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BLUE GRABS
IDEAL POE COWS
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16,1930
—NUMBER 20—
OFFICERS CHOSEN
FOR COMING YEAR
BY BUSINESS CLUB
NEW CATAWBA COACH
OF GROUP
A . Brownton H u Office of Vice-
President; Marble Secretary;
1930 Plans Discussed.
F. C. McKenzie was elected presi
dent of the Commercial Club for the
coming year at its regular meeting
Tuesday noon at the Hermiston hotel.
Other officers elected were R. A.
Brownson, vice-president, and Dr. A.
E. Marble, secretary.
Outgoing officers are W. J. War
ner. president; F. C. McKenzie, vice-
president and J. M. Biggs, secretary.
The meeting was well attended.
Mr. McKenzie gave a talk emphasiz
lng the Important questions that the
club would be called upon to meet
during the coming year and asking
the co-operation of all the Hermis
ton business men.
The Commercial club meets each
Tuesday noon in the hotel
George O. Gatlin, extension mar
keting specialist, from the Oregon
State colege was in Hermiston for
« meeting with th e directors of the
local turkey growers association on
Wednesday e vening in t he assistant
county gaent’s office.
Mr. Gatlin had attended the wheat
league meeting in Pendleton during
the fore part of t he week and was
en route to The Dalles where the
Oregon wool growers meeting will be
attended o n Thursday and Friday
On Thursday morning Mr. Gatlin met
with the directors of the Hermiston
Jersey Breeders’ association and also
with the laundry committee of the
Karra Bureau auxiliary.
AS FOR THE WEATHER
“Unk” Charlie Moran, big league
baseball umpire when not busy as foot
ball coach, is going to Catawba col
lege as head football mentor. A live-
year contract was approved at a meet
ing of the college trustees. Moran
coached the Centre college (Ky.) team,
which defeated Harvard, 0-O, in 1921.
He will bring with him George Chinn,
tackle on the famous team at Centre,
who will be chief assistant in the foot
ball program at Catawba.
FORD GARAGE HERE ch a n ges
PRESENT AT MEETING HERE
¡Campaign Against Rabbits
Starts Satuday; Snow Blanket
Helps in Killing of Rodents
LOCAL DAIRY ^
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J.S. OYER
RANKS FIRST IN BUTTERFAT PRODUCTION
SU R V EY IN G LIFE
Hermiston Wins
OWNERS; BŒLMANS LEAVE
A. F. Rohrman Takes Possession Jan
uary 10; Contemplates New
Addition.
A. F. Rohrman, formerly of Pen
dleton, Is t be new owner o f the
Tord ga rage recently ow ned by C.
J. Bielman. Mr. Rohrman took pos
session of the garage on January 10.
“Some improvements will be made
in the garage within the next few
months,’’ Mr. Rohrman says. Accord
ing to present plans he is going to
enlarge the show room, have a larg
er parts department, Install a hy
draulic lifter for servicing and greas
ing cars. The shop will also be ar
ranged so t hat more business can
be accommodated.
Mr. Rohrman Is a graduate of
the Polytechnic College of Engineer
ing in Oakland, California. He grad
uated from the re in 1921. He has
spent most of bis tlm e since then in
Pendleton, where he has - been a
draftsman.
“This garage w ill bare as its main
purpose the giving of s ervlce and
satisfaction to Ford owners,’* Mr.
Rohrman says.
Mr. and Mrs. Bielman will make
their home in the Willamette valley.
At the request of Mr. John Jend-
CIRCULATED FROM LIBRARY rzejewskl, rodent control leader for
| Books Received Quarterly From Pen the Umatilla Project Farm Bureau, a
rabbit poisoning campaiga has been
dleton Library; Magazines
arranged. On Saturday, January 18,
a rabbit mix w ill be held at Mr.
May be T®ken Out.
Jendrzejewski’s farm at’ 10 o'clock
For the year ending the last of
in the morning. At l:S 0 in the af
Deceirf'er, 1929, records show that ternoon a group will meet at Frank
9,489 volumes were circulated from Gulwits’s farm for the same purpose.
the local library, according to the re Each farmer interested Is requested
port of Mrs. R. A. Brownson, librar to attend either one of these mixes
ian. Of this number 5,521 were and bring with him enough alfalfa
Wesley C. Mitchell, professor of
adult books and 3,995 were children’s leaves or chopped alfalfa to be pois
economics at Columbia university,
books: Of the 5.521 adult books, oned for distribution la his particu whom President Hoover has appointed
1,614 were non-fiction and 4,007 lar district.
head of the research council on social
were fiction.
