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FAY — OPPORTUNITIES
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VOL. x x m
The Hermiston Herald
— NUMBER 27
LOCAL CREAMERY,
DAIRYMEN RENEWS
CREAM POOL
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1929
MARCH 27 IS DESIGNATED
AS ANNUAL CLEAN UP DAY
BLUE GRASS
SUNSHINE
IDEAL FOR COWS
SCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
of bees from the state college, and
the other ter the committee on farm MARbi, 4 MARKS
DAIRY ASSOCIATION
FARM CONFERENCE crops.
At the latter meeting Mr.
Dean discussed the alfalfa situation
He stressed the fact
OF COUNTY HIGH
ENDS SESSION on that the a project.
OPENING OF NEW
firm seed bed is an absolute
essential in getting a stand of alfal
All dogs within the city limits not
IN STATE RECORD having
fa. Professor Hyslop agronomist
MODERN BAKERY
LAST
SATURDAY
a city license by March 15
from the state college, discussed ir
IT’S GOODBYE FIDO MAR. 15
UNLESS HE HAS LICENSE
Local Commercial Association An
nounces Tentative Plans
For Work.
will be impounded, ac^brding to a STATE COLLEGE SPECIALISTS rigated pastures and project farming.
decision reached by the members of
In discussing these problems he
PRESENT AGREEMENT EXTENDS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT USED
stat ed:
the city council at a meeting Wed
ATTEND
Wednesday, March 27, has been de
nesday
evening.
A
poundmaster
has
WITH
STATE
“In
order
to
get
the
most
out
of
FOR A YEAR
FOR WORK
signated by the local Commercial as
been provided and the ordinance will Approximately 150 in Attendance any pasture, it should be fenced in
sociation as official “clean up" day
be rigidly enforced. Licenses may
about three sections so that the
for Hermiston. The date was decid
At Various Scheduled
stock can be rotated from one plaace Interior of Building Renovated and
First Pool Organized Proved B is ed upon at the weekly luncheon of Local Herds Have Higher Production be secured at the office of the city
Shop is Now Housed in
recorder, the amount being one dol
to the other thus allowing the grass
Meetings.
the organisation last Tuesday.
Average Than State as a
Success According to Re
lar for a male, and three dollars for
to make a growth." ,
Attractive Quarters.
Tentative plans have been made for
a female. According to the county
In the afternoon Profesor Hyslop
a clean up of the town, business and
Whole, Says Report.
The second Agricultural Economic
ports at Meeting.
law, all dogs must have a county as
Monday March 4 marked the open
residential districts alike. The city
conference to be held in Hermiston in discussing Potato Diseases and
well as a city license, the county came to a close last Saturday after Varieties emphasized the importance ing of the new bakery in Hermiston
will provide means to haul away such
under tUp ma^igement of W. R»
Figures on the Umatilla County permit being obtainable at the office noon, after a four day session which of treating seed and rotating to pre
With the recent expiration of a trash as may be plied in the alleys.
of the county clerk in Pendleton.
vent disease. He also recommended Howe, who formerly owned and oper
One
day
each
spring
is
set
aside
was
attended
by
interested
farmers
Dairy Improvement association com
alx months’ cream pool contract be
ated a bakery shop in Redmond.
business men and agricultural spec the Irish Cobbler and Bliss Triumph
tween the Hermiston Creamery com for this community houseclaning and pare favorably with the average fig
The local establishment, which is
as
the
best
yielding
varieties
for
ialists of the state college at Corval
pany and local project dairymen, ne in the past, the plan has met with ures for the state testing association
situated in tho building next to the
this district.
great
success.
Property
owners,
and
lis.
All
business
sessions
were
held
gotiations have been completed tor
according to a report Issued recently
•The speaker also discussed seed Blessing Hardware store, has been
in the Methodist church basement.
a renewal of the agreement to cover in fact, all citizens of the town are
crops, weed control and artichokes. equlped with approximately $4500
by
E.
M.
Hauser,
official
tester
in
urged
to
keep
in
mind
this
date
and
H.
J.
Ott,
president
of
the
Umatilla
a period of one year.
worth of new, up-to-date machinery.
