The Hermiston herald., May 10, 1919, Image 1

T he HERMISTON H erald
VOL. XIII
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 10. 1919
DLUMBIA HIGHWAY WORK
PROGRESSES—ROUTE DEFINED
I Work on the Columbia Highway
rough this city fom the Morrow
May Day Strawberries
Entity line to Echo is progressing
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Payne enjoyed
liceiy. The route of the road has at a small but delicious repast of straw­
Lt been defined by the resident berries and cream at their ranch
gincerR. E. Phelps, who has fav- home one mile east of this city on
rea The Herald with the following the first day of May. The luscious
fruit was plucked from the vines
butline:
I Beginning at the Morrow County in a small patch on the place, and
ine the highway parallels the rail- these vines have since produced- in
iesn't
Ld to Umatilla and for the present quantity.
1 psy
Lill cross the old bridge over the
select
[matilla river at that place. It is
Wanted Hay Stackers
In anticipation of one of the lar­
spected, however, that a concrete
And
[ridge that will be straight with the gest first crops of alfalfa ever har­
fur-
I,rid will supercede the old struc- vested off his ranch in the Boardman
' sat.
ne either this year or next. The valley, L. Parkard, owner of a well
plans are to make it about 30 feet improved farm in the west extension
load
bove low water stage. -From Uma- was here Monday and Tuesday in
is di-
illa the highway parallels the west connection with the letting of con­
»rices
Iide of the railroad all the way, tracts to local contractors for the
ason.
tressing the tracks at the depot and construction of hay stackers with
f Re-
Continuing on Gladys avenue to First which to facilitate the handling of
3 and
street, thence south to Main avenue, hay on his place this summer. He
efore
thence east on Main to Fourth says the hay harvest is expected to
lpt1',
street, and up Fourth street to the C. be on in full swing In the Boardman
at-
'. Mason ranch.
From there it district about the 20th or 25th of
uring
leaves the main traveled road and this month.
tuts across country in a south-
i
■easterly
direction in a straightaway
Hermiston Improving
ck of
■tourse
until
it
strikes
Main
street
in
Mrs..
O. J. DeVore, who with her
h our
■tanfield. thence down Main to Ball husband owns property in this city,
avenue. From there the road runs came from Pendleton the later part
■due east to the northeast corner of of last week on a short visit. The
•Good Luck orchard, thence due south DeVore family lived on a tract in the
Ito the Barriger ranch, and from eastern part of town which they now
■there to the Watenburger farm, go- desire to sell. Mrs. DeVore said she
ling in a straight line through the discerned much improvement in Her-
■wheat fields on that place, and from miston since her last visit a number
■thence onward the road hangs to the of months ago.
■sidehill, crossing the Furnish ditch
land the government feed canal and
Gave Demonstration
coming out on the flat at Echo just
John Schimke, part owner and re-
north of the Echo Flour Mills. sident manager of the Hermiston
Thence it goes up the east side of Auto Co., gave a demonstration of
■the railroad track to the depot. That the operation of a Fordson tractor,
is as far as the contract is let, but for which the concern is agent in this
the continuance of the highway from territory, on the ranch of P. P. Sul­
I Echo is now under survey.
livan last Tuesday afternoon. The
I Engineer Phelps says that already demonstration consisted of turning
seven miles of the twenty have been over furrows in an alfalfa field with
opened up by Sub-contractors J. K. a gang plow. Quite a number were
•Shotwell and the Newport Construc­ in attendance to witness the little
tion Co., and that the work of grad­ giant Fordson tractor at work.
ing is progressing very satisfactorily
In all of the twenty miles there is
Retired Wheat Fanner Visits
but one main line railroad crossing,
Mr. and Mrs. Syl. James arrived
and that is here at Hermiston. Ev- in the city Tuesday from Tekoa and
entually, according’to the above en- are guests at the O’Connell home on
gineer, this crossing will be elimin- Ridgeway avenue. Mr. James is a
ated by the construction of an under­ retired wheat farmer of Whitman
ground viaduct some distance north county, and being troubled with
of the depot by the state highway
rheumatism he is seeking a climate
commission, so that danger of acci­ that will be conducive to eliminating
dents can be done away with. This
his ills. He will take treatment al
may not be accomplished this year, Hot Lake, Ore., for a week or two,
but it will before paving begins next
will
year. Two winches and a crusher during which time Mrs. James
continue her visit here with her
belonging to Contractors Porter & friend, Mrs. O’Connell.
