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OFFICIAL U M A TILLA COUNTY PAPER
r GLUME XXXIII.
St. Mawes Queen A nnette, twelve-
year-old registered Jersey, owned by
W. D. Neill of Stanfield, has com
pleted her 305 day test with a pro
duction of 8758 pounds of milk and
442.8 pounds of fat, returning *67.74
to her ow ner over feed costs, accord
in g to the October report of the
U m atilla Morrow Dairy Herd Im PROSPECTS FAIR
provem ent association Just released
by H. R. H artley, tester. T his is not FOR GOOD Y EAR
a record production but is outstand
T he 1939 basketball season will
ing for a cow th a t old, Mr. H artley
begin in earnest next week w ith the
states.
Bulldogs playing theic first regular
This cow was born March 3, 1927, game a t Irrigon on Tuesday, Novem
an d when a two-year-old produced ber 28. The first home game will
only 233.7 pounds of fat, but in be w ith H eppner on Friday, Decem
1930 she showed more promise by ber 1. Coach Ray C ritchfield is not
producing 300 pounds, followed by m aking any rash promises b ut ob
424.4 pounds in the 1931 year. H av servers state th a t the outlook for a
ing more or less outdone herself, w inning season are fairly bright.
she dropped back to 361 pounds of
A squad of 30 to 40 players are
fat in 1932, and then started a grad tu rn in g out each night w ith interest
ual yearly increase. In 1933 she keen in making the first ten. Coach
produced 384.4 pounds, 399 pounds Critchfield stated Tuesday th a t he
in 1934, 408.6 pounds in 1935, and will make a cut in the squad proba
a g rand climax of 550.5 pounds when bly next week. Among the most
she was nine years old in 193 6. In prom ising to date are Kelly Tiller,
th a t year she returned a to ta l of Raymond Holloman, R alph Cramp-
$131.25 above feed costs to F. A. Ba ton, Bill Corpe, Alvin G ettm ann, Ted
ker, who owned her at th a t time.
Ripley, Gene Rugg, Bob Pierson and
A t calving tim e in 1937 she suf Bob Smith. However, these posi
fered an accident which kept her out tions are not cinched and any mem
of production for the entire year, ber of th e squad is liable to break
b u t came back the next year to pro into th e sta rtin g lineup in ano th er
duce 413.4 pounds of fat. In all this week.
rem arkable cow has produced a to
T he Bulldogs w ill use a zone de
ta l of 3920 pounds of b u tte rfa t, fense w ith variations. The first week
w hich at 25c per pound would bring of practice has been spent in funda
a gross retu rn to her ow ners of m entals w ith a little scrim m age
$980.00.
mixed in. The boys are fig h tin g
St. Mawes Queen A nnette was hard fo r sta rtin g positions.
The following is a list of the pro-
sired by R u th ’s Noble St. Mawes and
o u t of Count’s Queen E sther. Mr. posed games:
there
N eill acquired her in 1938 when he November 28 ....
purchased the entire Baker herd. Mr. December 1 ....... ........ Heppner here
H artley states th a t th is a good ex December 5 ...... ......... Mac-Hi. here
am ple of the value in Dairy Herd Im December 8 ....... .... Pendleton there
provem ent association work. Some December 9 ...... ..... Pendleton here
ow ners follow the plan of selling December 16 ..... .... Boardman there
th e ir cows for beef when they reach Ja n u ary 12 ....... ...... U m atilla there
n in e or ten years of age, b u t if they Ja n u ary 13 ....... ...... Pendleton here
......... A thena there
have production records available
m any of these old cows could be Ja n u ary 23 ....... ........ Mac-Hi there
very profitably retained. Also, many Ja n u ary 2 6 ........ ............ Irrigon here
ow ners make a practice of selling Ja n u a ry 30 ........ ... Boardman here
cows when for some reason they are ‘F ebruary 2 ....... ........ U m atilla here
o u t of production for quite a time. F ebruary 3 ....... .... Pendleton there
H e cites this as one instanoe th a t a F ebruary 6 ........ .......... A thena here
com plete testin g record proves the F ebruary 9 ........ ....... H eppner there
value of keeping such a cow. Fol
low ing is the detailed report of the AIR STEWARDESS
D airy Herd Improvement association
KNOWN HERE
for th e m onth:
N um ber of herds on test ......
