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<0> Z* / Zz VOLUME XXXI ile ìtemtatnn itealiï NUMBER NEW POWER LINE ORDERS TO START 30 MILES STAKED BY ENGINEERS U m atilla E lectric C ooperative A ssociation, Hermiston, Oregon. C onstruction co n tra ct, Oregon 14, approved. You a re au th o rized to n o tify co n tracto rs to begin co n stru c tion. J. M. Carmody, A d m in istra to r REA. T his telegram w as received by the b oard of directo rs for th e U m atilla E le ctric C ooperative association T uesday m orning from W ashington, D. C. T his action, w hich has been aw a ite d for some tim e, cleared th e w ay for early w ork on th e new pow er system w hich is expected to begin before th e y ear closes. N ew port, K ern & K ibbie have, in th e m eantim e, been p re p a rin g equip m en t for th e job. They w ill move in soon w ith tru c k s and pole h an d lin g m achinery, and w ill em ploy 40 to 50 men in th e c o n stru c tio n of th e lines. E ig h ty m iles of th e lines have been staked and th e rem a in in g 40 m iles w ill be com pleted w ith in tw o o r th re e weeks. Two crews of sta k in g engineers h av e been in th e field for three w eeks, and rig h t of w ay easem ents h av e been secured along th e lines for the g rea ter p a rt of th e distance. F or th e past tw o m onths the board of directors, su p e rin ten d e n t, a tto rn e y , easem ent m an and en g in eers have been very active in com p le tin g th e plans for th e fin a l con stru c tio n of th e system , w hich is now assured by th e telegram from th e head of th e R u ral E le c trific a tio n A dm inistration. T he cooperation of th e farm ers th ro u g h o u t th e d istric t has been beneficial in lo catin g lines w ith p ra c tic a lly no opposition h aving been en countered to g ra n tin g rig h t o f way. A few farm ers along th e lines have not, as yet, signed m em bership b la n k s. T his is necessary if they w ish to secure th e service u n d er the reg u la tio n s of th e REA. Service lin e s cannot be directed, or tr a n s fo rm ers and m eters installed to any farm home unless th is is done. W ork is being do n e to com plete th is im p o rta n t featu re in th e system . I t is expected th a t approxim ately 500 u se rs w ill be served. T he lines and equipm ent w ill be one of th e most m odern in power co n stru c tio n . T he poles w ill be well seasoned and tre a te d w ith creosote •which w ill be ca refu lly inspected a t th e p la n t as to h e a t and sa tu ra tio n . T h e w eight of each pole is estim ated a t 1000 pounds. T he w ires w ill be of th e best copper and su fficie n t tr a n s fo rm er service w ill be given each u se r to m eet p resent and early, fu tu r e needs. The w irin g of houses is one of th e n ex t im p o rta n t steps. T he REA, o r th e board of d irecto rs, w ill n o t u n d e rta k e th is w ork b u t w ill leave i t to th e individual farm er to secure th e best service and co n tra c t pos sible. A num ber of capable ele c tri cian s w ill be availab le and each fa rm e r may secure th e services of an yone who is q ualified to do th e w ork. S tate inspection rules m ust be com plied w ith. T he co n tracto rs w ill open head q u a rte rs in H erm iston in a few days a n d w ill begin to a rra n g e crew s for c o n stru c tio n w ork. T hey w ill em ploy local m en of w hich a large n u m b er have signed up for em ploy m e n t a t th e d is tric t office in the reclam atio n building. Bests at St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. B est are now a t St. P etersb u rg , F la., according to new s of them th is week. They w rite: “ W e w ill be here four w eeks or m ore; w ill m ake some side trip s out from here to points along th e west coast th e n go ea st and south as far as Miami. We have been well and o f course are en jo y in g ourselves; th e clim ate is not so hot. found p len ty of frost a t Mobile and two v ery heavy fro sts only 30 miles n o rth of w here I stopped for a week to do some fish in g ; got my fill of fish for once.” HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, DECEMBER 16. 