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ray — opportunitieä ARS H U E . VOL Z Z m The Hermiston Herald —HUMBER 43— OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST RRIEFLY STATED Principal Events of the Week • Assembled for Information of Our Reath rs. The Eugene water board has estab lished a department of merchandising and public relations. A large panther was recently killed about seven miles south of Bandon near the Roosevelt highway. With more than 200 bankers in at tendance, the 24th annual convention of the Oregon Bankers* association was held In La Grande recently. Dan Becker, head rigger In Western Lumber company’s logging camp at Westfir, was killed when the top of a tree fell, striking him on the head. The Clatsop county court has ob tained listings of land available for farming, dairying and poultry raising purposes, as a step In land settlement. The annual convention of the Sun day school and Christian Endeavor so cieties of the United Brethren church of western Oregon was held In Salem recently. Notwithstanding fears of damage to the strawberry crop in Washington county through weather conditions, a very large yield of partclnlarly fine fruit Is being gathered and marketed. The mysterious yellow sediment no ticed on pools of water and along Bend streets is pronounced to be pine pollen. The pines are now shedding their pollen throughout the Deschutes region. One hundred and eighty-two students had enrolled for the summer term of the Eastern Oregon Normal school St La Grande, and President Inlow ex pects the total to reach 200 before the Despite the prevalence of cloudy, damp weather In the Dayton locality, growers report that strawberries are ripening well and they are large and of excellent flavor. Other crops are also thriving. The 22d annual summer session has opened at Corvallis with an Initial en rollment of 691 adults in addition to the (46 boys and girls club members already there for the two weeks* 4-H summer session. There were 1,992,276 pounds of milk produced In Tillamook county during the month of May and 82,876 pounds of butterfat, according to the report of the Tillamook Dairy Herd Improve ment association. General and special road warrants in the sum of (21,417 were Issued by Tillamook county during the month Of May. Of this amount (21,417 was expended in securing right of way for the Roosevelt highway. Eugene was selected as the conven tion city of the state aerie of Eagloa «or 19M. and Dr. J. K. Schofield of Eugene was elected president of the state order at the cloee ot the 192« convention In Klamath Falls. E. C. Tubbs, traveling man from Stellaeoom, Wash., lost his life in an Automobile wreck on the Roosevelt Highway ht Brush creek, midway be tween Port Orford and Gold Beach. Tubbs' car plunged over an embank ment, landing bottom up In the creek. V. L. Calavan was re-elected and Edwin Fortmlller was elected to the Albany school board recently at the most spirited election ever held in district No. 6. A record vote of 1261 ★ as cast. Calavan received «0« votes. Fortmlller 542 end Dr. A. P. Howells 162. Police officers will be offered a two weeks’ training course at Willamette university next January, according to at made at Salem by meas- of the faculty. The purpose of the school Is to offer specialised train ing which will enable the officer more efficiently and Intelligently to per form his official dndes. I t ’S TROUT FILLED STREAMS No state In the union, In the opln Ion of Harold Clifford, state game warden, can compare with Oregon so tar as trout filled lakes and streams are concerned. “There Is scarcely a spot In the entire state where an angler must travel more than twenty five miles from his home In order to find' good fishing,*’ he said this week. “All the sportman has to do is Jump I nhls car, drive for less than an hour and he will find him self on some stream or lake that has a bountiful supply of fish. “Where In the country does a like situation exist? Oregonians should appreciate what nature has provided them. If southern California could say what we can about our lakes and streams the magazines of nat ional l dlstrflbutfpn . I ‘ and ttye radio would be telling the world about it.' LARGE REPRESENTATION FROM COUNTY AT LA GRANDE NORMAL Eastern Oregon Normal School, La Grande, June 27-Of the two hundred students