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SALEM—The state board of agri HALE'S CONFECTIONERY
culture met here Saturday and re
elected Mac Hoke, Pendleton, chair
man and G. A. Brown, Portland, as M O N D A Y N IG H T
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vice chairman.
The board voted to hold a reor
ganization meeting immediately after ENTRANCE GAINED
each new governor goes into office.
It was the first meeting since Gov. BY REAR W IN D O W
Charles A. Sprague took office.
Director J. D. Mickle, recently ap
The first serious robbery in Herm
pointed for another term by Gover iston for several years occurred Mon
nor Sprague, reviewed the work day night when Roy Hale’s Confec
done during the last year by the de tionery and Sporting Goods Store
partment in formulating policies.
was entered and robbed. No defi
nite information has been reecived
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of the burglars although several
Oregon Has Many New Laws—
Oregon now has 367 new laws strong clues are being traced.
A checkup Tuesday morning re
which it did not have before June
14. On that date all the laws passed vealed that $72 in silver, one 35
by the 1939 legislature except those Remington rifle, one 32 Remington
carrying emergency clauses went in rifle, both slide action, one High
to effect, 90 days after adjournment. Standard automatic, one Iver John
Silliest new law was one forbid son 22, one 3 2 Colts automatic, one
ding the catching of female craw 380 Colts automatic, one 25 Colts
fish, or male crawfish under 2 and a automatic, one 32-40 Winchester ri
half inches in length. The law does fle, 25,000 .22 ammunition, a quan
not explain how to determine the tity of high power ammunition and
possibly other loot was obtained.
sex of "crawdads.”
Mr. Hale had closed his store
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about 1:25 a. m. and had stepped
Old Capitol Is No More—
across the street to eat a lunch be
The old Oi>gon capitol building is
fore going home. It was approxi
no more.
mately 2:10 when he recrossed the
The last traces disappeared this
street to enter his car at which time
week when workmen pulled down
by force of habit he peered into the
the brick chimney which was a part store. No sign of activity was not
of the east wall of the old building.
iced at this time. At about 3:00
The chimney was left standing as
o’clock B. J. Nation, local officer,
a part of the heating plant, which
noticed that the back door of the
served to warm the building until
store was open. It is estimated that
only recently when the new $115,-
the burglars were not in he store
000 heating plant two blocks away
longer than 20 minutes to a half
was put into service.
hour.
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Entrance was gained by breaking
Many File for Water Permits—
the latch on a high window in the
Recent filings for water permits rear of the store. Matches were used
have been the heaviest in history, for light during the robbery. Mr.
State Engineer Chae. Stricklin an Nation obtained a license number of
nounced here. A dry spring follow a car which was seen to leave the
ed by only intermittent rains caused city about this time. This number
the heavy influx of applications, has been traced and has quite a his
Stricklin said. Many of the appli tory.
cations were denied for lack of wa
Two men were released from jail
ter facilities, but an estimated 10,- in Bend Sunday. They drove to Moro
000 additional acres will be under where they stole this license plate
water in the Willamette valley this from a car in that city. A descrip
year.
tion of the car and men has been
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broadcast about the state but to date
no definite information has been se
Chicks Lost.by Fire—
A thousand three-weeks .old chicks cured.
The robbers in their haste missed
were burned to death here when the
brooder house at the state peniten a golden opportunity to add to their
tiary annex four miles southeast of already heavy loot. A leather bag
town burned recently. The fire pro containing checks and $50 In cur
bably started in an over-heated rency was pushed to the floor and
brooder stove, and caused damages overlooked. Mr. Hale had prepared
estimated at $2,000. The brick walls it for deposit the next morning. A
of the brooder house were left stand conservative estimate set th value of
the loss at $245. No burglary in
ing.
surance was carried.
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Liquor Bill on File—
A referendum petition to give the
people a chance to vote on the so-
called “hotel liquor” bill passed by
the last legislature, is on file here.
The bill provides that the liquor
commission may issue or deny licens
es for the sale of liquor by “clubs”
and restaurants, and also maintain a
closer supervision of liquor problems.
The referendum was filed by "Com-
monsense, Inc.” a Portland group.
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Capitol Open Each Sunday—
The new state capitol building
will be open on Sundays during the
summer months for the convenience
of out-of-town visitors wishing to
inspect It. The announcement was
made by Secretary of State Earl
Snell after many organizations had
pleaded for the “open house.” Visit
ing hours will be from 10 a. m. un
til 4 P- m.
SCOUTS LEAVE FOR
BINGHAM SPRINGS
An enthusiastic group of 18 Boy
Scouts, all in good standing, left at
7:00 a. m. Thursday for Bingham
Springs for the annual encampment.
