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VOL. XXIV
The Hermiston
—NUMBER 12—
PROGRAM FOR YEAR
OUTLINED AT FRIDAY
AUXILIARY MEETING
VARIETY OF TOPICS LISTED FOB
DISCUSSION
Members Urged to Keep Schedule
of When Committees are
To Work.
The entire program for the com
ing rear was outlined at the last
meeting ot the Farm Bureau Auxil
iary. Friday, November 15. In the
otub house at Columbia park.
At
the business session preceding the
social hour. It was decided that the
members of the home cannery in
vestigation committee be retained to
go ahead with the work.
The program for the year is ai
follows:
December 8 and May 16. Liter
ary meeting. Mrs. Sommerer, chair
man, assisted by Mrs. Minor, Mrs.
McCully and Mrs. Jendrzejewski.
December 20 and June 20. Recre
ation. Mrs. Lynch, chairman, assist
ed by Mrs. Snell, Mrs. Tilson and
Mrs. Stockard.
January 3 and June 6. Sewing.
Mrs. Hammer, chairman, assisted by
Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Llebe, Mrs. Lenz
and Mrs. New Madden.
Art on Program
January 17 and July 18. Art.
Mrs. Barnard, chairman, assisted by
Mrs. Christley, Mrs. Lilly and Mrs.
Shannon.
February 7 and August 1. Music.
Mrs. Joe Udey, chairman, assisted
by Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Walters and
Mrs. Rogers.
February 21 and September 5.
Home Decoration. Mrs. Klk, chair
man, assisted by Mrs. Buell and Mrs.
Harr.
March 7 and August 15. Poultry.
Mrs. Dunning,' chairman, assisted by
Mrs. Jewett, Mrs. Hanson and Mrs.
Haddox.
March 21 and September 19. Civ
ic Beauty. Mrs. Ott, chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. Upham, Mrs. Roberts
and Mrs. Williams.
April 4 and October 17. Health.
Mrs. Marble, chairman, assisted by
Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Smith.
April 18 and November 2. Cook
ing. Mrs. Henry Hooker, chairman,
assisted by Mrs. Alvin Hooker, Mrs.
Hurst and Mrs. Addleman.
There will be two open meetings,
May 2 and October 3.
To Meet December 8
The next meeting of the Farm Bur
eau Auxiliary w ill be December 6
The members are urged by the presi
dent, Mrs. Cecil Madden, to come pre
pared to offer holiday suggestions
lor such things as Christmas gifts
and decorations.
The preeident also urged all the
members to co-operate in making
each program better than the one
preceding and requested that mem
bers keep a copy of the paper con
taining the year’s program and keep
themselves informed as to when each
committee will ba In charge.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS
The member of the missionary soc
iety of the ethodtst Episcopal church
met Wednesday at Mrs. Rena Water
man's.
Mrs. Edith Pierson is presl-
dent of the group this year.
The
work of the organisation consists of
study and in making up holiday and
useful packages for foreign landa.
ENTERTAINMENT TO REPLACE
PARENTS’ HOUR THIS MONTH
Instead of the monthly Parents*
Hour, usually observed the last Fri
day of each month at the Minnehaha
school, there w ill be a program Wed
nesday nlgbt, November 27, accord
ing to Catherine DeMoss, teacher of
Tbnt district. The Parents* Hour is
uot being observed this month oa ne-
eount of the Thanksgiving vacation.
However, the parents are Invited to
attend the Thanksgiving program
Wednesday evening Instead..
The Parents' Hour, which will be
obeerved In the future, given par
ents an opportunity to inspect Bug-
tint. arithmetic and spelling note
books. The pupils review memory
■elections, picture study, art aad ra-
hlhlt their writing.
BLUE GRASS
SUNSHINE
IDEAL FOB COWS
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929
ARTICHOKE INDUSTRY TO BE
CONSIDERED FRIDAY NIGHT
Lou D. Sweet, Pabst Repreentative,
To Discus« Situation With
Local Men.
For the past several months the
Pahst Corporation of Milwaukee has
been Interested In developing the
artichoke industry in' this district.
At this time, Lou D. Sweet, agri
culturist from that corporation, is In
Hermiston In the interests ot the
artichoke program and la wanting to
determine what acreage may be ex
pected in thia vicinity next year,
providing the corporaton w ill con
tract for the crop.
Careful check on the yield and
acreage now growing here has shown
that there are now between fifteen
and twenty acres with a yield that
looks
promising.
