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NEWS FROM YOUR OWN STATE CAPITOL BY A. L. 0- feat aim L lton o»e- PAROLE BC yet uncer ; Salem— Gov. Charles A. Sprague is having some d ifficulty in g ath er ing together a new parole board to adm inister the new parole system Installed by th e last legislature. Several of th e prom inent men to whom he tendered the position have evidently refused to take the respon sib ility of settin g sentences upon th e ir shoulders. Before he left for a trip down the Oregon coast highw ay w ith the highw ay commission, it had been be lieved t)he governor would have lined up the new board. But by the tim e he le ft he had made no an nouncem ent. It was believed in capital circles the job had been offered to Dr. B tuco R. Baxter, president of W il lam ette university. Dr. Baxter evi dently declined. T here was some ta lk the governor would also proffer the thankless position to Dr. H. H. Olinger, Salem, who served on an o th er thankless job— th e sta te capitol reconstruction commission. ❖ ♦ ♦ Court Sessions Scheduled— The an n u a l spring session of the sta te suprem e court in eastern Ore gon w ill open a t Pendleton May 1. T here a re but nine cases set for th e docket. T he eastern Oregon ses sion was established when travel conditions were too poor to perm it those in th a t p art of th e sta te to come to Salem for reg u la r sessions. Of late years the num ber of cases a t each sprin g term has steadily di m inished. The justices will leave h ere several days early. ❖ ❖ ❖ Oregon’s Exhibits Lauded— The travel d epartm ent of the sta te highw ay commission has re ceived m any co ngratulations on the d ep a rtm en t’s exhibit a t the Golden Gate In tern atio n al Exposition, Of p articu la r in terest have been th e moving dioram a of H eceta Head, and th e outdoor exhibit of anim al life. Included in the w ildlife exhi b it are several varieties of deer, a beaver colony, and game birds, in cluding pheasants and ducks. ♦ ♦ ♦ Electric Company Reduces Rates— The C alifornia Public Service com pany w ill cut its ra te s to Lake- view vicinity electricity users by 5.9 per cent on May 15. The a n nouncem ent was given by the com pany to th e public u tilitie s commis sion here. The reductions, effecting approx im ately 300 custom ers, w ill total $4900 a year, $3200 fn the commer cial bracket and $1700 In the resi d ential bracket. ♦ ♦ ♦ R elief Change Setup Explained— The broadening of th e pension program and cu ttin g of qualifica tions to an irreducible m inim um was th e object of th e sta te legislature in changing th e state relief com mittee to a public w elfare agency, Sen. Ronald A. Jones said here. Jones pointed out th a t th e federal governm ent is no longer m atching sta te funds do llar for do llar on gen eral relief, and added th a t th e re duction in m atch funds calls for closer supervision of s ta te money. ♦ ♦ ♦ Forest Fire Danger Stressed— S tate F o rrester J. W. Ferguson said th e advent of hot w eather a m onth ahead of tim e th is year would mean d anger to all Oregon forests unleBS a d riv in g rain was experi enced before the usual fire season sta rted on May 15. By April 15 of th is year forest lookouts had already been ordered to th e ir stations to w atch for fires started by slash b u rn in g operations. 4/e.ï<zL<L OFFICIAL U M A TILLA COUNTY PAPER . si C X X XTT COMMERCIAL CLUB [HO NO RS TH R EE HERMISTON YOUTHS BOYS TELL OF TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO Charles Kik, K enneth Bensel and H arry Lewis, H erm iston boys who won high honors a t the San F ran cis co exposition earlier in the month, were honor guests a t the regular Commercial Club meeting held Tues day evening in the Herm iston Hotel dining room. Also present a t the banquet were the parents of the boys and wives of members of the com mercial club group. E. P. Dodd, president of th e club, introduced M. E. K nickerbocker, as sista n t county agent, who In tu rn presented each of the boys to the guests present. Mr. K nickerbocker gave due credit to the boys b ut asked the boys to speak for them selves. H arry Lewis, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Lewis, told of the num ber of boys and girls present at the erposition who participated in the com petition. He stated th a t 17,000 boys and girls entered live stock of some description. A to tal of 5,000 head of cattle was repre sented from 11 d ifferen t states. He stated th