Nothing is dear to the intelligent
one who is prejudiced against un-
derstanding.
• Ohe Hermistun Heraln
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VOLUME XXVIII
NUMBER 47
UMATILLA PROJECT
FAIR DATES SHIFTED
SEPTEMBER 21-22
T Directors Present.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 19. 1934
PINE CITY NEWS
RABBIT POISONING CAMPAIGN
t AFFECTIVE ON STANFIELD LAND
By Oleta Neill
The jack rabbit poisoning cam
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Henderson
from Lexington spent Sunday after- paign carried on Thursday, July 12,
noon at the C. H. Bartholomew covered seven sections of land in the
north Stanfield project, with 537
home.
Mr. and Mrs. w. D. Neill and pounds of chopped green alfalfa dis
family, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Neill and tributed. Harold W. Dobyns assis-
CHANGE DUE TO CONFLICT WITH Mrs. Amy Claxton were dinner ted William A. Sawyer, assistant
I the campaign, in
and Mrs. Charley county agent, in
guests of Mr.
STATE FAIR DATES.
which farmers also had an active
Piourd Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Young and part.
W. G. Rodda Elected Director; Fair
It has been estimated that 100
family went to Heppner Tuesday
Queen Candidates Will Be
evening to see their new grandson, rabbits to the acre were poisoned
Elected at Dances.
Edward Lee, infant son of Mr. and by this one attempt to eradicate the
pest.
Because of a conflict in dates for Mrs. Emery Cox.
On Tuesday of this week Harold
Lloyd
Baldridge
is
now
employed
the state fair it was necessary for
W. Dobyns of Pendleton and Roy
the Umatilla Project fair board to at the A. J. Vey ranch.
Mrs. Antone Cunha and daughter Fugate of Portland, of the biologi
shift dates for the local fair to Sep
Mary,
Wessley Poff and George cal survey, scattered poison in the
tember 21-22. The tentative date of
Stage Gulch region near the Jess
September 7-8 had previously been Adams spent Sunday afternoon at
Richards, C. B. Green and Nudo
the
T.
J.
O'Brien
home.
set. Members of the board met In
farms. On Wednesday it was esti
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sloan
Thomson
visi-
the office of Assistant County Agent
mated that between one and two
ted
Sunday
afternoon
at
the
C.
H.
William A. Sawyer Monday night,
thousand rabbits had been eradica-
Bartholomew
home.
July 16.
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy and ted in that region.
The board accepted the resigna
Besides donations by indivdual
family
were business visitors in
tion of R. C. Todd of Hermiston who
farmers the Stanfield irrigation dis-
Heppner
Friday.
Miss
Marie
Healy
served as president for two years,
trict allowed $10 toward financing
and Lloyd Fussell of Stanfield who remained in Heppner to visit friends this campaign and a committee com
and
relatives.
has moved to Bend, Ore. Each gave
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Lovejoy from posed of Jess Richards and C. B.
pressing business affairs as a reas
Wilder,
Idaho, were over night Green, which applied to the county
on for their resignation. W. G. Rod
guests
of
Mrs. Amy Claxton at the court for aid, reported that $50 had
da was named as a member of the
been allowed for this work.
W.
D.
Neill
home Sunday.
board and as superintendent of the
If farmers In other districts are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
H.
Ayers
and
farm produce department, to have
experiencing trouble from the jack
charge of the main exhibit building. daughter Juanita and son Ray spent rabbit pest they are asked to report
Upon th» suggestion of Mrs. H. J. Sunday afternoon at the Frank Ay
to Assistant County Agent Sawyer
• Ott, superintendent of the flower di ers home.
A reunion of the Neill family was at once in order that their district
vision, the board allowed more pre
may be included in the present cam
miums to be given in that depart held at the Roy Neill home Sunday paign.
ment. They also voted to place beef in honor of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Neill
type cattle on the premium list on from Buffalo, Mo., and their daugh- COUNTY COURT MEMBERS VISIT
the same status as the Guernsey di ter, Mrs. Amy Claxton from Spring-
WEST END UMATILLA COUNTY.
vision, with prizes, except that ño field, Mo.
O
’
Brien
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
J.
champion class would be entered.
Judge Cheshire and two members
family visited at the Fred Hoskins
Premium List Ready Soon.
of the county court, J. O. Hales and
home on Rhea Creek Tuesday.
