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OFFICIAL U M A T ILLA COUNTY PAPER
NEWS Wi
CENTRAL
VOLUME x x x n
By A. L.
„ d ECK
(State Capital News Bureau)
Salem— To the average resident
■of Oregon, those whose acquaintance
with the state is confined to that
region lying west of the Cascades,
the expression “wide open spaces" is
Just a nice sounding phrase, redo
lent of sage brush and grease-wood NEW USES FOR
and graxing herds. To truly appre
ALFALFA PLANNED
ciate the vastnese of those wide open
spaces that lie east of the Cascades
The Farm Bureau Cooperative has
one must visit the region in person installed a pellet making machine
as did this writer last week, trailing the past week which is creating a
the State land Board on its inspec great deal of interest at the mill
tion of school lands of which the The new piece of machinery is a pro
state still owns more than 700,000 duct of the A. Popick Manufacturing
acres scattered throughout the pub Co. of Portland and is entirely new
lic domain that constitutes more on the market. Mr. Popick has been
than 80 per cent of central Oregon. here the past few days to instruct
The trip of the land board was the local management as to the op
anything but a pleasure junket al eration and care of the new mach
though its monotonous hours of ine.
The Champion Feed Compressor is
driving through mile after mile of
dusty sage-covered grazing land was unique in that it uses an entirely
not entirely devoid of pleasant inci cold process In compressing the pel
dents. There "were, for instance, lets without the use of steam. It
side trips to various points of inter has been designed and developed
e st including the Malheur
reserve primarily for the compressing of
for migratory waterfowl, and the coarsely ground feed which has been
logging operations of the Hines lum discovered Is the greatest aid to com
ber company at Seneca. But best of plete digestion. It has beep proven
all were the receptions with which that pellets made from coarsely
the official party was greeted at ground feeds will aid to reduce the
every atop, receptions that displayed mortality rate of baby chicks and
a quality of whole-hearted hospital turkey poults.
An added advantage of the mach
ity that leaves no room for doubt as
ine is that it uses a cold process in
to its sincerity.
There were banquets and dinners the making of the pellets which,
by civic and service clubs and cham tends to leave all vitamin content
bers of commerce at Bend. Burns, in the feed. The pellets come out
Pendleton and The Dalles, and even of the machine in a bright, glossy
more enjoyable than these was the and hard form.
Various experiments have been
dinner at the H. F. Severance ranch
75 miles up the Crooked river from tried the past week. In all instan
Prineville where the official party ces the machine performed well.
irrived just in time to participate Something which had never been
in the celebration of the silver wed tried before was attempted, to form
ding anniversary of that estimable pellets from pure alfalfa hay with-
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couple. Also enjoyed was the beef
steak dinner at the Herman Oliver
Golf Course To Be Mowed Soon
ranch two miles out of John Day in
The Hermiston golf course will be
Grant county where most of the par
ty for the first time in their exten In first class condition Sunday, ac
sive gastronomical experience dis cording to the committee in charge.
covered just what a properly cured Two mowers are in operation and
and properly prepared beefsteak it is expected that all fairways will
be in good playing condition.
tastes like.
f ARM BUREAU CO-OP.
INSTALLS NEW PELLET
[MACHINE THIS WEEK
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 11, 1939.
PRECIPITATION FOR
LAST TW O MONTHS
EXTREMELY LOW
PROGRAM PREPARED
TO DEMONSTRATE
Less than one-third inch of rain ELECTRICITY USES
fall has been recorded since March
15, according to Charles Taylor, lo
cal weather man. Precipitation was
recorded as follows: March 15, .13;
April 12, .20; April 25, .01. There
has been no actual rainfall in this
area for a period of two months.
Although this condition is somewhat
inconvenient it is not as serious as
is the case west and north of Herm
iston. Morrow county is extremely
dry and it is reported that pasture
for livestock is almost gone.
There have been only three drier
Aprils than last April since 1909, a
period of 30 years. These were as
follows: April 1918, .05. April 1924,
.13; April 1927, 16. April 1938 had
a rainfall of .59.
Much of the area around Hermis
ton is not as dependent on rainfall
as is the case in the Pendleton wheat
fields and in Morrow county where
the large pasture acreages are suf
fering extremely from the drouth.
Latest reports from the Pendleton
wheat lands state that It is very dry
and will need rain in the very near
future to save the crop. Wheat lands
in the Blue mountain area are not
suffering quite so severely.
Conditions in the Butter Creek
area are not serious as yet but the
fields are very dry. Spring irriga
tion has stopped and those fields
which have had this water are in ex
cellent shape and will pull through.
Other plantings which have had no
irrigation are rather doubtful un
less rain comes soon.
