T he Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
(The Hermwhnt Hmtlft
vol .
xxn
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928
PICNIC PLANS FOR
JULY 4 COMPLETED
INTER-COMMUNITY
PICNIC
JAMES W. GOOD
gram of Talks and Sports
Planned.
T he com m ittee for th e F o u rth -o f-
F
F ..
J u ly celeb ratio n h aB ab o u t finished
p r e p a r a t i o n s fo r th e day a t C olum
b ia p a rk and have announced th e
follow ing plans.
A ll w ish in g to go o u t to th e p ark
In a body w ill assem ble a t th e F arm
B ureau b u ild in g in th e ir cars and
form a parade w hich w ill be ro u ted
p ast th e d is tric t office an d on o u t
to Colum bia. T he parade, w hich is
In charg e of G. H. Je n k in s, w ill leave
tow n "* 0 ’ ■»
i, i t is expected
m a t th e scnooi band of Irrig o n , w hich
Jam es W. Good, director of H erbert
ha« been secured for th e day a t th e
Hoover’s campaign for the Republican
p ark , w ill play a couple of num bers
Presidential nomination.
before s ta rtin g o u t of tow n.
The picnic a t th e p ark w ill be free
to everyone, and a big crow d is ex
pected. E verybody is to b rin g his
ow n lunch, and especial em phasis is
laid on th e notice th a t each person
sh o u ld b rin g h is own spoon an d cup
to enable him to sh a re of th e free ice
Southampton. England.—A loss from
cream , lem onade and coffee th a t are
the mails of negotiable paper and
to be provided by th e F arm B u reau .
T he p rogram for th e day h as been money amounting perhaps to 3500,000
divided in to tw o p a rts, m o rn in g and was revealed when registered parcels
a ftern o o n . The m o rn in g pro g ram carried by the Leviathan from the
w hich is scheduled to s ta r t a t 10:30 (Jutted S tates were opened here.
T here Is a strong belief in British
w ill be as follow s:
detective circles that the robbery took
Musipvby th e School B and of Ir ri-
place in the United States before the
«on-
m
mall bags were loaded on the Levia
C om m unity sin g in g of th e “ S ta r
than. T his is based on the fact th at
S pangled B anner.
the seals on the registered packages
Invocation, N. W. Bloom.
were Intact and that the bags in which
Vocal solo, Oscar Payne.
these packages were contained were
A ddress of welcome and responses.
also under seal when the steam er was
D ancing, R bsella M atott.
unloaded here.
D eclaration of Independence, Joe
So cunningly was the robbery car
M cN aught.
ried out th at its existence was not
D em onstration by Boy Scout p a t
even suspected until the mail reach
rols.
ed its destination. Opening of the
A ddress, Mr. R ich ard s, of S tan field .
packages in which the registered let
S election, Mr. P ace, of S tan field .
ters were sealed disclosed the fact
P a g e a n t presented by S tan field .
th at these letters had been slit open.
T h e aftern o o n p ro g ram w ill s ta r t
The seals on the bags and on the
a t 1 :3 0 w ith selections by th e I r r i
packages bore tbe im print of the
gon band, u n d er th e lead ersh ip of
United S tates postoftice.
Mr. G rim m w hich w ill be follow ed by
a violin solo by Miss F red rick so n of
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
S tan field , an d a nu m b er of song8 by
a m ale q u a rte t. A n address w ill be
William Benjamin King, widely
given by a speaker as y et u n a n
known novelist under the pen name
nounced, an d th e rem ain d er of th e of Basil King, died in Cambridge,
a ftern o o n a fte r th e ta lk w ill be giv Mass.
en o v e r to sp o rts of all k inds, ra c
The stabilization rate fixed tor the
ing, boxing, etc.
new gold basis French franc is 25 52
A fe a tu re of th e sp o rts w ill be a to the dollar and 124.21 to tbe British
b aseball gam e betw een men of th e pound sterling, it was announced.
