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T he H ermiston H erald
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 16. 1917
VOL. XI
RUSSIAN SAILORS VISIT US
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS ARE
SUBSCRIBED IN HERMISTON
Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan of
1917 closed Friday. Of this huge sum
Oregon has contributed something
like «3,000,000 above the «8,500,000
asked. Even when tbe required
amount was reached toe campaign was
continued with as great vigor as in the
beginning. Tbe surplus will be used
to make up the deficiency of : any dis-
trict that may fall behind.
In this work Hermiston has not
been behind in giving her share.
When the books closed a total of 85,200
had been subscribed through the First
National bank, the local authorized
agent. This sum represented sub
scriptions from 29 different persons.
The $50 bonds were most called for,
though others of higher denomination
were also subscribed.
The largest
single subscription was for $1,000 by a
Hermiston business msn and the aver
age per subscriber was 9179.31.
While the grownups were subscrlb
Ing tbe boys and girls of tbe commun
ity were doing their "bit” by buying
bonds with their savings. Dimes,
nickels and pennies boarded by them
until the amount grew into dollars
were brought forth and a subscription
entered. From point of number the
boys and girls of the Hermiston coun
try did fully as well as their elders,
tbe children under 15 totaling nearly
* half of the subscribers. The young
est was under two years, the son of one
of our farmers
PROJECT FARMER
SHOOTS OWN SON
What part can the “kiddies,” tbe
tender, big-hearted little boys and
girls do to help win the war? This is
one of the questions that has been
interesting the leaders in the great
Red Cross drive for $400,000. They
believe they have arrived at a solution
of it and will attempt to arouse the
enthusiasm of tbe youngsters to a
pitch as keen as that of the grownups
who are waging the battle for the
dollars.
Tbe plan is to enlist the assistance
of tbe parents and urge them to instill
at this time tbe patriotic need of
exercising self-sacrifice
and self
restraint in tbe smaller things that eat
up the pennies and nickels that tbe
“kiddies” spend for “eats” and goodies
of all kinds. Parents will also be
urged to help their children to earn a
few more pennies or dimes during tbe
next few weeks than they have been io
the habit of doing and to ask the
kiddies to save their earnings abov
what they actually need and give them
Monday morning without warning
Wm. Kennedy, farmer of tbe fourth
unit, shot and wounded his youngest
son, Robert, a man of 23 years. The
father is now in the county jail and
tbe son is in the Pendleton hospital
recovering from his wounds.
The story leading up to the shooting
is a long one ard a family affair. All
concerned are highly respected and
weil thought of by every one. While tbe
trouble was of some standing, it was
never supposed it would have the out
come it did. The Kennedys, father,
mother, three sons and a daughter,
came to this city from Chicago in the
latter part of 1910. For a time they
lived in town and on the opening of
the fourth unit three homesteads ad
joining were taken. During tbe years
they have been on the land all worked
hard to develop the places, as results
show.
In more recent years tbe bovs all
thought their father was showing a
failing. He was their father though,
and efforts were made to smooth mat
ters over. At different times the
falber bad been at outs with all tbe
boys, though not more than two at
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COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TEN YEARS AGO
BOARDMAN NEWS
a
week
LOCAL COMMITTEE WILL
WORK FOR RED CROSS
HOW THE CHILDREN
MAY HELP RED CROSS
Mrs. Eriksen spent Thursday with
Mrs. Sellers.
There were 60 attending Sunday
school last Sunday.
Columbia choir will practice at tbe
A new 10 fool sidewalk is being laid
from Hermiston avenue to the post- school bouse this week.
office.
Nina and Raymond Brassfield were
Tbe Hermiston Bank A Trust Co. Echo visitors Wednesday.
will open its. doors for business on
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Sapper are now
Monday morning, June 17.
living on their homestead.
The building committee for the new
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson were dinner
Baptist church will have plans ready guests at the Brunson home Sunday.
for the contractor early next week.
Mrs. L. H. Pearson arrived Satur
Contractor Brad is erecting a com day from Tacoma to spend the summer.
modious and modern residence on
Miss Eudith Kelly returned to The
First avenue for himself and family.
Dalles after a two weeks visit at her
The Hermiston Hardware & Imple home.
ment Co. is constructing a 24x30 addi < Gertrude Simmons is spending this
lion to the store building to be used as week in Portland attending the rose
festival.
a machinery room.
Bertha McKeen was a delightful
It is an assured fact that the build
ing to be erected on Hermiston ave- hostess to a few of her friends Monday
nue by C. K Bland will be a two evening.
story modern structure.
