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VOLUME XXX
DUMBER 1
HERMISTON. UMATILLA
SIIVER JUBIlfE
PARADE ROUTED
T h e U m atilla P ro ject fa ir w ill
open next T h u rsd ay on e n try day
an d continue th ro u g h F rid ay and
S atu rd ay in w hat is expected to be
th e biggest of all shows.
T he parade w ill be a big fea tu re
of th e show th is year, s ta rtin g prom
p tly a t 10:00 o’clock S aturday m orn
in g u n d e r th e supervision of E. P.
Dodd. All p a rtic ip a n ts are asked to
assem ble before 9 :0 0 o’clock on the
stre e t leading from the fair grounds,
past th e F arm B ureau buildings, ac
ross th e railro ad trac k , and along
th e stre e t leading to th e the h ig h
w ay dow n H u rlb u rt avenue. The
f a ir queen and her a tte n d a n ts will
be followed by all irrig a tio n d istric t
floats.
T he ro u te w ill be from W a lk er’s
Service S ta tio n alo n g M ain street:
to th e H erm iston
H otel and then
n o rth around R o rh m an ’s corner, to
th e O. & W. depot, and p ast the
C ooperative Cream ery, and
west
alo n g H erm iston avenue w here the
parade w ill disband.
T he floats for th e cooperatives
w ill form on th e ^ r e e t in fro n t of
th e cooperative buildings. All busi
ness flo ats w ill assem ble on th e
s tre e t leading south from th e F arm
B u reau tow ard th e Thom as Campbell
home. The tu rk ey and poultry floats
and individual farm floats w ill fall
in lin e behind th e cooperative floats.
The Round-Up Queen and a tte n d
a n ts an d th e Round-U p riders will
form in line behind the fa ir queen
and d istric t floats, n ear th e d istric t
b uilding. Im m ediately behind them
w ill be th e CCC flo a t and boys in
m a rc h in g position, followed by the
Boy Scouts. A t th e Legion h all the
school busses and school children
w ill en te r th e parade.
D irectors on horses and officers
w ill be placed alo n g the lin e of
m arch to direct th e various divis
ions of th e parade.
T he prem ium d a iry cattle, 4-H
club stock, horses, S hetland ponies,
rid e rs and p riv ate cars w ill form at
th e f a ir grounds, and en ter th e p ar
ade behind th e business floats.
MAGPIE A N D CROW
CONTEST CLOSES
4
R esu lts of the rodent erad icatio n
co n test conducted by th e H erm iston
Rod & Gun club have been announc
ed by F ra n k B ilderback, president
and W. L. Hamm, se creta ry , of th e
club, who have kept th e records.
T he record show s th a t 4014 eggs
w ere collected, 847 young m agpies
an d crows, 1183 old magpies, 162
old crow s. 144 old haw ks, 43 skunks.
34 ra ttle sn a k e s, and 12 coyotes. In
1936, 5518 eggs and young birds
w ere destroyed, 843 old m agpies,
173 old crows, 132 haw ks, 64 ra ttle
snakes. th ree weasels, 58 skunks
an d six coyotes. In 1935 5592 eggs,
an d 2725 birds were destroyed.
Cash d o nations for prizes in 1937
w ere as follow s: U m atilla P ro ject
F arm B ureau, $15; E astern Oregon
T u rk ey G row ers’, $10; E llis Feed
Store, $2.50; B. E. O’Conner, $2.50;
Dr. F. B. Belt, $2.50; Tum-A-Lum,
$2.50; V. C. S m ith, $2.50; Dr. W.
L. M organ, $2.50; H erm iston L ig h t
& P ow er Co., $3; F. F. K nerr.
$1.50; N. R. M ueller, $1.50; and
anonym ous, $5. O ther donations will
be show n w ith th e list of contest
a n ts, points asd prizes.
Ind iv id u al points a re given as
follow s, w ith nam e of donor follow
ing:
Dave S lattery , 1792 points, $25;
V ance M atott, 1073 points, $10;
B ruce F o llett. 1020 points. $8; Joe
Cooney, 991 points, $7; C harles
H ale, 981 points. $5; R ichard Rugg,
907 points, Roy H ale $5 mdse; Gall
M artin. 885, Roy H ale $5 m dse.;
George K napp. 612, Ore. Hdwe.,
fish in g rod $3.50;
F ra n k L eicht,
550, H er. M otor Co., $3 m dse.; Don
Cellers, 516, C onnor’s Grocery, $2.50
(C ontinued on page 91
OBEGON, -AUGUST 26, 1937.
