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VOLUME XXXII
HUM.
NEW UNION CHURCH
BUILDING WILL BE
DEDICATED SUNDAY
SPECIAL SERVICES
SET FOR 2:15 P. M .
j
______________________
Nothing turn* out right un
less somebody makes it hi*
job to see that it doe*. —
William Feather.
___________________ ____________________
HERMISTON, UMATILLA
THIRD PERIOD PASS
BRINGS 6-0 VICTORY
TO BUCKAROOS
A sturdy H erm iston high school
football team left Round-Up field
late Saturday afternoon w ith ju st
tw om ajor regrets.
The first, and most im portant,
was th a t F ran k Young was able to
sh ift his position quick enough to
nab Cloyd D unham ’s w ell-throw n
forw ard pass midway in th e second
period, and then elude the Bulldog
defensive man to race acroBs the last
w hite line v irtu ally
untouched.
T hat made the score 6 to 0 for P en
dleton high.
The second, and alm ost as im port
ant. was th a t an end— hidden a l
most behind the person of Tuck
Hodgen, head linem an— couldn’t
quite m anage to h ang onto a “touch
down pass.” T h at was early in the
fourth q u a rte r and if it had succeed
ed, it m ight have tied the score.
But the H erm iston lads did go
home w ith the realization th a t they
had played a bang-up game ag ain st
the Pendleton Buckaroos, and here
fans were saying th a t Jack Hodgen,
th eir coach, had tu rn ed out a p retty
fine eleven w ith a ll 1937’s sta rters
but one shorn from the squad by
graduation.
True, Coach By H aines was w ith
out his burly left guard, Jack Olsen,
and a couple of zippy backs, Duane
Conner and Guy W yrick— crippled
in scrim m ages th e la st week. True
also. By’s boys d idn’t go much be
yond stra ig h t football and seven a t
tem pted forw ard passes— of whioh
three were completed. B ut never
theless, those up and coming B ull
dogs from over« H erm iston way
turned in a very good account of
themselves, and Pendletonians who
had the game sized up as a "b re a th
er,” breathed a little easier when
the final gun sounded.
The Bucks w eren’t fooling round,
either, A gainst a team stro n g er
th an they expected, they played
well, both in th e line and backfield,
both on offensive and defensive.—
E ast Oregonian.
COUNTY,
OREGON,
M OUNTAINS GIVE
UP 18 DEER
evangelist
The H erm iston Union church dedi
cation program has been completed
tor Sunday. October 23, sta rtin g
w ith the Sunday school a t 10:00
o'clock in the m orning and continu
ing throughout the day. T he build
ing is located on the corner of H er
m iston Avenue and F ifth street, east
of the Catholic rectory.
The regular service was held for
th e first tim e in the new church
Sunday, October 2, moving from the
building w hich has been purchased
B. Ross Evans, sta te evangelist
by th e U m atilla Cooperative Cream
for the Church of Christ, will open
ery to be utilized in an expansion
a series of m eetings in th e Union
program proposed by the creamery.
church Sunday evening.
W orship services had been conduct
ed in th a t building for nearly four
Called by Illness.
years.
Mrs.
J.
W. McMullen was called
Sunday’s program will open w ith
to Seattle, Monday, October 10, by
Sunday school a t 10:00 a. m., the
the illness of her brother-in-law , W.
o pening service being conducted by
M. G rant, who passed aw ay Friday
th e high Bchool class.
m orning of th a t week. Mr. McMul
G. E. W illiam s, field representa
len
and George K night, b rother of
tive of the T urner Memorial Home,
Mrs. McMullen, motored to S eattle
will give the m orning address. Dan
Sunday to attend th e funeral. Mr.
Lindsay will give a vocal solo. Fol
G rant had been ill for some time.
low ing the m orning service a basket
Mrs. McMullen rem ained in Seattle
d in n e r will be served to w hich the
with her sister for a two weeks visit.
public is invited, each fam ily b rin g
ing a basket dinner and table ser
Speaker at Reclamation Congress.
vice.
