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“Rushing the growler,” however,
may not include the
door.—Clark Wood.
VOLUME XXVIII
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NUMBER 25
FARM BUREAU CO-OP.
MEMBERSHIP ELECTS
TWO NEW DIRECTORS
30ARD AND MANAGEMENT CRI-
TICIZED IN STATEMENT.
hairman of Board Answers Charges
Made by Co-Member; Favor Fi
nn ncing Cold Storage Plant.
In the election at the annual
eeting of the Farm Bureau Co-
stive ot Hermiston last Friday
i noon, 193 votes were cast, to
ted two new directors, Ralph Say
r of Butter Creek and J. H. Reid
Hermiston, and replace A. E.
arland of Umatilla and Joe
kins of Adams. The votó cast
is as follows: Saylor, 102; Reid,
12; McFarland, 90; and Hawkins,
65.
vate
The meeting was held in the
Methodist church and the main au
ditorium was packed to capacity
ith all available standing room
cn. Interest ran high in the
eeting as a motion was made and
passed permitting C. C. Mason, who
became a member of the cooperative
the day before the meeting, to read
an 18-page statement in which he
criticised the policies of the board
and management. Immediately fol
lowing the reading of this state
ment a motion was made to have the
statement filed with the secretary
for further reference, but the auth
or refused to surrender the docu
ment.
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY,
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SCHOOL NOTES
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The freshman class will give an
ary 22, beginning at 2:30 p.m.,
honoring the birthdays of Abraham
Lincoln and George Washington.
The program will include the fol
lowing numbers:
1. Sextet of freshman girls, spe
cial arrangement of “America the
Beautiful."
2. Oration, “Influence of a Great
Character," Margaret Clarke.
3. Violin solo, selected, Roberta
Mullins.
4. Play, “Abe Lincoln and the
Little A. D." Little A. D., Wayne
Power; Abe Lincoln, the boy. Ber-
nard Jendrzejewski; Abe Lincoln,
the youth, Hugo Pankow; Abe Lin
coln, the man, Bill Harris.
Considerable preparation has been
made. The entertainment promises
to be worth while, and the public is
Invited to attend.
end of their first year.
At the beginning of the second
semester a typing class was organ
ized under the instruction of Miss
Sibert, commercial teacher, for the
purpose of promoting activity for
those freshmen and sophomores who
had spare time and to give them an
opportunity to determine whether
they liked typing or were adapted
to make a success of It later on. The
class meets Mondaya and Wednes
days during the activity period.
They may spend any additional per
iods typing that are available. They
are following the regular course of
study given Typing I students. Thus
far considerable interest and pro
gress has been apparent.
Students enrolled in the class in
clude: Eleanor Dawson, Opal Stock
Finance Cold Storage Project.
ard, Bonnie Lamberson, Ellis Coxen,
Before the meeting adjourned a Dorothy Conrad, Harold Throop,
motion was passed to amend the by- Paul Marble, Beverly Allen and Earl
laws of the organization to empow Watson.
er the board of directors to loan suf
ficient money, not to exceed $4000,
Valentine's day was observed af
to the Umatilla Co-operative Cream ter the usual fashion in all the
ery board for the purpose of financ grades but the eighth. Valentines
ing a cold storage plant. The pro were distributed and in several
posed set-up was explained by the grades a party was held at which
manager of the creamery.
the instructors treated the children.
No further business arose, and
Since the beginning of the second
the meeting adjourned.
semester a number of record zero
writes bave been made in typing. A
Files for Recorder.
zero write Indicates that a student
Jack Folsom filed Thursday, Feb. has written for ten minutes without
8th, on the Republican ticket for making an error, and averaging a
the nomination of county recorder certain number of words a minute
of conveyances, to be held at the on the basis of five strokes per word.
primary election. May 18, to fill the The following were some of the out
unexpired term of the late Charles standing records made by typing I
students: Helen Addleman, 42-0,
E. Graham.
43-0; Neva Richards, two 39-0
Mr. Folsom will be remembered
writes; Mary Rodda. 3S-0; and Ed
as the' candidate for the above office
Peterson has made five zero writes
at the general election 1932, and in
averaging 22 words per minute. In
view ot the large vote received by
him at that time, his many suppor Typing II many writes were made
averaging as high as sixty-three
ters have encouraged him to enter
words a minute, but with several
the race again this year. He is the
errors. However, for consistent
son of Wm. Folsom, former county
accuracy, Eunice Woughter wrote
recorder, and became familiar with
4S-0, and two 46-0 writes.
the work in the office during his
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father’s administration, also had
Returns from Corvallis.
experience with his successor, the
late Fred W. Hendley, and he de
O. L. Barlow, manager of the
sires "Capable and Experienced" to Hermiston Co-operative Laundry A
be printed after his name on the Cannery, returned Monday from
ballot.
