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fflrrmiatoti Bmtlh
E ELECTS
CO-OP. BUILDING, GRAWe
BOAS0 MEMBERS
PLANT ADEQUATE
BUSINESS VOLp^te
SHOWS INCREASE
H. M. Som m rer, m anager of the
F arm B ureau Co-operative of Her
m iston, believes th a t th e building
w hich now houses the p la n t is cap
able of ca rin g for the present needs,
and fu tu re dem ands of Its patrons
in the lines of feeds. He brought
th is out w hile g iving his rep o rt a t
th e a n n u a l m eeting held F riday,
F eb ru ary 11, in the Union church,
to w hich a large m em bership repre
se n tatio n was present.
Mr. Som m erer’s rep o rt showed
th a t the p lan t had tu rn ed out
3,126,573 lbs. in stock mixes, 748,-
274 lbs. in custom m ixing, and a
to ta l in grin d in g , crack in g and
e le a n in g of 5,485,123 lbs. d u rin g
1937, m aking a g rand to ta l of 9,-
359,970 lbs. p u t th ro u g h the mill
d u rin g th e past year.
T his tonnage has been p u t thro u g h
th e mill for members w ho come to
H erm iston from w ithin a radius of
50 miles. H ow ever, th is does not
include o th e r stock handled such as
flour, salt, seeds, mill feed, molasses
an d other m iscellaneous items. Total
sales for 1937 am ounted to $185,-
986.90.
Sold from Box Car.
The first sales made by th e Farm
B u reau Co-operative w ere made from
a box c a r w hich stood on th e track
an d w as delivered to m em bers di
rect from th e car. The m em bership
h as grow n u n til now the p la n t serves
som e 700 members.
In th e sp rin g of 193 7 th e board of
d irec to rs opened a $10,600 building
program w hich added a large storage
space and m ade the b uilding ade
q u a te
for any expansion
w hich
m ig h t be necessary in the fu tu re to
ta k e care of increased volume in
production. The p la n t now offers
th e service of a barley roll installed
a t the tim e of expansion.
E ig h t people are now em ployed at
th e p la n t and in th e office to care
for th e increased business. H. M.
Som m erer is m anager, David M ittles-
dorf, Fred Reeves, M. J
Taylor,
W alt Mead, O. C. Pierce, p lant
forem an, and Mrs. G eorgia H ender
son as bookkeeper assisted by Miss
E va Wilcox.
Directors Elected.
T hree d irectors were re-elected a t
th e m eeting F riday. H. J. Bean from
th e Echo d istric t, R. G. Saylor. B ut
te r Creek and M innehaha, and J. H.
Reid, South Columbia. O ther mem
bers of the board are P. J. Quinn,
Stanfield, H. J. O tt, N orth Columbia,
S. J. Devine, Morrow county, and R.
V. Jones, U m atilla and Irrigon.
Each d ire c to r serves for a term of
tw o years.
By-Laws Revised.
The board of d irectors have been
w orking on revision of th e by-law s
of th e organ izatio n for two years
and w ith the assistance of extension
service men from Oregon S tate col
lege they w ere brought up to date
to comply w ith th e law s governing
cooperative o rganizations in Oregon.
T hese changes w ere read at the
m eeting and th e by-law s adopted.
Service Station Report.
V. R. W ilkes, m anager of th e Co
o p erativ e Service S tatio n , organized
four years ago, gave a rep o rt show
in g a gross volume of business
a m o u n tin g to $31,042.50 for 1937.
P atro n ag e dividends paid to mem
bers am o u n tin g to $2,741.65 for the
year. Jack Dawson is a ssista n t at
th e service sta tio n and Miss M ar
ian Casady is bookkeeper.
H. J. Bean acted as chairm an of
th e m eeting and R. G. Saylor as
secretary.___________
TOWNSEND PARTY
MOVE APPROVED
Gordon W are, n atio n al represen
ta tiv e in Oregon for th e Tow nsend
m ovem ent, w as the guest speaker a t
th e H erm iston Tow nsend club m eet
ing T uesday n ig h t in th e Union
ch u rch. H e told of th e move by Dr.
