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VOLUME XXVIII
N.
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COLUMBIA RIVER
PROGRAM ISSUE IN
GUBERNATORIALRACE
DODD
MAY ENTER PRIMARIES
ON RIVER PLATFORM
Known as Staunch Supporter of All
River Development; Witholding
Final Decision Until April 3.
During the past three weeks, E.
P. Dodd of Hermiston, has been
urged by friends and supporters of
the river program in favor of the
Upper Columbia and its tributaries
for navigation, to enter the race
for governor, on a river platform.
He has been the leading advocate of
the improvement of these streams
during the past year, and has al
ways supported the proposition that
this down hill haul was Portland's
and the state's greatest asset. He
was secretary years ago of the Co
lumbia Highway Water Grade asso-
elation, and last year organized the
Tri-State Development League, of
which he is executive secretary,
with a membership spread over 28
counties in three states. He is now
Oregon vice president of the Inland
Empire Waterways assocation which
is supporting a seven point program
for the Columbia and Snake, includ
ed and east of Bonneville.
Mr. Dodd has served two terms in
the Oregon legislature, has been ten
times chosen president of the Her
miston Commercial club, and was
sent several years ago to Washing
ton, D. C., to represent the McKay
dam to reclamation officials, and
brought home the engineers who
built the 82,000,000 dam near Pen
dleton.
He is a graduate of Indiana State
University, after having spent one
year at Stanford, was ten years a
newspaper editor, and has always
been engaged In public effort in be
half of the communities in which be
lived. He is a son-in-law of R.
Alexander, retired merchant of Pen
dleton, who was engaged in busi
ness 50 years in the Round-up city,
and is well known in business, po
litical and lodge circles throughout
the state. He was born In southern
Idaho, son of pioneers of the late
fifties, and navigated the Snake the
first time swinging to the saddle
horn as his cow pony swam the
stream. Since then he has lived
along and has seen the Snake from
American Falls to Pasco, and the
Columbia from the Canadian lakes
*o Ilwaco by saddle horse, steam-
1 oat, automobile, railway and air-
plane.
Support of the river platform
with Dodd as a candidate has been
contacted by his friends in 12 coun
ties east of the Cascades, and he
has many friends in Portland,
Southern Oregon and Astoria. He is
withholding final decision until
April 3rd, and until more favorable
expression from other candidates
for the river program is given. He
believes that the development of
new natural resources In transpor
tation and power, stone, timber,
agriculture and manufacturing along
with the great strides in the Com
merce of the Pacific, and the conse
quent employment of many people
demands the first attention of the
citizens of Oregon. He has prepared
the following platform and outline
of argument, with which, he will go
before the Republican voters in the
May primaries.
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY,
SUPPORT WARRANTED IN WAR
PENDLETON WILL BE HOST
AGAINST MAGPIES AND CROWS.
TO MASTER MASONS APRIL 14
of the beet methods to over-
come the evils of the magpies and
crows in this section were brought
out at the meeting of the Hermiston
od & Gun club Friday night. The
most effective way of destroying the
pests was said to be drilling holes
in 4 to 6 foot lengths of 2x4s, pour
ing poison mixed with tallow into
them, and nailing these at the dif
ferent places high in the trees
where the magpies have their nests.
Great precaution with this method,
it was stated, would have to be ta
ken because of the danger of poison
ing other fowls and animals.
A contest such as was put on two
years ago was discussed, and it was
decided to first have a membership
drive and get as many interested in
the cause as possible. Donations
were also requested from the differ
ent organizations of the communi
ty toward this fund so that a suc
cessful contest can be carried on.
Membership cards have been printed
and for the price of fifty cents, all
sportsmen in the community may
join this worthy organization.
At the executive meeting of the
Umatilla Project Farm Bureau Wed
nesday night the organization went
on record as favoring the move and
appointed a committee to contact
authorities.
Anyone interested should se W. L.
Hamm, secretary, or J. F. Bilder-
back, president of the organization,
immediately. A number of new
members were received at the meet
ing Friday night. It was decided
to hold regular meetings once a
month, and the next meeting is
scheduled for Friday, April 20.
Some
MARCH 29. 1934.
