The Herald Keep* Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928
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LOCALS WIN HONORS
AT LEGION MEETING
CORN MAKES GROWTH THOUGHT
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FOR ANNUAL BIG ROUND-UP WORLD RECORD, 61 INCHES IN
PENDLETON BUSY ON PLANS
JOHN THOMAS
Many Performers to Invade City for 3 0 DAYS FROM PLANTING HERE
Show; M exican Steers to
Be in Arena.
PRAISE GIVEN MEDFORD
OVER
STATE CONVENTION
J.
M. B iggs R e-elected Member of
E xecutive Committee; Mrs.
Shescly Made Alternate.
H onors an d recognitio n from th e
O regon d e p a rtm e n t of th e A m erican
L egion w as w on by H erm isto n in th e
convenion of th e o rg an izatio n held
la s t week a t Medford. J. M. Eiggs.
m em ber of th e sta te ex ecutive com­
m itte e re p re se n tin g the six th Legion
d is tric t, w as re-elected, an d Mrs. H.
E. Shesely, m em ber of th e executive
com m ittee of the a u x ilia ry in the
y e a r ju s t closed, w as elected an a l­
te r n a te to th e n a tio n a l conv en tio n in
S an A ntonio.
T he local p o st’s deleg ates w ere
H a rry K elley, com m ander, and Janies
Todd. Mrs. Shesely as d is tric t com ­
m itte e w om an and Mrs. Jas. Todd as
d eleg a te rep resen ted th e local a u x il - .
ia ry u n it. Mr. Biggs and L ogan Todd I
w ere th e o th e r tw o Legion men in a t­
te n d a n c e from H erm isto n . T he re ­
p re se n ta tio n from th e local post was
th e la rg e st in p o in t of n u m b ers of any
post in h is p a rt of th e Btate, th e H er­
m iston men stated .
E n th u sia stic praise of M edford’s
h o sp ita lity w as exprssed by all th e
H erm isto n delegation.
T hey said
th a t no d e tail w as overlooked by th e
people o f M edford th a t w ould add to
th e com fort and happiness of th e
g uests.
A crow d estim ated a t b etw een 12,-
000 and 15,000 w as p resen t for th e
co n test am ong drum and b u g le corps.
T he co n test w as held on a big field
a t n ig h t u n d e r flood lig h ts.
" I sh all n ever fo rg et as long as I
live th e spectacle created by all those
d ru m corps a t th e conclusion of the
com petition w hen they sw u n g onto
th a t field in com pany fro n t fo rm a­
tio n ,” said one of th e H erm isto n
m en. ‘‘T he b e a u tifu l un ifo rm s, th e
precision and s p irit of th e u n its and
th e m a rtia l m usic they m ade provided
th r lls in p le n ty .”
T he business sessions of th e con­
v en tio n w ere n otable on acco u n t of
th e ir harm ony, C om m ander K elley re ­
po rted . T h ere w as enough old arm y
"c ra b b in g ” to m ake everyone feel a t
hom e, but th e real business of the
o rg a n izatio n w as tran sacted sm oothly
an d w ith a m inim um of arg u m en t.
SULLIVAN MAKES SALE OF
SPUDS AT $1 SACK HERE
R oy S u lliv an sta rte d d ig g in g a car
load of potato es yesterd ay th a t are
to be loaded h ere for sh ip m en t to th e
P a c ific F r u it Co. of P o rtla n d .
The
p rice agreed on is one d o lla r per
sack, f. o. b. car in H erm ston.
The
sale w as m ade follow ing period of
n eg o tia tio n s w ith th e produce com­
p an y in w hich Tom F ra s e r took an
activ e p a rt. Mr. S ullivan sta te d th a t
h is spuds a re tu r n in g o u t a t
the
ra te of ab o u t 200 sacks p er acre, so
he is n o t so down h earted ab o u t the
low price p e r sack.
Car Of Spuds Shipped
A carload of potatoes w as shipped
from S tan field la s t S a tu rd ay to P o rt­
land. T he grow ers w ho com bined to
m ak e the c a r w ere H a rry Rees and
Jam es Lane.
