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•Ohe Hermistun Meraln VOLUME XXX NUMBER 20 PROJECT FARM BUREAU HOLDS MEET H. J. OTT VETERAN OFFICER RE-ELECTED HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 7, 1937 COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL ELECT STANFIELD SPONSORS 4400 BIRDS RECEIVED CCC BENEFIT DANCE THROUGH POOL • The Hermiston Commercial • • club will elect officers at its • • first meeting of the year, Tuee- • ❖ day, January 12th. Dinner will • • be served at 7:00 o'clock In the • • Hermiston Hotel and all mem- • • bers are urged to be present to • • assist in outlining the program • • for the coming year. • • A special program is being • • planned for this first meeting • ❖ of the year. • $9929992*$**%** Stanfield, Ore., Jan. 6 (Special)— Due to the limitation in dancing hours by the state law, the public dance staged for Friday, January 8, 1937, here in Stanfield, will be from 9 to 1 rather than from 10 to 2, according to William Haggman, dance chairman. This dance is be ing given in behalf of the CCC en rollees of Co. 569, Camp Stanfield. Full indorsement of the proposed dance has been given by Represen tative Walter M. Pierce, who in a letter to Mayor Frank Sloan of Stanfield, said: “I want to congra tulate the citizens of Stanfield for staging a benefit dance for the boys of Company 569. This company has given us the outstanding work in the state of Oregon. I have visited many camps but in no other did I find anything approaching the ben eficial work that has been done at Stanfield by this camp. Congratu lations to you and others who were responsible for this move in public interest.” Chairman Haggman has an nounced that all advance subscrip tions should be sent to him at Stan field. Tickets are $1.00 per couple or 50 cents for a single admission. CCC enrollees from other camps in Umatilla county have been invited to attend the dance, which promises to be one of the outstanding affairs held in the county. THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN BY ANRAH The annual meeting of the Uma tilla Project Farm Bureau was held Wednesday, December 30th, at the Union church with a small atten dance. H. J. Ott, veteran president of the organization, presided over the meeting at which project lead ers gave their reports and election of officers was held. All officers COUNTY EQUIPMENT and project leaders were re-elected for the ensuing year. CLEARS ROADS Members of the Blue Ribbon Calf club presented a play entitled "Pep- Two large snow plows belonging per-Up Club” in which Marijane to the county were sent to Hermis Hammer, Marian Ott, Arilda Foster, ton Thursday by County Judge Carl Vera Sisson, Leonard Mopps and Chambers and the county commis Lois Hutchison took part. sioners to clear the country roads of Rebecca Pierson gave a reading drifted snow to make them passable and Bob Jackson played a piano so for school busses and other travel. lo. Edna Ott pleased with a violin An expression of appreciation was solo. given today by members of the A favorable report on 4-H club school boards for Districts 9 and 14, work was given by W. A. Sawyer in Westland, Minnehaha and Colum the absence of E. L. Jackson, project bia, for the prompt action taken by leader. Mr. Sawyer stated that every the county court in this emergency. club member finished his or her pro School busses found It difficult to ject last year except two. and the pass on country roads Tuesday and boys and girls received a total of were compelled to miss some of the 31800 In prize money last tall. Club route, cutting down the school en members have a total of 50 head of rollment. Thursday night nearly the hogs and 15 head of fat beef cattle entire school buss route was cleared. for their projects. The number of livestock clubs is the same as last KNAPPS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS SEAL year. Mr. Sawyer also reported on the GOLDEN WEDDING SALE FAVORABLE cooperative movement and especial ly emphasized the recently organiz Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Knapp cele The Tuberculosis Association is ed Livestock Shipper's association. brated their golden wedding anni pleased with the fine sale of tuber He stated that the commission firms versary at their home in Hermiston culosis Christmas seals, and wishes were making more of an effort to by an all day party New Year’s day. to thank each and every person for sell stock for the organized groups Mr. Knapp was born in Wiscon their help in this great fight