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Published every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon, in the heart of Eastern
Oregon’s great Irrigated alfalfa fields, by the Herald Publishing Company.
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BERNARD MAINWARING, EDITOR
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THE 1925 FAIR
R eports from P ortlan d are th a t a
h o t fig h t Is being waged in th a t city
over the 1925 fair, or ra th e r over
the tax for the fair. The fig h t is
really over the fair for It has been
announced th a t If th ere is no tax
th e re can be no fair. The directors
w ill not attem pt to raise so large a
sume by private subscription.
The financial plan of the fa ir is
as follows: Of the six million dollars
to be raised one m illion will be raised
by private subscription In P ortland.
Two m illion more w ill be raised by
taxation in P ortland. The other
three m illion will be raised by sta te
wide taxation. Of the sta te wide
tax P ortland pays about a th ird nr
one million. Thus P ortland alto g eth
er pays four m illion dollars and the
rest of the sta te pays two million
dollars. P ortland has about one
th ird of th e w ealth of the sta te so If
th e rest of the sta te paid In propor
tion it would pay eight m illion t<
P o rtlan d 's four or four tim es w hat it
is asked to pay. •
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T he financial plan Btrikes us as
being fair. P ortland will get most
of the benefit and will pay most of
the expenses. The rest of the sta te
will benefit and will pay in propor
tion. The Herald hopes th a t the fair
w ill receive the approval of the peo
ple. It realizes th a t the financial
burden Is hard to bear a t the presen I
tim e, but afte r all the question Is
w hether It will be w orth to the state
outside of Portland the two m illions
It will cost and we believe It wll.
A w orld's fair here In 1925 will
b rin g m illions of dollars to the state.
The eyes of the nation w ill be on
Oregon. “ Oregon 1926,” now the
official slogan of the fair by the way,
w ill be on every Up. The advertis
ing value will be enormous. Many
thousands of visitors will be brought
to the sta te and many w ill locate
here. The effect on property val
ues Is bound to be considerable. The
money th a t will be spent by tourists
through Herm iston In 1925 will
much more than pay w hat Herm iston
will have to pay for the fair we an
sure.
So we hope the fair will carry.
I t ’s am ong those th in g s w hat h ad n ’t
ought to be done.
T hanksgiving comes next week and
you’ve got a lot to be th a n k fu l for
afte r all. Suppose you were selling
safety razors in Russia.
A so u th ern paper rem arks th at
if we don’t scrap o u r b attleships we
may soon be su n k by our flo atin g
debt: Not, how ever, if we provide
a sin k in g fund to retire it.
Monday was an off day in P o rt
land. Only one robbery was rep o rt
ed.
The tria l of " F a tty ” Arbucle Is on
his week. H ere’s hoping the w heels
of ju stice move as sw iftly and as
surely as they have been moving In
certain Oregon crim inal cases lately.
LEVEL-HEADED
BANKER'S
STATEMENT
M adras Pioneer
A. L. Mills of P o rtlan d F irst N at
ional B ank h as become a n atio n al
au th o rity on fin an cial conditions In
tw enty years. As a young m an he
hum bly sta rted his life in the chicken
business.
He has ju st atten d ed th e q u arte rly
federal reserve b ank conference at
W ashington, D. C., and as rep resen t
ative of th e tw elfth federal reserve
d istrict, notes slowly im proving busi.
ness conditions.
He is of the opinion th a t th e re w ill
be no g rea t im provem ent u n til th e
E uropean situ atio n Is cleared up
and banks w ill continue to discour
age borrow ing for pureup specula
tive purposes. He made th e follow
ing ap p aren tly level headed sta te
m ent:
“ Responsible buyers can get m on
ey for legitim ate purposes, b ut bank
officials tu rn a deaf ear to all who
are w ishing to borrow money for
'peculation.
"C orporations and business houses
'h a t have liquidated th e ir old in d eb t
edness, m arked off th e ir losses and
nut th e ir Inventories down to rock
hottom basis have no d ifficulty In
gettin g credit.
