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VOLUME XXVII
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY,
NUMBER 48
OREGON VOTES
NO ON PROHIBITION
AT ELECTION FRIDAY
MUCH
INTEREST
SHOWN
BY
LOCAL VOTERS.
City of Hermiston Votes Dry; Oleo
Bill and Sales Tax Badly
Defeated.
Oregon, after 18 years of prohi
bition, became the 20th state on
Friday to vote repeal of the 18th
amendment and erased every dry
law from the statute books of the
state.
Much interest was shown in Her
miston by the voters as told by Otto
Pierce and Mrs. W. W. Felthouse,
chairmen of the voting boards in
precincts 32 and 33. The following
figures show how the Hermiston
voters felt towards the bills that
were on the ballots:
Repeal of Prohibition—Defeated
234 to 145.
Oleo Measure-—Defeated 247 to
125.
Sales Tax Bill—Defeated 299 to
79.
Of the nine measures on the bal
lot of the special state election,
three of them passed in Umatilla
county and six failed to pass. In the
state, the sales tax was defeated
badly with 36,523 in favor of the
measure and 124,598 against. The
proposed tax on oleomargarine was
swamped for the fourth time with
an overwhelming negative vote.
The following people from Her
miston served on the voting board:
Otto Pierce, chairman, precinct 33;
Mrs. E. P. Dodd, Mrs. David Middle-
sdorf, Mrs. N. W. Bloom and Baxter
Hutchison. Mrs. C. M. Best, O. W.
Bailey, Gerald McKenzie, F. C. Me
Kenzie and Herbert Haneline made
up the counting board in that pre
cinct. In precinct 32, of which Mrs.
W. W. Felthouse was chairman,
Mrs. B. J. Nation. R. Longhorn, Mr.
Pennock and Al Prann served on
the voting board, while Mrs. A. E.
Bensel, Ed Jackson, Alice Stone, W.
G. Rodda and Enos Martin made up
the counting board.
PAIR OF NUTS AT
NUTTIEST IN NEW FILM.
One of the very nuttiest pictures
ever made is "Diplomaniacs,” the
Wheeler and Woolsey opus which
plays at the Oasis theatre Friday
and Saturday. Audiences are likely
t . be lait w h the feeling that they
must have fallen asleep and dreameu
the picture because no photoplay
could be that crazy, but it really is.
The central idea about which the
nonsense eddies has the two come
dians as delegates represehting the
American Indians at a Geneva peace
conference, and the strongest se
quence shows the other conferees
fighting for peace. After Bert and
Bob have calmed the meeting with a
song and dance act, the heavy, a
bullet manufacturer, throws a bomb.
When the smoke clears away, the
entire assemblage is in blackface
and goes into a camp meeting style
of choral singing. That is just a
sample.
The gags are frequent and many
of them new. Several song numbers
are introduced which do well in
their place but leave the audience
nothing much to carry home. The
chorus is comely and well drilled.
Marjorie White and Phyllis Barry
enter the picture as vamps engaged
by the villain to take the delegates'
minds off their work. Unlike "So
This Is Africa," "Diplomaniacs" is
clean, for a Wheeler and Woolsey
picture.
OREGON STATE MAN HOLDS
SERIES OF MEETINGS.
A series of meetings for dairymen
have been held in this part of the
country the past week by Roger
Morse, extension Dairyman from the
Oregon State college.
Meetings have been held in Board
man. Irrigon, Hermiston and Stan
field. and Mr. Morse has stressed
the point that butterfat of the high
est quality should be the main
thing for a dairyman to be sure of.
These meetings were held in cooper
By Florence Udey
Mrs. R. C. Hooker of Holdman
was a business visitor in Columbia
Friday.
Mr. Miller of Boardman and Mr.
Foster of The Dalles were visitors
in Columbia Thursday.
Mrs. Belscamper
and
George
Knapp were visitors at the F. W.
Lenz home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Upham were
visitors at the John Jendrzejewski
home Sunday.
Juanita, Charles and Dale Wells and
Gladys, Thelma and Art Norquist,
Irene Farris and Tillford Stillings
were visitors at the Lon Norquist
home in Wallula last Monday even
ing.
The Epworth League of Hermis
ton gave a weiner roast for their
members in the Columbia park
Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Upham were
visitors at the J. Armberg home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson of La
Grande were visitors at the H. A.