for because there was a man directing sin in 1866. He moved to Nebraska health. The amount received thus and checking the sale. The associa in 1878 and came to Oregon in 1882. far by the local chairman in this tion hopes to attain a volume which He married Maggie Irene Bridwell district is $62.70. permits shipments in car load lots. in Wallowa county, January 2, There are thirty dollars worth of The association provides an orderly 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have tuberculosis Christmas seals still method of getting stock to market, four living children; Mrs. Arlie outstanding. Won’t those of you Mr. Sawyer said. Whitmore of Enterprise, Ore., G. E. who have not as yet sent In your Dr. Theo. Beletski gave a fine re Knapp of Hermiston, Ore., Mrs. Jett dollar, please do so soon? port on diseases among poultry and. Hoffnagle of Echo, Ore., and Bud ----------------------- livestock on the project. He stated Knapp of Hermiston. Ore. They Transferred to Walla Walla. there had been a slight intestment have 23 grandchildren and five Craig Percy, who has been em of spinal meningitis among horses, great grandchildren. Places were but not serious. A large loss was set for 35 relatives at the mid day ployed In the Safeway Store here for experienced in turkey poults in the dinner, and in the evening friends the past three years, was trans spring which he attributed to weak dropped in to swell the total at the ferred to Store No. 71 in Walla Wal start or faulty breeding stock. His late supper to 45. Games and old la, starting work this week. The report was complete and touched time music were enjoyed by the transfer is considered a promotion. His position here is being filled by with humor. guests. Other project leaders giving re Many beautiful and useful pres Fred Hensel, who has been attend ports were: L. C. Dyer, dairy; J. W. ents were received as tokens of the ing Oregon State college, taking ag McMullen, marketing and poultry; esteem in which the Knapps are ricultural economics. Brice Robin son is also assisting in the store at John Jendrzejewskl, rodent control; held by relatives and friends. present. W. G. Rodda, bees; H. M. Sommerer, finance; A. E. Bensel, recreation; Hewitt Sells implements. Fire Damages Building. H. K. Dean,I farm management. M. L. Hewitt, who has harmed a E. H. Dunning, who is legislative ranch near Stanfield for the past The one room building on the east chairman, presented the following two years, plans to discontinue his side of the Jens Skovbo honey house resolution: farming operations and will hold an north of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber "Whereas the resolution asking auction sale at his farm Tuesday, company yard, was damaged by fire for state aid for poultry disease con January 12th at 1:00 p. m. Mr. which broke out about 11:30 Tues trol experimental work, passed by Hewitt is retiring from the farm and day morning. The house was occu the County Farm Bureau at a recent will make his home in Pendleton. pied by E. M. Barnett whose person - --------------------------- al effects were damaged by water meeting in Pendleton, was poorly worded. Be it resolved therefore by Miss Johns In Sanitarium. and smoke. An engineer who was the Umatilla Project Farm Bureau Miss Mary Johns, daughter of with a train on the Union Pacific in session at Hermiston on this 30th Mrs. James Johns of Pendleton, who track first noticed the flames and day of December, 1936, that the with Miss Kate Stanfield, operates gave warning by sounding the whis wording of the resolution be chang the Stanfield ranch on Butter Creek, tle. The flames were soon exting ed to read as follows: was injured in an accident Monday uished. "Resolve that adequate appropria in Portland, when a car skidded on tion be made by the State and Fed the icy Sandy Boulevard and struck eral government to carry on further Miss Johns. She is in the Portland experimental and research work on Sanitarium with five fractures in the control of poultry diseases and her right leg and other cuts and on poultry management problems.” bruises. C. M. Jackson has acted as secre tary for the organization for years, Weather Report. and A. E. Bensel was re-elected vice Date Max. Mln. Drifting snow, wind, and cold did December 30 ..................... 34 .... 27 not stop the school busses Tuesday president. December 31 ........................ 32 .... 24 when the blizzard appeared early in CHRISTOPHER-BEAMER January 1 ......................... 28 .... 