THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON,, OREGON.
The Hermiston Herald
Issued Each Saturday by
M. D. O’CONNELL
If It’s Building
Material You Want
HERMISTON
___ OBEGOR
Entered as second-class matter. December
. 1906, at the postoffice at Hermiston, Oregon
BUTTER CREEK ITEMS
SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENCE A
The Flu is better on the Creek.
Mrs. Hammond and baby were taken
to the hospital at Hermiston on Sun
day. also Pete Walt, who had been
getting better until that day when
; his fever came up. There has been
no new cases so we think that as
soon as this degree of it is over
there will have to be a new exposure
before we will worry any more.
John Ware has recleved his dis-
| charge from the navy and is now at
I his home on the Creek trying to get
used to the farm again.
Mrs. Charley Shaw's daughter
Minnie and baby are on a visit to the
Creek from The Dalles, having pass
ed successfully through the Flu sick-
| ness with no bad results.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Nation motored
to Pendleton Sunday evening, taking
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Canfield with
them. They report the roads are
the best ever.
Marion Marks has returned from
his visit to his folks in Idaho and
says that the flu is at its worst there
and that he had it and only lost
about 25 or 50 pounds. But he does
not know if that was from the flu or
from forgetting to bring home a
wife.
VOU will find our yard as good
- as a Forest Products Show, for
we carry everything from heavy
dimensions to lath, shinglesand
finish—including lime and ce
ment. Come in and tell us your
building plans and we’ll help
you select the right material.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
R. A. BROWNSON, MANAGER
Correll & Mayran
UMATILLA ITEMS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS
The Umatilla school building has
been equipped to accommodate the
influenza patients who are in dire
need of help. In some homes there
are as many as five suffering fron
this ill. Altogether the number whe
have taken the disease amounts tc
forty. Two nurses have charge of
the building and If the number of
patients increase more help will be
added.
Cenerai Building Construction. Let us help you plan and esti-
mate. Plan books nt your service.
Light Mill Work, Cabinet Work, Bee Supplies.
Have Your Flume Lumber Cut Up on Machines---Saving Time and Labor
FOR SALE AT THE HERALD OFFICE
Leases, Deeds, Mortgages, Etc., Etc
BOARDMAN NEWS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Here you can buy
Nearly every needful household article that is used in
the family kitchen. Come in and see our choice line of Alu
minum ware. Here you will also find the best of underwear,
a fine line of millinery, and toilet articles of every descrip
tion to choose from. We have Angorian knittihg and cro
chet cotton, buttons in all sizes, fancy and plain chinware, etc.
THIS PRICE BE
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OAK TAN SHOE SHOP !
Mr. Woodworth of Messner was
reported ill last week.
Charley Barnes and Robert Bradly
are working at Messner. Mr. Barnes
is night foreman.
Jack Gibbons is improving very
nicely.
Boardman is actively engaged in
the destruction of the rabbit pest
Everybody should turn out and de
their share, for, it is said, in unioy
there Is strength.
A ten volume set of the Century
Dictionary and Encyclopedia has
been added to the library for the use
of eighth grade and high school 11
brary, which consists of about four
thousand volumes.
Mr. McMillan of Coeur d' Alene,
Idaho, was here looking over land
Fiday, with H. H. Weston helping
him to select his future farm. Mr
McMillan is greatly pleased with
the project and intends to locate
here, as it suits him better than any
place he has found.
Glen Hadley came to Messner and
was met by Earl Cramer, who went
with him to Hardman to console the
former’s parents on the death of
their son Guy, who died with the
flu.
Mrs. Cohoon has returned from
Pasco after a two weeks visit.
Miss Vivian Leathers of Hardman
s visiting Mrs. Earl Cramer.
WHERE HIGH CLASS WORK SAVES YOI
MONEY
WHERE EFFICIENCY
REGULATES TH! PRICE AND MAKES ECONOMICAL ANY WORK DONE
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SOWING MINES IN THE SEA.
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How These Ship Destroyers Aro Laid
and Anchored.
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Mine laying and mine sweeping are
two important subordinate functions
in a modern navy, and both of these
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$1.00 to 83 00 saved as we are not asking war time E
occupations are fraught with danger
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to those engaged in them.
A mine is really a metal globe con
To OUT-OF-TO WN CUSTOME RS we pay postage one way and return shoes =
— by next mail
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taining anything from 200 pounds to
200 pounds of trinitrotoluene, or
We positively have the most complete finishing and repairing machinery in =
— Eastern Oregon
= T. N. T., an extremely powerful high
explosive, calculated to make thing»
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unpleasant for any ship that runs
against one of the little horns on top
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tached by a short length of wire rope,
= of the day, and it i- the logical Idea these war time.—serviceable, = the greater part of which Is coiled
= practical economy. In no other phase of everyday life can we practice — round a drum Inside the weight
= thrift to better advantage than in the
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When the mine is put Into the water
the whole contrivance sinks at once
CARE AND REPAIR OF SHOES
to the taittoni As soon as it touches
Good shoes are built to outwear the second and third pair of soles
2 ground the bump releases a little
= Shoes <>f which the uppers are still sound can be repaired to net thè S
catch, which sets alt sorts of wheels
= wrarer an extra dividend in satisfactory service
Good oak tanned S
revolving, with the result that the foot
- leather and honest workmanshig are the c* tent lait.
