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HERALD,
HERMISTON,
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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.
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M. C. Athey, Editor __________________
Entered as second-class matter,
December >. 1906, at the poolomoa at Hermiston, Oregon
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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
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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
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fairs of the nation.
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Don't get the mistaken idea that
your duty ends with casting your
vote. That is only the beginning.
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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.
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Senators and congressman receive
many letters, but most of them are
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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.
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We have complete mater-
ial bills in stock now.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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