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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.
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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
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Ja n u ary 17 .
ing. At th e first o p portunity I am
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Ja n u ary 18 . .............42
going to subm it your statem en t to
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Ja n u ary 19 -................ 31
P resident Roosevelt. I am g reatly
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Ja n u ary 20 . ...............35
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concerned over the U m atilla project
Ja n u ary 21 . ................ 30
and hope th a t we shall be able to
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Ja n u ary 22 . .............31
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obtain congressional recognition a t
Ja n u ary 23 . .............31
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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