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VOLUME XXXI
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NUMBER 25
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON,
MEET THE TEAM
(P rom th e Bulldog)
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G. K ELLER
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’ lor
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,
He
baa
proved his skill
• a t b o a t in g —
leading hla op-
ponents in scor­
in g points.
8. RA N K IN —
S tu a r t is not a
f l a s h y player
but a
steady,
h a r d - driving
fo rw ard , a kind
of a player ev­
ery team needs.
T hia is his la st
year.
R. MARBLE
A new m em ber
to th e squad, a
ju n io r boy who
is a dandy i
defense and
steady player on
offense.
R alph
lacks the e x p e rt
ence of the oth
er players.
A. SHAW — A
sm all b u t sc ra p ­
py g uard, who
fig h ts
in
all
gamee. Asa is
fa s t and a good
f l o o r w orker.
T his is S haw ’s
la st year.
BHBHI
R. K N A P P—
Anothjer
senior
boy, playing his
la st year. R ay­
m ond’s
south-
p a w shooting
m akes him
a
trick y and d a n ­
gerous p l a y e r
for any team .
W IN N IN G STREAK
NEARLY BROKEN BY
U M A TILLA VIKING S
T he H erm iston h igh school Bull
dogs continued th e ir w in n in g streak
in a last m inute ra lly Tuesday n ig h t
ag a in st th e U pper C olum bia League
leading team from U m atilla. It was
a nip an d tuck g u ard in g b a ttle w ith
n eith er team being able to score.
U ntil th e last q u a rte r it appeared as
if the U m atilla basketeers would up­
set th e stro n g Bulldog team.
U m atilla led in th e non-scoring
first half 3 to 6. K eller was held for
only two points, and Shaw dropped
in a free throw . Brown, B arbouletos
and G. H ia tt each slipped in for
two points.
However, both team s sta rte d scor­
ing a fte r tim e out a t th e half. U m a­
tilla doubled its score w hile H erm is­
ton rang up eleven p oints to lead at
the close of the th ird period 14 to
12.
U m atilla again tied th e score in
the final round, b ut w ith K eller, S.
R ankin an d K napp lead in g the a t ­
tack in the final m inutes, th e B ull­
dogs came o ut on top w ith a score
of 24 to 16.
The H erm iston g irls k ep t th e ir
slate clean except for th e one Helix
gam e by ta k in g th e U m atilla girls
for th e second tim e, 26 to 19.
BULLDOGS APPLY
PRESSURE TO
W IN T IL T 31-21
(F ro m the B ulldog)
The H erm iston H i basketeers ad
ded an o th er victory to th e ir list by
overw helm ing the K ennew ick team
31 to 21, in th e local gym S aturday,
F eb ru ary 5.
K eller, H erm isto n ’s ace forw are,
opened scoring w ith a free throw .
The first h alf of th e gam e proved to
be ra th e r a see-saw affa ir as fa r as
th e score w as concerned, th e q u a rte r
ending 6 to 8 and th e h alf 12 to 13
w ith H erm iston in th e lead.
A fter the
h alf-tim e
H erm iston
came back w ith a d eterm in atio n to
win and im m ediately took a lead of
seven points and held th e lead d u r ­
ing th e rem ain d er of th e game.
In th e la st tw o m in u tes of play in
th e fo u rth q u a rte r th e Bulldogs
played a b it of “ keep aw ay” w ith
th e T igers, and stalled the ball,
leaving th e score 31 to 21 for th e
B ulldogs’ victory.
A gain K eller was h igh man w ith
18 points to his credit. H is "side-
k ick ” forw ard, S tu a rt R an k in , was
unable to play due to an eye in ju ry
received in the Echo game.
L ine-ups w ere as follow s:
H erm iston (3 1 )
(2 1 ) K ennew ick
K eller (18)
F
(2 ) Sm alley
Corpe
F
(2 ) Campbell
K napp (5 )
C
( 4 ) Reym ore
Shaw (3 )
(2 ) Yedico
G
M. R an k in (5)
G
( 6 ) Doyle
S u b stitu tio n s: H e r m i s t o n —
M arble; K ennew ick — K eller, How­
land (5 ).
