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VOLUME XXXI
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY,
NUMBER 34
OREGON,
T h irty -fiv e thousand d o llars have
heen allo tte d to the U m atilla E lec­
tric C ooperative association for ex­
tension of th e new electric system
now com pleted except for a few de­
tails. These extensions w ill include
more users in the Boardm an te rr i­
tory, on B u tter Creek to P ine City,
along the canal of the Brow nell I r r i­
gation d istric t, east to Echo, and in
th e W estland d is tric t; and is said
to include several stub lines th a t
could not be Included in th e o riginal
system. It is expected th e allotm ent
will provide service to a ll users who
can be reached in th is d istric t u n ­
der the ru les and regu latio n s of the
REA.
T he o rig in al system has been
b u ilt and service is expected to be
ready in th e n ext few weeks. The
poles have all been set, w ires stru n g
along th e lines, tran sfo rm ers have
been placed and house connections
a re now being made. M eter bases
a re here and the m eters a re expect­
ed to arriv e any day to be set in
place.
A canvas of the la rg e r p a rt of
th e d istric t shows th a t 256 users
have e ith e r wired th e ir homes or
w ill be ready for electricity by May
1st, and o th ers are m aking p rep a ra­
tions to have w iring done soon.
F unds for loans a re available for
use a t the office of the association
in th e R eclam ation building in H er­
miston, to be used for th e purpose
of house w iring, in stallin g pressure
w ate r system s, and also for the p u r­
chase of appliances. A num ber of
licensed electrical engineers a re be­
ing k ept busy in the field. In addi­
tion, several farm ers are doing th e ir
own w iring. In all cases a very sub­
s ta n tia l class of work is reported
being done.
W ork w ill be commenced on the
extensions a t once. A pplications for
m em bership m ust be se q 're d , su r­
veys of lines made and .rig h ts of way
secured. It is reported th a t the pres­
en t contractors, N ew port K ern &
Kibbee, w ill continue th e w ork on
th e same basis as the o rig in al con­
tra c t and additional m a terials will
be ordered a t an early date to sup­
plem ent present supplies.
R ig h t of wray easem ents have
been secured for the e n tire o riginal
system and sim ilar w ork will be
continued for th e 30 m iles or more
of extensions. N early 1000 trees
have been cu t to clear th e way for
th e line. T he cost of trim m ing has
been reduced to a m inim um in order
to lessen th e cost of m aintenance of
th e system.
The m inim um ra te of one dollar
has been established by th e board of
directors and approved by th e n a­
tio n a l REA ad m in istra tio n . In ad­
d itio n to th e dem and for lig h tin g
and the uses of common household
appliances is the in creasing in te rest
in pum ping and w ater pressure sys­
tem s. and th e service from larg er
appliances such as ranges and re ­
frig e rato rs.
Ow ners of brooder
houses and incubators a re especially
anxious for service by May 1st.
At a m eeting la st evening the
board of directors in stru c ted
the
su p e rin ten d e n t to a rra n g e w ith the
Pacific Pow er & L ig h t com pany, the
co n tracto rs, and th e REA, for e n e r­
gizing th e system a t a d ate set for
th e first of May.
P .E .X . WILL PORTRAY
SPORTS ADVANCE
BASEBALL SQUAD
GOLF
$35,000 SHORED FOR SECOND
TOURNEY W IN
R I A EXTENSIONS
259 USERS HAVE
HOUSES WIRED
APRIL 14, 1938
H erm isto n 's ten-m an golf team
took the th ird U m atilla county golf
to u rn am en t here Sunday w ith a to ­
ta l point score of 3 9 6 H , for th e sec­
ond win in th e series. P ilo t Rock
was second w ith 386 points, follow ­
ed closely by A thena w ith 373
P endleton came in fo u rth w ith
3 4 4 points, and Echo fifth w ith
299*4 points.
