The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
(The Umitwimt Itatlit ’
vol
xxn
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1928
SIX FOOT PLANTS
; OF GLOVER SHOWN
REV. JOHN TAYLOR
DIRECTORS PLAN
FOR ANNUAL FAIR
H. J. STILLINGS HAS 65 ACRES
OCTOBER 5 AND 6 ARE DATES
DEVOTED TO CROP
SELECTED
W hite Sweet Clover Praised By Local
Name of Hermiston Dairy and Hog
Fanner as Ideal Pasture
Show Changed to Umatilla
Maker.
Project Fair.
PROJECT DAIRY FARMERS
Tw o silos have ju s t re c e n tly been
com pleted by d a iry fa rm e rs on th e
p ro ject, and th e re is in te re s t on th e
p a rt of o th e rs in c o n stru c tin g th e
big sto ra g e tu b es fo r use th is fall.
J o h n Je n d rz e je w sk i b u ilt ti silo
h a v in g a 10 foot d ia m e te r on his
place on th e e a st end of th e p ro ject.
C. A. L ynch b u ilt a 12 foot s tru c tu re
on h is farm , th e old V oliva place.
A ndy A nderegg is p la n n in g to erect
h is second silo w ith in th e n ex t tw o
weeks. He depends on silag e as one
of h is ch ief feeds fo r h is b ig h erd ,
and h is corn acreag e will- en ab le him
to fill a second silo, so he in te n d s to
build it.
Weather Gets Hot
S um m er w e a th e r re tu rn e d to H e r
m iston ag ain th is w eek, and its re
tu r n w as ad v ertised by th e m ercu ry
in th e g o v ern m en t th erm o m eter a t
th e d is tric t w a te r office. T u esd ay ’s
m axim um re ad in g w as 95, and W ed-
nesdy’s m axim um eq u alled th e h ig h
m ark of th e y ear a t 102.
JOHN L. McNABB
BE FOR SCOUT BENEITT
T he A m erican L egion's re g u la r
fo rtn ig h tly dance S atu rd ay n ig h t,
J u ly 14, w ill be fo r th e b en efit of
H erm iston Troop No. 56. Boy Scouts
of A m erica. A decision to p resen t the
n e t p ro fit a fte r th e re g u la r expenses
fo r m usic, re n t, etc. have been m et
fo r th e benefit of th e Scout o rg an iza
tio n was mae la s t T h u rsd ay n ig h t.
A u ap eal w as m ade recen tly by
th o se in charg e of th e S cout w ork for
some fin an cial help to p u t th e o rg a n
izatio n on its feet, and th e Legion
decided to give th e proceeds from a
dance as its co n trib u tio n .
C. S. RRIERLEY IS
CALLED BY DEATH
END COMES WEDNESDAY AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Deceased Was One of
Early
Day
Settlers on Stanfield
Project.
P la n s a re alre a d y b eing m ade by
C harles S. B rierley, 72, p ioneer
th e U m atilla P ro je c t F a ir association
se ttle r of the S tan field p ro ject, a re
fo r th e U m tilla P ro ject F a ir, suc
sid en t of H erm iston since A pril 1 of
cessor to th e H erm isto n D airy and
th is year, died a t th e fam ily re s i
H og show, w hich w ill be held on F r i TED HATFIELD PURCHASES
dence W ednesday a ftern o o n a t 5 :1 5 .
day and S a tu rd a y , O ctober 5 an d 6 in
D eath cam e a fte r an illn ess th a t
REX FROM WM. POLLARD
H erm iston.
lasted several m onths.
The decision to change th e nam e
F u n e ra l services w ill be held F r i
T h e Rex cafe, p o p u lar e a tin g house
of th e a n n u a l fa ir w as m ade a fte r
day m o rn in g a t 10 o’clock from th e
ow ned and o p erated
fo r several
m uch co n sid eratio n had b een given
y e a rs by Mr. and Mrs. W illiam P o l
John L. McNabb, San Francisco at M ethodist Episcopal ch u rc h w ith th e
th e m a tte r. T he show h as of late
lard , changed h an d s la st w eekand is torney and Republican leader, who pastor, Rev. S. H am rick, in ch arge.
y ears been of w id er scope th a n th e
Mr. B rierley w as born O ctober 15,
now ow ned and o perated by E. T. presented the name of Herbert Hoover
H erm isto n
com m unity, an d th e
a t O akfield, Genesee co u n ty . N ew
H
atfield
,
b
e
tte
r
know
n
a
s
Ted
H
a
t
to
the
convention
in
Kansas
City.
