The Hermiston herald., March 17, 1938, Image 1

15he Hrrmiötnit Iftrralb
VOLUME XXX
NUMBER 30
HOUSE WIRING LOAN
FUND AVAILABLE
APPLICATION MADE
LOCAL REA OFFICE
Fund« (or w iring houses and als
lo r in sta llin g plum bing for w ater
system s a re now available thro u g h
th e board of directo rs for th e U m a­
tilla E lectric C ooperative associa­
tio n u nder th e REA. A pplications
fo r such loans will now be received
by th e association a t th e ir offices in
th e reclam ation building in H erm is­
ton.
The m inim um am ount loaned will
be for a bill of $62.50, of w hich the
borrow er m ust pay 20 percent in
cash, o r $12.50, to secure the re ­
m ain in g $50 as a loan. T he loans
may exceed th is am o u n t on the same
basis, and may be made over a per­
iod of five years, payable in m onth­
ly in stallm en ts, and bearing 6 per­
cent in terest.
All loans m ust be approved by
th e d ep artm en t of REA a t W ashing­
to n, D.C., before they can be issued
by the local board. The cre d it ra tin g
o f applicants muBt be secured and
secu rity offered appraised.
The board of d irectors have been
w orking out th e m a tte r of loans for
several weeks and have now secured
th e n atio n al REA approval for the
in dividual loan system , th ro w in g
o u t th e form er proposed group sys­
tem . In th is way each user may se­
cure the benefits th ro u g h his own
credit ra tin g and security. T he loans
apply only to w iring of prem ises and
fo r in sta llin g pum ping and plum b­
in g systems.
Any person wishin"- a g ra n t of the
loan may m ake arran g em en ts and
th e n have th e w ork done, and upon
com pletion the statem en t w ill be ap­
proved and forw arded to W ash in g ­
ton for paym ent w ith in two weeks.
By securing th e loan system th e
board believes w iring of houses will
proceed rapidly, having all w iring
com pleted by the tim e th e lines are
s tru n g late in A pril.
Poles have been set over the e n ­
tir e system and all w ire w ill be
stru n g w ith in th e next tw o weeks.
Two crews of men are now hanging
transform ers. M eter bases a re av a il­
ab le to all w iring co n tracto rs it has
been announced.
The board believes th a t w ith the
new loan system there should be no
delay in the com pletion of th e en­
tire system and th e energizing of
th e lines a t an early date.
Eleanor G. Walton.
E leanor G. W alton of Irrigon,
passed aw ay Tuesday, M arch 15, a t
th e age of 60, follow ing an illness of
several m onths duration. She was
born in Texas.
F u n eral
services
were held in Touchet, W n., T h u rs­
d ay afternoon a t 2:00 o’clock under
th e direction of P ra n n ’s F u n eral
Service of H erm iston, and in term en t
was there. S. B. W alton and Mrs.
L illie Baker, a sister, of Irrigon,
survive.-_______ _____ ________
HXR3OST0K, UMATILLA COUKTY,
POULTRY PROBLEMS
W ILL BE REVIEWED
Any person in terested in the dis
cussion of electric brooders and oth
e r chicken and p o ultry m anagem ent
problem s will w ant to be present a t
th e m eeting F rid ay night, sponsored
by th e U m atilla P ro ject F arm B ur­
eau. The m eeting w ill be held in the
U nion church, M arch 18, a t 8:00 p,
m.
H. K. D ean, su p e rin ten d e n t of the
U m atilla Field S tation, w ill discuss
th e use of an electric brooder, w hich
ha3 been in operation for a num ber
of years a t th e statio n . N. J. Van-
skike, m anager of th e “ V lg o rb ilt’i
H atchery, w ill discuss th e use of the
electric b attery . Dr. Theo. Beletski
w ill discuss th e d iffe ren t types of
litte r used by poultrym en on th e
project.
A q u estio n n aire su b m itted by J
D. Ross, ad m in istra to r of Bonneville
power, to assist him in d eterm in in g
rate s and policies on the d istrib u tio n
of B onneville power, w ill be read
an d discussed a t th is m eeting also.
Mr. Ross wishes the opinions of as
m any people as possible, and every
user of electricity should study th is
questionn aire, fill it out and send it
in. A person fam iliar w ith th e power
question w ill discuss th e problem a t
thia m eeting.