Conley have arrived, and soon grav-
el pits will be opened up—one just a
Opens Market in Umatilla
little south of the feed canal south
The City Meat Market and Gro-
sf town and one about a mile and a
half northwest of this city. No grav- eery has branched out by extending
el will be put on the highway of its business, to Umatilla, where a
more than two and a half inches in meat market has been established by
diameter when the work of gravel- the proprietor, R. C. Challis. The
ing begins. This size will go in the operator of the new enterprise is
botom course, and the top layer will George L. Challis, who since the
contain no gravel more than one opening a week ago says business is
Inch. Roth courses will be four in- good and becoming better daily.
ches in thickness, and will cover a
Strip sixteen inches wide.
Change in Mail Route No. 1
Effective June 1st, R. F. D. 1. will
he extended to serve the farmers
living in the North end of the pro-
sect as follows: Leaving the present
route at the Parks-Guiwits corner
and running north to the Umatilla
Columbia Diagonal road,
thence
northwest along that road to the
»rett corner, south along the Uma-
"lla-Hermiston road by the Dobler
homestead to the first crossing,
t rough the Butte to the Kennedy
corner and taking up the present
route.
This change will accommodate 13
settlers in the north end of the pro-
t, and the present route will be
iscontinued from the Parks-Guiwits
corner west and south to Embry cor-
ner on the return trip, and also dis-
ntinued west to the Shutt corner
and north.
The Married People’s Dance—al-
‘oush if a|| the happy dancers be-
nK lo that category we have been
" ' her slow to note many weddings—
was held in the Auditorium last
Friday night. The Hermiston Orch-
furnished the music. Excellent
‘ ‘ reshments were served, which
Peaks well for our young married
People as cooks.
City Council Sidelights
At the meeting of the city dads
Wednesday evening Water Superin­
tendent Crandall took the members
on a verbal journey all over the wa-
ter system—from the
reservoir
down. The visionary journey con­
sumed something over an hour, the
only stops made being at leaks in
the pipes, which were easily, discov­
ered by a new "leak finder” acquir­
ed by the city. Just before the start
on the tour of inspection J. D. Wat­
son slipped in and answered to roll
call, and some one was unkind
enough to say that, he had Just aris­
en from his after dinner nap. Then
the question was propounded. "Who
is the city attorney?" and right off
the bat E P. Dodd was asked if they
“allowed him to wear his hat in the
state house of representatives.” Just
about that time another alderman
got in on an "Even-Rude" and held
his own throughout the session
Seriousness reigned from then on by
a member of the council remarking
that were the city blessed with a
good water system the pump would
not have to be operated over a cou-
plc of hours a day in order to sup-
ply present demands. This was off-
set by the assertion that the meters
now in use by residents and business
houses were not running true—and
thus it went on and on.
NO. 34
SHOULD HERMISTON HAVE
A NEW WATER SYSTEM?
Commercial Club Meeting
4
weal
“1 o
,*9
At
tr
wet”
There will be a meeting of the
Commercial Club without fail this
coming Monday night, and there will
be a banquet also. This is the sub
stance of a statement by President E
P. Dodd, who added that he was un-
expectedly called away last Monday
night, when a meeting should have
been held as advertised. The secre­
tary was absent form the city also
and the vice president could not be
found-—so that scheduled meeting
fell flat. But they’ll all he there
next Monday evening, and it is hop
id for a good attendance to discuss
important matters and enjoy the
eats.
Discontinue Motor
How many taxpayers are there in
Hermiston who arc of the opinion
that the town should bo rebonded for
the installation of a new water sys-
lem? Not many, wo venture to say.
hut were they cognizant of the fact
that the present plant Is fast eating
the heart out of the resources of the
community It Is possible they would
change their minds. No matter who
built the present system, or how it
was built, the fact remains that it
has deteroirated until now the pipes
spring a leak first here and then
there, then some part of the pump
wears out and ever and anon ex-
pense money rolls out of the coffer i
of the city. Taxes arc high enough,
ill admit, but if the present water
ystem is maintained much longer
this town Is liable to go properly dry
for lack of funds to operate the wa­
ter system as It now exists.
This was the more forcibly brought
ut at the regular semi-monthly
ession of the city council Wednes-
'ay evening, when, after the clerk
had read a great grist of bills, most
•f which were connected up with
The motor car service recently es
tablished on the O. W. R & N. Is t
be discontinued after the run today.
ng. •
it being replaced
passengel
train that will run from Umatilla to
Joi,
Baker on a swing-around schedule
- t
It will carry a sleeper for Portland on
the westbound trip which will he al
tached to No. 11 at Umatilla and ar­ peration and maintenance of the
rive in I he Rose City at 8:15 a. m
vater system, one of the councilmen
A complete schedule of the new time emarked that "we sure have an ex-
Preventing Pheasant Damage
During the past two or three years table regarding the change Is pub pensive .city.”