P endleton w ill be host to th e
fo u rth county to u rn am en t on April
DANCE TO HONOR
QUEEN A N D COURT
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To C urtis Simons of H erm iston
w ent th e honor of w in n in g both
high points of 59 and low medal
score of 78.
Individ u al scores:
H erm iston— M atott 80, Todd 79,
H ansen 88, Pearson 82, G urdane 82,
Brow nson 92. J. Sm ith 88, Bensel
93, Sim ans 78, and W. Sm ith 95.
Echo— E sselstyn 89, Nye 84, Cole­
m an 80, Jones 82, Coe 97, Penney
88, M iddleton 97, L eisegang 104,
B u rn ett 102, Ramos 100.
P endleton— H am ley 79, Bond 79,
C a rter 87, Z uiderduin 85, McAtee
88, Cole 86, Colberg 116, S tillw ell
109, W ainscott 84, O hlerking 85.
P ilot Rock— S tan to n 83, Done 83,
D. Royer 80, H artm an 84, Green 89,
N. Royer 86, A rborgast 88, G. Roy­
e r 84, Simpson 89, Kopp 104.
A thena— H arw ood 82, H arris 81,
P in k erto n 80, P itm an 85, A rens 92,
B laker 83, Lee 93, M ichener 92.
Behler 91, B arnes 96.
P.T.A, W ILL CLOSE
YEAR APRIL 21
The P a ren t-T ea ch e r’s association
w ill close its y ea r’s activ ities next
T hursday, A pril 21, a t a m eeting in
the high school gym at w hich tim e
officers w ill be elected. Mrs. G. W.
Ripley w ill act as chairm an, having
served as p resid en t d u rin g the past
school year.
The various d ep artm en ts of the
school w ill also be on parad e a t th a t
tim e w ith ex h ib its of th e w ork done
d u rin g th e year. The grade school
and high school o rchestra, u n d er the
directio n of G. C. H um phreys, will
present several num bers. The grade
school glee club w ill also appear in
several num bers u n d er th e direction
of Mrs. Alm a Greaves.
L ight refresh m en ts w ill be served
follow ing th e close of th e program
by the home economics girls. The
public is invited to atten d
th is
m eeting and w itness these ex h ib i­
tions by th e students.
FAVOR SHOWN
DAM BUILDING
Col. T. M. Robins, th e builder of
B onneville dam, who has been
tran sfe rred to o th e r work, in fa re ­
well addresses a t W alla W alla and
a t Lew iston em phasized th e im p o rt­
ance of th e early co n stru ctio n of
th e U m atilla dam and th ree dam s on
th e Snake riv er to provide slack
w ater nav ig atio n on th e u pper Co­
lum bia and on th e Snake to L ew is­
ton. He stated th a t th e board of
arm y engineers had recommended
330,000,000 for th e U m atilla rapids
dam and a like am o u n t for the dams
on the Snake. His statem en ts were
very en co u rag in g to advocates of
fu tu re developm ent of these riv ers
for navig atio n , power, flood control
and irrig atio n .
Col. R obins has been th e chief of
arm y engineers on th e Colum bia for
PENDLETON^ SPEAKER five years, and u n d er his d irectio n
elaborate surveys of th e riv ers have
C O M IN G APRIL 22
been m ade; because of th is his sta te
m ents and recom m endations a re con­
W. A. Spencer, a Tow nsend speak­ sidered of g re a t value.
e r from Pendleton, will give an ad­
Revival In Progress.
dress a t th e m eeting of th e H erm is­
ton Tow nsend club F riday, A pril 22,
The F ull Gospel Mission is now
a t 8:00 P. M. a t th e U nion church. holding an old fashioned revival
T he public is invited to h ear this like your fa th e r and m other used to
speaker on th a t night.
atten d . In te re s t and atten d a n ce are
The re g u la r m eeting of th e H er­ increasing. T h ere is special gospel
m iston Tow nsend club w hich would singing each n ig h t of services.
have been th is week has been post­
Rev. S u ter has announced th a t he
poned u n til next week to allow all
will speak on th e subject, "T h e M id­
T ow nsendltes who wish to a tte n d a
n ig h t Booze P a rty ,” Sunday. A pril
m eeting of th e M ilton-F reew ater
17, a t 7 :45 p. m. H e w ill preach a
club at w hich Judge Sommer of Los
series
of messages Monday, Tuesday
A ngeles w ill be a speaker, d eliver­
and W ednesday evening on th e sub­
ing a Tow nsend address.
