The Hermiston herald., April 18, 1935, Image 1

Troubles are often the tools by
which God fashions us for
bette-
things.—Henry Ward Beecher.
VOLUME XXIX
NUM.
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY,
UMATILLA RAPIDS
f
DAM SITE MAP
NOW COMPLETE
REPORT
OF
Uhe Hermistnn Herali
FINDINGS
FILED
WITH ARMY ENGINEERS.
Draftsmen Finish Work and Close
Office Here This Week; Housing
Facilities Studied.
With draftsmen making minute
topographical maps from surveys
made by engineers, running lines
north of the Umatilla city limits. In­
dications are that President Roose­
velt will authorize funds for the con­
struction of the Umatilla rapids dam
within the next few weeks.
A large topographical map of the
Umatilla rapids dam site on the Co­
lumbia and of the region adjacent to
the river will be completed this week
and filed with the government en­
gineer's office in Portland, accord­
ing to C. E. Guernsey, head drafts-
nan, who has been stationed here
this winter. Upon completion of the
nap the crew of draftsmen will re­
turn to Portland. Although no bor-
Ings have been made at the Umatilla
rapids dam site a minute survey of
the river channel from Celilo to
Pasco has been completed,
The army engineer’s report rro-
vides only for a dam at Umatilla
rapids which will open the Columbia
river to navigation above Umatilla,
and does not carry provisions for
either power or irrigation. Whether
army engineers are recommending a
310 foot dam or a dam of 330 foot
elevation is not known, although
recent reports from Senator Steiwer
at Washington are that they
the 330 foot elevation.
The government has been
at least 100 men on the river
in recent months, stationed at
ous points between Celilo and
llngton, between Arlington
Umatilla, and between Umatilla a
are now being made into a report
tor the war department.
Housing Studied.
Geo. E .Goodwin, recently trans­
ferred. from the housing department
at Bonneville to the Umatilla rapids
project, was In Hermiston for throe
days last week studying possible
housing facilities for an increased
population. If the dam is authorised
the project will furnish employment
for probably 4,000 men, and promises
to make work for as many more men
in industries which will furnish
equipment, supplies and material
for the job. A check was made of the
water and power supply.
Dam Long Planned.
Construction of the Umatilla dam
has been urged by eastern Oregon
for' 20 years. It has the support of
Washington, Oregon and Idaho mem­
bers of congress, and carries the
endorsement of powerful national
figures.
The first survey for the dam site
was made more than ten years ago
but was not as thorough as the sur­
vey just completed by army engin­
eers.
4-H CLUBS PLAN TO
HOLD COOKED FOOD SALE
At a recent meeting of the girl's
4-H Cooking and Canning clubs held
at Mrs. W. A. Hineline’s home, plans
were made for a cooked food sale to
be held Saturday. April 20. in the
building next to the light office.
Eleanor Dawson and Jo Ellen Mopps
were appointed as an advertising
committee.
Members of the club voted to send
Margaret Clarke to 4-H club sum­
mer school at Corvallis this year.
Margaret has only been in club work
three years but was thought to be
eligible through her activities.
Nina Ray McCulley was elected
yell leader, and each girl will write
a yell, out of which the beet will be
selected.. Plans were also discussed
for writing a play which will bo
broadcast over KOAC during dub
summer school. The boot one will be
selected from all those submitted by
the members.
Further Plans were made for a tea
honoring the mothers at the next
regular meeting, May 12. Commit­
tees appointed wore: Entertainment:
Mary Rodda, Jane Jackson and Nina
Rae McCulley; Transportation: El­
eanor Dawson. Ann Sommerer and
Helen Jendrzejewski: Refreshments:
Marie Skovbo, Margaret Clarke and
Jo Ellen Moppe.
STANFIELD NEWS
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By Sophronia Rhea
Through the generosity of the City
Council and the Stanfield school
board, the rent for the Stanfield Li­
brary has been guaranteed for the
year of 1935, but there is still a def­
icit for three months library rent In
1934, and to meet this obligation
an entertainment will be given Fri­
day evening, April 26, at the Stan­
field high school. An excellent pro­
gram will be given by the pupils of
Mrs. Cora Olday, assisted by local
musical talent. The public is urged
to attend and bring their families,
thus expressing their appreciation of
the library. The admission will be
very low.
’
The Easter services will be held
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning, with Rev. O. W. Payne, of­
ficiating. The church will be decora­
ted for the occasion and there will
be special music. Everybody is invi­
ted.