Several local
farmers have agreed to plant an acre
age next year providing the Pabst
corporation will make a contract
with them for the crop by March 1.
In order to afford an opportunity
for all those interested to know of
the yield which has been grown this
year and hear the details of the
contract which the Pabst corpora
tion is providing, a meeting for all
those interested will be held in the
Hermiston library Friday night
November 22, at 8 o’clock.
Mr.
Sweet will talk at this meeting.
STATE P.T.A. JOINED
Hot Lunches to be Served at School;
Playground Equipment to be
Put Up.
At the Parent Teachers meeting
Thursday afternoon in the school
bouse, a motion was made and passed
that the local organisation join the
state association.
Other decisions
that were reached by the members
were that a cooked food sale be held
November 23, that 50 copies of P. T.
A. songs be ordered, that two sub
scriptions of the “Child Welfare
Magazine” be sent for, and that the
P. T. A. sponsor hot lunches at the
school during the cold weather.
The secretary was also instructed
to write a note of thanks to the
American Legion for the donation of
|5 0 to help with the erection of
playground equipment.
In regard to playground equipment
it was decided to ask Frank Shaw
to eee that a capable carpenter be put
in charge of assembling the appar
atus as soon as possible.
Committees Appointed
Mrs. C. S. McNaught, Mrs. Baxter
Hutchison and Catherine Cranna
were appointed members of the social
committee.
Mrs. Walter Hamm was appointed
chairman of the program committee
for December and Mrs. A. W. Tum
bled was appointed to take charge
of the service shop. Mrs. Baker was
appointed historian and Margaret
McDevitt publicity chairman.
The committee to take charge of
hot lunches is composed of Mrs. W.
W. Felthouse, Mrs. F. V. Prime, Mrs.
Oral Henriksen and Mrs. Hlnellne.
This committee w ill meet November
22 at 3:80 at the school house.
The hostesses for December will be
Mrs. Marble, Mrs. Henriksen, Mrs.
Martin, Miss Holm and Miss Worry.
Equipment Chosen.
The playground equipment to be
put up w ill consist of two swings,
a pair of swinging rings, a rope for
climbing, a trrapeze bar, and two
teeter boards.
Dr. A. Christopherson talked at
tre meeting on the subject of com
munity health.
Measles, chicken-
pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever and
skin diseases were pointed out as this
season's diseases. The after effects
of such diseases were discussed.
Chicken-pox, said Dr. Christopher
son, is often followed in five years by
brights disease. Skin diseases may
be carried home to younger children
and are often fatal to babies.
Mr». Joe Norton played "Moon
light In the Sacred Dawn.*’
Governor Issues Thanksgiv
ing Proclamation; Reviews
Past Progress and Prosperity
The turn of the year brings us
again to the season when man, im
pelted by an age-old and world-wide
impulse, has been wont to offer his
human thanks to Almighty God for
the fulfillment of His ancient promise
that while the earth remalneth seed
time and harvest shall not fail.
Our national observance of an an
nual day of thanksgiving was insti
tuted when our Pilgrim forefathers
gathered together to make grateful
acknowledgement for the bountiful
crops on which depended their survi
val. Since that first American har
vest, progress along innumerable lines
has added to the comfort, the effi
ciency and the security of our lives.
Wealth and high position have been
vouchsafed us as a nation. Manifold
and great opportunitise have been
opened to u as individuals.
Soc
ial and economic changes have been
vast, but the spiritual truth remains
steadfast that material achlevemens
are made fruitful only by guidance
and strength from power which is
above and beyond human endeavors.
Eternal and universal in the hearts
of thoughtful men is the proverb, es
tablish Thou the work of our hands.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, I. L. Pat
terson, Governor of the state of Ore
gon, in conformity to the proclama
tion of the President of the United
States, do proclaim Thursday, Nov
ember 28th, 1929, as Thanksgiving
Day, and do hereby set it aside as a
public holiday.
Let us, on this day, give thoue1’’
man’s fellowship with nature in the
husbandry of the fruitful earth, first
scource of all wealth. Let us ac
knowledge the ties of family affect
ion and renew the bond of hearth and
men.
Let us share our abundance
en the will to peace, stronger now
than ever before in the hearts of
men. Let u share onr abundance
with the less fortunate, and let us
humbly dedicate our power and pros
perity to the service of Almighty
God.
