IT HERMisTON HERALD, TERMISTÖN, OREGON
THE
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Published every
HERMISTON
HERALD
Friday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon, in the heart of Eastern
Oregon’s great irrigated alfalfa fields, by the Herald Publishing Company.
M. C. Athey, Editor _________ ■
Entered as second-class matter, December .. 1906, at the postomce at Hermiston, Oregon
In every community there
are thousands of idle and
unproductive dollars. Idle
dollars may represent value
but they have no value to
their owners nor the com
munity until they are put
in motion.
Today there is a pleasant and profitable
job for every dollar in the land. Homes
are needed—homes which will make
better citizens, better neighborhoods, a
better town-homes which will con
tribute indirectly to the welfare of
every man, woman and child in this
community.
Loans for home-building
are good investments. You
can select your loan and
keep in close touch with it.
We shall be glad to furnish further in-
formation.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co
R. A. Brownson, Mgr.
PHONE 111
We Have Finished
Our Inventory
and are now pricing our Merchandise upon the
basis of replacements—which we believe is the true
policy of conducting a business.
We do not believe you would be interested in the
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NOT NEEDED HERE
It has been frequently said that old
dogs can not be taught new tricks,
but a Chicago newspaper apparently
thinks otherwise.
A reporter for the paper spends
each day in traveling about the city,
accosting all sorts of people, and test
ing their politeness. '
He finds means of coming in con
tact with the clerks In the stores,
busines men in their offices, public
officials on duty, judges, ministers,
housewives, and the public in gener
ally.
Sometimes he is dressed In fine
raiment, and others he is in rags, but
always he is unknown.
To the person who makes the most
courteous reply to his inquries he
presents a check entitling the person
to fifty dollars.
The check is paid by the paper and
the polite one gets a writeup in Its
colums.
Its effect has become marked, even
in a city the size of Chicago.
Does any one in this town want to
contribute fifty dollars a day to a
campaign of courtesy?
If so, come across. This paper will
furnish the publicity.
But, then, perhaps it is not neded
here.
What think you?
AND WE LAUGH
Mr. Harding is holding many con
ferences with statesmen of a national
reputation, presumably with a view
to selecting the members of his cab
inet.
That is nothing new. All new
ly elected presidents do the same.
Ditto the governors.
But there is an amusing side to
this interesting pastime.
If John Smith, Tom Jones, Bill Du
gan or any other fellow who has ever
been heard of politically drops in to
call on the future president the daily
press correspondents immediately
convert him into cabinet timber and
herald his possible selection to the
world.
It is pleasing to the vanity of those
small bore politicians, supplies the
big dailies with necessary bunk, is
probably more or less irritating to
the president-elect, and is intensely
amusing to the average person of
common sense who read the stuff.
But, then, it’s all in the daily grind
and the reporter who dosen’t turn
out his grist is soon separated from
the payroll.
purchase of parasols at this season of the year, no •
matter at what prioe named.
We are offering you Seasonable goods at present
values in all our lines.
And the quality we have
always tried to maintain knowing full well that the
discriminating purchasers appreciate this service.
We do not pretend to meet any and all prices
named and only promise to give you full value for
your money in everything we deal in, feeling that
this is the legitimate function of the retail mer
chants.
WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS ON THIS BASIS.
Hermiston Produce &
Supply Co.
Working Capital
Your BEST working capital is your health.
Health is often lost through insufficient nour
ishment.
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You will always be well nourished if you eat
our
MEATS
They are rich, wholesome, pure and nourish
ing.
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City Meat Market
MOONEY A SIKEY. Prop..
THERE AND HERE
You who live in comfort, with well
stocked larders and warm fires in
homes, should be thankful that you
live in this land of the free.
Millions of people in China are
hurfgry for lack of food. Before
another season’s crops mature they
will be dead. They are so far in the
interior that relief can not reach
them In time to save life.
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Po
land, Russia, Cxecho-Slovakia and
other sections of the old world are
facing the pinch of hunger and are
without proper clothing to protect
them from the severity of the winter
months. Before summer is with us
again wholesale starvation will stalk
abroad unless relief reaches them
from the outside world.
Relief agencies are at work, and
America is supplying most of the
funds, but even under the moet fav-
orable conditions many of these des-
titute people will not live t see the
sunshine of another spring.
Two years ago we were all speak
ing of the horrors of the war.
Today we are witnessing the ap
palling conditions that follow a re
sort to arms.
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Sherman was right. War is hell.
We are in receipt of the Arlington
Bulletin, Volume I, No. 2, W. E. Bur
ton, editor. We wish the new ed
itor every success and if advertising
speaks for it, he is assured of much
prosperity, for his columns are well
represented by the Arlington bus
iness houses.
We refer to Job as the most pati
ent of men, but the old boy wasn’t a
newspaper publisher with a bunch
of delinquents on his list.