Hooker home for a few days of this
week. Mrs. Sanderson is an aunt
of Nellie Hooker.
The Farm Bureau Auxiliary had a
noon picnic at the Columbia park
Friday.
The afternoon was spent
with a short entertainment after
which games were played.
Squire Thomas has traded his
farm for a farm in Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and family
of Nolan were dinner guests at the
Armberg home Sunday.
A dinner party was given at the
Tom Stewart home Sunday in honor
of Tom Stewart's birthday. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Corman,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Luttrell, Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Pearson, Frank Allen,
Carlton Lynch, Merdeth Pearson,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stewart and sons
Tommy, Jimmy and Earl.
Mrs. George Leibe was a visitor
at the Joe Udey home Tuesday.
Evelyn Lindner is working in a
cafeteria in Arlington.
Mrs. Belscamper and Mrs. Minnie
Norton were visitors at the Tom
Stewart home Sunday.
J. E. Hallyburton who has been
cutting wood in the mountains, is
visiting at home for a few days this
week.
Mrs. Carrie Larkin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, was united
in marriage to Alton Hooker, son of
H. A. Hooker, last Monday.
O. A. Wells and son Childs, and
brother Dale have gone to the wheat
country to work.
Mr. and Mrs. Mutts 2 immerman
of Portland were visitors at the F.
W. Lenz home Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller who
have been employed at the Joe Udey
ranch left Sunday for the wheat
country.
A group of people from Stanfield,
Hermiston and from Portland en
joyed a picnic Sunday in the Colum-
aia park. They included: Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Lindner and daughters
Ruth, Clair, Georgia and Marion,
md son Wayne: Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Lindner and son Billy and daughter
Fern; Mr. and Mrs. Jake Rueber,
laughter Nadine and son Leo of
3tanfield; Mr. and Mrs. John Rue-
ber, son Henry and daughter Eve
lyn; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rueber,
daughters Alice, Irene and Betty,
and sons Henry and Willis; Bob
Rueber; Mr. and Mrs. H. Christian-
ion and daughters Rose Jean and
Patsy Ann of Portland;; Miss Viola
Rueber and Melvin Rueber of Port
land; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Strohm;
and Melvin Follett.
Florence Udey was a visitor at
the Lindner home Wednesday.
FARM BUREAU AUXILIARY
HOLD ALL DAY SESSION.
The Farm Bureau Auxiliary held
their regular meeting July 21st, at
the club house In Columbia district.
The meeting was well attended and
the day was spent in playing games
and visiting. At noon a pot luck
lunch was served and was very
much enjoyed. A vote of thanks was
given the committee in charge for
the good time had by those at the
meeting.
The next meeting will be held in
Columbia Park, August 4th, under
the direction of Mrs. Jackson Harr,
Mrs. McCully and Mrs. O. Wells. It
is planned that the meeting will be
in the form of a lawn party and will
start at 8 p. m. All members and
their friends are urged to attend.
FORMER HERMISTON WOMAN TO
TAKE PART IN CELEBRATION.
Mrs. George H. Root, former pres
ident of the Hermiston community
club, is to take part in the big re
ception planned for Old Ironsides
In Portland, on August 2nd. The
Oregon chapter of the Daughters of
1812 will present the ship with a
fine silk American flag and the of
ficial flag of Oregon. The stand,
ation with the Cooperative Cream to be presented by Mrs. Root, is val
ery.
ued at $400.00.
PEARSON-McKENZIE.
Coming as a great surprise to
friends of Hermiston was the an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss
Florence Pearson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Pearson, and Mr.
George McKenzie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. McKenzie, which took
place at the Catholic church, Dec
ember 29, 1932, the ceremony being
performed by Father O'Conner.
Only parents of the bride and
groom knew of the marriage until
Sunday night when close friends
and relatives of the bride and
groom gathered at the home of
Gladys Smith and Francis House
holder when the marriage was an
nounced publicly.
Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie are both
well known in the community, hav
ing graduated from the local high
school, and friends join together in
wishing them happiness.
The groom has been associated
with the Hermiston Transfer but
plans to sever relations there and
go to Kelso, Wn„ where he and his
bride will make their home and
manage a service station near that
city.
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LOCAL BOY GETS ASSIGNMENT
IN MILITARY ACADEMY.
