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VOLUME XXX
£ She Hprmißtnn Wralù
NUMBER 45
CELEBRATION PLANS
SURPASS PREDICTIONS
TH R ILL IN G
MOTORCYCLE EVENT
S urpassing all predictions of a
fin e celebration 'at S tanfield on the
fo u rth and fifth of Ju ly the com m it­
tee has outlined an in te re stin g and
e n te rta in in g program w hich is sub­
m itte d in full.
A carn iv al dance w ill be th e first
fe a tu re S aturday n ig h t a t R efvem ’s
h a ll w ith music by th e T roubadours
an d carn iv al novelties such as bal­
loons and horns to add to the gay-
ety.
T he m otorcycle races and field
m eet will open its program Sunday
a t 1:30 in th e aftern o o n under the
auspices of th e Rose City M otorcy­
cle club of P o rtlan d . Five events
w ill be staged S unday including a
five lap m otorcycle race in the first,
second and th ird heat. A ten lap
m otorcycle race w ill be entered as a
sem i-fin al event an d th e 25 lap race
fo r the cham pionship event.
A baseball gam e betw een the
H eppner team , w hich has not lost a
gam e all season, and th e S tarbuck
G range team , w hich heads its d is t­
ric t league, has been scheduled at
2:3 0 Sunday afternoon on the base­
ball diam ond. An a ir tig h t gam e is
a n ticip ate d .
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY,
STORES CLOSE MONDAY
AU business houses will close
Monday, July 5 th. Supplies for
the two dav holidav should be se­
cured by restaurants and house­
wives. A majority of the local
citizens plan to attend the cele­
bration at Stanfield Sunday and
Monday.
AM ERICAN LEGION
SKY CIRCUS
P endleton P ost No. 23 w ill be
host to 75 airp lan es of th e .1937
Oregon A ir T our to be held a t P en ­
dleton a irp o rt, from 2:00 to 5 :30 p.
m., W ednesday, Ju ly 7. T his w ill be
th e m ajor av iatio n event in Oregon
th is year, and w ill be th e la rg e st a r ­
ray of airp lan es ever displayed in
th e w est, w ith a full program of
s tu n ts by in te rn a tio n a lly famous
stars.
Tex R an k in , who recen tly won
the w orld’s cham pionship for acro ­
b atic flying a t St. Louis, w ill head­
line th e program . He will fly a lig h t
all-m etal m onoplane th ro u g h the
most d a rin g and th rillin g stu n t
ro u tin e he has ever presented in the
P acific N orthw est.
Many o th e r noted fliers w ill be
on th e program .
Monday Gala Day.
M onday w ill be th e g ala day of th e
tw o-day
celebration, s ta rtin g
at
9 :0 0 a. m., w ith a ju n io r bicycle
rac e for boys u nder 16 years. This
ra c e w ill be held on th e race trac k
S u b sta n tia l prizes are being offered
to th e w inners.
Im m ediately follow ing a t 9:30 a.
m., w ill be th e ju n io r sports u n d er
th e direction of R. G. Penney, who
has outlined th e follow ing program .
T he age lim it is 16 years.
Bicycle races: G roup 1— Age lim ­
it 11, two laps; G roup 2— Age lim ­
it 16, th re e laps.
F oot race: Goup 1— Age lim it 11.
25 yards; Group 2— Age lim it 16,
50 yards.
Spud races: Group 1— Age lim it
11, 25 y ard s; Group 2— Age lim it
16, 25 yards.
All events c a rry first and second
prizes.
Cochran Sneaker.
T he first speaker on th e program
from 10:45 to 12:00 o'clock on Mon­
day will be Geo. I. Cocnran of La
G rande, who is well know n th ro u g h ­
o u t Oregon. Mr. C ochran was a ca n ­
d id a te for suprem e judge a t the last
election and is a Spanish W ar vet­
eran. He w as P ast G rand M aster of
th e A. F. & A. M of Oregon in 1923-
24.
T he second speaker on the pro­
gram will be R ichard N euberger,
who w ill give an address on “Our
N atio n al Resources and How We
Should Use T hem .” Mr. N euberger
is an a u th o rity on Bonneville and
G rand Coulee dam s and w ill give a t­
te n tio n to th e im portance of the
proposed Columbia Basin A u th o rity
m easure to eastern Oregon.
