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-She Hermiston Merali VOLUME XXX HERMISTON, UMATILLA NUMBER 29 CO-OP. CREAMERY MEMBERS MEET ATTENDANCE AND INTEREST GOOD A. E. McFarland of Umatilla and L. C. Dyer of Hermiston were re- elected directors of the Umatilla Co-operative Creamery at the an nual meeting Wednesday. The elec tion of N. H. Kristensen which took place early in January at Boardman was approved by the meeting. Other directors are A. C, Heyden of the Echo Meadows, P. J. Quinn of Stan field, R. V. Jones of Irrigon, and E. L. Jackson of Minnehaha district. Attendance and interest was un usually good. Members heard guest speakers in the persons of G. A. Brown, manager and assistant sec retary of Interstate Associated Creameries, Dr. G. H. Wilster, pro. lessor of Dairy Husbandry at O.S.C., and H. K. Dean, superintendent of the Umatilla Field Station located here. E. L. Jackson acted as chair man of the meeting, and M. G. Hed- wall, manager of the creamery, as secretary. 1 Mr. Brown read the financial re port and record of business for the year, which he explained in under standable language. The total busi ness for 19 3 6 was $178,025.70. The report showed the total pounds of butterfat produced in 1934 as 492,- 866, 1935 as 526,634, and 1936 as 546,342 making a spread of 53,476 pounds in butterfat production. The auditors reported the creamery in excellent financial standing. Lunch was served at noon by the ladies of the Union church to more than 100 people. The manager, M.G. Hedwall expressed his appreciation for the fine lunch served and for the splendid cooperation shown by the ladies. Following the lunch hour H. K. Dean gave a talk on production and (Concluded on page four) BILL PROVIDES RIVER IMPROVEMENT A copy of the bill introduced by Senator McNary, Senator Steiwer of Oregon, and Senator Pope of Idaho, to provide for further improvement of the Columbia and Snake rivers, was received at this office this week and appears as follows in complete text. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to improve the Columbia River be tween Bonneville Dam and the mouth of the Snake River, and the Snake River from its mouth to such point in Idaho as past and future surveys may show to be practicable, for barge navigation, for control of floods, for delivery of water for rec lamation, and for other beneficial uses. In making such improvements due consideration shall be given to the preservation of the recreational and scenic value of the area in which such improvements are to be made. The existing projects for the im provement of the Columbia River between Bonneville and the mouth of the Snake River, and the Snake River from its mouth to Lewiston, Idaho, are hereby modified to pro vide a channel suitable for barge navigation nine feet deep at low wa ter and with suitable widths, to be secured by construction of a series of dams and locks together with such open river work as may be necessary. Above Lewiston, Idaho, a channel shall be provided on the Snake River suitable for such navi gation with such minimum depth as such surveys may show to be prac ticable. The Secretary of War is author ized and directed to continue the present investigations of said rivers with a view to determining the best methods of securing such improve ments, giving due consideration to the possibilities for future develop ment of hydroelectric power in con nection therewith. The locations and heights of all dams shall be fixed by the said Secretary upon the recommendation of the Chief of En- ginners, and provision shall be made for the future development of hydroelectric power at such of the dams as the said Secretary may de termine to be suitable for such de velopment. Suitable and adequate facilities for the passage of fish shall be installed at all such dams. The Secretary of War is further authorized and directed to proceed with the improvement of said riv ers in accordance with the project herein authorized, and to expend not more than $15,000,000 a year for such purpose from funds hereto fore or hereafter appropriated for the maintenance and improvement of rivers and harbors. Construction work on any part of the project herein authorized may be underta ken as soon as the character of the works for that part of the project has been determined upon, and with out awaiting completion of the stu dies for the entire project, the intent of this Act being to authorize the gradual development of said rivers for navigation, flood control, reclamation, and other beneficial uses, with provision for the future development of hydroelectric power. All works and structures erected pursuant to this authorisation shall be constructed, maintained, and op erated under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervi sion of the Chief of Engineers. TREE PLANTING PROGRAM LAUNCHED Two thousand trees will be given the public school children ot Her- miston by the Hermiston Commer cial club through the tree commit tee ot the organization, which action was approved by the club last Tues day evening. These trees will be distributed to the students ot the high school and grade school by Supt. W. G. Kers bergen, and the faculty. A tree pro