West Point, New York, July 24—
Chester L. Johnson, Hermiston, who
was sworn in as a cadet at the U. S.
Military Academy here on July 1st,
has been assigned to the third com-
pany by Major General W. D. Con
nor, Superintendent.
The total
strength of Johnson’s class is 415.
For the next six weeks Johnson
ind his classmates will receive an
ntensive course of instruction in
various military subjects including
both drills and lectures. Early in
August, the class will be absorbed
into the Corps of Cadets and will
participate in the impressive par-
ides which are held daily.
In the middle of August, the new
adets will take a five day practice
march through the foothills of the
Catskills, southwest of West Point.
During the march they will live in
shelter tents and eat from rolling
Kitchens.
The academic year will open Sep
tember 1st. Classroom work will
start at 8:00 A. M. and will extend
until 3:00 P. M., with an hour’s in-
ermission for lunch. Drills and
compulsory
intramural
athletics
will take up another hour in the
afternoon. For the academic work
the class will be divided into sec
tions of from ten to fourteen cadets
and each man will be required to
recite in each subject every day.
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FORMER LOCAL GIRL
ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT.
Alicia Ouellette, who attended the
Hermiston High school several years
and graduated in 1932, has an
nounced her engagement to Mr.
William Athow, Jr., who is science
instructor in the Longview High
school. The wedding is to take
place the first part of August.
ENGINEER PICKS
BONNEVILLE FOR
POWER DAM SITE
PROJECT COSTING $43,900,000.00.
ACCORDING TO REPORT.
Must
be
Approved
by
Board
of
Army Engineers and
President.
Bonneville, five miles below Cas
cade Locks, was recommended by
the district and division engineers
of the war department as the site
of the Columbia river navigation
and hydro-electric dam.
Selection of Bonneville as the site
for a $43,900,000 dam project that
would have an installed capacity of
430.000 kilowatts has been made by
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M. Rob
ins, division head of the United
States army engineers, San Fran
cisco. This report is not final since
it must be approved by the board of
army engineers at Washington, then
by the public works administrator,
and the president.
The building of This dam does
not give the people of Eastern Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho the ad
vantage of lower freight rates for
the wheat raised in this territory.
In view of this fact, E. P. Dodd,
president of the Hermiston Com
mercial club, is contacting Walla
Walla and the surrounding country
for the support of the Umatilla Ral-
ids project development.
SWARNER-DAY.
At 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
July 22, at the First Methodist
Episcopal church. Miss Ella Day,
daughter of Mrs. S. H. Day of Tole
do, became the bride of J. Herbert
Swarner of Hermiston. Dr. James
E. Milligan officiated, reading the
service in the presence of a small
group of relatives and close friends.
Miss Margaret Atwood was at the
organ and played the wedding mus
ic. The bride was given in mar
riage by J. Ralph Beck of Dallas,
and was attended by Miss Ena Chris
tensen as maid of honor, while Rob
ert Stone attended Mr. Swarner as
best man. Tall bouquets of gladio
li adorned the altar.
An informal reception in Wesley
hall followed the service. Mr. and
Mrs. Swarner left at once on a short
wedding trip but are returning to
Corvallis to make their home. Mrs.
Swarner attended Oregon State col
lege. She has been employed on
several Oregon newspapers and is
now in the department of journa
lism at Oregon State college. Mr.
Swarner, who is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred C. Swarner of Hermis
ton, has been « student in electrical
engineering of Oregon State. He Is
now employed in Corvallis.
S UBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR
| HAL HOSS SENDS LAST
| WARNING TO CAR DRIVERS.
Unless early action is taken, fully
two-thirds of the automobile driv
ers in this vicinity will be subject
to arrest on the morning of Septem
ber 1st for failure to obtain their
new drivers licenses, according to
Information just received by this
newspaper from Hal E. Hoss, Secre
tary of State. An official estimate
discloses that barely one-third of
the drivers in this section are
equipped with proper drivers' licen
ses.
Police officials state that no
moratoriums will be granted and a
strict enforcement of the law will
be observed in their check on all
operators. With the “dead-line”
barely four weeks away, all persons
still carrying cards issued before
July 1, 1931, should obtain new
cards at the first opportunity, Sec
retary Hoss warned.
Renewal permits are being grant
ed without examination to all opera
tors previously licensed in Oregon
who are now under the age of 7 0,
those with clean accident records
and those without physical defects.