Mr. N euberger is a sta ff member
o f The O regonian, northw est corres­
pondent for the New York Times,
and a fre q u en t co n trib u to r to the
N ation, H arpers, New Republic, Col­
lie rs and oth er first class m agazines.
H e is also co-author w ith Stephen
K ah n of th e new book, " In te g rity :
T he Life of Chas. W. N orris,” ju st
off th e V anguard Press.
These speakers w ill talk from a
platform on the city p ark law n.
Final Motorcycle Events.
P rom ptly a t 1:15 o’clock Monday
aftern o o n th e m otorcycle parade will
be directed th ro u g h the m ain stree t
to th e race tra c k w here the m ain
field meet events w ill be staged at
1:3 0 .
The first event w ill be th e m otor­
cycle s tu n t riding. The first and
second heat will be th e A u stralian
p u rsu it races, followed by th e broad
jum p. T his jum p event will be a
th rille r. T he A u stralian p u rsu it race
fin al will be the next event.
O u tsta n d in g
and
sp ectacu lar
events w ill appear in th e five finals.
These include th e m otorcycle slow
race, club relay ace, cave man soc­
cer, T T race and th e board w all
crash . The board w all crash is one
of th e o u tsta n d in g
featu res in
w hich p a rtic ip a n ts risk th e ir lives
to plunge th ro u g h th e b u rn in g wall.
Boxing Smoker.
T he first bout in th e boxing smo­
k e r w ill s ta r t prom ptly a t 7:30 in
th e are n a n ear Refvem ’s store. F ans
w ill have a chance to see those ste l­
la r perform ers "W ild " Bill E rw in
and K. O. W a rn er, in action again,
in a 6-round m ain event. A su p p o rt­
ing card th a t w ill be full of action
h as been lined up by th e com m ittee.
R ingside and reserved seat tick ets
a re now on sale a t R odenbough’s at
U m atilla,
McCall’s at
S tanfield.
H ale’s at H erm iston, and M udge's at
Echo. R ingside, first th ree rows, sell
for $1.25: Reserved, n ext three
row s. »1.00; and the general ad ­
m ission for 75 cents.
A modern dance in Refvem 's hall
and an old tim e dance in th e grange
hall will top the d ay ’s perform ance.
4-H CLUB NEWS
Ja y T. P ierson, a ssista n t county
ag e n t, has ju s t received word from
th e sta te club office of a wild life
stu d y contest w hich is being con­
ducted w ith th e gam e d ep a rtm en t
of th e sta te d ep a rtm en t in conjunc­
tion w ith the U. S. Biological S ur­
vey and the Oregon S tate Game Com­
m ission. T his is th e second y ear of
th is contest and th e purpose is to
encourage boys and g irls in th e
stu d y of wild life and to help pro­
vide ways and m eans of preserving
gam e b ird s and beneficial an im als in
th is area. S u b stan tial prizes are of­
fered a t th e close of the contest
w hich is May 1, 1938, to th e boy or
g irl who tu rn s in th e best rep o rt on
m anagem ent and
m ain ten an ce of
wild life. F or specific rules of the
contest consult th e assista n t coun­
ty a g e n t’s office.
More in te re st should be m anifest
in d airy dem onstrations. T he sta te
w in n in g dem o n stratio n
team on
production subjects is offered all ex-
nenses paid to the N ational D airy
Show to be held in Columbus, Ohio,
October 9 to 16. T he team w in n in g
first place at th e sta te fair over o th ­
er team s in Oregon will be aw arded
th is trip .
The team com peting at th e N a ti­
onal D airy Show w ill have a chance
a t eigh t college scholarships to ta l­
ing »2000 besides other special p re­
m ium s offered by various d a iry in ­
terests. Boys and g irls in 4-H clubs
who are in terested in d em o n stra­
tions of th is kind should im m edia­
tely pet in touch w ith the assistan t
county ag en t who will work out
plans and o u tlin e for d em o n stra­
tions. Besides th e prices offered,
th e re w ill be su b stan tia l aw ards
given a t the sta te fair. Tt behooves
>overv dairv 4-H club to select a
d*>monstr"tion team to com pete in
th is contest.
