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VOLUME XXVIII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY,
NUMBER 51
HERMISTON MELONS
MOVE TO MARKET
IN CARLOAD LOTS
USUAL INTEREST SHOWN IN
BARGE SHIPPING TO UMATILLA
ANNUAL TURKEY TOUR
RENEWED ON COLUMBIA.
STANFIELD 4-H
CLUBBERS WILL
STAGE SHOW AUG.30
Final plans were laid Friday
The boat ‘‘Umatilla” steamed in
night for the annual turkey tour at to the Shaver Forwarding port at
a meeting of members from the East Umatilla last Thursday, August 9.
ern Oregon Turkey Growers’ asso to mark the first barge shipping on
ciation, who are In charge of ar the Columbia as far inland as Uma
rangements. The group will visit the tilla since 1917. Wheat from the
QUALITY ATTRACTS ATTENTION Umatilla Experiment Station at 9:30 Umatilla county wheat fields was PURPOSE TO SELECT STATE
Saturday morning, August 18, and loaded along with other freight and
IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
FAIR EXHIBITS.
after hearing results of experiments the boat steamed out again Friday.
for
the
past
year
given
by
H.
K.
About
the
year
1865,
Umatilla
was
18 Carloads Shipped to Market This
Dean, superintendent, will move on the head of navigation for all the Show Will Provide Practice for
Week; Yield Estimated at 12
Showmanship, Demonstration
to the Kelley-Boynton ranch. From mountain region and the Boise ba
Tons Per Acre.
there the tour will take visitors to sin region. Later a narrow gauge
and Judging.
the Merrill Potter ranch and the E. railroad was built from Walla Wal
The bulk of the Hermiston water G. Tilden ranch in North hill dist la to Wallula and extended to Uma
Assistant County Agent William
melon crop Is being shipped to mar rict.
tilla, marking a check in navigation A. Sawyer has announced final
ket this week with 15 or 18 cars be
plans for a 4-H club show at Stan
The committee in charge expects operations at that point.
ing loaded from the 60 acre field to terminate the tour in Columbia
The Shaver Forwarding Co. has field, Thursday, August 30, at which
by Al Bolstad. Ten cars were park about noon where the associa remodeled a storage warehouse near time club work and stock will be
shipped last week but the biggest tion will serve roast turkey, ice the dock in which wheat is being selected to be shown at the State
part of the movement is being made cream and coffee. It was pointed out stored daily for shipment later. Re fair at Salem, September 3rd to 8th.
at the present time.
by the committee that all those whq gular trips will be made up the Co Another purpose of the show will be
Due to the fact of the sheer qua expect to have dinner in the park, lumbia to Umatilla.
to provide practice for club mem
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lity of the melons and the unusually are asked to bring salad, cake or
bers in showmanship, demonstration
large quantity in the harvest, the sandwiches to be placed upon a long 20-YEAR RESIDENT PICNIS WILL work and judging.
marketing activities In the Hermis table and served in pot luck style
The show will be staged on the
ton territory has attracted the at along with the turkey, coffee and BE STAGED AUGUST 26TH
lot next to Refvem’s store and mer
tention of the entire Pacific North ice cream. Individual dinners are
Seventy-five people who have liv chandise prizes are being offered by
west. Hermiston melons have been not advised, but families may bring
ed on the original Hermiston Irri Stanfield business men. No cash
commented upon in the Portland their silverware and dishes. Paper
gation project, and all government prizes will be awarded. Members in
papers and advertised over the ra plates will be furnished by the as
territory adjacent, for the past 20 clubs represented will be cooking,
dio from Portland stations, lauding sociation, however.
years
or more have signed up at the sewing, poultry, pig, sheep, calf and
the fine quality and unusually high
Musical numbers will include a Herald office as being eligible for potato clubs.
yield per acre.
piano solo by Miss Shirley Brown the picnic which will be staged at
Club members will not qualify to
Weather conditions have been son of Hermiston, group singing and Columbia park August 26th.
complete their projects at this show
ideal for the harvest, Mr. Bolstad music by the Cub Wranglers.
