THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
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Published every Friday at Hermiston, Umatilla Cougty, Oregon, In the heart of Eastern
Oregon’s great irrigated alfalfa fields, by the Herald Publishing Company._______
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M. C. Athey, Editor
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aoennd-claaa m a ile r. Decem ber .. iwjn, a l Uie i.ieiolttce a t fle r ta M M » . Oregon
IS THERE ANY OIL!
Screen Doors— We have a complete
stock, leave your orders for screen
windows we will have them made
for you.
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Silos— We will give you complete
price on the best silo for this climate
built ready to fill. If you have a
growing crop to fill a silo now is
the time to place your orders.
Stackers— We have good fir poles
and all the lumber for frame an.d
sled.
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TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO.
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Bathing Suits
Made by the Olympia Knitting Mills—worsteds
at $3 and all wool in the form fit at $6, in the de
sirable colors.
Ladies Parasols
THROWING STONES
To close out at $1.50. Just the thing for these
days.
The public is becoming nauseated
w ith the case of the New York bank
er who brought su it for divorce
again st his w ife, claim ing that an oth
er man is the father of her baby boy.
The w ife fought for her good name
and the legitim acy of her child, and
shfe fought hard and w ith startlin g
results. Sho charged, and claim s to
be able to prove .that the banker,
w hile a ttack in g her purity, was even
deeper in the mire— was in fact
m aintaining another woman as his
w ife under an %ssiimed name. There,
too, a child is to be found.
Before h is attem pt to besmirch his'
w ife in order to secure his freedom
he w as a man of com m anding posi
tion in the financial world. Now he
is no longer at the head of his bunk,
is looked upon with suspicion by the
public, and Is said to be contem plat
ing a residence abroad.
He can be spared— he w ill not be
m issed— the air may even be purer
when he is gone.
The American people do not look
w ith favor upon g u ilty men who
throw stones.
Men’s Silk Shirts
In gray and cream at $5; worth $7.50.
Child’s Play Suits at $1.00
Men’s Work Shirts
The kind most stores are getting $1.5Qror at $1
Fruit Jars
In both Economy and Kerr’s Self Sealing at
lower prices than would be possible if purchased on
today’s market—$1.50, $2, $2.25.
Hermiston Produce &
Supply Co.
LIMITATIONS DO NOT LIMIT
"The Resi o f Good Service“
EAT GOOD MEAT
EAT THE SAME KIND
THAT WE EAT
BUY WHERE YOU
GET WHAT YOU WANT
Juat Received Shipment of
Canned Salmon
2 Cans 25c
City Meat Market
mooney ; * sikey , Pro»»
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Delayed Buying
Means 7 rouble
Subscription Rates: One Year, *2.00; Six Months, *! 00
A gentlem an by the name of J. E.
Leonard has secured leases on ap
proxim ately 2200 acres of land ly
in g between Echo and Herm iston and
east and north of S tanfield. Mr.
Leonard's idea is to drill for oil, be
liev in g he has a good chance to se
cure the product in paying q u an ti
ties.
He is not sellin g stock he is Belling
som ething better, he is sellin g an
interest in h is leases. The sm allest
interest for sale is worth 1100, pay
able in four equal in stallm en ts If de
sired. He w ishes to dispose of *30,-
000 worth of his leases w hich he
estim ates are worth *100,000. W hen
the *30,000 has been raised drilling
operations
w ill commence.
Mr.
Leonard has secured an experienced
oil well driller who w ill take an In
terest with him in the leases, and the
*30,000 w ill only be spent for d rill
ing operations. The driller already
ow ns an outjjt, and th is item alone
would cost more to equip and in stall
than the am ount asked for d rilling
operations, so Mr. Leonard’s propo
sition looks doubly good.
