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‘ Waid, Helen and Esther Fredreck- 4.2 acres waste land. Stock, tools
and Sophronia Rhea and Mrs. and equipment were generally mea
t UMATILLA NEWS f son
Carl Rhea.
ger. the average inventory of live-,
By ERMA BYRNES.
Mrs. Ila Wallace, Mrs. J. F. Gib stock being $113.04, equipment and
Harry Jones of The Dalles, former
son and son Tom and Marian Stur tools $58.27, and feed and seed
residents of Umatilla, visited here
divant went to Pendleton Sunday to $25.12.
one day last week.
see the show "San Francisco."
Average liabilities against the
Mrs. Herman Riser of Klamath
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Christenson farms was $673.78, so that the net
visited at the Fred Knudson home
THE HERMISTON HERALD
and children of Portland are visit worth was only $539.06, this figure
last week, Mrs. Riser is a former
ing at the J. F. Rueber home.
having fallen from $852 since the
resident of Umatilla.
Miss Nadine Rueber. daughter of properties were acquired, An edu-
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gurdane of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rueber, is em cational study of the operators
The Dalles visited here last Wednes
ployed in Pendleton for the summer. shows about 79 per cent had fin-
day.
Mrs. J. F. Gibson of Hillsboro. ished grade school, 16.4 per cent
Nancy Yurk of Portland is visit
Ore., returned to her home Monday had finished high school and less
ing her aunt, Mrs. Ralph Joder.
after spending the past week visit than five per cent having had any
Mrs. Del Jackson and daughter
ing friends in Stanfield.
more advanced training.
Louise returned last Thursday from
Miss Billie Hedrick visited at the
New York where they were dele
home of her parents Tuesday. Billie
gates at the National Presbyterian.
is employed in Pendleton.
They also visited relatives in Penn
A group of friends from Stanfield
sylvania.
surprised Mrs. Bonnie Park Weitsel
The Ladies Aid met at the home
with a miscellaneous shower at her
of Mrs. James Byrnes last Thursday.
home in Hermiston Tuesday after
Those present were Mesdames Pete
Frank H. Spearman, author of "Gun
noon. Refreshments of punch and
McNabb, W. O. Miller, Wm. Shep
lock Ranch,” this paper’s new serial,
wafers were served.
herd, Hugh Van Schoiack, V. D.
is credited with giving the late Wal
J. C. Hoskins and daughter Bytha lace Reid his start as a motion picture
Bramer, Don Harryman and Mrs.
of Stanfield and Vostha Lean and actor. While in his heyday shortly
James Byrnes.
Velma Ruth Hoskins of Echo mo before death overtook him, Reid said
Mrs. George Kendler. Jr., and Kay
tored to Salem Tuesday on business. he “rode Into fame on the screen with
Logan had their tonsils removed at
Friends will be glad to know that a play by Frank H. Spearman."
the clinic held by Dr. F. B. Belt at
In his latest novel, “Gunlock Ranch.”
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Shake of Park-
Hermiston last Wednesday.
dale have announced the engage the famous Western author has re.
Roy Bray has accepted a govern
ment of their daughter. Miss Donna
ment position at Ukiah and Mrs.
Shake, to Mr. Paul Priest, also of
Bray wiill join him later.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Switzler re Parkdale. The wedding will take
place some time in the near future.
turned last Thursday from a two
weeks’ trip to Portland and Mary- The Shakes were former residents
(COAL OIL)
of Stanfield.
hill.
Miss
Evelyn
Thorsen
left
Satur
Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Thomas of
day morning for Portland where she
Boardman were In Umatilla calling
will spend a few days visiting her
Friday.
sister. Miss Blanche who is attend
Thelma Mae Shepherd left last
ing summer school there.
Wednesday for Hood River where
Ralph
Haney
returned home
she is visiting her aunt.
Tuesday from Portland where he
E. A.
McMillian and
James
has been for the past week visiting
Byrnes and daughter Joan spent
relatives.
Saturday in Touchet, Wn. Miss Joan
remained in Touchet to visit with
RURAL RELIEF CASES ON
her aunt, Mrs. Ed. Byrnes.