MURRAY HULBERT
John Thomas, banker and cattle­
man of Gooding, and Republican na­
tional com m itteem an for Idaho, who
was appointed United States senator
to serve the unexpired term of the
late Senator Frank R. Gooding.
FRANCO-BRITISH PACT
AROUSES KELLOGG
W ashington, D. C.—W ith the term s
of the m ysterious Franco-British naval
accord undisclosed, it was revealed
for the first tim e th at American of­
ficials are "seriously disturbed by the
probability” th at the agreem ent in­
volves vital American in terests and
perhaps endangers the W ashington
naval arm s treaty.
Secretary of S tate Kellogg indicated
his concern when he suggested the
question was too delicate to perm it
him to aiacuss it publicly a t th is time.
He said he could not make known his
opinion of the agreem ent until he had
had aa opportunity to consult P resi­
dent Coolidge.
Kellogg will seek, if not openly de­
mand, an explanation of the agree­
m ent when he goes to P aris late this
month to sign the renunciation of war
treaty.
While the Franco-British move Is
considered in certain quarters as be­
ing aimed a t Italy's expanding naval
power on the M editerranean, rath er
th a t at the United States, the United
S tates cannot adopt this view, it was
said, until the accord has been ex­
plained clearly.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
K ern county, California, will pro­
duce approxim ately 40,000 bales of
cotton this year.
An appeal to both major political
parties to lim it th eir campaign expen
ditures to *3,000,000 each was made
by Senator Borah.
The population of Turkey, accord
ing to figures published by the direc­
tor of statistics, based on the latest
census, is 13,600,275 inhabitants.
The total traue of Canada for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 1923, was
valued at *2,359,412,000, the g reatest
in its history, the dominion bureau oi
statistics has announced.
Chinese reports trom Tsinan state
th at about 2000 persons in the towns
of Ankiu and Linehu in central Shan­
tung, have been drowned in the tlood
caused by the overflowing of Tawen
river.
M rs. C. S. M cN aught, N ancy, Joe
an d A llen le ft T uesday for a n o u tin g
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reid have re­
a l W allow a lake. Mr. M cN aught r e - ,tu r n e d to th e ir hom e i n th e Colum -
m alned a t hom e “ because th e re Is no b la d is tric t. T h e ir w edding w as an
g o lf course over th e re .”
(ev en t ' n Ju n e.
P en d leto n , Ore., Aug. 9-It may be
said (a n d very tr u ly ) th a t P en d le­
to n . a t th e close of one y e a r's Itound-
Up, begins plan s for th e next. F or
th e g re a t w estern ex h ib itio n , now in
its n in e te e n th year, h as become so
well estab lish ed as a com m unity e n ­
terp rise, th a t it is a p a rt of th e life
of th e com m unity Itself.
N evertheless,
these
p re-au tu m n
days fin d P e n d leto n ian s especially
busy w ith p re p a ra tio n s fo r th e a n n u a l
ev en t as th e th e d ates, S eptem ber 19,
20, 21 an d 22, come on apace.
The
tow n w ears an e x p ectan t a ir and
ev ery w h ere th ere a re evidences of
R ound-U p plans.
Cowboys and cow girls who are
cham pions and cham pions to be, a re
com ing in th e ir u su al num bers.
A m ong th e co m p etito rs th is y ear w ill
be th e b ig ag g re g a tio n of fine p e r­
fo rm ers an d b e a u tifu l stock know n
as th e C h arley Irw in an d Ed<jie Mc­
C arty o u tfits (tw o se p a ra te gro u p s.)
Included in th e g alax y of fem in ­
ine s ta rs is M abel S tric k la n d , queen
of th e 1927 R ound-U p, and th e only
w om an ste e r ro p er in th e world.
P re tty Mabel, d espite a serio u H acci­
d en t to h e r h an d w hile ro p in g last
y ear, w ould not re lin q u ish th e hem p
u n til she had th e ste e r tied w ith a
n eatn ess and speed w hich th e cow­
boys envied.
