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COUNTY 4-H CLUB
SHOW SHIFTED TO
HERMISTON FAIR
P R E M IU M S N M L E D
FOR BETTER SHOW
Oregon State College — Students
planning to enter Oregon State col
lege for the first time this fall will
report September 19 for the opening
of Freshman week, regardless of
their plans in connection with fra
ternity membership, E. B. Lemon,
registrar, announces. As In the
past, formal fraternity rushing does
not commence until the following
Friday, after the entire class has
been "introduced" to college life on
exactly the same footing.
Early indications are for a fresh
man 'Class as large or larger than
last year, with total registration de
pending on the percentage of for
mer students returning. Living costs
are expected to be slightly lower
this year, while NYA financial as
sistance will be somewhat Increased
compared with last year. Registra
tion for old students is Saturday,
September 24.
September 22-23-24
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 25. 1938.
DRUM CORPS TEST
Q U IR IN G GREETS
SAYLOR'S W IL L
LEGION CONVENTION FIRST "E D IT IO N "
OPEN WEDNESDAY
H IG H LIG H T SEPT. 2
Word from the Deaconess hospital
Pendleton, Ore. — The annual
state wide drum corps contest, which
will be held at the Round-Up
grounds Friday night, September 2,
should prove most interesting to the
spectators and will be one of the big
attractions of the Department of
Oregon, American Legion state con
vention.
Of double interest will be the bat
tle between the drum corps from
Klamath Falls and Portland for the
state championship. There has been
much rivalry between the two corps
for with Klamath Falls walking
away with the championship title
the past two years the boys from
Portland have had to be contented
with playing second fiddle. Not on
ly is the coveted title at stake this
year, but the winner will represent
the Departmnt of Oregon in the Na
tional drum corps competition con
test at Los Angeles two weeks later.
The Portlanders are coming with
only one thing in mind, the champ
ionship, and the Klamath Falls boys
to defend and retain the title, so a
spirited hard fought contest is in
the offing.
The Umatilla county 4-H club
show which has been held in Pen
dleton for two years will be shifted
this year and held In connection
with the Umatilla Project fair at
Hermiston, September 22-23-24.
The entire county club member
ship which has exhibited at Pendle
ton will be held as part of the fair
here, merged into one club show at
the fair grounds. Funds for pre
miums will also be combined, de
moted entirely to the club show
awards. The buildings will take
care'of the increased exhibits. Over
100 head of club livestock is expect
ed to be brought here for exhibi
tion.
This action received the unani
mous endorsement Wednesday of
the Pendleton Rotary club, which
has sponsored the club show.
Since racing is one of t ie new
features of the local show, a racing
commission has been appointed in
the personnel of F. B. Swayze, chair
Pioneer Picnic Sunday.
man, Bill Switzler, Antone Vey, E.
The Umatilla Project Pioneer a
D. Martin, Dr. F. B. Belt and Ben
sociation will hold its annual meet
O'Conner. This commission will * have
ing Sunday, August 28, on the lawn
complete charge of the race event
at the Reclamation building with a
program.
basket dinner at noon. The associa
H. A. Pankow will have charge of
tion will serve ice cream and coffee
all concessions. The amusement com
and those attending should bring a
pany contract calls for all concession
basket dinner and table service. A
rights on the fair grounds. All oth
short program will be given. Offi
er concessions will be given space
cers are Mrs. A. E. McFarland, Uma
outside the grounds, by arrange
tilla. president, A. E. Bensel, vice
ment with Mr. Pankow.
president, Mrs. Wm. Bensel, secre
The dance committee for the fair tary-treasurer.
consists of George Harkenrider, Cur
tis Simons, R. H. Piersol and H. G.
F. A. Bakers Visit Colorado.
Rankin.
The parade committee appointed
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Baker of Stan
is E. P. Dodd and John A. Clarke. field have returned from a two
Plans are being laid for a larger weeks visit with their sons Dr. A.
parade than last year.
B. Baker and Paul Baker at Ster
Premium lists for the fair will be ling, Colorado. They returned by
released the latter part of next Union Pacific through Denver to
week.
Salt Lake where they visited the
new modern capitol building and
the Tabernacle. The governor’s re
BOARDMAN FAIR
ception room in the capitol, Mr.
