The Hermiston herald., April 13, 1939, Image 1

NEWS FROM YOUR I
O W N STATE
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BY A. L. LU ,
JOB SEEKERS
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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
O*®'
UTY CLEAN-UP DAY
B SCHEDULED FOR
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 13, 1939.
CO M B IN ED CHOIRS T O
STAYTON MAN IS
L O W B ID D E R ON
EXTENSION LIN E S
STREAM FLOW PROSPECTS
FAVORABLE IN THIS AREA
Salem, Ore.—T he pie counter boy«
PRESENT C A N T A T A
of the Republcan camp are becoming
Im patient. The political plums are
The E aster can tata, w hich was
not falling as fast as they would
postponed because of illness of sev-
like. No am ount of shaking seems
tral singers, will be given Sunday
to have any effect on the Democratic
evening,
A pril 16, in the Union
incum bents who continue to sit tig h t
church a t 8:00 o’clock. T his will
in th eir snug berths apparently ob­ C A P T A IN S N A M E D
be given by th e united choirs of th e BIDS ARE OPENED
livious of the mob dem anding their
G R A N D O P E N IN G
Pendleton C h ristian church an d the
heads.
FOR EACH BLOCK
SOIL M O ISTU R E
Union church of H erm iston. It w ill HERE W EDNESD AY
Rum or had It th a t as soon as Gov­
TO FEATURE FIRST
Friday,
A
pril
14,
has
been
de­
be
u
nder
the
direction
of
Mrs.
Gor­
ern o r Sprague got the legislature out
C O N D IT IO N S BETTER
Bids on the construction of the
of Salem and had a chance to look clared official clean-up day in H er­ don Kendall of Pendleton. A udra new extension lines of about 32 BASEBALL G A M E
T H A N AVERAGE
ab o u t a bit he would begin reorgani­ miston. All local citizens are ex­ C arpenter of Pendleton w ill preside miles were opened by the board of
zation of sta te departm ents over pected to unite in an effort to clean a t the piano. The c a n ta ta is e n tit­ directors of the U m atilla E lectric
F. C. McKenzie, p itch in g ; H
w hich he holds jurisdiction but ap­ up law ns, back yards and alleys. led “T he E aster V ictory.”
Cooperative association at Its offices Pankow , catching, and J. A. Clarke
Stream flow prospects and «oil
Divisions of th e p resentation fol W ednesday forenoon. The lowest
p aren tly the governor is not going The spring of the year is an excel­
m
oisture
conditions are favorable in
a t the plate. B atter up. S trik e one.
to be rushed into an y th in g like a lent tim e to discard old and useless lows: P a rt 1. “ The Day of M ourn­ bid was from T. V. McClellan of
U m atilla county compared with
wholesale housecleaning. In fact he articles, old boxes, trash of all de­ in g .”
W est Stayton, Ore., a t >23,589.76. H erm iston high will m eet H elix on most oth er sections of th e state, b u t
1. Chorus, “ Dawn A fter D ark­ The next bids were Newport, Kern the local diam ond next Tuesday,
is a bit too conscientious about the scriptions and to “spruce up” in
w ater conditions a re less favorable
ness,” by choir.
responsibilities of his position to su it various ways.
* KIbbe a t >25,961.98: H uengard April 18. w ith the above ceremony fa rth e r west and definitely bad In
The sam e plan w hich has been
2. Tenor duet, "W e Need T hee,” E lectric Co. of P o rtland, >25,970.05,
m any of those who supported him in
opening th e contest. T he game pro­ Wasco county.
th e hope of political rew ard in the followed in form er years will be fol­ Ben G erking and Allan Clarke.
and E lectric Sm ith of Spokane, >27,- per will begin a t 2:30 w ith opening
These conclusions were reached
lowed Friday. A captain has been
3. Chorus, “He Sleeps,” choir.
024.88.
form of a job on th e sta te payroll.
