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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1918)
THE HERMISTON HERALD, SPEAKING OF MONEY Just How the Goodfields— The Stingiest Couple in Town— Helped the Red Cross HERMISTON, OREGON Republican Ticket For U. S. Senator, Short Term 13. Fred W. Mulkey, Multnomah county. For United Sates Senator 14. Charles L McNary, Marion county. For Congressman 18. N. J. Sinnott, W asco county. For Governor 22. Bv BOOTH TARKINGTON ot the Vigilantes. ; Lit A (i ‘Speaking of money," Mid my sea faring friend of the Maine coast "we used to bave an old man bere named Goodfield. When be was young he used to sing In the church choir—that didn’t cost nothin’—and married one of the Emberses, but didn’t have only one child, and it died, and time he got to be about sixty-eight years old he'd saved up and was hirin' out his mon- ey at about as high a p' cent, as any- Made It all just tradin' and body, belo' careful what be spent ‘Care- full' He wouldn’t buy hisself a pair of britches but once in eight years, and when his old sister that lived with ’em says one day she was bound to see what the inside the pitcher show theater looked like Just once before she died, why, old Goodfield and his wife says that was the last straw, and they fixed up and had her hauled off to live on the county. His wife was Just the same as him, too. “Well, along about the middle o’ the hard winter, three years ago, Goodfield took sick, and his wife told the neighbors they both thought It was a pretty good thing, cornin' on him In the cold weather that way, be cause fuel was so high and a person In bed don't need to use any. They wouldn't herir of callin' In the doctor, and for two or three weeks the neigh bors and old friends, most of ’em, was sure he was goln’ to die, but then he begun to look so well there didn't hardly seem to be much hope. Old Goodfield Walks In. “He got to goln' out and shamblin’ around again, and for awhile there wasn't nobody noticed anything much different. 1 reckon 1 was the first, and It come about mighty queer. It was like this: 1 was workin’ In my shack one night pretty late, tryln' to spell out what was the matter with a carburetor I'd brought up from my boat, when there come a tap on the door, und old Goodfield walks In. 1 was kind o' surprised to see him, but I didn’t say nothin’ ‘cept 'Good evenin',’ and all of a sudden he says, ‘Do you know how much money I'm worth?’ “He said it just like that—nothin' before It—and 1 said, ‘For the Lord's sake, Mr. Goodfield, what’s the mat- ter?” He looked kind of funny to me. “ Tm worth a hundred and twenty- four thousand three hundred and six- ty-three dollars and fifty-one cents, lie says. '• Well, by Orry r 1 saya “Well, sir, be begun to pant like he'd been runnin’ up a hill ; be got to heavin' like a winded borse; then be begun to cry and sob like a woman that's all excited when some one's just died. 'Well, by Orry I' 1 says. 'You better set down and quiet yourself,’ 1 says. 'What’s the matter?’ •' T got to die,’ he says. 1 been sick,' he says. T been sick and I got to diel' " ’Well,’ 1 says, ’we all got to die.’ “He kep’ straight on cryin' and pantin’ and sobbin'. “'Yes,' be says, 'but I never knowed 1 had to I I never knowed It before I was sick. 1 kind o' thought I wouldn't reely haf to, when It come right down to It " 'We're all fixed that way,' 1 says. 'We all got to have some sickness we won't get over.' "Well, sir, he let out a yell that Just about rose my hair. The rest of you ain't got a hundred and twenty-four thousand three hundred and sixty- three dollars and fifty-one cental' he hollers. 'And 1 got to diel' he says; and he kep' on kind of shoutin' It *1 got to diel I got to diel I got to die ! And then he pitches over before I could catch him and fell down on a couple o’ busted lobster traps. "Ole Cap. Whitcomb, he woke up In his shack next door and put on some clo’es and come In, lookin’ scared to death. Him and me picked Good field up off the trnps and got him home, half carryin’ him, and him kind of whimperin' and slobberin’ right on to when we left him doubled up on a rickety chair nt his own house. “Next day he was around, just about the same ns ever, and never said nothin' about nothin’, and the week after that he took Fred Owens boat In for a debt and you couldn’t