gram will be given to encourage in terest in the planting and care of the young forest seedlings. Each boy and girl will be given five trees to take home and plant around the home premises. The parents are asked to help the younger genera tion in the work and create enth usiasm in the practical value of shade trees and the art of beautify ing the home grounds. In cases where the home yards are already well supplied with trees the lads and lassies may plant them on oth er parts of the farm or lots in town. These trees will be the black lo cust variety, and will be seedlings shipped from the nursery at Oregon State college. They will be small, but will have good root systems. The object ot the tree committee Is to provide shade, protection and add beauty to the hpmes of the dist- rict. and to interest the boys and girls and their parents in the pro ject. Mr. Kersbergen has responded heartily to the project. 4-H ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM MARCH 25 Jay T. Pierson, assistant county agent, spoke before the high school assembly Tuesday morning and an nounced that the annual achieve ment day program for 4-H club members would be held Thursday, March 25th. He stated that thru the splendid cooperation of Supt. W. G. Kersbergen the program would be presented in the high school au ditorium. Miss Frances Clinton, county home demonstration agent, will have charge of the home econo mics clubs, and Mr. Pierson will ar range the program for the livestock clubs. Mr. Pierson expressed his desire for an increase in membership in 4-H club work and pointed out the close relationship of the work with the school program. He gave an in vitation for all students interested in the work to visit his office and talk over the work and the projects in which they are interested. PARENTS OF FIRE VICTIM VOTED $2000 Salem, March 5—After voting early in the day to appropriate $1000 to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McMul len of Hermiston, whose son Floyd was killed in the statehouse fire, the house Friday afternoon recalled the bill and upped the claim to $2000. Young McMullen was a Willam ette university student who worked as a city fireman in Salem for a place to sleep and to cook his meals. The original appropriation was for $5000 and was cut to $1000 by the ways and means committee.— Journal.___ ____ _______ DIPTHERIA CLINIC HERE FRIDAY The date and hours for the diph theria immunization clinic has been set for Friday, March 12, 9:00 a.m., Umatilla school, and on the same day at 1 P- m. at the Columbia school, and Friday March 19, 9:00 a.m., at the Hermiston school. We wish to remind parents that every child who wishes to take ad vantage of this service must have a slip with the parent’s signature. Diphtheria leaflets and forms for signatures, may be obtained front the schools and from the health as sociation committees. These com mittees are Mrs. Gerald White and Mrs. J. A. Clarke. Hermiston, and Mrs. Elmer McKenzie, Umatilla. This service is also available to pre-school children. Parents may arrange for this at the school or with the health committee. Addi tional information may be obtained from Dr. F. B. Belt and the county health nurse, by whom the clinic will be conducted. COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 11, 1937. A CAPPELLA CHOIR CONCERT MARCH 19 BULLDOGS GUESTS 0 COMMERCIAL CLUB Many are anticipating the concert standing as well as high choral of sacred music which is to be given technique. Each year their tours by the a cappella choir of Portland take them farther from Portland Bible Institute in the high school and demands become more numer auditorium March 19th. Plans arel ous for their visits. Their appear being made for a capacity audience. ance in this city will be one ot many The coming of this versatile choir in a series of concerts through Ore of thirty-five voices promises to be gon and Southern Idaho. an outstanding event In Hermiston, I Although no admission charge according to reports. Under the di- will be made there will be a silver rection of Professor Willard R. Hall- offering. The concert will be at man, a graduate of Westminster 8:00 o'clock. The following are the Choir school and now head of the numbers to be given by the choir: « ‘Tis The Evening’s Holy Hour”; department of music at Portland Bible Institute, this group of sing "Jesus Lover Of My Soul”; “Built ing Christian workers is said to be On A Rock. The Church Doth rapidly gaining an enviable repu Stand”: “Send Forth Thy Spirit”: tation throughout the northwest. “In Joseph's Lovely Garden”; A prominent pastor in Portland “Praise To The Lord”; “All In The described the choir as giving evi Evening”: “Beautiful Savior”; “Al dence of thorough training, and pos leluia! Christ Is Risen”; “Listen To sessing ability to interpret the num The Lambs”; “Swing Low Sweet bers with unusual spiritual under- Chariot”; and “Goin' Home.” 24,000 TREE ORDER TO TIME FOR P.T.A. EXTENSION SERVICE SHIFTED Orders for trees have been filed at the office of Jay T. Pierson, as sistant county agent, to total 24,000 trees, which far exceeds orders of any previous year. The largest or der was 10,000 which went in last year. Unless