The Hermiston Country Stands Ready to Do Its Share in Everything Necessary to Win the War
T he H ermiston H erald
VOL. XI
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 21. 1917
DRAFT NUMBERS OF
LOCAL REGISTERED MEN
Herewith is given the registration
numbers of all men registered in the
two voting precincts of Hermiston and
also the country precinct of Colum
bia. These are the numbers which
will be used in the drawing of men
for the army.
HERMISTON FIFTY-THREE
Milton Laird Longhorn................ 1979
Van Frank Boynton. ...................... 1980
Frank Avarn Hine.......... .................... 1981
Robert Leisi..................................... 1982
Arteas Witmer Agnew................. 1983
John Hedrick Young.................. 1984
John Mathew Thom...................... 1985
Richard Hamilton Thom.............. 1986
Robert Ellis Thom......... /............. 1987
Kickizo Mizukawa........................... 1988
Sei jura Hattori............................... 1989
Cleve Clark...................................... 1990
William Henry Bensel.................. 1991
Clarence L. Carson........................ 1992
Ravmood Longhorn........................ 1993
Thomas Green Sinclair................... 1994
Harry I. Todd ............................... 1995
Herman Pete Bottger.................... 1996
William Jasper Templeton........... 1997
Hans Frandsen.............................. 1998
Harold Francis Barnett................. 1999
John Edgar Smith.......................... 2000
Dan Valk.......................................... 2001
Myron Leigh.................................... 2002
Edward S. Shaw............................... 2003
Roe Elden McFalls........................ 2004
Stephen Mays McMillen ................. 2005
Thomas Henry Judd...................... 2006
Walter Guy Carson......................... 2007
Marlin G. Gardner........................... 2008
Frank Ralph...................................... 2009
Clark Gerald Prindle.................... 2010
James Edward McCready............. 2011
Dale Hinkle.......................................2012
Patrick O’Golder.............................. 2013
Russell Wilson Chamberlain....... 2014
Ladd Cuthbert Quick ... ............... 2015
Simmie Ross McFalls... ...... 2016
Ray Wade Sprague....... ...... 2017
Leslie Willard Adams. ................. 2018
Clarence Earl Boynton........... ,.. 2019
Robert Earl Hoggs ....................... 2020
Robert Gidian Bunch..................... 2021
Leroy Edward Sullivan................. 2022
Luen Russell Schroeder................. 2023
Clarence B. Johnson........... ........... 2024
Edward Alfred Montgomery....... 2025
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MANY MORE SIGNAL MEN ARE NEEDED
NEARLY A
TONS Of ALFALFA SOLO
I Willard W. Felthouse................... 2087
James Wallace Spencer................ 2088
Present indications are that only 42
men will be selected on the first drait
from all of those registered in Uma-
tilla county, voluntary enlistments in
the regular army and national guards
having cut down the quota required
to this number.
Fourteen oounties and one city, that
of Portland, which is a separate dis
trict in itself, furnished men in excess
of their draft requirements.
How
ever, this excess will not be carried to
iheir credit against the next draft.
It is said that Oregon’s quota is 717,
and the drawing was held yesterday.
“WATER GRADE” NOW
TO DE TDE SLOGAN
Ever since the harvesting of the
first cutting of alfalfa in the Hermis
ton district the hay chopping and ba •
ing machines have been kept busy
manufacturing and putting the finish
ed commodity on board cars prepara
The Co-operative Columbia High
tory to shipment to the Portland mar
way held a most enthusiastic meeting
ket.
in Arlington last Tuesday, which was
Combining the total of cars shippe !
followed by a huge banquet given by
the Arlington Commercial club Over from here by Mr. McNaught with those
a hundred delegates from towns along shipped by Wm Leathers, nearly one
t.be Columbia were present, those from thousand tons of alfalfa left the pro
here being such well known boosters ject in the past, month and a half.
Of this amount there were 32 cars of
as F. B. Swayze, E. P. Dodd, S. R.
Oldaker, J. K. Shotwell, Ralph Allen chopped hay and 17 cars of baled billed
and Otto Sapper.
out by Mr. McNaught, Mr. Leathers
The first business transacted was the shipping the balance.
passing of a resolution asking the
state highway commission to route the
Columbia Highway along the Colum
bia river from Biggs to Arlington, the
idea of t his being to ward off the
possibility of its being routed over the
hill between the two towns. Com
minees were also appointed to inter
view the county courts to secure funds
for building roadbeds and grading.
WILL DO A LITTLE
MISSIONARY WORK
B. F. Knapp, of the local real estate
firm of Dodd & Knapp, departed Sun
day on a ten days’ trip to Montana.
While away he will combine business
with pleasure. He visited at Richland
and Spokane, Wash., on the outward
trip, and thence journeyed to Havre,
Mont., to visit relatives and Hingham,
in the same state, to attend important
business matters.
