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NEWS FROM YOUR OWN STATE & COUNTY 7 he etald OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER COLUMBIA NEWS By Mrs. Bob Woodward -/yziinLiton VOLUME XXXV HEBM1STOX, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREOOX, OCTOBER 2. 1941 NUMBER 7 Mrs. H. J. Ott has requested that ELECTRICITY HERE FOR EVERYONE the notice regarding the Farm Bu reau Auxiliary meeting be repeated in this column. The October 3 meet ing has been cancelled and all mem 89 bers are urged to attend the next reg ular meeting on October 17, at which time the annual election of officers will be held. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Schaeffer of _ -I- Condon visited during the week end NO TRACE FOUNU with her sister, Mrs. John Knox and _ . . . . POWER COMPANY family. . I OF GUILTY PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Verne Dunham, for- ------- MEETS EMERGENCY mer residents of this district, now of The first major crime in many Elgin, announce the birth of a son IN THIS REGION on September 8. He is their third years was staged in Hermiston late child and has been named John Allen. Saturday night or early Sunday a as Pacific Power & Light company Mr. Dunham is at present staying morning when seven first class mail here at the H. Garberding home pouches were stolen from the depot has already spent more than $88,000 while employed on the local soil con between the hours of 9:00 p. m. Sat rebuilding the former Hermiston servation project. He spent the week- Light * Power company system to urday and 1:10 a. m. Sunday morn end in Elgin with his family. improve service throughout the Her- Mrs. John Mittlestadt of Albany ing. A. R. Boulware had taken all miston-Echo-Stanfield-U matilla area and her father, Fred Stuber of Leb the mail to the depot that evening w ms. anon were Friday night guests at and supply the tremendous demand the George Liebe home. Mrs. Mittle and locked the doors. for electricity that has resulted from Typical of the $88,000 construction program Pacific Power & Light At 1:10, the time when the mail is stadt is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Liebe. construction of the army ordnance They were enroute to Joseph to visit taken to Umatilla for distribution, company has already completed in the Hermiston area are these depot, according to A. M. Thrasher, relatives and do some deer hunting. it was discovered by Sammy Mc new facilities built to serve Tertletown, the new 83-house addition to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garberding local power company manager. Cracken that seven bags were miss made a trip to Grandview on Monday Hermiston built by the ammunition depot contractors. Substantial Tent dwellers, those who live in and to Outlook, Washington, where ing. McCracken, who had shown up additions to the P. P. & L. substation and electric distribution lines trailers and families that built new they attended a sale by Noel Hart, early for work, was sleeping some serving this area were promptly completed to provide additional houses all have electricity as the re brother of Mrs. Garberding. Mr. and distance from the mail and was not Mrs. Hart are leaving soon to make aroused by the robbers. The bags sult of additional facilities the com power facilities for western Umatilla county when the population their home in Minnesota. pany provided this year. suddenly leaped from 2,000 to 15,000 as a result of defense work Myrnie Caldwell returned Monday were destined one each for train 11, The big 66,000-volt P. P. * L. from a four-day hunting trip in the train 12, train 18. one for Pendleton, here. John Day country. Mrs. Caldwell one for Stanfield, one for Echo and transmission line that brings power spent the week-end in Stanfield at one for Umatilla. here’from a system of interconnected the home of her parents, Mr. and UMATILLA SERVICE SCHOOL FUNDS ARE generating plants had ample capac Entry to the building was made by Mrs. Jack Reuber. ity to easily supply the skyrocketing Miss Marian Ott was pleasantly prying the hasp off the door of the STATION ROBBED SIGNED BUT NOT demand, but other facilities here had surprised by a group of the Epworth depot room in which the mail was League members who gathered at her stored. Some time was spent in sep SATURDAY EVENING to be geared to the tempo of national DELIVERED AS YET home Sunday evening following the defense. New transformers of in arating the first class mail from the regular league meeting. creased size and a big voltage regu Floyd Wilson of Puyallup, Wash huge pile, indicating that those pull One person is dead and two others The long-awaited arrival of school ington, was a visitor Tuesday morn- | ing the robbery were weil acquainted are in jail as a result of a service funds to aid in the hiring of teach lator were installed at the substation ing at the Liebe home. He is the son with their work. station holdup at Umatilla Saturday ers, purchasing of school books and serving the area at a cost of $13,500. of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson, former Postal Inspector Dunham arrived evening. Dead is Bill Brown, negro, other incidentals took one step near Greatest expense was increasing ca residents here. Miss Helen Jendrzejewski spent in Hermiston Sunday and with the and in jail are two Cherokee Indians, er the goal this week when word was pacity of power lines in the Echo, the week-end at home from La cooperation of other officers is in Floyd Ward, 33, and his half-brother, received from Representative Walter Hermiston, Umatilla and Stanfield district. Larger poles have replaced Granite, where she is a teacher in the vestigating the robbery. It has been Fred V. Stevens, 25. I