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By Mrs. Baxter Hutchison
VOLUME X X XIII.
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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
HERM ISTON,
UMATILLA
COUNTY, OREGON, AU G U ST 1, 1940.
SLEEPING SICKNESS To V ie fo r T rophy at R oundup
PROVES TROUBLESOME
TO HORSE BREEDERS
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Mrs. L. Hammer entertained with
a birthday breakfast Wednesday
morning honoring her sister, Mrs. H.
B. Simpson. Twelve of the Conrad
\ clan were present, including Mrs.
Louise Conrad, mother. All had a
jolly time. Afterwards Mrs. Simp
son, her son Kerby and Omar Wilcox
left for their home in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Hammer and
fam ily and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Neill STATE VETERINARY
and daughter Peggy were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl AVAILABLE HERE
Hammer.
Mrs. W. A. Foster arranged a
An epidemic of sleeping sickness
picnic at Columbia park Sunday in which started six weeks earlier than
honor of her husband’s birthday. A
special treat for the crowd was roast last year has been causing consider
turkey and delicious dressing pre able apprehension among horse own
pared by Mrs. Foster. A fine time ers in the west end of the county the
was had and everyone wished Mr. past few weeks. Assistant County
Foster many more such birthdays. Agent M. E. Knickerbocker states
Present were Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Reid, Mrs. Christley and son Del, that 50 cases of the disease or more
Mrs. Casady and daughter Marian, than occurred all last season have
Barbara Reid, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. been reported to his office this
Upham, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mike- month.
sell, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Schulty, Mr.
Of this number approximately 50
and Mrs. E. C. Hughes, Mrs. Jessie
Hooker and Mr. and Mrs. Baxtei per cent have died. Mr. Knickerbock
Hutchison.
er believes that a considerably high
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Knox and Mr. er percentage of deaths would have
and Mrs. Charles Wells spent the occurred if the horses had not been
week end visiting friends and rela
tives at Hood River, Grass Valley, given good care and serum treat
ments.
Clarno and Condon.
Eight little girls enjoyed a party
Because of the severity of the out
at the H. A. Wilson home Tuesday. break and the demand for vaccina
The occasion was Phyllis Wilson’s
8th birthday. A large white cake tion, the extension service has been
with red candles was cut. Also ice able to secure the service of Dr. M. J.
cream and red punch were served. Belton, state veterinarian, to treat
The little guests were Bonnie Gray, effected horses and vaccinate others.
Gail Hugg, Joan Garrison, Ruthie Anyone wishing this service should
and Sylvia Gearhart, Doreen Cable
and Sue Sommerer. Mrs. Garrison, leave his name at the extension of
niece of Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Peck fice in Hermiston or Pendleton as
were present and assisted Mrs. Wil soon as possible.
son.
Although vaccination now does not
Louise Hammer and her cousin
render
horses immediately immune to
Alice Dudley were over night guests
of their cousin, Kathleen Fox at her the disease, because the normal sea
son for infection will last for at
home in Freewater Saturday night.
Gloria Hammer was an over night least three months yet, it is advisable
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Neill to vaccinate and start building up
Sunday.
Mrs. Louise Conrad and Zana and immunity in susceptible horses. Vac
Alice Dudley left Sunday morning cination protects horses for only one
Pendleton, O re, July 31. Competition, always keen at the Pendleton
for their home in Portland. They season.
Sound-Up, will be at fever pitch a t the thirty-first annual rodeo, Sept.
have been visiting here and at Mil-
Dr. Belton stated Wednesday that
11, 12, 13, 14, not only for prize money but for the coveted $5000 sterling
ton for three weeks.
silver Sam Jackson trophy for champion all round coyboy. The trophy
John Jendrzejewski attended the anyone not pasturing horses on irri
gated
lands
or
near
irrigated
lands
Oregon Turkey Growers meeting held
must be won three times for permanent possession and no less than
in Eugene recently. He went down need not fear the disease. The mala
three top-notch performers have twice won the prize.
with M. E. Knickerbocker and Ches dy is confined pretty much to the
They’re Bill McMakin, of Trail City, South Dakota, 1939 and 1937
ter Flannigan by way of McKenzie Hermiston area and has not been re
winner, shown here with the trophy; Everett Bowman, of Hillsdale,
pass. On the way back they stopped
Arizona wh" placed both in 1932 and 1935, and Ike Rnde, of Magnum,
at Corvallis for a visit with Helen ported to a great extent in outside
Oklahoma, ch. .npion in 1931 and again in 1936, when he tied with Carl
Jendrzejewski and returned home via regions where there is no irrigation.
