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Newspaper Page Text----------- - ma# choose tb 'S> VOLUM AXXII If Uy I .aces, XV* se his .adirectly, .pe his clr-1 Janies Allen. NUMBER 21 VETERAN RESIDENT NAMED COMMERCIAL CLUB P R E S ID E N T TURKEY KILLING PLANT CONSIDERED Wlj? Hrrmwtnn Ttealft HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, E. P. DODD CLUB PRESIDENT Experience Shows That — New fields are discovered by men of vision. JANUARY 12, 1939 HERALD AGAIN ONE OIL COMPANY ♦ OFFICIAL PAPERS BUYS HOLDINGS ♦ AT UMATILLA ❖ The Umatilla county court ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ •> ❖ ❖ ❖ DEMOSS TURKEY FARM IMPROVEMENTS MAKE named the Hermiston Herald and the East Oregonian as the ❖ The Standard Oil company has two official county newspapers <• purchased a 20-acre land holding at CAPACITY FOR 1 0 ,0 0 0 at its meeting Saturday, Janu- ♦ ary 7. The Herald has the second largest circulation with- in the county of any news- paper in the county. The an- nouncement was made by Carl W. Chambers, county judge, Wm. Meiners and Wm. Swltz- 1er, commissioners. ❖ ♦ ❖ ❖ ❖ Umatilla in the Brownell addition Just east of the city limits. The hold ing reaches the railroad tracks on the south and the Columbia river on the north. The water frontage has a 400 foot depth opposite the land. The Asbury Transportation comp any has land holdings west of the Standard OH company site. The land has been purchased from the City of Umatilla according to Mayor J. C. Tucker. The Shaver Forwarding company also has a lease on 1000 feet of waterfront. There nearly a half- mile of deep water frontage avail, able at Umatilla The Upper Columbia River Tow_ ing company has been landing bar ges at Umatilla for several months, hauling wheat from that point last summer. Three wooden barges have been operating on the river, the Robert Grey, Ostrander and Mystic Captained by A. Leppaluto. who is manager of the company. The Mystic will have a 60f)-horsepower engine installed to make navigation easier, Leppaluto states. __ BREEDING PROGRAM WELL PLANNED E. P. Dodd was unanimously elect A capacity for 10,000 turkey ed president of the Hermiston Com poults will be available at the De- mercial olub Tuesday night at the Moss Turkey Farm when present im first meeting of the club this year. provements are completed it was re When this term is completed Mr. vealed this week in an interview Dodd will have served as the club’s with Donald DeMoss and his moth THIRTEEN UNLUCKY head for the fourteenth time. Other er, Mrs. J. H. DeMoss. The plan for officers elected were George Hark- FOR SKUNKS 1939 is to sell day old poults, for enrider, vice president, and Walter which there are now orders for 11,- Pearson, secretary. 000, and turkey eggs for custom The number thirteen was indeed Mr. Dodd served his first term as hatching. unlucky for that many skunks trap president of the club in 1908, and A new brooder house is being con ped and asphyxiated while holed up at one time since then served for structed with 24 pens, 9 by 10V4 in a culvert one mile southwest of seven consecutive years. He was in feet, to carry 265 poults each. These Boardman last Sunday morning. office when the West Extension Ir pens are elevated at least two feet The story goes like this: rigation District dam was built on from the ground and are floored Harold Thompson and Bill Ship- the Umatilla river, at the time the with a half inch hardware cloth. En ley have been doing considerable McKay reservoir was built, and trance to each pen is from an alley trapping in the Umatilla river and when the Columbia river highway running the full length of the build in sloughs near Boardman and Irri was routed through Hermiston. ing. Two coal burning circulator gon and a few days before had found John Jendrzejewski, president of stoves will be placed in the alley, a trap sprung in this same culvert. and a cold air vent built under each the Eastern Oregon Turkey Grow Upon looking into the culvert they stove to insure proper circulation ers’ association, talked to members saw a skunk but did not molest him reporting that the growth of the and ventilation. thinking they would come better turkey industry in this community prepared at a later time to kill the REA SEEKS LINE The wire mesh will be extended had developed to a point where a animal. They returned Sunday and outside the brooder