Project Farm Bureau acted as chair C. W. Smith, Morrow county agent,
According to reports made at the plan to leave it open for attending this district. The Umatilla associa
Most of the machinery which has
gave
a
report
on
the
use
of
various
man at the opening session Thurs
tion as compared with the Btate has
recent meeting of the Farm Bureau to the clean up work.
fertllzers on alfalfa in Morrow been Installed is operated by electric
day.
Speakers
on
the
program
for
an
average
of
about
40
pounds
more
the cream pool under presesnt ar
ity and include a large oven, a high
county.
of milk per cow and three pounds
rangements has been highly success
Following re extracts reprinted that morning were A. C. Cooley, ag
The closing session on Saturday speed dough mixer, and an electric
LIBRARY TO BE SCENE OF
riculturalist
in
charge
of
demonstra
more
of
butterfat.
Considering
the
fuj. The contract was extended this
was given over to the discussion of loaf molder in addition to smaller
time to cover a one year period ther-
BENEFIT CARD PARTY WED. state as a whole, about one-eighth from a booklet of fifteen years ago: tions on reclamation projects in the dairying and farm management. pieces. The equipment was purchas
eleven western states; W. J. Warner
of the cows produced 40 pounds or
by eliminating the trouble incurred
Speakers here were N. C. Jamison, ed from a Portland firm.
more, while nearly one fifth of the
Four years ago this project was president of the Hermiston Commer
in resigning herds at such frequent
It was the original intention of
extension
dairyman from the college,
intervals. Between 700 and 800 cows Proceeds to be Given Over to Fund cows in the Umatilla association using eastern bacon, ham and lard cial club; R. G. Penny, secretary of and Mr. Tulley from the office of the the manager to open on the first of
the Stanfield grange, and George H
show a similar record.
have been signed up under the pres
March, but a delay in the arrival and
This year besides producing enough
The January records of Mr. Hau for home use we will ship out $25, Jenkins, assistant county agent. Mr state dairy and food commissioner. installation of a part of the equip
for Improvement of Lib
ent agreement. The cream pool com
During
the
farm
management
meet
Cooley’s address included a state
ser, show that 883 cows were on test 000 worth of hogs.
mittee elected at the Farm Bureau
ment necessitated change of the date
rary Lawn.
ment of what he considered to be the ing, R. S. Besse, extension farm man
during that month in the local as
meeting is composed of H. J. Ott,
to the first of the week. According to
agement
specialist,
talked
on
Types
purpose of the conference expressed
sociation, representing some 51 herds
J. H. Reid and John Jendrzejewski.
announcement made b the ymanager,
One-fourth of the beef consumed in the following way:
of
Farming
Which
May
be
Expected
in all. Of this number 99 cows pro in the northwest is fattened on al
Mr. Ott is the only new member of
first of tho week. According to an
An evening of card playing will be
“The purpose might be to check up to Pay in this Section. He pointed nouncement made by tho manager,
the board. He succeeds P. P. Sulli provided for the townspeople who at duced over 40 pounds of butterfata. falfa produced within fifteen miles
out
In
his
discussion
that
the
aver
on the progress we are making. Con
Honors for the Highest producing of Hermiston.
van.
the new enterprise was established
tend the benefit card party to be
ditions change rapidly and competi age farm family In Oregon requires principally to supply the wholesale
According to E. W. West, manager given at the library next Wednes herd of over 20 cows went to S. R.
$1500
in
order
to
maintain
a
satis
ion is keen. These things make a
of the Hermiston creamery, the com day evening, March 13. The library Cooper of Stanfield. Mr. Cooper’s 22
Comb and extracted honey are
factory type of living. This is over trade. However, the front part of
pany truck will cover all of this dis board, which sponsored a similar af cows are credited with an average among our principal products and definite program necessary. ”
and
above the living taken from the the building is given over to a shop
The
afternoon
session
was
given
trict to gather up the cream, this fair some weeks ago, is again in of 635 pounds of milk and 34 pounds the world is our market for them.
where the retail trade is served.
farm.
over to the livestock meeting with
of butterfat. T. H. Haddox of Her
service being free to the dairymen.