WORLD'S C H A M PIO N DONKEY BASEBALL
TURKEY PICKING
SCHEDULED
STARTS PROMPTLY
10 A. M . SATURDAY
4
COUNTY,
T he second w orld’s cham pion tu r
key pick in g co n test w ill be staged
th is y ear a t th e local U m atilla P ro
je c t fair, u n d er th e supervision of
H. G. R ankin. G. G. S m ith of S ta n
field now holds th e title w hich w ill
be contested th is year.
T he w in n er w ill be determ ined
for th e fastest an d best picker of
turkeys. E ach co n te sta n t will fu r
nish his bird and d ressing tools.
F ifty p o in ts w ill be given for q u al
ity , a n d every bird m ust be picked
prim e to be eligible for prize money.
In fig u rin g tim e th e elapsed tim e in
m inutes w ill be deducted from 50
points, and th e rem ain d er credited
to th e picker. Q u ality w ill be graded
by th e judges, 50 p o in ts being cred
ited as perfect, and th e combined
score w ill decide th e w inner. Judges
w ill be u n in te reste d parties.
The co n test w ill be held F rid ay
afterno o n , th e tim e to be announced
later.
Each lady e n te rin g the co n test
w ill be paid 50 cents ad d itio n al and
th e firs t two women to reg ister will
receive an o th er 50c ad d itio n al m on
ey.
P rize m oney has been listed as
follow s: F irs t,, $15; Second, $10;
T hird, $7; F o u rth , $5; F ifth , $4;
S ixth, $3; Seventh, $2; E ig h th ,
n in th an d te n th , each $1.
OVERALL, BLUE SHIRT
PROCLAMATION
M ayor F. C. M cKenzie has issued
th e follow ing pro clam atio n :
KNOW ALL MEN BY TH ESE
PR E SE N T T h at, I, F. C. McKenzie,
M ayor of th e C ity of H erm iston, by
v irtu e of a u th o rity vested in me, in
order to show our ap p reciatio n of
th e celeb ratio n of th e Silver Ju b ilee
of th e U m atilla P ro je ct fair, and to
ad v ertise th e sam e, an d to show
v isitors and stran g e rs, th a t we live
here an d are a t th e ir command and
service, w ith h e a rty welcome, do
hereby order an d decree, th a t all
m ale citizens of th e City o i H er
m iston, do dress as follow s:
FROM A ugust 28th to Septem ber
4th, 1937, inclusive — They sh all
w ear strip ed overalls, e ith e r bib or
w aist style, and a blue sh irt.
A ny person com ing u n d er th is o r
der who may v io late an y of Its pro
visions and req u irem en ts w ill be
sumimarily d ea lt w ith accordingly.
D ated th is 25th day of A ugust,
1937, a t H erm iston, Oregon.
F. C. McKENZIE, Mayor.
CARS COLLIDE AT
ROAD JUNCTIO N
A ca r d riven by Mrs. P au l V an-
P a tte n an d one d riven by Bob Tow n
send
collided
S atu rd ay
evening
about 6 :00 o’clock a t th e ju n c tio n
of H erm iston avenue and B u tter
Creek highw ay, one m ile w est of
H erm iston. Tow nsend failed to m ake
a wide enough tu rn and stru c k th e
le ft fen d er of th e V anPatteta cjar
d am agin g th e wheel an d sidesw ip
ing th e car.
Tow nsend was d riv in g a new V-8
coupe w hich was badly dam aged.
Mervin Evans, who was rid in g w ith
T ow nsend, received a scalp wound
w hen his head h it th e w indshield.
No one else was injured.
11,000 Missionary Trek.
Capt. G. L. H all w as in town S a t
u rd ay re tu rn in g to his home in Mc
M innville from a 11,000 mile m is
sionary tre k w hich took him to New
York an d back. He was accom pan
ied by his cousin Jo h n W. W h itfo rd
of Stowe. C h au tau q u a County, New
York, who Is a p ro m in en t stra w b e r
ry producer in th a t county, an d a
b ro th er of N ewton B. W h itfo rd of
B eaverton, Ore. Miss C lara H all,
sister of Capt. H all, w ill accom pany
h er b ro th e r to M cM innville for a
sh o rt v isit to a tte n d th e wedding of
her niece Miss P h y llis H all. H all
says th e crops look w onderful in In
diana an d Illin o is b u t very poor in
K ansas.
H e e -H a w !
T he donkeys are
coming.
N o th in g equals these long eared
perform ers on th e baseball diam ond.
