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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
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A social gathering of the 4-H clubs
at the Columbia club rooms on Mon
day evening honored M. E. Knicker
bocker, assistant county agent, who is
leaving soon for Canyon City.
It is reported from the county
clerk’s office that a marriage license
has been issued to Harold Buell and
Margaret Smith of Hermiston and
that they plan to be married Sep
tember 14 at Condon by the Rev.
Father Cullen. Harold is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Buell of this dis 14 COMPLETED
trict.
Henry Garberding and Arthur IN 24-HR. PERIOD
Blinston made a business trip to
Portland Sunday, returning Monday
“Let’s Go,” seems to be the pass
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Moore, long- word these days at the site of the
time residents of this district, are Umatilla Ordnance Depot where ap
leaving about the first of next week. proximately 6,500 men are intent
Their plans for the future are in upon constructing 1000 igloos before
definite, and Mrs. Moore states that
they may later return here to make the first of the year. Officers, office
their home again. At present they personnel and field workers were
are going to southern Oregon and wearing broad grins Tuesday with a
will visit relatives of Mr. Moore. On record of 14 igloos completed within
Monday Mr. and Mrs. Moore drove
to Hood River, taking her mother a 24-hour period. This not only beat
and sister, “Grandma” and Mary the Sunday record of 13 but sur
Ellis, to the Riverview Rest Home. passed a world record held jointly by
They were accompanied on the trip contractors at the Fort Wingate Ord
by Mrs. Walter Morehouse.
nance Depot in New Mexico where a
Don Baumgardner is spending a
15-day furlough from Ft. Lewis at total of nine were completed within a
24-hour shift.
the H. J. Ott home.
Mr. and Mrs. Myrnie Caldwell
From September 3 to September 9,
made a shopping trip to Walla Walla inclusive, a seven-day period, 74 ig
and Pendleton Monday.
loos were completed by J. A. Tertel-
Mrs. Raymond Woodward of En
terprise. who is visiting at the Sher ing & Sons. This makes an average
man Wells home in Hermiston, has of 10 4-7 per day. This record is one
been a frequent visitor at the Bob which has not been equalled by any
Woodward home the past week.
crew to date and speaks well for the
A guest at the McCulley home dur contracting firm at the Umatilla
ing the wek-end was Mrs. McCulley’s Ordnance Depot.
brother, Myrl Hughes of Boise, Ida
At the present time there are 32
ho, who has just recently returned
from a four-months’ stay at Wake “cats” at work at the local depot.
Island in the Pacific. The visit was Other equipment includes 25 drag
a very enjoyable one and interesting
to the McCulley’s as Mr. Hughes lines, shovels and cranes, 400 cars
brought with him a collection of beau and trucks. This equipment to date
tiful shells which he gathered while has moved approximately 4 12 million
on the island. He also had a speci yards of earth, an equivalent of 280
men of Ironwood, a wood which
grows there that will not float as or miles of road. To date approximately
dinary wood but always sinks when 310 igloos have been completed with
placed in water, and a type of rock 660 more to build.
which floats. He also had many in
The increase in number of igloos
teresting stories and vivid descrip
tions of the marine and bird life per days is due partly to an increase
there, and displayed a set of shark of field crews, but mostly to perfect
teeth taken from a shark which he ed timing and perfect harmony among
had killed.
the men at work. The ultimate goal
Maurice Caldwell, here on a fur of 1000 igloos serves as a connecting
lough from Ft. Lewis spent the week-
link which binds the workmen into
end in La Grande.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hammer ac one large family.
companied by Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Long, recently arrived here from KNICKERBOCKERS TO
Klamath Falls, made a tour of the
munitions depot Sunday.
LEAVE SOON FOR
Mr. and Mrs. Bellas who have
lived at the Laura Morris home CANYON CITY POST
through the summer are clearing the
old McKeen place about two miles
from town and will construct living
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Knickerbocker
quarters there for the winter.
and daughter will leave Hermiston
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hooker and September 17 for Canyon City in
children, who have recently moved
here from Boise, are living in a house Grant county where Mr. Knicker
at the Bud Hooker farm. Mrs. Bud bocker is to be stationed as county
Hooker and Mrs. Bob Hooker drove agent. The transfer comes as quite
to Boise last week to move their an advancement for him as his work
household furnishings here. Mrs. Bud
Hooker also visited friends in Nampa. here has been as an assistant to Wal
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thompson of ter Holt of Pendleton.
