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Ule Hermiston Herali VOLUME XXX NUMBER 25 NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS CONDUCT COMMERCIAL CLUB PRESIDENT URGES SUPPORT OF PUBLIC MATTERS. Brief on Road Oiling Presented by Committee; Roads Serve Large Adjacent Territory. The new president and secretary of the Hermiston Commercial club conducted their first meeting Tues day evening at the Hermiston Hotel before an attendance of 20 members in a very capable manner, which in spired confidence in club activities for the ensuing year. President Her bert Hedwall outlined a policy full of suggestions and appealed to the general membership for a good at tendance. Secretary Walter Pearson read his report of the previous meet ing in good voice. President Hedwall asked that sup port be given to the Umatilla rap- ids program; to the extension of roads; to the completion of the new city park; to the proposed oiling of about a mile of streets in the main part of town, and to all other public matters pertaining to the welfare of Hermiston and its surrounding lo calities. The committee appointed last Oc tober by the special meeting In the interest of oiling the Diagonal-Her- miston-Butter Creek-Lexington high way, reported in a five page brief, which was read before the club. This committee was re-appointed and asked to carry out this program. The committee is E. P. Dodd, F. C. Mc Kenzie and H. M. Sommerer of Her- miston, Ralph Saylor of Butter Creek. Frank Saling of Lexington and L. E. Dick of Heppner. Copies of the brief will be sent to all mem bers of the county court of both Morrow and Umatilla counties and to the members of the state highway commission, and the subject will be discussed by the two county delega tions before the highway commis sion at an early date. N. R. Mueller, chairman of the city streets committee of. the City of Hermiston, reported the proposed oiling in the vicinity of the school building, library, and farmers’ co operatives, on First and Second streets, Gladys, Ridgeway and Hurl burt streets and connections, and from the railroad crossing near the Farm Bureau plant to Hermiston Avenue. The cost was established at less than $1500, which would be borne by the city and adjoining property owners, the latter of which are reported favorable by a major ity, as the cost per 50 foot lot would be less than $10, depending on the width of the oil surfacing. After the club discussed a few other matters it adjourned to meet regularly every second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. A brief outline of the argument sug gested by the road committee fol lows: Road Brief Presented. In the matter of the Diagonal Road-Hermiston-Butter Creek- Lex ington highway which needs oiling, the committee appointed last No vember, submitted a brief setting forth the argument for the imme diate necessity of this work by the state highway commission. This brief will be supported by the coun ty courts of Umatilla and Morrow counties and will be presented in person by the courts and committee at an early date. This road is divided by the high way engineers in two sections, divi ded at the junction of the Echo road on Butter Creek. The part be tween the Echo road junction and through Hermiston to Wallula cut- off is 18 miles in length, of which 1.1 miles through Hermiston Is oiled. The remaining 18.9 miles is estima ted, oiling cost, the sum of $40,000. The other section is between the Echo road Junction and Lexington, and is 19.8 miles and is estimated to cost 845,000. The brief states that the road bed is being destroyed by heavy traffic and winds and that It will not last through another year without heavy losses to the state. That during the past year the road was heavily wash- boarded and ruts had been cut by heavy traffic, through the gravel base. That the maintenance costs to the state were heavy because of fre quent gradings and the wearing out (Continued on last page) :HERMISTON, UMATILI.A HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Student: enjoyed an Interesting motion picture, “Cougar, the King Killer,” with Edwin C. Hill as nara- tor, in the assembly Thursday after- noon, February 13th. The movie is the second held in the high school this year and both have proved very successful. The show was presented by Eldon Brickell, representative of the Victor Animatograph Corpora tion of Davenport, Iowa. The class of ’38 held a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to dis cuss the order of graduation an nouncements and cards, as well as dress to be worn at graduation. The costume committee, including Char lotte Ralph, Guy Jeppe, Jo Ellen Mopps and Richard Cox, as appoint ed to present a report in the near future . as to possible graduation costumes. The regular attendance in both grade and high school has been bet ter this week. Only 25 were absent from high school Monday, and that number decreased to 17 by Wednes day. The grade school, however, had a few more absences later in the week than it did Monday and Tues day. The Stanfield schools closed again Monday for the second time because of illness among pupils. The senior class annual produc tion, “The Brat" a three act comedy by Maud Fulton, which was sched uled for the evening of February 6th, will be presented on Thursday, February 20th, at 8:00 o’clock at the Oasis theatre. A matinee will be given on the same day for grade school people. The presentation is being directed by Miss Margaret El liott. Practice debate with Pendleton will be held Friday afternoon in the high school. Regular members of the debate squad are Bill Jackson, Wayne Powers, Bill Harris and Nina Rae McCulley. Harold Throop will act as alternate in the debate Friday, for Nina Rae McCulley who is quar antined at home. Norma Blahn, who came here this week from the Heppner schools, has enrolled as a sophomore. Norma, with her parents has moved to the Wilson place in the Columbia dist rict. She has two brothers in the Columbia grade school. Coach Hal Hatton has been con fined to his home due to illness. Supt. McAtee took charge of the science classes this week in place of Mr. Hatton, whose condition is reported better. Work has not yet been resumed on the new high school building be cause of continuation of snow and cold weather. COUNTY, OREGON, GEORGE BLAYDENS RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA TRIP FEBRUARY 13, 1936. MRS. NEIL BOYNTON BURIED at M c M innville T uesday . OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER HOSPITAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Astron of Uma tilla announce the arrival of a baby daughter, born Sunday, February 9 th, at the Hermiston General hos pital. Geo. Wagner of Hermiston under went an operation for appendicitis at the local hospital last Friday and is reported as getting along nicely. F. R. Hadley of Boardman is a medical patient this week. Miss Alice Dunn, nurse at the hospital, is recuperating from a re cent attack of appendicitis, and left for her home in Wallula Wednes day. Harold Beckman from the CCC company at Stanfield, who under went an operation tor appendicitis last week, is report doing nicely. Clifford Thorpe, who Is In the hospital with a fractured leg, is re ported as fine. Mrs. Neil Boynton passed away at her home in MsMinnville, Ore., Sat urday, February 8th, following an illness of more than three years. Fu neral services were held in McMinn ville Tuesday afternoon and inter ment made in the cemetery there. More than a year ago Mrs. Boyn ton joined her husband at McMinn ville where they had purchased a small farm, after having made her home in Hermiston for several years. Up to that time they had lived here since 1927. She is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. W. O. Sutherland of Portland, three sisters, Mrs. Ar nold Auspos, Portland; Mrs. John May, Merrill, Ore.; Mrs. Edward Fish, Toledo, Ore.; three brothers, V. Rudolph, of Wisconsin; Lester — » i Hood, Portland; and Thyron Hood VETERAN BONUS'APPLICATIONS of Los Angeles. J. L. COLEMAN FUNERAL HELD Mrs. Boynton Iwas well known in HERE MONDAY AFTERNOON MADE THRU HERMISTON POST Hermiston and her many friends Funeral services for James Louis World War veterans seeking as join in ofefring condolence to the Coleman were conducted Monday sistance in filling out applications family. morning, February 10, at 11:00 o’ for compensation under their ad FIRE DESTROYS 800 LAYING clock from the Prann Funeral Par justed service certificates are asked lors, by Rev. C. R. Moore, minister to apply at Amsberry’s store in Her HENS AND CHICKEN HOUSE of the Hermiston Union church. Mr. miston where Guy Amsberry, com A fire which broke out about 4:30 Coleman passed away Friday, Feb mander of the local post of the American Legion, or another offi last Saturday morning in the chick ruary 7th, at the age of 68. Inter cial of that organization will help en house on the E. H. Dunning farm ment was tn the Hermiston cemetery. James Louis Coleman was born in north of town destroyed the building them. Iowa, December 15, 1868. He lived Applicants must be equipped with and 800 White Leghorn laying hens. their discharge papers and adjusted The source of the fire is undeter in Morrow county for 37 years, but service certificate or the pink re mined since there were both coal recently had made his home near Hermiston. ceipt given them when they received stoves and lanterns used in the He leaves two daughters, Mrs. building. Insurance