Let everyone ascertain his special
business and calling, and then stick
to it, if he would be successful.—
Benjamin Franklin.
VOLUME XXV
NUMBER 46
UMATILLA CO-OP.
CREAMERY JOINS
INTERSTATE ASS’N.
LOCAL BUTTER SHIPMENTS TO
START IMMEDIATELY.
Abortion Free Area Test Will Aid
in Better Production of Butterfat;
No Tuberculosis Found.
Hvrmwitm limitò
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OU D O N , THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931
HERMISTON POTATOES ARE
POULTRY PRODUCTION
BEINO SHIPPED BY CARLOAD
HOLDING OWN, SAYS O.S.C.
The first car load lot of Hermis
ton potatoes went out of Hermiston
last Friday to the Pacific Fruit com
pany in Walla Walla and from there
will be shipflfcd fo eastern points. So
tar this Beason no local potatoes
have been shipped through the asso
ciation, of which T. H. Fraser is
secretary.
The first three cars of potatoes
were made up by Geo. McKenzie and
Geo. Strohm with a few other con
tributors. Other growers shipping
are: Kelley and Boynton, Mrs. Ser
rill, J. V. Allen, H. H. Christenson
J. M. Prindle, and Glenn Moore. Mr.
Prindle shipped a car Wednesday
which will go to Omaha.
According to F. C. McKenzie there
are more orders than growers on the
project will be able to fill. The price
received for U. S. No. Is Is *15 a
ton.
I w D oliar
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
POINT JUDGING SYSTEM IS
Cooperatives* Adviser
TURKEY GROWERS
ASSOCIATION ADDS
FIVE NEW MEMBERS
SUGGESTED FOR 4-H CLUBS
In spite of the fact that poultry
prices seem to have hit rock bottom
during the past year, poultry pro
duction on the whole Is more than
bolding its own with other Oregon
farm enterprises, according to A. G.
Lunn, chief of the poultry depart
ment of the Oregon Experiment sta
tion.
“I do not know of any major
branch of agriculture today that Is
paying the producer as well as the
poultry business,” Lunn said. "The
poultryman who has good stock and
enough of it can more than pay his
basic cost of production, even though
he may not get interest on invest
ment.”
The situation during the past year
has emphasised more strongly than
ever, Lunn believes, the importance
of the size of the poultry flock.
Where poultry constitutes the prin
cipal, farm income a flot’s of not less
than 1000 hens is essential. Small
flock owners ars just "out of luck”
during such times of stress, he says.
Lunn believes that the lowest
levels of egg and poultry prices have
been reached tBat may be expected
for at least a couple of years, and
that with fewer eggs in storage and
fewer birds being raised, the price
of eggs this year will be an improve
ment over last. This, however, de
pends somewhat on general business
conditions, he says.
Announcement was made this
week by members of the Umatilla
Cooperative Creamery that this as
sociation has joined up with the In
terstate Creameries association and
will start shipping butter immedia
tely. Detailed arrangements were
worked out last Friday at the an
nual meeting of the association in
R. H. McAtee, of Rosalia, Wn., who
Portland when T. G. Gregory, A. E.
was recently elected to fill the posi
McFarland and Garnet D. Best rep
resented the local cooperative cream GIRLS 4-H CLUB ENTERTAINS
tion of Superintendent of schools for
ery.
District No. 14, Hermiston, a vacan
WITH ANNUAL TEA
Arrangements were made enabling
cy left by the resignation of Frank
stock holders of this association to
A tea given for the mothers and Shaw, arrived in Hermiston Tues
pay installments out of the butter friends of the girls of Minnehaha day, July 14.
sold. This gives members the advan Merry Mixers 4-H cooking club
Mr. McAtee has just completed a
tage of the hook up and does not
Wednesday afternoon was well atten four year term as superintendent of
place too great an immediate burden
ded. About fifty mothers and guests schools at Rosalia, Wn.. and has had
upon the organization. The inter were present.
several years experience in Illinois
state association has been growing
Members of the Merry Mixers pre and Idaho schools. He is a graduate
steadily in the last few years against
sent were: Grace Rodda, leader, of Southern Idaho Normal, and re
much opposition.
