The Hermiskun
Troubles are often the tools by
which God
fashions us for better
things.- Henry Ward Beecher.
VOLUME XXIV
NUMBER 23
DAIRY SPECIALIST
ROGER MORSE SPEAKS
ON FUTURE OUTLOOK
PR0GRZ M OF FEWER AND BET
TER COWS EMPHASIZED.
Increased Production of Cows On
Test Shown; Sawyer Tells of
Pit Silos.
Dyer, dairy project leader
for the Umatilla Project Farm Bu-
rean. arranged an educational and
entertaining program for the meet-
inr he’d last Saturday night In the
Herm'-ton Union church, at which
apnro- imately 100 were present.
Rogor Morse, dairy extension
srecir’ist from O. 8. C., presented the
nr—ent status of the dairy industry
and it future outlook, in a talk on
the driry business which has reach
ed its peak, and low, in prices over
a neriod of fifteen years. Present
nrices are the best that can be hoped
for the dairyman, Mr. Morse said.
Emphasis were placed upon the
imno tance of breeding and feeding
methods practised by dairymen.
which If handled Intelligently can
save five cents per pound on produc-
tion costs, giving the dairyman an
ecuj aient of five cents more than
the market. Mr. Morse predicted that
through a program of fewer and bet
ter cows will come success In the
dairy industry.
Figures showing that 500 cows
wer? on test In the Umatilla Herd
Improvement association during the
nro-ent fiscal year which ends in
F<-' ruary, were given by Al Ken-
nln s, tester for the association. The
average production per cow of the
association is about 270 pounds per
year which, he stated, was not high
enough for profit.
fir. Kennings pointed out that
t'” ough testing and culling of poor
stock and the introduction of pro-
per sires, herds that have been on
tent for five or six years, have in
most cases showed a decided Increase
in production with 300 pounds and
over prevailing.
Assistant County Agent, William
A. Sawyer, who spoke on pit or un-
dorground silos, did not encourage
their construction in preference to
the above ground eype, but said that
more than twenty have been made
1 y dairymen in the west end of the
c unty during the past summer.
Ilost of these have been made as a
temporary arrangement in keeping
with the present times.
R. R. Reeve of Bellingham, Wn.,
federal veterinarian who is working
as tester on the federal program
which will make Oregon an abortion
tree area, explained that the tho-
. oughness required of the work
would take more time to complete
the survey in the territory which
includes Umatilla and Stanfield dis
tricts. He told of his work in his
home district near Bellingham, Wn.
Community singing lead by A. E.
.Bensel was enjoyed by those present.
The ladies of the auxiliary served
lunch at the close of the meeting.
DR. JAMES A. BEST
ACTIVE IN LEGISLATURE.
State Capitol, Salem, Ore., Jan. 31
—Dr. James A. Best, State Senator
from Umatilla County, was all smiles
today after his Senate Bill No. 82
revising the Pharmaceutical code
had passed the upper branch of the
Legislature without opposition. This
bill is by far the most important
measure that has completed its jour
ney through the Senate hopper and
is the result of many weeks of re
search work on the part of the Pen
dleton solon.
High points of the bill include a
tightening of the laws regarding
the sale of habit forming drugs as
well as iron clad restrictions on the
sale of denatured alcolhol, common
ly known as "dehorned", which
caused more than a score of deaths
in Portland just a few weeks ago.
Dr. Best is now busily engaged in
rounding up support for his bill
which would permit certain school
districts having a certain amount of
taxable wealth to establish junior
colleges. These colleges would be
an extension of the high school cour
ses and would be operated under the
educational jurisdiction of the High
er Board of Education. The mea
sure provides that more than two
mills can be levied for these junior
colleges and the cost would be borne
by nominal tuition fees.
“In this measure. I am seeking to
make it possible for high school
graduates who can afford to attend
our university or college to obtain
an additional two years of educa
tion at a very nominal cost, ur
Best said. “I have been assured
strong support for this bill and be
lieve it to be a measure which
should and will receive the endorse-
ment of people generally in the out-
lying counties of the state.
HERMISTON
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STANFIELD NEWS
SUBSCRIPTION, 11.00 PER YEAR
OLIVER B. MUNGER BURIED AT
HERMISTON ROD & GUN
POMONA GRANGE WILL MEET
FOSSIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
CLUB RENEWS ACTIVITIES
IN PENDLETON. FEBRUARY 7.