H. K. Dean, su p erin ten d en t of th e
Official dedication of the building
U. S. Field S tation here, left T h u rs
will be held at a service sta rtin g a t
day for Redmond to atten d the Ore
2:15 in the afternoon w ith B. Ross
gon R eclam ation Congress, a t which
Evans, sta te evangelist for the
he will be one of th e speakers. Mr.
C hurch of C hrist in charge. W ords
Dean will discuss. “ P rep aratio n of
of greeting w ill be heard from W. E.
Irrig atio n Land and Use of W ater.”
Jones, former pastor, of W illam ina,
The congress convenes F riday and
Ore. Musical num bers will be giver,
continues through S aturday.
by Mr. and Mrs. Ben G erking, duet,
P endleton: male q u arte t, Alfred
WHITNEY-ROSS.
Q uiring, Ben G erking, R. G. Saylor
Miss Alma E. Ross and John B.
and J. A. C larke: solo by Dan L ind
W hitney were united in m arriage
say; and a mixed q uartet, Mr. and
S aturday, October 15, a t Yakim a,
Mrs. Ben G erking and Mr. and Mrs.
Wn., according to announcem ents
J. A. Clarke.
received here th is week. W hitney
The next two games will be played is the son of B. I. W h itn ey and is
A special service has been planned
for C hristian Endeavor by the young on the local field, the first w ith well known in H erm iston. The cou
people, lead by Miss C atherine Mc Mac-Hi, November 4; the second ple will make th e ir home in Y aki
Mullen, commencing a t 6:45 o’clock w ith H eppner, November 11.
ma.
The high cshool band will make
w ith a pre-prayer service.
Celebrate Anniversary.
The evening worship service at Its initial perform ance in public at
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. W ilson of
8:00 o'clock will be the opening of these two games. It is hoped the new
an evangelistic cam paign by B. band uniform s will be ready by th a t Olympia, Wn., celebrated th e ir q u ar
ter cen tu ry wedding an n iversary at
Ross Evans, evangelist. Musical time.
their home in Olympia last Sunday.
num bers will consist of a solo by
Other honor guests w ere th e ir two
B ert Salisbury and num ber by the
CROPS BELIEVED
daughters, both recent brides, Mrs.
male quartet.
Olson W ells and Mrs. George W at
A tim e will be set during the day BEST IN TEN YEARS
kins. O thers present were Mrs. W il
for pictures to be taken. The public
is invited to all services.
A crew of men are now busy son's b ro th er and fam ily. Dr. and
cleaning the feed canal from its Mrs. Ivan K illgore, and son A ustin,
F aith , P hillip and Floyd Wilson,
source a t the U m atilla riv er above
HIGH SCHOOL
Echo to the Cold Springs reservoir, | Mr. and Mrs. Jack W atkins. Many
in preparation for ru n n in g w ater as beautiful gifts were received. Mr.
JOURNALISTS W ILL
soon as th e supply in th e riv er is and Mrs. W ilson and fam ily w ere
residents of Columbia d istric t for
sufficient.
TA LK SHOP A T U.O.
many years before moving to Olym
There is a head of about 40 sec
pia.
ond feet in the riv er at the head
Many phases of high school Jour
gates a t present, and it is expected
nalism will be discussed and new
th a t as soon as the work is com plet
ideas sought at the 13th annual
ed on the canal th a t w ater will be
high school press conference, to be
turned throu g h the headgates. There
held a t the U niversity of Oregon
is still good storage in the reservoir
school of journalism October 21 and
and
w ater is being ru n through the
Development of port facilities at
22. G eraldine M ullins, editor of the
distrib u tio n system for use on pas U m atilla and the han d lin g of an im
H erm iston Hi Bulldog, and Bill Belt,
tures and for use in fall seeding.
mense tonnage of petroleum pro
a ssista n t editor, left Wednesday
Two ditch riders a re a t work ta k ducts was the occasion th a t called
n ig h t to atten d the conference.
