Roosevelt is the worst
president
the pessimists ever had. — Atlanta
Journal.
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REV. W. A. BRIGGS
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METHODIST CHURCH
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DUFUR, OREGON.
First Sermon Will Be Delivered Here
Sunday, July 9; Has Been An
Active Worker.
DUFUR, Ore., June 28 (Special)
—Rev. W. A. Briggs who for the
past three years occupied the pulpit
in the local Methodist church re
ceived the appointment last Sunday
at the annual Methodist conference
in Portland to the churches at Her
miston and Echo.
Rev. Briggs will deliver his fare-
V ell sermon this coming Sunday and
leave the following day with his
family to his new appointment.
While realizing that Mr. Briggs
eventually would be called to a lar
ger field the community is rather
upset learning that Rev. Briggs
leaves soon. He has been active in
every civic enterprise, beneficial to
the welfare of Dufur and endeared
himself to young and old with his
charming personality.
Mr. Briggs came to Dufur July
3, 1930, from the First Methodist
Episcopal church at Molalla where
he served as minister while complet
ing his theological training at Kim
ball School of Theology at Salem.
He is a graduate of the College of
Pacific, Stockton, California, where
he obtained his A. B. degree, later
receiving the degree of Master of
Arts in religious education and
Bachelor of Theology.
Rev. Briggs’ has three of his four
children attending school and dur
ing the entire last session they ap
peared monthly on the honor roll
for high scholastic standing.
Mrs. Briggs is a graduate of Chi
co State Teachers college of Califor
nia where she received training in
religious educational work, which
she uses to excellent advantage in
assisting her husband in his church
work.
Mr. Briggs’ great weakness for
hunting and fishing will receive con
sidération in his new field at Her
miston as in that vicinity some of
the finest fishing streams in the
state flow.
The new minister will be appoint
ed from the Southern California con
ference and is not expected to ar
rive until the latter part of July.
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Mrs. Garnet D. Best was elected
président of the Hermiston Unit of
the American Legion Auxiliary for
the coming year, at the last meet
ing, which was held last Thursday
at the home of Mrs. B. S. Kingsley.
Before the business session opened a
pot luck supper was enjoyed by fif
teen members.
At the beginning of the meeting
the president, Mrs. A. W. Christoph
erson, called upon Mrs. Logan Todd
to read the Unit history which had
been completed up to date. Mrs.
Todd was complimented for her dili
gent work in keeping such a splen
did record of Unit activities.
Plans for a benefit dance to be
held at Umatilla were discussed, and
a committee appointed.
Mrs. Christopherson, Unit retir
ing president, consented to run as
a candidate for president of District
No. 2. A letter from Mrs. Florence
Harvey, district publicity chairman,
voicing her approval of Mrs. Chris
topherson’s candidacy, was read at
the meeting.
Mrs. Christopherson was elected
as a delegate to the state convention
to be held in Klamath Falls Aug
ust 9-10, with Mrs. Garnet D. Best
as first alternate, and Mrs. O. K.
Mudge as second alternate.
The meeting Thursday was the
last until July 22d.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
Peter Castrlc. vice president; Mrs.
Lyle Tilden, 1st vice president; and
Mrs. O. K. Mudge, secretary-treas
urer. The executive committee con
sists of Mrs. Logan Todd. Mrs
James Todd. Mrs. J. S. Sage. Instal
lation will be held at the first meet
ing in September.
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of the past, and It is even possible
to think too ill of the present.—
Bertrand Russell.
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY JUNE 29. 1933
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HERMISTON BUSINESS HOUSES
WILL REMAIN OPEN MONDAY
The stores in Hermiston will not
close Monday before the Fourth of
July. This decision was reached at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Hermiston Commercial club Tues
day night when the subject was dis
cussed in view of the fact that this
was being done in near-by towns.
J. S. Burnham, vice president, pre
sided at the meeting in the absence
of President E. P. Dodd.
A road committee report was giv
en by O. O. Felthouse pointing out
that immediate action should be tak
en in the matter of securing an ap
propriation sufficient to cover cost
of oiling the diagonal road from the
Echo junction to the Wallula cut-
off highway, from the 6-million dol
lar federal money allocated to Ore
gon for highway construction. The
committee was given authority to
take any further action necessary.
