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she Hermiston Heraln VOLUME XXX NUMBER :9 HERMISTON BIDS FOR ANNUAL FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION HERMISTON COMMUNITY PARK FACILITIES ATTRACT. Commercial Club Appoints Commit- tee to Work With Other Organizations. The Fourth ot July will be cele brated in Hermiston it the plans proposed by the Hermiston Commer cial club last Tuesday evening are carried out. The president was auth orized to appoint a committee of three to meet and act with like com mittees from the Umatilla Project Farm Bureau, the Stanfield Grange and the American Legion to form a joint committee to put on the cele bration. This is the year granted by other communities for the celebration at Hermiston. Stanfield held a celebra tion in 1933, Echo in 1934, and Umatilla in 1935, and it is assumed that all these towns and surround ing communities will join in the festivities of the day in Hermiston in 1936. The committees of the various organizations are expected to be ap pointed at early meetings and plans for the event will be made as soon as possible. Parts of the new Hermiston Com munity Park necessary for the con venience of the celebration and the comfort of the people attending will be completed by that time. The race track will be in good condition and facilities for rodeo events will be provided. Programs will be announc ed as soon as possible, and if the live Interest shown by members of the Commercial club becomes con tagious throughout the other com munities, the entertainment will be attended and enjoyed by town peo ple, farmers and stockmen living within 50 miles or more of Hermis ton. The next meeting of the Commer cial club will be attended by a dele gation from Pendleton of 20 or more visitors from the county seat on a good will mission. Other meet ings will be devoted in the future to similar contacts with other com munities. Many Trees Ordered. A pooled order for 10,612 trees has been sent to the state forestry department for delivery to the Her miston project, by Assistant County Agent Sawyer. A list of eighteen different persons it eluded orders for Black Locust, Ponderosa Pine, Scotch Pine, European Larch. Rus sian Olive. Caragana and Norway Spruce. By ordering through the pool individuals are allowed to or der small numbers ot trees who would otherwise find it necessary to get much greater quantities. —PERSONALS— A group of Masons motored to Athena Saturday night to attend a special meetting of the order. They were H. T. Fraser, J. A. Clark, R. Saylor, Curtis Simons, O. O. Felt house, H. K. Dean, S. A. Anderson. Dave Mittlesdorf. H. E. Sheseley of Hermiston, and Frank Sloan and A. Villermore of Stanfield. There were also representatives from Heppner and Helix. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Deeter were hosts at a dinner party Sunday even ing at their home. Covers were laid for twenty-four guests and each table was attractively centered by a green candle. Contract bridge was a further diversion for the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richards winning high honors, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Norton second high, and Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Belt consolation. Mrs. Cleve Clark and Mrs. B. Haneline entertained jointly at two bridge luncheons Wednesday and Saturday of last week, at the Hane line home. Four tables of contract bridge were in play each afternoon. High honors were won by Mrs. B. S. Kingsley and Miss Mary Petri, and consolation by Mrs. Neill Rob ertson and Mrs. Gerald White. Mrs. Clarence Wight of Tacoma. Wn„ who has been a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Longhorn for sev eral days, left Tuesday morning for her home. Mrs. Wight and her hus band homesteaded the farm north of town near the old experimental farm, and has not returned to the project since leaving here 24 years ago. She will be remembered as the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Skinner. former Hermiston residents. . Members of the Missionary Socie ty of the Hermiston Union church were entertained at their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. W. L. Douglas Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. A. W. Tumblad lead the discussion which centered around Mexico, and papers were given by Mrs. C. R. Moore. Mrs. W Dyer and Mrs. W. C. Morehouse. Mrs. Al Quiring and Mrs G. R. Davidson pleased with a vícal duet. Among those present were Mrs. R. G. Saylor. Mrs. J. B. Saylor. Mrs. J. A. Clarke, Mrs. A. T. Kauffman. Mrs