The Hermiston Herald
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BIRDS OF COMMUNITY
IN NEED OF FOOD
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OR1GON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1930
PACIFIC CO-OP. HOLDS ANNUAL
MEETING IN PORTLAND FEB. 1
Territory Divided Into Nine Districts
by Directors. All Members
Urged to Attend.
GAME WARDEN TILLSON HERE
MERCURY TAKES L0N6
RIDE DURING WEEK
35 RELOW MONDAY
The annual meeting of the mem
bers of the Pacific Cooperative Poul
try Producers’ association will be
held in Portland February 1. Dir 35 BELOW ZERO ON MONDAY
H . E. H itt W ill Have Charge of the
ectors will be elected to fill places
MORNING
L°cal Distribution of
on the directorate of tboee directors
whose term expire thia year.
Tbe
Food.
territory in which the association' Low Official Record for Hermiston
operates has ben divided into 9 dis
and V icinity is 37 Below
Due to the extreme cold weather 4 Mrs. Beecher Maynard Cronse, tricts by the board of directors. The
In 1919.
sparrows, ducks and other birds In Wife of a Utica, N. Y., hanker, is basis upon which this division is
mysteriously missing. She is 58,
the community are suffering from and is said to have been a devotee made is the number of hens under
A new long distance cold weather
lack of food. Mr. Tllson, game war to a Hindu cult Airplanes, boy control in each county. Each county
den from Heppner Is here and is putt scouts, police, etc., are joining in a or group of counties is given a direc record for Hermiston and vicinity has
nationwide search. She it 5 feet
been established this week, when
ing out food for the birds each day.
2 inches tall, weighs 112 pounds tor or a number of directors In ac
Henry Hitt has taken active charge and has a small mole in the middle cordance with tbe relation which said Hermiston went into its 10th con
of feeding local birds, the feed being of her forehead.
county or group of counties bears in secutive day of below zero weather.
» — —— ——^ss— — w — —■— » Its sign up to that of the total sign According to Charles Taylor, local
furnished by the state game commis to—
weather man the previous mark was
up of the association.
sion and purchased at the Farm Bur ANNUAL MEET UMATILLA PRO-
established December 13, 1919, when
eau Co-operative.
If anyone desir
Within a short time members of
ing to aid In feeding these birds will
JECT FAIR TO RE SATURDAY this district will receive an official the thermometer slipped to 37 below
zero. This year establishes a record
get in touch with H. E. Hitt, either
ballot and an envelope addressed to
to donate food or to tell him of some Meeting of Hermiston Jersey Breed the secretary. Each balTol will be for being two consecutive winters
with the thermometer registering 20
birds that are suffering from lack
marked with the number of the dis
ers’
Association
w
ill
be
held
below zero in the twenty-two years
of food so that he may see to it that
trict and also as to whether or not
the official record has been kept.
they are fed, it will be appreciated.
there
is
to
be
an
election
in
that
At Same Time.
Other parts of the state had their
If the wild life of this community
particular district this year and also
share of the cold weather when un
is to be kept up, it is necessary that
how
many
directors
are
to
he
elected.
The annual combined meeting of
official reports gave: Irrigon, 40 be
the birds be fed this kind of weather,
Each member is requested not to
the
Hermiston
Jersey
Breeder's
asso
low; Echo, 32 below; Umatilla, 28
and anyone helping in this work Is
vote lu any district other than his
doing just that much more for his ciation and the Umatilla Project Fair own and also not to use any other below; Pendleton, 26 below, with
board will be held Saturday, Janu
Meacham reporting 57 below as the
community.
ary 25, at 1:30 P. M„ In the office envelope in mailing the ballot to the low mark. The snowfall In Her
secretary.
of the assistant county agent.
miston and Umatilla county varies
The territory Covered by the Paci
The
purpose
of
this
meeting
Is
to
from 18 to 20 Inches. No casualties
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fic Cooperative Poultry Producers'
elect officers for the coming year and
have been reported as a result of the
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SCHOOL NEWS
♦ to discuss matters of importance. The association is divided into nine dis continued cold spell.
