NEWS FROM YOUR
OWN STATE
CAPITOL
BY A. L.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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OFFICIAL U M A TILLA COUNTY PAPER
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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.
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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.
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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.