Corvallis where he had attended a
Mr. Folsom was born 1892. in the canning school sponsored by the ex
Camas Prairie region of Umatilla tension service. He accompanied
county, and received his education Willard Campbell of Kennewick on
in the schools of this county, hav the trip. Mr. Campbell operates a
ing attended both gram mar and private cannery there. Mr. Barlow
high school He has three children said that during the week the pro
of school age in whose behalf he gram consisted chiefly of the study
earnestly solicits the support of the of machine work, preparation of
produce and grading.
voters of Umatilla county.
H. J. Ott, chairman of the Farm
Bureau Co-operative board, ans
wered several charges made by P. P.
Sullivan, another board member, im
plying that unofficial meetings had
been held, and that requested re
ports and financial statements had
uot been issued. Mr. Ott explained
the action of the board members in
these matters and gave the reason
for such action, saying that there
had been no intention to “put some
thing over” an any board member
or any member of the organization.
Lr. Olt has been a member of the
Farm Bureau Co-operative board
since its beginning and is familiar
with its operation and policies.
COMMISSIONER FOR UMATILLA
Enos D. Martin, manager of the
district, has
been named by the United States
district court as conciliation com-
misioner for Umatilla county, ac
cording to notice received February
8th, by A. S. Cooley attorney for the
20 petitioners who asked for the op-
pointment. The appointment was
made by Federal Judge James Alger
Fee.
As explined by Mr. Cooley the
naming of a concilation commis
sioner is authorized by a federal law
passed last spring. When a farmer
fears a foreclosure or an attachment
he may appeal to the conciliator for
an adjustment and while the mat
ter is in the hands of the commis
sioner no suit for foreclosure or at
tachment can be filed.
It is said that others not signing
the petition for the conciliator have
a right to take advantage of his ser
vices if they desire to do so.
assembly program Thursday, Febru- Hermiston Irrigation
An epidemic of pink-eye has been
found to exist among several in the
lower grades. So far no cases have
been reported from the high school.
However, the disease is very con
tagious, and parents are requested
to keep any children with inflamed
eyes home.
Rev. A. J. Ware, former minister
in Hermiston, gave a short inspira-
tional talk before the high school
assembly last Wednesday morning.
Donna Saylor and Eldon Saylor
enrolled in the fourth and sixth
grades, respectively, last Monday.
Formerly they had attended school
in Echo.
For several months members of
the Torch Honor society have eaten
their lunch together and discussed
Tension Broken.
problems and activities which the
The tension in the crowded room members might sponsor. At a meet-
was broken when A. E. Bensel spoke ing last Wednesday plans were com
regarding the importance ot keep pleted for a party to be given Sat-
ing down controversy in a coopera- urday, February 24. Junior and
tive organization if it were to May ji Senior members will entertain the
tinue to benefit its members. He sophomores in the society and all
scaled that it was his belief that no freshmen who have earned at least
organization could stand long when eleven of the twenty-four points re-
controversy and dissension persia- quired to gain membership at the
Charges Made Against Board.
MARTIN NAMED CONCILIATION
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SURVEY STARTS ON HERMISTON-
UMATILLA HIGHWAY SECTION.
The survey of the Hermiston-
Umatilla section of the Oregon
Trail highway, and the Pendleton-
Stanfield section, with a view to
the proposed re-routing, was started
Wednesday by a crew of nine men
with J. B. Weaver, engineer in
charge.
The group came here from Ash
land, Oregon, and include J. B.
Weaver, chief engineer, Norman
Kennedy, Ed Morelock, M. A. Cam
eron, L. C. Irwin, H. K. Mobbott,
Frank Caverhill, M. F. Zutz, and L.
R. Raley.
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STRATTON-BURNSIDE.
Miss Theta Burnside, niece of
Mrs. Rose Lawson, who has made
her home with Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Payne for the past four years,
was married Tuesday, February 6,
to John Stratton at Canyon City,
Oregon. Mrs. Stratton had lived
with her grandmother at Monument
prior to coming to Hermiston. The
announcement of her marriage came
last Friday when Mr. and Mrs. Strat
ton motored to Hermiston to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Payne. They were ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Sedrlc
Hurberger, and remained until Sun
day. Mrs. Hurberger is Mrs. Strat
ton's sister.
