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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1944)
NEWS The 4 ezmisto n ! After visiting last week with friends | at Umatilla Ordnance Depot. Mrs. F. H. McKnight left Pendleton on the Streamliner Saturday, February 19, to join Captain McKnight at Char- VOLUME XXXVII lottsville, where he is attending the University of Virginia in preparation for duty with the Allied Military Government. Mrs. McKnight plans to remain in the East until Captain McKnight’s departure for foreign ser vice, which is more or less imminent. IRRIGATION DISTRICT ACTIVITIES MANY AS SYSTEM IS REVIEWED OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HERMISTON, Corp. Felthou»e On FurloupK Corp. Gale Felthouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Felthouse, arrived here Thursday from Buckingham Flexible Gunnery School, Ft. Meyers, Fla., on a 10-day furlough. Mr. Felt- house, who has been baling hay near Ontario, met Gale there and they con tinued on to Hermiston by automo bile. Corp. Felthouse has been in the service about 13 months. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 24, 1944 BED CROSS GOAL TO BE HIGHEB Mrs. Roy E. Tiller has been named ehairman of the local War Fund Red Cross drive which is expected to get underway here after March 1. Mrs. Tiller stated that the usual house-to- house canvass will be augmented again this year by a booth on the street. Although no quota has been set as yet for Hermiston, it has been an nounced that the Umatilla county quo ta will be approximately three times that of last year or around >31,000. Consequently everyone is expected to give more this year than last. More information concerning the subseri tion will be printed next week. T/4 Stanley Freiheit, on furlough from Great Bend Army Air Base, stopped by Ordnance February 20 to visit with friends on his way through from Kansas to his home in Seattle. Stanley is well known in this vicinity J. M. Spencer, manager of the Her as a member of the old 330th Service miston Irrigation District, has furn IN Group at Pendleton Field. ished the Herald with a synopsis of maintenance activities about the pro Plans are now proceeding toward ject during 1943. An interview with Now it can be told. No word had the completion of a new day room for Mr. Spencer brought out many facts been received from Pvt. John H. Nye the enlisted Medical Detachment as which show him to be well fitted, both for some time until early this week signed to the Post Hospital. The boys by training and experience, for the when a letter arrived from him, writ are renovating the old PX in the civil position he now holds. ten February 10. The letter stated ian dormitory area, and while they He is a native Oregonian, having that he had been with the 4th Divi have sufficient furniture to equip the been born in Ashland. During his sion, U. S. Marines, in the attack on room, there is urgent need for “all earlier years he did much engineering the Marshall Islands, particularly the | er ye *F=I rr rmrn r cn the comforts of home”, draperies, ma work in connection with exploration, | island of Roi. Pvt. Nye stated that —A— M—— 1IHV ----- gazines, ash trays, and most of all a surveys and construction on mining he came through the battle without a | radio-phonograph combination. Or and lumbering properties in five wes scratch—well, just a little one, on theThe fifth anniversary of the Inland - neck. - i Cooperative will be celebrated at the ganizations and individuals who are tern states, was with the National back of - - his Pvt. Nye. one of Hermiston’s young- I annual meeting of that concern Sat interested in donating articles or their Copper Co. in Idaho, was assistant en services toward the furnishing of this gineer in charge of construction for est business men, made some type of urday, February 26, in the banquet day room will find that their contri the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining record recently when he entered ac butions will be much appreciated, and Co. in the same state, and has made tual combat duty after only 21 can contact Lt. F. L. Graves, the Med mineral surveys for the government months of training. Apparently he I business will include the election of ical Administrative Officer at U.O.D., in Washington and Idaho. Later he was in condition to “take it” as the I directors from three districts now be- ing held by F. L. Huntting, J. D. for further details. I made surveys for an irrigation pro Marines of the 4th Division made Christley and P. J. Quinn. short work of the attack at