The Hermiston herald., December 15, 1917, Image 1

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THE HERMISTON
VOL. XII
H erald
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 1917
NO. 13
I
WRITE THESE BOYS A
CHRISTMAS LETTER
- Herewith we publish'a list of the I—-----------------------------------------------------
. boys from this neighborhood who expired portion and renew at this
have patriotically joined the colors time to avoid another drive for renew.
and are helping to "make the world als next spring.
safe for democracy.” At best their
The Christmas membership drive,
lives in training camp, on shipboard which begins Monday, Dec. 17, will
and at the front will be far from pleas­ continue through that week and up to
ant. There are bound to be some Christmas day. We have been asked
mighty lonesome days when it will be to bring our auxiliary up to a mem-
bard to keep down that homesick feel­ bership of 450.
9.
ing; days when a letter from home,
Watch for the committee aad help
no matter who the writer may be, will the Crimson Cross “go over tho top"
look like a thousand dollars.
in the name of neutrality, humanity,
While we have been unable to get devotion and mercy.
the addresses of all the young patriots
that have entered the service from
here at this time, we give what we
have and add the names of those whose
addresses are unknown just now, and
later on hope to be able to tell where
to write to them. It was through the
At the regular meeting of Queen
kindness of Mrs. J. F. Morfitt, head of
Esther Chapter No. 101, O. E. S., held
the Honor Guard of this city, that we
Tuesday evening the annual election
secured this list,
and it will be
of officers took place, resulting as fol­
through the kindly spirit of herself lows:
and other members of the Guard that
Frances G. Phelps, Worthy Matron;
the soldier boys will enjoy Cnristmas Thomas Campbell, Worthy Patron;
WHEREAS the American Red Cross, through its
boxes done up in three pound coffee Estella Hitt; Associate Matron; Emma
able
Woodrow
Wilson, its chairman. Honorable William
cans, one-half full of fruit cakes and Johnson, Conductress; Nell Young,
Chairman
of
its
War Council, Honorable H. P. Davison,
' the other half containing candy and
Associate Conductress; Kathryn Gar­
nuts.
loyal
and
patriotic
citizens of the United States to
ner, Secretary; Augusta Cressy, Treas­
NEWLY ELECTED EAST­
ERN STAR OFFICERS
JOIN
BRAND NEW INDUSTRY
SPRUNG UP THIS YEAR
BANK ANB POSTOFFICE
SELL THRIFT STAMPS
THE
RED CROSS
PROCLAMATION
Then what would be nicer or more
appropriate for Christmas cheer for
the boys to peruse a letter from home
while partaking of these goodies. Pick
out some name in the list—it doesn’t
matter whether you know the boy or
not—and write a letter today so that
it will arrive with the boxes. It will
do tbe lad you write to a lot of good
and will cost you only three cents and
a few minutes’ time.
Following is the list oí names:
Walter Beasley, U. S. S. North Da-
kota, care postmaster, New York
City, N. Y.
‘ *•
Robert West, Ú. S. S. Cruiser Illinois,
second class machinist’s mate, care
-postmaster, New York City, N. Y.
Clarence Carson, care Radio school,
Harvard university,
Cambridge,
Mass.
James Todd, U. S. S. Huntington, care
/ Postmaster, New York City, N. Y.
Sgt. J. F. Morfitt, Hdg. Co., 148 F. A.,
1
66 F. A., Brigade, Camp Mills, Gar­
den City, Long Island, N. Y.
Harry Todd, U. S. N. T. S., San Fran­
cisco, care Co. B.-4.
.
Thomas Campbell jr., Ambulance
Corps No. 361, Lewis Branch, Ta-
coma. Wash.
Clarence Johnson, Madison Barracks,
Quartermaster Department, care Y.
M. G. A., New York City, N. Y.
Floyd Hoisington, Co. E, 116th Engi-
V neers. Camp Mills, Hempstead, N.
Y
’
Herbert Sullivan, U.S. N. T.S.,Camp
D-8, San Francisco, Caiif.
Logan Todd, U, S. N. T. S„ Camp D-8
San Francisco, Calif.
George Prindle, Ninth Co. Coast Ar­
tillery, care Construction & Dry
docks Co., Seattle, Wash.
yDick Thom. Battery A., 364 Field
Artillery, Camp Lewis, Tacoma.
VA. E. Winslow, N. T. S., Co. D-6, Goat
Island, San Francisco, Cali.
Robert Hobbs, Aero Dept., Barracks
No. 2, 116th Aerial squad. Garden
City, Long Island, N. Y.
Dr. C. O. Wainscott, Southland hotel,
6th and Flower Sts., Los Angeles,
Calif.
Dr. J. A. Campbell, Dental
pt..