T urkey and p o u ltry raisers will
have an o p p o rtu n ity to discuss th eir
experiences a t th is open forum m eet­
ing.
R efreshm ents will be served by
th e ladies a t th e close of th e m eet­
ing.
LEAGUE INSTITUTE
WELL ATTENDED
The m id-w inter E pw orth League
In s titu te w hich was held in H erm is­
ton M arch 11-12, proved to be very
in sp ira tio n a l to th e young people a t­
tending. Towns sending delegates
w ere: The Dalles, Hood R iver, Fos­
sil, D ufur, M adris, M etolius, P en d le­
ton and Echo.
The new cab in et m em bers elected
for th e com ing year w ere: Rev.
S m ith, D ufur, p resid en t;
Helen
Davis, P endleton, firs t vice presi­
d en t; Rebecca Pierson, H erm iston,
second.vice p resid en t; Sophia Lin-
m an, M adras, th ird vice p resid en t;
M yrthina M artin, H erm iston, fo u rth
vice presid en t; Carrol Je an Tooley,
T he Dalles, se cretary ; and W essley
D urland, Hood River, trea su rer.
A sunset service was held S a tu r­
day evening a t th e Cold Springs
reservoir followed by a p a rty a t the
church.
TOW NSEND CLUB
ENJOYS PROGRAM
OBSERVE N A TIO N A L
A IR M A IL WEEK
T he H erm iston Tow nsend club
m et in reg u la r session and enjoyed
an Irish stew Tuesday n ig h t, w hich
w as followed by a program . V isitors
w ere present a t the m eeting from
P endleton, A thena. W eston and
B oardm an.
C. R. Moore gave a reading, "A
T o ast to St. P a tric k ” followed by an
Irish song by Mrs. W. T. K napp; the
D yer girls pleased w ith a d u et num ­
b e r ‘‘W here th e R iver Shannon
F low s” ; P aul Moore of A th en a fav­
ored w ith tw o beau tifu l Irish favor­
ite s; “ T he Irish W asher-W om an”
w as played on th e harm onica by C.
R. Moore, accom panied by A. L. Car
te r ; an Irish sk it was given by Mrs.
C. R. Moore, Mrs. W. G. Dyer and
Mrs. P erry A rth u r, en title d “W hy
Mrs. M cGinn’s W ashing W as Not
O u t.”
Second A ssistan t P ostm aster-G en­
eral H arllee B ranch announced to­
day th a t the P ost Office D epartm ent
will celebrate th e T w en tieth A nni­
versary of th e in a u g u ratfo n of reg­
u la r a ir mail service by observing
the first N ational A ir Mail W eek
from May 15 to May 21, 1938. P o st­
m aster G eneral A. F arley w ill be
honorary n atio n al ch airm an of the
com m ittee w hich will a rra n g e for
fittin g observation. P aul R. M ounts,
P ostm aster a t C harlotte, N o rth C aro­
lina, will be activ e ch airm an of the
cam paigns.
An official cachet will be a u th o r­
ized a t K itty H aw k, N o rth Caro­
lina. th e b irth p lace of av iatio n , to
honor th e W rig h t B rothers. Every
o th e r post office in the U nited States
of w hich th ere a re over 45,000 w ill
be authorlzed to a rra n g e for its own
local cachet.
INTRODUCING
KARAKUL SHEEP
J. R. H ow ard and N. B. W lllsey of
Da G rande w ere in H erm iston W ed­
nesday in th e business of Introduc­
in g K arak u l sheep. They have these
an im als on exhibition a t th e W ayne
Coe ran c h a t Stanfield. K arakul
sheep are th e oldest breed on rec­
ord. They belong to th e Babylonian
days w hen th e ir fu r was used for
g arm en ts for O riental royalty. The
fin est of th e fu r is taken w hen the
lam b is only one day old.
T he first K arak u l sheep w ere im ­
ported into th is country from Bo­
k h a ra u n d er th e influence of Theo­
dore Roosevelt. W illiam Jennings
B ryan and F ra n k Lowden. The
U nited S tates now has but 16.000.
w hile im ports in th e fu r ru n s into
th e m illions of dollars.
T he fleece is curly and black
w hile young, but on th e grow n sheep
is long, and resem bles the Lincoln
fleece, only much finer. A good
lam b's skin, one to tw o days old
w ith good w ave curl and lu stre Is
«aid to be w orth from $12 to $35.
