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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
HESMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. OCTOBER 26, 1939.
Invention Used On Strawberry Clever
LAST HOME GAME
NUMBER 10.
TURKEY POOL TO
U SH ER IN NEW
HOLIDAY SEASON
ECHO— T hirty-five schoolm asters
TO BE SATURDAY
affiliated w ith the N orth C entral
Schoolm asters' association held an
W IT H PENDLETON
im portant m onthly m eeting here
Monday night, listening to speeches
The last home game of the reason
and p u ttin g the final touches on the
will find the H erm iston Union high
basketball schedules for both branch
school Bulldogs clashing w ith P en
es of the Upper Columbia Basketball
M ACHINE USED ON
dleton on the park field. T his an IMPROVEMENTS ARE
league. R. E. Jone3, Irrigon princi
nual clash w ith the county seat team
pal, presided, Ladd Sherm an of Lex STRAWBERRY CLOVER
alw ays tu rn s out to be an in te rest MADE AT PLANT
ington is association secretary.
ing encounter. A lthough the Bull
In addition to the regular mem
The first turkey pool of the 1939-
A novel invention for picking up
dogs are rated as the underdogs for 40 season will be held in the H er
bership a delegation from the east loose straw b erry clover heads has
th e fray Saturday, th e ir improved m iston p lan t next Monday, October
e rn half of U m atilla county were been creatin g considerable in terest
playing in th e past few games has 30, according to H arold Rankin,
guests. Jam es Burgess, superintend the past week in the Meadows dis
somewhat
changed the picture.
e n t a t Mac-Hi was principal speak tric t. The m achine has been de
m anager. Birds will be dressed Mon
A large crowd of H erm iston back day and will be boxed and loaded
er, review ing the grow th, expansion signed by T. A. Heyden and is prov
ers is expected out for the game
and evolution of the schoolm asters' ing quite successful in picking up
Tuesday and W ednesday. The pool
which sta rts a t 2:00 o’clock. To
profession. C. M. Sly, superintend clover heads which rem ain on the
was scheduled to take care of th e
date home fans have been ra th e r
en t at W eston; M. L. Dawald, A the ground afte r mowing.
early birds for the pre-season m ar
scarce but it Is expected th a t w ith a ket.
na superintendent; A ustin Landreth,
The ap p aratu s resembles an over
win in the bag, th e last home game
P endleton su perintendent; Don Fos- sized vacuum sweeper and is m ount
The second kill of th e season w ill
and the Pendletdn opposition will
sa tti, A thena coach; W. E. King, ed on a John Deere tra ito r. The
probably be held around November
arouse an extra am ount of en th u 10 but th is date is not definite.
Pendleton teacher, included some of suction is obtained w ith the use of
siasm.
th e guest schoolmasters.
T urkey raisers who are interested in
a 30-inch American blower and
A. W. Nelson, U nion-B ulletin rov works on the same principles as a
th e pool Monday should notify Mr.
GIMBEL CHOSEN AS
ing reporter, was another guest vacuum sweeper. The seeds are
R ankin th is week so th a t a pickup
speaker, dealing w ith the relation of picked up from the ground through
ck can be scheduled. A tru ck
NEW SCOUTMASTER tru
th e press to B school athletics and a canvas tu bing and blown into a
will be sent out to farm ers not hav
athletes. Dawald, L andreth, King large sack. The screenings are then
At a recent m eeting of the local ing shipping means available.
and Sly spoke briefly and Gerald G. threshed.
A new im provem ent has been ad
troop committee, Ju liu s Gimbel was
Acklen, Lexington, reviewed “Tobac
Some indication as to the success
elected as scoutm aster of Herm iston ded to the local plant since the last
co R oad.’’
of the m achine is noted from the re
Troop No. 56. In terest in Scout kill. An autom atic holler has been
Counties represented by the mem sults obtained a t the home of the in
The above is a picture of m achine used in picking up straw b erry clo work has picked up w ith the open installed and will be used to dip
bership
in
attendance included
ventor’s brother, Adolph Heyden. On ver heads. T. A. Heyden, rig h t, is inventor and on the left Is P. H.
ing of school and several projects birds to make picking easier . T his
W heeler, Gilliam, Morrow, U m atil
a five acre field, 600 pounds of seed Eakles, owner and driver of th e tracto r. The men have been w orking in aro in the offing for th e troop this semi-scald system is being followed
la and Sherm an.
were picked up. This was done afte r the Meadows district.
w inter. However, activ ities for the in oth er statio n s about the country
M. A. P arker, Echo, who is a mem
mowing had been completed and the
next few weeks will center around and g reatly speeds up dressing oper
b er of the E astern Oregon d istric t
ations.
seed would otherw ise have been lost.
reg
u lar ro u tin e work.
