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. Ohe Hermiston Aerali VOLUME XXX PROJECT FAIR BOARD STRESSES SHOWMANSHIP HORSE HERMISTON, «UMBER 46_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CLASS ADDS INTEREST IN NEW TYPES. Exhibitors Must File Entry Blank With Secretary September 16th; Style Review New Feature. It is evident that the 1936 Uma tilla Project fair September 17, 18 and 19, will be one of the best in recent years, if laborous sessions of the fair board has any bearing upon the show to be staged on the new park fair grounds. The board met Wednesday night and made definite decisions in the matter of encourag ing showmanship in the stock divi- sian. One of the new attractions at the fall show will be four classes iu horses, draft, brood mare and colt, matched team and saddle horses. Joe Meyers has charge of this de partment and some worthwhile premiums are being offered. In revising the premium list Al Kennings of the dairy division has eliminated the grade Jersey female class and has added a class in breeder's young herd, and requires a bull to be shown with the best display of dairy herd. Kennings is encouraging owners of show stock to fit their animals before they bring them in as entries. He states that there is some fine show stock on the project if properly fitted for showing. W. G. Kersbergen, new school superintendent, has been named as head of the school display depart ment. A style review with a prize of $2 has been added to the 4-H club home economics division, and prizes on 100 percent clubs have been eli- minated. Miss Frances Clinton. county home demonstration agent, has been named as assistant to W. A. Sawyer in taking care of the 4-H club pre mium list revision. A grand prize of $10 will be giv en for the best float entered in the parade. The board ruled that all entry blanks of intention to display at the fair must be filed with the sec retary September 16th. If exhibitor wishes to enter his displays the first day of the three day fair. The secretary was authorized to reject all entries brought in on the first day that have not been filed on September 16th as an entry. This rule was made to prevent confusion of last-minute entries. Premium lists will be ready for distribution in the near future car rying all information to exhibitorsr. Those present at the meeting Wednesday night were John Jen- drzejewski. H. T. Fraser. Enos Mar tin. R. Longhorn, L. C. Dyer. Al Kennings and W. A. Sawyer. APPRECIATION • ♦ ❖ • • • • • • • • • ❖ • • ❖ • • ❖ • • EXRESSED PARADE COMMITTEE. ---------- . UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, BY 1000 WITNESS DOUBLE MAIN To the business houses, fra- ternal groups and all individu- als taking part in the Fourth of July parade, we wish to ex- tend our sincere thanks and appreciation for the splendid cooperation shown. Consider- able work and effort was nec- essary to make up a splendid parade, which was successful only because of the fine spirit of cooperation by all who took part. We sincerely thank you one and all. The Parade Committee Al Kennings Guy Amsberry L. A. Moore ♦ EVENT ON BOXING CARD • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6888888000%% EIGHTY PERCENT DISTRICT FARMERS SIGN NEW ACT Osborn Apartment Leased. HERMISTON SCORES OVER ECHO IN BASEBALL GAME SATURDAY. RHE* A capacity crowd of nearly a Hermiston ........... 7 7 2 thousand witnessed the boxing | Echo ....................... 4 4 3 event staged at 7:30 p. m. July the In an exqiting baseball game Fourth in the arena between the i played here on the Fourth of July, Safeway store and J. S. Burnham I Hermiston won from Echo by a store. All five events proved to be a I score of 7 to 4. The game was battle for a crown, with a knockout played on the new park athletic occurring in the main event when Harold Hoshino of Pendleton floor field and had no bearing on the ed Bud Hiatt of Echo in the clos teams' standing in the Irrigation ing seconds of the fifth round. The Baseball League in which Echo and bell saved the count for Hiatt but Hermiston are still tied for first he was unable to come back for place. Echo scored first in the first half the final round. of the first inning when Liesegang In the other half of the double came in on an error. Hermiston main event, Bill Erwin of Umatilla, came right back with four runs in who was trained in fine shape, the last half of the first inning and took the decision from the more ex held the lead for the rest of the perienced veteran, K. O. Warner of Pendleton. They staged the fight on game. Smith, a CCC boy from Stanfield, even terms, although the courage was the outstanding star of the and scrap of Erwin was too much for Warner, and also won for Er game, for both teams. He made a win the $10 extra award for putting perfect play on every ground ball up the best fight of the boxing hit to him at