told there was anythin' the matter with him. What I mean, you couldn't told nothin' on him In daytime, but after dark he'd go shamblin’ all around the village, and then when It got late, If he see a light somewheres, he'd go In there and have a spell just the same he bad with me. Scared people with them spells, be did. The Last of Goodfield’s Money. “ 'Long about September his wife up and supprlsed everybody, because she went to all the expense of havin' the old man declared insane and hauled oft to the asylum. He cut his throat with a piece of broken bottle op there, and the funniest thing happened—they found the old woman dead the same afternoon tn their bouse here. The court gave the estate to a trust com pany, and 1 guess that was the end of old Goodfield’s hundred and twenty- four thousand three hundred and six ty-three dollars and fifty-one cents. “Well, sir, you know all that about old Mr. and Mrs. Goodfield made a kind of a sensation, as you might call It, and there was quite a good deal of thinkin’ and talkin' about It here In the village. There was some that claimed they figgered out how It all was meant to mean somethin'. “Anyway, when the call come from Halifax last December we sent off mighty near half a carload of first- rate clothin' right In a few hours, and there was two hundred and seventy odd dollars susscribed Just In the vi I läge, and you know there wasn't hard ly any of ns real sure we could see the winter through ourselves. “Yes. I'll put my name down for the Red Cross, and I’ll shell out 1 guess you won't have much trouble glttln susscriptions from the rest, either V e got a good many boys from here over there now, and we wouldn't like to think of 'em shot and layln’ out In the fields twistin' around and nobody to tend 'em because us at home hadn't found out yet that It’s a mistake to think we're still goln' to have our sav In’s right nice and with us when we’re dead I” Mr. Customer | James Withycombe, Marion county. For State Treasurer 23. O. P. Hoff, Multnomah county For Supreme Court Justice 27. Charles A. Johns, Multnomah county. For Attorney General 28. George M. Brown, Douglas county For State Superintendent 30. J. A. Churchill. Baker county. Fer Commissioner of Lahor 32. C. H. Gram, Multnomah county. For Public Service Commissioner 35. Fred A. Williams, Josephine county. For Water Superintendent 36. George T. Cochran, Union county. Inland Empire Lumber Company COUNTY TICKET For Circuit Judge 38. Are you going to do any building or repair work this fall? Are you going to build a new bam, machine shed or root cellar? Farm machinery is too costly to be al lowed to remained out in the weather, while for a medium cost a good shed could be built to protect it from the elements. Proper shelter for the live stock soves feed and is true economy. Feed used by the animals to make heat can’t put on flesh at the same time. We must not let buildings go to rack and ruin because the country is at war, on the contrary the call is for economy and con servation through timely repairs. Come in and see us. Phone Main 33 G. W. Phelps, Pendleton. " The Yard of Best Quality ” For State Senator, Nineteenth District 40. Colon R. Eberhardt, Union county. H. M. STRAW. MGR. For State Senator, Twentieth District 41. Ritner, Roy W. county. Umatilla For Representative, 22nd District (Joint) 42. C. E. county. Woodson, Morrow Edison Phonograph WITH A SOUL-AND RECORDS For Representative, 23rd District 43. 44. C. G. Brownell, Umatilla. E. P. Dodd, Hermiston. COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE For Sheriff 48. For County Clerk 50. AND LATE RECORDS George Tonkin, Pendleton. R. T. Brown, Pendleton. For Recorder 49. B. S. Burroughs, Pendleton. All sizes and prices. Small payment down. Monthly installments. Get a copy of “Along Broadway,” a musical magazine, free at For Treasurer 51. Grace A. Gilliam, Pilot Rock. For Coroner 52. J. T. Brown, Pendleton. HERMISTON DRUG CO For County Commissioner 53. G. L. Dunning, Stanfield. Echo Flour Mills Echo, Oregon winter fashions awaits you at Pendleton’s MANUFACTURERS OF Greatest Department Store, where it pays to trade High Grade Patent Blue Stem Flour The unprecedented conditions which prevail today have caused us to select our stock with more than usual care. We have been careful of the fabrics, careful of