Hermiston Bees Defeated.
T he H erm iston “ B’s” tangled w ith
th e K ennew ick “ B’s” in th e second
gam e of th e evening an d w ere de­
feated by a score of 30 to 20.
The H erm iston grad e school team
and th e freshm an locked h orns for
th e second tim e th is season in th e
prelim in ary gam e S atu rd ay night.
T he score was 23 to 4 in favor of
the freshm an.
M. RA N K IN —
A new m em ber
on th e squad; a
ju n io r boy, play­
in g guard. A n­
o th e r year w ill
m ake M arvin a
d ang ero u s play­
e r fo r any op­
p o n en t.
H e ’s
playing
good
OUTLOOK GROUPS
COMPLETE REPORTS
b all and deserves
c re d it.
B. CORPE — A
forw ard, having
tw o m ore years.
Bill is le a rn in g
fast, and
d e­
serves a g re a t
deal of credit
for his im prove­
m ent. Bill will
be plenty
de­
pendable n e x t
year.
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
H eppner
B aker
P endleton
M ac-Hi
P endleton
M ac-Hi
H ere
H ere
F ebruary 11
F eb ru ary 12
T o u rn a m e n t
T here
F ebruary
H ere
F eb ru ary
H ere
F eb ru ary
T here
F eb ru ary
21
22
24
25
MOTHER OF ROY
HALE PASSES
V a r i o u s p lan n in g com m ittees
w orking on th e d iffe ren t phases of
th e econom ic outlook program will
have e n tire program s com pleted by
F eb ru ary 15. These rep o rts w ill be
worked in to a g eneral rep o rt w hich
will be open for discussion to all
U m atilla county farm ers in a m eet­
ing a t Pendleton, F eb ru ary 23.
Five p la n n in g com m ittees have
been set up to study U m atilla coun­
ty 's desirab le economic and social
futu re. T hey are: L and use, crop
production,
livestock
p ro d u ctio n ,
farm home and ru ra l life, and ta x ­
ation. R eports from each of these
com m ittees w ill be m ade in to a gen ­
era) rep o rt to be presented a t th e
conference in P endleton. F eb ru ary
23.
CLUB ENDORSES
BATTLESHIP FUND
Mrs. H a ttie H ale, 64, resid e n t of
Echo for th e past 16 years, and mo­
th e r of Roy H ale of H erm iston,
passed aw ay T uesday, F eb ru ary 8
follow ing an illness of two m onths.
F u n eral services w ill be held F rid ay
a t 2 :00 p. m. from th e M ethodist
ch u rch in Echo, conducted by Rev.
R. R. F ln k b ein er. In te rm e n t w ill
be in th e E cho cem etery.
Mrs. H ale was born in A rkansas
an d cam e west w ith her husband
and fam ily in 1900. She moved to
Echo from S eattle in M arch, 1916
w here she has resided since.
She is survived by h er husband
and th e follow ing ch ild ren : Fred W.
Hale, P o rtla n d ; Floyd H ale, N orth
Bonneville; Roy H ale, H erm iston;
L. K. H ale, H oodsport, W n.; Mrs.
M yrtle O’Brien, Mrs. K atie Cunha,
Mrs. Clydie Esselstyn, Echo; Doyle
P. Hale, Olympia. She leaves two
brothers, Sam Coppinger, P en d leto n ;
C harles C oppinger,
Lowden, W n .;
and two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Thomas,
Echo, and
Mrs. K ittie T u rn er,
Barnes, A^k.