Every one who Invests in the leas
es, should do so w ith the in ten t of
helping further developm ent of this
section, and should not look for a
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fortune out of the investm ent. They
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should take a good gam blers chanct
that he Is spending w isely a hundred
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dollars to know w hether or not th en
Is oil in the country. W hen this i:
settled, we can either go on in the
even tenor of our w ays, or be rough
ly aroused w ith thousands of peoph
R. A . Brownton, M gr.
■ com ing here to make fortunes ovoi
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a is no oil) we w ill at least have It
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¡BIBIIiaiBIBVaBIBaBBIIIflaflflBBfliaaiBBBBtl out of our system s and w on’t _ bi
bothered any more. In the latlei
case, (if oil is discovered) we w on’t
be able to accomodate the rush ol
settlers and investors who w ill flock
here by the thousands. What wii
happen to us, if oil Is discovered, wi
can ’t begin to im agine. We only
know what has happened to othei
sections where the wonderful fluid
leaked through the ground, and wi
know the same w ill happen here
when the new s is spread all over the
world that oil has been discovered
near Herm iston.
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H E R A L D
W e all have our lim itations, but
few of us realize when we have reach
ed them.
The average American is a pecular
individual. An obstacle may seem
m ountain high to him, but he has
an inherent objection to acknow l-
td g ln g that It Is insurm ountable. The
apparently Impossible only w hets his
determ ination to conquer.
Perhaps II Is just as w ell that lim i
tation s do not bother us. We are
not afflicted w ith doubts and uncer
ta in ties and vacillation that retard
the progress of some countries. We
acrompll.ih our task» w hile many peo
ples are debating Ihelr possibility.
It is an American trait, and a good
one.
WORTH A TRIAL
W hen the even in g meal is over
and you indulge In your hour or tw o
o f reflection, la your business upper
most in your mind? It shouldn't
be. It but adds to the general m ent
a l fatigue w hich already 'w eigh ts
you down.
Poesibly you haTe a home, a law n,
a back yard, and a garden. T hink
ing and planning for their im prove
ment w ll| afford your tired brain
the change and relaxation it re
quires.
T hat hour of reflection each day
w ill produce wonderful resu lts If
employed in the proper manner,
whereas continued concentration up
on Affairs of business w ill blunt your
intellect and weaken your powers of
perception.
Grass w ill not grow w ithout w ater
to nurse it along, and neither w ill
the brain continue to function with
out the rest that is necessary to re
plenish its exhausted vitality.
There are shadows in the lives of
all people, but the sunshine of a
sm ile w ill break through the dark
est of them all.
COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
COMMUNITY ASSET
Prom the Christian Science Monitor
The office of the country new spa
per iB unlike any other Institution in
the length and breadth of the land,
and the editor of the country new s
paper, speaking generally, iB equally
peculiar.
His sanctum , u n in vitin g and u nat
tractive, seem s to draw w ith in its
door, at som etim e during the year,
»n one errand or another, the town
merchant, the school teacher, the
■linister, the farmer, and nearly eve-
y visitor to the town who desires to
iiscuss affairs of projects in which
the public may be interested.
Circum stances, in w hich tradition
nay have played an im portant part,
items popularly to have invested the
ditor w ith the lig h t to speak author-
tatively and conclusive concerning
natters w hich may concern him far
.ess deeply than those who consult
aim may suppose.
Of course, th is constant associa
tion w ith the public in w hich he can
lot, if he would, avoid gain in g an
ntim ate in sigh t into com m unity af-
airs, makes it possible for the ed i
tor to appraise individual and public
tuestions from a stan p oin t impos-
.ible to another in the comm unity.
In his years of quiet listen in g he
'has heard much, and in the store
house of his memory, perhaps as he
listen s today to Someone's view s or
conclusions on some recurring prob
lem in local affairs, he reconstructs,
. ilen lly, from the m aterials of the
past a m ental picture affording him
a clear perspective in w hich to view
the naw situ ation .
