Let us
bo
live that when the time
comes to die, even the undertaker
will be sorry.— Mark Twain.
VOLUME XXVII
Oregon Exchanges
@1 he Hermistun Heraln
NUMBER 16
SECRETARY OF STATE
FAVORS THREE DOLLAR
AUTO LICENSE FEE
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY,
DEATH CALLS MOTHER OF ENOS
MARTIN AT RUPERT, IDAHO.
SEASON’S MARKET
TURKEYS AVERAGE
186,987 POUNDS
Mr. and Mrs. Enos Martin re
turned Sunday from Rupert, Idaho,
after attending the funeral of Mr.
Martin's mother, Mrs. Homer Mar
tin, who passed away Monday Dec.
5. Mr. Martin reached his mother’s
HAS PLAN TO MAINTAIN OREGON side before she passed away.
LARGEST SHIPMENT KNOWN IN
The following account of Mrs.
HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
HISTORY OF PROJECT.
Martin’s death was printed in the
Minidoka County News, at Rupert,
Hoss Declares Duty of All Public Idaho:
Association Ships 80 Per Cent Prime
Officials Is To Ease Tax Burden
Of People.
Mrs. Homer Martin.
Birds ; Overflow From Cars
Shipped by Freight.
LOCAL DRESSED BIRDS PLACE
AT OAKLAND TURKEY SHOW
Out of 24 dressed turkeys entered
at the Northwestern Turkey Show
at Oakland, Or., by the Eastern Ore
gon Turkey Growers' association, 18
placed. A total of 272 dressed birds
were exhibited at the show, and 601
live birds, according to J. Jendrze-
jewski, president of the local asso
ciation, who returned Thursday
morning after exhibiting the dressed
birds at the largest turkey show in
the world. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Jendrzejewski and C. A. Keller.
Birds that placed are as follows:
Meri Potter, YT, 3rd, out of 60
entries, and Chas. Dillan. 7th, in
the same class. W. II. Beard, YH,
9th, and J. Jendrzejewski. 11th, out
f 120 entries. Meri Potter, 6YH,
13th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 24th, and
25th. Logan Todd, 1YT, 21st, and
1 Oil, 25th. Umatilla Experiment
Farm, 3 YH, 20th, 29th, and 34th.
3. A. Anderson, YH, 22nd. Fred Davis
YM, 35th. W. A. Sanders, YH. 62nd.
A discussion of disease couotrol
and a vaccination demonstration
were given in the afternoon by H. E.
Cosby, extension poultry specialist,
at a meeting for turkey raisers ar
ranged by the fair management.
Final figures compiled by J. C. Lee
dy, manager, showed a total of 873
entries in the live and dressed divi
sions of the show which closed late
Wednesday.
With the passing of Mrs. Homer
Martin Monday, one more early pio
A flat $3 license fee for passen neer and settler on the Minidoka
The largest amount of marketing
ger automobiles and light trucks project has entered the great be turkeys ever shipped from Hermis
with no increase in the gas tax, is yond, leaving sorrowing relatives ton has moved during December
favored by Hal E. Hos, secretary of and friends as the last chapter of through individual buyers, and asso
state.
her useful and beautiful life’s work ciation pools. The Eastern Oregon
The secretary, in an address be is closed.
Turkey Growers' association pool on
.
fore the annual convention of Ore
Mrs. Martin’s last illness was of December 7-8 shipped 92,538 lbs.,
gon county judges and commission short duration, she having been con and on December 13. 31,897 lbs
ers in Portland late Monday, declar fined to her bed only five days. were shipped, making a total of
ed that Oregon can reduce the licen Since Mr. Martin's death in August, 114,435 lbs. which filled five big
se fee to $3, and at the same time 1928, she has made her home with refrigerator cars to capacity. This
maintain its highway program and her daughter, Mrs. Effie Cunning does not include the poundage pur
meet its highway indebtedness.
ham, but made extended visits to chased by the Hermiston Produce
A ten-fold plan which he said he homes of her sons in Nebraska and Co., which has bought 19,000 lbs.
prepared from his experience as ad Oregon, and her daughter in Wash this marketing season.
ministrator of the motor vehicle ington.
Many purchases made by indivi
registration act and the gasoline tax
Returning here to her old home, dual buyers are not included in this
laws, was explained by Hoss. It is: November 2. Mrs. Martin enjoyed statement of poundage, which would
1. Registration fee on private her daughter’s care and her friends’ bring it to a still higher level. With
passenger cars and small private visits for the past month. She has the check that it is possible to make
trucks, of $3 each, with no half-year enjoyed her association with the P. there has been 186,987 pounds of
discount.