12 the morning, but the south hill bus Miss Helen Beamer, daughter of January 2 .................... 27 5 was unable to complete its route Mr. and Mrs. P. W Beamer, became January 3 ......................... 32 .... 5 and the other busses were compelled 26 to miss approximately seven families the bride of Grady Christopher at January 4 ......................... 49 the home of her parents Saturday. January 5 —....................... 37 .... 17 on the routes. School was not dis -4 missed. however, and will continue January 2nd. The ceremony was January 6 ......................... 19 read by Elder Emery of College Four Inches of snow fell Monday unless conditions are found to be ____ _________ much worse. A large number of stu Place, Wn. Besides the immediate night. families present were Mr. and Mrs. dents are absent this week but that Townsendites Postpone Meeting. Waldo Carr and a friend of the is attributed partly to the fact that family from College Place. The The Townsend meeting which was turkey picking and shipping Is in young couple will make their home scheduled for Tuesday, January 5, progress. on a farm in the Stanfield district. was postponed until January 12th. The Irrigon high school team and because of bad weather. The quilt STILLINGS-SHAVER. will be given away at that meeting grade school team will meet the Ellen Shaver and Tilford Stillings and the club will sponsor a fish Hermiston High teams in basketball were married Thursday, December pond. here Friday, January 8th, in the 31st. in Walla Walla. Wn. They high school gym. The local boys License Examiner Coming. were accompanied by the bride’s have not lost a game this season and C. M. Bentley, examiner of oper it Is hoped the grade school boys mother and Mr. and Mrs. John Con rad. They will make their home on ators and chauffeurs, will be in Her will come out at the long end of the miston Saturday, January 9th. 1937, score this time. the Stanfield project. at the city library between the Helix meets the high school bas Town Team Practice. hours of 10:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M.. ketball team here January 18th. and The Hermiston town basketball respectively, according to a recent on January 20th the local Bulldogs team will hold practice in the high announcement released from the will meet the Boardman high and school gymnasium January T, 12, 14 Secretary of State’s office. All those grade school teams at Boardman and 21. Games have not been sche wishing permits or licenses to drive duled but the team expects to play cars are asked to get in touch with New students In the high school Pendleton noon. Mr. Bentley during these hours this weak are Lucile Shaw, who is a The Eastern Oregon Turkey Grow ers’ association expects to receive 4400 birds this week at the first pool in January, while they are re ceiving Wednesday and Thursday. The two cars shipped this week bring the total up to 24 cars. These will be sent to the New York mar ket. Growers were handicapped in kill ing this week by bad weather which brought a blizzard and zero wea ther, but many have quarters for killing and picking that are heated and are able to protect pickers from the cold. JOHN WOODWARD PASSES WEDNESDAY John Woodward, 91, passed away at his home in Columbia district early Wednesday, January 6th, where he has lived since 1919 when he moved here from Heppner. Fun eral services will be held Saturday, January 9, at the Episcopal church in Heppner, and interment will be there. Prann’s Funeral Parlors will have charge of the services. Mr. Woodward was a prominent sheep man in Heppner before com ing to Hermiston. He lived there when the Heppner flood came and at that time lost his wife and their home. Mr. Woodward also experi enced the Chicago fire. He was born October 16, 1845, in England, and came to the United States at the close of the Civil War. He has made two trips to his native land and has a brother who still re sides there. He first married Clara Hale of Heppner, In later years he married Ada Julia Waddell, who preceeded him in death two years ago. He is survived by three sons. Bob and Harold of Hermiston, Roy of Enterprise, three daughters, Mrs. Frances W. Jones, Spokane; Mrs. W. H. Instrone, Heppner: Mrs. Clyde Franklin, Winnemucca, Nevada; and one step-daughter, Mrs. Sherman Wells of Hermiston. Hospital Notes. Mr. and Mrs. C. Hornsby of Stan field are the parents of a baby girl born Saturday, January 2. She has been named Marion Jenene. Mrs. Hornsby will be remembered as Ma rie Lou Stephenson. Little