When we all make a practice of
studying local conditions instead of
complaining we'll soon find them
more to our liking. Why not?
If the nations of the earth ever dis
card their armaments they will have
a devil of a lot of thrills in collect
ing them again.
ELIMINATE THE GUESSWORK
Correct Construction
Demands That You Build From
‘ Properly Prepared Plans
Men who talk in their sleep should
marry women who are hard of hear
ing. They can’t read lips in the
dark.
Guessing at the total cost is expensive. Select
a plan designed by architects of national reputa
tion. Receive information in regard to definite
, cost of construction before you let the contract.
Prices may be tumbling as is claim-
ed.but we fail to note any decrease in
the size of the hole in the doughnut.
PLANS AND MODERN BUILDING HELPS ARE
Family jars are' not like those man
ufactured in a pottery. It is too dif
ficult to keep the lid on.
Get what you want.
FREE TO CUSTOMERS
Pay for what you get.
Secure your money’s worth.
China is said to be taking up
American jazz. Gogd! We hope
they take It all.
Inland Empire Lumber Company
No man can sit on the fence where
patriotism is concerned. He either
is, or he isn’t.
" The Yard of Best Quality "
Not all people are "bags of wind.”
Some are howling tornadoes, instead.
Succès to you in 1921—but you’ll
have to hustle for it.
The need of the hour is to get
busy and stay busy.
Don’t court trouble.
wife instead.
A big head often
ideas.
Court your
shelters
small
SETTLED AT LAST
We’ve built us a palace to hold our
claim; ♦
It’s ten feet ten by seven;
And the rain comes in through the
cracks in the roof
Where we scan the leaky heaven.
Oh, this palace of ours is a castle fine
It’s "bungled” and "low” to boot;
The lizards and mice play hide and
seek
With owls too busy to hoot.
The coyote sings his mournful tune
To the moon o’er the sage-brush
flat;
Our town bred dog’s too scared to
bark—
Now, what do you think of that!
We’ve two scrawny horses, an old
brindi» cow.
Six hens and a one-eyed rooster;
(We get an egg most every day—
They lay more than they "uster.”)
Phone 331
H. M. STRAW. MGR.
Exclusive Representatives of National Builders Bureau
SEE
1. B. Hirel
HITT
CONFECTIONERY
STATIONERY
-FOR-
GUNS
—and—
AMMUNITION
A FULL LINE
— Pian
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Currespunhence
Statinnerg
in
white and beautiful
tints
News stand
Cigars and Tabacco
YOU KONW GOOD BREAP WHEN
YOU EAT IT
HAVE YOU TRIED OUR BREAD’
Made from the Best of Flour
Put your orders In early for your
Christmas cakes. We make a spec
ialty of all kinds of cakes, cookies,
pies, and all kinds of Christmas
novelties in the baking line.
FRUIT CAKES THAT SATISFY
SHOP EARLY
We must sell some eggs to buy
clothes
pins,
Meanwhile the barbed wire fence
Flaunts shirts and skirts, dish towels
And the wind helps
"rents.”
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A Complete Line
of
CITY BAKERY
Hermiston, Oregon.
make the
Our "old oaken bucket" is « coal oil
can,
The well sweep a picket rope;
Just wait tiU we raise a c rop next
year!
We’ll have a pump, we h ope.
And maybe a windmill, pian 0, too.
And a new straw hat and sweater.
Our city friends take a peculiar de
This
year the John Rabb, dts ate
light in cracking jokes at the expense
everything.
of country people, but when they
But next year we’ll do be tter.
want to spend a week or two in com
plete safety from banditry they in
The assessor hasn’t troubled us yet.
variably hike for the tall grass.
We’re worried lest he may call:
We have about ten thou sand dolían
Some men will spend hours read-
worth.
ths sport pages of the daily papers.
But perhaps he won’t count It all.
But if they had to spend thirty min
utes in reading the Bible they'd eith And now I must rak, up some more
sage brush
er go to sleep or want to charge over
time for their services.
To burn in the o’ ad cook stove;
And milk the cov s and hunt the eggs
Thank good.
Foreigeners come to this country
with the popular idea that Amerien
Author unknown
is a land flowing with milk and hon
—"Sapper’s Ink."
ey. It is, but they soon learn that
It requires something besides m. and
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Fi‘ sished Installing Scales
h. to fill an empty stomach.
W’
W. Rogers of Hermiston, has
lust
finished installing one of the
Some men strive pitifully to covar
ar jest scales In the weset end of the
up the fact that they are in deadly
* unty at Echo for the Tum-A-Lum
fear of their wives. But they should
umber company. The new scales
not worry. Even an elephant will
I have a weighing capacity of 35,00°
tremble In the presence of a mouse.
pounds.
Bring in Your Broken Parts
and have them welded -
‘so you will be ready for work when spring comes.
* ‘ Knerr’s Repair Shop
First Door North of Hermiston Hotel
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