REQUEST WELL
WATER EXAM INED
Dr. F. B. Belt, city h ea lth officer,
is conducting a cam paign w hereby
all persons w ishing to have w ell
w ater on th e ir places tested ag ain st
possible co n tam in atio n , may do so
by sig n in g papers req u estin g th e
S tate Board of H ea lth to exam ine
all sam ples of w ate r sen t from th is
project. These papers may be signed
a t th e office of Dr. Belt, G range
Co-op, F arm B ureau Co-op, cream ­
ery. e ith e r d ru g store, hardw are, or
H erald
office. W hen a su fficien t
num ber of nam es ap p ear on th e
sheets of paper, especially in s tru c t­
ed people will collect specim ens of
w ater from wells in th e reg u lar b ot­
tles supplied by th e sta te d e p a rt­
m ent of h ealth .
Due to d an g er of f u rth e r co n tam ­
ination by tra n sp o rtin g w ater, no
sam ples w ill be accepted
for e..
am in atio n by th e board unless su b ­
m itted in th e reg u la r b o ttles f u r ­
nished by th e d ep artm en t. Dr. B elt
states.
T his cam paign is being staged to
prev en t a p ossibility of spread of
typhoid fever from contam in ated
w ater a t any tim e in fu tu re years,
and to m ake people conscious of such
a possibility.
PIONEER W O M A N
SUCCUMBS
Mrs. A m anda W ittm e r Agnew,
81. who came to th e P acific N o rth ­
west w ith her husband 60 years ago,
died early th is week in Tacoma,
W n., of in ju rie s received in a fall in
her bedroom la st W edntsday. The
Agnews hom esteaded in th e W est-
land p roject more th a n th irty years
ago and resided th e re for a num ber
of years. Mr. Agnew, who died th ree
years ago, was a co n tra cto r and
realty d ealer in Tacom a m any years.
They lived in M cM innville, Or.,
and P o rtlan d before m oving to T a ­
coma.
F our d au g h ters, am ong them Mrs
J. I. H orrocks, T e it;
Mrs. C. R
Moore, O kanogan, and Mrs. Thomas
G. H eslup, S acram ento, and a son,
A. W. Agnew, P o rtlan d , survive.
JACK M A R T IN HEADS
O.S.C. YELL SQUADS
Oregon S tate College, Corvallis,
Feb. 8— Ja c k M artin of H erm iston,
senior In en g in ee rin g a t Oregon
S ta te college, headed th e yell lead­
ing squad a t th e tw o b asketball
gam es held recently betw een U ni­
versity of W ash in g to n and Oregon
State.
M artin took th e place of th e v a r­
sity yell king, Dick M artin , also of
H erm iston and senior in education,
who has a dislocated shoulder.
T his squad consists of five s tu ­
dents who d ire c t th e ro o tin g section
a t th e gam es and also e n te rta in w ith
tu m b lin g acts.
U M A TILLA LODGES
DONATE TO FUND
T he D egree of P ocohontas an d
Redmen of U m atilla have donated
ten cents per cap ita to th e N ational
In fa n tile P araly sis F o u ndation. They
also sponsored coin boxes w hich
were placed in the post office. H a r­
ry H u ll's store, and R odenbaugh’s.
From all th ese sources it is believed
U m atilla w ill have a t least $25 to
send to th e fo u n d atio n fund.
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T his N atio n al In fa n tile P araly sis
8000 Eggs Incubated.
F o undation is for th e purpose of
The “ V ig o rb ilt” H atch ery now prom oting research w ork In th e
field of In fa n tile paralysis and for
has 8000 W hite L eghorn and New ca rin g for persons afllcted by th e
H am pshire Red eggs in th e Jam es­ disease.
way in cub ato rs and will soon be
ru n n in g to capacity.
Gene Hanby Returns,
Donald M artin of H omedale, Id a­
ho, who has been employed by N. J.
Gene H anby. who left last week
V anskike. m anager of the hatch ery , for V ancouver, W n .. to undergo an
since December, will act In th e ca­ exam ination for ad m itta n ce in to th e
pacity of chick sexer. T he hatch ery M arines, retu rn ed home early th is
offered sexed chicks for th e first week w ith a tem p o rary rejection
tim e last y ear w ith a man train ed in slip due to stigm atism . H anby plans
th is line doin th e job in th e local I to e n te r as soon as th e physical
hatchery.
h andicap Is corrected
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FEBRUARY 10, 1938.
