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320489 PAGE IHHH» THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 193». •♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ••» » » » ♦ » ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ » » ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ •♦ » ♦ O FARM CO-OPERATIVE BIVISION MESSAGE JOINT GRANGE MEETING TUESDAY Y o u ’l l a p p re c ia te th e peace o f m in d t h a t com plete c a r in surance brings. Be sure yo u a re f u l l y :: in s u re d in a f i n a n c i a l l y sound stock insurance. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERMISTON F. B. SWAYZE, P resident Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Stp fyrmiBtnH irrali) Published every T hursday a t H erm is ton, U m atilla County, Oregon, by P auline M. Stoop and Alfred Q ulring, _______ ____ Publishers. lc a Word - Minimum 20c E ntered as Second Class M atter December, 190«, U m atilla County, FOR SALE— FIVE PIECE IVORY Ptegon.____________________________ bedroom suite and th ree kitchen Subscription Rates. chairs. Priced to sell. Phone 7 6M. One Year .................................... »2.00 20-3tc Six M onths .................................. 1-00 T hree M onths ............................. - -50 FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR ren t a t Stanfield. Rates reason able. oil heat, hot w ater. N. D. Bard, Stanfield. 20-3tc O re g o ^ N e w s p a p e r^ P u b li^ js MODERN HOUSE, FURNISHED OR unfurnished, w ith garage. Also modern down sta irs apartm ent. H. E. H anby, H erm iston. 19-tfc Field Station Benefits. The U m atilla Field station located south of H erm iston has carried on a consistent program for the past 30 years developing pasture grasses ad aptable to lig h t soils in irrigated sections, w flt-resistan t varieties of alfa lfa, curly top resistan t bean and squash, and proper food rations for dairy cows producing from feeds grow n on irrig atio n projects. At present there are 34 tria l com bina tions in pasture grasses on which reports are nearly completed, which will mean thousands of dollars to farm ers on irrig ated lands through th e Pacific northw est. H undreds of varieties of plants, shrubs and trees are now grow ing on the farm to test hardiness. T urkey grow ers have benefitted from th e experim ent results d eter mined a t the sta tio n and at present a five year breeding program is u n derw ay. The turkey industry brings thousands of dollars in income to farm ers in th e sta te ea-h ¡year, and station experim ents definitely assist in prom oting th e industry/ Not only these benefi/s b u t the governm ent has at least $3 5,000 invested in buildings.» cabal gy.-'i and land improvement which w vid quickly deteriorate if let stand for only one year. The federal governm ent requires th a t m aintenance funds be m atched by the state In which an experi m ent s tation n i t r a tes. ♦ ft * ♦ ft ft IR R IG O N * By MRS W. C ISOM « ---------- ft Mr. and Mrs. Dave Musgrave of M onument, Ore., visited Mrs. Mus grav e’s sister, Mrs. W. C. Isom and ftm ily, from T hursday u n til Sun day. A fellow ship m eeting will be held F rid ay at the Pentecostal church for the members of the Stanfield and H erm iston churches w ith loctfl mem bers as hosts. Mr. and Mrs. H enry Phelps left F rid ay for Colorado In response to a message sta tin g th a t Mr. P helps’ b ro th er had been injured. A later message stated th a t he had passed aw ay. Laurence M arkham drove his car and took them to Colorado. George K endler left Tuesday for "k Good Used Cars Lessen Y o ir Worries 1938— PLYMOUTH DeLux Sedan Equipped w ith hot w ater heater, defroster fan, P res tone. 1935— FORD SEDAN. 1931— MODEL A TKUCK. wheel base. Du-1 1931 — CHEVROLET TRUCK Long wheel base. ’32 B-Model, 4 cylinder coupe— in fine condition. — MANY OTHER BARGAINS — ie im is t o i aaro FOR SALE— THE BESSIE SPEN- cer 20-acre ranch, one-fourth mile east of Columbia school house; good soil, good buildings, electricity, mail route, fine roads. W ill sell for w hat buildings would cost, $2000 cash. Call W. J. W arn er’s office. 20-3tp LOST— 1 SORREL COLT, H LEFT jaw , from B orthw ick ranch. Joe H aw kins, Adams, Ore. 20-tfc 20 W EANER PIGS FOR SALE— F. C. Frederickson, Irrigon, Ore. 20-2tp 3-ROOM COTTAGE FOR RENT. IN- quire Jack 's Cafe. 20-3tc FOR SALE — NEW 400 EGG Queen Incubator and 52 inch coal brooder; set three times. H. C. K irk, W eston, Ore., Box 84. 20-3tc FOR SALE — DANDY 10-ACRE home and income from 600 hens; 4 rooms, closet, bath, cellar, electri city; hot and cold w ate r; Close in, $2600. Lewis Pearson. 