They play T h u rsd ay an d F rid ay
evenings u nder electric flood lig h ts
a t th e fa ir grounds.
Local boys w ill be selected to do
th e b a ttin g and th en rid e th e donk
ey to th e bases. A gam e of polo w ill
in tro d u ce th e game. These donkeys
are th e Ja ck B a rtle tt donkey soft
ball and polo team , w ith 12 d o n k
eys. One is nam ed R u th . One has
never been know n to m ake th e firs t
base. A nother alw ays m akes a home
ru n . The an tics these train ed a n i
m als perform keep th e on-lookers in
an uproar.
The v isitin g
com pany ca rry a
flood lig h t system w hich w ill be In
stalled by th e H erm iston L ig h t &
Pow er Company in th e so u th east
corner of th e C om m unity P ark .
They also have th e ir own an n o u n cer.
The team s for T h u rsd ay evening
will be chosen from th e farm ers and
business men of H erm iston. F rid ay
evening th e team w ill be m ade up
of five men each from th e four
tow ns of U m atilla, Echo, S tanfield
and H erm iston. Roy H ale is in
charge of th e program .
Queen Cathryn Coming.
Queen C ath ry n C ollins and h er a t
te n d an ts of the P en d leto n Round-U p
will ap p ear S atu rd ay , Septem ber 4,
in th e U m atilla P ro ject fa ir parade,
w ith th e ir reg alia and horses. A
com m ittee of P endleton citizen s from
th e Cham ber of Commerce m et w ith
a local fa ir board com m ittee T ues
day evening to m ake these a rra n g e
m ents. Those present w ere W illiam
Till, ch airm an , Jack A llen, County
Judge C arl Cham bers, Mr. Savage of
th e F irs t N atio n al B ank, and Mr.
Olsen of th e E ast O regonian. Local
group present w ere Jo h n Jendrze-
jew ski, E. D. M artin, H a rry Kelley,
F ra n k Seeliger, Ja y T. Pierson, E m
ory Cox, Hugo P ankow , E. P. Dodd
and F. C. McKenzie.
Prizes for Parade Floats.
Public Address System.
Farm Exhibit Space Beserved.
A public address system will be
installed on th e fa ir g rounds next
week by Mor-Tone Sound Service of
w hich L. A. Moore is m anager. T his
system will be used d u rin g th e Um a
tilla P ro ject fa ir for m ak in g a n
nouncem ents p e rta in in g to all fa ir
activities.
The system w ill consist of six ex
p o ten tial horns, am p lifiers and m i
crophones w hich has a to ta l value
of $700 an d is th e la rg e st in ea ste rn
Oregon. T he sta tio n w ill be connect
ed by a telephone system supplied
free by the local telephone com pany.
Mr. Moore is also sen d in g a sec
ond public address system by a u to
mobile th ro u g h neig h b o rin g tow ns
an n o u n cin g th e com ing events of the
fair. T h e e n tire setu p is an in n o
vation of fa ir m anagem ent an d is
expected to aid g rea tly in th e daily
conduct of th e show, aro u sin g pub
lic interest.
A nyone p la n n in g on a farm exhi
b it a t th e local fa ir should roserve
display space n ot la te r th a n W ed
nesday, Septem ber 1st, w ith th e
secretary E. D. M artin, In o rd er th a t
display space arran g e m en ts may be
m ade in th e building.
Judges for the Fair.
Judges for events an d exhibits a t
the fair have been selected. R. E.
Brooks, county ag en t of G ra n t coun
ty, w ill judge all cattle, horses an d
sheep, and will s ta r t prom ptly a t
8:00 o’clock F rid a y m orning. L. C.
W right, county a g e n t of Sherm an
county, w ill judge all crop exhibits,
and th e 4-H club dem o n stratio n s
and ju d g in g contests. Fred Cockell
of M ilw aukie, w ill ju d g e th e poul
try exhibits. L. J. Dane of P o rtlan d ,
will Judge th e honey exhibits. Miss
Helen Cowgill, sta te home economics
club leader, will judge all 4-H club
economics exhibits, ju d g in g contests
and d em onstrations. Mrs. M cClint
ock of P endleton, will be th e judge
of o th e r home economics exhibits.
Schools in Parade.
All h igh school stu d e n ts and grade
pupils a re asked to assem ble at th e
school g rounds in H erm iston a t 9 :00
a. m. S atu rd ay for fo rm atio n and
en tran ce in th e parade. O. O. F elt-
house w ill be a t th e g rounds w ith
th e school busses, and Supt. W. G.