Jay T. P ierson, a ssista n t county
agent, has ju s t received b u lletin s
from the Oregon S tate college to be
used by the boys and g irls entered
in th e news w ritin g contest. Each
club should d efin itely select th e girl
or boy who w ill rep resen t th e ir club
in th is contest. T his g irl or boy
should be present a t th e m eeting
w hich will be held in th e a ssista n t
county a g e n t’s office T uesday eve­
ning, Ju ly 6, a t 7:30. A study of
d iffe re n t types of news w ritin g will
be discussed a t th is m eeting.
Seven 4-H club boys in th e H er­
m iston are a a re ready to s ta r t th e ir
firs t year of farm m echanics w ork.
T here has been considerable delay
in s ta rtin g th is club for th e reason
th a t th ey have no tools or work
benches to properly conduct th e
w ork of an organized club. They
have 'also experienced some d ifficu l­
ty in g e ttin g a local leader w ith the
proper background to successfully
lead a farm m echanics club. Mr.
Pierson, a ssista n t county ag en t, has
suggested th a t th e com m unity get
behind these boys and give them a
boost, by d o n atin g old tools, such as
ham m ers, chisels, saws, screw, d ri­
vers, files, vises, w ork benches or
any tools th a t would be su itab le for
these boys to use. All tools w ill be
received at th e
assista n t
county
a g e n t’s office. As soon as th e neces­
sary w orking equipm ent is on hand,
th e club will be organized.
J a y T. Pierson, assista n t county
agent, gave points and possible m a­
te ria l to be used in giving a dem on­
sta tio n a t th e m eeting of th e Pig
club at his office Ju n e 25th.
P o in ters w ere given on w ell b u ilt
pig pens, and all of the m em bers re­
ported on th e grow th of th e ir pigs.
T he next m eeting was postponed
(C ontinued on page S)
OREGON,
JULY 1 1937
TOWNSEND CLUB
REA INCORPORATION MIGRATORY FOWL
PROTECTION SOUGHT
W IL L ELECT OFFICERS PAPERS RECEIVED
O fficers w ill be elected a t th e
n ex t reg u la r m eeting of th e H er­
m iston Tow nsend club,
Tuesday,
Ju ly 6, a t 8 :00 p. m., a t th e Union
church. N um bers on th e hooked rug
will be announced. R eports w ill be
given by delegates to th e d istric t
Tow nsend convention held a t Red­
mond, Ore., la st week.
N om ination of officers held e-
cently by th e club includes th e fol­
low ing can d id ates for election: C arl
Jack m an and F. M. G uiw its, p resi­
d en t; C. R. Moore and Mrs. F. M,
G uiw its, vice p resid en t; F. E. E arn -
h a rt an d Mrs. Geo. Beddow, secre­
ta ry ; Mrs. C. R Moore an d W aldo
Dyer, tre a su re r; J. W. M cM ullen,
O. L. Barlow, Mrs. H. B. D arling,
F. W Lenz, Mrs Sam Carson, Ed
B a rn e tt, Mrs. Alma Dyer, O. N. "Lon-
ey, H. B. D arling, C urtis Dyer and
Mrs. Joe Udey on th e advisory board.
The inco rp o ratio n papers for th e
U m atilla E lectric C ooperative a s­
sociation
have been received in
W ashington, D. C., and
reported
back by a ir m ail as co rrect in ail
details. T his is according to th e
le tte r received by W. J. W arn er,
atto rn ey for th e corporation, from
F. G. B astian. a ssista n t counsel for
th e R u ral E le c trific a tio n ladmlinib-
tratio n . Mr. B astian com plim ented
Mr. W a rn er on th e legal accuracy
and prom ptness in h an d lin g th e
m atter.
T his procedure com pletes
the p rep aratio n s for b eg in n in g work
in th e field.
M em bership cards a re now being
printed and th e w ork of sig n in g all
who desire th e use of elec tricity
will be commenced a t an early date.
KENNEW ICK RODEO
PREDICTION TOPS
Water Supply Plentiful.
A nnouncem ents com ing o u t of
K ennewick th is week in d icate th e
F o u rth of Ju ly celeb ratio n com m it­
tee, headed by Lee Johnson, was not
boasting idly w hen th ey predicted
several weeks ago th a t th is y e a r’s
festival w ill o u tclass an y th in g th a t
com m unity has yet attem p ted in th e
celebration line.
