The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Protect.
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 21. 1928
DEATH H. M. STRAW
OCCURS SUNDAY
DO CHICKENS PAY?
MRS. GENN SAYS, YES
HERBERT HOOVER
PROMINENT IN COMMUNITY AF
ACRES
FAIRS MANY YEARS
OF
FINE
BLUEGRASS
MAKE IDEAL RANGE
Resident of West End of County For
22 Years.
Laying Flock Now Numbers 400 and
Funeral Held Tues
W ill Be Increased to 1000
day at Family Home.
By This Fall.
LOCAL MEN PURCHASE
YOUNG BROS. FUEL
YARD AT LA GRANDE
NO. 48
VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL SUCCESS
SEN. CHARLES CURTIS
Tim G aith er and Jack W aller, both
pioneers of the p ro ject, closed a deal
w ith Y oung B ro th ers of La G rande
for th e ir fuel yard. They a re to tak e
possession Ju ly 1 and w ill o p erate
under th e nam e of G aith er & W aller.
Mr. and Mrs. G aith er came to th e
p ro ject in M arch, 1911. Mr. and
Mrs. W aller cam e Ju n e 1, 1909.
B oth fam ilies have m ade m any
frien d s they re g re t to leave and all
Join in w ishing them success in th e ir
new home.
Mr. an d Mrs. G a ith e r and d a u g h te r
A nna w ill leave soon, w hile the W al
lers w ill rem ain u n til Dr. K ern re
tu rn s and defin ite p lan s a r e m ade at
th e In lan d E m pire L um ber Co.
88 ARE ENROLLED AND CORPS
OF 11 TEACHERS
Eighty-eight Enrolled With Corp« of
Eleven Teachers
T he sudden d e a th of H a rry M.
S tra w S unday m o rn in g w as a shock
"D o ch ick en s pay? Oh. ab so lu te
to th e com m unity of w hich he was
ly," said Mrs. G eorge G enn one day
a pioneer resid en t an d a p ro m in en t
th is week w hen she stoped feeding
citizen . T he cau se of h is d eath w as
h e r w h ite L eg h o rn s long enough to
a n g in a pectoris, from w hich disease
be in terv iew ed , an d th e fu tu re p ro
h e had su ffered fo r sev eral years.
gram plan n ed by th e Genng on th e ir
S u n d ay m o rn in g on a ris in g he com
place w est of tow n proves th e ir s a t U M A TILLA D E F E A T S
p lain ed of being cold and of a slow
is factio n w ith th e line of w ork th e y
ARLINGTON IN LAST
pulse, and a fte r a tim e, cam e in to
have ta k e n up. A cres of fine blue
LEAGUE GAME
tow n to c o n su lt h is p h y sician . Dr.
ass m ak e ideal ra n g e g ro u n d for
S e a rg b eing o u t a t th e tim e, Mr.
th e chickens, th e y o u n g ones b eing
The last gam c of ball scheduled in
S tra w sta rte d for h is car to re tu rn
q u a rte re d in ra n g e houses and th e
hom e, b u t on re a c h in g th e g ate of
lay ers in tw o fin e houses n e a r th e th e W h eatlan d league was played a t
th e S ears hem e, ev id en tly suffered
home. One of th e lay in g houses is th e H erm iston b all p ark S unday a f
United S tates S enator C harles Cuc-
a n a tta c k and s a t dow n by th e g ate
H erb ert Hoover, S ecretary of Com of th e O. A. C. ty p e and th e o th e r is tern o o n betw een U m atilla and A r
to w a it fo r it to pass aw ay. A few m erce, who received th e unanim ous b u ilt a fte r plans, issued by th e a g r i lin g to n . T he fin al score wa8 3 to 0 1 t i t of K ansas, who w as chosen a t
the republican candidate for vice-
m in u te s ite r Mrs. P ears h eard a call vote of th e republican national con- c u ltu ra l college a t P u llm an , W ash. In fav o r «( U m atilla.
president a t the recent national con
a n d on going to th e door Saw Mr. vention as candidate for presid en t of The W ash in g to n ty p e of house has
vention.