1 PILOT ROCK IS SUNDAY GOLF
TOURNAMENT WINNER.
The City of Pendleton, famed tor
its Round-Up and hospitality, will
be host to hundreds of Master Ma
sons during the 2d Annual Eastern
Oregon Masonic meeting Saturday,
April 14. In addition to members
of all lodges east of the Cascade
range, invitations are being extend
ed to all Washington lodges within
a radius of one hundred and fifty
miles.
Leslie M. Scott, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of
Oregon, will be accompanied to Pen
dleton by members of his official
staff, while invitations are being is
sued to the Grand Masters and offi
cers of the jurisdictions of Wash
ington and Idaho.
The meeting is scheduled to open
promptly at 1:30 o’clock in the af
ternoon. Reception of the Grand
Master, the introduction of distin
guished visitors, and the conferring
of the Master Mason degree by the
degree team of Veasey Lodge No. 82
of Enterprise, Ore., will be included
in the afternoon session. An old-
fashioned barbecue, an evening
meeting beginning at 7:30 and end
ing promptly at 10:30 and plenty of
varied entertainment are among the
features planned for the gathering.
HORTICULTURISTS MAY APPLY
TO PRODUCTION CREDIT GROUPS
Spokane. Wn. — Horticulturists
are directed to production credit as
sociations which serve their county
when applying for loans for horti
cultural purposes, stated John A.
Schoonover, president of the Pro
duction Credit corporation in Spo
kane, in response to many inquiries
from gardeners.
CADET AT WEST POINT
Horticulturists may borrow a lim
ited amount from the recently ap
EXPERIENCES COLD WINTER.
propriated Emergency Crop Loan
The following letter was received fund, but only in emergency cases
by the Herald force this week from where they do not have sufficient
L. Chester Johnson, cadet at West securities to obtain loans from pro
duction credit associations.
Point, N. Y., since last July.
“We’ve had a lot of winter thus
far and perhaps we’ll have more bad PENDLETON I.O.O.F. LODGE
weather "before we’re through. We ENTERTAINS LOCAL ORDER.
had seven or eight snowfalls, two
of which were 14 and 26 Inches,
J. S. Burnham of Hermiston was
and long cold spells have been the awarded a twenty-five year jewel
fashion. For the past week, how Monday night for his years of ser
ever, we have had real spring wea vice in the I.O.O.F. lodge. The jew
ther and I hope it remains this way. el was presented by Ernest Koepke
T haven't been doing much in of Seattle, who was visiting in Pen
particular the past few months oth dleton, and for whom Mr. Burnham
er than study like the devil. One worked for more than four years at
does study here, or else— At the Ellensburg, Wn., when he first came
Xmas exams 89 out of my class west. This feature was a surprise
(420) were found deficient in aca to Mr. Burnham.
Approximately twenty-five mem
demics and were discharged. At the
June exams 30 or 40 more will pro bers of the Pendleton order fur
bably leave via the South Gate, so nished the entertainment and re
don’t be surprised if I'm home next freshments for members of the local
summer. Not much chance. I’m lodge and many visiting members
afraid, but if I am lucky I’ll be from surrounding towns, at the reg
home a year from this summer on lar lodge meeting here Monday
the only furlough I get during the night. Visitors were present from
Echo, Boardman, Stanfield, Weston,
four long years.
"For the past month or so things Ellensburg and Seattle.
Among the officials present was
have been pretty bad around here
with nothing to do but study, stu Dave Nelson, special district grange
dy, and more study. Now that marshall, from Pendleton.
spring is here and spring athletics
will soon commence, one takes a re
newed interest in life. Our acade
mics end June 5th, or thereabouts,
and as that is only 75 days hence, I
can begin to see the light.
"During the winter we have a
good many sports to occupy our
spare moments, but come spring
time and young men's fancies and
so forth. By the way, I’m wonder
ing it young ladies have fancies.