part of the money for these trees is received soon, however, the full order may not be sent at this time, since cash is not available to pay for the trees upon delivery. Letters have been sent out to all persons who have ordered trees ask ing that they send a check for their tree order which it is hoped may be sent March 11th. Instead of the regular Wednes day night meeting the next P.T.A. program will be presented Thurs day, March 18. A program will in clude music by the rhythm band of the primary deparement, directed by Miss Enida Moore; a chorus from the operetta, “Sunny of Sunnyside"; a one-act play by the high school; and musical numbers. A door prize will be given and also a prize to the grade having the highest number of parents present. The refreshment committee Is composed of Mrs. Gwyn Hughes, Mrs. B. J. Nation. Mrs. H. M. Sommerer, Mrs. V. C. Smith, Miss Mary Petri and Mrs. W. More house. Will Hold Joint Meet. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will hold a joint meeting Monday, March 22, at 7:00 p. m., with a pot ■ luck dinner served and a social time following. All members of the two lodges and their families are invi, ted to attend. Recreational Institute. The regular meeting of the recre ational unit for this district was held Monday night of this week with Miss Frances Clinton, county home demonstration agent, and Miss Thomas, recently from Pennsylvan ia, conducting the institute. A small attendance participated. The next meeting will be April 5th. - ee ■ ■ i New Station Manager. Virgil Wilkes of Fossil, Ore., has BRADEN-BELL STORE been named manager of the Co-op erative Service Station and will take AT HEPPNER over the management Monday. Mr. Wilkes is the son of W.G. Wilkes of The Braden-Bell Tractor & Equip Hermiston and has had years of ex ment company is sponsoring a free perience in the garage and service dance at Ione. Saturday, March 20, station business. in celebration of its opening of a ------------- —e new branch store at Heppner. Ev Farm Burnham Ranch. eryone is welcome to attend. J. H. Miller and O. M. Loney of Irrigon have moved to the J. S. Burnham farm, 6 1 miles east of MERCHANDISE Hermiston, and will farm it for Mr. Burnham this season. The place SHOOT SUNDAY has 51 acres, most of which Is till able. Hermiston post of the American Legion will hold a merchandise trap shoot at the Hermiston Golf club house next Sunday, March 14. Funds derived from this shoot will go to repay an indebtedness incurred by the post in contributing 625 to the Red Cross flood relief fund recent- ly. The shoot will start at 10:00 a. furnishes color and variety as cut m. and last until evening. flowers during the greater part of Manage Pendleton Store. the season. Snapdragons most cer tainly are among the favored garden Pete Berg, who has been manager flowers grown by local gardeners. of the Ellis Feed Store here tor the We are not surprised at the selec past year, has been named manager tion of the marigold as one of the of both the local store and the store ten .since few flowers are easier to in Pendleton. The feed stores are grow or more effective in color and owned by J. J. Chisholm of Walla design. The colors are bright, inter Walla. Bill Scarlett of below estingly marked, and of single or tilla, will act as agent in the Uma store double variety. here and will be under Mr. Berg, No flower makes a more sturdy, who will continue to make his home colorful bed than the zinnia. It in Hermiston. grows locally in abundance and has a very informal, shaggy appearance Buys Floral Shop. which makes an interesting and graceful cut flower design. They Mrs. Anna M. Briggs plans to grow cheerfully with little atten leave this week for Dunsmuir, Calif., tion. where she will join her daughter. Another bulbulous flower is the Miss Marion Briggs, who has pur gladiolus but not among the favor chased a floral shop there. Mrs. ites for local gardeners since It does Briggs will assist her daughter for not multiply rapidly due to the hot, the present but will return to Her dry, sandy soil. Perhaps the lack miston the first ot May. Miss Briggs of favoritism is due to the necessity purchased the shop three weeks ago of greater care and cost of replacing and resigned her position as teacher bulbs to assure large. colorful in the Medford high school to take blooms. These plants thrive in a over the business. warm, damp soil. The dahlia reminds us of people Townsend Club Meeting. who reach up and up, striving for At the last Townsend club meet a higher place and when they arrive at the top are weighted down under ing it was again announced that Al their own beauty and elegance; their lan Bowman received the quilt giv heads are so often bowed as they en away by the club recently. The cling by the frail stem to the stal next regular club meeting will be wart stalks. A favorite because held at the Union church March 16 they are hardy and add color to the and will feature a basket social. This does not mean that boxes need fall flower garden. Annual phlox is a joy to the be fancy because shadows will be heart of the flower gardener as ft sold for the boxes. grows and blooms in profusion with the least effort. Unless separated Visit