CELEBRATE JULY 4th with HERMISTON
RxE1q!I 0
VOLUME XXX
NUMBER 43
HERMISTON, UMATILLA
BUCKING HORSES AND
HORSE RACES ADDED
TO 4TH CELEBRATION
GLEN
MOORE
Ühe Hermiston Heraln
IN
CHARGE
OF
RODEO ATTRACTION.
Free Admission to
Grounds Will
Attract Manv to Hermiston
Celebration.
CARL OZANA FOLLOWS “BEST
•
❖
❖
•
❖
❖
•
❖
•
❖
•
❖
❖
❖
❖
❖
❖
•
•
❖
•
❖
❖
❖
❖
•
❖
FRIEND'' IN DEATH.
----------
OREGON,
RALPH CORRIGAL, ECHO SHEEP
• MAN TAKEN BY DEATH
•
Carl Ozana took his own life •
because his dog had died. Af- •
ter his dog died he pinned a •
note to the door saying that •
he had
no further desire to •
live since his best friend had •
died” and took strychnine.
•
The master’s body was found •
lying by the side of his dog •
Tuesday by John Hartle who •
had gone to the house to see •
about the irrigation water. He •
immediately called Pat Fol- •
som, county coroner, and C. C. •
Proebstel, district attorney, •
who investigated.
•
Ozana left his home and pro- •
perty to a neighbor, Lloyd •
Binder. The body of the dead •
man, badly decomposed.
was •
buried in the Hermiston cerne- •
tery by A. W. Prann. Hermis-<5>
ton undertaker. He has no •
known relatives.
•
• • • • • • • • • • ••••
Bucking horses and horse racing
as a special feature for the Fourth
of July celebration held in Hermis
ton was announced at the meeting
of the committee in charge Wednes
day night. Glen Moore, foreman of
the park grounds, stated that the
grounds could be made ready for the
added attraction, and after thor
oughly discussing the matter, the
committee voted to add this feature
to the celebration. The bucking
horses and races will be in charge
of Mr. Moore, who stated that most
of the horses and riders would be
local people and local horses.
No admission will be charged to
the grounds, and with horse racing
added to the already large list of
sport events outlined by A. E. Ben-
sei, an unusually large crowd is ex
pected to be in Hermiston for the
celebration.
Chub Longhorn was given author
ity to contact another team to play
against Hermiston for a purse of
$25.00. Echo will probably be the
opponent, and as these two teams
are the finals in the local league, a
good game is expected.
One of the best parades ever, held
in Hermiston or surrounding terri
tory was assured when Al Kennings
reported that a large number of lo
cal business houses and organiza
tions gave him the assurance of a
float in the parade. Mr. Kennings
appointed Guy Amsbury and Lloyd
Moore to assist him in making final
arrangements for the parade. A
delegation from Umatilla, also pres
ent at the meeting, was invited to
help make the parade a success.
Branstetter’s band has been engaged
to supply music for the parade and
during the events in the afternoon,
including their six-piece dance or
chestra in the evening.
Admission, prices for the boxing
event at 6:30 P. M., were reduced
lu order to get a larger crowd for
the big event. The boxing event
will be the only attraction outside
of the new park grounds. Harry
Kelley, who is in charge of the box
ing event, was unable to be present
at the meeting, but left word that
with the help of CCC boys from
Stanfield, an arena will be erected
between the Safeway and present
Burnham’s store on main street of
Hermiston._____ ____ ________
W. B. Hamilton, well known But
ter Creek farmer for the past 32
years, died at his home recently.
Funeral services were held from
Folsom’s chapel in Pendleton Tues
day afternoon with the Rev. R. M.
Jones officiating.
William B. Hamilton was born
in East Garafraxa, near Fergus. On
tario, Canada, on June 11, 1870.
When a young man he moved to
Walla Walla and in 1904 he came
to Echo and has resided on his But
ter Creek farm since that time. Mr.
Hamilton was a charter member of
Trinity Lodge No. 121, I.O.O.F. of
Walla Walla.
