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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1940)
THURSDAY, SEPT 26, 1940. UMATILLA NEWS By Mr«. O lean Ostrom Many hunters left for the moun tains the last of the week for their buck. Those going and some that have come back are Mr. and Mrs. R. Odell, Milo McFarland, Otis Willis, Glenn Ostrom, Herb Thompson, Gene McFarland, Russell Morris, Harry Rodenbough, Ur3el Hiatt, Jess Con nell, A rt Bousquet, Alec Rau, John Mustard, Vane Hiatt, Mr. and Mrs. O. Gorham, Perry Pike and John Butson. Rodenbough, Willis and Thompson returned with one buck each averaging around 170 pounds, and Ostrom, McFarland and Morris each one, weighing 100 pounds. Mrs. James Byrnes left last Tues day for Portland and Salem where she will be for some time because of her health. Louise Jackson accom panied her as far as Portland, and returned the same day. Delbert Van Schoiack, Charles Kik, Gene Hiatt and Lewis Dexter left Friday for Corvallis where Van Schoiack and Gene Hiatt will enter Oregon State college for their first year, and Charles Kik as his second while Lewis Dexter will enter as his last year. Mrs. Del Jackson and Louise left Friday for San Francisco where they will see the fair and visit his sister in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hull, Miss Clara Corrigan and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Moses and sons spent Sunday on a fishing trip up the Umatilla river. Lyle Brown, who is a fireman in La Grande, visited at his home from Friday till Monday while being tem porarily employed at Reith. James Byrnes, Mrs. Don Harryman and children, Mrs. V. D. Bramer and Stella Rae spent Friday in Walla Walla. They took Mrs. Harryman to her home in Pasco after visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Byrnes, since the first of the week. Gordon Harryman re turned with them after visiting his grandparents for a month. Pete Peterson, who has been visit ing in Portland and The Dalles with his sister, Mrs. Clinton Harvey and Mrs. Henry5 Cramer, returned the last of the week to the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Van Schoiack for an in definite stay. Mr. and Mrs. Charles De Harte and son Alfred of Sunnyside, spent the week end visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Steph- w title store because of the flu, re ens. turned Monday. Jerry Morrison, who has been in Miss Naomi Brownell spent the week end in Rieth visiting at the The Dalits hospital recovering from home of her sister and family, Mr. an accident on his motorcycle when and Mrs. Wilbui Steaver. She ac he was returning from Portland ear companied her sister home Saturday. ly in August, is at the home of his Miss Elva Twid will spend the mother, Mrs. Hansen here. Mrs. Calla Tonies and Mrs. Dale week end visiting in La Grande. Ervin Chapman, who is employed Montgomery and son Larry spent in Walla Walla by Jones-Scott, spent Tuesday afternoon visiting here. Mr. and Mrs. Cal. Horsely and Sunday here with his family. Margie Mustard, who is employed daughters of Arizona are visiting at in Pendleton, spent Sunday here vis the home of his sister and family, iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mr. and Mrs. Pete McNabb. The student body of the local high Mustard. school put out its first edition of the Oliver McNabb and Maurice Prid school paper Friday. dy spent Friday and Saturday in Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Rix who have Pendleton at the armory. The boys been visiting Miss Sara Rix for sev have been discharged because of ill eral days, returned last week to their ness. Ray Moses and Darwin Shaw home in Portland. spent Saturday evening and Sunday Patsy Cooney has returned to here before going to camp Murray at Marylhurst college after spending Fort Lewis. some months with her parents, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hall and Mrs. and Mrs. Emmett Cooney. Leland Smith spent Sunday evening Mrs. Loran Montgomery and in in Pendleton visiting Smith, who is fant daughter Sandra Louise return in the hospital. ed Sunday from the Pendleton hospi Mr. and Mrs. Pat Fitzpatrick spent tal and are staying at the home of Sunday in the mountains deer hunt his mother, Mrs. George Montgomery. ing. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tucker and son Joe spent Sunday in the mountains SCS C H IEF PRAISES near Heppner. Margaret Brown, who has been W O R K ON PROJECTS away from her work in the Red & Sand dune control along the Ore gon coast, development of trashy fa l low in eastern Oregon, and the steps toward revegetating with usable grasses logged-off areas in western Oregon, are outstanding accomplish ments in soil conservation in this state, believes Dr. Hugh H. Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation service at Washington, D. C., after a tour of investigation made of far western projects extending from Montana to southern California. Dr. Bennett and two assistant chiefs who accompanied him from Washington, Dr. Dillon S. Myer, and Dr. M. L. Nichols, conferred with ag ricultural officials at Oregon State college on the progress of these and other projects. So far, the logged- off land work has been done almost entirely by the experiment station, but tentative arrangements were made for cooperative demonstrations with the SCS. EL COME to our 850 new customers, who until September 21 were served by Hermiston Light & Power Company We appreciate the opportunity of serving you . . . and shall do our best to give you better and better electric service at lowest posssible rates . . . a policy we have con sistently followed during our 30 years of public service. The skilled engineering staff, the power plants and trans mission lines, the trained operating and maintenance crews, the ample capital and successful experience of Pacific Power & Light Company are at your service. And here is what we are doing right now as we start to serve you: TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO A L L C U S TO M E R S ... 1. Construction crews are examining and testing every inch of the newly acquired power system, making adjustments, repairs and additions where necessary to assure each customer the high quality of Pacific Power service. 2. Bills for the first month’s service will be delivered by a representative of the com pany who will answer any questions you may have on your new electric service. TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO FARM CUSTOM ERS... 1. A rural service agent is being stationed here to call regularly at farms using Pacific Power & Light service and help with any electrical problem, such as installing irriga tion systems, pumps, feed grinders, brooders, etc. This agent is well versed in all the modern uses of electricity that increase income and lessen work on the farm. TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO RESIDENTIAL 2. A survey is under way to determine where line extensions to serve addi tional farms can logically be made. CUSTOMERS (including rural homes) 3. Each rural customer is being given a year’s free subscription to ELEC 1. A graduate home economist will demon TRICITY ON THE FARM, a national monthly magazine filled with useful information about handy ways of using electricity. strate the most efficient way to operate your electrical appliances, or solve any problem that you may have with your electric ser vants. Just notify your local Pacific Power &. Light office and the home economist will call . . . there is no charge for her services. 2. A lighting expert will call, on request, to measure the lighting in your home. She will make suggestions for I.E.S. lamps or for adapting your present fixtures so that the eyes of your family are guarded against strain by enough of the right kind of light. TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO COMMER CIAL CUSTOMERS... 1. Adequate line and transformer capacity is being installed to insure a plentiful supply of low-cost Pacific Power & Light Company electricity at all times, at constant voltage. ,2. Engineers will call to help each business POWER C O M P A N Y TRANSFER_M ADE (Continued from Page 1) tailed survey of all lines and proper ties, checking voltages, straightening poles, tightening guys and doing oth er rehabilitation work. Voltage tests in the growing in dustrial center at Umatilla have been under way by the company's divi sion engineer for some time in pre paration for corrective work as soon as acquisition of the system was corn- completed. Similar tests are to be made throughout the new territory. The company’s radio serviceman also will cover the entire territory to locate sources of radio interference for correction. All service meters also are to be tfested for accuracy. New services which become avail able to customers in the Hermiston territory include the district rural service agent, trained in farm elec tric problems, and the district home service supervisor, an experienced home economist and home lighting advisor. The Pacific company plans to con tinue operation of the Hermiston company’s hydroelectric plant on the Umatilla river. For a number of years supplementary power has been delivered to the Hermiston company through an interconnection near Her miston with the Pacific company’s 66,000-volt transmission line from Pasco to Pendleton. It is pointed out that the Hermis ton territory is advantageously sit uated with regard to abundant power resources to insure continuity of ser vice. The Pasco-Pendleton line is part of a big transmission loop of the Pa cific system through Walla Walla, with four lines feeding power into the Pasco substation and two system inter-connections feeding into Walla Walla. In addition, Pendleton is di rectly supplied by the company’s Walla Walla river hydroelectric plant. muLTnomnH PORTI ANO. OREGON man get the most out of the electricity he buys. Suggestions will be made on how best to light-condition your place of business, or how restaurants can utilize cheap electricity to cook and refrigerate foods. You’ll be informed of new electrical equipment . . . all with a view to increasing your income and your service to customers. [ THE STAFF OF H E R M IS T O N L IG H T A P O W E R C O M P A N Y A /a tio n a. 11y IS B E IN O R E T A IN E D , A N D W IL L BE A U G M E N T E D BY THE PEN D LETO N D ISTR IC T STAFF OP P A C IF IC POW ER A L IO H T *Tamou3 We hope that you w ill like your new electric te rv ic tl • Convenant lacatlsn • Colfaa Shipfciff«; Tavan • DM« mt Baaqaat I Please feel free to offer your comments and suggestions. • iMMUtly Flaa lead P acific P ower & L ight C ompany ? B saBSBaB ^B aaBaH HB ® A w t D ® Tear» o / Public Service • Madam Appotatmaata •I« < fiOO ROOMS S E N S I3L E RATES