Tuesday a t the fifth in a series of
ceremonies,
including
the
H
erm
iston
4. T enor solo, "A ngels Rolled th e
Rum or th a t there would be no appointed for the various blocks of
T he bids were referred to B arr &
Oregon w ater forecast m eetings held
fu rth e r changes In the sta te tax the city who will be responsible for Stone Away,” Elw in Beck.
C unningham , engineers of the pro­ high school band, scheduled to s ta rt a t the H erm iston E xperim ent Sta­
5.
Tenor
solo,
"F
ea
r
Ye
N
ot,”
Ben
his
d
istrict.
A
suggestion
from
him
commission to make room for de­
ject, and will be sent to th e n atio n ­ at 2:15.
tion by federal and sta te irrig atio n
serving Republicans was confirmed should not be considered a rebuke Gerking.
al REA in W ashington for approval.
Local business men have offered officials. J. M. Spencer, U m atilla
P
a
rt
2.
The
Day
of
Joy.
but
as
a
kindly
rem
inder.
He
is
only
by the governor th is week, thus
The lines as surveyed are located prizes for various o u tstan d in g feats county w aterm aster, w as chairm an
1. Ladies’ chorus, "M orn of Joy,” in the Boardm an d istric t. B u tter d u rin g the contest. A large crowd
b lasting the hopes of a t least one of fu lfillin g his line of duty.
of the m eeting attended by seven­
C aptains of th e d ifferen t blocks as ladies’ voices.
th e faith fu l who m ight have found
Creek above P ine City, east of Echo is expected to be on hand as H erm is­ teen representatives of various co­
2. C ontralto solo, Helen V aught. to Nolin, in th e W estland d istrict, ton has an extrem ely sh o rt schedule op eratin g agencies. T he official
a lucrative post thereon. R ight on appointed by th e clean-up com m it­
3. Bass solo, “ Open W ide the and a num ber of sh o rt stu b lines
top of th a t announcem ent came tee of George H arkenrider, C urtis
th is year and th is game is expected forecast was compiled by R. A.
Gates of P aradise,” John Beck.
along th e original system.
an o th er one to the effect th a t J. W. Simons and Sam Moore follow:
to be one of th e best. Admission has W ork, head of th e federal-state wa­
N orth side of Main street: Ben
4. Tenor solo, “The Holy C ity,1
Ferguson is to be retained as sta te
When completed th e en tire system been set a t 10c.
te r forecasting service.
forester, for the tim e being a t least. Conner (M ain stre e t p ro p er), R. C. Ben G erking.
w ill serve all farm ers in th e te rrito ­
Events for w hich prizes have been
Snow conditions In th e U m atilla
5. Bass and soprano solos, "Oh Ye ry, and will be w ith in a q u a rte r to donated and the donor follow:
Ferguson has never been very popu­ McReynolds, J. V. V illerm oure, Ger­
and W alla W alla riv er watershed«
la r w ith the forestry people. A ald W hite, eK nneth Mayer, Dr. A. Believe," J. A. Clarke and Josephine a h alf mile of an y new buildings
F irs t hit, h a ir cut by H erm iston are m aterially b etter th an last year
Democrat, he was forced down the E. Marble, Jim Pearson, George Lowery.
th a t may be erected. A num ber of B arber Shop.
when this region was low compared
6. Male chorus, “The L ig h t H as pum ping p lan ts for irrig atio n are
th ro a t of the forestry board by Gov­ W hite, Monte Hedwall, Sherm an
F irs t run, 50c in trad e a t H ale's. w ith th e rest of th e state. Total
expected to be developed, and ap ­
ern o r M artin a t th e outset of his ad­ Wells, F. C. McKenzie, M. L. W at­ Come,” m en’s voices.
F irst walk, two gallons of gas at U m atilla riv er stream flow Is pre­
7. F in al chorus, “God’s G reat proxim ately 800 users wil be served.
m inistration. It had been hoped by son, L. W. B urrel, F. C. K nerr, Geo.