E. O. chapter greatly and with the marketing turkeys shipped to out
2. No increase in gas tax.
members of her Sunday school class. side markets from Hermiston dur
3. License of trucks on weight For forty-five years Mrs. Martin has ing November and December. This TASTY CHRISTMAS COOKIES
basis.
been a faithful member of the Meth is the largest amount known in the DESCRIBED EI NEW LEAFLET.
4. Adjustment of additional fees odist church.
history of the project.
Christmas rolls, brown sugar
now charged to coommon carriers,
Prime birds in the December 7-8
Her maiden name was Lida Hayes
Christmas
cookies, Christmas crisps,
contract haulers and commercial and she was born April 13, 1854, at shipment made by the association
Christmas orange cookies, Christmas
carriers.
Celina, Kansas, her age being 78 averaged 80 per cent, of the lot, and
5. Counties to raise their share of years, 7 months, and 22 days.
prime birds for the December 13 ginger nuts, Christmas English gin-
gertread, and Bavarian Christmas
income by property tax on cars.
With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. shipment averaged 76 per cent.
6. Equalization of tax on distil Enos Hayes, she went to Norborone,
In each shipment made by the as cookies are only seven of the 20 dif
late and gasoline, all motor vehicle Carroll county, Missouri, in 1869. sociation at least 40 cases were ship ferent cookie recipes contained in a
fuel to be taxed 4 cents a gallon.
She taught school for five years in ped by freight as overflow from the revised mimeographed leaflet an
7. Repeal of refund provision of Missouri and while a teacher in cars. Five full cars have been sent nounced by Miss Claribel Nye, state
fuel tax law, abolishing department Corning, Missouri, met Homer Mar to markets through pools made by leader of home economics extension,
Corvallis.
handling that work, or enact strict tin, to whom she was married July the association.
The three types of cookies—rolled,
regulations increasing appropration 21, 1874, Here two children were
Growers were paid 10 cents down
for investigation and field works
payment for birds shipped through ice-box and drop cookies—are de
horn.
8. Discontinuation of registra
They lived In Corning until March the pool and will receive the re scribed and the three methods of
tion of tourists, abolishing depart 1880, when they moved to Bloom mainder as soon as the birds are mixing cookies are explained in this
leaflet.
ment handling that work.
ington, Kansas. Four of their child marketed. There is a demand for
Colored sugar, nuts, whole or
9. Putting into effect automatic ren were born at Bloomington. They medium and small birds this season,
ally savings in administration of left Kansas In 1889 to make their and it is evident that that demand chopped raisins, dates, prunes, goose
berry jam, caraway seed, candy cov
registration and police departments. home at Stella, Neb. It was here will increase.
ered
cocoanut, little candies, frost
10. Change of registration year an infant daughter was born but
Many commercial birds were sold
from July 1 back to Jan. 1, making lived only a few days. Gertrude, locally at 10 cents to growers and ing, or chocolate may be used to dec
orate cookies, points out this bulle
the first registration period from another daughter, died many years local consumers.
tin. The gingerbreadman with rai
o
e
July 1, 1933 to Jan. 1, 1935, for ago.
sin eyes delights children. Dip the
which motorists would pay $4.50,
Leghorn Makes Record.
In 1900 Mr. and Mrs. Martin
cutter in flour and cut the shapes
and thereafter $3 a calendar year.
moved to Abilene, Kansas, and seven
A White Leghorn hen, one of
Such a plan, Hoss believes, would years later in 1909, came west going those being trapnested at the "Vi- close together to avoid an unneces
keep 10,000 Oregon motorolsts from to Seattle, Wash. In the same year gorbllt” hatchery, layed 26 eggs in sary amount cf trimmings. Cookies
buying their licenses in Washington they came to Minidoka project settl November, and so far in December made from the trimmings will differ
end California. The average auto ing in Minidoka county and this has has not missed a day. N. J. Van- in texture from the others because
of the additional flour that must be
mobile would yield a property tax, been home for twenty-five years.
skike opened the local hatchery a added.
he believes, of S7.33, with which
As a mother she merited the love year ago and has turned out some
the counties would pay the road and obedience of her children and fine stock.