LIST CORRECTION
Baker says, is one of the most elab
orately furnished and expensively
A correction has been made in decorated in the United States.
the North Morrow County Fair pre The large irrigation project at Ster
mium list under the division of ling suffered a shortage of water
horses. Number 105 should read during the drouth seasons, but
■"Draft horse, over 3 years.” This crops look good this year, Mr. Baker
correction was made by R. K. Mil says.
ler, secretary. Other listings in
this division are: Draft horse, un
Wool Growers Auxiliary.
der 3 years, over 18 months; Saddle
The
Wool Growers’ Auxiliary will
horse, colt, under 18 months.
The fair will be held at Board- hold its first fall meeting at the
man this year on September 9 and home of Mrs. C. M. Jackson, west of
10. Officers for the fair this year town, Friday, September 2, at 2:00
are Elmer Sullivan, president, Flor o’clock in the afternoon. A water
ence Root, treasurer, R. K. Miller, melon feed will be a feature of the
secretary, Mrs. A. C. Houghton, Paul meeting and all members are re
Smith, Frank Brace and E. S. Sou- quested to be present.
ders, directors.
OSC FRESHMEN TO
REGISTER SEPT. 19
Umatilla Project Fair
Appointed CCC Superintendent.
Harry Kelley left Sunday for On
tario, Ore., following bis appoint
ment as superintendent of the CCC
camp there by the Secretary of the
Interior. Kelley was technical fore
man at the Stanfield CCC camp for
two years and was stationed at On
tario for a short time this spring,
but had been in Hermiston for sev
eral weeks prior to the appoint
ment.
Deputy Grand Master Coming.
O. F. Steele of Pendleton. Deputy
GTand Master of Oregon, will be the
guest of the local Odd Fellow order
Monday, August 29, in his first of
ficial visit since his appointment.
Noble Grand Fred Reeves requested
that all members be present for this
meeting.
Delegates to Turner.
The Hermiston Christian Endea
vor society is being represented this
week at Turner, Ore., by Eldon Say
lor and Ralph Neill, at the annual
Turner conference. The boys were
Columbia School Opening.
sent as delegates on a scholarship
Mrs. Laura Morris, principal of won by members of the society who
Columbia school, has announced the placed first in a drama contest at
opening of school for Tuesday. Sep state convention.
tember 6. A teachers’ meeting will
be held Monday at 2:30 p. m. in the
Hop Drier Equipment.
school house.
L. W. Dixson has added an East
man fan to his hop drier which con
Golf Club Meeting
sists of two 48-inch wheels with
The Hermiston Golf club will eight fans each run by a three horse
hold a meeting Tuesday, August 31, power electric motor. This fan will
at 8:00 p. m.. in the Hermiston dry a ton of hops in 14 hours and
Trading company store. Fall tour will permit Mr. Dixson to employ 40
naments will be outlined snd other additional pickers during the har
routine business conducted.
vest season.
in Salem,
Wednesday
evening,
brought . the announcement of the
birth of a daughter, Shirley Joanne,
to Mr. and Mrs. A1 Quiring.
Mr. Quiring left Hermiston bur-
riedly Wednesday morning on his
trip to Salem arriving at the hospit
al simultaneously with Sir Stork, to
greet the first home "edition.’
Quiring is co-publisher of the Her
miston Herald.
POMONA GRANGE
SEPTEMBER 1
STANFIELD (Special)— The Stan
field and Echo Granges will be host
to the Pomona Grange . Thursday,
September 1, at Stanfield. The pro
gram will be given in the Stanfield
high school, starting at 1:30 p. m.
and will be open to the public.
Congressman Walter M. Pierce
will talk on "What I Should Like to
do for the Small Farmer.” His op
ponent, U. S. Ballentine, will also
speak. In addition there will be
many entertainment features in
cluding tap dancing, costume drills,
music and skits.
Sage Plain Fire.
Without undue show the 3ayior’s
department store will open its doors
Wednesday, August 31, in the new
building. Postponement of the open
ing, formerly set for Friday, was
necessary when equipment was not
completed on schedule.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Saylor will oper
ate the store and issue a personal
invitation to the public to visit
their new place of business.
