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NEWS FROM YOUR OWN STATE & CO UNT- oi 0. Î eûe O<e' DAIRYMEN A N NU A L Mi TO ELECT OF. $vERS Th a. VOLUME x x x m . STANFIELD SCS CAMP MAKES PROGRESS DURING PAST YEAR T he annual meeting of the Uma tilla-M orrow Dairy H erd Improve m ent association will be held Wed nesday, Jan u ary 31, a t 1:30 p. m., in A ssistant County A gent M. E. K nickerbocker’s offices, announces L. C. Dyer, secretary. The an n u a l re p o rt for 1939 lo r the association w ill SAND BLOW NEAR oe presented by H. R. H artley, te st er. Election of officers will be led IRRIGON JMPROVED by Mr. K nickerbocker and a report By J. R. CHENAULT of the recent te sters’ conference held in Corvallis will he given by Mr. OOC Camp S uperintendent H artley. All members of the associa Soil Conservation Service tion as well as those interested In STANFIELD— A m id-w inter check dairying are urged to attend. reveals th a t definite progress is be The association report for Decem ing made by irrig atio n d istric t ber follows: farm ers and operators of ad jacen t The num ber of herds on te st d u r rangeland who are using the cooper ing the m onth was 22, consisting of ative facilities of the Stanfield Soil 397 cows, 65 of w hich were dry. The Conservation Service CCC camp in to ta l .production of these herds was th eir battle against wind and ir ri 167,507 pounds of milk and 8994.9 gation w ater erosion in the S tan pounds of fat and the average pro field, Hermiston, Boardm an and Ir duction per cow, including both rigon areas. cows in milk and cows dry, was An imm ediate problem facing the 421.9 pounds of milk and 22.65 camp when it was located here in pounds of fat. the fall of 1938 was w hat to do The high herd of over 20 cows about 25,000 acres of range land was owned by the E astern Oregon south of Irrigon th a t had been b u rn S tate H ospital, producing 31.92 ed over th a t summ er and already average pounds of fat. High herd of was blowing badly. A valuable 12 to 20 cows was owned by Nels main irrigatio n canal w inding K rlstensen, w hich produced 39.15 through the burned area was being average pounds of fat. The high herd filled w ith wind-blown sand, and of under 12 cows was owned by W. dunes were th rea ten in g to move V. G rider whose herd .produced 30.02 over adjacent productive Irrigated average pounds of fat. land. Members having cows com pleting The CCC crews cut hundreds of lactation records w ith the m inim um loads of willow brush along the Col requirem ents were P ran k Seeliger, umbia and U m atilla rivers and used Del C hristley. W. D. Neill and E ast the m aterial in building m iles of ern Oregon S tate H ospital. brush fence to hold the soil d rifts out of the canal. They th en seeded rye between the brush barriers, TOWNSEND CLUB with the view to holding the soil down tem porarily, and the opera NEWS tors kept th eir stock off of the en By MRS. JOE UDEY tire area to give the native grass T his is to notify all the newly and other plan ts a chance to come elected club council to be present at back. th e club m eeting th is week, as well The effectiveness of these mea as club members, and to bring th e ir sures has been noted this past sea 1939 amended Townsend club m an son. particularly. Sand movement uals. This is th e instruction sent along the canal has been slowed by our newly elected president, L. I down, and vegetation Is retu rn in g W. Dixson, who returned from Cali and form ing a protective cover over fo rn ia and expects to be a t the next extensive areas of the form erly n ea r m eeting and w ants to finish out the ly barren burn. It Is believed th a t election of officers. continued protection from grazing This is a very im portant year for will give th e rest of the burned-off o u r movement so we are asking very te rrito ry a chance to stabilize itself kindly your continued help. W ith sim ilarly w ith grass. u n ity and cooperation we will go on H elping farm ers to set out new to g reater victories, and as we do so, w indbreaks on the w indw ard sides w e will m ake sure the certain and of thieir ‘Irrigated fields has been fu tu re success of the Townsend (Continued on page 6) movement, and the w elfare of all th e people in America. W ith your Examiner Here February 1. activ e and u n failin g help and coop A traveling exam iner of operators era tio n we will surely win. and chauffeurs is scheduled to a r Due to illness of th e serving com rive in H erm iston T hursday, F ebru m ittee, refreshm ent for the m eeting ary 1, and will be on duty a t the will not be