Washington Mills. occasionally the roots become con H. M. Sommerer, manager of the tested and the blooms small and faded In color, but phlox are a fav Farm Bureau Co-operative, J. H. orite because of their adaptability Reid and R V. Jones, directors, left Thursday for Yakima and the Sound to difficult spots In the garden. Why not write to us and give the to visit feed mills, seeking Informa reasons for your selection of the ten tion to aid In the proposed construc most popular flowers In your gar tion of additions to the mill here. They expect to return Sunday. den? SELECT YOUR TEN FAVORITE GARDEN FLOWERS AND GIVE REASONS FOR SIKH (HOKE By PAULINE STOOP. The Ladies’ Home Journal gives the ten most popular garden flow ers which are Judged so because they give the most returns for the time and effort put into their culti vation. Whether you agree with their selection or not, a practical bit of information for gardeners is found In the selection. Before we discuss the selection we are going to ask you to read the list and meditate upon the reasons for their choice. The favorites are zinnia, petunia, marigold, iris, gladiolus, dahlia, tulip, pansy, snapdragon and phlox. The nominations were made by five ot the largest seedmen in the country. We might consider the reas ons for the collective choice In com Good Citizenship Girl. parison to their adaptability on the Miss Marjorie Lundeberg of Castle project. The tulip Is one of the early Rock, Wn., who has been chosen as bulbular flowers which multiplies the Good Citizenship Girl from the rapidly and furnishes a multiplicity state of Washington, and who will of blooms. The petunia, exquisitely attend the convention at Washing ruffled, fringed and notched, whose ton, D. C., on April 16th, is a niece petals are curiously veined and pen of Grant Walker and Mrs. Mabel ciled. has been hand pollenized to Walker of Hermiston. Miss Lunde form the double variety which will berg Is the granddaughter of the bloom readiy and without effort if late Horace Walker of Stanfield, re-seeded at least every three years. who was a former Umatilla county Colorful window boxes for the early commissioner. Her mother, Mrs. Ber spring make it one of the favorites. The pansy makes a lovely cut nice Lundeberg, lives at Seaside. Miss Lundeberg has been attending flower, blooming indefinitely if the Toutle Lake high school at Castle dead blossoms are sheared before Rock. Wash., and has been an A_1 | going to seed. A favorite in many student. Miss Thelma Walker of sections but subject to curly top blight here. Pansies can be grown Pendleton is her aunt. successfully in a carefully sheltered spot with the most minute core. Missionary Meeting. Many varieties of iris furplsh The Missionary Society of the colorful blooms from late March un Union church will hold the regular til late August, the dwarf iris lead meeting at the church parlors Wed ing the parade. These plants are es nesday night. March 18th. and all pecially hardy requiring little atten members of the church and their tion except that the bulbs be separ friends are invited to attend. Mrs. ated each year to prevent decline in R. G. Saylor will have charge of the beauty and quality of blooms. Ita study which is In Central Africa. A hardiness makes it a favorite here. The snapdragon in the rustproof special program is planned and a so cial hour will follow. The meeting variety is a favorite in this locality and if planted In a sheltered place will start at 8:00 o'clock.. Seven members of the Hermiston high school basketball team and Coach Frank O'Neill were enter tained by the Hermiston Commer cial club at a rousing dinner meet ing Tuesday night. The team in cluded Captain Gerald Keller, Asa Shaw, Stuart Rankin. Willis Cramp ton, Raymond Knapp, Ernest Rain water and Harold Buell. Edgar Mackan. the eighth member of the team was unable to be present be cause he is now making his home with his parents at Durkee, Ore., near Baker. Coach Frank O'Neil expressed his pleasure at the splendid support given the team and school during the past basketball season at all home games. Five of the squad will be back next year to help make up a championship team, Coach O’Neil said. Supt. W. G. Kersbergen gave a brief outline of the successful basket ball season just closed. Mr. Kers bergen said, “the boys have won 20 out of 23 games played this season, which is an exceptional record for any team. Three qualifications are necessary in a coach to obtain the position ths boys hold this year and they art, successful coach, a good teacher, sociable faculty member.” The community should back Coach O’Neil to the fullest extent Mr. Kersbergen said. Each member of the squad expres sed appreciation to club members for the entertainment as guests of the club, and also for the support given during the basketball season. W. J. Warner, former Universi ty of Oregon football coach and bro ther of the famous “Pop” Warner of football fame, responded for the club. He congratulated Coach O' Neil and the team on the record made in the basketball season and for the sportsmanship shown in both victory and defeat. President Hed wall, Logan Todd and Harold Ran kin also congratulated the team, their