^ ^ T h e Herald Keeps Close to the H eart and M ind of the U m atilla Project.
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VOL. XXII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23. 1928
SECONG ECONOMIC
CONFERENCE ASKED
ROY 0. WEST
FAMOUS MILKING STRAIN
STARTED ON PROJECT
T he fam ous Oxford s tra in of J e r ­
sey c a ttle have been in tro d u ced in to
th e p ro ject by th e p u rch ase of St.
Mawes O xford by th e Jersey B reed­
e rs’ asso ciatio n . T h is young bull,
claim ed to be one of th e best in the
N o rth w est, is now a t th e P. P. S u l­
livan ran ch , and w as purchased from
S idney M iller o f W oodburn, Oregon.
D airym en w ho have seen him say
th a t he is an u n u su ally fine an im al.
St. Mawes Oxford Is n o t yet tw o
years old an d w eighs 1000 pounds.
He w ill be show n a t th e U m atilla
P ro je c t F a ir th is y ear and prom ises
to show keen co m ep tltio n
a g a in st
o th e r en tries.
LEGION
TO
SHOW
AWARDS WON BY LOCAL
UNIT
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AUXILIARY
RECENT
STATE
NO. 51
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DR. EDWARD FRANCIS
MEETING
MODERN DAIRY PLANT
AT M’FARLAND RANCH
A dispaly of aw ard s won by th e
local u n it of th e A m erican Legion aux
ONE OF MOST COMPLETE IN THE
ilia ry is to be m ade a t some d ate in
NEXT FEBRUARY
COUNTY
th e near fu tu re is being p lanned by
the body.
T he aw ards, presented d u rin g the
Structure is Concrete Construction
Request Made to Stte College By the
s ta te convention recen tly in M edford
With All Modern Equipment
include a silv er loving cup, an in itia ­
Farm Bureau; Testing
tion lam p and tw o citatio n s.
Electrically Operated.
T he loving cup w as aw arded by
Work Approved.
the s ta te d e p a rtm e n t in recognition
of th e percentage of increase in mem­
W ith th e com pletion th is week of
A req u est for i n economic co n fer­
b ersh ip secured by th e local u n it.
a m ilk house a t "C h e rry c ro ft,” th e
e n ce to be held In H erm isto n some
T he body’s m em bership in 1927 was
d airy ranch of A. E. M cF arland a t
tim e late n ex t sp rin g , p referab ly d u r­
17, and th is y ear the fig u re
was
U m atilla, th e project w ill have one
in g F e b ru a ry before sp rin g w ork
pushed to 27.
of the m ost com plete p la n ts fo r th e
» s ta r ts In e arn est, w as fo rm u lated last
T he in itia tio n lam p aw ard w as won
PREMONITION OF EVIL GETS
h an d lin g of m ilk ln E a ste rn O regon.
week a t a m eetin g of th e executive
by th e u n it for b ein g th e first In the
T he new m ilk house, w hich is 33
com m ittee of th e U m atilla P ro je c t
CREDIT FOR SAVING HOME s ta te to sign up a m em bership equal
by 18 feet, is of concrete c o n stru c t­
F a rm B ureau. T he req u est h a s been
to th e 1927 m em bership. One of heo
ion w ith double w alls and celling,
su b m itted to th e s ta te college a u th o r­
W. Priszuer Saves His Home in North c ita tio n s was from n a tio n a l head-
h a rd surfaced in w h ite inside an d la
ities.
q u a te rs and th e o th e r w as a s ta te de­
th o ro u g h ly screened and ele c tric a lly
Hill Blaze, but Other
T he so rt of con ference desired w ill
p a rtm e n t c itatio n .
lig h ted . The doors are on one aide
be sim ila r to th e one held on th e pro­
Buildings Lost.
