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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
VOLUME XXXV
VERNON WILLIAMS
COUNCIL GRANTS
5-YEAR FRANCHISE
TO POWER COMPANY
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. EEBRl ARY 12, 1942
REGISTRATION FOR
MIDDLE AGE SET
FOR FEB. 15 & 16
Seeks Re-election
MOBILIZATION OF
WOMANPOWER TO
COMMENCE MONDAY
By W. G. Ker»bergen
On page three of this issue of the
/
Herald will be found advertisements
for bids on certain school work for
both districts 14 and U-9. It will be MEETING PLANNED
remembered that early in November
the local districts received signed con FRIDAY AT U.S.O.
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tracts with the Federal government
to provide certain improved school
While men from 20 to 44 years of
facilities. The Union High school
age sign up for the military draft
was to receive $3,000 for this purpose
Monday, women will be registered for
and the elementary school $8,360.
wartime jobs. The Oregon board for
Several efforts have been made to
the mobilization of labor states that
get some action on the contract as
6,000 volunteer workers will start a
additional school facilities were bad
house-to-house survey of Oregon wo
ly needed. However, for several
manpower next Monday, February
months every local proposal was dis
16. By March 1, the board expects
approved under various pretexts.
to have a complete catalogue of the
Finally a program has been approved
skills and abilities of Oregon’s jun
by government officials and bids are
ior leaguers, office workers, house
being called for. It is sincerely to
wives and other walks of life.
be hoped that no further obstacles
Umatilla county has been divided
will be placed in the way of securing
according to voting precincts. Locally
the grants.
Mrs. David Mittlesdorf and her corps
The high school grant is to be used
of workers will mobilize precinct 32
to purchase additional furniture and
and Mrs. R. H. Piersol and her work
instructional supplies made necessary
ers will act in precinct 33. Mrs. F.
by the increased enrollment. The
B. Belt has been appointed commun
grade school allotment is divided in
ity chairman for Hermiston, Uma
to two sections. One section is simi
tilla, Stanfield and Echo and is busy
lar to the high school allotment, while
this week arranging for the various
the other section calls for repairs to
signups in the different localities.
the present elementary school build
Every woman over 18 years of age
ing. These repairs include enlarging
AIR BASE JOB
will
be registered, even the home
the water main entering the building,
putting new floors in several of the bound, since they may be available to
J. A. Terteling & Sons of Boise, room, also painting rooms and hall take care of children, releasing young
large scale contractors who recently ways, replacing some equipment and mothers for officers, factories and
constructed the Umatilla Ordnance partitions and the installation of a fields. Women will not be required
to pledge work, but they will tell in
depot, were successful bidders for ini
terviewers of jobs they have held and
tial work on the Walla Walla air
whether they will be available for
base. Involved in the job is under COMMERCIAL CLUB
full or part-time work.
stood to be the grading, installation
One immediate need for woman
of drainage and preparation of the MEETS AT U.S.O.
power is known. It is in the farm
aggregate (gravel) for later con
struction.
The Hermiston Commercial club fields where a labor shortage endang
Major Harry R. Schuppner, well met Tuesday noon at the new U.S.O. ers what is expected to be a record
known here for his high class work building for its regular luncheon. The crop. L. C. Stoll, state employment
at the Umatilla Ordnance depot, is dinner was served by Mrs. E. A. director, predicts that the mobiliza
tion of women will solve the farm la
area engineer for the Washington Thornburg of Jack's Cafe.
project and is in charge of several
Reports were given by W. E. Lo bor problem and has advised farmers
smaller jobs. J. A. Campbell, former gan, postmaster, and F. C. McKenzie, to go ahead with increased plantings
area engineer at Pendleton, and later mayor. The former told of his find for an all-out war.
Stoll estimates that another So,-
in Hermiston, will be resident engi ings at the postmasters’ convention at
neer on the air base.
Seattle, stating that prospects for a 000 men will be needed in the next
six months in expanding Oregon ship
It is expected that additional con new building here are still quite
yards, industrial plants and army
bright.