Surviving members of the family
ere: His wife. Mrs. Kedellia A. Ham
ilton; his son. John G. Hamilton of
Echo: two daughters. Miss Rachel
Elizabeth Hamilton and Mrs. M. H.
Stewart of Seattle. Wash.: a grand-
daughter. Mrs. William Champion,
and two brothers, also of Seattle.
RECORD 4-H CLUB SESSION
LINEMAN DIES OF SHOCK
NEARS END AT CORVALLIS.
SUFFERED AT ROWENA MONDAY
The biggest 4-H club summer ses
sion ever held west of the Mississip
pi is drawing to a close on the Ore
gon State college campus at Corval
lis. where more than 1400 boys and
girls and 60 local leaders have spent
a busy two weeks attending classes,
getting acquainted, and enjoying the
program of recreation and enter
tainment.
Friday, June 19, is the last day of
the session, when winners of all con
tests and awards will be announced,
and the girls and boys whose class
sections made the highest record for
promptness, attendance and interest
for the two weeks will have the
pleasure of sitting on the assembly
platform and eating ice cream while
the rest of the clubbers look on. Sat
urday morning bedding will be
rolled and suitcases packed, and the
entire group will scatter to their
homes in every county of the state.
Among the exciting incidents at
summer school this year was the
announcement from Portland that
Florence Flink. 13, one of the sum
mer school delegates from that ci
ty. had won the grand championship
of the Rose Festival on her entry of
an Ophelia rose grown in her 4-H
rose and flower project. This made
the second successive year in which
a 4-H club member had carried off i
this coveted honor at Portland’s
rose show in competition with the |
best adult growers.
The Oregon club summer school, |
which incidentally is the only two-
weeks' session of this sort held in
the United States, had its beginning
22 years ago when 20 4-H boys and
girls were assembled on the O.S.C.
campus for special training. It has
grown steadily in i scope and atten
dance. with an enrollment this year
more than twice as large as that of
two years ago.
The class work this year was
more inclusive than ever before,
with instruction provided in every
phase of elub work and many rela
ted interests, while many prominent
citizens and officiais of the state
have appeared before the daily as
semblies.
The clubbers entered
wholeheartedly as usual into the
sports program of swimming, tennis,
baseball, volleyball, dancing and si
milar activities. Two new features
of the evening entertainment pro
grams were a style revue and an
“amateur night."
COUNTY,
• =-------
MRS. L. STEWART BURIED
IN HERMISTON CEMETERY.
Mrs. L. Stewart passed away
Thursday, June 11th, following a
long illness, and funeral services
were conducted Monday, June 15.
from Prann’s Funeral Parlors, by C.
Warner, pastor of the Hermiston
Union church.
Interment was in
the Hermiston cemetery.
Miss Loretta Nay was born in
Missouri, August 27th, 1861. She
married Laughlin Stewart in May,
1877, and moved to Oregon in 1890,
where they lived up to the present
time.
She is survived by her husband
and three children. John F. Stew
art of Claremore, Oklahoma. Roger
L. Stewart of Tacoma. Wn., and Mrs.
Eva V. Wright of Torrance, Calif.
W. B. HAMILTON. PIONEER OF
BUTTER CREEK. IDES
Lester Baumgardner, lineman for
the Pacific Power & Light company,
and brother-in-law of Mrs. Harold
Rankin of Hermiston, was electro
cuted at 7:00 a. m. Monday while
working on the company’s trans
mission line near Rowena.
Baumgardner's foot touched a
wire of the comany telephone line
rigged underneath the power wires.
Induction from the power wires of
ten cause high voltages to be built
up in the telephone line, it was sta
ted, and these passed through Baum
gardner's body to ground. Baumgar
dner was grasping some lower volt
age wires which were carrying no
current at the time, but which had
been grounded as a safety measure.
Other members of the line crew
removed Baumgardner from the
pole, but he was dead by the time
a doctor arrived. The lineman pro
bably died suddenly, It was thought.
—The Dalles Chronical.
Mr. and Mrs. Rankin were called
to The Dalles Monday but returned
to Hermiston the same day and at
tended the funeral Wednesday.
License Examiner Here Saturday.
