T he H ermiston H erald
VOL. XII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1917
LOOKS LIKE HERMISTON
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DAIRY AND HOG SHOW
WILL DE ATTRACTIVE
LIBERTY BONDS
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Since the visit of Major Richard
Perirà of the United Slates engineering
corps last Monday, at which time he
made a thorough examination of the
proposed army training camp site near
this city, things have been doing by
the committee of ten selected at a re-
sent Commercial Club meeting to
make every effort to have it located
here.
Immediately after • the departure of
Major Parks, who seemed much im
pressed with the site, part of the com
mittee, namely, F. B. Swayze, Thomas
Fraser and E. P. Dodd,’went to Port
land, where, wich committees • from
Pendleton, Stanfield and Arlington,
they were successful in interesting the
Chamber of Commerce of that city and
the governor, who happened to be
there at the time, in behalf of the es
tablishment of the cantonment near
Hermiston.
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Since then news comes that practi
cally all Oregon is a unit for having
the camp placed in this section of the
state, and. with Major Parks’ report
and other data to be furnished by the
local committee and forwarded to
Washington, D. C., it is almost cer
tain the government will recognize
that the Hermiston site supercedes all
others for the purposes for which it is
intended, and that ere long an order
will be issued for its establishment just
west of this city.
HERMISTON APPLES
FINEST HE HAS SEEN
W. F. Smith, an expert fruit man
who has been at the business for the
past seventeen years, and who is now
busily engaged superintending the
sorting, packing and shipping of local
apples - for the Valley Fruit Co. of
Walla Walla, which concern has con
tracted for nearly all the apples raised
this year on the project, says the pro
duct of the orchards here are the fln
est he has ever seen in all the years be
bas been engaged in the business.
One carload of Johnathans have al
ready been shippt d, and the eight
packers and five sorters Mr. Smith
has engaged in the work had two
more cars ready early in the week.
After the Johnathans have been taken
care of the Winesaps and other
ties will be sorted and pecked
varie-
WILL JUGGLE HONEY
REES AT DAIRY SDOW
A unique attraction, and one that
will attract much attention, has been
secured by Manager Stillings for the
Dairy and Hog Show this month, it
being the juggling of bonev bees by
Geo. R. Shafer, of the Davis & Shafer
Co , large producers of honey.
While handling the bees Mr. Shafer
will give an educational talk along
the line of-raising and caring of bees.
He will give bls .exhibition Inside a
" ' wire screen so that the audience will
be in no danger of being stung by the
bees—and be agrees to not sting them
either, for be »ays be will put on an
exhibition In bee juggling that will be
a surprise Io the most fastidious free of
charge. '
ANOTIER PIONEER
IS LAID TO REST
Tuesday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. C. B. Isaacs, in Pendle-
ton, occurred the deat h of Mrs. Helen
M. Kunzie of Umatilla, from heart
trouble and old age, she being 77
years old.
Deceased came to Umatilla from
Michigan Io 1864 when she was 24
years old, where she continued to live
throughout the 53 years she has been
Kunzie,
who was in the mercantile
business from the days when Umatilla
was the county seat and most thriving
town in ths inland empire. Mr. Kun-
sis died last Thanksgiving day. There
are few living residents of the county
WILL BOOST FOR TBE
BERMISTON COUNTRY
Rev. L. S. Chapman leaves next
Monday for The Dalles to attend the
Baptist state convention. Mr. Chap
man will not only represent the inter
ests of the Baptist church of Hermis-
ton at this convention, but* will speak
of the development work done on the
project here and the opportunities
offered to energetic people who want
to get somewhere. The apples that
will be displayed on the tables at the
mens’ banquet will come from the
different orchards of the Hermiston
country, and will, no doubt, excite
much favorable comment.
Mr. Chapman is a good booster for
the community, and being well ac
quainted with many people in that
part of the state, there is little fear
but that he will be instrumental in
interesting the heads of families desir-
ing a change of location to come here
and look over the project.
DUROC JERSEY SOW .
IS REAL MONEY MAKER
Z. Pumphrey, a rancher three miles
southwest of Hermiston, to the owner
of a Duroc Jersey sow that he to proud
of, for she has turned out to be a
money maker for him, as the following
will show:
On October 5, 1916, the aforesaid
sow gave birth to nine pigs, in May,
1917, she had another litter of eleven
and on October 4, 1917, she gave birth
to twelve more, making a total of
thirty-two in one year. Of this num
ber only two were lost. When the.
first litter were five months old Mr.
Pumphrey sold them for 1112.50, and
at one month old ten of the second
litter brought $50. With the present
prices for pork, the owner expects to
clean .up a goodly sum on the third
litter when he gets ready to dispose of
them.
