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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1928
POULTRY MARKING
MACHINES ARRIVE
FOR DISTRIBUTION
STORED FURNITURE SCORCHED
TURKEY THIEVERY REPORTED
WHEN GARAGE CATCHES AFIRE
BY FARMEHS OF DISTRICT
Matches Believed to Have Been Ig
H. G. McCulley Loses 300 Turkeys
nited by Mice, Causing Fire
Last Week ; Boardman Produc
at J. Y. Allen Farm.
ers Also Report Loss.
Turkey thieves have been work
ing in the Hermiston district during
the past week according to reports
from farmers.
Last Wednesday
night some 300 small turkeys were
taken from the H. G. McCulley farm
Just outside the city limits. This
wag the largest loss reported al
though earlier in the week, 30 small
turkeys were aken from another
farm, according to reports. Informa
tion has also been received here of
similar losses In the Boardman dis
trict where poultry, both chickens
and turkeys, were taken.
A standing reward of 8100 has
been posted for some time in this
community for the capture and con
viction of poultry thieves.
Several pieces of furniture which
SHIPMENT
INCLUDES
APPROXI- had been Btored *“ a <aras e on the
MATELY SIXTY MACHINES
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To Be Available at Office of A nist-
ant County Agent Saturday
Morning.
Approximately 60 poultry marking
machines, ordered by local project
poultrymen. arrived Thursday morn-
Ing and will be avalllble Saturday
forenoon at the office of assistant
county agent Jenkins. Those who
ordered the machine are requested
tc get them at that time if possible.
Those who have not paid are also re
quested to bring the remittance with
them.
The markers were ordered, last
week after a series of demonstrations
were conducted at various farms by
the assistant county agent. These
demonstrations illustrated th? use of
the machines and gave the producer
an opportunity to choose between th
several kinds.
The pool order was
then sent out
J. V. Allen farm on Butter creek
were scorched when a blaze broke
out in tne
the building
»uuaing last r Friday.
n a z j. A
box of matches had been stored in
basket with the furniture and it
thought that they were probably ig
nited by the mice.
ftiThe smoke from the fire was dis
covered by O. T. Lockridge and Ralph
ghafer who were driving past on the
highway. They turned in and qulck-
ly extinguished the blaze
serious damage resulted.
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UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
,f.
EXPANDS
....... ' STAGE LINES
«Beginning Monday, July 15, the
Union Pacific Stages, Incorporated
will operate from the Central Stage
depot at West Park and Taylor
streets, Portland, as well aa from the
Sixth street stage terminal, it was
announced today by B. T. Peyton,
manager.
"The Union Pacific Stages,” Mr.
Peyton said, "has Just completed ne
gotiations with Mr. A. Jaloff of the
Paramount corporation to take over
ELECTRIC EEL IS HERE
the lease on the central stage depot.
This marks another high point in
“Buy an eel— and beat the powe ¡r 'the rapid expansion of the Union Pa
cific Stages, which now operate 63
company!"
Most any day now, you can expect busses over a total of approximately
to read the message on the billboards 1600 miles of highway in Oregon.
>f the nation. In its newspapers and Washington and western Idaho. The
rapid development of this company
ever the radio.
No home will be complete, in the first became apparent April 8 when
»ear future, without Its eel. • The 'its resident, J. P. O'Brien, announced
jreat captains of Industry will breed the purchase of the Blue Mountain
heir own eels. Every manufacturing Transportation company from the
ma Coldiron interests. This was
plant will swarm with eel^. ,
When yeu g o 'to the country, jtttf followed by an announcement on
rill t a k e ' l YM*' WF w ith W iApr 11 10 of thé absorption of the In
fonTl Be telling your n « t «dec terstate Coach company. The pur
leWMtor. " fee , I dod't see how we chase of these two companies in
iver got along before we got Oscar volved several hundred thousand dol
lars and addd approximately six
mr pet eel!"
But you'rre dying with curiosity. hundred miles of line. By taking in
(Fhy the eels? Well, It seems, says these companies and taking over the
>he Seattle SUr, that the Philadel operation of various smaller lines in
phia zoo has Imported elecrlc eels the northwest, the Union Pacific
'rom Trinidad. According to the Stages now gives service between
supervisor of the zoo, Emerson C. Portland and Baker, Oregon, and
Srown, each of the ells generates one Lewiston, Idaho, via Pendleton, Ore
gon. as well aa direct service be
torse power.