Among the list of eligibles sign Assistant County Agent Sawyer
says, and if they prevail at least 15
Members of the committee are: ing up so far, Henry M. Sommerer pointed out. but they will enter pro
or 18 cars will reach markets before .1. Jendrzejewski, president; Chester tops the list as having settled at ducts and stock selected at this show
the week is u. Up to press time Flannigan, Harry Kelley. Merrill Echo in 1900 and in Hermiston in at the state fair in Salem and also
today 13 carloads have been re Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Tilden 1906. S. L. Carson has registered as at the Umatilla Project fair at Her
leased from the local terminal. A and Donald DeMoss.
having arrived in Hermiston in miston, September 21-22.
yield of 12 tons per acre has been
Many club boys and girls have
1904, which may put him in first
estimated by Mr. Bolstad, with each ************ place. The latest arrival registering notified the assistant county agent
melon averaging 20 pounds.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS
♦ arrived in 1914, Mrs. Chas Taylor. of their desire to ship stock to the
Malcolm McSwain and O. Wells $$44*9*********
Registration will remain open for state fair at Salem, and these will
from California, experts in this
Miss Eleanor Casserly of St. Louis, the next week in order that all eli be included in a carload of stock
work, select the melons to be picked Missouri, arrived in Hermiston this gibles may register. A small fee of gathered from all of Umatilla coun
for market each day, and these are week and is the house guest of her one cent per year will be collected ty, which will make the transpor
loaded and trucked to the car ter sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and to pay for ice cream and other inci tation cost to each member very
minal by a crew of fifteen men. The Mrs. James Todd. Miss Casserly is dental expenses.
small. The state fair association
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harvest will continue into next a formerre aident of Hermiston and
will pay two-thirds of the cost of
week which is expected to wind up has many acquaintances here.
ZIMMERMAN AND PIERCE WILL shipping one carload. Mr. Sawyer
the bulk of the shipment.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Harkenrider
says. Any club member who has not
Mr. Bolstad expects to plant the returned to Hermiston Monday ac SPEAK AT STANFIELD SATURDAY already notified Mr. Sawyer of their
same acreage to melons again next companied by Mr. Harkenrider's
State Senator Peter Zimmerman intention to ship stock, should do so
year. He has expressed pleasure at parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Harken- of Yamhill, candidate for governor at once.
the result of his attempt at commer rider of Estacada, Ore. The Harken- on the progressive ticket, and Con
A benefit dance will be sponsored
cial melon growing this year. He riders will spend some time with gressman Walter M. Pierce, will be by 4-H club boys and girls at Stan
had grown melons In the Boardman their daughter Mrs. Ralph Richards. speakers at the high school audi field to raise funds to further the
Wilford Stitt of LaGrande visited torium in Stanfield, Saturday night club work. Club leaders directing
territory three years previous to
in Hermiston over the week end. August 18, starting at 8:00 o’clock. the activities of the 4-H club work
coming to Hermiston.
The bulk of the crop is being Mr. Stitt was enroute to Portland The program is sponsored by the at Stanfield are: Mrs. Jess Rich-
on business before he leaves Satur Stanfield Grange.
ards, Mrs. J. F. Rueber, Leo Rueber,
shipped to Portland markets.
day, August 18, for the Hawaiian
Miss Helen Fredreckson will pre Stanley Green and Miss Clara John
Islands on a mission with the Mor sent her orchestra in several num son.
Teachers Sign Contracts.
mon church.
bers.
Word was received this week that
Mrs. W. J. Cochran spent the
Visit from Idaho.
Miss Catherine McBain, former week end at the home of Mr. and
Diver Injures Head.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Harger, par
teacher in the Hermiston grade Mrs. R. L. Elliott in Pendleton as
school, has signed a contract to the guest of Miss Emogene Paul.
Miss Edna Turnblad received a ents of Henry N. Harger, and his
teach in the Silverlake, Wn„ school. Miss Paul returned with her Mon severe laceration to her scalp Sun aunt, Mrs. Martha A. Higgs, and
Filverlake is only a few miles from day and spent the day with her par day afternoon when she dove off sister, Mrs. Harold Wilson and son
Castle Rock, which is the home of ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Paul.
the steel bridge west of town into Jimmy arrived in Hermiston Wed
1 r. and Mrs. J. G. Pear on and Mr.
