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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928
POULTRY PRODUCERS
SHIP BIRDS NOV. 12
169!
NO. 11
MRS. W. ). W H ItIN G
WALTER JOHNSON
PRIZES AWARDED TO
POOLTRY PRODUCERS
FROFESSOR FOX JUDGES FLOCKS
IN CONTEST
TURKEYS SENT THROUGH
ASSOCIATION
Mrs. W ill Rhoades Captuoes First
Mrs. T. H. Haddox second,
C. M. Jackson, Third.
Tot: 1 Receipts Amount to $7,617.84
For Hermiston Poultrymen
In First Pool.
T he firs t sh ip m en t of tu rk e y s by
local p o ultry producers w as m ade on
M onday, N ovem ber 12, w hen a to ta l
of 1691 birds w ere shipped th ro u g h
th e Idaho T u rk ey C row ers associa­
tio n from th e local w arehouse. The
m en re p re se n tin g th e bu y ers w ho
w ere In H erm isto n looking a fte r th e
sh ip m en t, spoke very h ig h ly of th e
qt a llty of th e birds received.
T hey
rem ark ed th a t It w as " a s nice a c a r­
load of tu rk e y s as they h ad ever
pack ed .’’
T he to ta l w eig h t of th e b ird s
am o u n ted to 20,708 pounds,
T he
sh ip m e n t consisted of 691 n u m b er 1
tom s b rin g in g a net price of 40 cen ts
to th e grow er, 750 n u m b er 1 h en s a t
39 cents, 63 old tom s a t 33 cents, an d
187 nu m b er 2 a t 29 cents.
The to ta l receip ts for th e local
g ro w ers am o u n ted to 37,617.84.
T he n ex t sh ip m en t of local birds
w ill probably be made ab o u t Decem­
b e r 1, and a s till la te r one some
tim e In Ja n u a ry .
The D ecember
sh ip m e n t w ill likely be th e la rg e st
o f th e th ree.
T he sh ip m en t on M onday gave ev i­
dence of a t least one sig n ific a n t p o in t
since only 187 birds w ere classed as
n u m b er tw o, show in g a m arked im ­
p rovem ent over th e co n d itio n of th e
b ird s la s t y e a r w hen 33 p er c en t
w ere placed in th e n u m b er tw o class.
W alter Perry Johnson, who recently
signed a three-year contract to pilot
the Washington American league base­
ball club.
Johnson was the star
pitcher for the Washington club for
21 years.
Mrs. William J. Whiting is the wife
of the new secretary of commerce in
President Coolidge's cabinet.
LAVA FLOW BURIES
ITALIAN VILLAGES
C atania, Sicily.—A wide path of ruin
past the villages of N unziata and Pun-
talazzo and through the little ham let
of Mascali m arked the path of an
ever advancing fall of molten lava
which flowed from the c rater of Mount
E tn a down th e beaut&ul Pietrafucila-
Vallonazzo valley.
Moving forward, crushing houses,
vineyards and rich farm lands, the
m ain lava stream Joined w ith several
others from the crater and was n ear­
ly 14 feet thick and more than a mile
wide. Houses crumbled under th e in­
ten se heat before th e lava reached
A sedan stolen from th e T ipton and
them and trees w ere w ithered and
RED CROSS TO SOLICIT
M anchester g a ra g e in The D alles at
dstroyed while th e stream was still
NEITHER TEAM ABLE TO SCORE 1 2 :3 0 A. M. T uesday tu rn e d tu r tle
NEW MEMBESS NEXT WEEK 100 yards away.
The dam age will be trem endous and
on th e h ig h w ay tu rn ju s t so u th of
IN ARMISTICE DAY FRAY
National Committee Sets Goal At already is estim ated to have reached
H erm iston a few h o u rs la te r in the
5,000,000 Memebers for This
110,000,000.
Twelve thousand are
Game Fast and Clean Throughout m ornings No tra c e of the th ie f or
Coming Year.
hom eless and little homes of laborers
thieves were found w hen a n in v estig a
in the district have been obliterated.
With Few Penalties. Kennewick
tin w as m ade by th e local city m a r­
T he 1 2 th a n n u a l A m erican Red
shal, H a rry K elley.
