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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
VOLUME XXXII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON,« AUGUST 10, 1939.
Umatilla county stood in second
place in its division in the traffic
accident improvement contest among
counties of the state for the first six
sertem
r
months of 1939. secretary of state,
revealed this week.
Leaders in the three divisions
Always welcome news for the
were Yamhill, group I; Jackson in
younger folk about this time of the
group II, and Wasco, in group III.
year is the school opening date which
Umatilla county was listed In the
this year has been set for the day af
latter group. Standings are based PROGRAM LISTED FOR ter Labor Hqy, September 5, accord
on the percentage of improvement THURSDAY, AUG. 13
ing to W. G. Kersbergen, city super
made each month in number of ac
intendent. The buildings have been
cidents, injuries and deaths. Coun
given a thorough cleaning and the
ties were segregated into the three
The Daily Vacation Bible School floors waxed and polished.
groups on a basis of population dens which is being held during this week
Students who plan to attend high
ity.
and next is being attended by a I school this year are asked to regis
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large group of children from this ter prior to school opening. Supt.
community The interest has been | Kersbergen will be in his office each
BUTTER CREEK FIRE
kept at the high pitch set by the day of the week except Saturday
parade last Saturday evening and an from 8:30 to 12:00 and will assist
IS UNDER CONTROL
enrollment of 130 has been reached. students in the arrangement of stud-
Besides the various classes in Bi j ies.
The Butter Creek forest fire, still ble instruction, there are several
Several changes are slated in the
being watched by a large crew of projects that the pupils are doing. teaching personnel and will be pub
men— CCC employees and forest ser The public is invited to view this lished next week.
vice employees— extended over ap work next Thursday, August 17, at
proximately 1,050 acres before it the Methodist church at 8 o’clock.
NORTH MORROW TO
was controlled, according to Carl At this time the handwork will be on
Ewing, Umatilla national forest display. A program will feature the HAVE FAIR SEPT.
superintendent. This was more ter activities of the past weeks and
ritory than at first believed and was numbers will be furnished by mem 8-9 AT BOARDMAN
determined after a close check of the bers from each department.
burned area.
R. K. Miller, secretary of North
A short play will be given by the
Some commercial timber was lost,
Intermediate class. The whole eve Morrow county fair board, was in
perhaps 310 acres altogether , in
ning will be taken up by the child Hermiston Thursday arranging for
cluding about 30 acres of Umatilla
ren under the supervision of Rev. R. the annual fair held in Boardman of
national forest timber. The fire W. Tindall of Eugene.
North Morrow products. The dates
mostly was on cutover land, how
this year are Friday and Saturday,
In
order
to
help
take
care
of
some
ever, adjacent to the forest boundar
September
8 and 9. Plans are now
of the necessary expenses which have
ies.
underway for the various exhibits.
been
cared
for
largely
by
the
coop
The present force will remain on
Elmer Sullivan is president of the
hand for the remainder of the week erating churches, a free will offer board and Florence Root, treasurer.
ing
will
be
taken.
The
public,
whe
and a smaller force will remain until
ther having children in the school or Directors are Mrs. A. C. Houghton,
every spark is extinguished.
not, is urged to see this fine demon Paul Smith and E. M. Souders. The
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stration of how religion can suc different superintendents of the ex
cessfully work together for the bet hibit divisions have been appointed
OLD PIONEERS PASS
and are now busy arranging details.
terment of the community.
LARGE ATTENDANCE
PRESENT AT DAILY
B IB L E SCH O O L
I I
H0b6fN
RE5I6NS
TO ACCEPT POST AT
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PICNIC
HONOLULU SCHOOL
RAY E. CRITCHFIELD
HIRED AS COACH
LOCAL MEN ESCAPE
GAS FUMES W HILE
IN B A S E M E N T
Jack Hodgen. who has been ath
letic coach of Hermiston Union high
school the past year, has resigned to
What might have been a very ser
accept a position as coach at Kame-
hameha boys’ school in Honolulu ious accident was narrowly averted
during the coming year. In addi last Thursday when Tom Fraser and
tion to his coaching duties he will Paul Bracher were pumping water
from the Columbia school basement.
have charge of a dormitory.
