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-he Hermiston Heraln --------------------------------- VOLUME XXX 1 ■ -------------------- MANY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS RECEIVED BY 4-H CLUBBERS STATE 4-H CLUB LEADER H. C. SEYMOUR VISITS. Nine Clubs Complete Projects 100 Per Cent; First National Bank of Hermiston Adds Scholarship. The annual achievement day for 4-H club boys and girls in the west end of Umatilla county was held in a program conducted at the Grange hall in Stanfield, Saturday night, January 25. Awards were made by J. A. Yeager, county school superin tendent, W. A. Sawyer, assistant county agent, and C. C. Clarkson of the Pendleton Branch of the First National Bank of Portland Pins for club work in this county are pur chased by the Portland bank. H. C. Seymour, state 4-H club leader of Corvallis, presented certi ficates to nine leaders of 4-H clubs completing their work 100 per cent. In making this presentation Mr. Seymour spoke highly of the work of leaders who, in their work, trained boys and girls in citizenship. He said that at present there were 2500 clubs in the state with 2000 leaders, which shows a ten per cent enroll ment increase over thât of other years, and nearly ten per cent in crease in project completions. Club leaders presented with certi ficates included: Mrs. W. A. Hine- line, Hermiston, cooking and can ning; Mrs. Gordon Hoffnagle, Echo, sewing; Mrs. Helen Nasshahn, Stan field, sewing; Mrs. H. J. Ott, Her miston, cooking; Mrs. W. E. Ken nedy, Umatilla, cooking and sewing; Mrs. N. A. Bleakney, Stanfield, live stock; Mrs. A. H. Cable, Hermiston, clothing: Lois Hutchison, livestock; and Al Kennings, Hermiston, live stock. Scholarships Presented. Margaret Clarke of Hermiston was presented with the county scholar ship. She is a member of the We-Can Canning club and was one member of the demonstration team which won the grand champion prize at the state fair and also first at the Pacific International Livestock Ex position in Portland. Marie Skovbo was presented with the scholarship offered by the First National Bank of Hermiston. She completed six years of club work and in that time completed 12 home ec onomics projects, one poultry pro ject. one canning, two cooking pro jects. took three firsts in open class at state fair and one first in nation al competition. The Umatilla Project Farm Bur eau scholarship went to Jane Jack- son and Darrel Seeliger. The Stanfield Grange presented a scholarship to Margaret Wood and Neill Bleakney. and the Echo Grange Home Economics club presented one to Marie Olsen. Gold Medal Home Economics cer tificates were awarded Margaret Clarke and Helen Jendrzejewski who won first place at the state fair in canning demonstration competition. They also entered at the Pacific In ternational at Portland. which the judge said was one of the best demonstrations of Its kind witnessed by him. These scholarships entitle the holder to attend from one to two weeks of 4-H club summer school at Oregon State college. Program Enioved. An entertaining program was giv en which consisted of musical numb ers by the orchestra composed of Margaret Clark, Marie Skovbo. Allan Clarke. Albert Skovbo and Herbert Skovbo; a reading by Claudia Ga briel; a tap dance by Rae Nasshahn: and a skit put on by the Grand Champion Calf club of Hermiston. (Continued on page 2) HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. H. B. Dexter of Umatilla suf fered a fracture to her hip last week In a fall. Mrs. Dexter was taken to Portland by Mrs. Alton Kingsbury. R. N., where she Is being treated by a bone specialist, due to previous in juries which complicated the case. Mrs. R. W. Meyers of Stanfield was brought to the hospital in a critical condition this week follow ing the birth of her ten pound son, who has been named Donald Lee. Mrs. Myers is suffering from mastoid and complications. The baby is get ting along nicely. Mrs. Jack Horner underwent a major operation this week and is getting along nicely. Mr. Pepper. _o Is a medical pa tient. Is continuing to improve. ________ _ __ HERMISTON, UMATILLA NUMBER 22 STANFIELD CCC OFFERS TRAINING FOR YOUNG MEN More than 200 young men are sta tioned at the CCC barracks main tained by the government at Stan field, and these boys are being sup ervised by the personnel of Capt. Lawry, recently from Beacon Rock, Ore., Lt. Donald R. Cook, command ing officer. H. G. Schreiter, camp educational adviser, Earl DuLaney, visiting district chaplain. Dr. Wm. E. Marbut, Echo, camp doctor, and H. O. Thompson, reclamation super intendent Courses are offered in spelling, current events, aviation, journalism, clerical