18-3tp FRAMES FOR GLASSES. $2.50 & *4.00. W. Behrm an, W atch m aker, H erm iston. 16-tfc FOR REN T— FURNISHED APART- ..« n t fnr housekeeping. E lectric stove and modern. Phone 78-R, no F|vrov» 50-tfc his home a t Grand Coulee, Wn. Mr. and Mrs. Earl 1 Leach were nner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Isom New Y ear’s day. Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Don Isom, 1 Mrs. George K endler, , Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K endler, Sr., of U 1 m atilla. were Mrs. W. C. dinner guests of Mr. and a Isom New Y ear’s day. M arshall Markham i returned1 to his work at Pendleton Tuesday. OREGON TRAIL SKI CLUB TOURNAMENT The Oregon T rail Ski club of P en dleton and La G rande today an nounced prelim inary arrangem ents for the second an n u al E astern Ore gon Ski conference to be held Feb ru ary 4 to 5 a t Pendleton and at Tip-Top m ountain n ear Kamela. The event, w hich will include dow nhill and slalom races and exhi bition jum ping, is under the super vision of th e Pacific N orthw estern Ski association. C ontestants are ex pected from all states of the Pacific northw est and possibly California also w ill be represented. Judges will be H arold Lee of P o rt land and Darroch Crookes of Seattle. Lee is one of th e o u tstan d in g judges in the west and Crookes, now w ith the Union Pacific railw ay, is a for mer Olympic team member. Both men and women skiers will participate. S aturday will be devo ted to reg istratio n and inform al skiing d u rin g th e day. and a queen’s coronation dance a t night. Sunday will begin w ith a skiers’ mass in Pendleton and then com petitive and exhibition events a t Tip-Top m oun tain d u rin g th e day. A conference banquet will be held a t night. The queen contest will begin J a n uary 14, and conclude F ebruary 4. Cannery Closed. The cannery will be closed un til Ja n u a ry 16th, for repair*. A new concrete floor is being poured for the e n tire cannery space which make* it impossible for canning to be done during th e next week or more, according to Alton Sisson, m anager. TO EVERY MEMBER. FINAL TURKEY POOL JANUARY 14TH The E astern Oregon T urkey Grow ers’ association will hold its final turkey pool Saturday, Ja n u ary 14. The association states th a t any per son having birds to pool and not re ceiving a card should bring them to th e pool Saturday m orning. There are a sc atterin g of birds over the project yet to be m arketed and it is Grange Box Social. an ticipated th is will be th e ¡final Don’t miss th e box social and p o o l . _______ ____ _______ card p arty a t W estland school house Ja n u ary 13, sponsored by W estland $ 4 7 ,0 0 0 PAID grange. E ats, music, cards and en te rtain m en t, and the chance to eat SEED GROWERS supper w ith a p retty girl, all for the price of a basket, is promised those LaGrande (Special)— A total of ____ _______ _ who atten d . $47 ,000 was distrib u ted last week to growers of crested w heat grass in eastern Oregon by officials of the STATE GRANGE Blue M ountain Seed G row ers’ asso ciation. This is a p artial paym ent ORGANIZER VISITS for th e crop of the past season, all of which has been sold w ith the ex Chas. W icklander, sta te grange ception of th ree tons w hich is in About 315,000 pounds organizer, was present a t the reg u storage. sold. lar Columbia G range m eeting T ues were Growers of the seed to which pay day, Ja n u a ry 3, and brought a spe ment was made are largely from cial message from N ational G range Union and Gilliam counties, but convention to the subordinate was also furnished by members grange. E ighteen members and one some of the pool in Baker. Sherm an, W al visitor w ere present. Mr. W icklander stated th a t Louis lowa, U m atilla and M alheur coun B. Tabor, n atio n al grange m aster, ties. The price paid was 19 cents per urged th a t Oregon, W ashington, Cal pound, which is the best price paid ifornia and M ontana increase th e ir any pool in th e United States. It is m embership 10,000 during 1939. stated th a t th is pool is also the la rg There are approxim ately 67,000 in the United States. farm s in Oregon, he stated, and yet est The Blue M ountain Seed Growers’ Oregon has b ut 23,000 grange mem association commenced operations in bers. 1935, when around $10,000 w orth of Mr. W icklander pointed o ut th a t seed of all kinds was produced in an observer should notice the actions this county; in 1937 it had grown taken in our convening congress to to $53,000, and this year promises know th e stren g th of a united to see an income of $100,000. grange in behalf of ag ric u ltu ral leg In addition to the crested w heat islation. grass, it is estim ated th a t 90.000 G range officers will m eet for de pounds of alfalfa will be sold gree work practice a t th e home of through the association th is year.