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VOLUME XXX
HERMISTON, UMATILLA
NUMBER 49
BOARD SUMS UP
PROJECT FAIR NEEDS
PROSPECTS FOR
DISPLAYS GOOD
T he U m atilla P ro je ct fair board
sum m ed up the need of the com ing
silv er ju b ilee e n te rta in m e n t to be
staged Septem ber 2-3-4 on th e new
fa ir grounds, a t a m eeting M onday
n ig h t. S u p erin te n d en ts reported pro­
gress m ade in securing displays for
th e ir vario u s departm ents. Mrs. H .J.
O tt sta te d in d ic atio n s w ere th a t she
w ould need m ore space for th e flow ­
e r display th is year. Mrs. A. W.
T u rn b lad and Jess P rin d le a re as­
su red displays from th e various
g ran g e s for th e produce d ep artm en t.
H. A. Pankow was au thorized by
the board to m ake a trip to P o rt­
land to secure a ca rn iv al com pany
w hich w ill fu rn ish p a r t of th e e n te r­
ta in m e n t on th e grounds d u rin g the
fair. Bands from H eppner and I r r i­
gon w ill be inviied to p articip a te.
T he H eppner band has won th e s ta te
cham pionship in its class for the
past tw o years. A queen w ill again
ru le over th e fa ir, and dances for
her election will s ta r t im m ediately.
T he fa ir board an d local business
people a re co operating in securing
m ateria l for stre e t decorations to be
owned by th e fa ir board and city.
C itizens w ill be asked to cooperate
in m aking th e p ennants.
L. C. Dyer an d F ra n k
Seeliger,
su p e rin te n d e n ts of th e d airy d iv i­
sion, asked for th e cooperation of
dairym en in g e ttin g en tries in early
in order th a t sta ll space may be a r ­
ranged. C. A. L ynch, dairy H olstein
breeder on the project, will give a
p urebred H olstein calf to th e o u t­
sta n d in g boy or g irl in club work.
H e specifies, how ever, th a t th e club
m ust re ta in th e calf and not sell it.
The tu rk e y p icking contest for
th e cham pionship of the world will
ag ain be staged to contest th e e lig i­
b ility of G. G. Sm ith of S tanfield to
re ta in th e title . P rizes w ill be a r ­
ranged for and divided by th e sup­
erin ten d en t.
Ju d g in g w ill s ta r t a t 8:00 o’clock
F rid a y m orn in g and w ill be carried
to com pletion d u rin g th e day to a l­
low 4-H club boys and g irls to get
aw ay to a tte n d sta te fa ir a t Salem.
A new display th is year w ill be
one of p a stu re grasses, prepared by
th e U m atilla Field S tation. This w ill
not be com petative in any way.
The S te w a rt’s Service S tation has
given 25 gallons of Texaco gas in
connection and conjunction
w ith
o th e r sta tio n s for tra n sp o rta tio n of
livestock to th e fair.
A. E. Bensel w ill have charge of
th e sports program betw een 11:00
an d 12:00 a. m. an d 1:00 and 2:00
p. m. S aturday.
P oultrym en w ill be in terested to
know th a t Fred H. Cockell, poultry-
m an of M ilw aukee, is being so licit­
ed as a judge in th a t d ep artm en t.
Those present a t th e m eeting
were Mrs. A. W. T u rn b lad , Mrs. Geo.
H ark en rid e r, Mrs. H. J. O tt, L. C.
D yer, J. Jendrzejew sk i, Jess P rin ­
dle, E. D. M artin, Ja y T. Pierson,
H. A. P ankow , E. Cox, J. Skovbo,
H a rry Kelley, G erald W hite, A. E.
Bensel. _______
COUNTY,
OREGON,
JULY 29, 1937.
SOIL CONSERVATION HEDWALL PLACED
SURVEY NO W ON
A T WENATCHEE
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR J. E. REEVES
MISS PAUL BRIDE
OF NEIL BOYNTON
L. R. Cook, field survey forem an,
u nder th e soil co n servation act, is
busy in th e w est end of U m atilla
county w ith th ree crews of men,
m aking surveys of every ran ch . Two
crew s have th ree men, an d th e th ird
has four. They survey each ranch
as to acreag e of all crops now be­
ing produced and also th e idle land.
T h e ow ner can p rocure a copy of the
m aps m ade of h is farm .
Cook sta te s th a t th e farm ers on
irrig a te d lan d s a re becoming more
in te reste d in th e soil conservation
program as they begin to u n d erstan d
its purpose, an d receive its benefits.