Roi. ject in the Rogue River valley. The business meeting will commence Needless to say, Pvt. Nye’s wife and Lloyd Waid. 2/c Seaman, spent Sat In World War I he enlisted with at 11:00 o’clock with a free lunch to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nye, urday afternoon visiting in the West the U. S. Engineers and served over be served at 12:00. Entertainment Area. seas until the end of the war. After were glad to hear that he was safe. will also be enjoyed during the lunch his 1 eturn the Eagle Point Irrigation hour. Mr. Shaw stated Thursday Miss Frances Culver spent the week district in southern Oregon was built that anyone doing business with the •end with her mother, Mrs . Zelma under his supervision, and at its com concern in 1943 automatically be pletion he was chosen to be manager. Culver. comes a member of the concern and is Before coming to Hermiston to take cordially invited to attend. Magazine Area Field Office receiv- over the operation of the Hermiston Four members of the newly orga Irrigation District, Mr. Spencer was ed a card from Charles Cook in Fort nized Air Scout Squadron of Hermis L-.wis, Washington. It seems all he for some years watermaster of dis ton were advanced in their rank to has done so far is march and march. trict 5 of the Water Resources depart that of Apprentice Air Scout at the ment of the State of Oregon, working recent court of honor held at the Magazne Field Office has a new out of Pendleton, his territory cover U. S. O. recently. Those receiving Mrs. Walter Hamm has received ■ ing all waters of the Umatilla and these awards were Gordon Shown, addition, Linda Mary Neary. Walla Walla rivers within that dis- James Rugg. Virgil Logan and W. A. belated request from the County Sal vage Committee for used clothing to , trict. Through this branch of his The radio program broadcast from ' work he is conversant with the use of MacArthur, squadron leader. be sent to war stricken countries. The The air scout program is a new one drive must close Tuesday, February the Hermiston U. S. O. by the U.O.D. water in this end of the county and Employees’ Association was enjoyed with irrigation practices and laws in designed by the Boy Scouts of Amer 29, so very little time is allowed for ica to train the boys of 15 years and the collection of these articles here. by every one who was a part of the ' general. Mrs. Hamm asks' that anyone Wish audience and also by those who li i The Hermiston Irrigation District, over in the basic, fundamentals of tened over their radios. Russe . c- | originally designed to irrigate some aeronautics, air-ology, airplane struc ing to donate clothing to this worthy Coy of the Magazine Area was the. 22,000 acres of land, is at present ture and aero-dynamics. With the cause please leave the articles at the lucky winner of the door prize, a War ' serving only about 9,000 acres. The coming universal use of the airplane, Hermiston Drug Co. or at the office it is recognized that those with spec of the assistant county agent. Any Bond. I original canal system was very well ial training will be needed to promote type of clothing except the following ! planned and constructed with capacity this mode of transportation following articles is wanted: hats, shoes, caps, | enough to take care of considerably belts, rubbers, galoshes, girdles or more land than is now being farmed. the war. Any boy. whether he has had scout party dresses. However, suits, sweat This condition allowed for some de experience before or not, and is now ers, shirts or other clothing is earn terioration of the canal system with 15 years of age, is urged to join this estly desired. out threatening the success of the squadron. Meetings are held each The house rivers and harbors com smaller acreage now served. There mittee Wednesday adopted several comes a time, however, when the Wednesday evening at 7:30 p. m. in amendments, some of which are in canals can not be allowed to deterior the social halls of the Methodist line with suggestions by President ate further. This condition has now church. Roosevelt, which will be offered on arrived. It is unfortunate that the The American Legion Auxiliary the floor of the house when the om ______ ... __ — held its regular meeting Thursday, nibus rivers and harbors bill (HR tion in recent years so that their re- | habilitation could have been postponed TO HJEáAR 0PEAKER February 10. After the business 3961 ) comes up for consideration. meeting, a social evening was enjoyed, The committee adopted a suggestion until after the war when labor and honoring Mrs. Roy