All applications must be signed in
the presence of a notary public, or
other person authorized to adminis
ter oaths. Examiners will perform
notarial duties for all applicants
without charge, it was pointed out.
LAST BASEBALL GAME OF
SEASON PLAYED HERE SUNDAY.
Hermiston and Irrigon will play
their last game of the season on the
local diamond Sunday.
Hermiston
has won two games from Irrigon
this season, the first game 8 to 10
and the last game 5 to 6. These
scores show the teams are evenly
matched but Irrigon has "spiked
up” and think they can win Sun
day. The Irrigon team is made up
mostly of youngsters but are all
good ball players and with this sea
son’s experience they will have a
good team next year. "Sticks"
Woods, ex-big leaguer, is managing
the Irrigon team for. their game
Sunday and the boys are all deter
mined to get revenge on Hermiston.
However the Hermiston boys have a
different Idea about it, and there is
no doubt the game will be a hard
fought contest.
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CITY MARSHAL NATION
CATCHES LAW BREAKERS.
Bob Callihan of Portland was ar
rested by City Marshal Nation, Sun
day night for stealing gas from the
car owned by Ross Newport. He was
taken before Justice of the Peace,
Sullivan, who sentenced him to SO
days In the county jail.
Dad Hudson, and Mural R. Wil
son of Vale. Ore., were caught by
B. J. Nation Tuesday night about
2 o'clock when they were attempt
ing to break into the back of the
Oasis theatre.
Mr. Nation turned
them over to the State Police who
took them to Pendleton where they
will be tried and sentenced.
Back from the World’s Fair
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By Oleta Neill
Mrs. Ollie Neill and daughter Ole
ta were in Hermiston Saturday on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew
and daughter Lila made a business
trip to Pendleton Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ayers and
family were visitors in Heppner Fri
day.
A. E. Wattenburger and E. B.
Wattenburger were business visitors
tn Hermiston Tuesday.
Mrs. Peter Carlson who has been
visiting at the home of her son Ar
thur Carlson in Portland returned
home the latter part of last week.
Frank Helms made a business
trip to Hermiston Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Neill and son
Harold drove to Pendleton Saturday.
Miss Bernice Neill who has been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Plourd
returned home with them.
Mrs. Ritchie of Hermiston has
been visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. C. H. Ayers this last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger
attended the matinee in Hermiston
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Young and
family were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Emery Cox Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger
and children were in Pendleton Fri
day.
C. H. Bartholomew was a business
visitor in Heppner Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiggles
worth are the proud parents of a
baby girl born Monday morning.
The young lady has been named
Dorothy Mae.
Miss Elsie Strain and Floyd Ors-
d all of Pendleton visited at the E.
B. Wattenburger home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and
family called at the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Moore and Mrs. O. F.
Thomson Sunday.
The teachers for the coming year
at the Pine City school
will be
Principal, Milton L. Smith of Rose
burg, Assistant high school and in
termediate teacher, Miss Cecelia
Brannon of Portland, and primary
teacher, Miss Marian Henderson of
Hermiston.
C. H. Bartholomew started har
vesting his wheat the first of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger
and children. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Wigglesworth and son and Miss El-
!<1e Strain and Floyd Van Oradell Of
Pendleton called at the home of
Mrs. Ollie Neill Sunday afternoon.
Miss Lila Bartholomew and Jas
per Myers, both of Pine City, were
married in Walla Walla, Saturday.
They returned to Pine City Monday
evening.
Earle Wattenburger motored to
Bingham Springs Sunday.
Mrs. Reid Buseick and children
and Mrs. Rose Shields of Long Creek
are visiting Mrs. Buseicks parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger.
Mr. Wattenburger met them in
Heppner Monday morning.
VITAL POULTRY PROBLEMS
ON CONVENTION PROGRAM.
Many of the most practical phases
of the poultry industry are concern
ing poultrymen of Oregon at their
tenth annual convention this week
at Oregon State college. Thursday
and Friday, July 27 and 28. The
"home-made program,” as it Is
termed by A. G. Lunn, head of the
poultry department sponsoring the
gathering. Includes such fundamen
tals as feeds, types, egg quality,
electrical appliances, disease con
trol, trade factors, and research.