T he H erm iston Tow nsend club jects, "T h e G reat D isaster Com ing
now has 81 paid up m em bers and On th e W orld in th e N ear F u tu re .”
w ill hold a D utch auction sale a t
O ther subjects from n ig h t to n ig h t
th e next m eeting. A sh o rt program
and refreshm ents w ill follow th e ad­ will be: "T h e D evil's W ife." "T h e
W orst W om an in T ow n.” "S in n ers
dress of th e evening.
The club will meet in th e Union Pay D ay." “T he R a p tu re of the
sh u rch only for th is special m eet­ S aints,” "T h e S prinkled Blood” and
ing-
"H ell Discovered 20 Miles from H er­
The advisory board w ill meet one-
halt hour before the regular meet­ m iston." Services each n ig h t except
S aturday .
ing at the ehnreh.
The Bulldog baseball team for th is year. R eading from le ft to rig h t— F ro n t row,
M arvin
R an k in , Jo h n Knox, Asa Shaw, Tom Lotspeich. Back row— Coach O’Neil, Law rence H u n t, F ra n k Rodda,
G erald K eller, E lb ert Moore, S tu a rt R ankin. A bsent when th e p ictu re was taken were F ra n k F u rre r, Jim
K err, Don Pankow , A lbert Shipp, H arold Neill, W alter H inkle, R alph C ram pton and G ilbert Dyer.
EASTER SUNDAY
CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday m o rning is E aster S un­
day. It will see m any new E aster
b onnets bobbing along th e way to
th e churches w here a m orning w or­
ship service will be carried out. All
churches in H erm iston are p rep a r­
ing special services for th a t day.
T he M ethodist church young peo­
ple will hold an
early
m o rning
w atch a t th e Cold Springs reservoir
a t 5:00 o’clock, w hich w ill be fol­
lowed by b reak fast cooked over th e
camp fire. The C h ristian E ndeavor-
ers of th e U nion ch u rch w ill meei
a t th e ch u rch a t 4:45 and jo urney
to the B u tte for a su n rise p rayer
service to g reet th e risin g sun.
B reak fast w ill be served la te r at
th e church. Any in terested person
is invited to a tte n d these services.
C hurch services w ill be held a t
th e various churches a t 11:00 a. m.,
an d the p rim ary and ju n io r d ep a rt­
m ents of th e M. E. ch u rch w ill pre­
sen t a program a t 9:45 d u rin g the
Sunday school hour. Communion
service w ill be held a t 1 1:00 o’clock.
Special music and an E aster play
will be presented a t the Union
church a t the evening service s ta r t­
ing at 8 :00 o’clock. T here w ill be
no C h ristian E ndeavor m eeting in
th e evening.
CARL DONAUGH
RALLY SPEAKER
C arl C. D onaugh, can d id ate for
U nited S tate s sen ato r, will be the
m ain speaker a t a dem ocratic rally
to be staged here W ednesday, April
20. a t th e Union church. County
can d id ates will also be p resen t and
Guy Johnson of P endleton, c h a ir­
man U m atilla County C en tral Com­
m ittee, w ill act as ch airm an of the
m eeting.
The g en eral public is Invited to
a tte n d th is m eeting and m eet the
various can d id ates listed on th e p ri­
m ary ballot to be voted on May 20.
T he m eeting is called for 8:00 p.m.