The Philadelphia scientists have tween Portland and Spokane via
ound that the eels can be connected Umatilla. Daily schedules are also
ilectrleally and made to run egg beat- from Portland to Bend and from
ira, toy trains, Ughtup electric bulbs Spokane to Lewiston snd Spokane to
Pendleton all schedules being so ar
ind do other tricks.
Why the eels are electric no one ranged to make direct connections
(nows. But they are. They use furnishing direct service out of Port
ilectrlcity to shock their enemies, land to all the above nam'ed points.
Last week Mr. Peyton announced
lut now the Ingenious mind of man
s turning their popularity Into com- the purchase of eighteen new twenty-
nerclal channels. The eel's batter- six passenger reclining chair parlor
ea will soon be turning out "Juice” car coaches, all of which have ar
rived and been put'Into service.
or homes and factories.
The electric eel Is here! Freedom
STATE FOULTRYMEN MEET
ram bills! Free “Juice" for every-
tody! Hot dog!
Problems of the poultry business
front the standpoint of the producer
PHEASANTS LIBERATED
are receiving expert attention at the
seventh annual poultrymen’s con-
The 20.000 Chinese pheasants that ventjoa in session on the Oregon
ve recently been liberated from gtate college campus JuTy 17 and
farms
at Corvallis,
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Wednesday’s
program
Includes
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i Pendleton will greatly enhance
by specialists of the college as
opportunity Of the hunter when weji ag by successful breeders
-----on comes
this“ fall. ---------
Libera- every
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of . . the
Industry,
. were made In those sections of Thursday’s program, sponsored by
state where the Chinese pheas- tj,e state poultrymens association In-
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Is known
to thrive.
eludes
election
of - officers,
annual
buslbess session and th# relation of
personal experiences by prominent
growers.
NEW MAIL SERVICE STARTS
Tuesday, July 16, marked the first
delivery of mail over the extended
rural mall routes from the local post-
office to Include the Umatilla and
Irrigon districts. Two carriers are
handling the service, the extension-
merely requiring a different division
of the work.
STEALS CAR
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WEATHER REPORT
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Lewis Partlow of Toppenish.
♦ According to Charles Taylor, ♦
♦ observer. For th s week ending ♦ Washington, was arrestetd Monday
♦ July 17.
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♦ morning by deputy sheriff
B.
J.
High Low ♦ Nattlon when he was found to be In,
♦ Thursday. July 11------ 81
♦ Friday, July 1 2 --------- >1
♦ Saturday, July 18 ------ 18
♦ Sunday.
July 1 4 -------- 81
♦ Monday, July 18-------- 81
♦ Tuesday. July 18 -------- 81
♦ Wednesday. July 17 __ 88
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session of a car stolen from Jack
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44 * Smith who lives on a ranch near
88 ♦ Hermiston. Part low was taken to
<8 ♦ the county Jail at Peadleton.
81 ♦
88 ♦ To P er tlu d .
M rs. B . M. Boynton left Saturday
81 ♦
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r fe itta f.
W ET 8 BANQUET PLANNED
FOR STATE LEGION MEETING
Eugene is inviting the entire state to participate in Its Sunset Trail celebration, an event which will include the
famed Sunset Trail pageant, the pioneer parade, industrial parade, and the largest air circus ever held in this
of the Northwest. This photo Rhows Miss Mary Gierhart, one of the princesses of the Royal court, and
M*i
él M. Young, head of the pioneer phase of the event.
SHIPMENT OF CALCIUM CHORATE
SMITH-SEE
AVAILABLE FOR WEED CONTROL
Carload Ordered "by County Court has
Arrived; Application Made by
Throe Local Fanners.
A carload shipment of calcium
chorate, ordered by the Umatilla
county court, has arrived and Is now
available, according to Geo. H. Jen
kins. Three farmers of this district
made application for the mixture,
Intending to use it on various weeds.