Mr.
McKenzie
stated
that
tracts will be let in the near future
construction.
Women cannot fill those
for construction of runways and of progress is being made in preparing
positions but they will be called on to
the
numerous
preliminaries
for
actual
the cantonment areas at the air base.
construction of the sewer system and replace the service station attend
improving the water works. He indi ants and store clerks who transfer to
PROJECT FARM
cated that construction would begin war production.
Eventually children will be regis
soon, prior to the irrigation season.
TO MEET MONDAY
tered
as a labor reserve. Tentative
Other subjects discussed included
membership cards, politics and regis registration is planned for March
for students above the seventh grade
A special meeting of the Project tration for Selective Service. The
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meeting
was
well
attended.
Farm Bureau will be held Monday,
February 16, in the Columbia club
Part g Makes Ogden Trip
UMATILLA CO-OP
house, according to A. H. Cable, pres
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rankin and
ident. An election of officers will be
held during the business meeting. A Mr. and Mrs. George Harkenrider re CREAMERY MEETING
pot luck supper will be served at 7:00. turned Thursday (today) from a five HELD WEDNESDAY
Present for the evening will be day trip to Ogden, Utah, where they
County Agent Walter Holt and Cecil visited with the former’s son, Stu
Yates, county Farm Bureau presi art, who is stationed there with the
The regular annual meeting of the
U, S. army.
dent.
Umatilla Cooperative Creamery was
held Wednesday in the basement of
the Methodist church with a good at
tendance. A dinner was served at
noon following a business session in
the morning.
Elected on the board of directors
for the coming year were H. J. Bean,
P. J. Quinn and R. V. Jones’ position
was left open for further discussion.
Holdover directors are A. E. McFar
land, Lewis Fales and H. J. Ott. Of
ficers during the past year were E.
L. Jackson, president, A. E. McFar
land, vice president, and M. G. Hed-
wall, secretary-treasurer,
Don Sherwood gave an interesting
discussion on feeds and feed tests at
the Umatilla Field Station. Al Brown
of the Interstate Creamery associa
tion and Jim Hill of the Oregon
Wheat League were also present to
address the group.
Monte Hedwall, manager, gave a
report which indicated that the local
| creamery has enjoyed a profitable
| year and members are looking for
ward to another good year in 1942.
According to the law passed by
Congress, the third registration un
der the Selective Training and Ser
vice Act of 1940 shall take place
February 16, 1942. There will be
four places open for registration in 1
Umatilla county, Pendleton, Stan
field, Freewater and the Umatilla In
dian Agency.
Persons required to register are:
“Every male citizen of the United |
States, and every other male person
residing in the United States, if on
December 31, 1941, such citizen has
attained the twentieth anniversary of
the day of his birth and on February I
16, 1942, has not attained the forty- I
Governor Charles A. Sprague this
fifth anniversary of the day of his
week
renewed his announcement of
birth, and has not heretofore been
registered under the Selective Train last summer that he would be a cand
ing and Service Act of 1940”.
idate for re-election. His campaign
Residents in this area must regis will be based on his record as gover
ter at Stanfield where G. L. Dunning ! nor and submits that his administra-
will be in charge. Registration will tion has been clean, vigorous and con
be on Monday only, February 16, structive. He will be opposed in the
from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. at the primary by Secretary of State Earl
Stanfield Irrigation District office. | Snell.
George Winship is in charge of regís- 1
tration in Pendleton. Registration 1
there will also be open Sunday at the | TERTELING BID
Selective Service office in the Stang- | ACCEPTED FOR
ier building.
