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Urrmtaton Wralfi NEWS FROM YOUR O W N STATE C A PITO L OFFICIAL U M A T ILLA COUNTY PAPER VOLUME x x x n N O C H A N G E IN T A X PERSONNEL HERMISTON W P A SALEM — Concensus of opinion am ong capital observers is th a t there PROJECT RECEIVES will be no change in the personnel of the state tax commission, for the CONGRESS APPROVAL tim e being a t least. John Carkin, who was supplanted on the commis sion by W allace S. W harton, in an eleventh hour coup by Governor M artin and S tate T reasurer Holman, will probably be “ taken care of” in some other departm ent it capitol rum ors are to be credited. W hile republican members of the Board of Control are know n to re sen t the “sharp practice” resorted to by M artin and Holman in "pack in g ” the tax commission w ith a dem ocratic appointee ju st before the new adm inistration took over it is said th a t they hesitate to remove ei th e r W allace or Chas. V. C. G allo w ay a t this tim e in order to make a place for C arkin lest they lay them selves open to the same criticism th a t has been directed a t M artin and Holman for ousting C arkin to make a place for W harton. W O R K T O START AB O U T A P R IL 21 HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 6, 1939. LOCAL RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE IRRIGATION WATER LATTER FART OF WEEK ♦ --------- <• H erm iston property owners ♦ who have been w orrying th e ♦ past two weeks concerning th e ir ♦ lawns can set th e ir m inds a t ♦ rest as H. A. Pankow , city wa- ♦ ter sup erin ten d en t, has promts- 4 ed irrig atio n w ater th e la tte r ♦ p art of th is week to all rest- < dents. ♦ A lthough the grass in some ♦ places is in need of w ater, con- ♦ d itio n s are sim ilar to previous •> years and it is th o u g h t th a t ♦ w ithin a week all lawns will be ♦ in top shape. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ O NUMBER 33 PENDLETON MALE CHORUS PRESENTS F IN E CO NC ERT KIK, BENSEI. AND LEWIS WIN HIGHJONORS AT FAIR PROCEEDS USED FOR PARK K IT C H E N Three Umatilla County Youth* Win First, Third and Fourth Place* in Respective Divisions; Kile Top* All Entrants in Aberdeen-Angus Steer Class; Re ception Planned. O ♦ Word has been received by Mayor An o u tstanding musical event of ♦ F. C. McKenzie th a t the proposed ❖ the year occurred F riday night H erm iston WPA project has been ap ❖ when the Pendleton Male Chorus, The old adage of “Local Boy proved a t W ashington. Inform ation <• under the direction of Ted Roy, STUDENTS TO Makes Good" was brought home came th is week from W alter M. presented a varied program of mu 4* three-fold th is week when th ree Pierce, congressman from the second ♦ sic in the local high school au d ito r PRESENT SPRING U m atilla county youths were aw ard district. D efinite instructions are ium. The concert was under the ed high ratin g s a t th e San F ran cis not expected un til the middle of the sponsorship of the H erm iston Com M U S IC VA R IETIES co world’s fair in connection w ith m onth. Under WPA the governm ent mercial club and net proceeds w ill TU R K EY GROWERS furnishes all labor w ith the city su p The stu d en ts of H erm iston high th e 12th an n u al in te rsta te ju n io r be used tow ard b u ilding a kitchen plying all m aterials, equipm ent and HO LD M E E TIN G in the Community p ark hall. Ap school will present a sp rin g music livestock show. T his honor is th e other expense. Local workmen will proxim ately *30 was netted, accord festival in six scenes on Tuesday, highest available in 4-H com peti be employed on the project. A m eeting of the directors of the ing to W alter Smith, ch airm an of April 11. T he program will consist tion. Charles Klk, 17 years old and son A lthough definite plans have not E astern Oregon Turkey Growers as the concert committee. of a com bination of several musical been completed as to w hat work will sociation was held Monday n ig h t in Sprague H. C arter Sr., business num bers an d various acts. I t w ill of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Klk w ho be accomplished, Mayor McKenzie the office of M. E. K nickerbocker, as m anager of the chorus group, was give the stu d en ts an opportunity to reside some distance north of H e r has outlined several .proposed pro sis ta n t county agent. P lans were introduced