short, and once raced back to left center field and caught event. a fly ball that was tagged for a In the special events, Don Allstott sure hit in any man's game. of Hermiston put up a fierce battle Echo scored the run in the first, to win the decision against “Shorty" one in the fourth, one in the fifth Hermiston Davis of the CCC camp at Stanfield. and one in the sixth. Bill Harris of Hermiston lost his de scored four in the first, two in the fifth, and one in the seventh. Echo cision to another CCC boy from threatened in the last inning, but Stanfield, Chas. Weikart, while the threat was short lived, when, “Red” Weitzel of Hermiston obtain with a man on first and no one out, ed the decision from “One Punch" King hit into a double play. Again it was this CCC boy on the receiving Wesbutsky. end of a hot ground ball. The play Credit was given Harry Kelley for was Smith to Harris to Mittlesdorf. presenting one of the best fight A regretable incident happened tn cards ever staged in Hermiston, and the first inning when Lee Ward. Echo catcher, had his left arm brok Logan Todd for his work as referee. en at the elbow by a pitched ball. A Before the final bout a cash do purse of $41.28 was made up that nation was taken for Lee Ward of evening at the fight to take care of the doctor bill. Echo, who suffered a broken arm in The batteries for Echo: Berry, the baseball game in the afternoon. Wildzene and Coppenger. For Her miston: Fred Rankin. Kopacz and A total of $41.28 was received. Woodward. Eighty percent of the farmers in the west end of Umatilla county district have enrolled for benefits under the new federal agricultural conservation act with an estimate made by W. A. Sawyer, assistant county agent, that 238 farmers had signed up 273 farms in the district. Most of these applications were made through the local office, with but 23 made through the Pendleton office. It was estimated that ninety per- cent of the) signup in this district will receive benefits from the pro gram when the check-up is made this fall. A recheck of work sheets made by Oregon State college extension offi cials shows Umatilla county leading with the largest number filed 1,620, representing 403.380 acres of soil depleting base. Following the closing date for Purchase 2000 Broilers. signups, July 3, the final figures Walter Jendrzejewski received for Oregon show that 20,023 pro ducers filed work sheets with coun 2000 heavy mixed breed day old chicks last week which he had pur ty agents. chased from the Lloyd Lee Hatch ery at Salem, Ore. Jendrzejewski WOMEN’S COMMUNITY CLUB FUNDS TO PARK IMPROVEMENT expects to feed these birds for the fryer market. He is a student at Funds which had been accumu Oregon State college and expects to lated by the Women’s Community market the birds before school opens club organization during its active this fall. years was turned over to the Her miston Community Park board re Supt. Kersbergen Arrives. cently by a unanimous vote of all Supt. W. G. Kersbergen, new sup members present at the meeting. The funds were transferred on the erintendent of the Hermiston Union high school, arrived from Missoula, condition that some one project on the park grounds be named and Montana, July 2nd, to take over the specified as the Women's Communi duties of the district left by R. H. McAtee, retiring superintendent. ty club gift. The association also voted to give Mr. Kersbergen is a graduate of park benches to the board. These Stanford University and has had benches were purchased by the club wide experience in this field. Mr. early in their organization and are and Mrs. Kersbergen will make their home in the Ross house. now being assembled. ---------- --------------------- The Osborn Apartment house has been leased and is being operated by Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Smith who have resided one mile north of Hermiston for the past few months. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Massengale. The apartment house has been operated by Mr. and Mrs. Leaguers to Suttle Lake. R. E. Osborn for the past four years. A large group of Hermiston and They will continue to make their Echo Epworth Leaguers will leave home at the apartment house and Mr. Osborn will operate his cabinet Monday. July 13th, for Suttle Lake shop. to attend the annual Epworth League Institute. July 13 to 20. Rev. WESTLAND GRANGE PLANS R. R. Finkbeiner. pastor of the lo PICNIC IN AUGUST. cal Methodist church, is manager for the institute. