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U. of 0. Library Eu»en., Ore. VOLUME XXX NUMBER 32 Hmtttefem Wrath HERMI8T0N, UMATILLA COUNTY, OBEOON, S. BURNHAM H.J. BEAR FILES J. PASSES SUNDAY FOR SERATORSHIP ACTIVE IN C IV IC ,' FARM ENTERPRISES T he nam e of H aw ley J. Bean w ill be on the ballot in th e forthcom ing p rim aries In May for nom ination as J o in t Senator for th e d istric t com p risin g Union, U m atilla and Mor row counties. L ast Tuesday he was visited by a delegation from Pendle to n and the east end of th is county, an d urged to m ake th e race. It is not known now th a t he w ill have any com petition in th e prim aries, though the final filin g date will ex p ire A pril 4th. The senatorship was htld by Rex E llis in the last legislative session, who has not announced his in te n tion a t th is date, and no one has as yet, become a can d id ate from Union or M orrow counties. Mr. Bean is well know n th ro u g h o ut the d istrict. H e was born in P endleton and g ralu a ted from the U niversity of Oregon in 1914. Im- m ediaetly upon g rad u a tio n he took up farm ing on th e U m atilla Mea dows, w here he now has a large al falfa, stock and dairy ranch. He has been president of the board of d irectors of the W estland Irrig a tio n d istric t for 12 years, and president of the Farm B ureau Cooperative of H erm iston for four years. He is a l so directo r of th e new U m atilla E lectric Cooperative association, and has been active in o th e r business and civic organizations. It is conceded by all who know him th a t he will m ake an excellent rep resen tativ e of th e in te rests of th e en tire d istric t represented in th is jo in t senatorship. He is fam iliar w ith w heat grow ing, as w ell as alfalfa, livestock, and d i versified ag ric u ltu re and u n d er stan d s the needs and problem s of th e region. 4-H PIG CLUB ORGANIZED 'T h e W est U n tatilla * P ig club ’ was organized Sunday afternoon a t the office of Jay T. Pierson, assista n t co unty agent, w ith K enneth Bensel being elected president, H enry Som- m erer Jr., vice president, and Floyd W h itse tt, secretary. O ther members of th e club are Bobby E aton, Cres ton Buzzard, Leo Rueber, Chas. Kik, Bob Bensel and Jam es B arber. K en n eth Bensel was elected leader. Each m em ber plans to feed out a pen of four to show a t th e Pacific In te rn a tio nal in P ortlan d and in ten d to have one Poland C hina gilt to carry over for an o th er year. The club now ow ns one purebred Poland Chi na boar purchased from Oregon S tate college. It is th e in ten tio n of th e club to co n c en tra te on one breed w hich they introduce in th is com m unity. IRRIGON p’ o . SELLS SAVINGS BONDS A ccording to a rep o rt from the th ird a ssista n t postm aster general, Irrig o n ran k s seventh in fourth class post offices In Oregon in to ta l sales o f United States savings bonds from Septem ber 1, 1938 to A ugust 31, 1937, the to tal sales being *993.75. Irrig o n ran k s te n th in fo u rth class post offices in per cap ita sale o f U nited S tates savings bonds d u r in g th a t period. These bonds fu r nish a safe investm ent for sm all sav ings as they are available in as low a s *18.75 u n its w hich Increase th ir ty -th re e and on e-th ird per cent in value if held for ten years, b u t may be redeemed a t any tim e afte r sixty days. 4-H CLUB LEADERS ATTEND CONFERENCE A group of local 4-H club leaders le ft Tuesday m orning for Union. Ore., w here they atten d ed a local 4-H club leaders’ conference spon sored by the E xtension Service and E xperim ent S tatio n , and Oregon S tate college. M arch 28-30. Accom p an y in g Jay T. P ierson, a ssista n t co unty agent, w ere Miss Eva W il cox. C olum bia W inner Calf Club, K enneth Bensel. W est U m atilla Pig club. E sther McMullen. So-We-Sew club, and Ann Som m erer. Colum bia S titchers. The group w ill re tu rn W ednesday aftern o o n follow ing con ferences held in th e m orning, a t w hich Mr. P ierson w ill conduct a le ctu re on dem onstrations. ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME DISCUSSED J. S. B urnham passed aw ay a t the G eneral H ospital in E llensburg W n., Sunday aftern o o n , March 27 a t 1:40 o'clock. Mr. B u rnham had gone to E llensburg 10 days before for his d au g h ters who a tte n d norm al school th ere, and entered th e hos pital for trea tm e n t. He became seri ously ill on F riday of th e follow ing week. F u n eral services w ere held Tues day aftern o o n a t 2:30 in the E llen s burg F u n eral Home and in te rm en t was in the E llensburg cem etery. Mr. B urnham came o H erm iston in 1929 and has been in business here since th a t time, He operated a g eneral m ercan tile sto re u n til two years ago when he sold the grocery d ep artm en t to Mr. and Mrs. W alter Sm ith, and set up a dry goods store w hich is operated u n d er th e nam e B urnham & Burnham . He was born in Plainview . Minne sota, in 1879 and came west in 1903 to E llensburg w here he lived u n til 1906, from th e re going to P endleton. He moved from Pendle ton to S tanfield in 1921, w here he resided u n til moving to H erm iston in 1929. “J a c k ” B urnham , as m any knew him, w ill long be rem em bered for his unselfish a ttitu d e tow ard his fellow associates, and for his u n com plaining and cheerful sp irit m aintained th ro u g h o u t his prolong ed illness. He leaves his widow C lara S. B urnham and two d au g h ters, M ar jorie and Mary B urnham , one b rother F ra n k A. B urnham , Chelan, W n., and th ree sisters, Mrs. M ar g aret Eggers, P lainsview , Minn., Mrs. E. B. Skinner, Sioux F alls, N. D., and Miss Elsie B urnham , Ni ag ara Falls, N. Y. 4-H BASKETBALL CONTEST SATURDAY T hree b asketball gam es will be played S aturday n ig h t in the high school gym between team s from the 4-H Beef club, Crops club, and Dai ry clubs. A game played last Sat- ïird^y ni gii' betw een th e Progressive Calf club and th e B u tter Creek D ai ry Calf club was won by the la tte r 14 to 8. Those on th e B u tter Creek club were Bill Corpe, Rodm an H artley, R alph Neill, K enneth Bensel and B ernard Corpe, and on th e P rogres sive club were Bob Jackson, Eugene Rugg, R ichard Rugg, Bob Bensel and F ra n k Bensel. HOTEL D IN IN G ROOM IMPROVED Ja rv is Durfey, m an ag er of the H erm iston Hotel, announced th is week th a t he is in sta llin g a cou n ter in th e d in in g room of the hotel which has been closed for several m onths. T his is in ad d itio n to the d ining room service w hich will be renewed Monday, A pril 4th. The co u n ter has been placed along the east w all and faces a large back bar m irror. Dan W ilson has been engaged as chef. H e was employed by th e hotel several years ago and lg know n by m any here. Mr. D urfey believes th e cou n ter will speed up the service for those who w ish a quick lunch. U. S. Savings Bonds. The H erm iston post office of w hich Wm. Logan is postm aster, ran k s seventh in th e s ta te in U ni ted S tates S avings Bonds sales and eig h th in th e ra n k per ca p ita sale in the sta te am ong th e th ird class post office. A record for one d ay ’s sales of savings bonds in th e U nited S tates was set on M onday, Ja n u a ry 10, of th is year, when *10,029,775. m a tu rity value, of th ese bonds were reported sold on th is sin g le day. Household lig h tin g and lig h t fix tu res w ill be discussed by Miss Jo an P atte rso n , E xten sio n S pecialist in Home F u rn ish in g s, from Oregon S tate college, a t a m eeting in the high school au d ito riu m Monday, A pril 4. a t 8.00 p. m. In th e a f te r noon of th e same day Mise P atte rso n will hold a m eeting a t Irrigon in th e high school au d ito riu m a t 2:00 o’ clock. These m eetings a re being spon sored by th e U m atilla E lectric Coop erativ e under th e REA, th ro u g h a r rangem ents m ade by Jay T. Pierson, assista n t county agent. Miss P atte rso n will discuss elec tric ity in th e home in its various phases and will dem o n strate th e color effects and am o u n t of lig h t ab sorbed by dull colors. She will also d em o n strate th e use of electrical a p pliances, a t a la te r m eeting schedul ed for A pril 29. CARL BROWN BURIED TUESDAY Carl Alvin Brown, 4 4, passed aw ay S atu rd ay , March 27, follow ing an illness of more th a n a year. F u n eral services were held Tuesday a f ternoon a t th e Full Gospel Mission church w ith A. B. T u rn e r con d u ct ing th e services. In term e n t was in th e Echo cem etery. Carl Brown was born April 10, 1894. in N ebraska. A fter com ing west he resided for ten years a t Spray, Or., and came to H erm iston tw o years ago. He is survived by his widow and has no o th e r know n