Tiller, rummage by the president that the proposed material costs might be lower or at A change has been made of the sale chairman. In appreciation of her Umatilla dam on the Columbia river least more available. We must frankly admit that the Townsend club meeting originally set efforts, a valentine gift was present between Oregon and Washington es timated to cost 850,000,000 including system is in rather a dilapidated con for Tuesday, February 29. It has ed to her. Refreshments were served power installations—should be 30 feet dition at present, and further delay been postponed to Thursday, March later in the evening. The March meeting will be post in repairing some of the worst condi 2, at 8:00 p. m. in order to hear A. 0. higher than previously approved. This would raise the pool above the tions is dangerous and should not be Soholm, national representative of the poned a week and will be held March Townsend movement. The meeting 16. It will be in the nature of a pot dam to 340 feet above sea level in permitted. The Feed Canal, even when first | will be held at the U.S.O.. according luck dinner, celebrating the birthday stead of the originally contemplated 310 feet. Mr. Roosevelt had said this constructed, had not too great a capa- to Mrs. Joe Udey, who was informed of the American Legion. Mrs. Grace Logan and Mrs. Laura Kelley will would aid navigation and power de city as the time in which water can | of the forthcoming visit. be tun to the reservoir is limited by ' Mr. Soholm will explain the state serve on the social committee. Al' velopment. The committee also approved an several factors. The irrigation sea- [ Townsend bill which is now under dis- members and prospective members are amendment to the section authorizing son on the Umatilla river extends cussion by the various Townsend or- cordially invited to attend. construction of four dams on the from March 15th to November 1st, ganizations. Those wishing to hear Snake river in Idaho—estimated to during which time only excess water first hand information concerning cost >30.200,000—which would pro may be used for storage. After Nov the proposed bill are urged to be on vide that construction of the dams ember 1st. there is rarely enough wa hand. could be modified as deemed advisable ter to much more than prime the can The annual meeting of the Umatil by the secretary of war after consul al until well into the winter months. la Cooperative Creamery will be held tation with the secretary of the in During the deep winter there is usual Tuesday, February 29, in the banquet terior and other affected federal agen ly one month or more in which water may not be safely carried on account room of the Methodist church, accord cies. ing to Herman Plass, manager. Acti President Roosevelt had suggested of freezing conditions. With a capa vities will get underway at 10:00 a.m. that final approval of the four dams city of 300 second feet the canal could with E. L. Jackson as program chair on the Snake be withheld until a joint fill the reservoir in about three man. A turkey dinner will be served investigation could be undertaken by months. If the capacity is allowed to the army engineers and the interior drop down to around 200 second feet at 12 30. as it is at present it will require full Mr. Plass stated this week that department. five months to complete the required anyone interested in dairying, even storage and there are only five months though he is not a member of the between November 1st and April 1st creamery, is cordially invited to at when irrigation must begin. tend the meeting. Prominent men of It is therefore imperative that the the dairy industry will be present to feed canal be brought back to near its disucss present day operations and Garland Elkin of Hermiston is the original capacity as soon as possible. possible future developments. proud possessor of a diary of a dead This is a problem, as the time when An advertisement telling of the Jap officer given to Mr. Elkin by his the eanal can be worked is short and coming meeting will be found on Page cousin, Neil Elkin, Chief Petty Offi- the cost is too great to be attempted 4 of this issue. cer, U. 3. Navy. The latter, who is in any one year. The worst section Ixteal Girle On Committee visiting in Hermiston with his cousin, of the canal is directly under the got the diary while in service at Attu. lands of the Stanfield Irrigation Dis The annual Colonial Ball will be The document has been translated trict and is filled with waste and sub held in the colege auditorium of East from Japanese into the American