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Westland Grange met Monday Kennedy of Umatilla will take the night with 30 members present. Mr. group in their truck and then spend and Mrs. Roy Attebury of Stanfield tbeir time camping and fishing at Grange and Mr. and Mrs. Hoffnagle the lake. Among those going are of Echo Grange were visitors. Plans Thelma Swarner. Ernest Rainwater. were made for the annual picnic to Lester Flannigan, Frank Jeppe, Ro be held in Columbia park some time bert Pierson. Rebecca Pierson, Lois in August. Hutchison. Edith Null, Dorothy The Grange went on record as be Knerr. Vera Sisson, Omega Sater. ing opposed to the stores in town R. R. Finkbeiner and son Gilbert handling oleomargarine, and a com from Hermiston. Those from Echo mittee was appointed to present are Marylan King. Desdemona Aus this complaint to the stores. tin. Vera Smith, Awilda Bleakney. Clarence Berry, treasurer of the Helen Davis, Marjorie Meyers. Gene Hoskins. Margarert Krause, Mrs. Grange, conducted a very good pro Melvin Bishop. Etna Pearson and gram consisting of readings, songs Rev. Lawrence Burdett. and a play. Refreshments of ice cream, cake Attend Rehabilitation Meet. and coffee were served at the close Area E Hehabilitation conference of the meeting. The next regular meeting will be of the American Legion and Auxili ary will be held in Portland at the held July 20th at which time sev Multnomah Hotel. Saturday and eral new members will be taken in Sunday. July 11 and 12. Hermiston The H. E. club of the Grange will Post No. 37 will be represented by meet at the home of Mrs. Frank See- James Todd, district commander. liger July 15th, and all the mem- Walter Hamm, service officer, and I bera are asked to be present as sev by Mrs. James Todd and Mrs. Alfred eral things of importance are to be Cable of the local Auxiliary Unit. discussed. Among the national Legion officers Friends and Neighbors. present will be Watson B. Miller, chairman of the rehabilitation com We appreciate most sincerely, mittee and June W Valiant, chair your many kindnesses shown us dur ing the sickness and passing of our man of the western area and con tact man. A final check on the au dear mother. A. L. Carter. to round-up membership drive for Lois C. Blum. Oregon will ho made at this meet- Lillian Pressnall, Laura C. Morris. ing. JULY 9, 1936 Employed at Light Plant Voice Appreciation. 5000 PEOPLE VISIT HERMISTON JULY THE FOURTH To all the ladies who assisted in the food booth at the fair grounds on the Fourth; to citizens who opened their lawns for public use on the Fourth; to those who helped make the parade a success; to all persons who assisted In any way to make the Fourth of July celebration in Hermiston the success that it DAY OF CELEBRATION FILLED was, the committee extends hearti WITH ACTIVITY. est thanks and best wishes for fur ther successes in every community Unusual Entries Seen in Parade; enterprise undertaken. Anyone hav Many Participate in Sports ing outstanding bills are asked to Program. present them to the secretary. Al Quiring. A day filled with activity from early morning until late at night A. S. WALLECE CONTRACTS was experienced here the Fourth of GRAVEL BUTTER CREEK ROAD July when Hermiston staged one of the most successful celebrations in A. S. Wallace has contracted to years, entertaining 5000 visitors furnish 6000 yards of gravel to be during the day. Cars were parked used in oiling operations on the solidly on every main street and Butter Creek highway from the crowds of people milled about in junction of the Echo-Butter Creek the morning waiting for the parade road to Hermiston, and is moving which started promptly at 10 o’ his equipment and crew here this , week. Wallace has been stationed clock. at Union and his crew of between The sports program at the fair eight and ten men will start opera grounds was staged immediately fol tions within the next two weeks, or lowing the parade under the direc as soon as the equipment is set up. Gravel will be taken from the pit tion of A. E. Bensel. Later 8. E. three miles south on the highway. Notson of Heppner gave the address The state highway department will of the day. The horse races and use its forces and equipment for oil bucking contests were next and the ing as soon as the rock is ready for use. The rock crew will be sta baseball game between Echo and tioned here tor the next two Hermiston. In the evening a tight months. card was staged and later fireworks e a ----- anad a dance. * H. K. DEAN REPORTS ON TOMATO BLIGHT EXPERIMENTS H. K. Dean, superintendent of the Umatilla Field Station here has thus far substantiated a theory that tomato blight is directly affected by sunlight. An experimental plot of seven rows has been divided three ways. The plants unprotected from the sun show heavy infestation. Another third under a muslin cover thrown across light wooden frames, and ad mitting about one-third the normal sunlight, is still free of blight. The third group, under lath fairly close ly spaced, is without blight, but showed retarded growth from too much shading. Preston Hollomen of Echo will take over his duties as manager of the light plant for the Hermiston Light & Power company Friday, July 10th, to replace Bert Quick. He has a wife and two children, a boy and girl of grade school age, who will make their home in the » » » residence at the light plant. Mr. MRS. CHARLOTTE GEORGE. Hollomen has been with the West land Irrigation district for the past Mrs. Charlotte George of Echo, 75. eleven years. died at St. Anthony’s hospital in Pendleton Wednesday after a short Weather Report. illness of pneumonia. She had made Date Max. Min. her home with her children since July 1 .................................. 