Rock Richm ond has announced
th a t such fam ous bulldoggers as
"Doc” and Jig g s Sim m ons of P ueblo
and B lackie B ry an t of A m erican
Falls w ill be on h an d to contest for
the handsom e b u lldogging prizes.
"W ild bulls, fresh off Jum p Off Joe
have been b ro u g h t in, and th e a r ­
ray of calf ropers alread y here in ­
sures excitem ent ap len ty in th a t re ­
spect,” said R ichm ond, g eneral m an­
ager of th e rodeo, a day or tw o ago.
Jo h n n ie aird B ernice T aylor w ill do
the trick rid in g and th ree fam ous
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♦ Indians have been em ployed to do
trick roping stu n ts.
STANFIELD
♦ The rodeos begin a t 2:00 p. m.
each of th e th ree days. T he pioneer
By Mrs. Carl Rhea
picnic is on Sunday and th e big fes­
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<• tival parade is set for Monday m o rn ­
Mrs. Jo h n B agan fell an d broke ing.
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her arm Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. P h il Q uinby were
Attends Chiropractic Meet.
guests a t the J. F. Lane home T h u rs
Dr. A. E. M arble of H erm iston a t ­
day.
K en n eth G abriel has blood poison tended th e sta te ch iro p ractic con­
ing in his arm and is u n d er th e doc­ vention held in P o rtlan d , Ju n e 26
to 28. He sta te s th a t it was one of
to r’s care.
Miss E sth er F redreckson of S eat­ the best he has ever attended. Lec­
tle visited here from Sunday u n til tu rers from C alifornia. W ash in g to n
T uesday w ith her paren ts. Miss and Idaho, gave in stru c tiv e talk s
F redreckson is an a rtis t on the vio­ and d em o n stratio n s. Dr. M arble was
lin an d has a c o n tra c t with a steam ­ elected a m um ber of th e executive
ship com pany sa ilin g from Seattle board of th e Oregon S tate C hiro­
to v ario u s p arts of th e w orld. She practic association. W hile th e re he
left T h u rsd ay for Alaska.
made arran g e m en ts to procure th e
The Bridge club met a t th e home services of a specialist in proctology
of Mrs. John B agan Monday.
for a few days a t some fu tu re date.
Mrs. Wm. Reeves' sister, E ffie Dates will be announced th ro u g h
Pennock of P o rtlan d , is v isitin g at th e H erald later.
the Reeves home.
Mrs. K enneth T rum bull was a v i­
Tonsil Clinic July 6-7.
sito r in P endleton Monday.
Leo C lark moved his fam ily here
Dr. F. B. Belt announces th a t to n ­
from Pendleton and th ey a re living sil clinics will be held at th e H er­
in th e Connor house.
m iston G eneral
h o sp ital Tuesday
Mr. H uquil has resigned his posi­ and W ednesday. Ju ly 6 and 7. A p­
tion a t th e CCC camp as educational pointm ents m ust he m ade not la te r
advisser and is ta k in g up police th an S atu rd ay . Ju ly 3rd. A spectnl-
work. _____________________
ly tra in e d a n a e sth e tist w ill be em­
ployed and th e doctor and hospital
fee w ill be »17.00, payable a t the
Meetings at Columbia School.
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tim e of th e operation. T here will be
E v an g elist George F. Mickey of no o th er tonsil clinics held th is
P o rtalis. New Mexico, will begin a sum m er.
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series of m eetings w ith th e Church
Catfish Unfit for Consumption.
of C hrist, m eeting in Columbia
school house Ju ly 4th. T here will
C atfish cau g h t in stream s and
be th re e services on th a t day, one at dams a t th is tim e of th e year have
10:00 a. m., an o th er a t 2 :30 p. m., been tested and are found u n fit for
and th e fin al a t 8 :00 p. m. A bas­ hum an consum ption by a u th o ritie s
ket d in n e r will be served in Colum­ at Oregon S tate college. These fish
bia p ark d u rin g th e noon hour. The are fine for e a tin g before the spaw n
public is invited to a tte n d these ser­ ing season b u t should not be used
as food a t present.
vices.