Weather Report.
Date
A pril
April
A pril
April
7 ................. ...............
8 ................. ...............
9
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1 0 ............
11 ..............
April 12 ..............
April 18 .............. .................
P recip itatio n was .04.
Max. Min.
30
67
72 .... 35
67 ... 44
30
66
42
69
64 ... 46
30
67
Vice President Snell Hall.
Oregon S tate College— H elen Jen-
drzejew ski. d au g h te r of Mr
and
Mrs. J. Jendrzejew ski of H erm iston
and sophom ore in home economics
a t Oregon S tate college, has been in ­
stalled by Dr. K ate W. Jam eson,
dean of women, as vice presid en t of
M arg aret 8nell hall, w om en’s dorm i­
tory. She was chosen from
175
girts to assist in head in g th e a c ti­
vities of th e hall for th e rem ain d er
of th is school year and n ex t year.
Irm a H um phreys of P ilo t Rock, soph­
om ore in education, and E lnor P u r­
ch ase of P endleton, ju n io r In home,
econom ics are president and scei
ch airm an , respectively.
Pendleton Men Speakers.
Guests of th e H erm iston Com­
m ercial club Tuesday n ig h t a t a d in ­
ner m eeting in th e recently opened
d in in g room of th e H erm iston Hotel
were Jam es Johns, p resid en t of th e
F irst F ederal Savings & Loan asso­
ciation, George E. Mason, secretary,
and Guy H. Johnson and Guy C.
Foster, directors. These men ex­
plained th a t th e loans given b th is
association apply to homes, office
buildings and ap a rtm en t houses.
T h irty local members of th e club
were present a t th e d in n e r m eeting.
Asparagus Season Opens.
A sparagus season on the H erm is­
ton project opened th is week w ith
grow ers picking for th e firs t tim e
W ednesday. The season is late due
to cold n ig h ts and a late sp rin g . J.
W. McMullen, one of the grow ers,
cu t th e first grass W ednesday. Jen s
Skovbo is c u ttin g th is week and algo
R. JI. S tockard in Columbia d istric t.
McMullens and Skovbos will ship
b ut Stockards plan to can th e m a­
jo rity of th e ir g rass th is year. P ros­
pects for asp arag u s m ark et th is sea­
son are good due to th e la te season
an d dam age to th e C alifornia crop
caused by heavy rain s. The cannery
opened for asp arag u s can n in g next
week and w ill process on Monday,
W ednesday and Friday.
Rebekah Card Party.
T he P ast Nobel G rand club of the
R ebekah lodge is sponsoring a pub­
lic card p arty Tuesday, A pril 19, in
the I.O.O.F. h all. Bridge, and pino­
chle will be in play; prizes offered
for both women and men; refre sh ­
m ents served. The public is invited.
BULLDOGS SCORE
W IN IN OPENER
(From th e Bulldog)
H erm iston Bulldogs sta rted th eir
baseball season w ith an opening win
from A thena.
T his victory is the
firs t one scored a g a in st A thena in
baseball in a num ber of years, a l­
though last year th e county cham p­
ionship was tied betw een the two
schools, they did not play It off.
T he gam e was a scoreless tie up
to th e last h alf of th e seventh in ­
n in g when Lotspeich knocked a dou­
ble, and S. R ankin got on first. J.
K err, a new com er here th is year,
placed a b eau tifu l h it out over th ird
base to b rin g In Lotspeich for the
w in n in g run. T he game ended 1-0
for H erm iston w ith one out. Jones,
A th en a’s p itch er, sta rted for them ,
and K eller, Bulldog tw irle r, showed
mid-season form. T he Bulldog squad
showed a possibility of a real bal­
anced team .
H erm iston fielders
proved stro n g , and th e infield
scored only one erro r.
H erm isto n —
AB. R.
0
K eller .....
0
F u rre r ...
1
Lotspeich
0
S. R ankin ......................... 3
•
K err ..........