house to make turkey picking and cooling plant stopped each end of the culvert and SERVICE EXPANSION sun porches, 7 by 14 feet. The com were vitally needed. He particular partments will be disinfected after ran a hose from the exhause of the ly stressed the need >of a cooling car and started the motor. Within each hatch is brooded and moved. The Umatila Electric Cooperative plant, stating that when birds are ten minutes they turned off the ig Feather boards will be used in killed and shipped in freezing tem nition and proceeded to remove their association will make a preliminary each compartment and under these survey of the wheat farm territory perature they are conditioned to kill. They were, to say the least, a will be placed burlap while the bring a better market price. This trifle surpriesed when one after an lying east of Stanfield and Echo, in poults are only a few days old. the Despain and Stage Gulch areas, was demonstrated, he said in the other they removed thirteen skunks, An automatic water system will in view of securing approval for line be installed, the water supply com pre-Christmas pool when tempera all of adult age. extension and service from the REA. ture was below freezing. The best The premium on skunks is low at ing from a 60 foot well, which has A number of farmers appeared be recently been drilled. prices can not be obtained for birds present but the animals were skin fore the board Tuesday seeking packed in temperatures at 50 and ned and the hides stretched. 70 degrees, he said. Thompson is proprietor of Thomp service and at the meeting Wednes Breeding Program Planned. A cooling plant would cost ap son’s Drug Store and Shipley is em day night the board agreed to make Several brooder houses, used for E. P. Dodd was elected president of the Hermiston Commercial club ployed in the Hermiston Barber necessary investigations. Approval proximately $5000, Jendrzejewski will mean that 20 or more large merly as portable buildings, have said, and with a total income from Tuesday night to serve for the fourteenth time in this capacity. He is shop. ______ ____ farm outfits will come under the been extended and converted into the turkey industry this year of known to Umatilla county residents and people of the Pacific northwest one 200 foot building. Feed racks REA system. $125,000 in this section, with an in as a veteran champion for the Umatilla rapids dam project. H IA TT AND KELLER crease shown every year, this Among those appearing before the have been built along the side of amount could easily be duplicated board were J. E. Harvey, John the building and a low wire mesh WED WEDNESDAY in the saving to the growers within HOOPSTERS TAKE Holmgren, Geo. R. Terney, Andrew plactd on the open side of the build CO-OP BUSINESS a short time. F. Harvey, J. J. Lorenzen Floyfl Mc ing not low enough but what the Mrs. Lucille Hiatt and C. A. Kel Donald, N. A. Elder, Henry Mol- hens will scoot under. A tom is INSTITUTE FEB. 2-3 The question before the commit THREE TROUNCINGS placed in each of the 35 individual ler were married Wednesday, Jan strom and John Planting. tee from the turkey growers was the tom pens and these are changed uary 11, at a 9:00 o’clock service at selection of a site for the plant. Two The graduation of five regulars Robert N. Kerr, attorney for the every half day. Between 900 and sites in Hermiston and one in Stan last season was beginning to tell on Interstate Associated Creanueries, the Catholic church, with Father HIG HW AY GRAVEL 1000 hens will range outside the field were being considered. The site the Hermiston high Bulldogs when will discuss the legal phase of coop O’Leary officiating. Mr. and Mrs. pens and will come through the var in Stanfield had the advantage of they lost three more games over the erative organizations at the Coop John Jendrzejewski were their only PILES RESTOCKED ious tom pens to the only available attendants. They left immediately better rail connections, and a long week end. erative Business Institute to be held for Portland and coast points to be feed racks. The tom will remain In term payment contract. Hermiston Thursday of last week, the Irrigon Thursday and Friday, February 2 gone for a week. Upon their return Equipment is being erected at the the pen due to the fact that It is not has the advantage of being central hoopsters, with their elongated and 3, in