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The Hermiston Herald
BUJE GRASS
SUNSHINE
IDEAL TOE COWS
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930
HERMISTON WINS TWO
GAMES LEAGUE SERIES
GRADE TRACK MEET IS
HELD SATURDAY, APRIL 19
SUBSCRIPTION, 12.00 PER YEAR
FAMILY GATHERING HELD
Stanfield and Hermiston Tied
Second Place with Score
Of 53 1-2.
r
AUXILIARY WOMEN DI A family gathering was held at the PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Walter Mead home of this city Thurs
his eldest sister, Mrs. FOR POPPY
SCUSS COOKING PLANS J. day M. honoring
CONTEST
Dollarhtde of Everett, Washing
ton.
Those present were Mr.
and
DIVERSIFIED FARM8
— OPPORTUNITIES
ARE HERE.
REPORT OF ABORTION
CONTROL WORK GIVEN
1370 Animals Tested in this Program.
Work Done Through Umatilla
Project Farm Bureau.
FINAL MEETING FOR P.
T. A. ASSN. THURSDAY
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HIGH SCHOOL TEAM VICTORIOUS
The grade track meet between MEETING WAS HELD APRIL 18 AT Mrs. G. R. Mead of Lexington, Mr. AFFAIR IS SPONSORED BY AMER
A report submitted to P. P. Sulli MISS MORRIS PRINCIPAL SPEAK
IN LAST TWO CONTESTS
and Mrs. Earl Sallng of Heppner, Mr.
COLUMBIA PARK
Stanfield, Echo, Hermiston, Uma
van, head of the disease control work
ER OF AFTERNOON
ICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
tilla and Columbia, was held
last
J. C. Mead of Lexington,, Mr. and
tor the Farm Bureau, showed that
Game Hera Wednesday Jis Closely Saturday afternoon, April 19, with Next Meeting of May 2 W ill Take Mrs. L. R. Kasinger and children of Three Winners are Selected From 1370 animals in this locality were
Contested; Featured by Stick
Umatilla winning first with a score
tested for contagious abortion dur Mrs. Turnblad, President; Mrs. Best,
F°rm of Co-operative Picnic •; Hermiston. Mrs. J. M. Cox and child
Various Division of High
ren of Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Work of Locals.
of 103 and Stanfield and Hermiston
ing the week of April 7 to 12. Of
Columbia School Joining.
Vice-Pres.; Miss Stevens, Sec.-
and GrMe Schools.
Moyer, Lexington, Mr. and Mrs. W. I.
tieing for second place with a score
thia number, 139 cowa, or 10.1 per
Treas., Officers Coming Year.
The Team Standings:
of 3 1-2. The following is a list of
The judges fo rthe Poppy Poster cent, were reactors, and 31 animals
Cooking was the subject discuss Mead and children of this city, G.
Helix .....
Hermiston ..................
A th en s.... ...................
Adams .............
Won Lost
2
0
2
1
2
1
0
4
P.C.
1000
(«S
«6«
000
The Adams high school baseball
team lost a closely contested game
Wednesday to the Hermiston nine
by the count of 6 to S.
The locals started the scoring in
the first frame when three runs were
marked up to their credit.
Adams threatened to overtake this
lead in the fourth inning when two
Warriors crossed the plate. Hermis
ton scored two more In her half of
the fifth, while Adams tallied once.
Things looked bad for Herimston
in the fifth inning when Adams had
the bases full with only one out.
8ome nice pitching by Smith, local
twjlrler. saved (the situation, even
though the Warriors scored one more.
Hermiston gained two more runs in
the sixth to take a lead that Adams
could not overcome.
Even though he hit six Adams bat
ters Smith pitched one of the best
games of the season.
Hermiston’s second victory over
Adams places her In a tie with Ath
ena for second place in the Umatilla
county high school base ball league.
The champion team wine a silver
cup offeree
tbe Jack Allen Supply
Co., of Pendleton.
The Hermiston high school base
ball team completely outclassed
Adams high school last Friday in the
Wheat Belt City. 13 to 2.
The locals started the game with a
bang by scoring two runs In the first
Inning. The first bell pitched was
clouted for a two base hit and Her
miston bad the game on ice from then
oh.