by Mrs. F. B. Belt, presi show w hat they have learned this miston, received first place on hie jects. Among th e first will be the discussed for fu tu re business of the dent of the H erm iston Garden club. year in th e d ifferen t glee clubs and Aberdeen-Angus steer in the SOS- He expressed a desire to make the choruses. The program will begin 950 pound class. C harles has been im provem ent of the library building association. A U T O INSPEC TIO N prom inent in 4-H work th e past few prom ptly a t 8:00 p. m. ground, especially in back of th e presentation an an n u al affair. It is th o u g h t th a t the local .plant PLAN C H A N G ED The opening num ber was very stru ctu re. Grounds will be cleaned will be completed by May 10 for th e The affair will be a benefit to aid years and th is honor Is th e clim ax and levelled. breeders’ pool of breeding stock. It impressive when the chorus sang the students to send th eir band and of his endeavors. In the sam e division, K enneth O ther plans include the im prov is estim ated th a t a shipm ent of two the them e song, “ F rien d sh ip ” , be glee club to th e E astern Oregon mu SALEM — Oregon m otorists will ing of the school grounds in back of Bensel, 16 years old and son of Mr. hind a draw n cu rtain . T he en tire sic festival next Friday, April 14, a t carloads or 60,000 pounds will be not be required to subm it th e ir cars the churches. The plot of ground available on th a t date. A few m inor evening’s perform ance showed an La Grande. T his meet will be com and Mrs. A. E. Bensel who reside a and trucks to a periodical inspection between the two school buildings will Hood sh o rt distance w est of H erm iston, changes may be made in the build aptitude to blend m ale voices and petitive and all schools east a fte r all. Governor Sprague has ve be beautified in various ways. ing following th is shipm ent to take the harm ony thro u g h o u t was excel River, including The Dalles, will be won th ird place. toed th e bill establishing th is addi H arry Lewis, 14. Is the son of Mr. lent. eligible to enter. It is expected th a t A nother project will include the care of fu tu re business. tional regulation. His reasons for completion of the city w ater m ains Interspersed d u rin g th e various the local groups will m ake a fine and Mrs. V. V. Lewis. He won disapproving the measure w ere two w hich has been under construction fourth place ra tin g on his S horthorn male num bers were soprano solos by showing. fold. In the first place, he said, the for several years. D efinite plans call LEGION H A LI- calf in the 650-950 w eight division. Francis Robertson, guest soloist. m otorists of Oregon are not yet for th e line between the F raser and LOT IM PRO VED He lives w ith his p aren ts th re e Her num bers were en th u siastically INJU RED A U TO IS T ready to subm it w illingly to com M uller properties. The laying of the miles west of H erm iston in th e received by the audience. Especial pulsory Inspection of th eir cars. A city w ater irrigation system will also W estland district. ly outstanding were h er renditions RECEIVES DAMAGES Work has progressed rapidly the cam paign of education should pre receive atten tio n under th is plan. All th ree boys entered th e ir past week in im proving the grounds of “ Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" and cede any attem p t to enforce such a calves in the Pacific In te rn a tio n a l According to Mr. McKenzie work of th e A merican Legion hall. The W ill You Remember” . Of Interest to local townspeople requirem ent. In the second place will s ta rt about April 21. A featured num ber 6n the pro was the announcem ent th is week of Livestock show last y ear w here each grounds have been leveled, some a u th o rity for enforcem ent of th e act won honors. K enneth won th ird landscaping completed and grass gram w as the song, “ Italian Street the aw arding of *2,300 dam ages to w as misplaced in the highw ay de place in th e H ereford division, Song”, in w hich the voice of Miss will be planted in the next few days. Reginald Bass of Pendleton. The partm ent. In th e governor’s opin FOUR-H POULTRY Charles fourth on his S horthorn an d Robertson blended b eautifully w ith claim was approved by Governor City w ater will be installed in the ion law enforcem ent functions should H arry fifth on hLs A berdeen-Angus. the male chorus. The effect was Charles A. Sprague. hall. 