When tillage begins, other arts
follow. The farmers, therefore, are
the founders of human civilization.
— Daniel Webster.
VOLUME XXV
U. of 0. Library
NUMBER 48
UMATILLA PROJECT
FAIR BOARD REVISES
YEAR’S PREMIUM LIST
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gA
The date of the Umatilla Project
Fair has been changed from the 2nd
and 3rd of October to the 9th and
10th. There was a conflict.
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1Ö31
GIRLS STATE CLUB LEADER
SEVENTEEN ATTEND EPWORTH
EXPLAINS STATE FAIR EXHIBITS LEAGUE INSTITUTE.
DAIRYMAN GLEANS
FINE DAIRY HERD
BY RECORD TESTING
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
TWO MEN CAPTURED HERE
ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
RECEIVE SENTENCE TUESDAY.
ROUND-UP BEING ARRANGED.
HERD IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION RECORDS
AID COUNTY DAIRYMEN
Miss Audry Wienken. assistant
fifteen young people, chaperoned
Arthur C. Smith and Frank Fray. I Pendleton. Ore.. July 39.— (Spe
state girls club leader, and Mr. Yea by Rev. and Mrs. O. W. Payne, left
transients, who were captured here cial.)— A Pendleton businessman had
ger, county school superintendent, Hermiston early Monday morning
Sunday night by Bert Nation, spe- put up a Round-Up guest In his
met with a group of 4-H club girls for Buttle Lake. Oregon, where they
clal deputy sheriff, while in the act home. Each discovered that the other
last Friday morning at the home of will attend the Epworth League In
of stealing gas from the tool house had spent time In Alaska and the
Mrs. Wm. Hineline in the Minne
SHEEP & SWINE OPEN CLASSES haha district. About 23 girls listened stitute. The group went in a large
canvas covered truck and will camp chas . a . lyn ch sells farm of the Union Pacific, pleaded guilty Yukon In the gold rush days. A b is
of the act to sheriffs officials In the way when two Sourdoughs meet, THE C. R. SMITH DAIRY HERD
to Miss Wienken tell what their out the week they are there. They
ARE ELIMINATED.
Pendleton Tuesday. They also con- the story-telling was on
cooking and sewing exhibits in the plan to return Monday, August 2.
IN COLUMBIA DISTRICT.
NETS PROFITS FOR OWNER.
fessed that previously they had sto-1 The general topic turned to high
Rhode Island Reds Are Included in different divisions should consist of,
Among these going were: Mary
len tre Chrysler coupe
were I prices
in
and how they should be arranged
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* they
F * * v v o that
I U B I prevailed
p iV V B IIC U
i l l those
U l U S P days
(la y s
TT
A’TI
n
A
/*!
—.
Vouches
for
Cow
Testing
Association
Poultry Displays; Market Turkey
driving from Ed North in Payette. | beyond the Circle. Said the visitor: | UmtlIla County Cow Produces 130
for the state fair at Salem, which is Brownson, Marjorie Mullins, Mil
Records;
Average
Production
dred
Phelps.
Florence
Pearson,
Mary
Showing Provided For.
Pounds of Butter in June; Herd
Idaho, and then had broken into the I “I mind paying a miner a dollar
to be held September 28th to Octob
of Butterfat Raised.
Burnham, Marjorie Burnham, Emo-
OWR A N tool house at Pleasant a loaf for two loaves of bread
er 3rd.
Association Reveals Facts.
gene Paul. Maxine Paul, Gwenyth
Important matters were taken care
Valley, Oregon. They were sentenc-
‘‘Did he live in a cabin on Such-
Mr. Yeager expressed the desire
C.
A.
Lynch,
well
known
dairy
of at the Umatilla Project Pair board that there should be more interest Corey, Francis Goff, Mabel Sale.
Mary, a grade Guernsey In the
ed to three and two years, respec- and-Such creek?” asked the business
meeting last Saturday night, held in in the girl’s club work and exhibits Clark Paul, Jr., Harold Marble, Mel man, who has lived In Columbia dis tlveiy, in the state penitentiary. | man, with growing excitement.
dairy herd of C. R. Smith near Pen
the office of Assistant County Agent at the project fair in Hermiston vin Follett, Bruce Follett, and Rev. trict for the past five years, sold his Both Smith and Fray had previous- | "Yes. Why? Do you know him?” dleton, produced (Turing the month
farm recently to 0. S. Valentine of ly served prison sentences.