S tra w c lin g in g to th e g a te post and the U nited S tates.
proved m ost sa tisfa c to ry a t th e Genn LOCAL BOY SCOUTS
s in k in g to th e gro u n d . She im m edi
place and th e th ird an d la rg e st
ARE IN NEED OF SOME
ate ly called th e n eig h b o rs b u t before
house, w hich w ill be b u ilt th is su m
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
h elp could be secured, he had died.
m er. w ill follow th is p lan .
Both
Mr. S tra w ’s q u iet, frie n d ly p erso n
houses now in use have stra w lo fts
T he Boy Scouts of H erm iston a re
a lity w on for him frie n d s all over
a re equlped w ith v e n tila to rs an d a re doing fln efin e w ork and from th a t
th e p ro ject, and he had alw ay s been
lig h t and iry. T he lay in g flock u p to gro u p of boys w ill come th e h ig h e st
one of th e firs t to o ffer h is services
now h as n um bered 400, b u t
Mrs. type of o u r fu tu r e citizen.
B urryport, W ales.—The trans-A tlan Genn expects to go in to th e w in te r
in an y tim e of need, w h erev er he
W ashington, D. C.—Basing his re
T hey a r e in need of fin an cial help
th o u g h t he could be u seful in th e tic m onoplane Friendship, w ith Miss w ith 1000 la y in g hens. Y oung cock
to c a rry on th e w ork in a w o rth w hile quest on a statem ent m ade by Secre
Amelia E a rh art, first woman to m ake erels a r e fin d in g a read y m ark et and
life of th e com m unity.
way.
T he com m ittee in ch arg e of ta ry Kellogg in February, 1927, th a t
H a rry Meyers S tra w w as n years a trans-ocean flight, as co-pilot, land th e flocks w ill be th o ro u g h ly culled.
the local w ork a t a recen t m eeting, the U nited S tates would negotiate
of age, b eing born May 13, 1881, th e ed safely in B urry inlet, B ristol chan
L ast fall Mrs. G enn had a few t u r g o in g in to the needs of th e w ork for new treaties w ith any responsible gov
son of Dr. D aniel an d F lorence S traw , nel, Monday, a fte r a flight of 2000 keys, e ig h t to be exact, an d sold them
th e boys, find we need $125.00 for ernm ent of China, Dr. C. C. Wu. rep
W ells,
M inn. A fte r
com pleting m iles from T rep assy Bay, N. F., in fo r a little over 848.00. T h is re
th e w ork from F e b ru a ry 1, 1928 to resenting the newly established Nan
school he w as em ployed by th e Lam b 20 hours, 54 m inutes.
tu rn induced h e r to go in to th e F e b ru a ry 1, 1929.
S eventy-five dol king n ationalist governm ent, has ask
S hortage of gasoline caused the ra isin g of tu rk e y s a little h eav ie r
L um ber Co. a t W ells, and had con
ed the state dep artm en t for im medi
lars fo r the council and $50.00 for
tin u e d in th e lu m b er business up F rien d sh ip 's landing 135 m iles from th is season an d 100 p o u lts ra n g e th e
a te revision of th e C hinese treaties.
th e local troop, $12 of w hich is for
to th e tim e of h is d eath , com ing to S outham pton, its d estination.
S ecretary Kellogg, Dr. Wu said, h as
b lue g rass y a rd s th is sum m er.
d eb ts th e local tro o p is responsible
O regon in 1904 for th e W ind R iver
W hen m em bers of the p ress w ent
S p eak in g of feeds fo r p o u ltry , Mrs. for, $38 t,o care for th e plan for new taken the subject under advisem ent.