T he breed does well in th is country
and th e in d u stry Is being developed
in several p a rts of th e U nited S tates
A nyone in terested m ay see th e sheep
a t th e Coe ranch.
NURSING INSPECTOR
nU A LIFIC A TIO N S
Miss R u th Squier. n u rsin g inspec­
to r for the S tate of Oregon, was the
guest of D istrict No. 7 of th e Ore­
gon S tate N urses’ association, a t a
m eeting a t St. A nth o n y ’s hospital In
Pendleton. T h u rsd ay evening. March
10. Miss Squier presented th e follow ­
ing registered nurses of th is d istric t
a fte r exp lain in g w hat th e emblem
on th e pin th ey w ore stood for. Those
presented w ere:
Mrs. Leila M. H aisten. S ister M.
Ixida, Mrs. M ary York N ew qulst.
Mrs. George S w artz, Mrs. A nna D.
Skala. Mrs. R u th Ja n e S m ith, S ister
M. Leonidis. M adeline A. Roden. Ora
R unkle Spiker, S ister M ary Corona-
ta. Marion G. Allen. J e a n n in e C.
M onterastelll. S ister Mary Sylvina.
S ister David M arie. Rose E lla Owen.
M ary Ja n e K. M cEntlre. M arie L.
Spell. Mrs. R. L. Kessler, Mrs. Elm a
D uncan W hipple. B ertha Hoelke. all
of P endleton: Miss M arjorie B ohart.
M ilton; Mrs. G enelve ( V an d erv lg t)
T acb ella; Mrs. A. K ingsbury. H er­
miston.
OREGON,
MARCH 17, 1938.
C O U N TY MUSIC
FESTIVAL M A Y 6
W OMEN INSPECT
LOCAL COOPS
T he U m atilla County Music F es­
tiv al w ill be held th is year on May
6, an d arran g em en ts are being m ade
by th e county com m ittee composed
of A ustin L an d reth , P endleton. J.
Burgess, M ilton, W. G. K ersbergen,
H erm iston, and J. A. Y eager, P en ­
d leton. T his com m ittee is being as­
sisted by com m ittees from th e in d i­
v id u al towns.
T he county has been divided in to
th ree d istric ts w ith Echo, Stanfield,
H erm iston, U m atilla. Cold Springs
an d Columbia m eeting a t H erm is­
ton, and W eston and all schools
n o rth m eeting a t M ilton. All o th e r
schools of th e county w ill m eet a t
P endleton.
T he festival w ill be held d u rin g
N atio n al Music W eek and th e pro*
gram has been arran g ed to include
o rch estra selections, rh y th m band,
in term ed iate chorus, prim ary ch o r­
us, upper grades, high school and
com bined chorus.
The Ladies’ Cooperative G uild of
W alla W alla was well represented
last F rid ay afternoon when more
th an 25 ladies w ere tak en on a to u r
of local cooperative enterprises. Co­
o p erative m anagers explained the
principles of th e business to the
eager listen ers who la te r met a t the
Union church for g en eral discussion
of jo in t problem s.
Mrs. A. E. M cFarland of U m a­
tilla presided a t th e afternoon m eet­
ing a t w hich cooperative m edicine
and o th er m ovem ents w ere discussed.
Among those in the p arty were Miss
Ada C. Baker, secretary of the
G uild. Mrs. Jo h n Aden, Geo. P. S an ­
derson, F reew ater, editor Coopera­
tive News, Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Brooks, Mrs. G. E. M orris, Mrs. H.
C. Burgers. Mr. and Mrs. W alter
Price, Mrs.E. C lark Campbell, Mrs.
R. E. Burrows, Mrs. Wm. Bold man,
Mrs. "H appy” Sharp, Mrs. M ary A.
Davis, Lonnie H all, all of W alla
W alla, and Miss R ae Russell of P ull-
Yellow Daisies Attract Tourists.
The n ativ e yellow daisy w hich
blooms am ong th e sagebrush on the
eastern Oregon plains is a ttr a c tin g
to u rists th is year. The hills are yel­
low w ith the blooms along th e h ig h ­
way betw een U m atilla and S tanfield.