served this time. This be city lib ra ry between the hours of in g the last m eeting of the month, 11 a. m. to 5 p. m., according to a all Townsend banks are to be tu rn recent announcem ent released from ed over to th e finance committee. the Secretary of S tate’s office. All It has been announced th a t the those w ishing perm its or licenses to play sponsored by the Pendleton drive cars are asked to get In touch Townsend club has been postponed w ith the exam iner during these from Ja n u ary 27 to W ednesday, J a n hours. uary 31. F. B. A. Meets February 2. T he Farm Bureau A uxiliary will m eet Friday, F ebruary 2, w ith Mrs. Mabel Reid In charge of the pro gram and Mrs. Dora Mikesell, Mrs. Bmma C hristley and Mrs. Mary H arr as the refreshm ent committee. eim L ito n ■ija.’L&LiL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HEBMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OKEGON. JANUARY 25, 1940. H erm iston U nion H igh School B asketb all Squad F.D.R/S BIRTHDAY TO DE OBSERVED ' WITH (ARD P A R K PROCEEDS TO GO FOR 'MARCH OF DIMES' P ictured are members of the Bulldog basketball squad: from left to Corpe and Pierson. Hack row, Cram pton, Rugg, Holloman, T iller Cut courtesy High School Bulldog. BULLDOGS LIST TWO GAMES FOR THIS WEEK E N D The H erm iston h igh school Bull dogs face a busy >yeek end when they tackle Irrigon and Helix on the local floor F riday and S atu rd ay re spectively. In each case th e grade sqhool will play a prelim inary. The first games begin a t 7:30 w ith the feature contests com mencing im m ediately after. Boardm an will play here next Tuesday. Ja n u a ry 30. The contests here th is week end are both expected to be in terestin g affairs. Irrigon won a one point th rille r a t Irrigon early in the sea son w hile Heliix was defeated 17 to 13. Lyle Eddy has developed a srong club a t Irrigon and will come to H erm iston to prove th a t th e firs t game was no fluke. Coach C ritchfield indicated W ed nesday th a t his second team men were due to see some action against Irrigon and Helix. T his step is not being taken because the games are considered as setups b ut because the second strin g ers have been out-scor ing th e regulars in practice and may be boosted to sta rtin g positions. President’s Dance at Irrigon P resident R oosevelt’s b irthday dance is sponsored by the Boardman and Irrigon Granges Saturday. J a n u ary 27, in the Irrigon gymnasium. Benefits will go for prevention and cure of in fan tile paralysis. EXTENSION SPECIALIST DISCUSSES HOG FEEDING PROBLEMS AT MEETING HERE Pork prices m ight be depressed same feeding value as cooked pota for a ¡period of one or even two toes and therefore 400 pounds of a r tichokes will equal in feeding value years, said H. A. Lindgren, exten 100 pounds of g rain in the ration. sion specialist in Animal H usband The use of good alfalfa hay, of ry from Oregon S tate college, a t a which there is an abundance pro A new long distance cold w eather meeting in A ssistant Côunty A gent duced in th is te rrito ry , will provide record for H erm iston and vicinity M. E. K nickerbocker's office last a portion of the necessary protein h as been established th is week, Friday afternoon. A pproxim ately 35 supplem ent and also la one of the best sources of m inerals. Hogs will when Herm iston w ent into its 10th farm ers attended the session. W henever the price of pork is eat a su b stan tial am ount of hay If consecutive day of below zero w eather. According to C harles T ay such th a t 100 pounds can be sold allowed to run to a rack or trough lor. local w eather man, the therm o for as much as 616 pounds of grain, filled for th a t purpose, or chopped m eter slipped to 35 below zero, Ja n - | hog production rem ains fairly con hay may be mixed w ith the grain. Mr. L indgren pointed out th a t n a ry 21. Snowfall In H erm iston stan t. W hen 100 pounds pork rises: and U m atilla county varies from 18 above th a t figure (approxim ately ■ since coal is mined in several dis $8.00 a t present g rain prices) there! tric ts throughout the United States to 20 inches. H erbert Hedwall, who is employ is a rapid increase in production and and is of varying degrees of q uality ed a t B urnham 's, is staying a t the when as now, 616 pounds grain will and hardness, considerable variation Pace home u n til this cold spell sub bring more th an 100 pounds of may occur in the available m ineral pork, there is a decline in produc content, and fatten in g pigs would sides. Miss G eorgiana Briggs and Mrs. tion, he continued. Any decline at probably obtain