He finds th a t a g re a t m any do not
know how best to conform w ith the
req u irem en ts of th e act, an d th ese
people a re urged to go before the
county com m ittee in P endleton.
E ach farm has a d iffe re n t setup,
and each m an know s w h at he w ants
to p la n t, an d by stu d y of his own
case he w ill be able to secure g re a t­
er paym ents for his work.
Cook believes th a t 90 p ercen t of
those who signed w ork sheets last
sp rin g w ill be able to qu alify for
paym ents. T h e a c t is to be co n tin ­
ued.
STANFIELD (S p e cia l)— F u n eral
services w ere held Monday m orning
a t th e P re sb y teria n ch u rch for Jo h n
E lm er Reeves, who died suddenly
a t his home S atu rd ay m orning.
The Rev. Mr. H u n te r of th e F u ll
Gospel M ission of Pendleton, con­
ducted th e services.
Reeves was born in L inn county,
Oregon. Ja n u a ry 10, 1865. He came
w ith his p aren ts, O lijah and D iana
Reeves to P endleton in 1870 and
had lived continuously in th is coun­
ty ever since, and a t his la te home
for 44 years.
He was m arried to A nne K enison
P rice in 1893 and she survives him
as do one b ro th er, W. T. Reeves of
th e Meadows, an d one sister, Mrs.
L au ra P e rrin of P endleton.
Reeves h ad been a m em ber of
O verland lodge, I. O. O. F., of Echo
for nearly 40 years having received
a 25 year jew el several y ears ago.
P allb earers were m em bers of th e I.
O. O. F., B url P earson, H ow ard
P earson, Lee Pearson, Ben G askill,
Jo h n Y oung of Echo, an d M. J. Mc­
D erm ott of S tanfield.
An a ttra c tiv e w edding was solem ­
nized Sunday m orning a t 9:00
o’clock in th e L u th e ra n ch u rch in
P endleton w hen Miss Em ogene Paul,
d a u g h te r of Mr. an d Mrs. C. A.
Paul, became th e brid e of Mr. Neil
Boynton of H erm iston. Rev. E. M.
B utenshon read th e vows.
The bride was ch arm in g in a w hite
sa tin gown b u ilt on princess lines
w ith a tra in , and veil ca u g h t up a t
th e back by o ran g e blossoms. She
carried a w hite p ray er book. Her fa ­
th e r gave h er in m arriage.
W. L. B oynton of Helix, b ro th er
of th e groom , acted as best man.
Miss M arg aret F elthouse of P o rt­
land, who was maid of honor, wore
a floor len g th blue n et gown and
carried a nosegay of pink la rk sp u r
and baby b reath .
T he th ree bridesm aids, who were
school chum s of th e bride, were Miss
R u th C herry of Corvallis, Miss Mary
Brow nson of H erm iston, an d Mrs.
W. J. C ochran of Silverton, Ore. All
w ore floor le n g th gow ns in pastel
shades and carried nosegays of pink
la rk sp u r and baby 1 reath .
M em eers of th e im m ediate fam ily,
and close frien d s w ere present at
th e w edding and th e reception held
a t th e b rid e’s home im m ediately fol­
low ing th e cerem ony.
T he bride is a g rad u a te of H er­
m iston U nion high school an d has
been employed in H erm iston since
th a t t ’me. T he groom is a prom inent
tu rk ey producer in th is section and
is also a g rad u a te of th e local high
school. T hey plan to m ake th e ir
home on a tw en ty acre farm south
of town.
T he young couple m ade a sh o rt
trip tc W allow a lake, re tu rn in g
W ednesday.
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Townsend Club Meeting.
H erb ert H edw all, m an ag er of th e
Safew ay sto re here, has been tr a n s ­
ferred to W enatchee, W n. He left
th is aftern o o n for w h at is know n as
th e apple city of th e world. He has
been prom oted to th e m anagership
of the la rg e st of th e th re e Safew ay
sto res in W enatchee, w hich is rated
as th ree tim es th e volum e of th e
sto re here. C raig Percy, form erly of
th e H erm isto n sto re and recen tly
tra n sfe rre d to W alla W alla succeeds
to th e place of m an ag er here.
H edw all has been connected w ith
th e store here since October, 1930,
and has been m anager for th e past
five years. He has served as p resi­
d en t of th e Com m ercial club n ea rly
two years; has been m aster of th e
local Oddfellow lodge, an d was a p ­
pointed d istric t d eputy g ran d m as­
te r of th e sta te a t th e last g ran d
lodge. He came here in 1917 w ith
his p aren ts, who located a hom e­
stead on th e n o rth hill, an d stjll re ­
side there. He atten d ed school here
b eg in n in g in th e second grade. L ast
fall he m arried Miss G race Jackson,
who w ith th e ir baby son, w ill re ­
m ain here u n til su itab le a rra n g e ­
m ents can be made for a hom e in
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We n a t c hee.