Tow nsend to form a th ird political
party. The local club voted against
th e follow ing resolution: Resolved:
T h a t th e H erm iston Tow nsend club
refuse to aid and assist in an y m an
n er w hatsoever th e form ation of a
Tow nsend political party.
C. R. Moore, vice president of the
club, acted as chairm an of th e m eet
in g in the absence of C. A. Jack-
m an, president. The re g u la r busi
ness was conducted and th e follow
ing v isitors from P endleton in tro
duced. Mr. and Mrs. B arney A nder
son and Mrs. Wm. E arley, secretary
of the P endleton club. Mr. A nderson
has been active in th e club work
since its o rganization in th is county.
Weather Report
Date
F eb ruary
F eb ru ary
F eb ruary
F eb ruary
F eb ruary
F ebruary
F eb ruary
10
H
12
13
14
15
16
Max
....................... 40
....................... 43
..................... 52
53
...................... 49
...................... 49
....................... 45
Min.
.39
... 31
... 31
... 38
31
26
... 30
FIGHTING BULLDOGS
The G range Cooperative was rep
resented by a fa ir m em bership a t the
an n u a l m eeting last F rid ay n ig h t in
th e Union ch u rch a t w hich R. G.
Penney acted as secretary and J. M.
R tc h a rd s'a s ch airm an . G aylord Mad
ison and A. E. M cFarland were
fchosfen as new directors. T he board
w ill now consist of R. G. Penney,
secretary and m anager, F. B. S tu art,
S tanfield, G. J. Casper, H erm iston,
A. E. M cFarland, U m atilla, and Gay
lord Madison, Echo.
R. G. P enney has been m anager
of th e business since its o rg an iza
tion when it was sta rte d w ith a
sm all stock, and th e business has
grow n u n til now it occupies a larg e
w arehouse and sto re room. The or
ganization deals in h ard w are, m ach
inery, lum ber and fuel and did a
gross business of $61,262.23, w hich
is a ten p ercen t .increase over the
year previous.
T he personnel of th e G range Co
o p erative consists of Mr. Penney, S.
L. Chapin, Guy Shaw , George H a r
ris, and Miss E lean o r Dawson, book
keeper.
R efreshm ents were served to the
more th an 60 a tte n d in g th e m eeting.
ILLUSTRATES HOUSE
W IR IN G , LIG H TIN G
According to announced schedule,
m eetings w ere held th is week to il
lu stra te and discuss th e m ethods of
w iring houses, farm prem ises, and
th e uses of electric appliances. The
first m eeting was held a t Boardm an
W ednesday aftern o o n , th e second at
Irrigon W ednesday evening. At each
of these m eetings over 100 farm ers
were in atten d an ce.
The th ird m eeting- was a t S ta n
field. T h u rsd ay aftern o o n , attended
by 75 farm ers, an d th e fo u rth at
the Union h igh school in H erm iston,
T hursday evening, ab o u t th e hour of
going to press. A large atten d a n ce
was expected here. In te re st in all
th e m eetings was keen, and many
questions were asked, re su ltin g in
valuable in fo rm atio n being given.
J. T. P ierson, a ssista n t county
agent, opened the m eetings and de
scribed th e in te rest the extension
service was ta k in g in th e w ork of
w irin g the farm homes, and in pro
per uses of elec tricity for lig h t and
power.
E dgar Saylor, su p e rin ten d e n t of
th e U m atilla E lectric C ooperative as
sociation, discussed th e kind of w ir
in g th a t should be used an d proper
m ethods of in stallatio n .
H e also
outlined the progress of th e work
on the line, sta tin g th a t th e system
would be com pleted for service ab o u t
A pril 1st. T he most im p o rta n t p a rt
now is for th e farm er to have his
house w ired, he said, and th a t th e
acquirem ent of appliances could fol
low.
