THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938.
BUY TO WORK - WORK TO B IT !
COLUMBIA EMPIRE PRODUCTS WEEK
APRIL 1 to 10
FERDS
Manufactured by the Farm Bureau
Cooperative of Hermiston are truly
COLUMBIA EMPIRE PRODUCTS
Produced in the Columbia Empire .
Manufactured by local employes
BUY TO WORK — WORK TO BUY
DEALERS I N -
POULTRY FEEDS - CALF MEAL
r COLUMBIA
DAIRY FEEDS - TURKEY FEEDS
EMPIRE/
THE
*0.
ASK: Is It Produced in
The Columbia Empire?
Firm Bureau Cooperative
of Hermiston
Phon, e
T A X BASE OF
OREGON CITIES
The ta x base of Oregon cities,
ta k e n as a w hole, increased for the
c u rre n t y ear over th e past year for
th e first tim e since 1931, a rep o rt
ju s t issued by th e B ureau of M uni
cipal R esearch of th e U niversity of
Oregon shows.
A lthough th is to ta l assessed v al
u atio n for 1938 is above th a t of
1937, it is still below th a t of 1936
and previous years, th e report states.
DANCE
ECHO C IT Y HALL
B enefit of the
OMAHA WOODMEN SOCIETY
Camp No. 61 - Echo
Sat., Apr. 2
Music by the
OMAHA WOODMEN
TROUBADOURS
Adm. 75c couple - E x tra Lad. 15c
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THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
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The fig u res given in th e rep o rt
for H erm iston a re as follow s: popu
lation, 608; assessed v alu atio n of
1937 for 1938, 3388,349; city tax
levy for 1938 in m ills, 16.6; am ount
of city tax, 36,446.59; per cap ita
city tax. $10.60; co unty assesm ent
ratio, 68 per ce n t; assessed v a lu a
tion on 50 per cent basis, 3285,551;
assessed value per ca p ita on 50 per
cent basis, 5470; city tax ra te in
m ills on 50 per cen t basis, 22.58.
N ine incorporated cities, all but
one, Fossil, u n d er 500 population,
will get th ro u g h th e year w ith no
city ta x levy a t all. The o th er
eig h t are A ntelope,
Cornucopia,
G ranite, J u n tu r a , Lonerock. M itch
ell, Orenco and Shaniko.
P lacing all cities on a uniform
basis of 50 per cent, Oregon C ity has
the low est m illage ch arg e for cities
over 5000 population. M illage on a
50 per cent basis would be 16.93, a l
though th e ac tu a l levy per cap ita,
on the 46 per cent v alu atio n of its
county is 18.4. The low est actu al
m illage is claim ed by P endleton,
w ith 13.3, b u t th is is made on a
county v alu atio n m illage ra te of 68
per cent, m aking th e uniform 50
“ I have been w e ll pleased
w it h V ig o rb ilt Chicks”
E n te rp rise , Ore., M arch 18, -938.
“ V ig o rb ilt” P o u ltry F arm and H atchery
H erm iston, Oregon
D ear S ir:
W ould you kindly send me new price lists on your baby
chicks. Please include also price list for sexed p u llets 10 days old.
Do you sell New H am pshire Reds or Rhode Island Red
chicks? W ould w an t cockerels e ith e r baby or 10 day old ones.
Please send price list on these also. T hanks.
Mr. E dw ard Q uinn,
R t. 1, E n terp rise, Ore.
P.S.— For th e la st two years I have g o tte n chicks from V igorbilt
and can say I have been w ell pleased.
E. Q.
PRICES IN 1938
SETTING DATS— Monday and Thnrsday
Each Week;
Chicks
Off — Wednesday and Saturday
WHITE LEGHORNS
WHITE LEGHORN SEXED PULLETS ............ $ 22.00 PER 100
WHITE LEGHORN SEXED PULLETS ............... 107.50 PER 500
WHITE LEGHORN SEXED PULLETS ............... 215.00 PER 1000
STRAIGHT RUN LEGHORN CHICKS .............. S 12.00 PER 100
STRAIGHT BUN LEGHORN CHICKS ..................