Best. The premium list was taken this fall. Mrs. Hineline stated that and Mrs. Payne.
of June, 2,046 pounds of milk, con-
"Well, yes. I was the miner.
Baker,, Oregon. Mr. Lynch will re
up and decided slashes were made more people were becoming 4-H club
That
sort
of
thing
is
bound
to
hap
'
, “,n,nK J081* pounds of butterfat.
main oh the project but has not de BOOKLETS AVAILABLE FROM
BEASLEY-THORNE
wherever possible, in order that the minded and that she felt sure there
pen when a community's citizens Th,s bUtterfat yield Is the approxi-
cided
definitely
where
he
will
locate.
limited funds could bo made to cover would be some fine exhibition and
open their homes to provide accom-: malc «flulvalent of 130 one-pound
Miss Margaret Thorne and George Mr. Valentine and his family plan SEC. OF STATES’ OFFICE.
all the divisions. The fair board demonstration work shown.
modations for a throng several times , brlci<8 °f I utter. By slightly more
Arthur Beasley were united in mar
to
move
on
the
place
the
first
week
does not plan to solicit for funds
the
city’s population. Last year more 'tbah 2 pounds of butterfat this Uma-
Miss Wienken and Mr. Yeager had riage Sunday, July 19, at the home in August.
‘The
Uniform
Operators
and
t
this year and must also take a cut visited all girls dubs in the county of the bride's parents, with Rev. W.
than 1200 rooms were listed at the , ‘llla . co"n ,-v cow nil-sed equalling
Chauffeurs
License
Examination
Law,
in the money available from the and went from here to Stanfield L. Wilson reading the ceremony. The
Mr. Lynch has a fine herd of 41 that went into effect July 1, is not I Round-Up accommodations hcadquar thc ."tehest record made for the
state.
They found splendid work being young, couple will make their home pure bred Holsteins and Jerseys that Intended to prevent the competent ter8’
¡month of Juno In Oregon herd Im-
have held their own in the Umatilla drlver from obtaining an operators'
President John Jenderjewski called done by the clubs in Pilot Rock and in Hermiston.
The headquarters staff is now in- ' provemcnt associations.
the meeting to order and presented were not disappointed in the turnout
Miss Thorne is the daughter of Herd Improvement association tests license,” says Hal E. Hoss, Secretary I ’Pecting and listing rooms for the ! At* H matter of fact, the Smith
a $50.00 check received from the from Hermiston and vicinity.'
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thorne of Her lor the past five months in their of State, ‘‘but is intended to make I 22nd annual Round-Up scheduled i d“l,y hcrd’ tested each month in the
Farm Bureau and also a cherk for
The girl’s had prepared a picnic miston. Mr. Beasley is the son of clnss. The average milk production sure that every person receiving an | for August 27, 28 and 29. and reser- i Umatilla Herd Improvement Asso
$5.00 from the Rohrman Motor dinner for their guests, which was Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Beasley, also of for June for the herd was 977.4 operator's license in Oregon under- I v»tions for such rooms are already , lation. has performed in a conBie-
company which were given to the served at noon.
Hermiston, and is employed by the pounds containing 32.1 pounds of stands the road laws of this state I :oming in. Many letters ask rooms lent manner since the beginning of
secretary with instructions to pay
Hermiston Transfer company. Only butterfat.
and especially those contained in the I ln homes In which the writers stayed ■th8 testing year. 1 or that five-
the lumber bill at the Tum- SHIFTS IN FOREIGN TRADE
When asked If he thought It paid uniform code, passed at the last sea- I
the immediate family and close
previous shows for warm friend- month period, this herd of 14 cows
A-Lum Lumber company office for
dairymen to belong to the cow test slon of the legislature, which put in- I ,b |P" have grown up between host haa avoraged 31 pounds of butterfat
friends witnessed the ceremony.
material used in putting up the fair AFFECTS FARMERS OF OREGON
ing association, Mr. Lynch said: "It to effect some very definite changes. | »®d guests.
l’er now, including dry onos, for each
buildings. Mr. Rohrman volunteered
Is the only way to tell which cows Examiners who have been covering I "Make your reservations now " is month and *” 8 lcd ,he classification
Seventeen Year Old Boy Drowns
Material
changes
In
the
foreign
the cash instead of donating labor
are paying their keep, and which the state are reporting that licenser | he accommodation staff s warning.
herdi haVins betwcen 12 »nd 20
Word was received here Satur
cows are boarders. Each dairyman are able to pass the written exami and also, ‘‘First come, fist served." ' | ,C0W8’ U WlH be r,called by the f°<-
toward the reconstruction of the trade of the United States in farm
day
that
Donald
Kelley,
17
year
old
commodities in 1930 as they effect
buildings.
could do the testing himself but he nation on the low without study
A maximum price of $2.50 a room !