C. M. Bentley, examiner of opera
tors and chauffeurs, will be in Her
miston Saturday, June 27, at the city
library, between the hours of 9:00
a. m. to 4:00 p. m., according to a
recent announcement released from
the Secretary of State’s office. All |
those wishing permits or licenses to |
drive cars are asked to get in touch I
with Mr. Bentley during these hours.
------ ee
Community Club Meeting.
Members of the Hermiston Com
munity club have been notified of
a meeting scheduled at the library
June 30th, to discuss the disburse
ment of funds. The time is 2:30 p.m
HOSPITAL NOTES.
• Mr. and Mrs. Merle Phelps are
the parents of a baby girl born
Tuesday, June 16. at the Hermiston
General hospital. The baby weighed
5* pounds and has been named
Lois Jean.
W. A. Starr is a medical patient
at the hospital and is reported as
about the same
Naomi Nunn of Hermiston had
her tonsils removed
Wednesday
morning and is getting along nicely.
L. H Turner of Boardman un
derwent a minor surgical operation
Wednesday for aa Infected hand.
JUNE 18. 1936.
GLEN C. WADE ELECTED
Ralph Corrigal, aged 38, promi
Glen C. Wade was elected presi
nent sheep man of the Echo coun- ! dent of the Hermiston Townsend
try, died Tuesday night at St. An club Tuesday night. June 16th, at
thony's hospital in Pendleton after : the regular meeting at which a rec
a ten day illness of pneumonia: Mr. ord attendance was recorded. F. E.
Corrigal was born on Butter Creek I Earn hart was elected secretary,
in 1898 and had spent his entire j Mrs. W. Knapp, treasurer, and Mrs.
Dr.
life in that district. He was a mem Joe Udey, vice president.
ber of B. P. O. E. No. 358 of Hepp A. E. Marble was elected as delegate
ner.
I to the national Townsend conven
Besides his widow he Is survived tion at Cleveland. Ohio, to be held
by two children, his mother, Mrs. in July. Members of the board are
Isabelle Corrigal of Echo, and three O. L. Barlow. R. L. Addleman. Frank
sisters, Mrs. Tom O'Brien of Echo, Guiwits, M. A. Lenhart, R. E. Os-
Mrs. Fred Hoskins of Ione, and Mrs. born and W. C. Morehouse.
Wilbur Gorley of Heppner. Oregon,
State representatives were pres
and Mrs. Wilbur Gorley of Heppner, ent at the meeting and gave talks
Another sister, Mrs. Ruby Crisman, telling of the work and giving a
preceeded him in death a little over word of encouragement to the mem
bership. They were A. E. Curriel,
a month ago.
Funeral services were held at accredited Townsend speaker and a
Heppner in the Elk’s Temple at 2 good singer: W. A. Sellwood, dis
o’clock Thursday afternoon, with trict organizer; Henry Warmholz,
distributor of Townsend weekly, all
Rev. Pope reading the service.
Acting pallbearers were Sloan of Portland, and John Steirman,
Thomson. Henry Aiken, W. P. Kil president of the La Grande Town
kenny, Barney Doherty, Purl How send club.
Mr. Curriel lead the meeting in
ell and A. C. Ebert. Honorary pall
bearers were Malcolm Clark, Jack community singing and taught the
Hynd, Joe Foley, Bob Thompson, group a number of Townsend songs.
Frank Monahan and Otis McCarty. He had just attended a meeting at
La Grande where a large number of
—East Oregonian.
Townsendites gathered.
The retiring president, A. E. Ben-
Cecil Kelley Injured.
sei. announced that the local club
Cecil Kelley was seriously in now has a membership of 410. C. R.
jured last Saturday while working Moore, retiring as secretary,
left
a shovel on a road job at Newport Wednesday on a three weeks’ speak
and suffered an arm fracture in ing tour, going first to Hood River
three places, cracked ribs, torn leg where
he
appeared Wednesday
ligaments and bruises and cuts. He evening. Mr. Moore has been named
was taken to the Toledo hospital an accredited Townsend speaker by
and is getting along fine at present. the state board.
