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
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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.
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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.
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Poultry Notes
The somber a t chickens Is Iowa has
nearly doubled la the last 80 years.
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Ereu-elaed chicks thrive best; do sot
mix different agaa and expect the
youngest to get aloag well.
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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.