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T he H ermiston HERALD ■ 1 ========= VOL. XIII , . A Cow With a Tale Two years ago Hulda was just an ordinary grade cow, getting on in years, and with no future—unless the prospect of winding up as a can ner may be called a future. No “Jo- nanna,” or "Korndyke,” or “De Kalb,” or- any such aristocratic at tachments to Hulda’s name. Just plain Hulda, and no more. She was 12 years old, and in 1915, so her re cord shows, she produced only 246 pounds of butter fat. Last year Hulda’s owner joined a cow testing association and began to take a new interest in the care and feeding of his cows. In common with the others of the herd, old Hul- da got better care and a better bal- anced ration than she had been used to getting, and she began to wake up That year, as a 13-year-old, Hulda produced 429 pounds of butter fat. Last year, as a 14-year-old, Hulda has demonstrated what some old rows can do if they are given half a chance. Her owner tried milking her three times a day, and she came through the testing year with the really remarkable record of 716 bounds of butter fat. I Hulda stands as a striking ex- ample of the practical results that farmers are getting through business organizations of their own. In many counties cow testing associa- lions and other better-farming pro- lects fostered by the farm bureau and the county agent are contribu- ting in a marked degree to the com- munity. I Hulda don't belong in this vicin- |ty, being taken only as an example of what might be accomplished by dairyman of the project by the ap plication of balanced rations and proper care of their herds. She-is a Minnesota cow that is worthy of mention for having gained such a record at her advanced age. Flu Abating Reports from all over the project <how that the flu epidemic has abat- td wonderfully in the past week, which is certainly good news. The local emergency hoepital is nearly empty, and it now looks as if it will be possible to close the institution today or tomorrow. Elected Officers Directors for the Westland Irri- ration District were chosen Tuesday it the annual election held for this purpose. J. H. Strohm, Jesse M rindle and J. W. Messner now con titute the directorate, having been he successful candidates. The or- sanization meeting of the new board will be held next month. : •= === =--------------- —= HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 18. 1919 SEEK TO REINSTATE MEN WHO SERVED THE COLORS A good move has been started by the Umatilla County Patriotic Ser vice League when on Monday it adopted a set of resolutions calling upon employers of labor to reinstate boys who left their employ to serve their country. The members of the League are firm in the belief that euch a policy would materially set tle the problem of taking care of the returned soldiers, sailors and mar ines. The following are the resolu tions. Whereas, The demobilization of the armed forces of the United States brings with it the problem of the absorption of the returned sol diers, sailors and marines into the industrial life of the nation, and, Whereas, It is the belief of this body that the majority of the re turned men and boys would pefer eo return to the industries and posi tions they left upon enlistment; that an obligation rests upon all employers to reinstate those who re- signed positions with them to serve their country; and that such rein statement would go far in this coun try toward solving the problem of employment for discharged soldiers, sailors and marines. Therefore, Be It Resolved, by the executive committee of the Umatilla bounty Patriotic Service League, that it hereby appeals to and urges all employers In this country to invite the discharged soldiers, sailors and marines to return to the positions they left when they entered the ser- vice of their country, and Be It Further Resolved, That this Committee requests that refusals of employers to follow this just policy be reported to officers of the league to the end that an investigation be made. == : School Opens Next Monday Chairman J. D. Watson an nounces that school will open next Monday. It has been de cided as a necessary safegard to the pupils that where sickness has existed in a family at any time during the present week all pupils in that family remain out of school for a week. Patrons are requested to cooperate with us in this so that we may wipe out the epidemic and make as little hazard as possible to those attending school. Delegates to Road Meeting The County Court held a meeting in Pendleton Thursday, at which were delegates from this and other parts of the West End on invitation of that august body to discuss build ing plans for the Columbia Highway from the Morow county line to Pen dleton. Col. J F. McNaught and Attorney J. T. Hinkle represented Hermiston and Frank Waugaman and W. L. Blessing looked after the interests of Columbia District at the meeting. Another Fire Fire alarms never come singly, but most always come three in a row. At least that is what has hap- epned here in the past month, the third fire being discovered Friday afternoon of last week In the pump house. Like the preceding two fires, not much damage was done to the building. In fact there was none in this instance, just a box holding an elbow of the exhaust pipe being burned when that convey ance of gas, after combustion, to the open air became overheated. The fire laddies were on hand in short order after the alarm was turned in and. quickly extinguished the blaze. The fire of a week ago Sunday last was not In the house the Kinn- ings now live In, as had been stated, but in a residence owned by Luu Brownell which they formerly lived in and was more recently occupied by the Brassfield family until they went