Plays Here Saturday.
Cross m em bership drive w ill open In
T he c ar w as considerably' dam aged
WAR
CURB
PLANNED
H erm isto n n ex t week, acco rd in g to
w ith broken glass in th e w indshield
T he H erm isto n h ig h school football
R. A. B row nson, c h airm an of th is Gathering In W ashington Next Month
and doorg an d from all appearances
team jo u rn e y to H ep p n er A rm istice
d is tric t.
S olicitors w ill be busy
Authorized.
it had tu rn e d over tw ice. Too much
th ro u g h o u t th e w eek in th e ir e ffo rts
W ashington, D. C. — Next m onth day p lay in g th e h e a v ie r H ep p n er speed to n e g o tia te th e tu r n
w as
to en list a larg e num b er of local peo­ rep resen tativ es of th e U nited S tates team a scoreless tie." I t w as a real
given as th e probable cause fo r the
ple in th e ra n k s of th e g re a t n a tio n a l and every Latin-Am erican republic fo o tb all gam e from s t a r t to fin ish ,
accident. T he c ar w as driv en back
o rg an izatio n .
will m eet in W ashington to p articipate w ith n e ith e r team b ein g able to g et to tow n u n d e r its own pow er.
A m inim um of 5,000,000 m em bers in w hat is expected to be the m ost closer th a n th e tw e n ty y ard line.
A ccording to w ord received from
H erm isto n m ade 11 firs t dow ns all
h as been ixed by th e n a tio n a l com­ im portant conference ever held in th is
th e g arag e in th e D alles, no clew was
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m ittee as a goal for th is y ear's drive. hem isphere for the purpose of m aking
offfered as to th e id e n tity of th e per­
H arvey D. G ibson as ch airm an , th e w ar less probable betw een American H ep p n er m ade 9, tw o o f w h ich w ere
son ta k in g th e car. T he sedan was
accom plished by passes.
ro ll call advisiory com m ittee issued nations.
ow ned by th e garag e and c a rrie d a
In th e th ird period K en n in g s came
th e follow ing sta te m e n t from W ash ­
Th object of the m eeting, which was
d ealer’s license.
in g to n , D. C.:
called by S ecretary Kellogg a t the n e a r re tu rn in g a p u n t an d sco rin g a
‘‘T he A m erican Red Cross h as a p ­ direction of the Pan-American confer­ touch d o w n fo r th e locals b u t w as
pealed to th e A m erican people for a ences held at H avana last w inter, will stopped on H ep p n er’s 40 y ard line PLAN LIBRARY BENEFIT
m inim um m em bership o f 5,000,000 be the drafting and adoption of appro­ by a sa fe ty m an.
CARD PARTY NOVEMBER 26
F o r aw h ile d u rin g th e first q u a rte r
m en and women. An a ffirm a tiv e re­ p riate treaties of arb itratio n and con­
sponse to th is appeal w ill serve as an ciliation to supplem ent sim ilar pacts H ep p n er m ade some g ain s th ro u g h
in d o rsem en t of th e w ork w hich th is now in force. Its announced purpose th e H erm isto n line b u t th ey soon got
A lib ra ry b e n e fit b rid g e p a rty w ill
g re a h u m a n ita ria n o rg a n izatio n
is is th e form ulation of m achinery for to g o in g and held them tim e a fte r be given in th e lib ra ry b u ild in g on
doing in o u r n a tio n and th ro u g h o u t the pacific settlem en t of disputes be­ tim e. H ep p n er th e n reso rted lo long M onday evening, N ovem ber 26. A r­
end r u n 8 w ith w hich th ey m ade sev­ ran g em en t w ill be m ade for tab les of
th e w orld.”
tween American nations.