— Mr. and Mrs. Em il Zivney, Thursday Oregon lan. evening, Ja n u a ry 12. An in v itation was read and accepted to atten d a Notice of Annual Meeting jo in t m eeting w ith Stanfield G range Cooperative Laundry and Cannery. Tuesday evening, Ja n u a ry 10. The le ctu rer’s program had for its theme, "T he New Y ear and its The annual m eeting of the H er W ealth of Possibilities tor Our Sub miston Cooperative L aundry and o rdinate G range.” The them e of the Cannery will be held Saturday, J a n Ja n u a ry 17 th m eeting will be u ary 21, 1939, a t 2:00 p.m., a t the "N eighborliness.’’ Members are work Legion H all for th e purpose of ing for a 100 per cent atten d an ce a t electing th ree directors and conduct th is m eeting. The slogan, "We need ing such o th er business as may everyone, and everyone needs th e legally come before th e meeting. G range,” h as been adopted. CATHERINE SOMMERER, Secretary. (Jan . 5-12) ____________ W HEAT VARIETIES, A jo in t m eeting of Columbia, Stanfield, W estland and Echo G ran ges will be held Tuesday, Ja n u ary 10, a t th e Stanfield hall. The p u r pose of th e m eeting is to create in terest in general grange work and promote a social get-to-g eth er. Westland Grange Meeting. Members of the W estland G range are asked to come to grange T hurs day, Ja n u ary 12, and see, "W h at We Missed in 1938.” Im portant busi ness will be transacted. MRS. J. O. CORLISS, L ecturer. Rat Poison Formula. A form ula for ra t poison has been given through the office of Jay T. Pierson, assistant county agent, w hich is considered economical and effective. It is tim ely in view of th e campaign now being staged ag ain st rats in th is area. The for m ula consists of: 1 lb. bread crumbs 1 lb. rolled breakfast oats 1 lb. cheese 1 lb. salted peanuts 7 ounces powdered Red Squill Run these ingredients through _______ chopper twice. ALL LIGHT SOIL REGIONS BENEFIT (Continued from Page One) these experim ents are carried on w ith the hope of finding a w ilt-re sistan t variety of alfalfa, keeping in mind the best varieties for produc tion and w inter-resistance. E ighteen varieties of straw berries and other sm all fru its are being tested. T here are, at the present tim e, 11 acres of tree fru its of var ious varieties from two to four years of age under observation. Selections from all p arts of the United States have been secured. A num ber of varieties of black w alnut, filb ert, and Chinese chestnut, are also being tested. ♦ Land Sale Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, T hat the undersigned. Sheriff of U m atilla County, Oregon, by v irtu e of an order duly made and entered herein by the County Court of Uma tilla County, Oregon, on the 19th day of December, 1938, will, on the 28th day of Jan u ary , 1939, a t the hour of 10 o’clock in the forenoon, sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, a t th e front door of the U m atilla County Court House, Pen dleton, Oregon, subject to a m ini mum price of $36.60 therefor, to be paid in cash, at th e tim e of sale, the following described parcel of land, heretofore by U m atilla County, Ore gon, acquired for delinquent taxes, to-w it; SE»A N E U and NE*4 SE14 N orth and E ast of H ighway, Section 24. Township 4, N orth R ange 28, E. W. M. R. E. GOAD, Sheriff of U m atilla County. (Dec. 22-Jan. 26) ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftft General Blacksmithing Shop under new m anagem ent and in new location. Equipped to Go Out to Ranch for Horseshoeing STANFIELD BLACKSMITH SHOP B ack of B row n’s G arage Stanfield Oregon ♦ftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftiftftftftftft BERT QUICK ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR MOTORS Phone 22-R H erm iston FOR EYE COMFORT AND SIGHT CONSERVATION D uring the last eight or ten years th ere has been a need in th is com m unity for mixed grasses and le gume pastures. At th e present tim e there are 24 tria l com binations of Come to Pendleton for mixed grasses and legumes a t the Your Optical Needs! station. Investigations are also un der way tow ard the use of alfalfa Eyes Examined by Modern and sweet clover for