The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Protect.
(The wrmwfcm Jltalii
vol
xxn
NO. M
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1928
RECENT HEAT WAVE
SETS NEW RECORD
FARM STUFF BRINGS MORE
C O L J. R. TH O M A S
HERE THAN IN COLORADO
DEATH OF GEORGE RAYHILL
L. C. Dyer Says Hermiston Farms
.George R ayhill, know n h ere by
reason of h av in g lived here for a
nu m b er of years, died e arly la st F r i
day m o rning a t St. A n th o n y 's hos
p ita l in P endleton. H is death was
caused *>y pneum onia and cam e w ith
in a sh o rt tim e a fte r be becam e ill.
F u n e ra l services w ere held F rid ay
ev ening a t 8 o’clock in P endleton,
and th e rem ain s w ere th e n forw arded
to th e old home a t S p rin g field , Illi
nois. for in te rm e n t. Mrs. C. O.
W ain sco tt and Mrs. M ark B a rth e l ac
com panied Mrs. R ay h ill on th e trip
as fa r as O m aha, N ebraska.
Pay Better Than High Priced
Places Near Denver.
EIGHT DAYS SHOW MERCURY AT
104 OR MORE
Cooler Weather Ushered in By West
Wind That Starts Saturday
Night.
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Cooler w e a th e r th a t wag ushered
In by a w ind out of th e w est S atu rd ay
n ig h t ended a period th a t esta b lish
ed a new record for su stain ed m ax i
m um h e a t on th e p ro ject. Days have
been cooler since th e b reak in th e
h e a t w ave, and n ig h ts have become
enough cooler to m ake bed c lo th in g
good fo r so m eth in g besides covering
th e bed d u rin g day tim e.
R ecords of th e local w e a th e r ob-
erv er, C harles T ay lo r, show th a t th e
e ig h t days from J u ly 22 to 28, in clu
sive, th e m axim um w as n o t less th a n
104 degrees. The m ercu ry clim bed
to 110 one day and did 109 tw o o th e r
days.
J u ly is th e m o n th of h e a t on th e
p ro ject, th e official records show. In
1908. th e firs t y ear w e a th e r records
w ere k ep t, th e re w ere 10 days w hen
th e m axim um w as 103' o r m ore, b u t
th ey w ere not consecutive days. T he
h e a t record in th a t e a rly day reach ed
108 a couple of days.
A search of th e record? discloses
an e n try In A ugu st 1910 by C, W.
K ellogg, th e n in th e em ploym ent of
th e govern m en t, sh o w in g th a t a slig h t
e a rth q u a k e occurred.
T h e e n try
h a s th e follow ing : "A n u m b er of
shocks su ffic ie n t to r a ttle w indow s
an d dishes occurred on th e m o rn in g
of th e 31st. I t is possible th e y w ere
on ly local, due to th e s e ttlin g of th e
e a rth from irrig a tio n . Less v io len t
ones have since o ccu rred ”
J u ly in 1917 saw some w eath er
t h a t Was m ore th a n w arm on th e
p ro ject. F rom Ju ly 14 to 19, in clu
sive, th e low est m axim um w as 101,
and th e h ig h e st wag l0 6 . Ju ly , 1928,
from th e 9th to 13th, inclusive
yielded te m p e ra tu re s from 101 to
110.
T he sum m er m ark ed by m ild est
te m p e ra tu re s wag in 1921 w h en th e
m erc u ry clim bed to 100 one day and
did 101 fo r a m axim um fo r th e sea
son.
PULLET FLOCKS VACCINATED
AGAINST CHICKENPOX HERE
P u lle ts flocks of th re e p o u ltry
g ro w ers on th e p ro ject w ere recen tly
v accin ated by Dr. W. T. Jo h n so n of
th e s ta te college in an e ffo rt to give
th e m im m u n ity from th e disease, and
p re v e n t o u tb re a k s th is w in te r. The
w ork is b ein g c arried fo rw ard in se
lected flocks all over th e sta te .
Thg p u lle t flocks v accin ated here
in cluded those of H a rry S p in n in g ,
Mrs. Jo e Udey an d Mrs. E. O. H u n t.