E. H. Da\ is, extension specialist
of en gineerin g from Oregon S ta te
college, illu strate d the use of mod
ern lig h tin g and modern home ap
pliances w ith slides show ing how the
new er m ethods of lig h tin g excelled
the old by giving more efficien t
lig h t a t the same cost as in ad eq u ate
lig h t from a n tiq u ated fix tu re s.
F IN A L SEASON GAME
LOST TO BAKER
— C ut Courtesy of T he P o rtlan d O regonian.
T he H erm iston Bulldog q u in te t w hich has lost but five of th e 21 gam es th is season. Coach F ra n k O’N eil’s
Bulldogs w ill e n te r into a su b -d istric t play-off w ith P endleton an d Mac-Hi team s next week.
T he first
gam e w ill be w ith M ac-Hi F e b ru a ry 22. The boys ap p ear from left to rig h t: Bill Corpe. M arvin R an k in ,
S tu a rt R an k in , Raym ond
K napp, G erald K eller, R alp h Marble. Asa Shaw and Coach O’Neil.
STORK BRINGS
FOUR BABY GIRLS
F our baby girls w ere le ft by
the sto rk a t th e H erm iston G eneral
hospital d u rin g the past two weeks.
Jan ice Fay, d a u g h te r of Mr. and
Mrs. Jam es L andley of Irrig o n , a r
rived F eb ru ary 10, and w ent home
w ith her m other Monday. Mrs. E r
nest W alchli of H erm iston presented
a d au g h te r nam ed Evelyn M arg aret
on F eb ru ary 12. An u n u su al fea
tu re in th e b irth of th e o th e r two
baby g irls is th a t one was born to
Mrs. O. W ells on F eb ru ary 12 and
one to h er d au g h ter, Mrs. Lawson
F lora, on F eb ru ary 13.
Both are
now in th e h ospital. The W ells ba
by has been nam ed Naomi E. W ells
and th e F lora baby E ldene L oraine.
A son was born F eb ru ary 3 to Mr.
and Mrs. Claude S. B artley of S ta n
field.
He has been nam ed R o b ert
L arry.
Jo h n Thom, who has been in th e
hospital for some tim e, was able to
have d in n er Sunday a t th e Joe
Reeves home and is im proving d a i
ly.
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_____
M A N U A L T R A IN IN G
WORK DISPLAYED
TEAMS TIE UPPER
COLUMBIA LEAGUE
WIREW ORM FIGHT
TO BE TALKED
Two members of the U pper Co
lum bia B asketball League will be
tied for first place if U m atilla w ins
th e game scheduled w ith Echo F ri
day, giving Boardm an and
Um a
tilla an equal p ercen tag e o< w ins
for th e season.
Dopsters have it th a t U m atilla
will win F rid ay an d then th e play
off w ill be staged a t H erm iston, S a t
urday, F eb ru ary
26, in th e high
school gym.
League sta n d in g s a re as follows:
Won Lost Perc<
Boardm an .... ....... 11
1
916
10
909
U m atilla
1
666
Irrigon ......... .......
8
4
545
Echo .............. .......
6
6
.......
3
300
S tanfield
8
2
200
Ione ............... .......
9
0 12
000
Lexington ..... .......
A m eeting is being arran g e d by
the U m atilla P ro ject F arm B ureau
for F riday, F eb ru ary 25, a t the
Union ch u rch , when M. C. L ane of
W alla W alla w ill ta lk on w irew orm
control. Mr. L ane Is entom ologist in
ch arg e of w irew orm control w ith
th e d ep a rtm en t of ag ric u ltu re, and
is said to be one of th e best in fo rm
ed men in th e w est on the subject.
A rran g em en ts for
th e
m eeting
are being m ade by H. K. Dean, su p
erin te n d e n t of th e U m atilla Field
S tation, who announces th e m eeting
for 8 :00 o’clock th a t evening.
It has been pointed o u t th a t an
im m ense am ount of dam age has
been experienced th e past two sea
sons th ro u g h the source of wire-
worm s in th is section. The w ire-
worms dam age m any g arden crops.
