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
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: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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.