The acting president appointed a
membership committee to collect
dues in order that the club’s obliga
tions might be taken care of.
At the - suggestion of one of the
members a motion was passed re
questing all business men to keep
their private cars off the Main
street on Saturday to prevent any
unnecessary condition of traffic.
Sixteen members were present at
the meeting.
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MORE FOREST MEN ARRIVE
IN UMATILLA COUNTY
A total of ten special trains car
rying men for the civil conserva
tion corps have gone through Uma
tilla during the past few days, four
of them coming through Hermis-
miston. Umatilla county is getting
its quota with 185 men arriving
from New York city at the Wilson
Prairie camp Monday. Fifteen of
thewoodsmen quota will complete
the, enrollment at this camp. Five
of them from this county left today
for the camp and the other ten,
from Grant, Wheeler, and Morrow
counties, will begin work at the
camp soon.
At the Mt. Misery camp in the
north end of the Umatilla forest 156
men arrived Monday from Fulton.
New York, according to informa
tion received by telephone by J. F.
Irwin, supervisor of the Umatilla
national forest. "There will still be
ten men to be enrolled before the
local woodsmen quota and they will
probably be enrolled soon.” he says.
Forty-six men are now at Frog
Heaven and they will all be Oregon
men with the exception of 21 from
Pennsylvania. The local woodsmen
on this camp are from Wallowa,
Umatilla, and Ochoho forests. These
men are selected by the forest ser
vice and county relief committees.
The tentage went out Saturday for
the Frog Heaven camp.
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HERMISTON BOY
WILL ENTER WEST
POINT JULY 1ST
INFORMATION RECEIVED BY
PARENTS IN WIRE TODAY.
Shifting of Appointments and Fail-
uro to Pass Physical Examination
Aid to Johnson.
Chester Johnson, son of Dr. and
Mrs. T. K. Johnson, and three year
student in the Hermiston Union
high school, has received the ap
pointment to West Point Military
Academy and will enter July 1. The
information was contained in a
telegram received by his parents to-
day, saying that he had passed the
requirement examinations.
Johnson took the competative ex
amination last tall under Congress
man Walter M. Pierce and was
named second alternate. Since that
time W. C. Chenoweth, Bend, who
won first place under Pierce, ac
cepted the appointment under Stei-
wer, which left Johnson next in
Une after the first alternate, a Ba
ker boy, failed to pass the physical
examination.
About May 3'0th Johnson left for
eastern points as a companion to
Elmer A. Buckhorn, past president
of Oregon State college, who re
mained in Washington, D. C., to at
tend law school. They planned to
visit the Century of Progress Expo
sition at Chicago on the trip.
Before coming to Hermiston John
son attended the Pendleton high
school where he was editor of the
high school papar. He was also elect
ed editor of the local high school
paper the first year it was printed
at the Herald office. He graduated
with high scholastic honors with
the class of ’32, and since that time
has worked occasionally as reporter
tor the Herald.
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Ten Men Get Ptomaine Poisoning.
Ten men who were working on
the Ralph Saylor ranch on Butter
Creek became violently ill late Sat
urday afternoon while working In
the field. The cause of their illness
was not known at first but the
trouble later was determined as
ptomaine poisoning. None of the
men were off work more than three
days.
Weather Report.
Date
June 22
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MRS. ANDREW HARVEY DIES
IN PENDLETON HOSPITAL
Mrs. Andrew Harvey, aged 24,
died Wednesday at St. Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton. She is a sis
ter of Mrs. Raymond Walker and
Harry Connor of Hermiston, who at
tended the funeral Thursday morn
ing at 10:00 o'clock held from the
Folsom chapel with Rev. E. G. |
Wuest, pastor of Peace Lutheran
church, officiating.
Mrs. Harvey was born in Stan
field, being the first child born
there after Stanfield became an in
corporated town. She is survived by
her husband, to whom she was mar
ried five years ago. her death occur
ring on their fifth wedding anniver
sary; a two weeks old daughter,
Thelma Marie; her mother, Mrs.
Connor of Pilot Rock; a sister, Mrs.
