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VOL. XXIH
— NUMBER 18
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
DEFEAT TOWN TEAM
' 11
TOWN
WOMEN
SCORE
MORE
POINTS THAN GIRLS
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1928
LOCAL QUINTET TO PLAY
ADAMS HIGH DECEMBER 22
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
FOUR FROM HERMISTON
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
BLUE GRASS
SUNSHINE
iuE A L FOR COWS
• REGISTERED AT 0. S. A C.
Saturday’s Game to Mark B eginning
A ctive in College A ffairs at the State
of Conference Season
Educational Institution at
For Locals.
Corvallis.
LEGION PLANS SHOW
ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
FUNDS TO BE USED FOR DISTRICT
LEGION MEET
H erm isto n h ig h school w ill play th e
A dam s h ig h school q u in te t S atu rd ay
n ig h t, D ecember 22, in th e firs t con­
ference gam e of th e season.
L ast
y ear Adam s defeated H erm isto n in a
h a rd fo u g h t gam e a t th e to u rn a m e n t
by a sin g le b ask et. T he fin a l score
in ov ertim e period placed th e score a t
31-33. A dam s th is y ear h as alread y
won from P en d leto n an d U m apine.
Adam s d efeated P en d leto n on h er
hom e floor la s t F rid a y n ig h t by
sin g le b ask et, th e fin a l score being
28 to 30.
T he A dam s gam e should be a real
te s t fo r th e local h ig h school boys.
If th ey can h u m b le th e boys from
A dam s th is F rid a y n ig h t th e y w ill
have elim in ated one o f th e ir h ard est
gam es before th e to u rn am en t.
Much of th e season's success hin g es
on th is game. If H erm isto n w ine th e
local boys w ill be off to a good s ta r t
for a very successful season.
T h e gam e w ith th e tow n team last
F rid ay n ig h t gave prom ise th a t th e
h ig h school q u in te t w ill be th e best
in sev eral years.
Oregon A g ric u ltu ra l College, Cor­ Country Store, Gambling H all To
vallis, Dec. 20-H erm iston is re p re se n t­
ed by four of th e 76 s tu d e n ts from
Friday E ven in g in Local
Furnish Amusment For
U m atilla co u n ty a t th e college th is
The Public.
Auditorium.
year. T otal re g istra tio n
for the
school y ear in clu d in g sum m er ses­
T ha boys h ig h school b ask etb all
sion is n early 5000.
team defeated th e tow n team to th e
P len ty of am usem ent fo r everybody
N ancy M cN aught, Junior In home
tu n e of 34 to 12 la st F rid a y evening
economics, Is v ice-president of the on New Y ear's day is th e a ssu ran ce
in th e au d ito riu m .
T h e o ld er boys
associated w om en s tu d e n ts an d a of th e local post of the A m erican L eg­
lacked th e team w ork an d practice
m em ber of th e w om en’s a th le tic as­ ion according to a re cen t a n n o u n ce­
th a t the y o u th s had an d as a resu lt
sociation. She h as been w o rk in g for
m any a w ell form ed Play failed to
m ent of the co u n try store to be held
th e Y. W. C. A. on th e big siste r
score.
com m ittee. She is a m em ber of the in th e Legion b all on J a n u a ry 1,
T he younger lads scored in th e first
radio com m ittee w hich sponsors s tu ­ 1929.
few seconds and w ere never In d an ­
d en t program s from th e college broad­
F rom 12 o’clock on th e e n te r ta in ­
g e r d u rin g any p a rt of th e game.
c a stin g sta tio n , KOAC. She Is a m em ­ m ent c en te r will be open and th e pub­
T he dads w ere u n a c q u a in te d w ith th e
ber of the Chi Omega sorority.
lic is cordially in v ited to a tte n d an d
m a jo rity of th e ru les an d eom m itteed
R eta L ouderm ilk w ill b e g rad u ated p a rtic ip a te in th e gam es of old-tim e
a g re a t m any fouls. T he gam e w as
n ext sp rin g in chem ical en g in eerin g , g am b lin g h alls w hich w ill be ru n in
fa s t and in te re stin g th ro u g h o u t and
a course In w hich few women a re re ­ connection w ith th e c o u n try store.
b o th team s gained som e v alu ab le
g istered . She Is a m em ber of th e Dice gam es, poker, ro u lette, w heels
p ractice. T he high school team did
X an tlp p e club, a residence club a a t and faro w ill be provided. B ridge,
n o t fu n ctio n perfectly b u t show ed
W aldo h all dorm itory.