GRANGES SPONSOR
AG SPEAKERS
W. J. W arn er, m em ber of th e H er­
miston Com mercial club, was named
by G overnor M artin last Monday
nig h t as a rep rese n tativ e in the
cam paign to b erth th e h isto ric bat
tleship Oregon in a p erm an en t mem
orial park in P o rtlan d h arbor, and
th e local club endorsed th e move­
m ent at its reg u la r m eeting T ues­
day night, w hich was held in H u n ­
te r’s Cafe.
Anyone w ishing to d o n ate to the
fund may do so th ro u g h Mr. W ar­
ner. who w ill direct th e drive here.
Every school child in Oregon w ill
have an o p p o rtu n ity to tak e p a rt in
the cam paign, it was announced,
and Mr. W a rn e r is a m em ber of th e
fund raisin g com m ittee appointed by
th e governor a t work th ro u g h o u t
the state.
O ther ro u tin e business was con­
ducted a t the m eeting Tuesday
night. Among local business men
present were W alter Sm ith, presi­
dent. who presided, H arold Thom p­
son, W. J. W arner, A1 Q uiring, H.
M. Sommerer, W alter Hamm , E. P.
Dodd. H enry Kopacz, Roy Hale, F.
C. McKenzie. Wm. S haar, P aul Bra-
cher, J. A. Clarke and B. I. W hitney.
TW O A N N U A L CO-OP
MEETINGS FRIDAY
Two an n u a l m eetings for coop­
erativ e o rg an izatio n s w ill be held
F riday of th is week, one in th e a f­
ternoon and one in th e evening. The
F arm B ureau C o-operative w ill meet
a t 1:30 o’clock in th e aftern o o n and
th e G range C ooperative w ill meet
a t 8:00 o’clock in th e evening. Each
m eeting w ill be held in th e Union
church.
The F arm B ureau Co-operative
w ill elect d irecto rs to fill th e ex­
pired term s of D irectors H. J. Bean,
D istrict No. 1 ; J. H. Reid, D istrict
No. 3; and R. G. Saylor, D istrict
No. 5.
The G range Cooperative «'ill elect
officers and take care of an y oth er
business com ing before th e m eeting.
The public is invited to atten d
these mee t i n g s . ___
RURAL SERVICE
SPECIALIST C O M IN G
J. R. Beck, ru ra l service specialist
rom Oregon S tate college, w ill meet
w ith the a g ric u ltu ra l com m ittees of
the various granges, and w ith all
farm ers in terested , in a m eeting
’scheduled for T hursday,
F eb ru ary
17, in th e Odd Fellow s hall. All
a g ric u ltu ra l com m ittees of the v a r­
ious g ranges in th is are a w ill m eet
w ith Mr. Beck to o u tlin e th e a g ri­
c u ltu ral program s for 1938.
G rangers, o th er th an mem bers of
the a g ric u ltu ra l rom m ittees are wel­
come to a tte n d this m eeting, accord­
ing to Ja y T. Pierson, assista n t coun­
ty ag en t.
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Scott Place Sold.
H. H owltz of Albany. Ore., has
purchased the 40-acre farm known
as the Scott place from L. W. Dix-
son and w ill tak e possession soon.
Kowitz is a son-in-law of F. W.
Lenz, who farm s in Colum bia d ist­
rict. Mr. Dixson plans to move onto
th e H arvey DeMoss place in Colum­
bia d istric t w here he will m ake his
home. H is son E lm er Dixson and
fam ily are now living on the home
place and w ill operate th e hop yard
th is com ing season. Mr. Dixson is in
poor h ealth and does n o t plan to be
p a rtic u la rly activ e in the hop busi­
ness th is year.
Final Turkey Shipment.