1937 RALPH STANFIELD, 69, DIES AT ECHO CHRISTMAS TURKEY POOL BILLED ECHO, Dec. 15 (S p ecial)— F u n era l services for R alph S tanfield, 69, postm aster a t Echo, w ere held here M onday aftern o o n w ith Rev. F. C. W issenbach, P endleton Episcopal rector, officiatin g . Mr. S tanfield, postm aster since 1935, died of a h e a rt a tta c k S a t u rd ay n ig h t a t his home. B arking of th e fam ily dog aroused Mrs. S tanfield a t m id n ig h t and she found him dead in his ch air, w here he had been reading. H e was a son of th e late R obert N elson S tan field , pioneer of Um a tilla county. He organized and was cashier of th e B ank of Echo from 1905 to 1921. A son, Jack B. S tan field. lives in P o rtlan d and a d au g h ter, Mrs. R alph Jones, a t Boardm an. He is survived by th e follow ing h alf bro th ers and h alf sisters: Rob e rt N. S tan field , O n tario ; G erald S tanfield , P ay ette; Mrs. A rt Means, S e a ttle ; Mrs. Asa Thomson, San F rancisco ; Mrs. Daisy F ra sier, R iv erside, Calif., Mrs. C arl Helm , La G rande, and Miss K ate Stanfield, Echo. T he fin al C h ristm as tu rk e y pool was shipped early th is week by the E astern Oregon T urkey G row ers' as sociation, an d consisted of five full cars, billed to Los Angeles. T he sh ip m en t consisted of 8435 birds w ith a to ta l w eight of 139,- 491 pounds. They filled 1570 cases and th e average w eig h t was slig h tly in excess of 16.5 pounds per bird. T he p ercentage of prim e b ird s was 91.7. In th e shipm ent were 7736 prim e birds, w ith a w eight of 128,365 pounds; 555 choice birds w ith a w eight of 8787 pounds, and 144 com m ercial w ith a w eig h t of 2339 pounds. T he choice and com m ercial lots were increased by several of th e la rg e r grow ers clean in g up th e ir e n tire flock. TOW NSEND PEP PROGRAM An excellent program was ren d ered a t th e Tow nsend club a t th e la st m eetin g n ig h t In November. Or ch e stra and q u a rte t num bers seem ed to be p rev ailin g e n te rta in m e n t enjoyed by th e u su al sized a tte n d ance. A group of boys from th e CCC cam p played and sung several pop u la r H illb illy num bers. T he Colum bia school h arm o n ica players re n dered C hristm as carols, and th e W. G. Dyer fam ily fu rn ish ed e n te rta in m ent by singing. Mrs. C. R. Moore read an old love le tte r of one of th e T ^w nsendites, w ritte n to his wife m any years ago, fu rn ish ed g reat m errim en t. C. R. Moore gave a d ra m atic reading. Mrs. V ictoria C hurch man gave an ap p ro p riate recipe to th e men of th e club. T he n ex t m eeting w ill be T ues day, December 21, w hen a C h rist m as program w ill be given. A tu rk ey and an A laddin lam p w ill be raffled a t a D utch auction. T he public is invited to atten d all m eetings. ADEQUATE W IR IN G NECESSARY Jo h n M. Carmody, REA A dm in istra to r, in an n o u n cin g th e begin n in g of c o n s tric tio n on th e U m a tilla E lectric lines, sends o u t the sta te m en t th a t th e story of safe and adequate w iring should be told again and again. You m ust have ad equate w irin g in order to get fu llest b enefit from your power. T he R. E. A. has worked o ut sug gestions and specifications for good w iring, a ;d these m ay be had upon applicatio n to th e local office of the REA in th e reclam atio n building. Com plete in fo rm atio n is given