5Oo an d tlddle-de-w inks have a read y
som e real a b ility . W ith a little more
H e rb e rt S w arn er, sophom ore in been placed on th e tabooed list. L eg­
p ra c tic e th e locals should develop In
e lec trical e n g in ee rin g , is w o rk in g for al ten d er w ill be sta c k s of chips w hich
to a re a l team .
th e Y. M. C. A. and fo r th e W esleyan can be purchased for $1 of U ncle
S m ith and F elth o u se show ed up
fo u n d atio n , an o rg a n izatio n for Me­ S am ’s money and redeem ed a t th e
w ell fo r th e high school w hile Todd,
th o d ist stu d en ts. Joseph M cN aught c o u n try store.
Rummage
Sale
Announced
P h e lp s an d H ia tt did th e ir s tu ff for
is a sophom ore in electrical e n g in ee r­
T his w ill be th e o p p o rtu n ity of a
th e tow n team .
T he B a p tist L ad ies’ Aid rum m age
in g an d a m em ber of A lpha Sigm a lifetim e for th e ladies of th e fam ily
A team composed of teac h ers, a lu m ­ sale in th e b u ild in g n e x t door to th e
P h i social fra te rn ity .
to prove th a t an a p p itltu d e for gam b­
n a e and h ig h school su b s titu te s de­ B lessing H ard w are sto re, w ill be open
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC HITS
lin g is n ’t necessarily confined s tr ic t­
feated th e g irls team 9 to 4.
T he S a tu rd a y a ftern o o n , D ecem ber 22
ly to th e m asculine elem ent. In fact,
HERMISTON
FOR
HOLIDAYS
g irls did a o t have th e ir stro n g e st from 2 u n til 5. T h ere a re several
J. STILLINGS HAS WRECK
th is m ig h t be tak en as a w a rn in g for
co m b in atio n on th e floor a t an y one a rtic le s fo r th e S a tu rd a y sale ju s t
th e men to look to th e ir la u re ls w hen
ON
HIGHWAY
NEAR
ECHO
tim e so th is can n o t be considered received th is w eek in clu d in g lam ps,
th e ladies g a th e r up th e ir chips and
H erm iston Is s ta rtin g th e holiday
th e i r best. T here is some pro m isin g glass ja rs, clo th in g , shoes, etc. Up
g et going on New Y ears’ day.
m a te ria l com ing up for th e g irls ’ to th e p resen t tim e $91 h a 8 been
season w ith some th ir ty cases of In­
T he purpose of th e e n te rta in m e n t
A ch arg e of reckless d riv in g was
team , m ost of it being in th e fre sh ­ realized from th e sale of th e goods MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF fluenza, acco rd in g to rep o rts. T he last
p referred a g a in s t H a rry
Owen, of o th e r th a n to provide a lo t of fu n
m an an d sophom ore classes.
Mrs. collecd.ted.
week or tw o have found num erous
CAR FROM PORTLAND
E cho as a re s u lt of a collision on the for those of th e com m unity w ho w ill
D ave M ittlesd o rf a n d T in y B ensel,
cases In tow n, alth o u g h none of th e
h ig h w ay betw een Echo a n d
S ta n ­ be th e re is to raise funds fo r the dis-
b o th alu m n ae an d ex -h ig h school
p a tie n ts hav e been d a n g ero u sly ill.
field S unday ev en in g w hen the lig lit 1 ^ rlc t
m eetin g w hich will be
s ta rs , did th e sco rin g for th e ladies.
COMMITTEE SOLICIT FOR
Social a c tiv itie s have been m ore or
Observing Eye of Local Mechanic less v o lu n ta rily suspended for th e tim sedan driven by Owen crash ed w ith Ineld in H erm isto n some tim e a fte r
A n o th er p ractice gam e for th e
the firs t o f th e y ear. T h e local poet
SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS
th e H. J. S tillin g s car.
boys w ill be a rra n g e d w ith th e tow n
being. Some serio u s co n sid eratio n
Leads to Arrest by Local
T he o ccupants of n e ith e r c a r were Is m ak in g extensive p lan s for a real
team in thff n e a r fu tu re .
w as given to th e proposal of closing
in ju re d b u t both autom obiles w ere show and fu rth e r In form ation w ill be
Police Officer.
th e school since a n u m b er of stu
T h e a n n u a l sale of tu b ercu lo sis
badly dam aged.
B oth cars tu rn e d av ailab le n ex t week.
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«
d en ts an d teac h ers w ere o u t on ac­
seals s ta rte d In H erm isto n la st week
over
and
w
ere
on
th e rig h t side of
<•
B a ttered license p la te s on a new co u n t of illn ess b u t it w as fin a lly de­ th e road w ith th e ir fro n t w heels to rn
an d w ill co n tin u e u n til C h ristm as.