The weather report for th e. past
week follows:
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May 4 ........... ............. 76
39
May 5 ........... ............. 71
46
May 6 ........... ............. 78
48
May 7 ........... ............. 79
40
May 8 ........... .............90
44
May 9 ........... .............85
36
May 10 ........... .............80
MRS. KODDA WINS HIGH
AT FLOWER SHOW
DISPLAY SCHEDULED TURKEY POOLING
FOR TUESDAY N IG H T OPERATIONS BEGIN
A demonstration and display of FRIDAY MORNING
electric equipment for farm and
home will take place Tuesday, May
16. at 8:00 p. m. at the Union high
school building in Hermiston and in
struction will be given by a num
ber of competent speakers on the
different subjects. The program has
been prepared by Walter R. Moul
ton, utilization representative of the
national REA from Washington, D,
C,, under the auspices of the Uma
tilla Electric Cooperative associa
tion.
Mr. Moulton will be present to
talk on the uses of electricity in the
home and on the farm. Other speak
ers will be Everett H. Davis, exten
sion specialist, Oregon State college;
Miss Frances Clinton, Home Demon
stration agent; Miss Virginia Hout
chens, home electrification specialist
of the national REA from Washing
ton, D. C., and Walter A. Holt,
county agent. The meeting is open
to all users of electricity or any one
interested in the uses of the many
kinds of appliances now available,
including men, women and child
ren. Door prizes will be given to
those who come early which will in
clude electrical appliances and elec
trically cooked foods.
The meeting is designed to have
a good time as well as to instruct
in what electric service means to the
people of the new system recently
built by the REA including the new
extensions that will soon be under
construction.
Approximately 60 workers will be
gin operations Friday morning at
7:00 o’clock in the first turkey pool
of breeder stock in the new plant re
cently completed by the Eastern
Oregon Turkey Growers' association.
When 4 8 pickers begin their chores
feathers will fly”. Organization of
the crew has been completed and it
is expected that the first pool will be
a successful venture
Turkeys will be brought in from
a radius of many miles and it is ex
pected that 5000 birds will be hand
led during three days of operations.
J. N. Cornut of Riddle, Oregon, gov
ernment grader, will C’ ain be on
hand to take care of that end of the
business.
A total of 120 new coops have
been completed and will be available
for the shippers. Trucks will be sent
about the country to pick up the
birds. The two coolers will be in
readiness for the first shipment Fri
day.
HERMISTON W INS
OVER HEPPNER NINE
The Hermiston Union high Bull
dogs ended their baseball season by
edging out Heppner high by a score
of 11 to 10 Thursday afternoon.
After spotting Heppner to nine runs
in the first two innings. Hermiston
settled down behind the effective
pitching of Marvin Rankin. The
Calf Club Meets Monday.
winning run came across when
A regular meeting of the Hermis ler’s single drove Rankin home.
ton 4-H Calf club was held in the
H
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office of M. E. Knickerbocker, assis
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Heppner .......... .. 10
tant county agent,
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Hermiston ..... . 11
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K elty Is New Chairman—
Paul R. Kelty of Lafayette auto
matically becaime chairman of the
new parole board this week when in
allotting the appointments Governor
Sprague gave him the short two-
year term. G. W. Mason, the hold
over member on the board drew the
four-year term and Roy S. (Spec)
Keene the six-year term. It is pre
sumed that Kelty will be re-appoint
ed to a six-year term upon the com
pletion of his first two years on the
board. The new board will meet in
Salem Friday to organize but it is
not expected that It will get down to
the business of selecting a parole
officer and field staff for at least
another two or three weeks. The
new organization does not take over
until June 14 when the new parole
law becomes effective.
HERMISTON UNION HIGH TO GRADUATE LARGE CLASS THURSDAY
LARGE C R O W D
ATTENDS EXHIBITION
AT LEGION HALL
The first annual spring flower
show sponsored by the Hermiston
Garden club was held Monday after
noon and evening in the American
Legion hall. The exhibition was a
huge success from all angles as dem
onstrated by the enthusiasm and in
terest shown by the crowd In at
tendance estimated as between 250
and 300.
Mrs. W. J. Rodda, who resides on
a farm in the Minnehaha district,
was awarded the sweepstakes ribbon
by virtue of four firsts, including:
tall bearded iris; best iris, any va
riety; bachelor’s buttons; shrubs di
vision with a snowball bouquet.
Other blue ribbon winners includ
ed: Mrs. F. C. McKenzie, blooming
trees, with hawthorne; Mrs. J. R.
Chenault, apricot-tinted viola; Mrs.
