Uhe Hermiston Heraln
VOLUM
X
NUMBER 17
URu COMPLETE
RIVER DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC HEARING
THE DALLES, DEC. 15
HERMISTON, UMATILLA
PARK BOARD
ELECTS OFFICERS
RYMEN TO
E. E. Grimm of Puyallup, Wn„
who is a former resident of Hermis
ton, enjoyed the copies of the anni
versary edition of the Herald which
were sent to him. They write that
The forty-fourth annual meeting
they found much of interest in the
of the Oregon Dairymen s associa issue.
tion will be held on the Oregon
State college campus January 19 and
We will be open evenings from
20. announces George H. Fullenwi- Saturday until Christmas, for the
der, Carlton. president. This is the benefit of those who cannot shop
first time in mvny years that this during the day, Amsberry’s.
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general dairy organization has met
in Corvallis.
J. A. Hartle who looks after the
While the detailed program has Brownell ditch was here yesterday.
not been worked out, it is to be
built around late developments In
M. G. Hedwall, manager of the
control of animal diseases, feeding Umatilla Co-operative Creamery. A.
methods, and marketing. The meet E. McFarland of Umatilla, a direc
ing will be held while the legisla tor, attended an Interstate Creamer
ture is in session, and it is quite ies meeting in Portland Friday eve
likely that proposed changes In ning and Saturday of last week.
farm laws will be considered, says They were accompanied to Portland
Fullenwider. Arrangements are be by Miss Effie Bullock of Umatilla
ing made to bring a prominent east who will remain there over the
ern dairy leader to the convention. Christmas holidays.
DAI
HOLD
MEET IN JANUARY
OREGON,
THOUGHTS
FOR WOMEN
The annual meeting of the Her
miston Community Park association
was held Wednesday evening. Inter
est in the complete development of
the park was strong, notwithstand
ing the fact that a considerable sum
of money must be raised to comply
with the requirements of the federal
appropriations. This work must be
actively carried on immediately to
completion.
It was strongly urged that the
park be considered the property of
a large community for many miles
around.
Three members ot the board were
re-elected for the term of three
years as follows: Sam Moore, Curtis
Simons and E. L. Jackson. The re
maining members of the board are
F. C. McKenzie, president. J. H.
Reid, vice president, W. J. Warner,
secretary, and E. D. Martin, J. W.
McMullen and John Jendrzejewski.
There are nine in all, three elected
each year.
Grading on the northeast corner
of the park grounds as far west as
the auditorium building Is being
completed this week with 28 men,
and seven, four horse teams work
ing a daily shift. Grading on the
half mile race track will be finish
ed some time in January or Febru
ary.
Army engineers were asked to
recommend and adopt a program tor
complete development ot the Colum
bia and Snoke rivers to provide
cheap water transportation for the
inland empire’s products, at a pub
lic hearing held in the Wasco coun
ty court house in The Dalles Tues
day, December 15th, by Colonel
Thomas M. Robins, division engineer
of the U. S. Army engineering corps.
Virtually every type of community
or regional group representative of
sentiment in the 200,000 square
miles of area that is the Columbia
basin empire, presented arguments
in the huge river development plan.
High interest in the hearing in
behalf of such a development-esti
mated to cost approximately $200,-
000,000—was evidenced by an at
tendance of individuals, numbering
more than 200. representing almost
every city, town or community from
Astoria, Oregon, to as far east as
Boise and Lewiston, Idaho. A dele
gation from Hermiston consisted of
E. D. Martin. R. G. Penney, Miss
Pauline Stoop. Sam Moore, Harvey
DeMoss, J. H. Reid, J. S. Richards,
E. P. Dodd.
— PERSONALS —
Mr. Dodd stood alone in defend
ing the Umatilla dam as the next
Mrs. Jessie M. Hesser, who has
step in river development on the ar been teaching near Estacada, has
gument that it is the geographic and returned to her ranch west of town.
river center; that there are 70,000,-
000 bushels of wheat alone produced
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Warner and
annually east of Umatilla; that the granddaughter Patricia spent Tues
6,000,000 bushels of wheat produced day in Pendleton.
below Umatilla together with other
produce would load only one ship
Games, toys, books and all low-
per month at The Dalles port with priced gift items at Amsberry’s. adv
out additional tonnage from the in
land territory; that the farmers
Mrs. M. O. Hedwail, Mrs. Herbert
continue to pay high freight rates Hedwall, Mrs. C. E. Baker and Miss
while hugh development plans are Eva Wilcox were in Walla Walla
played upon the public; that 10,000 Wednesday.
new families have come to the three
pacific northwest states this fall,
A daughter was born to Mr. and
of which 4500 have migrated to Mrs. Marshall Newport ot Portland,
Idaho; that employment and devel November 2nd. They are well known
opment is needed to care for these to residents of Hermiston.
new families in the northwest.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Elliott of
Representatives of
commercial
fishing interests were present and Pendleton spent Sunday at the home
injected their protests against fur of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Pierce.
ther dam building on the Columbia.
