TUE IIEBMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Despite the com plaint about con
ditions here It Is th e prevaling opin
Published every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon, in the heart of Eastern ion th a t we have been b e tte r off than
Oregon's great irrigated alfalfa fields, by the Herald PubhsMng Company.
most any o th er section of the north
west and it is encouraging to note
BERNARD MAINWARING, EDITOR
th a t the w estern p art of the sta te
Entered ta aeooiid-c mjm m a ile r . Uttoeuiuer
min. m « h ip noMiofttc« m X H erm iston . Orevon
which was really h ard h it a few
Glorious autum n w eath er experi
m onths ago is m aking a recovery. enced nowhere else on ea rth b ut here
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B etter conditions for the whole in B aker county Is the joy of th is
sta
te seem a wise prediction for the land.— Baker Democrat.
I
and
the
men’s
gym
nasium
.
B
uilding
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
j is not confined to the "h e a rt of the near future.
IN THE VALLEY
It depends o n .w h ere you live. The
man in town regards his boy a t a
The editor of The Herald has Just I valley,” city however, for it was seen
BRUMFIELD TO GET JUSTICE
certain age as a liab ility ; th e ran c h
returned from a trip to P ortland, In other valley tow ns visited.
It was en lig h ten in g to hear tom -
Most people will approve of th e e r regards his as an asset.— Crane
Corvallis and other W illam ette valley
points. Some of our observations an m ents of business men and to note ju ry verdict in the Brum field case. American.
th e outlook In th a t p a rt of the statu the increased ortlm ism since the ea r The Roseburg d en tist seemed g u ilty
Most of th e thankless jobs In a
may be of Interest here, for when one ly summ er. The fru it season was of m urder beyond any question or com munity, are handled by some man
p a rt of the sta te prospers all prosper b etter th an was expected and most of doubt but a clever Insanity plea was who th in k s it an honor to be ch air
and when one faces difficulties it the good crop w as sold at fair prices. th ought to give him a chance to es man or som ething or o th er.— Med
nearly alw ays happens th a t all are In Some of the p rune grow ers say they cape the gallows by w orking on the ford M ail-Tribune.
do not w ant prune prices to rise be sym pathy of the jury. T h at th is
trouble.
The world is ru n n in g over w ith
It Is w ith pleasure th a t we report cause it is a good th in g now and if ruse failed Is shown by the verdict of men who are alw ays sta rtin g some
things much more favorable than ex prices go any h ig h er more trees will g u ilty on the first degree m urder place and stopping to w atch some
pected. A change for th e better be set out and there w ill be more charge w ithout a recom m endation of body dem onstrate (som ething in a
leniency. This makes it incum bent show window.-—Roseburg News-Re
since Ju n e was much In evidence. A grown thnn can be sold.
Unemployment Is stll a serious upon the presiding judge to Inflict view.
good deal of building is going on in
the valley towns. Especially Is this m atter but it did not seem as bad as th e death sentence.
W hen Judge Denny b ro u g h t th e
true of Corvallis w hre the grow th ■one would be led to expect. In some . This paper has said th a t it does
Mongolian phesant to Oregon from
townH
there
has
been
work
for
every
not
believe
in
capital
punishm
ent.
of the Oregon A gricultural College
China be perform ed a great service
one who really w anted it.
It believes th a t life Im prisonm ent
Is causing a real building boom.
for the sportsm en— likew ise the sh o t
These
observations
are
the
resu
lt
were
It
really
enforced,
w
hich
it
nev
A g reat many new business en te r
gun industry.— Pendleton E ast Ore
prises have opened th e re du rin g the of a short trip and are not giv«n ns er has been in this state, would be a
gonian.
conclusive.
They
are
of
significance
sufficient d eterre n t to m urder. Nev
past year. On the college campus
Out of more th an 500 high school
the same conditions prevail. A fine for they show a steady im provem ent ertheless this paper w ants to see cap
jraduates
who registered as u niversi
and
hotter
yet
a
belief
th
a
t
im
prove
ital punishm ent inflicted in clearly
new commerce building is nearly
complete. A new women’s dorm itory m ent will continue. In th e summ er proved m urder cases as long as it is ty freshm en, only 66 were able to
has been erected and so have addi the out'ook th ere was bad and now the law. There are already too many •mss the exam ination in English.
m urders and the victim s, not the W hat do they teach in our public
tions to the home economics building it is quite favorable.
m urders, are en titled to w h at sym chools, anyw ay?— Eugene Guard.
A Canadian telephone g irl offered
pathy the public has to d istribute.
The Brum field ju ry is to be con lestim ony a t Roseburg to th e effect
g ratu lated because It waved aside the h a t Dr. Brum field acted like a nor-I
sentim ental bunk of the defense and mal person w hile u n d er h er obser
found in accord w ith the fa c t» and vation. M eaning, we take It, th a t
the law. More of th is kind of v er vhen inform ed th a t th e line was busy
dicts properly carried out will mean he g ru n ted and slammed th e receiver
up.— Eugene R egister.
a new respect for law in Oregon.