Toy Shower Friday.
money in lieu of their present one- has lived these many years in the
The American Legion Auxiliary
third of the motor vehicle license consciousness of their affection and
Weather Report.
will hold a toy shower and pot luck
fund.
their allegiance. This was her great Date
Max. Min. dinner Friday night in the Odd Fel
Hoss estimated the plan would est joy. She left this earth for a December 8 ..... ................ 18____ 6 low hall, starting at 7:00 p. m.
produce more than >9,100,000 which better country with firm faith in December 9 ......... ............ 17.,., -10 These toys will be used for Christ
the highway commission has de the abundant life secured for her by December 10 ..... ................. 18. .. -10 mas gifts which will be put in boxes
clared is necessary. This is made up her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. December 11 ..... ................. 17.... -14 and distributed locally by the orga
as follows: Total registration fees
Funeral services were conducted December 12 .... ................. 22. .. -4 nization. Each member is asked to
$1,799,109 on the basis of this Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock December 13 .... ................. 23.. -8 bring cup, plate, and silver. A short
year's registration; motor transport at the Methodist church with Rev. December 14 .... ................. 24 ... -7 program has been planned.
fees $394,414; gasoline taxes $5,- Victor Phillips in charge, who de-
%—C
906,030, for a total net revenue of livered the funeral address. His
$7,480,292. Hoss said additional rev text was taken from the eleventh
enue through saving and income
(Concluded on page Three)
would amount to $2,087,000, mak
-
-e u
ing the total income of $9,567,292.
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Earlier in the day Leslie M. Scott
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chairman of the highway commis ♦
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SCHOOL
NOTES
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sion, had warned against drastic cut
ting of license fees, declaring It ♦
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would wreck the highway program. $606 $90 0$ 4 * 6 6 6 •
The first basketball game of the
But, he said, “th first duty of all of
us Is to ease, as best we can, the sea son for the Hermiston high will
terrific tax burden of the people be played Wednesday. Dec. 21, at
whose servants we are. New projects Echo, with Echo. The game sched
we shall have to defer until taxpay uled with Umatilla for Friday was
ers are better able to pay for them. postponed because of illness.
An assembly program will be put
Maintenance we shall have to con
on
by the Freshman class Friday,
tinue under the best makeshifts of
IHOPE HE
Dec. 23. There will be no regular
economy.”
AINOS A
Charles V. Galloway, chairman of classes that afternoon as It is the
the state tax commission, discussed beginning of the Christmas holidays.
the tax situation in Oregon In the Other programs will be given by
absence of Governor Meier who had grade students.
Teddy Leavitt, state evangelist
been scheduled to speak.. — East
who is speaking at the Hermiston
Oregonian.
Union church, and his assistant Miss
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Glenna Stephens, visited school Wed
Eastern Star Elects.
The local Order of Eastern Star nesday. Mr. Leavitt talked to the
elected the following officers Tues students and Miss Stephens made a
day night: Edith Clarke, worthy ma chalk drawing, illustrating Mt.
tron; Frank Sloan, worthy patron: Hood.
thAS'rT-
Dr. A. E. Marble will be one of
Hattie Hamm, associate matron:
wills.,.
Claud McCall, assocoiate patron; the main speakers at the P. T. A.
Catherine Garner, secretary; Wini- meeting Wednesday. December 21.
fred Norton, treasurer; Alva Ber He will speak on the subject of
ry, conductress; and Rena Water "Health and Physique of School
Children.”
man, associate conductress.
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The Christmas holidays will start
George Clark of Little Rock, Ark., December 24 and school will not be
who saw the advertisement of the resumed until Tuesday, Jan. 3, ac
Clark Lumber Company in Sheldon, cording to Supt. McAtee. Many of
la., visited the office and found his
brother, whom he had not seen for the teachers will spend the holidays
DECEMBER 15. 1832
years.
with their parents.
COLORED
CHARAC
TERS FURNISH COMEDY.
Maneuvers of End Men Create Much
Merriment ; Four Dark Knight s
Give Harmonious Numbers.
The "Tombigee Minstrells" pre
sented by the Hermiston high school
students and townspeople last Fri
day night furnished two hours of
rollicking entertainment for all those
who filled the high school auditor
ium. More than 32 persons took
part in the presentation, including
the orchestra, band, glee club, and
chorus. and the Four Dark Knights
quartet.
The curtain rose on a stage filled
with chocolate colored, smiling dark
town chorus folk singing a southern
medley. Music t nd comedy wore
furnished throughout the program
by thè end men. ladies, and chorus.
Comedy was made at the expense of
many local people; the doctors
seemed to furnish considerable ma
terial.
"Rastus" Melvin Follett, one of
the end men described his sweet
heart to the Interlocutor, Clarence
Henning, and whch he had finished
it appeared that this said sweetheart
(Bruce Follett attired as a girl)
had been in the audience and ap
peared to be coming toward the
stage. Rastus was overjoyed and
received her with open arms. Their
maneuvers created much merriment.