FARM PEOPLE W IL L
MEET IN PORTLAND
Portland is rapidly making ready
for its great November event, the
entertainment
of
the
National
Grange, when the latter organiza
tion goes to the Pacific coast for its
2nd annual session. The Portland
event of November 16-24 follows
last year’s convention at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, and twice before the
National Grange has met at Port
land, in 1904 and 1921.
Hogs to Terminal Market.
H. J. Stillings and son W. I.
Stillings shipped 101 head of hogs
to the Portland market this week.
The average weight of the hogs was
180 1-3 pounds and the price re
ceived was 9.25 cents per pound.
The shipment was uniform and all
sold in the same class and went on
the scales at the same time. They
brought the total sum of $1584. Mr.
Stillings says that he bought $500
worth of feed to mature these hogs.
The remainder of the feed used was
grown on the ranch, consisting of
artichokes, corn, squash and alfal
fa. The overhead in producing
these hogs must be deducted from
the sum received from the sale, Mr.
Stillings states.
Photographs have been taken of
the recently burned areas in north
ern Morrow and eastward into west
ern Umatilla counties, which show
that wind erosion has already com
menced and that the dangers from
this source may be extensive. The
fire destroyed the sagebrush and
grass over an area of approximately
25,000 acres, commencing south
west of Boardman. It leaped canals
and highways, and at the Slaughter
farm west of Irrigon, destroyed 80
tons of hay and a barn. Observa
tions are being made and extensive
Moved to Hermiston.
prevention work may be necessary
Dr.
and
Mrs. H. W. Oliver of En
to protect the West Extension canal
from filling with shifting sand. A terprise, Ore., plan to locate in Her
large area of winter range was de miston. They have made their home
in Enterprise for 54 years but on
stroyed.
advice of his physician, Mr. Oliver
jjame to a lower altitude. Mr. and
Misfortune Overtakes Family.
When Leonard Mopps broke his Mrs. Garnet Best, formerly of Her
leg while working on the J. H. Reid miston, will occupy their home. Dr.
Oliver plans to open an optical
farm last Saturday he added another
business here as soon as a suitable
link to the fate which has overtaken
location can be secured.
his family recently. His mother
Mrs. Duane Lathrop has been in the
New Home Completed.
hospital for several weeks recover
The
new residence on Hermiston
ing from a broken hip. His sister Jo
avenue
has been completed by W.
Ellen Mopps had her tonsils remov
ed at the hospital Tuesday, and Mrs. W. Felthouse. It will be occupied
Opal Hassey, daughter of Mrs. La after the first of September by Mr.
throp has been in the hospital for and Mrs. Walter Pearson. The home
medical treatment for the past is one of the most modern in Her
miston and is the second built by
month.
Mr. Felthouse within the past year.
TEACHING STAFF SIGNED FOR OPENING OF
SCHOOL SEPTEMBER i ; FOOTBALL PRACTICE
School will officially open here
Tuesday, September 6, with only
two members of the high school
teaching staff returning this year,
and with but one new grade school
teacher added to the staff.
M. L. Watson and B. Haneline,
Janitors of the two schools, hare the
building in fine shape for the open
ing of school. Floor hardener has
been put on the floors and necessary
painting done. A guard rail has
been put along the top row of
bleacher seats in the gym and hand
rails above the steps.
Superintendent W. G. Kershergen
announces the teaching staff as fol
lows: Lavina May Lynch, English
and physical education; Dorothy
Gritftn, Home Ec and mathematics;
Violet Ann Estell of Salem, gradu
ate U. of O. with practical office
and teaching experience, commerce;
Marvin Worth, of Willamina, grad
uate Linfield college, social science
and Spanish; Gwendolyn Ross, of
Troutdale, U. of O. graduate, who
has had teaching experience, music
and English: Jack Hodgen, Adams,
graduate U. of O., coach,' manual
training and physical education.
The grade school staff includes
Miss Dora E. Moore as the new staff
member, teacher at Pine City for
two years, graduate of U. of O.,
whose home is Rainier; Miss Moore
with Mrs. Alma Greaves and L. W.
Burrell will teach departmental sub
jects In the three upper grades;
Myrtle Burnett, first; Mary Petri,
second: Blanche Harmon, third;
Margaret Kirk, fourth; Marie Salmi,
fifth.
G. C. Humphreys of Pendleton
will again teach band and orchestra
with classes each day. This activity
will be included as a regular aca
demic subject with high school cred
it given. Students will furnish their
U M A TILLA CO U N TY
REPUBLICAN PICNIC
own instruments and receive in
struction free.