50.00 PER 500
STRAIGHT RUN LEGHORN CHICKS ................. 100.00 PER 1000
LEGHORN COCKERELS ....................................... $ 3.00 PER 100
LEGHORN COCKERELS ....................................... 12.50 PER 500
LEGHORN COCKERELS ....................................... 25.00 PER 1000
NEW HAMPSHIRE REDS
STRAIGHT RUN NEW HAMPSHIRE ..................... $12.50 PER 100
SEXED PULLETS DAT O L D
............................... 17.00 PER 100
DAT OLD COCKERELS
.......... ..............................
9.00 PER 100
RHODE ISLAND REDS
SAME PRICE AS NEW HAMPSHIRE REDS.
BROODED LEGHORN PULLETS
10 DAT OLD LEGHORN PULLETS ........................ $25.00 PER 100
FOUR WEEK LEGHORN PULLETS........................ 40.00 PER 100
SIX WEEK LEGHORN PULLETS ......................
55.00 PER 100
EIGHT WEEK LEGHORN PULLETS .................
70.00 PER 100
TURKEY POULTS—CUSTOM HATCHING
HEN and TURKEY EGGS
A 10 per cent D eposit Must A ccom pany All O rders on Chicks.
A 20 per cent Deposit M ust Accompany AU O rders on T u rk ey P oults
SEND FOR LITERATURE
“ V ig o rb ilt” P o u ltry Farm
and H atchery
HERMISTON, OREGON
PHONE M l
per ce n t ra te a t 18.09, or second to
Oregon City.
D allas, on th e u n ifo rm 50 per cent
basis, ra te s low est in th e group of
2600-6000 p opulation, w ith a m ill-
age of 15.75. Bandon, on th e u n i
form basis, is low in th e 1000-2500
class, w ith 5.98, and re ta in s th is po
sition in a c tu a l m illage, w ith 4.8
mills.
U sing th e 1930 p o p u latio n as a
basis for d eterm in in g th e per cap ita
tax. Bend an d Oregon C ity, both
w ith city m an ag er form s of govern
m ent, a re low w ith cities of 5,000
or over population. T h eir per cap
ita taxes a r e 810.05 fo r Bend and
811.41 for Oregon City. D allas w ith
37.04, an d St. H elens w ith 37.43 per
ca p ita a r e low est in th e 2500-5000
classification.
Bandon, w ith only
93 cen ts per cap ita is low in the
1000 to 2500 class.
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COLUM BIA
By Lois Hutchison
V irg in ia Compton spent the week
end v isitin g a t H ilgard w ith her fa
th e r, who is employed a t th e depot
Mrs. Lucy Rogers and Mrs. H elen
Cowgill of H eppner w ere in Board
FRIDAY - SATURDAY - MONDAY
m an last F rid ay looking a fte r th e
4-H club w ork w hich w ill be sta rted
th is spring.
100 Lbs.
V ernon Root, Glen C arp en ter and
Mrs. R. Brown m otored to La GTande
over the week end.
P. A G. BAR SOAP
.......... ............. „ 6 for 25c
Mrs. E. Peck and Mrs. B. R ands
NU BORA, with Shopping B a g ......................... 49c
and th e ir ch ildren, spent S atu rd ay
In Pendleton.
Corn or Gloss
For
Lloyd M allory of P o rtlan d is v isit
ARM & HAMMER SO D A ....................... 3 for 25c
ing his sister, Mrs. A. S unstrum .
Fred M artin spent th e week end
PHILLIPS SOUPS, Tomato or Veg. 2 9-oz. Uns 15c
a t A thena v isitin g his p aren ts.
Miss J. B auer spent th e week end
7 Lb. Bags 2 1 c
in P endleton visiting.
SPERRYS WHEAT HEARTS........................... 23c
T he H. E. C. club met W ednesday
PUFTED WHEAT
................... 2 for 19c
a t th e home of Mrs. N ick F aler. A
la rg e g ath e rin g was iq atten d an ce.
Basil Cram er and his fa th e r E arl
C ram er of Spokane spent Sunday
Walla Walla Tomato Juice, No. 2 tin s ..... 3 for 25c
v isitin g a t the F ra n k C ram er home.
MATCHES..................................... 6 box carton 17c
Mr. an d Mrs. W. B aker left F ri
day for E ugene w here th ey are go
ing to visit.
ALBERS OATS, quick or regular, 9 lb. b a g ..... 42c
V irg in ia Com pton spent Monday
in P endleton.
HOT SAUCE....
......... .....................3 for 10c
W arren Dillon and M ildred Ayers
Mixed Vegetable«, country style No. 2 tins 2 for 19c
m otored to H erm iston Monday.
