r sim ilar m a te ria l. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Two m ore battalio n s of m arines will be sen t as soon as possible to Nic aragua to particip ate in supervising th e election in th a t country. The decisive defeat of M ayor B ertha Landes of S eattle when she ran for re-election ag ain st F ran k Edw ards, m erely indicates th a t men still hold th e balance of th e voting power, th e m ayor said. C. L. “ B uck” L ieu allen , one of th e cap to rs of W illiam E dw ard H ickm an, b ro u g h t h is black pipe back to O re gon th e o th e r d ay from C alifo rn ia an d is on th e jo b ag a in ag a s ta te tra ffic o fficer in th is d is trc t. W hen asked in H erm isto n M onday how he an d Tom G u rd an e fared on rew ard money he lau g h ed an d said, “I t ’s a case of a couple c o u n try boys g o in g to th e city . A lot of th a t rew ard m oney ju s t d id n 't m aterialize, b u t a t th a t we did a good d ay ’s w ork fo r o u rselv es w hen we c a u g h t H ickm an. I had to g et back on th e job, so Tom is still in Los A ngeles looking o u t fo r o u r in te re sts.” THE FEATHERHEADS U m atilla's baseball team w ill be H e rm isto n ’s hom e tow n team th is y ear, acco rd in g to developm ents th a t have tra n sp ire d w ith th e com ing of sp rin g an d th e fo rm in g of new a lig n m ents in th e g re a t A m erican sport. H erm isto n w ill have no team of its ow n th is y ear, b u t U m atilla w ill hold dow n a co rn er of th e W h eatlan d lea gue, re c e n tly form ed, w ith m em ber sh ip held by H eppner, Ione, W asco. Condon, A rlin g to n and U m atilla. F ra n k C lark, vlce-p resd en t of th e H erm isto n Golf club, and a leading baseball fan o f U m atilla, drew the m a n ag e rial job for th e railro a d ers, an d h is g a n g of diam ond h u stle rs have been w o rk in g in p re p aratio n for th e o p en in g of th e season A pril 15. N ex t S unday, M arch 25, th e R ail ro ad ers w ill go to W eston to play a p ractice gam e w ith th a t ag g reg atio n . O th er p ractice sessions w ill be p lay ed before th e re g u la r open in g game, w hich w ill be betw een W asco and U m atilla in U m atilla. Some of th e H erm isto n Babe R u th s a r e s tr u ttin g th e ir stu ff w ith th e R ailro ad ers in th e p ractice cantos. Dave M ittlesd o rf and Bob W oodw ard asp ire to re g u la r b e rth s in th e o u t field , a n d before M an ag er C lark m akes h is fin a l selectio n s it is pos sible th a t some o th e r H erm isto n ian s w ill be in U m atilla uniform . U m a tilla ’s m a te ria l is said to be ex cellen t th iB y ear, an d prospects a re good fo r a sn ap p y team . COUNTRY HAULING SERVICE LAUNCHED BY TRANSFER CO. T he h a u lin g of feed, em p ty egg orates, em pty m ilk can s an d o th e r a rtic le s ord ered to farm ers over th e p ro ject h a s been in s titu te d as a new service by th e H erm isto n T ran sfer, an d th e serv ice is p ro v in g p o p u lar an d Is a ttr a c tin g m any custom ers, ac co rd in g to W ag n er & P ankow , ow n ers. T he service is now on a sched u le th a t calls for trip s T uesday and F rid a y m ornings. On th e re f u rn tr ip to tow n th e tru c k picks u p filled egg crates, cans of cream , veals or a n y th in g th e f a r m er cu sto m er w an ts moved to tow n. T h e tr a n s fe r com pany serves here as a g e n t for th e P o rtlan d -P en d leto n T ru ck line, a n d th e new service m akes it posslble for fa rm ers to sh ip eggs to P o rtla n d d ire c t from th e farm w ith o u t h av in g to b o th er w ith an y h a u lin g them selves. “ We have 30 custom ers on th e ro u te now, an d each tr ip re su lts in new cu sto m ers b ein g added to th e lis t,” H. A. P an k o w sta te d . — COUNTY'S FIRST AGENT TO TALK HERE FRIDAY NIGHT POTATOES MOVED BY LOCAL GROWERS ' M. H. SALISBURY M. S. Shrock, th e firs t co u n ty a g e n t to serve in th is county, now in th e feed business in th e W illam ette valley, w ill be one of th e chief sp eak ers a t the re g u la r m onthly m eeting of th e U m atilla P ro ject F a rm B u r e au w hich w ill be held a t Colum bia school house tom orrow , F rid ay , even ing. H i8 su b ject w as not announced. H. K. D ean, su p e rin te n d e n t of th e H erm iston E xperim ent sta tio n , is a l so on th e program for a ta lk . P o u l try and d airy work are also expected to be discussed, and a proposal may be m ade ab o u t a carav n n tr ip in to p o u ltry d is tric ts in W ash in g to n to stu d y m ethods b eing used th ere. LEE LAMPSON SECURES MARKET FOR TUBERS Price of $25.00 Per Ton Net to be Received for Last of 1927 Crop on Hand. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS COMMEND CHURCH UNION Work In Local Field to Merge Two Bodies Praised By Young People. P raise of th e w ork being done in •H erm iston u n d er th e lead e rsh ip of Rev. A. J . W are, to u n ite tw o P ro te s ta n t ch u rch es and s tre n g th e n th e w ork in th is field w as expressed in a resolution th a t w as adopted la s t S u n day by th e officers of th e C olum bia U nion of C h ristia n E ndeavor who m et h ere in th e ir re g u la r m onthly business m eetin g an d conference. O fficers of th e o rg an izatio n from Ione, L exington, H eppner, P endleton, A dams, M ilton, and H erm iston w ere p resen t fo r th e m eeting. T he reso lu tio n adopted is as follow s: •“ W hereas, Such new In terest has been fu rth e re d in ch u rch w ork, the K ingdom of God so advanced, and a new C h ristia n E ndeavor society o r ganized th ro u g h th e e ffo rts of Rev. W are an d o th e rs of H erm iston, and success is being g ra d u a lly achieved in th e e ffo rt to b rin g to g e th e r in C h ristia n u n ity tw o P ro te s ta n t groups, and "•W hereas, T h is union h as a tt r a c t ed no little a tte n tio n in U m atilla and M orrow counties, as well as In the s ta te as a w hole, be it th erefo re, “ Resolved, T h a t Rev. W are and his gro u p be com m ended fo r th e ir excellent w ork; th a t C olum bia u n ion of C h ristia n E ndeavor go on rec ord as faw oring such jo in in g of C hris tia n forces and energy in sm all com m unities w here God’s w ork so often su ffers from divisions am ong his peo ple; th a t all C h ristian E ndeavorers o f th is d is tric t pledge them selves anew to th e task of p ro m o tin g C hris tia n bro th erh o o d an d u n ity of sp irit w here m oney and energy may be con served an d no p rin cip le broken, and in all d iffic u ltie s and m isu n d e rsta n d ings th a t m ig h t arise from such an a ttitu d e s triv in g above e v ery th in g else to do w h a t C h rist w ould have th em do.” Painting Is Done NO. 29 ■ "K ,— ... M. H. Salisbury of the University of Wisconsin, who has become chief of the radio service of the United States Department of Agriculture. MUSCLE SHOALS BILL PASSED BY SENATE W ashington, D. C.—The govern m ent’s huge $100,000,000 Muscle Shoals project will be operated by the governm ent for th e distribution of pow er am ong all sta te s w ithin tra n s m ission distance and the proceeds used for fertilizer experim ents throughout the whole country, the sen ate decided In adopting an am ended N orris resolution. The vote w as 48 to 25. * U nder th e resolution as adopted a gigantic system of fertilizer experi m ental statio n s will be set up by tlie secretary of agriculture, while the sec re ta ry of w ar will dispose of all power developm ent a t the project. T he re so lution now goes to the house for ac tion before it becomes a law. This action represented a clear-cut victory for S enator Georgb W. N orris of N ebraska, in su rg en t leader, who has fought for 10 years ag ain st leas ing the property to a private corpora tion as a fertilizer project. N orris m aintained throughout the fight th at fertilizer cannot be m anufactured cheaply a t Muscle Shoals, but th a t the governm ent should sell the power de veloped there and spend the money on fertilizer experim ents elsew here. RECORD STOCK SALES 20,305,130 Were Exchanged Days Last Week. in Six New York.—The New York Stock E xchange la st S aturday closed the biggest week of wild speculation and trading in Its history. During the week m illions of dollars have been made and lo st; th e m arket value of stock issues, such as G eneral Motors, Radio, A m erican Linseed and others, which were the center of spec ulation, has increased by hundreds of millions. F ollow ing a v isit h ere last F rid a y and S a tu rd a y of Lee L am pson, m an ager of th e T h ree R iv ers G row er»’ association of K ennew ick, plan» w ere made fo r a fin al sh ip m e n t of la s t y e a r’s crop of potato es from p ro je c t farm s. T he sh ip m en t is expected to am o u n t to th re e o r fo u r c a rs a n d w ill be m ade th e la tte r p a rt of th is w eek. The sh ip m en t w ill n o t be a re g u la r pool of th e asso ciatio n , Mr. la m p - son explained, and fo r th a t reason grow ers w ere inform ed th a t th e ir sellin g price could be a scertain ed w ith o u t w a itin g fo r th e pool resu lt» to be secured. T he tu b e rs have been sold fo r a p p ro x im ately $27 per ton. F rom th is gross price h a n d lin g and lo ad in g ch arg es of tw o d o llars a ton are de ducted to m ake grow ers a net price of $25. Most grow ers welcomed th e o p p o rtu n ity to move th e ir sto ck a t th is, price w hich re p re se n ts m ore money th a n has been offered a ll w in ter. One carload w as loaded o u t today, and th e o th e r probably w ill move F rid ay a n j S a tu rd a y . Several grow ers a re m ak in g up th e cars. PNEUMONIA PROVES FATAL TO HERMISTON RESIDENT Fred DeLoss Callahan S n c cw b s Tuesday in Pendleton After Few Days H lness.. F u n e ra l services fo r F red DeLoss C allahan, well know n H erm isto n re sid en t, w ho died T uesday m o rn in g a t St. A n th o n y ’s h o sp ita l in P en d leto n a fte r a sh o rt ilness of pneum onia, w ill be held F rid a y afte rn o o n a t 2 o’clock a t Bomboy’s F u n e ra l H om e In P endleton. In te rm e n t w ill be In P o rtlan d . B orn In L ong P ra irie , M inn., in 1886, th e deceased cam e to S pokane an a sm all boy and a tte n d e d school th ere. H e th e n a tte n d e d C heney N orm al school a t C heney, W a sh in g ton. H is m arria g e to E n a V iola R lchardg w as solem nized in 1904 in S eattle. The couple lived in S e a ttle for a n u m b er of y ears w here he w as in th e grocery business. E ig h t y ears ago th e y c a m , to H erm iston. Besides his w ife he Is survived by one d a u g h te r, M elba C allah an -P o w ell, a son, Corlig DeLoss, h is p a re n ts, Mr. an d Mrs. S. S. C allahan, W in th ro p , W ash .; fo u r sisters, Mrs. E th e l H ollow ay, Manama, W ash .; Mrs. E nid N ichols, W in th ro p , W ash,; Mrs. Olive Ijooney, P o rtla n d ; Mrs L illian H udgins, Los A ngeles; th ree b ro th e rs Lee and Cecil, P hoenix, A riz., an d Jo h n , a s tu d e n t a t S tan fo rd . Mr. C allah an ’s d eath w as a shock to th e com m unity because he had been ill only a few days, and a t no tim e w as h is condition considered serious. F o llow ing closely on th e heels of clean-up w eek, some new p a in t work is b eing done on M ain stre e t. The fro n t of th e b u ild in g occupied by N o rto n ’s grocery an d th e M utual C ream ery Co. is being p ain ted , as CAPTAINS ARE RETAINED w ell as som e in te rio r w ork H. E. U nion services a t th e B ap tist A req u est th a t th e block c a p ta in s H itt h as also been h av in g p a in tin g ch u rch Sunday, M arch 25. Bible re c en tly ap p o in ted for th e clean-up done on th e fro n t of his sto re b u ild school 10 A. M. T he m en's B ible cam paign in H erm iston be re tain ed ing. class is going stro n g . Come and see. u n til all d e ta ils o f th e cam p aig n have M orning w orship 11 A. M. Them e, been com pleted w as m ade by H. E. D oing th e Im possible. Solo, Miss The Stork DR. SIMS TO BE HERE H itt, ch a irm a n of th e special com Mr. and Mrs. R alp h B riggs a re the Miss S anstad. E v en in g services: R e g u la r te sts of d airy herds on th e m ittee, a t th e com m ercial club lu n c h p a re n ts of a son, born last W ednes C h ristia n E ndeavor 7 P. M P re a c h eon T uesday. Mr H itt s ta te d th a t day. M arch 14, a t th e ir hom e a t U m a ing, 7 :4 5 P. M. T hem e, R elig io n 's p ro ject for Infectious ab o rtio n w ill some of th e tra s h h ad n o t y et been tilla. P le a sa n t W ays. You m ay discover be conducted from A pril 6 to A pril 9, h au led aw ay, an d in some places more men w ith o u t p o licy ,‘or law, or cities, acco rd in g to P. P. S u llivan, F arm c le a n in g rem ain s to be done. or an y of th e a r ts of life; b u t no B ureau leader in te s tin g w ork. “ I At The Hospital Lee Moore, p ro ject farm er, is a w here w ill you find them w ith o u t wish th e d airy men w ho w a n t th e H en ry T hom pson o f th e P acific p a tie n t a t th e H erm iston hospital. som e form of relig io n .— B lair. A ‘ te s t w ill notify me rig h t aw ay so we T elephone & T eleg rap h Co. w as a He is s u ffe rin g from th e effects of cordial welcome to all. A. J. W are, can p lan th e Itin e ra ry ," Mr. S u lli H erm isto n v isito r y esterd ay . van said. flu. pastor. By Osborne Woman’s Reason! 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