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T he VOL. XII HERMISTON HERALD HERMISTON, URTH LIBERTY LOAN : " ‘ THIS MONTH D The campaign for the Fourth Liberty roan begins September 28 and closes I Ectober 19. While the amount has hot yet been announced, it is generally conceded it will be fora larger amount any of the preceding loans. The American people, therefore, are called upon to raise a larger sum of money jo a shorter length of time than ever There is need, therefore, for Iron pt action—prompt and efficient Work and prompt and liberal subscrip- than before. tions. I We have a great inspiration for a great effort. The news from the battle front inspires every American heart, not only with pride and patriot- ism but with a great incentive to do bis or her part. There is no shirking, no shifting of the individual burden, no selfishness by American soldiers in France; there should be none here. We are both supporting the same country and the same cause—our army In one way, ourselves in another. Theirs is the harder part, but at least ve can do our part as promptly and loyally and efficiently as they dotheirs. GAL HOG RAISER LOSES NINE PORKERS I Hartl luck befell L. H. Pearson, the well known East End rancher, while he was conveying several wagon loads of his choice hogs to town last Satur- day for shipment to the Pendleton market by losing nine of them at a total valuation of several hundred dollars. The cause of their demise was the excessive heat, last Saturday being one of the hottest days we have had for some time. Clint and Ed. Jackson, who were also making ship ment to the same market on that day got by without the loss of an animal. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1918 "LICK THE HUN” IS HIS CHANT SELECTIVE SERVICE DRAFT REGISTRATION SEPT. 12 9 I AMERICAN ADVANCE PASSES JUVIGNY AMERICANS PROGRESS ON FLANGERS FRONT $1194 Six Hundred Prisoners Taken With Considerable Amount of War Supplies. NO. 51 Thirteen million men will be called by the war department to register un der the new selective draft on Thurs day of next week, when all men be tween the ages of 18 and 45 will enroll their names. The only exceptions will be those between the ages of 21 and 31 who have already registered. If one’s 45th birthday comes on or before next Thursday he must register, and If he has not reached his 46th birthday on the day set he must also register. The penalty for failueto register is one year imprisonment, and no man can exonerate himself by the payment of a fine. The registration places for residents of this neighborhood is at Hinkle and Warner’s law office on the east side and In the Hermiston hotel on the west side. In Columbia district the regis tration place will be the school house. With the British Armies in France —American troops fighting with the ein, t British on the Flanders front made $8 s further progress in the Voormezeele region. The Americans have passed through With the American Army in France. I Voormezeele tn an easterly direction, —The German defenses north of Soin se overcoming stiff enemy resistance. sons have been cracked by the Ameri Estaires, four miles east of Mer- cans, who have made secure their new velle and Steenwerck, three miles positions near Terny-Sorny and on a southeast of Batlleul, have been cap line along the Bethune-Soissons road. tured. The American troops in their drive The British, assisted by the Ameri beyond Juvigny advanced about two can troops, continue to advance in the miles and captured nearly 600 prison Lys salient on the heels of the retiring ers, together with considerable war ine commanding officer of a famous R. A. F. fighting squadron in France Germans, driving the enemy rear supplies. guards before them. Dolieu and Le- In addition to the 600 prisoners, two with their mascot, a parrot, which finds a very comfortable perch on a propeller blade, are shown in this British official photograph. Besides having verrier have been occupied. pieces of artillery were captured and a smattering of the "polly-vous" language, the parrot is particularly vigorous On their entrance into Voormezeele, a great number of machine guns and In its denunciation of the Huns in virile English. the Americans found that all that re trench mortars. Trenches, shell holes mained of the town were piles of de and the open field were strewn with bris, for the shell fire had been so The following letter shows that Pi l- German dead. intense that hardly one brick was left vate A. F. Drolshagen is now with Co. The French and Americans met standing upon another. K., 63rd Infsntry, in Camp Meade, around Juvigny the elite of the Ger- Maryland. It gives a brief account of man army, Prussian grenadiers, storm the trip across the continent, and tells ing battalions and hardy mounted in how he likes his new quarters. Evi The eight deer and bear hunters Combined with the raising of much