Roy Fugate and the assistant trends. Despite Its high-sounding title,
New readers and users of the lib county agent w ill attend these mixes the council will conduct a survey of
rary numbered 148 for the past year, and will have the necsesary strych simple, everyday life as led by the ev
"Child Welfare,’’ a Parent Teach nine to b e used in poisoning the al eryday American. The Investigation
ers association periodical, was the falfa and will also assist in mixing will be conducted In the light of great
changes that have tnken place In re
only new magazine bought by the up the bait.
cent
years. It will be strictly sclen
library. Other magazines on file at
With the blanket of snow that has title and will be carried out by trained
the library are "Forum,’’ "World covered the gound in t his community technicians working over a period of
Work,”
"National
Geographic,” during the past few days conditions from two to three years.
"American,” "Woman’s Home Com are Ideal for poisoning Jack rabbits
panion,” "Good Housekeeping," and which have been a serious pest to
‘Popular Mechanics.” There are two local farmers for many years. Last VOLUNTEER FIREMEN E L E C T
children’s magazines, "Boys’ Life” year alfalfa leaves were poisoned and
OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR
and "Child’s Life.”
were put o ut in the rabbit Infested
These magazines may be tak en out area. As a result of this work a
of the library. The latest numbers great many of the pests were killed
are loaned for three d ays and the off last year and this year there are 0. C. Pierce Chosen New President:
other nun£>ers for a week..
Felthouse to be Secretary
not so many rabbits to contend with.
New books are received every However, it would be advisable to
Wagner, Fire Chief.
three months from the county lib put out poison and kill off quite a
rary in Pendleton. Patrons who wish number of those remaining in order
books from the Pendleton library can to prevent the increase which would
O. C. Pierce was elected president
arrange with Mrs. Brownson to have be sure to come If steps were not
of the Hermiston Volunteer Fire De
them sent here. The postage both taken to hold them in check.
partment at the regular monthly
coming and going is paid.
While rabbit pelts are not bring meeting Monday night. Other offlc
The months of December, January
ing as much on the market as they era elected were W. W. Felthouse
and February are always the busiest
did last year quite a number of firms secretary and George Wagner, fire
at the 1 Ibrary, Mrs. Brownson says.
are quoting reasonable prices for chief. Mr. Wagner was rc-elccted
More books are taken out at this
them and it is believed that anyone to this position.
time than during any other months
Trustees for three years are to be
Interested
could make good wages by
in the year.
poisoning and marketing the p elts. Curtis Simons, J. M. Biggs and II. E
Strychnine has been found to be the Hitt.
SCIENCE SCORES A G A IN
Outgoing officers are F. C. Mr
most effective poison for this purpose
and can be secured at the assistant Kenzle, president, and O. C. Pierce
Use of eggs In India may be great
county agent’s office fof this work. secretary.
ly increased in the future since the
Hidua have learned that sterile eggs
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
n a y be produced by keeping the Stones Have Party.
With seven degrees below zero as
the record br eaking low tempera
male birds away from the laying
ture, the pas t week has been the
flock, says W. A. Hayes, Oregon
«Oldest of the winter here in Her
State college graduate who has spent
miston. The temperatures, accord-
seven years in India as an agricul
lug to the weather bureau, have
tural specialist.
Heretofore, the
been :
Hindu religion has forbidden the eat
Max. Min.
ing of eggs as this was considered
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TURKEYS IN JANUARY POOL I
The snow was 3 inches; the pre-
cl pi tat ion, meaning the melting of
Practically 1800 turkeys were
the anow, was .19' o f an inch.
shipped out of Hermiston Monday,
January 13, in the last Idaho-Oregon
Height at Optimism. .
turkey poo! of this season. These)
When George Wagner and Frank turkeys made one carload.
TEU-THE OLO «TIFF To
The turkeys were bought by a I
Bllderback went hunting Saturday,
MAKE IT THREE OUAETS
AMD WE’LL THROW N THE
they took a ton and a half truck to Los Angeles company, the same com-)
pany that paid 34 cents for ten car)
BBOOKUTN EROSE, AMD AST
bring home the game in. They go
nxrts IT FRE^MAB. STUFF
loads of turkeys in the p ool of Dec
one duck.
ember 10.
Twelve persons were entertained at
a five hundred party Saturday night
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Stone. The high scoring couple were
Mr. and Mrs. G erald White.
The
second prize went to Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Tilden.
