-"‘p Hrrmistun Hrraln
We must have muele and poetry
and we cannot think of a future
without their inspiration. — Mrs.
August Belmont.
Education is knowing what you
want, how to get it. and what to do
with it after you get it.—Howell.
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VOLUME XXVII
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NUMBER 30
HBRMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23. 1933
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Herald Circulation Increas ed to Over 1,000 Readers
PROJECT FARM
BUREAU ELECTS
OFFICERS FRIDAY
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STANFIELD NEWS
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FUNERAL FOR AUSE0N
HELD LAST WEDNESDAY
By Mrs. Jess Richards
The Ladies Aid met in the church
The following clipping from the
parlors Thursday afternoon. At the La Grande Evening Observer tells
close of the business meeting a mis of the funeral for Frank J. Auseon,
sionary program was presented. Mrs. former Hermiston resident.
F. B. Stuart and Mrs. F. S. Green
Funeral services for Frank J.
were joint hostesses during the so Auseon, age 60, who died unexpect
ROGER MORSE TALKS ON COST cial hour. Election of officers will edly of heart disease at his north
be a special order of business at the side barber shop Monday noon, will
OF PRODUCTION.
next meeting March 30.
be held Wednesday afternoon at 2
Mrs. A. S. Power was hostess to o’clock at the chapel of Walkers
Project Leaders Named ; Program
the H. E. club Tuesday afternoon Funeral Home with Ernest Ringo in
Arranged by Ladies; Park
at the F. B. Stuart home. Mrs. L. F. charge of the services. Burial will
Clean-Up Day April 7.
Wooster conducted the business be in the Masonic cemetery.
meeting at which time plans were
Mr. Auseon is survived by his
Officers for the ensuing year and made for various improvements in
widow and one daughter, Evelyn, of
project leaders were elected at a the grange hall. The afternoon was Baker, Ore., two brothers, W. M.
meeting of the Umatilla Project spent sewing quilt blocks.
Auseon of Akron, O. and George, of
Farm Bureau last Friday night in
The Pollyannas met with Miss Malvern, O.; three sisters, Mrs. Sar
the Methodist church. The following Lennä Waid Wednesday afternoon.
ah Laubacher, of Oxford, Cal.; Mrs.
officers were re-elected: H. J. Ott,
The Bu-wo-ha-tru io Camp Fire Helen Herman, of Malvern, O., and
president; A. E. Bensel, vice presi- group met Wednesday evening at
Mrs. Barbara Martin of Chicago.
dent; and C. M. Jackson, secretary the home of Mrs. Cora Olday. Heal
He was a member of the Barbers’
treasurer. .
th honors earned by following a union and has been a resident of La
Project leaders named were: J. rigid personal hygiene program for
Grande tor the last six years. He
W. McMullen, marketing; Dr. Theo. the past two months, were awarded
was born Oct. 14, 1872, in Carelton
Beletski, disease control; H. M. Som Members of the group include Doro
county, Ohio, and was married to
merer. finance; C. L. Upham, park; thy Shelton, Anna Hedrick, Patricia
Eva Maud McNichol Nov. 26, 1907,
A. E. Bensel, recreation and enter Richards, Doris Hutton, Nodine Rue
in Chicago, where he operated a bar
tainment; and Garnet D, Best, farm ber, Dora Leverenge, LaVerne Thor
ber shop for several years. Mr. and
organization. Other project leaders sen, and Eleanor Sires. Miss Mil
Mrs. Auseon and daughter Evelyn
remained the same as last year.
dred Peregrin is guardian and is as moved to Oregon in 1911 and resid
Following the business meeting a sisted by Miss Helen Fredrickson.
ed at Hermiston for 10 years, then
program arranged by the ladies of
The annual congregational meet moved to Portland in 1923. In 1927
the Farm Bureau, was presented to ing will be held in the Presbyterian
they came to La Grande and since
a full house. The high school orch church Sunday, March 26, at 11:00
that time until death he operated
estra gave several numbers followed o'clock. A good attendance is de
the North Side barber shop. .
by a reading by Rosemary Serrell. sired as problems relating to the
Edna Ott pleased with a violin solo, carrying on of church work will be
SON OF MRS. ARTHUR
accompanied by Fern Lindner. An considered in addition to the reg
Irish folk dance by three girls pre ular service.