F a rm B ureau an d a team of v isito rs,
Claude G. Burnham, senior vice
no e n tr a n t to be u n d e r 35.
president of the Chicago, Burlington
A n u m b er of v isito rs a re expected & Quincy railroad and one of the best
from ad ja c e n t tow ns. S tan field w ill known railroad men in the country,
be w ell rep resen ted an d Irrig o n has died at his home in Chicago.
called off a picnic of th e ir ow n to
The motion picture industry has
come to H erm iston.
filed a denial of governm ent suits
/
f IF
1 I,-,-
MAIL SACKS ON
LEVIATHAN ROBBED
charging th at the arbitration plan and
the credit system of the business vio
lates the Sherman anti-trust act.
The Red Cross reported 220U per
Mr. an d Mrs. Tim G aith er and son», homeless, many of them desti
d a u g h te r A nna and Mr. and Mrs. Jack tute. in the four counties around Al
W a lle r an d d a u g h te r Je a n w ere h o n tus, Okia., where a tornado struck.
ored a t a picnic su p p er Monday eve Dai tage in this section was $1,500,000
n in g a t th e J. D. W ag h o rn home. A t»a.vey showed 415 homes destroyed
A bout eig h ty frien d s w ere p resen t. or damaged.
A fter th e supper th e re w ere a n u m
A rthur E Nelson of St. Paul will be
b er of extem poraneo u s speeches by republican candidate from Minnesota
pioneers of th e p ro ject in clu d in g Opposing Nelson in tbe tpll electiou
speeches by the honored guests. Mr. will he Senator Henrik Shipstead, re
an d Mrs. G a ith e r and A n n a left to nominated by an overwhelming major
day fo r th e ir new hom e in La G rande. ity on th e farmer-labor ticket, and G.
T he W allers a re re m a in in g in H e r C. Cashman, democrat.
m iston fo r a tim e.
THE FEATHERHEADS
IN SENATE BY STEIWER
SUMMEB SESSION
PLEASES MEMBERS
MEGAN LLOYD-GEORGE
Oregon’s
Junior Senator Proves
Popular, Doria Swayze,
His Secretary, Says.
Miss D oris Swayze, p riv ate secre
ta ry to S en ato r F rederick S teiw er,
a rriv ed yesterday from W ash in g to n ,
D. C., to visit h er p aren ts, Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Swayze. S en ato r S teiw er
Special Purse Of $50.00 Sought For
w ould have arriv ed in P en d leto n on
th e same day b u t w as delayed on ac
Best Scores Made by Dairy
count of atte n d a n c e a t th e fu n e ra l
Herds For Show.
a t Gooding, Idaho, of S en ato r F ra n k
RAGooding.
Miss Sw ayze’s d u ties w ill m ake It
T he d a iry in g in d u s try of th is dis necessary for h er tlm e to be divided
tr ic t w ill have some special prize betw een P endleton and P o rtla n d u n
m oney to shoot a t a t th e U m atilla til in A ugust w hen S en ato r S teiw er's
P ro je c t fa ir th is fall, if a proposal w ork as ch airm an of th e sen ate com
th a t w as sta rte d th is w eek by local m ittee in v e s tig a tin g cam paign
ex
men secures th e b ac k in g th a t is a n p e n d itu re s w ill m ake i t necessary
ticip ated . L. C. D yer addressed th e for him to go to C alifornia.
com m ercial club a t its T uesday lu n ch
C om m enting on th e w ork alread y
eon on th e m a tte r.
done by O regon's ju n io r sen ato r. Miss
A te n ta tiv e proposal h as been evol Swayze said th a t in th e period of the
ved, Mr. D yer said, c a llin g for ap sh o rt session. S e n ato r S teiw er has
p ro p ria tio n s of $25 each from th e ta k e n his place a s an o u ts ta n d in g
Miss Megan Lloyd - George, tw enty
com m ercial club an d th e farm b u reau leader am ong th e young sen ato rs.