Gladys McKenzie. Dorothy Russel, ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree
The Umatilla dairymen in this end Beverly Allen, Mary Rodda, Rosella from the University of Idaho.
of the county and part of Morrow
Mr. and Mrs. McAtee are getting
Matott, and Jane Jackson and Edna
have been working on an abortion
located In the house formely occu EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES FOR
Turnblad of the Hermiston club.
free area and tuberculosis free area
A program including singing, a pied by Mr. and Mrs. Shaw. They CANNERY PASSES RESOLUTIONS
for the past month which will great
demonstration showing table cour have one daughter who is attending
ly aid better production in butterfat tesies, and arrangement, by all the summer school at the Cheney Nor
W. E. Thistlewait, federal veterin
At a recent meeting o(. the Farm
girls; song “Little Cooks” by Rosella mal and who will join them here
ary for abortion and tuberculosis, is
Bureau Cooperative cannery execu
some
time
in
August.
Matott and Jane Jackson; 4-H club
doing the testing and has not found
tive and finance commtttefcs the
pledge, Mary Rodda; club talk by
one herd infested by tuberculosis.
following resolution was passed:
Beverly Allen; group singing and
Cannery Kept Busy.
This work will be discontinued until
Whereas, there appears an undue
yells; recitation, “Cooking Harmo
the first of August after Mr. This-
The Cooperative Cannery is still amount of propaganda, adverse to
nies” by Dorothy Russell; talk on
tlcwait returns from his vacation.
the best interests of the Cooperative
summer school by Rosella Matott; ruflnlng on a full time schedule with Cannery, and
He left Thursday for LaGTande
and a play “The Bachelor’s Dilem beans being the main vegetable pro
where he will be joined by his fam ma.’'
Whereas, much of his propaganda
duce canned at present. Two sizes of appears to be of malicious Intent,
ily and journey to the coast.
After the program Mrs. J. V. Al cans pre used for canning meats and
designed to discredit the present ma
len and Mrs. Chas. McKenzie tied salmon which meet tile needs of the
nagement; therefore
HERMISTON LIGHT & POWER CO for a prize by having the most cor
patrons. Number one flat cans are
Be it Resolvel,. that, the members
rect answer» hr a gxroestng game.
LINES INSPECTED & APPROVED
preferred by some for canning meats of the executive committee and the
Refreshments of punch and cook and salmon.
finance committee deplore the atti
E. E. Towles, vice-president in ies were served by the girls.
The manager, J. S. West, states tude of any patron or officer who
charge of operations of pacific coast
that all patrons should prepare their maliciously spreads such propaganda
properties of American States Pub FORD MOTOR COMPANY
produce in very sanitary containers. for the purpose of destroying the
lic Service company, inspected the
Mr. West also urges that all canned confidence and good will of the pub
Hermiston Light & Power company RECEIVES LARGE TRUCK ORDER food stuffs should be placed in an lic and thereby embarrassing the
property last week.
even temperature as soon as possible present management, and
Tks United States Post Office De after processing and all cans should
He expressed his approval of the
Be it further resolved, that we
type of re-construction used during partment recently placed an order be called for promptly.
tender Mr. West a vote of confidence
the past two years by the Hermiston with the Washington branch of the
tor success achieved under adverse
Light & Power company for the pur Ford Motor company for 1,500 motor
conditions.
Installs Steam Heater.
pose of improving service on its en truck chassis, of which 500 will be
Executive members present, sign
% ton carrying capacity and 1,000
tire system.
Improvements were made at the ing the resolution, were : Mrs. J. H.
of 1
tons carrying capacity. The Swift Cream station last week with Reid, Mrs. A. E. Marble, Mrs. W. A.
purchase of the motor equipment ¿he Installation of a 60-pound steam Mikcsell, Mrs. Baxter Hutchison, and
Unusual Lecture Enjoyed.
