The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and M in d of the Umatilla Proiect.
Wrmwfcm JiUralii
VOL XXII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928
VOTERS WARNED AS
TO REGISTRATION
APRIL
17 IAST
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DAY TO
MAJ. R. Y. STUART
GET
LOCALS WILL HAVE
INDEPENDENT TEAM
PLAYERS DECIDE
TO
FORM
NAMES ON BOOKS
BASEBALL NINE
No Swearing In Of Vote» Election
Material Promises to be on Hand
Day Possible Under New
for Good Team to Meet
Section Of Law
Independent Outfits.
A pril 17 Is th e last day to re g iste r
fo r th e May p rim ary electio n , and
th o se w ho should re g iste r an d fail
to do so w ill not be able to be sw orn
In on election day.
V oters n o t reg istered in H erm iston
p recin cts m ay re g iste r w ith
J. S.
W est, official re g is tra r for th is dis­
tr ic t, or th ey may re g iste r a t th e of­
fice of th e county clerk in P en d le­
ton. The above and o th e r fa c ts more
In d etail about re g istra tio n re q u ire ­
m en ts are presented in th e follow ing
sta te m e n t by R. T. B row n, county
c le r k :
"E v e ry citizen of the U n ited S tates
of th e age of 21 y ears o r over, who
sh all have resided in th e s ta te six
m onths, sh a ll be e n title d to reg ister,
provided such citizen is able to read
an d w rite th e E n g l’sh lan g u ag e.
"A ll q u alified electo rs sh a ll vote
In th e election p recin ct in
w hich
th ey reside, th o se w ho have moved
or changed
p recin cts or w ish
to
chan g e th e ir politics to d em ocrat or
rep u b lican — as ju s t th ese tw o p a r­
ties can vote in th e p rim aries, but
a t th e g en eral election in N ovem ber
an y p o litical a ffilia tio n m ay vote—-
or If th e nam e of th e electo r has
been changd by m arria g e, m u st r e ­
re g iste r.
H erm isto n g o t o u t of b aseb all th is
season once or tw ice, an d now is back
ag ain an d w ill p u t an in d ep en d en t
team in th e field w ith o u t an y league
a ffilia tio n s, acco rd in g to local men.
A m e etin g w as held e arly th is
week to tak e stock of p lay ers w ho
a r e av ailab le. Coach W a le n ta of
th e h ig h school hag been secured to
m anage an d coach th e locals, a n d he
may don a u n ifo rm and do h is sh are
on th e field.
Roy H u tch in so n w ho used to p itch
w hen he w as in th e u n ifo rm o f U n­
cle S am ’s arm y h as been w o rk in g o u t
lately to see If h is arm w ill do its
stu ff a g ain . P h elp 8 pro b ab ly w ill be
av ailab le for relief w ork, alo n g w ith
W oodw ard, H u rly , Moll, B ak er, M it-
tlesd o rf, Sbesely, L ogan an d Jam es
Todd an d a n u m b er of o th e r old tim e
and y o u n g er p lay ers have evinced an
In te re st In th e gam e an d prom ised to
p ractice.
In fra m in g a schedule it Is p la n n ­
ed to have gam es a t hom e w hen U m a­
tilla is aw ay from hom e so th e tw o
n e ig h b o rin g tow ns w ill n o t have con­
flic tin g gam es on th e sam e dates.
NO. 30
HEAVY MELON ACREAGE IS
IN PROSPECT AT IRRIGON
SERG. DONALDSON
A bigger acreag e of m elons Is In
prospect th is year th a n in previous
seasons, according to rep o rts from
grow ers th a t have been received in
H erm iston.
P re lim in a ry estim ates
a re th a t aproxlm ately 40 acres w ill
be devoted to the w aterm elons an d
can talo u p es th a t have added fam e to
the Irrig o n d istric t as a producing
section.
Melon g ro w in g la s t y ear is re p o rt­
ed to have proved very satisfa c to ry
w ith p ractically all of th e grow ers
rea liz in g a w o rth w h ile p ro fit on
th e ir operations.