MODERN LIG H TIN G
IN GRADE SCHOOL
FARMERS SPONSOR
DAIRY FIELD DAY
PROM INENT
DAIRYM EN C O M IN G
T he D aiiry Field Day sponsored
by th e U m atilla E x p erim en t Field
S tatio n , th e U m atilla-M orrow D airy
H erd Im provem ent association and
th e U m atilla C ooperative C ream ery
will be held a t th e field sta tio n S at­
urd ay , A ugust 14, s ta rtin g a t 10:00
a. m. A new fe a tu re plan n ed by
th e field sta tio n is th e crops id e n ti­
fication contest. A display is being
a rran g e d by men a t th e sta tio n .
The program will open w ith a
field tr ip th ro u g h th e sta tio n fields,
followed a t 11:00 o’clock by a d airy
c a ttle ju d g in g contest. Roger Morse,
D airym an of th e Oregon E xten sion
Service, w ill d irect
th is
contest.
T he crops id e n tifica tio n
co n test
w ill be held a t 11:45 u n d er th e d i­
rectio n of th e statio n .
A d airy d em o n stratio n by two 4-H
club boys w ill be given a t 1 2 :0 0 o’­
clock. T he nam es of th e boys w ill
be announced a t a la te r date. Im ­
m ediately follow ing th is a basket
d in n er w ill be served and each farm
fam ily w ill b rin g th e ir own d in n e r
b ut coffee w ill be fu rn ish ed by the
sta tio n and ice cream by cream ery,
free of charge. E ach fam ily p resent
will have th e ir own basket.
W a lte r A. H olt,
county
ag en t
from Pendleton, w ill have ch arg e of
the aftern o o n program .
I. R. Jones, D airy H usbandm an of
Oregon E x p erim en t
S tatio n , w ill
give the resu lts of th e d airy ex p eri­
m ents conducted a t th e U m atilla
Field S tatio n here. T h is w ill be a t
1 :30 p. m.
G. A. Brow n, m anager of I n te r­
s ta te A ssociated C ream eries of P o rt­
land, w ill give a ta lk on th e m a rk e t­
in g program used by th e cream er­
ies of th e association. Mr. Brow n Is
well know n here, h av in g atten d e d
th e an n u a l m eeting of th e local
cream ery. T his w ill be from 1 :50
to 2:10.
Roger Morse of Corvallis,
w ill
give a ta lk on “ Long Tim e D airy
C attle B reeding P ro g ram for Oregon
B reeders,” a t 2:10. T he cream g ra ­
ding law and its effect on th e d airy
farm er, will also be ex p lain ed a t
2:30, by A. W. M etzger, A ssistant
Chief of Foods and D airies of th e
S tate D ep artm en t of A g ricu ltu re a t
Salem.
A. E. Bensel w ill conduct a sports
program s ta rtin g a t 2:50. R esults
and prizes for the Jud g in g co n test
will be given a t th is tim e. V arious
o rg an izatio n s are o fferin g prizes for
th is contest.
The Tow nsend club w ill m eet LEGION - A U X IL IA R Y
T uesday, A ugust 3rd. A D utch au c­
A c o n tra ct has been le t to J. V.
tion w ill be th e m ost im p o rta n t JOINT INSTALLATION
V illerm oure for w irin g th e grad e
p a rt of th e program and mem bers
school b u ild in g p rep a ra to ry to in ­
are asked to b rin g a rticle s to be
The A m erican Legion P ost and sta llin g modern lig h t fix tu res in all
sold.
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A uxiliary U n it held jo in t in s ta lla ­ rooms, it w as announced th is week
tio n T h u rsd ay evening of la st week by th e school board. P lan s for th e
w ith Mrs. E ffie R itchey, d istric t w iring w ere draw n by J. H. K eller,
p resid en t of M ilton, a n d Ray Dukek,
engineer
of
P o rtlan d ,
The M isses B etty R alp h and d istric t com m ander of Condon, a c t­ electrical
w hich req u ire 25,000 kilow ats in
R u th Dodd of H erm iston, and Irene ed as in sta llin g officers.
the en tire building. Foot lig h ts w ill
Tem ple of P en d leto n , an d Fred H en-
A uxiliary officers w ere presented be in stalled on the stag e in th e au d i­
sel an d Jo h n S hum ate m otored to
T ollgate S unday w here th ey spent w ith corsages m ade by Mrs. A nna to riu m and all w irin g will be con­
H ighw ay Men Injured.