It is used principally for the control
of morning glories In the wheat coun
try but Is found to be of benefit In
the control of other weeds as well
Another shipment will be made about
August 1 and anyone Interested in
getting a supply at that time may
make application.
The mixture la put on when the foil
age of the weed la the biggest, either
a large or small sprayer being used
for the purpose.
SENATOR TO FISH
The marriage of Miss Shlrlie Helen
Patterson Smith of Bellingham, Wn.
to Mr. Arthur Bryan See of Hermis
ton was solemnized at a beautiful
wedding at St. Paul’s Episcopal
church in Bellingham Mcnday eve
ning, July 8. The ceremony was
performed by the bride’s father. Rev.
Canon Ernest B. Smith assisted by
the Most Rev. A. U. deRsncier, arch
bishop of Vancouver, B. C. aud Rev.
F. J. Stevens, principal of St. George’s
college, Prince Albert. Saskatchewan.
Mrs. See grauated from the Sas
katoon colWge' and thq. Bejlln.gham
State Normal school. She has been
a teacher in the kindergarten de
partment of St. Albans girls’ college
at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan,
and in the public schools at Birch
Bay and Renton. Mr, See graduated
from Beloit college in Wisconsin and
is affiliated with the Sigma Chi
fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. See left Bellingham
immediately after the ceremony for
Vancouver, B. C. and a tour of Van
couver Island. They arrived in Her
miston the first of the week where
they will make their future home.
Mr». See hah been with the local
branch of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber
company for several months.
While In Oregon on his annual
summer vacation Senator Frederick
Steiwer will devote three or four days
to fishing. He Is an ardent hunter
and angler and la familiar with the
game trails and trout streams of most FACTS ABOUT THE TELEPHONE
sections o( eastern and central Ore
Toronto leads all Canadian cities
gon.
In telephone development.
The city of London now has 138
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS
* telephone exchanges as compared
♦
• with 120 a year ago.
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In 188o there were 2100 Bell tele
At The H o silta l.
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. W. A. Alder-
mag of Butter creek, are the par
ents of a seven and a half pound
baby girl born at ttye H|;rniistpn
hospital July 14. Mrs. D. R. Brown
ell of Umatilla la In the loeal hospi
tal receiving medical treatment.
phones in service In Canada.
Now
theneare more than 750,000.
Several islands off the coast of
Maine are being connected with the
mainland by telephone cables this
summer.
COUNTY NURSE TO TALK AT
FARM BUREAU AUX. MF-ìTTNC
Scheduled for Friday Afternoon At
2 O'clock at Columbia
Park.
A big 40 at 8 wreck and banquet
is scheduled to take place as part of
the entertainment program of the
American Legion convention In Sal
em August 8, 9 and 10. This event
A on the calendar for the opening
lay to be opened by a business ses’
slon at 3 P. M., followed by the
wreck and banquet at 9 o’clock that
evening. The Polk County Volture
is In charge of arrangements and
the ritualistic work will be furnished
by the degree team of the Portland
Volture. They promise to give the
’Goofs” an evening replete with
thrill».
Election of officers for the ensu
ing year will occupy an Important
oart of the afternoon business ses
sion. The banquet will be served
Immediately following the wreck In
in adjoining hall of the same butld-
ng. A large class of initiates is
expected from the various Voltlires
throughout the state. It will be
worth your while to “Trail ’em to
lalenj" in August.
Miss Edna Flnnnlgan of Pendle
ton, Umatilla county nurse, will be
present at a meeting of the ladles
auxiliary of the Farm Bureau Frida)
afternoon at Columbia park. Miss
Flknnigan will talk ou health prob
lem. stressing parUculdrly her work
In connection .with her position a;
county nurse. The meeting N sehed
ULOVER SEED MEN
uled to begin at 2 o’clock and all
members are urged to be present.
WILL MEET CRISIS
THEATRE
NEW S
“The Phantom City" Sat. and Sun.
"The Phantom City," Ken May
nard’s latest western, is to be shown
at the Columbia theatre next Satur
day and Sunday. It presents an en
tirely new angle to western pictures,
inasmuch as it is a combination mys
tery drama and western, with, asyou
can imagine, plenty of thrills and
laughs.