A. Hackbarth of Echo, is offering
W. S. Nelson, manager of The
two cents a pound for jack rabbits
Dalles chamber of commerce, who
brought him by young hunters, to
contended existing commerce of 12,-
be used as fox food.
000,000 tons of freight passing to
and from the inland empire would
Carl Haddox of Irrigon was in
be benefited by a saving of 65 cents
town yesterday on his way to Wal
per ton, or a total of >7,800,000 an
lowa county for a few days.
nually, if the Columbia and Snake
rivers are canalized by series of
See gifts for mother, daughter
dams to provide cheap water trans and baby at the Style Shop.
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portation upstream from The Dalles
to Lewiston.
Wm. McCarty of Butter Creek
Nelson's brief further stated that was In town Wednesday and says
’’practically all of the tonnage of the Butter Creek district is badly in
the empire originates at or above need of rain and snow.
Pasco, 140 miles above The Dalles.
Mrs. G. L. Robinson underwent
The commerce ot the region is about
13,000,000 tons of which about 1,- an operation Tuesday morning at
000,000 tons originates at or moves the Portland Sanitarium. She was
into the territory below Umatilla. accompanied to Portland Sunday by
It can be safely said that the aver her husband who is with her.
age distance of haul is therefore not
less than 140 miles for the 12,000,-
Lester Linder has returned from
000 tons at and above Pasco.”
the mountains and lower hills with
All groups were agreed that army his band of sheep and will hold
engineers should decide the method them near here on his winter range
of development and the sequence of and near the Linder alfalfa hay
construction of the needed dams, al stacks.
though a few stated opposition to
Robert Dawson spent three days
the 550-foot "high dam” which in
the past has been, proposed for con this week visiting his parents Mr.
struction at The Dalles. Such a dam and Mrs. Orville Dawson while on
would back up a pool 40 miles be a furlough from Fort Lewis. He has
yond the mouth of the Snake river enlisted in the tenth field artillery.
and inundate a large area now in
Toy dishes, priced from 10c to $1,
habited and being used for produc
at Amsberry’s.
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tive purposes.
COUNTY,
DECEMBER 17, 1938.
HERALD WILL ISSUE
EARLY NEXT WEEK
BY ANRAH
In abdicating his throne for the
sake of the woman he loves, Edward
VIII has created a situation that
furnishes grounds for much interest
and comment.
In relinquishing the highest posi
tion in the land, what motives ac
tuated him?
Did he, one ot the younger and
more liberal minded generation, vi
sion the future as being one where
crowned heads will be no more and
where the different countries will
be ruled more democratically and
where a happy home, presided over
by a well loved and congenial wife,
will mean more as a foundation for
a prosperous and happy country
than the wearing of a crown, which
after all has grown to mean not
much more than being a figurehead
in a country ruled more and more
by its people?
After all, in the final analysis,
the people must be the governing
power, and it they tail to take ad
vantage of our present advance in
science, invention and education, to
bring about better systems of gov
ernment, with more equal opportu
nity for all, a crowned king ean net.
with his restricted power, accom-
The Herald will reach subscrib
ers Thursday morning of next week.
In order to reach every subscriber
before Christmas the paper will be
issued a day early. Correspondents
and advertisers are asked to note
this early publication date.
The Herald will go to press Wed
nesday evening and will appear in
the Thursday morning mail.
LOCAL BEEMEN
ON STATE BOARD
Lewis M. White of Portland was
re-elected president of the Oregon
State Beekeepers' association re
cently at the end of the annual two-
day convention at the Public Ser
vice building.
J. Skovbo of Hermiston was se
lected vice president to succeed
James Stewart. H. A. Scullen of Cor
vallis was re-elected secretary-treas
urer.