in th is lite ra tu re and all users of the new system are asked to come and, help them selves. T he a d m in istra to r urges th e users n ot to cheat th em selves w ith skim ped w irin g b u t to givt electricity a chance to work for you. , M eetings W ill Open. H a rry Johnson of H arper, Ore., will begin a series of m eetings on December 26th a t th e Columbia school house, for th e C hurch of C hrist. E veryone is Invited to a t tend these services. v e ry b p d y 'buys onauses' HENDERSON TO N A TIO N A L CO UNCIL OREGON STATE COLLEGE, De cem ber 16 (S p e cia l)— Bob H en d er son of H erm iston, p resid en t of th e A ssociated S tu d en ts of Oregon S tate college, w ill rep resen t OSC a t the an n u a l convention of th e N atio n al S tu d en t F ed eratio n of A m erica, to be held in A lbuquerque, N. M., De cem ber 28 to J a n u a ry 1. Jo h n G allagher, form er stu d e n t body p resid en t an d m em ber of th e executive council of NSFA, w ill a l so a tte n d th e convention, and w ill re tu rn to Oregon S tate w ih H en d er son via D enver, S alt Lake, Reng and Sacram ento. The men w ill be back on th is cam pus by J a n u a ry 5. COLUM BIA DISTRICT BENEFIT PROGRAM A program to r th e b en efit of a fund w hich w ill be used to buy tre a ts for ch ild ren in Colum bia dis tric t w ill be given a t th e Columbia school house, F rid ay , December 17, a t 8 :00 o’clock. E m ery Cox, m aster of Columbia G range, is in ch arg e of th e program and issues an in v itatio n to th e pub- lice to a tte n d . The program w ill be in th e form of a rad io bro ad cast w ith all local ta le n t a p p e a rin g over th e hook-up. Admission w ill be ten and fifteen cents. - < 2 d Chas. T aylor, city recorder, has been appointed to act officially for th e city in th e cap acity of issuing tem p o rary licenses for cars an d tru ck s. H ereto fo re th e re has been no local rep rese n tativ e for th e city or state. A fee of 25 cen ts is ch a rg ed to issue each license and th is will go in to a city fund. LEGION NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE H erm iston Post of th e A m eri can Legion w ill sponsor a dance on New Y ear’s eve in th e Com m unity hall to w hich th e public is invited. Services of th e C arson’s o rch e stra of P endleton, have been secured. It is headed by E rn e st Carson, form erly of H erm iston. T he local com m ittee prom ises fu n m akers such as balloons and squaw kers, w ith a prize to the person keeping his or her balloon the longest w ith o u t being brokep. Echo Man Injured. O tis M cCarty, J r., narro w ly es caped serious in ju ry to his jyes W ednesday when an ti-freeze solu tion in a ra d ia to r he w as w orking on ignited from a m atch an d blazed in his face. H is eyelashes, eyebrows and some of his h a ir w ere singed, b u t his eyes w ere n ot harm ed. Golf Greens in Good Shape. MORE WEEK TO SHOP OFFICERS ASSIST A T INSTALLATION Oregon S tate College. Corvallis- Several H erm iston stu d e n ts a t O re gon S tate college will be listed in the “ W ho's Who Among A m erican U niverities and Colleges,” when the fo u rth edition of th a t book comes off th e press next F eb ru ary . T hey are Dick M artin, yell leader an d c h a ir man of the rally com m ittee; W alter Jendrzejew ski, president of Inde pendent stu d e n t council; an d Bob H enderson, president of th e Associa ted S tu d en t body. To be included in W ho’s Who, a stu d en t m ust have a com bination of ch aracter, scholarship, leadership in e x tra -c u rric u la r activ ities in clu d in g ath letics, society, religion an d pdli- tics, and be considered to have a g reat possibility of fu tu re usefull- ness to business and society. O fficers of o th er granges assisted