T he flocks of all th ese g ro w ers had
some chickenpox la s t w in te r.
Ex
a m in a tio n of th e vaccin ated b ird s is
b e in g m ade th is w eek by th e g row ers
and G. H. Je n k in s, a s s is ta n t co unty
a g e n t, so t h a t re p o rts can be made to
D r. Jo h n so n on th e success of th e
w ork.
Holdman Youth Suicides
E v e re tt P a rk e r, son of Dan P a r
k e r, a b o u t 24 y ears old, ended his
life d u rin g despondency th e firs t of
th e w eek a t H oldm an. T he young
m an sh o t him self. In te rm e n t w as
m ade a t Pasco. T he deceased w as
g ra d u a te d from th e H erm isto n high
school a few years ago.
Col. John R. Thom as, Jr., h at been
appointed as the first m ilitary a t
tache to the Irish Free State. Colonel
Thomas will also serve as m ilitary
attache to the American em bassy in
London.
U. S. SIGNS A NEW
TREATY WITH CHINA
W ashington, D. C. — S ignature by
the United S tates of a new treaty with
th e Chinese natio n alist governm ent,
restoring full autonom y in tariff m at
ters to China, wa3 announced sim ul
taneously in W ashington and Pekin.
By th e term s of the pact, it will
become effective Jan u ary 1, 1929, pro
viding it h as been ratified by th at
date, and will supplant all existing
tariff com m itm ents of China to the
United S tates. The restoration of
tariff autonom y by the United States,
however, is based on a treaty stipula
tion of non-discrim ination by China
against A m ericans as com pared to the
nationals of any o th er country. For
treaty purposes, the stipulation is mu
tually binding on both countries.
No com m ent was available a t the
state d epartm ent on P ekin dispatches
indicating a feeling in Jap an ese and
other in terested circles th a t the Unit
ed States, in signing the tariff treaty,
was strik in g out on a Chinese policy
independent of the long standing con
cert of action m aintained through con
ference of the Pekin diplomatic
corps.
Inasm uch as the abortive
Pekin jo in t tariff conference adopted
a resolution pledging all pow ers hav
ing conventional tariff relations with
China to resto re tariff autonom y on
the date now specifically fixed in the
new Sino-American treaty, Jan u ary 1,
1929, however, th ere appears to be
little point to this contention. It is
the first treaty g ranting China tariff
autonom y to be signed.
B R IE F G ENERAL N EW S
P resid en t Coolidge visited the iron
ranges of no rth ern M innesota August
2.
The U nited S tates and L atvia have
exchanged ratifications of th eir new
treaty of friendship and commerce.
The initiative m easure to abolish
prize fighting in California qualified
for a place on th e N ovember general
election b allo t
John J. Raskob, chairm an of the
national dem ocratic com m ittee, has
resigned as chairm an of th e General
Motors corporation finance com m it
tee.
"T h e th in g s I learn ed on m y trip
back in to Colorado convinced me th a t
o u r c o u n try h ere is a good c o u n try
in w hich to farm , m uch b e tte r th a n
we have o ften g iv en it cre d it for
d u rin g these past few y ears,” w as the
com m ent of L. C. D yer, follow ing his
re tu rn early th is w eek.
" I w as in an d n e a r D enver and
o th e r p a rts of th e s ta te , in clu d in g
th e rich est fa rm in g c o u n try to be
found In C olorado, an d th e fa r th e r I IRRIGON MELON GROWERS ARE
:o: ❖ :o : ❖
looked th e m ore I w as convinced th a t ♦ :o: ❖ :o: <♦ :o:
if one w an ts to farm , th e H erm iston BUSY SHIPPING THREE KINDS
c o u n try h as a d v an ta g es th a t m ake it
th e c o u n try for fa rm in g ,” he said.
OF MELONS FOR CONSUMERS
T he price of land th e r e is m uch ❖
Melon sh ip p in g of all kin d s is go
h ig h e r th a n h ere, ru n n in g up to an
ask in g price of >1,000 th e local m an in g fo rw ard a t a rap id ra te , an d I r
found. T he fac to r th a t su rp rised rigon grow ers a re ru s h in g on account
him w as th a t H erm isto n fa rm ers are of business, acco rd in g to J. S. W h ite,
receiv in g m ore for p ra c tic a lly
all w ho was here T uesday. W a te rm e l
th ey have to sell th a n fa rm e rs n ext ons, can talo u p es an d m usk m elons
door to D enver can g et for th e ir farm a re b e in g sold a t p resen t, he said.