fantrymen. They defeated them de The Germans continue in retreat dently it will not be long before him cisively, taking an enormous death toll that left here last week to bunt in the corn and having live stock to consume mountains back of Ukiah returned it, H. J. Stillings has come to be a everywhere between Arras and the self and comrades will be on their way from their ranks and sending a goodly Tuesday with a bruin smell all over firm believer in the silo on the farm. Boissons sector under the violent at “over there.” Here is what be says: number of captives to the rear. “Editor Herald—Please send my them. Not only did they have the After building one of these ensilage tacks by the allied troops, and the The American troops reached the smell, but they also bad the real thing concerns on bis ranch seven miles east allies have reclaimed many French papers to address given below. We embankments of the Bethune-Soissons left San Francisco August 12 and ar in the shape of three brown bears—one of town last year and finding that it towns and territory. roadway by literally cutting their way Already outflanking the old Hinden rived here the 19th. Had a splendid old one and two cubs. The meat was was absolutely one of the necessary through acre after acre of barbed wire. tender according to those partaking of farm units, he increased his corn acre burg line on the north, Field Marshal trip and enjoy d it immensely. On The American spearhead east of Ju choice bear steaks, but they were ex age this spring to such an extent that Haig's forces gradually are cutting our way »cross the continent we en- vigny was driven across the Bethune- ceedingly tough to kill, it having taken now be will have silage enough to fill their way eastward both north and countered two wrecks, one of which Boissons roadway by a great early- south of the Somme. looked II e it had been a deliberate at somewhere between 42 to 50 shots to morning hammer blow, and the Amer Not alone have the allied troops all tempt to wreck a troop train. For- lay them low. In order not to be caught unprepar icans spread in a great semicircle and The bears were exhibited in the big ed he this week began the construction over the battle front from Arras to tunately we were running 8 hours late held their objective. show window of Challis & Hoffmann of another silo on his ranch, the height Boissons gained further important ter on our schedule and a double headed all day Wednesday, where many peo of which will be about 30 feet, with a rain, but to the north the British have passenger train got into the trap advanced their line in the Lys sector, ahead of us. Both engines left the ple viewed them. The hunters secur circumference of 12 feet. apparently without much effort. track, killing one engineer and fatally ed no deer. Farmers generally in this commue- Mount Kemmel, the famous strong injuring one fireman. ity are beginning to sit up and take hold southwest of Ypres which was At Tractor Demonstration “Very few of the boys like this an Interest in the “silo on the farm” C. S. McNaught, king of alfalfa proposition, and daily both the Turn* the scene of terrific fighting during camp for there is as much diff rence raisers of the Hermiston project, is ex A-Lum and Inland Empire Lumber the German offensive in Flanders late between thi- place and the Presidio as London.—The British have captured pected home today after being In Port companies receive inquiries as to the in April, has been captured by the there is between day and night This camp is about 22 miles from Washing land since Wednesday attending an approximate cost of construction of British. the town of Queant. In the capture of Mont St. Quentin, ton, D. C., and about 18 miles from More than 10.000 prisoners were exhibit and demonstration of every these commodities, all of which is a make of a tractor. The demons’ra good criterion that before long silos north of Peronne and Feulllecourt, Baltimore. There is electric train taken by the British. The British victory in the battle of tion of the machines took place on the will dot the landscape for miles all more than 1500 prisoners were taken service between the can p and tho e by the British. The British losses cities There were thousands of color- the Drocourt Queant line seems com farm near Portland of the late well around Hermiston. were small. ed troops In this camp when we arriv píete. Without having delivered a known attorney, W. W. Cotton, and The operations of the British air ed here, but nearly each day we see single counter attack and staggering from reports hundreds of ranchers and Selecting Fall Millinery from the blows administered, the Ger others attended. Miss Leah Percey, head of Percev forces are steadily increasing in inten less of them as they are going across If suited with any of the different Sisters’ millinery store in this city, sity and daring, according