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T he H ermiston H erald
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 9. 1917
VOL. XI
ROAD BONDS GARRY IN
ALL WEST END PRECINCTS
With a very light vote Monday the
two Hermiston precincts and Colum
bia favored the $6,000,000 road bonds
by a good majority. Most of the
other measures also showed a larger
yes vote then no. In all three pre
cincts many did not vote on account of
pressing farm work, which will be
come more strenuous as the season
advances. The election boards bad
much time between votesand when the
polls closed quickly completed the
count. The complete vote for the
these precincts follows, with Hermis
ton west side first, east side second.
Authorizing ports to create indebted
ness—
Yes, 46, 57.
No, 14, 22.
Limiting number of bills—
Yes, 12, 15.
No, 54, 69.
Declaration against implied repeal of
constitutional provisions—
Yes, 37, 32.
No, 24, 44.
Uniform tax classification—
Yes, 44, 44.
No, 21, 35
Requiring city and state elections at
same time—
Yes, 43, 65.
No, 23, 22.
New penitentiary-
Yes, 25, 33.
No, 41, 51
Read bonds—
Yes, 52, 79.
No, 22, 18.
The Columbia vote on the bonds was
26 for and 24 against.
FRENCH PEOPLE BUY
HEAVY IN BONDS
The French people are the greatest
investors in Government bonds in the
world. At the close of the Franco-
Prussian war in 1870 Germany de
manded and collected from France
•1,000,000,000 indemnity. The French
people, who were as loyal then in re
sponding to their country’s need as
their soldiers are today, hastened to
loan this tremendous sum to their
country.
Their patriotism turned a great mis
fortune into a great benefit. Their
thrift in thus saving their money and
investing it in government bonds not
only brought great prosperity to
France but the bonds rose in value all
over the world and made the French
national credit good wherever civiliza
tion existed. Ten years after the
bonds were issued they commanded a
premium of 25 per cent.
What the American nation is called
upon to do in lending the American
government #5,0000,000 and taking its
bonds therefore is little compared
with the loan of 11,000,000,000 to
France after the Franco-Prussian war
by the French people. Called upon to
do much less than their present allies,
the French, the American people will
demonstrate that they are second to Do
people in the world in patriotic sup
port of their government.
ONE WAY MODERN FIGHTERS ARE MADE
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LARGER
THAN WAS EXPECTED
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
TEN YEARS AGO
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Again the Echo to Coyote cutoff
bogy is afloat.
The base ball team from tbe reser
voir Saturday took a game from the
town boys 8 to 6.
The associates of Mr. Griffin in the
reclamation service presented tbe
newlyweds with a fine dining table.
A tract of 60 acres has been selected
a short distance northwest of town
upon which an experiment station will
be established.
Tbe county court Monday issued an
order for tbe holding of an election to
vote upon the proposed incorporation
of tbe city of Hermiston. Tbe elec
tion will be held June 13.
A stroll through the gardens of Her
miston furnishes convincing proof of
tbe marvelous fertility of tbe soil for
tbe growth of all varieties of vege
tables. bushes, fruit aud ornamental
trees.
There is at tbe home of E. E. Mc
Millen on Second street 50 books be
longing to the traveling library of the
Oregon library commission and which
are for free circulation among the
residents of Hermiston.
Tuesday of last week Russell
Brownell left for Susanville, Cali.,
where on June 30, he will join bis life
in marriage with Miss Lina Gournag.
They will arrive in Hermiston early
in July to make their home.
Monday evening a farewell party
was given Rev. and Mrs. Hermiston.
They left Tuesday for Los Angeles.
During their stay here Rev. and Mrs.
Hermiston have made great progress
in the cause they have in charge.
At Cold Springs dam Tuesday Harry
Barmore met with an accident which
required the amputation of a leg a few
inches below thé knee. Barmore was
a brakeman on the narrow gauge rid
ing on the last car with the train
backing. A car was on the track and
though he signalled tbe engineer to
stop tbe signal was not heeded and
Barmore was caught before be could
get out.
PEACH MEN SELL
CRDP TO CANNERY
There were 58 attending Sunday
school last Sunday.
Mr. Heath from tbe Furnish project
visited this section Mondsy.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Sapper spent
last Sunday with bis mother.
Several in this section are enjoying
new potatoes and green peas.
There were twenty-six eligible men
registered from this section Tueedav.
Miss Eudith Kelly came home Friday
from The Dalles for a two weeks visit.
Dean and Bernard Sellers drove to
Pendeton Wednesday on their motor
cycle.
