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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1938)
THURSDAY, SEPTEM BER 22, 1938 1938 WESTERN SHOW N O W HISTORY The P endleton Round-U p for 1938 is now history. Ross H enri of D u bois, W yom ing, was nam ed cham p ion cow hand a t th e close of th e show S atu rd ay and was presented w ith a 85000 trophy, nearly 81500 in cash and a 8400 silver m ounted saddle, all em blem s of top honors a t th e 29th an n u a l Round-Up. T he H am ley saddle w as given for w in n in g first In the ste er ro p in g contest, h av in g brou g h t his stu b - born c ritte rs to the d u st in 31.7 sec I THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON onds av erag e tim e F rid a y and S a t urday. W ayne D avis of E n terp rise, Ore., was given th e honor of being th e best rid er in th e bronco rid in g , con cluding his six th year as a co n test a n t a t the Round-Up. G eorge Nelson of W amis, Ore., was second, Ross H enri, th ird , and Ja ck Singleton, fourth. Jo h n n ie Thom as of H onda, New Mexico, placed first in th e calf rop ing, av erag in g 15 3-5 seconds F ri day and S atu rd ay . In th e am ate u r bucking Ivan W ortm an of Bozeman, M ontana, won first prize, Cody Dod- son of E n terp rise, second, H al E v an s of Jo rd an V alley, Ore., and K en n eth Depew of G aienda, Ore., fol lowed. Cliff G ard n er of Reno, N evada, bulldogging his steer frid a y an d Sat u rday in an average tim e of 22 sec onds, w in n in g in th e event. F ra n k S m ith of P o rtlan d was second w ith 22 4-5 seconds, Jim M assey of E n cino, C alif., th ird w ith 23 seconds. To b eau tifu l, dusky L illian Jones of th e U m atilla trib e w ent th e cov eted honor of w in n in g th e a n n u a l A m erican B eauty contest. She is a g ra n d d a u g h te r of Jim K anine, Round-U p chief for his tribe. H erm iston L ig h t & P o w er Co. G ranted Rate Reduction . John A. Clarke, Local Manager for Hermiston Light & Power Co re ceived word September 19th that the company’s application for rate reduc tion, effecting Residence Lighting Service and Commercial Lighting Service had been granted by the Public Utility Commissioner of Oregon, and to be come effective as of September 1938 billing. This rate reduction will mean a total saving, over a twelve months per iod, to consumers of approximately $1,800.00. The previous rate reduction was put into effect by the Hermiston Light & Power Co. as of May 1,1937. It is the sincere hope of the company, that conditions shall be such, a further rate reduction can be made possible with in the next year. BEST WISHES TO UMATILLA PROJECT FAIR AND 4-H CLUB MEMBERS For a Successful and Profitable Exhibition. H erm iston L ig h t & P o w er Co. RURAL ELECTRIFKATIOM AND NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT MARK PROGRESS IN AREA By E. P. DODD A sum m ary of th e g ro w th of all th e d istric ts in th e west end of U m atilla and n o rth ern Morrow coun ties d u rin g th e last two years shows a steady progress tow ard the full de velopment of th e e n tire area. T he most prom inent achievem ents are th e building of th e ru ra l ele c trifi cation lines, and the developm ent of new lands. The new pow er line, w hen all proposed extensions are com pleted, will serve 800 farm3 th ro u g h o u t th e d istric t of Boardm an, Irrigon, U m a tilla, H erm iston, Stanfield, Echo and B u tter Creek. It is also revealed th a t approxim ately 2500 acres of new lands have been bro u g h t u nder cu ltiv atio n and 45 new farm homes have been bu ilt. O ther farm s be longing to n o n -resid en t ow ners and m ortgage com panies, heretofore poor ly farm ed, have passed to p riv ate ow ners who are m alting im prove ments. In th e S tan field d istric t 50 land sales, am o u n tin g to 650 acres, have been made in tra c ts of from 5 to 4 0 acres. T w enty new farm homes have been b u ilt over a two year per iod. T h at d is tric t now has 5124 acres