About 125 people listened to the was the largest made by a govern heater placed on a concrete heater Mrs. Cecil II. Madden.
lecture given by Rev W. L. Wilson ment department since the war. With and new sterallzing equipment put
of the Baptist church Sunday night. this order Ford sales to the Post Of in. The testing equipment has been
Miss Dorothy Straw left Tuesday
His subject was “Why God Made a fice Department during recent years set In a concrete foundation. A total for her home in Portland after visit
of *200 has been Invested.
Woman,” which was filled with he- reached a total of 2,900 units.
ing here for the past few weeks.
The purchase marked another step
mor, pathos and sarcasm.
in the Department’s program of build
ing up its fleet of several thousand
T. R. Casey of Meacham was a
trucks
and also to replace some of
business visitor in Hermiston the
the surplus trucks turned over to
first of the week.
the Post Office Department by the
Army at the close of the war.
The order was placed with the
Ford company after an exhaustive
test conducted by the department
with the cooperative of the Bureau
of Standards. -The tests were made
under the supervision of W. A. Jac
obs, automotive engineer of the Bu
reau of Standards, and William Wol-
At thin season, poultrymen should ma of Chicago and Morris Carrier of
caponize a dozen or fifteen of their Brooklyn, motor vehicle engineers of
young roosters for their own use. the Post Office department.
Select roosters weighing about two
pounds, for caponizing, placing them HERMISTON SCENE OF
in a pen without feed the night be
fore. After the operation feed them THREE FIRES IN WEEK
on soft foods, with all the water
Hermiston was the scene of three
they will drink.
If wind puffs appear under the
res the last week, the first of which
wings, open them by using a sharp occurred last Friday when a pile of
knife or scissors.
brush and trnsh was left smoulder
Usually some one in each com ing directly behind Dr. F. V. Prime’s
munity Is proficient in caponizing property on the west side. A strong
and can be secured at a very mod wind whipped the grass into (lame
erate charge. If no one is available, which spread to the garage and burn
a poultryman can purchase a cap ed it to the ground. Owing to the
onizing outfit and lears to do this prompt action of the Fire Depart
work himself, by following the di ment the blaze was extinguished be
rections which accompany each set. fore reaching the house. The second
Capons grow larger and the meat fire took place Wednesday afternoon
is more tender than that of the and proved to he a grass fire near
the H. W. Kelley ranch south of
rooster.
At some seasons of the year ca town. The blaze was put out with
pons sell for a very good price and no damage done. For the third time
poultryman who have sufficient I this week the fire alarm sounded
range and cheap feed can make the | about 6 o’clock Thursday evening,
capon project a profitable division as the Tom Jensen home on Gladys
of his poultry enterprise. Without, avenue burst into flames and burnt
considering the commercial side of j to the ground. The cause was un-
thls venture It is worth while from | known as Mr. Jensen was away from
the standpoint of furnishing the < home and when queationed after the
table with a high quality meat dl-1 fire did not seem to know what the
rectly from the farm.
origin of the fire could have been
^g^ING
Baxter Hutchison has a new plan
for the arrangements of vegetable
displays at the fair this fall which
will be presented next week.
The Stanfield grange has for the
' past two years awarded a trophy to
j the outstanding 4-H 'club and
there has been no uniform method
' for determining points in the various
clubs a committee was appointed to
BOARD MEMBERS MAKE PLANS
! work out such a system.
The following suggestive outline
FOR TURKEY FARM TOUR.
has been prepared by a committee
consisting of Mrs. F. S. Green, Mrs.
J. M. Richards, and S. R. Cooper. New Members Urged to Join Imme
The committee la desirous of having
diately to Avoid Confusion; Firat
all 4-H club leaders and members
Shipment November 1st.
read this suggestive outline careful
ly and make suggestions for changes
Three directors were re-elected on
or additional points to the above
the board of the Eastern Oregon
named committee.