The Red Cross met Wednesday at
Eight ladies were
present.
the Phiops home.
A. L. Thoroughman spent Saturday
and Sunday with his neice,
Mrs.
Leathers.
Mrs. Brassfield and family spent last
Sunday in town visiting her mother
and sister.
Photo by American Press Association.
Sailors on a United States dreadnaught getting their physical exercise,
one of the forms of training required to make a finished moder", sea fighter.
fish hatchery.
Roseburg — $100,000 fertilizer plaut
may be erected here.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Albany—New ladder factory here
H. C. Harrison was an early visitor doing extensive business. Ships 20
cars since first of yesr.
to Hermiston Thursday.
Astoria—Standard Oil to establish
Mrs. C. M. Carley of Carley, Wash.,
distributing station costing $150,000.
returned to her home Thursday.
Crane has building boom.
Five
Mrs. Maude Voyen returned home
business bouses and several bungalows
Monday from a visit in Hermiston.
Miss Lillie Nizer went to Pendleton are erected.
Cove—Farmers to plant rye 20,000
Wednesday to take treatment and re
acres submerged in Grand Ronde
cuperate.
Jack Gibbons, S. C. Mack and S. H. valley.
DOARDMAN NEWS
Boardman drove over to Heppner
Tuesday night.
Mrs. M. E. Carley came oyer from
Carley, Wash., Mondsy to visit her
son, Gerald Miller.
The Packard and .lenkens families
arrived Wednesday from Seatlie. They
drove overland in their cars, making
the trip in a week.
Miss Clara Voyen and J. C. Ballen
ger went to Wasco Friday to visit with
Mrs. Ballenger and the Murohies. J.
C. returned Saturday.
Eugene Cummins, son and family
drove over from Oregon City in their
car making tbe trip in one day, a dis
tance of over 200 miles.
Mrs. Paine and son Elden spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Carl
Doeriog at Messner. In tbe evening
they rode home in the Doering car.
C. C. Paine received a telegram
Sunday announcing the death of his
oldest sister. He left on No. 2 Mon
day to be with the family at tbe fune
ral.
The Wittenberg-King Co., of The
Dalles, bad a representative here this
week to take up with the growers tbe
proposition of buying the peach crop.
Satisfactory arrangements were made
and a majority of the growers signed
up while the representative was here
Others have since signified their in
tention of accepting and it is believed
practically all will take tbe offer.
Tbe Wittenberg King Co. bas con
tracted for tbe Elbertas, Muir and
Foster. The price will be close to 825
per ton f. o. b. Tbe Dalles. The
cannery furnishes boxes for shipping,
saving this expense, and wrapping
will not be necessary. It la estimated-
the cannery will get at least 200 tons
from this section.
The contract will not interfere with
local needs as Crawford or other than
Hood River—T. & L. Co. awarded
the three varieties are not wanted. In
$6500 contract for road work.
addition there will be those with a
Portland—14 wooden government
small crop only where it will not pay
Ordinarily the quantity of corn pro to ship. This class will easily take ships contracted for at Portland. The
duced in the United States is from care of tbe home demand.
G. M. Standifer construction corpora
three to four times the quantity of
tion to build 10 and Peninsula Ship
wheat, but only a very small portion
building Co. 4.
of tbe crop—from 5 to 10 per cent—
Coquille—Contract let on improve
has beeh used for human food This
ment of Empire to Sunset road.
amount may be estimated in normal
Turner—Oregon flax Industry grow
times at about 200,000,000 bushels a
ing: first retting here by Oregon Flax
year. Not over 5 per cent has been
Fibre Co. yields 17 tons.
exported in peace times. A relatively
Thia week the C. S. McNaught Co.
Toledo— Eddyville mohair pool of
•light increase in the corn acreage, moved ita bay chopping outfit back to
23,000
pounds goes to McMinnville
therefore, will place many millions of Hermiston and has it in the railroad
bushels more of human food at the Yards. Al. last winter and spring the mill at 65 cents per pound.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
FROM ALL OREGON
CORN EFFECTIVE
WHEAT SUBSTITUTE
HAY CHOPPER NOW
IN LOCAL YARDS
disposal of the world without interfer outfit has been at Westland running
ing in any way with the feed needed on last season's alfalfa. Mr. Mc
for the support of livestock.