Mrs. A. E. M cFarland, Pomona Mas ter, w ith in stallatio n of officers for G reenfield and Irrigon g ran g es last S atu rd ay n ig h t before an audience of ap proxim ately 100 people. Don Sherwood, m aster of W estland g ran g e a t H erm iston, assisted Mrs. M cFarland, and Mr. an d Mrs. Roy M innick of Irrig o n served as em blem and reg alia bearers. A very effective and b ea u tifu l tab leau was presented by G reenfield G range follow ing the various ch a rg es. A social tim e was enjoyed follow in g th e business session d u rin g w hich th e Irrig o n high school or ch estra fu rn ish ed the music, w ith Mrs. H ugh Grimm a t th e piano. CCC VARIETIES CHRISTMAS DAY OPERETTA INCLUDES HUGE CAST OF 56 Once again CCC Camp S tanfield invites th e public to an open house and e n te rta in m e n t a t the cam p on C hristm as day, s ta rtih g a t 2:00 o’clock in th e afternoon. The boys w ill p resen t “ CCC V ar ieties” a t 3 :00 o’clock, w hich is an am using sketch p u t on by cam p talen t. T he boys sta te th a t th is program \yill exceed form er pro gram s in variety. “ CCC V arieties” w ill be staged in the d in in g h all, and refresh m en ts will be served. T he firs t four grades of th e H er m iston schools presented “ S a n ta ’s V acatio n ” a t th e high school a u d i to riu m T h u rsd ay evening, Decem ber 9th. T he play was w ell p rese n t ed by a cast of 56 children an d th e atten d a n ce w as large. T he cast of ch a racters was as follows: C h aracters in th e o p eretta are: Mr. S an ta ........................... Jack Belt Mrs. S anta ................ Lucy Hollomon Sandm an .................... F ra n cis Clarke M other Goose .................. K ay Logan BoPeep .................... Rosem ary Doyle L ittle Boy Blue ........ B illy H ibbard Jack and Jill .................................. Leo K eller and Louise H am m er F irs t F a iry .................. B arb ara Todd F irs t E lf .................... Donald H arp er Soldiers ................ L arry Dyer, Teddy H am m er, R ichard Borthw ick, S tan ley P ierce and F ra n k Seely Elves ...................... Fred Gimble, Bob by P u tn am , Rodney M ittlesdorf, G ilbert F inkbeiner, P au l Pierson, Donald H olm an, Leon Elwood, Bobby Y eager Dolls ......................... P a tric ia W ilcox, M arilyn H ughes, Shirley Simons, D iane O’Dell, Delores Jackm an, Carnflyn Barlow, B onnie M ont gomery, Jo an Yeager, D orothy Olsen Moonbeams ........... M arjorie H ughes, A udrey Phelps, N ancy Jo W ines, Neva E dw ards, Je rry Rogers, Iris M orris, A nn Piersol, V erla K napp, Delores C arr, E m ily F in k b ein e r Chlstm as Trees ............. E arl M iller, Dell P ark er, Billie Barlow, V ern on Bowman, K enneth Dean, Bob by A llsto tt F airies ................ Dena Casper, B etty Ju n e H ord, Mary D oherty, B ar ' bara Todd, L eila H ooker, Georgia Sneade, Peggy Sm ith, V eronica F u rre r LEGION-AUXILIARY CHRISTMAS PARTY The H erm iston Post of th e A m eri can Legion and th e Legion A uxil iary -yvill hold a jo in t m eeting S at u rday n ig h t, December 18th, a t 6:30 in the Legion h a ll, a t w hich tim e a pot luck supper w ill be se r ved. The a ffa ir is for Legion and A uxiliary members and th e ir fam i lies. The C hristm as p arty is an an n u a l a ija ir to w hich p a rtic ip a n ts b rin g a toy, la te r used to m ake up C h rist mas cheer boxes d istrib u ted by the A uxiliary in th is d istric t. Many homes are b rightened each y ear by the w ork of th e com m unity w elfare com m ittee of th e U nit, not only a t C hristm as tim e b u t th ro u g h o u t th e year. STANFIELDGRANGE TAYLOR AUTHORIZED PROGRAM M onday evening an enjoyable LICENSE GIVER ê C hristm as Seals C7SZ— v O POSTMAN LOCAL STUDENTS LISTED