Stanfield and Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Mr. Knickerbocker came to Her
Lenz were Sunday afternoon visitors miston in February, 1939 and has
at the George Liebe home.
Miss Barbara Reid spent the La established an enviable record in both
bor Day week-end at home from 4-H work and in general activities in
Granger, Washington.
the agricultural line. His work with
The Columbia district school open the youngsters has been especially
ed Monday with an enrollment of 27 well received.
in the primary grades, 25 in the in
No word has been received from
termediate grades and 18 in the up
per grades. A few more students en Oregon State college as to who will be
rolled on Tuesday, and more were sent here to replace Mr. Knicker
expected during the week. Teachers bocker.
are Mrs. Zivney, Mrs. Wade and
Mrs. Smith.
A herd of 4 5 head of Jersey dairy BOWLING ALLEYS
cows was sold to the Hartley Dairy
this week by Dell Christley and mov OPEN THIS WEEK
ed to the Hartley place on Tuesday.
Late variety hops are ready for
The newest business in Hermiston
nicking this week at the Dixson Yard,
but the continued shortage of pick is LeRoy R. Bailey’s duck pin bowl
ers is interfering with the harvest, ing auditorium located in the west
and the rainy weather has caused
half or the Dr. W. L. Morgan build
some damage.
Mrs. Rebecca Miller, who lives at ing. Mr. Bailey will open the alleys |
the Patton home in Portland, has for business Friday of this week and
been visiting her niece. Mrs. Duff will feature six of the finest duck
Knight and with friends in Umatilla
pin alleys in the northwest. The past
her former home.
Miss Helen Jendrzejewski left last six weeks have been spent in redec-
week to begin her teaching duties in rating the rooms and installing the
the La Grande schools.
alleys which are entirely of new lum
Along the Diagonal: The Percy ber.
Carman home being remodeled . . .
Mr Bailey states that his type of
more carpenter work at the Caldwell
cottage ... a garage under construc- alleys are proving very popular in
tion at the Bob Woodward place.
other parts of the west. Duck pin
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is very similar to the reg
BUDGET COMMITTEE bowling
ulation bowling but utilizes smaller
pins and balls. He states that the
APPOINTED TO AID
game appeals to both young and old.
RECORDS FALL IN
IGLOO CONSTRUCTION
AT ORDNANCE DEPOT
Hermiston Minions of Law
NORTH MORROW
COUNTY FAIR TO
BE AT BOARDMAN
Premium lists for the North Mor
row county fair, to be held this year
at Boardman, are now being distrib
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Pictured above are the three law e forcing" officers of Hermiston whose
duty it is to keep order on local stree s. Reading left to right: John W.
Ballack, Chief II. A. Pankow and B. J. Nation. Cut courtesy The Journal
HERMISTON POST
OFFICE SETS NEW
ALL TIME RECORD
This seems to be the year of new
all high records in Hermiston. The
Hermiston post office, not to be
slighted by the other business firms,
reports a 170% increase in stamp
sales for the past month, in July and
August at total of $5,600 in stamps
was passed out through the window.
Acording to W. E. Logan, post-
master, his personnel has written
out $97,000 in money orders during
the month of August, or a total of
6,021 separate orders. One day 625
money orders were written out to set
a record which may not be surpassed
for some time. Through most of the
hours of the day there is a waiting
line for genera! delivery mail at the
office. Tuesday, September 9, a to
tal of 98 persons were counted in two
lines waiting for service at the win
downs. All in all, there is no rest for
the weary.
FOOTBALL ROSTER
LOOKS PROMISING
The Hermiston Bulldog football
team is fast rounding into shape and
present indications are that the squad
will be stronger than any team in re
cent years. The backfield, especially,
will be considerably more experienced
and will in addition carry a lot more
weight.