The local L egion post won tw o ci­
The most Im portant work In medical of the b u ild in g and open on a screen
je c t In F e b ru a ry , 1926, w hen fa rm ­
Roy O. W est of Chicago, who was
ta tio n s, one n a tio n a l and th e o th er research during th e past year was porch, m ak in g protection from files
e rs from B oardm an to Echo g a th e re d
sta te .
appointed secretary of the Interior by
done by Dr. Edward Francis, of the doubly assured. The floor space is
h e re to discuss problem s of v ita l in- i
A p rem o n itio n of ev il is cred ited
President Coolidge to succeed Hubert
United S tates publio health service. divided in to tw o large and tw o sm all
te r e s t in th e Irrig a te d d istric t. The
by W. P risz n e r, n o rth h ill p io n eer re ­
Work. Mr. W est la Republican na­
Dr. Francis received a medal for his rooms. Of th e tw o la rg e r room s one
o rig in a l conference took up all phases
sid
en
t,
a
g
b
ein
g
responsible
for
sav
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TWO
PLAYS
TO
BE
GIVEN
tional com m itteem an for Illinois.
research work on tualraem la, better is a w ashroom and th e o th e r lo r sep­
o f fa rm in g o peratio n s, such as dairy
in g his house an d o th e r b u ild in g s in
BY YOUNG PEOPLE AUG. 31 known to laymen as “ rabbit fever."
a ra tin g an d b o ttlin g . A boiler room
in g , p o u ltry raisin g , h ay and honey
a g rass fired th a t rag ed late T u es­
and
a steam room for s te rilis in g all
p ro d u ctio n , corn fo r silag e an d o th e r
day a ftern o o n . T he fire b u rn ed on a
m ilk co n tain ers, etc., tak e up th e re s t
crops.
stre tc h a h a lf a m ile ln w id th to a Baptist-Christian Church to be Place
of th e spapee. The steam room la
A vailable m a rk e t facilities w ere
depth of m ore th a n a m ile and des­
of Big Social One Week
fitte d w ith special m etal doors.
discussed as w ell as rp oduction both
troyed v a c a n t bu ild in g s, a b a rn ou
E q u ip m en t consists o( an electric
From Friday.
locally an d n a tio n a lly to ed term in e
th e old Low m an place and th e re ­
b
o
ttle w asher, electric m otor separa-
th e ad v isa b ility of ex p an d in g a c re ­
m ains of a b arn and a chicken house
W ashington, D. C.—U rgent pleas on th e C hezlk place. Mr. P riszn er
A big program o fferin g real e n te r­
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I tor, ru n n in g w ater cooler, steam
ag e. The esries of m eetings resu lted
London.—The capital of the B ritish boiler an<j a b o ttle fille r an d capper,
In w h a t h as u su ally considered as the for an appeal to P resident Coolidge lost 150 feet of flum es an d a q u a n tity ta in m e n t th a t is to be follow ed by a
penny social w ill be presented a t th e em pire is absolutely a t the m ercy of C oncrete w alks lead to th e m ilk
m ost com plete in v en to ry ever tak en for creation of a special federal board of firew ood.
to inquire into the threatened strike
h ere.
" I w as headed for tow n T uesday B a p tist-C h rlstian church F rid ay eve­ an a ir attack launched from the con­ house, In su rin g less c o n tam in atio n in
the room s w here the m ilk is handled.
E ffo rts w ere m ade to secure a sec­ of trainm en and conductors on w est­ a ftern o o n a little before 4 o’clock n in g . A ugust 31, u n d er the auspices tin e n t arm y experts now believe.
T he p la n t is equipped to ta k a care
T hat much, it Is claimed, has been
o n d conference e arly th is sp rin g , bu t ern railroads have reached the United w hen I happened to th in k th a t th e of th e young people of th e church.
th e college had alread y w orked o u t S tates board of railroad mediation aftern o o n fre ig h t had not y et gone W ork is alread y u n d er way on the learned definitely from th e annual of th e m ilk from 40 cows, sfhjeb 1 b
a n itin e ra ry for o th e r d is tric ts re ­ from business and ci,vie organizations an d th a t th e s tiff w ind m ig h t fan a program , and th e young people ex­ m aneuvers of the royal air force. In a b o u t th e size of thg M cF arland
all over the west.
those m aneuvers "enem y” bombers herd. A reg istered Jersey s iw , h ead s
q u irin g u n til la te in M arch to com­
fire in to a b ig blaze,” Mr. P riszn er pect to have a cap acity house.