Arnold.
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the Columbia river highway.
The Trophy was presented by the Portland Oregon Journal in
Henry Garberding made a business
memory of t.ie editor, the late Sam Jackson, former Pendleionian.
trip to Portland the first of the week. WESTLAND FARMER
Mrs. Stanley Thomas and Mrs.
Competition is on a point basis, for bucking, steer roping, steer bull-
Harry Jensen, both of Portland, spent PASSES M ONDAY
dogging and calf roping, under Rodeo Association of America rules.
the day at the Walter Maffei home
Ail three cowboys are well toward the top in the R.A.A. list ci i. „a
Tuesday of last week.
point winners at 1940 rodeos.
Doc Milam, 55, a comparative
Miss Lucille Weeks and Mrs. J. E.
Schroeder of Pendleton were visiting on the project, passed away Monday
their mother, Mrs. Mabel Weeks one from an internal hemorrhage. Mr.
COMMERCIAL CLUB LOCALS DEFEATED
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maffei were Milam recently moved to the old At-
visiting Mr. M affei’s father in Wal tebury place in the Westland district, TO MEET TUESDAY
BY OILING CREW
la Walla one day last week?'
coming here about three months ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Parson and
Funeral services were held Wed
The first meeting of the Hermis
The Hermiston softball team took
baby daughter Glenda of Tacoma
nesday
afternoon from Prann’s Fun
spent several days last week at the
ton Commercial club in some months a 14-5 beating at the hands of the
Robert Woodward home. Agnus Cald eral Parlors. He is survived by his has been called for Tuesday evening,
state oiling crew Monday evening on
well of Irrigon, who had been visit widow and one daughter, Delta.
August 6, according to George Har- the park field. Although the locals
ing at their home, returned here with
them.
kenrider, president. Several import played a fair brand of ball the visi
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whipple, cou SCHOOL TO START
ant matters will be brought up dur tors had too much pitching and ex
sins of Duane Lathrop and are from
ing the evening, including a report perience. The oilers, who were work
Irrigon, were Tuesday visitors at the AFTER LABOR DAY
from the swimming pool committee, ing in this district last week, have
Lathrop home.
Rodney Rogers left Sunday for a
the coming fair and discussion con played numerous contests during the
week at Cove, Ore. He is attending
This story is not meant for young cerning the proposed bombing field season and boast an enviable record.
the Christian Endeavor conference sters who are enjoying their vacation, to be located west of Hermiston.
Fred Rankin and Dr. A. C. Will-
held there.
The meeting will be in the form cutt were on the mound for Hermis
Mrs. Duane Lathrop’s daughter, but announcement is being made
Jo Ellen, now Mrs. Melvin Van .hat school will start in Hermiston of a dinner to be served by the Re ton with Marv Rankin behind the
Scoyk, arrived Tuesday evening for Tuesday, September 3. Some schools bekahs in the Odd Fellows hall.
plate.
a visit with her mother and family. in the county are commencing Mon
Mr. Davis and son Don, the new
farmers on the N. S. Clark place, day, Labor day, but the local school
made a trip to Walla Walla Tuesday board is extendng one more day of
with potatoes.
'race to school going youngsters.
Mrs. Mabel Weeks and daughter
No announcement has been made
Rachel attended the wedding of Mrs. as yet whether there will be any ,
Weeks’ niece, Audrey Carpenter in
change in teaching personnel this
Pendleton Thursday evening.