T his picture is not made up from
details gleaned from the yellow flies
of the w eekly stowed aw ay In closets
and under the stairw ay. If It were,
any lnqusitive Investigator w ith time
and patience, could gain the know l
edge for him self. But the editor has
not printed in the pages of h is paper
all he has learned. The pages may
serve os an Index, a reminder of dates
and sequenees, but they do not tell
the story fu lly, as the editor knows
it. *
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' Many of the visitors who drop in,
year after year, or occasionally to
“see the editor,” know s som ething
of th is hidden storehouse. They re
member possibly when he th ou gh t
fully w ith h eld from h is colum ns
some fact w hich would have been
of no b enefit to the public, and
would have caused som eone a heart
ache, or worse. And they know
that this kindness was unsolicited,
and possible unexpected from one
-o gru ff and plain spoken as the ed i
tor. Is it strange that he has many
friends?
The code of eth ics w hich he seem s
to have prescribed for him self, and
h is name is legion, has apparently
designated as "privileged com m uni
cation ” much that a careless public
supposes is retailed in the form of
news. W hen
som etim es, wonder
is expressed because enough new s is
found to ’’f ill” a paper, the fact Is
perhaps overlooked that Viore news
ts left out than Is used.
The autobiography of an editor,
like that of a diplom at, would be In
terestin g largely because it would
set down for the first time, some
of those th in gs concern in g which
the public has supposed the w hole
story has been told.
But the world w ill probably have
to w ait, and perhaps unrewarded,
for such an autobiography to ' be
w ritten. Editors
seldom
reform,
the code is rarely m odified in the
slig h test degree. The sanctum door
is open, and alw ays there are those
who come eith er to renew old ac
q uaintance or to form a new one.
I»ay by day. or week by week the
printed pages go out. adding chap
ter after chapter to the record which
the world reads, maybe w ith no In
dication th at there are chapters
w hich no one w ill ever read.
T hat, perhaps. Is why the editor
has so m any w ho come to "see" him.
H erb ert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, aaya:
•'I have no information that leads me to believe there will be any reduction
of coal rates this season.”
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, aaya:
"I have taken up the question with the Interstate Commerce Commission
and they informed me that they do not anticipate any reductidh in coal
rates in the immediate future.”
E. Morris, Chairm an of the Central Freight Ass’n,*ays:
“ Under existing conditions, no general reduction in the freight rates can be
justified or made effective. ”
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The above statements from men who know should
dispel the expectation that the present level of freight
rates on coal will be lowered this season. Any fu rth -,
er delay in buying on this account, therefore, can
mean nothing but trouble.
The coal mines cannot produce and the railroad
cannot transport a year’s coal requirements in four
or five montns. What is sought by coal operators,
railroads and dealers, and what is for public welfare
is a normal demand and movement ot coal—Not a
delay till winter and then an overwhelming, rush.
In your own interest- BUY YOUR COAL NOW.
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Phone 331
“ The Yard of Best Quality ”
H . M. STRAW. MGR.
Exclusive Representative* of National Builder* Bureau
3 0 . B’tisrrl
C O N F E C T IO N E R Y
S T A T IO N E R Y
Delicious
W hole some
Confectionery
Tasty
Stationery
For Women
News stand
Cigcrs and Tobacco
AhSCO K O D A K S
Films developed--
Enlargements made
Make our store your headquarters when in Pendleton
TALLMAN & CO.
Pendleton, Oregon
Th» Leading Druggie!»
Bargains in Windbreak and Shad^
Trees for Spring Planting
Here a n aoane at the tree» we can furnlah you thia aprins at aetiafaetory pricee:
MAPLES—Soft, Sugar or Norway
LOCUST
POPLARS—Carolina a r* Lombardy
AMERICAN ELM
HORSE CHESTNUT
UNDEN
BALM OF GILEAD
While you may not he able to plant your treea for route lime, now ia a good time te
cheek up your need»-an d don't foraet we have fruit tre e » , ahtuhhgyy. roeea, etc.
Cut out and mail thia ad and on an order of »Ki.no or more we will <ive too eredit
foe »100.
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Send In your Hat now ao w e can s e t your order ready before the aprtns ruah arrive».
MORE GOOD ACTIVE SALESMEN W ANTED
OREGON NURSERY COMPANY
Orenco, Oregon
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Trees’*
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