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===== Uhe Hermis fu ===== = VOLUME XXVII = .. == : .. : I ■ — NEW ROAD CONNECTS INLAND EMPIRE, COLUMBIA ROUTE. Rugged Country Traversed and Pro ject Being Finished After Many Difficulties. The Wallula cutoff, last big pro ject of the state highway construc tion program, is due to be complet ed on June 15 and work is being pushed forward rapidly at the pres ent time so that the date may be met. The new route, which will con nect the Columbia highway with the Inland Empire, is under con struction by the state highway de partment and the bureau of public roads under the federal aid system, and will meet the requirements of modern high speed traffic and an ticipated increases in traffic. The total width of the grade will be 32 feet, topped with 12 inches of pit run gravel. Two ten-toot traffic lanes are to be provided by the bir luminous macadam wearing surface. The maximum curvature is two degrees (2865-foot radius). An ad ditional safety factor Is offered mo torists by the non-skid type surface. The maximum grade is 5 per cent. Concrete Bridge Built. Two major concrete structures have been completed in Oregon and work has already begun on the third and last one, a half-width viaduct, which will cling to the face of a sheer cliff upon which there was insufficient footing for a full width grade. This structure will very nearly overhang the Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation company’s main line track to Spo- kane. One of the completed struc tures is an over-crossing which spans the railroad tracks at Uma tilla and is located at the junction of the Old Oregon Trail with the Columbia highway. The other is a concrete and timber bridge over the Juniper canyon, a deep ravine, dry for the greater part of the year, but a destructive torrent for a few days each spring, which enters the Columbia river four miles west of the state boundary. A concrete bridge crosses the Walla Walla river at Wallula, the eastern terminus of the Wallula cutoff. Oiled macadam roads to Walla Walla, and north through Pasco, meet the new road here. The distance from Umatilla to Walla Walla via Pendleton is 87 miles, The Wallula cutoff is 27 miles long and from Wallula . to 1 Walla Walla, 30 miles, thus the distance is shortened by this route approximately 30 miles. Rugged Country Traversed. The rugged country traversed ne cessitated heavy excavation and deep filling. The excavation was in creased slightly by the decision to locate the grade above the water level of the proposed Umatilla rap- ids power and development project However, - the point at which the heaviest cutting was encountered was controlled by lack of room be tween the cliffs ahd railroad track. During high water the river reach es part way up the railroad embank ment. Ninety thousand cubic yards of material were excavated in this cut alone, largely solid rock. The work was rendered more difficult by the proximity of the railroad, the highway grade being but a few feet distant and almost directly above the tracks at this point. The upper eight miles of the project closely parallels the railroad, mak ing it impossible to blast large quan (Continued on last page) FATHER OF GARNET D. BEST DIES IN GRANTS PASS. Garnet D. Best left Hermiston Saturday after receiving word of the death of his father, Isac Best, of Grants Pass, Ore. Mr. Best was born in Omehee, Ontario in 1861 and moved to Grants Pass In 1907 since / which time he was actively engaged in civic affairs of that city. Mr. Best was mayor of Grants Pass in 1925 and 192«. as well as being a direc tor of the chamber of commerce for a number of years. Mr. Beet is survived by his widow four children. Earl of Montesano, Wa„ Mrs. Violet Hanks of Portland. Mrs. Charles Pixley of Grants Pass, and Garnet of Hermiston. ■ - = ■ = . = ====== == ===== = HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY ELECTS OFFICERS. The Associated Students of Her- mis ton high school held the annual student body election last Tuesday afternoon to decide who should pre side over the student body next year. The majority of the contests were quite close and victories were gained by slight margins. » The race for presidency was won by Miss Edith Clarke, editor of the Bulldog this year, The contest was very close, the vote being: Edith Clarke 36; Fred