pasture. Crops, Methods. such as squash, artichokes and car Glasses Ground to F it ro ts are being tested for use as suc culent w inter feeds in th is state. When Needed. From the experim ents thus fa r con — REASONABLE PRICES — ducted it appears th a t these crops DR. DALE ROTHWELL have a g reater feeding value than corn ensilage. OPTOMETRIST OVER W 00LW 0RTH S G rain-sorghum tests have been conducted for a num ber of years a t Pendleton, Ore. P h o ie 535-J th e station. T h irty d ifferen t v arie ties are on tria l and th e yields this year exceeded corn and the g rain is proving valuable for feeding turkeys SMUT, DISCUSSED INCREASE IN HOG w hile on the range. J. V. VILLERMOURE An annual cash crop has been in IN E.O.W.L. REPORT GROWING SEEN IN ELECTRICAL SERVICE dem and in th is area for a num ber of years. The experim ent statio n is OREGON'S FUTURE D efinite steps to acq u ain t m illers w orking on several grass legume H erm iston Phone 1031 w ith the desirable m illing and bak seed crops for seed production. The ones of most in terest to the area at A reasonable increase in hog num ing q u alities of w hite federation the present tim e are alfalfa, straw spring w heat were recommended by bers on Oregon farm s is justified u n berry and ladino clovers, and a th e E astern Oregon W heat league in der present conditions, stated H. A. num ber of pasture grasses. CONNOR'S REPAIR adopting the report of th e com mittee Lindgren, extension livestock spe D airy feeding experim ents have SHOP on production, han d lin g and m ark et cialist a t Oregon S tate college, in a been conducted a t the statio n for ing a t the recent convention in The recent analysis ef-hog production in seven years, using alfalfa pasture General Automobile Repair the west, given k ^ e r KOAC. and grain versus alfalfa alone. Dalles. Reboring - B attery Service and In th e past Oregon farm ers haye These tests are proving valuable to A lthough m illing and baking tests W elding - Chevrolet P arts dairym en th ro u g h o u t the entire lim ited th eir hog production to ap on a large num ber of w hite federa W illard B atteries state. tion samples show it to have a very proxim ately th e num bers needed to Phone 53-W Hermiaton Experim ents in the feeding and consume farm waste, such as skim high m illing yield, d ifficu lty has ing of turkeys have been con been encountered in ob tain in g prem milk, cull fru its and vegetables on grow ducted at the statio n for a num ber ium m illing prices com parable to general farm s, or in gleaning stub of years. This is the only turkey W. L. Morgan, D. M. D. those paid for b aart. Tests have ble fields in w heat areas. T his poli production work now being carried General D entistry shown th a t w hite federation is sec cy tended to m ain tain a favorable on in the state, and is proving val X-Ray and D iagnosis uable to the en tire tu rk ey industry, price differen tial between Portland ond only to b aa rt in baking q u ali which am ounts to approxim ately Bank Bldg. Phene 9-J and Chicago m arkets. ties, th e rep o rt stated. $2,000,000 an n u ally in Oregon. A Resilience Phone 26-J In recent years, however, the sit W hite federation has been sown new experim ent was started this Sunday and Evenings by on su b stan tially increased acreages uation has changed both as regards last year on breeding tu rk ey s for Appointm ent recently and has shown high yield th is price differen tial and the avail early production. ing ability. The com m ittee also re ab ility of low priced feed grain. Sev Several experim ents are being ported th a t Rex w heat, w hich was en of the 11 w estern states produce carried on, dealing w ith drug plants, DR A E. MARBLE bred and introduced th ro u g h the fewer hogs th an they consume, the such as: ephreda, a source of drug ephredium ; artem esia, which is dis CHIROPRACTOR Moro branch experim ent station, deficit for th e en tire are a am ount tilled into a d ru g to prevent hog continues to give favorable yields ing to about th ree m illion head a cholera; and pyrethum , w hich is an Office: 2 blocks east of post office Office Hours: 8 to 13 - 1:30 to • over a wide area. T he com mittee year. It is in terestin g to note, he insecticide replacing arsenic of lead said th a t it should be used on much points out, th a t If th e average w heat and which is free of poisonous con Phone 4 8 1 --------H erm iston, Ore. tent. This may prove to be a good of the acreage now devoted to feder surplus in th e Pacific northw est, source of income to th is