th e day. F red H ensel atten d ed the B riggs in com plim ent to th e o ffi­ cealed. T h ere w ill be eig h t circu its
Safew ay Store em ployee’s picnic in cers. G race Mudge w as in stalled as in th e basem ent, 14 on th e first
T hree men w orking w ith th e sta te
p resident, G race Logan as vice p res­ floor and 18 on th e second. Bids h ighw ay oiling crew w ere in ju red
session there.
ident, Tess Jackson, se c re ta ry -tre a s­ were opened la st week and th e con­ la st week, one in th e lin e of duty.
Mrs. Mamie S m ith of Los Angeles, u rer, C lara Piersol, second vice pres­ tra c t aw arded to V illerm oure.
Ed Roe fell from a tru ck to th e high
Calif., cousin of Mrs. B. H. Fix who ident, E d ith Cable, h isto ria n , E th e l
way, receiving head and arm lacer­
is v isitin g here, an d Mr. and Mrs. Connor,
serg e an t-at-a rm s,
D ora PIONEERS TOO BUSY
atio n s. He was in th e H erm iston
Fix and Mr. and Mrs. R alph Fix M ikesell, chaplain. Inez A m sberry
G eneral hospital for two days, being
m otored to H elix Sunday w here they was in stalled as ju n io r p ast p resi­
released Sunday. H arold Glasscock
visited a t th e home o f Mr. and Mrs. den t, H a ttie H amm as in sta llin g m u­ TO ATTEND PICNIC
suffered in ju rie s In an au to acci­
Lloyd F ix. They re tu rn e d to P en ­ sician and Belle Shesely as serg ean t-
dleton w here Mrs. S m ith rem ained at-arm s.
The sm all atten d a n ce a t th e pio­ d en t betw een Ione and L exington
to v isit a t th e home of Mrs. Geo.
association picnic Sunday in early S unday m orning. He was ta k ­
W. L. Ham m was in stalled as post neer
G anger.
Columbia p ark w as a ttrib u te d to th e en to th e Heppnjer hospital. H ow ard-
Cable, 1st vice busy season and th e fact th a t many Doan w as tak en to St. A nthony s
Mr. an d Mrs. C u rtis Sim ons and com m ander, R. A. H. H. Piersol,
2nd vice are aw ay on vacations. Mrs. A. E. ho sp ital in P endleton Sunday w hen
d au g h te r S hirley sp en t S atu rd ay in p p resident,
Lyle T ilden, a d ju ta n t, O. M cFarland of U m atilla was re-elect­ he received in ju rie s in an au to acci­
W alla W alla w ith his p are n ts Mr. L. resident,
Barlow , se rg e an t a t arm s, and ed p resid en t, to g e th er w ith A. E. d en t n ear P endleton. T he highw ay
and Mrs. L. E. Simons, who w en t to
Bensel as vice presid en t and Mrs. o ilin g crew w ill leave H erm iston
B ingham S p rin g s w ith them Sunday Wm. K ik, chaplain.
th e la tte r p a rt ot th e week.
to spend th e day. Miss N ola Simons
Wm. Bensel as secretary.
Load Lumber Lost.
of P en d leto n also joined them S un­
Jim Logan was said to be one of
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day.
Geo. Moody of B aker, Ore., m is­ th e oldest pioneers p resen t a t th e
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Miss M arg aret W h ite, lib ra ria n a t judged th e tu rn a t th e R ohrm an picnic h av in g come to P ine C ity to
COLUMBIA
♦
the U niversity of C alifo rn ia a t B erk­ M otor com pany co rn er and lost a a tte n d school in 1888. Mrs. A nna
By Lois H u tch iso n
ley, who h as been v isitin g her mo­ load of 8000 feet of lum ber early E dw ards of U m atilla came to W al­ •
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th e r, Mrs. A rie tta W h ite for the W ednesday m orning en ro u te from lowa co unty in 1878. She gave an
Betw een two an d th ree h undred
past fo u r weeks, le ft th is week for P o rtlan d to Baker. L um ber is hauled in te re stin g ta lk ab o u t her early ex­ decple were in atten d a n ce a t the
her home, accom panied to P o rtlan d reg u la rly and th is is th e first m is­ periences.