Reeves 34; Dale Wells 12. The vice-presidency race was likewise close, Eugene Pierce winning that office as fol lows: Eugene Pierce 30; Melvin Follett 26; Anna Ray Martin 21; Edith Clarke 4. Three candidates were in the field for treasurer, An na Ray Martin winning by polling 34 votes. Julia Colpitts polled 23 and Edith Clarke had 24 supporters for the same office. Don Serrell was elected Secretary with 53 votes to 26 votes for Eunice Woughter. The destinies of the Bulldog, high school paper, will be directed by Betty Ralph who had 56 votes to Roy Dallman’s 25. Next year’s so cial manager will be Marjorie Sha- "er who won over Don Moore 55 to 25. Each year two yell leaders, a boy and a girl, are elected from the as sembly at large. Next year the ath letic teams will be cheered under the leadership of Sylvia Shutter and Allen Struthers. , UMATILLA AND HERMISTON GRADE BOYS TIE IN GAME. The Hermiston and Umatilla grade school baseball teams played an Interesting game from start to finish on the local field Saturday afternoon. The final score was 8-8. The teams were to play 7 innings which resulted in a 5 to 5 tie. They then agreed to play two extra in nings to play off the tie. Umatilla made 3 runs in the eighth, while they held the Hermiston boys score- less. With two outs in the last half of the ninth inning, Stuart Rankin of Hermiston knocked a 3 base hit with two men on bases, and then scored the tleing run on Rood's single. Both teams played exceptional Donovan baseball. Paul good coached the Umatilla grade boys while Clarence Henning had charge of the local boys. The lineups follow: HERMISTON AB H R 2 5 Rankin, M. 2b ............. 5 0 • Furrer, F.. p ................. 5 3 Rohde, C., lb ............... 5 2 1 Rankin, S., c ............... 6 2 0 Rood, G., ss ................. 3 0 0 Seeligar, cf ................... Roberts, C., 3b ..... ....... 2 0 0 Knauf, W., If ............... 2 0 0 Rohde, H„ rf ........... - 2 0 0 Marble, R., cf ...............+ 2 0 0 Coxen, F., If ................. 2 0 1 Moore, E., rf ............... 7 8 Totals ..... UMATILLA AB H R 1 5 Hiatt, c ...... -........ . 5 0 0 Dexter, W., If ...... - 4 1 Í Van Scholack, 2b . 3 1 2 Dexter, E., lb ...... 1 Arnold, T., 3b ...... Davis, ss .............. 1 Arnold. D., cf ..... 0 Montgomery, L., p 2 1 1 Cooney, rf ............ 1 0 0 Berwick, lb ......... 2 0 0 Bray, rf ................ 8 8 Totals ........ TENNIS TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK-END ON HIGH SCHOOL COURT SIX Owing to the illnes of the mother of E. B. Knapp, local music instruc- tor, all music plans tor the remain- der of National Music week will be cancelled. BREEDING STOCK NETS GROWERS $1,050. IN CASH PORTLAND TEAMS TO COMPETE FOR BOY SCOUTS ACTIVE AS FIRM BUYS BIRDS FROM ASSOCIATION. NATURE BECKONS. ALLEN TROPHY. The call of nature has found an 580 Birds, Weighing 7756 Pounds Echo Racqueteers Seeking to Retain answer in the hearts of local youths Were Pooled in Hermiston at Championship; Six Teams for Friday evening the members of 6:00 P.M. Monday Evening. To Compete. the local Boy Scout troop, under the Hermiston Union High school will play host to the schools of Umatilla county at the annual county tennis tournament which is to be held on the local courts this week end, May 12 and 13. The star players from Pendleton. Stanfield, Helix, Umatilla and Her- miston will gather forces to down last year’s champions from Echo. The award for winning the county championship is the Jack Allen Tro phy, a beautiful silver loving cup, which must be won three times to become, the possession of any school. The spirit of competition is great this year, and this fact coupled with the excellent material which will battle for the trophy should assure an interesting tournament. The tournament begins at 9:00 A. M. Friday morning with boys’ singles preliminaries. Hermiston high school will be represented by Dick Martin in boys’ singles; Dick Martin and Ed Bensel in boys’ dou bles; Margaret Felthouse in girls’ singles; and Margaret Felthouse and Mildred Phelps in girls’ dou bles. The Hermiston teams are in bet- ter condition this year than In years past and have won the ma- jority of their practice meets this year. Martin in boys’ singles has won from the Stanfield representa tive and has lost only to Houston, the Echo ace who took county hon ors for Echo last year. The boys’ doubles team defeated Stanfield last Monday 6-2, 6-2, in a one sided fray. Margaret Felthouse, girls’ sin gles player has won from Echo and Stanfield, but in play last evening fell in a match with Umatilla 3-6. 