The Hermiston Herald
▼OL. XXIV
— NUMBER 16—
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEM BER 12, 1929
3307 BIRDS SHIPPED IN SECOND TURKEY
POOL HERE DECEMBER 6,7; PRICES IOW|
WRESTLING BOUT ARRANGED
UNDER AUSPICES OF LEGION
Frenchy Leavitte to Meet Kennedy
H e n Friday Night, Dec-
WAREHOUSE 10 BE
BUILT ON CORNER
BY FARM BUREAU
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
AUXILIARY POSTPONES NEXT
MEETING UNTIL JANUARY 3 ^
Gifts to be Exchanged by Members;
FrOIH 2 CoUFltlCS
Sign-up For Coming Year’s
Time in Testing Association
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Laundry to Have First Aid
DIVIDEND ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
♦
♦
ember 20
Equipment.
MAY BE EXPECTED
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GIRLS ORGANIZE TEAM
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Frenchy Leavitte of Baker, known
Instead of holding Its next regu
❖
Basketball for women will be ♦
both
as a wrestler and as a boxer. NEW PROPOSED STRUCTURE TO lar meeting as scheduled on Decem
Third Shipment to be Received Some ♦ one of the Beason’s sports here, 4>|
ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD
ber 20, the Aux. to the Farm Bureau
♦ If plans being made materialise. ■»! will meet Jack Kennedy, well known
Time Between the First and
HERE SOON
COST $10,000
will hold Its next meeting January
♦ A number of girls around town ♦ local wrestler, here December 20 In
3, according to a decision reaches at
Middle of January.
< have already expressed their ♦ ] , wrestling bout under the auspices
E. M. Hauser, who has been em
the last meeting of the organization, ployed by the Umatilla Dairy Im Organization Completes Two Year’s
♦ willingness to play the game ❖
of the American Legion. This will Co-operative Granted Permission by Friday, December 6.
W ork; Contracts Expired Dec
In the absence provement association as tester for
<* and those going ahead with the <•!
f*rst ° f 8 series of smokers
of
the
president,
the
vice-president,
ember 1.
Probably because ot the low prices, <• plans are looking for more re- ♦ ) be
the past two years, has resigned his
Council to Have Mill on
+ that the L*Klon 1“ planning and will
Mrs. J. H. Reid, presided.
fewer birds were received at Hermis ♦ crults.
position and William Cerncamp has
Dairymen from Freewater to Ione
Beatrice Bensel, Lenore Dyer, ♦ ( be
ln tbe ^A lon hall. _The main
It was also decided to have a gift been chosen to fill his place.
Main Street.
ton December 6 and 7 for the second ♦
have signed up for membership in
exchange at the January 3 meeting,
Idaho-Oregon turkey pool this year ♦ Klara GeHnert, Catherine Cran- ♦ l eTent —111 begin at 8:30. There will
Mr. Cerncamp was formerly ln
no gift to exceed 25 cents. The third Minnesota, where he did work In the Umatilla Dairy Improvement as
than had been expected. The birds ♦ na ana Alioe Dyer have consent- ♦ be one and possibly two preliminary
events.
Permission to build what Is prom- motion that carried at the meeting dairy improvement associations. He sociation for the coming year, mak
were received by two crew» at the ❖ ed to play. A jumping center ♦
ing the sign-up complete for one full
Leavitte has been known around
4 Is needed particularly bad.
old Hirrly grocery store.
Isedto be an architecturally attractive was to keep available in the laundry has also done official testing in Ore
month’s work. Since the contracts
The team plans to practice ❖ the Baker country for several years office, mill and warehouse was grant first aid remedies to be used in case gon.
The prices, which changed slightly <•
for the past year expired the first of
of burns or other Injuries.
« once a week and will probably ♦ 88 8 wrestler and before that he had
from the first quotations were:
Although the association Is sorry
Kennedy Is ed the Farm Bureau Co-op. by the
The program at the meeting was to lose Mr. Hauser, It Is felt that Mr. December, officers of the association
For number one toms, 25 1-4 <• play three games with Umatilla ♦ Lwrestled n Canada.
cents; for number one hens, 22 3-4 ❖ and with the high school girls. ♦ known for his sportsmanship and city council at a special meeting literary. In the absence of the Cerncamp will be able to fill his have been busy getting members for
Tuesday night, December 11.