Floyd Bilyeu, d istric t rep resen tativ e
of th e PWA in P o rtlan d , who sto p ­
ped in H erm iston T hursday, sta te s
th a t it is th e p re ttie st sig h t, he has
seen a t th is tim e of the year in his
trav els over Oregon.
Gordon Ware Coming.
Mrs. Joe Udey announced
th is
week th a t word had been received
from Dr. Tow nsend th a t Gordon
W are, sta te rep resen tativ e for th e
Tow nsend movement, will be in
H erm iston Tuesday, M a rc h -22, to
speak to in terested Tow nsendites.
T he m eeting is being called in th e
U nion church a t 8:00 o’clock and
th e public is invited.
Self Service Store.
The Boynton & K elley’s grocery
store will now be a self-service store
follow ing re-arran g em en t of co u n t­
ers an d stock over th e week end.
The m anagem ent announces th a t
th is does not necessarily mean th a t
th e re w ill be no clerk service but
th is will be av ailab le only to those
who request it. An in v itatio n to in ­
spect th e store and its new a rra n g e ­
m ent is given to th e general public.
Plan Watermelon Acreage.
Ed H ugg of Columbia d istric t
plans to p lan t 15 acres to w ate r­
melons th is spring. He expects to
use 4000 hotcaps on about h alf the
acreage ex p erim en tin g w ith them
for th e first tim e. The hotcaps, w hile
said to have some disadvantage, tend
to produce an ea rlier stan d of p lan ts
th a n u n d er the re g u la r field p la n t­
ing conditions, w hich is d esirab le to
early melon production.
GRASS NURSERY
UNDER OBSERVATION
D uring 1933, G arn et D. Best, a
form er a ssista n t county agent, sup­
ervised th e seeding of a grass n u rs­
ery, located on th e U m atilla R anch
near S tanfield, w hen 12 grasses and
legum es w ere seeded on th is nursery.
In the last five years these grasses
and legumes have been u n d er close
observation by th e a ssista n t county
agent.
The purpose of th is n u rsery is to
find grasses and legum es w hich w ill
step up th e c a rry in g capacity of the
pastures, or at least to hold th e ir
own under g razin g conditions w ith
alk ali cord grass, w hich has overrun
approxim ately ten thousand acres of
land in th e area su rro u n d in g the
nursery.
L ast year th e a ssista n t county
ag en t enlarged th e n u rsery , ta k in g
in approxim ately an acre m ore of
land ad jo in in g th e present nursery.
T his plat was sum m er fallowed and
sp rin g tooth harro w was used in
b rin g in g to th e surface th e alk ali
cord grass roots so th a t they were
exposed to th e sun and killed. This
sp rin g th is n u rsery w ill be seeded
to 14 d iffe ren t grasses and legumes.
All grasses are a lk a li resistan t. The
p lan ts will be fenced so th a t yields
of th e d iffe ren t grasses can be fig ­
ured th is year. One plat, consisting
of approxim ately .26 of an acre, w ill
be seeded to a m ix tu re of grasses.
T he p lats as lined up by Mr. Best
are as follows: Reed C anary Grass,
W h ite Sweet Clover, Yellow Sweet
Clover, A lsike Clover, O rchard Grass,
Red Top, Meadow Fescue, E n g lish
Rye G rass, Smooth Brome GTass,
Grimm A lfalfa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shafer J r., of
Siletz, Or., an n o u n ce the b irth of
S heryle C h arlen e a d au g h ter, on
M arch 15 a t a Toledo hospital. The
little lady is a g ran d d a u g h ter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph T h o rn b u rg of H er­
m iston and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
S hafer Sr of Siletz.
INCREASED CAPACITY STANFIELD DITCHES
ENCOURAGES NEW LAND CULTIVATION
LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE
M IN E INTERESTS
M achinery for th e Morris Mine
sta rted moving th ro u g h B aker F ri­
day on th e way to th e mine. A cat­
erp illar, bulldozer, supply tru ck and
sm all equipm ent for g rad in g the
road b u ilt last year w ent in on the
first trip . A ir com pressors, air
d rills and heavier equipm ent w ill be
sen t in over th e snow on sleds as
soon as th e roads are opened.
T he Morris Group of Lode M ining
Claims, g enerally know n as the
M orris Mine, consists of nine claims,
covering 180 acres located in th e
G reenhorn m o u n tain s,
14 miles
southw est of the tow n of G ranite.