° f the dalry i,r°K'“‘n ln Uma-
Oregon farmers are discussed in the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claris Kelley, of
After a discussion of the dairy di latest report on the agricultural sit Portland, was drown while swim will not take the time to keep it up This means a delay at the time oi as been net and no room will be Ils- '
C° ”nty that the Sm,,h herd ato°
vision premiums a motion was made uation issued by the Oregon State ming in Blue Lake. The boy had consistently. I have been a member application for the purpose of study ed unless the host agrees to that I, ontaln8 anotber cow which has upon
several occasions produced over 100
and carried that in classes without college extensionpservice. Industries been in the water for some time be of the Umatilla Herd Improvement ing the law, or means that the appli stipulation.
pounds of butterfat per month.
competition, the first prize ribbon particularly involved in the changes fore he climbed upon a raft to rest association for four years and find cant must return at a later date, af
The Round-Up has also acted to
muy be awarded, but only second include dairy, poultry, fruit and ve before plunging in again. He then it is the only way to weed out your ter he has studied the law for his
The significant feature of this In
nrevent possible overcharging else
poor cows.”
money may be paid. The board does getables.
examinatloon. Our department has where during the show. Proprietors formation is that the real merit of
dove into the water again and did
not want to discourage the showing
Other herds in the association prepared In booklet form a list of if hotels, lodging houses, restau- these cows would never have been
Exports of foodstuffs declined in not return to the surface. A half
of better dairy cows but feels that value approximately one-third and hour search was made before the averaging high ware: High herd, questions and answers from the new
-ants and stores have given $100 known had there been no cow test
where there is no competition, first imports fell off over one-fourth, body was found.
over 20 cows. Eastern Oregon State law for the purpose of Informing the bonds wlth the agreement that th, ing association In Umatilla County.
motor! »nr mihlip ond oonaniaiio ti.. I ...
. . . .
money should not be received.
Mr. 8mith is recognized as a dalry-
according to figures given in the re
Mrs. F. L. Kelley went to Portland Hospital, Jerseys and Holsteins, 32.1 motoring public and especially the will be forfeit If over-charging
iwan who believes in feeding bis
A motion was made and carried port. The decrease was due both to Sunday and Harry Kelley went down pounds of butterfat; Two high herds new applicants, the answers that art proved.
cows well and ln taking advantage
that in all classes where prize money lower prices and decreased volume.
uesday to attend the funeral, which of 12-20 cows, C. R. Smith, mixed. expected when making application
Meanwhile those In charge of the
is $6.00 and $4.00, it be cut to $5.00
Most of the exports consist of was to bo held at X:00 p. m. Donald 31.0 pounds fat; Morton Elder, for an operator’s license. Booklets Tound-Up and Happy Canyon, the of every opportunity to increase the
margin of profit above cost of pro
and $3.00. Also tbat^he swine and grain and grain products, animal had visited In Herniistoq a numfoer Geurnsev-Jersey, 29.4 pounds fat; are available at the office of the
sheep open classes be eliminated from fats and oils, canned goods and fresh of times and is quite well known Two high herds, under 12 cows, Fred secretary of state or from any of the light show With Its pageant, fron- duction by utilizing the best Infor
ler
games
and
dance,
are
at
work
Beck, mixed, 33.2 pounds fat; J. S examiners, and the questions and
mation available. This dairyman has
the premium list. The board mem and drier fruits. The Canadian mar here.
Dyer, Jersey, 29.6 pounds fat.
answers will bo published ln a num m their programs.
always been an ardent booster for
bers passed on these motions after ket took about $160,000,000 worth
Here Is the calendar of most Im- cow test association activity, claim
ber of the newspapers of the state.
a discussion had been held concern of fruits and vegetables from this
Stolen Car Recovered Here.