T he season opened ab o u t 15 days
products.
"W e a re receiv in g th re e o r four e a rlie r th is y ear th a n in .1927, he
cen ts more p er dozen for eg g s,” he said, th e firs t sh ip m en ts h av in g been
said, "a n d o u r p rice on b u tte rfa t is m ade Ju ly 25 th is year. Q u ality of
m uch b e tte r th a n fa rm ers th e re are th e crop is up to th e h ig h sta n d a rd s
g e ttin g . T hen w hen it becam e neces th a t hav e prevailed in p ast seasons,
sary to cull o u t hen s I found th a t we am i yields are norm al.
can sell o u rs fo r q u ite a lo t m ore
th a n farm ers th e re receive.
T hey HERMISTON GALF CLUB
a re se llin g h ay fo r e ig h t d o llars per
WINS ACHIEVEMENT HONOR
to n , b u t it is n o t as good as o u r hay
and does not have as m uch feeding
A c e rtific a te of achievem ent, in d i
valu e. The g ra in feeds and m ashes c a tin g th a t every m em ber carried o u t
w hch p o u ltry m en a n d d airy m en m ust all of th e re q u irem en ts to m ake the
buy co st th e Colorado farm er a lot club one w ith 100 p er cen t of its
m ore th a n o u r fa rm e rs pay. O ur sell w ork done, has been received h e ie
in g prices a re b e tte r th a n th e irs all by th e H erm iston calf club for Its
alo n g th e line, a n d o u r feed prices w ork d u rin g th e y ear 1927.
a re low er so th a t a fa rm e r d o ts b e t
Lowell S tockard w as th e club lead
te r th a n he could do th e re .”
er, and th e m em bers w ere W a lth e r
As a place to live th e Colorado O tt, Floyd M cM ullen, G erald
and
co u n try ig pleasin g , th e local man Leo H addox, C lem ent S tockard, D on
said. D enver is a lively city , and a ld DeMoss, and L aw rence S ta rr.
business seem s to be g o in g along T liere w ere only th re e clubs In th e
v ery w ell, b u t fa rm in g th e re is less co u n ty th a t won th e c e rtific a te of
p ro fita b le th a n here.
achievem ent honor.
" I w o u ld n ’t m ind to live th e re , b ut
T h e c e rtific a te c a rrie s th e s ig n a
I w ould never re tu r n to th a t co u n tu re s of th e follow ing officia ls: C.
tr y to fa rm ,” Mr. D yer declared.
B. S m ith, U. S. lead er of club w ork,
MOTHER OF E. I. DAVIS
DIES AT HOME IN MAINE
W ord h as been received h ere of
th e d eath a t h e r hom e in B angor,
Maine, of Mrs. L a u ra B. Davis w hich
o ccu rred Ju ly 15. Mrs. Davlg was
well k now n to m any e a rly resid en ts
by reason of h e r resid en ce h ere sev
e ra l yeans ago w ith h er son, E. I.
Davis. F rien d s w ho rem em b er h er
say th a t she w as possessed of a sp len
did m ind and q u a litie s of c h a ra c te r
th a t en d eared h e r to a w ide circle.
She w as w ith h e r son In South A m er
ica w hen h e w as In en g in e e rin g w ork
and spoke sveral lan g u ag e s flu en tly .
Infant Dies
T he in fa n t d a u g h te r of Mr. and
Mrs. T hom as H en d rick s o f B oardm an
died F rid ay , th re e d ay s a fte r its
b irth . C om m ittm en t services a t the
g rav e w ere held w hen b u ria l w as
m ade S atu rd ay .
Mrs. C arl M ld d elstad t an d h e r son
George have re tu rn e d to th e ir hom e
a t B uhl, Idaho, a fte r a v isit a t th e
hom e of Mr. and Mrs. G eorge Llebe.