o rg a n izatio n to be aw ard ed as spec H« has been aw arded com m ittee ap- five-year-old daughter of the former
prem ier of Great Britain, who hopes
ial prizes to th e d airy h erd s m a k in g . p o in tm en ts u su ally not secured
I
to
beside her father in the house
th e best records an d show ings be m em bers of th e upper house u n til of alt
eommon, as the Liberal member
tw een now an d th e tim e of th e fair. a fte r a period of several years aer- frorn the Anglesby (Wa lea) division,
One of th e re q u irem en ts laid down vice. H i3 ap p o in tm en t as c h airm an j Ml„ George was pickec| over two
is t h a t a h erd m u st ln clu d e a m in i of th e s e n a te ’s in v e s tig a tin g com- other candidates.
m um of six p ro d u cin g cows before m ittce on cam paign e x p e n d itu re s ' _____________________
it can be en tered . T he ow n ers w ill Miss Swayze said w as considered in '
also be req u ired to have a t least a W ash in g to n as recognition u n preced I
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p a rt of th e h erd on ex h ib itio n a t th e en ted for a sen a to r h av in g no longer
fair. T h ere is also a possibility th a t a period o f service th a n S en ato r
th e tw o o rg an izatio n s p u ttin g u p th e S teiw er h as had.
cash prize m oney m ay re q u ire a
Miss Sw ayze expressed en th u siasm
m inim um n u m b er of e n trie s, accord fo r h e r w ork.
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Roseburg, Or.—Authorization to in
in g to in fo rm al discussion of the p ro
enr
any
reasonable
expense and to
posal.
3-1. & 0. PICNIC PLANNED
employ any additional associate coun
T he com m ercial club voted to ap
TO BE HELD IN AUGUST sel that may be necessary in present
p ro p ria te its sh are of th e p rize money
ing the defense of the land grant
if th e F arm B u reau approves
and Fj'.mes of Former Residents
From counties of Oregon before the United
m akes a lik e ap p ro p riatio n . Mr. Dyer
Four Corn Belt States
S tates supreme court, in resisting the
said th a t th e farm o rg a n izatio n had
Sought for Picnic.
effort of the state to obtain a portion
n o t y et been approached o fficially
of the money paid by the government,
b u t th a t se n tim e n t favorable to such
A req u est d irected to form er resi
en co u rag em en t of th e d airy business d en ts of In d ian a, Illinois, Iow a and was given here at a meeting of the
executive committee of the IS coun
ex ists in th e body.
Ohio a sk in g those in te re ste d in a t
A score card, te n ta tiv e ly e stab lish te n d in g a reu n io n th a t w ill ta k e the ties. A general discussion was held
ed to g overn th e h erd co n test, is as place of th e a n n u a l H oosier picnic In which the executive comm ittee
went on record as being willing to do
follow s
w hich has been held fo r a nu m b er of
The h erd itself w ill c o u n t 40 per years to h a n d th e ir nam es to N. W. everything possible to make the
cen t In th e scoring, q u a lity to count Bloom, se c re ta ry of th e association, strongest fight.
The land grant counties have per
30 p er cen t and co n d itio n 10 p er cent has been m ade by Mr, Bloom.
fected an organization to cooperate in
B arns, m ilk house an d equip m en t
The re u n io n w ill be held about the
w ill co u n t fo r a to ta l of a n o th e r 25 m iddle of A ugust, Mr. Bloom said, the defense and the executive com
per cen t divided as follow s: S a n ita and in th e m eantim e it w ill be neces m tttee la in charge of the operations.
tio n , v e n tila tio n , lo catio n an d lig h t, sary to ap p o in t com m ittees to plan
20 p er c e n t; su p p lem en tal equipm ent, th e program .
