Without courage
truth, and without
be no other virtue.
VOLUME XXVII
571 Ohe Hermistun Heraln
NUMBER .A
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY,
SUBSCRIPTION. $2.00 PER YEAR
DECEMBER 22, 1932
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INFLUENZA HITS
COMMUNITY WITH
WIDE EPIDEMIC
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BOARD VOTES TO CLOSE SCHOOL
TUESDAY P. M.
Health Officer Suggests Cancella
tion of All Planned Public Gath-
erings; Epidemic on Increase.
The Hermiston schools were clos
ed Tuesday following the action of
the board that afternoon. Seventy-
two students were absent in the
grade school Tuesday and 28 from
high school, due to influenza, ac
cording to a report made by Supt.
R. II. McAtee.
The spread of the influenza epi
demic in this community is on the
increase and Dr. A. W. Christopher-
son, public health officer, makes
the following statement: “All plan
ned public gatherings for the next
week should be dispensed with. In
order to take all possible precau
tion against unnecessary spread of
the influenza epidemic.”
Christmas programs planned by
the Methodist church for Friday has
been cancelled. The regular Sunday
school and church services will be
held Sunday at the churches, ac
cording to announcements made to
day. Two of the churches are plan
ning to substitute a “white gift
Christmas” for the planned program.
The idea is to bring gifts wrapped
in white paper to the church for
distribution to homes or to the re
lief committee. These gifts will be
placed under the Christmas tree,
labeled as to contents. The Christ
mas spirit will be spread to many
homes in this way.
The influenza epidemic in Uma
tilla, Boardman. and Irrigon is now
under control due to the closing of
schools and dispensing with all pub-
lie gatherings possible. The Umatilla
schools have been closed for two
weeks, and the Reith schoolo, near
Pendleton, closed this week, accord
ing to Harvey DeMoss, principal.
Spread Over Oregon.
PROGRAM MARKS CLOSE OF
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES.
As the closing feature of a four
weeks evangelistic campaign, a pro
gram was given Monday night at
the Hermiston Union church by Miss
Glenna Stevens, artist, song leader,
and young peoples worker. Evan
gelist Teddy Leavitt closed his ser
vices for the Hermiston Union
church Sunday night and assisted
Miss Stevens in her program Mon
day before leaving on the midnight
train for his home in Eugene.
Miss Stevens gave several read
ings, vocal solos, and drew two pic
tures. She was assisted in the pro
gram by Mrs. J. M. Norton, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Clark, Elwin Knapp, and
Mr. Leavitt.
Miss Stevens left Monday night
following the program for her home
near Monmouth where she will
spend the holidays with her parents.
FIRE MARSHAL URGES
LOCAL STORES WILL BE CLOSED
ALL DAY MONDAY.
Local merchants will close
their stores on Monday follow
ing Christmas day. Sufficient
supplies should be purchased to
last over the two-day holiday.
Stores will be open late both
Friday and Saturday nights.
Seitz Home Burns.
The home of C. Seitz in Minneha
ha district was destroyed by fire
Wednesday night, December 14. A
defective flu is said to have been the
cause of the blaze which was not
discovered until it had enveloped
the inside of the house. Mr. Seitz
was returning from milking when
he noticed the flare about the chim
ney, and it had made such headway
that he was unable to save a thing.
The damage was not covered by in
surance. Mr. Seitz is staying at the
home of W. H. Starr.
PRECAUTIONS AT CHRISTMAS.
Salem, Oregon, Dec. 17.—As the
Christmas holidays draw near. State
Fire Marshall A. H. Averill reminds
us of precautions which should be
taken to insure the fullest enjoy
ment of these festivities which so
universally center about the home.
Up to a few years ago, before the
FireMarshal Department inaugurated
extensive campaigns against care
lessness, Christmas casualties result
ing from unsafe decoration and cele
bration practices were all too nu
merous and fatal.