His brother, Harry Kelley, left Sun
day morning for Toledo and re
Boy Scouts on Outing.
turned the last of the week. Kelley
had just started the construction
The Hermiston Boy Scout troop
job and was operating the shovel plans to leave Friday morning for
himself.____________ _______
Bingham Springs where they will
enjoy hiking, swimming, fishing and
camping
over the week end, return
Will Teach in Pendleton.
ing Sunday evening. They will be
Miss Mary Brownson, graduate of accompanied by J. A. Clarke and
Oregon State college, will teach in Ralph Saylor, and their scoutmaster,
the Pendleton system this fall, in Harald Thompson, will join them
home economics. Her sister Shirley Sunday. Among the boys who plan
Brownson, is employed In the com to go are Allan Clarke, Eldon Say
mercial department of the Pendle lor. Elbert Moore. Tommy Fraser.
ton high school. The girls are daugh Jesse Moore. Bill Nation, Eugene
ters of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Brown Miller, Bobby Miller. Chas. Knerr,
son of Hermiston, and graduates of Kenneth Bensel, Bob Jackson, Da
the local high school.
vid Hamm and Albert Skovbo.
01
ATTENTION
There will be an important
Commercial Club meeting next
Tuesday, June 23, at 7:00 o’clock
in the Hermiston Hotel. Attend!
W. H. BLOOM FAMILY VISIT STATES AFTER
TWO YEARS ABSENCE IN NOME, ALASKA
Traveling from Nome, Alaska, to
Fairbanks and on to Anchorage by
airplane, from there to Seward by
train and then on to the states on
the boat “Yukon.” Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Bloom and son reached Seattle
Thursday of last week to touch U.
S. soil for the first time in two
years. The boat came by the inside
passage, the nicer this time of the
year because there is less rain than
at a later season.
For the past two years Mr. Bloom
has acted as superintendent of city
schools at Nome, having served in
that capacity at Umatilla before ac
cepting that position. He stopped at
Fairbanks for one week on the trip
to the States to investigate the Fair
banks schools of which he will be
superintendent the coming school
year. Fairbanks is the "white man’s
town” of Alaska, having mostly
white population, and is less isolat
ed than Nome.
The Blooms are visiting Mrs
Bloom's parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Dyer, and will not return to Alaska
until August.
* In Nome the Office of Indian
Affairs maintains schools for Eski
mos. and the city school system has
an enrollment of both white and
half breed children. Mr
Bloom
states that there is little difference
n the scholastic standing of the
half breed children and the whites
until after they pass the elementary
“rades, then few of the half breed
children go far scholastically.
From the last of October to the
"irst of June each year, seven
months time, there are no boats
--in« in to Nome The ice begins to
drift down from the north and the
boats eannot risk a later passage.
Wail service, however, is not dis-
“ontinved hut is carried hr airnlane
at least once a week, unless sever-
weather condition» prevent. The sf-
ficiency of the U. 8. weather burea"
aids in maintaining rexular
mail
service by plane. The mail carried
°...
BROILER MARKET
INDUSTRY SHOWS
INTERESTING PROFITS
PRESIDENT TOWNSEND CLUB.
by plane from Alaska does not re
quire extra postage since it is the
only means of mail service avail
able during the "closed season.”
The lowest temperature experien
ced by the Blooms at Nome last win
ter was thirty degrees below zero,
and the average temperature runs
between five and fifteen degrees be
low. Nome is located on a peninsula
off the Bering Sea which accounts
for this. The winds are sharp and
penetrating, however, and the na
tive garb is adopted by all those
who live there.
Sports activities are many, dog
mushing being the favorite, and
snow shoe and ski racing are among
other activities. All Alaskan towns
have a very active social life due to
the confinement and isolation, mak
ing their own entertainment by
dancing, cards, amateur theatricals
and by enjoying modern theatres,
movies.
The movies which are
shown are brought in on the last
boat in the fall in sufficient number
to fill the schedule for the entire
winter season.
Fresh meats consist mostly of I
reindeer, and salmon and trout are
caught in the northern waters. |
Fresh vegetables are rare during
the winter season and all canned j
and fresh vegetables are twenty-five
percent higher than in the states.