Mrs. J. M. Richards of Stanfield.
Pomona Grange Lecturer, announced
this week that Prof. P. M. Brandt,
head of the department of animal
industry at Oregon State college,
will be one of the main speakers at
a meeting of Pomona Grange in
Pendleton. Thursday, February 7,
in the Eagle-Woodman hall, starting
at 2:00 p. m.
An interesting and instructive
program has been arranged and a
large attendance is anticipated.
ANNUAL FARM MEETINGS
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.
Three annual meetings for farm co
operative organizations are sched-
uled for next week.
The first meeting will be held by
the Umatilla Co-operative Creamery
in the Hermiston Union church Wed
nesday, February 6, starting at
10:00 a. m.. at which three direc
tors will be elected from the dis
tricts of Columbia, Umatilla and
Boardman. As provided by a reso
lution passed last year, one candi
date from the Boardman district tag
been elected at a previous meeting.
The candidate is Leslie Packard.
Lunch will be served at noon.
Roger Morse of the Dairy Exten
sion Service at O. S. C. will be one
of the main speakers, as will G. A.
Brown, manager of Interstate Asso
ciated Creameries, and H. K. Dean,
superintendent of the Umatilla Ex
periment Station here. Mr. Dean
will discuss feeding problems as
they pertain to experiments carried
on at the station.
The Farm Bureau Co-operative of
Hermiston will hold its annual
meeting Friday, February 8, at 1:30
p. m.. In the same building, for the
purpose of electing three directors
and transacting any ether business
that might come before the meeting.
The Stanfield Grange Co-opera
tive will hold its annual meeting
the same evening In the grange hall
at Stanfield, beginning at 8:00
o’clock.
“RED MORNING” FIRST PICTURE
OF LIFE IN GUINEA WILDS.
What Is believed to he the first
genuine pictures of human life
among the head-hunter savages and
Papuau natives in the wilds of New
Guinea is brought to the screen in
"Red Morning," playing Sunday and
Monday at the Oasis theatre with
Steffi Duna and Regis Toomey.
The pictures were secured by
James Shackelford and George Drom-
gold, noted cinema adventurers.
Armed with cameras and sound
equipment they spent almost a year
in unknown parts where white men
never before trod—and never will
again, they were caused to believe.
They traveled to the colorful and
dangerous locales of New Guinea
and the Fiji Islands, "shooting” the
tribes’ religious ceremonies and their
habits.
"Red Morning” is a dramatic
thriller of the South Seas, its story
concerning a heroic girl sailing the
tropical waters, battling savages and
crooked white men alike. Wallace
Fox directed.
Called as Pastor.
O. W. Payne has accepted a per
manent call as pastor of the Presby
terian church in Pendleton, to be
occupied until the first of March.
The church has been without a per
manent pastor since the death of
Rev. A. G. Pearson early last win
ter. Mr. Payne was formerly pastor
of the Hermiston Methodist church.
“Weather” or Not
STANFIELD SPLITS DOUBLE
HEADER WITH UMATILLA
The Stanfield high school quintet
split a double header basketball
ame last Friday night with the
matilla high school team. when
the girls lost to Umatilla by a score
>f 22-6, and the boys took the visit-
jrs into camp in a fast and clean
game, ending in a score of 34-20.
The score at the end of the first
half was 14-12 in Stanfield’s favor
Most of the scoring was done in the
.inai period.
For the first time in weeks the
ntire local string played together
in the Friday night game. Hedrick,
Stanfield’s six foot-two center, was
out of the game earlier in the sea- :
on due to a wrenched back. and i
Wcssell, guard, out of the last few
games due to sickness.
Team work was perfect and the
boys put on an exhibition of first
class basketball. Hedrick was high
man for Stanfield with a count of
14.
The lineup follows:
(34) Stanfield
Umatilla (20)
O. Lane (4) R.F. (8) McDermott
(2) Hutton
E. Dexter (4) L.F.
(14) Hedrick
C.
R. McKenzie
W. Roberta (6)RG.(6) R. Attebury
Montgomery (6)LG.
(4) Wessell
Substitutes: Umatilla. C. Roberts.
Schoiack: Stanfield, Beebe. Gibson.
Weather Report.
Date
January
January
January
January
January
January
24
25
2«
27
28
29
January 30
Max. Mln.
63 .... 35
57 .... 29
52 .... 26
47 .... 30
42 .... 26
40 .... 36
. 52 .... 3)
to be amused.—Thomas Carlyle.