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H E R M IS T O N
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Oregon Press
Comment
D ont Forget
Golden Gate Coffee
— — Week —
Nov. 1 to Nov. 10
One pound free with each five pound can; one-
half pound free w rh each two and one-half
pound can. This reduces your coffee to
nearly 40 cents per pound and coffee
of the very best quality.
«•
T his is C offee Season
You will find our Stock of feed
Quite Complete
and a t greatly reduced prices.
Com, per 100 .............. ' ............................... $1.90
Barley, per sack ................................................. 1.35
Shorts, per sack
...............
1.35
Mill Run, per sack —
1.25
Bran, per sack
1.00
Scratch Feed, per 100
2.75
H e r m is to n Produce &
Supply Co.
“ The Beat o f Good Service"
Portland Telegram and The Herald, both one year, $5.00
P la n T his W in te r
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BUILD IN THE SPRING
All indications show that
lumber prices have reach
ed rock bottom. There
are so many new homes
needed that it is only rea
sonable to expect build
ing costs to increase with
spring demand.
Select a design for your rew home. Place the con
trac t for the material now. Build as soon
as the weather will permit.
Inland Empire Lumber Company
P hone 331
THE PEACEFUL (?) COUNTRY
SIDE
Boston T ran scrip t
It ,1s becoming Increasingly dif
flcult in M assachusetts to find a r u r
al retrea t "fa r-fro m the m addeninr
crow d’s Ignoble strife .” Gone ar<
Ihe days when
"T he plowman hom eward plodB hi
w eary way
And leaves the world to darkness.”
The plowman Is likely to finish hif
eight-hour day by riding home on thr
tracto r, and borrow ing the flivver tc
go to the "moviea,” w hile the d a rk
ness is in term itten , coming In mo
m ents of blackness, in the m idst of
the glare of lig h ts on autom obiles
th a t tear by country churchyards Rt
cxpre3s-train
speed. The low ing
herd may still w ind "slow ly o 'er the
lea,” but it is Im m inent danger if it
betakes itself to the highw ay. Times
have changed. “ The cool, sequester
ed vale of life” may be sought in vain
in regions w ithin m otoring distance
of th e cities. It Is suggestive of
Irony to speak of “ the noiseless te n
o r” of anybody’s way eln th er In city
or country.
The Invasion of the countryside by
th e arm y of autom obile rlderB who
j have succeeded to the handful who
I once rode in chaises, would not be a
th in g to be deplored were all the in
vaders law -abiding folk. The great
m ajority, of course, are good citizens,
but the m inority are show ing th e
ability to cause much loss and trouble
In th e ru ra l regions, and am ong
them are persons g u ilty of very seri
ous crimes.
“ The Yard of Best Quality ”
Brief and tothe
Point’
H.
M. STRAW. MGR.
Exclusive Representatives of National Builders Bureau
Soviet R ussia is fig u rin g how to
save its face and feed it, too.— Brook-
yn Eagle.
In reply to "W h at is th e world
om ing to ? " we say "A m erica."—
iVichlta Beacon.
One good w ay to cu rta il arm am ent
vould be to h ire plum bers to build
the battleships.— Tacoma Ledger.
John B arleycorn h as had more ob
itu aries w ritten about him th an any
o th er living person.— Columbia Re
cord.
If the Ku K luxers wish to prove
th e ir . A m ericanism , they m ight try
stam p in g o u t race prejudice.— B alti
more Sun.
,
The In tern atio n al Court would
have b rig h te r prospects If th e re was
also an in te rn atio n a l sheriff.— Roa
noke W orld News.
T here Is som ething peculiarly
touching about a b ald -tead ed m an’s
condem nation of bobbed h air.—
Akron B eacon-Journal.
The U. S. A. Is dry land su rro u n d
ed by th ree m iles of dry w ater.—
N ashville Tennessean.
A judge can m ake his m eaning
clearer to bootleggers If he w ill only
use
long
sentences.— Asheville
......
Times.
T he record of th e present Congress
suggestsAthat reaction equals Inaction
— N orfolk V lrglnlan-P llot.
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AMMUNITION
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Stationery
For Women
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A ft SCO KODAKS
Films developed--
Enlargements made
Make our store yeur headquarters when in Pendleton
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The Market of
Quality and Service
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We make all our own Sausage
We cure our Hams and Bacon
*402“
We have Everything in the Meat Line
Saves
Fresh Fish
On Thursdays and Fridays always
ettul L umber man, À.C.Mor*
SIKEY a HENDERSON, Propw
TU M -A -LU M LUM BER COM PANY
Phone 111
R. A. Brownson, Mgr.
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