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
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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
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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.
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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
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WE COMMEND
the Umatilla Project
fair board on the addi
tional 4-H club attrac
tion at the show this
year.
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