JANUARY 31, 1935.
By Sophronia Rhea
Oliver B. Munger, 79, pioneer of
A called meeting of the Hermis
The Inland Empire Waterways as- Wheeler
county, passed away at his ton Rod & Gun club was held at
sociation held a meeting in the high home west
Friday, January Virgil Smith’s g:irage Friday eve
school auditorium Monday evening, 25, late in of the town
afternoon following ning, January 25. About 20 persons
at which H. G. West, secretary of the an illness of several
days due to were present, and thirteen member
association, was the main speaker. pneumonia. Funeral services
were
cards have already been issued
Other speakers included Roy Rit- held in Fossil, Ore., where Mr. Mun ship
for this year.
ner, Geo. Hartman and Jens Ter- ger lived for fifty years prior to
The hope that everyone in the
genson, of Pendleton, and E. P. coming to Hermiston ten years ago. community
who is interested in
Dodd of Hermiston. The program of
Mr. Munger was born in Fairfield, hunting or fishing will become a
the association for river develop Iowa, where he has one niece. He member, was expressed at the meet
ment on the Columbia for naviga also has two nieces living at Eu ing, due to the fact that state dis
tion between Celilo and Pasco was gene, Ore., and three nephews at tribution
of game birds and fish in
outlined.
Fossil, Levi, Oliver and Hart Mun a community depends largely on the
G. A. Fallness of Hibllng, Minne ger.
existence and activity of a local or-
sota, is visiting at the home of his
ganization.
sister Mrs. Priscilla Gifford.
TWO SHIPS SINK UNDER
The problem of crow and magpie
control was again discussed, and a
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wallace were
WESTON
MAN
IN
MONTH
’
S
TIME.
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
committee was appointed to confer
Greathouse Tuesday evening.
other interested organizations
Delmar Gould of Weston must with
Mrs. L. T. Kennison has been ill carry horseshoes around his neck. on planning a campaign against
at her home this week.
Gould, ordinary seaman on the these pests which take a greater
Mrs. Roy Penney, Mrs. Lila Raven passenger ship Mohawk, which sank toll of game birds than do the hunt
scroft. Mrs. T. C. Baker, Mrs. W. G. off the Jersey coast Tuesday night. ers, besides causing a heavy finan
cial loss to poultry raisers.
Wallace and Miss Elva Berry all of was saved.
Last year a bounty was paid on
Gould on January 6 was a seaman crows
Stanfield attended the Legion Aux-
magpies and their eggs
iliary meeting In Hermiston last on the S. S. Havana which hit Man- to the and
limit of the club’s funds, the
tanilla reef, 60 miles off the Florida secretary
Thursday evening.
reported, and it is hoped
Chas. Kennison, who has been in coast. Gould, according to a story that community interest will this
published
in
the
Union
under
a
poor health for some time, was taken
year be aroused so that a more ex-
to the Pendleton hospital last week Weston date line January 21, was tensive program may be carried out.
in
the
fifth
lifeboat
which
left
the
Mrs. W. T. Reeves returned home
and it went under the water
Wednesday from a two week’s visit ship
20 feet from the vessel when a big LOCAL H00PSTERS BOOKED
in Portland with relatives.
wave overturned the boat. It was
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Boggs, who 10 minutes before he was able to get FOR FULL WEEK END.
now reside in Echo, were Stanfield back in the boat and the men had
visitors Saturday.
The Bulldogs of the local high
to row about five miles before they
Miss Billie Hedrick spent Satur were picked up by the S. 8. Peten, school have a full booking for this
day at the home of her parents.
United Fruit corporation
boat. week end when they play Stanfield
Melvin Johnson is now employed | which took them to Havana. After High on the home floor Friday
in the job department of the East four days in Cuba they were taken night, in a double header game with
Oregonian in Pendleton. Mrs. John- i to New York in the Siboney.
the Blackhawks and visiting town
son and small daughter will join
Gould, who grew to manhood in team. They hit the ball again Sat
Mr. Johnson in Pendleton the first Weston, evidently went back to urday night when they clash with
of the week.
work immediately on the S. S. Mo Condon at Condon.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid so hawk, which was in collision with
The full squad is on its feet again
ciety is participating in a fund a Norwegian freighter five miles after an interval of two games with
raising contest. Miss Elva Berry and off the New Jersey shore Thursday three first string men out of the
Mrs. Della Hoosier are captains. The night. The Mohawk sunk. Nearly game. Coach Hatton has hopes of
former leader has held two cooked two score lost their lives.—Walla his boys making a good showing in
food sales, and the latter leader a Walla Union.