T h e ir v isit h ere follow ed a tr ip to
th e co ast w hich th ey found v ery e n
joyable. Mrs. M ld d elstad t is Mrs.
L ieb e's m other.
Mrs. C. S. B rierley a n d Miss J e s
Mrs. B eaverton of Irrig o n is a p a t sie B rierley moved from th e old J o h n
Jesse R ich ard s w as h ere from S ta n ie n t a t th e H erm isto n h o sp ital for son house to th e Skovbo house on
field on business y esterd ay .
m edical tre a tm e n t.
G ladys av en u e y esterd ay .
THE FEATHERHEADS
By Osborne
5- bp W »«or« Newepapar l’ala».»
PNEUMONIA IS CAUSE OF
HENRY J. ALLEN
MEMBERS REPORT ON RESULTS
AT SUMMER SESSION
Club Leaden Tell of Work Being
Done by Boys and Girls on
Project This Y ear.
Henry J. Allen, form er governor of
Kansas, who has been appointed pub
licity director for the Hoover-Curtis
campaign.
PANAMA WARNED BY
SECRETARY KELLOGG
W ashington, D. C. — The United
S tates governm ent served a sharp ulti
m atum on P anam a th a t if revolution
follows the national elections of Aug
ust 6, intervention will follow.
The note was w ritten by Secretary
of S tate Kellogg in response to a re
quest from the "opposition" party in
Panam a. This appeal charged fraud
and corruption on the p art of the
P anam an adm inistration and urged
the United S tates to supervise the bal
loting.
S ecretary Kellogg made the blunt
reply th a t the governm ent of Panam a
m ust be relied upon to hold fair elec
tions and th a t this governm ent would
take the existing tre a tie s in good
faith. B ut he added th a t on account
of th e vast A m erican in terests in the
Canal Zone th a t no chances would be
taken and th a t If a revolution should
ensue, A m erican troops would be
used.
d e p a rtm n t of a g ric u ltu re , I. L. P a tte r
W hile S ecretary Kellogg made no
son, g o v ern o r of O regon; W. J. K err,
specific m ention of the fact, It is
p resid en t of O. A. C.; C. A. H ow ard,
known th a t recent developm ents I d
s u p e rin te n d e n t of public In stru c tio n ;
long range guns and airplanes have
P a u l V. M arls, d ire c to r of extension
made It necessary for the United
w ork; H. C. Seym our, s ta te club
S tates to extend Its fortifications ol
lead e r; J. A . Y eager, county school
the canal as a protective measuro
s u p e rin te n d e n t;
and W. A. H olt,
These Include big gun m ounts outside
county ag en t.
of the Canal Zone, and some landing
fields in the more rem ote and seclud
ed places. The U nited S tates also
Hogs Top Market
wished to build some m ilitary roads
H erm isto n hogs topped the m ark et outside of the Canal Zone.
in P o rtla n d M onday by b rin g in g a
price of >12.75, acco rd in g to H. J.
S tillin g s w ho w as in ch arg e of the D AW ES L E A D E R S H IP W A NTED
sh ip m en t. The price is >3.50 per
General Ideal Ban to Wage W ar on
hu n d red w eig h t above th e low price
Crime in Chicago.
last sp rin g w hen local sh ip m en ts sold
Chicago.—A proposal th at Vice
for a low as >9.25, Mr, S tillin g s said.
President Dawes assum e leadership
of all the various forces th a t are now
attem pting to fight crime In Chicago
Woughter Is Elected
has
been made to the executive com
At a special school board election
m ittee of tho Chicago crim e commis
In D istric t No. 14, held S atu rd ay ,
sion by M ajor George A. Paddock,
F ra n k W o u g h tr w as elected to fill
chairm an of the commission’s finance
the vacancy caused by th e death r e
committee.
cen tly of H a rry M. S traw .
Mr.
Lack of concentrated force behind
W o u g h ter h as resided lq H erm iston
needed reform s and a useless repeti
for m any y ears and has alw ays tak en
tion of effort by present m ethods are
an activ e In te re st In th e schoools.
listed by Major Paddock as reasons
for his proposal. He also expressed
Hoskins May Rnn
a belief th a t the vice-president would
A p e titio n callin g for th e c a n d i be particularly suited to lead such a
dacy of C harles H osckins a« an In co-ordinated attack.
dependent fo r sh e riff was left In H er-
m ston last week to secure sig n atu res.
