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VOLUME XXXI
NUMBER 22
COLLECTIVE FARM
EFFORT FAVORED
A.F.B.F. U N IT
FORMED HERE
The U m atilla P roject Farm Bu­
reau w hich has operated in H erm is­
ton as a com m unity service o rg a n i­
zation (or th e past 20 years, la st
F rid a y n ig h t voted to function as a
u n it or (arm bureau center to th e
A m erican F arm B ureau F ederation.
A capacity house heard speakers
from th e w estern division, sta te and
county organizations.
A. E. Bensel served as chairm an
o t th e m eeting in the capacity of
vice president of th e organization.
Berkely Davis, president of the
county A FB F, stated th a t the farm ­
e r 's problem w ent fa rth e r th a n his
own doorstep, because of th e need
of a m ark et for his com m odities. He
com m ented upon
th e
cooperative
org an izatio n s in H erm iston, believ­
in g th a t no o th e r such com pletely
organized com m unity could be found
in th e P acific northw est.
Collective effo rt on th e p art of
farm org an izatio n s last year made
possible th e secu rin g of one of th e
la rg e st a p p ro p riatio n s for the pro­
m otion of th e farm program , know n
in th e h isto ry of a g ric u ltu re , Mr.
D avis sta te d . T he farm er needs to
a ffilia te him self w ith o rganizations
directed by leaders who know his
problem s firs t hand, whom he se­
le cts him self, he said.
R alph E. Reynolds, field secretary
fo r th e s ta te A FBF, told of the na­
tional convention and the sp irit and
in te re st show n th e re by farm ers in
o th e r sections of th e U nited S tates
in w h at Oregon farm ers were doing
in an organized w ay to m eet th e ir
m a rk e tin g needs. T h irty -n in e sta te s
in the union and eleven counties in
Oregon are now affilia te d w ith the
A FBF, and it is th e aim of th e or
ganization to build a large enough
m em bership to properly rep resen t
th e farm in d u stry in th e state.
Mr. Reynolds sta te d th a t mem­
bership is based upon th e farm fam -
farm fam ilies not affilia te d w ith any
farm org an izatio n .
.
D. F la h e rty , field rep rese n ta­
tiv e for th e A FB F in the eleven w es­
tern states, opened his rem arks by
com m ending th e U m atilla
P roject
F arm B ureau o rg an iz atio n on its 20
y ea rs of ren d e rin g a real service to
i he
com m unity.
He
com mented
upon th e o th e r cooperative o rg an i­
zations, ca llin g a tte n tio n to th e fact
th a t th e cold storage locker rate
here was ju s t h alf th a t of a p la n t
he recently visited in Illinois. The
!ow ra te here is made possible be­
cau se oi econom ical operation.
Mr. F la h e rty believes th a t a g ri­
c u ltu re should be looked upon as a
mode of life as w ell as a business,
and cited th e background of a g r i­
c u ltu re as it progressed liftin g the
tarm population from thie peasant
class to a place in the U nited States
w here the sta n d a rd of living is the
highest in the world. A fter reach ­
ing th a t sta n d a rd it is necessary for
th e farm er him self to fig h t to up­
hold it.
Because of the system of one crop
ia rm in g in th e w estern states, he
said, the A FB F h.as established a
com m odity d ep a rtm en t approach to
th e various problem s as a sh o rt cut
to the solution. The A FB F has a
d ep artm en t in poultry, d airy in g
farm crops and all o th e r division^
In farm ing, headed by men who keep
in touch w ith th e county and local
heads of th e same d ep a rtm en ts and
in th a t w ay w ork out th e individual
problem s c o n fro n tin g th e farm er on
production and m arketing.
Mr. F la h e rty summ ed up the pro
gram of th e A FB F in four broad ob­
jectives: F irs t, Raise th e sta n d ard s
of education and public recognition
° i IagT,™ 'tu ™ to a position com par-
pi?'e W
*Vh th e Profe88ionst Second,
;. * th e p u rch a sin g pow er of ag ­
ric u ltu ra l products on a p a rity w ith
F«'»flh’H*h1Ct’
farm er b«ys: T hird,
E stablish and m a in ta in an A m eri­
can sta n d ard of living for th e Araer-
'Ca n , farm , hom,>: f o u r th . S tabilize
i
T
nv*stn ,ent. T his, he be-
'eved. is a planned program re su lt­
in g in se cu rity and s ta b ility of the
A merican farm home.