First of all, the Christmas tree
should be placed several feet away
from any heating or lighting fixture
and fastened securely so it cannot
topple over. Lighted candles, even
in this age of electricity, sometimes
are used as ornaments on trees and
in windows, but since this is a ha
zardous practice it never should be
permitted. Many children and adults
have been burned to death in fires
originating in this way. Strings of
miniature electric bulbs are far saf
er, but care should be exercised in
their use, for short circuits and con
tacts of the hot bulbs with flimsy
ornaments are likely to start fires,
as are cheap cotton extension cords.
Ornaments that are either slow
burning or incombustible are recom
mended for trees and room decora
tions instead of paper, cotton or
other burnable materials. As an ad
ditional protection, costumes and
decorations may be partially fire
proofed with the following solution:
Two ounces of carbonate of soda;
two ounces of amonia carbonate;
two ounces of boric acid and five
gallons of water. The mixture should
be allowed to come to a boll and
then be strained and sprayed upon
the material to be protected.
STUDENT BODY ENTERTAINED
BY EVANGELIST & HELPER.
(From “The Bulldog”)
"Teddy” Leavitt, state evangelist,
and Miss Glenna Stevens, artist and
young people’s worker, entertained
the student body for half an hour
Wednesday, December 14.
Mr. Leavitt gave an instructive
talk, and Miss Stevens drew a pic
ture of Mt. Hood, which was given
to Mr. Knapp in appreciation for
the help given by the music depart
ment during the meetings.
Debate Team Selected.
(From “The Bulldog”)
Tryouts for places on the debate
team to represent Hermiston were
held Friday, December 16. Students
making the team are: Ed Bensel and
Don Serell, affirmative; and Mar
garet Felthouse and Mary Ward,
negative.
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CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank everyone tor
their kindness to our wife and moth
er during her illness, and those who
kindly helped us in our bereavement.
MR. AND MRS. GERALD WHITE
W. C. GROGAN 1
L. W. RUST
BULLDOG QUINTET
OPENS SEASON BY
SPLITTING GAMES
LOCAL
TEAMS
SPLIT
DOUBLE
HEADER AT ECHO.
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Seconds Win 13-4 While Regulars
Were Unable to Beat Echo In
First Game of Season.
The Hermiston high basketball
squad opened its schedule Wednes
day cvening on the Echo court by
splitting a double-header 13-4 and
8-12.
The opener, played between the
Hermiston and Echo second teams,
provided an abundance of thrills and
showed that the Bulldog reserves
have strength. The Bullpups, led by
Morris Mullins and Turke Doyle, set
tied down during the second half
and sunk baskets in rapid succession
much to the consternation of the
Echoites. Good defensive games
played by Clark Paul. Floyd Pierce,
and Jack Reeves enabled the Bull-
pups to win 13-4.
In the game between the first
teams which followed, the Echo
quintet proved too strong for the
Bulldog regulars by winning 12-8.
Time after time the Hermiston team
would get the ball under the basket
but scoring weakness kept the ball
from entering the hoop.
The Echo scuad opened the scor
ing with a shot from i ndcr the Bull
dog goal during the first quarter.
Bowman, Bulldog center, then even
ed the count but the quarter ended
4-2 fer Echo. -
During the second quarter the Ec
ho team gained a 10-4 lead which
the Bulldogs were unable to over-
come. The third quarter was fairly
even although the Bulklogs had pos
session of the ball the majority of
the time. With the score 10-6, at the
opening of the fourth quarter, the
Echo team took the ball on the tip-
off and scored its mast: basket of the
cvening. The count at the final
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A short program was enjoyed by
those attending the Legion-Auxilia
ry pot luck dinner last Friday night
in the Odd Fellow hall. Following
the dinner, Miss Myrnie Clayton and
Mrs. J. M. Norton played a piano
duet; and Patsy Best and Virginia
Todd entertained with the “Rain
deer” clog dance. Members of the
Legion failed to produce their num
ber'as promised but substituted by
leading in a half hour of assembly
singing.
At the regular business meeting
of the Auxiliary a committee of
three was appointed to see that the
Christmas boxes were packed and
delivered.