PLANS PROPOSED
basketball tournam ent com mittee,
Mr. Heyden states th a t although
A pproxim ately 50 pickers will be
E arl W atson has been scoutm aster
announced A rlington as th e to u rn a
the m achine picks up sm all rocks FOR TURF FIELD
for th e past year. There are at needed Monday, according to Mr.
m ent host and F ebruary 29-March
and particles of dirt, they cause no
R ankin. W hen the reg u lar season
present 24 members of Troop 56.
1-2 as the dates. H enry W right,
dam age in the th resh er. W hen the
begins, it is expected th a t th e p lan t
P
lans
are
slowly
shaping
for
G ran t Union high school a t John
apparatus is operated on a dry piece new tu rf field a t the H erm iston
will be in operation four days a
LAMBS KILLED ON
Day, is chairm an of the d istric t com of ground it resembles a m in iatu re
week.
Union high school building. An ideal
m ittee and other members are: W.
cyclone. However, when w orking on location directly behind the school
JOHN BECKER FARM
The turkey growers are well
D. Campbell, W allow a; W illiam My-
green clover very little dust is n ot building has been cleared and level
pleased w ith th eir new p lan t and its
tin g er, Dufur.
ed. P. H. Eakles has been driving led for irrigation. It is planned to
John Becker, one mile west of conveniences. It is estim ated th a t
W hile the d istric t tournam ent
the John Deere used in the opera fertilize the field d u rin g th e next
H
erm
iston, reported the loss of two the building almost paid for itself
com m ittee has recently convened and tion.
week and seeding will follow, ac
lambe last week presumably killed d u rin g the last pool when the w arm
has named the dates, all sub-district
S traw berry clover seed raising has cording to W. G. K ersbergen, super
by stray dogs. The losses from dog w eather would have made home k ill
com m ittees have not
been
an
proven extrem ely
profitable for intendent.
killers are m ounting and farm ers ings dangerous.
nounced.
grow
ers
in
th
is
section
th
is
year.
The
location
is
large
enough
to
are becoming perturbed over the
Boardm an will be th e next host
m atter. A lthough officers have lo ALTAR SOCIETY TO
one According to H. M. Sommerer, m an take care of a regulation football
for th e schoolm aster group
field and a baseball diamond. Al
ager
of
th
e
F
arm
B
ureau
Coopera
cated
several dogs to date, th ere ap
m onth hence.
tive. approxim ately 12 ton of seed though i t . i s n ot expected th a t the
p aren tly are still some roving about S P O N S O R S A L E
has been raised in th is te rrito ry and tu rf will be solid enough by next
the country.
BULLDOGS TASTE
wholesales a t $1.00 per pound.
fall to take care of a ll football acti
Farm ers are asked to report im
The A ltar Society of H erm iston is
C hester H unt of th e Columbia dis vities, it is hoped th a t th e reg u lar
m ediately any sign of dog killers so
VICTORY SATURDAY
tric t has been experim enting w ith a games can be played there. A t the
th a t officers may have some clue on sponsoring a rum m age sale F riday
and S aturday a t th e H erm iston Ho
AGAINST CONDON
sim ilar arrangem ent as th e Heyden present, football is being played on
w hich to work.
tel din in g room location. A food
machine and has had good results.
an improvised field a t th e park.
sale
will be held S aturday in con
A lthough the in stallatio n of lights
Coach Ray E. C ritchfield’s high
LITTLE THEATRE
nection w ith the sale of o th e r a r
ALBERT
SEE
on
the
new
tu
rf
field
is
not
certain,
school Bulldogs finally tasted victo
ticles. Offered will be antiques, old
TO PRESENT PLAY
Word has been received in H er it is the hope of students th a t th is
ry m eat last Saturday when they
china, clothing and many o th er
will
become
a
reality
in
th
e
next
nipped Condon to the tune of 19 to miston of the death of A lbert See,
WALTER E. HARMON
The H erm iston L ittle T heatre, re items.
6 on the local field. The Bulldogs 58, fath er of C harlotte See, form erly few years.
An ad listing a num ber of the a r
cently
organized under the direction
earned the victory by outplaying of this city. He was a brother of
W alter E. Harmon of Jerom e, Ida
ticles
on sale will he found on page
Dodd
Leaves
For
San
Francisco
th e ir rivals from the sta rt and ta k Mrs. A rth u r P erry and of Jeff See.
ho, who has been in the evangelistic of Miss Lavina May Lynch, will six of this issue.
present
“
Everybody’s
Crazy"
a
t
the
Mr. See passed aw ay suddenly of
ing advantage of the breaks.