PATROLS EARTHQUAKE AREA
ceded a number by the Follett boys,
Christian Endeavor members an
“Sweet Cathrine.” Other numbers ticipate an interesting meeting Sun
A letter from Oran Arthur, son of
followed consecutively: Reading by day evening at the church. A group Mrs. Perry Arthur of Hermiston,
Mrs. Vai Knauf; vocal solo, Mrs. J. of Union workers from Milton will who is in the Marine detachment on
S. Burnham; plano solo, Miss Golda have charge of the services. All who the U.S.S. Texas stationed at San
Mumma; vocal solo by J. A. Clarke, are interester are urged to attend.
Pedro, Calif., stated that "it is hard
Other business brought up at the
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Greathouse to realize that the once beautiful
meeting was an announcement by Pendleton visitors Saturday.
city of Long Beach is now in total
C. L. Upham that Friday, April 7,
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Odelpha Hoskins. Helen Connor, ruin.”
had been named as clean-up day at and Stanley Green, Oregon Statte
His letter, in part, continues:*
Columbia park, with a pot luck din students are spending the spring "We have patroled’ the city since
ner at noon. The club house will be vacation at ttheir respective homes we were rushed there to help dig
painted and there will be plenty of in and near Stanfield. Harold Reeves out the dead and injured. The in
work for everyone who turns out. stopped in Portland to receive me jured listed up in the thousands and
Mr. Upham requested that carpenter dical treatment for ear trouble while there is no definite count on the
tools be brought.
John Gibson, U. of O., is spending a dead yet. Cars ware demolished In
H. M. Sommerer announced that few days at thte home of his uncle the middle of the street from falling
orders for trees were coming into in Hood River.
buildings; streets were blocked and
the committee on tree preservation
Stanfield folk seen In Pendleton flooded from broken water lines.
and planting, and urged that all Tuesday include Mrs. D. R. Stark Everyone was terror-stricken and
those needing trees get their orders weather, Mra. Rees, Mre. C. D. Con they were running around wild.
in immediately. The Hermiston Com nor, Helen and Leonard Connor, Their homes were demolished and
mereiai club is sponsoring this tree and J. B. Runyon.
they hardly had any clothes. The
planting movement.
Messrs Carl Sturdivant, James city was dark because the plant bad
Roger Morse, dairy extension spec Lane, and Harold Shake, former blown up. It was all something I
lallst from O.S.C. at Corvallis, talked Stanfield residents who are now lo shall always remember."
on pastures and the factors that cated at Parkdale, were guests of
make up the cost of butterfat. Mr. friends and relatives here Friday.
Poultry Meeting Scheduled.
Morse states that a study started
Mrs. Evelyn Rees returned Mon
H. E. Cosby, poultry specialist
four years ago on the cost of pro day from Portland. .Her sister, Mrs.
from O.S.C., will conduct a meeting
duction by the dairy extension ser Jessie Furnish, came with her for a
In Hermiston Friday afternoon in
vice at O.S.C. showed an increase in short visit.
the library. All growers are request
dairy herds in Oregon in the past
William Fehr of Vancouver, Wn., ed to be present. Mr. Cosby will an
three years, and a decrease in the was greeting friends in this vicin
swer any questions and give other
cost of production from 50 cents per ity early in the week.
valuable information to poultry
pound of butterfat, to 36 cents. He
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Barager are growers.
further stated that the irrigated moving into the Hoggard home.
districts showed a lower production
Vernon Wald and Don Childs mo
cost.
tored to Walla Walla Wednesday for
Mr. Morse further illustrated with Mrs. Childs who has been receiving
figures how better pastures lowered medical attention for the past week.
Jack Bean will operate the J. S.
the cost of production, and urged
every dairyman to study his cost of Burnham ranch east of town this
summer.
production.
Charles Connor now has charge
An interesting report on the Uma
tilla Project Fair was given by R.C. of the Weetland R. R. section, hav
Todd, president. Mr. Todd held ing 14 miles of track to supervise.
hopes for another fair in 1933.