Dick Jones. Mrs. A. Morgan. Mrs. C. R. Moore. Mrs. W Dyer, Mrs W C. Morehouse. Mrs Al Quiring. Mrs. G. R. Davidson and the hostess. HERMISTON, UMATILLA UMATILLA • • ❖ • • • • • ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ • ❖ • ❖ • ❖ ❖ ❖ • ❖ RAPIDS DAM TURED IN OREGONIAN. ---------- COUNTY, OREGON, FEA- SEPTEMBER 17-18-19 UMATILLA • PROJECT FAIR SHOW DATES • A write-up and cuts of the • Umatilla rapids dam site and • tributary territory will appear • in Sunday’s Oregonian, accord- • ing to word received from Port- • land this week. The material • in the story was worked out • and submitted by E. P. Dodd of • Hermiston and was prepared • for publication by a special • staff writer of the Oregonian. • The promotion story was sub- • mitted through the Wallula • Gateway club of which Mr. • Dodd is president. An interest- • ing study of all territory bene- • fitted by the Umatilla rapids • dam will be possible through • the map. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • WATER WILL FILL MCKAY RESERVOIR TO TOP McKay lake reservoir will be fill ed to capacity this year, says C. L. Tice, superintendent, who states that for the first time in the history of the dem, which was built in 1926, he has been Instructed to permit the water to come to the top of the gauge. The capacity of the reservoir is 74,000 acre feet and about six times In the past decade there has been sufficient water to fill, but the gauge has never been higher than half-way up. This year, however, full capacity is considered necessary because of the shortage during the past three years and because it will mean a bigger carry-over in the fall. Mr. Tice estimates that it will be about two months before the reser voir is filled.—East Oregonian. At a meeting Wednesday night the newly formed Umatilla Project Fair board set September 17, 18 and 19, as the dates for the 1936 show. The first day will be known as en try day and the show will be offi cially opened on the eighteenth. Officers elected were John Jend- dzejewski, president, Al Kennings, vice president, E. D. Martin, secre tary-treasurer, and members of the board representing different ogani- zations are Raymond Longhorn, Le gion; H. T. Fraser. Commercial club; L. C. Dyer, Umatilla Project Farm Bureau; Al Kennings. West land Grange; Joe Myers, Stanfield Grange; and B. Haneline. The fair board went on record as favoring the construction of a good floor in the large exhibit building, in order that it might be used for various community gatherings. COUNTY GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL BE STAGED SUNDAY Five teams will compete in a county golf tournament here Sun day, March 15th, starting at 9:00 o’clock in the morning. Five teams, consisting of ten men each will be represented. Teams will be presented repre senting Pendleton. Athena, Pilot Rock, Echo and Hermiston, accord ing to announcement made by James Todd and Curtis Simons who are acting as the tournament commit tee. The tournament here Sunday will open the season with one such simi lar contest staged in each town some time during the season. W. G. RODDA APPOINTED $0000000000*9 STATE BEE INSPECTOR. t IRRIGON NEWS t W. G. Rodda of Hermiston, who By Mrs. W. C. Isom has served as deputy state bee in The Benefici brothers are erect spector for Umatilla and Morrow ing a house on the property pur county for the past two years, was chased from Chas. Acock recently. appointed as state bee inspector last Mr. and Mrs. Boylen from Pilot week by Frank McKennin, division Rock have taken possession of the chief. Mr. Rodda has been an active bee Carl Eisle store which they pur chased recently and will run a gen man in the state for a number of years, but the appointment came as eral store. Miss Helen Stalkeld. niece of Mrs. a pleasant surprise. Elroy Lamoreaux, went to Arlington for a visit the last of the week. WELLS-COUTURE. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brandon of Prai- Miss Helen Couture and Dale rie City, who purchased the George Hux place recently, took possession Wells of Hermiston were united in last week. Mrs. Brandon is a sister marriage at Kennewick, Wn., Sun day, February 9th. Accompanying of Mrs. Walter Grider. Mrs. Wm. Graybeal, who has been them were Mrs. Alice Wells of Her at Willows for some time, has re miston. mother of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mull and Mrs. C. H. turned home. Miss Peggy Woodin and Miss Hel Wheeler of Pendleton. The ceremo en Tnomlinson from Whitman col ny was performed in the Nazarene lege at Walla Walla, were week end church by Rev. Chas. Croft, Jr., pas guests of Miss Billy Markham and tor of the church. The young cou ple were both students in the Her Miss Anna Jones. Jess Oliver left for Ontario Sat miston Union high school and are well known here. They are making urday to arrange for this season’s their home in Columbia district, and shearing schedule. Ralph Benefiel left Tuesday for Mr. Wells is employed at the Her Grandview, Wn., where he is em miston Trading company store. ployed by Mr. McCallister. The grade school basketball team Hutchison Mor-Tone Salesman. motored to Walla Walla Saturday by bus. driven by Fred Markham, where Elbert Hutchison, recently of they played the Prescott team, win Pendleton, has been employed as ning the game in a score of 6 to 7. outside salesman by the Mor-Tone The team played the Wallula grade Sound Service of which L. A. Moore team Saturday night, losing to them. is manager. The Mor-Tone Sound However. Irrigon won second in the Service was recently appointed dis tournament. R. V. Jones, Mrs. Fred tributors for the Maytag in the ter Markham. Miss Ingred Boling and ritory between Boardman and Echo, Mr. and Mrs. Eddy accompanied the and will give exclusive service. team. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Williams mo tored to Walla Walla Saturday night for the basketball game. The H. E. club met at the home of Mrs. A. E. McFarland Thursday afternoon. A very pleasant time was spent. Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Fred Mark- ham were shoppers in Hermiston Friday. War department appropriation 8. Umiker came up from the Wil lamette valley Saturday night. Mr. bill as reported to Senate contains and Mrs. Umiker will farm the F. item of $250,000 for Columbia river Leicht place this year. Elmer Reiker purchased a used Celilo Falls to Wallula. Frederick Steiwer. car from the Pasco Auto Co. last week. The young folks of the Pep club This telegram received from Sen gave a card party at the high school ator Frederick Steiwer, as we go to auditorium Saturday night. press, confirms the information ga The regular meeting of the thered in Portland that $250,000 would be asked for a channel thru Grange was held Saturday night. Rev. H. B. Thomas will preach at Umatilla rapids. Unless killed in the the Presbyterian church next Sun U. S. senate committee, the Umatilla day. March 15, at the regular hour dam is doomed to further delay. of three o’clock. Sunday school at Senators Steiwer and McNary, and Congressman Pierce were notified 2:00 o'clock. Rev. Rice held services at the by air mail early this week. Emmett McCoy home Sunday after The hearing on the Umatilla noon. The little daughter of Mr. and rapids dam will be held Monday, Mrs. Russell McCoy is ill with the March 16, before the army board in Washington, D. C. Senator Steiwer measles. The fellowship meeting of the has written the Wallula Gateway Pentecostal church was held Mon club that the army board had desig day with a large crowd in atten nated one hour, from 3:00 to 4:00 dance. One hundred and fifty peo p. m , for the presentation of briefs ple were seated in the church at and argument. The Inland Water the evening services. There were ways at Lewiston, has submitted a visiting members from Portland. The brief of 280 pages and the Inland Dalles, Yakima. Seattle and Walla Empire Waterways association has Walla, as well as the surrounding reported that it will have a very towns. Rev. Carlson from La Grande elaborate brief, and will be repre spoke in the afternoon and Rev. sented at the hearing by H. G. West Koontz from Yakima. Wn„ in the and George Brown, the latter as a rate expert. evening. The senators and congressmen The Weller sisters left Monday from Oregon have been supplied for Stanfield. Word was received recently that 1 with additional argument from here Miss Jones, the traveling evangelist through the Wallula Gateway club. who was here last summer, is leav It Is reported that several senators ing for Palestine April 28th. Rev. and members of congress from all and Mrs Simmons, who will be re three states will be present. No definite decision will be made membered by the people here, are now located at Cape Palmas. Liber it is reported, before all argument Is ia. Africa. The Pentecostal church revived. which will not be for 60 here is contributing monthly to the days or more If the decision for immediate con support of the missionary work. Virginia and Grace Harvey are struction is made by the board then the new pupils now enrolled in high approval must be secured from Har old L. Ickes and the President, be school here. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER MARCH 12. 1936 BOY SCOUT TROOP ONCE CROP ROTATION AND SEEDS WILL MORE ACTIVE IN HERMISTON. • • BE DISCUSSED. ---------- I • • | • 1 • ❖ • ❖ ❖ • ❖ • • • ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ A discussion of crop rota- tion and seed selection will be conducted by H. K. Dean, sup- erintendent ot the Umatilla field station, and W. A. Saw- yer, assistant county agent, at the Umatilla Project Farm Bureau meeting which will be held Friday, March 20, in the Hermiston Union church. Plans for such a program were made at an executive meeting of the organization Tuesday night. Other features on the program will be musical numbers and a motion picture. • • • • • • • • • • • ♦ • Scouting is once more alive and going places here in Hermiston. Meetings have been held regularly since the first of the year, by Harold Thompson, scoutmaster, and the en rollment has been steadily increas ing. At present there are about 20 boys attending regularly. The en rollment goal is 40 scouts attend ing every meeting. Last Saturday a group of Boy Scouts were seen doing their daily good turn by cleaning up the yard and garden for Mrs. Geo. Briggs. Things of this nature will undoubt edly be seen quite often from now on as special stress is to be put on "good turns.” The Boy Scouts are selling tickets to raise the funds necessary for this year’s program, and each person purchasing a ticket will be enrolled as a member of the "booster club,” and admits them to the Boy Scout booster dance sponsored by the Her miston Commercial club. Every citizen should be 100 per cent for the Boy Scout movement. • • EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROGRAM CARRIED ON THIS SPRING • • • • • • • • LATE SPRING SEASON CAUSE OF • HURRIED ACTIVITIES. • • • Poultrymen Build Brooder Houses • • and Make Many Other • Improvements. • • With spring farming activities exactly four weeks later than usual INN AT ROCKAWAY PURCHASED in this district, there is a lot of building and planting seen on the BY FORMER HERMISTON PEOPLE project in preparation tor the busier season. Clearing ot debrie from ROCKAWAY, March 8—J. M. lands, and brush burning are seen Biggs, former newspaper publisher everywhere and some seed for early of La Grande, and Beatrice M. Chris vegetables has been planted. topherson, X-ray technician at Ore One of the larger building pro gon Medical school, Portland, have jects is being carried on by New bought the Driftwood Inn and will Madden on his acre tract just south- operate it under the name Drift Inn east of Hermiston, where a 20x100 as a private hotel the year round. foot brooder house is being con HERMISTON MOTOR COMPANY The building is undergoing repairs structed. Brick chimneys will reduce and innovations and an attractive the fire risk and a concrete floor MAKES IMPROVEMENTS. feature will be a big fireplace for will aid in retaining heat furnish The Hermiston Motor company driftwood logs. ed by a hot water heating system. now operated by C. Jack Shumate, The opening ot the new Coast The brooder house will be divided is making improvementts on the highway bridges and the Wilson into ten units and will be lighted building now occupied by them. A River-Wolfe creek roads were fea by electric power. large 550 gallon gasoline storage tures influencing the purchase of The Maddens expect 1200 poults tank is being installed, and renova the inn.—Oregon Journal. from the Redwing Hatchery in Cali tions are being made in the build • = ----- fornia by March 24th, and will have ing preparatory to installing me the building completed by that time. chanical equipment in the repair de Eddie Plays Timid Tailor. The “Vigorbllt” Hatchery oper partment. ated by J. S. VanSkike is putting up From all advance press reports The Hermiston Motor company there is a barrel of fun coming to a special mating building In which has been operating here for the Hermiston when Eddie Cantor takes 48 hens, with records of from 250 past six months and has the agency to the Oasis screen in “Strike Me to 313 eggs over a period of 240 for the Chevrolet and Oldsmobile. Pink.” Sunday and Monday. to 313 eggs over a period of 365 They occupy the building formerly Eddie forsakes his role as the days, will be placed. Cockerels known as the Black & White Gar straight gag man and becomes a from hens with records of 240 age. timid little college tailor. His secret to 316 eggs in 365 days, will also be passion for a glamorous night