T he Cold S prings reservoir now
co n tain s 15,000 acre feet of w ater
more th a n a t th e same tim e last
year. In ad d itio n the feed can al Is
now c a rry in g 250 second feet and
according to a sta te m en t by th e sta te
w ater m aster th is is likely to con­
tin u e in to July. Prospects a re good
for a carry over for an o th er season
in th e reservoir. Because of snow
storage in th e h ig h er m ountains,
w hich d rifted into canyons to g re a t
depth, and also because of recen t
rain s, th e stream s of th e U m atilla
h ead w ater have a much h eavier
flow th a n usual a t th is season. The
Maxwell canal will have a la te r
supply from th e river, and th e Mc­
Kay reservoir has th e la rg e st s to r­
age in its history.
LATER CASH CROPS WILL OVERTAKE HAY
LOSSES SUSTAINED DURING JUNE RAINS
D u rin g the p ast week th e re has
been activ ity in th e hay fields. As
soon as th e recen t ra in s perm itted
stack in g , th e dam aged hay was
tu rn ed , aired,
and
hoisted
into
stacks.
Most of th e farm ers, who
had been cau g h t by th e rain s, sa lt­
ed th e hay an d rep o rt much less dam
age th a n was expected. W hile the
alfa lfa is colored considerably, some
of th e n a tu ra l color m ay be retu rn ed
th ro u g h th e sa ltin g and sw eatin g
processes. It Is believed some of the
feeding q u alities will be sustained.
The loss will not be over 20 per
cent.
O ther farm ers, who delayed c u t­
tin g because of th e rain s, began
w ork im m ediately, and w hile the
first crop was th u s delayed it is
now all in th e stack. The second
crop is com ing fast and if no o th er
unseasonable w eath er occurs to pre­
vent th e usual yields th ro u g h o u t
th e d istric t, th e th ree crops will be
harvested.
On W illow creek a large q u an tity
of hay was in th e shock d u rin g the
rain s b u t th a t valley still has plen­
ty of w ater for irrig a tio n to pro­
duce in excess of several preceeding
seasons. Allen Thomson of B u tter
Creek had a larg e q u a n tity of hay
down In th e rain b u t rep o rts saving
it, w ith very little loss. Sloan T hom ­
son rep o rts th e same, and because
of abu n d an ce of w ate r th e crops
along the creek will be far ahead of
the last few years.
On th e U m atilla Meadows more
severe dam age is rep o rted b ut th e
rap id ly grow ing second crop is ex­
pected to yield a la rg e tonnage. On
th e sm aller ran ch es of th e several
irrig a tio n projects th e hay dam age
was lig h t. A p len tifu l supply of
w ater gives an assu ran ce th a t the
second and th ird crops will over­
tak e any losses su stain ed because of
¡th e rain y w eather.
Corn and o th e r crops are advanc-
, ing exceptionally well
since th e
1 rain y spell. P la n tin g is being con-
Itin u ed in potatoes, sudan grass, su-
i g ar cane, m illet, some late potatoes
! and la te gardens. Melons, tom atoes,
and squash are all grow ing much
J b e tte r th a n d u rin g th e ea rlier p a rts
of th e season. W heat grow ing in
th e n earby te rrito ry a t Holdm an.
Echo,
B u tter Creek and
Morrow
j county is reported to have regained
(much over th e early season prom ise
| to yield from ten to tw en ty bushels
per acre.
Game reserves In th e H erm iston
te rrito ry were Inspected by Jam es
Gerow of th e U. S. Biological s u r­
vey d u rin g the past week. In com­
pany w ith V irgil Sm ith, in a sm all
riv er cruiser, he visited all points
along th e Columbia betw een A tta-
lia and U m atilla in research work
in v e stig a tin g th e possibilities of
fu rth e r p ro tectin g m ig rato ry w ater
fowls. N ear th e m outh of th e W al­
la W alla riv er two islands belong­
ing to th e governm ent w ere posted.
One of these islands co n tain s 3.7
acres .and an o th er five acres, w hich
are used as restin g an d h atch in g
places.
Mr. Gerow has ch arg e of such
work In Oregon, W ashington, Idaho
and Nevada. U nder th e law h u n t­
ers of m ig rato ry w ater fowls m ust
have a federal license, and th e re ­
ceipts from th is source a re used to
im prove th e condition of m ig rato ry
wild life in these states.
Feeding
of these fowls, such as wild ducks,
geese and b ran ts, by gam e clubs and
individuals for h u n tin g purposes, is
p ro h ib ited , b u t th e governm ent is
p la n tin g wild rice and o th er seeds
for feeding grounds w here possible.