Roy Jarmon from Portland spent W. I* Meiners, visited the west end
Harry Kelley and J. Jendrzeje-
the
week end with parents, Mr. and of the county Tuesday looking over
wski started work on the premium
the field for necessary road improve
list Tuesday and copy will be ready Mrs. E. P. Jarmon.
for the printer within the next two | . Miss Helen Healy is now visiting ment and bridge building. Two
weeks. It was thought the books her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. bridges will be constructed over the
drain ditch in Columbia district and
would be ready for distribution Mike Kenny.
Band practice was held at Pine one over the Maxwell ditch west of
about the second week in August. 3
Concessions Owarded. Lawet (City Friday night, under the direc- Hermiston. A bridge crew of eight
men started work Thursday morn
tion of Harvey Meyers from Echo.
Exclusive right to the food booth
Mrs. Roy O’Mohundro and daugh- ing of this week.
concession on the grounds was given ter Iris and son Raymond visited at
Roads in outlying districts need
to the American Legion Auxiliary as the A.
ing repair will be graded some time
in former years.
Mrs.
spent Sunday within the next three weeks, mem
What would be furnished in the at the E. P. Jarmon home.
bers of the county court said. The
way of entertainment besides the
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy and county, grader is working in the
fair exhibits was undecided. A com family attended church in Umatilla east end of the Stanfield project at
mittee composed of Enoe Martin and Sunday morning.
present.
Roy Attebury was named by the
Miss Neva Niili was an over
president to investigate the advisa night guest of Miss Oleta Neill at
Columbia School Elects.
bility of staging a football game or the T. J. O’Brien home Tuesday.
At a meeting of the school board
a rodeo. A complete report will be
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ayers and for Columbia school district Monday
given at the next meeting Wednes daughter Juanita and son Ray were teachers were elected as follows:
day, July 25.
business visitors in Heppner Satur Mrs. Laura Morris, superintendent.
Miss Grace Rodda, primary, and
Fair Queen Election.
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Neill and fam Dwight Mahoney, intermediate. The
Plans were made at this meeting
board also voted to installa furnace
whereby the Hermiston Americau ily and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Neill, and
in the old school building. .
Mrs.
Amy
Claxton
were
dinner
Legion Post No. 37 would sponsor a
guests
of
Mr.
and
Mrs
Burl
Coxen
series of dances in western Umatilla
Fidac Dime Social.
and northern Morrow counties to sel Thursday.
A Fidac dime social will be given
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy and
ect a fair queen to rule over the
family were .over night guests at by the ladies of the American Leg
Umatilla Project fair.
ion Auxiliary at the home of Mrs.
- Tentative plans laid by the Legion the Mike Healy home in Boardman James Todd, Thursday evening, July
Sunday.
committee, composed of James Todd,
Earle Wattenburger attended the 26, at 8:00 o’clock. A program will
Sam Moore and Guy Amsberry, call
be given and refreshments served.
for dances at Echo, Stanfield, Irri dance in Heppner Saturday night.
The public is cordially invited to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
E.
Wattenburger
gon, Umatilla, Hermiston and possib
attend.
ly one or two such affairs in other visited at the Frank Ayers home
Saturday
afternoon.
communities. These dances will be
Adam Knoblock, the government
held on successive Saturday nights
prior to the fair and admission tick- trapper, was on Little Butter Creek
ets will entitle holders to vote for Wednesday setting traps for coyotee.
his or her choice for fair queen.
Grangers or other civic groups in
each community where dances are
held will be asked to sponsor a fair
lueen candidate. Girls chosen by
these organizations will compete in
the queen race, the one receiving
the highest vote to reign during the
fair and the remainder of the con
testants to act as princesses.
Much stress will be laid this year
on the fact that the Umatilla project
fair is not wholly a Hermiston In
stitution and the queen contest and
dances are being held in an effort
to bring these communities closer
together in a common effort to
make this year’s fair the best exhi
bit of its kind ever held in this dist-
riet.
working on
Committeemen
definite plans for the queen dances
and dates and locations of the af
fairs are expected to be announced
soon.
Any organization wishing to spon-
son a candidate for queen are re
quested to get in touch with James
Todd at Hermiston, either by mail
or in person.
People may hate one another but
the circumstances of the modern
world are euch that they can’t do
without one another.—Aldous Hux-
ley.
EXTRA!!
A special investigation of the Al
GENERAL STRIKE IN SAN FRAN fred J. Beard case was made by an
agent of the Carnegie Hero Fund
CISCO ENDS.
Commission during the past week of
Latest news flashes carry the all parties witnessing the act of res
story that the San Francisco gen cue of Marshall Newport which oc
eral strike committee voted today curred March 24th, 1933, in a quar
to end the unprecedented mats ry tunnel on the construction of
walkout of union labor. The vote the Wallula cut-off highway eight
miles from Hermiston
Mr. New-
was anuounced as 191 to 174.