the tailoring, careful of the styles. The result is a dis play that is more interesting and important than any we have had in years. Here are the newest authentic fall and winter fashions, chosen from the lines of the country’s best manu facturers. Suits, coats, dresses and skirts for every occasion of wear—and at prices adapted to every purse. Made of sturdy and serviceable fabrics and tailored with the utmost care. Your inspection of this display is invited. The Superior Product of Scientific Milling Makes Better Bread Try a Sack Our new Winter Coats Show many distinctive Innovations Exceptional values now offered in lovely Fall Dresses Coat designers seem to have real* ized the old truth that “fashion sel dom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.” Coats that are wholesomely natural in effect are most popular this season. Military effects are shown in many attractive modifications, nearly all of the styles are distinguished by sim plicity, which in many cases is re lieved with handsome collars and cuffs. We are ready to show you all of the newest winter fashions. This is your chance to secure a love ly and becoming dress for less than you have expected to pay. There are plenty of styles here for every taste. You’ll fall in love with them at first sight, and their attract ive prices will make it easy for you to buy. Priced from $¡7.50 to $100.00 $15.00 to $60.00 Buy now whatever Dress Goods you need The government has virtually taken over the country's wool output, con sequently woolen dress goods are getting scarcer. We fortunately had big reserve stocks to draw from, and these were augmented by last spring’s purchases. We therefore offer large and complete stocks of dress fabrics that are of excellent qualities, and in weaves and patterns best adapted to the season's new fashions. Don’t buy unless you need them, but if you need them buy now. A chain of fortunate circumstances is responsible for these really unusual values in new fall and early winter dresses. Men’s Suits. The question of clothing the child DEALERS IN GRAIN AND FEED ren is an important problem in every family To help solve that problem we have gathered an unusually large stock of children’s winter apparel from which mothers will have no difficulty choos ing. Special emphasis is laid upon the high quality of every garment. All are made with the care that the most conscientious tailor bestows upon his creations. They fit nicely, are attractive in appearance, wonder- fnlly serviceable and wholly satisfac tory. This store has everything to wear for boys and girls. The best for the price, no matter what the price. You will find a Choice Assortment of Useful Novel- " --- —-------- - ------ -------- - — tives and Wearable Articles just arrived at this store. such as Winter Scarfs, Knitted Baby Caps Jackets and Leggings New Line of DRINKING GLASSES and PLAIN WHITE DISHES MACKS VARIETY S tore Overcoat time is here Men of discrimination have found this store the most satisfactory place to buy their clothing. Our stocks are complete and up to the minute. The clothing itself possesses the clever style and careful tailoring that men of good taste and judgment demand. The fabrics, which are in nobbier pat terns than ever, are all wool and we do not charge a penny more than some other stores ask you for un known. take-a-chance makes of clothes. This store is the home of Hart. Schaffner & Marx clothes in Pendleton. Already one may discern the frosty voice of winter in the chilly winds that whistle through the streets and over the hills. Are you prepared for the cold weather with a new. stylish, good looking overcoat? We have them in the newest most wanted models and fabrics, attract ively priced. Sun» $20 00 io $75.00 Everything for the Builder ( an be found in our yard—from the foundation up. All lumber is thoroughly seasoned and in tine condition for immediate use. Our stock represents the output of some largest and best mills in the country, and the care we use in handling and storing insures you nice, bright, dry stock, easy to work and handle. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION $15.00 to $100.00 DEETON'S GREATEST DEPARTMENT STORE THE PEOPLES WAREHOUSE Where It Pays To Trade' Call Us by Phone 111 Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. R A. BROWNSON, MANAGER