to Idaho. Use Care In Removing Silage Considerable silage is frequently wasted or its feeding value impaired by improperly removing it from the silo. No more silage should be re moved from the surface than is re quired for one feeding or, when the weather conditions will permit, for one day at the most. In removing silage from the silo, about 2 inches should be removed on the average from the entire surface, loosening no silage more than removed. The sur face should be kept level and com pact at all times. If unsatisfactory results are ob tained from feeding silage, it is us ually from improperly feeding a good product or from feeding moldy, sour, or frozen silage. Irrigation District to Organize. Preliminary steps have been taken, through the efforts of S. H. Board man, chairman of the irrigation com mittee of the Morrow County Farm Bureau, for the organization of an irrigation district under the John Day project, says the Heppner Ga- zatte-Times. Mr. Boardman is push ing this work right along. In 'con junction with County Agent Brown, who is rendering every assistance he can to get the district permanently organized. The work of organiza tion will be completed just as rapid ly as possible as It is understood that this is the most feasible plan by which to get at the problem. The getting together of necessary data and maps will be a part of the pre liminary work, and then it will be up to the County Court to levy a small assessment on the acreage within the boundaries of the lis- trlct for the purpose of defraying the necessary expense in connection with the preliminary work. This organization will cover the lands in Umatilla. Morrow and Gilliam counties, to be embraced in the pro- posed district. A special election to create the district, will be called soon by the County Court, who are being peti tioned to that effect. Laura Braumback Dead Many people here will regret to learn of the death of Mies Laura Braumback, which occurred at the home of her parents in Walla Walia last Sunday from pneumonia. De ceased was a trained nurse that made many friends during the time she was in Hermiston last summer and fall following her occupation. From here she went to Portland, and it was while in that city ministering to flu patients that she contracted the malady, which ultimately merg ed into pneumonia and lung trouble. She was removed from Portland to her home in Walla Walla, where ehe gradually declined until death claimed her. Prior to her demise Miss Braum- back made a request that her parents send for Dr. Gale, whose assistant she was in several cases while here, and on receipt of this request the doctor made a hurried trip overland, but on arrival there he quickly de termined that the inroads of the dis ease on the vital organs of the body had been so great that all hope of saving the lady’s life must be aban doned. Freak of Nature NO. 18 RUMORED THAT RIETH WILL SOON LOSE 0.-W. TERMINAL Wednesday morning at about 6 o’clock Hermiston was visited with a strange bow of milky whiteness. The end of this bow seemed to touch at the north end of the city and again at the south end. A cloud covered the town and from it came a light shower. To the northwest beyond the Butte a heavy fog cover $100,000 Appropriated ed. Through this the moon peered and cast the beautiful bow in the The first bill to be passed by heavens, which was distinctly mark the Oregon legislature was one ed at the outside edge but faded to creating a Soldiers’ and Sailors’ a thin veil on the inside. commission for the relief of re turning soldiers. The appropria Flu Causes Funny Stunt Temporarily unbalanced from an tion was for $100,000. attack of the Flu. George Parsons, a bachelor rancher south of town, loomed up on the streets of Hermis ton early Sunday morning all decked out in battle array. He was first discovered by early risers pacing back and forth with a rifle In each hand and a fearsome look in his eyes A citizen induced him to part with the rifles, and afterwards got him to go into the Hotel Oregon to get warm, he apparently being half fro zen from an all night vigil looking for an imaginary enemy, whom he accused of shooting at him and his horses on his place the night before. Later he was taken to bls home and given medical treatment, and Mon day he was moved down town in oder to be close and receive proper treatment, since when he has begun to show signs of regaining his nor mal condition. Constitutionally Dry The United States is now a dry nation, the necessary thirty- six states to ratify the federal constitutional amen d m e n t for prohibition having been secured by Nebraska voting for it Thurs day. Legislature At Work The following article taken from a recent issue of the Pendleton Tri bune would seem to indicate that there is a possibility of Hermistou being made a division point on the O. W. R. & N. It is conceded, any how, that a change of terminal from Rieth will be made, many railroad men being of the opinion that if It does not come to Hermiston it will be returned to Umatilla. Here’s the article: “Is Hermiston to be the division terminal for the Oregon-Washington railroad or is it to be returned to Umatilla, where it was many years.’ Stanfield is also said to be a possi- bility. There is no officiel inform ation to be obtained from railroad circles here but there is a well defin ed rumor that a change from Rieth is in prospect. "Rieth has been the terminal for the division for the past three or four years. It was established about the time that the Coyote cutoff was opened up for traffic. Before that the terminal yards wee nt Uniat ilia. “Recently the order was published that, in the future, all passenger i rains should bo routed via Umatil- la and that Umatilla be the terminal point for the crews of such trains while freights should continue to use the Coyote cutoff and Rieth should continue to be the terminal point for those crews. Whether that is tlie beginning of the change Io Umatilla as a terminili polut for for all train crows is the question that is not only interesting the train men but also the residents of the town of Rieth where a considerable settlement Ilas been built up around the railroad yards. "It has been felt that Rieth has never been definitely determined upon as the terminal for the divi sion. While the railroad establish- ed its yards there and, to some <x- tent, at least, seems to have built for permanency. It was noted that there has been little building there that could not be. readily moved if the site was not found satisfactory. "The yard employes, who have not built their own homes, have con tinued to live In the work trains and rebuilt box cars, an evidence that I he railroad was not putting into the yards any more money than was ab solutely necessary. "It is said that the men whose runs end at Rieth have not been satisfied with that as their home and that many of them have been accustomed to returning here for . the night-after checking in at Kelli. "Railroads move rather quietly and often until their decision is de finitely made there is nothing to in dicate the plans. There have been other reports of a proposed removal of the terminal yards from Eugene and none of them have come to pass. Nevertheless, In view of the recent order restoring Umatilla as the pas senger train terminal, there Is a gen eral disposition to put some faith in the latest report. The Oregon Legislature convened at Salem Monday, and since then Some Classy Stationery has been busy on several important J. C. Ballenger, manager of the matters, chief among which is devis Boardman Lumber Co., is now using ing some method whereby work may some of the most classy stationery in his business that has been turned be created for returning soldiers. They seem to favor a scheme for out by The Herald in a long time. road building on a large scale to sup The order was a large one, and kept ply this necessity. In the state the office force busy on the presses house of representatives the prohi several days this week. While the bition amendment to the federal con paper and envelopes were of the best stitution was ratified Tuesday after- grade obtainable, the feature that Honor to Whom Honor Is Due makes the stationery artistic is the As an observer it seems the time noon. picture of a bungalow owned by Mr. is ripe to express some appreciation Ballenger printed upon it. Repro for those who without thought of Many Neglected to Vote duction of this residence and self have labored for the comfort and County Clerk Brown, who has grounds from an architect’s drawing safety of the suffering during this, been making an examination of poll alone cost Mr. Ballenger $15, so It the severest scourge. In this genera- books of the different precinctis of can be seen that there was nothing Don. Too often a physician’s ser the county, has made the startling squeamish about the gentleman vice is regarded as professional, but discovery that 4000 registered voters when he made up his mind that he in this case where calls are so num- in Umatilla county have neglected Io wanted something out of the ordin ererous as to allow no time for re vote at least once in the past two ary in the line of stationery that laxations, and when constant asso years. He says that the state law would be serviceable and at the same ciation with the patients endangers requires that once each two years time be a boost for the hustling and them, the distance Is not too far, the the county clerk shall purge the to- thriving town of Boardman. night too dark, the cold too severe, cords. This means that the names nor the assurance of remuneration of all those who have not voted with too insecure to cause a doctor to hes in two years past shall be taken off the rolls. He is permitted, however, itate. to send out cards to the last known The hospital improvised in Mack's SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE hall through the energies of Mr. address of the voters whose names Mrs. E. E. Woodruff and daugh Swayze, Mr. Watson and others is are to be taken off the books, advis- ter, Mrs. Eva Kaville, mother and supplying a real need, but this could ing them that they must either re- sister of Mrs. Roy Rogers, have re not be possible without nurses, those turn the card showing that they are turned to their home in La Grande "ministering angles in white,” and still residents of the county and pre after attending the Rogers family the constant attention of Messrs. cinct where they are registered or during their recent sickness. their names will be taken from the Barnes and Locke. Officers elected at the organization If the Proper mention must be made of list of registered voters. meeting of Columbia Grange were Mrs. Voelker, who seems on the card Is returned the name will be re as follows:, H M. Sommerer, Mas wing night and day as a trained tained on the rolls and no further ter; Frank Waugaman, Overseer; lady in dietetics, so necessary in this registration will he necessary for H. J. Ott, Lecturer; A. R. Fisher, epidemic. She has been ably second another two years. Stewart; W. B. Graham, Assistant ed by consecrated service on the part It is not always the fault of the Stewart; F. P. Phipps, Chaplain; of some of the matrons who have re voter that /the name is not found Paul Miller, Treasuer; Catherine sponded to every call. Among properly checked as voting. In one Summerer, Secretary; J. Williams, others may be mentioned Mrs. Kelly, precinct, where there was a sizable Gatekeeper; Mrs. Ott, Ceres; Mrs. Mrs. Casserly, Mrs. Chezik, Mrs. Sis- vote