Oasis Theatre Has Latest Pictures.
ing that the knowledge he has gained
ing the success obtained in raising country last year, most of which was
The new law also provides that tortant pre Round-Up events:
A Model-A Ford roadster stolen
from testing activities, not only in
August
5—Two
carloads
of
Texas
sheep and swine on the project canned and dried fruit, but this sit
operator’s
licenses,
issued
between
The local Oasis theatre is provid
They wish to bring out the indus uation may be affected by a new re from Pendleton Tuesday night by ing even newer and better pictures the year 1920 when the first opera longhorns will arrive to furnish pro- his herd but In studying the records
tries that have proven the most pro ciprocal trade agreement between William Herte, 18-yearold boy of than ever. They are showing some tor’s licenses were Issued In Oregon, >er competition for ropers and bull- of other herds, has helped substan
Silverton, Oregon, was recovered
tially ln his success.
fitable.
and July 1st, 1931, when the last li loggers.
Canada and Australia.
shortly afterwards by Bert Nation, pictures before Pendleton sees them
August 10— Bucking trials will
Through (he use of well bred bulls,
Dairy and poultry products of this
R. C. Todd, superintendent of the
and
some
even
before
Portland.
The
censes
under
the
old
law
were
Issued,
pecial sheriffs deputy. Herte was
start at the Round-Up paddock. For well balanced rations, and produc
poultry division, asked th^ board if country have met less competition
arrested and taken to the Umatilla second Charlie Chan mystery pic are to be cancelled within the next hese try-outs all the cowboys, real tion records obtained through mem
Rhode Island Red chickens might not from foreign supplies during the
county jail in Pendleton, where he ture to show here is in Pendleton three years and the holders of these ir mailorder, turn out from Pendle- bership In the Umatilla Herd Im
be included in the premium list as first half of 1931. Imports of all
told officials that he took the car now and will be here Sunday and old licenses should also know thc on and all the country round.
provement association, Mr. Smith Is
this breed has become bio re preva dairy products except canned milk
as a means of driving to his home. Monday. The management of the answers to these questions. The sec
lent on the project in the past two have been substantially less than
August
15—That
night
Pendleton
!
bulldlnS
one of the top-notch herds
The car belonged to Gertrude Whit- Oasis theatre states that their Aug
years. He also requested that after during the first half of 1930. Im
els, of Prineville, Oregon, who re ust calendar of shows will reveal an retary of state wishes to emphasize >ecomes a cowtown and stays that ! 'n *be co,,nty- Here is one of forty
a pen of poultry had won first prize ports of eggs and egg products fell
ported the theft as soon as she made extraordinary line-up of big shows the fact, however, that the old licen way until after the Round-Up. The ! d»Hymen In the county who feels
that it be eliminated from indivi off very substantially, and the tariff
Ilfi’ ,R to° short t0 p<> »tumbling
the discovery. The arrest of Herte
ses are not being cancelled at this celebration starts with a night range jtbat
about in the dark aa to what the in
dual showing. In this way indivi rate* on dried eggs have now been
and
invites
comparison
of
the
local
:ostume
parade
and
closes
with
a
by Officer Nation makes the fifth
time.
dividual cows in his herd are re
dual showings will be encouraged increased 50 per cent.
dance in Happy Canyon.
car thief he has captured in the programs for August with any In the
turning In the way of profit. The
The principal foodstuffs imported
and one pen will not walk away with
last two weeks.
state.
Herald Want Ad, Pay
Umatilla Dairy Herd Improvement
all the prize money. A motion was into this country consist of coffee,
Telephone Cable Damaged.
association is making money for Its
made and carried that the same prize cocoa, tea, spices, sugar, fresh fruits,
In doing some repair work on the members.
money be allowed on poultry as last nuts, vegetables, dairy, products
vater main in the street running
year, but that Rhode Island Reds eggs and fish.
tarallel with the Hermiston Auto
In summarizing the ’ fruit situa
be included in the premium list.
Wrecking House, the telephone cable •>
I f Each Could Choose a C raft
♦
— By Albert T. Reid
Heretofore turkey displays have tion, the report said that ‘‘the Euro
■onnecting part of the town with ♦
ALONG THE CONCRETE
♦
been judged on their appearance and pean apple prospect is for a modeer-
I the main office was severed. Busi ♦
♦
not for perfection which does not en ate crop.” Export of apples from the
ness houses and residences were
courage the showing of good grades Pacific northwest to Europe has been
| without telephone service all day
A. F. Rohrman and his mechanic
of marketing turkeys. As an out increasing and this outlet may be
Thursday until a cable man could Mac, returning to the Rohrman Mo
growth of this, a motion was made especially important this year in
each here from Portland.
tor company garage after making a
and carried that the best displays of view of the large crop in prospect in
business call on their competitors at
(Continued on last Page)
the eastern states.