Miss Laura Wallace, who is a
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member of the Parkdale grade school
Miss Hummell Weds.
faculty, spent the week end at her
Lee Hummell announces the mar home.
riage of his daughter Miss Etta
The Stanfield Hi Junior-Senior
Hummell, to Lowell O. Stockard of play “With the Help of Scotty” will
Hermiston. The marriage took place be presented April 7.
on" Sunday, March 19, at a noon
Thomas Stewart, father of Mrs.
ceremony in Idaho. They will reside T. A. O'Grady, is reported to be ill
at Nampa where both are employed at his home near Hermiston.
at the State School and Colony.—
East Oregonian.
LARGE CROWD ENJOYS
Alfalfa
Fertilizers Tried.
REDMOND—An elaborate series
of alfalfa fertiliser tests has been
arranged for this season on the E.
L. Davis farm whee a new alfalfa
tract has been divided into .« acre
„plots for the test. One plot will be
given sulfur at the late of 50 lbs.
an acre. Another will get landplas-
Her at 100 pounds per acre in the
spring.
A third will receive such
an application of landplaster in the
spring and an equal amount before
the second cutting, while a fourth
will get super phosphate at the rate
of 100 pounds an acre. Ar unfer
tilized cheek plot will be kept.
County Agent Gus Hägglund is as-
elating In the test.
SILVER TEA FRIDAY
Approximately sixty guests at
tended the silver tea given by the
ladies of the Hermiston V n i o n
church last Friday afternoon, at the
home of Mrs. W. W. Felthouse. The
rooms were bright with large bowls
of daffodils. A splendid program was
enjoyed as follows: Reading by Mrs.
Waldo Dyer, Mrs. Wm. Hineline, and
Bill Jackson; a pianologue by Mrs.
James Clayton, accompanied by Miss
Myrnie Clayton; vocal solo by Mrs.
Henry Harger; and a vocal duet by
Mrs. Harger and Mrs. Maurice Juve.
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W. W. Felthouse made a business
trip to Portland the first of the
week.
HERMISTON MAY
BOAST OF NINE
ACRE HOP YARD
LOCKRIDGE WILL USE POLES FOR
HOP STAI D.
Crop Expected to Sprout Middle of
May; Small Cash Outlay Made;
Experienced in Hop Growing.
Hermiston may now boast of a
hop yard. O. T. Lockridge has pur
chased the old Bert Phelps place
southeast of town and is putting in
a little more than nine acres in hops
purchased from grewers in the Ya
kima valley. The ground has not
been farmed since 1916 and Is in
excellent condition Mr. Lockridge
says.
A small cash outlay has been
made, Mr. Lockridge says, as the
7200 poles were obtained for the
cutting, the name as were the hop
roots. Mr. Lockridge has been as
sisted by his nephew, and has esti
mated the cost at approximately
»150.
The poles have been placed 7 feet
apart and double planting made.
Training will be simple, Mr. Lock
ridge believes, because all the roots
will not shoot at the same time, and
he plans to take care of that him
self. He expects the shoots to start
about the middle of May.
Mr. Lockridge grew hops in Ya
kima for the -Maxee Co. for two
years, overseeing 73 acres, with
splendid results. He says that the
climate here is ideal with plenty of
sunshine, which will prevent insect
pesta from infesting the crop. Light
soil and plenty of water are also ad
ded factors. He says that the crop
will mature approximately a week
earlier here than it does in the Ya
kima valley.
Near hop drying time Mr. Lock
ridge plans to build a small dryer
but he does not expect a large crop
yield the first year. By trade, Mr.
Lockridge is a carpenter and has
worked on the project for 19 years.
His ability as a hop grower is known
in the Yakima valley.
ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULED
FOR ASPARAGUS GROWERS
The annual meeting for the As
paragus Grower’s association will be
held Saturday, March 25, In the li
brary at 2 P. M.
A discussion of the handling of
this year's crop will be held. Last,
year growers shipped to Kennewick
and last Saturday Lee Lampson of
that city spoke to growers here. All
growers are requested to be present
at this meeting.
FARM BUREAU AUXILIARY OB
MORE DISEASE RESISTANT
SERVES ST. PATRICK'S DAY
VEGETABLES DISCOVERED.
A most interesting meeting was
held in the club house in Columbia
park Friday, March 17, by the ladies
of the Farm Bureau Auxiliary, at
which time St. Patrick's day was ob
served with an appropriate program
The Irish motif was shown in the
display of shamrock, the blarney
stone, the wishing well, and many
beautiful and useful articles made
from
Farm Bureau Co-op. mash
sacks. Mrs. J. Jendrzejewski was
awarded first prize on pillow cases
and dresser scarf, anti Mrs. Clark
second prize on the best limerick.