P rospects fo r a norm al ap rico t crop
a re prom ising, Irrig o n m en have re ­
ported. The trees a re h eavily
In
blossom now. The d a n g e r of frost
still exists, b u t so fa r th e crop h as
come th ro u g h in very good shape.
POULTRY RAISING
PHASES DISCUSSED
BKEEDING AND HANDLING ARE
TREATED BY SHR0CX
Crowd Fills Columbia School For
Regular Session of Project
Farm Bureau.
C olum bia school house w as filled
to cap acity for th e re g u la r m eetin g
of th e U m atilla P ro ject F arm B u r­
eau last F rid ay ev en in g w hich prov­
ed to b e one of th e m ost In te re st­
in g of th e year. M. S. S hroek, firs t
county a g e n t of th is county, H. K.
Dean, su p e rin te n d e n t of th^ e x p eri­
m ent sta tio n , W. A. H olt, p resen t
Maj. R. Y. Stuart, formerly head of
county ag e n t, S. H. B a rn ard and H.
the information service of the forestry
service of the Department of Agri
If bills before congress are passed J. O tt w ere th e ch ief speakers.
Special e n te rta in m e n t and m usical
culture, who has been appointed chief
Sergeant Michael Donaldson, an out­
forester.
num
bers w ere also presented. N ell
standing hero of the World war, will
receive $10,000 bonus and a life In­ Reeves pleased w ith a couple of re a d ­
N ine Camp F ire g irls u n d e r
come of $200 a month in recognition ings.
th e d irectio n of Miss E lin o r B riggs
of his services.
san g a couple of songs. F a ith W ilson
played a piano solo, Tom m y S te w a rt
Pendleton Man Seeks Nomination
gave a hum orous re a d in g an d Mrs.
For Joint Representative
O scar P ay n e sang.
C, Z. R andall, P en d leto n a tto rn e y
W ashington, D. C.—H arry F. Sin­
From Republicans
and c a n d id a te for th e republican
clair has given orders th a t the records
nom ination for d is tric t a tto rn e y , ex­
of his private security holdings are
R esponding to th e req u est of 50
pressed In terest ln th e d iv ersifica­
not to be revealed to the senate Tea­
Los
A
ngeles,
Cal.—F
inal
prepara­
U m atilla county business an d p ro ­
tion of production a p p a re n t on m any
pot Dome comm ittee.
fessional m en and farm ers w ho a re tions to move a well-equipped, organ­ ran ch es on th e p ro ject an d ad m itted
The com m ittee was so inform ed by
rep resen tativ e of both th e rep u b lican ised and financed arm y of workm en th a t his trip s over th e p ro ject have
H arold Kenwell, cashier of th e Sin­
and dem ocratic parties, Roy W. R it­ from four strateg ic points on a 10-mlle opened h is eyes to resources th a t he
clair Consolidated Oil company, who
ner, fo r 45 y ears a resid en t of th is front down into th e flood-devastated had not realized existed here in Such
explained th at was why he had not
county and a tax p ayer for 25 years, a re a of the S anta C lara riv er valley m easure.
brought the record with him in re ­ HIGH SCHOOL BALL TEAM
a t a m eetin g in P endeton M onday was m ade Monday.
Mr. S hroek discussed several phases
sponse to a subpena.
Financed by a $1,000,000 fund appro­
n ig h t consented to become a can d i­
of p o u ltry and d airy production In
MEETS BOARDMAN FRIDAY
“I asked Mr. Sinclair for th a t per­
date fo r th e rep u b lican n o m ination a t priated by the Los Angeles city coun­ his ta lk . H atch eries fn th e' N o rth ­
“Section 4058,
Oregon Laws, m ission and it wag refused,” Kenwell
the' May p rim aries for th e office of cil, m ore than 1000 w orkers, under w est and in C alifo rn ia a ra not se ll­
wherein an elector may register at said. "You know the record is Sin­ W alenta’s Nine To Face Snappy
jo in t rep re se n ta tiv e , U m atilla and the leadership of C. E. B essler, will in g chicks ln a n y th in g like th e n u m ­
the polls on election day has been clair's personal property, and I can­
man and operate approxim ately a mil­
M orrow counties.