IN BOOK Due to th e recen t ra in s th e golf course and greens on th e H erm iston C om m unity p ark are in fine shape for play, it w as announced th is week by those who have been in ch arg e of cleanup w ork on the grounds. All weeds and debris have been cleared away. program was presented a t th e con clusion of th e G range m eeting, u n der th e d irection of Mrs. Bessie Chapin, lectu rer. Poems were read by Mrs. Dena W ooster and Mrs. J. M. R ichards. J. M. R ichards talk ed on SIG NING WORK SHEET pending legislation. R. G. ‘ P enney gave h igh lig h ts of th e S in o -Jap an - DEAD LINE JAN. 1 ese conflict. C hristm as cards and gam es concluded the program . On F arm ers who have not filed work th e evening of December 28, g ra n g ers and th e ir guests w ill enjoy a so sheets w ith th e U m atilla County Ag ric u ltu ra l C onservation association, cial evening. an d who desire to p articip a te in the 1938 program of th a t o rg an izatio n , A1 Quiring III. A1 Q uiring was strick en w ith a have u n til Ja n u a ry first to m ake severe a tta c k of ap p en d icitis W ed such filing. nesday n ig h t, and was tak en by F arm ers who have n ot previous tra in to P o rtlan d T h u rsd ay n ig h t. ly signed work sheets should do so T here he and Mrs. Q u irin g w ere now a t the office of A ssistan t C oun met by his fa th e r and tak en by ty ag en t Ja y T. Pierson. A t such autom obile to th e Deaconess hos tim e they should b rin g th e legal pital in Salem for an operation. description of all lands included in th e ir farm an d know w h at portion 'Low Dealer’s License Number. is in th e v ario u s crops. R ohrm an Motor com pany was the It is recommended by the officers first bidder for th e num ber of th ree of th e co unty C onservation associa for a license p late num ber. Issued tion th a t persons alre ad y h aving o u t of 700 in th e sta te of Oregon. filed work sheets should delay u n til T his low num ber will ap p ear on th e a fte r th e firs t of the year any defi d ealer's license plate d u rin g the n ite actio n reg a rd in g th e 1938 pro year 1938. gram . T his request is made for th e reason th a t com plete inform ation OREGON DAIRYMEN FLAN reg a rd in g all d etails of th e program BIG MEET AT COQUILLE. has not yet been made av ailab le to CARLTON— The Oregon D airy th e county com m ittee, and, too, the m en's association, one of th e oldest tim e betw een now and th e first of farm o rg an izatio n s in th e state, will th e year will be needed in assistin g hold its fo rty -fifth an n u a l m eeting new sig n ers and otherw ise m aking a t C oquille J a n u a ry 21 and 22, a n p rep aratio n s for m eeting th e term s nounced George F u llenw ider, of of the 1938 A g ricu ltu ral Conserva C arlton, president of th e association. tion work. A com plete program has n ot yet Christmas Bazaar. been announced, b ut am ong speak ers alre ad y arran g ed for w ill be C. The M ethodist Ladles Aid will T. Conklin, secretary of th e *\yer- sponsor a C hristm as b azaar next sh ire Beeders' association. O ther S aturday, December 18, at B u rn featu res of th e program will be a n ham 's store, w hen they will also nounced soon, says Roger Morse, ex fea tu re cooked food. T he sale will tension d airym an at O.S.C. and asso co n tin u e th ro u g h (he day. adv ciation secretary. LOCAL BASKETEERS GET SWEEPSTAKES BUCKAROOS THRO W N HELIX PUT DOWN T he H erm iston basketeers w ent to tow n over the week end and did not stop u n til they had ev ery th in g theln own way, including th e reins of th e Pendleton Buckaroos in an overtim e game. H elix and P endleton m et th e Bulldogs on successive n ights, F r i day and S atu rd ay , to give H erm is ton b ask etb all fans