,
Mrs. Ethel Sixsmith of Atlanta,
Ga., arrived at the home of her sis­
ter, Mrs. M. J. McDermott, Tuesday
morning. Mrs. Sixsmith drove her
auto to Chicago, then came here by
bus.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sullivan and
small son Pat accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Sullivan and small
son, all of Roseburg, spent the week
end in Hermiston and Stanfield, the
former visiting Mrs. Sullivan's par­
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sloan and fam­
ily of Eugene are spending a week
at the home of Mr. Sloan’s parents.
Miss Evelyn Thorsen and Miss
Alice Rhea are home from Portland
for a week.
Mrs. Ray Hutton who underwent
n operation for appendicitis in Port­
end about Christmas time, returned
ome the first of the week.
W. G. Wallace, Mrs. Wm.
, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hey-
and Mrs. Wm. Lay and Mrs.
ebe were all business visistors
Monday.
Stanfield Commercial Club
their families enjoyed
nembers and
Í
a pot luck supper and program along
with their regular-meeting Thurs-
lay evening.
Lor,
The Tuesday Bridge club met on
Monday thia week in order to pre­
vent confliction with the Home Eco
nomics club meeting Tuesday. The
Bridge Club met at the home of Mrs.
E. A. Hoosier.
Dick Evans caught his hand in a
rock crusher Thursday and broke
three fingers and had to have twen­
ty stitches taken in the palm of his
hand.
The Study Club held election of
officers at their last meeting with
the following officers presiding tor
the coming year: Mrs. F. S. Green,
president, Mrs. G. E. Greathouse,
vice president, Mrs. J. M. Richards,
secretary, and Mrs. Harry McCor­
mick, treasurer.
FURGESON TRIAL SET FOR
W. H. SKINNER PASSES
PRISON TERM SENTENCE
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 22
AWAY IN CALIFORNIA
Sentence was passed Monday,
April 15, in circuit court in Pendle-
ton on the four persons who were
arrested Saturday, April 6, by H. A.
Pankow, special deputy at Hermis-
ton, for committing burglaries of
homes in Umatilla, Morrow and
Walla Walla counties. Three were
arrested at Hermiston and the other
member of the party at a house near
Pendleton.
The first three pleaded guilty to
burglarly and the last one to pos-
session of stolen property: Max
Johnson, 26, four years; Mrs. Jessie
Mae Baker,'45, three years; “Mrs.
Bernard Schwocher, 22, her daugh­
ter, two years; Bernard Schwochert.
29, Spokane, three years.
COLUMBIA PARK NOW
OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE
The final Columbia park clean-up
was held Monday of this week which
put the park in condition for public
use. A new type California out door
stove was installed to furnish facil­
ities for weiner and marshmallow
roasting. A gravelled space has been
made around the stove for fire pre-
vention.
Tables and benches have been ar­
ranged on the grounds which makes
an ideal place for summer picnics.
Splendid cooperation has been shown
by people In getting the park in
shape.
Telephone Crew Here,
A crew of men working for the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com­
pany are now working in Hermiston
under the foremanship of F. J. Ritz-
inger. After completing line repair
work in this vicinity they expect to
move to Echo. Other members of the
crew are H. M. Squire, C. F. Rich-
ardson, M. C. Tomlinson and Henry
Harvison.
Asparagus Shipping Starts.
W. H. Skinner, one of the first
five founders of te City of Hermis­
ton, passed away Thursday, April 11,
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Richard Flaherty, Piedmont, Calif.,
at the age of 85 years. He had been
in ill health for some time.
He is survived by his widow; five
sons, Ansel of Rathdrum, Idaho;
Carlee of Moscow, Idaho; Guy of
Altura, Calif., Rae of Cheyenne,
Wyo.; Grant of Bend, Ore.; Six
daughters, Mrs. Agnes Wight of Ta­
coma, Wn.; Mrs. May Griffin of San
DISTRICT GRADE SCHOOL
Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Catherine Ills­
ley, Camas, Wn.; Mrs. Ruth Flaher­
TRACK MEET HERE SATURDAY
ty, Piedmont, Calif.; Mrs. Helen
The district grade school track Crum, Sabastopol, Calif.; Mrs. Geor­
meet will be held at Hermiston. Sat­ gia Sage of Chularista, Calif.
urday, April 20, on the athletic
field, according to Clarance Henning LOCAL BOYS ACTIVE ON
who is arranging for the events.
The district is composed of Echo, OREGON STATE CAMPUS.