enrolled for the opening sea s o n of the 'mew. Eapterp .Oregon Normal school, excellent representa tion Is found from practically all counties east of the Cascades, with scattering registration from other sections of the state. Umatilla county stands near the head of the list with the followng named stu dents: Ethel Ashbaugh, Adams; Arlene Byrd, Pilot Rock; Lillian Downs Dotson, Pendleton; Gtene- vleve Galloway, Milton; Lorna Gem- melt, Helix; Marion Jacobeon, Adams Anita -Karstens, Pendleton; Emma Karstens, Pendleton.; Doris Kramer. Pilot Rock; Goldie Kramer, Pilot Rock; Helen- 'Knotts, Pilot Rook; Ev^JjnKralman, Freewater; Rita Krafman, Freewater; Hilda Morrison, Pendleton; Lorene Pattorson, Wee- ton; IAiella B. Pinkerton, Weston Lauara Ragain, Pilot Rock; Kath ryn Rogers, Hermiston; Velma Rog er«. Pendleton; Verletta Rugh, Pilot Sock; A nna X Swarts, Adams; Laura M. Sfaughjer, Pendleton; Audra White, Hermiston; Lucille Wilson, Milton; Ethel C. Swift, Athena. CHILDREN’S DAY PROGRAM LAST SUNDAY AT METHODIST CHURCH Songs, Dialogues, Readings *nd In MARKET REPORTS TO RE RROADCAST FOR AID OF FARMERS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION STATE COLLEGE COOPERATES IN According to a notice received from the office of the public service com mission of Oregon, a hearing for the investigation of the rates, charges and services of the Hermiston Light & Power company will be held at the city hall in Hermiston Tuesday. July 2 at 10 O'clock in the morning. The investigation Is . being made on the Commission's own motion. The hearing was scheduled prev iously for May but was postponed on account of change In ownership to this later date. ENTERPRISE Reports on P rinciple Crops to be A vailable Same Day Quotations Are Established. A new service to the people of Ore gon will be rendered by Oregon state college extension service be ginning August 1, as a result of recently completed arrangements whereby market reports on all prin cipal crops will be made available on the tame day the quotations are established. Through the United States bureau of agricultural eco nomics which has extended the fed eral market service leased wire to the Northwest, the market informa tion will be available here from all the principal centers of the United States, Including the Pacific coast. In connecting the present termin us at San Francisco with the new sta tions In Portland, Seattle and Spo kane and Boise, the wire will pass through Albany, where the extension service has been granted permission to tap It, and extend a loop to the campus. A full time telegraph oper ator will be maintained at the col lege to take reports from the wire. Material of interest to Oregon will be prepared at the college for release over the college radio station, KOAC, Portland radio stations, or through any newspaper which requests the service. L. R. Brelthaupt, extensiou specialist in economics, has been named market news editor, and will prepare the material, with the assist ance of Gordon P. Boals, Junior eco nomist at the college. Closing market prices of the prin cipal grain and llljestock markets will be received and broadcast here the same evening they are issued. This is made possible by the differ ence in time between here and the middle west and east. A service similar to this but much more restricted was begun by the college last fall and proved very popu lar, but was discontinued for lack • f funds, and adequate information. A successful and interesting Child ren’s day program appropriate to the occasion was presented at the Meth odist church last Sunday morning, June 23. In addition to the Inspir ing address by the pastor. Rev. O. W. Payne, a program was presented by the members of the Sunday school. The program was as follows: Welcome — ...... ................. Wayne Sage Children's Day, a s o n g ...................... .—- ................ Primary Department Summertime, a s o n g .......................... .....- ................ Primary Department Solo — ...... _................Anna Ray Martin Spirit of Love, dialogue................... .................. - ........4th and 6th Grades Happy — ............. ........................£ ... Six girls from 3rd grade, primary Beyond —........ _..... A dramatized song Sermon ........... _................ The Pastor In the Garden............ Ladies' Quartet Benediction. A basket dinner was enjoyed In the church basement immediately after the services. RETURN FROM CLUB SESSION Hermiston’s representatives at the 4-H elub seaaion at Oregon Stats college have returned to their homes after an active and interesting two week’s on the Corvallis campus. Those who attended from this comm unity were Jean Barnard, Edna Ott, Grace Rodda and Walther Ott. Here From Irrigon. M. F. Caldwell of Irrigon was la Hermiston on business Saturday. Mr. Caldwell reports that the melons for which the Irrigon district Is Just C. C. Belknap of Pendleton was in ly famed are baehward this year on Hermiston Tuesday. account of a late spring. Warm weather has been rather lacking but from now on it is expected that Mr. and Mrs. Will Fritts of Seattle pleny of sunshine will bring out the In Hermiston visiting w ith crop In fine shape. friends and looking after business ----------------------- interests this week. They arrived Here From Belix. by automobile Sunday and left for) Miss Eleanor Boynton of Helix is their horns Monday evening White visiting at the home of her graad- ea the project they were r lsltta g ' mother. Mrs. W. 8. Boynton, this with Mr. and Mrs. W.- L. B lrsslsg 1 week. Hermiston L ight & Power Company July 2. UMATILLA PEOPLE ATTEND U. P. OLD TIMERS' MEETING Special T rain Takes Employees of T w enty Years Standing to Salt Lake Celebration. Several »Umatilla people, employees and their families of the Union Paci fic company, attended the Old Timers' convention in Salt Lake City recent ly. The conclave, attended by some 10,000 people, was for employees who had been with the company for at least twenty years. Special trains from all points throughout the North west and other sections of the coun try served by the Union Pacific sys tem brought the convention goers to Salt Lake where they enjoyed hilar ious entertainment in the city proper and at Saltair, famous pleasure re sort on the great Salt Lake.. Those who attended from Umatilla were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turnbow, Mr. and-Mrs. Harry Jones. Mr. and firs. Fred Knuteson, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Berwick and Ole Aarson. The Umatilla delegation were on the special train made up at Port land. Plenty of entertainment was furnished them en ropte to the con vention, one car being given over en tirely to dancing with a piano and orchestra to furnish music. M issionary ectures. The hot sun of Monday played havoc with the recently oiled stretch i»f highway (through this district. During th i afternoon sand and gravel was shoveled from truckR to the oily road, helping somewhat to absorb the surplus oil brought to the surface by the heat. Sells N ew Potatoes. D istrict A gen t V isits. OILY ROAD GETS MORE GRAVEL George Liebe, project farmer, was in Pendleton Tuesday disposing of new potatoes which he raised on his farm. Mr. Liebe has several acres planted and reports the crop this year to be especially good. LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES TO RUN CONCESSION H earing is Scheduled for A lecture of unusual Interest was given at the Methodist church last Thursday evening, June 20 by a woman missionary who has had 12 years of experience In Africa. Her lecture was illustrated by appropri ate lantern slides. In addition, she had on display a large nuumber of curios gathered from different parts of the “dark continent.” Wednes day evening she lectured at Irrigon. Her appearance here was under the auspices of the local Free Methodist church. teresting Sermon by Pastor Presented. TO HOLD HEARING ON RATES A. A. Dlsque, district supervisor for Swift & Company, wag in Her miston a few days on business con nected with the orgnlzatlon. Mr. Dlsque's headquarters are In Port land. S a fe a n d S a n e BOOTHS AT UKIAH ANNUAL COWBOYS' CONVENTION SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4-5 H. W. K elley, Harry Pelky to Have Charg-c; R oulette W heel and Cat Rack Planned. The local post of the American Legion will sponsor two concessions booths at the eighth annual cowboys convention to be held at Ukiah. Ore gon, July 4 and 5, according to-H. W. Kelley, post comnnder. Mr. Kelley with Harry Pelky will have charge of the booths and at the present time plan to have a roulette wheel, whero chips will be redeemable for merchan dise, and a