TURKEY GROWERS TO m e e t
ft- C H U R C H N O T T E S
The sale is b ein g conducted u n d er c ar led V irg il S m ith , m echanic of th e cided th a t such a m easure w as un off.
necessary.
♦
th e su p erv isio n of Mr». R en a W a te r­ B lack an d W h ite g arag e, to in v e sti­
Local tu rk e y grow ers w ill m eet In
C. L. "B u ck ” L leu allen , s ta ts tr a f ­
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m an, w ho w as appointed' ch airm an
fic officer statio n ed a t P en d leto n , in ­ th e basem ent of th e M ethodist ch u rch
g
ate
th
e
o
w
n
ersh
ip
of
th
e
autom
obile
C h ristm as S unday a t th e B ap tist- for th is d is tric t.
v estig ated th e accident. A w a rra n t on S a tu rd a y a ftern o o n a t 2 o'clock,
C h ristla n ch u rch : Bible school a t 10
T h ree cpram ittees of w om en w ere sto p p in g fo r serv ice a t th e g arag e MINNEHAHA SCHOOL TO
for O w en'! a rre s t w as sw orn o u t by D ecem ber 22. T he m eetin g h as been
o’clock, m o rn in g w orship, 11. Them e, appo in ted by M rs W ate rm an to h a n d le e arly T h u rsd ay m o rn in g an d resu lted
S
GIVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM tillin g s and tr ia l was set for S a tu r called o rf th e purpose of discussing
C h ristm as W ith C h rist L eft Out. At th e local sale. F a n n y Todd an d V era In th e a rr e s t of C leat B unch for th e
w ays and m eans for iro n in g o u t th e
day m o rning a t 10 o’clock in Echo.
7 :3 0 P. M., th e c h ild ren an d young Thom pson com prise th e co m m ittee th e ft of a car.
d ifficu lties en countered in th e sh ip ­
people of th e B ible school w ill p u t w hich is so lic itin g th e bu sin ess dis­
A ccording to w ord received from
m ent of tu rk ey s. The la st sh ip m en t
An In te re stin g Chistm ag p rogram NOW FOR A N ELECTRIC
on th e ir C hristm as pro g ram . W e are tric t, Y u d eth K elley an d Mrs. G eorge P o rtla n d , th e new sedan w as stolen
wag noticeably ham pered by th e lack
w
ill
be
p
resen
ted
a
t
M
innehaha
school
lo o k in g fo r you an d s h a ll tr y and N ewell have th e te r rito ry so u th of from th e re ab o u t 7 o ’clock W ednes­
of fa cilities and an e ffo rt w ill be
MACHINE TO SPANK ’EM
S atu rd ay , D ecem ber 22, a t 8 o’clock.
m ake th e service fittin g fo r th e day. M ain s tre e t an d on b o th sides of th e day evening.
H. W . K elley, local
m ade to provide a m eans of e lim in a t­
A com m unity q u a rte t w ill give a
T h a n k s be u n to God for h is u n sp eak ­ track .
Mrs. D. S. Rowe an d Mrs. police officer, a rre ste d B unch and
ing th e long delays and w aits in th e
ab le g ift. A cordial w elcom e an d a Alice S tone a re th e so licito rs fo r th e held him fo r th e P o rtla n d police. On gro u p of especially In te re s tin g n u m ­
process of loading th e birds.
A ll
bers, an d th e m ain p a rt of th e pro­
T h e young fa th e r w ho w alks the
M erry C hristm as to all.
A. J. W are, residence sectio n on th e n o rth of
questio n s and problem s of th e t u r ­
a cco u n t of th e In ad eq u ate ja il facili­ g ram w ill be ta k e n up by a num ber,
floors
d
u
rin
g
e
arly
m
o
rning
hours
p asto r.
Main stre e t.
key grow ers m ay be b ro u g h t u p a t
tie s h ere th e p riso n e r w as ta k e n to
L ast y e a r's sale, w hich w as one of U m atilla p en d in g a rriv a l of th e P o rt­ ‘C h ristm as E ve on G reen Meadow to pacify a f r e ttin g in fa n t w ill w el­ th is m eeting.
P la n ta tio n ,” w hich w ill be presented come new s of th e perfection of an
A t th e M ethodist ch u rch S unday th e m ost successful ever conducted lan d officers. T he c ar is b eing held b y the school.
elec trical device w hich su p p la n ts h u ­
m o rn in g a t 11 we woud like to w el­ in H erm isto n , yielded a b o u t six ty a t th e B lack and W h ite g afag e.