One thousand feet of tu n n els have
been run exposing larg e ore bodies
th a t average b etter th a n $6(0 per
ton. As soon as an a ir com pressor
is Installed the m ine w ill s ta rt sh ip ­
ping ore. M ining w ill be sta rted
w ith a crew of ten men. This will
produce 30 ton of ore dally. Addi­
tio n al crews w ill be p u t to work as
soon as housing can be arran g ed .
C. P. V enstrand, well know n m in­
ing engineer of P o rtla n d , (will be
resid en t en g in eer in ch arg e of oper­
ations. W. A. G illiam , from whom
th e property was purchased, will re­
m ain w ith th e com pany as consul­
ta n t. The m ine is owned by S ta n ­
field, H erm iston and H eppner peo­
ple, w ith H. E. Shesely of H erm iston
a c tin g as m anager.
HERMISTON TAKES
TOURNAMENT PLAY
LOCAL COURSE
READY FOR GOLFERS
H erm iston’s ten golfers won th a
first U m atilla county golf to u rn a ­
m ent played here Sunday w ith to ta l
points of 412^4. R u n n ers up w ere
P ilo t Rock, 409, A thena, 360, Echo,
314, and Pendleton, 30484.
Tbe next com petition will ta k e
place a t P ilo t Rock on March 27
w ith th e same five 10-man team s
p articip a tin g .
Kopp of P ilo t Rock was h igh
point man for the to u rn am en t, an d
M atott of H erm iston was low medal.
The local course is now In fin«
shape for golf play and score card«
w ill be av ailab le for use next week.
Anyone using th e course is asked to
tu rn In scores to th e to u rn am en t
com m ittee, C urtis Simons and R. A.
Brownson.
H erm iston— M atott 83, Todd 87,
F elthouse 90, G urdane 100, W.
Sm ith 95, Simons 94, Casseday 94.
Bensel 97, R ichards 108, or a to ta l
of 952.
P ilot Rock— S tan to n 84, Doan 98,
D. Royer 87, H artm an 103, J. Sm ith
103, N. Royer 92, Green 95, Arbo­
g ast 94, Kopp 96, W ard 113, or a
to ta l of 956.
Athena-—-Harwood 96, H arris 92,
O. G erking 94, P ittm a n 104, B laker
98. M ichener 99, H anlon 101, Lee
102, Beuler 103, Lockwood 100, or
a to ta l of 989.
Echo-— E sselstyn 97, Penny 103,
Sm ith J r. 102, Nye 98, Coleman 92,
Rambs J r. 109, M iddleton 103, W lg-
glesw orth 106, Coe 102, Llesegang
104, or a to ta l of 1016.
P en d leto n — H artm a n 85, Osborne
P.T.A. Benefit Card Party.
Sr. 93, Z uiderduin 92, D rake 100,
A benefit card p a rty for the P a r ­ Osborne J r. 105, Cole 105, H um ph­
en t-T each ers’ association will be reys 106, H am ley 105, Bodinger 105,
or a to ta l of 89 6._ _
given S atu rd ay , M arch 26, for the
ladies in th e com m unity a t an a f te r ­
noon a ffa ir in the h igh school b u ild ­ SOCIAL SECURITY
ing a t 1:30 o'clock. B ridge and p in­ ACCOUNTS INCREASE
ochle w ill be in play d u rin g the a f­
Social secu rity account num bers
ternoon and anyone in terested is in ­
had been issued to 312,407 Oregon
vited to attend.
w orkers a t th e end of F eb ru ary , Leo
C. R aaberg, LaG rande m an ag er of
the social secu rity board, announced
today, The sta te increase In account
Bird H aneline, ja n ito r in the nunroers d u rin g F eb ru ary am ounted
grade school building, will supervise to 2998, Mr. R aab erg said.
w ork w hich w ill come u n d er the
The n atio n al to tal at th e end of
WPA projects being done in H erm is­ F eb ru ary iv-s 37,781,710 according
ton. The corner lot w here the school to a social secu rity board rep o rt re­
cottages were form erly located will ceived a t th e La G rande office today.
be seeded an d a row of rip -rap p in g
"F o r each account num ber issued
placed on the slope n ex t to the F. C. th ere is a ledger sh eet set up for th e
W oughter property.