He planB to leave San Francisco They were overtaken by gas fumes
for the islands on August 15 and from their running truck which they
will begin his duties shortly after were using to run a water pump. Mr.
wards. He has received word that Fraser has not as yet returned to
he must take a football squad to a work at the Oregon Hardware & Im
nearby island and begin training plement Co. while Mr. Bracher is
working but is decidedly under the
work on August 26.
Mr. Hodgen had a fairly success weather from the experience.
The men had jacked up the rear
ful year at Hermiston and was well
of the truck in order to run one of
liked in the community.
Ray E. Critchfield, who has coach the pumps in use. Bracher was hold
ed at Forest Grove the past year, ing the pump in position to finish
will take Hodgen's position here. the job and had Just ‘urned off the
Mr. Critchfield has coached at Was ignition when he was overcome by
co, Sherwood and Forest Grove, and the fumes. Fraser attempted to
has a commendable record. In ad come to his aid and with the help of
dition to athletics he will teach several buckets of water revived
Bracher.
manual training.
The men attempted to finish their
He is a graduate of Pacific uni
versity where he made quite an ath job and re-entered the basement but
letic record, winning letters in sev were tinable to withstand the fumes.
eral sports. Frank O’Neill, former They were taken to Hermiston by a
ly coach here, and Critchfield played farmer residing near there and plac
the two halfback positions when ed under a doctor’s care. Both men
were suffering from the gas effects
they were in college.
Mr. Critchfield comes to Hermis and were unable to describe their
ton well recommended by such men escape clearly.
as Anson B. Cornell, athletic direc
tor at Pacific, J. P. McGlasson, prin PHELPS FARM HAS
AW A Y DURING WEEK
cipal of Forest Grove, and from oth
WEATHER RECORDS
CHRISTLEY SELLS
er school authorities where he has NEW OWNERSHIP
HAVE UPS-DOWNS
taught.
HOGS IN PORTLAND
PURL BOWMAN
Earl Reed and Ed O'Donnell o'f
At the present time he is a single
Purl Bowman, prominent pioneer
The
Dalles have taken over the old
man but indicated over the tele
of Umatilla county and well known
The temperatures in the Herm
Phelps
place recently owned by Mr.
Del Christley returned Tuesday
phone earlier in the week that he
throughout this section of the state, from Portland where he shipped and iston area were in a somewhat jit
intended to he married before com- and Mrs. Charles Clark in the south
passed away at St. Anthony’s hospi sold 31 hogs. The total weight of tery stage the past week and varied tfi.jp to Hermiston.
east part of Hermiston. The men
tal in Pendleton Saturday, August the hogs was 6,600 pounds and the all the way from 103 to 88 maxi
will make Hermiston the general
5, after an illness of three weeks.
headquarters for handling livestock.
type was such that he sprung the mums and 71 to 41 minimums. The LOCAL YOUTHS IN
Mr. Bowman was born February market a quarter of a cent and re low 41 was hit Monday night and (
They expect to buy and sell livestock
15, 1862, at Oseola, la., and when a ceived seven cents per pound or a local residents were beginning to STANFIELD MELEE
in the territory between Enterprise
baby of only six weeks left St Louis, total of $462.00. The hogs were -six
and The Dalles, operating from here
think of unpacking winter clothing
Mo., with his parents for the west. days less than six months old and the
Several Hermiston boys were in as a central point.
and
bedding.
His family had resided at Oseola be average weight was 213 pounds.
