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T he H ermiston H erald
VOL. XII
9064
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 11. 1918
. SHOW VALUE
OF IRRIGATED LANDS
bailleul , center of fierce fighting
No ~
RAISE IN MAINTENANCE
8533364966603
[0 1918 the 29,000 farmers on 1,000,-
000 acres of land reclaimed by the Re- iod of engineering work the Service
climatica Service, Department of the has established 11 townsites, several of
I'terior, went over the top with a crop which are today thriving bu-iness
valued at $50,000,000, according to the centers.
report of the bureau recently made to
Secretary of the Interior Lane.
The production capacity of the
American desert after irrigation is
emphas’zed when the results of the
farmers are compared with those of
F W Stevens, who with his family
the humid states. The 1917 crop from
reclaimed lands exceeds in total value arrived here last week from Ivyland,
by $11,000,000 all the crops of Maine, Pa., did not linger long over the mat
as shown by the census reports of 1909. ter of reaching a decision as to wheth
It is greater by $7,000,000 than the er he would become a rancher of this
combined crops of New Hampshire valley, for no sooner had he become
and Vermont, and only $4,436 000 less comfortably settled in a rented house
than the total crop values of Massa than be closed a deal with C S. Mc
Naught for the thirty acres owned by
chusetts and Connecticut.
The gross average of 850 per acre that gentleman lying across the road
for crops grown on the government’s at his home place west of town.
Twenty acres of the thirty is in alfal-
irrigated farms is remarkable when
compared with similar statistics for all fa, and it suits Mr. Stevens to a do'.
farms io the United States, the aver When he gets squared away a little he
ili
$ I :
age yields of which in 1909 were only will begin outlining plans for the build
ing
of
a
neat
farm
house
and
out
build
816.30 per acre. Such returns should
alleasi allay the apprehension, if any ings thereon, his intention being to
now exists, that these farmers will not make of the place a permanent home
be able to return the investment of for himself and family.
money which has been made by the
government in constructing the irriga-
Bailleul, one of the important strategic points on the Flanders front, was
ion systems. On several of these pro-
taken by the Germans after a bloody, fight and thereafter was the center of
ects a single crop will suffice to re
desperate struggle. The principal street and the church are here shown.
urn the entire investment.
The summation of the activities of
i fr ■ ‘
-
=—
be service to date shows that work is
From the quartermaster’s camp of I
inder way on 30 projects, in 15 states.
These projects embrace approximately the national army located “somewhere |
1,112,655 acres, or 60,311 farms. Water in France” comes a letter from Corp
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
s now available for 1,750,000 acres in oral C. B. Johnson to his parents Mr.
and
Mrs.
Maurice
Johnson,
ranchers
|
7,103 farms, and the construction of
M. K. Flickinger, one of oursubstan
he necessary works to reclaim the northeast of this city. After telling | Born—Wednesday, May 8, a baby
alance is proceeding as rapidly as them that he felt just as though he daughter weighing 7 pounds, to Mr. tial homesteaders who is located near
Messner, was at Irrigon a few daysago.
be limited funds will permit. As fast was at home again after reading The | and Mrs. Howard Held.
Mrs. W. L. Blessing was hostess to While here he purchased a car load of
8 water can be made available for the Heralds they sent him, be continues
his
letter
as
follows:
a
dinner
parly Thursday given in honor 'cement pipe for use on bis ranch.
lublic lands in these projects, the
"We have had some very change of Alfred Groom. Covers were laid
Dr. Ingram and family of Pendleton
ettlers flock to them and the demands
re usually in excess of the supply, able weather lately—one day it is rain- for eleven, guests besides tbe hostess motered down last Sunday. This was
ard hunger is increasing with the Ing and the next day nice and warm. and family including Mrs. Barham, hie first visit to Irrigon in a number of
spidly rising price of farm lands, and For the last three days I have bad Mr. and Mrs. Brunson, Dorothy Brun years and he likes the country very
ie belter prices for farm products, forty German prisoners working stack son, Childs Barham and Alfred Groom. much.
i view of this condition and consider- ing, or rather piling, sugar and flour, | Mrs. F. A. Brunson was hostess to a
Irrigon is now organizing two squads
g the imperative need of an enor- and as there is some 60,000 sacks to | delightful little dancing party given of eight men each for a Home National
pile
will
be
at
the
job
for
some
time
to
ous increase in food products, the im-
Wednesday evening in the auditorium Guard. These squads will be a part
ortance of quickly extending the come. I wish 1 knew more of the Ger in honor of Alfred Groom who enlist- of the Heppner, Morrow County, Com
man language so I could make myself |
eld of reclamation is obvious.
ed in the navy and left Thursday pany and will be used for home defen
A brief resume of the engineering understood.
for examination in Portland. A most se of any nature that is required.