SMALL, LOW-VALUE FARMS.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Switzler and
Mr. and Mrs. George Butterwood
The portion of rural families in
and Melvin Jenkins are in Seattle Oregon on relief who had the best
attending the Shrine meeting.
facilities for becoming self support
FRANK H. SPEARMAN
Miss Betty and Frances,, Junior ing with special help, still fell be
turned to the field of his first literary
and Edward Bray are spending a low in total facilitities the average conquest to gain new recognition as
few days in the mountains near La part-time farmer in the state, ac an old-time writer who could “come
Needt no electric current
no
I Grande.
cording to a report of a special sur back.' Spearman was born In Buffalo,
daily attention , . . no water
Erma Byrnes, Glenn Ostrom and vey just published at Oregon State
and spent his boyhood In Wis-
• Ila» no moving part» to wear
consin. Orphaned when fifteen years
Lyle Brown spent Saturday after college.
• I^rovide» fulle»t food protection
noon in Pendleton. While there they
The report tabulates the results of age, he was forced to leave Law
• . . every worthwhile convenience
attended the Pendleton-House of of a study made of 1014 cases that rence college at Appleton, Wis., and
• Save» enough to pay for it»elf.
go to work as a salesman for his
David baseball game.
had applied for rural rehabilitation, brother In Chicago, a wholesale grocer.
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Burl Gurdane is spending several which was carried out as an FERA
Spearman was married to Miss Eu
— the first—and only—refrigera
days in Portland.
research project under the direction genie Longergan, daughter of the late
tor to bring farm homes all the
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hull returned of C. S. Hoffman, assistant and L. Thomas Longergan, pioneer Chicagoan.
comforts and savings of finest mod
ern refrigeration at low cost. Send
Sunday from Long Beach. Wn., R. Breithaupt, supervisor of rural Delicate In health, ho went to McCook.
today tor full information free.
Neb., where be started writing while
where they spent a week with Mr. research.
and Mrs. Floyd Hull of Pomeroy,
The 1014 cases studied were se regaining his health. Since that time
he has lived In Chicago and Holly
who returned to their home early lected out of some 6000 rural relief
wood, producing many notable stories.
Monday morning.
cases in Oregon. The average total
Spearman’s railroad short stories oc
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Mr. and Mrs. James Byrnes and value of the farms included in this cupy a niche of their own in American
ECHO. OREGON
daughters Joan and Erma, Glenn group was only $1200. compared fiction. Two of them, “Held for Or
Ostrom and Lyle Brown visited at with an average value of $2,142 for ders" and “The Nerve of Foley,” are
Gentlemen: Please send me, without
the Walsh home at “Shady Lawn” the part-time farms recently sur- still In print. “Whispering Smith” is
obligation,further Information about the
Monday ' afternoon.
Verna Dale veyed, and an average valuation ot one of his most famous novels, while
new Electrolux Kerosene Refrigerator.
Walsh returned home with her close to $7000 for all farms in the his outstanding Western books are
“Nan of Music Mountain, " "Laramie
NAME.
grandparents to visit for some time. state.
Holds the Range," “Seiwood of
Vivian Brown, who has been up
The average acreage of places in- Sleepy Cat” nnd “Flambeau .Tim.”
STREET o* R. F. D.
there for a week also returned with eluded in the study was only 35.2
The author has four sons, three of
T own .
them to his home.
acres, of which only 12 acres were whom nre married. The other is a
Oliver McNabb, accompanied hy in crops, 19 acres in pasture, and | newly ordained Jesuit priest.
his nephew George McNabb and Ol-
ga Koepke, all of Grass Valley. vi-
sited George McNabb’s parents Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Seaters and
children, enroute to their home in
Davis. Cal., from Montana where
they have been shearing sheep,
stopped at the Ralph Davis home to
visit Mrs. Seaters’ sister, Mrs. Lloyd
Ostrom and daughter. Mrs. Ostrom
returned to California with them
where she will visit her family.
Robert Arrowsmith of Portland
spent Saturday and Sunday here.
Hilmer and Carol Ervin have pur
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By Sophronia Rhea
tree pre-school age baby clinic
will be held in the Presbyterian
church basement Friday morning at
9:30 o’clock.
The County Health
nurse. Miss Margaret Portman and
Dr. Marbot of Echo will be in
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Mrs. Harold Shake and daughter
Donna of Parkdale were visiting
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on their way to Fruitland. Idaho,
where they will visit relatives.
Noah May. an old time resident
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day. after a long illness.
Funeral
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the Folsom chapel.
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Berry were hostesses at a dinner
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