21
A picture of Stew ardess M argaret
N um ber of cows enrolled —
371
T o ta l milk production ........ 187,247 Howard of United A ir Lines appear
T otal fat production ........... 9,319.1 ed in the E ast Oregonian in the
N um ber of 40 lb. cows......................... 45 Tuesday evening edition. Miss How
A verage production of fat ..
25.12 ard was shown holding two turkeys
H igh herd (over 20 cow s)— E ast conveying the idea th a t she flies
ern Oregon S tate H ospital, ave. fat, over states which are observing eith
er November 23 or November 30 as
29.03.
T hanksgiving day. The earlier date
H igh herd
(12-20 cow s)— Nels
is being celebrated in Oregon and
K rlstensen, Boardman, average fat,
W ashington, w hile Iowa, Nebraska,
39.6.
Colorado and Idaho are holding to
H igh herd (u n d er 12 cow s)— L. C.
November 30.
Dyer, H erm iston, average fat, 38.13.
Miss Howard is a d au ghter of Mrs.
Bert Michel of H erm iston and re
WOOL GROWERS
sides in P ortland. She has been em
ployed as a stew ardess for a short
A U XILIA R Y MEETS
' time.
CO UR T S E A S O N
TO BE LAUNCHED
TUESDAY NIGHT
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 23, 1939.
L lttle T h e a tre G roup Plans F o r P lay
NUMBER 14
WEATHER RECORD
REVEALS DROUGHT
OVER LONGPERIOD
HUNTERS REPORT
DRYNESS IN HILLS
Above is pictured the cast of "Everybody’s Crazy” . F ro n t row, from left to rig h t: Miss Lynch,
director, Frances Follett, Maxine Paul, V irginia Wells, Genevieve Blinston, Jan e Jackson, J u d y
Colpitts. Second row: Marvin Rankin, Ralph Marble, Jesse Moore, Jim Jackson, Bob Jackson, W ill
iam Hamm and Jack Meyers.
— P ictu re taken by Gale Felthouse
LITTLE THEATRE
TO PRESENT FARCE
FRIDAY NIGHT
THOMSON SERVICES
AT ECHO TUESDAY
F uneral services for Asa B. Thom
son, 69, former sta te legislator from
U m atilla county and for eight years
treasurer of the Federal Land Bank
a t Spokane, were held at Echo Tues
day afternoon a t 2:00 o’clock w ith
the U m atilla Masonic lodge No. 40,
of which the deceased was a member
48 years.
Mr. Thomson died in P ortland
Friday, com m itting suicide as a re
su lt of despondency over ill health.
He was born in Pendleton July
15, 1970, the son of the late Oscar
F. Thomson, and reared on B utter
Creek, where he operated a ranch
for many years.
Mr. Thomson m arried C arrie A.
Stanfield in 1897 who preceded him
in death about th e firs t of l ^ t April.
Survivors include th eir dau g h ter Hi
na of C alifornia; two brothers and
th ree sisters, Mrs. E. P. Jarm on of
California, Mrs. R illa Allen of Ida
ho and Mrs. 'Phebe Bartholomew,
Sloan Thomson and Allen Thomson,
all of Echo. He rem arried recently
to Mrs. N ita Stanfield and they
made th e ir home at Pacific City. She
also survives him.
Pallbearers were Joe Cunha Sr.,
F ran k Sloan. Jim Hoskins, Bill
Switzler, Otis McCarty and Fred An
drews. A delegation of Herm iston
friends attended th e funeral.
FIRE SIREN NOW
ATOP BELL TOWER
ACROSS FROM BANK
The H erm iston fire siren now
The L ittle T heatre, under the di
rests atop the bell tow er a t the west
rection of Miss Lavina May Lynch,
end of Main street. The w histle for
will present for its first perform
many years has been located a t the
ance "Everybody’s Crazy”, a three
telephone building b ut had to be re
act farce by Jay Tobias. The play
moved with the com ing of the dial
will be staged in the high school
system. The siren will continue to
auditorium Friday, November 24, at
sound the 12:00 o'clock call to lunch
8:00 p. m.
but will not give an alarm a t 5:00.
