HERMISTON
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OREGON
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DON’T HURRY TO LEAVE HOME
Sure the Change to the Hustling
Metropolis Will Bo to Your Advan-
Be
Best Where You Are and—Walt.
The Hermiston Herald
— but one of which there can be Spokesman desk this week and
is a healthy looking specimen of
no faintest thought of our shirk­ country
newspaper, of which the
ing or evading. We are coming town of Hermiston should be
to see before us a gigantic task, proud.—White BluffsSpokesman.
but a task upon the accomplish­
M. D. O'Connell, former pub-
ment of which depends all we lisher of the Richland Advocate
hoped for and longed for and and who recently resigned as
game warden, has pur­
striven for during the century county
chased the Hermiston, Ore.,
and a half of our existence.
Herald and taken charge. The
It is the solemn realization of Herald is a newsy, eight-page
this task, and the grim, deadly weekly, and undoubtedly Mr.
’Connell will make a success of
earnestness with which our peo­ O
his new venture.— Prosser Rec­
ple are setting about its accom- ord.
plishment, that has produced
over the land a quiet determina­ With the conservation of the
tion that, to the superficial ob­ food supply, on account of the
server, might be mistaken for war comes the cry for conserva­
indifference. But the man or tion of the paper supply, and be­
nation that thus judges is due cause of a shortage in this com­
for an astonishing awakening in modity looming up in the supply
the months to come.
houses we have been compelled to
Americans, aroused, are in- abrevíate to a six instead of an
vincible, and they know it eight page paper. When the
Hence we have no need for scare is over we hope to go back
hysteria.
to the old regime.
Vary Polita.
Aa Robert Paton Gibbs, the actor,
was strolling down Broadway in New
York be met an acquaintance who
seemed to be somewhat the worse for
an encounter with tbe cup that cheers.
“Lend me a dollar, will you?” he in­
quired. "I need IL”
“For • drink, I suppose?” Mr. Gibbo
Inquired.
“I might as well tell tbe truth. That
is what It is for.”
"But I thought you were on the wa­
ter wagon.”
Barham. J. C .
Barnes, E. W
Bauschard, W. P
Briggs, Geo. E
Beisse. August F
Blessing, W. L
Bradley, G. W
Campbell, D ancan
Canfield, R. C. (Butter Creek)
In the American Magazine a writer,
giving some words of advice to the
many aspiring young men throughout
the country who feel the lure of the
great cities and who are consumed
with a desire to try their fortunes
therein, says:
“An old friend called to ask my ad­
vice the other day. He came to New
York from a little Indiana town. He
baa a wife and four children—ana a
poor job.
“As I talked with hlm I kept pictur­
Shoe White Polish, Shinola Polish, Gilt Edge Liquid Polish
ing him where he belongs—back in the
old home town. If he bad stayed there
be might have worked into a $1,000 or
$1,200 job, which would have been suf-
ficient to satisfy all his needs and
most of his wants. He could have had
Free Delivery to all Parts of the City
a garden, a yard, a savings bank ac­
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count and a membership in the local
lodge. Evenings he could have sat on
his porch and held converse with his
OFFICIALS OVERWORK THE MAILS neighbors.
"On the Fourth of July he could have
While proposing to increase been
‘some punkins' at the neighbor­
.Issued Each Saturday by
newspaper postage, the mai hood picnic He might have become a
M. D. O’CONNELL
continue to be loaded down by ▼Ulage councilman, and when the fall
campaign arrived he could have been
OREGON the congressional franking privi
HERMISTON
on the committee to welcome the con-
lege, and the press bureaus of gressman when that great personage
* ntered as second-class matter. December
came to town in search of votes. In
». 1906, at the postoffice at Hermiston, Oregon all the departments.
Here is tae morning mail wit other words, be might have had a real
place in the community.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
press matter in twelve large en­ "Now, what does be get In exchange
$1.50
One year.......................................................
.75 velopes, all
Six months .................................................
without postage, for the 11,000 or $1,200 that he earns
Subscriptions must be paid In advance.
most of them stamped ‘‘letter tn New York? Well, I suppose be gets
a measly little flat with dark bedrooms
mail,” and all asking space 01 a fine assortment of cheap lunches, two
ADVERTISING RATES
chancea daily to bang by bis eyelids
Display—On« time, 25 cents per inch; two inser- the newspapers to boost what?
tiona, 20 cents per inch per insertion; monthly
Another Treasury department in the subway, a great fund of lonell
rates, 16 cents per Inch per issue.
Readers—First insertion, 10 cents per line; each bond issue, the bureau of Ento­ ness and a woebegone feeling of use
subsequent insertion without change of copy,
lessness.