lan water from their irrigation well into ern Oregon College Friday, February guage and is quite interesting reading the fall. This water causes grass and 18th. This formal dance highlights willows to grow luxuriously during the social calendar for the winter matter. On the beaches of Italy, in the Chief Petty Officer Elkin is the son the summer and presents a most irri jungles of the Pacific—planes, tanks, term and is sponsored by the Women’s of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elkin. He has tating problem of maintenance. artillery must move—and fast: no Athletic Association. The 354th Air been in the service about 18 months Complete cleaning of the canal waiting to build roads or airfields. Force dance band will furnish the mu and has seen considerable action dur would require from 110,000 to 115,000 That’s when our soldiers must un sic for the ball. Mary Perry and and the work must therefore be spread roll these “steel mattresses,” as you Mary Margaret Kennedy of Hermis ing that time. The diary is at The Herald office over five or six years. We have at see them in this photo. Your War ton are in charge of the Decoration Bonds pay for them. and anyone wishing to look at it is tempted to make some headway to- | and Entertainment committees, re- U. S. Treenry (Continued on page 7) quite welcome. ' spectively. ED WORK PVT. JOHN NYE ROI BATTLE INLAND CO-OP TO FOUR AIR SCOUTS ADVANCE IN RANK USED CLOTHING IS ASKED HERE UMATILLA DAM CHANGE OK'D HONORED GUEST ANNUAL MEETING - V S. : JAP DIARY IS eald Double Trial Date Set The trials of E. E. Pulley and Jim Shearer on charges of driving while under the influence of liquor have been set for Friday, March 3, begin ning at 10:00, in the Labor Temple hall. The cases have been postponed several times due to various conflic- tions. AUTO HITS POLE Loren Van Buskirk of Portland, who with his family is visiting a sis- ter in Pendleton, was the driver of the car which soundly crashed into the stop sign near the Hermiston rail road depot Monday evening. Mr. Van Buskirk, who is a driver for the Ar row Transportation Co., had come alone from Pendleton to Umatilla and was returning to Pendleton when the crash came. He stated Tuesday that another car was crossing the tracks in the oppo site direction, going west on Hermis ton avenue. He swerved his car in order to avoid a collision but came in to contact with the stop sign. The automobile, a ’37 Chrysler, was a com plete loss but the driver was unin jured. SATER ATTENDS STATE CONFAB Ermol Sater, buttermaker at the local plant of Umatilla Cooperative Creamery, attended two conventions in Portland last Thursday. Friday and Saturday. The Oregon Dairy men Manufacturing Association met Thursday and the Buttermakers As sociation met Friday and Saturday. Mr. Sater, whose record in making butter is quite enviable, won third prize in a quiz sponsored during the session. He represented the local or ganization at both meetings. HAROLD HAMLIN WESTON Harold Hamlin Weston was born at Amet, Michigan, on May 8, I860. His early youth was spent working in the woods of northern Michigan. When a young man he came west and helped build the first trails and roads through Yellowstone Park. In 1891 he came on west to Oregon and settled near Cascade Locks, where he farmed for several years, moving to Morrow county in 1901. For several years he operated a ferry across the Columbia river at Castlerock, moving to the Boardman project proper, in the early spring of 1918, where he lived contin uously until his death, on February 19, 1944. He leaves no known blood relatives, but three step-daughters, Mrs. Addie Broyles of Sandy, Oregon. Mrs. Awil- da Bleakney of Mabton, Wash., and Mrs. Breta Morgan of Boardman. Mr. Weston was affectionately called "Dad" by all who knew him. He held an honorary membership in Green- field Grange. WATER IS HIGHER Citizens who are always prone to worry about the slowness of Old Jupe Pluvius to fill the Cold Springs reser voir are beginning to breathe a little easier. Although the water level is still behind schedule the outlook is quite promising. The reading Febru ary 20, 1944, was 35,800 acre feet, while the reading on the same date in 1943 was 43,650 acre feet. However, at present the feed canal is working overtime and unless something dras tic happens, there will be water for all during the hot summer months. The reading for the week, accord- ing to Chas. Taylor, follows: Max. Min. Date 37 50 February 16 22 . 52 February 17 34 . 47 February 18 30 . 48 February 19 19 . 47 February 20 25 - 47 February 21 23 . 