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org an izatio n s need have a def-
m ite policy, believes R. b T avlor
It Cm » Iie’ ,?eDti. Ot the county AFBF.
’ 1 ? "° haVe "tr e n * th in mem­
bers and su p p o rt in order to put
c?J’’ t ™ «tive legislative pro­
gram for th e b enefit of the farm er.
T he tu rk ey grow er, poultrym an
A »?ym,a n ’ whfiat farm er and a„y
o ther form of a g ric u ltu re w hich is
successfully organized, is Zble to
control m ark ets and b rin g the be,?
’ortU^ . tO th *
M? ÎT y
P s H o n " ! ? ^ ’” i° n ,t h * P°s *fble affl-
'F n r
f thp ? raI a ro " p w ith th e
F P F w ere made by H J n t t nr«»
J e n t of th e local g r o /„ . ° V w 7 e v
X nrs.J - C H o ,k fn ‘'- P w
and
- ith
.
a re paid hv
tot -
of thp Io e i> or-
alre ad y affflia t ort
mPTnbershIps
Brrmiatnn Itealh
HERMISTON, UMATILLA
REA EXTENSIONS
ARE ASKED
Pole s e ttin g was com m enced an
the new ru ra l pow er lin e Monday
m orning and several
m iles
have
been placed n o rth an d w est of H er­
m iston. Crew s are a t w ork d ig g in g
holes and s e ttin g poles, an d o th er
crew s w ill follow w ith th e w irin g
and o th e r eq uipm ent of th e line.
The survey of th e lin es has been
com pleted in a ll d istricts.
D uring th e p ast week a rep o rt ot
the req u irem en ts of service to pos­
sible users n o t included in th e o ri­
g in al plans, has been m ade an d the
board of d irecto rs a re p re p a rin g to
m ake ap p licatio n
for ad d itio n al
funds.
F o u r exjensions have been
located. One is on th e B row nell
project east of U m atilla.
A nother
is from th e F red A ndrew s ran c h on
th e U m atilla Meadows so u th and
east of Echo. A th ird is from the
Otis M cCarty place on B u tte r Creek
to P ine City, an d the fo u rth is from
the A tteb u ry corner on B u tte r Creek
w estw ard in to th e W estland d istric t.
In additio n are several sh o rte r stub
lines from the present m ain lines to
serve users in all p arts of th e sys­
tem who could n o t be reached u n ­
der the previous allo tm e n t of funds.
All these proposed ad d itio n s will re ­
qu ire aro u n d 25 miles of m ain lines,
for the co n stru ctio n of w hich th e
board of d irecto rs w ill m ake every
e ffo rt to secure th e necessary a llo t­
m ent from th e REA.
W ith th e advancem ent of th e con­
stru ctio n cf th e lin es an d th e a ssu r­
ances th a t elec tricity w ill be av a il­
able a t a reasonable rate, w hich was
fixed by th e board a t one dollar
m inim um , th e dem and for ju ic e has
reached th e alm ost m axim um point.
W ith bu t one or two exceptions, th e
farm ers along th e lines have signed
m em bership ap p licatio n s, and w ith
proposed additions, 600 users will
be served. A ny farm er who has
not made ap p licatio n , should do so
a t once a t th e association office in
the reclam ation building.
G. V. R obinson, of th e office of
B arr and C unningham , co n tra ctin g
engineers of th e system , atten d e d a
m eeting of th e board of d irectors
W ednesday aftern o o n , a t w hich the
progress of th e w ork was reviewed
and plans for th e extension^ and
f u rth e r developm ents alo n g th e lines
were presented for his inspection.
Jam es H ow ell, chief of one of the
sta k in g crews, has been em ployed as
inspector of co n stru ctio n . N ew port,
K ern & K ibbe have offices in the
brick b u ild in g on the w est side of
th e cream ery in H erm iston, w here
ad d itio n al men a re em ployed as
needed.