The local high school publication ing the annual crop census of the four w itnesses from th is locality
has been entered in a contest to de U m atilla project and wifi call on all th is week to appear a t a hearin g
term ine the best high school news farm ers for th e ir production for the before a representative of the In te r
paper in the state, and the w inners season of 1938. A general estim ate state Commerce Commission in P o rt
indicates th a t the crops for th is land. The w itnesses were Mayor J.
w ill be announced a t the meeting.
W alter
The session, w hich
will bring year, including all forms of ag ric u l C. Tucker of U m atilla,
more than 120 high school new spa ture, have been the largest for over Smith, president of the Herm iston
Commercial club, R. G. Penney, rep
p er and annual editors and m anag ten years.
resenting the G range and coopera
e rs to the campus, will open F riday
m orning w ith a talk by Eric W. Al
tive organizations, and E. P. Dodd,
DEETER BABY
len, dean of th e school of jo u rn al
representing th e river interests. In
ism. on "G etting the P aper S tarte d ” . CROWNED QUEEN
addition, there were witnesses from
W endell W yatt, of Jefferson High
Pendleton, W alla W alla, Lewiston
school, P ortland, will lead the dis
L ittle Miss C larita Kay Deeter,
and Boise, Idaho.
cussion.
Paul D eutschm ann.
E u
baby d augh ter of Mr. and Mrs. D.
gene, editor of the Em erald, univer
The w itnesses were called by the
M. Deeter, was aw arded the extrem e
sity daily, will talk on the editorial honor of Supreme Queen, a t the Bel Asbury T ransportation company of
page; Raymond Lindgren, Forest
lingham baby show and clinic this Los Angeles and P ortland, which
Grove Moan, will describe features,
operates a line of tru ck s from P o rt
week.
and Alan Robertson, editor of the
land into th e in te rio r as far east as
This high honor was achieved as ’
C arlton HI Life, will speak on mim
Pocatello. This company had made
the
resu
lt
of
her
high
average
at-
i
eograph papers.
application to handle petroleum
tained from physical and beauty
products from the boats a t U m atilla
standing, coupled w ith her frien d
to all points in eastern Oregon and
Modernize Anto Camp Cabin*.
ship votes.
W ashington, and Into all parts of
T his evening a t th e high school Idaho. O ther truck companies also
S tew art’s Service Camp will now
be modern in every detail w ith the auditorium in Bellingham , th e coro- I appeared before the exam iner of the
in stallin g of toilets and showers In nation pageant will be held when i In te rsta te
Commerce Commission.
th e cabins operated by Mr. and Mrs. little C larita will be crowned as Su S ittin g w ith him in the hearing were
Tom O’Grady a t the east highw ay preme Queen and many B laineltes representatives of the Public U tili
en tran ce to H erm iston. The work will be on hand to witness the cere ties Commission of Oregon, W ash
of rem odeling In the seven cabins mony.
ington and Idaho. T he hearin g was
sta rted this week and will be com
Mr. and Mrs. Deeter are very held a t the M ultnomah hotel w ith
pleted d uring the w inter m onths. A I grateful to th e ir friends for the sup- over 50 w itnesses and a dozen a t
new electric Computing pump has j port given C larita Kay by th eir torneys present, representing the ap
also been Installed at th e service I friendship vote*.— Bellingham Her- plicant* and protestants.
station.
It was brought out th a t the vol
OCTOBER 20, 1038.
The m ountains gave up 18 deer
over the week end to h u n ters in
west U m atilla county, and these
were taken care of a t th e cold sto r
age plant of the U m atilla Coopera
tive Creamery by Melvin F ollett,
m eat cutter.
Among those b rin g in g in deer
were R. H. Stockard, Fred McMur
ray, L. L. L outhan, R. J. Holeman,
W. G. Rodda, W. J. Rodda, Burl
Doyle, Lou Hooker, Don Hower, J.