The interior of the building itself
Hermiston spends more money per
Approximately 150 persons were in
charge of this one and the proceeds miston had the highest producing
the
principal
speakers
on
the
pro
The price paid for butterfaat will be will be given over to the library
has been renovated and counters in
capita for good schools than any
attendance
at
these
meetings
dur
gram being H. A. Lindgren, livestock
herd in the next class, of from 12 to town in Umatilla county.
one cent above the price of print lawn fund.
stalled to make for an attractive and
The
20 cows. His 15 cows gave an aver Umatilla project has 400 school fieldman from O. S. C., and H. K. ing the four days. According to convenient display room.
butter and an advance price of one-
Mr. Jenkins, assistant county agent,
A smalll fee of fifty cents a per age of 938 pounds of milk nd 36.7
Dean,
superintendent
of
the
local
ex
half cent a pound for butterfat has son will be charged, this amount al
children 1 naverage attendance.
periment station. Mr. Lindgren’s the reports of the various committees
pounds of fat. W. H. Bennett, Her
been made.
so covering the charge for refresh miston, was winner in the third class
first
talk was on Farm Flock Man will be published in the near future
The first cream pool, organized ments, which will be served later in
The tax rolls show an increase in
and will be available for distribution
last September, came about as a re the evening. Prizes will be awarded representing herds with less than 12 taxable property in the Hermiston agement and in connection with this at his office.
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
sult of the active interest of the during the evening to those winning cows. The seven cows of his herd, valley from $15,000 in 1905 to $2,- topic he gave a national and state
outlok.
He
stated
that
any
gen
produced
an
average
of
733
pounds
Farm Bureau. Invitations were sent
000,000 In 1915. When balance of
high score.
of milk and 38.4 pounds of butter land is patented and all fully de eral expansion in the sheep indust-
out to bidders for the pool, with the
Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff of Union
try would be hazardous but some ex
fat.
result that the contract was finally
are visiting at the home of their
veloped the assessed valuation will
During the month of January. 8
pansion where feed is available might
awarded to the Hermiston Creamery
daughter Mrs. Roy Rogers. Also the
exceed $20,000,000.
cows in the association were found
be safe. Mr. Dean’s discussion dealt
company.
Misses Kathryn and Ruth Woodruff,
to be “boarders” and were slaughter
with the subject of lamb fending.
Mrs. Hanions and Mrs. Monroe of
The Hermiston valley will ship 15
"While lamb feeding is not as safe
ed.
"UNDER THE TONTO RIM"
Portand were visiting at the Rogers
carloads of peaches this year. Fruits
as milking cows, from the standpoint
home Saturday and Sunday. The lat
of all kinds have proven high class.
LOCAL
THEATRE
TO
BE
SCENE
FILMED BY PARAMOUNT
of income, that industry has been a
ter four women are all sisters of Mrs.
paying one at the station every year
ORCHESTRA PRACTICES
Rogers.
Silos, new barns and better homes
OF PROGRAM FRIDAY
DEATH COMES TO HERMISTON
except one for the past eight years.
are being built.
Zane Grey, perhaps the best known
The ideal feeder lamb is of the mut
The high schol orchestra, which is
Mr. Frank Waugaman and Mr. Nel
RESIDENT MARCH 1
Dance Acts, Playlets are Planned;
writer of western and pioneer books
ton type and weighing about 55
under
the
direction
of
Miss
Kern,
is
son of Everson, Washington, were
Small
faring—
Owing
to
the
farm
alive today, has written a new one
Proceeds to go to Basket
meeting on Tuesdays for their average in size from 20 to 40 acres, pounds. The equipment is very sim
guests at the Haddox home over Sat
entitled "Under the Tonto Rim,”
ple and requires little expenditure.”
urday and Sunday. On their return
and Paramount has filmed it. This Had Lived in This District for Fast practice. Anyone in town who is in neighbors are close and social ad
ball Fund.
The
last
address
on
the
livestock
terested in the organization and vantages are excellent. A fine class
trip they took 3 fine heifers from the
new production comes to the Colum
Ten Years; Attended
wishes to become a member may do of people live throughout the pro program, preceding the reports cf the
Haddox ranch.
bia theatre beginning Saturday.
committee on livestock, was present
Hermiston’s
second
vaudeville
so, according to a recent announce ject.