Department chairman announced
by President White for 1937 activi
ties were:
J. Skovbo, Hermiston, organiza-
tton: Callie Osgood, Newberg, edu-
cation: Wesley Foster, Portland,
marketing; W. G. Rodda, Hermis
plish this alone.
ton, fairs and exhibits; John Burt,
After all. will his decision affect Newberg, A. J. Sanford, Redmond
the people of his country to the ex and E- R. Sires, Stanfield, inspec
tent that would warrant the sacri tion, and S. D. Williams, Portland,
fice of his personal happiness?
research.
XMAS PROGRAMS
ARE SCHEDULED
Christmas programs will be given
at the Methodist church Wednesday
evening, December 23, starting ear
ly in the evening, and consisting of
a variety of entertaining numbers.
The Union church will not pres
ent its Christmas program before
Sunday, December 27, due to a con
flict in dates. There will be no Chris
tian Endeavor meeting that evening
and the program will start at 7:30.
The public is invited to attend.
Other churches and civic orders will
give programs and entertainment
that are not mentioned here.
Broadcast Candy Recipes.
Miss Betty Ralph, daughter of
Mrs. Mabel Ralph of Hermiston,
broadcast candy and other Christ
mas recipes over KOAC recently at
the regular half hour devoted to
that program. Many local people
heard the broadcast. Betty is a jun-
ion in home economics at O. S. C.
CARD OF THANKS.
Words cannot express our deep
feeling of appreciation for the kind
nesses shown us during our recent
bereavement. We are most grateful
to our friends for the many beauti
ful floral offerings.
MRS. C. G. BLAYDEN
and family.
WILLARD
ANNA
FUNERAL FRIDAY
In order to assist the public in
the Christmas mailing, the Hermis
ton post office will be open until
5:00 p. in., Saturday, December 19.
instead of closing as usual at noon.
Also, in order to extend the service,
the post office will be open between
the hours of 9:00 a. m. and 10:30
a. m., and from 4:30 p. m. until
5:30 p. m., on Sunday, December
20th, and will handle all types ot
postal service.
For the many unfamiliar with
the regulations concerning greeting
cards. Postmaster DeMoss gives
the following statement: “If you
write on these printed cards no
other message than, ‘Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year,' and sign
your name, these may be mailed for
one and a half cents it the envelop
is sealed. Either the writing of more
than ‘Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year,' or the sealing of the
envelop makes it first class which
costs three cents for other than the
local address.”
Only the following types ot mail
may he forwarded in case a person
has moved to another office: first
class, insured, c.o.d., or that on
which there is a guarantee of for
warding postage by the sender.
Special care should be taken dur-
ing the Christmas rush In the ad
dressing and packing of parcels.
Return address should be on every
nackage mailed.
BOARDMAN PIONEER
RESIDENT CALLED
GEO. C. BLAYDEN
FIRST CITY MAYOR
The funeral of George C. Blayden
of Boardman, was held at Board
man, Sunday afternoon, December
13, with burial in the Boardman
cemetery. He had been a resident
of Boardman since 1916, and had
served as the first mayor, and other
terms as a public official. He was
U. S. Commissioner, Justice of the
Peace, representative of the Fed
eral Land Bank, and engaged in the
real estate business.
He was married at Gardner, Ill.,
to Ella Coskey, who survives him.
They celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary eight years ago.
He leaves four sons and five
daughters, 13 grand children and
three great grandchildren. He was
born at Akron, O„ in 1854, and
came to Payette. Idaho, in 1897,
and from there to Pendleton in 1915
and to Boardman when it was start
ed in 1916, where he built the first
house and conducted a store. The
sons and daughters are Mrs. O. H.
Talbot, of Calexico, Calif., the only
one not visiting her father before
his death; Mrs. Ó. C. Paine, ot Sea-
side; O. L. Blayden. of Payette;
Läuren J. of New Plymouth; Mrs.
Ethel Anderton of New Plymouth;
Fred Blayden, of Deer Park, Wn.;
Mrs. Jack Gorham of Boardman;
Weather Report.
Date
Max. Min. Mrs. Waiter Ölsen 61 Clatskanie;
December
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42 . .. 15 Lyle Blayden 6f Spokane.
December
Mr. Blayden was a member of the
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December
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. .. 18 Odd Fellow lodge, and members of
December
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. . 24 the order gave the service at the
December
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53 .. .. 27 grave. The funeral services were
December
15 ....................