th e best th e re is in th e game. The H elix high school g irls team met th e ir firs t d efeat in th ree years F rid ay n ig h t a t th e hands of th e fast im proving H erm iston g irls' team . H erm iston annexed th e ir th ird victory th is season. By g et tin g tw o baskets in th e closing m in utes of th e firs t h a lt th e H erm is ton g irls squeezed o ut w ith a one p o in t lead, 11 to 10, in creasin g th is lead to 20 to 15 a t th e fin al w histle. The same n ig h t th e Bulldogs o u t classed th e H elix q u in te t in every position. W ith th e score 26 to 10 in th e ir favor, th e locals added fo u r teen more points in th e th ird q u a r te r w hile holding H elix team to two baskets, m ak in g th e score 40 to 14 w hen Coach O’Neil su b s titu t ed his e n tire second strin g . The fin al gam e ended 4 6 to 17. R an k in led th e local team w ith 16 m arkers, followed closely by K eller w ith fourteen. Bulldogs Take Buckaroos. In g p relim in ary S atu rd ay n ig h t, w ith th e new gym nasium packed to th e la st seat, th e H erm iston fresh men team outplayed the g rad e school team. The final stru g g le of th e week end faced th e Bulldogs w ith the P endleton Buckaroos for th e firs t tim e in a num ber of years. T he score was tied eig h t tim es d u rin g th e four q u arte rs, and w as still tied as th e gam e ended. B u t in th e th ree m inute overtim e period, Shaw and R ankin dropped in tw o field goals, and by holding th e Buckaroos score less cinched th e gam e for th e B u ll dogs. M arble sta rte d th e scoring for H erm iston w ith a foul shot, follow ed im m ediately by Y oung of Pendle ton for th e first goal. Y oung fouled b u t K eller missed his shots. The Bulldogs again jum ped into th e lead as K napp made a b eau tifu l shot from th e side for two points, followed by an o th e r for Shaw. Young again su n k one for P endle ton, as also did G anger, giving P en dleton a slig h t lead a t th e q u a rte r, 5 to 6. M arble ag ain scored on a foul, to tie the score. McKee fouled K napp b u t he missed. K eller dribbled dow n th e length of th e floor and sunk the ball for tw o points. A pass from K eller to R ankin n etted an o th er goal, b ut th is four point lead was not long lived as F a rrlo r and Beam each netted a goal to tie th e score a t h alf tim e a t ten all. W ith both team s fig h tin g to get the lead, the la st h alf was a rep e ti tion of th e first half. K eller heaved a long one from th e m iddle of th e floor th a t sw ished th ro u g h th e hoop w ith o u t h ittin g th e rim . P endleton evened th e score and got a two point lead. R ankin an d Shaw ag ain put the locals in th e lead. Y oung ag ain tied th e score a t 16, b ut two seconds before th e gun popped for th e th ird q u a rte r, K napp tipped th e ball in to give th e Bulldogs th e coveted lead, 16 to 18. The score was ag ain tied th ree tim es in th e closing m in utes of play, sta n d in g 22 all a t th e end of th e fo u rth q u a rte r. A fter a sh o rt tim e out, Shaw and R ankin g arn ered th e two baskets th a t gave th e Bulldogs th e ir vic tory over P endleton, 26 to 22. Y oung of P endleton n etted h igh honors of th e evening w ith 12 points, w ith R an k in lead in g th e H erm iston team w ith 10 points. K eller (1 4 ) F (5 ) T ullia R ankin (1 6 ) F (6 ) Kononen K napp (8 ) C (4 ) E ld rid g e Shaw (2 ) G T horne Marble (2 ) G S chuenlng S u b stitu tio n s — H er., Cox ( 4 ) ; G attm an. Shipp. Cram pton. H elix— H arg et ( 1 ). H aukin (1 ), Rohe. H erm iston (2 6 ) P endleton (2 2 ) K eller (6 ) F McKee R ankin (1 0 ) F (2 ) G anger K napp (4 ) C (2 ) F a rrio r Shaw ( 4 , G (2 ) Mumm M arble (2 ) G (1 2 ) Y oung Basketball—Athena Tonite; Grant Union, Dec. 22