work, auto mechanics, lead ership, diesel engines, arts and crafts, and photography. These dif ferent courses are directed by mem bers of the camp personnel. Library benefits are available to all boys who wish to take advantage of any correspondence courses, and a camp library furnishes books and maga zines. Army and reclamation quarters are separate, and other buildings house the infirmary, recreation hall, mess hall and barracks. The Stanfield Echo, a mimeograph sheet is published weekly under the supervision of Mr. Schreiter, in which some exceptionally fine sten cil work is shown. The sheet carries cartoons and interesting news of camp activities, also notices of field trips, contests, sports, tournaments, programs and hobby clubs activities, all carried out by the boys in the camp under proper supervision. - • = AUXILIARY TO WOOL GROWERS WIN STATE MEMBERSHIP PRIZE The West End Wool Growers’ Auxiliary won the state-wide con test for the largest increase in mem bership aand was awarded a gavel, it was announced at the last meet ing held in Echo, at which ribbons were awarded in the wool exhibit sponsored by the organization. Mrs. Gaylord Madison is president. Awards were made as follows, placed according to position: Rugs—Mrs. F. C. McKenzie, first and third, Mrs. Joe Middleton, sec ond. Suits and dresses—Mrs. A. C. Ebert, Mrs. Sloan Thomson, Miss Lucille George. Accessories, slippers — Mrs. Ar ietta White, Mrs. Gaylord Madison. Mrs. Neal Robertson. Afghans — Mrs. Dunham, Mrs. Sloan Thomson, second and third. Embroidered crazy quilts, a Mexi can serape, a hand-woven counter pane and a Navajo blanket made in teresting background for knitted ar ticles entered in the display. At the next meeting early in Feb ruary, Miss Frances Clinton, Uma tilla County Home Demonstration Agent, will be given place of honor on the program. MANY PEOPLE ATTEND WESTLAND GRANGE MEETING. One of the most interesting meet ings held at Westland Grange for some time was attended by many last Monday evening. Forty-four members were present and one can didate was given the membership ob ligation. Don Sherwood of the agricultural committee gave an interesting dis course on farm problems and dairy ing, while Assistant County Agent Sawyer talked on 4-H club work, and the rural electrification admin istration. Albert Kennings read a co-opera tive paper on the establishing of a chain of cooperative deparment stores which it is planned will even tually stretch from coast to coast. Ed Dunning discussed the Credit Union and told of a play by the Union and told of a plan by' the trace the evolution of the co-opera tive movement from its earliest his tory (about 1830) down to the pres ent day. The program will cover the move ment in all countries and will pro bably extend through the better part of the year. A tentative date for a basket so cial was set for Saturday evening. February 8th. An excellent literary program was rendered, consisting of songs, read ings. and instrumental music. The next "literary hour’’ meeting will be taken up mostly by a mock trial. — • =------ Mrs. F. B. Swayze left Monday af ternoon for Carney, Kansas, where she will spend an indefinite time with her sister who is in very poor health. Mrs Swayze will be joined later by another sister from Port land. __ : COUNTY, 4 - — OREGON, Coleman Seeding 1800 Acres. More Beef Calves Purchased. T. L. Coleman, who owns 2000 acres in the Stanfield Irrigation dis trict, is seeding 1800 acres to feder ation wheat this spring. The work is being done by O. O. Thomas and L. A. Thompson who use a 52 foot, five disc Superior seeder to cover 120 acres per day. Approximately one bushel to the acre is being used in seeding. Present soil conditions are ideal for seeding, Mr. Thomas be lieves. Assistant County Agent W. A. Sawyer motored to Condon Tuesday where two more Hereford beef calves were purchased from Geo. Webb for 4-H club purebred beef calf club members. He was accompanied by Wm. Kik and son Charles and C. A. Brown of Hermiston. The calves were purchased for Marie Olsen of Echo and Charles Kik of Hermiston which makes at least 12 calves owned by club members in this end of Umatilla county COMMERCIAL CLUB NAMES HERB HEDWALL AS NEW PRESIDENT The Hermiston Commercial club held its annual meeting at the Her miston Hotel Wednesday evening and elected Herbert Hedwall president, H. M. Sommerer, vice president, W. M. Pearson, secretary-treasurer. The secretary made a report of the financial condition of the club for the past year, and all bills due to date were ordered paid. W. J. Warner is retiring president. F. C. McKenzie made an appeal for support of the