Mr. H oskins ha« been chief d ep u ty In
eb arg e of crim in al w ork u n d er th e
p resen t s h e riff fo r several years.
CLUB WORK HAS ITS
INNING IN MEETING
Some of th e w ork accom plished by
m em bers of boys’ and g irls ’ 4-H clubs
and v arious phases of Its Im portance
w ere considered S a tu rd a y n ig h t In a
m eeting of clu b m em bers, th e ir p a r
e n ts and o th e rs in te re ste d in the
w ork, held on th e law n a t th e dis
tr ic t w ater office. A bout 75 were
p re se n t for th e p ro g ram o f reports,
ta lk s an d th e ice cream t h a t waa
served.
T h ree H erm iston g irls, F e rn L ind
ner, H elen Jen d rzejew sk i an d R ach
ael Buell w ere Introduced by Mrs.
F ra n k G ulw ltg and re p o rte d on the
.work th ey did and th e fun th e y had
w hile a tte n d in g th e sum m er session
a t th e s ta te college thia sum m er.
T hey also san g some club songs and
gave some club yells. T hey expressed
| th e hope th a t they m ig h t have the
o p p o rtu n ity of a tte n d in g an o th e r
sum m er session In th e fu tu re .
E nos M artin J r ., th e only H erm is
ton club boy to a tte n d th e sum m er
session, rep o rted on h is trip , th e way
th e school is c arried on, and th e a th
le tic w ork th a t is done.
E. L. Jackson, p ro ject club leader
w as ch a irm a n of the m eetin g . H. J.
O tt. p resid en t of th e U m atilla P ro ject
F a rm B u reau , talk ed b rie fly on the
im p o rtan ce of club w ork.
E. L.
C herry, su p e rin te n d e n t of jle rm lsto n
schools. In h is ta lk sta te d t i a f 'c l u b
w ork is one of the m ost Im p o rta n t
phases of education.*
* ■W.dr
Local club w o rk ers w ho rep o rted
on th e progress done to d ate In jth ls
y e a r’s p ro g ram
included
W a lth e r
O tt, J. W. M cM ulleq en d Jo h n Jendr-
zejrw skl. G eorge Je n k in s, a ss ista n t
county a g en t, called a tte n tio n to the
rew ard s th a t m ay be earn ed by club
m em bers In som e of th e v ario u s pro
jects.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, DATE
NAMED FOR ANNUAL PINICC
S unday, A ugust 28, has been es
tab lish ed as th e d ate for th e T hree
I an d O a n n u a l picnic th is y ear, ac
co rd in g to th e com m ittee In charge
of arra n g e m e n ts.
T he
Colum bia
p a rk w as chosen as th e place some
w eeks ago.
T he a lfa lfa and g rass g ro w th w ill
be mowed sh o rtly before th e d a te se
lected for th e picnic so th e g rounds
w ill be free of gro w th .
T he picnic is for fo rm er resid en ts
of th e sta te s of In d ia n a , Illin o is and
Iow a and Ohio. The custom of hav
in g a n n u a l picnics wa« established
m any years ago by form er resid en ts
of In d ia n a liv in g on th e project.
L a te r th e scope w as en larg ed to In
clude form er H oosiers liv in g In U m a
tilla county. L ast y ear th e resid en ts
of th e th ree o th e r s ta te s w ere In
cluded and th e nam e w as changed to
T h ree I and O.
Auxiliary To Meet
T he re g u la r m eetin g of th e W om
e n ’s a u x ilia ry of th e U m atilla P ro
je c t F arm B ureau w ill hold Its re g u
lar m eetin g F rid ay aftern o o n a t 2
o’clock, A ugust 3, a t C olum bia school
house. T he m eeting w ill be social
in ltR n a tu re w ith no special b u si
C. L. Ijelley le ft la st S a tu rd a y ness scheduled fo r co n sid eratio n .
a f tr a v is it-h e re for several days a t
the hom e of h is m o th er, Mrs. E. L.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. L ittle w ere P en
Kelley.
dleton v isito rs S unday evening.