was carried but a loan on the certificate. Walter Rood, Hermiston, and Mrs. a great loss was reported. Since “bonus” payments are to be When discovered the fire had Sherman Long, Pomeroy, Wn.; and paid in the order that applications nine grandchildren. are made for them, it is pointed out progressed to such a stage that it was impossible to save any of the by Legion members here that veter W. J. Reece Passes Away. ans should make their applications chickens or any part of the building. W. J. Reece, formerly of Hermis- Mr. and Mrs. Dunning had built up as early as possible in order to be ton, passed away Tuesday, February among the first to be paid under the one of the finest flocks of laying 11, at the home of his daughter, hens on the project and the loss new law. Mrs. E. H. Bonner, at Weiser, Idaho. Some 55 ex-service men have made was felt keenly. Funeral services will be held Friday, application through the local Le February 14, in Enterprise, Ore., gion post to date. The total money DATES OF COMING EVENTS and interment made beside his wid to be received by these veterans will OF INTEREST. ow who proceeded him in death. 18 aggregate nearly 830,000, an aver Coming events of particular inter months ago. Mr. Reece was 66 years age of approximately $550 for each est, some of them postponed because of age. He had visited his daughter man. The estimated average for vet of the necessity for closing the in Hermiston less than a week ago. erans over the nation as a whole is schools for ten days, are listed be- He is survived by three daughters, 8900, so local applicants are run ~ow giving proper dates set tor the Mrs. Floyd Laird, Hermiston; Mrs. ning considerably under national events. Bonner, Weiser, Idaho; Mrs. Willard figures. Annual Farm Bureau Cooperative Phillips, Yakima, Wn.; and seven The application service rendered Meeting, Union Church .. Feb. 14 sons, Lacy, Wilbur, Floyd, Emerson, by Hermiston Legion post members Senior Class Play, “The Brat”, Oasis Wayne, Homer, all of Enterprise: and Amos of Grandview, Wn. is without charge to veterans and Theatre Feb. 20 they are asked to take advantage of Annual Meeting Umatilla Co-opera Herbert French Dies Saturday. it at an early date. tive Creamery, at the Union Herbert French, aged 36, of Lena, church ......................... Feb. 19 died Saturday night at St. Anthon DOROTHY MILDRED DAVIS. Annual Meeting Co-op Store, Feb. 21 y’s hospital in Pendleton after a —------- • =-------- Dorothy Mildred Davis, fourteen lingering illness of two years. He is Post Office Closed February 22. year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. survived by his widow; his parents, Since February 22 is a legal holi D. W. Davis of Echo, Ore., passed Mr. and Mrs. Dillard French; three MR. AND MRS. J. E. ROSE away last Thursday morning, Feb day, the Hermiston post office will children, Raymond. Joe and Doro ruary 6th, after a short illness. be closed on that day and no mail WRITE FROM IOWA CITY. thy; a brother, John French of Long Funeral services were held Sunday will be delivered on the routs by Creek and a sister, Mrs. Cleve Wal “It was with real interest that we afternoon from the Echo Methodist the carriers. Sunday hours will be read the copies of your live little church, and interment was in the observed at the window, states Har ton of Ritter. He was born in Morrow county paper,” write Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pendleton cemetery. Rev. R. R. Fink- vey DeMoss, acting postmaster. and had lived the greater part of Rose from Iowa City, Iowa, formerly beiner of the local Methodist church his life at Lena, where he was in of Hermiston. Townsend Club Meeting. conducted the service. Dorothy was the stock business. Prominent in the "It has been about twenty-five a freshman In the Echo high school, The public is Invited to attend the Heppner and Ukiah rodeos, he had years since we invested in land on a member of the Girl Scouts, and of regular meeting of the Hermiston taken part in the bucking contests the Umatilla river near Hermiston, the Epworth League. Her father, D. Townsend club, Tuesday, February at both shows and had acted as a and spent four years there doing a W. Davis, will be remembered as the 18, in the Union church. Refresh judge also. little dentistry on the side while assistant county assessor of Uma ments will be served at the close of Funeral services were held Tues the meeting. planting orchards with visions of an tilla county. day at 9:00 a. m. from the Catholic income for the "rainy day.” We are church of which he was a member. happy to see the names of a few of Interment was in Vinson at 11:00 the old settlers who shared our am o'clock Tuesday. Pall bearers were bitions