Cars were furnished by Roy Penney
of Stanlield. John Clarke and Earl
Watson of Hermiston. The group
U expected to return Sunday after
noon.
Hiking, swimming, fishing, ad
vancement tests and other endea
vors will occupy the time of the
boys while in camp. The same or
der as is followed in Council Camps
will be used. Allen Clarke will be
the bugler. This is the first time
that a bugler has been available for
the local troop.
A buddy system of camping will
be foil wed whereby two boys sleep,
cook and generally work together.
Proceeds from sales at the recent
derby races will be uaed to finance
the trip.
SCHOOL OFFICERS
ARE RE-ELECTED
R. A. Brownson, clerk, and N. R.
Mueller, director, were re-elected to
office at the annual District . 14
school election held in the school
building Monday afternoon. Fol
lowing the election between 3:00
and 4:00 o’clock an inspection of
the building was made and sugges
tions made as to its repair. A com
paratively light vote was cast.
The annual meeting of Hermiston
Union high school District No. 9 will
be held Monday from 2:00 to 7:00
p. m. One director for a five year
term will be elected and the trans
action of business usual at such a
meeting.
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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
HEXMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 22, 1939.
Xylophone A rtis t to Appear Here
HOPES BRIGHTENED
BY NEW REPORT
December and also appeared before
the Commercial club. His concerts
are enoyed wherever he goes. The
public is invited to attend the pro
gram.
LOCAL MEN SPEAK O.S.C. DAIRYMEN TO
FOR SUPER ROAD
SPEAK AT FIELD DAY
BEFORE COMMISSION SATURDAY. JULY 1
Enos D. Martin, F. C. McKenzie
and E. P. Dodd appeared before the
state highway commission at Port
land Wednesday in the interest of
the newly proposed road leading
from Stewart’s Service Station about
half mile south of Hermiston, along
the railroad tracks to First street,
coming out behind the local bank
building. The road will continue
north across the hill and take a dia
gonal course to a point about a half
mile east of the overhead crossing
near Umatilla, on the Wallula cut
off.
The road would be of heavy con
struction to take care of the heavy
oil trucks coming out of the port of
Umatilla. The proposed road would
eliminate four curves and a railroad
crossing in Hermiston and would be
the connecting link between Pendle
ton and Umatilla, a distance of 40
miles, without any sharp curves.
Should the road be built it would
take the heavy trucks off Main
street in Hermiston. It would also
prove an advantage to the numer
ous oil trucks which will leave the
Uma’illa oil port for various points
inland.
NEXT CONCERT
TO BE JULY 1
The next band concert by the Her
miston Union high school band, un
der the direction of G. C. Humph
reys, will be given in front of the
high school building Saturday night,
July 1. The first of a series of con
certs was given two weeks ago and
proved popular with townspeople.
Band practice will be held Satur
day night, June 24, in the high
school gymnasium.
STATE POLICEMAN
KILLED IN GUN DUEL
State Trooper Willard Tubbs, 33,
was killed Wednesday in a gun duel
with Lee Cooling, wanted in four
states on bad check charges.
Tubbs was well known In Hermis
ton but was stationed between Ar
lington and Umatilla.
"BLUE BUCKO NUGGETS" TITLE OF BOOK
WRITTEN BY HERMISTON WOMAN
"Blue Bucket Nuggets” Is the
title of a book juet published and
written by Mrs. Catherine Cornwall
DeMoss of the Columbia district.
Mrs. DeMoss had written the story
some four years ago but Just recent
ly sold the copyright to Binfords &
Mort, Portland publishers. Mrs. De
Moss hag received considerable com
ment in recent years for her liter
ary talents and has another story in
the makirfg.
"Blue Bucket Nuggets" is a tale
of Oregon's lost immigration. The
story is based on the Blue Bucket
legend which is carried over from
the annals of Oregon covered-wagon
days. The story of the lost immi
gration, that followed the Meek Cut
off, has never before been fully told.
The caravan, wandering for weeks
across the unmarked Oregon desert
east of the Cascades, under the lea
dership of Rtephen Meek. lost, beset
ANNUAL TURKEY GROWERS
MEETING REVEALS INCREASE
COMMERCE GROUP
RECOMMENDS DAM
TO U. S. SENATE
Roy W. Graybill will give a con
cert of Sound Music at the Hermis
ton Union church Sunday evening,
June 25, at 8:00 p. m.
Mr. Graybill gave a concert last
by Indians, starving, dying of thirst
and sickness, has given to history
one of the most tragic as well as one
of the most inspiring chronicles of
the Oregon Trail.