The theme Is typical of the ‘‘dead’’
towns of California, for there are
hundreds of ghost camps throughout
the west with buildings still standing
as they were abandoned fifty years
ago. The town of Hornitos, near the
Yosemite Valley, was the location
used to make the picture. This town
Is one of the landmarks of CaJavaras
county, the locality of many of Bret
Harte’s stories.
An all star cast In Eugenia Gil
bert, James Mason, Charles Malles
snd Blue Washington Is furnished
Maynard by Charles R. Rogers, pro
ducer of Ken Maynard features, In
support. Albert ftogell Is the direc
tor and Harry J. Brown the super
visor of the production.
The Telephone Pioneers of Amer
Frank Stone and family were ica will hold Its sixteenth conven “New Year'» Eve." Wed. and Thun.
Thrill-seeking theatregoers will be
among*the Hermlstonlans who were tion In the city of Minneapolis on
amply
satisfied at the local theatre
October
17,
18
and
19.
In Pendleton Monday for the circus.
next Wednesday and Thursday when
the Fox film, "New Year's Eve.” Is
Enough telephone wire to girdle
To Pendleton.
shown.
The exciting climax of the
George H. Jenkins, assistant county the earth twelve times has been add- picture Is shown In an atmosphere
agent. made * business trip to Pen- ed to the Bell telephone lines In the
of crackling automatics and vengeful
dleton Wednesday.
[ Canadian provinces of Ontario and
gangsters, and the final reel of this
Quebec during 1928.
picture dealing with thh girl's reach
Walter Bensley Improving.
for happiness is Raid to keep the
Four hundred carloads of apples spectators perched on the edge of
According to word received from
Mrs. W. B. Beasley. Walter Beasley were sold the other day as a result their seats. Many of the scenes were
who has been seriously ill In a San of a transcontinental call made from made Just as they appear on the
Francisco hospital for some weeks is {London to a Yakima (Wash.) fruit screen, with the actors, espclally the
slowly Improving. His mother has broker.
leading man, Charles Morton. In con
with him for the past three
siderable real danger from flying bul
The opening of an aerial tele- lets. In one episode Morton dodged
I phone line between Roumanla and a ateel jacketed mtssl« by a scant I
, Hungary rovldes the first telephone Inches, the bullet shattering the win
Entertain At Dinner.
Mr«. A. H. Norton entertained service between hese countries since dow where hla head bad been a frac
with a dinner party at her home the World War.
tion of a second before.
Thursday evening honoring the
Mary Astor is co-fjidtured with
Approximately 385,000,000 calls Morton In the picture, Earle Foxe
birthday of her husband.
Four
guests were Invited for the evening. were completed from Indiana Bell '«nd Florence Lsike heading the sup
¡Telephone company telephones dur porting cast, fn addition to the dra
in g 1928, an Increase of more than matics, ther» Is said to be an abund
¡16.00,000 calls over 1927. More ance of-roRledy nnd romance In the
Employed nt BielmanY
Rd. McMillan is a new employe j than 8,000,000 of the total calls film, whlfch was directed by J’enry
made last year were lonf dtotaoca. Lehrmaa*
at th» C hinaa Motor»’ parat®
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To Pendleton.
BLUE GRASS
SUNSHINE
IDEAL FOR COWS
Oregon Growers and D Jilers W ill
Change Varieties to Save
Big State Industry.
LIGHT & POWER CO.
MAKES SURVEY FOR
EXTENSION LINES
ENGINEERS NOW WORKING ON
COST ESTIMATES
Rural Service to be Rendered Where
Cost W ill not be Prohibitive
Is Plan.
Hermiston Light & Power Com
pany have completed the field meas
urements necessary In estimating
the costs of construction of rural
lines to Irrigon, from Hermiston to
the Experimental farm, from Her
miston east and north toward Cold
Springs reservoir, out the Butter
creek road, through the Meadows
south and west of Stanfield, over the
Stanfield project east of that town,
as well aa other minor extensions,
according to a statement given out
by the company through J. A. Clarke,
resident manager.