$39,882 BID ON
TRAILER PARK
4T STANFIELD
PORTLAND, Sept. 9
One bid for
construction of a trailer park at
Stanfield to serve families of work-
rs employed at the Umatilla Ord
nance Depot, was opened Tuesday by
the farm security administration.
The $39,882 bid of V. D. Rever-
man, Portland, will be recommended
for acceptance, Walter A. Duffy, r.
gional FS \ director, said. Approval
is expected within 10 days and the
project is to be completed 60 days
later.
The park will provide utility and
sanitary facilities for 140 families
living in trailers. Buildings will in
clude comfort stations and facilities
for showers, laundry and water heat
ing.
THRASHER BECOMES
NEW MANAGER
According to word received Thurs
day morning from William Freitag,
chief clerk of the Pendleton district
>f the Pacific Power & Light com
pany, Arthur M. Thrasher former
ly of Bend, Oregon, becomes the new
manager for the local office. Mr.
Thrasher has been in Hermiston since
the middle of June and has been with
the company for more than 1 2 years. |
He succeeds J. A. Clarke, who has |
been transferred to Sunnyside, Wn.
NEW DWELLINGS
BUSINESS HOUSES
ARE NOTED HERE
BUILDING BOOM
uted. The dates for this year’s show
are Friday and Saturday, Septem GAINS MOMENTUM
ber 19 and 20, with a big dance
Building operations in Hermiston,
scheduled Saturday night to wind up which started slowly some months
ago, are now assuming high gear pro
the activities.
portions with no sign of a letup. The
As has been the custom in former
range of construction is from busi
years, a 4-H club demonstration will ness structures, good homes, small
be featured Friday at 2:00 p. m. apartments, tourist camps and tem
Saturday afternoon the program will porary wooden buildings for the com
be centered about contests and sports ing winter. Thousands of dollars are
of various types.
being invested, a good share of which
Officers of the 1941 fair are as will contribute to permanent business
follows: Russell Miller, president; and living quarters which the city
Minnie McFarland, secretary: Leola has needed for some time.
Tannehill, treasurer, and Bob Berg
Listed below are some of the resi
er. Adeline Baker and Mae Morrison, dences recently completed or now un
directors. The entire community of derway: Charles Best and C. J. Jack-
Boardman is cooperating in an effort son on East Gladys Avenue; Verne
to make the fair a success.
Daugherty on East Ridgeway, Vic
Those wishing to enter exhibits are Stockard and F. E. Sater on East
informed that entries must be in Highland Avenue, H. L. Buchane on
place not later than 1:00 p. m. Fri West Ridgeway in the Hartley addi
day, September 19. Livestock must tion. E. E. Pulley on South Fourth
be in place not later than 10:00 a. street, Ben Gerking on West Locust,
m. Saturday.
four court apartments by W. W. Felt
The fair each year draws visitors house on Hermiston Avenue, thrae
from all parts of eastern Oregon.
cotages on East Gladys by Claude
Ballenger.
PAYROLL HITS NEW
Five small houses on Fifth Street
and Hurlburt Avenue and about 50
HIGH AT UMATILLA housing units from one to five rooms
in the Cox addition, five small houses
ORDNANCE DEPOT
on Newport Avenue by Mr. Hollings
Payroll totals at the Umatilla Ord worth, four apartments by Joseph Sa-
nance Depot took another sharp rise boe and one by Mrs. Bettie Lundgren
on Fourth Street. Among the tourist
this week when the crews were jump
ed to approximately 6500 men and cabins are ten by Mrs. Ritchey and
women. Payroll figures amount to ap two by E. E. Pulley on Fourth street,
proximately $1,000,000 per month at five buildings by J. B. Wise and Ver
non Summers in the Hartley addi
the present weekly figures.
tion. and about 20 similar buildings
At the present time J. A. Terteling
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& Sons employ upwards of 5 00 0 men scatered about the city.
A
new
store
is
arising
on
the
E.