a b etter d ie t as far Gerald W hite, teachers a t P ine City, the present tim e may be retarded by as m inerals are concerned If they the fact th a t th ere are enormous are allowed free access to a m ixture are visiting a t th e ir homes. of one-third steamed bone meal, one- Beginning F eb ru ary 1, a new lo supplies of feed grain In storage. In order to counteract low prices, th ird lim e (or wood ashes), and one- cal hospital will begin operation, ac cording to Dr. A. W. C hristopher Mr. L indgren suggested th a t grow th ird stock salt. The problem of worms In hogs son. The exact location of th e hos ers use pig brooders in order to save a higher percentage of sm all pigs. was also discussed. The McClean p ita l has not yet been determ ined. Oscar Payne is employed a t Echo, A rtichokes as a feed came in for con I system for roundw orm control was w orking for th e George * M iller Co. siderable atten tio n and It was stated ! explained, as wag the use of several th a t they hav e approxim ately the worm remedies. d u rin g th e ir sale. Ten Years Ago NUMBER 23 EDWARD SCHELL LOSES EYE SIGHT Edw ard Schell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edw ard C. Schell and a first grap^r *n the local schools, lost the sight of an eye following an acci d en t which occurred recently when a rubber band: w hich he was stretch in g backfired and struck him directly in th e eye. He was rushed to the Doernbecker hospital in P o rt land w here two operations were perform ed to no avail. In a le tte r received by his p ar ents' T hursday it was stated th a t 24 hours afte r th e first operation It was th o u g h t th a t the eye could be saved, but com plications occurred, which necessitated the second op eration. The increased pressure and the severe pain made it necessary to remove the eye. Edw ard stood the operation nice ly and he is reported as g ettin g along fine. CONNOR'S STORE TO HAVE NEW HOME The Oregon H ardw are & Im ple ment building on Main street, for merly occupied by Safeway, will be the new q u arte rs for Connor’s Cash Store. The moving date has not been set but will probably be arranged by Saturday, F ebruary 3. The in te r ior of the building is being rep a in t ed and generally revamped. Guy Cronk is doing the work. T he change is being made by Mr. Connor to increase his floor space and also to give more room to his produce departm ent. He is discon tin u in g his store at U m atilla and will concentrate his efforts w ith the one concern. DISTRICT MANAGER TO TAKE OFFICE F rank M. Caverhlll of Milton has been appointed as d istric t m anager of the W estland Irrig atio n d istrict, replacing J. W. Messner who has been m anager since 1925. T he la t ter retired last week, effective Feb ru ary 1 at which tim e Mr. Caver- hili will take over his new duties. Mr. Caverhlll has been connected with the state w ater commission for the past two years and has been associated w ith th e d istrib u tio n of w ater at B u tter Creek. He has s tu died civil engineering and comes well qualified for the Job. He is m arried and will make his home in Herm iston. Stillings in Portland Hospital. Pressley S tillings, son of H. J. Stillings, /is confined In th e Good S am aritan hospital In Portland with illness. He was taken there this week by his father. V ester Shaw Is su b stitu tin g for Mr. S tillings In the local post office where he is em ployed as n ig h t dispatcher. P resident F ran k lin D. Roosevelt’« "M arch of Dimes" b irth d ay party will be celebrated in H erm iston n ex t Monday, Ja n u ary 29, w ith a public card p arty a t th e H erm iston h igh school gymnasium. Due to sh o rt no tice the annual dance will not he held th is year. The e n tertain m en t Monday n ig h t will be sponsored by the local American Legion au x iliary , assisted by the Rebekahs and the Herm iston G arden club. A general admission price of 25c will be charged, w ith door ¡prize« and prizes for bridge, pinochle, C hi nese checkers and monopoly. A r rangem ents are also being made for tables for high school students w ith separate prizes for them. The com m ittee In charge urges th a t anyone who does not play cards but who wishes to join the March of Dime« to send th e money to the Legion au x iliary and proper credit w ill be given. rig h t, front, G ettm ann, Clarke, In fan tile paralysis Is becoming a and Coach Critchfield. serious menace in the United States, — P icture by Gale Felthouse according to latest reports from th e N ational Medical association. S ta tistics Bhow th a t 50 per cent of all SNOW REMAINS ON the