T he v isit of Gerow here is b u t a
p a rt of th e n atio n al m ovem ent to
resto re wild life w hich had been so
ru th lessly
destroyed
d u rin g
the
years past. G reat im provem ent has
alread y been recorded b u t unless it
Is continued most of A m erican wild
life w ill be lost. These funds from
w h at is know n as th e duck stam p
a re b rin g in g good results. Gerow be­
lieves th e conditions here can he
m uch improved. Cold S prings reser­
voir and th e riv er ab o u t th e W est
E xtension dam are m a in ta in ed as
federal bird reserves. On any of
such reserves no sh o o tin g is allowed
and w ate r fowl soon learn to seek
such places to escape th e gu n s of
th e h u n te r.
Mr. Gerow ran th e cru iser over
th e U m atilla rapids d u rin g th e ex­
ploration of the river. T his cruiser
is moved from place to place on a
tra ile r, and is kept h ere much of
th e tim e. Gerow will re tu rn here
again in th e fall to estim ate the
num ber of w ater fowl th a t rest
here on th e ir trip fa rth e r south, and
th e num ber th a t rem ain here d u r­
ing th e w in ter season.
T he H erm iston Rod and Gun club
and o th e r sportsm en are su p p o rtin g
th e m ovement to protect wild game
and prese’rve h u n tin g w ith o u t the
d estru ctio n of the game.
FORMER HERMISTON
GIRL NOW SCIENTIST
A nother one of H erm isto n ’s girls
has been w orking and achieved suc­
cess in her chosen line.
Dr. Mudge I. S ch lo th h au er, d au g h ­
te r of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Q uick of
the w est side has re tu rn e d to the
W est from New York w here she has
been ta k in g special w ork in diseases
of women a t th e New York Post
G rad u ate Medical School of the Co­
lum bia U niversity.
Dr. S ch lo ti.h au er is on the sta ff of
the T ehachapi
V alley
hospital,
w hich is owned by herself an d her
husband, Dr. H. L. S chlothauer. She
also has received an ap p o in tm en t as
physician of th e W om an’s S tate In ­
s titu te located near T ehachapi.
Dr.
S ch lo th h au er
came
here
w ith h er p are n ts 21 years ago, and
o btained most of her first tw elve
grades of schooling in local schools.
Much of her success in th e lines of
science she says she owes to th e
early in stru c tio n she received in
m ath em atics from Miss Jessie B.
B rierley and
in chem istry from
Prof. A rnold G ralapp.
She atten d ed W alla W alla college
and la te r finished her medical work
a t th e College of M edical E v an g el­
ists a t Loma L inda and Los Angeles,
Cal. W ith her medical course com ­
pleted she received an ap p o in tm en t
as county h ealth officer of K ern
county. T here she developed a
h ea lth d ep artm en t th a t is recog­
nized In medical cen ters because of
its good work for thou san d s of
school children.
Even
w ith
her
m any d u ties. Dr. S ch o th h au er still
finds tim e to work for th e children
of her county.
In 1934 she and Dr. S ch o th h au er
sta rte d th e ir own hospital In T ehac­
hapi. It has grown u n til now th ree
doctors
are
reg u la rly employed
th ere
W hen Dr. S ch o th h au er finished
school it seemed only th e beginning,
for she has taken
post g rad u ate
work a t th e U niversity of C alifornia,
at Berkley, and now has Just re­
tu rn ed from her w ork a t Columbia
U niversity. T here she m et m any of
the w o rld 's famous physicians and
listened to th e ir lectures and le a rn ­
ed new and improved m ethods of
tre a tm e n t of diseases. She also a t ­
tended clinics and visited h ospitals
in New York, Boston, W ashington.
Long Island and Chicago.
It is w ith g reat pleasure th a t we
th in k of her and th e m any others
of H erm isto n ’s boys and girls who
a te well on the way to th e top of
the lad d er of success.
DELEGATION SEEKS
PORT ROAD SUPPORT
ASSISTANCE OFFERED
AT LAGRANDE. BAKER
Seeking su p p o rt for th e U m atilla
port road a delegation from U m a­
tilla county last F riday visited d e le ­
g ations a t La G rande an d B aker to
present th e arg u m en t for th e local
road to every in terested listener.