'b e entrusted to the police depart CLUB O R G A N IZED All th ree boys have been in 4-H very pleading. It will be recalled that Bass was At present only one of th e two m ent. The highw ay departm ent A male q u arte t, composed of Mar injured by sta te .police officers on club w ork about th ree years. should confine its efforts to high A new 4-H poultry club, w ith H. 50-foot lots has been levelled, b ut in Roy, Burl S tillw ell, Balfe Ul K enneth was a member of th e w ay construction and m aintenance. J. O tt as leader, was organized re plans include com pletion of the rich and Rollin McBroom, present Ju ly 15, U937, near Irrigon when Oregon team th a t w ent to Columbus. T he vetoed bill would have required cently, according to M. E. K nicker other at a la ter date. The work i»^ ed th ree Items during th e evening. the au to in which he was riding Ohio, w here th e group Won th ird every m otorist in the sta te to sub bocker, assistan t county agent. The being done by volunteer labor of Baynard Sager, violinist, accom pan with Charles Husband was m istaken place In com petition w ith the n a for th a t of the John Day bank rob The H erm iston Boy m it his car or truck for inspection group w ill deal mostly w ith poultry Legionnaires. ied the q u a rte t in its rendition of bers who ea rlier in th e day had tional 4-H organization In th e d ai a t least once and not more than stock and will probably meet once Scouts assisted the first day of work. “Dark Eyes.” ry division. T his same team was staged a holdup a t John Day. tw ice a year a t a cost of 50 cents a week until school is dismissed. declared champion of the sta te fair “ Home on the R ange” was the fi Local and sta te police officers per inspection. Offered as a traffic The following is a list of the mem C O U N T Y AGENTS TO nal num ber of the male chorus and were on the lookout for the robbers a t Salem. H is p artn er on th is team safety measure it was designed to bers and th eir ages: Theodore P an the popular song of th e cowboys re who only two hours previously had was Eugene R ugg of U m atilla. A T T E N D M EETING S rid the highw ays of “ w recks” and ages, 12; Dulcinea Panages, 11; ceived new life w ith the four-part riddled an autom obile of sta te offi Bensel was selected the o u tstan d in g “ jalopies” th a t operate w ith defect Lewis W ilson, 13; Dona Keener, 12; 4-H club boy in U m atilla county harm ony of male voices. cers. The Chevrolet coupe in w hich W. A. Holt, H arry Cline and M. E. ive brakes and headlights to the Kay Keener, 14; Naomi Beletski, 17, The two beautiful floral bouquets Bass and H usband were rid in g last year. Knickerbocker will represent Uma were donated by the Forshaw and menace of other highw ay users. and M arian Ott, 15. Rum or had It th a t K lk’s calf was greatly resembled the one in which T his is the first new poultry to tilla county at a m eeting of all coun W hite floral shops of Pendleton. still eligible for fu rth e r com peti ty agents east of the Cascades to dis Follow ing the program the flowers th e robbers escaped and when offi tion but latest word denied th is e a r be organized th is year. N ew Taxes W ill Be Small— cuss the common ailm ents of live were d istrib u ted to various shut-ins cers sighted the car opened fire. lier report. The boys are proteges Bass received two wounds, one In stock and poultry and th eir preven in Hermiston. Income taxes to be collected from W A TER FORECAST of the assistan t county ag en t who the neck and one in the side. tion and cure. The group will a t federal employees under the recent has supervised th e ir work. tend two all-day sessions F riday and suprem e court ru lin g w ill not go M E E T IN G PLANNED T en tativ e plans call for a recep Saturday a t the Union E xperim ent STRAY DOGS ARE very far tow ard fin a n c in g sta te ac ti Y O U N G O REG O N IA NS tion for the boys when they come vities in the opinion of tax officials. A meeting will be held at the H er Farm. home over the week end. H erm ls- M ENA CE TO BIRDS PRESENT PROGRAM Special speakers on the program W hile no d ta is available on which miston branch experim ent sta tio n ton Is Justly proud of them and will to base an y th in g like an accurate Tuesday, April 11, a t 10:00 o’clock will be J. N. Shaw, head of