The public is cordially In v ited to m an energy in th e age-old Job of PROCEEDS OF SEAL SALE
d
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llars
fo
r
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.
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unch
sta
te
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a
t
he
vzas
on
his
come everybody in H erm isto n w ho
a tte n d th e p rogram .
o ck in g baby’s chradle.
AID CHILDREN OF COUNTY
h a s n o t alread y been u n ite d to th e is hoped th a t th is y e a r’s sale may w ay to T w in F alls, Idaho.
All he w ill have to do now is tu rn
B a p tist ch u rch . T he th em e w ill be: equal th a t o r be even m ore. A com­
on a sw itch. T he a tta c h m e n t, w hich
T he school ch ild ren seal sale m oney
P. T. A. MEETING POSTPONED
In th e N ick of Tim e. In th e ev en in g p lete re p o rt of th e m oney ta k e n In
m ay be fitte d to e ith e r a cradle or
HONEY FLAVOR IS VARIED
of 1927 m ade it possible to b rin g
a C h ristm as p ag ean t. T he N ativ ity , w ill be a v ailab le a fte r C hristm as.
p eram b u lato r, rocks th e child as
Into th e county Dr. R ay C. M atson,
w ill be presented a t 7 :4 5 . Of course
long as is desired.
BY H E SOURCE OF NECTAR
a tu b ercu lo sis ex p e rt, who gave an
S u n d ay school a t 10 a n d E p w orth
The
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MASONS ELECT OFFICIALS
illu s tra te d lecture on th a t disease In
L eague a t 6 :3 0 .
T h ere is room
uled for T h u rsd a y evening, December
May.
20,
has
been
postponed
o
n
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c
c
o
u
n
t
of
and to «Pare for every m em ber of th is
TO SERVE FOR N EX T YEAR
Secretary
Of
State
Issuing
Licenses
M any d lffe rn t k in d s of honey are
Dr. M atson is d ire c to r of a n a t­
com m unity to be in a C h ristm as ser
th e flu.
T he issuance of 1929 m otor v ehi­ ional tuberculosis association and is
produced In th e U n ited S tates, v a ry ­
vice, and th e M ethodist ch u rch joins
A ccording to th e a n n o u n cem en t of
cle license began D ecem ber 10.
A
th e o th e r ch u rch es in u rg in g you to
Lodge No. 138 A. V. & A. M. e le c t­ in g g re a tly In tost« an d color b u t be­ th e p resid en t, Mrs. F. V. P rim e, th e to ta l of 253.373 cars w ere registered recognized by m em bers of th e m edi­
cal profession as a d iag n o stician of
h e lp m ake th is g re a te s t of a ll h o li­ ed o fficers for th e en su in g y e a r a t a in g ap p ro x im ately eq v sl In food value n ext re g u la r m eetin g w ill be held
up to D ecem ber 1 of th is y ear, w ith all form s of tu b ercu lo sis trouble.
days a real C h ristm as w ith a tru e m eetin g of th a t o rg a n iz a tio n on T u es­ says H. A. S cuilen, sp ecialist (u bee J a n u a ry 10, a t 3 o’clock In th e a fte r­
license fees a g g re g a tin g $6,958,049.
W hile in the county Mr. M atson
C h ristm as sp irit. O. W. P ay n e, p a s­ day even in g , D ecem ber 17.
noon in th e h ig h school au d ito riu m
c u ltu re a t Oregon S ta te college. The
T he new p lates for 1929 have a exam ined several c h ild ren and z -ra y
to r.
T h e fo llo w in g w ere elected an d a p ­ ta s te v a ries from th e sm ooth, m ild
black background w ith w h te letters. p ictu res of ch ild ren w ere ta k e n by
pointed to serv e fo r n ex t y ear: A. W. clover honey to th e b itte r q u in in e
PROJECT GROWERS TO MEET
New cars purchased a fte r D ecember various doctors of th e county.
P ra n n , W. M.; V. V. L ew is, S. W .; ta s te of th e d a rk ch in q u ap in h o n e y .