The leader, Mrs. H. M. Sommerer, Mrs. place satisfactorily, according to of- the coming year.
cents; for old toms, 17 cents; and <• Other games w ill be arranged ♦ cleanliness as a wrestler.
The association has been organized
H. W. Kelley, who Is arranging new proposed building will be at the Minor took charge of the entertain-‘fleers of the association
for number two hens and toms, 14 ❖ later. A similar team was or- ♦
for two years. A number of the per
the match, says that this Is the first intersection of First and Main ment. She gave a general survey of
❖ ganized here last year.
1-2 cents.
sons signing up for this year’s work
exhibition of the “tin eared" profes
The building will be used for car the best literature for young persons
These prices are an advance made
have been ln the organization since
sion in this vicinity for several rying on the business of the Farm and ended by reading two poems from
to the growers and according to
♦ Its beginning here and are enthusias
years.
The
Intention
of
the
Legion
Bureau
co-operative.
According
to
Jairtea
Whitcomb
Riley,
After
Mrs. C. G. Brink, manager of the
SCHOOL NEWS
♦ tic about the work being done. Tho
he says, it to sponsor both wrest officers of the co-operative, Sidney ‘W hile’’ and “Out to Old Aunt ♦
association, a small dividend should
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♦ purpose of the association Is to deter
ling
and
boxing
matches
ln
the
fut
Barnard, A. D. Smith, and Henry Ott, Mary’s.”
be forthcoming to each grower who
mine how much each cow is produc
ure.
The
idea
is
to
put
on
good
who
appeared
before
the
council,
the
Refreshments
were
served.
No
delivered birds. This will be an ad
The book tastes of Hermiston
Team Develops Defense; 18 Men Out, bouts at a reasonabel price of admis- new proposed building will have
further notice will be given members grammar school pupils were shown to ing in butterfat.
dition to the cash advancement.
Ision.
beautiful architectural structure, sur- about the January 3 meeting.
Many Districts Represented
Few Number Two’s
be wide and varied after they had
For Practice, Schedule Al-
| Admission for the match December pasing the appearance of any build
The membership for the coming
Only 12 number two birds were
voted
on
their
favorite
books
last
year Is as follows:
20 will be one dollar for adults, 50 ing now in Hermiston. They also COUNTY HEALTH NURSE CON
most Full.
sold through the association. Most
week. The voting was carried on as
Thomas Haddox. C. A. Lynch, R.
cents
for
high
school
sutdents;
and
said
that
they
would
go
about
at
of the growers graded the turkeys
TINUES SCHOOL INS1TCTION> part of the local school’s observance H. Stockard, A. Carter, J. E. Hally-
25 cents for grade school students. once getting blue prints from Port
at the farm before killing and In
of
National
Book
week.
The first basketball game of t h e |There w,„ be no regerved seats
burton, John Jcndrzejewskl, George
land architects, the prints costing
cases where number two'« were made season for the Hermiston squad will
Helen J. Samon Reports on the Work I "Little Black Sambo," by Banner- Lelbe. J. S. Rogers, Alpha Chrlst-
about
8200.
because of dressing defects and be Friday, December 13, when the
man, wns the favorite of the second ley, J. Dean Rogers, Sylvan Pierson,
Done During Month of
Resolution Passed
other deformities, the growers sold high school meets Lexington high SPECIAL CHRISTMAS FARES
and third grade pupils, with “The J. H. Reid, Jess Hopper, H. J. Ott,
A resolution presented on Decern
November.
the birds for private consumption.
Three Bears” running It close second. A. E. Bensel, William Bensel, C. W.
on the local floor. Lexington has
OFFERED BY UNION PACIFIC ber 4 to the city council but not act
The statistics of the pool are as always had a speedy team and this
"Little Black Sambo" received eight Tilden. L. C. Dyer, J. S. Dyer, W. G.
ed upon at that time was passed
follows:
votes.
year will probably be no exception.