K ersbergen, will have ch arg e of a r
rangem ents. The school fea tu re of
th e parad e will en ter th e m ain pag
ean t a t th e A m erican Legion b u ild
ing corner.
Prizes for parade flo ats have been
arran g e d by th e fa ir board as fol
lows:
Most o u tsta n d in g flo at $7.50
Second place
5.00
T hird place
2.50
F irst, second an d th ird prize rib
bons will also be given for each d i
vision. C om petent judges w ill be
appointed to m ake th e aw ards.
Crops Display Trophy.
The P endleton Cham ber of Com
merce is offering a tro p h y for th e
best farm crops ex h ib it a t th e fair
th is year. T his p a rtic u la r phase of
the fair has been som ew hat neglect
ed heretofore and since it is fu n d a
m entally one of th e m ost im p o rtan t
on th e project from th e stan d p o in t
of d airy in g , a special effo rt is being
made to secure a fine show ing. H.
USED CAR LOT
K. Dean, su p e rin ten d e n t of th e ex
perim ent sta tio n , is p rep arin g an
IMPROVED
educational display show ing th e
need of p astu re ro tatio n and th e
m ost applicable grasses to be grown
F. E. P ierson has b u ilt a five here.
foot board fence aro u n d th e used
car lot a t his place of business on
Trippier Tests Dairy Cows.
th e corner of Second and H u rlb u rt
Dr. H. A. T rip p ier of W alla W al
v eterin aria n ,
assisted
avenue. Two lots w ill be bounded la, d istric t
by a w ire fence in w hich th e used Ja y T. Pierson, assista n t county ag
car display space w ill be m aintained. e n t, in th e w est U m atilla a re a Aug
u st 23 and 24, m aking B ang's dis
Pierson has also cleared th e stree t ease tests on 4-H club d airy anim als
p ark in g of weeds and debris im prov and stock of o th er breeders, who a n
ing th e g eneral ap p earan ce of the tic ip a te show ing a t th e U m atilla
P ro ject fair. All club calves, six
corner.
m onths old or over were tested. In
H e has operated th e H erm iston herds w here anim als
passed one
Auto W reck in g H ouse for th e past clean te st and w here no new anim als
nine years and is well know n in w ere brought in, th e herds w ere pas
th is com m unity as an active citizen. sed as O. K.
Among First Exhibitors.
J. S. Dyer and H. M. Sommerer
were am ong the firs t ex h ib ito rs at
th e a n n u a l d airy show held in No
vem ber, 1913, and are still ex h ib it
ors a t th e fair, p la n n in g on m aking
en tries th is year. H. J. S tillin g s is
an o th er ex h ib ito r, w ho is now em
ployed in Stanfield.
Nightly Boiler Skating.
Jack House, w ho operates the
ro ller s k a tin g rin k here, is rem odel
ing th e rin k th is week by p u ttin g
sm all th ree inch boards aro u n d the
sk a tin g rin k floor ralin g . H e has
announced th a t a f te r F rid ay , A ug
u st 27th, he will o p era te th e rin k
every n ig h t in th e week from 7:30
to 10:30.
The rin k is located in
th e city au d ito riu m building.
Electric Fence Around Grounds.
A P rim e E lectric fence w ill be
constructed around th e fa ir grounds
EVA W ILC O X A N D
th is week to be used d u rin g the
U m atilla P ro ject fa ir s ta rtin g Sep
FRISKY A T SHOW
tem ber 2nd to co n tin u e th ro u g h S at
urday. C. A. Jack m an , local agent,
“ F risky Bell” , a M organ and th o r
is p u ttin g th e fence in to use as a
oughbred m are ow ned by Miss Eva A. B. CHANEY
d em onstration w ith o u t cost to th e
W ilcox of H erm iston w ill be ridden BURIED SUNDAY
in ex h ib itio n by h er ow ner a t the
fair board. Two w ires will be
U m atilla P roject fa ir on F rid a y and
stretch ed and th ese w ill be charged
F
u
n
e
ra
l
services
for
A.
B.
Chaney
S atu rd ay . Miss W ilcox has train ed
w
ith elec tricity in an effo rt to stay
were
held
Sunday,
A
ugust
22,
in
the horse and w ill ju m p her w ith o u t
blinds over a four w heel tra ile r, a th e Irrig o n P en teco stal ch u rch , w ith th e crowd.
panel jum p and a brush Jump. I Rev. A lcorn d eliv erin g th e serm on.
“ F risk y " will m ake ony Jum p w ith- | In term e n t was In th e Irrig o n cem e
Will Serve Meals.
o u t th e use of w ings, th a t is, blinds tery.