area, as the ation, alb it, hybrid 128 and fo rty am ounting to about 40 m illion bush U nited States a t the present time H e r m i s t o n P o s t M o. 3 7 fold. Of the spring w heat varieties, els a year were all fed to hogs, It im ports 11,000,000 pounds annually Meets first and th ird w hite federation, b a a rt and hard would increase th e production by from Japan. T hursday. Legion Auxil federation No. 31 have given the approxim ately th is figure. Perhaps one of the most o u tstan d iary meet* second and The big deficit in hogs is in Cal ing experim ents being carried on a t best yields. fourth T hursday. The report stated th a t Oregon has ifornia, w hich would mean th a t ex the station is the curly top, a blight, developed and m aintained a high de cess production in the . northw est investigation. D uring th e last elev Legion Hall. en years nearly 7,000 varieties of gree of stan d ard izatio n of w heat would find its m ajor ou tlet there. beans and squash have been tested varieties, w hich proves highly val The Los Angeles hog prices have in In an effort to find one which is re uable in reducing discounts on recent years averaged about 34c sistan t to curly top. A num ber of mixed w heats. Inspection figures more than P o rtland prices, although field varieties of beans have been found to be resistan t to blight, and OSTEOPATHIC for 1938 show th a t m ost of the th e freig h t from Oregon points it will take a num ber of years of PHYSICIAN & SURGEON mixed w heat is of the fortyfold va would be som ew hat h ig h er th an to cross-breeding of com mercial and field varieties to establish a resis riety, although certain q u an titie s of P ortland. OSBORN APARTMENTS C ontrary to previous belief, it is ta n t edible variety. other varieties also graded as mixed. squash, totally resistan t to cu r As a means of fu rth e r reducing mix now known th a t w heat is Just as de ly A top, has been found. Two or three as tures, it was recommended th a t hut sirable for fatten in g livestock thousand varieties of tom atoes have PETERSON & PETERSON one sp rin g and one w in ter variety corn o r barley, when properly used, been used In an effo rt to find one ATTORNEYS AT LAW be grow n on each farm , wherever says Lindgren. OSC experim ents resistan t to curly top, but to date have shown th a t it requires in the only a few partially resistan t varie U. 8. N ational Bank Building practicable. In discussing sm ut control, the neighborhood of 420 pounds of grain ty have been found, which means P ractice in 8 ta te ft Federal Court* th a t fu rth e r work m ust be done in Pendleton, Qre. report showed th a t th e 1937 crop to produce 100 pounds of pork, order to find a resistan t variety. had b u t 7 per cent sm ut, and th a t where grain alone is used. Skim Besides the various commercial prelim inary figures for 1938 show milk or good alfalfa pastu re d u rin g crops mentioned, there are 200 DR. P. B. BELT only 8 per cent. Here again the the fatten in g period m ake possible shrubs aad ornam ental trees under PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON in the observation, which will aid In beau chief v ariety in causing discounts a considerable reduction tify in g farm surro u n d jn g s in th is Office Ilnurs: O ther was fortyfold. Use of recommended feed grain used. and other com munities. The station 10:30 to 12:30 A M. H ours by W heat at th e present tim e is con seed tre a tm e n t practices, Introduc is also m aking a study of the use of 2 to 6 P.M, A ppointm ent tion of resistan t varieties and Im siderably low er than the average w ater and Its application in the Rea. 712 — PHONE — O ffice 733 production of all farm crops. They proved cu ltu ral practices have com price of corn on which m iddle wes are also experim enting w ith various bined to reduce sm ut dockage from tern farm ers have been able to show types of equipm ent on th e d ifferen t a profit in hog production. T he rap 70 per cent a few year* ago to only soil types In an effort to get the W. J. WARNER 8 per cent now. Despite this excel id Increase In alfalfa acreage In the most economical production from the ______ Attorney-at-Law lent show ing, the report added, fur W illam ette valley affords ad d itio n land. ther saving* are still possible. New al Inducem ent for grower* In th a t Co-op. Businesa Institute Hermiston - Oregon improved cereean is still the out- area to give hog production more consideration, Lindgren conclude*. February 2 and 3 stan d in g seed treatm en t. D r . A . C . W illc u tt