But, withal, he will not lose sight of
the fact that be has a mission to per
form—and that is to boost the Hermis
ton valley in a bona fide manner by
the distribution of statistical literature
printed by The Herald prior to his de
parture.
It will amaze the denizens of that
short summer and long winter country
when they read of the wonderful pro
ductiveness of the soil in this irrigated
.ection, where the climate is mild the
year round and ranchers are yearly
becoming a little belter fixed. When
they read and think of four cuttings of
alfalfa hay here to only one of any
kind of hay crop over there no doubt
they will envy the residents of this
favored spot the good fortune that
directed their steps to this garden of
Eden, and mayhap many of them will,
ere long, pack their belongings after
HERMISTON FIFTY-FOUR
William Lawrence Kimble........... 2026 selling out and come here and settle.
Ray Leon Jay................................... 2027
James Sterling Mattoon............... 2028
William James McDonald............. 2029
Paul Sydney Jones ......................... 2030
Harold Maurice Adams ................. 2031
Edwin Eugene Hitt........................ 2032
Walter Boone Beasley................... 2033
Robert R. West...................... 2034 Alcott, Under the lilacs.
William Mabmond Shiar............. 2035
Baylor, Juan and Juanita.
Walter Dewey Davis....................... 2036
Brown, Her sixteenth year.
Fred Charles Bruce........................ 2037
Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Alvin Leonard Larson................... 2038
Chamberlain, South America.
Charley Joseph Hahn..................... 2039
Chisholm, Stories for the nine year
Merrill Potter....................
2040 old.
Douglas Wilson............................... 2041
Clemens, Prince and the Pauper.
Roy Chesley Rogers....................... 2042
Collins, Wireless Man.
Thomas Arnold Shotwell............. 2043
Connolly, J-b Hutton.
Wilbert Harris McMillan............... 2044
Coolidge, What Katy Did.
Perry Siscel...................................... 2045
Cox, Brownies, their Book.
Claude Henry Young..................... 2046
Crommelin. Famous Legends.
Merle Miller Phelps........................ 2047
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.
John Maurice Kennedy,................. 2048
Eggleston, Stories of Great Ameri
Marion Sydney Stevenson............. 2049 cana.
Oley Jacobsen.................................. 2050
Grover, Art Literature Reader,
Clifford Spurgeon Ray................... 2051 primer.
Heinrich Matthies Notz................. 2052
Koipe, Maid of ’76.
Bert Hiatt......................................... 2053
Lagerlof, Wonderful Adventures of
Charles Ralph Hiatt........... ........... 2054 Nils.
William Bryan Dyer....................... 2055
Laing, Readers, book 1.
Frank Leslie Sampson................... 2056
Lodge, Hero Tales from American
Daniel Franklin .. ........................... 2067 History.
Harold Karl Dean........................... 2058
Lucia, Peter and Polly in Spring.
Earl Jerome Drake....... . .............. 2059
McIntyre, Cave Boy of the Age of
Harvey Benjamin Giese................. 2060 Stone.
Wm. Barton Koox.......................... 2061
Scudder, Fables and Folk Stories.
Grant Skinner.....................
2062
Sidney, Five Little Peppers Mid
COLUMBIA FIFTY-FIVE
way.
Tappan, An Old, Old Story Book.
Walter Jessie Vernoon..................... 2063
LeRoy Barnes Robinson............... 2064
Williams, Fair Play.
William Dwight Sellers............... 2065
James Amos Sellers........................ 2066
Leo Ferguson Clark............
2067
Jens Jensen Skovbo.......................
2068
Fred Henry Bone .......................... 2069
Jacob Hoffman.................................... 2070
Leonard Lyman Bonney................. 2071
Anthony Francis Drolshagen .... 2072
July, so far, is the hottest of any in
Robert Miles Niemeyer................. 2073 the years since a record has been kept
Bert Jay Shew................................... 2074 by Superintendent R W. Alien of the
Walter Jay McPbersoc . ............... 2075 experiment farm, situated about amile
Ernest Lionel Larson ..................... 2076 north of Hermiston, and Monday last
William Burdette Graban............. 2077 crowned the long heat record by the
Brice Avery Lane........................... 2078 mercury soaring to 106 degress.
July 16. 1913, crowded the above
Phillip Lynde Lav........................... 2079
George Ray Fisher........................... 2080 record pretty close, the thermometer
Robert Childs Barham ................... 2081 registering 105 on that day, according
Theodore Clifton Parks------ ------- 2082 to Mr. Allen, it is also stated by the
Arthur Calhoun Spinning............. 2083 gentleman that this is the longest hot
Roscoe Leon Fisher.......................... 2084 spell experienced since the establish-
Christopher Hagan Miller........... 2085 ment of the experimental station here
Reinhold George Mattheis............. 2086 some ten years ago.