Members of the Auxiliary to thr
American Legion met Thursday eve
ning at the home of Mrs. Oral Hen
rlksen. Mrs. Henrlltsen and Mrs. H.
O. McCully were hostesses. Plans foi
the coming year were discussed but
no definite decisions were reached.
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We Know Why They Called Them Red Skins
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By Albert T. Reid,
Xbv v t a re told there is a serious, question, whether the Indians
who Sold Manhattan Island to Peter M inuit really ovned it.
Aged, Sick helped in Decem
ber through County Nurse,
The work of the county health
Helen J. Samson, during the
paet month la described In the fol
lowing monthly report submitted by
her. Mies Samson’s headquarters are
1® Pendleton and her phone number
Is 989.
An unusually large portion of the
month of December was spent in
looking after the sick, aged and
needy in Pendleton. More than the
ordinary number of requests for in
vestigations were made by agencies
outside the eouaty.
Eight entire
days and part of several other days
were gives to thia work in Pendle
ton alone.
One child was sent to the Doera-
beeher hospital for an operation.
Arrangements have bees made to
send one middle aged woman to Port
land so that the cataracts on both
eyes which have made her almost
totally blind can be removed and
she ean then become eelf-euporting.
Dental buttons have heea mailed
1 to all schools tor the
I teeth at the
of the dental surveys and for
who have returned the card
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YRAR
I TOTAL OF 9,486 VOLUMES
M'KENZIE ELECTED PRESIDENT
SPECIALIST FROM COLLEGE
DIVERSIFIED FARMS
FAY — OPPORTUNITIES
ARE HERE.
signed by the family dentist show-1
lng that the necessary corrections
have been made. The rural schools
In districts numbered 79. 90 and 93
are 100 per cent perfect. These are
all small schools p>ut several other)
schools are trying to make the same)
record.
Sixteen schools have been visited |
this month and the routine examin
ation given 983 pupils. This branch |
of work was necessarily slowed up)
because of the preparations for the)
Christmas festivities in the schaois.
The Umatilla county health ——
elation sent a Chrisstmasglft done up|
in gay wrappings, to each Umatilla
county patient at the Eastern Ore-|
gon Tuberculosis hospital.
Mrs. Blakely, state advisory nurse j
from the bureau of public health,
nursing and child hygiene in Port-,
land, visited Umatilla county In the
®arly part of December, and gsve a )
talk before the Pilot Rock Mother’s!
club, on the work of her department.
Bhe was also present at the regular,
board m ettlng of the Umatilla eoantyl
health — arlstion on December 7.
S a y ’ - LlSSCM -Y o U
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TlMK I a m - JOHN D
lOCKEFILtER -WHAT
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COWS
PRODUCE
AVERAGE
OF
49.1 POUNDS
Portland Team Defeated in Snappy Past Records of Hermiston Herds
Game Here Saturday; Local
High; Association Makes
Defense Shifted.
Progress.
A summary of monthly association
By a score of 21 to 20, the Her
miston high school boys’ basketball reports for Dairy Improvement Asso
team upset the “dope bucket” Sat ciations in the state of Oregon dur
urday by defeating the fast Portland ing last November shows that the
Mohawks.
herd of grade and purebred Jerseys
The Mohawks are members of one owned by J. S. Dyer of He rmlston
of Portland’s best commercial teams produced an average of 49.1 pounds
and have defeated Borne of the best of butterfat. Mr. Dyer’s her pro
high school teams In the northwest. duced 4.1 pounds more than any
The game was fast throughout, other herd included in dairy improve
wltn botli teams displaying a speedy ment work in Oregon. Mr. R. Jack-
offense as well as a close checking son, a member of the central Ore
gon association, owned the second
defense.
highest producing herd.
Coach Gibson attributes the vic
This makes the second herd In the
tory over the Mohawks to his new
Umatilla Dairy Improvement associa
tyne of defense. Before the holi
tion to lead the tate in production
days, Felthouse and Nation were
since the organization was started
playing the guard positions in the
December 1, 1927. T. H. Haddox’a
defense, but they have recently been herd of grade Holsteins led all herds
switched back to the forward posi in testing in Oregon for three suc
tion.
cessive months during the past sea
Hermiston capitalized every break son.
and converted practically all of its
Past Records High
four shots, while the Mohawks
It is Interesting to note from a
missed the majority of the free summary of the testing work In the
throws.
local association covering the past
Hermiston mixes with the snappy 12 months that several of the local
Umatilla high school squad at Uma dairies have a production record
tilla this Friday and the next home some what above what Is considered
game will be Saturday, January 18, good In some places. For the past
when the Helix high school teams year a herd of 23 Jerseys owned by
come to Hermiston. This will be the the Page Ra nch company and cared
last game on the local court until for by . R. Cooper of Stanfield pro
February.
duced an average of 393.7 pounds of
Helix has one of the best teams in butterfat peg cow and 7902 pounds
Eastern Oregon and has defeated all Tf milk. A herd of 42 grade Guern-
opposition to date. This will un
cys owned by W. P. Graham pro
doubtedly be one of the fastest games duced 308.8 pounds of butterfat and
of the season.