to an of the pond as fast as t ansportati a can mana are in full flight for the eastern During the be found for them It is no doubt a types of tractors exhibited it Is possi- will return today from Portland after ficial announcement. side of the Canal Du Nord. The enemy is trying to save what ble that Mr. McNaught will buy one, passing several days there selecting course of the past week 17 raids were bard job to train these colored boys to men and material he can from the for his prime reason in going to the fall millinery for the establishment. made into German territory and nine be good soldiers and also very humor- wreck in and behind one of the most demonstration was to secure a mach The goods are expected a few days German cities were bombed, of which ous, but I believe they will be despe r- powerful defense systems ever de ine that would facilitate the work of after her arrival, and then all the Mannheim provided the most striking ate fighters. "Part of our regiment went over to vised. The much-boasted Drocourt harvesting the crops of alfalfa on his latest creations and styles io ladles’ example of the success achieved by Washington last Thursday to be re Queant line, or, as the Germans call vast area of land in and near this city headgear will be placed on display in the audacious British aviators. The positions won by the American viewed by the president and yours it, the Wotan line, is totally shattered. another year, for he realizes that labor the above millinery parlors forces northwest of Boissons, give truly was lucky enough to be one of The British are driving far through it will be scarcer then than it Is now, them a fine view along the Chemin those wbo did not go. It was a terri Dance Was a Nice Affair and the Germans are hurrying east and that be must have something, if About thirty couples and a« many dee Dames. The Americans now can ble hot day and with woolen clothes it ward, leaving behind only pockets of possible, in the machinery line to off- spectators were in attendance at the see the towers of the Laon cathedral. was anything but a picnic for the machine gunners and even resistance set this shortage. boys." dance held in the Auditorium Wednes from these is gradually melting away. He Is Chief Cook day evening under the auspices of Nicaragua and Honduras to Arbitrate. Thomas Marxen, who has been Alapa’s Hawaiian orchestra. The Washington.—An armed clash be clerking in the Farmers’ Exchange music was excellent, consisting of a tween Nicaragua and Honduras, which store for some time past, has resigned steel guitar, mandolin and two ukuleles. was threatened as the result of a New Manpower Measure Plesses the his position and is now chief cook in a All who attended report a very enjoy- boundary dispute, has been averted. Boys In France. construction camp that the reclama- able time dancing on a good floor and Both nations have agreed, at the re With the American Army in France. tion service has established at Irrigon, to excellent music. quest of the United States, to with —The enactment of the new man having entered upon bis new duties Oregon state Liberty Loan head- draw all troops from their borders and power measure brought expressions of the first of the week. Before leaving submit the controversy to the United quarters are making extensive plans satisfaction from the American army. he made arrangements to have the Z. Pumphrey, owner of a large States through their respective min for featuring the Fourth loan cam- The high command is interested In renting of his Auditorium building to orchard a abort distance southwest of isters In Washington. paign before the crowds at the ninth the moral effect the measure will have those deairing it for all amusement this city, exhibited three symmetrical annual Round-Up at Pendleton Sept. upon the enemy. His man power is purposes, and hereafter until his re peaches of the Elberta variety to 19-21. Their tentative program in French Continue to Advance. cludes bringing to the city the mili now conceded! y st its weakest and his turn J. W. McDermed, living in the friends in this oity last Saturday that Paris.—In the region north of Bois tary band from Camp Lewis, a train replacement sources limited. Military Maxwell building across the street, he bad garnered from one of his many peach trees that morning. He took sons French troops stormed the town load of trophies from the battlefields authorities count upon a reaction in will have the haodling of the hall. great pride in showing the fruit, and of Leury and captured 1000 Germans, of France and a number of speakers the morale in Germany so a strong “ Slumber Party ” well he might, for they were beauties. the French wsr office snnounced. to make short talks from the crow- factor in the winter situation. French troops have crossed the nests at the stadion. Miss Enid Waterman was hostess to The largest of the three