P earson’s Service Station.
dicted a t slightly above norm al and
C onstruction Is expected to begin
m any th a t he would be am ong the H arkenrider and Charles Wilcox. Love,” choir.
F irst stolen base, d in n er at Ja c k ’s nearly 20 per cent b etter th an la st
Three pantom im es will be in te r­ soon afte r the bid of the successful Place.
year.
first to w alk the political plank South side of Main street: Roy Hale
w hen the Republican adm inistration (M ain stree t p roper), Jess Connor, mingled th ro u g h o u t the sin g in g of bidder is approved.
F irst assist. Ice cream soda a t H er­
The W alla W alla riv er flow Is ex­
took over. B ut apparently this is A1 Q uiring, Ju liu s Gimble and the can tata.
miston D rug Co.
pected to be a little b etter th an last
not to be the case. F erguson’s sta ­ Gwynn H ughes. Across th e track :
F irst put out, dinner at O’Con­ year, w hile McKay creek w ill be
GLASSON V IS IT S
tu s was discussed a t an executive Ben G erking, Alton Sisson, W. W. PTA T O HOLD
n er’s Cafe.
about the same as last year, depend­
session of the forestry board In Sa­ Felthouse, Dr. F. B. Belt, Dr. W. L.
F irst error, pants pressed a t H er­ ing upon possible late spring preci­
OLD
H
O
M
E
SITE
lem last week and it was decided Morgan, B. J. N ation and Paul F IN A L M E E T IN G
pitation.
miston Dry Cleaners.
th a t no change would be made Just Bracher.
F
irst
double,
W
heaties
by
Con­
McKay creek reservoir will fill
C. R. Glasson of Florence, Colo.,
The final m onthly m eeting of the
In most cases captains have been
a t th is time. This, however, does
n o r’s Grocery.
again th is year before the end of
whose
fath
er,
Wm.
Glasson,
was
one
not mean th a t Ferguson is secure in appointed in the block in w hich H erm iston P arent-T eachers associa­ of the first business men in Hermis-
Most hits, bat. The H erm iston April and is expected to spill over
tion will be held T hursday n ig h t,
H erald.
his job for another four years since they reside. This was done so th a t
from 10,000 to 15,000 acre feet.
came
Monday
to
»pend
a
few
April
20,
in
the
high
schirM
au
d
ito
r­
he serves only at the pleasure of as little Inconvenience as poeslbie
Best
fielding
play,
h
a
ir
cut
by
Cold
Springs reservoir is full now.
ium. Both th e grade and high days in H erm iston v isitin g old
th e board and is subject to removal m ight be experienced and also be­
Black & W hite B arber Shop.
Ample irrig atio n w ater is th u s in
friends.
The
elder
Glasson,
who
schools
will
be
represented.
cause the captain would be more
a t any time.
W orst bonehead play, two cans of sight here w ith possibilities of some
In addition to the reg u lar business passed aw ay some 25 years ago,
fam iliar w ith the surroundings.
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spinach by S m ith ’s Grocery.
carryover into next year.
built
several
of
the
business
bouses
session,
several
oth
er
special
fea
F u rth e r instructions can be o b tain ­
Longest h it of day, h a ir cut by
Snow supplies in areas feeding
Sprague Passes On Laws—
on
Main
street.
tures have been planned. An exhibit
H erm iston B arber Shop, m ilk shake Wasco county stream s are less th an
Of the 572 bills passed by the leg­ ed from the clean-up committee.
He
erected
the
stru
ctu
re
,
w
hich
is
of
the
in
d
u
strial
a
r
t
classes.w
ill
be
Citizens are asked to place all
by Thom pson’s D rug Store; if home half of last year and conditions are
islatu re Governor Sprague vetoed 17
rubbish in boxes or sacks or any held in the school gym nasium and now H ale’s Confectionery, in 1906, run, a b at by Coach Jack Hodgens. foreseen som ew hat sim ilar to the
and perm itted 20 others to become
which
was
the
second
building
to
be
in
th
e
various
class
rooms.
