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THE HERMISTON HERALD
VOL XV
AMERICAN LEGION HOLDS
ARMISTICE DAT EXERCISES
All of Hermiston seemed to be®
present at the Play House Thursday PRESIDENT P. L. CAMPBELL
INDORSES THE RED CROSS
afternoon, when the members of the
American Legion gave a well arrang
University of Oregon, Eugene, Nov.
ed and highly Interesting program, in
8
—
President P. L. Campell, of the
honor of Armistice day.
Professor Voelker led the commun University of Oregon, has made the
ity singing and Post Commander E. following statement regarding the
J. Kingsley, gave a talk on the pur Fourth Red Cross Roll Call from Ar-
pose of the occasion. The invoca mistica day till Thanksgiving day:
tion was offered by Rev. Ira D. Hall,
"The American Red Cross and the
and songs were given by the mixed
League
of Red Cross Societies are the
quartet, made up of Doris Swayze,
Laura Phipps, Herbert Hall and media through which the rank and
Dewey Payne, Frank Stevens, an file of citizenry of this and other na
eleven year old school boy, gave a tions are co-operating in an almost
fine cornet solo and the audience unprecedented but wholly national
joined in singing the Battle Hymn manner to realize for those now on
of the Republic. The feature of the earth and for those who are to come
exercises was the oration delivered the fullest possible measure of free
by Colonel Emmett Callahan of dom and equality—freedom from
Boardman.
Mr. Callahan is well physical handicap through disease or
known to the people of the project defeat, which insures equality of op
as an interesting and forceful speak portunity. Millions of individual re
er and his patriotic addresses show sponses to the Fourth Red Cross Roll
deep and sincere feeling, leaving his Call will preserve and demonstrate
bearers always with a lasting im the essential democracy of the Red
pression of wonderful gain to them Cross movement and insure the con
selves through the speaker's spoken tinuance of the most hopeful co-oper
ative effort ever undertaken in the
thoughts.
The Star Spangled Banner was interest of the public health.”
sung by the whole assemblage and
Father Murtha delivered the bene SOCIETY EVENTS OF THE WEEK
diction.
Mrs. E. J. Kingsley entertained a
Following are some extracts from
number of friends Tuesday afternoon.
Colonel Callahan’s address:
"The dead we have always with Bridge was the entertainment of the
us in thought or deed; the very at afternoon, three tables being filled.
mosphere pulses with the breath and The house and tables were decorated
movements of those who were once with flags, in anticipation of Ar
of us, but who have strung their mistice Day. Mrs. Kingsley also is
sued invitations for a party Wednes
harps to a higher note.”
“This old earth of ours is crimson day evening.
ed deep with the blood of those who
One of the largest affairs of the
gave their lives on the battle fields
in the strugles for the preservation season was the party given last
of civilization; they died to make It Thursday at the J. T. Hinkle home,
possible for us to live In some meas when Mrs. Hinkle, Mrs. F. C. McKen
zie and Mrs. B. S. Kingsley entertain
ure in liberty and peace.”
“History can no more forget the. ed for their husbands, whose birth
war in which, our soldiers fought days all occured during the week. Mr.
than it can forget the ideals for and Mrs. McKenzie also had a wed
which they suffered; the measure of ding anniversary during the week.
Hallowe’en decorations were all
their heroism is the spot where it
was performed and the horizon it over the house and autumn foliage.
Nine tables were filled for bridge and
reaches.”
“But, after all, for what purpose later in the evening a buffet supper
and to what end did the youth of was served, each of the three gentle
America suffer and die; why do we men honored passing his birthday
commemorate their memories? Was cake to the guests. Rugs were rolled
it for a posthumous injoyment of a back and dancing enjoyed, Mrs.
transient pagentry? Did they give George Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. Athey
up home, affection, prospects of and Mrs. Earl Kingsley assisting
pleasure, embracements of children, with the music. In the small hours
the enchantments of love, to over of the morning the guests left, wish
throw one from tyranny, only to ing Mr. Hinkle, Mr. McKenzie and Mr
fetter their survivors with another Kingsley many more such birthdays.
more hideous, exacting and cruel?
Dancing at the H. M. Straw resi
Was the phantom of a government
by the many, for which they fought dence Saturday night marked the vis
and died, to be only an allurement to it in Hermiston of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
the establishment of a government Barthel of Pendleton, former resi-
by the few?”
dents.