Dmnken Driver Arrested.
the Black & White garage.
Rev. W. L. Wilson stearing an
Elgin Woman Receives Afghan
A car, driven by Marsh Courtney
jf Echo, collded with the Petersons auto-mower in the direction of his
The Afghan robe that was given
I Dye Clean truck from Pasco last home on the west side after it had
away by the American Legion Auxil
| Tuesday evening near Echo. Both ’ been repaired at Knerr's shop. The
iary at the Oasis theatre Wednesday
:ars were badly damaged. Mr. Duffy. I grass on his lawn will surely suffer
night was won by Mrs. Wm. Arnold
driver of the Pasco truck, was badiy j today.
of Elgin, Oregon. The chance was
■ut and bruised. Courtney was ar-
The human bean pole, J. E. Hally-
purchased for her by Miss Pauline
| rested at Stanfield by City Marshal 1 burton, preparing to dash off to
Stoop, and was the third number
Gossage on a drunken driver charge. ■ Portlnnd on a hurried business trip.
drawn. Mrs. N. Muller’s number was
Some poultry men still follow the drawn first and F. C. Pierson's sec
He plead not guilty before the just- It Hally happened to get caught in
fad of marketing the female at the ond. The third number won
| Ice of the peace.
one of those heavy winds between
end of the pullet year. What would
Arlington ard The Dalles he would
you think of the dairyman who
Poultry Culling Demonstration.
j be immediately sv. ished into the Co
Beans and Corn Being Canned.
would market his high producing
H. E. Cosby, extension poultry ' Iumbia.
About 16,000 quarts of fruits and
cow at the end of their first milking
F. C. Pierson of thc Hermlaton
I
specialist
from the state college, will
year. Of course this is unthinkable, vegetables have been canned so far
|
Auto
Wrecking House ig dealing In
conduct a culling demonstration on
but if a hen has proved during the this year In the Farm Bureau Co
I small vehicles now. n 't hough he still
the
C.
M
.
Best
farm
Friday,
July
31,
operative
cannery,
according
to
the
pullet year that she is a great layer,
I at 2:00 p. m. Mr. Best has a flock ■ retains his automol lies. He was
why should it be culled. It Is to manager. J. S. West. Beans and
seen pulling a little wagon across
| of 400 Plymouth Rocks to cull.
corn
are
prevalent
at
the
present
the benefit of poultry men to recog
the street one day this week, headed
nise the exceptional bird and see time and some tomatoes are being
I
toward
his place of business. Times
Third Cutting of Alfalfa.
that they are given the best possible brought in. Included in this num
| are pretty hard but we never
ber
of
cans
are
about
300
small
cans
care. The day of the poor layer is
The third cutting of alfalfa over thought customers would stoop to
I the protect Is making a very good that.
>ast. Poultrymen have suffered the of fish.
anxiety and the possibility of skill
growth, due probably to the warm; Rev. Wallace E. .’ones set out the
Annual 1.1.1. & 0. Picnic.
1 weather of the past two weeks. II. J. ¡other evening for choir practice and
ful manipulation of raethodti and clr-
| Stillings, in old time resident of the for some unexplainable reason ended
\cumstances to raise hens for the ex
The annual picnic of the I. I. I.
c lu s iv e purpose of laying eggs. If re A O. state club, of Umatilla county,
project states that alfalfa, which was ,,p by arriving at the Ben Gerklng
-fttilar and skillful culling is prac will be held Sunday, August 9, at
cut two weeks ago will again be , home just as they were having
ticed the hen should lay consistently Columbia park. There will be an all
ready for harvesting In another wstermcllon. Choir practice was at
three weeks. The second cutting Is the Levi Reeder home.
and produce well over hundred and day m eeting and program and anv-
fifty eggs after the first laying year. one formerly a resident of these
quite often msde on the project In
Elsie feeder will have her friends
thirty days after the first rutting, knoow that she 1» to be addressed
Why market this hen. There are no | states la welcome. The states to be
X ^ - s t k e r ^ TT
___
but the third cutting usually re . as “Miss Reeder” since she accepted
high producers that havy not failed ! represented are Indiana. Iowa,
quires a considerably longer time In her new position ns office girl for
to pay (bur way,
cols and Iowa.
Ha growth,
¡Dr, Johnson.