Mrs. Levi Reeder returned from the Umatilla river and struck rocks nesday for a visit at the Harger
and Mrs. Geo. McKenzie, former Portland Tuesday morning after vi cn the bed of the river. She had home. Mr. Harger lives in Home
Hermiston residents.
siting her husband who underwent been diving all afternoon but on dale, Idaho, where he is employed
Coach W. J. Cochran has signed an operation in St. Vincent’s hos this dive lost her footing and also as treasurer of the Gem Irrigation
a contract to coach football in the pital last Friday. He is convalescing went into shallower water than on District. Mrs. Higgs is a trained
Silverton, Ore., school. He will nicely and expects to return to Her previous dives. Several stitches were nurse and makes her home in Boise.
necessary to close the wound. Miss Idaho. Mrs. Wilson lives at Cam
teach two subjects besides coach, miston Saturday or Sunday.
and will be one of fifteen teachers
The Misses Ruth and Florence Turnblad has recovered sufficient bridge, Idaho, where her husband
has a stock farm.
on the high school staff. Mr. and Woughter returned home last week ly to be about again.
Mrs. Cochran plan to be in Silver- after spending the summer in Port
ton by September 1st.
land attending Behnke-Walker bus
iness college. Miss Ruth will teach
MAXWELL HOUSE QUARTET
school in Montana this winter and
Miss Florence will teach at Stan
HERE IN PERSON.
field.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Starr of Min
Many will be glad to learn that
GROWERS
the famous Mississippi Show Boat nehaha district had as their guests
Four, well known to radio listeners this week, Mrs. Martha Fallon and
from coast to coast, will be in Her daughter. Miss Violet Fallon of Los
miston for one day, prior to their Angeles, Cal. They were enroute to
Montana where they will visit a sis
appearance in Spokane.
n
They will be at the Oasis theatre ter at Kalispel. Mrs. Fallon is a
sister
of
Mrs.
Starr
and
Miss
Fallon
for two shows on Tuesday, August
21, for which date there is also a niece.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Todd and son
booked a good comedy, ‘‘Hold That
Girl” with James Dunn and Claire Tommy and daughter Barbara. Joe
Reeves and Walter Hamm returned
Trevor.
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Sunday night from a fishing trip
Child Drowns in Irrigation Ditch. to Paulina Lake near Bend. Ore.
While there they made their head
The two-year-old daughter of Mr. quarters at the home of Mr. and
and Mrs. Don Kenney of Irrigon Mrs. Harry Todd.
was drowned in the irrigation ditch
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Liebe in Co
near their home Saturday, August lumbia district entertained at a
11. The child’s body was first seen birthday dinner Sunday honoring
by Harry Smith as it floated on top Mr. Liebe’s mother, Mrs. F. W. Lenz.
of the water about noon Saturday. Those present were Mrs. W. H. Bie
The irrigation ditch runs through gel and family of Kennewick, Wn.;
the yard at the Kenney home and Mr. and Mrs. John Rueber and fam
the child was missed only a few ily of Stanfield; Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
minutes from the house.
Thompson and family, Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Rhodes and Mr. and Mrs. F.
Vacation on Coast
W. Lenz and family. Ice cream and
Mr and Mrs. B. S. Kingsley re- cake were enjoyed by the guests on
turned the first of the week from a the lawn at the Liebe home in th
short vacation on which they com- afternoon.
bined business and pleasure. They
M. G. Hedwall returned Wednes
visited Vernonia and then looped day from attending Interstate Cream
along the coast beaches tn Newport cries association meeting in Port
driving inland to Corvallis and land. Ho was accompanied by Miss
Portland, where they visited rela Marian Henderson on the return
tives and friends.
trip.
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SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER WEAR
AUGUST 16, 1934
MISS MARKHAM OF IRRIGON
DR. F. A. ROHRMAN OF
LEADS IN FAIR QUEEN RACE.
MICHIGAN VISITS BROTHER.
Miss Billie Markham of Irrigon
now leads in the queen race for the
Umatilla Project Fair, September
21-22. Voting at the dances each
Saturday night is being watched
closely and Miss Markham headed
the candidate list last week with 70
votes.
The dance Friday night at the
Westland school house and Saturday
night at Stanfield will decide again
which candidate will head the list.
Sylvia Shutter of Hermiston was
second with 66 votes, and Helen
Jendrzejewski of Columbia, third
with 43 votes. Other contestants’
standing are: Dorothy Mudge. Echo,
29; Mary Lee Rhea, Stanfield, 27;
Bessie Dexter, Irrigon, 27; and Floy
Attebury, Westland, 13.