“And yet, to this unpalatable end
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hinkle enter-
all effort seems tending. What hope
for the nations did these dead neroes tained Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hinkle of
leave behind them? What did the Echo Sunday at dinfler.
ebb and flow of their struggles insure
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Collins and
for their toiling successors? Did
they suffer that we might only learn daughter Cathrine were guests at the
to lean on things that rot beneath Dodd home Sunday, driving down
our weight’ and yield our hearts to from Pendleton. With them was
• blindfold bondage whose only her- Mrs. Patterson of Portland, the aunt
of Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Dodd. Mrs.
aldry is the scar it inflicts?”
“Did they die that 25,000 new Patterson remained In Hermiston un
made plutocrats—who in the hour of til Monday.
the world’s Gethsemene, took advan-
Mrs. W. W. Illsley entertained the
age of their government to loot its
treasury, and who now with sancti- members of her Sunday School class,
moninus hypocritical cant—ask you sixteen In number, at a Hallowe’en
in the name of patriotism to forego party Saturday afternoon. Games
the monetary obligation due you were played in the house and on the
from the government which you ser- lawn and dainty refreshments served.
ted so well and loyally.”
There were many other quotations Mack Families Have Novel Homes
R. C. and S. C. Mack and their
from the Colonel’s speech that we
would have liked to quote, but space families are leaving Hermiston short
Prevents. However, we are very ly and knowing of the shortage of
slad indeed, to have had the pleas- dwelling houses in Hermiston are
"re of quoting the few excellent re- ready to combat that condition where
marks we print above, so that those ever they may decide to settle.
To that end they have built two
Tho were unable to attend the cele-
**Uon, can have the pleasure of houses, mounted them on truck bod
ies and will live in them, moving
reading extracts from his talk.
from time to time as business calls
them
to different points. The two
Homecoming at Eugene
The Annual Alumni Homecoming brothers will go first to Echo where
otball game, which, this year, will they are to haul wheat.
between the Oregon and Washing-
Hear the laymen's side of the
In teams will be played at Eugene
Mr. E. E Graham of the Co-
on Saturday, November 13th. •
story.
the
lumbia district will preach
Mission
on
Tuesday,
Nov.
15.
The theme next Sunday evening at
" Baptist church. Ira D. Hall, past-
Mrs. W P. Llewellyn has been ill
I “ill be, “One of the Worst Char-
for some days at her home.
“ters in the Bible.”
HERMISTON,
UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1920.
J. W. Brewer
At Club Luncheon
By F. L. Ballard
Reports from all parts of the
Northwest show a surplus of hay in
practically every district. This sur
plus, together with a general short
age in numbers of livestock, is ere
ating a serious economic situation,
and drives home, pointedly, the fact
that many districts, practicularly
Deschutes county, will not be on a
stable agricultural basis until the
greater portion of hay raised is con
sumed on the home ranches.
Malheur county is another district
suffering because of a lopsided farm
ing system. A few years ago that
district made a promising start in
the dairy business, but when the high
prices of hay arrived, they sold their,
dairy animals, believing there was
more profit in selling the hay. Now
after three or four years they have
thousands of tons of hay which they
would be glad to sell for 38 a top
as they have no stock to use it. The
farmers there are now trying to ob
tain dairy stock, but find the prices
high and good stock scarce. To get
re-established in the dairy business
will cost them the greater part of
the profits made selling hay.
Farming should be treated as a
business extending over a period ol
years, and a definite system followed
year after year to assure greatest re
sults in a ten or fifteen-year period.
There is no more profitable mar
ket for hay in most years than thal
produced by a well-bred dairy cow
from a line of good producers. In
Deschutes county, particularly, condì
tions are favorable for• development
of a dairy district. The local mar
ket is good and the small irrigated
ranches especially adapted to a sys
tern of farming should Include pota
toes for a cash crop, and alfalfa and
ensilage for feeding the dairy cattle,
and in some instances, farm flocks
of sheep. Such a system followed by
90 per cent of the farmers would
build up a very prosperous commun
ity if followed year in and year out
for a period of years.— Deschutes
County Farm Bureau News.
Thanksgiving Foot Ball
The Hermiston High School foot
ball team will play Athena High
Schoon in Hermiston on Thanksgiv
ing day. This will be a great game
and will give the Hermiston boys a
chance to clean up that end of the
county. The boys go to Athena on
th 20th and play a game there, and
on Thanksgiving day Athena comes
here for a return game.