Team For First Game Of
bers of a y ear ago, he sta te d . O rders
repealed, and no elector w ill be per­ not rem ove it w ithout bis consent.”
Mr. R itn e r is a form er m em ber lion and a half dollars' w orth of trac-
. . a t a re cen t survey in d icated
th a t
mitted to swear in, or change poli­
The com m ittee w anted to examine
1928 Season
steam shovels, scrapers and oth-
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of th e house of rep resen tativ es, h av ­ tors,
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t
_ [ab o u t h a lf as m any chicks are be­
tics, on election day.
the records to see if he now held any
in g been elected in 1914 an d re-el­ e r equipm ent In the move to wipe out ing purch ased th is sp rin g as w ere or-
“ E lecto rs w ho reside In th e m u­ C ontinental T rading company L iberty
The h ig h school baseball team w ill ected In 1916. In 1918 he w as elec t­ all vestige of the d isa ste r th a t took
dered last spring.
n ic ip a lity w h erein is s itu a te d th e bonds.
play th e f i r s t gam e of th e season h ere ed to th e s ta te sen ate and w as r e ­ a toll of more than 450 persons lost
In d ic a tio n s as to egg prices are
co u n ty seat sh all re g iste r in person
A lbert B. Fall, form, r secretary of F rid ay a ftern o o n w ith th e B oardm an
and caused losses variously estim ated
favorable, acco rd in g to th e opinion
w ith th e co u n ty clerk. E lecto rs who th e interior, will tell his sto ry of the h ig h school team fu rn ish in g th e op­ elected In 1922. In 1921 he w as pres­
in the several m illions of dollars on
id en t of th e senate.
he expressed. S to rag e eggs m ade
do n o t reside in as above sta te d n a y T eapot Dome lease a t his home in El position.
W hile in th e le g isla tu re he w as M arch 13.
money fo r th e persons w ho held
re g iste r, w ith o u t charg e, before any Paso, Tex.
B oardm an has p ra c tic a lly th e sam e activ e in road leg islatio n , being a
The first sector wag m arked off by
them last year, he said, fo r th e firs t
official re g is tr a r In th e p recin ct in
Ju stice Jennings Bailey of th e Dis­ team as last year, an d th e ir p itch er
four of the h ardest hit citrus growing
tim e in sev eral years, an d th is ex­
w hich th e electo r lives, o r a t th e of­ tric t suprem e court g ranted a motion is rep o rted to be d a rk horse. He p u ts m em ber of th e roads and highw ays
com m unities, S anta Paula, Piru, Bards-
com
m
ittee
w
hich
a
t
th
e
1917
session
perience ig expected to stim u la te b u y ­
fice of th e county clerk a t th e co u rt of H arry F. Sinclair for th e taking of th em over w ith h is le ft arm , an d , ac­
drafted th e p resen t h ighw ay program dals and Fillm ore. A fter th is section ing for sto rag e ag a in th is year.
house.
a deposition from Fall, who is too co rd in g to advance dope, h as so m uch
is cleared up the “arm y” will move
The business has show n a tre m e n ­
"A p ril 17 is th e last day to reg is­ til to atten d the tria l h ere of Sinclair sm oke th a t It Is h a rd to see h is o f­ W ith S en ato r B a rre tt he w as respon­
on until every acre touched by the
sible
fo
r
ro
u
tin
g
th
e
O
regon-W
ash­
dous g ro w th in th is s ta tg d u rin g th e
te r fo r th e May p rim a ry ."
on April 4.
ferings.
in g to n h ig h w ay from the s ta te line scouring w ater frsm the broken St. p ast 14 years, th e sp eak er sta te d .
T he locals a re lo o k in g like a real n e a r W alla W alla th ro u g h F re e w a t­ F rancis dam has been gone over.