“The company's engineers are now
engaged in working out estimates of
ahe cost o( the various planned ex
tensions, and it may be some time be
fore the final figures are available,"
the statement went on to say. "Th®
company Is, of course, anxious to
extend Its services wherever demand
has arisen, but only in those In
stances where such extensions will
not saddle the prospective consum
ers with a burden that is more tban
they can readily bear.
"It Is to be realized that In thinly
settled communities, some districts
could only be reached by the expen
diture of more money than would be
economically feasible. Despite the
many advantages that accrue from
the use of electricity on the farm
there are some instances in which
the cost of the desired extensions
may prove prohibitive.
"It is obvious that the company
Itself cannot make expenditures up
on which it Is sure to suffer a loss or
even upon which it will be unable
to make a fair return. As a utility,
it is strictly limited by rule to the
expenditure of a certain ,sum tor
eech prospective customer.
The
standard is that the company can ex
pend »60 for each new service guar
anteeing a monthly revenue of 82.
Of course, for assured returns per
service of Increased amounts, the
company's contribution would be
proportionately larger.
In other
words, for a guaranteed monthly re
venue of 86, the company would ex
pend 180 instead of 860. The cost
of the line over and above the total of
the per service contributions by the
company must be'borne by the pros
pective consumers.
“The company intends to install
the cheapest standard construction
that will give good srvice, and In
those cases where the necessary sub
scription by the expected consumers
proves more than the company re
gards as equitable, the extensions
will be discouraged.
Each extension is to be computed
separately, and the most economical
length of line per number of consum
ers is to be decided when these fig
ures are available. Mr. Clarke, the
resident manager, will then call on
the residents «long the planned line,
and furnish them with detailed esti
mates of the total cost.
At that
time, a more careful study will be
made as to the possibility of obtain
ing additional power and rooking
loads, and the amount that the com
pany can contribute will then be re
computed on the basis of the guar
anteed minimum monthly revenue.
The customers along the projected
line will thru be Informed exactly
how much they will have to pay to
obtain service.
"Wlsere tlxo engli^perlug studies
prove that the requeeted construction
is economically practical, it Is hoped
that the lines will be completed be
fore winter, though It Is yet too early
to make any definite promises.”
A complete change of clover seed
types among Oregon seed producers,
particularly those weet of the Cas
cades, has been recommended by a
itate conference of growers and deal-
rs which met at Oregon State col
lege to make plans to meet a crisis
in the seed market situation through-
jut the youth and east.
The seriousness of the present situa
tion, already reflected In the market,
was emphasized by Dr. A. J. Pieters
if Washington, D. C., a federal spec
ialist Who has been in cloRe touch
vlth the practical and experimental
■esults obtained from^Oygon seed In
the east. I^ek of dhjjsse resistance
¡hd hardiness of Ore^Sn seed Is kill
ing its market, he reported.
The tremble socM» to have arisen
’rom the Introduction in Oregon of
breign seed which has produced good
Tops under the favorable conditions
of this state but which In turn has
produced seed unsulted to eastern con
litions.
Experiment station specialists re
ported success with a new disease re
sistant type of clover which Is this
year being grown in limited quanti
ties In all sed producing counties in
Oregon. All seed from these plots is
to be retained for Oregon use for a
jway or two.
: Meanwhile sources of pure, hardy
■types of clover seed, Including a few
acens in eastern Oregon, are to be
Jhrated so aa to permit Oregon grow
ers to obtain large quantities of
suitable strains ss quickly as possi
ble. Peed certification will then be
put In practice to protect the Ore
gon marke» for the Improved seed.
As the situation wss found to de
mand almost an Immediate revolu
tion In thia million and a half dollar
MANAGER FROM MICHIGAN
Industry, steps were taken to organ
ize a state seed council which will
John A. Clarke, resident manager
consist of growers, dealers and experi of the Hermiston Light A Power com
ment station specialists to assist In pany, which was recently taken over
by the Amelcan States Public Ser
the change.
vice company, moved here from Sault
Ste Marie, Mich., where he was In
Returns From Redmond.
Mr. Vestal, manager of the Mutual charge of the mpter department of
cream station, has returned to Her the Edison Sault Electric company.
miston after a tw o week's visit with Mr. Clarke and family came to Ore
gon by motor.