THE HERMISTON
THE
HERALD,
HERMISTON, OREGON
HERMISTON
HERALD
Published every Friday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon, in the heart of Eastern
$4.90
Bargain Day
At the Turn-A-Lum
Several tons of slack coal
Will sell this at $4.00 per ton while it lasts
An extra well built
WAGON HOUSE
For Sale
Either with or without
the wagon
Size of house 9x16 feet. This was built to
live in, and it is lined with beaver board.
Any one needing such a house can get
A Bargain
TumA-Lum Lumber Co
R. A. Brownson, Mgr
phone 111
This is
The Season for Rubber Boots
We carry the Ball Brand. Our experience with
these boots has been very satisfactory, giving more
real wear than two pairs of the ordinary boots. Red
Ball on each pair.
Menfs Work Shirts Now at $1
The Big Yank quality.
Carhartt’s Overalls, very best grade at $2.00
We are showing some very pretty
Figured Voiles
in the desirable dark shades at 50c and 75c
Holeproof Silk Hose
Pure thread silk now $1.60; the kind that was very
cheap at $2.50 a few weeks ago.
Oregon’s great irrigated alfalfa fields, by the Herald Publishing Company.
M. C. Athey, Editor
Entered as second-class matter, December , 1906, at the postoffice at Hermision, Oregon
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OPPORTUNITY OF THE CENTURY
SHOWING SIGNES OF LIFE
The new congress comes into life
facing one of the greatest opportuni­
ties of modern times.
Its action will be watched with in­
terest by millions of people.
One of the worst evils with which
this country is afflicted is the con-
stant and flagrant abuse of board of
trade priveleges by certain piratical
speculators who are enriching them­
selves at the expense of the produc-
Congress reminds us of old Rip
Van Winkle. It sleeps and sleeps
and then shows signs of slowly com-
ing to life.
At last It appears to be awaken-
ing to the peril of wholesale immi­
gration from pauperized Europe, aft­
er the press of the country has been
sounding warnings for many months
past.
Adding to our unemployed is dan-
erous at any time, and it is especially
so when we already have about four
million men out of work.
Close the door, Rip—at least un-
til there is work enough for our own
people to earn three meals a day.
ing and consuming public.
Boards of trade may be a modern
necessity, but nullifying the law of
supply and demand is not necessary
and should be prohibited by the iron
hand of the government.
A combination of plutocratic spec­
ulators can hammer down or boost
to the skies the price of wheat, corn
or any other commodity at will. They
clean up millions on their deals, but
these profits are not shared in by
either the producer or the consumer.
It is purely a juggling of the mar­
kets by individuals who have the
power to do so, and solely for their
own personal gain.
If we have no law elastic enough
to strangle these leaches one should
be enacted and rigidly enforced.
If the law of supply and demand
is allowed to determine the value of
stocks and commodities there can be
no valid objection to the price they
bring, and they will always command
what they are worth.
Any price beyond this is robbery
of the many for the benefit of a few.
And robbery is robbery, no matter
in what guise we find it.
No congress as yet had the courage
to meet this supreme issue.
Will the new one go into history
as greater than its predecessors, or
will It content itself with sidestep­
ping the golden opportunity of the
century?
Supply and demand!
What a wonderfull treat It would
be to see it again firmly seated in the
saddle!
SOME BONE
Utopian dreams are very pleasant
things while they last.
Just now a good many well mean­
ing people are In favor of America
setting the world an example by dis­
arming without waiting for other na­
tions to take similar action.
That reminds us of the big dog
with a juicy bone. As long as his
teeth arc good and sharp he will hold
onto his dinner. But remove his
teeth and some mangy cur will take
it away from him.
America's great wealth is a mighty
juicy bone.
Our armament is our teeth.
Figure it out yourself.
HE WILL KEEP ON
We will have some new models of
Earner9s Rust Proof Corsets
within the next few days at popular prices—
$1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.50 and $5.00
All worth the money and the name is a guarantee of
quality.
Hermiston Produce &
Supply Co
we
EAT GOOD MEAT
EAT THE SAME KIND
THAT WE EAT
BUY WHERE YOU
GET WHAT YOU WANT
Just Received Shipment of
Canned Salmon
2 Cans 25c
City Meat Market
MOONEY a SIKEY, Props.
I
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
Read the sporting pages of the
daily papers of the big cities. You
will find many glowing tributes to
the prowess of prize fighters—men
who earn great incomes by punching
other people, just as the bull fight-
ers of Spain earn fortune and glory
by brutally inflicting wanton pain
upon dumb animals for purpose of
sport.'