The E astern Oregon T urkey G row ­
ers' association held its final tu rk ey
shipm ent J a n u a ry 28, in th e clean ­
up for th e season. N inety-one cases
contained 472 birds, w eighing 8175
pounds. T his shipm ent cleaned up
all birds ow ned by grow ers except
those w hich were kept for breeding
stock.
Joe W Ja rv is, a g ric u ltu ra l agent
for th e Union Pacific, of Boise, will
be the guest speaker a t a jo in t m eet­
ing of the W estland and Columbia
G ranges, Tuesday, F eb ru ary 16, held
in Colum bia school house a t 8 :0 0 p.
m. The two g ranges are sponsor­
ing th e speakers an d th e program .
Mr. Ja rv is w ill ta lk on “ Vegetable
P roduction
and
T ra n sp o rta tio n ,”
and also o u tlin e work of th e “ Dairy
Cow D evelopm ent” program being
sponsored by th e Union P acific.
E lm er S ullivan, Sm ith-H ughes in ­
stru c to r in th e Boardm an schools,
w ill also tell of his w ork and its
purpose. Ja y T. Pierson, assistan t
county ag e n t for U m atilla, will
speak briefly on w arehouse coops.
Dick W ightm an, Sm ith-H ughes in­
stru c to r a t A rlin g to n , will also be
am ong the speakers.
All G rangers, th e ir frien d s and
any person in terested in a g ric u ltu r­
al b etterm e n t a re invited to be pres­
ent. Several choir m usical num bers
a re being arran g ed , and lig h t re-
freshm ents will be served.
PASTURE CIRCULAR
FOR DISTRIBUTION
The pasture im provem ent circ u lar
w hich has been prepared by Assis­
ta n t County A gent Jay T. Pierson,
and approved by the extension de­
p artm en t of Oregon S ta te college,
w ill be ready for d istrib u tio n the
last of th.'s week. Copies w ill be
sent to farm ers on th e reg u la r m ail­
ing list m ain tain ed a t th e a ssista n t
county a g e n t’s office. A nyone who
does not receive one of these circu ­
lars may call for it a t Mr. P ierson's
office or a t th e office of H. K. Dean,
su p e rin ten d e n t of th e U m atilla Field
S tatio n .
,
The com plete context of th e circu ­
la r is published in th is issue of the
H erald.
TURKEY ASSOCIATION
MANAGER VISITS
H erb ert Byers, g eneral m anager
of th e N orthw est T urkey G row ers'
association, held a conference with
the board and mem bers of E astern
Oregon T urkey G row ers’ association
here T hursday. He reports the crop
outlook for 1938 about th e sam e as
last year. He is m aking a field tour
of a ll associations in Oregon and
W ashington.
IRRIGON 4-H CLUB
AWARDS MADE
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, Morrow
county school su p e rin ten d e n t,
was
in Irrig o n , Ore., Ja n u a ry 22, to o r­
ganize several 4-H club projects.
A w ards of m erit were presented to
club in sew ing two of w hich Vonna
Jo n es is leader, and Room Im prove­
m ent club, lead by Mrs. A. C. H ough­
ton. T his was for work done last
year. A w ards for th is y e a r’s work
w ent to clubs In Cooking II, Vonna
Jones, leader; Sew ing II. Mrs. W. C.
Isom, lead er; and Home Making,
Mrs. A. C, H oughton, leader.
C. E. Banquet Success.
A pproxim ately 60 young people
atten d ed th e C h ristian E ndeavor
ban q u et held last Monday evening
in th e Union church in honor of the
57th an n iv ersary of th e o rg an iza­
tion. W alter L. Myers, sta te field
secretary , was th e guest speaker,
w ith sh o rt ta lk s given by Mrs. V D
B ram er of U m atilla. Miss Neva H ed­
rick of S tan field , and R alph Neill
of Pine City. Musical num bers were
given by S tan field and U m atilla so­
cieties and a s tu n t by the H erm is­
ton group. Cecil W a rn er J r. acted
as to astm aster. Closing devotions
were led by Miss ^ P au lin e Stoop.
Parent Study Club Postponed.