L um ber Co. a t C ascade Locks. He out in a fishing boat to g reet the Genn laid stress on th e v alu e of m ilk
Dr. W u said th a t as the delegated
w ork fo r th e boys.
w a8 tr a n s fe r re d from th ere to Ione Friendship, Miss E a rh a rt ap peared a t in th e ra tio n an d a v is its to th e b arn
rep resen tativ e of the new. Chinese gov
T
he
com
niittee
hopes
th
a
t
every
an d from Ione to Echo, and became the door of th e fuselage, sm iling, but found Mr. G enn busy in g e ttin g th is
ernm ent he would in sist on China
associated w ith Dr. M. S. K ern in with h e r eyes and face show ing signs n ecessary a rtic le of d iet for th e m an w ill feel th e need of h elp in g having new treaties th a t would allow
these boys c a rry on th is fin e w ork
1906, s t a r tin g th e firs t lu m b er yard of groat fatigue a fter th e strain of h er chickens.
her to m anage her own finances, her
Six fin e Jerse y s w ere in
a t H erm isto n as m an ag e r, in w hich flight. She w ore a le a th e r coat and th e sta n ch io n s of th e b a rn , w hich they a re doing.
own postoffice system , and tending to
B egin w ith a d o lla r's w orth of boy
cap a c ity he rem ain ed up to th e tim e had a b rig h t colored bandeau around h as a concrete flo o r a n d g u tte rs.
abolish extra-territoriality, the most
problem and end In big com m unity
of h is death .
h er head.
disliked and highly controversial por
The b arn h a 8 been b u ilt to accom mo-
b e tte rm e n t i n su p erfin e A m erican
In Decem ber, 1907, he w as m arried
"W e are glad to get it over," she d a te 10 head of cows and th e G enns
tion of the present treaties.
to P e a rl A. B arm ore o f Echo, a t Spo said. "W e a re tired, cold and hungry.” w ill build up th e ir h erd to f it the m anhood.
In the m eantim e, Dr. W u said, the
In b eh alf of th e com m ittee.
kan e. W hen th e firs t u n it of th e
“ During m ost of the flight we could b arn .
new governm ent would take immedi
T hey need th e m ilk for the
A. J . W are, P u b licity C om m ittee.
Um & tllla P ro je c t w as open to hom e not estab lish any radio comm unica p o u ltry an d a good cream check is
a te steps to move the capital of China
stead ers, Mr. S tra w w as one of the tion a t all.”
from Pekin to N anking. This, he add
alw ay s a nice th in g a b o u t n farm .
It's A Hard Life, Brother !
f ir s t en try m en to file and took up 20
"W e n ev er expected to land here,”
ed, was In line with the policy of the
" I t ’s 11 w ork an d i t ’s all h ard
L ife is one th in g a fte r a n o th e r nationalists announced m any m onths
acres east of H erm isto n . He h as a l Miss E a rh a rt continued. "W e did not w o rk ,” say Mr. an d Mrs. G enn, " b u t
out in th e little c o rn e r of th e p ro ject ago.
w ays been p ro m in en t in a ll a ffa irs know w here we were for a long tim e i t ’s w o rth it.”
occupied by th e E x p erim en t sta tio n
of th e city, being elected to th e city this m orning until we sighted a ship
and on th e farm s of R. C. Todd and
council on D ecem ber 4, 1907,«soon (the A m erica)."
ALFRED SKOVBO EXHIBITS
WOULD CUT AUTO FEE
F. L. M etz.
E v ery few days th e cry
a f te r th e in co rp o ratio n of t h e tow n.
W ilm er Stultz, who, w ith Lou Gor
LARGE
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H e w as th e Becond city reco rd er, ta k don, m echanic, com pleted th e crew of
50 P er C ent Reduction In Oregon
p assin g of a fre ig h t tra in and th e e n
in g office in Ju n e , 1908, an d has the F riendship, said: “W e failed en
License C ott Urged.
An Irish C obbler p o tato w eig h ing
served alm ost co n tin u o u sly as a m em tirely to see Ireland.
W e did n o t 15 1-2 ounces w as b ro u g h t in last tire neighborhood tu r n s o u t w ith
Salem, Or.—Com pleted initiative pe
shovels and w et sacks to fig h t the titions providing for an increase of
b e r o f th e city council fo r 15 years. know w here we w ere when we landed.
week by. A lfred Skovbo. He h as a
flam es a n d la te r c o u n t th e dam age, the state gasoline tax from 3 to 5
H e w as p re sid e n t of th e H erm isto n We th ought we w ere in th e vicinity of
nice p atch on th e n o rth edge of th e
lost tim e and accu m u latio n of dry cents a gallon and a reduction of ap
C om m ercial club from 1924 to 1926. Lands End, but did not know our lo
p ro ject. So u n ifo rm a r e h is potatoes
A m em ber of th e school board, hav- cation definitely until a m otorboat
ch eat in shoetops. A lte rn a tin g w ith proxim ately 50 per cen t in m otor ve
th a t h e only h ad 8 pounds of culls
th is su m m er pastlm e is the gam e of hicle license fees w ere filed in the
n g been elected in Ju n e , 1926, he came out from B urryport to m eet us.”
in 115 sacks.