STANFIELD GRANGE
W ILL BE HOST
The S tanfield G range w ill act as
host to m em bers of various o th er
granges, who are invited to a tte n d
an open m eeting on T uesday, J a n ­
uary 25, a t th e gran g e h all in S ta n ­
field. An o p p o rtu n ity w ill be given
a ll granges in th e w est end of Um a­
tilla county to express th e ir views
on th e a g ric u ltu ra l outlook program
p o in tin g tow ard th e g en eral confer­
ence to be held in P endleton. Feb­
ru a ry 23. Mrs. J. M. R ichards, who
is chairm an of th e farm hom e com­
m ittee, sta te s th a t Ja y T. Pierson,
a ssista n t co unty agent, w ill be pres­
en t to give a resum e on th e various
phases of th e program and tell of
th e work done th u s far by th e v ar­
ious dep artm en ts.
HOME EXTENSION
COOKING U N IT
The Home E xtension U n it w ill
hold its fin al cooking d em o n stratio n
m eeting Tuesday, Ja n u a ry 25, a t the
Legion h all, w ith Miss F ran ces C lin­
ton, county hom e d em o n stratio n ag ­
en t, d em o n stratin g sim ple refre sh ­
m ents. T he m eeting w ill open at
10:00 A. M. an d th e ladies a re asked
to w ear e ith e r a house dress or an
over apron. A lunch w ill be served
a t noon.
All housew ives and
in terested
p arties are especially Invited to be
present a t th is m eeting.
HENDERSON NAMED
IN COLLEGE BOOK
Oregon S tate
College, C orval­
lis, Jan . 19— Bob H enderson of H er­
m iston, senior in a g ric u ltu re a t OSC,
was one of th e o u tsta n d in g seniors
recently selected to be featu red in
th e forthcom ing edition of th e Am­
erican College Yearbook.
H en d er­
son is stu d e n t body p resident.
Irene E tte r of P ilo t Rock, p resi­
d en t of th e A ssociated W omen s tu ­
d ents at O.S.S., was also chosen as
one of th e o u tsta n d in g stu d en ts.
P ictu re s and biographies of these
o u tsta n d in g stu d e n ts w ill ap p ear in
th e next ed itio n of th e yearbook
w hich includes w rite-u p s of o ut­
sta n d in g sen io rs from every le ad ­
in g A m erican college and u n iv ersi­
ty.
B cholarshtp, p erso n ality , a c ti­
vities and service were th e q u alifi­
cations upon w hich th e selections
w ere based.
Kingsleys Sell Residence.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. K ingsley closed
a deal th is week for th e sale of th e ir
residence on th e west side of town,
to V ane Boynton, who w ill tak e pos­
session a f te r th e first of F eb ru ary .
Mr. and Mrs. K ingsley plan to move
brings th e com m odity depart- to P o rtlan d to make th e ir home a f­
te r spending a m onth v ac atio n in g in
C alifornia.
Mr. K ingsley is a re ­
natlon.1 organisation to «id .n d
n aolring problems of the local tired m erch an t having pioneered in
business in H erm iston in th e early
days.
group.
COUNTY.
OREGON,
JANUARY 20. 1938
BULLDOGS W IN
ONE, LOSE ONE
BIRTHDAY BALL
SATURDAY^ JAN. 29
CANNERY EXCEEDS
LAUNDRY INCOME
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The Bulldogs took th e th ird rap
of th e season T uesday n ig h t when
th e bouncing P en d leto n Buckaroos
o u tp o in ted them 30 to 23 on th e
ju u io r h igh gym floor in P endleton.
T h e Bucks avenged an ea rlie r d efeat
by th e visitors.
T h ree and a h alf m in u tes of play
w ere ticked off the tim ek eep er's
clock in th e firs t q u a rte r before
e ith e r side scored. McKee, flashy
Buck forw ard, th en m onopolized th e
scoring by tossing in two field goals
an d two free th ro w s for six of P en ­
d le to n ’s points. H erm iston m anaged
to g arn e r four m ark ers in th e first
period.
The th ird q u a rte r w as noticeable
for the long passes by H erm iston
and th e w ell-balanced play for th e
Bucks. P en d le to n ’s 30 p o in ts were
divided betw een six men, w hereas
more th a n h alf of th e B ulldog’s
score was tossed in by K eller, con­
sis te n t p lay in g forw ard.