u nder irrig a tio n and 2500 acres u nder th e canal system for which w ater m ust yet be supplied. It is now proposing to pump w ater from d rain a g e canals to irrig a te 400 to 500 acres more. The W estland d istric t has 1500 acres w hich w ere sold to 25 farm ers and 10 new homes have been b uilt. T he sm allest acreage sold in th is d istric t is 40 acres and th e la rg est 200 acres. The sales in both d istric ts have been of d istric t or county owned lands a t prices from 8250 to 815 p er acre. T he W estland SEPTEMBER 22nd to 26th SEPTEMBER 22nd to 26th W e k n o w i t ’s Septem ber b u t the delay in fix in g o u r n e w store has k e p t you w a itin g fo r this once a year sale. G u a ra n te e d Rem edies Cosmetics LIVER PILLS - 100 little regulators..... 50c GARDENIA SOAP POWDER 50c ALCOHOL RUB and Both 49c Mi 31 SO LUTIO N................... for 25c ADHESIVE TAPE ............................. J PINT MINERAL OIL ................................ y 4 oz. BORIC A C ID ...................................... J 1 lb. CAN BORATED T A L C ................... 1 !b. COTTON ............................................ J- GLYCERIN SUPPOSITORIES .............. 50c BAY RUM ............................................. 1 lb. SODIUM BICARBONATE.............. J4 OATMEAL SOAP .............. ............ M e d ic in a l 100 YEAST TA B L E T S............................. y 4 oz. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE.............. ? < 25c TA LC S........................................ 50c COCONUT OIL SHAMPOO .. BATH POWDER - Mammoth Box 25c HAND B R U S H .......................... $1.00-VACUUM BOTTLE 1 Gal. FLY S P R A Y ............ 4 oz. A L U M .......................... $2.50 HOUSEHOLD IRON 25 RAZOR BLA D ES.......... ELECTRIC CORD S E T ...... 5c NIPPLES ......................... C om e In . . L ook A round . . R em em b er— Y our R E X A L L D R U G ST O R E for th e B est V alues in T o w n . Thompson’s PAQE T H R U * Distributor for Liberal Trade-In Allowance! appeared ag ain in Oregon, according to Dr. D. D. Hill, associate ag ro n o m ist a t th e Oregon experim ent s ta tion. Not a year goes by b u t w h at eith er A laska w heat or Polish w heat bobs up from some source, he says. T his tim e the prom oter rep resen t ed th is w heat to be a hybrid of his own creatio n , w hich is unusual. Or d in arily the source is given as some an cien t tomb or the craw of a goose, says Dr. H ill. W hile the prom oter said th a t his w heat tests some 6 per cent h ig h er in protein th a n o rd in ary sorts, th e actu al fact is th a t A laska w heat is so poor th a t it can ’t be sold as w heat at a ll under federal sta n d a rd s and in sp ite of its g ig an tic heads it does pot yield as high as m any of th e o rd in ary sorts grow n in Oregon. d istric t co n tain s 8000 acres of w hich 5700 acres were irrig ate d th is year. The H erm iston and W est E x te n sion areas have developed m ainly th ro u g h th e sale of non-resident ow nership tra c ts a t low prices and has resulted in th e b etterm en t of around 2000 acres and the building of 15 new farm houses. A more su b sta n tia l condition on th e farm is evident in all th e d ist ricts. B etter leveling of land, b etter system s ot irrig a tin g , more div ersi fied crops, and b eau tify in g of prem ises are seen on every hand. On m any of the farm s w hich have been ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ only p artly improved, the cu ltiv ated area has been increased. P astu res have been enlarged and more cows, hogs, hens and tu rk ey s added. N um erous brooder and poultry houses have been built. Corn, w heat, oats and barley fields are more n um er ous and larger. T hin stan d s of a l falfa have been plowed up and the ground planted to o th e r an n u al crops or p ut to b etter pastures. D uring th is period the D iagonal road in th e d istric t was surfaced and From oiled. The m ain road th ro u g h the S tanfield d istric