Activities
of
the
county
health
Webber, H. O. McCulley, W. H. Ben
Number of number one toms re This Is also the first game for Lex
From December 19 to Christmas Tuesday night. According to this nurse, Helen J. Samson, have been
The fourth and fifth grade pupils nett Cleve Clark, H. Quick, E. L.
resolution,
it
was
decided
that
the
ceived, 1296, weight 18930 pounds; ington thia season
Day, the Union Pacific will offer
preferred "Adventures of Buffalo
city would cancel Its portion of the summarized in her monthly report for BUI," by William Cody. In the alxth Jackson, C. M. Jackson and W. A.
number of number one hens, 1991,
The Heryniston squad is develop special round trips between stations lease on the O. W. R. A N. right of November. The report follow s::
Illneline.. All these men are from
weight 19439; number of number lng rapidly and Friday’s game will I In Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
During the first two days of the grade “Masters of Strongheart” was Hermiston.
two toms, 12, weight 173 pounds; bring out. the . remaining rough 1at one and one-third the standard way covering that mete .and bound month the regular regional institute the favorite among the boys, receiv
From Stanfield, the following have
8 old toms, weight 161 pounds; total spots. Coach Gibson is developing one-way fare for the round trip. The tract lying between Main street and for public health nurses at Salem ing seven voes, while five girls voted
signed tin;
number of birds received,'*3307; to two types of defense, one of which I feres apply as far east as Granger, Hurlburt avenue and east of the 0. was attended. Many helpful sugges for “Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage
8. R. Cooper, F. A. Raker, H. B.
tal weight 38703; total amount re lias never been used before In east-1 Wyoming for the eastbound Christ- W. R. & N. railroad track. Also the tions were given by the speakers on Patch.”
Rees,
William
Mitchell,
Sophia
city
will
deed
the
Co-op.
that
land
ceived $9,254.14; average weight per era Oregon. He emphasizes a strong m88 season trips. People living east
Three books almost tied for favor Kopacz, Carl Studevant, Bert Mar
the program and discussion of com
turkey, 11.7 pounds. There were defense and has been devoting th e)o f Ogden and Salt Lake City» Utah, now occupied by the hose house and
In the seventh grade. They were
bell tower, provided that the Co mon problems were of great interest ’’Ben Hur,” “Just David,” and “The tin, T. R. Colpetts.
one and one-half car loads.
past two weeks to perfecting this!«nay visit, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma
My visit to Salem also gave me the
The rest of the stgn-up include« H.
operative
has
completed
Its
plans,
phase of the game. The offense Is a I or Spokane during the holiday season
Birds Average $2.80
opportunity to consult Dr. G. C. Bel Girl of the Ltmberlost." "The J. Bean, Echo; A. R. Coppack,
The average price . received per little ragged as yet, but with more I on this same fare and one-third basis which must be approved by the city
Crisis” and "Call of the Wild” each Adams; George W. Winn, Weston;
council and comply with city fire linger, superintendent of the state
bird was 12.80, th’e average price per practice it will probably be smoothed | for the round trip.
received six votes In the eighth Carl A. Anderson, Freewater; Henry
tuberculosis
hospital,
regarding
a
ordinances, within one year.
pound being 23.9 cents.
grade.
out.
problem
case
in
this
county.
En
Dexter, M. C. Burchett, Umatilla;
This means that the building will
According to Mrs. Brink, the next
There are 18 men turning out I PEAKS PTAY SUCCESSFUL;
Hot Lunches Served
route home a Visit was made at the
R. Vernon Jones, W, A. Chaney, C.
be
Class
A
and
fire
proof.
pool will be received some time be regularly now and Coach Gibson
Hot lunches are being served to W. Acock, Mrs. Anna Collins, F. H.
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_
Eastern Oregon tuberculosis hospital
tween the first and middle of Janu feels that he can develop a strong!
To
Cost
$10,000
PLOT HAS ACTION, HUMOR
about 100 school pupils each noon
According to the three officers of at The Dalles ln the interest of the hour at the school house. Mrs. C. A. Ricks, and A. Coryell all of Irrigon;
ary.
team from the material. Friday's
same
patient.,
A. E. Porter, Boardman; Albert
the Farm Bureau Co-operative who
lineup will be picked from Martin, i The gchoo, auditorium was prac- were at the meeting, the proposed
Tha regular routine examination Mlnr hag charge of the serving. Mil Boesch, Pilot Rock; and Mrs. Bertha
TELEPHONE CHARGES TO BE
Bills, Briggs and Earnhart, guards; tlcally fllIed Friday night when the
of the schools has been continued lie Holm Is now acting as treasurer Cool, Ione.
REDUCED AFTER JANUARY 1 Nation, Felthouse, Dick Martin and junior class presented the play "Safe- building will cost $40,000 when It throughout the month, 36 rural of the hot lunch commltttee.