relatives. Parent Education Meet. Mrs. Maude Morse, specialist in P aren t E ducation from O.S.C., will conduct a m eeting for p aren ts in The V ert Memorial b u ilding in P e n dleton, A pril 5. F a th e rs are especial ly invited to th is m eeting. The topic for discussion will be “Our Fam ily T alks It Over." Evangelist Coming. PENDLETON GOLF TEN VICTORIOUS P en d leto n ’s 10-man golf team won the second U m atilla county golf to u rn am en t a t P ilo t Rock Sunday, nosing o ut H erm iston by tw o points. The next county to urney will be a t H erm iston on A pril 10. Scores were posted as follows: P endleton— H anavan 72, Bond 78, W ainscott 83. Osborne 77. Zuider- d uln 76, O hlerking 81, A nderson 87, Volkers 86, H am ley 90, Knoche 32 (9 holes.) H erm iston— M atott 7 5, Todd 7 8, Felthouse 93. H ausen 84, Pearson 81. Simons 82, G urdane 79, Sm ith 86. Passed ay 77, Bensel 42 (9 holes) P ilot Rock— S tan to n 7 , Done 78, 84, . Gr G reene 83, Sm ith 95. A rbogast 82, 82 Kopp 87, O range 88, Simpson 4 6 (9 holes ) A thena—-Harwood 80, H arris 77, B laker 88, A rens 7’ , P in k erto n 73, P ittm a n 73, Michene r 91, Behler 97, Lee 86, Lockwood 4 (9 holes.) Echo— E sselstyne 80, Nye 77, Coleman 86, Jones 88, Coe 88. Liesegang 88. (9 holes.) HUMPHREYS W ILL JUDGE CONTEST G. C. H um phreys, band and o rch estra d irecto r in th e local schools, and of th e P endleton m unicipal band, has been chosen as one of the Judges of th e sta te band concert for high and grad e school bands and o rch estras to be held on th e Oregon S tate college cam pus F rid ay and S aturday. Choice of Mr. H um phreys was made by C aptain H arry Beard, con ductor of th e OSC band, who has charge of th e contest. Among judges in the past have been such noted conductors as Jo h n P h illip Sousa and H erb ert L. Clark. Mr. H um phreys will present the two local school o rch estras in a con-, cert April 21st a t th e fin al P aren t- T eacher’s m eeting in th e high school. Health Unit Clinic. I 'nru-r.izatton for sm allpox a«nl d ip th eria will be given T hursday. April 7, in the local school by the U m atilla County H ealth U nit. Any ad u lts and pre-school children who wish the service also are requested to a tte n d th is clinic. A charge of 25 cents w ill be made for each im m unization. Dr. A. H. McLaren, county h ealth officer of P endleton, assisted by Mrs. E. D uncan W hipple, county h ealth nurse, will be present. JESSE PHILLIPS-ROBERTSON MUSICAL PROGRAM AT M . E. CHURCH A m usical program of th e oldest lyric songs in existence to th e ac com panim ent of th e stra n g e but in te re stin g m usical in stru m e n ts of Bible tim es will be presented Mon day evening. A pril 4th, a t th e M eth odist church. T his program is pre sented by Jesse P hillips-R obertson, widely known as the “ S inger of P salm s” and A m erica’s fav o rite sto ry -teller of an cien t days. Mr. Robertson has spent much tim e in Syria, P alestin e and Egypt, and in th e intensive study of the music of those cou n tries and th e shepherd life there. T he Hebrew folk songs have been his p a rtic u la r field of in terest. As a pioneer of his field he has explored every corner of it and has been rew arded w ith m any facin- a tln g discoveries. Many of the folk songs are so old th a t th e ir d ate can not be determ ined. Aside from know ing these songs, Mr. Robertson has revived th e old tim e in stru m en ts w hich w ere used in accom panying these songs. These he uses in his own program and they may be inspected at the close of the service. Some of th e in stru m e n ts w hich Mr. Robertson uses are the tim bal, te n -strin g ed P saltery, S hepherd's f l u t i . lu te an d s ilv e r tru m p e t. An in d u s t r i e s , th r e e th in g s have happened! Down go pay r o l l s ; o u t go our w orkers; and in comes w orry, s u s p ic io n and m isery I When any o f our i n d u s t r i e s , la r g e o r s m a ll, la c k s b uying s u p p o r t, i t must sh u t down. BUT when we g iv e i t our BUYING SUPPORT, i t t h r iv e s and c r e a t e s more OPPORTUNITY fo r WEATHER REPORT. Max. Min. Date 34 ................. 62 March 24 63 ... 37 M a rch 25 ... ........ 68 26 March 26 ............ 33 65 March 27 ........... 36 March 28 .............. ............... 66 .............. 54 27 March 29 65 ... 24 March 30 ............ P recip itatio n was .02. WORK and th u s more OPPORTUNITY fo r BUYING. Through our p u r c h a se s, we s ig n a l "STOP" or "GO" fo r our own OPPORTUNI TIES fo r WORK! A t k : IS IT PRODUCED IN THE COLUMBIA EMPIRE? RENEW PORT ROAD ACTIVITIES O R G A N IZA TIO N M A Y BE FORMED FRIDAY u nusual featu re oF .\fr. RoWeiTBi First Aid Classes. program is his long-necked lute. T his in stru m e n t is a faith fu l copy F irst Aid Red Cross classes were of the lu te of D avid’s tim e changed sta rted in Stanfield, W ednesday eve only so th a t th e player can adapt n in g when Dr. A. H. M cLaren of it to modern harm ony. th e U m atilla County H ealth U nit of Mr. Robertson appears in costum e P endleton gave th e first lecture. and tells a fasc in atin g story as he T he class will be conducted by C lar moves th ro u g h th e m usical num bers. ence Jensen of P endleton, who is a His voice is excellent and carries certified in stru cto r. F u tu re m eet th e sta te lin ess of the Psalm s as well ings will be held for the next six as th e p lain tiv e lyrics w ith passion weeks each Monday evening at 7:00 and power. H is program is p rese n t o’clock, a t the S tanfield high school Townsend Club Meeting. ed by R. R. F in k b ein er, p asto r of building. Anyone is invited to a t H erm iston Townsend Club No. 1 the M ethodist church. tend and earn a Red Cross S tandard eertifieate. To secure th e most ben will m eet at 8 :00 o'clock Tuesday efits, a tte n d a n ts should begin th e evening, April 5, a t th e Union EDITH CLARKE church. Several members w ent to course next M onday evening. H eppner la st S atu rd ay to atten d a ON HONOR ROLL special m eeting, and 17 atten d ed a Joint I.O.O.F.-Rebekah Meet. U niversity of Oregon (S pecial) — A jo in t m eeting of Odd Fellow s m eeting and oyster supper a t P en dleton. T uesday evening, March 29. A pparently stu d e n ts or th e U nlver- and Rebekahs will be held Monday lty of Oregon listened to th e ir new n ig h t, April 4, in th e hall a t H er National Air Mail Week. p resident. Dr. Donald M. E rb, when m iston. All Odd Fellow s and th e ir them The “ big pu sh ” to m ake N ational in his firs t speech he told wives, and all R ebekahs and th e ir sch o larsh ip was the most im p o rtan t Air Mail Week. May 15 to 21, an husbands, and escorts, are invited to a roast pig feed on th a t n ig h t. In v i o u tsta n d in g event of 1938 for the th in g and th a t a "passion for d is today when tin ctio n in academ ic perfo rm an ce” ta tio n s have been given to outside U nited S tates began C harlotte, N.C., should become a new objective of lodges who are asked to be p resen t Paul R. Y ounts, by eig h t o’clock on A pril 4. A 70 postm aster and n atio n al chairm an, college s p irit.” Dr. E rb took of pound pig w ill be roasted In th e announced ap p o in tm en t of th e sta te fice d u rin g the term Just passed. T he list of stu d e n ts on th e honor chairm en. ovens a t the Y eager’s Bakery. roll for th e term reached a new high m ark w ith 143 ea rn in g th is d istin c tion. Of th is num ber 19 m ade the h ighest grades possible, “ A ” in ev ery subject. U sually th e “ honor ro ll” hovers aro u n d th e 100 m ark, w ith from six to 10 stu d e n ts ra tin g “ A” in all subjects. S tr ip p e d o f f r i l l s , d iv e s t e d o f th e o r y , E dith E. C lark e of H erm iston was am ong those who m ade th e honor i s n ' t t h i s th e f a c t? THE GREATEST CREATOR roll a t th e U niversity. Miss Clarke OF EMPLOYMENT i s WORK I Every t i n e a s to p is a senior in physical education and Is th e d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n page has h i t one o f our C o lu sb ia Empire A. Clarke. CARD OF THANKS. W ords can n o t express our ap p re ciation for th e m any b ea u tifu l floral offerings sen t by o u r frien d s in our recent loss of husband, fa th e r and brother. We also w ant to th a n k our friends for th e acts of kindness show n us. CLARA S. BURNHAM. 