6442 pounds of nHlk. Of the herds
The line-up for last Saturday’s ranging from between 12 and 20
game was;
cows T. H. Hoddox of 14 Holsteins
Hermiston
Mohawks
produced an average of 434.1 pounds
Felthouse 5
F
Galls 12 of butterfat and 12,007 pounds of
Nation 10
F
Knowles 4 milk per cow. Herd of 13 grade
Smith 6
. C
Rlemer 2 Jerseys owned by J. S. Rogers and
Briggs
G
Phelps 2 lion produced 414.4 pounds of butter
Klages
G
Gibson fat. In herds having less than 12
cows W. G. Webber of Hermiston
had a good average of 406.2 pounds
HOUSEWIFE HELD DAIRYMEN’S
of butterfat and 8071 pounds of
HOPE IN INCREASING PRICES milk. W. II. Bennett of Hermiston
was second in this list with an aver
With butter prices at the lowest age of 378.3 pounds butterfat.
point In a decade In the face of
Cows on Honor Roll
mounting consumption of butter sub
T. H. Iiaddox had the high pro
stitutes, the immediate outlook in ducing cow o f the Umatilla asso
dairying is anything but promising ciation, Boots, a grade Holstein pro
according to the current market situ duced 1917 pounds of milk and 78.6
ation report issued by the extension pounds of .butterfat. J. S. Dyer had
service at Oregon State college.
the second high producing cow of
The present situation of burden Hie association. Opal, a purebred
some storage holdings of butter fol Jersey, produced 329 pounds of milk
lowed an increase of 1.76 per cent containing 70.4 pounds of fat. Nine
In butter production during 1929 ■boarders” were detected by the test
accompanied by a falling off of con ing work and were slaughtered.
sumption totalling 29 million pound; Three cows In this association pro
II while butter substitutes wpr> duced more than 70 pounds of but-
gaining a comparable amount, th; lerfat. Six cows produced more than
report shows.
60 pounds and were placed on the
This is a place where the house honor roll.
wife can help the family and the
The Umatilla Dairy Improvement
Oregon (I airy industry at the same association has just started Its third
time by taking advantage of the year of t eating work In this com
extremely low prices to increase the munity. The figures given above
use of high grade dairy products,” would Indicate the progress and that
says P. M. Brandt, chief In dairying there are many herds In this part of
at the state college. "The very best the state producing far above what
butter can nw be bought far below might be considered a profitable
• he price of poor stuff a year ago." yield.
Variations in Fat Content
of Cream has Explanation
(Note; A bulletin published re-
-ently by the Michigan State college
i nd written by O. Malcolm Trout,
contains Information that should be
of Interest to local farmers. The bul
letin will be printed In two Install
ments. The first installment fo l
lows.)
WHY CREAM TESTS VARY
(By O. Malcolm Trout)
Variations In the fat content of
cream, as revealed by the Babcock
test, even when all conditions appear
to be normal, are the rule rather than
the exception. Since the causes of
such variation Io the fat content are
not fully appreciated, dissatisfaction
often exists between the patron and
organization purchasing the cream.
Frequently, thia dissatisfaction re
sults In a rhm gc of patronage,
which proves costly both to the pro
ducer and to the err imeryman. This
are responsible for some of the varts
Hon» In the cream test.
Variations Catsed by Factors Involv
ing the Separator,
1. Position of the Cream or Skim
milk Screw.
The cream or sk im milk screw is
a device located on the bowl of alt
modern centrifugal separators for the
purpose of regulating the proportion
of cream to skim milk
This screw
is part of a delicate device, requiring
careful adjustirtent. When the cream
screw is t urned inward, the cream
becomes richer, and when It is turn
ed outward, the cream becomes thin
ner. Even though the cream screw
Is act to yield a high testing cream,
the cream secured from different sep
arations will not always test cor
respondingly for t he regulation of
the cream screw Is but one of scv:
eral factors, which cause the percent
age of fat In the cream to fluctuate.
A 35 to 40 per cent cream is most
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