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• s’ • Uhe Hermiston Herali ------ ■' VOLUME XXX -------------- T II w --------- NUMBER 8 TWO COUNTIES ARE REPRESENTED IN ROAD MEET HERE SECONDARY HIGHWAY IMPROVE MENTS SOLICITED. Committee Hopes to Impress State Highway Board of Need for Re- surfacing Diagonal-Lexington Road The biggest and most Important road meeting in years in Hermiston took place at the Hermiston Hotel when delegates to the number of fifty-three assembled from Heppner, Lexington# Butter Creek, Columbia . district and Hermiston to discuss, with all members of the county -courts of Umatilla and Morrow counties, the matter of permanent improvement of the Diagonal-Butter Creek-Lexington highway. This road has been designated as a state secondary highway and has been graded and graveled and some parts given a light coat of oil, but the heavy traffic that has developed on all parts of it is destroying the road bed and making the road prac tically impassable. That it must be rebuilt and given a heavy treatment of oil, was the concensus of opinion expressed by all the speakers at the meeting. The present methods of maintaining the highway have prov en ineffectual and the state is in great danger of losing a large in vestment It oiling and other better ments are not provided by the state highway commission in the very near future. Oiling must be done by early summer. The members of the Morrow coun ty court were Judge W. T. Camp bell, and commissioners. Frank Par ker and George Pike, and all spoke earnestly in support of the proposed improvement. County Judge Fay Hodges, and commissioners, J. O. Hales and William Meiners were all in attendance and spoke highly in favor of the road and all members of both courts gave warmest assur- anees that they would visit the state highway commission and urge the construction asked for and continue to hammer on the matter until It was ordered and completed. Vice President, R. H. McAtee of the Hermiston Commercial club, pre sided. Visitors, in addition to the members of the courts who addressed the meeting were Frank Saling. Ray McAllister, R. H. Lane and W. F. Barnett of Lexington; Roy Neill, Ralph Saylor, Allan Thomson and Wm. Doherty of Butter Creek; S. E. Notson and Jasper Crawford of Hep pner; H. J. Ott and J. H. DeMoss of Columbia district; and W. W. Felt house. E. P. Dodd, F. C. McKenzie. O. 0. Felthouse and H. T. Fraser of Hermiston. After the discussion, and acting on the suggestion of Umatilla County Judge Hodges, it was decided to pre pare a brief of information and argu ment to be presented to the State Highway commission by the county courts at an early date, and a rep resentative committee consisting of E. P. Dodd and F. C. McKenzie of Hermiston. Ralph Saylor of Butter Creek, Frank Saling of Lexington; L. E. Dick of Heppner, and Henry Sommerer of Columbia was appoint ed to hold a meeting Tuesday, Oc tober 22, and prepare for a presen tation of the case before the state highway commission at a very early date, This committee has announced that it will welcome suggestions from all interested sources as it de- sires to compile all facts pertaining to engineering, traffic service, ec onomic features, and the importance of the road in the general state and federal highway system. This road begins at the junction of the Diagonal road with the Wal lula cut-off seven and a half miles northeast of Hermiston. Because of this connection, which is within ten miles of the Oregon-Washington state highway system of Washing- ton, leading through the Yakima valley to the Sound country and also to Spokane and all eastern Washington and north Idaho terri tory, the road becomes an inter state highway. From this point of connection the road two miles east, links up with the Pendleton Cold Springs highway, and also westerly to Portland over the Wallula cut-off and the Columbia highway. From the point of the Wallula cut-off southward the road leads through Hermiston and thence to Blitter Creek three miles south and on up Batter Creek to the Percy Jarmon ranch and thence through Morrow county wheat fields to Lex- - I . I HERMISTON, UMATILLA PLUMMER TROPHY KEPT --------- COUNTY, IN FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HARRY OREGON BY 4-H TEAMS The Hermiston 4-H club can ning demonstration team and an agricultural demonstration team on bees by a team from Tillamook county were re sponsible for Oregon 4-H club bers retaining the Plummer trophy, a large American flag, by making an average score of better than 97 on demonstra- tiods given at the Pacific In ternational Livestock Exposi tion in Portland. The Hermiston team, com