95 ■ 56 the death of her husband. July 2 ....................................... 93 ■— 55 Mrs. George is survived by four July 3 ....................................... 85 —• 60 sons, Ed, Roy. Ross and John Brown July 4 .................................. 88 • 58 and six daughters. Myrtle Driskell. July 5 ....................................... 94 ■ 57 Maude Davis of Spokane, Iva Hiatt July 6 ................................. — 89 5 5 Awilda Pearson of Echo, Dora July 7 ... ............................... 89 .... 56 Howe. Yakima, Freda Straight of July 8 ....................................... 84 59 Pendleton. A sister, Mrs. Martha Precipitation was .03. Wright of Heppner and a brother. David Cantwell of Burns, Ore. Also 38 grandchildren, 17 great grand children. Funeral services will be held at the church in Echo Friday morning at 10 o’clock. Burial will be in the Rhea Creek cemetery. ----------- — ■ » ----------- son who has had no experience would do well to try out 100 or MARGARET ANN CARTER. 200 the first year, and make a close Margaret Ann Wood was born at study of what his neighbors do be- Milan, Mo., June 16, 1853, and before investing too heavily. passed away on June 26, 1936, at the age of 83 years. Speaking in the accent of his na When a mere child she crossed the tive land, Scotland, J. B. Eddie told plains by ox team with her parents. something of the land from which Mr. and Mrs. James D. Wood. The he came to the United States in family settled near Newberg, Ore., 1786 from Banffshire, finally cast in Chehalem valley. ing his lot with other settlers in the Later she was married to James Fourth Unit district north of town. D. Carter who passed away on Octo This he cleared and planted to or ber 2, 1932. chard and other farm crops, but for Surviving her are one son and the past five years he has maintain three daughters: A. L. Carter and ed a flock of around 500 White Leg Laura C. Morris of Hermiston, Ore.; horn laying hens. Despite the tact Lois C. Blum and Lillian Pressnall that he does all of his own work, of Baker, Ore. Three grandchild Eddie has some of the sturdiest look ren: Lynne V. Blum of Jerome, Ari ing laying hens and pullets seen on zona; Mrs. R. E. Cate of Baker. Ore.; and Pauline Morris of Hermis the project. At present Eddie has 400 laying ton. She has been a life long Christian, hens in his 60x24 laying house which he will cull this tall to make a devoted mother and friend, and life of service to others. room for the 500 pullets now on given a --------- — # C the range An addition. 24x24, is HOSPITAL NOTES. being built on the west side of the present laying house, using the west Mr. and Mrs. Lee Donney of Uma wall to conserve on labor and ma terial. This addition will bring the tilla are the parents of a baby girl capacity of the house up to 700. born July 4. at the hospital. The The houses are of double wall con baby weighed five pounds. struction with straw overhead be Mrs Lester E Tenney of Stan tween the rafters and glass portable windows over which a large canvas field entered the hospital as a medi is stretched in the coldest weather, cal patient Wednesday evening. if the temperature in the houses Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Estett are the drops to the point where the birds parents of a baby boy born Sun suffer from the cold. Eddie says the poultry business is day. June 5, at the hospital. Patients at the tonsil clinic con one of the best In the land of Scot land and that he has made a good ducted Wednesday by Dr. F. B. Belt living from poultry during the past included Mrs. Geo. Kendler. Jr., five years while he has been in the Maxine Mackan, Kay Logan, Benny business. He expects to dig a well near his house this summer and Taylor and Mrs. J. H Hunt's small make other improvements about the son. place. A small acreage on the place is Produce Company Discontinued. devoted to growing green feed for the hens and pullets but the major The Square Deal Produce compa ity of feed Eddie purchases from the ny has been discontinued for the Farm Bureau Co-operative. The lay present. It has been operated by ing hens are confined to the house Jack House of Hermiston and Ed at prenant but will bo allowed to range upon completion of the new Schell of Pendleton in the former city auditorium building addition. FORMER PRINTER ONE OF NEWER EGG PRODUCERS; EDDIE POULTRYMAN 5 