PORTLAND—Politics, which had
been lying dormant for the past sev-
■ ral months on account of the war, RECORDER PRESENTS
went off with a bang last week. Earl
ANNUAL REPORT
Snell’s announcement led the parade
and, incidentally, gave the boys cour
The Pacific Power & Light com
age enough to come out of political pany, which serves this community,
hibernation. Following Snell’s hat in was granted a franchise to construct,
the ring came a deluge of announce- maintain and operate on the streets
ments for almost every office in the of Hermiston for a period of five
state, all the way from governor to years, at the regular meeting of the
onstable. Many members of the Hermiston city council Friday night.
resent legislature will not be can The franchise was published in the
didates for re-election to that body. Herald December 11 and 18 and ask
The last count gave 33 incumbents ed for anyone interested to discuss
seeking other offices, such as city the franchise with the city council at
ommissioner, county commissioner, any regular meeting up to the meet
circuit judge, etc. Others are retir- ing of February 6. No objections
ng from politics for the time being, were voiced at the meeting, so the
at least, and will not seek any office. council passed the franchise with a
This means a sea of new faces in unanimous vote with all members of
both houses at Salem when the law- the city council present. In the ab
makers gather next January, which sence of Mayor F. C. McKenzie, N. R.
will include a flock of freshmen mem- Mueller, chairman of the council, pre
bers. At this early date political pro sided over the meeting.
phets see the chance of a Democratic
Recorder Charles Taylor presented
house after the votes are tallied next the annual report of the city recorder
November. The reason advanced is, for the period December 31, 1940, to
many of the old-time Republican December 31, 1941. Tax collections
members who should be sure bets for during the year totalled $7,346.33,
re-election are seeking other offices, while fees, fines and licenses collect
while a few of those who will again ed during the year amounted to a to
try to occupy house seats are almost tal of $6,281.20. Although expendi
certain to be defeated.
tures were exceedingly large due to | DISTRICT PLAYOFF
the influx of thousands of people in
The Republican high command evi- Hermiston during the past year, the BRINGS MAC HIGH
lently senses the danger of Oregon collections left the city in a good fi
HERE WEDNESDAY
flopping over to the Democrats once nancial condition.
again. With all debts paid and close
According to the report the treas
to $10,000 cash on hand, the G.O.P. urer’s bank balance December 31,
The first game of the annual dis
state committee went into real action 1941, was $8,608.53. The city of Her trict playoff between Pendleton, Mac
this week. Headquarters have been miston has no outstanding warrants High and Hermiston will be played
pened in the Morgan building, with since a bond retirement of $5,000 Monday, February 16, when Hermis
the able Carl Moser in the chair of from water revenue during the past ton meets Pendleton on the latter’s
executive secretary. Flanked by a year paid up all bonded indebted court. Pendleton will play at Milton-
group of politically wise men, Mr. ness. A complete recorder’s report Freewater Tuesday, and Wednesday
Moser will direct the campaign. With will be published in the Herald next will find Rufus Fox bringing his
a good-sized bankroll to go on and | week.
Mac High courtsters to meet the
more money coming in, the Republi-
Among other business taken care Bulldogs here. The best two teams
ans will put on a slam-bang fight | of at the meeting was the combining will meet in a final series February
which they hope will make Oregon of Irrigation District No. 1 and Ir 20 and 21.
-afe for the G.O.P. column.
rigation District No. 2. In previous
Chances for a Hermiston champion
years assessments for district 1 were ship look rather slim at the present
Old-age pension advocates looked somewhat larger than district 2, but writing, judging from games played
very glum last week when the sup the past year both assessments were throughout the regular season. How
erne court handed down a decision the same. It was felt that combining ever, the morale of the Bulldogs has
placing the question of two cents per the two districts would save much picked up greatly in recent practices
package on cigarets up to the voters. time and effort. Kenneth Gibbs, wa and upset possibilities are being
Those who favor and engineered the te ■ superintendent, was given an in courted.
measure through the last session of crease in salary beginning with Feb- i
the legislature fear, with so many ad- ruary 1.
verse happenings coming to pass dur-
BAND TO PRESENT
ng the past year, that voters will PLEDGE BOOKS DUE
MID-YEAR CONCERT
turn thumbs down on the measure
next November. If so, a good million SATURDAY EVENING
or more of additional money which
The mid-year major concert by the
would have gone to the oldsters in the
music
department of Hermiston high
Hermiston “minute men” who still
form of assistance, or pensions, is
gone with the wind. Now the pen- have pledge books not completed are school will be presented by the band
‘ion-minded are working on another | urged to finish their territory and and glee club on Friday, February 13,
bill which will be dropped in the lap return their books to the Herald of in the high school gymnasium begin
f the next legislature, in the event fice not later than Saturday night. ning at 8 o’clock.