H erm iston was held scoreless in
th e th ird q u arted , w hile th e Bucks
ra n up nine points.
T he A m erican Legion A uxiliary,
H erm iston U nit, w ill sponsor the
P resid en t's B irth d ay Ball S atu rd ay .
Ja n u a ry 29, as p a rt of its com m un­
ity service work. Proceeds tak en in
a t the dance w ill be used to prom ote
research work on in fa n tile paralysis
being conducted in a n atio n al cam ­
paign ag ain st th e dread disease.
The dance is a com m unity project
and th e ch airm an of th e com m ittee,
Mrs. Wm. Logan, asks th e support
of th e various o rg an izatio n s and in ­
dividuals in the com m unity. Ad­
mission will be 60 cents for men and
15 cents for all ladles. C om m ittee
members are Mrs. Logan, Mrs. R. H.
Piersol, Mrs. Mabel W alker,
Mrs.
C. J. Jackson and Mrs. W. L. Hamm.
The dance w ill be held in th e
C om m unity p ark hall and music will
be fu rn ished by C arson’s o rch estra.
The an n u a l m eeting of the H er­
m iston Cooperative L aundry & C an­
nery held F rid ay b ro u g h t o ut a re ­
port th a t receipts of the cannery
exceeded those of th e laundry. The
yearly rep o rt was given by th e d i­
rectors and m anager. T he two busi­
nesses a re housed in th e same b u ild ­
ing an d directed by one board and
supervised by 0 . L. Barlow as m an ­
ager.
Income from can n ery operations
R eceipts
am ounted
to $3695.61
from th e lau n d ry were $2312.95.
T otal Income of business from all
sources, $6129.52. E xpense of op­
era tio n in both d ep a rtm en ts d u rin g
th e past year, $5989.49, or a net
gain for th e year of $140.03. Of th is
expense $355.57 was for ad d itio n al
plum bing and tw o new m achines.
The net w orth of th e e n tire business
is show n to be $3374.78.
The b u ilding housing th e co-op
was purchased several years ago and
five v acan t lots ad jo in in g th e p la n t
were purchased d u rin g th e past year.
A com parison of can n in g for 1936
and 1937 showed a decrease of 6396
cans processed th e la st season. In
1936. 68,490 cans were processed;
in 1937, 62,094. T he slig h t decrease
was b ro u g h t about due to th e a sp a r­
agus grow ers receiving fine re tu rn s
by sh ip p in g d u rin g th e past season.
They offered little stock for the can
ners. B eans showed a decrease in
nearly 4500 cans due to a sh ortage
and high price. T his product, to ­
g eth er w ith tom atoes and asp a ra ­
gus,, are
products
most larg ely
canned. F ru its showed an Increase
of 2167 cans.
Mrs. Miles B arag er was chosen
chairm an of the board, a t the elec­
tion of officers, succeeding Mrs. J.
H. Reid, who announced her in te n ­
tion of re tirin g . Mrs. H. M. Som-
m erer was re-elected secretary
as
was also Mrs. A. E. Marble for th e
office of d irector. O ther board mem­
bers holding over are Mrs. W. A.
Mikesell, Mrs. A. W. T urn b lad and
Mrs. A. E. Bensel.
Hermiston Downs Bees.
The Bulldogs dow ned th e W a-H i
B squad 23 to 18 in a p relim in ary
gam e
to
th e
B rem erton-W a-H i
tussle la st S atu rd ay n ig h t a t W alla
W alla.
The H erm iston club displayed a
a b ility to connect w ith shots kept
them from p u sh in g th e score higher
TO W N TEAM PLAYS
IONE HERE FRIDAY
The H erm iston A th letic club bas­
k etb all team w ill m eet th e Ione
tow n team in a gam e here F rid ay ,
J a n u a ry 21, a t 8 :0 0 o’clock in th e
high school gym. T he gam e is pre­
dicted to be hot since Ione has won
th e m ajo rity of gam es played th is
year. The H erm iston team is com­
posed of local boys.
Young Harris Enlists.