Annual Meeting Soon
Is finally completed. However, the
Klagee, forwards; and Smith and ty F liu t" The play had a great deal first unit which will be built will schools having been visited and 4 91
Each year before the testing starts
Monthly Rates to be Cut; Connecting Cox, centers.
Meeting Mined.
pupils examined. Every school in the
there is an annual meeting of all
of action, had some clever lines and cost $10,000.
Service Cost to be
E.
Shaw,
superintendent, was .»ilrvmen ln the association for the
The local schedule Is complete now ^gpt the audience amused all the
county,
with
the
exception
of
Dun
The
members
of
the
cty
council
Eliminated.
with the exception of two dates ln tlme. Mary Brownson acted the who were present at tha meeting can, which Is reached by rail, has unable to attend the meeting of coun election of directors among the
January. Friday’s game will be the part of the grief stricken young wife Tuesday night were H. E. Hitt, B. 8 been visited at least once this fall ty plnclpals In Pendleton Saturday/ dairymen who are in charge of the
Seductions ln telephone charges
last on the local court until after Well, and Ruth Cherry, as the Irish Kingsley, J. G. Pearson and F. C. and I have already covered 41 schools He was sick with a had cqjd.
work. These directors elect officers,
throughout Oregoif announced Fri
the Christmas holidays.
maid, added comedy with her long McKenzie. C. S. McNaught, mayor, on my second round. Only two pup
including
a president, secretary and
day, December 6, by the Pacific Tele
A game has been arranged with reminiscences of former fates of hus- presided. Councllmcyi Floyd Knerr ils were In attendance at one school
treasurer. The next annual meeting
Art Work Shown
phone and Telegraph company, and
the boys and girls alumni for Fri- bands who had not come home in the and H. A. Pankow were not present which I reached shortly before 9 A
Most of the grammar school rooms will be shortly after tho middle of
approved by the Public Service com day, December 27. This game Is an | evening.
M. The teacher stated that the other ars decorated now with some art December and notices will be sent
at
the
meeting.
mission will become effective Janu annual affair and has always drawn |
pupils, five ln number, were often work, such as posters and calendars to every dairyman who has signed a
Others in the cast were Barbara
ary 1. 1930.
a packed house.
tardy na they came In an old Ford that the pupils are making.
contract for herd testing.
Those
Root,
Emogene
Paul,
Enos
Martin
Representatives
from
Hermiston
At a meeting In Portland last week
Junior. Grace Rodda, Elbert Hutchi Legion post and Auxiliary attended and frequently had a flat tire The
One of the most Interesting dis in charge of the work are hoping
attended by officials of the telephone
son, Gerald Haddox, Donald DeMoss a district conference meeting in Con teacher was anxious that one of the plays Is In the sixth grade room, that there will be a large turn out at
company and members of he com SCOUTS CUT UP OLD TREES,
and Donald Jackson.
don Thursday and Friday of this girl absentees be examined a» she ap where the pupils undor the direction this meeting, according to George
mission, it was decided to file re
STUMPS FOR USE OF NEEDY I
parently was below par. Therefore, cf Margaret McDevitt are making Jenkins, assistant county agent.
Dora Stevens coached the play.
week.
duced rates for telephone service.
I
made a home call and found four wooden toys and animals. One boy
N. C. Jamison, extension dairyman
These reductions, according to F. J Gold Servioe S tan Awarded 7 Patrol |
of the pupils ready to start on the In this room plans to maks a whole from Oregon State college, who has
Miller, chairman of the commlsion,
Memben After Year’s R ankim
way to school. The paraphenalla for set of furniture and In the spring charge of the dairy Improvement
have been brought about after many
r
a
regular exaralnlatlon was brought make a house to put It ln. Others associations In the state, will be at
conference« with officials of the
In First Class.
In and set up In the house.
The are making tiny magazine racks, the meeting.
telephone company.
mother
became
quite
Interested
and cowboys, Indians, animals of various
Under the new schedule, the
Saturday, three boys from the I
requested that the two pre-school kinds and whirling toys.
Wooden LEGION TO HAVE COUNTRY
charges for connection of service will Beaver patrol cut wood for persons
children also be weighed and meas cowboys, painted In bright colors,
be entirely eliminated in one case, who were unable to do the work
STORE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
ured and their throats inspected. seem to be particularly popular,
and monthly rates for extension tele themselves. The boys were Fred
This
was
done
to
everyone’s
satis
while
one
Indian
Is
unusually
well
phones will also be cut from 20 to 33 Hensel, Eugene Pierce and Beverly
A country tore, where the mer
faction and the pupils set ont for done. On December 20, the sixth chandise can be bought with chips
1-3 per cent.