As experience has been accu m u alted
b all team th ia year. W ith from 15 to er, M ilton, W eston, A thena, Adams,
GRANDMA WALLER DIES IN
It has become plain th a t sta n d a rd iz a ­
20 m en o u t each even in g . Coach W a­ endleton, P ilo t Rock, H eppner, Lex-
tion in th e h a n d lin g an d h ousing of
SALEM TUESDAY AFTERNOON Records Show No Sinclair Bonds Held le n ta feels th a t he h as a ch ance to j P
,ngton and Ione y 7 7 ng
birds Is desirable, a n d volum e p ro ­
by Late President.
develop a team th a t w ill h av e a good gon t r a „ on th e C olum bia riv e r The
Official re tu rn o f . Spain to the duction is recognized as a c a rd in a l
M rs. L a u ra W aller, know n affe c t­
Marion, Ohio—C harles D. Schaffner, ch ance to w in th e ch am p io n sh ip of road waB not on th e o rlg ln a l m ap league of nations h as been announced. necessity.
io n a te ly as G randm a W aller to scores
executor of the estate of the late th is d is tric t. A lth o u g h sev eral of last su b m itted by th e s ta te engineer
W illiam C. Sproul, form er governor
T his d is tric t has an a d v an ta g e over
of local people, died W ednesday af­
P resid en t W arren G. H arding, has an­ y ear's v ete ra n s w ill be m issed th is
W h ile p resid en t of th e sen ate Mr. of P ennsylvania died a t this home valley and coast points In th e p o u ltry
tern o o n in Salem follow ing an illness
nounced th a t an exam ination of his y ear, th e ir places w ill be filled by R itn e r killed th e "1925 F a ir B ill” n ear C hester, Pa.
business on th e score of soil and also
of sev eral w eeks w ith can cer, ac­
records by a special in vestigator of men eq u ally as good.
F ran k Clark of F lorida was nom inat­ from the p o in t of view of num ber of
w hich w ould have taxed th e e n tire
co rd in g to a long d istan ce telep h o n e
T hose w »>o have been p ra c tic in g 8 tate $3.000,000 for the b en efit of ed a m em ber of the United S tates
the sen ate public lands com m ittee has
days of su n sh in e, he said.
m essage received by O. O, F elthouse.
definitely established th a t the late and those w ho pro b ab ly w ill g et a P o rtlan d . Mr R itn e r as a leg islato r ta riff comm ission to succeed Edw ard
Mrs. W aller le ft H erm isto n s h o rt­
He also called a tte n tio n to the a d ­
p resident possessed none of th e $3,- ch an ce to do th e ir s tu ff include Don- in troduced th e follow ing' b ills and P. Costigan of Colorado, who resigned
ly a f te r C h ristm as an d re tu rn e d |
v an tag e t h a t accrues to local d a iry ­
080,000 w orth of C ontinental T rading aid and E d w ard K lagas, Dick U pham , 8ecured th e lr p„g8age: P Iacln g of recently.
hom e to Salem w ith Mr. an d Mrs. F.
men by reason of th e a lfa lfa h ay
I company bonds involved in th e Teapot E v e re tt H am m ond, E m m ett R ogers, e a stern Oregon in a se p a ra te public
R eports on em ploym ent from all
P . P hipps. H er co n d itio n had been ¡ ¿ “ 7 ^ , 7 ‘a ndai'
H a rry D yer, W illiam R odda. L eo n ard gervlce digtr lc t: re -d istrlc tln g the parts of the country indicate a general th a t can be produced h ere ln pro fu s­
ion.
considered serious only a sh o rt tim e.
Mr. S chaffner said th a t W illiam F. N ation, W a lte r P ierso n , R odney an d I s ta te ln leg islativ e d is tric ts a n d glv- Im provem ent in the p resen t situation
Mr. and Mrs. J . L. W a lle r le ft T ues-
"W e a re now sellin g a lfa lfa hay to
N ew ell, Jew ell , ng eagtern O regn tw o
re. m ay be expected soon, according to
.
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, Allen, acting special in v estig ato r for Ju d Davis. Jo h n
day m o rn in g for Salem in response I
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our d airy men a t M ilw aukie for $22
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p re sen tativ es; ap p ro p ria tio n of $10,- the reg u lar m onthly em ploym ent bul­
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h . . i s 1 ! the se» ate com m ittee, investigated
to a .u call
t h a t M rs
kins, M erlin E a rn h e a rt, V icto r Ad- 000 for th e in v e stig atio n of th e letin of the U nited S tates em ploym ent per to n ,” he stated . " I t each cow
the late president's records.
m o th er, w as in a c ritic a l co ndition.
consum es th r e e to n s of hay d u rin g
dlem an an d W a lte r A ndrew s.