This paved the way
since the Chinese pheasants have be ilshed elsewhere in this issue, and is for the expression of sentiment, and
come so numerous on the project wort h while perusing.
early all voiced the opinion that the
The Boy Scouts entertained the | they have caused considerable dam­
town would need a guardian If ex-
Campfire Girls at a party on the lawn age in reducing the yield of corn by
Club Meeting
senses kept on running up the way
of the Hermiston park on the even­ digging up the young plants and ent-
The H. O. H. Club meet t at the they have been. Sonic were in favor
ing of May 7. A merry crowd played ing the kernel. Last year the Uma- home of Mrs. La Barro at Lotus f a commission form of government
games, told stories and had a fine tilla Experiment Farm conducted ex­ Ranch May day. The day was quite and others felt as though the city
time after which the boys served ice periments to make the seed distaste- breezey, but likewise the guests with should rebond and install an ade­
cream and cake. The Misses Bess ful by treatment with various sub wit and humor did not fail their quate and enduring water system.
and Merle Hall wer The chaperons. stances to ascertain if the pheasants hostess. The hum of three sewing
The bills passed at the meeting
Final county examinations of the would leave it alone. Seed was machines blended with the chorus of totaled $2476.
Included In this
eighth grade will be held- during the treated with black-leaf-40, crude oil, voices as the guests busily sowed. A amount was quite a sum In payment
week of May 12 to 16.
sheep dip and oil of pine tar, 100 delicious picnic lunch was served at of the Interest coupons on the city’s
Have you seen Miss Jane Gunn's hills of each treatment being pianteti 1 o'clock. At 5 o'clock the guests water bonded indebtedness.
face? Well, if you have not you on the Experiment Farm and on the were homeward bound with the
Il was shown that Hermiston is
should, for she is a happy girl these farms of three co-operators. The memory of a pleasant and profitable the owner of quite a number of tax
days, and with a great deal of rea­ seed was planted between the rows day spent. The next meeting will be title residence lots, and It was order­
son, too. for she walked away with of corn in fields where corn had been at Mrs. O. P. Smith's Thursday. May ed that a list of those he made and a
the gold medal for the Hermiston planted but had not germinated so 15th.
price set on them and that they
High School in the Pendleton De- that it was all under identical condi­
be sold.
clamatory Contest lost Friday. The tions. In addition on one of the farmt
Initiated Six
of a eontrivance made with rags was
number
school
received
Six new members were initiated
Gasoline Shortage
other honors, too. Pauline ‘Voelker used to scare, the pheasants.
The Standard Oli Co. station at
Into the mysteries of I ho local Rebek­
was third in the lower grade declam- |
Records were taken of the plants ah order at Its mooting last Saturday Stanfield was plumb oui of gasoline
atory contest. Luella McCoy won found
-
- growing
•
- —
— night. Stanfield degree team put on for several days this week, all of
and ....
of the seeds
miss-
the most honors for the ’ school in Ing two weeks after planting. When the work In an excellent manner, and which worked a hardship on this
the track meet, the total number be­ the plant was missing and the tracks those inducted Into the order wore city’s garages and likewise car own­
ing eleven points. This entitled her of the pheasants wore plainly visible Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Casady, Mrs. W ers. As we go Io press there Is still
to one first place and two second it was considered that the pheasants O. Sutherland. Misses Ruth Scott and a shortage, but the company expects
places. Earnest Parrish won second had eaten the seeds. On an average Hildred Danner and Geo. L Challis. a shipment in today.
place in ball throwing. Leslie Bry- 50 per cent of the plants were eaten At the conclusion of the initiatory
ant walked away vith a third honor where the scaring device was not us­ ceremonies all enjoyed a fine ba íl­
Is Peace in Sight
Myers ed. At one place 100 per cent of the quet while reveling in an hour’s eon
Progress with the peace I real y
in the 50 yard dash.
won in the low hurdles.
seeds were eaten, not 100 hills of versai ion.
during the past ten days has brought
School will close May 23.
ft up to the point of agreeing on the
corn remaining in the entire three
requirements of Germany and her
acre field where the treated seed was
Luncheonette
planted. The pheasants ate as much
Nightingale’s Voice Carries.
And now comes E. W. Mack, pro consorts In the war. These require-
The nightingale’s voice can be heard of the seed treated one way as anoth- prietor of the Hermiston Drug
ments are very voluminous, and some
for a distance of a mile.
er. On the farm where the “scarc­ with the announcement that lie Is think that Germany will hesitate in
chinie" was used all the plants were going to install a luncheonette back signing the treaty. Germany Is to
accounted for and there was not a bar in his store to keep company accept I he league of nations In prin-
hill eaten in the field although there with his new marble soda fountain ripie without a membership, Hol-
were as many pheasants in the local- The luncheonette has been ordered land Is asked Io extradite the Kai-
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
ity as at any other places.
and is now on its way from Chicago. ser so that he may be tried by an in­
white
The
scarechinie
is
made
of
The design Is of pure mahogany ternational court. Damages to the
Quite a little interest is manifest­
ed throughout all the grades tn the rags two or three inches wide and marble, and Is equipped with a good allied powers totaling billions is ask-
Turkey.