B aum gartner, H arry Gifford. P aul
Bracher, F rank Riley, Raymond
Knapp, of Hermiston, and Paul
Smith and son. Charles Dillon, Glenn
R. Harley and A. J. Reese of Board-
man.
HOTEL D IN IN G ROOM
W ILL OPEN M ONDAY
The Herm iston Hotel d in in g room
will open Monday, October 24, under
the m anagem ent of Mr. and Mrs. F.
H. Beymer. The Beymers have oper
ated resta u ran ts for many years and
recently came from M arshfield and
Portland. They are confident of th eir
success in th is place.
The Beymers have one son who is
a freshman in high school. They
will make th e ir home in the house
east of the Gerald W hite residence,
which will be vacated th is week by
Mr. and Mrs. C raig Percy, who are
moving into the Briggs residence.
Sixteen Cars Livestock.
The Grandview Livestock & P ro
duce company shipped 16 car loads
of livestock from th is te rrito ry w ith
in the past 18 days. The shipm ents
Included two car loads of hogs, two
of sheep and the oth er 12 of gener
al livestock shipm ents. B. I. W h it
ney is local representative who be
lieves th is is the largest single ship
m ent of livestock to leave th is dis
tric t In any given time.
.
Wool Growers Entertained.
Eighteen members of th e Wool
Growers A uxiliary from Stanfield,
H ermiston and Echo were guests of
the Heppner au x iliary Tuesday, Oc
tober 18, at a luncheon and card
party. The auxiliary there is known
as the Morrow County Wool Grow
ers auxiliary. Mrs. Ralph Thom p
son, state president, and Mrs. Ma
honey, national president, were pres
ent a t the meeting. Those attend»
Ing from the west end of U m atilla
county were Mesdames Neil R obert
son. Celia Gilmore, Gaylord Madi
son, Hawley Bean, D. Penney, N. V.
Bard, G. E. G reathouse. W. M artin
M arbut, Elm er Thompson, Ed Liese-
gang, A. E. Ebert, M. E. Coe, F. C.
McKenzie, H. T. Fraser, W. L. Mor
gan, C. M. Jackson, F. B. Swayze
and A rietta W hite.
TRANSPORT COMPANY HEARS WITNESSES ON
RIVER TONNAGE IN INLAND EMPIRE
ume of gasoline, oils and oth er such
products in the in terio r was heavy
tonnage ru n n in g into approxim a
tely ten million gallons an n u ally at
th is time, and the use of the river
to U m atilla, in the saving of costa
to users, would be of g reat public
im portance. The Asbury company
has leased 1000 feet of river fro n t
age a t U m atilla for a ten year per
iod, and other grounds for tanks. At
present they operate several trucks
w ith trailers from P ortland and The
Dalles, through th is locality to
southern Idaho.
O ther companies are seeking the
same privileges and a perm it Is nec
essary from the In tersta te Com
merce Commission and state u tility
bodies w hich is granted on th e fi
nancial responsibility of the opera
tors and the need and convenience
of the public.
The extent of the hearin g brought
out the im portance of the develop
ment of good port facilities a t Uma
tilla. It was brought out in th e evi
dence th a t petroleum products and
some heavy m erchandise would com
prise the larg er p art of the volume
of up-river tonnage, which would be
matched by dow n-river tonnage of
w heat, canned goods, wool, fru its
and other Inland Empire products.
W ith th e boats operating, ca rry
ing tonnage both ways, th e possi
b ility of b etter rates from Joint
river, tru ck and rail tran sp o rtatio n
would result. The sentim ent In the
m eeting was strong for fu rth e r, and
full riv er development.
LOCAL TURKEY
GROWERS TAKE
GRADING TESTS
Salem— J. Jendrzejew ski and H.