Grade School Curricula.
Other than the regular subjects in
the grade school will be physical ed
ucation. manual training, vocal,
art, sewing, and each student will
be expected to take at least one of
these subjects. Orchestra and band
will be taught only in the four up
per grades.
Students Register Soon.
High school students are asked to
call at the office of Supt. Kersber-
gen in the high school building dur
ing the morning on days between
August 29 and September 3, in or
der to register and fill out their
schedules.
Football Practice Early.
Coach Jack Hodgen was In town
this week arranging for football
practice held Thursday. Friday and
Saturday of next week, starting at
10 a. m. on the school grounds. Stu
dents who are Interested in turning
out for football are asked to be pres
ent on these days.
Coach Hodgen will have fair pros
pects for a team with three experi
enced backfield and five linemen
from last year's lineup. Lettermen
are Tom Lotspeich, Elbert Moore,
Ralph Marble, Lecter Flanigan, Al
fred Shipp, Marvin Rankin. Bob
Christian and Hiram Stillings.
The season will open Sept. 16 in
a game with Pasco at Pasco. The
first two are night games. The sea
son schedule:
Pasco ............ Sept. 16 .......... There
Walla Walla B Sept. 21.............There
Waitsburg
. Oct. 7............ There
Pendleton
Oct. 15.............There
Condon ....
Oct. 21.............There
W. W. B.
Oct. 28............... Here
Nov. 1...............Here
Mac HI ....
Here
Nov. 11.
Heppner ..
The republicans and their friends
will gather at Milton, Ore., Sunday,
August 28, for the Umatilla County
Republican picnic. A caravan will
leave Pendleton at 10:00 a.m. from
the Elks Temple and delegates are
expected from every corner of the
county.
Platform speakers will be C. A.
Sprague, republican candidate for
governor; Rufus C. Holman, repub
lican candidate for senator; Earl
Snell, republican candidate for sec
retary of state; U. S. Ballentine, re
publican candidate for U. S. repre
sentative.
COLUM BIA PARK
DRAINAGE PLANNED
Plans were made for inspection of
Columbia park with the view to
drainage of seepage water at the
last meeting of the Farm Bureau
Auxiliary. E. D. Martin, district
superintendent, will look over the
project soon.
The nsxt meeting of the club will
be held Friday, September 2, and
will honor Mrs. Laura Morris, who
will not be able to attend meetings
during the winter months. She is
principal of the Columbia school.
Mrs. Margaret Blahm will act as
hostess to the club with the meeting
called for 1:30 p. m. at her home.
Each lady will bring a covered dish.
Mrs. Ethel Hughes and Mrs. Edna
Barager will serve on the program
committee and Mrs. Emma Hutch
ison, Mrs. Margaret Blahm and Mrs.
Minnie Ott, on the refreshment
committee.
EDMONDS-GILBERT.
Miss Ruby Gilbert and Edward
Edmonds of Pendleton were united
in marriage Sunday, August 21, at
services in the Pentecostal Taber
nacle. Rev. A. B. Turner officiated.
The couple are evangelists and left
immediately for Willamette valley
points.
Townsend Club Notice.
The Hermiston Townsend club
will meet in the Legion hall Friday,
with a short program given. The
new manual will be studied, import
ant business discussed, and a Dutch
auction held. The advisory board
will meet at 7:30 p.m. The public
is invited to attend all meetings.
IRRIGON
By MRS. W. C. ISOM
♦
♦
Mr. and Mrs. Boardman of Long
view, Wn. were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Suddarth, Thursday
night.
Mr. and Mrs Chris Eggers and
son Merle and two daughters Belva
and Uene of Hermolsa, South Da
kota. visited Mrs. Eggers’ aunt, Mrs.
W. C. Isom and family Saturday, en
route from Hood River, Ore., where
they had been visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phelps were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Har
ding.
Norman Pedan of Malo, Wn., who
has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
Elia Caldwell and family left for
his home Sunday.
Mrs. Ollie Coryell was a business
visitor in Pendleton Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. Harness were call
ers at the W. C. Isom and Harry
Smith homes Wednesday.
Alvin Rand of Portland Is visiting
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Rand and uncle B. Rand.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Becker have
returned to their home In Califor
nia.