54 .. .. 29 conducted by Rev. H. B. Thomas of
December
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11 Boardman.
Precipitation was .01.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Willard, 78, will be held Friday af
ternoon at 2:00 o’clock from Prann’s
Funeral Parlors, with Rev. R. R.
Finkbiner officiating. Mrs. Willard
passed away Tuesday, December 15.
WILEY KNIGHTON
Mrs. Willard was born in Meza-
Notice to the Public.
I will not be responsible for any BURIED MONDAY
mania, Wisconsin, in 1858, and the
body will be taken there for burial. debts contracted by my wife Luella
She has only one known relative, a McCoy Mead.
Wiley Knighten passed away at
WALTER MEAD.
cousin, Mrs. H. J. Hulburt of Mad
the home ot his son Carl Knighten
ison, Wis. Mr. Willard passed away
at Irrigon, December 10th, after a
February 2. 1930.
short illness, and funeral services
- PERSONALS -
W. W. Felthouse left today for were held from Prann’s Funeral
Winter Sheep Range.
Portland and Corvallis to bring his Parlors in Hermiston, at 10:00
Pat Healy of Heppner was in Her daughter Margaret home for the o’clock Monday morning. Rev. C.
miston Wednesday. He is wintering Christmas vacation. She is a senior Warner, pastor of the Union church,
officiated at the service and mem
his two bands of sheep on the win at Oregon State college.
bers ot the American Legion Post
ter ranges northwest of Hermiston.
Charley Benson, formerly of Her No. 37 acted as pall bearers.
He says that the mountain ranges
and foothill country are both just miston from 1907 to 1915, is again
Mr. Knighten was born at Jack
as dry and as dusty, and no grass In town. He is with the Newport sonville, Ore., October 25, 1859. He
has yet started to grow. In the sage Construction company. Mr. Benson | lived there until 21 years of age
plains the feed consists of dry cheet, lives in a house on wheels and fol when he went to Grangeville, Idaho,
buck brush and a few dry sunflow lows the road camps when work is to make his home. On September 28,
in progress.
ers.
1890, he married Neva A. Bickford
at Mt. Idaho, Idaho. They lived at
Children's and women’s sweaters, Grangeville until her death Febru
Judge Undergoes Operation.
adv ary 24, 1934, and since that time he
County Judge Fay T. Hodges was 75c, »1.95, $2.59 and -2.79.
has made his home with his son at
operated on Tuesday for mastoids.
Mrs. Nellie Tucker, who makes Irrigon.
He had a previous attack of influ
enza. The operation was performed her home with her daughter, Mrs.
To this union five children were
by Dr. H. S. McKenzie of Pendle T. G. Panages, was pleasantly sur born, Lloyd ot Boston, Mass.; Carl
ton and Dr. Guy Boyden, Portland prised Wednesday by the arrival of of Irrigon; and Mrs. Mattie Dunn of
her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Anacortes, Wn.; and two daughters
specialist, and was very serious.
Cecil Rogers, from Buffalo Gap, preceeding him in deaht.
South Dakota.
CHILDREN PRESENT CHRISTMAS OPERETTA;
HI GLEE CLUBS APPEAR IN CANTATTA
The tradition of Santa Claus and
the love and belief the children
have in him was upheld in the Chris
tmas operetta presented by the
grade school pupils from the first
to the fifth grades last Friday night
in the high school gymnasium. The
operetta was entitled “Santa’s Air
line,” and was directed by the Mis
ses Ineeda Moore, Mary Petri, Mar
garet Kirk, Marie Salmi, Blanche
Harmon.
Jack Rogers played the part of
Santa Claus and Peterkin. Santa’s
helper, was played by Bob Martin.
Allan Pankow took the part of
Groucho, who would discredit Santa
in the eyes of the children. Ann
Piersol played the part ot the Chris
tmas Fairy and Frederick Gimble
was the spokesman for Santa’s work
ers. Marjorie Hughes spoke as the
box of candy.
Groucho would have Santa believe
there were no children In the world
who would not do without Christ
mas presents for one year in order
that another boy or girl might have
a gift. They make a bet that San
ta’s request for letters from child
ren who would make this sacrifice,
made over the radio, would not get
response. Then Groucho plots to
keep Santa from getting the letters,
but is hampered by Peterkin who
overhears a telephone conversation.
Peterkin then sends the air line
pilots after the bags of mail and
Groucho is thwarted in his plot.