The committee advised all port had been overcome by carbon
unions on sympathy strikes to re monoxide gas which formed In the
turn immediately to their work tunnel following a blast.
The report of the heroic act was
and declared it would accept arbi
sent in by a special committee of lo-
tration of the walkout.
Declaring it had done every cal citizens June 16, 1933. Mem
thing in its power to avert a ca- bers of the committee were Dr. A.
tastrophy threatening the com W. Christopherson, H. T. Fraser and
munity of San Francisco, the com Pauline M. Stoop, acting secretary.
mittee called off the strike. At
The special agent informed Mr.
the same time it pledged all its Beard that he would receive
resources for the successful ter port on the investigation not later
mination of the maritime strike.
than October 2, 1934.
FINAL RITES READ TUESDAY
FOR MRS. AUGUSTA BENSEL.
Funeral services for Mrs. Augus
ta Bensel were held Tuesday after
noon at 3: 00 o'clock from Prann Fu
neral Parlors, with interment In the
Hermiston cemetery. Friends gath
ered to pay final tribute and ' ex
pressed their sympathy to the fam-
ily by sending many beautiful floral
offerings.
Mrs. Bensel died early Monday
morning, July 16, at the family
home. She would have been 82
years of age tbe 27th of this month
and had been in failing health for
the past several years.
Mrs. Bensel was born in Germany
and came to the United States in
1.892. After her marriage she moved
to Hermiston in 1910 where they
homesteaded land on the North
Hill, to live until 1920, when they
moved Into Hermiston to make their
home.
She is survived by her husband
and six step children: Chas. Benne),
Los Angeles, Cal.; A. E. Bensel, Her
miston; Wm. Bensel, Umatilla; Ru
dolph Bensel, Spokane; Cornelius
Bensel: Portland: and Walter Ben
sel, who is in the army.
Attend Republican Meeting.
Senator Joe E. Dunne, republican
candidate for governor, Jay H. Up
ton, republican candidate for con
gress, and Earl Snell, candidate for
secretary of state, were speakers at
a republican banquet held in Pen
dleton Monday night, July 16. Those
attending the banquet from Hermis-
ton were F. B. Swayze. F. C. McKen-
zie, E. P. Dodd and Al Quiring.
Wins Trip to Chicago.
Harvey McPherson of Portland,
city salesman for Swift & Co., and
brother of Mrs. C. M. Jackson of
Hermiston, was one of six out of
fifty-three salesmen named as mak-
ing the highest percentage of sales
during the past fiscal year, which
wins for him a free trip to Chicago
and the world's fair. Mr. McPher-
son will leave Thursday, July 26,
and will spend a week in Chicago.
Sapping the Land
R. C. TODD ESTABLISHES
EGG AND POULTRY BUSINESS
R. C. Todd of Hermiston will be
ready for business In the building
next to Pennock’s Garage on Hurl
burt avenue the first of next week
to buy eggs and poultry. Mr. Todd
will grade and ship eggs for grow-
re
He has been a resident of Her
miston since 1906 and has been a
leader in project enterprises, having
directed the Umatilla project fair
for two years.
3-1’8, 0 & W M PICNIC SCHE-
DULED FOR AUGUST STH.
The annual picnic for the 3-I‘s,
O, W and M will be held in the Co
lumbia park, Sunday, August S, it
was announced this week by the or
ganisation president, C. L. Upham.
Tbe letters represent Iowa. Indiana.
Illinois, Ohio. Wisconsin and Mis-
souri, and anyone who came from
any one of these states Is invited to
attend this annual function.
There will be a program of mu
nie and sporta in the afternoon, fol
lowing a basket lunch served at
noon.
, ---
Other officers of the organisation
are H. J. Ott, vice-president and
Members of the fair board present
at the meeting were: J. Jendrzeje-
wskt, president, L. C. Dyer, Chas.
Lynch. Roy Attebury, H. W. Kelley,
Lyle Tilden and the new member,
W. G. Rodda. Enos Martin is secre- Mrs. Jess Prindle, secretary-treasu-
-ss
ANNI
—wr
CARNEGIE SPECIAL AGENT
INVESTIGATES A. BEARD CASE.
h
BOARDMAN SMOKER FEATURES
JOHNSTON VS. CCC LAD.