F arm B ureau A uxiliary ice cream <• ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
by her m other, who w ill spend four hap. No one was in ju re d and tr a f ­
Mrs. Fred R eiks of Irrig o n gave social held in Colum bia p ark F riday
BOARDMAN
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fic was directed u n til th e lum ber an in te re stin g sto ry of her early evening. T he follow ing program <
days there.
experiences crossing the plain s and was given: N um bers by th e harm o ­
By M ary etta Thom as
Miss A nna Rae M artin, who is was a g a in loaded* on th e t r uck.
In hom esteading in Prom ise lan d in nica ban d ; D onald D eM o ss,a g u ita r
employed as ste n o g ra p h er for Raley,
W allow a valley. She came to Uma­ and vocal solo; T alk on trip to 4-H
T he P u g et Sound D redge Co., of
K ilkenney and Raley, a tto rn e y s in
Weather Report.
tilla an d th ere m ade th e b a ttle for sum m er school by A nne Sommerer, S eattle, W n., has moved, and w ill
P endleton, was home early th is
Max. Min. su stain a n ce of h er fam ily.
week w hjle on a tw o w eeks' vaca­ Date
delegate se n t by F arm B ureau A ux­ s ta r t w ork a t M iller rapids. Many
E. P. Dodd talked on early pio­ iliary ; S kit by C olum bia S titch ers people who work on th e barg e have
tion, p a rt of w hich she plans to Ju ly 22 ................ ................. 97 . .. 55
spend on th e coast, a t S eattle and Ju ly 23 ................ ................. 105 .. 53 n eerin g an d R. G. Penney gave a Sew ing club; Vocal d u et by Thelm a moved to B oardm an w here th ey will
talk on pioneering in ru ra l ele c tri­ Shipp an d Lois H u tch iso n ; N um bers rem ain for a t least th ree m onths.
Spokane.
Ju ly 24 ................ ................. 105 .. 60
by th e m en’s q u a rte t of H erm iston W ork sta rte d W ednesday.
Mrs. M ary C ourtney, m o th er of Ju ly 25 ................ ................. 104 .. 70 fication.
David S lattery , son of one of th e composed of Jo h n C larke, Enos M ar­
A G range picnic w ill be held Sun­
Mrs. G lenn Seeley, who is a t the
................. 101 .. 68 oldest pioneers in U m atilla, and
tin , W a lte r H am m and A1 Q u lrin g , day on th e beach a t Coyote, an d ev­
C hristley ran ch in C olum bia d istric t Ju ly 26 ................
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
Tom
S
lattery
,
gave
tw
o
tap
dance
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102
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66
R ecitatio n by Mrs. W alter S m ith; eryone is asked to a tte n d , b rin g in g
left W ednesday m o rn in g for Pome­ Ju ly 27 ................
99 . .. 65 num bers. Group sin g in g was con­ V iolin solo by H. J. O tt, accom pan­ th e ir lunch.
28 ................ .............
NOTICE IS H EREBY GIVEN th a t roy, W n., to v isit friends. She has Ju ly
ducted and en ji^ed^
Mrs. A llen and son an d gran d son
ied by Jesse P rin d le. T he evening
F red H uber an d V ictor L. P angle, been h ere for five weeks and will
Feed Store Remodeled.
was a success both socially and fi­ of Los A ngeles were visitors a t th e
doing business as Pasco A uto Com­ re tu rn to her home in T ulsa, O kla­
Wreck On W allula Cut-off.
nan cially .
. home of Mr. and Mrs. B aker Monday
pany, has dissolved p a rtn e rs h ip and homa, a fte r her W ash in g to n visit.
T he E llis Feed S tore is being re ­
L. W. Dixon w ill hold a dance in aftern o o n . They were en ro u te to La
th a t F red H uber has purchased the T he Seeleys plan to locate here.
A w reck caused by a blow out oc­
modeled th is week m ak in g th e d is­
Mr. and Mrs. Duff K n ig h t of Uma play room on th e n o rth end of the cu rred yesterday m o rning on th e his new hop d ry er th e evening of G rande to v isit relatives.
e n tire in te re st of V ictor L. P angle
Ed McCellan of P o rtla n d has been
tilla enjoyed th e ir n in th w edding b u ild in g by rem oving a p artitio n W allu la cut-off ab o u t a mile east A ugust 7, for the young people of
th e re in .
v isitin g Mrs. K unze and fam ily.
All acco u n ts ow ing to Pasco A uto a n n iv e rsa ry T uesday evening w hen Office space is being p artitio n ed off of th e a irp o rt in w hich m em bers of th e project.