Turkey Growers association at its
11. Club Records;
DR. JAMES T. JARDINE
a. Projects carried .................. 20 annual meeting held Saturday eve
b. Projects completed ............ 30 ning. July 11. They were Claud Me
The United States department of
agriculture has just come to Oregon
c. Advancement in size project 2o Call of Stanfield, Leon Cooney of
d. Quality of work .................. 30 Boardman, and ” headore Bclctskl of
for a man to fill the highest office
Hermiston. These three will serve
In the field of cooperative agricul 2. Club Activities:
a. Offices held .....
20 for the next two years and John
ture research in the country.
Jenderjewski, president, and Merrill
Dr. James T. Jardine, for 11 years j b. Teams, judging, demonstra
tion ................................
30 Potter, two other directors, will hold
director of the Oregon State college 1
experiment station, has been appoint- j c. Exhibits made ........................ 30 their Offices for another year before
............................ 30 two new members are elected.
c-d chief of the office of experiment i d. Awards
The financial secretary, Mrs. R. G.
stations in the U. S. department of I 3- Clubmanship:
agriculture.
a. Attendance .......................... 20 Penney, gave a report of the busi
During Jardine’s stay in this state, I b. Attitude ................
«0 ness done last year. Among other
national recognition has come to the ! c. Interest in others
20 business Ihe association members
voted to make plans for a tour of the
Oregon experiment station. Some 4Oo 4. Community activities:
project some time In August when
a. Participation in general
project? have been carried on under
all Interested parties would have the
community activities other
his direction, which, In addition to
than 4-H club ...................
thoce which came before, are estima
30 opportunity to visit poultry farms.
b. Good sportsmanship............ 40 The party will then go to the Col
ted to be worth from *5,000,000 to
c. Cooperation ........................... 30 umbia district park where a picnic
*10,000,000 annually to the farmers
will be enjoyed by all those wishing
of Oregon. Among the most out 5. Leadership:
a. Club ..................................... 60 to participate. Mrs. R. O. Penney.
standing of these have been the In
b. Other ..................................... 40 Leon Cooney, Logan Todd, J. Jen-
troduction of Federation wheat, dis
derjewHkf. Harry Kelley, and Claud
covery of methods of cleaning spray !
• e •
McCall were appointed as a commit
residue from fruit, determination of EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
tee to make arrangements for this
the value of sulphur as an alfalfa
- c-
PFSOTimnW
tour and picnic.
fertilizer, development of a ncv.-l1A° bhb " “ OijfTION
During the past few months the
chicken pox immunization method, i The executive board of the Uma-
association has taken in five new
and of control methods by which
contagious abortion is rapidly being ! session last Tuesday night with the members. They urge that any par
ties wishing to join will do so as
eliminated from dairy herds of the
executive committee for the Cooper soon as possible and not wait until
state.
ative Cannery In the office of Assis
“Director Jardine ranks among the tant County Agent Best. General Just before shipping time in the fall.
very best and most capable experi business was discussed both for Warehouse space Is limited and
ment station directors in the entire Farm Bureau and Cooperative Can when late comers crowd In It takes
country,” said President Kerr. “His nery. The Farm Bureau board deci longer to handle the shipments and
:auses rieiaj for those standing in
contributions to the agriculture de
ded to take no further" steps regard line. The Tirst shipment will be
velopment of Oregon are known and
ing the Umatilla County Fair until made the first of November.
recognized everywhere. I know of definite Information was received
Last year the association loaded
no superior in his field. His leaving
from the county regarding premiums and shipped five cars of turkeys be
is a great loss to the college and to
Members of the Farm Bureau exe fore the close of the marketing sea
the state.”
cutive board present were: Henry son and the coming year shows pros
Oregon, Jardine said, has always
Ott, New Madden, E. L. Jackson,
supported an agricultural research C. M. Jackson, L. C, Dyer, A. D. pects of an Increase in shipments.