Practically every Hermiston man
boosted his batting average for the
Adams twlrler was hit freely. While
the locals were amassing over 20
hits the Adams nine made only two.
The outstanding feature of the
game was a home run by A1 Kenn-
ings.ings.
WEATHER REPORT
W eather report for the past
week:
Max. Min
April 17 ..........
72 31
April 18 ................ 69 37
April 19 ................ 75 38
April 20 ................8 2 42
April 21 .............
81 43
April 22 ................ 78 52
April 23 ...........
78 43
There was .09 inch of rain.
ed at the last meeting of the Woman’s H. Mead, Lexington, Mrs. Davis of
Auxiliary of the Farm Bureau on San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
April 18 with Mrs. Henry Hooker as Holmes and son of Seattle, sister of
chairman assisted by Mrs. Lou Hook Mrs. W. Mead, and Mrs. McCoy,
er, Mrs. Addleman and Mrs. Hurst. mother of Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. W.
Judging from the wonderful lunch Mead. Thirty-two guests were pres
served by these ladles, proved they ent at noontime and twenty-nine for
knew their subject. Mrs. Hooker picinc lunch at 6:39 P. M.
Games, rope jumping, story telling
gave different ways of serving as
and snap shots afforded amusements
paragus.
The next meeting on May 2 will be for young and old. This is the first
a co-operative picnic with the health time for twelve years that Mr. and
and recreation committees joining Mrs. G. R. Mead have had an oppor
with the Columbia school in a May tunity of having their children to
day celebration to which all are wel gether.
come. Those attending are requested
to bring a plate, cup and spoon and
BOY SCOUTS REORGANIZE
some article of food. Since this is
to be lagrely a health day meetiug
TUESDAY, APRIL 15
milk will be served mostly as a
The Boy Scouts met Tuesday eve beverage.
ning and re-organized into two pat
rols, the Wolf and Owl patrols.
In WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED
WHEN AUTO SKIDS OFF ROAD WAS RESIDENT OF HERMISTON
the Wolf patrol Lee Dyer is patrol
leader, Fred Hensel, assistant patrol
SINCE 1903
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fritts, former
leader, George Sale, patrol schrlbe
and John Biggs, Cecil Warner, Jim residents of the project, now of Seat Was Native of Indiana; Prominent
Lenhart, Chester Dyer and Melvin tle, accompanied by Mrs. D. E. Mc-
in Church Work in Early
Follett are members. In the Owl Clon of the same city, met with a ser
Days of Project.
ious
accident
on
the
Columbia
high
patrl Bud Prime, patrol leader, Gor
don Blessing, assistant patrol leader, way last Friday near Hood River
Elyina Baker, aged 82 years, 3
Eugene Pierce, patrol scribe and when their car skidded on the pave
months and 23 dayB passed away at
ment
going
over
a
75-foot
bank.
Mrs.
Frank Shaw, Bob Cochran, Dale Car-
son. Bruce Follett, ClaTk Paul, are McClon was the most seriously in the home of her son, C. E. Baker,
meirA rs.
Those belonging to the jured and was taken to a hospital, Monday morning, April 21, after sev
Senior patrol are Bill Hurly, patrol Mrs. Fritts suffered a severe gash in eral months of illness. Private fun
leader, Jim Neary, Howard Cherry the head but Mr. Fritts escaped with eral services were held Tuesday af
ajjd Bob Henderson. Oscar Payne is only bruises. The car was demolish ternoon at 2 o’clock at the Prann
undertaking parlors with Rev. Payne
scoutmaster, while Walteher Ott is ed.
officiating.
Interment was made in
assistant scoutmaster.
the Hermiston cemetery.
FIRE DESTROYS ROOF
8...AW 0 tftooS U,_..
Mrs. Baker was torn in Wabash,
Friday night the scut master, Oscar
Fire destroyed the roof on the S. Indiana, in the year 1848, living
Payne, called a mobilisation of all
the scouts, which means the gather L. Carson home Friday afternoon, but there until 1873 when she moved to
ing together of ail of them at a cer the fire was put out before mucn Nebraska where she resided until
tain time, which the scouts know damage was done. It is thought it 1903 when she moved to thia project
where she lived until the time of her
nothing about until the yare notified started from a defective flu.
death. She Is well \now n be the re
a few minutes before. The mobiliza
sidents of this community and pro
M. E. Church.
tion was called at 9 o’clock and it
ject, having lived here 27 years and
took one-half an hour for them all to
Sunday services at the M. E. church being one of the oldest pioneers of
gather after they had been notified
by pone or messengers. After the will be observed In an appropriate this part of the county.