W
ork
H erm iston lineup: Pankow , catch ­ had 1934 season, p articu larly in the
law w ithout his signature. Most of other container which is easily by the M anual T raining, Home Ec constructed on w hat now is known
the la tte r were county salary increase handled and place them in the alley onomics and the various a r t classes as Main street. In 1909 he built er; R ankin, pitch er; Knox, 1st; southern end of the county.
the respective residences.
Soil m oisture conditions are aver­
bills. Of the 17 vetoed bills one in­ behind
the Glasson building w hich is now M ulkins, 2nd; Cram pton, ss; T iller,
will be displayed.
3rd;
Moore,
cf;
Cellers,
If;
Marble,
age
or b etter in th e eastern half of
volved only the veto of a few items This should be done F riday so th a t
The public, and especially parents occupied by the H erm iston T rading rf.
trucks can begin hau lin g S aturday
the Columbia basin, though grass on
in the miscellaneous claim s bill and
Company.
of th e school children, are Invited to
low ranges is show ing lack of mois­
an o th er involved only the veto of the or the first of the week. T his se r­ attend the m eeting and exhibition
The fam ily occupied the home
vice will be free of charge.
tu re near th e surface. H igher rang­
em ergency clause. Some of th e most
which
is
commonly
know
n
as
th
e
H.
LOCAL M E N GET
The com m ittee in charge wishes
es
a re expected to be good.
hotly contested m easures of th e ses­
E. Shesely place.
C H IL D FALLS FROM
W heat land m oisture condition«
sion met with executive disapproval. to sta te th a t all papers and leaves
3
0
DAYS
IN
JA
IL
should be burned and not placed
are fair to good for th is year’s crop
These included the firem en’s pension
FISHERM EN A W A IT
w ith the rubbish to be hauled away. SPEEDING A U T O
bill, the pilot bill, a m easure regu­
Floyd Ray, Lawson F lora, George excepting In southern Sherm an and
The sta te highw ay commission has
A near fatal accident occurred O P E N IN G DATE
la tin g th e practice of optom etry, a
Mead and Hogan M iller of H erm is­ most of Jefferson counties where
requested th a t no paper or leaves be near H erm iston F riday when Eugene
(Continued on page 6)
bill am ending the local option law, a
ton were arrested by S tate Police N
dumped as the wind blows such a r ­ Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle
bill providing >9000 a year addition­
A.
Smith
and
B
ert
Nation
Tueeday
Local fisherm en are preparing
ticles onto th e highway.
Oltlzene Miller of Lexington, fell from the
al salaries for d istric t attorneys, and
afternoon and bro u g h t before E. P. U M A T IL L A Y O U T H TO
are asked to cooperate w ith the car w hile it was going approxim ate, tackle for th e opening day of the
a m easure providing for compulsory
Dodd, Ju stice of the Peace.
season
on
Saturday,
April
15.
High
truck men in th is restriction.
ly 50 miles an hour. In an unknow n w ater conditions in several of the
inspection of m otor vehicles under
They each entered a plea of g u ilty APPEAR A T M E E T IN G
m anner, he opened th e rear door and
th e supervision of th e sta te highw ay
and
were sentenced to six m onths In
stream s may handicap large catches
NELSON IS A C C ID E N T was flung to the pavem ent.
departm ent.