Stanfield, Umatilla, Columbia, and
Oregon State College. Corvallis,
Hermiston. Winners in the events April 15 (Special)—Bob Henderson,
staged here will compete in the sophomore In science at Oregon
county meet at Pendleton, Saturday, State College, and Walt Jendrzejew-
May 4.
ski, freshman In agriculture, from
Hermiston, have been elected to the
T. P. A. Elects Officers.
positions of social chairman and
The Teachers-Parents association sergeant-at-arms of their living
of Hermiston elected the following group, Cauthorn club. They will be
officers Wednesday evening: Mrs. installed at the annual club ban­
Geo. Harkenrlder, president; Mrs. quet which is to be held soon.
Dave Mittlesdort, vice president;
This club is composed of a sec­
Miss Margaret Elliott, secretary; and tion of the men students living in
Clarence Henning, treasurer. An in­ the men’s dormitory. These positions
teresting program consisted of num­ are important as there is a wide­
bers by the high school sextet; two spread competition among the clubs.
piano numbers by Ada Eileen Max- The men elected are chosen on the
en; a talk by J. A. Yeager, county basis of scholarship, participation in
school superintendent; a reading, college activities and leadership abi­
"Mortgage Lifter", by Mrs. Peter lities.
Castrlc; and a paper on poppies by
Mrs. W. L. Hamm.
Umatilla Warrior Published.
The Umatilla Warrior, a weekly
Irrigate From Butter Creek.
newspaper, released Its first issue
Ranchers of the Butter Creek area last week in the form of a tour page,
west of Echo and Stanfield are ir­ five column sheet. The paper is edit­
rigating with water from the spring ed by Mark A. Shields, with John H.
run off in Butter Creek, according Travis as business manager, and is
to R. G. .Saylor, who was in town printed in the interest of the pros­
this week. Because of the retentative pective development in building a
soil in that district, about one good dam at Umatilla rapids. Mr. Shields
irrigation from the spring run oft is publishes a similar paper at Bonne-
all that Is necessary to produce a ville.
crop.
James Ferguson < f Pendleton was
fined *25 in justice court here Tues­
day on the charge of reckless driving.
A hearing on other charges will be
heard before Justice P. P. Sullivan,
Monday morning, April 22, at 10:00
o’clock.
Ferguson was arrested Wednes­
day. April 3, on a complaint filed
by Rev. O. W. Payne of Hermiston.
The other two counts against Fer­
guson are driving while intoxicated
and assault and battery.
Asparagus growers started cutting
this week and considerable shipping
is being done, The season is report-
ed by growers to be at least two
weeks behind last year. but the Townsend Club Will Give Social.
market is expected to be good. The
At the regular meeting of the
local cannery is preparing for the Townsend Revolving Pension Plan
spring run of vegetable canning club Tuesday night, April 16, the
which will start soon.
members voted to hold a basket so­
cial at the next meeting April SO. An
Notice to Project Settlers.
entertainment program of music and
Dr. Elwood Mead, Commissioner declamation Is being arranged which
of Reclamation, wishes to secure will be followed by the sale of bas­
listings of irrigation farms which kets. The place of meeting is In the
can be presented to the government Hermiston Union church. Rev. How­
agency In charge of rehabilitation ard of Walla Walla was the guest
speaker at the meeting Tuesday
programs.
If prices on these lands are favor- night.
able, action may be taken In time
Feature Citrus Campaign.
for some rehabilitation work yet
On account of an unusually large
this Spring.
citrus crop in California this year,
Listing blanks will be at the Rec- Safeway
Stores are putting on an
tarnation office and can be filled out intensive coast-wide campaign to re­
there. Anyone wishing to dispose lieve the situation Dates have been
of their farm please come in and fill set from April 19 to April 25th dur­
ing which time the local Safeway
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
out one of these forms as soon as store
will be featuring the cream of
possible.
«loie.
California's crop of oranges, lemons
Enos D. Martin, Project Manager. | and grapefruit at special prices.
Chiloquin won the debate held
Saturday at The Dalles with Her­
miston debating the affirmative. Mr.
McAtee. Mrs. N. R. Mueller, Nina
Ray McCulley and Wayne Power, ac­
companied the debaters. Rosemary
Serell and Margaret McMullen were
the two members of the debating
team.
Both Hermiaton and Chiloquin
teams have won the Eastern Oregon
championship debate cup twice and
upon winning another year, one or
the other will retain the cup per­
manently.
In the girl's baseball game played
on the local field April 11, Umatilla
won by a large score, 28-13. Her­
miston led to the fourth inning and
then Umatilla began to chalk up
runs.