During the meeting a vote of
thanks was given E. P. Dodd as presi
dent of the Hermiston Commercial
club for the interest shown in the
preservation and planting of trees
on the project. The Auxiliary made
it evident that they would be glad
to cooperate in any way In this
movement.
The Auxiliary gave a vote of
thanks to all who so ably assisted
in the Umatilla Project Farm Bur
eau
program given last Friday
night. The organization will pay the
Auxiliary for presenting this pro
gram and the funds will be used In
cleaning up Columbia park.
The next regular meeting will be
Friday, April 7, with Mrs. O. H.
Buell and Mrs. Jackson Harr acting
as hostesses.
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BUBAL RECREATION TO BE
STRESSED AT CONFERENCE.
Methods of improving community
entertainment throughout rural sec
tions particularly will be given a
prominent place on the coming
third annual Oregon conference on
home interests at Oregon State col
lege March 30 to April 1. This
phase of the program will reach its
peak in the presentation Thursday
evening of the winning one-act
plays from Lane and Jackson coun
ties in the final contest for state
honors,
Irving grange of Lane county and
Phoenix grange di Jackson county
wore judged best in their sections
and they will produce their one-act
plays at the State conference before
many delegates from other counties
who are going largely to study the
methods and results of rural recrea
tion and dramatics with an idea of
starting the program In their coun
ties next year.
This is but one phase, however, of
the three-day conference on home
interests which will take up many
economic matters related to homes
during this period of financial
stress. Reports are that many home-
makers and community leaders will
attend, one county reporting that a
chartered bus will bring its dele
gates.
More information on curly-top re
sistant varieties of squash and
pumpkin, but little new practical
developments with beans, tomatoes
and other susceptible vegetables,
was obtained from
last season's
field trials conducted through east
ern Oregon, according to a revised
circular of information on this sub
ject issued by B. F. Dana, federal
pathologist at Oregon State college.
Curly top disease, carried by a
minute leaf-hopper insect, is so
much of a limiting factor in vege
table production through eastern
Oregon. Washington and Idaho, and
periodically west of the Cascades a:
well, that the government has a
definite cooperative research cam-
palgn underway in an effort io re
duce its ravages.
Field tests at Hermiston branch
experiment station and in other
counties where farmers cooperated
with trial plantings, enlarged the
list of possible squash and pumpkin
varieties safe to be planted in curly
top areas, Dana reports.
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Among the true squashes the va-
rious varieties of the Marblehead
group are sufficiently resistant to
be grown where curly top occurs
even in severe form,
One strain
known as the Yakima Marblehead
is grown extensively in Eastern
Washington, and another known as
the Umatilla is used widely around
Hermiston. These are large squash
of excellent quality for table use
and good keepers. Banana and Hub
bard varieties are all very suscep
tible.
Among the true pumpkins the va
rieties of the Cheese group have
proved the most promising for do
mestic purposes and commercial
canning. These include particular
ly the Large Cheese. Sweet Cheese,
Sweet Potato and Calhoun, with the
first named appearing especially sa
tisfactory. Tennessee Sweet Potato
and the various Cushaw varieties
have
shown
marked
resistance,
Some field pumpkin such as the Big
Tom, Golden Oblong and Southern
Field show partial resistance.
Tests of hundreds of tomato va
rieties have tailed to reveal a single
one with practical resistance to the
disease, though beneficial cultural
methode have been found. With
beans, several pink and red field
sorts and the lima beans have been
found resistant, but the only small
white disease resistant bean yet
found is the Burtner Blightless |
which is used both for a snap bean |
and a field bean plantings.
PERSONAL MESSAGE
TO ALL MEMBERS
FARM ORGANIZATIONS
CIRCULATION COVERS COMMUN
ITY SERVED BY HERMISTON.
Farm Organizations Co-operate In
Plan; Subscription Rate Reduced
to $1.00 a Year.
Starting this week and contin-
uing througout the year, the Her-
miston Herald will go into more
than a thousand homes carrying
news «of the happenings in every
community that is served by Her
miston. The paper will have thor
ough coverage in Boardman, Irrigon,
Umatilla, Stanfield, Echo, Lexing
ton, Holdman. besides the city and
route.