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tricts. Umatilla county members are
Umatilla Project Fair is of vital im
The official temperatures for the
in district number three with Clack
week ending Thursday, January 23,
portance to the community and all
amas, Hood River and Wasco coun according to
Charles Taylor. have
members are urged to attend th,B
High School Semester Roll
ties. This district is entitled to two been:
Seniors: Morris Pierson, Marion meeting.
directors. Mr. Elmer Orlbble and
Min. Max.
"Henderson, William Felthouse, Mer
Mr. Ambrose Brownell have repre
January
16
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11 — 6
lin. Earnheart, Shirley Brownson.
HERMISTON LOSES TO UMATILLA sented the district on the hoard for
January 17 .
. 10 — 21
Juniors:
Leona
Dyer,
Ruth
the
past
year.
The
term
of
Mr.
HELIX GAME IS POSTPONED
JJanuary 18
9 — 11
'Cherry, Mary Brownson.
Brownell expires this year while that
January 19 .
9
4
Sophomores:
Helen Woughter,
of
Mr.
Orlbble'
runs
for.another
year.
Hermiston came out on the short
January 20 .
. 10 — 32
Agnes Roberta, Edna Ott, James
end of the score in both games with There is therefore one director to be January 21 .
0 — 35
Weary, William Hurly.
Umatilla
last Friday. The Umatilla elected from district number three. January 22 .
. — 3 — 33
Freshmen: Dick Martin, Margaret
It
is
hoped
that
several
members
girls won 29 to 21 while the boys
The snow fall Tas 14 1-2 Inches;
felthouse, Franklin Shaw, Howard
of the association in this community*
Cherry.
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» •- gained a 28 to 21 victory over the may find It possible to attend this precipitation, meaning the melting
Hermiston boys. " *
of the snow, was .92 of an inch.
Both games were ragged with only meeting February 1 in Portland.
Pasco Basketball Game Postponed occasional flashes of real basketball.
SCHOOL DISMISSED
The boys’ basketball game sched
The Hermiston girls trailed by a
FAIRS RAN ABORTION COWS
uled with Pasco, Washington, high large margin during the first three
School has been discontinued ~in
school at Pasco, was postponed on periods but a last minute rally nett
Eleven county fairs in*Oregon have
both the elementary grades and high
account of the extreme cold and ed several baskets to reduce Uma
already anounced that they will re-1
school until further notice, due to the
heavy snow. The sub-xero tempera tilla’s lead to eight points.
quire cattle to pass an abortion test
cold weather. It is
tures have caused so much ice in the
The Umatilla boys started their before being shown this fall, reports extremely
Columbia that theUmatilla ferry has game with a bang and scored a bas
probable that school work will not
to the Oregon Extension service
be resumed until Monday morning,
been forced to discontinue, and for ket In thè firit minute Of play. Her
show. These are Polk. Lane, Klam
January 7, but should a sharp rise
these reasons Principal Simpson was miston trailed by several points and
ath, Deschutes, Josephine, Coos and
In temperature occur, it might be
asked to defer the meeting until a did not gain the lead once during
Currey, Hood River, Washington,
possible to resume Friday. Deep
Inter date.
the game.
Jackson and Linn county fairs and snow as well as low temperatures has
The Helix game scheduled for Sat the Hermiston Project Fair.
practically paralyzed the school bus
urday
Was
postponed
due
to
bad
New Semester
service, and with about fifty per
' The second semester opened Mon- weather.
Goes to Pendleton.
cent of the children unable to get to
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Miss Margaret McDevitt went to school it was felt that study should
Pendleton Wednesday morning to be postponed until more favorable
stay while school is closed here.
weather is obtained.