At a recent meeting of the board
organization comparable to any In Smith, P. P. Sullivan, J. Jenderjew-
Herbert Beyers, assistant manager of
the country, and will continue to do
skl, J. H. Reid and W. G. Rodda. the North Western Turkey Growers
so, as demands for assistance are
These members of the board passed at^oclatlon, dlccussed last year’s op
increasing rather than decreasing.
the following resolution:
eration and management with board
Whereas, it is obvious that the members. The operation was more
salvation of the farmer, In these dis efficient last year than previously,
Livestock Tops Portland Market.
tressing times, lies in the unselfish lue to the details worked out by As
H. J. Stillings who was in Port
and broadminded co-operatton, and sistant County Agent Hauser, who
land Monday with a car load of
Whereas, the Co-operative cannery, tas since’ been replaced by Mr. Best.
community livestock, reports that
with, proper support, is destined to Mr. Beyors expressed his belief In
Hermiston calves, hogs, and sheep
I become one of the major benefits to the bright outlook for the coming
all topped the market. Mr. Stillings
the whole community; now, there- teason for turkey growers, at that
says the market for livestock is look
■
fore.
time.
ing more hopeful.
Be It resolved, that the Umatilla
Project Farm Bureau, in executive
Sells Theatre Interest.
session, hereby extends to the Board
and Management of the Co-operativo
Ronald Bcgg, who has been asso
Cannery a vote of confidence and elated with Lloyd Moore In manag
commendation for the fine commu- Ing the Oasis Theatres, Inc., here for
i uity spirit shown in their untiring the past year, Bold his interest last
i efforts.
week and left Hermiston Tuesday.
Be It further resolved, that we Mr. Begg did not announce any deft
i view with the gravest apprehension nite plans for the future. Mr. Moore
I any adverse propaganda, having for will continue to operate the local
! its purpose the embarrassment of the theatre for the present.
, management or the undermining of
' the good work of the board and fi
nance committee of that Institution. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
*
Rend and adopted thia 14th day
*
ALONG THE CONCRETE
♦
‘ of July, 1931.
>
♦
Pioneer Resident! Honored.
W. W. Felthouse is one of the few
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McNaught,
pioneer residents of-Hermiston, were Hermiston business men who arises
honor guests at a no host dinner last early enough to appreciate these cool
Friday evening at the Hermiston mornings, lie told some of hts friends
Hotel. After dinner was over the re the other morning that the radiator
mainder of the evening was spent on his car froze while he was taking
j playing bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Me- his early morning ride. What would
, Naught were presented with honor he do If he liVcd In a cold country.
Floyd Knerr sad W. L. Blessing
iuest gifts and Mrs. J. M. Biggs high
prize for the ladles, and F. C. Mc are finding business so rushing that
they held a conference Wednesday in
Kenzie high prize for the men.
Mr. and Mrs. McNaught have Knerr’s shop in order to work out a
been residents of the Hermiston plan whereby they might overcome
j project since Its early birth and the onrush of customers. Childs
their many friends here regret their Barham dropped in a little later and
Heaving this city to make their home I offered a few suggest! ns
These people who tell of how they
n Portland. Mr. McNaught will con
tin u e in the hay business in Port recover in one day from a tonsil
land and will also have an interest operation must be pretty tough—or
i in the business here. He will prob ! ♦ ! T But—“Speaking of Opera
ably make frequent trips to Hermls tions.” Perhaps you have read It.
Mrs. Joe Norton dashing hither
ton. The McNaughta left for Port
and thither In the back allies of
land Monday.
local residence delivering groceries
one day this week while her husband
Notice of Board Meeting.
There will be a budget meeting of assisted the moving van driver un
Colombia school board. District No. load furniture. The experiences of
12, Saturday, July 18, at 2:00 P. M moving day at the Norton home
could probably he written Into a
In the school house.
J. JENDERJEWSKI, Clark. volume.