Naught has several big contracts for
In the past, with an abundence of immediate delivery which will keep
grain of other kinds, corn has not tbe chopper busy. Others coming In
been in great demand for human con will likely keep the outfit busy during
sumption. But with other grains no the entire season.
longer abundant, circumstances will , The first cutting of alfalfa is well
compel more general recognition of along. Some started last week but
tbe value of corn as human food. The cutting was not general until this,
department is urging strongly the
The crop is averaging up well, both
wider use of corn in the diet. It is the I as to quality and quantity, and there
best substitute for wheat that we have appears to be a good demand. A
and can be utilized In breads, mushes | number of sales are reported, most of
and a variety of ocher ways.
Wewhich are on board car at Hermiston,
should make every effort to avail our- ; Tbe market for the new crop opened
selves of it.
I at $13 for baled.
Bandon— Clearing and grading last
six miles of Bandon-Curry county coast
road was begun; $40,000 estimated
cost.
Betson—Buck plant installs
for light and fire alarm.
plant
Roce burg—Pacific highway to be im
proved with 400 cars of gravel to be
placed on the roads in several districts.
615,000 acres in Oregon are open to
homestead entry.
Roseburg—Oregon Fruit Co. may
build cleaning, grading and polishing
plani here.
Roseburg— Work will be started at
once on $5,000 dam at North Umpqua
Corvallis--Contract let for new col
lege library to cost $83,300.
Portland—Men employed in local
shipyards, numbering at present 5060,
will draw $5,100,480 a year, based on
an average wage of $3.50 a day.
Roseburg—New telephone lines will
be constructed in Umpqua forests.
St. Johns—Two ship plants will
locate here.
Preparatory work to
begin without delay.
Toledo—Work of diking and putting
in dam with flood gates for purpose of
reclaiming hundreds of acres of fertile
bottom and tide lands lying along tbe
Olalla, commenced.
Toledo— $4,000 halibut fishing craft
launched.
Salem—Wittenberg-King Co. to build
evaporating plant here to cost nearly
$200,000.
Albany—Contract let
Baker street.
for
paving
Forest Grove—Construction wotk on
tbe extension of the United Railways
lines from Wilkesboro to Tillamook is
now under way.
Big increase io production of grain
crops. Loss reported in acreage in
winter planting more than made up in
spring wheat sowing. Liberal in
crease in planting of sugar beets io
Washington, Idaho and Oregon during
past year.
GHEZIK GETS WEST
SIDE PROPERTY
Tuesday was registration day through
out the United State, when every
young man between 21 and 31 of what
ever nationality, was called upon to
present himself for enumeration.
Some little trouble was met in places,
but nowhere did it reach tbe extent
thought probable In the Hermiston
country tbe day was tbe usual peace-
able one. Neither were there any
slackers, as it is believed every man of
the required sge was on hand to be
listed. In fact the number register
ing exceeded all estimates.
In precinct 53, Hermiston west side,
with S. R. Oldaker in charge, 45 were
registered. Precinct 54, Hermiston
east side, with Tbos. Campbell in
charge, 37 registered. Precinct 55,
Columbia, with T. H. Haddox in
charge, 26 presented themselves. This
gives a total of 108 for the three pre-
cincts. In precinct 56, Umatilla, there
were 40 registered.
LIDERTY LOAN BOND
SAFE INVESTMENT
In issuing Liberty loan bonds in a
Jack Gorham left for Greely, Neb., denomination as small as $50 the
being called in account of tbe illness secretary of the United States has put
of bis father.
is in the reach of almost «very Ameri
Mr. Sellers’ brother, T. H. Sellers, can citizen to do a real and actual ser
from Friday, Cai., is visiting at tbe vice to bis country.
Sellers home.
Not all can fight, not all can render
Mrs. Heinl will leave Sunday for personal service in other ways, but
Terre Haute, lud., where her mother those who are denied tbe privilege of
serving their country in person bsve
is seriously ill.
The ladies on the Y. M. C. A. com tbe privilege of serving her by lend
mittee did remarkably well having ing their money to win her victories.
But it is not patriotism alone that
secured $51.40.
urges the buying of Liberty loan
Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes bave returned bonds. Thrift and wise economy in
to the project after several weeks visit
investing small savings commend
at McKay creek.
these liberty loso bonds to smeli in-
Mrs. Meyers returned home Friday vestors. They are safe and consider
from Portland. She reports her father ing their tax-free quality—free from
greatly improved.
all federal, state and local taxes (in
Most of tbe farmers have their hay heritance taxes excepted) and free
down and from all reports there seems from any war tax that may hereafter
be levied, affording an abeolute net
to be a very good crop.
Leo Clark is having bls ten acre income of 34 per cent, they constitute
tract seeded to alfa fa this week. T. an ideal investment for savings.