posed of Helon Jendrzajewski and Margaret Clarke, scored 99 plus. Acting as judge of the demonstration was R. Marston, state club leader of Wyoming. A. E. BENSEL WILL REPRESENT TOWNSEND CLUB AT CHICAGO A. E. Bensel, president of the Her miston Townsend club, was elected as a delegate to the national con vention in Chicago, October 24 to 27, at a meeting of the club Tues day night. Mr. Bensel plans to leave Monday for the convention city, Thirty new members were taken into the club Tuesday night which brings the total membership up to 322, the largest In comparison to the size of the territory, In this sec tion of eastern Oregon. On October 27th, starting at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, this club will join with thousands of other clubs in the United States in holding meetings simultaneously with the closing hours of the national con vention. The meeting was opened, by com munity singing. Three songs which applied to the Townsend plan, and composed by Mary Ellis, Mrs. Joe Udey and A. E. Bensel were sung. A reading was given by the Beasley boy and a motion song by Peggy Smith. Hospital Negotiations Revived. Negotiations were again opened this week by E. F. Ness of Portland for the securing of the old Shotwell building here for use as a hospital. Correspondence from Mr. Ness says that he hopes to close the deal to purchase the building and if so will again visit Hermiston in the near future. Father Demonic O’Connor Dies. , Word was received here today of the death of Father Domonic O’Con nor, in Bend, Oregon. Father O’Con nor was visiting his uncle at Bend and passed away while sleeping Wednesday night. No further de tails were received. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES High School Honor Roll. Seniors—Barbara Reid, Charlotte Ralph, Maxine Paul, Bill Jackson. Junior—Dorothy Conrad, Helen Dunning, Irene Kennings, Maxine Mackan and James Power. Sophomore—Lois White, Vera Sis son, Rebecca Pierson, Nina Rae Mc Culley. Frances Lewis, Jane Jack- son and Laura Conrad. Freshmen—Eleanors Steiner, Ger aldine Mullins, Jesse Moore, Ruby Leo and Glenn Elwood. Teachers, students, alumni and parents enjoyed the first high school party of the season held last Friday night in the local auditorium. Vol ley ball was played in the early part of the evening while later on danc ing and cards were enjoyed. The Follet orchestra furnished the mu sic. The door receipts amounted to three dollars and fifteen cents. The student assembly was enter tained by the freshmen last Wed nesday morning when the freshmen initiation began. First the class marched around the room garbed In paraphanalia consisting of short dresses and green ribbons for the girls, and short pants, old shoes, girls’ purses, green ties or hair rib- bons for the boys. Then Maxwell Englert, Carl Clark and Don Alstott favored the group with a song. Sev- eral girls also sang, Marvin Rankin played a harmonica solo i to complete the program. The high school is looking for- ward to the support of the commu- nity on October 18 when it meets Athena on the local field. The final initiation ceremonies were held last Thursday night. The boys wore girls' clothes and vice versa. • The evening began with the usual mounting of the stairs while blindfolded- end progressed through soda and vinegar, the electric shock and cat's eyes (skinned grapes) to flourish off with eider and cookies. ■( ■ OREGON, Pilgrim Holiness Evangelist. - — OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER OCTOBER 17, 1935. STORES WILL CLOSE FOR GAME • ♦ Final tribute was paid to Harry McMillan Tuesday afternoon at fun eral services held in the Methodist church at 2:00 o'clock, with Rev. O. W. Payne of Brownsville, Or., form erly pastor here, conducting the service. McMillan passed away at St. Anthony’s hospital in Pendleton Saturday morning following an ill ness of several months duration. Members of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodge attended the services in a body, and the Odd Fellows con ducted services at the grave in the Hermiston cemetery. Pall bearers were Gwyn Hughes, Geo. Harken- rider, H. A. Pankow, Curtis Simons, Gerald White and Geo. 'Wagner. Mr, McMillan had been a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge for seven years and was a past grand master. He was born at Emerado, North Dakota, March 28, 1890, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McMil lan. He came to Hermiston with his parents in June, 1913. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruby McMillan, and one sister Miss Lila McMillan of Eugene. Or. • Business houses will close • • Friday afternoon between the • • hours of 2:45 and 4:00 in or- • • der to permit attendance at the • • football game between the Her • • miston Bulldogs and the Athe- • UNDER DIRECTION OF REGIONAL • na high school team. In other • • years it has been the policy of • OFFICE AT PULLMAN. • the stores to close during foot- • ❖ ball games. • Locust Seed Being Gathered in Na $009669** 4****** tion-Wide Program to Produce —e e Rev. R. V. Steelhead of San Aca- clo, Colorado, who opened revival American Legion Auxiliary Notes. meetings at the Pilgrim Holiness Hermiston Unit No. 37 held in church Thursday night, October 17. stallation of officers on Thursday evening, October 10th, with Mrs. L. PINE CITY NEWS t A. McClintock of Pendleton as in t By Oleta Neill stalling officer. The following of ficers for 1936 were installed: Mr. and Mrs. Reid Buseick and Mrs. Logan Todd, president; Mrs. daughters Barbara and Donna and Guy Amsberry, vice president; Mrs. son Robert of Long Creek spent the week end visiting Mrs. Buseick’s Raymond Walker, 2nd vice presi parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Watten- dent; Mrs. Alice Stone, secretary burger. Jack Lamont and Harry Hadfield treasurer; Mrs. J. P. Sage, histor ian; Mrs. James Todd, chaplain; and of Portland spent the week end at Frank Helms home hunting Mrs. O. K. Mudge, sergeant at arms, the pheasants. Members of the local post and of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Estle and fam Pendleton Unit were guests. Dis ily from Oklahoma were over night guests at the R. D. Estle home Mon tinguished members of the Legion Auxiliary present were: Mrs. L. A. day night. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Cox and fam McClintock, district president for ily spent Friday evening visiting at the Auxiliary; Mrs. A. W. Christo the Walter Wigglesworth home in pherson. past district president; Mrs. Echo. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Young ot The Edna Coppinger, president of Pen Dalles spent the week end on But dleton Unit; James Todd, district ter Creek. commander for the Legion, and J. Mrs. Frank Helms and daughters M. Biggs, past Legion Department were business visitors in Echo and Hermiston Saturday. Commander. Mrs. WM. Rodda and Miss Grace Following the ceremony, refresh ments were served and the evening Rodda and Andrew Harvey were dinner guests at the Frank Helms was spent in dancing. home Sunday. The next regular meeting of Her Mrs. T. J. O’Brien returned home miston Unit No. 37 will be held at Saturday evening after visiting her husband who is ill in the hospital the Legion hall on October 24, at 8 Portland. P. M. sharp. At this meeting plans in Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew for the year’s activities will be returned home from Spokane Sunday made. evening. R. D. Estle, E. B. Wattenburger The Unit regrets loosing one of Its active members, Mrs. L. D. Tilden, and Emery Cox went deer hunting Sunday. They returned without who has moved to Portland. • any deer. John Healy returned home from St. Helens Monday evening. Armistice Day Turkey Shoot. Burl Coxen. R. A. Phelps. Lester The Hermiston Post of the Ameri Gamble, Tom Kenny and Ambrose can Legion is planning a turkey Chapin of Heppner hunted pheasants shoot on the morning of Armistice on Butter Creek Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill attended day. A football game will be a Townsend picnic in Heppner Sat played in the afternoon between urday. Touchet. Wu„ high school ahd the Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison and Bulldogs on the local field. In the son Johnny and Mr. and Mrs. Burl evening the Legion will sponsor a Wattenburger and family attended dance. Out-of-town Legion and Aux the show in Hermiston Friday even ing. iliary guests will be entertained at a Miss Cecelia Brennan and Miss pot luck dinner in the Legion hall. Norma Gibbons spent the week end visiting Miss Gibbon’s mother, Mrs. Boulder Dam Stamp Issued. Gladys Forties at Boardman. A recent issue of the beautiful Weather Report. Boulder Dam stamps were received Date Max. Mln. at the local post office and were October 10 75 .... 35 eagerly purchased by local stamp October 11 75 .... 30 collectors, according to Acting Post October 12 73 .... 47 master Harvey DeMoss. Inspector J. October 13 64 .... 48 R. Freeman visited the local office October 14 64 .... 48 this week and gave a rating of 91. October 15 65 .... 33 October 16 ......................... 66 .... 