C hairm an W inslow of the board re*
Two one-act plays a re to be p re­ made 67 daylight raids on London, in th e herd of g rade Jersey«. Mr,, and
p lete, so th e m a tte r w as n o t pressed.
said. ‘‘S o m eth in g told me th a t I had
fused to say w hether an appeal to the
b e tte r postpone my tr ip to tow n, so sented for the firs t p a rt of th e p ro ­ nine of which they com pletely evaded Mrs. M cF arland have been in the
P re ced in g th e m eetin g of th e exe­
president had been or would be made,
c u tiv e com m ittee th e special com m it­
I w en t back home, ch anged my gram , and th e casts include young the defense and dropped theoretical d airy business in U m atilla for seven­
but in answ er to the question said:
te e in c h arg e o f th e cam paign
to
clo th es and w en t over on th e b u tte people w ho have been o u tsta n d in g m essengers of supposed death and de­ teen years.
"There appears to be no reason for to w atch th e tra in .
in high school th e a tric a l o fferings struction. Brigadier-General Groves,
e ra d ic a te in fectio u s ab o rtio n In d airy
supposing th at the law would not be
ex-director of flying operations and
‘‘F ire b ro k e o u t in a couple of d u rin g th e p ast few years.
c a ttle convened. P. P. S u lliv an Is
adequate to m eet any situation likely
The firs t p lay th a t w ill be p res­ now secretary of the a ir league, said: PENDLETON BUSINESS MEN
places and s ta rte d b u rn in g rap id ly
c h a irm a n of th e dody an d th e re p o rt
to arise or th a t the m achinery of th e
"London is too big to be adequately
SUPPORT HERMISTON FAIR
Some of th e n eig h b o rs a n d th ree sec­ ented is "T he M erry, M erry C uckoo,”
o f re g io n a l m em bers all over th e pro­
law will not be operated if necessary
tio n m en fo u g h t th e fire s an d did and h as W ales as its settin g . It is defended from an a ir attack. In a
je c t in d icated a sig n u p of d airy men
to protect th e in terests of employes,
e v e ry th in g possible to p ro te c t build described as an ex q u isite play vivid­ short time Its vital points would be Committee From Fair Association
in excess of 80 per cen t for th e te s t­ carriers and the public."
ly p o rtra y in g th e h ig h ly d ram atic in ruins and all other sections of the
in g s.”
in g w ork. The S tan field d is tric t has
Report Interest Here and
q u a lity of th e W elch m ind, its deep city would bo rendered uninhabitable
signed 10Q per cen t to have th e test
em otionalism and its love of song because of gas.”
ITALY SENDS SHARP NOTE MOTION PICTURE STAR AT
in g done.
at County Seat.
M embers of th e cast include Cecil
One of the facts of the m aneuvers
Ju g o sla v ia Notified She Must Pay
PENDLETON ROUND-UP W arn er, A n ita P aulsen, E lsie Reed­ which the experts consider significant
A com m ittee appointed by th e U m a­
KELLEY ELECTED TO LEAD
Indem nity to Coneul.
er, B ernice S to rk and E rn e st Cox. is that, theoretically, 300 tons of
tilla C ounty fa ir board Journeyed to
Belgrade, Jugo-Sla via.—Italy, by It«
HERMISTON LEGION POST
P en d leto n , Oregon, A u g u st 23—V is­ Miss P aulsen is d ire c tin g the play.