Nor is there any reason for waiting
E. Brassfield is doing the work.
for a later bond issue in the expecta-
Wayne and Carroll Akers returned
lion of a higher rate of interest being
from Wasco Isst Friday, where they
obtained for the law provides that
played in lhe band for the Wasco auto
should such bonds be issued later,
show.
Liberty loan bonds may be exchanged
Mrs. Paipps entertained ber Sunday for them at par.
school class Friday night. Twenty
were present and a good time was en
joyed by all.,
Tuesday afternoon a very enjoyable
party was held at the Briggs ranch.
Miss Marion and Miss Dorothy being
the hostesses.
Superintendent Gunn this week re
Mr. Haddox received word Tuesday ceived reports on tbe pupils taking tbe
from bis home in Tenn, that bis recent eighth grade final examination
mother wss ill with pneumonia. She and it is very satisfactory. Eighteen
is 80 years o'd.
took the examination. Of this number
Columbia can boast of a choir now 13 received their diplomas. All of
and will practice every Thursday those failing, with one possible ex
night. They practice this week at the ception, will be given another chance
on the subject falling below standard.
Waugaman home.
Mr. Leathers contracted bis first Tbe one with the poorest grade had
cutting of hay to Mr. Johns, who re attended here but a short time and
presents Albers Bros. Milling Co. even that one will likely get through.
The hay is being baled and they will | Those receiving diplomas were:
Nida Patrick, Mae Rogers, Martha
ship I mmediately.
Winslow, Charles Attebury, Dorothy
C. A. Kellar, popular young bachelor
Briggs,
William Skinner, Harold
of this district, will leave Sunday, ths
Waterman, Leslie Burke, Carl Myers,
10th, for Winnebago, Minn., where he
Jane Gunn, Laura Phipps, Ruby Scott,
will be married to Miss Josie Clauson, ! Rov Haddox.
from there they will go to Ft. Wayne
Considering tbe fsilures in these
Ind., Mr. Keller’s old home, and then
examinations all over the county
return via the southern * route
Miss
Superintendent Gunn is well pleas d
Clauson will be remembered by many
with the percentage passing
here as she visited the Phipps home
two years ago and while here she
made many friends. He expects to be
gone a month.
Twenty-two delegates from this dis
trict motored to Pendleton Wednesday
and went before the county commis
In making an appeal for every sec
sioners petitioning that the origins)
tion of the country to aid in equipp
district be restored and a road super
ing Y. M. C. A. buildlogs at the army
visor appointed.
They succeeded in camps tbe Hermiston country was
having T. E. Brassfield. A committee | asked for $120.
This amount was
of five men was appointed to invest! raised Mondsy and Tuesday and the
gate roads in this district and report money forwarded to Pendle on, the
at a general road meeting to be held
headqaarters for Umatilla county.
the last Saturday in the month at tbe
While soliciting for the Y. M. C. A.
school bouse. They also petitioned |
fund the local committee also took
tbe court for $5,000 to improve some occasion to ask subscriptions for the
of tbe roads that are in extremely bad Hermiston Council of Defense and
condition. Tbe court has taken ths some was secured for this also. In all
matter under consideration and will $145.15 was collected and there are
be here to look into tbe situation and several dollars that her-* been prom-
also attend this meeting. L H. Pear- |
¡sed bul not yel turned In.
son was elected chairman and Mr.
The local committee appreciates the
Sellers secretary.
generous response, scarcely any refus-
GOOD SHOWING BY
EIGHTH GRADERS
Y. M. C. A. FUNDS
ARE SUBSCRIBED
F, A. Cbezik, who recently purchas
ed tbe Hermiston Mercantile building
on the west side, is making some Im
provements and contemplates others
for the future. This is a large two
story brick building and with little
work can be made a splendid property.
Tbe first thing to be undertaken by
Mr. Chezik was repars to tbe upper
floor and fitting up rooms where he
and Mrs Chezik will live. The others
will be fitted up for renting. For tbe
present little will be done with the
hall, but al any time when meeting
dates conflict and tbe present ball used
for such purposes is not available, this
hall can be secured.
The ground floor will bsve nothing
done to it al present as there is not a
demand for it. Mr. Cbezlk believes,
however, that during the fruit sea-
leg to give something. Th se who
son it will prove desirable for a pack
Marshfield— Macleay cannery is 500 assisted the committee also did so with
ing house and will be available If the
cases ahead of the same date last year. a williogness that is to bo commended.
fruii growers want II.