Mrs. O’Donnell and four children
The following is the report for the volved In a free-for-all in which ap will move here to make their home.
fore starting the long trek across They were all pure bred Poland Chi
proximately
50
took
part
following
the plains in a train of 105 wagons. na and of the breed which he is past week according to Charles Ta y the dance at Stanfield Saturday
handling exclusively on his farm 3 lor, local weather man.
night. Welden Eberle, 18, is in jail U M A T iL LA C O U NTY
55
August 3 .......... ..........103
miles
east of Hermiston.
at Pendleton charged with assault
JOHN THOMAS LAMBIRTH
FAIR NOTES
71
August 4 .......... ..........100
with a dangerous weapon and Joseph
Mr. Christley runs a large dairy
John Thomas Lambirth, 73, leader
67
August 5 .......... ........ 95
Marzona, CCC enrollee of the Stan
among two generations of boys in and plants a considerable acreage of
If you haven’t received a premium
88
53
August 6 ..........
field camp, was taken to 8t. Antho
corn
each
year.
His
farm
consists
Pendleton, died, as he had lived, as
list
and are interested in making an
41
August 7 .......... .......... 88
ny’s hospital suffering from several
the companion and guide of youth, of 120 acres and is classed as one of
exhibit, call at the Herald office, the
44
..........
94
August
8
..........
knife
wounds.
the best on this project.
this week.
49
August 9 .......... ..........100
Marzona lost considerable blood, assistant county agent’s office or
Mr. Lambirth had gone, as was his
mostly from a cut in the arm, and write for a booklet.
custom, for a Sunday afternoon out
Roberts-Watson
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had one cut on the back of his neck
SCHOOL TEACHERS
ing, and had gone to a spot on the
Only 18 days until the opening
almost stretching from ear to ear,
The marriage of Miss Crystal Rob
Umatilla river near the OTeen Acres
and other cuts elsewhere of minor date of the County Fair. Time now
erts and Earl S. Watson, both of H IT PARKED AUTO
dairy at Riverside.
nature. Eberle was the only person to get your exhibits ready. Pick out
Hermiston, came as a surprise re
Two boys, Clifford Murray and
arrested by officers of the sheriff’s your farm products, your chickens,
cently to local friends. They were
Mrs. Guy Williams, Miss Marion
Byron Bender, were with him and
your rattle, your turkeys, your pigs,
office.
the thought was to build a diving married at Dayton, Wn„ April 15 in Williams and Miss Harriet Watts,
The fracas is said to have started corn, vegetables of all kinds, and
the Methodist church. Mr. Watson school teachers of Iowa and Wiscon
board on the bank of the river. Dur
following the dance and increased your flowers and needle work.
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. M, L. Wat
sin who were en route home from the
ing the course of construction Mr.
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in volume after being started by Just
son
and
Mrs.
Watson
is
the
daugh
San Francisco exposition, collided
Lambirth slipped while carrying a
In addition to the work of the
a few.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Roberts.
with a parked car near Boardman
large rock and struck his head. He
board of directors of 15 members,
They are making their home in Monday morning. The three ladies
never regained consciousness.
nearly 75 members of committees
ELECTION
OF
REA
Pendleton
for
the
present.
He
is
escaped with eye and leg injuries,
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are doing things toward making the
employed at Rieth in the railroad and other minor cuts and bruises. BOARD POSTPONED
county fair a success. Besides these,
County Gets Unemployment Pay—
yards and she has part time employ They were treated at the Hermiston
16 Granges are planning on booths
Salem, Ore., Aug. 10—Cumulative ment at the Oregon Cafe in Pendle General hospital.
The meeting today (Thursday) of or other exhibits and floats for the
Both cars were badly damaged.
distribution of unemployment com ton.
the membership of the Umatilla Elec • parade.
pensation in Oregon reached $8,903,-
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tric Cooperative association for elec
833 as footings were totaled by the
tion of a board of directors for the
The 4-H club members have been
commission for July, central office
ensuing year was adjourned until sent 300 premium lists and this big
records here revealed.
September 12 because the required feature of the county fair promises
The monthly total was $253,973,
to be the best ever shown at the
quorum was not present.
a decrease of 17 per cent front June.