Hermiston Com munity park which is now being put in readiness for seeding and tree planting. Meetings will be held the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. The next meeting will be held Feb ruary 11, because of one postponed meeting this month. Committees will be nemed by President Hedwall at that time. ------ - GROCERS INCREASE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BECOUSE IT PAYS H. A. Sweeney, advertising man ager of the National Retailer-Owned Grocers association, announced re cently the organization would in crease its newspaper advertising by 20 per cent during the coming year. Last year, he said, about 12,000,000 was spent. "Circular advertising by indivi dual grocers has proved ineffective,” he said at the association’s annual convention. "Newspaper advertise ments more readily reach the con sumers and are less expensive.” The association adopted a resolu tion pledging the 20,000 members to urge their customers to read the newspapers in order that coopera tive advertising would be more widely read. ------ ------ • — Elected to National Honorary. Morris Pierson, who is a student at Kinman Business college in Spo kane, recently was elected to Pi Rho Zeta, national honorary fraternity in business and also as president of the Oregon club. Morris has maintained an average grade of 97 per cent in his work at the college. He is em ployed as night clerk at the Palmers ton Hotel there. Morris is a grad uate of the Hermiston Union high school and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Pierson. DIES AT PILOT ROCK Anyone who visited the Hermis ton Community Park site two weeks ago would not recognize it as the same piece of ground now, since leveling operations are in progress. Men and teams have done things by terracing the northwest portion, bor dering the ninth hole, to an equal elevation with the lawn around the club house. The terraced portion is four feet above the fairway between the tee-off and the eighth green. The first green is being moved to the north bank of the lake and will become green number eight. Crews of men and teams doing the leveling work are under the supervision of Glenn Moore who is working under E. D. Martin. Level ing is being done preparatory to seeding English rye and blue grass. RAINWATER TAKES OVER WALLULA GATEWAY CLUB TO HANBY DAIRY MONDAY PROMOTE UMATILLA RAPIDS DAM E. E. Rainwater has purchased the H. E. Hanby dairy and took over the milk route Monday, January 20. Mr. Rainwater purchased all equip ment and the dairy herd. He will continue to operate in the present location but as soon as possible will move to the farm formerly occupied by Mr. Hanby on the west side of town. Mr. and Mrs. Hanby have com pleted eight years of service to the community in the capacity of opera ting a milk distributing route, and urge their patrons to continue to patronize the new managers. Mr. Rainwater and his family will continue to live in the Minne haha district, until the house and barns are available. Mr. and Mrs. Hanby have retained their residence. The Wallula Gateway club has been formed to carry on the work of promoting the building of the Uma tilla dam, and also' port and road necessary to handle tonnage along the Columbia river from Umatilla to the mouth of the Snake and Pasco- Kennewick territory. E. P. Dodd is president, and he has just spent sev eral days in Portland gathering data for a report supplementary to the report made by Col. T. M. Robins, division engineer, last May. This re port is now before the board of army engineers in Washington and a hear ing is set for some date in April. After the surveys made along the 35-miles of river from Umatilla rap ids to the mouth of the Snake last winter, a report on the advisability of constructing the Umatilla dam was made to the board at Washing ton. The Robins report justifies the building of the Umatilla dam at a cost of $23,000,000 on a basis of 85 percent showing of power, tonnage for navigation and requirements for irrigation. Since that date, other de velopments have been found prac tical by the government, and It is considered fully feasible on a 100 percent basis at the present time. Arguments will be prepared and sent to the officials at Washington. ----------- w e =-------------- — COMMUNITY PARK SITE ----------------» » »------------------ Musical Program Planned. Miss Golda Mumma will present a number of her piano pupils in re cital at the high school building, Friday, January 31. There will be selections by the girl's glee club and a mixed chorus. Also numbers by the high school orchestra will be featured on the program. The public is cordially invited to attend. ■ •e------------- Mild Winter in Port Huron. Mrs. M. A. Davis of Port Huron, Michigan, who is a subscriber to the Date Max. Min. Herald, writes that they are having January 16 48 .... a 36 dull, cloudy winter there with Ice January 17 50 .... 