The outstanding choruses were
the new fashioned cooks, old fash-
POST OFFICE OPEN
SATURDAY UNTIL 5
ioned cooks, mince pies, plumb pud
dings, sticks of candy, animals,
dolls, and Eskimos.
The Teddy Bear chorus was per
haps the most entertaining, cos
tumes adding greatly to the act.
Mrs. Frank O’Neil pleased with a
piano solo during an intermission.
One of the most outstanding fea
tures of the school year was present
ed at the regular monthly Parent-
Teachers’ meeting Wednesday, in
the form of a sacred cantata, "The
First Christmas.” directed by Miss
Ruth Morrison. The combined glee
clubs of the high school music de
partment participated.
Margaret
Clarke acorn pan led on the piano as
sisted by Roberta Mullins and Vir
ginia Wells. violinists. Guy Jeppe,
accordionist and Bill Nation, on the
drums. The cantata was beautiful
and impressive.
The personnel of the glee clubs
was Mary Wilson, Mary Helen Pier-
sol, Irene Knapp, Arilda Foster,
Marguerite Rainwater. Joyce Mc
Culley, Martha Bell Caldwell, Vir
ginia Todd, Helen Ralph, Floy At-
tebury. Jane Jackson, Ruby Leo.
Wanda Moore, Mary Alice Corpe.
Helen Dunning, Audrey Null, Fran
ces Follett. Opal Stockard, Bonnie
lean Follett, Nellie Hooker. Mari-
jane Hammer. Ethel Barber. Vir
ginia Dyer. Vivian Dyer. Alford
Shipp. Bill Harris. Russell Piersol,
Don Quick. Leonard Bales. Ernest
Rainwater and Willis Crampton.
Pretty open - stock
chinaware,
priced as low as $2.98 for 32-piece
set. Amsberry’s.
The Hermiston Unit of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary entertained
veterans' families at a party Thurs
day evening at the Legion hall.
Toys were brought and were turn
ed over to the committee to use for
Christmas boxes to be distributed.
Dale Felthouse, well known here
through visits with his relatives
Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Felthouse and
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Felthouse, of
whom he is a nephew, died Tuesday
at his home in New Plymouth, Ida
ho, from septic sore throat. He was
25 years old and was soon to be
married. Mrs. O. O. Felthouse left
Wednesday to attend the funeral.
Christmas tree decorations, gift
wrappings, etc., at Amsberry’s. adv
Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Burnham and
daughters Marjorie and Mary at
tended the turkey dinner served
Sunday at 1:30 p. m. at the Odd
Fellow’s hall in Pendleton. The af
fair was representative of the en
tire county with members of the
various lodges present.
Mr. and Mrs. W C. Morehouse,
accompanied by Mrs. A. E. Marble
and Mrs. Forrest Moore, motored to
Yakima Monday where they attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Morehouse's
mother. Mrs. Ann Gilmore.
Beautiful, golden - haired dolls,
baby dolls, dolls that sleep and cry,
all very reasonably priced. Ams-
berry's.
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TOWNSEND CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Glen C. Wade was re-elected presi
dent of the Hermiston Townsend
club at the annual election held
Tuesday night. Mrs. Joe Udey was
named vice president. F. E. Earn-
hart, re-elected secretary, Mrs. C. R.
Moore, treasurer, and the advisory
board personnel consisted of Mrs.
Chas. Epperson. J, W. McMullen.
Mrs. H. B. Darling. Dr. A. E. Mar
ble and F. R. Moore.
The regular business was taken
care of and a short program given.
Numbers on the program were a
piano solo by Mrs. Earnhart, a solo
with banjo accompaniment, Leonard
Bales, a duet by Mrs. Tom Wilson
and daughter Mary, accompanied by
Marljane Hammer. Group singing
was also enjoyed
The next regular meeting will be
held Tuesday, January 5th.
HOSPITAL NOTES.
Herman Bush, the year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bush, was a pa
tient In the Hermiston General hos
pital early this week. He is some
what improved at this time.
Geo. H. Martin left the hospital
Wednesday after spending ten days
there for medical treatment.
Mrs. Bob Aliatoti and infant son
James Ervin left the hospital Thurs
day for their home In Columbia dis
trict.
Little Marsha VanOrsdale, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis VanOrs-
dale, was a patient In the hospital
this week due to pneumonia. The
VanOrsdales are recently from Ohio