A four-year-old son of Mr. H at­
for an o th er week or so, b ut It is the county Jail, w ith th e req u ire­
He received several deep head
♦ ♦ ♦
th o u g h t th a t several stream s will be m ent th a t they each serve 30 days In field of U m atilla will be th e feature
V IC T IM S U N D A Y
cuts, w ith severe lacerations on his ready by S aturday
Jail and released under parole for of the program a t th e Townsend
U. S. Army Needs Stressed—
nose and face. His shoulder was
the rem ainder of th e term pending m eeting to be held in the H erm iston
The United States arm y is still
About
the
best
bet,
according
to
W illiam F ran k lin Nelson, 54-year- badly bruised and scratched. He is
good behavior. If the parole Is brok­ Legion hall Friday, A pril 14, a t
woefully lacking in necessary de­
local
predictions,
will
be
Meacham
old A thena farm er, was killed In­ a p atien t in th e H eppner hospital
en they will be retu rn ed to Jail to 7:30 p. m. He will answ er d iffe r­
fense equipm ent such as coast a r til­
sta n tly Sunday m orning when an w here he is progressing nicely, ac­ and Birch creeks and the U m atilla
serve the rem ainder of the sentence. ent questions re la tin g to th e Tow n­
lery and a n ti-a irc ra ft guns in the
river,
providing
the
w
ate
r
clears
up
autom obile in w hich he was rid in g
send plan and will discuss various
pinion of B rigadier G eneral Thos. A. w ith his wife and 12-year-old son, cording to latest report.
som ew hat In the next few days.
m atters.
Rilea, com m ander of Oregon’s 82nd skidded and plunged over an em­
However, as Is usually the case
C O N D O N O O L FE R S T O O ther d etails of the club will be
Rankin Makes Baseball Team.
brigade of national guard troops.
w
ith
the
a
le
rt
fisherm
an,
pet
holes
bankm ent 13 miles west of Pendle­
S tu art Rankin, son of Mr. and
brought up d u rin g the evening, and
A dequate preparedness in 1914 would
and stream s are not divulged u n til PLAY HERE S U N D A Y
ton on highw ay 30.
Mrs. H. G. R ankin of H erm iston,
oth er en tertain m en t offered. The
have saved th e lives of thousands of
said
an
g
ler
has
tried
his
luck
there
Mrs. Nelson and son Rodney es­ is a member of th e Rook baseball
public Is cordially invited to atten d
A m erican boys, G eneral R ilea de­
caped w ith minor injuries.
They team a t Oregon S tate college. S tu art
The first golf to u rn am en t of the an y Townsend m eeting.
clared in advocating preparedness as
FORMER
H
ER
M
ISTO
N
were taken to thelh home follow ing was prom inent In ath letics when a t­
year will be played Sunday when
T he au x iliary meets every first
a precaution again st war.
th e accident.
Condon will send its stro n g 15-man and th ird T hursday of the month
tending H erm iston high school.
M
A
N
N
O
W
M
A
Y
O
R
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team to H erm iston to play th e local from 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. T he next
Tourist Travel Drops—
aggregation. D efinite inform ation m eeting will be held a t the home of
Lem W inesett, young newspaper
T ourist registratio n s in Oregon
as to the stren g th of the visitors Is Mrs. A rth u r C arter of Hermiston.
man and form er resident of H erm is­
for th e first three m onths of th is
not available b ut It is understood
ton. was recently elected m ayor of th a t several good golfers are mem­
year are more th a n 1000 cars short
Chadbourn, N. C., according to a bers of th e Condon group.
KNERR'S CELEBRATE
of regstrations for th e same period
paper received by W. J. W arner.
"S h o rty ” M atott named the fol­
a year ago, according to figures com­
A large sized audience enjoyed the the band and 25 sin g in g in th e glee Chadbourne is a town approxim ately low ing 15 men who will form the 25T H A N N IV E R S A R Y
piled by S ecretary of S tate Snell.
One reason for th e slack to u rist trade spring music festival staged by s tu ­ club. Indications are th a t th e local the size of H erm iston. Mr. W inesett H erm iston team Sunday: M atott,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd K nerr of
is assista n t ed ito r of th e Columbus Jim Todd, Eddie Bensel, Bill H an ­
is found in the fact th a t m any m ot­ dents of H erm iston h igh school group may make a fine show ing in
County News of th a t city.