cat rack, it Is expected that a number of Hermiston people will be in Ukiah for the celebration. According to word received from Arthur Roberts, secretary of the show, everything is in readiness for the convention. A god program of races, calf roping, bucking and relays with substantial purses offered in each event has been scheduled. Dancing every night during the show, beginning the third rnd con tinuing through the fifth, will b' the form of amusement in Jazz Gulch. Fletcher's orchestra will pro-, ide th music. The road to Ukiah, according to Mr. McRoberts Is In good condition, the unfinished portion of the highway being In fine shape, and plenty of shady, cool free camp grounds are available close In to town. CORRECTION The dates of the 1929 Umatilla Project fair were erroneously given In last week’s paper as October 5 and 6. Th dates should have been-Octo ber 4 and 5. FINED FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION A. E. Paulson, of Longview, Wash ington, was arrested on a traffic vio lation charge Monday, June 24 by H. W. Kelley and paid a fine of (.7.50 and costs. He was alleged to have been driving at an excessive rate of speed through town and on the left hand side of the road at a turn. TWO DIRECTORS ELECTED FOR UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 7 i i■-■ ■n ON, $2.00 PER YRAR HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929 OREGON INCOMPARABLE FOR BLUE GRASS SUNSHINE IDEAL FOR COWS HALL TRIO OF M'MINNVTLLE TO PREENT PROGRAM JULY 3 The Hall Entertainment Trio ot McMinnville, Oregon, consisting of Captain G, L. Hall and his daughters Frances and Phyllis, will give an un usual program at Baptist-Christian church next Wednesday evening, Juuly 3. The program has been deslg nated as “an evening with Riley” and in addition to the presentation of the poenu of this favorite writer, musical numbers will be given. The Hall trio halls from McMinnville, the home of Linfield college. Wednesday’s program Is being sponsored by the local Baptist-Chris tian church. No admission charge will be made, although a free will offering will be taken at the perform ance. Everyone Is cordially Invited to attend, especially young people who are contemplating college. PORTLAND SCHOOLS COOPERATE WITH UNIVERSITY FOR SUMMER University ofOregon. Eugene, Jtine 28-(Speclal)-The university of Ore gon and the Portland public schools have formally cooperated to establish a platoon demonstration school as a leading feature of the Portland sum mer session of the University of Ore gon June 24 to August 2, for which preparations are now being made. Unprecedented numbers of inquiries concerning both the Portland and Eugene summer sessions indicate rec ord attendance at both. The platoon demonstration school will be held In the Shattuck elemen tary school building, a few blocks south of Lincoln high school build ing, which will be the center of the summer session activities. "For the first time on the Pacific coast, this will make available dur ing the summer the opportunity to Bee and to study a platoon school in actual operation— an opportunity open to platoon teachers everywhere and to all those who can utilize in their classrooms applications of the platoon technique," said Alfred Pow ers, director of the sumer session. Practice teaching may be part of the program for students In upper divisions and for experienced teach ers, and In addition the school will be used to enrich and supplement the curricula of several classes In, education, art, music, physical edu cation, platoon library and nature study, the specialists in these fields on the staffof the summer session finding a parallel closely co-related staff In the demonstration school. With the regular sessions ended, administration and staff officials of the Unlerslty of Oregon are devoting their efforts to preparations for the summer schools. A great array of courses, larger than any previous session, will be offered, by an excel lent staff composed of prominent members of the regular staff and leading educators from other Insti tuting throughout the country. At the regular annual meeting for Union high school district No. 9 at the school house Monday, June 24, E. L. Jackson was elected to serve a five year term as director and Ralph Richards was elected for the one year term. This election constituted the