G. R ankin of H erm iston were among
27 persons who successfully passed
th e exam inations for a g rad e r’s li
cense at th e an n u al turkey g rading
school held last week, October 13
and 14. at Eugene, according to an
announcem ent of C harles Cole, fed
eral sta te supervisor w ith the sta te
departm ent of ag ricu ltu re.
The H erm iston men are now on
the d ep artm en t’s eligible list for li
censing and work d u rin g the com
ing season.
At the school the a tte n tio n of the
prospective graders was called to
changes in form er grade req u ire
m ents for dressed turkeys. Thomas
W. H eltz of the bureau of ag ricu l
tu ra l economics said th a t no wing
feathers will be allowed on turkeys
th is year. All feathers around the
g a rte r and on the neck above the
head wrap m ust be .removed. No
d irty feet will be perm itted and
vents m ust be clean, Heltz pointed
out.
The new, more rigid requirem ents
are considered necessary to prevent
decay and spoilage resu ltin g from
the work of destructive bacteria
F eath ers and d irt carry these bac
teria. Prospective g rad ers were a l
so instructed to grade down heavily
for th e presence of pin feathers.
MRS. JACK SMITH
PASSES THURSDAY
Mrs. Jack Sm ith passed aw ay at
the Oregon City H ospital in Oregon
City, Ore., T hursday, October 13,
following a three weeks illness. She
had been w ith her parents at Canby,
Oregon.
Besides her husband and d au g h
ter Beatrice, she is survived by her
fath er and m other, Mr. and Mrs. II.
T. Clark, Canby, Ore., and the fol
lowing sisters and brothers: Mrs. E.
H. D unning, Canby; Mrs. M argaret
M onahan, W ishram , Wn., Miss H al
lie Clark, H erm iston, K enneth Clark,
Monument, Ore., and Mrs. John
Dallman, Stanfield.
F u neral services were held S a tu r
day, October 15, at Holman & Hen-
kins F uneral Home In Oregon City
w ith in term en t in the Zion cemetery
at Canby.
FALL TURKEY POOL
DATES SET
The E astern Oregon T urkey Grow
ers’ association held a m eeting Mon
day n ig h t to set dates for the
T hanksgiving and C hristm as pools.
The first pool will be held Novem
ber 9 10; the second, November 29-
30-December 1; and the th ird pool,
December 11-12-13.
Changes In the general req u ire
m ents th a t apply to all grades w ere
discussed and a le tte r read th a t will
be sent to all growers. Most d ras
tic changes are th a t all feathers
m ust be removed including neck
feathers, above the head wrap, g a r
ters around th e knees and fan fea th
ers on the wing tips. T urkeys w ith
d irty feet, d irty vents, or w ith d irty
or bloody head or bodies are consi
dered below grade. Growers will be
required to adhere to these new reg
ulations.
A k illin g dem onstration is being
planned in the near fu tu re when
these new requirem ents will be em
phasized.
M errill P o tter will give
a dem onstration of wing tip feath er
pulling. N. L. Bennlon will conduct
the killing dem onstration.
He is
extension poultrym an from Oregon
S tate college. The date of the
dem onstration will be announced la
WEST UMATILLA
LADIES ORGANIZE
GARDEN CLUBS
MRS. MANSFIELD
DIRECTS PLAN
*
1
The H erm iston Garden club waa
organized Monday w ith a ch arter
m em bership of about th irty resi
dents of the project. Much in terest
has been shown for some tim e in an
u n d ertak in g of th is sort, and last
week a group heard Mrs. H. O.
Mansfield of F reew ater speak a t th e
Legion hall, on the work of garden
clubs th ro u g h o u t the state.
Mrs. Mansfield is one of th e re
gional vice presidents of the Garden
clubs of the sta te and started th e
F reew ater G arden club, which won
the n ational aw ard for civic im
provem ent for F reew ater only one
year a fte r the organization of the
club. The speaker showed the bene
fits th a t accrued to a com m unity as
well as to each individual connected
w ith a club.