Other end men and women in
cluded Jones Arnott, Alexander
Evans, Rufus Serrell, Liza Attebury,
and Mandy Shutter. Each kept the
fun of the minstrel at its high pitch.
During the intermission, a read
ing entitled, "Nathaniel at de Foot
ball Game" was given by "Liza Ann”
(Mrs. W. ) Dyer, which was well-
received and typical of the first im
pression of a freshman at a football
game.
Tap dancing numbers enlivened the
performance and brought down the
house in applause. The artists were
Mrs. Bobby Brown and Clarence E.
Henning.
The Four Dark Knights and min
strel chorus brought the entertain
ment to a close by giving several
harmonious numbers. The Dark
Knights consisted of Ben Gerking,1
Al Quiring, Elwin Knapp, and Mel
vin Follett. Mr. Cerklng made the
quartet music possible by coming to
Hermiston for the performance from
his home in Pendieton. Apprecia
tion of his assistance was expressed
by Mr. Knapp, director, at the close
of the performance. Other persons
were mentioned by Mr.. Knapp as
having helped make the minstrel n
success.
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Somebody Is Coming
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SUBSCRIPTION. $2.00 PER YEAR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRESENT ROLLICKING
MINSTREL FRIDAY
CHOCOLATE
SAMPLE COPY
CO-OP GAS MEETING
ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER 30th.
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The special meeting called by the
Farm Bureau Co-operative for Dec
ember 13th for the purpose of amend
ing the by-laws permitting the es
tablishment of a gas and oil station
was adjourned to Friday, December
30th, at 1:30 P. M., in the Metho
dist church. Lack of sufficient mem
bers present to constitute a quorum
made it necessary for the president
of the board of directors, P. P. Sulli
van, to ask for an adjournment.
The proposed amendment provides
for the establishment of a gas and
oil station, to be operated on a pa
tronage refund basis instead of the
precent cost plus two per cent sys-
tem, which would be abolished.
Special stress was laid by the sec
retary on the importance of the
meeting, and all members are urged
to be present whether in good stand
ing or otherwist, as each and every
member should have an opportunity
to join in the discussions to be held.
There will be discussions for and
against the patronage refund meth-
d of opr ration and also concerning
the two per cent, revolving fund.
ALTO DRIVERS LICENSE
EXAMIFATION SCHEDULE SET.
Martin Redding of Salem, will vi
sit Hermiston once a month during
January, February and March, to
give examinations for operators and
chauffeurs licenses, filling the va
cancy left in this territory by the
death of Al. J. Rousseau, who died
suddenly of heart failure, shortly
after his last visit here.
Mr. Redding will visit Hermiston
Tuesday, Jani ary 10, February 7,
and March 7, as outlined in the new
schedule for the state put out re
cently by the state department.
These examinations will be given to
all applicants at the city library be
tween the hours of 10:00 a. m. and
5:00 p. m. on the dates mentioned
above. Books from which the exam-
inations are given may be obtained
free at the Herald office.
O'KELLEY-STEPHENS.
Marie A. Stephens and Floyd C.
O’Kelley were united In marriage
Tuesday, December 6, by the Justice
of the Peace In Pendleton at 3:30
in the afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Wal
ter Pearson witnessed the ceremony.
Mrs. O'Kelley, a daughter -of Mr.
and Mrs. F. R. Wright, has lived in
Hermiston for many years and has a
host of friends here who wish her
much happiness. She has been em
ployed at the Hermiston Hotel un
til recently.
Mr. O'Kelley as been a resident
of Hermiston for the past eight
months and is now employed in the
MacMarr store. He is the son of
Mrs. Josephine Dougherty,, who is
now in Lewiston, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. O’Kelley will make
their home in Hermiston for the
present.
OVER-CROWDED HEROS
LOWER PRODUCTION
AVERAGEIN NOVEMBER
TWO
HIGH
PRODUCING
COWS
OWNED BY E. 0. S. H.
Sixty-one Cows in Association Aver
age 40 Pounds Butterfat for
Month; 21 on Honor Roll.
The regular monthly report of the
Umatilla Herd Improvement associa
tion made by Albert Kennings,
tester, states that "due to the pre
vailing low prices for beef, many
unprofitable cows are being held in
the herds, thus lowering individual
herd averages, as well as the asso
ciation average."
Out of the thirty herds, there are
517 cows enrolled, of which 106
are dry. Total milk production for
these cows for November was 238,-
966 pounds, and 11,185.1 pounds of
butterfat. Sixty-one cows averaged
40 pounds butterfat.