The street purpose of recording th e wages paid
ru n n in g east and w est in fro n t of to each em ployee” Mr. R aaberg ex ­
the school b uildings w ill be im­ plained. “W age records subm itted
proved. The grade school property by em ployers show ing wages paid
law n will be lowered about th ree or to each em ployee are now being
four inches. A crew of ap p ro x im ate­ posted to th e individual em ployee's
ly 40 men a re expected to commence account. These wage records will be
w ork Monday of next week.
the basis upon w hich th e em ployee’s
m onthly retire m en t an n u ity a t age
A pproxim ately 25 0 stu d en ts and 65 will be com puted.
faculty mem bers enjoyed a dance
last F rid ay n ig h t sponsored by th e
Parent Study Club.
G irls’ League in th e gym honoring
The P a re n t Study Club will meet
all basketball players in th e w est W ednesday n ig h t, March 23, a t th e
end of U m atilla county. D elegations home of Mrs. G. W. Ripley at 7:30
were present from H eppner, Pendle­ p. m. Any Interested person Is in ­
ton, Irrigon, S tanfield and Echo and vited to a tte n d these m eetings a t
a num ber of alu m n i enjoyed the w hich th e problem s of p aren ts a re
dance.
discussed.
HI SCHOOL NOTES
A delegation of 12 g irls plan to
atten d th e Torch H onor Society com-
ferenoe in The D alles S aturday.
March 19. F rances Dawson, presi­
T he increased capacity of the tor trip to Idaho an d eastern Oregon d en t of tb e league, announced th is
S tan field ditch has encouraged the points. Mr. P o ffen b arg er is B. R. week.
b rin g in g of a su b stan tia l acreag e of clerk a t th e CCC camp. T he young
new land u n d er cu ltiv atio n . Tbe couple moved Into th e Florence Con­
Miss Helen Peterson was confined
open w in te r has been a boon to those nor home.
Mrs. Ed Horn an d children and to her home th ree days th is week
w ish in g to level land. Among newly
leveled lands are Included a 35-acre Billy H inkle of P ilo t Rock visited at due to illness. Mrs. F. E llis Moyer
tra c t of Lloyd R ussels; George L ar­ th e J. B. K asarl home on th e project su b stitu ted d u rin g her Illness.
son, 10 acres; H arry and* Bill Mc­ Sunday.
Mrs. Irvin Couch, who has been
Cormick, 12 acres; M artin Lenz, 10
Baseball practice sta rte d Monday;
acres; Vic Stockard, 10 acres; and a p a tie n t In th e H erm iston hospital
Ed F redreckson, 10 acres. H arold retu rn ed to her home Monday.
n ig h t w ith th e boys all o u tfitted in
H. R. Spless resigned as a member new su its and equipm ent which was
H enderson and his parents, who
have been o p eratin g a w heat ranch of th e local high school faculty and
so u th of Echo, have moved on the has retu rn ed to his home in M il­ purchased from d o n atio n s made by
C arr farm two miles from tow n; O. w aukee, Ore., w here he Is employed. local business firm s an d by tbe h igh
Rex
R ichardson
is recovering school a th le tic association. Sche­
S. G ossett of E n terp rise is o p eratin g
th e H eath farm ; W illiam Scalf of from an a tta c k of pneum onia. His dule has not yet been com pleted b u t
C hehalis, W n., is a new comer and Is m other, Mrs. U. S. R ichardson, has
le tte rs have been received from
living on th e Jam es O'Grady tra c t; also been ill for several days.
Jo h n O’Dell, d istric t m anager of W alla W alla, H eppner and A thena,
Miss D orothy L outhan, who bought
th e W illard farm last sum m er, has the ch ain of Tum-A-Lum yards, has ask in g for games. It is possible th a t
m ade m any im provem ents on land been in th is vicin ity for several days ten or tw elve gam es w ill be sche­
and buildings, including the com ple­ m aking arran g e m en ts for th e h a n d ­ duled for th e sp rin g season.
tion of a house w hich was sta rted ling of th e newly acquired agency
m any years ago by the W illard s; of G eneral E lectric equipm ent. Ex­
being
T ennis courts are being used d al­
L ester S u tto n has recently b u ilt an tensive im provem ents are
addition to his house. F. Steinke is made on th e local Tum-A-Lum b u ild ­ ly by stu d e n ts p rep a rin g for the
b u ilding and m aking im provem ents ing in order to provide proper dis­ sp rin g meet.
on his tra c t, across the road from A. play room for supplies. A new roof
is also being added and th e store
M. Brock.
T he b asketball boys w ill be en­
E v erett Ezell has moved his fam ­ will be rep ain ted , both inside and
te rtain e d a t d in n e r and a th e a tre
ily from th e Connor house to one of out.