Raymond Walker of Hermiston and
three brothers, Charles Connor of
Stanfield; Harry Connor of Her
miston, Jess Connor and Roy Con
nor of Pilot Rock.
Pall bearers were Floyd Snyder,
Cecil Brown, Fred Rohrman, Lawr
ence Hagen. John Holmgren and
John Lorenzen, all of Pendleton.
LOCAL SCOUTS WILL ATTEND
CAMP ROTARY AT MILTON
Five boys from the local Boy
Scout troop will attend Camp Rotary
at Milton during July, it was an
nounced at the regular meeting of
the troop Tuesday night. The boys
will attend the meeting during the
second period beginning July 7th,
but regular camp opens July 2nd.
The five boys going will include
Earl Watson, Lester Flannlgan, Bill
Jackson, Oron Henning, and Frank
Rodda. O. W. Payne, scout master,
will take the boys to camp in his
car.
Resigns As Pastor.
Rev. O. W. Payne, who has ser
ved as pastor of the Hermiston Meth
odist Episcopal church for the past
five years, handed in his resigna
tion to take effect Monday, July 3,
to accept the position as assistant
postmaster in the local office. Mr.
Payne will deliver his farewell ser
mon Sunday and the pulpit will be
filled the following Sunday by Rev.
W. A. Briggs of Dufur, Oregon. Rev
Payne has been in the ministry for
thirteen years, coming here from
Fossil, Ore., where he had served
for more than three years. The fam
ily has moved into the house form
erly occupied by Mrs. Pearl Pace.
Oregon Journalism Recognized.
The Forest Grove News-Times
won first place in the Advertising
Promotion contest of the National
Editorial association and was award
cd the Meyer-Both trophy. There
were eight different divisions in the
cantest. Thanks should be given to
The oldest town In the world Is Hugh McGilvra for placing Oregon
Davenport-Tilly.
said to be the ruins of Tepe Gawra, journalism among the eight states
Miss Ethel Tilly of Spray, Ore., in northern Mesopotamia.
represented by winners.
and Mr. Avon Davenport also of
Spray, were united in marriage at
the Methodist parsonage Tuesday
morning at 9:30 with Rev. O. W.
Payne reading the vow«. Mrs. Payne
and Mrs. Dinwiddy acted as wit
nesses. The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. John Tilly of Spray and the
groom is a garage owner in that
city.
Laff-Program.
Laugh? You’ll roar! Never has
the Oasis theatre presented a more
hilarious comedy than "Out All
Night," the gay Universal farce
which plays Sunday and Monday
with a matinee Sunday. This, as
the saying has It, is the sort of a
picture that will have the audience
"rolling in the aisles” from sheer
merriment.
Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts,
the screen’s funniest team, are
starred in this side-splitting com
edy gem, in parts that were just
made for them, and the action finds
them, as a pair of bashful newly-
weds. embarking on an eventful
trip to America's honeymoon centre,
Niagara Falls. Their experiences
would make the Sphinx break into
loud giggles.
The cast supporting Summerville
and Miss Pitts In "Out All Night"
includes Shirley Grey, Alexander
Carr. Laura Hope Crewe, Rollo
Lloyd and George Hackathorn, and
the picture was directed by Sam
About 31,000 fires in New York
City last year took a toll of 122 Taylor.
This riot of fun will make you
lives, including those of six fire
forget your troubles.
men
OREGON MOTORISTS
MUST OBTAIN DRIVERS’
LICENSE BY SEPT. 1ST
300,000 MOTORISTS YET TO
OBTAIN DRIVERS' PERMIT.
Applications Must Now Be Signed
By Notary Public; Examiners’
Schedule May be Obtained.
Three hundred thousand Oregon
motorists must obtain renewal dri
vers' licenses before September 1,
the first day on which the law re
quires every motor vehicle operator
to have a new-type permit, accord
ing to Hal E. Hoss, secretary of
state.
This great number, approximate
ly three-quarters of the drivers in
the state, may occasion a rush for
permits such as swamped examina
tion stations during the last few
days preceding June 9, when the
motor vehicle laws raised the cost
of permits from 50c to $i. “In the
short time from May 1, up to and
including June 8, 75,384 persons
were examined." Mr. Hoss declared.