The three high herds in the asso
ciation are owned by: The Eastern
Oregon State Hospital, Holstein and
Jerseys. 67, 638.7 lbs. milk, contain
ing 28.7 lbs. fat; Carl Anderson. G.
Guernsey, 17, 616.5 lbs. milk, 26.7
lbs. fat; and Nels Kristensen, pure
bred Jerseys, 5, 572.4 ibs. milk,
containing 36.7 lbs. fat.
High herds to date for the tenth
month since the beginning of the
testing year include: 67 grade and
pure bred Holsteins and Jerseys, E.
0. S. 11., averaging 6695.1 lbs. milk,
282.8 lbs. fat; 29 grade and pure
bred Jerseys, J. H. Reid, averaging
5355.8 lbs. milk, 277.9 lbs. fat; 13
pure bred Jerseys, C. C. Smiley, av
eraging 5408.0 lbs. milk, 295.5 lbs.
fat; 14 grade and pure bred Guern
seys, A. R. Coppock & Son, averag
ing 5969.7 lbs. milk, 281.1 lbs. fat;
9 pure bred Jerseys, L. C. Dyer, av
eraging 5811.6 lbs. milk, and 322.4
lbs. fat; 8 pure bred Jerseys. Joe.
Dyer, averaging 5055.6 lbs. milk,
and 282.1 lbs. fat.
The Eastern Oregon State Hospit
al herd has the distinction of having
the two high cows in the associa
tion for the month of November.
They are six year old Grade Jersey,
averaging 1143 lbs. milk, contain
ing 81.2 lbs. butterfat, and six year
old Bowllna, pure bred Jersey, aver
aging 1620 lbs. milk, containing 81.0
lbs. fat.
There were 21 cows listed on the
honor roll for November.
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Yule Excursions to Aid Travelers.
Plans for the greatest offering of
holiday transportation tn the his-
tory of its famous Dollar Day ex-
cursions have been announced by
the Southern Pacific company.
With fares cut to approximately
one cent a mile, Christmas excur
sions are to be operated December
22 to 26, closely followed by the
New Year sale, December 29 to Jan.
FORMER UMATILLA RESIDENT
2, according to the announcement.
DIES IN PORTLAND.
The return limit will be January 4.
All points served by Southern Pa
UMATILLA, Ore., Dec. 14 ("pe- cific in six western states will be
cial)—Josephine Fern Stephens pas covered by the excursion program,
sed away Wednesday, December 7, it was stated.
at the home of her parents in Port
land, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stephens.
She had been ill only a short while.
Mrs. Stephens was born in Pendle •
ALONG THE CONCRETE
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ton, June 5, 1903, and leaves her ♦
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parents, and a small 5-year-old son, 09999999********
Alva.
Life has its ups and downs. This
Mrs. Stephens lived In Umatilla week Ed Briggs is up, and Harold
several years ago and spent the past Pace Is down, in spirits. Edmond I
summer here. Her many friends In anticipating tho Christmas holiday
Umatilla expressed deep regret at when students are home from col
her passing.
lege,
nnd Harold
remorsefully
Funeral services were held Fri watched the stage pull out of tow
day, Dec. 9, at 2:00 P. M. in the new ! Tuesday, headed west.
Wilson Chambers Mortuary in Port
Wool fleece ought to be worth
land.
more by spring it the rite the rei
flannels are being handed out the«
UMATILIA PROJECT FARM
days. Mother nature has decided sh
1
will determine the styles, at leas
BUREAU HOLDS MEETING SAT.
for a while.
A small group attended the Uma
H. A. Pankow of our city polk ■
tilla Project Farm Bureau meeting force coming out of the Oregon
Saturday night in the Methodist | Harware whistling "Jingle Bells.
church, at which Roy Penney dis- The notes rang out as they bounce .
cussed the movoement against coop from one cold wave to another.
eratives, both state and federal. Joo
Some of the "blue" turkeys
Hawkins of Adams, who was to ap-
pear before the meeting, was unable brought in for the recent pool must
feel the effects of the depression.
to be prenant.
A vocal solo by Mrs. Bert Little,
Heard In Hunter's Cafe:
and a harmonica solo by Lee Veto
Customer: "What kind of pie have
were enjoyed by those present fol you ?”
Waitress: “Apple, cream, custard,
lowing the completion of the busi
ness session. Another meeting will I and prune."
Customer: “The prune ought to
bo held at a future date when It la be good."
possible for more members to be , Waitress: “It is, I had some yes-
present. .
terday.”
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