Hermiston. R. L. Kron, of characteristic for him to scoot un ly located within the turkey indus Jones, trounced the locals 15 to 23. Pipenbrink & Kron, auditing firm of they will make their home on the former gravel pit site southeast of der. try, according to Jendrzejewski. The A minute before the first quarter Portland, will appear the second Keller ranch in Columbia district. town above the feed canal which The original breeding strain is Both are known in this section as will be used by the Clifton & Apple- turkey industry is here to stay, he closed, the Bulldogs jumped ahead day to discuss accounting problems. successful turkey raisers, Mrs. Kel gate contracting company of Spo from the Joseph Kupety farm at said, and the growers want the 6 to 7, but Jones pushed the ball J. H. Reid, H. J. Bean and R. G. ler having operated a ranch near kane, Wn., to supply gravel for Goshen, Ore., and the stock is re moral support of every citizen in through the hoop to give Irrigon the Saylor were named as a committee Umati 11 a for the past year. stock piles between Umatilla and newed at regular intervals. this community. lead which they maintained the re to make plans for the Institute by a Echo. The contract is with the Nests will be constructed about A committee appointed by the mainder of the game. Jones scored representative group which met last Oregon State Highway Commission the grounds and It is expected that Eastern Star Installs. president at the last meeting 18 of the team’s 23 points. week authorizing the institute after and calls for 6500 yards of gravel each hen will produce between 30 pressed its willingness to cooperate Installation of officers in the In a preliminary, the Hermiston hearing the outline given by Paul the supply here and also for ano and 3 5 eggs during the laying sea with the turkey growers in whatever girls’ team added another game to Carpenter, marketing specialist from Eastern Star was held Tuesday night for ther supply near Ione. son. The laying section will be way possible. their string of victories by winning Oregon State college. Carpenter will with the following officers taking lighted by service from the Umatil W. B. Hewett is superintendent After the new president took the from the Irrigon girls, 17 to 4. They be on the program during the insti office: Phoebe Clarke. Worthy Ma of the works and states that In the la Electric Cooperative association. chair, a vote of thanks was given will meet the Umatilla girls here tute to discuss reserves, invest tron: Miles Barager, Worthy Pa crew of 30 or 40 men to be used, During the 1938 season the De retiring president Walter Smith for Saturday in another preliminary. ments, tax authority attitutes, tax tron; Ila Ripley, Associate Matron; nearly all are local workmen. The Moss Turkey Farm produced be his services the past year. An in J. V. Villermoure, Associate Patron; situation in federal, state excise, old work will continue for ten days. tween three and four thousand Saturday night the Umatilla Vik age security and unemployment in Nettie Sloan, secretary; spirational booster talk was given Hattie birds for the terminal market and by the new president In which he ings won their second game from surance Hamm, treasurer; Audra White, con sold several hundred poults and stated that he would put forth every the Bulldogs, 14 to 6. The Vikings The institute is being held to bene ductress; Frankie Lane, associate UM ATILLA COUNTY turkey eggs. ___________ effort to obtain 100 members for held the Bulldogs scoreless the first fit managers directors and office conductress; Inez McCormack, chap the club during 1939. Dues were half, allowing only one field goal employees of cooperative organiza lain; Elva Berry, marshall; Edna BASKETBALL LEAGUE set at $2.00 a year, and a committee for the entire game, and conceding tions. Barager, organist; Nell Arnold, U N IT GRANGE will soon be appointed to work to four gift shots. Ada; Ann Marbut, Ruth; Lucille Hermiston is a part of the Uma. MEETING CLICKS Again Tuesday night the strong ward this goal. Mittlesdorf, Esther; Ilene Cole, Mar tills County Basketball League Poultry Talks Broadcast. tha; Rachel Jackson, Electa; Beu which includes teams from Adams, According to Dodd, matters which Mac-Hi team walloped the Bull dogs 35 to 8. The score at half time will need attention during the com The last of a series of poultry lah Simons warden; Elsie Dawson, Pendleton, Athena and Milton. The A unit meeting of Columbia, Echo, ing year are the port at'Umatilla, stood 13 to 0. Corpe squeezed in talks, which should be of Interest to sentinel. A social hour was enjoyed locals took a trimming Monday Westland and Stanfield Granges was the port road from Hermiston, north five points for the locals, but Mac- poultry raisers of the project. Is following Installation.