cases In th e world are listed in GROUND THIS WEEK the United States. The an n u al u n i ted effort to stem th e spread of th is W ITH COLD SPELL dreaded disease is headed by P resi dent Roosevelt. Money taken In by The en tire vicinity has been snow th is large project Is used in fu rth e r blanketed during most of the week. ing research to actu ally combat th e A lthough the fall has been com para paralysis. tively light, the cold tem peratures kept the snow from m elting. Snow MC NARY VOICES In the m ountains has not been hea vy to date although it has been fall CONCERN OVER DAM ing steadily during the most of the The following telegram was re week. The following 19 the report for the ceived th ia week by E. P. Dodd from past eight days, acordlng to Charles Senator McNary: "Am in accord w ith content of your letter of the Taylor, w eather man. 20th which reached me this m orn 32 46 Ja n u ary 17 . ing. At th e first o p portunity I am 26 Ja n u ary 18 . .............42 going to subm it your statem en t to 26 Ja n u ary 19 -................ 31 P resident Roosevelt. I am g reatly 27 Ja n u ary 20 . ...............35 22 concerned over the U m atilla project Ja n u ary 21 . ................ 30 and hope th a t we shall be able to 25 Ja n u ary 22 . .............31 25 obtain congressional recognition a t Ja n u ary 23 . .............31 23 thia session. Chas. L. M cNary." Jan u ary 24 ...............30 The le tte r referred to above was Preoipitation for th e week WM concerning the recent statem en ts by .16 in. the P resident on th e developm ent of the G rand Coulee and Columbia POWER RATE CUT Basin project and th e benefits th a t would accrue to th a t project from DUE HERMISTON navigation above U m atilla rapide. It also outlined the recent develop R ate reductions by the H erm is m ents at U m atilla and the assured ton Light & Power company, ag use of th e Columbia to th a t point, gregating >4000 annually, were a n and other more recent argum ents nounced here Tuesday by S tate U til for the early construction of th e ities Commissioner Ormond R. Bean. U m atilla rapids dam. , The residential schedules are re duced $1980 an n u ally and the com mercial schedules $1450* annually. TODD ENJOYS 75TH S treet lig h tin g schedules, to be a n nounced soon, will resu lt In a sav BIRTH ANNIVERSARY ing of $530 a year. R. C. Todd of H erm iston celeb rat The reductions effect approxi mately 532 residential and 250 ed his 75th an niversary W ednesday commercial consumers In Hprmis- night. T he occasion was honored with a family p arty a t the home of ton and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Todd. Mr. Todd is still in fair h ealth and is a daily MORE R.E.A. LINES figure on the streets of H erm iston. P resent W ednesday n ig h t were ARE PLANNED Dr. and M rs. G. E. H olt and son of Pendleton, Mrs. R oberta G unn of News reports from W ashington Lexington, Ky.. but form erly of H er gives the inform ation th a t the n a miston, Mr. and Mrs. Logan Todd tional REA is contem plating an ad and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Todd and fam ditional extension of 100 miles of its ilies. A le tte r was read from H arry lines In U m atilla and Morrow coun Todd of Bend. ties. The present system of the Uma tilla Electric Cooperative association contains 250 miles now completed JOE COONEY W IN S and it is thought th a t the REA has DAIRY ESSAY PRIZE made an estim ate of sh o rt additions and extensions from the present Young Joe Cooney, son of Mr. and system. Mrs. Em m ett Cooney of N orth HUI, The local system is approxim ately was aw arded first prize In th e re a year and a half old and Is adding cent essay contest sponsored by th e new custom ers regularly. Happy T hot Jersey Farm , H. K. H artley, owner. The aw ard co n sist Former Editor Visits Here ed of a purebred Jersey bull calf. Mrs. H. R. Smith (P au lin e Stoop) T he subject of th e esay was “ W hy of E nterprise, formerly co-editor of Dairymen Should Use a P urebred The Herald, is visiting in H ermiston Sire.” The, story will be p rin ted in this week. She is staying a t th e Levi next week’s Issue of T he H erald. Reeder home. She was accompanied In Judging th e papers, th e judges here by Mrs. J. H. Lindley who is were given only the num bers of th e visiting at the home of her d augh essays w ith no names attached. T he ter. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stoop, at papers were turned In a t th e Um a Umatilla. tilla Cooperative Creamery. Irrigon Friday, January 2 6 - B A S K E T B A L L - Helix Saturday, January 27