H
erm
iston celebrated th eir 25th
sen, Burl G urdane, R. E. Jones, W alt
o rists from the east and middle west
the contest.
Tuesday night. The program was
Old tim ers in H erm iston will re­ Pearson, Jim Pearson. C urtis Simons, w edding an n iv ersary a t th e ir home
have delayed th e ir w estern trip until
The festival this year is being held
Sunday afternoon. A large group
the opening of the San Francisco excellent throughout, and displayed in conjunction w ith the E astern call th a t the W inesett fam ily a t one W alter Sm ith, Ed Bensel Sr., R. A.
tim e resided on w hat is now the
was present for th e dinner which
fair which is expected to bring thou­ much ta le n t and fine train in g . A Oregon Band and O rchestra contest I n ^ n b y home. Tl,e"‘£ m n y com I s J ^ Brownson, Ralph R ichards, Jack
was served at 1:00 o’clock. Conver­
total
o
f
>50.50
was
taken
in
d
u
rin
g
Sm
ith
and
E
arl
Bensel.
sands of visitors to th e west coast
and it is expected th a t some 800 pu- of about , 0 ch ild ren . Lem waR a
th is year.
the evening which will aid in send­
According to M atott It Is requested sation and picture tak in g occupied
J i
Ore.K° n h l*h ! likeable chap, according to Mr. W ar­
th e afternoon.
ing
the
H
erm
iston
glee
clubs
and
♦ ♦ ♦
schools will be In La G rande for the ner. He won the mayor contest by th a t a few more H erm iston golfers
P resent for the occasion were Mr.
band to the annual music festival to events.
show up Sunday as It may be possi­
Wedding Creates Interest—
q u ite a m ajority, Indicating th a t he ble th a t Condon may send a larg er and Mrs. Wm. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs.
be held at the E astern Oregon N or­
Critics for th e occasion w ill be is q u ite popular in the N orth Caro-
Chalk up another " f ir s t” for th e mal in La G rande on F riday and
group. A ctivities will get underw ay V illa Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Gus L in­
John H Stehn, director of band * t I ^ n a ^,*t’
new capitol. C harity M. W atson and Saturday, A pril 14 and 15.
der, Mr. and Mrs. Jens Skovbo, Mr.
a
t 9:30.
the U niversity of Oregon, Carl Claus. I
H arry Stepp were the first bride and
and Mrs. A rth u r Turnblad. Mr. and
T he en tertain m en t was u nder the professor of music a t the U niversity
Irrigon Townsend Club To Meet
Mrs. Byron Brown and children.
groom to be m arried in Oregon's able direction of 8. C. Hum phreys,
Tennis Meet Scheduled
>2,500,000 sta te house. Both are leader of the band, and Miss Gwen­ of Idaho, and Delbert Moore, director
Mrs. Mason Meyers, Mrs. Bert Mul­
The Irrigon Townsend club will
^ o r c h e s t r a , a t Oregon S tate col- ¡ hold a reglllar meptlng on T hursday,
Heppner high school ten n is squad lins, Mrs. J. Y. H ardy, W ilm er In-
from P ortland. The ceremony w * dolyn Ross, glee club director.
performed a t 7:00 o’clock Friday
April 20. Follow ing th e business will meet H erm iston high on th e lo­ low and Mr. and Mr«. V irgil Smith
H erm iston high school will send
The college Is stag in g a special m eeting a program will be enjoyed. cal courts W ednesday afternoon, Besides th is group the en tire K nerr
m orning In th e presence of a score a group of 65 stu d en ts to the contest
dance for th e high schools on F ri­ Refreshm ents will be served a t th s April 19. Both the by«’ and girl»’ fam lly except one son who resides at
of friends and relatives.
at La G rande, w ith 43 members in day n ig h t, April 14.
team« will participate.
Pasco. W n„ was present.
close of th e meeting.
HERMISTON HIGH SCHOOL TO ENTER
MUSIC CONTEST AT LA GRANDE FRIDAY