Lettuce is eaten on very rare oc
casions when the family Is doing
some special entertaining.
Last winter Mr. Bloom had most
of his staff of his own choosing, and
Miss Helen Fredreckson of Stanfield,
was one of his elementary school
teachers. Miss Fredreckscn will be
home about the first of July to
spend the summer with her parents
at Stanfield. She will come on the
first boat "Victoria.”
Fairbanks. Mr Bloom says. Is
farther Inland but can be reached
at all times by tbe railroad and oth
er means of transportation.
ACCURATE RECORDS KEPT BY
Turkeys
R. B. WILCOX.
—
and
Broiler Cockerels
Raised On Same Farm:
Power Utilized.
(Bruno Photo)
FLORENCE UDEY SEEKS
ROLE AS TAFT QUEEN.
Another redhead has "thrown her
hat into the ring” for Queen of the
Redhead Roundup to be held at
Taft, June 20 and 21st. She Is
Florence Udey of 834 S. W. 15th
Avenue who has lived in Portland
for the past two and one half years.
The new candidate is 21 years of
age, five feet 3 inches tall and has
brown eyes. She is a graduate of
The Dalles high school. Her fav
orite sports are swimming, hiking
and tennis. She is an accomplished
musician having led her own orches
tra for two years.
Loomis Printing Company have
taken over the sponsorship of this
candidate, and Glen Loomis will act
as her campaign manager. She is em
ployed by the Neighbors of Wood
craft in the Grand Clerks office, and
her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Udey who reside at Hermiston.
REWARD WILL FINANCE
GURDANE’S AUTO PARK
Reports from The Dalles. Ore., are
that Tom Gurdane, former Pendle
ton police chief and Umatilla coun
ty sheriff, will develop a new auto
park one mile below the city with
part of the reward money received
as his share in the capture of Wil
liam Edward Hickman, Los Angeles
girl slayer.
Gurdane and his family have
moved to The Dalles and plan to
start construction immediately. The
Gurdanes are known here.
Mueller Elected School Director.
N. R. Mueller was elected direc
tor for school district No. 14, at the
annual school election held Monday.
June 15, to replace F. B. Swayze,
who wished to retire from such ac
tivities after giving years of service
in that capacity. R. A. Brownson
was reelected clerk.
Pre-school Clinic Success.
Production of cockerels for the
broiler market is becoming more of
an industry on the project than
ever before and a sample of such a
profitable concern is found on the
R. B. Wilcox farm one mile east of
Hermiston. The Wilcox family moved
to the Hermiston project about a
year ago
from
the
Lexington
country where they had operated a
wheat ranch. Mr. Wilcox keeps ac
curate records and knows just what
profits are made from each bunch
of broilers.
In January they bought 1000 ba
by cockerels to feed just eight
weeks when 954 of them were mar
keted. each bird averaged 1.6 Iba.,
at a value of 30 cents. Records
showed that an average of 3.4 Ibe.
of feed was used to produce a pound
of chicken, making each bird cost
12 12 cents. The total 1526 pounds
of chicken was sold at 19 cents per
pound, bringing $289.94.
A tabulated account of the cost
of production showed that briquets
and coal cost $7.65. feed cost $68.-
90, hatchery and express was $42.75
and marketing cost was $5.00, total
ling $124.30.
The net gain from
the sale of the 1000 broilers was
shown as $165.64.
The second group of 1400 cocker
els brought a greater amount of pro
fit because of the larger number,
totaling 2434 pounds, marketed at
16 cents per pound. The hatcherv
cost was $158.65 and the selling
price totaled $389.44. making a net
profit of $230.79. These figures
make clear the fact that the larger
the volume the lower cost of produc
tion.
The feed rations used may be a
little different from those general
ly recommended but have proven
successful in this case. Chick scratch
and sour milk are fed for the first
few days and then chick starter is
added. During the first week a to
tal of 20 pounds of starter mash.
100 pounds of scratch and 15 gal
lons of sour milk were fed to the
1000 cockerels. About the middle
of the third week cracked wheat was
gradually added to the wet mash ra
tion and the milk given in liquid
form. During the last two weeks,
less starter mash is fed and more
heavy grain added as a finishing ra
tion. Fattening mash is not fed un
less the birds are to be sold imme
diately to the consumer market.