The synopsis follows:
The siren was moved last week by
Three nearly broke college fel
H. A. Pankow who states th a t all
lows, H erbert Stanley, Tommy W il
fire alarm s may now be made either
kins and Elmer Sneed, in the persons
by calling P earson’s Service or by
of Ralph Marble, M arvin R ankin and
throw ing the sw itch at the tower.
Jesse Moore, buy a sum m er hotel on
Anyone doing the la tte r should re
notes and do they have a w hale of a
main near the tow er to give the lo
good time! The audience will be
cation of the fire to firemen.
highly amused at th e way in which
Night fire calls should he made
this trio of collegians meets up w ith
by dialing the fire and police num
Old Man A dversity and polishes him
ber, 2931, listed in th e directory.
off in a sensational manner.
An extension has been made to
Business is so very bad th a t it be
Jack 's Cafe who will ring the alarm .
comes necessary for the boys to give
the inn a rep u tatio n as a house of
UMATILLA RAPIDS
ghosts and a hiding place for an old
m iser’s gold. W illiam Bates, the
DAM AGAIN LOOMS
landlord (B ill H am m ), th reaten s to
take back the hotel. The guests be
An item coming from W ashington,
gin to arrive: Ju lia M ather (V irgin
D. C., and w ritten by John W. K el
ia W ells), who is in love w ith H er
ly, W ashington correspondent, states
bert, and her old maid au n t, Miss
th a t another step in the development
K etura K att (Ju lia C olpitts) who
of the Columbia river will be a t
believes in spiritualism ; a widow,
tempted in the next session of con
Mrs. Spooner (Jan e Jack so n ), a bun
gress. T hat will be an effo rt to
dle of nerves; a sleep w alking old
have congress authorize a dam a t
Romeo, Godfrey Van Gorden (Bob SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
U m atilla rapids.
Jack so n ); his wife Caroline (M ary
The project was defeated in the
FOR HOLIDAY
Helene P iersol), and his daughter,
last session when members suspected
Celia (M axine B lin sto n ); and an old
Schools in H erm iston will be it was ano th er power project. How
bachelor, Adam P o ttle (Jim Jack- closed T hursday and Friday, Novem ever, the new plan is to assure oppo
son), who has horrible nightm ares. ber 23 and 24, for the regular nents th a t th e U m atilla dam is
There are many com plications and 'Thanksgiving holiday, according to necessary as a navigation feature
Hlmer finds it necessary to imper- i Superintendent W. G. Kersbergen. and is im portant to G rand Coulee
A t a business meeting in Septem LOCAL RESIDENTS
sonate a house doctor and tre a t the -This is in accordance w ith Presi- for tran sp o rtatio n purposes.
ber the Wool Growers' Auxiliary
SEE PASSION PLAY
guests for all sorts of fancied a il dent Roosevelt’s proclam ation s e tt
elected the following officers: presi
ments. Tommy is forced to im per ing aside November 23 as T h an k s SCOUTS ENJOY
d en t, Mrs. G aylord M. Madison; vice
sonate his cousin. Eve St. Regis, the giving day.
The
presentation
of
th
e
Passion
president, Mrs. Neil R obertson; sec
Play staged a t V ert auditorium in famous classical dancer, and he
Although the school will celebrate WIENER ROAST
reta ry , Mrs. Hawley Bean; treasurer,
Pendleton Sunday, Monday
and lands himself in all sorts of jam s the earlier T hanksgiving d ate it
Mrs. N. D. Bard; corresponding sec
Tuesday, drew q u ite a delegation both w ith th e m ale and female should not be interpreted to mean
A group of Herm iston Boy Scouts
re ta ry , Mrs. W. Morgan.
from H erm iston. The perform ance guests a t the hotel. The cockney th a t all students a re "good Demo braved the cold w eather Tuesday
On November 7th, the first if the is rated very highly by those a tte n d cook, Libby Ann (M axine P au l), the crats.”
n ig h t and participated in a w iener
y
colored maid. Glad Iola (F rances Fol
re g u la r m onthly parties was held at ing.
and m arshallow roast a t the foot of
th e home of Mrs. M arian George. As
The scenes had to do w ith the last le tt), and the bell hop, Jasper F lu k
the b u tte west of town. The excur
RICHARDS ENTERS
sis ta n t hostesses were Miss Emma seven days of C h rist's life on earth es (Jack M eyer), furnish plenty of
sion is one of several projects
Geiszler, Mrs. W. H. Crary and Mrs. and th e experienced cast, the spec comedy element.