cast at the last election, there Williams, Pomona; Mrs. Canfield, cel, Mrs. Gallaher, Mrs. Hanelinc. Is no record, so far as the books Flora; Mrs. Bess Spencer, Lady As besides those who have prepared food show that there was a vote cast. sistant. The organization will hold for the nurses and patients. The judges neglected Io check the another meeting as soon as the flu This list could not be complete names of the voters as they called ban Is lifted, thus enabling the bal without mentioning Mr. Holland, for their ballots, and, because of ance to come in as charter members. who slips into rear doors each day that, it will be necessary to send R. B. McLane and F. J. Thomas to ask the needs, and often these vis a card to every person in that pre completed securing their winter's itations are made many times each cinct. supply of wood the latter part of last day. So, whether or not a person has week from islands on the Columbia In only a few instances has there voted within the past Iwo years, if river below Hat Rock—and R. B. been a lack of cooperation. Some got something else thrown in that have been too scared or too selfish one of these cards is received, the sent cold shivers running up and to enter into the community spirit place for It Is not'in the wastebasket Pruning Demonstration down his spine for awhile. It was and help when opportunity present but the mail box, with the address of the county clerk on the proper For Hie purpose of discussing the while procuring the last load of ed itself. side. various questions involved In the wood that himself and Mr. Thomas, The war work emergencies end pruning of fruit trees a meeting will as was their wont, prepared to cook Red Cross activities have ut least be held at the Scruggs’ orchard and Mrs. Strohm at Salem the noonday meal. The latter was taught unselfishness and team work. others nearby at 2 p. in. Monday, acting in the capacity of chef, so it This fight must continue until the Word comes that Representative was up to Mr. McLane to secure wa epidemic has passed, and every per B. P. Dodd has selected Mrs. J. H. Dec. 20. The purpose of this meet ter for the coffee—and it was while son must assist, either actively or by Strohm to act as his secretary dur- ing, which is being called by R. W. on that errand he met his Waterloo. encouraging words to those in the ng the forty day session of the leg- Allen, Is to bring out a general dis- To secure the liquid he had to go thick of the fray. islature at Salem. It Is understood cussion on the subject where the about 100 feet to the edge of the that the lady Is now in the capital various points that may be involved An Observer. ice that fringed the river. It held city attending to her new duties. can be illustrated in a practical man him fine on the way out, and he Each legislator Is entitled to a secre- ner. Keep Accounts thought he had a cinch on the can Farming Is a business the same as tray of their own choosing. Repre- Hand Badly Cut of water, when all of a sudden as banking or running a mercantile es- entative Cyril Brownell has chosen B. F. Strohm received a couple of he neared the outer edge a chunk tablishment. There are products to for his secretary the city editor of bad gashes on the palm and wrist cracked off and precipitated him In be sold and articles to be bought. the Pendleton Tribune. of the right hand Wednesday which to the icy waters. By good fortune The keeping of a record of these and will lay him up from further carpen he succeed in climbing out, and determining the relation of the out Attended Dairymen’s Meeting ter work for a week or more. The when he appeared before Mr. go to the income are Important con- George A. Cressey spent several Thomas he loomed up like an Arctic siderations on every farm. The days this week In Hillsboro, Ore., at- accident occurred when Mr. Strohm was in the room at the rear of the iceberg, being a solid mass of frozen farmer should know what his Income water. Thereupon the meal was Is and just how he is disposing of lending the annual meeting of the shop in which Correll A May ran forgotten for the more primitive It. He can know this only by keeping Oregon State Dairymen’s Associa have their trimming machinery. It method of drying clothes—one piece books and the first of the new year lion, the sessions of which were held seems Mr. Strohm did not see the n that city the first of the week. knives in motion on the machine, at a time, and ere long Mr. McLane is the proper time to begin. At the close of the meeting Mr. and in reaching ovet for a piece of was decked out again in dry raiment Cessy extented an Invitai ion to make board came in contact with them, and proceeded home with Mi. Mrs. A. 8. Johnson received the Hermiston the place for the holding the result being that the two blades Thomas not much the worse for his sad news of the death of her nephew, of the annual convention next year. of the fast revolving circular cut him involuntary winter bath. Frank T. Donivan, which occurred severely. Owing to conditions incident to in Portland January 10, from pneu George Patterson, an office em monia, following an attack of the the influenza there was no meeting ployee in the reclamation service, I Rain water is soft and compartiva- of the Hermiston Volunteer Fire De flu. He leaves a wife and ten year has been in quarantine at his home I ly pure, but contains ammonia. acidi partment last Monday night, the old daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson dust and other impurities washed all week, himself, wife and session having been postponed for ■ pent the Xmas holidays at his home from the atmosphere. undergoing a siege of the flu. I in Eugene, Ore. two weeks. COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