6-2, 5-7. The girls' doubles team has won all of its contests, thus giv ing Hermiston a line-up which will be hard to beat. School Warrants for Taxes. It is requested by the superinten dent and teachers of the Hermiston schools that local taxpayers use school warrants to pay their school taxes. Teachers are greatly incon venienced by being unable to’ cash their warrants and this cooperation of local taxpayers will be much ap preciated. Eighty-five per cent of the first half of school district 14 taxes may be paid by school warrants of dis trict 14, while district 9 school war rants may be used for full amount of district 9 school taxes. direction of Oscar Payne, their scoutmaster, plan to hold an over- night camp at the Umatilla Butte. While there the Hemiston scouts will be joined by a group from Uma tilla led by Deven Brown, Umatilla scoutmaster. .The boys will return to their homes Saturday after having made plans for attending the district Cam-o-Ral which is to be held three miles above Pendleton on the 19th of this month. Boys from the entire Blue Mountain Council, which in cludes all of Umatilla and Walla Walla Counties will be present at the Cam-o-Ral to take part in the many activities planned. Last Saturday Oscar Payne, Earl Watson, Kenneth Knerr, Paul Mar- ble, Frank Rodda and Robert Har- rls of Hermiston accompanied by a Umatilla delegation attended a field day program at the Cam-o-Ral site. Mrs. M. L. Watson accompanied the group to Pendleton in the capacity of chauffeur. EARL OLSON OF BOARDMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT. Earl Olsen, 25, driver of a state highway truck, died in a hospital in The Dalles Tuesday night from injuries received that afternoon near Condon when he crashed his truck into a ditch rather than strike a small automobile carrying two wo men. His legs wert mangled and ha suffered internal injuries. Olsen’s truck was loaded with hot tar for the highway. The machine overturned, crushed him under neath and Covered him with the scalding mixture. Earl Olson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Olson of Boardman, Ore. He leaves a wife and small daugh ter; his parents; one brother, Ray; four sisters, Della Pattie, Ivy, Elida and Norlne, and an adopted sister, Ivera. Funeral services will be In Board man Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. He will be laid to rest in the Board man cemetery. Will Handle Pendleton Battery. W. W. Holloway of Pendleton was in Hermiston Saturday making ar rangements whereby Jim Pearson of the Black & White Service station will handle a special heavy duty truck battery manufactured in Pen dleton. Mother’s Day The breeding stock of the Eastern Oregon Turkey Growers membership was pooled in Hermiston last Mon day evening. The local growers dis posed of 580 birds, weighing 7756 lbs. and netted 31050.15. The local birds brought good pri ces and were sold as follows: Prime hens. 413, weighing 5133 lbs., net ting 37 54.55; 86 Choice hens, weigh ing 1070 lbs, netted growers $128.- 40; 30 , Commercial hens, weighing 363 lbs., netted 336.30; and 51 Old Toms, weighing 1190 lbs., netted, growers 3130.90. Cash was paid for the birds at the pool. Lyle Tilden graded the birds and H. G. Rankin acted as cashier at the pool Monday evening. Oregon Savinar of Portland were the suc cessful bidders on the local pool which was shipped to Portland im mediately following receipt. 1933 CANNING SEASON , AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. LARGE NUMBER LOCAL PEOPLE RENEW DRIVING LICENSES. Harvey Payne was seriously in- jured last Thursday morning when a horse which he was bringing In from the field kicked him in the right bide of the abdomen. It was at first feared that Mr. Payne might be internally injured | but at this time he is getting along nicely, Mr. Payne left the house about 8 o'clock to bring the horse in to work, according to available Information, when the animal sud denly stopped and as Mr. Payne ap proached, kicket him. Mr. Payne was unconscious about an hour and it was about 9 o’clock before he was able to reach aid. The Dre. Mar ble. Johnson