Members appointed on
the committee are: Mrs. Harry Kel
ley, child welfare chairman, Mrs. O.
D. Best, and Mrs. Lyle Tilden.
The next meeting of the Auxilia
ry will be Wednesday, December 29.
at the home of Mrs. Enos Martta.
The Legion and Auxiliary wish
to express their thanks to the Ore
gon Hardware & Implement Co., and
the Hermiston Drug Co., for the
gifts of toys to be used in spreading
Christmas cheer through the child-
welfare department.
The following article was written
for the high school paper "The Bull
dog” but due to lack of adequate
space in the paper, it was omitted.
The description is vivid and interest
ing, consequently it is being print
ed in the Herald.
The article follows:
“The following is a very brief de
scription of part of Wyandotte Cave,
located in the southern part of In
diana, about thirty miles from Lou
isville, Kentucky. This is by Rev.
J. O. Sibert, who spoke on the sub
ject before the Hermiston Union
high school assembly just after
Thanksgiving.
“With only a limited space it is
impossible to describe in any detail
many of the rooms of the cave, so
I am going to tell you a few tight
places I’ve been in, and which you,
too, would encounter in a trip
through the Wyandotte Cave.
“One of the first Is Fat Man’s Mi
sery. Nearly ail the different rooms
of the cave have picturesque names
—names which come either from the
person discovering them, or are def
initely descriptive of some charac
teristic of the place itself. In this
last class comes Fat Man’s Misery.
Many of you. even, might find
squeezing through it not so easy,
but it will seem ample beside some
of the other places, so I pass it hur
riedly. Near the end of what is
called the “Long Route" of the new
cave there Is what is really a test
of ones avoirdupois. Here, at the
entrance to Milroy's Temple, the
guide weeds out. to some extent, the
party. The passage of Worm Alley
is one not at all easy, even impos-
sible to some, and it would be ex
tremely unwise to allow anyone, foi
instance, who has heart trouble to
attempt it. Assuming that you art
possessed of a strong heart, we be-
gin. The mode of travel is creep
ing—back to babyhood you go.
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GRASS VALLEY
WOMAN OIES AT
DAUGHTER’S HOME
POST OFFICE WILL CLOSE
MEMBERS LEAVE FOR HOME
CHRISTMAS DAY AND MONDAY.
The
multitude of Hermiston
school children are celebrating
Christmas as never before. The rea
son perhaps, is that two-thirds of
the public school teaching staff
have packed their suitcases and left
tor extended visits over the holidays
with mother and dad.
A few of the teachers will remain
in town, however. Among those are
Henry Harger, Wallace Cochran.
Miss Jessie Brierly, Miss Eva Bart
sch, and Supt. R. H. McAtee.
Among those going away are Miss
Magdolene Buck, who will be at
home In North Dakota: Catherine
McBain. Vancouver, Wn.; Margaret
Elliott, Knappa. Or.; Ingrid Boling,
Portland; Esther Sibert. Colfax,
Wn.; Mary Petri, Portland; Rachel
Sloan, Stanfield;
Minnie Holm.
Minnesota; Clarence Henning, Rosa
lia, Wn.; and Elwin Knapp, Hood
River, Or.
It has been announced by Mrs.
Leila Phelps, local postmistress, that
“the Postmaster General has an
nounced all city, village, and rural
carrier deliveries and window ser
vice will be suspended on Christ
mas day and the following Monday.” MOTHER OF MRS. G. WHITE
SUCCUMBS AFTER ILLNESS.
Consequently, the public should
make every effort toward having all
Christmas matter mailed and de Funeral Services Held Tuesday At
livered before that day. Special de
Prann’s Funeral Parlors; Inter
livery parcels will be delivered and
ment Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
mail received on both days will be
Funeral services for Mrs. L. W.
distributed in the post office boxes,
Rust were held Tuesday, December
as usual.