Dick U pham retu rn ed from Salem R u th K unze accom panied him to
Com pany shall be paid to Fred H u ­ a group from H erm iston and Uma­ a t th e so u th e ast corner of th e room. th e fam ily of Bob Bell of C en tralia,
P o rtlan d , w here she plans to stay
ber, w ho w ill contin u e doing busi­ tilla enjoyed a swim an d picnic on A porch, or service la n d in g w ill be W n., suffered m in o r in ju ries. The M onday aftern o o n .
George Kelcey re tu rn e d to Van- u n til school sta rts.
ness as Pasco A uto Com pany, and th e U m atilla beach They w ere Mrs. co n stru cted a t th e w est en tran ce. E. car was dem olished. Mrs. Bell su f­
Dale and Don F ord are spending
all accounts ow ing by th e Pasco Au­ L au ra M ortim ore, Mrs. In a W essell, I. Ary of W alla W alla, c a rp en te r for fered in ju rie s to her shoulder and couves, W n., S atu rd ay a fte r having
to Com pany w ill be paid by Fred B arbara W essell, F ran ces Dawson, th e Chisholm G rain & Feed com­ one of th e tw o girls su stain ed b ru is­ sp e n t a week v isitin g h is nephew, a few w eeks’ v acatio n a t th e home
of th e ir a u n t in W alla W alla, and
Mr. an d
Mrs. pany, is d oing th e w ork. W. W| es to one foot. T he fa th e r, and a n ­ H. A. Hooker.
H uber, individually, doing business G ladys D riscoll,
A new chicken house on th e Ches­ w ith th e ir g ran d m o th er in H u n ts­
K night, Floyd Carnes, Lowell Stock- Felthouse re ta in s no office space in o th e r d a u g h te r escaped w ith o u t in ­
as Pasco A uto Com pany.
Dated th is 21st day of Ju ly , 1937. ard. W a lte r P h illip s and B. I. W h it­ th e building. P ete Berg is th e m an­ ju ry . They were b ro u g h t to H erm is­ te r H u n t place burned to th e ground ville.
H arry H olden, firs t of th e w ate r­
W ednesday aftern o o n w hen it cau g h t
VICTOR L. PANGLE
ney.
ton for trea tm e n t.
a g e r of th e sto re here.
melon
pickers, arriv ed in Boardm an
on
H
ire
from
b
u
rn
in
g
rub
b
ish
on
F R E D HUBER
W. J. C ochran arriv ed W ednesday
from T oronto, C alif., th is week.
n earb y ground.
( J u ly 2 9 |
aftern o o n to v isit his wife and baby
Miss Goldie M iller w en t to La
Dell C h ristley
and his m other
who are v isitin g a t th e hom e of her
Mrs.
Em m a C hristley,
retu rn ed G rande to chaperone a G irl’s L eague
m other, Mrs. B ert M ullins. C ochran
S unday from a w eek's trip to Cali- cam p to r a week. She has been vis­
has sp en t more th a n six weeks at
itin g Miss Lois M essenger. From La
frn ia.
th e U n iv ersity of M innesota, ta k in g
Mr. an d Mrs. V ictor Addlem an G rande she plans to go to O n tario
By ERMA BYRNES.
chem istry and coaching. He was
and d a u g h te r S hirley, N ina Rae Mc­ to her home.
coach In th e local h igh school th ree
Percy R ake re tu rn e d from W ood­
Culley, Mr. and Mrs. DeMoss and
years
ago
and
is
now
a
t
S
ilverton.
Mrs. Ben S pencer and d a u g h te r
fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. H arold H unt land w here he is sta y in g w ith Mr.
Ore.
He
w
ill
rem
ain
h
ere
u
n
til
E d ith a n n e re tu rn e d T h u rsd ay from
an d Mrs. Ray Brown.
The U m atilla E le ctric Coopera­ plum bing from five to ten per cent and fam ily spent Sunday aftern o o n
P o rtla n d w here they w ere guests a t S unday an d his w ife w ill follow
Mr. and Mrs. Alva G rubb an d
a t th e C olum bia riv er sw im m ing.
advance
paym
ent
is
req
u
ired
,
w
ith
w
ith
in
tw
o
weeks.
tive
association
is
now
busy
secu
r­
th e R alph D avis home for several
G eorge Stevens of El Monte, Cal­ Florence of H alfw ay visited th e Rev.
same
periods
of
paym
ents,
on
th
e
ing
members,
and
public
m
eetings
Mr. an d Mrs. T ay lo r H a r r and
days.
ifornia, was th e over n ig h t guest of H. B. T hom as and fam ily S atu rday.