weighed 14 It may be said that from the com Somme canal at Epenancourt, seven Milton R. Klepper, state speakers’ mander-in chief to the rank and file a beautiful slumber party at her home ounces. miles south of Peronne. Rouy lo Petit, manager, called upon the directors of on Gladys avenue Monda v night, six- everyone is encouraged by the act. two miles northeast of Neele, has been the Round-Up to lend the fame of teen sweet 16—some a little more, some Strawberry Shortcake captured by the French. a little less—maidens being her guests. their show to advertising the Fourth Many Hermiston residents enjoyed Yankeee Feed Huns Gas A right royal good time was enjoyed strawberry shortcake at their Wednes Loan, the campaign for which will With the American Army Bolshevik Leader Leelee Wounded. open the week following the Round- by all in playing indoor games In the day diener, the luscious fruit coming Veste Front.—The Americans Satur, spacious rooms st the Waterman London.—The wounding of Premier Up. The directors, having aiready from the ranch of F. M. Guiwits, a day gave the Germans In Fismette and home up to a late hour, but instead of north of town rancher, wbo brought Lanino by assassins Is announced in pledged all profits to the Red Cros, its vicinity the heaviest dose going to “slumber" when the time is a consignment of big, juicy berries • Russian wireless message from Mos- sent over since the Americans came the sixteen cate little maidens, from his perennial patch the day be leave to advance their campaign in Germans took foothold with their hostess, took a little jaunt fore, and distributed them as far as any method they choose and will co- around the town, and sixteen and odd Veste. The Americans operate in preparing some novel and British Losses Heavy gas, and observers reported tha voices joined in chorus that really was this city. He made the price right, London — British casualties reported mans, individually and In small srOUp® but lacked quantity to supply the during the month of August totaled were leaving the lowlands "here hour, but that sounded like the 48,379. gas fumes hung on a fog boat to those 11 aroused ve i HE’S ON THE VERGE OF GOING “OVER THERE” EIGHT LOCAL HUNTERS DAIRY SHOW MANAGER BAG 3 BROWN BEAR ADDS ANOTHER SILO BRIEF NEWS OF THE WAR ADDRESSES BY MASTER GERMANS FLYING OF THE STATE GRANGE BEFORE BRITISH C. E. Spence, Master of the Oregon State Grange, will address the citizens of Hermiston upon the work of the Grange on Friday evening, Sept. 13, at 8 o'clock, at the Auditorium. Mr Spence is an entertaining speaker. ¡The farmers of the Hermiston project should make it a point to bear this address without fail. It is also arranged for an address at Columbia school house at 8 o’clock Saturday evening which will probably lead to the organization of a grange at that place. SPOKANE HAS “WAIT ON YOURSELF’ STORE "Wait on yourself” is the principle of s new store just opened in Spokane | and operated on the cafeteria plan. Cuscomers on entering are provided I with wire baskets. They wander over the place selecting such articles as are wanted. All goods are put up In packages before being placed on the •helves and the price of each package is plainly marked. When the pur chaser has filled his wants he goes to the cashier’s desk and pays. There Are no clerks, no deliveries, no charge accounts, no discounts, no samples. A bundle wrapper, who keeps the table supplied from the warehouse, together "ith the cashier, compose the whole clerical force. PHEASANT HUNTERS ENJOY THE SPORT Pheasant hunting has been upper- most in the minds of all sportsmen on "his project and adjacent since the Iening of the season last Sunday, "any there are who claim to have al- sady secured their limit, but statistics 200" there will be plenty left at the cose of the season tonight. District Game Warden Geo. Tonkin •••here Wednesday and Thursday king the situation over. So much complaint has been made by ranchers ahent the destruction the birds do to STOFig crops that he suggested that Eich farmer and others that kill a tramine it to see what is the nature of merfood. He would like to have a "port from some after an analysis of game warden on the findings SOLDIERS ARE ENCOURAGED LIBERTY LOAN WILL USE THE ROUND-UP on the of gas and alone the used muster rest Marchan total embarkation fronts, 1,600,000 U- »- Soldiers, Are ov Washington.—General announced that the of American soldiers for all clnding the Siberian expedition.". their “slumbers." WEATHER REPORT load of strawberries. The Methodist Ladies Aid will hold a cooked food sale on Saturday, Sept, The maximum temperature during the past week was 91 and the minimum 14. in the building occupied by Mr. from Philadelphia on a lengthy visit to ren came home last Saturday from a men beine brothers „a copartners m ton, Calif. the fine orchard tract they own just They report having had »