coach and the school on the success of the basketball season. Other matters of business coming before the club was discussion of ex tensive improvement of the Colum bia highway on the water grade route between The Dalles and Port land, followed by a vote for favor able action which was expressed in in a telegram sent to the road hear ing at The Dalles Wednesday of this week. E. P. Dodd, chairman of the tree planting committee, asked the club to support a project by which 2000 trees will be furnished school child ren for planting about their homes. Each child will be given five trees to be planted as their parents see fit. A fine representation was present at the regular dinner meeting. HERMISTON TEAM LOSES IN FINAL TILT ATHENA TAKES DISTRICT MEET The story of the district basketball tournament for B teams held at Ar lington last week end came to a close Saturday with the Bulldogs in the final tilt. The final game is re ported as a special story from Ar lington. , Athena's defensively brilliant Glad iators, unimpressive when the dist rict tourney opened, gathered speed and power Saturday and surged in to the championship in an all-Uma- tilla county final. And they looked like champions, those tall, smooth-working Gladia tors, when they squelched a favored Hermiston quintet 35 to 18 In a fast, bitterly contested tussle. The prize was a berth in the Oregon state tournament, Athena squeezed its way into the semi-finals by the narrowest of margins, eking out a one-point vic tory over, Wapinitia Friday. Then the Gladiators gained steam to squelch Arlington 34 to 24 and were really at their peak for the cham pionship tussle. Hermiston had turned in the sur prise of the tourney Friday by wal loping Boardman 36-26, replacing their victims as favorites. Saturday afternoon the Bulldogs ran Into trouble and were pushed to the lim-, it to edge out Grant Union 23-22. In the consolation game Saturday Grant Union trounced Arlington, host quintet, 29 to 25 for third place with Murray counting 10 points for scoring honors. Walters and Jones, Athena for wards, blasted the loop for 21 points to pace Athena to the title, and the whole club was near perfec tion on defense. Crampton, Hermis ton center, led the losers with seven tallies, and Keller, scoring ace of the Bulldogs, was held to six. Keller was named one of the ten best individual players of the tour nament In forward position. He also accepted the trophy for second place in the district. _______ UMATILLA COUNTY GETS SHARE P.W.A. Public works projects for Oregon totalling 65, estimated to cost $27,- 102,000, have been included in the recently announced 65,000,000,000 national program, it was announced by Ormond R. Bean, chairman of the Oregon state planning board. Information and data on the pro jects were obtained last summer by 15 workers on the planning board staff project, set up through the cooperation of the National Re sources Committee and the W.P.A. for this purpose. Many federal, state and local agencies cooperated with the planning board for this work. Projects which are located in Umatilla county and which will di rectly bet eflt this county are: Flood channel improvements in Umatilla river, $200,000; Fish lad ders and screens at dams and irri gation ditches to prevent destruc tion of fish at Federal projects on tributaries on middle Columbia ba sin, 6125,000; reservoirs, springs and wells on the public range and national forests for watering stock, 6222,000; municipal water supply investigation, 64,000; irrigability classification of project lands, $25,- 000; stream pollution study, $50,- 000; and a statewide study to deter mine methods for avoidance of los ses in distribution and application of irrigation waters, $50,000. ---------- — • • JENNIE SHAW SPAIN. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jennie Shaw Spain in the Pres, byterian church in Stanfield, Sun day, March 6, at 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. R. R. Flnkbeiner conducted the service and Interment was In the Echo cemetery. Mrs. Spain passed away Thursday. March 4th, at Pendleton at the age of 35. When a year old she came to Stanfield with her parents from Eu gene where she was born, where she lived until the last few years. She was married to John Spain in 1923 and has made her home at Meacham since that time. She Is survived by Mrs. Adeline Shaw, Hermiston; three brothers, Earl Shaw, Hermiston, Dick Shaw, Meacham, Prior Shaw, Onolaska, Wn.; four sisters, Mrs. Roy Atte- bury. Hermiston. Edna Slaughnessy, Seattle, Mrs. Clarence Berry. Her- miston, Mrs. Ed Rieman, The Dalles. ------------- —e m COMMUNITY DATE CALENDAR Community activities which are scheduled for the next few weeks will be listed in the column below. This column will be a regular fea ture each week and Individuals are asked to turn in date schedules In order that It may be kept up to date to prevent any conflict In activities. March 12—Grade school operetta. March 13—Torch Honor society con ference. March 18—P.T.A. March 19— Portland Bible Institute Concert. M. E church. March 25—4-H Club Activity Day program. April 2—Senior class play. April 7-8-9—Inland Empire Teach ers' association meeting. N o school.