M. Pierce and Senator Chas. McNary home economics department of the | small ones and four construction indicated that some headway is being Saturday night the trio, with | that the president had signed bills al- crews have strung enough miles of La Grande high school. made in tracing the responsible par Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilcox of Brown hiding in the back seat, held | lowing the sums of $11,340 for the P rtland spent the week-end in Her- | ties, although no arrests have been up the Ferdinand Hanson service sta high school and $20,160 for the grade I copper conductor to reach half-way across the state. miston and visited at the home of his | made. tion in Umatilla at gun point and ob school in Hermiston. parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Wilcox. I Crews are now rebuilding a mile District 61, Stanfield, has been al- The exact amount of the loot will tained $38.50. The trio then came to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Knox of I of 6600-volt line along the highway I lotted $9,418. North Bend were here during the probably never be known. Postmaster Hermiston where the negro bought week-end to visit their son, Mr. and W. E. Logan stated Sunday that the several bottles of wine in a grocery Although the above announcement through Umatilla and working on pri- Mrs. Francis Knox, Jr., at the John amount could vary all the way from store. The men then took the Hepp is taken as official notice, local school | mary circuits in Hermiston. Echo and j Stanfield. Knox home. Along the Diagonal: Late bloom $2,000 to much more. Friday was pay ner highway and apparently, spirited authorities are not spending the mon ing flowers making a gay splash of day at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot by too much liquor, failed to negot ey until it arrives upon the scene. CHILD CLINIC IS color here ani there 3 . . M s. Coster and many workers were sending mon- iate a curve approximately 12 miles with some lovely bouquets of asters ey to their hemes. NEW LAUNDRY TO out in the Butter Creek district. SCHEDULED HERE . . we are told of some really choice The robbery completed a hilarious The car, which had been stolen in OPEN NEXT WEEK ones in bloom in the J. H. Reid’s gar den . . . yellow leaves falling . . . week-end in this little hamlet, begin Portland earlier in the week, over Notice has been received of an im and large flocks of wild ducks flying ning Thursday with a triple murder, turned, killing Brown and injuring Hermiston will welcome a brand munization clinic to be held in the in to the reservoir. _ a service station holdup ending in one the Indians. Passersby brought them i new business next week when the Hermiston high school October 21st, I death and then the mail theft. to Hermiston. State officers recog Hermiston Laundry and Dry Clean from 11 to 12 a. m. and from 1 to SPRAGUE URGES nized the Indians as the ones who ing establishment will open for busi 3 p. m. Any child from 6 months of had pulled the robbery job at Uma ness. The concern will be managed by age through school age may attend WORK CAMP HERE tilla and placed them under arrest. Alvin Elkins. He states that his equip the clinic. • LEMON FRUIT IS They were then taken to Pendleton ment is modern and up-to-date. Governor Charles A. Sprague this Those children who received their week requested Walter A. Duffy, • GROWN BY LOCAL • and lodged in jail. The money stolen The firm is located in the Dr. W. first shot of toxoid for protection L. Morgan building. Portland, regional director of the • AUTO SALESMAN • was recovered by officers. | against diphtheria at the clinic held --------- • The men admitted their acts, stat farm security administration, to es • the first week in September, are urg Amidst all the turmoil and • ] ing that they had stolen the car from SHORTCUT WORK tablish a migratory work camp near • ed to return for their second injec a parking lot in Portland. They re Hermiston. The project would provide ❖ strife in Hermiston, Charles • | Vaccination against smallpox tion. housing facilities for workers on the • Hodge, manager of the Hermis- ❖ cently came to this state from Cal BID IS CALLED will be given to children of any age. — ifornia. No sentence has been given • ton Auto Co., comes forth with • Umatilla Ordnance Depot According to news reports the state The governor also asked the state • the refreshing story of raising • in their case. School Uses Church Basement highway commission will call for bids board of health to put into effect as • lemons on his front lawn. The • | | at Portland on October 16 and 17 for The Hermiston Methodist church School Cafeteria To Open Soon soon as possible a set of rules and • species is of the dwarf type with • I I “grading, surfacing and oiling of .70 basement is now being utilized for regulations governing housing in the ❖ a large size fruit. The fruit, how- • According to Supt. W. G. Kersber- mile of the South Hermiston section school purposes. Seats and other Hermiston-Stanfield area. The reg • ever, will have to ripen fast if • gen, the high school cafeteria will of the Old Oregon Trail highway in equipment have been installed to ac ulations have been approved by the • it wants to miss the cold weather. • open for business Monday, October Umatilla county. comodate a number of students. ❖ Mr. Hodge failed to state • attorney general. 