She was a member of the Baptist
gathering they went to the butte and way for the conclusion of child
Health
Week.
Come
and
help
us
church
and besides the host of friends
had a weiner roast, played games and
fittingly observe It.
she leaves three sons, C. E. Baker of
told stories until II o’clock.
Sunday school at 10 and no wor Hermiston and two sons living In the
ship service in the morning.
east, a daughter, Mrs H. F. Paulsen,
Epworth League at 7, and evening of Omaha, Nebraska, and several
worship at 8 P. M.
grandchildren, to mourn her death.
Come and see what your presence
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will mean to the service. You will
Pendleton.
During Nature study period in the be welcomed. O. W. Payne, pastor. Visits
Frank Pierson was a Pendleton
second grade this week, the teacher
visitor the first of the week.
asked the class how a kitty made it’s
toilet. The hand of one of the little
girls fluttered In the air and her face
showed an expression of knowledge
Always Plenty o f Moths
of the subject. Allright, you tell the
clam. It digs a hole, was the proud
reply.
the Hermiston winners:
2S-yard dash, Mary Skovbo, first;
60-yard dash, Ruth Davis, first; base
ball throw, A division, Thelma Swar-
ner. first; baseball throw. Division B,
Maxine Paul, first; baseball throw,
D division, Margaret Olsen, first:
Boys 25 yard dash, Clifford Roberts,
second; boys baseball throw, divis
ion B, Clifford Roberts, first; divis
ion D, sbotput, Myron Nation, first;
division A, broad jump, Carl Knauff,
second; C division, high jump, Gur
don Blessing, second. Umatilla won
the relay race which was the final
event of the track meet.
PIONEER WOMAN OF
PROJECT DIES MONDAY
SPECIAL SCHOOL NEWS
Motors to Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Little left for
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. O’Daniel, of Portland Thursday morning where
Pendleton, spent Easter Sunday at Mr. Little was attending to business.
They returned Friday night.
the F. C. McKenzie home.
Guests from Pendleton.
State Highway Clean-vp Day
For May 10’ To Be Observed
Efforts are being made by the Her
miston Commercial club to join In the
Mate wide Highway Clean-up Day.
set for May 10. In this city.
The
local Boy Scout troops will also co
operate in helping in this movement.
Preparations tor this statewide
Highway Clean-up Day are moving
forward rapidly, according to Mrs.
Jessie M. Honevman. of Eugene, In
charge. The movement, endorsed by
tending stats officials, is sponsored
by the Oregon Federation of Garden
Clubs, and haa drawn the support of
practically every civic orgaalxation
la Oregon.
Probably the largeet single factor
In the success of the day will be the
Boy Scouts, alhtough school chlM-
r*n. many university and college sto-
denta. members of chambers of com
merce end service elube, and many
others, have pledged their aid.
All Scout troops lu Oregon have
been called upon by G. H. Obertenf-
fer. Mate scout executive, to join the
movement, which is similar to many
1» eastern Mates which hav« proved
highly effective. In various cities
boy scouts have participated in clean
up movements, have cleared under
brush from roadsides, have carried
on campaigns to educate people to
cleanliness and in other ways have
worked with city and state health
officials for the betterment of the
community.
Leaders in the seven areas In Ore
gon have promised the support of
their troops through the following
executives: C. B. Tatr, Corvallis; O.
P. West, Salem; W. Lee Bricker, Med
ford; E. A. Britton, Roseburg; 8.
Russell Scott, La Grande, and W. W.
Belcher, The Dalles.
Not only have such organizations
promised support but many of them
are aiding Mrs. Honeyroan In sending
InMructlons to the workers, and in
pulielsing the movement. The Uni
versity of Oregon, the Oregon Nor
mal school at Monmouth and Oregon
State college are all cooperating, ns
well as the Oregon State Motor AS-
soclation, the state chamber of com
merce and the local garden clubs in
each county,
contest, conducted by the American
Legion Auxiliary have awarded prizes
as follows:
First Division, fourth, fifth and
sixth grades— Barbara Reid.