ST. ANTHONY'S
GRADUATION EVENT
Two of th e th ree nurses to be
grad u ated from St. A nth o n y ’s hospi­
tal in P endleton T h u rsd ay n ig h t,
a re from U m atilla. They a re R uth
Thompson and Beth Cooney, and
P earl Haven. T h irteen stu d e n t n u rs­
es will receive th e ir caps, In d icatin g
end of four m onths probation per­
iod and en tra n ce into reg u la r n u rs­
ing work.
The th ree to be g rad u a ted have
completed th ree years of tra in in g .
Miss Thom pson w ill be unable to a t ­
tend, it is said, because of illness.
This is the m id-term g rad u atio n ,
w ith th e o th e r exercises held in the
fall. G irls who are com pleting th e ir
probation tra in in g are LaV erne Gia-
nelli, M ary D oherty, S arah W ork­
man, Hazel Allen,
Mary F eltcher,
Betty M cKenzie (U m a tilla ), F ra n ­
ces S chw indt, Lenore Jones, Made­
line McDonald,
Mary
McGonigle,
Alice Em erson,
P a tric ia
R ichards
(S ta n fie ld ), and^ Ka trin e P o rter.
Land Transaction Made.
The R alph S tan field place on B u t­
ter Creek w hich has been operated
by New M adden for a num ber of
years, w as sold th is week to George
W allace of P o rtlan d . R alph Saylor
will operate th e 440-acre ran c h in
addition to th e H iestan d Moore
ranch w hich he is now o perating.
The lan d lies w est of his present
p roperty and a t least 300 acres is
u n d er cu ltiv atio n .
M ajor H. D. B agnall, th e Arm y
R e cru itin g Officer, 323 New Post
Office
B uilding,
P o rtlan d ,
an­
nounced today th e en listm en t of Ro­
b ert Jackson H a rris of H erm iston
in th e U nited S tates Army. Y eung
H arris, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
W. H a rris of H erm iston, w as given
th e oath of en listm en t a t V ancouver
Radio Louie New Quarters.
B arracks, W ash in g to n ,
w here
he
R
adio
Louie (W h ite) moved th is
was im m ediately assigned to th e 7th
week to th e house east of W a lk e r’s
In fa n try for duty.
Service S tatio n and has had the
garage remodeled in to a w ork shop.
Radio Louie does g en eral rep a ir
Taken Up Notice.
work and no*w has q u ite a m odern
N otice is hereby given th a t I have shop. He moved his fam ily from the
tak en up and have k ep t for about E llio tt house w here they have re­
seven days a t my place in H erm is­ sided for several years. Mr. W hite
ton, th e follow ing described an im al: is W estern Union operator a t U m a­
P a rt Jersey and G uernsey cow, tilla.
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ab o u t 5 years old; said an im al w ill
be sold, unless redeem ed, a t public
Gregory Wrecks Car.
auction to the h ig h est b idder for
Jess G regory of Union, Ore.,
cash in hand on th e 12th day of
F eb ru ary , 1938, a t th e above de­ w recked his '29 Chevrolet coupe late
scribed ranch a t 10:00 o'clock a. m. W ednesday n ig h t when it skidded on
Dated a t H erm iston on th is 20th w et pavem ent a t the Maxwell d itch
bridge east of tow n. The car was
day of Ja n u a ry , 1938.
badly dam aged b ut G regory was not
Signed A lton K ingsbury.
injured.
W alter W heeler Connell, 23, son
of Mr. an d Mrs. W. B. Connell of
Irrigon, passed aw ay T hursday, J a n ­
u ary 13, a t 7:00 P. M. a t St. A ntho­
n y ’s hospital in P endleton, follow ­
ing an illness of th ree weeks from
typhoid fever. F u n eral services were
held S aturday, Ja n u a ry 15, at 2:00
P. M. from the P resb y terian church
in Irrig o n , w ith In term en t in the
Irrigon cem etery. Connell atten d ed
grade school a t M eacham and had
been assistin g his fath e r w ith th e
farm work a t th e ir home near Irri
gon. He is survived by his parents,
and five brothers, F ra n k lin , E arl,
M arvel, N orm an and Mit.
New Hie-h School Students.
Ju n e M athew s en tered the Union
high school since th e new year from
Commerce high school in P o rtlan d ,
as a sophomore. O ther stu d en ts are
P hilip Simms, sophomore from N orth
Bend h igh school, who is m aking
his home a t the Joe Dyer residence,
and W ayne L indner, ju n io r who has
been o ut of school for more th an a
year, b ut w ill com plete his work in
th e next y ear and a half.