GENERAL NOBILE RESCUED
sep arato rs, m ilk in g m achines, cooling
“We w ould like for form er resi
eq u ip m en t, paila, 5 p er cent.
dents of th e four s ta te s to ta lk to “ Upland," Driven by Captain Tor/»
M anagem ent w ill co u n t 35 per th e ir frien d s and n eighbors about the
berg, Accomplishes Difficult Feat.
cen t in th e aw ard w ith th e division picnic eo we can be assured a re p re
Rome.—General Umberto Nobile,
of 20 p er c e n t fo r feed in g system , sen tativ e a tte n d a n c e a t th e picnic,
leader of the lllfated exploration party
balanced ra tio n , succulence, concen Mr. Bloom said.
on the dirigible Italia, has been res
tra te s and ro u g h ag e; reco rd s k ep t,
cued from the Ice after being
seven and a h a lf p er ce n t; an d labor
marooned for a month. The other
HERMISTON MEN PIA N TO
and convenience, seven an d a h a lf per
members of his party were left strand
HANDLE
SHEEP
DROPPINGS
oent.
ed when the rescue plane overturned
T he proposal co v erin g t h e d airy
on Its second attem pt to land.
in d u s try special prizes follow s th e McNaught and Felthouse Contract
Official word of the rescue came
With Sheep Men Here and
ad o p tio n of a like a p p ro p ria tio n for
from the C itta di Milano, base ship
At Pilot Rock.
special p o u ltry aw ard s w hich was
of Nobile’s expedition. It showed that
m ade jo in tly by th e farm b u reau and
the rescue had been accomplished by
A
business
ac
tiv
ity
new
to
th
is
th e com m ercial club a sh o rt tim e ago.
section of th e c o u n try has been Captain Tornberg, pilot of the Swed
launched on an ex p erim en tal scale ish plane ’’Upland.’’ but that he eg
FARM BUREAU AUXILIARY
by the H erm iston A lfalfa Co., Mc caped Injury when he crashed on his
N au g h t & F elthouse; co n sistin g of the second attem pt.
ENOS MARTIN
JR.
WRITES
OF
FOR INDUSTRY
Parade in Morning Followed By Pro
FAREWELL PARTY HELD TO
HONOR GAITHERS-WALLERS
PLACE OF LEADERSIP WON
PROJECT FAIR PLANS CONTEST
TO
BE AT COLUMBIA
t
SPECIAL PRIZES TO
BE AWARDED HERDS
PLAN MEETING JULY 6
The n ex t m eetin g of th e a u x ilia ry
o f th e farm b u reau w ill be held a t
C olum bia school on F rid ay aftern o o n ,
Ju ly 6. T h e ch ief p a rt of th e a f te r
noon’s pro g ram w ill consist of follow
u p w ork on k itch en m an ag e m en t as
o u tlin ed by Mrs. McComb, s ta te lead
e r of borne econom ics, in h er recen t
v is it h ere. T he officers a re hopeful
th a t a fu ll atte n d a n c e of m em bers
w ill p rev ail a t th e m eeting.
g rin d in g and sh ip p in g of sheep m an
ure. C o n tracts w ith a n u m b er of big
sheep o u tfits of P ilo t Rock and on
low er B u tte r creek have alread y been
secured by th e local m en, and they
have shipped a few carloads.
A t p re se n t th ey a r e sc rap in g cor
rals and sheds an d g e ttin g the pro
d u ct tra n sp o rte d to yard s along ra il
road sid in g s so it w ill be available
for ra il sh ip m en ts d u rin g th e season
of dem and. Some of th is w ork is be
in g done a t S p ark s s ta tio n , betw een
P ilot Rock and P endleton.
2 Americans Held by Mexican Rebela-
Mexlco City.—Two American mtn
Ing men, W. M. Mitchell and John
F Hooper, are being held for ransom
by kidnapers near the town of San
Rafael, In the state of Jalisco. The
United States embassy bas sent a
note to the Mexican foreign office
making formal representations for
their safe release. A dispatch to Ex
celslor from G uadalajara says that the
bandits have threatened to kill the two
Americans unless ransom is paid.
WORK AT 0. A. C.
Three Girla and One Boy From Here
Spend Two Week» at the
State College.