both games.
silver tea at her home Saturday af
Pendleton high school squad out-
ternoon, at which a musical and MUNGER HOLDS SUSTAINED
played the locals in a game last
dramatic program was given. On
week end, 38-6, on the Pendleton
Tuesday evening Mrs. Hoosier and TIMBER YIELD ESSENTIAL.
floor.
her helpers entertained their hus
bands at dinner. The loser
must
The average Westerner uses near FINED ON JUSTICE COURT ON
entertain the winner.
ly 300 board feet of lunmber against
Mrs. E. A. Hoosier entertained the a third of this amount used by the CHARGE OF POINTING GUN
Pollyanna club at her home Wenes- Easterner, according to Thornton T.
day afternoon. Mrs. O. M. Hoosier, Munger, director of the Pacific
Dan Arkell of Pendleton was ar-
Mrs. J. V. Vlllermoure and Mrs. D. Northwest forest experiment station. raigned in justice court before P.
Z. Penney were guests.
Portland, Oregon, who spoke recent P. Sullivan here Tuesday night. on
Wayne Mendenhall returned home ly over the National Broadcasting a charge of pointing a gun. brought
Thursday from a three weeks’ visit Company Western Network, featur by State Police Officer L. L. Pettin-
in Portland.
ing Western Farm and Home Hour. ger. He was fined $25 and costs and
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Refvem and The average person also uses annu sentenced to six months in jail. He
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Stuart were din ally 169 pounds of paper, another was paroled.
*
ner guests at the Wm. Daughter product of our forests.
The charge was brought after a
home Sunday.
shot from a .22 rifle fired by Arkell
Miss Jennie Albon and John Al-
while target shooting Sunday, glaz
Amateur Night Entries.
bon were dinner guests of Mrs. Cora
ed the surface of the arm of Betty
Eleven amateur performers pres Rood, small daughter of Mr. and
Olday Sunday.
The Valter Rebekah lodge is plan ented eight vaudeville acts on the Mrs. Walter Rood, while she was
ning a public card party February program at the Oasis theatre last playing on the Westland school
Friday night In the amateur vaude grounds. No action was brought by
11, at the I.O.O.F. hall.
Mrs. John Hall has been visiting ville contest sponsored by the mana the parents.
her sister Mrs. Emma Penney the ger, L. A. Moore. Winners chosen by
popular acclaim were Herbert Skov-
past few days.
License Examiner Coming.
, Mrs. E. A. Hoosier entertained be, first, and Bonnie Lamberson, sec
C. M. Bentley, examiner of opera
he Study club Thursday afternoon. ond. Acts were given by Raymond
Mrs. Jess Richards gave the roll Beebe, Herbert Skovbo, Bonnie Lam- tors and chauffeurs, will be in Her
■all on "Government in Hawaii”; berson, Melvin Follett, Mrs. Roy miston, Saturday, February the 9th,
Mrs. Sadie Bagan gave a paper on Thomas, Jane and Mary Harris, Bill at the City Library between the
"Origin of School Funds in Oregon”; and Fern Linder, Don Moore and
anad Mrs. Edgar Hoosier gave a Fred Hensel. A performance will be hours of 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.,
look review on ‘The Second Chance, given each week until further an respectively, according to a recent
announcement released from the
bv Nellie McCullon, a Canadian au- nouncement.
Secretary of State's ofifee. All those
thor.
Clyde Kennison met with a slight
Johnson With East Oregonian.
wishing permits or licenses to drive
acident Saturday night near Pen-
cars are asked to get in touch with
of
Melvin
Johnson,
former
editor
■
'
—
blew
dleton when a tire on his car
but causing his car to leave the the Stanfield Tribune, has been em Mr. Bentley during these hours.
ployed as job department salesman |
road and turn over.
William A. Sawyer, assistant
D. R. Starkweather arrived home by the East Oregonian in Pendleton.
Sunday from Portland, and since Mr. Johnson published the final is- county agent, was in La Grande on
sue of the Tribune last week after business Wednesday and Pendleton
has been quite ill with the flu.