P.T.A. Program Arranged.
The program for the next regu
lar P. T. A. meeting has been ar
ranged in the following order: Sup
erintendent McAtee will talk on
"The Exceptional Child" in the lo
cal schools which will include a
remedy for meeting a happy me
dium. Mrs. L. A. Moore, fifth
grade teacher, will discuss the alms
of the course of study for the fourth,
fifth and sixth grades and what is
expected of the child of this age.
Music will be furnished by fifth
grade pupils.
PROJECT HISTORY
RECALLED BY DEATH
OF COUNTY PIONEER
CHAS. H.
SHAW ONE OF FIRST
PROJECT SETTLERS.
Assisted in Construction of Westland
Irrigation Canal and Maxwell
Ditch Work.
Charles H. Shaw, age 79, of Her
miston, died Sunday morning at the
home ot his daughter, Mrs. C. M.
Berry. Funeral services were held
at Stanfield Tuesday, Feb. 13, in
the Hope Presbyterian church, with
Rev. W. A. Briggs conducting the
service. Interment was made in
the Echo cemetery.
Mr. Shaw was Second Lieutenant
in the Volunteer Company for five
years, of which his father was cap
tain, and was the last surviving
member. He fought in several bat
tles with the Indians protecting the
early settlers in northwestern Ne
braska. He assisted in the building
of the old fort at Fort Riley.
He was born in New York, Sep
tember 22, 1854. He came from
Greeley county, Nebraska, to Eu
gene, Oregon, in November 1887,
and the following year io eastern
Oregon, and has made his home in
the Hermiston community since
1898.
Early settlers will remember
when Mr. Shaw superintended the
construction ot the Maxwell ditch
which carried the first water into
Hermiston. He also cleared the
lane west of the railroad track
where part of Hermiston now
stands, which was at that time
called Maxwell. He took contracts
for leveling land for several years,
and had charge of the building of
the Westland Irrigation canal when
It was first built to Butter Creek
about 31 years ago. He was named
one of the first directors of District
No. 8, and helped build the little
white school house on lower Butter
Creek.
Mr. Shaw had been a member of
the Maccabees since 1902.
Two daughters have gone before
him. He leaves to mourn his loss,
his widow, Adeline Shaw, and eight
children as follows: Earl E. Shaw
of Umatilla; Dick H. Shaw, Meach
am; Prior F. Shaw, Portland; Mrs.
Roy G. Attebury, Hermiston; Mrs.
Edna Shanghnessy, Seattle, Wn.;
Mrs. C. M. Berry, Hermiston; Mrs.
Edwin Reiman, The Dalles; Mrs.
John Spain, Meacham; one brother,
Ervin Shaw of Grandview, Idaho,
and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth South
ward of Hermiston and Mrs. Foad
Simmons of Sebastopole, Calif. He
also leaves seventeen grand child
ren and two great grandchildren.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Chisholm of
Walla Walla were business visitors
in Hermiston Monday night. Mr.
Chisholm is connected with the Ellis
Feed Store here.
The man who spende too much
time In waiting tor his ship to come
in, usually finds it’s a receivership.
—Weston Leader.
FEBRUARY 15, 1934
PEARSON ENLARGES SERVICE
STATION IN WASHINGTON
J. G. Pearson, well known Her
miston garage and service station
man, left the first of the week for
Castle Rock, Wn., where he will en
large his service station business by
adding cabins and auto park. The
station is located approximately one
and one-half miles north ot Castle
Rock and will be known as the "Ev
ergreen Park." Harvey Cook and
J. H. Cook, both formerly of Her
miston, now located at Kelso, Wn.,
will do the carpenter work for Mr.
Pearson.
The local station will be operated
by Walter Pearson with the assis
tance of B. A. Doyle. Mr. and Mrs.
Pearson will return to Hermiston in
about a month to move their furni
ture to their new location where
their daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. McKenzie, have been
operating the Castle Rock station.
Mr. Pearson has approximately 12-
acres of land there.
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MORE DEATHS BY MOTOR
CAR ACCIDENTS IN 1933.
More deaths, fewer accidents and
fewer injured is Oregon’s motor car
accident record in 1933 as com
pared to the year previous.
