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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1931)
T H U R 8 D A Y . D EC EM B ER IT , M S I THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON RAGE FOUR RED CROSS RELIEF IN 79 DISASTERS IN YEAR Forest Fires, Plagues, Storms, Drought, Call for Help. Coming thousands of miles. Miss Nella Roster, of Florence, Italy, will Study law at the University of Oregon, where she received the foreign scholar ship given by the Associated Women Students. She is shown above with two University girls who greeted her on her arrival. I.eft to right, Ann Baum. Portland, Miss Roster, and Louise Ansley, abo cf Portland. The forest Bret which hare rased I d Idaho and other western sections this year have presented a serious dis aster—one of a number. In addition to the enormous drought relief problem, which have been met by the American Red Cross relief forces. Sufferlgg, faith and courage are contained in a story coming from the Priest River section in Idaho, told by a volunteer Red Cross worker as fol lows: “ Picture a happy little homestead near the banks of Priest river la northern Idaho. While father, with a little son tagging at bis heels. Is out tending crops and adding to the clear ing, mother is at home making prepa rations tor another arrival. Then comes the fire demon, sweeping all In Its path. While father Bgbts to pro tect his little home, the stork an nounces Its arrival. “Mother and baby are bundled In a quilt and loaded on a truck tor tbs race through the flaming forest Father drives the truck and the little boy alts at bis mother's side, brushing away the sparks which tall like rain upon the Improvised Utter." To the Red Cross worker, the mother expressed her anxiety to returu to the hills to rehabilitate the little home stead. All they possessed was lost In the forest (Ires. The Red Cross aided all of the families and is working to help them rebuild their homes. Altogether seventy-nine disasters called for Red Cross help and money during the year Just closed. Aside from the drought, which required ser vices of volunteer workers numbering more than <0.000, and a drought relief fu-d of more than 115.000,000 of which $5,000,000 came from the national Red Cross treasury, help was given In 22 fires. IS tornadoes, eight storms and eight floods, six forest flres, tour earthquakes and four mine exploslous, three typhoons and three epidemics, two cloudbursts, and one each hurri cane, mine cave-ln and railroad acci dent. Aside from a major catastrophe, such as the drought, when the whole Adm inistrative costs in ----------------- v -a RESULT OF TRIALS OF HEATED FOOD Earthquakes, as Well as 1?. of O. Students Greet Portia wra? the col lection of motor vehicle fuels tax In Oregon are but two-tenths of one per cent of total revenue handled. High Temperature’» Effect on Poultry Ration. Does the heating of poultry rations to temperatures sufficiently high for granulating the feed seriously affect the nutritive value of such fee.,? forest (gallons at the Wisconsin Col lege of Agriculture Indicate that no detrimental effects result when heat ing these reeds to temperatures of l-M) to 14» degrees Fahrenheit for 24 hours, but thnt higher tempera lures result In greatly reducing the DUtrl- tlve ralue of the feed. Chicks were used as the experimen tal anlnmls and were started when two days old upon the ration treated in various ways. The ration used, with and without calcium carbonate, consisted of yellow corn, middlings, soybean meal, sklinntilk powder and common salt, fortified after heating with cod liver oil to prevent rickets The rations did not seem to he Im paired when It wns heated to 140 to 149 degrees Fnhrenhelt. 41 208 to 212 degrees Fnhrenhelt In the presence or absence of calcium carbonate, or when sodium enrbonnte constituted O.B per cent of the ration sojne Injurious effects on the nutritive value were noted But at 250 degrees Fahrenheit there was a marked depressing- effect on the nutritive properties of the ra tion. In these experiments there was a noteworthy stimulation to the appe tite and growth through the addition of yenst to the rations made-up of the heated feeds. Simple Directions for Stamping Out Diseases Follow these practical directions step by step to rid the poultry houses and yards of communicable diseases: Collect all droppings and litter In the houses and spread It at once on a field to which poultry does not bave access. Scrape the floors, walls and ceilings thoroughly, being careful to scrape out all corners so that no dust or dirt remains. Remove and cle i out all hoppers, drinking fountains, nests and roosts. Saturate everything In poultry houses and yards with a reliable com mercial disinfectant, prepared accord ing to the directions as given on the original package. Be sure that the spray mixture reaches all corners, cracks and crevices. Repent the application of disinfect ant after 10 day«. Plow and crop, when possible, all places where chickens bave been al lowed to run. Care of Setting Eggs Row long can we keep eggs with safetyT Two weeks la the practical limit and even then the hatchnhlllty and livability can he reduced as much sa KO per rent through eareleasneas lu minor matters. The egga should ba stored In a enol, dry place, where the temperature varie« little. Turning or tilting at a different angle dally or I twice dally helps The eggs should be I cooled to the storage room tempera ture liefnre being pot In cages or other tight contained Eggs thnt have been laid within a week furnish the best material for an Incubator or setting hen to turn Into a high percentage of chicks that will be hatched normally and live.—Ex change. ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ff ♦ ♦ ♦ nwATTTJ.A H E W S ITEMS ♦ ♦ Glenn Yager has resumed bla po sition as seventh and eight grade teacher afte r several weeks of ab sence w ith a severe attack of plural pneumonia. W . O. M ille r and Mrs. Nora Ber wick motored to Pendleton Friday on business. Fred Knudson was shopping in Pendleton Thursday. T. 8. Tllson has returned from a short business trip to Portland. D. M. W alsh has returned from a buaineea trip to Portland and The Dalles. Mrs. W alter B ullard who haa been acting aa substitute teacher in M r. Yager's absence, has returned to her home in Hood River. D. R. Brownell who was taken to Pasco to the hospital is reported to be much better. The U m atilla basketball teams mo tored to H e lix last F riday evening where U m atilla was defeated in both games. The girls score was 38-25; the bogs, 38-18. Ralph Thorne of Pendleton was a U m atilla visitor Saturday and Sun day. Robert M cKenzie spent the wee k end in Portland visiting w ith his father. M r. McKensie spent Friday here w ith his fam ily. Mrs. Joe Springer and Mrs. Tom Tucker motored to Portland Friday. B ill Sw itzler was a Pendleton visitor Thursday. E ffie Bullock is visiting in Seattle. M r. and Mrs. George Cramar of Pendleton visited a t the Frank Clark home Saturday and S u nd ay.. M r. and Mrs. Fred Knudson went to Portland F riday, returning Sun day. Mrs. B ill Lew llyn went to Port land over the week end. Mrs. H a rry Rhodenbough motored to Pendleton Thursday. Mrs. Fay Gardener was the hos tess of a dinner and "5 00” party In honor of Mr. Gardener's birthday, last Thursdsy. M r. and Mrs. Joe Springer and Miss Sarah R lx motored to Pendle ton Saturday. Five airplanes landed on the Um a tilla airport Monday because of too much fog In Pasco. Mrs. D. R . Brow nell came over from Pasco Saturday. M r. and Mrs. U rie l H y a tt attended the Legion meeting in Hermiston Thursday. Howard Klages of Hermiston v i sited friends in U m atilla Sunday evening. D. R. Reid was 111 the firs t part of last week w ith a severe cold. Miss Laura Dunne spent Monday and Tuesday in Pendleton visiting w ith friends. Archie M cFarland has returned from Medford where he was called because of the illness of his mother. M r. and Mrs. Falen were in Pen dleton shopping Saturday. Mrs. F ran k Clark is visiting at the Cramar home in Pendleton. Mrs. Jack Cherry Is retained at her home on account of a cold. W illia m Skltzler, H . C. Crissman and granddaughter Dorothy M attice motored to Pendleton Thursday on business. Mrs. W illia m Conlon hag been ill at her home here this week. Mrs. I Joe Springer acted as lib rarian In Mrs. Conlon's absence, Wednesday. M r. and Mrs. Max Graybeal mo tored to Pendleton on business Thursday. W . O. M ille r motored to Pendleton Monday on business. Mrs. Tom Slattery has returned home from the Pendleton hospital. The ladios aid met a t the Pete McNabb home last Thursday. The following were present: Mesdames W ill Shephard, James Byrnes, H. Ed wards, H . C. Bram ar, Nora Berwick, Hugh Van Schlack, John W urster and the hostess, Mrs. Pete McNabb. Mrs. Perry Pike who has been very ill a t her home here Is repor ted to be much better. ! Poultry Notes The somber a t chickens Is Iowa has nearly doubled la the last 80 years. o • • Ereu-elaed chicks thrive best; do sot mix different agaa and expect the youngest to get aloag well. o a • Indiana demonstration flock reports show that agg receipts account tor 10 par east efl the total revenue and meal sales tor the other SO per re n t Food coats make ap TO per cent of the total t I members ot the ” 500’' club and their husbands at dinner and cards Tues day night. Those present were M r. and Mrs. H a rry H u ll, M r. and Mrs. Wm. Conlon, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knudson, M r. and Mrs H a rry Rho denbough, M r. and Mrs. Jack Cher ry. M r. and Mrs. Fran k Clark, M r. and Mrs. B ill Logan, and the host and hostess. Mrs. Clara Pernie and daughter of Aulouf, Oregon, who were called to U m atilla because of the death of Mrs. Pernle’s father. Robert Allen, have returned to th eir home. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Connell and Mr. and Mrs. W. O. W alles motored to Pendleton Wednesday on business. M r. and Mrs. George Cramar of pson, Hazel Tipple, Betty McKenzie, Pendleton visited w ith M r. and Mrs. HERE IT IS-- Toe Most Practical C H R IS T M A S G IF T of them all.! N e it Season’s Flocks In idanaing for next season's crop of turkeys, breeders should he on the lookout, for healthy hens and vigorous toma Remember that they should be In no way related. Buy or exchang* securing birds from another neighbor If posalM* Much of the difficulty ex perienced M turkey raising today la dne to the vicious practice In too many Instances of mating related stock. The same advtfe applies to flocks of baa* as well as docks aad geese.— Los Aa- geles Times. Several of the U m atilla women called at the W . O. M ille r home to see Mrs. M ille r who has been con | fined to her home since fa llin g and breaking two ribs several weeks ago. Mrs. B ill Lew llyn e n te rta l^ d The Camp F ire Girls held a month ly council at th eir meeting house last Saturday evening. The girls re ceived th eir heads at the meeting. A fte r the business session all girls rollled up in th eir blankets on the Funeral services for the lat e Ro rolled up In th eir blankets on the bert A. Allen was held in the com ; night. Those present were Margaret m unity church Saturday afternoon. i Brown, M ildred Conlon, Ruth Thom- Start Clean October „Is the month to clean up poultry yards, range and bouse* Clean up In the sense of getting rid of market utock from the laying houses, and of the debris that gathers In a summer and early fail of growing chickens, Where does all the dirt come from? We could sweat there wasn't a dead chicken about the place, but digging Into out-of-the-way places, cutting down weeds, going through the range shows the* there have bees cnsnnltle* We were sure every nest of egga had hoe« found. If there were any hens or pullets laying out, but now we find that some remain. Frank C lark Saturday and Sunday. Inquire at the HERALD OFFICE and th eir leader Miss Rosa Ricco.