In order to conduct the meeting Hermiston grounds. They will come
Pendleton, covering Umatilla and
legally at least 65 members would be from all over the county, and future
Morrow counties, accounted f o r
farmers at the pavilion will be num
Although only a quorum of Her port and aiding both by word and required in answer to roll call.
$2417, or 1 per cent of the state to
erous.
miston Garden club members were deed.
tal.
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Oddfellows To Install Officers.
present at Monday’s afternoon meet
Mr. Forshaw told of visiting Im
The Portland metropolitan area re
Two thousand ribbons represent
ing. a most enjoyable session was mense flower gardens In England,
The Hermiston Oddfellows lodge
ceived 51 per cent of the July Job
held, for Mr. Forshaw from Pendle France and the Netherlands. He had will hold an installation of officers ing premiums to be awarded at the
insurance money. Salem got 6 per
ton's Florist shop spoke on “Flower visited fairs and flower shows in Monday evening. August 14. All county fair have arrived, and farm
cent; Oregon City, 5 per cent, and
Judging”; and Miss Marilla Dun these same countries and told many offices except the vice presidency ers and townsmen, and boys and
Marshfield, 4 per cent.
ning, a sister of Mrs. Bard. Stan interesting things In connection will be filled. Local members and girls, who make a try will take home
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field. gave- her Impressions of the with the commercial selling on large all visiting brothers are cordially In the prizes. Those persons who think
Agricultural Men Re-appointed—
they can’t win, and then go to the
lovely flower gardens viewed in two scales. Some years ago Mr. Forshaw vited to attend.
fair and see they had Just as good at
E. A. Geary of Klamath Falls and ¡trips to the Golden Gate Fair; Mrs. had the honor of being a judge on
home, will not get a ribbon.
Worthley
Resigns
at
Umatilla.
|
Walter
Hamm
read
an
interesting
flowers
at
our
state
fair
in
Salem.
Fred Cockell of Milwaukie were re
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Norman Worthley, who taught the
appointed this week by Governor C. j paper written 'by Mrs. H. K. Dean, He pointed out that judges who have
Don’t forget to tune up your old
7th
and
8th
grades
and
coached
in
¡horticultural
chairman,
citing
many,
had
wide
experience
will
almost
al
Sprague to six.year terms on the
tin lizzie for the derby on August 29
state board of agriculture. Geary helpful bulletins for flower garden ways cite a winning flower Imme the high school at Umatilla last
and
30.
year,
has
resigned
his
position.
He
e
r
s
available
from
Superintendent
of
diately.
yet
each
judge
may
have
represents farmers, while Cockell Is
Documents office, Washington, D.C., proclaimed it such for a different has accepted a teaching post at the
a representative of poultrymen.
Pulley Released Under Bond.
McMinnville Junior High. Mr. and
and Mrs. Vera Doyle, chairman of reason.
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Elvis
Earl Pulley, 41, arrested by
Mrs.
Worthley
have
spent
the
past
the Fall Flower Show to be held in i Points generally considered in
Sprague Insist* On Stokers —
state police at Hermiston last week
the high school gym on Friday, judging flower arrangement in two years at Umatilla.
on a charge of drunken driving and
Salem. Aug 9— A proposal by Dr. September 8, named committee chair clude;
sentenced by Judge Manuel Frledly
W. D. McNary, superintendent of the men and outlined their committee
Character 4 quality of bloom, 25 Mrs. Rodda Has Unique Flower* (of
Pendleton to 30 days In the coun
Mrs.
W.
G
Rodda
of
the
Minneha
Eastern Oregon State hospital at work. Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. J. Todd points; Harmony of color. 25 points;
ty
jail and fined $100. was released
Pendleton, that Installation of coal have given much time and effort in Arrangement to emphasize quality ha district brought a bouquet of
from
the county lall Monday upon
double
tiger
lilies
to
the
Herald
of
stokers at the hospital be eliminated formulating plan* for thia elaborate specimens, 25 points; and Artistry,
fice this week They had Just dou posting $750 bond. He Is wanted
from the hospital improvement pro fall flower display. Let us make 25 points.