36 and snow. The ice skating sport has January 18 44 .... 29 been exceptionally popular she says, January 19 ,. 41 .... 32 January 20 .... 33 which is centered around the larg January 21 45 . .. 26 est rink in the city located in Palmer January 22 ........................ 36 .... 29 park near the Port Huron tourist Precipitation was .24. camps. Weather Report. HOME EXTENSION COMMITTEE PLANS MEETING HERE JAN. 28 RECLAMATION WORK CARRIED ON THROUGH CCC AT STANFIELD CONLEY FILL LARGEST PROJECT UNDERTAKEN Ditch Improvements and Fills System in First Class Condition. Put Improvements to ditches and flumes on the Stanfield Irrigation project are being carried on by more than 200 young men stationed in the CCC camp at Stanfield by the government. The men are under the supervision of officers of the dist rict and H. A. Thompson, reclama tion superintendent of the camp, under whom Harry Kelley, Ursel Hiatt and H. J. Stillings are working as foremen. The full force of men will be kept on the job in order to complete the work by March 15th, when the irri gation season opens. One of the largest projects is the 1500 foot Conley fill which includes 700 toot of of steel flume and a 12 foot siphon, which will be buried 15 feet. The flume and cement lined ditch replace a wood flume put in as an original project. Ditches are be ing cleared and banks improved for three miles east and south of the siphon. Foreman Kelley and Stillings are directing a crew of more than 70 men on this project. Cement work on the ditch started this week and the framework for the siphon is being constructed. A 5500 foot fill, known as the Gossage fill, will be ready for the cement ditch lining this week un der the direction of J. H. Lane dist rict supervisor. This fill runs east and west with a road on the north bank replacing one which ran thru a deep ravine. Another important piece of work has been completed by the widening and bank Improvements on the main canal running seven miles east of Stanfield. Banks have been cut down and brush cleared away. The wide ning process will permit a greater flow of water during the peak of the season. Foreman Hiatt has had between 70 and 100 men on this job. These men work not more than six hours a day, five days a week, but with all work outlined by the reclamation engineer and camp for men It moves ahead with rapidity. F. A. Baker, secretary of the dist rict, says that with these improve ments added to the $100,000 im provements made a year ago, the district will be well able to carry all available water supply to farmers In every corner of the district. —= =- ----------- Mother of W. L. Hamm Dies. Mrs. Judith Hamm, 80, mother of W. L. Hamm of Hermiston, passed away at her home in Murray. Iowa, Monday, January 13. following a losing battle against pneumonia. Mrs. Hamm visited in Hermiston with her son and family more than five years ago and is known to many Hermiston people. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday and In terment was made at Murray. The Umatilla County Home Ex tension Committee plans to hold a meeting at the home of Mrs. W. A. Sawyer, Tuesday, January 28, be ginning at 2:00 o’clock. Mrs. W. A. Hineline, who is act ing as chairman of the first get- together. states that the purpose of the meeting is to explain the work. Dr. F. B. Belt Moves Office. Further information may be se Dr. F. B. Belt has moved his office cured from the Assistant County from the First National Bank build Agent’s office. ing to the telephone building. When completed the office rooms will be Hugh Driscoll, Bonnie Jean Follett, FARM BUREAU MEETING SET quite modern with room to care for Earl Watson, Bernard Jendrzejewski, more than one patient at a time. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT Irene Kennings, Edith Peterson, Vir •*************% ginia Wells. Gladys Pierson, Harold The Umatilla Project Farm Bur Laird. Lois Hutchison, Herbert Skov eau will hold a meeting Saturday ♦ ALONG THE CONCRETE ♦ bo and Helen Dunning. night at 8:00 o’clock In the Union Two additional girls and one boy church. A. E. Bensel of Hermiston ♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* enrolled in the senior class in the and Jess Richards of Stanfield will Guy Amsberry playing Paul Re local high school at the opening of hold a debate on the sales tax. vere Tuesday night when he chauf- the first semester. Monday, January A film will be shown on "Men of 20th. They were Marnie Smith of the Desert,” and a short skit will be feured Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Mudge to Pilot Reck, Norma Dell Amsberry of given by members of the Blue Rib Umatilla to catch a 2:00 a. m. train. City police officials were check Bend, and Chester Dyer, former H. bon Calf club. H. S. student. The public is cordially Invited to ing up on a trail of feed which lead directly from the Farm Bureau feed June Richards drew an attractive attend. • =------- store platform to the O. O. Felthouse poster which was mimeographed and warehouse. The only thing that will be used in advertising the sen Junior Orchestra Organized. saved O. O. Is that he Is in the sand ior class play, February 6th. Another drawn by Kenneth Knerr was used Regular practices of the junior and gravel business and not the to advertise the smoker held Wed orchestra are being held each Fri turkey business. The boys at the F. nesday. day evening at 5:00 o’clock In the B. added to that trail. Legion hall, under the direction of The senior class will present a No wonder the price of pork ex three-act comedy farce "The Brat" Frederick Stolz, who is giving free plodes and soars. H. A. Pankow has by Maud Fulton, at the Oasis thea Instruction. At present Mr. Stolz been feeding his pigs pop corn. tre Thursday, February 6. at 8:00 says the orchestra lacks brass and W A. Sawyer is driving the latest p. m. Under the direction of Miss wood winds and gives a cordial In model V-8 this week- stuccoed with Margaret Elliott, the production cast vitation to all interested parties to Gilliam county mud. includes Eleanor Dawson, Bill Jack- participate. Members of the orches E. E. Rainwater was assisting his son, Harold Throop. Maxine Paul, tra are Marie Skovbo. Herbert Skov car along his new milk route one Deverde Elwood, June Richards, Rnth Dodd. Carrie Lage, JoEllen bo, Albert Skovbc, Wayne Sage, Bev morning this week by leaning again Mopps, Mary Burnham and Herbert erly Walker. Robert Trumbull, Alan st the steering wheel, but the old bus moved by Jerks. Skovbo Clarke, Frank Harkenrider. UNION HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE VARIED Mid-term examinations were held last Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, January 15, 16 and 17. An En glish teet was taken by every mem ber of the student body, whether an English student or not. The purpose of the exam was to take a general standing of the high school as a whole in comparison to other high schools. Results announced Monday showed several points higher than the standard requirements. Exemptions for other exams were as follows: Three subject exempt ions were Glenn Elwood, Ralph Mar ble. Jessie Moore. Josephine Moyer, Geraldine Mullins, Eleanora Steiner, Mary Burnham, Laura Conrad, Nina Rae McCulley, Rebecca Pierson. Vera Sisson, Lois White, Dorothy Conrad, JoEllen Mopps, Maxine Paul, Char lotte Ralph, Margaret Clarke and Edna Turnblad. Two subject exem ptions were Barbara Reid. Jane Jackson. Helen Ralph. Wayne Pow er. Otha Whitsett, Arilda Foster, Maxine Mackan. Frances Lewis. Bill Jackson, Alton Sisson, Vivian Dyer, Florence Lewis and Frances Daw- son and Bill Harris; One subject ex- emptions were Carl Clark, Virginia Dyer. Gene Moore. Elbert Moore. Sophie Keikkala, Delmar McCracken, 45-YEAR PIONEER RESIDENT Truman Cable, 81-year-old pioneer of Umatilla county, passed away at his home in Pilot Rock, Friday, Jan uary 24. Funeral services were held from the Folsom Chapel in Pendle ton Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Cable came to Oregon from California in 1865 and assisted his father in maintaining a pack train until 1873. In 1880 he and his bro ther discovered the Columbia mine where they were employed until 1890. About this time he married Lida May Fenton and they moved to a ranch on West Birch Creek near Pilot Rock where he has lived for 45 years. Mr. Cable is the father of Albert Cable who resides in the Columbia district and of Frank and Clark Ca ble of Pilot Rock. He is also sur vived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Cable four daughters, Mrs. Alva Stone, Heppner, Mrs. Walter Jones, and Mrs. Percy Haskell of Pilot Rock, and Mrs. Wm. Edmond of Enter prise, Ore., and one brother Warren Cable of Palm City, Calif. Honorary pall bearers were M. J. Edwards, Carl Jensen, Albert Janes, Wm. Warren, Robert Adams and Frank Done of Pilot Rock. Acting pall bearers were J. B. Stanton, Don ald Cameron, Herbert Boylen, W. N. Boyer, Paul Gilliland and Carl Hemphill. VISIBLE PROGRESS MADE ON - - — - OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER JANUARY 23, 1936.