Second Division, seventh and eigh
th grades— Edward Parsons.
High school—Mary Brownson.
The three wining posters have been
sent to tho department where they
will be placed in competition with
posters from other parts of the state.
Checks are being niailed to the for
tunate contestants.
Mrs. Leila Phelps, Mrs. O. O. Felt-
house and Miss Eleunor Briggs acted
as judges.
were listed as suspects. There were
154 individual herds represented in
this report, 47 of which had one or
more reactors In the herd.
While the aim was to test all herds
that desired the service. It was un
avoidable that some should be miss
ed In carrying out the schedule as
arranged, but if anyone who was
missed desires to have this work
done, arrangements can be made
through P. P. ulllvan or the assist
ant county agent's office.
This abortion control program was
sponsored by the Umatilla Project
Farm Bureau who paid for the cost
of having the cows tested. The work
was done by Dr. McCapesM from the
Oregon State college, Dr. Green, as
BASEBALL GAME TO BE
PLAY AT UMATILLA SUNDAY sistant state veterinarian from Salem,
E. M. Hauser, assistant county agent,
The third game of the Umatilla and Logan Todd.
county baseball league will be play
ed Sunday at the Umatilla baseball COMMUNITY CANNERY IS
grounds when the Railroaders meet,
RFADY FOR BUSINESS
the Mission Indians.
Both teams;
The equipment for the community
have lost one game and won ne game
so a good match is anticipated. Thd cannery has arrived and is being
game is to be called at 2 o’clock an ! installed in the building across from
the admission will be 35 cents. L the Hermiston creamery and the
is hoped that all the baseball fans plant should be ready for operation
will be on hand to urge on the Rail soon. The movement for this plant
roaders.
was started some time' ago by the
The first game played was with women’s Auxiliary of the Farm Bur
Athena on the Umatilla grounds a eau and Mrs. Guiwits, Mrs. Hutchi
week ago Sunday last on the Uma son and Mrs. Ktk were appointed a
tilla grounds a week ago Sunday last, committee to work out the letails.
which they won 11 to 10. The re The installation of the plant on
turn game was played Easter Sun Thursday is the result of their ef
day at Athena and Umatilla lost 3 forts.
to 2.
Mr. Orndorf from the Horticultu
ral Products department of the Ore-
on State college assisted the Auxil
SILVER TEA HELD
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I iary in setting up the machinery and
An Easter silver tea was given setting the plant In runnnig order.
Wednesday afternoon, April 16, by
With this modern plant now avail
the ladies of the M. E. Aid at the able it will be possible "for women
home of Mrs. 0. O. Felthouse, begin o the community to conduct summer
nlng at 2 o’clock. The first hour canning under more pleasant condi
was spent in playing games and soc tions than standing over a hot kitch-
ial entertainment which consisted of <n stove while the thermometer out
a negro mock wedding put on by tho side is crowding the century mark.
local Boy Scout troops. About 60
people were present and their offer
ings were very generous and greatly
appreciated.
GOLFERS VIE SUNDAY
Guest at Norton Home.
Miss Dorris Thomson of The Dalles
was a week-end guest at the J. M.
Norton home. Miss Thomson is a
sister of Mrs. Norton.
ß r .-t'-Wf T. Reid
The golf tournament sponsored by
the local golf club will be held on
the Hermiston golf course Sunday
morning, April £7, beginning at 9:00
o’clock. The tournament will con
sist of a 18 hole handicap for men
only, including golf clubs of Pendle
ton, Pilot Rock, Echo and Hermis
ton.
Dr. F. V. Prime, chairman, and A.
II. Norton and Carl S. AlcNaught
make up the committee In charge.
Lunch will bo served at the golf
course at noon and ilia expected that
unite a few gi'eats will be present.
The course will be in first class con
dition.
The final meeting of the P. T. A.
for this year was held Thursday af
ternoon, April 17, at 3 o'clock, at
which the following program was
given:
Plano Solo .................... Sylvia Shutter
Highland Fling......... Neva Richards
Recitation, "Ma s Tools Zelle French
Vocal Solo...................Miss Burnham
Community singing of P. T. A. songs.