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20, in the Prann Funeral Parlors at
10:00 A. M., with Rev. W. E. Jones
ANNIVERSARY OF STATE OF
conducting the service. The body
OREGON CELEBRATED.
was taken to Heppner where inter
ment was made in the Masonic ceme
The seventy-fifth anniversary c tery.
the creation of the State of Oregon
Mrs. Rust passed to her last re
as well as the fiftieth annivcrsar
of the City of Medford, will be fit ward Sunday night, December 17,
tingly celebrated in Medford, Orc after a serious illness extending over
gon, during the second week in June a period of three years. She has
1934, according to plans releasee spent the greater part of the last
here today by the Medford Chamber three yeare of illness in Hermiston
of Commerce, and an invitation t with her daughter, Mrs. Gerald
the citizens of this area to attend White, and passed away In the Her
miston hospital where she had been
ne celebration was also received.
receiving care for the past three
Committees to prepare for the bi weeks.
celebration have already been ap
Louise Rust was lorn in Spring-
pointed by the Medford Chamber, field, Illinois. March 11, 1884, and
and will begin at once to prepare was but 4 8 years, nine months, and
plans for the big event, which has
six days old at the time of her death.
been announced at this time in or
She was married to Chas. Grogan,
der to insure the priority of the Pear June, 1901, in Webb City, Montana,
City in staging the official Diamond
where she lived until August.
Jubilee celebration for the State of She moved to Heppner, Or., in Aug
Oregon.
ust, 1912, from Ava, Missouri, and
Medford, and Its neighbooring ci then lived in Portland, Or., for a
ty, Jacksonville, are admirably sit number of years. She was married
uated for the proposed jubilee, the to L. W. Rust of Grass Valley, Or.,
former being a modern, well-equip In March, 1928. She had spent the
ped city, and the latter, one of Ore greater part of the last three years
gon’s oldest and most historic com of illness at Hermiston, staying with
munities. The combination of the her daughter, Mrs. Gerald White.
old and the new will enable the
Mrs. Rust is survived by her hus
thousands oof visitors expected to band, L. W. Rust of Grass Valley,
attend the event to compare the ad Or.; one daughter, Mrs. Gerald
vancement of Southern Oregon over White of Hermiston, Or.; one son,
a period of nearly a century.
W. C. Grogan of Sequiam, Wn.,’ her
In addition to the celebration it mother, Mrs. Louisa Currier of Kan
self, the city of Medford Is planning sas City, Montana; two brothers and
on extending invitations to a large sisters, all of Montana.
number of organizations to hid their
1934 qpnventions in that city, in NUT ORCHARDS PROFITABLE
the hope of making the entire year BUT COSTLY TO ESTABLISH.
of 1934 a jubilee year in southern
Oregon.
Walnut growing is one farming
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enterprise still showing fair profits
CAST OF ELEVEN CHOSEN FOR even under present adverse condi
tions, general reports indicate, hence
THREE-ACT FARCE.
there Is considerable interest In the
(From “The Bulldog")
business.
"If you are contemplating suicide,
It is a long road and a fairly ex
come to me for instruction. Don’t pensive one, however, from raw land
be a bungler. Do it with dispatch.”
The seniors will tell you how in that to a 12-year old bearing walnut or
uilarious farce "The Suicide Special chard. points out A. 8. Burrler, farn
ist” to be presented In the early part management specialist at Oregon
of February, under the direction of State college who is conducting in
Miss Sibert, class adviser. Come and
see Dr. Milton lead his patients to cooperation with the federal depart
the very brink of death in all its ment of agriculture an economic
study of walnut growing, started at
horror.
Practice has already begun and the request of the organized grow
the play promises to be a good rep ers.
resentation of the last stand of ’33.
To bring an orchard to profltabl
The cast is as folrows:
bearing, which is ordinarily If
Miss Randolph ......... Juanita Wells
Marlon Bedford ......... Lottie Knauf years of age. costs a total of $341
Dr. Chas. Milton .... Glenn Hamman per acre, according to records ob
inspector Nolan ........ Eugene Hanby tained from 4 1 grower’. Of this
Prof. S. Mansfield ..... Charles Wells amount $151 per acre is the firs'
Clara Kingston, Margaret Felthouse
year’s operations, and $14.19 pe
Madame Natchi ......... Mary Ward
Robert Wareham ....... David Arnott acre Is the annual cost thereafter
Ralph Norwell ......... Glenn Pierson granting that other crops are grown
Fannie Falmouth ....... Rachel Buell I between the trees to cut down the
Lila Beverly ..................Beryle Clark I cost.
