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VOLUME XXX
PROJECT FAIR
BOARD STRESSES
SHOWMANSHIP
HORSE
HERMISTON,
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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
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PARADE COMMITTEE.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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anad a dance.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 ---------
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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
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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
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