A fter hearin g Mrs. M ansfield’s
ta lk it was decided to get a club
underw ay im m ediately and a m eet
ing was called for Monday, October
17, to discuss plans and elect offi
cers. Mrs. F. B. Belt was elected
president, Mrs. G. W. H arkenrider.
vice president, and Mrs. R. C. Mc
Reynolds, secretary -treasu rer. Com
m ittees will be named and fu rth e r
plans form ulated a t a special m eet
ing to be held Monday, October 24,
a t 2:00 o’clock a t the library.
Everyone interested in garden work
and civic activ ities is urged to be
present w ith Ideas and suggestions.
Mrs. H. K. Dean will tell how to
p lan t and care for bulbs, a t this
m eeting, as well as give help in
choosing varieties. It is also hoped
to have an o th er local garden en th u s
iast speak on th e care of dahlia
bulbs. Both of these are tim ely sub
jects.
H. W. Klages will be a t the m eet
ing Monday, November 7, to give in
stru ctio n s in fall and w inter p ru n
ing and tran sp lan tin g , and help the
members work out th e ir fall g ard
en ing problems.
R egular m eetings will be held on
the first and th ird Mondays of each
month, a t 2 p. m. in the library.
Umatilla Club Organized.
UMATILLA (S pecial)— A group of
U m atilla ladies organized a garden
club this week electing Mrs. A. E.
M cFarland,
president, Mrs. Wm.
Conlon, vice president, Mrs. Milo
M cFarland,
escretary, and
Mrs.
H arry Hull, treasu rer.
Committees were appointed by the
president in the personnel of Mrs.
H arry H ull, chairm an program com
m ittee, Mrs. Clyde Hoyt and Mrs.
Joe Springer. Memership com mit
tee: Mrs. Fred K nudesen, Mrs. Ursel
H iatt, Mrs. Ben Spencer and Mrs.
Wm. Swltzler. Mrs. W. R. N ugent
will have charge of publicity.
T he club will meet the first and
th ird Tuesdays in the m onth in the
Com munity hall. Mrs. Wm. Sw ltzler
will speak a t th e next m eeting on
th e care of roses and bulb*.
SNELL CLUES
ORGANIZED
P ortland, Ore.— Friends of Secre
ta ry of S tate E arl Snell are vo lu n ta
rily rally in g to his candidacy in all
p arts of the state. Je rry S. Sayler.
cam paign m anager, revealed. As the
cam paign en ters its last few weeks.
42 clubs have been organized in
various p arts of the sta te and more
are In form ation.
These clubs. Sayler points out.
are w orking in conjunction w ith a
ter.
’’Snell V eterans’ club” which has
D irectors discussed the Oakland com m ittees In 35 counties. Both
the
T urkey show which will be held De groups are cooperating w ith
county Republican committees.
cember 8-9-10.
D irectors present were John J e n
French Sell* Property.
drzejew ski, president, Mrs. Ju lia
J.
O.
French of Salem was In town
Penney, secretary, M errill P o tter, H.
the
first
of the week to complete th e
G. R ankin, L. C. Todd. Chas. Keller
sale of his two acre trac t across the
and Chester Flanigan.
highw ay from S tew art's Service S ta
tion. The property was sold to Ed
B arn ett of Hermiston. C. R Moore
and his fam ily will continue to oc
The Herm iston Townsend club
cupy the residence.
will meet Friday, October 28, In the
Weather Report.
Legion hall a t 8:00 p. m. The men
Max. Min.
will conduct a Dutch auction sale. Date
All members are urged to be present October 13 ......... ................ «7 .... 50
................ 57 .... 34
to receive voting instructions. The October 14 ..........
60
39
club has gone on record as voting October 16
33
62
the Townsend lMeekly subscription October 17 .........
62 ... 24
24
66
to the city lib rary which will now
...
28
66
October 19
be available to the public.
Townsend Club Notice.