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All of this is not cash cost, ot
Time to Poison Sparrows.
course, particularly in the case ot
Now is the time to poison the an orchard grown on a general
Sparrow, according to Assistant farm. The average cash outlay foi
County Agent Best. The formula for growing costs was found to be $75
poisoning wheat which may be put I per acre, mostly accounted for in
out for the pests is available at the i trees, taxes and hired labor. A pre
County Agent’s office. The birds liminary report of the study is avail
carry disease and arc the most harm able free In mimeographed form.
ful In this way.
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Dividend Paid by Creamery.
A dividend has been paid to mem
bers of the Umatilla Cooperative
Creamery for the first half of 1932,
to the amount of $3000. Checki
were mailed to members this week
In time for Christmas shopping, B.
E. Sykes, manager, said.
FAKE CROP RACKETS MEET
HARE SLEDDING II OREGON.
Fake crop rackets have become in
creasingly unprofitable in Oregon in
recent years as farmers have learned
to seek unbiased information, usu
ally available from the extension
service or experiment station, be
fore putting out good money for
“miracle" crops, reports O. R. Hy-
slcp, head of farm crops at Oregon
State college.
“In the old days a promoter could
get into a district and unload a lot
of fake material and be gone before
responsible agricultural authorities
heard about it,” says Hyslop. "Wi
der use of farm newspapers, the ra
dio, and extension and research
workers have done much in Oregon
to prevent these rackets getting very
far.”
CAVE GIVEN STUDENTS.
Max. Min.
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HERMISTON TEACHING STAFF
Influenza in probably the most
virulent form since the plague of
1918, now is sweeping over Oregon
and southwestern Washington, heal
th officers in the two states said
today. Schools have been closed and
the sick list is estimated at several
thousand. Three deaths were re
ported from The Dalles within one
week.
Whole families have been stricken
with the influenza here and some
are quitr severe. It has not reached
the point where quarantine is neces
sary but everyone is requested to use
every precaution in preventing the
spread of the epidemic.
DESCRIPTION OF WYANDOTTE
Weather Report.
Some bachelors never had a
chance; some never took a chance.
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Subtlety and Dramatic Action Mark
Current Feature at Oasis Theatre
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ALONG THE CONCRETE
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Two outstanding qualities of "At
torney for the Defense,” picture
showing at the Oasis Theatre Friday
Saturday, and Sunday, contribute
much of entertainment value that
he film has—fine dramatic action
and subtlety. The two strike a nice
balance and the result is an attrac-
Ive film for everyone.
Suspense is maintained through-
ut the picture and one is kept gues
ting as to the outcome until the last
iene. Edmund Lowe, who heads the
zast as the great attorney. Is also
great lover. He is true to character
and gives the necessary touch of
realism to the role. Other members
who give especially good performan-
es are Evelyn Brent and Constance
Cummings.
On this same bill there Is a good
two-reel comedy and a Krazy Kat
cartoon.
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Well, weil cither have beer by
Christmas or have beer as usual.
Judging by the vote in the Housr
on the Collier beer bill, we migli
suppose that It’s wet enough for, the
lame ducks to take a real swim.
Technocracy, the latest thing it.
philosophies of government, has
taken the nation by storm, but
we’re still hoping that Santa Claw
beats it to Hermiston.
O. O. Felthouse and "Hesey” Wat
son have been coming home all tired
out every night this week. That is
the story they tell their wives.—
How do they get by with It? A11
they do Is sit In a school bus and
drive It forward and then back up
a few feet while the other men do
the real work of putting in the sum
mer’s Ice. We would say that their
story is nothing but a "cullud" tale.