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ÜrniUHînn Hrralii T HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. VOLUME XXXI NUMBER 33 DIES CANDIDATES FILE EOR WATTENBURGER IN AUTO MISHAP PRIMARY ELECTION F u n eral services for Jak e W atten - REGISTRATION BOOK CLOSES APRIL 20 burger, 69, w ill be held a t Echo, S aturd ay , A pril 9, w ith P ra n n 's F u n eral P arlo rs officiating. Mr. W a tte n b u rg e r was killed Monday evenin g a t 7:00 o’clock when, in a tte m p tin g to pass a tru ck ju st east of H erm iston, his car stru ck the b u ttre ss of th e bridge, and plunged Into two feet of w ate r in th e “A ” line canal. W hen discovered W a tte n b u rg er was ly in g face down in the w ater a t th e side of th e car. T he tru ck , driven by Mr. K au f m an of Pendleton, an d th e W a tte n bu rg er car, w ere trav e lin g east, it was b ro u g h t o ut by Coroner A llen Folsom, who w as called to th e scene of th e accident. Mr. K aufm an re ported th a t he had noticed th e W a t te n b u rg er car a tte m p tin g to pass and th a t a sh o rt tim e la te r he w ent back and discovered th e w recked car. w hich was r ig h t side up b u t w hich had ev idently tu rn ed over be fore it reached th e canal. Only slig h t bruises w ere found on th e body of Mr. W a tte n b u rg e r and d eath was evidently from drow ning, Coroner Folsom stated. Mr. W a tte n b u rg e r has been in the sheep sh earin g business in Oregon and W ashington for 51 years. He is form erly of B u tter Creek and H ep pner, and had been m ak in g his home a t T alen t, Ore., and was in eastern Oregon for th e sh e arin g season. He is survived by two d au g h ters, M rs/ G ladys H am ilto n an d Mrs. M ary H ansen, of F o rt M cA rthur, San Pedro, Calif., an orphaned grand son, V ernon W a tten b u rg er, whom he reared as a son; th re e b rothers, W. J. W a tte n b u rg e r and A. E. W a tte n burger, Echo, an d F. W. W a tte n b u rg er, L akeport, Calif. T he d a te of filin g for candidates for precinct, county, d istric t and sla te offices expired A pril 4. The prim aries w ill be held May 20. All voters who have not reg istered , or who have moved from one precinct to an o th er, m ust re-re g iste r by A pril 20. T his m ay be done before F. C. M cKenzie of H erm iston. Very few county officers w ill be chosen th is year and only three places are contested for nom ination. W. 8. C averhill of M ilton-F ree w ate r is the only republican can d i d a te for county com missioner. He is well know n in county republican politics. Among th e dem ocrats are th re e candidates for th is office. They a re Claude P enland, who has lived m any years in P endleton; Mason L. Thom pson, for 20 years in th e drug business in P en d leto n ; and C. O. Moll, form er m ayor of P endleton. F o r county tre a su re r, B ettye De H a rt, incum bent, who has held the office for several term s, is opposed by Dale S. E rw in, rep resen tativ e in th e le g isla tu re for th e past two years. Jack Folsom, p resent recorder, and J. A. Folsom, coroner, have no op position in e ith e r party. F or sen ato r from U m atilla coun ty, Dr. J. A . Best, republican, sen a to r for th e la st tw o term s, is op- posed by Ja c k A llen, dem ocrat, for m er sen ato r from th is d istric t and form er sta te liq u o r ad m in istra to r. F or Joint se n ato r in th e d istric t com prising U m atilla and Morrow counties, Rex E llis, sen ato r for the p ast four years, in th e republican ran k s, w ill be opposed by H aw ley J. COMMERCIAL CLUB B ean, w ell know n farm er of Um a tilla Meadows. George R. Lewis, GUESTS EXPECTED dem ocrat, form er m ayor of P endle W alter Sm ith, presid en t of the to n , w ill be opposed by W ilford W. S irrin e of La G rande. H erm iston Com m ercial club, a n F or th e low er house, Carl Eng- nounced th is week th a t th e club d ah l, present m em ber, of P endleton, w ill be host to Geo. E. Mason, sec R alph C unha of Echo, and Cy Gal- re ta ry to th e F irs t F ed eral Savings logy of P endleton, a re th e th ree re & Loan association of P endleton, publicans contesting, and E va N el and its directors, a