Mrs. Geo. Beddow of Pendleton, has
Fred Russell, of Great Falls, Mont., arrived to spend the summer with her
who is connected with the Oregon busband.
Hardware & Implement Co., was a
Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes will leave this
business visitor this week.
week for a short visit at McKay creek,
A meeting will be held at the home their former home.
County Commissioners Marsh, Cock
of E. E. McMillen Tuesday evening to
discuss plans for bettering tbe free burn and Anderson were visitors in
circulating library which baa been this section Wednesday.
established.
Mr. Haddox received word this week
Tbe base ball boys met this week of tbe death ef his mother. Her home
and elected C. S. McNaught captain, was in Knoxville, Tenn.
H. M. Straw manager and C W.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Brassfield spent
Kellogg, treasurer. Suits have been Saturday and Sunday below Hat Rock
ordered and games are being sched with Mr. Brassfield’s father.
uled.
Miss Ellen Mondy from Walla Walla
A very pretty wedding was solemn is at the Leathers home. She expects
ized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. to spend tbe summer with them.
T. Irvin Wednesday, when Mise
Mrs. Arthur French and daughter,
Mabel Irvin was married to Franklin from Prosser, Wash., visited a few
edding dinner days with her brother, T. H. Haddox.
Ray Harrison.
followed. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Udey from
gone for a wedding trip to Portland
Wasco, are spending a few days on
and on their return they will occupy
their ranch, formerly the Johnson
the new cottage at Gladys avenue and
place.
Fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Lewis, Mr. and
Mrs. John Lewis and Mr. Lewis sr., of
Echo, visited the Sommerer ranch last
Thursday.
Game Warden Tonkin and Mr. Hitt
wore in this section Tuesday investi-
J. R Johnson went to Portland the gating tbe damage being done by the
first ef tbe week.
pheasants.
Mrs. Cumins spent Monday calling
Mrs. Frank Beddow spent several
on friends in town.
days last week in Pendleton. While
Mrs. Annis' father, Mr. Dyer, was there she attended the pioneer picnic
looking over tbe project this week.
held at Weston.
Mrs. Warner, Mrs.
Klitz, Mrs.
Marion Briggs who is an officer of
Boardman and Mrs. Cumins called on the Honor Guards left Tuesday for
Mrs. Johnson Wednesday.
Portland. She will take part in tbe
Ferdinand Williams of Browning, rose festival with other officials of tbe
Mo., arrived Monday to visit bis Honor Guards.
brother, M. L. Williams.
Mr. Leathers has two young men
C. working for
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Mack entertain- students from O.
ed at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. F. him, Ernest Larson and F. J. Mc
Phelps, Mr. and Mrs Carl Voyen, Pherson. They expect to be with him
Mias Clara Voyen and Mr. E. W. Mack for tbe summer,
Messrs. Pearson, Lay and Craik sold
Mies Margaret Blackman who has
been attending school in Walla Walla. ; 90 tons of alfalfa to Mr. Jobos, re pre
is spending
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with her sister. | sentative
of
Aibers
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Photo by American Press Association.
Members of the crew of a Russian warship being greeted by American
sailors “somewhere In America.” They are the first to visit America since the
war started.
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ABOUT THE
RED CROSS AND ITS WORK
any one lime.
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Io the present trouble
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| Jack and Robert were the ones. Be-
The American Red Cross is a strict- I States has been drawn into the
ly neutral organization. Its work oon | fiet. Already some of our men are | Robert’s homestead lies to tbe south
there and thousands of others are pre- of the home
The father, in
sists in supplying advanced post hos
paring to go. The relief work, the |
irrigating, brought water across Rob
pitals near the battle front and base |
task of the Red Cross, must keep pace
hospitals back where there is no !
erts place and, the boys say, wanted
with fighting preparations that our
to use as many ditches as fancy dic-
danger. These hospitals are supplied
men need not suffer unnecessarily and
tated and wherever suited him without
with tbe very best surgeons and nurses
conditions prevail such as were tbe
consideration of the son. He bad two
obtainable all of whom bave taken a
case of tbe European countries in the
such ditches and one was dangerous.
two year course of special training for
beginning. The organization is per
just such work. Ambulances and men
The boys wanted this closed or some
fected, tbe plans are made, everything
are sent right up to tbe front to bunt
safeguard made. This the father re
is in readiness except one item. That
out wounded men and transfer them
fused.
is money. Those who stay at home
to the first line hospitals where first
Oo the morning of tbe shooting
must supply this and continue to keep
relief and dressings are given. Those
Robert was working on his own place
the organization going. Tbe first call
slightly wounded are returned to duty. |
when be found his father was running
has gone forth. One hundred million
Those seriously wounded are sent back
water through the dangerous ditch
dollars are needed and it is tbe duty of |
to tbe base hospitals where every care
which had previously caused damage.
every man, woman and child to give
is given. Themen engaged in this
He went to the flume, on his own land
every penny possible. We owe it to
work are subjected to as great a risk
nut in the flash boards and was nailing
our
the men at the front and to
when working at tbe front as any of
them down when the father appeared.
country.