Two hundred and forty-six per
sons lost their lives in 1933 as com
pared to 227 deaths in 1932. This
stands as 19 more deaths, or an in
crease of 8 per cent.
A total of 4315 persons were in
jured in 1933 as compared to 4384
in 1932, a decrease of 69.
As for total accidents, there were
20,248 in 1933 as compared to 20,-
822 in 1932, a decrease ot 574.
SUBSCRIPTION, |1.00 PER
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* LEGION AUXILIARY NOTES ♦
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Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary were entertained at a
bridge luncheon by the Heppner
Unit Saturday afternoon as a re
ward for winning a recent member
ship contest between the two units.
The St. Valentine motif was used
and the visiting members report
having a delightful time. Mrs. Geo.
Storey won high honors during the
afternoon’s play. Those attending
were: Mrs. Rena Waterman, Mrs. F.
L. Kelley, Mrs. W. L. Hamm, Mrs.
George Storey, Mrs. O. K. Mudge,
Mrs. James Todd, Mrs. Lyle Tilden,
Mrs. Peter Castric, Mrs. Alice Stone,
Mrs. E. E. McPherson, Mrs. A. W.
Christopherson, Mrs. Garnet D. Best,
and Mrs. J. M. Norton.
Another public card party will be
given Thursday, February 22, in the
American Legion hall, with Mrs. E.
E. McPherson acting as chairman.
Every Auxiliary member should try
and be present and invite their
friends to come.
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NEC DIRECTOR FOR OREGON
WILL GIVE RADIO ADDRESS.
Portland. Feb. 14 (Special)—Act
ing on a suggestion from President
Roosevelt, Edgar Freed, National
Emergency Council, Director for
Oregon, will go before the people of
the state in a radio address to be
presented as a joint program at
9:45 p.m. Friday, February 16, over
radio stations KGW and KEX, Port
land.
Mr. Freed will explain the forma
tion of NEC, its alm and functions,
in the radio address Friday. He re
turned this week from Washington,
D.C., after a series of conferences
Boy Scouts to Walla Walla.
with the ranking heads ot the Fed
Thirty-nine Boy Scouts from eral Recovery program and the oth
Directors of NEC.
Umatilla, Irrigon and Hermiston at er 47 State
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tended a district mobilization of Ihe
Conducts Funeral of Pioneer.
Blue Mountain Council at Walla
last Saturday where they heard a
O. W. Payne motored to Mayville,
radio address by President Roose Ore., Tuesday where he conducted
velt. The President outlined a pro funeral services for Jean Smith, 74,
gram whereby the Boy Scouts ot pioneer Gilliam county wheat farm-
America could assist in relief work. er and county commissioner, whom
Plans were laid for the carrying out he had known for ten years. Mr.
of this work in each local commu Payne said that ft was one of the
nity. No mishaps occurred on the largest funerals he had ever con
trip until the school bus In which ducted. Interment was made in the
the boys were riding, reached the Mayville cemetery.
edge of town, and then the cap
Named Secretary of State.
came off the wheel, letting the hub
down. No great damage was done
P. J. Stadelman of The Dalles was
and no boys hurt.
sworn in as Oregon's secretary of
state by Justice P. R. Kelley of the
“Cynara” Among Best Picture«.
supreme court last Friday, Febru
"Cynara,” from the international ary 9. He immediately took over
stage success. Is a perfect vehicle the duties of the office which were
for the inimitable talents of Ronald left unmanned by the death of Hal
Coleman, and will show at the Oasis E. Hoss, Tuesday, February 6.
theatre Sunday and Monday.
“Life in the Raw”
Indeed, even the suave, urbane
Colman has made few pictures more
“Life in the Raw,” the new Zane
artistic and entertaining than this Grey story with George O’Brien in
one. Advance reports from Holly the featured role, is a worthy vehi
wood—and from disinterested ob cle for the combined efforts of the
servers, too—had placed “Cynara” leading writer and the leading por
far up in the list of the season's trayer of western romance. It is the
new Fox production to show at the
best efforts.
Oasis theatre Friday and Saturday.
Weather Report.
CUB CERTIFICATE
AWARDED PACK BY
EXECUTIVE HAYES
FATHER AND SON BANQUET AT
TENDED
BY
150.
Seventeen Boys Receive Memberships
In Pack No. 161 ; Fine Enter
tainment Recognized.