CHILDREN’S ROOKS
AT DRANCD LIBRARY
OLD SOL WORKING
OVERTIME THIS MONTH
NO 44
The meeting showed that there is a
strong determination among all towns
along the Columbia from The Dalles
to Pendleton to secure right of way
and build this water grade roadbed in
the near future, and the purpose of
the organization is to keep diligently
hammering away until this is accom
plished.
Photos by American Press Association
A modern army depends a great deal on its efficient telegraphers and oth
er signal men. More are needed for the army. Upper picture shows field
wireless, lower a portable telegraph outfit and Major Opdycke. In charge of
recruiting for the signal service in New York city.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Umatilla at the call of
the president within ihe next thirty
ARTISTIC WORK ON
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
PORCH CATCHES EYE
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Henry Notz, Hermiston’s expert
mason and plasterer, completed last
Saturday one of the most artistic
pieces of stucco work we have seen in
a long lime. It consists of a pebble
dash finish on a metal lath base on the
porch of the residence of J. D. Watson.
This novel porch, which is the on y
one in the city finished in stucco, has
been viewed by many passersby and
visitors to the residence since its com-
pletion, and the skill and workman-
ship displayed therein by Mr. Notz
will go a long way toward establish
ing for him an enviable reputation in
that line of cement plastering.
Mr. Boynton, who executed the car
penter work, done a very neat job on
the porch and alterations to the house,
which was very pleasing to his em
ployer.
DERMISTON COUPLE
WED AT VANCOUVER
An Item of news which will be of
interest to Hermiston people is the
marriage of Lorena Callbeck, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Callbeck of
Hermiston, to Patrick O’Golder of the
machine gun corps. 44th Infantry,
Vancouver, Wash. The wedding was
performed by the county judge in the
court bouse, Portland, on July 12
Mrs. O'Golder will make her home in
Vancouver until the regfment is called
to France, when she will probably go
to Tacoma.
HAWAIIAN SHOW NEXT
TUESBAY EVENING
Kulola’s Hawaiian« will be the at
traction at the Auditorium theatre
next Tuesday evening. The music lov
ers of this city are assured the treat
of the season in the way of a Hawaiian
music night. It is a very timely event,
as the country has suddenly gone mad
over Hawaiian music. The Hula Hula
dance is seen and the languorous twang
of the ukalele is heard in all the out
of door parks and on the verandas of
the big summer hotels. Even New
York’s Broadway has heard the call of
the seductive Island music.
Kulola’s Hawaiiens, six in number,
come perhape with a better endorse
ment than any Hawaiiens that have
played heretofore. They have played
at all the larger fairs, such as Panama
Pacific, San Diego, and io larger cities
of the country.
The vocal and musical program ren
dered by local people at the Baptist
church Thursday evening was thor
oughly enjoyed by the good sized audi-
ence In attendance. Each number re
ceived rounds of applause, and several
of the participants responded to con-
days.
Jesse Tabor of Wallace, Idaho, Is
here looking after his ranch.
F. E. Brassfield and .family motored
to Idaho Thursday. Theircon bus just I ■
recently been overhauled, including
a new touring body.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sanger and son
J. R. Beebe, the well known well
were guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. driller, has completed the digging of
Peter Neadeau, the ladies being sis- one of the most freakish wells it has
tars. They came from Franklin, Neb , ever been his lot to undertake since
where Mr. Sanger operated a farm, entering the business several years
and are making a tour of the north ago.
west.
He had no trouble digging the well
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Murchie came for bis engine worked fine and the
Wednesday from Wasco for a short drill went dawn foot by foot in a per
visit at the ranch home of the gentle- fectly reliable manner. Thus was the
work continued until a depth of 90 feet
man’s brother, M. B. Murchie.
Miss Alice Hudson fulfilled her had been attained in an effort to secure
promise to give the scholar making a good flow of domestic water on the
the best showing in the Columbia ranch of Chas. Brierley, six miles
school last term an outing in the Blue east of this city.
The well driller and the o vner of
mountain« this summer by calling for
Carl Haddox on her way from the N. the ranch kind of agreed among them
selves that water ought to soon be
E A. meeting at Portland.
struck before operations were re
sumed one morning, and sure enough,
water was struck that day about half
an hour after the drill began pound-
log.
Above the loud exhaust of the gss
engine, used as motive power in drill
In The Herald display window are a
Ing, Mr. Beebe suddenly heard a great
number of dewberries from the ranch
roaring sound as If coming from some
of C. B. Percey, one mile north of
subterranean cavern. Quickly stopp
town. Mr. Percey has quite a little
ing the machioery ho glued bls ear to
patch of this luscious fruit on his
the encased well hole and listened
p ace, and if the balance are anywhere
Shortly the roaring partially subsided
near as large as the samples displayed
I and in its place came the sound of
he should come out a good winner on
| rushing water—and, of course, he im-
the crop.