37 CARD OF THANKS Precipitation was .32 during the In this way we express our deep week. appreciation to members of the Her miston I.O.O.F. lodge, and to our J. O. Swearingen of Irrigon, Chas. friends for every act of kindness Dillon and son Warren of Boardman, shown us during our bereavement. F. D. Brace, Irrigon and Guy and MRS. RUBY MCMILLAN. Claud Nelson of Patterson, Wn., MISS LILA MCMILLAN. were visitors here this week. ---- — • =-- ************ RIVER ARTICLE ATTRACTS ATTENTION OF OUTSIDE HERMISTON HERALD READERS As evidence that the recent article by E. P. Dodd on the economic justi fication of a dam at Umatilla has reached and attracted attention of people outside the immediate terri tory of the dam site, is contained in a letter to Mr. Dodd from David W. Gibson of Portland, Or "I read with some interest In a recent issue of the Hermiston Herald an article which was written by you in connection with the Umatilla rap- ids dam project and with which I am in full accord. You could express it in no better way than the way in which you have expressed it. "The Hermiston was taken by Heppner Umatilla rapids dam Is the key pro in the game last Friday for a score ject,” as regards the development of of 11-0. Jack Reeves received a bro the Columbia river both above and below the mouth of the Snake river. ken finger during the game. FRIDAY AFTERNOON ---------- • • SOiL CONSERVATION WORK EMPLOYS A CREW OF 34 HERE MC MILLAN HELD TUESDAY 150 DELEGATES EXPECTED TO Millions of Trees. ATTEND GIRLS’ LEAGUE MEET Early this week the employment of 34 men at Hermiston and Echo brought the soil conservation nurse ries crew strength in the northwest to over three hundred. C. H. Hatton of Portland is directing the work here which was organized by R. W. Prentice of the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agri culture at Pullman, Wn., who was here last Saturday. Crews are at work gathering locust seed here, and other tree seed in seven other sec tions of the northwest, namely: Lewiston, Walla Walla, Kennewick, Pasco, Pomeroy, Sunnyside and Clarkston. All local men are being put on this work which is being carried for ward rapidly under the direction of the regional office at Pullman as a part of the nation-wide program to produce 600 million trees for use on soil conservation projects in all parts of the United States. In addition to the tree seed collec tion to produce stock supplementing commercial production, the soil con servation nurseries are dedicated to a program including grass seed col lection from some 25 species not pro duced commercially and experimen tation and seed testing to determine the most valuable species for use in the soil conservation service pro gram. Work will continue here as long as the weather permits. A delegation of not less than 150 is expected to attend the Girl’s Lea gue conference here Saturday, Oc tober 26, from high schools at Stan field, Echo, Umapine, Heppner, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Helix, Boardman, Irrigon, Weston, Athena. Pendleton, Milton-Freewater and Hermiston. The delegates come from a section of the Oregon District of the Tri State League, which has been divid ed into two sections. The session Saturday morning will open at 9:00 o'clock in the high school auditorium with Miss Eunice A. Mitchell as guest speaker. Miss Mitchell, who has taught for the past ten years in a girls' school near Canton, China, will give an illustra ted address. Supt. R. H. McAtee will give the address of welcome. The conference theme will be “Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.” At 12:00 o’clock the discussion groups will adjourn to enjoy lunch served in the basement of the Meth odist church. The afternoon session will open at 1:30 with Miss Mitchell giving a travel speech at the close of which all guests will be shown through the art exhibit on display that week at the old Kingsley building on Main street. = • —■ HUNTERS FLOCK TO BIRD PARADISE ON THIS PROJECT HEDWALL-WAHL. Miss Lenore Wahl became the bride of M. G. Hedwall of Hermis ton at a quiet wadding ceremony performed by Rev. Graficous, pastor of the Presbyterian church at New port, Ore.. Sunday afternoon, Octo ber 13, at 5:00 o'clock. Attending the pair was Miss Louise Wahl, sla ter of the bride, and members of her immediate family Mr. and Mrs. James Larson and son Ronald, were present. Mr. and Mrs. Hedwall spent Mon day in Newport and returned to Her miston Tuesday evening. Mr. Hedwall Is manager of the Umatilla Co-operative Creamery here and Miss Wahl has acted as book- keeper for that association for the License Examiner Coming. past three years. C. M. Bentley, examiner of opera They will be at home to their tors and chauffeurs, will be in Her friends at the Osborn Apartments. miston Saturday, October 19, 1935, at the