0
Knox ..........
0
M. R ankin
•
H u n t .........
E. Moors .
WADE CRAWFORD
VISITS HERMISTON
W ade C raw ford of K lam ath Falls,
dem ocrat, can d id ate for re p re se n ta ­
tive from th e
2nd Congressional
d istric t, stopped in H erm iston T h u rs­
day n ig h t, w hile to u rin g th e coun­
ties in his d istric t.
Mr. Craw ford w ill be a speaker at
a m eeting of the Young D em ocrats
club in Pendleton, Friday, A pril 22.
He was accom panied by his wife and
fam ily on th e trip.
LIBRARY HAS LATE
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Mrs. R. A. Brownson, city lib ra r­
ian, announced th is week th a t the
lib ra ry now has th e la test 1937 edi­
tion of th e Encyclopedia B rita n n ic a
w hich th e lib ra ry noard purchased
recently. T his edition has a w ealth
of in fo rm atio n never before a v a il­
able to th e p atro n s of th e city li­
brary.
N A TIO N A L SCHOOL
ESSAY CONTEST
“ W ings Across A m erica” is the
abject of a n atio n -w id e school con­
te st announced th is week by P o st­
m aster W. E. Logan, who has ju s t
received copies of th e rules and reg ­
u la tio n s g o verning th is contest. The
essays are to be based on th e p ro ­
gress, d ep en d ab ility and fu tu re pos­
sib ilities of th is method of modern
com m unication.
P ostm aster Logan fu rn ish ed Supt.
W. G. K erebergen of th e H erm iston
school w ith a supply of th e rules
and reg u la tio n s governing th is con­
test w hich is designed
to create
more in te re st In av iatio n .
T he com petition is open to high
school stu d e n ts
th ro u g h o u t
the
U nited S tates, P o stm aster Logan re
ported. F irst prize w in n er of Oregon
and each o th e r s ta te w ill be given
an a ir trip from his n earest a irp o rt
to W ashington, D. C.. and re tu rn
th ro u g h cooperation of all airlin e
companies. T he second sta te prize
will be a tro p h y . S tate essay w in­
ners will be g u ests a t a b an q u et in
W ashington w here g rand prizes will
be announced. T he firs t n atio n al
prize will be a trip by a ir to H olly­
wood and re tu rn w ith hotel accom ­
m odations and m eals for five days
If th e w in n er lives east of th e Mis­
sissippi river, or to Miami an d re
tu rn
w ith hotel accom m odations
and meals for five days If th e w in ­
ner lives west of the M ississippi
river. Second n atio n al prize w ill be
a trophy and th ird prize, a plaque.
Elect Convention Delegates.
The Odd Fellow lodge and
Re­
bekahs elected
delegates to th e
g rand lodge assem bly to be held in
P endleton, May 17. The R ebekahs
named Inez A m sberry,
now of
Blaine, W n., Mrs. B. J. N ation of
H erm iston, as d elegates and
Mrs.
Wm. M lkesell an d Mrs. G erald
W h ite as a lte rn a te s. T he Odd F el­
lows nam ed Wm. G raybeal and Roy
M innick of Irrig o n as d eleg ates and
W. R L onghorn of H erm iston as
a lte rn a te .
«
(From th e Bulldog)
T he second an n u a l Physical E du­
cation E x hibition, u n d er th e d irec­
tion of Miss L avtna May Lynch an d
F ra n k O’Neil, will be presented in
th e h igh school au d ito riu m T h u rs ­
day, May 5, a t 8 o’clock. T he te rm
“ P. E. X .” was coined by one of th e
stu d e n ts a t Potom ac S tate College.
Keyser, W est V irg in ia, w here Miss
Lynch atten d ed school.
The exhibition th is year is a p o r­
tra y a l of th e developm ent of p h y si­
cal education from th e early G reek
Ages dow n th ro u g h tim e to o u r mo­
d ern sp o rts and games.