T he ladies of th e M. E. church
a t each end of th e jum p, w hich is
A bijah
Bowen Chaney
passed
a feat few horses w ill accom plish.
aw ay F rid ay . A ugust 20th. at th e w ill serve meals a t noon on F riday
Miss W ilcox rode th e horse as i home of his son E. C. Chaney, who and S atu rd ay d u rin g th e fair, in the]
a tte n d a n t to th e P endleton Round- lives one mile w est of town. He basem ent of th e ch u rch . T he decis
Up Queen in 1936. a n d in exhibition I was born in Iowa in 1857. He came ion was made a t a m eeting held
adv
Jum ping here two years ago
She I to Oregon in 1919 w here he located th is week.
1 ■ — — —
won th ird place in th e saddle horse at Irrig o n to m ake his home u n til
CARD OF THANKS.
race a t U kiah and second place here , one year ago, th en com ing to H er-
We w ith to express o u r h ea rtfe lt
tw o years ago.
I mieton. He is survived by his d a u g h
th a n k s to our frien d s and neighbors
Mias Wilcox is an able horse t e r Mrs. O. E. W est of G raybull. for th e ir m any acts of k indness to
woman, having lived on a stock W yom ing, and one son. E C. C han w ard us d u rin g o u r recen t bereave
ranch for many years before coming ey. H is w ife preceded him In d eath ment.
to Hermiston.
In 1928 and is b u risd a t Irrigon.
MR. AND MRS. B. C. CHANBT
Sports Saturday Afternoon.
A. E. Bensel, in ch arg e of the
sp o rts program has announced th a t
th e young people's events w ill be
from 11 to 12 o'clock S atu rd ay
m orning, followed by events for th e
elders from 1 to 2 in th e afternoon.
A golf d riv in g contest is an o th er
fea tu re for anyone who wishes to
en ter. Prizes for each event w ill be
offered and th e full program w ill
be announced n ex t week.
Fair Queen Election Saturday,
All queen can d id ates w ill be pres
en t a t th e dance S atu rd ay n ig h t in
th e H erm iston Com m unity p ark
a u d ito riu m an d votes for queen el
ection will be cast. Miss C lara May
C unha of E cho is one can d id ate and
Miss Josep h in e R hea of Stanfield,
Miss V irg in ia W ells an d Miss E d ith
P eterson of H erm iston, a re th e o th
e r can d id ates nam ed. C o n testan ts
from U m atilla, Boardm an and I rr i
gon will be present a t the dance
S atu rd ay n ig h t.
Wool Growers Auxiliary Meets.
T he n ex t m eeting of the Wool
G row ers’ A uxiliary will be held a t
th e home of Mrs. C. M. Jackson on
T uesday A ugust 31st, a t 2 :00 p. m.
T he su b ject of a booth a t th e fair
w ill be discussed. Members are ask
ed to b rin g th e ir ex h ib its to the
m eeting Tuesday, or leave them la
te r a t th e home of Mrs. E. D. M ar
tin. All ex h ib its should be properly
labeled.
Grinding, Mixing Explained.
I. L. S tout of Boardm an was In
tow n Monday of th is week as a p a
tro n of th e F arm B ureau Coopera- i
tive and H. M. Som m erer th e man-!
a g e r explained to him th a t special I
g rin d in g and m ixing of feeds was
done for members at the mill on any
day In th e week except S aturday
and Monday. These days are reserv
ed for th e m ill feed g rin d in g , Mr.
Som m erer said. Mr. S to u t has been
a p atro n of th e mill for several
years
Stores W ill Close.
Business houses w ill close both
F rid ay and S atu rd ay aftern o ons
d u rin g th e fa ir next week end in an
effo rt to d irect a ll a tte n tio n to the
program a t th e fa ir grounds. They
w ill open a g a in betw een 4 :3 0 and
5 :00 for th e even in g trade.
SCENES AT FIRST DAIRY SHOW IN 1913
R eading from top to b o tto m : G roup of Jersey w inners. Second— P ris e
w in n ers in fro n t of th e te n t top loaned by th e railro ad for th e occasion.
T h ird — T he d airy m aids in th e school parad e as a big featu re. F o u rth -
H orse draw n school flo ats w ith th e little to ts ea tin g bread an d b u t
ter, sig n ific an t of th e d a iry in d u stry . F ifth — J. S. Dyer an d one of
h is prize w in n ers may be seen a t th e rig h t of th is picture. S ix th—
Crowd in fro n t of ex h ib itio n te n t estim ated a t 2000.