U m atilla R apids p ro ject; e sta b lish ­ service.
Mrs. W a lle r's k in d ly disosition, h er
th e coure of the y ear, and you can
N ew ell, Davig an d S m ith w ill do in g of a ro ta tio n crop ex p erim en t
Hickman Gets Stay of Life.
P resid en t Coolidge ln a special m ess­
In te re st in o th e rs an d h er ch e e rfu l­
San Quentin, Cal.—W illiam Edward th e p itc h in g thig y ear, and Je n k in s sta tio n in U m a tilla co u n ty ; rem oval age to congress proposed th a t the gave $10 o r $12 per ton, one of your
ness endeared h e r to m any, and new s
ad v an ta g es ig perfectly obvious."
H ickm an, sentenced to death for th e w ill be b eh in d th e p late.
of th e s ta te g ra in g ra d in g d e p a rtm e n t U nited S tates tem porarily set aside
of h er d eath w as received w ith sad ­
Some problem s of b reed in g w ere
T he gam e w ill be called a t 3.
kidnaping and slaying of 12-year-old
its
m
onetary
claim
s
against
A
ustria
from th e Ju risd ictio n of th e public
ness
F u n e ra l services a re to be
discussed by Mr. S hroek. He re la te d
M arian P a rk e r in Los Angeles, will
service com m ission to the ju ris d ic t­ in o rd er to enable th a t country to bor­
h eld S a tu rd a y afterno o n .
of th e discoveries and develop-
F red P a tric k of A m ity, Oregon, ion of th e s ta te m a rk e t a g e n t; estab ­ row additional capital for economic re- some
not hang on April 27, th e d ate set for
m ents — I n ------------
' .Mendel s law of breed in g
C hildren w ho surv iv e include J.
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his execution.
San Q uentin prison and W a lte r P a tric k of E lm a, W ash ­ lish m en t of a n a d d itin a l w in g a t the construction.
L. W a lle r of H erm isto n , Mrs. F re e ­
as re la te d to colo rin g of a n im als as
au th o rities were Informed by the su­ in g to n . u ncles of Mrs. J. S. H arvey. E a ste rn O regon S tate h o sp ital a t
m an p . P hlppe of Salem , an d F ra n k
! a re su lt of cross breed in g and called
prem e court th at hearing on his ap­ w ere h ere fo r a sh o rt tim e M onday P e n d le to n E s ta b lis h m e n t m
an a d ­
W a lle r of S t. Louis.
Mrs. H eistan d Moore w as hostess j a tte n tio n to the d e sira b ility of h av -
peal could not be reached by th a t afte rn o o n en ro u te to T w in F alls, d itio n al norm al school in E a stern
re la tiv e to
Idaho, w h ere th e y w ere called by th e O regon; a p p ro p riatio n of fund to aid a t tw o bridge p a rtie s a t h er home on ln* th e sclen tlflc
time.
P o litics o u t h ere In Oregon could
n ...
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.. . re«'«!!« on producton of o ffsp rin g as
serio u s co n d itio n o f th e ir fa th e r. fa rm ers ° t th e fro zen -o u t d is tric t to B
u tte r creek th is week. T he firs t
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b e a m ite w arm er, b u t we d o n ’t a n ­
' a re su lt of d irected cross breeding.
J. W. C lark ig d riv in g a new F ord T hey en co u n te red som e snow on th e
p a rty w as given T uesday aftern o o n . [ The glre> e ,th e r In b reed in g d a iry
tic ip a te , o r desire, such w arm th as th a t w as delivered to him th e firs t su m m it o f th e C ascades on th e ir way buy seed w heat.
and Mrs. Moore e n te rta in e d ag ain ' . _________________________
ex ists in Chicago.
of th e week by th e K ellogg M otor Co.
SINCLAIR REFUSES
TO PRODUCE RECORDS
HARDING INQUIRY ENDED
I
Ritner Announces
His Candidacy for
Legislative Race
FLOOD AREA TO
BE REHABILITATED
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS