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Uhe Hermistun Heraln VOLUME XXX PROJECT FAIR SEPTEMBER! 7-19 WORLD HERMISTON, UMATILLA NUMBER 53 CHAMPION TURKEY PICKER SELECTED. Contest Inaugurated During Fair; Parade, Football Game, Rodeo, and Other Attractions. A turkey picking contest to de termine the championship ot the world will be inaugurated at the Umatilla Project fair to be held here September 17-18-19, on the new Community Park grounds. Anyone from anywhere is eligible to enter this contest which otters a first prize of $25 or more, and seven addi tional cash prizes. H. G. Rankin has made arrange ments to conduct the contest Satur day morning immediately following the parade. Money for prizes has been guaranteed by the Hermiston Commercial club and the fair board and additional funds are being soli cited from individuals. This contest is being made an annual event and is expected to develope into a thing of far reaching importance to the turkey producer. Judging will be done according to government grade and each contest ant will furnish his own bird. Ac cording to Mr. Rankin, indications are that contestants will come from Washington, and the Redmond country in Oregon, which is also a highly productive turkey territory. Further information on the rules of the contest may be secured from the committee in charge by writing or at the grounds during the fair. Thursday Entry Day. All persons must register their in tent to display at the fair with the secretary. Enos D. Martin, by 5:00 o’clock Thursday, if they expect to enter exhibits at the fair. This rule will be iron clad this year in all classes except the pastry division, and all entries there must be made by eight o’clock Friday morning be cause the Judging begins at 8:30. Judging Completed Friday. Judging in all classes will be completed by 3:30 Friday afternoon. Judging and demonstrations put on by 4-H club members will be worked in during the morning and early af ternoon. The highlight of the day will be the football game between the Her miston Bulldogs and the Pasco high school team in the first game of the season. Coach Frank O'Neill has been putting the boys through some heavy scrimmage this week. The parade will start promptly at 10:00 o’clock Saturday morning un der the direction of A. E. Bensel. The Irrigon band will lead the line of march followed by Queen Floy Attebury and her attendants. Var ious floats will appear in the line of march. The cowboys and horse men who will perform at the rodeo in the afternoon will also be seen in the parade. Immediately following the parade the turkey picking contest for the championship of the world will be staged at the fair grounds. Congressman Walter M. Pierce and Willis Mahoney will speak at the fair grounds immediately follow ing the lunch hour. The exact time will appear on the program pub lished next week. The rodeo, which is under the di rection of Glenn Moore, will start promptly at 2:00 o’clock in the af ternoon. Ficht Card Planned. • • • • • ❖ • ❖ ❖ ❖ • • • ❖ • ❖ ❖ • ❖ • • • • ❖ ❖ ❖ • ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ OREGON, SEPTEMBER 10. 1936 KANGAROO COURT WILL HERALD ANNIVERSARY EDITION ENFORCE DRESS-UP ORDINANCE. • WILL BE DISTRIBUTED • OVER PROJECT FAIR. • BURIED HERE SUNDAY. ❖ THURSDAY A. M • Funeral services for 17 year old A Kangaroo court was authorized --------- ❖ Miss Floy Atteubry. daugh- • Carl Leonard Clark, son of O. M. by the Hermiston Commercial club • FLOY • COUNTY, ATTEBURY WILL RULE CARL CLARK WILL BE ----- ♦ ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. At- • tebury ot Butter Creek, will • rule over the Umatilla Project • fair, September 17-18-19. She • will be attended by Ada Mae • Harford, Boardman; Billie • Markham, Irrigon; Leona Hl- • att, Echo: Mary Lee Rhea. • Stanfield; Edith Peterson, Her- • miston; Erma Byrnes, Uma- • tilla. ♦ The election was held Satur- • day night at the dance in the • new auditorium building on the • Hermiston Community park • grounds. Voting was close with • only' ten votes between the • leading candidates. • A program of entertainment • has been arranged for the ❖ queen and her attendants dur- • ing the show. Pauline Stoop • and Al Kennings have been • named on the committee to ar- • range for the entertainment. • Mrs. Paul Van Patten (Irene • Attebury) sister to Floy Atte- • bury, was queen of the fair • four years ago. ♦ 449****** ❖ ♦ • • • • SKATING RINK WILL BE HERMISTON AMUSEMENT Jack House returned from Port land Wednesday with the announce ment that he will have a roller skating rink running full tilt in the old Hermiston auditorium building by the first of next week. Mr. House purchased the auditorium building early in the spring and is making improvements which will make the 40 by 80 foot floor an ideal space for roller skating. An electric music box will fur nish the music for the skaters. Mr. House has purchased 100 pairs of skates and is having the music box installed this week. "Babe” Nation will handle the renting of skates and general management of the rink. The rink is expected to be ready for public use by the