t th e reg u lar son of P endleton, th e only demo m eeting of th e club Tuesday, A pril crat. Two a re to be elected in the 12, a t 7:00 p. m. fall election. Any in terested person may a t tend, w h eth er a m em ber of th e club U N IO N CHURCH W ILL or not. Musical num bers will be given by th e m ale q u arte t. HAVE NEW HOME The m em bers of the H erm iston Union church w ill have a new ch u rc h hom e w hen th e building pro gram launched th is week is com pleted w ith in th e next n in e ty days. T he building site is on th e same side of the stre e t w est of th e Our Lady of A ngel church and th e build in g w ill face n o rth . The building now occupied has been purchased by the U m atilla C ooperative Cre’am ery and will be incorporated in th e ir expansion pro gram . The church m em bership w ill vacate th e bu ild in g w ith in ninety d ays from th e tim e the building is sta rte d . C hurch b u ild in g dim ensions will be 32 feet by 60 feet, w ith a 10 foot w all and a seven foot full basem ent. T he en tra n c e w ill be on th e n o rth e a st corner of th e church. T he b u ild in g site was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. H. T. F raser. It is an ideal lo cation w ith a row of large trees in th e n o rth p a rk in g and along the w est and east approach. The site eextends south from H erm iston av enue more th a n 300 ieet. E xcavation on th e basem ent will s ta r t th is week. Levi Reeder will supervise th e ca rp e n te r work. NEW TOW NSEND ELECTS BOARD T he New Tow nsend club o rg an iz ed th e first of A pril has tak en the nam e "T h e H erm iston Tow nsend C lub,” and elected the advisory board a t its last m eeting F riday n ig h t. M embers of th e board are W. C. M orehouse, Jesse P rindle, Mrs. F red Lenz, Mrs. Jesse P rin d le and Mrs. Joe Udey. T he club w ill meet th e first and th ird F ridays of each m onth b u t th e re g u la r m eeting on A pril 15 has been postponed to A pril 22 because of conflicts w ith a m eeting scheduled at M ilton on A prfl 16 w hen Ju d g e Sum m er of C alifornia w ill speak on the T ow n send plan. Mrs. Joe Udey was nam ed publici ty su p e rin ten d e n t and reports th a t th e new club sta rte d tw o weeks ago •with 56 c h a rte r members. T he public is invited to all m eet ings of th e club now being held in th e Legion hall. FEDERAL GRAND JURORS CHOSEN G rand ju ro rs w ere selected T ues day on the opening day of th e reg u la r P endleton term of federal co u rt w ith F ederal Ju d g e A lger Fee p re siding. The g ran d ju ry will consi der ab o u t 30 cases d u rin g its ses sion, in clu d in g a larg e n um ber usually presented a t th e Medford term of court. Among the ju ro rs selected w ere several from U m atilla county, as follow s: P erry A rth u r, H erm iston farm er; W. R. Coppock, Adams f a r m er; Joseph C u n h a 'J r., Echo sheep m an; J. Cleveland Cox, H erm iston; C harles E. D upuis, W eston m er c h a n t; and Arnold R. M innis, P en dleton laundrym an. HYBRID FIELD CORN IMPROVEMENT “ D u rin g th e sum m er of 1937, yield tria ls involving a larg e n u m ber of field corn hy b rid s and open- pollinated v arieties w ere conducted by th e Oregon A g ricu ltu re E x p eri m ent S tatio n in cooperation w ith the E xtension Service,” sta te d Em il Zivney as he quoted from a b u lletin recently released on hybrid corn by R. E. Fore, a ssista n t A gronom ist a t O.S.C., at a m eeting of the Colum bia G ran g e la st T uesday night. Members of 4-H crops clubs have planted a num ber of v arieties of hy brid corn to aid in d eterm in in g types best suited to th is area, as well as o th er recom m ended v arie ties. O ther ex p rim en ts are being conducted on hybrid corn on th e project. A more detailed sto ry on hybrid corn will be published n ex t week. Weather Report. Date Max. Min. Çg April 1 S3 20 A pril 2 ........................... 63 22 April 3 69 3S A pril 4 62 4_3 A pril 5 60 45 A pril « ................................ 