With a yell be fired from a distance of
the men in the trenches.
A huge organization such as must be
50 feet, the charge striking Robert in
the back. The shot was about No. 6
to handle this affair needs thousands of
| and while malting painful wounds did
dollars daily. Equipment for the hos
pitals such as cots, bedding, disinfect
ants, bandages, chloroform and medi- |
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I molher, were out on the place and saw
cines are required in immense quan
tities. Ambulances with their equip
William Saremal of this city and the occurence.
Robert ran, fearing
ment must be purchased and as these Miss Harriet M. Callbeck of Hormis other shots, until a neighbor’s place
are destroyed must be replaced. To ton were united in marriage this | was reached, where he feil.
Mother
the ordinary person little conception morning at 10 o’clock at a quiet cere- ! and son followed the wounded boy and
Is possible of the gigantic task where mouy performed in the pastor's study I at the same time saw the signalman
millions of men are using every known of the Christian church by the Rev. with a sperder on the railroad. He
stopped and Robert brought to
weapon of warfare against each other. H. H. Hubbell. Tbe ring service was
Every dollar of the money thus used used, the only witnesses being the i town for medical aid.
by the Red Cross is purely voluntary bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Callbeck
In the
tas meantime
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subscriptions.
It must be so.
To of Hermistoo, and Miss Hazel Strain knowing what bad been done with
carry on this work by the national and Gus Nyland who attended tbe Robert and evidently regretting bis
government would place it on tbe same young couple. Although making her
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basis as any other branch of tbe army home in Hermiston Mrs. Saremal is
or navy, thereby reducing its effect very popular in Pendleton where she
iveness. All civilized nations recog attended high school the past year.
nize tbe Red Cross for wbat it is. Mr. Saremal is a well known young |
-Aid is given enemy wounded as quick business man of this city and after a
ly as those of our own country.
short trip tbe young couple will be at
The Red Cross is the only relief home to their many friends here.—
“Tbe enterprise which you will pres
agency formally authorized by the East Oregonian Tuesday.
ent to the leaders of the business and
government. Its bead is tbe presi
Tbe bride is well known in this cit.
life in the West is at this
dent of the United States. Its ac being the youngest daughter of M. professional
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No scandal has ever been suggested * has . been P attended
school in Pendie-
' Will you not convey to tbe patriotic
concerning its affairs or its work
too, taking the normal course.
citizens of tbe west my very earnest
Outside of caring for the wounded on
i hope that they will deny you no ser-
the battlefield and at tbe base hospi-
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tais, mothers and wives who have
Above is President Wilson's per.
given up sons and husbands and who
have no other support are cared for.
sonal appeal to the west t do its . part
Vocational schools for soldiers in-
capaciated by wounds for ordinary
work are organized and financed.
From tbe front line trenches to the
mothers left al home ihe Universal
cervice of Mercy must maintain a vast
organization and spend tremendous
sums in order to meet an almost over
whelming emergency growing out of
tbe United States entering the world
war. Nor can tbe work be delayed
one day. Bullets will not wait on tbe
tardy dollars. The man who offers
bis life on tbe battlefield for the de-
feme of bis country and ours must not
be left to bear tbe burden alone. In
former wars relief work had not the
effective organization of today. Thous
anda of men died on the field because
of this. At tbe beginning of the pres
This is being ent war Europe was unprepared for
Mrs. S. C. Mack, before returning to baled and will be shipped from Cold this gigantic task and has yet hardly
her home in Richland, Wash.
Springs immediately.
caught up with tbe work The United
cor- fore that it was will and Jack.
In the campaign covering the United
States to raise a hundred million dol
lars for the Red Cross war service fund
Oregon has been asked for $600,000.
Umatilla county has been apportioned
•30,000 and Ibis in turn has beendivid-
ed among the various towns and com
munities. Tbe amount Hermiston will
contribute is now being asce:tair ed
ann will be known tbe first of the week
At a meeting Monday evening a
committee was named to have charge
of the campaign covering tbe territory
from Columbia to (he Umatilla river
and north and south to include our
school districts. Columbia people will
name their own members of this com
mittee, as will also the people liv
ing on tbe Western Land & Irrigation
project. All will work together ss
one committee, which is composed of:
F. C. McKenzie chairman, M. D.
Scroggs secretary treasurer, C. S. Mc
Naught, J. II. Young, H. D. Newell,
C. O. Wainscott, T A. Graham, E. P.
Dodd. C. H Skinner, R. C. Todd, S.