"At present my academic course
consists of higher branches of math,
French
(Parley-vous?),
English,
MRS. GRANT OLDEN. SISTER
Drawing and Tactics. Our drawing
'course at present is a course in sur
OF 0. L. BARLOW, DIES.
veying. and Isn't too difficult. We're
Mrs. Grant Olden, 43, sister of O. taking a course in riding for our
L. Barlow of Hermiston, passed tactics at present. You should see
away Saturday, March 24, in the j some of the uncultured lads at a
Heppner hospital. It is expected slow trot without stirrups. Most of
that funeral services will be held them stay on a couple courses of the
In Heppner Friday, following the track and then just bounce off. For
arrival of Mrs. Olden's mother, Mrs. tunately I’d ridden before, and the
Mary Sowers, from Clearmont, Mis horse and I bounce about like good
souri.
pals.
Mrs. Olden had been ill for a
"The Heralds still come on time
week with the measles, but all ef and believe it or not, I read them
forts to bring them to the surface from cover to cover,"
failed, until Saturday. She lived
Chester Johnson.
but three hours after the spots ap
Weather Report.
peared.
She is survived by her husband, Date
Max. Min.
two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Snyder of March 22
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Heppner, and Carletta, also of March 23
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63.22
Heppner; one sister, Mrs. Lee How March 24 ------------ ------ - 64------ 18
ell of lone; three brothers, Carl Bar- March 25
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29
low of Heppner, Floyd Barlow of March 26 —..... -............. 63 ----- 23
Portland, and O. U Barlow of Her March 27 -------------- 1. ---- 67------ 44
miston.
March 28 —---------------- 72....... 49
Interment will be made in the
Precipitation for the week
was
Heppner cemetery.
.23,
People may bate one another but
the circumstances of the modern
world are such that they can’t do
without one another.—Aldous Hux
ley.
With a score of 341% points. Pi-
olt Rock took the second leg of the
county golf tournament series over
the Hermiston course Sunday. Pen
dleton with 316 % points was sec
ond. followed by Athena with 266 %
and Hermiston with 2631 points.
Dr. H. M. Hanavan of Pendleton
with 78 strokes for the 18 holes was
lew medalist and with 38 % points
was high point winner of the event.
"Pm Stanton vas low medalist
for Pilot Rock with 84, and E. Ar
bogast was high point winner with
341 points. J. C. Harwood banged
out an 84 to be low medalist for
Athena while B. Gurdane brought
; in 3 4 points for high mark. Sam
Moore was low medalist tor the
home club with 87 and Tom Tucker
ELMER P. DODD
garnered 30 % points to lead his
Who is being urged by his friends team in scoirng.
to enter the gubernatorial race in
The Hermiston summary follows:
the May primary election.
W. W. Felthouse ......... 89 24%
CITY WILL ANSWER COMPLAINT Sam Moore .................... 87 24
R. Brownson .................. 93 22 %
IN U. S. DISTRICT COURT
J. Todd .......................... 88 28 %
The city of Hermiston and the R. Richards .................. 104 17
Hermiston Li :ht & Power company M. T. Matott .................. 95 24 %
will answer complaints In a $100,-
000 lawsuit, filed in the U. 8. Dist W. Pearson .................... 91 18%
rict Court in Pendleton. Tuesday, C. Simmons .................... 97 28
April 3. ‘I he lawsuit is being Thos. Tucker ................ 89 30%
brought as the result of an acci M. McCullough ........... 105 20
dent on the highway south of town F. C. McKenzie ........... 99
2
in July, 1S32, when the plaintiff,
Sylvia Bruce, a minor, lost her right
HERMISTON DISTRICT SCHOOL
leg.
BOARDS HOLD ELECTIONS.
PROFESSOR H. A. SCULLEN WILL
MEET WITH BEE MEN HERE
Members of the school boards for
Professor H. A. Seullen of the District 9 and 14 met last week and
Entomology Department at Oregon elected the following teachers for
State Agricultural College, Corvallis, another year. They include: High
school, Miss Jessie Brierley, mathe
will be in Hermiston Friday, March
matics; Miss Margaret Elliott, Eng
30. He would like to meet with all
lish; Miss Esther Sibert, commer
bee men in the west end of the
cial; Henry Harger, History; and
county to take up matters of cost of
Coach W. J. Cochran, who later re
production of honey with them.
signed. Grade school teachers, Miss
This meeting will be instructive
to anyone in the honey business. Rachael Sloan, first; Miss Mary Pe
tri, second; Magdolene Buck, third;
The meeting will be held at the li- I
Miss Norma Johnston, sixth; Miss
brary in Hermiston at 2:00 P. M.