Rev. John Taylor, pastor of the Con g ro w th of th e p o u ltry business, alo n g
Y ork. On December 27, 1882, h ie
gregational church at Brule, WisM w ith th e decline of hog ra is in g has field. The chan g e w ent in to effect
m arria g e to Mary E. S p erry of P a v il
J
u
ly
6.
where President Coolidge will worship caused th e nam e to be som ew hat of
ion. New York, wag solem nized. T h e
Mr. H atfield is w ell k now n h ere
during his vacation on Cedar Island. a m isnom er, th e d irecto rs felt.
firs t four years of th e ir m a rrie d life
by
reason
of
his
residence
for
e
ig
h
t
i
Mr. Taylor is blind and reads from a
P rem iu m lists an d ru le s w ill be
i w as spent a t Suspension B ridge, New
y
e
a
rs
in
U
m
atilla.
He
w
as
in
th
e
Braile Bible.
issued e a rlie r th a n u su al th is y ear,
Y ork, w here he was su p e rin te n d e n t
re s ta u ra n t business in th e n e ig h b o r
acco rd in g to th e plan s of th e m an
of th e DeVeaux college farm .
in g tow n a t tw o d iffe re n t tim es and
ag em en t. C orrespondence on th e
F or tw o and a h alf y ears th ey liv
h as also served as cook for o th e r es
Rio Janeiro, Brazil.—A new distance
f a ir ’s b u sin ess h a s a lread y been
tab lish m en ts.
Mr. H atfield
is r e record for sustained flight was com ed in K alam azoo, M ichigan, and from
sta rte d by C h arles T aylor, secretary .
ta in in g th e nam e R exand does not pleted when Captain A rturo F errarin th ere moved to F argo, N o rth D akota,
! elected by th e board to ta k e th e post
p lan any rad ical change in m an ag e and M ajor Carlo P. Del P rete landed w h ere fo r 17 y ears he w as su p e rin
lo n g held by th e la te H. M. S traw .
m ent. He w ill keep h is place open on a little beach 10 miles north of te n d e n t of a big w h eat ran ch . T hey
T he board of m an ag ers o f th e fa ir
also spent fo u r yebfrs /it B atav ia,
Yakima, W ash.—Two y ears’ persis asso ciatio n in clu d e th e follow ing: from 6 in th e m o rn in g u n til 9 a t ' N atal, Brazil, some 4600 miles from New Y ork, d u rin g w hich tim e Mr.
n
ig
h
t
every
day
d
u
rin
g
th
e
week.
their
startin
g
point
a
t
Montecelio
field,
te n t effort bore fru it when 43 leading L. C. D yer, p resid en t, F ra n k Gui-
B rierley w as w ith the Jo h n sto n H a r
Mr. and Mrs. P o llard have d ep arted Italy.
fru it grow ers of the Yakima valley, w its, H. K. D ean, L. C. Todd and
v ester Co. Six m onths of h is em
They brought their big seaplane, the
representing 38 districts from Ellens R oy S u lliv an . T h e list of su p e rin fo r C anada. T hey purchased a stock
ploym ent w ith th is concern
burg to Kennewick, formally adopted te n d e n ts of th e v ario u s d e p artm en ts ra n c h n ear A lb erta and w ill spend Savola 64, in which they previously
sp
en t in South A m erica as an ex p ert
th
e
ir
tim
e
o
p
e
ra
tin
g
it.