"The magnitude of this task may be
seen by a comparison with the 22
month period between July 7, 1931,
and May 1. 1933, when only 21,816
drivers were examined. On June 8,
this year 6000 persons were given
examinations, with applicants in
some localities being taken care of
until midnight. Such a congested
condition will recurr in the weeks
just preceding September 1," the
secretary of state pointed out, “un-
Ises drivers arrange immediately for
renewals."
Authority has been given by the
legislature to waive examination of
renewal applicants, except for those
70 years of age and older, or when,
because of obvious physical impair
ments or a questionable driving
record there is reason to believe
that an applicant may not be quali
fied to operate a car in a safe man
ner. Holders of new-type drivers'
licenses and renewals issued since
July 1, 1931, need not renew their
permits until June 30, 1935, regard
less of the expiration date they
bear.
In order to obtain a renewal per
mit, Mr. Hoss warned, it will not be
sufficient merely to mail a dollar.
The applicant must obtain the regu
lation application form either by
mail from the secretary of state's
office In Salem, or from state police,
county sheriffs, or examiners. This
must be filled out and signed before
a notary public or one of the offi
cial examiners, all of whom have
notaries’ commissions, or other per
sons qualified to administer oaths.
State examiners will affix the no
tary seal free of charge.
An examiner may be located by
referring to the printed schedules
which may be secured from the
secretary of state's office, state po
lice, or sheriffs.
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TIMELY WARNING ISSUED
BY STATE FIRE MARSHALL.
Salem, Ore., June 27 (Special)—
State Fire Marshal A. H. Averill
again issues a timely warning to all
those who participate in the "old-
fashioned Fourth of July celebra
tion" in order that the memory of
the 1933 observante will be a happy
one and not one marred by the
death or suffering of dear ones who
are oftentimes the innocent victims
of the carelessness and thoughtless-'
ness of others.
The state fire marshal seeks the
cooperation of parents particularly
in the proper supervision and pro
tection of their children while en
gaged in the use of fireworks.
The records of his department
disclose that the unrestricted use of
fireworks is directly responsible for
serious personal injury. property
damage, and even death, and it be
hooves all law-abiding citizens to
use every precaution to lower this
hazard. It Is found that communi
ties ‘restricting the use of fireworks
by private citizens and providing
for a public display of fireworks
under the supervision of experts
have lowered to a substantial degree
the injuries and losses to persons
and property, and where there are
no restrictions placed on the use of
fireworks and firecrackers, an ap
peal is made to the individual citi
zens, upon whose shoulders this re
sponsibility Is directly placed, to
safeguard against serious destruc
tion and thereby make the day a
happy one.
NORTHWESTERN VETCH SEED
RECEIVES HIGHEST RATING.
Highest recommendation for the
vetch seed produced in the Pacific
Northwest as compared with that
from other sections of the country
has been given in a public state
ment by Rowland McKee, specialist
In forage crops with the United
States department of agriculture,
according to word received by the
farm crops department at Oregon
State college.
Hairy vetch In particular from
this section has been going to the
southern states to be used for green
manure crops. Observation of re
sults there and elsewhere led to the
high rating given northwestern
seed.
Such a short crop of vetch is in
prospect this year because of the
unusual winter, that many are ad
vocating that Oregon growers re
tain practically all of It for replant
ing for seed purposes in this state,
with a view of meeting the in
creased prospective demand likely
to follow acreage reduction of sur
plus crops, particularly cotton.
Because of the shortage of this
year's crop, heavier importation of
seed from foreign countries have al
ready been started, making It high
ly desirable that Oregon growers be
sure of getting home-grown seed for
next year's crops. Some fields in
the Willamette valley which earlier
appeared to be a total loss have
since recovered and will produce a
fair crop, according to reports,
hence there should be enough Ore
gon seed to meet the needs of seed
growers in this state.
Sample of plantings from every
imported lot of hairy vetch seed are
made at the Oregon Experiment sta
tion. The widest variation is noted
In quality among these lots. About
half of them froze out completely
last winter, while others were un
injured and produced excellent
crops.