first of next week. _i J r- ALASKA LAUNCHES TUBERCU LOSIS HEALTH PROGRAM Realizing the tragedy of her tre mendous death rate from tuberculo sis, Alaska is launching a many- fold public health program, accord ing to Saidie Orr Dunbar, executive secretary of the Oregon Tubercu losis association, who has just re turned from a field trip to the terri tory. Mrs. Dunbar made the trip as the representative of the National Tuberculosis association. The death rate from tuberculosis among the natives of the territory is 655 per 100,000 population in contrast with a rate of 70 per 100, 000 in the United States proper. This rate is three times as high as that of the United States at the be ginning of this century, says Mrs. Dunbar. To combat this situation, all the governmental and health agencies of the territory are cooperating. Un der Dr. W. W. Council, territorial health coommissioner, a Health De partment comprising five divisions is being started. The divisions are: maternal and child care, crippled children, laboratory, sanitation and communicable disease control. The first two divisions will be partly financed through federal funds pro vided under the Social Security Act. +* * ** * * **** t STANFIELD NEWS t Harry Kelley has announced an By Sophronia Rnea interesting fight card to be staged Wm. Haggman and Joe Baumgart in the arena on Main street at 7:30 Saturday night, which will be fol ner returned the first of the week lowed by a dance in the auditorium from Vale, Ore., where they attend ed a meeting of the Oregon Recla at the park grounds. mation Congress in its 26th annual Reasonable Admission. session, September 4th and 5th. Admission to the grounds will be Miss Blanche Thorsen left Sunday free Thursday, thirty-five cents for (or The Dalles where she will teach adults on Friday, and fifty cents on in the schools there for the coming Saturday. Grade school and high year. school pupils will be admitted for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hoskins and twenty-five cents each day. daughter Bytha and nephew Jim Hoskins and Miss Bishop were Pilot Annonncing Booth. A permanent announcing booth is Rock visitors Monday. Miss Nadine Rueber of Pendleton being installed on the grounds and H. G. McCulley has been engaged visited at the home of her parents as official announcer over the Mor- Saturday. Mesdames Ila Wallace, Wm. Tone Sound Service equipment. The fair grounds and buildings Daughtery, D. R. Starkweather, L. are being put in shape and will be A. Johnson, and the Misses Mary ready for the twenty-fourth annual Rhea and Marian Sturdivant were Pendleton visitors Friday of last show of the Umatilla Project fair. Arrangements have been made week. with the Eevergreen Attraction com Mr. and Mrs. Harle Rogers of pany for three rides and various Portland visited relatives in Stan consessions. field over the week end. Mrs. L. A. Johnson left Monday night for Minneapolis where she will join her husband who is em Theatre Building Addition. ployed there. The Oasis Theatre which is owned The Misses Marian Sturdivant. and operated by Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mary Rhea and Olive May Bishop Moore, will soon have rest rooms ad were dinner guests of Miss Bytha ded to the main building. Work was Hoskins Sunday. started this week by W Kennedy on Mr. and Mrs. Piersol and daugh the septic tanks and the 12 by 26 ter Marie of Walla Walla were foot addition will go up rapidly af guests of Mrs. Ila Wallace Sunday. ter the ground work is completed Stanfield schools opened Monday The theatre lobby is being enlarged to make the local show house a com with John Dunn, Miss Ancorn. Miss | pletely modern plant, including air Hunting and Miss McMullen teach conditioning system which was in ing in the grades, and Superinten dent Hay, Boyd Jackson and Miss stalled early in the summer. KJontvedt teaching in the high school. * Floyd Walk and son Ronald of Townsend Club Meeting. North Powder spent the week end The next regular meeting of the visiting their daughter and sister. Townsend club will be held Tues Mrs. L. A. Johnson, at the D. R. day. September 15th at 8:00 P. M Starkweather home Miss Aline May Bishop of Port in the Union church. The Willis Mahoney for Senator club of Uma land left Monday night for her tilla county will meet with the home after spending the week end Townsend club at this meeting with Bytha Hoskins. The two girls There will be a good program and were college chums at O.S.C. last every one is invited to attend. fall. Clark, will be held at the Hermiston Union church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock with Rev. C. Warner conducting the service. Carl passed away in the Spauld ing General hospital in Portland Wednesday morning at 7:00 o’clock following an illness of four weeks. He suffered two crushed vertebrae in a fall into the Umatilla river when his head struck the river bot- | tom. Carl would have been a sopho more in high school this fall. He was born in Scotville, Illinois, and reared there until he came to Port land in 1925. He has spent most of his life in Hermiston since that