SPECIAL SCHOOL
ELECTION CALLED
The school board of th e Stanfield
high school has called a special elec
tion for S atu rd ay , F eb ru ary 26, at
2:00 p. m. for th e purpose of voting
on th e question of d isc o n tin u in g the
high school and becom ing a p a rt of
th e non-high school d istric t of the
county. F ifty persons signed the
p etitio n req u estin g th e school board
to call the special election.
Much
in te re st is being show n in th e dis
tric t and a large vote is expected.
T he m a tte r of d isc o n tin u in g the
high school at S tan field would not
necessarily be m ade p erm an en t by
a vote to disco n tin u e it now, it was
stated by a m em ber of th e school
board, since it could be voted back
la te r in th e same m an n er if the
change should not prove sa tisfac to
ry. O ther business a t th e m eeting
will be th e election of one director'
to fill th e vacancy left by th e resig
nation of Roy P e n ney.
Pieces of fu rn itu re m ade by firs t
year m em bers of the class in m an u al
tra in in g at th e H erm iston U nion
high school are displayed in th e
window a t the Oregon H ard w are &
Im plem ent com pany.
T he class is
u nder the in stru c tio n of F ra n k
O’N eil and has tu rn ed out some ex
cellent handiw ork from wood in an
u n u su ally larg e v arie ty of styles and
types.
*
M anual
tra in in g
classes
were
made possible th is year by th e in
sta lla tio n of th e new h igh school
VEGETABLE CROPS
plant. E n ro llm en t th is year in c lu d
ADAPTABLE HERE
ed 24 stu d en ts.
The display will
rem ain in th e window over th e week
to allow more people to see the
Joe W. Ja rv is, a g ric u ltu ra l ag en t end
work.
Donaugh for Senator.
for the Union P acific, told m em bers
• --------
a
of the W estland and Colum bia
E ndorsem ent of Carl C. D onaugh's
G ranges a t a jo in t m eeting T uesday GEORGE R. LEWIS
candidacy for th e U. S. sen ate is
n ig h t in Colum bia school house, th a t
voiced by R e p re s e n ta tiv e W alter
th e re were possibilities for com m er FILES FOR SENATOR
Pierce, Oregon congressm an, In a
cial vegetable grow ing in th is sec
recen t statem en t. "D onaugh is a
tion of c e rta in products adapted to
an of very high sta n d in g ,"
George R. Lewis, form er m ayor of gentlem
th is clim ate an d soil.
P ierce said, in com m enting on Don-
P
endleton
and
well
know
n
a
tto
r
Ja rv is explained w h at is required
au g h ’s d eclaratio n of candidacy. “ I
to produce these various crops. Peas ney, is a can d id ate for th e dem ocra have know n him In tim ately for 14
tic
nom
ination
for
jo
in
t
sen
ato
r
should be p lanted early since they
years and he has filled every tru st
develop larg e pods u n d er cool and from U m atilla, Union and M orrow w ith fid elity and
im p a rtia lity ."
counties.
He
m
ade
his
an
n
o
u
n
c
e
dam p conditions.
H arv est
op era
D onaugh seeks th e sen ate seat w hich
m
ent
S
atu
rd
ay
m
orning
an
d
his
fil
tion m ust be fast and th e peas m ust
F red erick Stelw er has vacated. He
reach th e ir m ark et th e sam e day ing co n stitu tes th e first actio n ta k has served for several years as fed
en
by
any
leg
islativ
e
ca
n
d
id
ate
in
they are harvested, w h eth e r it be th e th e county or d istric t.
Rex E llis, eral d istric t a tto rn e y for Oregon,
com m ercial can n ery or th e fresh republican,
estab lish in g an enviable record.
is
th
e
incum
bent.
m arket. E arly potatoes should be
Mr. Lewis is a n ative of A labam a
planted in th e sp rin g in o rd er to
Townsend Auxiliary.
reach the m ark et n ot la te r th an and Is a g ra d u a te of th e U niversity
T he ladies of th e Tow nsend A ux
Ju ly . Sweet corn, asp arag u s, and of A labam a w here he received his
spinach w ere o th e r vegetable crops law degree. He served for 14 m onths iliary m et a t the home of Mra. O. H.