An outstanding event during the
year for Boy Scouts of Hermiston,
Irrigon and Umatilla was the an
nual Father and Son banquet Mon
day night in the basement of the
Methodist church. Approximately
75 fathers entertained their sons at
the big affair of the year, making a
record crowd for any similar ban
quet held in Hermiston at a prev
ious time.
Oscar Payne, scoutmaster for the
Hermiston troop, is to be congratu
lated for his success in promoting
the work here, and in carrying out
the annual banquet for the fathers
and sons.
One of the highlights of the meet
ing was the presentation of Cub cer
tificate by Robert R. Hayes, scout
executive of the Blue Mountain
Council, to a group of seventeen
boys which will permit them to car
ry "Cub” cards as members ot Pack
No. 161, a branch of the Boy Scouts
of America. Boys who have quali
fied for their card include David
Hamm, Thomas Fraser, Jack Briggs,
Russell Demorro, Oscar Payne, Bil
lie Nation and Harold Briggs. The
remaining boys will be eligible for
the same award within the next few
weeks: Eugene Miller, Gale Felt-
house, Frankie McKenzie, Robert
Miller, Albert Stone, Wayne Sage,
Bobby Smith, Allan Clarke, Lowell
Stater and Claude Stamper.
The Cub Scouts, consisting of
boys up to the rage of 12 yean, have
been ‘ trained during the past year
by W. A. Briggs, assisted by a com-
mittee ot B..H. McAtee. H. J. Sty
lings, and H. T. Fraser. These boys
have been trained and prepared for
the life of a Boy Scout.
Another portion of the evening’s
entertainment which particularly
pleased the boys was a narrative giv
en by Robert R. Hayes, their friend
and counsellor, as he pictured the
route he would take if he had his
life to live over again. He stressed
growth, physically, mentally, and
spiritually as the main developments
In a boy’s life, and suggested a num
ber of ways in which the boys might
be benefited.
At the close ot his clever talk Mr.
Hayes surprised the boys by again
presenting the Hermiston troop
with the Roosevelt award—a red,
white and blue banner, and also
presented one to Irrigon troop Ne.
64. Difficult qualifications had been
fulfilled by members of both troops
before they could achieve this
award. Mr Hayes stated that only
fifty percent of the troops in the
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February
YEAR
ALONG THE CONCRETE
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9 .......................... 55........ 26
February 10 ........... -....... 51........ 20
February 11 ..................... 53....... 20
February 12 ..................... 53....... 19
February 13 ..................... 55....... 20
February 14 ..............
55,.20
Precipitation was .13 for week.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Rev. W. A. Briggs, pastor of th«
Methodist church, is attending a re
gional conference ot the church a1
The Dalles this week. Some of th«
outstanding leaders of the church
were present at this meeting, in
'hiding Dr. Bovard, head of the edu
cational work. Dr. M. A. Dauber,
Lead of the rural work of the church.
Dr. Dlffendorfer, head of the Board
of Foreign Missions, and Bishop Ti
tus Lowe, of the Portland area, were
among those present.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Clark enter
tained at dinner at their home
southwest of town Saturday even-
ng. Covers were laid for Mr. and
Mrs. N. G. Robertson, Mr. and Mm.
A. H. Norton. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Richards and the host and hostess.
Mm. Alice Stone entertained Mon
day night at dinner with covers laid
for Mm. F. B. Swayze. Mn. H. T.
Fraser, Mm. A. W Prann, Mm. C.
M. Jackson, Mrs. B. J. Nation, Mm.
Georgia Henderson and the hostess.
Coach Cochran was seen buying
garden seed Saturday. A sure sign
of spring.
The sound of a watch being
wound was heard in the back ot the
room at the Farm Bureau meeting
Friday.
If you plan to attend the dance at
Westland school house Saturday you
can count on getting stung by the
Yellow Jackets”—the new dance
band that will furnish the music.
A country is getting pretty far In
’he red when the bill collecting
agencies can't pay their own bills.
Some of the boys were disappoint
ed Monday because they were un
able to persuade Al Q. that he should
furnish them with cigars, sodas,
candy bars, etc., after ho had re
turned from a week end trip. But
Al said It took more than the story
told by his Pals to do the trick.
The circus was In town again
Saturday with Its brass band parad
ing down Main street advertising
the big show, while the publicity
man and manager barged Into busi
ness houses and sold tickets. This
time the kids secured the Knerr
residence for their performance.
O. O. Felthouse received a "ducky”
valentine
from the "Lollypop
Twins” two fair admirera who ride
to and from school on the buss, said
to be Helen J, and Fern L.