The smooth type of "hairy" vetch
has been found the most hardy as
well as being superior in other
ways, says Harry Schoth, federal
agronomist at Corvallis. This type
now known as smooth vetch, is the
type most in demand in the south
ern states. The seed of It is not dis
tinguishable from the ordinary
hairy vetch.
Attend W.C.T.U. Convention.
A group of Hermiston women at-
tended a one-day W.C.T.U. conven-
tlon in Helix Wednesday, represent-,
ing the local union. They were Mrs.
C. A. Paul. Mrs. A. E. Marble. Mrs.
W. W. Pelt house, Mrs. N. W. Bloom
and Mrs, H. Warner of Irrigon.
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COMMITTEE OUTLINES
COMPLETE PROGRAM
4TH CELEBRATION
JAY UPTON OF BEND WILL BE
MAIN SPEAKER.
Program In High School Auditorium
With Sports and Picnic Dinner
On School Grounds.
Jay Upton of Bend, Oregon, presi
dent of the state senate, will be the
main speaker at the annual Farm
Bureau-Grange picnic and Fourth
of July celebration to be held in
Stanfield on the school grounds
next Tuesday, it was announced fol
lowing a meeting of all general com
mittees Tuesday evening of this
week. The speaking will take place
in the high school auditorium.
The committee announces that
coffee, cream and sugar will be fur-
nished but each family will bring
their own basket dinner. The 4-H
club boys and girls will sell ice
cream, under the supervision of Mrs.
Jess Richards.
From 10:30 to 12:00 the child
ren’s sports will be directed by A.
E. Hensel of Hermiston and M. Ref-
vein of Stanfield.- Following this
will be the dinnerhour from 12:00
to 1:00.
The Hermiston Boy Scouts will
put on a stunt and direct the com-
munity singing between 1:00 and
2:00 o’clock, which will be followed
by the main address of the day.
The Stanfield Commercial club
will sponsor a rodeo between the
hours of 3:00 and 5:00 which will
be all local, put on by "Buck” Sew
ell, who has a string of trick horses.
There will be a small admission
charge of 25c and 15c made to this
to cover expenses.
In the evening there will be two
dances. One at the Refvem hall for
those who like modern music, and
at the Grange hall for those who
like the old time dance music. An
admission charge of 10c for the la
dies and 40c for the men will be
collected.
This annual celebration has been
held for a number of years alterna
ting between the towns of Hermis
ton and Stanfield, and is an occa
sion looked forward to by residents
on both projects.
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History repeats itself. Nero burn
ed Rome—but A. E. Bensel burns a
recently
purchased farm
house
while burning weeds and dry grass
around it to prevent the possibility
of it burning later in the summer.
Mr. Bensel had purchased the house
and farm buildings for the lumber
and was insuring its safety from
fire by burning the dry grass. A
burning tumble weed blew into the
cellar where It caught and smould
ered in some straw. When discover
ed the floor of the house had burned
out.
It can't be that R. A. Brownson is
working a shenanagan on the state
cops by putting the license plate on
his car up-side down! These cops
can read standing on their heads.
Mr. Snatcher of the funnies must
have been in town Monday. H. A.
Pankow put a transient to work
with a pick and shovel, etc., at the
request of Mayor McKenzie, so that
his stay might not be long in the
city, and after an hour or so Mr.
Pankow checked tip on the laborer
only to find “all" of them missing.
We'll wager the transient had gas
enough to get out of town.
The new man In the baseball line-
up last week happened to be Walter
Jendrzejewski instead of Just Walt
er. "Shorty" Matott forgot that even
editors are not mind readers and
cannot always tell when the last
name is to be added to the first
name.
The latest scientific method used
in chicken killing was demonstrated
Wednesday by Dr. Willcutt. If the
fowl won't relax and stretch bis
neck on the block properly just give
it chloroform.
The new swinging doors at Kings
ley’s may be the latest thing In ser
vice but when they open up before
you without previous warning, it
makes one choke up and gives the
impression that It might he the en
trance to the fatal thirteen steps.
The United States produces about
one-fifth of the world's output of
sliver.
One of the oldest women pipe-
smokers In the United States is
Mrs. Lefia Bickford, 82, of Oak-1
land, Me., who began smoking a
How would you like to grow a
pipe when eight years old.
beard for the Umatilia Project Fair?