E. P. Dodd left Tuesday for San and pastoral work for many years,
The first came in the second can a h eart attack while he was picking Francisco w here he will visit w ith will begin a series of m eetings a t the high school auditorium F riday even
J
to w hen H erm iston blocked a Con apples. Mr. See has recently lived Mrs. Dodd at the exposition. Both H erm iston Union church Sunday, ing, November 24. The cast has PARTY RETURNS
don punt on the Condon nine yard in La G rande and is survived by four will retu rn
In approxim ately 10 November 5. He will be assisted by been chosen from alum ni who ex W IT H FIVE BUCKS
C
stripe. Ripley, rig h t half, sliced off children, all of th a t city.
days. Mrs. Dodd has been in charge his wife and both come very highly celled in dram atics w hile in high
tackle for the first score of the game
Burial was in the Summerville of the Oregon exhibit th ere for the recommendtd, according to Rev. C. school.
"Everybody’s Crazy” is a farce In
Five bucks were added to the large
and season for Herm iston. Mulkins cemetery.
W arner, local pastor.
past year.
failed in the extra point attem pt.
P resent plans are th a t th e meet th re e acts and proves to be excellent to tal killed by local hunters th is
season when a party composed of
Condon scored in the same period
ings shall continue for a least three en tertainm ent.
W alt Pierson, Glenn Ripley, E arl,
from th e 2 yard m arker. Aided by a
weeks. The local congregation Is
15 yard penalty for roughness, Con
m aking plans for a g reat m eeting. ARMISTICE PROGRAM Eddie and Johnnie Bensel, R. C. Mc
Reynolds, Dr. W. L. Morgan, his bro
don utilized a quarterback sneak to
TO BE AT HEPPNER
th er and brother-in-law checked In.
place the ball In scoring position.
LOCAL MINISTERS
The men hunted In th e m ountains
The ex tra point was no good.
ELECT OFFICERS
According to inform ation from above Heppner,
Gene Miller, who played a whale
H erm iston was represented a t the tions, ty p ew riter com parisons, fire
the local Legion organization, no
Extrem ely cold w eather was en
of a game for H erm iston, took the
annual
Federal Bureau of Investiga arms, fractured glass, hairs and fib
next kickoff and ran it from his own
M inisters of H erm iston m et a t th e Arm istice plans have been made for countered during the closing days of
this year.
However, the season w ith sr.ow falling Tues
10 to the Condon 30 before he was tion School for police officers held ers, and metals. In the evening study of the B aptist church last F ri H erm iston
nailed.
A fter an o th er first down, last week in Eugene by H. A. Pan- films were shown in connection w ith day m orning to organize a m in ister many from here plan to atten d the day.
police work. The in stru cto r co n tin
celebration at Heppner on Novem
Condon held on its own 11 when the
kow, local police officer. The school ued his classes T hursday, w ith a film ial association. The group w ill a t
ber 11. Herm iston and Heppner ECHO GARDEN CLUB I
half ended activities.
tem
pt
to
foster
a
b
etter
feeling
and
The second half began in a pu n t is sponsored by the League of Oregon in the evening on “The Technique friendship between churches and to have been alte rn a tin g in sponsoring
TO SPONSOR SHOW
ing dual, but K. Bensel surprised the Cities and was in general charge of and Mechanics of A rrest and Search promote the cause of C hristian reli Arm istice day festivities.
A h ig h lig h t of the celebration will
visitors on receiving a punt and J. D. Swenson, F.B.I. ag en t stationed of Person.’’
gion in H erm iston. Rev. Cecil W ar
A firearm s dem onstration was
be the annual H eppner-H erm iston
scampered from his own 15 to ano at Portland.
The Echo Garden club is sponsor
The h ig h lig h t of the first day, held Friday n ig h t which proved pop ner of the Union church was elected football game. The Bulldogs have
th e r touchdown. The e x tra point
president and Rev. Grayden Loree,
ing a 2-hour technl-color moving
Monday, was a talk by Dean Eric Al u lar am ong the officers. T he show
improved
considerably
th
e
past
few
was good, m aking the score 13-6.
secretary.
picture show of famous European
games and will be a t top condition
O pening the final session, the len, School of Journalism , U niversity was put on by a FBI firearm s ex
It was decided th a t the m eetings
gardens and flower shows a t th e
for the Heppner fray.