Of course th e b u ck in g , as alw ays,
w ill be a m ost co lo rfu l event and to
its stock of cap ricio u s horseflesh th e
R ound-U p recen tly added a larg e
g ro u p of b ro n k s w hich a re con­
scien tio u s o b jecto rs as fa r as saddles
or rid ers a r e concerned. Dan C lark,
livestock ag e n t fo r th e U nion P aci­
fic, h as gone so u th to b rin g back
M exican steers g u a ra n te e d to give
ro p ers and bulldoggerb p len ty ' . o f
occupation. T ick et o rd e rs a re being
received d aily an d p lan s fo r special
tra in s m ade.
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W h at is believed may be a w orld’s
record for ra p id ity of g ro w th of corn
u n d e r n a tu ra l field conditions has
been m ade On th e p ro ject on C. L.
U pham 's place in th e Colum bia dis­
tr ic t. A stock of sw eet corn in a
p atch p lan ted Ju ly 8 m easured 61
Inches A ugust 6 a fte r th e p aren t
g ra in had been ln the ground
30
days.
M easurem ent w as m ade from the
top of th e gro u n d to th e tip of the
shoot by A. J. U pham , fa th e r of C.
L. U pham , w ho is sp ending th e su m ­
m er here.
" I believe a g ro w th of 61 inches
in 30 days, or a t th e ra te of more
th a n tw o inches per day, co u n tin g
th e tim e th e k ern el laid in the
g ro u n d before th e p la n t m ade its a p ­
pearance, probably estab lish es a
w o rld’s record for co rn ," th e elder Mr.
U pham said. “ My g randson Dick
looked a t m s as if h e th o u g h t I w as
crazy w hen I suggested h a t we clear
off a g ro w th of pea vines early in
J u ly and p la n t some sw eet corn.
B ut he did th e w ork, and we have
th e corn to show fo r it.”
T he elder Mr. U pham , w ho is past
80 and a v eteran of th e Civil w ar,
tak es a keen in te re st in crops and
m ethods of g ro w in g them . He has
ex perim en ted w ith double cropping
h ere a t v ario u s tim es w hile v isitin g
h is son and declared th a t g ard en ers
can easily g et tw o or even m ore crops
p er y ear by carefu l ro ta tio n
in
p lan tin g .
LIFE SAVING WORK WILL
BE TAUGHT AT UMATILLA
In s tru c tio n s in sw im m ing and life
sav in g w ork for all w ho w ish to
av ail them selves of .it w ill be offered
fo r resid en ts of th is section of th e
. co u n try on S unday, M onday, T ues­
day a n d W ednesday a ftern o o n s be­
tw een 3 and 6 o’clock a t U m atilla,
acco rd in g to plans m ade by th e U m a­
tilla county c h a p te r of Red Cross.
The in s tru c tio n w ork w ill be in
The Stork
Mr. an d Mrs. N eal B lakney of ch arge of H arold H a tto n of P endle­
Echo a re th e p a re n ts o f a lo pound ton, a n accredited in stru c to o r. H is
boy born M onday a t th e H erm isto n ap pearance a t U m atilla w ill be p a rt
of a cam paign th a t is b ein g carried
h ospital.
Mr. an d Mrs. G w ynn H u g h es are on all oer th e c o u n try u n d e r the a u s­
th e p a re n ts of a baby boy born T ues­ pices of th e Red Cross.
day a t th e h ospital.
SECOND HAY CROP FINE IN
Showcases Are Added
QUALITY SUPT. DEAN SAYS
C h arles G. B u rk h as added a couple
of new glass show cases to h is fix ­
Demand for Hay S till Slow, and
tu re s In h is g en eral sto re. T he cases
are th e la te st sty le an d w ill be used
In terest in D airying is
to d isp lay a new lin e of w om en’s
On Increase.
w earin g ap p arel th a t he Is ad d in g to
bis stock.
"I don’t rem em ber w hen th e pro­
ject lias produced a crop of hay any
LOCAL CHURCH PLANS TO PUT b e tte r th a n th e second crop was th is
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y e a r,” is th e com m ent m ade by H.