"d o d g in g the b o u ld ers,” w hich
is state dep artm en t here by Joe E. Dunn
w ould have become ch airm an of th e
He h as popcorn five feet high.
board th is year. He w as activ e in E lizab eth , a s tu d e n t a t O. A. C., an d
played by th e resid en ts of these th ree of Portland.
M asonic a ffa irs an d a c h a rte r m em D orothy, a Ju n io r in th e h ig h school.
farm s an d th e b la s tin g crew of th e
U nder the provisions of the initia
Hay Sales Reported Slow
ber of th e local lodge of th e Modern A b ro th e r, F. W . S tra w , of L ew iston,
sta t^ h ig h w ay d ep artm en t, th e r e tive m easure providing for low er mo
O w ing to th e fine co n d itio n of p as sid en ts b eing “ it.” T he g rav el p it
Idaho an d tw o sisters, Mrs. B. E.
W oodm en of A m erica.
to r vehicle license fees the cut would
F u n e ra l services w ere conducted Jo n es of B ism ark . N. D.. and Mrs. tu re in th e w estern p a rt of th e sta te being blasted out to provide gravel be approxim ately 50 per cent on all
th
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re
is
very
little
hay
m
oving
from
T uesday m o rn in g a t th e fam ily re C onstance O seth, of F o rt S n ellin g .
for h ig h w ay w ork being done th ro u g h vehicles with the exception of heavy
sidence by th e M asonic lodge and M inn., also su rv iv e him . F. D. W a t th is v icin ity . T h e price is ru n n in g H erm isto n is ju s t over th e rid g e w est trucks and busses. For the operation
Rev. R alph V. H in k le of th e E pisco son of A sh lan d , Ore., an d G ideon aro u n d $8 in th e stack a n d only a of th e th r e e places, and fo r some
of solid-tire trucks the present license
pal ch u rch . Mr. S traw h a v in g been S traw of M aine a re u n cles, and Mrs. lim ited am o u n t of h ay b ein g b ought. w eeks now rocks fa llin g ab o u t th e fee would be increased 25 per cent.
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a life lo n g m em ber of th a t denom i
farm s have endangered life and
an d E cho th e re a re only ab o u t 10 lim b an d w recked sleep and
n a tio n . In te rm e n t w as m ade a t V an cousin.
dls-
cars p er week go in g o u t.
T h is is positions. Some rocks fallin g be- Tuberculosis Association in Portland.
couver, W ash., T uesday ev en in g w ith
Portland, Or.—D elegates from all
Mr. and Mrs. W . E. B arm ore and very low fo r th is tim e o f y e a r b u t n eath bedroom w indow s aro u n d the
th e E piscopal com m itm en t services.
parts of th e U nited S tates arrived in
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. K e llo g g accom son W illiam a rriv ed W ednesday from w ill u n d o u b ted ly pick up as th e su m sm all h o u rs of th e n ig h t, w hen th e
P ortland Monday and Tuesday to a t
panied th e fam ily to V ancouver and Keys. C alifo rn ia. Mr. a n d Mrs. B a r m er advances.
h eaviest b lastin g has been done, have tend the 24th annual m eeting of the
a n u m b er of frien d s from P o rtlan d m ore a re th e fa th e r an d m o th er of
w eighed over ten pounds.
N ational T uberculosis associtalon.
a tte n d e d the services a t th e g rav e Mrs. H. M. S traw .