The proposed conference is the eral good gains.
both 500 and brid g e games. An a d ­
A t one tim e H erm isto n w as m ak ­ m ission c h a rg e of 50 cen ts a person
NATION CHOSEN DIRECTOR
d irect outcome of a resolution adopted
at th e H avana conference last Feb­ in g a stead y m arch to w ard H ep p n er's will be m ade w hich w ill e n title him
FOR IRRIGATION DISTRICT ruary.'
goal b u t lost th e b all on a fum ble to an ev en in g of card p lay in g as well
S m ith g o t o ff sev eral good p u n ts as refresh m en ts. T he public l8 cor­
A t a n election held on T uesday. Crown Upheld in Mineral Land Claim. w hich p u t H ep p n er deep in h e r ow n
dially in v ited to a tte n d , and th e com­
N ovem ber 13. B ert J . N atio n w ith a
London.—Gold and s!l-e r in H ud­ te rrito ry . IIe also m ade good g ain s m ittee )n c h arg e is m ak in g p lan s for
to ta l of 48 votes was chosen to serve son’s Bay company lands is owned by th ro u g h th e H ep p n er line. K en n in g s
accom m odating a large crow d.
fo r th re e y ears as a d ire c to r fo r th e the crown in the rig h t of the Domin­ go t aw ay fo r sev eral good ru n s w hich
F e rm is tn Irrig a tio n d is tric t. Mr. ion governm ent, under a ruling of the n e tte d H erm isto n m any yards.
Ilsm n ian , O tt and A ddlem nn, w ith
N atio n w ill fill th e place le ft v a c a n t Judicial com m ittee of the privy coun­
T he gam e w as fast and clean K ennings g o in g In for O tt and F elt-
by th e e x p ira tio n of th e te rm
of cil. The council dism issed with costs th ro u g h o u t w ith v ery few p en alties. house for A ddlem an.
G eorge S trohm . O pposing Mr. N ation an appeal of the company from th e T he lin e-u p w as as follow s: E nds,
H erm isto n plays th e K ennew ick
in th e election w ere L. C. D yer, a c -j Canadian gUprem e court’s decision In M artin and E a rn h e a rt; tack les. J e n ­ team S atu rd ay on th e local field. T he
ccrd ea one vote, and G eorge S tro h m favor of the Dom| nton.
k in s an d H a rra h ; g u ard s, E a rn h e a rt gam e w ill be called a t 2 o’clock and
» h o w as given 20 votes in th e ballot-1
.
an d U pham ; cen te r, G riggs. The should be a fig h t to th e finish. L et's
Irg.
I C h ristm as C ards a t T he H erald Office. back field w as composed of S m ith ,
go!
THE FEATHERHEADS
HEPPNER-HERMISTON
GAME GOES TO TIE
M’NARY SAYS QUICK
FARM AID POSSIRLE
R ecent ju d g in g of th e flocks and
chicken houses of local p o u ltry grow ­
ers en tered in th e co n test fo r th e
prizes aw arded by th e C om m ercial
club and th e F arm B ureau resu lted
in Mrs. W ill R hoades receiving the
firs t a w ard of 325 w ith a score of
92 per cent. Mrs. T. H. H addox w ith
a score of 90 per cen t c a p tu red sec­
ond place an d 315. w ith C. M. Jack -
son. sco rin g 89 per cent, w in n in g
th ird place and a cash aw ard of 310.
The prizes w ill probably be aw arded
a t th e next F arm B ureau m eeting.
T he conest, announced e a rlie r in
th e fall, w as o rig in ally Intended to
have been judged d u rin g th e H erm is­
ton P ro ject fair, b u t ow ing to th e
in a b ility of the official Judge, P rof.
F. E. Fox of Oregon S ta te college to
be here a t th a t tim e, th e aw ard s w ere
no made u n til th is w eek, when P ro ­
fessor Fox sp en t th e e n tire day v is it­
ing the flocks en tered ln the conest.
The judging wa» not a particularly
easy m a tte r, according to P rofessor
Fox, since n early all the one» e n te r­
ing th e co n test w ere In very good
condition. M odern chicken houses
and the usc of th e best sa n ita ry
m eusures w ere found to ba alm o st
u n iv ersal. As a rs u lt, th e com peti­
tio n ln th e contest w as exceedingly
close. All scores w ere made on a p e r­
cen tag e basis.