T he home delegation was received
a t La G rande by a com m ittee of 25
road en th u sia sts a t a luncheon in
th e Sacajaw ea hotel a t noon. C. H.
Reynolds ch airm an of th e Old O re­
gon T ra il association, presided. Roy
Raley of P endleton, a c tin g as c h a ir­
man of th e U m atilla delegation,
briefly presented th e case and called
on Roy R itn er to ex h ib it a new m ap
show ing th e changes of the road
th ro u g h H erm iston an d to o u tlin e
th e b en efits to w h eat grow ers and
heavy sh ip p ers th ro u g h th e connec­
tion of good roads w ith th e p o rt a t
U m atilla.
Wm. S w itzler of U m atilla was
asked to describe th e p rep a ra tio n s
th a t boat and barge com panies a re
m aking to handle gas and oil and
o th er to n n ag e a t U m atilla. He s ta t­
ed th a t th e S haver F o rw ard in g com ­
pany has purchased four blocks of
land a t U m atilla for a ta n k farm
and has m ade a lease w ith th e city
for 1000 feet of w ate r front. T he
In lan d N avigation com pany, w hich
has b u ilt th e In lan d Chief, one of
th e m ost m odern boats now in riv er
tra n sp o rta tio n , is n eg o tiatin g for
p ort facilities. T he ow ner of th e
Mary G ail tu g and barge lin e and
an o th er new ly organized com pany
is also p rep a rin g to h an d le fre ig h t
at U m atilla, he said.
E. P. Dodd presented th e g en eral
benefits of nav ig atio n and roads con­
n ectin g w ith th e port a t U m atilla to
the e n tire region along th e Old O re­
gon T rail, east th ro u g h P en d leto n,
LaG rande, Baker and in to so u th e rn
Idaho. He sta te d th a t U m atilla was
the only p o rt in th e g en eral develop­
ment of th e Snake an d Colum bia
w hich would be im p o rta n t to th e
reduction of rates in th e local te r r i­
tory and th ro u g h o u t ea ste rn O re­
gon.
F. C. M cKenzie spoke on th e nec­
essity of elim in a tin g four sh arp
curves and a grade crossing on a
curve i,\ H erm iston.
He .presented
th e fact th a t th e road could be b u ilt
w ith federal grade elim in ato n funds
The p roject has been approved by
the federal bureau, he said, and all
rig h t of way purchased, w ith th e ex­
ception of a q u a rte r of a mile.
From La G rande th e delegation
w ent to B aker and m et re p re se n ta ­
tives of th e C ham ber of Commerce
and Old Oregon T ra il association,
and m em bers of the co unty court. In
the rooms of th e B aker Cham ber of
Commerce. H ere th e arg u m en t w as
sim ilarly presented.
In ad d itio n to th e previously m en­
tioned delegates w ere W. W. F elt-
house and J. A. C larke of H erm is­
ton: H a rry H ull and L ieu allen
JIrow neil of U m atilla; and C ounty
Judge Carl Cham bers of P endleton.
D elegations contacted at
B aker
and La G rande agreed to execute
resolutions to th e S tate H ig h w ay
Commission and the F ederal Road
B ureau in support of th e U m atilla
port road.
SPOILED LEGUME HAY
VALUABLE FERTILIZER
Legum e hay, such as alfalfa and
clover, th a t has been spoiled by the
recent ra in s may be salvaged for
use as fertilizer, says Dr. W. L. Pow ­
ers, chief of th e soils d ep a rtm en t a t
Oregon S ta te college. He points out
th a t a ton of alfa lfa co n tain s ab out
40 pounds of n itro g en , w hich in
fertilizer, would cost as m uch as
10c a pound. I t also co n tain s ab o u t
25 pounds of potassium
and 7
pounds of phosphorus.
T his spoiled legume hay m akes a
valu ab le m ulch, checking ev ap o ra­
tion and loss of soil m oisture, an d
because of its favorable n itro g en
co n ten t for decom position, does not
depress grow th, Dr. Pow ers says.
W hen applied in o rch a rd s a t th e
ra te of tw o tons of d ry m aterial per
acre it w ill also earn soil conserva­
tion paym ents u n d er th e 1937 soil
conservation program . It is best to
remove th e spoiled crop from th e
fields prom ptly, he says, and if It
is not applied im m ediately to place
It in ricks for la te r use as fertilize r.
Weather Report.
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