WEDNESDAY
G ardane Renders Report ot
Sheriff s Office tor 1928-29
Prohibition Reprot 1928
Total amount fines asessed 211585.00
Total amt. fines collected.. 2 9873.80
Arrests violation liquor law.... 154
Number days served in jail by
violators ...............
1165
Number of stills seised ..............
4
Capacity stills seised, gals......... 110
Note: During the last year this
office has operated without a pro-
hlbltion deputy all the work being
done by the regular force of the
sheriffs office. This enabled the
prohibition fund to purchase one new
Ford coach and pay the difference
In a trade In for a new Durant sedan.
Thus giving the county title to two
new ears without cost to the taxpay
ers. This money was formerly paid
to a deputy sheriff working out of
the district attorney’s office on pro
hibition enforcement. Also we have
seised two other cars, one a Lincoln
sedan which the owner recently gave
the county possession rather than
fight coftftscatloa proceedings.
I
wish to add that much of the credit
for the showing of this office In this
report is due to the support and co
operation of District Attorney Proeb
etel. Deputy Fred Schmidt. Mr. Geo
Alexander. State Prohibition Commis
sioner. Mr. W. K. Newell, Federal
Prohibition administrator and Chief
of Police Charles Lemmons. There
was 91115.00 turned over to the gén
éral fund from prohibition'tinea also.
Report of Arrests
1222 122»
Afreets by Sheriffs Office.. 247 395
Sentenced Ore. State Pea. 14
62
Summary of arrests for 1229:
Murder. 2; burglary. 19; Involun
tary manslaughter, 1; larceny, 82;
obtaining money under false preten
ses, 19; forgery, 21; larcesy of auto,
January 7, 1928 to January 7, 1929
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.................... -....................... 210888.30
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183
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6132
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745
13; rape, 4; assault with dangerous
weapon, 5; assault and battery, 4;
criminal assault, 3; threatening to
commit murder, 4; highway robbery,
2; embezzlement, 2; Investigation,
20; vagrancy, 28; material witness,
3; larceny by bailee, 4; juvenile de
linquency, 11; lewd cohabitation, 1;
defrauding an Innkeeper, 3; insane,
14; perjury, 1; immoral acts and
practices. 1; trafic violations, 9; un
lawful sale of deer hides, 2; white
slavery, 1; fugitives, 6; non-support,
7; pologamy, 1; reckless driving, 3;
disturbing the peace, 1; possession
of a still, 6; possession of mash, 1;
possession of coll, etc., 1; possession
of liquor, 61; sale of liquor, 29;
transportation of liquor, 12; liquor
to a minor, 3; drunk, 22; driving
while intoxicated, 29; malntainiag a
nuisance, 19.
Note: The above charges will total
more than the number of arrests, but
many of the subjects were charged
with more than one offense.
In addition to the 52 prisoners
sentenced to the penitentiary at Sal
em, 7 were sentenced to the Oregon
8tate training school at Woodburn.
11 were sent to McNeil Island, 4 to
the Idaho state penitentiary, 1 to
the Washington stats penitentiary at
Walla Walia, 1 to Folsom peniten
tiary at Repress. Cal., and one to
the Kansas state penitentiary at
Hutchinson, Kansas.
i f No
One Lets Go They M ay G et Somewhere
P. T. A. MEETING HELD;
INTERESTING PROGRAM GIVEN
A President’s Son
Mr. Swayse Gives Interesting Talk
On the School Budget; Next
Meeting, Feb. 13.
The meeting of the Parent Teach
er’s association held January 16. was
called to order by the President. Mrs.
McCully:
The following program was ob
served :
Dialogue. ’’Pulling Sam’s Tooth.”
by the sixth grade.
A recitation, "The Bald Headed
Man," by Floyd Pierce.
The association sang a group of
the P. T. A. songs.
Dr. Prime sang “One Alone” from
the "Desert Song,” and “You’re Al
ways In My Arms” from "Rio Rita.”
"The School Budget’” by Mr.