"There is lots of action on the bat
orks to date is illuminating. Since
Paul Jones, who has had considerable
enjoyable evening was spent by all.
ie organization of the Service in 1902 tle front, and it looks as if Germany is |
training in military tactics, will be
Mr.
Stillings
shipped
a
mixed
car
of
has to its credit many notable and making her supreme effort for a de- |
the drill master. Our sympathies are
orthwbile achievements. Several of cisión. The French and British are livestock last week.
with you Paul in attempting to handle
Mrs. Joe Udey had as guests last this bunch of hay makers.
w structures are monumental in holding well, and the U. S. troops are
laracter and rank with the greatest doing their share. One can't say that Sunday Messrs, and Mesdames Steve
Ross Laudenslager and Editor O’Con
gineering works of the world. Thé peace is in sight yet, however. I hope i McMillan, Pat Siscel, W. L. Blessing nell of Hermistonwere at Irrigon last
I
won
’
t
have
to
spend
next
Easter
|
and Miss Ruth Akers.
gineers of the service have success-
Saturday, where they bad business to
Uy completed the highest masonry Sunday in France, and working at that ”
Mr. Leathers now has a new Oak attend to.
im, the longest tunnel and the most
land six.
Mr. Oldaker of Hermiston, with W.
pacious reservoir for irrigation ever
Durrell Murchie entertained his R and W. A. Walpole, motored to
dit. Across the desert they have
graduation class Thursday evening at Boardman on Tuesday, where they
tended a canal system 10,313 miles
dinner. Covers were laid for seven, spent the day inspecting the lower end
DE, in which whole riversare carried
including their instructor, Miss Kale of the project. They report the coun
d turned upon the thirsty land,
try well advanced in its farming oper
Barton.
ie huge reservoirs in the fastnesses
The London Economist for February
•he mountains, with a combined
Mrs. Frank Beddos spent several ations, and al) settlers feeling fine over
future prospects.
pacity of 9,000,000 acre-feet, hold places the total gross debt of Great days in Pendleton this week.
ek the destructive floods of many Britain at 5,678,600,000 pounds (»27,- |
Much improving is going on around
Julia Franz returned to Pendleton
Irrigon. Among others ranches, al
«am«. Twenty-six miles of tunnels 636,000,000).
The French minister of Finance in Saturday.
falfa has been put in on the Hoffman,
oetrate the mountains, and through
presenting
the budget for 1918 esti-1
oof these, two rivers are carried
Currin and Hamilton places and all is
looking good. Prospects .are good
•side of their own drainage basins, mated the public debt of France on
with tbe apples and some other fruits,
ie surplus and waste waters are dis- December 31, 1918, at 115,166.058,000
and the bay is well advanced.
sed of by means of drains and ditches francs (122,527,000,000).
The public debt of Italy at the end
YiOE a length of 1,247 miles.
The volume of the dams is 13,258,729 of 1917 is estimated at about 35,000,-
A special election is called for Tues
ic yards, and the excavations of 000 lire (#6,676,000,000).
day,
May 14, at 2:30 p. m., for the elec
The debts of the Central Powers are
* and earth for canals and founds*
tion of a chairmin, secretary and
M reach the enormous total of 154,- estimated as follows: Germany, 825,- treasurer. All members are urged to
"49 cubic yards, or about 60 per 408,000,000; Austria, 113,314,000,000: be present.
it of the total yardage of the Pan- and Hungary, #5,704,000,000.
TO BRING THEM HOME
Our own public debt is now around
* canal.
Friday of next week will witness the
#8,000,000,000,
but
more
than
half
of
Over
in
France
where the death shells close of the 1917-1918 school term. The
“/be construction of the several
scream,
"asion systems it was necessary, to this amount has been loaned to our
beginning of the end of the term will
1 wells having a total depth of Allies and will be repaid us. It is es The boys are fighting as in a dream— start with the delivery of the baccalau
that of tbe total net expendí- | A glorious dream of blood and bell-
reate address by Rev. Graham at tbe
re than six and one-half miles. timated
Baptist church Sunday evening. Then
re " an 13,000 bridges and culverts turea of the United States for tbe fle- | While I stay home and prosper well.
Over in France they are dying now, will follow class night at tbe high
“eel concrete and wood were con- cal year of 1918, exclusive of our ad
Like red earth turned by a giant plow, shool auditorium Wednesday evening,
. ’ *bich end to end would ex- vanees to our Allie", more than one-
half
will
be
defrayed
by
taxation
They
are going across with a smile and the following night commence-
"4 miles. Canal structures of
for me—
ment exercises will be held at ths same
oan concrete number more than
While I slay at home io security.