Aviation Corps, San Diego, C
"Ross Shaw, Co. H, 44th Infante;
an-
i couver, Wash.
yCarey Wood, Coast Artillery, Second
Co., Fort Stevens, Oregon.
iloyd Ames, Fourth Engineers, Co- D,
Vancouver, Wash.
Lyons Johns, 144th Areo Squad, Kelly
Fi< id, San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Illsley, Base Hospital. Ward 21,
urer.
FARMERS’ EXCHANGE
ELECT ITS OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the Farmers'
Exchange was held last Saturday after­
noon in tbe law offices of Attorneys
Hinkle and Warner, at which time tbe
following officers were elected for tbe
ensuing year:
President— H. J. Stilling.. -
Vice President—Frank Auseon
Secretary—H. J. Ott.
The above, with A. D. Crossland and
S. S. Palmer, comprise the board of
directors.
It was shown at the meeting that the
organization has an active member­
ship of 65, and that the business done
the past ten months totaled $34,000.
RED CROSS DRIVE
OFFICERS SELECTED
At a meeting of Red Cross delegates
from all ovsr tbe bounty held in Pen­
dleton Tuesday afternoon chairmen
and campaign managers were selected
from among those present to conduct
the Christmas drive for membership
in the various towns in Umatilla coun­
ty which begins next Monday all over
tbe United.States.
For Hermiston Mrs. J. H. Strohm
was selected chairman and Thomas
Campbell campaign manager. In Uma­
tilla MA F. McCune is chairman and
Wm. Switzler campaign manager. Io
Echo Mrs. T. M. Johnson is chairman
and Asa Thompson campaign manager.
In Stanfield Mrs. C. W. Connor is
chairman and Ralph Holte campaign
manager. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
UMATILLA IT
R. L. Tippie, manager of the Tum-
A-Lum Lumber Co. at this place was
a business visitor to Hermiston Tues-
day.
Quite a few building» have been
erected and are now under course of
construction in this neigborhood this
fall, among them being a residence on
the Frank Payne place, one on the “
L. Bennett ranch and another on the
F. C. Jewett farm. A Mr. Logan and
a neighbor who accompanied him from
Idaho and bought land hero recently
Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.
Howard Bailey.
Co., Camp have improved their places with neat
Cato Johns, Machine
farm dwellings.
Lewis, Tacoma, Wi
Arnold Shotwell. T
Edward McKeen.
her last trip this season, according, to
R. L- Tippie, local manager of The
Frank Stone,
tart Boynton.
Dalles-Columbia line. The boat ar-
rived at Umatilla Thursday of this
week, and after discharging her cargo,
a goodly part of which contained auto-
moo lea, corned about and started down
river to Portland, there to remain
til the ice goes out of the upper reach:
es of the Columbia and Snake rivers
CROSS CHRISTMAS
4 MEMBERSHIP HIVE
th. pécatdent of the American Red next spring
—1, Woodrow Wilson, has asked the
Road Supervisor C. O. Brownell has
rican people to make this Christ completed over a mile of road grading
I Red Cross Christmas of action-
Red Cross wants new members as
gravel on the thoroughfare.
SThe Columbia highway east from
Born—Thuredas, December 6, ‘ Mr
and Mrs Howard Reroo da, a daughter.
president, Honor­
H. Taft, and the
has called upon all
affiliate with said
organization by taking membership therein, and
WHEREAS the week of December 17-24 has been designated by the
aforesaid as the time for membership affiliation, and
WHEREAS the State of Oregon has been assigned the quota of
240,000 members, being 30 per cent of its estimated population, and
WHEREAS to fulfill its quota it is necessary for every man and
woman in Oregon to join the American Red Cross,
THEREFORE, I, F. C. McKenzie, Mayor of Hermiston, do hereby
proclaim to all citizens of the City of Hermiston that it is a patriotic duty
incumbent upon each and all of them to affiliate with the American Red
Cross during the aforesaid week of December 17-24, to the end that the
There is no excuse for any person,
no matter how moderate their means,
failing to help tbe government finance
the war. If you have as much as 25
cents you can invest it in a government
saving certificate, thus helping your
country and practicing a little thrift
at the same time.
War Thrift and War Savings stamps
are now on sale at the postoffice and
the local bank. The thrift stamps
sell for 25 cents each and the savings
stamps for $4.12. These latter will be
redeemed by the government for 95.00,
January 1, 1923. This allows tbe pur­
chaser 4 per cent Interest on his save
ings.
With the thrift stamps is issued a
card divided into sixteen squares.
When a stamp has been pasted to each
square the card la taken up and a sav­
ing stamp issued upon payment of tbe
additional odd cents. Until February
1 ibis amount will be 12 cents and
will increase each month at tbe rate of
4 per cent. The sale will continue for
one year.