m entioned as ad ap tab le to th is lo in F ran ce w ith th e A m erican arm y Buell la st F rid ay . F eb ru ary 11,
cality. The use of h ig h g erm in atio n and was a se rg e an t in the E lev en th w hen 24 w ere p resen t. Club mem
He came to bers voted to send money to Dr.
seed and cu ltiv a tio n are am ong th e E v acu atio n hospital.
essentials for good production, J a r P endleton in 1926 from P o rtlan d Tow nsend on F eb ru ary 22, to pro
and began th e practice of law as a mote his ed u catio n al program . The
vis said.
Ja rv is explained th e th ree types m em ber of the firm of P eterso n & next m eeting will be held a t the
home of Mrs. F. R. Moore, F riday,
of tra n sp o rta tio n as by boat, tra in Lewis.
On Ja n u a ry 1, 1933, Mr. Lew is be F eb ru ary 25. Ladies are asked to
and tru ck , p o in tin g out th e ad v an
tages and d isad v an tag es of each In came associated w ith the late Ju d g e come early to spend the aftern o o n
reach in g th e m arkets. He explained Lowell and a fte r the d eath of Judge q u iltin g .
th a t th e method of packing an d a t Lowell purchased th e office an d law
Grand Matron Coming.
In 1930 Mr. Lew is was
tra c tiv e display of th e products were business.
Im portant facto rs in disposing of elected as m ayor of Pendleton and
Mrs. H elen M. P riday, G rand As
served In th a t capacity d u rin g 1931 sociate M atron of E astern S tar, will
produce on th e m arket.
The Union P acific offers a service and 1932. He is now serving as city m ake her official v isit to the local
to dairym en jn th e form of lo catin g a tto rn e y and has held th a t position lodge Tuesday, F eb ru ary 22, a t 8:00
high producing d a iry cows w ith o u t for several years.
o'clock in th e evening. T his a n
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis reside at 402 nouncem ent was made by order of
cost o th e r th a n th a t paid for th e
anim al and for tran sp o rta tio n , J a r Thompson stre e t, Pendleton. Oregon. th e W orthy M atron.
They have five children.
vis said.
Em il Zivney of th e U. S. Field
Daisies Bloom.
S tation, acted as ch airm an an d tu r n
Appropriate Dress Topic.
T he firs t daisies to bloom on the
ed th e m eeting over to Don S h er
The Home E xtension U nit
rill h ills in th is section of th e county
wood, m aster of W estland G range,
a f te r in tro d u cin g th e m ain speaker meet Tuesday. I eb ru ary 22, a t 1 :30 i were b ro u g h t In T uesday by D. D.
in th e Legion ball. T his is th e first F o llett who sta te s th a t ce rtain sec.
of the evening.
Sherwood introduced R i c h a r d m eeting of a series on a p p ro p riate tlons a re yellow w ith th e blooms.
W lghtm an and E. S ullivan, Sm ith- dress. The topic will be ''L in e and T here are m any of them on an is
H ughes In stru cto rs in th e schools at D esign." w ith Mrs. Paul V an P atten land In th e Colum bia n o rth of H er
These yellow daisies alfe
A rlington and B oardm an, resp ect and Mrs. C. J. Jackson, project lead m iston.
ively. who explained th e purpose and ers. in charge. H ostesses w ill be th e firs t wild flow ers to bloom and
Miss Lois H utchison and Mrs. J. H. m ake th e hills yellow w ith color
set-up of th e work in th e schools.
Reid.
d u rin g th e early spring.
(C ontinued on page 2)
S U B -D IS T R IC T
PLAY-OFF HERE.
BULLDOGS LOSE
FIVE OF 21 GAMES
T he H erm iston B ulldog b ask etb all
team successfully wound up Its sch
eduled gam es S atu rd ay n ig h t by
losing only five o ut of 21 gam es
played th is season
F rid ay n ig h t. Coach O’N eil’s boys
gave H eppner its second trim m in g
of th e year, 44 to 23. T he gam e w as
never in doubt from th e opening
w histle. The q u a rte r ended 12 to 3
for th e locals, who increased th is to
26 to 9 a t h alf tim e. K eller san k th e
ball for 22 points.