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uprights fall outward. They grip the
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We have one of the famous stitching ami finishing machines. =
sea bed, and the contrivance is an
. el ctrical’y opera ad, with an expert at the helm who understands
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= appreciate-and delivers repair work as it should be done. The cost = chored Then the globe begins to rise,
■ In every instance is nominal.
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while the rope unwinds until it has
reached a fixed length.
Thereafter woe betide the unfortu
That Satisfies
That Satisfies
nate ship that runs upon It-Loudon
Chronicle.
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We carry one of the
= BEST LINES OF MENS’ AND BOYS’ SHOES ON THE MARKET
ECONOMY IS THE WATCHWORD
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Sharpness of Madmen.
In Sir William Butlers autobiogra- |
phy there Is an amusing story about |
six insane soldiers who escaped while
the corporal who had brought them on
board the troopship left at Dur
ban and who mingled with the 1,800
sane men on the decks. The problem
of the voyage was to find who were
the six madmen. By the time the boat
reached Cape Town twenty-six men
were officially under observation, and
not one of the six was among them.
In the end the crazed half dozen were
Identified as those who bad taken an
especially eager part in the lunatic
hunt.
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF S SALE
UNDER EXECUTION.
Notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of an execution issued out of the
Circuit Court, State of Oregon, for
Umatilla County, and to me directed
and delivered, upon the judgment
and decree rendeied and entered in
said Court on the 13th day of De
cember. 1918, in favor of Western
Land and Irrigation Company as
Plaintiff and against W. P. Little
field and J. R. Moore as Defendants,
for the sum of $221.42, with interest
thereon at the rate of 8 per cent per
annum from December 13, 1918, the
further sum of 150.00 attorney’s
fees, and for $25.97 cost and dis
bursements, which said decree, judg
ment and order of sale has been doc
keted and enrolled in the office of
I he Clerk of said Circuit Court; and
whereas by said judgment, decree
and order of sale it was directed that
the following described personal pro
perty in Umatilla County, Oregon,
to-wit: Beginning at a point 4 40
leet north of the southeast corner of
ection 6, Township 4, north of
Range 28, E. W. M., and running
hence north on the east line of
aid section 440 feet, thence
vest 990 feet,
thenee
south
140 feet, thence east 990 feet to the
place of beginning, containing 10
icres, more or less, together with the
vater right appurtenant thereto, be-
ng a portion of the water right con-
eyed by the Hinkle Ditch Company
o said W. P. Littlefield on the 27th
lay of January, 1908, be sold by the
heriff of Umatilla County, Oregon,
to satisfy said judgment and all
osts; I will on the 20th day of Jan-
lary, A. D. 1919, at the hour of 2
‘clock in the afternoon of said day
it the front door of the Court House
n the City of Pendleton, Umatilla
'ounty, Oregon, sell the right, title
ind interest the said W. P. Little-
leid and J. R. Moore had in and to
he above described property on the
27th day of January, A. D. 1908, or
since then has acquired, at public
luction to the highest bidder for
ash in hand, the proceeds to be ap-
lied in satisfaction of said execu-
'ion and all costs.
Dated this 18th day of December,
1. D. 1918.
T. D. TAYLOR. Sheriff.
By A. C. Funk, Deputy.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the under-
signed has been appointed Administrator of the
estate of Fred A. Brunson, deceased, ir. the
County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla
County.
All persons having claims against the said es-
tate are hereby required to present such claims
duly verified and with proper vouchers attached,
to the undersigned at the office of Raley & Raley
n the American National Bank Building, in
Pendleton. Oregon, within six months from the
late of this notice, the same being dated and
published the first time this 11th day of January
1919.
F. B. SWAYZE.
As Administrator of the Estate
of Fred A. Brunson, Deceased
Raley & Raley.
Attorneys for Administrator.
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Siarrl’s
CONFECTIONERY
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Candies in all Parities
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Soft Drinks, Cigars
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With eggs at 65 cents a dozen it pays
to have your hens in a good warm
economically built poultry house.
The above cut shows one of our many
types that can be built at a reasonable
cost.
Come in and look the plans over and
get our prices.
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Phone Main 33
“ The Yard of Best Quality ”
H. M. STRAW. MGR.
IN ADDITION TO
Edison and Columbia Phonographs
WE HAVE NOW
THE PATHEPHONE
Which plays all makes of records. Also Pathe records used by the Brunswick
and Sonora which are patterned after the Pathe.
ALL PHONOGRAPHS ON EASY TERMS
HERMISTON DRUG CO.
Echo Flour Mills
Echo, Oregon
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DEALERS IN GRAIN AND FEED
HAY GRAIN
ANO FEED
We are Always
in the market
for Alfalfa Hay
Wheat and Rye
Seed
Millfeed and
Rolled Barley
Tobacco
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Electric Light lobes
and Supplies
MAGJIZINES&
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HERMISTON
Second Hand
Store
Is now open for business
Under New
Management
At the same location as
formerly with a full line of
second-hand goods.
We Will Buy all Your Old
Junk
—For Sale at Lowest Prices—
CALL AND SEE US
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J. McCoy, Prop.
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Near Depot
Phone 412
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WE ENDEAVOR TO PLEASE
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