R epresented in th e G recian Age
is a pantom im ed descrip tio n of th e
Olympic gam es in clu d in g th e discus
and Javelin throw ers, broad Jum pers
an d sp rin te rs, given by th e boys’
P. E. classes follow ing w hich is a
G recian dance presented by th e
g irls’ P. E. classes.
T he Age of C hivalry w ill also be
pantom im ed and in it are gam es
such as hippas, q u a rte rsta ff, boxing,
w restlin g , fencing, and jum ping, in
w hich boys, who were pages and
p rep arin g for knighthood, p a rtic ip a ­
ted.
In th e Age of th e L ate E uropean
In flu en ce two groups of folk d an c­
ing w ill be presented by th e girls.
T he boys will give a dem o n stratio n
of free exercises w hich typified th a t
period.
Bicycling, croquet, ro ller sk a tin g ,
and th e M erry Widow W altz w ill be
featu res of th e "Gay N in eties.” In ­
cluded in th is group are picn ick ers
and sw im m ers dressed in th e sty lish
modes of those days.
In th e Modern P hysical E d u catio n
group the boys will p resen t a dem ­
o n stratio n of tu m b lin g and p y ra ­
mids, and how
to
play various
gam es; the g irls w ill present a tap
dance, m arch in g tactics, and rope
and b asketball relays. T he finale
will be th e "S p o rts P ag e” in cos­
tum e rep resen tin g b asketball, te n ­
nis, baseball, sw im m ing, horseback
rid in g , hiking, golfing, skiing, a r c h ­
ery, fish in g and h u n tin g .
In connection w ith th e P. E. X.,
M arie Skovbo will reign as queen of
th e May and h er escort lo r th e
evening will be Jim Jackson, s tu ­
d en t body president. Queen M arie I’*
co u rt w ill include th e
follow ing
princesses w ith th e ir escorts: W an ­
da R oberts and C. O. M arble, Ja n e
Jackson and Raym ond K napp, H el­
en Ralph and G erald K eller, F ra n ­
ces Dawson and S tu a rt R an k in .
E sth e r McMullen and H arold L aird,
Lois W h ite and Bill Hamm .
Follow ing the co ro n atio n , th e re
will be a dance h o n o rin g Queen Ma­
rie I and her court.
WILSON-EDWARDS
Mise Alm a E dw ards, d a u g h te r o
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. E dw ards of H er
m iston, and Noble W ilson of S tan
field. Ore., were m arried a t Pasco
W n„ S atu rd ay , A pril 9. Accompa
n y ln g th e couple w ere th e b rid e’i
p aren ts and Miss M ary H a rris o
H erm iston. The couple w ill mak<
th e ir home in H erm iston for thi
present.
OBSERVE DOUBLE
GOLDEN W EDDING
A Joint golden w edding observ
ance will be held a t Cainas, Wn.
Monday, A pril 18, by Mr. and Mr«
W. O. M iller of U m atilla, and Mt
an d Mrs. John H. M iller of Camas
The men are b ro th ers and th e worn
en are cousins.
The two couples w ere m arried a
a double w edding fifty years ago a
Moscow, Idaho, and th e vows wll
again be said a t a w edding cere
a t Camas which will be conductei
by Rev. H B. T hom as of Boardman
T he cerem ony w ill be atten d ed b
more th an th irty relativ es and cloa
frien d s from S eattle, Moscow an
o th e r sections.
These four people were born o
th e border line of Clay and W ayn
counties in th e sta te of Illinois an
grew to womanhood and manhou
in th e same com m unity.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. M iller a r
long tim e resid en ts of th is te rrito r
and form erly lived in H eppner. The
now live on a sm all farm tw o mil«
west of U m atilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Duff K n ig h t of Hei
m lston will a tte n d th e affa ir. Mn
M iller of U m atilla Is Mrs. K night
au n t.