T
hey
came
had established a world’s record for
a constitution an<J by-laws and a h as n o t y et b een selected, b u t th ey
m achinist,
h
ere
a
good
m
any
y
ears
ago,
and
Mr.
duration
flight,
to
land
after
a
flight
m arketing contract, for signature of w ill be chosen w ith in th e n ex t few
D ecem ber 7, 1912, th e B rierley 's
P o lla rd farm ed on th e n o rth hill and th at took them across the M editer
m em bers. The action was taken by days.
w a8 also em ployed by th e g o v ern ranean, through the S traits of Gibral moved from N orth D akota to a farm
practically unanim ous vote, and there
T h e m ilk in g co n test, one of the
n e a r'C c ld S prings reserv o ir on th e
was no serious objection in the dis fe a tu re s of th e show for a n u m b er of m ent in co n stru ctio n and m a in te tar, and then southw est over the At
S
tanfield project. T hey lived th ere
nan
ce
v/ork
for
a
um
ber
of
years.
lantic, via the Cape Verde islands.
cussions, but general .enthusiasm over years, w ill n o t be held th is year.
u n til A pril of th is y ear w hen th e
A nn H ow er an d Mona E n tw istle
Storm
y
w
eather
and
heavy
clouds
th e plan.
Decision to elim in a te th e c o n te st w a s ’
, .
, i a re w a itin g on co u n ters a n d tab le p u t the fliers in peril in the last hours failure' of his h e a lth m ade It d eirabie
The proposed m arketing contract m ade
by th e board on acco u n t of th e tra (,e gt thg Rgx
th a t th e y move to tow n.
of th eir effort. Radio reports receiv
w as am ended to Include pears and fa c t th a t It is fe lt th a t a tw o day
D u rin g his lost illn ess Mr. B rier-
ed
here
indicate
th
a
t
they
had
dit-
o th er fru its as welli as boxed apples, co n test w ih th e an im als in sran g e
1<*y
was ch eerfu l and p a tie n t.
He
ficulty in keeping th e ir bearings after
an d to m ake m ore definite the grow su rro u n d in g s does h o t o ffe r à real CARSONS FIND CHANGES
suffered little pain, and hie m ind
they reached the coast of Brazil.
ers' obligation to pay, if shipping in g u ag e of th e ir p ro d u ctiv e ab ility .
w as clear u n til a few h o u rs before
PLENTIFUL IN CANADA
dependently, or to authorize th eir The m ilk in g co n test h as become
death came.
sales agencies if shipping through p ra c tically obsolete a t fa irs over th e
ORDER FU N D S S E IZ E D
lie w ag a m em ber of th e M ethodist
T he city of C alg ary h as made
such an organization, th e levy of % co u n try , th e board has found.
Episcopal
ch u rch since boyhood. Re-
to 1 per cent a box of apples and
I t h as been decided th a t boys’ and g re a t strid es in th e p ast 25 years, ac Second $100,000 of H. M. Blackmer, atives su rv iv in g Include h is widow
cord
in
g
to
a
le
tte
r
received
h
ere
by
pears.
Missing
Witness,
Involved.
g ir ls ’ clu b p ro jects may e n te r th e
and one
d au g h tee r,
Miss Jessie
frien d s from Mrs. Sam C arson. Mr.
The by-laws bind the central W ash open classes th is year.
W ashington, D. C.—A second $100,- B rierley, for several y ears a teac h er
and Mrs. C arson le ft here ab o u t a
ington association to recognize and
000 of the property of H, M. Black In the H erm iston high school. H is
m onth ago for C aroline w here they
co-operate with the shippers’ council,
m er of Denver, m issing Teapot Dome high ideals of life caused him to have
REID-COE
recen tly acq u ired a farm . C algary
and to work w ith it for greater re
witness, was ordered seized by Ju s a host of friends.
has grow n from 2,500 to 70,000 in tice Jennings Bailey in the D istrict
tu rn s to the grow ers and benefit to
A
w
edding
of
in
te
re
st
to
H
erm
is
th e p ast q u a rte r of a c e n tu ry and is
the industry.
to n resid en ts th a t w as n o t a n n o u n c a b e a u tifu l city covering m iles of of Columbia suprem e court bocauso of NEW TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
Blackm er’s failure to appear as a wit
ed u n til la s t S unday was solem nized ground.
PROVIDES SU FFER FINE
ness a t the trial of H arry F. Sinclair
B R IE F G ENERAL N EW S
in S pokane Ju n e 24 w hen Miss Mabel
N ear C aro lin e m ixed fa rm in g is on April 9.