Bulldogs blocked another Condon of Oregon. He told of th e relation pert who was q u ite adept in his art.
would be held on the second Monday
Echo th e a tre on Monday, October 30,
punt, recovering on the 25 yard between th e police officer and th e D uring the day classes were held in
of
each
monfh.
A
fter
discussing
a
t 8:00 o’clock. W alter Dlmm, who
stripe. A pass. Rugg to Corpe, net public, and the benefits derived from connection w ith the h an d lin g of
ways of fu rth e rin g th e purpose of POMONA GRANGE TO took th e pictures w hile on a tour of
prisoners.
a
cooperation
between
these
two
fac
ted 18 yards, from w here Ripley
Europe, will be present to explain
Photography a g an aid to law en the organization and m aking te n ta MEET NOVEMBER 2
scored on a reverse. T his ended the tions. Dr. Donald M. Erb, president
tive plans for a union T hanksgiving
the various scenes.
of
the
university,
gave
an
opening
forcement
was
a
topic
Saturday
scoring as the ex tra point failed.
An adm ission price of 26c and 15c
m orning. Speakers d u rin g th e day service, th e m eeting adjourned. Pres
Condon opened a determ ined drive address in th e m orning.
U m atilla county G rangers are re
ent were Rev. Stanley Webber, Rev.
will be charged. H erm iston resi
E
arl
Snell,
secretary
of
state,
was
included
H
arry
Niles.
Dean
W
ayne
minded of the m eetings of Pomona
in th e final m inutes b u t th e B ull
D. Greeley, Rev. Grayden Loree,
dents are invited to visit th e show.
G range a t the Herm iston com munity
dogs failed to give ground.
A fair present Tuesday to tell of the motor Morse, Mr. Swenson, Dana Jew ell of B’
and
Rev.
Stearns
Portland
and
Mr.
Burgess
of
Salem.
ftev'
"
arn
e
r
vehicle
laws
of
Oregon.
O
ther
speak
hall on T hursday, November 2. W est-
sized crowd attended th e game.
DONALD JAMES CUPP
ers Included Carl Donaugh, U. S. Awards were presented d u rin g the 1 IIR,1’nR J f
land and Columbia are host G ranges
banquet
S
aturday
evening
by
Gover
atto
rn
ey
;
Sergeant
Louis
Burgess,
Donald
Jam es Cupp, son of Mr.
Gymnasium Seats Softened.
with all G rangers urged to atten d .
Girls' League To Masquerade.
Salem police d ep artm en t; C aptain nor Charles A. Sprague.
and Mrs. Jam es Cupp, passed away
The
public
is
invited
to
th
e
Lec
Welcome news to ard en t basket Dana E. Jew ell, P ortland -police de
The open forum sessions held a t
The G irls’ le a g u e of th e local tu re r’s program in the afternon.
Saturday, October 21, a t Pendleton,
ball fans is the in stallation of partm ent. and several others.
intervals d u rin g the week brought (high school will sponsor a masquer-
a t th e age of 9 m onths and 17 days.
sponge paddings for th e gymnasium
W ednesday an in tsru cto r from the out many in terestin g questions, ac- ade p arty F riday evening in the Young People Have Skating Party He was born Ja n u a ry 4, 1939. in
seats at the local high school. Super F.B.I. laboratory at W ashington, D. cording to Mr. Pankow. A lthough high school gymnasium. The party
The young people of the C hristian H erm iston.
in tendent W. G. K ersbergen stated C. held a class on the functions of th e foregoing are some of th e high- will be In the form of a Halloween
Endeavor society of th e Union
F u n eral services were held Sun
although th e seats w ere made of the technical laboratory of the F.B.I. lig h ts of the school, many other top-j celebration w ith high school stu-
church sponsored a roller sk atin g day afternoon in the Herm iston
soft wood, fans were clam oring for and scientific aids to investigation. ics and Items were brought up. Mr. dents, alum ni and parents Invited.
p arty Tuesday evening. An enjoy- Union church with Rev. C. W arner
more luxurious sittin g accommoda Among th e things bro u g h t out were Pankow was sent to the school by A dance will be the feature of the i able evening was spent
by a large in charge. Burial took place in the
tions.
evening.
I group.
blood tests, inks, docum ent examina- the city council.
H erm iston cemetery.
EVANGELIST COMING
LOCAL OFFICER ATTENDS ANNUAL SCHOOL
OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Pendleton vs. Bulldogs, Saturday, Last Home Tilt