In addition to college poultry
specialists on the program, are Miss
E. B. Reed, manager of the Pacific
Cooperative Poultry Producers of
Portland, and Floyd Oles, manager
of the Oregon Feed Dealers associa
tion, who agreed to discuss the new
government codes of fair competi
tion.
The first morning session starts
at 10 o'clock and the second at 9
o’clock, while afternoon sessions are
at 1:30. Dean W. A. Schoenfeld is
the speaker at the evening meeting
of the first day, which starts at
7:30. Two business sessions ot the
Oregon Poultrymen’s association are
scheduled as the concluding feature
each afternoon.
Considered one of the chief fea
tures of the entire program Is the
opening number on the Friday af
ternoon schedule, when Dr. W. T.
Johnson sums up the results of his
work to date In coccidiosis control.
He is recognized as a world author
ity in this field.
Jewelry Shop to Open.
A new jewelry and watch repair
shop la to open within the next few
days by S. D. Williams In the office
of the Hermiston Herald. Mr. Wil
liams who was formerly with the
Sieglest jewelry shop of LaGrande,
is highly recommended and capable
of proficient watch repair work.
UMATILLA PROJECT
FAIR PLANS CARRIED
FORWARD RAPIDLY
RODEO ON FINAL DAY TO BE
MAIN FEATURE.
Premium
Lists
to
be
Available
Within the Next Few
Weeks.
Plans for the Umatilla Project
Fair were further made and dis-
ussed et the meeting ot the Fair
board last Friday night at the As-
datant County Agent’s office, when
it was decided that from 1:00 to
2:00 P. M. on Saturday, September
16th, races and different sports
would be the main features, under
he direction of A. E. Bensel.
It was also decided that a wooden
fence would be built around the ball
field to make an arena where the
rodeo will be held, Saturday after-
noon from 2:00 until 4:00 P. M.
This rodeo, under the management
of George Attebury, is to be one of
he main features of the fair and
nly local people and people from
surrounding communities will be
Allowed to enter.
The premium lists were also dis-
ussed at this meeting and the
oard decided that the books should
e about 6 by 9 inches, which will
be much larger than the one last
year.
It is planned that advertis-
ng in the premium list books will
pay for the printing of them. R. C.
Todd, president of the Fair board,
was delegated to go to Walla Walla
Tuesday of this week where he
spent the day soliciting advertising
natter for the premium lists. These
premium lists will be available
within the next few weeks.
As it is now only 6 weeks until
he fair, everyone planning on en-
ering exhibits are urged to get
darted on them as soon as possible,
wing to the dates being set in
September instead of October as in
previous -years.
PAULINE STOOP* OPERATED ON
FOR APPENDICITIS SATURDAY.
Pauline Stoop and Wilma Stoop
left Thursday night for LaGrande
where Pauline underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis Saturday morn
ing at the Grande Ronde hospital.
Dr. Christopherson journeyed over
to do the surgical work and reports
that Pauline is recuperating rapid
ly. Miss Stoop plans on leaving the
hospital in about 10 days when she
will visit at the J. M. Biggs home
In LaGrande for about a week be
fore returning to this city.
Mrs.
W. M. Pearson is taking Miss
Stoop’s place In the Herald office
while she is away.
Enjoy Outing in Blue Mountains.
Enos and Dick Martin, Clarence
Henning, Jack Reeves, Donald Jack-
son and Al Quiring left Saturday
night for the Blue Mountains wher
they spent several days fishing an
camping on Big Creek, about 25
miles above Ukiah. Henning an I
Quiring returned
Monday
noon
but
the
rest
of the
party
stayed until Tuesday night. The
report a splendid time and the
small mountain trout were pent
ful.
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ALONG THE CONCRETE
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A certain young bride In tow
ertainly disproved the old adag
'A woman can’t keep a st ret.” O
trouble is that we can keep the se
cret but the ones we tell it to can't.
Ernie Carson bragging about th ■
ham he won playing horseshoes at
Toll Gate Sunday. Come on, Ernie.
Invite us to a big feed.
Citizens of Hermiston dodging in
and out among the ladders and
scaffolds on main street. Wonder
if they’re superstitious.
Coach Cechran seems to make too
many trips back to Hermiston for
just business.
No use talking about building
that community cold storage plant
in Hermiston since J. 8. Burnham
I« putting In such a huge cooler in
the back of his store.