Bert Nation, one variety pansies;
Mrs. Joe Udey, snow-on-the-moun-
tain in unclassified perennials;
Mrs. McKenzie, mixed pansies. Mrs.
George Kendler, 1 variety spuria
iris; Mrs. Joe Udey, peonies; Mrs.
Chas. Taylor, day lily; Mrs. Alice
Wagner, oriental poppy; Mrs. C.
Piersol, columbines; Mrs. H. A.
Hooker, vase of roses; Mrs. Craig
Percy, climbing rose; Mrs. J. R.
Chenault, fantasy tulip with a
bloom-spread of over eight Inches.
Iris exhibits dominated the dis
plays but two divisions somewhat
out of the ordinary helped make the
show outstanding. They were an
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NATIO N PLEADS NOT
GUILTY TO CHARGE
Bert J. Nation, night marshal,
pleaded not guilty before Justice of
the Peace E. P. Dodd Thursday af
ternoon on a warrant charging as
sault which has been signed Wed
nesday afternoon by Hogan Miller
of Hermlton. The warrant came af
ter Miller appeared before the Jus
tice of Peace charging Nation with
assault after a heated argument on
Main street Wednesday afternoon.
No date of hearing has been set
until word is received from District
Attorney A. C. McIntyre who will
investigate the charge.
COMMERCIAL CLU B
TALKS ON HOUSING
The housing situation was discuss
ed at the regular meeting of the
Hermiston Commercial club Tuesday
evening. There has been a decided
need for more houses in Hermiston
the past year and with construction
going on in Umatilla and various
other projects about the country the
situation is getting acute.
Other matters discussed were the
possibilities of zoning the city, the
clearing of titles of city owned lota,
and the possibility of establishing
Hermiston as a mid-way point for
truck lines operating out of Port
land.
No definite action was taken on
any of the matters but will be stud
ied and brought up at a later meet
ing.
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Oliver to Win Appointment—
The next change on the State
Highway Commission awaits the
pleasure of Herman Oliver, Grant
county rancher and John Day bank
er. Governor Sprague, shortly after
taking office, let it be known that
Oliver would be named to succeed E.
B. Aldrich on the commission if and
when the Pendleton publisher should
decide to retire. This week the gov
ernor indicated that the change
would probably be made “some time
this summer, when it suits Mr. Oli
ver’s convenience." Apparently Al
drich Is ready to quit the commis
sion at any time and only continues
to serve at the request of the gover
nor. Oliver who is now a member
of the state board of higher educa
tion. will retire from that board
when he becomes a member of the
highway commission.
REA CONTRACT
IS A P P R O V E D
la Madden, Marvin Rankin, Mary
Helene Piersol, Dehnar McCracken,
Lena Behne, Glen Elwood, Claudine
Hale. Last row: Lester Flannlgan,
Virginia Wella, Annie Pearson, Jesse
The National REA has approved
the contract of T. Y. McClellan for
the construction of the new expan
sion of 32 miles more of lines to be
added to the original system of the
Umatilla Electric Cooperative. Work
is expected to start within a very few
days. These additions will complete
the present system of rural lines at
Boardman. Irrigon. Hermiston, Stan
field, Westland irrigation district.
Butter Creek above Pine City, and
Echo to Nolln.
Other small additions may be con
nected up along these lines from time
to time as desired and found feasible
under the rules of the REA. Approv
al of the wheat line extension is ex
pected soon with the necessary al
lotment for construction. When all
la completed the system will exceed
Moore.
25« miles.
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Flood W ater Campaign Aided—
The state board of control has
agreed to support the city of Pen
dleton in its campaign for control
of the flood waters of the Umatilla
river. The flood control program
contemplates expenditure of $4.500,-
000 by the federal government in
the construction of a dam about 20
miles above Pendleton. The state
is interested in the project because
of the fact that the eastern Oregon
state hospital is located in the old
river bed and in direct line of any
flood that might occur on the Uma
The above pictured students of
tilla river. Small floods in 1*31 and Hermiston high school will receive
1*32 damaged hospital property to
their diplomas at graduation exer-
the extent of approximately *25,000
according to Dr. W. D. McNary, sup cisaa this month. The seniors, first
rovr, left to right : Tom Quick. Oer-
erintendent of the institution.
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aldine Mullin«, Darwin Shaw, Geor
gia Rae Neal, Ralph Marble. Eleanor
Steiner, Elbert Moore. Second row:
Vaster Shaw, Alma Laird, Oilbert
Gettmann, Marie Kennteon, Wayne
Lindner, Zelma Sale, Lucille Weeks.
Third row: Presley Stillings. Gladys
Williams. John Dunning, Loretta
Mulkins, John Knox, Gladys Pierson,
Maxine Bltnatoa. Fourth row; Del