time. Interment will be made in the Hermiston cemetery. HERMISTON SCHOOLS OPEN WITH AVERAGE ENROLLMENT The Hermiston public schools op ened Monday of this week with en rollment slightly under last year due to the fact that school started earlier in the month, but the final enrollment will reach, and possibly exceed, that of last year. Superin tendent Kersbergen believes. There are 150 enrolled in the high school. Average enrollment in the grade school rooms is running between 30 and 35 students. Every department in both the grade school and high school is functioning. Enrollment In the home economics classes has reached within one of its capacity, which is 24. There are 45 typing students. Coach Frank O'Neill reports that 35 boys turned out for football practice Monday night and some promising material is believed among them. The first game is with Pasco on the local field September 19th. the last day of the Umatilla Project fair. Supt. Kersbergen reported that Dr. F. B. Belt called Wednesday to discuss public health regulations pertaining to students. Boylen-Arnberg Trade. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Arnberg trad ed their 20 acre farm in the Colum bia district this week for the Her bert Boylen general merchandise store and service station at Irrigon. The Boylens moved to Irrigon from Pilot Rock this spring and the Arn bergs have lived in Columbia district for about three years. New Water Main. A new city water main is being laid this week on Fourth street be tween Hermiston avenue and Or chard streets and up Orchard street to Sixth Street. The work is being supervised by H. A. Pankow, city water superintendent. Cars were detoured on Hermiston avenue Wed nesday and Thursday. Weather Report. Date Max. Min. September 3 ........................... 77 .... 53 September 4 ........................... 85 .... 48 September 5 ........................... 87 .... 62 September 6 ........................... 92 .... 54 September 7 .................. 92 . September 8 ........................... 87 .... 42 September 9 .......................... 85 4 0 Precipitation was .05. Tuesday evening to enforce the wearing of striped overalls, red ban dana handkerchiefs and straw hats by the men of Hermiston, until af ter the Umatilla Project fair, which will be held September 17-18-19. President Herbert Hedwall ap pointed M. L. Watson, as judge of the court, and Geo. Harkenrider. Jack Shumate. Sam Moore. Walter Pearson. Harold Thompson and Wm. Shaar as the police officers for the court. Any citizen of Hermiston who fails to appear properly attired will be hailed into court, fined or ducked, or otherwise punished, for the first offense. and the judge has no constitutional limitations as to the second or succeeding violation of this well established law. He is not bound by precedent or custom, or court decisions. He may order any kind ot penalty and the police offi cers must carry out the order of the court. Sun bonnets and print dresses are the new and modern style set for the women and girls, and severe punish ment for violation of this order will be left to a committee of women. The penalties have not yet been dis closed but assurance has been given that they will be severe. ------------------------ 4-H JUDGING TEAM WINS SECOND AT STATE FAIR Eleanor Dawson and Frances Daw son. members of the We Can Can ning club who composed the canned products judging team entered at the state fair in Salem, won second place in the state. They were enter ed as a team from Umatilla county, and judged four classes in large fruits, berries, meats and vegetables. They made a score of 680 out of a possible 700 points. Other demonstration teams from the local clubs were Marie Skovbo and Esther McMullen on cooking: Nina Rae McCulley and Jane Jack- son on canning: and Marie Skovbo on the dollar dinner. The girls are members of clubs lead by Mrs. W. A. Hineline who ac companied them to the state fair. The thirty year anniversary • edition of the Herald will ap- • pear in the Thursday morning • mail. September 17th. • All items of persons who • have been here 20 years or • more must be in by Monday • evening. We want these items • and hope you will send or • bring them in. • Any story of historic value • must also be in our office by • Monday evening. • We ask that rural correspon- • dents send their copy to reach • us Monday. • ❖ • ❖ ❖ • ❖ • • FERN LINDNER BRIDE AT LOVELY CHURCH WEDDING A pretty wedding was solemnized Sunday morning in the Peace Luth eran church in Pendleton when Miss Fern Lindner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lindner of Hermiston, be came the bride of Mr. Melvin Fol lett, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Fol lett of Hermiston. Rev. E M. Bu- tenshun of Pendleton performed the double ring ceremony. The bride was lovely in a white satin floor length gown and carried a bouquet of pink asters. Miss Bon nie Jean Follett, sister of the groom, was bridesmaid. She wore an orchid crepe dress and carried a shower of pink rose buds. William Lindner Jr., brother of the bride, acted as best man. Lohengrin’s wedding