W hen asked if he had enjoyed h is
part In th e tw o w eeks he sp e n t in
sum m er school a t O. A. C. as a re p re
se n ta tiv e of the H erm iston 4-H clubs
Enos D. M artin Jr., nodded vigorous
ly and replied, “I'll say I d id .”
The follow ing acco u n t w as p re p a r
ed a t the req u est of T h e H erald to
give home folks a n idea of th e w ork
done d u rin g th e session.
G irls club w orkers from H erm iston
cluks w ho a tten d ed th e sessions in
cluded H elen Jend rzejew sk i.R itch ael
Buell and F ern L in d n er.
The acco u n t follow s:
A t 6:30 A. M. S unday, J u n e 17, we
sta rte d w ith Mr. Je n k in s. W e a r r iv
ed in C orvallis a t 6 :3 0 P. M. w hich
waa too la te to re g iste r, b u t they let
us In anyhow .
The follow ing is th e ro u tin e of one
day:
The firs t th in g each m o rn in g w’e
were given physical exercises for
about fiftee n m in u tes. T hese w ere
' directed by B a rn a rd Joy, a college
I stu d e n t.
Im m ediately a fte r
th e
’ exercises cam e
b re a k fa st.
A fte r
, b reak fast w e w ere given * f«w mia-
j u tes to p rep are for th e classed, ..O u r
class w ork lasted u n til l l j < l # • j y Sonie
of the su b jects tak en up w e r , ____
sm ith in g , field cropB, fo rsg d crops,
i beef ju d g in g , berries, hog -.tWMja^e-.
im e n t and Judging Jersey s am} Hoi-
steins, h e a lth , firs t aid, ehegp and
j bacteriology. Some of th e m en' w ho
’ d irected th ese su b jects w ere P rofessor
H yslop. B ressm an, K earns, M iller a n u
B uquet. T he 260 hoyg enrolled w ere
divided Into sections fo r classes.
A fter these classes d in n e r w as
su rely welcome. F rom 1 :3 0 till 3 :0 0
w as th e assem bly w h ere we listened
to speeches m ade by some of th e o ffi
cials. D u rin g th is period M r. A ngell
lead us In sin g in g clu b songs.
T be re s t of th e a fte rn o o n was de
voted to sports. T hese were direct
ed by Mr. B ailey, th e M ultnom ah
county a g en t.
He divided a ll th e
boyB in to tw o leagues, Ju n io r and
senior. E ach league w as divided In
to fo u r team s. T he nam es of th e se n
ior team s a re W am pus C ats, and V ik
ings, P irte s an d Lion T am ers. T he
ju n io rs w ere T om m yhaw ks, Y anks,
F lying J u n io rs and R azorbacks. The
sp o rts in w hich these team s com pet
ed w ere b ask etb all, volley ball, base
ball and sw im m ing.
The sw im m ing period w as from
five till six and su p p er from 6 u n til
6 :3 0 . E ach ev en in g a fte r su p p er we
w ere e n te rta in e d by la n te rn slides
and m otion pictures.
The d e lig h tfu l tw o w eeks sta y e n d
ed w ith a farew ell p a rty on F rid ay
n ig h t and we re tu rn e d hom e the n ext
day.
C A U T IO N
!
T his is an appeal to p a re n ts and
ch ild ren o f H erm iston to use care and
jud g m en t in th e use of firew o rk s In
th e c ity on acco u n t of th e extrem e
dryness. F ire is very d an g ero u s a t
th fs season of th e y ear and we beg
your co-operation in lim itin g th is
hazard.
The M ayor and C ity C ouncil.
Ire n e K en n in g s accom panied B ar
Mrs. Carol A kers and baby a re vis
b a ra C am pbell home and w ill spend
Floyd L aird is b u ild in g a residence
W. J. W a rn ers w ere P endleton vis itin g Mrs. Akerg m o th er, Mrs. J , T.
10 days v is itin g in Condon.
on lle rn iisto n avenue.
ito rs T hursday.
H inkle.
Yes, Freddy W as Good
ne acir ewisur
! W owin ’ a Sofríe
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