48 February 22 KORTGESMITH NUMBER 28 EMERGENCY CROP AND FEED LOANS SIGNUP DATES SCHEDULED FOOD PRODUCTION C. A. Riley, field supervisor for the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office, stated that farmers of Uma tilla county are now applying for loans to finance the production of their 1944 crops. Applications for loans can be written on afternoons of February 23. March 7 and 28, and April 4 and 8 in the assistant county agent’s office in Hermiston. Mr. Riley stated that, in addition to financing the production of regu lar crops such as grain and hay, loans were also being made for the produc tion of those crops declared essential to and so vitally needed in the war ef fort this year. Plans for 1944 call for increased production of many food crops. The production goals for these crops, which can be successfully plant ed and grown in Umatilla county should be met, and the need for funds necessary for their production will be given special consideration with the view that credit will be extended, wherever needed, so that no farm family will be denied an opportunity to make its maximum contributions to the Food Prduction Program. Emergency crop loans are available to farmers, either owners or tenants, who own or can make arrangemnts for land to farm, who own or have the use of necessary workstock and equip ment with which to farm, and who can give as security a first lien on the crops to be financed. These loans will be made to farmers whose cash re quirements are relatively small and who are unable to obtain loans from other sources, including local banks and production credit associations. Loans are also available for the purchase or production of feed for livestock whose produets will be mar keted, for livestock to be fed for the market, or for breeding animals with the increase to be marketed, but. as security, a first lien on such livestock is required. Mr. Riley emphasized that these loans are not restricted to selected ap plicants but are available to all farm ers who can establish eligibility, ac cording to the terms of the loan regu lations and the authorizing Act of Congress. Harold Ewalt, Dairy Husbandry specialist from Oregon State College, will talk on dairy and dairy feeding problems Friday, February 25th at 8:30 p. m. at the Westland Grange hall. George Penrose of the Union Pacific railroad will show two pic tures along dairy improvement. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FRIDAY The churches of the community unite tomorrow (Friday) evening with churches all over the world in a mass prayer service beginning at 7:45 p.m. at the Central Church of Christ. Prayer moves the hand of God, and such movement was never so sorely needed as now. Everyone is asked to come and worship and unite in this prayer service, that the people might be led by God to a new experience and thus to a new and better world order. LOCKER PLANT IS PLANNED Frank P. Sargent of Hermiston is contemplating the construction of a frozen food locker plant in Hermiston. Considerable “business” is essential prior to actual construction of such a plant, according to Mr. Sargent. It is necessary, in order to obtain proper priorities to obtain building materials, that a prospective renter to deposit his first year’s rent in escrow to be held until the plant is ready to use Mr. Sargent states that the rate will be one dollar per annum per cu bic foot of storage space with eight cubic feet as the minimum. The lock er boxes will vary in size from eight to 15 cubic feet. Mr. Sargent has made arrangements with the Hermis ton First National Bank where pros pective renters may place reservations in escrow with proper receipts. He urges that those interested make the proper arrangements as soon as pos sible. Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Smith of Van- couver, Wash., are announcing the marriage of their son. Bob, U. S. Ar my, to Miss Winifred Kortge, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. O- W. Kortge of Portland, on Saturday, February 19, at Vancouver, Wash. The bride given in marriage by her father and the couple was attended by Miss Ul- dine Kortge, sister of the bride. and Francis Hollinger, U. S. army. Members of the immediate families Auriliarif Meet ina le Planned were present and a reception was held The Farm Bureau Auxiliary will after the ceremony at the home of the meet Friday, March 3, at the home at bride's parents. The Smiths formerly resided in Mrs. Lester Hammer. An interest- Hermiston and Bob is well known ing program is being planned and «* members are urged to be on hand.
