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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
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AT UMATILLA
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The Umatilla county court
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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.
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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.
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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
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41 ... 3Q ary 18; Athena, January 23; Mil planned.
January
5
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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
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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
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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.