In testimony whereof I ha re here
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal of the state of Oregon to
be hereunto affixed this 15th day of
November, A. D. 1929.
Attest:
Hal. E. H om , I. L. PATTERSON, ...
Secretary of State.
Governor.
AUXILIARY MEETING CHANGED
Instead o t meeting at the regular
time, November 28, which is Thanks
giving day, the American Legion
Auxiliary will have its next meeting
November 22 at the home of Mrs.
Joe Norton.
Oriental Novelties To Be Sold
Oriental novelties that are really
from the Orient will be on sale in
Hermiston, Saturday, December 7, at
the Catholic church bazaar to be
held on the balcony of the Oregon
Hardware store. The novelties were
brought to this country by a friend
of Margaret McDevitt's who travels
in the East each year.
Cooked food, fancy work articles
and house aprons w ill also be on
sale.
Mrs. Wheeler, who has the Oriental
art shop In Eugene, is sending the
novelties here.
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STATE VETERINARIAN TAKES
BLOOD SAMPLES OF CATTLE
Dairymen Requested to be Prepared
for Visit of Dr. Green at
Time Scheduled.
Dr. H. H. Green, assistant state
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
veterinarian, started today to take
SELLS TICKETS TO SHOW blood samples of cattle In this dis
Organization Needs New Music; trict for abortion test3. Postcards
will be sent to the dairymen from
Hopes to Raise Money Through
George Jenkin’s office giving the
B enefit Next Week.”
tune that Dr. Greoi wiil be at their
places to take the samples.
Ticket selling as well as music is
Cattle owners should he careful.
occupying the minds of the members Mr. Jenkins says, to have the cattle
ot the high school orchestra this at the barn in stanchions or tied at
week. Eery ticket sold to the show the time given on the card for the
"Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” to be shown visit ot the veterinarian so that no
here November 27, 28 and 29 means time will be wasted.
that the orchestra is that much clos
Several years ago when this pro
er to some badly needed new music. gram was started, only a few cattle
Members of the orchestra are sell were tested. This year there have
ing tickets to the show and they will been requests to test about 2000 cat
profit on a percentage basts.
tle. Therefore, it will be necessary
As an organization, the orchestra to take every precaution to speed up
this year is “broke,” according to the work. The testing will 'take a
the business manager, Shirlie Brown- number of days and unless the pro
son. The only way it has of making gram 1« arranged so that no time Is
money is through this show.
The lost, the veterinarian will not be able
money that is made will be used to to test all the cattle.
buy new music.
A lcoal man will accompany Dr.
The orchestra has never had a Green on his route through thr dis
music fund. Some of the music has trict and wiil assist in holding the
been donated and the rest of it has cattle. No time can be taken to test
been picked up wheerever It could be the time scheduled for the visit of the
found.
As a result, the pieces that the time scheduled for the vLt of the
were used were those that were on veterinarian, Mr. Jenkins sn- i. Every
hand rather than those that were de effort will be made to follow the
sired. Most of the music now being schedule planned.
used are marches. With some money
to spend on music, the orchestra
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BEGUN
hopes to get some modern rchestra
numbers that w ill have a variety of
musical forms and not be confined
In order to bring new members In
to marches alone.
to the local Parent Teachers' asso
The orchestra practices each week.
ciation, a drive has been started this
There are now ten persons in it. It
week with the co-operation of the
plays at practically all the school
school children. Each school room
entertainments, town enterprises and
makes up a separate team and each
Parent Teachers meetings.
In ad
team is trying to bring in more
dition it affords valuable rtainlng
members than the others. Meniber-
for students interested in music who
ship In the P. T. A. is twenty-five
would like to get training in orchee-
tra playing: Charlotte Kern is the* eep^g a year>.
director.
are having a fine time at this ser
vice. The Rev. W. H. Donner 1» go
< > « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Ing to talk to the children after thif.
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♦ service.
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CHURCH NOTES
♦
The Rev. Donner will also preact
❖
♦ at both the morning and evening.ser
vices. At the morning service hie
message will be “God's Price for Men
Seventh Day Adventist
A Ransom.” His topic at the even
Sabbath school, Sabbath, Novem
ber 23, begins at lo o’clock. The Ing meeting will be "God’s Powei
theme for the preaching service at Over Men:: A Privilege.’*
The Church Committee.
11 o’clock will be “Faith."