Dorotha Leila Hunt, year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hunt of Columbia district, was se verely burned Monday when she fell into a tub of hot water. She is reported as getting along nicely. The six weeks' old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Adams of Irrigon was expected to go home Thursday after recovering from pneumonia. Mrs. Geo. Harris is a medical pa tient in the hospital this week. Wilbur Gifford of Stanfield who underwent an appendectomy two weeks ago is getting along nicely. Mrs. Sloan Spencer and small son left Tuesday for their home in Stan field. SCHOOL BUSSES CONTINUE IN SPITE OF SNOW; IRRIGON PLAYS HERE FRIDAY senior, and her brother John Shaw, who is a freshman. They came from Pierce, Colorado, recently and are making their home in one of the W. W. Felthouse residences on the west side. The Parent-Teachers association will hold its regular meeting Jan uary 20th. The high school smoker will be staged in the gym Friday, January 15th. in the annual card presented by high school students. The matched bouts will not be announced until the night of the smoker which will make it more interesting for the student, Coach Frank O'Neil an nounced today. Athletes who will take part in the boxing are Marvin Rankin. Kenneth Bensel. Bill Corpe, John Knox. Allan Clarke, Ted Rip ley. Harry Connor Jr., Don Belt, Al vin Gettman, Bill Harris, Ralph Marble. Presley Stillings, Frank Rodda and Bob Follett. Those who will appear In the wrestling bouts are Darwin Shaw, Lester Flannigan, Alfred Shipp, Floyd Whitsett, Russell Piersol, Jim Stewart. Bob Trumbull and Otho Whitsett. Another year has rolled around and the time for New Year's resolu tions is at hand; while New Year's resolutions may be the subject for many a joke, the spirit can not but be commendable since it is evidence of a universal desire for self im provement. Regret over past mis takes never makes for advancement, only as it serves as an urge for self betterment; and past mistakes may be used as stepping stones to climb higher. The many petty annoyances that are so much a part of woman’s life call for constant vigilance and effort to prevent the irritation and inhar mony that almost inevitably result. The making of a New Year’s reso lution therefore is only the first step, but much may be accomplished by starting each day with the thought of making this day better than the day before. Life yields happiness to us only in the measure to which we render service, and if we would realize the most from this bright new year of 1937, we must strive to the utmost to make the most of ourselves as we are, and to make this year a bright er one for those around us. RIVER NAVIGATION HELD FEASIBLE OPEN RIVER WORK MAKE USE POSSIBLE One of the most valuable series of meetings for stockmen ever held in Umatilla county has been arranged for January 21 and 22. The meet ing is to be in the Chamber of Com merce rooms on the second floor of the Elk's Building in Pendleton. Stockmen are realizing that the grazing problem is becoming more acute and that so far as public ranges are concerned, the situation will probably continue in the direc tion of smaller numbers of live stock. That means that private lands now used for grazing will have to be brought to a higher carrying capacity if economical livestock units are to continue to prevail. There is also a growing interest in the fattening of livestock to make use of the surplus grains which are always a problem in the northwest. The program packs more informa tion into two days than any similar event which has been held. The meetings are being held at a time of the year when most stockmen can attend, and it is hoped that live stock operators in Umatilla county will respond in large numbers. Completion of the 7-foot channel depth in the Columbia river from Celilo to Umatilla will enable ves sels of considerable tonnage and at least one attendant barge to safely and economically navigate the open river stretch, Capt. Stewart B. Win slow of Portland has written H. G. Best of the Inland Empire Water ways association at Walla Walla. Winslow’s observation followed his navigation of this stretch last month aboard the Mary Gail tug boat with a barge partially loaded with gasoline. This cruise was end ed at Umatilla where the barge was unloaded across the river at Ply mouth into trucks. He added the opinion that experienced navigators and pilots would be a great help to successful operation. Winslow was a pilot for the army engineers on the Columbia