61 34 P re cip itatio n was .47. L t' * APRIL 7, 1033 Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bailey Courtesy E ast O regonian P h o to -E n g rav in g Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bailey cele r. i crr.iBion for tlm past eighteen brated th e ir golden w edding a n n i cars. versary Sunday, A pril 3, at th e ir Among the r e s ts v. ere th e ir home in H erm iston, w ith mem bers d au g h ter and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. of th e fam ily and friends. The w ed Byron Brow:; and d au g h ters JoE l- ding cerem ony was enacted a g a in by len and Gcnear.e of S tanfield, and the couple, w itnessed by the guests. their son nd fam ily, Mr. and Mrs., Mrs. Bailey wore a silver grey, silk IV. G. Bailey and sons Billie and crepe dress trim m ed w ith orchid. Jim m ie of La G rande. Miss Tw yla The rooms were b rig h t w ith bowls House, a g ran d d a u g h ter, and Jack filled w ith daffodils arran g ed a t if; use, a grandson, both of S tanfield tractiv ely , nd in th is se ttin g the were also present. bride of fifty years ago cut five O ther guests included Mr. and elab o rately decorated w edding cakes Mrs. M son Myers, Mr. and Mrs. A. w hich had been presented to the couple. Many lovely ^ ifts and con M. Sm ith, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. K nerr, g ra tu la tio n s w ere also received on Mr. and Mrs. F. J. E stle, Mr. and the occasion. .Mrs. L. H erd, all of H erm iston, and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey were m a r Mrs. Hazel Dixen of O akland, Cal., ried in Cottonwood, K ansas, A pril 4, a guest of .Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bai 1888. They have made th e ir home ley of LaG raude, Real Estate Tiansactions. T hree real estate deals were closed th e past week when .Mr. and Mrs, W a lte r Sm ith of the H erm iston T rad in g Com pany purchased the p ro p erty form erly owned by J. M. Biggs, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W a lte r Pearson. They will take possession at th e earliest pos sible date. The M itchell property now occupied by th e S m iths has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W hite, retired w heat farm ers of L exington, who will take posses sion soon. The Maude H uff 20-acre farm w est of the B utte has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Ray O viatt. Mr. O viatt is employed in th e m eat d ep a rtm en t of th e H er miston T ra d in g Co., and plans to oc cupy th e house on th e farm and ren t th e land and pasture. They will tak e possession by A pril 15th. SMALL ATTENDANCE AT ELECTRIC MEET Miss Jo an P atterso n , E xtension Specialist in Home F u rn ish in g s, from Oregon S tate college, explain ed and dem onstrated modern m eth ods and fix tu res In home lig h tin g to a sm all group of in terested per sons last Monday evening a t a m eet ing in th e high school building. Miss P atte rso n w ill re tu rn April 29th for an o th e r m eeting at w hich she will d em o n strate appliances and give th e ir relativ e ratin g . Miss P atterso n stated th a t there had been less progress m ade In the field of home lig h tin g and use of modern fix tu res th an in o th er fields of electrical equipm ent. She stated th a t people not only ham per th e ir h ealth in using in adequate lig h tin g fixtures. b ut sap th e ir energy th ro u g h eye strain . In d irect lig h tin g is recommended and does aw ay w ith an y possibility of glare. Miss P atterso n pointed o u t th a t one 100 w att globe would produce 25 percent more lig h t th a n two 50 w att globes. Colors also Influence lig h t efficiency since 80 p ercent of th e full am ount of lig h t is obtained th ro u g h w hite. Colors absorbe lig h t and should be used accordingly, Enam el finish absorbs even less lig h t th an w hite p ain t or kalsom ine, she stated. JO H N C . BAINS John C. Bains, 77, of W alla W alla, fa th e r of Mrs. Wm. S haar of H er m iston, passed aw ay a t his home March 31. F u n eral services were held S atu rd ay in W alla W alla. He ¡s survived by his widow Mrs. R e tta Bains and the follow ing ch ild ren : Mrs. S tella Shaar. H erm iston; Mrs. F an n ie Hale, W illows, Cal.; Roy Bains, W aitsb u rg ; Mrs. Ada Carson, P u llm an ; Sam Bains, F res no, Cal.; Vernon Bains, W aitsb u rg ; Mrs. M ildred K