the v et honor them a t some la ter date. A num ber of com plaints have been Approxim ately 1000 persons a t estim ate of the additional revenue to discuss final predictions on stream erin a ry medicine departm ent a t Ore brought to the atten tio n of Frank to accrue to the sta te from thia new flow and irrigation w ater conditions gon S tate college, and Mr. Muth, as Bllderback, president of th e H erm tended the perform ance of th e Young POSTAL RECEIPTS < Oregonians Vaudeville group which source conservative “guesses” place for th e cu rren t season. P resent a t sociate veterinary. iston Rod & Gun club, reg ard in g the presented a varied program in the G A IN IN 1938 th e am ount a t not to exceed *25,000 the m eeting will be R. A. Work, sup destruction of game birds by stray local high school gymnasium Mon a year. On the other hand state erin ten d en t of the Medford experi W E S TLA N D T O BE dogs d u rin g the nesting season. A day afternoon. The perform ance employees, now subject to th e fed ment station, R. B. Spencer, w ater According to Wm. Logan, H er plea to all sport lovers and friends HOST GRANGE was exceptionally well organized miston postm aster, 1938 postage eral Income tax, will contribute a m aster, and the various project m an is being sent out asking to please sim ilar am ount tow ard the support agers. keep dogs a t home or tied up for the and the ta len t displayed was above stam p receipts showed a decided Irrigon. Stanfield, Echo and Col next few m onths to guard agalnet the ordinary. The group is on tour gain over 1937. T he to tal for 1938 of th e federal governm ent. No ad H. K. Dean, m anager of the local throughout eastern Oregon during was *8,526.83 which was a gain of ditional legislation will be required station, will represent th is district. umbia will be guests of W estland fu rth e r destruction. sp rin g vacation in the Portland *654.91, or 8 1-3 per cent over th a t G range T hursday, A pril 13. in the to extend the Oregon income tax act Cooperation Is urged to prevent schools. H erm iston I OOF lodge hall a t an fu rth e r damage. to cover federal employees. Fore of 1937. Assault Charge Brings Arrest other of the popular jo in t meetings handed legislators, envisioning the The en tertain m en t included v ar Receipts for the firs t q u a rte r of W. A. “Shorty” Sanders was bound these G ranges have been having d u r ious musical num bers, yodelers, 1939 totalled *2,043.83, w hich was tim e when such a situation m ight Legion Auxiliary To Meet exist, worded th e Oregon act to in over to the grand Jury on a *500.00 ing the past few months. A ssistant The H erm iston U nit of the Amer tum blers, tap dancers, toe dancers, an Increase of 862.63 or .0316 p er clude federal employees if an d when bond W ednesday nig h t following his County A gent M. E. Knickerbocker ican Legion auxiliary will hold Its acrobatics, songs and a very good cent over th e first q u a rte r of 1938. Especially e n te rta in in g th e protective exemption behind arrest by Sheriff R. E. Goad of Pen will give a sh o rt talk, as will each first nig h t m eeting of th e summer cartooniet. According to Mr. Logan th a t In w hich they have hidden in / h e past dleton W ednesday afternoon. He Js G range Master. The cooperative ef season T hursday, April 13, In the was a comic dancer who received a order for a post office to get Into a charged w ith assau lt w ith a d an forts of th e lectu rers promise some Legion hall a t 8:00 o’clock. Every g reat deal of applause. should be lifted. second class ra tin g It Is necessary gerous weapon on a com plaint filed th in g Interestin g every m inute. The audience was composed of to reach a total of *9,416 In post member Is urged to be present. A by P eter Catsric. T he two men are All G rangers a n d prospective social hour will be enjoyed follow school children from various schools age sales. T his ra tin g m ust be N ew Library Dedication— neighbors. G rangers are cordially Invited. m aintained for two years before a ing the business session, according of the county, and townspeople. Oregon’s new *700,000 library second class office is established. In to Mrs. W. E. Logan, president. Mrs. building was dedicated Monday order to receive a federal b u ilding Al Cable will act as chairm an of the SHEEP T O GRAZE n ig h t in a ceremony arranged in or post office