Maris Salmi, seventh; and Clarence
Friday. March 30 . k
Henning, eighth.
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Contracts have not been signed,
DR. ALEXANDER RFID
but the teachers may return to
DIES IN LOS ANGELES
teach in the Hermiston schools if
they so desire.
Dr. Alexander Reid, for ten years
railroad doctor at Umatilla, passed
Boy Scout Notes.
away March 8th, at the home of his
At the regular Tuesday night
daughter, Mrs. F. E. Everitt, in Los
Angeles, Calif. Dr. Reid was one of meeting of the local Boy Scout
the first settlers in Stanfield and troop plans were made to organize
practiced in Hermiston during the a Sea Scout troup, which is a branch
war. He is survived by his widow of scouting including boys from the
age of fifteen years and up. The
and daughter.
main study is of navigation and
Short Change Artists Apprehended. sea-faring vessels.
The boys gave a vote of thanks to
" Roy Johnson and Paul Balford.
giving their address as Portland, members of the Methodist Ladies
were arrested in Hermiston Wednes Aid for a $5 donation to their work.
An over-night hike Is being plan
day evening by city police. H. A.
Pankow, on a short change attempt ned for Saturday, April 7. to the
charge, and turned over to Sheriff diversion dam near Umatilla. Sonny
Goad. The complaint was filed by F. Pankow, leader of the Wolfe Pa
C. McKenzie, city mayor, after the trol, will have charge of the boys
offenders were caught and taken to until their scout master Oscar Payne
Pendleton to await grand jury trial. can join them later in the day.
The Easter Bonnet
HOW MUCH
6 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00
FEDERAL FARM LOANS
EXPLAINED BY LAND BANK.
PER YEAR
HERMISTON DEBATERS
WILL TRY FOR STATE
TITLE SAT., APRIL 7
A. H. Norton, secretary-treasurer
of the Hermiston National Farm
Loan Association, received word to-
day from Wm. I. Myers, Governor of
the Farm Credit Administration.
Washington, D. C., that Federal
land bank loans and land bank LOSE DECISION IN PRACTICE
commissioner’s loans will be made
DEBATE WITH PENDLETON.
in the future through the Federal
land bank tn bonds of the Federal Union High School Team Will Uphold
Farm Mortgage Corporation, which
Negative Against Hermiston's
bonds are guaranteed by the United
Affirmative.
States government both as to prin
cipal and interest, which will be at
The Hermiston debating team will
the rate of 3 ‘ per cent, per annum uphold the affirmative aide of the
for the bonds to be issued at this question "Resolved: that the United
time. These bonds will take the States should adopt the essential fea
place of the cash distribution in the tures of the British system of radio
disbursement of the unclosed loans control and operation,” in the inter
previously approved by the Federal district debate tournament which
land banks.
will be held Saturday, April 7, with
The bonds of the Federal Farm the winning team from Union, Ore
Mortgage Corporation, according to gon, The local team won in the
the statement by Governor Myers, county district tournament held in
will have behind them not only the Pendleton February 24, and this en
unconditional guarantee of the Fed titles them to participate in contests
eral Government as to both princi for the state title.
pal and interest, and the capital of
Hermiston is required to uphold
the Federal Farm Mortgage Corpor the affirmative side of the question
ation amounting to about $200,000,- and because of that the team has
000, but also the consolidated bonds been broken up, putting Edith
of the Federal land banks issued in | Clark, who, with Helen Couture up
exchange for the bonds of the Fed held the negative, on the affirma
eral Farm Mortgage Corporation tive team with Don Serell. Wayne
and the mortgages accepted by the Power has been named alternate,
land bank commissioner as security Henry Harger is coach of the 1934
for loans.
team.