Blelman. Last spring a tree was cut
school.
grade room will exhibit all Its won at different games, will be spon
The charges were summarized by up for the use of needy persons and |
Two classes In prenatal work were handwork for the benefit of parents sored by the American Legion here
H. R. Risley, state manager of the this has lasted until last Friday.
held In Pilot Rock with an attend and friends. Each pupil will hnve New Year's Day, January 1. The
telephone company, who stated that The trees cut Saturday were cut in [
ance each time of at least 12 mem two articles completed by that tlmo. country store will be in the Legion
they are In keeping with the fun links and a few of the links were I
bers of the mother’s club.
The fifth grade has made some hall.
damental policy of the company, carried to houses. Old apple trees
One tonsillectory has been perform calendars for the coming year that
which la to provide the best possible and dead stumps were cut for kind
A similar ( nterprlse was put on by
ed through the cooperation of one of are attractive.
The pictures were the Leglrn last year and was finan
telephone service at a eoat as low as ling. This work lasted from 1:30
the local physlclaus and the hospital drawn by the children with crayons. cially successful. The entertainment
Is consistent with financial safety.
until 5 o’clock. Eugene Pierce pass
bill paid by the Umatilla county
Later In the year, there will prob committee of tho Legion has charge
The 91.00 charge here for connect ed his ax and handicraft test.
health
association.
ably
be a downtown exhibit of art of arrangements this year.
lng service, commonly known an the
At the acout meeting Tuesday I
Several cases have been Investigat work that grammar school pupils
change of name charge, will be ellm- night, two boys passed the Under
ed for the Doernbeeher hospital as have done.
inated.
foot tests. They were ChesUr Dyer
WEATHER REPORT
well as for the county court and
Reductions of 2 cents a month will and Raymond Paige. These two will
agencies
outside
of
the
state.
Christmas
vacation
starts
this
year
be made for extension telephones, come before the court of honor Tuee-1
According to Charles Taylor, of the
The Metropolitan Life Insurance earlier than usual. December 20 will weather bureau, the temperatures for
both wall, desk, business and rest day night.
motion picture film “New Ways for be the last day of school. This will the past week hnve been :
dence.
Boh Henderson and Howard Cherry!
Old”
was secured and shown in a give the eachers an opportuniy to
Max. Min.
had charge of an Instruction period!
number of the larger cities.
Thia get to their home» In time for the
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Tuesday night that was Interesting.
NOTICE
film shows the lack of knowledge of holidays.
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The Instruction was on artificial r«
communicable disease control and the
The ladles of the Altar Society piratlon. Dale Carson and Jack |
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development of the antitoxin anil
It Is not yet known for sure If
wish to thank all those who con Bennett were the victims.
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toxin-antitoxin treatments for the the school will have any delegates
tributed to and helped with the
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Gold service stars were awarded I
cure and prevention of diphtheria. to the older boys conference In Pross
hasaar Saturday. They particularly Bill Hurly, Bob Henderson, Buddy
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Several hundred coplee of the Metro er, Washngtoo, Peermher 13 to 15 or December 11 ..........
want to thank the American Legion Prime, Gordon Blessing, Melvin Fol-
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politan pamphlet "Protect your child hot. There haa been -.ome talk about
for the uee of. the table«, the Ore let and Fred Hetiael. The stars are |
The rainfall was .85 inches.
ren from Diphtheria" have been dis sending someone. * ’ he program at
gon Hardware store for the use of given-fov every year of service i
tributed through the cooperation o f the conference inch tea ’alks by well schools, churches and clubs cooperat
the upetalra ream and the Hermis first class scouts. Other hedges were |
the
motion picture theatres and the known speakers, d scuaajnns, recrea ing with Y. M. C. A. Guy Brace,
ton Herald for th« u»e of the dis awarded to officers of the troop.
schools.. We hope to start a 19xln- tions and a banquet. These confer superintendent of the Weston schools,
play window.
Written by the Beaver Patrol.
antltoxln campaign later In the year. ences are sponsored by the high Is the district executive.
SMALL
ADDITIONAL
E. Hauser Resigns
First Came Here
TA Kind of Letter He Likes!