and Christopherson were in attendance. AI S | A large number of local people took advantage of getting their driving licenses renewed when C. M. Bentley, examiner, was at the Her miston library all day Tuesday. Ac cording to the schedule he will again be in the city Tuesday, May 30. Nearly 500 thrifty motorists are obtaining renewals each day, ac- cording to reports just received from Hal E. Hoss, Secretary ef State, and at this rate at least 12,000 persons are expected to have completed their registrations under the 50 cent fee during the four week period end ing June 9. The cancellation of all operators licenses on September 1 that were issued between 1920 and July 1, 1931, and the subsequent renewal of all types of drivers licenses each two years beginning on June 30, 1935, was decreed by the recent session of legislature. This means that all persons carrying original licenses. or duplicates of originals issued prior to July 1, 1931, must obtain new cards before September 1st of this year. Under the new law, which becomes effective on June 9, these licenses will cost $1, but under existing laws, this same license is selling for 50 cents and is valid for the same two year period, To obtain a renewal license be- fore June 9, the applicant should first read the questions and answ- ers that he is required to answer on a simple examination blank. These questions with their approved answ ers can be found In the Oregon Mo torist’s Manual, free copies of which are available at the City Hall, the county Sheriff's office, from news- papers, or by writing to Secretary Hoss. To finally get the license, the applicant must see an examiner who will supply the necessary blanks and forms for the completion of the application. Motorists are cautioned not to send renewal fees by mail to the Secretary of State as this form of registration cannot be accepted un til after June 9. Hundreds of such applications are being returned each day, costing both the applicant and the state extra postage. Asparagus canning this season compared with that of last season at the Hermiston Cooperative Can nery is nearly doubled, according to a statement made by O. L, Barlow, manager of the local unit. Aspara gus canning this year began April 21, two days later than last year’s opening date. During the month of April of this year 969 No. 2 cans were filled as compared with the 778 cans filled in April of 1932. This season's total to date is 2151 cans as compared with a total of 1204 cans taken care of during a similar period last year. Last year however, the local cannery was busy at this time canning a large quan- tity of salmon. The salmon canning has been delayed this year by the MONTHLY REPORT OF HERD lack of fish on the market. Mr. Bar- IMPROVEMENT MAKES SHOWING low expects shipments to begin as Co- soon as the high water on the Accordlng to the monthly report lumbla recedes. of the Umatilla Dairy Herd Im provement Association as submitted Lynch Improve» Herd. by the teeter, Al Kennings, 557 sows Chas. Lynch has obtained from were tested last month. A total of the E.O.S. Hospital a fine purebred 324374 pounds milk with 14440.3 Holstein bull calf to be used in pounds butterfat was produced. The building up his dairy herd. This high herd for the month was that of calf is from a cow which has an ot the E. O. S. Hospital, averaging ficial record ot over 800 lbs. butter 770.7 lbs. milk and 31.6 lbs. fat. fat for one year. Mr. Lynch has Second high herd for the month is some of the best Holstein dairy owned by Louis Keen of Athena, stock to be obtained, and he is con- This herd averaged 562.6 lbs. milk stantly working to improve his and 27.0 lbs. butterfat. The T. G. Gregory herd at Stan- herd. The addition of this fine bull calf to his stock Is in line with Mr. field ranks first In butterfat pro Lynch’s progressive farming pro duction since the beginning of the testing year. This herd moved up gram. into first position with an average production of 1961.8 lbs. milk and 101.0 lbs. fat, displacing the E.O.S. Hospital herd which averaged 2383.4 lbs. milk and 94.8 lbs. fat since the first testing month. The L. W. Owens herd at Pendleton ranks high est in the division for herds under twenty cows with 1302.3 lbs. milk, The two high cows of the month belong to the E.O.S. Hospital herd Chloe, a purebred 7-year-old, Hol stein