THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON:
— 1 rices and boards and commissions and
I increasing salaries Olcott is conser,
I vative and advised against a lot of
| proposed jobs and opposed increas­
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NOW
CONSTRUCTION
OWN
ing salaries of his own office. While
THAT
ADDS
pot a radical In matter of consoli­
A HOME
City Hall
dating boards and commissions, it is
to the
Courthouse
for your
well known he does not favor the
WEALTH
School House
| general program of expansion of of­
of the
Children's
Church
fice-holding.
COUNTRY
The new state treasurer agrees
Factory
Sake
I with the new governor in injecting
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Memorial
I more business and less politics into
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U. S. DEPARTMENT
’ every phase of state affairs, and
ü. S. DEPARTMENT
U. S. DEPARTMENT
will work closely with Olcott to lopp
GF LABOR
OF LABOR
OF LABOR
off unnecessaries and hold down
1 overhead expenses and try to secure
W. B. Wilson, Secy.
B. Wilson, Secy.
W. B. Wilson, Secy.
a dollar's worth of service for every
dollar of taxpayers’ coin. The state
for the first time in many years will j
This page cf ads are copies of a number of various colored posters that were sent out to the
have an absolute business adminis­
tration. It is well known that both
building indist.y I rem the Office of the U. S Department of Labor. W. B Wilson. Secretary, for free
Olcott and Hoff resisted every effort
distribution to encourage immediate building.
to override the six per cent tax limi- |
' tation and were in constant confer­
MAY WE SUBMIT FREE PLANS AND COST ESTIMATES?
ence with ways and means commit-
| tee of the legislature to see that ap­
propriations did not exceed the bars
set up in the constitution. The
state will have teamwork from now
¡ on in the interest of those who pro­
vided the sinews of state—the tax­
payers.
During the War
KEEP
“I WANT TO
Let This
Governor Olcott is a New England-
It Was
Building be Built
SEE EVERY
| er by birth and has had training in
TIMES
PATRIOTIC
WAGE EARNER
SO WELL
| banking business and is instinctively
GOOD
Not to Build
and
OWN HIS
| on the side of good business admin-
.BY------
NOW
SO QUICKLY
OWN HOME."
j istration. He stands for efficiency
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We can best show
That the
I In service more than building up pol-
W. B. Wilson,
our Patriotism by
Owner will be
I itical machines, believing that the
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Secy of Labor
Encouraged to
I way to popularize the party is to
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BUILD ANOTHER
U. S. DEPARTMENT
| serve the people. Besides being a
U. S. DEPARTMENT
U. S. DEPARTMENT
U. 3. DEPARTMENT
nimrod and nature lover and fond of
OF LABOR
OF LABOR
OF LABOR
OF LABOR
| all kinds of animals, including dogs,
W.
B.
Wilson,
Secy.
W.
B.
Wilson,
Secy.
W. B. Wilson, Secy.
W. B. Wilson, Secy.
I he has roughed it a great part of the
| time he has lived in the west, joining
in the Alaska gold rush, climbing
Mt. Shasta and other peaks. His pol­
itical battles have been against ef­
The New Governor
forts in different departments of
By the not unexpected death of lowering standards of service. While
Governor James Withycombe there not a fad reformer he has a keen
has been wrought a complete revolu­ sense of weak places in the public
tion in the state administration. Ben service and will not be slow or indif­
Olcott becomes governor and retains ferent about strengthening them.
his former position as head of the
State department. He will have two
Rev. Otto of La Grande is to speak
votes on the state board of control of at the Baptist church next Sunday
three members, the other being morning.
State Treasurer Hoff. Besides hav-
| ing 160 unsigned bills left for him to
Nursery Stock
dispose of. Governor Olcott
has
Delicious apples, Italian prunes.
scores of important appointments to Grapes, American and California.
make, and will have to take a hand Best varieties of everbearing straw­
In shaping up the reconstruction pol­ berries and raspberries. Our line of
icies of the state Involving expendi­ fruit and ornamental stock very
tures of millions. By a strange irony complete, A large assortment of I
of fate he will have the appointment dahlias and g’az i
comprising
of a lieutenant governor to make if choice varieties from Eastern spe­
the people ratify that proposition at cialists. Always glad to quote
FOR SALE AT THE HERALD OFFICE
the polls June 3.
prices. Home Nursery Compar y.
On the matter of creating new of- Richland, Washington.
25-2tc.
Now Is The Time
Now that the “Boys” are home and
more coming, Give them a job making
flumes, drop boxes and flood gates out
of our quality cedar lumber - - - .
The price on cedar lumber up to 12
inches in width is off $2.00 per thous­
and and we have any width, length or
quality you desire
.
.
-
.
Tum--A--Lum Lumber Co
BUTTERFAT
63c
THIS PRICE BE­
CAME EFFECTIVE
5th
MARCH
HERMISTON CREAMERY CO.
Leases, Deeds, Mortgages, Etc., Etc
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Phone Main 33
" The Yard of Best Quality ”
H. M. STRAW. MGR.
Gorrell & Mayran
CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS
Genera] Building Construction. Let us help you plan and esti­
mate. Plan books at your service.
Light Mill Work, Cabinet Work, Bee Supplies.
Have Your Flume Lumber Cut Up on Machines--- Saving Time and Labor
PUBLIC SALES
Livestock, Farm Machinery
and Real Estate
Farmers’ Exchange of the Inland Empire
HEPPNER, OREGON
F. A. McMenamin, Auctioneer
F. R. Brown. Manager
BIG PROPERTY SALE!
Business Buildings-Houses-Alfalfa Tracts-Land and Town Lots
at
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES
I have taken over the entire Newport Holdings in Hermiston and on the Umatilla Project
and Elsewhere and Will Sell the Same at Prices that Must Attract Purchasers The
Construction Company will engage heavily on Highway and other Contract Work which will
involve all the time and attention of H. G. Newport and H. R. Newport and I have secured
their attractive properties at figures that will permit sales within reach of any man or woman
looking for a home or sound business investment.
. In no small town in the Northwest are property investments, that are made wiselv at
safer than in Hermiston. Behind every town lot, residence or business pronertv
is the sound credit of a Well Established and Growing Alfalfa Belt. The State Highway «il
add values and the return movement to the land that always follows a treat war will
Newport
right figures,
strengthen
all conditions on the Umatilla Project. This spring the tendency toward town
dev elopment is strong. W hile no boom is apparent, nor desirable, an upward tone to proper­
ty values is very pronounced
proper
I have good residence lots at $25.00 and good business lots at $100.00. I have income
busmess property producing 10 per cent interest on almost twice the selling price I have
several close in well improved acreage tracts and some with high class buildings.
’
Come to My Office on Main Street or Call Phone 487 and I Will Show You Any of These Properties
E. P. DODD
HERMISTON, OREGON