Six students from Miss Voyen’s
class gave a 15 minute typing de
monstration.
Mrs. McCulley read an interesting
article entitled "The Danger of Begg
ing Rides."
Miss Morris of the Tuberculosis
association of Portland was the chief
speuker f the afternoon. Miss Morris
gave a very interesting talk on
“Health Education In the Home and
In the School." Miss Sampson, the
county health nurse, explained the
danger of diphthorla, and spoke on
the value of toxin and anti-toxin for
dipthcrla. These are to bo given In
the Hermiston schools for 50 cents
for three treatments. It la hoped to
reach all pre-achool children.
The following officers wore elected
to serve during the year 1930 and
1931: Mrs. A. W. Turnblad, presi
dent; Mrs. Charles Best, vice-presi
dent, and Miss Dora Stevens, secre
tary-treasurer.
Following the meeting a social
hou was held with Mrs. Nation, Mrs.
Shaefer, Mrs. Reeder, Miss Voyen anj
Miss Stevens ns hostesses.
GEORGE JOSEPH TO SPEAK
HERE THURSDAY, NAY 1
George W. Joseph, candidate for
republican nomination for Governor,
will be in Hermiston Thursday, May
I and deliver an address at ’» Firm
Bureau meeting held that evening In
the Methodist church at 8 o'clock.
This Is an open meeting and every
one is invited to attend and hear Mr
Joseph speak,
Mr. Joseph has been making these
tours over Oregon in an airplane and
1» is expected that ho will arrive
seme time Thursday from Portland
in this way.
Mr. Joseph will discuss a number
of Issues of Interest to farmers and
also will discuss a government, state
or municipal development of water
power resources without cost to tax
payers providing cheap power in
abundance for Industrial enterprises
and domestic UBe In our cities and
throughout the rural communities.
Leaves f°r Montana.
The Hermiston Transfer has been
busy the last two days loading a car
of bees for shipment to Montana. The
bees are owned by Lawrence Buh
man, who with Mrs. Buhman, will
move to Charlo, Montana, where they
will make their home.
Bee Situation For 1930 Outlined
By 7 he Oregon State College
In 1905, before the Federal food
The following article was taken ( and drugs act was passed, the ex
from a beekeeping news letter from : ports of honey were negligible, while
the xetension service at the Oregon ( the imports were more than 2,000,-
000 pounds. In the fiscal year 1928-
State college:
“ “The bees seem to be coming ; 29 almost 12,000.000 pounds were
through In exceptionally fine condl- , exported and only 50,000 imported.
flon this spring, far ahead of what 1 Our domestic consumption of honey
they were at this time last year and has been increasing and beekeepers
the prospects are that we will have i in gener I give credit for the growth
a good honey flow, barring ttnfor-, of their Industry to the protection
seen clrcumstnnccs. The Federal ag- ' affordt d by the food laws. Since the
ricultnral outlook report Indicnjec pasta e end general enforcement of
that there will be a comparatively i federal nnd sta t/ pure food laws,
small earr-over of honey Into 1930, | honey adulteration, In'tuad of be
although the general market condl-1 coming common. Is becoming exceed
tlon seems to he n little slow. Every | ingly rare.
effort Is being made to see that the ! The beekeepers of Oregon will be
census takers get a complete list o f , Interested in learning that our efforts
all the bees in th: U. 8. and keep ; to cteure a western coast experiment
era are urged by the fedarl office o f : station for apteulture Is apparently
bee culture to ass'st In every way j going to nioet with success. The fol
possible to se» that no bees are over- | lowing telegram from Senator Steiw-
looked and that we may have a com- | er will be of special Interest: "Agri
plcte census, which has not been true culture supply bill passed Senate
carrying
seventy-five
in the pest. In the rxst report the; yesterday
thousand
dollars
for
bee
culture and
state produces a gror Income of 8*0,-
Oho from the bee eep'ng Industry I npiary management. Fifteen thous
while poultry (ei ,s only*) have a| and to be used for study on Pacific
gross income of $4,8<3.0<>t* and milk c a s t , nlso three thousand one hun
and milk products hare 823,3*4,con. 1 dred for general beekeeping study."