When the next war comes these
prize fighters—men of prowess—
would make good soldiers. But.
they won’t—unless drafted and driv­
en to It.
Fighting for wealth and glory Is
one thing. Fighting for country und
pittance is quite another. And then,
in the prize ring one may get knock­
ed out. On the battlefield he may
get bumped off.
There’s a difference, and it is con­
siderable.
ELIMINATE THE GUESS W ORK
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.
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
THIS GIRL SAVES A
WAR STAMP EVERY DAY
SEE
Miss A. Louis Larson of Minneap­
olis recently received a letter from
President Harding stating that if the
rest of the people in the United States
would follow Miss Larson’s example
our “country’s economic problems
would not long await a satisfactory
solution.” The President wrote con­
gratulating Miss Larson on the fact
that she has bought a Thrift or War
Saving Stamp every day since their
Issue, December 5, 1917. President
Harding’s letter follows In part:
“THE WHITE HOUSE
My dear Miss Larson:
My attention has just been call­
ed to what I am assured is an unique
record created by yourself in the mat­
ter of investing in Thrift Stamps and
Saving Stamps. I want to congratu­
late you and to express the wish that
very many mere might take the same
interest that you have shown. If
your example could be followed by
all our people who are able to do it,
our country’s economic problems
would not long await a satisfactory
solution.”
"I will treasure this letter with the
President’s signature to my dying
day,” said Mis Larson. "It will be­
come an heirloom in our family. Nat­
urally. I think it Is the most wonder­
ful letter that ever came through the
mails.”
Miss Larson says that she is con­
tinuing to buy her Thrift or War Sav­
ing Stamp day In and day out and
that she has rolled up a desirable
nest-egg. She advises everybody else
to try it "just for the fun of it.”
HITT
With farm products clear down, a
few are wondering what the farmer
will do this summer. They fear he
will raise only enough for his own
use and let the rest of us starve.
It might be an act of just retribu-
tion if he did let the gougers go
hungry. But he ' won't. He has a
bigger heart than some other people
suffer through
and the world will not
1
any inaction of his. He will go right
on raising his crops and we will keep
right on eating them.
It is a pity, though, that there Is
no way of singling out the gougers
and profiteers and compelling them ERNEST TRUEX IN
PLEASING COMEDY
to grub for themselves or do without.
It would be mighty comforting to
“The night of the Dub,” which Is
the farmer, the retailer, and the fel­
shown at the Play House next Satur­
lows who pay the piper.
day presents Ernest Truex, in a de­
We made a lot of noise until the lightful little Paramont-Truex Com­
government brought the boys back edy. adapted from the story of the
from Franco. But once here they same name by Albert Payson Ter­
were soon forgotten. Uncle dosen’t hune in the Saturday Evening Post.
In the picture Mr. Truex is Ernie
need 'em any more.
Biggs, a clerk In Wall Street, who
If you doubt the proximity of tells the folks nt Pompton Plains, N.
spring just cast your eye at the rob­ J . his home, that he Is a power on
in. the painter and the paperhanger. the Street and with one nod of his
head san change the trend of the
They are the birds that never fall.
whole market.
In the end. however, Ernie does
Every time prices start to tumble
some one comes to the rescue and become a magnate, and if you
props 'em up again. Some people told by wbat means he reaches that
height the whole expectancy of see­
never can learn when to keep still.
ing the picture would vanish. It is
enough
to say. however, that the plot
a
mat-
And still, it isn't so much
ter of high prices as It is of fools who is one of the most unique ever pre-
sented on the screen.
think It Is smart to pay them.
Truex is brilliantly support-
The modern world is developing ed by a capable cast. The picture
a lot of speed, but it dosen’t keep the was staged by John Joseph Harvey,
while the story was adapted for the
track well ballasted.
screen by Mrs Sidney Drew, who her­
Our principal notion of * good self Is a comedianne of the first mag-
nitude.
thing is to find * way to annex It.
Pay for what you get.
—FOR—
GUNS
CONFECTIONERY
STATIONERY
Delicious
Wholesome
Confectionery
—and—
AMMUNITION
A FULL LINE
Stationery
For Women
News stand
Cigars and Tobacco
ANSCO KODAKS
Films developed--
Enlargements made
Make our store your headquarters when in Pendleton
TALLMAN & CO
Pendleton, Oregon
The Leading Druggists
SEED POTATOES
Early Rose, 4c lb
American Wonder, 3 l~2c
I have only a limited supply of these on
hand. Better come early.
BROWNELL’S STORE
Umatilla, Oregon