HAS ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY
20 w ill be issued a 1929 license plate
Seal sale funds a re m aking possi­
R. A. B row nson. J . W .; F. B. Swayze, T h e co lo r v a rie s from th e w a te r-
good for th e rem ain d er of th is year.
ble h ealth teac h in g courses a t the
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;
The a n n u a l m eeting of th e U m a­
An u n u su a lly a ttre a tiv e an d u n i­
w h ite clo v er to th e d a rk am b er buck
u n iv ersity of O regon and a t th e n o r­
tilla T roject G row ers' association will
que display h as been p u t in th e show J. M. B iggs. 8. D .: H. E. Shesely, J. w h e a t honey.
mal school In A shland, an d w ill In
D.;
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co
tt,
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.;
G
eorge
B
an-
w indow of th e H erm isto n m eat m a r­
P eople w ho a re u n in fo rm ed q u es­ be held on S a tu rd a y afte rn o o n , Dec­ REMODELING OF TELEPHONE
all p ro b ab ility provide a sln tla r
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ber
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2
o’clock
In
th
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H
erm
is­
k e t for th e holiday season. T he scene
tion th e p u rity of honey because it i
OFFICE IS NOW COMPLETED course in th e new norm al school a t
rep re se n ts a farm hom e w ith its w h ite sh a ll; F ra n k W o u g h ter, c h a p la in ; O. ta s te s an d looks d iffe re n t from th a t ton lib ra ry b u ilding.
La G rande If th e condition of Ore­
bungalow , m odern and fin ish ed
in O. F elth o u se, tile r.
w h ich th e y a re fam ilia r. B ecause all ■
g on's finances m ake it necessary.
every d etail, a g arag e, ch ick en house,
honey is produced by bees people
H arold M cKeen, Dodge a g e n t at
R em odeling of th e local telephone Seal sale funds also m ake possible a
w indm ill and w a te r ta n k . Snow cov­
th in k it should all ta s te an d look P en d leto n , wag In H erm isto n
last office, w hich hag been going on for sum m er cam p for u n d erw eig h t ch ild ­
HAS FINGER AMPUTATED
e rs th e g ro o u n j and b u ild in g s, m a k ­
alik e. T hese q u a litie s, how ever, a re M onday on business.
a b o u t tw o weeks, h as been com pleted ren d u rin g the sum m er m onths. T h is
in g a very re a listic p ictu re.
d ep en d en t upon th e type of p la n t
cam p Is situ a te d n e a r P o rtla n d . Its
at an appro x im ate cost of $50.
from w hich th e bees g et th e n ectar.
A rt Dorn w as b ro u g h t to th e office
T he prin cip al Im provem ent com ­ ac tiv itie s are directed by Miss Je a n
E d. M cM illen, floor m an of th e of Dr. S ears M onday of th ia w eek,
prised th e rem oval of a p a rtitio n Beasley w ho Is connected w ith the
B lack and W h ite G arage, h a s been h a v in g In ju re d h is h an d serio u sly
tu b ercu lo sis association
as
w hich divided th e re n t of th e b u ild ­ s ta te
HIGH SCHOOL TO GIVE PROGRAM
ab sen t from b is w ork th is week on w hile ch o p p in g wood. One In g er was
ing In half, and th e c o n stru ctio n of heath education teac h er. T he et mp
(HRI5TMAS|
acco u n t of illness.
so b adly In ju re d th a t am p u ta tio n
a co u n ter and sw in g in g g a te to tak e is open to all ch ild ren of th e s ta te
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was necessary.
its place.
T he w oodwork th ro u g h ­ whos p a re n ts can n o t provide In divid­
S ince th e re g u iu a r P. T. A m eet­
Mrs. F. C. M cKenzie an d F ra n k
o u t th e office Is now of an a ttra c tiv e ual care.
in g w as called off, th e pro g ram w hich
w ere P en d leto n v isito rs on Monday.
oak finish and th e w alls have been
CLARENCE WIGHT DIES
w as to have been p resen ted th e re by
RICHLA’ fD GAME CALLED OFF
red ecorated in a shade of lig h t tan .
th e h ig h school s tu d e n ts w ill be g iv ­
T he change In th e a rra n g e m e n t of
R. A. B row nson, m an ag e r of th e
T he double head er bask etb all g im e
W ord baa ju s t been received in en ip th e h ig h school a u d ito riu m F r i­
th e office w as to Insure th e prom otion
local T um -A -L um , w as b usy T uesday
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C. A. Lee ig now em ployed in M ul­ ton. high s hool, In th e local a u d ito r­
s tre e t. T he tre e w as fu rn ish ed th ru d en t. Mr. W ig h t wae a b ro th e r of in v ited to a tte n d th e e n te rta in m e n t,
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th e m ain fe a tu re o f w hich w ill be a
th e courtesy of th e T ura-A -Lam and
from W allow a a n a In te n d s to move gam e w ill be a t A dam s w here the
w ill he Illu m in ated by th e H erm is­ resided In A berdeen, W a sh in g to n , a t C h ristm as c a n ta ta p resen ted by th e
Ute time of his death.
his fam ily to H erm iston, soon after locale w ill meet A dams in a re g u la r
high school glee clubs.
ton Light A Power com pany.
conferenec contest
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