Mrs. Molly Smith, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. C. Isom
and family, returned to her home in
Hood River, Tuesday.
L. C. Aldrich of California is vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.
C. Aldrich, and brother, Glenn Al
drich.
Rev. and Mrs. Harness, Mrs. Tom
Caldwell and Mrs. Chas. Steward
visited Mrs. Bell Caldwell Sunday.
Mrs. Hoagland had her sister from
Freeweter as a guest last week.
Joyce Puckett of Condon Is. visit
ing her uncles, the Beneflel broth
ers.
Mrs. James Warner visited her
son Harvey Warner and family Sun
day.
Fred Dahl and Mrs. Stella Poul-
son were married Sunday. A, group
of friends charlvaried them at their
home west of town Monday evening.
Ward McCoy of Imbler, Ore., ar
rived Monday to visit relatives and
friends for a few days.
PLANNED TURKEY
BREEDING PROGRAM
NEED SIGHTED
FIELD STATION
HOST TO GROWERS
A five year breeding program waa
Inaugurated last year at the U. S.
Field Station to replace the feed ra
tion experiments, stated H. K. Dean,
superintendent, at the annual tur
key picnic sponsored by the Eastern
Oregon Turkey Growers’ association
last Saturday at the station.
Birds at the station are being
trapnested to determine the time of
coming into production and the num
ber of eggs produced. The progress
in conformation of birds is being
noted as to genetic purity in these
experiments. A standard feed ration
is being used.
During the morning Mr. Dean ex
plained that there was only two-
thirds of a cent difference in cost
per pound of gain for birds hatched
in April and those hatched in June,
and that mortality was the same.
Brooding cost is lower for late birds
but there is no difference in grades.
June hatched birds are four pounds
lighter for toms and one pound
lighter for hens compared with
April hatched birds, which takes
care of the housewife demand for
smaller holiday birds.
Mr. Dean introduced the speakers
during the program in the morning
which included F. L. Knolton, re
search assistant at O.S.C., who talk
ed on the principles of turkey breed
ing. He explained the principles by
which breeders determine the gen
etic purity of birds and stated that
the desired characteristic tendencies
in a bird selected from a flock for
breeding purposes will not resemble
the parent in the offspring. Segre
gations must be made over a period
of years because a grower cannot get
the desired results by selecting from
appearances.
N. L. Bennton, extension poultry-
man from O.S.C:, outlined a system
of selecting breeding stock. The
program for the turkey industry so
far has been breeding, management
and disease control, he stated, but
the grower is now interested In a
bird that will produce a larger num
ber of eggs, which entails a breed
ing program.
Two growers in each of four
counties in Willamette valley are in
the first year of a systematic breed
ing program directed by the exten
sion service, Mr. Bennlon stated,
similar to that being conducted at
the local station. Any breeding pro
gram must be a long time program
in order to identify desirable char
acteristics in birds.
The best system used is for the
grower to select stock showing the
most desirable characteristics at
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UNEM PLOYM ENT
CHECKS PAID
Seventy-two per cent of benefit
checks under the state unemploy
ment compensation law distributed
In the area served by the Pendleton
employment office were confined to
five major Industrial groups, it was
pointed out here today by Harry L.
Kuck, former Pendleton newspaper
man and now informational repre
sentative of the commission.
Contract
construction
workers
got the biggest share, 22.7 per cent.
Interstate railroaders were next in
line with 21.6 per cent. Lumber and
timber products workers got 11.8
per cent; wholesale and retail trade,
8.3 per cent; and textile mill work
ers, 7.6 per cent.
Figures were based on a survey
by the commission’s statistical de
partment and covers the period end
ing June 30, which showed distribu
tion of $40,980 in Umatilla and
Morrow counties. Since then the
total figure has been Increased to
more than $45,000, according to
Kuck.
Total original
and
continued
claims for the first seven months
administration of the law averaged
283 in the two counties. Original
claims In July dwindled to about 5
or 6 per week, with continued
claims averaging 85 per week.
Umatilla county payrolls taxable
for Jobless insurance Increased 29
per cent in 1937 over 1936, accord
ing to Kuck. High month was July
with $287,312 of the $2,045,781 for
the year. Low month was January
1937, with $91,843 out of a total
for the year of $1,595,243.