Football
Saturday
In the absence of President E. P.
Dodd and Vive-President F. B.
Swayze at the regular Commercial
Club luncheon Tuesday. Thomas
Campbell was elected to the chair.
Secretary Prime read a communica
tion from parties interested in the
installation of a laundry here and
a committee was appointed to collect
data for them. A letter from the
Tri-State Automobile Association was
read taking up the matter of giving
more publicity to Hermiston on the
new* maps to be issued. The Port
land trade excursionists sent a letter
to the club expressing their apprec
iation of the entertainment given
them while in Hermiston and extend
ing an invitation to the club to par
ticipate in the open forum of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce on
November 29th.
Chairman Campbell introduced J.
W. Brewer, field secretary of the
State Chamber of Commerce, who
has been here several times before in
the interests of the state, and was on
his way to speak before the Pendle
ton Commercial Club in the drive for
funds for the organization he repre-
senta. Mr. Brewer spoke of the ser
vice they desired to give to everyone
in the state, making the office of the
Chamber of Commerce a clearing
house for all the problems that con-
front the merchant, the farmer and
every resident of the state, and also
see that the incoming settler gets
accurate information as to prospec
tive purchases and a fair deal all
round. The State Chamber of Com
merce, he said, Is not connected with
the Portland Chamber and its in
terests lie with all the state outside
of Portland.
Red Cross Drive to Start Thursday
H. E. Hitt, chairman In charge of
the Red Cross drive which is to start
Thursday has plans completed for
the work, and asks the cooperation of
all residents so that the work may be
accomplished as rapidly and easily as
possible. The territory to be canvas
sed will be divide dinto sections and
cars assigned to each locality, two
women in each car acting as collect
ors.
No other organization received the
support the Red Cross invariably call
forth, and it Is felt that all calls to
rally to the help of “The Greatest
Mother in the World,” will meet with
unstinted and ungrudging response.
The term used so often during war
days, “over the top” still carries
with it a feeling of enthusiasm. Let
us all go over the top with a cheer
and make up our quota in the short
est possible time.
The American Red Cross
No. 9
BIG FOOT BALL GAME TO
BE PLAYED HERE SATURDAY
>
Football fans are ail excited over
AUDITORIUM BUILDING
the prospects of one of the hest
IS GREATLY IMPROVED games < f football that has ever been
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The Auditorium on the West Side,
owned by Tom Marxen, has been un
dergoing improvements for the past
two weeks, and persons attending the
Armistice Day ball Thursday even
ing were amazed at the changes that
had ben made by the owner.
The entire interior has been re
finished. the walls and celling cover
ed with beaver board, the lower
parts of the side walls wainscotted
and stained and new lights installed.
The coat room has been remodeled,
and the stage changed, and the build
ing will be much more easily heated.
Hermiston now has a dancing hall
that can take its place with the best
<>f them, and great credit is due Mr.
Marxen for the work he has done to
make this come about.
Men Take Over Umatilla Affairs
played here when the Hermiston
High School team and the Pendleton
(second) High School team clash on
the local field next Saturday after-
iloon.
One of the largest crowds ever
seen on the local field is expected to
be out to watch the Hermiston and
Pendleton teams. Few of the local
fans have seen our boys play, and
they have a wonderful suprise in
store for them when the referee blows
the whistle to begin play next Satur
day.
The boys have ben out on the field
every night this wek, and arc being
couched by Mr. Admanson of the
Play House and W. J. Warner, who
are putting them through the stunts
they will slip over on Pendleton.. Mr
Warner and Mr. Admanson are both
experts on football, and the boys are
fast rounding Into shape under their
leadership.
The game will be called at 3:00
o'clock sharp, and if you want a seat
or an advantageous place to see the
game, better be there on time.