COMMITTEES
MAP AG FUTURE
G roups of men and women a re
busy these weeks m apping U m atil­
la co u n ty ’s desirable com m ercial
and social activ ities of th e fu tu re .
C ulm ination of p relim in ary p la n ­
ning m eetings, now being held, w ill
be a county-w ide farm
economic
confereisce in P endleton. F eb ru ary
23.
One of these p relim in ary m eetings
was held in P endleton la st T h u rs­
day a t w hich rep resen tativ es of each
farm org an izatio n and each are a in
the county discussed th e need of
proper “ land use” an d made p lans
for d elivering a rep o rt a t the F eb­
ru ary conference. A nother session
was held Monday of th is week a t
w hich com m ittees reported crops
best suited to lands set up as a g ri­
c u ltu ra l lands by th e land use p la n ­
n in g com m ittee.
Five p lan n in g com m ittees h ave
been set up to study U m atilla coun­
ty 's desirable economic an d social
fu tu re . They are: L and use, crop
production,
livestock
production,
farm home and ru ra l life, and ta x a ­
tion.
Local rep resen tativ es from th e
w est end of U m atilla county serv in g
on th e various com m ittees are:
Land use-—C. M. Jackson, H er­
m iston; W. T. Reeves, S tan field ; R.
,G. Saylor, Echo; Crop production—
A. E. Bensel, H erm iston; Ja ck Rue-
ber, S tan field ; Nell R obertson, Ec­
ho; Livestock production-—Jo h n Je n -
drzejew ski, turkeys, J. W. McMul­
len, p o u ltry , C. A. Lynch, d airy in g,
all H erm iston;
ta x a ti o n — H aw ley
Bean, E cho; J. H. Reid. H erm isto n ;
J. M. R ichards, S tan field ; Mrs. J.
M. R ichards is ch airm an
of th e
farm home and ru ra l life com m ittee.
Each of the 36 counties in Oregon,
according to C. W. Sm ith of C orval­
lis, a ssista n t sta te co unty ag e n t
leader, is holding sim ilar conferen­
ces. W hen all have held sessions,
th e ir com posite rep o rts w ill form a
p icture of th e best m an n er in w hich
Oregon can use its m any resources
to b rin g ab o u t th e m ost prom ising
farm practices over a period of
years.
These are the firs t county-w ide
p la n n in g conferences for U m atilla
county.
Form erly, Oregon did Its
localized p la n n in g by both d istric ts
and counties, a method begun in
1924. So p ractical have th e confer­
ences appeared th a t they have been
adopted by o th e r sta te s of the union
u n til now ull of th e U nited States is
p la n n in g conscious.”
The land use com m ittee consider­
ed a num ber of objectives a t its
m eeting in Pendleton. Among them,
how best to use U m atilla county
land w hich Hhould be taken from
production, w hat effect sh iftin g
lands to p astu re would have on th e
tax base, farm population, desirable
num ber of fam ilies on farm s, schools,
roads, feed supplies, new crops and
sim ilar related subjects.
Parent Education Meeting.
The P a re n t E ducation group w ill
m eet F rid a y afternoon a t 1:30 in
the high school b u ilding to discuss
problem s co n fro n tin g paren ts. Mrs.
C. M. Jackson and Mrs. O. L. Barlow
will act as leaders. Unless g re a te r
in te rest is m anifest th ro u g h a tte n ­
dance th e m eetings will be discon­
tu re. On extrem ely w et soil, or on tinued. the com m ittee stated.
soil w hich Is alk ali, straw b e rry clo­
BURGHARDT-HARRIS
ver may be su b stitu ted for p a rt or"
Leah H arris, high school sen io r,
all of th e I^tdino clover to a d v a n t­
and Galen B u rg h ard t of Pierce, Id a­
age.
were m arried S atu rd ay , J a n u a ry
T he method of seeding and p re­ ho,
15, a t Pasco, W n. Mrs. B u rg h h ard t
p ara tio n of th e ground follow s no is a d au g h ter of Guy H arris and will
set ru le which will apply to all con­ leave soon for Idaho to m ake her
ditions.