is high cow of the association with 1713 lbs. milk and 75.3 lbs. fat to her credit. No. 49, a 7-year- old Holstein is second high cow of the month, producing 1656 lbs. milk and 71.2 lbs. fat. These two cows were the only two mature cows to make the honor roll In April. Nine- teen cows were eligible for the hon- or roll. Herds represented were E. O. S. Hospital, 12 honor roll cows; Chas. Lynch, 3 honor roll cows; T. G. Gregory, Wm. Schable, L. W Owens, and A. R. Coppock & Sons, with one honor roll cow each. The report shows that 5 ,unpro- ductlve cows were disposed of dur- Ing the month. New members to join the associa- tlon since last month are E H. Dun ning, F. L. Snyder, Carl Johnston, and Ernest Walchli. ECHO WINS FROM (Copyright, w w. a.* r === MISSION IN CLOSE GAME SUNDAY. Hermiston to Play Mission Next and Pendleton Meets Echo Sunday, May, 14. LEAGUE STANDINGS 2 0 1.000 Pendleton 1 .500 Hermiston .500 Echo ...... 1 .000 0 2 Mission ... Results of Sunday’s Games: At Hermiston 2, Pendleton '5. At Mission 7, Echo 11. The Pendleton Buckaroos jumped into first place in the Umatilla Coun y Baseball league by virtue of a 5-2 win over the Hermiston play- ers on the local diamond last Sun- lay afternoon. While Pendleton was : bowing its form to Hermiston, the Echo boys won from Mission 11-7 to tie Hermiston for second place in league standings and leaving the Mission nine to hold down the cel- ar for a time. The , Pendleton-Hermiston game was good throughout, the first five innings being scoreless. The sixth offered an opportunity for the teams ‘o score, which they both did. Hermiston gained six hits of Eag- les, Buckaroo hurler, while the Her- niston boys chased 11 hits. Both teams played good ball throughout, lermiston making but 3 errors to endleton’s 2. Next Sunday, May 14, the Her miston nine will be guests of the Mission team and will play at Mis sion while Pendleton will cross bats with Echo at Echo. Team members have been practic- ng at the local diamond every even- ing and by the end of the season lans will be seeing some of the best baseball ever played in this region. HERMISTON AB H R 0 . 3 Lynch ............ . 3 1 0 Tippy ........... . 2 0 • Hammon ..... 2 Woodard, R. 0 0 Mittlesdorf .. 0 0 Kopacz, J...... 1 0 Shafer ......... 3 0 Woodward, B. 2 0 0 Kopacz, H. .. Jendrzejewski 1 0 6 Totals PENDLETON 6 0 0 Nelson, C............................ 4 0 1 McKee 5 3 Trayer 1 1 Plugoff Masters 2 0 0 5 0 Bennett 5 1 Conlin 5 1 Vaughn 3 1 Eagles 3 1 0 Eheler Ice Plant on Umatilla River. Sullivan Appointed Justice. » HERMISTON NINE DROPS GAME WITH PENDLETON 5-2 S0M‘1HINGS5 (U2NINÓ Seriously Injured by Horse. According to word received Wed- nesday by P. P. Sullivan of this community. Governor Meier has ap pointed Mr. Sullivan Justice of the Peace for Hermiston. Mr. Sullivan fills the vacancy left by J. 8. West. Music Program Cancelled. : ■ SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933 NUMBER 37 WALLULA CUT-OFF COMPLETION SET FOR JUNE 15,1933 1 == - I ===== Herali Willard and Pearson are putting In an'ice plant on the south side of the steeli the Umatilla river bridge west of town. They are utili- zing one of the big springs which breaks out of the hillside just above the bridge for power and water. PILOT ROCK WINS OVER LOCALS IN GOLF TOURNEY. Fifteen members of the Hermis ton Country Golf club motored to Pilot Rock last Sunday, losing match play tourney 13 % to 31 * D. M. Deeter led the local divot dig gers with low gross of 81. Othe scores for the day were: Gerald McKenzie 82; James Tod 83; Sam 1 Moore 84; W. W. Felt house 84; Dr. Christopherson 8f M. T. Matott 86; Walt Pearson Frank Morgan, and George McKen zie 87; Chester Johnson 88; Jow Toole, Ralph Richards, and A. H. Norton 89; and F. C. McKenzie 95 The next scheduled interclu tournament is the annual count tournament which will be played a Pendleton Sunday, June 11. Fiv ■ teams. Including one from Hermi ton, will be present to compete fc • honors. ALONG THE CONCRETE “In springtime young men’s tai - ctes lightly turn to thoughts (Methinks this be from love . . Tennyson, but Cupid says, "See the back page. I've been around.”) The editor being on a vacation we respectfully dedicate all mis- takes in this issue to the forgotten man. It you could only hear the phone ring Friday morning you wouldn't think we’re forgotten.