Tbe stamps offer an excellent io-
vestment for children’s or other sav­
ings accounts too small to be invested
in Liberty Bonds.
IMPROVEMENTS CON­
TINUE NEAR WESTLAND
A new agricultural industry baa
been started in this government pro­
ject this year that is destined to be­
come a money making factor and take
rank with alfalfa, dairying and other
diversified farming items. We have
all heard, both in verse and rhyme, of
the waving fields of sorghum cane In
the south, and many here have wit­
nessed Its production to those states
where it is grown in abundance, but
none of us evidently ever conceived the
idea that tbe cereal plant would thrive
thia far north.
This was in part caused by ranchera
having become Inoculated with a de-
aire to raise alfalfa, atock and vege-
tablea, with the result that they bad
no time to give attention to scientific
reaearchea for tbe production of any
foreign agricultural product.
But like the trail blatera of years
ago, there came a man into this nook
o’ the plaina from the augar and sor-
gbum cane plantations of the sunny
aouth, who, after investing and spend-
ing a summer here, came to the con-
elusion that this climate waa good
enough for him to try a whirl at raie-
log sorghum cane on hla place. With
firm conviction tbia gentleman, whose
name ia M. C. Burchett, and whose
ranch ia on this project near Umatilla,
last year early sent to Kentucky for
aeed and planted three-fourths of an
acre.
His little hunch spelled
success
right from the outset, for the seed
came up and thrived under an abund-
ance of water and sunshine, and as
time wore on the transformation came,
and the gentleman viewed bis waving
field of sorghum cane with even more
pride than those he had grown years
before "away down yonder" in his old
Kentucky home.
When harvest time rolled around be
prepared for it by the purchase of a
sorghum mill, and tbe wiseacres who
could not believe that the cane could
be grown successfully here were dumb-
founded when tbe machine began to
"grind" out gallon after gallon of the
sweet and wholesome sorghum.
After the "clean up" Mr. Burchett
bad a total of 110 gallons from tbe
three-fourths of an acre that he
planted, and this be is now selling at
$1.50 a gallon- and it is going fast at
that nominal price.
with his father and
City of Hermiston and the State of Oregon may sustain our beloved nation
brother
Charley
'
operates
the
big
and the American Red Cross to the full extent required. Every man and
ranch owned by Eugene parties that Is
woman in Hermiston must become a member of the American Red Cross
situated out near Westland, was in
during the week named to fulfill this patriotic obligation.
Hermiston Tuesday, and while bere
This proclamation by me issued on December 14, 1917.
made this office a pleasant call. Ho
says tbe Eugene ranch is now equipp­
F. c. c enzie Mayor.
ed with a large barn 42x48 feet, which
will house the numerous horses that
from California.
it takes to operate tbe place.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fritto and Mr.
Be reports much activity among the
McLallen left Monday afternoon for ranchero of Butter creek and West
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Erle, Pa., where they will vieil rela­ land, both in the agricultural and
Mrs. Tilton arrived the first part of tives and friends. They will return building linee. Ray and Rock Fisher
and himself are hauling bay for C. J.
the week to join her husband and about tho first of February.
Mrs. L. H. Pearson left Tuesday for Johns, who has a contract with Albert
daughter that are domiciled in the
Now that It has been clearly demon«
Tacoma whore sbo will spend the win­ Bros, of Portland to deliver a large
Barham house.
number of tons of baled alfalfa at the strated to tbe satisfaction of all ranch­
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beddow and
ers wbo have watched and witnessed
Tbe county court from Pendleton Westland station for shipment.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Beddow were Uma­
the successful experiment of Mr.
Lee
Saberly
io
building
a
large
horse
were
project
visitors
Monday.
tilla visitors Sunday.
barn on his Butter Creek ranch in the Burchett, it is a sure bet that the
W. Felthouse has a contract to bale
news will spread all over this section,
vicinity of Westland.
900 tons of alfalfa on Butter creek.
Dick Shaw ia now treating neighbor and that next year fermera having
Jennie Simmons spent a few days
ing ranchers to real music and song, little spare plots of ground on their
visiting her parents at Tip Top ranch
having installed a fine Columbia places will utilize them by cultivating
this week.
and putting in sorghum seed—and thus
phonograph in bis home recently.
Otto Sapper is having some land
will tbe nucleus for a new industry
Postmaster J. H Young this wook
have been established in this project
leveled getting ready for spring seed­
along with numerous other tried, true
ing. Tom Brassfield is doing the work. conclusively closed a deal in real es­
tate that makes him owner of the H.
and profitable Industries of tbe farm.
The park board, consisting of Mes. L. Wyckoff residence house and pro­
dames Reid, Phipps, Waugaman and perty, which is situated just west of
Beddow, met at tbe home of Mrs. tbe reclamation office in thia city.
Phipps Wednesday.
Shortly he will begin the work of re­
Miss Diether and Miss Tevans, teach­ modeling ths dwelling into a inodoro
Poultry must be produced next year
ers in the Hermiston school, spent the bungalow, and will otherwise improvs In places where it has not been pro­
week end with Mrs. F. A. Brunson
tbe property by the addition of terraces duced before, and everywhere that
H. M Sommerer evidently got bit and sidewalks. After tbe work is poultry has been produced that pro-
To prevent the hoarding of sugar by
by tbe auto bug, aa he can now be completed Mr. and Mrs. Young and duction must be increased. It is neces-
abort
sighted or unpatriotic individ-
family will move from tbe west side sary that people in the country and in
seen driving a new Maxwell.
uals, Acting Federal Food Adminis-
the
towns
answer
alike
to
this
ca
1
James Cat roa is moving Into his new and occupy their new home perman-
Farms and backyards must both do trator W. K. Newell has issued in-
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borne today, located on the west bide ently.
their bit, for the doubling of our structions to all the retail grocers of
of the Ft. Wayne Fruit Co. ranch.
poultry production next year Is an in- Oregon, restricting the sale of sugar
Much credit ia due Road Supervisor
dispensible item in tbe nation’s food
T. H. Haddox on the good gravel road
Sales to family consumers are limit-
production program—a program which
be ia laying on ibc Diagonal from the
must be carried-out if we are to win
Sommerer ranch east to the Columbia
at reasonable intervals.
the war.
school
Lera Newton, a trained nurse of
The meat supplies available for
Farmers living at a distance fresa
T. E. Brassfield, Sr., arrived home Corvallis, while in Hermiston on a European use are abort. Meat must purchasing points will be permitted to
Tuesday from Crooks, Idado, where he business visit Tuesday informed Tbe be supplied if tbe war is woo—by the purchase in 25 pound lots.
has been viaiting for several months.
Herald that abe bad decided to locato forces who fight for freedom. The
Hotels, restaurants and boarding
Mrs. Anna Sapper and Miss Al- permonently at Irrigon, where her war will be won If we fail in food pro- houses are limited to a ten days sup­
brecht spent Monday ebopping in Pen- mother, Mrs. Delio Newton, lives. duction--but not won by us. We must ply at one purchase.
With the coming of tbe lady a long understand what will happen if we do
dletoo.
Sugar shell not be used ae a leader
not provide the enormous quantities of
Mrs. F. A. Brunson was hostess Sun­
for special sales or to encourage the
day evening to a dinner party, the this project, for hereafter those desir- foodstuffs that tbe alllee cannot pro­ sale of other merchandise.
duce for themselves.
occasion being tbe birthdays of Mrs.
Io exceptional cases, where purchas-
Are we going [to feed on chickens
Miss Newton by addressing her at Ir
Brunson and Wm. Pearson, whose
ere live st great distances, special ar­
rigon,
Oregon.
birthdays fall on the same date. Cov-
greatly increasing our production of rangements may be made for sales in
art were laid for eight and the guests
sack lots, such sales to be reported
One would not believe to look at chickens and eggs, and by eating the se with all details to tbe United States
were Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pearson,
chickens
and
eggs
ourselves
we
will,
Alice Hudson, Wm. Pearson and Al­
naturally, eat that touch leaa beef and Food Administration at Portland by
fred Groom.
the grocer making same. This ex-
Miss Anna Sapper proved to be a de-
caption to be made only in cases where
lightfal hostess Sunday to a beautifully Bowie, where tbe inhabitants carry
The United States Department of repeated trips for additional sugar in
knives la their boots and revolvers in
tbe winter season would work a real
appointed dinner party given in honor
Agriculture
calls upon the country to
their belts and are generally pre-
of Mrs. Herbst of Erle, Pa.
The
double poultry production next year. hardship to the purchaser.
These restrictions will be in force
nor and Margaret. Mr and Mrs. O. O. low. But the unassuming and affable keep an average of 100 hens instead of until further notice.
sapper, Mrs. Herbst aad Miss Albrecht
Persons discovered boarding sugar
Ing testified to by a vielt from his old
Walter Blessing had part of his hay schoolmate Will Sheldon of Bowls, and If every family In town will keep are subject to penalty for obstructing
tbe administration of tbe Food Con-
M K
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COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
YOUNG PURCHASES
WYCKOFF PROPERTY
RAISING POULTRY
THE BEST CHANCE
CAN ONLY PURCHASE
LIMITED QUANTITY
TRAINED NURSE LO­
CATES AT IRRIGON
ject to confiscation