V arious types of soil re­ home.
q u ire d iffe ren t types of seed p re p a ­
ratio n . It is im p o rta n t to p rep are a
Mrs. Russell Hill.
firm seed bed, th e pam phlet states,
Mrs. Russell H ill, form er resident
and th e land should be leveled so of H erm iston, an d m em ber of th e
th a t it can be irrig ate d ecqnom ical- local Tow nsend club, passed aw ay
ly. Seeding In g rain stubble is ac­ Ja n u a ry 1st, a t h er home in K la­
ceptable, or on land w hich is liable m ath Falls, Oregon. She is s u r ­
to blow it is necessary to p u t on a vived by a d a u g h te r and son. and
lig h t covering of straw or m anure. her husband, Russell Hill, who is a
In o rd er to secure uniform depth nephew of Mrs. V ictoria C hurchm an
of seeding a g ra in drill w ith a grass of H erm iston.
seeder a tta c h m e n t should be used.
It m ay be necessary to go over th e
MILLARD-TURNER
ground as many tim es as th e re are
Bessie Lou T u rn er and T heron I.
d iffe re n t kinds of seed or g rass due M illard were m arried Ja n u a ry 5, at
to th e fact th a t m ost mixed grasses W alla W alla, Wn.
Mr. Millard Is
are not of the same w eight and size a nephew of Mrs. V ictoria Church
an d tend to flow th ro u g h th e d rill man and has been assistin g her on
d iffe ren tly .
All grasses should be th e farm west of town for the past
seeded not more th a n one and one- several m onths.
T he couple m ade
h alf inch deep.
a trip to Sandpoint. Idaho, and Spo­
In cases w here a d rill is not av a il­ kane, W n., w here th ey visited Mrs
They will m ake
able, th e g rass m ix tu re can be broad M illard’s sisters.
cast on a slig h tly roughened surface th e ir home on th e H an n an place In
and lig h tly harrow ed in a fte r seed­ n o rth east Columbia d istrict, w hich
they purchased recently.
ing.
U sually p astu res occupy th e land
CARD OF THANKS.
for a num ber of years so th e ex­
We wish to express our ap p re cia­
pense of ad equate p rep aratio n
is
ju stified . In general, land w hich has tion to o u r friends and neighbors
been in ro w 'c ro p s or g rain for a for th e ir many acts of kindness
year or tw o is more easily prepared shown tow ard us d u rin g the illness
for p astu re th a n recently plowed, and death of our son and b ro th er.
run-dow n alfalfa or an y o th e r m ea­ Also for th e m any b eau tifu l floral
offerings.
dow land.
MR. AND MRS. W. B. CONNELL
The p astu re pam phlets have been
AND FAMILY, ( I rrig o n )
prepared w ith a view of assistin g
farm ers in th is te rrito ry , especially
Stanfield-Echo Home Ec Unit.
those who have recen tly moved on­
to th e project, in p lan n in g th e ir
The S tan field -E ch o Home Ec u n it
farm p astu re program , and m eeting will hold a m eeting In th e P resby­
th e soil conditions as they ex ist to
th e end th a t th ey will get th e best terian church p arlo rs a t S tanfield.
production resu lts from tuew seed­ Friday, Ja n u a ry 28. a t 1:30 P. M.
ings. These pam phlets will be dis­ Miss F rances C linton, county home
trib u te d to Individuals who request d em o n stratio n ag en t, will discuss
them and will be left a t th e office d ain ty p a rty refresh m en ts w ith th e
of th e various cooperative farm o r­ group. Election of officers w ill be
g an izatio n s here for reference.
held.
TYPES OF PASTURE GRASSES RECOMMENDED
IN PAMPHLET FOR IRRIGATED PROJECTS
Types of p a stu re grasses
have
been recommended for irrig a te d pro­
je c ts by H. K. Dean, su p e rin ten d e n t
of th e U m atilla Field S tatio n , and
Ja y T. P ierson, a ssista n t
county
ag en t, in a p am p h let w hich w ill be
issued in the n ea r fu tu re to in d iv i­
d u als and to th e v ario u s farm o r­
g an izatio n heads for use of its mem­
bers.