Swayze proved very interesting. Mr.
Swayze told of the financial condi
tion of the school district, and how
our school compared with the othei
districts of the county. He spoke
In favr of state control of school.
This method would equalize the
taxes throughout the state.
We were sorry that a larger crowd
could not be present to hear this pro
gram.
In the business meeting Mrs. Mc
Kenzie was appointed a member of
the executive committee to replace
Mrs. Prime, who resigned.
A discussion followed about rais
ing the prices of hot lunchems but
it was decided to leave the price at
3 cents per day and pay e: tra bills
from the money in the treasury.
After the meeting hot coffc" and
cookies were served to the ladles bv
the men of the school.
The next T. T. A. meeting will be
held the second Thursday in Feb
ruary, or February 13, Mrs. W. W.
Felthouse will have charge of the
program, while the refreshment com
mittee consists of Mrs. Sylvan Pior-
son, Mrs. I. C. Cox, Mrs. M. Watson.
Mrs. Skovbo and Mrs. A. Patterson
REGISTERED AT HOTEL
Registered at Hotel.
Thankful to King.
Charles Taylor is going to send a
note to the King of England to thank
him for keeping the pipes from freez-
here. The King spoke over the NBC
broadcasting chain recently at 3 A.
M., and Mr. Taylor was listening in.
(That’s pretty good for a Scotch
man.)
— B y Albert T. Reid
HERMISTON TO HAVE
GENERAL HOSPITAL
DR
CHRISTOPHERSON WILL BE
IN CHARGE
Miss Bertha Hanks, Graduate of Eu
gene Hospital Will be
Superintendent.
appointed Chairman of President
Hoover’s Commission on Conser-
ration, and Administration of the
Public Domain. He is a former
Secretary of the Interior.
MEETINGS TO EXTERMINATE
RABBITS IS POSTPONED
Nothing Done Due to the Snow and
The Bad Weather
Conditions.
The meotlngs, held to mix poison
to exterminate rabbits, were post
poned owing to the bad weather con
ditions. Some poison, however, was
left with different farmers for them
to mix and put out.
According to G. H. Jenkins, asist-
ant county agent, as soon as the cold
weather breaks this work will be car
ried on. Those interested will be
notified when and where this will
take place.
ENLISTS IN NAVY
It was learned that Donald Par
sons, former high school boy here
passed the final examination at SaU
Lake City for enlistment in the navy.
He was transferred to the naval
training station at San Diego, Cali
fornia, for-training. Upon comple
tion of his preliminary training,
which takes about nine weeks, he
will be assigned to one of the ships
of the battle fleet, or to one of the
trade schools maintained by the navy
department for further training.
Out of town people registered a,
the Hermiston hotel this week were
Mr. . D. Griffith, of Portland; Mr. J
George VanRifer, Portland; Mr. J.
N. Aleggle, San Francisco; Mr. C. E.
King, Portland; Mr. R. A. Morris
The Dalles; Mr. Whitney, Kenne
wick; Mr. M. M. Saunders, Walla FORMER TECHER IS
Walla.
ELECTED PRESIDENT
THANKFUL TO THE KING
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
Walter Warner, former teacher
here, was elected president of the
Wesleyans at Willamette university
January 18 in Eaton hall. Other of
ficers were also elected and plans
were discussed to carry on he work
this semester.
Beginning February 1, a new local
hospital will begin operation, ac
cording to Dr. A. W. Christopherson.
Miss Bertha Hanks, a graduate of
the Eugene hospital, will have
charge. The exact location of the
hospital has not yet been determin
ed.
Miss Hanks, besides being a gradu
ate of the Eugene hospital, has been
assistant supervisor as well as super
visor of the surgery department of
the Multnomah county hospital in
Portland. She has also worked in the
Sellwood hospital in Portland and
at the present time is employed in
The Dalles hospital.
“Miss Hanks is an extremely cap
able and efficient nurse,” Dr: Chris
topherson says, “and we are fortu
nate to get her here.”
