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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1921)
THE HERMISTON THE HERALD, HERMISTON, HERMISTON OREGON. H ERALD Published every Friday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon, in the heart of Eastern Oregon’s great irrigated alfaifa fields, by the Harald Publishing Company. -HAY- M. C. Athey, Editor __________________ Entered as second-class matter, December >. 1906, at the poolomoa at Hermiston, Oregon 4 7 Subscription Rates: One Year, $2.00; Six Months, $1 00 STACKERS just as it should be it is our right as citizens to point it out to our of We are in receipt of The Boardman ficials, but the officials have an Mirror, volume one, number one, equal right to expect that we will published at Stanfield by M. A. Cleve- talk to them instead of about them. land. It is the better way. The Mirror is a bright looking newspaper, well filled with ads and A friend dropped into our office speaks well for the community repre the other day and complained of hav sented from a financial standpoint, ing a “bum stomach.” We don’t and the news columns are written wonder. His time "is consumed in well ani look better than the average working, eating and sleeping. If he country weekly. will run half a. mile eyery morning We wish Editor Cleveland and the before breakfast and drink two people of Boardman every success quarts of pure water, every day he with the new venture. Boardman won’t do so much grunting. And if needs a newspaper, and we are glad he will spend an hour or two a day to see them have one. jumping fences and sawing wood and THE BOARDMAN MIRROR ■ : M Build Now M ■ M You have the time now. You won’t have when irri gation starts. ■ ■ : : STACKER MATERIAL USE YOUR PEN Write to your senator and con gressman occasionally. They need YOUR consel and advice. Senators and congressman are not little tin gods, nor yet big ones. They are just human beings like the rest of us—people whom we have picked from our midst and sent to Washing I . • ton to represent OUR WILL in the af fairs of the nation. Cl ■ Don't get the mistaken idea that your duty ends with casting your vote. That is only the beginning. ■ ■ It Is your duty to keep our repre sentatives in Washington advised as to the attitude of this particular com munity relative to the various mat ters that come up in congress. Other wise they will not know what WE think—what WE desire—what WE expect THEM to do, and how they should vote in order to truly repre sent the people of their districts. • R. A. Brownson, Mgr. ■ Senators and congressman receive many letters, but most of them are ■ PHONE 111 • from professional politicians or peo ■ ■ ple who have an axe to grind. They ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I seldom hear from the rest of us, and as long as we are indifferent to our interests we can hardly complain if they become so themselves. Write them nice friendly letters and tell them how you stand and how your neighbors feel. They will appreciate it for two reasons. First, because they are really desirous of Should arrive this week and we invite your inspec doing something for us if it is pos tion-1921 prices. sible for them to do so. Second, they are anxious to keep id touch with the sentiment of their districts, least they find themselves “in bad” at the In the new desirable cloths and shapes for spring. next election. Write to them. We are sure you can find just what you want in this You will find that they are quite stock at 1921 prices. huma ., and will be as fair with you as you are with them. # ■ • • : Is at Bottom Prices We have complete mater- ial bills in stock now. ■ ; : : ■ : Tum A-Lum Lumber Co. ■ a New Spring Styles of Gordon Hats Gordon Caps We are showing 1921 Queen Quality Oxfords and Pumps In the desirable leathers. The name a guarantee of style and workmanship and at reasonable prices. Warner’s Corsets Rust proof quality always reliable and perfect in fit. — upes home JOURNAL PATTERNS If you cannot find what you want in stock we can have them sent to you direct by mail. Spring Sewing is Now in Order Hermiston Produce & Supply Co. Why Eat Meat BECAUSE^ healthy and full of vitality and pep, and enables you to keep up the strenuous red blooded pace at which the world is now moving. Meat of quality does it; it9» the kind we sell City Meat Market MOONEY & SIKEY, Prop. play a little basket ball or base ball he would soon wonder why he ever did so much complaining. When the Lord gave our friend a perfectly good stomach He did all that can be expected of Him. That which the Lord gives is worth keeping and tak ing care of. It is up to you friend. When a fellow looks at his Lib erty bonds he feels inclined to cuss. He remembers how they have de preciated in value when he was urged to buy with the expectation that they would soon be above par. But if you have any of them don’t sacrifice them at present rates. The present high rates of Interest will not last, and as interest rates de cline the value of the bonds will in crease. Then it is quite within the bounds of possibility that congress will soon take some action toward restoring their market value to par, by federal legislation if necessary. A little patience and you