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INDUSTRIAL CLUDS
VISIT STATE FAIR
BY DOROTHY ROSS
EVERY ONE CAN HELP
EVERY ONE MUST HELP
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS are the best secured] bonds on earth
and as good as money in your pocket. The following business
firms of Hermiston will aocept them at any' time in the future al
their face value, either for merchandise or to apply on account.
Hermiston Produce A Supply Co.
B. S. Kingsley
Oregon Hardware & Implement Co.
Hermiston Drug Company
City Meat Market
Phelps Cash Grocery
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company
The time lisait is up October 27th.
If you desire to invest your future savings in bonds and in that
wav “do your bit," we will take your application and allow you
to pay as follow»: For each $50 bond, $5 00 with your applica
tion and $5.00 per month, the deferred payments ac 6 per cent
interest. Under the above conditions there is not an adult per
son that cannot buy at least a $50.00 bond.
COME IN AT ONCE AND MAKE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
F irst N ational B ank
OF HERMISTON
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
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Mr. Akers spent the week end with
his family returning to Wasco Monday.
Claud Ballenger from Boardman was
a caller at the M. B. Marchia home,
one day last week.
Messrs. Brassfield and Rodgers are
leveling land for Mr. Leather». Mr.
Leathers expects to seed to alfalfa as
soon as possible.
Jene Skovbo is now night guard and
Walter Lloyd day guard at the reser
voir.
Herbert Hall started to high school
the first of the week, this being his
freshman year.
Mr. and Mrs Belscamper were de
lightful hosts to a dinner party Tues
day evening, it being the occasion of
Mrs. Belscamper’» birthday. Covers
were laid for six including the host
and hostess, her daughter, Mra Bar
ham, Emma Barham and Childs.
Miss Hudson spent the week end in
Pendleton with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Sommerer and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Beddow ’were dinner
guests of Mrs. Anna Sapper Sunday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Daubner and Floyd
Guerant motored down from Pendle
ton Monday*to visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Beddow. They returned the
same day.
Miss Hudson was a dinner guest at
the L H. Pearson home last Sunday.
Mr. Meyers is troubled wi’h blood
poisoning in bis right band.
Tuesday night witnessed the first
frost of the season.
Mrs. Reid sr. has returned after
1 spending the summer visiting rela
tives In Idaho and Canada.
Mrs. W. Lloyd left last week on a
vacation visiting friends and relatives
in Idaho and Washington.
Howard Bailey from the Presido,
Cal., is spending his furlough with
Mr. and Mrs. Leathers.
It was by being a member of the
Hermiston Girls’ Canning Club, which
is a division of the Boys’ and Girla’
Industrial Club of Oregon, that 1 was
permitted to attend the state fair at
Salem.
Several flocks of geese have been
There are a great many boys and
girls who are permitted to attend the seen flying toward the reaervoir.
state fair each year in somewhat the
Mra. Sellers and Mrs. Attebury
same way. This has been offered as spent Wednesday in Hermiston guests
an inducement to boys and girls to of Mrs. Kelly.
enter club work and show their
Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams from
fathers bow to raise corn and pigs Banks, Ore., were guests at the Sell
and their mothers how to bake bread,
ers home, returning Monday.
can fruit and vegetables, and sew.
Amos Sellers who has been camped
Those people of the stata who work
at American Lake, Wash., came home
ed so tirelessly toward this end, saw
last Friday. The lad was given an
also that the boys and girls who at
tended the fair should be taken care of honorable discharge.
Mr. Rack, one of our new settlers,
while there and this resulted in the
Boys’ and Girls’ Industrial Fair Camp. has his house and barn about com-
This fair camp is inside the fair pleted. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Tem
grounds, fenced in by itself. There pleton expect to live with Mr. Rack
are four large tenta. The largest one during the winter.
Mrs. Reeves, mother of Mr. Hooker,
occupied by the girls was furnished
with cots and beds with mattresses. left Saturday for Walla Walla. From
Two similar ones, though smaller, there she will go to North Yakima to
were occupied by the boya, while the spend the winter.
remaining one served as the dining
Mr. Bone returned Friday from a
room.
business trip to Spokane.
The grounds wore furnished with
Mrs. Knapton has been on the sick
swings and had ample space for play
list this week.
ing. The chaperones saw that no
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Conner left
child was lefUout at meal times and
Thursday for La Grande where they
most excellent meals wore served.
will make their future home. Mr.
Also at this time wo were honored by
Thompson and family bave moved into
the company and speeches of the most
| the bouse vacated by them on Joe
influential men and women of the state
among them being Governor Withy- Craik’s ranch.