C lare Coe becam e th e b rid e of J. H carried on, Mrs. C arson said in h er
T he m axim um fine fo r tr a ffic vio
John D, R ockefeller celebrated his
The action was taken under law
R eid, one of th e well know n farm ers le tte r.
Crops in clu d e w h eat, oats, sponsored by Senator W alsh of Mon latio n s in H erm iston w ill be $100 In
89th birthday Sunday.
on th e p ro ject. Mrs. Reid h as been barley and tim o th y , m ost of w hich is
the fu tu re, u n d er th e provsiong of an
P resid en t Calles of Mexico has sign
a teac h er in th e S pokane schools for fed to hogs, sheep and beef c a ttle. tana upon petition of D istrict A ttor
am endm ent to th e tra ffic ord in an ce
ed a contract w ith W right Motors
fo r sev eral ears. T he w ed d in g wag P o u ltry p roduction an d b reed in g are ney Rover, The la tte r asked Justice
company to establish a factory in Mon
th a t was passed by th e c ity council
solem nized a t th e hom e of th e b rid e's not carried on in a scien tific m anner, Bailey to sign the order requiring the
terey and Mexico City.
United S tates m arshal to seize the a t its last session.
p a re n ts.
she found. E gg p roduction p er hen
The farm ers of w estern Canada are
H eretofore th e m axim um fine for
To an n o u n ce th e event. Mr. Reid ru n s 60 to 90, and the flocks are property and summon Blackmere to
riding on a wave of optimism as crop
violation of th e tra ffic re g u latio n s
show
cause
on
October
15
why
he
w as h ost a t a d e lig h tfu l d in n e r for cross bred m ongrel types.
of th e city w as five dollars, w ith the
conditions continue to be the most
should not forfeit it.
25 of hig frien d s a t H otel H erm isto n
T hey a re en jo y in g 18 h o u rs of su n
favorable in many years, rep o rts show.
m inim um fln e tw o dollars.
S unday aftern o o n a t 1:30. Thew edd- shine now, an d th e days a re p re tty
The U nited S tates arm y balloon,
Irish Justice to Talk in Seattle.
in g w as held ab o u t a m o n th before w arm , n o tw ith sta n d in g th e a ltitu d e
piloted by Captain W. E. K epner, with
P lan s a re u n d er way for th e T hree
Dublin. — The chief Justice of the
it had been p lan n ed , dua to th e fact is 4300 feet, Mr. C arson an d th e
W illiam O. E areckson as aide, was of
t h a t a reu n io n of Mrs. R eid 's fam ily boys have slashed 20 acres of land, Irish F ree State, Hugh Kennedy, and Eyes’ picnic w hich is to ta k e place
ficially declared the w inner of the
ln A ugust. C harles K eller Is p resi
w as held in J u n e , Mr. R eid told hiB Mrs. Carson sta te d .
The fish in g Mrs. Kennedy, sailed for New York
Gordon B ennett race.
Sunday. The chief justice will deliv d ent of th e association an d a t a
frien d s. Mrs. R eid w ill come to th e re is fine.
The Mexican F ederation of Labor
er an address before the American m eeting of com m ittees B unday n ig h t
H erm isto n w ith in a sh o rt tim e.
has voted for general strike, begin
Bar association a t S eattle July 25 and te n ta tiv e plans w ere m ade. It is ex
Legion Names Delegates
ning the la st of this month, as pro
also
an address before the Canadian pected th a t th e picnic w ill be held in
Roe McFall Improves
test ag ain st the recent decisions of
T he tw o d eleg ates of th e local post Bar association a t R egina on August Colum bia park. T he com m ittees in
T h e co n d itio n of Roe M cFall, p ro
the arb itratio n comm ittee.
charge a re : N. W. Bloom, C harles
of th e A m erican Legion to th e sta te 29.
R eductions in th e existing rate on je c t farm er, is rep o rted to be som e convention a t Medford in A ugust are
K elier and
Mrs. Jesse
P rindle,
m uriate of potash, an im portant fer w h a t im rpoved. H e is a p a tie n t in lam es D. Todd an d H a rry K elley.
grounds; Mrs. N. W. Bloom, Mrs.