D.
while the remainder are employed by I
Martin place. Sterr’s Market has re
the constructing quartermaster de-
cently been completed and Stone Food
partment and the engineering archi
Stores of Spokane, Wash., are plan
tect force.
ning a 35 X 110 ft building on Her-
miston Avenue. Mrs. Anne Durfey is
CITY OFFICERS
constructing an addition to the Her
miston Hotel and bids are now being
ARREST MANY
requested for a new post office
The city police personnel. Chief H. building. The necessity for more space
A. Pankow, Bert Nation and John for this concern is becoming more
Ballack, spent a busy month in Aug acute each day and some definite ar
ust, making a grand total of 132 ar rangements must be made prior to
rests which brought jail sentences. the Christmas months.
Jens Skovbo has lumber on the
These ranged all the way from over-
night periods to much longer “meal ground for a laundry building near
his present apiary business. The
tickets.”
A majority of the cases during Farmers Supply Co. expects to build
August consisted of drunk and dis immediately on its property on Sec
orderly arrests. Other misdemeanors ond street. Frank Pierson will re-
which brought fines and sentences model his building on Second street
included petty larceny, bad checks, for the Trading Post. M. V. Hart will
broken glas, fighting and wreckless commence work soon remodeling the
brick building on the Corner of Main
driving.
The above record would indicate and Second street, with apartments
that considerable rowdyism was prev upstairs.
The purchaser of the lot west of
alent on the city street. This, how-
and
adjoining the Dr. F. B. Belt
ever, is not the case with the city po
lice in most instances making arrests building announces that he expects to
before serious trouble occurs. As a build a three-story concrete business
whole, the workmen who crowd the and apartment structure. The Mor
city streets are extremely well be gan building on Main street is al
most ready for occupancy of a duck
haved.
pin bowling alley and a laundry. Nu
merous daily inquiries show that
many others contemplate investments
in business buildings, lodging houses
and camp grounds in the near future.
Typical Trailer House Scene
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LAUNDRY PLANNED
IN NEW BUILDING
Hermiston will have a modern, up-
to-date laundry after October 1, ac
cording to announcement made this
week by Dr. W. L. Morgan. The bus
iness will be operated by Mr. and
Mrs. Aivon Elkins who have leased
the east half of Dr. Morgan's new
structure and work is underway now
installing equipment.
In addition to all types of laundry,
the firm will also make arrangements
to handle dry cleaning. Mr. and Mrs.
Elkins, now of Portland, are expect
ed soon to take care of arrangements.
HERMISTON COUNCIL
At a regular meeting of the Her
miston city council Friday night a
budget commitee was appointed to
meet with the council September 19
to draw up the 1942 city budget.
Named on this group were Curtis
Simons, R. C. McReynolds, Lee Quir-
ng. J. D. Todd. J. G. Pearson. A. H.
Norton and A. F. Rohrman.
According to Charles Taylor, city
recorder, the new budget will be
slightly higher but will very likely
not raise the tax levy due to the fact
that there is considerable more tax
able property now on the tax rolls.
The budget, which is made up for a
six month period, is limited to a 3 %
increase for that period.
NUMBER 4
HERMISTON. UM ATILLA COUN Y. OREGON, SEPTEMBER H. 1941
METHODIST CHURCH
OFFERS BASEMENT
CLARKES HONORED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
At the meeting of the official
board of the Methodist church last
Sunday night, the trustees granted
school authorities permission to use
the basement of the church if neces-
sary to relieve the emergency condi
tion of lack of adequate space in lo
cal schools.
The official board also went on
-ecord as favoring federal aid to the
Hermiston schools for this emergen
cy and asked that the proper author
ities do all in their power to help re
lieve the present crowded school con
ditions.
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Cut Courtesy Portland Oregon Jo irnal
Choir members and friends of the
Central Church of Christ met after
rehearsal in the basement of the
church Wednesday night in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clarke and fam
ily who are leaving next week for
Sunnyside, Wn., to make their home.
Presents were presented to the Clarke
family, and also to Mr. and Mrs. For
rest Moore, who are leaving on an
extended vacation. Part of the eve
ning was devoted to hearing the old
male quartet of which Mr. Clarke was
a member.