built by th e govern refreshm ent com mittee assisted by connection w ith the ann u al confer m ent It is necessary to reach a to Mrs. Carl Brown, Mrs. David Mlt- O N GOLF COURSE ence of Oregon librarians. Governor tal of *10,000 in sales. tlesdorf and Mrs. C. J. Jackson. Sprague presided a t the dedication The faithfulness of an o th er of our ’dumb an im als” , th is tim e the sheep, DEPUTYASSESSOR ceremony a t which th e principal ad Special Program Planned Combined tax levies for all p u r crease, w ith a 1938 levy of 53.0 dress was delivered by Dr. Evelyn Miss P auline Stoop, form er co-ed will be called upon to help care for Steel L ittle, lib rarian of Mills col poses in th e city of Herm iston for mills and the same for 1939. Urna- ito r of the H ermiston H erald who Is th e H erm iston golf course this year. V IS ITS H ER M ISTO N lege, Oakland, California. A paper 1939 shows an increase of only .9 tilla had the g reatest Increase over leaving in the n ear fu tu re, will be It is planned, according to W alter on “ The Beginnings of S tate L i mills, according to a city tax sum the 1938 year. The 1938 figures honored a t a farewell p arty in the Smith, president of the H erm iston O. F. Steele, deputy assessor of b rary Service in Oregon,” prepared m ary ju st completed by S tate T re a show a tax levy of 46.1 mills while Union church Monday n ig h t a t 8:00 Country Club, to run about 300 sheep U m atilla county, spent several days by Mrs. Cornelia M arvin Pierce, surer W alter E. Pearson. The 1938 the 1939 figures show 54.7 mills, o’clock. The com mittee in charge on the course th ro u g h o u t the sum In H erm iston this week. Mr. Steele first state lib ra ria n , was read by tax levy for Herm iston was 38.0 or an Increase of 8.6 mills. announces th a t there will be a sh o rt mer to care for th e excess grass and is in his 29th year as tax assessor. These m illage figures Include lev program and refreshm ents wRl be weeds. Miss Mlrpah G. Blair, assistan t state mills, w hile the 1939 tax levy shows 25 years as a deputy and four years 38.9, according to his report. ies for state, county, school and served. The public Is cordially in librarian. It is th o u g h t th a t this plan will as assessor. In th e same report, the 1938 tax city, and also for port and other dis vited to attend. prove successful but th a t some cu t H e has been elected G rand Mas levy for Boardman Is given as 72.1 tric ts If any. tin g will be necessary a t Intervals te r of the IOOF Grand Lodge of O re Livestock Barns Constructed— mills and the 1939 levy as 73.1 A ccording to the sum m ary, 126 Rural Carrier on Vacation. throughout th e summer. gon. The group will m eet a t K la T hree new livestock barns to mills, or an increase of 1.0 mills. The cities in th e state show an increase Gerald W hite, ru ral carrier on m ath F alls May 17 and 18 where house exhibits in the ju n io r division city of Echo has the lowest tax levy and 67 cities a reduction in com Rt. 2, is tak in g a sh o rt vacation Auxiliary Meeting Postponed Mr. Steele will be Installed. a re now under construction a t the of th e tow ns in the west end of Uma bined tax millage. The combined this week. Jasper Templeon is ta k The reg u lar m eeting of th e Echo T he IOOF G rand Lodge will pre sta te fair grounds, according to Leo tilla county w ith a tax levy In 1938 tax levies for all purposes w ithin ing his place on the route. W hite Wool G rowers au x iliary w hich was sent Its drill team on T reasu re is Spitzbart, m anager of the fair. It Is given as 27.4 mills and the 1939 Oregon cities for 1939 range from a Is keeping In shape, however, by scheduled for Friday, April 7, has land at th e San Francisco exposi also planned to Install <00 add itio n levy given as 28.1 mills, or an in low of 19.4 m ills a t Shaniko, Wasco helping hia brother-in-law build a been postponed till T hursday. April tion May 11. Fred Reeves and Don al seats in th e stadium before next crease of .7 mills. The tax levy for county, to a high of 121.2 mills at brooder house on a ranch near S tan 13. The m eeting will be held a t the Sherwood will represent th e H erm is fa ir time. Spitzbart said. the city of Stanfield shows no in- Bay City. Tillam ook county. home of A rietta W hite. field. ton lodge on the teem. STATE TAX REPORT S H O W S S M A L L INCREASE IN 1 9 3 9 CITY TAX LEVY