and Snake 17 years and has been naviga ting the Columbia since 1907. The Columbia’s channel is being dredged to a depth of seven feet at low water, 150 feet wide. "When the army engineers have completed the seven-foot project from Celilo to Umatilla, I believe that vessels of considerable tonnage and with at least one barge will saf ely and economically navigate open river stretch to Umatilla.” Winslow declared in the letter to West. "This observation is valuable from the association’s standpoint because there has been some question and doubt of the practicability and feas ibility of operation by boat and barge over this stretch of the river,” the latter said. “A practical opera tion from such an experienced Co lumbia river navigator and pilot is worth while and we believe the corps of engineers for rivers and harbors will take note. It Is bound to have considerable weight in the engineers' decision as to whether the Umatilla dam should be the first constructed in the development of a comprehensive program. The association accepts the obser vation of Captain Winslow as con clusive that the Umatilla dam should be the first constructed and that the Snake river improvement should be continued simultaneously and then to return to the open stretch from Celilo to Umatilla for further improvement.” HUGH STANFIELD DIES IN CALIFORNIA PUBLISHING FIELD CLAIMS REPORTER Hugh L. Stanfield, aged 54, for merly a prominent sheepman of Umatilla county, died yesterday in San Jose, California, after a long ill ness caused by diabetes. Mr. Stanfield, the son of the late Robert N. and Harriett Stan field, was bor- in Umatilla. He is survived by his widow; two daugh ters. Mrs. Arthur Walker of Oak land, Cal., and Harriett Stanfield of San Jose, and a son, Hugh Stanfield, Jr., of San Jose. Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Robert N. Stanfield, Jr., of Huntington, who was formerly associated with his brother in the sheep business; Ger ald Stanfield, of Payette; Mrs. Asa Thomson of Republic, Wn.; Mrs. Daisie Frazier of Riverside, Cal.; Mrs. Arthur Means of Seattle; Miss Kate Stanfield of Echo; Mrs. R. W. Allen of Spokane, and Mrs. Carl Helm of La Grande. He leaves also a half-sister, Mrs. J. B. Perry of Pendleton and one half-brother, Ralph Stanfield, of Echo. Adelaide V. Lake, for 15 years a member of the editorial staff of The Oregonian, together with Paul Launer of Dallas, Ore., purchased the Sheridan Sun, a weekly newspa per of about 1000 circulation at Sheridan and environs, and took ac tive control January 1st. Miss Lake attended public school and high schools of Eugene, gradua ted from the school of journalism at the University of Oregon, worked as a reporter for the Salem Capital Journal and then joined the editor ial staff of The Oregonian. Launer was formerly employed by the Dallas newspaper and recently had been employed as a city mall carrier at Dallas. He will be In charge of the Sheridan Sun's mecha nical department. Last summer Miss Lake took a short leave of absence to work with Earl Richardson, ex-Oregonian re porter, now editor and publisher of the Dallas Itemlzer-Observer. Rich ardson. In the country newspaper field for the past 14 years, is one of the state’s most successful count ry newspaper editors. STOCKMEN WILL MEET JANUARY 21-22 CUSTOM CANNING INCREASES IN 1936 The Hermiston Co-operative Can nery increased its custom canning 17,717 cans during 1936. The can nery is operated on a community service basis and patrons bring their produce in, prepare it for canning, place it in the cans and the cannery management processes It for them. The processing of cans has increased each year. During 1935 a total of 50,773 cans were processed, and during 1936 a total of 68.490 cans were put through the cannery. Any decrease in one year has been due to the lack of produce. . O. L. Barlow has been manager of the cannery and laundry for sever al years. Feed Canal Closed. The feed canal to the Cold Springs reservoir was closed early Tuesday morning when slush Ice began to come down the river. E. D. Martin, manager of the Hermiston Irrigation district, states that since the storm and cold weather is general over the northwest. It will bring snow to the watershed district which supplies water for this district. Sentenced to One Year. Austin Everson was sentenced to one year In the county Jail Monday. January 4th, when he appeared be fore Justice P. P. Sullivan on a charge of larceny from the residence of Vern Franklin. This was not Everson's first offense.