Readers and motion picture fans
School Here.
ed by Mr. Lindgren on the Place of within the past few weeks will be
Mr. and Mrs. Jap Templeton and
ment. Membership hereafter will not
alike will greet this announcement
Swine in Project Agriculture.
presented at the local theatre Fri Mr. and Mrs. Lutterell were Sunday
be limited to high school students but
with no little interest as past per
In tlu entire north temperate
The
second
session
of
the
confer
day evening, March 8, this time und guestB at the Tom Stewart home.
Funeral services for R. W. Buh will be open to townpeople as well.
formances on the part of Paramount
zone very little land with dry cli ence, designated as poultry day, was
er the auspices of the high school
in filming these graphic stories from mann, 27, who died in the sanitar
mate and low altitude can be found. opened by thé chairman, James D.
girls’ basketball team. AU talent for
Itoy Haddox purchased three horses
the pen of Grey are well known. ium at College Place, Washington, NEXT PARENT-TEACHER
The Columbia valley resembles in this Todd.
H. D. Scudder, chief of the the affair wil be drawn from among and a colt from Art Ganger of Pilot
"The Thundering Herd” and. "The March 1, were held here in the Prann
respect the latitude of southern farm management department at the the girls of the school.
MEETING TO BE MARCH 14
Rock and brought them down Sat
Mysterious Rider,” are some of his funeral parlors Tuesday morning at
France. The growing season is long college, gave two talks, one on the
One of the acts will be a delightful
successes which Paramount has put 11 o'clock, with Rev. O. W. Payne in
the average climate very mild. The Cost of Production Studies, and the fantasy, "The Maker of Dreams,’’ urday.
The next meeting of the local Par most healthful conditions prevail.
charge. Burial was in the Hermiston
on the screen.
Miss Eleanor Briggs was a dinner
ent-Teacher aosoclation has been There is plenty of land with low al other on Factors Which Enter Into featuring Jane Warner, Ruth Bcn-
"Under the Tonto Rim” is unique cemetery.
Reinhart William Buhmann. was scheduled for Thursday, March 14. at titude and wet climate and high Poultry Farming That Make for Suc- sei and Grace Jackson. Two dance guest at the has. Lynch home last
in one respect because Paramount
cost of roduclng eggs in Oregon for
has Introduced two of its most prom born near Wasco In Sherman county, 3 o'clock in the high scahool building. altitude and dry climate, but very cost of roduclng eggs In Oregon for numbers will be presented, one a Wednesday evening.
chorus ensemble with Corelene Duane
The time from 3 to 3:30 will be little in northern latitudes with low
ising players to the western type Oregon, June 15, 1901 and moved
the two years, 1925-26 and 1926-27 Shirley Brownson, Mary Brownson,
Mr. and Mrs. Bault, who have been
of picture. They are Mary Brian with hi parents to the Umatilla pro taken up with a program by pupils elevation and dry climate.
was 28 cents. Many poultrymen In Ruth Rensel and Margaret Bills, visiting at the Stockard home for the
and Richard Arlen. Neither had ject ten years ago where he has since of Miss McDevitt's room. Dr. A. O
the state produced eggs for less than and the other a feature dance with past week, left Saturday for Tanana,
taken part In any picture of the resided. He attended school here Reonlcke. who is associated in the
CORRECTION
this amount and many for more. The Corelene Duane and Ruth llenscl. Wn.
dental
office
wth
Dr.
Prime,
will
and
after
graduation
was
employed
West until chosen to play the lead
On acount of an oversight, the average price received over this per Marion Henderson will present a
by the Hermiston Light A Power give a talk at the meeting, and a
ing roles in the production.
name of the Bowman Shoe Shop was iod was 28.1 cents per dozen. These skit entitled "All by Myself in the
A school garden has created much
Richard Arlen, the younger in Co., with which company he was as musical program will also be present omitted from the list of commercial figures include all over head charges.
Moonlight" and a pleasing bo I o will enthusiasm In Mr. Haddox'g room at
point of film service, is a typical sociated at the time of his death. He ed.
and professional interests In the
Friday was given over to two sep be given by Mera Stogsdill.
Columbia.