bombs, loaded with gas and high ex­ P endleton Monady to sound o u t b u si­
m inister here, has presented a second ito rs a t th e P en d leto n R o u n d -u p th is
The second play is in d ire c t con­ plosives, were dropped on London
sharp note to the Jugo-SIavlan gov­ y ear, S ep tem b er 19, fcO, 21 and 22, tr a s t to the firs t one and has a mod­ w ithin a week. This equals the bombs ness men of th a t com m unity a g to
how m uch in te re s t th e y fe lt in th e
H a rry K elley w ill be com m ander of ernm ent protesting against the recent
w ill h av e an o p p o rtu n ity to m eet a ern A m erican se ttin g . I t Is en title d dropped on all of England by the Ger­ fa ir in H erm iston th is y ear. On
H erm isto n post of th e A m erican L eg ­ anti-Italian dem onstrations In Spalato,
m oton p ic tu re actress in person, for ‘F lap Goes th e F la p p e r," an d A. E. m ans ln the entire period of the world th e ir re tu rn th ey rep o rted th a t every
ion d u rin g th e com ing y ear as a re ­ In which the Italian consul th ere was
M ary D uncan renow ned on both stag e Bensel is d ire c tin g it. M any am us­ war.
one interview ed had been so m uch
s u lt of th e a n n u a l election of officers slightly injured.
and screen, h as been chosen queen of in g situ a tio n s develop as the action
Interested th a t they co u ld n ’t fin ish
hel<j last T h u rsd ay n ig h t. O th er of­
The note is described as couched ln th is y e a r's R ound-U p. .
unw inds. T he c a st includes R uth
up In one day and m ust go back.
ficers nam ed inclu d e Jam es Todd, "perem ptory” term s and dem ands the
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Misg D uncan, a vivacious, au b u rn - Bensel, Jfcerbert H edw all, B eatrice
The local men refuse to believe
vice-com m ander; W. L. H am m , a d ju ­ suspension of th e chief of police of
h aired b eau ty , comes to P en d leto n to Bensel, Bob R ogers, Nell Reeves and
A tariff tre a ty betw een Germany th a t th irte e n is unlucky, as th a t Is
t a n t ; L ogan Todd, se rg e a n t a t artn s; Spalato, the paym ent to the consul of
p lay a lead in g role in o u r "D aily E arl Bensel.
and the nationalist governm ent of the n u m b er of P endleton
business
O scar P ayne, c h a p la in ; an d J . M. an adequate Indem nity and compen­
The e n te rta in m e n t program is to
B read ,” a Fox Film C o rp o ratio n m ot
houses th a t have pledged su p p o rt to
B iggs, co rrespondent.
sation for th e dam age done to the ion p ic tu re w hich F. W. M u rn au w ill s ta r t prom ptly a t 8, and the penny China has been signed.
P resident Coolidge was presented the fa ir, e ith e r In cash prem ium s,
R ep o rts on th e w o rk done a t th e property of Italian nationals.
d irect. T he p leu re w ill have fo r its social w ill be held in th e church wild a 125-potmd wheel of fancy Swiss
m erchandise or ad v e rtisin g space.
s ta te convention w ere m ade by H a rry
follow ing. cheese by a delegation of farm ers of
locale th e w h e a t fields a n d h ills of basem ent im m ediately
H erm iston business men a re also
K elley and Jam es Todd, d elegates,
U m atilla county.
Some new s tu n ts In m erch an d isin g G reene county, W isconsin.
FOOD PRICES HIGHER
b acking th e e n te rp rise in th e sam e
and by L ogan Todd and J. M. Biggs,
Q ueen M ary w ill rid e in all R ound- a re b ein g evolved for th e social. Low
a lte rn a te s . T he po st decided to co­ Slight Increase Shown According to
Clyer Kronfeld, A ustrian glider ex­ way, an<j the board feels encouraged
Up p arad es an d hold sw ay over th e adm ission prices have been fixed so
o p e ra te w ith th e U m atilla P ro ject
pert, made a flight of 7 honrs and 54 a t th e fin an cial and m oral su p p o rt
L atest Report.
w estern kingdom w ith its cow boys th a t th e w hole fam ily can be present
m inutes, beating the previous record, they a re receiving.
F a ir board in e n te rta in m e n t fe a tu re s
W ashington, D. C.—Figures made an d cow girls.