T he Bulldogs closed the season
S atu rd ay n ig h t by ag ain m eeting
th e
B aker Bulldogs, one of th e
stro n g est team s in ea ste rn Oregon.
It was a reg u la r bulldog scrap, b u t
B ak er’s h eig h t proved too m uch for-
th e locals. T he H erm iston q u in te t
co n sisten tly lost th e ball u n d er the
backboard an d a t th e tip-off, b u t in
sp ite of th is d isad v an tag e, th ey
scored 29 points to B ak er’s 41. T h e
tw o Bulldog team s played on even
term s In the firs t q u a rte r, and only
a B aker basket as th e w histle blew
gave th e B aker boys th e lead 7 to
9. They increased th is 12 to 21 a t
h alf tim e. A H erm iston rally In th e
th ird , b ro u g h t th e score w ith in six
p o in ts of th e B aker score only to be
outscored ag ain In th e closing m in
utes.
Average Scoring.
i
A g ran d to ta l of 747 p oints w ere
rolled up by th e local squad d u rin g
th e season, w ith 520 points by th e ir
opponents. G erald K eller, one of th e
best b asketball players ever devel
oped by H erm iston high, made 330
of th e to ta l 747 points, g iv in g h im
a gam e average of 15.7 points for
th e season. He played in every gam e
and seldom was su b stitu ted . S tu a rt
R an k in was n ex t h igh w ith
167
p o in ts fo r th e season, or a gam e av
erage of 8.3 points for 20 gam es, be
ing o ut of th e K ennew ick gam e w ith
an in ju red eye. Asa Shaw, d im in u
tive gu ard , scored a few p o in ts in
every gam e b u t one, for a to ta l of
75 points. He w as follow ed closely
by Raym ond K napp a t cen ter for 70
points. Ralph M arble and M arvin
R ankin scored 22 and 33 points re
M ASONIC MEET
spectively. Corpe,
G ettm an
and
C ram pton made up th e rem ain d er of
AT U M A TILLA
the points.
The five gam es lost th is season
The M aster Mason degree of the included two each to A thena and
Masonic lodge was p u t on Monday Baker, and one to Pendleton.
n ig h t a t U m atilla by four past m as
Games and Scores.
ters of the U m atilla lodge, Elm ore
McKenzie, H arry H ull, Lew Brow n
Games played th is season and th e
ell and G eorge B utterw ood. The scores are as follow s:
cerem ony was very Im pressive ant! Irrig o n 23 ..............
H erm iston 41
th is was followed by talk s given by U m atilla 12 ............
H erm iston 18
visitors from H erm iston, Echo, S ta n H elix 17 ...................
H erm iston 46
......
field, P endleton. Pasco and W alla P endleton 22
H erm iston 26
W alla. A pproxim ately fifty were in Echo 24 ......
H erm iston 39
atten d an ce.
A social and
lunch A thena 38 .............
H erm iston 30
hour w as enjoyed at th e close of the G ran t Union 12 .
H erm iston 13
Baker 4 9
reg u la r business.
H erm iston 27
Union 27 ..................
H erm iston 48
W
alla
W
alla
B
20
H erm iston 29
Ski at Meacham.
W alla W alla B 18
H erm iston 23
A group of people from H erm iston H elix 27 ..................
H erm iston 46
and P endleton m otored to Toll Gate Irrigon 18
H erm iston 43
last Sunday on a ski p arty b ut were H eppner 18 ..........
H erm iston 71
forced back by th e severe blizzard A thena 52 ...............
H erm iston 42
and snow storm . They th en motored Pendleton 30 ........
H erm iston 23
to Meacham w here they spent the Echo 12 ....................
H erm iston 65
rem ain d er of the day. Included in K ennew ick 21 ........
H erm iston 31
the p a rty w ere Mr. and Mrs. K. M. U m atilla 16 .......