"Crops are being m arketed In an
T he H eppner Oazelte-Tlm es report orderly, b u t rnpid, m anner, liquida
th a t petitions are being circulated In tion of debt Is ta k in g place, even
Morrow county for the condemned ‘hough th e retu rn s to the farm er and
m urderers of Til Taylor and aptly grow er are u n satisfacto ry .”
says th a t If the citizens have any
sym pathies to bestow they should
A WAIL FROM PENDLETON
go th e fam ily of Til Taylor and not
A thena Press
to his m urderers. R athie and K ir
We are moved to p rin t the sub
by are under sentence to han g on joined com m unication from Pendle
December 2. Governor Olcott has ton, signed " A Poor T axpayer,” be
stated th a t he w ill not g ra n t a stay cause of Its freedom and vigor of ex
of execution.
pression, not because we wish to be
H E R M IS T O N
HERALD,
steam ”— w hich it seems has not been
encouraged by th e Pendleton press:
"W e, th e citizens of Pendleton, dis
charge our city boys from office. We
go to Yakim a or some o th er place for
a prohibition officer a t the e x tra v a
g an t price of $325 a m onth, to A th
ena for a chief of police at $200 per
m onth: to Baker for a traffic officer
to A storia for a secretary of the
commercial club— a p re tty good fel
low, a t th a t. Wc purchase our w his
key In Canada and our autos In W al
la W alla; and then we say to the
burdened taxpayer, ’P atronize Home
In d u stry !’ Consistency, thou a rt a
Jewel! “To your ten ts, O Isra e l!”
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YOUR WORST ENEM Y
The American H airdresser
I am your w orst enemy.
I am th e ru ler of th e ren tal re
verses.
I am th e Lord H igh P o ten tate of
Failure.
I am th e cause of the silent sick
ness th a t stills your cash-register bell
I am th e origin of dissatisfied cus
tomers and loss of rade.
I am th e leaven of u n ce rtain ty in
the m idst of certain profits.
I am the elem ent th a t tu rn s a w in
ning business Into a losing gamble.
I am th e foun tain -h ead whence
springs the m ajo rity of your troubles
and w orries.
I am the key to th e problem w hy
thousands fail every year.
I am th e w hy and w herefore, the
direct and proxim ate cause, th e
germ and the genesis of unsuccessful
m erchandising.
I am th e 3ticker, th e shelf-lounger,
the left-over, th e nam eless child of
an unknow n fath e r—
I am the unadvertlsed product!
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have slapped him on the w rist.—
W eston Leader.
New Y ork boxers are organizing a
union. We assum e th a t lta career
will be m arked by freq u en t Striking.
— W eston Leader.
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T he Standing arm ies m ay soon«
take a back seat.— G reenville Pied
mont.
A nother big w ar dance and th e
w orld’s jig w ill be up.— Columbia
Record.
The nam e is a
Indian Robes $10.00
One of our Cockey v isito rs says the
Conference w ill be 'arm less.— W all
Itzcet Journal.
T he w orld m ust abandon Its
goose-step if it w ants to avoid Its
swan-sbng.— Columbia Record.
No nation should try to use the
proposal to lim it its guns and swords
as an o p p o rtu n ity to g rin d its axes.
—W ashington Post.
T he p ortals of th e W ashington
Conference hall should bear the in
scription, " E n te r w ithou! knocking.”
— Norfolk. V irginian-P ilot.
UNDERWEAR FOR THE CHILDREN
In the good w eights at $t.5O to $3.50 per suit.
Select a design for your new home. Place the con
tract for the material now. Build as soon
as the weather will permit.
Inland Empire Lumber Ccmpany
The problem of the W ashington
'o rfeien ce is to get th e W hite and
Yell« w to mix w ithout m ixing up.—
Norfolk V irginian-P ilot.
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Fonic in te rests would like tq see
be W ashington Conference attem p t
o much n o th in g would be accomp-
•Ished.— Chicago Daily News.
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We can supply your w ants w ith
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.
W ill it be arm am ent disagreem ent
or
disarm am ent
agreem ent?’—
G reenville Piedmont.