Plans are being made to handle
surgery cases in the new hospital.
New equipment will be installed and
a general hospital maintained.
UMATILLA ITEMS
S F E C I A I . C Q H K K B r o M n m c a _____________
By Verna Byrnes
William Young of Portland is
working again in Umatilla.
Francis Stephens was confined to
his homo a few days last week with
a severe cold.
Mrs. Laura Todd has been visiting
with relatives In Kcnnewiok return
ing to Umatilla Friday.
Mrs. Mabie Lash motored to Pen
dleton last Tuesday.
Mr. Jewett of California is vlsltng
at the home of his brother, F. L.
Jewett.
All Umatilla was elated Friday
night when both Umatilla boys and
girls teams won from Hermiston in
two hard fought games of basket
ball on the Umatilla floor.
Both
games were good from start to fin
ish. Umatilla played her six girls all
the way through with no one to rely
on In case of emergency, while Her
miston changed players, now and
then putting In a fresh player. At
the end of the first quarter tha
score was a tie at 8 and at the half
It was a tie at 13. But 13 proved
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Variations Caused by fa c
tors Other than Separator
accordingly.
3. Richness of cream.
Excessively rich or very thin
cream may be responsible for a var
iation In the test because of the
difficulty of securing an accurate,
epresentatlve sample. Thin cream
becomes curdy and lumpy upon sour
ing, while very rich cream is thic<
and buttery. Samples taken of such
WHY CREAM TESTS VARY
cream often lack uniformity and
(By O. Malcolm Trout)
must be weighed with extreme care
1. Temperature of tha milk.
Warm milk Is skimmed more effic it accurate testg are to be secured.
iently than cold milk. The cream ob Selling thin cream Is less economics,
tained by skimming warm milk is al than rich cream because of the
ways thinner than that obtained from greater transportation charges and
similar milk when cold. Milk below the removal from the farm of skim
70 degrees F. In temperature shouldj milk which can be used advan
be heated before being skimmed. The tageously for poultry and livestock
Adjust the cream screw
Idesl temperature at which to skim feeding.
milk is 90 degrees to 95 degrees F., to deliver a t birty-flve to forty
or about the temperature of the milk per c ent cream.
4.
Evaporation of Water .
as it comes from the co w.
When cream is h eld for a long
2. Richness of the milk.
When the position of the cream time in
Such
screw remains unchanged and othei of evaporation takes place.
factors are constant, the richer th< cream will test slightly higher, but
milk the richer will be the cream the pounds of butterfat will remain
If a 4.0 per cent milk is skimmed the same. The surface layer o f cream
and a 40.0 per cent cream Is secured, exposed to the air for a long time
a fluctuation of one-haif of one per becomes leathery. It is bard to se
cent In the r iehness of the milk cure a representative sample of
will Increase or decrease the rich such cream. Cream also deteriorates
ness of the cream l.y 6.0 per cent. very rapidly when held at high tem
The milk from small herds may peratures. Always hold the c ream
vary to quite a marked extent Ir. at a temperature below 50 degrees
fat content, due to the edition ofd F. and when cooled thoroughly, kaep
fresh cows to the herd, or to a j the cans closed.
leaser degree to turning the cows 6. Combination of causes.
Many factors operating singly or
out t o pasture, or to a number of
other factors. Even a small fluctua In combination, cause the cream test
Rusted discs, a dented
tion in the fat content of the milk to vary.
will cause a marked variation In the bowl, a worn spindle and an im
fat test of the cream. The fat tost properly seated bowl cover, affect
of the milk muwt always remain the the efficiency and uniformity of
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tame or the cream test will vary
(Continued from last werk.)
(Note: A bulletin published re
cently by the Michigan State college
and written by G. Malcolm Trout,
contains Information that should be
of interest to local farmers. The bul-1
ietinwa* printed In two install
ments. The sacond installment fol
lows :)