6 cents per lin«.
mology (bugology), department “That Is the trouble with these wbal
of Agriculture on cold storage of Ing big cities like New York and Cbl
cago. They are all right for men of
potatoes, (the game of the mie known ability—men of force and ambi
HYSTERIA NOT PATRIOTISM
There are those who would dleman), and one boosting the flou who have learned how to direct
their talents. But they are bard on un
have us believe that because the national parks.
tried men—men who bave not yet
Dept, of Commerce sends us found themselves.
people of this country are not
ablaze with enthusiasm and ten sheets on exports to Russia, “This is not said for the purpose of
scaring venturesome and unattached
shouting their patriotism from Geological Survey boosts oil pro­ young
fellows of ability who want to
the housetops they are neces- duction while the legal depart try their muscles on the big town
sarily not in sympathy with the ment prosecutes drilling for oil, There is no danger of scaring them
cannot be scared. The morning
war program. But no greater while another tells how high coa They
trains are bringing them in by the
may
go.
mistake in judgment was ever
hundreds—this very day-and all the
Then one bulletin tells how tc printing presses iu tbo world could not
made.
drive them back.
The American people as a mass hold cotton for the highest price
“But it is said for the purpose of caus
have regretted the necessity for and another tells us how we must Ing every small town man with respon
sibilities to consider carefully before
going to war. We had hoped exterminate the pink boll worm coming
whether he has a defluite aim
ngainst hope that it could be to win the European war—all in­ In coming and whether be has faith
formation
to
help
cotton
specula
­
and conviction that be really bas some
avoided. Even at this day there
thing to give to the big town.
is an undercurrent of hope that tors get wiser.
The Bureau of Markets is “Don't come just for the ride. Don’t
in some way, consistent with
come except from positive choice.
honor, the dire consequences of given $2,000,000 merely for a Don’t come just because others are
The best rule of all is this-
war as felt by the European starter, the emergency extension coming.
If you have no definite, compelling rea
is
given
$2,522,000
for
the
home
nations may be avoided.
son within yourself to come, don’t
But while this hope is in the demonstration system, and we come until you are Invited. Do your
are swamped with information Job well at home. If the big town
national heart, there is also in
wants you she will call you.
and
expenses soar and soar.
that heart a grim, deadly deter-
“A hundred telegrams went out from
The
publisher
’
s
principal
busi
­
New York today to various and remote
mination that certain objects
of the United States carrying of­
must be attained, even though ness is opening deadhead mail parts
that is sent out from an army of fers of good jobs to smart ehaps who
our sacriflce equal or exceed that
have done so well that New York has
publicity officials which no one beard of them.
of the others.
prints and no one reads, and the “Only last week I met a young man
Our people were slow to business man and private citizen front Massachusetts who had just been
offered an $8,000 a year place In New
arouse, even yet are only parti­ pay the bill.
York. He said be badn’t the least idea
ally awake, but in the great heart
how the thing started—except that he
of the nation there is steadily
had done work that bad been brought
THANKS, BROTHERS
to the attention of several New York
awakening that inherent loyalty
A couple of our editor friends bankers, one of whom bad looked him
to our great ideals that has car­ in Benton county. Wash., com­ up
and then flashed him the offer of a
ried us triumphantly through menting on our purchase of The Job.
every crisis that has ever con­ Herald, have the following kind “So leave your name and address
with the local operator and go back to
fronted us. This feeling is not words to say:
your knitting. New York is not tongue
built upon froth. It is not the
M. D. O’Connell, at one time tied. If she needs you she'll wire.
result of hysteria. It is born and publisher of the Richland Advo­ “Of course, if you think you are s
bowling genius you will probably take
bred in us, and is as much a part cate and who served as game the
first train for Broadway -and may-
warden
for
Benton
county
for
of us as our very life blood.
be it will be just as well for you to do
several years, is now publishing
The attitude of the American The Hermiston Herald at Her­ 80. A genius is just as unhappy one
place aa another. But, genius or no
people today is that of facing a miston, Oregon. Mr. O’Connell’s genius, there won't be any brasa band
duty—a very disagreeable duty new publication comes to the to meet you at Grand Central station.”
Phelps Cash Grocery
_______ Circle A
Hazel-Burr
Allendale
.... Hardscrabble
“The Locusts”
South Hill Ranch
Mountain View Ranch
....... Four Sisters
............ Germania
.................
... Terrace Park
Clover Dale Ranch
Agnew, J. I
Canfield, Mrs. R. C
The Ragged Edge
.............. Glen Ellen
........ Sunny Slope
....... Buckeye Ranch
. ......... Herma Vista
Pleasant View
......... Beth-arabah
........ ____ Roselawn
Shady Nook Farm
. .......