HERMISTON PIONEER CALLED
TO FINAL REST IN CALIFORNIA
Dr. F. A. Rohrman of Houghton,
Michigan, Miss Alma Rohrman and
Miss Evelyn Hoyt of Pendleton, vi
sited at the A. F. Rohrman home
Tuesday evening. Dr. Rohrman is
a brother of A. F. Rohrman and a
professor of Chemistry in the Michi
gan College of Mining and Techno
logy at Houghton. Michigan. He
made the trip from Houghton to
Pendleton in three days in his V8.
On his return to Houghton. Dr.
Rohrman will be accompanied by
his brother Charles, who will enter
the Michigan college to study met
allurgy, working for his master's de
gree. Prior to the opening of col
lege work, the brothers will go to
New York City where Dr. Rohrman
will deliver a paper before a meet
ing of the American Electro-Chemi
cal Society. The title of this paper
Is "The Effect of Heat Treatment
on the Corrosion of Aluminum”.
While in New York, he will also in
terview all of the rinclpal manu-
faTturers of steel and non-ferrous
alloys concerning corrosion pheno
mena.
Dr. Rohrman writes for the fol
lowing magazines: Chemical and
Metallurgical
Engineering,
The
Journal of the American Chemical
Society, The Journal of Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry and The
Journal of Chemical Education.
He recently returned from Camp
McCoy at Sparta, Wisconsin, where
he holds rank of captain of the
Field Artillery and Commanding Of
ficer of the 13th Observation Batta
lion.
RODEO SCHEDULED
FOR SATURDAY AT
PROJECT FAIR
LOCAL
TALENT
ASKED
FOR
BY BOARD.
Grade School Children. Admitted To
Grounds Free On Friday; Premium
Lists Issued Soon.
A rodeo will be staged Saturday
afternoon, September 22, at the
Umatilla Project fair, members of
the fair board voted at a meeting
held last Thursday night. Roy At
tebury was appointed head of a
committee to arrange for securing
local talent for a rodeo. A motion
carrying the provision that no pro
fessional riders will be allowed to
register, was accepted by the board.
All grade school children will be
admitted to the fair grounds free
Friday afternoon as in previous
years, and the general admission
fee on the same day will be thirty-
five cents. On Saturday the gate
will be fifty cents and twenty-five
cents.
J. Jendrzejewski, president of the
board, appointed Lyle Tilden as an
assistant to H. A. Pankow, city
police officer, to accept or reject all
concessions wishing to enter the
fair grounds. Roy Attebury was ap
pointed to direct construction and
arrangements for the rodeo on the
fair grounds.
William A. Sawyer, assistant
county agent, reported on judges
but was unable to give a completa
list at that time.
President Jendrzejewski informed
members of the board that the copy
for the premium list had been turn
ed over,to the printer and that the
book would be ready tor distribu-
tion by the last week In August.
Copies may be secured at that time
from the secretary, Enos D. Martin,
or at the Herald office.
Members of the fair board pres-
ent at the meeting were: J. Jen
drzejewski, president, W. G. Rodda.
C. A. Lynch, Roy Attebury, L. C.
Dyer, Chester Flannigan. Lyle Til
den, N. J. Vanskike and Enos D.
Martin, secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. J. F. McNaught, pioneer
resident of Hermiston, assed away
in Oakland, California, August 15,
according to word received here on
that date. Since the death of her
husband here in 1927, she has made
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
E. H. Geary, in Portland and Cali
fornia.
Coming to this section before
Hermiston was started, Mrs. Mc
Naught was always active in every
phase of life in the community, and
maintained a keen Interest in local
affairs until the day of her death.
Highly educated, a great student,
possessing a keen sense of humor,
she was an exceptional woman, and
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was loved by all who knew her.
SCHOOL
WILL
OPEN SEPT. 3;
Besides Mrs. Geary, she leaves a
son, Carl S. McNaught of Portland. OTHER NOTES.
Funeral arrangements are not known
at this time.