The juniors and seniors held a
joint meeting Friday afternoon in
connection with the annual prom.
Bill Jackson, chairman of the Invi­
tation and program committee, ex­
plained the regulations for all invi­
tions.
Mr. Moshberger was unexpectedly
called to Eugene Thursday evening,
April 11, by the serious illness of
bis father, who Is in the Eugene
hospital.
At one o’clock Wednesday the jun­
iors were leading the seniors three
points in the junior-senior activity
week contest. The juniors won both
the tennis and the horse and rider
contest, while the seniors walked off
with the track meet honors. The
score stood 24-21..
The Bulldogs defeated the Uma­
tilla team in two baseball games
played this week. Scores were 10-4
Dean Power, of the State Board of
Higher Education, will speak to
Mrs. L. W. Douglas returned teachers and parents Friday night,
Thursday afternoon from Pendleton April 19, at 7:30 in the high school
auditorium on "Oregon Literature.”
where she has been employed tor County School Superintendent J. A.
Easter
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Pleasure Is the last resort of the
desperste. Happy people do not need
to be amused.—Thomas Carlyle.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
APRIL 18, 1935
ROBBER QUARTET GIVEN
Store Awarded Prize.
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PINE CITY NEWS
By Oleta Neill
A large crowd attended the high
school play, "What a Mix-Up last
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rauch were
business visitors in Pendleton Wed­
nesday.
Mrs. Roy Omohundro and children
spent Sunday visiting Mr. Omohun­
dro who Is now doing some seeding
on their new farm near Nolin.
James O’Brien, who is attending
school in Salem, spent the week end
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. O'Brien.
Jack Hixon arrived from Pleasant
Valley Friday for a short visit with
his sieter, Mrs. H. E. Young.
Misses Neva and Oleta Neill, who
are attending the Eastern Oregon
Normal school at La Grande, spent
the week end visiting their mother.
Mrs. Ollie Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Young and
family were transacting business in
Hermiston Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattendurger
and Misses Eleanor Barth and Lennä
Neill attended the matinee in Her-
miston Sunday afternoon.
Glen Coxen visited his aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayers,
from Thursday until Sunday.
Pat Healy from Boardman visited
at the John Healy home Saturday.
Miss Mary White spent the week
end at her home In Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill and Guy
Moore were business visitors
Heppner Friday.
Miss Shirley Jarmon, who is
teaching school in the valley, spent
the week end visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Jarmon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger,
Mrs. Ollie Neill and daughters Ne-
va. Oleta and Lennä, and Miss Elea-
nor Barth visited at the W. J. Wat-‘
tenburger home Sunday.
Mrs. Neil Knighten and son
Freddie, and neice, Clarice Moore,
spent a few days of last week visit­
ing at the L. D. Neill home.
Miss Shirley Jarmon and Roy Jar-
mon visited at the C. H. Bartholo-
mew home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Buri Cosen and
children from Heppner spent Sun­
day evening visiting at the L. D.
Nelli home.
Mr. and Mrs. Earle Abbott mo­
tored to Portland Saturday for a few
days.
The local Safeway store, of which
Herbert Hedwall is manager, assist­
ed by Craig Percy, clerk, was award­
ed a prize of *15 for showing the
highest percentage of Increase in
canned goods sales over a period of
ten days, over the same period last
Willamette Dinner Scheduled.
year. The award was made last week
A Willamette dinner will be held
and Included all stores In the Walla
in Pendleton, Tuesday, April 23, at
Walla district.
6:30 at the Pendleton hotel, accord­
ing to Margaret Raught who is ar­
Easter Egg Hunt.
The Hermiston Unit of the Am- ranging the affair. Dr. Bruce R.
erican Legion Auxiliary is sponsor- Baxter, now preeident of the univer­
Ing an Easter egg hunt Saturday, sity, will be the guest speaker and
April 20, at the home of Mrs. A. W all alumni, old students and well-
Christopherson, at 2:30 p. m. All wishers of Willamette are Invited to
youngsters between the ages of 3 attend. Reeervations should be made
and 10 years are cordially invited by April 21, with Miss Raugh, Pen­
to attend, preferable with their par­ dleton.
ents. Refreshments will be served
by the committee, which includes BLUE RIBBON CALF CLUB
Dorothy Todd, Anita Moore and Inez
MEETS SATURDAY.
Amsberry.