R. Oldaker, W. J. Warner, Thomas
Campbell, F. B Swayze for Hermis
ton, E. L Jackson for Minnehaha, J.
H. Strohm and J D. Watson for the
west side. The Columbia committee
will be named Sunday.
Arrangements have been made to
bold a meeting at Columbia in p ace of
the regular Sunday afternoon service
and at Hermiston in tbe evening, At
these meetings an explanation will be
made of the Red Cross work that all
may be thoroughly familiar with the
use tbe money will be put to. Harry
Chambers of Pendleton will be the
speaker at both meetings.
The Her
miston meeting will be in the audito-
rium.
The committee is already at work de
vising the best metho Is of securing
our contribution and an active cam
paign will be launched the tirsi of the
week. June 18 to 25 has been set
aside by the president as Red Cross
week and it is tbe desile that the full
«100,000,000 be raised during that time.
RAILROAD YARDS
PRESENT ACTIVITY
The local railroad yards are a center
of activity these days and will continue
such until well into tbe winter. Just
now everything is hay. The railroad
company is doing its best to supply
cars as fast as needed and Is doing
very well.
No sooner bad the last lot of 1916
bay gone out than shipments of the
1917 crop started. In fact, tbe two
crops filled in so well that the next
day after tbe last car of old hay waa
taken tbe first car of new was started.
Just now shipments of hay alone in
car lots amount to four cars per day.
The C. 8. McNaught Co. is tbe
heaviest shipper, though several
others are also loading cars whenever
obtainable. Mr. McNaught has his
chopping outfit here and every minute
of tbe working day it is running If he
has cars. If no cars are on hand then
the baler, a half block away. is busy,
Even then the hay comes io faster
than can be handled, as an immense
stack alongside the baler testi ties
Some such arrangement is necessary
as bay is coming in from every section
of tbe Hermiston country and four to
six losda are often in at tbe same
time. Mr. McNaught is buying bay
anywhere it is to be bad and covers a
territory fully JO miles square.
Others who are shipping extensively
and running baling outfits are W. W.
Felthouse and C. C. Mason. Both of
these bale the bsy In the field and de
ULIu AUIU I IlUUn in raising the $100,000,000 Red Cross liver
it into tbe car.
war service bond. It comes in the
True to expectations, C. B. Percey form of a letter to Lyman L Pierce,
came home from Portland at the wheel western campaign manager.
of bis own car, only in ibis instance it
Harry W. Stone, manager of the
was a truck for handling tbe dray campaign of the northwest division,
business. Mr. Percey bas a fine new predicts that Oregon, Idaho, Montaoa
Denby two ton truck and already finds and Washington will do their share in
Miss Alice Butler, of Pendleton,
it a great improvement over the mules, responding to President Wilson’s
A little trouble was experienced tbe | appeal. Returning from a trip over will give two talks to the ladies of this
first day or two, due entirely to lack of the district Mr. Stone said: “Tbe section next Wednesday at tbe Civic
knowing bow to handle tbe machine, campaign in each of the states is pro Center room. The afternoon mooting
Mr. Percey and Hollis now know that greasing satisfactorily.
Oregon, in- will bo at 3 o'clock and evening at 8.
the emergency brake should not be set | eluding Portland, is responsible for Her subject is food values and meat
when running and a few things of that $600,000; Washingtan for •1,000,000; substitutes.
sort and are hauling capacity loads at Idaho for £350,000 ani Montana for | Misa Huiler will be remembered by
top speed.
$400,000. Idaho voluntarily increased many from her visits bere at the last
The new truck enables Mr. Percey its quota from $250,000 to $350,000. two dairy shows when she gave domes-
to make better lime, haul larger loads The people of Butte, Montaoa, were | tic science demonstrations. She is
and in every way lessen the work of asked for $150,000. They had just sub- being sent eut by the county and the
the business. Already he finds he has scribed $250,000 for the Y. M. C. A Hermiston meetings are sure to be
an increased business because of hie and $100,000 for a hospital, but they well attended as all were much pleased
I said, “iccrease our quota to $175,000." with her work when hero before.
ability to handle it.
HARRIET CALLBECK
MARRIED TUESDAY
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RED CROSS APPEAL
MEETING RESPONSE
HFDMJCTON RAY
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CETO AIITÍ1 TRIirK
MISS BUTLER WILL
HOLD MEETING HERE