The pam phlet b rin g s o ut th e types
of p astu re to be used in th is area,
determ ined by soils and m oisture
cdnditiorjs.
On ^Butter Greek and
U m atilla meadows all soils are lik e­
ly to su p p o rt mixed grass p astu res
w here all sum m er w ater is available,
due to th e fact th a t mixed grasses
have a shallow root system . Sweet
clover and o th er legum inous p as­
tu res have a deep root system and
a re able to secure m o istu re from a
deeper soil zone.
T he coarser soil types co n stitu te
a la rg e r m ajo rity of th e land in th is
are a and th erefo re th e sw eet clover
seeding alone is recom m ended, which
bcause of its stro n g grow ing habits,
is not recom m ended to be seeded in
a grass m ixture. It grow s to the
d etrim en t of th e o th e r grasses.
Mixed grasses may be seeded any
tim e diuring open w eath er in th e
w in te r m onths and not la te r th a n
March 1, since th ey s ta r t d u rin g
cool w eather.
If m oisture
condi­
tions a re rig h t grasses can also be
seeded
d u rin g
November.
Sweet
clover should be seeded not la te r
th a n March 1, and as early In th e
sp rin g as th e ground can be worked.
The recom m ended ra te listed in the
p astu re p am phlet is 12 pounds per
acre. W h ite sw eet clover seems to
offer more p a stu re th a n th e yellow
in th is area.
T he p astu re p am phlet lists and
recom m ends
the
follow ing grass-
clover m ix tu re: O rchard grass. 5
pounds per acre. Smooth
Brome
grass, 5 pounds. K entucky Blue
g rass. 2 pounds. L adino C lover, 3
pounds, and E nglish Rye grass. 3
pounds.
K entucky Blue grass will tend to
Increase In any grass m ixture, but
by ad ding only tw o pounds in th e
o rig in al seeding it w ill fu rn ish some
feed early in th e life of th e pas­
WALTER WHEELER CONNELL.
FARM ECONOMIC
CONFERENCE FEB. 23
M A N Y ATTEND
TOWNSEND MEETING
More th an a capacity house en ­
joyed the Tow nsend club m eeting
Tuesday n ig h t held in th e Union
church. G lenn C. W ade, d istric t
m anager for the Tow nsend club, of
Redmond, Ore., was th e m ain sp eak­
er, te llin g of th e progress made in
an effo rt to secure a co n stitu tio n al
am endm ent for the tran sa ctio n tax
in th e Tow nsend plan.
Dr. J. A. Rest of P endleton, a
member of th e Townsend club for a
num ber of years, was an o th er sp eak ­
er, te llin g of his experiences in th e
leg islatu re. Barney Anderson, form ­
er president of th e P endleton T ow n­
send club, was also present. O thers
present from Pendleton w ere Mrs.
Anderson, Tom Heddel, Bill S u th er­
land, Mrs. H artm an Long, d is tric t
secretary, and Mr. Rose.
The club members and th e ir v isit­
ors enjoyed an oyster supper im m e­
d iately follow ing th e business ses­
sion.
E n te rta in m e n t featu res were pre­
sented by P aul Moore of A thena in
th e form of a sp iritu a l sceance. He
gave a vocal num ber and he and
Mrs. Moore gave a vocal duet. He Is
a son of C. R. Moore of H erm iston.
Jim m y Goodman of th e CCC camp at
S tanfield gave a vocal and g u ita r
accom panim ent num ber w hich w as
g rea tly enjoyed.
C. A. Jack m an , presid en t of the
club, presided a t th e m eeting, in-
tro d ,icin g th e various speakers.
Weather Report.
Date
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15
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16
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Ja n u a ry 18
Ja n u a ry 19 .............
P re clp itatio n was .24.
Max. Min.
56 .... 3 4
56 ... 39
45
56
47 .. 29
40 .... 34
26
42
40 ... 25
Townsend Auxiliary.
The ladies of th e Tow nsend ctub
au x ilia ry m et F riday. Ja n u a ry 14.
a t the home of Mrs. Chas. Epperson
w ith 27 present to assist in q u iltin g
and c u ttin g q u ilt blocks. The next
m eeting will be held a t th e home of
Mrs. F. W. Lens, F rid ay , J a n u a ry
28, from 1 :00 to 4; 00 p. m.