Oregon General Fund Shrinks.
th
e
s
a
n
ita
riu
m
a
t
College
Place
tilizer, between Trona, Cal., and North
The tw o m en w ere nam ed a t th e post
Salem, Or.—O regon’s general fund C harles K eller and Mrs. W a lte r B less
Portland, Or., and Apple C enter and w h ere he w as ta k e n a week ago last m eeting last T h u rsd ay n ig h t.
showed a balance of $1,039,052.69 on ing, com m ittee on a rra n g em en ts.
Seattle, Wash., was ordered by the S a tu rd a y fo r tre a tm e n t. H is condi
July
1 of this year as compared with
tio n w aB rep o rted c ritic a l for several
in terstate commerce commission.
T. A. R h in e h a rt was a P endleton
The Stork
$1,402,842.52 on the corresponding day
days., b u t it is th o u g h t now th a t he
v isito r W ednesday.
of 1927, according to a statem n ft com
is on th e w ay to recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. R alp h R ich ard s are
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. W illiam s of Ir-
piled by S tate T reasurer Kay.
th e p a re n ts of a son born early
Miss M yrtle M ullennax of K lam ath
rig fo n a rc th e a p re n ts of a 10 pound
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. P ierce m otored F rid a y m o rn in g a t th H erm iston hos
Jo h n H addox and Jack* B iggs w ere F alls, Oregon, sp en t a few days vis
boy born a t th e H erm isto n h o sp ital. to Y akim a T uesday m orning.
pital.
P endleton v isito rs T uesday.
itin g h er a u n t. Mrs. P arsons.
An e x h ib it of w h ite sw eet clover
th a t w as produced on his ra n c h on
th e east end of th e p ro ject w as p u t
on display in th e w indow s of th e
O regon H a rw a re & Im p lem en t Co.
M onday of th is w eek by H. J. S till
ings. Tw o of th e lon g est p la n ts
m easured alm ost six feet.
Mr. S tillin g s has been ex p e rim e n t
in g w ith th e w h ite sw eet clover as
a p a stu re crop on th e p ro ject for
several years, an d th e p erfo rm an ce
of th e crop h as caused him to be
come q u ite e n th u s ia stic ab o u t its pos
sib ilities.
"T h e p la n ts in th is e x h ib it w ere
seeded A pril 1,” he said.
I seeded
w h e a t a t th e ra te of a b u u t five pecks
an d 10 pounds of clover seed.
I
p lan n ed to h a rv e st an d th re sh th e
w h eat, b u t th e clover m ade such a
ra n k g ro w th th a t we decided th e
b in d e r w ould not h a n d le th e grow eh.
"T h e re s u lt is th a t I have tu rn e d
hogs and c a ttle in on th e m ix tu re
an d am p a s tu rin g off w h e a t
and
clover.
T he hogs a re c lea n in g up
th e w h eat fo r th e m ost p a rt, an d
th e c a ttle a re feed in g on th e clover
w hich tops th e g r a in .”
Mr. S tillin g s h as ab o u t 65 acres
of lan d now i n sw eet clover. A p a rt
of th is acreag e is of la s t y e a r seeding,
and th is old crop h e h as k ep t p as
tu re d dow n to a le n g th o f from six
in ch es to a foot. T h is p rev en ts th e
m a k in g of ta ll, woody g ro w th by th e
p la n ts, b u t seed pods form s u ffic ie n t
ly to in su re re seed in g of th e p a stu re
fo r a n o th e r year, Mr. S tillin g s said.
" I th in k sw eet clover on -wet land
on th is p ro ject h as a v alu e of a t
least $25 p er acre each y e a r,” th e
local farm er declared , "a n d it has
been doing w ell enogh for me th a t I
am ch a n g in g my p la n of fa rm in g
o p eratio n s and am q u ittin g th e prac-
ice of ra isin g c u ltiv a te d crops. L ive
stock, p a stu re d on sw eet clover, and
w in te r fed on a lfa lfa raised on th e
ra n c h , provide a w ay o f m ak in g
m oney w ith m uch less lab o r th a n is
req u ired w here c u ltlv te d cro p p in g is
follow ed.”
TWO NEW SILOS BUILT BY
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT TO
THE FEATHERHEADS
ITALIAN AIRMEN
CROSS ATLANTIC
YAKIMA GROWERS
ADOPT MARKET PLAN
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