t was graded and p a rtia lly graveled. Many o th e r roads have been graded and drained. The new union high school b u ild ing was erected in H erm iston a t a cost of 880,000 and th e com m unity p ark , fair grounds, raoe trac k and golf links com pleted. Also ten new houses have been b u ilt and tw enty Headquarters for your miscella m ore remodeled. A new sto re b u ild neous needs during your visits ing was erected, a new church b u ild ing is in the fin ish in g sta g e and to town during the fair. eig h t blocks o t stre e t paved. R esidents of U m atilla have bu ilt several houses, erected th ree store buildings and several blocks of stree t have been paved. O ther tow ns have m ade im provem ents and an idle house is scarcely to be found in any of th e tow ns or th ro u g h o u t th e en tire farm area. It is estim ated th a t w ith in the trad e a re a of the several tow ns th ere a re approxim ately 2500 autom obiles. T he two electric plantB, when th e REA is com pleted, w ill serve ov e r 1600 tow n and farm homes and about 250 In ad jacen t d istricts. O ther developm ents in th e te rr i tory is th e com pletion of th e ch a n nel from Celilo to U m atilla on the C olum bia riv er and th e form al a n nouncem ent of approval of th e Um a tilla dam by arm y eng in eers and the W ar D epartm ent. A Umatilla Project Fair Welcome Brierley’s Variety Store O.S.C. MEETS IDAHO SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 Oregon S tate College, Corvallis, Sept. 19 (3 p ec ial)— W ith one of the stiffe st nine-gam e schedules in Bea ver g rid h isto ry ju s t aro u n d th e cor ner, Coach A. L. (L on) S tln er has been sending his Oregon S tate foot ball charges th ro u g h vigorous scrim m age sessions since the opening day of pigskin p ractice T hursday. Since only 39 players, one of the sm allest O range squads in several years, reg u la rly don m oleskins for th e tw lce-a-day sessions, th e Beaver m entor haB placed rigid em phasis on th e proper physical condition of his proteges. N ot h av in g th e large num ber of reserves c h a racteristic of some of Oregon S ta te ’s coast confer ence opponents, S tin er declared th a t th e O range gridm en m ust be in shape to end u re th e g ru ellin g Bea ver schedule. Grid experts up and down the coast a re picking a spot in th e con ference cellar for th e Beavers. Ore gon S ta te 's line w ill possibly be stro n g e r th a n th e forw ard w all of th e '37 S tinerm en. E xperienced re serve linem en and lack of w eight in the backfield can d id ates are the chief w orries of S tln er, who is s ta r t ing his sixth y ear of grid tu telag e here. Faced w ith th e loss of A ll-A m eri can h alf Toe O ray, fullback E lm er K olberg and Bill D uncan, th e p u n t ing q u arte rb a ck , S tln er has Ja y Mer cer, rig h t half, shifted to q u a rte r, as th e only firs t strin g v eteran back- field man on hand. Consequently, he has tu rn ed to a group of speedy sophom ore backs to p ut speed and color in the O range a ttac k th is fall. W hile p rep a ra tio n s for a style of grid play calculated to upset a few of th e ex p erts' pred ictio n s is p a ra m ount on the Beaver football fro n t, the O rangem en are p o inting tow ard th e Idaho tilt w hich rin g s up the c u rta in on th e Oregon S tate sla te on Bell field here S atu rd ay , Septem ber 24. S till ra n k lin g from th e 7-6 loss th ey suffered a t th e hands of the Idahoans last fall, S tin er's squad is p erfectin g plans to h alt an Improved V andal team to even th e score this year. ALASKA W H EAT GAG TRIED AG AIN Oregon S tate College— T he old A laska w heat gag , th a t has fa r more lives th a n th e p ta v erb tal cat, has ♦♦»»»♦»♦•»»»»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦•a < ► WE COMMEND the Umatilla Project fair board on the addi tional 4-H club attrac tion at the show this year. “Greetings to Visitors “Success to the Show Pennock’sGarage General Auto Repair Phone 881