YEARS One of the newer egg producers is Claude Upham. Most of his life he has set type and worked at the newspaper trade. He did this in Chi cago but over twenty years ago he came to Hermiston and located on a 20 acre government homstead, and then he farmed and set type on the Herald. Four years ago he decided to try poultry. First he built a first class house 26x63, with two laying rooms of 26x26 each, and a nine foot feed room between. The walls are double and heavily insulated with leaves and straw, while over head is a foot of leaves well packed between roof and ceiling. The rooms are especially well ventilated. The purpose of all this is to pre vent the effect of extreme or sud den changes in weather. If extreme cold occurs in winter he is prepared to prevent freezing within the lay ing houses. If very hot days happen he likewise can prevent damage to his flock from heat. He has also built and used regul arly an O. S, C. egg house for pre serving the eggs before shipment. This house is 6x9 and also heavily insulated. He opens it at night and closes it early in the morning, and thus retains the cool night air dur ing the day. Recently when the out side air was 89 the temperature within the egg house was 66 de- erees. The cost was $40.00 In mater ials. Mr. Upham carries from 200 to 240 in each house of well culled layers, or something over 400 at all times He expects to Increase his poultry investments and would like to see the business greatly increased here, favoring a parking house. He has also four good cows. As a comparison he states that the 400 hens produce more velvet in one week than four cows do in one month. He does not raise any feed except green alfalfa. He says that he would rather use his time with more chickens and buy the feed, than to take his time raising corn or wheat. He believes that except for a be ginner. who knows little of the busineea. 400 bens la the smallest unit that It pays to carry. Any per _________ Some splendid floats were entered in the parade and Al Kennings, di rector, found it difficult to place any one float at first place, since the parade had been arranged on a non-competitive basis. The Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary floats headed the parade lead by the Le gion color bearers. Along the Une of march appeared floats entered by Hale's Confectionery, the Rebekah lodge. Eastern Star Social club, Boy Scouts, Westland Grange, Pearson’s Service Station, Hermiston Herald, Farm Bureau Co-operative, Rohr man Motor Co., Hermiston Motor Co., Hunter’s Cafe, Edmond’s Orch ards. Safeway Stores, CCC Trucks, Cochran’s Lunch, Gifford's Service Station, Hermiston Light & Power Co., Moyer's Men’s Store, Mor-Tone Sound Service and Oasis Theatre, Branstetter’s Band on CCC truck, a group of youngsters as “Our Gang.” a comic cart drawn by two mules and a fine showing of horses and riders. Four decorated trucks from the Grandview Poultry & Livestock com pany, and one by the Redmen Lodge at Umatilla, failed to reach here in time to appear in the parade, which was regrettable due to the attrac tive floats. The Hermiston Motor company furnished several trucks which were decorated and entered in the parade by organizations. Sports Program Exciting. Dozens of boys and girls entered into the spirit of the sports program directed by A. E. Bensel to walk away with prize money. Elbert Moore landed the greased pig which was worth $7.00. In the race for boys under 12 years Richard Rugg won first and Joe Cooney second. In the same class race for girls Mar garet Kennedy won first and Betty Jean Esselstyne second. Elbert Moore won first prize In the race for boys under 15, with Jim Kirby coming in second. Jane Hawkins of Adams won first and Betty Boynton of Portland second in the race for girls under 15. In the free for all race Richard Cox won first and Del McCracken second. In the relay for girls the team composed of Betty Boynton, Mary Thompson, Maxine Waters and Jane Hawkins, won first place. In the three legged race Elbert Moore and Jim Kirby won first place, and Rich ard Rugg and Joe Cooney, second place. In the potato relay race Jim Kir by won first and Elbert Moore sec ond. Bucking Horses and Races. The crowd cheered during the bucking contests and the sympathy seemed to stay with the horses. La- Vern Franklin on “Crybaby” was judged the best rider of the day. with Roy Day on “Teddy Bear” as a close second. Glenn Moore, was in charge of the bucking and racing, and stated that 15 entries were made in the bucking contest, besides the bareback riders. Milo McFarland's saddle horse from Umatilla crossed the finish line first In the saddle horse race, with the horse ridden by Eva Wilcox coming In second Dan Lambert’s horse won first money In the pony race and Jane Hawkln's pony won second. Jane Is from Adams. Spectators who have seen many (Continued on page 4)