CARS AND TRUCK AT WORK TO K. Dean, su p e rin te n d e n t of the ex­
p erim en t sta tio n here, th e o th e r day.
HAUL FAMILIES TO SERVICES
The second crop m ade an excellent
grow th, and conditions w ere ideal for
“ If we can have re g u la r ro u tes for cu rin g alfa lfa , he said. A t the ex­
d eliv erin g an d co llectin g feed, cream , p erim en t farm hay c u t one m o rning
school ch ild ren , etc., w hy c a n ’t we w as p u t in th e stack th e follow ing
w ork th e sam e scem e to sw ell a tte n d ­ aftern o o n . F arm ers on th e p ro ject
have m ade re p o rts sim ila r to the one
ance a t c h u rc h ? "
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T he questio n » a s asked hv m em ­ by Supt. Dean.
Local hay deniers re p o rt th a t the
bers
th e H erm isto n B ap tist-
C rristia n ch u rch last sp rin g and was dem and 1« still draggy. O ther dis­
p u t Into effect for sev eral w eeks w ith tric ts have p u t big crops on the m a r­
very sa tisfa c to ry re su lts. D u rin g the k et w ith th e resu lt th a t buyers have
h o tte st w eath er th e plan w as disco n ­ p lenty to choose from aiid a re going
tin u ed , b u t m em bers o f th e ch u rch easy.
The dem and for b u tte rfa t has
an d S unday Bible school have decid­
ed to p u t th e p lan back in to effect stim u lated In te re st in d airy in g , and
farm ers h a v in g su rp lu s stock for
for th is com ing Sunday.
A n u m b er of c a rs and one tru c k sale have little d ifficu lty in dispos­
have been v o lu n teered by m em bers in g of th e ir anim als. P rices asked!
for th e w ork w hich is to be c arried for cows have show n a g ra d u a l up­
w ard tren d .
on in an o rganized m an n er.
SCHOOL TO STHAT
HERE SEPTEMBER 3
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BUILDINGS
IN
READINESS
TOR
ANOTHER YEAR’S WORK
F acu lties Complete Except for Coach
of A thletics and Teacher
of Sciences.
T h ree w eeks from n ext M onday.
S eptem ber 3, sum m er v acation w ill
end in H erm iston and teac h ers and
p upils w ill be back a t w ork fo r a n ­
o th e r school year.
A lteratio n s and re p a irs have been
m ade d u rin g th e vacation period to
th e b u ild in g s to p u t th em in shape
fo r th e year, S upt. E. L. C herry said.
T he sta ffs fo r both g ra d e a n d h ig h
schools have been selected, except ln
Murray H ulbert of New York, who th e case of coach for a th le tic s and
wae elected the grand exalted ruler ot science teac h er in th e h ig h school.
the Benevolent and Protective Order A vacancy w as only rcen tly created
of Elko at the convention of th a t or­ w hen Coach W ale n ta asked fo r a r e ­
ganization in Miami.
lease from h is c o n tract, He p lan s
to be ln the sheep and fa rm in g b u si­
ness w ith his fa th e r.
In th e grades th e re w ill be th re e
new teachers. The th ird g rade w ill
be ta u g h t by Miss C ath erin e C ran n a,
form erly of N orth D akota.
T he six th g rad e teac h er w ill be
W ashington, D. C.—Chief executives Miss E vangelyn Cheseley w ho h as
of the 22 standard railroad labor or­ h er hom e ln W isconsin. Miss Mc­
ganizations decided here that organiz­ D evitt, a g ra d u a te of th e O regon n o r­
ed labor as a body would not indorse m al a t M onm outh, th is sum m er a s tu ­
any presidential candidate. At the d e n t a t U niversity of O regon, w ill
sam e tim e they referred back to the j have th e fo u rth grade.
organizations them selves w hatever ac- | T eachers w ho w ere h ere la s t y ear
tlon they m ight wish to take individ­ and w ill re tu rn for w ork in th e
ually.