Mrs. Whitsett spent last Tuesday
combe, J. A. Churchill, superintendent
of publie instruction; E. F. Carleton, with Mrs. Conner.
assistant superintendent; Mr. Maris
and Mr. Harrington, field workers of daughter Ethel spent Thursday in
the industrial fair; Mr. Seymour, Mr. Hermiston guests of Re» Grsbam and
Jones, Mrs. Thompson and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes from McKay
the old auditorium which were con creek are moving on their ranch
sidered very interesting by the boys
and girls, and were entertained with
Mr. aad Mrs. Briggs were dinner
songs by Arable Smith, * Willamette guests at the O. G Sapper home Sun-
university student. A trip over Salem
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ngp nnang in Binilo
DUAADMAN
N ews
Ferd Emberger is developing his
mining claim on the Columbia river.
He has been building sluiceways and a
water wheel.
J. C. Ballenger returned Monday
from a trip to the Wasco fair.
Mrs. Bert Hainline of Hermiston
spent the week end visiting Mrs. R.
Rands.
Mrs. Kunzie is survived by two penitentiary and asylum.
daughters, Mrs. Charlee B. Isaacs of
The ladies of the Neighborhood
club bold a meeting Saturday, the 20th
Manager Stillings, who bas been
canvassing the country stirring up the
fancy stock raisers to prepare the ani
mals for exhibition, says ho now be-
lieves the Hermiston Dairy and Hog
Show will be the largest and most at-
traotive ever bold In thia city, for
Walter and Earle Caldwell visited everyone seems to be a unit In getting
the parental home here ever Sunday. in end doing their bit.
What will add materially to the
The young men have been working in
atability of the fair will bo the pres-
Hermiston for some time.
Mrs. M. Birch ett and two daughters once of Governor Withycombe who
of Bailey were in town Wednesday. will address the people here during
the show. Another drawing card will
Mrs. Le Gray beai returned home
be E. E. Faville, editor of the Western
with them.
Farmer published at Portland, who
Mr. Frank Allan and Miss Hazel will speak on a topic of much interest
Allan of Umatilla were guests at the
to ranchers.
Davis home Sunday. In the evening a
Mr. Stillings has made arrangements
few friands gathered at the Davis
for a big street parade on Saturday
home and enjoyed the music rendered afternoon. Civil war veterans will
by Mr. and Mrs Allan. Miss Allan
lead in the parade with the Spanish-
plays the piano while Mr. Allan plays American war veterans following.
the violin.
Close behind Hermiston’s crack baud
will liven things up with patriotic
airs, and follow ing them io the line of
march will come the citizens and
school children. Everyone Is invited
to join in the parade.•
The Fair will be held at the same
Provision has been made for the place as last year, in the Donovan
ladies of the west end of the county to bui ding on the west side of the depot,
exhibit fancy work, baking and canned and the same judges that acted last
goods in connection with the stock year will act again thia, they being
show to be held at Hermiston October Thomas Brunk of Salem, who will
judge the hogs, and Prof. D. C. How-
26 and 27.
ard of Corvalli®, who will judge the
Premiums will be as follows:
stock.
HOME ECONOMY
Io addition F. C. Park will display
Best loaf white bread....................
$1 00 • .50
Best cake............................................. 1.00 .50 his purebred chickens and egge and
Best cookies (6 on plate)................ 1.00 .50 will talk on poultry raising and breed-
ing. The Jersey Breeders' As-ocia-
Best 5 jars canned fruit (2 or more
varieties)............................
1.50 1.00 tion will also attract much alten ion
among dairymen attending the fair
Best 5 jars canned vegetables (2 or
more varieties) ................
1.50 1.00 this year, for special prizes, as notated
In the premium list booklet, have been*
Best 5 glasses jelly (2 or mors vari-
ties).......................................
1.50 1.00 offered by the members thereof.
The agricultural display will be a
Best general collection canned
large one, and the sewing, tatting,
goods by one individual. l.SO 1.00
knitting and canning diaplay by the
DOMESTIC ART
ladies will come in for much favorable
Best piece tatting............................. l.SO 1.00
comment.
Best piece crocheting....................... 1.50 1.00
Best piece embroidery.................... 1.50 1.00
Best piece knitting........................... 1.50 1.00
town Sunday to their new home re
cently pui chased from C. E. Johnson.
Mrs. Orville Dawson and son are
spending the week visiting her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Carson in Her-
miston.
Miss Gladys Pains and Miss Francis
Blayden were business visitors to Cas
tle Rock Thursday.
A. P. Ayers’ youngest child is very
sick with bowel trouble. Dr. Gals of
Hermiston was called Wedneeday to
attend him.
The waiting room and freight depot
are being renovated and enlarged thia
week by the railroad.
H. W. Dobyne of Plymouth, Wash.,
stopped off on his way to Portland to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stanyan.
Mr. Dobyns is employed by the gov
ernment to hunt and trap coyotes.