CORN EXHIBIT
planned for the boys during the w in
ta cu la r ligh tin g effects and the ap
Ekiward Liesegang.
The cast follows:
ter months.
Ralph Richards of the W estland
Ju liu s Gimble, scoutm aster, was in
In December, members having propriate costum ry and settings
Herb Stanley— Ralph Marble. The
listric t sent ten ears of seed corn to charge.
h igh scores for the year will be created a lastin g impression.
(Continued on page 4)
Corvallis th is week for com petition
guests of honor. The losers w ill be
n the annual Oregon sta te corn
W ilkes Reported Some Better.
hostesses. High scores were made by
show to be held there November 28
Mrs. Nell G illett, Mrs. W. Morgan, j
Virgil W ilkes, who has spent the
to December 2. The corn show is past week in W alla W alla doctoring.
Mrs. Celia Gilmore. Mrs. W. M artin
open
to any exhibitor in Oregon who Is reported some b etter by Mrs.
M arbut, Mrs. G. E. G reathouse, Mrs.
has corn grown d u rin g the cu rren t W ilkes who came to H erm iston W ed
W. H. Crary, Mrs. Edw ard Liese
crop year.
gang. Mrs. M. E. Coe, Mrs. Neil Rob
nesday. Mr. W ilkes took 5 tu rn for
It is thought th a t there may be
ertson. Mrs. A rietta W hite, Miss
Considerable in terest has been a p -|th o u g h t th a t th is figure can be in several other entries from this dis the worse Sunday hut was consider
E lva Berry, Mrs. E. P. Dodd, Mrs.
ably Improved W ednesday morning.
parent the past week concerning a creased to a larger num ber w ith the trict.
Wm. Shaar. Mrs. K atherine D augh
use
of
pumping
apparatus.
D
rilling!
dug a t
x
6
BI
. „
,
Another Turkey Shoot Planned.
erty, Mrs. Tom Fraser, Mrs. S tanly new artesian well now being
.
. was stopped when the w ater began
Notice to R E . A. Members.
Lyon, Mrs. Sloan Thompson. Mrs. C. U m atilla by C harles E. Lewis of f]owing at th e 385-foot mark.
Im portant news concerning the lo-
The Hermiston American Legion
M. Jackson and Mrs. J. E dgar Say Pendleton. At latest reports tbe W hether attem p ts will be made for cal U m atilla Electric Cooperative as-
Rod * « ° " c,ub « » ' «ponsor
lor.
well h ad reached a depth of 385 feet greater depths depends en tirely upon soclation are w ritten each week by I another tu rk ey shoot a t th e golf
where a good flow of w ater was tests of pum ping which are made R L. Woolley, manager. The news I c’« ’» house on Sunday, December 17
Paper Issued Early.
struck. Several estim ates have been this week.
will be found on the co o p e rativ e !« 11" a rtists are asked to keep th is
¡date in mihd.
T his week’s issue of th e H erald made to the am ount of flow per min-
A. E. M cFarland, th ree miles page every week.
was published W ednesday n ig h t in- ute but it is certain th a t th e flow south of Boardm an, has also discov-
Cellers Bags Big Elk.
•tead of the reg u lar T hursday due . will be sufficient for th e w ater sup- cred an artesian flow at the depth of
Local Men Named Appraisers.
to the fact th a t th e staff wished to ply of U m atilla. Tests have been 80 feet. He has estim ated his flow
C ircuit Judge C. L. Sweek S atu r
To B. Cellers of the W estland dls-
' bserve November 23 as T hanksgiv- made of the w ater but as yet no re- at 107 gallons per minute.
day appointed V. L. W arren, B. Get- ' trlc t goes the honors of th e largest
It is Interesting to note th a t the cbell and Dell C hristley, all of Her- elk of the year in th is d istrict. His
in g day. Next week’s Issue will suits have been reported,
ome out November *30 in spite o f ' The flow came in Saturday w ith U m atilla artesian flow was struck at mlston, appraisers In the estate of kill weighed
approxim ately
600
th e fact th a t it shows red on the an arte sia n flow of approxim ately a ground elevation of 27 5 feet, or H enry A. Hooker. A. C. McIntyre Is pounds and was bagged In the Tony
calendar.
