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.