School will open for classes on
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Monday, September 3rd, in both
Cub Scouts Enjoy Outing.
grades and high school. Children
The Cub Scouts of the Hermiston will bring lunches and remain all
Boy Scout troop enjoyed an outing day. Children, who are within a
at Bingham Springs Monday, ac reasonable walking distance, should
companied by H. T. Fraser, who go home to lunch. Children In the
chauffeured the boys in his truck. first three grades will be dismissed
Rev. W. A. Briggs accompanied for the noon recess at 11:10 A. M.,
them also. Included in the day’s and will be called for classes at
1:25 P. M.
activities was swimming, fishing
Beginnen.
and a visit to the state wild game
farm near Pendleton. Superinten
Children who are past six years of
dent Wells directed the boys through age or who will reach that age on
the game pens explaining how the or before October 1st, 1934, may en
birds were raised and then later re roll In the first grade on September VARIED PROGRAM ARRANGED
leased. The cub scouts making the 3rd. It is very Important that be
trip were Bud Sommerer, Jr., Tom ginners be present at the opening FOR ANNUAL C. E. SOCIAL
my Fraser, Gale Felthouse, Albert of school and attend regularly. Par
An interesting and varied pro
and Frank Stone, Bob Payne. Jack ents are requested to report the gram has been arranged for enter
Briggs, Lowell Sater, David Hamm, name, age and birthday of beginners tainment of guests at the annual
Julius Gimble, Jr., Gale Pierson, to the superintendent either by tele Christian Endeavor Ice cream social
Frank McKenzie, Eugene and Bob phone or post card before school which will be given on the W. W.
Miller.
»pens. All beginners with their Felthouse lawn Friday, August 17,
mothers are asked to come to the starting promptly at 8:00 o’clock,
Weather Report.
school house on Saturday morning, it was announced by the committee
Date
Max. Min. September 1st, between the hours of in charge yesterday.
9:00 and 12:00, and meet their
Among the numbers on the pro
August 9
96 .... 45
Miss Boese. This will make gram will be a vocal solo by Mrs.
August 10
95 .... teacher,
55
August 11 ........................... 93 .... 52 it much easier for both children and Henry Hsrger; music by the Cub
August 12 ......................
92 . 50 teacher on the opening day of Wranglers of Columbia district; two
humorous skits; a harmonica solo
August 13 ........................... 92 .... 50 school.
by
Rev. C. R. Moore; the silent quar
August 14 .................
97 .... 50
District Owned Books.
tet; readings by Mrs. Chas. Duvall
August 15
.......... 101 .. 52
The grade school now has a full and Virginia Dyer; and a solo by
set of text books. These books will J. A. Clarke.
be furnished free to students. On
Funds will be used for furthering
the opening day of school each pupil I the work of the organization.
will be asked to make a small depo
sit to cover possible damages to
Aid Holds All Day Meeting.
books In his possession. If books are
The Methodist Ladies Aid society
well cared for this deposit will be
returned to him in the spring. If held an all day meeting Wednesday
books are damaged .fines will be de with a pot luck dinner at noon.
Miss Jessie Brierley treated the la
ducted and the balance returned to
the student. The deposit will be as dies to watermelon. During the af-
| ternoon a quilt was finished and
follows: First and second grades,
50c; third and fourth grades, 75c; plans were laid for a Seth Parker
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth program at the church October 2.
The next regular meeting will be
grades, $1.25.
| held August 29th.
Blue Ribbon Winner at the State Fairs
High School Books.
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Students having used books to
dispose of, should get them into the
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superintendent’s hands at once.
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Registration and Assembly Seats.
All students who will attend high
school are expected to appear on
the days designated below to regis
ter, adjust their courses and have a
seat assigned in the assembly for
the year:
Freshmen ....... Monday, August 27
Sophomores ... Tuesday, August .28
Junior ........ Wednesday. August 29
Senior .......... Thursday, Auguat 30
Associated Student Dues.
ALONG THE CONCRETE
Scientists say the earth is cooling
off. We wish It would make It seas
onal—in the good old summer time
only.
If it hadn't been for Tommy Todd
tbe fishing exposition to Paulina
Lake near Bend might have been
fruitless. Tommy sot the pace for
Walter Hamm and Joe Reeves by
catching five fish the first day out,
while the men fed the fish bait.
We have a rattlesnake displayed
in a jar at the office, but you can
bet we took proper precaution when
we shifted it from one jar to an
other. There Is no Albert Tesster in
our makeup.
Student body dues will be $1.50
for the year payable when eeats are
assigned. The student treasurer will
be present during registration week
to sell tickets and issue receipts.
Every student end teacher should
Gerald White and Julius Gimble
make a special effort to pay yearly were helping the NRA out a bit to-
dues at this time, as there is no day by adding a now awning to the
surplus In the treasury.
light office building.