The
young people’s meeting will be Fri
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES
day night at 7:45. Prayer meeting
ttlVTortals and Immortals" was the
is Tuesday evening at 7:45, preceded
subject of the Lesson Sermon
by the teachers' training course. The
In all Churches ot Christ, Scientist,
teachers of the young peoples’ and
on Sunday, Nov. 17.'
senior classes are studying “The
The Golden Text was, “We that
Seven Laws of Teaching,” and the
are In this tabernacle do groan, be
children’s teachers are studying
Ing burdened: not for that we
"Christian Story Telling.”
would be unclothed, but clothed up-
‘on, that mortality might be swai-
Dewey Payne, pastor.
lowed up of life” (II Cor. 6:4).
Among the citations which com
Baptist Church
prised the Lesson-Sermon was the
The Hermiston Baptist church will
following from ths Bible: "For this
hold its usual services In the I. O. O.
corruptible must put on lncorrup
F. hall Sunday morning at 11
tion, and this mortal must put on
o’clock. The pastor will preach up
immortality” (I Cor. 15:53).
on the subject of the mllienlal period
The Lesson-Sermon also included
the following p a s s a g e fr o m
on earth.
the Christian Science textbook
People cannot do things religiously
“Science and Health with Key to
in cold blood. Fuel must be consum
the Scriptures”, by Mary Baker
ed. Water must boil if the train
Eddy: "Mortals must gravitate
moves. Come, then, with us and we
God ward, their affections and aims
will do you good. Everyone is wel
grow spiritual,—they must near the
come. J. T. Dowell, pastor.
broader Interpretations of being,
and gain some proper sente of ths
infinite,—in order that sin and mor
Baptist-Christian Church
Sunday school is at 10 o'clock. We
tality may be put off” (p. 255).
Gathering Virginia Apples for the English
DOWELL SELLS TEN ACKEES
Anna M. Smith of Pendleton re
cently completed n deal with J. T.
Dowell for hie ten acre tract located
one-half mile northwest nf Hermis
ton. Mrs. Smith and eon will move
on the place Immediately. They ex
pect to go Into the dairy business
M t . Dowell has not announced hie
future plans.
Heme In the Winchester region of Virginia while a part of the state's oanal export crop of a million barrel«
• f apples waa being picked. These rammer apples are shipped mainly to England.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 FEB YEAR
SIGNATURES FOR MEMBERSHIP IN UMATILLA
DAIRY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION TAKEN
PARENT TEACHERS TO HAVE
FOOD SALE TO RAISE MONEY
In order to raise money for the
contribution to the county council
and for general benefit expenses,
such aa serving hot lunches to the
school children, the Parent Teachers'
association is planning a cooked food
sale for November 23 in the Hermis
ton meat market. People wishing to
contribute to the asle are asked by
Mrs. McCulley, president of the P.
T. A., to leave their food there.
Ail parents of school children are
asked by Mrs. McCulley to donate
cakes, pies, cookies, bread or any
other food that sells easily.
The committee in charge of the
sale is composed of Mrs. Jackson for
the district west of town, Mrs. Ott
for the district eas of town, and Mrs.
Fraser, Mrs. W. W. Felthouse and
Mrs. MeCully for Hermiston.
CLASSES TO COMPETE
Last Football Game of Season to be
Friday; Schedule of Winter
Contests Incomplete.
Inter-clans basketball, now the
principal athletic Interest in the
high school since the football season
Is about over, has been delayed by
the sickness of the coach, Fred Gib-
» n , during the past week. The
?ames were to have started
last
week, but they will probably be play-
9d this week Instead. After the
lass championships have been de-
Ided, regular practice will begin.
The freshmen are to moot ths
oophomorcs and the Juniors the sen
iors. The winners of these two con
tests will then play to determine the
class champions.
ORGANIZATION
STARTED
TWO
YEARS AGO
Payments Made in Three Divisions
For Work Done in Testing
Cow Herds.
Signatures are now being taken by
the officials of the Umatilla Dairy
Improvement association for member
ship In the organization during the
coming year, according to George
Jenkins. Anyone Interested in Join
ing the organization or in getting In
formation about the work done should
eee L. C. Dyer, of Hermiston, presi
dent,, S. R. Cooper. Stanfield, sec
retary, or George Jenkins.
The association was started two
years ago December I. It includes
dairy herds from Milton-Freewater,
Irrigon, Boardman, Ione, Hermiston,
Stanfield and Pilot Rock. The two
past years have been completed suc
cessfully, Mr. Jenkins says.