The purpose is to accumulate mon
The response has been quite favor
the present one is rejected.
ey
toward the spring tour. There will
able although the entire task has not
be a small admission charge.
Word trickles through from Wash- | been completed.
Anyone wishing to sign a pledge
ngton, D. C., concerning renewed
talk of the possible transfer of the for the purchase of defense bonds is
forest service from the department of | urged to come to The Herald office
Agriculture to the department of the where pledge books will be kept for
interior, a move blocked a year ago this purpose.
when the president made many re-
groupings. Now under his war-time TEACHERS ISSUED
powers the president can do as he
BUY
wishes. The support of Oregon tim- NEW CONTRACTS
UNITED
bermen, in the main, is no longer fav-
STATES
SAVINGS
At
a
regular
high
school
board
rable to the forest service remaining
/BON DS
AND STAMPS
n agriculture; they would prefer to meeting Monday night, all high school
have the service under Ickes, irascible teachers were tendered new contracts
as he is, than with Wickard. Their for next year. Those whose contracts
complaint is not with the foresters in were approved include Miss Con
the field but with a small group In stance Luehrs, Miss Lavina May
Washington, D. C., who are planning Lynch, Mervin Werth, Ethel Clark,
-tate socialism for the forests. A Helen Thomas, Ray Critchfield, Lee
-ample of what the group is aiming Weber and G. C. Humphreys.
At a board meeting Tuesday, the
at is the so-called Bankhead bill, in
troduced last fall. It is alleged that ' following grade teachers were issued
under this bill, if it is enacted (it has contracts: Enid Delaney, Mary Petri,
been placed on ice ), in a few years Blanche Harmon, Ruth Johnson,
here would be no private timber own Eleanor Tischler, Alma Greaves and
ers. Secretary Ickes, the timbermen L. S. Burrell.
Due to the fact that the new con
feel, would be a safer man to admin-
ister the forest service than Secreta tracts have just been issued, instruc
tors have not had time to return
ry Wickard.
: signed statements. Consequently, it
Westland Grange Enlittt Member» ! is impossible to tell as yet just how
At a well attended meeting of the | many will be back for next year.
Westland Grange recently, 21 appli-
ations for membership were received. ANNUAL MEETING
The next meeting of the grange will
be held at the Westland school Fri- SET FOR CO-OPS
lay. February 13.
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The annual meeting of the Farm
l.ndge Plane Sodai Meeting
Bureau Co-operative and the Coop
Pauline Rebekah lodge will have a erative Service Station will be held
social meeting Wednesday. February at the Central Church of Christ at
18, following a regular lodge meet- 1:30 p. m. Friday, February 13. At
ng. All Rebekahs are urged to at- this time the service station will is-
tend.
| sue its dividend checks.
BIDS ADVERTISED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
AT LOCAL SCHOOLS
NUMBER 26
Abraham Lincoln
MINSTREL SHOW
SET FOR IRRIGON
"Dark Belles Minstral Show” has
been scheduled for the Irrigon high
gymnasium for Friday, February 13.
Gags, dances and songs are featured
for the evening with dancing to fol
low the performance.
An admission fee of 15c for stu
dents and 35c for adults will be
charged. “The year’s best entertain
ment,” stated Ladd Sherman, Irrigon
superintendent.
District Playoff Game - Wednesday, Feb. 18-Mac Hi vs. Bulldogs 8:00p.m.