Members of the Lost Immigration
were courageous and determined,
but suffered the tragedies of wagon
days on the prairies. The trip be
gan at Fort Hall and lasted until its
few pitiful survivors launched their
crafts on the treacherous Columbia
Mrs. DeMoss, a descendant of the
immigrants of 1846. who was reared
on a donation land claim in a typi
cal pioneer home, believes she has
discovered the true account of the
Blue Bucket gold nuggets, and In
search of this material has found
many other exciting episodes of the
Lost Immigration, from old diaries
and original sources to which she
had access.
(Continued on page • )
Plans are nearly completed for the
annual dairy and pasture day to be
held this year at the Umatilla Field
Station on Saturday, July 1. A
group of professors from Oregon
State college who will be returning
from the National Dairy Science as
sociation meeting at Pullman will
attend and will appear on the pro
gram.
It was originally planned by the
committee in charge of the program
that a tour would be conducted to
view different types of pastures as
well as dairy management practices
on various farms: however, since the
visiting college dairymen can only
spend a short time at Hermiston, it
was decided to concentrate on the
work being done at the experiment
fitrm.
An unusualy opportunity is afford
ed farmers in this district to meet
and talk with all of the members of
the Corvallis dairy instructional
staff. Those in attendance will be
Professor P. M. Brandt, head of the
department of Animal Husbandry,
and Professors Jones, Ewalt and Wll-
ster of the Dairy Department.
Farmers and their families will
assemble at the Field Station at 10:-
30 a. m. From, then until noon a
short tour will be made of the dairy
barn, pasture trials, and other fields
of particular interest to dairy far
mers. At noon a picnic lunch will
be held on the station lawns. After
lunch Professor Jones will discuss
the importance of winter succulents
in the dairy ration. He will be fol
lowed by Professor Wilster, who will
talk on the new cream grading laws.
Professors Brandt and Ewalt will
discuss some of the recent findings
of the National Dairy Science Asso
ciation.
Details of the field day are being
worked out by a committee compos
ed of H. J. Ott, representing Colum
bia Grange and the Umatilla Project
Farm Bureau; Don Sherwood, repre
senting Westland grange; H. K.
Dean, superintendent of the Umatilla
Field Station, and M. E. Knicker
bocker, assistant county agent.
NO U TURN SIGN
GRACES STREET
Hermiston Main street took on the
aspect of a large city Tuesday when
a No U Turn sign was installed at
the intersection of Second and Main
street. Traffic diffici^tles in th»
past created a necessity of some such
action.
The law goes into effect immedi
ately and violators will be punished.
The sign is of black lettering on a
yellow background.
GOLFERST x T p LAY
AT ATHENA SUNDAY
Hermiston golfing contingent will
invade Athena Sunday morning for
a return match, Athena having
played here earlier in the season
and losing by a narrow margin. The
Athena course is located a short dis
tance out of tlje city.
The tournament Is scheduled to
begin at 8:30 and local golf club
members are expected to get an ear
ly start to be on hand for a few
practice »hots before beginning
tourney play.
NUMBER 44
SUMMARY REPORT
SHOWS G AIN IN
HERMISTON AREA
The annual meeting of the East
ern Oregon Turkey Giowers’ associa
tion was held Saturday afternoon at
2:00 o’clock at the recently complet
ed plant in Hermiston. The purpose
of the meeting wa sto elect three di
rectors and attend to other businees
of the association and the plant.
Three directors were re-elected,
including Logan Todd, C. A. Flannl-
gan and C. A. Keller.
J. C. Leedy, field manager for the
Oregon Turkey Growers Cooperative,
was present and gave a summary re
port of the susvey recently made In
this district. A decided increase of
turkeys was noted. Last year ap
proximately 39,000 birds were hand
led by the local association but it
was estimated that this year’s ton
nage would reach a total of 60,000
birds. This number is registered
with the local association at the
present time with a considerable
number of turkeys not registered by
this group.
A representative of a California
barrel and box company was present
to demonstrate shipping boxes now
in the making. The new boxes weigh
approximately seven pounds while
those which were used several years
ago weighed as much as 21. The
lighter container will hold the same
amount and will stand 100 pound
weight.
The annual picnic of the Eastern
Oregon Turkey Growers’ association
will be held the third Saturday in
August at the Hermiston experiment
farm. A. E. Bensel is chairman of
(Continued on page 5)
According to a telegram received
in Hermiston earlier in the week,
indications are that the proposed
navigation dam at Umatilla still has
a fair chance of making the grade
in congress. The telegram from
Senator Charles L. McNlary stated
that the dam was recommended by
the senate commerce committee at
an estimated cost of $23,700,000.