city library between the hours New Ford V-8 Displayed. of 10:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m., respec Saturday, October 19, is the date tively, according to a recent an nouncement released from the Secre set for display in Hermiston of the tary of State’s office. All those wish new Ford V-8 for 1936, states A. F. ing permits or licenses to drive cars Rohrman of the Rohrman Motor Co. are asked to get in touch with Mr. Every member of the community is cordially invited to come in and see Bentley during these hours. the new model. In addition there will ************ also be shown a slide film with recordings telling graphically f STANFIELD NEWS t sound about the new cars and trucks. These By Sophronla Rhea will be run continuously Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hunlock and evening. son are here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morgan. Mrs. Florence Connor was hostess at a pot luck dinner Monday at her home. The afternoon was spent ♦ ALONG THE CONCRETE ♦ quilting for the aid. • • M. E. Sturdivant of Pendleton, +49444444*****%* who has been visiting at the J. F. Lane home, returned to his home Gladys Smith risked coming home Sunday. Truman Yates, a former resident from Portland last week adorned In of Stanfield, is here for the hunting a new leopard skin coat—and the hunting season open too. season. Mr. and Mrs. Welsch and children Hunter Kills Horse! These words of Astoria are visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Penney and family. Mr. Welsch were circulated about the project is employed by Swift & Co. in As this week but the poor horse simply toria. laid down in an irrigation ditch and J. Henry and Mr. Miggie were drowned. here from Portland visiting at the Chas. Hoggard home while hunting We might suggest that the con last week end. Guy Pound and son Marshall of crete walks along Main street be The Dalles visited Mr. and Mrs. cut down to eight feet to allow 45 degree angle parking. Wouldn’t It Chas. Hoggard Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. George Barr ana allow room for about twice the num children of Oregon City are visiting ber of cars to park than now adorn her father, J. D. Wallace. Clyde Kennison attended the ban our fair city street. quet given by the Sperry Flour Co. A good plan Is to make sure all in Walla Walla Tuesday evening. Harold Reeves and Floyd Woods "Just Married" signs are attached left Monday for Ukiah to hunt deer. to the car belonging to the newly- Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reeves and weds. Mrs. Darling drove home the Curtis Rhea and daughters Mary Lee other night and imagine her em- and Josephine, attended the Stock barassment when she found such a show in Portland last week. The Sunday evening meeting at sign adorning her car. And no tell the Presbyterian church this week ing who saw it. will be in celebration of the 25th M. G. Hedwall firmly believes that anniversary of the founding of this its a good idea to always keep a church, on Oct. 19. Everyone is urged to come. The church especial good executive secretary (bookkeep ly Invites all new comers In the com er) in your home. When you get a cold just remem munity to attend and get acquain ted. It Is hoped that former mem ber that the little germ may have bers from nearby communities will wanted to get away from it all. Many more hunters than in prev ious years flocked to the “Bird Para- dise" on the project here at the open ing of the wild game bird season, and all have bagged the limit. Among hunters visiting here, and registered at the hotel, were: J. W. Myers and E. R. Moller, Hood River; E. M. Hinds, Geo. F. Schults, C. C. Piny- rlhuh, R. W. Potts, all of Portland; C. A. Brown, Spray; T. L. Fields. Wasco; Glenn Baker and Ben Nor man, Portland; J. Peters, C. J. Swin dell, R. W. Nissen, J. H. Niles, all of Portland. H. Pursol of Pendleton and W. J. Peters of Portland were also here hunting this week. "At present I am residing In Port land but my interests remain to a great extent In eastern Oregon, and particularly that section of county where the Umatilla river meets the great Columbia and I hope to be able to do a little missionary work in and around here, especially as re gards the great hinterland which lies beyond the Cascade and partic ularly that section of this region which is so closely Identified with the Umatilla rapids project and whose future happiness and pros perity depends so much on it. “All I ean say is keep up the good work and I feel that perseverance will soon bring us the results which we so earnestly desire.” be present. *******. . . . . . . . . . . :