Completed Fourth Voyage
place, the address prior, to tbe pre
• ipe lines and flumes long
sentation of diplomas to be given by
uh to reach from New York to
Mr. and Mrs. M F. Call beck rec ived Over in France the gas clouds roll,
"gton and back again are now a letter the other day from their daugh- And tbe shower of steel is taking its Mr. Dyer.
Pace.
There are to be seven graduations
1er, Mrs. W. Whipple, Spokane, in
toll;
service has built and operated which was conveyed the information The flag drives on, but the boys lie this year, as follows: Nellie Davis,
Laura Carson, Gladys West, Durrell
1 “8 of standard guage railway, that ber husband, who is in service on
still—
Murchie, Russel Weinheimer, Louis
‘ Jies of telephone and 442 miles a man-of-war vessel engaged in trans While I live on and eat my fl J.
Garner, and Herbert Sullivan.
Dear
God
in
heaven,
Io
whom
we
|
porting
troops
to
France,
had
just
ar
emission lines. In order to be-
Exercises will be beid In the grade
trust,
ruction on many of the im- I rived in New York after having com
school
also during the closing week.
Turn
tbe
food
in
mv
throat
to
dust
pleted
his
fourth
voyage
across
the
o« works it was necessary to
ocean Only once in all the journeys | If I miss one chance which may
. miles of wagon roads.
come to me •
WEATHER REPORT
power plants of the service was a submarine encountered, and
To briog them home with victory!
developed 48,003 horsepower that U-boat was quickly put to rout by
There was a fairly good shower of
ted milised in construction and a few well directed shots from the I .
Tbe Parent-Teacher association will rain in the valley this week, the first
irta ° many municipalities and S warship. On one voyage a terrible make the refugee garments every Fri- tn quite a while. Tbe maximum lem
a 92 • More than 1200 buildings storm was encountered, that threaten day afternoon in the Red Cross work perture for the week ending Thursday
omi" have been erected for the ed for a time to tend all hands to Davy room. Everyone is invited to join in night" was 86 degrees, minimum 34, and
sib» * "ion of the employes and Jone's locker, but luck was with tbe this work.
I rainfall three-tenths oí an inch.
purposes. During the per- i ship and she reached port safely.
PENNSYLVANIA MAN
BUYS TWENTY ACRES
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WRITES TO PARENTS
COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES I IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
THE DEBTS OF THE
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WARRING NATIONS
SCHOOL TERM ENDS
FRIDAY NEXT WEEK
LOCAL AVIATION SITE
IS AGAIN INSPECTED
Tuesday witnessed the second inspec-
tion of the proposed aviation training
camp site west of this city by»a party
of five men commissioned by tbe war
department to further investigate the
feasibility of such a site for the estab
lishment of an aviation station.
Without flare of trumphet or any
other demonstration they arrived In
Hermiston on he morning of the above
day, and in company with Chairman
F. B. Swayze and tbe balance of bis
committee quietly and quickly went
over the ground. Atter the inspection
was over they as silently departed for
other parts of the state to carry on in
vestigations of a couple of more pro
posed sites.
The party was made up of a major
of artillery, a medicalofficer, a major
and captain in the aviation branch and
a civilian. None of them bad much to
say regarding what they thought of
the Hermiston site, and no one will
know for a certainty whether they are
for or against us until they file their
report with the proper department at
Washington, D. C.
ORDERED TAKEN BACK
TO WALLACE, IDAHO
Saturday of last week Chief of Police
Laudenslager received an order from
the Shoshone county draft board to
look up one Alvin J. Strader and de
liver him to tbe sheriff at Wallace,
Idaho, as quickly as possible. The
letter accompanying the order con
veyed the information that Strader
had been drafted April 26. and that in
stead of appearing wrote a letter to
the board explaining that he was
averse to going to war and taking
human life, and rather than d > so
would face a firing squad.
Evidently he had no intention of
evading the outcome, for on leaving
Shoshone county he came to his home
in Irrigon on a visit to his parents
and happened to be in Hermiston on
the day the order for his apprehension
came to the chief of police.
He took it quite as a matter of fact
on being informed that the draft
board wanted him In Wallace, and to
gether with the police officer left that
night for the Idaho mining town,
where he was delivered into the hands
of the sheriff Sunday afternoon by Mr.
Laudenslager.
What disposition will be made of bis
case is not known as yet, but it is
probable the young man will be sent
across the big pond to the battle front
or interned until the war is over.