Ignoring the refusal of the house
to approve the project earlier, the
committee included it in the 1940
rivers and harbors authorization bill.
The committee held the project
would be of great benefit in speed
ing development of the Pacific
northwest and added that it was
"perfect” from an engineering stand
point.
"The Umatilla dam,” the commit
tee report said, "will regulate the
flow of the Columbia river and will
materially increase the value of the
generating plant at Bonneville dam,
150 miles wejt.”
The committee recommended that
the Umatilla dam should be con
structed for navigation only at the
present time, with “foundations and
such construction as engineers find
necessary for the ultimate installa
tion of wheels and generators for
creating electric energy which will
in time be needed in this favored
section— the Pacific northwest.”
The house defeated the project af
CLUB MEMBERS
ter assertions by foes of the adminis
i
tration’s public power program that ATTEND PICNIC
the dam was designed primarily for
power generation in competition
Several members of the Hermiston
with private enterprise.
Garden Club attended the annual
picnic of members of various clubs
MALE OUARTET
of Umatilla county held thia year at
Echo. A feature of the entertain
TO SING HERE
ment was the showing of slides in
the Echo theatre of various scenes
A male quartet from the North
from Vdctorla, B. C.
west Christian college of Eugene
Among those going from Hermis
will give a concert in the Hermiston ton were Mrs. F. B. Belt. Mrs. Geo.
Union church Monday evening, June Harkenrtder, Mrs. Ben O’Conner,
26. at 8:00 o’clock. The quartet is
Mrs. Julius Glmble. Mrs. Walter
composed of Gilbert Kissler, George Smith, Mrs. Arietta White, Mrs. Emil
Whippet, Don Cox and Dean Steph Zlvney, Mrs. Alice Wagner, Mrs.
ens.
James Todd, Mrs. Tom O'Grady,
Rev. K. E. Burke, president of the Mrs. Morrell, Mrs. Roy Hale, Mrs.
college, is touring the northwest F. C. McReynolds and Mrs. Tom Fra
with the quartet. There will be no
ser.
admission charge and the public is
Invited.
LIBRARY PROJECT
ALMOST COMPLETED
The work of lowering and leveling
the grounds at the Hermiston library
has almost been completed Dirt has
been hauled away and the landscape
levelled for irrigation. The labor
has been furnished by WPA.
No grass will be planted this
summer but efforts will be made to
clear the ground of weeds.
WEATHER "REPORT
The following is the weather re
port for the week ending Wednesday,
June 21, acording to Charles Tay
lor, local weather man. A total of
.25 rainfall was recorded during the
week.
57
June 15 ................ ...... 79
44
...... 75
June 16
49
June 17 ................ ...... 72
55
. 70
June 18 ................
56
........ 82
June 19
57
84
June 20 ...............
49
June 21 .............
94
MRS. MARY HOUSE
FARMERS ARRANGE
FOR FARM TOUR
Farmers and their families of
Boardman and Irrigon will get to
gether Saturday, June 24, for a pic
nic and farm tour, which will extend
over all the West Extension Project.
A short program and some type of
athletic games will start the day at
the Boardman high school at eleven
o’clock. At 12:30 everyone w ill
Join In a picnic lunch, everyone
bringing their own lunch and com
bining It in cafeteria style.
Agricultural projects which will
be observed in the tour will include
pasture crops, alfalfa, weeds, corn,
electric fencing and farmstead ar
rangement.
Council To Meet Friday Night
The regular meeting of the Herm
iston city council was postponed this
week from Wednesady till Friday
night, according to Mayor F. C. Mc
Kenzie. The change was made in
order to allow members to attend a
state highway meeting In Portland.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Fire Hydrants Redecorated.
The fire hyrants about the Her
Mary House, 81, who passed away
last Thursday, June 15. were held miston streets resembled miniature
Saturday at 10:00 a. m. from the ¡Christmas trees this week after they
| had been painted by F. E. Earnhart,
Folsom chapel In Pendleton.
She is survived by a daughter, who was working for the city. A
Mrs. L. W. Copeland of Pendleton, bright aluminum paint and a red
and a son. Jack House, of Hermis color presented a pleasing sight.
ton. She leaves five grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Ray Shaw Breaks Arm.
Ray "Foozle” Shaw, son of Mr.
Pall bearer« for the funeral were
J. O. McConnell, Clarence Power, and Mrs. Guy Shaw, suffered a com
Doris Copeland. Kenneth Simpson. mon boyish accident last week when
Mike Folsom and Don Gray. Unity he fell from a tree and broke his
atudenta attended the services In a arm. Although his arm Is In a cast,
he feels up to par thia week.
body.