A smoker to be held in Boardman
Friday, July 20, features Dave John
ston against Tiny Hyden, in a five
round boxing match. Hyden, Chi-
cago boy stationed with the CCC
boys at Emigrant Springs, was a
participant in the 1933 Golden
Gloves Amateur tournament In Chi
cago, and is believed to give John
ston a good fight. Buster Rands of
Boardman, is matched against Wild
cat LaBlanc, also a CCC boy from
Chicago, in a three round bout for
the semi final. Other bouts will be
Stanley Partlow, Boardman, vs.
Mervin Evans, formerly of Hermis
ton, and Lewis Doney, Tub Springs,
vs. Buster Caldwell of Umatilla. An
other special feature will be a bat
tle royal, with four participants.
FULL STAFF OF TEACHERS
FOR ECHO SCHOOL PICKED.
With the election Tuesday even
ing of Miss Zora Beaman as teacher
of commerce and girls athletics the
staff of Ecno high school teachers
for next year was completed. Miss
Beaman is from Springfield, Oregon,
and is a graduate of University of
Oregon. She has taught in Curry
county and has been very successful
In her school work as well as in
coaching girls activities. Her bas-
kethall team of Gold Beach high
school won the county champion
ship.
Miss Irene K. Leach of Portland,
a graduate of Oregon State college,
was elected to teach English and
other subjects and to handle the do
mestic science. Both of the new
teachers are musical and can handle
the high school music.
Mr. Tucker will coach the boys
athletics, and teach other subjects.
The teachers were elected on recom
mendation of Mr. Tucker after he
had fully investigated their ability
and he is confident that the staff
for next year will be well balanced
will give satisfaction.—Echo News.
t
COLUMBIA NEWS
f
DR. TUGWELL AND
PARTY VISITS LOCAL
EXPERIMENT STATION
By Alice Hammer
Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre and daugh
ter Joyce were visitors at the Cas-
ady home Sunday afternoon,
Mrs. Trumbull and son of Stan-
field have moved onto the Walter
Knapton place in Columbia district.
Mr. Struthers and son Allan were UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICUL-
down from Pilot Rock to visit
TURE MAKES ANNUAL TOUR.
friends over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hammer were Itinerary Includes Pendleton, Moro,
visitors In Walla Walla last Satur
and Hermiston Field Stations;
day.
Tour Ends in California.
birthday party was given on
the Baxter Hutchison lawn Thurs-
The Umatilla Field Station, sup
day evening for Mrs. C. L. Upham.
erintended
by Harold Dean, was
Archie
Lester
Hammer,
Mrs.
Mrs.
Rugg and Mr. Hutchison. Games honored by a visit from Dr. Rexford
were enjoyed with refreshments ser G. Tugwell, under secretary of ag-
ved later in the evening. Those pres riculture, and a party of four de
ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hook partment officials from Washing
er, Mr. end Mrs. Claude Upham, Mr ton, D. C., Tuesday, July 10.
Tugwell was on an annual trip of
and Mrs. Lester Hammer, Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Rugg. Mr. and Mrs. E. inspection of federal projects. Ho
C. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mike was In Oregon last year on the
sell. Mr. and Mrs. A. Cable, Mr. and same type of tour, but did not visit
Mrs. Borders. Mrs. Coons. Mrs. Al the local station. He expected to
pha Christley and Mr. and Mrs. complete his itinerary In California
Hutchison; the Misses Nettle Par early this week and leave by plane
sons, Ethel Barber. Marljane Ham for Washington, D.C.
Knowles Ryerson, chief of the bu
mer and Lois Hutchison; Elbert
Hutchison, Jim Couture and Dell reau of plant industry, one of the
Washington party, did not accom
Christ ley.
pany the other members of the par
Nellie 1 Hooker returned to her
home Sunday from Holdman where ty to Hermiston, but branched ott
she has been visiting her sister, to visit the Moro station. Others
named in the party were Lee Strong,
Mrs. Montgomery.
chief
of the bureau of entomology;
Bill Ware of Walla Walla is stay-
E. L. Bessman, technical advisor to
ing at the Henry Hooker home this
Dr. Tugwell; Paul Porter, public re
summer.
lations
expert with the AAA: Dr. L.
Ethel Barber is staying at the
T. Hewes, deputy chief engineer.
home of her grandparents, Mr. and
United States bureau of public
Mrs. E. C. Hughes for the rest of
loads, headquarters at San Francis-
the summer.
The Jersey Calf club elected offi co.
Accompanying the party on the
cers last week. They are Lois Hutch-
northwest inspection were D. E.