______ night when they met Adams in the well attended at Stanfield, Tuesday to the Wallula cut-off highway, the Hi’s superb passing had the Bulldogs scheduled over KOAC, 550 kilocyc night, when members heard speak Hermiston gym, 51 to 29. baffled. county fair, the community park, les, at 7:00 p. m., Monday, January Weather Report. ers and enjoyed a social time. The Games scheduled to be played In building and housing program the Boardman will meet the Bulldogs 23. The talk will be by W. T. Coon Max. Min. Hermiston are: Jack Allen, Janu. meeting was the second of a series experiment station, the turkey pre here Saturday night, January 14, ey. H. E. Cosby and N. L. Bennion Date ......... 41 ... 3Q ary 18; Athena, January 23; Mil planned. January 5 ................ cooling plant, and many other smal and Walla Walla B will play here of Oregon State college, have spoken Jay T. Pierson, assistant county 40 ... 32 ton, February 6; Domestic Laundry January 6 ................. ler interests that effect the commu Wednesday, January 18. on recent programs. agent, expressed pleasure in being January 7 ................ ......... 37 ... 30 of Pendleton, February 9. nities In the west end of Umatilla able to address so many farmers rep January 8 ................. ......... 62 ... 2 8 county and northern Morrow coun D. H. I. A.’ e LECTS CARD OF THANKS. resenting the various communities 47 ... 27 January 9 ................. ty. Many new features for commu Rebekah Benefit Party. in west Umatilla county. He expres We wish to express our thanks January 10 .............. ......... 51 ... 29 nity activity will arise, he said, DIRECTORS FRIDAY sed the hope that more such meet lodge The Hermiston Rebekah ... 29 January 11 ............... and appreciation to all those who so when the order to build the Umatil ings would be held to give an op will sponsor a benefit card party 14. Precipitation jwas^ la rapids dam Is given. The com The Umatilla Dairy Herd Im kindly assisted during our recent Tuesday, January 17, In the lodge portunity to discuss agricultural mercial club, Dodd said, should be a provement bereavement, and for all the beauti association met Friday, hall, when pinochle and bridge will problems of common Interest to all Legislative Bills On File. business organization, willing to co January 6, in the office of Assistant be In play. Mrs. Geo. Harkenrider farmers in this area, putting across ful floral offerings. operate with every other civic order County Agent Jay T. Pierson, The All bills presented in the present is chairman of the committee, assis a more effective agricultural pro W. T. Knapp, and community for the general wel board of directors were elected in legislature will be received and ted by Mrs. Al Cable and Mrs. Mabel gram. fare of all. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Knapp, placed on file at the Herald office Walker. the persons of L. C. Dyer, Dell Pierson stated that the 3000 acres Present at the meeting were Hugh Christley, H. A. Wilson, A. W. Turn- Bud Knapp, for use by anyone interested. Call of run down alfalfa acreage record Neill, Logan Todd, Vern Daugherty, blad of Hermiston, and Mr. Tillman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hoffnagle, at the office If you are interested In ed in 1937 has been reduced to 2000 P.T.A. Meet January 19. R. H. Piersol, Roy Hale, Edgar Say of the Eastern Oregon State Hospi during 1938, showing new seeding Mr. and Mrs. Harley Whitmore. any of these bills. lor, W. G. Kersbergen. John Clarke, tal at Pendleton. The Parent-Teacher's association of mixed pasture grasses and white Chas. Taylor, Craig Percy, Walter will hold its next meeting Thursday, sweet clover, on the Hermiston pro Ten of those present at the meet Smith, Al Qulrtng, R. A. Brownson, January 19, In the high school audi ject alone. He expressed the hope W. L. Hamm, Henry Sommerer, J. ing signed contracts with the asso torium. Entertainment will be