— See Us About Marketing Early Potatoes —
Maye F ish er of La G rande is v isit
ing w ith Boardm an relatives.
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T he F.F.A. boys spent F rid ay in
A rlington ta k in g v arious tests in
com petition w ith o th er schools.
Members of th e o rd er of R. R. Tuesdayi and 'W ednesday.
Mrs. V. G regg and d a u g h te r of
eleg rap h ers held a business m eet
The Chas. E vans fam ily have
B a ttle G round, W n., are v isitin g at T
ing a t the N. D. Bard home Tuesday moved from th e C o tan t house to th e
th e home of Mrs. G. McCutchen.
evening. P resen t w ere th e o perators a p a rtm e n ts over th e Pastim e.
from P endleton to U m atilla. Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Hazen an d Mr. and Mrs.
Jam es H oskins and F ra n k Sloan
B .- I.- U . P A R I S H N O T E S .
Roy C oppenth-vaite of P endleton; tran sa cted business
in A rlin g to n
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
B.
Cam
pbell
and
J.
T hursday.
H. B. Thomas, P astor.
R. S m ith of R eith ; Mr. and Mrs. F.
Boardm an C om m unity C hurch — S. Lyon of Echo; O. K. Mudge of
Bible school 1 0:00 a. m .; W orship H in k le; F. C. W o u g h ter of H erm is
service 11:00 a. m .; No even in g se r to n ; T. B. B urton of U m atilla; and
vice; L adies’ Aid, Mrs. M arvel Gor K enneth T ru m b u ll of Messner.
ham. presid en t; m eets first W ednes
The Red Crot,s first aid class will
day in th e month.
m eet a t th e school house on Monday
Irrig o n C om m unity C h u rch — Bible from seven to n in e p. m., u n til the
school 10:00 a. m., each Sunday course is com pleted. Anyone in te r
m orning; P ra y er m eeting, Sunday, ested is invited to atten d .
7:45 p.m .; P reach in g service, W ed
Mr. and Mrs. P h il Q uim by of P en
THE HERMISTON HERALD
nesday, 7:45 p.m .; L adies' Aid, Mrs. dleton visited a t th e J. F. Lane home
Rucker, p resident, m eets second
T h u rsd ay in th e m onth.
U m atilla C om m unity C h u rc h —-
Bible school Sunday 10:00 a. m.; No
m orning service; P reach in g service
7 :30 p. m. every Sunday. Ladies Aid
Mrs. J. J. Byrnes, p resid en t, m eets
first T hursday in th e m onth; Mis
WfM KklED IN O4E6ON TRftUK ACCI0ENT5 IN W57T
sionary Society, m eets fo u rth T h u rs
/ ¿ M CMt 01LID t r ^ K A A l tM U L , S h Ÿ t f ifA Tt
day in th e m onth.
T here w ill be no special E aster
CAOLINO Af INflASfCTlOMi-IO
service in any of the th ree churches.
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Hermiston Mercantile Cooperative
PURE CAME SUGAR
Crescent St&rcll
$5.40
3
23c
SALT
Post Toasties
Sun Brite Cleanser
-
3 For 20c
3 Large Tins 14c
J. H. Reid motored to P endleton
Sunday for Mrs. Reid who has been
ill in St. A n th o n y ’s h o sp ital for the
past week. Miss M cFarland, a reg is
tered nurse, is w ith her.
Leonard Blue and V ernon W olfe
arriv ed a t th e S. A. DeGarmo home
T uesday of la st week from St.
F ran cis, K ansas. T hey are looking
for a location on th e project.
V isitors a t th e L ester H am m er
home Sunday w ere Mrs. Leo LaMon
and d au g h ters J u a n ita and E ldora
of P endleton Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
L auderm ilk an d son E lden of H er
miston.
E. J. Allen, w ho is on th e Bel
scam per place, purchased 600 baby
■chicks la st week.
Mr. an d Mrs. Gus M cLouth and
fam ily w ere d in n e r guests a t the
Bud H ooker home Sunday.
E lb e rt
H utchison
an d
George
G ran t of P endleton w ere business
in th is d istric t T uesday of la st week.
Mr. an d Mrs. Jackson H a rr have
purchased a new electric re frig e ra
to r T uesday of la st week.
Mrs. F ranz, who has been in C ali
fo rn ia for some tim e, re tu rn e d to
her farm la st week.