13. The venture is operated on a “non- This is the section from Stewart’s The move was made in order to • where he would market his • profit” basis in order that students service station to First and Main care for the large increase of stu • “crop” but will very likely • NEW DOCTOR TO and teachers might enjoy hot noon street corner or the First National dents brought on by the construction • settle for one lemonade. • + Bank corner. of the Umatilla Ordnance Depot. orscs* lunches. OPEN PRACTICE HERMISTON DEPOT ROBBED SATURDAY OF U.S. MAIL BAGS Dr. Stewart S. Merrill, physician and surgeon, recently of Wallowa, will open a practice in the former Mrs. N. W. Bloom residence begin ning next Monday. Dr. Merrill states that he will do some remodelling and repainting before that time. Dr. Merrill is a graduate of the College of Medical Evangelists of Los Angeles, California. REVIVALIST GEORGE BEDDOW BURIED TUESDAY George W. Beddow, 79, pioneer plumber in this area, passed away Saturday after a long illness. He had resided in Umatilla county since 1898, and was for several yers a farmer in the Hermiston district. Funeral service were held Tuesday from the Bomboy chapel in Pendle ton with Rev. Ware of Oregon City officiating. The I.O.O.F. of which he was a member for 37 years, was in charge of graveside services. Surviving are his widow, a son, George Beddow, Jr., a sister, Mrs. Maggie O'Connor. Battle Creek. Mich. and three brothers. Charles Beddow. Edgewood, la.: John Bed- dow, Buthben. la., and Frank Bed- ¡ dow. Pendleton. LICENSE EXAMINER SCHEDULED HERE Frank L. Freed is holding a series of revival meetings at the Pilgrim Holiness church. Services will con tinue from October 5 to 19. Every- : ne is invited to attend. THREE LOSE LIEE AT HANDS GUN KILLER OF A traveling examiner of operators and chauffeurs is scheduled to arrive | in Hermiston Thursday. October 9th. and will be on duty at the city li- 1 brary between the hours of 10 a. m and 5 p. m. according to a recent an nouncement released from the Secre tary of State's office. All those wishing permits or li- | censes to drive cars are asked to get in touch with the examiner during these hours. The Great National Pastime WORDDS SERIES ( BASEBALL ©AME) 0) 46%/) EXPRESS ~tu— * — I MRS. CORA TOBIN KENNETH GORSUCH ANDM. ADAMS SHOT One chapter in John Sota’s life would read something like the follow ing: John Sota, who claims to be about 16 years of age, but who officers thinks is several years older, came to Hermiston about 10 days ago appar ently seeking work. Somewhat errat ic of nature but quite friendly, he soon made several friends on the streets here. Tuesday, September 23, he found his way to the Cora Tobin ranch approximately 3 12 miles west of this city. Mrs. Tobin, a kindly person, offer ed him lodging in spite of the fact that her own abode was extremely limited. Mr. Sota spent Tuesday and Wednesday roaming about the coun tryside, visiting various farmers, making an occasional trip to Hermis ton. Close friends noted that he car ried a gun at all times, Sota claim ing that he was an undercover man and was seeking employment at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot. Among others who made the ac quaintance of Sota, were Mrs. L. T. Murray, Mrs. Charles McKenzie, H. V. Metteer, neighbors of Mrs. Tobin, James Todd, local mail carrier, and several others. To all he told a very similar story, namely that he was seeking employment at the Ordnance Depot. Officers later checked this tale but found that no applications had been made. | Thursday morning, after Mrs. To bin's son, Kenneth Gorsuch, and a nephew, Marvin Adams, 35, had left for work, Sota agin began his daily tour of the countryside shooting at various articles. According to his later confession, Sota returned to the ranch shortly before noon on that day. Mrs. Tobin, who had gone into a nearby cellar for some butter, was followed by the would-be killer. Stat ing that she knew too much about him, he deliberately shot her through the head. Then he covered her body with boxes and shut the cellar door. Following this act, the murderer went to the tent which he had shared the previous night with Mr. Adams. He calmly waited there until about 5:30 until Mr. Adams returned from his work from the farm of Wayne Mulkins, where he was helping in the haying. Adams went to the barn lot to milk the cows, when Sota ap proached from the rear. After a short conversation in which Adams inquired as to the whereabouts of Mrs. Tobin, Sota committed his sec ond murder. He shot Adams through the head as he was leaning against the cow with his head while milking. Adams aparently was unaware of the fact that the murder was carrying the weapon. Sota then proceeded to cover Ad- ams’ body under some alfalfa hay and calmly awaited the return of his next victim, Kenneth Gorsuch. The latter soon appeared on the scene and after making some inquiry as to the where about of the others, went to the hog pen to feed his pigs. Sota walked up behind him and shot Gorsuch several times through the head from the rear. He removed all the money and sever al papers from Kenneth's body and returned to the tent. Here he took a suit of clothing and other personal belongings. He placed his loot aboard the Gor- such car, a ‘29 Model A Ford coach, and drove to Hermiston. He stopped I for a short time on the street, going into Hale’s Confectionery he pur- chased a box of shells for his gun. He then started foi Pendleton. Not wish- ing to remain there, he took the Cold Spring cutoff road to Kennewick, j Wash. He arrived there about midnight and registered at the Kennewick hotel | in h r the name of John Johnson. Ap parently he did not sleep well that i night, as he spent most of Friday sleeping in his room. However, in the afternoon he left his hilling place and went to a movie and had some thing to eat. Prior to that time he had left his car at a used car lot in that city. Upon returning to his hotel room, he was confronted by a large group of officers. He had no time to put up a battle and was soon safely in con- (Continued on Last Page)