subject of penmanship. The High three feet long tied to a string, six sized refrigerator. When In opera of Germany. Austria
These
countries
arc
given
a
certain
feet
long
suspended
between
two
Hon
It.
is
the
intention
to
serve
Ughi
School pupils are trying to secure
three certificates along this line. At sticks six feet above the ground. lunches, such as hot coffee, sand­ length of time Io come across with
present the following students have These rags are continually moving wiches and pie, in connection with their signatures to the peace pact.
been successful tn winning the Amer­ in the wind and are very successful the ice cream and soft drink bever-
A eges that will come from
soda
ican Penman Certificate:
Grace in keeping the pheasants away.
Dally Thought.
Curb the high spirit In thy breast,
Thompson. Feme Stephens and Ruby scarechinie should be placed in each fountain.
for gentle ways nre best.— Homer.
Powell. The eighth grade class are ; half acre of corn or garden.
working for the gold button while
Harnack Selis Home
Home From Portland
It Is a Little Strange.
the lower classes are expected to get
On Monday last A. C. Harnack
Mr. and Mrs. R M. Hood have re-
“This Is a funny world," said the sold his residence on the corner of
the Palmer buttons In a short time
turned from Portland, where they
Teams for the work on the high facetious feller. "Nothin’s ever said Main avenue and Third street,
when
n
railroad
man
switches
cars,
or
spent the winter. While there Mr.
way crossed the Columbia from the
purchaser being F. B. Swayze, pie-
a musical cuss beats time; and a news­
Washington side Monday. They will paper guy kin pound a typewriter till sident of the First National Bank of Hood took a course In the De Keyser
Institute of Optometry, graduating
work for Porter * Connely, contrac- It shrieks for help and a bank clerk this city. The property consists of a
from that •Institution April 26th.
will
ain’t worth shucks unless he strikes a large residence and two lots contain­
tors. This shows that the work
Later he look the examination be­
balance,
every
evenin',
but
Jest
let
a
ing
fruit
and
shade
trees.
begin
In
earnest.
soon
fore
the state board of Optometry
feller fap a till real gentle like and
The new owner was noi left In
I without disturbin' anybody an' there's peaceful possession of the place very and has received his certificale
Give Us Not This Day.
qualifying him to practice Optome-
| the darndest row that ever was."—In­
Expenses nro kept down by careful dianapolis Star.
try In the state of Oregon.
he
was
induced
to
sell
it
again,
the
and daily pruning, but according to all
W.
Mack
of
present
owner
being
E.
reliable jokesmiths the old-fashioned
i
Had His "Doots."
the Hermiston Drug Co.
Indian Summer.
boarding house keeper must have
Sailor (as he gazes at his portion of
Indian summer is the return of ge-
This shows that you have to live
thought It was by daily prunes.
nial but not hot weather after sharp in your residence In this city now, corned beef)— t wonder If this meat
frosts. It is the moment when the for If you don’t someone will be pre used to moo or whinny.—Boston
Made Good Score
door of the vestibule of winter la left vailing on you all the time to sell, Transcript.
Henry Hitt returned V
standing ajar for a moment to let the
so great is the demand for residence
evening from Pendleton,
light, and just a little—not too much—
He Wants to Know
state
trap
took part in the annual
of warmth of departing summer stream houses here al the present lime
Charles
Taylor of the Reclamali m
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Harnack
and
family
shoot held there the fore part of this In. It is a season without a rival—
Service wants lo know what’s the
eek
for
a
visit
to
their
leave
n
briefer
even
than
the
briefest
spring,
to
e
rry
off
week. While hr failed
matter with C. M. Jensen, and
state championship, he ' everthe- tenderer than the softest summer; It former home in Ft. Atchison, Wis.
or a rea I
Is
the
anodyne
of
the
year's
woes
and
made a creditable show ng. Com-
Mr.
Taylor
bot
h
the
promise
and
pledge
of
a
man's
res-
estate
man.
N. P Bennett, who is about to
petition at I he shoot was wide and toration of Eden.—Exchange.
says ho would like to have some one
pen
dental
offices
in
Weston.
Ore
,
varied, sportsmen coming from all
has been a guest at the home of his loll him quick, as he don’t feel like
over the state to take part in I he
an
college
mate. Dr F. V Prime, sever- getting married and settling down on
R. Alexander of Pendleton was
event. The state champion ship
a ranch just yet, although he admits
over
Sunday
guest
at
the
home
of
ar
days
this week while on his
of the * ountains
won by a
. .
. , .a J
* from Portland
2,23 to
, Weston.
q%* a
he could do worse.
daughter.
Mm
E
P.
Dodd.
Ihr
man.
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