This is Blanket and Comforter
Week
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IN V ES TE D
LADIES SWEATER COATS
IN IM P LE M E N TS
W E A C AND T E A R
O N IM P L E M E N T S -20%
nt $7.50 are In order now these frosty m ornings.
The best of everything In fru its and vegetables.
TOTAL DEBIT -
W alnuts due In a day or so.
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600 2S!
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You will now bo looking up your heavy u nderw ear an d will
probably need to replenish your supply. We can supply your
needs in the w anted grades and w eights, priced from $2.50 to
$< .50 In the union suits.
Those $2.50 garm ents were sold lost year at $4.50. look them
over.
W00I OUTSIDE SHIRTS
In navy blue, gray and khaki all wool at $5.00, last year these
garm ents were $8 50 to $7.50.
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BUILD IN THE SPRING
Meet of those F ar E ast problems
are Chinease puzzles.— N orfolk V ir
ginian-Pilot.
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E very day people rea li’e the
of a bank here. T his is an ideal lo
Pome n atio n s’ Idea of disarm am ent
cation for one, being over 20 miles
from a sim ilar Institution.-—W heeler is to m ake th e o th er fellow w ear
gloves w hile they fig h t w ith brass
R eporter.
knuckles.— Boston Shoe and L eather
La G rande’s only rem aining brew Reporter.
ery is to be converted into a packing
The g rea test honor th e nation
plant. Even beer as a medicine
could not convince the ow ner th a t the could beRtow upon th e "unknow n
bad old days would come again.— h ero” would be to live for the things
for which he died.— Sylva (N. C.)
Hood R iver News.
Jackson County Jo u rn al.
The only reg rettab le th in g about a
M aking th e world safe by reducing
lot of these crim inals who are try in g
to prove they were h it on th e head !he other fellow ’s navy should work
when children and have never been as well as c u ttin g costs of living by
rig h t since is th a t they were not h it reducing the o th er fellow ’s profits.—
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h ard enough w hile the h ittin g was Marion S tar.
good.— Polk County Item lzer.
And now comes the season when
P rince Clxtus, of the form erly roy the wise h u n te r disguises him self as
al house of Bourbon and b ro th er-in - a deer.— D etroit Free Press.
law of th e late em press of Russia,
E vidently railroad labor realizes
has accepted a position in a fertilizer th a t a strik e would not be a h it.__
factory. T he royal fam ily business Norfolk V lrglnia-Post.
is a t a very low ebb ju st now.— Co
It. is revealed th a t th e re are some
quille V alley Sentinel.
volunteers in the arm y of th e unem
If rem arks, street ta lk and com ployed.— P ittsb u rg h G azette Times.
m ents a t random are indications of
The late sum m er recess is about
considered in en tire sym pathy w ith public opinion, Oregon people are in
Buying an auto in W alla W alla Is the w rite r’s views. We merely sy m favor of th e 1925 fa ir a t least 10 to he only th in g th a t the p resen t Con
som ething like rocking the boat or pathize w ith th e w rite r in his breezy 1. T h a t proportion tell us th a t they gress has really com pleted.— Nor
lig h tin g a cigar in a powder factory and engaging effo rt to "le t oft expect to realize a g reat deal more folk V irginian-P ilot.
out of It th an they p ut in.— A urora
W h at sa lary reduction have the
Observer.
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B rotherhood
leaders received?—«
The em bezzling W heeler county Wal1 S treet Jo u rn al,
sh eriff received a sentence of fifteen
A11 optim ist is a person who eats
years, b u t was a t once set free on candy off an uncocered stre e t stand,
parole. P erh ap s the co u rt may also — New York E vening Mall.
We enn fit you out w ith Pendleton Blankets,
g uarantee of quality at $10 to $14.50.
Plan This W inter
W h at the world needs is to teach
th e young ideas not to shoot.— Co
lum bia Record.
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2Z22 Saves
Gordon quality. $8.50 to $17.50.
MENS HEAVY WOOL SOCKS AT 50c
Hermiston Produce &
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