a t Texas probably had the larg est list of en tran ts. Charles Kik, son of Mr. and Mrs. W illiajn Kik, told of the m any in terestin g sights seen at the fair, In cluding Douglas C orrigan’s famous "w rong-w ay” ship, the China Clip per, Sally R and's Ranch, and many other exciting things. He told of his efforts in g ettin g a glim pse of several movie stars. C harles is an in terestin g speaker and kept his au- dience in lau g h ter much of t’h e time. K enneth Bensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bensel, told of the pur- pose of the fair, of the huge garden spots, and th e beautiful lig h tin g a r rangem ent. They also witnessed th e celebrations of Army day and Youth day. He told of visitin g w ith Mrs. E. P. Dodd a t the Oregon stand. All three boys were extrem ely mo dest and had to be urged to tell of the honors they collected. Charles won first place on his A berdeen-An gus steer. eK nneth won th ird in the same division, and H arry won fourth place in the Shorthorn class. Count ing all honors as a whole it was es tim ated th a t Oregon en tra n ts proba bly led the group, although Texas had an exceptionally fine list of en tran ts. It was stated th a t S w ift and Safeway were the biggest buyers at the auction. Miss C harlo tte Helm pleased w ith two readings. "W hen Milindy Sings” and "A ngelina.” Jim Jackson sang two num bers and an encore. Helen Hammel sang “ M oonlight M adonna” and Sunshine of Your Smile.” Each was accompanied a t the piano by P hyllis Sires. Mrs. Zona Rogers al so pleased the crowd w ith a num ber of piano selections. Several an nouncem ents were made before the group was dismissed for th e evening. Gym Classes Flan Exhibition. The H erm iston high school gym classes will hold an exhibition of work accom plished d u rin g th e past year next Friday, May 5, according to W. G. K ersbergen, school superin tendent. The program will be In charge of Lavina May Lynch and Jack Hodgen, gym instructors. HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 27, 1939. GOVERNMENT TO BUILD FISH SCREEN ON FEED CANAL MANY V IS IT O R S ATTEND ( ( ( OPEN P relim inary work was begun th is H O U SE SU N D A Y week on a proposed fish screen con stru ctio n near the head of the gov ernm ent feed canal which is located approxim ately a mile above Echo, according to Enos M artin, H erm is ton irrig atio n d istric t m anager. O. W. Lindgren, hydraulic engineer. Bureau of Fisheries of Seattle, Wn., and A. H. Dahl, field engineer from the same bureau, were here this week to make prelim inary surveys. The purpose of the screen con stru ctio n is to prevent fish from en terin g the canal, to tu rn them back into the river. It is difficult to e sti m ate the num ber of fish w hich have entered the canal and passed Into th e reservoir, and th is plan w ill serve as a check on th is num ber. A contract will be let in Ju ly w ith construction operations to follow soon after. It is necessary th a t the w ater be low in the canal before much work can be done. The screen obstruction w ill be built w ith fed eral money u tilizin g WPA labor to a large extent. Mr. Dahl will be in charge of the field operation. The screen will be of one-fourth inch mesh and will be so constructed th a t it can be raised and lowered w ith a hoist in case oif obstruction of ice and other m atter. It will be located between th e intake and th e sand gate. F u rth e r d etails are expected a t a la ter date, according to Mr. M artin. COMMITTEE BUSY ON DERBY SHOW PLANS P lans for the second an n u al H er m iston Derby Show are Shaping up nicely, according to Ben O’Conner, member of the Derby committee. He is in receipt at th e present tim e of reservations for 60 head of horses. More are com ing in all the tim e. I t is expected th a t the show th is year will outshine last year’s Derby. Horses will be entered from all p arts of the northw est and several requests for inform ation have come from California. B etter an d faster horses is the object of th is y ear’s show. Indications a re th a t there will be a great deal of enthusiasm dis played in th Derby show on May 27 and 28. The first of two dances to help fi nance prelim inary work of the Der by com m ittee will be held S aturday n ig h t in the H erm iston park hall. A nother will follow two weeks la te r on May 13. Music by the T rou badours will be featured at both dances. LOCAL GOLFERSTO PLAY AT CONDON "S h o rty ” M atott and his cohorts will