H erm iston 24
Mayer. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hensel, H eppner 23 ...........
H erm iston 44
Miss N orm a Jo h n sto n , and C raig B aker 41 ..................
H erm iston 29
Percy of H erm iston, and Mr. and
Mrs. A1 Shaw of P en d leto n . Percy
Sub-District Schedule.
and Hensel w ere a tte n d in g as em
T here
F eb ru ary 21
ployes of Safew ay stores who were Pendleton
sponsoring th e affa ir and met sever Mac-HI
H ere
F eb ru ary 22
al o th e r employes* a t th e meet.
P endleton
H ere
F eb ru ary 24
Mac-Hi
T here
F eb ru ary 25
Mclntyre-Dyer Families Related.
T he wife of O. O. M cIntyre, fam
ous New York coium ist who died re
cently, was a second cousin of Joe
and C u rtis Dyer who live In H er
miston. The two fam ilies were very
in tim ate when th ey lived In Gallo-
polls. Ohio, as children. C u rtis Dyer
has been a faith fu l read er of th e
M cIntyre colum n for years, p artly
due to his freq u en t reference to
ch a ra c te rs and places in Gallopolis.
BEEF CLUB PLANS
PROGRAM
The Beef club met F eb ru ary 14
a t th e office of the a ssista n t county
ag en t w ith th e follow ing members
present, Jo h n McMullen, K enneth
and R obert Bensel, C harles Kik, E u
gene and R ichard Rugg, Eldon Say
lor and Leo R ueber. J. W. McMul
len and Bill Corpe were visitors
present.
Members discussed th e value of
carro ts and beet pulp as calf feed.
The Union livestock show and th e
form ing of ju d g in g and d em o n stra
tion team s were also discussed. Each
m em ber gave a b rief rep o rt on the
progress of his calf.
Some mem bers are in terested In
purch asin g a calf to show a t the
W orld F a ir at San F rancisco in
1938. It is understood th a t high pre
m ium s are being offered.
T he follow ing m eeting d ates were
set:
M eetings are scheduled for 7:30
p in., except tw o — March 14-28;
April 25; May 7-9-31; Ju n e 2, and
Ju n e 25 a t 1 :00 p. m ; Ju ly 18;
A ugust 20, 1:00 p. m.
LEGION AUXILIARY
NEWS
T h ro u g h the m onths of F eb ru ary
and M arch, all of o u r m eetings will
be in th e aftern o o n . T he m eetings
are for th e m em bers and we are
looking for a b e tte r atten d an ce.
They are in te re stin g and In stru ctiv e
and you are m issing so m eth in g each
tim e you are absent.
A t a form er m eeting A. E. Bensel
gave an in te re stin g discourse on th e
h isto ry of the co n stitu tio n . We now
have books en title d "S to ry of th e
C o n stitu tio n ," w hich we will begin
to stu d y a t our n ex t m eeting.
Dr. F. B. Belt, city h ea lth officer,
asked the u n it to assist in secu rin g
sam ples of well w ate r to be tested
for typhoid. Two team s were a p
pointed and each will be in th e
field for two days.
We have our o rd er in for popples.
Mrs. Ilia Ripley as ch airm an , will
again have ch arg e of poppy sales.
T he N aval P late has arriv ed and
Is a beauty. It will be raffled off
la te r as is th e custom .
An in te re stin g Lincoln Day p ro
gram was presented by Mrs. W alter
Hamm a t th e m eeting last T hursday.
’’L incoln's G etty sb u rg A ddress" by
M ary H elene P ierso l; "H ow Lincoln
Got H is F irst Book” by Molly A nne
R ipley: "H ow Lincoln S tu d ied ,” by
Ann
Piersol;
L in co ln ’s fav o rite
poem, "T h e P erfect T rib u te ,” by
Mrs. W alter Hamm , and everyone
sin g in g "T h e B attle Hymm of the
R epublic,” were on th e program
N ext m eeting w ill be F eb ru ary 24.
Be there, members!
Mac-Hi, Tues.; Pendleton, Thursday
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