may yet come out whole on the deal. After the war Canada placed many thousand of her returned soldiers on new farms and furnished them finan cial assistance necessary to get a start. Now most of the money the Canadian Government loaned them has been repaid, new farms are add ing to the wealth of the dominion and the question of unemployment is less pressing than it otherwise would have been. Canada builded wisely and is now reaping her just reward. In this country we are still waiting for ‘‘George” to do something. Every person in the west end of the county should do everything they can to help make the Umatilla Rap ids Power Site Association a success. It means a great deal to us if we can build that dam. We should all talk JUST RESTING it, breathe it, live it, make it a part When a fellow bring up at the end of our very lives; think about it Un of a long run he is tired and wants til it Is all settled, and nothing re a rest. He wants to look around a mains but to turn a button and start little before he takes another spurt. the wheels moving. That about represents the business situation today. Germany Is said to be in a better It has been moving at a wild and economic condition than the allies. strenuous pace for a number of years, The latter are squabbling over the and now the period of relaxation is 160,000,000,000 they want Germany at hand. to pay them, while the Germans are It is resting, and sizing up the sit getting down to hard work and are uation before it begins another gal producing something. It’s a lesson lop. worth remembering. We have much the same thing at every presidential election. Cheer up and stay cheered. Bus As the time approaches for the in- iness conditions in this section are cumbent to retire from office busi not of the best, but they are immea ness interests begin to wonder what surably better than those of many the new man will be—and what he other sections. will do. Capital always has an eye open for Keep on with the tree planting breakers ahead. idea. Don’t let up. Just keep dig- It never goes blindly onto the rocks ing. Trees beautify yards, make of uncertainty. good shade for the warm summer After the new president has been days. inaugurated, and uncertainties be There is talk now of putting smok gin to crystalize into something def inite, business will be able to make ing under the ban. But don’t lose a fairly accurate survey and deter heart entirely. The right to live has mine just what line of action it is ad not been prohibited. visable to take. That, in all likelihood, will mark A clean town may not cause undue the beginning of the end of our per comment, but a dirty one invariable iod of commercial rest. comes In for a bunch of free adver Now Idle wheels will spin again. tising. Men will return to their occupations and the business world will soon be There is only one thing that can at normal again. spread faster than a piece of naughty We see nothing in the present sit gossip. That is a naughtier one. uation to occasion any alarm. We see every indication of an early You come mighty close to getting return to activity. something for nothing when you con- Let us husband our strength and ver that back yard into a garden. our resources and wait with confi dent patience the day when the tide It is quite proper to do the things begins to turn. you like, but highly improper to like We will not have long to wait. the things you should not do. Some people are inclined to be very critical of our county public of- licials, but it doesn't always pro duce the best results. Men are men the world over, and they are inclined to exhibit a stubborn streak when some other fellow takes It into his head to administer a kick. A quiet talk face to face is readily under stood by both parties, and if there are any differences of opinion there is an opportunity to come to an am icable understanding. When we see anything in this section that isn't (0 ELIMINATE THE GUESSWORK Correct Construction Demands That You Build From Properly Prepared Plans 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. PLANS AND MODERN BUILDING HELPS ARE * FREE TO CUSTOMERS Get what you want. Pay for what you get. Secure your money’s worth. Inland Empire Lumber Company Phone 331 “ The Yard of Best Quality ” H M. STRAW, MGR. Exclusive Representatives of National Builders Bureau 1. 6. Sisrel SEE HITT ====== -FOR- CONFECTIONERY STATIONERY _ GUNS —and— AMMUNITION A FULL LINE Delicious Wholesome Confectionery Tasty Stationery For Women News stand Cigars and Tobacco CLEAN METHODS and sanitary handling combined with the finest quality of materiale and expert skill make the good things from OUR BAKERY net only wholesome and healthful but dainty and appetizingly attractive. * Try ordering our bread and rolls regularly. CITY BAKERY Hermiston, Oregon. Make of your pui by trading and price a Most pay dividends considera- And incidentally, it is comforting to know that the balmy days of spring will be balmy. It is quite true that work never kills some people. They never give it a chance. Get ready for clean up day. coming. Its Eventually we may be forced to con- cede that woman's sphere la this one >n which we live—Sen Diego Tribune. Butter Wrappers Printed Neatly at This Office