Bud H ooker lost a v aluable w ork
horse la st week.
Mrs. B elscam per has been qui)te
ill the past week.
D inner guests a t th e B axter
H utchison home Sunday w ere Omega
and Joyce S ater, Miss M y rth in a M ar
tin an d E dw ard Shaw.
Sunday v isito rs at th e A m anda
Shaver home w ere Sam Conrad of
T he an n u a l co n g reg atio n al m eet
W alla W alla, W n. Mr. and Mrs.
T ilford S tillin g s and son Jo h n of ing of Hope P resb y terian church
S tanfield. Mr. an d Mrs. E v erett .was held on Tuesday evening, M arch
29. A no-host seven o’clock d in n er
Shaver and Mr. and Mrs. Carl H am w as enjoyed by ab o u t 40 people fol
mer of H erm iston.
low ing w hich th e re g u la r business
Mr. and Mrs. W illis S tru th e rs m eeting was held. R eports were read
visited relativ es in P ilo t Rock last on th e y ea r’s ac tiv itie s of th e church
to g eth er w ith those of th e Sunday
S aturday.
school, Ladies Aid and C h ristian En
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who uxr Killed,
Mr. an d Mrs. Thom pson of N e
deavor. W. T. Reeves was re-elected
• 18 bed b»«n rfrinKim,.
b rask a a re m oving onto th e Bessie as a m em ber of th e board of trustees.
• 17 o tr r walKinq with trzffic
Spencer place th is week.
Rev. J. K. G riffith s was reta in ed as
•
7
fren> behind psrKiA eWS
Mrs. H enry H ooker and E arl Get- p asto r for the com ing year. C hurch
• 7 */alK«4 into aide of movmf CU\.
services
will
be
held
in
th
e
evening
chell were d in n er guests a t th e B.
• 4 Had ^Kyneal drf-oofci
only. Slides were show n d epicting
E. G etchell home Sunday.
m issionary work in foreign fields.
• 3 writ playing 'n roadway.
Mrs. H u n t was a v isito r a t th e B.
Mr. and Mrs. H arold Shake, form
ON THE OTHER SIDE O f THE PICTURE ( l i M
E. G etchell home S atu rd ay a f te r er S tan field d ru g g ist, called on
MANY Dl5COURTFOIi5,RiCKUSS, H ifO lE H
S tanfield frien d s Sunday w hile en
u
ACTS ON fl|f PART OF DRIVERS INVOLVED.
noon.
ro u te from th e ir home in P ark d ale
to P endleton and points in Idaho.
S u p erin te n d en t and
Mrs. U. W.
COYOTE DAMAGE
Hay and ^ lau g h ters sp en t th e week
The g ra v ity 01 th e pedestrian Snell.
end w ith relativ es in F reew ater and
GREATLY REDUCED
tra ffic problem in Oregon, illu s tra
“ Our cam paign for red u cin g h ig h
P endleton.
Sharon Lee Baker, d au g h te r of ted in th e accom panying ch art, is way d eath s can succeed fully only
BOARDMAN (S pecial) — Adam Mr. and Mrs. Ja y B aker of th e Mea em phasized by th e fac t th a t of 22 if p ed estrian s can be made to realize
K noblock. U nited S tates p red ato ry dows, is spending th e week v isitin g persons who nave lo st th e ir lives in th e trem endous hazard th a t exists,
Oregon tra ffic accidents so far th is and th e Im portant p a rt they m ust
anim al h u n te r for M orrow co unty is relativ es in and n ear W alla W alla year, 16 have been p edestrians, ac play in safe m ovem ent of tra ffic ,”
Mrs. H arle Rogers e n tertain ed th e
one of th e m ost p ictu resq u e of the m em bers of the bridge club a t a cording to S ecretary of S tate E arl S ecretary Snell declared.
U. S. biological surv ey 's p redatory dessert bridge luncheon T uesday a f
an im al killers. Knoblock sta te s th a t ternoon. T hree tab les w ere In play
th e coyote situ a tio n in Oregon is w ith h igh honors being aw arded to
now well In hand. T he p red ato ry Mrs. F ra n k Sloan.
Mrs. V ernon N o rris and in fa n t
an im al control has been established d au g h te r Peggy Ann, retu rn ed home
in th is sta te for ab o u t tw en ty years. Sunday from St. A nhony's hospital
P rio r to its estab lish m en t sheep men In P endleton.