The choir met with Mrs. Warner
Wedneeday evening to practice for the
dedication. They meet again Sunday
afternoon. An invitation is extended
to all that can sing.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gibbons and the
Misses Clara Voyen and Gleam Dun
ton went to Heppner Sunday to attend
the teachers’ institute.
Mrs. U. G. Calvert of Buehl, Idaho,
is visiting her husband at Messner
Mrs. Grace Edmonds and two little
girls of Ridgefield, Wash., arrived
Monday. Mr. Edmonds has a home-
O. R. Richards of Portland was in
town Tuesday meeting old friends.
E. Francis Williams and R. E Long
of Portland wore here Saturday. Mr.
Long to an extensive contractor and
was the successful bidder for the school
bouse contract.
of the death of his youngest child
which happened in The
Dalles
last Saturday, where Mrs. Mead bas
been since the baby'a birth three weeks
IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
•d for Portland Friday to visit with
friends, after which they will tour Cal-
ifornis.
row counts, there was no school until
Thursday.
the McCoy home Sunday
NO 5
PRIZES FOR EXHIBITS
AT FAIR DY LADIES
IRRIGON PROUD OF
RAILWAY STATION
In order to show appreciation of the
new railway aution juat completed by
the O W. R. & N. at Irrigon, the
people of that little city prevailed
upon N. Beaman, the genial agent at
that place, to formally dedicate the
depot by giving a dance. Acceding to
their request, a nice little party was
held in the new depot last Saturday
evening, and right merrily did most
of those present trip the light fantastic
until 12 o’clock. Ted Sapper waa
there and rendered good music with
his trap drum, being assisted on the
piano by a lady from Alberta, Canada,
visiting ber parente there.
Agent Seaman and his estimable
wife proved delightful hosts, and all
enjoyed a good time and a nice lunch
eon prepared by Mrs. Seaman.
Quite a number of Hermiston people
autoed to Irrigon to be present at the
dedication, and "Farmer" Smith, agri
cultural man for the O.-W., came all
the way from Portland to join io the
festivities.
Away back in 1908 the old depot
burned down, and since then a couple
of box cars served for depot,
house, etc. In the past two
Irrigon baa progressed wonderfully
and as a result the box car depot sys
tem has been discarded for a most pre-
tentious depot of which all the people
of that place are justly proud.
ALL INTERESTED IN
HERMISTON DOINGS
Occasionally a copy of The Herald
fails to reach an outside subscriber,
either through fault of this or the
postoffice department, and whenever it
does Invariably we receive letters ad
vising us to send the missing number.
The same is true of those who desire a
change of address, as the following
will show:
Editor Heeald: You will find en
closed check and please send me The
Herald for one year to the above ad-
dress. You have been sending my
paper to Irrigon, Ore. I do not knew
just when my subscription runs oui,
but send me the Sept. 29 number as it
did not reach me here, and I do not
want to miss it.
Mrs. D E. Martin
Powell, WyO.
Will y ou please
Editor Herald:
mall The Herald to mo hi >•!*•. Until
going on there. Our prune crop is
very short this year and is not riper-
log up like It should so we cannot get
through as soon as we ought to.
Scot's Mills, Oro.
Chas. A. White
Editor Herald: For the first time
since I began taking The Herald It
failed to reach me last week. It has
reached roe almusi without fall on
Tuesday a. m
II would bo the issue
of Sept. 29. I enclose stampe, so if
you have a copy left you may please
mail one to me. I am so interested in
everything going on out there that 1
do not wish to miss a single copy of
the paper. I am enclosing an item for
i be culinary department when you
happen to have space for something of
the kind.
A good way to utilise dry bread,
either white or brown, to to dry II in a
slow oven until crisp but not browned,
then roll to fine crumbs. To bo oaten
with rich milk.
Aurora, III.
Mrs. Agnes Ross
ASSESSMENT TOTALS
ONE-HALF MILLION PERMITTED TO SHOOT
BEFORE SUN IS UP
A summary of the Umatilla county
tax list for the present year bas been
completed by Assessor C. P. Strain,
Last Monday morning the Federal
and exclusive of the public utilities It law relating to migratory birds went
shows a total assessment of $40,367,334,
into effect, and hereafter sportsmea
837,924,138.
The wheat assessment aro allowed to shoot a bait hour before
lighter than a year ago.
This was ow
ing to the fact that there was pracic-
ally no wheat in the hands of the farm-
this year to
sunrise,
according to announcement
according to the E. O.
arson
March 1.
The
the
warden.
public utility
the beginning time,
$10,866,693
in
this
but instructions
county
same the total assessment of the county it. The shooting meet coo
will be slightly over 51 millions. .
i at sundown, as heretofore.