Three years ago civic management
of the little town of Umatilla, at the
junction of the Columbia and Umatil-
la Rivers, was, by the power vested
in the voters of the town, turned in
to the hands of women. The re
sult of the election, was published
Plans Made for Red Cross Drive
throughout the United Slates, pic
C, K. Cranston of Pendleton,
tures of the new city officers print
chairman In charge of the Red Cross
ed and much notice given Umatilla
drive that will start on Armistice
in thè press. Mrs. Della Paulu took Day, November 11 and continue un
her place as mayor, Mrs. Cherry, re
til Thanksgiving Day, was In town
corder, Mrs. Marion McKenzie, treas
Monday making arrangements for lo
urer, and Mrs. Zella Brownell and
cal workers. Carl S. McNaught and
Mrs. Oro Stevens served on the coun
Henry Hitt have been appointed
cil, along with four mere men.
chairman in the local field, and
On taking office, the women
their plans are well under way.
found the following state of affairs
The quota for the Hermiston coun
the town was practically bankrupt:
try this year is 3400.00 or over, and
through failure of the city to meet
it is asked that everyone will make
bills for lighting service the electric
themselves familiar with the work
light company serving the town had
dene by the Red Cross, so that when
been forced to discontinue service;
they arc approached by the workers
city bonds were outstanding and the
during the dirve they will be ready
city had purchased fire apparatus
with their membership fee and ex
and found themselves unable to meet
pedite the work of those who are
payment.
giving their time voluntarily to the
So faithfully and to such good pur
collection of the fund.
pose have the women worked at the
Under the new rulings, 50 per cent
tasks set them during the past three of the 31 membership fees and 80 per
years that the incoming civic body e-
cent of the life and other membership
lected at the polls on November 2nd,
fees stay In this county and the Co.
find that like all good housewives the court has given the county Red Cross
women have so swept and garnished jurisdiction over county cases, as ex
and set In order the affairs of the lit
plained In a recent Issue of the
tle city that they have a record to
Herald. Help to swell the funds, so
maintain. They find that the light
as to have as much as possible for the
ing system Is working regularly, fire
organization to use In relief of local
apparatus paid for, bonds called In
needy cases.
and drawing interest, city manage
ment well organized and moving
smoothly, and the city treasury has
a surplus of from $1500 to $2000.
Umatilla women proudly set their re
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
cord before scoffers and It Is hoped
The Women's Home Bureau are
that the curious readers who wonder
ed what the outcome would be three conducting a millinery school Thurs-
years ago will know what service has day. Friday and Saturday of this
been given and how loyally the week In the Community Meeting
women have stood by In the face of House, under the direction of Mrs.
Edith Van Deusen of Pendleton. The
criticism.
New city officers are as follows: enrollment for the class is 15. Lunch
Mayor, Fred Knudson; recorder, El Is being served at noon by the ladies
mer McKenzie; treasurer, Earl C. of the Home Bureau.
Brownell; councilmen, O. Stangeby,
On November 19, after their first
W. A. Conlon. L. W. Compton, Sid
year,
which has proved very success-
Saylor, Clifford Caldwell and Earl
ful, the members of the Women's
Shaw.
Home Bureau will meet for the an
nual
election of officers.
Hermiston Sends Best Representation
UMATILLA ITEMS
Hermiston sent 39 boys to the Old
er Boys’ Conference held In Pendle
ton the three last days of last week,
by far the largest representation
from any town. Pendleton not ex
cepted. Everyone who had anything
to do with the entertainment of the
boys did their utmost to give them
the best time possitele and the boys
appreciated all the efforts In their be
half.
The banquet served to the boys in
the Christian church was a real
"grown up” affair, and there was no
end to the good things provided. Wal
ter Jenkins, songmaster from Port
land. was in charge of the singing
and the Hermiston band wan called
upon for duty during all the days of
the conference, and everyone had
words of commendation for the work
of the band. Mr. and Mrs. Voelker
and Mr. and Mrs. Leathers acted as
chaperones for the Hermiston boys.
Dewey Payne from Hermiston was
elected president and Heppner was
selected as the place for the confer
ence next year.
Honoring Mrs. E. W Barnes of
Lewiston, Mrs. A E. McFarland en
tertained a number of ladles at her
home Monday afternoon. After a
cocial hour delicious refreshments
were served.
Miss Dunne of Pendleton visited
over the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. W. R. Nugent.
The next number of the Ellison-
White Chatauqua course will be giv
en Nov. 17. The attraction will be
the Mozart Quartette, It is expect-
ed that a large number
ent, as the McAllister Trio, which
appeared a few weeks ago In the
course, was very much liked by all
who attended.
Mrs. Jay Pelmulder was in Hermis:
ton for a few days this week, getting
and shipping bulbs to the Pelmulder
Floral Gardens in Walla Walla.
There will be an installation of
church officers in the Baptist church
A number of the boys from here
Thursday evening.
Rev. Mr. Cox of
have signified their intention to be
Pendleton will preach.
present.
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