The seventh and eighth grade serving nearly a year as its editor. on Thursday, in connection with the
"iris defeated the Umatilla girls in Mrs. Johnson expects to join her corn-hog program.
a basketball game Friday afternoon husband soon.I
by a score of 8-10. That evening the
high school boys won from Umatilla
12-20, and the girls lost, 36-20.
Sullivan Injures Hand.
P P. Sullivan, City Justice of the
Peace, suffered a badly lacerated
hand Sunday afternoon when his
car overturned on the diagonal road
near the Henry Sommerer place. He
is also suffering from three broken
ribs and other minor cuta and brut
ses. The car was badly damaged.
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UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY
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Pleasure is the last resort of the
desperate. Happy people do not need
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day.
THERE ARE A HUNDRED
AHO WENTY-FIVE MILLION
PEOPLE WAITING TO HEAP
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By MARIJANE HAMMER.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Conrad and son
John were business visitors in Pen-
dleton Saturday.
Mrs. J. Jendrzejewski visited Mrs.
Claude Upham Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fox and fam
ily and Delbert Fox and family of
Milton visited at the Pete Beamer
home this week. Earl Fox Is Mrs.
Beamer’s brother, and the latter is
her nephew.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Templeton
were business visitors in Pendleton
Saturday.
Mrs. Wm. Luttrell, who has been
in Tacoma, Wn„ for the past three
weeks suffering from an infection
in her neck, is reported as improv-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Hammer, Mr.
Ftiner and Theodore. Louise and Ro
salie Pelletier were dinner guests at
the Dave Conrad home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Carr are mov
ing to Milton this week to make
their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hunt and
family were business visitors in
Pendleton Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mikesell were
business visitors in Pendleton Sat
urday.
Helen Beamer is visiting relatives
in Freewater this week.
Donald DeMoss is greatly improv
ed after a recent illness.
T. Cable and son Clark of Pilot
Rock visited at the home of his son
A. H. Cable Monday.
Miss Edwards of Waitsburg. Wn..
is visiting her sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Art Blinston, this week.
H. J. Ott made a business trip to
Portland this week.
Mrs. H. M. Sommerer, who has
been ill in the Pendleton hospital.
returned home Friday, greatly im-
proved.
Mrs. Henry Hooker is ill at her
home this week.
Opal Stockard is confined to her
home because of illness.
Jack Allen returned to Heppner
Sunday where he is employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Linder were
visitors at the P. H. Carmon home
Sunday.
Alpha Christley, Dell Christley and
Jerry Skeen were Pendleton business
visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Casady were visit
ors at the D. Shumway home at
Stanfield Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Coon of Connell,
Wn., visited at the Hooker home
Monday.
Thursday evening dinner guests
at the Geo. Strohm home were Mr.
H. Cable,
and Mrs. A. —
----- Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Mikesell and Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Prlndle.
Mr. Barber returned to the Walla
Walla Veterans’ hospital Monday,
accompanied by A. H. Cable and
Sam Moore of Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rainwater and
son Everett were visitors at the
Duane Lathrop home Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Carter of Her
miston visited Mrs. Laura Morris
Sunday.
Nila Tuttle visited friends in Co
lumbia district Sunday.
Helen Addleman, Dorothy Con
rad and Opal Stockard visited Mrs.
Dave Conrad Saturday evening.
Mrs. Waldo Carr visited at the
Pete Beamer home Sunday.
Mrs. J. Arnburg. Mrs. A. H. Cable.
Mrs. Wm. Mikesell, Mrs. H. Hooker,
and Mrs. Hughes were visitors of
week,
Mrs. Baxter Hutchison this
I
Mrs. Tom Stewart and family
were business visitors in Pendleton
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conrad and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Buz
zard and son Creston were visitors
at the R. L. Addleman home Sun-
,
Leland Knotts Is ill at his home
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Arnburg visited
at the Hammer home Monday eve-
ning.
.
_
,
Ernest Rainwater was in Pendle-
ton Saturday.
Mr and Mrs. F. Davis of Hermis-
— of
ton were Sunday evening guests
Mr. and Mrs E E. Rainwater.
COUNTY BODIES SUGGEST
PROJECTS AT JOINT MEETING
Mayor F. C. McKenzie attended 3
meeting in Pendleton Wednesday at
which the county courts of Uma
tilla and Morrow counties, and rep
resentatives of municipalities in
both countes met with two engineers
from the office of C. C. Hockley,
state PWA engineer. A preliminary
program of needed beneficial pro
jects for the next five years was
mapped out.