1,000 gallons per hour, but It is 110 feet below sea level.
Vey ranch region.
atto rn ey for th e estate.
NEW ARTESIAN WELL AT UMATILLA ASSURES
BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY FOR CITY WATER USE
According to the records of Chas.
Taylor, a to tal of 1.01 of rain has
fallen since the first of September.
This long period of drought is some
w hat exceptional because in most
previous years considerable percipi-
tation has been recorded by the end
of November. In 1938 there was a
total of .67 in October and .81 in
November while in the same two
m onths th is year th ere was only
.36 and .01 inches respectively.
Not only has it been exceedingly
dry locally but h u n ters report th a t
the Blue M ountains also show a no
ticeable lack of moisture. W hat ef
fect the dry period w ill have on the
filling of th e reservoir depends
greatly upon the next m onth because
to date the inflow 1« considerably
behind schedule.
Monday n ig h t th e therm om eter
h'it 16 for th e lowest m ark to date.
Cloudy w eather d u rin g the day,
however, gave some indication th a t
a slightly higher m ark would fol
low.
The following are the records for
the past two weeks:
Max. Min.
Date
November 9 ...... ...... 58 - .. 27
November 10 ...... ...... 62 .. .. 22
62 .... 33
November 11 ......
November 12 ...... ...... 59 .. .. 23
November 13 ...... ...... 50 .. . 20
November 14 ...... ...... 63 .. .. 25
November 15 ...... ...... 55 - .. 20
November 16 ...... ...... 54 .. . 18
November 17 ...... ...... 50 .. .. 17
November 18 ...... ...... 59 .. .. 27
November 19 ...... ...... 54 .. . 20
November 20 ...... ...... 47 .. .. 20
November 21 ...... ...... 42 .. . 16
The first snow recorded last year
fell on December 21 h u t ehowed only
a trace the next day. The first of
the year, however, came w ithout
snow w ith the w eather rath e r cool.
TOWNSEND CLUB
TO MEET FRIDAY
i
The H erm iston Townsend club
will hold a reg u lar meeting Friday,
November 24, in th e Legion hall. All
members are urged to be present. A
feature of th e evening will be an ad
dress by Dr. Townsend on “ Prosper
ity ,” which will be played on a pho
nograph.
As th is Is Townsend week for all
clubs in the country, local members
are urged to bring a visitor to the
m eeting Friday. The men will be in
charge of the Jitney lunch.
GERALDINE MULLINS
HONORED A T O.S.C.
Oregon S tate College—G eraldine
Mullins, freshm an in secretarial
science from Herm iston, was one of
44 freshmen women honored a t a
banquet given on November 16 by
Alpha I-ambda Delta, national scho
lastic honor society for sophomare
women. These freshmen girls have
made a t least three-fourths A's w ith
no grade below a B or the equiva
lent, d u rin g th eir high school course.
Dr. E. W. W arrington, professor of
philosophy and religion, was the
guest speaker of th e affair.
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
ADDS MARIMBA
The newest addition to the H er
miston Union high school orchestra
is a m arim ba. This in stru m en t d if
fers from the xylophone In th a t It
has an additional set of sound v ib ra
tors beneath the regular bars of d if
ferent length.
Gene Alspach an d Jack Jackson
are being c'Skched to play the in stru
ment by O. C. Humphries, director.
Considerable Interest is being dis
played in band work th is year.
No Holiday On November 30
T here wll be no festivities in H er
miston next Thursday, November
30, even though the date shows red
on th e calendar. Following in line
w ith President Roosevelt’s procla
m ation, Gov. Charles Sprague ch an g
ed th e regular T hanksgiving date to
November 23. The Herald will be
published Thursday evening, on reg
u la r schedule.