Mrs. L. L. Towers and Miss Mary year.
Moran, cousin of Mrs. Miles Barager,
were visitors at the Barager home
Friday and Saturday of last week.
BOYS ENJOYING
A cousin of Mrs. Mabel Weeks, J.
E. Wheeler and family of Bend, were STAY AT CAMP
visiting here Tuesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Batie Rand were up
Word was received at the Herald
from Irrigon Wednesday evening for
a visit at the W. B. Foster home.
office this week from Bill Belt who
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Finch of with several other Hermiston Boy
Stage Gulch were Monday visitors at
Scouts is enjoying an extended stay
the John Knox home.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maffei were at the Wallowa Lake eamp. Bill
business visitors in Pendleton last states that they are now In the fourth
Thursday.
#nd last week of the 1940 camp ses
George Stevens of California, who
makes an annual trip to visit friends sion. This week they enjoyed a four
and relatives in Oregon, Washington day hike into the lake basin and a
and Idaho, stopped here last week three day hike to Aneroid Lake.
for a visit with W. H. Nebergall and
Oscar E. Hoover is the camp direc
Baxter Hutchison.
tor
with the camp sta ff including 13
Mrs. Mary Harr had as callers at
her home Saturday evening Mr. and experienced scouts. Much time is be
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Mrs. Harry Smith and Mrs. Smith’s ing devoted to camp craft, games, ad
father, Henry Stoop, and Mrs. Geor vancement, eating, sleeping, hikes,
gia Henderson.
George Beddow, representative of swimming and other activities. En
the East Oregonian, was visiting his tertainment and songs hold a high
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bed place in the campfire session in the
dow last week.
evenings.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wilbur of Long
Other Hermiston boys now at camp j
Creek spent the week end of last
week with her mother, Mr. Mabel are Julius Gimble, Vance Matott,
Weeks.
Dick Belt and Jack Jackson.
Frank Furrer of Portland was a
week end visitor at the John Knox
B e lt Taken to Pendleton H otpitnl
home.
C. M. Best, popular man about
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lenz and Mrs.
Laura Pardun and daughter Ella town during the past month, was
were Pendleton visitors Monday.
taken to St. Anthony’s hospital In
James Getehell of La Grande visit Pendleton Sunday with a serious at
ed his parents here one day last
tack of pneumonia. Friends who vi
week.
sited him Wednesday report him as
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some better.
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TEN ENGINEERING
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE
GIVEN TO YOUTHS
A. F. Rohrman, local Ford dealer,
has received word that ten youths in
the Hermiston region have been
awarded scholarships in the Nation
al Farm Youth Foundation and will
start their studies and field work
immediately. During the next six
months they will complete a -course
of home study in farm management
and engineering and will attend clas
ses locally and receive training un
der supervision of Mr. Rohrman.
They also will compete for salary
jobs paying as high as $150.00 a
month, affording specialized factory
training and experience in distribu
tor organizations.
The Foundation which awarded
the 10 scholarships here is sponsored
by the Ferguson-Sherman Manufac
turing Corporation of Dearborn,
Michigan, with the active cooperation
of Henry Fora and Edsel Ford.
Local recipients of the scholar
ships, as verified to Mr. Rohrman by
the Foundation,
are:
Raymond
Knapp and Robert and Ed Bensel
of Hermiston; Harry»Rueber and
Leo Rueber of Stanfield; Lynn Bohms
and Hubert H, Carnes of Pendleton,
R. E. Moore and Charles H. Smith
of Boardman, and Jim McLaughlin
of Lexington.
HAY WORKER IS
INJURED IN FALL
Warren Parrish, employed in the
hay harvest at the Mrs. Helen Gab
riel ranch in the Stanfield district,
suffered severe injury Wednesday
when a casting broke on a carrier of
hay which he was riding. He fell
some distance and received several
broken ribs and various other bruis
es.
He was taken to the Hermiston
General hospital where he is reported
as getting along nicely.