The Umatilla county court, com
posed of Judge Clive 8. Cheshire and
Commissioners J. O. Hales and Wil
liam R Meiners, suggested the fol
lowing projects: Umatilla rapids
lam. estimated cost of $61,000.000;
Walla Walla river flood control,
$1,500,000 to 13,0 0 0,000; Umatilla
river flood control, 11,500,000 to
>3,000,000; obnoxious weeds for the
eradication of morning glory, $250
000; connecting links of through
highways that are not county roads.
$500,000. Municipalities and school
districts were furnished question
naires which are to be filled out
and sent In to the office of the PWA
engineer.
Schoo) superintendents and may
ors were present at the meeting.
EUGENE NEWSPAPER
PRESS CONFERENCE
HELD SUCCESS
ROBERT RUHL. PULITZER PRIZE
WINNER, PRESIDENT.
Startling Figures on Spread of Cir
culation of Newspapers Given
to Conference.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene — Newspaper publishers, edi-
tors, workers and heads or printing
establishments from every part of
Oregon gathered January 26 and 2*
at the school of Journalism of the
University of Oregon to set
record both in attendance and in
interest for the seventeenth annual
Oregon Press Conference. More than
150 registered for the occasion,
which opened with a discussion on
how to develop "country correspond
ence" for country weeklies, includ
ing talks on circulation, newswrit-
Ing, and other phases of journalism
and printing.
Robert W. Ruhl, editor of the
Medford Mail-Tribune, and winner
last year of the Pulitzer prize for
meritorious public service, was elec-
ted president of the Oregon Press
Conference, at the conclusion of its
seventeenth annual meeting here,
George Turnbull, professor of jour-
nalism at the University of Oregon
and secretary since the conference
started, was re-elected to this poet.
F. J. Wheeler, publisher of the Mil
ton Earle, was retiring president.
Startling figures on spread of cir
culation of newspapers was given to
the conference by Eric W. Allen,
dean of the university school of
journalism, who has just completed
one of the most exhaustive surveys
of this kind ever made. He found
first of all that in Oregon a copy of
a newspaper is circulated for every
2.7 potential readers, while the av
erage for the United States as a
whole is one for every 3.49 inhabi
tants. Oregon ties with Washington
for fifth state in the nation, being
lead only by District of Columbia.
New York. Massachusettes, and Mis
souri. Oregon also stood high in
readers for magazines.
Dean Allen’s paper carefully an
alyzed the- different counties and
districts of Oregon, and publishers
present were given valuable data on
circulation of their own and other
papers.
Good news coverage of happenings
in rural districts can do much to
break down the feeling of jealousy
between town and country, it was
declared by Hugh G. Ball, publish
er of the Hood River News, who
talked on "City vs. Country." This
news coverage may be obtained by
better training of country corres
pondents, and by getting in touch
with officers of rursl organisations.
A decided Improvement in news
writing and handling is needed, so
that readers may at the same time
get "background” and “action” in
news stories. said Wm. M. Tugman,
managing editor of the Eugene Re
gister Guard. Many "traditions” in
newswriting were branded as use
less and unless a new technique is
developed, newspapers sre In danger
of losing reader interest to other
media Tugman declared.
Recovery of the United States dur
Ing the next few months depends In
a large measure upon the ability
and willingness of newspapers to
explain correctly present day condi-
tlons and present day activities that
have progress as an alm. It ws de
clared by Dexter M. Koozer, presi
dent of Reed College. Dr. Koozer
scored newspapers which print a
great deal of "personal opinion” of
Washington writers. material which
he said often is not founded on care
fully considered facts. In place of
this he recommended publishing
careful accounts written by regular
reporters.
At the banquet Robert Ruhl, and
Hugh G. Ball. were initiated as as-
sociation members of Sigma Delta
Chi. national journalism fraternity.
Presentation of awards for beet
newspapers of 193 4 were also made.
The Sigma Delta Chi cup awarded to
the weekly judged best, was won by
the Hood River News, which two
years ago achieved the same distinc
tion. Second prize went to the Red-
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ALONG THE CONCRETE
A sure sign of Spring!
Margaret Elliott wishing she
could pick buttercups.
Walter Pearson and Jarvis Dur-
fey tossing a baseball between the
hotel and service station.
Emogene Paul taking Cathlene
Ann Kelley tor an airing.
Concrete warmers sitting along
Main street.
Floyd Pierce walking down Main
street In costume. The matinee was
on for the school play.