play a retu rn m atch w ith Con don golfers Sunday. H erm iston won a narrow 26-22 victory over the same group la st Sunday and it is ex pected th a t the m argin will be even closer a t Condon Sunday. P ractically th e same team which perform ed here Sunday will make the trip to Condon to uphold th e lo cal colors. Hermiston Tennis Team Wins. H erm iston high tennis wielders won another close engagem ent T ues day afternoon w hen they defeated U m atilla 3 m atches to 2. Herm iston won the g irls’ singles, mixed doubles and boys’ doubles, and lost the boys’ singles and g irls’ doubles. ♦ ♦ ♦ Snell Named Admiral— Secretary of S tate E a rl Snell has been named an adm iral for the Devil’s Lake epeed-boat reg a tta to be held Ju n e 24 and 25. Snell is an en thusiastic boatm an. ♦ ♦ ♦ The date for th e H erm iston G ar | or T he H erald office. The com mittee on arrangem ent of Capitol Grounds Lawn Progressing— den Club flower show has been ad Landscaping of the Oregon capitol vanced one week and will be held on flow er classes has asked th a t all grounds, begun more th a n a year Monday, May 8, In the H erm iston those expecting to have en tries sign tip a t the drug store. W hile th is is ago, may not be completed for American Legion hall. It is expected not compulsory and will not be bind another two years. W ith w arm spring w eather the th a t a large list of e n tra n ts will be ing, it will be of g reat help In pre p lan tin g of law n is now progressing on hand as interest has been keen p arin g for space in the Legion hall. | The president, Mrs. F. B. Belt, has aatsfactorily, and th a t phase may th is season in flow er raising. ¡extended an in v itatio n to members of E ntries are not confined to club he completed th is year, b u t moving of shrubs and fin ishing of th e sunk- | members and anyone is eligible to Pendleton, F reew ater. Echo, Stan- j field and U m atilla Garden clubs to en m all directly in fro n t of the new enter exhibits for com petition. Only 1 atten d . one en try may be made in each class. sta te house is expected to take much It is expected th a t th e exhibits Ribbons will be aw arded in each longer. W orkm en a re now busy p u ttin g In class w ith a sw eepstakes ribbon go will be on display d u rin g th e eve n in g In order th a t those who are em new sidew alks, many of them curv ing to the person w inning th e g rea t ployed d u rin g th e day may attend. ing in graceful arcs through the est num ber of blue ribbons. Rules T here will be a silver tea In con have been printed and can be ob trees between the capitol and the tained a t th e H erm iston d ru g store nection w ith the show. sta te office building to the HERMISTON GARDEN (LUB ADVANCES DATE OF FLOWER SHOW TO MONDAY, MAY 8TH. NUMBER 36 HERMISTON HIGH SCHOOL TO GRADUATE LARGE CLASS GUESTS ARE SHOWN HERMISTON DEFEATS COMMENCEMENT THROUGH BUILDINGS ATHENA NINE 1 4 EXERCISES TO BE A pproxim ately 300 visitors enjoy Marvin R ankin, H erm iston p itch HELD ON M AY 18 ed the annual “open house” a t the Stanfield CCC cam p Sunday a fte r noon. The guests were s h o w n through th e different buildings by courteous guides who explained the various departm ents. The visit was climaxed by a bounteous lunch serv ed in the company mess hall. The open house was in hopor of the sixth anniversary of the CCC organiza tion. The program consisted of con ducted tours through the barracks, laundry, kitchen, mess hall, recrea tional hall, supply room, shops, g a r age and school building. T he hospi tal was overlooked because of two patients. The school, an abandoned Stanfield public school b u ilt In 1911, has been utilized in many ways, not th e least of w hich is housing a li b rary room, am ply provided w ith books and magazines and well stock ed with com fortable chairs and w ith tables. The school provides for education in all lines usually found in any high school program. The m anual tr a in ing shop is well equipped w ith mod ern m achinery an d is well arranged. Classes are held each evening after the boys have retu rn ed from th eir work in th e field. According to in structors the boys are tak in g in te r est in the work and are active in the variou phases. T he students are a l lowed to choose the line of work in which they are most interested. The camp is situ ated in a well chosen location w ith the school building and the various shade trees and well kept buildings lending a touch of college life. The camp is