Ison, president; Richard Rainwater,
Stephens, director of the
vice president; and Marijane Ham
ment stations at Pendleton and Mo
mer. assistant secretary.
ro, and H. A. Schoth, In charge of
baby girl was born to Mr. and
crops work of the bureau of
Mrs. Orbie Weils early Saturday
ndustry, Northwest division.
morning. The little Miss has been
named Jo Eleanor,
MORE THAN 100 ELIGIBLE
Dinner guests at the* Hammer
home Sunday were Mrs. Tom Wilson FOR 20-YEAR PICNIC.
and sons and Marguerite, Richard,
Many residents of the Umatilla
Ernest and Frances Rainwater.
project are eligible for the 20-year
Charles Wells was a week end vis resident picnic which is being spon-
itor at the home of his parents, Mr. sored by local people for some time
and Mrs. Orbie Wells. He returned In August. Any person who haa
Sunday evening to Multnomah Falls lived here for 20 years or more
where he is enrolled in a CCC camp. asked to sign up at the Herald ot
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hawkins of flee.
Adams were visitors of Mrs. Tom
Old timers who have signed up in-
Wilson Thursday afternoon.
elude: Soren Jensen, W. R. Long-
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rainwater horn, Mabel Gimble, 1907; L. Ste-
motored to Rainier, Wn., Friday wart, E. P. Dodd, 1906
Mr. and
and returned Sunday evening. Mar Mrs. W. O. Whitsett, R. C. Todd,
guerite and Frances Rainwater were Earl Bensel, 1909; L. Brownell,
house guests at the L. Hammer home Umatilla. 1901; W. A
Mikesell.
during their parent’s absence.
Harry McMillan, 1913; A. E. Car
Mrs. Stanley Struthers returned son, 1912; June Rowe Sanders, Ed
home from the Pendleton hospital ward M. Rowe, 1911; Mr. and Mrs.
Saturday evening.
E. P. Illsley, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Knotts and
son Leland have gone to Wallowa
for a week.
Miss Gladys Whitsett of San Fran-
ALONG THE CONCRETE
cisco is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Whitsett.
Harold Rainwater attended Ep-
Ralph Richards must be making
worth League Institute at Suttle lake money these days. We saw him buy-
this week.
ng a new tire Monday.
Mr. Steward of Atwater. Calif.,
Sylvanus Smith of Stanfield was
is tbe house guest of his cousin, Mrs. collecting stamps in town Tuesday.
August Linder.
Ie brought his trallor along to take
Mrs. P. Norquist and daughters his collection back.
Gladys and Thelma and Leon Nor
The fair board members suggested
quist of Wallula werre dinner guest that Lyle Tilden serve on the com
at the Barham home Sunday.
mittee to solicit advertising for the
The Fam Bureau Auxiliary wll' Umatilla Project Fair premium list,
hold an all day meeting Friday but Lyle retorted that "he couldn’t
July 20 when they plan to build r sell a palm leaf to the equator."
porch onto the club house. The met
The City of Hermiston has
who come to assist will be served i low streak—down the center of the
pot luck dinner. The committee con highway on Main street.
slsts of Mrs. Frank Guiwits, Mrs
Tom Campbell and H. T. Fraser
my they will not be a part of the
Clark and Mrs. Ed Dunning.
Mrs. E. C. Hughes who fractured 20-year resident picnic for reasons
a bone in her arm the Fourth o too numerous to mention. Among
hem is the fact that there will not
July, is greatly improved.
e any young ladies present and
Mrs. J. J. Couture and childrer
hat the crowd will not be exclusive
were Sunday callers at the McCulley
nough.
home.
Junior Gimble slid onto a stool
John Conrad, son of Dave Con-
rad has been quite ill from a cat before the fountain In Hale's con-
fectionery with
nickle tightly
bite, but Is much improved.
, H. C. McCulley Is employed on a squeezed In his hand and informed
wheat ranch near Pendleton during Frank Bilderback that "I guess I
will save my nickle, just give me a
harvest.
glass of water."
Of all the times for the siren on
CARD OF THANKS
the city Chief of Police's car not to
We wish to use this medium as a work
last Friday when
means of expressing onr apprecia- through car passed H. A. Pankow on
tion to all those who were so kind the corner in front of the Hermis-
and gracious during the illness and ton hotel. He kept the offender
death of our wife and mother. The well over on the left hand side of
beautiful floral offerings were most the road and stopped him near
deeply appreciated.
Rohrman's garage, but the man
A. F. BENSEL,
backed his car and swung out
MR. AND MRS A. E BENSEL, around again The siren caused all
the difficulty. It finally worked.
and Family,
MR. AND MRS. W H. BENSEL, the cars stopped, the proper bawling
out wgs given, and the traffic vio
and Family,
MR AND MRS, CHAS, BENSEL lator allowed to proceed westward.