fur that the outlook conference com. H. Reid, E. P. Dodd, C. Kennlson, ciation for another year. A second consisting of livestock, nished by the junior high school, tnittees John Jendrzejewski, H. G. Rankin. meeting will be held Friday, Jan which will follow the regular busi crops, land use, taxation and farm 13, at which election of officers W. W. Pelthouse, E. D. Martin, Sam uary home and rural life would remain ness session. Moore, Sherman Wells, Ray Ovlatt, will be held. active as a guiding factor in a long Alton Sisson, R, C. McReynolds, M. time agricultural program for Uma_ Home Ec Clnb Elects. G. Hedwall, Paul Bracher, H. T. MRS. THOS. HADDOX tllla county. City water — Al Qulring, Geo. Fraser. F. C. McKenzie, H. K. Dean, The new city council was called The Home Economics club of the Joe Meyers, master of the Stanfield Hugo Pankow Geo. Harkenrider, J. PASSES SUNDAY to order by Mayor F. C. McKenzie, Harkenrider, Dr. W. L Morgan. Westland Grange elected officers at Grange introduced Joe DuPuis, Echo G. Pearson. Elmer Harr of Hermis Ways and means—<M. O. Hedwall, a meeting held recently. Mrs. Mar. Grange, E. H. Dunning, Westland Wednesday night, with all members ton. Chas. Bracher of Pilot Rock, •ange, P. H. Corman Columbia Mrs. Thos. Haddox passed away present. Councilmen are N. R. Muel R. A. Brownson Dr. W. L. Morgan. garet Seellger was named chairman, and Garnet Best, county agent from Sunday, January 8, at her home in ler, George Harkenrider, M. G. Hed Audit and fire— Dr. W. L. Mor Mrs. Monta Prlndle, vice chairman, •ange; also lecturers Mrs. Emil Wallowa county. wall, R. A. Brownson, A1 Quirlng gan, N. R. Mueller, M. G. Hedwall. Mrs. Helen Wilkes, treasurer, and Zlvney, Mrs. Joe Corliss, Mrs. J. M. Everson, Wn.. following an illness of and Dr. W. L. Morgan. City Record Park and cemetery—Geo Harken Richards and Mrs. Floyd Daniels Mrs. Mabel Corliss, secretary. several months. Her three sons, School News Scarce. Carl of Irrigon, Leo of Boardman, er Chas. Taylor and City Attorney rider, Al Quirlng. M. G. Hedwall. W. J Warner were also present. City officers appointed were W J. Food Demonstration Specialist, Water Supply Favorable. The freshmen will entertain at a and Gerald of Hermiston, left Mon NJ. R. Mueller was elected chair Warner, city attorney; H. A. Pan high school party Friday, January day morning for Everson. Josephine E. Wright food special The feed canal to the Cold Springs The Haddox family lived from man of the council to serve in case kow, city marshall; B. J. Nation, 13 in the high school gym. All stu storage reservoir is running full ist for the Red & White food pro night police; and F. B. Belt, health of the absence of the mayor. Com 1909 until the spring of 1930 on dents and parents are invited to at what is known as the E. R. Buzzard mittees appointed by the mayor and officer. J D. Todd, H. A. Pankow head and If kept at the present rate ducts, will demonstrate foods all day tend. confirmed by the council were as anad Dr. F. B Belt were appointed the reservoir should be full by Saturday at the Hermiston Trading place in Columbia district. The sixth grade history books follows: on the boxing and wrestling com March 20. according to district offi Company store. She will assist Mrs. Haddox is survived by her were among those arriving Wednes mission. Gwyn Hughes was named cials. Although there Is not a heavy housewives with their diet and nu husband, six sons, Carl of Irrigon; Street and lighting— N. R. Muel day In a shipment for the grade president, and V. C. Smith, as fire fall of snow in the mountains, mois trition problems and demonstrate Leo of Boardman; John of Portland; ler, Geo. Harkenrider, M. G. Hed school. One set of readers for each ture has been adequate to saturate chief, of the fire department. Gerald of Hermiston; Tom of Ever wall. of the second, third and fourth the soil, which has remained free of recipes Coffee will be served at all Mayor McKenzie outlined plans son: Roy of California. One son, Irrigation— R. A. Brownson, N. trades was also received of the new hours during the day. frost. for the present administration. ¡Claud, was killed several years ago. R. Mueller, A1 Qulring. adoption of last November. MAYOR MCKENZIE NAMES COMMITTEES AT FIRST MEETING OF NEW COUNCIL WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL—Boardman, Saturday; Walla Walla B, Wednesday; 7:30 P. M.