unique in th a t it has such com fort able surroundings and also th a t its purpose is som ew hat different than th a t of the o rdinary CCC group. It has been in operation for the past six m onths and the members are assisting local farm ers in estab lishing practical m easures to con serve th e ir soil, under guidance of soil conservation service technicians. Among the in terestin g sights S un day was a display illu stra tin g the various kinds of work being per formed by th e soil conservation groups. Officials were present to discuss the problems w ith interested farmers. The camp is in charge of L ieuten an t J. D. Bell. L ieutenant Paul Shultz Is camp a d ju ta n t and J. R. C henault is camp superintendent. FORMER OLD TIM E RESIDENTPASSES Of in te rest to old tim e Herm iston residents was the death last T h u rs day of Jesse W. Tabor, 84-year-old pioneer, in W allace, Idaho. Mr. T a bor was a b rother of J. H. Tabor of the Columbia d strlc t and was well known In th is d istrict. He at one tim e owned a large q u an tity of land In th e Herm iston area and la ter did much business here. F u neral services were held In W al lace Monday m orning a t which many prom inent business men of W allace and Coeur d'Alene were present. All stores and business houses closed during th e services. er, was an exception to the rule th a t "pitchers can ’t h it” when he drove in the w inning ru n in the last In n ing Monday afternoon to give H er miston a 7-6 victory over A thena on the local diamond. The game was close th ro u g h o u t and was in doubt u n til the la st in ning when John Knox scampered over th e plate on R ankin’s blow to rig h t. H erm iston opened th e aftern o o n ’s program w ith a th ree-ru n o u tburst. Moore walked. Knox singled. T iller doubled, Marble walked and Cramp- ton doubled to account for the three tallies. A thena failed to score when the first th ree b atters w ent down swinging. A thena came back in the first of the th ird to tie up the score a t three all. The scores came w ithout a h it on three w alks and a h it batter. All scored on wild pitches. H erm iston ag ain w ent into the lead in the last of th e fifth by scor ing two runs. Knox singled, R an kin doubled and T iller came through w ith a tim ely blow to score two ru n ners. The local boys added another counter in th e sixth on a h it by Mul- (Contlnued on page 2) HERMISTON YOUTH INJURED SUNDAY Albert Liebe, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A lbert Liebe of H erm iston, was seriously injured Sunday afternoon about 2:00 p. m. when he was stru ck on his bicycle by an au to mòbile d riv e n 'b y Mbs. M anuel Cun« ha of Echo. The lad was bucking a strong headwind in rid in g tow ards H erm iston on the diagonal road leading to Columbia, which caused him to weave somewhat. The strong wind blew him into th e path of Mrs. C unha’s car which was approaching from the rear. The Liebe boy suffered a com pound fractu re of th e left th ig h , a severe head wound and various lac erations about the body. He was taken to the hospital in Pendleton immediately following the accident. L atest reports indicated th a t he was progressing nicely. Hermiston high school will g rad uate a class of 35 seniors a t the a n nual commencement exercises to be held this year on T hursday, May 18. in the high school auditorium , ac cording to S uperintendent W. G. eKrsbergen. T his class is about the average in size com paring favorable w ith classes of form er years. B accalaureate services will be held Sunday, May 14. Rev. Stearns Cushing, pastor of the Herm iston M ethodist church, will be the speak er of the evening. The program for the commence ment exercises has not been complet ed, but it has been announced th a t Prof. Leon E llis of W hitm an college will deliver th e commencement ad dress. O ther num bers w ill be fu rn ished by stu d en ts of H erm iston high school. The list of 1939 graduates follows: Lena Baehne, Maxine Blinston, Claudine Hale, M arie Kennlson, Al ma Laird. Della Madden, L au retta Mulklns, G eraldine Mullins, Georgia Rae Neal, A nnie Pearson, Mary H el ene Piersol. Gladys Pierson, Zelma Sale, Eleanor Steiner, Lucille Weeks, V irginia W ells, Gladys W illiams, John Dunning, Glen Elwood, L ester F lan n ig an , G ilbert G ettm an, John Knox, W ayne L indner, Tom Loto- peich, Ralph Marble, Delmar Mc Cracken, E lb ert Moore, Jesse Moore, Tom Quick, M arvin R ankin, D arw in Shaw, V ester Shaw, A