MCKENZIE ELECTED
TO HEAD HERMISTON
CITY GOLF CLOD
PLANS
COMPLETE
FOR
NEW
GOLF COURSE.
Club House Will Be Moved Soon
Membership Fee Set at $12
Per Year.
F. C. McKenzie
re-elected
president of the Hermiston Golf club
at a meeting held Wednesday night,
and Burl Gurdane of Umatilla was
elected vice president, and Sam
Moore of Hermiston, secretary-trea-
surer.
Plans were made for moving the
club house from the golf course west
of the Umatilla river to the Hermis-
ton Community Park golf course site.
This will be done in the near future
and the club house will be placed on
a concrete foundation on the old
Catholic church site. The plot of
ground has been levelled and trees
have been planted.
Definite land ^
completed this w
gan, landscape a
who was here io
posed course am
changes in the i
pected that the c
for use by the ex 3+
tificial lake is n<
will soon be filler
ter. The lake w
ter hazard on tl
hole course.
Annual membership dues were
placed at *12 a year for a family.
Green fees were set at twenty-five
cents for week days and fifty cents
for Sundays and holidays. The $12
membership fee In the club also in­
cluded membership in the park as­
sociation. Mrs. A. W. Christopher­
son was named chairman of the
membership committee, and Mrs.
Sam Moore, Mrs. Walter Pearson and
R. A. Brownson as other members.
A delegation of golf club members
from Umatilla and Stanfield were
present at the meeting and all
showed enthusiasm In this year’s
golf club organization. The first
tournament game will be played at
Pilot Rock next Sunday.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE STARS
IN FEATURE HERE.
Shirley Temple, 5, frolics away
with another picture In “Now and
Forever" and leaves Gary Cooper
and Carole Lombard, stars in their
own right, playing supporting parts.
The film play will be at the Oasis
theatre Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Cooper, as the story opens, is
a globe-trotting gentleman crook,
operating for the nonce In Shang­
hai and accompanied by Miss Lom­
bard, possibly meant to be his wife.
The crook has a daughter (Shir­
ley of course), back in Connecticut,
and thither he goes with the intent
of blackmailing the child’s rich un­
cle, who wishes to keep her. Fath-
er and daughter become pals on
meeting, and the crook takes the
little girl away and tries to reform
for her sake. The going Is pretty
tough. There Is much natural humor
and a generous quantity of pathos,
both contributed heavily by little
Shirley.
The third meeting of the Blue
Ribbon Calf Club was held at the
home of the leader, Lois Hutchison,
April 13, at 2:00 P. M. The club up
to this time has been showing a
great deal of interest and with the
cooperation of others has been get-
ting along very nicely.
At this meeting the club charter
was presented to the club by the
leader. A report of the pie sale
which was held April 10, was made
by a member of the committee. The
sale was voted a huge success, the ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ • %
net proceeds being »2.35. A candy
Ac TWF covepe
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sale was decided upon by the mem- 3
ALONG THE CONCRET*
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bers, to be held April 2 4 In the Her- .......44444,,%
mlston school building. Marlon Ott I
gave a talk on the Care of Equip-
Mrs. Walter Pearson and Mrs.
ment Needed In Raising
Dairy Sam Moore comparing notes on the
Calf. Jo Ellen Mopps then demon- results of their golf club member-
strated one simple way of making a ship drive—Mrs. A. W. Christoph*
rope halter; following this was a erson also hitting business men up
demonstration of How to Teach a for memberships- R. C. Todd and
Calf to Lead, given by two of the | J. Jendrzejewski discussing weighty
members, Nellie Hooker and Leonard | problems while enjoying the spring
Moppe. The meeting was then ad- sunshine—Helen Jendrzejewski mak
journed and games were played, The ing "letter perfect" copies of seed
nert meeting will be held at ihe loan applications—Mrs. M. L. Wat­
home of Leonard Mopps, April 26, son and Sherman Wells comparing
at 7:00 o'clock P. M.
notes on the invasion of mumps tn
their respective families.
“ONE MORE SPRING" REUNITES
GAYNOR AND BAXTER.
A woman's eager pursuit of the
glamor of romance is said to be the
theme of the latent Janet Gaynor
and Warner Baxter co-starring ve­
hicle. "One More Spring,” scheduled
to come to the Oasis theatre Wed-
nesday and Thursday,
The more happiness you give the
more you have left.
Tom Gurdane, a fairly recent
groom, being waylaid by B. J.
Nation—both former cope and vic-
time of the democratic administra-
tlon.
Endeavor to be what
to appear— Socrates,