Mr. Forshaw recommended two ble the amount of petals ordinarily In (Jlackamas county to answer a
ject. was rejected by the state board sure we are are loyal workers, "fif
charge of larcsay by bailee.
found In thia variety.
ty-four
strong"
In
lending
our
sup
of control at a hearing thia weet.
(Continued on page 6)
HERMISTON GARDEN CLUB ENJOYS HELPFUL
TALKS AT MEETING HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON
NUMBER 51
SPEAKERS, BAND,
PICNIC FEATURES
OF DAY'S PROGRAM
<
The annual picnic of the Eastern
Oregon Turkey Growers' association
has been scheduled for Saturday,
August 19, at the Hermiston exper
iment station. This annual gather
ing of turkey growers and their fam
ilies is a popular event and many at
tend from all parts of the county. No
tour will be held this year which de
parts somewhat from the usual cus
tom.
The group will assemble at the
farm at 10:00 under the shade trees.
H. K. Dean, farm superintendent,
will be the principal speaker in the
morning. He will talk on feeds,
feeding and turkey production. Mr.
Dean will also be in general charge
of activities in the afternoon.
A picnic lunch will be served at
noon on the farm lawn. The Tur
key Growers' association will fur
nish roast turkey, coffee and ice
cream. All are asked to bring a pic
nic basket and just a little extra in
order to care for those who are com
ing from longer distances and who
are on the program. All turkey
growers, regardless of whether they
belong to the association or not, are
invited to attend the picnic.
Herbert Beyers, general manager
of the Northwestern Turkey Grow
ers' association, world’s largest tur
key cooperative, and E. M. Dickin
son, poultry veterinarian at Oregon
State college, will be the main speak
ers in the afternoon. They will dis
cuss various phases of the turkey
world.
A musical program is planned to
add spice to the activities. It is ex
pected that the high school band will
participate. Group singing and an
original song by the DeMoss family
will also be enjoyed.
EDI N I NE SLEEPING
SICKNESS FOUND IN
HERMISTON AREA
Dr. H. F. Derflinger and Dr. M. J,
Belton of the State Department of
Agriculture were in the Hermiston
territory last week. While here they
found several cases of sleeping sick
ness in horses. The disease is not ex
pected to reach epidemic proportion«
this late in the season. Since the
disease Is already in the area control
measures should be directed towards
treatment of animals afflicted with
the disease rather than by vaccina
tion, Dr. Derflinger believes.
He cautions that people should see
their horses every day and if any
show symptons of sleepiness or para
lysis of the legs. Assistant County
Agent M. E. Knickerbocker should be
notified. Treatment of affected hors
es with serum has proven very ef
fective.
TOWNSEND FLASHES.
AU members are urged to be at
their club Friday at 8:00 p.m., Aug
ust 11, at the Legion hall, to decide
on some very important burinese
and hear latest reports.
A report came from the Portland
office that a Townsend day is to be
observed at the Gresham Fair and
25 per cent of the gate receipts Is to
be sent to our national office. All
the Washington and Oregon senator«
and representatives will be speakers,
besides Col. Horton of California,
who Is a Townsend representative
The public Is always invited to
attend all our meetings. Everyone
Is also invited to take part In the big
Townsend picnic at Boardman. Bring
your own basket. Mr. Despain will
give more of his report of our con
vention
Burk Makes Two-Day Jaunt
Charles Burk returned Wednesday
from a short, trip to Weiser, Pay
ette, Nyssa, LaGrande and other
eastern Oregon and Idaho cities He
found Weiser In a prosperous state
and Nyssa booming with sugar ac
tivities The beet growing there Is
proving quite profitable. He also
visited for a short time with Mr.
Mack, druggist at Huntington. Th«
trip wae made by car.