.
.
. _ , . mediately conjectured that he had
Apricots are coming on Ihe market
• , •
1 struck a gusher.
ard quito a number of boxes are being
But no such luck, for the water went
shipped out daily. While the area in
down
first and then up to within fifteen
this fruit is not overly large, the qual
feet of the top, and after remaining
ity and flavor is of the finest.
there awhile gradually receded to
nearly sixty feet of the lop, where it
remained stationary.
FREAK WELL ON THE
BRIERLEY RANCH
BEWBERBIES ANB
APRICOTS ARE RIPE
LABOR TROUBLES
CAUSE FBR EXOOUS
|
For the fiscal year ending June 1,
1917, the O. W. railroad transported
300 cars of bay alone out of Hermiston,
according to Agent Woughter, not
mentioniog the hay tonnage shioped
over the cutoff from the western ex
tension of the project.
With new land being improved and
sown lo alfálfa yearly, the exporta
tion of this commodity is becoming
heavier, and it is expected the hay
tonnage out of here this year will be
heavier by far than at any former
time.
SECOND CROP NOW
DEING HARVESTED
The second cutting of alfalfa has
kept most of the farmers busy all this
week, and present indications are that
tonnage will go far ahead of expecta
tions owing, it is said, to the excellent
growing weather of the past month.
Hay is commudinz good prices for
this time of the year, selling locally
around $12—which price tickles the
heart of the average rancher im
mensely.
Evidently the farmers are getting
around the labor shortage by helping
one another to a great extent in the
different localities in the project .
This is assumed, for the reason that
seldom we hear any of the growers
complaining of a scarcity of labor.
BBBB QUALIFIES FBR
CITY CBUNCILMAN
At the regular meeting of the ciiy
council Wednesday evening E. P.
Dodd took the seat at the council
board recently vacated bv Wm. Ken
nedy. who resigned on his removal io
Portland
The resignation from the council of
F. R. Reeves was read and accepted
The gentleman’s resignation
was
banded in at this lime for the reason
that himself and family will depart
next week on an overland trip to
California.
BBARBMAN SCHOOL TO
BE $15,000 BUILDING
Plans and specifications for the new
school building at Boardman, which
are being prepared by E. Francis Wil-
liams, of Portland, will be ready b.
Freakish, wasn’t it? The owner of July 21 and blds asked for construction
the land and the well driller held an will be opened July 31.
The plans provide for a mission style
other little meeting, and after listen
ing to the gushing and roaring for building of one story and basement, to
awhile, they finally decided that the be of either concrete or tile. The first
drill had passed close to a fissure unit, which will be built at this time,
about half way down which held quite will be 44 by 208 io ground dimension-
a while after the casing was put in. and will accommodate four class
They also decided the rise of water rooms, a principal’s office, teacher-'
A. E. Morrison and son are in the
citv from Clatskaioe, Oregon, and if
the gentleman finds a suitable place he
will locate here permanently.
He stated that the continued labor
troubles in the lumber industries along
was due to the force occasioned by rosi room, library and auditorium
1
the coast is driving many people to
liberation of the fluid when the fissure | will be heated by steam. The estimali
other paru of the state to establish
,
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1 opened, and the lowering came after of cost is 315,000
esidence
"Win Tim, also, is hisdaughter, Mrs
L A. Guild, whose husband came prior
the well had filled to some
feet, above
the opening on account of the flow |
from the fissure not baying force ;
and is working in the local bay fields.
enough to send it to the top.
The well is still looked on as a freak
by Messrs. Brierley and Beebe and re-
mains as it was when the fissure, or
whatever il was. broke.
COUNTY COURT APPOR
TIONS FAIR MONEY
The county court has awarded the
fair fund, $500 to Hermiston, $500 to
the horse and mule show at Pendleton
and $1,000 to the Industrial Club work.
The latter fund will be distributed by
S sperintendent Young to the school
fairs at Hermiston and Umapine.
Bids will be submitted covering •
general contract, with separate pro-
posais for beating, wiring and plumb
ing. A check for $500 will be required
on the general contract, with five per
cent of the bid on the sub contract*,
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The minimum height and weight to
acceptance as an army recruit has
Mrs. Strohm has been requested to been reduced so that a very small man.
Impresa upon Red Cross workers that providing he Is otherwise qualified,
men's garments always fasten left to may now enlist. Recruiting officers
right. Hem down tope of pajamas on received instructions that the minimum
right side, but before this is done the | height has been reduced to 61 inches
ends where draw strings come out land the misimum weight to 110
should be hemmed.
I pounds.