prin ■5» — <► — <• — •£• — ♦ — <• — <• cipal business at the meeting for the ❖ ♦ legal voters of the school district. * CH URCH N O TES ♦ ♦ <• /, — ♦ _ ♦ — « — ♦ — « — ❖ At Baptist-Christian Church. Services at the Baptist-Christian church Sunday, June 30. Biblp school 10 A. M. Morning worship 11 A. M. Theme, Patriotism and Relig ion. Evening services: Christian fcndeavor 7 P. M. Topic, Heroes for Christ. Leader for young people, Ruth Bensel. Junior league. Nettle Parsons 8 P. M.. Children’s day pro gram by the Bible school. This com munity will not be- a good place to live In unless we make It a good place for all »of us to live in. Theodore Roosevelt. The state that tolerates disrespect of any law breeds defiance of all law. Come with your child ren. A cordial welcome to all. A. J. Ware, pastor. 3RD A nn D A l T ar ÌT BUREAU AND 6RAN6E PICNIC ON JULY 4 PLANS FOR CELEBRATION BEING RAPIDLY MADE Picnic Lunch, Parade, Program and Dance to be Main Featuurea. Arrangements are being rapidly completed for the third annual Grange and Farm Bureau picnic to be an event of July 4 at the Staa- fleld auto park. Hermiston and Stan field alternate in acting as host to the picnickers, the affair last year having been held out at the Colum bia park a few miles from Hermis ton. The two organizations, the Grange of Stanfield and the Umatilla Farm Bureau of Hermiston, cooperate In the celebration and previous pic nics have been partlcuarly notewor thy for their unqualified success. Plans for this year’s celebration give promise of another equally enjoyable time for all who take part. At 10:30 o’clock in the morning a Junior paradie has been scheduled. Boy's and girls' club work, clown stunts, patriotic events or anything else that the participants desire to feature, will characterize thia Inter esting part of this program. A picnic dinner at noon will be one of the principal events of the day. Ice cream, coffee and lemonade will be furnished to the crowd free by the two organlzatins sponsoring the cele bration. At 1:30 o’clock In the after noon a program of speaking and sing ing will be held, the principal speak er of the day not having been announ ed as yet. Following the program, various races and sports to be par ticipated In by all those who desire will furnish lots of amusement anil entertainment for the crowd. Suit able prizes will be offered for these events. M. T. Matott has been ap pointed chairman in charge of the sports events. In the evening a big dance will be held In the Stanfield hall. Excel lent music is promised and this event Is expected to provide a fitting climax for the day’s celebration. Everyone in the Hermiston, Stan field and surrounding communities is cordially Invited to attend the pic nic and participate in all of the ac tivities of the day. Last year's pic nic was a great success and those in charge this year are striving to make it more successful if possible. The joint committees from both the Grange and Farm Bureau are working on the plans. These com mittees consist of A. S. Power, Mrs. Mabel Richards, R. G. Penney, from the Grange and S. II. Barnard, C. M. Jackson and Mrs. F. M. Guiwits from the Farm Bureau. CARS COLUDE A slight accident occurred Monday afternoon about 4:30 o’clpCk when a tourist’s automobile collided with the A. E. Bensef car at the upper end of Main street. Neither car was dam aged to any extent. The accident was investigated by H. W. Kelley who stated that the tourist was tech nically at fault since the other car had the right of way. A t B aptist Church. The Hermiston Baptist church will hold Its regular services June 30, at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Miss Clara Hall In west Hermiston. A welcome to all. J. T. Dowell, pastor. Silver Tea. Mrs. Minnie Norton and Mrs. Cedi Warner were joint hostesses at a silver tea for the benefit of the Bap tist Ixidles A id .a t the Joe Norton home Wednesday afternoon. A pleas ing program was presented consist ing of a vocal solo by Miss Tlchenor of Sand Hollow, a piano solo by .Miss Mumma and Interesting readings by Glenn and Cecil Warner and Edna iurnblad ty e u , nenefs Mam ep, just G rm urr tXApy t o - takc m e n w iiy punse p o p a fuoe, soon as s u e looks in m is newspppep - k > aes IkwoJr a p vernisi u s p a m a u s ip Moinen. ooesur Gee y o u p ä o nene, rik v o n t PAULT !