The P a re n t Study club will not
m eet a t th e re g u la r tim e b ut has
Social Security Manager Here.
postponed its m eeting u n til F eb ru ­
ary 25, when it w ill be held a t the
L. C. R aab erg of La G rande, m an­ school
house a t 1:30 p. m., w ith
ag er of th e eastern Oregon te rrito ry Mrs. H. M, Som m erer as leader.
for the social security, was calling
on business people in H erm iston last
Board Directors Meet.
W ednesday. Mr. R aaberg sta te s th a t
anyone w ish in g Inform ation may
The new ly elected board of direc­
w rite to his office a t La G rande.
tors for th e H erm iston C ooperative
L au n d ry * C annery met last T h u rs­
Chiropractic Clinic.
day to discuss business. Mrs. Wm
Mikesell Is p resid en t of th e board.
Dr. George Simon of Eugene, Or., Mrs.
b lad . vice president,
specialist in ch iro p ractic treatm en ts, Mrs. A. H. W. M. T u rn
Som m erer. secretary,
is being b ro u g h t to H erm iston by Mrs. A. E. M arble,
tre a su re r, and
Dr. A. E. M arble, local ch iro p racto r, Mrs. Miles B arag er and
Mrs. A. E.
for one week b eg inning F ebruary Bensel
21. Dr. Simon is not only know n by board. are o th e r members of the
Dr. M arble b u t by o th e r persons
living In th is com m unity.
RURAL LIGHTING
EXPERT COMING
M EETING SCHEDULED
FEBRUARY 1 6 - 17
E. H. Davis, E xtension Specialist
in A g ricu ltu ral E n g in eerin g from
Oregon S tate college, w ill be a v a il­
able for a series of four m eetings to
be held in con ju n ctio n w ith dem on­
s tr a tin g electric w iring and lig h tin g
in th e farm homes, the first to be
F eb ru ary 16.
The m eetings are scheduled as fol­
lows:
B oardm an— H igh school a u d ito r­
ium, 1:30 p. m.. W ednesday, F eb ru ­
ary 16.
Irrig o n — H igh school au d itorium ,
8 :00 p. m., W ednesday, F eb ru ary 16.
S tan field — S tan field G range hall,
1 :3 0 p. m., T hursday, F eb ru ary 17.
H erm iston— H igh school au d ito r­
ium, 8:00 p. m., T hursday, F eb ru ­
a ry 17.
A motion p ic tu re w ith sound e f­
fect w ill be show n in connection
w i(h each of th e m eetings. Mr. D a­
vis will d em o n strate th e d iffe ren t
kinds of appliances th a t can be used
in the home, and discuss th e num ­
ber of floor plugs, proper placing of
lig h ts, and o th e r angles. Q uestions
will be answ ered reg a rd in g w iring,
lig h tin g , and power used on th e
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farm .
ARLINGTON STATION
ROBBED; MEN HELD
A bout two hours a fte r B en’s A u­
to Service a t A rlin g to n was held up
and robbed of ab o u t $15 Sunday,
George W. C arm an. 20, and C arroll
I. Brown, 20, both of Ogden, U tah,
w ere apprehended a t U m atilla and
charged w ith th e crime. B ert N a ­
tion, special sta te deputy, and H er­
m iston m arshal, and his son Babe,
made the c a p tu re a t U m atilla, and
tu rn ed the p air over to th e s ta te po­
lice who retu rn ed them to A rlin g ­
ton.
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It is reported th a t C arm an and
Brown stopped a t th e service s ta ­
tion at A rlington about six o’clock
Sunday for gas and oil. W hile Brown
rem ained in th e car. It is said th a t
C arm an followed th e a tte n d a n t in ­
to th e sta tio n and holding him at
the point of a gun, took ab o u t $15
from the cash reg ister.
Locking the a tte n d a n t in th e la­
vatory, th e alleged cu lp rits drove
off. b ut the p riso n er broke th e glass
In th é door and observed th a t the
ca r drove east on th e highw ay. It
was im m ediately reported to sta te
police, who notified law enforcem ent
officials east of A rlin gton.