T he h o n o r of ru lin g w ith o u t serio u sly dam ag in g a n y ­
fo r th e fa ir, O ctober 5 an d 6.
which was 5 hours and 22 minutes.
public by the d epartm ent of labor th e R ound-U p is a sig n al one an d la st body's pocketbook.
R itu a lis tic in itia to ry w ork w ill be show th a t food prices advanced one-
Luke S. May, Seattle detective, was
Cole & Rogers Circus Coming
y ear w en t to Mabel S tric k la n d , w orld
p u t on by th e post e t th e first m eet­ ten th of one per cent from Ju n e 15
elected president of the N orthw est as­
C urious an im als a re in th e a llo tt-
cham pion cow girl T he R ound-U p
Farm
Bureau
To
Meet
in g l n S eptem ber w hen th e new o ffi­ to July 15, a decrease of less than
sociation of Sheriffs and Police for m ent of Cole ft R ogers a ttra c tio n s —
d y n asty is m ade up of a long list of
The F arm B ureau w ill m eet F riday the ninth tim e a t the closing session
cers a re installed.
one-half of one per cent since July a ttra c tiv e g irls w ho have beeu a
ra n g in g In size from th e ponderoua
n ln g h t a t th e M ethodist church. Af­ of its convention in Boise, Idaho.
e lep h a n t to tin y ‘‘Pew ee” th e p erfect­
15, 1927, but an increase of 53.5 per corded th is honor.
te r a s h o rt buciness session th ere w ill
Next week the representatives of ly form ed horse: sm allest l n the
cent compared with July 15, 1913.
Buys New Car.
be a varied program . Selected film s 500 000.000 persons will m eet In the world w ith a w eight of only forty
The prices of 18 staple foods ad­
► . Mr. nad Mrs. Roy H addox r e t u r n ­
Spuds Are Shipped
from th e extension service w ill be Salle de L’Horloge of the French for­
ed from P o rtla n d S u n d ay d riv in g a vanced from Ju n e 15 to July 15, 1928,
pounds an,j a h eig h t of 26 inches.
Two carlo ad s of p o tato es have been th e fe a tu re of th e evening.
O ther eign office, exchange greetings and
new W h ip p et sedan. Jo h n H addox while nine showed a decrease and 15 ship ed o u t o f H erm isto n re cn tly . T he
In thene daye of the m otor, horeee of
num
bers
a
re
on
th
e
program
.
sign their nam es to an extraordinary norm al s tru c tu r e a re becom ing ra re
no change.
accom panied them .
firs t w as shipped by Roy S u lliv an ,
docum ent clearly and Irrevocably re­ enough b u t Pew ee le Indeed an equ-
an d last T h u rsd ay F. C. M cKenzie
C. L. M oriner of W ash in g to n , D. nouncing w ar as an Instrum ent of na­ nlne curiosity, no la rg e r th a n a
Leave For Seaside
Miss A da Soneson le ft W ednesday shipped a carlo ad .
T h e M cK enzie
w as in tow n W ednesday. H e lg a tional policy.
w atch dog, yet erfe c t In form . T he
Mr. an d Mrs. R. A. B row nson and to spend h er v acatio n w ith h er sis­ sh ip m en t is rep o rted to have gone re re se n ta tlv e of th e N ational C ham ­
circus w ill ex h ib it in H erm iston n ext
d a u g h te rs le ft T uesday for Seaside te r, M rs..R . A. W h ite, of O lym pia. I th ro u g h th e T h ree R iv ers G row ers'
ber of com m erce and Is w o rk in g for
Mrs. O. C. Pierce and ch ild ren re ­ W ednesday. A ugust 29, both a f te r ­
I asso ciatio n .
w h ere th ey w ill spend th e ir v acatio n . W ash in g to n .
tax reduction.
tu rn ed S unday from Seaside.
noon and evening.
FARM BUREAU
SEEKS
SESSION
INTERVENTION URGED
TO PREVENT STRIKE
AERIAL ATTACK ON
LONDON POSSIBLE
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THE FEATHERHEADS
By Osborne
Felix Gets a Strike
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