1 MARJORIE BURNHAM". MARY BURNHAM. MR. & MRS. F. A. BURNHAM H. R. T h o rn h ill, ev an g elist from Salem. Or., will open m eetings for the church of C hrist a t th e Colum bia school house Sunday, April 3, to continue indefinitely. M eetings will open each even in g w ith a song se r vice a t 7:10 p m. The general pub lic to Invited. MARCH 31, 1938. Second Baseball Practice Sunday. A second try -o u t for baseball will be held next Sunday on the a th le tic field a t th e H erm iston C om m unity park and any person Interested In playing is invited to be present. Any individual from th e west end of U m atilla county, who would like to play baaehall la Invited by aponsors to be In atten d an ce. There w ere tw elve men out last Sunday. To renew ac tiv itie s in favor of the U m atilla P o rt road from S te w a rt’s service sta tio n to the W allula c u t off east of th e overhead crossing a t U m atilla, delegations from several tow ns met at U m atilla Tuesday evening and agreed to form w hat was nam ed the Old Oregon T ra il P o rt road association. The m eeting was ad jo u rn ed to meet F rid ay even ing a t 8:00 o’clock in th e Pendleton C ham ber of Commerce rooms to se lect officers and com plete the o rg a nization. The tow ns represented at U m atil la w tre Pendleton, H erm iston, U m a tilla, and delegates front o th e r d is tric ts. Some of the rep resen tativ es were from big shipping in te rests am ong th e w heat men, and ca n n er ies of th is county, who desire b etter rate s to th e coast and seaside, for coastw ise and ocean shipm ents. The channel from Celilo to Uma tilla will be com pleted w ithin 60 days and th e boat operators have sta te d th ey w ill begin ru n n in g boats as soon as th e channel is ready for operation. At th e recent m eeting of th e Inland W aterw ay s association at W alla W alla the question of ports was discussed and u nder th a t head cam e th e m a tte r of approach to th e riv er lan d in g s and facilities for h an d lin g ton n ag e . It was consider ed im p o rta n t by th e delegates to the U m atilla m eeting th a t th is road should be b u ilt at once, as it Is a link w ith the new P en d leto n -S tan field cu to ff and p art of th e highw ay to L aG rande and Baker, and S o u th ern Idaho, over th e Old Oregon T rail. T ru rk connections for heavy to n nage like w heat, wool, m achinery, gas and oil may be handled at Uma tilla for all these places as soon as th e river boats are available. T hree boat com panies will o p erate and the m an ag er of Shaver F o rw ard in g com pany stated th a t his firm alone had aj» ; o available hun-s use, along w ith a line of tru ck s, b / which they may reach all In terio r in lan d E m pire points a t very rea sonable rates. It Is expected th a t rep resen tativ es from Irrigon, U m atilla, H erm iston, S tan field , B u tter Creek and from P endleton and oth er tow ns In the w heat, wool, ca ttle, and can n in g areas will m eet to perfect th is w ork ing o rganization to prom ote the b u ild in g of th is stre tc h of highw ay and th e developm ent of port fac ili ties at the U m atilla landing. SOIL CONSERVATION PLAN DISCUSSED The soil conservation plan for 1938 was discussed by Jen s T urge- son of P endleton, as p art of the new ly enacted farm bill, a t a m eeting held in the Union church T hursday evening. March 24, a t w hich more th an 35 farm ers were present. Any farm er who has not signed may do so any tim e before April 16, according to Mr. T urgeson, through th e assista n t county a g e n t’s office here. It was also pointed out th a t anyone w ishing to establish a su b s ta n tia l potato goal should rep o rt th e num ber of acres grown d u rin g th e past six or eight years. T here Is a heavy p enalty for try in g to estab lish a goal g re a te r th an the acreage grow n heretofore. Mr. Turgeson said. LOCAL STUDENTS MAKE HONOR ROLL E astern Oregon N orm al, L aG rande (S p e cia l)— Miss M urnle Sm ith and Miss M argaret McMullen of H erm is ton. and Miss Rose Hoosier of S ta n field, w ere listed am ong th e forty- five stu d e n ts on the honor roll at E.O.N. for the w inter term which ended on M arch 18, Miss McMullen Is a first year stu d e n t enrolled In te ac h er train in g , and Miss Sm ith is enrolled In th e ju n io r college course and will not re tu rn for the spring term . Miss Hoosier has been very active In m usical o rg an izatio n s on th e cam pus since her enrollm ent as a first year stu d e n t last Septem ber. She Is at the present tim e accom p an ist for a num ber of choral groups Towtuend Club Meeting. The first reg u la r m eeting of the new Tow nsend club w ill be held F ri day evening. April 1st, a t th e Legion h all A good tim e la assured for all those who attend.