F. B. AU XILIA R Y
TO HAVE SOCIAL
WEEK END RAINS
ESTABLISH RECORD
FOR JULY MONTH
SAME PERIOD ALSO
MODERATELY COOL
Relief in the form of cool, refresh
ing rain came over the week end in
bountiful portions, sufficient enough
to establish a rainfall record for
July. A total of 1.10 in. was report
ed during the week by Charles Tay
lor, local weather observer. Thia to
taled with the .06 in. recorded last
week brings the total to 1.16 in., the
greatest amount for the month of
July since 1910 when the present
records were begun.
In keeping with the wet weather,
the month of July brought nothing
startling in the way of extreme hot
weather, with only two days going
over 100. A maximum of 101 was
reported on July 1 and 102 on July
11 for the only really warm days.
This is somewhat in contrast over
last year when several days of 10#
and 108 were recorded.
The week end rains, however,
proved of little benefit to the crops
as they have advanced past the grow
ing stage except in a few late gar
dens. On the other hand, some dam
age was done to hay and wheat which
was cut at the time. This damage
was not as big as at first feared as
a dry, hot wind came the first of the
week to dry up the cut grain and
threshing operations resumed.
The weather records for the past
week follow:
Date
Max. Min.
July 25 .......................... 83 ... . <1
July 26 ............. ............. 80 ... #0
July 27 ............. ............. 83 ... . 58
July 28 ............. ............. 86 ... #0
July 29 .............
63
July 30 ............. ............. 83 .... 63
J uly 31 ............. -----
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HERMISTON KFSC
NOW BROADCASTING
Horace Smith and Sam Nye of the
Farmers Supply Co. of Hermiston
created considerable excitement in
Hermiston Tuesday when radio lis
teners tuned' in on 1500 K. were as
tonished to hear music and conversa
tion coming in over their radios. The
boys had assembled a short wave
broadcasting set utilizing a micro
phone from an old loudspeaker as the
mouthpiece.
The music came in fine on several
radios about town, especially on Main
street. However, something went
wrong during the broadcast hour and
Familiar Figure Appear» on Street it is feared that something went out
E. P. Dodd, who has spent the past over the air not attended for the mi
six weeks in the Pendleton hospital crophone.
and at his home, came up town for
the first time Wednesday. Although
still somewhat shaky on his legs he PANKOW FULFILLS j
appeared to be well on the road to
UNIQUE MISSION
recovery.
At the last meeting of the Farm
Bureau Auxiliary it was decided to
sponsor an ice cream social on Fri
day, August 16, at 8:00 p. m. in the
Columbia club rooms. Visitors are
asked to take the west entrance where
there is plenty of parking space.
The auxiliary has purchased some
new chairs and hopes to invest in
more furnishings from the proceeds
of the social. A good attendance was
present at the last meeting with two
guests.
The duties of a policeman and wa-
termaster are indeed numerous and
varied. H. A. Pankow, local water-
master, was aroused from a sound
sleep early Friday morning when his
phone rang. The Umatilla Coopera
tive Creamery was having trouble
with its water supply. Apparently
the water had been shut off for some
reason.
Upon investigating the trouble,
Mr. Pankow discovered that the wa-,
ter pipe was frozen »<>li<| from cor,,
tact with a
PÌPA With
l h<< temperature ranging In the 90’g
during the week, needless to say Mr.
Pankow upheld the tradition of all
plumbers to come to the scene of the
trouble without the proper equip
ment.
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However, order was soon restored
when the winter thawing apparatus
was brought in and the pipe melted
out.
Loudermilk Grow» Large Onion
If the onion brought to the Heral
office by H. W. Loudermilk is any it
dication, this year’s Hermiston fai
should be a crackerjack from th
standpoint of garden produce. Th
onion measured five inches aero«
and was of the Walla Walla swet
variety.
Troubador» Schedule Dance»
J h e ever-popular Troubadors wi
bsdfin a new series of bi-monthl
dances in the Hermiston park ha
Commencing Saturday, August 1C
The dances have not been held dur
ing the warm part of the summer.