grades include Miss M innie S anated,
The action was taken near the close p rim ary g rad e; Miss M ary P e tri, see-
of a three-day executive meeting, at od g rad e; Miss V era T hom pson, T lfth
which many labor organization prob­ g rad e; W. R. W a rn e r, sev en th g ra d e ;
lem s were discussed. Many candidates and A. E. B ensel, e ig h th g iad e.
for the senate and house, the entire
Miss C h a rlo tte K ern, g ra d u a te of
La Follette-progressive slate in Wis­ U n iv ersity of W ash in g to n , w hose
consin an $ Judge Florence E. Alien, hom e In S eattle w ill have c h a rg e of
running for re-election to the Ohio m usic in both th e grades and h ig h
suprem e court, however, will receive school. She ta u g h t last y ear ln an
the support of organized labor under academ y l n U tah.
the program adopted.
New teach ers in th e h ig h school
include Miss V irg in ia F ro st w ho w ill
teach E n glish. She Is a g ra d u a te of
W ash in g to n S ta te college an d lives
Vigorous Campaign to Bo Made In ln Spokane.
No selection of an
Democratic State.
a th le tic coach has y et been m ade.
Miss Jessie B. B rlerley w ill teach
A tlanta, Ga.—For the first time
since the Roosevelt m ovem ent in 1912, 'm ath em atics an d L atin . Miss E v a
plans are being laid for a vigorous re R an d all will teach social sciences.
publican party presidential campaign Miss Rose Donovan w ill teac h la n g ­
uage an d social science. S upt. C herry
ln Georgia.
In prelim inary conference here, the w ill have a p a r t of th e m ath em atics
state Hoover campaign comm ittee en tea c h in g to do.
larged itself from five to 21 members
T he bungalow school b u ild in g s
and called a m eeting of the whole have been calclm lned nd th e floors
comm ittee for next W ednesday to and th e shingled e x te rio rs have been
d raft plans to take the campaign for tre a te d w ith oil. Some calc im in ln g
the republican ticket into every coun has been done in th e big b u ild in g .
ty in the state.
P a rt of the school g ro u n d s n o rth e a st
of th e b u ild in g has recen tly been lev­
California Gasoline Tax Fought.
eled, and some floor re p a irs have been
San Francisco, Cal.—Charging that made.
C alifornia's 3-ccnt gasoline tax is llle
gal. A ttorney W. R. Crawford, repre­
McMILLAN-SCOTT
senting 58 clients, filed a suit in fed­
eral court here seeking to restrain
A w edding of in te re st to H erm iston
S tate C ontroller Ray L. Riley from
people w as solem nized ln P endleton
making further collections.
S atu rd ay afternoon w hen Miss R uby
M. S co tt becam e th e bride of W. H.
Babe Ruth Ahead of Last Year.
M cM illan. The cerm ony w as solem n­
Chicago.—Babe R uth hit bis 43d
ized by M elville T. W ire a t h is resi­
home run of the season In the fifth
dence on Lee stre e t.
Inning of S aturday’s game with the
T he b rid e has been te a c h in g a t
Chicago W hite Sox. The hom er puts
H elix an d has m ade h e r hom e h ere.
Ruth 27 days and 9 home runs ahead
Rhe h as made m any friends.
Mrs.
ot his 1927 record.
Merle P h elp s Is her sister. T he groom
h as m any frien d s in H erm iston and
League Recognizee Nanking Regime
has resided h ere for a n u m b er of
Geneva. — Rights to the great Bis- years. He lately en tered th e em ploy
extended recognition to the Nanking, of th e U nion Oil Co. T hey a ra m a k ­
or N ationalist, governm ent of China— in g th e ir hom e on th e w est aide of
a move th at came after United S tates’ tow n. A num ber o t frien d s called
recognition of the Nanking powers.
a t th e ir home M onday ev en in g and
stag ed a ch ariv ari.
LABOR NOT TO MIX
IN POLITICAL FIGHT
REPUBLICANS EYE GEORGIA