HEADS AG CLUB
BANQUET AT O.S.C.
Oregon S tate College, Corvallis,
Feb. 9-—W a lte r Jen d rzejew sk i of
H erm iston, senior in a g ric u ltu ra l
economics a t O.StC., has been named
to head th e com m ittee for th e Ag
club banquet to be held F eb ru ary
24.
The Ag club ban q u et is th e o u t­
sta n d in g function of th e school of
ag ric u ltu re in w hich stu d en ts and
faculty alik e p a rtic ip a te d u rin g the
year. L ast y ear close to 600 were
present for th e a ffa ir and a record-
sm ashing crowd is expected to a t ­
tend th is year.
“ Several prom inent a g ric u ltu ra l
leaders are being discussed as possi­
ble speakers to headline th e pro­
gram , b ut no d efin ite choice has
been made y et,” rep o rts Jen d rzejew ­
ski. "L ead ers in th e in d u stry from
every corner of th e sta te will a t ­
tend and if th e banquets In th e p ast
are any m easure of w hat to expect
in th e p resen t one, It is well w orth
every a g ric u ltu ra l stu d e n t's tim e to
plan to a tte n d .”
Ballet Busse Program.
The Ballet Russe presented u n d er
the auspices of A m erican A ssocia­
tion of U niversity Women a t th e
V ert au d ito riu m In P endleton, W ed­
nesday n ig h t, w as atten d ed by peo­
ple from various tow ns and counties.
From H erm iston were Mrs. F. B.
Belt, Mrs. Ja y T. Pierson, Mrs. K.
M. Mayer, Mrs. F ra n k B llderback.
Miss E lizabeth Leek and Miss R ach­
el Leek, Mrs. C. W arn er, Miss C a th ­
erin e McMullen, Mrs. G eorgia H en­
derson, Miss Eva W ilcox. Mrs. J a r ­
vis Durfey, Mrs. A rietta W hite, Miss
P au lin e Stoop, and Mr. and Mrs. A
F. R ohrm an. T he au d ito riu m
of
the b u ilding has 1165 seats and of
these, some 40, in the fro n t row
were used by th e orchestra. S ta n d ­
ing room was sold to about 50. T he
ballet com pany showed In P o rtlan d
P. T. A. Postponed.
Tuesday night. It has 63 d ancers
Butterfat Increase.
The re g u la r P aren t-T ea ch e r's as­ and 21 mem b e r^ o f^th e o rch estra.
C o n trary to th e statem en t in the sociation m eeting for th is m onth has
P. T. A. Benefit.
H erald last week th a t th e U m atilla been postponed because of conflict
'T he P aren t T eachers association
C ooperative Cream ery produced a w ith the m any o th e r com m unity ac-
tivities.
is
offering
an o p p o rtu n ity to the
to tal of 21.222 pounds b u tte r in
public and to those who enjoy a so­
1937, It should have read to tal In­
cial evening to Join in a b enefit card
Connor’s Store Improved.
crease in production. The to tal pro­
p arty scheduled
for W ednesday.
duction
for
1937 was 567,564
The p a rtitio n a t th e re a r of Con­ F eb ru ary 16, In th e high school a u ­
pounds b u tte r.
nor's Cash store has been moved d ito riu m at 8 :00 o’clock. C ontract
back at least ten feet en la rg in g the bridge, pinochle, monopoly and five
Notice to Oddfellows.
in te rio r of th e store, allow ing more hundred will be offered for th e en ­
Members a re requested to be a t shelf and floor space for stock dis- te rta in m e n t of those who wish to
th e hall M
,,a r r y Connor
m anaged n articlp a te In th e various games.
M onday n ig h t? F eb ru ary I
little more R efreshm ents will be served a t a
14,
for a special m eeting, announced I [ L
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s s a x - 1—
late hour. T ickets are on sale a t
25 cents each.
B asketball —Heppner, Friday; Baker, Saturday