Ranch
.
Casserly. J. J ..... ........
Chamberlain. C. C
Clarke. Mrs. C. S........
Davis, E. E.
Davis. Geo
Davis. H. C
Dyer. J. S ...
Embry. JohnT.The Red Feathered Chicken Ranch
Eriksen. E. T
Fowler. F. F
Giese. W.J...
Craham, Ed. H.
Gunn. H. M................... ---
Hall. C. G. and H. E..........
Hannan. W. F ...............
Hobbs, E. A........................
Hoisington & Hoisington
Hood. C. A......... ».............
Hooker, H. A....................
Horning, Mr*. D. W.......
Hurlburt, H. G..................
Intlekofer, John
Johnson. A. S....................
Jensen, C. M.....................
Kellogg. C. W..................
Summerdale
Electric Dairy Ranch
............... Ridgeview
Alfadale
... .........
. ............... Th« Knoll
..................... Hallhunt
.............. Nob Hill
........ Morningside
.... Fairview Ranch
........ Tarryawhile
................... Wabasso
The Happy Home
. ......................... Orio
Four O’Clock Ranch
. ..... -.......... High Gate
.......... The Lay Ranch
Leather*. W. A .................. ......... . Buena Viste
Leek. John ........................ .............. South View
Longley. H. J .......... ......... Blue Ribbon Orchard
Loomis. Geo
-—........... . .............. Loomis ville
Macdonald, Chas
.......... - ........... .....Breezy Hili
McCully, R. A. ....................... ....... The Three Pine*
McLailen, W. A .................... .... Multum in parvo
Ridgeway Farm
McNaught, C. S.....................
Highland Farm
McNaught, J. F
Webak
Monkman. B. G ............... .
Newport, H. G----------------- The Old Homestead
Pearson. L, H . a --------------- --------- .... Fairview Farm
Pennock. F. B................ -..... .............. Wood bine
Percey. C. B.......................... .. ..... Meadow Lark
Purdy. A. W........................... ....... „Coeur d’ Alene
. ...Rainbow
Raley Ranch (G. C. Ransier)
Roberts, W. T........................ . ............. Tir Glwys
Root, W, T. & Son ................ .... Orchard Home I
. ........... Silver Maple |
Reihl. John F...........
............ Beacon Hill
Savage, B. S..............
........... Vindobonna j
Schachermeyer, Carl
Minnehaha School
School District 115 ...
Sweet Briar Farm
Sellers, W. T.
.....
Shaw. C. H. (Butter Creek)......... The Six Sisters
Shutt. T. E ........................ -................ High Valley
Shutter. C. L . ................
North View Home
Simmons, W. H
................................. - ■ Tip Top
.... Sunset
Stewart. R. A
Riverside
Stanyan. C. P..........
Pleasant Ridge Home
Stubbs, H. E —.....
Sweet Spring Ranch
Sullivan. P. P........
..................... Lakeview |
Theriault, W.J.......
Liberal View !
Voelker. Alfred E
Watson. J. D........
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Hermiston’s Up-to-Date
Cleaning and Pressing
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY DONE
Pure Bred Percheron Stallion
The Registered Pure Bred Percheron Stallion “You'g Milton,”
State License Certificate No. 2310, will be AT THE RANCH OF JAS.
SCOTT, IN HERMISTON, THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR FOR
SERVICE. Young Milton is dark brown and weighs 1920 pounds.
Hermiston Horse Company
WE SELL
REALESTATE
The only firm devoted EXCLUSIVELY
to the sale of ALFALFA LANDS in the
State of Oregon
We Handle the Umatilla Farm Lands
Co. Lands at Hermiston
UNDER THE UMATILLA GOVERNMENT PROJECT
We Handle the Oregon Land & Water Co.’
OF THE GOVERNMENT WEST EXTENSION
J. C. Ballenger, Boardman Agent
lady.”- Excha nge.
A Hint to Automobile Riders.
Every automobile rider has expert-
enced the discomfort of dust in the
eyes and also from the effects of cold
winds. A suggestion baa been made
that these discomforts may be greatly
alleviated by applying castor oil along
•e eyelashes. This, It la claimed, will
catch moat of the dust before It can en­
ter the eye. and also it protects the eyes
from the chilling effects of the wind.
You complain of ingratitude.
Were
you not repaid by your pleasure in
doing good ?—Levis.
We Handle Any Other Class of Improved or Unimproved
Lands in the Alfalfa Territory of the Umatilla
Columbia Valley
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