Every community is represented
by a correspondent whose name ap
pears under the community head
ing. Each correspondent welcomes
items of interest turned in.
Each new reader is a bona fide
subscriber and was obtained through
a cooperative pl n worked out with
the Farm Bureau Co-operative of
Hermiston, Grange Co-operative of
Stanfield, Umatilla Co operative
Creamery, Fasterr. Oregon Turkey
Growers, Irrigon Crange, and the
Stanfield Crange. Every member of
each farm organization will receive
the Herald as a weekly visitor in
their home. Three columns in the
paper have been devoted to news of
interest to the membership, special
meeting notices , and comments.
These columns are edited by repre
sentatives from the various organi
zations under the agreement with
the publishers of the Herald.
It is the wish of the heads of all
these farm organizations that the
membership follow “Farm Co-opera-
tive Division” carefully every week
because Of the important messages
it Will contain. Meeting dates will
be announced there and timely in
formation to dairymen, poultry and
turkey growers, asparagus growers,
and those interested in the many
other numerous agricultural lines.
There will be a message in these
columns every week.
With this week's issue the Herald
subscription rate for one year has
been reduced from $2 to $1. This
permanent rate has been made pos
sible by the doubling of the circula
tion.
Seed Loan Applications Grow.
•HERITAGE OF THE DESERT’
TO OPEN SUNDAY.
Guns will blaze and men will
fight for law and order on the
screen of the Oasis theatre Sunday
and Monday, when "Heritage of the
Desert.” a Zane Gray picture, plays
there. It is said to be one of the
best of the sort, for which Grey is
famous, and includes all the thrills
and excitement that go with his
films. In order to be certain that
the proper atmosphere would pre
vail throughout the picture, the en
tire troupe was taken to southern
Utah and northern Arizona for lo
cation scenes. It was in this coun
try that Grey laid most of his plots.
"Heritage of the Desert" is the
story of a young surveyor who is
sent out to check the boundaries of
a ranch. He meets a band of out-
laws who refuse to allow him to
complete his work.
A battle fol-
lows between the ranchmen and the
rustlers In which the surveyor be-
comes a hero In the eyes of the
ranchmen for his bravery and lea
dership against the lawless element.
One girl In particular is fond of him
and the story ends with the romance
completed.
Randolph Scott. Sally Blane. J.
Farrell McDonald, Guinn Williams
and Gordon Westcott are the prin-
cipal players.
two-reel comedy
featuring Donald Novis, two good
comedies, “The Dentist", with W. C.
Fields and "False impress ions" com
plete the program.
Stationed at Messner.
During the past two weeks Gar
net D. Best, assistant county agent,
has been busy making out seed
loans. Sixteen have already been
sent in and that many more are
ready to be sent in. according to Mr.
Best. At last reports there were
more than 100,000 applications in
at headquarters and the deadline is
April 30.
EPWORTH LEAGUERS ATTEND
HOOD RIVER CONFERENCE
A group of seven Epworth Leag-
uers will go to Hood River Friday
noon to attend a mid-year Institute,
returning late Sunday. They are
Romig, Morris
Maxine
Paul,
Pierson, (lark Paul, Harold Marble.
Mrs. R. H. McAtee, and Rev. O. W.
Payne.
Mrs. Cecil Kelley and Mrs. James
Todd motored to LaG rande Monday
where Mrs. Kelley visited her mo-
ther. Mrs. Pearson, and Mrs Todd
visited her friend, Mrs. Nell Morris-
on. They return
late Tuesday.
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ALONG THE CONCRETE
The Herald still retains its old
masthead even with its new sophis-
Heated increased subscription list.
They say that when you strike
bottom there
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is no place to go but
up—But t what a Jolt when you
hit. to say nothing of the laborious
upward climb.
Geo. Sale, whose foremanship as
It won't be long now until it will
head of the section at Hermiston,
be
legal to serve beer at choir prac-
was dissolved last week, will ba sta
tioned at Messner. Mr. Sale plans tice.
to spend week ends at home but will
"Women take to good hearted
not move his family until school Is men.” says a writer. Also from, say
— Boston Transcript.
out in the spring.