G eorge Beisse w ho Iiveg In L ong
All th a t th e Todds, the D eans and
side.
view , W ash in g to n , w ill ta k e care of Mr. M etz can do I hope for th e best
Mrs. M elissa L iverm ore is home
' Mr. S traw is surv iv ed by h is widow
O rville H in es of B o ardm an is th e th e Beisse ra n ch n o rth of tow n th is and w a it for th e te rm in a tio n of th is a fte r sp en d in g several m o n th s
in
P e a rl S tra w , and
tw o d au g h te rs, new b a rb e r a t B ert M ullins
sum m er.
tw i n ty -fo u r-h o u r "reig n of te r r o r .” * P endleton.
NEW CHINA WOULD
REVISE TREATIES
FRIENDSHIP FLIERS
SAFE IN BRITAIN
THE FEATHERHEADS
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MISS JESSIE McCOMB
SPEAKS AT MEETING
OF AUXILIARY
Miss Jessie McComb, horn« dem on
s tra tio n leader of C orvallis, m et w ith
th e A u x iliary of the F arm B ureau
F rid ay a ftern o o n a t C olum bia park.
A very in te re s tin g ta lk on k itc h e n a r
ra n g em en t wag given.
T he ladies in charg e served re fre sh
m ents a t th e close of th e afternoon.
Sight of Eye Lost
W ord has been received from P o rt
land th a t th e steel has been rem oved
from V incent S h e rro d ’s eye, b u t the
sig h t is lost. T he sp ecialist, how
ever, Is hoping to save th e eyeball.
A piece of steel lodged ln b is eye
one day last week w h ile he was
w atch in g a m echanic ln a local g a r
age.
School Election Held
D istric t No. 14 held th e ir an n u al
school election Monday, Ju n e 1$.
W. J. W a rn e r w as re-elected to a
th re e y ear term .
R. A. B row nton
w as re-elect ;d clerk w hich Is a one
y ear term .
O fficer: H ave you seen a n y th in g
suspicious, s e n try ? "
S e n try : Yes, sir. I ’ve seen a dead
horse carted In to camp, and I’m w on
d erin g w h a t kind of ste a k w e’ll have
for d in n e r to m orrow .
Feminine Strategy
'H an S
V
F rid ay m arked th e close of the
vacation B ible school. Those in
c h arg e feel it has been a success.
T h ere w ere 88 enrolled an d 11 teach
ers.
D u rin g th e tw o w eeks in tensive
stu d y more w as accom plished th a n
in 8 m onths re g u la r S unday school
sessions.
F o llow ing Is th e list of those n e ith
e r ab sen t nor ta rd y :
B etty P ayne. G lenn W a rn e r, K en
n eth Rensel, G race B ensel, D onald
P aukow , A nn R ay M artin, E uniee
W o u g h ter, H ow ard C herry. Cecil
W arn er, H ugo P ankow , G eorge P an -
kow. L ouise B ensel, V ivian Dyer.
Lois H am rick, M ary H am rick, Je a n
C herry R u th Dodd, M ildred P helps,
P a u lin e McGill. F ra n k B ensel, A lb ert
Skovbo, R an d all S m ith, G eraldine
M ullins, Zelm a Sale, Ivy P arsons,
V ina Rae McCulley, M ildred C herry,
R oberta M ullins, E dna T u rn b lad ,
J u n e D ahlinan, Mary Skovbo, A nna
H endricksen R obert B ensel, L ester
F la u n ig a n , A lan M cN aught, Jack ie
' McGill, E ddie P arsons.
S unday ev en in g a p rogram w as p re
sented a t th e B ap tist ch u rch by all
¡th e ch ild ren enrolled.
O pening S o n g ........................... Primary
P r a y e r .......................................... Primary
Song, "Jesu s Loves Me” .... Primary
S crip teu r, L uke 11:8-15.
H ym n ................................ C ongreg^tidfi
P ra y e r ...........Rev. Sim pson H am rick
D ram atizatio n .... ..........“ B aby Mq»qs"
D ram atizatio n ............. “ T en Virgins'’
Song ..................................... “ Be a, H aro"
D ram atizatio n ......"D efease o f P atil”
H ym n ................................ C ongregation
D ram atizatio n ......... "S to ry of R u th "
O ffering ........................... C ongregation
S tory and T ableau ...." In fa n t S am uel"
P re se n ta tio n of C ertificates.
Song. A m erican t h e B eau tifu l School
B enediction ............... Rev. A. J . W are
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