T he H ermiston HERALD
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VOL. XIII
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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.
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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.
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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.
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