Mae W u rste r an d Louise Jackson son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J u n io r are being held th ro u g h o u t the d is­ balances. A fter m em berships are Wm. N ebergall la st F riday. Stevens They w ere re tu rn in g to th e ir home
signed,
a
survey
of
th
e
desired
tric
ts
proposed
to
be
served.
At
re tu rn e d S unday
from
P o rtlan d H aar of Los Angeles, Calif., spent
m akes th e trip an n u a lly v isitin g from Bend w here th ey visited Mrs.
w here they had spent a week.
th ree days th is week a t th e home Boardm an M onday evening, fifty eq uipm ent for each farm w ill be frien d s betw een C alifo rn ia and Id a­ G rubb's paren ts.
made
and
reported
to
th
e
EFHA.
R aym ond McNabb, who has been of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson H a rr in Co­ farm ers atte n d e d th e h earin g , and
Louis Jackson and Mae W u rste r
T he ap p ro p riatio n by th e REA of ho.
h elp in g Gus Tonies do some p a in t­ lum bia d istric t. T hey le ft T uesday a m a jo rity sig n in g th e required p a­
w ere d in n e r guests a t th e H. B.
Mrs.
H.
L.
C
ourtney,
who
has
$129,000
is
for
th
e
co
n
stru
ctio
n
of
At S tan field T uesday even­
in g in H oldm an for a few days, re ­ to com plete a to u r of th e n o rth w est. pers.
been v isitin g her d a u g h te r, Mrs. Thom as home S aturday. They w ere
Mr. T ay lo r H a rr is tech n ical en g i­ ing th e sam e in te re st was show n but th e m ain lines and home co n n ect­ Seeley a t th e C hristley ran ch , left re tu rn in g
tu rn e d hom e F rid a y .
from
P o rtlan d
w here
ions.
T
he
eng
in
eers
estim
ated
th
is
Mrs. Don H arry m an an d son G er­ neer in th e Fox stu d io s in H olly­ due to th e electric storm , atten d an ce
they had enjoyed a c tiv itie s d u rin g
for
her
home
in
T
ulsa,
Oklahom
a,
to
be
th
e
cost,
b
u
t
if
necessary,
T he m eetings will be
ald and Mrs. R obert P ike and ch ild ­ wood.
. „
, was lig h t.
fleet week.
was m ade avallale to a la st W ednesday.
ren spent T h u rsd ay aftern o o n in
Mr. and Mrs. E arl B oynton of continued as scheduled. It is expec­ money
Mrs. T albot of San Diego is v isit­
Mrs. H. A. Hooker and Mrs. How­
Boardm an v isitin g friends.
P o rtlan d , Mr. and Mrs. R alph F a r n ­ ted th a t th e m em bership of all farm ­ cred it of $750,000, th ro u g h th e con­ ard M ontgom ery were Pasco visitors ing Mrs. J. F. Gorham .
tr
a
c
t
of
th
e
U
m
atilla
E
lectric
Co­
Jam es B yrnes spent F rid a y in ham of M cM innville, and Mr. and ers who desire elec tricity and ap p li­
Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Barlow of
T ouchet v isitin g his m other.
Mrs. W. L. B oynton of H elix and ances will be com pleted in th e near o p erative w ith th e R ural E le ctrifi- Monday.
H orace P. Addis of th e E ast O re­ H eppner and L ucille w ere visitors
Miss R uth Thom pson, who is in th e ir d a u g h te r E lean o r sp e n t th e fu tu re. T he m em bership fee in the cafiion ad m in istra tio n , for com ple­ gonian was a business v isito r in th is a t th e Claud Coats place Sunday.
tion of th e system , If needed and ap ­
tra in in g a t St. A nth o n y 's hospital week end a t th e home of Mrs. W. S. cooperative is $5.00.
They met th e ir d a u g h te r M arie, who
d is tric t Tuesday.
The w orkings of th e new project proved by the REA.
in P endleton, has been v isitin g her Boynton. Tlfey atten d e d th e w ed­
A lfred Shipp, who is em ployed In has been a tte n d in g school in P o rt­
F arm ers who desire may buy and
d ing of Miss Em ogene P aul and Nell was explained a t th e Boardm an and
p are n ts here.
land.
Mr. an d Mrs. Ja ck Geer and d au g h ­ Boynton in P en d leto n Sunday m orn­ S tanfield m eetings by R. G. Penney, In stall th e ir own equipm ent. If th e pea h arv e st a t W eston, sp en t th e
Law rence
N orkoskle,
who has
end w ith his p aren ts
te r of n e a r Fossil, spent T hursday ing. E arl B oynton J r ., who has been president of th e board and J. E. Say­ funds a re secured from the EHFA week
Sanderson, who has been vis been w o rking a t A berdeen, r e tu r n ­
and F rid a y v isitin g h e r p aren ts v isitin g his g ran d m o th er for th e lor, su p e rin ten d e n t. T he area to be th e work w ill be let by c o n tra ct in Itin Lois
g a t th e H. A. Hooker home for ed home th is week accom panied by
past th re e weeks, retu rn ed to P o rt­ I served has been divided in to seven th e d iffe re n t divisions. These funds
here.