lfred Shipp, Presley S tillings and Joe Tomlin. CONSTRUCTION ON REA LINE PLANNED Work is expected to get underw ay in the near fu tu re on the new REA extension lines of about 32 miles which will serve all farm ers in th e te rrito ry , according to officials of the successful co ntracting company who were here last week end. The group Is still w aitin g for approval from W ashington on the bid. Those who were here to look over the field Included T. Y. McClellan, contractor, and H ilb ert Hanson, manager, both of W est S tayton, an d Alton B. Coates, superintendent, and SENIORS ON A N N U A L C. J. Robinson, tim ekeeper and of fice man, both from Albany. It was announced th a t the con FLUNK DAY TRIP trac to r will employ local men on the U nsuspecting underclassm en m ight project as far as possible. be interested to know th a t the m igh ty seniors have th is day hied them TRIPLE AAA SEEKS * selves into yonder d ista n t hills there to partake of the wonders of n atu re BETTER SIGNUP and to enjoy themselves as absentees The U m atilla county T riple AAA from th e gruelling studies which the underclassm en are forced to indulge com mittee is desirous to b rin g to th e atten tio n of all operators in H erm in. The H erm iston high school sen iston, Stanfield and Echo com m un iors are enjoying th e ir annual ities the necessity of sig n in g th e "flu n k day” Friday, and have gone farm estim ate sheets before Ju n e 1. to Lehman Springs for the occasion. These sheets may be obtained a t the Mrs. Sam Moore and Miss Lavina assistan t county ag en t's office an d May Lynch accompanied the group may be signed a t any convenient time. as chaperones. At the present tim e th ere is about a 60 per cent signup of operators b u t LOCAL LADIES TO a 100 per cent is desired by the com mittee, according to M. E. K incker- GOLF TUESDAYS bocker, assistan t county agent. Providing the w eather Is favor able, H erm iston ladles will play golf on the local course Tuesday a fte r noons a t 3:00. Any ladies Who are interested in golf are invited to come out Tuesday. Mrs. Grace Saylor and Mrs. Zona Rodgers are members of a com m ittee which is In charge of arrangem ents and those interested are asked: to get in touch with them . It Is p lan Old Pioneer Passes ned to play every Tuesday a fte r L. H. Pearson, an old tim e resi noon. dent on th e U m atilla project, passed away in Tacoma. Wn., on April 18. Umatilla To Have Music Festival A county music festival will be Mr. Pearson reached the age of 78 and Is survived by his widow, one held a t U m atilla next Friday, May 5. The festival is m ainly for grade son and tw o daughters. school students hut high school pu pils will also be In attendance. The Cold Storage Arranged. The P ortland-Pendleton Motor program will begin a t 1:00 o'clock F reight has made arrangem ents w ith and will be held in th e U m atilla high the U m atilla Cooperative Creamery school. Herm iston will send Its whereby veal and oth er meat pro grade school pupils and th e high ducts w ill be kept in cold storage school orchestra and glee club. O ther schools th a t will p articip ate u n til tim e for shipm ent. This plan will prove convenient for local m eat besides U m atilla and Herm iston in clude Echo, Stanfield and Columbia. shippers. Helen Dnnning Honored. Miss Helen D unning, d au g h ter of Ed D unning of H erm iston, freshm an at Oregon S tate college, is one of 25 freshmen chosen from a class of 600 as a member of Talons, a sophomore service honorary. Members are cho sen for leadership, personality, ac tivities and scholarship. I Local Girl to be Chairman. Helen Jendrzejew ski, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jendrzejew ski of Herm iston, has been appointed g en eral chairm an of the W om en’s Week End Home Economics exhibits and open house at Oregon S tate college. She will have charge of exhibits in clothing, textiles, related arts, foods and the open house In th e th ree Ore gon S tate practice houses and the new nursery school which was open ed this w inter. Helen is a Junior in home economics at Oregon S tate col lege. Broadcast Program Arranged M. E. K nickerbocker, assls’an t county agent, and Charles Kik w ill present a 15-m inute program over KUJ, W alla W alla, Saturday a t 1:00 o’clock. Local people who a re in terested are asked to tune In on the program. Charles will discuss 4-H club work and may tell some of th e hlghlghts of his trip to San F ra n cisco.