club placed tn the breeding pens. Mr. is promoting special entertainer, in the person of Ethel VanSkike Popularity Contest Standing. Merman, leads him to take a cor breeding activities this year at the Candidates entered in the popu respondence course in persona! mag hatchery. A total of 450 pullets are being larity contest sponsored by the Cen netism, entitled “Man or Mouse, trap nested this year with some fine tennial Flouring Mills company What Are You?” records being made, he said. Ten through the Farm Bureau are list ------ • =------- thousand eggs are now in the incu ed as follows, up to and including Weather Report. bators and the first hatch is expect Wednesday night. Fern Lindner, ed about March 18th. 13,000; Eleanor Dawson, 8000; Date Max. Min. Edith Edwards, 7000; Gladys El March 5 ............................. 61 .... 27 A 32 foot extension has been wood, 5000; Margaret Horn, Maxine March 6 __________ made on the Harold Rankin brooder 59 .... 33 Mead and Frances Madison. 3000; March 7 .................... house, bringing the total capacity 62 .... 27 and Mrs. J. A. Clarke and Opal March 8 ...................... 61 .... 35 of the building to 2600 poults. Mr. Lake, 2000. Votes may be entered March 9 ............................. 58 .... 37 Rankin uses the hot water heating at the Farm Bureau Co-operative March 10 ................ . ..... 55 .... 25 system. For breeding stock the Ran between now and the close of the March 11 ................ .......... 58 .... 32 kins have 325 hens and 34 toms. contest April 18. Prizes of a beauti No rain. A change was made In this new ful Elgin wrist watch and a ladies’ addition by putting the sun porch Tresser set are displayed in the Her windows tn the corners of the sun Townsend Meeting. ald office window. porch instead of toward the center The Townsend club will meet of each unit. It is thought by doing Tuesday, March 17. at 8:00 p. m. in this that the poults will find their the Union church as usual.. Let way into the building more quickly Beef Calf Weights Increase. every member be present and get Beef calf clubs which were re their stamp book as the merchants when it is their habit to follow the wire netting which in this way cently organized are now well on have the stamps for you. borders the window entrance. Mr. the way to progressive clubs. The C. R. Moore, Secretary. Rankin hopes to have running highest average gain in weight of water piped to the sun porches this any one beef calf Is seen in that of * * * * * * * * * season. Harry Lewis’ stock, which averaged The Rankins are installing anoth a 150 pound gain in two months, or two and one-half pounds per t UMATILLA NEWS t er Jamesway incubator, bringing the hatching capacity up to 10,000 By ERMA BYRNES. day. There are now twelve head of purebred beef calves in local clubs The Umatilla Redmen basketball eggs. Mr. Rankin hopes to start with other clubs being organized. team went to Portland Friday where the incubators by the 20th of March. The beef calves are now taking be they played the Portland Union Oil Further Conctruction. tween eight and ten pounds of grain ers and were defeated by a score of John Jendrzejewski, president ot per day. 56-18. Those going were Harold the Eastern Oregon Turkey Growers’ Edwards. Lyle Brown and Glenn Os association, is constructing a new trom of Umatilla and Lyle Eddy and brooder house in which he is instal Dwight Mahoney of Pendleton Wayne Caldwell of Irrigon. ling the hot water system. This was calling on friends in Hermiston Art Bousquet of Condon spent the new building will make a brooding Thursday. week end at his home here. capacity of bettween 2.4 00 and Ervin Byrnes of Touchet visited 2,500 poults on the Jendrzejewski over the week end at the home of farm in Columbia district. his uncle, J. H. Byrnes. John Sutton, who has been In Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Byrnes spent partnership with Chas. Keller, is Thursday and Friday of last week building a brooder house on his in Walla Walla and Touchet on busi place in Columbia district. Bill ness. Lindner, extensive turkey grower, is Josephine Connell, who is attend also building a 20x50 foot brooder ing a beauty school in Portland, house. spent Sunday visiting at the home Mrs. Alice Wells is building a fore funds can be allotted. of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess small brooder house for chickens Before the army board also at the Connell. and plana to start in the business in hearing, will be a brief supporting Jack Cooney accompanied by Mar way this