Butter Fat Measured.
The purpose of the association is
to determine how much each cow is
producing in butterfat. Several of
the dairymen have reported that the
tests have been of value to them In
selling heifer calves and also in giv
ing owners an Idea about what calves
to keep. Such a record has also as
sisted some ini giving them ideas
about improving the uallty of the
sires, and in telling just what to teed
the cows.
E. M. Hauser has completed two
successful yearB as the tester In this
district.
Payments Divided.
The cost of testing is based on
the amount of time It takes to teat
a herd and if a man has a large herd
of cowBj about 488, the cost is 960 per
year. For a herd of from 12 to 20
rows, the cost Is 833 a year.
In
smaller herds, piree herds are often
tested together.
One-fourth of the money owed for
testing is paid on December 24, one-
half of the balance on March 24, and
the balance on June 24.
Those who are enthusiastic about
testing say that the work has been
of benefit to the county, according
to Mr. Jenkins. Quite a number of
cows were found to be unprofitable
after the tests started and were sold
for beef. The association also gives
the dairymen valuable information
that can be used by the breeders as
sociation in the sire improvement
work.
Class Teoms Chosen
The seniors head the list with five
lettermen on the class team. They
ire: Felthouse and Nation, forwards;
3mlth, center; Bills and Kennings,
guards. These men will rrobably
constitute the senior first string line-
iip.
The Juniors have a strong team In
"ox, Martin, Briggs, Evans, Jackson,
*toblnson, Haddox and Addleman.
The sophomores will be represent
'd by McMullin, Hammond, Bless- PLANS FOR ANNUAL LIBRARY
ng, Neary, Hurly, Cox and Klages.
BENEFIT PARTY COMPLETED
These men played basketball last year
as freshmen and as members of the
Both Bridge and Five Hundred to be
midget team.
The freshman class will have on its
Played at Entertainment Nov
am Dick Martin, Eddie Bensel, Dav-
ember 25.
I Arnott, Glenn Pierson, Frank
Shaw, Dick Hutchinson, Charles Hun
and Earl Dashman.
Books for the Hermiston library
Game Schedule Incomplete
will be bought from the proceeds
The high schol schedule Is not made at the library benefit card
-omplete, but some good games have party Monday, November 26. accord
already been arranged. The schedule ing to Mrs. C. . McNaught, chairman
now reads:
of the library board. There will be
Descember 13, Lexington at Her tables for both five hundred and
miston.
Ing to Mrs. C. S. McNaught, chairman
December 14, open.
the public Is urged to ba present.
December 18, Echo at Echo.
General admission tickets will be
January 10, open.
sold at the door for fifty cents
'anuary 11, open.
a piece. The party will be in the
January 17, Umatilla at Umatilla. library and will start at 8 o'clock.
January 18, Helix at Hermiston.
Quite a time has elapsed since new
January 24, Condon at Condon.
hooks were bought for the library.
January 26, Pasco, Washington, at Most of the later books that come
?asco.
here are from the eounty library.
January 29, Stnnfleld at Stan- They are kept for three months and
Geld.
then sent back. This is convenient
February 14, Umatilla at Hermis but does not build up a permanent
ton.
reference or fiction library.
The
February 15, Helix at Helix.
library board has had to use Its
February 21, Stanfield at Hermis money for other purposes recently,
ton.
but now all the money made at the
February 28. Echo at Stanfield.
party Monday night can be used for
The last game of the football sea new books. Most of the expenses of
son is Friday at Milton.
the party, such as the refreshments
that will be served, will be met by
donations.
WEATHER REPORT
Prizes will be given for the winn
Taylor, ers In both five hundred and bridge.
According lo
Charles
Last year the library had two bene
observer. the temperature for the
fit parties, but this year there will
past week has l>«cn:
High lCA be only the one. Other members of
16 the library board who are going
November 14 ...................... 49
14 ahead with arrangements for ths
November 1G ...................... 49
16 party are Mrs. H. T. Fraser, Mrs.
November 16 ......... *........... 60
34 Rena Waterman. Mrs. Walter Hamm
November n ...................... 67
22 and Mr. B. 8. Kingsley.
November 18 ..................... 49
10
Hermiston is the smallest place ia
November IS ....ra
.....— . 4 1
6 the United States to have a Caraegie
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November 20
library.
There was no rain.