The agricultural and
Mrs. C. L. Upham will be the
American boy, who registered such was married to Miss Ruth Sprague in
page advertisement welcoming the arate meetings, one for beekeepers
These vaudeville acts, which prom physical exercise periods have been
chairman
of
the
social
hour
following
1921.
a success in Paramount's picture of
new bakery in last week’s paper.
who met with H. S. Scuilen, professor ise much In the way of entertain given for the care of the garden.
Biesides his wife and two sons. the business meeting and program.
the air, "Wings.”
Since then he
ment will be In addition to the reg Only the earlier vegetables will be
Robert
Ray
and
Ivan
Gene,
he
is
sur
registered a hit in "She’s A Shiek
Q [
ular feature picture. The admission planted and the proceeds from the
vived
by
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Meeting of Club Workers Saturday
with Bebe Daniels and "Figures
price is fifty cents.
garden will be us* I for baseball
Don’t Lie.”
Mary Brian is known Arnold Buhmann, and two brothers
Saturday night at 8 o’clock, March
Proceeds from the affair will be equipment.
Lawrence
D.
and
Clarence
J.,
all
of
for her success in “Peter Pan” and
9, a meeting will be held in the Her
utilized by the girls for the basket
subsequent productions in which she Hermiston, and a sister. Mrs. Elda miston library for all club members
hail fund. The recent benefit dance
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keller and
Imthurn
of
Lewiston,
Idaho.
speared oposite Richard Dix.
or anyone else Interested in club
netted them approximately $31 and family were dinner guests at the
As has been the custom in the
work. This meeting Is being called
it is hoped that Friday's proceeds Hopper home Sunday.
pest, Mr. Grey accompanied the Par ANGLERS NOW PURHASING
for the purpose of getting club work
will enable them to purchase new
amount company when on location
basketball suits.
LICENSES FOR NEW SEASON started here again, and all those in
Mr. Lenz and sen Martin were
in Arisons, and witnessed his story
terested in any way are urged to
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i
business
visitors at vnden last Wed-
filmed. A wondrous background of
In preparation for the opening of attend.
Friday afternoon the ladies of the ] nesday.
scenery is one of te highlights of the fishing season hundreds of Ore
Farm Bureau Auxiliary held their I
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the picture.
gon citizens are already purchasing
HOSPITAL NOTES
regular meeting In the club house.
Mrs. Bnnlt and Mrs. Stockard »ere
their fishing licenses. With only a
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dinner guests at the Whitsett boms
few weeks remaining before the sea
An eight pound baby girl was born
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds are mov- Wednesday.
son opens anglers are getting their to Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Warren at the
Ing Into the old Gill house.
Dorothy Buell has been suffering
equipment in order and paying their Hermiston hospital on February 28.
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i from the flu for the past week.
Boy Scouts of Hermiston will be fees for the tittle cards some effic Mrs. Warren will be remembered as
The Sherry's, who recently traded ' Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Barnard and
special guests at a union church ser ient wardens may desire to see. There Miss Georgia Reeder.
proerty in Prineville for the Lopp family were visitors at the Archer
vice held in the Baptist-Chrlstlan will be no ncarelty of trout In the
ranch, are busy remodeling and ; home in Stanfield last Sunday,
ehnreh next Sunday, March 10. Rev. Oregon streams. Plantings made and
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Cox are the
building on the old Lopp house.
Oscar Payne, assistant scoutmaster, to be made by the commission will parents of a bay girl born March I.
Gladys Whitsett left Thursday for
will deliver the sermon. The scouts insure that. If the angler fails to
a Loa Angeles where she will be em-
Spring
weather
has
brought
will wear their uniforms and sit la a make a fair catch it will be because
Just four bits, a half dollar, lad
eloee to the hot lunches at Columbia. I ployed in a teacher's agency
special section of the church.
Ail he does not have the knack or be les or gentlemen, a good time, plenty
members of the troop are urged to cause the fish are not in a receptive of gossip, good eats — Library the
Ray Parrish of Pilot Rock was In - Sidney Barnard left Tuesday on a
attend the meeting.
mood.
U th .
town on business Tuesday.
I busi n»‘«a trip to Portland,
FIGURES COMPARE FAVORABLY
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
OH BOY!
♦
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
TO PRESENT VODVIL
FUNERAL RITES FOR
R.W . BUHMANN HELD
It Won’t Be Long Now
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