year. E. C. Har a new idea—a cheap channel garet Brown, Betty McKenzie and a ris small in Minnehaha district Is also through Umatilla rapids. The Port Alice Cooney, were in Boardman constructing a new brooder house. land Division of Army Engineers Sunday. I. N. Hartsook of North Hill district have made a report on this proposed Rev. H. B. Thomas, who has been substitute which will not be made ill for three months, has again re is remodeling his brooder house. J. W. McMullen, poultryman who public until after the hearing. It sumed his position in the Umatilla. lives west of town, recently installed is known that the cost of this new Irrigon and Boardman churches. running water in his poultry and channel will be about 1250,000. The Bridge Club met at the home brooder houses. This has supporters in Portland, and of Mrs. William Conlon Friday. C. J. Spences of the Stanfield pro Lewiston and elsewhere, and is Those present were: Mesdames Jane likewise supported by the Inland Brownell; Ralph Davis. Joe Spring ject is constructing a new house on his farm. Navigation company, the new Sea- Bill Logan, Fred Knudson, E. Ray C. Null and Roy C. Null are attle company, with an advertised er, McKenzie, Miss Rix and the hos also constructing brooder houses on capital of $95,000, which proposes tess. their respective farms west of town. to build boats that will make such boys who have joined W. W. Felthouse of Hermiston, swift water courses, and to establish the Umatilla tie gang are Jack Cooney, Loran who recently purchased what Is a port at what Is called Dent Land Montgomery, Bob McKenzie, Dwight known as the Correll property, south ing, just beyond the Oregon-Wash Arnold and Tom Arnold. of the Seventh Day Adventist church ington state line in the Wallula Gap. Mrs. Scott Brown Is ill at her is modernizing the house and pro Who is behind this movement ac home. perty. tually is not known, but the danger Miss D. Shaw spent the week end Other Improvements that are not of such a pretended Improvement of In Portland with her mother, Mrs. listed here are being made in tho the Umatilla rapids is In the sup Arthur Powell. surrounding territory. port It Is getting. These facts may Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geer of Colum be brought out in the hearing In bia district were in Umatilla this %* ****‘*******% Washington, as our senators and week. congressmen have been notified of Harry Hull is 111 at his home. all the facts obtainable at this time. Miss Yvonne Bousquet spent Sat ♦ ALONG THE CONCRETE ♦ The friends of the channel move urday in Arlington. The Misses Lola Berry and Mar- $699449944****00 ment say that It will not delay the dam and will break Into the rate guerita Cox accompanied several Two small chaps were heard dis Hermiston Christian Endeavorers to structure and save its cost tn a La Grande Friday where they at cussing various topics the other day when one lit upon the statement few years to gasoline users and tended a youth conference. that his Dad had a leg made of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knudson spent | Hickory. wheat growers. The opponents of The reply came back. the new idea say it is designed to Monday In Portland. ■'That’s nothing. My sister has a Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tucker spent | indefinitely delay the construction In Walla Walla shopping. cedar chest.” of the Umatilla rapids dam. The In Tuesday History would Indicate that real Mr. and Mrs. Tonies and children land Navigation company of Seattle Barbara and progress Is achieved only very slow- Dorothy, accompanied has been supported, since last fall, | by George Powell of Pendleton, ly- Bruce Barton. by Portland interests. Lewiston, rep spent Sunday in Umatilla. Seen along the streets: Mrs. Rob resentatives and the Inland Empire Scott Brown and sons. Lyle ert Yeager roller skating; Walter Waterways association. The sup and Mrs. Vivian, and Mrs. Emma Oberlin Cochran trying to catch up with porters of the Umatilla dam will were in Pendleton Tuesday. little Phyllis Thomas; New care oppose such a proposed temporary Mrs. Louis Fowler returned to her parked on Main street; Ellis Moyer expenditure of money, and claim home In Portland after a visit with calling out the number that won the that it is not a sincere movement In her brothers, Lloyd and Don Harry- radio Wednesday night as he stood the development of the Columbia. man. in line at the Oasis theatre. UMATILLA RAPIDS CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT BRIEF PRESENTED BEFORE ARMY ENGINEERS