and who have survived the John Brosnan, Joe Brosnan, Joseph pioneering years of the Umatilla Doherty, Charles McDevitt, Tony project. Vey and Barney Doherty. Folsom’s “While our dreams haven't all had charge of the body. come true we are pleased to learn —e = - The Inland Empire Waterways as postponed until December 15th. It Will Teach at Duncan. that the Hermiston community is sociation has called a meeting at was, as the request of the secretary Miss Marian Henderson this week progressive. Your Farm Bureau, 4-H Walla Walla for Saturday afternoon of the association, again postponed clubs, Commercial club, Union High Februry 15th, to discuss the Uma until January 15th, and again un accepted a position as teacher in the school. General hospital, etc., tells tilla dam and the improvement of til March of this year, and now is school at Duncan, Ore. She takes us of your progress. the Snake, according to announce expected to be heard in April, ac over her duties Monday, February "After eleven years in Portland, ment made this week in the Walla cording to officials of the water 17. Marian is a graduate of the we returned to our home land, where Walla Union by Herbert G. West, ways association. The meeting at Eastern Oregon Normal and has the “tall corn grows” and in winter secretary. Walla Walla, the 15th, was post taught In the Pine City and Board man schools. where the cold snow blows. Additional matters to be discussed poned from February 8th. “Your seeding wheat in January, the call states, is that of “continua The waterways association report Meeting at Methodist Church. with “soil conditions ideal for seed tion of the waterways association.” of expenses showed that it paid its Protracted meetings are expected ing” sounds far away to us. Iowa It is stated that the "finances of the secretary $200 per month, and that hasn’t seen and likely will not see association will not permit carrying it employs a field man and a steno to begin at the Methodist church her soil for some time. So far we through to conclusion the program grapher with a general expense of next Sunday night. A series of stu dies on the modern church as re have coal here in Iowa City, but can that is essential if we are to be suc over 8600 per month. It was report vealed In the second and third chap buy only one ton at a time. We are cessful at the forthcoming hearings ed that 12 counties in Oregon und ters of Revelations will be discus- having another blizzard this morn to be held in Washington. D. C.” Washington had pledged support sed. It Is planned that this will be ing and motorists are driving with The association has now been in from their respective county courts the first in a series extending over difficulty. Low record-breaking tem existance almost two years. At the but recently the attorney general of several weeks. peratures promised for tomorrow annual meeting held In Walla Walla Washington decided the allocation morning. We will look forward to, last October 18th, it reported the of funds for such work was uncon Columbians Resume Dances. and enjoy the spring time the more previous raising of funds amount stitutional in a case in Whitman The Columbians orchestra has re for having such a severe winter.” ing to over 812,000, of which all had county, where a donation of 81000 sumed activities following the can • • =-— been spent except 8124 remaining was proposed. In Oregon counties the cellation of all public gatherings Weather Report. in the treasury. A budget was sub funds have not been forthcoming during the past two weeks. A dance mitted at that meeting requiring ad likewise, and support from chambers will be given at Irrigon* Saturday, Date Max. Mln. February 6 43 .... 25 ditional funds for the succeeding of commerce and other civic and February 22. farm organizations and Individuals ------------s =-------------- February 7 25 .... 3 year of 815,000. CARD OF THANKS February 8... ................... 14 .... - 3 The important matter at this time are reported slow, In some localities. February 9 ----------- ------ --------- --- is argument before the army board Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rood and The meeting at Walia Walla, it is February 10 ................ 24 .... 8 of engineers at Washington which said, is to arouse new Interest In family and Mrs. Sherman Long and February 11 ___________ 21_ 3 must be presented in a brief against the association's program for promo family wish to express their thanks February 12___________ _ ____ 18 the Robins report, according to the ting the Umatilla dam, the Snake for the many kindnesses shown them Precipitation for the week was association. The Robins report was river dams, and other features of Its during the Illness and death ot their .47 of an inch. father, J. L. Coleman. made last April, but a hearing was program. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blayden of Boardman returned recently from a seven weeks trip into California. The Blaydens covered more than 2000 miles on their side trips from San Diego which took them into Nevada and Mexico. They have a daughter living in the Imperial Valley and Mr. Blayden has a brother at San Diego, and two sisters in southern California whom he had not seen for 30 years. Mr. Blayden was the first mayor of Boardman, where he came the first year of its existence, in 1918. Mr. Blayden, upon his return, says he is again going to deal in real es tate in his home city and also that in all his travels on this trip he did not see a more desirable place to live than Boardman. INLAND EMPIRE WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION MAYFBE DISCONTINUED; SUPPORT URGED SECOND DRIVE ERADICATES 3000 JACK RABBITS LARGE HARES RACE BEFORE MARCHING FEET. Hunters Slaughter 1000 Rabbit* in Morning Drive ; Stage Gulch Scene of Drive Next Sunday. With temperatures hovering a- round 16 above zero Sunday after- noon, approximately 400 people ga thered at the Sloan Thomson ranch on Butter Creek to participate, in one way or another, in the jack rab bit drive which resulted in the ex tinction of 3000 ot the one of sev eral species of large hares, remarka ble for the length of ears and legs. Because of the two previous open winters an unusually large number of these long-eared hares are found on the western prairie. The group gathered about bon fires, with clubs In their hands, waiting for the hunt to begin, and the ranks were soon increased by the arrival of four trucks loaded with boys from the CCC camp at Stan field. Then the line ot hunters filed out across the prairie to a distance of one mile before It closed in to form a semi-circle. The unsuspecting jack rabbits scurried to shelter un der a distant sage brush, believing himself safely out of range of the approaching enemy. Another group of men, equipped with shot guns, were stationed along the side line of march and were giv en orders to shoot each erring rab bit that tried to make a break for freedom. Many attempts were futile but others were successful, and each such long eared hare is still roaming the prairie, free as the air It breathes. But undoubtedly not with out the memory of that mad dash to-and-fro before that army of marching feet, and shouting voices. Those who witness the drive find It hard to believe that so many rab bit) could be found in a space less than a mile long and a half mile wide. But there they were, running swiftly, first toward the corral and then back toward the marching feet and finally running around and around in the corral—and could not come out here. The final slaughter was merciful because the end came quickly. Many of the rabbits were caught alive and taken home. Five crates were filled with live rabbits that were to be sent to Portland to be used in train ing grey hounds, it is said. Cameras clicked as the rabbits dashed and then all was quiet as the hunters filed back toward the camp fires where a hot cup of coffee awaited them. Sunday morning a group of 17 men made a drive with shot guns, killing approximately 1000 rabbits. Guns were permitted used in the af ternoon only when it seemed appar ent that a small group of people had gathered for the drive. The CCC boys arrived after the order had been given, but there were no casu- (Continued on Page 6) : •: ♦ ALONG THE CONCRETE • • A +4994444444*4*0* It would take more than zero weather, or a rabbit drive, to cause H. T. Fraser to wear a hat. Mrs. F. N. Clark came Into our office Tuesday clucking with pride over her old setting hen who pre sented her with a fine brood of 12 chicks Monday. The nest was on the frozen ground and the hen had a light covering of boards over her head, but she sat faithfully, and Mrs. Clark says her reward will be living quarters In the house. Now they tell us that the Clyde Heiberts have a brood of nine baby chicks at their ranch. James Todd tried to rest the piano on his toe while In the proc ess of moving it—consequently the limp. Tales are being told about the present weather that Is nothing like it was 20 years ago. Neither is It like it was six months ago. When asked If his neighbors re turn the tools they borrow. Henry Sommerer, replied. "They have to. I won't lend them the lawnmover in the spring until they bring hack the snowshovel they borrowed In the winter.” This must be one winter out of the 21 when the ground hog pre diction was correct. Weather bur eau records show that out of a total of 21 winters the Groundy has pre dicted what was to com« In only 10.