W ashington, D. C.—Chairm an Mc­
N ary of the senate com m ittee on agri­
culture stated here th a t ho did not
think an ex tra session would be neces­
sary to obtain farm relief legislation. ,
In the opinion of th e Oregon sen­
ato r it will be possible to pass a farm
relief m easure acceptable to P resident
Coolidge w ithin a week. He does not
believe th a t the consideration of such LOCAL LEGION SPONSORS
ARMISTICE DAY BANQUET
a bill would endanger other legislation
pending before the short session. He
will offer a bill upon the m eeting of Over One Hundred and Thirty Guests
Attend Second Annual Dinner
the senate broadly along* the lines of
In Hermiston.
the McNary-Haugen bill w ith the
equalization fee elim inated.
T he second a n n u a l A rm istice day
“It is not necessary for us to have
b an q u e t sponsored by th e local pos
m ore hearings,’’ he explained,' a d d in g :,
of th e A m erican Legion w as held in
“We already have all the inform ation
th e basem ent of th e M ethodist ch u rch
we need as to w hat should be done
Monday, N ovem ber 12. T h ere w ere
and as to w hat would be acceptbale
over one hu n d red th ir ty L egionalres
to P resident Coolidge. We should
nnd A u x iliary m em bers g a th ered to
therefore act prom ptly and can well
sh are th e b an q u et
and
program ,
afford to put into operation the ma­
w
hich
w
as
of
the
n
a
tu
re
of
a g et-
chinery of a board to handle the ex­
portable surplus, provide funds for acq u ain ted , g e t-to g e th e r m eeting, an d
m em bership
financing co-operative associations and th e conclusion of th e
drive
for
H
erm
iston.
M
em bers of
other provisions which have also re­
ceived the approval of P resident-elect both o rg a n izatio n s w ere p resen t from
H oover and let this m achinery get Into all Jow ns In the w est end of the
full operation in tim e to handle the county from B oardm an to Echo. A d­
next harvest. N othing could be gain­ d itio n al o u t of tow n g u sts w ere Mr.
ed by postponing action until a special and Mrs. P a u l GImmell of H eppner,
aession in the spring. We can get the R aym ond C row der and E a rl S nell of
m easure through this w inter, and I can A rlington.
H a rry W. K elley, com m ander of the
see no reason for delaying action.”
local post gave an address of w el­
come p receding th e b an q u et and a t
Northcott to be Returned to California. (h a t tim e intro d u ced J. M. B iggs as
Vancouver, B. C. — Gordon S tu art to astm aster for the evening. T he p re­
N orthcott was ordered extradited to program opened w ith th e sin g in g of
C alifornia by E xtradition Commission­ the S ta r S pangled
B an n er, a fte r
e r Cayley on charge of having m ur­ which th officers of the o rg an izatio n
dered the boys, Louis and Nelson were in tro d u œ d . M usical selections
W inslow, on hia chicken ranch a t were given by Miss S ansted, Miss
W incvllle, Cal.
K ern, Miss Thom pson and P e te r Cas-
trlc , w ith hon o rab le m ention going
Haywood Ashes Burled Sunday.
to th e Irrig a tio n tr io composed of
Chicago. 111.—Half of tho ashes ef E arl S nell, R aym ond C row der and
W illiam D. (“Big Bill’’) Haywood, U n e) H ia tt. In tro d u c tio n of th e
leader of the I. W. W. m ovem ent when m others and fa th e rs of th e L egion-
It was a t its height, w ere buried here ares w as given a big h and.
S h o rt
Sunday by th e com m unist’s form er ta lk s w ere m ade by Mrs. P. G Imm ell
comrades. Haywood died ln Xussia of
H eppner,
d is tric t
com m ittee
la st May 18.
w om an; Mrs. Jas. D. Todd, p re sid e n t
Trainmen Blamed for S. P. Collision. of th e local A u x iliary u n it; Mrs. J.
W ashington, D. C.—Im proper flag M. Biggs, p resid en t of th e county
protection caused the re a r end colli­ council; R aym ond C row der of A rllng-
sion between two Southern Pacific on; P aul GImmell of H ep p n er; J . E.
passenger trains at C ortena, Cal., on ila lle y b u rto n , H erm iston an d
E arl
July 29. ln which 67 passengers and 53 vneil of A rlin g to n . A teleg ram from
railw ay employes were Injured, the I. S. H arvey of T w in F alls, form er
bureau of safety reported to the In­ H erm iston L egionalre, w as read con­
te rsta te commerce commission.
veying his good w ishes to th e Legion.
By Osborne
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