Governor Myers assured Secretary
The contest wor originally sched
Norton that the Federal Farm Mort uled for Saturday, March 31, but
gage Corporation bonds will be an has been postponed until Saturday,
attractive investment. “They will April 7. The place of meeting will
be as readily marketable as bonds be announced later.
of the United States government
In a practice debate with the
and they will be quoted in all of Pendleton team Wednesday the de
the principal markets,” he contin cision was given to Pendleton on
ued. "Holders who have to dispose delivery. Mr. Lobaugh, principal of
of these bonds should not sell them the Pendleton high school, acter as
without first ascertaining their real critic judge. Weak points In the
market value.”
argument were pointed out to the
The Governor particularly stressed Hermiston debaters.
the fact that country bankers pro
The Umatilla high school team
bably will be large investors In
will meet the local team In a prac
these securities since the creditors tice debate Wednesday, April 4, at
of farmers who are being refinanced 2:3o In the Umatilla high school
may not all be In the position where auditorium.. In the county district
they can hold the bonds so acquired debate meet Umatilla upheld the af
and will find it necessary to sell firmative but have switched to the
them. Secretary Norton states that negative. Members of the team are
these bonds, which will be tendered Margaret Baumann and Alice
to farmers' creditors in payment of Cooney.
the refinanced indebtedness, are
Winners in the sectional debate
"exempt from all Federal, State,
municipal and local taxation, except will meet about May 5 in a broad
surtaxes and estate, inheritance anu cast debate of radio station KOAC.
gift taxes. They are lawful securi Winning teams will be selected from
ty for fifteen-day borrowings by eastern and western Oregon.
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member banks of the Federal Re
Mrs. W. L. Suddarth and Mac
serve system. They are also lawful
Investments for all trust, public and Watkins of Irrigon were among bus
fiduciary funds of which the depo iness visitors in town Monday.
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sit or investment is under the auth
ority Or control of the government.
The payments of the Interest on
ALONG THE CONCRETE
these bonds and the repayment of
their principal are guaranteed by
the United States, which means that
if the Federal Farm Mortgage Cor
We will be willing to bet that you
poration should ever be unable to can’t guess which one of the teach
meet the payments on the bonds, the ers informs us at least once a day—
Treasury will assume such pay or Is it more often—just how many
ments
more days there are until school
"These bonds will be issued in de closes. She has also been taking par
nominations of $100, $500, and ticular notice of all tasty dishes.
$1,000. However, amounts less than
Someone informed us this week
$100 will be disbursed in cash. For
that
a cynic is a place where you
example, a loan of $965 would be
made in a $500 bond, four $100 wash dishes.
bonds and the rest in cash. In ad
One of the short change artists
dition, to provide for certain debts, inquired of Mayor McKenzie: "Shall
such as taxes which cannot be paid I take this road to Umatilla?” The
in bonds, cash covering the required reply: “You needn't bother. They’ve
amounts will be provided.
got one road there already.” But
"Loans which have been applied Pankow and Fraser nearly burned
for and approved, but on which the the dern thing up Tuesday before
eash has not been paid out, as well they caught the artists.
as those approved by the bank In
Why is a bustle like a historical
the future, will be financed on the
above basis. This arrangement In novel? Answer, free for nothing, by
no way disturbs or alters the other Walter Hamm: Because it’s fiction
provisions of the loans. The inter founded upon fact.
est rate on new loans will continue
If a few of the unemployed men
to be 4 % per cent, tor the emergen pretended to be epileptics they
cy period when made through a na might get on the New York police
tional farm loan association and 5
force.
per cent, when made directly by the
bank.”
Mayor McKenzie is some finan
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cier. When the short change artist
Amateur Boxing and Wrestling.
tried his talents on him, he merely
There will be an amateur boxing scooped up the money and said
and wrestling card at Umatilla. “Shoo." When he checked the rash
April 3, in the gymnasium. Twenty register that night he was $5 long.
of the best boxers and wrestlers are
A physician in New York has dis
to appear. The main event will be covered that 1500 teachers In the
between Rands of Boardman and public school system there are men
Hughes of Heppner. Also Stark and tally incompetent. Nothing to be
Kirby of Stanfield against good op startled about. The school children
ponents.
have known that for a long time.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Warner mo
tored to Yakima. Wn„ Sunday. They
were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Campbell who visited their
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Scroggs iu Sunnyside, Wn.
In a practice debate with Pendle
ton Wednesday the Pendleton critic
decided that Pendleton had a little
the best of the argument. Pendleton
usually has the beet of the argus
ment.