In the broiler market business the
producer makes use of his brooder
house the year around instead of
Just during the brooding season, and
Mr. Wilcox believes it will be possi
ble to finish birds to market every
month instead of every two months.
Over crowding, however, in the
open air brooder and sun porches is
disastrous and prevents rapid devel
opment which Is so necessary.
Twelve children of pre-school age
were examined at a clinic Wednes
day morning by Dr. F. B. Belt and
Dr. W. L. Morgan. The clinic was
sponsored by the Hermiston Teacher-
Parent association and the Umatil
la County Health association, and
will be an annual event. Parents
receive this service free and the ma
Turkey Angle Seen.
jority of examinations proved that
the general health of the children
It
is
seldom
that turkeys aud
was above average.
chickens are raised on tbe same
farm, scientific research having
Anaconda Official Visits.
shown that chickens carry diseases
E. M. Norris, superintendent of that are fatal to turkeys. But the
the Anaconda Copper Mining com Wilcox farm produces the two side
pany holdings at Conda. Idaho, and by side. The contention is that the
his wife, were guests of Mr. and baby chicks are free from disease
Mrs. H. T. Fraser here Wednesday when placed in the brooder house
noon. They are on a trip which will and do not contract any diseases
take them to Alaska. California and until past two months of age, by
through Nevada to Idaho on the re which time they are sold and a new
turn trip. Hugh Fraser, son of Mr. bunch of baby chicks replaces them.
and Mrs. Fraser, worked under Mr. In this way there Is no danger of
Norris at Conda for two years.
disease contamination.
The houses are disinfected after
H G. SCHREITER OUTLINES
each brood has been sold, by the use
of an Aeroil burner producing a
CCC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
sterilizing flame at a temperature of
2000 degrees.
With sample copies of all of the
This year the Wilcox farm boasts
correspondence courses and educa of 500 turkey poults purchased from
tional pamphlets. Herbert G. Schrei- the Hamilton brooders, at Chehalis,
ter, educational adviser
for the Wn. Hamilton's had 14 dressed
Stanfield CCC camp, impressed the turkeys placed at the Oakland
members of the Pendleton Luther Turkey Show at Oakland. Oregon,
League with the history of the ac last year.
complishments of the Civilian Con-
The brooder house, heated by a
se rvation Corps.
hot water system, has something ori
"Starting as an Emergency Relief ginal in a roosting system. Hinged
measure for the unemployed young lath frames in four sections, extend
Americans, the Civilian Conserva over the pipes and are lowered and
tion Corps has taken its place as an covered by gunny sacks when the
indispensable unit of public educa birds are three or four weeks old.
tion In the United States in addi but the birds are still permitted to
tion to more than paying for its go under the hover. Some roost on
way by conserving the Nation's nat top. When the sacks are removed
urai resources.”
the lath extension is lowered to the-
Interest in the CCC was evidenced floor, preventing the birds from go
by the barrage of questions which ing under the hoover: the natural
were put to Mr. Schreiter at the result Is that the birds roost on the
close of his talk
Many seemed to lath as intended, without coaxing
have the Idea the CCC camps are be
Home Improvements Added.
ing run like the regular army
A 16x26 concrete basement is be
camps, that the objective was a
large reserve Army rather than the ing added to the house, and also an
training of young men for citizen 8x26 screened-in porch to the back
ship.
The emphasis on vocational of the house. The house Is equipped
training, on the building up of mor with electricity and an electric re
ale. on vocational and educational frigerator and stove serve house
counseling and guidance assured hold needs. Electric power is uti
them that this is not the ease.
lized In every possible way
Mr Schreiter was accompanied by
A unique feature about the farm
Assistant Leader Cleo Holt, who dis is the Buff Orphington ducks that
tributed the last copies of the Stan- furnish eggs for domestic use In the
field-Echo and assisted In explain home, instead of a flock of laying
ing the correspondence Instruction hens. This eliminates the need of
and other features of the Education having laying hens on the farm and
al program.
the danger of disease contamination.