march was played by Miss Margaret Clarke of Hermiston. Members of the immediate fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cable ot Hermiston, and Mrs. Jake Rueber ot Stanfield were in attendance. The bride and groom left imme diately following the ceremony on a two day trip to Wallowa lake. Both are graduates of Hermiston high school and will make their nome in Hermiston. At present they are at home to friends at the Alfred Cable home in Columbia district, during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Cable. Kangaroo Court. OILING ON BUTTER CREEK All persons not wearing the regu HIGHWAY WILL START SEPT. 15. lation costume ordered by the City Graveling and oiling operations on the Butter Creek highway will start September 15th, with the state highway department using its own equipment and outfit. The road will she oiled from the Echo Junction on the Butter Creek highway to the city limits on Hermiston avenue. The crew expects to gravel and oil at the rate of two miles per day. A total of 12 miles will be oiled. Reports are that oiling operations on the Diagonal road may start in the spring of 1937. --------- e = Call for Bids. Bids will be received by school I District No. 14, for two cottages for- I merly used as school buildings, now located on lots back of library. Blds to be In the hands of the clerk before 7:30 p. m., Monday, September 21st, at which time they will be opened. A check for 125.00 must be enclosed with each bld. .. 49 The school board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. R. A. BROWNSON, Clerk. FANS ANTICIPATE FAIR FIGHT CARD I • • • • • • • • • • ❖ • ❖ • ❖ ❖ • Another exciting fight card is be ing arranged by Harry Kelley of Hermiston for Saturday. September 19th. in the arena on Main street, starting at 7:30 P. M., which will equal the one staged on the Fourth of July. The main event will be be tween Glenn McCoy (pictured here) and K. O. Warner of Pendleton in an eight round battle. McCoy Is the same type of fighter as Bill Erwin who met Warner here on the Fourth of July. A re-match is being plan ned between "One Punch” Wasbuski of the Stanfield CCC camp and "Red” Weitzel of Her miston. Another bout between Skee Lesniak, CCC camp Stanfield, and Wallace Cham- ness of Hermiston. Shorty Davis. CCC. and Bill Harris, Her miston. will battle. "Shooter” Weikart, CCC, will be on the card, but his opponent has not been named. There will be one other tour round bout announced some time before the event. Re served seat tickets I will be on sale at Hale’s confectionery. The fight arena on Main street between Burnham's store and Safeway store, which was erected for staging the Fourth of July fight card, will again be used. Logan Todd will again serve as referee. of Hermiston to advertise the Uma tilla Project Fair will be arrested and given an order to appear before the Kangaroo Court Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock in the fight arena on Main street before Judge Mighty L, Watson. Police officers will make the first arrests Friday noon and warrants will be served. • • • < • • • • • •****• t IRRIGON NEWS t By Mrs. W. C. Isom Mrs. Frank Fredrickson, who has been quite ill at the Hermiston hos pital is improving. Mrs. Bessie Wisdom and sister, Mrs. Shelton, have leased the house owned by Mrs. Nora Wilson and for merly occupied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell, and will take po- session this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell will leave soon for Eastern Oregon to spend the winter. Mrs. Buell, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Aldrich for some time, left for her home this week. Mrs. Robert Smith will teach school at Pine City this term. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, who have been employed at the B. P. Rand place during the summer, left for Portland Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Batte Rand and two sons. David and Herbert, returned Saturday from a week's vacation which they spent at different points on the coast, and report a very plea sant trip. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Shell visited their uncle and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Rand last week, being en route to California. Eldon Allen and Jimmy Boylen are employed at the Ollie Coryell service station. Billy and Helen Norcross from Portland are visiting their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith. Miss Tigglebeck, the new primary teacher, has Harriett Smith, Kermet Horn, Clara Louise Caldwell. Jim mie Haddox and Dolores Browning, enrolled for their first year’s work. Mrs. Don Isom left by bus for Ba ker, Ore., Thursday where she was called by the death of her grand- mother, Mrs. Ellis. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cork and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bartlett and two daughters from Hood River visited Thursday and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Isom. Mr. Cork is a bro ther and Mrs. Bartlett a niece of Mrs. Isom. Betty Acock was unable to attend school last week because of illness. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Rand and Mrs. James Warner were in Hermiston Friday where Mrs. Warner received medical attention. She is under the care of Dr. Willcult and is recover ing slowly from a broken limb. Mrs. Alma Grieves and daughter Norma from Grand Coulee, Wn., ar- rived here Saturday. Miss Norma will remain with her grandfather. P. Bishop, while her mother teach es at Hermiston. Earl Leach and Chas McCoy mo tored to The Dalles Friday night Mr. and Mrs. Davidson from Seat tle were guests of Mr and Mrs. Ollie Coryell Saturday night. Mrs. Law- renson accompanied them and will remain with her daughter, Mrs. Co ryell. Mrs. Fred Reiks and Mrs Alva Boulware motored to Hermiston to attond services at the Methodist church. USE OF FUNDS INVESTIGATED COMMERCIAL CLUB VOICES OBJECTION. Proposed Distribution of Hay Grain Association Money Not Favored. & A committee was appointed Tues day evening at the first Hermiston Commercial club meeting of the fall months, to investigate the matter ot using funds held by County Agent Walter A. Holt of Pendleton, be longing to the Northwest Hay & Grain association, no longer active. Notices have been sent out to all parties interested asking that this fund be used for holding 4-H club shows in Umatilla county. It was brought out at the meeting that these notices do not state where or when the funds are to be used. The Commercial club members held that such a show anywhere but at the Umatilla Project fair would be come a menace to the success of the fair here. Some stated that a move ment was on in Pendleton to not on ly secure the 4-H club show but through this movement to take back the old county fair. The committee was asked to get a definite report on this matter. The president appointed E. D. Mar tin, John Jendrzejewski, F. C. Mc Kenzie, W. J. Warner and Walter Smith as a committee to secure a definite statement from Mr. Holt as to Just what is proposed in the mat ter. The president stated that the Umatilla Project fair board would be asked to act in conjunction with the committee from the Commercial club. It the committee discovers any proposed course that may reduce the interest in the show here the entire Commercial Club membership and other local citizens propose to go to Pendleton to defeat the pro gram. Turkey Picking Program. The club voted to underwrite $25 tor premiums in a turkey picking contest at the fair next week. The contest will be arranged by Harold Rankin and Lyle Tilden, and the fed eral grader. It is hoped that the event may be come an important feature of the fair in the future and the Commer cial Club is endeavoring to encour age interest in skillful turkey pick ing The contest, staged at Colum bia park during the annual turkey tour and picnic in August, proved a great success. Special Decorations. Five banners will be placed at in tervals along Main street to adver tise the fair. This is being done by the Commercial Club at a cost of $5 for each streamer. Guy Amsberry. F. Ellis Moyer and Harvey DeMoss were named as a finance committee to collect semi-annual dues and funds for the decorations. Business houses will close Friday and Saturday afternoons during the fair, between the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 o’clock. This was voted by the club and it was asked that every house in town willingly fall in line. A committee to arrange a policy of closing the stores on holidays was appointed, consisting of Vane Boyn ton, F, C. McKenzie and Walter Smith. A resolution was also passed against opening school on Labor day. ANNUAL RECEPTION FOR TEACHERS SEPTEMBER 21ST. The annual Teacher-Parent asso ciation reception will be held in the new high school auditorium, Mon day. September 21st, at 8:00 o’clock in the evening. This announcement was made this week by the presi dent, Mrs. David Mittlesdorf and members of the executive commit tee. A program is being arranged which will interest both teachers and parents. The reception is for teachers and parents and adults on ly, the committee announced. HERMISTON BOY EMPLOYED BY SPOKANE ELECTRIC CO Spokane, Sept. 4, (KBU Special) George Sale, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sale of Messner, former ly of Hermiston, has recently been appointed to a position with the Electric Age Company, wholesale dealers in electric appliances In Spo kane. Mr. Sale has been attending Kin man Business University, where he was enrolled In the Bookkeeping course. Mr. Sale Is a graduate of the Hermiston high school. Wool Grower’s Luncheon. Members of the Wool Crowers’ Auxiliary are planning a luncheon and card party to be held at the home of Mrs. A. C. Ebert In Echo. Wednesday, October 7th. Members of the Pendleton Auxiliary will be guests of the local group. Somnambulist Charlie Ruggles Is a sleep-walk ing bridegroom, suspected of being a somnambulistic "Tiger Man," in his latest farce with Mary Boland. "Early to Bed.” coming Wednesday and Thursday to the Oasis theatre. The film’s plot includes a heroic ef fort to sell a million glass eye*. In which Charlie la hampered by an untimely murder mystery.