MAKES FINE SHOWING
AT KELLY FIELD, TEXAS
HERE
Commercial Club members inter-
mingled with those of the local Water
Users’ association at the regular
monthly meeting of the former organ
ization held in the lecture room of the
Hermiston public library last Monday
night. This meeting was slated as a
get-together one between the water
users and the Commercial Club, and it
proved to be all the name implied.
It soon became noticeable after the
gathering was called to order by Pre
sident E. P. Dodd that there was an
undercurrent of dissatisfaction over
something, and it was only a matter of
a short time until the opening gun was
fired that gave one the Idea that this
was caused from the raise in the wau r
maintenance for this season by the gov
ernment. Many deplored the action
of the government in making this
raise this year, and in addition strong
sentiment was shown against an add-
ed charge of 50 cents per acre for any
èxira water used over the standardia d
allowance, it being held then this was
a misdirected application of justice,
inasmuch as it would retard the culti-
vation of much new land under con
templation of improvement, the whys
and wherefores of which were logi
cally explained by different perso s
present. This led on to the reopening
of the discussion of the district plan,
and tbe formation of an irrigation dis.
triot for Ibis valley was talked upon at
some length and then referred back to
the water users for further conside a-
tion.
The matter of G. L. Dunning’s can
didacy for county commissioner was
touched on, and indication* ar that the
people of the west end of the county
will especially be a solid phalanx fur
him at the primaries.
Someone suggested that as we have
a nice little town here now, let us get
in line to make it metropolitan by hav
ing automobiles parked on the street
in a proper manner. This gentleman
quickly subsided, however, when he
was informed that the marshal was
now doing that very thing.
Discussion of an eresorethat has ex
isted the past couple of years on the
road leading west out of Hermiston
near tbe secund crossing of the railroad
going toward Bu 1er Creek, wherein
it was shown that at tim s It was al
most impassable on account of over
flow and seepage water, had the effect
of getting the road committee of the
Club busy, and they now hope, with
the aid of the county court, to ha e
this fixed shortly.
FARM RESIDENCE
NEARS COMPLETION
On North Ridge about 1+ miles north
of town a handsome farm residence Is
nearing completion under the guiding
hand af John Leek, which when fin
ished will be occup'ed by himself and
family. The structure Is being built
on tbe homestead of his daughter
Elizabeth, and occupies one of the
most sightly building spots on the pro
ject, overlooking, al II do s, the wh ile
city of Hermiston. It Is the two slot y
type of building, and all the rooms are
commodious in dimensions.
Carl M. Voyen, a Boardman business
man before his enlistment who Is well
Its Great Virtue
known to the residents of this com
One of tbe great virtues ot War
munity, made a good showing at the
track meet held recently at Kelly Saving Slamo*, which places them in
Field, South San Antonio, Texas, a unique position of advantage as an
where he made second place In the investment, Is that they can be re
hop, step and jump and was awarded a deemed any time between now and
handsome prize. His ability as an January 1, 1923, for the original pur
athlete is considered unusually good, chase plus 1 cent fur each month which
inasmuch as he was pitted against has elapsed, which equals In erert to
some of tbe old st and best track men I tbe amount of three per cent. The
small amount of redemptions to date
in the country.
Mr. Voven enlisted last December indicates to the War Savings commit-
at Vancouver Barrack-, and was sent tee that practically all of the stamps
bought have been fur Investment pur
fr< m there to the big flying s'alion at
poses and out with the view to trading
Kelly Field for training in the avia-
them Io the near future.
lion sect ton of the signal corps He
soon made his way tothe front and was
Par. Will Y is Id Good
promoted to the grade of drill sergeant
H
E.
Hao
by was saying one day the
and received his warrant for that pos
ition the latter part of March. Since first of the week that be expects to
being on the field be has taken an clean up in the vicinity of $1500 this
active part In all games and contests year from five acres that he has In
of an athletic nature and Is very popu pears, as he figures be should take 700
boxes therefrom. Frost nipped all his
lar among tbe soldier bovs.
peaches, and also made inroads on h s
Voyen is well known as an all round apples.______ ________
athlete. In 1916 and 1917 he was
Mrs. Intlekofer and two children ar*
coach for the Hermiston high school
basket ball team. He played In the | rived Tuesday from Vancouver, Wash ,
Blue Mountain base ball league and | to remain a couple of weeks as guests
has a very good record with that lea of Mr. aod Mro. H. M Biraw. T •
gue. At present be Is located on Line lady is a cousin of the above gentlemar ,
C., Trades Division, First Training sod is well known among the older r-
Brigade Kelly Field, Texas, awaiting sidents ol the valley, herself and bus*
an assignment to tbe service squadron. | band having formerly resided bere.