Bob Chase of Bend.
I d istric ts, know n as A, B, C, D, E. F may be secured for lig h tin g , plum b­ th e past week, left S atu rd ay for her
E rm a Byrnes. G lenn Ostrom and land w ith his paren ts.
Eldon S hannon, who is w orking
home
In
La
G
rande.
ing,
refrig
eratio
n
,
septic
tanks,
mo­
I
and
G.
and
co
n
stru
ctio
n
of
lines
will
V ane H ia tt spent S unday fish in g on
The ju n io r boys class of th e Union
out of H erm iston w ith the sta te high
L
au
ren
ce
H
u
n
t
sp
en
t
a
few
days
tors,
m
ilk
in
g
m
achines,
and
o
th
e
r
be
commenced
In
each
d
istric
t
as
Cable Creek n ear U kiah.
church enjoyed an all n ig h t o u tin g
way o ilin g crew , was here Sunday.
Don H arry m an an d Clyde H oyt, at th e hom e of th e ir teach er, Cecil soon as th e necessary arran g em en ts ap p lian ces and equipm ent desired by last week v isitin g his p aren ts. Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. G orham and
and
Mrs.
H
arold
H
unt.
th
e
farm
er.
w ho a re w orking In th e h arvest In W arn er, Sr., la st F rid a y n ig h t. The a re com pleted.
Mrs. T albot, and Ja n e tt, K ate and
Bobby
H
utchison
of
P
endleton
is
All
featu
res
of
th
e
e
n
tire
set-up
In addition to th e ap pro p riatio n
th e H oldm an d istric t, spent Sunday boys swam in th e A line in the
M ardell G orham , all w ent to M ult­
evenin g , slep t in b la n k ets on th e for c o n stru c tin g lines, funds are al­ a re explained a t th e public h e a r­ v isitin g his g ra n d p a re n ts, Mr. and nomah F alls w here they spent the
w ith th e ir fam ilies.
Mrs.
C
harles
Eppsrson.
ings
and
farm
ers
are
urged
to
a
t
­
Lola B erry of P o rtlan d , w ho is law n and cooked th e ir b reak fast so made av ailab le th ro u g h th e E lec­
E v an g elist Mickey and fam ily, day Sunay. J a n e t and K ate w ent to
v isitin g h er g ra n d p a re n ts in Irrig o n , over cam p fires in th e early m orn­ tric Home F arm A u th o rity , EH FA, tend these m eetings to ask such
who
have been v isitin g a t th e H e­ P o rtlan d and Seaside to spend two
spent S unday in U m atilla.
ing.
T he boys present w ere Dale for th e purchase of ap pliances and qu estio n s as th ey desire.
b
ert
home,
left Sunday for Caldwell, weeks.
D ates and places for o th e r m eet­
P h y llis Long, w ho h as been v isit­ G ains. Dick and Jack B elt, F ran cis for w irin g houses and b u ild in g s on
A b irth d a y p a rty was given for
in g rela tiv e s here, re tu rn e d to her C larke. B illy Barlow , Jack Rogers. th e farm . T h is money may be had ings are : Columbia school house, Idaho, w here he w ill conduct an ­ Shirley A rlene Peck th is week a t
o
th
e
r
series
of
m
eetings.
Sonny W alker. Ray Shaw , Jo h n Me on paym ent of 20 per cent of the Ju ly 30; H erm iston Union ch u rch .
hom e In Oregon City.
Mrs. Chas E pperson’s sister and her home. Several little g irls of her
Mr. and Mrs. H a rry G ram m ar re­ M ullen, B ern ard Corps, Dick K ings­ cost, for a period of from one to Ju ly 31; and Irrig o n school house,
son
of P o rtlan d arriv ed here S un­ own age enjoyed gam es an d refre sh ­
tu rn e d S atu rd ay from a tw o w eeks’ ley. E ddie Jack m an . B illy K n err an d th re e years a t five per cent in te r ­ A ugust 2. All m eetings begin a t
m ents.
day for a visit.
Louis W ilson.
est. F or au to m atic
pumpe and 8 :00 P M.
v ac atio n on th e coast.
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