irby. W alla W alla; tw o b ro th ers Joseph Bains. David Bains; th ree sisters, Mrs. P earl Mus- teen, Mrs. Lena Musteen and Mrs. Louise Jorden, all of A rbana, Mo. Mr. B ains was born A ugust 21, 1860, a t Joneehurg, Tenn. He was a Golf Tournament Sunday. Tile th ird county golf to u rn a member of the B aptist ch u rch . The m ent played th is season will he couple had been m arried 57 years a t held in H erm iston Sunday sta rtin g tim e of Mr. B ains’ death. a t 9:00 a. m. on the H erm iston Com m unity P ark golf course. Teams p a rticip a tin g in th e play will be MAC HOKE REMAINS P ilo t Rock. Pendleton, Echo, A th ORE. F. B. PRESIDENT ena and H erm iston. H erm iston won th e first play a t Mac Hoke, P endleton, was re Echo and Pendleton th e second a t elected p resid en t of th e Oregon P ilot Rock. F arm B ureau Monday a t th e o rg an i The A m erican Legion A uxiliary za tio n ’s an n u a l m eeting In P o rtland. wiU serve lunch a t noon. O ther officers re-elected Included C. A. Reed, Hood River, and H enry I.O.O.F.-Rebekah Social. H agg, Reedsville, vice presidents, T he Odd Fellow s of th e H erm is an d E S. S tro th ers, Dundee, secre ton lodge sponsored a social evening ta ry -tre a su re r. Monday to which th e Rebekahs and Among th e directors of the o rga th e ir frien d s were invited to enjoy n ization are G arn et B a rra tt, Hepp a 70-pound roast pig and all th e trim m ings. Don Sherwood acted as n e r; C arl E ngdahl, P en d leto n ; W il to astm aster and was introduced by liam Steen, M ilton; and C. C. Y ates, C u rtis Simons. An enjoyable and in Freew ater. stru ctiv e talk was given by O. F. Woodmen Meet. Steele, grand w arden, of Pendleton. A Ford V-8 driv en by P auline Covers were placed about th e ban T he new ly organized Omaha Lewis and a car driv en by Eugene q u et table for sixty people. Woodmen Life In su ran ce Society, H anby collided a t th e intersection P o rte r Camp No. 61 of Echo, held of Second and H u rlb u rt avenues Sportsmen W ill Meet. Its reg u la r m onthly m eeting T ues ab o u t 5 :00 o’clock S atu rd ay even ' The H u n ters & A nglers club will day, April 5th, In the I.O.O.F. hall, ing. T he car driven by H anby Is meet Monday, April 11, a t the office Stanfield. A ttendance was good and reported to have h it th e Lew is car of W. J. W arner. The m eeting has a report given th a t $22.00 had been broadside, dam aging the fender and been called for 8:00 p.m.. and Im cleared on th e b en tflt dance given p o rtan t business will be tran sacted . last week. T he society has a mem car door. No one was injured. bership of forty. Cars Collide at Intersection. "THE BUCCANEER" BRILLIANT ROMANCE T here i s no m id d le ro ad ! o th e r ! I t ' s one o r th e We c r e a t e o r d e s tr o y th e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r work th ro u g h o u r p u r c h a s in g h a b its . h e re ? Which s h a l l i t be f o r u s who l i v e We can p r o v id e WORK h e re o r we can c r e a t e j o b s in o t h e r p l a c e s by b u y in g c a r e l e s s l y , u n t h in k in g ly ! Through o u r p u r c h a s e s o f th e p r o d u c ts o f th e Colum bia Em pire - o f farm and f o r e s t , f i s h e r y and f a c t o r y , we can expand o u r own i n d u s t r i e s ; we can p r o v id e j o b s f o r 6 0 ,0 0 0 more WORKERS! By w o rk in g , th e y become BUYERS. Th9 c o s t i s n o th in g - and t h e r e i s no m id d le road! A sk : IS IT PRODUCED IN THE C O LU M B IA EMPIRE? It was a p irate— an o u tcast and an outlaw w ith a price (upon his head who rendered Am erica one of Its g rea test services d u rin g the W ar of 1812! The man was Jean L afitte, whose rom ance is told in the Cecil B. De- Mille epic, “ The B uccaneer,” w hich opens Sunday a t the Oasis th eatre. T he am azing career of th is man is bro u g h t back to the screen by Fred- ric March, M argot G raham e, Ian K eith, and thousands of others. March Is seen as Jean L afitte, th e famous p ira te king, who helps Gen eral Andrew Jackson win th e W ar o f 1812 only to lose th e New Or leans society g irl w ith whom he is in love. K eith Is the tra ito ro u s sen a to r