MesdAmes J. F. Lane, W. O. W al­ p a rty next F rid ay n ig h t.
th e L ing cottages w est of th e hotel.
Miss Joan Leslie was a t her home lace, T. A. O’Grady. M. C. B arager
and M arie L ane w ere week end
in La G rande over th e week end.
T he grade school b ask etb all team
th e
C harles
H oggard
At th e com m ercial club m eeting j guests a t
T h u rsd ay n ig h t W. JV. W adsw orth home near Rufus. The B oggards w ent to W alla W alla T hursday of
and Fred G reen of th e Sm ith C an­ I were for m any years residents of last week w here they played In the
n in g Com pany of Pendleton add ress­ I S tan field an d are now supervising d istric t basketball to u rn am en t, be­
ed a group of seventy-five people. I th e ir w heat land In W asco county.
A jolly p arty of high school s tu ­ ing defeated by th e K ennew ick team
The object of th e ir visit here was to
en ts an d o th e r young people ch ari- 22 to 18. T he boys a re coached by.
' In terest farm ers in grow ing vege­ : d varied
Mr. and Mrs. H ow ard Poffen- L. W. B urrell and will foe en ter-
| tables for th e cannery. They were b arg er T uesday night.
especially Impressed w ith th e pos­
; sib ilities of th is project for the grow
Mrs. J. F. Lane en tertain ed tb e H. talned a t d in n e r F rid ay n ig h t of
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club a t her home Tuesday a f te r ­ th is week.
( Ing of asparagus. O ther vegetables
i solicited were tomatoes, beets, ca r­ noon.
Mrs. G race Rogers and d au g h ter
The new flag pole on the high
rots and sw eet potato squash.
> Mildred w ere guests of the H arry school b u ilding su p p o rts th e Amerl-
Lena
H
ogut
and
Howard
Poffen-
■ bai'ger w ere m arried In W alla W alla Bunn fam ily In W allula Sunday.
F rien d s of Mr. and Mrs. C harlas ean flag w hich now wavM d ally
W ednesday. March 9. They retu rn ed
from Its position.
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to S tan field Sunday following a mo­
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our th a n k s
for the h earty welcome and hospi­
ta lity show n to us by th e M ethodist
Ladles Aid and also those who open­
ed th e ir homes to us d u rin g th e m id­
w inter E pw orth League In stitu te.
DR. HALL,
V isitin g P asto rs and
E p w o rth L eaguers
To Fairbanks Alaska.
Law rence S w arner arriv ed from
C orvallis th is week to spend th ree
weeks w ith his paren ts, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. S w arner, before leaving for
F airbanks. A laska, to Join his b ro th ­
er Monroe, who has been th ere for
several m onths. L aw rence will not
retu rn to Oregon S tate college for
the sp rin g term b u t w ill spend th e
sp rin g and sum m er in Alaska.
Weather Report.
Date
Max. Min.
March 10 ..............
63 ... 26
March 11 ..
............... 70
40
. . .
March 12
69
44
45
March 13 .............. ............ 62
March 14
.............. 58
41
. ............... 59
March 15 . .
39
60
March 16
40
P recip itatio n was .34.
How Tall Are You?
The Colum bia school Is sponsor­
ing a m easuring p arty F riday, March
18. in Colum bia school house a t 8
o’clock. T here will be St. P a tric k
games, contests, a sh o rt harm onica
program and la te r d ain ty refre sh ­
m ents served. Those a tte n d in g w ill
pay one cent for each foot they are
tall, w ith the odd Inches paid In
pennies. T his money w ill he used to
purchase capes and h a ts for the a d ­
vanced h arm onica group. Com m ittee
chairm en Include Mary Sommerer,
games, D orothy Knox, contests, Al­
fred Buell, refreshm ents.
Thelm a
Shipp, publicity, and Mrs. Em il Z lr-
ney. adviser.