Miss C laudia G abriel retu rn ed to
estim ated an an n u a l loss of 10 per
cent, based on th e to tal census of La G rande Sunday to resum e her
stu d ies In th e E astern Oregon N or
these flocks. Today fig u res show th a t mal.
th e loss has been reduced to 1.1 per
F ra n k Sloan and Jam es Hoskins
cent. Even w ith th e loss ail over were business visitors in P o rtlan d
The allocation by the President of funds
Oregon, placed as low as 1.1 per d u rin g th e early p a rt of th e week.
Mrs. J. W. S tu rd iv a n t of P ark d ale i
for the construction of the Bonneville pro
cent. K noblock said th e sum con is v isitin g a t th e homes of her
ject was, in a large measure, due to the ac
cerned Is still trem endous. As Ore d au g h ters Mrs. J. F. Lane an d Mrs. I
gon’s 2,382,500 sheep and goats are W. G. W allace.
tivities of General Martin while serving
The S tan field -E ch o Home Ec U nit
valued a t 325,500,000, th is would
this State as a member of the Congress.
b rin g th e a n n u a l coyote loss in met In th e church F rid ay afternoon
w ith 25 in atten d an ce. T his w as the
money to 3281,350. It should be re th ird in a series of m eetings to con
Declaring that the project should be ad
m em bered, too, th a t th ese figures sider lin e and design as it affects
ministered for the best interests of all the
concern sheep only and th a t th e de ap p ro p riate dress.
people in the State, the Governor has, to
The Ladies Aid concluded its I
pred atio n of coyotes on p o u ltry and
y
ea
r’s
work
th
e
last
of
M
arch.
Mrs.
this
end, pledged himself to cooperate with
gam e birds is im possible to estfinpte.
G. E. G reathouse has served as presi- |
the
President
and Administrator Ross in
The coyote is n a tu re ’s c ra ftie st d en t for th e past tw o years. Newly |
k iller, a shrew d an im al th a t th riv es elected officers are: Mrs. J. M. Rich-
every way possible.
in rela tiv e ly th ick ly populated areas. ards, p resid en t, Mrs. E. A. Hoosier,
It was largely through his efforts that
Organized w a rfa re on th e coyote, vice p resid en t, Mrs. Troy Coleman,
second vice p resident, Mrs. W. T.
such as carried on by th e federal Reeves, se cretary . Miss E lva Berry,
ship locks were included in the Bonneville
g o vernm ent, is th e only w ay to con- tre a su re r. H ostesses w ere Mrs. Geo.
project—thus making it possible for sea
tro l them .
¡E llio t an d Lena W aid.
going
vessels to take on and deliver car
Hazel T yler, who is w o rking a t I Mrs. W. G. W allace w ill leave
goes
as
far up stream as The Dalles. He
A storia, is v isitin g at th e hom e of |T h u rsd a y for a tour of C alifornia in
om pany w ith th e ir cousins Miss
has
never
ceased his fight for the canaliza
her m other, Mrs. G race T yler, fo r a V erna Shoem aker of Hood River. :
few days.
tion
of
the
Upper Columbia in order that
Mrs. L ute Gibbs of P ark d ale and ■
The biology class took a field trip Mrs. Ray M cReynolds of S eattle. The I
the
grain
growers
and shippers of the In
F rid ay to th e home of Adam K nob p a rty w ill spend the m onth of A pril i
land Empire may enjoy such favorable
lock. governm ent trap p e r, who re visiting relativ es w ith h ea d q u arters i
at Long Beach, Calif.
rates
as are obtained through water compe
lated to them m any in te re stin g ad
T he P o ily an n as m et a t the E. A.
tition.
venture«.
Hoosier home W ednesday afternoon
All g rad e school an d high school The list of officers for next year In - ■
teach ers have been re-h ired for the eludes Mrs. Fred T horne, p resident, ;
Pd. Adv., Re-Elect-Govemor-Martin Club,
Mrs. F ran k Sloan, vice president,
com ing school year, w ith th e excep ila
W allace,
secreta ry -trea su rer. '
612
Railway Exchange Bldg., Portland, Ore.
tion of Miss J. Bauer and J. R othen- D uring th e social hour a no-host
oerger, who resigned.
luncheon w as enjoyed.
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WHERE?
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W HO?
WHV?
W«L> CUT. FtHSTlUAW OfATMiZ
GOVERNOR MARTIN
AND BONNEVILLE
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