who tries to sell his co untry o u t to th e B ritish, u n til he Is stopped in his track s by th e sw ash buckling M arch. "T h e B uccaneer” tak es Its d e served place am ong th e g re a te st h is torical dram as ever brought to the stag e or screen. BOOST HERMISTON TO UMATILLA _______ ROAD 1 GROUP NEWLY ORGANIZED The Oregon T ra il P o rt Road asso ciation, fo r th e purpose of u rg in g th e b u ilding of a road from H erm is ton to U m atilla, east side of th e railro ad track s, was formed la st F ri day n ig h t by 50 U m atilla county men who m et a t th e P endleton Cham ber of Commerce rooms. C arl E ngdahl, P endleton, waa elected p resident, and o th e r officers are F. B. Swayze, H erm iston, vice president, and F. C. McKenzie, H er m iston, secretary. The m em bers of th e executive board w ere elected to rep resen t various com m unities, as follows: Roy Raley, P en d leto n: W illiam Sw itzler, U m atilla; H aw ley Bean, E cho; A. C. H oughton, I r r i gon; G arn et B a rra tt, H eppner; Geo. Peck, L exington; Berkeley Davis, A thena, and Mac Hoke, P ilo t Rock. T he firs t step to be tak en by th e new o rg an izatio n w ill be a m eeting of th e executive board w ith th e sta te highw ay commission, as soon as a d ate can be arran g ed , it was decided a t the m eeting. The proposed road has been s u r veyed and the rig h t-o f-w ay p u r chased. Members of the association sta te th a t co nstruction of th e road would mean elim in atio n of th a g rad e crossing a t H erm iston, and use of th e W allu la cut-off grade crossing Instead. E stim ated cost of th e project Is $180,000, all of w hich w ith th e exception of $35.000 to be borne by th e sta te highw ay d e p a rt m ent, would he born by th e federal governm ent, say members. Among those a tte n d in g th e m eet ing from H erm iston w ere J. A. Clarke, E. P. Dodd, A1 Q uiring, F. C. McKenzie, O. O. F elthouse, H. T. F raser, P aul B racher, F. B. Swayze, Tom O’G rady an d A. F. R ohrm an; from U m atilla w ere M ayor J. C. T ucker, Wm. H. Sw itzler, H arry Hull, L, B row nell, B u rl G urdane, Tom S lattery, Jo h n K inney, P earl Ja rv is and E. McKenzie. GRADE TEACHERS ALL RE-ELECTED All grade school teach ers of the H erm iston school w ere re-elected last week but all co n tracts have not been signed an d retu rn ed . The high school te ach in g sta ff w ill be a n nounced In th e near fu tu re, accord ing to Supt. W. G. K ersbergen. The teach ers re-elected Include; M yrtle B u rn ett, 1st g rad e; M ary Pe tri, 2nd g rad e; Blanche H arm on, 3rd g rad e; M argaret K irk, 4 th g rad e; M arie Salm i, 5 th grad e; N or ma Jo hnston, 6th grad e; Mrs. Alma Greaves, 7 th g rad e; and L. W. B ur rell, 8th grade. Mrs. Susan Gerking Passes. Mrs. Susan G erking, m other of Ben G erking of Pendleton, passed aw ay W ednesday, A pril 6, a t the home of h er d au g h te r Mrs. Roy Beck a t E stacada. F u n eral service* will be held F rid a y a t 2 :00 p. m. in E stacada. Mrs. G erking m ade her home w ith her son In H erm iston several years ago. TOWNSEND CLUB NO. 1 DISSOLVES The follow ing resolution was unanim ously adopted by H erm iston Townsend Club No. 1 a t th e ir re g u la r m eeting Tuesday n ig h t: "In view of th e fact th e Tow nsend N ational Recovery Plan, In co rp o ra ted, is a foreign n on-profit co rp o ra tion o p eratin g u n law fu lly In th e S tate of Oregon, and up to noon. March 26, 1938, was not law fully qualified to do business In th is sta te ; T herefore, Be It Resolved, th a t we dissolve H erm iston Tow n send Club No. 1, and re tu rn our c h a rte r to Tow nsend N ational H ead q u arters a t Chicago, and take steps to organize u n d er th e Oregon S tate Recovery Plan, Incorporated u nder HR-4199 in the sta te of O re gon, and co n tin u e to prom ote the Townsend recovery plan as em bod ied In HR-4199 in th e sta te of Ore gon.” A fter th e business session a very Interestin g program of music was presented by H. R. T h o rn h ill of Sa lem. who Is holding revival se rv ic e, a t the Colum bia school house. Two m usical num bers were given by the E arn h earta. The m eeting adjourned subject to call.
